Katrina – Ham Radio’s Untold Story

Amateur Radio – often called “ham radio” continues to be the most reliable, fail-safe means of communications in disasters. Even with the complexity of new communications systems, or perhaps because of their complexity, Amateur Radio works when other systems are down or overloaded. These are the comments of people who saw Amateur Radio in action during and after Katrina.

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A Teardown and Voice Guidence of the Kenwood TH-D74

September 14, 2016 No comments

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WRC-19: request to support 50MHz

August 02, 2019 No comments

As the run-up to WRC-19 gathers pace, the UK Six Metre Group has also written to Ofcom in support of a positive approach to Agenda Item 1.1 concerning... Read more

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June 08, 2019 No comments

“A question you may have asked yourself, “Is my radio working? I don’t hear anyone!” Or worse, you can hear other stations, bu... Read more

New Ham Shack by K7AGE

December 24, 2015 No comments

“We have left Grass Valley Ca and moved to Gold Beach Or. We are living in a rental house and we plan to build a new house. So, I need to setup... Read more

9M4SI Pulau Indah AS-074 (Indah Island)

February 05, 2015 No comments

2015 Activation Detail Iota on The Air (IOTA) : #AS-074 Date : 07/02/2015 (6 UTC) – 09/02/2015 (3 UTC) Freq band : 40m to 10m Mode : CW, SSB, PS... Read more

Xiegu X5105 Field Test. MFJ-1979 Antenna, 5 watt POTA activation.

February 17, 2020 No comments

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Now Free of HAARP, US Air Force Still Wants to Tinker with the Ionosphere

August 11, 2016 No comments

A lot of radio amateurs bemoaning the recent spate of poor HF conditions would love to have a way to improve propagation — perhaps without even having... Read more

ARES Teams in Three West Central Florida Section Counties Ready to Support Shelters

September 07, 2017 No comments

As Hurricane Irma moves closer to the Florida Peninsula, ARRL West Central Florida Section Manager Darrell Davis, KT4WX, reports that Amateur Radio Em... Read more

Day 1 with the ICOM IC-7610

December 03, 2017 No comments

Fred Lloyd, AA7BQ and Steve Gross, W7SCG give us a first look of the IC-7610 on the first day of its North American debut.   Read more

HAM RADIO 2017 FRIEDRICHSHAFEN [ Videos and Photos ]

July 14, 2017 No comments

New products: EXPERT SPE 1.5K-FA Amplifier and AMB-01 Remote Antenna Switch SPIDERBEAM – ANTENA “AERIAL-51” LOW BAND SYSTEMS BHI FLE... Read more