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Monday, September 30, 2024

A look at the new ICOM IC-7760 HF & 6m transceiver

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At the 2024 Dayton Hamvention in the USA in May, ICOM gave away some details about a new product called the 'X-60'. I covered this i...
Friday, September 27, 2024

SDRplay announce new networked SDR receiver

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SDRplay are well known for their range of popular SDR receivers which cover all the radio bands up to 2 GHz. They have now just announced a...
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Thursday, September 26, 2024

6100km TEP contact on the 144 MHz band between Spain and St Helena - 25th Sept 2024

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A little bit of history was made on Wednesday 25th September 2024 when EA4I in Spain and ZD7GWM on St Helena Island in the South Atlantic ...
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Friday, June 28, 2024

Swiss state broadcaster confirms switch off of FM service by the end of 2024

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In a press release dated Thursday 27th June 2024, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) confirmed that it would switch off all of the FM ...
Tuesday, June 4, 2024

2024 10m QRSS Challenge: - M0GBZ & G0FTD in England - 3rd June

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As part of a challenge for 2024, I've decided to see how many QRSS signals I could capture on the 28 MHz band during the year. On the 3...
Thursday, May 30, 2024

Successful test of sending QRSS signals on 28 MHz...

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Introduction ... QRSS is a beacon mode where callsigns are sent at very slow speeds in morse code and it's a useful mode for investigati...
Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Trans-Atlantic opening on the FM band (87-102 MHz) - 27th May 2024

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On the 27th of May 2024 , a little bit of radio history was made with the very first reception of a trans-Atlantic FM radio station in mainl...
Sunday, May 26, 2024

Video: Suppression Ferrites ...by Bruce Sparrow, N2KTV

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At the recent 2024 Hamvention, Bruce Sparrow N2KTV gave a short presentation about ferrites used for suppressing RF interference. The video ...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024

FM radio station on 91 MHz in Greenland is heard in Ireland - 19th May 2024

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On the 19th of May 2024, FMDXer Paul Logan in the north-west of Ireland reported reception of a radio station in Greenland on 91.0 MHz . Lo...
Sunday, May 19, 2024

EI6KC achieves first Satellite Worked All Zones Award (SAT WAZ) in Ireland

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Congratulations to Max, EI6KC on achieving his third CQ Satellite Worked All Zones (WAZ) award. He already holds two SAT WAZ awards as SA5IK...
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Friday, May 17, 2024

ICOM hint at new 60th anniversary X60 product

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At the Dayton Hamvention this weekend, ICOM put on display are number of printed circuit boards from what is supposed to be the 60th Anniver...
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Thursday, May 16, 2024

Video: Long-haul Ionospheric Propagation on 50 MHz - Roger Harrison, VK2ZRH

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On the 14th of May 2024, Roger Harrison, VK2ZRH have a very detailed presentation titled 'Long-haul Ionospheric Propagation on 50 MHz...