Survival Radio & Emergency Communications Ukraine

“With ham radio suspended in Ukraine, we take a broader look at emergency survival radio preps & top strategies for decentralized communications. Disaster preparedness and prepping for a civilian emergency response should include group communications, tactical radio communications, your backup radios, strategies for radio monitoring & observation using an SDR (software defined radio), strategies for radio intelligence gathering, Data Comms like JS8Call, Winlink & VarAC. Finally, and most often forgotten, getting critical news and information with emergency shortwave radio broadcasts to the people.

Our emergency communications plan should also cover HF, CB, VHF, UHF, business band and other bands taking advantage of the benefits, each one offers over the other. Russias war in Ukraine as unfortunate as it is, has shown us the importance of our emergency communication preps. Normally we prepare for some sort of weather event. The conflict in Ukraine lets us with study the best doomsday strategies for the prepper interested in using comms for our ultimate survival under such conditions.”

Antenna

CrankIR Series Antenna Vertical

January 10, 2015 No comments

  Steppir Antenna Verticals are the only true ¼ wave continuous coverage antennas available for the HF bands. The SteppIR technology has had a pr... Read more

LOW NOISE EXPLAINED ( LFA Antennas ) by G0KSC

January 08, 2016 No comments

A long time has passed since we have to accept the negative aspects of matching Yagi antennas. With modern software, knowledge and optimisation techni... Read more

Antenna Fundamentals 1 Propagation [ Video ]

June 01, 2016 No comments

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What size or gauge of wire should I use for an antenna

August 30, 2021 No comments

“A viewer asks: What size of gauge of wire should I use for my portable End Fed Half Wave EFHW antenna. 16 gauge wire seems to be bending my mas... Read more

Antenna Yagi MB8 15-20 Separate Feed line – MomoBeam

April 27, 2017 No comments

The MB8 15-20 SF is a fullsize antenna for 14 MHz and 21 MHz. No traps or adapting systems where used to obtain fantastic performances and the best ba... Read more

Review

Entry Level vs Pro Level HF Ham Radios | Which is best for you?

May 26, 2019 No comments

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Top Five Amateur Radio Reviews of 2018

December 28, 2018 No comments

A popular topic on this channel are my product reviews. I will often review amateur radio related products as hams are infinitely curious on how a par... Read more

Anytone AT-D578UV III Pro Review

May 10, 2020 No comments

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Learning Morse Code, Straight Key or Paddles?

January 25, 2021 No comments

“The eternal question and a sure way to start trouble at your next Ham radio club! Is the straight key a better learning tool or will the modern... Read more

MFJ-269C Testing Coax Cable Faults and Length

April 28, 2017 No comments

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Equipment

R2T2 – multiuser SDR transceiver with WEB interface

December 28, 2015 No comments

The R2T2 is a complete SDR transceiver which by its construction to date reflects the art and through his extensive peripherals and modular structure... Read more

W-SDRX1 High Performance SDR Receiver

January 08, 2015 No comments

The W-SDRX1 is a super wide-band USB SDR Receiver which offers incredible performance across its operating range of 100KHz to 2GHz. It has two antenna... Read more

Icom – Download 2014 Amateur Product Catalog (PDF)

January 28, 2015 No comments

Icom – Download 2014 Amateur Product Catalog (PDF)       Read more

Ampleon announces the industry’s most rugged 2KW RF power LDMOS transistor for ISM applications

May 22, 2019 No comments

Ampleon has released the first of a family of RF power devices based upon its Advanced Rugged Technology (ART) derivative of the proven 9th generation... Read more

Morse Express Christmas Key by N1FN

December 14, 2014 No comments

“In Celebration of the Season…  Morse Express presents the 2014 Christmas Key  Fourteenth in the popular annual series, our 2014 Christmas... Read more