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Many hams like to make QSO outdoor, so the battery is very important to them. Do you know what are the common amateur radio portable batteries?  ...

Each antenna has a certain frequency range called bandwidth. In the range, the antenna has the lower impedance and the highest efficiency, which is equivalent to a band-pass filter. The best frequency point in the middle of the frequency range is the center frequency, its SWR is the lowest, and the efficiency is higher.  ...

Busy Channel Lock-out feature often abbreviated to BCL on two way radios. But it depends on the different radios, on some radio it says BCL, this is also commonly referred to as TX Inhibit on some other radios. For example, on Retevis RB17P, it says "Busy Lock". but on Ailunce HD1 it says" TX Authority".    ...

Radio frequency sweep or frequency sweep or RF sweep apply to scanning a radio frequency band for detecting signals being transmitted there. On Retevis R685 analog radio, you can do a frequency sweeping.   ...

The Difference Between Ham Radio and CB Radio  ...

We often get some questions said" is there a good radio recommend for me entry level amateur? Maybe you are just starting into ham radio and you have no clue what possibilities are even out there. Let us talk about it in this article.  ...

Retevis RA685 is EU version dual band ham radio. The transmit frequency is 144-146Mhz,430-440Mhz, and the receive frequency is 136-174Mhz,400-480Mhz;  ...

How to set the HD1 Rx screen display mode?  ...

Vocoders are basically used for digital coding of speech and voice simulation. The bitrate for available narrowband vocoders is from 1.2 to 64 kbps.  ...

Retevis RT23 is a cross-band repeater HAM Radio, but do you find it can set double or single repeater mode? What's the difference between the two modes?  ...