📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: onallbands.com — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale OnAllBands is devoting part of our contest guide to some of the special event stations on the air this August. You’ll find a nice selection of special events to keep you busy every month at the ARRL website. We love the low-key fun and educational component of making QSOs with stations that bring attention to local and regional history, important landmarks, and people…

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: onallbands.com — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale After countless run-ins with security because I decided to travel with a CW key (or any other piece of equipment that looks “sketchy” on the TSA’s X-ray machines), it’s safe to say that I’m pretty familiar with how traveling and amateur radio collide with each other—or more fittingly, how they complement each other. At first glance, it can seem like trying to incorporate…

📌 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. *** Welcome back to Contesting 101. In the last installment, we covered basic antennas…

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: onallbands.com — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale It doesn’t matter if you are just starting your journey in ham radio or got your license alongside Guglielmo Marconi himself. When it comes to equipping your hobby, the choices can be quite overwhelming. Which brand do you choose? What features do you need? Even…What color matches your aesthetic interests? These are all decisions you’ll be faced with when buying gear. Let’s break…

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: onallbands.com — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale I spent a week this July at the World Radiosport Team Championship (WRTC), one of the biggest gatherings of the world’s absolute best contesters. Everyone there had put in an immense amount of time and effort to qualify as a competitor or be a referee. It was truly the textbook definition of “a roomful of experts.” Being there as a young ham brought…

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: onallbands.com — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale We hope you had an opportunity to stop by the Chelegance booth (they were set up in the DX Engineering portable ops area) at Dayton Hamvention® 2026. The company specializes in a diverse selection of amateur radio gear, including easy-to-deploy portable antennas, CW keys and paddles, transceiver cases, Vector Network Analyzers (VNA), dummy loads, and more. Here’s a sampling of what Chelegance had…

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: onallbands.com — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale Today, OnAllBands is looking at two archipelagic DXCC entities roughly 8,400 miles apart: The Republic of Trinidad & Tobago is a country in the southern Caribbean made up of the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago and several smaller islets. It’s scheduled to be on the air until Aug. 9 thanks to the 9Y4 activation by 8P6PE as 9Y4/8P6PE from Chaguanas on Trinidad….

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: onallbands.com — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale As you work DX, you will eventually find yourself needing DXCC entities where there are either no ham radio operators or no permanent population of people—period. This gap is what most DXpeditions try to fill, bringing an amateur radio presence on the air so the community at large can work it. Everyone hears them on the air and likely sees the teams’ latest…

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: onallbands.com — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale 4O3A produces amateur radio equipment that’s built to perform, built to last, and built for hams looking to seriously upgrade their capabilities. Case in point—the company’s solid-state Power Genius Amplifiers. They deliver 1,500W-plus of output across the 160-6M bands using dual NXP MRF1K50H LDMOS transistors, each rated for 1.5 kW. Users can expect high headroom, low IMD, clean signal output, and a host…

📌 INFORMATIVA COPYRIGHT — I diritti appartengono al legittimo proprietario. Fonte: onallbands.com — 🔗 Leggi l’articolo originale Teenagers’ schedules are entirely exhausting just to look at. Managing a healthy balance between school assignments and projects, family responsibilities, sports practices, and first-time jobs can be quite challenging. Add to that mix being a ham and trying to find time to get on the air and stay active! Although one of my favorite parts of the hobby is the never-ending list of…