--By Dan Robinson It's quite extraordinary that in these days of reduced use of shortwave some manufacturers continue to develop portable receivers for the worldwide community of radio listeners. We have the Choyong LC90, which for the first time attempted to combine HF, MW, FM and Internet radio (still a...

--By Jay Allen Overview The Raddy RF919 packs a world of reception into an arrestingly handsome and solid instrument. Build quality seems high. It not only covers standard FM/MW/LW and SW (including SSB modes) but in addition covers Weather Band, Air Band, a dedicated CB band, VHF from 30 –...

--By Rick Eaton KD4HGR I have never owned a Baofeng radio but I am impressed with this GMRS model. If you ask any GMRS or Amateur Radio operator today if they have a Baofeng radio, the answer is probably yes, and why not for between $30-$100 depending on your accessories....

--By Dave Jensen, W7DGJ Hams love to argue about antennas. Does it ever seem to you that the antenna is closely tied to our emotions and "radio ego"? While I have indeed run into brand zealots ("ICOM vs. Yaesu" or vice versa) that bothers me a lot less than when...

--By Ed Durrant - DD5LP After reading a question on the X6200 groups.io list about how to fix the X6200 to a photo tripod. I thought to myself, I didn't see a connection for a tripod on the radio and I was right. Apparently the ICOM IC-705 has one. Then...

--By Matt M6CEB 2EOFNM Radioddity kindly reached out to me asking if I wanted to review their new and soon to be released QT80 model, I of course said yes as I have a few of their products including the QT60 that I reviewed a few months back, I was...

-- by Ben Sangster VK3TBS I recently got the Radioddity M916 Heavy duty antenna magnetic mount with the Radioditty HF-008 all band portable antenna. I had always wanted to use HF more while camping or going on adventures around Australia (see our adventures page if you are interested), and now...

--By Thomas Witherspoon If you’re following the new Xiegu X6200 closely, you might recall that I took a prototype version of the radio out two weeks ago for a POTA activation. Propagation was so challenging–as in, a complete radio blackout in North America due to an X-Class flare–it took about...