Marty N8XPK and his assistant Joe completed replacement of the two 5.8 GHz data link dishes at Marty’s tower in a 200 foot high climb on a beautiful November 1st. These dishes were damaged in a somewhat unusual electrical storm in mid-October.  The picture to the right shows one of the damaged radio units that […]

This is a two part article – As we’ve done in the past, we have one part from the fox’s perspective (courtesy of  Carol N8SIN) and another part from the perspective of the hunter (courtesy of Del N8OFP).  Enjoy! From Carol N8SIN – The Fox’s Perspective This hunt was going to be something different with

As many of you already know, after our purchase of the Astron ASR-RM-50M power supply, we received a letter from DXE indicating the Astron Corporation announced the ASR-RM-50M power supply “may pose a safety concern because the internal transformer appears to be operating at an abnormally high temperature” i.e the supply could pose a fire hazard.

Thanks to everyone that came along for the DX Engineering tour on August 27th, 2016, and a very special thanks to Tim K3LR, and the whole gang at DX Engineering for their incredible hospitality and for spending their Saturday showing our group around the store and also at the K3LR contest station! Below are a