With the recent demise of CQ magazine in the US, I've decided to start looking at what other amateur radio publications are out there. Thanks to the paid subscribers to the new EI7GL newsletter on Substack, I'll use the funds to subscribe to a few amateur radio related organisations. Not only does this support them but I hope to give a bit of publicity to the various publications as well so others might subscribe.
In this post, we'll look at the May 2024 edition of the Practical Wireless magazine.
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Practical Wireless is a monthly UK based radio magazine and describes itself as ..."aimed at the licensed radio amateur and caters for the amateur radio hobby."
Some of the articles that I think might be of interest are...
Commercial loading coils for the HF bands
Pt 2 of a series about constructing a home made CW transceiver mainly for the low HF bands with mostly discreet components.
Using the Si5351 as a bench clock generator
Programming an Arduino for the WSPR mode
Reports of recent activity on the HF bands from a UK perspective
Tim, GW4VXE as always gives a comprehensive review of recent activity on the VHF bands as well as what the recent UK licence changes mean.
QRM eliminator kit
A very simple home made 144 MHz Yagi made from a tape measure!
The full index of contents can be seen below...
The magazine can be purchased in the UK and Ireland in large newsagents.
Online versions and subscriptions can be purchased via the Pocketmags website... https://pocketmags.com/eu/practical-wireless-magazine
Or the Mymagazinesub website... https://www.mymagazinesub.co.uk/practical-wireless
If you're a member of your local library then it may be available for free online via the Pressreader platform... https://www.pressreader.com/magazines/m/practical-wireless
