About the Elecraft K3 vs Kenwood TS-590 debate
I was just reading earlier Simone IW5EDI's article about a short overview on the K3 and the TS-590. This is…
HF-P1 portable antenna review
The HF-P1 is a lightweight antenna with HF to UHF coverage, designed for portable operations where size and weight are…
Testing the Ultimate 3 WSPR beacon
Some time ago Aurel YO3IBZ borrowed me his Ultimate3 to try and replace the AD9850 DDS with AD9851 so we…
SOTA activation: YO/EC-520 Seciu peak
After more than 2 months of ugly weather - wich included a full consecutive 30 days of overcast sky, the…
Icom’s new flagship: IC-7851
Icom just posted their new flagship product on the japanese website: IC-7851. It doesn't seem to be a completely new…
Yaesu FT-991 – full details and pricing
Some time ago I was posting about the replacement for the FT-897 from Yaesu, the FT-991. It is an all-band,…
About the Rosetta comet landing mission
The Rosetta mission to study Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is getting ready to land the Philae probe on the comet surface, and…
VHF/UHF transceiver module for US$12 – Dorji DRA818
Dorji 808/818 are a series of FM transceiver modules based on RDA Micro's RDA1845/6 chipsets (yes, the ones in the…
CQWW SSB 2014 fail
I wanted to take part in CQWW SSB this year, as usual in the SOSB QRP category. This year I…
Portable SDR transceiver with integrated VNA and GPS
The field of amateur Software Defined Radio is moving quickly nowadays and the latest spawn is something really interesting: a…