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Walkie Talkie QRP QSO with XIEGU X5105
Features a built-in highly efficient automatic antenna tuner, split frequency XCVR function, RIT receive fine tuning, NB noise suppressor, NR digital... Read more
SDRPlay Announce Update to SDRUno and Future Plans for Software Defined Radio at Hamvention 2019
he RSP2 is an enhanced version of the popular RSP1 which provides three software selectable antenna inputs, & new stability and clocking features... Read more
Grounding, Bonding, Earthing, Shielding and Protecting with W6LG
Part 1 of 2. Jim recommends in detail how he believes grounding should be installed in the typical Ham Radio Statio Read more
Portable TW Antenna
“Preserving and building upon the legacy of this premier portable HF antenna line, DX Engineering is now the manufacturer of TW Antennas!* DX En... Read more
ISS Slow Scan TV June 5-6
A Russian MAI-SSTV event is planned from the International Space Station for Wednesday, June 5 from 12:00-16:00 GMT and June 6 from 11:30-15:30 GMT. A... Read more
The K7RA Solar Update 05/24/2019 – WPX CW 2019
May 18 was the last day we saw sunspot activity, after more than two weeks with daily sunspots visible. Average daily sunspot number declined to 5.3 t... Read more
Four-square eight directions antenna system, with dummy load power indicator and high power
4SQ-8DIR antenna system The four-square phased-vertical array if used by many contesters and DXers for oreration on the low bands. This construction m... Read more
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
Antenna
Portable TW Antenna
“Preserving and building upon the legacy of this premier portable HF antenna line, DX Engineering is now the manufacturer of TW Antennas!* DX En... Read more
Four-square eight directions antenna system, with dummy load power indicator and high power
4SQ-8DIR antenna system The four-square phased-vertical array if used by many contesters and DXers for oreration on the low bands. This construction m... Read more
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
Radio interference from Solar Panels – RFI
The radio amateurs have known for a long time that PV installations (solar panels) could interfere. For more than 10 years, the VERON has been warning... Read more
Improved EU1KY Antenna Analyzer CEC V0.3
In this video, not include have a voice, but I placed subtitles on important parts. Please turn on subtitles. Read more
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Do Dipoles Have to be Straight? [ The Doctor is In Podcast ARRL ]
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Dual-band V-UHF Quad Antennas
Why choose the 6BS-270 antenna versus a traditional Yagui? · Elements of full wavelength, reaching maximum efficiency in TX / RX. · Optimized design.... Read more
Chameleon Emcomm IIIP Antenna – Antenna, Portable, 160M-10M
CHAMELEON ANTENNA EMCOMM-III Portable HF Antenna is specially designed for short to long range portable and man-pack HF communications. The EMCOMM III... Read more
Digital Modes
LoTW Now Accepting FT4 Contact
The latest TQSL update (Config.xml version 11.8), released on May 22, includes FT4 as a submode of MFSK. It also adds AISAT-1 and PO-101 in the satell... Read more
ADIF 3.1.0 was approved today
Dave Bernstein reported this on the DXLabs support group today: ————————————... Read more
FT4 vs FT8 – A new mode, what’s the difference?
The FT4 Protocol for Digital Contesting by K1JT Read more
New FT4 Mode with more 20K spots in few your hours realese
Source: LINK WSJTX 2.1.0RC5 Release! – The FT4 Protocol for Digital Contesting The FT4 Protocol for Digital Contesting by K1J... Read more
FT4 Video presentation by K1JT
See More about New FT4 Here “At about 20 minutes into the presentation, Joe describes FT4 as being asynchronous, meaning that you can start tran... Read more
Faster, More Contest-Friendly FT4 Digital Protocol to Debut in a Week
A new, speedier, more contest-friendly digital mode is just days away in beta version. WSJT-X Developers say serious work on the new FT4 protocol bega... Read more
The FT4 Protocol for Digital Contesting by K1JT
Joe Taylor, K1JT, Steve Franke, K9AN, and Bill Somerville, G4WJS April 22, 2019 Introduction: FT4 is an experimental digital mode designed specificall... Read more
FT8 Performance Secrets
“Neil investigates what really matters when you are aiming for the ultimate performance with FT8 and other digital modes. He demonstrates and ex... Read more
VHF
Super Gain HT Antenna By Diamond, SRH770S Dual Band
“If you are in the market for a high gain HT antenna for those fringe areas, this may be for you. The Diamond SRH770s is very flexible for porta... Read more
Yaesu FT-3DR C4FM/FM Dual Band Transceiver
Yaesu FT-3DR Yaesu FT-3DR 5W C4FM/FM 144/430MHz Dual Band Digital Transceiver Reservation The new FT3DR provides reliable 5W RF power output in compac... Read more
Amateur Radio Roundtable to Livestream 50 Hours of Dayton Hamvention®
Amateur Radio Roundtable and host Tom Medlin, W5KUB, will be back at Dayton Hamvention to livestream the activity and action before, during, and after... Read more
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
F3400D F5400D Series – Radios Digitales IDAS
Small, Slim and Smart High-Resolution Color LCD Multiple Languages License Key Upgrade NXDN™ Trunking Upgrade DES/AES Encryption with OTAR OTAP and OA... Read more
An introduction to QOscar 100
Noel Matthews, G8GTZ, Dave Crump, G8GKQ and Phil Crump, M0DNY gave a presentation at AGM 2019 on Qatar Oscar 100, the geostationary amateur transponde... Read more
