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COMMUNICATIONS & TECHNOLOGY JANUARY 2020

Back in 1973, Kenwood introduced the first affordable HF radio to the world, the legendary TS-520... 27 years later, the TS-570D and the TS-570S with 6 meters were by far the most popular HF and HF+6 transceivers on the market.

Be witness to the evolution of KENWOOD's pride and joy - the TS-590S HF transceiver - pushing performance and technology to its utmost limit, with the receiver configured to capitalize on roofing filter performance and IF AGC controlled through advanced DSP technology.

Enter the TS-590SG. A new generation of high performance transceiver, with the type of high level response to meet DX'ers needs.

Don't be fooled by big boxes, high price tags, complex operation and broken promises. As Kenwood continues to build outstanding products with unparalleled performance and great value, it’s no surprise Kenwood is rated as one of the leading choices for HF radios.

It’s not too late to own an HF legend because we still build them today.

Customer Support: (310) 639-4200 Fax: (310) 537-8235 ADS#38519

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60 61 46 50 40 31 31 19 12 9 6 5

48 42 36 29 24 28 20 16 12 9 7 3

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K3FAZ Q 144 12 12 PA FN00 W3SO M 107,261 443 199 PA FN00 Ops: W3IDT, W3XOX, W3YOZ, WA3TTS, W3BC, W3BTX WA3EKL M 27,417 199 111 MD FM19 Ops: WA3EKL, AC3BU, K3LU, KM4ND W3RFC M 6,804 98 63 MD FM19 Ops: W3RFC, K3OQ, K$$OO, WA3OFF WA4GPM A 99,372 532 182 FL EM90 N3MK A 74,800 395 170 VA FM27 N4HB A 66,240 363 160 VA FM17 W3IP A 54,144 319 141 VA FM19 N4QWZ A 36,960 235 140 TN EM66 K2SX A 35,728 308 116 SC FM03 KK4MA A 33,634 246 134 SC EM92 NG4C A 27,219 203 129 NC FM16 KC4NX A 22,500 220 100 TN EM75 WB7PMP A 22,149 195 107 NC EM95 N4QV A 19,240 183 104 FL EL96 K2PS A 19,170 213 90 FL EL98 K5VIP A 16,072 154 98 VA FM16 K4ZW A 14,080 159 88 VA FM18 AJ6T A 13,114 147 83 AL EM64 K9IL A 8,364 123 68 TN EM56 AI4WW A 8,346 107 78 FL EL96 KU4WW A 7,326 111 66 AL EM64 KS4S A 7,245 105 69 NC FM04 W8KHP A 6,120 88 68 KY EM79 WN2E A 4,617 79 57 FL EM60 N3KN A 4,292 74 58 VA EM97 K4LPQ A 4,160 78 52 TN EM86 K4LDC A 3,816 71 53 GA EM74 K4MY A 3,640 64 52 GA EM74 AA4DD A 3,408 69 48 TN EM86 WA4LDU A 2,880 50 48 SC EM93 K2MK A 2,016 48 42 FL EL98 N4YDU A 1,890 54 35 NC FM06 W4CWM A 1,596 42 38 SC FM03 N4PD A 1,176 38 28 VA FM19 K4BSK A 1,110 36 30 NC EM95 K4ELI A 1,092 41 26 GA EM74 W4EE A 1,050 35 30 FL EL98 KA3PCX A 1,020 34 30 NC FM15 KT4O A 960 39 24 TN EM86 W4ATL A 896 31 28 GA EM73 AF3K A 864 32 27 FL EL96 K4FTO A 690 29 23 VA FM18 K4HQK A 624 26 24 VA FM18

