“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
George, WG4J, has a alpha delta 4 position switch that he wants to use to switch between his radios instead of the antennas. He asks, Will this work? Read more
News
Use your Privileges Properly – Ham Radio
Due to some inquiry by Eric, KB0YDN, I decided to make this video discussing the incident of the Ham Firefighting Interference in Idaho Last year. Thi... Read more
ISM Packet Decoder Plugin For SDR Sharp – RTL 433
Here we take a look at the RTL433 Plugin for SDR Sharp, making it easy to decode ISM RF Packets. https://github.com/marco402/plugin-Rtl433-for-SdrShar... Read more
Increase in unidentified intruders
IARUMS newsletter IARU Monitoring System (IARUMS) Region 1 newsletter reports an increase in unidentified intruders in the amateur radio bands followi... Read more
Software
HRD Alert Demo [ FT8-FT4]
In this video, I’ll work Band-Countries (DXCC Challenge) #2,175 & #2,176! I demonstrate how to configure and use Ham Radio Deluxe HRD Alert... Read more
ICOM IC705 firmware 1.27 has just been released
Download Type Firmware Model name IC-705 Version Version 1.27 Update 2022/05/20 Major changes Changes from Version 1.26Improved to enable forcing an A... Read more
ARRL International Digital Contest Log 1.0 is Now Available! [ N3FJP LOG]
“Hi All, Just a quick note to let you know that…ARRL International Digital Contest Log 1.0 is Now Available!We just completed a brand new... Read more