2025

March 2025 You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out!  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL Reflections of a Golden Era   By George Kelly, K9WWT Ham Radio… and My Life…   By Bob Sullivan, WØYVA Hal Frank, W5EGA   By Bob Ballantine, W8SU SK Son of a Ham   By Wes Linscott, AA1CX Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
February 2025 4SQRP CW-VOX  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL Chicago's Surplus Row  By Dr. Allan M. Hale, WA9IRS A Day Trip to ARRL Headquarters  By John Leonardelli, VE3IPS Radio “Signals” from Space  By Jordan Makower, WA2BRV Simplest & Cheapest CW Tone Generator  By Daniel Romila, VE7LCG Listen to Jupiter, Ganymede, the Sun, Galaxies… By Jordan Makower, WA2BRV Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
January 2025 A Ham is Friendly  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL Another Morse Code? Wait... What?  Ken Miller, K6CTW Marraq  By Peter Thulesen, OX3XR MorseLs-44  By John Swartz, WA9AQN Pondering Propagation  By Jordan Makower, WA2BRV AA-55 ZOOM Antenna Analyzer - RigExpert’s 55 MHz Antenna Analyzer Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS

2024

December 2024 Holiday Cover  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS ATU-100  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL Welcome Christmas, Bring Your Light...  By Ted Holland, WB3AVD My Greastest Adventure Was...  By Tommy Judson, N5CTC My Ham Radio Life  By Tosy Kondo, JA1ERB Business Travel  By John Leonardelli, VE3IPS  Dick Sylvan, W9CBT SK With Gratitude... Our 2024 Authors Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
November 2024 MFJ-492 Memory Keyer  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL MorseLs—43  By John Swartz, WA9AQN In Praise of CW and QRP  By Ian Baines, VA3KAH My Story  By Pete Corp, WA2JMG Timeless Problems  By Paul W. Ross, W3FIS  Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
October 2024 The Early Shortwave Stations  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL MorseLs—42  By John Swartz, WA9AQN Numbers, We Have Numbers  By Paul W. Ross, W3FIS The Scope Stack  By Hal Mandel, W4HBM Hamfest Find: Antique Morse Code Key  By Neill Carey, K3RNC  The Handbook  By Rich Stahl, WR3V Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
September 2024 Schooner Yankee  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL A Ham Radio Love Story  By Patti Donahue, KE7IR Newfound Operating Techniques  By Karl Zuk, K2KZ A Rock and a Hard Place  By Bill Salyers, AJ8B  Salmon Arm, B.C.  By Cliff Hine, VE7FD Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
August 2024 The Dawn of RCA TV  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL Conversational Morse  By Karl Zuk, K2KZ The Hackerbox Fox+  By Noel Petit, WBØVGI  Hollywood High School Radio Club  By Brian Duddy, N2BTD Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
July 2024 Foxhole Radio  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL POTA Spring SYP Weekend  By Mike Olbrisch, KD5KC On Presenting Amateur Radio to the Public  By Jordan Makower, WA2BRV Digital Modes Revisited  By Paul W. Ross, W3FIS MorseLs—41  By John Swartz, WA9AQN Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
June 2024 La Police de l’Air  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL W8UM High Altitude Balloon Tracking Program By John Palmisano, KB8OIS QRP to the Field  By Mike Olbrisch, KD5KC The Elusive “Best Answer” By Paul W. Ross, W3FIS Adam Farson, VA7OJ/AB4OJ Silent Key My First CW Contact  By Jim Brooks, KY4Z Schlitz Ad Update  By Philip Cala-Lazar Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
May 2024 About That Schlitz Ad  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL The DX Hoggery and Poetry Depreciation Society  By Amanda Newkirk, WN9PMC Exploring the 10-meter Band By Paul W. Ross, W3FIS Hamcation 2024  By Steve Wolfcale, N9WAT In His Own Words—Bill, W9BB  By Mike Dinelli, N9BOR Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
April 2024 Whither Publications?  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL Claim the Airwaves with a Crystal Radio  By Ramon Bernardi, KB9ZPU Morse Code, Bletchley Park and Me By David Landshear, G3TJP MorseLs-39  By John Swartz, WA9AQN Fran the Ham  By Dick Sylvan, W9CBT Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
March 2024 Poland Calling  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL Reincarnation and Morse Code  By Frank Kollins, WA9CWX QR Codes and Slow Scan TV By Paul W. Ross, W3FIS Be Prepared  By Hal Mandel, W4HBM Rethinking Traditional Band Labels  By Bruce Prior, N7RR QSL: A Poem  By Jared Knight, AI7OW Donald Grayson, W6OSP By Bob Ballantine, W8SU (SK) Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
February 2024 International Code Training System  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL Cleaning Time  By Paul W. Ross, W3FIS MorseLs-38  By John Swartz, WA9AQN Joseph Raymond Desch  By Bob Ballantine, W8SU (SK) Some History of Radio, and Radio in Tonganoxie By John “Chip” Lenahan, Jr., KØRW Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
January 2024 Whither QSL Cards?  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL Helen of Heath  By Harry Blesy, N9CQX The Brown Meter  By John Smale, K2IZ A Radio Conundrum, Puzzle, Mystery  By Jordan Makower, WA2BRV When Morse Code Saved the Day  By Dennis Gregory, WU6X Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS

2023 

December 2023 Holiday Cover  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Ham  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL If There Were a Wonderland...  By Ted WB3AVD Hi Neighbor  By John Smale, K2IZ Allied Radio  By Bob Ballantine, W8SU (SK) RF Fun Facts  By John Sparkes, VK6JX Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
November 2023 Rider Sound-n-Sight Code Course  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL Field Portable - The Penntek TR-45L  By Paul W. Ross, W3FIS DX and Cement Trucks  By Lionel Booth, N5LB Static Electricity  By Steven Smith, KWØZ MorseLs-37  By John Swartz, WA9AQN Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
October 2023 Dr. Charles E. Stuart, W6GRL  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL MorseLs-36  By John Swartz, WA9AQN Jack Kilby, Nobel Prize Winner  by Marvin Moss, W4UXJ Robert R. Ballantine, W8SU (SK) SDR Deluxe By Hal Mandel, W4HBM So, You Need to Build an Antenna  by Jordan Makower, WA2BRV Tips 'N Tosh  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
September 2023 Alice R. Bourke, W9DXX  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL MorseLs-35  By John Swartz, WA9AQN Godspeed  by Neil Tanner, WA4CHQ Learning Morse Code by Craig "Buck" Buck, K4IA The Moment You Knew...  By Sandip Nambiar, EI7IJB Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
August 2023 Step by Step - Part II  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL Kreetan Company Drummond Isle  by Bob Ballantine, W8SU Telco Problem Solved  by John H. Smale, K2IZ Stan the Ham  By Dick Sylvan, W9CBT Hamvention ® 2023  by Steve Wolfcale, N9WAT Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
July 2023 Step by Step - Part I  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL On Being W9BRD's Daughter  by Amanda Newkirk, WN9PMC Telegrams and Radiograms  by Jordan Makower MorseLs-34  By John Swartz, WA9AQN Growing Up in Bargaintown  by John Dilks, K2TQN Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
June 2023 Winning French Minds  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL Top Band to the Rescue  By T. Turner, K8VBL MorseLs-33  By John Swartz, WA9AQN U.S. Navy Radioman  By John Smale, K2IZ W3FZ (SK) & The Bronx Radio Club  By Hal Mandel, W4HBM Tips 'N Tosh  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
May 2023 Capt. Bartlett and the Morrissey  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL Software Defined Radios  By Paul W. Ross, W3FIS MorseLs-32  By JoPaul W. Ross, W3FIShn Swartz, WA9AQN A Glimpse of SSTV, Then and Now  By Jordan Makower, WA2BRV Elmers: Hams Helping Hams  By Chuck Guenther, NIØC Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
April 2023 Hi... Stick Around  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL MorseLs-31  By John Swartz, WA9AQN Growing Up in Bargaintown  By John Dilks, K2TQN The DX Seeker Model DXS-1  By Dick Sylvan, W9CBT Solar Activity and Propagation  By Jordan Makower, WA2BRV Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
March 2023 Amateur Radio and Shortwave Listening  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL Using WSPR to Study Propagation...  By Jim Willis, KX4TD ARRL's Introduction to Radio RCVR Kit  By Jordan Makower, WA2BRV Military CW Career  By Gene Kaufman, NP2BB My Ham Radio Story  By Adrian Futrill, VK4KL My New Friend, Madeline  By Mike Dinelli, N9BOR Claude Humphrey  By Bob Ballantine, W8SU Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
February 2023 4SQRP Club SMT Dummy Load Kit  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL The Early Men of Radio - Part II  By Christopher Friesen, VE4CWF Heathkits and the Age of "BIY"  By Jordan Makower, WA2BRV MorseLs-30  By John Swartz, WA9AQN Don't Believe Everything You Hear About WWW  By Hal Mandel, W4HBM Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
January 2023 In Tune With Leo  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL The Early Men of Radio - Part I  By Christopher Friesen, VE4CWF My Mild OCD Problem  By Paul W. Ross, W3FIS MorseLs-29  By John Swartz, WA9AQN Rememberences of a Summer at WMMB  By Marvin Moss, W4UXJ Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS

