Nick, KC3PWJ, has a flagpole and also a pole that holds up his VHF/UHF discone. He’d like to string a 20m dipole between the two poles, but is worried about it interfering with the discone. We talk it over and look at options.
Antenna
Log Periodic Antennas – “ARRL The Doctor is In” podcast. Listen…and learn!
These directional antennas may look like Yagis, but they are quite different. The Doctor explains! Read more
Dual-Band THUNDERBOLT® Vertical Antennas DXE-8040VA-1
Antenna, 80 & 40 meter Heavy Duty Vertical, 80m 40m Dual-Band, 5,000 W, 55 ft. Height, HD Pivoting Base, Kit DX Engineering 8040VA-1 Dual-Band THU… Read more
4 Ways to Use Your AlexLoop Antenna
AlexLoop Walkham Portable Small Magnetic Loop Antenna The AlexLoop Walkham was designed by PY1AHD Alexandre Grimberg and has had over twelve years of… Read more
Introducing the World’s longest 50MHz/70MHz Dual Bander?
The new 6-4-20 is a serious performer with an 11.1m computer optimised tapered boom and 10 elements on both 50MHz and 70MHz with a single feed point…. Read more
Fixing a brand new Cushcraft A3S beam antenna
Cushcraft A3S Three Element Beam – 10, 15 & 20 Meters A3 World Ranger, our top selling tribander, has become the A3S with all stainless ste… Read more
Review
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SWR Simplified [ ARRL PODCAST ]
A discussion of SWR — Standing Wave Ratio — can be complicated, but it really doesn’t need to be. Read more
Baofeng UV-5R Extreme Test! – Fire , Water , Freezer
Baofeng UV-5R Hello all! K5CLC here to share a really crazy and extreme field test I did on my year old Baofeng UV5R, to test its merit under the most… Read more
Radio Receiver Sensitivity
The sensitivity of a radio receiver is a key operational parameter and it is limited by the system noise. The sensitivity of a radio receiver determin… Read more
Safely connect several HF radios with mulltiple antennas
“In this video I present the protection measures used in my amateur radio station to be able to connect several HF radios with several antennas…. Read more
Equipment
ELAD SPF-08 HF PRESELECTOR
Switchable Preselector Filter Board for FDM SDRs ELAD SPF-08 is switchable pre-selector board that allows selection between 8 configurable filters. Us… Read more
THE NEW MOUNTAIN TOPPER MTR-4B V2 BY LNR PRECISION
MTR-4B V2 Photos COMING SOON “The Mountain Topper” The LnR Precision MTR transceivers are designed to be efficient portable CW rigs. Whether climbing… Read more
A Simple High-Frequency Communications Receiver
See What QST Has to Offer! QST is the monthly membership journal of ARRL. Each issue is your source for equipment reviews, technical tips, projects, n… Read more
RS-918SSB HF SDR Transceiver
Spectrum Dynamic Waterfall Display Multiple Working Modes: Receive Mode, Transmit Mode, TUNE Mode, VFO Mode, SPLIT Mode DSP Digital Signal Processing… Read more
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PRE-RELEASE INFORMATION – IC 9700 [ ENGLISH ]
IC 9700 – 144, 430/440, 1200 MHz ALL MODE TRANSCEIVER Read more
News
Contests on QO-100 allowed
Updated band plan valid: from 4 April 2021 Contest Zone (CW and SSB) Uplink area 2400.370 – 2400.490 MHz Downlink area 10489.870 – 10489.990 MHz Of co… Read more
How to use an automatic antenna tuner with a Yaesu FT-891 (LDG Z11 Pro II)
How to use an automatic antenna tuner with the Yaesu FT-891. In this video I show you the steps to set up and configure the LDG Z11 Pro II auto tuner… Read more
Online Comm Academy 2021 is set for April 10 – 11
The 2021 Comm Academy April 10 – 11 is 2 days of training, talks, and information on emergency communications and amateur radio. This year’… Read more
World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) 2021 is Sunday, April 18
World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) 2021 is Sunday, April 18. On that day in 1925, the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) was formed in Paris. Today,… Read more
Dayton Hamvention Announces Hamvention Weekend Activities
Following its decision earlier this year to cancel the in-person Dayton Hamvention® in May, Hamvention has announced a series of 2021 Hamvention weeke… Read more
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