IQ1UE a Monte Calvario

85° Anniversario della Tenda Rossa

“Diploma Aricecina Ventennale 1993-2013”

Torna il diploma Parata Storica dei Turchi

Diploma “Dario Smaldino I6AEN”

Caccia alla Volpe a Magnano

Basilicata “Coast to coast”

L'ARI alla conquista di Friedrichshafen!

IC-7100, HF/VHF/UHF Touch & D-STAR at Dayton 2013 – Watch the last video for Ham Nation

 IC-7100 HF/VHF/UHF Multi Mode & D-STAR DV Ready –  Icom Booth generated much interest at the Dayton Hamvention 2013 - !! The “Slanted style” transceiver !! availability was announced as late June 2013 - Designed to the 70MHz band in European versions, etc. see below - Please watch the latest video by Julian: “Ham Nation” – Dayton Hamvention 2013 – A Review! [...]

Elecraft K3/0 Remote Head at Dayton Hamvention 2013 – KXPA100 Amplifier – KAT500 ATU

  The K3/Ø-Mini Remote control  is functionally identical to our full K3, sized K3/Ø. Both control a remote K3 Transceiver via the RemoteRig RRC-1258MKII. The new KXPA100 100W Amplifier with internal ATU option at the Dayton Hamvention 2013 by Elecraft booth. Anche se non definitivo, Elecraft scrive: il prezzo obiettivo sarà di  circa $699,00 dollari per il [...]

FLEX-6000™ Start shipping within six weeks of Dayton 2013 – Flex-6700 out of box by K6TU – N6V’s at 64th IDXC Visalia

FLEX-6700 & FLEX-6500 Radios will start shipping within six weeks of Dayton Hamvention 2013. – K5SDR, Gerard  updates the project status (FlexInside-9) -  FlexRadio will have four running demonstration units at the Dayton, May 17-19, 2013 – The nuew software, SmartSDR™ is a Thin Client!! – The Flex-6700 out of the box and how it saounds [...]

New FTdx-1200 100W HF/50MHz Up-conversion type at Dayton 2013 – SCU-17 USB Unit – The 16-page Brochure EN

New FTdx-1200 100W HF/50MHz Up-conversion type 1st IF 40,455MHz  at Dayton Hamvention 2013 – 4.3 in TFT full color display like FTdx-3000 – Optional SCU-17 USB Interface Unit ! The SCU-17 USB Interface supports CAT, USB Audio in/out, TX control (PTT, Key, Shift) and Firmware update functions! Optional FFT-Unit adds other features – Download the new 16-page [...]

STAMPFL mini swRX and swRX two Analog Shortwave Receivers with Touchscreen (still in its experimental stadium!)

STAMPFL mini swRX and swRX - Two analog Shortwave Receivers with Touchscreen – The STAMPFL Receiver is still in its experimental stadium …. and is not, comparable to a DSP KWZ-30, Reuter or Perseus receiver - STAMPFL Morse keys was founded by Heinz Stampfl HB9KOC in 2005 and is now the first Swiss manufacturer of Morse keys [...]

N8A – American’s Samoa DXpedition 12 to 27 Nov., 2013 – Team: JH3PRR, W6SZN, ZL1GO and ZL3CW

 N8A American’s Samoa DXpedition 12 to 27 November 2013 – The team: JH3PRR, W6SZN, ZL1GO and ZL3CW are setting up a DXPedition to American Samoa under the Special Callsign N8A, especially for the CQWW CW contest but with extended precontest activity intended to make KH8 widely available. Location will be well South of the Capital Pago Pago [...]

TS-990S firmware updated at Ver.1.02. Video vs IC-7800. User Manuals v.03. The new Ver.1.02 deactivates other ANT relays in TX mode…!

TS-990S Firmware Ver.1.01 has been upgraded to Version 1.02 April 12, 2013 see below – User Manuals Ver.03 (IT) (EN) (FR) (EA) (DE) (JA) languages - Catalogo Italiano PDF di 12 pagine, linck below!! IC-7800 vs TS-990 Video by IV3YER and other videos etc. – Aggiornato il TS-990S con la Versione 1.02 del 12.04.2012 vedi link – Video confronto con IC-7800 di IV3YER [...]

