N9SAB Antenna Care Package Unboxing
N9SAB sent over a care package filed with lightweight, efficient, stealthy antennas for portable and fixed station ham radio use. Let’s unbox them together!
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It’s finally dead! Yaesu FT-818 discontinued
Yaesu has finally discontinued the Yaesu FT-818. For me, this was long overdue! Hello operators. I have been a Yaesu FT-81x owner since just after […]
Microsoft Surface or Raspberry Pi field computer?
Hello Operators.In this episode of the OH8STN ham radio, we are discussing replacing the raspberry pi field computer build, with a Microsoft Surface for ham […]
Lab599 Discovery TX-500
Hello operators.Yesterday I wrote a letter to the team at Lab599, about my experience with the Discovery TX-500 on the weekend of 22/23 October 2021. […]
Circumventing Ham Radio Jamming
Hello OperatorsIn this episode of OH8STN Ham Radio, we take a look at circumventing ham radio jamming using digital mode communications. A couple of weeks […]
Microsoft Surface & IC-705 Portable Ham Radio?
Hello Operators. This is the next video in the Icom IC-705 series. A big part of the discussion is using the Microsoft Surface tablet or […]
SPAIN EMCOMM test JS8Call 40M
Hello Operators.Just letting you all know about a JS8Call EMCOMM event from Spain. The event will take place on 11 April 2021 from 12-15 UTC […]
Effective Communications
Hello Operators.As the field of content creators increases each day (a good thing), it is still important to separate the bull-hockey, from what’s real.Here are […]
Icom AH-705 Announced on Christmas
Hello Operators. Yesterday I posted some very disappointing news about the MAT-705/MAT-705Plus antenna tuner, from MAT Tuner. Well I’m happy to say, there’s absolutely no […]
QRO isn’t always required for regional communications
Hello Operators. Today let’s talk about sustainable output power for grid down ham radio communications. In the video at the bottom of this post, there […]