Amateur Radio Tips and Techniques!

For decades, QST’s “Hints & Kinks”—now “Hints & Hacks”—has been one of the magazine’s most popular columns. If you’re looking for solutions to everyday problems, devised or discovered by your fellow radio amateurs, you’ll find it here.

The 19th edition of Hints & Kinks for the Radio Amateur gathers the best projects and problem-solving tips from 2012 through 2016. It’s full of know-how from QST’s readers including:

Novel Antennas and Antenna Improvements
A space blanket counterpoise for VHF/UHF
A sink strainer radial ring
Quick disconnects for window line
DIY coax weatherproofing
A mobile antenna carrying case
…and 80+ antenna projects and enhancements!

Features to Spiff Up Your Shack
A repeater power-failure alarm
A breath-activated key
A shack in a rack
Corrosion control home remedies
An easy-to-make sound director
…and 50+ improvements!

Ideas to Streamline Projects and Station Maintenance
A soldering iron antioxidant
Uses for hair dryers in the shack
Rebuilding a broken wafer switch
A drill-chuck helping hand
An inexpensive SMT microscope
…and 40+ pointers!

Product Details
Softcover: 144 pages
Publisher: The American Radio Relay League, Inc.
Copyright: Nineteenth edition, First printing (2024)
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-62595-197-7
Product Dimensions: 8 3/16 x 10 7/8 inches
Shipping Weight: .75 pounds