Man-Portable HF Antenna strategy
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 […]
Articles by Julian OH8STN
Keep It Simple Stupid | Survival Radio
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
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. […]
Off Grid Ham Radio Data & the internet
Do off grid ham radio data modes require the internet? A viewer wanted to know if JS8Call, Winlink, or VaraAC needed the internet for any […]
Voice vs Asynchronous Data for Survival Radio and Prepping
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 […]
PowerFilm Solar Panels: Where to buy?
Hello Operators.Today on OH8STN Ham Radio we are answering the question where we can buy PowerFilm solar panels. I have been using portable solar panels […]
Lab599 Discovery TX-500
Hello operators.Yesterday I wrote a letter to the team at Lab599, about my experience with the Discovery TX-500 on the weekend of 22/23 October 2021. […]
DIY 599 PA500 HF Amplfier TX Power Measurement 40M
Hello OperatorsSome of you have asked for some measurements of the DIY599 PA500 output power at certain drive levels. Well, here you are. In this […]
Vertical Axis WInd Turbine Project
Updated 29 April 2024 Check out the latest updates to this wind power project at the off-grid ham shack. https://oh8stn.org/blog/2024/01/23/charging-a-lifepo4-battery-with-wind-power/ Hello Operators. In today’s episode […]
JS8Call Net Weekly each Sunday
Hello Operators.This message about a new weekly JS8Call Net running every Sunday. It came in over WInlink this morning, so I thought it would be […]