CQ-VHF Magazine Index

Overview

CQ VHF is a ham radio magazine for ham radio operators whose operational and technical interests lie above 50 MHz.

The magazine focuses on radio technology, products, and activities that exist on 6 meters, 2 meters, 440 MHz and above. CQ VHF covers a broad range of skill levels, from the new Technician to the Extra Class microwave experimenter, and includes operating, technical and construction articles.

CQ VHF is published by CQ Communications, publishers of CQ Amateur Radio magazine, WorldRadio magazine, and Popular Communications magazine

CQ VHF Magazine was first published in 1996. The magazine had been published monthly from 1996 to 1999. The weak advertising and newsstand sales market made it economically unviable by the end of 1999.

It was announced in January 2001 that CQ VHF would come back Spring 2002, redesigned as a quarterly publication with these marketplace realities in mind and will rely primarily on subscription revenues to meet expenses.

Index Information

After completing an indexing project for 73 magazine, I noticed there wasn't a master index available for CQ VHF.  

As most of my interests lie on VHF above, and having acquired most of the issues since the publication went quarterly, the CQ VHF indexing became a new project.

Below is what I believe to be a complete article listing since the magazine went quarterly.  

Periodic updates will be made to this index as time allows.

This index is freely sharable, but please contact me if you plan to redistribute it commercially.  

Enjoy - Steve, KB9MWR

 

