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Digital Modes
New FT4 Mode with more 20K spots in few your hours realese
Source: LINK WSJTX 2.1.0RC5 Release! – The FT4 Protocol for Digital Contesting The FT4 Protocol for Digital Contesting by K1J... Read more
RTTY Contest Champ Don Hill, AA5AU, Achieves Remote Contesting Milestone
Champion RTTY contester Don Hill, AA5AU, of Louisiana may be the first US radio amateur to operate SO2R (single operator, two radio) remotely in an RT... Read more
LoTW Now Accepting FT4 Contact
The latest TQSL update (Config.xml version 11.8), released on May 22, includes FT4 as a submode of MFSK. It also adds AISAT-1 and PO-101 in the satell... Read more
Third Public Test of FT8 DXpediton Mode Deemed a Success
The third public test of FT8 DXpedition Mode on May 5 is being called a success. The goal of the exercise was to simulate a rare DXpedition pileup on... Read more
VHF
New release of PoC transceiver ICOM IP501H
Product name / Type name IP ADVANCED RADIO SYSTEM PoC Transceiver / IP501H Suggested retail price Open price Release date Release in mid-February 2017... Read more
New Video, D-STAR and the Icom RS-MS1A Android App
Icom UK together with TX Films have produced a video providing an introduction to D-STAR and the Icom RS-MS1A Android D-STAR application softwa... Read more
How To Do a VHF SOTA Activation by K0NR
The Summits On The Air (SOTA) program has really taken off in North America. SOTA originated in the UK in 2002, so it took a little while for i... Read more
432 MHz EME with a small antenna
432 MHz EME with a small antenna by Andreas Haefner, DJ3JJ A lot of people would like to do EME but think they need a big antenna for this.... Read more
Review
Getting Started with Chameleon F-LOOP 2.0 Magloop Antenna
The CHA F-LOOP 2.0 was designed with portability, ease of use simplicity, ruggedness and high performance in mind. Unlike any other similar antennas o... Read more
MFJ-1708SDR review – Share your antenna between your transceiver and an SDR
“With all the low-cost performance SDR available these days, we can have a lot of fun experimenting with it. But we need antenna, with the MFJ-1... Read more
Yaesu FT 817 – CAT, CW decoder, waterfall, frequency readout, audio filter and audio recording.
What this lad has done with this screen for the 817 is astounding. CAT, CW decoder, waterfall, frequency readout, audio filter and audio recording. Wh... Read more
Unboxing the TYT TH-8600 Mini-Mobile Radio
TYT’s newest addition to their analog radio line is the TH-8600, which is a full-color screen dual band mini-mobile radio. Outputting 25-watts o... Read more
Contesting
Araucaria VHF Contest is Back!
After research among the amateurs today announced the return of Araucaria VHF Contest Rules: English Portuguese Spanish 1. Peri... Read more
ARRL Contest Rule Changes, Clarifications Reflect “Best Practices” in Radiosport
Just ahead of the 2017-2018 contest season, ARRL has announced rule changes and clarifications to League-sponsored contests. These include an improved... Read more
CQ WW CW Contest 2014 – Raw Scores Before Checking
CQ WW CW Contest 2014 – Raw Scores Before Checking Raw scores as calculated before log checking. Last update: 2014-12-07 : Read more
AM Rally on April 1-3 Weekend an Opportunity to Try a Vintage Mode
If you’re not familiar with full-carrier amplitude modulation (AM) or have never used it on the air, you’ll have a chance during the AM Rally during t... Read more
News
SteppIR antenna and Mike Mertel K7IR now at W&S, Europe’s Ham Store
From Monday 17th until Thursday 21st April, Mike Mertel K7IR, developer of the innovative SteppIR antenna platform, will be in the W&S Hock... Read more
ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti , IZ0UDF, Conducts First ARISS School Contact
“ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, IZ0UDF, Conducts First ARISS School Contact Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, IZ0UDF — for now, the sole... Read more
Team USA Heads to World Amateur Radio Direction Finding Championships
Fifteen top US on-foot hidden transmitter hunters are packing their bags to join more than 400 other competitors from 39 nations taking part in the 18... Read more
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HAM Radio Classes In Twin Falls [ Video ]
Twin Falls, Idaho ( KMVT-TV / KSVT-TV ) – Twin Falls, Idaho ( KMVT-TV / KSVT-TV ) – The Magic Valley amateur radio club is offering... Read more
App - Mobile
RFinder – The World Wide Repeater Directory now free trial on Android!
In order to support the proliferation of third party app stores worldwide, we have now released RFinder on Android as trialware! Just go download it f... Read more
EchoLink for iOS version 2.6.14 is now available
EchoLink for iOS version 2.6.14 is now available in the App Store. This is a 64-bit build that is fully compatible with iOS 10 and modern iOS devices.... Read more
