📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: onallbands.com — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale After finishing my exchange year in Germany in the second week of June, I spent a few days at home and then boarded a flight to attend the biggest amateur radio convention in Europe—Ham Radio Friedrichshafen, June 26-28, 2026. (Image/KE8LQR) I had the opportunity to attend the fair for the first time in 2024 with my father. I enjoyed it so much that…

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: onallbands.com — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale For the last several years, my emphasis in amateur radio has been on activating parks for the National Parks on the Air (NPOTA), Parks on the Air® (POTA), and World Wide Flora & Fauna (WWFF) programs. While I maintain a station at home, it seems to be used surprisingly rarely. Run by the ARRL in 2016, the National Parks on the Air program…

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: onallbands.com — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale OnAllBands and DX Engineering offer a hearty huzzah to one of amateur radio’s most accomplished DXing and contesting organizations—the Araucaria DX Group (GADX). Let’s join together in congratulating them on 50 years of inspiring the amateur radio community with their supreme skills and unwavering ambassadorship to the world’s best hobby. Named after the Araucaria pine tree found in southern and southeastern Brazil, the…

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: onallbands.com — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale The proposed federal legislation prevents HOAs from enacting restrictive antenna rules. Use the link in the article to send your letters of support. It’s quick, easy, and will make a difference. Also, we’ve included a link at the bottom so non-hams can send letters as well. *** If you haven’t done so already, now’s an important time to let your representatives in Washington,…

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: onallbands.com — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale When I got my amateur radio license in 2019, I was a very shy ten-year-old who probably would have been nervous giving a presentation to her class at school. Somehow, getting an amateur radio license helped me become a much more confident and independent version of myself that the shy ten-year-old would never recognize. The hobby has taught me countless lessons and has…

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: onallbands.com — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale For today’s product spotlight, we turn to the amateur radio experts at Hamplus, a Brazilian company founded by Celso, PP5CFS, and Marcus, PP5MS. The company’s well-built and smartly engineered products have been making the operation of multi-antenna stations simpler and more convenient for contesters and DX enthusiasts since 2008. DX Engineering is the exclusive North American distributor of Hamplus amateur radio gear. Find…

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: onallbands.com — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale Get ready for the pileups! The Mediterraneo DX Club will be activating Africa’s second-largest nation, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, from Sept. 30 to Oct. 11, 2026. The multi-operator CW/SSB/RTTY/FT8 DXpedition will cover 160-6M and will feature the 9T prefix, which has never been used on the air before. The team will also be active on EME and the CQ-100 satellite. (Image/9T0MD)…

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: onallbands.com — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale Editor’s Note: OnAllBands is pleased to post a series of articles written by accomplished amateur radio contester and DX Engineering customer/technical support specialist Kirk Pickering, K4RO. The articles, originally published in the National Contest Journal from 2008-2011 and updated with current information, offer valuable insights for both contesters new and old. *** One aspect of contesting that took a while for me to figure out…

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: onallbands.com — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale Thanks to its own built-in computer, the KiwiSDR2 is a standalone software defined radio receiver that covers 10 kHz to 30 MHz. All you need to hook it up is an antenna, a 5VDC power source, and an ethernet connection—which means it’s incredibly easy to get up and running quickly. (Image/KiwiSDR) The receiver comes pre-installed with OpenWebRX and features an integrated GPS receiver….

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: onallbands.com — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale OnAllBands is thrilled to feature articles from noted author and amateur radio DXing legend Bob Locher, W9KNI. Bob will be sharing his favorite DXing memories along with insights on what it took to capture the rarest of the rare. Be sure to read part 1 of this series—his account of making contact with Gough Island, ZD9—in this OnAllBands article.                                                             *** Bob Locher,…