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!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

CQ Amateur Radio

HAM RADIO NEWS

The Final Frontier …

Breaking the Glass Ceiling at the FCC

The Centennial of DXing • The East Coast Advantage to Europe Was First Observed 100 Years Ago

A Journey to the Moon and Back • It takes quite a bit of technology to go to the moon and back, whether you’re an astronaut or a radio wave! AG4W shares his “travel journal” of making roundtrips to the moon with the latter.

Former CQ Publisher Dick Cowan, ex-WA2LRO, SK

Satellite Rag Chewing on a Shoestring

Arducon: An Arduino-Based Foxhunt Transmitter Controller

PY2GN: Brazil’s First Public WebSDR Station

An FLdigi Computer Interface from Spare Parts

Tracking and Analyzing Digital Transmissions of Aircraft • A Technical “Sidebar” for Ham Radio Operators

Uninterruptible Power Supplies for The Radio Amateur • Or … Why Aren’t You Using a UPS Yet?

Announcing: 2022 CQ World Wide WPX RTTY Contest

Announcing: 2022 Nominations Open for the CQ Amateur Radio, DX, and Contest Halls of Fame

MATH’S NOTES • The Future Still Will Not Necessarily Be What We Think It Will!

THE LISTENING POST • China Radio Gives Stations Genuine Names

EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS • Using the Technology We Have

KIT BUILDING • A Trip West…and Building Sputnik

SPURIOUS SIGNALS

WHAT’S NEW

PERIODIC TABLE OF SELECT AMATEUR RADIO CONTESTS 2022

QRP: Low-Power Communications • QRP is Contagious!

LEARNING CURVE • Inductors: A Brief Primer

WHAT’S NEW

BEHIND THE BYLINES… • … a little bit about some of the authors whose articles appear in this issue

ANALOG ADVENTURES • Haywire State

ANTENNAS • A Deep Dive into End-Fed Half-Wave Antennas

MF/LF OPERATING: Life Below the AM Broadcast Band • A New Theory of Propagation for Long-Haul DX on 2200 Meters

HAM RADIO EXPLORER • Simply Simplex

VHF PLUS • In Praise of FM Simplex Activity

AWARDS • YL Awards

DX • Get On the Air DX Challenge Awards

CONTESTING • Getting an Assist

PROPAGATION • Solar Cycle Progression and Forecast

Looking Ahead In CQ

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