The August edition of Digital QST is now available for viewing on your desktop or laptop. Click here to view the issue. It is also available for reading on your Apple, Android, or Kindle Fire device.
● See images – and new products – from the 2018 Dayton Hamvention.
● Try a novel approach to using windowed feed lines.
● Build a two-element Yagi antenna for 17 meters.
● Learn the symbolism behind the FCC Seal.
…and much more!
Enjoy Content You Won’t Find in the Print Edition…
● See our video demonstration of the HF Signals BITX40 40-meter SSB transceiver.
Every issue of QST is filled with the news and features you need to keep active in Amateur Radio.
“KIO Broadband Hexagonal Beam Antenna This two element, five band, directional antenna installation was accomplished in the following phases: 1... Read more
Gordon West (WB6NOA) talks about HF mobile antennas, and getting the feed-point impedance at 50 Ohms. Also covered, is a recommendation on the type of... Read more
VERSA BEAM VERSATILE Antenna to cover all the sky in the world ! 100% designed and proof tested in Japan When planning your new antenna syst... Read more
The Cobweb 2000The 5 bander CobWeb Antenna is a High Quality designed antenna with products from Europe. We don’t use low-budget accessories. This Cob... Read more
11 BEAM antenna elements 3 bands Frequency [Frequency]: 28, 21, 14 MHz Number of elements [Number of elements]: 28 MHz – 5 el. 21 MHz – 3... Read more
The JK402P (Piccolo) is a 18Ft boom 2 element 40m Yagi that has excellent gain and F/R. The elements are loaded Capacitively & Inductively which... Read more
Antenna
Broadband K4KIO Hex-Beam
HF Mobile Antennas by Ham Nation
Kojinsha KA1-406 – Yagi Antenna 7 to 28MHz
High Quality 5 bander CobWeb Antenna
Antenna BEAM 11 elements 3 bands
JK402-PICCOLO 2 Elements on 40M / 18 Foot Boom
What are grounding, bonding, earthing, shielding and protecting in the amateur radio station? This is Part 1 of a series of videos. Should you run a g... Read more
The winning article for the February 2020 QST Cover Plaque award is “CW Combo Key” by Marc Alan Winzenried, WA9ZCO. The QST Cover Plaque Award —... Read more
Announcement about the new firmware release for the FTM-400XD, FTM-400D, FTM-100D mobiles radio and PDN functionality. Read more
“With all the low-cost performance SDR available these days, we can have a lot of fun experimenting with it. But we need antenna, with the MFJ-1... Read more
Review of MFJ’s newest radio. MFJ is the sole importer of the new Xiegu X5105 160m-6m QRP SSB/CW/AM/FM radio with built in rechargeable battery... Read more
X-SERIES BTECH MOBILES The X-Series Mobiles introduce our new fully customizable Multi-Color LCD display screen. You can adjust the complete display t... Read more
Review
Jim W6LG Talks About Grounding, Bonding, Earthing, Shielding and Protecting
WA9ZCO Wins the February QST Cover Plaque Award
ANNOUNCEMENT – FTM-400XD/FTM-400D/FTM-100D PDN
MFJ-1708SDR review – Share your antenna between your transceiver and an SDR
Review of MFJ’s New Xiegu X5105 HF QRP Deluxo
BaofengTech UV-50X2 Testing : Ham Radio 2.0
Icom, to meet the new standard start released the 260MHz band municipal disaster prevention administrative radio system. Icom Co., Ltd. (Headquarters:... Read more
WRC 2015 When drafting this issue, the World Radio Conference 2015 had concluded his work. During 4 weeks more than 3000 participants attended this co... Read more
Description New robust Heatsinks – Fischer. Continuous 900W DIGI-modes. Quiet fans. TAJFUN 1000 is small, lightweight but robus LDMOS Power Ampl... Read more
Kenwood TH-F6A 144/220/440MHz Finally, the Amateur Handheld that everyone has been waiting for, the New Kenwood TH-F6A. The TH-F6A is a 144/220/440 MH... Read more
The Summits On The Air (SOTA) program has really taken off in North America. SOTA originated in the UK in 2002, so it took a little while for i... Read more
VHF
Icom IC-DV6010 and IC-DV60S3 – 260MHz
IARU Region 1 VHF Newsletter released
New ! BIG TAJFUN 1000 144 MHz – 1KW
Kenwood TH-F6A 144/220/440MHz
How To Do a VHF SOTA Activation by K0NR
Information about the US Amateur Bands is available on the Frequency Allocations page as well as the frequency bands chart. Printing the band charts D... Read more
The NEMO-1 WSPR buy buoy launched by AMSAT-Argentina (AMSAT-LU) on January 30 was retrieved 12 days later by a fishing vessel. The buoy transmitted WS... Read more
In a Memorandum Opinion and Order (MO&O) released on February 20, the FCC turned down an appeal by William F. Crowell, W6WBJ, of Diamond Springs,... Read more
George “Buck” Miner, K6RFE, of Sun City, Arizona, has been an active ham since earning his first license in 1956, upgrading to a General-class license... Read more
ARRL has filed comments opposing an FCC proposal to delete the 3.3 – 3.5 GHz secondary amateur allocation. The comments, filed on February 21, are in... Read more
Baofeng DM-1701 “Another DMR HT from Baofeng, this is the DM-1701, which isn’t all that unique, really. That doesn’t mean that is a... Read more
News
Frequency Charts
Partially Submerged NEMO-1 WSPR Buoy Retrieved by Fishing Boat
FCC Turns Down Amateur Licensee’s Appeal
It’s Never Too Late to Upgrade
ARRL Opposes FCC Plan to Delete the 3.4 GHz Band
Baofeng DM-1701 Dual Band DMR HT
