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Best HF Ham Radio for Grid Down Survival

February 17, 2023 Julian OH8STN 7

Choosing the best HF Ham Radio for off-grid or grid-down survival communications is challenging. In this blog, we go through key features every HF survival […]

Voice vs Asynchronous Data for Survival Radio and Prepping

January 17, 2023 Julian OH8STN 2

Someone asked if either Voice or Data were better for prepper comms. My answer could surprise you.This post is an addendum to the video Voice […]

Portable Power Manpack & off-grid power strategies

October 17, 2022 Julian OH8STN 0

Hello Operators. Recently I posted a video entitled “Portable Power Manpack for Civilian Off-Grid Communications”. It’s a video overview of a man-portable shoulder sling solar […]

The Risks of Centralized Energy

August 8, 2022 Julian OH8STN 11

Yesterday I was out grabbing clips for a video I’m about to publish. While looking at my gear, the thought of how far my off-grid […]

PowerFilm Lightsaver Max Radio Compatibility List

April 23, 2021 Julian OH8STN 12

Hello Operators Last year I published a video on portable power for QRP – 20 watts radios. That video was focused on the PowerFilm Solar, […]

Portable power and field communications

May 14, 2020 Julian OH8STN 0

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 […]

EMP discussion with Dr. Arthur T Bradley

October 16, 2019 Julian OH8STN 0

The Canadian Prepper often has talented speakers on his channel. This time he has Dr. Arthur T Bradley on to discuss protecting ourselves against an […]

Sad News: Inergy Apex Review

June 2, 2019 Julian OH8STN 0

Hello Operators This is a hard video to share, but it needs to be. Honestly I have no horse in this race, but I always […]

5 Reasons I don’t use Gasoline or diesel generators yet

February 23, 2019 Julian OH8STN 0

Hello Operators Today I’ve got some pushback on the solar generator projects from a very annoying EMCOMM Commando. Some things need to be put on […]

The Real cost of a Solar Generator

February 23, 2019 Julian OH8STN 0

Hello everyone. Recently I published a build video for a 576 watt hour solar generator. The community has nicknamed it the STN576. People have also […]

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