There can be only one!
the impossible question. Which portable ham radio do I choose?
QRP Portable
Low Power!? Losing your freaking mind!
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 […]
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 […]
Icom IC-705 Frequency Drift
Hello Operators I just wanted to post a short blog about frequency drift on the Icom IC-705. Is there any drift, well the short answer […]
Lab 599 Discovery TX-500 SDR HF & 6m
Hello Operators.In todays video we take the Lab599 Discovery TX-500 QRP Ham Radio to the field for an off grid review of this new and […]
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 […]
ICOM IC-705
Hello Operators. This Friday night Tommy Martin, Ray Novak and George Thomas will be taking our first hands on look of the new Icom IC-705 […]
K8MRD QRP with the RS918
Hello Operators Today we watch Mike K8MRD work 40 stations with a Chinese mcHF clone, the RS918. He’s using the Packtenna Mini, and ridiculously large […]
Best battery for the Yaesu FT818
Someone asked what the best battery is for the Yaesu ft-818 in the HF pack group. There were lots of good answers, but the question […]
And they laughed… Man Portable Amateur Radio Field Station
I remember that April 2017 radar challenge. The freezing rain, the frostbite, the realization of not being adequately setup for the conditions I operate in. […]