by kb9vbr | Jul 7, 2021 | Reviews
Shark Antennas Hamsticks are mono band HF antennas that consist of a fiberglass mast with integrated coil and 48 inch stainless steel whip. In this video I review the 10, 15, 20, 40, and 75 meter Shark Hamsticks and give a solution on how to fix the poor SWR of the 40...
by kb9vbr | Nov 17, 2020 | Reviews
I was looking for an antenna to throw in my camping kit to give the portable radio a little more range. Typically campsites and backwoods locations tend to be RF challenged, so I wanted something for my Yaesu FT-3DR to pick up area repeaters and APRS traffic without...
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 | 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 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 | 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...
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