2023 Index of Articles and Columns
(The month of appearance is at the end of the title)
Feature Articles
Amateur Radio
Elecraft K4: Worth the Wait? Jan
Dipole on ‘Wheels’ Feb
Build a Solar Powered WSPR Beacon Apr
Digital Amateur Primer: Intro to Yaesu System Fusion Apr
Review: Xiegu G106 Transceiver May
Beginner Rigs to Grow With May
2023 Hamvention: A Pictorial Review Jun
Norbreck 2023: A UK Radio Rally Today Jun
Incoming! An Introduction to Meteor Scatter Propagation Aug
“No-Tune” Antennas: A Perfect Match for Your Radio? Aug
Surviving the Switch to LED Lighting Sep
HamSCI and the Upcoming Solar Eclipse Oct
Interview: Dave Antry, New USAF MARS Chief Oct
2023 Digital Voice Buyer’s Guide Nov
2023 Antenna Buyer’s Guide Nov
Radio History
The Role of Women in US Radio History Feb
Early Years of Radio Luxembourg (1930s-1960s) Apr
Las Voces of Mexico’s AM Radio History Apr
Miami AM Radio and the Wonderful Isle O’Dreams Jun
Developments of Radio Remote Broadcasts Jul
The Bing Crosby Philco: Model 46-1201 Jul
The All-American Five Jul
WLAC: The R&B Soul of Music City Jul
Book Review: ‘Winning French Minds: Radio Propaganda in Occupied France’ Jul
A Mighty Kingdon: The Discoveries of Heinrich Rudolph Hertz (1857-94) Aug
Bridge by Radio: The Story of WSAI Aug
Northwest US AM Broadcast Radio History Sep
The Moscow Radio Laboratory and the Birth of Radio Moscow—Part One Sep
Remembering WWII Navajo Code Talkers Oct
Northwest US AM Broadcast Radio History Part 2 Oct
The Moscow Radio Laboratory Part 2: The Cold War and the End of the Soviet Union Nov
Kilocycle Palaces of the 1930s and 40s Dec
Politically Inspired Radio Traitors of WWII Dec
A Towering Ambition: Tesla at Wardenclyffe Dec
Vintage Radio’s Social Legacy Dec
70 Years of the Historic CK722 Transistor
Aviation Monitoring
2023 Air Show Special Mar
Air Show 2022 Report Mar
TSM’ Annual Guide to Monitoring the Air Shows Mar
Monitoring the Airband in the UK Mar
2023 Air Show Schedule Mar
General Radio Interest
Radiosondes Over New Mexico Jan
The New UKRAA VLF Receiver Jan
Report from Radio TechCon UK Jan
Broadcast Auxiliary Frequencies Jan
A Closer Look at Oscilloscopes Jan
Weather and Radio: Three Ways to Explore RTTY Feb
Tuning into UK Student Radio Feb
Diving into the Deepelec DeepSDR 100 Apr
Media and Mailbag Programs Apr
Radiodays Europe 2023 Conference May
Cross Country Wireless HF Active Loop Antenna V4 May
Preparing for the 2023 Hurricane Season May
Women in International Radio Jun
Science Industry and Radio Jul
Summertime and the Listening is Easy Aug
Antennas for the Great Indoorsman Aug
UK Local Radio: A Mixed Bag Sep
Revisiting the Airspy HF+ and YouLoop Indoor Antenna Sep
Chameleon CHA RXL Receive-Only Loop Antenna Oct
Summer Radio Summary Oct
2023 Scanner Radio Buyer’s Guide Nov
2023 Software Defined Radio Buyer’s Guide Nov
A Brit Heads West Nov
Free-to-Air Satellite
C-Band FTA Satellite TV Channel Chart May
Multiple Satellite Reception from a Single Ku-Band Antenna Sep
Ku-Band Free-to-Air Satellite TV with a Repurposed DBS Dish Oct
Columns (not every column appears every month)
Scanning America
Chester County, Pennsylvania Jan
Pennsylvania Statewide Radio Network Feb
Utah Communications Authority Mar
Scanning Smyth County, VA Apr
Scanning Claremont, New Hampshire May
Encryption Jun
Scanning South Dakota Jul
