An introduction to an international public service and technology hobby known as Amateur Radio
The Northern California DX Foundation is pleased and proud to announce that it has published a Special Edition of the NCDXF Newsletter consisting of a... Read more
WLW (700 AM) – branded Newsradio 700 WLW – is a commercial news/talk radio station serving Greater Cincinnati. Owned by iHeartMedia, WLW is a 50,000-w... Read more
“I was privileged to catch up with Mike, WA9PIE, from Ham Radio Deluxe at this year’s Texas Hamcom. He discusses some new features of his... Read more
The November 4 inaugural launch of an experimental US military vehicle carrying several satellites with Amateur Radio payloads into orbit failed in mi... Read more
Quarter Century Wireless Association (QCWA) For Immediate Release: August 31, 2015 For more information contact: Charles Tropp N2SO charlestropp@y... Read more
Spratly Island Looks like we will have more interference to deal with! BY DAVID BRUNNSTROM Satellite images show China may be installing a high-freque... Read more
DX News — ARRL DX Bulletin #1:ZCZC AE01 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 1 ARLD001 >From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT January 7, 2016 To all radio a... Read more
Recent Posts
NCDXF Announces Publication of Martti Laine, OH2BH, Article on Working DX Pileups
WLW’s 500,000 Watt Transmitter and Super Tower
Ham Radio Deluxe Software from Hamcom 2019
Hawaii Launch of Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio Payloads Fails
World’s Oldest Ham Recognized
China may be installing HF radar on Spratly Island
DX News — ARRL DX Bulletin #1 2016
Antenna
CrankIR Series Antenna Vertical
Steppir Antenna Verticals are the only true ¼ wave continuous coverage antennas available for the HF bands. The SteppIR technology has had a pr... Read more
JK2040-Hawk – Yagi antenna of 5 elements for the 20 m band and 3 elements for the 40 m band on a 40 foot (12.19 m) boom
The JK2040 Hawk has phenomenal performance characteristics on 20m and 40m. The 38ft boom 20m Yagi has been optimized for high gain and a good F/R with... Read more
Tuner free directional HF Multiband Field Expedient Antenna kit
Description: This 10-80 Meter Multiband FEA (Field Expedient Antenna) Kit enables you to customize your Alpha Multiband HF Antenna. The kit can then b... Read more
EF155SL – 21 MHz Mono band antenna by YU7EF
21 MHz Mono band antenna by YU7EF See More: Link Read more
Vehicular HF Antenna Base 1.8 – 54MHz
The CHA HYBRID Base is designed to enhance the capabilities of the common HF radio application by allowing faster tuning operation across the HF bands... Read more
Review
New Design QYT KT-8900D Dual band Quad Display Mobile with Big LCD Screen
QYT KT-8900D Dual Band Quad-standby Colorful Screen Mini Mobile Vehicle-mounted Radio TX & RX 136-174MHz & 400-480MHz 200 Channels FM Radio Fe... Read more
ID-4100A vs ID-880H Smackdown
ID-4100A VHF/UHF Dual Band D-STAR Transceiver Specifications General Frequency coverage TX RX 144–148, 430–450 MHz 118–174, 230–550 MHz* *Guaranteed... 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
Retevis RT-95 Dual Band Mobile Transceiver Review – Ham Radio Q&A
New Black Retevis RT95Dual Band 200 Channels Mobile Car Radio Description: RT95 Mobile Radio has nice housing, stoutness & stability, advanced and... Read more
Yaesu FT-991 vs FT-991A
Yaesu FT-991A The New FT-991A – HF/50/144/430 MHz All-Mode “Field Gear” Transceiver – Coming October 2016 The FT-991A is the next-generation of the wi... Read more
Digital Modes
Getting Started With Digital Modes
This comprehensive video explains the concept behind amateur radio digital modes and describes the hardware and cabling required to get started. This... Read more
WSJT-X Version 2.0.0-rc1 Released – Download FT8
Go to New Features in WSJT-X 2.0 for a detailed description of its new features. Further technical information (primarily of interest to programmers)... Read more
FSQCALL – New Digital Mode
A Directed Messaging System for FSQ Introducing FSQCall Sending text using FSQ is generally very reliable, certainly more so than other digital modes... Read more
EURAO Party – Autumn 2014: be digital, explore 30m
The European Radio Amateurs’ Organization, together with the 30 Meter Digital Group , announce a new party on the air, this time with the... Read more
New Digital Modes Gain Traction for Moonbounce, but Occasionally Show Up on HF
In December, Joe Taylor, K1JT, released the latest version (1.7) of his WSJT-X software suite, designed to facilitate basic Amateur Radio communicatio... Read more
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