Category Archives: portable
Yaesu FT3D HT
The Yaesu FT3D has been primary handi-talkie (HT) for the past few years. It is a complete System Fusion II and WiRES-X compatible HT and features two independent receivers for true simultaneous receive, a full-color TFT touch panel display, and … Continue reading
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AnyTone D878 DMR Radios
If you are interested in DMR I recommended you try the AnyTone HTs. They are high quality, solidly built, fit well into your hand, have excellent battery life, and are reasonably priced.
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Xiegu G90 & Portable Operating
The Xiegu G90 is a great radio for portable operations. On the left you can see how simple the setup can be. The G90 is plugged into a 7AH battery that will provide hours of operation on a charge and … Continue reading
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Using a Heil Headset with the Xiegu G90
I want to use my Heil Pro-Micro headset with my Xiegu G90 when operating portable. Normally I would go to the Heil website for information on interfacing my headset to a radio and unfortunately Heil does not have any information … Continue reading
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Xiegu G90 – 20W HF (160M – 10M) SDR Transceiver
First of all I don’t know how to pronounce the name but I am saying XI-Goo. This radio is a very compact HF SDR transceiver (160M to 10M). I have only started playing with it but so far I am … Continue reading
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Bill’s Shack-in-a-Box
I like the idea of operating a portable HF station. I have on a number of occasions packed up a radio and all of the necessary items to operate remotely (battery, antenna, coax, etc.) It is always an effort and … Continue reading
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