Portable ham radio

Here's how to make a tiger tail ounterpoise for Baofeng and other radios to boost handheld GMRS and ham radio range by adding the missing half of antenna.

HamMessenger is a portable device that uses a ham radio and the APRS protocol as a medium to send and receive text messages. - dalethomas81/HamMessenger

Almost all hams have some kind of go box. Mine is more like a go frame. Complete with a Raspberry Pi computer, a Signalink, Winkeyer, and a Yaesu FT-857 - Page 4

I added some detailed pictures of the setup: Spacers detail: Antenna solution: Battery solution: I am not intend to make any comments on this. i let the images spoke for me as one photo is worth for 1000 words. The goal was to have a entirely portable (backpack) radio for both VHF and HF (20m band) complete with a resonable antenna in order to use it on vacation or in ditress situations. The goal was achieved with my reserve radio (FT 8857D), a SLA 12V/7Amps battery and a home made antenna…

Small and Simple Portable Communications Kit

Communication / Power Box : So there are lots of portable power boxes out there and there are lots of Ham radio go kits ( radio in a box) This kit blends these together along with a iPad and Bluetooth speaker for extra flexibility .I now have a better organized set up that inc…

the raspberry pi repeater controller project goal is to develop a low cost low power but feature rich duplex repeater controller suitable for setting up a temporary or emergency repeater systems with radios that can be run on portable power. Listed under the Technical Reference/Raspberry Pi category that is about Ham Radio Raspberry Pi projects.

All you need to know if you want to use the Raspberry PI as a Ham Radio computer. Hardware, Software, Setup.

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Shack in a Can. It’s a ham radio thing. (VIDEO at the bottom). Remember to Twitter and comment, thanks! The ‘shack’ is the place where an Amateur Radio operator sets up their radi…