Great advice for anyone trekking out to the boonies by themself. I've had lots of fun on my bikes out in the middle of nowhere, but I'm really looking forward to getting a similar setup for doing some POTA/SOTA stuff finally. Great way to have fun, but safety and multiple backup plans have to be in the forefront for sure!
That's a beautiful view you got there! Great job on the video, I love my FT-891 and have made 5 and 6 thousand mile contacts to Slovenia and Estonia from north Alabama from my mobile on an MFJ 20 M whip! I absolutely agree an internal tuner would make the radio a beast! Love your videos keep up the great work! 73
Was checking out some videos to try to get some ideas for antennas. Not expecting to find a video of someone activating Staunton, and a video from two days ago. I live only about 10 miles or less from Staunton State Park in Conifer Colorado. Was thinking of going out there this weekend. Have never done a POTA or SOTA activation, wanting to start doing both.
As a former SAR member, I appreciate the safety advise at the end of the video. Could reach you easily on simplex from my house to your activation spot. Usually monitoring 146.520
Hello Michael! Thank you so much for watching/commenting. I was actually watching your magic carpet video last night right before bed. I am thinking of getting some of that material to line my ft891 case with to help protect it. 73!
Hey thanks for watching and commenting! I wish I could say I had zero issues with the Chins batteries but unfortunately the first two I received didn’t provide the advertised amp hours BUT I contacted chins customer service and they sent me two brand new ones and let me keep the originals. They may not provide the full 20Ah but they are $60 bucks and will work any day for a POTA activation. During my test at 100watts SSB I got a little over 17Ah.
Yep great video I have the 857 and my mic cable is falling apart and saw you have a extension on yours was wondering if you had the information for the adapter cable you have I have been trying to find them. I can’t find one that short.
Hey I appreciate your comment and here is the link ANRANK Ethernet Extension Cable, EC45030AK RJ45 Male to Female Ethernet LAN Network Extension Cable Black - 1FT/0.3M a.co/d/6Jdh5SS I found it on Amazon. It is somewhat of a tight fit just have to kinda cram the faceplate on the first time. Hope this gets to you.
