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“What in the hell made you want to start an optics company?” – someone in the marketing end of the shooting industry asked me. “That’s simple. I don’t think anyone in the world has a finger on the pulse of what the American Rifleman needs more than me.” This year on 11 SEP will markContinue reading “KHYBER OPTICS 1-10×28: A Scope for the Modern Rifleman”

Many thanks to Richard (MM0RGM) and Markku (VA3MK) for noting that Icom has released a firmware update for the venerable Icom IC-705. Changes from Version 1.32 Improved the importing repeater list. Supported importing repeater list while retaining the existing order. Added the ability to select other near repeaters using the dial after entering an accessContinue reading “New Icom IC-705 Firmware (Version 1.40)”

The Lab599 TX-500MP is a rugged 160–6m, 10W manpack radio built for QRP SSB, digital modes, and serious grid-down or off-grid comms. Finally an HF Radio for Preppers: Lab599 TX-500MP HF 50Mhz Ham Radio

We live in an open book world. Anyone with even a small shred of awareness knows that there is no true privacy in our modern world. Everything about you, even things you don’t know about yourself, are archived somewhere in a database. The information may be difficult to access, and it’s possible no one caresContinue reading “Communications Security: It’s Not Just For Spies.”

We have been having a discussion on X about only really having 1 option for a rugged field radio. That radio is the Lab599 TX-500MP This radio has some great features: Frequency range: 0.5 — 56.0 MHz;Supported modes: SSB, CW, AM, FM, DIG;Built-in automatic antenna tuner;Frequency stability: ±0.5 ppm (from -10°C to +60°C);High-performance 32-bit floating-pointContinue reading “Rugged HF Field Radios”