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53 33 AZ DM53 49 30 AZ DM43 48 24 AZ DM43 44 24 AZ DM33 37 26 AZ DM22 24 19 AZ DM33 35 12 WA CN87 21 19 AZ DM33 22 14 OR CN85 19 11 OR CN84 16 13 UT DN40 18 9 OR DN13 16 7 WA CN87 11 9 OR CN83 11 8 ID DN27 12 4 WA CN85 9 4 AZ DM33 3 3 OR CN82 1 1 AZ DM32 22 9 AZ DM33 4 4 AZ DM33 15 9 NV DM09 0 1 NV DM09 5 2 OR CN95 5 2 OR CN95 252 123 AZ DM32 Ops: NN7AZ, W4IX, KC7V, WO7R K8ZR A 46,292 297 142 OH EN91 KB8U A 21,060 155 108 MI EN71 K8MR A 11,703 125 83 OH EN91 N8VW A 7,104 108 64 OH EN80 KF8QL A 7,062 92 66 MI EN72 N8II A 6,272 98 64 WV FM19 AA8MA A 4,590 83 54 OH EN80 N8GLS A 3,822 58 49 OH EN91 N8XA A 3,102 58 47 OH EM89 N8CWU A 2,106 53 39 OH EM89 WB8WKQ A 1,610 43 35 MI EN82 W8KNO A 1,428 39 34 OH EN91 AK4FL A 1,376 36 32 OH EM89 N8TFD A 810 30 27 OH EM79 K3JT A 720 30 24 WV EM99 WB8WUA A 504 22 18 OH EN91 AC8WC A 238 17 14 MI EN73 WD8NHI A 25 5 5 OH EM79 W7JW 6 32,805 243 135 MI EN82 N8BJQ 6 25,868 221 116 OH EN80 K9NW 6 22,260 210 106 OH EM79 W3HKK 6 5,251 89 59 OH EN80 KC8QDQ 6 4,300 86 50 OH EM89 AA8SW 6 4,256 76 56 OH EM79 W8KEN 6 3,555 79 45 OH EN91 K8MU 6 3,283 67 49 MI EN82 NS8O 6 2,009 49 41 OH EM89 WB8YLO 6 1,428 42 34 OH EN81 KD8VMM 6 1,190 35 34 OH EN81 K7DR 6 1,152 36 32 MI EN82 AA8TA 6 620 31 20 OH EN80 K8GQ 6 378 21 18 WV EM98 W1NN 6 342 19 18 OH EN91 WA8ZIP 6 195 15 13 OH EN91 W8MRL 6 150 15 10 OH EM79 N8ZVT 6 80 8 10 MI EN75 KF8MZ 6 42 7 6 OH EN70 W8MDE 6 9 3 3 OH EN80 N8DZR 2 50 5 5 MI EN73 AB8FJ Q 28 7 4 OH EM79 N8GA M 78,916 354 181 OH EN80 Ops: N8ZM, K8DZ, WB8ART, W8BFT, W8PLZ, N8UR NA1WJ M 3,650 73 50 WV EM97 Ops: AB5EB, AD5A, K5ND, NE4RD K2DRH A 140,693 605 199 IL EN41 W9GA A 44,446 279 142 WI EN53 W9EWZ A 41,168 295 124 WI EN52 KOØZ A 20,448 191 96 IL EM59 K8SD A 18,054 160 102 WI EN52 WA9TT A 12,232 115 88 WI EN54 W9DZ A 7,085 98 65 IN EN61 K9MU A 6,161 94 61 WI EN44 ND9Z A 5,712 83 68 WI EN54 K9ZF A 4,104 59 54 IN EM78 W9HQ A 3,608 77 44 WI EN43 N9UUR A 2,279 52 43 WI EN63 N4IY A 1,888 55 32 IN EM78 WT2P A 1,539 57 27 IL EN51 K9PG A 1,290 43 30 IL EN51 KT9L A 900 26 25 IN EM69 WB9HFK A 900 34 25 IL EN50 KC9UL A 800 30 25 IL EN50 N9VPV A 800 31 25 IL EN40 KC9ELU A 540 20 20 IN EM79 WV9E A 414 21 18 WI EN43 AI9T A 255 17 15 IL EM69 W9EBK A 91 11 7 IL EM59 N8HWV A 72 9 8 WI EN54 K9RMC A 64 8 8 IL EN40 WK9U 6 50,148 398 126 WI EN65 K9OM 6 48,384 336 144 WI EN65 W9JSP 6 7,904 104 76 WI EN52 KD9MDE 6 6,901 103 67 WI EN43 WA9LEY 6 5,733 91 63 IL EN61 W3HDH 6 5,246 122 43 IL EN50 W9ILY 6 3,723 73 51 IL EN51 WI9WI 6 3,366 66 51 WI EN45 N4TZ 6 2,752 64 43 IN EN70 W9AV 6 1,961 53 37 WI EN43 N9LF 6 1,750 50 35 IN EN60 KB9RCL 6 1,634 43 38 WI EN53 W9SE 6 1,632 48 34 IL EN50 KD9VV 6 1,488 48 31 IN EN71 NT9E 6 1,092 39 28 IL EN52 NA9RB 6 1,073 37 29 IL EN40 W9KVR 6 930 31 30 IL EN60 K9CW 6 925 37 25 IL EN50 WB8BZK 6 744 31 24 IL EN52 WE9V 6 744 31 24 WI EN52

