Monitoring Times 2000 INDEX

FEATURES:<br />

Broadcast:<br />

A Journey to Morocco May<br />

Bolivia: Radio Under the Gun June<br />

Broadcasting Battlefield, Colombia<br />

Dec<br />

Chile: Land of Crazy Geography<br />

April<br />

Deutsche Welle Aug<br />

European DX Council Meeting<br />

Aug<br />

First Year Radio Listener May<br />

Flavoradio - good emergency radio Nov<br />

FM SubCarriers Sep<br />

KNLS Celebrates 10 Years Dec<br />

No Satellite or Cable Needed July<br />

Radio Canada International April<br />

Radio Democracy Sep<br />

Radio France Int'l/ALLISS Ant<br />

Nov<br />

Radio Gambia May<br />

Radio Nacional do Brasil Feb<br />

Radio UNTAC - Cambodia Oct<br />

Restructuring the VOA Sep<br />

Riding High with the Cowboys<br />

Oct<br />

Shortwave Broadcasting in Haiti<br />

July<br />

So You Got a New SW Receiver<br />

Jan<br />

The Dominican Republic Feb<br />

U.S.-Cuba Broadcast War Oct<br />

Human Interest:<br />

Aggressive MorotolaStance Nov<br />

A Guiding Force: Harry Dannals<br />

March<br />

A Real Old-Timer Remembers<br />

July<br />

An Old Pirate—Sarah—Blown Away<br />

Jan<br />

CB - Radio for the People July<br />

D-Day:Day of Discovery Jun<br />

Fifth Anniversary MT Convention<br />

Dec<br />

Kuwait: Mission Impossible Dec<br />

LAPD: You Better Stay Home Feb<br />

Listening in the Dark May<br />

Reading, 'Riting & Radio Sep<br />

Repercussions From Cal Quake<br />

April<br />

Nostalgia:<br />

The Medium IS the Message:<br />

Feb<br />

1st DX Program<br />

Scanning:<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> <strong>Times</strong> 1994 <strong>INDEX</strong><br />

Air Show: Triumph to Tragedy<br />

Aug<br />

Atlantic City Aero <strong>Monitoring</strong> May<br />

Dayton's Aviation Extravaganza<br />

June<br />

Flight Test Communications Jan<br />

Gathering Comm Intelligence<br />

June<br />

Military Low Band Sep<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> Space Shuttle Comms<br />

Mar<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> the Prez July<br />

Radio Shows its True Colors Aug<br />

Scanning the Big Railroads April<br />

Scanning Garden State Pkwy,NJ<br />

Feb<br />

Scanner Strategies Feb<br />

Scanner Tips & Techniques Dec<br />

Spy Catchers: The FBI Jan<br />

Topgun - Navy's Fighter School<br />

Mar<br />

Tuning In to a US Customs Chase<br />

Nov<br />

Video Scanning Aug<br />

Waiting in Juneau Sep<br />

Technology and Technical:<br />

After the Shock July<br />

Countdown to the Crash June<br />

Life with Satellites Jan<br />

Microwave <strong>Monitoring</strong> Feb<br />

Microwave <strong>Monitoring</strong>—Build an<br />

March<br />

INMARSAT System<br />

LF - The Last Frontier Nov<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> the Military's Satellite<br />

Communications Aug<br />

OptoScan 456 (Review) Oct<br />

Radio in Cyberspace Nov<br />

Secret of Nimbus (satellite sleuth)<br />

April<br />

So You Got a New SW Receiver<br />

Jan<br />

The Spectrum Analyzer May<br />

Zap Proof Your Radio Room June<br />

Utilities:<br />

Drugs, Spies, and Numbers Oct<br />

Scanner/SW Networking May<br />

AMERICAN BANDSCAN<br />

JAN WWYZ-FM 92.5 Connecticut<br />

FEB DXer Mika Palo, Helsinki,<br />

Finland<br />

MAR Moody Broadcasting Network;<br />

Bose<br />

“Wave” Radio<br />

APRIL WOJB-FM 89, Wisconsin<br />

MAY The Summer Sporadic-E<br />

Season<br />

JUNE Duopolies and DXing<br />

JULY TROPO Brings in TV & FM<br />

DX<br />

AUG Low Power TV Stations<br />

SEP WOW, Omaha<br />

OCT Winterizing<br />

NOV Notch filters for good DX<br />

DEC Shopping for DX Receiver<br />

ANTENNA TOPICS<br />

JAN The Earth’s Effects on<br />

Antenna Performance<br />

FEB The Half-Rhombic<br />

MAR Radio Noise—Debunking<br />

AntennaResonance and Making<br />

the Real McCoy<br />

APRIL More Effects of the Earth on<br />

Antenna<br />

Performance<br />

MAY The T2FD Antenna<br />

JUNE Antenna Baluns<br />

JULY The VHF/UHF Beam<br />

Traveler's Beam<br />

AUG The "Big J" HF Antenna<br />

SEP How High and Why?<br />

OCT Groundplane Antennas<br />

NOV Radio Direction Finding<br />

DEC Antenna/Receiver Switching<br />

BEGINNER’S CORNER<br />

JAN QSLing the Hard Ones<br />

FEB Reading RTTY<br />

MAR Getting Your Equipment<br />

Repaired<br />

APRIL Beginner’s Books<br />

MAY Mailbag<br />

JUNE Summer Shortwave<br />

Alternatives<br />

JULY Local Notions<br />

AUG Uncle Skip's Guide to<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

SEP Reporting signal quality<br />

(SINPO)<br />

OCT Kit Building<br />

NOV Protecting equipment from<br />

theft<br />

DEC Guide to Measurements<br />

BELOW 500 kHz<br />

JAN Document Your DX<br />

FEB Readers Letters<br />

MAR Hunting for Lowfers<br />

APRIL IF Shift<br />

MAY Below 100 kHz—the<br />

subbasement<br />

JUNE Summertime<br />

Strategy,OMEGA update<br />

JULY Tune Into NAVTEX

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AUG DXing Massassachusetts<br />

SEP Books, catalogs, equip<br />

OCT Direction Finding<br />

NOV How Low Will It Go? -Rcvr<br />

Specs; Navtex; Beyond Basics -<br />

Omega<br />

DEC Tips & Techniques; FAA<br />

Beacon Specs<br />

BOB’S TIP OF THE MONTH<br />

JAN Help for Electric Fence<br />

Interference,<br />

Ducting Detecting<br />

FEB Yaesu FRG8800 Display<br />

Correction<br />

MAR SW Antenna Base<br />

APRIL Drake SW-8 Battery Fix;<br />

ICOM R72<br />

Clock Fix<br />

MAY Realistic® PRO-2030 Cell<br />

Restoration<br />

JUNE Realistic® PRO-2032<br />

Modifications<br />

JULY Mobile Shortwave Antenna<br />

Noise<br />

AUG Realistic PRO-2026 Memory<br />

Backup<br />

SEP Ford Taurus Interference;<br />

Regency 4030 Lockup<br />

OCT AR 1500 Look-up Chart<br />

NOV Cellular restoration on latemodel<br />

BC855XLT<br />

DEC New PRO-51 Cellular Mod<br />

CLOSING COMMENTS<br />

JAN FCC Punishes Ham (Chris<br />

Boyer) for Rescue Call<br />

FEB Canadian Scanner Bans<br />

Looms; US Rewrites the<br />

Communications Act<br />

MAR In the Public Interest; PSA as<br />

"Broadcaster"<br />

APR April 26th: The Deadline is<br />

Here<br />

MAY Restructuring the Spectrum<br />

JUNE Computer BBSs: The New CB<br />

JULY Objective Review or Self-<br />

Promotion?<br />

AUG MT Convention: 5 Year<br />

Milestone<br />

SEP Scanner Restrictions Get<br />

Worse<br />

OCT What Can I Legally Listen To?<br />

NOV Signaling Our Punches in<br />

Haiti<br />

DEC MT/Grove Staff Holiday<br />

Greetings<br />

COMPUTERS & RADIO<br />

JAN FAXCAP<br />

FEB Database Programs on a<br />

Budget<br />

MAR World of Ham Radio CD<br />

ROM; SCANCAT Version 5.0;<br />

New SCANPRO Teaser<br />

APRIL Comparing Six Propagation<br />

Progs<br />

MAY Lowe’s Multiscan 1.81; RFI<br />

help<br />

JUNE SWBC Interval Signals v1.2;<br />

HP Dash-board; World 29 v2.97<br />

JULY Any Port in a Storm<br />

AUG BUSing Mice, PAKing Ratts &<br />

COPYing CATS<br />

SEP AEA PC Pakratt<br />

OCT HOKA 30<br />

NOV HOKA Code 3 and 30 vs<br />

PK232<br />

DEC SWL Manager, CD-ROMS<br />

PLUS<br />

DEMAW’S WORKBENCH<br />

JAN Add a BFO to Your SW Radio<br />

FEB Inexpensive Ground-Plane<br />

Vertical<br />

MAR How to Cut Antenna Material<br />

Costs<br />

APRIL Broadband Sloping-V<br />

Antenna<br />

MAY Effective Earth/Radio<br />

Grounds<br />

JUNE Components: How To Find<br />

Them<br />

JULY Microphone Impedance &<br />

Amplification<br />

AUG Soldering Techniques<br />

SEP Kit Building<br />

OCT Dip Meters<br />

NOV External Antenna Coupling<br />

DEC Low Cost Power Supplies<br />

DIGITAL DIGEST<br />

JAN Decoding SITOR<br />

APRIL FAX<br />

JULY <strong>Monitoring</strong> the French Military<br />

OCT Decoding ACARS<br />

EXPERIMENTER’S WORKSHOP<br />

JAN Build a Solid-State Audio<br />

Recorder<br />

and Playback Circuit<br />

FEB Hot Glue Tips and Pin-Line<br />

Sockets<br />

MAR DC Power Supplies for<br />

Experimenters and Hobbyists<br />

APRIL RF Voltage Probe; Fast<br />

Charge Nicd and NiMH Batteries<br />

MAY R-7100 Speedup, Homebrew<br />

Signal Generator<br />

JUNE Heavy Duty Regulated Power<br />

Supply for CB & Ham Radio<br />

JULY How to Prepare & Install<br />

Modification Circuits<br />

AUG Things to Come & How to Get<br />

Ready<br />

SEP Digital Logic Simplified<br />

OCT Status Indicator/Logic Probe<br />

NOV Low Pass Filter for CTCSS<br />

Detection<br />

DEC Pulse Stretcher Circuit<br />

FEDERAL FILE<br />

JAN The Best Equipment<br />

FEB Mobile <strong>Monitoring</strong>, FAA<br />

Frequencies<br />

MAR Top 125 Military SW Freqs;<br />

Dept of Justice Freqs<br />

APRIL Federal <strong>Monitoring</strong> in the 90’s;<br />

DEA, FL Joint Task Force, FBI,<br />

Border Patrol freqs<br />

MAY The Spectrum Analyzer; US<br />

Postal Svce and Department of<br />

State Security freqs<br />

JUNE <strong>Monitoring</strong> a Presidential Visit;<br />

Dept.of Labor Freqs; Mode<br />

Allocations<br />

JULY Changes at KKN stations;<br />

Body Bugs<br />

AUG Strange Sounds on the<br />

Federal Channels; surveillance<br />

kits; Center for Disease Control;<br />

wildlife tracking<br />

SEP National Park Service<br />

OCT KKN Stations - Gone? (Miami<br />

Complex)<br />

NOV Strange Events in the Deserts<br />

(Groom Lake); World Cup<br />

Security; BLM-Boise Interagency<br />

Fire Center; US Attny<br />

DEC Federal Trunking; Salt Lake<br />

City freqs; Fed Surveillance<br />

(bug) freqs<br />

HIGH SEAS<br />

JAN Back to Basics<br />

MAR Florida Licensees on 4125<br />

kHz<br />

MAY Cruiseline News and freqs;<br />

Norfolk fax broadcast freqs<br />

JULY Weather Facsimile<br />

Broadcasts<br />

SEP Time Stations and Navigation<br />

NOV Missing at Sea (Caribbean<br />

search)<br />

MAGNE TESTS<br />

Caveat: Reprints of Magne Test reviews<br />

are not available.<br />

JAN Sangean ATS 202<br />

FEB Realistic® DX-375<br />

Yaesu FRG100 Improvements and<br />

optional keypad<br />

MAR Grundig Yacht Boy 500<br />

MAY External Antenna for SW<br />

Listening; Another Keypad for<br />

the Yaesu FRG-100

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JUNE Sony ICF-SW100 Pocket<br />

Radio<br />

JULY MFJ-8100 Shortwave Radio;<br />

Better, Cheaper Keypad for<br />

Yaesu FRG-100<br />

AUG Drake SW8 Portatop Receiver<br />

SEP Sony SW7600G; W-J Update<br />

OCT ComFocus SoftWave receive<br />

NOV Bolong HS-490<br />

DEC JPS Digital Signal Processors<br />

ON THE HAM BANDS<br />

JAN Audio Aids<br />

FEB What Frequencies Can Hams<br />

Use?<br />

MAR Something Different From<br />

Different Locations<br />

APRIL More Fun Radio Activities<br />

MAY The W8JK Antenna<br />

JUNE Building Your Own Rig;<br />

Buckmaster Hamcall CD<br />

JULY Good Reading<br />

AUG Building Your First Station<br />

SEP Log-EQF Software<br />

OCT Organizers; 160 Meters<br />

(antenna)<br />

NOV Six Meters; Ramsey FX-50<br />

6m kit<br />

DEC Christmas Books and<br />

Bargains<br />

OUTER LIMITS<br />

JAN Clandestine Information<br />

Sources, Ernest Zundel and<br />

Voice of Freedom, Bay Area<br />

Pirates, Equipment<br />

FEB La Voz Popular Schedule,<br />

Cuban Clandestines on WRMI,<br />

Radio Patria Libre, News Items<br />

MAR CCN Closes Down; Kurdish<br />

Logs; Radio Pirana; Voice of<br />

Peace; Radio Free Venice;<br />

Pirate News<br />

APRIL Brother Stair Responds to<br />

FCC Bust; La Voz Popular,<br />

Pirate QSLs<br />

MAY FCC Visits WPIG Studios,<br />

WRMI, Radio Pretoria, Radio<br />

Pirana QSL<br />

JUNE FCC Gives Subpoena Powers<br />

to Itself; Radio USA Fine<br />

Upheld; Weine/Fury update;<br />

Pirate Radio Insanity<br />

JULY 7385 kHz Getting Popular;<br />

Power Radio Busted; Pirate<br />

News; New FCC Gadgets;<br />

Correction; What We Are<br />

Hearing<br />

AUG Ex-Alpha 66 Cuban<br />

RebelsArrested; Radio Patria<br />

Libre; Howard Stern Jammed;<br />

KIWI Active Again; New FCC DF<br />

Cars; Pirate Pages Returns;<br />

What We Are Hearing<br />

SEP La Voz del CID; Stern<br />

Jamming; Haiti Clandestine;<br />

Errata; KIWI address<br />

OCT RFPI Chases Pirates off<br />

7385; KIWI Still Active; Radio<br />

Tornado<br />

NOV PR Anti-Castro Clan Busted;<br />

New FFC Chief; Radio<br />

Democracy; Taiwan Pirates;<br />

French Pirates; QSL<br />

Controversy<br />

DEC Pirates Scatter; Finland Busts;<br />

Radio Democracy<br />

PLANE TALK<br />

FEB ARINC<br />

APRIL Accessorize Your Aero<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

JUNE How to Get More Out of<br />

Listening to HF Aero Comms<br />

AUG Getting to Know Denver Int'l<br />

OCT Central East Pacific Freqs<br />

DEC "Lofty" Lingo (VFR/IFR);<br />

Radar Separation; Minn/St. Paul<br />

freqs; company freqs<br />

PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT<br />

MAR Travel and Tourism<br />

JUNE Tuning in on World Business<br />

SEP Science and Technology<br />

DEC And Now the News<br />

RADIO REFLECTIONS<br />

FEB Phoenix Pioneer Stations<br />

KOY/KTAR<br />

APRIL Beginner’s Guide to Vintage<br />

Radio<br />

MAY Making Your Own Radio Parts<br />

AUG McMurdo Silver - a Radio<br />

Enigma<br />

NOV 1941 Hallicrafters Super<br />

Skyrider, SX-28<br />

SATELLITE TV<br />

JAN Getting Better Audio From<br />

Your Satellite Receiver<br />

FEB A Used TVRO Primer<br />

MAR TVRO News Update<br />

APRIL DBS ERA<br />

MAY Satellite Broadcasting Guide<br />

JUNE NASA, WXSATs, AMSATs,<br />

Teletext...<br />

JULY Build Your Own Satellite TV<br />

System<br />

AUG Satellie TV Comes of Age<br />

SEP SCOLA/WRN Going Digital?;<br />

Satellite Radio Guide; AMSAT<br />

How to Use Amateur Radio<br />

Satellites; DBS Update<br />

OCT Solar Outages<br />

NOV The 500 Channel Myth<br />

DEC Audio Broadcasting by<br />

Satellite<br />

SCANNER EQUIPMENT<br />

JAN Realistic ® PRO-2030 and<br />

PRO-2032<br />

FEB Tips for Your New Scanner<br />

MAR Realistic ® PRO-2027 w/cell<br />

mod inst<br />

APRIL AOR AR1500 Handheld<br />

Scanner<br />

MAY Realistic ® PRO-51<br />

JUNE AOR AR3000A Scanner<br />

JULY Realistic PRO-23 Handheld<br />

Scanner<br />

AUG DSP: The Wave of the<br />

Future?<br />

SEP AOR AR8000<br />

OCT Realistic® PRO-2035<br />

NOV Digitech Loop Recorder<br />

DEC Austin Ferret VHF/UHF<br />

Antenna<br />

SCANNING REPORT<br />

JAN Preventative Maintenance for<br />

Your Shack<br />

FEB Protecting Your Privacy<br />

MAR Scanning the Forbidden<br />

Freqs—Phones<br />

APRIL Scanning with CTCSS<br />

MAY Homemade Scanning<br />

Antennas<br />

JUNE Vacation Tips<br />

JULY Scanning the Races<br />

AUG Public Service <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

SEP Winterizing; Cellular band<br />

plan<br />

OCT Finding Frequencies<br />

NOV Scanning Gifts; Cordless 900<br />

Caller ID<br />

DEC Scanning the Rails; Capitol<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong>; SCA<br />

