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5 Elements wire yagi for 80m
There were a lot of questions on wirebeam yagi on 80m. Here is a diagram. This is used on RL3A, K1LZ and similar on EW6W Source: Roman Levichev Read more
WRC-19 Day 9 and 10: Satellites, 50 MHz and 1240-1300 MHz
The RSGB have released a report on days 9 and 10 of the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference being held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt from October 28... Read more
Russian OTH Radar Contayner now everywhere
The latest IARU-R1 Monitoring System newsletter reports the Russian Over-The-Horizon Radar Contayner has been active in the 7, 10, 14 and 18 MHz amate... Read more
Two Online Competitions to win Icom Prizes!
“We have two online competitions giving you the chance to win Icom prizes. You can enter both competitions by clicking on the links below: Win a... Read more
New Ham Radio Deluxe v6.7 now available for download
HRD Software is proud to serve over 30,000 ham radio customers in 136 countries. Thank you to our customers in Afghanistan, Anguilla, Argentina, Austr... Read more
IARU and Amateur Radio are Reaching “an Inflection Point”
Participants at the 45th meeting of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Administrative Council (AC) in late September discussed the organizat... Read more
The K7RA Solar Update – 11/08/2019
Two new sunspot groups appeared this week, on two consecutive days, each lasting for only a day, with a daily sunspot number of 11 and 13 on Friday an... Read more
A new world record on 630 meters ?
SARL News report that Eric Tichansky, NO3M and Roger Crofts, VK4YB, are claiming a new world distance record on 630 meters (472 to 479 kHz). They work... Read more
HamSCI Founder Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF, Wins $1.3 Million Ionosphere Study Grant
Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF, now a University of Scranton physics and electrical engineering professor, has won a $1.3 million National Science Foundati... Read more
YOTA PA team announced!
Meet the team of young RSGB Members who will be heading out to the Netherlands (from 12 to 15 December) for the 2019 YOTA Winter camp. Winter Y... Read more
Well-Known Contester, DXer Paul Newberry, N4PN, SK
Well-known contester and DXpeditioner Paul H. Newberry, Jr., N4PN, of Macon, Georgia, died on November 5 after suffering a massive heart attack. An AR... Read more
ICOM 2019 P25 CAP
What is P25? P25 is a standard for the manufacturing of interoperable digital two-way wireless communications products. Sometimes also known as Pr... Read more
14 days of work from 0 – Mega Contest Station LN8W
“One of the largest projects i did in such short period of time ! And yes there were a lot planing and preparation work ! 11 antennas (2 Tonns o... Read more
Ever wonder how to update firmware on your IC-9700?
IC-9700 Thank you Hayden H. – VK7HH for sharing his video, and be sure to follow him on his Youtube channel. For more information on the update:... Read more
W1AW to Commemorate 98th Anniversary of First Amateur Radio Signals to Span the Atlantic
December 11 marks the 98th anniversary of the success of ARRL’s Transatlantic Tests in 1921, organized to see if low-power amateur radio stations coul... Read more
New firmware for ICOM, D-STAR compatible handy device and 6 mobile devices will be released simultaneously
On November 6, the new firmware was released on the following six models (the version name of the released firmware in parentheses). In addition, new... Read more
ICOM IC-SAT100
Icom’s IC-SAT100 allows users around the world to communicate with a group of PTT radios at the push of a button. To do this, the IC-SAT100 utilizes I... Read more
WRC-19 Day-7: 23cms and A Long Day
A somewhat difficult start to the day’s proceedings began with another AI-10 Proposal being introduced for WRC-23 – protecting RNSS (Galileo etc) from... Read more
RigExpert Stick 230 100kHz – 230MHz Analyzer
RigExpert Stick 230 Small. Handy. Powerful. The analyzer is designed for measuring SWR (standing wave ratio), return loss, as well as other parameters... Read more
Maine Radio Amateurs Helping to Deploy AM Band Public Information Radio Service
Waldo County, Maine, is implementing the nation’s first county-wide emergency AM radio station with the help of radio amateurs. “We realized that the... Read more