6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 Q Q H H M

1,749 1,470 1,152 1,056 962 456 420 399 308 209 208 162 112 99 88 48 36 9 1 396 32 135 0 20 20 34,932

&4

-DQXDU\

K9PMV N9YLZ W9OSI K9GY W9VQ K9CT KC9WIB KO9A K9AKS WB9AYW WS9V

6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Q Q Q M

532 315 228 221 208 135 42 48,510 3,075 1,044 49,067

28 21 19 17 16 15 7 286 63 36 338

W9RVG

M

35,632

224

NØURW KØTPP W9RM K3PA WØETT KFØM WAØMHJ KØNR K5ZG KØVG WØZF NYØA NOØT NØIS NØGTO N5KB NØAT KØUK KØAWU KCØVDY KØAIZ AEØEE KØSIX K2DSW KØVM WØVTT WØJW KØBJ WØSEI WTØDX KØTRL WNØL KØNEB WXØZ KSØAA N2VHZ KCØCCR WAØLIF AKØMR KØZX WE7L WØLGQ WØRT KØKP NØUR WBØIWG KIØG NØJK NØKE

A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 2 Q Q Q H M

60,032 48,924 35,306 29,294 11,470 10,790 5,940 5,394 5,152 3,588 3,192 2,700 2,520 2,336 1,500 1,250 1,144 338 255 176 100 54 73,438 11,234 8,025 6,844 6,615 6,596 3,268 2,714 1,989 1,248 1,148 374 210 196 182 135 24 9 768 544 408 32 24,486 4,872 20 20 121

447 283 231 302 145 121 110 74 72 76 76 53 56 73 48 50 40 19 17 14 10 8 503 137 107 116 105 97 76 59 51 39 41 22 15 14 14 15 5 3 24 17 17 4 223 87 5 5 11

ACØRA/R K9JK/R N2SLN/R WD9HBF/R NU4E/R AE5P/R NV4B/R K2EZ/R N6RH/R KT5TE/R AA5PR/R N8OC/R K9ILT/R KK4BZ/R ABØYM/R KE7MSU/R N6GP/R WB2SIH/R KA9VVQ/R W3DHJ/R AF1R/R N9GH/R N1SV/R W1RGA/R N2MH/R KC9CSH/R KG6BXW/R W4POT/R WA4JA/R AE8AT/R

R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

327,240 34,034 30,186 25,760 22,504 17,204 16,892 16,274 12,320 11,752 10,960 7,872 7,350 6,111 6,072 5,203 5,184 4,914 4,134 3,496 3,234 2,646 2,583 1,219 506 437 384 156 108 8

19 IL EN61 15 IL EN51 12 IL EM49 13 IL EN61 13 IL EN61 9 IL EN50 6 IL EN61 147 IL EN52 41 IL EN41 29 IL EN51 139 IL EM59 Ops: WS9V, KD9GKL 136 IL EM57 Ops: WD9EXD, W9RVG 134 IA EN41 151 MO EM48 139 CO DM58 97 KS EM29 74 CO DM79 83 KS EM17 54 MN EN35 62 CO DM78 56 CO DM88 46 MN EN27 38 MN EN34 45 MN EN24 45 CO DM79 32 MO EM48 30 CO DM59 25 IA EN22 26 MN EN34 13 CO DM59 15 MN EN37 11 CO DM59 10 NE EN10 6 MN EN34 146 MN EN35 82 IA EN31 75 IA EN42 59 MN EN33 63 IA EN31 68 KS DM99 43 MN EN35 46 CO DM79 39 KS EM28 32 NE EN11 28 NE EN10 17 MN EN35 14 KS EM28 14 NE DN82 13 KS EM29 9 MN EN35 4 CO DM59 3 CO DM79 16 CO DM79 16 IA EN21 12 KS EM27 4 MN EN36 106 MN EN33 56 ND EN06 4 CO DM69 4 KS EM28 11 CO DM69 Ops: NØKE, ADØLI

