The challenge was to breathe new life into a 75 year old Marconi CR100
Antenna
DIAMOND WD 330S a T2FD Short Antenna 2 – 30MHz
Peter Waters G3OJV, from Waters & Stanton, demonstrates the DIAMOND short dipole antenna. At just 10m long it is an attractive proposition for ham... Read more
7 element 144MHz LFA-Q Super-Gainer Quad Style Yagi
Description If it is GAIN you want from a small boom, this is the antenna for you! Wow, Super compact boom!! Massive 13.6dBi from this antenna!... Read more
Building a Delta Loop Antenna For The 30m Band, Part 1.
“Since my 6m Delta Loop seems to work pretty well I decided to build one for the 30m band to be used with my Spiderbeam 12m mast. Unfortunately... Read more
Antenna Circular Polarization
“Space communication has forced the use of Circular polarization. The fundamental advantage of circular polarization is that all reflections cha... Read more
Review
SOTA hike Testing the Xiegu X5105
Xiegu X5105 “I’d climb a mountain for you guys and this time I literally did. We decided to try our hand at Summits On The Air or SOTA. It... Read more
AR DV1 Communications Receiver Review
AR-DV1 Communications Receiver Review by Peter Waters G3OJV and Justin Johnson G0KSC. The review was carried out at Waters and Stanton, Europe’s... Read more
BITX-40 On The Air – K7AGE
“In this video, I do a bit of wiring and then get on the air and make some contacts during a contest.” The Raduino The new BITX40’s... Read more
Digital Modes
RASPBERRY PI3 SDR Monitor 40m FT8/JT65/JT9 (RTL-SDR/LINRAD)
Remote Desktop screencapture of my Raspberry Pi3 monitor receiver on 40m amateurradio band with WSJTx and decoding FT8,JT65 and JT9. Receiver hardware... Read more
RTTY Contest Champ Don Hill, AA5AU, Achieves Remote Contesting Milestone
Champion RTTY contester Don Hill, AA5AU, of Louisiana may be the first US radio amateur to operate SO2R (single operator, two radio) remotely in an RT... Read more
A New FT8 with Rag Chew Abilities ( FT8CALL )
FT8 has taken over the airwaves as the digital communication mode for making QSOs over HF/VHF/UHF. The mode has been widely popular as the latest offe... Read more
Digital Mode FT-8 With Light Bulb Antenna 750 Miles!
Jim, W6LG tries FT8 using light bulbs as the antenna and communicates with another ham in Canada. The distance was 750 miles or about 1200km! This is... Read more
News
FCC Affirms Penalty for Unlicensed Amateur Operation, Making False Distress Call
The FCC has affirmed a $23,000 penalty against Daniel Delise of Astoria, New York, for operating without an Amateur Radio license on 147.96 MHz and fo... Read more
2016/17 CQ Amateur Radio Operators Calendar
We’re sure you’ll agree, this is one of our best calendars to date! This fifteen month calendar – January 2016 through March 2017 – includes fif... Read more
TV signals used to track aircraft as alternative to radar
By Zoe KleinmanTechnology reporter, BBC News TV signals use different parts of the radio spectrum to radar, but both bounce off solid objects. Using s... Read more
CW — The Original Digital Mode by N9JA
CW — The Original Digital Mode by N9JA “Hmmm, now that I’ve typed that headline, I’m wondering about some potential earlier digital modes. Thing... Read more
