by Mike (VE3MKX) A ham radio “barn find” is discovering vintage piece of amateur radio gear (transmitters, receivers, test equipment) in barns, garages, attics or closets ! This story isn’t anything out of the norm, just a fluke. It was a regular day at home, surfing the net while having breakfast. I eventually surfed onto […]
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Dating Your Vintage Bug Made Easy: A New Tool from W6JSV
Many thanks to Jay (W6JSV), who recently created a useful tool for those of us with vintage bugs. He notes: I also wanted to write you about a website I made that you might find useful: https://www.bug.date/. I got tired of looking up serial numbers on a PDF and figuring out which model I was […]
New Product Spotlight: The Icom IC-7300 Gets an Upgrade with the IC-7300MK2
Ask anyone who has operated Icom’s beloved IC-7300 HF Plus 50 MHz Transceiver and they’ll tell you it packs a lot of punch for the moderate investment. A game-changer when it was unleashed on the market in 2015, Icom’s first RF Direct Sampling System entry-level SDR altered the HF transceiver landscape with a highly affordable, […]
A Window of Fine Weather: Early Morning Pedestrian Mobile on the Beach at Fort Fisher SRA
by Thomas (K4SWL) As I mentioned in recent field reports, my family and I took a weeklong, off-season vacation on the North Carolina coast a couple of weeks before Christmas. I’ve already published two field reports from Carolina Beach State Park, but there were several other nearby parks I’d hoped to activate during our stay. […]
It’s All in the Cards! QSL Cards from Desecheo Island…Soon to be QRV After 17 Years!
DX Engineering has provided a range of equipment—including best-of-class DX Engineering coaxial cable assemblies—for the upcoming remote activation of this rare entity in January/February. *** Ready to record your first All-Time New One for 2026? You won’t have long to wait for the opportunity, but, rest assured, you won’t be alone in your pursuit. The […]
I was going to write a field report this morning…
…but instead, I’ve decided to hit the field! I’m in Raleigh, NC today and had planned to spend the morning putting together a field report and activation video. Instead, I looked outside, saw the sun (after quite a lot of driving in the rain yesterday), and decided my time would be better spent on the […]
VU3GLJ’s First POTA Activation in Tadoba National Park (IN-0067)
Many thanks to Bharath (VU3GLJ), who kindly shares the following field report, originally published on his ham radio blog: My First POTA by Bharath (VU3GLJ) 31 December 2025 A wonderful way to end the year and a year of many firsts in HAM radio for me. My first POTA was no different – it was […]
Ham Radio Portable Operating Insights: Mapping Resources for POTA
I love activating parks, but even more, I enjoy finding new parks to activate. Picking a park and researching a good operating location is all part of the fun. From my conversations with some of you, I’m quite sure I’m not alone. So, let’s talk a bit about resources which are available to help you […]
United Nations Amateur Radio Club (UNARC), 4U1UN—A Modern Station in a Historic Setting
DX Engineering donates amplifier to make more QSOs possible. *** Well into its 77th year, the United Nations Amateur Radio Club (UNARC) continues to operate from the UN Headquarters in midtown Manhattan—an employee amenity tucked among far more ordinary facilities like a ping-pong table and a basketball court. Yet behind this modest description lies one […]
Vacation POTA: Pedestrian Portable at Carolina Beach State Park
by Thomas (K4SWL) On Saturday morning, December 13, 2025, we had just begun a week-long vacation in Carolina Beach, North Carolina. That morning, we were getting ready to head into Wilmington to visit friends and do a bit of holiday shopping. While we were preparing for the day, I checked in with the family and […]