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Antennas and Tuners / Products & Product Reviews

Product Spotlight: DX Engineering Mount Plates for Tilt Base Antenna Mounting Systems

Today’s OnAllBands post is a lesson in “you get what you pay for.” As prudent consumers, it’s not unusual for us to compare pricing without fully exploring why one offering […]

Field Day / Products & Product Reviews / Technical Articles

Ham Radio Headphones, Headsets, and Speaker Microphones in the Field

One of my favorite parts of ham radio is public service events. It is sure a lot of fun to help serve the community. One thing you quickly notice, though, […]

Events

It’s All in the Cards! QSL Cards from Juan Fernandez Islands

Juan Fernandez Islands QRV in February Juan Fernandez Islands, the 58th most-wanted DXCC entity as of January per Clublog, is bound to take a precipitous fall from this ranking thanks […]

Technical Articles

Ham Radio Digital Modes: There’s Something About Olivia

FT8 has taken over ham radio by storm in recent years, especially in the digital mode category. Just look at any spotting site, like DX Summit, and you’ll see an […]

Technical Articles

CW Pileups for Beginning Ham Radio Contesters

In just two weeks (February 17-18) one of the biggest CW contests in the world will fill the bands from 160–10 meters (except for 60, 30, 17, and 12 meters, […]

Events

Guide to February 2024 Ham Radio Contests

As we’ve done the last couple of years on OnAllBands, we’re devoting our February contest guide to ham radio couples who may have found their perfect match while building a […]

HAM Radio 101

Airplane Scatter: How Hams are Taking Radio Signals Skyward to Ping Airplanes

If you’re a “been there, done that” kind of ham who has bounced a radio signal off everything from the moon to a meteor to the Aurora Borealis, we bet […]

Events

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

OnAllBands is rounding out our QSL card posts for the month with a brief look at several entities that will be active in February, along with QSL cards from the […]

Technical Articles

AUXC Qualification in Ohio

Most people know about the AUXCOMM course from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). For those who do not, here is a quick rundown from my previous AUXCOMM article: The […]

Amateur Radio News

DX Engineering Gear Used During Recent KL7RRC Activation of St. Paul Island

Plus, OnAllBands does a quick wrap-up of DX Engineering-sponsored Swains Island W8S, Solomon Islands H44WA, and Timor-Leste 4W8X The busy 2023 DXpedition year came to a productive close in December […]