Ham Radio Go Box - Battery and UHF/VHF

This is a tour of my initial build of a GO BOX that contains my Battery and my UHF/VHF dual band mobile rig. Simple and self-contained.

[@btcullen5876]

WELL DONE! Great tips to address some concerns I've had regarding punching holes in a waterproof storage case. I like your clean, simple, functional design.

[@ChrisSchroth]

Thank you for sharing. Great concept and so many cool details. 73 from the UK.

[@chuckp3739]

Wonderful idea on taking the rig in and out with you when you are traveling.

[@richardtan9163]

This is just brilliant! Neatly presented and appealing❤❤ love it so much

[@janiceemery2008]

Oh I think you did an excellent job. I don’t think I would change anything. Great job and thank you for sharing.

[@MrTPF1]

Nifty little setup. Well done!

[@BradSnyder1]

Pretty neat go box. I like that you added that license plate light as well. 73 de KG5SDE

[@uncle_spanky]

Great idea to include an antenna in the box (especially when you can add the magnetic mount)

[@AyanZubaneyev]

Thanks for sharing your setup

[@hipolitoortiz6182]

Wow Bob ! Well done simple and compacted, lov it..... Should do a video of how you put everything together that going to be great. What I suggest you is adding a solar pannel for charging the batery and a better antenna w/ a portable mast for POTA or traveling around.

[@shaofuchang515]

Good first attempt, would suggest adding some sort of capacity meter (like a powerwerx BVM-100) to keep track of the battery. Lithium phosphate unlike an AGM does not exhibit a linear relationship between the battery voltage and remaining capacity. With the bioeenos the voltage will stay solid and then at its depletion shutdown without warning. I would use some sort of a metal brace under the radio to hold it up and take advantage of the cubbyhole below to store things like the mic or a victory cigar. As with antennas, keep in mind the radiation exposure limits when transmitting with the antenna so close to you, keep it under 10W, and watch for stray voltage if its a 1/4wave. I would personally suggest using a half wave antenna which eliminates your need for a ground plane. My backpack is installed with my HT a Nagoya RH660S, needs no groundplane, about 11" retracted and 42" extended, good for 10W and gives me at least a 2.1dBi of gain. It is a bit fragile, but it comes in SMA, SMA-R, or BNC. Go for the BNC one. I've smacked enough branches to scrape paint off and I've only had one fail out of six or seven currently in use. used outdoors when its not raining. Along with any radio, its better to include the manual. seeing that you have space on your lid, here's my way to keep things together. Buy a chipboard, then cut the board to shape your lid and glue it to the lid. I use it in my go kits to hold the various ICS forms back when I was still active in ARES simulated exercises. For me every box I've built is designed to be easily understood by another ham who may find it after I become an /SK in a disaster area and is equipped with everything they may need to learn how to use it. circuit diagrams, manuals, repeaters in the memory, etc, printed, laminated, stowed. Tools are included so that anyone can strip them for parts or use them as is, but that's my design philosophy, to each their own :) the Bioeeno 20AH is the perfect balance for basically every mobile up to even the Base stations. For me I try to equip my go-kits with some kind of solar charging function just so if the suns out and I happen to be able to field a panel I can run off of that. Something like a Powerwerx MPPT-150-14.6 takes up almost no room and plugs right into the Rig runner and its there as a side option. Obviously with more features it gets heavier, ultimately its up to the user to consider what's important. I think this kit is nice for what it is, its elegant in its simplicity and looks like a winner the way it is. Now that you built it, use it, use it, use it and then the design will start to transform to shape your usage habits. 73 de KN4GEI

[@JDK45ACP]

That's very nice work.

[@fabiandempewolf2820]

Nice setup.

[@Edu-jv1ds]

Muy bueno y cuidadoso trabajo. Interesante maletín transportable. 👍

[@prestonshute7243]

Very nice portable go box. I can see you put a lot of planning into the layout. 73 wd4dda

[@michaelfinney2160]

Nice ! Looks kinda like the Motorola Apcor paramedic radio from back in the 70’s and 80’s

[@EagerBeagle]

Well done! Thanks for the ideas. 73s

[@W8VHS]

Very nice !!

[@sirkyoj1]

That’s pretty cool.

