Articles written by: Wayne KE8JFW

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Amateur Radio News

You’ll Find DX Engineering Just About Everywhere—Shrinking the Globe

One of the cool things about DX Engineering is the company’s reach around the globe. While based in the U.S., friends of the Ohio-headquartered business can be found just about […]

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Products & Product Reviews

Product Spotlight: New Mobile Antennas, Tools, Textbooks, and Speakers

For today’s blog post, we’ve cooked up a veritable smorgasbord of recent additions to DX Engineering’s growing catalog of amateur radio gear. Hungry for improved performance and easier shack maintenance? […]

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Events

DX Engineering Sponsors Rare Activation of Kiska Island, July 25-31!

While the United States ranks at the very bottom of the DXCC Most-Wanted List, there are still locales in North America, particularly as you near the far reaches of the […]

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Photo Galleries

It’s All in the Cards! QSL Cards from Rodrigues Island

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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Technical Articles

Going on Vacation? Great Options for Bringing Ham Radio Along for the Trip (Part 3)

In our first two posts offering suggestions for vacation-ready ham radio equipment, we looked at the AlexLoop HamPack Portable Magnetic Loop Antenna System and TransWorld Antenna Packages —excellent choices for […]

AlexLoop Ham Pack
Technical Articles

Going on Vacation? Great Options for Bringing Ham Radio Along for the Trip (Part 2)

In Part 1 of our series on great gear to take along on a vacation, we looked at HF Portable TransWorld Antennas—a proven option that’s ideal if you’re operating from […]

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HAM Radio 101

Going on Vacation? Great Options for Bringing Ham Radio Along for the Trip (Part 1)

For many hams, taking a summer vacation without bringing ham radio gear along isn’t much of a vacation at all. If you’re planning on making some casual QSOs far from […]

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Events

Guide to July 2022 Ham Radio Contests

Now that Field Day 2022 is another memory, you can grab July by the horns and take advantage of a full slate of opportunities to improve your CW skills, contact […]

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Products & Product Reviews

Product Spotlight: CBA V Computerized Battery Analyzer from West Mountain Radio (Video)

Ham radio gear from the team at West Mountain Radio has been a staple of the DX Engineering Amateur Radio Catalog and at DXEngineering.com for some time now. There’s a […]

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Products & Product Reviews

New Vendor Spotlight: Penta Laboratories RF Vacuum Tubes

DX Engineering is excited to announce that it has added expertly crafted RF vacuum tubes from Penta Laboratories to its lineup of more than 30,000 products for amateur radio operators […]