CQ is the magazine for active hams, with a focus on the practical. Every article is clearly written and aimed at involving you, the reader...whether it's a story of operating from some exotic location, an article to deepen your understanding of ham radio science and technology, or a fun-to-build project that will have practical use in your ham shack. Join us on our monthly journey through the broad and varied landscape of the world's most fascinating hobby!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

CQ Amateur Radio

HAM RADIO NEWS

ZERO BIAS: A CQ Editorial • Thanksgiving Turkey Ham and Fee, Fi, Fo, … Fee

NEWS BYTES

Hybrid Multi-Op Contesting at W7RN • With the fall contest season upon us, and WPX CW results in this issue — showing only 65 entries in all multi-operator categories — K5RC’s look at one future approach to multi-op contesting couldn’t be more timely.

Results of the 2020 CQWW WPX CW Contest

November Surprise • November is a busy month for contesters. In between the SSB and CW weekends of the CQ World Wide DX Contest are the CW and SSB weekends of the ARRL November Sweepstakes, the League’s big domestic contest. KL7AJ is setting his alarm moose…

SPURIOUS SIGNALS

Winter Sporadic-E-Like Propagation on 6 Meters • A HamSCI Citizen Science Investigation

…About Grid-Dip Oscillators

THE Dipper • Another version of the indispensable grid-dip oscillator

Always a Gentleman, Always Seeking Perfection Bill Scherer, W2AEF

Announcing: The 2021 CQ World Wide 160-Meter Contest

MATH’S NOTES

EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS • ARRL’s Renewed EmComm Focus and 60-Meter Interoperability

THE LISTENING POST • WBCQ Buys WHRI

Still Morseing Around

On the Cover

Mobile vs. Base

Put a Foxhunting Beam on Your Vehicle

WAØCNS: A True Inspiration

Ham Radio: Thankful for the Valuable Career Steppingstone

what’s new

The Propagation Whisperer

DXing and How I Got Started

CW Spectrum Usage and Speed in CQWW CW

Electronic Banking

Announcing: 2021 CQ DX Marathon • January 1 – December 31, 2021 Log Deadline: January 5, 2022

Fair Conditions Predicted for CQWW DX CW Contest 2020

COMPLETE SCORES OF THE 2020 CQWW WPX CW CONTEST

BEHIND THE BYLINES… • … a little bit about some of the authors whose articles appear in this issue.

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