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Retevis RT95 Budget Dual Band Mobile Transceiver
Specifications GENERALFrequency RangeVHF:144-148MHz UHF: 430~440MHzNumber of Channels200 channelsChannel Spacing25K (Wide Band) 20K(Middle Band) 12.5K... Read more
DXCommander Expedition Build & Review! Impressive Ham Radio Antenna!
Callum has created quite an impressive line of antennas that fit various ham radio use cases. Today we look at his portable offering The Expedition an... Read more
Solar Flux Hits New High & Big Flares Possible Now | Space Weather News 11.26.2020
Solar Flux Hits New High & Big Flares Possible Now | Space Weather News 11.26.2020 Read more
ARRL Asks FCC to Allow 3.4-GHz Operation until Spectrum is Occupied
In comments to the FCC, ARRL has argued that radio amateurs be allowed to continue shared operation in the 3.4 GHz band until 5G licensees who purchas... Read more
2020 Amateur Radio Holiday Gift Guide
2020 Amateur Radio Holiday Gift Guide Read more
Connecting the MX-P50 amplifier and LDG Z11 pro tuner to the IC-705
Connecting the MX-P50 amplifier and LDG Z11 pro tuner to the IC-705. Read more
Coast Guard Proposes to Discontinue HF Voice Watchkeeping
The US Coast Guard has invited comments by January 21, 2021, on a proposal to discontinue HF voice watchkeeping. The proposal appeared on No... Read more
Video demonstrating 3D propagation simulation
Chris from our Development Team gives an overview of Over-The-Horizon (OTH) High Frequency (HF) Analysis in Systems Tool Kit (STK) that is new in vers... Read more
Tips on Operating Linear Amateur Radio Satellites (Part 2)
Tips on Operating Linear Amateur Radio Satellites (Part 2) Read more
RadioShack to be reborn
RadioShack The good news is that as of today RadioShack has officially been purchased by Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV), giving the troubled company... Read more
Best Black Friday Deals for 2020 for HAM RADIO
Best Black Friday Deals for 2020 for HAM RADIO Read more
Airspy HF+ Discovery is the Most Refined HF/VHF SDR
The Airspy HF+ Discovery sets a new standard in terms of reception performance with extra pre-selectors for all the supported bands and a New DSP Core... Read more
Dayton Hamvention Announces its 2021 Theme — “The Gathering”
“The Gathering” will be the theme for the 2021 Dayton Hamvention®. Hamvention General Chair Rick Allnutt, WS8G, said the theme reflects what has been... Read more
Still Time to Apply for Foreign Service Information Management Technical Specialists-Radio Positions
The deadline to apply for US Department of State Foreign Service Information Management Technical Specialists-Radio (IMTS-R) positions is December 1,... Read more
Ham radio & 3D printing – A very portable table stand for the Icom IC-705.
Ham radio & 3D printing – A very portable table stand for the Icom IC-705. Read more
Moscow Aviation Institute plans SSTV event from ISS
Rodolfo Parisio, IW2BSF, reports that a Slow-Scan Television (SSTV) transmission event from the International Space Station is currently scheduled to... Read more
Universal Radio is closing shop
Dear Friends Of Universal Radio, Time waits for no one, and that includes Barbara and myself. We have decided to retire and our current location in Wo... Read more
Chameleon F-Loop TOTAL! Kit and CHA Single Loop
Chameleon F-Loop TOTAL! Kit and CHA Single Loop The CHA F-LOOP 2.0 was designed with portability, ease of use simplicity, ruggedness and high performa... Read more
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: As solar flux declined over the past week, I noticed less long-distance propagation on 10 meters reported on ps... Read more
Xiegu REVEALS the GSOC Controller for G90 and X5105
Xiegu REVEALS the GSOC Controller for G90 and X5105 Read more
New inductees to Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame
The Board of Trustees of the Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame is pleased to announce that Maurice-André Vigneault, VE3VIG... Read more
ARRL Seeks Waiver of Proposed FCC Amateur Application Fees
ARRL has urged the FCC to waive its proposed $50 amateur radio application fee. The Commission proposal was made last month in a Notice of Propos... Read more
SpaceX Dragon Capsule Resilience Ferries Four Radio Amateurs to the ISS
