Yaesu FT-817ND | Winter Ham Radio Camping

Hello Operators.
Today I am out in the hot tipi tent doing some #qrp #portable work with the Yaesu FT-817 FT-827nd Yaesu ft-818 platform.

In this video I take the all-weather solar power field station out for winter deployment at 65 degrees north. Frst of all, this was a dry run for Winter Field Day. 2018 I'll take you through the entire process, hiking to location using a pulk sled, setting up the shelter and wood stove, setting up antennas, radio, and computer so that we can operate SSB and digital modes on 40, 30, 20, and 17 m.
I also discuss some of the difficulties of deploying a field station in Arctic weather. Also touch on why I use the tipi tent shelter, and the importance of the titanium wood stove for an Arctic Field Station.

ham Radio in winter conditions can be very challenging, but also very rewarding. Not only must qwe take care about ourselves and our amateur radio gear, we need to deploy the right type of antenna for effective communications on HF. This isn't alw2ays as easy as it seems. During this trip one of the Baofeng radios I was testing failed. It was in a jacket pocket for the entire time, but it seems the cold weather and high humidity was simply too much for the Chinese rig. I will definately be replacing it with a new Yaesu HT in the near future.
Unlike the Baofeng, the Yaesu FT-817 performed extremely well.

73
Julian #oh8stn

Mentioned in the video
Chameleon Antenna http://www.chameleonantenna.com
FatRope http://www.fatrope.com
NorTent Tipi http://www.nortent.no/
NorTent titanium wood stove https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/508100816/ultralight-collapsible-wood-stove-for-backpacking
PowerFilm Solar http://www.powerfilmsolar.com
Production Hangar 51 https://www.productionhangar51.com/
Spiderbeam http://www.spiderbeam.de
Super Antenna http://www.newsuperantenna.com

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