Coax Cable for HF Portable Operation – Ham Radio Q&A

“Quality coax cable can be a significant investment for your amateur radio station. A common mantra is to save your money on the antenna and spend it on the coax. But when operating portable, low loss coax can be heavy and unwieldy, and I find the best option is to use a more inexpensive cable.”

Antenna

GB HF Quad 3 el / 3 band

November 23, 2015 in: Antenna No comments

Details GB HF Quad 3elm 3band 10-15-20m Turning:3,80m (12,4ft) Boom:5,50m (18ft) Fiberglass rod:4,00m Gain:9db F/B:20/25db F/S:20/30db VSWR:1:1:1 on Rez max 1:5:1 Power: singel feed 3kw PeP Windload:8f/2 (.80m2) Weight:38kg (76lbs) Warranty... Read more

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  InnovAntennas ‘Big Gun’ arrays

  June 20, 2017 No comments
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  A Dualband 50/70MHz Yagi with single feedpoint – 5/7 (12) element 144/70MHz Yagi (2.4m)

  January 16, 2018 No comments
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  BWDS Base Broadband HF Folded Dipole Antenna

  January 11, 2015 No comments
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  Cushcraft R9 covers 6,10,12,15,17,20,30,40,80 Meters

  November 09, 2015 No comments
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  Ham College 24 : Antennas and more questions from the Technician pool

  December 25, 2016 No comments
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  The 10 Meter Loop Antenna by KG0ZZ

  November 01, 2015 No comments
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  18el 6bander – GXP Antenas – 40/20/17/15/12/10

  March 29, 2016 No comments
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  80 Meter Shortened Inverted-L Bazooka Antenna

  October 05, 2015 No comments

VHF

VA3XPR launches an all-digital Yaesu System Fusion repeater in Toronto

January 02, 2016 in: VHF No comments

Great news for digitally connect hams in the great Toronto area! Today, VA3XPR launches an all-digital repeater using Yaesu’s System Fusion C4FM FDMA digital technology in the downtown Toronto area. This repeater is open to any ham radio op... Read more

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  Comet GP-15 Tri-Band VHF/UHF Base Vertical Antennas GP-15

  January 14, 2015 No comments
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  VERO China New Arrival: 40 Watts Dual Band Mobile Radio VR-6900 With Band Scope and APRS Display

  June 13, 2018 No comments
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  New Video ! Yaesu FT2D – Demo

  July 22, 2015 No comments
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  Zastone ZT-2R BC/SW/VHF/UHF

  February 17, 2015 No comments
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  PHOENIX 1000 TRIBAND 1 KW 50 – 70 – 144 MHz NCR

  December 22, 2014 No comments
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  Yaesu FT2DR C4FM/FM 144/430 MHz DUAL BAND DIGITAL

  December 10, 2014 No comments
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  IC V86 Review with George Thomas and Ray Novak

  July 03, 2019 No comments
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  Kenwood TH-D74 APRS & DSTAR Radio [ Video ] – English Version

  August 22, 2016 No comments

News

Pirates On US Navy Satellites – UHF SatCom

August 18, 2019 No comments

Here we take a look at how to listen to the Brazillian Pirates on UHF SatCom Read more

FCC Dismisses ARRL, AMSAT Requests in Small Satellite Proceeding

August 16, 2019 No comments

An FCC Report and Order (R&O) released August 2 in the so-called “small satellite” rulemaking proceeding, IB Docket 18-86, failed to address conce... Read more

2 Meter Sharing Proposal is on CEPT Conference Preparatory Group Agenda

August 16, 2019 No comments

The final European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) Conference Preparatory Group (CPG) meeting prior to World Radioc... Read more

Software

Fldigi v4.1.08 now available

August 15, 2019 No comments

The hard-working development team led by W1HKJ have announced the release of Fldigi v4.1.08.  This maintaneance release of Fldigi brings several bug f... Read more

WSJT-X 2.1.0 is available!

July 15, 2019 No comments

WSJT-X 2.1.0 Description WSJT-X implements communication protocols or “modes” called FT4, FT8, JT4, JT9, JT65, QRA64, ISCAT, MSK144, and W... Read more

Video showing the suppression of a local noise source using a RSPduo and release 1.32 of SDRuno

July 12, 2019 No comments

SDRuno v1.32 release ! Read more