The “Perfect” Yaesu FT-891
Hello Operators I was just sitting here looking at the Yaesu ft-891, thinking to myself about “what if”. You know, if Yaesu would make a […]
Off-grid Comms
Icom IC-705 A Practical Discussion
Hello Operators Well it’s been nearly a month since the IC-705 arrived, and it’s been quite the learning experience. Hopefully you agree it’s more important […]
Portable power and field communications
Hello Operators. This is just a short post about the relationship between field communications, and portable power. Ham radio manufacturers would have us believe our […]
Real Time Clock Raspberry Pi OFF GRID Time
Hello Operators.Todays topic is off grid time. Specifically, we are installing and configuring a Real Time Clock, for the Raspberry Pi. The Raspberry Pi does […]
Bench test success DIY Solar Generator
Today I’m running JS8Call Solar powered with the Yaesu ft-891. This is the first successful QRO test of the diy solar generator. It has also […]
Why Bespoke Build Portable Power?
Hello Operators Question keeps coming up, “Why bespoke build portable power when we can buy “off the shelf” saving ourselves the trouble?”. It’s very good […]
Portable Solar Generator DIY 12.8v LiFePO4
Hello OperatorsFrom December 2018 through February 2019, I researched, designed, documented, and built a 12 volt, 576wh DC Solar Generator, using LiFePO4 batteries. In some […]
Ham Radio Off Grid with OH8STN
Hello Operators There are often misconceptions about Communications off grid or what off grid actually means. That’s what we’re talking about today. There’s a lot […]
Better Power Distribution for Portable Ops.
Hello Operators We’ve done lots of work on the channel with portable power for portable ops. We’ve even discussed power distribution on the channel but […]
Super Antenna MP1 Ham Radio Go Kit (Episode notes)
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 […]