RadCom Magazine July 2024 RSGB Amateur Ham Radio Yaesu FTM-500DE SDR Morse HF VHF SKU 1515

Original RadCom Magazine – July 2024, published by the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB). RadCom is the RSGB members’ magazine and is aimed at amateur radio operators, radio enthusiasts, electronics hobbyists, experimenters and collectors of technical communications publications.

This is Volume 100, Number 07, with a cover price of £5.95. The front cover is dominated by an in-car amateur radio installation featuring the Yaesu FTM-500DE dual-band transceiver, complete with microphone/control handset and the radio display showing 432.500 MHz and 145.000 MHz FM.

The principal cover feature is the Yaesu FTM-500DE review, making this issue particularly relevant to collectors and users of Yaesu equipment, mobile amateur radio gear and VHF/UHF transceivers.

MAGAZINE CONTENTS & FEATURES

The photographed contents pages show a particularly varied technical issue covering amateur radio equipment, operating, history, propagation and practical electronics.

Notable features include:

• Yaesu FTM-500DE Transceiver Review – detailed review by Tim Kirby, GW4VXE
• Moonraker SDR 3000 Receiver review
• The Stampfl “Stressless” HF Receiver
• 150 Years of the Morse Key by Ian Poole, G3YWX
• Aeronautical Radio-Navigation – Part 1: En Route
• National Hamfest 2024
• Radio Coach 6ZZ
• Remembering Geoff Voller
• The Story of V62S and V62P by Cezar Trifu, VE3LYC
• Accurate Battery Checking
• Remote-Control Keypad for Yaesu Transceivers
• Technical Design Notes
• Propagation Studies
• VHF/UHF coverage
• Antennas
• Contest calendar
• HF propagation
• RSGB news and organisational updates
• Special Interest Groups news
• Rallies and events
• New amateur-radio products
• RSGB Convention information

The contents also include regular columns covering antennas, ATV, contesting, GHz bands, HF, propagation, VHF/UHF, product reviews, members’ advertisements and amateur-radio events.

COVER INTEREST

The cover has a strong specialist-radio presentation featuring a Yaesu mobile transceiver installed in a vehicle, together with its substantial multi-button hand microphone. The full-colour display and physical controls of the radio are prominently shown, making this a visually appealing issue for Yaesu collectors and amateur-radio equipment enthusiasts.

ORIGINAL EXTRAS / MISSING ITEMS

This listing is for the magazine only.

Any loose items, supplements, leaflets, membership paperwork, promotional material, inserts, gifts or other extras that may originally have accompanied this issue are no longer with the magazine unless specifically shown in the photographs.

CONDITION

Pre-owned condition.

From the supplied photographs, the magazine appears to be in generally good used condition, with:

• light general handling wear
• some fine surface rubbing/scuffing to the glossy front cover
• light marks visible across darker areas of the cover
• minor wear along the spine
• small amounts of edge and corner wear
• slight wear/creasing around the lower-right front corner
• pages shown internally appear clean, bright and clearly readable
• binding appears intact from the photographed views
• no major tears visible
• no obvious writing or heavy staining visible in the supplied photographs

The magazine has clearly been handled and should therefore be regarded as a used collector’s copy rather than mint, but it presents well overall.

Please examine all supplied photographs carefully, as they form an important part of the condition description.

ISSUE DETAILS

Publication: RadCom Magazine
Publisher: Radio Society of Great Britain / RSGB
Full Date: July 2024
Volume: 100
Number: 07
Cover Price: £5.95
Main Feature: Yaesu FTM-500DE Review
Subject: Amateur Radio / Ham Radio / Electronics / Radio Communications
Language: English
Condition: Pre-owned
SKU: 1515

COLLECTOR / ENTHUSIAST INTEREST

A useful issue for collectors and enthusiasts of RadCom, RSGB, amateur radio, ham radio, Yaesu equipment, FTM-500DE, VHF, UHF, HF radio, SDR receivers, Morse code, radio communications, antennas, electronics and vintage/modern radio technology.

PACKAGING & POSTAGE

The magazine will be packed carefully to help protect the cover, spine, pages, edges and corners while in transit.

UK orders: Sent in a hardback envelope for added rigidity and protection.

International orders: Sent in a cardboard mail-size box for stronger protection during longer-distance shipping.