The US Department of State is currently accepting applications for Foreign Service Information Management Technical Specialists – Radio (IMTS-R) positions. Foreign Service IMTS-Rs design, install, and maintain radio and telecommunications systems. They provide radio support for presidential, congressional, and other VIP visits. These radio specialists work from a regional location, overseas or domestically. Extensive travel is required to support radio telecommunications systems, such as land mobile radio (LMR), HF, VHF, and UHF radio networks at State Department missions around the world. Potential applicants should read the vacancy announcement to ensure that they meet all of the requirements before applying.
To begin the online application process, visit USAJOBS. The deadline to submit completed applications is December 31, 2019. Applicants must be US citizens, at least 20 years old to apply, and at least 21 years old to be appointed. Applicants must also be available for worldwide service and be able to obtain all required security, medical, and suitability clearances.
Antenna
DX Commander gets Critical UPGRADE
Major Upgrade announced for DX Commander. These replace all telescopic pole stay-up kits from immediate effect. Read more
BD7IBI Telescoping antenna 20-6M – AliExpress Antenna Review $21!
“Today we will be talking about the BD7IBI Telescoping Ham Radio and Shortwave Listening (SWL) Antenna. This is a Antenna capable of 20m-6M. Alt... Read more
Comet HFJ-350M Toy Box 9 Band Portable Telescopic Antenna
Comet HFJ-350M Testing the Comet HFJ-350M 160-6 Meter Toy Box Antenna for Portable Ham Radio. Comet HFJ-350 Toy-Box 160M-6M 10-Band Portable Telescopi... Read more
Putting Your Dipole in a Cage
Jim has a very difficult question. He is asking If you increase the diameter of the active element, in a dipole, would that increse the bandwidth and... Read more
The Chameleon RXL PRO Gets a New Pre-Amp
The Chameleon RXL small receive-only loop gets a new pre-amp. Chameleon sent me the new pre-amp, which I installed, and this complete review compares... Read more
The Best Invisible Attic Antenna
The Best Invisible Attic Antenna Read more
DL8LAS special RX short vertical HIZ is born
Another DL8LAS special RX short vertical HIZ is born. This antenna works from 50 khz to 30 Mhz. All details can you find here: www.dl8las.com Read more
VHF
Top 3 Digital Handheld Ham Radios for 2022
Digital Handheld The top 3 digital voice modes in Ham Radio are DMR, DSTAR and YSF Read more
Cheap Ham Radio Handhelds Tested – Transmit & Receive
Cheap Ham Radio Handhelds Back to practical range testing. Today we have four popular ham radio handhelds that all sell under $100.00. Read more
Radioddity GD-88 Dual Band Analog & Digital Handheld Transceiver
Radioddity GD-88 The GD-88 contains two independent VFOs that allow dual-band operation on VHF and UHF channels. With dual mode, the GD-88 allows a sm... Read more
Retevis RT9000D High Power Transceiver 4/2/1.25/70cm
Retevis RT9000D High power RT9000D mobile transceiver provides more longer transmission distance than other radios suitable for flat areas, such as co... Read more
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Alinco DJ-X100 [ VIDEO ]
Alinco DJ-X100 Read more
ICOM IC-905 Announcement Live React With Ray Novak
ICOM IC-905 Ray Novak and I were able to sit down to watch the IC-905 announcement video from ICOM Japan during the Tokyo Ham Radio Show. Read more
Alinco DJ-X100
Alinco DJ-X100 On August 20, 2022, Alinco Co., Ltd. released the DJ-X100, a handheld wideband receiver that supports WFM/FM/AM in analog mode and... Read more
News
New ICOM IC-PW2 HF Amplifier Reaction With Ray Novak N9JA
ICOM has announced the IC-PW2 HF + 6 meter 1 kw amplifier. Thanks Ray for hanging out with me to do a reaction video! Read more
How Coaxial Cable Improves Antenna Reception
Comparing RG58/U, RG8X, Hyperflex 5, Ultraflex 7, & Hyperflex 10 What’s the difference? Read more
Celebrating The MFJ 50th Anniversary
MFJ is having their 50th Anniversary. I will read a script about MFJ. Watch to learn new and interesting thing about MFJ Read more
Insertion Loss, A/B Amplifier Relay, Why It Is Called An RCA Phono Plug/Jack,
Jim W6LG YouTube Elmer shows how to measure insertion loss on a box he built with a relay inside to select one of two linear amplifiers. He uses a Nan... Read more
Germany: New Entry-Level license class ‘N’ on its way
DARC reports on the planned introduction of an entry-level amateur radio license, it will be limited to just 10w EIRP in the 144 and 430 MHz bands but... Read more
Horizontal or Vertical Antennas for HF – Which Is Best For You
You need to know which kind of antenna is best for your particular situation and the bands on which you intends to operate on.Here, Peter G3OJV gives... Read more
Emergency Communications Preparedness – Full Disaster EmComm SHTF Drill
Inspirational Video for local and regional Emergency Preparedness Officers and Managers and Amateur Radio Operators in how they can work together to s... Read more
Software
New custom band framing feature in SDRuno
SDRuno Check out Mike KD2KOG’s new video guide to this feature: Documentation is on page 66 of the updated manual: https://www.sdrplay.com/docs/SDRpla... Read more
Experimental IC 705 remote on iPhone
I’ve ported some code by Mark Erbaugh See More:Link Read more
Win4IcomSuite (version 1.422)
Win4IcomSuite There is a new release of Win4IcomSuite (version 1.422). This release adds support for the Scroll modes for the CI-V based panadapters a... Read more
How Good is your Antenna? Use this to find out!
How to use WSPR. The Weak Signal Propagation Reporter. Great for testing Antenna Patterns & Directionality for RX & TX. Read more
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Amateur Contact Log 7.0.6 is Now Available! [ N3FJP ]
“Hi All, Chris, Kimberly and I are excited to let you know that… Amateur Contact Log 7.0.6 is Now Available! We’ve upgraded AC Log 7... Read more
New FT8 plugin for SDRuno
Jan van Katwijk has released an FT8 plugin for SDRuno. In this video for Hamguides, Mike demonstrates how to use it Direct GitHub link to Jan’s FT8 do... Read more
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HRD Alert Demo [ FT8-FT4]
In this video, I’ll work Band-Countries (DXCC Challenge) #2,175 & #2,176! I demonstrate how to configure and use Ham Radio Deluxe HRD Alert... Read more