Issue Title Extended Desc. Author Page









Winter 2010 Echoes of Apollo 2009/1010 A bit of the history of the large dishes taking part in this event, plus an announcement of this year's EOA AA6EG 6
Winter 2010 Amateur Radio and the Cosmos - Part 3, A New Dawn The origin of the term sky noise and the importance of the 10.7 cm solar flux, plus more about the sun WA2VVA 15
Winter 2010 Rare Visual Tropo Duct Surprises the Microwavers What started as a Thanksgiving event turned into 6 hours of looking into a tropo duct! WB6NOA 20
Winter 2010 Dr. Ernest K. Smith Jr. (1922-2009) A reflection on his great impact on propagation studies WB2AMU 24
Winter 2010 Beginning Experiments on the VHF Amateur Bands Our mandate to build and experiment, plus using a 6 to 40 meter converter for QRP CW on 6 meters KK7B 27
Winter 2010 Digital Wattmeter Element for the Bird Model 43 Wattmeter How WA8SME replaced the analog meter with a digital meter element WA8SME 32
Winter 2010 Digital Television The new ham frontier WA8RMC 38
Winter 2010 Satellites The old, the new, and the meetings W5IU 44
Winter 2010 ATV Digital amateur television, an introduction KB1JIJ 50
Winter 2010 Homing In En route to Croatia via Ohio K0OV 56
Winter 2010 Antennas Stacking Yagis WA5VJB 62
Winter 2010 FM Repeaters - open or closed? K9NR 65
Winter 2010 Emergency Communications Then and now NA7US 68
Winter 2010 VHF Propagation The sun is alive! NW7US 71
Winter 2010 The VHF-Plus Classroom Elmers, a vital part of ham radio education KD7RPP 74
Winter 2010 Digital Radio Digital frequency coordination WB9QZB 76
Winter 2010 Beginner's Guide SETI, EmComm, and YO-YO 72 K7SZ 78
Winter 2010 Up in the Air Launches by the Space Hardware Club of the University of Alabama WB6ELK 80
Winter 2010 Dr. SETI's Starship Watching terrestrial television at Alpha Centauri N6TX 82
Fall 2010 Expectations for 6 Meters for Cycle 24 Predictions of what to expect on 6 meters for the new sunspot cycle WB2AMU 8
Fall 2010 Amateur Radio and the Cosmos - Part 6, Signaling The Boy Scout, the cosmos, and deep-sea hydrophones WA2VVA 10
Fall 2010 Echoes of Apollo EME/Arecibo 2010- Part 2 Reflections from some participants in the April EOA/Arecibo event, Yuri's Night, plus Mexico's new space agency AA6EG 18
Fall 2010 10 GHz Tune-Up Party A summary of southern California hams' July activity, plus interest in the elusive 10 GHz QSO WB6NOA 23
Fall 2010 Beginning Experiments on the VHF Amateur Bands - Part 4 Experiments guided by our interests, skills, and tools KK7B 26
Fall 2010 A Low Cost 60 cm Tracking Beacon for Rocket or Balloon Payloads A solution to finding balloon or rocket launch payloads WC5Z 31
Fall 2010 My Experience Getting Started on 2 Meters EMS AE3T reminisces about his EME activity, plus a challenge to give it a try AE3T 36
Fall 2010 The Meteor Shower Nobody Saw - Revisited The June 1975 lunar meteor shower, or was it? N6CL 38
Fall 2010 CQ's Satellite and 6 Meter WAZ Award Update - N5FG 45
Fall 2010 Antennas Quads, loops, and polarization WA5VJB 46
Fall 2010 Emergency Communications Lessons I have learned NA7US 54
Fall 2010 Beginner's Guide Proper EmComm training and Go-Kits K7SZ 56
Fall 2010 FM Inside the D-Star Protocol K0NR 59
Fall 2010 Homing In ARDF Team USA returns from Croatia with three medals K0OV 63
Fall 2010 ATV W2KGY BallonSat payload KB1JIJ 68
Fall 2010 Satellites Developing ARISSat-1, working astronauts on the ISS, and working OSCAR Zero W5IU 70
Fall 2010 Up in the Air SpaceJam-4 WB8ELK 74
Fall 2010 VHF Propagation Open Season for the VHF meteor hunting NW7US 77
Fall 2010 Dr. SETI's Starship Remembering Project Ozma N6TX 80
Summer 2010 Echos of Apollo EME/Arecibo 2010 - Part 1 A perspective on a world EME event, in this case from the Arecibo Observatory AA6EG 8
Summer 2010 Amateur Radio and the Cosmos - Part 5, Changes in the Weather Weather, radar, propagation and history of the Arecibo dish WA2VVA 16
Summer 2010 The Tropo Trigger An explanation of what triggers tropospheric ducting between Hawaii and the West Coast WB6NOA 24
Summer 2010 Beginning Experiments on the VHF Amateur Bands - Part 3 A discussion of modulation, with some fun experiments KK7B 30
Summer 2010 Tips on Portable VHF Antenna Setups Several setups for rover and portable operations WB2AMU 38
Summer 2010 The IDOLL Project Using amateur radio to keep track of those who checked in to the West Point Scout Jamboree KJ5HY 42
Summer 2010 A Homemade Collapsible Parabolic Dish Antenna The creative use if am umbrella to make an antenna KA2UPW/5 44
Summer 2010 Parabolic Antenna Calculations Using Excel to simplify calculating parabolic dish dimensions W3HMS, K4ITO 48
Summer 2010 Antennas Multiband antennas WA5VJB 54
Summer 2010 Homing In Championship RDF returns to the woods of Ohio K0OV 58
Summer 2010 Up in the Air Huntville, AL Field Day balloon WB8ELK 63
Summer 2010 Emergency Communications Volunteer opportunities and emergency preparation NA7US 66
Summer 2010 FM DVAP - your personal D-Star access point K0NR 69
Summer 2010 Beginner's Guide Building a fun VHF+ station K7SZ 72
Summer 2010 Satellites Satellite potpourri- a variety of amateur radio satellite topics W5IU 74
Summer 2010 VHF Propagation Sunspot Cycle 24 is progressing slowly, but normally NW7US 76
Summer 2010 Digital Radio Digital at the Dayton Hamvention WB9QZB 80
Summer 2010 Dr. SETI's Starship Big enough N6TX 82
Spring 2010 Activation of Elusive Grid EL58 The story of the 2009 K5N operation from grid EL58 on an island at the southeast tip of Louisiana WA4EWV 8
Spring 2010 Amateur Radio and the Cosmos - Part 4, Never a Dull Moment The space program in the 20th century, including a visit with space ambassador Wernher von Braun WA2VVA 14
Spring 2010 Ham-Tested at Quartzfest Ham radio RVers at Quartzsite, QZ, with details of battery chargers, antennas, and switching power supplies WB6NOA 20
Spring 2010 Twenty Years of ARRL VHF Contesting The author's history of operating in these contest with emphasis on portable operations WB2AMU 24
Spring 2010 Beginning Experiments of the VHF Amateur Bands, Part 2 Receiving an amplifying a weak VHF signal KK7B 32
Spring 2010 Transoceanic VHF Ducting- A simple Multifunction Beacon The design of a self-contained, transportable, rack-mountable beacon N7BHC 40
Spring 2010 Homing In Innovators in RDF- an inventor, a code writer, a fox meister K0OV 48
Spring 2010 Satellites Satellites 101- an introduction to amateur radio satellites W5IU 55
Spring 2010 ATV Digital Modulation and signal processing KB1JIJ 59
Spring 2010 Antennas Pitfalls in helix antenna construction WA5VJB 62
Spring 2010 Up in the Air New heights for science fairs WB8ELK 65
Spring 2010 Beginner's Guide Go for it! Ham radio... K7SZ 68
Spring 2010 FM What is a trail friendly radio? K0NR 70
Spring 2010 VHF Propagation Aurora season and the new solar cycle NW7US 74
Spring 2010 Emergency Communications Amateur radio at its best NA7US 80
Spring 2010 Dr. SETI's Starship To Venus and back N6TX 82
Winter 2009 The CY0X 2008 Sable Island VHF DXpedition The special CY0 call, rare 6-meter FN93, and separate DXCC status equaled big pile-ups! VE3IKV 6
Winter 2009 The WinCube Project Pico-satellites, amateur radio, and high-altitude balloons-an opportunity for Manitoba high school students VE3NSA, VE4CZK 12
Winter 2009 The Basement Laboratory Group, Part 3- A Year to Remember Excerpts from a special 1956 Christmas tape prepared by W2CXY and sent to Ralph (Tommy) Thomas W2UK, KH6UK 16
Winter 2009 Riding the Terminator from 6 Meters Down to 160 Meters W1AW/KL7 special event station on the air from the 2008 Alaska Convention WB6NOA, KL7BB 24
Winter 2009 A Nostalgic 6-Meter Radiotelephone Station A homebrew 6-meter AM transmitter, including microphone to antenna K8VBL 30
Winter 2009 CDE/Hy-Gain Rotors, How to Keep 'em Turning- Part 1 W9FX shares his years of experience and knowledge of rotor repairs W9FX 38
Winter 2009 Homing In Transmitter hunters track rockets in the desert and plan to meet in Boston K0OV 46
Winter 2009 Antennas Vivaldi project WA5VJB 53
Winter 2009 VHF Propagation Old and new science NW7US 58
Winter 2009 FM A look inside D-Star modulation K0NR 62
Winter 2009 Beginner's Guide An exciting time in amateur radio, the basics of 2 meters and the FM mode K7SZ 66
Winter 2009 ATV ATV gives impetus to new math/science curriculum KD7RPP 68
Winter 2009 Digital Radio Hosting a digital conference WB9QZB 70
Winter 2009 Satellites The 2008 AMSAT Space Symposium and annual meeting W5IU 72
Winter 2009 Up in the Air Tracking beacon WB8ELK 74
Winter 2009 Dr. SETI's Starship Beckoning beacons, Part 2 N6TX 78
Fall 2009 Working the Continental U.S. on 2 meters Terrestrial Those who have worked the lower 48 states terrestrially on 2 meters, how it was done and from where W9GKA 6
