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...
by Michael Martens | Oct 10, 2019 | Reviews
Recently I was out camping at Brunet Island State Park. Autumn camping is the best as you get cooler temperatures‚ no bugs‚ and not many people. Brunet Island located near Chippewa Falls in Western Wisconsin is a very popular park in the summer months for its water...
by Michael Martens | Oct 2, 2019 | emcomm
You may have seen it in the user manual of your radio‚ in a radio advertisement‚ or talked about in an online forum. I’m talking about cross-band repeating. But what is it- how does it work- and most importantly- how can you use it. I’ll talk about this somewhat...
by Michael Martens | Sep 17, 2019 | Ham Radio Q and A
First off, I’d like to thank all my viewers, and especially the subscribers that helped push this channel to over 20,000 subscribers. I’ve grateful for your support. Be sure to stick around to the end of this video as I’ve some news on upcoming videos, live...
by Michael Martens | Sep 11, 2019 | Reviews
Earlier this summer I took a look at the Retevis RT97 portable repeater. Thank you to Retevis for providing an RT97 unit to review for these videos. As a recap, the RT97 portable repeater is available as either a VHF or UHF unit and can be ordered with either a 5 MHz...
by Michael Martens | Aug 28, 2019 | Getting started
Hey, I’m gonna start things out by doing a little test. I have two radios: my Yaesu handheld, this is the VX-8R and a Baofeng UV5r. I’ll do a couple of transmissions and see if you can tell the difference between the two. I’ll have the answer at the end of the video....
by Michael Martens | Aug 20, 2019 | Reviews
Chameleon Antennas recently updated their Modular Portable Antenna System or MPAS with the goal of it being the most versatile, high performance, and rugged HF antenna system on the market. I think they’ve certainly hit that mark with the MPAS 2.0. The Chameleon MPAS...
by Michael Martens | Aug 17, 2019 | Ham Radio Q and A
Join Joe and I for a special live presentation of Ham Radio Q&A. Beer and Ham Radio – anything could happen; especially considering we’ll be working without a net. Topics Covered: Channel update, upcoming videos: 03:48 Programming DMR Radios: 09:08...
by Michael Martens | Jul 29, 2019 | Ham Radio Q and A
This month I’m gonna tackle a bunch of questions on my recent portable HF kit and portable power videos, there were so many great comments and questions that deserved a followup, so thank you to everyone that engaged in the community discussion. Plus I’ll talk a...
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