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Mysterious Radio Signal Discovered in Milky Way Center | What Is It!?
Ziteng (Andy) Wang is a PhD student at the University of Sydney. He recently discovered an unusual radio signal coming from the direction of the Milky... Read more
TRI BAND TRANSCEIVER – RS-UV3A
The HobbyPCB RS-UV3A radio module is a 144/220/450 MHz FM transceiver board. The RS-UV3A is a low cost transceiver solution for Packet Radio, repeater... Read more
ARRL Continues Its Efforts to Preserve Amateur Radio Secondary Use of the 3 GHz Band
ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, in a written statement on the newly filed H.R.5378 before the US House Commerce Communications and Technology Subc... Read more
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Why Ham Radio [ ARRL Video ]
Josh Nass, KI6NAZ, of @Ham Radio Crash Course talks about what ham radio is, and answers the question…. “Why Ham Radio?” Read more
High Speed Telegraphy 2021 in Montenegro
September 10-14, 2021, the 17th World Championship High Speed Telegraphy was held in Montenegro. The event was organized by MARP (Montenegrin Amateur... Read more
Resonant vs Non-Resonant Antennas
Richard, AE6XO, is wondering what the difference is between resonant and non resonant antennas. Why no just get a non resonant and use a tuner? He ask... Read more
Data on Number of Radio Amateurs Worldwide Needs Updating
The oft-cited figure of 3 million radio amateurs worldwide may need updating. That number was what the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) publis... Read more
Antenna
Phasing Antennas for Directionality
Jared, N0SPC, is the only ham in his country, and he has a question regarding phasing. He wants to know if he can use a phased array of mobile whips t... Read more
Chameleon CHA-MPAS 2.0 Portable Ham Radio Antenna System
The Chameleon CHA-MPAS 2.0 just might be the best portable Ham Radio antenna that you can get today, due to its versatile configurations and compact s... Read more
Using FT8 to demonstrate Antenna Orientations
One man’s observation of different radiation patterns that evolved from choosing different antenna installation orientations. What are your thou... Read more
Improving Suburban HF Vertical Antennas
HF verticals are very popular for the smaller suburban gardens. How do they perform and are there any improvements you should consider? Read more
Reduce Common Mode Current (CMC) with a Easy to Build Choke
Common Mode Current can really mess with RFI and cause interference in the shack. In addition, you could also be receiving unwanted interference on th... Read more
Building the BuddiHex Hexbeam | Best Portable Ham Radio Antenna
Today I go through all of the steps and pieces for building the BuddiHex Hexbeam antenna from Buddpole. This might be the best portable ham radio ante... Read more
Stretching Antenna Bandwidths
Often on the HF bands, we find that the quoted antenna frequency bandwidth is not wide enough to cover the whole band. This can be a particular proble... Read more
Contesting
New CQ World Wide Youth Category to Debut October 30 – 31
The new Youth category for the CQ World Wide DX Contest will debut October 30 – 31 with the phone weekend. The category covers contesters age 25 years... Read more
Scouting’s Jamboree-on-the-Air Takes Place this Weekend, October 15 – 17
PHOTO:K2BSA Scouting’s largest event in the world — Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA) — takes place October 15 – 17. During JOTA, Scouts and hams around the... Read more
Scandinavian Activity Contest
Rules Scandinavian Activity Contest Rules 2021 Rules for all participants Latest update 2021-08-11 No changes made since 2020. 1. Aim of the contest T... Read more
W1AW/KL7 to Serve as ARRL Headquarters Station for IARU Event
W1AW/KL7 will be in Alaska to serve as the ARRL Headquarters (HQ) station for the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) HF World Championship compe... Read more
New Field Day van! Winter Field Day 2021
“Whilst everyone in the USA enjoys summer field day, us here in VK have battled through our VHF/UHF winter field day! We have a new van and have... Read more
Safety for ARRL ham radio Field Day 2021
“Today we talk about Field Day safety, going through the ARRL field day safety checklist” Read more
The 62nd ALL ASIAN DX CONTEST – 2021
Operation in All Asian DX Contest (CW) All Asian DX Contest (CW) will be held according to the current rules. However, the Novel Coronal V... Read more
Dxing
3Y0J Bouvet Island DXpedition Receives $100,000 from Northern California DX Foundation
The Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF) has donated $100,000 to the upcoming 3Y0J DXpedition to Bouvet Island, which is set for late 2022. The D... Read more
Bouvet Island DXpeditions Are in Planning Stages for 2021, 2022, and 2023
Parallel planning is under way by three entities for DXpeditions to Bouvet Island in 2021, 2022, and 2023. The remote volcanic, glacial sub-Antarctic... Read more
3Y0J Bouvet Island DXpedition Team Hasn’t Given Up the Ship
The Daily DX has reported that the 3Y0J DXpedition team is still hoping to have a go at the island in 2023. The DXpedition team had planned to travel... Read more
All about the Grayline!
“I, Dave, have been asked a lot about the Grayline in my recent livestreams, What is it? Why does it matter? How does it Happen? And is it Grayl... Read more
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3Y0J Bouvet 2023 [ CANCELED ]
“To the global DX community. We regret to inform you of the following news.The global pandemic has impacted the expedition charter vessel busine... Read more
The VP2VB Danny Weil Memorial DXpedition is JIDXM 2020 DXpedition of the Year
The Japan International DX Meeting (JIDXM) has designated the 2020 VP2VB Danny Weil Memorial DXpedition as the recipient of the 2020 DXpedition of the... Read more
60 Meters Again Available to New Zealand Radio Amateurs
The New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters (NZART) announced recently that negotiations with regulator RSM were successful in accommodating 60-... Read more