United Nations Radio: A Global Voice of Hope
By Dr. Scot A. Caldwell
Radio was a worldwide phenomenon when the League of Nations launched its own global broadcasts under the name Radio Nations in 1929. Ninety-six years later, United Nations Radio continues its mandate to broadcast the activities at the UN to the world’s people. Today UN Radio does so through all available means, including satellite, local FM radio and most importantly through its internet audio hub.
4U1UN: Amateur Radio at the United Nations
By Ken Reitz KS4ZR
After World War II, as the formation of the United Nations (UN) was being sketched out, the concept of a global communications network, established and funded by the UN and operated for the benefit of UN activities, was first considered. It fell to two individuals to make it happen—one, an American Army major and the other a Swiss cartographer and active amateur radio operator. Their efforts continue on the ham bands today.
The Significance of SWaP: At Home and in the Field
By Cory GB Sickles WA3UVV
Radio field operations have different requirements from home operations. The key words are Size, Weight and Power (SWaP)—in which the operator needs to reduce as much size and weight as possible while still maximizing transmit power. Cory explains how you can build a portable station that optimizes these all three components.
Radio and Maps – Mapping Radio Part 2
By Georg Wiessala
Maps are an integral part of radio. From broadcast contour maps to amateur grid-square and Great Circle maps, to satellite footprint maps, these two-dimensional pictures let us know where we need to be to capture a signal and how to know how far our signals have gone. Through triangulation, we can even pinpoint where a certain transmission might be emanating.
Summer of Love Warbler
By Chrissy Brand
A radio art installation in southeast England is the subject of Chrissy’s end-of-summer radio observations. Linked to Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and the peculiar oast houses of the area, Radio Love Warbler aired on 87.7 MHz FM as well as 7350 and 9500 kHz covering parts of central and southern Europe, the Middle East and parts of Africa, for those lucky enough to have caught the transmissions.
Free-to-Air DBS, C- and Ku-band Satellite TV and Radio Channels
By Mike Kohl
Mike is back this month with his charts for audio and video programming on both C- and Ku-band satellites from 61 degrees west to 45 degrees west. These satellites provide a programming bridge to the Atlantic Ocean Region countries on both sides of the Atlantic with an array of entertainment in Spanish, French, Portuguese and English.
Scanning America
By Dan Veeneman
Alliance, Nebraska
Federal Wavelengths
By Chris Parris
Federal Frequency Interlopers?
Utility Planet
By Hugh Stegman
There’s a Buzz on the Russian ‘Buzzer’
Shortwave Utility Logs
By Mike Chace-Ortiz and Hugh Stegman
The World of Shortwave Listening
By Andrew Yoder
The Usual and Unusual Shortwave Pirates
The Shortwave Listener
By Fred Waterer
Halloween Shortwave Programming
European Radio Scene
By Georg Wiessala
Distinctive Shack Accessories and Resonances from Aether Days
Bits & Bytes
By Gayle Van Horn W4GVH
The Countdown to DX Season: October Signals Ahead
Radio 101
By Ken Reitz KS4ZR
NextGen TV’s Big Black Eye
Medium Wave Radio
By Loyd Van Horn W4LVH
AI for DXers: The Next Great Advancement in DX Technology
Adventures in Radio Restoration
By Rich Post KB8TAD
A Morale Radio for WWII: Hallicrafters RE-1 Sky Courier
Kits and Kit-Building
By Joe Eisenberg K0NEB
A Great Antenna Deserves a Great Radio
Digitally Speaking
By Cory GB Sickles WA3UVV
More New Stuff – More Old Stuff
Amateur Radio Insights
By Kirk Kleinschmidt NT0Z
Where Does Our (Radio) Stuff Go When We Die?
VHF and Above
By Joe Lynch N6CL
Photonics and Amateur Radio Continued