Ham Radio equipment Sales
Government / Contract Orders Ham Radio Outlet offers a wide variety of products in the communications industry. A very small listing is available on our Ecommerce Web Site as many of the items desired and often sold to Government agencies do not sell often in the Amateur community. We highly suggest…
Radio Amateurs of Canada
Larry Price, W4RA, a President Emeritus of the ARRL and of the International Amateur Radio Union ( IARU ), has been appointed as the inaugural honorary member of the Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame. The appointment, announced by the Hall of Fame Board of Trustees, followed his nomination by the Radio Amateurs of Canada ( RAC ) Board of Directors. The RAC said the honor…
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Austin Amateur Radio Club
Austin DSTAR Information Page Austin DSTAR W5KA Repeater The Austin Amateur Radio Club s D-Star Repeater is operational on 146 MHz (2m), 440 MHz (70cm) and 1200 MHz (23cm DD and DV) and our gateway is connected to the Internet. General Repeater information The W5KA D-Star Repeater is a project of the Austin Amateur Radio Club (AARC) in conjunction with the Williamson County…
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Amateur Radio Satellite tracking
INTELSAT ROLLS OUT EPIC NEXT-GEN SATELLITE SYSTEM - The high-throughput platform should provide customers with superior connections at a lower cost. Designated Intelsat 29e, it will sit at 50 degrees west, and deliver services to the Americas and the North Atlantic aeroplane and shipping routes. At least six more Epic spacecraft will follow, to cover other regions and to provide…
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Ham Radio beam Antennas
Sentinel Hex Beams are directional antennas that provides great performance and reduced size, and weight. The G3TXQ broad band hexagonal beam for 6 meters is constructed of six fiberglass arms and insulated stranded copper wire. The Sentinel series single band hex beam consists of two elements. The driven element is in the shape of an “W” and the reflector element is wrapped…
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Ham Radio license study Guide free
The ARRL has launched a new online resource that allows users to take randomly generated practice exams using questions from the actual examination question pool. ARRL Exam Review for Ham Radio ™ is free , and users do not need to be ARRL members. The only requirement is that users must first set up a site login (this is a different and separate login from your ARRL website…
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Amateur Radio Reviews
My initial review of the original Baofeng UV-5R has been a while ago. Two problems (lowest possible volume and being off-frequency on RX) were fixed starting firmware versions 2.51 and up. After that nothing much changed — except for how the radio looked like. To be honest, all subsequent incarnations of the UV-5R were as exciting to talk about as the latest episode of My Little…
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Portable Ham Radio box
Nowadays, you can get into ham radio on the cheap. A handheld radio can be had for less than $30, and licensing is cheap or free depending on where you live. However, like most hobbies, you tend to invest in better kit over time. [Günther] just finished up building this portable ham station to meet his own requirements. It runs off 230 VAC, or a backup 12 V car battery for…
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