A Guide to May 2023 Ham Radio Contests
Like it does every year, the month of May looms large in the ham radio world, boasting Dayton Hamvention (May 19-21), Four Days in May (May 18-21), and Contest University […]
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It’s All in the Cards!QSL Cards from Scotland
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 […]
Products & Product Reviews
New Vendor Spotlight: Bioenno Power Batteries and Solar Products
In the days ahead OnAllBands will be highlighting new vendors that are featured in the upcoming DX Engineering 2023 Amateur Radio Products Catalog—coming soon. We’ve already spotlighted a few including […]
Technical Articles
Working Through and Managing Pileups During Park and Summit Activations
Park and summit activating has grown in popularity over the past few years. Indeed, it’s to the point that pileups are not at all uncommon. Here in the U.S., I […]
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Getting the Most from Portable HF Antenna Systems
Portable operating—in parks, on islands, atop summits—has become delightfully popular over the past few years. It’s not hard to figure out why, either. You get to combine visiting new places, […]
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For Work Well Done, We Salute this Year’s 2023 Hamvention Award Winners
The folks here at DX Engineering were excited to have official Hamvention spokesperson, Michael Kalter, W8CI, join DX Engineering’s own Tim Duffy, K3LR, at the DX Engineering showroom here in […]
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Five Mistakes New Ham Operators Make (Bonus Article, Part 6): Searching for the Magic Bullet
Our society seems obsessed with the “all-in-one” concept. Last Father’s Day we purchased a pen that had 22 functions. I have a jump box in my Jeep with nine functions. […]
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Interested in AM DXing? DX Engineering Has What You Need
AM DXing—it’s just about the simplest way to discover the magic of hearing distant signals with not too great of an investment and no need to transmit. Just listen and […]
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Casting a Wider Net: Park and Summit Activations Might be More Accessible Than You Realize
I receive a lot of messages from my readers/subscribers noting that they would love to do POTA or SOTA activations, but either 1) park entities are too far away/inaccessible, or […]
HAM Radio 101
Five Tips for Successful Field Day Public Relations (and Extra Points)!
Field Day is many things: a contest, emergency communications exercise, club social event, and a way to raise public awareness of ham radio. Regardless of which aspect you embrace, you […]
