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Practical Wireless - October 2022

The FTM-200DR/DE reviewed, 144MHz Contest Results, Club News, a Soldering Jig, amateur radio maths, On a Budget, amateur radio in the public sector and much more.

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Practical Wireless - October 2022

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Keylines Don is back from a trip to Ireland and talks about receiver design changes over the years.

News PW’s monthly roundup of news from the UK and internationally, including new products, club news and recent events.

MARTS Anniversary Stephen Small G4HJE reports on a significant milestone in the history of the Medway Amateur Receiving and Transmitting Society. 

The Welsh Hills are Alive with the Sound of… CQ SOTA. Ian Miles 2W0IWM reports on a very successful day of SOTA activations.

Review – FTM-200DR/DE Richard Constantine G3UGF takes a look at another new Yaesu on the block!

The Morse Mode Roger Cooke G3LDI has the latest bootcamp news, reflects on being inspired to learn Morse and showcases a reader’s Jubilee key.

Antennas & Propagation Rod Angel G4ZUP offers some lessons from the Bramble Bank.

HF Highlights Despite the summer ‘doldrums’ there has been plenty happening in the HF bands, as Steve Telenius-Lowe PJ4DX reports.

Soldering Jig Godfrey Manning G4GLM simplifies the fiddly problem of soldering wires together.

2022 PW 144MHz QRP Contest Results Colin Redwood G6MXL has the results of the June 2022 2m QRP Contest.

Amateur Radio in the Public Sector Don Field G3XTT looks back at the historic birth of a Public Sector Radio Communications Service, with a view to the future.

Radio Amateur Maths Tony Jones G7ETW tackles ‘radio maths’ a thing if not of joy, then of relative comfort to some, a world of dread for others.

Amateur Radio on a Budget, Part Ten Daimon Tilley G4USI discusses the Shack Computer and Software from a budget perspective.

Kits & Modules Geoff Theasby G8BMI makes a welcome return with two more cheap but handy projects.

Valve & Vintage Philip Moss M0PBM takes a look at this once popular transistorised communications receiver.

The World of VHF After last month’s excursion into VHF/UHF history, Tim Kirby GW4VXE returns with lots of current news.

Rallies  Locate a rally or event near you; we have our usual comprehensive list.

Doing it by Design Steve Macdonald G4AQB describes how to build an analogue VFO using modern techniques and components.

Data Modes Mike Richards G4WNC goes out and about with the X6100 before turning to using Iperf3.

The All-wave Two This month we look back at a constructional project that appeared immediately post-war, before all that war surplus equipment started to be available. 

What Next Colin Redwood G6MXL looks at band plans, new questions for the exam and the Direct to Full option.

Readers’ Letters This month’s Letters cover 90 Years of PW, the Xiegu GNR1 review and more.

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