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

Automated Portable Station for tracking the orbit of ham satellites [Video]

May 17, 2017 No comments

Automated Portable Station for tracking the orbit of ham satellites, meteorologic satellites and International Space Station (ISS). The transce... Read more

Tytera (TYT) MD-380 UHF 400-480MHZ Digital Radio (DMR)

June 05, 2015 No comments

TYT MD-380 UHF 400-480MHZ Digital Radio(DMR) ■Remote kill/stun/activate ■Priority Scan ■Voice Prompt ■Complying with digital protocol ETSI TS10... Read more

Yaesu announced two new radios are coming to the market! – Yaesu FTM-3207DR and FT-2980R

May 16, 2017 No comments

Yaesu FTM-3207DR and FT-2980R will be available late summer / early fall! Yaesu FT-2980R 80W FM 2M Mobile Transceiver As its model name suggests, the... Read more

Alpha 8406 – 6 Meter Linear Amplifier

March 27, 2015 No comments

Whether you are a weak signal operator or a serious contester, the 8406 is the ultimate 6 M amplifier. It handles continuous duty modes like WSJT with... Read more

BEKO HLV-950 – 950 Watts 50 MHz – Solid State Amp

May 22, 2016 No comments

*Photo by KG4AKV Jhon Brier Hamvention 2016 Ohio Designed for Weak Signal, Tropo Scatter, Meteor Scatter, Digital, & Contest Operation! The BEKO... Read more

Review

Ailunnce HD1 DMR – Review and how to build a DMR codeplug

January 14, 2018 No comments

“The Ailunce HD1. It’s a DMR Radio. It’s a Ham Radio. It’s both. This promises to be the next evolution in Dual Band DMR handh... Read more

AE4FH Interviews Hans from QRP Labs About the QSX SDR Transciever Kit

August 15, 2018 No comments

“YOTA 2018 South Africa is now over, and one of the highlights of the youngsters’ week were the kit building sessions. They had the opport... Read more

Review of MFJ’s New Xiegu X5105 HF QRP Deluxo

February 09, 2018 No comments

Review of MFJ’s newest radio. MFJ is the sole importer of the new Xiegu X5105 160m-6m QRP SSB/CW/AM/FM radio with built in rechargeable battery... Read more

Yaesu FT-991 Overview with Steve Venner at ML&S

October 11, 2015 No comments

Yaesu FT-991 Steve Venner – G0TAN – takes an in-depth look at the features and functions of the Yaesu FT991 Muti-Mode Transceiver. The Yae... Read more

PSK31 Digital Mode [ Video Tutorial ] – QRP School

June 17, 2016 No comments

Photo: W7RN This is a comprehensive intro to the PSK31 digital mode. It’s all of the major concepts and some demonstration crammed into a 30 min... Read more

News

Looking Back at Radiotelegraphy, 1939 Style

December 05, 2015 No comments

The romance of the radiotelegraph service. This service utilized the high frequency spectrum known as “shortwave” (from 3 MHz up to 30 MHz... Read more

ARRL Handbook (2016 Hardcover Edition)

August 31, 2015 No comments

ARRL Handbook (2016 Hardcover Edition) Technical Excellence.The ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications is a valued reference for radio electronics and... Read more

Steppir Antenna at 80mph Plus Wind

June 06, 2016 No comments

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BP-3 Polish WWII Spy Radio Set

May 08, 2015 No comments

BP-3 Polish WWII Spy Radio Set The BP-3 was a valve-based spy radio transceiver, developed during WWII by Tadeusz Heftman of the Polish Mili... Read more

Help required in final tests before MarconISSta deinstalled

February 05, 2019 No comments

Update Feb 5th 2019, 16:36 UTC: Feedback is overwhelming, will try to update this page as good as possible! Note that we will only receive signal stre... Read more

Digital Modes

WSJT-X Version 1.9.0-rc2

February 27, 2018 No comments

The WSJT Development Group is pleased to announce a Release Candidate of WSJT-X Version 1.9.0. This is a second beta release, so it’s called v1.... Read more

Caution Urged in Using High Duty Cycle Digital Modes via Satellite

October 22, 2017 No comments

A report in ANS-288 discussed an experiment operating with the WSJT-X FT8 digital mode via satellite. Satellite operators have gained more experience... Read more

PSK Automatic Propagation Reporter

January 02, 2015 No comments

This started out as a project to automatically gather reception records of PSK activity and then make those records available in near realtime to inte... Read more

EURAO Party – Autumn 2014: be digital, explore 30m

December 18, 2014 No comments

The European Radio Amateurs’ Organization, together with the 30 Meter Digital Group , announce a new party on the air, this time with the... Read more