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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 […]

HC8N Ham Radio QSL Card from Galopagos Islands
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It’s All in the Cards! QSL Cards from the Galapagos 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 […]

DX Engineering Solder-Type PL-259 and Type N Connectors
Products & Product Reviews

Coaxial Cable Connectors and Accessories Part 3: DX Engineering Solder-Type PL-259 and Type N Connectors

In Part 2 of our series on Coaxial Cable Connectors and Accessories, we examined DX Engineering Next Generation Crimp/Solder 8U and 8X PL-259 Connectors—the ideal choice for best performance with […]

Products & Product Reviews

Product Spotlight: DX Engineering Excited to Once Again Offer Larsen Antennas and Accessories

DX Engineering is pleased to once again carry gear from Larsen Antennas (a Pulse brand), a company that has shipped more than two billion antennas over decades of service to […]

DX Engineering Next Generation Crimp/Solder PL-259 Connectors
Products & Product Reviews

Coaxial Cable Connectors and Accessories Part 2: DX Engineering Next Generation Crimp/Solder PL-259 Connectors

As a 20-plus years provider of amateur radio gear, one of the things that separates DX Engineering in the field is the company’s commitment to building a better mousetrap, or […]

Building a Transceiver Book
Products & Product Reviews

New Products Spotlight: Look What’s New at DX Engineering from Comet and the Radio Society of Great Britain

Today’s blog post runs the gamut from a powerful, portable receiving antenna from Comet to a wealth of ham radio references from the Radio Society of Great Britain: Handheld Scanner […]