“Portable Operating for Amateur Radio”
Everything you need to get on the air in the great outdoors! Amateur Radio stations traditionally have been associated with a table full of gear in a home station. In recent years, that has changed with the increasing popularity of operating portable, away from home....
My Portable Radio Gear Video Series
The question I most often get asked is, "What type of gear do you use?" In response, I have created a series of videos that go over in detail the types of gear I use, but more importantly WHY I chose the gear that I did. I selected and use the radio gear that works...
I attended the Dayton Hamfest and threw my Elecraft KX3 in the trash
Ever since I have heard about ham radio and hamfests, there has always been whisperings of the “mecca” of all hamfests: Dayton. For my non-amateur radio friends reading this, let me describe the “hamfest” experience. As a youngster, my Old Man dragged me along to...
Gear Review: Packtenna Mini Portable HF Antenna
QST Packtenna Review Article
Gear Failures….
If you get out of your mom's basement and actually use your gear, you are bound to break something sooner or later...
Gear Review: Steripen Ultra
While attending college in Texas, I decided to go hiking in the Hill Country during August with temperatures in the 90’s with high humidity. I underestimated how much water I needed, and ended up eight miles from school severely dehydrated. Since that teaching moment,...