SpaceX Dragon capsule Resilience, carrying four radio amateurs, autonomously docked on November 17 at 0401 UTC with the International S... Read more
Arizona Congresswoman Introduces National Amateur Radio Operators Day Resolution
US Representative Debbie Lesko of Arizona has introduced a resolution designating April 18, 2021, as National Amateur Radio Operators Day, t... Read more
Facing collapse, the famed Arecibo Observatory will be demolished
The failure of two main cables sealed the observatory’s fate By Loren Grush The world-famous Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, known for... Read more
Clear Frequencies Requested for Caribbean Hurricane Emergency Traffic
Stations handling emergency traffic during the response to Category 5 Hurricane Iota, just off the eastern coast of Nicaragua, are requesting clear fr... Read more
LZ DX Contest
Organized ByBulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs Date and periodThe weekend before the last full weekend of November (the weekend before CQWW CW con... Read more
CQ WPX Contests Add New “Multi-Transmitter Distributed” Category, Remove Single-Op Unassisted Categories
Sayville, NY – November 16, 2020) – A new “Multi-Transmitter Distributed” category is being added to the CQ World Wide WPX Contests to better accommod... Read more
YAESU FT-DX10 Update and SDR Chat
Here are some great photos of the new FT-DX10 plus a chat about SDR. ESTIMATED DECEMBER 2020 The New Yaesu Ftdx10 UK VERSION COVERS 4m ! T... Read more
OH2BC installs large InnovAntennas 50MHz array
Every now and then, a really special antenna system gets installed and usually it is a result of desire, commitment and dedication of the station owne... Read more
Connecting the MX-P50 amplifier and LDG Z11 pro tuner to the IC-705. Read more
The Airspy HF+ Discovery sets a new standard in terms of reception performance with extra pre-selectors for all the supported bands and a New DSP Core... Read more
Newly released pictures of the new FTDX10 SDR Read more
NEVADA RC-105 A beautifully made bracket, complete with, BNC to SMA patch lead and mounting mounting screw, for connecting a PL-259 style portable ant... Read more
QCX-mini is a response to quite a few comments on the new QCX+ kit, from people who want to take it out portable for SOTA operations and other po... Read more
Yaesu FTDX10 New Yaesu compact HF and 50 MHz 100W SDR Transceiver available in December 2020.Functionalities of the top line models in a smaller form... Read more
Equipment
Connecting the MX-P50 amplifier and LDG Z11 pro tuner to the IC-705
Airspy HF+ Discovery is the Most Refined HF/VHF SDR
Newly released pictures of the new FTDX10 SDR
ICOM IC-705 Antenna Mounting Bracket & Patch lead
QCX-mini is coming soon!
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The New Yaesu FTDX10 [ UPDATE ]
Just days ahead of the 2019 Hurricane Season, dozens of hams along the US East Coast will demonstrate Amateur Radio’s ability to deliver messages without commercial power, infrastructure, or permanently established stations for officials of the American Red Cross and th... Read more
VHF-UHF
Review
TYT UV8000E Dual Band VHF/UHF Radio Product Review – KEØOG
TYT UV8000E Dave Casler, KEØOG, reviews the new TYT UV8000E, a great radio for all hams including new Techs. Click “see more” for a Table... Read more
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Portable RTL – SDR Software Defined Radio with Android
Portable RTL – SDR Software Defined Radio with Android Read more
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App - Mobile
SmartSDR for iOS v3.4.01 Now Available
FlexRadio Systems announces the release of SmartSDR for iOS v3.4.01 is now available for download or update from the Apple App Store. This App require... Read more
RFinder – The World Wide Repeater Directory now supports Twitter!
“RFinder has been the ‘Social Repeater Directory’ for a while now with its support of repeater check-in postings to APRS and... Read more
New ARRL Repeater Directory Will Leverage Crowdsourcing Technology
ARRL partner RFinder, the creator of a web and app-based directory of Amateur Radio repeaters worldwide, will supply all data for the 2017-2018 ARRL R... Read more
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Software
Gqrx 2.13 is out!
