Solar Cycle 25: HF Madness in May
By Tomas Hood NW7US
Between May 6 and May 8, five X-class and 27 M-class flares occurred. Eventually, some of those X-class flares ranked among the top nine of all X-class flares recorded in solar cycle 25. Tomas looks at these solar events not seen in 21 years.
2024 Hamvention Report
By Dan Veeneman
The 2024 Hamvention took place from Friday, May 17 through Sunday, May 19 at the Greene County Fair and Expo Center in Xenia, Ohio. The theme this year was “Expanding Our Community.”
Six Meters = Four Megs of Fun!
By Cory GB Sickles WA3UVV
Most licensed amateur operators in the US hold Technician class licenses. This means that they have privileges that many are not taking advantage of—the multi-mode action available across the sprawling four MHz of the 6-meter band.
An Experimental Approach for Measuring Antenna Gain Due to Counterpoise Orientation
By Dale Ostergaard N3HXZ
Hams assess the performance of antenna configurations using field strength, Reverse Beacon Network (RBN), Weak Signal Propagation Reporter (WSPR) and reports from on-air contacts. Dale’s thesis was that a portable vertical antenna with a single counterpoise shapes the signal direction along the axis of the counterpoise. He explains what he found.
Radio Waves, Secrecy and Ciphers
By Georg Wiessala
The Cooke-Wheatstone ‘Electric Five Needle Telegraph’ was patented in June of 1837. Georg looks at the development of this telegraph and the ‘Playfair’ cypher which used the telegraph to send encrypted messages during the Victorian Era.
The Tragic and Forgotten Story of Leo John Ainsworth
By Scott A. Caldwell
The early 1920s brought the Wild West to the new electronic frontier. Fortunes were made and lost almost overnight, and few would survive the ravages of the Great Depression in the following decade—Ainsworth-Gates Radio Co., was just one.
Many Flavors at the Radio Fest
By Chrissy Brand
This month Chrissy looks at useful and not-so-useful apps as well as interesting podcasts that aid her radio listening experience, including some old favorites such as Deutsche Welle and CBC.
NextGen Emergency Mass Communications
By Fred Baumgartner K0FMB
Radio and public safety have always and forever been bound together. The lives radio has saved and the reduction in human suffering is colossal. Fred explains NextGen EMC.
Scanning America
By Dan Veeneman
Prince Edward County; Cumberland County, Virginia
Federal Wavelengths
By Chris Parris
Federal Potpourri
Utility Planet
By Hugh Stegman
Great Balls of Fire: Cycle 25 Gets Serious
Shortwave Utility Logs
By Mike Chace-Ortiz and Hugh Stegman
The World of Shortwave Listening
By Andrew Yoder
European and North American Pirate Shortwave Activity
The Shortwave Listener
By Fred Waterer
Maranatha!
European Radio Scene
By Georg Wiessala
SDRplay RSP DX2, Marconi at 150 and the 1,000-Year Radio
Bits and Bytes
By Gayle Van Horn W4GVH
BBC Special Broadcast; VOH-Africa; RFI and RTI Schedules
Radio 101
By Ken Reitz KS4ZR
Communications During the 2024 Hurricane Season
Amateur Radio Satellites
By Keith Baker KB1SF/VA3KSF
AMSAT’s GOLF Project
Adventures in Radio Restoration
By Rich Post KB8TAD
The Gonset G-50 6-Meter ‘Fixed Station Communicator’
The Longwave Zone
By Kevin O’Hern Carey N2AFX
More Medium Wave Excursions
Digitally Speaking
By Cory GB Sickles WA3UVV
Opportunity
Amateur Radio Insights
By Kirk Kleinschmidt NT0Z
More Mentoring, More Success!
VHF and Above
By Joe Lynch N6CL
NASA Looks at Northern Lights; The Meteor Shower Nobody Saw; China’s Lunar Mission