YAESU FTDX-3000 HF+50MHz 100W Transceiver (Down Conversion RX) 3.5″ Color LCD Scope

The new Yaesu FTDX-3000 HF+50MHz 100W Transceiver is at the 2012 Dayton Hamvention!! !! 八重洲無線（株） 新型HF/50MHz帯オールモードトランシーバ「FT DX 3000」 The Down conversion 9 MHz 1st IF frequency receiver construction, can realize narrow 300 Hz (optional), 600 Hz and 3 kHz bandwidth Roofing filters. – Yaesu Musen Co., LTD says: The FTDX3000 has the high dynamic range IP3 performance that [...]

Flex 6000 Series. Flex-Radio displays their newest FLEX-6500 & FLEX-6700 Virtex®-6 FPGA

Flex-Radio Systems will introduce their newest FLEX-6500 & FLEX-6700 HF/50MHz Transceivers and FLEX-6700R HF/VHF Receiver with SmartSDR™ Grafical Interface! On display now at Dayton Hamvention 2012. – See the preliminary preices and brochure link below! The FLEX-6000 Signature Series was designed with plug-and-play  installation as a requirement. There are no drivers or interface cards to install. – Just plug [...]

Dayton Hamvention® May 2012: TS-990S at the Kenwood booth! KX3 interior and video!

The KENWOOD TS-990S Dual TFT Display & Dual Receiver HF/50 MHz Transceiver…! it is exciting!! - Output Power 5W – 200W → Mode SSB CW FSK PSK FM AM → Built-in Switching Power Supply → Built-in Antenna Tuner → COM port → USB A/B port & LAN port  → and more..! Highly-anticipated TS-990S HF/50MHz  200W Transceiver discovering the hidden ! – (Click [...]

IC-7700 New PA uses a STAC2942 MOSfet common source push-pull (S/N #12.. #13..)

New IC-7700 MOSFET PA Unit - The IC-7700′s (S/N #12 USA/Canada, S/N #13 EUR etc.*) now have just one Mosfet (STAC2942) on the PA board, instead of the two MRF-150 of previous PA Unit (ex S/N #02 USA/Canada, ex S/N #03 EUR etc.*) Nuovo PA Unit sull’IC-7700 – La nuova serie di IC-7700 (S/N #12 USA/Canda, [...]

IC-9100 upgradeable! Checking Firmware V.E1 – QST review April 2012 and more

Checking the Firmware Version installed on the  IC-9100 – (idem for the IC-7410) 1) – Press and hold [F4] and [F5] while turning [ON] the IC-9100 – (idem for the IC-7410) 2) – Do NOT release [F4] and [F5] until you have READ the Version results (3) 3) – Results will appear at the bottom of [...]

AntennaDinamica AD introduce sonn the innovative Dinamic antennas AD-Motor AD-Controller

AntennaDinamica “AD” born from the AD-Team passion, a italian group composed of experienced Ham radio Operators. Factory research located in Subbiano, Arezzo (Italy) – - See the Link and Video below ! Nasce AntennaDinamica AD per la passione della squadra AD-Team, composta da un gruppo di esperti Radioamatori. Nella sede di Subbiano (Arezzo) vengono sviluppati e [...]

ID-31A/E UHF D-STAR GPS – Update latest Firmware, User Manual, Brochure and more

ID-31E ID-31A - Icom UHF Digital Transceiver built-in GPS receiver and weighs only 225g (approx.) – Icom update the ID-31 Firmware at 2012/02/17. D-STAR® DV (Digital Voice) mode has lost of advantages over analog FM mode: digitally modulated voice, 950bps (approx) data individual calling using a call sign and access to the World Wide Repeater Network linked with [...]

FUNcube-1 is go for LAUNCH! FUNcube Dongle SDR – FunSDR by I2PHD – FDM-S1 by Elad

Topics! breaking news: FUNcube-1 by AMSAT-UK’s  is GO FOR LAUNCH! / FUNcube Dongle Pro 64MHz to 1.7GHz  SDR Receiver / New FunSDR software coming by Alberto, I2PHD (source sdritalia) / New FDM-S1 FPGA based by ELAD S.r.l available in March 2012 (source woodboxradio) The FUNcube-1 micro-satellite (CubeSat standard size) will carry a UHF to VHF linear transponder [...]

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ICOM to Support Boy Scouts at National Jamboree and at Local Council Level

Against the backdrop of the 2012 Dayton Hamvention® -- the largest gathering of radio amateurs in the US -- ICOM America announced a sponsorship agreement with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) for the organization’s 2013 National Scout Jamboree. As the BSA’s official Amateur Radio transceiver supplier for the jamboree, ICOM will provide equipment and technical support for the K2BSA radio operati...

The K7RA Solar Update

The average daily sunspot numbers for the past week rose nearly 25 points, or about 27 percent, to 117.3. The big day was Monday, May 14 when the daily sunspot number jumped to 156. This was the day after four new sunspot groups, numbered 1481 through 1484 arrived. Sunspot numbers for May 10-16 were 93, 102, 85, 138, 156, 125 and 122, with a mean of 117.3. The 10.7 cm flux was 130.7, 136.4, 129...

Enter the Seventh Annual ARRL Photo Contest!

Have you ever wanted to see a photo of yours in QST, the annual ARRL Amateur Radio Calendar or another ARRL publication? Well, here’s your chance! If you’re among the winners, not only will your photographic skill be propagated far and wide, but we’re offering $100 as the First Prize. The winning photo and three runners-up will be published in QST. All submitted photos will also be considered f...

Surfin’: Old Magazines and More Ducks

By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOUContributing EditorThis week, Surfin’ tries to unclutter the house and learns about more open source software.Old Magazines Fill My HouseI have copies of every issue of QST going back to the mid-1960s, when I first became interested in ham radio. In addition to QST, I also have mass quantities of QEX, NCJ, CQ, Ham Radio, 73, Popular Communications and numerous other radio...

CQ Announces 2012 Hall of Fame Inductees

CQ magazine announced its 2012 Hall of Fame inductees on May 18, welcoming 16 new members into the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame, three new members of the CQ DX Hall of Fame and two new members of the CQ Contest Hall of Fame.The CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame honors those individuals, whether licensed hams or not, who have made significant contributions to Amateur Radio, as well as those amateur...

Amateurs Asked to Listen for HORYU-2 Satellite

The Japanese HORYU-2 research satellite was launched May 17 at 1639 UTC as part of a mission that included the JAXA climate observation satellite Shizuku.HORYU-2 was built by students at the Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT) and it carries the call sign JG6YBW. The satellite will conduct a variety of experiments including high-voltage power generation and space debris measurements.Amateurs h...

New "PRB-1" Law Now in Effect in Ohio

 On May 15, Ohio Governor John Kasich signed a bill into law granting comprehensive rights to Amateur Radio operators in that state. Several key players in the successful effort to enact a “PRB-1” law in Ohio were present for the signing, including Section Manager Frank J. Piper, KI8GW; Rick Swain, KK8O; Bill Carpenter, AA8EY; Steve Katz, N8WL, and Constance Barsky, WD8ODC. ARRL Great Lakes Div...

Former ARRL Vice Director Jim Mozley, W2BCH, SK

 James M. Mozley, W2BCH, who served as Vice Director of the ARRL Atlantic Division from 1986-89, died May 13 at age 89 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Syracuse, New York. A long-time resident of Camillus, New York, Jim was active in the ARRL Western New York Section as an Assistant Section Manager and as an Official Emergency Station. He also served as an Official Observer from 1991 ...