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
Coaxial Cables Common Parameters
What are the most common important coaxial cables parameters? Many different coaxial cables exist, but they all share a numbers of common param... Read more
Review of CW Morse Paddles with weighted base
“CW Morse (cwmorse.us) makes a variety of inexpensive, 3D-printed Morse code keys. They’ve now added paddles for iambic keyers to their li... Read more
Elecraft K4 Updates from Orlando Hamcation 2020
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Best Handheld Ham Radio for Off Grid | HunVting – Survival Ham Radio
“Today I talk about my 5 current picks for Handheld Ham Radios at my Hunting Lease, where we operate off grid. All radios have various features... Read more
Unboxing the MFJ-998 – 1500 Watts automatic antenna tuner
Full 1500 watts SSB/CW…Digital & Analog SWR/WattMeter . . . All features of MFJ IntelliTuners– Ultra-fast, Safe Automatic Tuning . . . Wide... Read more
“A Day At MFJ.” How Their Products Are Made And How Quality Is Job
“A Day At MFJ.” How Their Products Are Made And How Quality Is Job Read more
Retevis RT95 Mobile Review – Is a budget mobile radio worth it?
RT95 Dual Band Transceiver Mobile Amateur Radio “I’ve been using the Retevis RT95 Mobile Ham Radio in my Jeep TJ as a daily driver for a... Read more
Best Handheld Ham Radio TRI BAND for 2020 – Tri Band Radio Comparison
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Antenna
Monocone HF Antenna
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I Found & Eliminated My QRM / RFI (Radio Frequency Interference)!
This is the third in a series of videos following my efforts to track down a source of local QRM / Radio Interference. Following the build of a succes... Read more
MFJ-226 – 1-230 MHZ ANTENNA EXPECT TIMES GRAPHIC ANALYZER
MFJ VNA Antenna Analyzer covers 1 to 230 MHz, 1Hz resolution.•Frequency sweep plots: SWR, Impedance, Resistance, Reactance,Phase Angle, Complex Return... Read more
Six-Band HF Center-Loaded Off-Center-Fed Dipole by ON4AA
Design goals Like many fellow radio amateurs, I own a fairly standard shortwave radio station consisting of a 100W HF transceiver driving a 1kW... Read more
NVIS Antennas – DXE-NVIS-8040S – DX Engineering
NVIS Antennas Antenna, Short Dual Dipole, Portable, NVIS, 80 and 40 Meters Dual Band, Kit Wire Antenna Band 80 meters 40 meters DX Engineering 8040... Read more
TORNADO TUNER 80D – MOTOR TUNE DOUBLE COIL FOR 80 METER ROTATABLE DIPOLES
Tornado Tuner 80D being fitted onto a Force 12 Magnum 80 meter rotatable dipole as seen from underneath Price 659,95 – USD See More : Lin... Read more
How to install a Horizontal Waller Flag antenna at 150 foot
The Horizontal Waller Flag antenna is a produced and sold by Carlos N4IS http://top-beam.com/ The boom on this one is 44 feet long. Interlaced... Read more
5 Elements wire yagi for 80m
There were a lot of questions on wirebeam yagi on 80m. Here is a diagram. This is used on RL3A, K1LZ and similar on EW6W Source: Roman Levichev Read more
App - Mobile
SmartSDR for iOS v3.9.12 Now Available
Marcus, DL8MRE announces that release of SmartSDR for iOS v3.9.12 is now available for download or update from the Apple App Store. SmartSDR is a full... Read more
EchoLink for iOS version 2.10.18 is now available
EchoLink for iOS version 2.10.18 is now available in the App Store. This is a 64-bit build that is fully compatible with iOS 10 and modern iOS devices... Read more
RFinder – The World Wide Repeater Directory now free trial on Android!
In order to support the proliferation of third party app stores worldwide, we have now released RFinder on Android as trialware! Just go download it f... Read more
MacLoggerDX HD for iPad
MacLoggerDX HD is an Amateur Radio application that monitors the spots from your favourite DX Cluster for DXing, Contesting or casual rag-chewing. It... Read more
WSPR World Watch v2 – Andorid APP – Propagation Tool
This app answers the two basic questions facing radio amateurs:- Which band shall I use ? Where shall I point my beam ? It will be of interest to an... Read more
Morse code Ringtone Generator by M1RGZ
“This page converts text into a morse code ringtone playable on most mobile phones. If your phone can play ‘polyphonic’ or ‘po... Read more
Morse Decoder for Android Smartphones and Tablets
Morse Decoder decodes Morse code characters through the built-in microphone of your Android device. Morse Decoder can be used by Ham Radio operators o... Read more
SDR Touch demo on Android device using SDRplay RSP
This demonstrates turning an Android Tablet (or Android Phone) into a highly portable comms receiver or spectrum analyzer operating from Long Wave to... Read more
AmsatDroid FREE – APP
This software predicts future passes for amateur radio satellites for a specified location and period of time. Basic features: – Calculate passe... Read more
Rfinder for Visually Impaired on Android
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/blo... Read more