Once again, the December issue of CQ features our annual Technology Special. This year, we cover a wide range of technical topics, from a bit of history (“Ham Radio Since 2000 – A Rip Van Winkle Story”) to what’s on tap for January’s “Quartzfest” ham gathering and training session in the Arizona desert. We also continue our series on microcontrollers and share one ham’s experience with building a single-band shortwave receiver with leftover components from a Knight-Kit Star Roamer “parts radio.”
Speaking of kits, we highlight Heathkit’s return to the marketplace (no ham gear just yet) and take a quick trip around New York’s World Maker Faire. We also look at readers’ antennas, introduce antenna analyzers in our “Learning Curve” column, and WA2NDM checks out some “bargain test equipment” in this month’s “Math’s Notes” column.
It’s not all technical, of course. We also have a news report on the uncertain status of Hara Arena, home of the Dayton Hamvention; a moonbounce DXpedition to Micronesia, a look at ham radio in Ethiopia, and the rules for next year’s CQ World Wide WPX RTTY Contest.
We also have our annual index in this issue, for quick reference to every article that appeared in CQduring 2015. An updated Master Index from 1980-2015 will be posted here on our website in the near future.
That’s a brief look at what’s coming up in the December issue of CQ. For information on becoming aCQ subscriber, at Happy Holiday Special prices . . click here. Happy holidays from all of us at CQ!
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Ham It Up Nano – Tiny HF Upconverter w/ Black Enclosure, TCXO, & Bias-Tee Power Support A highly-portable RF (LF/MF/HF) converter for softwa... Read more
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First FT8 Roundup is a Huge Hit
V85/VE3LA Brunei
ISS SSTV December 28 until January 1
Silent Key Memorial Event Commemorates Departed Radio Amateurs
Fox-1Cliff launch – Your help is needed!
Log Periodic Dipole Array 13 element 10MHz – 54MHz High Performance LPD
16′ DX Flagpole Antenna, Stealth HOA Vertical Antenna No Radials 80-6M
Radio Amateurs in India Support Emergency Communication during Cyclone Vayu
Radio operators vital in disaster response
Gender imbalance in Ham Radio
#IcomEverywhere — Dayton Hamvention® 2016
C21EU – Nauru DXpedition 2015
The August Edition of Digital QST is Now Available!
Ham-Astronaut Part of New Space Station Crew Heading into Space on March 21
Texas Scout Leaders Promote Amateur Radio as a Communication Resource
Nooelec Ham It Up NANO – HF Upconverter
ISS SSTV April 7-8
How to TXT without cell service (or a phone)
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