80M Antenna with HOA Constraints
Welcome to the 400th Ask Dave video! Ken, VE7ZY, is having trouble with an 80m dipole mounted very closely...
Monthly Archives: April 2021
Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2267 for Friday April 9 2021
– PAIR OF DX GROUPS SET EYES ON BOUVET ISLAND – ANTARCTIC ASSIGNMENT EVOLVES INTO DXPEDITION – SILENT KEY:...
March 2021 Volunteer Monitor Program Report
The Volunteer Monitor (VM) Program is a joint initiative between ARRL and the FCC to enhance compliance in the...
Traditional Amateur Radio Contesting Faces a Demographic Cliff
Frank Howell, K4FMH, followed up his two-part National Contest Journal (NCJ) series, “The Demographics of Contesting,” with a post to his Social Circuits...
ARISS USA Gets IRS 501(c)(3) Recognition
ARISS-USA, a Maryland nonprofit corporation, has earned recognition from the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as a Section 501(c)(3)...
Can I Put One End of a Dipole Next to my VHF Antenna?
Nick, KC3PWJ, has a flagpole and also a pole that holds up his VHF/UHF discone. He’d like to string...
YOTA Contest 2021
Team YOTA has been working hard over the last few months to establish one whole new project for the...
Amateur Radio Community Invited to Take Part in MARS Exercise on 60 Meters
Radio amateurs are invited to take part in the MARS exercise now under way until April 10 in support...
3Y0I Bouvet Island. From DXNews.com
3Y0I Bouvet Island News 6 April 2021. Our team of 8 operators aim to spend up to 30 days...
Yaesu FTDX-10 Menu and Feature Overview with W9FFF Ham Radio Dude
New from Yaesu, the FTDX-10 HF Transceiver – today I’ve invited Sean, W9FFF, from the Ham Radio Dude channel...
The RSGB is delighted to launch a new Award
Friendship on the Air Award The Friendship on the Air Award is designed to celebrate the friendship of amateur...
HRWB126-The Network in your Shack
Dan Quigley N7HQ, Director of Amateur Products at Flex Radio, joins us discuss the role of your network in...
KL7RRC/P Adak Island Alaska. From DXNews.com
KL7RRC Team will be active from Adak Island, IOTA NA – 039, Alaska, 14 – 16 July 2021.
Renewing Your Amateur Radio License thru FCC Universal Licensing System
Renewing Your Amateur Radio License thru FCC Universal Licensing System Review Icom ID-51E PLUS2 Unboxing April 26, 2017 No...
Wideband Antennas for SDR Radios
Flip, W4FLP, asked about options for wideband antennas for the popular RSP-DX software defined radio from SDRPlay. We cover...
A New Sunspot & More Aurora while A Mars Helicopter Preps for Flight | Space Weather News 04.05.2021
A New Sunspot & More Aurora while A Mars Helicopter Preps for Flight | Space Weather News 04.05.2021 Review...
3Y0I Bouvet Island. From DXNews.com
Things are going slow during pandemic, but we are going forward with our plans. After visiting South Africa 2...
3Y0J Bouvet Island. From DXNews.com
3Y0J Team planning to be active from Bouvet Island, IOTA AN – 002, in January – February 2023.
OA4DX Peru. From DXNews.com
Tony, OA4DX will be active from Peru in CQ MM Contest, 17 – 18 April 2021.
Contests on QO-100 allowed
Updated band plan valid: from 4 April 2021 Contest Zone (CW and SSB) Uplink area 2400.370 – 2400.490 MHz...
NanoVNA-H4 Network Analyzer, $86 Antenna Analyzer Review/Demo
Today we are checking out the NanoVNA-H4 analyzer. This little gem does a lot more than just SWR, so...
Getting the Sidebands Mixed Up Creates Audio Garbage
Roger Nielsen, K7PUG, is having trouble with his Elecraft K3 after a factory reset. Everything sounds garbled and won’t...
KN-990 SDR All Mode HF Transceiver With IF DSP 0.1 – 30 MHz
Here we take a look and test the KN-990 SDR All mode HF Transceiver. This radio is well built...
G0SBW
Episode 345 – Tom Robinson – G0SBW Tom Robinson, G0SBW, made a very interesting presentation at the Expo called,...