Portable operating with military style radios

I headed to a local country park to use two of the radios from my collection, the first being the military style Discovery TX-500 HF radio and the other the Racal Cougar PRM-4515. Both radios are built to withstand the roughness of operating in environments like woodlands and clumsiness of the average ham operator... like me.
Discovery TX-500 from Lab599 lab599.com/
Racal Cougar PRM-4515 www.cryptomuseum.com/crypto/r...
I'm a licensed amateur radio operator from the United Kingdom. My UA-cam channel features videos focusing on operating portable radio from various locations plus how to videos, tutorials, insights and conversations in the hobby.

[@petemillis4666]

Happy Birthday Betsy! De M3KXZ!

[@gtretroworld]

My mate has a Beagle and it’s a proper live wire!…maybe next time hook the radio up to the Dog as a swear you will blow smoke with that breed 😂…Thanks for the video Carl. 73’s

[@johnnorth9355]

The look on the dogs face - this is supposed to be my day out and all you want to do is play radio !

[@petemillis4666]

Love your videos Carl. The way you make them brings back memories of Out Of Town with Jack Hargreaves! Hope to catch you on the bands one day. 73 M3KXZ

[@nivid01]

Always pack a hiker’s table n folding stool/chair -- always!!!!

[@Tommyr]

Happy birthday BETSIE! 10m and 12m have been open like crazy here Carl. Got into Vienna Austria and Ireland this late morning on 12m. 5/9 sigs from here in the N.E. U.S. with 80w.

[@brianfields4479]

Nice video carl, very relaxing and enjoyable. 73

[@Radiogenes]

Fantatic! Subscribed

[@threepistols7]

I always appreciate that you go outside and try things.

[@wayneskiba1237]

I really like your setup, Carl, and your ham radio buddy, seems that you and your buddy are having a great time just enjoying the scenry and playing radio, thank you for sharing, and as always it was sure a pleasure to see you out and about enjoying our hobby in the great outdoors, until next time, great job and keep'em comung.

[@mahargkp]

Hi...love your dedication to radio and your videos are great... I'm seeing a few people laying their antennas completely on the ground... Might be worth giving it a go... All the best M1 bsz... Graham...

[@stevemunro8559]

always enjoy your videos, it takes a lot of effort to remember everything you need and then actually do it. It's a shame that certain receiving stations can be overly critical with your signal report. We, they should be reminded of the amatuer code. /P stations don't generally have 400W into a 3ele yagi at 60ft. I think you did well 😊

[@phils2180]

I found the same issue with the relatively short mic lead so made up a short extension cable but I also find the output from the speaker mic isn't that great in a noisy (breezy) environment, even in "outdoor" mode so tend to use a headset in such situations.

[@harryporter7220]

Great video Carl. I have to say that you are asking for trouble by bringing the dog on the radio walk, with predictable results. I have a Discovery TX-500 HF radio, and the QRP is a challenge, even with wire dipoles cut to frequency resonance, and without canine companionship, LOL. Keep up the great work!

[@W4EMB]

Do you do any CW? Thanks for the video.

[@101blog]

Nice one ..how many "Green" radios do you have now then ?

[@Patrick-rd9qo]

Could Betsy carry an EFW? Instead of a stretchy lead?

[@arthurtwoshedsjackson6266]

What’s the output power of your Cougar set ?

[@midoedo]

are you familiar with CVSD vocoder ?

[@G7KMT]

Get on bunkers on the air..