Tag: FT-891
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 2
The Yaesu FT-710 HF/50MHz all-mode transceiver crosses all the boxes on my list at the moment. The FT-710 is a true SDR, has an internal antenna tuner, has a real-time spectrum scope with waterfall display, and is smaller than the FTdx10, weighs about 3 lbs lighter than the FTdx10, and is about $500 cheaper than…
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Expired Ham – Vol. 1 Iss. 1
For a while now, I’ve been interested in finding a local amateur radio club to join that would provide me with opportunities to enhance my technical knowledge of the radio hobby. One such candidate is the Vienna Wireless Society based in the middle of Fairfax county, Virginia.
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Winter Field Day 2025 – Day 2
Winter Field Day day two started off with a hot cup of fresh ground coffee and then I headed back to the garage to finish the exercise by doing as much participating as I possibly could. I started off with checking reception of 20 meters and 10 meters by trying to work some FT8, FT4,…
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Winter Field Day 2025 – Day 1
I probably should have practiced. Over the last month or so I’ve purchased some new radio gear to get me well-equipped to work portable with my Yaesu FT-891 on various modes and various amateur frequencies. I suppose I could have used a bit more operating practice with all the new equipment as when the morning…
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HF Digital Modes
I haven’t been messing around with my radio much for a long while if you can’t tell (my last blog post was from two years ago!). Recently, I found out that a cousin of mine is an amateur extra and has been for quite a few years. I reached out to him on QRZ and…
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