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

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Radio News

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Radio News

On Air Marshall, Fello’fly and Wake Energy Retrieval • David Smith features some significant changes in RAF Air Traffic Management, and he reports on future drone operations from RAF Fairford, fuel-saving by formation flying, and comms at RAF Odiham ATC.

Audiences, Espionage and Intrigue • Chrissy Brand looks at a radio station that has turned to video and another one that only airs podcasts. She also enjoys a glorious drama series set on a short wave transmission site.

Radio News

Station Closures, American DX, and Chinese Presence • Scott Caldwell surveys the HF bands, looks at North American DX catches at this time of year, has more background details on CRI and comments on recent news concerning the World Radio TV Handbook.

Radio News

European Private Shortwave Stations

Isotropic Antennas and Dipole Variants • Keith Rawlings explains isotropic radiators, elaborates on variations of dipole aerials, such as the folded dipole and T2FD/TWFD variants and brings us up-todate with a range of aerial modelling software.

Win this Sangean ATS-909X2 Synthesised Receiver

Aunties Here and Down Under: How Public Radio Stays Relevant • In the first of a new two-part mini-series, Chrissy Brand examines the BBC funding model and notes significant broadcasting anniversaries at both the Beeb and the ABC in Australia.

Feeling the Geomagnetic Pulse: Aerials for the ELF and VLF Bands (Part II) • The editor continues his investigation of aerials suitable for the Extremely Low Frequency and Very Low Frequency (ELF and VLF) bands, looking at aerials for ‘natural radio’, weather information and diverse utility signals.

Ocean Currents, Radio Waves, and a Way of Life • David Harris enjoys a new book containing the fascinating reminiscences of a former Radio Officer in the Merchant Navy and taking readers back to a nowlost world of transport, shipping and communications.

RAJAR Figures and Global Digital Developments • Kevin Ryan analyses the most recent RAJAR figures, shares his list of the top-25 digital-only stations and reports on the latest in small-scale DAB developments and technologies.

Radio News

BBC 100 Years: 1940-1949 • Keith Hamer and Garry Smith continue exploring 100 years of the BBC, trace the story of John Logie Baird, and provide the link to their current online column, DX-TV & FM News.

Monitoring and DXing ALE with A Unique Decoder • Nils Schiffhauer introduces the High-Frequency Global Communications System (HFGCS) of the US Air Force as an example of the Automatic Link Establishment (ALE) standard and decodes signals with new software.

Cold War Doorbells and Underwater Satellites: Tracing Submarines • Robert Connolly goes well below the...