In mid-July of 2022 I took a trip to central OR for some rapid-fire summit activations. I activated 6 peaks in 3 days for a total of 34 activator points. I got to spend a bunch of time driving and hiking around the lava cast forest and the cascade lakes scenic byway. Along the way …
4/5 stars The LDG Z-817 is a purpose-built antenna tuner for the Yaesu FT-818/817. The Z-817 interfaces with the FT-817/818 via an 8-pin mini-din cable, and includes a pass-through port for allowing the tuner to pass CAT commands from a PC to the radio while leaving the tuner plugged in. The form-factor of the Z-817 …
In my previous post about the Xiegu G90, I gave the radio a very positive review. Since then, some things have happened that I feel demand an update to my original review. After only a few months of regular use, my G90 began to exhibit some very strange behavior when tuning around a band after …
See my G90 Update for some information on problems I had with the G90 after this initial review was written. When I started participating in SOTA last summer, all I had to work with was a dual-band HT and a roll-up J-pole. I managed to activate a few successful summits thanks to some VHF S2S …
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