A Fubsy Polymath subdomain
Radios
Ham HF & VHF/UHF rigs, DMR handhelds & hotspots, shortwave and weather receivers, CW gear — and the CubeSatSim satellite simulator.
Deep-dive volumes arrive as radios work their way through the queue.
Photo: Radio Equipment, Shetland by rodtuk · CC BY-SA 2.0
Amateur HF
Live Xiegu X6100 The Xiegu X6100 is a portable HF + 6 m all-mode SDR transceiver — the portable HF rig in this lineup. It carries its own… · Owned · active · Modern (introduced late 2021; volume shipments from 2022) · Deep dive · 4 vols Live
Live Xiegu XPA125B The Xiegu XPA125B is a 100-watt linear amplifier covering 1.8–54 MHz, intended as the matched output stage for the Xiegu… · Owned · active · Modern · Deep dive · 4 vols Live
Amateur VHF/UHF & DMR
Live AnyTone AT-D878UVII PLUS The AnyTone AT-D878UVII PLUS is the current-flagship dual-band DMR Tier I/II handheld in the BridgeCom / AnyTone US dist… · Owned · active · Modern (II PLUS generation, ~2021–2023) · Deep dive · 4 vols Live
Live Baofeng F8HP The Baofeng BF-F8HP is the 8-watt sibling to the ubiquitous UV-5R, distributed in the US through BaofengTech — the cheap… · Owned · active · Modern (~2014) · Deep dive · 4 vols Live
Live Baofeng UV-B5 The Baofeng UV-B5 is the legacy, earlier-generation dual-band (2 m / 70 cm) amateur handheld in the bench drawer — a 5 W… · Owned · in-storage · ~2012 (legacy) · Deep dive · 4 vols Live
Live Yaesu VX-8DR The Yaesu VX-8DR is a quad-band amateur handheld (6 m / 2 m / 70 cm TX, plus 1.25 m and wideband RX) built on a rugged, … · Owned · active · Released ~2008 (discontinued) · Deep dive · 4 vols Live
DMR Hotspots
Live SkyBridge Plus The BridgeCom SkyBridge Plus is the turnkey commercial DMR hotspot in this lineup — a small Raspberry Pi Zero W / MMDVM-… · Owned · active · Modern (BridgeCom SkyBridge product line, ~2020s) · Deep dive · 4 vols Live
Live WPSD DIY Hotspot The DIY WPSD HotSpot is the hand-built DMR hotspot in this lineup — a Raspberry Pi + duplex MMDVM hat + Nextion HMI disp… · Owned · active · Modern (built 2022; Pi-Star → WPSD migration) · Deep dive · 4 vols Live
Satellites
Listening (RX-only)
Live Midland WR120 The Midland WR120 is the dedicated NOAA weather-alert receiver in the lineup — the only device on the bench whose single… · Owned · active · Modern · Deep dive · 4 vols Live
Live Tecsun PL-880 The Tecsun PL-880 is the flagship shortwave portable receiver from Tecsun, released in late 2013 and continuously refine… · Owned · active · Modern (released late 2013) · Deep dive · 4 vols Live
CW & Accessories
Live MFJ CW Gear This unit covers two MFJ Enterprises pocket-class CW instruments. The **MFJ-419 CW Elmer** is a dedicated Morse-code pra… · Owned · bench-only · Modern (MFJ Enterprises closed mid-2024) · Deep dive · 3 vols Live
Live WiPhone The WiPhone is the radio-adjacent oddity in this lineup — not a radio at all, but an open-hardware ESP32-based SIP/VoIP … · Owned · in-storage · Modern (HackEDA Kickstarter 2018-2019; v0.4-era firmware) · Deep dive · 4 vols Live
Foundations & Reference
Live DMR Network Architecture A cross-cutting reference dive into the amateur DMR ecosystem — BrandMeister, TGIF, and W0CHP/WPSD networks, talkgroups,… · Reference · Current · Deep dive · 1 vol Live
Live Frequency Planning & License Envelope (Radios) A cross-cutting reference dive into the frequency and regulatory envelope for the radios in the lineup — Part 97 amateur… · Reference · Current · Deep dive · 1 vol Live
Live Radios — Overview & Decision Graph This is the navigator for the Radios series — the lineup at a glance, the "which radio for X" decision graph, the licens… · Reference · Current · Deep dive · 1 vol Live
Live Programming Software Landscape (Radios) A cross-cutting map of the software that programs the radios in the lineup — AnyTone CPS, wfView, and CHIRP — plus codep… · Reference · Current · Deep dive · 1 vol Live
Live Cheatsheets, Glossary & Anchor Index (Radios) The closeout reference for the Radios series — laminate-ready cheatsheets, an A-Z glossary of radio terms, the canonical… · Reference · Current · Deep dive · 1 vol Live