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Month: March 2019

Nortent Gamme 4 Hot Dome tent vs blizzard

March 29, 2019 Julian OH8STN 0

Hello Operators. Many of you already know I’m the happy owner of a Nortent tipi/lavvo 6. Recently I also added the Nortent tipi/lavvo 4 to […]

Episode 194 — 100 Watts and a Wire

March 27, 2019 Julian OH8STN 0

Hello Operators. Christian has just released a new episode of 100 watts and a wire, and yours truly is making a guest visit. In my […]

The Yaesu VX5R story

March 27, 2019 Julian OH8STN 0

Hello Operators. Many of you wouldn’t know about my little Yaesu vx-5r. It’s a 3 band handheld radio offered by Yaesu about 15 years ago. […]

Unorthodox Emergency communications with JS8Call

March 17, 2019 Julian OH8STN 1

Hello Operators Many of you already know I’m a huge advocate of JS8Call. What you may not know is my opinion of JS8Call as an […]

Chameleon Emcomm 3 Portable | First Impressions

March 12, 2019 Julian OH8STN 0

Hello Operators Today is Monday so we’re sharing a video from Gil F4WBY This time Gil is testing the Chameleon EMCOMM 3 Portable antenna in […]

Ham Radio & First-Aid for Prepping with USNERDOC

March 9, 2019 Julian OH8STN 0

Hello Operators On Friday March 8, Josh from ham radio crash course, interviewed David KF7ETX from the YouTube channel USNERDOC and owner of AMP-3. I […]

The Best Handheld Radio For Preparedness!?

March 4, 2019 Julian OH8STN 0

Hello Operators. It’s Monday so that means we’re sharing another video from Gil F4WBY, the Radio Prepper. In this video Gil explains why he believes […]

PowerFilm R28 Rollable Solar Panels

March 2, 2019 Julian OH8STN 0

Hello Operators. By now most of you have seen the DIY solar generator project intro and project build. I specified enough battery storage to power […]

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