November 2007
Articles from the
November 2007
issue
of CQ posted on our
website include:
The November issue of CQ continues our series of CQ Interviews with senior government officials who trace their career roots to amateur radio - and who believe it continues to be important for today's generation of young people. This month, we talk with Dr. Tony Tether, K2TGE, Director of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (the folks who brought you stealth airplanes and the internet). We also continue our 50th anniversary look at the launch of Sputnik in late 1957, sharing more stories of how the start of the space age affected hams' lives and careers, as well as a few "side stories," such as the high school radio club that grabbed headlines by tracking Sputnik and the ham who dropped thousands of "mini-Sputniks" from a plane all over his community to advertise his TV business!
Next, CQ Publisher Dick Ross, K2MGA, has a special request for our readers to dig through their QSL collections in "A Shoebox Search Mission." Jefferson Drew, N4JDU, wraps up this month's features by sharing the experience of his trip to the headquarters of the Chinese Radio Sports Association in " 'Dah-dit-dah-dit Dah-dah-dit-dah' - A Visit to China's 'Ham Radio Headquarters.' " This issue also features the rules for the 2008 CQ WW 160-Meter Contest.
Among our columns, we start out with "Math's Notes," in which column editor Irwin Math, WA2NDM, continues a discussion he started last month on experimentation. Next, Public Service Editor Bob Josuweit, WA3PZO, reports on the international response to summer hurricanes in the Caribbean as well as an international conference on amateur radio emergency communications in Alabama.
"World of Ideas" editor Dave Ingram, K4TWJ, continues the series he started last month on "One-Tubers from Yesteryear;" "Washington Readout" editor Fred Maia, W5YI, answers questions from the mailbag; and K4TWJ returns with "How it Works," (Click here for the schematic accidentally omitted from the issue) focusing this month on how to fine-tune your transmitted signal. Phil Salas, AD5X, tunes this issue's "Weekender" column into packaging (and modifying) the Elecraft 2T-gen two-tone test oscillator; Mobiling Editor Jeff Reinhardt, AA6JR, shows us what some hams with lots of room in their vehicles have done in terms of ham radio installations, and in a connected theme, Antennas Editor Kent Britain, WA5VJB, this month covers the basics of mobile antennas.
Beginner's Editor Wayne Yoshida, KH6WZ, takes us shopping for a handheld transceiver; New Products Editor Anthony Luscre, K8ZT, looks at Ten-Tec's new Omni-VII transceiver as well as a bunch of other goodies; and "VHF-Plus" editor Joe Lynch, N6CL, reports on the first recipient of the Worked All States award on 1296 MHz. Next, Contesting Editor John Dorr, K1AR, dusts off his crystal ball and looks ahead to Contesting in 2107; DX Editor Carl Smith, N4AA, reports on upcoming expeditions and other news; Awards Editor Ted Melinosky, K1BV, looks at some short-term and DX awards, and Propagation Editor Tomas Hood, NW7US, offers his last-minute predictions for the CW weekend of the 2007 CQ World Wide DX Contest on November 24th and 25th (for those of you reading this when it's posted in mid-October, don't forget the SSB weekend of the CQWW on October 27th and 28th).
That's a brief look at what's coming up in the November issue of CQ magazine, which should be on newsstands and in subscribers' mailboxes by late October. For information on becoming a CQ subscriber, click the "Click Here to Subscribe" button at the top of this page. Coming soon: 2008-2009 CQ Calendars! Watch our webstore for announcements.
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Zero Bias
Where is Everybody
2008 CQ World Wide
160 Meter DX Contest
November
Contest Calendar
On The Cover
Rod Linkous, W7OM,
of Seattle
Washington. (Inset: Dr. Tony Tether, K2TGE, Director, DARPA)