VE2LG VE3TM VA3SK VA7ST VE3GFN VE3QN VE5MX VE3VHB VE6AX VE3OAT VE3ZY VE2KHC VE9RLW VE6CSX VA3ZNW VE2GT VE2NCG VE3CRU VA3ELE/R VE3OIL/R VE3SMA

6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 Q H R R M

2,360 2,280 1,976 1,462 1,305 650 437 272 210 156 121 36 9 4 1 35 1,550 30 2,170 378 42,795

TI2CDA

6

616

CM2RSV T4ØRCT

6 6

24,182 22,000

HI8DL

A

5,858

TG9ANF

6

2,301

XE2CQ XE2X 6E6M XE2JS XE2TT XE1GZU XE3WM XE1EE

A 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

17,600 72,930 17,019 13,640 1,110 792 81 1

KP4AJ

Q

675

COSTA RICA

340

VE3WY VE3DS VE7DAY VE3ZV VE2DSB VA2BN VE3RVZ VE3AYR VE3FJ VA3TIC VE2HAY VE2JCW VE4VT VA3PC VE2EBK

A A A A A A A A A A A A 6 6 6

24,966 15,416 8,591 4,085 4,056 3,082 800 696 552 432 108 49 12,705 5,580 5,100

20

404 143 129 115 116 68 103 103 56 52 80 82 70 63 69 43 54 54 53 46 42 42 41 23 22 19 16 12 12 2

