An Amateur Radio Blog by DX Engineering You may be surprised to learn that MARS doesn’t always necessitate a fiery launch into orbit, conveniently-packaged freeze-dried snacks, or a red planet touchdown. This four-letter planetary reference is also […]
Ever use a computer mouse that didn’t feel quite right? Or a keyboard that didn’t have the right touch or that satisfying clickety-clack you prefer? Or a joystick that, for […]
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 […]
What got you started in ham radio? What keeps you in ham radio? How did you get your license and what was your first station like? Quite a trip back […]
If you’ve ever wanted to make your celestial debut—now is the perfect time! Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is searching the galaxy (okay, maybe just Earth) for […]
As the temperatures outside begin to rise, the contesting calendar begins to heat up as well, with a number of high-profile contests, a sprinkling of State QSO Parties, and some […]
It may surprise some that the RTTY (Radioteletype) mode we use today can be traced back nearly 190 years. Carl Friedrich Gauss and Wilhelm Weber constructed the first telegraph in […]
Installing a radial system is a must for any quarter-wave vertical antenna system. Without one, a vertical antenna is only half complete. The radials are the second half of the […]
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One of the simple tricks of maintaining an effective grounding system for your station is to keep it neat and organized. Easier said than done, you say? It’s an issue […]
