The winning article for the November 2019 QST Cover Plaque award is “A 160-Meter Window Line Loop” by Jim McLelland, WA6QBU.
The QST Cover Plaque Award — given to the author or authors of the most popular article in each issue — is determined by a vote of ARRL members on the QST Cover Plaque Poll web page. Cast a ballot for your favorite article in the December issue today.
Source:ARRL
New from Astron is a 30-amp Power Supply with PowerPoles and 2 USB ports on the front panel. Let’s take a First Look at this! Connectors: [... Read more
Frank Arciuolo, W1ZAH, is having some problems with his antenna set up and SWR. Dave here to help point him in the right direction. Read more
Tim Desmond, KI5OUN, inspired this video on grounding. Simplest to say “Difficult Grounding Issues” Read more
Switching Power Supply, 30 A At 13.8 Vdc Peak Output, Front Panel Powerpoles, Fan Cooled, Meters, 115/230 Vac Input Int. Sw., Each Read more
“This video took me a few months to put together while testing it in different environments and locations. Today we are looking at the HamBuilde... Read more
Doug, K0YP, is grounding his station with a very over the top grounding supplies and set up and is asking for Dave’s feedback on his system. Read more
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Review
Astron SS-30M-AP Power Supply First Look!
Getting your Equipment in the Right Order
Difficult Grounding Issues
New Astron SS-30M-AP Switching Power Supply Review/Demo
HamBuilder HBR4HFS 4-Band HF Ham Radio Test and Review
Good Grounding
Noise Canceling Methods
AMSAT’s Engineering and Operations Teams have announced that AO-109 (RadFxSat-2/AMSAT Fox-1E) is now open for amateur use. AMSAT advises operators to... Read more
Radioddity has a new Mini Mobile DMR Radio about to be released which they are calling the DB-25-D. This is a small dual band DMR radio with 20W power... Read more
I show how I erect a simple VHF antenna on my RV. Read more
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The International Space Station crossband FM repeater should remain active until after the Field Day weekend of June 26-27. Amateur Radio on the Inter... Read more
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VHF
AO-109 (RadFxSat-2/AMSAT Fox-1E) Open for Amateur Use
Radioddity REVEALS DB25-D Mini Mobile DMR Radio | First Look!
RV VHF Antenna Tips | Diamond X30N
Baofeng UV-10R Dual Band HT Ham Radio – First Look!
ISS repeater remaining on until after Field Day
Changes to the RSGB 50MHz awards
Over 50 km on 481 THz! Great news from SP
Icom has released updates for its latest range of Amateur radios. The updates are available for the IC-705, IC-7300 and IC-9700 SDR transceivers. The... Read more
“One of the Youtube viewers made a comment a few weeks ago asking about my rotator project. Their comment inspired me to finish it. This project... Read more
“The go box is portable operation ready. How did I do on the wire mangement? What is its final config? Check it out and tell me what you think.... Read more
“We are with Bob Heil, K9EID with Heil Sound on this weeks episode of the Manufacturers Showcase” Read more
X6100 is an ultra-portable shortwave transceiver. It adopts the SDR software radio platform architecture of excellent performance, which carries power... Read more
“Today I’m putting together my ham radio go box. It featutes an ICOM IC-7300 and Alinco DR-135. The box also includes a West Mountain Radi... Read more
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Equipment
New Firmware Updates for the IC-705, IC-7300 and IC-9700 SDR Transceivers
EL/AZ 3D Printed Antenna Rotator – Testing !
ICOM IC 7300 Ham Radio Go Box, It’s Final Form?
Bob Heil, K9EID – Manufacturers Showcase
XIEGU X6100 HF TRANSCEIVER | FULL MODE | SDR RADIO
My Ham Radio Go Box Wiring And Setup
XIEGU X6100 – HF/50MHz Full-mode Ultra-portable Transceiver
“We are sorry to announce that Icom has discontinued the IC-7851 HF All Band Transceiver. Since its launch six years ago, the IC-7851 has been I... Read more
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A judge in the Massachusetts Land Court has ruled that the Zoning Board of Appeals in the City of Framingham “erred” in revoking a building permit for... Read more
Reports suggest that jamming stations have been deployed on the lower portion of 40 meters. The jamming appears to be coming from Cuba. The signals, s... Read more
Audio and visual of Cuba jamming 40M, making it to OH Audio and visual of Cuba jamming 40M, making it to OH. #hamradio pic.twitter.com/J4wHLPMGhF — Ha... Read more
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News
Product Discontinuation: IC-7851 HF All Band Transceiver
ISS SSTV Aug 6-7 145.800 MHz FM
JA1TOKYO – Olympic Games
Massachusetts Court Okays Amateur Radio Tower, Citing Board of Appeals’ Error
FCC Investigating Alleged “Jamming” on 40 Meters
Audio and visual of Cuba jamming 40M, making it to OH
Volunteer radio operators to the rescue in Belgian floods