OK here's the project I've been working on. I haven't picked up the battery yet and haven't built the storage compartment but for the most part it's finished.
Some of you might have seen these before that I had for sale. I used a "Night Vision" box made for the
us Gov. these boxes are EMP hardened and can be used as a
"Faraday cage" So I made the brackets out of aluminum to mount my Yaesu FT-857D
and LDG AT-100 Pro II auto tuner. Also in the middle is room for a gel cell
12volt battery and storage area for the mike and cords. I used RG-213 coax between the tranciever and auto tuner and from the auto tuner to the HF cable external connector. (would like to have found a shorter one but 3' was the shortest I could get at short notice) To fire it up all I have to do is remove the lid and plug in the HF, UHF/VHF and ground cables
and I'm up and running. The Yaesu FT-857D has 50 watts UHF/VHF and 100 watts HF output. Currently I'm using this as a base station, it keeps things tidy (wife happy) One of the pictures shows the external power supply I'm currently using. I'm planning on building or finding a milsurp HF antennae for mobile purposes, same for UHF/VHF. But it's coming along pretty good so far. More to follow..............
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