“Today I operate the Icom IC-705 at my hunting lease as a portable radio with an End Fed Random Wire antenna from Nelson Antennas, and the mAT-705 portable tuner.”
Antenna
Handheld HF System – Elecraft KX3 and a AlexLoop Antenna – Antenna Description
“Handheld HF System – Elecraft KX3 and a AlexLoop Antenna This is my first try no make a Magnetic Loop to be integrated to the Elecraft KX... Read more
Attaching Coax to a Dipole
Gordon, KO4OCO, in reference to Dave’s 40 meter dipole video, he asks how the actual connection between the coupler and the antenna wire was mad... Read more
Ground Radial Wire For Vertical – Ham Radio Antenna
In this video I show the ground radial wire I use, and talk about laying a radial field under my Hustler 4BTV vertical ham radio antenna ... Read more
Optibeam OB8-4M 8 Element 4 Band
The OB8-4M is an extremely effective, compact and innovative Yagi for the classical four bands 40, 20, 15 and 10m. It is the first trapless Yagi for t... Read more
Review
Coaxial cable quality review
Coaxial cable quality review What to look for in a coaxial cable and at what price? Not all coaxial cables are constructed equal. This is what you sho... Read more
Explaining Ham Radio Antenna Baluns, UNUNs and Toroids
Explaining Ham Radio Antenna Baluns, UNUNs and Toroids Read more
Review of MFJ’s New Xiegu X5105 HF QRP Deluxo
Review of MFJ’s newest radio. MFJ is the sole importer of the new Xiegu X5105 160m-6m QRP SSB/CW/AM/FM radio with built in rechargeable battery... Read more
Universal Radio presents the update to the Yaesu FT-991, the FT-991A
Eric from Universal Radio discusses the important update to the Yaesu FT-991, the new Yaesu FT-991A model. This model includes a live waterfall while... Read more
A close look at the MFJ-1708SDR T/R switch
“Want to use your SDR as a panadapter while you’re operating your transceiver? The MFJ-1708SDR lets you do that by connecting the SDR ante... Read more
Equipment
Ameritron AL-572
Ameritrons new class of Near Legal Limit Amplifiers give you nearly full legal SSB power output for 65% of the price of a full legal limit amplifier... Read more
Nooelec Ham It Up NANO – HF Upconverter
Ham It Up Nano – Tiny HF Upconverter w/ Black Enclosure, TCXO, & Bias-Tee Power Support A highly-portable RF (LF/MF/HF) converter for softwa... Read more
ANAN-7000DLE 100W HF & 6M Transceiver
The ANAN-7000DLE HF & 6M 100W SDR Transceiver offers top of the line performance is a compact rugged package, it is based on the work of the OpenH... Read more
The new mAT-705 Auto ATU for the Icom IC-705
Specifically built for the new Icom IC-705, the mAT-705 is the latest compact and fully portable Micro-ATU owered by an internal 9V dry battery! The a... Read more
TOKYO HY-POWER HL-1.5KFX HF/50MHz Desk Top Linear
Features: Small footprint Light weight- lightest 1kW amplifier in its class Internal power supply 2 antenna output ports 6 meter operation Automatic b... Read more
News
The K7RA Solar Update
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 we... Read more
8-Meter Experimental Station on the Air from the US
WL2XUP is an FCC Part 5 Experimental station operated by Lin Holcomb, NI4Y, in Georgia. It’s licensed to operate with up to 400 W effective radiated p... Read more
Quirky APRS, HG-UV98 Lanch NLH Ham Radio Handheld Review
“Chinese radios have come a long way, many have impressive feature lists, but those features seem to be stuck behind programming or poorly imple... Read more
Product Discontinuation: IC-7851 HF All Band Transceiver
“We are sorry to announce that Icom has discontinued the IC-7851 HF All Band Transceiver. Since its launch six years ago, the IC-7851 has been I... Read more
ISS SSTV Aug 6-7 145.800 MHz FM
Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS) are planning to transmit Slow Scan TV images on 145.800 MHz FM using the SSTV mode PD-120.... Read more
