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 | 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 |