HuskySat-1 Successfully Lifted into Space
AMSAT reports that on November 2, a Cygnus cargo spacecraft carrying the University of Washington’s student-built HuskySat-1 CubeSat was successfully... Read more
FCC Asked to Clarify Amateur Rules Governing Encrypted or Encoded Messages
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau is soliciting comments on a Petition for Declaratory Ruling filed on behalf of New York University (NYU)... Read more
Build a Long-Distance Data Network Using Ham Radio
Send data via IPv4 up to 300 kilometers with easy-to-assemble hardware By F4HDK I have been a hobbyist and maker for almost 15 years now. I like inven... Read more
The small new sunspot belonging to Solar Cycle 25
The small new sunspot belonging to Solar Cycle 25 located in the southeast quadrant was numbered 2750 today. Although it is nice to see a new cycle su... Read more
Digital Modes
The motto of the new European Radio Amateurs’ Organization (EURAO https://www.eurao.org/) Summer Party https://www.eurao.org/en/node/1045 is “Premiering FT4.” This is not a contest but an on-the-air radio gathering with some suggested guidelines. The e... Read more
RigExpert Stick 230 Small. Handy. Powerful. The analyzer is designed for measuring SWR (standing wave ratio), return loss, as well as other parameters... Read more
Small multifunctional, digital, very compact amateur radio station for the radio operation at home, on the way or in the emergency radio. For the digi... Read more
SDRplay Limited has announced the launch of a new Software Defined Radio product – the RSPdx. The RSPdx is a replacement for the highly successful RSP... Read more
Fairwaves is launching two new “X“- products this fall: XYNC – the ultimate low-cost massive MIMO SDR, with up to 32×32 transmit/receive channels XCOM... Read more
his a ready power amplifier. You will need a power supply only! Water-cooled hermetically. You can turn the power amplifier. The water will not flow.... Read more
Have you ever wanted to try the new digital modes on a budget? The QRPGuys DSB Digital Transceiver is a low cost, multiband, DSB transceiver kit, curr... Read more
Equipment
RigExpert Stick 230 100kHz – 230MHz Analyzer
Small QRP-GO-BOX powered by Raspberry Pi4, KX2 and TH-D74
SDRplay announces the RSPdx
Fairwaves launches new SDR products
HF/6m linear amplifier 1200W with 5″ touch screen control heat pipes cooling system
QRPGuys 40/30/20m DSB Digital Transceiver – $40
By Sherri Ellington “The first time Buzz Kutcher sat for his amateur radio license, he did not pass. Now he is president of the Butts County Amateur Radio Club and has many awards under his belt. He is also the ham emergency coordinator for Butts County. Kutcher g... Read more
VHF-UHF
Review
Yaesu FTM-100DR Wires-X Portable Digital Node + Firmware Update
“You can now use your Yaesu FTM-100DR, FTM-400DR and the F2DR as a Wires-X hotspot (PDN) or IP radio without buying the HRI-200 or another C4FM... Read more
Palstar AT2KD Review & How to Use a Differential Antenna Tuner
“Jarrad VK3BL reviews Palstar’s AT2KD and talks about the advantages of having a large, high powered tuner even if you only run barefoot.... Read more
Portable Zero ICOM IC 7300 Escort
Specifications: Material: 5052 powder coated aluminum (Black) weight: 13.2 OZ measurements: 12″ X 3.70″ https://portablezerostore.e... Read more
Antenna and Analyzer Questions by KE0OG
“New Ask Dave format with Dave Casler and with Ask Dave Editor Trevor Oman, takes on questions about antennas and analyzers.” Read more
ICOM IC-7300 Review and Full Walk Through
New technology is changing the way receivers are being designed and the IC-7300 is an industry first as an RF, Direct Sampling System is being used in... Read more
Unboxing Kenwood TH-D74A
Kenwood TH-D74A 144/220/430 MHz TRIBANDER. Triband Amateur radio packed with convenient features and the advantage of a digital transceiver with D-STA... Read more
by ASSOCIATED PRESS Police and fire departments are bucking a trend to conceal comms Say they want communications to be more open and transparent Encryption can sometimes hamper resuce efforts with multiple agences Some police and fire dep... Read more
App - Mobile
NKCCluster 2.1 to be released very soon
A new NKCCluster release is just around the corner: release 2.1 is currently undergoing beta-testing and, provided no last minute surprises i.e. major... Read more
CommCat 4 for Radio Control and Logging!
