Working Portable

Knowing that living in an apartment would cause problems, antenna wise, so my first rig after getting my license (went right to General Class) would have to be usable in many scenarios: HF, VHF/UHF, Digital Modes, Portable, etc.

So I went with the FT-897D. Working on battery, I'm able to pack everything up into a backpack and work from parks all over town.

Radio, wires, battery and rope (img)

All fits in here (img)

Here is an example of my antenna hanging from two trees at a park down the street from my QTH.

Example in a tree (img)

Dipole feed point (img)