April 18, 2024 is World Amateur Radio Day (WARD). Let's all get on the air and make contacts to celebrate this event in style!        ..read more

Good day Claude. I am in Cape Town, South Africa and I have come across your interesting and informative subject of Short Ham Antennas for HF With Linear        ..read more

Ham radio logging software on high performance Linux O/S. I use and recommend the Linux Ubuntu distribution. Details here. 73 de VE2DPE.        ..read more

LignoSat, a micro-satellite made of magnolia wood, will be launched into orbit sometime in September 2024. It will have a radio communication mission involving amateur radio operators. FM uplink will use AX.25 communication protocol. LignoSat will extract the call signs of the amateur radio stations from the transmission source address part (call sign + SSID), and send back their call signs by using the CW downlink. If the above-mentioned communication succeeds, LignoSat will issue certificates of communication to the amateurs.        ..read more

This year's theme is, "A Century Informing, Entertaining and Educating." Let's celebrate by getting on the air and by making contacts in great numbers, on as many bands as possible. 73        ..read more

Enough procrastinating! It's now easier than ever to obtain a ham radio license. Here is the first step to take.        ..read more

Here you will find out where you can take your ham radio license test online. But, before you do, make sure you are ready! Do not take the test unprepared!        ..read more

When you are looking for a ham radio license study guide, you want to know which are the most noteworthy and trustworthy books out there. Here is such a list.        ..read more

HF wire antennas are not hard to understand when explained in simple terms as they are in these ham radio books and e-Books.        ..read more

Here is why I chose the Hermes Lite 2 (HL2) SDR ham radio transceiver as my main rig in the shack even if it is QRP.        ..read more