Watch Kevin W6RIP on SOTA Mt Williamson
It’s always amazing watching SOTA operators keeping it real, showing us the reality of what’s involved with getting up to the summit, operating, then getting […]
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Yaesu FT-891 Current Consumption test
Hello OperatorsYodays topic is the Yaesu FT-891. In this video we’ll be measuring the current draw of the Yaesu FT-891 at 5, 10, 20, 30, […]
DIY QRO 10Ah LiFePO4 Pack Yaesu FT-891 857 …
Hello OperatorsToday’s topic, portable power for QRO field radios.For the ham radio operator in the field, portable battery power needs to be light enough, small […]
DIY LiFePO4 battery pack for the Yaesu FT-891
Preparing for the next DIY LiFePO4 battery build. This time it’s a 128wh, 50A draw LiFePO4 battery pack for the Yaesu FT-891. Yaesu FT-891 GoKit […]
HFAPRS with APRS Messenger & DroidPSK
I thought it’d be a good time to open the discussion and perhaps testing of HF APRS. There’s a couple of different implementations of it, […]
Winter Field Day 2018 Part 1
This winter field day was a little different as lots of preparation work was required, to get my signals into North America. I started Saturday […]
FT8 & the Chameleon EMCOMM 3 Part 1
Hello Operators. Last Christmas I received three new antennas from Chameleon Antenna. Chameleon EMCOMM 3 Chameleon EMCOMM 3 LITE Chameleon TD (Terminated Dipole) You’ve already […]
Freaking out about Winter Field Day?
hello operators. I started to realize some operators are seriously freaking out about their first winter field day. Because of this, I thought to offer […]
Winter Field Day 2018 Announcement
Hello Operators. It’s that time of year again where we’ll get outside and practise amateur radio in the field. The difference now is, we will […]
Winter Field Station QRP Portable @ 65° North
Hello Operators Just in case you havn’t seen my latest video, I’m posting it here along with my field notes on the blog. In this […]