Our fourth build project is something I was really excited to get into, and ended up spending an inordinate amount of time on. A transmatch, antenna tuner or ATU: Antenna Tuning Unit. I will try to be consistent in using transmatch. Part of the reason for choosing a transmatch is that it ties in directly […]
Adding SOTA summits to your Garmin.
I have been active with Summits On The Air for a year and a half, and had been navigating exclusively with Guru Maps until very recently. Guru is an exceptional app, been using it for 10 years: even its free version allows you to have offline vector maps with routable topography. The paid version is […]
Xiegu G90 weight loss: Preparing 20w for SOTA activations
I bought a used Xiegu G90 in 2023 as a portable rig to take on SOTA (Summits On The Air) activations, and to use as a travel rig. The G90 is a compact unit, about the size of an airport-best-seller novel which covers all modes from 160m to 10m at 20w output: it is SDR […]