“In today’s video I’d like to discuss the concept of a solar-powered field station for amateur radio emergency communications. Those of you who follow the blog, probably already know about this project. For the rest of you here is a video introduction of a concept I call the All WX Solar-Powered EMCOMM Field Station. The concept for a rapidly deployable, man-portable field station, came to me after the grid down disaster caused by Hurricane Maria. Hurricane Maria knocked out electricity and communications throughout most of the affected area, leaving hospitals in cities and distant regions, without reliable communications between them. I’m under No Illusion about amateur radios ability to completely replace network communications. However, amateur radio can provide essential Communications between hospitals and health centers, pass well & safe traffic, or create HF datanet to manage amateur radio operator resources and logistics, while no other communication services exist. – The station is powered by a PowerFilm Solar FM16-7200 thin film solar panel. – The Tent Shelter is a next gen Nortent Tipi 6 hot tipi ( teepee ) tent. The article is work-in-progress, so it will certainly adapt and change as it becomes more mature. The goals are there, and the ideas are solid. Please do join the discussion. Blog: http://oh8stn.org/blog/2017/10/26/sol…
Antenna
Dual-band V-UHF Quad Antennas
Why choose the 6BS-270 antenna versus a traditional Yagui? · Elements of full wavelength, reaching maximum efficiency in TX / RX. · Optimized design.... Read more
Building the Moxon Antenna
Building the Moxon Antenna is fairly easy and lends itself to imagination. No two Moxon’s are identical save the dimensions of the elements... Read more
2m 18 elements XPOL Yagi antenna PA144-XPOL-18-5
2m – 144MHz Dual Polarity Yagi Antenna PA144-XPOL-18-5. Wideband operation 144 – 145 MHz. Cross Polarized “XPOL” Yagi antenna... Read more
How To Orientat A Beam Antenna– Beam Headings
Here’s a link to find your declination: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag-web/ Request an Azimuthal Map by NS6T Read more
Review
Comparing the RFinder H1and M1 Devices
In this episode, I talk about the 2 RFinder devices – the original H1, and the new M1. The M1 is now my daily carry Smartphone and 2-way radio.... Read more
Icom ID-51A review on AmateurLogic.TV
Icom ID-51A review on AmateurLogic.TV Read more
MFJ 8-Band Cobweb MFJ-1836+HK34 Add-On Kit Complete Setup
“This video I will be assembling both the MFJ-1836 6 band cobweb antenna with the additional 30/40m add-on kit. The add-on kit is intended for t... Read more
First Impressions of the Icom IC-7300 HF + 6M Transceiver
Icom IC-7300 by AB4BJ “I have been having a great time at Orlando Hamcation that this year features the ARRL National Convention. One of the hi... Read more
Custom Coax Cables for Your Station
Custom Coax Cables “Mark, W8BBQ shows how easy it is to use the DX Engineering Custom Cable Builder. Just four easy steps! The builder lets you... Read more
Equipment
The new Elecraft SP3 Speaker
Elecraft SP3 Speaker Peter Waters, G3OJV and Justin Johnson G0KSC are in the US in the lead up to Newark collecting information and products for a... Read more
Spiderbeam 26m fiberglass pole ( 85ft )
This pole is built very similar to our well proven 12m and 18m fiberglass poles, and carefully designed to maintain low weight and perfect bala... Read more
MFJ-993B DUAL POWER AUTO TUNER , 300/150W, 1.8-30MHZ
MFJ IntelliTuner Automatic Tuner Automatically tunes unbalanced/balanced antennas . . .Ultra fast . . . New 20,000 memories . . . Antenna Switch . . .... Read more
ParaPro EQ20B-DSP
The new bhi ParaPro EQ20B-DSP features a 20W modular audio power amplifier with a parametric equaliser and bhi’s latest dual Channel DSP Noise Cancell... Read more
MFJ-1936T GROUND ROD, W/CLAMP,+342T+WIRE BUNDLE
The MFJ-1936 is a HOT new product from MFJ for those who wish to be QUICK with their antenna set-ups! For those hams on-the-go to their next adventur... Read more
Digital Modes
JS8Call Overview and Settings 2021
JS8Call Overview and Settings 2021 Read more
FT8DMC 3rd Anniversary-Activity Days 2020
To commemorate our 3rd anniversary, special event stations will be on air during the FT8DMC Activity Days from 1. to 31. July 2020. All stations will... Read more
K1JT , JOE TAYLOR HINTS AT POSSIBLE NEW MODE!
In a post to the WSJT-X email group today, Joe Taylor K1JT hinted at some ongoing experimentation of a new digital mode with sub-modes. His post was a... Read more
WWSA GACW Contest Rules.
WWSA GACW I – Dates Second weekend of June of every year. From Saturday 15.00 UTC until Sunday 15.00 UTC. 24 hours period. II – Goal To co... Read more
App - Mobile
SmartSDR for iOS v3.9.12 Now Available
Marcus, DL8MRE announces that release of SmartSDR for iOS v3.9.12 is now available for download or update from the Apple App Store. SmartSDR is a full... Read more
SignalID – Automatic Radio Signal Identification for Android
There’s an incredible amount of radio signals. It’s impossible to know them all, let alone recognize them. So why not get help from Signal... Read more
EchoHam version v2.10 has been released
EchoHam allows Amateur Radio operators to use the Echolink network from their Mac. You must be a licensed Amateur Radio operator to use this software.... Read more
SatSat for IOS version 1.4.11 has been released
SatSat, by Fabrice Aneche is a satellite tracking software, for radio amateurs, scientists or hobbyists. It displays current and next passes for any s... Read more
GNU RADIO CODE FOR ANDROID NOW RELEASED
Supports the most recent version of GNU Radio (v3.8). Supports 32-bit and 64-bit ARM architectures (i.e., armeabi-v7a and arm64-v8a). Supports popular... Read more
