BVRC SIGNAL ARTICLES BY TOPIC 2018-2024

TOPIC Issue Page
ANTENNAS
An Inexpensive Homebrew Satellite Antenna SEP 2022 19
Basic Horizontal Antennas For Worldwide Communication NOV 2024 12
Basics of High Frequency Vertical and Beam Antennas, The SEP 2022 22
Choosing An HF Vertical Antenna NOV 2023 19
Counterpoise for Your Handheld, A FEB 2020 23
Discone Antenna, The AUG 2018 9
Hanging A Wire Antenna FEB 2019 17
LoG Antenna, The APR 2020 21
Par Electronics 6-Meter Antenna, The OCT 2022 17
Simple RF Antenna Choke, A OCT 2022 22
The Windom Off-Center Fed Dipole Antenna FEB 2020 14
Trimming Your Dipole Antenna MAR 2019 11
Ugly Balun That Worked, The AUG 2018 13
Wouff Hang Antenna, N5SU Version DEC 2019 12
Your First Dipole Antenna FEB 2019 7
EQUIPMENT
Amateur Radio Amplifiers APR 2023 27
Anderson PowerPole Connectors SEP 2024 26
Building An Iambic Key From A Kit NOV 2018 6
Choosing A Transceiver For The HF Bands JUN 2024 25
Lead Acid Batteries for Amateur Use JUL 2020 9
Setting-Up Your First Station APR 2022 17
What Coax Do I Use? NOV 2019 21
OPERATING
10-Meter AM/FM With The AnyTone AT-500M MAY 2023 23
10-Meter FM JAN 2023 24
Antarctica Callsigns MAY 2024 11
Apprehensive About CW? – Don’t Be NOV 2024 18
Becoming a Ham Radio Master APR 2020 29
Callsignology – The Science Of Callsigns SEP 2024 31
Carving-Out Time For Ham Radio DEC 2018 7
Contesting – An Irritant or A Means to Operating Better? JUN 2023 16
Contesting Tips JUL 2024 21
CW – The Attraction In Today’s High Tech World MAR 2024 18
Discover The Excitement Of FT-8 OCT 2024 25
DMR – The Choice APR 2018 5
DX Code of Conduct, The DEC 2022 22
DXpeditions – Rare and Exciting MAR 2023 24
Field Day – Urban Myths and Legends JUN 2022 14
For The Love Of QRP OCT 2018 7
FT8 – Determining Fox/Hound or Multi-Stream Mode FEB 2024 21
Get To Know Your Ham Bands NOV 2022 23
Getting On Slow Scan TV APR 2023 20
Good Operating Procedures For New Hams APR 2023 32
Ham Radio Definitions – A Quick Guide JUL 2024 9
Have You Worked-All-Continents? SEP 2023 21
HF Mobile Contesting – Part 1 OCT 2024 17
HF Mobile Contesting – Part 2 NOV 2024 13
HF Radio Propagation and Sunspots FEB 2023 29
How To Get DXCC And Other Confirmations JUL 2024 23
How to Prepare for an Emergency MAY 2020 19
Know the Radio Amateur’s Code! OCT 2020 5
Learn CW in 2025? DEC 2024 13
Listening to Multiple SDRs JAN 2022 18
N3FJP Logging Software Review NOV 2023 22
New FT-8 SuperFox Mode AUG 2024 11
Operating 2-Meter Single Sideband SEP 2022 14
Portable Operation is Fun! JUN 2020 4
Q-Signal List JAN 2019 20
QSL Cards – Printing, Storing, Organizing, & Displaying OCT 2023 23
Receiving NOAA Satellite Pictures Live From Space AUG 2022 22
Repeater Etiquette and Protocol JUN 2018 11
Running Split Mode SEP 2023 25
Special Event Stations AUG 2019 16
To Upgrade Or Not To Upgrade – That Is The Question DEC 2024 19
Vanity Callsigns MAY 2018 15
What Is CW? SEP 2024 34
What is D-Star? OCT 2019 16
What Is Greylining? MAY 2019 3
What is UTC and How Does It Work? OCT 2019 11
Wide World Of Radiosport, The NOV 2024 28
Work The World On 10 Meters! JUL 2023 18
Working 6-Meter FT8 SEP 2023 19
TECHNICAL
All-Pass Filters MAY 2018 5
Change Your Shack’s Quartz Clock To Atomic AUG 2024 16
Connecting Devices to a Transmitter Keying Line – 1 JUN 2022 16
Connecting Devices to a Transmitter Keying Line – 2 AUG 2022 19
Damaged Screws on Radio Equipment APR 2022 10
How To Test/Repair Your Feedline With Rig Expert MAY 2023 26
Invention of Smith Charts, The MAY 2018 11
Modular Connectors MAY 2022 11
Repurposing Old PL-295 Connectors MAR 2022 17
RFI – How To Put Your Shack Enemy On The Run FEB 2023 25
SimSmith – Making the Smith Chart Fun JUN 2018 14
HISTORY
Birth of Radio, The APR 2018 6
Christmas Ham Story, A DEC 2018 12
Coast Station KPH AUG 2019 10
CQ Hollywood? FEB 2024 9
CW History: Abraham Lincoln and the Telegraph JAN 2022 29
Early Broadcasting Pioneer – Norman G. Baker APR 2024 19
Get Concise Weather Alerts With S.A.M.E. Weather Radios APR 2023 30
Great Little Museum In Our Own Back Yard, The AUG 2018 14
Hedy Lamarr – Hollywood Star or Radio Scientist? SEP 2022 21
K5A Special Event Station Story, The SEP 2018 10
Lookup Friends From Long Ago In The Internet Archive SEP 2023 27
Radio History from WØKYZ – GWEN Transmitters JAN 2020 9
Space Radio: Voyagers 1 and 2 SEP 2022 25
Special Event Station K5A NOV 2022 16
Special Event Station N5A Commemorating Apollo 11 SEP 2019 11
Ten-Tec: Made In The USA DEC 2018 13
The “Shack” OCT 2019 12
The Ham Story Behind The Movie “The Christmas Story” DEC 2018 9
The Most Famous Ham Of All OCT 2023 26
Vibroplex Bug – Ham Radio History, The APR 2020 22
Where Did “73” Come From? MAY 2018 14
WØKYZ Visits Ohio Military Museum NOV 2019 7
Women In The Signal Corps MAR 2022 21
Young Ladies’ Radio League, The DEC 2022 20
MISCELLANEOUS
Elmer – Find One, Be One FEB 2020 12
Get Concise Weather Alerts With S.A.M.E. Weather Radios JUN 2020 7
How To Spot The International Space Station JUL 2024 20
James Bond and Ham Radio?! APR 2019 22
Need Help With a DIY Project? AUG 2022 17
Welcome To Alcatraz OCT 2018 13
Why Ham Radio Endures JUN 2018 19
Why Volunteer? MAR 2020 25