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Events

Are You Registered Yet? Tomorrow is the First DXE Virtual Hamfest and DX Academy

Register Now and Be Online for Your Chance to Win a $1,000 DX Engineering Gift Card The speakers are ready, the Zoom platform and YouTube channel are set, and the […]

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Word Origins: What does “DX” Mean?

On July 25, 2020, DX Engineering will be holding its first-ever, all-day combined virtual event, featuring the DXE Virtual Hamfest from 9 am to noon and DX Academy (see more […]

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Don’t Forget to Register for the DXE Virtual Hamfest and DX Academy, July 25

Two Chances to Win $1,000 DX Engineering Gift Cards While we wait for the time we can gather in person for Ham-related activities, there are a few aspects of “going […]

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It’s All in the Cards! QSLs from Baker Island KH1/KH7Z 2018

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. However, with […]

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Products & Product Reviews

TransWorld Antennas—Big HF Performance in a Small Package

In honor of DX Engineering’s upcoming combined DXE Virtual Hamfest and DX Academy July 25, 9 am to 5 pm, we’ll be looking at one of DX Engineering’s popular traveling […]

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Events

Mark Your Calendars for the DXE Virtual Hamfest and DX Academy in July

Join the Elmers at DX Engineering and a host of Ham Radio luminaries on Saturday, July 25, 2020, for the first DXE Virtual Hamfest and DX Academy—two online events combined […]

Events

Balloon Launches Take Amateur Radio Fans to New Heights

With the sports world slowly creeping out of lockdown mode, Hams continue to find their own ways to compete through on-air contests and, most recently, an up-in-the-air cross-continent balloon race. […]

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Products & Product Reviews

DX Engineering Antenna Tilt Base Solutions Part One—SAF-T-TILT™ Base on the MBVE-5A Series Antennas

There was a time when the thought of raising and lowering a vertical antenna to perform maintenance, protect it from storms, or stow it away for the winter was enough […]

Yaesu FTM-300DR Mobile ham radio
Products & Product Reviews

Yaesu’s New FTM-300DR C4FM/FM Mobile Transceiver Delivers Full Duplex, Hands-Free Ops, and More

During a recent webinar about the new Yaesu FTM-300DR C4FM/FM Dual-Band Mobile Transceiver, presenter John Kruk, N9UPC, wanted to make one point clear about the new System Fusion rig which […]

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It’s All in the Cards! QSLs from South Orkney Islands

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. However, with […]