Monitoring the New US Era in Space: Guide to the Florida Space Coast
By Larry Van Horn N5FPW
The first crewed space launch from the US in nearly nine years took place May 30, as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center carrying two US astronauts. It was a launch that marked the first time in history that NASA astronauts were launched from American soil in a commercially built and operated spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station. Times have changed and so have the radio systems related to monitoring the action in this new US era in space. Larry examines the monitoring possibilities.
TSM Reviews: Xiegu G90 HF Transceiver
By Thomas Witherspoon K4SWL
When incredibly inexpensive transceivers from China started showing up on the market over a decade ago, Thomas was very skeptical. But after hearing reports from fellow hams active in the Parks on the Air and Summits on the Air programs, he decided to take a hard look at the specs. He liked was he saw, and he liked the price tag even better and now Thomas tells us why.
Power Trip
By Cory GB Sickles WA3UVV
For decades, the worldwide landscape of HF amateur radio has been dominated by the ubiquitous 100-watt rig. And while a small but dedicated corps of operators plumb the depths of low power operating, in the back of many otherwise rational hams is a hankering for power—the kind of legal-limit, envy-inspiring, S-needle bending, wallet-draining power that invites the inevitable “5/9+40 dB over” report. Cory offers up a sobering cup of coffee while he examines the realities of such a power trip.
Radio and the Great Depression: FDR and the Voice of Reason
By Scott A. Caldwell
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was not the first president of the US to be heard on the new medium of radio. But by 1933, the combination of the Great Depression and widespread popularity of radio thrust FDR into the homes of America just when they needed a voice of reason most. And, when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, America clung to his every word crackling through their radios.
Using Trees as Antennas
By John Piliounis SV1OCS
Prompted by curiosity about how HF communications can be done in dense forests and jungles, John embarked on some research. This brought him to the discovery of a 100-year-old secret: A US General promoted an idea in radio magazines of the time that trees could be used as antennas with surprising effectiveness.
Scanning America
By Dan Veeneman
Scanning Elmore County (ID) and El Dorado County (CA)
Federal Wavelengths
By Chris Parris
Scanning from the Bubble
MilCom
By Larry Van Horn N5FPW
Monitoring the 380-400 MHz LMR Sub-band in the US
Utility Planet
By Hugh Stegman
S28 Update: The Buzzer’s Many Moods
Shortwave Utility Logs
By Mike Chace-Ortiz and Hugh Stegman
VHF and Above
By Joe Lynch N6CL
Virtual Hamfests and VHF & Above Contests
Digitally Speaking
By Cory Sickles WA3UVV
Radiators Radiating
Radio 101
By Ken Reitz KS4ZR
Radio Garden
The World of Shortwave Listening
By Rob Wagner VK3BVW
Noise, Noise, Everywhere Noise
The Shortwave Listener
By Fred Waterer
RAE Argentina; Radio Marti; BBC Fare
Amateur Radio Astronomy
By Stan Nelson KB5VL
QrssPiG—Meteor Monitoring
Adventures in Radio Restoration
By Rich Post KB8TAD
Ameco and the TX-62 Transmitter