Portable operation (amateur radio)

Kamal Edirisinghe, 4S7AB, from Sri Lanka, operating a portable amateur radio station south of Stockholm, Sweden

Amateur radio operators take part in portable operations using radio equipment when traveling. "Portable" equipment indicates a configuration that allows for relatively rapid collection, transportation, and deployment of amateur radio gear. A portable station can be anything from a small QRP (Low Power) radio and antenna, to a large transceiver. On long-distance expeditions, such equipment allows them to report progress, arrivals and sometimes exchanging safety messages along the way.[1][2]

  1. ^ Stuart Thomas (2018). Portable Operating for Amateur Radio: Everything You Need to Get on the Air in the Great Outdoors!. American Relay Radio League, Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-62595-080-2.
  2. ^ H. Ward Silver (2 March 2018). Ham Radio For Dummies. Wiley. ISBN 978-1-119-45486-1.