particularly the battery charging trays, are getting bulkier than the radios. With that in mind, [Mads Hobye] decided to slim down his backpacking loadout by designing a slimline USB charger for ...

Even though manufacturers of handheld ham radios have been busy adding all sorts of bells and whistles into their portable ... USB for power. Instead , they rely on barrel jacks or antiquated ...

What we're looking for whenever we review these models is a high battery capacity and output, lots of ports and adapters for charging and powering devices and appliances, and a portable design.