Fallback Engineering
Dated reports from the workbench, vehicle, radio, server room, campsite, and field.
A practical operating guide for making calls, starting real conversations, joining active channels, handling quiet repeaters and talkgroups, and organizing an informal roundtable without unnecessary ceremony.
A tested, step-by-step setup for using a Yaesu FT5DR with a Pi-Star simplex hotspot in YSF mode, including reflector selection, FT5DR controls, test destinations, and the limits of WIRES-X-style hotspot control.
A practical overview of how Yaesu System Fusion, WIRES-X nodes, repeaters, and rooms work together—and what other operators hear when a station connects.
A concise field procedure for calibrating the SeeSii NanoVNA-F V2 and measuring antenna SWR on 2 meters and 70 centimeters.
