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 […]
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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 […]
Lithium-ion vs LiFePO4 vs…
Hello Operators. There’s a lot of confusion about “the best” Lithium chemistry for amateur radio field communications. Let’s clear up the nonsense. Both of these […]
Probing 50Mhz, 6 meters with FT8 & WSJT-X
Hello operators. Many of you already know I wasn’t a big fan of ft8 initially. Sometimes all we need to do is change the way […]
Solar Power for Raspberry Pi (FT-891 GoBox)
Hello operators. Today’s topic is external power for the Raspberry Pi. I spent most of the day in the garden testing the Raspberry Pi and […]
What’s inside the Box?
Hello Operators Every now and then I’m sent equipment for testing. Sometimes it’s a product being tested and featured. Other times testing and feedback before […]
Embedded Computers in Ham Radios
Why is amateur radio gear still in the dark ages? As ham radio operators, we often make boastful claims about the capabilities of ham radio […]
FT8 Sessions with Chameleon EMCOMM 3 Base
Hello Operators. Today we’re discussing the EMCOMM III Base from Chameleon Antenna, but this is not a review. The goal of this video is to […]
Build your own 18650 LiFePO4 battery pack for ham radio no soldering
A few weeks ago, my buddy Micah from ebikeschool.com on YouTube, turned me on to a battery building kit for 18650 batteries. He’s normally using […]
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 […]