Practical Wireless – February 2019

IN THIS MONTH'S ISSUE

• Keylines - Don introduces the PW team and turns once more to FT8.
• News - A roundup of news from the UK and internationally
• Review − The Yaesu FTM-7250DE - Continuing our look at Yaesu’s System Fusion.
• The 10th Practical Wireless 70MHz Contest - The results of the 2018 contest.
• Meteor Watching - Tony Jones G7ETW explains how you can detect meteors using radio echoes.
• Review – the Moonraker GPA-80F Vertical Antenna - An antenna that offers a cost-effective way of getting on to the HF bands from a small garden.
• The World of VHF - Reflecting on a year of FT8 on the 2m band.
• The Morse Mode - Encouraging Morse training.
• HF Highlights - Reporting DXpedition activity during the month, much of it worked by correspondents.
• Kits & Modules - Geoff Theasby G8BMI has two more cheap and cheerful projects for those dull evenings
• Carrying on the Practical Way - Hamish Storie MM0GWO explains how to roll your own wide-spaced variable capacitors.
• Valve & Vintage - Bernard Nock G4BXD concludes his overview Pye PMR sets.
• In the Shop - Harry Leeming G3LLL covers PA valves, receiver noise, diodes and a modern parable.
• The New Foundation Licence - Tony Jones G7ETW offers a guide to the changes to the new syllabus.
• What Next - Colin Redwood G6MXL passes on a few pointers regarding QSLing that newcomers may find helpful and which may also be of interest to more established radio amateurs.
• Data Modes - Mike Richards G4WNC has the latest on WSJT-X as well as a significant update on SDR developments.
• A CQWW Contest Trip to Oman - Don G3XTT relates his experiences, with some information about the state of amateur radio in that fascinating country.
• Starting Over - Lee Aldridge G4EJB explores a new dimension to the hobby for him.
• Exploring New Fields - Joe Chester MW1MWD gets up and running once his KX3 finally arrives.