Should a Baofeng be your First Ham Radio

“The Baofeng UV5R. Some have called them the savior to ham radio and others say they are nothing but a scourge to the hobby. But one is for sure, they are inexpensive and most new hams gravitate to them as their first radio due primarily to the price. So in this video I’m going to look at some of the pros and cons and if the UV5R is a good choice for your first radio “

Antenna

7Mhz 4elements Fullsize Yagi [ Video ]

January 28, 2022 No comments

7Mhz 4elements Fullsize Yagi – 50 meters H Read more

XIEGU VG4 7.5M 4-BAND BASE STATION VERTICAL ANTENNA

January 25, 2022 No comments

BASE STATION VERTICAL ANTENNA Xiegu VG4 antenna is a 4-band GP type and is made of aluminum alloy with anti-oxidation surface. It is light, solid, and... Read more

Self-contained Antenna Tracker

January 24, 2022 No comments

Antenna Tracker A self contained antenna rotator and radio controller. Natively controls Icom and Yaesu rotators and can interface with PSTRotator. No... Read more

VHQ HEX BEAM ANTENNA

January 24, 2022 No comments

HEX BEAM ANTENNA VHQ Hex Beam Complete with 6 Bands 6,10,12,15,17,20, Ice Cords. 2″ mast Hub, comes with everything needed including Ferrite cho... Read more

VHF

Icom ID-52A – AmateurLogic.Tv

January 24, 2022 No comments

Icom ID-52A Larger radio, larger color display, and louder audio. The ID-52A is much more than a replacement to the ID-51A, it’s a new way of communic... Read more

JIANPAI 8800 QUAD-Band Handheld Radio With Airband Receive

January 23, 2022 No comments

QUAD-Band Handheld Radio Specifications: Brand JIANPAI Product Model 8800UV (plus) Intercom type Full-frequency 8-band intercom Power ≤ 20W Theoretica... Read more

BTech 25×2 Dual Band Mini Mobile – Review

January 18, 2022 No comments

BTECH UV-25X2 X-Series Mobile – 25 Watt Dual Band Radio The X-Series Mobiles introduce our new fully customizable Multi-Color LCD display screen... Read more

Reviewing the Icom ID-52E 5W D-STAR Transceiver [ ICOM UK ]

January 14, 2022 No comments

The ID-52E Dual-Band D-STAR Digital Transceiver has only been available to buy for just a short time, and you may have already purchased one or be in... Read more

Software

DXLog 2.5.29 is now available

January 19, 2022 No comments

DXLog was ignoring some cluster spots from DXSpider nodes. DXLog was also ignoring some PSK spots. These have been fixed. Problems with the spot quali... Read more

LORA APRS – iGate & Tracker Configuration & Test

January 06, 2022 No comments

Here we take a look at the Lora APRS project using the TTGO Lora Boards LORA Features:Working voltage: 1.8~3.7v Acceptable current: 10~14mA Transmit c... Read more

New Icom Amateur Radio USB Driver and Control Software Updates

January 04, 2022 No comments

Over the Christmas and New Year Holiday, Icom released updates that will provide improvements to the IC-705/ID-52E USB driver and RS-BA1 Version 2 and... Read more

SDRangel – TX & RX Software Defined Radio

December 09, 2021 No comments

An overview of some of the features in SDRangel, an open-source TX & RX SDR (Software Defined Radio) application. Read more

Digital Modes

The Ultimate Portable Ham Radio Computer

November 04, 2021 No comments

Hello Operators. In this episode of the OH8STN ham radio, we are discussing replacing the raspberry pi field computer build, with the Microsoft Surfac... Read more

Get Started with FT8 – An Introduction for Beginners

November 04, 2021 No comments

FT8 is a mode in the WSJT-X software developed by Dr Joe Taylor K1JT. In this video I show how to get started and make contacts with FT8, introduction... Read more