“Many in the prepper community believe that the inexpensive Chinese radios like the Baofeng UV5R handhelds are sufficient for emergency or disaster communications. But in reality these radios are poorly suited for the task and they really fall down when it comes to three main reasons. Here is what I believe are three reasons why a Baofeng doesn’t make a good SHTF radio “
Ziteng (Andy) Wang is a PhD student at the University of Sydney. He recently discovered an unusual radio signal coming from the direction of the Milky... Read more
The HobbyPCB RS-UV3A radio module is a 144/220/450 MHz FM transceiver board. The RS-UV3A is a low cost transceiver solution for Packet Radio, repeater... Read more
ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, in a written statement on the newly filed H.R.5378 before the US House Commerce Communications and Technology Subc... Read more
Josh Nass, KI6NAZ, of @Ham Radio Crash Course talks about what ham radio is, and answers the question…. “Why Ham Radio?” Read more
September 10-14, 2021, the 17th World Championship High Speed Telegraphy was held in Montenegro. The event was organized by MARP (Montenegrin Amateur... Read more
Richard, AE6XO, is wondering what the difference is between resonant and non resonant antennas. Why no just get a non resonant and use a tuner? He ask... Read more
The oft-cited figure of 3 million radio amateurs worldwide may need updating. That number was what the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) publis... Read more
News
Mysterious Radio Signal Discovered in Milky Way Center | What Is It!?
TRI BAND TRANSCEIVER – RS-UV3A
ARRL Continues Its Efforts to Preserve Amateur Radio Secondary Use of the 3 GHz Band
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Why Ham Radio [ ARRL Video ]
High Speed Telegraphy 2021 in Montenegro
Resonant vs Non-Resonant Antennas
Data on Number of Radio Amateurs Worldwide Needs Updating
In this video we take a look at a new and upcoming SDR Application called SDR ++ Wide hardware support (both through SoapySDR and dedicated modules) S... Read more
SDRuno Roadmap Updated 13th September 2021 Version 1.41 of SDRuno® is the latest full production version. The remaining features along wit... Read more
SDR++ It’s nice to see a new cross platform program in the scene. https://github.com/AlexandreRouma/SDRPlusPlus Read more
Version 1.0.9252 (August 31, 2021) K4 Radio Control: Increased the command pacing and slowed the radio polling to eliminate a radio configuration erro... Read more
This is an updated overview video that describes the overall features of the Ham Radio Deluxe Software suite. Ham Radio Deluxe Guides and Manuals... Read more
Here we take a look at the new ADSB Plugin now available in BETA for SDRUno from SDRPlay. Read more
SDR++, The bloat-free SDR software Read more
Software
SDR++ THE BLOAT FREE SDR SOFTWARE
Released SDRuno 1.41
SDR++, A new SDR program. Open source and cross platform!
N1MM+ Updates!
Ham Radio Deluxe Software Overview
SDRPLAY SDRUno ADSB Plugin – Tracking Aircraft Easy
SDR++, The bloat-free SDR software | A Hands on Overview
A viewer asks: “I am running three UHF and four VHF radios. They are all on different frequencies. What would be the minimum spacing for the ant... Read more
You asked for it, here it is: a live A/B test of the Wolf River Coil vs the Chameleon CHA-LEFS End Fed Half Wave antenna. Which will win in this Parks... Read more
Jared, N0SPC, is the only ham in his country, and he has a question regarding phasing. He wants to know if he can use a phased array of mobile whips t... Read more
The Chameleon CHA-MPAS 2.0 just might be the best portable Ham Radio antenna that you can get today, due to its versatile configurations and compact s... Read more
One man’s observation of different radiation patterns that evolved from choosing different antenna installation orientations. What are your thou... Read more
HF verticals are very popular for the smaller suburban gardens. How do they perform and are there any improvements you should consider? Read more
Common Mode Current can really mess with RFI and cause interference in the shack. In addition, you could also be receiving unwanted interference on th... Read more
Antenna
How close can I mount two antennas?
Wolf River Coil vs End Fed Half Wave: Brunet Island State Park, WI POTA K-1442
Phasing Antennas for Directionality
Chameleon CHA-MPAS 2.0 Portable Ham Radio Antenna System
Using FT8 to demonstrate Antenna Orientations
Improving Suburban HF Vertical Antennas
Reduce Common Mode Current (CMC) with a Easy to Build Choke
In this video, we take a look at the very cool Hermes Lite 2.0 SDR Transceiver HF Ham Radio. The Hermes-Lite is a low-cost direct down/up conversion s... Read more
KrakenSDR is now available for crowdfunding on Crowd Supply. Thank you to all interested parties for your patience while we navigated recent pandemic-... Read more
Today I take the XPA125 Tuner and put it through its paces with a 9:1 EFRW Random Wire Antenna Read more
Xiegu X6100 is a revolutionary self-contained 10 watt HF and 6m SDR transceiver with a large color display, automatic antenna tuner and a built-in hig... Read more
The “QDX” (QRP Labs Digital Xcvr): a feature-packed, high performance, four-band (80, 40, 30, 20m) 5W Digi-modes trans... Read more
Today we take a look at the Xiegu XPA125B QRP Amplifier and Auto Tuner hooked up to the Icom IC-705. This amp will work with a variety of QRP rigs inc... Read more
Yaesu M-90D Desktop Microphones utilize a finely tuned dynamic element to deliver rich low to mid frequency response, desirable for a clear and concis... Read more
Equipment
Hermes Lite 2.0 SDR Transceiver
Release the KrakenSDR!
XPA125 Tuner – Any good?
Xiegu X6100 HF/50MHz Portable SDR Transceiver
QDX 4-band 5W Digi transceiver
Tech-out of the Xiegu XPA125B Auto Tuner + Amplifier
YAESU M-90D Desktop Microphone: UNBOXING
