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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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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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 […]
Antennas and Tuners / Products & Product Reviews
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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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 […]
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Get Ready for the QSO Party with a Higher Purpose—The Solar Eclipse QSO Party
The researchers at HamSCI (Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation) know how to throw one massive party—so big, in fact, that even the sun and moon got invitations. The organization’s upcoming […]
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 […]
