Setting up a field day HAM RADIO ready army command tent
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- Опубликовано: 24 июн 2021
- I spend 2 days 1 night with the land rover and a 9 by 9 army command tent. This would make a great field day ham radio set up.
For those who knows how to put this tent up, I now know from subscribers comments that this is not how it's done and the tent is inside out! 😀
I'm a licensed amateur radio operator from the United Kingdom. My RUclips channel features videos focusing on operating portable ham radio from various locations plus how to videos, tutorials, insights and conversations in the hobby.
"the journey is better than the destination "
i too enjoy the preparation and mustering all of the gear for the expedition
and making a few contacts
the icing on the cake
i reckon
PS I really enjoy your English humour
Lucky it didn't rain, with the tent being inside out. Like the video, keep them up
Super cool
Only recently found your channel, love your style showing warts n all. Not everything in life is perfect and it’s great to see someone that is so honest. I’m similar the setting up is great fun and sat back listening to the radio looked bliss. 73s
Looks like a good camp 👍👏👏
Canvas was inside out Carl. The window flaps should be on the outside, as should the vehicle cowl, and I think you have an incomplete kit. IIRC there should be poles on the floor between the legs on the tent sides, but I may be getting confused with the 12 x 12, it's been 20 years at least since I last put one up.
I'll have to pop down and show you how you set it up properly. That site looks good, Trees look to be hammock friendly
Aha! Hope it smells better the other way round!
@@M0SZT Nope they don't LOL. I used to get filthy off the canvas wax and aluminium (note the correct spelling my American friends) dust off the poles. They are VERY good tents though. You should fit a stove jack like I have on my big ridge tent.
Your tent looked inside out.... 😁
Sure looked like a lot of fun... thanks for taking us along.
What a great video, I really enjoyed the army command tent setup, also the area you were in was just perfect. It seemed that you were really enjoying your outing, way to go and again thank you for sharing!
Great to watch you work the tent. Thanks for sharing your success and mistakes.
love your videos
This video is ripe for a response :
1) Can you wear your flat cap please ? Uri (RA1A) on board the ISS forgot his sun glasses.
2) Nothing like a Stanley thermos with a piping hot cup of tea.
3) A lesson there about rubbish and wildlife - aka, foxes - box it and put it in the car.
4) I have to commend you for the tent. Ten points for that. I wish I had one of those. Top shelf stuff. Down here in the southern Antipodian Colonies our tents are 12x12 or 12x15 i think.
Yours is the perfect size. I'd like to see more canvas camping frivolity.
Cheers and thanks for sharing :-)
Thank you, all the gear but no idea 😁
@@M0SZT You're a good camper :-)
A happy camper indeed
Oh my. You are a funny person!😊
Very impressive setup. I will be using vintage military equipment for field day PRC-47 and UGC-74 for some 24v RTTY. Another enjoyable video. Thanks again Dan K6YIC
I’d love to see a video of that setup! 73, Kc8kbk
Good job, it wasn't windy ;) . A ground sheet might be a good extra, enjoyed the carry on sound bites :D
Have put up a 12x12 on my own, in the past, not easy use an Oztent now. Enjoyed that and are the same, fiddle more than talk. Many thanks.
Great video. A well known cheapish German supermarket has breathable groundsheets for sale that would fit in there well. Glad to see you have found out it was inside out. Let us know when you are out next and I will bring a bottle of red to go with that sarnie. 😀
I'll bring an extra steak.
Looks like a great set up!
Now that’s a proper tent!
Looking gd Carl, next time the tent skeleton is up, Mark or Paint each section diff colors at the insertion points for easy ref, I'm sure others will have better ideas, ie perm marker diff symbols etc,.?. Good onya mate cheers n 73, enjoy yr 📻
Very nice Carl! That sandwich looked delicious! You have more patience than me for putting up that tent! Consider maybe getting a nice 120 watt folding solar panel. I just got one made by Baldr (also made by Togo, same panel) that works great.
I am the same as you, the setting up of a portable station is just as enjoyable as operating the station.
Well done getting that tent up Carl, it looked a bit of a beast on your own...
great to see you back out in the wild, camp site looks really nice, I take your point on the Ham radio, luckily I get some days off in the week to play a bit as I think if not I would hugely scale back my HF set up & be a digital mode only station as sadly its becoming a contest only hobby at weekends now on voice which isn't my bag. 10m has been good fun though lately. more how I like to do radio. 73 Carl, call in and say hello next time you hear me on, been a while since we had a QSO, nice to have a brief cameo part in the videos too 👍😁
Carl, perfect trees. Command post tent, yes. Then sling your hammock for kipping.
