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Stretching and Cautions About Lifting for Ham Radio Antenna Season

As I’m writing at the end of March, antenna season is about to get underway in many parts of North America, including for the author. (Those of you in the […]

Technical Articles

Update to RadioMail—Varanny

I have written about an amazing program called RadioMail in previous articles. This is an application that allows for Winlink mail to be sent and received on an iPhone or […]

HAM Radio 101

Baseball and Ham Radio Collide on April 8, 2024

April 8 is a huge day for hams who will be participating in the Solar Eclipse QSO Party, an event sponsored by HamSCI (Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation). It’s a […]

Events

Guide to April 2024 Ham Radio Contests—Solar Eclipse Edition

While the OnAllBands contest guide traditionally features many events that come around year after year, we’re extra excited about an opportunity this April that folks in North America won’t see […]

Products & Product Reviews

Power Genius XL Amplifier, Tuner Genius XL Tuners, and Antenna Genius 8×2 Switch from FlexRadio | New Products Spotlight

DX Engineering is thrilled to now offer these station-upgrading devices from FlexRadio’s Genius Solutions’ lineup:  Power Genius XL HF+6 1,500W+ Amplifier  The solid state PGXL 160-6M amplifier delivers full legal-limit […]

Technical Articles

Ham Mobile Install–A Few Suggestions for Dealing with Noise Issues

In this installment of Ham Mobile Install, we will talk about what happens when you have followed the mobile radio installation instructions to the letter, but there is still something […]

Events

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

Vanuatu QRV in April OnAllBands is kicking off the busy DXing month of April by featuring QSL cards from the Republic of Vanuatu—an island country in the South Pacific about […]

Events

New DXCC Entity Announced on April 1—Micro Pohnie

The newest DX entity is the Republic of the Micro Pohnie Islands. The call signs assigned to this island republic are 1APR1 – 30APR30. This small island chain is located […]

Technical Articles

Waterfall Displays—What Information Do They Provide?

Finding activity on the ham radio bands used to mean tuning around the dial and listening for QSOs, one frequency at a time. We were blind to anything but the […]

HAM Radio 101

Hams You Should Know: Margaret Iaquinto, VK3NQQ, SK, the Amateur Who Talked to Russian Cosmonauts from Her Kitchen Table

What do ham radio, piloting aircraft, and folk dances have in common? All three were hobbies acquired by amateur radio enthusiast Margaret (King) Iaquinto, VK3NQQ, SK, a New Haven, Connecticut […]