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Products & Product Reviews

New Product Spotlight: DX Engineering Nomad Portable Telescopic Masts

Combine the Nomad mast with the new DX Engineering Low Power Portable Dipole and Winder Kit and You’re Ready for Field Day fun! Just in time for ARRL Field Day […]

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HAM Radio 101

What’s the Best Way to Study for the Ham Radio Test?

Whether you’re interested in emergency communication, electronics, or just want to talk to people worldwide, passing the ham radio test is the first step. To get licensed, you need to […]

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Events

Special Event Spotlight: Museum Ships Weekend 2025—Honoring Those Who Served

Make Contact with Museum Ships in the U.S. and Around the World on June 7-8, 2025 June 6 marks the 81st anniversary of the Allied forces joint naval, air and […]

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Ham Culture & Entertainment

Youth Ham Radio Insights: Making Friends Through Amateur Radio

Being someone many of my peers would consider to be “a nerd,” I don’t have an extravagantly large friend group at my small high school. A few months ago during […]

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Events

A Guide to June 2025 Ham Radio Contests—Field Day Edition

Also, 13 Colonies is less than a month away. Are you ready for a clean sweep? Is ARRL Field Day a contest? Technically yes, but those who have spent decades […]

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Ham Culture & Entertainment

It’s All in the Cards! QSL Cards from Top Ten Most Wanted DXCC Entities – Part 3

In our overview of the rarest of the rare DXCC entities, today we’ll be looking at number six on the Most Wanted List per Clublog: Johnston Island. OnAllBands asked the […]

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HAM Radio 101

Ham Radio Contesting 101: The Contest Station Is Never Done

Editor’s note: OnAllBands is pleased to post a series of articles written by accomplished amateur radio contester and DX Engineering customer/technical support specialist Kirk Pickering, K4RO. The articles, originally published in […]

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Events

Hams Around the Globe Earn ATNOs with the Marshall Islands During the V73WW 2o25 DXpedition

Gear Provided by DX Engineering Helps Make It Possible The youth-oriented V73WW DXpedition team recorded more than 103,843 CW, SSB, and Digital QSOs (160-6M)—including 2,000-plus RTTY QSOs—during their February 11-25 […]

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Field Day

Field Day Gear Part 4: Headsets & Headphones

There is a long list of amateur radio sayings that veteran operators often recite to new hams, but none is truer than this one: You can’t work ’em if you […]

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Product Reviews

New Product Spotlight: Alpha Antenna HexTenna™ Deluxe Multiband Rigid Dipole and Vertical Antenna

Just one of many Alpha Antenna options now available at DX Engineering Ask an experienced amateur radio operator the value of a proven antenna and expect to hear wise advice […]