Fall 2009 Amateur Radio and the Cosmos- Part 2, Crawford Hill Exploration of the connection between amateur radio and the cosmos, this time going back as far as the dawn of time WA2VVA 16
Fall 2009 Review of the 6-meter Sporadic-E Activity During Summer 2009 An overview of the plethora propagation events this past summer WB2AMU 24
Fall 2009 California Hams take 10 GHz Contesting to the Extreme! The activity and enthusiasm of CA hams for the ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest WB6NOA 30
Fall 2009 What is Your Location? How to properly state your location during emergency communication situations K6SOJ 36
Fall 2009 EmComm Gets Sky-High Boost from AMSAT's Phase IV Geostationary Satellite A new, exciting AMSAT proposal and how it may roll out K9JKM 38
Fall 2009 ATV To the moon, Alice KD7RPP 44
Fall 2009 Digital Radio Digital resources from TAPR WB9QZB 46
Fall 2009 FM D-Star continues to grow K0NR 53
Fall 2009 Homing In Pay to play? ARDF vs. park officials K0OV 57
Fall 2009 Satellites ARISS International Face-to-Face meeting and new birds W5IU 62
Fall 2009 Beginner's Guide Try your local hardware store! K7SZ 68
Fall 2009 Up in the Air Superlaunch 2009 WB8ELK 70
Fall 2009 Emergency Communications Interoperability and you! NA7US 72
Fall 2009 VHF Propagation The verdict is still out NW7US 78
Fall 2009 Dr. SETI's Starship The day the Earth called out N6TX 82
Summer 2009 Crossing Oceans with VHF ducts- Subsidence Temperature Inversions How these inversions may be used for making record establishing QSOs N7BHC 6
Summer 2009 Amateur Radio and the Cosmos- Part 1, From Our Meager Beginnings WA2VVA explores the connection between amateur radio and the cosmos and discusses some of the early players WA2VVA 15
Summer 2009 Was It E Skip or Tropo? Some of the general differences between E ship and tropo propagation modes WB6NOA 22
Summer 2009 An Interview with the Fire Tower Man of Tennessee The story of John Williams, N4AOW, and his fire tower, station, and success on 2 meters from the top of a mountain KI4SGU 26
Summer 2009 Six Meter Paths of Glory Is there a correlation between the lack of sunspots and an increase in the multiple-hop sporadic-E propagation? WB2AMU 32
Summer 2009 HSMM Amateur Digital Video and HSMM-MESH K8OCL 38
Summer 2009 Homing In Championship Foxhunting brings the world to Boston K0OV 46
Summer 2009 Beginner's Guide It's summertime, antenna time! K7SZ 54
Summer 2009 Digital Radio Digital connectivity: It's about the network WB9QZB 57
Summer 2009 Emergency Communications Tips. tricks, camping, and Field Day NA7US 59
Summer 2009 FM A list of FM VHF operating activities K0NR 62
Summer 2009 Up in the Air Mobile steaming video WB8ELK 66
Summer 2009 ATV ATV in the classroom, helping make history KD7RPP 68
Summer 2009 Antennas Frequency selective surface WA5VJB 70
Summer 2009 Satellites Working the Easy Sats with portable equipment- an update W5IU 73
Summer 2009 VHF Propagation Solar Cycle 24- expectations NW7US 78
Summer 2009 Dr. SETI's Starship The bet is already won N6TX 83
Spring 2009 Echoes of Apollo A world space party and amateur radio EME event for the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 moon landing AA6EG 6
Spring 2009 The Appalachian Trail Golden Packet APRS Event Passing a single packet to the length of the trail, and the Peak-2-Peak group WB4APR 12
Spring 2009 CDE/Hy-Gain Rotors, How to Keep 'em Turning- Part 2 Problems that can occur with rotor controllers and how to fix them W9FX 18
Spring 2009 A Pioneer in the Family, Jim Kmosko, W2NLY More about the golden days of VHF radio from an interview with W2NLY WA2VVA 26
Spring 2009 VHF/UHF Weekly Net Successes The story of KE6GFF and his weekly trek to a hilltop where he reaches out over 300 miles WB6NOA 38
Spring 2009 The Story Behind the Book Six Meters, A Guide to the Magic Band WB2AMU 41
Spring 2009 Homing In Ideas for increasing foxhunt participation K0OV 44
Spring 2009 FM VHF FM equipment for emergency communications K0NR 53
Spring 2009 Up in the Air Kentucky Space Balloon-1 WB8ELK 57
Spring 2009 Emergency Communications Introducing NA7US and a new column NA7US 60
Spring 2009 Satellites ARISS- Amateur Radio on the International Space Station W5IU 62
Spring 2009 ATV ATV, ARRL's Teacher Institute, and ham radio in public school curriculum KD7RPP 66
Spring 2009 Antennas Stacking broadband antennas WA5VJB 68
Spring 2009 VHF Propagation More new space weather discoveries NW7US 72
Spring 2009 Beginner's Guide Creating your station setup K7SZ 77
Spring 2009 Digital Radio Digital Modes- they're not just about data anymore WB9QZB 80
Spring 2009 Dr. SETI's Starship Betting on SETI success N6TX 82
Winter 2008 Launching Dreams The long-term impact of SAREX and ARISS on student achievement KB3NMS 6
Winter 2008 2007 AMSAT Symposium A report on the revolutionary changes proposed, plus updates on Phase 3E, Eagle, and SuitSat-2 K9JKM 16
Winter 2008 Cansat Hands-on experience learning about satellites KD4HBO 20
Winter 2008 ARISS Contact with the Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children A first for ARISS, a contact with children who are hospitalized AA4KN 26
Winter 2008 The Lost Letters of KH6UK Part 3, the Klystron years, 1960-1961 WA2VVA 30
Winter 2008 Are Tropo Extensions to Sporadic-E Openings Possible? A discussion of the combination mode of tropospheric-ducting paths combined with sporadic-E skip WB2AMU 39
Winter 2008 Non-Noodling Rover Masts The BlueSky Lite sturdy mast system WB6NOA 44
Winter 2008 IARU International Satellite Forum Report A frequency wish list and discussion of congestion on 2 meters ZS6AKV 53
Winter 2008 D-Star in the Southeast US Pioneering D-Star in Alabama W4OZK 62
Winter 2008 Cycle 24 Begins! Solid indications that the new cycle is beginning to rev up KH6/K6MIO 77
Winter 2008 Homing In RDF protects lives, provides fun, and promotes goodwill K0OV 47
Winter 2008 Satellites The new world of AMSAT W5IU 54
Winter 2008 The Orbital Classroom To the moon, Alice! N6TX 56
Winter 2008 FM D-Star creates band planning challenge K0NR 58
Winter 2008 Antennas D-Star antennas WA5VJB 64
Winter 2008 HSMM The Hinternet, protecting HSMM radio networks K8OCL 68
Winter 2008 Airborne Radio Radio control QSYs to 2.4 GHz K1UHF 71
Winter 2008 VHF Propagation New solar cycle has begun! NW7US 74
Winter 2008 Up in the Air Transatlantic balloon race WB8ELK 79
Winter 2008 Dr. SETI's Starship Millimeter magic N6TX 82
Fall 2008 Long-Range Summer 6-Meter Paths Between The US and Japan Comments on the Short-Path Summer Solstice Propagation theory WB2AMU 6
Fall 2008 SSSP- Short-path Summer Solstice Propagation JE1BMJ's theory to explain long-distance propagation on 6 meters JE1BMJ 12
Fall 2008 The Basement Laboratory Group, Part 2- Walt Morrison, W2CXY A look back at our oioneers, this part focusing on the author's father WA2VVA 18
Fall 2008 VHF-Plus Contesting on a Shoestring K7SZ describes his initial success with getting his grandson interested in amateur radio K7SZ 26
Fall 2008 Radio Life Insurance with SPOT How Globalstar USA's satellite transponder can help rovers in distress WB6NOA 29
Fall 2008 Tulsa (OK) Technology Center's Innovative Approach to Training Future Engineers The author discusses the journey from development of a balloon sats to their launch KE5URH 32
Fall 2008 Contact- Another First (on Earth) How one teacher has promoted amateur radio to his students while also teaching them about archeology VE3NCE 38
Fall 2008 ATV Thanks to ATV, parents can view their children teaching math on the internet KD7RPP 40
Fall 2008 The Orbital Classroom AMSAT and teacher professional development N6TX 44
Fall 2008 Homing In A decade of ARDF (amateur radio direction finding) in the USA K0OV 54
Fall 2008 FM How to crossband on VHF/UHF K0NR 60
Fall 2008 Satellites Amateur radio satellite meetings W5IU 64
Fall 2008 HSMM New High-Speed Multi-Media radio mesh networking K8OCL 78
Fall 2008 Antennas Ultra Wide Band (UWB) WA5VJB 71
Fall 2008 Up in the Air Superlaunch 2008 WB8ELK 75
Fall 2008 VHF Propagation Sleeping on the job, plus working meteor scatter NW7US 77
Fall 2008 Dr. SETI's Starship Beckoning beacons N6TX 82
Summer 2008 A USB Programmable, High-Stability Local Oscillator for Microwave Transmitters A solution to frequency drift that can be programmed from your computer N5AC 6
Summer 2008 Low-Noise Pre-amplifiers from the 1.3, 2.3, and 3.4 GHz Amateur Bands Low-noise pre-amps for three of the popular microwave bands G4DDK 14
Summer 2008 Predicting 6-meter F2 Propagation A prediction method for any path, any phase of a solar cycle, any month, and any time of day K9LA 19
