Putting Your Dipole in a Cage
Jim has a very difficult question. He is asking If you increase the diameter of the active element, in...
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Emergency Communications Preparedness – Full Disaster EmComm SHTF Drill
Inspirational Video for local and regional Emergency Preparedness Officers and Managers and Amateur Radio Operators in how they can...
FO/F6BCW French Polynesia. From DXNews.com
Didier, F6BCW will be active as FO/F6BCW from Tahiti Island, IOTA OC – 046, French Polynesia, 16 – 21...
The Chameleon RXL PRO Gets a New Pre-Amp
The Chameleon RXL small receive-only loop gets a new pre-amp. Chameleon sent me the new pre-amp, which I installed,...
Top 3 Digital Handheld Ham Radios for 2022
Digital Handheld The top 3 digital voice modes in Ham Radio are DMR, DSTAR and YSF Antenna 2m 18...
5J01EA 5K0VT Providencia Island San Andres and Providencia. From DXNews.com
HK3EA and HK3MKQ will be active as 5J01EA and 5K0VT from Providencia Island, IOTA NA – 049, San Andres...
Route 66 On the Air Special Event
The annual Route 66 On the Air Special Event will take place September 10 – 18, 2022. The purpose...
ARRL Headquarters is Closed on Monday, September 5, for Labor Day
ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® will be closed on Monday, September 5, 2022, in observance of the...
V26K Antigua Island. From DXNews.com
Bud, AA3B will be active as V26K from Antigua Island, IOTA NA – 100, 7 – 15 September 2022.
ARRL President Emeritus Harry Dannals, W2HD, SK
Harry Dannals, W2HD, President Emeritus of ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio®, died on August 30. He lived...
Radio Club of America Announces 2022 Award Recipients and Fellows
The Radio Club of America (RCA) has announced its 2022 award recipients and Fellows, including amateur radio operator Edward...
17 FEET TELESCOPIC MULTI-BAND HF ANTENNA MRQ213
Here we take a look at the MRQ213 17 feet telescopic antenna available from Moonrakeronline.com Antenna Ground Radial Wire...
5R8WP 5R8WG 5R8MM 5R8CG Nosy Be Island Madagascar. From DXNews.com
5R8WP, 5R8WG, 5R8MM, 5R8CG will be active from Nosy Be Island, IOTA AF – 057, Madagascar, 11 – 22...
Impedance and Ham Radio Antennas Explained
In this video, we talk about antenna impedance, what it is and how it’s different from resistance. Antenna JK...
Cheap Ham Radio Handhelds Tested – Transmit & Receive
Cheap Ham Radio Handhelds Back to practical range testing. Today we have four popular ham radio handhelds that all...
TY5AF Benin. From DXNews.com
TY5AF will be on the air between 22 – 29. November 2022 by Finnish trio Tapani OH5BM, Pekka OH2TA...
ARRL Mourns Loss of Caroline Kenney, QST Assistant Editor
ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® mourns the passing of our colleague and friend Caroline Kenney. Kenney died...
Updated CQ Contest Policy
“PLEASE NOTE: This updates and supersedes the policy discussion in the editorial of the September 2022 issue of CQ....
ARRL Creates New Online Groups for Members to Communicate with Leadership
ARRL’s Operations Department manages several online forums where all radio amateurs – ARRL members and non-members alike – can...
ARRL Foundation Grants $270,000 to Amateur Radio Clubs
The new ARRL Foundation Club Grant Program, funded by a generous grant from Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), has...
I Am From the FCC. May I See Some Identification Please? You Were Too Fast In The Phonetic Lane!
When do you have to Identify your station? Can you use phonetics? Do you have to say your callsign...
YAESU FT-710 [ Video Japanese ]
YAESU FT-710 YAESU is excited to announce a new HF/50MHz 100W SDR Transceiver – FT-710 AESS.The new FT-710 AESS...
VP5DX Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands. From DXNews.com
VP5DX Team will be active from Caicos Island, IOTA NA – 002, Turks and Caicos Islands, 20 October –...
Radioddity GD-88 Dual Band Analog & Digital Handheld Transceiver
Radioddity GD-88 The GD-88 contains two independent VFOs that allow dual-band operation on VHF and UHF channels. With dual...
3B9KW Rodrigues Island. From DXNews.com
Kazu, M0CFW will be active as 3B9KW from Rodrigues Island, IOTA AF – 017, in CQ WW DX CW...