Icom IC 703 Portable

My back yard portable QRP station with my home brew vertical. Battery came from, “WWW.BATTERYSPACE.COM”.

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  1. Mike Gianfrancesco
    Mike Gianfrancesco says:

    Hi im kc2vso quick question i want 2 do the same thing with the ft-897d i
    use it more in the base so i have the ac kit for it…when i take it
    portable do i have to take of the kit all the time or can i just disconnect
    the cord and use the portable battery like yours??

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  2. Barry Kery
    Barry Kery says:

    Ben, I think it is a great QRP radio. If you like operating at the 5 watts
    level, this rig will work great. The price is right. Don’t forget, the
    antenna is the most important part of the station. Barry

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  3. Barry Kery
    Barry Kery says:

    Carl, The more radials you put down the better the ERP. I find that with
    the two radials on this little whip, if I can hear a signal I stand a good
    chance of working them. If I see an S3 or better reading on the S meter, I
    have a great chance of working that station.

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  4. Barry Kery
    Barry Kery says:

    @surefirefan The battery is hanging on the righ hand side of the rig.
    That’s what that green thing is on the right hand side. It’s a 10.8 volt at
    4.2 amp sub C cell battery pack.

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  5. tkdteen2
    tkdteen2 says:

    its a great radio but starting out you should get a 100w radio after you
    are good in wanna try 5 watts just put the radio on low power in if you
    don’t like it go back to 100 watts its better to not be bound by 5 watts
    because a 100 watts can become 5 watts in go back to 100watts 73, dan

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  6. Mike Gianfrancesco
    Mike Gianfrancesco says:

    im getting the radio soon my mistake with the ac kit but also going to get
    external battery like yours maybe slite diff..

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  7. Dave Mead
    Dave Mead says:

    Hi I’m making a virtical antenna mainly for 10m I made a coil with 1.5 inch
    plastic pipe with 26 turns and having a problem as to where on the coil
    should I place the tap for different bands, any information would be
    appreciated, my call is MW0MWL.

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