“Our Sun keeps us on our toes this week by sending another solar storm our way, even as we continue to recover from the previous one. Only two days ago we hit G2-levels and the effects are still waning. This means Earth’s shield is a little rattled now and so it will be a bit more sensitive to the effects of the next storm. We could could bump back up to storm levels by November 9 with aurora coming down to mid-latitudes sporadically over the weekend. Learn the details of the coming solar storm, see why amateur radio operators
News
Radio Amateurs to Demonstrate Emergency Messaging Capabilities for Red Cross, FEMA
Just days ahead of the 2019 Hurricane Season, dozens of hams along the US East Coast will demonstrate Amateur Radio’s ability to deliver messages with... Read more
First Ham Satellite — OSCAR 1 — will Join AMSAT’s 50th Anniversary Celebration at Dayton
A working prototype of OSCAR 1, Amateur Radio’s first satellite, will be on display at AMSAT’s Dayton Hamvention® booth. AMSAT’s exhibit will be in Bu... Read more
The FCC is Not Reinstating a Vanity Call Sign Fee
An erroneous report this week suggested that the FCC planned to again impose an Amateur Radio vanity call sign application (regulatory) fee of $70 for... Read more
Digital Modes
FT4 vs FT8 – A new mode, what’s the difference?
The FT4 Protocol for Digital Contesting by K1JT Read more
New FT4 Mode with more 20K spots in few your hours realese
Source: LINK WSJTX 2.1.0RC5 Release! – The FT4 Protocol for Digital Contesting The FT4 Protocol for Digital Contesting by K1J... 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
VHF
Yaesu FT-3DR C4FM/FM Dual Band Transceiver
Yaesu FT-3DR Yaesu FT-3DR 5W C4FM/FM 144/430MHz Dual Band Digital Transceiver Reservation The new FT3DR provides reliable 5W RF power output in compac... Read more
Antenna
Dual-band V-UHF Quad Antennas
Why choose the 6BS-270 antenna versus a traditional Yagui? · Elements of full wavelength, reaching maximum efficiency in TX / RX. · Optimized design.... Read more
Chameleon Emcomm IIIP Antenna – Antenna, Portable, 160M-10M
CHAMELEON ANTENNA EMCOMM-III Portable HF Antenna is specially designed for short to long range portable and man-pack HF communications. The EMCOMM III... Read more
Camouflaged Ham Radio Antenna
Model Frequency (MHz) Gain (dBi) Length Feedline VT-14 144-148 2.6 36 in. 3 ft. RG-58 VT-22 222-225 2.6 25 in. 3 ft. RG-58 VT-44 440-450 2.6 16... Read more
Review
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Coaxial Cable vs Balanced Lines – “ARRL The Doctor is In“ [PODCAST]
“Coaxial Cable vs Balanced Lines” is the topic of the current (November 23) episode of the “ARRL The Doctor is In“ podcast. Listen…and learn! Mo... Read more
Heil HS2 Hand PTT switch for 2 radios with MFJ-1263
“In this video you will find information about the Heil HS2 handheld PTT switch that I use with my 2 Kenwood radios (TS-2000 and TS-990), thanks... Read more
FT8, Scope Kit , Pi Zero W : AmateurLogic 107
Peter operates the new FT8 Digital Mode from Joe Taylor. Tommy builds the DSO138 Scope Kit. George discusses the Raspberry Pi Zero W. Wayne build an A... Read more
Where in the world is your antenna taking you today?
“This time I’m exploring the world of wspr or weak signal propagation reporting and the new WSPRLITE transmitter from SOTABEAMS. Plus, Mac... Read more
Review and Tutorial on Radioddity/Baofeng RD-5R DMR Dualbander
“Two Chinese companies, Radioddity and Baofeng, have teamed up to bring you the US$75 dual-band FM/DMR radio housed in the old UV-5R package. Th... Read more
Controlling the OM2000A+ from Tablet
The automatic linear amplifier OM2000A+ is designed for all short wave amateur bands from 1.8 to 29 MHz (including WARC bands) + 50 MHz and all modes.... Read more
SAQ Alexanderson Alternator Transmission Set for Christmas Eve
Sweden’s Alexanderson alternator station SAQ has planned a Christmas Eve transmission on 17.2 kHz. The transmitter will be tuned up starting at around... Read more
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