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VHF
BCR-220 Repeater – 222-225 MHz – 30 Watts
ntroducing the ComLink™ BCR FM Repeater System by BridgeCom Systems, Inc. The BCR Repeater provides a feature rich, extremely reliable repeater/base s... Read more
Amateur Radio Praised Following Participation in Washington Interoperability Exercise
Amateur Radio came in for high praise following its role in a March 30 to April 3 Washington National Guard interoperability communication exercise, s... Read more
Dump the UV-5R and Get the GT-5R
“For years the Baofeng UV-5R has been maligned as non-compliant with FCC regulations and a real spreader of spurious emissions. Further, it woul... Read more
Tytera TYT TH-8600 Dual Band Mini Mobile Two Way Radio
The TH-8600 is a powerful dual band, dual display and dual standby transceiver with 20 watts of power on 400-470MHz UHF and up to 25 watts on 136-174M... Read more
Anytone AT-D878UVII Plus – Best DMR Handheld Ham Radio 2021?
The newest DMR Handheld Ham Radio from Anytone is the AT-D878UVII Plus HT, which incorporates 500,000 contacts and 10,000 talkgroups into the same, gr... Read more
Antenna
End-Fed Antennas – The Doctor Will See You Now! ARRL
End-Fed HF antennas are becoming increasingly popular, especially for limited space applications, but how well do they really work? In this episode,... Read more
40 METER 1/4 WAVE VERTICAL WIRE-MONOPOLE by W8AMZ
The W8AMZ 40m Vertical Wire Monopole antenna uses just three elements, a vertical driven element and two counterpoise radials, to deliver outst... Read more
EVER WONDER IF A FULL-SIZE 40M YAGI MAKES A DIFFERENCE? by AA7XT
Check out this YouTube clip that Ulf SM3RAB made A/Bing the K1N DXpedition on a Magnum 340 full-size 3 element Yagi that uses the G0KSC OP-DES feed sy... Read more
OMNI-TILT™ Vertical Antenna Tilt Bases DXE-OMNITILT-2P
DX Engineering OMNI-TILT™ Vertical Antenna Tilt Bases are a completely new design that incorporates features that make this Tilt Base a ‘must ha... Read more
THE COKE LOOP Antenna by PY1AHD
“The Coke Loop is a Small Magnetic Loop Antenna tuned by a trombone-style variable capacitor made with standard soda cans. In Brazil we... Read more
Review
Elecraft K4 Hands-on (UK Sample)
Elecraft K4 Peter Waters G3OJV, takes a trip around the features he used when evaluating the first production sample K4 to arrive int the UK. OVERVIEW... Read more
Pl-259 vs N-Connectors is similar to Ford vs Chevy
Michael, KI7QIB, is asking a simple question “Should I replace PL-259 connectors in a feedline with N-type connectors? Read more
Astron SS-30M-AP Power Supply First Look!
New from Astron is a 30-amp Power Supply with PowerPoles and 2 USB ports on the front panel. Let’s take a First Look at this! Connectors: [... Read more
Getting your Equipment in the Right Order
Frank Arciuolo, W1ZAH, is having some problems with his antenna set up and SWR. Dave here to help point him in the right direction. Read more
Difficult Grounding Issues
Tim Desmond, KI5OUN, inspired this video on grounding. Simplest to say “Difficult Grounding Issues” Read more
News
Faith Hannah Lea, KD3Z, is Amateur Radio Newsline 2021 Young Ham of the Year
Faith Hannah Lea, KD3Z, of Palm Coast, Florida, has been selected as the 2021 Bill Pasternak WA6ITF Memorial Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Y... Read more
Just Released: More Arduino for Ham Radio
The new book More Arduino for Ham Radio by popular author and experimenter Glen Popiel, KW5GP, builds on the success of his two previous titles, Ardui... Read more
Woody White, KZ4AK, Wins the July 2021 QST Cover Plaque Award
The winning article for the July 2021 QST Cover Plaque award is “A Sensitive Field Strength Meter for Foxhunting,” by Woody White, KZ4AK. The QST Cove... Read more
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SSTV Transmissions Scheduled from ISS [ August 6 – 7 ]
Friday and Saturday, August 6 – 7, Russian cosmonauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) will transmit slow-scan television (SSTV) images f... Read more
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Solar activity slowed this week, with the average daily sunspot number declining from 48.9 last week to 33.9 this we... Read more
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