Summer 2008 2500 Miles with Just a Loop? VHF/UHF loop antennas may offer zero gain in all directions, but they are the hot ticket on SSB and CW WB6NOA 22
Summer 2008 Observing the Double-Hop Sporadic-E Phenomenon on 6 meters A possible solution for North America ops to work countries WB2AMU 26
Summer 2008 The Basement Laboratory Group A pioneering VHF club; part 1 W2AZL, WA2VVA 31
Summer 2008 BIG BLUE Projects, One Student's Perspective How this flexible-wing aircraft project has positively affected the life of KY1GDC KY1GDC 40
Summer 2008 ARISS Inspires a New Generation of Hams Earth Science students in Michigan exposed to amateur radio though the ARISS program N8MS 45
Summer 2008 FM Report from the Dayton Hamvention K0NR 48
Summer 2008 Homing In Hams helping fliers, boaters, and hikers one ELT at a time K0OV 55
Summer 2008 Up in the Air Field Day balloons WB8ELK 60
Summer 2008 VHF Propagation Bouncing VHF signals off shooting stars NW7US 63
Summer 2008 ATV Getting yourself and students started in Amateur Television KD7RPP 66
Summer 2008 Antennas ATV antennas plus antenna ranges WA5VJB 68
Summer 2008 Satellites Back to the present, the new world of AMSAT W5IU 72
Summer 2008 The Orbital Classroom National Science Education Standards N6TX 76
Summer 2008 HSMM HSMM and Field Day, raison d' etre K8OCL 78
Summer 2008 Dr. SETI's Starship Light Speed N6TX 82
Spring 2008 BIG BLUE University of Kentucky students exposed to aerospace careers via amateur radio KG4YLM 8
Spring 2008 Building a 10 GHz FM Television Link A high-quality linking system to cover a 17 mile path between stations W3HMS 14
Spring 2008 Get Ready for SuitSat-2 New developments of SuitSat-2 / RadioSkaf-2, good news for amateur radio W5DID, K9JKM 20
Spring 2008 AMSAT's New Spacecraft Integration Lab The setting up of AMSAT's new lab in Pocomoke City, MD, and plans for the future KF4KSS, W3JCT 26
Spring 2008 APRS Tactical Tropo Finder The AvMap G5 combined with the Kenwood D710A, an ideal GPS system for APRS use WB6NOA 30
Spring 2008 Spreading the Good News about VHF! Promoting VHF operation at Field Day and though other venues WB2AMU 35
Spring 2008 A Broad Look at 6m F2 Propagation for Cycle 24 and Beyond What does Cycle 24 hold in store for 6 meter F2 propagation? K9LA 40
Spring 2008 In Search of the Legendary Fred Fish W5FF's accomplishment and a memorial award W5WVO 44
Spring 2008 The Lost Letters of KH6UK Part 4, Project Moonbounce WA2VVA 48
Spring 2008 Homing In New gear for 1.25 meter foxhunting K0OV 54
Spring 2008 FM How many decibels are in my S-meter? K0NR 60
Spring 2008 Digital Radio Digital voice ad data modes, the way forward WB9QZB 64
Spring 2008 ATV Amateur television in math and science curricula KD7RPP 66
Spring 2008 VHF Propagation A switch is thrown NW7US 68
Spring 2008 Up in the Air Near space workshop WB8ELK 71
Spring 2008 The Orbital Classroom Lunar Link analysis N6TX 74
Spring 2008 Satellites The old world of AMSAT W5IU 76
Spring 2008 Antennas Pitfalls in stacking antennas WA5VJB 78
Spring 2008 HSMM Getting on the internet, your first HSMM radio station K8OCL 81
Spring 2008 Dr. SETI's Starship Sir Arthur C. Clarke Remembered N6TX 82
Winter 2007 Hams Help with 2006 Wild Ride Bike Rally Seamless integration of wireless components, including D-Star, to provide digital communications for this special event KD5OUG 6
Winter 2007 Inferring 6-meter Propagation Modes from Es and F2 Probabilities Is the propagation in a long-distance QSO multi-hop sporadic-E for F2? A look at the evidence from QSOs between J68AS and EU K9LA 10
Winter 2007 Building the Eagle Satellite WB4GCS, the Eagle project manager, describes AMSAT's latest project and the efforts to get it right WB4GCS 14
Winter 2007 CQ VHF Visits West Mountain Radio A tour of a company that offers weak-signal operators accessories for VHF and UHF WB6NOA 18
Winter 2007 Microwave ATV- A New Approach! W3HMS challenges the reader to consider other frequencies for ATV use W3HMS 22
Winter 2007 Tradeoffs in Designing Digital Communication Systems Problems and solutions in the design of wireless communication systems KD6OZH 29
Winter 2007 VHF Contesting from the Heartland Here's what happens when a southern California ham operates a VHF contest from the Midwest W6AQ 36
Winter 2007 International Satellite Frequency Coordination A way of bringing some conformity to the proliferation of new satellites ZS6AKV 38
Winter 2007 The Phase Modulator in NBFM Voice Communication Systems Why a phase modulator is best for FM communications systems W0INK 40
Winter 2007 Stereo Microscopes for Surface-Mount Soldering Considerations when buying a stereo microscope for your soldering projects N7HPR 44
Winter 2007 Homing In RDF in the headlines K0OV 46
Winter 2007 HSMM Building a ham radio digital network NA4AR 54
Winter 2007 Airborne Radio Care and feeding of batteries K1UHF 58
Winter 2007 The Orbital Classroom Reinventing the cube N6TX 62
Winter 2007 Satellites 2006 AMSAT BoD meeting & Space Symposium; ARISS International meeting W5IU 64
Winter 2007 Microwave Tricks-of-the-trade construction methods WB6IGP 68
Winter 2007 FM Basic frequency modulation theory K0NR 72
Winter 2007 VHF Propagation Call to action; what is aurora? NW7US 77
Winter 2007 Antennas Coaxial Cable WA5VJB 80
Winter 2007 Dr. SETI's Starship Journalistic exuberance N6TX 82
Fall 2007 SubZero Alternative-energy-powered vehicles and amateur radio come together KC0WSZ, KC0YXE 6
Fall 2007 Solar Cycles and Cycle 24 Predictions A detailed discussion of solar cycle activity past and present, plus future predictions KH6/K6MIO 10
Fall 2007 Amateur Radio and the International Geophysical Year 1957-58 The contributions of ham radio operators to this scientific endeavor and the Propagation Research Project WA2VVA 20
Fall 2007 Pounding the Key on 6 Meters A summer of 6-meter CW fun, and the VHF propagation hunter progress report WB2AMU 30
Fall 2007 Moondata Update 2008 and Related Comments A summary and table of the best and worst conditions for EME in 2008 W5LUU 38
Fall 2007 Ham Elmers Team Up for Radio Help A new website with experts to address questions about many aspects of amateur radio WB6NOA 40
Fall 2007 Building a Beacon for 2401 MHz A dual beacon in one box for satellite users W3HMS, K3VDB 44
Fall 2007 The Lost Letters of KH6UK Part 2- the VHF moonbounce years, 1958-1959 WA2VVA 54
Fall 2007 FM The 2007 Colorado 14er event K0NR 58
Fall 2007 Homing In USA's 2007 ARDF Championships and emergency transmitter news K0OV 63
Fall 2007 Antennas The DDRR- Directional Discontinuity Ring Radiator, unintentional slot antennas, and passive repeaters WA5VJB 70
Fall 2007 Up in the Air Amateur Radio High Altitude Balloon (ARHAB) 20th anniversary celebration WB8ELK 74
Fall 2007 Satellites Back to the basics, satellites Q&A W5IU 77
Fall 2007 The Orbital Classroom New AMSAT lab completes first satellite N6TX 79
Fall 2007 VHF Propagation It's open season for meteors, plus autumn outlook and the solar cycle pulse NW7US 80
Fall 2007 Dr. SETI's Starship When will we reach India? N6TX 82
Summer 2007 Creating a Few Scientist's and Engineers with Amateur Radio Students, Space Programs and Projects, and Amateur Radio create a Winning Combination With Many Possibilities KI4AOJ 6
Summer 2007 The Lost Letters of KH6UK, Part 1 The international Geophysical year and the most well-known QSO WA2VVA 16
Summer 2007 A Simplified Path to a High Performance 10 GHz Transverter System quick to build 10ghz x-band transverter KH6WZ 22
Summer 2007 The 10-GHz California to Hawaii Annual Attempt KH6HME and N6CA hope to complete a record shattering 10ghz contact WB6NOA 27
Summer 2007 A VHF Contest Expedition to Prince Of Wales Island Alaska Operating the ARRL June VHF QSO party on 6 and 2 meters K7CW 30
Summer 2007 VHF Propagation Hunter Tips for Long Range terrestrial contacts on 144 and 432 Mhz WB2AMU 36
Summer 2007 Jamesburg Earth Station EME Update The latest on the project to use the Jamesburg dish on ham frequencies AA6EG 46
Summer 2007 Remembering W2UK/ KH6UK History of one of the most accomplished VHF+ operators of the 1950's and 60's N6CL 48
Summer 2007 Up in the Air The View from the edge of space WB8ELK 54
Summer 2007 Airborne Radio Motor-less Flight K1UHF 57
Summer 2007 Homing In Computerized T-Hunting with Doppler radio direction finding K0OV 61
Summer 2007 Satellites Satellite station alternatives W5IU 68
Summer 2007 The orbital Classroom Following SuitSat N6TX 72
Summer 2007 FM FM VHF at the 2007 Dayton Hamvention K0NR 74
Summer 2007 VHF Propagation Calling All North American VHF amateur radio operators NW7US 78
Summer 2007 Dr SETI's Starship Light Speed N6TX 82
