Author: Johnson Francis

Recently I had started using CW paddles for my FT-710 radio both for practising CW and for CW contacts, including some DX work. I found the length of

Though I have heard of CW Net on 7015 kHz, I had not tried checking in so far. Today morning I saw a nice CW signal on the

Last weekend I had participated in YBDXPI and SPDX contests, just for the fun of working some DX stations, though I knew perfectly well that I will never

Few days back I brought down my CP22E, vertical omnidirectional antenna which was on a 6m GI pipe fixed on first floor balcony. It had helped me log

8 Meter or 40 MHz Amateur Radio Band is the buzz word on Twitter or X among radio amateurs as Spain has opened it up for ham radio

I was a regular CW DX operator a few decades back, out of sheer necessity. The 3 x 807 vacuum tube radio I had homebrewed then was CW/AM

My previous post on multi-band delta loop antenna had a mention of symmetric tuner as the recommendation from one manufacturer. Another previous post on basic types of antenna

Yesterday while I was contacting a friend at about 2500 km from here on 21 MHz, he told me that he was using a 20 m delta loop

I had a 10/6m fan dipole with a GI pipe as mast. As early rains with lightning had occurred in some places in my region, I thought of

Field day is the most popular on the air events among radio amateurs globally. In the Unites States of America and Canada, ARRL Field Day is on the