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Man-Portable HF Antenna strategy

February 3, 2023 Julian OH8STN 6

For the off-grid field radio operator with limited weight & carrying capacity, what antenna options do we have? Actually, quite a few! Let’s talk about […]

OTA Micro-Blogging concept update

January 31, 2023 Julian OH8STN 2

There’s been substantial progress made on the OTA Micro-Blogging concept.Paul Offord has made a python utility that integrates with JS8Call through its TCP/UDP API. The […]

Keep It Simple Stupid | Survival Radio

January 29, 2023 Julian OH8STN 4

Survival Radio with a Raspberry Pi is a technical endeavor. The emcomm tools we use will always require parallel operator skills. There is no getting […]

Off Grid JS8Call Time Sync No GPS or NTP needed

January 24, 2023 Julian OH8STN 0

After my last video, some of you thought JS8Call was GPS or NTP dependent. Here is a little known feature you may not know about. […]

Voice vs Asynchronous Data for Survival Radio and Prepping

January 17, 2023 Julian OH8STN 2

Someone asked if either Voice or Data were better for prepper comms. My answer could surprise you.This post is an addendum to the video Voice […]

Decentralized OTA Micro Blogging

January 13, 2023 Julian OH8STN 7

Over-The-Air Micro blogging with ham radio might be the answer to censorship. Hello OperatorsBy now many of us have heard about or read about the […]

Chameleon antenna MPAS 2.0 SurvivalComms

January 9, 2023 Julian OH8STN 1

Deep analysis of the MPAS 2.0 from Chameleon Antenna by SurvivalComms This is by far the best video I’ve seen on the Chameleon MPAS 2.0 […]

It’s finally dead! Yaesu FT-818 discontinued

December 30, 2022 Julian OH8STN 9

Yaesu has finally discontinued the Yaesu FT-818. For me, this was long overdue! Hello operators. I have been a Yaesu FT-81x owner since just after […]