Closing out 2024, here are the top five blog posts at k0nr.com during the year. Some people may see this as a lazy way of creating one more blog post for the year without much effort, and they would be right. These posts are the top five viewed during the year but may have been written earlier.

Top Five Blog Posts

Leading the list is this blog post…a perennial favorite that seems to make the top five each year. This particular article is tuned for Colorado but also provides a link to an article covering the topic for the USA.

Choose Your 2m Frequency Wisely

In second place, this is another popular article that introduces 2-meter SSB operating.

Getting Started on 2m SSB

New to the list this year is an article I wrote in the latter half of 2023. It talks about the station I’ve been using for both SOTA and POTA activations, built around the Icom IC-705.

Improved IC-705 SOTA/POTA station

This post, which comes in fourth place on the list, explains how the FCC rules prevent having one radio that does everything.

One Radio To Rule Them All (Ham, GMRS, FRS, MURS)?

In fifth place is this article describing the RH770 antenna for use with dual-band 2m/70cm handheld radios. This is a high-performing yet inexpensive antenna that should be in your toolkit.

A Better Antenna for Dualband Handhelds

Editors Choice

Just for good measure, I am including one more post that I think is notable. I started wondering when the name “Handie-Talkie” was first used to describe a handheld radio. This led me down a path that taught me about radios used in World War II. Interesting stuff.

Handie-Talkie or Walkie-Talkie?

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

73 Bob K0NR

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