Kids Day is Sunday, June 21! (Don’t be fooled — the incorrect date appears in the “ARRL Amateur Radio Calendar.”) Sponsored by the ARRL and The Boring (Oregon) Amateur Radio […]
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No-Nonsense Study Guides get an Update: KB6NU
Hey Folks! Dan, KB6NU, Episode 19 sent me a note this morning. He’s updated his General Exam No-Nonsense Study Guide; In addition to Kindle, Nook and PDF, it’s now available […]
Read moreNew 440/220 HT from MTCradio.com
Have y’all seen this one: 5W 1.25 Meters – 4W UHF 70cm and 220? Yeah, why not…I personally have grown quite fond of our 440 machine of late. Having the […]
Read moreThe 4 Horsemen get a price tag….
https://anytonetech.com/purchase I’ll not go back over the horrid product names (*my opinion) but I will say the pricing comes in right where I imagined it would; especially after looking over […]
Read moreA Listeners Project: Ham Radio Field Portable X-Band Repeater
K0JFC, John recently posted: I was listening to an episode of Fo-Time(ed. Ep1) with a gentleman who had responded to the tornado in Joplin, MO. One thing he said […]
Read moreThe Four HT’s of the Apocalypse?
Wow, it was an announcement that many of us were curious about. Handi-Talkies that were ground breaking… The Wait is Over – A true multi-platform HT is a novel Great […]
Read moreFarewell Old Friend….Radio Shack
For those interested here is a purported list showing the Shack stores to close…all 22 pages worth. http://radioshackcorporation.com/pdfs/RS-Store-Closure-List_020415.pdf Great! Just what our country needs….fewer jobs for our youth and more […]
Read moreLightweight BackPack Radio Guide (from Harlikwin Ep 3)
Harlikwin, from Episode 3 (manpack/milpack) just posted this commentary on Backpack radios….enjoy! Lightweight Pack radios I’m writing this piece from the standpoint of needing a lightweight back-packable radio that […]
Read moreSPAR Winter Field Day…from a listener
Cale, I have not yet been through all 16 podcasts, I am on number 9 headed to 10 so you may have mentioned this. If so please ignore me. No, […]
Read moreT6EC is off air.
“T6EC is off air. Mission complete. 518 QSO’s in 70 countries.” You may remember Ed Cope from Episode 8? Well, it looks like he’s on his way back home, just […]
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