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Review
Ham Radio Basics–Jim, W6LG Sets Up a Basic Ham Radio Station
Jim W6LG demonstrates typical connections for a basic ham radio station; power supply, transceiver, microphone and key. In the next episode, other dev... Read more
Noise Blankers and Noise Reduction -ARRL The Doctor is In
Different tools for different applications. The Doctor explains the differences. Read more
Introduction to the SOTABeams Wolfwave
SOTABeams Features Fully adjustable audio band-pass filtering instantly adjustable for voice, data and CW (b/w 50 Hz to 5 kHz) VIDEO State-of-the-art... Read more
Antenna
Easiest Fastest Way to Set Mast or Small Tower
What Is SecureSet™? Secure Set is an inert plastic, high-density, closed cell, polyurethane water blown foam. Secure Set contains no CFC’s or HF... 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
Mosley PRO-67-C-3 – HF Antenna
One antenna, 4 Elements on 10, 3 Elements on 12, 3 Elements on 15, 3 Elements on 17, 3 Elements on 20, 1 Element on 30 Meters and 3 Elements on 40 Met... Read more
The Rotator Illuminator Kit
The Rotator Illuminator kit by Idiom Press is a three-LED replacement circuit for the incandescent lamp in Hy-Gain control boxes. Buy this kit... Read more
Digital Modes
FT-8 Digital Mode Has Taken Over The HF Bands!
“Finally got my antenna back up today, decided to take a browse through the bands. There is a ton of FT-8 to be had on all the HF bands. Don... Read more
FT8 Roundup Contest to test WSJT-X (v2)
FT8 Contest – WSJT-X Photo:EA2CCG “A one-hour “practice contest” will be held next week using the FT8 mode and the ARRL RTTY... Read more
World Wide Digi DX Contest
The World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (“WWROF”), in collaboration with the Slovenia Contest Club (“SCC”), is pleased to announce the first annual... Read more
The FT4 Protocol for Digital Contesting by K1JT
Joe Taylor, K1JT, Steve Franke, K9AN, and Bill Somerville, G4WJS April 22, 2019 Introduction: FT4 is an experimental digital mode designed specificall... Read more
News
COVID-19 Affects Space Station Crew Transition
International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 62 crew is readying its Soyuz MS-15 vehicle for an April 17 departure back to Earth. Expedition 62 member... Read more
FCC Grants Temporary Emergency Authority to WISPs Operating in 5.8 GHz Band
The FCC has granted temporary permission to wireless internet service providers (WISPs) in rural portions of 29 states and the US Virgin Islands to op... Read more
NZ hams allowed “ZM” prefix during Covid-19
At the suggestion of Paul, ZL4TT, we applied to Radio Spectrum Management for, and have been granted, approval to treat the COVID-19 lockdown period a... Read more
Equipment
DZKit Sienna HF Receiver/Transceiver Kit
True kit – soldering required (about 40 hours to build boards, assemble, cal and test) Modular (start small, add modules as your budget allows)... Read more
HF/VHF/UHF All-in-One Shack-in-a-Box
“The Shack-in-a-Box HF/VHF/UHF All-in-One Shack-in-a-Box provides coverage from 160 meters through 70 centimeters in an easy-to-carry Gator Pro... Read more
Radio Incident Command Kit by N1RFD
What is my definition of a Communications Go-Kit? A Communications Go-Kit (or Radio-Ready-Kit) is made up of a portable “Amateur radio” st... Read more
Yamaha CM500 Headset with built-in microfone
Yamaha CM500 Headset The Yamaha CM500 is a Circumaural headset that combines a pair of comfortable, noise-attenuating earcups and flexible headband wi... Read more
Elad FDM-DUO: now available in camouflage!
FDM-DUO is a SDR tranceiver that offers the possibility to operate STand-alone like traditional radio or attached to a Personal Computer discovering t... Read more
KP-1 Power Meter – KOHJINSHA – 5KW
KP-1 is a SWR and Power meter employing current transformer covereing the frequency range of 1.8MHz through 30MHz. ■ A large scale analogue cross mete... Read more
News
Hawaii ARES Leverages Contest Station and Winlink for 2019 Simulated Emergency Test
ARES volunteers in Hawaii took the opportunity of the 2019 Simulated Emergency Test (SET) on October 6 (UTC) to test Winlink radio messaging to the US... Read more
Ham Radio Atlas by SP6NVK
Ham Radio Atlas Found this great Internet Ham Atlas site by Dariusz, SP6NVK with tons of high-resolution maps for all the DXCC entities. Also has maps... Read more
BaoFeng UV-82HP Dual Band (VHF/UHF) Analog Portable Two-Way Radio
BAOFENG’S UV-82 WITH TRI-POWER (1, 4, 7 WATT), UNIQUE FIRMWARE, AND NEW OPTIONS WHAT MAKES IT UNIQUE? * It has 3 Power Levels (1, 5, 7 watt) * V... Read more
Repeaters, Amateur TV Play Communication Role in California Fire Emergency
Amateur Radio repeaters and TV (ATV) have helped to keep the broader community informed on the local status of widespread fires in Southern California... Read more
