CQ Amateur Radio

CQ is the magazine for active hams, with a focus on the practical. Every article is clearly written and aimed at involving you, the reader...whether it's a story of operating from some exotic location, an article to deepen your understanding of ham radio science and technology, or a fun-to-build project that will have practical use in your ham shack. Join us on our monthly journey through the broad and varied landscape of the world's most fascinating hobby!

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CQ Amateur Radio

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zero bias: a cq editorial • Reality Check

news bytes: • Solar Eclipse QSO Parties Competition, Fun and Science Wrapped Up Together

awards • CQ Interviews: DXer Terezinha Felix Cardoso, PT2FT First Brazilian Amateur to Earn USA-CA All Counties

Results of the 2023 CQ World Wide WPX SSB Contest

SPURIOUS SIGNALS

Inexpensively Double Your Radiated Power Stacked Dipoles for 10 Meters • The coming peak of sunspot Cycle 25 is making 10 meters hot, hot, hot for worldwide DX! And every U.S.-licensed amateur has access to the band. Here’s a cheap and easy way to make some noise on 10 … and be heard!

The K4HRK Antenna Launcher - A New Twist on a Traditional Design • Stringing up a wire antenna, especially in a temporary location, can often be a challenge. K4HRK offers plans for a device that makes it easy to launch an antenna wire into a tree while also giving you some shooting fun!

Random-Dot Stereogram QSL Card • Traditional QSL cards are unfortunately falling out of favor among many hams … so how about an UNconventional card … one that offers a 3D image if you look at it just right?

Patience: The Virtue of DXers • Just how easy should it be to climb to the top of the DXCC Honor Roll or the “best of the best” in any other award program? Former ARRL DXCC Manager and Membership Services Director K5FUV offers this experience-based perspective.

An Integrated Circuit Morse Code Keyboard

My $20 Transmitter • Just as you should never judge a book by its cover, K9ARZ reminds us you shouldn’t judge a vintage radio by the condition of its cabinet … especially if you happen to be skilled in “boat anchor“ restoration.

emergency communications • Cyclones, Hurricanes, and Typhoons

kit building • Marking Time and Keeping Time

what’s new • DZKit SR-74 “Saguaro” Receiver Kit with “Cubic SDR” Software

magic in the sky • Dayton Road Trip – Part 2

learning curve • What Can You Catch in a Ham Radio Net?

ham radio explorer • Establishing Your HF Presence

the ham notebook • When Parts Are Not Parts

mf/lf operating: Life Below the AM Broadcast Band • A Quick Refresher on Short Vertical Loading Using A Bucket Variometer

behind the bylines… • … a little bit about some of the authors whose articles appear in this issue.

digital connection • Putting It All Together: Collecting and Assembling a TARPN Node

vhf plus • A Party on Two Meters

dx • The CW Receiving Machine

Looking Ahead in CQ

contesting • WRTC 2022 2023

propagation • September Shortwave Propagation

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