Spring 2007 Jamesburg Earth Station EME Update A 40 year old earth station with a 30 meter dish sees new uses in the world of amateur radio AA6EG 6
Spring 2007 Through the Backdoor A Teachers journey into amateur radio and how he is inspiring others to join our ranks and even make career choices related to the hobby KE7KVT 14
Spring 2007 SumbandilaSat, South Africa's Latest Satellite In June, South Africa plans to have it's second satellite in orbit, a university level education project with a youthfull connection ZS6AKV 22
Spring 2007 Bringing space into your classroom A how-to article on getting space communications into the classroom WA8SME 26
Spring 2007 Wagoner windtalkers Amateur radio In the classroom with a historical twist AF4CM 36
Spring 2007 The Central States VHF Society - What It Can Do for You The history of the grandfather of regional VHF Societies W3XO 47
Spring 2007 New FCC Rules Help VHF-plus Activity With the elimination of Morse code testing has come an increase In Interest In the VHF-plus bands; here's an opportunity to be a mentor WB6NOA 50
Spring 2007 CW- An Important Mode on VHF Morse code continues to play on important role In many VHF-plus opportunities WB2AMU 54
Summer 2007 Antennas Weak signal mobile antennas WA5VJB 40
Spring 2007 Remodeling an Old 6·volt Auto Battery Into a 12-volt Power Supply An easy, inexpensive weekend project K8VLB,VP2VEL 64
Spring 2007 Ladder Tower - A Simple Antenna Structure If you don' t have the wherewithal to put up a conventional tower. here's a solution W8FR 69
Spring 2007 CTCSS Modulation &. the LC Phase Modulator Drawbacks and some solutions for improving the quality of modulation W0INK 72
Spring 2007 Satellites Opportunities for the new ham and imagination in in space education W5IU 38
Spring 2007 The orbital Classroom Education vs. training N6TX 40
Spring 2007 Homing In Furry hams and a new rescue beacon K0OV 42
Spring 2007 FM What is this auxiliary operation stuff? K0NR 56
Spring 2007 HSMM The sociology of regulations K8OCL 60
Spring 2007 VHF Propagation trends, reflections, an outlook NW7US 76
Spring 2007 Antennas Vivaldi, cell phone booster, and discone antennas WA5VJB 79
Spring 2007 Dr SETI's Starship Their past, our Future N6TX 82
Winter 2006 A Low-Loss, Low-Cost, Three-Element Yagi Antenna System for 6 Meters Over 6 dBd of gain can be realized with this lightweight 6-meter Yagi, which costs less than $20 to build K8VBL,VP2VEL 6
Winter 2006 CQ VHF Reviews the Icom IC-7000 HF/VHF/UHF Transceiver Plus modifying the rig for TV reception N5AC 9
Winter 2006 Calculating Tropospheric-Scatter Propagation Losses Understanding tropospheric-scatter losses and the factors that affect these losses VK7MO 12
Winter 2006 Predicting Propagation on 6 and 2 Meters, with Extensions to 70 cm How weather conditions affect sporadic-E propagation ZL3NE/1 14
Winter 2006 Beacon Monitoring with DSP Digital signal processing as a more effective means of monitoring for propagation beacons WB6NOA 16
Winter 2006 Public Service Event Guidelines How to successfully prepare for and work public service events KC5ZQM 18
Winter 2006 SMOGfest 2005 A major gathering of 6 meter operators WB2AMU 22
Winter 2006 Diversity Reception for Amateur Radio Discussion of a diverse way of receiving amateur radio signals WB9YBM 26
Winter 2006 A Tale of 2 Meters Restoring a SB144 transceiver and operating on 2 meters N9XU 28
Winter 2006 Sherlock in the XP Age A new system for detecting the turn-on/ turn-off characteristics of a transmitter WA9BVS 61
Winter 2006 HSMM The Hinternet on 5 GHz K8OCL 31
Winter 2006 Homing In Spurious signals and offset attenuators K0OV 36
Winter 2006 VHF+ Beginner's Guide A 6 Meter rig and an antenna analyzer K7SZ 40
Winter 2006 FM D-Star, digital voice for VHF/UHF K0NR 42
Winter 2006 Antennas The 1/4 wave whip WA5VJB 47
Winter 2006 Microwave Troubleshooting a 10 GHz conveter with a homemade noise generator WB6IGP 50
Winter 2006 Satellites An update on the world of satellites W5IU 56
Winter 2006 VHF Propagation What's there to do in the world of VHF propagation? NW7US 58
Winter 2006 Airborne Radio Getting started in model-aircraft flight K1UHF 66
Winter 2006 Dr. SETI's Starship When did we become obsolete? N6TX 82
Fall 2006 CNNSP Goes to GPSL 2006 Central Nebraska Near Space Program members attend this year's Great Plains Super Launch KC0MWM 6
Fall 2006 The VP2V/ W7XU Expedition to Anegada, BVI K5AND, K5AB, W7XU, and N0LAN put a needed one on the air for 6-meter ops K5AND 12
Fall 2006 Radio Merit Badge Program at Ham-Com 2006 Details on the Scout Radio Merit Badge program at this year's Ham-Com convention and the current badge requirements KF5WT 16
Fall 2006 Building an APRS Tracker, Part 2 The Powerhouse tracker, a challenging construction project W3DOE 20
Fall 2006 CQ VHF Visits M2 Antenna Systems WB6NOA takes a tour of this successful family-run antenna manufacturing company WB6NOA 28
Fall 2006 Observing the Relationship Between Aurora and Sporadic-E Events on 6 Meters WB2AMU and N0JK examine this complex relationship on the 6 meter band WB2AMU, N0JK 31
Fall 2006 Adding 3456 MHz to the Contest Station Adding another microwave band to your contest station is not as hard as you think N5AC 40
Fall 2006 Antennas The big opportunity WA5VJB 53
Fall 2006 Homing In Medals and more at the National and World ARDF Championships K0OV 56
Fall 2006 Airborne Radio Servos, installation and rigging tips K1UHF 61
Fall 2006 VHF Propagation The appearance of a backward sunspot may be the start of Cycle 24 NW7US 64
Fall 2006 Satellites Working AO-51 Mode L/S, Eagle Update, CubeSat and HITSAT launches W5IU 67
Fall 2006 HSMM What is happening to the HSMM WG? K8OCL 71
Fall 2006 Beginner's Guide Changing lives with radio W3OSS 72
Fall 2006 FM 2-meter band plans, many to choose from K0NR 75
Fall 2006 Dr. SETI's Starship Testing a dubious claim N6TX 82
Summer 2006 Six Meters Goes Wild! Some of the experiences of North American 6-meter operators during the extraordinary openings this past June WB2AMU 6
Summer 2006 Grid DXpedition to EN20 The activation of rare grid EN20 for the ARRL June VHF QSO Party KX9X 8
Summer 2006 Using Radar to Predict Rain-Scatter Paths How to use radar data to predict rain-scatter propagation, plus a software program designed for making such predictions K0SM 11
Summer 2006 Building an APRS Tracker, Part 1 How W2DOE built a simple APRS tracker using a Garmin eTrex GPS receiver, and Icom IC-T2H handheld, and a TinyTrac3 TNC W3DOE 15
Summer 2006 A Hot Spot GPS Finder Kenwood teams up with AvMap to give weak-signal operators precise driving instructions to that high, dirt-road site WB6NOA 20
Fall 2006 The Orbital Classroom Hams in Space N6TX 44
Summer 2006 Homing In Remembering two T-Hunting comrades, plug getting read for the Scout's Jamboree On The Air K0OV 24
Summer 2006 Antennas Cheap Antennas for LEO satellites WA5VJB 28
Summer 2006 Beginner's Guide Fun with VHF- MilCom equipment K7SZ 36
Summer 2006 The Orbital Classroom 1000-cc science N6TX 42
Summer 2006 Satellites AMSAT's vision- P3-E and Eagle W5IU 44
Summer 2006 HSMM The Hinternet and Virtual Private Network Projects K8OCL 48
Summer 2006 Microwave Putting 24 volt microwave devices to use WB6IGP 56
Summer 2006 Airborne Radio Electric power systems K1UHF 58
Summer 2006 FM Mountiantop operating with FM VHF K0NR 62
Summer 2006 VHF Propagation The new world of VHFing, and NN4DX's website with live display of 6-meter operators as spotted and mapped NW7US 67
Summer 2006 Dr. SETI's Starship This I Believe, a national media project N6TX 82
Spring 2006 Considerations for successful 6 Meter EME DXpeditions: How to make Earth Moon Earth QSO's happen on the Magic Band W7GJ 6
Spring 2006 Greater Range at 100,000 feet Using a Weather Balloon to get greater range on VHF K5IS/N5IS 8
Spring 2006 Band switching for multi-band Rover Contesting How N5AC Met the Challenges of microwave contesting N5AC 10
Spring 2006 Connecting Wires to Rocks Solving the grounding problem when your station is surrounded by rocks or rocky soil W5EX,W5KTX 12
Spring 2006 First "Back to Back" ARISS contacts Two Schools make the first scheduled contacts on successful orbits with the ISS W5IU 14
Spring 2006 Ionospheric phenomena on other Planets The Ionospheric Phenomena on other planets similar to those found in the Earths E-Region WB2AMU 17
Spring 2006 Historical Trends of the CQ VHF contest An analysis of the CQ VHF Contest with regard to the overall history of the VHF contesting W9GKA 22
Spring 2006 Selling SSB to FMers How to Bring FM operators onto SSB WB6NOA 28
Spring 2006 D-Star test results with FEMA and the US Army A possible solution to Communications Integration N9JA 37
Spring 2006 The Orbital Classroom Furthering AMSAT's mission through education N6TX 31
