| Technical |
| 30 | Leo Shoemaker, K4KIO Building a Five Band G3TXQ Broadband Hexagonal Beam |
|  Make a big noise on 20 meters and up with this easy-to-build beam. |
| 34 | William A. Parmley, KR8L Zip Cord Antennas and Feed Lines for Portable Applications |
| Antennas don't have to be expensive -- check out this thrifty design. |
| 37 | James R. (Jim) Streible, K4DLI, and James C. (Pete) Gaddle, W6XX The 3YØX Peter I Island 160 Meter Beam |
| You don't need a tower if you have enough ice to hold up your antenna! |
| 40 | Rick Campbell, KK7B Designing and Building Transistor Linear Power Amplifiers |
| Part 2: Get an education in linear amplifier design as you put together this project at little to no cost. |
| 44 | David Hannon, KE7TTT My Freestanding 2 Meter J Pole Antenna |
| This efficient and easy vertical requires no permanent mounting. |
| 46 | Mark J. Wilson, K1RO |
| Analog HF/VHF wattmeters; high end dual-lever keyer paddles. |
| News and Features |
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| 12 | Joel P. Kleinman, N1BKE This Just In |
| Youngster earns DXCC; Inside HQ; Media Hits; more. |
| 56 | Fabrizio Vedovelli, IN3ZNR/WHØQ 9XØR: Rwanda 2008 |
| A memorable DXpedition to a memorable nation. |
| 59 | S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA Happenings |
| Amateur Radio license numbers show upward trend; ARRL Delta Division leadership treks to Newington; ARRL Teachers Institutes gear up for summer; FCC News; more. |
| QST Workbench |
| 64 | The Doctor is IN |
| Connecting dipoles to tuners; using CW with PCs; RFI and linear amplifiers; more. |
| 66 | Larry Wolfgang, WR1B Short Takes |
| RPC Electronics RTrack All-in-One APRS Tracker |
| 67 | Byron Black, W4SSY The W4SSY Spudgun |
|  Get that antenna over the top of some tall trees with this easy-to-use launcher. |
| 70 | Joel R. Hallas, W1ZR Getting on the Air |
| Learning to live with RF safety. |
| 72 | H. Ward Silver, NØAX |
| Experiment #74 -- Resonant Circuits |
| 74 | Lou Burke, W7JI An Easy Way to Build a 500 W Mini Balun |
| Build a low-loss, choke balun that works well on HF. |
| 75 | Steve Sant Andrea, AG1YK Hints & Kinks |
| Cup holder mobile mount; handy frequency list; small prototype PCBs; more. |
| Radiosport |
| 77 | Sean Kutzko, KX9X This Month in Contesting |
| 78 | H. Ward Silver, NØAX Contest Corral |
| 79 | Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA 2008 IARU HF World Championships Results |
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| 83 | Jeff Klein, K1TEO 2008 ARRL September VHF QSO Party Results |
| 86 | Jon Platt, WØZQ 2008 ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest Results |
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