“We await the arrival of the Valentine’s Day solar storm, which will be followed by some fast solar wind just behind it. This means we should enjoy some extended storm conditions over the next few days with a chance for aurora down to mid-latitudes! Meanwhile region 2699 continues to boost the solar flux for amateur radio operators, but this will only last for a few more days until the region rotates onto the Sun’s backside and out of Earth view. Learn the what kind of storm conditions to expect, when radio propagation for amateur radio and emergency responders will worsen, and why it can be hard to predict the arrival of some solar storms!”
Review
A simple method for Decibel power calculations. Receivers. – Ham College 51
Questions from the General Amateur Radio exam pool part 22. A simple method for Decibel power calculations. Receivers. Read more
Expert Electronics MB1 Prime 2021 HF – Ham Radio Livestream
Is the MB1 Prime 2021 an HF Ham Radio or a computer? Or both? On today’s lunchtime livestream, I will hook up this radio and attempt some POTA c... Read more
HF Mobile Antennas – Ham Nation
Gordon West (WB6NOA) talks about HF mobile antennas, and getting the feed-point impedance at 50 Ohms. Also covered, is a recommendation on the type of... Read more
VHF
Motorola Two-Way Radio for Use Extreme Conditions
Motorola Solutions continues to design digital radio solutions for firefighters and has added the APX 8000XE two-way radio and APX XE500 RSM to its li... Read more
Historic first Trans-Atlantic contact made on 432 MHz – Tues 7th April 2020
On Tuesday the 7th of April 2020, a remarkable contact was made on the FT8 digital mode on 432 MHz between D4VHF on the Cape Verde Islands off the coa... Read more
Trial for transatlantic VHF QSO this weekend
Taken from Facebook from IZ7FLS Nico Hi everybody.. News from the South of the World.. As some of you surely remember, Pieter v51pj created a work gro... Read more
ROIP-102 Radio Repeater or Radio Trunking SIP Gateway Full PTT control (IETF SIP V2)
What is a Cross-Network Gateway? It enables voice communications among the Radio, VoIP, and Public Announce (PA) networks. It incorporates Radio over... Read more
Antenna
Do Dipoles Have to be Straight? [ The Doctor is In Podcast ARRL ]
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Building Coaxial Cable Traps by W8WWV
“ “Introduction This page describes the design and construction materials I used to build a coaxial cable trap. A coaxial cable tr... Read more
How to install a Horizontal Waller Flag antenna at 150 foot
The Horizontal Waller Flag antenna is a produced and sold by Carlos N4IS http://top-beam.com/ The boom on this one is 44 feet long. Interlaced... Read more
CompacTenna VHF/UHF Stealth But EFFECTIVE antenna, Review and On-Air Test
Check out this CompacTenna dual band ham antenna, only 7.5″ tall and can be used for mobile OR base applications. I also have the CompacTenna Sc... Read more
Digital Modes
VarAC – HF/FM Digital Chat Reinvented
VarAC What is VarAC? VarAC is a FREE, modern HF P2P real-time chatting application for the amateur radio operator that leverages the gloriou... Read more
The Ultimate Portable Ham Radio Computer
Hello Operators. In this episode of the OH8STN ham radio, we are discussing replacing the raspberry pi field computer build, with the Microsoft Surfac... Read more
Get Started with FT8 – An Introduction for Beginners
FT8 is a mode in the WSJT-X software developed by Dr Joe Taylor K1JT. In this video I show how to get started and make contacts with FT8, introduction... Read more
WSJT-X Version 2.5.1 has been Released
The WSJT-X development team has announced the general availability release of WSJT-X version 2.5.1. This release mainly contains i... Read more
News
Icom New Product Introduction Video
It’s coming! Icom has been working on the SHF project step by step, and finally the promotion video of a new model will be released! August 20 0... Read more
Simultaneous APRS and Voice Repeater on the International Space Station
ARISS, Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, announced that simultaneous operations of the ARISS Voice Repeater and digital APRS communica... Read more
Protect That Receiver From Your Transmitter
Pat, AB9TC, was wondering, how do I Prevent my anntena that is transmitting from overloading another that is receiving. Read more
Manual vs Automatic Tuners – August 2022 Livestream Excerpt
What should you buy first, a manual tuner or automatic one? Kevin, K7SW, and I talk about why one may be better than the other for your first tuner pu... Read more
Review
Elecraft – Dayton Hamvention
2022 saw the return of the Dayton Hamvention and also celebrated the 70th anniversary of the world’s largest ham radio trade show. Ham Radio Out... Read more
Is an FT-818 worth it in 2022?
FT-818 This week Tony and Gary revisit Yaesu’s FT-818 and discuss if it is still relevant in 2022? Read more
Regular Man Fits PL259 Coax Connectors
Not all PL259s are the same. The newer designs are a superior design and accurate. Anyway, I nearly cock this up. Perhaps rate me out of 10! Read more
SharkRF Openspot 4 Pro Setup – FIRST LOOK!
SharkRF Openspot 4 This is my first look at the physical size and menu features of the new Openspot 4 Pro from SharkRF. The openSPOT4 is our latest ba... Read more
sBitx working FT8 mode with logging
sBitx “The first part shows me calling CQ and handling the response. The second part shows how the operator can respond to a someone else’... Read more