Preparing for the 2022 Hurricane Season
By Ken Reitz KS4ZR
The Hurricane season in the US lasts from June 1 to November 30 and last year was the third most active on record. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami, Florida, notes that there were more category 4 and 5 landfalls in the US from 2017 to 2021 than from 1963 to 2016. Preparing for what looks to be another ‘above average year’ is a year-round process for the NHC, utilizing the very latest and some of the oldest weather forecasting tools.
Choosing a Field Radio
By Thomas Witherspoon K4SWL
What’s the perfect field radio? Thomas, who spends at least 90 percent of his radio operations in the field, asks six questions in return. The answers will lead you to a short list of very capable amateur radio transceivers that excel in the field. But it’s a tough decision and comes down to your own operating preferences. Thomas lists his top 10 candidates.
Working Astronauts in Space: Some Skill (Mostly Luck) Required
By Brent Taylor VY2HF/W1PJ
Very few hams have heard voice transmissions directly from space, even fewer have actually contacted those cosmonauts and astronauts who have been orbiting the planet since Uri Gagarin became the first human in space in 1961. But for Brent, contact with men and women in space has been almost routine over the last 35 years. From MIR to the ISS, he has logged dozens of contacts with two generations of hams in space. He shows us how it’s done.
SDR# and SDR Console: Two Feature-Rich Software Options for SDRs
By Robert Gulley K4PKM
With the popularity of software defined radios (SDRs), two great software programs have emerged as the most popular: SDR# and SDR Console. A veteran SDR user, Robert explores the advantages and disadvantages each presents and explains why he uses them both.
Times, Measurement and Radio (Part One)
By Georg Wiessala
Measuring time has been a basic ingredient in the progress of technology. The technology of time has been raised to almost impossible heights: a new clock that will lose only one second every 15 billion years. In Part One, Georg traces the history of the link between time and radio.
TSM Reviews: WiNRADiO G69DDCe
By Bob Grove W8JHD
It has been ten years since Bob reviewed the G69DDCe’s predecessor in the pages of Monitoring Times. Aside from the considerable increase in price, Bob finds the makers of this high-end radio, which tunes from 8 kHz to 80 MHz in nearly every conceivable demodulation mode, continue to set the standard for “superior design parameters.”
2022 Dayton Hamvention Report
By Dan Veeneman
TSM Scanning America columnist drove 1,100 miles, walked more than 20,000 steps and spent hundreds of dollars on food, travel, lodging and ham gear over a weekend. Already he’s planning to do it again next year.
Scanning America
By Dan Veeneman
A New Paging System
Federal Wavelengths
By Chris Parris
Monitoring the SPR and FAA
Milcom
By Larry Van Horn N5FPW
A Sky Full of E-6Bs
Utility Planet
By Hugh Stegman
Ukraine Conflict Causes ‘Numbers’ Changes
Shortwave Logs
By Mike Chace-Ortiz and Hugh Stegman
The World of Shortwave Listening
By Andrew Yoder
Euro-Pirates Take up Ukrainian Cause
The Shortwave Listener
By Fred Waterer
French Language on Shortwave and More!
Radio 101
By Ken Reitz KS4ZR
ATSC 3.0 Update: The Good, the Bad and the Stunning
Amateur Radio Satellites
By Keith Baker KB1SF/VA3KSF
Spotlight on the APRS Satellites
Adventures in Radio Restoration
By Rich Post KB8TAD
Lafayette Radio’s Cheapest Tombstone: Model 3J4
The Longwave Zone
By Kevin O’Hern Carey N2AFX
Getting on the Band
Propagation
By Tomas Hood NW7US
Summer Tropospheric Propagation and VHF DX
VHF and Above
By Joe Lynch N6CL
How to Rejuvenate your Local Club