The highly requested paper clip installment of Will It Antenna. Where I try and make ham radio antennas out of common household items. Today, the worst example of an antenna I have ever made.
Antenna
MonoBeam HF Multibander MB16 10-15-20
MonoBeam The mb16 10/15/20 is an antenna for 14 MHz, 21 MHz and 28 MHz. No traps or inpedance adapting system is used, the feeding is direct with a s... Read more
Erecting the EFHW-8010 End-fed Half Wave Antenna and Initial Testing
EFHW-8010™ Multiband End Fed Half Wave Antenna 130 Feet (39.6m) long NO TUNER needed! Perfect for ALE HFLink, ARES, EMCOM … Resonant on 80/40/30/20/17... Read more
How close can I mount two antennas?
A viewer asks: “I am running three UHF and four VHF radios. They are all on different frequencies. What would be the minimum spacing for the ant... Read more
Buddipole Buddistick Pro HF Antenna – Review
Buddipole Checking out the Buddipole Buddistick Pro. A 40m-6m L dipole antenna for ham radio. Designed as a multi-band, portable antenna for 40m... Read more
Review
What makes a good portable CW paddle?
Richard G3CWI of SOTABEAMS has released a 3 minute video looking at the differences between a paddle designed for portable use and a fixed-station pad... Read more
The new Malahit-DSP: A portable all-in-one wideband SDR receiver
Technical Specifications 1 MHz to 1000 MHz. Bandwidth 160 kHz. Modulation types AM, WFM, NFM, LSB, USB. Powered by one Li-ion cell. Consumption up to... Read more
Baofeng DM-5R DMR Radio Test and Review
DM-5R — BaoFeng’s FIRST DMR Digital Radio & The FIRST DUAL BAND DMR Digital Radio! Crystal Clear Sound Quality The BaoFeng DM-5R featu... Read more
Learning Morse Code, Straight Key or Paddles?
“The eternal question and a sure way to start trouble at your next Ham radio club! Is the straight key a better learning tool or will the modern... Read more
Equipment
RTL-SDR BLOG V3 UNITS AND ANTENNAS BACK IN STOCK AT AMAZON
Just a note that our RTL-SDR Blog V3 units and antennas are now back in stock at Amazon.com with local US stock. There were a few manufacturing and sh... Read more
Introducing SDRconnect – SDRplay Hamvention 2022 demo
This video shows the demo we are showing this weekend (May 20-22) at Hamvention in Dayton, Ohio. This demonstrates the core underlying technology behi... Read more
Motorola APX NEXT XE – Focused in the Extreme
Focused in the extreme. The demands of a call require you to adapt and overcome all obstacles. When your focus on the call is threatened, other lives... Read more
Hambuilder V3.0 HBR4HF 4 Band HF Transceiver
HBR4HF V3.0, is another 4-banders series from Hambuilder. It is a medium size desktop transceiver with big enough power. We try to keep it low cost, s... Read more
New ICOM IC 7300 ( ENGLISH VERSION )
ICOM IC 7300 High Quality Real-Time Spectrum Scope RF Direct Sampling System Class Leading Phase Noise Characteristics Large Touch Screen Color TFT L... Read more
News
New ICOM IC-PW2 HF Amplifier Reaction With Ray Novak N9JA
ICOM has announced the IC-PW2 HF + 6 meter 1 kw amplifier. Thanks Ray for hanging out with me to do a reaction video! Read more
How Coaxial Cable Improves Antenna Reception
Comparing RG58/U, RG8X, Hyperflex 5, Ultraflex 7, & Hyperflex 10 What’s the difference? Read more
Celebrating The MFJ 50th Anniversary
MFJ is having their 50th Anniversary. I will read a script about MFJ. Watch to learn new and interesting thing about MFJ Read more
Insertion Loss, A/B Amplifier Relay, Why It Is Called An RCA Phono Plug/Jack,
Jim W6LG YouTube Elmer shows how to measure insertion loss on a box he built with a relay inside to select one of two linear amplifiers. He uses a Nan... Read more
Germany: New Entry-Level license class ‘N’ on its way
DARC reports on the planned introduction of an entry-level amateur radio license, it will be limited to just 10w EIRP in the 144 and 430 MHz bands but... Read more
