VHF Communications - What's new on this web site since January 2001
(in reverse order)
March 2010: Back issues on DVD now available from 1969 to 2009 with a bumper DVD containing all magazines from 1969 t0 2009
February 2010: A new book edited by Andy Barter available - Microwave Know How - from the RSGB
February 2010: New style Blue Binders available
September 2009: The article - Construction Project: Elektor RF Sweep Frequency Generator / Spectrum Analyser in issue 3/2009 contains a very long web site link, the link is - http://www.elektor.nl/forum/forum/algemene-forums/alle-hens-aan-dek/hoog-frequentwobbulator-elektor-oktorber-2008.697891.lynkx?highlight=wobbulator&pageStart=11
August 2009: Andy Sibley, G6BDW has emailed to say that he is successfully using PUFF with VISTA with the aid if a piece of software called Dosbox - www.dosbox.com
April 2009: Back issue postage price table updated with new Royal Mail prices.
March 2009: Back issues available on DVD, three DVDs covering the decades 1970s, 1980s, 1990s
February 2009: Two more "real" back issues have run out so issue 1/1995 and 3/1997 are now only available as photocopies
December 2008: News for USA subscribers to the magazine as the USA agent, Gene Harlan has passed away
Decenber 2008: The basic routines for the Universal GPS clock by Wolfgang Schneider, DJ8ES from issue 4/2008 added to the downloads page
October 2008: The basic subroutines for the beacon controller by Wolfgang Schneider, DJ8ES from issue 3/2008 added to the downloads page
April 2008: Postal prices updated in line with UK postal price increases. Also the exchange rate between the UK Pound and the Euro is changing rapidly so some kit prices have changed.
February 2008: A secure form has been added to allow circuit diagrams and PCB layouts from the magazine to be requested. These will be sent by email.
December 2007: The article by Jiri Otypka on Calculating the focal point of an offset dish antenna has been requested for download so many times that it has been reformatted and put on the articles page to be downloaded in pdf format. It now contains all of the formulae and the BASIC program. These have been corrected since the original English version contained some errors not least of which was missing formulae.
November 2007: Issue 4/2007 posted to subscribers and web site updated with 2008 prices.
October 2007: The DJ8ES-047 Log amplifier PCB and kit are no longer available. Many old PCBs and kits are becoming obsolete so always check before ordering
September 2007: Two new books edited or contributed to by the editor of VHF Communications - RSGB VHF/UHF Handbook, RSGB Radio Communications Handbook.
July 2007: There is a correction to the LCD oscilloscope article by Matjaz Vidmar published in issue 2/2007. The correction will also be published in issue 3/2007.
April 2007: Postage prices on back issue page updated for new UK postal rates
January 2007: I have been asked to publish the rules of a Spanish 6m Contest called The EADX Contest
January 2007: There are some correction to the transistor multiplier article by John Fielding published in issue 4/2006. These will be printed in issue 1/2007 but are on the web site as well because issue 1/2007 is a couple of months away.
January 2007: Some customers have misunderstood the pricing policy for back issue magazine. The back issue page has been modified to make the situation clearer.
November 2006: You can now pay for your subscription using PayPal
March 2006: Design spreadsheet for "Design and assembly of a simple 4 pole ladder filter" by Wolfgang Schneider, DJ8ES, added to downloads page
November 2005: New Compilation CD-2 containing articles on Transmitters, Receivers, Amplifiers and ancillaries
November 2005: Two new books edited or contributed to by the editor of VHF Communications - Microwave Projects 2, RSGB Radio Communications Handbook.
June 2005: Introducing a brand new high quality Morse key from Carl Lodström
June 2005: New Compilation CD-1 containing article on Measuring Techniques, includes the full design for the Matjaz Vidmar Spectrum Analyser
June 2005: Design files for the Transverter adapter for use with ICOM IC735/751 by Ulf Kylenfall, SM6GXV, added to downloads page
June 2005: Pictures of Lightning scatter article by Jean-L. Rault, F6AGR added.
February 2005: History of VHF Communication Magazine talk given at Shefford club
January 2005: Franco Rota of RF Elettronica, the Italian agent for VHF Communications, has added a description of the magazine to his web site in Italian.
January 2005: Addendum added to pictures of "The noble art of optical communications article". This describes an excellent camera and bundled software for taking pictures of IR targets.
December 2004: Details of a radar exhibition - RADCOM 2005 added at the request of Georg Schmidt of Gerotron Communications GmbH
December 2004: The two part article "The noble art of optical communications" by Carl Lodström publish in issue 4/2004 and 1/2005 has some additional photographs and sound files published on this site. Click here to go to the information page.
December 2004: Subscription form updated to include the entry of a credit card security code. This is the three digit number at the end of your card number printed on the back of your card. Using this number will help to reduce credit card fraud.
February 2004: VHF Communications will be at the Ham Radio Exhibition at Friedrichshafen in 2004
September 2003: In issue 3/2003 there is an article on using PUFF version 2.1. The article contains an alphabetic Key Word catalogue to help when using the software. This can be downloaded as a pdf file from this web site.
The details for the Australian agent have been updated plus VHF Communications is being stocked by the WIA NSW Bookshop
The contents for issue 1/2003 has been added, there is an article on a 2m Direct Conversion Transceiver from André Jamet, F9HX, with some downloads available from this web site.
February 2003 : Thanks to the assistance of Peter Howson - GM8GAX, Jim Phillipson - G4BEZ, Paul Gaskin - G8AYY and Ian Davis - VK3ATY, I have filled the gaps in back issues that I have. I now have a copy of all VHF Communications magazines ever published and can supply either real magazines or photocopies a shown in the back issue list.
October 2002 : The complete back issue set
to 2000 and back issue set to 2001 have been revised since
stock of the previous sets has been exhausted. The available back
issue list has been updated since some back issues have fallen to low levels of stock
or are only available as photocopies.
October 2002 : Some more photocopy back issue have been added to the back issue table. Check the table to see if the magazines that you need to make you collection complete are available.
June 2002 : The method for displaying the complete index for VHF
Communications has been changed to reduce the number of individual pages to make it easier
to browse the index.