An Amateur Radio Blog by DX Engineering 
So you’re building a small dual-band Yagi and the instructions tell you to split the coax at the feedpoint. Stop right there. DX Engineering’s Michael Murphy, KI8R, shows you a […]
When cool weather approaches, you may begin to ponder the most efficient way to upgrade your existing antennas or add to your current capabilities. And when it comes to amateur […]
Here comes Field Day and all of your careful equipment connections and filtering go out the window as the station is disassembled and hauled off to the operating site. Be […]
After months of preparation, countless volunteer hours, and anticipation by thousands of hams who have had the dates circled in red for months, the wait is almost over! The gates […]
Going mobile? Installing a ham radio station in your vehicle expands the usefulness of amateur radio, making automobiles ham shacks on wheels. It’s a convenient way to have instant emergency […]
In this installment of Ham Mobile Install, we will talk about what happens when you have followed the mobile radio installation instructions to the letter, but there is still something […]
After a windswept stay in January, the 16-operator TX5S team left the French overseas state private property of Clipperton Island (IOTA NA-011) with an impressive 113,738 QSOs in their logbook […]
A feed line RF choke creates a high impedance in the path of RF common-mode current on the outside surface of a coaxial cable shield. The choke doesn’t affect currents […]
The receiving antennas covered in this article are small enough to fit on residential lots or to use with a portable station. They are not transmitting antennas! Most are relatively […]
Over the past few years, a lot of attention has been developed regarding grounding and bonding. I am pleased that my ARRL book Grounding and Bonding for the Radio Amateur […]
