2020 Amateur Radio Holiday Gift Guide
Antenna
DX Commander Expedition Portable Antenna
A first look at the Portable version of the world famous DX Commander vertical antenna for Ham Radio. Read more
VK5SFA Wins the April QST Cover Plaque Award
The winning article for the April 2019 QST Cover Plaque award is “A High-Power 160- and 80-Meter Transmitting Loop Antenna” by Steve Adler, VK5SFA. Th... Read more
160-6m HF VERTICAL ANTENNA, 43ft, 1500W
Get 160-6 Meters Coverage and 1500 Watt Operation with a single antenna! This MFJ-2990 is a 43-foot self-supporting vertical antenna that cover... Read more
MomoBeam DUO 6 20-40 SF – BIBAND – 20M and 40M
DUO 6 20-40 SF is every contester’s dream, a dual-band yagi with separate feed line, high power handling, large bandwidth and with the usual Momobeam... Read more
Can I Put One End of a Dipole Next to my VHF Antenna?
Nick, KC3PWJ, has a flagpole and also a pole that holds up his VHF/UHF discone. He’d like to string a 20m dipole between the two poles, but is w... Read more
Review
Best Ham Radios To Buy When Starting Out. VHF/UHF/HF
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Unboxing and Testing the BaofengTech UV-5X3 Triband HT
BaofengTech has released a model called the UV-5X3, which is a Triband HT, including the 220MHz band. Let’s take a look at this radio, see how t... Read more
Equipment
HAMlab 160-6 100W – SDR Transceiver
HAMlab 160-6 100W – SDR Transceiver Highlights SDR + measurement instruments rugged steel housing LDMOSFET 10W Linear amplifier (160M-6M) 1Gsps... Read more
SKY-221 SDR HF 160 -10m Transceiver
SKY-221 SDR HF 160 -10m Transceiver With Built-in ADC / DAC For SSB/CW/DIGI/AM/FM 10 Watts SKY-221/V21 / is designed based on SKY-209 with built i... Read more
HAMlab – 160-6 10W
HAMlab is a fully functional SDR transceiver with 160-10m band coverage and 10W of output power built around the STEMlab platform. It gives you an out... Read more
MFJ-993BRT Remote 300W automatic antenna tuner installation
Remote IntelliTuner is mounted in a durable hard plastic case that measures just 9 ¼” x 3″ x 14 ¼”. Covers 1.8 to 30 MHz, have heavy... Read more
Ailunce HS2 HF VHF UHF SDR Transceiver
HS2 is an ultra-portable full-frequency full-mode SDR radio. Receive frequency coverage 300K~1.6GHZ. The built-in network port can realize remote oper... Read more
News
JA1TOKYO – Olympic Games
Olympic Games – JA1TOKYOOn July 16 JARL opened the special commemorative station ‘JA1 TOKYO‘ in Nishitokyo City, Tokyo, to commemora... Read more
Massachusetts Court Okays Amateur Radio Tower, Citing Board of Appeals’ Error
A judge in the Massachusetts Land Court has ruled that the Zoning Board of Appeals in the City of Framingham “erred” in revoking a building permit for... Read more
FCC Investigating Alleged “Jamming” on 40 Meters
Reports suggest that jamming stations have been deployed on the lower portion of 40 meters. The jamming appears to be coming from Cuba. The signals, s... Read more
Audio and visual of Cuba jamming 40M, making it to OH
Audio and visual of Cuba jamming 40M, making it to OH Audio and visual of Cuba jamming 40M, making it to OH. #hamradio pic.twitter.com/J4wHLPMGhF — Ha... Read more
Volunteer radio operators to the rescue in Belgian floods
July 2021: Brabant Wallon’s Emergency Radio Network volunteers stepped in when the Police building in Wavre, Belgium – including its Tetra anten... Read more
