Holiday Gifts for Hams 2020: Headphones and Headsets
Selecting the right pair of headphones or the ideal headset is as personal a choice as finding shoes that fit or a recliner that comfortably accommodates your posterior. One Ham’s […]
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It’s Time to Hustle if You Want to Head Back to School with an ARRL Foundation Scholarship
The deadline to submit applications for the 2021 ARRL Foundation Scholarship Program is fast approaching. There is still plenty of time to apply—but you must do so by 11:59 pm […]
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DX Engineering Equipment Supports the Expansion of the Reverse Beacon Network
DX Engineering ARAV4-1P Active Vertical Receive Antennas are being used as part of an effort to add 15 “nodes” to the Reverse Beacon Network (RBN)—a global system of software-defined radio […]
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Spartan Sprint Offers QRPers Fast Fun Once a Month
For QRP fans and outdoor enthusiasts who enjoy finding better ways to “do more with less,” the Adventure Radio Society’s (ARS) Spartan Sprint is right up your alley. Held the […]
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Ferrite—An Inexpensive Way for Hams to Improve Their Time on Air (Part 1): DX Engineering Color-Coded Ferrite RF Noise Reduction Kits
We’ve talked a great deal in OnAllBands about the benefits of using selected mixes of ferrite toroids and beads to block and dissipate RF currents—a technique for suppressing radio frequency […]
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Holiday Gifts for Hams 2020: Shortwave and Internet Radios
Some of my earliest memories of radio take me back to my bedroom in Akron, Ohio, a small, cheap Panasonic hidden under my pillow, the smooth sounds of Cleveland baseball […]
Events
Guide to December 2020 Ham Radio Contests
As you bid adieu to 2020, there are still plenty of opportunities to get on the air with these December contests, including a new weekly event perfect for Hams just […]
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QSL Review: A Look Back at the QSL Card from Ducie Island VP6DX 2008
From February 11-27, 2008, 13 experienced Hams operated seven stations on Ducie Island, recording a whopping 183,584 QSOs on CW, SSB, and Digital. VP6DX’s 38,754 unique calls signs ranks as […]
Interviews
Hams You Should Know: William “Tommy” Hayes, NE5TH, DX Engineering Customer Support Specialist
Have you ever wondered who was the Ham on the other end of your call to DX Engineering? Well, we thought you’d like to know. OnAllBands will be running a […]
Technical Articles
Satellite Basics (Part 4): Operating a Linear Satellite Demonstration
In our fourth installment of Sean’s video series, he follows up on his previous video, “Getting on the Linear Satellites,” by operating a recent pass of the XW2A linear satellite […]
