“We are coming down from the fast wind that gave us a minor solar storm, which was weaker than expected so aurora didnt last as long as we hoped. But conditions will only stay quiet for a few days before we get hit with another small pocket of fast wind that could bump us back up to storm conditions and bring another chance for aurora. Amateur radio operators have been suffering through poor conditions due to no active regions in Earth view (except a tiny one, region 2690, that is emerging slowly now). Luckily, in about 4 days a larger, brighter region will return to Earth view, boosting the solar flux and radio propagation. Learn details of the recent and coming solar storms, catch up on aurora pics, and see what else the Sun has in store”
VHF
Wouxun KG-D901 DMR Digital Radio Preview
Key Features Unlike the 8D and 9D, the D901 is a single band transceiver, in your choice of either a UHF or VHF version. Most of the primary features... Read more
Motorola Announces New Two-Way Radio for Use Extreme Conditions
Motorola Solutions continues to design digital radio solutions for firefighters and has added the APX 8000XE two-way radio and APX XE500 RSM to its li... Read more
VX-820 Portable Analog Radio Series
VX-820 Portable Analog Radio Series Compact Size Portable Radios With Robust Capabilities Don’t let the size deceive you. The smallest portable analog... Read more
Review
A close look at the MFJ-1708SDR T/R switch
“Want to use your SDR as a panadapter while you’re operating your transceiver? The MFJ-1708SDR lets you do that by connecting the SDR ante... Read more
Receiving a Gmail email over HF radio with Winlink system
Short video showing how I receive an email sent from gmail over my Ham radio. Read more
Equipment
Palstar HF-AUTO 1800 – Automatic Antenna Tuner
The Palstar HF-AUTO 1800 watt automatic antenna tuner covers 160 to 6 Meters with a power rating of up to 1800 watts PEP. Hams have enjoyed the... Read more
GroundBreaker – Isolate your audio to remove RFI and ground loop problems!
The bhi GroundBreaker audio unit isolates the grounds on your bhi DSP noise cancelling product or other ancillary equipment from those of the radio sy... Read more
CR-1A COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVER
CR-1A COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVER MW-HF: General Coverage: 500 kHz – 30.000 MHz User Configurable Band Key: Amateur Band Selections: ... Read more
Antenna
Status QUAD: 2/4/5 StQ 7- 2 elements 40/30 – 4 elements 20/17/15 – 5 elements 12/10
Horizontal and elements rod kit On the models with 4 and more elements, we use an horizontal tie-rods kit, to prevent bending in the horizontal plane.... Read more
An Intro and Antennas – Nuts and Volts Magazine
An Intro and Antennas – Nuts and Volts Magazine by H. Ward Silver Read Full Article: Read more
EVER WONDER IF A FULL-SIZE 40M YAGI MAKES A DIFFERENCE? by AA7XT
Check out this YouTube clip that Ulf SM3RAB made A/Bing the K1N DXpedition on a Magnum 340 full-size 3 element Yagi that uses the G0KSC OP-DES feed sy... Read more
CHALLENGER DX – 8 Band Multiband Antenna
THE CHALLENGER DX The Challenger antenna is the first production multiband antenna to utilize GAP technology. Thousands of Challengers are now... Read more
