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Products & Product Reviews

New Products Spotlight: Fresh Gear from Chameleon, bhi, and Alinco

Today’s blog post features new products from three manufacturers devoted to helping hams get the most out of their time on the air. You’ll find them all at DXEngineering.com. bhi […]

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Products & Product Reviews

Guide to Creative Mobile Radio Mounting Solutions

Today’s vehicles aren’t very ham radio-friendly. The days of having a big dash with empty space underneath are gone, so you need to get a bit more creative. If you’re […]

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Technical Articles

Choosing a Coax Switch

When it comes to ham radio, one radio is never enough. The same thing goes for antennas–multiple bands usually mean multiple antennas. Soon, you’ve got a maze of coax connections […]

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Amateur Radio News

Memories of Field Day Adventures

I started out in Amateur Radio 40 years ago this summer, and I have participated in Field Day, in one way or another, every year. My experiences have been many […]

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Technical Articles

Preventing AM and FM Overload

It’s common to experience interference from a nearby broadcast station, including commercial and public safety transmitters. The usual symptom is a continuous stream of distorted audio on all channels or […]

WP3R QSL card from the Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico
Events

It’s All in the Cards! QSLs from the Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico

Editor’s Note: Every month, DX Engineering features QSL cards from our team members’ personal collections. Usually we showcase ones from entities that are currently active or will soon be QRV. […]

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Products & Product Reviews

Holiday Gifts for Hams 2020: License Study Guides and Reference Books

If you have prospective Hams in your life, make this the season you stop nagging them and actually get them to do something about about punching their ticket! A great […]

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Antenna Tech / Technical Articles

How High Should My Dipole Be?

The half-wave dipole is one of the most basic antennas in all of Ham radio. It also tends to get a bad rap; how many times have you heard somebody—possibly […]

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Technical Articles

Easy Building Projects for New Hams

One of the most fun activities in Ham radio is learning to build your own equipment. In the early years of amateur radio, long before factory-built equipment was easily available, […]

ARRL Grounding & Bonding Book
Technical Articles

How to Build Your First HF Station

First of all, congratulations on starting your first HF station! You will be joining a long tradition of Hams with roots in the spark era all the way through to […]