An Amateur Radio Blog by DX Engineering 
The best mobile antenna money can buy isn’t any better than the ground plane it is mounted over. Remember the basic dipole—it needs two elements to be complete. Your vertical […]
The DX Engineering 2025 Amateur Radio Products Catalog is only a few months away. As we lead up to its May release in time for Dayton Hamvention®, OnAllBands will be […]
Copper Cactus. Steampunk Stick. Slim Jim. Whatever you call it, the J-pole antenna is a reliable alternative to verticals and ground planes for VHF/UHF communication. Due to their simple construction, […]
Mugs, Coaxial Prep Tools, Shortwave Radios & More We’re only a week away from December 25, 2024—and the rare occurrence of Christmas and the first night of Hanukkah falling on […]
Winter officially begins in the Northern Hemisphere on December 21, 2024 at 4:21 am (EST). To kick off our impending slog through the slush and snow (at least at DX […]
Time sure flies when you’re having fun on the air. As we post this final ham radio contest guide for 2024, OnAllBands looks back at another blockbuster year for Radiosport, […]
What gives you the heebie-jeebies as a ham radio operator? With Halloween only a few days away, we’re dedicating this post to some scary things that keep us up at […]
No matter what kind of operating you do, sooner or later you’ll need a “gadget” that isn’t readily available commercially. Maybe you’ll need a special switch or an interface between […]
This is the first of a two-part article about RF when you are operating “in the field,” meaning away from a fixed station. For example, when you are operating a […]
So you’re building a small dual-band Yagi and the instructions tell you to split the coax at the feedpoint. Stop right there. DX Engineering’s Michael Murphy, KI8R, shows you a […]
