“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”
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
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
IARUMS newsletter IARU Monitoring System (IARUMS) Region 1 newsletter reports an increase in unidentified intruders in the amateur radio bands followi... Read more
“I’m Jherica Goodgame, KI5HTA, and I’m a 2022 summer intern at ARRL HQ. Join me while I show you around some of my favorite parts of... Read more
“Various terrain and Antennas: You can make the slope work to your advantage. I know your next question already. Hang on. I’ll make a vide... Read more
News
Use your Privileges Properly – Ham Radio
ISM Packet Decoder Plugin For SDR Sharp – RTL 433
Increase in unidentified intruders
I’m an Intern at ARRL Headquarters!
Antenna on Sloping Ground – What happens?
JIANPAI 8R Four Band LED Color Screen VHF/UHF Handheld Radio Read more
23cm Band After review and approval by the IARU Region 1 Executive Committee and the IARU Administrative Council a presentation on preliminary Amateur... Read more
SHF-P1 For more than half a century, Icom has created new technology for Amateur Radio. Our engineers have a new project, “Icom SHF Project – Super Hi... Read more
Icom Japan have been working on a concept of a new radio looking to revitalize the use of the SHF (Super High Frequency) bands. Recently a concept mod... Read more
From the Dayton Hamvention 2022, John Kruk talks to us about the differences between the FTM-200 and FTM-300 radios from Yaesu Read more
VHF
JIANPAI 8R Four Band LED Color Screen VHF/UHF Handheld Radio
Amateur/RNSS Coexistence – 23cm Band
World Debut of the SHF-P1, 2.4 GHz / 5.6 GHz Concept
The ULTIMATE Challenges Facing the Icom SHF Project
Yaesu FTM-200 vs FTM-300 at Dayton Hamvention 202
Hello Operators. In this episode of the OH8STN ham radio, we are discussing replacing the raspberry pi field computer build, with the Microsoft Surfac... Read more
FT8 is a mode in the WSJT-X software developed by Dr Joe Taylor K1JT. In this video I show how to get started and make contacts with FT8, introduction... Read more
The WSJT-X development team has announced the general availability release of WSJT-X version 2.5.1. This release mainly contains i... Read more
Does WSJT-X display errors when you transmit with your radio? Try this simple fix which has helped me get rid of those frustrating errors. Read more
WSJT-X version 2.5.1 releasedThe development team have announced the General Availability (GA) release of WSJT-X version 2.5.1. This release mainly co... Read more
Digital Modes
The Ultimate Portable Ham Radio Computer
Get Started with FT8 – An Introduction for Beginners
WSJT-X Version 2.5.1 has been Released
WSJT-X Errors? Try This Simple Fix
WSJT-X version 2.5.1 released
West Mountain Radio 2022 saw the return of the Dayton Hamvention and also celebrated the 70th anniversary of the world’s largest ham radio trad... Read more
This video shows the demo we showed at Ham Radio 2022, in Friedrichshafen, Germany. This demonstrates the core underlying technology behind what we’re... Read more
Dave, KZ9V stops by the shack, and share with us his memory keyer remote control box he built for the Yaesu FT-891 Read more
Remote Antenna Switch 2022 saw the return of the Dayton Hamvention and also celebrated the 70th anniversary of the world’s largest ham radio tra... Read more
Solid State Amplifier Powerful: 1.5 kW typ. (+/- 0.5dB) Very Light: about 10 kgs (about 22 lbs). Very Small: H 12, W 28, D 36 cm. (4.72″ X 11.2... Read more
Equipment
West Mountain Radio – Dayton Hamvention 2022
SDRplay SDRconnect demo at Friedrichshafen 2022
Building a Yaesu FT-891 remote control box
4 Way Remote Antenna Switch with WiFi
Expert Linear 1.5-FA Solid State Amplifier [ Hamvention ]
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