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News
Home but never alone: Celebrating World Amateur Radio Day
Image credit: Otava Tuomi. Early last year, when the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) first pushed much of the world into lockdown, one traditional... Read more
National Science Foundation Funds Creation of Research Lab at Alaska’s HAARP
A 5-year, $9.3 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant will allow the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Geophysical Institute to establish... Read more
St. Vincent Radio Amateurs on Alert During Volcano Emergency
Donald de Riggs, J88CD, on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, says that on April 13, the 42nd anniversary of the 1979 eruption of the La Soufriere v... Read more
Can You Cook A Hotdog With Ham Radio?
“I’ve always been facinated by the physical affects of RF. Today, a light experiment testing if can cook hotdogs with RF. The test incorpo... Read more
Updated Radio Frequency Exposure Rules Become Effective on May 3
The FCC has announced that rule changes detailed in a lengthy 2019 Report and Order governing RF exposure standards go into effect on May 3, 2021. The... Read more
VHF
Wouxun REVEALS the KG-UV8H Dual Band 8-watt HT Radio
Brand new from Wouxun is the KG-UV8H Handheld, which features a different screen than earlier models, an 8-watt output power, and a 3200mAH battery. L... Read more
Amateur Radio Gets a Partial Reprieve on 3.5 GHz
Pending future FCC action, amateur radio secondary use of the 3.3 – 3.45 GHz band segment may continue indefinitely. The FCC, as part of a lengthy... Read more
Dump the UV-5R and Get the GT-5R
“For years the Baofeng UV-5R has been maligned as non-compliant with FCC regulations and a real spreader of spurious emissions. Further, it woul... Read more
Best Handheld Ham Radio Under $150 – 2021
“In early 2021, these are my recommendations of the Best Handheld Ham Radios under $150.” Read more
ANYTONE AT-779UV – Dual Band Mini Mobile Radio
The Anytone AT-779UV Dual band Mobile radio is a compact rugged 25 watt mobile radio Factory pre-programmed with the Moonraker code plug including all... Read more
Antenna
Measuring Propagation Attenuation Using a Quadcopter by N6GN
These tests show that the signal strength of a local station can be many tens of decibels weaker than from a DX station. For the last several years I... Read more
Omni-Directional – Circularly (Mixed) Polarized Antenna for 144 MHz / VHF / 2 Meters.
Introduction and Background This is an experimental project that may lead to further development in the future, but even as presented below, it does w... Read more
Antenna Dinamica 3el Yagi 6 to 40 meters
Price 2790 Euro See More Antenna Dinamica: Link Read more
Antenna Construction and the Optimized Wideband Antenna
https://youtu.be/U9qJjThjdew Read more
80 Meter Shortened Inverted-L Bazooka Antenna
Bazooka Antenna A DOUBLE BAZOOKA antenna is an extremely broad-banded Half Wave Antenna that can operate efficiently across an entire Ham band with li... Read more
Review
History of Digital Modes
“Here’s a talk I gave for a San Jose-area ham club via Zoom. This talk is recreated from the charts. Join me for a pleasant 45 minutes (or... Read more
Portable RTL – SDR Software Defined Radio with Android
Portable RTL – SDR Software Defined Radio with Android Read more
FTDX10 – Sherwood Engineering
http://www.sherweng.com/index.html Read more
mcHF SDR QRP RS-918 Review
RS-918SSB Main Features Spectrum Dynamic Waterfall Display Multiple Working Modes: Receive,Transmit,Tune,VFO,SPLIT DSP Digital Signal Processing Noise... Read more
Retevis RT84 Dual Band DMR Handheld Review
“A new dual band DMR HT is on the market from Retevis, with a model number of RT84. In this video, we try to load an RT82 codeplug into the radi... Read more