Frequency Exchange (in state order)<br />

Please DO NOT request reprints; not<br />

available<br />

City/State Issue<br />

Fast Food Freqs Nov<br />

Major League Baseball June<br />

Bermuda July<br />

Blue Angels July<br />

900 Cordless Freq Aug<br />

Birmingham, AL March<br />

Greenville, AL March<br />

Little Rock, AR March<br />

Phoenix, AZ Dec<br />

Bakersfield, CA Feb<br />

Benicia, CA Nov<br />

Capistrano, CA Jan

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Los Angeles, CA Feb<br />

Los Angeles, CA Aug<br />

Milpitas, CA Jan<br />

Ojai, CA July<br />

Sacramento, CA June<br />

Sacramento, CA Oct<br />

Santa Barbara, CA Aug<br />

San Bernardino, CA Oct<br />

Montagnes, QB,CN Jan<br />

Montreal, QB, CN Sep<br />

Colorado Sprs, CO May<br />

Colorado Sprs, CO Sep<br />

Colorado Sprgs, CO Oct<br />

Denver, CO June<br />

Connecticut Oct<br />

Westport, CT March<br />

Fairfield County, CT Aug<br />

Mildord, CT Dec<br />

Brandon, FL June<br />

Orlando, FL Sep<br />

Orlando, FL Dec<br />

Punta Gorda, FL Sep<br />

Walt Disney World, FL (new)Nov<br />

Atlanta, GA May<br />

Atlanta, GA Sep<br />

Carrollton, GA April<br />

Idaho Falls, ID Dec<br />

Statesville, IL Jan<br />

Marion Co, IN May<br />

Kansas City, KS Dec<br />

Wichita, KS Jan<br />

Boston, MA, Fire Dec<br />

Lynn, MA April<br />

Baltimore, MD Sep<br />

Pittsfield, ME April<br />

Livonia, MI May<br />

University of Minn July<br />

NC Highway Patrol May<br />

Fayetteville, NC June<br />

Sanford, NC Sep<br />

Wilmington, NC July<br />

New Hampshire Dec<br />

New Jersey Turnpike Oct<br />

Amityville, NY Nov<br />

Brome County, NY July<br />

New York City, NY Feb<br />

New York City, NY March<br />

New York City Fire Dec<br />

Suffolk / Nassau Co, NY Nov<br />

Syracuse, NY Oct<br />

Yaphank, NY Aug<br />

Cleveland, OH May<br />

Cleveland, OH Aug<br />

Clackamas Co, OR Feb<br />

Indiana, PA Oct<br />

Lackawanna, PA April<br />

Williamsport, PA Oct<br />

Sulfur Springs, TX Jan<br />

Carswell, TX Aug<br />

Luzerne County,PA Jan<br />

Charleston, SC May<br />

Corpus Christi, TX March<br />

Houston, TX March<br />

Salt Lake City, UT April<br />

Seattle, WA Feb<br />

Vancouver, WA June<br />

Milwaukee, WI April<br />

Bluefield, WV July<br />

UTILITY WORLD<br />

JAN US Navy’s Alligator<br />

Playground; Foxes and 10<br />

Count RTTY Transmissions<br />

FEB QSLing MARS<br />

MAR LA Earthquake; Korea Crisis<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong>;New FAA Freqs;<br />

Bayonne Global Station<br />

APRIL Why Listen To Utilities; Cuban<br />

freqs; Navy MARS freqs;<br />

Spanish numbers<br />

MAY A Visit with the Russian Navy<br />

including frequencies<br />

JUNE NORAD; Coast Guard news;<br />

VOLANT identified<br />

JULY North Korea crisis deepens;<br />

Bosnia war update; HOS details<br />

revealed; Japanese UTE Club<br />

AUG Wishing Upon a Mystic Star<br />

SEP <strong>Monitoring</strong> Bosnian Conflict<br />

OCT Who is Nightwatch?; Military<br />

Ops Around the World;<br />

Recommended Books<br />

NOV Haiti Occupation; Where are<br />

Russian comms?; Russian<br />

Naval Freq Change, KFS<br />

Update<br />

DEC USAF Global HF System<br />

WHAT'S NEW<br />

Books:<br />

A Passion for Radio Jan<br />

Amateur Radio Class Oct<br />

Amateur Radio Resource Directory<br />

Aug<br />

ARRL Antenna Book, 17th Sep<br />

Backwoods Solar Electric Systems<br />

June<br />

Beginner's Hdbk of Amateur Radio<br />

Feb<br />

Beginner's Guide to ShortwaveAug<br />

Beyond Police Call June<br />

BEX Electronics Aug<br />

Build Your Own SW AntennaSep<br />

C Crane Catalog Aug<br />

CAN-DO Video Series Dec<br />

CB 101 (video) Dec<br />

Clandestine Survey Sep<br />

Commonsense Medicine and<br />

Emergency CompanionFeb<br />

Communications Receivers May<br />

Communications Technology<br />

UpdateNov<br />

County Scanner Talk Feb<br />

Course in Shortwave ListeningAug<br />

Covert Catalog Aug<br />

Crystal Set Handbook Sep<br />

DXpedition Handbook Sep<br />

DX Propagation for BeginnersNov<br />

Electronic Gateway Sep<br />

Fisher Newsletter Aug<br />

FM Atlas 15th Ed April<br />

FMedia! Oct<br />

Frequency Almanac Aug<br />

General Class License BookDec<br />

Guide to Fax Stations (incomplete)<br />

Oct<br />

Ham-ROM July<br />

Helping Ham July<br />

Hidden Ham Antennas Oct<br />

History of Int'l Broadcasting Oct<br />

Incredible Audio and Video Projects<br />

April<br />

IBS White Papers (SW-8) Nov<br />

Intercepting Numbers StationsApril<br />

ISWAC <strong>Monitoring</strong> Awards Oct<br />

Kenwood R5000 Handbook Feb<br />

Klingenfuss’ Guide to Utlities 1994<br />

Feb<br />

Logmaster II (software) Nov<br />

Low Band DXing June<br />

Listening In Aug<br />

Mapzation! (software) Dec<br />

Master Frequency File Jan<br />

Metro Concepts Scanner BookMay<br />

Military <strong>Monitoring</strong> July<br />

Missing Pieces Jan<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> the Yugoslav Conflict<br />

April<br />

Mountain Sales (fire tapes) Oct<br />

National Sports & Recreation<br />

Freq Directory Dec<br />

NatScan/NESN Merger Oct<br />

North Carolina Scanner Freq Dir<br />

May<br />

Ohio Scanner Freq DirectoryMay<br />

Official Connecticut Scanner Guide<br />

March<br />

Official New England Scanner Guide<br />

Aug<br />

Outer Space Freq Directory May<br />

Packet Power March<br />

Passport, 11th Edition Sep<br />

Patches, We Depend On YouJuly<br />

Phone Pirates Feb<br />

Pirate Radio Directory July<br />

Pocket Frequency Guide Aug<br />

Police Call Radio Guide 1994Jan<br />

Pop Went the Pirates June<br />

Power Up! March<br />

Practical Antenna HandbookAug<br />

Quebec Scanner Guide Aug<br />

QST Magazine Aug<br />

Radio After Dark (tape) Nov<br />

Radio Amateurs Guide to theApril<br />

Ionosphere<br />

Radio Mgr for Windows (Saladino

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software) Oct<br />

Radio Stuyvesant (CD) Dec<br />

Radio Tech Mod Books 6A & 6B<br />

Feb<br />

Rhode Island Scanner GuideMay<br />

Ridgecrest/China Lake Scanner Book<br />

Dec<br />

Satellite <strong>Times</strong> Sep<br />

Scanner Radio Listings: OhioDec<br />

Scanning New Hampshire Nov<br />

Scannerist’s Street Guide Jan<br />

Shortwave Listeners HandbookMarch<br />

Shortwave Listening GuidebookJune<br />

Shortwave Listener's Q&A BookAug<br />

Space Satellite Handbook May<br />

Sportcat Frequency Guide Aug<br />

Transmitter Documentation Project<br />

Dec<br />

Tropical Bands Survey Aug<br />

Tuning In To RF Scanning Aug<br />

TV E-Skip Maps Oct<br />

US Repeater Mapbook May<br />

Utility Database July<br />

VHF/UHF Frequency Flood Aug<br />

W1FB's Help for New Hams Oct<br />

World Calendar June<br />

World Radio TV Handbook 1994<br />

March<br />

WRTH Maps May<br />

Worldwide Aeronautical<br />

Communications Frequency<br />

Directory Sep<br />

Wreck Chasing Jan<br />

Equipment:<br />

ACE TSR2400 Scanner May<br />

Ameritron ALS500M amplifierDec<br />

Antenna Booster/PreselectorAug<br />

Antlers for Windows July<br />

ATI Lightning Charger June<br />

Circuit Works Quick-Bond KitFeb<br />

Classic Clock Sep<br />

Comm Spec Video Modem Sep<br />

CopyCode 2.0-Sensible Software<br />

April<br />

Deaign EQ Scanner Cases Oct<br />

DX Daily Phone Service May<br />

FBenterprises Freqs MapsMarch<br />

G&G used scanner list Nov<br />

GRE/ICOM package (Grove)Dec<br />

Grove Filters Sep<br />

Grove Interference Filters Feb<br />

Grove No-Tenna Feb<br />

Grove Preamp PRE-5 Dec<br />

Hamtronics R76-M VHF Rcvr Kit<br />

March<br />

Hamtronics R138 Wefax rcvr kitNov<br />

Head Clamps July<br />

Hot New Uniden Numbers July<br />

JPS NTR-1 Noise Reduction Unit<br />

May<br />

Kenwood Mods by Int’l RadioJan<br />

Laser Pointer April<br />

Lescomm GE Scanner Mod Sep<br />

Listening to SW Cassette April<br />

Magic Eye Nov<br />

MFJ-432 Voice Keyer Nov<br />

MP-140X Power Inverter Jan<br />

900 MHz Cordless reductionsNov<br />

Noise Cancellation Tech Inc.March<br />

Omnicron Elec VLR-4 RecorderMarch<br />

Optoelectronics DC440 Decoder<br />

Feb<br />

Optoelectronics OptoScan 456June<br />

Palomar Magnetic Balun Nov<br />

Palomar PD-600 Aug<br />

Power Flip-Top Battery Jan<br />

Radio Shack Frequency Counter<br />

Jan<br />

Radio Shack PRO-2027 March<br />

Realistic ® PRO-51 May<br />

Realm WHS150 Feb<br />

Reel-Talk Nov<br />

Scalar Wave Generator Dec<br />

Scanventure NY FCC ListsMarch<br />

SoftWave by Comfocus June<br />

The Clip TM April<br />

The Road King July<br />

Transmitter Fingerprinting July<br />

Uniden PRO-340XL CB March<br />

Uniden PRO 501XL CB Oct<br />

Uniden Sportcat Feb<br />

Uniholder Holsters Feb<br />

World of Ham Radio CD-ROMMarch<br />

Zapper—10GHz OscillatorMarch<br />

Reviews:<br />

Black Box Antenna Oct<br />

Black Box Antenna, model S (SW)<br />

Dec<br />

C.Crane AM/FM Mobile Ant April<br />

Everhardt SW Listening ant Aug<br />

Frequency & Intelligence DirJune<br />

GAP Multiband Antenna Oct<br />

Grove SP-200 Sound EnhancMay<br />

Grove No-Tenna June<br />

Optimus Speaker April<br />

Opto 3300 Freq Ctr Feb<br />

Ramsey Kits June<br />

Select-a-Tenna April<br />

SysCalc for Windws Jan<br />

Trifield Environ Monitor July

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FEATURES:<br />

Broadcast:<br />

A Logical Future for Shortwave Sep<br />

Argentina: Radio with a Past Jan<br />

BBC Atlantic Relay Station May<br />

Brazilian Voices on SW Mar<br />

Eq. Guinea: History & Mystery Oct<br />

Independent SW BC in Canada-I Apr<br />

Part II May<br />

Kol Israel: Changing Strategy Jun<br />

Mediumwave Mini-DXpeditions Jul<br />

"Miraculous" Reception? (MW) Apr<br />

OKC: The Radio Aftermath Jul<br />

Radio in Botswana Feb<br />

Shortwave in Latin America Aug<br />

Shortwave History in S. Africa Nov<br />

Swiss Radio International Dec<br />

The Course of Int'l Broadcasting Jan<br />

VOA’s Moroccan Relay Sep<br />

Human Interest:<br />

Bletchley Park,WWII code-breakers<br />

Dec<br />

Hooked on Scanning May<br />

Joe Adamov: 53 Yrs at the Mike Oct<br />

Leroy Schum: Homefront Hero Jul<br />

Scanning Investigator Feb<br />

Sixty Minutes in Cairo Mar<br />

Victor Goonetilleke - DXer Sep<br />

When Rescue Fails Aug<br />

Miscellaneous:<br />

FEMA's Multiple Radio Vans Jan<br />

GMDSS: Safety at Sea Aug<br />

Grove Expo, Vol VI Dec<br />

Low-Power AM Transmitters Aug<br />

Preparing for the Worst (batteries) Apr<br />

Russians in the Savannah Jul<br />

The FBIS is Listening Jan<br />

The Internet via Radio Sep<br />

The Shuttle's Mir-acle Mission Jun<br />

To ID or Not ID? Oct<br />

Scanning:<br />

Air Boss: Control Tower on Wheels Jul<br />

Cruising the VHF Marine Band Jun<br />

Edison, NJ, Gas Explosion Mar<br />

Emergency 9-1-1! Sep<br />

15 Mistakes in Buying a Scanner Nov<br />

Informed Scanning Dec<br />

Project 25: Scanner Lockout? Jul<br />

Scanning at the Airport Sep<br />

Scanning Beautiful Bermuda Jan<br />

Scanner Collecting Primer May<br />

Scanning Kilauea Aug<br />

Shadowing Houston's Traffic Feb<br />

Trunking: Listeners Keep Pace Oct<br />

Trunked Scanning Laws Nov<br />

Try Searching May<br />

Technology and Technical:<br />

Antenna Grounds May<br />

Antenna Location: Fact & Fiction Apr<br />

Backbone in Your Dipole Mar<br />

Earthquake <strong>Monitoring</strong> (EMF sensor)Aug<br />

Elements of Antennas Selection Mar<br />

Exorcising Computer RFI Feb<br />

FM-10 Review Jun<br />

FM Kit / ICOM R71 remote system Jun<br />

Man v. Static Oct<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> <strong>Times</strong> 1995 <strong>INDEX</strong><br />

