Field Day 2018 – Every day is field day
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 […]
Field Radio
Radio Prepper Off Grid Emergency SIM on 80M CW
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, […]
Solar Energy vs latitude
My dear friend and Elmer Bonnie replied to a question on one of my posts. I thought it would be incredibly useful to share with […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]