XR0ZR Juan Fernandez Dxpedition later this year – XR0ZR IOTA SA-005 on the most-wanted list it’s ranked #35

XRØZR Juan Fernandez DXpedition will be on the air later this 2013. From the latest news, the Hams team say sometime between October 1 to November 30, 2013 – IOTA SA-005 - (XRØZR – CEØ on the most-wanted list  it’s ranked #35 !) Un Team di Radioamatori, con il callsign XRØZR, sarà attivo dalle Isole di Juan Fernandez entro la fine [...]

Technician Class Survivor Challenge

Now that the Morse code requirement no longer exists, those who held a Technician class license before March 21, 1987, having already passed the General theory exam, can upgrade to General class without further testing Read More

Logbook of The World Reaches 500 Million QSOs

Amateurs in Oklahoma Respond to Storm Aftermath

After an EF5 tornado swept through Oklahoma on May 20, radio amateurs in that state assisted the American Red Cross with its communications efforts. “Amateur Radio operators were asked to support voice communications from the American Red Cross Oklahoma City Chapter Headquarters to their feeding station at the Incident Command Post located in Moore,” explained ARRL Oklahoma Section Emergency Co...

Section Manager Election Results Announced

This spring, the ARRL held two balloted elections for Section Manager. ARRL members in Nebraska elected a new Section Manager, while members in Utah -- faced with a three-way race -- voted to keep their Section Manager. In addition, ARRL members in New Hampshire and Wisconsin will each get a new Section Manager, and Section Managers in seven Sections ran unopposed and were declared elected for ...

Take Part in WX4NHC’s Annual On-the-Air Station Test from the National Hurricane Center

The annual WX4NHC On-the-Air Station Test from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami will take place Saturday, June 1, 1300-2100 UTC (9 AM-5 PM EDT). “The purpose of this annual station test is to test all of our radio equipment, computers and antennas using as many modes and frequencies as possible in preparation for this year’s hurricane season,” said WX4NHC Assistant Amateur Radio Vol...

FCC Now Down to Three Commissioners

With the departure of Chairman Julius Genachowski and Commissioner Robert McDowell this past weekend, the FCC now only has three of its full complement of five Commissioners. Pending the Senate confirmation hearings for Tom Wheeler, President Obama’s pick to head the FCC, Obama has named Mignon Clyburn, the FCC’s ranking Democrat, to serve as Acting Chairwoman. The three remaining Commissioners...

Release of TQSL 1.14 for LoTW Delayed

Last week, the ARRL announced that the introduction of the new TQSL 1.14 software for Logbook of The World (LoTW) would be available on May 20. Upon further testing, three defects -- now corrected -- were reported after that announcement. Before publicly releasing a corrected version of TQSL 1.14, the software must be thoroughly retested by the Trusted QSL Software Development Team. LoTW users ...

ARRL HQ to Close in Observance of Memorial Day

ARRL Headquarters will be closed Monday, May 27 in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. There will be no W1AW code practice or bulletin transmissions that day. ARRL Headquarters will reopen Tuesday, May 28 at 8 AM (EDT). We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend! 

Software Spectrum Analyzer Links

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Oscilloscope Manufacturers

Oscilloscope Guide to Links of main manufactures like Agilent HP, BK Precision , Fluke Protek LeCroy and Tektronix<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dxzone/xml/~4/SiHl4gLtiUk" height="1" width="1"/>

Ham Radio Science

Technical Reference/Software Defined RadioA blod dedicated to SDR and RTL-SDR featuring sdr new and product reviews

Opendous - Upconverter

Technical Reference/Software Defined Radio/RTLSDRUpconverter MF/HF Converter for Receivers. Converts signals in the MF and HF Bands to signals in the VHF Band. Intended for use in receiver applications with projects like RTL-SDR/SDR#/FunCube Dongle, or to listen to AM radio using an FM receiver.

Nuand

Manufacturers/Software Defined RadioMaker of bladeRF usb superspeed SDR Software Defined Radio

RTL-SDR - Yahoo Group

Technical Reference/Software Defined Radio/RTLSDRDiscussion group about RTLSDR Dongles, software support and hardware mods for these Software Defined Radio systems based on RTL2832U

RTL-SDR vs FunCubeDongle

Technical Reference/Software Defined Radio/RTLSDRComparison table of a RTL-SDR and FunCubeDongle

DXBuddy

Software/LoggingDX Buddy is a multi purpose ham radio application that let you control your radios, or controller, offer a logbook, cluster access, qrz lookups, and interface with several popular ham radio applications