” 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
Using a linear amplifier Jim W6LG tests a 100 foot length of RG8X to see if it can handle 1500 watts by measuring the temperature of the jacket. You m... Read more
“Today I get to tell you about the AA-2000 Antenna Analyzer from RigExpert in the Ukraine. This is the Best Ham Radio Antenna Analyzer that I ha... Read more
Here we take a look at the Pluto+ which has all the features the original Adalm Pluto should of had. Description: Pluto+ is a software-defined radio p... Read more
Dave Casler here to help show and explain why we don’t look at the Time Domain when using Single Side Bands. Read more
Bill Whittaker, KO4IOE, asks where, when, and how Dave tapped his Icom 7300 to his SDR Radio, and how he should tap his. Read more
“Noted ham radio author, Ward Silver, N0AX, reviews the DX Engineering RXSHARE Audio Splitter—a contesting device that gives two operators compl... Read more
Here we take a first look at the new Ailunce HS2 All Band All Mode SDR Transceiver. HS2 is an ultra-portable full-frequency full-mode SDR radio. Recei... Read more
Review
Can RG8X Really Handle 1500 Watts?
RigExpert AA-2000 | Best Ham Radio Antenna Analyzer?
Pluto Plus SDR – An Adalm Pluto Upgrade?
Why We don’t look at Single Side Band in the Time Domain
Where to Tap the Icom 7300 for your SDR Radio
A Closer Look at the DX Engineering RXSHARE Audio Switch
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Ailunce HS2 All Band All Mode SDR Transceiver – First Look [ VIDEO ]
Today I go over the features and do some power testing on the Baofeng UV-10R Dual Band HT Ham Radio Specification: Brand Baofeng Power 10W Frequency V... Read more
The International Space Station crossband FM repeater should remain active until after the Field Day weekend of June 26-27. Amateur Radio on the Inter... Read more
The RSGB Awards Manager has reviewed the current 50MHz awards offered by the Society and concluded that the existing 50MHz 2-Way Countries a... Read more
On May 8, 2021, the group of Polish radio amateurs: Marek SP4ELF, Jurek SP2GUB, Adam SQ2DOL, Piotr SQ4MIK, and Jarek SQ4IOB realized optical communica... Read more
The newest DMR Handheld Ham Radio from Anytone is the AT-D878UVII Plus HT, which incorporates 500,000 contacts and 10,000 talkgroups into the same, gr... Read more
The Chair of IARU Region 1 Spectrum Affairs, Barry Lewis G4SJH, reports on the work being done in defending the interests of the Amateur Services... Read more
In today’s video, we’ll be sharing a live unboxing of the AnyTone AT-D878UVII Plus as well as a product demo. VHF/UHF DUAL BAND: Feat... Read more
VHF
Baofeng UV-10R Dual Band HT Ham Radio – First Look!
ISS repeater remaining on until after Field Day
Changes to the RSGB 50MHz awards
Over 50 km on 481 THz! Great news from SP
Anytone AT-D878UVII Plus – Best DMR Handheld Ham Radio 2021?
Recent activity on the 23cm band RNSS Coexistence Studies
AnyTone AT-D878UVII Plus Unboxing and Demo
Metropwr FX700 is a vector network analyzer 0.1/700 MHz used to measure all the parameters of an antenna. It has a large 4.3 “touch screen display and... Read more
“Jeff, AC2AU has a straight-forward question, How exactly do I attach radials to a commercial vertical antenna? Dave will answer this question a... Read more
A pocket size antenna that covers all HF bands. Ideal for IC-705 COMET HFJ-350M TOY BOX 10-Band 1.8-50MHz portable Antenna with carrying pouch I... Read more
Bob Carver, KB0XT, wants to know how close he can put his dipoles or if he can even combine them? Yes! He can. Watch to learn all about Fan Dipoles Read more
Bpb, KC1MOF, is setting up his second antenna, a mfj 1846 hex beam, and wants to know if his hustler 4btv may be too close, and if the two antennas ma... Read more
How to Build Cheap Wire Delta Loop Antenna – Love them or Hate them! Read more
Robert P Brady, K5RPB, asks “Is an analyzer a primary purchase for building antennas or should I rely on engineering practices?” What anal... Read more
Antenna
FX700 Vector Network Analyzer
How to Attach Radials to a Radial Plate
Comet HFJ-350M 160m-5m – Antenna Review
Fan Dipoles
How close can Antennas be?
How to Build Cheap Wire Delta Loop Antenna
Analyzing Analyzers
SDR Receiver demodulates and plays AM and FM signals received by an RTL-SDR, Airspy HF+ or SDRplay radio. Requires a radio and a host comput... Read more
The STARWAVES DRM SoftRadio allows you to conveniently enjoy any DRM live radio broadcast on your Android smartphone or tablet. No Internet connection... Read more
MagicSDR makes it possible to interactively explore RF spectrum using panadapter and waterfall visualization, demodulate and play AM, SSB, CW, NFM, WF... Read more
Marcus, DL8MRE announces that release of SmartSDR for iOS v3.9.12 is now available for download or update from the Apple App Store. SmartSDR is a full... Read more
There’s an incredible amount of radio signals. It’s impossible to know them all, let alone recognize them. So why not get help from Signal... Read more
EchoHam allows Amateur Radio operators to use the Echolink network from their Mac. You must be a licensed Amateur Radio operator to use this software.... Read more
SatSat, by Fabrice Aneche is a satellite tracking software, for radio amateurs, scientists or hobbyists. It displays current and next passes for any s... Read more
App - Mobile
SDR Receiver for IOS version 1.2.1 has been released
STARWAVES DRM SoftRadio App for Android now available!
MagicSDR – A NEW ANDROID AND IOS RTL_TCP CLIENT
SmartSDR for iOS v3.9.12 Now Available
SignalID – Automatic Radio Signal Identification for Android
EchoHam version v2.10 has been released
SatSat for IOS version 1.4.11 has been released
