Unchained Preppers

General Category => Security & Survival => Topic started by: DMCakhunter on January 25, 2016, 10:01:39 AM

Title: Guns America Prepping 101 - Mobile Ham Project
Post by: DMCakhunter on January 25, 2016, 10:01:39 AM

https://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/prepping-101-mobile-ham-radio-project-xiegu-x1m-wire-antenna-fishing-line-slingshot/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=20160125_BlogDigest_156&utm_campaign=/blog/prepping-101-mobile-ham-radio-project-xiegu-x1m-wire-antenna-fishing-line-slingshot/ (https://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/prepping-101-mobile-ham-radio-project-xiegu-x1m-wire-antenna-fishing-line-slingshot/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=20160125_BlogDigest_156&utm_campaign=/blog/prepping-101-mobile-ham-radio-project-xiegu-x1m-wire-antenna-fishing-line-slingshot/)

Title: Re: Guns America Prepping 101 - Mobile Ham Project
Post by: JohnyMac on January 25, 2016, 11:14:27 AM

Thx DM. Looks like a pretty good deal.

Lets all do some vetting on this unit and then report back to this subject thread.

One question to the HAM's on the forum. Can you buy a power booster to get this to put out more than 5W?

Title: Re: Guns America Prepping 101 - Mobile Ham Project
Post by: Kbop on January 25, 2016, 12:57:42 PM

the casting rod - wound with bell wire - is a tried and true method to get a long wire antenna into a tree for better TX/RX & LOS (so is tossing a slinky into a tree).

i have never used this transceiver.
here is ARRL's review.
http://www.amateurradio.com/x1m-hf-transceiver-review-and-testing/ (http://www.amateurradio.com/x1m-hf-transceiver-review-and-testing/)

Title: Re: Guns America Prepping 101 - Mobile Ham Project
Post by: JohnyMac on January 25, 2016, 03:23:27 PM

I like this site for the no no-nonsense reviews.
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/11065 (http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/11065)