K6DGE - Dorothy Grant Elementary School Ham Club [ Video ]

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

Use a Crossband Repeater Instead

August 31, 2021 No comments

“Ken, N2DF, is having trouble with his HT because of his metal house. He is unable to connect and communicate. He is wondering if he can the end... Read more

Portable Repeater Controller

April 09, 2018 No comments

This microprocessor-based Portable Repeater Controller was designed to quickly build a fully functional repeater ‘in the field’ in less th... Read more

Icom IC-9700 First Impression, Comparision with IC-7400

April 06, 2019 No comments

Icom IC-9700 Specifications General Frequency coverage 144.000–148.000, 430.000–450.000, 1240.000–1300.000 MHz Mode SSB, CW, RTTY, AM, FM, DV, DD Numb... Read more

Alinco DR-MD500T Dual Band DMR Mobile Radio

September 17, 2021 No comments

New from Alinco is the DR-MD500T, then dual band DMR mobile version of their popular dual band DMR HT. DR-MD500T Dual Band Mobile DMR VHF/UHF Portable... Read more

Antenna

Building Coaxial Cable Traps by W8WWV

March 14, 2015 No comments

“ “Introduction This page describes the design and construction materials I used to build a coaxial cable trap. A coaxial cable tr... Read more

ARCO Smart Antenna Rotator Controller [ microHam ]

June 24, 2021 No comments

The ARCO is a modern rotator controller designed for reliable operation with virtually any rotator ever made, commercial or home brew.ARCO p... Read more

End-Fed Antennas – The Doctor Will See You Now! ARRL

April 27, 2017 No comments

End-Fed HF antennas are becoming increasingly popular, especially for limited space applications, but how well do they really work? In this episode,... Read more

Omnidirectional Biquad Antenna for 2.4GHz ( WI-FI )

June 18, 2016 No comments

Directional antennas do have their strengths such as power over distance but sometimes you may need to use a good omnidirectional antenna to produce 3... Read more

App - Mobile

Ham radio Foundation course for iOS and Android

February 01, 2016 No comments

The Australian Radio & Electronics School (RES) has made available a free 2-3 day amateur radio Foundation licence course App for Apple and Androi... Read more

EchoLink for iOS version 2.10.18 is now available

May 07, 2018 No comments

EchoLink for iOS version 2.10.18 is now available in the App Store. This is a 64-bit build that is fully compatible with iOS 10 and modern iOS devices... Read more

QRZ.com App for Android now in Beta Testing

May 07, 2018 No comments

The updates to QRZ’s Android App, formerly known as QRZDroid have been released and are available to those who are interested in trying it out.... Read more

New APP for digital QST

March 25, 2019 No comments

Apple has released a new app for digital QST (version 5.1) readers that use that platform. A long-standing problem involved the inability of some Appl... Read more

Equipment

Release the KrakenSDR!

October 15, 2021 No comments

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

XPA125 Tuner – Any good?

October 13, 2021 No comments

Today I take the XPA125 Tuner and put it through its paces with a 9:1 EFRW Random Wire Antenna Read more

Xiegu X6100 HF/50MHz Portable SDR Transceiver

October 10, 2021 No comments

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