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The Cost of Portable Off Grid Solar Power

November 1, 2018 Julian OH8STN 0

Hello Operators. The first image you see in this post was taken in Lapland back in August 2018. It’s one of the scenes from The […]

Super Antenna MP1 Ham Radio Go Kit (Episode notes)

October 30, 2018 Julian OH8STN 0

Hello Operators. In this video we head out to KP35WD Korpinen Finland, using the Super Antenna MP1 and the rest of my ham radio go […]

JS8Call JS8 On Air Party

October 19, 2018 Julian OH8STN 0

Hello Operators I just wanted to share with you an upcoming event, organised by Jordan KN4CRD, the genius behind the Magnificent app JS8Call. first if […]

Off Grid Clock sync on Raspberry Pi Ublox USB GPS

August 13, 2018 Julian OH8STN 1

Hello operators. One of the benefits of doing these off grid series, is the knowledge we gain from getting out of the office and out […]

England on 6m FM with PRC-351 and Chameleon MPAS

August 13, 2018 Julian OH8STN 0

Hello Operators Today I’m sharing a very pleasant video from Gil F4WBY, the Radio Prepper. Gil has visited the French coast several times over the […]

RaDAR GoKit & Plan RaDAR Challenge 2018

July 13, 2018 Julian OH8STN 0

Hello Operators Saturday July 14, 2018 is the RaDAR Challenge. I’ll be participating in the RaDAR Challenge as I do every year. Previously I had […]

Ham Radio Biathlon Prepping for the RaDAR Challenge

July 13, 2018 Julian OH8STN 0

Hello Operators My passion for man portable field communications it’s no secret. In preparation for the RaDAR Challenge, I decided to challenge myself with a […]

Outdoors on the Air Field Day 2018

July 10, 2018 Julian OH8STN 0

Hello Operators It’s always a pleasure sharing videos from VE3TWM, Tracy from Outdoors on the air. This time Tracy takes us along on the ARRL […]

Field Day 2018 – Every day is field day

June 26, 2018 Julian OH8STN 0

Almost every day is field day for me, “Special Event” optional. The excitement of Field Day is seeing so many other stations out working /P […]

Radio Prepper Off Grid Emergency SIM on 80M CW

June 18, 2018 Julian OH8STN 0

Hello Operators. Many of you know my friend Gil F4WBY the Radio Prepper. He is an absolute Morse code fanatic. Minimal shirt pocket size radios, […]

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