Practical Wireless Magazine April 2025 Back Issue

The April 2025 issue of Practical Wireless is now available. Here are some of the highlights:
Keylines: Don looks back at his journey into the hobby.

Amateur Radio on a Budget: Daimon Tilley G4USI reviews the FX4-CR QRPO transceiver and builds a go-box to house it along with accessories.

Anytone AT-6666 Pro review: Richard Constantine G3UGF reviews a rig that he describes as HF fun on a budget.

A VHF Power Meter: Geoff Theasby G8BMI returns with a budget solution for VHF power measurement.

The Sharing Machine: SDRplay nRSP-ST: Georg Wiessala says “Expand Your Radio Horizons” with the network-capable SDRplay nRSP-ST.

Restoring an Icom 290A: Tony Jones G7ETW gets a real ‘oldie’ working again.

Vintage Television & Radio: Keith Hamer and Garry Smith continue the special series looking back at the BBC’s coverage of Coronations since 1937, this time highlighting picture synchronisation problems in 1953.
There is also a vintage Coronation advertisement from the archives for home correspondence courses to educate budding radio and television engineers. The series highlighting broadcasting events from exactly 100 years ago features the start of radio in Denmark and the Netherlands, together with the transfer of the BBC 2LO transmitter to the rooftop of a well-known department store. The saga charting the rise and fall of BBC 198kHz transmissions focuses on the ‘Transmitter Hall’ at Westerglen in Scotland. Coverage detailing 60 years of BBC-2 includes the saga of drunken trespassers on a ‘live’ news programme. They also continue their series about the development of Swiss Radio and Television since 1922 with the closure of the Sottens transmitter.

The Morse Mode: Roger Cooke G3LDI starts with a run-through of good operating procedures before reporting on the latest Essex Bootcamp.
The World of VHF: Tim Kirby GW4VXE has a full column, starting with news of the 6m Firsts listing maintained by Peter G8BCG.