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February 2025 TSM


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Heathkit 1680: A Restoration Chronicle, Part 3

By Steve Reed KW4H

     In the final installment of his Heathkit 1680 receiver restoration, among other things, Steve installs the ProgRock2 from QRP Labs, a self-contained programmable oscillator that will bring the HR-1680 up to date.

 

Radio: The Voice of Beatlemania

By Dr. Scott Caldwell

     In the early to mid-1960s, radio airplay propelled the phenomena that would become globally known as Beatlemania. Scott explains that “without the sustained airplay and promotion of New York radio stations in early 1964, Beatlemania may never have happened.”

 

HF Radio Monitoring Professionalized: Driving the HF Bandwagon Once Again

By Georg Wiessala

     In December 2024 Klingenfuss Publications released the latest in their decades-long books, the Klingenfuss 2025 Shortwave Frequency Guide (at 336 pages) and the Klingenfuss Guide to Utility Radio Stations (at 544 pages). Georg reviews these valuable HF references that are must-haves for the modern shortwave listener.

 

Atlantic 252, Boom and TechCon

By Chrissy Brand

     This month UK-based Chrissy takes a look the return of an old longwave favorite, Atlantic 252, as well as Boom Radio, seen as a commercial answer to BBC Radio 2. She also takes a second look at the TechCon convention she attended late last year.

 

TSM Reviews: World Radio TV Handbook 2025

By Gayle Van Horn W4GVH

     All serious radio and TV enthusiasts will understand that having a reference book that covers the world’s radio (AM, FM and shortwave) stations as well as TV stations close at hand adds to the enjoyment of the hobby. Gayle takes a look at the latest edition of the World Radio TV Handbook in the long history of this publication.

 

KFWB/6XBR The Radio Voice of Warner Bros. Pictures

By Ken Reitz KS4ZR

     For Warner Bros. Pictures, which was founded in 1923, establishing KFWB radio in Los Angeles was a master stroke of promotion. Over the 25 years that the studio owned KFWB, the station was known as the radio station of Hollywood celebrities. But the glitz and glamor wouldn’t last.

 

Scanning America

By Dan Veeneman

Southern Methodist University

 

Federal Wavelengths

By Chris Parris

The Demise of Whistler

 

Utility Planet

By Hugh Stegman

Bottom Feeding in 2025

 

Shortwave Utility Logs

By Mike Chace-Ortiz and Hugh Stegman

 

The World of Shortwave Listening

By Andrew Yoder

Shortwave Pirates: AI, Space and Friday Night

 

The Shortwave Listener

By Fred Waterer

Old Time Radio on Shortwave and Much More

 

European Radio Scene

By Georg Wiessala

Face the Facts on Fax

 

Bits & Bites

By Gayle Van Horn W4GVH

Changes in the Air and On the Air

 

Radio 101

By Ken Reitz KS4ZR

AM/FM/ HD-Radio Today

 

Amateur Radio Astronomy

By Stan Nelson KB5VL

Perseids Radio Meteors: December 13-14, 2024

 

Adventures in Radio Restoration

By Rich Post KB8TAD

The Roto-Tenna and Magnatenna Portables: Motorola 56M and Arvin 8583

 

Kits and Kit-Building

By Joe Eisenberg K0NEB

A Simple Dipole Kit: A Look at a Fun Group Project

 

Digitally Speaking

By Cory GB Sickles WA3UVV

A New Look at NXDN

 

VHF and Above

By Joe Lynch N6CL

The Parker Solar Probe

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