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My first reaction to your question would be to use a 20m or 17m vertical with a radial into the salt-water. I'm sure there are other things that would work, but that would have a fairly small footprint and not rely on as many trees/supports as a dipole or such. I would also guess that earlier in the...

I've never heard of "rock lock" but my understanding of "rock bound" is that the person is using a radio that has a crystal for a specific frequency (for example a lot of the pixie kits come with a crystal for 7.023MHz) and are not frequency agile, hence "rock bound" to...

BLUF: It works well enough to sit out somewhere for awhile and make some contacts. May or may not be the best "value" depending on what your criteria are and what is important for you. I would recommend the Windcamp battery for any FT-817/818 owner, even if you have other external batterie...

Full disclosure, I have NO official information and a lot of this is purely speculative. My understanding was that the FX-4CR was going to be released and then the FX-4L shortly after. Some people began receiving the FX-4CR in late February, but then there were some issues that required re-working o...

I have absolutely no information or insight, but my guess would be that they won't bring these models back. I'm hopeful that there will be a more modern replacement at some point. I'm rather skeptical, but perhaps there will be something announced in connection with Hamvention this weekend...