Stout Beer, Mean Time, a Duped Reporter & One of History’s Best April Fool’s Jokes
Most hams love a good joke. Go to any hamfest or spend some time with a group on Field Day and you’ll soon learn that talk of frequencies is often […]
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Ham Culture & Entertainment
Ham Culture & Entertainment
It’s All in the Cards! QSL Cards from DXCC Entities on the Air in April 2025
There’s a lot to be excited about this April if you’re hoping to add entities to your list of DXCC conquests. For our end-of-March QSL card post, we’re highlighting a […]
Products & Product Reviews
DX Engineering Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary: Building a Family of Brands Part 1—COMTEK Systems
In our yearlong celebration of DX Engineering’s 25th anniversary, OnAllBands has been looking at some of the factors that have led to the company’s significant growth since being purchased by […]
Events
Guide to March 2025 Ham Radio Contests: Basketball Edition
As the men’s college basketball tournament is set to tip off in a couple of weeks, OnAllBands thought it would be appropriate to draw a few parallels between RadioSport and […]
Events
It’s All in the Cards! Mark Your Calendars for the 2025 VK9CU Cocos Keeling Islands DXpedition
It was Christmas in February and March for the six-operator VK9XU team as they activated Christmas Island (IOTA OC-002), an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean and the 67th Most […]
Ham Culture & Entertainment
DX Engineering 25th Anniversary: A Look Back at the Early Years—DX Engineering Antenna Hardware
In celebration of DX Engineering’s 25th anniversary this year, OnAllBands will be taking an expansive look at how DX Engineering grew from a company carrying a small but highly regarded […]
Products & Product Reviews
New Product Spotlight: “The CW Way of Life” Reference Book
Want to learn Morse code and enjoy the thrill of CW operating? Here’s more than a little help from an operator who knows his way around a straight key and […]
Events
Guide to February 2025 Ham Radio Contests, Cupid Edition
In classic mythology, Cupid is said to carry two types of arrows—a sharp-pointed golden type for arousing romance in those it strikes and a blunt, lead-tipped projectile that causes its […]
Events
It’s All in the Cards! Marshall Islands V73WW DXpedition Coming in February 2025!
Gear Provided by DX Engineering to Play an Important Role Back in December 2024, OnAllBands featured Marshall Islands QSL cards from members of the DX Engineering team, including this one […]
HAM Radio 101
Ham Radio 101: What’s the Best Way to Learn Morse Code?
2025 Marks the 190th Anniversary of the International Morse Code Alphabet Editor’s note: This post is part of an ongoing series of 101-style articles from OnAllBands addressing the basics of […]
