Today we had the RaDAR on-the-air meetup as well as a foxhunt, also known as a bunny hunt or transmitter hunt, at Mr. Grumpy's Crooked Fence Ranch. We all had a good time making a few radio contacts ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w16If56eVLE

Today I received from Retevis.com my Ailunce HS1 SDR transceiver. Like the Ailunce HD1 DMR radio, it seems to be well made. I found no markings on the radio, but after the video, I noticed the quick start instructions list the model as RS-918. I did a Google search and found this is a Recent RS-918. Looks like the Ailunce from the Retevis website. I am guessing that Ailunce/Retevis is repackaging this tranceiver. Doesn't matter to me as long as it works well. http://www.patreon.com/bobplank Music credits: Autumn Sunset by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://audionautix.com/ Acoustic Guitar 1 by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://audionautix.com/ Camera equipment: Canon Vixia HF R800 Iconntechs 4K actioncam (similar to a gopro) for most video Canon powershot elph 150is Editing software: Corel Videostudio X10 ultimate My favorite radio equipment for outdoor portable ops or RaDAR: Radio: Yaesu FT817nd Tuner: LDG z817 auto tuner Antennas: Chameleon F-Loop magnetic loop antenna (does not need a tuner) End fed antenna with 9:1 unun (needs tuner) MFJ 1899T telescoping whip antenna Wolf River Coil Silver Bullet 1000 w/ buddipole long telescoping whip Interface for Digital modes: SignaLink USB Digital software: FLDigi and WSJT-x Catch me outside, how about that. :) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHL7r2ltbFQ