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This is the first new HF radio I've ever purchased. I've been licensed to use HF bands for about 16 years at this point, but I've only owned 6 other HF rigs in that time; all purchased used. I've owned a number of Yaesu VHF mobile and handheld radios but only one HF and that...
Amateur radio operators are a significant portion of Skywarn volunteers/spotters across the country. When everything else fails, ham radio is the last line of communications (as just occurred with Hurricane Helene when many hundreds of cell towers were knocked out in the Southeast as well as fi...
Last night I set the radio up in a second floor bedroom, attaching a ground wire running to the ground lead of a power outlet and a random length of wire for an antenna suspended to the light fixture. I also shut off the LED room lights which made a difference in lowering noise. Tuni...
and ran across references to the “Super Penetrator” by Hy-Gain. Thousands were sold in the ’70s. Hy-Gain has now been assimilated into the MFJ world, but the antenna has been re-issued as the Hy-Gain SPT-500. Ham Radio Outlet had one in stock in Plano (so no shipping!), so ...
Natural disasters like hurricanesandtornadoes disrupt normaltelephoneandcell phonesystems, and ham radio operators can pitch in to help with emergency communications. On theInternational Space Station, a member of the crew usually has an amateur radio operator's license and sometimes chats with other ...
plug the charging base into your wall outlet and place the radio in the base to charge the internal battery pack. Next, turn your attention to your antenna. If you are going to stick with the small “rubber duck” antenna, simply screw it into the top of the radio and you are ...