Ollie LE 1 on cover of QST magazine

[Ghostriderc227]

Hello all you HAM operators.  I am curious who’s LE1 is on the front cover of the June issue of QST magazine?

 

Steve R.

[Mike and Carol]

6 hours ago, Ghostriderc227 said:

Hello all you HAM operators.  I am curious who’s LE1 is on the front cover of the June issue of QST magazine?

 

Steve R.

My guess without seeing the cover is that it is Pete Marks, @bugeyedriver.  He’s a HAM guy and mentioned being on the cover.  Mike

[SeaDawg]

Yes, that's our friend, Pete/ aka Bugeyedriver. 

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[HDRider]

Our Cover ARRL Field Day is fast approaching — June 24 – 25! Whether you’ve planned the weekend as an opportunity for outreach, time for training, just plain fun, or some combination of these, there are innumerable ways to get set up and on the air. As just one example, here’s Pete Marks’s, K2PLM, “rolling ham shack” out in Lincoln National Forest in Alamogordo, New Mexico for last year’s Field Day. Pete’s trailer was built with ham radio in mind, and is equipped with a 160 W solar panel, a 1000 W dc-to-ac inverter, and 210 Ah of battery storage. It even has SO-239 connectors on the exterior and interior. This issue features our annual Field Day Guide that you can pull out and take to your Field Day site, so you have resources like a Section list and bonus point worksheet close at hand. [Pete Marks, K2PLM, photo]

https://www.arrl.org/this-month-in-QST

 

[topgun2]

57 minutes ago, HDRider said:

Pete’s trailer was built

Actully - 

This Oliver belongs to Bosker!  He only allows Pete to stay in it, pay for it, and get it from place to place!😁

[Brian and Brandelyne]

I got my copy in the mail the day we left for the rally.  Pete and Bosker came by our campsite to see our radio setup and chat about radios.

Bosker told Pete when it was time to go, he had heard enough about radios and wanted to finish his walk.

Brian

[MAX Burner]

6 hours ago, Brian and Brandelyne said:

he had heard enough about radios and wanted to finish his walk.

I get that from Magnus all the time - he can only take so much about radios, especially antennas!

[gbergh]

I am installing my 2 meter rig in a newly acquired Ford F-150 towing MOUSE.  Do most monitor 146.52 while traveling?  

73's  W8CB

George

[MAX Burner]

@gbergh - Hey, OM, FYI:

 

 

SMPLX2M (ch-1) is 146.520 MHz, the national 2m simplex calling frequency, SMPLX446 (ch-2) is 446.000 MHz. You can most always directly reach fellow hams by transmitting “CQ CQ CQ followed by your callsign” when at higher elevations on this frequencies, especially 146.520 MHz.

 

We monitor 146.520 MHz simplex all the time towing or otherwise.  Some states, like NM, have a 2m "MegaLink" system which is really nice for making state-wide contacts on 2m!

 

Cheers and,

73 de W0ABX

[bugeyedriver]

I always have APRS running and monitor 146.52 with my FTM400 and can usually score some HF contacts using my FT 857D and an ATAS  120A screwdriver antenna. Sometime last year,ARRL put out a call for field day operation pictures.  I obliged the request and totally forgot about the photograph, until I learned it would be the cover shot 

Serendipity happens

 

[Boudicca908]

I’m interested in knowing more about the type of equipment that OTT owners prefer for traveling. I’m out of practice, but I want to learn more and make use of it on the road. I have no mobile equipment at this time. 

73 — KN4NBV

[bugeyedriver]

KN4NBV,

There are numerous radios out there today, small enough to be hidden somewhere in your vehicle with a remote control head you can mount up front for easy access while driving.  Your antenna selection and mounting is critical.  You must ensure the best ground plane possible.  My F150 is bonded throughout with 15 fat braided brass straps to make one solid bonded structure.  Here's what my operating position looks like, going down the road . . .  Left to right, Yaesu FTM400DXR with APRS; Uniden SDS100 scanner with GPS frequency update; Yaesu FT857D - HF/VHF/UHF.

73,

K2PLM

 

[MAX Burner]

3 hours ago, bugeyedriver said:

Left to right, Yaesu FTM400DXR with APRS; Uniden SDS100 scanner with GPS frequency update; Yaesu FT857D - HF/VHF/UHF.

Very clean rig set-up, OM.  Envy creeping in...

73 de W)ABX