VHF
GMRS-50X1 – 50 Watt GMRS Mobile Radio from BTECH is Released
“A High Power 50 Watt GMRS Mobile Radio from BTECH is Released BTECH announced today the North American release of the BTECH GMRS-50X1. The GMRS... Read more
Baofeng DM-5R Buyer Beware by VE3IPS
“I have been alerted by several hundred emails about the launch of the new Baofeng DM-5R (I am the President of the Toronto Baofeng users group... Read more
BTECH DMR-6X2 Digital (DMR) & Analog Two-Way Radio (with GPS and Recording)
The BTECH DMR-6X2 is the most versatile dual-band DMR radio available. Designed for both amateur and commercial usage with its large, bright 1.77... Read more
Yaesu FT-2980R 80W 2M FM Mobile Transceiver
Yaesu FT-2980R 80W FM 2M Mobile Transceiver As its model name suggests, the new FT-2980R arrives with the solid feature configuration and mechanical t... Read more
Equipment
Airspy Low Cost High Performance SDR – REVISION 2 RELEASED
Airspy The Airspy is a $200 USD software defined radio that has a frequency range between 24 – 1700 MHz, bandwidth of up to 10 MHz and a 12-bit ADC. W... Read more
A-iPower Portable Generators SUA8250E
Portable Generators Get power where you need it using one of these A-iPower portable generators. They are driven by a compact, high performance, air-c... Read more
Ailunce HS2 HF VHF UHF SDR Transceiver
HS2 is an ultra-portable full-frequency full-mode SDR radio. Receive frequency coverage 300K~1.6GHZ. The built-in network port can realize remote oper... Read more
Radioenge – RA-S1 – Antenna Rotator System
Radioenge – RA-S1 Rotor controller RA-S1 is a digital controller for controlling rotor azimuthal position Features Speed control by PWM (Pulse W... Read more
News
ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA, to Keynote QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo
ARRL CEO David Minster, NA2AA, will keynote the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo March 13 – 14 weekend. Minster’s talk — part of an 80+ speak... Read more
23cm band in the spotlight with regulators
During the week 15 – 19 February, the preparatory work for WRC-23 agenda item 9.1b continued in ITU‑R Working Party 4C (WP4C)... Read more
How to Connect a Modern Radio to a Legacy Tube Amp
How to Connect a Modern Radio to a Legacy Tube Amp Read more
A Filament Slingshots Towards Earth | Solar Storm Forecast 02.22.2021
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Antenna
Ham Radio experiment – End fed half wave antenna sloper vs flat horizontal orientation
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British Columbia Radio Amateur Copies Signal from Mars-Orbiting Satellite
As reported on Spaceweather.com, Canadian radio amateur Scott Tilley, VE7TIL, has snagged another signal from deep space. His latest conquest has been... Read more
Wideband Desktop Discone Antenna – 25 MHZ – 2000 MHz Coverage
“Here we take a look at the Skyscan Desktop antenna with a rated frequency range of between 25 Mhz up to 2 Ghz. We test the antenna indoor and o... Read more
Where Can I Put My HF Antenna?
Where Can I Put My HF Antenna? Read more