Another good candidate HF Mores capable radio for Survival HF comms needs:
This is a 4 band pre- built ultra portable unit that has capacity to install internal battery power supply. It requires external long wire / dipile antennas.
See:
http://www.wsplc.com/acatalog/HB-1A-MK3-...0_20m.html
Price: £249.95 (Including VAT)
This is a low power transceiver that covers four bands 80/40/30/20m. delivering up to 5 Watts of effective power.
It also has a general coverage receive from 3.2 - 16MHz that will decode SSB as well as Morse.
• Receiver drain just 60mA ( 12v) so very frugal power consumption.
(13 July 2012, 09:37)Skean Dhude Wrote: LS,
I love the experience with the kit. One extra step I think most of us would find helpful is if you posted a link to a supplier. Using the specs we could, if we wanted to, shop around but that link defines exactly what it is and, certainly in my case, saves a lot of worrying about if it is the right one. I know it's extra work for you but it saves a lot of time for everyone else.
OK, I'll post links in future if this helps. The ATUs and SWR meters mentioned are fairly standard kit and can be accurately identified by the model numbers I have quoted.
The most important part of any radio station is its antenna.
with prepper Opsec in mind end fed thin wire antennas are probably the best bet.
This link gives a good overview of how to set one up.
A small variation that I have found to be most efficient is to make end fed antennas 1/2 wavelength long, feeding them through a Balun / Unun with an ATU. This method does away with the need for complex earthing systems and lends itself to stations located on upper stories of buildings, in attics etc. For 3.5MHz such an antenna is approx 120 feet long, for 7 Mhz its half this. But these wires do not vae to run in a straight line so can be bent around the boundaries of the garden if necessary.
http://users.whsmithnet.co.uk/m0dad/Home...d_wire.htm
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