Modern Receivers: How we got here<br />

Nov<br />

Propagation Modes Oct<br />

Utilities:<br />

GHFS: MacDill AFB Feb<br />

Greenpeace High Seas Drama Dec<br />

MT Goes Inside NORAD Nov<br />

Sailing Through the Ham Bands Apr<br />

SAREX: Astronauts on ham radio Mar<br />

AMERICAN BANDSCAN<br />

JAN Listen in on Remote Broadcasts<br />

FEB Landing that Wallpaper (QSLing)<br />

MAR Books for Domestic DXer<br />

APR Time Tips for DXing; Expanded<br />

Band Broadcasters<br />

MAY Es Skip Time!<br />

JUN Digital Radio - on the way?<br />

JUL International DX - on AM?<br />

AUG Who was on first?<br />

SEP Tower-Hunting Tips<br />

OCT Mobile Dxing<br />

NOV Recording Your DX<br />

DEC DX Tests - what, why, and when?<br />

ANTENNA TOPICS<br />

JAN Bilal Isotran resonant circuit<br />

antenna; Autek Research RF<br />

Analyst<br />

FEB Choosing a Feedline<br />

MAR Selecting an Antenna - 1 (antenna<br />

characteristics); antenna tech<br />

certification<br />

APR Selecting an Antenna - 2<br />

(bandwidth, tuners, received noise<br />

vs.signal)<br />

MAY Selecting an Antenna - 3 (right<br />

antenna for the job)<br />

JUN Grounds: Real, Substitute, Artificial<br />

JUL Using wire radial to improve<br />

hand-held reception; Lew McCoy<br />

book review<br />

AUG Utilizing Familiar Objects as<br />

antennas; Baluns and Ununs book<br />

review<br />

SEP Diversity Reception; A limp radial<br />

quarterwave antenna<br />

OCT Easy-Up Antennas<br />

NOV AEA IsoLoop<br />

DEC Survey of Loop Antenna Types<br />

BEGINNER’S CORNER<br />

JAN Hi-Tech Learning Tools<br />

FEB Computer Shows<br />

MAR Parts Procurement<br />

APR Scanner Books<br />

MAY Volunteer Testing<br />

JUN <strong>Monitoring</strong> Skills<br />

JUL Last Chance QSLs<br />

AUG Ham Awards and Contests<br />

SEP Battery Operation<br />

OCT Radio Hobby Not Dead<br />

NOV My Alaskan Adventure<br />

DEC Mobilizing Mobile Mobility<br />

BELOW 500 kHz<br />

JAN You Tell Us: listeners letters<br />

FEB AWOS Stations; Homespun Loop<br />

Revisited<br />

MAR Survey; Wintertime DX; ELF grows<br />

trees; Tesla books, GBZ tower<br />

APR Beacon Troubleshooting; Fix for<br />

WR-3; using varicaps<br />

MAY Who's on the Band?<br />

JUN Name That Sound; Navtex<br />

JUL Summer Strategy<br />

AUG Survey Results; loggings; Mac<br />

map function; W7FG Vintage<br />

Manuals<br />

SEP GPS Meets Longwave; unique<br />

beacons; tube intercom as<br />

beacon; seismic sources; new<br />

beacons<br />

OCT Trip to Newington (ARRL)<br />

NOV LF Engineering L-400B Antenna;<br />

Longwave in the Pacific<br />

DEC A Visit to "Old CC"<br />

BOB'S TIP OF THE MONTH<br />

JAN PRO-51 modified again; Hold for<br />

RS Freq Ctr; Better Knobs for<br />

BC200XLT<br />

FEB Realistic Antenna Battery Saver;<br />

MR8100 Cell Mod<br />

MAR SW Reception on Scanner<br />

Antenna<br />

APR Upside Down Antennas<br />

MAY PRO-2035 knob fix; Sony 2010<br />

test<br />

JUN Cellular Image Reception<br />

JUL Cable and Adaptor Losses<br />

AUG Increase IF level on R7000/71000<br />

SEP DX390 and 440 Tuning<br />

Improvements<br />

OCT Full coverage on AR8000, PRO-46<br />

NOV Reducing Scanner Intermod<br />

DEC Zap-proof your receiver from<br />

external antennas<br />

CLOSING COMMENTS<br />

JAN Where are the Trunk-Tracking<br />

Scanners?<br />

FEB One More Anti-<strong>Monitoring</strong> Law<br />

MAR Bits and Pieces<br />

APR Passing of the Clubs<br />

MAY Is the FCC abandoning us?<br />

JUN Freedom from the Press<br />

JUL Musings re Tom Kneitel retirement<br />

AUG Internet Phone; Successor to Ham<br />

Radio<br />

SEP A Look Back in Time (good old<br />

days weren't necessarily better)<br />

OCT Flim Flam Audio<br />

NOV Is the FCC Worth Saving?<br />

DEC Holiday Greetings<br />

COMPUTERS & RADIO<br />

JAN PC FM Radio Card<br />

FEB Grove FCC Database<br />

MAR Bus Mouse Installation<br />

APR Optical Scanning<br />

MAY ScanCat Gold<br />

JUN Radio vs. the Internet<br />

JUL Copycat Pro; Hoka Code 3<br />

AUG Scan Manager Pro

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SEP Scan Star Pro<br />

OCT Collins PropMan<br />

NOV Mail: Internet v Hams<br />

DEC AEA FaxIII; OCR Revisited<br />

DEMAW'S WORKBENCH<br />

JAN Tape Recorder Interface<br />

FEB DC Voltage Regulators<br />

MAR Understanding Transmitters<br />

(without a license)<br />

APR Using Op Amps to Aid Reception<br />

MAY SWR<br />

JUN Dealing with Man-Made Noise<br />

JUL Looking for Parts?<br />

AUG Understanding Your S-Meter<br />

SEP Beginning Circuit Design<br />

OCT Multiband Reception w/Tuned<br />

Antenna Feeders<br />

NOV Using the MFJ-259 Multitester<br />

DEC Intro to Crystal Oscillators<br />

DIGITAL DIGEST<br />

JAN ARQ Modes<br />

APR Third Shift Cyrillic RTTY<br />

JUL Worldwide Ute News Club; French<br />

Forces message<br />

OCT French Forces Naming<br />

Conventions and Vessel Suffixes<br />

EXPERIMENTER S WORKSHOP<br />

JAN Inside the PRO-2035<br />

FEB PRO-2035 Extended Memory<br />

MAR Tape Recording and Volume<br />

Control<br />

APR Battery Backup & Memory<br />

Preservation<br />

MAY Easy Datalogger for Home &<br />

Shack<br />

JUN Great Circle Spreadsheet<br />

JUL Radio Shack and Metex PC<br />

interface meters; Enhanced<br />

Zeromatic for Pro-2004 series<br />

AUG Free Space Radio Path Analysis;<br />

MAX471 measures battery charge<br />

SEP Rolling Your Own Resistors<br />

OCT Antenna Switching; Ground-Wave<br />

Propagation Analysis<br />

NOV Building or Upgrading Computers<br />

DEC Upgrading Computers - Part II<br />

FEDERAL FILE<br />

JAN Bug Hunting; Border Patrol<br />

FEB Summit of the Americas; Boston<br />

freqs; Strange Signals<br />

MAR Postscripts (Secret Service at<br />

Summit); C3I Data Links; federal<br />

realignment proposal; fed loggings<br />

APR Top Agencies' Securenet System ;<br />

Whitman AFB; US Customs; US<br />

P.O; seismic monitor freqs; US<br />

Geologic Survey<br />

MAY FCC downsizing; Drug<br />

Enforcement and related ops<br />

JUN Comms in strange places: Feds on<br />

fast food freqs, TV on Part 74,<br />

Pres on airport freqs; diplo comms;<br />

monitoring UN & A-bomb<br />

anniversaries; US So Command<br />

moving to Miami<br />

JUL BATF and FEMA frequencies<br />

AUG Summer VHF Activity: backpack<br />

radios; NASA HQ, Argonne Natl<br />

Lab, Arnold AFB, GA Forestry<br />

Comm, FAA, Amtrak on 900 MHz<br />

SEP Scanning the Big Apple; Boise<br />

Idaho River Festival, BLM, US<br />

Forestry Service; Assoc of Am<br />

Railroads; more hidden media<br />

freqs<br />

OCT Who's where and who s moving -<br />

projected reallocations<br />

NOV SWLing the Feds (SW back-up<br />

systems)<br />

DEC Federal protection details,<br />

presidential campaigns, Olympics,<br />

and nuclear terrorism<br />

HIGH SEAS<br />

JAN New York Harbor<br />

MAR KFS World Communications adds<br />

VCT; Visual Morse; m/v Polydoros<br />

radioman saves lives<br />

MAY Petroleum Industry<br />

JUL Globe E-mail and telex freqs;<br />

USCG final CW<br />

SEP The Navy's New Boat (guest<br />

feature)<br />

NOV Comings and Goings (history of<br />

maritime comms; final column)<br />

MAGNE TESTS<br />

Caveat: Reprints of Magne Test reviews<br />

are not available.<br />

JAN AR3030<br />

FEB Best Receivers to Buy<br />

MAR Sangean SG 789A<br />

APR Sony ICF-2010<br />

MAY ICOM R71;Satellit 700 price hike;<br />

W-J HF-1000 difficulties continue;<br />

SG 789A antenna<br />

JUN Drake SW8 Improvements, Drake<br />

R8A Coming; Sangean drops<br />

ATS-803A; Grundig changes NAm<br />

lineup; W-J still promises<br />

improvements<br />

JUL JRC NRD-93<br />

AUG Yacht Boy 305; News - Drake<br />

R8A,Lowe HF-250<br />

SEP Lowe HF-250<br />

OCT Aroma SED-EDL88C<br />

NOV Watkins-Johnson HF1000<br />

DEC Looking Ahead: Should you buy<br />

now?<br />

ON THE HAM BANDS<br />

JAN Propagation Tips; New Videos;<br />

Mini-Regen receiver schematic<br />

FEB Straight Key Night - sending good<br />

CW; Low Band Activity<br />

MAR Three Short Antennas; Casio<br />

watch for DX tool<br />

APR Ten Meters; observations about<br />

antennas; homebrew tilt-over<br />

tower and coil-winder books<br />

MAY New Products: Amateur Radio<br />

Newsline, No Code License<br />

Program, Buckmaster Electronics<br />

Software Compendium, Power<br />

Pocket, QRP Plus<br />

JUN Are You Ready? Field Day, VHF<br />

Contest; Hambrew magazine;<br />

Antique Electronic Supply; Atlas<br />

400X transceiver<br />

JUL Value of old gear; ICE DigiField FS<br />

meter<br />

AUG RS HTX-212; Ramsey SX-20<br />

SEP Winter Preparations; Iso-tip<br />

cordless soldering iron<br />

OCT 6 Meter FM; Alinco DR-MO6<br />

NOV 46, 160, 80 m; Antenna<br />

Compendium<br />

DEC Stocking Stuffers<br />

OUTER LIMITS<br />

JAN Frente Nacional Cubano Busted<br />

Twice; Pirates on 43 meters; Clans<br />

in Russia; Radio Free Berkeley<br />

FEB Radio Caiman CIA op?; Radio<br />

Patria Libre; Radio Democracy<br />

QSL; Books<br />

MAR Pirate Activity Record Broken;<br />

Trummel's Black Book; Iran<br />

Clandestine QSL; Best QSL?<br />

APR FCC Loses one, wins one (Radio<br />

Free Berkeley, 3 busts); La Voz de<br />

Chiapas, La Voz de Guatemalan<br />

Mayan; KIWI<br />

MAY Pirate Bust Developments;<br />

Eropirate bulletin; Mexican clans;<br />

Taiwan pirates<br />

JUN Pirate Jams Iran; Aum Shinrikyo;<br />

Super DX Edge; So Music Radio;<br />

Spectrum bcasts from Winterfest<br />

JUL "Patriot" Programming; RNI<br />

returns; Polish pirates; Iranian<br />

clandestines; WRMI E-mail<br />

AUG CID using satellite feed; NASWA<br />

covers pirates; Radio Pirana;<br />

41/43 Meter Notes; more foreign<br />

pirates<br />

SEP Increase in pirate activity; WINB in<br />

limbo; KIWI still active; RNI quits;<br />

Radio Marti on WHRI; Iran clan<br />

heard in Brasstown<br />

OCT Chiapas Libre; R Free Berkeley<br />

Fined; SIO Codes; R Pirana<br />

Moves; Black Book e-mail; New<br />

ACE Publisher<br />

NOV Israel BustsPirate; SRS E-mail;<br />

41-43m 2-way Spanish<br />

DEC Iranian Clan loses funding;<br />

Mexican clans; Local FM pirates<br />

PLANE TALK<br />

FEB Oakland Oceanic Control<br />

APR The Black Box and Cockpit Voice<br />

Recorder; HF Nets serving<br />

MWARA; Software offer Final<br />

Approach<br />

JUN LDOC; New HF Datalink HFDL<br />

being tested; Atlanta aero freqs<br />

AUG Flight of the Concorde<br />

OCT Brush Up Your Basics;<br />

Observation Decks; <strong>Monitoring</strong> the<br />

Comics<br />

DEC San Fran ATC Tower; Oakland<br />

Center; St Louis freqs; World Air<br />

Carrier Callsign Directory; readers'<br />

corrections, additions; LDOC<br />

verifications<br />

PROGRAMMING SPOTLIGHT<br />

MAR VOA Inaugurates Talk Radio<br />

JUN BBC in Transition (split streaming)<br />

SEP Radio on the Internet<br />

DEC Shortwave Simulcasting - KTBN &<br />

WEWN<br />

RADIO REFLECTIONS<br />

FEB Working at WATT<br />

MAY 100 Years of Radio (Marconi)<br />

AUG Revive a Five! (restoration)

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NOV Medical Quackery<br />

SATELLITE TV<br />

JAN Trade-offs - Choosing a System<br />

FEB World Radio Network<br />

MAR World TV for Newshounds<br />

APR X*press Information is Ingenious;<br />

AMSAT 3-D freqs; WRN; KJAZ<br />

MAY TVRO Shopping via<br />

Satellite;Russian RS-15; Digital<br />

Audio Radio Service; Equip needs<br />

for Inmarsat/Wxsat, & SCPC<br />

JUN World Sat Yearly review; SCPC on<br />

18" dish? Minimum equipment<br />

requirements for SCPC<br />

JUL Peaking Your Dish<br />

AUG View from Europe, European<br />

experimenters; AMSAT news;<br />

Ingenius update<br />

SEP Rebroadcast audio thro your<br />

house with FX Wave; DMX<br />

update, New Old Stock supplier,<br />

sat talk shows, BBC news feed;<br />

satellite<br />

predictions<br />

OCT Ethnic Programming; BBC feed;<br />

Bloomberg on Ku; DigiCipher rcvrs<br />

delayed, etc.<br />

NOV 1995 World Satellite Almanac;<br />

industry news<br />

DEC SCPC On a Budget<br />

SCANNER EQUIPMENT<br />

JAN PRO-2035 vs. PRO-2006<br />

FEB PRO-62; RadioMap<br />

MAR BC9000XLT<br />

APR BC3000XLT<br />

MAY Uniden BC860 XLT<br />

JUN PRO-2036/BC890XLT<br />

JUL PRO-2037<br />

AUG PRO-26<br />

SEP PRO-60<br />

OCT AR 2700<br />

NOV Comparison of scan rates, current<br />

consumption, modulation<br />

acceptance beween AR8000 and<br />

other handhelds; RU2700 recorder<br />

option for AR2700; portable<br />

antenna alternatives<br />

DEC PRO-2040<br />

SCANNING REPORT<br />

JAN Scanning Questions; NOAA<br />

weather; new aero freqs; taxi cabs<br />

FEB Scanning Savvy; cellular newsclips<br />

MAR Beyond UHF; Qualcom cellular<br />

contract; protection from cellullar<br />

clones; TV bands<br />

APR Spring cleaning (scrounging);<br />

news clips<br />

MAY Listening Post Improvements;<br />

cordless mikes; bumper beepers;<br />

news clips<br />

JUN Challenge: mapping antennas in<br />

your neighborhood; briefcase<br />

satellite phone; news clips;<br />

extending cordless range;<br />

Goodyear Blimp freqs<br />

JUL Computerized Scanning; OKC<br />

active freqs; bugs in retaurants;<br />

PO scanning; Blue Angels sched;<br />

new aero freqs<br />

AUG August scanning (shopping malls,<br />

sat freqs, winterizing); NY<br />

TV/public safety; list of cell<br />

restorable scanners<br />

SEP Equipment TLC; cellular banned in<br />

hospitals<br />

OCT Trunking; Briefcase Satellite; Laser<br />

Guns; New Opto Scout<br />

NOV How to scan during the holidays;<br />

TV audio freqs; CB channels;<br />

allocation rules & regs<br />

DEC Alive and Well - good December<br />

scanning freqs; antenna heights;<br />

Tulsa, Okla., case<br />

Frequency Exchange (in state order)<br />

City/State Issue<br />

Mobile Co, AL Oct<br />

Montgomery, AL Sep<br />

Brisbane Airport, Australia Mar<br />

Davis Monthan AFB, CA May<br />

California Coast May<br />

Jamestown, CA May<br />

Los Angeles, CA, FD Apr<br />

Oakland, CA Oct<br />

Stockton, CA Feb<br />

Toronto, Canada Nov<br />

Jefferson Co, CO Sep<br />

Hartford, CT Mar<br />

Washington, DC (Natl Pks) Jul<br />

Dover, DE Mar<br />

Dover, DE Nov<br />

New Castle Co, DE Nov<br />

Smyrna, DE Mar<br />

Dade Co, FL Jan<br />

Dade Co, FL Oct<br />

Hollywood, FL Nov<br />

Miami. FL Jan 8pp<br />

Miami, FL May<br />

Orlando, FL Jan<br />

Walt Disney World, FL Jun $3<br />

Douglasville, GA Jan<br />

Marietta, GA May<br />

Savannah, GA Jun<br />

St Mary s, GA Nov<br />

Maui, HI Aug<br />

Chicago, IL Apr<br />

Danville, IL Aug<br />

Clarksville, IN Dec<br />

Columbus, IN Jan<br />

Hendricks Co, IN Oct<br />

Hutchinson, KS Jun<br />

Topeka, KS Dec<br />

Wichita, KS Feb<br />

Boston, MA Dec<br />

Aberdeen, MD Mar<br />

Bangor, ME Dec<br />

Aurora, MO Apr<br />

Northfield, MN Jan<br />

Havelock & New Bern, NC Jul<br />

Mount Valley, NH Nov<br />

Atlantic City, NJ May<br />

Ocean City, NJ Oct<br />

Las Vegas, NV Sep<br />

Las Vegas, NV Apr<br />

Cedarhurst, NY Feb<br />

Broome Co, NY Jun<br />

Oklahoma City, OK Jul<br />

Oklahoma City, OK Aug<br />

Roseburg, OR Jun<br />

Dallastown, PA Mar<br />

Harrisburg, PA Aug<br />

Mifflin Co, PA Apr<br />

Mifflin Co, PA May SASE<br />

Philadelphia, PA (RR) Feb<br />

Philadelphia, PA Jul<br />

Philadelphia, PA (DEA) Oct<br />

Pittsburgh, PA Nov<br />

Potter Co., PA Mar<br />

Scranton, PA May<br />

Wilkes-Barre, PA Feb<br />

Beaufort, SC Sep<br />

Darlington, SC Jul<br />

Dorchester Co, SC Jun<br />

Mt Pleasant, SC Feb SASE<br />

Newberry, SC Sep<br />

Spartanburg, SC Apr<br />

Clinton, TN Dec SASE<br />

Alamo, TX Sep<br />

Laredo, TX Jul<br />

Tooele, UT Oct<br />

Arlington, VA Jul<br />

Emporia, VA Jun<br />

Fairfax, VA Aug<br />

Virginia Beach, VA Sep<br />

Burlington, VT Aug<br />

Woodstock, VT Dec<br />

Green Bay, WI Dec<br />

Tomah, WI Jan<br />

Wheeling, WV Mar<br />

Other Offers/Freqs<br />

Blue Angels Apr<br />

Cordless Phones Sep<br />

Fast Food Freqs Sep<br />

Federal Freqs Sep<br />

Medecac Freqs Sep<br />

TV Antenna conversion Apr $3<br />

TV Antenna conversion Oct $5<br />

TV audio freqs Mar $2<br />

TV audio freqs Nov SASE<br />

Treasure Hunt<br />

2 sets Police Call Jan/Feb<br />

Naval Electronics HTS-2 Mar/Apr<br />

BC-III and BC-V from G&G May/Jun<br />

Scantenna from Grove July/Aug<br />

RG6/U coax Sep/Oct<br />

Freq list: bugs, fast food, etc Nov/Dec<br />

UTILITY WORLD<br />

JAN AFTN almost gone; DCS HF<br />

system; Nightwatch Update;<br />

Hobbyist's Guide to COMINT<br />

FEB Aero Mobile Band Standardizes<br />

MAR RTTY Numbers Stations; HICOM<br />

gone<br />

APR Single Letter HF Markers<br />

Revealed<br />

MAY SECURE system; AF manual<br />

description of EAMs; 5680 & 5696<br />

logs, X-ray codes<br />

JUN FEMA Support Communications<br />

JUL British Royal Air Force<br />

AUG Hurricane Season, NOAA and<br />

53rd WRS and related freqs<br />

SEP The meaning behind the EAM<br />

messages; Navy Tacamo takes on<br />

ABNCAP role; Nightwatch nets<br />

OCT US STRATCOM Network Freqs;<br />

Inter-American Air Forces and<br />

Army communications systems<br />

NOV Coast Guard Pacific Operations,<br />

corrections<br />

DEC US Govt HF Exercises; FAA HF<br />

radio network; Global Wireless<br />

maritime network<br />

WHAT'S NEW<br />

Books:

