Yaesu FT-991/A Firmware Upgrades Released

Yaesu FT-991/A Firmware Upgrades Released on January 16th. Yaesu has released firmware upgrades for both the FT-991 and its successor the FT-991A HF/50/144/430 MHz radios. There are no significant release notes for the firmware upgrades, other than a mere “Improved and optimized” note. This most likely means that the firmware …

ASUS Released Raspberry Pi Contender

ASUS Released Raspberry Pi Contender Asus has quietly released a Raspberry Pi contender, named Tinker Board. It is about the same size as the Pi, but its quad-core Rockchip processor can play 4K video and 24-bit audio. Great news, if you want to get one for a home media center, …

Xiegu X5105 Pre-Production Test Videos [+Images]

Xiegu X5105 Pre-Production Test Videos and new images. There have been a couple of fellow hams that received pre-production versions of the upcoming Xiegu X5105 QRP radio. All images, videos and information on the radio posted here (unless otherwise stated) are courtesy of Wayne 2E0BVJ. Thank you Wayne! The radio …

Leixen N8 Frequency Meter Review [Video]

This is the Leixen N8 Frequency Meter Review video. In this video I am reviewing the Leixen N8 frequency meter. A frequency meter is a device you that can show you the transmitting frequency of a radio. For example, you have a radio without a display and you would like …

CIA Documents About Ham Radio Declassified

CIA Documents About Ham Radio Declassified   In case you haven’t heard, CIA has recently released online around 13 million pages of declassified documents. Among these documents, a set of reports on ham radio in the former Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact member countries have been made available. The documents …

Icom IC-7200 Back In Production

Icom IC-7200 Back In Production There has been some chatter about this for a few weeks now. Yesterday, the following post from Icom America‘s facebook page confirmed it: The IC-7200 was in production between 2007 and 2016, when it was discontinued. But, apparently, Icom realized that they should start producing …

Keychain QRP

Keychain QRP is definitely the world’s smallest HF ham radio transmitter. This little CW transmitter will allow you to have a transmitter everywhere you go. It has an SMA female connector and outputs 160 mW max with a 9V battery. The specifications state that you can just connect any random-length …

Ailunce HD1 DMR Circuit Board Ready

Ailunce HD1 DMR Circuit Board Ready   I just got information that the first circuit board of the radio is ready and both hardware and software testing has began. When I have more information or a real photo, I will post it. For now, we have this new rendering (above) …

Icom IC-R8600 Presentation [Info+Images]

This is the Icom IC-R8600 Presentation.     Icom IC-R8600 Presentation In December’s event at their headquarters, on which Icom presented the IC-7610 HF/6m transceiver, they also presented the IC-R8600 receiver. The IC-R8600 is the successor to the IC-R8500 which was in production from 1996-2004. The successor’s frequency range is …

Remote Controlling Baofeng DM-5R [Video]

Remote Controlling Baofeng DM-5R While preparing my review of the Baofeng DM-5R, I discovered that the radio also supports receiving remote DMR commands from other radios. You need to be careful when using the radio, because someone might be able to control it remotely. Watch the video to find out …