“The fast solar wind we have been enjoying over the past week from an extended coronal hole is finally beginning to wane. We will likely remain at unsettled conditions over the next few days and return to quieter conditions by the end of the week. We also have 3 new bright active regions on the Earth facing Sun that are boosting solar flux for amateur and shortwave radio operators and emergency responders. This means radio propagation is back to marginal levels on Earth’s day side and will likely remain that way over the next week. See the details of these bright regions, catch up on aurora photos from the recent solar storms, and see what else our Sun has in store this week!”
VHF
Motorola Announces New Two-Way Radio for Use Extreme Conditions
Motorola Solutions continues to design digital radio solutions for firefighters and has added the APX 8000XE two-way radio and APX XE500 RSM to its li... Read more
Radioddity GD-55 Plus UHF 400-480MHz Waterproof DMR Digital Radio,10W with 2800mAh Battery Mototrbo Dual Time Slot (Tier I&II)
Brief introduction for Radioddity GD-55 Plus, A Practical DMR GD-55 Plus Differentiating Factors 10W High Power IP-67 Waterproofed Mototrbo Tie... Read more
WiRES-X Software & FT-2DR Firmware Announcement
Originally broadcasted live on the Yaesu System Fusion – Official Facebook group. John Kruk, N9UPC, National Sales Manager for Yaesu USA briefly... Read more
Hytera AR-685 Handheld UHF, FM, DMR, GPS, 1 watt / 4 watts
The AR685 is fitted with a high-quality aluminum metal frame and still weighs only 310g. The lithium-ion battery with 1500mAh allows at least 16 ho... Read more
Digital Modes
Ultra Portable PSK31/RTTY Digital Modem Ham Radio HF Digital Modem
Digital Modem can encode/decode BPSK31/63, RTTY, QPSK and CWmodes without PC, specially for portable digital communication。With its internal high perf... Read more
FT4 Video presentation by K1JT
See More about New FT4 Here “At about 20 minutes into the presentation, Joe describes FT4 as being asynchronous, meaning that you can start tran... Read more
Third Public Test of FT8 DXpediton Mode Deemed a Success
The third public test of FT8 DXpedition Mode on May 5 is being called a success. The goal of the exercise was to simulate a rare DXpedition pileup on... Read more
FT8 in UK and EU contests
Recently, the RSGB Contest Committee has seen some FT8 QSOs being claimed within contest logs. At present it is difficult to complete a full contest e... Read more
Equipment
AMPLIFIER HF2013DX-A – HF 2KW
The linear amplifier HF2013DX-A is designed for all shortwave bands from 1.8MHz to 29MHz amateur (including WARC) and all operating modes. It is equip... Read more
Radio Direction Finder DF2020T
Radio Direction Finder FUNCTIONS Multi Display – Numeric & 36 LED pelorus display Compatible with APRS software Can use with “Navi2020” map plotti... Read more
FLEX-1500 – Software Defined Radio
The Entry Level QRP Software Defined Radio and Ideal IF Deck for VHF-Microwave Operation The FLEX-1500™ is a low-cost, low-wattage SDR that is... Read more
Ameritron AL 811
Ameritron AL 811 The first 600 watts make the differenceThe Al-811 gives you 600 watts PEP output — thats nearly 2 full S-units ov... Read more
Antenna
TransWorld Basic Antenna
These two folding arm units are ready for connecting to the array box of your choice, and attaching to either the sturdy Quadrastand or Permanent Moun... Read more
Building Coaxial Cable Traps by W8WWV
“ “Introduction This page describes the design and construction materials I used to build a coaxial cable trap. A coaxial cable tr... Read more
Multi-Function Portable Antenna System for 2m
Features Super-fast deployment – takes less than a minute! Great performance from a full-size dipole element Great flexibility for mounting and... Read more
Mobile Antenna Model 100A-HP 3.2 to 29 MHz
Mobile Antenna Model 100A-HP When properly installed on your vehicle the Model 100A-HP will provide continuous coverage from 3.2 to 29 MHz with the su... Read more
