TSM Reviews: Mission RGO One
By Thomas Witherspoon K4SWL
Thomas had the luxury of testing, evaluating, and working with everything from one of the first prototypes to the latest updated version of the Mission RGO One HF transceiver. He’s impressed because it does exactly what it sets out to do. The RGO One is designed for an operator who appreciates rock-solid performance with simple, intuitive ergonomics with enough power to work HF under trying conditions and compact enough to take to the hills.
TSM Reviews: MFJ’s RigPi: Radio Anywhere
By Mark Haverstock K8MSH
Most modern radios can operate remotely, meaning you can have your DX and log it too–from afar. MFJ offers the RigPi Station Server (RSS), a small, but flexible way to operate a remote station from your patio or several thousand miles away–whether you’re in an HOA or on the road. Mark shows us how this compact box puts your radio on the network so you can connect using a web browser on a PC, tablet or smart phone.
TSM’s Annual Scanner Buyer’s Guide
By Larry Van Horn N5FPW
Traditional radio scanners are optimized for frequencies between 25 and 1300 MHz, which includes reception of police, air (both civilian and military), fire, EMS, marine, federal government/military, business and amateur radio services. With analog, digital, trunking and other systems in use and prices ranging from under $100 to over $1,000, it’s hard to know what to buy. Larry makes sense of it all in this year’s updated scanner buyer’s guide.
TSM’s SDR Buyer’s Guide
By Larry Van Horn N5FPW
In the last seven years we have seen the most development in radio reception technology slowly transitioning from analog radio platforms to digital systems. The software defined radio (SDR) has becoming a reality for many of us in our radio rooms and has progressed from high-ticket black-box tuners to amazingly small versatile devices with considerably more capability than earlier versions. Larry dives into the specifics of each device available today.
100 Years of Radio
The Rise of the Radio Listener
By Ken Reitz KS4ZR
In the early 1920s, shortly after manufactured radios began to appear in stores, magazines appealing to the general listening public began to appear. These magazines emphasized the hobby of listening rather than the hobby of construction. If there were tens of thousands of DIY radio hobbyists, there were bound to be hundreds of thousands of eager listeners who only wanted to know how to hook up the antenna, battery and start listening.
Scanning America
By Dan Veeneman
Buncombe County, North Carolina
Federal Wavelengths
By Chris Parris
The Challenges of Federal Scanning
MilCom
By Larry Van Horn N5FPW
HF Aeronautical Mobile 8-9 MHz and 13 MHz Band Scans
Utility Planet
By Hugh Stegman
Will the US Discontinue NAVTEX?
Shortwave Utility Logs
By Mike Chace-Ortiz and Hugh Stegman
VHF and Above
By Joe Lynch N6CL
The Leonids Meteor Shower—a Look Back
Digitally Speaking
By Cory Sickles WA3UVV
A Digital Voice Buyer’s Guide
Amateur Radio Insights
By Kirk Kleinschmidt NT0Z
Missing Morse?
Radio 101
By Ken Reitz KS4ZR
HD-Radio 2020 Update: FCC Approves Voluntary All-Digital AM Broadcasting; SPARC SHD-T750 AM/FM/HD radio
The World of Shortwave Listening
By Valter Aguiar
Latin American Shortwave Panorama
The Shortwave Listener
By Fred Waterer
Jazz on Shortwave; WBCQ, BBC Fare
Amateur Radio Astronomy
By Stan Nelson KB5VL
Improving Sudden Ionospheric Disturbances (SID) Monitoring
Adventures in Radio Restorations
By Rich Post KB8TAD
The “Rusty One” Henry Tempo-One Transceiver
Antenna Connections
By Robert Gulley K4PKM
Public Service Monitoring