Yaesu FT-891 on the way
I want to thank everyone who contributed to the campaign, helping to finance this new radio for the all-weather solar powered Field Station. I like […]
Month: January 2018
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 […]
Winter Field Day 2018 Solar Storm Forecast
hello Operators. Unless you’re at high latitudes, it may be wise to use the narrow bandwidth weak signal modes for winter Field Day 2018. Contestia, […]
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 […]
GoFundMe Solar Field Station – FINAL STRETCH
Update The Yaesu FT-891 for the Solar Powered Field Station was totally funded through the GoFundMe campaign. A huge thanks to everyone who contributed to […]
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 […]
Best comment ever!
Every now and then a viewer follower or subscriber will say something that feels life-changing. At the end of the day I’m just a guy […]
FT8 Love/Hate Relationship!
Recently John N0JDS brought up the idea of using FT8 for station-to-station weak signal messaging. I was like “hell yeah” but… FT8 limits free text […]