“Jouni Hiltunen, OH2GVD, sent me this old Soviet Union (Russia, for those of you too young to remember the cold war) military radiotelegraph key. Fascinating device! I examine it in considerable detail. Many thanks to Jouni!”
Antenna
John Stanford, KF6I at SteppIR Antennas
“As we mentioned in our press release today, we are super excited to share that we have hired John Stanford as the newest member of our leadersh... Read more
Broadband K4KIO Hex-Beam
“KIO Broadband Hexagonal Beam Antenna This two element, five band, directional antenna installation was accomplished in the following phases: 1... Read more
Scorpion SA6-160 – Mobile Antenna 80 to 6 m
A gasketed sealed Polycarbonate enclosure mounted at the base of the antenna sports two shunt coils switched through a relay. An 8 turn shunt c... Read more
90’ MAGNETIC LOOP T3FD TERMINATED FOLDED DIPOLE ANTENNA
T3FD TERMINATED FOLDED DIPOLE AMATEUR RADIO ANTENNA KIT DESIGNED TO WORK AT ONLY 35 FEET ELEVATION FLAT OR AS A SLOPER. BRAND NEW. THIS ANTENNA IS ASS... Read more
Equipment
RigExpert WTI-1 – Wireless Transceiver Interface
RigExpert WTI-1 is a revolutionary new device to interface your transceiver to your computer wirelessly. It provides: Transceiver audio interface Anal... Read more
Mountain Topper Tri-Bander
Mountain Topper Tri-Bander Developed by Steve Weber KD1JV Designs FULLY ASSEMBLED – Manufactured by LNR Precision, Inc. A very small, very effi... Read more
Little Boy — An LDMOS HF Amplifier
Little Boy — AN LDMOS HF Amplifier by W6KANI recently watched the movie Fat Man and Little Boy, a 1989 great movie about the Manhattan project a... Read more
CD-45II METERED ROTATOR W/FRICTION BRAKE 8.5 SF MT N TOWER
The CD-45II handles 8.5 sq. feet mounted inside a tower, or 5 sq. ft. with mast adapter. Low temperature grease good to -30 F degrees. Bell rotator de... Read more
New tinySA is here!
The tinySA is a small spectrum analyzer, primarily intended for 0.1MHz to 350MHz input but it has some nice other capabilities: Spectrum Analyzer with... Read more
VHF
Digital Mobile Radio Hotspots May Be Interfering with Satellite Uplinks, AMSAT Reports
This week, AMSAT News Service (ANS) cited an August 27 report from AMSAT Vice President-Operations Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, saying that a digital mobi... Read more
VHF Handbook Available for Download
The new version of the IARU Region 1 VHF Handbook 7.50 covering VHF, UHF and Microwaves is now available for download. The handbook has chapters on Ba... Read more
An Introduction to the Icom IC-2730E UHF/VHF Dual Band Transceiver
This video provides an introduction to the Icom IC-2730E mobile transceiver that provides VHF/VHF, UHF/UHF simultaneous receive capability as well a... Read more
Es’hail-2 geostationary amateur radio transponders talk
Es’hail-2 Graham Shirville (G3VZV) & Dave Crump (G8GKQ) update us on Es’hail-2 and its amateur radio payload at the AMSAT-UK International S... Read more
Review
Explaining Ham Radio Antenna Baluns, UNUNs and Toroids
Explaining Ham Radio Antenna Baluns, UNUNs and Toroids Read more
DIY Remote Radio Now – Win the April 2017 QST Cover Plaque Award
WB2REM and K5PA Win the April 2017 QST Cover Plaque Award The winning article for the April 2017 QST Cover Plaque award is “DIY Remote Radio Now” by... Read more
Top Five Amateur Radio Reviews of 2018
A popular topic on this channel are my product reviews. I will often review amateur radio related products as hams are infinitely curious on how a par... Read more
Cory Gibson, W3CDG and Tim Duffy, K3LR discuss the new DX Engineering Radio RF Ground Plane Kits.
DX Engineering Radio RF Ground Plane Kits provide an effective method of reducing stray RF pickup by equipment and interconnecting cables. Used under... Read more
