Ham Radio Go Bag - Hazard 4 Plan-B Sling Bag

[jwreagan]

Nicely done! I too have had this bag (coyote color) in my Amazon cart for a while. I actually got one second hand, dirt cheap off fb marketplace a little while back. I was toying around with making a go box since I recently got an FT-891 as part of a larger overall deal from a guy who bought everything for a go-box, but a serious tragedy in his life made him decide to abandon the hobby :(

I wound up with nearly everything I need to build a decent go-box, but wanted something I could take with me on work trips and not look like someone on a no-fly list with a pelican case or the massive roll around box the guy I got my stuff from had planned to use. I started fitting it all together in different bags, nothing felt right. Also, I did not want to give up a backpacking pack for this purpose. I got the Hazard 4 used, started mocking it up, and am in almost the same configuration as you are! I looked this bag up with various ham phrases and found out I was nowhere near the first to come up with this idea lol. I started wanting to get more shape retention and padding for the gear. I was thinking to make a kydex or thermomoldable plastic compartment for the interior of the bag when I came across a page called "into the woods", the guy there used the Hazard 4 Evac Photo Insert. I literally just ordered it. It fits right inside your bag, comes with a variety of dividers/padding for cameras and lenses. I am no longer looking at thermoplastics ;)

Again, great looking setup. I will get some videos together of mine as I build it, hope to get input from others who have already learned things "the hard way" so I do not have to.

Take care and keep up the videos (wish I had seen this a year or more ago, my kit would be a lot closer to done right now)

[jwreagan]

Just listened to the part about the straps on the sides, they are for compressing the bag (it is designed to fit in a locker or under a desk, etc) it is also designed with staying slim line and being able to evac without bumping into everything. You can since it all in tighter, especially if you have more open space from loss of consumables. Hard for me to imagine cutting straps off a bag that costs this much, . (tossed you a sub while I was at it too)