by Michael Martens | Jan 18, 2019 | Reviews
If you were starting out in ham radio in the late 90’s or early 2000’s you’d remember this radio. The Icom IC-2800H was the pinnacle of the Icom line when it was introduced in 1999. This dual band FM mobile transceiver was quite innovative for its time. Although It’s...
by Michael Martens | Jan 9, 2019 | Ham Radio Q and A
2019 is upon us, and it’s starting out to be a great year. I had an awesome time at the West Allis Radio Amateur club’s midwinter swapfest in Waukesha, wisconsin. Thank you to everyone that stopped by the table and chatted. It was great to hear how appreciative...
by Michael Martens | Nov 28, 2018 | Product Focus
The Green Egg for Ham is a cute name for a 3D printed cover for your NMO antenna mounts. The Motorola style NMO mount is a popular style mount for amateur radio antennas. And you’ll want to keep your mount covered or capped if you don’t have an antenna on it....
by Michael Martens | Nov 26, 2018 | VHF
The Ailunce HD1 is a feature packed dual band DMR handheld radio. It was built from the ground up for the amateur radio market so it has some features and capabilities that you’re not going to find on many other DMR handhelds. Today we’re gonna look at...
by Michael Martens | Nov 6, 2018 | emcomm
I’ve done a couple of videos on APRS, or the Automated Packet Reporting System. APRS is a tactical real-time communication system to share location information and short messages. It can be really handy for tracking vehicles and other assets during events like...
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