Portable — What It Means in Ham Radio

Portable — Operating away from home.

A park, a summit, a picnic table. Usually battery powered and often more fun than the home station.

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Related words

  • POTA — Parks on the Air.
  • Net — A scheduled on-air gathering.
  • Net control — The operator running a net.
  • Grid square — Your location as a short code.
  • Activator — Someone operating from a park or summit.
  • Mobile — Operating from a vehicle.
  • Pileup — Everybody calling one station at once.
  • RST — The signal report system.