“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 “
The winning article for the January 2020 QST Cover Plaque award is “Untangling the Decibel Dilemma” by H. Ward Silver, NØAX. The QST Cover Plaque Awar... Read more
On Friday, January 24, 2020, the President signed into law: H.R. 583, the “Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement Act” or the “PIRATE Act,... Read more
No sunspots appeared over this reporting week (January 16-22) and on January 22 Spaceeweather.com reported currently the consecutive period of spotles... Read more
At its January meeting, the ARRL Board of Directors instructed the League’s FCC counsel to prepare a strong response to protect amateur access to spec... Read more
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4m (70MHz) returns to Germany for 2020 Here it is! As of today (22/1/2020) – use of the 70.150-70.200 MHz part of 4m is allowed again in Germany... Read more
News
N0AX Wins the January QST Cover Plaque Award
PIRATE Act signed into law by President
The K7RA Solar Update
ARRL to Argue for Continued Access to 3-GHz Spectrum as FCC Sets Comment Deadlines
Quartzfest look around 22 Jan 2020
4m (70MHz) returns to Germany for 2020
There are many Italian radio amateurs who use special programs to manage the various national and international contests. During this evening we will... Read more
LogHX able to: Keep a QSO accounting Track and check of e-QSL and paper QSL exchange, via QSL-manager or direct Check preview QSO in run time Use data... Read more
Software update brings integrated DRM receiver (Digital Radio Mondiale) based on Dream 2.1.1 to all KiwiSDRs. Stock BeagleBone-Green/Black based Kiwis... Read more
Transceiver Model name IC-9700 Download Type Firmware Version Version 1.21 Update 2019/12/13 Notes Changes from Version 1.20 Fixed the problem where t... Read more
SDC Skimmer by UT4LW (Yuri) decoding PSK, RTTY and CW at the same time during Russian WW MultiMode Contest (CW, SSB, RTTY, BPSK63) Transceiver: SunSDR... Read more
Ham Radio Deluxe v6.7Ham Radio Deluxe v6.7.0.244Ham Radio Deluxe v6.7.0.244Ham Radio Deluxe v6.7.0.244 Ham Radio Deluxe Software Ham Radio Deluxe v6.... Read more
Software
The QARTest program for Contest
LogHX – The freeware logger software, designed as complete Ham Radio environment
KiwiSDR update brings integrated DRM RX
IC-9700 – Firmware Update
SDC Skimmer decoding PSK, RTTY, CW at the same time
Download Ham Radio Deluxe Software and HRD Product Manuals
Ver essa foto no Instagram January 19 / 2020 – New complete HF Portable QRP Station on the Palm of the Hand – Yesterday Sund... Read more
Delta loop Antenna Boom length: about 7m, projection on the ground 4m per arm Mounts on mast from 40 to 50mm, 60mm optional. suggested height at least... Read more
A 50~54 mHz high performance, CNC manufactured, all aluminum magnetic loop antenna. At only 18 inches, and 1½ pounds, it’s an excellent choice for re... Read more
16 ft boom; Includes Controller The 3 element Yagi is the original Steppir antenna. Using our proven technology it gives continuous frequency coverage... Read more
UHF VHF antenna 08-ANT-0861 has a 25MHz – 6GHz frequency range. This HAM radio base station antenna and two way radio antenna is for land mobile radio... Read more
Ham AIR Antenna A professionally made, robust, fully portable & waterproof inflatable antenna, for Ham Bands, A 144-148Mhz Version, , Perfect for... Read more
Antenna
New complete HF Portable QRP Station on the Palm of the Hand
Solid Delta loop for 20m band
6M-F Magnetic Loop
3 Element Yagi Antenna with 30/40 Loop Dipole Adder – SteppIR
UHF VHF Antenna 08-ANT-0861
Inflatable Air Antennas Available from 8th January 2020
Display 3.2″ , 100% compatible with all NANOVNA fw. Version redesigned with BNC, switch tact, increased battery and many other functions https:/... Read more
Photo: Aditya Mukherjee In an application it was required to use 6 different antennas at 6 nearby locations one at a time as the Bluetooth/WiFi antenn... Read more
The Belka-DSP radio receiver is designed to receive radio stations with amplitude, frequency and single-band modulation, as well as telegraph signals... Read more
Designed and manufactured by SOTABEAMS, this neat bandpass filter is for use with handies (HT) in areas with multiple transmitters. In such areas, man... Read more
“I’m trying out the first KX3 with PX3 retrofit. It is big, but it looks really nice and sounds amazing! Cost for parts, labor and US ship... Read more
Mercury III https://www.km3km.com/ Read more
Equipment
New Network Vector Analyzer FXNANO 0.5/900 MHz
Wideband RF Switch (5 – 3000 MHz)
Belka-DSP radio receive
144 MHz filter stops interference
First KX3 with PX3
Mercury III LDMOS Power Amplifier Kit
