Practical Wireless

Practical Wireless is aimed at the licensed radio amateur and caters for the amateur radio hobby. Practical Wireless is a ‘doing’ magazine focusing on the practical and constructional side of amateur radio and appeals to all ages. Written by expert authors and contributors, Practical Wireless reflects developments in the technology, participants, activities and licensing framework of the hobby.

Practical Wireless • June 2024 Vol. 100 No. 6

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The G3RJV SCD QRP Transceiver Revisited (Pt III) • Steve Hartley G0FUW continues the project by describing the receiver.

Twice the Fun: The SDRplay RSP1B and the Stampfl STRESSLESS • Georg Wiessala gets his hands on two interesting but very different receivers.

An Easy Arduino Nano VFO and Signal Generator • Steve Macdonald G4AQB offers a simple-to-build project based on low-cost modules.

Electronic Warfare • Keith Rawlings G4MIU this month drifts off amateur radio antennas to a historical incident that happened in the Pacific in WWII where what he initially assumed to be an omnidirectional antenna was used for direction finding.

More Pi along with other useful advice • This month’s column highlights the real-time clock in the Pi 5, takes the Si5351 clock oscillator to the next level, a new SDR Sharp and covers VarAC’s translation facilities.

Build one, Buy one! • Daimon Tilley G4USI describes a simple yet highly effective transmitter design, built in a matchbox, as well as take a look at a recent addition to his shack, a 1984 vintage Yaesu FT-77S, 10 watt HF transceiver.

Looking back and forward • Steve Telenius-Lowe G4JVG looks back at a month of significant DX activity and forward to what we can expect during the month to come.

A 160 and 60m Antenna for the Small(ish) Garden • “160 metres: you need acres of land to operate on 160!” Not so: while no efficient 160m antenna can be said to be truly small, this one is smaller than most and will fit into many a suburban plot. What’s more, it performs well on 60m too!

Print-on-Demand QSL Cards • Colin Redwood G6MXL looks at the Spanish QDure print-on-demand QSL card service.

2m transequatorial propagation • Tim Kirby GW4VXE has news of some interesting experiments on the 2m band.

Cleaning Keys • Roger Cooke G3LDI has a miscellany of Morse keys and paddles to talk about this month.

BBC coronations Pt XIV • Keith Hamer and Garry Smith continue the special series looking back at the BBC’s coverage of Coronations since 1937. There is also a vintage Coronation radiogram advertisement from the archives. There are more unique details about Roland Pièce, the pioneer of Swiss radio broadcasts, from family archives supplied by his Grand-Nephew and PW reader, Pierre-Yves Pièce. The series charting the rise and fall of BBC 198kHz corrects earlier official BBC statements about long-wave transmissions. The series describing the early years of BBC-2 jumps forwards with two kangaroos. We also continue the series about the development of Swiss Radio and Television since 1922.

The 41st Annual Practical Wireless 144MHz QRP Contest • Colin Redwood G6MXL, our QRP Contest adjudicator, introduces the 2024 event, which takes place on Sunday 9 June 2024.

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A beginners guide to the Arduino IDE culminating in a single-band WSPR beacon (Pt II) • Colin Campbell MM5AGM completes the design and build of an Arduino-based WSPR beacon, starting with the addition of the real-time clock.

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