{"id":100,"date":"2011-09-28T19:22:29","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T18:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/?page_id=100"},"modified":"2011-09-28T19:22:29","modified_gmt":"2011-09-28T18:22:29","slug":"portable-the-army-way-well-sort-of-by-g0veh","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/lefars-portable-group\/portable-the-army-way-well-sort-of-by-g0veh\/","title":{"rendered":"Portable the army way (well sort of) by G0VEH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 24hr HF voice exercise. A hot summer\u2019s day July<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/VEH_blog_280911_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"101\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/lefars-portable-group\/portable-the-army-way-well-sort-of-by-g0veh\/veh_blog_280911_1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/VEH_blog_280911_1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VEH_blog_280911_1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/VEH_blog_280911_1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-101\" title=\"VEH_blog_280911_1\" src=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/VEH_blog_280911_1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/VEH_blog_280911_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/VEH_blog_280911_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/VEH_blog_280911_1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The site: Friday woods training area Colchester<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/VEH_blog_280911_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"102\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/lefars-portable-group\/portable-the-army-way-well-sort-of-by-g0veh\/veh_blog_280911_2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/VEH_blog_280911_2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VEH_blog_280911_2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/VEH_blog_280911_2-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-102\" title=\"VEH_blog_280911_2\" src=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/VEH_blog_280911_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/VEH_blog_280911_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/VEH_blog_280911_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/VEH_blog_280911_2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At least amateurs don\u2019t have to cam up and go dark at night. The aerials are strung between trees and should be unobtrusive. The flag was for the visitors benefit. The equipment is a PRC320. No generators or mains power is allowed and the whole exercise must be run on battery power only.<\/p>\n<p>The 60m band was used mainly during daylight hours and dropped to the 70 and 80m end of the spectrum some time after sunset. The aerials were \u00bd wave endfeds and counterpoises. This was quite a severe test of radios, batteries and operators, especially after hours of decryption and encryption of traffic. When I visited the unit in the field it made me feel tired just looking at all the activity, so I had to go back to the mess for a drink or two!!<\/p>\n<p>73<\/p>\n<p>John G0VEH \u00a0 \u00a0(email: G0VEH@lefars.org.uk)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 24hr HF voice exercise. A hot summer\u2019s day July The site: Friday woods training area Colchester At least amateurs don\u2019t have to cam up and go dark at night. The aerials are strung between trees and should be unobtrusive. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/lefars-portable-group\/portable-the-army-way-well-sort-of-by-g0veh\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":75,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-100","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P22sia-1C","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103,"href":"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100\/revisions\/103"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lefars.org.uk\/WPblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}