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A manpack? What?
It's like a fannypack... but you put it on your man. punches another hole in the drywall "yeah! I am a maaaaaaannnnnnnn!"
The women drywallers be like: "Cringe..."
...but yes, fannypack would've sufficed.
It's a (kind of silly) throwback to the radios that armies used in the first half of the 20th century that were large enough to necessitate a dedicated person backpacking them around everywhere. It's still common in ham radio like other traditionalist terms. "Portable station" is more accurate, but maybe boring?