“CQ’s November issue is a mini contest special . . . with plenty for the non-contester as well!
We start with a behind-the-scenes look at a big-gun operation from the Canary Islands during last year’s CQWW CW weekend (the author calls it “Field Day on Steroids”!), followed by a real Field Day story about a pair of hams who operated the event together twice – with a 40-year gap in between!
We’ve also got the CW results of the 2016 CQ WPX CW Contest and the rules for both the 2017 CQWW 160-Meter Contest and the 2017 CQ DX Marathon.
There’s plenty for non-contesters as well, starting with a look at two ham friends who set out to put seven National Parks on the Air in seven days! We also take a look at hooking up ham radio foxhunting with geocaching, report on the results of the Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championships in Bulgaria, where U.S. foxhunters won seven medals. Plus, columnist KH6WZ recounts his experience with tearing apart and rebuilding a Heathkit vacuum tube volt meter (VTVM).
Also, Propagation Editor NW7US firms up his predictions for the CQWW SSB weekend (Oct. 29-30), and provides an initial projection for the CW weekend (Nov 26-27). Neither looks great, but remember … the CQWW makes its own propagation!
That’s a brief look at what’s coming up in the November issue of CQ magazine. For information on becoming a CQ subscriber – to either our print or digital edition – click here! “
Check out a few of the many items offered in this issue: Here
Antenna
Improved EU1KY Antenna Analyzer CEC V0.3
In this video, not include have a voice, but I placed subtitles on important parts. Please turn on subtitles. Read more
Three-band portable dipole antenna system
Product Description Band Hopper 3 Multiband Portable HF Dipole Antenna System NEW FOR 2015 – add a high performance balun for just £4.95! At a g... Read more
YouLoop HF loop antenna
HF loop antenna HF Portable & Flexible Receive Loop Antenna Covers HF frequencies (10 kHz to 30 MHz) Usable on VHF up to 300 MHz as a folded Dipol... Read more
CobWeb Aerial by M0PZT
The CobWeb offers the following features : 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m operation Compact and easy to handle – Around 8ft square Doesn’t have to be too hi... Read more
Equipment
YAESU FT-8900R
YAESU FT-8900R 29/50/144/430 MHz FM Transceiver The FT-8900R is a ruggedly-built, high quality Quad Band FM transceiver providing 50 Watts of power ou... Read more
GHD Keys by JA7GHD
GHD Keys , made by Toshihiko Ujiie (JA7GHD) in Sendai City, are beautiful, practical, and innovative. The “D” models use optical sensors i... Read more
CW Decoder – Inac
decoder translates and displays the tones of a telegraph or teletype signal on a display of alphanumeric characters. Only required to run a connection... Read more
Icom Launch Innovative IC-R8600 Wideband Communication Receiver
The IC-R8600 is a new, advanced communication receiver with the capability of covering a huge range of radio spectrum from 10kHz to 3GHz as well as ha... Read more
VHF
Open Source Satellite Work Determined to be Free of ITAR
The United States Department of State has ruled favorably on Open ResearchInstitute’s commodity jurisdiction request, finding that specified?Inf... Read more
145 MHz Low Loss Bandpass Helical Filter
Low Loss Bandpass by Mile Kokotov Basic design of the filter is from RSGB VHF-UHF Manual, but I made some modifications. Both Inductors... Read more
Getting started on Ham Radio 2M FM BY K7AGE
In this series of Ham Radio videos, I’ll show you how to program a 2M HT to get on the air along with some of the basics of 2M FM operating.. In... Read more
Yaesu FT2DR – side by side with FT1DR [ Video ]
Yaesu FT2DR Eric VE2MEL received his new Yaesu FT2DR yesterday. Here’s our first video. The good news, it use the same fast charger as the FT1DR... Read more
Review
HF Mobile Antennas – Ham Nation
Gordon West (WB6NOA) talks about HF mobile antennas, and getting the feed-point impedance at 50 Ohms. Also covered, is a recommendation on the type of... Read more