VE2DPE's Ham Radio Blog

This ham radio blog is not a "traditional" blog. What gets posted here is permanent in nature, rarely "time sensitive".

You will find here, in addition to amateur-radio-related news and events, posts about ham radio equipment such as: transceivers, receivers, antennas, software and more.

In other words, anything I find worthy of note about amateur radio.

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World Amateur Radio Day

On April 18, 2026, amateur radio operators all over the world celebrate the 100th anniversary of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) which was founded in Paris, France on April 18, 1926.

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Still alive & kicking!

I'm 80 years young now and the clock keeps on ticking. Here is a quote from the April 2026 QCWA Journal that I thought was fitting. "We all get to die twice. The first time is when our heart stops beating, the second time is when our name is never spoken again."73 de VE2DPE - still alive & kicking!

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10 Meter Ham Radio Introduction

10 meter ham radio is known for its spectacular DX when it is open. Sunspot cycle 24 is about to unlock it. Get ready for ham radio at it's finest.

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Sunspot Cycle 25: What It Means for Ham Radio

Learn how the sunspot cycle is driving Solar Cycle 25, changing HF propagation, and creating better DX opportunities for ham radio operators.

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Ham Radio Books on HF Wire Antennas: Build or Buy, Tune, Work DX

Stop guessing. These ham radio books show what works (and what doesn’t) for HF wire antennas, accounting for space, homemade or bought, tuners and more.

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NVIS Antenna: Short 40m Portable Dipole

Build a compact 40 meter NVIS antenna for field use. This guide shows a 44-foot linear-loaded low-noise design capable of 150 to 200 km range.

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Homemade Ham Radio Antennas: QRP-Tested Resources

Skip the dead ends. Find homemade ham radio antennas that work in real installs: HF wire designs, QRP insights, and the books/clubs worth your time.

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Ham Radio License Test Online: Study, Practice, Pass

Find US & Canada study resources, practice tests, and session links from ARRL and more for the ham radio license test online. Book when confident.

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Ham Radio License Study Guide: US, Canada, UK, AU

Pick a ham radio license study guide that builds real understanding. See trusted books for all license levels, by country: US, CA, UK, AU.

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Ham Radio Operator VE2DPE: About Claude Jollet

Meet VE2DPE, ham radio operator and HamRadioSecrets.com owner. Learn his path from shortwave listening to a modern SDR shack, since 1973 - plus his antennas.

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This Ham Radio Blog
Is Yours Too!

For those of you who like to be able to intervene and share something of significance with the other ham radio enthusiasts who visit this Web site by the hundreds each day, there is a very unique way of doing that here!

After your text has been approved the "nutshell" version of your text will be posted in this blog. It will consist of your title and a short description. Your complete text will be posted on its own permanent page on this Web site. Your blog post will have a live link to it.

All our readers who subscribe to our RSS feed will be instantly alerted of your post.

Make your intervention significant and it will be noticed! It will never get buried under hundreds of other posts. I guarantee it!

This Amateur Radio Blog's
Role

This ham radio blog plays an essential role in my "triple action" communication strategy.

This Web site is especially designed to assert itself among amateur radio related Web sites. (How? See the "Powered by..." at the bottom of each page).

This blog, on the other hand, is designed to offer an extra access to the Web site's content (through RSS feeds), thus augmenting its "visibility" on the Web.

Last, but not least, this blog also enables me to publish special timely posts containing my comments on amateur radio related news and events, as they happen.

In other words, I am using every available channel of communication, on the Web, to make my information accessible to the largest audience possible.

A Proven
Infopublishing Technique

This blog is part of a unique "infopublishing" process that I use to give widespread access to my website's content.

Why use both a Web site and a ham radio blog to reach essentially the same audience?

Why not? It works!

Like so many other things in this world, amateur radio is changing.

This blog's mission is to help you stay tuned to the frequency of exciting changes that are occurring in amateur radio!

73 de VE2DPE
Claude Jollet
104-30 avenue des Berges,
Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, Québec, Canada J6E 1M9

QTH Locator: FN36gb