Whether you're new to eBay or an old pro, here is a checklist on how to buy a ham radio on eBay. 1) Know the seller. Look at the seller's history including their feedback rating and length of time on eBay....
After recently searching to buy some Belden Coax for a new amatuer radio antenna project, I feel compelled to warn others on some of my rather surprising results. Being that my father-in-law spent many a year...
Recently there has been sold counterfeit ICOM IC-V8 radio transceivers on e-bay by an individual in Hong Kong. These are difficult to distinguish from the genuine ones, but there is one giveaway. Key no.2 on...
Whether you're new to eBay or an old pro, here is a checklist on how to buy a shortwave radio on eBay. 1) Know the seller. Look at the seller's history including their feedback rating and length of time on...
"Ham" or Amateur Radio is the original "internet chat room" without wires! It's a wonderful hobby irrespective of participants' age, gender, or physical ability. It's not as expensive or difficult to get into...
Cheap Import Two Way Radios – BEWARE!Be careful buying VHF and UHF radios from the overseas manufacturers. Most manufacturers of inexpensive portable and mobile radio equipment have not submitted their radios...
Need Walkie-Talkies? Those radios are quite handy. Yard work, clearing snow on driveway, adjusting satellite dish, mowing lawn, so you don't have to scream at your partner on incoming telephone call or to...
Beware of Ebay Seller giddieup409 He is selling HAM Radio equipment that is DOA. His ebay description on the items usually state that you will be "Buyer Satisfied" and "NOT DOA". Suggest buyer CHECK his...
Slinkys for shortwave antennas - There seems to be some confusion and some wrong claims over how much wire IS IN a Regular Slinky and how much IS IN a Slinky JR used for shortwave antennas here on ebay so I...
QSL stands for “I acknowledge receipt,” or “I hear you.” It comes from the Q codes, a set of radio shorthand developed by the British government around 1909, which were in turn based on similar codes developed...