Word of the Day: Flea Market
One of the highlights of any Hamfest is the flea market. Why? Because you never know what you’ll find—an old radio or misfit piece of amateur gear to add to […]
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Using Transformers for Impedance Matching vs. Isolation
Transformers for Impedance Matching One of a transformer’s important functions is impedance transformation. Impedance transformation is just changing the ratio of voltage-to-current in one winding to a different ratio of […]
Clifton Labs / Technical Articles
Audio Transformer Measurements and Modeling
(Editor’s Note: The following article is from the archives of experimenter, inventor, friend of the Ham Radio community, and founder of Clifton Laboratories, Jack Smith, K8ZOA (SK).) This page presents […]
HAM Radio 101 / Products & Product Reviews
Word of the Day: ICOM IC-9700 VHF/UHF/1.2 GHz Transceiver
In our last Word of the Day column, we talked about the details of DX Engineering’s first Hamfest—a free event August 10, 2019, at the Summit Racing Equipment Retail Super […]
Events / HAM Radio 101
DXE Hamfest Overview
Live in Ohio or a neighboring state? Looking for a road trip that will satisfy your Ham Radio and muscle car jones in one fell swoop? Then don’t miss DX […]
Technical Articles
Guide to Low-Power Contesting (Part 2): Techniques and Tips on Making QSOs
In Part 1 of our series on low-powering contesting, we looked at the basic equipment you’ll need. Today, let’s touch on a few tips on competing, contest resources, and opportunities […]
Events / Photo Galleries
It’s All in the Cards! QSL Cards from the Republic of Maldives
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 about […]
HAM Radio 101
What is “Moving Multipliers?”
An operating technique where one asks over the air for a station that is a multiplier (e.g., a new country, state or section) to move (QSY) to a different band […]
HAM Radio 101
Advice on Ham Radio Repeater Etiquette
Here are a few pieces of advice on repeater etiquette that bear repeating from John Devoldere, ON4UN, and Mark Demeuleneere, ON4WW, who wrote “Ethics and Operating Procedures for the Radio […]
HAM Radio 101
Word of the Day: What is “QRV?”
In today’s Word of the Day entry, we tackle QRV—one of early radio’s Q-Signals. These abbreviations beginning with the letter Q were used by operators to save time and simplify […]
