Articles written by: Wayne KE8JFW

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Products & Product Reviews

Severe Weather Preparedness Month (Part 1): Gear to Protect Your Family

Being prepared is something ham radio operators understand well. After all, many longtime amateur radio folks first learned the magic of Hertzian waves through Scouting, where the longtime motto “Be […]

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Products & Product Reviews

Ham Radio Products for Tower and Antenna Season

Yesterday, March 20, marked the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. For some, that’s the time when thoughts turn to crocuses, tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths popping up all […]

V26X Ham Radio QSL Card from Antigua
Photo Galleries

It’s All in the Cards!
QSL Cards from Antigua and Barbuda

Editor’s Note: Every month, DX Engineering features QSL cards from our team members’ personal collections. To highlight upcoming DXpeditions, we’ll be displaying a few of our favorite cards along with details […]

Acom ham radio signal amplifier
Products & Product Reviews / Station Accessories

New Product Spotlight: Toptek and Acom Amplifiers, Plus an Acom Tuner

Leading up to the Bouvet Island 3Y0J and Crozet FT8WW DXpeditions, HF amplifiers topped many hams’ wish lists for station upgrades. With the 2023 DX Engineering Amateur Radio Products Catalog […]

CY0 Sable Island ham radio QSL Card
Photo Galleries

DX Engineering Sponsors March 2023 CY0S Sable Island DXpedition…Plus, a Look at Some Sable Island QSL Cards

Editor’s Note: Every month, DX Engineering features QSL cards from our team members’ personal collections. To highlight upcoming DXpeditions, we’ll be displaying a few of our favorite cards along with details […]

Events

A Guide to March 2023 Ham Radio Contests

With Bouvet Island 3Y0J behind us, it’s time to turn our attention to some excellent contesting opportunities as the weather warms up. March features contests for those who operate old-school […]

Transworld Antenna Adventurer package
Technical Articles

WARC Bands: What are They and How Can I Take Advantage of Them?

If you’re new to ham radio, you’ve certainly been inundated with a flood of acronyms and codes from A to Z, or APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) to ZUJ (a […]

3B7A QSL Card from Agalega & St. Brandon Islands
Photo Galleries

It’s All in the Cards!
QSL Cards from Agalega and St. Brandon Islands

Editor’s Note: Every month, DX Engineering features QSL cards from our team members’ personal collections. To highlight upcoming DXpeditions, we’ll be displaying a few of our favorite cards along with details […]

Amateur Radio News

DX Engineering Team Joins Hams Worldwide in Pursuit of Crozet Islands ATNO

Sitting at number-three on the DXCC most-wanted list, the Crozet Islands became the center of the ham radio world on Christmas day 2022 when the single-operator FT8WW (Thierry Mazel, F6CUK) […]

Rigexpert stick antenna analyzer
Products & Product Reviews

New Product Spotlight: Stick 500 RigExpert Antenna Analyzer

OnAllBands has devoted a fair amount of space to the antenna analyzer—and for good reason. This handy, versatile tool is a Swiss army knife in a ham’s toolbox, performing a […]