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Aeronautical Freq Directory (#3) Aug<br />

Air-Scan #6 May<br />

Amateur Hambook Apr<br />

Amateur Radio Almanac Apr<br />

Amateur Radio Encyclopedia Jan<br />

Amateur Radio RV Antennas Sep<br />

AM Radio Log Jan<br />

AM Radio Logbook (NRC) Dec<br />

Antenna Factbook Jul<br />

ARRL Antenna Compendium Jun<br />

ARRL Handbook Jan<br />

ARRL Intro to RF Design Sep<br />

ARRL Operating Manual Aug<br />

ARRL UHF/Microwave Projects May<br />

ARRL Radio AmateursWorld Atlas Nov<br />

British Columbia Freq Directory Jul<br />

CB Buyers Guide Dec<br />

Coll Guide to Antique Radios(#3) Aug<br />

Coll Guide to Novelty Radios Aug<br />

Coll Guide to Transistor Radios Aug<br />

Compendium of Am RR Freqs (#13)<br />

Aug<br />

Computer Support Directory Oct<br />

CQ Ham Calendars Jan<br />

Digital Multimedia Guide Sep<br />

Electronics Pocket Reference Feb<br />

Intro to Digital Video Jan<br />

Guide to Fax Radio Stations (#15) Sep<br />

Guide to Utility Radio Stations Apr<br />

Haruteq Ontario Scanner Directory Nov<br />

Lew McCoy on Antennas Mar<br />

Listeners Lawbook (#2) Aug<br />

Low & Med Freq Scrapbook Jan<br />

Low Power Communications, (vol 3)<br />

Sep<br />

M-Street Journal May<br />

Mobile Cellular Systems Mar<br />

New SW Propagation Handbook Jul<br />

New York City ATC Jul<br />

Norwegian AM Log Book May<br />

Official Massachusetts Freq Guide Apr<br />

Ohio/Mich Scanner Freq Dir Dec<br />

Orange Book of Scanner Repair Jun<br />

Passport 1996 Nov<br />

Pennsylvania Freq List Jun<br />

Police Call 1995 Jan<br />

Police Call So Cal Detail Edition Mar<br />

Radio Modification Handbook Aug<br />

Rebel Radio May<br />

Remaking of Radio Mar<br />

Scanners 3 Jan<br />

Scanner Planner Dec<br />

Schroeder s Antiques Price Guide Nov<br />

Spectrum Guide Apr<br />

Spectrum Regulation Handbook Oct<br />

Spread Spectrum Comm Handbook<br />

Feb<br />

The Phone Book Aug<br />

The Shortwave Radio Guide Jun<br />

Towers to Eternity Feb<br />

Travelers Guide to Freq Mon (PA) Mar<br />

Travelers Guide to World Radio Apr<br />

Ultimate Scanner, Cheek #3 Jul<br />

Underground Frequency Guide Feb<br />

Understanding ACARS Jan<br />

Understanding ACARS (#3) Aug<br />

US Repeater MapBook Nov<br />

Whole Spy Catalog Jul<br />

Winning the Global TV News Game<br />

Dec<br />

World Radio TV Handbook Mar<br />

Your HF Digital Companion (ARRL)<br />

Aug<br />

Zenith Trans-Oceanic:Royalty of Rs<br />

Jul<br />

Software, Videos, Services, etc.<br />

Adaptive Sys WAVE (Mac control) Nov<br />

ARRL Electronic Repeater Directory<br />

Nov<br />

ARRL Publications (catalog) Aug<br />

ARRL Radio Designer (soft) Feb<br />

ARRL Radio Designer (soft & book)<br />

Sep<br />

AT&T Language Line Dec<br />

BK Precision (catalog) Aug<br />

Cellular Security 800 MHz mod Nov<br />

Circ-"IT" classifieds Mar<br />

Code Red 900 number Jun<br />

Design EQ BankPac cards Sep<br />

Dir of Elec Surveillance Equip Sup Oct<br />

FAR Scholarships Mar<br />

Fontel Foundation Inventor s BBS Oct<br />

Geo Jacobs Roboscan <strong>2000</strong> Aug<br />

Getting Started in VHF (video) Feb<br />

Gordon West Radio School Oct<br />

Grove FCC Database Sep<br />

Grove Repair Service Feb<br />

Kiwa catalog on Internet May<br />

Klingenfuss Modulation Types (CD) Jun<br />

LeProgram, Shortwave Guide Jun<br />

LogOn USA (internet Bcast) Oct<br />

Marbian Productions SWBC skeds Nov<br />

MetroWest catalog Oct<br />

Milestone Tech Code Master V Jul<br />

Milestone Tech M*Log Nov<br />

Mr Scanner s CD ROM Nov<br />

New Wireless Pioneers (cat of books)Oct<br />

Old West Graphics (decals etc) Jul<br />

Old West Graphics ID tags Dec<br />

PageWatch Apr<br />

Palo Alto Sun Clock Dec<br />

Probe kit catalog Feb<br />

Quest Electronics(catalog) Nov<br />

RCSI ScannerWEAR Soft-control Jun<br />

RMA Electronics Co Jun<br />

Rockwell PropMan Jul<br />

Signal Int, Windows Scan*Star Dec<br />

SSC PC GOES/Wefax 4.0 Jun<br />

State PD & Hwy Patrol Badge Guide<br />

Dec<br />

Vintage Manuals (cat) Mar<br />

Worldcom Yacht Boy 400 mod Mar<br />

Equipment:<br />

AEA APRS adapter cable for GPS Apr<br />

AEA PK-96 packet w/GPS Dec<br />

Alpha Delta DX Ultra SWL antenna May<br />

Audio Tech CS<strong>2000</strong> home theater Dec<br />

Autek Research RF Analyst Jan<br />

BayGen Baylis wind-up radio Sep<br />

Black Box Antenna Oct<br />

Cellular Security Max800 Antenna Feb<br />

Cobra 93LTD CB Nov<br />

Comm Spec TE-32 Encoder Nov<br />

Connect Systems CD-2 decoder Apr<br />

Datafile Probe software Jan<br />

Design EQ leather scanner cases Apr<br />

DX Radio Supply Power Station Sep<br />

Everhardt truck CB antenna Mar<br />

FlatPlug, American Leviton W&C Jan<br />

Free Radio Berkeley Radio Kits May<br />

Gall Universal (auto) Bracket May<br />

Grove Mini-Skywire Sep<br />

Grove SW Converter May<br />

Grundig Yacht Boy 207 & 217 Apr<br />

Hamtronics aero band rcvr kit Jul<br />

Hamtronics RWWV kit Jun<br />

ICOM IC-775 & IC-775 w/DSP Jul<br />

ICOM IC-Z1A HH Transceiver Jul<br />

ICOM IC-706 all-mode Transceiver Jul<br />

JPS NIR-12 Noise Reducer Jun<br />

Lightning Emergency Generator Oct<br />

Kantronics KPC-3 TNCt Aug<br />

Kiwa BCB filter Nov<br />

Magellan's WaterPocket Jul<br />

Micro Tek Minute-Man SW conv May<br />

Miltronix R-390 Repair Jan<br />

Miracle Baby Micro Duck May<br />

MFJ-114 Clock Feb<br />

MFJ-66 Dip Meter Adapter Sep<br />

MFJ-1717 Flexible Duck Sep<br />

MFJ-306 World Band Explorer Aug<br />

MFJ-452 Super CW Keyboard Jan<br />

Motron Auto-Kall DTMF controller Jul<br />

Naval Electronics HTS-3 Mar<br />

Optoelectronics CX12AR Interface Oct<br />

Optoelectronics OptoScan 535 Oct<br />

OptoElectronics Scout Jan<br />

Palomar Magnetic Switch Balun Aug<br />

Power Pocket Oct<br />

Powertip May<br />

QuickTone CTCSS kit Feb<br />

Radio Engineers Vector-Finder Jun<br />

Radio Shack PRO-27 Sep<br />

Ramsey FM25 FM Stereo Txr Aug<br />

Sony ICF-SW1000T receiver Nov<br />

TenTek T*Kits Apr<br />

Tripp Lite PR-series power supply Aug<br />

Uniden laser radar detectors Mar<br />

Uniden PC 76XLW CB Mar<br />

Uniden's new scanners Feb<br />

Uniden scrambled cordless phones Mar<br />

Uniden 25-Chan Phones Jul<br />

Viking long-play recorder Feb<br />

Wavetek products Sep<br />

Wavetek digital multitesters Dec<br />

Reviews:<br />

Alpha-Delta DX-Ultra Jun<br />

AOR SDU5000 Spectrum Display May<br />

CTP DS-49 Descrambler Sep<br />

Free Radio Berkeley transmitter kit Jun<br />

Grove TUN-5 Oct<br />

JPS ANC-4 Antenna Noise Canceller<br />

Aug<br />

K&L Message Tracker Jul<br />

Kiwa MW Air-Core Ant Dec<br />

Logic Limited Franklin Converter Oct<br />

MFJ-784 DSP Filters Sep<br />

Naval Electronics HTS-2 vs. -3 Jul<br />

Optoelectronics DC 440 decoder Mar<br />

Optoelectronics Scout 400 Feb<br />

Optoelectronics Scout 40 Nov<br />

Par Electronics intermod filters Sep<br />

Select-A-Tenna vs the Black Box Apr<br />

ZS Electroniques ZSRX Antenna Jul

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FEATURES:<br />

Broadcast:<br />

AWR Story - 25 Years Oct<br />

BC Bedfellows (WRUL & SW-4A) Aug<br />

Free Radio Berkeley May<br />

Gabon SW Broadcast Profile Jan<br />

Guide to Intl BCers on the Net Nov<br />

Keeping the QSL Fires Burning Feb<br />

South Pacific BC History Dec<br />

Voice of Oromo (intvw) Jun<br />

WGTG - America's Newest SW Jul<br />

Will the Sun Set on RCI? Mar<br />

Human Interest:<br />

Barry Goldwater Reflects on Radio<br />

Jul<br />

Bug Hunt, Expo Style Oct<br />

Grove Communications Expo '96 Dec<br />

Havana Moon remembrance Mar<br />

Next Parish, America Dec<br />

The Inventor of Radio ...Stubblefield?<br />

Oct<br />

The Subtle Art of Elmering Jan<br />

Miscellaneous:<br />

1995 Index Jan<br />

BBC <strong>Monitoring</strong> Service Sep<br />

Bicycling with a radio Mar<br />

Coordinating RF at the Olympics May<br />

DX Camps Feb<br />

FM/TV DX 101 Jun<br />

Natl Assoc of BCers 96 convention<br />

Sep<br />

National Weather Service Jan<br />

New Olympic Technology Nov<br />

Tune in Operation Joint Endeavor<br />

Feb<br />

The Wullenweber Antenna Apr<br />

Wireless Weather Info Network Aug<br />

Scanning:<br />

Eyes & Ears on Baby Dec<br />

Fast Food Smorgasbord Aug<br />

General Mobile Radio Service Feb<br />

Guide to Frugal Scanning Jan<br />

Guide to Inauguration '97 Dec<br />

Hot Listening in "Hot-lanta" Jun<br />

LA Fire Dept Op Center Mar<br />

On the Road with REACT Jul<br />

Scanning Galveston Island Aug<br />

Scanning the MegaMall Nov<br />

Scanning the Pres Campaigns May<br />

Seat of Your Pants DFing Jul<br />

MONITORING TIMES <strong>INDEX</strong> 1996<br />

Shuttle Mission <strong>Monitoring</strong> Sep<br />

Technology and Technical:<br />

Absolute Lightning Protection Jul<br />

Anyone for a Fox Hunt? Oct<br />

Bus Bar Grounding Jul<br />

Cable TV Signal Leakage Jan<br />

Compact, efficient antennas Apr<br />

800 MHz Virtual Downconverter Feb<br />

Get in the Mediumwave Loop Nov<br />

ICOM's R8500 vs. AOR's AR-5000<br />

Nov<br />

Improved VHF/UHF TV & FM Recep Apr<br />

Magic Wand Portable Antenna Apr<br />

Operation Skyhook (putting up dipole)Apr<br />

Survive a Computer Virus Sep<br />

Vertical Antennas for SW Apr<br />

Who's Playing Hell with HAARP? Oct<br />

Utilities:<br />

Anchors Aweigh for Great DX May<br />

AMERICAN BANDSCAN<br />

JAN Internet Resources for domestic DX<br />

FEB The world above 1600 kHz<br />

MAR Anatomy of an AM Antenna<br />

APR The Telecom Act & DX<br />

MAY TV DX Season<br />

JUN TV's Most Exotic DX; Expanded band<br />

update<br />

JUL A Station of my Own<br />

AUG DX Tips & Tricks; KTRK on Expanded<br />

Band<br />

SEP Getting on the Air (experimental<br />

licenses); Staying on the Air (new<br />

FCC regs)<br />

OCT TV by the Numbers (digital TV)<br />

NOV What's in a Name? (origin of station<br />

calls)<br />

DEC Clear(?) Channels, history,<br />

allocations; Expanded band news<br />

ANTENNA TOPICS<br />

JAN Gain & Directivity with a Sloper Dipole<br />

FEB Two Classic Antenna Books: old<br />

antenna theory vs. today's<br />

MAR Same antenna, different results -<br />

effects of earth on patterns<br />

APR Size, Gain, and Practical Results<br />

MAY The Hydrochloric Acid Antenna<br />

JUN Kite-Supported Antennas<br />

JUL The Legendary Dipole<br />

AUG EME: Ultimate Weak Signal Work<br />

SEP Antenna Tuners: Help or<br />

Hindrance?<br />

OCT HF Groundplane Antenna<br />

NOV Conformal antennas;<br />

Experimental Antenna Topics<br />

and superconducting antennas<br />

DEC Microwaves; antenna modeling<br />

BEGINNER'S CORNER<br />

JAN Roots: Building crystal receivers<br />

FEB Used Receivers<br />

MAR How to Read Hauser, etc.<br />

APR Amateur Radio Reading<br />

MAY Stealth <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

JUN Going Down (LF DXing)<br />

JUL Inspired by Mildew<br />

AUG The $100 Ham Station<br />

SEP Radio ain't Television (do your<br />

own digging)<br />

OCT Uncle Skip Rethinks his<br />

Antennas<br />

NOV Beyond the Fringe<br />

DEC The Art of Code<br />

BELOW 500 kHz<br />

JAN Logging techniques<br />

FEB European longwave<br />

MAR Lowfer Update<br />

APR News & Loggings<br />

MAY QSLing Your Catch<br />

JUN Surfing for Longwaves (Web<br />

sites)<br />

JUL Top End Tour<br />

AUG Is it sound or radio?; Longwave<br />

SEP European Beacon Book;<br />

NAVTEX Cutback<br />

OCT Longwave Intrigue (beacon PYD;<br />

negative keying); new resources<br />

NOV Portable antenna pick-ups;<br />

DXing Cuban NDBs; WWVB<br />

transmitter increase; 73 kHz<br />

news<br />

DEC Whistlers, Sferics, & Tweeks, oh<br />

my!<br />

BOB'S TIP OF THE MONTH<br />

JAN PRO 2042 vs. 2035: is there a<br />

difference?<br />

FEB BC230XLT vs. BC220XLT; keep<br />

coil windings from slipping; shut<br />

off PRO43 beep; What are the<br />

tropical bands?

