by Michael Martens | Jun 12, 2019 | APRS
Recently I was up in the Northern part of Wisconsin on Madeline Island in the Chequamegon bay volunteering with the Madeline Island Marathon. Madeline is part of the Apostle Islands on the southern shores of Lake Superior. Of course when you volunteer for an event...
by Michael Martens | Jun 4, 2019 | Reviews
In my latest video, we install a Chameleon Antenna EMCOMM III base antenna in a 100 year old monastery. Who would have thought . . . The EMCOMM III Base antenna, is an effective multi-band High Frequency (HF) antenna specially designed for short to long range base...
by Michael Martens | May 22, 2019 | Amateur Radio
When it comes to mobile APRS, Yaesu’s FTM-400XDR is an excellent choice as it contains a built in GPS, excellent full color touch screen, and a sophisticated set of APRS functions. For mobile APRS use, I believe the FTM-400 gives the Kenwood TM-D710 a run for the...
by Michael Martens | May 14, 2019 | Ham Radio Q and A
I’ve got plenty to talk about this month as we dig into the questions, but please also stick around to the end for a quick channel update and a preview of a few videos to come. But first we’re going to unpack a few of the comments from my recent video were I discuss...
by Michael Martens | May 8, 2019 | Amateur Radio
This is a common question asked by hams, new and experienced alike: where is everybody. When you turn on the local 2 meter repeater, more often than not it’s nothing but crickets. I’m sure you can relay the stories about how the repeaters would be active 24/7- there...
by Michael Martens | May 2, 2019 | broadcast
Recently I was at the Madison Amateur Radio Association’s annual swapfest in Stoughton Wisconsin. My wife, Christine, likes to come along to many of these shows as she often stumbles upon some interesting non amateur radio related item. This year’s swapfest was no...
by Michael Martens | Apr 23, 2019 | emcomm
Yaesu’s FTM-400XDR is an very popular dual band mobile radio that features some extremely sophisticated APRS features. APRS, or the Automated Packet Reporting System is a real-time tactical mode that allows you to transmit your geo location and send and receive short...
by Michael Martens | Apr 16, 2019 | Ham Radio Q and A
First off I want to thank everyone for watching and subscribing to my channel over on Youtube. In the last month it passed the milestone of the one million video views mark. We’re also pushing towards 15,000 subscribers, so if you enjoy watching these videos, you are...
by Michael Martens | Apr 2, 2019 | Amateur Radio
I recently did a presentation at a local amateur radio club about DMR or Digital Mobile Radio. They were looking at various digital modes and felt that I was an expert on the subject. While I’m not quite sure about that, I did do a few videos on getting started with...
by Michael Martens | Mar 20, 2019 | Reviews
Well today I’m with Joe KD9CGX and we’re setting up the Chameleon P-Loop 2.0 Mag-Loop Antenna, It’s a little bit warmer today than it was for our last– Well, 35 degrees warmer than the last video. Yeah, but we got about five feet of more...
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