“Let’s see if my new DJI Mavic Mini can lift a long wire to be used as an antenna for amateur radio! Not a practical solution by any means but when you have nothing else it will do in a pinch. I do not recommend it though, as you can easily damage your drone and possibly injure an onlooker. The K1 performed flawlessly as usual but the credit goes first to the half-wave end-fed wire with a 64:1 transformer built with an FT-82-43. This was a fun experiment but unlikely to be repeated, though I want to try a kite antenna some tim”
If all goes according to plan, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken, KE5GGX, and Doug Hurley will make US space history today [May 27], as human spaceflight re... Read more
A pre-hurricane season exercise was carried out on May 16 for radio amateurs and the National Weather Service (NWS) in the southeastern US. The scenar... Read more
HS2 is an ultra-portable full-frequency full-mode SDR radio. Receive frequency coverage 300K~1.6GHZ. The built-in network port can realize remote oper... Read more
The UBA radioclub of Durnal in Belgium will air this special callsign to remember the end of WW2. Our thoughts go out to all the members of the army c... Read more
News
One Radio Amateur Aboard Historic SpaceX Launch
Hurricane Exercise Carried Out in Southeastern US
Ailunce HS2 SDR Transceiver APP Control CW Transmit via Bluethooth
OT75VED – Victory in Europe Day
Professional VHF UHF Radio: Dual band, dual watch, dual standby, up to 128 channels. Equipped with an 8.9-inch long antenna, this solid 5W radio can r... Read more
The Federal Network Agency made a preliminary provisional implementation of the WRC-19 results for the 6‑m band in MItteilung 111 from Amtsblatt 08/20... Read more
“This weeks show is slightly different. What if we take the Anytone AT D878 UV plus and put it in almost ideal conditions. How far can a 5 watt... Read more
A satellite antenna can be made from 3 mm copper or aluminum elements, PVC boom, and some parts you may already have at home. To download the plan (hi... Read more
VHF
RADIODDITY GS-5B ANALOG RADIO | 5W | DUAL PTT | BLUETOOTH PROGRAMMING | S-METER | USB CHARGING
News from DARC — 50 MHz
Aeronautical Mobile. Contacts 100 Miles + on a 5 watt Handheld
DIY Satellite Antenna DU1AU
The motto of the new European Radio Amateurs’ Organization (EURAO https://www.eurao.org/) Summer Party https://www.eurao.org/en/node/1045 is... Read more
The World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (“WWROF”), in collaboration with the Slovenia Contest Club (“SCC”), is pleased to announce the first annual... Read more
Digital Modes
New Summer EURAO Party to Premier FT4
World Wide Digi DX Contest
Rotator Genius is a smart rotator controller that uses a magnetic sensor for reading azimuth. It can be controlled by a Windows or Android app. Motor... Read more
by Eric Swartz May 19, 2020 Hi Everyone, At Elecraft, like many of you, we are in our 9th week of shelter in place. This has been tough on all of us.... Read more
IC-705 HF/VHF/UHF Mobile Transceiver – Coming Soon! The new portable HF/VHF/UHF IC-705 has many great features such as SDR platform, internal ba... Read more
Equipment
Rotator Genius – 4O3A
Elecraft K4 Update
ICOM IC-705 SDR transceiver Update
