Solar cycle 25 is here and band activity is up!
Showing a bit of what’s happening on the upper frequency bands with the solar cycle finally ramping up. Antenna...
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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 thoughts?...
Set up an entire HF station for under $1000?
“A viewer asks: I want a home base station trans/receiver so I can listen till I am licensed. Need...
Xiegu X6100 HF/50MHz Portable SDR Transceiver
Xiegu X6100 is a revolutionary self-contained 10 watt HF and 6m SDR transceiver with a large color display, automatic antenna tuner and a built-in high capacity battery. Xiegu X6100...
QDX 4-band 5W Digi transceiver
The “QDX” (QRP Labs Digital Xcvr): a feature-packed, high performance, four-band (80, 40, 30, 20m) 5W Digi-modes transceiver kit, including embedded SDR receiver,...
What Ham Radio Programming Software Should You use?
“I’m taking a 10,000 FT look at three types of ham radio programing software. There’s so much to unpack...
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...
Why Ham Radio [ ARRL Video ]
Josh Nass, KI6NAZ, of @Ham Radio Crash Course talks about what ham radio is, and answers the question…. “Why...
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...
Improving Suburban HF Vertical Antennas
HF verticals are very popular for the smaller suburban gardens. How do they perform and are there any improvements...
Resonant vs Non-Resonant Antennas
Richard, AE6XO, is wondering what the difference is between resonant and non resonant antennas. Why no just get a...
TIDRADIO BL-1 Bluetooth Baofeng Programmer – Flawed Execution, Poor Software
“The TIDRADIO bluetooth programmer application is one of the worst aplications I have had to deal with in ham...
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...
SHARI Pi HAT – ALLSTAR SA818 Radio Module For Raspberry Pi
Here we take a look at the SHARI PiHatU from Ham Projects. This Pi Hat contains an SA818 Radio...
An X-Flare Player Grows & A Solar Storm Heads for Earth
This Space Weather News forecast sponsored in part by Millersville University Antenna Coil-loaded 40/80 Meter Inverted V Dipole Antenna...
Best Handheld Ham Radio 2021
Today I go through my top 15 Handheld Ham Radios for 2021 – as an update to my Best...
Yaesu REVEALS the FTM-6000R Dual Band Mobile Ham Radio
Brand new from YAesu, dropping in October of 2021, is a new dual band Ham Radio, the FTM-6000r. This...
YAESU announces new Dual Band (2m/70cm) FM Mobile Transceiver! FTM-6000E
FTM-6000E – 50W transmitting power – Reception range from 108 to 999.995 MHz – New “E2O-III” user interface –...
Tech-out of the Xiegu XPA125B Auto Tuner + Amplifier
Today we take a look at the Xiegu XPA125B QRP Amplifier and Auto Tuner hooked up to the Icom...
Japanese radio amateurs ask for reports of Z-Sat
Yasutaka Narusawa JR2XEA of the Komaki Amateur SATCOM Club reports the satellite Z-Sat is planned to launch on an Epsilon...
How To Power Your Ham Radio Station, Power Supplies, Batteries, Mobile
An important first step in ham radio is figuring out how you want to power your radio station. Reagrdless...
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...
YAESU M-90D Desktop Microphone: UNBOXING
Yaesu M-90D Desktop Microphones utilize a finely tuned dynamic element to deliver rich low to mid frequency response, desirable...
HF Band Plan Review
Over the past 18 month a proposal for an IARU HF Digital Mode reorganization has been undertaken by representatives...
RF Ground Rod vs Concrete Patio
Dave, KO4DLQ, lives in Florida and has to deal with mass amounts of lightning. Dave can relate having served...