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"Take Your Pack to the Beach"... https://www.eham.net/article/48318

Paul w0rw

How to Operate Pedestrian Mobile It is really exciting to operate on HF while you are hiking into your favorite back country area. Operating “Pedestrian Mobile”, which I will call “/pm”, is a very challenging and rewarding activity, especially using QRP. It is difficult to explain "/pm" to...

The Most Difficult Thing About operating (/PM) Pedestrian Mobile is finding a way to hook your antenna to your body. Of course if you have a big backpack you can just clamp it to the back pack, but what if you have a really small hand held rig and no backpack? I use my KX1 or Penntek TR-35 QRP rig a...

Additional info on the KXPD1 picture. The top black screw has a small terminal lug under it that is trimmed to make a pivot peg for the Exacto knife blade. The Exacto blade is epoxied to the 9V battery case and the Exacto blade hole slips over the pivot peg. You have to add a few pieces of card boar...

Here is a close up of the 9V battery case on the KXPD1.
Paul w0rw

OK Richard,
i use a 10 foot center loaded whip most of the time. The KX1 ATU will load an 8 foot whip. i also us a dragwire when walking along..
Here is a close up of the 9V battery case on the KXPD1.
Paul w0rw

How to Convert the KXPD1 to Single Lever Operation. i guess the first question is Why? I use a single lever paddle when I am operating Pedestrian Mobile and find it better for sending while walking. My left hand seems to swing back in forth just like my right hand and that makes a pretty stable send...

KX1 ‘Wristmitter’ on 80 and 40 meters. Last night i was wearing my KX1 as a 'wristmitter'. It was rubber-banded to the underside of my left arm. It worked pretty well and left me with a free hand. It was really windy and cold tonight but i made it out to the park by dark. Worked MO on 80 (my report ...

Trail Day Adventure This Trail Day adventure started by boarding the Manitou & Pike's Peak Cog Railway at Manitou Springs, Colorado. The 'Cog' is a train that can go up a very steep incline because it drives itself up on a third rail which has big cog teeth on it. You can see the Cog train route...

High Speed Morse (HSM) by Paul Signorelli w0rw, Rev. A Most people who learn the Morse code seem to hit an upper speed limit as they progress. Here is the reason and how to overcome it. Receiving High Speed Morse Here is what I have found during my Morse life time and you have probably heard it befo...