2023 Air Show Special
By Brian and Jo Marie Topolski
In 2022 our team of air show veterans ventured out into the fast-paced, breathtaking world of highspeed aviation involving the world’s best pilots in charge of some of the most amazing aircraft. Through their expert photography and with ears glued to their many scanners, you can prepare yourself for the 2023 air show season.
Air Show 2022 Report
By Kevin Burke
Handling the other indispensable part of our air show season coverage, Kevin reports on events from last year’s air shows; shows us how to track those ceremonial flyovers and gives back in kind to the mentor who helped him get started in this hobby years ago. Whatever you do—Don’t touch the seatbelt!
TSM’s Annual Guide to Monitoring the Air Shows
By Larry Van Horn N5FPW
Aviation monitoring is a hobby that everyone with a scanner can participate it. If you can attend any of the many air shows held at major metro airports and airbases around North America, Larry tells you where to listen. But even if you don’t live anywhere near those venues, there’s radio action year-round—if you know where to listen.
Monitoring the Airband in the UK
By Georg Wiessala
Aviation monitoring is a worldwide hobby. As a UK-based radio journalist, Georg introduces us to resources for UK airband enthusiasts and shows us around his listening post, which includes scanners (old and new), the latest in software defined radios and specialized antennas for aviation enthusiasts.
2023 Blue Angels and Thunderbirds Airshow Schedule
Compiled by Ken Reitz KS4ZR
There could be an air show within driving distance of where you live. Even if you aren’t, these aircraft are often monitored in-flight between air shows.
Scanning America
By Dan Veeneman
Utah Communications Authority
Federal Wavelengths
By Chris Parris
Federal Monitoring in Phoenix
Milcom
By Larry Van Horn N5FPW
NORAD and the Chinese Spy Balloon
Utility Planet
By Hugh Stegman
UrgentLink Emergency Net is Still Expanding
Shortwave Utility Logs
By Mike Chace-Ortiz and Hugh Stegman
The World of Shortwave Listening
By Valter Aguiar
Radio News from Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Chile and Mexico
The Shortwave Listener
By Fred Waterer
March Shortwave Programming Lineup
Propagation
By Tomas Hood NW7US
The Terminator
Radio 101
By Ken Reitz KS4ZR
Getting Started in Free-to-Air Satellite
European Radio Scene
By Georg Wiessala
EU/UK Radio Trends; 100 Years of German Radio and More
Amateur Radio Satellites
By Keith Baker KB1SF/VA3KSF
Satellite Roving
Adventures in Radio Restoration
By Rich Post KB8TAD
National’s VHF Receiver
The Longwave Zone
By Kevin Carey N2AFX
Visiting Our Neighbors Up the Band
Digitally Speaking
By Cory GB Sickles WA3UVV
Progression
Amateur Radio Insights
By Kirk Kleinschmidt NT0Z
Ladies and Gentlemen, Discipline Your Oscillators!
VHF and Above
By Joe Lynch N6CL
It Will Never Happen Again!