Saturday mornings have, for the time being, been set up as portable operating times for me. There are several parks in the area - Ohio seems to have an embarrassment of riches in that regard - an...

When the summer was just rolling around, I ordered a SOTABeams Tactical Mini mast for portable operation. It seemed to stall out in Chicago (as a lot of things traveling into the states are) and...

This past Saturday, I took a couple of hours to go and operate from my Jeep in a park parking lot. It was a bit of a last minute expedition, so I didn't have any real objectives other than to try...

Monday, July 05 was a holiday for me, so it made sense to head out into the field for a little radio fun. The IC-705 and assorted gear were already in their pack and ready to go. The destination ...

Each summer, my family tries to book a cabin in the middle of nowhere so we can go hiking, paddling, and fishing. In recent years, our favorite spot in central Pennsylvania was sold and we starte...

Backpack, mAT-705, Lightsaver Max, IC-705, MS Surface Go 2, and my dad's water. On Memorial Day, my dad (AC8NT) and I headed out to Hampton Hills Metropark to see if we could get some conta...

The post I made about the mAT-705 antenna tuner was a bit rough on the unit in retrospect. I regretted the purchase because the mAT-705+ came out shortly thereafter and answered my issue of havin...

As a newbie to the world of ham radio, some things have been pretty obvious to me that might be missed by those who are steeped in its traditions. One of those is the love/hate relationship betwe...

With the usual tip of the cap to OH8STN I dug in on the v1.24 firmware of the IC-705 to rid my field setup of yet another cable. I think I'm about as close to field nirvana as I'm going to get. S...

The mAT-705 next to the IC-705 (on a tripod) Antenna tuners are a thing to have, right? If you're going to use a less than adequate antenna or just a random piece of wire, a tuner is going ...