[VHFcontesting] Down Sizing my Rover

[Eric Smith]

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 at 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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