Best thing I ever did was putting the rover station in a
bus... especially when I put it into the Bigger One...
Eric
KB7DQH
On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 22:12:55 -0500
Dan <n9rla@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
> Hope everyone had / are having a great holiday!
>
> Thanks for all the tips regarding small rigs and
> downsizing my Rover.
> Many of the responses couldn't understand why I would
> want to give up
> the performance of my full size rig and transverter
> setup. And I admit,
> I am pretty hesitant to do so. However, trying to setup
> an Icom 746, 2
> transverters, transverter interface, IF switch box,
> meters, amps,
> inverter, rotor controls, logging computer, mics and
> keys, and about a
> mile of connecting cables in the cab of a Ford Ranger
> pickup is quite a
> burden. So my main motivation is physical size.
>
> And some day I would like to add a 2m FM rig, TNC, second
> computer, more
> bands, more amps, and a second op sure would be nice.
> But right now
> it's impossible!
>
> I'll be buying a bigger truck soon, I hope. But even
> then I'll have to
> be creative, unless I buy a bus :-)
>
> The smaller rig would be a big help, but I haven't
> convinced myself to
> let go of the transverters yet though. I also do some HF
> portable
> contesting and maybe HF mobile contesting in the
> future... So it would
> be asking a lot for any rig to fit in to my operating
> style :-)
>
> Still thinking it over,
> 73
> Dan
>
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