Spring 2006 Antennas GPS antenna project WA5VJB 32
Spring 2006 VHF Propagation Cycle 24 Predicted to be the best in 50 years NW7US 38
Spring 2006 Airborne Radio Radio Systems K1UHF 41
Spring 2006 Homing In RDF for the Masses, Pulsed emitters near 220 MHZ K0OV 44
Spring 2006 FM Rack Mount your portable station K0NR 49
Spring 2006 Satellites SuitSat, Expedition 12 on the ISS, CubeSats and more W5IU 56
Spring 2006 HSMM The Hinternet and openHSMM , plus experiments on 6 Meters K8OCL 58
Spring 2006 Microwave Test Equipment for Power Measurements WB6IGP 62
Spring 2006 Dr. SETI's Starship The Listeners By James Gunn, A science fiction classic N6TX 82
Winter 2005 Microwave Rain Scatter in the Upper Midwest Using rain to re-radiate microwave signals KM0T 6
Winter 2005 Patience Pays Off Students of the Tulsa (OK) Air and Space Museum Space Camps contact the International Space Station W5IU 8
Winter 2005 Rover Flagpoles Telescoping flagpoles that will let VHF/UHF rovers get their antennas up in minutes WB6NOA 11
Winter 2005 The PJ7M 6-Meter Expedition K4BI and K2ZD and 6-meter sporadic-E propagation on Dutch Sint Maarten K4BI 14
Winter 2005 Some Notes on Crystals and Oscillators K0VXM discusses what's inside a crystal and the frequency on which it oscillates K0VXM 17
Winter 2005 Portable PREDICT Plus! A sate llite-tracking , Pacsat-yakking , APRS hacking, Linux-packing mini application suite KD2BD 21
Winter 2005 DFing a Lifesaving Transmitter How hams found a missing transmitter that tracks patients N9SFX 26
Winter 2005 Receiver Dynamic Range, Part 2 How to correctly measure receiver dynamic range SM5BSZ 36
Winter 2005 The Solar Hits Keep Coming in Cycle 23 Report of November 2004's auroral-E openings WB2AMU 42
Winter 2005 Flat Audio How clear, crisp audio can be achieved on your local repeater K6JSI 44
Winter 2005 Antennas A Universal Antenna WA5VJB 60
Winter 2005 Microwave The Qualcomm Omnitrac DRO synthesizer WB6IGP 62
Winter 2005 VHF Propagation More on Sporadic-E NW7US 66
Winter 2005 Satellites A cheap Az-EI antenna positioner, and AMSATand ARISS meeting reports W5IU 72
Winter 2005 Dr SETI's Starship Quantifying our ignorance N6TX 84
Fall 2005 Oklahoma Amateurs Respond to Hurricane Katrina The story of those who aided in a rooftop rescue and provided backbone communications at an emergency shelter N7XYO 6
Fall 2005 Some Thoughts on Being Prepared for an Emergency WB2AMU discusses ways to be ready for that moment's notice call WB2AMU 8
Fall 2005 CAPNSPACE: The Civil Air Patrol Near Space program and the 2005 Great Plains Super Launch KC0MIC 10
Fall 2005 10 GHz and Up Liaison Frequency Observations How hams are handling the increased activity on the 1O-GHz band WB6NOA 12
Fall 2005 VHF+ Roving, Part 2 An overview of roving and the proper configuration of the rover station ND2X,N4FLM 26
Fall 2005 Real-life Dynamic Range of Modern Amateur Transceivers: The correct way to measure transceiver quality SM5BSZ 25
Fall 2005 Moondata Update 2006: When in 2006 it will be best to communicate via moonbounce W5LUU 36
Fall 2005 A Telemetry Beacon and Digital Camera Controller System: A simple flight payload system for high-altitude balloon flights WC5Z 38
Fall 2005 T-Hunting Then and Now Gooney Birds to GPS K0OV 44
Fall 2005 Airborne Radio: An introduction to using amateur radio to control model aircraft K1UHF 21
Fall 2005 VHF+ Beginner's Guide Mods for the IC-202 K7SZ 48
Fall 2005 FM FM Simplex on the Road K0NR 53
Fall 2005 Satellites PCSAT2, SSETI Express, SuitSat and SSTV for the ISS W5IU 57
Fall 2005 Microwave A transmit-receive relay control switching circuit WB6IGP 59
Fall 2005 Homing In Practice makes proficiency-learn RDF and have fun K0OV 61
Fall 2005 Antennas Painting Antennas WA5VJB 66
Fall 2005 VHF Propagation Is the end of Cycle 23 near? NW7US 69
Fall 2005 Dr SETI's Starship Shouting in the jungle N6TX 69
Summer 2005 The California to Hawaii Attempt on 10 GHZ The history of the records held to date on this path and the challenges ahead WB6NOA 6
Summer 2005 The classic Black Widow VHF AM Transciever How N8RG found and restored a 2-meter version of this 1950's transceiver N8RG 10
Summer 2005 VHF weak signal activity A review of recent progress on the 6 and 2 meter and 125 CM bands WB2AMU 14
Summer 2005 The Margelli-Miller Message Mash The behind the scenes technical story of the Tonight show CW/text messaging contest WB6NOA,N6CL 17
Summer 2005 Transmitter testing Part 2 The conclusion of SM5BSZ's discussion of how to correctly measure transmitter quality SM5BSZ 18
Summer 2005 VHF+ Roving, Part 1 A Dual perspective on how, why, what, when and where ND2X,N4FLM 20
Summer 2005 Back up Power switching How to Make a back up power source for home and repeater applications WB9YBM 25
Summer 2005 Grid locators are not Grid Squares W3EP discusses grid locators and explains why they are not grid squares W3EP 26
Summer 2005 Homing In The Watertown Sodalls Squad, an RDF adventure K0OV 32
Summer 2005 VHF+ Beginners guide VHF+ on a shoestring K7SZ 40
Summer 2005 FM A new voice on FM K0NR 44
Summer 2005 Microwave 2-meter Multimode radios used in microwave IF-transverters WB6IGP 48
Summer 2005 Satellites VO-52, AO-51 mode V/S, SSETI, and the AMSAT Space Symposium W5IU 53
Summer 2005 VHF+ public service The first steps in supporting hospital communications WA6OPS 56
Summer 2005 VHF Propagation Bouncing VHF signals off "Shooting Stars" NW7US 60
Summer 2005 Antennas Antenna Measurements and Ranges WA5VJB 66
Summer 2005 Dr. SETI's Starship Remembering W8FIS, The Father of SETI N6TX 82
Spring 2005 The Minor Spring Equinox Sporadic-E Season of 2005: An account of what may have been the best ever-recorded spring equinox Es season N0JK 6
Spring 2005 Field Testing the Australian Foxhunt Sniffer: WB6NOA takes VK3YNG's Foxhunt Sniffer receiver to Quartzfest WB6NOA 10
Spring 2005 A Small Offset Stress Dish for a Portable 1296-MHz EME Station: An antenna and mount in a small package that is equivalent in performance to an approximately 8-ft. parabolic dish K2UYH 12
Spring 2005 Transmitter Testing, Part 1 SM5BSZ gives some well -deserved attention to the importance of the quality of a transmitter SM5BSZ 14
Spring 2005 QRP Portable in the ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes: A winter storm did not keep WB2AMU away from his QRP mobile operation WB2AMU 20
Spring 2005 VHF+ Beginner's Guide Setting goals and gathering information K7SZ 24
Spring 2005 Satellites A complete ground station for AO-51 W5IU 27
Spring 2005 VHF+ Public Service Amateur radio support for hospitals-how it began WA6OPS 30
Spring 2005 Antennas Cheap Yagis for 2450 MHz WA5VJB 37
Spring 2005 Homing In Transmitter hunting, a youth magnet K0OV 42
Spring 2005 HSMM The Hinternet on UHF-digital video coming to the 440-MHz band K8OCL 48
Spring 2005 FM The Simplex test KN4AQ 50
Spring 2005 VHF Propagation Nearing the cycle minimum; sporadic-E propagation NW7US 60
Spring 2005 Microwave Components for 1O-GHz and up transceivers WB6IGP 63
Spring 2005 Dr. SETI's Starship Blame it on Rio WB6IGP 82
Winter 2004 A 6 meter Rig Flies the Atlantic A dream of a lifetime, to fly a model airplane across the Atlantic, comes true W3FQF 6
Winter 2004 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station As the ISS enters a new phase of amateur radio operation, here are the details of the Phase 2 hardware system KA3HDO, RV3DR, W5DID, WB4APR, JJ1LYU 8
Winter 2004 Russian Power Tubes in Amateur Radio, Part 2 The author continues this discussion with tetrodes and tube sources ND2X 12
Winter 2004 Fall 2003 Aurora Events and More A report on the significant solar-activity happenings of October and November last year WB2AMU 14
Winter 2004 Using Antenna Simulation Software to Reconfigure Existing Antennas A 222 MHz Yagi created though the calculate and build method K3YWY 16
Winter 2004 A Broadcast Quailty Earphone Some ideas for improved earphone capabilities WB6NOA 18
Winter 2004 Conversion of the ETO Alpha HF Amplifier to a 6 meter Monoband Linear Amplifier New opportunities for a vintage amplifier on 50 MHz N2CG 20
Winter 2004 The Frontlines, HSMM Developments in amateur radio, Part 1 K8OCL 56
Winter 2004 Homing In Championship foxhunters gather in the Buckeye state K0OV 32
Winter 2004 Microwave The 1152 MHz synthesizer WB6IGP 38
Winter 2004 FM Life on 900 MHz KN4AQ 42
Winter 2004 Satellites Frequently asked questions WA9AFM 48
Winter 2004 Antennas Horn antennas WA5VJB 76
Winter 2004 VHF Propagation Radio aurora NW7US 80
Winter 2004 Dr. SETI's Starship Project Argus's first workout N6TX 84
Fall 2004 Broadband over Power Lines (BPL), Fact or Fiction? A unique perspective is brought to the BPL controversy VE4MA 6
