Do We Still Have the Spark Gap in Our Rearview Mirror?
Change has pulls and tugs toward the past and forward into the future We hear the word culture bandied...
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EiffelTenna is in Practical Wireless
My bespoke portable HF antenna, called the EiffelTenna, is featured in the October issue of Practical Wireless. I was...
Progress in the Revolution: Sunspot Cycle Forecast Accuracy at Cycle 25 Peak
Blog Author Note: This is a paper written with Dr. Scott McIntosh of Lynker Space. A PDF of this...
AM Broadcasting “Dying” Study Now Available without Paywall
With the copyright terms used by The Spectrum Monitor, my cover article in last month’s August issue is now...
Go to Church on Sept 13th 2025…and Bring an HF Radio!
CHOTA 2025 is nigh! Here in the U.S., Churches and Chapels on the Air is a new concept. I...
Get a load of this…
Ground-mounted verticals are all the rage these days in portable HF operations. This is particularly true in POTA activations....
Bugs and the Toupee Fallacy
The Toupee Fallacy is a logical fallacy in which one thinks something is of poor quality because they only...
In college, I founded an FM station. It’s 50 years later…
If this kind of personal nostalgia article triggers you, consider watching some cat videos on Youtube instead. If you...
Inspired by IMSAI Guy…New VNA + Multiport Test Kit on the Bench
If you’re a workbench ham, you like to measure things. Some like to just get a rough cut while...
Inspired by IMSAI Guy…New VNA + Multiport Test Kit on the Bench
If you’re a workbench ham, you like to measure things. Some like to just get a rough cut while...
Only the Shadow (Board) Knows…
The Shadow radio program was a bit before my time but not my grandmother’s. She told me she would...
Election Ethics and Bylaws of the ARRL: Are They Being Applied to Everyone?
The “goose and the gander” idiom is well-integrated into American culture. It means, of course, that what applies to...
Rising Dues Lifts CEO & CFO’s Boats…
SUMMARY: The roiling of the membership over the recent dues increase and annulments of multi-year subscriptions is significant, causing...
They went down, down, down..and the flames are higher … but it’s not too late
Think about how you got enthusiastic toward amateur radio. For me, I was eight years old and it was...
The U.S. Ham Radio Market: Is It Dying?
Is amateur radio in the United States dying? The short answer is NO. But it is CHANGING. Here is...
Many ARRL members couldn’t get there from here…So they left. Here’s how to get them back
“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.“ Wizard of Oz (1939) This line from the classic movie,...
Are Amateur Radio National Society Members Really More “Active” Than Non-Members?
No, not really. Here’s actual evidence… In a previous article, I quoted current ARRL CEO David Minster NA2AA from...
“There is NO formal study document..[just] a pile of data,” says the ARRL CEO
Corporate annual reports can be real snoozers to read. Unless you have a specific interest in the contents. A...