“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 “
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
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
“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
“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
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
Olympic Games – JA1TOKYOOn July 16 JARL opened the special commemorative station ‘JA1 TOKYO‘ in Nishitokyo City, Tokyo, to commemora... Read more
A judge in the Massachusetts Land Court has ruled that the Zoning Board of Appeals in the City of Framingham “erred” in revoking a building permit for... Read more
News
The K7RA Solar Update
8-Meter Experimental Station on the Air from the US
Quirky APRS, HG-UV98 Lanch NLH Ham Radio Handheld Review
Product Discontinuation: IC-7851 HF All Band Transceiver
ISS SSTV Aug 6-7 145.800 MHz FM
JA1TOKYO – Olympic Games
Massachusetts Court Okays Amateur Radio Tower, Citing Board of Appeals’ Error
“ On January 1, 2022 I will be retiring. I’ll be nearly 76 and want to spend more time at other things. EZNEC is and always has been devel... Read more
WSJT-X version 2.4.0 now is available in general release. According to co-developer Joe Taylor, K1JT, WSJT-X version 2.4.0, includes a... Read more
Hello radio enthusiasts, today we’d like to announce the release of the next version of OpenWebRX, your SDR web server that just got a little bi... Read more
Icom has released a firmware update for the IC-7850/IC-7851 HF Amateur Radio transceivers. Also released is a related update to the RS-BA1 version 2 s... Read more
Win4IcomSuite is a windows control program for the Icom IC-7100, IC-7300, IC-7600, IC-7610, IC-7700, IC-7800, IC-7850/51 and IC-9700 transceivers sup... Read more
“I typically paper log my Parks on the Air contacts during an activation. After I get home I will transcribe and edit the log with Fast Log Entr... Read more
WSJT-X 2.4.0 will introduce Q65, a digital protocol designed for minimal two-way QSOs over especially difficult propagation paths On paths with D... Read more
Software
EZNEC PRO ANTENNA MODELLING SOFTWARE WILL BE FREE FROM 2022
WSJT-X version 2.4.0 Now Generally Available, Version 2.5.0 on the Horizon
OpenWebRX 1.0.0 released!
Icom IC-7850/IC-7851 Firmware Update (Version 1.40)
Win4Icom Lets You Control Your Icom from Your Computer
Paper Logging and Using Fast Log Entry for POTA – Ham Radio Q&A
New WSJT mode Q65
The Go2Antenna is the perfect HOA antenna. Fully capable and easy to camouflage. My Go2 Antenna is perfect for HOA’s or portable / Emergency Communica... Read more
Dave, KB2UBO, has two questions… One about Whether a ZS6BKW could/should be used in an inverted V? Another about Wheather to crimp or solder con... Read more
“Rolf, KE1Y, has a EFHW 80 – 10 and it’s wire has broken near the loading coil. He wants to know if there is a better way to have th... Read more
Jim Heath W6LG shows what happened to RG8X that had 1500 applied. Watch the subsequent episodes for more information about coax. Read more
Ben, K0ABR, simply asks Is resonate better than non resonate antenna? Read more
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
Here we take a look at building a short, loaded dipole for 20 Meters, 14 MHz. In fact, this is going to be half of a 2 element yagi for the 20M band. Read more
Antenna
Go2Antenna Review :: HOA Antenna
Antennas and Connectors!
Mechanical Issues with EFHW Antenna
RG8X No-Name Coax, You Need To Be Careful, Jim W6LG Shows What Happened To 100 Feet Of Gray Coax
To Resonate or Not to Resonate?
Attaching Coax to a Dipole
20M LOADED DIPOLE – HALF A YAGI?
Icom has released updates for its latest range of Amateur radios. The updates are available for the IC-705, IC-7300 and IC-9700 SDR transceivers. The... Read more
“One of the Youtube viewers made a comment a few weeks ago asking about my rotator project. Their comment inspired me to finish it. This project... Read more
“The go box is portable operation ready. How did I do on the wire mangement? What is its final config? Check it out and tell me what you think.... Read more
“We are with Bob Heil, K9EID with Heil Sound on this weeks episode of the Manufacturers Showcase” Read more
X6100 is an ultra-portable shortwave transceiver. It adopts the SDR software radio platform architecture of excellent performance, which carries power... Read more
“Today I’m putting together my ham radio go box. It featutes an ICOM IC-7300 and Alinco DR-135. The box also includes a West Mountain Radi... Read more
X6100 inherits the compact and high performance characteristics of the X series.As a new generation flagship ultra-portable transceiver, it still achi... Read more
Equipment
New Firmware Updates for the IC-705, IC-7300 and IC-9700 SDR Transceivers
EL/AZ 3D Printed Antenna Rotator – Testing !
ICOM IC 7300 Ham Radio Go Box, It’s Final Form?
Bob Heil, K9EID – Manufacturers Showcase
XIEGU X6100 HF TRANSCEIVER | FULL MODE | SDR RADIO
My Ham Radio Go Box Wiring And Setup
XIEGU X6100 – HF/50MHz Full-mode Ultra-portable Transceiver
