TSM March 2026 Aviation Special
By Brian KA1VCA and Jo Marie Topolski
The highlight of our Air Show veterans for 2025 was unquestionably the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, widely known as the largest air show on the planet. Their report and spectacular photos, along with their list of frequencies heard is all you need to start packing for this year’s AirVenture.
Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo 2025 Report
By Kevin Burke
Our other longtime air show veteran and photographer headed off to the second largest air show reports on the 2025 Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida, in mid-April. Kevin also pauses to remember stunt pilot Rob Holland, who perished while attempting to land at Langley AFB in Virginia.
Conventional and Unconventional Air Band Reception Options
By Cory GB Sickles WA3UVV
Air band monitoring can be done from your home, at the air show or while mobile using a wide variety of receivers from handheld scanners to desktop scanners to software defined radios (SDRs). Cory takes a look at some of the more conventional and unconventional radios on the market today.
Over and Under the Poles: The Adventures of Sir George Hubert Wilkins
By Dr. Scott A. Caldwell
Early in the 20th century, air travel and submarine travel were the domain of those with a spirit of adventure. One such person was Australian George Wilkins who hoped to be the first to fly an airplane across the Antarctic continent. He would also try to traverse the North Pole in a submarine.
GBR and MSF: 100 Years of Radio Station Rugby
By Georg Wiessala
Obsessed by time signal stations, this month Georg celebrates the centenary of Rugby radio, George notes, “From the point of view of today’s listeners, the centenary of the transmitter at Rugby has shown how intricately radio communications can be linked to both culture and technical progress.”
Scanning America
By Dan Veeneman
New York State Thruway Authority
Federal Wavelengths
By Chris Parris
Big Game Preparations
Utility Planet
By Hugh Stegman
Australia: DX from Down Under
Milcom
By Daniel O. Myers K3NXX
2026 Annual Guide to Monitoring Air Shows
Shortwave Utility Logs
By Mike Chace-Ortiz and Hugh Stegman
The World of Shortwave Listening
By Valter Aguiar
Latin American AM/FM/SW Changes and the Shortwave Station that Never Was
The Shortwave Listener
By Fred Waterer
A World of Shortwave Entertainment
European Radio Scene
By Georg Wiessala
Silver-Surfers and Deco-Beauties: Radios as Design Objects
Bits & Bytes
By Gayle Van Horn W4GVH
Funding for VOA? Channel 9 Update and Russian ‘Ghost’ Broadcasts on MW
Radio 101
By Ken Reitz KS4ZR
AI: Your New Shortwave Listening Tool
Amateur Radio Satellites
By Keith Baker KB1SF/VA3KSF
Omni-Directional Antennas for Amateur Satellite Work
Adventures in Radio Restorations
By Rich Post KB8TAK
Sears Silverton 6120 Table Model, Chassis 101.546
Kits and Kit-Building
By Joe Eisenberg K0NEB
Technology Marches On: A Visit to CES, the World’s Largest Technology Show
The Longwave Zone
By Kevin O’Hern Carey N2AFX
Gone (or Going), But Not Forgotten
Digitally Speaking
By Cory GB Sickles WA3UVV
My FT-891 Goes Digital
Amateur Radio Insights
By Kirk Kleinschmidt NT0Z
End-Fed Mania Is Still Surging!
VHF and Above
By Joe Lynch N6CL
HamSCI, Human Spaceflight, and the Early Spring Ionosphere