Complete list of ham prefixes This list contains all (or at least almost all) prefixes that can be heard on the radio amateur airwaves as of March 9, 2024. The list has been collected and maintained for years. I hope it will be useful to many fellow radio amateurs. The […]
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Complete list of radio amateur codes, abbreviations and expressions I do not claim that it is absolutely complete, I can only claim that it is the complete list that I have heard in my activity as a radio amateur (the last 50 years of my life). Code Meaning Notes . […]
Extending the transmission range Backstory Some time ago, a friend and radio amateur (I’m not writing who he is, because I haven’t asked him if he can) shared that he can’t broadcast on part of the 60m range. He assumed that his Yaesu FTDX-10 transceiver, because it was prepared for […]
Firmware Update of FTDX-10 That sounds scary, but it’s not. Or at least it’s not until something goes wrong – like cutting out your electricity at that very moment. But let’s not be pessimistic… If everything is in order and you follow the procedure, nothing bad should happen. Updating the […]
Two completely redundant settings for FTDX-10 But everyone wants to do them first Do we need to do these two completely redundant settings for FTDX-10? The first is a custom power-on screen. Who doesn’t want to personalize their new radio by having it display their name or call sign? There […]
I will share personal experience with Yaesu FTDX-10, FT8 and JTDX. I start by connecting the equipment. Old radio hams told me that I should make or buy an interface box to connect the computer to the audio input/output of the transceiver, because repair shops were full of transceivers to […]
Control Pursuant to the “Technical Requirements” and the “Electronic Communications Act” (ELC), the monitoring of amateur radio activities on the air is carried out by the CRC, and the establishment of violations and the imposition of penalties are carried out in accordance with the rules of the CEL. In order […]
One of the most important ways that radio amateurs serve the public is through disaster and emergency response. There are already multiple confirmations of this in practice. Every radio amateur, regardless of the extent of his normal operator activity, must constantly think about the possibility that at a certain moment […]
The IARU Band Plan is a globally accepted gentlemen’s agreement that is followed by 99% of radio amateurs. The band plan contains several official DX windows in which there is an agreement to give full priority to long distance work (DX links). DX shortwave windows There are currently three such […]