https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/70a5a225-77f6-4332-ab3d-b05ae6d33a90 Some tips for the lightweight QRPer. The second part of a quest to reduce the size and weight of an HF QRP station. Some tips for the lightweight QRPer. If you like what you see buy the book! Visit http://home.alphalink.com.au/~parkerp/miniqrp.htm Watch Part 1 if you haven't done so; this describes a backpack station. Part 2 goes further, shrinking everything to pocket size. There's also a demo of a compact L-match suitable for rigs like the FT-817. I've dubbed this the 'Match 22' because it works well with 22 metres of wire, end-fed. Micro radios often mean fewer bands, fewer modes and less power. And cutting things back too much makes contacts harder if not impossible. The setup was tested from the beach on an unseasonally warm winter's day. Sunday morning was chosen due to the level of CW activity, thanks to the 10am 7025kHz CW net. Distances up to 800km were spanned with 100 milliwatts, again proving that the 'Tiny Toy' could make useful contacts. It was described in 'Lo Key' March 2012. After noon the Match-22 was tested with the FT-817. Contacts across Australia were made on 20 and 40 metres. The ATU, in conjunction with 22 metres of end-fed wire tunes up on all bands 40 - 10 metres. But unlike 3 months ago, ten metres was dead so no higher bands contacts were made. Contents 0:00 Introduction 0:18 Small transceiver 0:31 Wire antenna 0:47 Accessories including antenna coupler 1:00 Whole station 1:11 Antenna mast 1:28 Does all this work? 2:59 More about the L-match antenna coupler 4:28 Contacts with FT817 5:42 L-match circuit Part 3 follows and is about QRP portable VHF operating. PS: If you liked this video please consider supporting Amateur Radio VK3YE by: Subscribing on YouTube, Checking my books page at https://books.vk3ye.com ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​, Shopping on Amazon via: https://amzn.to/3iiDQXv​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ , or, Shopping on eBay via: https://ebay.us/i9DuWP (then if you buy something I'll get a small commission at no cost to you) Sat, 09 May 2026 09:26:39 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/70a5a225-77f6-4332-ab3d-b05ae6d33a90 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.