Fall 2004 Adding to an Arrow Satellite Antenna for Easy AO-51 Tracking An impressive system for picking up FM signals from AO-51 W0LMD 10
Fall 2004 A Dual-Band Flexi-Dipole The operation and construction of this portable antenna KA4LBE 13
Fall 2004 Big(ger) Screen for Rovers The new big-screen GPS displays have detailed maps and can be also feed an APRS radio and TinyTrak WB6NOA 16
Fall 2004 Flight of the Near-Space Pirate 2004C KD4STH's experience as part of the Great Plains Super Launch 2004 KD4STH 19
Fall 2004 July 2004- Very Different Conditions on the VHF Bands Observations and a look at some of the physical mechanisms involved in this past July's propagation conditions WB2AMU 24
Fall 2004 Receiver Dynamic Range, Part 1 How to measure receiver dynamic range using a method that mimics the critical situation SM5BSZ 28
Fall 2004 Moondata Update 2005 When it will best to communicate via moonbounce in 2005 W5LUU 40
Fall 2004 CQ VHF Reviews The Cushcraft ASL670 50-450 MHz log-periodic antenna AD5X 42
Fall 2004 Intense July Aurora A report on the July 25-27 long-duration aurora opening N0JK 62
Fall 2004 FM Tone deaf KN4AQ 46
Fall 2004 HSMM Information security K8OCL 53
Fall 2004 Microwave A single thermistor power-meter adapter WB6IGP 57
Fall 2004 Antennas 2.4 GHz patch antennas WA5VJB 64
Fall 2004 VHF Propagation The cold facts NW7US 67
Fall 2004 Homing In T-hunters help the public, and fellow hams K0OV 74
Fall 2004 Satellites The first days of AO-51, and more W5IU 77
Fall 2004 Dr. SETI's Starship Remembering John Kraus, W8JK N6TX 84
Summer 2004 Great Plains Super Launch 2004 This year's event included the participation of six groups and also featured a symposium prior to the launch W0ZC 6
Summer 2004 From ECHO to OSCAR 51 The June 29th launch of ECHO and the capabilities of the newly designated AO-51 KU4OS 12
Summer 2004 The Most Fun You Can Have with a Rock A whimsical approach to meteor-scatter communications all year long K7BV/1 14
Summer 2004 QRP Operation in VHF Contests A survey of VHF QRP contest operators- what they use, how they operate, and why they choose the QRP category K0NR 16
Summer 2004 10,000 MHz on the Water Ham activity on the 10,000 MHz X-band is booming, and you, too, can join the fun WB6NOA 20
Summer 2004 NTIA BPL Study Summary The findings of the April 2004 study on Broadband over Power Lines by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration K3NG 26
Summer 2004 Spectacular Sporadic-E Openings! Early reports of the July6-7 sporadic-E opening N6CL 31
Summer 2004 The Frontlines, HSMM Developments in amateur radio, Part 3 K8OCL 32
Summer 2004 50 MHz Long Path Propagation And the spectacular 6 meter openings that can occur KH6/K6MIO 48
Summer 2004 FM Looking good on paper WA9AFM 38
Summer 2004 Microwave Microwave test equipment, power meters, and swap-meet savvy WB6IG 44
Summer 2004 Antennas Circular polarization with a patch antenna WA5VJB 64
Summer 2004 Homing In ARDF takes hold K0OV 68
Summer 2004 VHF Propagation The Perseid shower looks promising NW7US 73
Summer 2004 Dr. SETI's Starship Worked all worlds award N6TX 84
Spring 2004 Extreme Harsh Environmental Packet/ APRS A packet rig that is regularly exposed to salt water and the robust power system that supports it N4RVE 6
Spring 2004 The BPL Dilemma Investigation of a Broadband over Power Lines site and the surrounding area KN4AQ 8
Spring 2004 Loops for Omni Weak Signal Work Are you in tight space for a weak-signal antenna installation? A loop may be the answer WB6NOA 12
Spring 2004 Slow Scan TV in Space The beginnings of amateur radio SSTV, its inclusion aboard the Mir Space Station, SpaceCam on the ISS W8ZCF, W9NTP, W4HTB, WF1F 14
Spring 2004 Welcome to 6-meter EME! When the solar cycle minimum arrives, try using that 6 meter equipment for moonbounce contacts W7GJ 16
Spring 2004 AMSAT OSCAR-E Project The spring 2004 Echo status report W2GPS 22
Spring 2004 The Frontlines, HSMM Developments in amateur radio, Part 2 K8OCL 28
Spring 2004 The Sporadic-E Files Part 1, the E-region reservoir and transport theory of sporadic-E WB2AMU 32
Spring 2004 A Portable EME Yagi for 6 Meters WD5AGO's design for an 80 ft, 6 meter Yagi WD5AGO 63
Spring 2004 Software Defined Radio Receiver Operation The SDR-1000 and low noise satellite reception KG6RHE 68
Spring 2004 The Flight of NSTAR 03-E The Nebraska Stratosphere Amateur Radio organization's successful balloon mission N9XTN 70
Spring 2004 VHF Propagation The wind-shear theory NW7US 38
Spring 2004 Homing In Get better performance from your Doppler set K0OV 44
Spring 2004 Antennas Cheap Yagis to cheap Patches WA5VJB 50
Spring 2004 Microwaves Surplus components to construct a 1296 MHz transverter WB6IG 55
Spring 2004 Satellites Getting to the high frontier WA9AFM 60
Spring 2004 Dr. SETI's Starship Postcards from beyond N6TX 84
Winter 2003 Building a Super (Repeater) System What it takes to set up a really super repeater system and experience the magic WB6NOA 6
Winter 2003 How Kids Can Talk to Space People A practical look at how kids can talk to those aboard the International Space Station K5YFL 10
Winter 2003 AMSAT OSCAR-E Project Status Update The features, technical aspects, and optional payloads of this new LEO satellite W2GPS 12
Winter 2003 How to Build an Alaska-Style EME Array With this monster system in Alaska, KL6M hopes to help many newcomers make their very first EME QSO KL6M 14
Winter 2003 Getting Started on 2-Meter EME to Work Lots More DX The innovations and challenges associated with making contacts using the Moon as an RF reflector K6PF 16
Winter 2003 50-MHz F2 Propagation Mechanisms, Part 1 The whys and whens of F2-layer propagation for the 6 meter operator KH6/K6MIO 24
Winter 2003 A Look at Long-Range North-South Path F2-Skip on 50 MHz Observations of transequatorial propagation on 6 meters WB2AMU 30
Winter 2003 WSJT 2-meter meteor-scatter experiences in Australia using WSJT's FSK441 VK7MO 36
Winter 2003 Barging Through Britian, Part 1 WB5TGF prepares to travel with all he needs to operate his HT from a canal barge in Britian WB5TGF 44
Winter 2003 A Modular, High-Performance 23-cm ATV Transceiver An easy to build design using low-cost, readily built ATV modules GM4PLM 48
Winter 2003 The Last Hurrah for Cycle 23? North-South path F2 activity was great in fall 2002. What can be expected now? WB2AMU 54
Winter 2003 FM Repeaters and regulations KN4AQ 56
Winter 2003 Antennas Data antennas WA5VJB 62
Winter 2003 Satellites Low earth orbit (LEO) WA9AFM 78
Winter 2003 Dr. SETI's Starship Does SETI theory hold water? N6TX 84
Fall 2003 Join the Gang on 10,000 MHz Operating on 10 GHz, of growing interest among microwave enthusiasts, is an easy as plumb and play WB6NOA 6
Fall 2003 The Flight of El Fenix The launch of another high-altitude ham radio balloon by members of the Lockheed Martin ARC KG5OA, W5TCD 10
Fall 2003 Amateur Television on the Move Keeping ham radio rolling for future generations, this time with an ATV toy truck! N1RWY 12
Fall 2003 Aircraft Enhancement Some insights from bistatic radar theory and its application in VHF/UHF operating VK7MO 17
Fall 2003 A Summertime 6-meter Grid-Square Expedition Operating from a rare grid square can be both fun and rewarding WB2AMU 23
Fall 2003 North Texas Hams Study APRS A report on activities and seminars covering the Automated Position Reporting System W4FH 27
Fall 2003 How To Get into HSMM The ins and outs of High Speed Multimedia Radio, a driving force within amateur radio K8OCL, KA3JIJ 30
Fall 2003 Simple Test Gear and Techniques for Measurements above 50 MHz Off-the-shelf items that simplify the task of trouble-shooting VHF and above radios K3YWY 38
Fall 2003 Russian Power Tubes in Amateur Radio, Part 1 Background, specifics, and purchasing tips for Russian triodes and tetrodes ND2X 40
Fall 2003 Moondata Update 2004 and Related Comments When it will be best to communicate via moonbounce in 2004 W5LUU 50
Fall 2003 HSMM Is all data acceptable data? K8IT 48
Fall 2003 Satellites Moving your antennas WA9AFM 54
Fall 2003 Antennas AMSAT Mode L Antennas WA5VJB 58
Fall 2003 FM Questioning the pool KN4AQ 62
Fall 2003 VHF Propagation Fall meteor showers NW7US 79
Fall 2003 Dr. SETI's Starship The night that Elvis died N6TX 84
Summer 2003 The Great Plains Super Launch 2002 The record setting launch and recovery of eight amateur radio high altitude balloons carrying science and radio payloads KD4STH 6
Summer 2003 Watch the Weather for VHF/ UHF DX! With tropo DX as its highest levels in the summer and fall, imagine an FM and an ATV path completed over 2500 miles WB6NOA 10
Summer 2003 CQ VHF Reviews the Elecraft K2 Transceiver A popular build and design system GM4PLM 12
