The US Navy Station NAA, Arlington, Virginia, 1913 to 1941
By John F. Schneider W9FGH
In the earliest days of radio communications, the world’s governments understood that a strategic advantage fell to those that could construct and operate gigantic radio stations capable of transmitting around the world at any hour of the day. The US Navy’s radio station, NAA, perched on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean a short distance from Washington, DC, was one such station.
The Radio-Aristocracy: Count Georg von Arco
By Georg Wiessala
Named one of Radio Craft magazines “Men who have made radio,” in 1930, German radio pioneer, Georg Van Arco, was also a man of contradictory personalities—a committed pacifist, humanist, dedicated physicist and innovative radio engineer of the German imperial war economy. Our own Georg looks at this German aristocrat’s life.
Heathkit HR-1680 Solid-State SSB/CW Receiver—A Restoration Dream Machine Part 1
By Steve Reed KW4H
The Heathkit HR-1680 SSB/CW receiver kit, which was first released in 1976 and discontinued six years later, is one of Steve’s favorite receivers because the dual-conversion, all solid-state receiver utilizes plug-in circuit boards, virtually eliminating point-to-point wiring. This is part one of a multi-part series on his step-by-step restoration.
The Channel Master Story
By Ken Reitz KS4ZR
Joseph Y. Resnick was an unlikely candidate to be a successful businessman, having dropped out of high school in his senior year. He fled the countryside of New York state for the big city and had just finished a course in radio fundamentals when WWII intervened. After the war he got a job installing TV antennas for DuMont Laboratories when he had a really great idea. Six years later he would be a millionaire.
The WWII Office of War Information
By Dr. Scott A. Caldwell
December 7, 1941, ended the US media’s neutral stance regarding war reporting. In response, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9182, which established the Office of War Information (OWI) that would assist US media in reporting and disseminating war news.
A Radio Tower, an Inventor, and a Raconteur
By Chrissy Brand
This month Chrissy travels to Liverpool’s Radio City Tower; takes in the British Vintage Wireless Society’s swap-meet in northwest England and visits the place of the earliest experiments in television 100 years ago by John Logie Baird. Chrissy tops the month off with a visit to London’s famed West End to take in a live, one-man performance by one of America’s contemporary radio exports—Garrison Keillor.
Scanning America
By Dan Veeneman
Elko County, Nevada
Federal Wavelengths
By Chris Parris
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Utility Planet
By Hugh Stegman
Introduction to HF Sea Surface Radar
Shortwave Utility Logs
By Mike Chace-Ortiz and Hugh Stegman
The World of Shortwave Listening
By Rob Wagner VK3BVW
Philippines: A Powerful Broadcasting Voice to the World
The Shortwave Listener
By Fred Waterer
Christmas on Shortwave Around the World
European Radio Scene
By Georg Wiessala
HF Radio Astronomy: The European Low-Frequency Array
Bits & Bytes
By Gayle Van Horn W4GVH
Wavescan Lives; LRA36 Update; Cuban Blackouts; Spain to Add Transmitters
Radio 101
By Ken Reitz KS4ZR
Vintage Radios and Old-Time Radio Shows
Amateur Radio Satellites
By Keith Baker KB1SF/VA3KSF
New Amateur Satellites!
Adventures in Radio Restoration
By Rich Post KB8TAD
The First Post-War Zenith Trans-Oceanic: Model 8G005YT
The Longwave Zone
By Kevin O’Hearn Carey N2AFX
Retro 1959: Bringing Back Another One (Part II)
Kits and Kit-Building
By Joe Eisenberg K0NEB
Our Electronic Future: A look at CES 2024 and what is coming in 2025
Digitally Speaking
By Cory GB Sickles WA3UVV
Uniontown (PA) Vintage Radio Museum Workshop
Amateur Radio Insights
By Kirk Kleinschmidt NT0Z
Thoughts on (un)Soldering
VHF and Above
By Joe Lynch N6CL
Something Nice and Silver Under the Tree this Christmas