Tag: radio

  This sounds like a brilliant event, taking place on Friday 22nd October there will be a CB and Amateur Radio convoy taking place in the…

The Chameleon CHA-MPAS 2.0 just might be the best portable Ham Radio antenna that you can get today, due to its versatile configurations and compact…

Ziteng (Andy) Wang is a PhD student at the University of Sydney. He recently discovered an unusual radio signal coming from the direction of the…

In view of the escalating demand for higher mobile data (from IoT, industry 4.0 applications), there is a growing world-wide interest to improve the radio…

“I’m taking a 10,000 FT look at three types of ham radio programing software. There’s so much to unpack here that a quick overview is…

ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, in a written statement on the newly filed H.R.5378 before the US House Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee on Wednesday, urged Congress…

Josh Nass, KI6NAZ, of @Ham Radio Crash Course talks about what ham radio is, and answers the question…. “Why Ham Radio?” Antenna 100 ft Tilting…

The oft-cited figure of 3 million radio amateurs worldwide may need updating. That number was what the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) published in 2000 for the…

Video: YouTube/andy kirby An interesting video from Andy who shows us how his Icom IC-705 and magnetic loop works on 11m….

Here we take a look at the SHARI PiHatU from Ham Projects. This Pi Hat contains an SA818 Radio module to allow RF to the…

Today I go through my top 15 Handheld Ham Radios for 2021 – as an update to my Best Handheld of 2020 video, this is…

  Yaesu have announced a new mobile analogue dual band radio, the FTM-6000E Price: Around £239 Information From Yaesu: Features: 50W Stable High-Power with Heavy Duty…

On September 11, some 115 amateur radio volunteers from five states provided communication support for LoToJa, the longest single-day USA Cycling (USAC)-sanctioned bicycle event in the…

Brand new from YAesu, dropping in October of 2021, is a new dual band Ham Radio, the FTM-6000r. This was announced today, so I wanted…

Yasutaka Narusawa JR2XEA of the Komaki Amateur SATCOM Club reports the satellite Z-Sat is planned to launch on an Epsilon rocket at 0048-0059 GMT on October…

An important first step in ham radio is figuring out how you want to power your radio station. Reagrdless if it being at home or…

Today I go through all of the steps and pieces for building the BuddiHex Hexbeam antenna from Buddpole. This might be the best portable ham…

  Thunderpole have now added the new T-600 CB Radio to their ‘Radio Packs’.  Starting at £89.99 you can get the radio, antenna and mount….

ARRL and the Radio Society of Great Britain will jointly sponsor events to celebrate the achievement of transatlantic communications by radio amateurs 100 years ago….

The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 1 Monitoring System (IARUMS) August newsletter reports that Radio France International was active daily between 2100 and 2200 UTC on 7205…

Special guest Dr. Scott McIntosh explains why sunspot cycle 25 will be big Antenna Comparing Elevated 1/4w Vertical vs. Link Dipole with WSPR December 19,…

Brand new from Yaesu is the FT5D Dual Band Fusion Handheld Ham Radio. Let’s take a look at this brand new HT and compare it…

New from Alinco is the DR-MD500T, then dual band DMR mobile version of their popular dual band DMR HT. DR-MD500T Dual Band Mobile DMR VHF/UHF…

This is an educational presentation I gave on setting up a solar system for use with amateur radio. It goes into the components necessary and…

Four radio amateurs will head to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a commercial flight, thanks to Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)….