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VHF
Chance to win a brand new Boxchip S700A !
Network-radios.com and Boxchip created this amazing campaign! The S700A is a hybrid android radio that allows 100% coverage: via 3G/4G/LTE/WiFi/VHF or... Read more
Successful VHF QSO between ZS3 and ZD7
Kobus van der Merwe, ZS3JPY reports that between 19:45 and 21:45 UTC on Wednesday 7 November 2018, a QSO took place on 2 metres between St Helena Isla... Read more
YANTON DM-980
YANTON DM-980 Built for dual-mode (Digital+ Analog) 1000Channels Versatile Voice Call (Private call,group call, all call and emergency call) Digital e... Read more
Announcing the TYT MD-UV380 Dual Band DMR Radio
“We received an announcement from TYT last night that a new DMR radio will be coming soon. We haven’t received a lot of details, but it lo... Read more
Baofeng Pofung UV-6R Dual-Band
Baofeng Pofung UV-6R Dual-Band Description: The UV-6R is a new design from Baofeng company in 2015 The UV-6R is using the newest firmware HDBF230 whi... Read more
Antenna
The Mighty Rhombic, the King of Antennas
“There was a time, back in the 1930s and 1940s, when the rhombic antenna was the king. A remarkable antenna that had phenomenal directivity and... Read more
Q52 Relay-switched 20-17-15-12-10 meter Yagi
See Q52 20 17 15 12 10 5-band Remote Switched 2el Yagi Coverage band in 2 segments whole band whole band whole band >1.1MH... Read more
MonoBeam HF Multibander MB16 10-15-20
MonoBeam The mb16 10/15/20 is an antenna for 14 MHz, 21 MHz and 28 MHz. No traps or inpedance adapting system is used, the feeding is direct with a s... Read more
7el LFA2 Noise comparison on 50 MHz
VA3NCD had the luxury of being able to install 2 50MHz 7el Yagis for testing one against the other. One an M2 7el JHV, the other... Read more
THE TILTED TERMINATED FOLDED DIPOLE – A PRACTICAL BUILDING GUIDE
“THE TILTED TERMINATED FOLDED DIPOLE Recently, I have been experimenting with the Tilted Terminated Folded Dipole, a.k.a. TTFD, a.k.a. T2FD. I... Read more
News
Pirates On US Navy Satellites – UHF SatCom
Here we take a look at how to listen to the Brazillian Pirates on UHF SatCom Read more
FCC Dismisses ARRL, AMSAT Requests in Small Satellite Proceeding
An FCC Report and Order (R&O) released August 2 in the so-called “small satellite” rulemaking proceeding, IB Docket 18-86, failed to address conce... Read more
2 Meter Sharing Proposal is on CEPT Conference Preparatory Group Agenda
The final European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) Conference Preparatory Group (CPG) meeting prior to World Radioc... Read more
Australian Radio Amateur Reports First FT8 Contact on 122 GHz
In Australia, Roland Lang, VK4FB, and Stefan Durtschi, VK4CSD, completed what is being claimed as the world’s first FT8 contact on 122 GHz. The distan... Read more
FCC Staff Recommends Designating 988 as National Suicide, Mental Health Crisis Hotline
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau and its Office of Economics and Analytics have sent a report to Congress that recommends that the Commission con... Read more
Equipment
NEW LNA + FILTER FOR RADIO ASTRONOMY HYDROGEN LINE OBSERVATIONS RELEASED BY NOOELEC
NooElec have recently released a new LNA + filter combo called the “SAWbird+ H1 Barebones” which significantly lowers the entry bar for ne... Read more
PTRX-7300 Panorama Adaptor for the IC-7300
A panorama adapter for the IC-7300? What’s the point, you might ask, the IC-7300 has such a nice spectrum and waterfall display? Right, but unfo... Read more
EXTRAFLEX BURY /.400″ – Low loss Coax Cable
EXTRAFLEX BURY /.400″ [10,3 mm / 0,405 inches Cable] WHY CHOOSE THIS CABLE: – The only 10,3mm coax that can be use bo... Read more
Ultra-compact transceiver Lab599 Discovery TX-500
The Lab599 Discovery covers 160-6 meters, all modes, with a maximum power output of 10 W. It comes with true desktop-radio features, like auto-notch,... Read more
