Tag: radio
7 Things When Building Your Ham Radio Shack
“I have installed two major ham shack builds over the years. One was a DISASTER! This is what I learned when designing my new ham…
Global Radio Guide: Summer 2022
Global Radio Guide During times of crisis, radio hobbyists turn on their radios and tune to the shortwave “Global Radio” bands for context, perspective, and…
How to use Hamsticks in different ways for use on the HF bands in Ham Radio
In this video I show different antennas including Hamsticks to have an economical way to get on the Ham Bands. Hamsticks are mono band HF…
This Is Not A Tree – Disguised Radio Transmitter Towers
Disguised Radio Transmitter Towers Antenna FX700 Vector Network Analyzer June 17, 2021 No comments Metropwr FX700 is a vector network analyzer 0.1/700 MHz used to measure…
Worldwide Ham Radio Operators (2000-2022)
Amateur Radio Operator numbers worldwide from data 2000 to 2022. This data has been collected from multiple data sources. Some records only go up to…
Friedrichshafen, Germany to Host the 45th International Amateur Radio Exhibition
After a 2-year break, amateur radio fans will reunite on Lake Constance in Friedrichshafen, Germany, from June 24 – 26, 2022, for HAM RADIO —…
Best HF Ham Radio for POTA 2022 – Parks On The Air, Portable Radio
Here is my list of the top 10 HF Ham Radios for portable operations and POTA – Parks On the Air. Antenna Wolf River Coil…
Icom VE-SP1 LTE/PoC Radio Desktop Conference Microphone
A short video about the Icom VE-SP1 desktop conference speaker microphone which enables a simultaneous voice conference in multiple locations by combining communication with Icom…
Hoarding Handheld Radio Batteries & Connecting Radios To Power
“How do we actually connect our radios to a power source? Also, should we have more than one handheld radio battery? Should we go a…
(tr)uSDX: Tiny QRP Radio, Some Issues, Let’s Build It Pt.1
The (Tr)uSDX is a multi-band QRP radio that covers SSB, CW, AM and FM in a package not much bigger than the Mountain Topper Three…
Ham Radio and GMRS Fees Changing TODAY!
“Today, April 19, Ham Radio license fees go from $0 to $35 for a 10-year license. Also GMRS license fees drop from $70 to $35…
Celebrating World Amateur Radio Day, a Q&A session with Youth Working Group Chair Philipp DK6SP by ITU News
To celebrate World Amateur Radio Day, ITU News caught up with Philipp DK6SP, Chair of the IARU R1 Youth Working Group.Read here the full Q&A…
2022 World Amateur Radio Day is April 18
What: 2022 World Amateur Radio Day Who: All amateur radio operators worldwide When: Monday, April 18, 2022 at 0000 UTC until Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 0000 UTC…
Military intruders in ham radio bands
IARU Monitoring System (IARUMS) Region 1 newsletter reports during March, likely as a consequence of the current military situation, they noticed an increase of transmissions in…
Malachite V4 SDR DSP Radio Receiver 50KHz – 2GHZ
50KHz-2GHZ V4 Malachite SDR DSP SDR Radio Receiver AM/SSB/NFM/WFM Shortwave Radio with Speaker Expansion Module “Here we take a look at another iteration of the…
FCC Amateur Radio Application Fee: Good, Bad, and Ugly
The FCC application fee for amateur radio licenses takes effect on Tuesday April 19, 2022 Antenna Chameleon CHA-MPAS 2.0 Portable Ham Radio Antenna System October…
CountyComm GP-7 SSB ( GEN 4 ) General Purpose Radio – Organic Gray
The new GP-7 SSB radio is made based on a continued request for an excellent quality general purpose information radio. These radios are re-modified for a specific…
Survival Radio & Emergency Communications Ukraine
“With ham radio suspended in Ukraine, we take a broader look at emergency survival radio preps & top strategies for decentralized communications. Disaster preparedness and…
Azores Radio Amateurs on standby for seismic activity.
The island of São Jorge in the Azores has suffered over 1800 earthquakes over 48 hours causing concerns and prompting the Regional Government of the…
Best Ham Radio Headset? Heil BM-17 Dual Side Boomset Review
“I’ve been using the Heil BM-17 on my Parks on the Air activations for the last few months. The Heil BM-17 is a lightweight single-side…
Yaesu FTM-200DR Dual Band System Fusion Radio – FIRST LOOK!
Yaesu FTM-200DR “Join us for today’s lunchtime livestream as I welcome John Kruk from Yaesu back onto the channel to talk about the brand new…
Your Favorite HT Radio Antennas Transmit Tested & QuirkQRP ZipTenna!
HT Radio Antennas Transmit Tested Antenna All-Band 80-10 Meter End-Fed Half-wave Antennas – MFJ 1982,1984 April 03, 2017 No comments Cover all HF bands with…
Best HF Ham Radio 2022 for QRP SSB
Best QRP HF Ham Radio Transceiver for 2022 – the radios on this list are my choices for the best HF QRP Radio of 2022…
CAS-10 CubeSat has an Amateur Radio Transponder
CAMSAT’s CAS-10 is an 8U CubeSat that will carry an Amateur Radio VHF to UHF linear transponder for SSB communications. A follow on mission from…
APX NEXT XN All-Band P25 Smart Radio
Outperform the unexpected APX NEXT XN brings unprecedented durability and mobilized intelligence to a firefighter’s lifeline so you can outperform whatever the day throws at…