A new addition to the N8CD HT family prompted me to write another review. I wasn’t planning on doing another review in the series after #8, but the radio manufacturers keep producing products that I can’t resist. The Kenwood TH-D74A has about every tech feature you could want in a radio (with the possible exception […]
N8CD’s Handheld Radio Review #9: Kenwood TH-D74A Tri-Bander + DStar + APRS Read More »
Thanks to Marty for sharing his experience with tower installations, and the fantastic presentation at the November 2018 SARA meeting! Marty’s slides are available at this link as a PDF file. Note the file is rather large (44.5MB) because of the pictures, so it may take a bit to download.
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Here’s the slides in PDF form from N8CD’s presentation on Grounding and Bonding at the 9/20/2018 SARA meeting. https://w8wky.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Bonding-And-Grounding-SARA-meeting-9-2018-PDF.pdf
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The Yaesu VX-8DR is a lot of radio in a small package. First – some background on “dual-band”, or even tri-band and quad-band mean. There are 3 meanings for “dual-band” radio in amateur radio specifications, and it isn’t usually clear from the brochure which definition is used for a radio. A true dual/tri/quad bander can
N8CD’s Handheld Radio Review #8: Yaesu VX-8DR QUAD band Read More »
The Yaesu FT-2DR is a fantastic handheld radio that operates 2m and 70cm FM, along with Yaesu’s Fusion digital mode. It has a built-in GPS receiver that is sensitive enough to operate even inside some houses, and can use that GPS with the best implementation of handheld APRS I’ve ever experienced. Given the lack of
N8CD’s Handheld Radio Review #7: Yaesu FT-2DR Read More »
