Practical Wireless

Practical Wireless is aimed at the licensed radio amateur and caters for the amateur radio hobby. Practical Wireless is a ‘doing’ magazine focusing on the practical and constructional side of amateur radio and appeals to all ages. Written by expert authors and contributors, Practical Wireless reflects developments in the technology, participants, activities and licensing framework of the hobby.

Practical Wireless • April 2024 Vol. 100 No. 4

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Newsdesk • Have you got something to tell our readers about? If so, then email practicalwireless@warnersgroup.co.uk

Radio in popular culture • David Harris checks out an academic’s take on the legacy of radio in popular culture.

Rallies & Events • All information published here reflects the situation up to and including 22nd February 2024. Readers are advised to always check with the organisers of any rally or event before setting out for a visit. To get your event on this list, email the full details, as early as possible, to: practicalwireless@warnersgroup.co.uk

Backpacking with the ID-50E • Richard Constantine G3UGF takes a long walk with the ID-50E.

Using those fixed power supplies (Pt II) • Dr Samuel Ritchie EI9FZB continues his three-part series looking at reusing various types of fixed power supply.

145 Alive again • Tim Kirby GW4VXE reports on the latest 145 Alive event before taking his usual tour of the bands.

Enclosures for the NanoVNA and tinySA • Michael Jones GW7BBY/GB2MOP has a solution for improving the use and life of your NanoVNA or similar test equipment.

Topsy-Turvy • Keith Rawlings G4MIU discusses wall fixings and has more on calculating figures for EMC compliance.

Dealing with SMDs • Mike Richards G4WNC has a hotch-potch of random goodies from the G4WNC workshop! He begins with a technique for removing high pin-count SMD ICs from a PCB, then looks at virtualisation.

Simple FM Receiver kit and making CW keys • Daimon Tilley G4USI describes a great first step into building an electronic circuit.

Clipperton and more • Steve Telenius-Lowe PJ4DX/G4JVG reports plenty of success among his reporters in working the Clipperton Island DXpedition.

Ofcom Licensing Review Implications • Colin Redwood G6MXL looks at a few of the implications of the recent Ofcom Licensing Review.

The G3RJV SCD QRP Transceiver Revisited (Pt I) • Steve Hartley G0FUW starts a series revisiting a classic QRP transceiver from the late George Dobbs G3RJV.

GB2CW • Roger Cooke G3LDI has an update on the GB2CW Morse programme and a miscellany of other Morse related news.

Transmit Quality Among Modern Transceivers (Pt III) • Frank M. Howell K4FMH discusses grouping transceivers having optimal characteristics.

BBC coronations Pt XII • Keith Hamer and Garry Smith continue the special series looking back at the BBC’s coverage of Coronations since 1937. There is also a special vintage radio and television Coronation goodwill message from Ekco. There are more unique details about Roland Pièce, the pioneer of Swiss radio broadcasts, from family archives supplied by his Grand-Nephew, and PW reader, Pierre-Yves Pièce. The series charting the rise and fall of BBC 198kHz transmissions focuses on the shortage of radio frequencies available in Europe. A new series begins covering the early years of BBC-2. We also continue the series about the development of Swiss Radio and Television since 1922.

Basic spectrum scope calibration • A quantitative analysis and calibration of the FT-710 spectrum scope.

Portable military radio communications of WWII • Graham Caldwell looks at the rapid development of American portable radio equipment during WWII, their collecting potential and cost for immediate use or...