9 8 5 5 2 6 5 14 6 6 3 7 4 4 7 3 4 5 4 4 4 2 3 4 3 4 4 2 2 2

17

EK58

CANADA 206 144 117 64 78 63 31 29 24 24 9 6 165 93 85

22

EJ79

214 220

113 100

EL83 FL10 Op: CO8ZZ

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 95

58

FK58

39

EK44

88 165 93 88 30 24 9 1

DM12 EL06 EL60 DL78 DL44 DL80 EL51 DL90

GUATEMALE 59

MEXICO 177 442 183 155 37 33 9 1

PUERTO RICO 27

25

FK68

292 40 16

IL18 IL28 IL28

AFRICA CANARY IS. EA8DBM EA8AQV EA8ED

A 174,324 A 1,840 6 256

9G2HO

6

575 46 16

GHANA 4

2

2

JJ06 Op: 9G5SA

MOROCCO CN8KD

6

2,420

55

44

IM63

TAIWAN BU2EP BX2AGF

A A

12 6

E23SGP E25ETT E2ØSJC E24KHS HS3LSE E2A

2 2 2 2 2 2

2,816 2,040 312 112 56 48

3 2

3 2

PL04 PL04

THAILAND 128 85 26 14 7 6

11 12 6 4 4 4

OK04 OK12 OK04 OK14 OK14 OK03 Op: E21EIC OK16 OK03 NJ98 OK03 NJ98 NK96

E2ØYLM 2 42 7 3 E25CHP 2 36 9 2 HS8JKY 2 2 1 1 E2ØWUE Q 8 2 2 HS8LVC Q 6 3 1 HS6TUX H 24 6 2 E27DIX/R R 1,672 38 22 3 E27AAA M 9,366 223 21 OK04 Ops: E27AAA, HS3PJF, HS4QNU, HS4OSE, HS2RLP, E2ØOFS, E2ØZNH, E27GIG, E27DOH, E29VTH E27AC M 7,344 216 17 OK03 Ops: E27EHE, E27IHO, E25HLF, E27CMS, E27HSN, E27ZJ E22EEO M 4,872 203 12 OK04 Ops: E22EEO, HSØEDP, E22FFJ, E22WMI, HSØQQB, E22KKO, E25CIO HS9JGQ M 3,420 114 15 OK06 Ops: E25HIN, E25HAM, E25GMU, E25AYM, E23RMJ, E23SUJ, E22SKN HS6LFC M 3,360 105 16 OK14 Ops: E2ØWXA, HS5XWY, HS6LFC, E23YPF, E2ØXMG HS4AK M 1,760 80 11 OK16 Ops: HS4LKW, HS4CQZ, E2ØOJU, E24YGI HS7AP M 826 59 7 NK93 Ops: E2ØOMN, E24YEJ, HS7TSM, E24ETS, E29CCY, E24WRC, E29DJH, E29DVD, E29BRE E29EKF M 686 49 7 OK03 Ops: E29EKF, E27GLL, E24MBA, E24JWC, E24SBC, E2ØWVV, E23HWU, E24PZJ E27AH M 486 27 9 OK16 Ops: E24QND, HS4YQG, HS4YYZ, HS4YSB, HS4TDV HS4RBP M 400 25 8 OK17 Ops: HS4RBP E23QMG M 310 31 5 OK04 Ops: E23QMG, E22DBE, E23SKM, E22IUW, HSØQFL, HS6YSU, E24SLY, E23QCV, E23QNE, E24SMC E28LX M 180 18 5 OK08 Ops: E28LX, HS5TUI, HS5ZQG, E24GLX, E22ZPP, HS5FAI, E22XDO, E22XDP HS2AB M 150 15 5 OK12 Ops: HS2XNV, HS2UPR, HS2LPP E24ICU M 52 26 1 OJ06 Ops: E24ICU, HS9PTY HS6UUU M 48 12 2 OK03 Ops: HS6UUU, HS6MYW, HS6TIM, FAHSAI HS5AM M 8 2 2 NK98 Ops: HS5IGY, HS1NSN

WEST MALAYSIA 9M4DXX

6

1

1

1

9M2CDX 9W2VGR

Q Q

6 1

2 1

2 1

OJ05 Op: JE1SCJ OJ11 OJ06

ASIA

689 205 188 211 182 172 162 128 147 151 133 96 91 96 81 104 86 74 70 55 61 49 47 37 23 23 24 13 9 2

BELIZE 6

28

CUBA

Rover

V31MA

59 40 QC FN35 60 38 ON FN25 51 38 ON FN06 43 34 BC DO00 45 29 ON FN03 26 25 ON FN25 23 19 SK DN89 17 16 ON FN24 15 14 AB DO20 13 12 ON FN25 11 11 ON FN25 6 6 QC FN35 3 3 NB FN57 2 2 AB DO21 1 1 ON FN03 5 5 QC FN36 43 31 QC FN35 5 3 ON FN03 38 31 ON 3 21 18 ON 5 270 135 ON FN05 Ops: VE3MM, VE3RX, VE3SMA

114 94 71 43 52 46 25 24 23 18 9 7 77 60 60

ON ON BC ON QC QC ON ON ON ON QC QC MB ON QC

FN04 FN03 CO70 EN92 FN35 FN36 FN04 FN03 FN03 FN14 FN35 FN35 EN19 FN06 FN46

EUROPE

ASIATIC RUSSIA RAØLQ/R

R

468

18

13

AUSTRIA

3 OE3MDB

2

EA6SA EA6VQ EC6DX

A 6 6

50,553 63,244 4

ON6AT

6

81

ASIATIC TURKEY TA3NEB TA7OM TA9J TA2IB TA2FB TA2OLS TA7K TC4A

6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

1,734 1,178 1,147 156 120 72 42 9

TC3H

M

984

YM2KL

M

600

51 38 37 13 12 9 7 3

34 31 31 12 10 8 6 3

KM38 KN80 LN10 KN41 KN40 KN41 KN80 KM37 Op: TA4CS 41 24 KM38 Ops: TA3LHH, TA3EL 23 15 KN50 Ops: TA1E, TA2AEO, TA2OHK

HONG KONG VR2EH

6

416

26

16

OL72 Op: VR2ZQZ

JAPAN JQ1NGT JF1RYU JA6WFM 7L4IOU JP1LRT JF1MIA JA1CRJ JA7KPI JF1WCK JH1NXU JH1PHK JS1IFK JH4PUS JF7KWS JJ7PMS JR1NKN JN1OKV JK1TCV JE1ILP JJ1WWL/P JH1VIX/1 JI1IKC JR1UJX/6

