There is still plenty of activity on the HF Aeronautical bands. You can listen to civil and military aircraft every day with just some frugal hardware.
Antenna
80M EH Antenna by WB5CXC
EH Antenna “This is a picture of my EH ‘STAR’ antenna for 80 meters. It has two cylinders made from aluminum flashing 30 1/2” long, wrapped ar... Read more
End-Fed Half-Wave Antenna Kit | Part One: BUILD
Get radio active! In this video, you’re guided STEP-BY-STEP by ARRL member Rob Zielfelder, Jr., N1NUG, to build an End-Fed Half-Wave Antenna Kit... Read more
Antennas TOO Close Together
Steve, AI7SV, is having some trouble with his antennas due to him placing them too close together. Read more
The Fence Fan Dipole (FFD) — A Quick, Easy and Inexpensive Multiband Antenna
“Editor’s Note: Due to the popularity of some of eHam’s older articles, many of which you may not have read, the eHam.net team has d... Read more
Review
Get Your First Look at the NEW Yaesu FTM-300DR
** Available Late May 2020 ** The new FTM-300DR provides stable and reliable 50W RF power output. As in recent YAESU mobile transceivers, the FTM-300D... Read more
Getting your Equipment in the Right Order
Frank Arciuolo, W1ZAH, is having some problems with his antenna set up and SWR. Dave here to help point him in the right direction. Read more
Chameleon MPAS 2 NVIS (Near Vertical Incidence Skywave) Antenna
“Part 2 of my look at the Chameleon MPAS 2.0 Modular Portable Antenna System. I set the antenna up in the horizontal NVIS (Near Vertical Inciden... Read more
Equipment
Microsat APRS Voyager + GPS-RS232
APRS Tracker/TNC With 7W Transceiver With External GPS Antenna Configuration software for Windows (STABLE firmware): APRS Voyager Configurator v1.08 (... Read more
Ten- Tec 507 Patriot – Open Source Arduino-based SSB/CW QRP Transceiver
The 507 Patriot utilizes a chipKIT Uno32 prototyping board which give users access to an Arduino-based programming environment. With its 32-bit... Read more
Hambuilder V3.0 HBR4HF 4 Band HF Transceiver
HBR4HF V3.0, is another 4-banders series from Hambuilder. It is a medium size desktop transceiver with big enough power. We try to keep it low cost, s... Read more
MFJ-269C HF/VHF/220MHZ/UHF,.530-230,415-470MHZ,SWR ANALYZER
MFJ-269C Covers 530 KHz-230 MHz and 415-470 MHz . . . SWR . . . Complex RFImpedance: Resistance(R) and Reactance(X) or Magnitude(Z) and Phase(degrees)... Read more
The new Elecraft SP3 Speaker
Elecraft SP3 Speaker Peter Waters, G3OJV and Justin Johnson G0KSC are in the US in the lead up to Newark collecting information and products for a... Read more
News
Yaesu FTM 200DR & FTM 300DR – Dayton Hamvention 2022
2022 saw the return of the Dayton Hamvention and also celebrated the 70th anniversary of the world’s largest ham radio trade show. Ham Radio Out... Read more
10-Min Tear-Down DX Commander Expedition Antenna
My Holiday Ham Radio Antenna. NOTE: I used a Classic Stay-Up kit as an experiment. These are not normally supplied but I was away for 2-weeks and was... Read more
ARRL Field Day 2022: 500,000 Contacts Already Reported
2022 ARRL Field Day wrapped up nearly a week ago, and ARRL Headquarters has already received over 2,400 entries submitted via the online... Read more
New PicoAPRS V4
PicoAPRS V4 VHF radio 1W TX pwr Bluetooth Wifi Microphone& speaker for voice com. USB-C on the side Color IPS screen 5 way button+PTT PicoAPRS V4.... Read more
Use your Privileges Properly – Ham Radio
Due to some inquiry by Eric, KB0YDN, I decided to make this video discussing the incident of the Ham Firefighting Interference in Idaho Last year. Thi... Read more
