A practical look at the 2026 WIA band plan revision, including the main HF changes, the tradeoffs behind them, and original comparison charts that point back to the official WIA documents.
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Portable operating, antennas, field builds, and the practical bits of getting signals off the ground.
Drop in one or more ADIF logs and get a proper look at what happened: totals, bands, modes, timing, the full QSO table, and perhaps an export to POTA or SOTA format without having to squint at raw tags.
A detailed field write-up of a kite-lifted 40 m end-fed on Coochiemudlo Island, including the mechanical setup, RF chain, static bleed, and what changed once the wire stopped sitting still.