Your Ham Radio Adventure Starts Here
Portable operating. POTA. Gear that actually gets used. And the occasional RF experiment that seemed like a good idea at the time.
CURRENT PROJECT • BEARD-OR-BUST
The Beard Is Growing. This Seemed Like a Good Idea.
What started as a community challenge somehow turned into an ongoing experiment in beard maintenance, questionable decisions and ham-radio fundraising.
Follow the weekly Beard Log to see the progress, the grooming discoveries and how this whole thing eventually ends.
Pick Your First Signal Path
New here? Pick what brought you to N1JUR and start there.
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Get past the jargon, figure out what you actually need, and start making contacts.
GET STARTEDGo Activate Something
POTA, portable operating, field setups and lessons learned away from the shack.
EXPLORE POTAGear That Gets Used
Radios, antennas, power and field gear that actually earns a place in my bag.
SEE THE GEAR
Don't Let the Algorithm Pick Your Ham Radio.
New videos, portable operating ideas, POTA lessons, gear I'm actually using, and whatever RF rabbit hole I'm currently falling into.
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The latest ham radio video from N1JUR — POTA, gear, portable operating, live streams, antenna experiments, and whatever RF rabbit hole happened this week.
Latest From N1JUR
Field lessons, gear experiments, portable operating and the stuff worth writing down after the radio gets packed away.
Ham Radio Swag for the Field and Shack.
POTA. Coffee. Questionable antennas. Making RF weird.
Ham Radio Without Pretending Everything Went Perfectly.
N1JUR is practical, real-world ham radio—the kind where bands are weird, batteries get low, antennas misbehave, and the one adapter you need is sitting safely at home.
The goal is simple: help more people get on the air, understand their gear and enjoy the hobby by actually doing it.
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Start Simple.
Get on the Air.
Learn by Doing.
Whether you're working toward your first license, planning a POTA activation or building a portable kit, the next step is the same.
Stop watching. Start doing.
Want kids interested in ham radio? Stop making them watch demonstrations. Give them a microphone, Morse key, antenna, and something real to do.