2023 Digital Voice Buyer’s Guide
By Cory GB Sickles WA3UVV
The future of VHF and UHF in amateur radio is all about the transition from analog to digital. With 30 percent of repeaters in North America using one or more flavors of DV technology, Cory takes a look at many of the most popular DV transceivers on offer, from VHF/UHF handhelds to full-mode, full-power HF desktop sets.
2023 Scanner Radio Buyer’s Guide
By Chris Parris
The landscape in the field of public safety monitoring has changed dramatically over the last 20 years as public safety agencies at all government levels have migrated to more sophisticated digital modes, some of which include encryption. Chris looks at which scanners might provide the best value depending on what you are listening too and where you live.
2023 Antenna Buyer’s Guide
By Mark Haverstock K8MSH
Since the beginning of amateur radio, hams have known that better antennas ensure better contacts, but everyone’s operating situation is different. Mark takes a close look at several capable antennas at prices ranging from $65 to over $1,000, including stealth antennas for those coping with Homeowner’s Association rules, and others that can be taken into the field.
2023 Software Defined Radio Buyer’s Guide
By Georg Wiessala
The advent of software defined radios (SDRs) was the most important advancement in radio reception since the invention of the transistor. High performance receivers with capabilities previously found only in government agencies were suddenly available to everyone at very reasonable prices. Georg keeps up with the ever-changing cast of players in this field.
A Brit Heads West
By Chrissy Brand
A summer trip across America’s west from Denver, Colorado, to Seattle, Washington, by way of Sacramento, California, had Chrissy ‘wowed by the geology, scenery, cityscapes and culture,’ all the while tuning in with an XHDATA D-219 AM/FM/SW radio as the stations came and went along the way.
The Moscow Radio Laboratory Part 2: The Cold War and the End of the Soviet Union
By Scott A. Caldwell
During the 1950s and ‘60s, the shortwave bands crackled with the competing transmissions of the world’s nations. None were louder or more virulent than Radio Moscow, the official voice of the USSR. Scott examines that station’s role in the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union and the disappearance of Radio Moscow.
Scanning America
By Dan Veeneman
Harris County, Georgia
Federal Wavelengths
By Chris Parris
Federal Aircraft Operations
Utility Planet
By Hugh Stegman
2023 ‘Numbers’ Roundup
Shortwave Utility Logs
By Mike Chace-Ortiz and Hugh Stegman
The World of Shortwave Listening
By Valter Aguiar
New Xmtr for Argentina’s LRA36; Radio Caracas Radio, KVOH Leave the Air
The Shortwave Listener
By Fred Waterer
November Lineup of Shortwave Programming
European Radio Scene
By Georg Wiessala
The X-Files
Radio 101
By Ken Reitz KS4ZR
MW-HF Comparison: Active Loop vs. Passive Loop vs. Long Wire
Amateur Radio Astronomy
By Stan Nelson KB5VL
Noise—Annular Eclipse—October 14, 2023
Adventures in Radio Restoration
By Rich Post KB8TAD
An FM-Stereo Tuner from 1962: HH Scott 350B
Digitally Speaking
By Cory GB Sickles WA3UVV
Packet Radio Revival
VHF and Above
By Joe Lynch N6CL
Amateur Radio’s Involvement with Balloons: Part 1