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Digital Editions of December 2015 and December 1915 QST Now Available!
The December 2015 Edition of Digital QST – Celebrating our 100th Anniversary! — is now available. As a special bonus, the very first issu... Read more
Spiderbeam 30-17-12m HD (WARC)
The Heavy Duty Spiderbeam is a specially reinforced version, optimized for permanent installation at home (see chapter 4 of our construction guide PDF... Read more
Indoor Attic Dipole Antenna for Ham Radio & CQ Antennas Center Insulators
“Viewer request to try out an antenna for Ham Radio in the attic. Using the CQ Antennas Center Insulators from KE5FEN. Thanks David for the insu... Read more
SPECIAL FEBRUARY ANTENNA SHOW – SolderSmoke Podcast 185
SolderSmoke Podcast #185 is available 22 Feb 2016 http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke185.mp3 Travelogue: 550 feet above Washington DC Bench reports Pe... Read more
FCC Proposes Rule Changes in Response to ARRL’s “Symbol Rate” Petition, Seeks Comment
The FCC has proposed to revise the Amateur Service Part 97 rules in response to the ARRL’s so-called “Symbol Rate” Petition for Rule Making (RM-11708)... Read more
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FT4JA [ Video ] Juan de Nova 2016
MONDAY, 28 MARCH 2016 “After 2 days aboard the « Antsivia » and almost 2000 qso as /MM, we are now achored near Juan de Nova. As our documents i... Read more
Review of Bilal Isotron 20m Single Band Antenna
More than one Oggie has suggested I review the Bilal Isotron 20m Single Band Antenna Solve Virtually Any Restricted Space Problem – 40 Meter Iso... Read more
GMRS-50X1 – 50 Watt GMRS Mobile Radio from BTECH is Released
“A High Power 50 Watt GMRS Mobile Radio from BTECH is Released BTECH announced today the North American release of the BTECH GMRS-50X1. The GMRS... Read more
5 reasons Hamvention is one of the most unique events on Dayton’s calendar
by Nick Blizzard Drone video of the Dayton Amateur Radio Associations’ Hamvention 2018 at the Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center — An e... Read more
VHF
Yaesu announced the FT-70DR
Yaesu FT-70DR C4FM FDMA / FM 144/430 MHz DUAL BAND 5W Handheld Transceiver The FT-70DR is a compact System Fusion transceiver providing both conventio... Read more
Open Source Satellite Work Determined to be Free of ITAR
The United States Department of State has ruled favorably on Open ResearchInstitute’s commodity jurisdiction request, finding that specified?Inf... Read more
The First Portable Built-in Camera – U4 Digital & Analog 5w 30-88MHz Wide Low Band Portable Radio
U4 Digital & Analog Smart Radio 1．Description A new generation of Comart U4 series Digital & Analog smart portable, which was taken as... Read more
Yaesu announced two new radios are coming to the market! – Yaesu FTM-3207DR and FT-2980R
Yaesu FTM-3207DR and FT-2980R will be available late summer / early fall! Yaesu FT-2980R 80W FM 2M Mobile Transceiver As its model name suggests, the... Read more
BaoFeng Tech BF-F8HP
BF-F8HP: “BaoFeng’s Only TRI-POWER (1, 4, 8 Watt)” ExClusive Features that separate it from the UV-5R Series: It has 3 Power Levels... Read more
News
ISS SSTV Oct 9 and 10 – On Air
Russian cosmonauts are expected to activate Slow Scan Television (SSTV) image transmissions on 145.800 MHz FM from the International Space Station on... Read more
Amateur Radio Volunteer Response Continues to Historic Hurricane Irma
“We have survived Hurricane Irma.” That assessment came this morning from ARRL West Central Florida (WCF) Section Manager Darrell Davis, KT4WX, who re... Read more
Locating the source of local HF interference
“In recent months I’ve suffered very annoying interference to my HF reception, particularly on 40m. After walking around with a portable r... Read more
ARRL Webinar: Contesting as Training for Public Service Communications
Ward Silver, N0AX, discusses Amateur Radio contesting as a way to train and develop skills for use in disaster/public service communications. Silver h... Read more
“Tyro” License Proposal Now Open for Public Comment
The same day that the FCC put ARRL’s Technician Enhancement petition on public notice, it also invited comments on another proposal, designated RM-118... Read more
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