Tag: hf
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Installing and Running the YSK-891 Separation Kit
How the YSK-891 separation kit actually installs, and what running the FT-891’s control head away from the main chassis looks like day to day.
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Buying a Used HF Radio: A Model-Agnostic Buyer’s Checklist
A used HF radio can be a genuinely great value or a slow-motion money pit, and the difference usually comes down to how carefully you check it before handing over cash. This checklist applies regardless of which brand or model you’re looking at. Before you meet: research the model’s known issues Every radio model has…
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SD Card Logging and Recording on the IC-7300 Mark II: What It’s Actually For
What the IC-7300 Mark II’s SD card slot actually does beyond firmware and settings backup, and how I use its audio recording feature.
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Getting on FT8 with the Yaesu FTX-1 Optima (and the Field Head Alone)
Whether it’s docked to the SPA-1 amp or running solo on battery power, here’s how to get the FTX-1 talking to WSJT-X and onto FT8.
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Antenna Rotators: Do You Need One, and How to Choose
A rotator only becomes relevant the moment you put up a directional antenna, a Yagi, a hex beam, a quad, anything with a real front-to-back pattern worth pointing. Before that, it’s just an expensive way to spin a piece of metal. When you actually need one If you’re running wire antennas, verticals, or anything omnidirectional,…
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Off-Center-Fed Dipoles: What They Trade Off Versus a Center-Fed Dipole
Moving the feedpoint off center turns a simple dipole into a multi-band antenna, at the cost of a genuinely awkward impedance and some real compromises. Here is how that trade actually plays out.