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MAR Wide Freq Coverage on Regency<br />

4020?<br />

APR Cell restoration on<br />

PRO2035,2042; Button<br />

Beartracker Beep<br />

MAY Invisible Antennas<br />

JUN More on Current Flow<br />

JUL Those Triangular Towers<br />

AUG Solar Batteries<br />

SEP Sony 2010 Battery hints<br />

OCT Wireless phone jack system<br />

makes new monitoring target<br />

NOV Oto Xplorer cellular restoration<br />

DEC Hand-held radio stand<br />

CLOSING COMMENTS<br />

JAN Equipment: Room for more?<br />

FEB The Scam That Wouldn't Die<br />

(Spectrum Antenna)<br />

MAR A Theory of Technological<br />

Evolution<br />

APR The Telecom Act - More<br />

protection than we need?<br />

MAY War of the Web: Round Two (by<br />

David Lindsay)<br />

JUN State of the economy<br />

JUL Radio Listeners: Are we really a<br />

threat?<br />

AUG Random Reflections<br />

SEP What the Heck is PCS?<br />

OCT The Pendulum Swings<br />

NOV Reporting What You Overheard -<br />

Is it ever legal?<br />

DEC Greetings from MT staff<br />

COMPUTERS & RADIO<br />

JAN SatellitePro (Zephyr Services)<br />

FEB Lowe Airmaster 2.0 ACARS<br />

decoder<br />

MAR Market Watching; Scan Star<br />

Update<br />

APR AEA ACARS; ScanCat hardware -<br />

UniVersatile Interface<br />

MAY CAT squelch adapters (Yaesu,<br />

ICOM, universal)<br />

JUN K&L Message Tracker<br />

JUL Predictions / CD ROMs (HamCall<br />

and Electronic Software<br />

Compendium)<br />

AUG AEA's new software: Pakratt for<br />

Windows 2.0, Log Windows<br />

SEP WiNRADiO: 0.5 to 1300 MHz<br />

OCT WiNRADiO: Win-win?<br />

NOV News bytes, and Universal Radio<br />

ACT-1 ACARS<br />

DEC Surfing for <strong>Monitoring</strong> Web Sites<br />

DEMAW'S WORKBENCH<br />

JAN Build a Multipurpose Broadband Amp<br />

FEB Learning to Work with Diodes<br />

MAR Easy Circuit Boards<br />

APR Minimize Man-Made QRN<br />

MAY Build a Noise Squelcher<br />

JUN How to Tune Random-Length<br />

Antennas<br />

JUL Revitalizing Older Receivers<br />

AUG One Feed Line-Three Antennas<br />

SEP Choosing the Right Capacitor<br />

OCT Simple Receiver for the Beginner<br />

NOV Working with Toroids<br />

DEC Be a Mini-MF or LF Broadcaster<br />

DIGITAL DIGEST<br />

JAN Internet for utilities<br />

APR High Seas Hi-Jinx (SITOR msgs)<br />

JUL Digital Comms on Air and Sea<br />

(DACARS, Russian RTTY, USCG<br />

System Coordination Net)<br />

OCT Review: Hoka Code-3 Gold<br />

EXPERIMENTER'S WORKSHOP<br />

JAN Upgrading Computers - Part 3<br />

FEB Upgrading Computers - Part 4<br />

MAR PRO-26 S Meters and NFM<br />

Discriminator Magic<br />

APR Ways to Design Circuits - Part 1<br />

MAY Ways to Design Circuits - Part 2<br />

JUN Ways to Design Circuits - Part 3<br />

JUL Ways to Design Circuits - Concl<br />

AUG LED Voltmeter<br />

SEP Tone Detector-Decoder<br />

OCT Directional Scanner Beam<br />

NOV ProbeScope from Radio Shack<br />

DEC Freq Record-keeping made easy<br />

(APFTools)<br />

FEDERAL FILE<br />

JAN Dept of Agriculture; Mineral Mgt<br />

Service; winter resolutions; Army<br />

police<br />

FEB FEMA telecommunications; Federal<br />

security, gov't or private? security<br />

freqs<br />

MAR Guarding Royal Visitors; Latin<br />

American military freqs; Gulfport Navy<br />

Seabee Center; US Forest Service<br />

Calif freqs; lesser-known Dept of<br />

Justice freqs; Yellowstone Park<br />

APR Alaska, HAARP; Army Corps of<br />

Engineers; Wright-Patterson AFB; NY<br />

area & McGuire AFB freqs<br />

MAY Mountain or Molehill? (unid rptr);<br />

Wash DC <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

JUN Gov Surveillance Freqs - To<br />

publish or not to publish?<br />

JUL Eavesdropping on Houston's<br />

Mission Control Center;<br />

Manchester, KY, federal prison;<br />

Postal Inspection freqs; Disaster<br />

Preparedness unused freqs?<br />

AUG Towers off Key West related to<br />

Fed agency office closings?<br />

Privacy soapbox; websites<br />

SEP Coast Guard to the Rescue;<br />

Radio Shack wireless transmitter<br />

sale<br />

OCT Federal freqs at the Olympics;<br />

Feds on INMARSAT; Bureau of<br />

Prisons; Cactus; Gulf towers<br />

again<br />

NOV Telling who's who without a<br />

program; Nat'l Forest freqs; low<br />

power freqs<br />

DEC Modern Technology Catches Up<br />

(K&L Message Tracker); Fed<br />

Protection Agencies; Radio<br />

Traffic at OKC; no freqs off-limits<br />

K.I.S. RADIO<br />

MAR Buying equipment (recycled)<br />

JUN CB - The Ultimate Frugal Radio<br />

SEP Mobile Installations<br />

DEC Packet for the Penny-Pincher<br />

MAGNE TESTS<br />

(Reprints of Magne Tests reviews are<br />

not available.)<br />

JAN Lab measurements and features<br />

FEB Sony ICF-SW1000T<br />

MAR Grundig Traveller II<br />

APR AOR AR7030<br />

MAY Drake R8A<br />

JUN Radio Shack DX394<br />

JUL Sony ICF-SW40<br />

AUG Drake SW-1<br />

SEP Sangean ATS 909<br />

OCT BayGen Free-Play<br />

NOV Drake's Little Secret: the "SW8A"<br />

DEC Sangean ATS 303 Portable<br />

NET NEWS<br />

JAN Sites that combine technologies<br />

FEB How to get on the Internet<br />

MAR Old-time radio on the net<br />

APR No News is Not Good News<br />

MAY Beating our own Drum (Grove<br />

site)

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JUN Audio on the Internet<br />

ON THE HAM BANDS<br />

JAN Using old commercial gear<br />

FEB Surplus Saga Continues; Hamcalc<br />

MAR A Computer in the Ham Shack<br />

APR Info Sources for the New Ham<br />

MAY Better QSO's; Games; Vibroplex<br />

Bug; boat mount; Field Day<br />

JUN Amplitude Modulation; Phonetic<br />

Alphabet<br />

JUL Going Mobile<br />

AUG Building QRP<br />

SEP Low Band Lowdown, equip and<br />

antennas; Vibroplex key IDed<br />

OCT Plotting the MUF (Bandaid); QSOs<br />

NOV Heath HW-9 drift fix and offset<br />

adjustment<br />

DEC Apartment Dweller's Joystick<br />

OUTER LIMITS<br />

JAN Quebec Clan; new Black Book<br />

editor<br />

FEB Pirate Radio book; Fundacion<br />

home page; KIWI still heard; FCC<br />

downsizing<br />

MAR '94,'95 Pirate Activity; Weiner's<br />

New Ship; Ham Band Pirate;<br />

Pirate Book<br />

APR La Voz del Cid, La Voz Popular;<br />

Local FM Pirates<br />

MAY Cuban Clans, Web sites, Texas<br />

pirate, local pirates, PiPa/FRW<br />

merger<br />

JUN Micro Pirates Widespread; Radio<br />

Alpha jamming RHC; Cumbre<br />

book project; Pirate awards; when<br />

to hear pirates<br />

JUL Govts Close Community Radio<br />

Stations; Clandestine Web sites;<br />

Pirate Radio Directory; K-<strong>2000</strong><br />

popular pirate winnter<br />

AUG NA Pirates Heard in Eur & Asia;<br />

Bougainville Verie; Europirate web<br />

sites<br />

SEP Nigerian RDI changes sked; Costa<br />

Rican station arrests; Tasmanian<br />

pirate<br />

OCT R. Patria Libre returns; R<br />

Democrat Intl; Greek MW pirates;<br />

RFS mail trouble; KAOS official<br />

QSL<br />

NOV New Name for Nigerian Clan;<br />

Bougainville pirate? Wellsville<br />

maildrop replaced; FRN<br />

Grapevine returns; Europirate<br />

reception<br />

DEC Need more pirate sources?; R Kudirat<br />

time change; R Patria Libre sked; R<br />

Marti<br />

PCS FRONT LINE<br />

OCT Emerging PCS Technologies: FCC<br />

auctions; narrowband; broadband;<br />

unlicensed, Sprint Spectrum<br />

NOV Cellular history, frequency divisions,<br />

duplex; why PCS is no substitute for<br />

public service agency trunked radios<br />

DEC Cellular Signalling; modern-day<br />

scams<br />

PLANE TALK<br />

JAN Volmet weather; City/Airport IDs; aero<br />

software update<br />

FEB Commercial Ground Stations;<br />

Domestic VHF Voice Services<br />

MAR Frequently Asked Questions<br />

APR The Bay Area TRACON<br />

MAY 50 Yrs before the Concorde<br />

(Lockheed Constellation); more<br />

Volmets<br />

JUN Readers' Corner - City codes; Sea-<br />

Tac freqs; "Lifeguard" flights; Dakar<br />

Aeradio; aero disk offer<br />

JUL Oceanic Air Traffic Control new<br />

system<br />

AUG Airport Ground Control<br />

SEP SELCAL Directory; Cincinnati and<br />

Louisville freqs; Terminology; contest<br />

OCT Radio Navigation: Radio Beacons<br />

NOV Omni-Directional VHF/UHF NAVAIDS<br />

DEC NAVAIDS: distance measuring<br />

equipment<br />

RADIO REFLECTIONS<br />

FEB World's Oldest non-US Station;<br />

Silicon Valley - hi-tech roots<br />

MAY The Baron of Homespun - Powell<br />

Crosley<br />

AUG SWLing in the Early 40s<br />

NOV Real Radios Glow in the Dark (re Jack<br />

Hofeld of Antique Radio Store)<br />

SATELLITE TV<br />

JAN Stealth TVRO: Hiding your dish;<br />

global updates; MMDS notes<br />

FEB Making Connections; updates on<br />

Telstar 402R, Alphastar, DBS race,<br />

HDTV<br />

MAR New Satellites; HDTV update; AMSAT<br />

update; SCPC answers<br />

APR FM in Your Backyard - Audio<br />

Subcarriers<br />

MAY TVRO Meets the Internet<br />

(Skylink); Transponder Notes;<br />

DSS break?; SCPC answers<br />

JUN Satellite Broadcasting Guide 96<br />

review; FCC supports dish<br />

owners; new channels and Anik<br />

problems<br />

JUL Ingenius' Xchange Revisited<br />

AUG Repairing TVRO Gear<br />

SEP World Viewing (the International<br />

Channel)<br />

OCT Universal's SCPC-200 Satellite<br />

Audio Receiver<br />

NOV SBCA Show: Futurewatch<br />

DEC Baylin Pubs: "Miniature Satellite<br />

Dishes," Home Satellite TV<br />

Installation & Troubleshooting<br />

Manual"<br />

SCANNER EQUIPMENT<br />

JAN Plectron and Motorola Alert<br />

crystal scanners<br />

FEB Radio Shack PRO-2042<br />

MAR Fixing Older Bearcat Scanners<br />

APR BC220XLT/BC230XLT<br />

MAY IF Compendium<br />

JUN Mods & Tips for BC9000XLT<br />

(keyboard trick, add jack for<br />

CTCSS reader, expand 800 MHz<br />

coverage, auto-store strategy)<br />

JUL Max Systems discone /<br />

Beartracker BCT- 10<br />

AUG Control Tape Recorder w/your<br />

Scanner (BMI Nitelogger II)<br />

SEP Electra Corporation Lives!;<br />

Carrier-activated lamp and<br />

backlight disable switch for PRO-<br />

2022; baseband audio tap for<br />

PRO-2042; hot transformer may<br />

be OK; Yaesu FT50R dual-band<br />

walkie-talkie<br />

OCT Radio Shack PRO-2046 Mobile<br />

Scanner<br />

NOV Build a mobile mount for your<br />

radio<br />

DEC AOR's AR5000 All-in-one<br />

Receiver<br />

SCANNING REPORT<br />

JAN Antenna Farms; Curtis ESN<br />

phone reader; beeper<br />

monitoring; antenna safety; IF<br />

explanation

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FEB Staying in Hot Water; Wash &<br />

Wear Radio; radar and scanning;<br />

mall freqs; line repair crews;<br />

movie crews; bear tracking collars<br />

MAR Scanning at the CES Show; Roadhazard<br />

alerting system; Las Vegas<br />

freq finding<br />

APR Scanning Amplified (preamps);<br />

Scanners in Movies and TV;<br />

monitoring trunked sytems;<br />

accurate frequency reports<br />

MAY Scanning on the (W-S) Cable<br />

Channel; Trunking survey<br />

JUN Scanning for Information on Line<br />

(Motorola press releases)<br />

JUL Scanning into the Wild Blue<br />

Yonder (airport scanning); your<br />

favorite scanner; convention<br />

update; mailbag (Buffalo)<br />

AUG Bunking with Trunking; other data<br />

activity; trunking in Huntsville, AL<br />

SEP Searching for school bus freq;<br />

more scanning on cable TV; end<br />

of RCMA?; rumor New Hampshire<br />

not moving to digital; scanners in<br />

movies<br />

OCT Wanted-Used Scanners; RCMA<br />

Kansas column; all-time favorite<br />

scanner<br />

NOV Mall Call; drive-through dilemma;<br />

wrong about NH; digital<br />

Olympics?; favorite scanner;<br />

Cajun freqs<br />

DEC The Great School Bus Caper;<br />

short history of shared repeaters;<br />

using the direct approach;<br />

scanners on film; scanning in NYC<br />

Frequency Exchange (in state order)<br />

City/State Issue<br />

Breckenridge, CO Feb<br />

Windsor, CT Jan<br />

Jacksonville, FL Mar<br />

Sarasota/Bradenton, FL Apr<br />

Atlanta, GA Jan<br />

Atlanta, GA, (trunked) Mar<br />

Jefferson Co, ID Jan<br />

Hanna City, IL Feb<br />

Jackson Co, GA Feb<br />

Shreveport, LA Nov<br />

St. Bernard, LA Apr<br />

Massachusetts Bay TA, MA Jan<br />

Bloomington, MN Jan<br />

Bloomington, MN (revisited) Apr<br />

Hickory Grove, MS Feb<br />

Sun Prairie, MT Feb<br />

Las Vegas, NV Jan<br />

Buffalo, NY May<br />

Buffalo, NY Jul<br />

New York City, NY Dec<br />

Lancaster, PA May<br />

Philadelphia, PA Feb<br />

Wilkes-Barre, PA Feb<br />

Anderson Co, SC Jan<br />

Conway, SC Jan<br />

Seattle, WA Feb<br />

SKYLINK<br />

JAN Wireless Publishing<br />

FEB GPS is Everywhere<br />

MAR Rising Tide of Wireless (AT&T, Sprint,<br />

Nexus)<br />

APR Is Wireless for Real?<br />

MAY Let There be Wireless (imminent<br />

developments)<br />

JUN Computer LANs going Wireless<br />

JUL Accurate GPS? Maybe someday<br />

AUG Wireless Web Allocations & news<br />

SEP Rising costs of wireless phone<br />

services<br />

UTILITY WORLD<br />

JAN VOA ute test station; RAF Volmet<br />

shifts; AWACS callsigns; Mystic Star<br />

freqs/designators<br />

FEB USAF MARS Stations Closing; ARIA<br />

has moved; MOSSAD nets<br />

MAR USAF MARS; Bosnia IFOR aircraft<br />

APR USAF MARS Going, almost Gone;<br />

Joint Endeavor Follow-Up; Where is<br />

3E7?; Numbers stations and Internet;<br />

DoD Flight Info Pubs<br />

MAY Maritime Safety Broadcasts (NAVTEX<br />

skeds & freqs)<br />

JUN FBI on HF (freqs & callsigns)<br />

JUL <strong>Monitoring</strong> the National Guard;<br />

Australian Antarctic Comms; Ute<br />

World hits 100<br />

AUG It's Zulu Time - New Zulu designators<br />

and background; US Customs on HF;<br />

FACSFAC and Bluestar<br />

SEP NASA Aircraft (registration list);<br />

Esteem Highly and White Pinnacle<br />

IDed; fire season freqs<br />

OCT Who is Herb?; Maritime simplex<br />

channels; CAP frequencies and<br />

callsigns<br />

NOV Marine HF Scaling Down; RTTY press<br />

services leave HF; bad times in<br />

Bangui; troubles in Bahrain; LNZA<br />

ID'ed; Aviateca freq; Zulu designator<br />

update<br />

DEC Raymond Callsigns; TACAMO<br />

assuming Looking Glass role;<br />

New Royal Air Force Freqs &<br />

Desig<br />

WHAT'S NEW<br />

Books:<br />

A Basement Seat to History Aug<br />

Advanced Television Systems May<br />

ARRL Handbook (74th) Dec<br />

Auto Audio Sep<br />

Broadcast News: Writing, Reporting<br />

Apr<br />

Broadcast Sound Technology Apr<br />

CB Modification Secrets Jun<br />

CB Audio Jul<br />

Clandestine Stations (DSWCI) Jul<br />

Cop Speak Apr<br />

Crystal Radio:History,Fund & Design<br />

Oct<br />

Crystal Sets (No 5) Jul<br />

Easy Calculator Math for Electronics<br />

Aug<br />

Electronics books from McGraw-Hill<br />

Apr<br />

Electronic Media Law Feb<br />

Emergency Scanning Mar<br />

Essential Radio: Travelers Guide Jun<br />

Fla Radio Hobby Clubs Nov<br />

Global BCing Systems Jan<br />

Go Mobile at 500 Watts Oct<br />

Guide to Utility Radio Stations 1996<br />

Mar<br />

Ham Price Guide May<br />

Heathkit guide Mar<br />

IC Master Dec<br />

Inductor Handbook Sep<br />

Internet Radio Guide Sep<br />

Klingenfuss,Radio Data Code Man<br />

Oct<br />

Klingenfuss, Worldwide Wefax Serv<br />

Nov<br />

Lenk's Television Handbook May<br />

Low & Medium Freq Scrapbook Jun<br />

M-Street Radio Directory Mar<br />

Mobile Cellular Telecoms Feb<br />

Monitor America (#3) Jan<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> Cellular Phones Feb<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> the Feds Aug<br />

More Antennas out of Thin Air Oct<br />

National Scanning Report Nov<br />

NRC Distance and Bearing Handbook<br />

Nov<br />

NRC Night Pattern Book Jun<br />

NYC Fire Dept <strong>Monitoring</strong> Nov<br />

Official Connecticut Freq Guide Jan

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Official Conn Freq Guide (pocket)<br />