[@alvarogaitan2529]

terrific setup wow fantastic job 73 from kb2uew

[@jamescopeland5358]

Great idea

[@hardtruth2039]

Nice little rig. Looking to do something similar.

[@n3ljs399]

Looks like a good plan….. I think you might need more ground surface for the antenna. Female banana plug mount to the metal….and ground wire. Have you checked the SWR. I made my first one days after 9/11. I called it my Jump Box….lol

[@ometofu]

I don’t use my go box often… I just use dewalt battery with buck converter with mxt275in dewalt tstak case….

[@kjohnson2827]

Nice

[@cashritchie8919]

Could you do a control head separation cord then lay the radio flat, you could Velcro the faceplate on the lid or even use a rj_ _ waterproof connector for a more remote use

[@ThrooGRV]

do you need a DC Boost converter to setup go box? or you just connect the radio direct to the battery with fuse?

[@cristianpalaming5349]

My friend I need a Lcd. That kind of radio.. How to avail

[@davewallace3899]

I really like the simplicity! How do you charge the battery?

[@cashritchie8919]

Ft-7800 is a nice option, compact and light with 1000 memory channels. Only complaint is the limited 6 character alpha tag I prefer 14 characters

[@Hanesy]

Hello. I would like to ask if how many watts do you use on the radio if you use this go box?

[@jethro9341]

Will the velcro hold if it gets dropped or knocked over?

[@spudhut2246]

You lost me at "too much of a commitment", however - good build, nice and compact.

[@egillis214]

Try some 3D printed folding legs like on a Yeasu 817 or a folding IPhone stand. Even old CB stand may work... A old lens cleaning cloth is good for screen protector...

[@the1spyderryder]

Very nice setup. What is the RF output of the 707?

[@Tannerys]

50 Watts on 2 meters and 35 watts on 70cm.

[@truck57us]

Nice! What size HF/Apache box is that?

[@bob_kd5qdq]

I have long since thrown away the receipt and peeled the labels off. But the inside of the box is 12" wide, and about 9.5" front to back. The bottom of the box is about 4.5" deep and another inch or so in the lid. Good Luck.

[@woodskid4ever]

If this has been mentioned please forgive me, but are you using a BMS with the Lithium bat?

[@bob_kd5qdq]

This brand of batter has the BMS built into the brick. That is why I like them so much. You can do power in or out, and they will take care of the details. I am not sure it would handle solar, so check the details for your self there. But, this will take care of power from a power supply just fine.

[@256felix]

Have you had a problem with a failing display

[@alexanderdemers681]

Time to upgrade to a yaesu ft-817nd. I have a setup just like yours but with uhf/vhf/hf.

[@dcentral]

Icom 705 but yes it’s hella expensive.

[@alexgunawan98]

can we use powerbank as power supply boss ? 🙏🏼

[@bob_kd5qdq]

super great question. Couple thought assuming you are talking about a USB battery pack device. The designed output on USB is 5V, and the expected input on HAM gear is 12V. So the 5V would need to be converted. There is always loss in conversion, so do not expect efficiency, but it may be a descent secondary solution if you can find a good converter. Keep in mind the amount of AMPS you would need for UHF/VHF, and also for HF (if you use it for that). They need a lot. Next, if the USB ports on the power distribution convert 5v to 12v, would they also allow it to convert in the other direction? I doubt it, and I doubt it would send enough juice for the HF rig...but it's a cool thought.

[@aprilk141]

1. I like that it's not trying to be anything other than a self contined rdio unit. 2. Velcro is gret for testing 3. My a key is not working great. 4. I got the same case, it's pretty cool 5. Profit

[@hanneslegrange9378]

Price

[@geoffjames2875]

interesting... but no charge connection !

[@bob_kd5qdq]

The best part? I plug my power supply into one of the ports of the rig runner and it will charge the battery. I just have to turn on the battery switch. The bioenno battery connections go both directions as do the ports on the rig runner.

[@tonyp4092]

Seems like a bad idea having the antenna that close to you and the radio.

[@larryjanson4011]

those hf boxes are only water restant. NOT water proof.

[@matteng2332]

73

[@pedersteenberg2010]

USE AS BABY% SITER

[@auroracardero393]

Es mentira que tenga esa presion

[@biluphummm]

hello very interesting video content .. if a link can be provided to download the diagram, it would be good to better understand how to connect ... here 9w8dom 73