The winning article for the December 2018 QST Cover Plaque award is “Making Digital Contacts Through the ISS” by Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK. 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 January issue today.
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VHF
Two Meter Band Plan : Ham Radio Q & A Episode 5
A popular landing spot for most new amateur radio operators is the two meter band. With the popularity of inexpensive handheld radios like this one, a... Read more
National Hurricane Center’s WX4NHC Annual Station Test is Successful
On May 30, operators at WX4NHC at the National Hurricane Center (NHC), working from home, conducted the annual readiness check of the station and of o... Read more
RV VHF Antenna Tips | Diamond X30N
I show how I erect a simple VHF antenna on my RV. Read more
Kenwood TM-D710G & TM-V71A Back at H.R.O.!
Kenwood discontinued the TM-D710G and the TM-V71A mobile radios a while back, but Ham Radio Outlet was able to purchase a large number of these radios... Read more
Digital Modes
FT-8 Digital Mode Has Taken Over The HF Bands!
“Finally got my antenna back up today, decided to take a browse through the bands. There is a ton of FT-8 to be had on all the HF bands. Don... Read more
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
Video Demonstrates Digital Voice Plus Video “Teleconferencing” Scheme for HF
Rick Peterson, WA6NUT, in Colorado, is promoting FreeDV plus Video, a digital voice-plus-video application for HF. According to Peterson’s QRZ.com pro... Read more
Equipment
Uniden SDS100 – Coming Soon
Uniden creates another first with the SDS100 True I/Q Scanner, the first scanner to incorporate Software Defined Radio technology to provide incredibl... Read more
COMTEK ACB-4 Hybrid Four-Square Systems
COMTEK ACB-4 Hybrid Four-Square Systems are phased array Relay Units and Control Consoles that are affordable, simple to install, and easy to use. A p... Read more
SDRplay releases ExtIO plugin for the RSPduo
“We are pleased to announce the release of the ExtIO plugin for the RSPduo. This release uses the latest API (v3.01) which is also being updated... Read more
NEW LNA + FILTER FOR RADIO ASTRONOMY HYDROGEN LINE OBSERVATIONS RELEASED BY NOOELEC
NooElec have recently released a new LNA + filter combo called the “SAWbird+ H1 Barebones” which significantly lowers the entry bar for ne... Read more
Antenna
TETRA 15-17-20-40 m – Yagi Antenna
Specifications Frequency MHz: 21~21,45 – 18,06~18,17 – 14~14,35 – 7~7,3 Active elements: 4 (15m) / 3 (17m) / 4 (20m) / 3 (40m) Gain dBi*: 14,8... Read more
The Loop Fed Array Yagi by G0KSC
2014 Dayton Hamvention Antenna Check this great Article by G0KSC in .pdf File: DaytonHamvention-V2.2 Alternative Link We Recomend Visit: ... Read more
3 element 144MHz LFA-Q Super-Gainer Quad Style Yagi
Description A 3 element 144MHz LFA-Q (Super-rigid Quad-style) Super-Light Quad StyleYagi for 144-146MHz The LFA-Q Packs a bigger punch than a traditio... Read more
How to perfectly clean wires in minutes! by NH7ZE
Here is an old ham radio operators trick for cleaning wires for soldering that are old and corroded. It is hard to find this technique printed anywhe... Read more
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