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Watch Three Members of the Swains Island W8S 2023 Team Discuss this Rare Activation (VIDEO)

Are you ready for the W8S October 2023 Swains Island DXpedition? DX Engineering CEO Tim, K3LR, had the opportunity to talk with three members of the 10-operator international team of […]

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Guide to October 2023 Ham Radio Contests

While contesters the world over await the SSB portion of the CQ World Wide DX Contest at the end of the month, don’t forget that there’s plenty to do on […]

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It’s All in the Cards! QSL Cards from Swains Island

Ranked as the 27th Most Wanted DXCC Entity per Clublog as of September, Swains Island will be the hot spot for DX chasers the world over when this rarely visited […]

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Ham Radio and Morse Code in Popular Culture (Part 3)

For Part 3 in our series on ham radio and Morse code in movies, television, and music, we travel back in the time machine to the 1960s for a show […]

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Products & Product Reviews

DX Engineering Gear Used in Recent American Samoa IOTA/POTA DXpedition

It has been a busy time for DXpeditions—and DX Engineering has been right in the thick of it all as a major equipment sponsor. In addition to providing gear for […]

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Technical Articles

Ham Radio Tech: When 450 Is Not 450

450…where have I heard that number before? Seems familiar…Oh, right…450Ω window line! Yes, that’s the nominal characteristic impedance of the black plastic-coated parallel conductor transmission line like DX Engineering’s DXE-LL450-CTL. […]

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DX Engineering Provides Gear for Rare Activation of Swains Island in October

The much-anticipated 2023 W8S Swains Island DXpedition, scheduled to begin October 4 and run for about two weeks, is just around the corner. Ten operators from Germany, the Netherlands, and […]

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W8S—An International DXpedition to Swains Island

Motto: “What do you expect to find there? Well, if I knew, I wouldn’t go there!” Jean Jacques Cousteau On October 4, 2023, a group of 10 ham operators from […]

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Product Spotlight: Boost Your Top Band Capabilities with the DX Engineering 160 Meter THUNDERBOLT® Vertical Antenna

There are numerous exciting and challenging DXing opportunities on the horizon—and for many avid DXCC chasers, nothing presents a greater challenge than making contact on 160 meters. DX Engineering is […]

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Antenna Tech / Technical Articles

Dipoles–A Domestic Secret Weapon

The dipole is the oldest antenna—Herr Professor Heinrich Hertz used a dipole in his 1888 experiments that confirmed Maxwell’s predictions of electromagnetic waves. The dipole (the word means “two voltage […]