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Events

August 2025 Guide to Ham Radio Contests—Coaxial Cable Superhero Edition

Contesting Season will be here before you know it. In the meantime, August provides plenty of opportunities to hone your operating skills for the biggest events on the amateur radio […]

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Ham Culture & Entertainment

It’s All in the Cards! QSL Cards from DXCC Entities on the Air in August 2025

Plus, news of the DX Engineering-sponsored activation of North Cook Islands in October DXers rejoice! August offers a wide range of activations to polish up your DXing skills (and get […]

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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 […]

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Products & Product Reviews

New Products Spotlight: DX Engineering Low Power Dipole and Winder Kits and More

Check out this fun, simple, and useful hands-on project, plus see more new products available at DX Engineering—an antenna sketchbook from Salty Walt and an easy-to-use end-fed half-wave portable antenna […]

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HAM Radio 101

Youth Ham Radio Insights—Contacting an Astronaut, Operating from an Island, Making Friends—A Week of YOTA Camp in Halifax

Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of articles about the excitement and learning young operators can experience at Youth On The Air (YOTA) Camps. Discover much more […]

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Ham Culture & Entertainment

Amateur Radio History: Remembering Maximilian Kolbe, SP3RN, the Unofficial Patron Saint of Ham Radio

A look at the life of one priest’s push to keep his religion on the cutting edge of technology using amateur radio and his ultimate sacrifice during World War II. […]

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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 […]

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HAM Radio 101

Ham Radio 101: Dummy Loads—Smart Idea

Several options available at DX Engineering, including the new DXE 1,500W 1-54 MHz Dry Dummy Load You may have heard the term “dummy load” before. While the name might give […]

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Products & Product Reviews

DX Engineering RT4500HD Heavy-Duty Azimuth Rotator Earns High Praise from QST Magazine

It took a couple of years for “QST” magazine to publish a review of DX Engineering’s RT4500HD Rotator. Here’s why: If you want to write an informative assessment of a […]

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HAM Radio 101

A Week of Fun and Learning at YOTA Americas Camp 2025

The fifth annual Youth on the Air (YOTA) Americas Camp took place from June 15-20 just outside of Denver in Thornton, Colorado. There were nearly 35 campers representing a number […]