ℹ️ INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT: I diritti di questa notizia appartengono al legittimo proprietario.Fonte: Sito Web Esterno – Leggi l’articolo originale completo The TX9W DXpedition from Hiva Oa in the Marquesas Islands (April 19-30) is in the books! The TX9W team, which included members of the Oklahoma DX Association, logged more than 26,600 CW, SSB, FT4, FT8, and RTTY QSOs from the village of Atuona during their stay on this second largest of the Marquesas Islands, an overseas territory of France in…

ℹ️ INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT: I diritti di questa notizia appartengono al legittimo proprietario.Fonte: Sito Web Esterno – Leggi l’articolo originale completo When I earned my ham license at ten years old, my dad didn’t have his yet. A few weeks after passing my Technician exam, we attended a SKYWARN training session together. While we were signing in, I requested the amateur radio operator and non-amateur radio operator forms. The registration manager handed the “ham” sheet to my father and the other…

ℹ️ INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT: I diritti di questa notizia appartengono al legittimo proprietario.Fonte: Sito Web Esterno – Leggi l’articolo originale completo Here’s What Some Experienced Hams Had to Say. *** DX Engineering’s Facebook page recently posed this question to its readers: HOA restrictions? Small space? What antenna setup is actually working for you? A flurry of excellent responses followed. Here are just a few: “I use the Alpha Antenna HOA Buster Gutter Antenna and an end-fed random wire, but I paint…

ℹ️ INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT: I diritti di questa notizia appartengono al legittimo proprietario.Fonte: Sito Web Esterno – Leggi l’articolo originale completo There are a lot of things to love about Field Day. Noise on the air isn’t one of them. But like many aspects of amateur radio, finding the ideal ways to manage RFI on Field Day gives us the opportunity to flex our problem-solving muscles and tackle challenges that can make us better hams. Remember how excited Ralphie’s “Old Man”…

ℹ️ INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT: I diritti di questa notizia appartengono al legittimo proprietario.Fonte: Sito Web Esterno – Leggi l’articolo originale completo Last time we looked at using WinLink as an infrastructure-free method of sending and receiving email. It’s a great tool that is proven and reliable. However, sometimes you need more than email, like live messaging and live sending and receiving of forms. Enter the Narrow Band Emergency Messaging System (NBEMS). NBEMS is an open-source software package that allows licensed amateurs…

ℹ️ INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT: I diritti di questa notizia appartengono al legittimo proprietario.Fonte: Sito Web Esterno – Leggi l’articolo originale completo Few antennas in amateur radio stir up as much debate as the end-fed antenna. Mention one at a club meeting, and you will immediately hear wildly different opinions. One ham will praise it as the greatest invention since coaxial cable. Another will claim it turns every appliance in the house into a touch lamp. A third will mutter, “common-mode current,”…

ℹ️ INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT: I diritti di questa notizia appartengono al legittimo proprietario.Fonte: Sito Web Esterno – Leggi l’articolo originale completo Much of what we talk about in amateur radio centers around a “bad day” scenario. Whether it’s a natural disaster, infrastructure failure or political unrest, we extol the virtues of how amateur radio will save the day. As amateur radio operators, we like to boast about how we have redundancy in our power system and a contingency plan for almost…

ℹ️ INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT: I diritti di questa notizia appartengono al legittimo proprietario.Fonte: Sito Web Esterno – Leggi l’articolo originale completo In Part 3 of our series on prepping for ARRL Field Day 2026 (June-27-28), we’ll be looking at some of the Field Day antenna options available at DX Engineering, where you’ll find a long list of effective wire and vertical choices (way too many to shout out here) that make excellent options for logging more QSOs during all your outdoor…

ℹ️ INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT: I diritti di questa notizia appartengono al legittimo proprietario.Fonte: Sito Web Esterno – Leggi l’articolo originale completo In our third installment of OnAllBands’ guide to amplifiers available at DX Engineering, we’re taking a look at the Icom IC-PW2 HF/50 MHz All-Band 1kW Linear Amplifier. This high-performance, multi-function amplifier makes an excellent choice to take your DXing and contesting to the next level. The IC-PW2 is designed to seamlessly work with these Icom transceivers: IC-718, IC-7100, IC-7300 and…

ℹ️ INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT: I diritti di questa notizia appartengono al legittimo proprietario.Fonte: Sito Web Esterno – Leggi l’articolo originale completo Dayton Hamvention® is officially over for 2026 (cue Debbie Downer sad trombone sound). The good news is that you probably brought back the kind of equipment you’ll need to capture more DXCC entities in pursuit of working the world. The team at DX Engineering and OnAllBands was thrilled to talk with many of you in Xenia, Ohio, and catch up…