Radio User

The best-selling radio listeners’ magazine in the UK. It covers all forms of broadcast and two-way radio, but not amateur radio.

Radio User • January 2022 Vol. 17 No 1

Welcome

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AnyTone AT-D878UVII Plus: DMR & APRS

17th Edition of the Global Radio Guide: B-21 Schedules

AOR AR 2300: Black-Box Power for the ‘Prosumer’!

Emo-Radio: Just Don’t Make a Face

HanRongDa Mini-Portable

IC-M804 Class E MF/HF Marine SSB Transceiver

The European DX Council & the British DX Club in 2022 • Regular columnist and EDXC Secretary-General Chrissy Brand provides an update of the activities at the European DX Council (EDXC) and the British DX Club (BDXC).

Time Adjustment Software and GPS Tool from Icom

Rallies & Events

Rfinder B1 (New Plus version) Dual Band DMR 4G/LTE

Winradio WR-G69DDCe ‘Artemis’ SDR

Games Without Frontiers – Radio Without Tears • Chrissy Brand looks at programmes and podcasts about games and pastimes. She also illustrates how individuals can create fame as presenters, on their own terms and through their own channels.

Radio News

A 30th Anniversary Group Biography • David Harris reviews a 30th Anniversary Edition of a leading text covering the lives of three famous US American radio pioneers, inluding the changing economic, social and technical environments in which they worked.

Radio News

European Private Shortwave Stations

The Return of the Long, Medium, and the Short • Scott Caldwell begins a new bi-monthly column on analogue radio, from long wave to short wave. It will alternate with his Radio History column and offer recommendations, DXpedition reports, hot topics and listening tips for HF radio.

Win this Tecsun H-501x

The Sangean ATS-909X2 • The editor has had the brand-new Sangean ATS-909X2 in the editor’s shack and shares his evaluation of this stylish portable world band radio from one of the most traditional and well-known makers on the market.

A Parallel Runway Take-off and Military Airspace • DAVID SMITH REPORTS ON A HEATHROW CELEBRATION AND AN RAF DRIVE FOR NEW AIRSPACE. HE ALSO DESCRIBES THE CONTINUING EFFORTS TO FIND A MISSING MALAYSIAN AIRLINER AND SHARES SOME ATC FREQUENCIES FOR RAF LEEMING.

Radiodays Europe 2021 • CHRISSY BRAND REPORTS FROM THE RECENT RADIODAYS EUROPE CONFERENCE IN LISBON. THE EVENT SHOWCASED A HOST OF INSPIRED WAYS IN WHICH RADIO CAN SAVE LIVES AND SUPPORT SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.

Radio News

Aerials 101: A New Series for Beginners • KEITH RAWLINGS BEGINS THE NEW YEAR BY OUTLINING THE CONTENT OF HIS NEW SERIES ON BASIC AERIAL TECHNOLOGY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AND BY LOOKING AT SOME KEY TYPES OF AERIALS AND THEIR MAIN PROPERTIES.

Celebrating 75 Years of BBC Radio 3 • DAVID HARRIS DRAWS ON THE RADIO TIMES ARCHIVE, HIS PREVIOUS PUBLICATIONS IN BDXC COMMUNICATION AND OTHER RESOURCES TO PAINT A VIVID PICTURE OF BBC RADIO 3 FOLLOWING THE STATION’S 75TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2021.

The Future of DAB and a Radio that Knows Your Emotions • Kevin Ryan reports on the 2021 WorldDAB Summit, evaluates the latest Digital Radio and Audio Review, has news on a software update for PURE digital radios and looks at a face-scanning ‘emotional radio’.

Radio News

The BBC Centenary in 2022: A Prelude • Keith Hamer and Garry Smith begin covering the BBC’s 2022 Centenary, showcase classic vintage wireless adverts, unearth lesser-known aspects of the life of John Logie Baird.

Aerials for the ELF and VLF Bands (Part I) • The editor revisits the Very Low...