“Neil investigates what really matters when you are aiming for the ultimate performance with FT8 and other digital modes. He demonstrates and explains the most common problems which affect the receive and transmit paths on analogue and SDR systems. Using real-world examples of each of the pitfalls, Neil presents practical tools and techniques to help you improve your digimode performance from LF to microwaves.
VHF
Motorola APX™ 8000
With 4 RF bands and multi-mode system access, the APX 8000 knows no limits when it comes to interoperability. Whether it’s loud or windy, wheth... Read more
AnyTone AT-D868UV dual-band VHF and UHF DMR portable
AnyTone AT-D868UV Today, Qixiang Electron Science & Technology Co., Ltd, the Chinese manufacturer that produces the AnyTone line of two-way... Read more
Amateur Radio Praised Following Participation in Washington Interoperability Exercise
Amateur Radio came in for high praise following its role in a March 30 to April 3 Washington National Guard interoperability communication exercise, s... Read more
Wouxun KG-UV8E – TRI-BAND
Wouxun KG-UV8E You want to transmit on the 220 but you don’t want to lug an extra radio around. Why carry multiple transceivers at your side whe... Read more
News
“June 2020 Festival of Frequency Measurement” Seeks Ham Radio Volunteers
Grad student Kristina Collins, KD8OXT, in Cleveland, Ohio, is looking for radio amateurs and shortwave listeners — particularly in Africa and Asia — t... Read more
Six Meters Recently Running Hot
In recent days, 6 meters has been living up to its name — “the Magic Band.” On May 30 at around 1200 UTC, Rich Zwirko, K1HTV, in Virginia, worked Nico... Read more
The Yasme Foundation Announces Grants, Excellence Award
The Board of Directors of The Yasme Foundation has announced grants of $5,000 each to the Foundation for Amateur Radio (FAR) and to ARRL scholarship p... Read more
Review
RFinder B1 Manual Programming – RFinder Android Radio
B1 specification ◇ Radio 136-174, 400-470Mhz, FM Wide/Narrow, DMR Tier II ◇ Suitable industry: ◇ Industry Police/Security/Railway/Critical communicati... Read more
The Xiegu G90 (GSOC) remote head controller in development
Xiegu G90 (GSOC) remote head controller currently in development at the coding stage.. Read more
Software
WSJT-X Version 2.2.0 is Now in General Release
WSJT-X version 2.2.0 is now in general availability release, after a short stint in beta (or release candidate) status. WSJT-X version 2.2 offers 10 d... Read more
Fldigi v4.1.13 now available
The hard-working development team led by W1HKJ have announced the release of Fldigi v4.1.13. This maintaneance release of Fldigi brings several bug f... Read more
WSJT-X 2.2.0-rc2 – Candidate release
Release: WSJT-X 2.2.0-rc2 May 25, 2020 ————————- WSJT-X 2.2.0-rc2 is a release candidate for WSJT-X 2.... Read more
New Raspberry Pi SD card image for RSPdx
SDRplay has released a new downloadable Raspberry Pi SD card image which adds support for the RSPdx and simultaneous use of both the tuners in the RSP... Read more
