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 particular item is functioning. So as we close out 2018, I’ve compiled a list of five items that I reviewed and continue to use on a regular basis.
Antenna
ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHT D-HEXPEDITION PORTABLE HEXBEAM
The worlds lightest commercial G3TXQ Hexbeam at only 6KG specially designed with DX-peditions in mind. Main antenna features: THIS IS NOT A KIT, ready... Read more
Antenna Rotator System ARS-USB Azimuth
Antenna Rotator System is the most popular and universal engine management antenna rotator. With this new generation that includes a USB port,... Read more
Portable Antenna Build by K6UDA
K6UDA Radio, The elmer show with attitude. This time I’m building a portable end fed wire antenna that deploys in minutes and is pretty c... Read more
Stealth HOA, Shunt Fed, 80m Through 6M HF Antenna By TN07 Engineering, MyGO2 Antennas
Another way to beat the HOA commandos when you want to operate ham radio. This antenna can be very hard to notice at all if you set it up in a stealth... Read more
VHF
Over 50 km on 481 THz! Great news from SP
On May 8, 2021, the group of Polish radio amateurs: Marek SP4ELF, Jurek SP2GUB, Adam SQ2DOL, Piotr SQ4MIK, and Jarek SQ4IOB realized optical communica... Read more
BaoFeng UV-5R vs. AnyTone NSTIG-8R
A brief over view of differences between the AnyTone NSTIG-8R versus the BaoFeng UV-5R. This video highlights primarily the feature differences... Read more
Introducing Icom’s 8.33 kHz Airband VHF Radio Range
Icom have a range of VHF airband radios that will meet next year’s 8.33 kHz spacing deadline. The company has a range of 8.33 kHz handheld and panel m... Read more
Wouxun KG-UV8E – TRI-BAND
Wouxun KG-UV8E You want to transmit on the 220 but you don’t want to lug an extra radio around. Why carry multiple transceivers at your side whe... Read more
Equipment
The new mAT-705 Auto ATU for the Icom IC-705
Specifically built for the new Icom IC-705, the mAT-705 is the latest compact and fully portable Micro-ATU owered by an internal 9V dry battery! The a... Read more
bladeRF 2.0 micro
OVERVIEW bladeRF 2.0 micro The bladeRF 2.0 micro is the next-generation 2×2 MIMO, 47MHz to 6GHz frequency range, off-the-shelf USB 3.0 Software D... Read more
DX Engineering UCGC-Z Universal Copper Grounding Clamps
DX Engineering Universal Copper Grounding Clamps DXE-UCGC-Z DX Engineering Universal Copper Grounding Clamps are custom designed to provide a ground r... Read more
Powerwerx 30 Amp Desktop DC Switching Power Supply with Powerpoles
Power Supply This small regulated switching power supply features 2 Powerpole outputs in front and 1/4″ binding posts in rear. Machined metal fr... Read more
TARGETuner Mobile Antenna Management System
Description TARGETuner Mobile Antenna Management System provides a controller with intelligent automatic controls for the tunable mobile screwd... Read more