A A 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 2 Q Q Q Q H H H H

2,295 714 2,448 1,219 943 30 1 1 1 1 1 190 40 18 2 12 6 4 2 96 48 6 4

94 31 102 53 41 10 1 1 1 1 1 19 10 9 1 4 2 2 2 12 11 3 2

17 14 24 23 23 3 1 1 1 1 1 5 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 8 3 2 1

PM95 PM96 PM52 PM95 PM95 PM95 PM95 QN00 PM95 PM96 PM95 PM95 PM64 QM09 QM09 PM95 PM95 PM96 PM95 PM96 PM95 PM95 PM52

KOREA HL2ASZ

6

77

11

7

PM37

1,224

34

18

JN88

BALEARIC ISLANDS 367 388 2

137 163 2

JM19 JM19 JM29

9

JO10

BELGIUM 9

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA E74G E74BYZ E7ØAA

2 Q H

5,312 2,064 800

83 48 26

LZ1ZJ LZ2CH

6 6

483 192

9A6TT 9A2WB 9A2ZH 9A1I

6 2 Q M

144 960 286 6,882

12 32 13 111

9A1CEQ

M

1,974

47

OK1DCP OK1RDO

Q M

OZ9V

6

72

G4PVM

6

810

ES5TF ES5TO

6 M

144 322

RD3FD RW3VA RW6ACM

2 2 2

32 43 20

JN94 JN84 JN93

21 12

KN12 KN34

BULGARIA 23 16

CROATIA 12 15 11 31

JN85 JN74 JN73 JN85 Ops: 9A9I, 9A7IQG 21 JN85 Ops: 9A4QI, 9A2TA

CZECH REPUBLIC 64 8 8 JO70 6,579 81 51 JN69 Ops: OK1DC, OK1NYD, OK1NMJ, OK1HRD

DENMARK 9

8

JO46

27

JO01

ENGLAND 30

ESTONIA 18 8 KO38 23 7 KO29 Ops: ES5TF, VA3KMZ, ELINA OTT

EUROPEAN RUSSIA 1,144 396 120

26 18 10

22 11 6

KO95 LO06 KN94

9LVLW 2XU :HE 6LWH

RA3EL UA6AH UA3YCX RJ7M RW3VM UA6AX RX6APY

2 2 2 2 2 Q H

84 72 60 24 2 16 8

OH6AC

M

1,060

F5OQK F6FTB F6CZV/P F4GFT FØFEK/P F5OQK F6FTB F6CZV/P F4GFT FØFEK/P

6 6 6 6 Q 6 6 6 6 Q

1,900 272 64 1 280 1,900 272 64 1 280

7 6 6 4 1 4 2

6 6 5 3 1 2 2

KO82 KN94 KO73 KN97 KO94 KN95 KN95

FINLAND 32

20 KP12 Ops: OH6CS, OH6MCZ

50 17 8 1 14 50 17 8 1 14

38 16 8 1 10 38 16 8 1 10

IN96 JN27 IN77 JN18 JN19 IN96 JN27 IN77 JN18 JN19

223 41 33 37 27 13 9 5 23 21

JO30 JO41 JN67 JO44 JO72 JN69 JO43 JO53 JO41 JO63

GERMANY A 129,117 A 2,214 A 1,584 6 1,776 6 918 6 195 6 117 6 30 2 2,208 Q 462

460 51 42 48 34 15 13 6 48 22

GREECE SV3RPQ SV2HJW SV1NJX IU2GID/SV8 J48KEF

6 6 6 6 M

10,730 528 25 1 21,012

Q Q M

888 105 1,554

37 9 37

CT7ABP CT7AIX CT1DIZ CT7AUP

A A 6 6

6,200 121 23,343 675

YO5DAS YO7FWS YO2GL YO5BRE YO7LBX YO7CJB YQ6A

A A A A 6 6 6

3,550 1,968 1,271 782 8,249 4,611 1,290

YO2LSP YO8CLN YO9CWY/P YO9AYN/P YO8SSB YO8DHA YO3GNF YO6KNE

2 2 2 2 Q Q Q M

5,920 660 468 18 4,800 330 240 2,916

ISØBSR

6

31,702

YU1ML YU5T YU1ANO YTØI YT1BOB YT1ML YU3VIP YU4RED YU4GPS YU4PPG YT5L

