Status update: KI4HLV

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I enjoy using my little FT-817 and my Buddipole dipole.  Very quick to 
setup portable.  I even use the Buddipole for SDR demos at hamfests and 
club meetings.  The downside is the higher cost.  I also have an MP-1 
vertical antenna, but I don't think those are available new anymore.  
They occasionally show up on ebay.  The FT897 would give you more power 
in about the same small form-factor.
Terry


On 5/11/2011 9:59 AM, Iain McFadyen wrote:
> I have just accepted a new job, and wanted to let you all know.
>
> I will returning to work at a company called LIME. This is the operating name in
> the Caribbean for Cable&  Wireless (where I already spent 28 years of my life).
>
> My new responsibility will take me to 14 of the English-speaking Caribbean
> islands during the next 2 years, on medium term (4-week to 4-month) assignments.
>
> First stop (next week): ZF1.
> Then on to 8P6.
> Then 9Y4 then C6 (order may change).
>
> I'm pondering how to cope with operating from so many countries in such a short
> time. As accommodation will be hotels or corporate apartments for the
> duration,... I'm considering an FT897 or similar, with a small HF transmitting
> loop. As well as something simple for VHF for local repeater and ISS contacts.
>
> And then the headache begins: There is no single licensing authority for the
> Caribbean, so each country requires a different application to a different
> authority, with different paperwork and delays... Took me 4 years to get my
> local 6Y5 callsign! (I got the new call the day after VAQP). But 8P6 is a 1-hour
> on-the-spot process.
>
> It'll keep me busy, and off the streets. :-)
>
> Some people collect QSL cards. I may start a sizeable collection of Callsigns !
>   :-)
>
> 73
>
> Iain  6Y5UK  Kingston Jamaica.
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