Author: Kris – KZ7K
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A Comms Plan for RV and Travel Trailer Families Who Are Seasonally Mobile
Your plan has to change every time you change location. Here’s how a seasonally mobile family handles that.
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Getting on FT8 with the Icom IC-7300 Mark II
One USB-C cable, no external interface needed. Here’s how to get the IC-7300 Mark II talking to WSJT-X and make your first FT8 contact.
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Understanding PRB-1 and Local Antenna Ordinances
PRB-1 is the federal rule hams cite constantly when a local ordinance tries to ban antennas outright. It is also frequently misunderstood. Here is what it actually protects, and what it does not.
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Baofeng UV-5R Review: Why I No Longer Recommend It
Part of our Handheld Radios (HTs) guide. I don’t own a UV-5R anymore, and at this point I don’t recommend picking one up. It’s still the radio that got more people licensed and on the air than almost anything else over the last decade, and that matters even with a mediocre receiver. But the market…
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Attic and Indoor HF Antennas: What Actually Works
Not everyone has a yard, and not everyone with a yard can put an antenna in it. Attic and fully indoor antennas are the fallback for apartment dwellers and strict HOA situations, and while they’re never going to outperform an outdoor antenna, they genuinely work well enough to get you on the air. What an…
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Full-Size Wire Loop Antennas: Delta and Horizontal Loops for HF
I’ve written about magnetic loops for tight spaces, but full-size wire loops are a completely different animal and they deserve their own writeup. A full-wave loop is simply a wire, roughly one wavelength long on your target band, formed into a closed shape and fed at one point. No magic, just a different geometry than…
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The AnyTone AT-D578UV III Plus: Why I Own Three of Them
One radio in the Jeep, one in the manpack, one in the shack. Here’s why the AT-D578UV III Plus earned three spots in my setup instead of one.