Nicholas Stone, callsign KF5LKW, son of Scott and Shelly Stone, passed the Amateur Radio Extra Class exam Saturday, June 25, at the age of 13, earning himself the top license in amateur radio. He passed the test at the Field Day exhibition in Harrison, also expressing his gratitude to the volunteer examiners who administered the test on site. His ham radio license was issued by the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D.C. Stone is a member of the North Arkansas Amateur Radio Society and enjoys talking with others world-wide via ham radio.
Antenna
Force 12 FPA-20-OCF Vertical running through 8 to 6 meters
Does your neighborhood forbid antennas but allow flagpoles? Is tearing up your lawn to lay 64 radials not an option? Or maybe you just want a high-per... Read more
Antenna Rotators “ARRL The Doctor is In” podcast. Listen…and learn!
“Antenna Rotators” is the topic of the new (August 2) episode of the “ARRL The Doctor is In” podcast. Listen…and learn! Sponsored by DX Engine... Read more
VHF
Digital Mobile Radio Hotspots May Be Interfering with Satellite Uplinks, AMSAT Reports
This week, AMSAT News Service (ANS) cited an August 27 report from AMSAT Vice President-Operations Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, saying that a digital mobi... Read more
WireLess Microphone for Mobile Ham
NEW ARRIVAL High Quality Mobile Car Radio WireLess Microphone Product Description 500M Wireless Mobile Radio Microphone Freely move... Read more
How To Program the Juentai JT-6188 / Zastone MP-300 Mobile Radio
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Dxing
ARRL Seeks Vintage DX Logs for Archive
ARRL continues to solicit paper logs of prominent DXpeditions or logs from stations and operators active from more rare locations from the 1950s throu... Read more
Antenna Genius 8×1 – 4O3A
Antenna Genius is a smart antenna switch that features 8 antennas to 1 radio. Designed for less demanding applications. LAN/WAN capability was a core... Read more
First contact made on 40 MHz between Ireland and Lithuania
On Wednesday the 29th of April 2020, EI4GNB in Ireland managed to complete a digital FT8 contact with LY2YR on 40.220 MHz on the new 8-metre band. No... Read more
