“Heil Pro 7 vs Sennheiser HMD 300 Pro. This is pretty in-depth – you may need a coffee and a sit down to watch! This was heavier than I expected. Took the best part of Saturday to complete the audio and visual components. I’ve tried to be as fair as I can. My personal conclusion is that if you only want one headset – and only for Ham Radio, maybe the Pro 7 might be the best bet. If you want full range, perhaps recording and listening to full range audio too, maybe the HMD 300 Pros might be best. I have more tests to do including taking these to Isle of Mull for the DXpedition – so watch this space and I’ll see how I get on. Callum. M0MCX.
Equipment
Icom will be releasing new firmware for our IC-705, IC-7300 and IC-9700 transceivers. The updates are planned to improve the user experience and incorporate communication modes such as FT8. The firmware is due to be released around the end... Read more
Antenna
New Hy-Gain Dual Band 4 Element 6/4m
DB-46M8EL New Hy-Gain Dual Band 4 Element 6/4m Yagi Designed by Justin Johnson G0KSC renowned antenna designer and known for his LFA and other uniqu... Read more
Portable 2 element 6m beam
Over the years we have been asked numerous times for a really lightweight portable 6m beam. Building on over a decade of experience making and marketi... Read more
SteppIR UrbanBeam and SDA 2000 – full review (HF antenna)
SteppIR UrbanBeam “This is a full review of the SteppIR UrbanBeam (multiband HF antenna) with the SDA 2000 controller (OptimizIR). It’s part 3 o... Read more
Center Loading the Wolf River Silver Bullet 1000
“Wold River Coils has a new accessory for Silver Bullet 500 & 1000 coils called the UAFI or You Asked For It kit. The UAFI is a pair of exte... Read more
4-Band OCF Antenna 40, 20, 10, and 6 meters
4-Band antennas cover 40, 20, 10, and 6 meters, with no tuner required! 12 meters may also work on the 4-Band 300 watt model. The 4-Band antenn... Read more
Digital Modes
FT8DMC 3rd Anniversary-Activity Days 2020
To commemorate our 3rd anniversary, special event stations will be on air during the FT8DMC Activity Days from 1. to 31. July 2020. All stations will... Read more
K1JT , JOE TAYLOR HINTS AT POSSIBLE NEW MODE!
In a post to the WSJT-X email group today, Joe Taylor K1JT hinted at some ongoing experimentation of a new digital mode with sub-modes. His post was a... Read more
WWSA GACW Contest Rules.
WWSA GACW I – Dates Second weekend of June of every year. From Saturday 15.00 UTC until Sunday 15.00 UTC. 24 hours period. II – Goal To co... Read more