by Michael Martens | Jan 20, 2020 | APRS
Long time watchers of the channel know that APRS or the Automated Position Reporting System is a regular subject of mine. I’ve been an active participant in the APRS field for almost as long as I’ve been a ham‚ so I’ve seen quite a bit of changes over the years....
by Michael Martens | Jan 8, 2020 | Ham Radio Q and A
Thank’s for joining me on my annual countdown of the best amateur radio videos of 2019. This past year has again seen some tremendous growth to this channel with almost one million views‚ 65 thousand hours of videos watched and over 11‚000 new subscribers added. But I...
by Michael Martens | Dec 23, 2019 | Product Focus
Winter is just around the corner so I set my Wolf River coil Silver Bullet 1000 in the backyard. The leaves on the tree are gone and soon this spot will be filled in with snow- so its a great spot to set up a vertical antenna. No one will bother it until March or...
by Michael Martens | Dec 9, 2019 | Product Focus
Last week over the thanksgiving holiday my son was home from school. as I was retrieving the mail I spotted a catalog and said “Oh Look it’s the Christmas wish book” Boy did his eyes light up and wanted to see what I was talking about. I then showed him the Ham Radio...
by Michael Martens | Dec 4, 2019 | Product Focus
Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries have really taken the market by storm. And with good reason- they have a long shelf life‚ high power capacity‚ and deliver a more consistent voltage than many other types of batteries available. Plus they weigh considerably less than...
by Michael Martens | Nov 25, 2019 | Ham Radio Q and A
October was crazy‚ the month started out with QRZ.com reporting that I was dead. Then I had a busy month of amateur radio activities including helping our local club relocate some repeater equipment‚ attending the Wisconsin ARES/RACES conference‚ and spending this...
by Michael Martens | Nov 14, 2019 | Getting started
Using DMR is a breakout presentation by Chris Dewane AB9RP. Recorded at the 21st annual Wisconsin ARES/RACES Conference on October 19‚ 2019.
by Michael Martens | Nov 11, 2019 | Operating Events
Fall camping is the best camping! This weekend I operated in two locations that as of yet had no Parks on the Air activation: Governor Thompson State Park K-1453 and Peshtigo River State Forest K-5580. Both are located in Northeast Wisconsin near the...
by Michael Martens | Nov 6, 2019 | emcomm
One big aspect of amateur radio is to provide a public service. The FCC acknowledges that in the the first paragraph of the Part 97 rules as: Recognition and enhancement of the value of the amateur service to the public as a voluntary noncommercial communication...
by Michael Martens | Oct 24, 2019 | Ham Radio Q and A
September was a busy month- I did manage to get outside with some field operations and attended a rained out Radioexpo last week. I appreciate and thank the Chicago FM Club for the hard work they put into that show every year. Hopefully next year will have better...
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