The Best “Buy Once, Cry Once” Ham Radio
Which “Buy Once, Cry Once” radio is in the top ten list of questions I get from viewers. Today we tackle this somewhat difficult question. Are All-In-One radios the only radio you should consider as “Buy Once, Cry Once”? 📻…
ARRL Field Day LIVE! With ICOM IC-905 & IC-705!
I’m spending the weekend with the W6TRW club at a high vantage point looking down over the South Bay in Southern California. What a perfect time to break out the ICOM IC-905 and run some 10GHz. contacts for the ARRL…
UV-25 10 Watt Biggest Baofeng
I am not sure who this is for, but it puts out 10 watts on 2 meters and is free of spurious emissions. Not to mention having a massive 5600mah battery! Find the UV-25 at Radioddity 📻 Want the best…
Ham Nation! Field Day and High Altitude Balloons
Field Day weekend is here! The greatest weekend in Amateur Radio! Tonight we talk about all our Field Day Plans and high altitude balloons! Gordo has fresh short shots, Don has the latest from the Amateur Radio Newsline and we’ll…
Baofeng Calls In Helicopter Medevac!
Joshua a twenty year firefighter, paramedic joins us to talk about the time he used a Baofeng UV-5R to call in a helicopter medevac having no other option to save the life of someone injured in a serious auto accident.…
The Missing Link
I got my hands a B.B.Link from Island Magic Co. This allows iOS devices to work with the Kenwood TH-D74 and TH-D75 over bluetooth! The missing link! 📻 Want the best HT antenna? Signal Stuff Signal Stick (This is an…
What HF Antenna Should Be Your First? – Hams Helping Hams
Tonight we attempt to answer one of the most important questions to a new ham getting into HF communications. What is the first antenna you should build?? Links from the show: 💻 Portable Wifi Router: 💻 SD Cards: 💻 USB…
Grid Down Information Archive & Network (Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg)
We depend on digital information. We assume it will always be there, even though its supplied by services owned by large corporations and easily restricted by the world governments. Tonight I show you how to archive vast pieces of information…
Crazy New York City POTA Ham Radio Adventure
I activated two out of three parks on the south side of Manhattan. Come along on the adventure!! 📻 Want the best HT antenna? Signal Stuff Signal Stick (This is an affliate link) 📻 Looking for the best deal on…
Which HF Frequencies Are Best For Emergency Ham Radio Communication?
Good questions coming in over Instagram, “What ham radio HF frequencies should I use in an emergency?” Do you need to flesh out your PACE plan with more options? Consider a Garmin InReach Mini 2: As an Amazon Associate I…