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PJ9I Ham Radio QSL Card from Curasao
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 It’s All in the Cards! QSL Cards from Curaçao—the QTH of the All-Youth 2025 CQ WW SSB Team

In honor of the all-youth team that will be active from the world-famous, propagation-juggernaut PJ2T Signal Point station for the CQ WW SSB Contest, Oct. 25-26, OnAllBands is featuring an […]

Nike Cortez Morse Code Gym Shoe, Side
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Amateur Radio and Morse Code Outside of the Shack: How Morse Code is Being Used by Major Brands

The world of amateur radio often spills into popular culture, whether it’s being used as a plot device in a murder mystery show or a video game designed to teach […]

carnegie Mellon ham radio students gathered outside
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Youth Ham Radio Insights: Opportunities for Young Operators, from Scholarships to College Clubs

Young people are faced with immense amounts of pressure in nearly every aspect of their lives—maintaining a close-knit social circle, making sure to keep up with and excel in school, […]

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Youth Ham Radio Insights: Contacting an Astronaut on the International Space Station

Having the opportunity to participate in an ARISS contact is an incredible experience, and certainly a very memorable one. If you’re not familiar with ARISS, it stands for Amateur Radio […]

S79SAL Mahe Island Ham Radio QSL Card
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It’s All in the Cards! QSL Cards from DXCC Entities on the Air in September 2025, Part 2

September is a particularly busy month for DXpeditions this year. That’s good news for the hobby and even better news for DXers like you hoping to record ATNOs or fill […]

group of young ham operators in dx engineering showroom
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From Contest Station to Coral Reefs: A Youth Perspective on Contesting and a First DXpedition to the South Pacific

Over six years ago a group of young operators (average age of 16) gathered at superstation K3LR for 48 hours of extreme caffeine levels and high adrenaline otherwise known as […]

JW5X Ham Radio QSL Card from Svalbard
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It’s All in the Cards! QSL Cards from DXCC Entities on the Air in September 2025

Greetings DX chasers! There’s a full slate of DXpeditions in September, from the hot (Micronesia) to the frigid (Svalbard) and all climates in between. OnAllBands is highlighting just a few […]

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Contest University from a Young Ham’s Perspective

While Dayton Hamvention® is an amazing event for young hams, Contest University (CTU) held the Thursday before the event is not to be missed! CTU has something to offer every […]

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Common Ham Radio Myths You’d Like to Bust

Sometimes we ask a question on social media that gets amateur operators truly fired up. This often involves a question about FT8—a subject that is sure to raise the hackles […]

E51MKW Ham Radio QSL Card from North Cook Islands
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It’s All in the Cards! QSL Cards from the North Cook Islands

DX Engineering sponsors upcoming E51MWA DXpedition Hey, DXers, be sure to mark your calendars for Oct. 9-20, 2025. That’s when the six-operator E51MWA team is scheduled to be active from […]