My first radio was a Baofeng GT-3TP. This is a low cost, Chinese radio, which I know operators have mixed opinions about. Again, this blog is about sharing my experience with equipment or techniques. I am obviously going to have some bias as equipment and techniques need to fit my use case. Below is myContinue reading “Baofeng GT-3TP”
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Recent Reddit Controversy
As you know, Reddit can be a place of great discussion or a sestpool of the dumbest comments ever created by mankind. Unfortunately, what started as fun banter ended in a massive amount of butthurt and threats. I’ll start with a little background. The Original Post Late night on Tuesday, April 21st, a Reddit userContinue reading “Recent Reddit Controversy”
How to Make Contacts (Part 3)
Part 3 In this section, I will get into how to make contacts. This isn’t how to make easy contacts. If the last two guides were 1/5 or 2/5, this will be 2/5 and 3/5. This will require some specialized equipment that isn’t apart of a “beginner” amateur radio kit. You may need a specializedContinue reading “How to Make Contacts (Part 3)”
How to make an easy contact (Part 2)
Introduction This post is a follow up to Part 1. The purpose of Part 2 is to expand a little further out, including features not common on basic, entry level HTs. This part assumes you have DTMF and some sort of digital mode. Internet Radio Linking Project… part 2 Previously, I discussed how you couldContinue reading “How to make an easy contact (Part 2)”
My Dislike of Baofeng Radios
Background Like many operators, I got my start into amateur radio with a Baofeng. It was a low cost radio on Amazon. The appeal was the price. It had almost no features. In retrospect, the best feature is the dual VFOs, which a surprising amount of radios do not do. I was a broke collegeContinue reading “My Dislike of Baofeng Radios”
Emergency Preparedness
Background I want to start off and say that I am not a prepper. If the end of the world were to arrive, I would not be prepared. If a natural disaster were to occur in my area, I could probably handle that. I do not stockpile or panic buy. I have enough supplies forContinue reading “Emergency Preparedness”
Physical Fitness and Amateur Radio
Background A large part of the interest in amateur radio is emergency preparedness. Just as there are subsections of amateur radio like satellites and DXing, there is a subsection of operators who are interested in emergency communications. This subsection relies on setting up a portable field station and operating remotely, sometimes off the grid. OperatorsContinue reading “Physical Fitness and Amateur Radio”
First Parks on the Air Activation
Introduction Park on the Air (POTA) was one of the original reasons I got into amateur radio. As someone who enjoys all aspects of the hobby, I feel it provides a good intersections between contesting and portable emergency communications. It involves a fair bit of planning and work to setup and maintain a station duringContinue reading “First Parks on the Air Activation”
How to make an easy contact (Part 1)
Introduction There are many new amateur radio operators that are or were in the same boat as me. How do you make easy contacts? Talking to many of the experienced operators, easy contacts are not true contacts as they don’t take effort to copy messages or hunt for the stations. This is another form ofContinue reading “How to make an easy contact (Part 1)”
Thoughts on Common Sense Radio Manufacturing
Background I recently installed a Yaesu FTM-100DR in my wife’s car and an FTM-400XDR in my car. Both of these radios are good quality, but they could have been excellent given some common sense decisions from Yaesu. Although it may seem like I’m hard on Yaesu, it is simply because I own all Yaesu radios.Continue reading “Thoughts on Common Sense Radio Manufacturing”
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