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ARRL Audio News is a weekly compilation of news stories from the ARRL Letter. Hosted by ARRL’s Sean Kutzko and Carla Pereira, ARRL Audio News features no music or advertising, and is suitable for playing over Amateur Radio repeater systems.
In this week’s report:
- A New “Amateur Radio Parity Act” Bill is Introduced in US House of Representatives;
- The ARRL Board of Directors Meets in Connecticut January 20-21;
- Hamvention says they are Ready to Deal with Anticipated Traffic Flow at the New Venue in Xenia, Ohio
Review
Elecraft K4 Q&A Eric Swartz WA6HHQ – NG7M @ Hamvention 2019
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ExpertPower Lithium Iron Phosphate Smart Charger – Ham Radio Q&A
The ExpertPower 12 volt 5 amp Smart Charger is designed to work with Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) batteries of 10 amp/hours and larger in size. Read more
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Clean up your shack – RSGB Convention lecture 2015 [ Video ]
Ian White, GM3SEK gives helpful advice about how to reduce noise levels on receive and avoid causing RF Interference. Read more
ICOM IC-7300 Review and Full Walk Through
New technology is changing the way receivers are being designed and the IC-7300 is an industry first as an RF, Direct Sampling System is being used in... Read more
Unboxing and Testing the Yaesu FT-891 : Ham Radio 2.0: Episode 67
Yaesu‘s newest HF mobile radio has some cool new features, but leaves out other options of its predecessors. Let’s take a look at the radi... Read more
Icom ID-51E PLUS2 Unboxing
The D-STAR Evolution continues with the ID-51A PLUS2! Over the years, Icom has taken the D-STAR protocol to new levels with each generation of portabl... Read more
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Kenwood TH-D74 [ APRS SETUP ]
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Universal Ham Radio Remote. Open source remote radio control.
Universal Ham Radio Remote. Open source remote radio control. Read more
HRN 399 3/4 – DMR Overview
David and Guest Darren AJ6BL talk about getting up and running on DMR. Read more
Antenna
Bushcomm Horizon Multi-Band Loop Antennas LOOP-20
Antenna, Loop, Magnetic, 20-10M, 125 W PEP, Each Magnetic- loop antennas have existed almost since radio began. The recent resurgence of interest in t... Read more
FX700 Vector Network Analyzer
Metropwr FX700 is a vector network analyzer 0.1/700 MHz used to measure all the parameters of an antenna. It has a large 4.3 “touch screen display and... Read more
Yagi Antenna 4 antenna elements 5 bands
Yagi Antenna Frequency [Frequency]: 28, 24, 21, 18, 14 MHz Number of elements [Number of elements]: 4 Profit [Gain]: 9.5 – 9.0 dBd suppressio... Read more
The Mark MKII 3 band (10, 15, 20m)
MK II 2 ELEMENT COMPLETE 3 band (10, 15, 20m) Antenna – 5 band (12m, 17m) 8- DELUXE FIBERGLASS QUAD ARMS – 13FT. 2- CUBEX QUAD SPIDERS-ONE... Read more
ACOM HF Log-periodic antennas
ACOM, Bulgaria manufactures a range of 8, 10 and 12 element HF log-periodic antennas. Their main features are: designed and produced to give top perf... Read more
Diamond HFV-5 – 5-Band (40/20/15/10/6) Limited Space Trapped Dipole
Trapped Dipole 5-Band (40/20/15/10/6) Limited Space Trapped Dipole Detailed Description 5-Band Limited Space Trapped Dipole Bands: 40/20/15/10/6M Mast... Read more
Air ‘Discus’- Low Profile Magnetic VHF 2m Antenna
Air ‘Discus’- Low Profile Magnetic VHF 2m Antenna : 145.500MHz centre, +/-4MHz Power – 100W Omni Imped – 50 ohm VSWR – 1.5:1 Gain -2dB Radiator – Alum... Read more
X-Quad antennas for 2m and 70cm
Photo: EA5FUZ The X-Quad is an improved design of the well known multi element quads. They are especially designed for amateur radio, with the followi... Read more
80 Meter Dipole Install via Drone
Installing my 80 Meter Dipole with my DJI Mavic was probably not the smartest thing I’ve ever done but hey, it’s me we’re talking ab... Read more
The Rigid Dual boom Quad from InnovAntennas – LFA-Q – 4el for 28MHz
This example is installed at KJ4AJG and is a 4el for 28MHz. Tom is so impressed, he has ordered another to stack! If you don’t see one for a ban... Read more
App - Mobile
Antenna Tool App – Android
A tool to help ham radio, CB, and other radio users to create antennas of various types. Calculations available for dipole, vertical (1/8, 1/4, 3/8, 1... Read more
RFinder – The World Wide Repeater Directory kicks BrandMeister up a notch. DMR without CodePlugs!
RFinder has worked with the DMR network Brandmeister to create new usability enhancements. The new dashboard just released includes coverage maps gene... Read more
OpenHPSDR Radio – Android App
Check this new app on Google Play Software Defined Radio. Supports the following hardware: HPSDR Atlas based systems using Metis. HPSDR Hermes... Read more
MagicSDR – A NEW ANDROID AND IOS RTL_TCP CLIENT
MagicSDR makes it possible to interactively explore RF spectrum using panadapter and waterfall visualization, demodulate and play AM, SSB, CW, NFM, WF... Read more
HF Beam Antenna Calculator for Iphone and Ipad
Antenna Calculator The Maidenhead & HF Beam Antenna is a useful utility to calculate the the Maidenhead LOCATION as well as HF Elements’ s... Read more
Ham Radio Prefixes – Android App
Enter a call sign and get immediately all the geographical informations (country, ITU zone, CQ zone, GMT). Google Play: https://play.goo... Read more
QRZ.com App for Android now in Beta Testing
The updates to QRZ’s Android App, formerly known as QRZDroid have been released and are available to those who are interested in trying it out.... Read more
Pocket Radio Android App ( TX and RX )
This is an Android application used to remotely control several HAM radio – any CAT enabled transceiver over Bluetooth, USB/Serial or with secu... Read more
iWSPR TX – WSPR for iOS version 2.8 now available
WSPR WSPR implements a protocol designed for probing potential propagation paths with low-power transmissions. Normal transmissions carry a station’s... Read more
STARWAVES DRM SoftRadio App for Android now available!
The STARWAVES DRM SoftRadio allows you to conveniently enjoy any DRM live radio broadcast on your Android smartphone or tablet. No Internet connection... Read more
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