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Visualizing the effect of a low pass filter on harmonics
I thought I’d share this little experiment, I found it quite interesting. Antenna DX Commander Part 2 – HF...
JT4RR Mongolia. From DXNews.com
Mats, SM6LRR will be active as JT4RR from Mongolia.
Hurricane Watch Net Recorded 300 On-Air Hours in 2021
Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) Manager Bobby Graves, KB5HAV, says 2021 was the third most-active hurricane season on record in...
Measuring Balun Ratios
I have been asked how to measure the ratios of a Balun or an Unun. So if you’re someone...
Resonant Frequency of Antennas
“The feedline to an antenna will perform better if the antenna has the same impedance. Jim Heath W6LG uses...
RX Antenna – I Installed a Loop On Ground (LOG) for Ham Radio
“I have never tried a Loop RX antenna actually on the Ground! So today I tried it out for...
Commemorative December 1915 QST download
We apologize for the delivery issue of The 1915 Commemorative QST download offer on Christmas Day. The link below...
UBA 75 On The Air Event
On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of our UBA, more than 60 stations with the special ON75 prefix...
ICOM ID-52 First Look With Ray Novak
The ICOM ID-52a is out just in time for Christmas. Lets take a look at its many features. Antenna...
6W7/F6HMJ Senegal. From DXNews.com
Jacques, F6HMJ will be active from Senegal, 29 December 2021 – 22 February 2022, as 6W7/F6HMJ.
ARRL to Oppose Forest Service Administrative Fees for Amateur Facilities
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to implement a statutorily required annual fee for new and existing communications use...
Experimental Station will Recreate 1906 Fessenden Transmissions
Experimental station WI2XLQ will be on the air on 486 kHz AM for the Reginald Fessenden commemorative transmission. Brian...
A Pair of Christmas Storms Heads for Earth
Informal Solar Storm Forecast 12.23.2021 Antenna MONSTER YAGI FOR 20M December 03, 2015 No comments A 5 element...
ARRL Headquarters will be Closed on Friday, December 24
ARRL Headquarters will be closed on Friday, December 24. The ARRL Letter will not publish on Thursday, December 23, and ARRL Audio...
Former Tennessee Section Manager Keith Miller, N9DGK, SK
Former ARRL Tennessee Section Manager Keith Miller Sr., N9DGK, of Rockvale, Tennessee, died of COVID on December 22. An...
ICOM ID-52 Overview
ICOM ID-52 Icom has announced details of the ID-52E D-STAR Digital Handheld Transceiver. The ID-52E VHF/UHF dual-band digital transceiver...
GA-450 Portable Active Small Loop HF Antenna
Loop HF Antenna Here we take a look at the GA450 Active Loop HF Antenna. Overall impression, better than...
InnovAntennas DXR3-MKII 6 Element Tri-Band Yagi 20/15/10m
DXR3 produced are the MKII version, a 20, 15 and 10 meter HF Yagi with 6 interlaced elements on...
Starting with a Straight Key
“James, has quite a long complicated question but summarize he wants to know if he can start learning morse...
ISS SSTV Transmission Set for Late December
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) team will support Slow Scan TV (SSTV) transmissions from the...