Bexar and Guadalupe Counties, Texas Aug
Police Radio Jamming Sep
Security by Obscurity Oct
Harris County, Georgia Nov
Walton County, Florida Dec
Federal Wavelengths
Federal Frequencies for Everyone Jan
Federal Monitoring for the Beginner Feb
Federal Monitoring in Phoenix Mar
US Department of Justice Apr
Justice Department Continued May
Summer Travels with Federal Communications Jun
Tools for Federal Monitoring Jul
Federal Monitoring Myths, Mysteries and Legends Aug
Federal Monitoring in Las Vegas Sep
Federal Use of Multiband Radio Oct
Federal Aircraft Operations Nov
Airport Travel Monitoring Dec
Milcom
From the Darkness: A Sky Full of Military Call Signs Jan
Aero SELCAL 32 Implementation is Delayed Feb
NORAD and the Chinese Spy Balloon Mar
It is VHF Low Band DX Season Plus Apr
DoD Begins Implementing Name Commission Recommendations May
Profile: The Canadian Coast Guard Jun
Interesting Intercept: Italian Military Satellite Sircal 1B Jul
Utility Planet
Leap Seconds: 2023 is About Time Jan
Aero SELCAL Expansion Happens at Last Feb
UrgentLink Emergency Net is Still Expanding Mar
Solar Cycle 25 Enters a Peak Phase Apr
Historic WLO Returns to the Air May
Odds and Ends for June 2023 Jun
Greasy Suits and Oily Rags: Strange US Military Broadcasts Jul
New Zealand Discontinues Weather Fax Aug
US Financial Firms Propose Major HF Rule Changes Sep
HF Trading Confusion Continues Oct
2023 “Numbers” Roundup Nov
WRC-23 World Radio Conference Begins Dec
The World of Shortwave Listening
The World’s Shortwave Broadcasters Together Again for the First Time Since 2020 Jan
Shortwave Pirate Activity on the Rise for 2023 Feb
Radio News from Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Chile and Mexico Mar
A Fresh Look at Online SDRs Apr
The Solar Cycle is Hot! Where are all the DRM HF Signals? May
Spring Pirate Shortwave Review Jun
Brazilian DX Clubs, Radio Senda Cristiana, Radio Lira, and Radio Nacional Jul
Radio News from Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Aug
Challenges for Shortwave Broadcasters, and Some Actual Audience Figures Sep
Logging SW Pirates and Spooky Halloween Broadcasts Oct
New Xmtr for Argentina’s LRA36; Radio Caracas Radio, KVOH Leave the Air Nov
Anniversaries, Indonesia, Myanmar, Vanuatu and B23 Changes Dec
The Shortwave Listener
Winter Holidays on Shortwave Jan
February Shortwave Programming Feb
March Shortwave Programming Lineup Mar
April Programming Highlights Apr
Of Kinds and other Programming Things May
Summer Shortwave Programming Jun
Canada D’eh! WBCQ, WRMI SW News Jul
WBCQ Favs Return; New WRMI Offerings; Radio Ifrikya FM and More Aug
September Shortwave Programming from Around the World Sep
October SW Programs Worldwide Oct
November Lineup of Shortwave Programming Nov
Holiday Shortwave Programming Dec
Radio 101
AM DX Antennas: Long Wires and Loops Big and Small Jan
More AM Antennas, Wall Wart Hash and Freeband SSTV Feb
Getting Started in Free-to-Air Satellite Mar
FTA Satellite Part 2: Receiver and Programming Apr
Baseball on the Radio 2023 May
The Latest (Last?) AM/FM/SW/DRM Radio Jun
A High-Gain Compact VHF/UHF-TV Antenna Jul
Broadcast Satellite Hunting in the AOR Aug
Monitoring Geo-Politics via FTA-Satellite Sep
The Connected Dashboard: You can DIY! Oct
MW-HF Comparison: Active Loop vs. Passive Loop vs. Long Wire Nov
