Practical Wireless Magazine August 2025 Back Issue

The August 2025 issue of Practical Wireless is now available. Here are some of the highlights:
Keylines: Don focuses this month on operating away from home.
Review - The Alinco DJ-X100T/E: Georg Wiessala looks at a rig that offers scanning with GPS, ACARS and AIS.
What Next: Colin Redwood G6MXL has the first part of a plain man’s guide to radio propagation.
Hedy Lamarr: Tony Jones G7ETW relates the story of Hedy Lamarr, inventor of frequency hopping.
The World of VHF: Tim Kirby GW4VXE starts this month’s column with news of the next 145 Alive (and 433 and 1296 Alive) events.
Hamming Up with my Pacemaker: Tom Morgan ZT1T was fitted with a pacemaker and investigated how it might be affected in a typical radio amateur station.
Service history of an IC-706 Mk II G: Jonathan Hare G1EXG is determined to keep his IC-706 working (and succeeds).
A 5-element Yagi for 70 cm FM, using copper foil tape and cardboard: Rich French M7GET builds a basic but effective Yagi for the 433 Alive event.
Data Modes: Mike Richards G4WNC continues his examination of GridTracker 2 to support FT8/4 operation, as well as AI-assisted programming and a new satellite software package.
HF Highlights: Steve Telenius-Lowe G4JVG reports that due to solar flares, HF band conditions have been poor to awful in recent weeks.
Amateur Radio on a Budget: Daimon Tilley G4USI revisits a rig that was first reviewed in PW in 1982 but still has its attractions.
Antennas: Keith Rawlings G4MIU completes his look at VNA’s, starting with a discussion of the Smith Chart.
My Way to Panel Lettering: Alpar Cseley HA8KT offers a number of alternatives for panel lettering.
A Lab Tutorial: Jeff helps Natalie to understand reactance.
Antenna Resurrection: Tom Tierney G0JSV tackles the challenge of replacing aged antennas.
The Morse Mode: Roger Cooke G3LDI tackles the thorny subject of learning Morse when you have a disability.