“A viewer asks: Why J-Pole antennas? I mean it’s a cool design and all, but some people swear by them. What advantages do they have? Lower take-off angle? Gain? Joe and I share some insight on why the J-Pole is such a popular antenna for VHF/UHF operation.”
Antenna
Mobile Antenna Little Tarheel HP
” When properly installed on your vehicle this antenna will provide continuous coverage from 7.0 to 54 MHz with the supplied whip. The Li... Read more
9+ BAND HEXTENNA™ FULL-SIZE HF+2M/220/440MHZ
HEXTENNA 9+ BAND HEXTENNA™FULL-SIZE HF+2M/220/440MHZ Pre-Orders will ship in December and are now being accepted. Price is exclusive for pre-orders on... Read more
Introducing the World’s longest 50MHz/70MHz Dual Bander?
The new 6-4-20 is a serious performer with an 11.1m computer optimised tapered boom and 10 elements on both 50MHz and 70MHz with a single feed point.... Read more
Handy 5 Elements 1200 Mhz Twin Loop Portable Antenna
Description Overview It will be 5 elements twin loop antenna of amateur radio 1200Mhz band for mobile. Decomposed and we try to carry. Connector will... Read more
Review
You only need one Station Ground Rod
Rodney, is asking if he can use the same ground rod to ground two different dipole antennas without losing efficiency or performance? Read more
5 Things Ruining Ham Radio | K6UDA Radio
” The funniest look at ham radio yet. For every 10 hams out there playing with everything ham radio, there’s some lonely guy sitting in hi... Read more
Ham Radio Basics – Setting Up Your First Operating Position
Some things to think about when you set up your first ham radio station operating position. A quick look at Larry WD0AKX’s console. ... Read more
My Wife Bought More Radio Gear On Wish and Ali Express
My wife surprised me at the end of 2020 with a new random box of goodies from Wish and AliExpress. Today we unbox some of these ODD radios and radio a... Read more
Yaesu FTDX101D First Look
Hybrid SDR Configuration In addition to the Narrow band SDR receiver, that boasts overwhelming Basic Performance, the Hybrid Configuration Digital Pro... Read more
Equipment
Spiderbeam 26m fiberglass pole ( 85ft )
This pole is built very similar to our well proven 12m and 18m fiberglass poles, and carefully designed to maintain low weight and perfect bala... Read more
PicoAPRS Transceiver
“Worlds smallest APRS transceiver with TNC” offers many applications. Matchbox-sized, built-in GPS receiver. The transceiver can not only... Read more
An In Depth Look At ICOM IC-705 HF VHF UHF QRP Transceiver
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New ! Kenwood TPZ-D553
Kenwood TPZ-D553 Product name TPZ-D553TPZ-D553SCH: lithium-ion battery KNB-74L (7.4V / 1100mAh) standard accessory TPZ-D553MCH: lithium-ion battery KN... Read more
MFJ-939I PLUG,PLAY,200W AUTOTUNER, HF – Plug & Play Auto Tuner
Plug & Play Auto Tuner Plug & Play! You won’t even know it’s there . . . MFJ-939I/K/Y automatically tunes your antenna as you tune your radio.... Read more
