AE5X: January 2019

Amateur Radio Blogs

K4SWL

EI3LH: Sweets For My Sweet, POTA for My Honey! - Many thanks to Ian (EI3LH), who shares the following post, originally posted on his blog: Pouring Some Sugar On GB-3235, London, England. by Ian (EI3LH) I’...
8 hours ago
LZ2JR

RGO ONE new firmware V1.08 ready to upload - This software update improves perormance, fixes bugs and addnew functions regarding CAT commands.
9 hours ago
RTL-SDR

NRSC5 Studio: A New Feature-Rich Windows GUI for the nrsc5 HD Radio Decoder - We've recently had several submissions about the release of a new program called NRSC5 Studio, a new native open source Windows GUI for the nrsc5 HD Radio ...
17 hours ago
PE4BAS

#6m very spotty propagation across the Atlantic ocean - Very spotty propagation across the Atlantic Ocean. Signals fading in and out with lots of QSB. But at least I was heard in east coast Canada and Flori...
1 day ago
DX-World

V73RJ – Kwajalein Atoll, R.M.I - John, WA4IYB is currently residing on Kwajalein Atoll doing contract work. John mentions to DX-World that he’s not entirely sure how long he’ll be there, b...
6 days ago
WB3GCK

In Pursuit of a Kilo - Yeah, I know. That title sounds bad. What I’m talking about is finally making one thousand contacts at French Creek State Park (US-1351, KFF-1351). I’ve ac...
1 week ago
VE9KK

CQ WW WPX CW results - This CQ WW WPX contest was my first major contest in a few years, as we are usually away on vacation and I end up missing it. This year, my best bands...
1 week ago
KA7OEI

Replacing the relays in the Yaesu FT-480R (FT-280) - *tl:dr:* Figure 1: The front panel of my "FT-280R" all-mode 2 meter transceiver including paper labels showing the "new" modes. *Click on the image for a ...
2 weeks 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...
4 weeks ago
LA3ZA

Why didn't I come up with this simple upgrade to the QMX+? - This is an upgrade to the QMX+ which is so simple that I keep saying to myself: why did it take so long for someone to come up with it? It consists only o...
5 weeks ago
IK1ZYW

Spelling and calling IC part names - The idea behind this post started after one person on X asked how people pronounced the 80486 processor: 80-4-8-6 or 80-486? Then I realised that in ever...
1 month ago
M7MCQ

FAULTY VFO DIAL? - This post is to hopefully help beginners who are experiencing trouble with their dials! That could be your VFO, your volume knob, or virtually any other po...
1 month ago
SM0TGU

100 DXCC stations worked via satellite 7 Mars 2026 - Today (7 Mars 2026) I reached 100 DXCC stations worked via satellite but only 89 is confirmed via LoTW as this date.
3 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...
3 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...
3 months ago
PA2RF

High Altitude scanning - I had the opportunity to use my scanner GRE PSR-225 on the 12th floor of an appartment in Rotterdam Zuid. It was fascinating to experience the easy recep...
4 months ago
PA1EJO

QO100 FT4/FT8 frequency stability - The waterfall of the wsjt-x decoder of QO100 provides an indication of the ground transmit/receiver oscillator frequency stability of users at that time wo...
5 months ago
ON5ZO – OQ5M

Enter 2025 - I think blogging is out. At least for me. I didn’t post anything new last year (2024). Chances are not much will happen here in 2025 either. I still really...
1 year ago

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