I got my hands on the much-awaited Baofeng DM-5R DMR radio today. The radio is based on the highly popular UV-5R model (and its variants). At $70 US, it seems like a bargain. A big advantage over other radios on the market, is that it is dual-band. A big disadvantage, …
Mike 2E0YYY and Andrew VK1AD thought it would be nice to have a SOTA activity on Saturday October 22nd, 2016. It’s all about DX and S2S but chasers are welcome.
The ministry communication of Lebanon, conducted exams for amateur radio operators last Saturday 15th October 2016. As posted by OD5RI on RAL (Radio Amateurs of Lebanon) facebook group, the exams took place in the premises of Orego, in Beirut. Around 50 people took the exam. Mr A.MYoussef, director general and …
In this week’s video I am reviewing My LoTW. My LoTW is a free mobile app for iOS™ and Android™ phones or tablets and it is a viewer app for ARRL’s Logbook of The World. With My LoTW you can have your whole logbook in your pocket, check for confirmations …
Yesterday, 13th October 2016, King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, died at the age of 88 at the Siriraj hospital in Bangkok. He was the patron of the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST). From RAST’s page on QSL.net: His Majesty the King had been presented the callsign HS1A by the …
HamRadioConcepts uploaded a video on their channel on the Kenwood TH-D74 handheld radio.
This is the TYT UV8000E review. The TYT UV8000E is an update to the UV8000D. This update practically fixes an audio issue with the earlier model, which would occur after long periods of operation. The audio, as some users have reported, would start becoming intermittent. It is a really nice …
It didn’t happen. Looks like it was a mis-interpretation of the software data.
In this week’s video I am unboxing the Icom IC-2730E dual-band mobile radio.
N1CY posted a video on his YouTube channel working with the Yaesu FT-891 Mobile HF/50MHz radio, connected to an ATAS 120A antenna.
