“Stacy Pharis, KI5MIT, has a homebrew antenna very similar in concept to the DX Commander, all held up by a tree. She wants to know if using a metal mast to hold it up would create issues. Yes, it would. Watch to find out why.”
Antenna
2m 18 elements XPOL Yagi antenna PA144-XPOL-18-5
2m – 144MHz Dual Polarity Yagi Antenna PA144-XPOL-18-5. Wideband operation 144 – 145 MHz. Cross Polarized “XPOL” Yagi antenna... Read more
JK Mid-Tri-40 2 Elements on 40M / 3 Elements on 20M/ 4 Elements on 15M / 5 Elements on 10M / 26 Foot Boom
The JK Mid-Tri has been designed for Hams looking for a Mid level, cost effective but high quality Tribander antenna. This Tri-Bander’s... Read more
G8JNJ Broadband HF Vertical Antenna
G8JNJ Broadband HF Vertical Antenna – Requires no tuner The following notes show the design and construction of a Broadband HF Vertical antenna... Read more
80M Antenna with HOA Constraints
Welcome to the 400th Ask Dave video! Ken, VE7ZY, is having trouble with an 80m dipole mounted very closely to the roof flashing. He is seeking other a... Read more
Low Cost Magnetic Loop Antenna For 10-12 Meters
“I decided to build a magnetic loop antenna that would cover the ham radio frequencies from around 20 to 30 Mhz so I could use it on portable wi... Read more
Review
Diamond K-400 Mobile Antenna Mount, Tarheel Antenna Update
Deluxe heavy duty trunk lid/hatchback mount. Strongest, most universal mobile mount available. 2-axis adjustment gives flexibility in mounting locatio... Read more
First Look: IC-9700 – Ham Nation 399
Ray Novak and George Thomas check out the new Icom IC-9700. Hooking up an analog microphone to your computer with Bob, coax connectors with Gordo, ham... Read more
Equipment
Icom IC-R8600
Icom IC-R8600 Ham Fair exhibition at 2016, so today (8/19) and I went to. Also, the new products that get out of the booth icom go, IC-R8600 desktop t... Read more
Radio Direction Finder DF2020T
Radio Direction Finder FUNCTIONS Multi Display – Numeric & 36 LED pelorus display Compatible with APRS software Can use with “Navi2020” map plotti... Read more
Barrett 4050 HF SDR Transceiver
The Barrett 4050 HF SDR transceiver is the new centrepiece of the Barrett range of HF communications equipment. It combines Software-Defined Radio tec... Read more
New Firmware Icom Updates for the IC-705, IC-7300, IC-9700 to include Smoother FT8 Mode Operation
Icom will be releasing new firmware for our IC-705, IC-7300 and IC-9700 transceivers. The updates are planned to improve the user experience and incor... Read more
Station Master DeLuxe – microHam
Station Master DeLuxe™ is big brother of regular Station Master™ and has all its capabilities but provides more ergonomic user interface with... Read more
News
Mysterious Radio Signal Discovered in Milky Way Center | What Is It!?
Ziteng (Andy) Wang is a PhD student at the University of Sydney. He recently discovered an unusual radio signal coming from the direction of the Milky... Read more
TRI BAND TRANSCEIVER – RS-UV3A
The HobbyPCB RS-UV3A radio module is a 144/220/450 MHz FM transceiver board. The RS-UV3A is a low cost transceiver solution for Packet Radio, repeater... Read more
ARRL Continues Its Efforts to Preserve Amateur Radio Secondary Use of the 3 GHz Band
ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, in a written statement on the newly filed H.R.5378 before the US House Commerce Communications and Technology Subc... Read more
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Why Ham Radio [ ARRL Video ]
Josh Nass, KI6NAZ, of @Ham Radio Crash Course talks about what ham radio is, and answers the question…. “Why Ham Radio?” Read more
High Speed Telegraphy 2021 in Montenegro
September 10-14, 2021, the 17th World Championship High Speed Telegraphy was held in Montenegro. The event was organized by MARP (Montenegrin Amateur... Read more
