SWR
W6LG, Jim, shows the loss in RG8X in a simple demonstration without using Algebra and Smith Charts.
Antenna
KM4ACK End Fed Half Wave Antenna Build And Review
KM4ACK End Fed Half Wave Antenna Build And Review Kit includes everything you need to build a 49:1 end fed half wave antenna. Antenna works without ne... Read more
Five Wire Antennas Vying for Reference Station
Five Wire Antennas Vying for Reference Station Read more
A Super-Duper Tiny 3D-Printed HF Radio Antenna.
A Super-Duper Tiny 3D-Printed HF Radio Antenna. Read more
Small Garden Vertical HF Antenna Installation
Vertical HF Antenna Installation Read more
News
2020 Amateur Radio Holiday Gift Guide
2020 Amateur Radio Holiday Gift Guide Read more
Coast Guard Proposes to Discontinue HF Voice Watchkeeping
The US Coast Guard has invited comments by January 21, 2021, on a proposal to discontinue HF voice watchkeeping. The proposal appeared on No... Read more
RadioShack to be reborn
RadioShack The good news is that as of today RadioShack has officially been purchased by Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV), giving the troubled company... Read more
Best Black Friday Deals for 2020 for HAM RADIO
Best Black Friday Deals for 2020 for HAM RADIO Read more
VHF
ARRL Asks FCC to Allow 3.4-GHz Operation until Spectrum is Occupied
In comments to the FCC, ARRL has argued that radio amateurs be allowed to continue shared operation in the 3.4 GHz band until 5G licensees who purchas... Read more
OH2BC installs large InnovAntennas 50MHz array
Every now and then, a really special antenna system gets installed and usually it is a result of desire, commitment and dedication of the station owne... Read more
3000km plus contact made on 433 MHz from St.Helena to South Africa
On the 16th of October 2020, there was a remarkable 3000+ km contact made on the 70cms band between South Africa and St.Helena in the South Atlantic.... Read more
Baofeng BF-F8+ III Tri Band HT Radio | Tri Band Ham Radio Handheld
The BF-F8+ is the first UV-5R radio to get a full internal upgrade.It has the updated internal components of the GT-3 but also full backward comp... Read more
App - Mobile
DX Hunter – The amateur radio App for DX-enthusiasts
DX Hunter – The amateur radio App for DX-enthusiasts Description DX-Hunter is an application for amateur radio operators, short wave listeners a... Read more
DroidRTTY – RTTY for Ham Radio App Android
Ham Radio App DroidRTTY is an application to decode and encode Ham Radio RTTY with the build in microphone/speaker or wired to your radio. A wa... Read more
MacLoggerDX HD for iPad
MacLoggerDX HD is an Amateur Radio application that monitors the spots from your favourite DX Cluster for DXing, Contesting or casual rag-chewing. It... Read more
Review
Review of the MFJ-1835 Cobweb Antenna
MFJ Cobweb Antenna For restricted spaces, 5-Bands: 20/17/15/12/10 Meters . . . Restricted space spoiling your operating fun? MFJ Cobweb puts... Read more
The Most Advanced DMR & 4G LTE Radio – RFinder B1
The Most Advanced DMR & 4G LTE Radio – RFinder B1 The RFinder B1 is the most advanced Dual Band (VHF/UHF) DMR Transceiver combined with an e... Read more
Is a Baofeng UV5R a Good SHTF Radio – Ham Radio Q&A
“Many in the prepper community believe that the inexpensive Chinese radios like the Baofeng UV5R handhelds are sufficient for emergency or disas... Read more
SWR , How To Measure And Is it Important
SWR W6LG, Jim, shows the loss in RG8X in a simple demonstration without using Algebra and Smith Charts. Read more
VHF
3000km plus contact made on 433 MHz from St.Helena to South Africa
On the 16th of October 2020, there was a remarkable 3000+ km contact made on the 70cms band between South Africa and St.Helena in the South Atlantic.... Read more
Successful VHF QSO between ZS3 and ZD7
Kobus van der Merwe, ZS3JPY reports that between 19:45 and 21:45 UTC on Wednesday 7 November 2018, a QSO took place on 2 metres between St Helena Isla... Read more
Hytera X1P – Two Way Radio ( VHF and UHF )
Hytera X1p two way radio, ultra-thin full power keypad digital portable radio, complies fully with ETSI open standard. Perfect combination of... Read more
BTECH DMR-6X2 Digital (DMR) & Analog Two-Way Radio (with GPS and Recording)
The BTECH DMR-6X2 is the most versatile dual-band DMR radio available. Designed for both amateur and commercial usage with its large, bright 1.77... Read more