A A 6 Q Q Q H H H H M

56 16 16 88 64 30 60 48 30 24 40

7 4 4 11 8 5 10 8 5 4 10

YU1HFG

M

30

5

OM3CW OM3CM OMØATR OM3KHT

6 6 2 H

868 169 2 1,200

S52F S56P

6 2

15,652 25,344

EA1HRR EA2BFM EA3FZT EA5CH EA1DHB EA4CU EA3ELZ EA3GYE/P

A A 6 6 6 6 6 Q

5,888 425 15,531 7,119 5,454 1,305 650 20

HB9CAT

A

5,472

UW8SM UY5QZ UT1KY/P UX5UN UX2QL UXØFF UT4XU UR7EU US8ZAL UW7LL USØKW UV7E UR5FA UT7UA/P UR5ECW US8AR US4IEK UT8LE UT8IK UT9UR UXØQQ UR4LSK UR7IM UV8IF UR7QDO USØYA UT5VD UY5ON UR2Y

A A A A A 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Q Q Q Q

22,500 1,131 680 80 20 30,756 11,616 6,336 5,187 3,408 2,451 1,728 580 475 99 4,440 2,688 1,800 972 840 792 480 396 154 80 2,419 950 832 690

UT5ECZ UY2RA UR8QE UW5EGT US2IFR UR3QTN UR7QDU UR7QDV UT1IC UR3INH UT7E

Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H H M

644 108 90 40 30 8 6 6 1,392 9 4,628

12 7 21

JO90 JO90 KO00 Ops: SP8SIW

PORTUGAL 91 11 251 27

62 11 93 25

IM58 IM59 IM58 IM58

OCEANIA

EAST MALAYSIA 9W6AJA 9W6CTU 9W6PJM 9W6GEO 9W6MOZ 9W6MM 9W6NSP 9W6WOT

Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q

ROMANIA

FRANCE

DL2OM DH6DAO DJ6TB DK2OY DL5YM DL6RBH DK2LO DL4XU DL1DBR DL4SZB

SP6LUV SQ9KPA SO7M

145 74 KM18 24 22 KN10 5 5 KM18 1 1 KM37 193 103 KM08 Ops: SVØFM, SV8CKJ, SV8SIV

HUNGARY HA8EV A 120 10 8 KN06 HA3HX 6 4,592 82 56 JN86 HA7RF 6 440 22 20 JN97 HA8IH 2 20,130 183 55 KN06 HA5JX 2 234 13 9 JN97 HA5BA Q 80 10 8 JN96 HA1ZH H 7,222 96 46 JN86 HA2VR H 6,630 83 51 JN87 HA6W M 123,246 455 167 KN08 Ops: HAØLC, HAØLZ, HA0MK, HAØLO, HAØMP, HA6WX, HA6ZFA, HA5OKU

62 41 36 25 113 87 43

50 24 31 23 73 53 30

KN17 KN24 KN05 KN07 KN15 KN15 KN25 Op: YO6BHN 74 40 KN05 22 15 KN27 18 13 KN35 3 3 KN24 100 48 KN27 22 15 KN36 16 15 KN34 54 27 KN26 Ops: YO6DOY, YO6PNV, YO6CFB

80 10 10 8 8 6 6 6

10 5 5 4 4 3 3 3

4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

OJ75 OJ75 OJ75 OJ75 OJ75 OJ75 OJ75 OJ75

SOUTH AMERICA

PU2OXU PU5LTI PU9DCB PY2DPM PY2MIA PU2LFU PU2USK PU2MBY PP5ZT PU2XMY PY2ANY

2 2 2 2 2 Q Q Q Q Q M

ZW5B

M

9Y4D 9Z4DZ

6 6

3,290 400

4M6R

A

11,440

138

80

YY8VHF

A

27

5

3

ARGENTINA LU9DO

A

10

3

2

10 2 2 2 2 68 60 18 2 2 576

5 1 GG66 1 1 GG52 1 1 GG27 1 1 GG66 1 1 GG66 11 4 GG76 10 4 GG76 3 3 GG47 1 1 GG52 2 1 GG66 34 9 GG66 Ops: PY2ANY, PY2MIG, PY2LCD 50 6 5 GG54 Ops: PU2TIB, PY5CC

