![]() ![]() I am current with Red Cross certifications for CPR and first aid (I highly recommend taking these classes). Please keep in mind that I’m no expert in the design and use of field emergency kits. When I return home, I reload it in my main SOTA backpack and remove the ribbon marking that an item was missing. This way, I know that pack now has many of the emergency essentials. ![]() ![]() This little kit lives in my main SOTA pack, but when I decide to take one of my other packs on a SOTA/POTA excursion, I simply grab this one, mark my bag with a ribbon that it was removed, then place it in the new pack. ![]() I designed this super portable kit so that it would be completely self-contained and fit in one compact Dyneema sack. I use the lower outer compartment to hold most of my emergency and supplementary supplies. All Amazon links are affiliate links that support at no cost to you (a site plugin auto converts these). Please note that the links below either point to the manufacturer, retailers, or one of my reviews, articles, or videos. Note that Patreon supporters can watch and even download this video 100% ad-free through Vimeo on my Patreon page.Ĭlick here to view on YouTube. In addition, I have monetization turned off on YouTube, although that doesn’t stop them from inserting ads before and after my videos at times. I add chapters in the video to make it easy to jump to sections. Video TourĪs with all of my videos, I start the camera rolling and don’t edit out sections or blank space (although I do correct myself in notes). The video tour and all of my links and information below mainly pertain to everything in my pack besides the actual radio. This includes emergency supplies, spare parts, and tools. That’s exactly what we’ll be focusing on in this tour: all of the extra gear that lives in this particular backpack. I do have some fully self-contained field kits ( this is an example) that I can put in any backpack I own and know I have a complete station, but the great thing about my main SOTA/POTA pack is that it contains all of the things above and beyond the basics. This is important for an operator like me who rotates out radios regularly. This modular approach (with each accessory kit being in its own pouch) makes it incredibly easy for me to pack my radio gear–reliably–in very short order. The main compartment with zippered inner pocket on right below Spec-Ops label Other than one small mesh zippered interior pocket, it’s essentially one open space. The main compartment of this backpack is pretty spacious–for my QRP field radios–and gives me a lot of room to organize my gear. My accessories kit in a Tom Bihn Large Travel Tray I put the radio in the main compartment, then I add a battery kit, logging kit, an antenna kit, arborist throw line, and an accessories kit that contains a key, cables, adapters, etc. Mini Mini Arborist Throw Line Kit in a Tom Bihn Small Travel Tray Quite the opposite: I use its main compartment to hold a wide variety of modular field kits I’ve put together.Īs I prepare my pack to hit the field, I decide which radio I plan to take typically that radio is in a pouch, bag, or case of its own that contains radio-specific connectors and accessories. This particular pack is not set up to be a fully self-contained field backpack for just one radio. That said, here we go! Designed to be modular I think the reason why I haven’t made a video and post yet about this pack is because I knew it would be quite detailed and, frankly, take a lot of time to detail. I’ve had several requests to do a video about my main SOTA pack which is designed around the Spec-Ops Brand T.H.E. In truth, I have done this before, of course–once showing how I pack out my GoRuck GR1 for field radio and travel and another time showing how I pack out my TX-500 field kit in a Red Oxx Micro Manager. The irony is I watch numerous videos on YouTube of how others pack out their various field and travel kits. You would think being a pack geek that I would produce more videos showing a breakdown of what’s in my packs and how I organize them. It’s not for the faint of heart or the short of time. If you don’t believe me, listen to the Ham Radio Workbench episode where they invited me to take a deep dive into my world of packs, bags, and organization. As many of you know, I’m a bit of a backpack geek (okay, that’s an understatement). ![]()
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