More than forty 4th and 5th graders at the Dorothy Grant Elementary School in Fontana, CA belong to the K6DGE Ham Club, run by their teacher, Beverly Matheson, KJ6RSX. On March 19th, 2014, I visited the school to watch their participation in Ham Radio, and to video their class and FCC licensing examination.
VHF
Icom IC-2730A vs IC-2720
Ray Novak and George Thomas compare the IC-2730A to it’s predecessor, the IC-2720. Read more
WRC-19 Day-19: 50 MHz Approved!
WRC-19 has approved an allocation in the 50 MHz band for amateurs in Region 1 at its morning plenary in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on Thursday 21 Novembe... Read more
Vitai VT-5188
Vitai VT-5188 1. Frequency Range: VHF: 136-174MHz/245-245.9875Mhz UHF: 400-480MHz 2. Output Power: VHF: 10W/25W/60W ... Read more
Baofeng For Dummies: UV5R+ HAM Radio Tutorial
Baofeng Watch in HD! Today I show you how I use my HAM radios to listen in to local police, fire and EMS. Also handy for receiving weather radio and t... Read more
Antenna
The Rigid Dual boom Quad from InnovAntennas – LFA-Q – 4el for 28MHz
This example is installed at KJ4AJG and is a 4el for 28MHz. Tom is so impressed, he has ordered another to stack! If you don’t see one for a ban... Read more
Building Buddipole Yagis – A Practical Demonstration
Building Buddipole Yagis – A practical demonstration by ZL4PLM using standard Buddipole parts. Read more
The Mark MKII 3 band (10, 15, 20m)
MK II 2 ELEMENT COMPLETE 3 band (10, 15, 20m) Antenna – 5 band (12m, 17m) 8- DELUXE FIBERGLASS QUAD ARMS – 13FT. 2- CUBEX QUAD SPIDERS-ONE... Read more
Yagi Antenna 4 antenna elements 5 bands
Yagi Antenna Frequency [Frequency]: 28, 24, 21, 18, 14 MHz Number of elements [Number of elements]: 4 Profit [Gain]: 9.5 – 9.0 dBd suppressio... Read more
App - Mobile
RUMlogNG2Go for iOS version 3.5.2 now available
Thomas Lindner, DL2RUM, is happy to announce the availability of version 3.5.2 of his RUMlogNG2Go logger for the iPhone and iPad. RUMlogNG2Go can be ... Read more
Morse Intercom – APP
Features:i) Send Morse to, and receive Morse from, other users of the app. Restrict usage to your WiFi network, or allow full Internet connecti... Read more
NKCCluster 2.1 to be released very soon
A new NKCCluster release is just around the corner: release 2.1 is currently undergoing beta-testing and, provided no last minute surprises i.e. major... Read more
DroidRTTY – RTTY for Ham Radio App Android
Ham Radio App DroidRTTY is an application to decode and encode Ham Radio RTTY with the build in microphone/speaker or wired to your radio. A wa... Read more
Equipment
Icom AH-705 Announced on Christmas
AH-705 HF/50 MHz Automatic Antenna Tuner Features Covers the 1.8 MHz to 50 MHz bands, using a long wire element 2-way power sources using alkaline bat... Read more
mAT-705 Tuner Introduction
mAT-705 Tuner Introduction The MAT-705 is a very small and powerful tuner for portable shortwave devices, especially designed for the Icom IC-705. The... Read more
THE NEW MOUNTAIN TOPPER MTR-4B V2 BY LNR PRECISION
MTR-4B V2 Photos COMING SOON “The Mountain Topper” The LnR Precision MTR transceivers are designed to be efficient portable CW rigs. Whether climbing... Read more
NanoVNA SAA2 Version 2 Vector Network Analyzer – Ham Radio Antenna Analyzer
NanoVNA SAA2 Version 2 Vector Network Analyzer – Ham Radio Antenna Analyzer Read more