” On Saturday the 28th of December 2019, Ian GM3SEK in the south-west of Scotland managed to work D41CV on 432 MHz to set a new world record for tropo on the band. The distance for this FT8 contact was an amazing 4,562 kms.
Considering the fact that it was on the 70cms band and that the south-west coast of Scotland was one of the longest sea paths to Cape Verde Islands, it seemed as this might be a long term record.
It wasn’t to be however as just a few days later on Wednesday the 1st of January 2020, Nick G4KUX in the county of Durham in the north of England managed to work D41CV also on FT8 on 432 MHz to push the record out a further 80kms or so to 4,644kms…. READ MORE
This is the review of a Mini portable PWR and SWR meter with built-in battery and High SWR warning buzzer. There are also the Xiegu X6100’s outp... Read more
“Let us understand what happens if you have a hill or mountain in the way of your radio signal because I recently published a video showing you... Read more
“This video is a response to a video I saw by @NotaRubicon Productions where he claims that GMRS is better than Ham Radio. I found the video fun... Read more
RFI from Solar Inverter Lee, KI5ODH, built an off grid solar system for his station. But he is having some trouble. “The inverter is putting out... Read more
Xiegu GNR1 digital audio noise filter is an audio processing device integrating digital noise reduction and digital filtering. It will effectivel... Read more
New Hams Tips – What is the Noise Blanker used for? Read more
Decibels (dB) can be slightly confusing. Here is a simple short video explaining. Callum. Read more
Review
Mini DIGITAL PWR / SWR meter review
Radio Signals: What happens if there’s a hill in the way?
10 Reasons Why GMRS is NOT Better Than Ham Radio
RFI from Solar Inverter
XIEGU GNR 1 Noise Reduction Unit – Full Review
What is the Noise Blanker used for?
Fast Easy Guide to Decibels dB vs dBi in 6 Minutes
23cm Band After review and approval by the IARU Region 1 Executive Committee and the IARU Administrative Council a presentation on preliminary Amateur... Read more
SHF-P1 For more than half a century, Icom has created new technology for Amateur Radio. Our engineers have a new project, “Icom SHF Project – Super Hi... Read more
Icom Japan have been working on a concept of a new radio looking to revitalize the use of the SHF (Super High Frequency) bands. Recently a concept mod... Read more
From the Dayton Hamvention 2022, John Kruk talks to us about the differences between the FTM-200 and FTM-300 radios from Yaesu Read more
Icom IC-T10 Rugged Dual Band HT This New VHF/UHF HT from Icom features a Very Rugged Design, 1500 mW of loud, clear speaker audio, 2400 mAH battery, I... Read more
A short video about the Icom VE-SP1 desktop conference speaker microphone which enables a simultaneous voice conference in multiple locations by combi... Read more
Icom’s satellite radios utilize Iridium’s constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites. With this network, you can set up to 2,250,000 square kilometer... Read more
VHF
Amateur/RNSS Coexistence – 23cm Band
World Debut of the SHF-P1, 2.4 GHz / 5.6 GHz Concept
The ULTIMATE Challenges Facing the Icom SHF Project
Yaesu FTM-200 vs FTM-300 at Dayton Hamvention 202
Icom IC-T10 Rugged Dual Band HT @ HamVention
Icom VE-SP1 LTE/PoC Radio Desktop Conference Microphone
Iridium Command Center Explanation – ICOM
DIAMOND VX-30 Peter Waters G3OJV, explains why the Diamond VX-30 could be the ideal antenna for those new to ham radio who would like to operate on th... Read more
Thanks to Tristan and Jason for talking to me about the Eagle One Antenna. There seems to be some confusion about this antenna what it is and what it... Read more
5-minute video how to download the software and make your first ground mounted vertical – easy. Read more
2022 saw the return of the Dayton Hamvention and also celebrated the 70th anniversary of the world’s largest ham radio trade show. Ham Radio Out... Read more
Inflatable Satellite Antenna GATR 2.4m Inflatable Ku & C Band Satellite Antenna VSAT Satcom Deployable Up for auction is an GATR 2.4m inflatable a... Read more
Did you know, not all Toroids are created the same? They may look the same, but there is one big difference! UPDATE: I’m sorry, in the video I w... Read more
COBWEB ANTENNA Multiband cobweb antenna works on 7 HF bands and up to 1000w. Bands are 14,18,21,24,28,50,70 MHz Built and modified by me for my friend... Read more
Antenna
DIAMOND VX-30 Antenna Review
Eagle One Antenna – What Is it?
Easy Modelling Your First Antenna in 5 Minutes – Vertical Antennas
COMPACTenna – Dayton Hamvention 2022
Inflatable Satellite Antenna
You are using the WRONG toroid for an EFHW Antenna, Maybe!
7 BAND HF COBWEB ANTENNA – 1 KW
This app is a real CW QSO simulator for ham radio operators. Supports “599BK style QSO”.In order to reproduce a realistic QSO environment,... Read more
Dayton Hamvention® is offering a free mobile app for smartphones and tablets to help attendees navigate the large-scale event, which runs May 20 – 22... Read more
xCluster is a visual display of dx cluster activity. DX spots are received via telnet or web services and displayed in a tabular form and plotted on a... Read more
SDR Control for Icom — Software Defined Radio Client for Icom Transceivers SDR-Control is a full featured App to operate your Icom Transcei... Read more
The LINX platform consists of the mobile app, dispatch dashboard, and specialized equipment so your team can transmit voice, data, and send emergency... Read more
In amateur radio, the “QTH” Q-code means “What is your position?” when used as a question or “My position is…” when used as a statement. The Automatic... Read more
Software Defined Radio Client for Icom Transceivers SDR-Control is a full featured App to operate your Icom Transceiver at home or from around the wor... Read more
App - Mobile
CW QSO Simulator for iPhone and Android
Mobile App Available to Navigate 2022 Dayton Hamvention
xCluster: A Mac DXCluster Map App
SDR Control for Icom version 1.1.4 released
LINX consolidates communication, tracking and safety
QTH.app version 0.8.0 released
SDR Control for Icom