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The Ultimate 80 meter ham radio antenna

March 22, 2023 Julian OH8STN 6

After two years with the Chameleon 80 meter Skyloop, how’s it doing?

Man-Portable HF Antenna strategy

February 3, 2023 Julian OH8STN 14

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 […]

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 […]

Solar Powered Winlink RMS overview Wavetalkers

April 18, 2022 Julian OH8STN 3

Off-Grid Winlink RMS Gateway Powerdd by PowerFilm Solar

Chameleon LEFS | 40m end fed half wave antenna

November 27, 2021 Julian OH8STN 2

Hello Operators.  Today on OH8STN Ham Radio we are discussing a Portable Ham Radio HF antenna that covers 6 HF bands, yet requires no antenna […]

Off Grid Ham Radio | Portable Winlink

October 4, 2021 Julian OH8STN 1

Hello OperatorsIn this mini-episode of off grid Ham Radio with OH8STN, Snapper and I take the Icom IC-705, Microsoft Surface Go2, Chameleon MPAS 2.0 and […]

DIY599 PA500 IC-705 Testing JS8Call

September 1, 2021 Julian OH8STN 0

Hello Operators. Overnight testing with the Icom ic-705 and the DIY 599 PA500 amplifier. The results were quite astonishing. For the past couple of weeks […]

Chameleon Antenna 40/20 FD | Fan Dipole first look

July 28, 2021 Julian OH8STN 2

Hello Operators Some weeks ago Chameleon Antenna sent over their 40/20 FD fan dipole for some testing. As you may know, Chameleon occasionally sends over […]

Chameleon Antenna SKYLOOP follow-up

June 29, 2021 Julian OH8STN 2

Hello Operators. Since early on June 29th, I’ve been running a test with JS8Call. Having switched from primarily operating on 40 meters with the mode, […]

Chameleon SKYLOOP | Horizontal Loop Antenna

June 20, 2021 Julian OH8STN 10

Hello Operators So the 80m skyloop is up, and the first video on it was published. In the video we go through the installation, benefits, […]

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