What bands are you working from the bike(s)?Currently, 2/440 and 11 - we use CB on the road a lot here for group rides.
Many years ago I tried 2m & 70cm and even running colinear antennae the range sucked.
I don't do any RA these days as not enough time in the day.
Hope to do more when/if I retire, maybe even get my HF certification.
Currently, 2/440 and 11 - we use CB on the road a lot here for group rides.I used to use 10m (FM) CB from the bike here in the UK and 10m (AM) CB in the EU, but when I got my ticket I moved to 2m/70cm as my licence does not cover anything longer than 11m.
The '08 has the ability to run an FRS/GMRS (462/467MHz) or a MURS (151/154MHz) portable concurrently with the others so if anyone with that type of rig rides with me I can communicate with them as well.
The '12 is going to get an Icom IC-703+ in addition to its FTM-10R. That'll give me 15 through 6M while mobile and 160-6M while portable/camping in addition to 2/440.
I used to use 10m (FM) CB from the bike here in the UK and 10m (AM) CB in the EU, but when I got my ticket I moved to 2m/70cm as my licence does not cover anything longer than 11m.In the interest of weight and space, I've come up with a neat little travel solution. Actually appropriated it from a diplomatic HF communications package which was sold by a Cali company in the 80s. It's a dipole made of some small gauge but very tough wire. Each reel (side) of the thing is smaller than your average soup can, as is a 75ft roll of RG-174 feedline. Rigging lines and insulators are included with the wire bundles and a center insulator is attached to the -174. The only other piece of hardware I need to carry is an adapter to connect the feedline's BNC to the bike's SO-239.
I guess your tent will be easy to spot. It'll be the one with the huge rhombic attached