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Antenna
Go2Antenna Review :: HOA Antenna
The Go2Antenna is the perfect HOA antenna. Fully capable and easy to camouflage. My Go2 Antenna is perfect for HOA’s or portable / Emergency Communica... Read more
Antennas and Connectors!
Dave, KB2UBO, has two questions… One about Whether a ZS6BKW could/should be used in an inverted V? Another about Wheather to crimp or solder con... Read more
Mechanical Issues with EFHW Antenna
“Rolf, KE1Y, has a EFHW 80 – 10 and it’s wire has broken near the loading coil. He wants to know if there is a better way to have th... Read more
RG8X No-Name Coax, You Need To Be Careful, Jim W6LG Shows What Happened To 100 Feet Of Gray Coax
Jim Heath W6LG shows what happened to RG8X that had 1500 applied. Watch the subsequent episodes for more information about coax. Read more
To Resonate or Not to Resonate?
Ben, K0ABR, simply asks Is resonate better than non resonate antenna? Read more
Attaching Coax to a Dipole
Gordon, KO4OCO, in reference to Dave’s 40 meter dipole video, he asks how the actual connection between the coupler and the antenna wire was mad... Read more
20M LOADED DIPOLE – HALF A YAGI?
Here we take a look at building a short, loaded dipole for 20 Meters, 14 MHz. In fact, this is going to be half of a 2 element yagi for the 20M band. Read more
Radio Wave Properties: Electric and Magnetic Dipole Antennae
“An HP model 3200B VHF Oscillator and ENI model 5100-L NMR RF Broadband Power Amplifier provide a 300 MHz signal to a half-wave dipole antenna.... Read more
VHF
AO-109 (RadFxSat-2/AMSAT Fox-1E) Open for Amateur Use
AMSAT’s Engineering and Operations Teams have announced that AO-109 (RadFxSat-2/AMSAT Fox-1E) is now open for amateur use. AMSAT advises operators to... Read more
Radioddity REVEALS DB25-D Mini Mobile DMR Radio | First Look!
Radioddity has a new Mini Mobile DMR Radio about to be released which they are calling the DB-25-D. This is a small dual band DMR radio with 20W power... Read more
RV VHF Antenna Tips | Diamond X30N
I show how I erect a simple VHF antenna on my RV. Read more
Baofeng UV-10R Dual Band HT Ham Radio – First Look!
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
ISS repeater remaining on until after Field Day
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
Changes to the RSGB 50MHz awards
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
Over 50 km on 481 THz! Great news from SP
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
Anytone AT-D878UVII Plus – Best DMR Handheld Ham Radio 2021?
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
Equipment
New Firmware Updates for the IC-705, IC-7300 and IC-9700 SDR Transceivers
Icom has released updates for its latest range of Amateur radios. The updates are available for the IC-705, IC-7300 and IC-9700 SDR transceivers. The... Read more
EL/AZ 3D Printed Antenna Rotator – Testing !
“One of the Youtube viewers made a comment a few weeks ago asking about my rotator project. Their comment inspired me to finish it. This project... Read more
ICOM IC 7300 Ham Radio Go Box, It’s Final Form?
“The go box is portable operation ready. How did I do on the wire mangement? What is its final config? Check it out and tell me what you think.... Read more
Bob Heil, K9EID – Manufacturers Showcase
“We are with Bob Heil, K9EID with Heil Sound on this weeks episode of the Manufacturers Showcase” Read more
XIEGU X6100 HF TRANSCEIVER | FULL MODE | SDR RADIO
X6100 is an ultra-portable shortwave transceiver. It adopts the SDR software radio platform architecture of excellent performance, which carries power... Read more
My Ham Radio Go Box Wiring And Setup
“Today I’m putting together my ham radio go box. It featutes an ICOM IC-7300 and Alinco DR-135. The box also includes a West Mountain Radi... Read more
XIEGU X6100 – HF/50MHz Full-mode Ultra-portable Transceiver
X6100 inherits the compact and high performance characteristics of the X series.As a new generation flagship ultra-portable transceiver, it still achi... Read more
Ray Novak, N9JA – Icom America – Manufacturers Showcase
“We are live with Ray Novak, N9JA, Sales manager of ICOM America with Tim, K3LR. What questions do you have for Ray?” Read more
Review
Astron SS-30M-AP Power Supply First Look!
New from Astron is a 30-amp Power Supply with PowerPoles and 2 USB ports on the front panel. Let’s take a First Look at this! Connectors: [... Read more
Getting your Equipment in the Right Order
Frank Arciuolo, W1ZAH, is having some problems with his antenna set up and SWR. Dave here to help point him in the right direction. Read more
Difficult Grounding Issues
Tim Desmond, KI5OUN, inspired this video on grounding. Simplest to say “Difficult Grounding Issues” Read more
New Astron SS-30M-AP Switching Power Supply Review/Demo
Switching Power Supply, 30 A At 13.8 Vdc Peak Output, Front Panel Powerpoles, Fan Cooled, Meters, 115/230 Vac Input Int. Sw., Each Read more
HamBuilder HBR4HFS 4-Band HF Ham Radio Test and Review
“This video took me a few months to put together while testing it in different environments and locations. Today we are looking at the HamBuilde... Read more
Good Grounding
Doug, K0YP, is grounding his station with a very over the top grounding supplies and set up and is asking for Dave’s feedback on his system. Read more
Noise Canceling Methods
Dave Mitchell, AJ5F, asks about the MFJ-1025/1026 Noise Canceling Signal Enhancer to help remove the noise created by his well pump. Dave will help sh... Read more
DISCOVERY TX-500 Arrives in UK. HF-6m 10W Transceiver
“It’s an exciting new HF radio that packs a lot into a very small space and also packs a punch on the air. Peter G3OJV, takes a first look... Read more
News
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Solar activity slowed this week, with the average daily sunspot number declining from 48.9 last week to 33.9 this we... Read more
8-Meter Experimental Station on the Air from the US
WL2XUP is an FCC Part 5 Experimental station operated by Lin Holcomb, NI4Y, in Georgia. It’s licensed to operate with up to 400 W effective radiated p... Read more
Quirky APRS, HG-UV98 Lanch NLH Ham Radio Handheld Review
“Chinese radios have come a long way, many have impressive feature lists, but those features seem to be stuck behind programming or poorly imple... Read more
Product Discontinuation: IC-7851 HF All Band Transceiver
“We are sorry to announce that Icom has discontinued the IC-7851 HF All Band Transceiver. Since its launch six years ago, the IC-7851 has been I... Read more
ISS SSTV Aug 6-7 145.800 MHz FM
Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are planning to transmit Slow Scan TV images on 145.800 MHz FM using the SSTV mode PD-120.... Read more
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