The World of Digital AM/FM/SW Reception Dec
European Radio Scene
Future of BBC; RTL Closure; British DX Club’s ‘Europe on Shortwave’ Feb
EU/UK Radio Trends; 100 Years of German Radio Mar
Longwave in Europe Today: Radio, Time Signals, Energy Management Apr
Return to the House of Light on Portuguese Madeira island Jun
RTE 252 Closure, EU SW News and UK Radio Museums Jul
Antarctic Horror; Chinese DX and International Radio Museums Aug
An Italian Job and a Seasonal HF Smorgasbord Sep
October European Radio Highlights Oct
A Month of Jubilees and Mediterranean MW Dec
Amateur Radio Satellites
Satellite Roving Mar
Notes on Amateur Radio Satellite Construction Jun
Spotlight on the AMSAT Organizations Sep
Spotlight on DOSSAF-85 (RS-44) Dec
The Longwave Zone
Visiting Our Neighbors up the Band Mar
More High-Band Excursions Jun
Information, Please Sep
Receiver, Radio, BC-453-B Dec
Radio Propagation
Where are we in Solar Cycle 25? Jan
When the 10.7-cm Radio Flux Exceeds 200 Feb
The Terminator Mar
The Aurora Apr
The Summer Doldrums (on Shortwave) Jun
Radio Bursts and Solar Flares (Part One) Aug
Adventures in Radio Restoration
“Doorstop” Experiments: Gonset Converters and CBs Jan
Zenith’s Own Transoceanic Clone: Zenith Meridian L-507 Feb
National’s VHF Receiver Mar
The RCA Farm Set: Model 55F Apr
Hot-Chassis Fireworks: Restoring a Hallicrafters S-38 May
“It doesn’t work.” Restoring a Hallicrafters SX-71 Jun
The ‘All-American Five’; Two Zenith Clock Radios and Hallicrafters S-38EM Jul
The Novice MOPA: Heathkit AT-1 Aug
A Better Novice MOPA: The Johnson Viking Adventurer Sep
An Integrated Stereo Amplifier from 1962: The HH Scott 222C Oct
An FM-Stereo Tuner form 1962: HH Scott 350B
The Megacycle Meter – Measurements Model 59 and other GDOs Dec
Medium Wave Radio
Online Resources for MW DXers Feb
Don’t Touch that Dial: Myth-busting MW and FM DX Propagation Apr
Look Ma, No Hands! Fully Autonomous AM/FM/TV DXing Jul
Don’t Call it a Compromise! How Magnetic Loops are an AM DX Game Changer Oct
Amateur Radio Astronomy
WWV 25 MHz Intruder and the 2022 Geminids Meteor Shower Feb
X2.2 Blast Radio Blackout May
Planetary Lightning and Radio Astronomy Aug
Noise—Annular Eclipse—October 14, 2023 Nov
Antenna Connections
A Tuner by Any Other Name Apr
A Deeper Dive into Transmission Lines Jul
A Look at Antenna Gain and Efficiency Oct
Digitally Speaking
Interesting Times Jan
Ahead of its Time Feb
Progression Mar
Talk to Me May
“Radioactive” Aug
M17—The Seventh Methodology Oct
Packet Radio Revival Nov
Mobile Antennas in Compromising Positions Dec
Amateur Radio Insights
Does Anyone Fear the FCC? And Frozen-North Antenna Report Jan
Not Your Father’s Wire; Remembering CO2KK Feb
Ladies and Gentlemen, Discipline Your Oscillators! Mar
Parts Problems May
Big is Beautiful Jul
Summer Projects Aug
LOG and Other Antenna Hijinks Oct
Science is Always Wrong—End-fed Edition Dec
VHF and Above
Recent ARISS Contacts Jan
Celebrating the Life of Arnie Coro CO2KK Feb
This Will Never Happen Again! Mar
It Began with Columbia Apr
NASA Selects Three Amateur Radio Operators for Artemis II May
The Challenge of ARISS Contacts Jul
The Latest Proposed Replacement for the Arecibo Dish Aug
The Column AI Wrote Sep
Using AI in Amateur Radio Oct
Amateur Radio’s Involvement with Balloons: Part 1 Nov
GPS Spoofing Grows in Frequency as Wars Break Out Dec