Is your HT lacking POWER!?  Is 5, or even 8 Watts not enough for you in a handheld?  Well, China’s Leixen have you covered with their ‘Note’ UHF Handheld – how does 25 Watts sound!?

Features:

Chinese/English Voice prompts
PC Programming/Wireless Cloning Function
Alarm Function between the Units
16 channels
Output power:5W / 10W / 25W
Frequency: UHF 400-480MHz
Max Output power: 25W
Military and civilian walkie talkie suitable for Hotels Construction
Urban district talk range: 10KM
4000mAh Li-ion Battery
Comes with cooling fan
Antenna length 37CM flexible high-gain antenna!
Maximum deviation: <+ 5KHz
Clutter Radiation: 60dB
Emission current: 3.5A
Frequency stability: +2.5PPM
Receiver sensitivity: <0.18
Modulation: F3E
Audio Power:> 400mW
Power supply voltage: 12.6V

At the time of writing, you can grab one from here for a reasonable $138.96AU.  Miklor, always a good source of information on Chinese radios, has a thorough review of the unit here.  Of particular note is this:

RF energy at any power level should not be taken for granted.  RFSafetySolutions.com explains the effects of RF on the human body.  An excellent tutorial for beginners and old timers alike.

A note of caution regarding the radios power.  25W is a lot of RF power.  It makes for an incredible radio, but that type of power must be used responsibly.  This radio is five times that of a standard handheld. 

Being rated at 25W, a cooling fan is included on the back of the radio:

And yes, it’s as big as you’re expecting it to be:

The antenna is also rated for the transceiver’s high output (as most HT antennas top out at 10W).

Thanks to Henry VK2ZHE for spotting this strange beast!

YouTube isn’t just for cat videos you know?  Watch a tutorial or two and get involved in (yet another) facet of our hobby!

Here’s all the major concepts and some demonstrations of PSK31 in 30 minutes:

Find more videos from QRPSchool here.  QRP, for people with no need to compensate! 🙂

Courtesy of Bill VK2ZCV, here’s a 9 minutes video on Amateur Radio Satellite Tracking:

When you’ve heard the satellites, watch this to get started talking through them with your HT:

Fancy building a go-box?  There’s loads of people showing off their various designs on YouTube.  Check out Rob KC6TYD’s go-box build, along with deliberations about what form factor his go-box should take:

I know I’ve posted about the Duga array in the past, and I know I’ve posted about Tom Scott’s fantastic YouTube Videos before, but here’s Tom Scott at the Duga-3 array – you’re welcome!

This visit to the array also forms part of Tom’s trip into the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.  If you’re fascinated by the disaster you’ll also enjoy:

• Containing the Worst Nuclear Disaster in History: Chernobyl’s New Confinement Structure
• Radioactive Bananas in Chernobyl
• How to Visit Chernobyl

As the Woodpecker’s operation is before my time on HF, perhaps someone could comment on whether or not its 10+ megawatts of power caused havoc for us here in VK land?

Stuart VK2FSTU writes:

I run an online Paper at paper.li – https://paper.li/stufire_smoky/1355950867

This daily news is scanned off places such as Twitter and online news broadcast sites daily, so keep up to date with this online news paper and keep informed.

Want more Amateur Radio news?  Watch some Amateur Radio Netcasted videos on demand!

TWiT.tv – Ham Nation

TWiT.tv is home to Ham Nation – a weekly Netcast with Bob Heil and a host of other presenters.  Episode 242 is current as at the time of writing and you can subscribe to Ham Nation here.  They’re also kind enough to let you download the show to watch it offline.  Ham Nation records live every Wednesday at 01:00 UTC.  Note that you can stream the show from their servers, though Australian users may be better off watching the YouTube based streams.

TWiT.tv produce a range of tech related Netcasts including:

• All About Android – Android experts keep you posted on the latest news, hardware and apps
• FLOSS Weekly – Free Libre Open Source Software, open source and free software news
• Know How – DIY Tech Projects – make technology work for you
• The Tech Guy – Leo Laporte KJ6QGP explains Technology, computers, and the Internet
• Windows Weekly – Leo and Paul Thurrott look at all things Microsoft

All shows are free to watch and supported by limited advertising and listener donations.

HAMRADIONOW.tv

HAMRADIONOW.tv is hosted by Gary Pearce KN4AQ and is (surprise!) all about Amateur Radio.  The show is produced regularly but not to any set schedule.  There are currently 249 episodes available.  No video download is available but audio for each episode is available for offline listening.  Ham Radio Now is all hosted off YouTube, so watch it equally well from their webpage or their YouTube channel.  All shows are free to watch and listener supported.

RADIO TALK with Steve and Gary at ML&S

Brand new, and specifically focused on the latest products available (no general news) at the UK’s Martin Lynch & Sons Ham Radio store – Gary Spiers M0TIG and Steve Venner G0TAN chew the fat about the new Icom IC7300, TYT DMR Handheld, Raspberry Pi 3 and the DV4-Mini Dongle.  There’s currently only the one episode, but they promise more going forward.  Keep a watch on their YouTube Channel for future episodes.

Paul, VK2ICQ