For me, the Icom IC-705 radio has been a very frustrating radio. One one hand, as a transceiver it's typical Icom. That means it's g...

In my last post I discussed a bit about my search for a new computer. At the time, I was keeping an eye on the pricing moves for two compute...

I'm sort of obliquely back in the laptop market, looking for a new laptop to use in the field with my radios. I'm a geek, and I spen...

Recently, I found I needed a simple 'four-banger' calculator with an easy to read display. Something that can easily and quickly do ...

It's late November and we're past the hyperventilating wonder of the 2025 releases of new radios like Yaesu's FTX-1, or yet anot...

At our last club meeting, several members gave back-to-back presentations on POTA/SOTA/field operations. All the talks were good, and even o...

In ham radio, we pay a lot of attention these days to lithium iron phosphate - known as LiFePo or LiFePo2 - batteries. They are all the rage...