Ground Plane Antennas

“Ground Plane Antennas” is the topic of the new (December 20) episode of the “ARRL The Doctor is In” podcast. Listen…and learn!Sponsored by DX Engineering, “ARRL The Doctor is In” is an informative discussion of all things technical. Listen on your computer, tablet, or smartphone — whenever and wherever you like!

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VHF

Icom ID-31E

February 27, 2015 No comments

  HF D-STAR Digital Transceiver Icom ID-31E Showing its commitment to D-STAR, Icom have now released its next generation model in the form of the... Read more

Alpha 8406 – 6 Meter Linear Amplifier

March 27, 2015 No comments

Whether you are a weak signal operator or a serious contester, the 8406 is the ultimate 6 M amplifier. It handles continuous duty modes like WSJT with... Read more

PHOENIX 1000 TRIBAND 1 KW 50 – 70 – 144 MHz NCR

December 22, 2014 No comments

  Description Freqency Coverage 50 – 70 – 144 MHz Mode FM-CW-SSB “JT65” Output power 1000W Input power 7-10W Power supply insid... Read more

Talking through a satellite from 15 feet apart

April 01, 2019 No comments

“Andrew Knafel, KN8FEL saw my videos and through our correspondence I helped him learn how to operate satellites. He and his family live in Ohio... Read more

Digital Modes

Fldigi v3.23.16 now available

November 13, 2016 No comments

The hard-working development team led by W1HKJ have announced the release of Fldigi v3.23.16. This version of Fldigi is a maintenance release with a v... Read more

FT8 in UK and EU contests

August 24, 2018 No comments

Recently, the RSGB Contest Committee has seen some FT8 QSOs being claimed within contest logs. At present it is difficult to complete a full contest e... Read more

RASPBERRY PI3 SDR Monitor 40m FT8/JT65/JT9 (RTL-SDR/LINRAD)

January 22, 2018 No comments

Remote Desktop screencapture of my Raspberry Pi3 monitor receiver on 40m amateurradio band with WSJTx and decoding FT8,JT65 and JT9. Receiver hardware... Read more

FT8 is exploding! – No Nonsense Amateur Radio Podcast #6

September 24, 2018 No comments

 FT8 is exploding! 1#popular HamRadio digital mode       In this episode of the No Nonsense Amateur Radio Podcast, Tom, KB5RF, and I explore... Read more

Equipment

Xiegu X1M Pro QRP Transceiver

April 18, 2016 No comments

Frequency range RX & TX:  100 kHz ~ 30 MHz* Modes: USB & LSB & CW Power output: 5 Watts Operating voltage: 12 vdc Operating current: 0.35... Read more

BOXA-SWR High Performance VSWR Bridge

November 22, 2014 No comments

  Product Description High Performance VSWR Bridge ***FIRST BATCH SHIPS TUESDAY 26th*** The BOXA-SWR is a high performance VSWR bridge. It has be... Read more

12×4 modular Antenna switch KIT

September 05, 2016 No comments

Main functions: Always used one same – three to one – module. Put together up to four module expand up to 12 inputs. Available add same mo... Read more

QRP – Multi-band, Direct Conversion CW Transceiver

August 12, 2015 No comments

Specifications Recever: Rx current: 80 M : 70 ma, 160 M : 100 ma Sensitivity: ~ -90 dBm (5 uV) Three audio bandwidth settings   Transmitter: 80 M... Read more