Some very excellent advice from Frank on how to choose a loading coil for portable ops. Bonus mention of jason VE5REV in the article too

Now that the Yaesu FTX-1 is out, this might be a good time to take a look at how data comms work with the Icom IC-705 and a Microsoft Surface Go tablet. With the IC-705, the wires are optional! youtu.be/r22xilag_9A?si… #oh8stn #icom #ic705 #hamradio

This video was shared at the last N4MZ club meeting. Highly informative ... youtu.be/qs2QcycggWU?si…

Got Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park on the air this morning. Data & CW. No luv again on SSB. Nice POTA spot 🤩

They forgot to update the year to 2025 🤷‍♂️ 😂 #POTA

Building an UHF Egg beater #amsat #cubesat #strf

Englishman River Falls Prov Park is on the air. Toughest POTA activation I've ever had. Barely got it done with FT8 😵‍💫 Bad conditions or bad antenna 🤷‍♂️🫠 Another gorgeous spot tho!

Off-Grid Power for Emergency Communications is now live on Kindle — with paperback and hardcover on the way. 304 pages of field-tested, real-world off-grid power solutions for comms and critical gear. 🔗 amazon.com/author/julian-… 🛰️ oh8stn.org/blog/2025/07/2… Signed copies coming

Another dipole center balun build with wago connectors. 3D printed case. Type 31 core. Should be easy to swap wires & change bands 🤓

It's outstanding to see this kind of quality build...but shouldn't manufacturers be including these features by default?! Seems like such a miss to me 🤷‍♂️

Great vid from Jason KM4ACK - #HamStar 🐗💫 youtu.be/QLbkwOzuXQs?si…

I setup the wago connector dipole center balun tonight. Inverted V setups for 20M & 40M. Not too shabby. I had the radials already cut so they're maybe a bit short but not too bad 😎

Look what showed up today! Julian OH8STN new book!! I'm excited to dive into it.

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Thought I could beat the rain to a POTA activation... 🥹 All wire version of the POTA PERFormer was 1:1.3-1.2 across the 20M band. Really good ears on this antenna too

The rain let up so I went back and finished the activation. 105 total contacts with the all wire POTA PERFormer. That is truly a banger antenna! 🤩

Revisiting the 20M Delta Loop. I rebuilt the transformer into a 2:1 (12/6) with integrated choke. It's quite a bit better match than the 4:1. Type 61 core. When the bands and Wx cooperate again, this puppy is going to POTA! 💫

My first Winlink session with the Lab599 TX-500MP & LiNK500MP TNC on 40m band. Connected 720 km away with just 10W!. 🚨 📺 Watch: youtu.be/8B5sGxHY7tY 📚 Support: amazon.com/author/julian-… #Winlink #TX500MP #OH8STN #HamRadio

🔥Awesome vid from KM4ACK on WinLink position reports 🌎 youtu.be/NbPQjnurTRk?si…

POTA activation with the 20M DeltaLoop was cut short due to battery going graveyard dead! 😡 Unbelievably great audio from this antenna. Got 59 most of the time. 26 SSB contacts in 27 mins then...🪦🪫