Summer 2003 AMSAT OSCAR-E Project Summer 2003 status report W2GPS 14
Summer 2003 Working the Lower 48 on 2 meters Without EME How KM0T worked all of the contiguous United States on 2 meters in less than six months KM0T 18
Summer 2003 How to Transform a Transformer Wind your own transformer, with a computer program to do all the math VE3ERP 24
Summer 2003 Go Simplex If your local repeater seems to be lacking some ham radio excitement, try simplex! WB6NOA 30
Summer 2003 Meteoric Transatlantic Attempt Falls Short Encouraging moments, lessons learned, from the Newfoundland-Ireland attempt VO1HE 32
Summer 2003 Experimental North American 144 MHz Sporadic-E Alerting Service The DXRobot developed by PE1NWL W8WN 38
Summer 2003 The VHF Bands are Still Alive! Solar-flare activity creates major openings on 6 and 2 meters WB2AMU 69
Summer 2003 HSMM A horizontally polarized omni-directional antenna you can build K8IT 44
Summer 2003 FM Tone- to go KN4AQ 46
Summer 2003 Antennas Multi-band dish feeds WA5VJB 50
Summer 2003 Satellites A Keplerian elements primer WA9AFM 56
Summer 2003 VHF Propagation Trends, reflections, and an outlook NW7US 60
Summer 2003 Dr. SETI's Starship Testing the null hypothesis N6TX 84
Spring 2003 SETI Horn of Plenty An Argus antenna alternative N6TX 6
Spring 2003 Operating VHF QRP Portable How QRP and VHF can work very well together, especially during contests K0NR 12
Spring 2003 Portable WSJT How a New Mexico VHF operator makes meteor-scatter contacts from his parked car WB2FKO 14
Spring 2003 A Reliable Logging System for Field Day Based on Wireless Networking If you operate Field Day with more than one station, here's a way to keep track of all the logs real time WB6ZQZ 18
Spring 2003 I Rove, Therefore I Am A light-hearted look at roving, with tips to joining in on the fun K3YWY, N3LJK 24
Spring 2003 50 MHz F2 Propagation Mechanisms, Part 2 More on F2-layer propagation for the 6 meter operator KH6/K6MIO 28
Spring 2003 Using Internet Radio Links in Emergency Services How ham radio and the IRLP project were combined to overcome a challenge VE6RJZ 37
Spring 2003 On Amateur Radio Use of IEEE 802.11b Radio LANs The use of IEEE 802.11b protocol W4RI, K8OCL 40
Spring 2003 Barging Through Britian, Part 2 The fun- and trials and tribulations- faced along the way WB5TGF 44
Spring 2003 Comments on VK7MO's WSJT Meteor-Scatter Experiences in Australia A peer review of Moncur's article in the Winter 2003 issue W8WN 50
Spring 2003 Live Demos Sell Ham Radio Some easy tricks for putting on a one-day ham radio session WB6NOA 69
Spring 2003 HSMM Communicating voice, video, and data with amateur radio K8IT 56
Spring 2003 FM The eyes of Texas- the shuttle Columbia debris recovery effort KN4AQ 58
Spring 2003 Satellites Though adversity to the stars WA9AFM 72
Spring 2003 Antennas Shuttle Columbia remembered WA5VJB 78
Spring 2003 Dr. SETI's Starship A low-cost middle ground- SETI at home N6TX 84
Fall 2002 From Solar to Satellite Exercising doesn't have to be hard and can provide some ham radio fun at the same time, going bicycle mobile! N1RWY 9
Fall 2002 The Leonids Meteor Shower- Past, Present, and Future A brief history of this meteor shower, predicted to be a storm this November, plus what can be expected in the future N6CL 13
Fall 2002 A Beginner's Guide to Meteor-Scatter Operation, Part 2 The evolution of the software used for meteor-scatter communications W8WN 15
Fall 2002 DXing with a Heathkit Twoer DXing is possible even with a 2-meter AM transceiver with a crystal controlled transmitter and tunable receiver W3RW 24
Fall 2002 Operating via UO14 and Similar Satellites This ime with the FT-817 using two separate antennas and no duplexer OC2KK 26
Fall 2002 Six-Meter Propagation Tools of the Trade Secrets of internet spotting and the Tree Beam revealed WB2AMU 27
Fall 2002 A Simple-to-Build 2-Meter Antenna Tuner A straightforward antenna tuner project for 2 meters that can be constructed from easily obtainable parts W2OQI 32
Fall 2002 Are Your Batteries Charged? An idea of which battery to chose for a particular application and just what you can expect from it W6BNB
Fall 2002 Improved Results for the Directed Directional Weak-Signal Net How to hold down the confusion tha may occur on a weak-signal net WB6NOA 42
Fall 2002 The 6 Meter CQ WAZ Award Here's one way of achieving recognition for working worldwide DX on 6 meters K5RT 44
Fall 2002 The Battery Helper A one-night project advantageous for contesting QRP portable or as a rover K3YWY 46
Fall 2002 Predicting VHF/ UHF Conditions A simple way to predict how far you can talk if you live along the coastline of the US W2OQI 55
Fall 2002 Log-Periodic Dipole Arrays A single antenna solution for the VHF/ UHF operator K1ZJH 60
Fall 2002 Flying Amateur Television, Some Dos and Don'ts What can and cannot be done with an air-mobile ATV station WB6NOA 76
Fall 2002 FM Finding a good and affordable spot for a repeater KN4AQ 48
Fall 2002 Antennas Log periodics WA5VJB 64
Fall 2002 Satellites Antennas for satellite work WA9AFM 69
Fall 2002 Dr. SETI's Starship Targeted search and all-sky surveys N6TX 84
Summer 2002 Project Starshine- Satellties, Students, and Hams A hands-on involvement in ham radio for students around the world N5IS 9
Summer 2002 AMSAT OSCAR-E, A New LEO Satellite from AMSAT-NA An introduction to the satellite, its subssystems, and possible additional payloads W2GPS 13
Summer 2002 Working the VHF/ UHF and Microwave Contests as a Rover Strategies for improving your contest efforts as a Rover N9RLA 22
Summer 2002 The Soft Radio A look at the way SDRs will change the way we think about radio communications AC5OG 24
Summer 2002 The First 24-GHz EME QSO Looking for a new challenge, W5LUA and VE4MA completed this historic QSO last year W5LUA, VE4MA 32
Summer 2002 A Beginner's Guide to Meteor-Scatter Operation, Part 1 The basics of meteor-scatter operation and how to take advantage of it to complete QSOs on several VHF+ ham bands W8WN 38
Summer 2002 The Aviator's Solution to Shack Noise Is shack noise a problem? The answer may be a noise-cancelling headset KF2LF 46
Summer 2002 A 900 MHz Parrot Repeater How one ham built a multi-input repeater for this under-utilized amateur band KE4NZG 48
Summer 2002 Morse Code via Mountaintop Heliograph Communicating from mountaintop to mountaintop via the Sun KF6DXX 54
Summer 2002 Tropospheric Ducting- Myths and Truths Experts give the straight scoop on this atmospheric phenomenon WB6NOA 70
Summer 2002 What is ATV? A basic guide for receiving (and being challenged to transmit) amateur television signals W5ATV 75
Summer 2002 Antennas Really cheap antennas for 2 meters WA5VJB 58
Summer 2002 Satellites Rigs to communicate via satellite WA9AFM 61
Summer 2002 FM Utility Mode? KN4AQ 66
Summer 2002 Dr. SETI's Starship In the beginning... searching for intelligently generated microwave signals from the stars N6TX 84
Spring 2002 How to Move a Really Big Dish! The story behind moving KA0Y's 42 ft. parabolic dish across the cornfields of Iowa K0DAS 9
Spring 2002 JT44 Revolutionary EME Software The new version of WSJT software for weak-signal communications K1JT 12
Spring 2002 Let's Go Roving! Taking your VHF+ contest station on the road W7DHC 17
Spring 2002 IRLP- The Internet Radio Linking Project Linking ham radio to the internet VE3SY 22
Spring 2002 2001- A Year to Remember for 6 Meters Surprises last year fr those faithful to the Magic Band WB2AMU 29
Spring 2002 CQ VHF Interview- Chip Angle, N6CA The 6 meter FM DX window WB6NOA 35
Spring 2002 CQ VHF Reviews- The Ten-Tec 1260 A 6-meter FM transceiver kit K1ZJH 39
Spring 2002 Understanding Parabolic Dish Reflectors How they work and choices to make VE3ERP 42
Spring 2002 The Station Controller Taking the ultimate control of your station AF1US 46
Spring 2002 CQ VHF Interview- Arnie Coro, CO2KK Working Cuba on 2-meter FM and periscope propagation on 6 W2VU 54
Spring 2002 CQ VHF Reviews- The G3WDG AMSAT AO-40 A 2.4 GHz- 144 MHz mode-S downconverter GM4PLM 60
Spring 2002 Cheap 435- MHz AMSAT Antennas Simple to build antennas for satellite communications WA5VJB 62
Spring 2002 BEACONet Spanning the Atlantic on 2 meter PSK-31 W2EV 72
Spring 2002 The Handie-Talkie Saver Diode and Battery Module Recharging a HT via a car battery CO2KK 75
Spring 2002 Computerized Analysis of VHF and Above Free Space Radio-Wave Propagation SPLAT! software and predicting communications paths KD2BD 76
Spring 2002 Antennas The helix, pitfalls in construction and mounting WA5VJB 58
Spring 2002 FM The Tale of the Squelch Tail KN4AQ 66
Spring 2002 Satellites Tracking software WA9AFM 68
Spring 2002 Dr. SETI's Starship Star voyager N6TX 84