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Digital Modes
EURAO Party – Autumn 2014: be digital, explore 30m
The European Radio Amateurs’ Organization, together with the 30 Meter Digital Group , announce a new party on the air, this time with the... Read more
Video Demonstrates Digital Voice Plus Video “Teleconferencing” Scheme for HF
Rick Peterson, WA6NUT, in Colorado, is promoting FreeDV plus Video, a digital voice-plus-video application for HF. According to Peterson’s QRZ.com pro... Read more
Getting Started With Digital Modes
This comprehensive video explains the concept behind amateur radio digital modes and describes the hardware and cabling required to get started. This... Read more
FT8 in UK and EU contests
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
VHF
Vertex VXD-720
Vertex VXD-720 Clear, Quality Communications 512 Channels and 512 Groups 5 Watts VHF / 4 Watts UHF VHF: 136 – 174 MHz UHF: 403 – 470 MHz; 450 – 512 MH... Read more
New ! BIG TAJFUN 1000 144 MHz – 1KW
Description New robust Heatsinks – Fischer. Continuous 900W DIGI-modes. Quiet fans. TAJFUN 1000 is small, lightweight but robus LDMOS Power Ampl... Read more
Google Repeater Mapping – K5EXH
Visit the Web Site and seach for city: Google Repeater Mapping Sample New York: Read more
The ARRL Repeater Directory (Pocket-size)
The ARRL Repeater Directory (Pocket-size) The best directory of frequencies for repeaters around the country!The ARRL Repeater Directory includ... Read more
Review
Luiton LT-898UV Ultra Portable Go Box Kit – Ham Radio Q & A
“You may have seen my previous video in which I reviewed the Luiton (Leixen) LT-898UV 10 watt mobile radio. In this episode I build an ultra por... 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
Introduction to the SOTABeams Wolfwave
SOTABeams Features Fully adjustable audio band-pass filtering instantly adjustable for voice, data and CW (b/w 50 Hz to 5 kHz) VIDEO State-of-the-art... Read more
KB8O Demonstrates Receive 4-Square on 160m
Jay Pecora, KB8O from Elyria, OH demonstrates his DX Engineering Receive Four-Square system on 160 meters. Read more
Contesting
YU DX Contest – 2015
YU DX Contest Objective To contact as many stations around the world, and prefixes starting with YT and YU as many as possible. Date and Time A... Read more
49th Contest VOLTA RTTY
49th ALESSANDRO VOLTA RTTY DX CONTEST www.contestvolta.it The SSB and RTTY Club of COMO and the A.R.I. (Associazione Radioamatori Italiani) are please... Read more
CQ World Wide Contest Rules Updated for 2018 Contest Season
CQ has announced that, effective with 2018 contests, some modifications to the CQ World Wide Contest rules have been developed and approved by the con... Read more
Got Grids? ARRL June VHF Contest is June 13- 15
ARRL June VHF Contest is June 13- 15 Summer is nearly here, and that means it’s time for the ARRL June VHF Contest, June 13-15! Participants in the US... Read more
News
Icom Firmware Updates for the IC-7700 and IC-7800
com have announced firmware updates for the IC-7700 and IC-7800 Amateur Radio HF Transceivers. Each firmware provides the same improvement incl... Read more
IARU: Amateur Allocation at 60 Meters Making Positive Progress at WRC-15
At World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15), currently under way in Geneva, the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) has reported further... Read more
Anatomy of a homebrew 40m superhet receiver
A look at a simple superhet receiver designed for CW reception. Describes each stage and demonstrates the homebrew crystal filter in operation. A 7 MH... Read more
RAST 50th Anniversary
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App - Mobile
SDR Touch demo on Android device using SDRplay RSP
This demonstrates turning an Android Tablet (or Android Phone) into a highly portable comms receiver or spectrum analyzer operating from Long Wave to... Read more
Training fast CW on Android (Koch method)
The user starts by recognizing only two letters, M and K, at high speed (at least 20WPM) on a 5 minutes session. When she or he will be able... Read more
OpenHPSDR Radio – Android App
Check this new app on Google Play Software Defined Radio. Supports the following hardware: HPSDR Atlas based systems using Metis. HPSDR Hermes... Read more
