Annular Eclipse of the Sun on February 26, 2017

This eclipse will favor mostly the southern hemisphere. At greatest eclipse, the Moon will cover 99.2% of the Sun; thus, the “ring of fire” will be seen in the path of annularity. The disappearing Suns in Africa represent sunset. A few locations will see the eclipsed Sun setting while in progress

VHF

IC-R30 Communications Receiver (Handheld)

August 20, 2016 No comments

IC-R30 Communications Receiver (Handheld) After an online teaser campaign featuring silhouettes of mystery radio models, the secret is out and Icom In... Read more

QUANSHENG TG-42AT VHF 136-174Mhz

September 15, 2015 No comments

TG42ATQUANSHENG TG42AT VHF 136-174Mhz Key Specifications/Special Features: Frequency: VHF:136-174Mhz Li-ion Battery :7.4V 1500mA 99 channels Supports... Read more

Historic first Trans-Atlantic contact made on 432 MHz – Tues 7th April 2020

April 09, 2020 No comments

On Tuesday the 7th of April 2020, a remarkable contact was made on the FT8 digital mode on 432 MHz between D4VHF on the Cape Verde Islands off the coa... Read more

TYT DMR Radio IP-79

July 23, 2019 No comments

Wouxun KG-UV8E – TRI-BAND

May 24, 2016 No comments

Wouxun KG-UV8E You want to transmit on the 220 but you don’t want to lug an extra radio around. Why carry multiple transceivers at your side whe... Read more

Review

FT-DX101D VIDEO [ German Version ]

January 14, 2019 No comments

FT-DX101D Announced features for incredible Yaesu FTdx-101D include: * Elite-Level 160 to 6 Meters 100 Watt Transceiver * Superb and astonishing close... Read more

RFinder HCP1 Hotspot – Hot Chili Peppa! Quad Band Pi-star Hotspot

October 02, 2020 No comments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMzM1AUHT0w Read more

Dave answers questions about power supplies (#146)

July 29, 2018 No comments

Join Dave and Trevor discussing Ask Dave questions related to power supplies and other issues Read more

Xiegu G90 – Review

January 20, 2020 No comments

G90 is a portable 20W HF amateur radio transceiver with an SDR architecture with built-in auto antenna tuner. The display unit and the radio can be se... Read more

LimeSDR Mini – Full Duplex SDR Transceiver – DATV – QO100 – Es Hail 2

January 16, 2020 No comments

The LimeSDR Mini development board is a hardware platform for developing and prototyping high-performance and logic-intensive digital and RF designs t... Read more

News

How to distinguish genuine Icom radios from counterfeit ( Fake ) radios

February 10, 2015 No comments

How to distinguish genuine Icom radios from counterfeit (fake) radios The “3D GENUINE Icom label” is attached to the models shown below.... Read more

Hurricane Watch Net Ramps Up to “Catastrophic Response Mode” for Matthew

October 04, 2016 No comments

Active for the past 2 days in response to the threat posed by Hurricane Matthew, the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) now has ramped up to its Alert Level 5... Read more

Amateur Radio Resources Ready as Dorian Poised to Become a Major Hurricane

August 30, 2019 No comments

[UPDATED: 2019-08-29 @1945UTC] Amateur Radio resources organized this week as Hurricane Dorian threatened Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and worke... Read more

ARRL Members to Lead New 30-Minute Amateur Radio Webinar Series

July 23, 2020 No comments

ARRL is launching a new webinar series to help introduce more members to the variety of activities and opportunities that radio amateurs enjoy. The AR... Read more

Contest University to Host Propagation Summit

December 17, 2020 No comments

Several radio propagation experts will share their knowledge during a Propagation Summit via Zoom, sponsored by Contest University (CTU). The event is... Read more

Digital Modes

HamRadioNow : Digital Voice is EXPLODING

March 05, 2015 No comments

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Release: WSJT-X Version 1.8.0

July 11, 2017 No comments

WSJT-X Version 1.8.0 ” 1. New mode called FT8: sensitivity down to -20 dB on the AWGN channel; QSOs 4 times faster than JT65 or JT9; auto-seque... Read more

Packet Engine Pro HF Modem

February 22, 2016 No comments

Demonstration of the new HF 300b Packet Modem Read more

Significant changes in store for FT8 and MSK144 with WSJT-X Version 2.0

July 30, 2018 No comments

WSJT-X co-developer Joe Taylor, K1JT, has announced that major changes are coming to the FT8 and MSK144 digital protocols when WSJT-X version 2.0 arri... Read more

FT8 – Tipping Point for Ham Radio?

November 20, 2018 No comments

This is a view from NASA of the sun today, October 9, 2018, and I am making 10m DX contacts one after another. Zero sunspots but working DX on... Read more