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Ultima Ora: Diploma 90 anni di Radio Vaticana
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Ultima Ora: Diploma 90 anni di Radio Vaticana

Causa persistenza del Covid in Italia e le situazioni di divieto alla mobilità tuttora vigenti, il prossimo 24 aprile diverse Stazioni Marconiane aderenti al Coordinamento…

Belka DX Shortwave Receiver – Closeest Thing To A Spy Radio?
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Belka DX Shortwave Receiver – Closeest Thing To A Spy Radio?

Lets take a look at the Belka-DX a tiny shortwave receiver. Antenna The $4.00 Ham Radio Satellite Antenna April 26, 2015 No comments   Ham…

Radio Amateur Helps Rescuers to Locate Lost Hiker
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Radio Amateur Helps Rescuers to Locate Lost Hiker

The keen and practiced eye of ARRL member Ben Kuo, AI6YR, helped to guide rescuers to a hiker stranded on a mountainside on April 12….

CB Radio – A Little Bit Of Skip At Last!
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CB Radio – A Little Bit Of Skip At Last!

It was certainly good to hear a few voices on the bands this week after what feels like an eternity of near silence…..It wasn’t much, but…

Home but never alone: Celebrating World Amateur Radio Day
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Home but never alone: Celebrating World Amateur Radio Day

Image credit: Otava Tuomi. Early last year, when the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) first pushed much of the world into lockdown, one traditional – some…

NEW – President George II – CB Radio
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NEW – President George II – CB Radio

  If the above image doing the rounds on the internet is correct it looks like President have another multimode radio in the works… The…

St. Vincent Radio Amateurs on Alert During Volcano Emergency
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St. Vincent Radio Amateurs on Alert During Volcano Emergency

Donald de Riggs, J88CD, on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, says that on April 13, the 42nd anniversary of the 1979 eruption of the…

Can You Cook A Hotdog With Ham Radio?
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Can You Cook A Hotdog With Ham Radio?

“I’ve always been facinated by the physical affects of RF. Today, a light experiment testing if can cook hotdogs with RF. The test incorporated a…

Updated Radio Frequency Exposure Rules Become Effective on May 3
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Updated Radio Frequency Exposure Rules Become Effective on May 3

The FCC has announced that rule changes detailed in a lengthy 2019 Report and Order governing RF exposure standards go into effect on May 3, 2021. The…

Traditional Amateur Radio Contesting Faces a Demographic Cliff
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Traditional Amateur Radio Contesting Faces a Demographic Cliff

Frank Howell, K4FMH, followed up his two-part National Contest Journal (NCJ) series, “The Demographics of Contesting,” with a post to his Social Circuits blog, called “Lemmings over a Demographic…

Amateur Radio Community Invited to Take Part in MARS Exercise on 60 Meters
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Amateur Radio Community Invited to Take Part in MARS Exercise on 60 Meters

Radio amateurs are invited to take part in the MARS exercise now under way until April 10 in support of the US Department of Defense….

Yaesu FTDX-10 Menu and Feature Overview with W9FFF Ham Radio Dude
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Yaesu FTDX-10 Menu and Feature Overview with W9FFF Ham Radio Dude

New from Yaesu, the FTDX-10 HF Transceiver – today I’ve invited Sean, W9FFF, from the Ham Radio Dude channel to go though all of the…

Renewing Your Amateur Radio License thru FCC Universal Licensing System
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Renewing Your Amateur Radio License thru FCC Universal Licensing System

Renewing Your Amateur Radio License thru FCC Universal Licensing System Review Icom ID-51E PLUS2 Unboxing April 26, 2017 No comments The D-STAR Evolution continues with…

World Amateur Radio Day (WARD) 2021 is Sunday, April 18
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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….

Letter To The ARRL: Ham Radio Is More Than A Great Hobby And You Should Know That.
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Letter To The ARRL: Ham Radio Is More Than A Great Hobby And You Should Know That.

“Please watch to the end. I will add again that I am not angry. I just wanted to make a few points to the ARRL…

Wouxun REVEALS the KG-UV8H Dual Band 8-watt HT Radio
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Wouxun REVEALS the KG-UV8H Dual Band 8-watt HT Radio

Brand new from Wouxun is the KG-UV8H Handheld, which features a different screen than earlier models, an 8-watt output power, and a 3200mAH battery. Let’s…

How to use a manual antenna tuner – Ham Radio Q&A
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How to use a manual antenna tuner – Ham Radio Q&A

“Antenna tuners are a vital, yet slightly misunderstood ham radio station accessory. In this video we talk about what an antenna tuner does and doesn’t…

Chameleon EmComm II Amateur Ham Radio Antenna Review
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Chameleon EmComm II Amateur Ham Radio Antenna Review

A slightly different form of hybrid is the Chameleon Emcomm II.The Emcomm II is a portable antenna, which can also be very good to use…

France Announces Ham Radio Exam Changes
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France Announces Ham Radio Exam Changes

After an 8-year wait, a new amateur radio decree has been published in the French government’s Official Journal. The most significant change involves the way amateur radio exams…

Amateur Radio Gets a Partial Reprieve on 3.5 GHz
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Amateur Radio Gets a Partial Reprieve on 3.5 GHz

Pending future FCC action, amateur radio secondary use of the 3.3 – 3.45 GHz band segment may continue indefinitely. The FCC, as part of a…

Little Tarheel II | Mobile HF 80-6 Meter Ham Radio Antenna
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Little Tarheel II | Mobile HF 80-6 Meter Ham Radio Antenna

The Little Tarheel (TH-1L), when properly installed on your vehicle, will provide continuous coverage from 7.0 to 54 MHz with the supplied whip. The Little…

CB RADIO – Homebrew Starduster Antenna
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CB RADIO – Homebrew Starduster Antenna

Video:YouTube/Mike-M0MSN Making your own antennas can be fun and in this video you will see Mike making his own version of the good old Starduster…

 Amateur Radio Application Fee Published in the Federal Register
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$35 Amateur Radio Application Fee Published in the Federal Register

The FCC has published their final change in the National Register concerning the license application fee for the amateur radio service. The rule was published…

Weird Ham Radio Gear! Belcom LS-702 433 MHz SSB&FM
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Weird Ham Radio Gear! Belcom LS-702 433 MHz SSB&FM

The Belcom LS-702 is a really cool 433MHz FM and SSB transciever. It is surprising how well it still fuctions and sounds today. Lets take…

Ultimate Raspberry Pi for your Ham Radio
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Ultimate Raspberry Pi for your Ham Radio

“The ultimate raspberry pi for ham radio is here! This raspberry pi for ham radio has read/write speed ~10 times faster than a micro SD…