CommCat 4 is a radio control and logging program for radio amateurs who share a passion for talking to other hams around the world. CommCat works with... Read more
Ham radio Foundation course for iOS and Android
The Australian Radio & Electronics School (RES) has made available a free 2-3 day amateur radio Foundation licence course App for Apple and Androi... Read more
Software
New Ham Radio Deluxe v6.7 now available for download
HRD Software is proud to serve over 30,000 ham radio customers in 136 countries. Thank you to our customers in Afghanistan, Anguilla, Argentina, Austr... Read more
Ever wonder how to update firmware on your IC-9700?
IC-9700 Thank you Hayden H. – VK7HH for sharing his video, and be sure to follow him on his Youtube channel. For more information on the update:... Read more
New firmware for ICOM, D-STAR compatible handy device and 6 mobile devices will be released simultaneously
On November 6, the new firmware was released on the following six models (the version name of the released firmware in parentheses). In addition, new... Read more
Propagation
The K7RA Solar Update – 11/08/2019
Two new sunspot groups appeared this week, on two consecutive days, each lasting for only a day, with a daily sunspot number of 11 and 13 on Friday an... Read more
Contesting
14 days of work from 0 – Mega Contest Station LN8W
“One of the largest projects i did in such short period of time ! And yes there were a lot planing and preparation work ! 11 antennas (2 Tonns o... Read more
ARRL November Sweepstakes Offers Two Weekends of Fun
The ARRL November Sweepstakes (SS) weekends again loom large on the amateur radio contest horizon. The CW weekend is November 2 – 4 — this weekend — w... Read more
Dxing
A new world record on 630 meters ?
SARL News report that Eric Tichansky, NO3M and Roger Crofts, VK4YB, are claiming a new world distance record on 630 meters (472 to 479 kHz). They work... Read more
New 630-Meter Distance Record Claimed
Eric Tichansky, NO3M, and Roger Crofts, VK4YB, are claiming a new world distance record on 630 meters. They worked each other on October 14 at 1032 UT... Read more
VHF
ICOM 2019 P25 CAP
What is P25? P25 is a standard for the manufacturing of interoperable digital two-way wireless communications products. Sometimes also known as Pr... Read more
ICOM IC-SAT100
Icom’s IC-SAT100 allows users around the world to communicate with a group of PTT radios at the push of a button. To do this, the IC-SAT100 utilizes I... Read more
Antenna
5 Elements wire yagi for 80m
There were a lot of questions on wirebeam yagi on 80m. Here is a diagram. This is used on RL3A, K1LZ and similar on EW6W Source: Roman Levichev Read more
BIG SIGNAL 2BS-5B – 5 band antenna
In BIG SIGNAL we present the multi-band cubic antenna with 2 elements and 5 bands. The true queen of DX! E ste is a model that breaks all the schemes... Read more
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The RSGB have released a report on days 9 and 10 of the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference being held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt from October 28... Read more
The latest IARU-R1 Monitoring System newsletter reports the Russian Over-The-Horizon Radar Contayner has been active in the 7, 10, 14 and 18 MHz amate... Read more
“We have two online competitions giving you the chance to win Icom prizes. You can enter both competitions by clicking on the links below: Win a... Read more
Participants at the 45th meeting of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Administrative Council (AC) in late September discussed the organizat... Read more
Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF, now a University of Scranton physics and electrical engineering professor, has won a $1.3 million National Science Foundati... Read more
News
WRC-19 Day 9 and 10: Satellites, 50 MHz and 1240-1300 MHz
Russian OTH Radar Contayner now everywhere
Two Online Competitions to win Icom Prizes!
IARU and Amateur Radio are Reaching “an Inflection Point”
HamSCI Founder Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF, Wins $1.3 Million Ionosphere Study Grant
