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K4SWL

CE7ET: Mini POTA DXpedition to Rapa Nui (Easter Island) CL-0105 / 3G0YT - by César (CE7ET) July 7–11, 2026 I arrived at Mataveri Airport around 1:00 PM after a five-hour flight from Santiago. From there I walked to my hotel, loca...
6 hours ago
DX-World

W9HT/VP9 – Bermuda - Josh, W9HT will again be active from Bermuda as W9HT/VP9 during October 17-20, 2026. QRV on HF + 6m; SSB, CW & FT8. QSL via home call direct. Josh was prev...
23 hours ago
PA2RF

Regenerative receiver - A regenerative receiver uses positive feedback to increase amplifcation significantly. The principle was invented around 1912 by Edwin Armstrong, so the...
1 day ago
PE4BAS

My quest to learn CW (32) - I concentrate on text training mostly. Trying to recognize words, but it still is difficult. However the accuracy is still going up. My goal was 90% b...
1 day ago
RTL-SDR

Scanner Command: Mapping Incidents from Live Radio Calls and ADS-B to Airband Voice with AI - Recently, we posted about DeepSDR, which is a program that automatically transcribes voice data from public safety radio communications and uses an LLM to ...
2 days ago
IK1ZYW

Majestic RT-195 DAB receiver - Every once in a while, someone forgets the peculiar quality of Majestic-branded products and buys one. Not sure when this *Majestic RT-195* radio was bou...
3 days ago
LA3ZA

Garden portable with the QMX+ - Just a few days ago I had my first SSB QSO with the QMX+. It was from LA to PA - Norway to the Netherlands - on 20 m using a vertical quarter wave antenn...
4 days ago
KA7OEI

A new push-pull switch/potentiometer for the Heathkit HM-102 VSWR/Wattmeter - *Figure 1:* The Heathkit HM-102 HF VSWR/Power meter. This meter - often found at swap meets and hamfests for low cost - is still as useful as it was when ...
5 days ago
WB3GCK

A Dog and and a Bumblebee - Once again, I was out in central Pennsylvania for a week. My daughter’s family traveled out of state for my grandson’s hockey tournament. While they were g...
6 days ago
PA1EJO

HF Receive Loop Antenna and Man-Made Noise Detector - At both radio clubs where I do my contesting and meet with fellow amateurs, a frequent topic of discussion is the noise we all experience on the shortwave ...
1 week ago
VE9KK

Part 2 of..... Antenna solve one problem to only create another. - If you have not read *Part 1* of this post, go *HERE* and then make your way back. To recap, I was having an issue with my Hustler 4BTV vertical anten...
1 week ago
LZ2JR

RGO ONE V6 ordering and shipping status - You can order (pre-order) your RGO ONE via google forms here: RGO ONE preorder We will contact you after placing the order and estimate shipping date. It i...
3 weeks ago
ON5ZO – OQ5M

Halfway 2026… - Yes I’m alive. Yes I still do radio, contests, DX… However not as much as usual because of hectic times. And I lost interest in blogging. I just did some a...
4 weeks ago
M7MCQ

TECHMINDS SHOCK 😮 - Well, I never saw that one coming! Turns out that M0DQW is a child rapi$t 😮😮😮 Matthew Miller ran the very popular ham radio YouTube channel, TECH MINDS...
1 month ago
SM0TGU

HF antenna summer 2026 - TBD
1 month ago
EI7GL

Long Wave service of BBC R4 to close 27th of June 2026 - The BBC in the UK recently announced that their Radio 4 service on 198 kHz will finally shut down on Saturday 27th of June 2026 at 00:00 UTC. It will joi...
2 months ago
VE7SL

Recent 630m Fun! - Working new stations on 630m at this time of the solar cycle can be a rare occasion but two 'new ones' recently found their way into my logbook! The fir...
5 months ago
N4KGL

Registration is Open for the April 4th, 2026 RaDAR Rally - The RaDAR Rally is an exciting test of your portable operating skills on the first Saturday of April and November. Make five contacts and move! See www.rad...
5 months ago

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