2022

December 2022 Holiday Cover  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS See Code, Think Code  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL Two Small Boxes  By Ted Holland, WB3AVD Restoring the Knight-Kit R-100A RCVR  By Jerry Spring, VE6TL MorseLs-28  By John Swartz, WA9AQN About the Cover Joule Thief Schematic Correction Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
November 2022 Wes Schum: Amateur Radio's Unsung Hero  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL My Siren Song Into Amateur Radio  By Cory GB Sickles, WA3UVW Remember When...  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL Play It Again Sam  By Paul W. Ross, W3FIS A Playful Straight Key  By Ted Holland, Jr., WB3AVD Big Wilson, WD4LUV  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
October 2022 Anne Morrow Lindbergh—1931  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL WSPR Revealed  By Paul W. Ross, W3FIS Communication Problem  By Jordan Makower, WA2BRV People Become Parts of Our Lives  By Jordan Makower, WA2BRV Correction Hamfest of a Thousand Sorrows  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
September 2022 The Secret Life of an American Codebreaker  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL Compact Emergency Joule Thief Torch  By Ken Melvin, KM4NFQ Saved by a "V"  By Jordan Makower, WA2BRV Hamfest of a Thousand Sorrows  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
August 2022 Amateur Radio—1938  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL MorseLs-27  By John Swartz, WA9AQN My History in Code  By Jordan Makower, WA2BRV Call for Articles Oops! Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
July 2022 U.S. Army Signal Corps Vehicles  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL Visiting Allied Radio Corporation  By Harry Blesy, N9CQX An Elmer with a Difference  By Mark R. StJ. Foreman, G7LSZ/SA6BID Safely Setting Up an Antenna  By Jordan Makower, WA2BRV This is a Ghost Story  By Ian Baines, VE3DJI Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
June 2022 The Terry-Holden Expedition  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL Who Was Emilio Caimi?  By Michele Carlone, N2FME, MMØFME, IZ2FME Did I Have a Novice Callsign?  By George Ewing, Jr., WD8NHI Amateur Radio is Transformative  By Jordan Makower, WA2BRV Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
May 2022 Retreads  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL Who Was Emilio Caimi?  By Michele Carlone, N2FME, MMØFME, IZ2FME MorseLs-26  By John Swartz, WA9AQN Sister Mary Lumena, K9CJO  By Bob Ballantine, W8SU Drifting Along  By Paul W. Ross, W3FIS Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
April 2022 Congressional Mystery, No More  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL The Setup That Led to a Career  By John T.M. Lyles, K5PRO A Half-Century-Long True Story  By Fred Reed, KD8SMO Let's Celebrate MFJ Enterprises, Inc.  By Luca Clary, IW7EEQ Adventures of a High School Radio Club Trustee  By Jordan Makower, WA2BRV Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
March 2022 Codebreakers  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL Satellites, Stone Knives, and Bearskins  By Paul W. Ross, W3FIS Microcomputers and Microcontrollers  By Noel Petit, WB0VGI Ham Radio  By Tim Czerwonka, WO9U Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
February 2022 Surecom SW-102  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL QRP Redux  By Paul W. Ross, W3FIS DMX-40 Morse Code Transceiver  By James Hannibal, KH2SR My Ham Radio Story  By Pamela Crabtree, KO4ESA Between Thoughts  By Jordan Makower, WA2BRV Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
January 2022 Congressional Mystery  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL Ministry of Silly Circuits  Mark Foreman, G7LSZ/SA6BAD CW, AM, DSB and SSB  By Paul W. Ross, W3FIS The Long Island CW Club  By Howard Bernstein, WB2UZE How to Nurture a School Ham Radio Club  By Jordan Makower, WA2BRV Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS

 2021

December 2021 Holiday Cover  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS The Follow-On Effect  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL The Second Best Day of the Year  By Ted Holland, WB3AVD MorseLs-25  By John Swartz, WA9AQN Christmas, 1944  By S/Sgt. R.H. Newkirk, W9BRD A Christmas Coil (Chapter One)  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
November 2021 My Momentary Novice  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL The Lights of Edmonton  By Scott Laughlin, N7NET Misadventures with Antennas  By Jordan Makower, WA2BRV One Thing Always Leads to Another, Right?  By Hal Mandel, W4HBM Blind Man's Bluff  By Scott Laughlin, N7NET Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
October 2021 Radiotelepathy  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL My Father's SWL Experience  By Horace Means, N5SH Triplett Meter  By Scott McIntire, K7DXT Motivation Mystery  By Jordan Makower, WA2BRV Signals From Space  By Jordan Makower, WA2BRV Ham and Yeggs  By T. Turner, K8VBL Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
September 2021 Hugh's Radio Adventure  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL MorseLs-24  By John Swartz, WA9AQN "From Out of the Past..."  By Jordan Makower, WA2BRV James K. Keathley, W8RJG  By Bob Ballantine, W8SU In Case of Emergency...  By Jordan Makower, WA2BRV Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
August 2021 Covert Radio Agents, 1939 - 1945  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL NVIS Antenna Basics  By Terry Haas, KV7X The Sagging Wire By Mark R. StJ. Foreman, G7LSZ/SA6BID The Clerk By Scott Laughlin, N7NET Hamfest of a Thousand Sorrows  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
July 2021 The 5-Meter Squabble  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL MorseLs-23  By John Swartz, WA9AQN 3BWT By Brian Duddy, N2BTD Alinco DX-R8/T Communications RCVR By Hal Mandel, W4HBM Elmer, Jeeves and Other Claimants By Bob Ballantine, W8SU Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
June 2021 When DM Became Y  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL The Chimera  By Ted Holland, WB3AVD The Storm  By Scott B. Laughlin, N7NET CQ ETI?  By Jordan Makower The World of Ham Radio, 1901-1950  By Frank C. Kollins, WA9CWX Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
May 2021 "100,000 New Amateurs Wanted"  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL Too Many Computers?  By Paul W. Ross, W3FIS QY PY Touch Keyer  By Noel J. Petit, WBØVGI Electronics and the "Law" of Unintended Consequences  By Jordan Makower Chicken Fat Operators Club (CFO) Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
April 2021 Mount Everest, 1933  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL MorseLs-22  By John Swartz, WA9AQN Musings of an Old CW Operator  By Ron Harshbarger, K3PID The Typewriter  By Scott B. Laughlin, N7NET Rockbound  By Jordan Makower, WA2BRV Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
March 2021 Countering Hitler's Spies  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL MorseLs-21  By John Swartz, WA9AQN The Audion, DeForest, and Other Stuff  By Paul W. Ross, W3FIS My Journey  By Jack Purdum, W8TEE My Ham Radio Story  By Fr. Steve Rehrauer, WD9AZB Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS
February 2021 Dole Air Race  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL MorseLs-20  By John Swartz, WA9AQN Hamfest of a Thousand Sorrows  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS What's on Your Shelf  By Paul W. Ross, W3FIS My Son Becomes a Ham  By Moe Knight, NT7C
January 2021 Baker, Howland and Jarvis Islands  By Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL MorseLs-19  By John Swartz, WA9AQN The Titanic Radio Systems  By Paul W. Ross, W3FIS NPOTA Nostalgia  By Chuck Guenther, NIØC Snappy QSL Service  By Bob Ballantine, W8SU Oh! The Hamanity  By Jeff Murray, K1NSS

Downloads

Title Index - Complete Annotated Index (updated monthly)—Sorted by Article Title (PDF file)

CW Brochure for Ham Radio Clubs (PDF file)

Back issues available upon request (subscribers only).