It’s inside out. But another great video, cheers 👍👍👍
"I didn't look at the instructions", that is sooooo male, wing it my friend 🤣
Yep just found out it was inside out! 😀
Should have two of yah
Great setup Carl you are certainly getting there! 73 Gm4zji Chris
Great first attempt att field ops,with the 9x9 Carl…it’s not just about the operating but the setup of the kit,iron out the snags,find out what is needed over what will just fit in the landy….trim it down, and drop the setup time so you have it down pat…..
Love the carry on audio clip.
And seriously m8 that 7200 really needs to be either OD green or sand 😂 come on Carl get it sprayed 😂
Ok as for the solar in the UK you’ll need 3x the normal power rate due to the fact we only get 1kW/ m sq here on a good day, that is like we had when we was kids in 76 😂
So if you need 100W, build for 300W of gathering be it solar or wind.this will keep you ticking over.
All the best bud Tony 2e0tsa.
Great Job as always Carl! I definitely loved the steak & onion sandwich!! Yum!! A couple of things:
1. I have noticed that your Tarheel isn’t getting out well (from your other videos too), this is almost always a bonding issue. I think because you’re mounted to the roof rack and not the chassis the antenna isn’t getting a proper ground. I recommend you look into improving that, you will see a world of difference on transmit performance!!
2. What happened to the igloo style tent you had? It must be way easier to setup and better insulated (with floor).
Earthing Earthing Earthing. Lots of wide broad earthing.
Yes I've got a job on my hands improving that. I've ordered some bits and bobs, hope to have a first crack at it this next week
The cook with Carl channel :-)
Once up use different coloured electrical tape in bands on ends and joints into the ends. You can use 1 or 2 bands of different colours so you just match them up to each section each time saving time. 73's Andy M6APJ
Buy a packet of coloured elastic bands and put matching colours and amount on each part/pole so you always no what goes where. Nice tent ⛺️ Carl, can I ask where you got it?
I met the owner before so got to know of a private sale.
Put numbers on each join and pole, pole 1 goes into join1, pole 2 into join 2 and so on.
Lot of work for one guy wow great job though
😋👍👍👍👍👍
I see some one has already mentioned marking each end of each pole to make it easier to reassemble..save us doing it ;-) should be easy to set it up at the next Rally hint hint!
i love my 9x9 command post tent. i can set it up in 11 mins. my 12x12 takes about 17mins. great teat and looked after it will last you years . check out my facebook group for these tents. a few members have done a few mods.
folding cot and a folding table works well with a log burner for the winter. summer time i roll up all the sides
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I also find I spend more time and energy around setting up, being prepared, having all the right equipment etc than actually talking on the radio. Like they say, it's all about the journey and not the destination.
Hi mate where did you get the tent ?
I met the owner before so got to know of a private sale.
Which camp site is this? I need to pay a visit!
Tackeroo near Cannock in Staffordshire
Tent up first ,bunk up later 😂
Put a few of those tents up in the past!
Hope yours were the right way around? 😁
RST is 59 but can't copy your callsign.. sighh...
What about a generator driven via a miniature Jet Turbine running of paraffin fuel oil.
I'm looking at silent generators
Colonel Carl’s forward command post established in the DZ. a lurking version of Apocalypse Now even your reg is Nam 😂 nice one enjoy.
Ha, hadn't clicked on the Nam theme! I was more of a carry on, might make MASH at least.
@@M0SZT I could handle camping with hot lips Houlihan 😂
@@M0SZT A calamity of comical errors from beginning to end - Like an episode of Dad's Army.
A lot of work for one person to put up. The smell of an old canvas tent is burned into the memory of anyone that slept in them.
Ah the smell of army tents. What this video doesn’t convey is the weight of the canvas, putting a 9x9 up is usually a two man job especially when they are wet. The modern 9x9 CP tents are higher and come with extension legs so you can put a land rover right up to it.
You're lucky I didn't do it, but I nearly gave you a thumbs down for this video lol Just because you put tomato ketchup on that yummy steak!!! Nice video Carl hehehe
Yes I was in two minds about the sauce but to be honest a small amount worked well and didn't over power the steak
What happened to the basic set ups? to much gear!! you will need a lorry next :) 73's Paul
I bet you wish you had kept that old trailer now??? 73's Paul
I miss the trailer it was fun