IC-R20 by Icom. Wideband Receiver Professional radioreceiver, allow double receiver, from HF to Microwave, digital recorde, DTCS, Memories and 11 hours countinuous reception.

Technical Reference/Batteries
Batteries for portable radio operation are always an interesting subject for discussion. Review of some LiPo (Lithium-ion polymer ) batteries for amateur radio use.

Radio Equipment/HF Amplifiers/Ameritron AL-80B
A page with pictures of the Ameritron AL-80B Amplifier, including the inside box where is possible to see the 3-500ZG tube capable to provide 800W in CW.

INRAD Desk Microphone System is an exciting line of great sounding microphone models. Each INRAD microphone has an attractive stage-style body and a unidirectional cardioid element with unique audio characteristics to accommodate every operator's voice, radio and preferences. INRAD micrpohones can be connected to most popular amateur radio transceivers, including ICOM, Yaesu, Kenwood, FlexRadio, Elecraft, Ten-Tec products.

Four state-of-the-art transverters are included in Elecraft's new XV Series: the XV50 (6 Meters), XV144 (2 Meters), XV222 (222 MHz) and XV432 (432 MHz). The transverters can be used with nearly any transceiver that covers the 28 to 30 MHz frequency range

Antennas/Antenna Calculators
Inches and meters Javascript Wavelength Calculator allow to input a frequency in MHz and calculate wavelenght in several units considering also fractions of wavelenght and the velocity factor. Includes an usefull inch to meter converter

Radio Equipment/HF Transceivers/Icom IC-7600
HM-36 Modification to make it work with an IC-7200 and the IC-7600

Software/Circuit Design
Bobcalc is a simple windows software to calculate the air core coils, the most widely used in RF circuits and may use the software to determine the data to build a coil, knowing that the inductance of this coil.

Antennas/End-Fed/End Fed Half Wave Antenna
A home made end-fed half-wave antenna coupler with antenna lenght calculator and counterpoise calculator based on center frequency. Includes pictures and drawings along to antenna homebrewing instructions with a home made on air wound transformer

Software/Utilities
L32 LogSync application will allow you to sync your Logger32 logbook with various services and servers. Provide interface for Logger32 and LoTW EQSL ClubLog HRDLog QRZ.com

July 14-15, 2018 - Objective: To contact as many other amateurs, especially IARU member society HQ stations, around the world as possible using the 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 meter bands.

Technical Reference/Batteries
An interesting article about a homemade LiFePO4 battery pack for ham radio operations, a 10Ah LiFePO4 based on Headway 38120 Cells

Contesting
World Radiosport Team Championship, Germany July 12-16 2018

Manufacturers/QRP Kits
Portable, outdoor, trail friendly, low power HAM radio transceivers and kits for sale

Technical Reference/Arduino
Multi-sensor real-time temperature monitoring and logging system using Arduino

Yaesu FT-4X 5W VHF / UHF Handheld Transceiver at a very affordable price

Technical Reference/Headsets and Speakers
Interfacing the Jabra 9450 flex wireless headset to the Icom IC 7300 ham radio trasceiver.

Antennas/End-Fed/End Fed Half Wave Antenna
An end-fed half wave antenna matching unit made of 3:24 turns ratio on a FT140-43 toroid with a 150pF capacitor across the input.

DX Resources/Shack Rental
Spend your vacation with family or friends in this beautiful, romantic place with full access to Ham Radio. Finland, Savonlinna, the Heart of the largest lake district in Europe.