Comments are being accepted on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in MD Docket 20-270, which proposes application fees for radio amateurs. Formal deadlines for comments and reply comments will be determined once the NPRM appears in the Federal Register. Comments may be filed now, however, by using the FCC’s Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS), posting to MD Docket No. 20-270. The docket is already open for accepting comments, even though deadlines have not yet been set.
SOURCE:ARRL
Antenna
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
EID175 Antenna Rotor – Eidolon from Norway
*sorry about quality image 1.244,0 Eur Weight: 21 kg Read more
HF Unity Gain Antenna Survey (#246)
“A Necessarily Incomplete Survey of Amateur Radio HF Unity Gain Antennas–a look at the many, many antennas used in ham radio that have abo… Read more
Icom Mobile Antennas AH-760 and AH-740 (1.6MHz–29.999MHz )
Icom Mobile Antennas AH-760, Wide Frequency Heavy-Duty Moving Coil Antenna 200W PEP SSB, 125W PEP CW/DATA 1.6MHz–29.999MHz wide frequency coverage wit… Read more
Review
FAA-450 Antenna Analyzer Quick Review
The FAA-450 Antenna Analyzer is an open source project built from STM32-F7 Discovery board. This project originated from “EU1KY Antenna Analyzer V3”,… Read more
Yaesu FT-991 compared with the FT-817ND – HF SSB and CW
FT-817ND vs FT-991 using the same Antenna – HyEndFed 5 Band. To give the FT-817ND a fighting chance, I have added the CW filter and I have conne… Read more
Tips on using Coaxial Cable [ ARRL So Now What? ]
Here you can find further information on topics discussed in this episode: ARRL on Feed Lines Coaxial Cable info Read more
Raspberry Pi Powered HF Radio in an Ammo Can GoBox
“Hello Operators. Topic of the day is the Raspberry Pi 3B+, and how I’m using it for amateur field communications. During May 18-21, I spe… Read more
Equipment
QRP – Multi-band, Direct Conversion CW Transceiver
Specifications Recever: Rx current: 80 M : 70 ma, 160 M : 100 ma Sensitivity: ~ -90 dBm (5 uV) Three audio bandwidth settings Transmitter: 80 M… Read more
What Is A Digital Ham Radio Hotspot? DMR/DSTAR/C4FM Hotspots Explained
Ham Radio Hotspot “So this is a very popular question among my audience, due to my recent videos explaining some hotspots and reflectors. Hopefu… Read more
Uniden BC125AT Power Package
UnidenBC125AT, 500 channels in 10 banks/50 channels per-bank, the BC125AT includes full VHF and UHF coverage, including Air and Military Air channels,… Read more
QRP Ranger
An innovative portable energy system, optimized for mobile radio in the field. How do you define ‘state-of-the-art’ in mobile radio power? QRP RANGER… Read more
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
News
FCC Application Fee Proposal Proceeding is Open for Comments
Comments are being accepted on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in MD Docket 20-270, which proposes application fees for radio amate… Read more
Two super stations suffered enormous losses this August.
Two super stations suffered enormous losses this August.N0NI, Toni in Iowa:lost 1200 FT of tower (10) and 35 (!) antennas in weather phenomenon called… Read more
ARRL and TAPR Virtual Online Digital Communications Conference (DCC)
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 EDT UTC-4 PDT UTC-7 UTC PRESENTATION 9:00 6:00 13:00 Opening Remarks 9:15 6:15 13:15 HamSCI PSWS Overview/Status… Read more
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
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