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

Air-waves and Reviews

BEAT THE PRICE RISE

Jetvision AIR!SQUITTER ADS-B, MLAT, FLARM Receiver • Have you got something new to tell our readers about? If so, then drop a line to wiessala@hotmail.com

IP110H Compact Licence Free IP/WLAN Business Radio

IC-PW2 1kW linear amplifier for the HF and 50MHz bands

Tecsun Degen DAB119x

AMPRO Mobile Antennas

JNC Radio SV4401A Handheld VNA

Global Radio Guide (Summer 2022)

INSPIRE Project Journal 2022

Xiegu GNR1 Digital Audio Noise Filter

Rfinder B1+ Deluxe Package

The Degen DAB119X FM, DAB, DAB+, MW and SW Radio • The Tecsun Degen DAB119X is a bedside-alarm-style multi-band radio offering a host of features for radio enthusiasts in a very stylish package.

A Pioneering Pirate

RADIO ENTHUSIAST BOOKSHOP

The Cancellator: Xiegu GNR1 Digital Audio Noise Filter • This month, the editor has had the opportunity to evaluate the new Xiegu GNR1 Denoiser and Digital Audio Filter, from the perspective of an SWL interested in mainly Broadcast Listening and some Utility Monitoring.

Jamming Issues, Unknown Flights & Electronic Warfare • David Smith witnesses more intense NATO activity over Eastern Europe, assesses changes in military training airspace, outlines electronic warfare evasion, visits a virtual tower and profiles RNAS Culdrose.

Airshows • David Smith presents Part Three of the current RadioUser Guide to UK air shows, history-days out, flypasts, displays, and special aeronautical feats and feasts.

HF Communications in Aviation • Mark Allen makes a welcome return flight to RadioUser, to introduce the basics of HF communications in aviation and highlight the continuing significance of modern HF radio technology for aeronautical communications.

Radio News

Minority Language Radio in Europe (Pt II) • Richard Nosworthy returns to RadioUser to offer Part Two of his exploration of radio broadcasting, online radio and podcasting in a number of minority languages throughout Europe.

Rallies & Events • Due to the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, the Rallies calendar remains changeable. All information published here reflects the situation up to and including 20th May 2022. Readers are advised to check with the organisers of any rally or event, before setting out for any visit. The Radio Enthusiast website will have regular rally updates, please check it regularly. To get your event on this list, e-mail full details as early as possible: wiessala@hotmail.com

Bonito Boni-Whip, P&O & NAVTEX • Robert Connolly takes a look at suitable aerials for Maritime Band listeners, DXers and NDB hunters, reviews the Bonito Boni-Whip aerial, gets Ukrainian NAVTEX and remembers an event from his time in ATC.

Radio News

BBC DRM Tests, DAB DX, and Government Radio Blueprints • Kevin Ryan reports on BBC DRM tests, has news on frequency coordination and UK small-scale DAB, discusses atmospheric conditions for DAB DXing and comments on recent Government plans for radio.

Charts, Competitions and Fund Raisers • Chrissy Brand explores how radio stations can selfpromote and fundraise in an ever-changing radio landscape, and she previews a BBC Prom that celebrates the State Broadcaster’s Centenary.

Radio News

The Future of Radio (Part II) • In the concluding part of their two-part mini-series, Chrissy Brand and Tim Sutton-Brand conduct a minipoll and climb aboard their time machine to envisage how the world of radio may look, 20 years from now.

An Imaginary Scenario: July 2042

European Private Shortwave Stations

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