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.
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DX Engineering Coax Cable Stripping Tools DXE-UT-8213
DX Engineering Coax Cable Stripping Tools provide a new and easy way to prepare your 50 ohm coax cable for the installation of solder-type PL-2... Read more
Skew Planar Wheel Antenna for 435MHz
Antenna for 435MHz Skew-Planar antenna has had little attention in the amateur radio community despite being present in QST by Robert H.... Read more
4-Radio 8-Antenna Switch – Array Solutions
This compact system allows you to share up to 8 different antennas with 4 different radios. Perfect for Multi-Single, Multi-2, and some small M... Read more
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Icom Amateur Radio and D-STAR Catalogues , Now Available to Download!
“The 2015 editions of the Icom Amateur radio and D-STAR catalogues are now available to download from this website. Both catalogues have been up... Read more
BTECH UV-2501 – MINI MOBILE 25 WATT RADIO
UV-2501 WHAT MAKES IT UNIQUE? Synchronize Display Mode Scrambler/Inversion, DTMF, 5Tone, 2Tone, CTCSS, and DCS Calling Modes (Remote Kill/Stun Support... Read more
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“The QSL Man” Wayne Carroll, W4MPY, SK
“The QSL Man” Wayne Carroll, W4MPY, of Aiken, South Carolina, died on July 3. An ARRL member, he was 87. For many years, starting in the 1970s, “Wimpy... Read more
IOTA Announces Another Six New Island Groups
The Islands on the Air (IOTA) Amateur Radio awards program announced six new island entities at its HAM RADIO forum in Friedrichshafen, Germany, this... Read more
Orkney Islands DXpedition Announces Call Sign
The Perseverance DX Group (PDXG) team planning the 2020 DXpedition to Orkney Islands will use the call sign VP8/VP8DXU. The team reports that radio an... Read more
