Ham Radio Insights: Where Did All the Signals Go?
If you’ve spun the dial on your HF transceiver lately and found nothing but static, you’re not alone. For many operators, the once-bustling shortwave spectrum sounds more like the emptiness […]
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Ham Radio Portable Insights: Logging Options for POTA
We can all agree that a lot of planning (sometimes too much) can go into a Parks on the Air® (POTA) activation. We tend to overthink, especially when we are […]
Technical Articles
DX Engineering Helps Make Portable Operating Fun and Simple
I remember when there were only a few events each year that really allowed hams to go into the field and operate. ARRL Field Day, Winter Field Day, and NVIS […]
Technical Articles
Ham Radio Tech—Options for Removing Unwanted Noise and Enhancing Audio at Your Station
Sometimes it’s tough to dig signals out of the noise. You can hear it but can’t make out all the words. If your radio’s built-in noise reduction isn’t sufficient, consider […]
Technical Articles
Mobile Installation Pitfalls—3 Tips for Avoiding Common Mistakes When Equipping Your Vehicle with Mobile Ham Radios
I often get compliments on my ham radio mobile install, which I wrote about last month. The compliments are usually a segue into a conversation about amateur radio mobile radio […]
Technical Articles
Ham Radio Portable Insights: Customizing N3FJP’s AC Log for POTA
Hello again! I’d like to share some tips and tricks I’ve found for customizing AC Log. Most are in the instructions for the software, but some aren’t—some I’ve found by […]
Cable & Coax Tech
DX Engineering Custom Cable Builder—The No-Hassle Way to Get the Precise Coax for Your Station
It’s the fast, easy, and convenient way of upgrading your station’s coaxial cables. There are many aspects of amateur radio that pose significant challenges—learning CW or increasing your WPM speed, […]
Field Day
Ham Radio Portable Insights: How POTA Prepares Us for Field Day
Every June, we’re reminded of how much Parks On The Air® (POTA) and ARRL Field Day have in common. If you’ve participated in Field Day, chances are you’ve applied skills […]
Technical Articles
Gray Line: The Twilight Zone of Radio Propagation
Imagine for a moment that you’re sitting in your ham shack, coffee in one hand and microphone in the other. It’s either just before sunrise or just after sunset, and […]
Technical Articles
Ham Radio Tech: Mobile Radio Installation Tips
A DX Engineering customer/technical support specialist looks back at his mobile radio installation that is still going strong nine years later. *** Since my early days of playing with CB […]
