And the perfect thing for the ham on the go is this ham shack in a box. Go-boxes, as they are known, have been a staple of amateur radio field operations for as long as there have been hams.

The radio started life as a QRP Labs QCX, a $49 single-band CW (morse code) HF transceiver kit that is already one ... called the µSDX. Go drop in at the discussion group to stay up to date.