Off Grid Grid Down – OH8STN Ham Radio

Red Cross – Red Crescent Winlink Exercise May 08 2021

April 29, 2021 Julian OH8STN 0

Hello Operators.I received this announcement from a couple of different operators. It seems like a great opportunity to support something good, while improving upon our […]

Kentucky Winlink NET

April 22, 2021 Julian OH8STN 2

Hello operatorsIf you missed yesterday’s winlink Wednesday check-ins, Kentucky’s holding there winlink net today, Thursday April 22nd. Operators anywhere are welcome to participate. Please use […]

Connecting the dots grid down – off grid comms

March 9, 2021 Julian OH8STN 0

Hello Operators. If you have not seen it already, I posted a video entitled Grid Down Ham Radio. It was inspired by the Texas snow […]

Portable Ham Radio Motivation

February 12, 2021 Julian OH8STN 0

Hello Operators.These are a series of portable ham radio station clips. Their purpose is inspiring and hopefully motivating ham radio operators, to build & ultimately […]

Chuwi Larkbox Pro Off Grid Power

January 27, 2021 Julian OH8STN 1

Hello Operators. Recently the Larkbox Pro from Chuwi was introduced on the channel, as an effective low power yet capable mini PC for ham radio […]

Low Power!? Losing your freaking mind!

November 10, 2020 Julian OH8STN 0

Hello OperatorsMany of you have commented about my turn back towards low power communications for EMCOMM and Preparedness. Some have gone as far as to […]

Lower Power, Less Gear!

March 11, 2020 Julian OH8STN 2

Hello Operators. You all know I spend an awful lot of time on the radio. I’m always trying to find an optimal configuration for my […]

Real Time Clock Raspberry Pi OFF GRID Time

October 14, 2019 Julian OH8STN 0

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 […]