Equipment
Walkie Talkie QRP QSO with XIEGU X5105
Features a built-in highly efficient automatic antenna tuner, split frequency XCVR function, RIT receive fine tuning, NB noise suppressor, NR digital... Read more
Ampleon announces the industry’s most rugged 2KW RF power LDMOS transistor for ISM applications
Ampleon has released the first of a family of RF power devices based upon its Advanced Rugged Technology (ART) derivative of the proven 9th generation... Read more
XIEGU G1M HF TRANSCEIVER | QUAD BAND | PORTABLE SDR | QRP | 5W SSB CW AW
XIEGU G1M [Entry Level QRP Transceiver] – With receiving 0.5-30 MHz generally and transmitting capabilities on four popular amateur radio bands,... Read more
RF-KIT RF2K-S Amplifier – Legal Limit Solid State PA
General Features: Output Power 1.8 – 30 MHz 2K+, 6m 1K+ Device: 2x BLF189XR Auto Band Selection ICOM®; YAESU® Band data Interface CAT Connectivity LAN... Read more
HF Clock / Satellite Tracker /Solar Index Touchscreen Terminal
HFClock Internet Based Clock System – 9″ Tiger Maple Frame The HFClockTM represents the industry’s first highly integrated clock designed... Read more
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Bird Sitehawk , Antenna/Cable Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer
“This is the Bird43 that everyone knows, ON STEROIDS! LOL… I had no idea Bird came to this, so I wanted to share it with you. Something th... Read more
Review
Grounding, Bonding, Earthing, Shielding and Protecting with W6LG
Part 1 of 2. Jim recommends in detail how he believes grounding should be installed in the typical Ham Radio Statio Read more
Ailunce HS1 First Impressions HF SDR Radio!
A short-wave radio station is a radio communication device that operates at a wavelength of 100 to 10 meters (frequency of 3 to 30 MHz). Mainly used f... Read more
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Software
SDRPlay Announce Update to SDRUno and Future Plans for Software Defined Radio at Hamvention 2019
he RSP2 is an enhanced version of the popular RSP1 which provides three software selectable antenna inputs, & new stability and clocking features... Read more
New JTDX v2.0.1-rc136 available!
JT65 – JT9 – T10 – FT8 – WSPR JTDX 2.0.1-rc136 22nd May for evaluation and on air testing, this rc (release candidate)... Read more
Updated TQSL configuration file released (config.xml v11.8)
May 22, 2019: Updated TQSL configuration file released (config.xml v11.8) — Config.xml version 11.8 has been released. This is a update release... Read more
DXLog.net – contest logging software – 2.4.1 is now available
The changes include: Support for several additional radios including the Yaesu FTdx101D. A fix for typing several F keys quickly. Fixes and additions... Read more
Dxing
Djibouti J20DX IOTA DXpedition Thwarted by Bureaucracy
Djibouti J20DX IOTA DXpedition operators Col McGowan, MM0NDX; Jonathan Bowes, MM0OKG, and Christian Cabre, EA3NT, have thrown in the towel on their ef... Read more
Updated TQSL configuration file released – LOTW
LOTW Updated TQSL configuration file released (config.xml v11.7) — Config.xml version 11.7 has been released. This is a update release containi... Read more
ARRL’s Logbook of The World Tops 1 Billion QSO Records
As of December 19, more than 1 billion contact records have been entered into ARRL’s Logbook of The World (LoTW) system. And, while 1 billion QSO reco... Read more
ZY6V – Abrolhos Island IOTA SA-019
Abrolhos Island – ZY6V Abrolhos Island, IOTA SA – 019, 14 – 19 November 2018. Team: PY6HD, PY6RT, PY6AWU, PY6BA, PY1AX and PS8NF... Read more
Contesting
Contest Online ScoreBoard
The score distributor automatically forwards any score data it receives from contest logging software to the following online scoreboards: Contest Onl... Read more
Contesting & Propagation Tools, Bud Trench, AA3B, Presents – Part 1
“AA3B PRESENTATION ON PROPAGATION TOOLS: Bud Trench AA3B was the featured speaker on May 10th at the Fair Lawn Senior Center. His topic: “Using... Read more
May 14 FT4 Mock Contest Session Canceled, New WSJT-X Beta Version Pending
A second hour-long FT4 “practice contest” set for May 14 UTC has been cancelled, following the success of an initial mock contest held on May 9 UTC (t... Read more
One-Hour FT4 Practice Contest Sessions Set for May 9 and May 14 UTC
One-hour FT4 “practice contest” sessions are set for May 9, 0000 – 0100 UTC (Wednesday evening, May 8, in continental US time zones) and May 14, 0000... Read more
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Propagation
The K7RA Solar Update 05/24/2019 – WPX CW 2019
May 18 was the last day we saw sunspot activity, after more than two weeks with daily sunspots visible. Average daily sunspot number declined to 5.3 t... Read more
RSGB – New propagation prediction tool released
The RSGB’s Propagation Studies Committee (PSC) has released a new propagation tool for amateurs, based on the ITU’s ITURHFPROP program. The tool is th... Read more
Solar Storm Slam Dance | Space Weather News 05.15.2019
“The Sun gets crazy busy this week with multiple solar storms that are inbound to earth! We should feel the first of the direct hits sometime Ma... Read more
App - Mobile
New APP for digital QST
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
iWSPR TX – WSPR for iOS version 2.8 now available
WSPR WSPR implements a protocol designed for probing potential propagation paths with low-power transmissions. Normal transmissions carry a station’s... Read more
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
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