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SA Sprint Contest – Saturday, July 22nd, 2017
The SA Sprint Contest, is a ham radio competition that aims at improving the operating skills of its participants, and also provide the ground rules f... Read more
W3LPL – Severe weather causes damage
The National Weather Service confirms that an EF-0 tornado touched down Tuesday in Howard County, which was hit hard by the massive system. The damage... Read more
Philippine Radio Amateurs Respond to Typhoon Threat
The Philippine Amateur Radio Association (PARA) activated its Ham Emergency Radio Operations (HERO) on December 12 as Typhoon Melor — locally called T... Read more
Radio Hams Help Sheriff’s office in Emergencies
WVIR NBC29 Charlottesville News, Sports, and Weather GREENE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) – Some tech lovers in Greene County are now on the front l... Read more
Caribbean Situation Critical, Clear Frequencies Essential
The Caribbean Emergency and Weather Net (CEWN) again is requesting that radio amateurs not involved in the ongoing post-hurricane relief and recovery... Read more
New cycle sunspot group forming in the northwest quadrant.
“Hello again folks. Here is another look at the new cycle sunspot group forming in the northwest quadrant. The past few months has seen a sharp... Read more
V63KI Micronesia
QRV information Between 20 Mar 2015 and 25 Mar 2015 Only SSB. 14,18,21,24,28MHz QSL information Only Direct via QSL manager Ple... Read more
FCC Settles with Massachusetts Pirate Broadcaster
After filing a civil action and seeking an injunction to stop a church-related pirate radio station from operating in Worcester, Massachusetts, the US... Read more
Hi-Z Antennas Shack Switch 2 SS2
Hi-Z Antennas Shack Switch 2 is a modern array direction selection console with an easy to use, large manually operated knob with a continuous rotatio... Read more
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Icom ID-5100A vs IC-2820H Review by AmateurLogic.tv [Video]
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The Ten Cent Modification You Can Do to Double Your Radio’s Range
by David Spero Some things in life you can never have too much of. But for this article, we’ll concentrate just on radio range/efficiency! There are... Read more
2020 Summer VHF/UHF Field Day Contest
“The 2020 VK Summer VHF/UHF Field Day, a ham radio contest was held on the weekend of January 18th and 19th. The contest is split into either an... Read more
2017 BaoFeng DMR Upgraded Version! BaoFeng DM-5R PLUS Dual Band DMR Digital Radio 2000mAH
BaoFeng DM-5R PLUS Transceiver Compatible with Motorola VHF/UHF 136-174/400-480Mhz 2000mAH High Capacity Battery High Power/Low power Repeater Mode Ti... Read more
Low cost 10Ghz EME Rx System
1 – Low cost 10Ghz EME Rx – The LNBF 2 – Modifying the LNBF 3 – Tuning the LNBF 4 – Pictures and PlotsNOTE: This... Read more
News
IC-7610 HF/50 MHz SDR Transceiver Previewed at Icom Radio Festival
Over 400 people attended the Icom Amateur Radio Festival on December 10th 2016. The main star attraction was the unveiling of the latest, prototype ve... Read more
ARISS SSTV Commemorative Activity
All, In commemoration of our 20th anniversary, the ARISS team is planning to transmit a set of 12 SSTV images that capture the accomplishments of ARIS... Read more
Biking and Playing Ham Radio (NEQP 2018)
“On Sunday, May 6th, 2018 I rode my bicycle to a construction site with a good location for working portable. I set up my SOTABEAMS dipole and u... Read more
Students allowed to use amateur radio
Austrian national amateur radio society ÖVSV reports the Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology granted Martin Rafenstein OE3RQA an exceptio... Read more
