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Equipment

New Firmware Updates for the IC-705, IC-7300 and IC-9700 SDR Transceivers

July 09, 2021 in: Equipment No comments

Icom has released updates for its latest range of Amateur radios. The updates are available for the IC-705, IC-7300 and IC-9700 SDR transceivers. The updates are as follows: IC-705 Firmware Update (Version 1.26)Changes from Version 1.24• Wh... Read more

EL/AZ 3D Printed Antenna Rotator – Testing !

July 06, 2021 No comments
ICOM IC 7300 Ham Radio Go Box, It’s Final Form?

July 06, 2021 No comments
Bob Heil, K9EID – Manufacturers Showcase

July 02, 2021 No comments
XIEGU X6100 HF TRANSCEIVER | FULL MODE | SDR RADIO

June 18, 2021 No comments
My Ham Radio Go Box Wiring And Setup

June 16, 2021 No comments
XIEGU X6100 – HF/50MHz Full-mode Ultra-portable Transceiver

June 13, 2021 No comments
Ray Novak, N9JA – Icom America – Manufacturers Showcase

June 11, 2021 No comments
E-Coder 2 Controller

June 07, 2021 No comments
Hermes Lite 2 HF SDR Construction And Receive Test

June 01, 2021 No comments
WA3RNC TR-25 CW Transceiver Kit

May 28, 2021 No comments

Antenna

Go2Antenna Review :: HOA Antenna

July 30, 2021 in: Antenna No comments

The Go2Antenna is the perfect HOA antenna. Fully capable and easy to camouflage. My Go2 Antenna is perfect for HOA’s or portable / Emergency Communications use – a HF antenna that is quite capable of worldwide transmission and recepti... Read more

Antennas and Connectors!

July 27, 2021 No comments
Mechanical Issues with EFHW Antenna

July 26, 2021 No comments
RG8X No-Name Coax, You Need To Be Careful, Jim W6LG Shows What Happened To 100 Feet Of Gray Coax

July 22, 2021 No comments
To Resonate or Not to Resonate?

July 22, 2021 No comments
Attaching Coax to a Dipole

July 20, 2021 No comments
20M LOADED DIPOLE – HALF A YAGI?

July 20, 2021 No comments
Radio Wave Properties: Electric and Magnetic Dipole Antennae

July 16, 2021 No comments
The Take-off Angle Theory

July 14, 2021 No comments
DX Commander All Band Vertical after 6 Months in the Air | Review

July 12, 2021 No comments
Yagi Configurations

July 08, 2021 No comments

News

The K7RA Solar Update

July 30, 2021 in: News No comments

Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Solar activity slowed this week, with the average daily sunspot number declining from 48.9 last week to 33.9 this week (July 22 – 28). Wednesday, July 28, saw no sunspots at all. Average daily solar flux we... Read more