Gqrx SDR 2.13 argilo released this 15 hours ago Stereo option for UDP streaming. Script to generate AppImage. Allow scroll wheel direction to be inve... Read more
WSJT-X Beta Release Introduces Digital Protocols Designed for LF and MF Bands
The latest beta release of the WSJT-X digital software suite includes digital protocols particularly designed for communication on LF and MF... Read more
The CAT Tool for WebSDRs
CATSync allows you to syncronize public WebSDR receivers with your real rig connected via CAT control to your computer. It supports the classical WebS... Read more
Propagation
Solar Flux Hits New High & Big Flares Possible Now | Space Weather News 11.26.2020
Solar Flux Hits New High & Big Flares Possible Now | Space Weather News 11.26.2020 Read more
Video demonstrating 3D propagation simulation
Chris from our Development Team gives an overview of Over-The-Horizon (OTH) High Frequency (HF) Analysis in Systems Tool Kit (STK) that is new in vers... Read more
Contesting
LZ DX Contest
Organized ByBulgarian Federation of Radio Amateurs Date and periodThe weekend before the last full weekend of November (the weekend before CQWW CW con... Read more
CQ WPX Contests Add New “Multi-Transmitter Distributed” Category, Remove Single-Op Unassisted Categories
Sayville, NY – November 16, 2020) – A new “Multi-Transmitter Distributed” category is being added to the CQ World Wide WPX Contests to better accommod... Read more
Dxing
80th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain
Special Event Station GB80BOB 1st September to 28th September 2020 The Royal Air Force Amateur Radio Society (RAFARS) will be operating a Special Even... Read more
The King of DX Marathons PY5EG OMS
According to the rules, a station may be awarded only one of the four trophies in any one year, and may be awarded each of trophies only once in any 3... Read more
VHF
Retevis RT95 Budget Dual Band Mobile Transceiver
Specifications GENERAL Frequency Range VHF:144-148MHz UHF: 430~440MHz Number of Channels 200 channels Channel Spacing 25K (Wide Band) 20K(Middle Band)... Read more
ARRL Asks FCC to Allow 3.4-GHz Operation until Spectrum is Occupied
In comments to the FCC, ARRL has argued that radio amateurs be allowed to continue shared operation in the 3.4 GHz band until 5G licensees who purchas... Read more
OH2BC installs large InnovAntennas 50MHz array
Every now and then, a really special antenna system gets installed and usually it is a result of desire, commitment and dedication of the station owne... Read more
3000km plus contact made on 433 MHz from St.Helena to South Africa
On the 16th of October 2020, there was a remarkable 3000+ km contact made on the 70cms band between South Africa and St.Helena in the South Atlantic.... Read more
Antenna
KM4ACK End Fed Half Wave Antenna Build And Review
KM4ACK End Fed Half Wave Antenna Build And Review Kit includes everything you need to build a 49:1 end fed half wave antenna. Antenna works without ne... Read more
Five Wire Antennas Vying for Reference Station
Five Wire Antennas Vying for Reference Station Read more
A Super-Duper Tiny 3D-Printed HF Radio Antenna.
A Super-Duper Tiny 3D-Printed HF Radio Antenna. Read more
Small Garden Vertical HF Antenna Installation
Vertical HF Antenna Installation Read more
Callum has created quite an impressive line of antennas that fit various ham radio use cases. Today we look at his portable offering The Expedition an... Read more
2020 Amateur Radio Holiday Gift Guide Read more
The US Coast Guard has invited comments by January 21, 2021, on a proposal to discontinue HF voice watchkeeping. The proposal appeared on No... Read more
RadioShack The good news is that as of today RadioShack has officially been purchased by Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV), giving the troubled company... Read more
Best Black Friday Deals for 2020 for HAM RADIO Read more
News
DXCommander Expedition Build & Review! Impressive Ham Radio Antenna!
2020 Amateur Radio Holiday Gift Guide
Coast Guard Proposes to Discontinue HF Voice Watchkeeping
RadioShack to be reborn
Best Black Friday Deals for 2020 for HAM RADIO