Jul<br />

Official Maine Freq Guide Apr<br />

Official Mass Freq Guide (pocket)<br />

Feb<br />

Official New England Freq Guide Aug<br />

Official New Hampshire Guide Mar<br />

Pager Handbook forRadio Amateur<br />

Oct<br />

Passport to World Band Radio 1997<br />

Nov<br />

Pirate Radio Feb<br />

Pirate Radio Directory Jul<br />

Police Call Plus Jan<br />

Radio Listeners Guide Mar<br />

Radio Programming Sep<br />

Railroad Radio Nov<br />

Same Time, Same Station Feb<br />

Scanner Listener's Reference Manual<br />

Sep<br />

Scanner Modifications & Antennas<br />

Jun<br />

Scanning w/the Experts Apr<br />

Shortwave Listening on the Road Jun<br />

Six Meters: Guide to Magic Band Jun<br />

South Asia Radio Guide Jun<br />

Spectrum Guide #3 Nov<br />

State PD and SHP Badge Guide May<br />

SW Utility Station DXing May<br />

Transmitter Documentation Project<br />

Mar<br />

Transmitters, Exciters, & Power Amps<br />

Dec<br />

Tropical Bands Survey Jun<br />

Tune in on Telephone Calls (#3) Jan<br />

Ultimate Spy Book Jul<br />

Visual Dict of Spec Military Forces<br />

Aug<br />

Washington-Baltimore Almanac Feb<br />

Wireless Basics Jun<br />

When the Big One Hits Oct<br />

World Radio TV Handbook #50 Mar<br />

Worldwide Shortwave Listening Guide<br />

Aug<br />

Software, Videos, Services, etc.<br />

AEA ACARS demodulator Jan<br />

AEA catalog Apr<br />

AEA More University (soft) Sep<br />

Buckmasters HamCall CD-ROM Mar<br />

Business News(USSN,RCMA,Tucker)<br />

Oct<br />

Business news (from Expo) Dec<br />

Callbook-on-disk (UK) Jan<br />

CQ VHF: Ham Radio (mag) Jan<br />

CyberHam (mag) Aug<br />

Datafile Probe Version 2.0 (soft) Apr<br />

Dynatech Tactical Comms catalog<br />

Dec<br />

Early Days of Radio Society Oct<br />

East Anglian Productions"Don't Touch<br />

That Dial!" Pirate CDs Dec<br />

Eddyworks AR8000 Toolkit May<br />

Fire Dept NY videotapes Feb<br />

Grove Expo '96 on tape Dec<br />

Grove FCC CD-ROM v6.0 May<br />

Harlan Tech Color Slow Scan TV Jan<br />

Heathkit catalog Jan<br />

Hoka Code-3 Gold Oct<br />

Interference Handbook via Web Jun<br />

Marlin P. Jones (cat) Mar<br />

Message Tracker Feb<br />

MetroWest catalog Apr<br />

Micropower radio news Oct<br />

M*Log logging software Jul<br />

Radio Manager for Windows Sep<br />

Radio Spirits catalog May<br />

RAG Electronics catalog Apr<br />

Rocky Mountain VHF+ (newsletter)<br />

Sep<br />

SCA brochure from B. Elving May<br />

SESCOM Constructor's Hrdwr Cat Jul<br />

Spectrum Wall Chart Oct<br />

10-code card Jan<br />

Techni-Tool (cat) Sep<br />

Telecomm&Multimedia Encyc (CD)<br />

Nov<br />

The Scanning Club Feb<br />

The Wireman Feb<br />

TV Guide Specialists (cat) Jul<br />

WeatherBrief (modem & softare) Apr<br />

Equipment:<br />

AEA Halo 6-m antenna Nov<br />

Aiwa HS-TS500 SW receiver Jan<br />

American Tech Corp AM Sounds Jul<br />

AOR AR5000 receiver Mar<br />

AOR AR7000 Sep<br />

Bilal Isotron 160C vertical HF ant Nov<br />

BMI Nitelogger II Jan<br />

BMI Nightlogger II Jul<br />

Cherokee AH-27 handheld CB Oct<br />

Com Spec TE-64D tone encoder Dec<br />

Cutting Edge Power Port May<br />

Drake SW1 Jul<br />

Drake SW8 case + mods Aug<br />

Dressler ara<strong>2000</strong> antenna Mar<br />

Firestik 2MP-4 mobile antenna Sep<br />

Firestik no ground plane kits Oct<br />

Grove Deluxe Mobile Organizer Jul<br />

(Grove) Genesys G-1 antenna Jul<br />

Grove Noise canceling mobile speaker<br />

Sep<br />

Grove parts assortments Jan<br />

Grove sun visor mobile spkr Sep<br />

Grove TUN-4A Feb<br />

Grove Universal Converter May<br />

Grove Universal Mobile pwr convtr<br />

May<br />

Hamco Tape Tenna Feb<br />

Hamtronics R139 WeSat rcvr kit May<br />

Hamtronics RWX Weather Receiver<br />

Sep<br />

ICOM R8500 Jul<br />

ICOM Improves R8500 Dec<br />

Jade Prod gell-cell battery controller<br />

Sep<br />

Jensen Steam Engine Jun<br />

Jensen Tools aluminum cases Mar<br />

Kiwa DX-394 filter mods Jan<br />

Kiwa premium filter for 455 kHz IF<br />

Aug<br />

Kiwa Pocket Loop Feb<br />

Max System 900 MHz discone Jun<br />

MFJ G5RV antenna Jun<br />

MFJ-462B Multi-reader Apr<br />

MFJ-864 Watt Meter Jul<br />

Optoelectronics Optolinx interface<br />

May<br />

Optoelectronics Xplorer Jul<br />

Palomar P-508 Preselector May<br />

Radio Plus Q-Stick & Q-S+ antenna<br />

May<br />

Radio Shack HTX242 Txr Sep<br />

Radio Shack, new scanners Nov<br />

Ramsey FM-10,-25,-100 Aug<br />

R.Scott Com, FM transmitters Nov<br />

Sadelta CB mikes Feb<br />

ShieldWorks CyberCap, etc. Dec<br />

Sony DSS system Feb<br />

Tucker 2 meter amps Sep<br />

Uniden BCT-10 Beartracker Jan<br />

Uniden Pro350XL CB Feb<br />

Universal SCPC-200 Jun<br />

Yupiteru MVT-7200 Mar<br />

Reviews:<br />

ANLI RD8H, RD78H, AT-2 antennas<br />

May<br />

Caig DeoxIT D5 Mar<br />

DXAID 4.5 Feb<br />

GAP "Titan DX" antenna Aug<br />

Grove TUN-4A Jun<br />

ICOM R-8500 vs. AOR AR-5000 (fea)<br />

Nov<br />

LF Eng SkyMatch Active Antenna<br />

Oct

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Optoelectronics OS535 Interface Jul<br />

Sky Scan Desk 1300 antenna Apr<br />

Sony SRF-42 AM Walkman Jan

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FEATURES:<br />

Broadcast:<br />

An Ear to Indonesia Feb<br />

HCJB: Sounds from the Equator Jun<br />

Hope to Hostages Jan<br />

Mozambique Mar<br />

Music and SW Radio May<br />

Nauen Digital SW Station Nov<br />

Radio Miskut, Nicaragua Jan<br />

Radio Netherlands Hits the Big 5-0 Aug<br />

R Romania Looking Up Nov<br />

Shaking Foundations of BBC May<br />

Shortwave, Sats, & Cyberspace Oct<br />

Visiting the Voice of Russia Nov<br />

Human Interest:<br />

Al Gross: A master's touch Sep<br />

Miscellaneous:<br />

Confessions of a Cell Site Spotter Sep<br />

Effective Emergency Coordinator Mar<br />

HR2369: Another Specter Looms Oct<br />

Lightning: Global Network Jun<br />

Menwith Hill Station Feb<br />

Meteors: Radio out of this World Oct<br />

MT at 15: an interview Jan<br />

Send Your Receiver to DX Camp Aug<br />

Those Terrible (cell) Towers Sep<br />

1996 Index of Articles Jan<br />

Scanning:<br />

Area 51 - Phantom in the Desert Jul<br />

DMAT - Mobile Medical Teams Aug<br />

Emergency Medical Services Oct<br />

Flying with the Angels Mar<br />

Military Aviation - Change in the Air Jul<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> Commercial Aviation Jul<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> Montauk May<br />

Privacy and the Public Airwaves Apr<br />

Racing Freqs: a la CARTe Jul<br />

Racing Freqs: Charlotte May<br />

Scanners at the speedway Apr<br />

Scanning Techniques that Work Jan<br />

Super Truckin' (racing) Jun<br />

There's Something About a Train Feb<br />

Uniden Parades the TrunkTracker Mar<br />

Technology and Technical:<br />

Best Earth for Ground Jun<br />

Code Practice Oscillator/Morse tests Dec<br />

Garden Galaxy of Lights (FM) Dec<br />

How to Build a Radio from a Kit Feb<br />

"Junk-Drawer" Antenna (handheld) Jul<br />

Multi-Band Resonant Antenna May<br />

Ultimate Longwave Setup Dec<br />

Under $30 Antenna Launch Aug<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> <strong>Times</strong> 1997 <strong>INDEX</strong><br />

Upgrading the Ocean Hopper Aug<br />

Utilities:<br />

Beacon QSLing Dec<br />

Canada's Maritime Stations Jun<br />

Marconi's California Stations Nov<br />

Marconi in Ireland Nov<br />

Morse Code: Down, not out Nov<br />

Radionavigation in the Baltic Dec<br />

Signals from Pitcairn Feb<br />

AMERICAN BANDSCAN<br />

JAN Stations within stations (SCS)<br />

FEB The New EAS<br />

MAR Did I really hear that?<br />

APR Radio in the Frozen North (CBC)<br />

MAY Mixed Bag<br />

JUN Expanded Band Special<br />

JUL Digital News<br />

AUG Domestic DX and the Internet<br />

SEP Phantoms of the Dials (images,<br />

harmonics, etc)<br />

OCT Myths of the Domestic Dials<br />

NOV Listener's Bookshelf<br />

DEC Anatomy of a Radio<br />

ANTENNA TOPICS<br />

JAN Prehistoric Radio (rx by trees)<br />

FEB Is the Sky an Antenna?<br />

MAR Easy-Up Beam<br />

APR Beverage Directional Antenna<br />

MAY The Tao of Antennas<br />

JUN Antenna Resonance<br />

JUL Where's Ground in a Groundplane?<br />

AUG Using a Counterpoise to Aim High<br />

SEP The Accidental Radio Signal (static,<br />

etc.)<br />

OCT Thoughts on Multiband Antennas<br />

NOV Antenna Routing Panel for Rapid<br />

Switching<br />

DEC Half-Wavelength Antennas<br />

BEGINNER'S CORNER<br />

JAN Finding Time for the Hobby<br />

FEB Bells & Whistles<br />

MAR Rediscovering the Gee-Whiz<br />

APR Websites of Interest<br />

MAY Mediumwave Moxie<br />

JUN Random Summer Thoughts<br />

JUL Nontraditional sources for radios<br />

AUG Are You Suffering from LMS?<br />

SEP My Receiver Autobiography<br />

OCT When Just Any Q Won't Do<br />

NOV Undoing a Few Myths<br />

DEC Choosing a Handheld Ham Radio<br />

BELOW 500 kHz<br />

JAN Resources for Natural Radio<br />

FEB 1-Watt Wonders<br />

MAR Odds ‘n Ends (SAQ tx; DXpedition;<br />

AirNav webpage; Satnav vs.<br />

Navaids<br />

APR Ken Cornell, Silent Key; Web<br />

Update<br />

MAY Beacon Basics: equipment,<br />

beacons, Art of NDB DXing<br />

JUN LDXA Returns<br />

JUL Who Lurks in the Basement?<br />

AUG Lowfer ZWI; new VLF tape; loggings<br />

SEP Getting Ready; GWEN; Vintage VLF<br />

OCT LDXA Winners; DGPS challenge;<br />

Inside an NDB<br />

NOV Reader News & Updates<br />

DEC Basement Changes, Australian DX,<br />

Canadian Lowfers, lowfer internet<br />

listserver<br />

BOB'S TIP OF THE MONTH<br />

JAN Remote <strong>Monitoring</strong> w/baby manitor<br />

FEB Improving Audio<br />

MAR Bandplanning SW antenna<br />

APR Makeshift Antennas<br />

MAY R8500, R7100, AR5000<br />

Comparison<br />

JUN Simple stand for portables<br />

JUL Painless Trunk Tracking (rptr input)<br />

AUG MW BC Overload cure; BC-<br />

3000XLT keyboard trick<br />

SEP Build an All-Purpose Battery Pack<br />

OCT Repairing Smudged Displays<br />

NOV Mobile Extension Speaker<br />

DEC Cheap, effective scanner antenna<br />

CLOSING COMMENTS<br />

JAN MT:The First 15 Years!<br />

FEB Will Scanner Listening Take an<br />

Upturn?<br />

MAR Gingrich and the Cell Phone<br />

APR Opening Statement to House<br />

Subcommittee<br />

MAY Techno-Terms for the <strong>Times</strong><br />

JUN The Auctioning of the Capitol<br />

JUL Farewell to a Friend<br />

AUG Freq Ban Proposal Could End<br />

Scanning<br />

SEP What's the Big Secret? (about<br />

classified frequencies)<br />

OCT Guest ed: America's Cacophony to<br />

the World<br />

NOV Pagers: New Legal Battleground<br />

DEC Staff greetings

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COMPUTERS & RADIO<br />

JAN The Best of the Best<br />

FEB DXtreme's SWL Log; APRS;<br />

websites<br />

MAR Top Pick of Decoders<br />

APR Is $10 Computer a Bargain?<br />

MAY Computer Updates; Websites<br />

JUN Armchair Flights of Fancy (websites<br />

related to aviation; FlyteTrak)<br />

JUL Keeping your freqs fresh; ScanCAT<br />

Magic<br />

AUG Radioraft decoding program<br />

SEP The Every 2-Yr Computer Blowout;<br />

CAT Magic Revisited<br />

OCT Radioraft, SWRL updates;<br />

philosophy<br />

NOV CSP Technologies ScannerBase;<br />

Kangaroo Tabor WinCAP Wizard<br />

DEC Total RecAll; Problems w ith<br />

Windows<br />

DEMAW'S WORKBENCH<br />

JAN A Simple 455-kHz BFO<br />

FEB Home-brewed PC Boards<br />

MAR Tuning the End-Fed Antenna<br />

APR Eliminating Spurious Signals<br />

MAY Active SWL Antenna<br />

JUN LF/VLF Converter<br />

JUL Handy Battery Tester<br />

AUG Breadboards on your PC<br />

SEP A Simple Receiver to Build<br />

OCT Feedline Tips, Equipment Protection<br />

NOV Build a Transistor Checker<br />

DEC Monitor the 6-meter Band<br />

DIGITAL DIGEST<br />

JAN GMDSS<br />

APR ARINC’s New Technologies<br />

JUL Digital Resources: DACARS,<br />

LABELADD, APRS, Hoka Code-3<br />

Gold Update, Universal M-450,<br />

Universal M-8000, Selcall DOS,<br />

RadFax 0.9. URLs: FEMA, AirNav,<br />

WUN, Globe Wireless<br />

OCT Major Modes and Protocols<br />

EXPERIMENTER'S WORKSHOP<br />

JAN Easy Record-Keeping - II<br />

FEB Tools for the Info Age (MS Works)<br />

MAR Spreadsheet Electronic Design<br />

APR Squelch Improvement<br />

MAY Radio to Computer Data Interface<br />

JUN Memory expansion for 760XLT,<br />

950XLT, 590XLT, 600XLT, R1600<br />

JUL Computer Tools and Utilities for<br />

Radio<br />

AUG WiNRADiO's Spectrum Scope<br />

SEP WiNRADiO Upgrade Opener<br />

OCT WiNRADiO - SMT Primer<br />

NOV WiNRADiO - Sensitivity<br />

DEC WiNRADiO - PLL Noise; cable<br />

modem services<br />

FEDERAL FILE<br />

JAN US Marshals; Southeastern Nat'l<br />

Parks<br />

FEB Nat'l Forest Service; WHCA chan;<br />

More Nat'l Parks; tracking &<br />

telemetry; cemetery freqs<br />

MAR FBI on 800 MHz; IRS investigators<br />

APR Antenna Tip-Offs; Freqs from<br />

Readers<br />

MAY US Geological Survey; Bureau of<br />

Land Management<br />

JUN WUNnerful Intercepts; Federal Law<br />

Enforcement Training Center,<br />

Brunswick, Ga; Fed Supply Service;<br />

Law Enforcement Branch;<br />

Smithsonian security<br />

JUL Summertime Skip; Federal trunking<br />

in DC area<br />

AUG Fedcom, TrunkTracker radios, and<br />

trunkcom; fed trunk sys in Boston,<br />

border patrol in VT,NY; Customs in<br />

New England; fed freqs from<br />

Seattle, Asheville; IFLOWS<br />

SEP Feds are talking...but where? Freqs<br />

from Kansas City, Mo, Siskiyou Natl<br />

Forest, Puget Sound, Camp<br />

Pendleton; Feds using FRS?<br />

OCT "Privatizing" Fed Comms (using<br />

CMRS); DEA bandplan; NSA<br />

system; New FCC DF vehicles;<br />

Customs<br />

NOV P/L Tones clues to feds in Houston;<br />

Nextel cell/trunked radio; NY Border<br />

Patrol bandplan; examples of modes<br />

used by feds, Nuclear Transport<br />

Safeguard Net; fed monitoring for<br />

newbies; Calif. monitoring<br />

DEC Cape Canaveral monitoring; western<br />

US reports; Washington area<br />

observations; Quantico freqs<br />

GLOBAL FORUM<br />

JAN Just another month on SW<br />

FEB RCI Not Dead -- Again<br />

MAR Why not SW TV?<br />

APR New SW Station for Mexico City<br />

MAY France Quits SW to NA<br />

JUN Monitoradio, WRMI, Give Up SW<br />

JUL HCJB Must Move out of Pifo<br />

AUG SW Situation Mirrors the World<br />

SEP Radio Reading Recommendations<br />

OCT Respect for NA Neighbors<br />

NOV Nigeria Hit by Opposition Radio<br />

DEC Problem of "Wooden" Frequencies<br />

K.I.S. RADIO<br />

MAR Simple Antenna Solutions<br />

JUN Beloved Boat Anchors<br />

SEP Here We Go A-Roving<br />

DEC Tuning in to ATU's (tuners)<br />

MAGNE TESTS<br />

(Reprints of Magne Tests reviews are not<br />

available.)<br />

JAN Sharper Image VA100<br />

FEB Becker Mexico 2340<br />

MAR Electro Brand SW-3000 Digital<br />

APR Sony ICF SW-600<br />

MAY International MT718 Portable<br />

JUN International MT798 Portable<br />

JUL Icom IC-R8500<br />

AUG Drake SW2<br />

SEP Gundig G<strong>2000</strong>A compact portable<br />

OCT Lowe SRX100/Target HF-3<br />

NOV Japan Radio NRD345<br />

DEC Grundig Traveller III<br />

ON THE HAM BANDS<br />

JAN Making Resolutions (test gear)<br />

FEB DX for No Code Techs (working<br />

sats)<br />

MAR Morse Keys (Kitano)<br />

APR Simple Keyer; ham newsletter; new<br />

Novice questions<br />

MAY New License Structure; domestic<br />

QSL Bureau<br />

JUN June contests; W5YI Report;<br />

SAREX; G4RAW computer board<br />

schematic<br />

JUL Forward-looking ham radio, Phase<br />

IIID, Vanity calls, 6 meters<br />

AUG AMSOFT's World of HamRadio CD<br />

SEP Simply Delightful<br />

OCT Lectrokit SP-1B Spider<br />

NOV What's the best HF antenna? (using<br />

a transmatch)<br />

DEC Hand Held Hamming<br />

OUTER LIMITS<br />

JAN Europirate Season; NAPRS; Zaire<br />

conflict<br />

FEB Radio Free Speech relays; Active<br />

Clandestines; Free Radio Weekly;<br />

R. Free Lawrence Bust<br />

MAR WJDI Power Record; ‘96 activity<br />

record; R Free Lenawee; web site<br />

APR Pirates using Internet; R Cochiguaz;<br />

Huntsville drop; KIWI; Oromo; R<br />

Kudirat, Nigeria; R Tellus; Iowa City<br />

Free Radio<br />

MAY Micro Pirate Conference; new ACE<br />

website; V. of Tibet; Yoder's new<br />

books; Numbers Parody; Quello<br />

leaves FCC<br />

JUN WJDI QSL; Weiner book; FRN/ACE<br />

web change; Mexican DX<br />

conference; Micropirate activity

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JUL Radio Metallica; IL Micropirates; R<br />

