Practical Wireless  |  December 2017
IN THIS ISSUE:
Space Weather Workshop - PW Making Waves columnist Steve White G3ZVW reports on a workshop bringing together Space Weather scientists and radio amateurs.
The 2017 RSGB National Hamfest - PW was once again at the National Hamfest at Newark. Editor Don G3XTT has some impressions
Review – The Yaesu FT-70DE - Tim Kirby G4VXE has a review of a new dual-band handheld for Yaesu’s System Fusion
Review – Wonder-Wand Antennas - Carl Gorse 2E0HPI has been checking out some more antennas suitable for portable operation
Rejuvenating the Yaesu FR-50B Receiver – Part 2 - Dr Samuel Ritchie EI9FZB continues his restoration of an old Yaesu FR-50B
Antipodal Focusing - Steve Telenius-Lowe PJ4DX explains antipodal focusing of radio signals, an effect that helps to improve signal strengths to and from the opposite side of the globe
Carrying on the Practical Way - Dave Cutts M0TAZ describes a club project to construct a 3-element HF Yagi for the 17m band
What Next - Colin Redwood G6MXL returns to amateur television, a topic he first wrote about in PW in 1984
Valve & Vintage - Michael Marinaro WN1M continues with the second part of the story of transatlantic communications during the First World War
The World of VHF - Tim Kirby G4VXE brings all the usual news, which this month includes some 6cm band developments and a repurposed satellite
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Practical Wireless December 2017.