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WWFF JS8Call Island Activation | Hailuoto Kirkkosalmi OHFF-0970
Hello OperatorsOn 8 May 2021, OH8HUB and myself will be activating WWFF “OHFF-0970 Kirkkosalmi”. Which has never been activated. It’s also an IOTA island. Primary […]

PowerFilm Lightsaver Max Microsoft Surface Charging off grid
Hello Operator. Many of you have asked about charging the Microsoft Surface Go 2, using the PowerFilm Lightsaver Max. PrefaceThe beauty of the PowerFilm Lightsaver […]

Red Cross – Red Crescent Winlink Exercise May 08 2021
Hello Operators.I received this announcement from a couple of different operators. It seems like a great opportunity to support something good, while improving upon our […]

SKYLOOP Antenna | Hybrid Winlink Network Part 1
Hello OperatorsFor some time its been a goal to add additional HF antenna capabilities to the tower. The first thought was adding a yagi! Unfortunately, […]

PowerFilm Lightsaver Max Radio Compatibility List
Hello Operators Last year I published a video on portable power for QRP – 20 watts radios. That video was focused on the PowerFilm Solar, […]

Icom AH-705 vs MAT-705 – Battery Life
Hello Operators.Today we are discussing the differences in battery performance, between the Icom AH-705, and MAT-705 antenna tuners, for the Icom IC-705. MAT-705+ I’ve been […]

Connecting the dots grid down – off grid comms
Hello Operators. If you have not seen it already, I posted a video entitled Grid Down Ham Radio. It was inspired by the Texas snow […]

Portable Ham Radio Motivation
Hello Operators.These are a series of portable ham radio station clips. Their purpose is inspiring and hopefully motivating ham radio operators, to build & ultimately […]

Icom IC-705 Winlink Express Setup
Hello Operators One of you asked for my Winlink Express settings for the IC-705. I’ll do a video on this soon, but for now, here […]