Yaesu FT-891 Current Consumption test
Hello OperatorsYodays topic is the Yaesu FT-891. In this video we’ll be measuring the current draw of the Yaesu FT-891 at 5, 10, 20, 30, […]
Field Comms
DIY QRO 10Ah LiFePO4 Pack Yaesu FT-891 857 …
Hello OperatorsToday’s topic, portable power for QRO field radios.For the ham radio operator in the field, portable battery power needs to be light enough, small […]
DIY LiFePO4 battery pack for the Yaesu FT-891
Preparing for the next DIY LiFePO4 battery build. This time it’s a 128wh, 50A draw LiFePO4 battery pack for the Yaesu FT-891. Yaesu FT-891 GoKit […]
HFAPRS with APRS Messenger & DroidPSK
I thought it’d be a good time to open the discussion and perhaps testing of HF APRS. There’s a couple of different implementations of it, […]
Winter Field Day 2018 Part 1
This winter field day was a little different as lots of preparation work was required, to get my signals into North America. I started Saturday […]
FT8 & the Chameleon EMCOMM 3 Part 1
Hello Operators. Last Christmas I received three new antennas from Chameleon Antenna. Chameleon EMCOMM 3 Chameleon EMCOMM 3 LITE Chameleon TD (Terminated Dipole) You’ve already […]
Freaking out about Winter Field Day?
hello operators. I started to realize some operators are seriously freaking out about their first winter field day. Because of this, I thought to offer […]
Winter Field Day 2018 Announcement
Hello Operators. It’s that time of year again where we’ll get outside and practise amateur radio in the field. The difference now is, we will […]
Winter Field Station QRP Portable @ 65° North
Hello Operators Just in case you havn’t seen my latest video, I’m posting it here along with my field notes on the blog. In this […]
One perfect example of Off-Grid Amateur Field Comms
I just thought I’d share this video from Kevin W6RIP. Kevin was out on SOTA Expedition. He also took a few minutes to go over […]