‘Cheap and Cheerful’ the Ultra-Portable Venue SW3-B QRP CW Transceiver
By Thomas Witherspoon K4SWL
When Thomas took the SW-3B to the field to activate Dogback Mountain, he paired the diminutive radio with his PackTenna 20-meter End-Fed Half-Wave wire antenna and worked 43 contacts in just 44 minutes. Thomas unpacks the many features of the rig he calls, ‘cheap and cheerful.’
WF-100SE Weather Station: Checking Your Weather from Wherever!
By Robert Gulley K4PKM
For a good number of years there were only a few weather stations available for home use, most of which were rather expensive. Then Robert came across the WF-100SE from Radioddity, a company known for its inexpensive but well-made amateur radio transceivers. It ticked most of the boxes that he was looking for in a home weather station.
Those 3-Tube, Band-Switched, Regenerative Kits:
From Allied, Lafayette, Burstein-Applebee, and Heathkit
By Rich Post KB8TAD
Throughout the 1950s and 60s 3-tube band-switched regenerative shortwave radio kits were extremely popular with amateurs and shortwave listeners alike because they came with the thrill of listening to shortwave from faraway places that you only read about in geography books on a radio you built yourself.
Radiant Days at Radiodays 2024
By Chrissy Brand
Fresh from her trip to Thailand and Cambodia, Chrissy quickly found herself in Munich at Europe’s Radiodays 2024, a celebration of radio today with a look at the future of the audio landscape. Attended by European radio industry luminaries, Chrissy gives us the highlights of this annual radio conference.
Locking Up NextGen ATSC 3.0 Broadcast TV
By Fred Baumgartner K0FMB
With a TV industry promise to deliver stunning video and immersive audio and internet connectivity. But lately, some broadcast network channels are showing up as encrypted, meaning that viewers can watch but they can’t fast-forward through ads or record content. Fred navigates our trip through ATSC 3.0 Part 2.
23-Centimeters: Your Gateway to the Microwaves
By Cory GB Sickles WA3UVV
There is a vast territory of frequencies that most hams have never explored, even though they have a license to be there. Cory notes, “There’s fun to be had above 450 MHz, if only you are willing to explore and exploit what awaits over the horizon—in the land of microwaves.”
Scanning America
By Dan Veeneman
Oakland County, Michigan
Federal Wavelengths
By Chris Parris
Campaign 2024
Milcom
By Daniel O. Myers K3NXX
HAVE QUICK Radio; Air Show Frequency Updates
Utility Planet
By Hugh Stegman
Numbers: Halloween is Early this Year
Shortwave Utility Logs
By Mike Chace-Ortiz and Hugh Stegman
The World of Shortwave Listening
By Jeff White, NASB Secretary-Treasurer
Shortwave Takes to the High Seas
The Shortwave Listener
By Fred Waterer
Canada on Shortwave
The European Radio Scene
By Georg Wiessala
The Enduring Fascination of Shortwave Sounds
Bits & Bytes
By Gayle Van Horn W4GVH
Shortwave Programming News from Around the World
Radio 101
By Ken Reitz KS4ZR
Global Hearts and Minds: Who’s Playing?
Amateur Radio Astronomy
By Stan Nelson KB5VL
ezRA (Easy Radio Astronomy)
Adventures in Radio Restoration
By Rich Post KB8TAD
Continental Model 55, Chassis A7: An Admiral Table Model Radio
Amateur Radio Insights
By Kirk Kleinschmidt NT0Z
Modern Mentors
VHF and Above
By Joe Lynch N6CL
ESA Unveils Proba-3 Mission: Artificial Solar Eclipses on Demand