Closing out 2025, here are the top five blog posts at k0nr.com during the year. Some people may see this as a lazy way to create one more blog post this year without much effort, and they would be right. These posts are the top five most viewed this 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 article from Sept 2022 popped onto the list. This post addresses some confusion about the common nomenclature of VHF and UHF.

What Do VHF and UHF Mean?

In the third spot, we have another older article about 2m SSB that just keeps on getting views. I recently updated this article, which was written a long time ago.

Getting Started on 2m SSB

Number four this year is a more recent article 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

In fifth place is this article describing the RH770 antenna for use with dual-band 2m/70cm handheld radios.

A Better Antenna for Dualband Handhelds

However, there is a newer, better version of this antenna, which I just wrote about in September:

A New 2m/70cm Telescoping Antenna

Editors Choice

Just for good measure, I am including one more notable post. This explains why I strongly favor using VHF and UHF frequencies for SOTA activations. It is all about Height Above Average Terrain.

Height Above Average Terrain

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

73 Bob K0NR

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