Articles written by: Wayne KE8JFW

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New Product Spotlight: DX Engineering Receive Short Element Active Vertical Antennas

Whether you’re into long-distance AM broadcast listening, medium wave, shortwave, low-frequency amateur bands, DXing, contesting, or just day-to-day HF operations, DX Engineering’s upgraded Receive Short Element Active Vertical Antennas (RSEAV) […]

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Products & Product Reviews

New Product Spotlight: ARCO Smart Antenna Rotator Controller

When it was announced last year that WiMo of Herxheim, Germany, had named DX Engineering as the sole distributor of microHAM products in North America, the buzz among the amateur […]

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It’s All in the Cards! QSL Cards from Barbados

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

Winter Field Day—When Ham Radio is a Dish Best Served Cold

Want to get a small taste of what it’s like to operate from Bouvet Island without the perilous 1,553-mile voyage? That’s the distance the 3Y0J 2023 Bouvet Island DXpedition team […]

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ARRL Kids Day—a Teaching Moment You Don’t Want to Miss

If you were logging onto Facebook to watch DX Engineering’s informative and entertaining live shows last year, you likely noticed that we were privileged to feature several younger operators who […]

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Guide to January 2023 Ham Radio Contests

While it’s impossible to predict what’s in store for 2023 (though things look increasingly promising for Cycle 25!), one thing can be chiseled in stone: Every month offers exciting and […]

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Amateur Radio News

News from the Arecibo Observatory

The iconic radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico—a site near and dear to amateur radio operators the world over—will not be repaired or rebuilt, the National Science […]

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It’s All in the Cards! QSL Cards from the Crozet 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 […]

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Products & Product Reviews

DX Engineering Ham Radio Holiday Gift Guide (Part 6): Antenna Analyzers and Weatherproofing Kits!

Remember those magical winter mornings as a kid, running down the stairs in your Bullwinkle footie pajamas, joyously ripping open a pristinely wrapped box of rubber splicing tape, and exclaiming, […]

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Looking Ahead: Time to Start Planning for Hamvention 2023!

While we’re just now getting winter coats out of storage and bringing home bags of rock salt from the hardware store, here’s a thought sure to melt your ham radio […]