GF05

TRINIDADS & TOBAGO

BRAZIL PU2KOB PY2GTA PY2REC PY2DMZ PU2OXB PV8DX PU2NZO ZY2R

A A A A A 6 2 2

156 52 42 36 4 567 42 24

13 8 9 5 1 27 9 6

6 4 3 4 2 21 3 2

PT9BM PP5ZCX

2 2

18 16

3 4

3 2

GG56 GG66 GG76 GG56 GG56 FJ92 GG76 GG66 Op: PY2SFA GH40 GG52

70 25

47 16

FK90 FK90

VENEZUELA FJ78 Op: YV6CR FK80

CHECK LOGS AK2L, HA1ZH, HA7LW, KØZX, K1IM, KD9EFO, OK4FF, RA6DE, SP3UR, UR5WCE, VE3ZY, VE7AFZ, YO9HP

SARDINIA 242

131

JN40

SERBIA 4 KN02 2 KN12 4 KN04 4 KN03 4 KN03 3 KN02 3 KN02 3 KN02 3 KN02 3 KN02 2 KN13 Ops: YU4IKA, YU4YES 3 KN02 Ops: YU4JAN, YU4MOM

SLOVAK REPUBLIC 31 13 1 38

28 13 1 16

JN88 JN88 KN09 JN99

91 64

JN76 JN76

64 17 93 63 54 29 25 4

IN83 IN83 JN01 IM98 IN82 IN80 JN01 JN12

SLOVENIA ITALY IK7LMX A 24,552 188 124 JN80 IH9YMC A 12,960 138 90 JM56 IW1CHX A 2,107 49 43 JN35 IZ4OSH A 1,334 37 29 JN54 IT9XTP 6 94,830 545 174 JM68 IT9BDM 6 36,096 282 128 JM77 IZ5EME 6 15,768 146 108 JN52 IT9CKA 6 5,340 89 60 JM68 IU5ICR 6 2,193 51 43 JN53 I4LCK 6 1,692 47 36 JN54 I4JEE 6 1,505 43 35 JN54 IW1DQS 6 36 6 6 JN35 IT9JGX 2 8 2 2 JM67 IZ8WGU Q 8,932 116 77 JM88 IZ2JNN/IN3 H 1,620 54 15 JN55 IR9K M 107,300 492 185 JM67 Ops: IT9DSZ, IT9KXK, IT9YMM, IT9HLC, IT9AOO, IT9WDC

KALINGRAD R2FI UA2FL

2 Q

234 98

YL2LW YL3AME

A 6

306 4

LY1R LY5W LY3BRA LY2BBF

6 6 6 2

2,288 1,598 56 200

LX/G1TPA

Q

572

4O6BLM

M

38,220

PA5WT PAØO PA2REH PE2VAV PAØFEI

6 6 6 2 Q

4,408 3,196 306 32 25

13 7

9 7

KO04 KO04

17 2

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Welcome to CQâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 75th anniversary issue! Amateur radio has undergone incredible changes since it came back to life after World War II, and CQ has been there every month to chronicle its progress and, frequently, lead the way.

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CQ Amateur Radio: 75 Years and Counting!

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by John Figliozzi

The new, expanded 9th Edition of John Figliozzi’s Worldwide Listening Guide includes completely updated listings of popular radio programs that can be heard using traditional shortwave receivers, as well as today’s newer listening technologies.

Program listings are classified by genre and tell you the time of day and day of the week they are on-the-air, and how to find them on your shortwave receiver, WiFi radio, computer, and other listening devices.

This new edition updates and reviews all of the ways programs can be heard– “live,” on-demand, WiFi, podcast, satellite, internet, digital and, of course, analog AM, FM and SW. Spiral-bound to open in a flat, easyto-use format.

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75th Anniversary Special

As we look back 75 years to the founding of CQ magazine, WØCP takes us back even further, to the very first radio amateur, Guglielmo Marconi, through a bit of historical fiction in the voice of one of Marconi’s childhood friends…

My Friend “Elmo” – Personal Recollections of Guglielmo Marconi

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