The message below showed up in my inbox today. I attended the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo in 2020. From the info below it appears the vendor list and guest speaker list has expanded greatly…
The Flying Pigs QRP Club, International, W8PIG No…
As a member of the FLYING PIGS QRP Club, (FP# 3902) I was happy to get their latest Quarterly Newsletter this morning. Since I have done newsletters for various local clubs in the past, the…
KPH Former RCA Station Returns for Commemorative Broadcast…
From The Desk of Ed W2LCQ KPH Night of Nights Monday July 12th 8:00 pm EDT/5:00 pm PDT KPH, the former RCA coast station returns to the air for commemorative broadcasts every year on July…
New: Program Your Baofeng with Bluetooth Gadget
From K8MRD RADIO STUFF: Program your Baofeng from your smart phone. 13 dollars on amazon! Check it out! READ MORE...
Xiegu ATU’s – just how good are they?…
The XIEGU X5105 ATU was put through its paces by G4USI. As he points out the ATU coupled with any transceiver does not tune the antenna. It provides a match. But you can match a…
WA3RNC Penntek TR-25 CW Transceiver Kit
Looking for a compact, powerful 2-band CW transceiver kit? This is the real deal. No pencil point sized push buttons or crazy menu systems to deal with. Just like the old days, there are knobs…
The New XIEGU X6100 QRP Rig
It looks like the long time XIEGU rumor may finally become a reality! Preliminary information is that the XIEGU X6100 is going to be combination of the XIEGU GSOC and the X5105. Maybe this will…
HAMRS – New POTA, SOTA, Field Day Logger
HAMRS is an exceptional. easy to use, logging program for APPLE IOS, MACOS, WINDOWS and RASPIAN. Log to Desktops, Smartphones Mobile Devices, Tablets and more! Desktop version is free. Mobile devices are $5. No more…
The XIEGU X5015 from a CW Perspective
My recent purchase of a XIEGU X5105 was pretty much what I expected from a Chinese QRP rig. There were no real surprises and no rig in the $500 range is going to be perfect.…