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Start Planning for Dayton Hamvention® 2024! What to Expect at the World’s Greatest Celebration of Amateur Radio. If you’ve purchased your ARRL 2024 Calendar and flipped ahead to spring, you […]

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Product Review: Chelegance MC-750 Portable HF Vertical Antenna

I got interested in Parks on the Air (POTA) earlier this year and have had an opportunity to use several different antennas in various parks. The antennas I used were […]

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

Yemen QRV in January and February Vlad, OK2WX, is scheduled to activate Yemen from January 25 to February 12—an excellent opportunity for hams to log this 44th most-wanted entity (as […]

Technical Articles

What is Amateur Radio Direction Finding?

Also known as fox hunting or radiosport, amateur radio direction finding (ARDF)is a sport that combines the use of ham radio gear, a topographic map, a magnetic compass, and orienteering […]

Products & Product Reviews

New Product Spotlight: 160 Meter Add-On Kit for Butternut Vertical Antennas

Here’s exceptional news for owners of Butternut HF9V, HF6V, and HF2V vertical antennas. DX Engineering has come out with a 160M add-on kit (BUT-TBR-160X) that makes it easy to give […]

HAM Radio 101

Ham Radio 101: Mapping APRS in the Car

APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) is such a handy thing to have in your vehicle, and it’s not only about vehicle tracking. It is a single information resource data gatherer […]

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Participate in Straight Key Month 2024 this January: Straight, Bug, and Cootie Keys, Oh My!

So, you’ve mastered Morse code! But does that include dit-dit-dahing the old-school way using manual CW operation on a mechanical key like a bug, straight key, or cootie? If it […]

Amateur Radio News

OM Power Linear Amplifiers Now Sold Exclusively in North America Through DX Engineering

DX Engineering has been named the exclusive North American distributor of products from OM Power, a company that has been producing high-performance linear amplifiers for the ham radio community since […]

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

Ethiopia QRV in January Ethiopia is scheduled to be active from January 12-20 thanks to Bob Johnson, W9XY, and Ken Claerbout, K4ZW, who plan to be operating from the ET3AA […]

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Guide to 2024 Ham Radio Contests

Contest University Only Five Months Away—Register Today! We begin the year’s first ham radio contest guide with exciting news: Registration for Contest University 2024 is officially open. The 15th year […]