At the moment my V/UHF contesting / station is coming together slowly as it
does with most hams
that I know. At present I have a FT-736R that is equipped with 50/144/222/430.
(I also have a
FT-100) Antennas for mobile / portable / rover at the moment are limited to
KB6KQ loops for all
four bands plus a 3L yagi on 50, a 10L yagi on 144 & a 12L yagi on 432. I
recently acquired the
222 module & loop for 222 and haven't acquired a yagi as of yet.
Street value of the above gear and hardware
FT-736 as equipped ~ $1200-1500
FT-100 $500
Loops - $250
Yagi's - $300
Feedline - (LMR-200) $100
Connectors - $50
Misc hardware etc - $100
Then the FT-8900 & Larsen 2/70 in the car for FM ops ... another $450
So right here I have somewhere around $3000 invested and only consider myself
to be a little
pistol at this point.
* * *
Recently I sat down and figured what it would take for a modest yet well
equipped rover vehicle
for just 50/144/222/430.
Used bread truck or equiv ~ $5000
Window A/C ~ $300
Generator & wiring ~ $1000
Roof rack for push up poles / antennas / etc ~$500
Amps w/pre-amps for each band ~ $1500
C3i C5-50; C3i FO12-144; C3i FO16-222; C3i FO22-432; Yaesu G-450 rotor, LMR-400
feedline, push up
poles or light tower of some kind, switches & other hardware "STUFF" ~$2000
Second FT-736R ~$1500
* * *
Depending upon getting "deals" here and there your looking at anywhere form
$10,000 - $15,000 and
you haven't gotten above 450 MHz as of yet. Then you go look at K8GP
http://www.k8gp.net , yes I
know they have some additional "resources" available to them, but to set up a
"portable rig" like
"Red 1" out of ones pocket must be in the $25,000+ range.
Any wonder there's not more rovers out there during the contests!
Mike, KA5CVH
http://www.ka5cvh.com/vhf/vehicles.pdf
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Mike Urich, KA5CVH
Amateur radio ~ IS ~ a contact sport!
http://www.ka5cvh.com
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