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
Hytera PD36X DMR Portable Review
Hytera PD36X DMR Portable Review by Tony Langdon VK3JED Read more
2020 Summer VHF/UHF Field Day Contest
“The 2020 VK Summer VHF/UHF Field Day, a ham radio contest was held on the weekend of January 18th and 19th. The contest is split into either an... Read more
Baofeng For Dummies: UV5R+ HAM Radio Tutorial
Baofeng Watch in HD! Today I show you how I use my HAM radios to listen in to local police, fire and EMS. Also handy for receiving weather radio and t... Read more
Google Repeater Mapping – K5EXH
Visit the Web Site and seach for city: Google Repeater Mapping Sample New York: Read more
BaoFeng DM-5R Dual Band DMR Digital Radio
BaoFeng DM-5R DMR Digital Radio VHF/UHF 136-174/400-480Mhz 2000mAH High Capacity Battery High Power/Low power 21CM Dual Band Antenna 8-Level Stepped F... Read more
Review
Unboxing and Testing the BaofengTech UV-5X3 Triband HT
BaofengTech has released a model called the UV-5X3, which is a Triband HT, including the 220MHz band. Let’s take a look at this radio, see how t... Read more
Tips on Operating Linear Amateur Radio Satellites (Part 2)
Tips on Operating Linear Amateur Radio Satellites (Part 2) Read more
YAESU FT-991A Colour Screen and Waterfall Demonstration
“We demonstrate the two major new features of the latest version of Yaesu’s “991” series, the FT-991A. Watch the colour screen... Read more
News
Three new CubeSats now in orbit
Signals have been received from the three CubeSats launched April 25 on Soyuz flight VS14 from the Kourou spaceport in South America. The three... Read more
The Dawn of Digital Communications in the Amateur Radio World
Please download and enjoy the PDF copy of the Yaesu discussion of modern Digital Communications – “A Digital Communications Guide for Amat... Read more
Underwater Radio, Anyone?
A fundamentally new approach to building radio transmitters could open previously impossible communication channels for warfighters Here’s something e... Read more
Friedrichshafen – Ham Radio 2020 update
The organisers of the Ham Radio 2020 in Friedrichshafen, June 26-28, say they are working intensively to plan the upcoming event, they expect to provi... Read more
Yaesu FTM-100DR Debut – Ham Radio 2.0: Episode 12
Yaesu FTM-100DR Today we unbox and test the Yaesu FTM-100DR Mobile Fusion Radio on Yaesu’s Fusion System Read more
Digital Modes
Release: WSJT-X Version 1.8.0
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
Second Public Test of FT8 DXpedition Mode Demonstrates High Contact Rates Possible
The second public test of FT8 DXpedition Mode has shown that the mock DXpedition stations (“Foxes”) were able to work the pileups of callers (“Hounds”... Read more
FT8 Roundup Contest to test WSJT-X (v2)
FT8 Contest – WSJT-X Photo:EA2CCG “A one-hour “practice contest” will be held next week using the FT8 mode and the ARRL RTTY... Read more
RTTY Contest Champ Don Hill, AA5AU, Achieves Remote Contesting Milestone
Champion RTTY contester Don Hill, AA5AU, of Louisiana may be the first US radio amateur to operate SO2R (single operator, two radio) remotely in an RT... Read more
JS8Call 0.8 Released – Refinement, Group callsigns
JS8Call Download “Hi folks! Happy to announce 0.8 of JS8Call. This is a backwards incompatible release (which is the primary reason for it being... Read more