News
4m (70MHz) returns to Germany for 2020
4m (70MHz) returns to Germany for 2020 Here it is! As of today (22/1/2020) – use of the 70.150-70.200 MHz part of 4m is allowed again in Germany… Read more
New Book from ARRL: Amateur Radio Contesting for Beginners
Contesting is one of the most exciting aspects of amateur radio — and for some, it’s their primary ham radio activity. Amateur Radio Contesting for Be… Read more
Not all Ham Shacks are Created Equal. Some are Priceless!
“Twice SOTA with (2) KX2s and Wire Antennas – Steve (K7PX) and I head up Squaw and Chief mountains for Summits on the Air. Weather was on… Read more
Review
Xiegu G90 – Review
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
VHF
Setting up APRS on the Yaesu FT3DR Handheld Transceiver – Ham Radio Q&A
Compact Design and Reliable 5W RF Power Output (Selectable 5W/ 2.5W/ 1W/ 0.3W) C4FM Digital V/D Mode, Voice FR Mode, Data FR Mode and Conventional FM… Read more
432 MHz world tropo record extended even further to 4,644 kms
” On Saturday the 28th of December 2019, Ian GM3SEK in the south-west of Scotland managed to work D41CV on 432 MHz to set a new world record fo… Read more
New 60 MHz Beacon Now on the Air from Ireland
The first — and so far only — beacon on 60 MHz went on the air on December 16. The call sign is EI1KNH. In early 2018, the 60 MHz (5-meter) band was a… Read more
Retevis DMR Dual Band GPS radio RT72
Retevis RT72 Digital Dual band 4000 channels Two Way Radio ham radio amateur radio GPS Description & Feature: Broadband digital two way radio RT72… Read more
Propagation
The K7RA Solar Update
Cycle 25 sunspots persisted for the first two days (January 9-10) of this reporting week, January 9-15, with daily sunspot numbers of 14 and 11. That… Read more
With region 2756 approaching the west limb and already starting to fade away
“With region 2756 approaching the west limb and already starting to fade away, here is a little graph I put together showing the number of sunsp… Read more
Digital Modes
New Summer EURAO Party to Premier FT4
The motto of the new European Radio Amateurs’ Organization (EURAO https://www.eurao.org/) Summer Party https://www.eurao.org/en/node/1045 is… Read more
World Wide Digi DX Contest
The World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (“WWROF”), in collaboration with the Slovenia Contest Club (“SCC”), is pleased to announce the first annual… Read more
LoTW Now Accepting FT4 Contact
The latest TQSL update (Config.xml version 11.8), released on May 22, includes FT4 as a submode of MFSK. It also adds AISAT-1 and PO-101 in the satell… Read more
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