It’s All in the Cards! QSL Cards from St. Paul Island
St. Paul Island QRV in August and September It is one of the great ironies of DXing that it’s most often the smallest of places that are the biggest deals […]
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HAM Radio 101
Get with the Program & Get More Out of Amateur Radio Club Meetings
We’ve been fortunate to have a hard-working program chair in charge of arranging our club presentations. Even when he’s wintering in Florida, he makes sure everything is ready for the […]
HAM Radio 101
So You Got Your Ham License? Here’s How to Start Enjoying Amateur Radio. (Video)
It’s a sad truth: Many people in the ham radio community never explore the opportunities afforded to them by their Technician license. You pored over the ham radio study guide, […]
Antenna Tech
Doing a Good Turn: Choosing the Right Rotator for Your Amateur Radio Station
A rotator is a handy device used in ham radio communication systems to change the orientation of an antenna. Rotators have two parts, the rotator unit and the controller. The […]
Product Reviews
New Product Spotlight: DX Engineering Logo UltrAtomic® Wall Clock
The DX Engineering Logo UltrAtomic® Wall Clock features dramatically improved reception and reliability, allowing you to automatically set and keep time, even at daylight saving time changes. Excellent readability and […]
HAM Radio 101
Ham Radio 101: The Basics of Sun and Signal—A Few Useful Resources
As a service to new hams, we’ve compiled a few resources to give you a better basic understanding of the sun and the role it plays in enabling you to […]
HAM Radio 101
Ham Radio 101: Understanding Repeater Speak
New hams often wonder what they’ll do or say over the radio after they get their license. All that jargon that hams use can seem like a foreign language to […]
Product Reviews
New Product Spotlight: DX Engineering High CMI Receive Feedline Choke
Premiered at Dayton Hamvention® 2024, the DX Engineering High CMI (Common Mode Impedance) Receive Feedline Choke (DXE-RXFC-75) achieves exceptionally high isolation between the input and output connector shields to effectively block […]
Technical Articles
Backup Power for Home & Field
Power. It is one of the most important aspects of running an operation. But what if you don’t have access to AC power or a storm knocks out all power […]
Product Reviews
Product Spotlight: DX Engineering 400MAX Type-N to PL-259 Low-Loss 50-Ohm Coaxial Adapter Cable Assemblies
Plus New Cable Gripper for RG-400 Size Coax Wouldn’t it be great if all connectors were uniform, and you didn’t have to worry about A fitting into B, and B […]
