Tag: hf
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Getting the Most from the G90’s Built-In Antenna Tuner
Part of our The Xiegu G90: The Complete Guide. The built-in tuner is one of the main reasons I recommend the G90 to people building their first portable HF kit. It’s not just a checkbox feature. It’s genuinely one of the better internal tuners I’ve used at this price point, and it changes what you…
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The Comet CAT-300: My Favorite Manual Antenna Tuner
A simple T-network, a cross-needle meter, and 160m through 6m in one box. Here’s how I set mine up, how I tune with it, and why it’s become a permanent fixture on my desk.
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Xiegu G90 for Portable Ops, and How It Stacks Up Against the FT-891
20 watts, a built-in tuner, and a waterfall display in a radio you can hold in one hand. Here’s how the G90 does in the field, and where it wins and loses against the FT-891.
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The G5RV and Windom: Are Multi-Band Compromise Antennas Still Worth It
The G5RV and Windom show up constantly in older antenna books and forum threads, and newer hams often wonder if they’re still worth building now that EFHWs and modern multi-band verticals exist. Both designs work, but both come from an era with different assumptions about what gear you had on hand. How the G5RV actually…
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6 Meters: The Magic Band, Explained
6 meters earned its nickname honestly. It behaves like HF one day and VHF the next, and nobody can fully predict when it will do either.
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The Yaesu FTX-1: Field Radio, Base Station, or Both?
Yaesu’s long-awaited FT-817/818 successor splits into two configurations: a lightweight Field Head and a 100W Optima setup. Here’s how each one performs.