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Review
Knot for Coax Strain Relief
“Here’s a handy knot you can use to tie to coax to allow strain relief at coax connections on your antennas. I saw this in QST some time a... Read more
Custom Coax Cables for Your Station
Custom Coax Cables “Mark, W8BBQ shows how easy it is to use the DX Engineering Custom Cable Builder. Just four easy steps! The builder lets you... Read more
The MFJ-1234 Rig Pi Remote Station from Dayton Hamvention 2019
“The new Rig-Pi from MFJ, model MFJ-1234, is the next logical step in remote operation. For a low price, it will remote control almost any rig a... Read more
Antenna
What’s Inside a 49:1 Unun?
Terence, 2E0IPK, asks “What makes a 49:1 unun and what does 49:1 actually mean? Read more
Isotron ISO20/15/10 – 3 Band HF 20, 15 & 10 Meter Antenna Combination
An Isotron Antenna Solves Virtually Any Restricted Space Problem – For example, a 40 Meter Isotron measures only 22 inches x 16 inches x 15 inch... Read more
20M LOADED DIPOLE – HALF A YAGI?
Here we take a look at building a short, loaded dipole for 20 Meters, 14 MHz. In fact, this is going to be half of a 2 element yagi for the 20M band. Read more
Cushcraft R9 covers 6,10,12,15,17,20,30,40,80 Meters
This multiband vertical designs provide 9 band coverage encompassing the 6, 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 30, 40 and 80 meter bands. Cushcraft achieved a majo... Read more
Digital Modes
MFJ-1204 – USB TO RIG SC INTERFACE, W/8-PIN DIN,DATA/ACC PORT
MFJ-1204 Includes radio interface cable (8-PIN DIN) Sign up for the digital revolution and explore a whole new world of amateur radio excitement using... Read more
Fldigi v3.23.16 now available
The hard-working development team led by W1HKJ have announced the release of Fldigi v3.23.16. This version of Fldigi is a maintenance release with a v... Read more
RTTY Contest Champ Don Hill, AA5AU, Achieves Remote Contesting Milestone
Champion RTTY contester Don Hill, AA5AU, of Louisiana may be the first US radio amateur to operate SO2R (single operator, two radio) remotely in an RT... Read more
New Digital Modes Gain Traction for Moonbounce, but Occasionally Show Up on HF
In December, Joe Taylor, K1JT, released the latest version (1.7) of his WSJT-X software suite, designed to facilitate basic Amateur Radio communicatio... Read more
News
K4BEN, announces the official beta of his Remote Radio Service
K4BEN, announces the official beta of his Remote Radio Service, DXRemote.net. It is a very simple concept: his enterprise-class, redundant n... Read more
New at ICOM Hamvention 2022!
ICOM Hamvention 2022! Take your contesting experience to the next level with the latest LDMOS power device with features supporting a SO2R operation i... Read more
AMSAT-UK announce the 2022 International Space Colloquium
AMSAT-UK is very happy to announce the 2022 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium will be held as part of the RSGB Convention on October 8-9 at the... Read more
ICOM will announce news at Hamvention
This morning Icom announced that it will have “new and exciting is on the horizon” during Dayton Hamvention 2022 Will it be a new HF or VH... Read more
Equipment
2-way RX splitter
The splitter or combiner is a very useful device. It can provide equal voltages, equal current, or equal power to matched or unmatched loads. Like all... Read more
Alinco DR-PM300SE
Ideal for simultaneous calls on work vehicles such as heavy machinery and various cranes, and also as a base station for alternate calls! It is a... 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
OM4000 HF POWER AMPLIFIER – 4KW
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE OM4000 HF POWER AMPLIFIER The linear amplifier OM4000 HF is designed for all short wave amateur bands from 1.8 till... Read more
Diamond CX-210N
The Diamond CX-210N is a low loss, two position coaxial switch providing very low loss and high isolation. It is rated DC to 3000 MHz and can handle u... Read more
Kenwood TS-990S HF/6m Flagship Base Station Being Built
Kenwood TS-990S HF/6m Giving you a rare glimpse behind the scenes at Kenwood’s Communications Division factory at Yamagata, in northern Japan,... Read more
News
ACOM Company Tour
ACOM Company Tour. HF power amplifier production – ACOM 1010, ACOM 1000, ACOM 700S, ACOM 1200S, ACOM 1500, ACOM 2100 and ACOM 2000A. Read more
International 70 MHz allocations
70 MHz allocations Most Wanted VUSHF DX Source: http://www.70mhz.org/ Read more
France Stands its Ground on 144 – 146 MHz Aeronautical Mobile Sharing Proposal
A French “annex” to its proposal to have the Aeronautical Mobile Service (AMS) share 144 – 146 with Amateur Radio doubles down on that country’s deter... Read more
Happy National Girl Scouts Day!
Today we would like to recognize and congratulate all the girl scouts who have earned their Radio and Wireless Technology Patch. The patch supports th... Read more
TV Interview IARU R1 on Nile TV
Interview Nile TV Breakfast show with IARU Region 1 President Hans Blondeel Timmerman PB2T and IARU Region 1 Vice President Elect Faisal Al-Ajmi 9K2RR... Read more
