A few things I was able to pick up that I thought would be interesting. “Yaesu” is frantically developing a replacement for the “FT-897″ as one of the front panel components is being “End of Life” from the manufacturer. They do not have many components stockpiled, around 200 will go into new radios that they…
STACKING ANTENNAS – VOLUME 1. Volume 2 to follow by mid-October 2014. When the thought of stacking antennas first occurs, one usually looks on the Internet for information about this to establish the associated benefits and different styles (if any) of so doing. It seems always to be the case for one that a reasonable…
The 434 MHz solar powered party balloon B-64, launched by radio amateur Leo Bodnar M0XER, is approaching the UK at the end of its record breaking journey around the world Leo launched his balloon from Silverstone in the UK on July 12, 2014. It traveled east across Asia, the Pacific and the Americas and is…
New book for hams about Software Defined Radio Hi folks, I have finally finished my book for amateur radio operators and short wave listeners who want to know more about SDR. It is called “An Introduction to HF Software Defined Radio”. You can read a summary and order a copy at Amazon (UK, DE, FR,…
From “The Daily DX” — The following news is from K5FUV, Bill Kennamer. Feel free to pass this on to your DX friends and clubs. “DXCC Manager Bill Moore, NC1L, was seriously injured in an automobile accident about two weeks ago. His neck was broken, leaving him paralyzed from his upper body down, with limited…