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Articles by Fred Waterer
December 2023 TSM
Quantity: * Whole number only Kilocycle Palaces: Network Radio’s Opulent Studio Buildings of the 1930s and 40s By John Schneider W9FGH By the 1930s radio had shed its experimental nature and became a big business. Both NBC and CBS had become immensely popular and profitable businesses. With nearly unlimited advertising money flowing into the network coffers, no cost was spared by either network on lavish new studio facilities around the US. The R. L.
“Don’t throw out that radio in the basement after all”
Many of you have suggested in the past that the SWLing Post join an affiliate links program. The SWLing Post now participates in two affiliate advertising programs with two large retailers that still sell shortwave radios, the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program and the eBay Partnership, designed to provide a means for sites like ours to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to these retailers of radio products. Many of our links now function as affiliate links.
March 2018
The Air Show Experience By Brian and Jo Marie Topolski KA1VCA Veteran air show attendees, Brian and Jo Marie, recount the various aerial acts they saw during last year’s air show schedule, including some they had never seen before, and they let you know what frequencies they were monitoring along the way. You’ll also get tips on attending air shows near you—when to arrive, what to bring, what not to bring, where to set up for the best view and why you shouldn’t leave early.
December 2017
The Beginning of Sports Broadcasting and Radio’s First Sportscasters By John Schneider W9FGH Despite its great advantage of immediacy, radio did not become a dominant news medium until the start of World War II. Throughout the 1920s and 30s, newspaper owners were successful in keeping the press news agencies from selling their services to broadcasters, and radio remained a secondary source for news. But, the reporting of sporting events was another story.
May 2018
TSM Reviews: FlexRadio 6400M All-Mode HF+6 Transceiver By Mark Haverstock K8MSH While computer control has become integrated into amateur radio transceivers in recent years, there is still a substantial faction of amateur radio operators who want to hold onto the traditional buttons and knobs of their radios. FlexRadio’s new additions to the Signature Series give amateurs both options.
June 2018
By Thomas Witherspoon K4SWL Whereas your grandpa’s radio was all hardware––in the form of filters, mixers, amplifiers, and the like––Software Defined Radios are a mix of hardware and software, which typically gives them a “black box” appearance. SDRs typically afford access to a dizzying array of customizable filters, gain controls, noise blankers, digital signal processing (DSP), audio controls, and more.
The Spectrum Monitor - August, 2016
Stories you’ll find in our August, 2016 issue: TSM Reviews: LD-5 HF Ham Radio QRP Transceiver By James Hannibal KH2SR The LD-5, made in USA by LNR Precision Inc., is an amazing little QRP, 5-band SSB/CW amateur radio transceiver that’s small and light enough to fit in just about any backpack, making this one of the most portable SSB, multi-band, HF rigs currently on the market. James puts this little rig through its paces on a trip down the length of the US west coast with pleasing results.
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