George and Tommy, from Amateur Logic review the IC-7610
News
ARRL Requests Expanded HF Privileges for Technician Licenses
ARRL has asked the FCC to expand HF privileges for Technician licensees to include limited phone privileges on 75, 40, and 15 meters, plus RTTY and di… Read more
Giving old technology a new life in the modern world
BY Andrew Schmertz You may think ham radio is part of the same bygone era of telegraphs, fax machines, and scenes from the Netflix show, “Stran… Read more
JOTA 2018 Patches to be Available this Summer
The patch design for the US Jamboree on the Air 2018 (JOTA) has been selected by the National Radio Scouting Committee. BSA Supply expects to have pat… Read more
Amateur Radio Emergency Service Transitioning to New Online Reporting System
The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) will phase out the traditional ARES report forms later this year in favor of an online system called ARES C… Read more
KE4PT and W4RQ Win the February QST Cover Plaque Award
The winning article for the February 2018 QST Cover Plaque award is “Live Trees Affect Antenna Performance” by Kai Siwiak, KE4PT, and Richard Quick, W… Read more
Latest from IARU monitoring system
The IARU Region 1 Monitoring System newsletter reports a north-west African military Thales-3000 system on 13,998.4kHz was causing interference in the… Read more
Ham Radio “a Special Hobby,” Young ARRL Member Tells College Publication
A rising star in the Amateur Radio world —19-year old Ruth Willet, KM4LAO, of Lawrenceville, Georgia — has caught the eye of her school, Kettering Uni… Read more
ARRL Receives Byrd Antarctic Expedition Morse Key, Historical Materials
ARRL has received from Lynn Burlingame, N7CFO, the donation of a Kilbourne & Clark Morse key that the late Howard Mason (1ID, 7BU, and K7QB) used… Read more
ARRL Announces 2018 Teachers Institutes on Wireless Technology Sessions
As part of its educational outreach through the Education & Technology Program (ETP), ARRL will offer three sessions of the Teachers Institute on… Read more
Ducie Island 2018 DXpedition Plans Coming Together for this Fall
The Perseverance DX Group (PDXG) reports that its plans to activate the protected marine area of Ducie Island from October 20 to November 3, 2018 are… Read more
Review
Unboxing and Testing the Kenwood TH-D74A Triband DSTAR HT : Ham Radio 2.0
Kenwood has upgraded their game and jumped onto the DSTAR bandwagon. This Triband HT includes the 220MHz band, and is capable of DSTAR on all 3 bands…. Read more
Ailunnce HD1 DMR – Review and how to build a DMR codeplug
“The Ailunce HD1. It’s a DMR Radio. It’s a Ham Radio. It’s both. This promises to be the next evolution in Dual Band DMR handh… Read more
In-depth with In-depth with Icom’s IC-7300 TransceiverTransceiver
Icom IC-7300 Transceiver A detailed look at Icom’s Innovative IC-7300 Transceiver. Complete review of most features and operation plus your ques… Read more
HF Interference Problem from Ethernet over Powerlines Devices
“Testing to see how bad powerline internet connections can be for HF reception. These devices allow you to use your house power cables as a conv… Read more
M2 6M-1K2 HIGH-POWER 6 METER AMPLIFIER – QST Review
About 5 years ago, M2 Antenna Systems introduced a high power solid state amplifier for 6 meters (model 6M-1000) capable of a full kilowatt of output…. Read more
HRN 269: Bull in a China Shop on Ham Radio Now
“HamRadioNow doesn’t do ‘unboxings’, and we don’t do product reviews per se, but this time we do both. A new BaoFeng UV… Read more
COMPLETE IC-7851 TEST REPORT NOW ON-LINE BY ADAM, VA7OJ/AB4OJ
IC-7851 Test Report for IC-7851 July 1 and September 21-22, 2015 by Adam Farson VA7OJ/AB4OJ (Iss. 2) The following are the results obtained from lab t… Read more
SDR Play Review and Operation
The SDR-play RSP1 is a powerful wideband fullfeatured SDR which covers all frequencies from 10 kHz up to 2 GHz. All it needs is a PC and an antenna to… Read more
Alpha Mag Loop Review, Interview with K7AGE at Pacificon – K6UDA Radio Episode 31
Here’s the review of the Alpha Antennas Magnetic Loop. Stay Tuned for the big 3 way shootout with the Chameleon P Loop & the Alexloop. I… Read more
The Siru Innovatios SDR20 adds new features
New features * Smooth zoom in FFT/waterfall view * Adaptive menu * Frequency memory with snapshot pictures of signals * Sliding effect between views *… Read more
