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Products & Product Reviews

New Products Spotlight: Comet CAT-300 Antenna Tuner, 2023 Ham Radio Calendars, and ARRL Handbook

For today’s post, we offer a potpourri of new products for hams: a base station manual tuner, fresh amateur radio calendars, and the latest edition of the ARRL Handbook. Comet […]

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Products & Product Reviews

DX Engineering Ham Radio Holiday Gift Guide (Part 5): Why not Give Your Favorite Ham the World?

Geochron’s Digital Atlas 2 4K One of the truly fun aspects of ham radio is customizing your shack. Will you fill it with shelves of vintage gear juxtaposed against the […]

Products & Product Reviews

View from the Customer: What do hams say about the Butternut HF9V 9-Band Antenna?

Most people will recognize the word “butternut” as a popular albeit oddly proportioned squash, but to hams who know, the word conjures images of squashing operating challenges in pursuit of […]

D4B Ham Radio QSL Card from Cape Verde
Photo Galleries

It’s All in the Cards! QSL Cards from Cape Verde

Editor’s Note: Every month, DX Engineering features QSL cards from our team members’ personal collections. To highlight upcoming DXpeditions, we’ll be displaying a few of our favorite cards along with details […]

Bouvet Island DXpedition team on shore
Amateur Radio News

3Y0J: A DXpedition to the Most Remote Uninhabited Island on Earth

In the vastness of the South Atlantic Ocean, covered by ice, engulfed by clouds and battered by constant winds lies a speck of land, a mystical place that only a […]

Events

Guide to December 2022 Ham Radio Contests

Yes, it’s a cliché to say, “Wow, that year really flew by,” but it does seem like it was only yesterday we were hanging up our unmarked ham radio calendars […]

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Products & Product Reviews

DX Engineering Holiday Gift Guide (Part 4): HTs for Everyone and Presents for Portable Ops!

Do you know a fledgling ham who has been struggling with a low-end handheld transceiver and has yet to realize the pleasure of working with a high-performance model? Are there […]

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Products & Product Reviews

Product Spotlight: Ham Radio Apparel for All Ages, from Cradle to the Shack

Here’s proof that it’s never too early to get someone into amateur radio—literally. You can introduce the very youngest in your clan to your favorite ham radio provider by purchasing […]

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HAM Radio 101

Getting Youth Involved: Greene County, Ohio, 4-H Amateur Radio Club

4-H is a non-formal, educational development program offered to students ages 5 through 19. Ohio 4-H youth development reaches more than 240,000 kids each year, preparing them for success by […]

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Products & Product Reviews

DX Engineering Holiday Gift Guide Part 3: Beverage Containers, PaddlePads, Seasonal Décor, and More!

In our previous Holiday Gift Guide articles, we focused on some of the practical items you might consider for hams this year (weather radios, emergency flashlights/nightlights, anti-seize lubricant, and coaxial […]