Testing out an LNR 10-20-40 MKII end fed antenna matchbox with a 30 meter wire on the WSPRlite Antenna Performance Analysis System (WSPR beacon). Received some surprise DX today on 30 meters – though Ionosonde charts showed horrible conditions for the day, lesson learned, surprise DX can happen at any time!
Antenna
Radio interference from Solar Panels – RFI
The radio amateurs have known for a long time that PV installations (solar panels) could interfere. For more than 10 years, the VERON has been warning... Read more
Five Band Indoor Magnetic Loop Aerial by G4IZH
This aerial covers the 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 metre bands and is made from a single 3 metre length of 22 mm copper tube cut into 4 pieces of equal leng... Read more
Kojinsha KA1-406 – Yagi Antenna 7 to 28MHz
VERSA BEAM VERSATILE Antenna to cover all the sky in the world ! 100% designed and proof tested in Japan When planning your new antenna syst... Read more
DIAMOND WD 330S a T2FD Short Antenna 2 – 30MHz
Peter Waters G3OJV, from Waters & Stanton, demonstrates the DIAMOND short dipole antenna. At just 10m long it is an attractive proposition for ham... Read more
6 Meter Beam Antenna
6 Meter Beam Antenna 1.5 KW Power Handling Capacity Transmits and receives in an uni-directional (one direction) pattern Horizontal and Vertical Polar... Read more
VHF
Qatar OSCAR-100 Wideband Spectrum Monitor
OSCAR-100 This spectrum monitor, hosted at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall, shows the Qatar OSCAR-100 wideband transponder onboard the Es’ha... Read more
Es’hailSat 2 portable reception
Receiving Es’HailSat 2 from my balcony using *very* minimal setup. Read more
Pofung BF-9500 UHF 400-470MHz Mobile Radi
Pofung BF-9500 1) Output: 50W/25W/10W 2) Frequency: 400.00-470.MHz 3) 200 Channels(0-199) 4) Display on a large LCD with adjustable Brightness. 5) Ama... Read more
Icom IC-DPR100
Icom IC-DPR100-vehicle type digital simple radio of easy-to-use high output 5W only registration process. Advanced operability, new IC-DPR100 with onb... Read more
Like Father, Like Son: Michigan Ham Wraps Up Grid Master Award
Satellite enthusiast Doug Papay, KD8CAO, of Zeeland, Michigan, has worked all 488 US grid squares via satellite and has been granted Grid Master Award... Read more
Equipment
Stryker SR-955HPC 10 Meter Radio
Stryker SR-955HPC The Stryker SR-955HPC 10 meter radio just keeps getting better. Released back in 2012, it set the bar high enough that competitors a... Read more
EMTRON DX-3SP – HF Amplifier ( 4.5Kw )
The “Big Gun” is getting even bigger, with the new DX-3SP! With over 4000 Watts CW and more then 4500 Watts SSB, this QRO muscle amp is... Read more
Anker’s massive 120,600mAh portable battery weighs 9 pounds
Most portable batteries pack a few thousand mAh of power into a pocket-sized package. Not this one. It’s an overgrown brute that boasts a ridiculous 1... Read more
BLA 1000 1KW HF amplifier – RM Italy
RM Italy • Instant use without setup • over 1000 Watts Key-down Output • Instant Bandswitching, no tuning, no warm-up, SWR protected, • Quiet Variable... Read more
Five-Watt SDR Transciever for Hams – RS-HFIQ 5W Software Defined Radio
The RS-HFIQ is a high performance Software Defined Radio (SDR) 5W Transceiver for CW, SSB, AM, FM and digital modes. Product Summary Not just another... Read more
App - Mobile
Tutorial – Using the new routing function in RT Systems featuring RFinder
Once again RFinder and RT Systems have partnered to kick radio programming up a notch. This tutorial will show you how to get the most o... Read more
HF Beam Antenna Calculator for Iphone and Ipad
Antenna Calculator The Maidenhead & HF Beam Antenna is a useful utility to calculate the the Maidenhead LOCATION as well as HF Elements’ s... Read more
New APP for digital QST
Apple has released a new app for digital QST (version 5.1) readers that use that platform. A long-standing problem involved the inability of some Appl... Read more
Free APRS application for iOS
What it’s all about A modern APRS app for iOS users, with models detection, frequencies detection, C4FM highlight… More features Receive l... Read more
RFinder – The World Wide Repeater Directory now free trial on Android!
In order to support the proliferation of third party app stores worldwide, we have now released RFinder on Android as trialware! Just go download it f... Read more
