{"id":125,"date":"2020-11-11T03:27:03","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T03:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/?p=125"},"modified":"2020-11-11T03:27:03","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T03:27:03","slug":"getting-less-portable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/2020\/11\/11\/getting-less-portable\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting less portable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cart concept would work with some very expensive items, namely lithium iron phosphate batteries, and winter tents that are light but can contain a wood stove.  The cart with shelter and radio equipment was simply to heavy to move more than a few hundred feet unless on perfect terrain, and then it was slow going.  I won&#8217;t abandon the concept, but ill have to wait to get the items required to be portable.  In the meantime, still with an eye to winter field day, I did get a surplus shelter that I have quite a bit of experience with while stationed in Germany in the 80s.  It is an M1950 hex tent, and I have coupled it with a surplus Yukon stove that I have had, but not had a use for, for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMGP7510.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Nebo, KS Parks on the Air campsite\" class=\"wp-image-126\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMGP7510.jpg 800w, http:\/\/stickelman.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMGP7510-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stickelman.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMGP7510-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/stickelman.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMGP7510-210x140.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shelter has ample room for the radio equipment, stove, and a second person.  Its 80lb, added to 2-300lb of radio and camp gear, so this will be something that will require transportation of some kind (ATV\/Horses).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMGP7509.jpg\" alt=\"Interior of hex tent\" class=\"wp-image-127\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMGP7509.jpg 800w, http:\/\/stickelman.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMGP7509-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/stickelman.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMGP7509-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/stickelman.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMGP7509-210x140.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I tested the setup at my farm, then took it to Lake Nebo, KS for a &#8220;Parks on the Air&#8221; activity https:\/\/parksontheair.com\/.  Parks on the Air encourages radio operators to take their equipment to a national or state park to make radio contacts from a field location.  This was my first attempt at doing such an event and it was successful, in that I made the required number of contacts.  The terrain at Nebo is not ideal for the antenna I have, and my ability to be heard on the airwaves suffered.  It was fun, and I definitely plan on doing more parks on the air activity since it combines my love of camping with radio.  I still need to evaluate what equipment I must have to get lighter and more organized, but with the way that most parks\/campgrounds are set up moving the equipment from a vehicle to the campsite is possible without much difficulty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cart concept would work with some very expensive items, namely lithium iron phosphate batteries, and winter tents that are light but can contain a wood stove. The cart with shelter and radio equipment was simply to heavy to move more than a few hundred feet unless on perfect terrain, and then it was slow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128,"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions\/128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stickelman.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}