Ham Radio on the Moon

Japan’s OMOTENASHI, the world’s smallest moon lander, will have an X-band and UHF communication system, although it will not carry an amateur band transponder. OMOTENASHI is a 6 Unit sized CubeSat set for launch via a NASA SLS rocket as early as February 2022. It will... Read more

Best Mobile Ham Radio 2022

“This is a list of what I consider to be the best mobile ham radios for your vehicle as we roll into 2022. All of these ham radios are currently in production and used for the VHF/UHF bands in ham radio.” Antenna Hunting Noise with... Read more

FX-4C Transceiver

The FX-4C is a new SDR transceiver developed by BG2FX.  It covers all of the major HF bands, and includes wide-band receive capabilities.  Its small size (1 lb) and built-in speaker and microphone allow ultra-portable operation.  A simple built-in USB sound card interface enables simple... Read more

Ham Radio Remote Control from Anywhere

The RemoteTx® ham radio remote control system is an economical way to control your amateur radio station through the Internet with a phone, tablet, Mac or PC. There are 3 main parts to the solution. AT STATION: A Raspberry Pi 3B / 3B+ / 4B (RPi) appliance running RemoteTx... Read more

Measuring Balun Ratios

I have been asked how to measure the ratios of a Balun or an Unun. So if you’re someone who has that same question this is a video for you. Antenna The 10/15/20 Meter Trap Vertical Antenna January 01, 2015 No comments   “This antenna... Read more

Resonant Frequency of Antennas

“The feedline to an antenna will perform better if the antenna has the same impedance. Jim Heath W6LG uses the RigExpert AA-2000 to measure a small dipole’s resonant frequency which is not the same frequency as the lowest SWR. The resonant frequency of an antenna... Read more

A Pair of Christmas Storms Heads for Earth

 Informal Solar Storm Forecast 12.23.2021 Antenna CX-AUTO Switch – Kessler Engineering, LLC December 29, 2017 No comments he CX-AUTO was designed to satisfy the many requests from AT-AUTO owners for additional coaxial outputs. It does that quite well and more! The CX-AUTO… Read more Beam... Read more

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