Butembo; Rep of TX; Carling's<br />

pirate links<br />

AUG Pirate Loggings Explosion; Metallica<br />

retiring?; R Free London;<br />

Micropirates<br />

SEP Radio Metallica using WJDI txmitter;<br />

Cuban clans; Nigerian clans; new<br />

FRW address<br />

OCT FM Piratesa Increasingly Active;<br />

Metallica news; R London returns; R<br />

Jemima<br />

NOV R Metallica moves to ship; Kennard<br />

named FCC chair; Voice of Tibet;<br />

ACE address correction<br />

DEC Holidays Increase Pirate Activity;<br />

Cuban clan website; micropirate<br />

busts<br />

PCS FRONT LINE<br />

JAN Criminal use of cellular<br />

FEB PCS Modes<br />

MAR Digital Modes<br />

APR Fingers in the Spectrum Pie<br />

MAY Local Service Scramble<br />

JUN The Politics of Encryption<br />

JUL The Race is On (FCC auctions,<br />

WCS vs PCS, etc)<br />

AUG Packet switched networks: ARDIS,<br />

RAM Mobile Data, Metricom,<br />

Ricochet<br />

SEP Stationary Wireless Devices (new<br />

cordless phones, unlicensed PCS)<br />

OCT The Name's the Thing: CDMA,<br />

GSM, NADC; cellular and GPS<br />

NOV PCS Showcase(products from PCS<br />

show in Dallas); auction woes;<br />

Reallocation of UHF TV channels;<br />

Iridium update<br />

DEC Cellular companies fight fraud;<br />

pager eavesdropping; encryption<br />

issues<br />

PLANE TALK<br />

JAN Instrument Landing Systems<br />

FEB Collision Avoidance (TCAS)<br />

MAR Air Traffic Trinity<br />

APR GPWS in Alaska; Albuquerque<br />

freqs; ACARS internet list-server;<br />

Types of Radar<br />

MAY Pandora's Clock; Aireports;<br />

ARTCCs; TCAS; SW Airlines<br />

expansion; Honolulu & LA,freqs<br />

JUN Company Frequencies; Australian<br />

aviation<br />

JUL Sporty's JD-100 scanner; more<br />

company freqs; FAA safety data<br />

online; Houston freqs<br />

AUG Separation Anxiety; OEDP;<br />

MWARAs<br />

SEP Charting the Way; MWARAs<br />

OCT Windshear: The unseen enemy<br />

NOV The Instrument Landing System<br />

DEC Guide to VHF aero freqs; company<br />

freq intercepts<br />

PROGRAMMING SPOTLIGHT<br />

AUG Culture and the Arts<br />

NOV Science and Shortwave<br />

PROPAGATION CONDITIONS<br />

JAN Readers' Choice<br />

FEB Reception Against the Rules (skip)<br />

MAR Propagation Modes<br />

APR How do you Slew a Curtain?<br />

MAY Flux and the SSN<br />

JUN A and K Indices<br />

JUL Near Vertical Incidence Skywave<br />

AUG Local Broadcasting with NVIS<br />

SEP Let's Talk the Same Language #1<br />

OCT Let's Talk the Same Language #2<br />

NOV Let's Talk the Same Language #3;<br />

bibliography<br />

DEC Good Month to Hear Auroras<br />

QSL REPORT<br />

JAN Welcome to 1997 - news<br />

FEB The best link sites<br />

MAR Try the Diplomatic Approach<br />

APR QSLing the Heavens (sat)<br />

MAY Ole Radio Mexico Intl<br />

JUN Danke Schon Deutschland<br />

JUL All India Radio<br />

AUG Kudos to YLE<br />

SEP ODXA @ grove.net<br />

OCT Radio St Helena Nears<br />

NOV Eng Language Programs on Web;<br />

AMFMTVDX forum<br />

DEC DXing.com internet resource<br />

RADIO REFLECTIONS<br />

FEB Trends in QSLing<br />

MAY Return of the Crystal Set<br />

SATELLITE TV<br />

JAN The 4DTV Gambit<br />

FEB State of C-, Ku-, and DBS<br />

MAR DBS Services<br />

APR Death of T401, Birth of GE-2;<br />

Alphastar, DISH, and DSS; HITS<br />

MAY DISH Weds Murdoch; AlphaStar;<br />

CD Radio<br />

JUN Digital Music Express<br />

JUL Galaxy 4: One Versatile Satellite<br />

AUG The Big Dish Advantage<br />

SEP Lessons from the Field (do-ityourself<br />

repairs)<br />

OCT Satellite Radio for Your Car: CD<br />

Radio & AMRC<br />

NOV Sat & TV Handbook, Digital Sat TV,<br />

GPS Manual<br />

DEC Q&As re hear audio on scrambled<br />

video? recommended used<br />

receivers? mount dish indoors? local<br />

nets on sat TV?<br />

SCANNER EQUIPMENT<br />

JAN Icom R8500<br />

FEB Radio Shack PRO-2045<br />

MAR Icom IC-R10<br />

APR RELM HS200; BC9000XLT labeling<br />

tip<br />

MAY Icom 8500 update; fixes for<br />

BC200XLT audio, BCT-7 expanded<br />

coverage, BC9000 LCD, PRO2005<br />

backlight<br />

JUN Innovative Scanner Patents<br />

JUL BC235XLT TrunkTracker<br />

AUG Radio Shack PRO-64<br />

SEP Stridsberg Multicoupler; G/Wiz<br />

circuit; using FM trap w/Scout<br />

OCT Radio Shack PRO-67<br />

NOV Sporty's JD-100 Air-scan; PRO-62<br />

battery save on/off<br />

DEC BC895XLT desktop TrunkTracker<br />

SCANNING REPORT<br />

JAN Rooting for Rotors; Huntsville<br />

Trunking Debunking; Sharing<br />

Scanners<br />

FEB Trunking Scanners Set to Debut;<br />

BearTracker BCT-7 Booster; Tale of<br />

Two Scanner Mags<br />

MAR Massachusetts Police; R-10 Due;<br />

scanner story; Police Call Plus<br />

APR In Defense of Scanning; Antenna<br />

check; spectrum auctions; Raleigh,<br />

NC, freqs<br />

MAY Things Scanner Listeners Wish For;<br />

race scanning preview<br />

JUN Mobile scanning equipment options;<br />

end-of-winter antenna wrap-up; NE<br />

Ga. frequencies<br />

JUL More new portable scanners;<br />

scanner priorities; Nellis AFB freqs<br />

AUG TrunkTracker Debuts; Trunkcom<br />

mailing list;; San Antonio TRS; best<br />

place to scan?<br />

SEP Legislating away our freedom? (new<br />

anti-scanner bills); Alameda Cal,<br />

trunked system<br />

OCT Acts of Congress-II; Seattle Area<br />

Trunking<br />

NOV Acts of Congress Part III; ultimate<br />

scanner; Cleveland OH aero freqs<br />

as programmed into Regency TS2<br />

DEC Winter scanner planning,<br />

equipment, monitoring set-up and<br />

programming options; Atlanta area<br />

scanning (non-trunked)<br />

TRACKING THE TRUNKS

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AUG Getting on Track; decimal vs. hex<br />

SEP Q&As; Cobb Co, Ga, profile<br />

OCT Hex Conversions made Easy; NJ<br />

State Patrol<br />

NOV Huntsville system profile<br />

DEC Trunking info on the Web;<br />

Baltimore's new system; Escondido,<br />

CA, trunked profile<br />

UTILITY WORLD<br />

JAN Gov Rediscovers HF?; Bayonne<br />

Global on air<br />

FEB Airline Company HF Freqs;<br />

USSTRATCOM Zulu Desig<br />

MAR National Guard; TX State Guard;<br />

Acrobat<br />

APR The UK Royal Air Force; USAF<br />

selcals<br />

MAY Who's Where in the SW Spectrum<br />

JUN DXing the Radio Basement<br />

(overview of what's on ELF/VLF)<br />

JUL HF Aero Bands: MWARA, LDOC,<br />

Volmet, flight test; single-letter<br />

channel markers confirmed as<br />

Russian navy<br />

AUG Scheveningen Radio to Close;<br />

Globe Radio Network absorbs KOH,<br />

WCC, WLC; Globe freq list; USAF<br />

gets new VIP aircraft; Australian<br />

maritime radio cuts<br />

SEP Albrook Global makes final<br />

transmission; GHFS tones;<br />

USSTRATCOM Zulu Freqs; Mystic<br />

Star update<br />

OCT Military Freq Bonanza; Euro military,<br />

ARCN, MARS in Europe, USAF KC-<br />

135 Tanker callsigns<br />

NOV Aero Off Route Changes<br />

DEC USAF Global HF System<br />

WHAT'S NEW<br />

Books:<br />

Access to the Airwaves Aug<br />

ARRL Antenna Book (Grove) Aug<br />

Australasian Shortwave Guide Mar<br />

Build Your Own Transceiver Jul<br />

Cyber Crime Jun<br />

Crystal Set Projects (Grove) Jul<br />

DXpeditions - Autumn 96 (NRC) Nov<br />

Global Radio Guide Jun<br />

Heathkit - Amateur Radio Products Jun<br />

Hunting for Treasure Jul<br />

Improv...Counterintelligence Apps Jul<br />

Introducing QRP Jul<br />

FM Atlas (Grove) Aug<br />

GMRS Repeater Guide Aug<br />

Jane’s Police and Security Equip Mar<br />

Klingenfuss Gd to Wx Serv #17 Sep<br />

Klingenfuss Internet Radio Guide May<br />

LA DXing #6 Sep<br />

MFJ Antennas, Transmission Lines May<br />

NatScan Fast Food freq list Mar<br />

NYC/NJ/Phila Scanner Guide Jun<br />

PA directory Jefferson, Clarion Co. Feb<br />

Police Call 1997 Jan<br />

Police Call So. California Mar<br />

Radio's First 75 Years Jan<br />

Radio <strong>Monitoring</strong> Apr<br />

Radio on the Road Feb<br />

Scanner Listings MI, OH, ON Feb<br />

S Asia Radio Guide #10 Sep<br />

Successful QSLing Feb<br />

Shortwave Listener's Guide (UK) Dec<br />

Talkgroup IDs/King Co Nov<br />

The Code-Breakers Feb<br />

Transmitter Documentation Project Jun<br />

Wiretap Detection Techniques Dec<br />

Zenith Radio, Early Years (Grove) Dec<br />

Software, Videos, Services, etc.<br />

AEA sale (business news) May<br />

Air Force One (video) Nov<br />

Andrew Corp (cat) Nov<br />

AOR-8000 caveat (news) Oct<br />

AOR Hawk software (grove) Dec<br />

Audioclassics (cat) Nov<br />

Conet Project numbers CD Jul<br />

Creative Express ERGO for AR7030 Oct<br />

DataFile Probe V3.0 Apr<br />

Delta Research Deltacomm I-8500 Jan<br />

Digital Audio Logger (Scan*Star) Dec<br />

DXtreme SW Reception Log V1.0 Apr<br />

Electric Enigma CD Jun<br />

Electronics <strong>2000</strong> CD Jul<br />

FCC prohibits selling modified scan. Sep<br />

Firestik 1997 catalog Mar<br />

Grove FCC database V6.0 Apr<br />

Grove price drops (news) Oct<br />

How-to-do-it book catalog Jul<br />

Klingenfuss '97 SW Freq Guide-CD Jan<br />

LPB complains re pirates (news) Sep<br />

MFJ 25th anniversary (news) Sep<br />

NSA gift shop Dec<br />

Old West Graphics (cat) Nov<br />

Radio London products (CD etc) Oct<br />

Radio Shack (cat) Nov<br />

SESCOM audio transformer catalog Mar<br />

Tiare catalog Jul<br />

Tighter Customs? (news) Jul<br />

VALCO CBs Oct<br />

VLF Radio ! (cassette) Dec<br />

Wireman Wirebook III catlog May<br />

W5YI vanity call research service Mar<br />

Equipment:<br />

Alien Abduction Alarm Jun<br />

Alinco DJ-X10 scanner (Grove) Jul<br />

AM Sounds (Am Tech) Oct<br />

AOR AR5000 Plus 3 Nov<br />

AOR AR7030 Plus Nov<br />

AOR AR8000 withdrawn Jun<br />

Cutting Edge Powerport Jan<br />

Cutting Edge PowerPort RF-35, 259 Dec<br />

Davis WeatherLink 4 for Windows Jul<br />

Drake R8B Nov<br />

Drake SW-2 Jun<br />

Drake TR270 FM transceiver Aug<br />

Electro 5-band Radio (Heartland) Jul<br />

Firestik Fire-Up 99 Oct<br />

Grove SP-200B Sound Enhancer Sep<br />

HyperDimensionl Resonator Jul<br />

Icom IC-PCR1000 rcvr Nov<br />

Industrial Test Co Powertron 500A Oct<br />

JPS Spectrum display for NIR-12 Sep<br />

JRC NRD-345 Jun<br />

KDKA paperweight Nov<br />

Magellan MicroCom-M (Grove) Apr<br />

MFJ-281 ClearTone speaker Dec<br />

MFJ Morse Tutor Mar<br />

MFJ SlimLine keyers Nov<br />

MFJ-550 key Nov<br />

MFJ 711 TVI filter Apr<br />

NewsCatcher (AirMedia Live) Feb<br />

Nub Antenna (Grove) Aug<br />

O'Gara Mobilephone (Grove) Sep<br />

Opto R 11 Near Field Receiver Dec<br />

Opto Techtoyz Micro Counter Nov<br />

Opto Techtoyz Micro DTMF Decoder Sep<br />

Perry suspenders (Grove) Jan<br />

PhoneShield (Magellans) Jul<br />

RCA RP-6100,6150,6200 scanners Oct<br />

Radio Shack PRO-90 (Grove) Dec<br />

Realistic Radio Kits (Grove) Jan<br />

Sangean SR-77 SW portable Mar<br />

SGC PowerClear DSP Feb<br />

Skymatch H800 Antenna (Grove) Aug<br />

SP-50/FM2 satellite rcvr (Grove) Sep<br />

Starbrite Liquid Electrical Tape(Grv) May<br />

Svetlana vacuum tubes Jan<br />

Uniden BCT-12 Beartracker Feb<br />

Uniden LRD6599SWS radar detect Apr<br />

Universal M-450 Decoder (Grove) May<br />

Universal whip (Grove) Oct<br />

Vibroplex Straight Key Feb<br />

Water Sound protector Feb<br />

WiNRADiO spectrum analyzer Aug<br />

Reviews:<br />

Alinco DJ-S41 Mar<br />

Avcom PSA65C Spectrum Analyzer Dec<br />

Darcy SW Booster Mar<br />

Magnavox WebTV Feb<br />

Opto Micro DTMF Decoder Oct<br />

Radio Plus+ Quantum Stick Jan<br />

Radio Shack FRS-105 Jun<br />

Radio Shack FRS-108 Apr<br />

Ramsey SM100 Signal Magnet kit May<br />

Scanner Antenna Comparisons Sep<br />

Uniden BC895XLT TrunkTracker Nov<br />

V-Link 2-way radio Apr

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FEATURES:<br />

Broadcast:<br />

China Radio International Sep<br />

Inside Italy's RAI Nov<br />

Logging FM DX Aug<br />

Mountain Voice (TIS) Aug<br />

Nigerian Clandestines Feb<br />

Radio Difusora de Poços de Caldas<br />

Dec<br />

Tropical Band DXing Dec<br />

WYFR Story Oct<br />

Zambia's Christian Voice Sep<br />

Human Interest:<br />

Excellent DX Adventure Aug<br />

Jamming Wall Nov<br />

Real World Radio Jan<br />

Miscellaneous:<br />

1997 MT Index Jan<br />

1998 International CES Mar<br />

ACE Solar Storm Alert Feb<br />

Apartment <strong>Monitoring</strong> Nov<br />

Art of Professional Dispatching Jan<br />

Car DXing Apr<br />

CIA vs. Saddam Radio War May<br />

Cryptography Oct<br />

Cypress Gardens Radio Museum Aug<br />

DXing on the High Seas Jun<br />

Future According to COMDEX Feb<br />

Ham Radio for Boaters Jun<br />

Now it can be told (Greek Is) Oct<br />

Take a SW DXpedition Sep<br />

World-Class DXing Mar<br />

Satellites<br />

Digital Alternatives in Satellite TV Dec<br />

Inmarsats and How to Hear Them Nov<br />

Scanning:<br />

Baltimore-Wash Intl Airport May<br />

Blue Angels May<br />

Close Encounter w/a Twister Jul<br />

Counter Intelligence Mar<br />

Identifying Trunked Radio Systems Dec<br />

Marine <strong>Monitoring</strong> on Chesapeake Jun<br />

Mother, Jugs, and Speed? Jul<br />

Trunking Profile for Atlanta Jan<br />

VORTAC Goes the Distance May<br />

Technology and Technical:<br />

AM Transmitter Site Apr<br />

Antennas for Emergency Ops Jul<br />

Canada's Billion Dollar Boat Jun<br />

Dealing w/Strong Signals (tuners) Apr<br />

Dual-Band VHF/UHF J-Pole Apr<br />

Installing Oak Tree Antenna Apr<br />

LORAN-C Navigation System Jun<br />

Magnetic Loop Antennas for AM Aug<br />

Quickie, Snap-on Tower Bracket Apr<br />

Restoring that old AM Radio Aug<br />

Safe SHOALS Mar<br />

Simple Battery Discharger Mar<br />

Splitting a Signal Jan<br />

The Ten-Tec Receiver Kit (1254) Sep<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> <strong>Times</strong> 1998 <strong>INDEX</strong><br />

