On the search for Amelia Earhart’s plane this week, members of the Eustace Earhart Discovery Expedition team on board the Mermaid Vigilance, contacted Astronaut Shane Kimbrough, KE5HOD, on the ISS using radio Tom Vinson, NY0V, made the contact from the ship.
News
Radio Amateurs to Demonstrate Emergency Messaging Capabilities for Red Cross, FEMA
Just days ahead of the 2019 Hurricane Season, dozens of hams along the US East Coast will demonstrate Amateur Radio’s ability to deliver messages with... Read more
First Ham Satellite — OSCAR 1 — will Join AMSAT’s 50th Anniversary Celebration at Dayton
A working prototype of OSCAR 1, Amateur Radio’s first satellite, will be on display at AMSAT’s Dayton Hamvention® booth. AMSAT’s exhibit will be in Bu... Read more
The FCC is Not Reinstating a Vanity Call Sign Fee
An erroneous report this week suggested that the FCC planned to again impose an Amateur Radio vanity call sign application (regulatory) fee of $70 for... Read more
Arizona Homeowners Association and Hams Agree on Outdoor Antenna Guidelines
The Board of Directors of an antenna-restricted community in Arizona voted overwhelmingly in April to allow radio amateurs to erect certain outdoor an... Read more
Kidsday 15 June 2019
This year’s second Kidsday will be held on Saturday 15th of June. This event is especially created to promote Amateur Radio to youth. This is a moment... Read more
VHF
Yaesu FT-3DR C4FM/FM Dual Band Transceiver
Yaesu FT-3DR Yaesu FT-3DR 5W C4FM/FM 144/430MHz Dual Band Digital Transceiver Reservation The new FT3DR provides reliable 5W RF power output in compac... Read more
Amateur Radio Roundtable to Livestream 50 Hours of Dayton Hamvention®
Amateur Radio Roundtable and host Tom Medlin, W5KUB, will be back at Dayton Hamvention to livestream the activity and action before, during, and after... 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
Equipment
RF-KIT RF2K-S Amplifier – Legal Limit Solid State PA
General Features: Output Power 1.8 – 30 MHz 2K+, 6m 1K+ Device: 2x BLF189XR Auto Band Selection ICOM®; YAESU® Band data Interface CAT Connectivity LAN... Read more
HF Clock / Satellite Tracker /Solar Index Touchscreen Terminal
HFClock Internet Based Clock System – 9″ Tiger Maple Frame The HFClockTM represents the industry’s first highly integrated clock designed... Read more
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Bird Sitehawk , Antenna/Cable Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer
“This is the Bird43 that everyone knows, ON STEROIDS! LOL… I had no idea Bird came to this, so I wanted to share it with you. Something th... Read more
Review
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Comet CAA-500 MK2 Antenna Analyzer Preview
CAA-500MARKII SWR/Impedance Analyzer Highly accurate analog cross needles display SWR and impedance simultaneously. Full color TFT LCD display screen... Read more
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