End Fed Half-Wave Antennas
Antenna
Broadband K4KIO Hex-Beam
“KIO Broadband Hexagonal Beam Antenna This two element, five band, directional antenna installation was accomplished in the following phases: 1… Read more
How-To: Splice Wire to NASA Standards
Developed during the heyday of the telegraph, the Lineman’s splice is designed for connections that will be under tension. It is commonly claimed that… Read more
SteppIR UrbanBeam and SDA 2000 – full review (HF antenna)
SteppIR UrbanBeam “This is a full review of the SteppIR UrbanBeam (multiband HF antenna) with the SDA 2000 controller (OptimizIR). It’s part 3 o… Read more
Chameleon Emcomm IIIP Antenna – Antenna, Portable, 160M-10M
CHAMELEON ANTENNA EMCOMM-III Portable HF Antenna is specially designed for short to long range portable and man-pack HF communications. The EMCOMM III… Read more
Ultra-Portable Antenna Rotor System
Antenna Rotor Product Description INTRODUCTORY PRICE of $329.00 The Portable Rotation 12 Volt Ultra-Portable Rotor system, Model 12PR1A, has be… Read more
Review
Noise on your Radio!
This is part 1 of 2 of a presentation I made to the Rochester Amateur Radio Association (RaRa) on 3 June 2020 on the subject of noise (QRN) and what c… Read more
Comparing the RSP1 and RSP2 – SDRplay
SDRplay RSP2 Over on YouTube user Mile Kokotov has uploaded two new videos that show both the SDRplay RSP1 and RSP2 receiving VLF, LF and AM BC signal… Read more
DV4home New Software – DMR / D-Star crossmode, C4FM, Brandmeister, IPCS2 added
“I’m currently testing a new software for the DV4home. The modifications included, the DMR+ complete masters list, the Brandmeister reflec… Read more
Icom IC-SAT100 Satellite PTT Radio
“Video, presented by James Heming which provides a comprehensive introduction to the Icom IC-SAT100 Satellite PTT Radio system, how it works, fe… Read more
Equipment
Radio Incident Command Kit by N1RFD
What is my definition of a Communications Go-Kit? A Communications Go-Kit (or Radio-Ready-Kit) is made up of a portable “Amateur radio” st… Read more
New Elad Duo-X
Elad Duo-X Booth A1-552 at Friedrichshafen…. come see the new Duo-X, this is the prototype, 120w or 220w 4 receivers, 10.2in touchscreen… Read more
Elecraft K2
The Elecraft K2 is a full-featured HF transceiver with the options you have come to expect from radios costing over twice as much. Two VFOs wit… Read more
Radiosport RS60CF Deluxe Headset
Radiosport RS60CF deluxe “dream” edition Headset – $289.00 Stereo headset supports Dual-Watch/Dual-Receive rigs, 24dB Noise Reductio… Read more
The Racal RA3712 Professional Receiver
Racal RA3712 “The Racal RA3712 is a relatively hard to come by professional receiver. It was widely used by the Royal Navy, but certainly found… Read more
News
First Element of ARISS Next Generation (Next-Gen) Radio System Installed in ISS Columbus Module
September 2, 2020—The ARISS team is pleased to announce that set up and installation of the first element of our next generation radio system was comp… Read more
Vega launch of three satellites with ham radio payloads
Christophe Mercier reports three satellites with amateur radio payloads will be on the Vega VV16 launch expected to take place in the early hours… Read more
Trans-Atlantic opening on 144 MHz between the Canary Islands & the Caribbean
It looks as if there is a remarkable tropo opening in progress at the moment with EA8CXN on the Canary Islands making contact with several stations in… Read more
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