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Products & Product Reviews

New Product Spotlight Video: Carlson Drive-On Mast Mount Car Stands

Sometimes portable operations aren’t so easy if the surroundings make antenna deployment problematic or if your location doesn’t allow you to throw an antenna in a tree. In those cases, […]

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Amateur Radio News

Amateur Radio Science Group to Study Meteor Scatter Propagation

Find out how you can be a part of the research. Ham radio has been a powerful tool in the field of science. Data gathered from amateur radio activity was […]

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Events

Amateur Radio Special Event—International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend Will Soon Be Lighting Up the Bands!

One of my favorite things about our hobby is that there are so many rabbit holes you can run down. Whatever your interests are, there is a niche in amateur […]

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Events

August 2025 Guide to Ham Radio Contests—Coaxial Cable Superhero Edition

Contesting Season will be here before you know it. In the meantime, August provides plenty of opportunities to hone your operating skills for the biggest events on the amateur radio […]

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Ham Culture & Entertainment

It’s All in the Cards! QSL Cards from DXCC Entities on the Air in August 2025

Plus, news of the DX Engineering-sponsored activation of North Cook Islands in October DXers rejoice! August offers a wide range of activations to polish up your DXing skills (and get […]

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Field Day

Ham Radio Portable Insights: How POTA Prepares Us for Field Day

Every June, we’re reminded of how much Parks On The Air® (POTA) and ARRL Field Day have in common. If you’ve participated in Field Day, chances are you’ve applied skills […]

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Products & Product Reviews

New Products Spotlight: DX Engineering Low Power Dipole and Winder Kits and More

Check out this fun, simple, and useful hands-on project, plus see more new products available at DX Engineering—an antenna sketchbook from Salty Walt and an easy-to-use end-fed half-wave portable antenna […]

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HAM Radio 101

Youth Ham Radio Insights—Contacting an Astronaut, Operating from an Island, Making Friends—A Week of YOTA Camp in Halifax

Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of articles about the excitement and learning young operators can experience at Youth On The Air (YOTA) Camps. Discover much more […]

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Ham Culture & Entertainment

Amateur Radio History: Remembering Maximilian Kolbe, SP3RN, the Unofficial Patron Saint of Ham Radio

A look at the life of one priest’s push to keep his religion on the cutting edge of technology using amateur radio and his ultimate sacrifice during World War II. […]

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Technical Articles

Gray Line: The Twilight Zone of Radio Propagation

Imagine for a moment that you’re sitting in your ham shack, coffee in one hand and microphone in the other. It’s either just before sunrise or just after sunset, and […]