” 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
Here we take a look at the Moonraker Firespot. An MMDVM Digital Hotspot that uses an Orange Pi in replacement for the hard to get hold of, Raspberry P... Read more
Eddy, K6SDW, is trying to find out which SWR meter he sould us. He wants to know which SWR meter should he use to tune the antenna circuit, the built-... Read more
HF SDR Transceiver 10W Amateur Radio AM FM CW SSB FX-4C Read more
Check out this custom solution for Ralph’s Icom IC-705 Read more
I’m breaking it down this time, One of the all time most asked questions I get, Should you buy the Icom or the Yaesu? Do looks matter? Read more
Mount Your Mobile Ham Radio Antenna The Right Way Read more
Using the Loop Remote Tuner allows you to get further away from the antenna and have more precise control over the antenna. This is advantageous for t... Read more
Review
Moonraker FIRESPOT MMDVM Hotspot
SWR Meter – Internal Vs External
What secrets is it hiding? FX-4C
Icom IC-705 Custom Made Portable Go-Case, by Ralph. QRP Day In Vero Beach!
Icom IC7300 vs Yaesu FT991a
Mount Your Mobile Ham Radio Antenna The Right Way
Chameleon Remote Tuner
How hard is it to make contacts over the ISS Crossband repeater? Thanks to Robert W5ITR https://www.qrz.com/db/W5ITR for demonstrating his very nice r... Read more
Here we take a look at the ABBREE AR-F8 handheld transceiver. Does this really do 20 Watts? I think we know that answer already..! Read more
The IC-905 Debut! Ham Expo Walkthrough Aim higher and enter the world of SHF. The IC-905 is an industry-first all-mode transceiver with 144/440/1... Read more
We’re back at the park to test the most expensive ham radio handheld radios available today. Which radio will have the strongest transmit signal... Read more
Interest in ARRL VHF and above Worked All States Awards (WAS) continues its flurry of activity, now on the 1296 MHz band. As we reported in... Read more
APRS has already been my favorite VHF/UHF radio feature. Today, sadly, there are fewer handhelds on the market that can do full-featured APRS. Today I... Read more
Digital Handheld The top 3 digital voice modes in Ham Radio are DMR, DSTAR and YSF Read more
VHF
ISS Crossband Repeater Ham Radio Contacts!
ABBREE AR-F8 6 BAND HANDHELD
The IC-905 Debut! Ham Expo Walkthrough
Most Expensive Handhelds TESTED!
Activity and Awards Increase at 222 and 1296 MHz
Best APRS Handheld Ham Radio!
Top 3 Digital Handheld Ham Radios for 2022
SteppIR Antenna This is another video from Pacificon 2022. I will interviewing another vender. John Mertel, WA7IR, for SteppIR. Watch to learn more. Read more
The Wolf River Sporty Forty is a single band base loaded coil for 40 meter operation using the Wolf River 213 inch, Chameleon CHA SS-17, or MFJ-1979 w... Read more
Here we take a look at and test the PT-GP1 HF Multiband Antenna. This can be used either portable, on hikes, sota, pota or even as a semi-permanent ho... Read more
My current top 7 choices for portable antennas on Amazon. As an Amazon affiliate, I can earn commissions from qualifying items. Read more
Keeping track of changes when you are tuning ANY antenna is critical. Don’t rely on your memory for what you did, write it down. Read more
An amazing place and a unique and equally amazing antenna that you can hook up to! Ham Radio Operators, you can now broadcast and listen on the discon... Read more
John, AD8IQ, has a question. Which is more important in an antenna system, the lowest SWR or the 50 ohm impedance? Watch to learn which one I hink is... Read more
Antenna
Pacificon – SteppIR Antenna
I Love It! Game Changing Wolf River Sporty Forty Coil review
PT-GP1 Multiband HF Vertical Portable Antenna
Top 7 PORTABLE Ham Radio Antennas on Amazon
Single Tip – How to Tune Dipole, Vertical or Loop
The giant Collins HF discone antenna at the Titan Missile Museum
Resonant Frequency Often Not Lowest SWR
Tools for HAM-Radio Operators HAM-Toolbox provides a variety of useful Tools to help you operating your HAM-Radio. The Tools are ranging from activity... Read more
iWSPR WSPR implements a protocol designed for probing potential propagation paths with low-power transmissions. Normal transmissions carry a sta... Read more
Android SDR App SDR MUST be plugged in before starting SDR++ and you MUST press refresh in the SDR source you’re using befor... Read more
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
App - Mobile
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HAM-Toolbox [ APP ]
iWSPR TX – WSPR for iOS version 3.1
The Android SDR App That Beats Them All! Supports RTL-SDR Airspy HackRF and Many More!
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
