Field season is in full swing, with QRP activators sweating the details of how their stations actually perform away from the shack. Elsewhere there's fresh gear to covet, imaginary shortwave broadcasts to chase, and a deep dive into wringing more rate out of two radios at once.

In today’s roundup

• A New Ham’s Guide to Overcomplicating Everything – How Well Does My Station Work in the Field? — QRPer
  A new CW activator wrestles with the eternal question of whether his portable station is truly pulling its weight in the park — a rabbit hole every ham knows well.
• New Amateur Radio Products for October 2026 at DX Engineering — OnAllBands (DX Engineering)
  OnAllBands rounds up October's fresh arrivals, including four house-branded DX Engineering products aimed at station upgrades, for anyone whose wishlist needs feeding.
• The times they are a-changin’ — The SWLing Post
  With the clocks shifting, Imaginary Stations lines up another Wednesday shortwave broadcast for SDR and radio listeners to hunt down this week.
• Moo-ving Between Bands: An HF/VHF/UHF SOTA Activation on Bearwallow Mountain — QRPer
  K4SWL seizes a spectacular Western North Carolina afternoon for a multiband SOTA romp across HF, VHF, and UHF — proof a schedule gap is all you need.
• Mastering SO2R & 2BSIQ with the FlexRadio 6600 & 8600 Series — OnAllBands (DX Engineering)
  Contesters chasing rate will appreciate how FlexRadio's 6600 and 8600 series tame SO2R and 2BSIQ without the traditional mountain of external filters and hardware.

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