Portable Ham Radio with a Microsoft Surface

Portable off-grid Ham Radio data modes can be frustrating if you don't have the right portable tablet or laptop computer. In this video, we will go through using the Microsoft Surface, for ham radio data mode communications like Winlink, JS8Call, FT8, RTTY and so on. We'll also discuss screen and drop protection for the Microsoft Surface, setting up the GPS to work ham radio applications, and useful additions like snap-on keyboards.

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Blog on GPS setup: https://oh8stn.org/blog/2023/11/02/mi...

00:00 Introduction
01:30 Best Radio Surface Combination
02:!5 Surface Go specs & performance
04:09 Off-Grid Charging
05:58 Screen glare
07:27 Screen protection & body armor
10:26 Accessing the internal GPS
15:08 Couple of my favorite apps
17:59 Final thoughts

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