Practical Wireless Magazine May 2020 Vorige editie

IN THIS MONTH’S PW

• KEYLINES: Among other topics, Don reflects on remote operation in amateur radio
• NEWS: News from the UK & internationally,
• THE SENHAIX 8800: A dual-band handheld that is colourful, includes a torch & can be programmed from your Smartphone!
• THE INNOVANTENNAS XR6: A compact HF Yagi antenna suitable for Software Defined Radio
• NOTES FROM A SMALL STATION: continuing the theme from last month of using an end-fed wire antenna
• VALVE & VINTAGE: The story of the Marconi Challenger & its restoration
• ANTENNAS USING FIBREGLASS POLES: The many ways in which fibreglass poles can be used to support a wide range of HF antennas
• WORLDWIDE REMOTE SHACK DIGITAL MODES: A comprehensive introduction to accessing your shack remotely for digital modes operation
• HF HIGHLIGHTS: A busy month on the HF bands
• SOLDERING COAX CONNECTORS (PART 2): How to put connectors on 7mm coaxial cable
• DOING IT BY DESIGN: An 80m AM transmitter with two fixed frequencies & a VFO
• WHAT NEXT: A look at societies that focus on a particular aspect of our wide-ranging hobby
• CARRYING ON THE G3RJV WAY: A use for another of George Dobbs G3RJV’s projects
• WORLD OF VHF: Antenna polarisation at VHF
• MAKING PRETTY PANELS: Giving homebrew gear a professional finish
• DATA MODES: A cheap but cheerful APRS node
• ORIGINS OF PROSIGNS & ABBREVIATIONS: The origins of many of the prosigns & abbreviations we use in Morse today
• MAKING WAVES: How professional HF radio users study & measure the ionosphere
• READERS’ LETTERS: Topics this month cover prefixes, the ‘roger bip’, tuners & more
• KITS & MODULES: A cheap VU meter that can be used for monitoring amplitude-modulated audio