Cure to Ham Radio Narrow-Mindedness
Hello Operators Narrow-mindedness runs rampant in the ranks of the amateur radio community. Being honest, this annoys me to no end. So what’s the cure? […]
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Radio Prepper Off Grid Emergency SIM on 80M CW
Hello Operators. Many of you know my friend Gil F4WBY the Radio Prepper. He is an absolute Morse code fanatic. Minimal shirt pocket size radios, […]
Solar Energy vs latitude
My dear friend and Elmer Bonnie replied to a question on one of my posts. I thought it would be incredibly useful to share with […]
Raspberry Pi Powered Yaesu FT-891 WSJT-X FT8
Hello Operators. I recently got the Headless Raspberry Pi 3B+ powered Yaesu FT-891 working. So I decided to take a trip to Lapland, putting the […]
Radio – Not just a utility!
On my blog and the channel, we often think about Communications from a utility perspective. Today I had trouble sleeping, so I went over to […]
WSJT-X & FLDigi on Raspberry Pi
Hello operators. Although I have a pretty good background in Linux, using the raspberry pi for ham radio is a new endeavor. Here are a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]