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● 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.
Metropwr FX700 is a vector network analyzer 0.1/700 MHz used to measure all the parameters of an antenna. It has a large 4.3 “touch screen display and... Read more
Here is a simple construction project that you can carry out. Read more
The CHA HYBRID Base is designed to enhance the capabilities of the common HF radio application by allowing faster tuning operation across the HF bands... Read more
4-Band antennas cover 40, 20, 10, and 6 meters, with no tuner required! 12 meters may also work on the 4-Band 300 watt model. The 4-Band antenn... Read more
The JK Antennas Navassa-5 is a five band / Multiband Yagi that interlaces 10, 12, 15, 17 & 20 meters on a single boom. This antenna is based on a... Read more
“We made a long wire vertical antenna suspended from a helium balloon over the river, at 25 watts and an MFJ 993b autotuner to tune it on 40 met... Read more
Antenna
FX700 Vector Network Analyzer
Antenna Traps You Can Make – Simple Construction Project
Vehicular HF Antenna Base 1.8 – 54MHz
4-Band OCF Antenna 40, 20, 10, and 6 meters
The Navassa-5 is a five band – JK Antennas
Build an HF long wire balloon antenna
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
ICOM IC-7610 “About two weeks in a row i receive very strong static noise from the nearby electric transformer station. The noise level is S9 +... Read more
IC-7851 Test Report for IC-7851 July 1 and September 21-22, 2015 by Adam Farson VA7OJ/AB4OJ (Iss. 2) The following are the results obtained from lab t... Read more
“We unbox (unbag) and examine the Buddipole Deluxe Package. The Buddipole is a portable HF/VHF antenna that works from 40m up to 2 meters. Speci... Read more
Here is a video explaining the basic comparisons to each one of these radios Read more
Review
WA9ZCO Wins the February QST Cover Plaque Award
ICOM IC-7610 & excellent noise blanker and noise reduction
COMPLETE IC-7851 TEST REPORT NOW ON-LINE BY ADAM, VA7OJ/AB4OJ
Unboxing of Buddipole Antenna Deluxe Package
QRP Rig Comparison , FT817 / X108G / X5105 / mcHF RS-918
TH-D74 The long-awaited “APRS” & “D-STAR”. To the dictates of the sensibility, to a new investment style. PRS communicati... Read more
Hytera, a leading global provider of innovative professional mobile radio (PMR) communications solutions, officially launched its highly anticipated L... Read more
The Wouxun KG-B55 Dual Band UHF/VHF base station combines the ever popular KG-UV920P-A dual band mobile radio with dedicated a power supply int... Read more
The introduction of our Yaesu FT1DR 12.5 kHz C4FM/FDMA 144/430MHz Dual Band Digital Handheld Transceiver ushers in The Dawn of a New Digital Co... Read more
“This is part 1 in this mini series of my progress on building the WB0OEW Autonomous satellite tracker. In this video I went shopping for the pa... Read more
It’s true that the best thing to upgrade on your ham radio handheld is its antenna. However, there is something you should do before making that anten... Read more
VHF
TH-D74 – Kenwood – APRS & D-STAR
Introducing Hytera Multi-mode Advanced Radio Voice is still critical, enriched with broadband data
Wouxun KG-B55 Dual Band 2m/440 Base Station
Yaesu FT1DR C4FM 144/430 MHz Dual Band Digital Handheld Transceiver
Building An Autonomous Satellite Tracker For Ham Radio, Part 1
The First Thing To Upgrade On Your Handheld Ham Radio
Faith Hannah Lea, KD3Z, of Palm Coast, Florida, has been selected as the 2021 Bill Pasternak WA6ITF Memorial Amateur Radio Newsline Young Ham of the Y... Read more
The new book More Arduino for Ham Radio by popular author and experimenter Glen Popiel, KW5GP, builds on the success of his two previous titles, Ardui... Read more
The winning article for the July 2021 QST Cover Plaque award is “A Sensitive Field Strength Meter for Foxhunting,” by Woody White, KZ4AK. The QST Cove... Read more
Friday and Saturday, August 6 – 7, Russian cosmonauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) will transmit slow-scan television (SSTV) images f... Read more
Tad Cook, K7RA, Seattle, reports: Solar activity slowed this week, with the average daily sunspot number declining from 48.9 last week to 33.9 this we... Read more
WL2XUP is an FCC Part 5 Experimental station operated by Lin Holcomb, NI4Y, in Georgia. It’s licensed to operate with up to 400 W effective radiated p... Read more
News
Faith Hannah Lea, KD3Z, is Amateur Radio Newsline 2021 Young Ham of the Year
Just Released: More Arduino for Ham Radio
Woody White, KZ4AK, Wins the July 2021 QST Cover Plaque Award
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SSTV Transmissions Scheduled from ISS [ August 6 – 7 ]
The K7RA Solar Update
8-Meter Experimental Station on the Air from the US
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