More Adventures with Icom TX Audio

There are a bunch of posts on this blog which detail my experiments with transmit audio on the IC-7300. Since then I have switched to an Icom IC-7610, which seems identical in the TX...

UR6QW

Sergey, UR6QW is a ham radio operator in Ukraine who designs and builds excellent audio devices for ham radio operators. I have been a fan of Sergey’s work for years and have written several...

EQ V.7

UR6QW EQ V.7

Please read about how you can help UR6QW in Ukraine here It has arrived! The new version 7 of UR6QW’s processor. Thank you to Sergey for getting it to me incredibly quickly! This is...

Noise & Receiver Performance

In this article, I’m going to cover Noise Figure, Noise Factor, Noise Power, Receiver Bandwidth, and how they can affect overall radio receiver performance. Contrary to popular belief, these metrics have nothing to do...

Baofeng Cemetary

As of the date of this post, you can get a Baofeng UV-5R for $28, or buy two for $50. Dirt cheap. I bought my first Baofeng UV-5R back in 2012 when they were...