Amorphous vs Polycrystalline vs Monocrystalline Solar Panels
When we are discussing solar panels for man portable off-grid Communications, there are really only three choices. Despite the paid-for-promotion YT videos, we can easily […]
Field Comms
Portable HF Station in a 5.56 Ammo Can
Hello Operators Last weekend, I spend a few days up North near Rovaniemi Finland at 66°North. I took the Yaesu FT-891 out for two days […]
Arctic Field Test Chameleon EMCOMM III Portable
Hello Operators. Today I’m at KP26JL. This is between Rovaniemi and Yli-Tornio Finland. The goal of todays trip is to deploy the solar powered Field […]
Intro to the Commander for the Yaesu 857 Hardened Power Systems
We all know how hard I can be in companies, but this time Hardened Power Systems has something which looks pretty special. So, I’m not […]
Portable Battery & Solar power for ham radio
There aren’t too many days going by when someone doesn’t say “I need a bigger battery to operate longer”. This is almost the most ridiculous […]
QRO Portable Yaesu FT-891 CHA EMCOMM 3P
Hello Operators In this video, I head out to the forest with the Yaesu FT-891, and a new antenna called the EMCOMM 3 Portable from […]
HFAPRS Overnight message from PE4BAS
This morning I woke up to find a message from Bas PE4BAS. He heard my mfsk4 Beacon last evening or overnight, He decided to reach […]
Raspberry Pi 3 Model 3+
Hello Operators One of the biggest sources of frustration for the Android powered amateur radio operator, is the lack of apps supporting the most popular […]
Portable DIY LiFePO4 Power for Ham Radio Followup
As most of you know, I’ve done several LiFePO4 builds on the channel using lithium iron phosphate cells, for amateur radio portable Communications. Currently there […]
Watch Kevin W6RIP on SOTA Mt Williamson
It’s always amazing watching SOTA operators keeping it real, showing us the reality of what’s involved with getting up to the summit, operating, then getting […]