“The Sun naps this week as all the activity turns to its backside. We do have a near miss from a solar storm that is grazing Earth to the west, but it looks to be causing only minor disturbances. We might see disturbed conditions at high latitudes this week, but for the most part the Space Weather should remain pretty quiet. Catch up on details of the recent solar storm and learn when new solar storms will strike Earth again”
Review
Working QRP – LDG Z817 Tuner Review
A hands on look at the LDG Z817 Autotuner with a QRP contact at Foymount Ontario. <span style=”color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;”>T... Read more
SuperAntenna: Oggie AC3EK’s Experience
SuperAntenna: Oggie AC3EK’s Experience Read more
External Mic and PTT for the Elecraft KX2 & KX3
Elecraft KX3 & KX2 are excellent radios for handheld portable HF operation. Elecraft KX2 is the better option for handheld portable HF operation,... Read more
FTDX10 – Sherwood Engineering
http://www.sherweng.com/index.html Read more
VHF
How To Program the Juentai JT-6188 / Zastone MP-300 Mobile Radio
Ham Radio 2.0: Episode 20 As a follow up to Episode 5, this video shows you how to program a repeater channel into the radio and save it into the memo... Read more
AMSAT/Vanderbilt RadFXSat-2/Fox 1E Set to Launch
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne is a go for launch on Wednesday, January 13, at 1500 UTC, carrying the AMSAT/Vanderbilt RadFXSat-2/Fox-1E CubeSat into spac... Read more
Alinco DJ-MD5T VHF/UHF 5W DMR HT
Alinco DJ-MD5T VHF/UHF 5W DMR DUal Mode Tier I/II HT Features: DMR Tier I and Tier II 1.77 inch TFT color LCD VFO/MR Switch Output Power Selection (5W... Read more
Portable Repeater Controller
This microprocessor-based Portable Repeater Controller was designed to quickly build a fully functional repeater ‘in the field’ in less th... Read more
VHF /UHF / SHF Distance Records
DX Records VHF /UHF / SHF Distance Records Claimed North American Distance Records as of June 4, 2014. List maintained by Al Ward, W5LUA. Send... Read more
App - Mobile
OpenHPSDR Radio – Android App
Check this new app on Google Play Software Defined Radio. Supports the following hardware: HPSDR Atlas based systems using Metis. HPSDR Hermes... Read more
SDR Touch demo on Android device using SDRplay RSP
This demonstrates turning an Android Tablet (or Android Phone) into a highly portable comms receiver or spectrum analyzer operating from Long Wave to... Read more
RFinder – The World Wide Repeater Directory now has Jamming Reports!
RFinder now includes the ability to make jamming reports. This is already available in RFinder Android and should be available on iOS devices by Dayto... Read more
AmsatDroidFree now open source
AmsatDroidFree satellite tracking App for Android devices is now open source. This App predicts future passes for amateur radio satellites for a speci... Read more
Shortwave radio distributes smartphone apps
Imagine being able to download an app…without the internet. Well, it’s finally happened, thanks to shortwave radio. Broadcasting Board of Governors (B... Read more
Software
New WSJT mode Q65
WSJT-X 2.4.0 will introduce Q65, a digital protocol designed for minimal two-way QSOs over especially difficult propagation paths On paths with D... Read more
Ham Radio Deluxe
Read this BEFORE you download and install this software. Keys formatted like “ASDF-QWER-ZXCV-ASDF” will NOT work. That software license se... Read more
Gqrx 2.13 is out!
Gqrx SDR 2.13 argilo released this 15 hours ago Stereo option for UDP streaming. Script to generate AppImage. Allow scroll wheel direction to be inve... Read more
WSJT-X Beta Release Introduces Digital Protocols Designed for LF and MF Bands
The latest beta release of the WSJT-X digital software suite includes digital protocols particularly designed for communication on LF and MF... Read more
The CAT Tool for WebSDRs
CATSync allows you to syncronize public WebSDR receivers with your real rig connected via CAT control to your computer. It supports the classical WebS... Read more
