N7QJM, Kurt, has created a few "introduction to ham radio" videos and uploaded them to the Internet. As there are getting to be more and more of these and as I already have a few tips and other resources for newcomers to our hobby, I decided to setup a page dedicated to these intro videos. [...]
This week’s ham radio website is the NG3K Amateur Radio Contest/DX Page. Bill, NG3K, has done an awesome job of creating an extremely thorough repository of DXing and Contesting information. The front page of Bill’s site is basically an organized listing of links (which you might find on other sites). That’s pretty good. But, in [...]
I have used a few of the many ham radio logbook applications on the market. Freeware, shareware and commercial. There are some good ones out there and some that are simply unusable. Which do you think is the best? I’ve added what I think are the top 20 Windows logbook programs to the ham radio [...]
KØBG’s Mobile Ham Radio website The ham radio website of the week belongs to Alan Applegate, K0BG of Roswell, NM (by the way, I wonder if his truck is ever mistaken for an alien ship). Alan’s website is the place to stop if you are new to the world of HF mobile ham radio (or [...]
I decided to get my dad (KØGVG) a copy of The Complete DXer by Bob Locher W9KNI. What a great book covering many aspects of HF ham radio DX. W9KNI takes the reader through his strategy of chasing the rare ones… listening, stalking and QSLing the rarest of the rare. If you are just getting [...]
After using it for four months, I’ve written a SteppIR 4 element yagi review and posted it in the ham radio products review database. The SteppIR has been a good antenna but there are a number of considerations (both pro and con) that should be considered prior to jumping on this antenna. Overall the SteppIR [...]
I thought I’d start a new category of blog postings devoted to great ham radio websites that I visit. One site per week should be a good rate for me. My criteria? Good content that interests me and acceptable web design. It doesn’t have to be perfect, but I have to want to look through [...]
OK1IAK, Vojtěch Bubník, has released version 1.0.11 of PocketDigi (yeah). What is PocketDigi? PocketDigi is an application that allows your Windows CE-based PDA (or SmartPhone) to act like the PC in your ham radio shack. That is, using the mic and headphone jack it can send and receive RTTY, PSK31, PSK63, CW and other modes. [...]
January 4, 2008 was a big day in the world of HF radio propagation. Sunspot #10,981 was declared to be the first of Solar Cycle #24. This means decent ham radio propagation is going to get much better over the coming months. After such an extended period of no activity followed by a glimmer of [...]
Last night I had the privilege of participating in the Iowa Caucus. As the vast majority of the readers of this blog are outside of Iowa (see my website country statistics), I’m sure many won’t know what a Caucus is or its relationship to ham radio (the primary focus of this blog). My experience in [...]
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