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News
Lafayette class helps HAM radio enthusiasts learn about hobby, prepare for licensing
BY NICK FONTENOT | SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Amateur radio — more commonly known as ham radio— has been around since 1908. In Lafayette, ham radio enthu... Read more
Jack’s Journal: Collecting Radios
He was born loving ham radio’s ability to connect with the world. He went to college and learned the technical ins and outs, and a career in radio en... Read more
Launch of Es’hail-2 with First Phase 4 Amateur Transponders Expected Later this Year
Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, has tweeted that it’s anticipating that SpaceX will launch its geostationary Es’hail-2 satellite sometime in... Read more
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey Makes Ham Radio Debut with State’s Bicentennial Call Sign
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey made her Amateur Radio debut on December 14 — the state’s 198th birthday — at the same time becoming the first person to use... Read more
THE FIRST MONDIAL HAM TV CONTACT BY THE ISS
WorldFirst HamTv ARISS school contact with astronaut Tim Peake GB1SS & Royal Masonic School for Girls,UK. GB1RMS. Heard some of the downlink on 14... Read more
VHF
Wouxun KG-B55 Dual Band 2m/440 Base Station
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
Icom America’s New D-STAR Transceiver is Now Available
KIRKLAND, Wash. (May 2017) – Adventure awaits with the new Icom ID-4100A VHF/UHF Dual Band Transceiver. A compact and smart design, this is the perfec... Read more
New Video ! Yaesu FT2D – Demo
See More Info about YAESU FT2D Read more
Icom ID-51 50th Anniversary version and ID-51 Plus Firmware Update Release E1
Icom ID-51 If you were one of the customers who purchased a 50th Anniversary version of the ID-51 or the latter ID-51 Plus, then there is a firmware u... Read more
432 MHz EME with a small antenna
432 MHz EME with a small antenna by Andreas Haefner, DJ3JJ A lot of people would like to do EME but think they need a big antenna for this.... Read more
Review
MFJ-1708SDR review – Share your antenna between your transceiver and an SDR
“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
Is a Baofeng UV5R a Good SHTF Radio – Ham Radio Q&A
“Many in the prepper community believe that the inexpensive Chinese radios like the Baofeng UV5R handhelds are sufficient for emergency or disas... Read more
Xiegu X5105 QRP HF SDR Radio by K6UDA – Review
MFJ is the exclusive North American Distributor of this new ultra-portable multimode HF transceiver. Features a built-in highly efficient automatic... Read more
Review of The Sidekar, CW device for the KX3
“I’m startin’ the year with a long overdue review of the QRPworks Sidekar. A super portable CW appliance built for the KX3. Oh yeah,... Read more
ICOM IC-7300 Review and Full Walk Through
New technology is changing the way receivers are being designed and the IC-7300 is an industry first as an RF, Direct Sampling System is being used in... Read more
App - Mobile
Morse Intercom – APP
Features:i) Send Morse to, and receive Morse from, other users of the app. Restrict usage to your WiFi network, or allow full Internet connecti... Read more
QRZ.com App for Android now in Beta Testing
The updates to QRZ’s Android App, formerly known as QRZDroid have been released and are available to those who are interested in trying it out.... Read more
Hamradio Line Loss Calculator for iOS devices
Coax Line from Federico Romano, IW2MVI is a simple and fast app that allow you to calculate the loss of your coax line and calculate power output from... Read more
Training fast CW on Android (Koch method)
The user starts by recognizing only two letters, M and K, at high speed (at least 20WPM) on a 5 minutes session. When she or he will be able... Read more
New iOS App Available for The ARRL Repeater Directory ®
The ARRL Repeater Directory ® — introduced this week for 2015-2016 — has a newly launched companion app for Apple® iOS® devices. iPhone®, iPad®... Read more
