On the 17th of July 2020, there was an opening between the Canary Islands and the UK & Ireland on the VHF & UHF bands. A remarkable contact was made on 1296 MHz between EA8CXN and EI2FG which turned out to be a new IARU Region-1 tropo record for the 23cms microwave band.
Review
Icom IC-7300 HF/6m Radio Walkthrough
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Yaesu Reveals the FTM-300DR Dual Band Mobile Radio
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“This time, I’m out in the field (way out in the Arizona desert) Field testing the MFJ Octopus antenna. So how does it hold up in 60 MPH w... Read more
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POWER POLE DC OUTLET – MFJ 1124 , 1106 , 1126, 1128, 1129, 1104
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MFJ Extends its Cobweb Antenna to 40 Meters [ Review ]
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VHF
WRC-19: request to support 50MHz
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Yaesu FTM-7250DR – Overview – Features – Specification
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Getting Started with the FM Satellites
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Juentai JT-6188 VHF/UHF
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Hytera PD36X DMR Portable Review
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New ! BIG TAJFUN 1000 144 MHz – 1KW
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IARU Region 1 announce a new edition (8.00) of the VHF Handbook
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ICOM 2019 P25 CAP
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Successful VHF QSO between ZS3 and ZD7
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