Remembering HCJB After 90 Years
By Valter Aguiar
What began as a gospel music program on Chicago AM radio station WBBM in 1922, eventually became one of the most powerful and listened to shortwave broadcasters in the world. Valter traces the history of this unusual shortwave radio voice from its original 200-Watt transmitter and single antenna in 1931 to a complex of 13 transmitters and 30 antennas in Ecuador at 2,800 meters altitude.
How Low Can You Go?
By Cory GB Sickles WA3UVV
Most amateurs have transceivers that let them operate on 160 meters, the original “top band,” where transmitter power is usually rated in hundreds of Watts, and antennas can get very large. Cory explores the more recent top bands of 630 and 2,200 meters—narrow bands of amateur activity where, thanks to new digital modes, power is surprisingly low and antennas often quite small.
Electronic Logging Part 2: Online backup and so much more!
By Robert Gulley K4PKM
Not wanting to lose any of his many years of on-air contact logs, Robert takes no chances—he has five different online locations for his backup logs. But he also explains that e-logging is not just about protecting your on-air history. He shows which systems work best for the various amateur on-air activities you may need to keep track of. He also shows that e-logging is not just for amateurs but for shortwave listeners as well.
Batteries for Amateur Radio Portable and Emergency Power
By Gordon Bousman NW7D
From lead-acid batteries to solar-powered lithium-ion batteries, this article describes the battery choices and components that can be used to create power solutions for portable, Go Box, and emergency ham radio HF, and VHF/UHF operations. Of course, portable fuel-powered generators are always an option, but in situations where you want to minimize noise, weight, and amount of equipment to be transported into a portable operating site (or use for an emergency operations station), Gordon presents excellent alternatives.
Australian Trailblazer: Ruby Payne-Scott
By Georg Wiessala
Georg Wiessala introduces the Australian pioneer radio astronomer Ruby Violet Payne-Scott (1912-1981) whose scientific achievements reflected both the technical advances and the socio-political constraints of her time.
Scanning America
By Dan Veeneman
Santa Barbara County, California
Federal Wavelengths
By Chris Parris
The Government Master File Revealed
Milcom
By Larry Van Horn N5FPW
The NTIA GMF is Public Again (sort of)!
Utility Planet
By Hugh Stegman
US Government Releases Frequency File
Shortwave Utility Logs
By Mike Chace-Ortiz and Hugh Stegman
VHF and Above
By Joe Lynch N6CL
Major EME DXpeditions Coming this Fall
Digitally Speaking
By Cory GB Sickles WA3UVV
New Radios, Old Friends
Amateur Radio Insights
By Kirk Kleinschmidt NT0Z
Don’t Let Power Outages ‘Interrupt’ Your Operating
Radio 101
By Ken Reitz KS4ZR
Amiko Mini 4K UHD FTA Satellite-TV Receiver
The World of Shortwave Listening
By Jeff White, Chairman HFCC
More Virtual Shortwave Meetings and other Odds and Ends
The Shortwave Listener
By Fred Waterer
Canadian Elections; Texas Shortwave; BBC Fare for September
Amateur Radio Satellites
By Keith Baker KB1SF/VA3KSF
Amateur Radio Satellite Primer Part XI: (or: The ‘Gizmo’ Revisited)
The Longwave Zone
By Kevin O’Hern Carey N2AFX
Swan Song for NDBs?
Adventures in Radio Restorations
By Rich Post KB8TAD
Novelty Radios: Master’s Art RT-200 and Guild 484
Antenna Connections
By Robert Gulley K4PKM
Some Antenna Lessons Learned the Hard Way