Wednesday brings a fine mix of chasing glory and workbench frugality. Bob Locher relives a hard-won Yemen contact, two portable receivers get put through their paces, and the DXZone rounds up digital-mode gadgetry. And because hams never met a free resource they didn't like, KB6NU has some engineering textbooks that cost exactly nothing.

In today’s roundup

• Legendary DXer Bob Locher, W9KNI, Presents Tales from a Serial Sniper Part 3: “Yemen on 40 Meters” — OnAllBands (DX Engineering)
  Part three of W9KNI's DXing memoirs tackles the perennial 40-meter challenge of snagging Yemen, a lesson in patience from a genuine legend of the chase.
• XHDATA D-226 Review — The SWLing Post
  K4PKM puts XHDATA's newest budget portable through its paces, welcome intel for anyone eyeing an affordable receiver for the shack or the go-bag.
• Helmut’s overview of the MLite-880 — The SWLing Post
  Helmut Matt asks whether standalone SDR with a spectrum display and no PC is truly possible, a tempting proposition for the tether-averse operator.
• Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2634 — The DXZone
  This week's DXZone roundup leans toward digital modes and compact desktop utilities, handy for anyone tidying up their station's software toolkit.
• Free electrical engineering books from the University of Michigan — KB6NU
  KB6NU cheerfully leans into ham thriftiness with free electrical engineering textbooks from Michigan Publishing, because you really can't beat the price.

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