Ham Radio Test Online – USA conducts first online ham radio exam – special thanks to W5YI for supporting this project.
Antenna
Rotating Tower For Ham Radio 30 Feet Tall At Jim W6LG’s House And Can Be Used For Emergency Comms
“Jim Heath W6LG shows his newly installed antenna and tower at his residence. The tower has a maximum height of 30 feet as restricted by Placer... Read more
VHF
1240-1300 MHz discussed at CEPT SE 40 meeting
The 69th meeting of CEPT ECC Working Group SE-40, held June 23-25, discussed the amateur radio 1240-1300 MHz band, the meeting documents are now avail... Read more
2,4GHz Helix-Antenna
Thing files are at https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3849410/apps And the rain cover is at https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3899156 Read more
National Hurricane Center’s WX4NHC Annual Station Test is Successful
On May 30, operators at WX4NHC at the National Hurricane Center (NHC), working from home, conducted the annual readiness check of the station and of o... Read more
Equipment
Icom releases the ID-52A/E Amateur Handheld Transceiver with Color Display and Bluetooth® Communication
Icom Incorporated (Headquarters: Hirano, Osaka, Japan/President: Masataka Harima) releases the ID-52A/E*, VHF/UHF dual band digital transceiver that s... Read more
Xiegu GSOC also supports mouse & keyboard operating
1) The presale works for the US only. Radios will be sent from China with DHL free express shipping. 2) For EU countries, please be patient, we’... Read more
New Kenwood ST-995SDR ?
stay tuned for details… Source:Link Read more
Propagation
The K7RA Solar Update
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Sunspot Cycle 25 is under way. We saw one new spot on July 28 and two new ones on August 2 and 3. The daily sunspot... Read more
Solar Cycle 25 is Coming to Life
SOLAR WIND SPARKS GEOMAGNETIC UNREST: Earth is inside a fast-moving (~600 km/s) stream of solar wind, and this is causing geomagnetic unrest around th... Read more
NEW-CYCLE SUNSPOT ACTIVITY
NEW-CYCLE SUNSPOT ACTIVITY: Solar Cycle 25 is gaining strength. Today there are two new-cycle sunspots on the solar disk: AR2767 and AR2768. Both have... Read more
An active region belonging to Cycle 25 will begin to turn into view off the northeast limb during the next 24 hours
An active region belonging to Cycle 25 will begin to turn into view off the northeast limb during the next 24 hours. So far the solar X-Ray background... Read more
