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It’s All in the Cards! QSL Cards from the Dodecanese Islands

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 […]

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Guide to September 2021 Ham Radio Contests

To many lovers of the fall season, September means Labor Day picnics, apple picking, football Saturdays and Sundays, and the beginning of “sweater weather”—all reasons to celebrate. To hams, you […]

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Products & Product Reviews

Choosing the Right Coaxial Cable (Part 7): RG-58A/U 52-ohm Coax

For many hams, price is a factor that looms over all their decisions when building a station. It’s a reality that DX Engineering understands well. But that doesn’t mean you […]

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Technical Articles

HF Propagation at the Equinox

All things being equal… Here comes fall, the time of year when the northern hemisphere emerges from the summertime HF doldrums. At the same time, the southern hemisphere hams are […]

Hi-Z Antennas Four Element V2 4 Square Receive Array Systems
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New Product Spotlight: Hi-Z Antennas Four Element V2 4 Square Receive Array Systems 

On the heels of the release of Hi-Z’s Three Element V2 Triangular package (featured in the DX Engineering 2021 Catalog) comes the Hi-Z Four Element V2 4 Square Receive Array […]

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Products & Product Reviews

Choosing the Right Coaxial Cable (Part 6): RG-6/U 75-ohm Flooded and Standard Quad Shield Coaxial Cable 

In Part 6 of our series on Choosing the Right Coaxial Cable, we present our first 75-ohm type—RG-6/U Quad-Shield Coaxial Cable available in two tough and flexible options that reduce […]

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Technical Articles

The Path to 488: The GridMaster Award for Satellite Operators

Those new to satellite operating are generally thrilled when they finally talk to another person through an object orbiting in space. As the number of contacts starts to grow, many […]

Ciro Mazzoni Radio to Loop Antenna Tuner Interface Cable
Products & Product Reviews

New Product Spotlight: Ciro Mazzoni Radio to Loop Antenna Tuner Interface Cable for the Elecraft K-4

In today’s new products spotlight, OnAllBands has some welcome news if you own an Elecraft K-4 and are looking for an outstanding magnetic loop antenna. Ciro Mazzoni now offers an […]

Antenna Tech / Technical Articles

Tuning Your Dipole Antenna Installation

You’ve gone to great lengths to make sure your antenna is cut for the proper frequency using the 468/MHz formula. You’ve measured twice and cut once, yet the SWR readings […]

Toptek UHF radio Amplifier
Products & Product Reviews

New Product Spotlight: Toptek UHF and VHF Amplifiers

The new 2021 DX Engineering catalog features 132 pages of amateur radio heaven, from brand-new products like the DX Engineering NOISELOOP Portable Receive Flag Antenna Kit and Preamplifier to devices […]