Articles written by: Wayne KE8JFW

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Products & Product Reviews

DX Engineering Winter Buyer’s Guide (Part 2): Get Your Cables Under Control

In our first installment of DX Engineering’s Winter Purchasing Guide, we tackled the important topic of weatherproofing your coaxial connectors and other equipment. While certainly not as exciting as a […]

NanoVNA-F V2 Vector Network Analyzer
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New Product Spotlight: NanoVNA-F V2 Vector Network Analyzer

Like a lot of gear used in amateur radio, many useful products come in rather small packages. Now available from DX Engineering, the upgraded NanoVNA-F V2 Vector Network Analyzer (5″ […]

FJ/K3XT St. Barthelemy QSL Card
Photo Galleries

It’s All in the Cards! QSL Cards from St. Barthelemy

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 […]

Yeasu Transceiver for ham radio
Products & Product Reviews

Yaesu Doubles the Excitement for Hams with the Introduction of Two New Transceivers

We begin today’s blog post with a riddle: What’s better than one new transceiver from Yaesu? Any amateur operator who has been paying attention to the favorable buzz in the […]

PTRX-9700 Panadapter IF Interface Module for the Icom IC-9700
Products & Product Reviews

New Product Spotlight: Radio Analog PTRX-9700 Panadapter IF Interface Module for the Icom IC-9700

When the innovators at Radio Analog came out with the PTRX-7300 a short while ago, owners of the popular Icom IC-7300 rejoiced. The easily installed device allowed owners of this […]

3M Weatherproofing Tape
Technical Articles / Weatherproofing and Grounding

DX Engineering Winter Purchasing Guide (Part 1): Put Station Weatherproofing Tops on Your To-Do List

As the weather turns colder and Contest Season fades into the past for another year, it’s a good time to think about shack upgrades and smart maintenance practices to keep […]

DX Engineering Headset and Foot Switch Packages
Products & Product Reviews

Product Spotlight: DX Engineering Headset and Foot Switch Packages

There are certain people and objects throughout history that will be forever linked in our minds: peanut butter and jelly, red beans and rice, gin and tonic, Fred and Barney, […]

COMPACtenna CompacCounterpoise and Land Mobile Radio Antenna
Products & Product Reviews

New Product Spotlight: COMPACtenna CompacCounterpoise and Land Mobile Radio Antenna

Fans of COMPACtenna’s line of small, monoband and multiband antennas already know what a smart choice they make for HOAs, condos, apartments, mounted on a vehicle, or for anywhere that […]

DX Engineering Coaxial RF Connector Adapters
Products & Product Reviews

Coaxial Cable Connectors and Accessories (Part 4): DX Engineering Coaxial RF Connector Adapters

Most hams take great pride in being prepared for any contingency, whether tinkering in the shack, helping a friend set up his or her station, or in the field when […]

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Guide to November 2021 Ham Radio Contests

Welcome to the season of tri-banders, tuning, toroids, transceivers, and turkey (or tofu, if you’re so inclined). Despite fewer opportunities to get together in person, amateur operators still have a […]