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It’s All in the Cards! QSL Cards from Ogasawara

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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Products & Product Reviews

New Manufacturer Spotlight: Eclipse Tools

For more than two decades, Eclipse Tools has continued to deliver a growing line of high-quality, value-priced tools for professionals as well as amateur radio enthusiasts who rely on their […]

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Ham Products for Effective Grounding and Lightning Protection: DX Engineering Grounding Clamps

Whether for permanent or temporary installations, well-built clamps are the unsung heroes of a Ham radio station’s grounding system. When looking for the right clamps for your application, keep in […]

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A Look at Maintaining Proper Etiquette in FT8 Mode

Compared to the classic amateur modes of CW, SSB, and RTTY, WSJT-X modes such as FT8 are very structured with constrained message protocol. They are not suited for rag-chewing, and […]

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Mark Your Calendar for the 2021 Hamvention QSO Party

For the second year in a row, COVID-19 has put a damper on the world’s largest annual celebration of all things Ham radio. But while Dayton Hamvention® has been canceled […]

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Ham Products for Effective Grounding and Lightning Protection: DX Engineering Rotator Control Line Protector

You’ve put in surge arrestors to protect your coaxial cable-fed equipment and antennas—check. You’ve installed a Ladder Line Surge Protector for antennas fed with 300-ohm and 450-ohm ladder line—check. Receive […]

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Scott Tilley, VE7TIL, Snags Signal from Tianwen-1 Probe Orbiting Mars

There’s always that one guy, and on February 10 that guy was amateur operator Scott Tilley, VE7TIL, snagging a hard-to-get signal from China’s Tianwen-1 probe as it orbited Mars. It’s […]

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Products & Product Reviews

Ham Products for Effective Grounding and Lightning Protection: DX Engineering Surge Arrestors

When you consider the time and money you’ve invested in your Ham radio station, making the effort to protect it should be a no-brainer since, as we all know, lightning […]

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Hey Hams, Let’s Give a Shout Out to WSPR!

When I want to check for information on propagation conditions, I often look at the N0NBH solar-terrestrial data banner that appears on many ham radio sites. But if you want […]

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Get Ready to Shrink the Globe. World Amateur Radio Day Is April 18!

Get Ready to Shrink the Globe. World Amateur Radio Day Is April 18! Circle your calendar and prepare to celebrate the hobby we love on April 18— World Amateur Radio […]