Tommy explores Android RTL SDR, Peter completes a BitX40 transceiver, Emile takes a Byte of Pi, George talks about tool stores, and special guest John Ossi, N3DRH has part 1 of 2 on Karl Jansky. You won’t want to miss it.
Antenna
Peter Waters G3OJV, from Waters & Stanton, demonstrates the DIAMOND short dipole antenna. At just 10m long it is an attractive proposition for ham radio operators with small gardens. Read more
App - Mobile
Rfinder Tom W3ZX, a visually impaired ham gives a great demo on Android using TalkBack for the visually impaired. See More: http://www.rfinder.net/blog/ Read more
Equipment
TJ5A HF 20W SSB CW Transceiver RX:3.500-30.000Mhz (broardband RX is available by adjusting the jump cap) Tx:7.000-7.3000Mhz, 14.000-14.350Mhz,21.000-21.450Mhz, 28.000-29.700Mhz High performance AGC features strong signal handing abil... Read more
VHF
Kenwood TH-D72A 144/430MHz FM Dual Bander
Featuring the SiRFstar III™ high-performance GPS receiver, KENWOOD’s TH-D72A dual-band transceiver is compatible with APRS® data communications. Offer... Read more
Building An Autonomous Satellite Tracker For Ham Radio, Part 1
“This is part 1 in this mini series of my progress on building the WB0OEW Autonomous satellite tracker. In this video I went shopping for the pa... Read more
Best “Long Range” 2 Meter Telescopic Antenna
Thanks to @K6ARK for telling me to try out telescopic handheld amateur radio antennas, they ROCK! Read more
Radioddity DB25-D – Tiny Mobile DMR Radio
The DB25-D is an interesting DMR radio. It is more powerful than a hand held radio and only partially bigger, but you don’t get to the full 50 w... Read more
Amateur/RNSS Coexistence – 23cm Band
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
Iridium Command Center Explanation – ICOM
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
News
AMSAT Says HuskySat-1 Paving the Way for Further Cooperation
After deployment, HuskySat-1’s 1,200 bps BPSK beacon on 435.800 MHz should be active and decodable with the latest release of FoxTelem. HuskySat-1 is... Read more
Guide! New Band 60 meters ( 5MHZ )
The 60 meter band or 5 MHz band is a relatively new amateur radio allocation (not strictly a band), first introduced in 2002, that was original... Read more
The three stooges and morse code
The three stooges and morse code Read more
ABC cancel Last Man Standing TV show – KA0XTT QRT
Hollywood Reporter says the Last Man Standing show in which Tim Allen plays radio amateur Mike Baxter KA0XTT has been axed The report says: “Fri... Read more
FCC Levies $18,000 Fine on Louisiana Amateur Radio Licensee
In an enforcement case prompted by complaints filed in 2017, the FCC has imposed an $18,000 forfeiture on Jerry W. Materne, KC5CSG, of Lake Charles, L... Read more
Orange County Amateur Radio Club hosts Field Day 2015 on June 26-27
NEWBURGH — “When all else fails, ham radio works.” Members of the Orange County Amateur Radio Club will be putting this motto to the test as they ta... Read more