QRP Setup Buddipole and Yeasu FT-817ND

A quick look at my QRP setup.

Consists of a Yeasu FT-817ND with additional filters, a LDG Z817 auto tuner for when I'm lazy not tuning the SWR on the buddipole and a AV-20 SWR meter.

My QRP setup....

My QRP antenna is a Buddipole on a 5 meter painters stick from Amazon.  I manually tune the SWR before use to make the most of the limited power.  I can normally get an SWR of approx 1:1.2.  However this moves up quickly when off a set frequency and sometimes I plug in the ATU to resolve any SWR issues.  This of course make the setup less efficient.

Buddipole, chairs not included

Te whole QRP setup fits in a small bag with the antenna and pole easily fitting in my Audi, or even our Smart car.

This is a small setup ;-)