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It’s All in the Cards! QSL Cards from Rodrigues Island

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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Technical Articles

Going on Vacation? Great Options for Bringing Ham Radio Along for the Trip (Part 3)

In our first two posts offering suggestions for vacation-ready ham radio equipment, we looked at the AlexLoop HamPack Portable Magnetic Loop Antenna System and TransWorld Antenna Packages —excellent choices for […]

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Technical Articles

Going on Vacation? Great Options for Bringing Ham Radio Along for the Trip (Part 2)

In Part 1 of our series on great gear to take along on a vacation, we looked at HF Portable TransWorld Antennas—a proven option that’s ideal if you’re operating from […]

VK9X Ham Radio QSL Card from Christmas Island
HAM Radio 101

Going on Vacation? Great Options for Bringing Ham Radio Along for the Trip (Part 1)

For many hams, taking a summer vacation without bringing ham radio gear along isn’t much of a vacation at all. If you’re planning on making some casual QSOs far from […]

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Events

Guide to July 2022 Ham Radio Contests

Now that Field Day 2022 is another memory, you can grab July by the horns and take advantage of a full slate of opportunities to improve your CW skills, contact […]

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Products & Product Reviews

Product Spotlight: CBA V Computerized Battery Analyzer from West Mountain Radio (Video)

Ham radio gear from the team at West Mountain Radio has been a staple of the DX Engineering Amateur Radio Catalog and at DXEngineering.com for some time now. There’s a […]

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Products & Product Reviews

New Vendor Spotlight: Penta Laboratories RF Vacuum Tubes

DX Engineering is excited to announce that it has added expertly crafted RF vacuum tubes from Penta Laboratories to its lineup of more than 30,000 products for amateur radio operators […]

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Products & Product Reviews

Product Spotlight: RigExpert’s CW Trinket: A Fun Way to Practice Morse Code Anywhere!

Say you’re stuck in a long line at the bank or behind a parade of shoppers whose carts are jammed with way more than eight items in defiance of the […]

JX9NOA Ham Radio QSL Card from Jan Mayen
Events

It’s All in the Cards! QSL Cards from Jan Mayen

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

Product Spotlight: Alinco DR-MD520T Advanced Tri-Band Mobile DMR Transceiver

Here’s some welcome news for fans of mobile ops. The experts at Alinco have added another high-performance rig to their already impressive lineup—the DR-MD520T Advanced Tri-Band VHF/UHF/DMR Mobile Transceiver. This […]