“There are some confusing trends in Baofeng Ham Radios that I think I need to speak about. These talking points come directly from the MANY questions I get online. I hope this helps everyone considering buying a baofeng.”
Antenna
HF Omniangles HF-28 ( 10 Meters )
HF Omniangles Our HF line of horizontal omnis are a bit different than the VHF and UHF models in that they aren’t as excellent from an omnidirec... Read more
An Intro and Antennas – Nuts and Volts Magazine
An Intro and Antennas – Nuts and Volts Magazine by H. Ward Silver Read Full Article: Read more
80 Meter Shortened Inverted-L Bazooka Antenna
Bazooka Antenna A DOUBLE BAZOOKA antenna is an extremely broad-banded Half Wave Antenna that can operate efficiently across an entire Ham band with li... Read more
SIGMA GT3: SUPER STEALTHY 20M / 15M / 10M VERTICAL DIPOLE FOR USE WITH AUTOTUNER
Full 20m, 15m and 10m Band Coverage (with Feed Point Mounted ATU) Under 8 Feet Tall! No Radials! Force 12’s Sigma Series Verticals are contest a... Read more
Indoor SteppIR Yagis by AE9K
Indoor SteppIR Yagis by AE9K Read Full Article: SteepIr Antennas Web Site Read more
Review
SharkRF Openspot3, The Most Advanced Digital Ham Hotspot!
Compatible digital radio protocols and networks DMR (BrandMeister, DMRplus, DMR-MARC, Phoenix, XLX, TGIF) D-STAR® (DCS, REF/DPlus, XRF/DExtra, XLX) Sy... Read more
Icom IC-7851 vs Kenwood TS-990
Icom IC-7851 vs Kenwood TS-990 Read more
Xiegu G90 Unboxing
G90 is a portable 20W HF amateur radio transceiver with an SDR architecture with built-in auto antenna tuner. The display unit and the radio can be se... Read more
SunSDR2 PRO Review by RadCom
A powerful HF to VHF transceiver from Expert Electronics The SunSDR2 PRO is the latest transceiver from Russian company, Expert Electronics, and packs... Read more
Equipment
Ameritron AL 811
Ameritron AL 811 The first 600 watts make the differenceThe Al-811 gives you 600 watts PEP output — thats nearly 2 full S-units ov... Read more
NanoVNA a $50-$70 Ham Radio Antenna Analyzer?
AURSINC Vector Network Analyzer 50KHz -900MHz HF VHF UHF Antenna Analyzer Measuring S Parameters, Voltage Standing Wave Ratio, Phase, Delay, Smith Cha... Read more
Yaesu SP-9000 Speakers
Speaker Type:Base station Speaker Impedance:8 ohms RF Shielding:Yes Speaker Audio Filters:Yes Subwoofer Included:No Volume Control:No Tone... Read more
The Classic Astatic D-104 Microphone
Let’s take a quick look at the classic Astatic D-104 microphone! Read more
ACOM A1200S 1.8 – 54MHz Power Amplifier
ACOM A1200S Five inch (5”) (108x65mm) high resolution color display, 800×480 pixels and 24-bits colors. The final stage uses field effect (MOSFE... Read more
News
SAQ in Sweden to Conduct Annual Alexanderson Day Transmission
SAQ, the call sign of the vintage Alexanderson alternator transmitter in Grimeton, Sweden, will conduct its annual Alexanderson Day transmission on Su... Read more
MIR-SAT1 CubeSat Expected to Deploy from the ISS on June 22
MIR-SAT1(Mauritius Imagery and Radiotelecommunication Satellite 1), the first amateur radio CubeSat from the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius,... Read more
Minimum Age Novice- and Full-License in The Netherlands abolished
Today is an important day regarding youth and amateur radio in The Netherlands. To gain more young active radio hams, it is a must that this age... Read more
Family Comes First during Hurricane Preparation for Home and Station
The Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1 and continues through November 30, and two named storms have already shown up, although neither threaten... Read more
Ham Radio in Games
The Last of Us 2 – Abby Make Contact with the Fireflies Read more
