As the saying goes: "Prevent trouble before it happens." If you are fully prepared before or when the disaster occurs, your chances of survival will be greatly increased. After an emergency, you may need to survive for a few days. Being prepared means having your own food, water and other...

IF YOU ARE UNDER A WINTER STORM WARNING, FIND SHELTER RIGHT AWAY Know your winter weather terms: Winter Storm Warning Issued when hazardous winter weather in the form of heavy snow, heavy freezing rain, or heavy sleet is imminent or occurring. Winter Storm Warnings are usually issued 12 to 24...

  Radioddity recently released a new water-resistant handheld radio the GS-5B, this fits the bill for a more industrial type radio that can take the daily abuse of in a work environment. The case is definitely sturdier that a typical handheld and has a 7.4 Volt 2,000 mah battery pack....

X5105 Firmware Update Bootloader Version B NOTE: version B only applies to machine code X0300190 and later. Install USB-to-Serial cable: Firmware update is done through the serial port (which can be located at the right-side panel named COM) of X5105. As modern computers generally no longer provide a serial port,...

  Just got a Bluetooth programmable Radioditty GS-5B, which appears to be quite similar to a Baofeng. I wouldn’t be surprised if it uses the same or similar chip as Baofengs as the voice prompting (which I turned off) is the same as any Baofeng. It programs channels 0-127, just...

　 Initially, I thought the LEDIANER Emergency Radio had a big battery compared to other options at 2200mAh, so I got it. But then I came across this Raddy SW3 with an even bigger battery at 4000mAh, so had to add it to my collection. The LEDIANER does allow you...

Radioddity GS-5B Dual Band Handheld Transceiver Overall Review and Report John Eddy, Amateur Radio N0JDE (USA)  Preface: In order to give a complete and full review of this radio, I used the Radioddity GS-5B as my daily driver for the past 3-4 weeks.　 1. Packaging and Enclosures: This radio was...

　 Emoji are ideograms and smileys used in electronic messages and web pages. Some examples of emoji are 😃, 😭, and 😈. They are widely used in nowadays internet. However, we found there are seldom Emoji about ham radio or suitable for ham's daily use. In that case, we design...