Turntable for Loops Apr<br />

Use Your Mobile Scanner Antenna Feb<br />

Varicap Tuned Receiving Loops Apr<br />

Utilities:<br />

The Happy Hobbyist (HF scan) Sep<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> FEMA Jul<br />

Unlocking the Mysteries of SW Oct<br />

AMERICAN BANDSCAN<br />

JAN A Cool Beverage (antenna);<br />

sporadic-e; Kiwa pocket regen<br />

module<br />

FEB What happened to the 10watters?<br />

Expanded band news<br />

MAR Digital BCing in Canada;<br />

expanded band news<br />

APR Ice vs Towers; call letter changes<br />

MAY Skip Time; Expanded Band News<br />

JUN Legal Pirates?<br />

JUL DX Safety (lightning etc);<br />

unidirectional antenna?; recordbreaking<br />

tropo reception<br />

AUG New AM Targets; expanded-band<br />

news<br />

SEP DX Predictions (propagation);<br />

expanded band notes; Chicago<br />

megatower<br />

OCT 'The Expanded Band <strong>Times</strong>';<br />

Australia & UK BC databases on<br />

line, AM stereo page, Denver<br />

news<br />

NOV Beverage Questions; Bits and<br />

Pieces from Canada<br />

DEC ¿Habla Español? (IDing Spanish<br />

language stations)<br />

...AND MORE!<br />

JAN Family Radio Service--the next<br />

CB?<br />

FEB How to be a hometown hero (Ch<br />

9 emergency monitoring)<br />

MAR Helping Traffic w/GMRS<br />

APR Maxon Sp-100G GMRS HT<br />

MAY Cherokee's Terrific FR-465<br />

JUN Icom's VHF Marine Transceiver<br />

JUL Cherokee CB SSB AH-100<br />

AUG Icom's Potent IC-4008A FRS<br />

SEP Motorola's TalkAbout( FRS<br />

OCT Kenwood's Easy to use FreeTalk<br />

(FRS freqs)<br />

NOV Radio Shack's Easy FRS Radios<br />

DEC Oregon Scientific & Midland<br />

weather receivers<br />

ANTENNA TOPICS<br />

JAN Antenna faults and how to find<br />

them<br />

FEB Antenna Faults, part two<br />

MAR Is Your Antenna Resonant?<br />

APR Building Vertical Antennas<br />

MAY You Need dB Aware of Decibels<br />

JUN What's Wrong with my Dipole?<br />

JUL TDR on a Budget<br />

AUG Design Your Own Field Day<br />

SEP The Right Antenna for the<br />

Frequency<br />

OCT Some Hard to Spy Antennas<br />

NOV Why all the noise about noise?<br />

DEC Christmas Tree Antennas<br />

BEGINNER'S CORNER<br />

JAN Scanning beyond the ordinary<br />

(scouting out new freqs)<br />

FEB Reviewing the Basics (good<br />

communications skills)<br />

MAR QSLing "the Blanks"<br />

APR Get w/the Amateur Program<br />

(books)<br />

MAY Air Show Fun<br />

JUN Marine Radio Connections<br />

(collecting)<br />

JUL Mobile Emergency Preparedness<br />

AUG Summertime Mediumwave Fun<br />

SEP Planning for SW Season<br />

OCT "Spooky" Radio Listening<br />

(bandscan for the unusual)<br />

NOV Understanding Radio Waves<br />

DEC Listening Tips for the Beginner<br />

BELOW 500 kHz<br />

JAN Lowfer Update<br />

FEB Away from Home (DXing), Euro<br />

Guide; Low power in Canada<br />

MAR Pirate Beacons; 73 kHz<br />

resources<br />

APR 1912 Remembered (Titanic)<br />

MAY Hams on Longwave?<br />

JUN Make Your Own Signals (lowfer<br />

transmitter circuit)<br />

JUL Closer to Getting on the Air (part<br />

2)<br />

AUG Getting on the Air (part 3)<br />

SEP LF Exp Source Book; more on<br />

the Titanic<br />

OCT Better Beginnings (converters<br />

and how to use, listening targets<br />

and directories)<br />

NOV Tips from Readers: Euro LF, Litz<br />

wire, LF loading coils<br />

DEC Review of Radioscience<br />

Observing<br />

BOB'S TIP OF THE MONTH<br />

JAN Ultrasonic pest controls<br />

FEB Emergency Power Supply<br />

MAR Changing ATS-909 Memory<br />

Presets<br />

APR Preparing Those Trade-ins; More<br />

on touch lamp RFI; UPS voltages<br />

MAY Digital Displays for Analog<br />

Radios<br />

JUN Using the Select-A-Tenna<br />

JUL Listening to Your Remote Control<br />

AUG How to record from a radio<br />

SEP Quiteting theGrove SP-200 Click<br />

OCT Listen and See your Infrared<br />

control<br />

NOV The "Power Tip" Scam

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DEC Using Grove FCC Database with<br />

Windows 98<br />

CLOSING COMMENTS<br />

JAN Internet Changes Face of Politics<br />

FEB Thanks Larry; Welcome Hugh!<br />

MAR Internuts<br />

APR Whatever Happened to<br />

Hydronics?<br />

MAY Taking Credit Where Credit Isn't<br />

Due<br />

JUN Bits and Pieces<br />

JUL Storm tracking could save your<br />

life<br />

AUG FCC Proposes More Protective<br />

Rules<br />

SEP Media Muddles<br />

OCT Legislators above the Law?<br />

NOV The Frequency List and the Grain<br />

of Salt (guest editorial)_<br />

COMPUTERS & RADIO<br />

JAN RecAlling a month I'd rather<br />

forget<br />

FEB Icom PCR1000<br />

MAR Icom PCR1000 (part 2)<br />

APR WiNRADiO 1000i vs IC-<br />

PCR1000<br />

MAY WiNRADiO Digital Suite<br />

JUN C&R Goes to Paris<br />

JUL Fixing Win95 Problems (First Aid<br />

97, and Nuts&Bolts)<br />

AUG Cyberlock Data Encryption<br />

Program; Pentium prices falling<br />

SEP Casio's Hand PC and Windows<br />

CE<br />

OCT First look at WiNRADiO's<br />

WR1500e<br />

NOV WinRadio WR1500e; AirData<br />

Mouse<br />

DEC Ten-Tec's under'$300DSP SW<br />

receiver<br />

DIGITAL DIGEST<br />

JAN How to forecast propagation<br />

conditions<br />

MAR SITOR-A Maritime Mode<br />

APR SITOR-B<br />

MAY The First Digital Mode - RTTY<br />

JUN HF Facsimile<br />

JUL Decoding 3rd Shift Cyrillic<br />

AUG Third Shift Cyrillic - part II<br />

SEP Addressing ACARS<br />

OCT Who Uses the Digital Modes?<br />

NOV Digital Equipment Overview<br />

DEC Digital Reflections<br />

EXPERIMENTER'S WORKSHOP<br />

JAN Upgrading WiNRADiO:<br />

Selectivity<br />

FEB Computer Programming the<br />

PRO-64<br />

MAR WiNRADiO secret files unveiled<br />

APR Handheld Scanner Backlight<br />

Mods<br />

MAY Revisiting the Homebrew<br />

Computer<br />

JUN Network Your Computers<br />

JUL Digital Data Interface Revisited<br />

AUG Data Decoding and Serial Ports<br />

SEP Update on Computer Networking<br />

OCT Automatic NiCd Cell Discharger<br />

NOV Automatic NiCd Cell Recharger<br />

DEC All-Purpose Op-Amps<br />

FEDERAL FILE<br />

JAN WH learning to encrypt; midwest<br />

freqs--postal inspector system,<br />

Dept of Energy; FBI<br />

FEB High seas counternarcotic<br />

activities; US Joint Task Force<br />

Drug Interdiction; Itinerants;<br />

Agency sharing; auction snafu<br />

MAR Nextel forces digital switch; fed<br />

using trunked systems; results<br />

using the Opto Scout<br />

APR Smoky Mt <strong>Monitoring</strong>, TVA, Ft<br />

Campbell; militay trunking; FEMA<br />

aux ops; DEA freq; FBI D bank,<br />

and HF freqs; Customs<br />

MAY Data Freqs in the Fed Bands;<br />

More shared freqs; Natl<br />

Interagency Fire center; Freqs<br />

from Readers<br />

JUN NTIA and other info from internet;<br />

Presidential trips; scanning in<br />

Idaho, Houston, Was DC, etc;<br />

more freqs from surplus gov<br />

radios<br />

JUL Executive Branch Travels; "Big<br />

Hole" Chatham NC; Black Mt CA<br />

antenna site; Nextel iDEN system<br />

AUG Washington goes trunked; Miami<br />

news; more treasures from trash;<br />

notes from Motorola tour,<br />

Facinator radios<br />

OCT FBI to Obtain New Radio System;<br />

Dept of Justice andFBI systems;<br />

DEA; TVA<br />

DEC Who Controls Government<br />

Frequencies?; 162 MHz band<br />

assignments<br />

GLOBAL FORUM<br />

JAN A Good Time for Shortwave<br />

FEB FCC accepts Weiner application<br />

MAR Why Women Don't Like DXing<br />

APR More Catholic Than the Pope?<br />

MAY BBC Commits to Digital SW<br />

JUN Hunt Harmonics with Hauser<br />

JUL Milton Keynes new WRTH HQ<br />

AUG Nigerian Clandestines Proliferate<br />

SEP The Problem with Digital SW<br />

OCT Two Views on Clean Signals<br />

NOV WBCQ - An Alternative SW<br />

Station<br />

DEC Norway Cancels English Service<br />

K.I.S. RADIO<br />

MAR Computers in the Radio Shack<br />

MAY The Station Engineering Manual<br />

JUL Survival Communications<br />

SEP A Simple Antenna for Shortwave<br />

NOV Heathkit GR-64 Restoration<br />

LAUNCHING PAD<br />

NOV Learning to Love Satellites<br />

DEC Tuning in SW via Satellite<br />

MAGNE TESTS<br />

(Reprints of Magne Tests reviews are not<br />

available.)<br />

JAN Sony SW-12/ Sony AN-LP1<br />

FEB Lowe HF-250E<br />

MAR International R-110; Improve<br />

Lowe SRX-100 selectivity<br />

APR InterNtional WR-689<br />

MAY Drake R8B - Part I<br />

JUN Drake R8B - Part II<br />

JUL Grundig Yacht Boy 400PE<br />

AUG First look at JRC NRD-545<br />

SEP AOR's AR5000+3 Receiver<br />

OCT Sangean ATS404 Economy<br />

Portable<br />

NOV Kneisner + Doering KWZ30<br />

DEC (no column this month)<br />

MILCOM<br />

SEP Welcome to Military <strong>Monitoring</strong>;<br />

Where do you hear the military?<br />

NOV Atlantic City USCG Station<br />

Opens; Navy fleet tac channel;<br />

USN on Inmarsat + callsigns<br />

ON THE HAM BANDS<br />

JAN Yagi vs. Quad<br />

FEB Books to build your antenna by;<br />

NZ Beacon<br />

MAR Sobering ham numbers; use the<br />

media; 6m AM<br />

APR More Ham Software (QST View,<br />

HamCalc)<br />

MAY Making the Case for Novice<br />

JUN Classic Gear; Icom IC-T8A<br />

JUL Contesting 101<br />

AUG Using a Transmatch; 10 meter<br />

AM<br />

SEP Cherokee 6 Meter Handheld<br />

Milestone Technologies Spanish<br />

key<br />

OCT Kenwood VC-H1 SSTV Unit<br />

NOV Ham's Christmas Wish List<br />

DEC More Good Stuff! (Easy Wire<br />

Antennas, Vectronics kits, Nye<br />

Master Hand Key, RS stores)<br />

OUTER LIMITS<br />

JAN R Free Berkeley wins another<br />

round; Europirate season;<br />

interval signals; SRI txmitter<br />

closing<br />

FEB CID moves to WRMI; Jorge Mas<br />

Canosa; WGTG on 6955?; SMR<br />

maildrop<br />

MAR Three sources for pirate logs;<br />

Radio San Marino; NA Pirates<br />

APR How to Hear a Clandestine; NAB<br />

vs pirates; pirate freqas; SRS<br />

contest<br />

MAY Micropirate Growth Creates<br />

Controversy; SW Pirate Freqs;<br />

New Pirate Web Sites, maildrops<br />

JUN FM busts, thousands still active;<br />

pirate web sites; SW pirate<br />

activity ; Mid-America<br />

conference?<br />

JUL New clandestine internet news<br />

service; Radio 510 offers relays;

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FM pirate protest; SW pirates<br />

active<br />

AUG Nigerian turmoil spawns<br />

clandestines; SW pirate activity<br />

SEP ODXA expands; R Free Berkeley;<br />

SW Relay Service<br />

OCT WREC Retires; Millenium R.;<br />

Pirate CD; Free Radio Survey<br />

NOV WBCQ: Pirate goes legit; FM<br />

Pirate Busts; Europirates<br />

DEC Voice of the Pig's Ear; Clanny<br />

web sites; QSL sources;<br />

Europirate skeds<br />

PCS FRONT LINE<br />

JAN PCS Takes Shape in 1998<br />

FEB The flap over digital decoding<br />

(Title III, Walz case), types of<br />

digital encoding<br />

APR Marketing Strategies (SM cards);<br />

911 on cellular<br />

JUN Wireless Networks Taking Shape<br />

(AMSC, ARDIS, Iridium) LMDS<br />

auction<br />

AUG Pinpointing a Cellular Caller<br />

OCT Cellular Cryptography<br />

DEC Consumer Choices in the Cellular<br />

Market<br />

PLANE TALK<br />

JAN Aero Terminology; Philly and<br />

Pittsburgh freqs; new magazine<br />

FEB QSLing the Airlines<br />

MAR QSLing a moving target<br />

APR Tools of the Tower<br />

MAY Tools of the Trade: Radar<br />

JUN ATC Center Equipment<br />

JUL Flight Service Stations<br />

AUG Clearing the Way<br />

SEP Curious about the Concorde?;<br />

airline callsigns; sample flight<br />

plan<br />

OCT Coming to Terms with Radar<br />

NOV Radar - Part II<br />

DEC Aero Freq-for-all (Indpls, Pitts;<br />

AF- MWARAs); aero callsign<br />

(final in series)<br />

PROGRAMMING SPOTLIGHT<br />

FEB Give us 30 Minutes, we'll give<br />

you...<br />

MAR The Environment<br />

APR Eavesdropping on Africa<br />

MAY Eavesdropping on Africa - II<br />

JUN Play Ball !<br />

JUL Which Way VOA?<br />

AUG End of the Year Review<br />

SEP Make a Resolution to Write<br />

OCT SW as a Learning Experience<br />

NOV Tracking the Global Economy<br />

DEC Holiday programming<br />

PROPAGATION CONDITIONS<br />

JAN Diversity Reception<br />

FEB NVIS Propagation in NA (part 1)<br />

MAR NVIS Propagation in NA (part 2)<br />

APR HF Propagation Beacons<br />

MAY Carrier Current Broadcasting<br />

JUN Cheap Electricity with LF<br />

JUL Snow Static!<br />

AUG On the Coattails of Meteors<br />

SEP Make this page work for you<br />

OCT Ionospheric Modification<br />

NOV Where to Listen on the Bands<br />

DEC How to Spot Santa Claus (OTHR)<br />

QSL REPORT<br />

JAN QSLing the X-band<br />

FEB DXing the Bottom of the World<br />

MAR Out of this World QSL (Mir)<br />

APR AltaVista translation service<br />

MAY Transmitter Documentation<br />

Project<br />

JUN DXing the Underground<br />

JUL QSLing in TV Land<br />

AUG Where in the World Is...(M-street)<br />

SEP China Radio Intl, R Christian<br />

Voice, R Finland, AWR<br />

OCT An unbeatable DX Season<br />

NOV Adventist World Radio; DSCI<br />

Tropical Band Survey<br />

DEC _Alaska Calling (KNLS)<br />

SATELLITE TV<br />

JAN Panamsat 5 Flies<br />

FEB China Central Television (final)<br />

SCANNER EQUIPMENT<br />

JAN Test Equipment Bargains<br />

FEB More Innovative Patents<br />

MAR RELM MS-200<br />

APR RCA RP-6150 Scantrak; Uniden<br />

BC235XLT glitch?<br />

MAY RS PRO-2050 Trunk Tracker<br />

JUN Opto DC442 Decoder<br />

JUL Coax Stub; PAR Electronics<br />

filters<br />

AUG Sony ICF-SC1PC WaveHawk<br />

scanner<br />

SEP Orange Book of Scanner Repair;<br />

finding service manuals; tone<br />

generating test equipment;<br />

monitoring ACSB<br />

OCT AOR AR8200 scanner<br />

NOV Alinco DJ-X10T<br />

DEC RS PRO-91 Trunking Portable<br />

SCANNING REPORT<br />

JAN Transformation of HR2369<br />

FEB Police Call announcement; storm<br />

watch drills; Winston-Salem<br />

codes; Beaufort Co, SC, trunking<br />

profile<br />

MAR Little-used scanner features;<br />

calming scanner fears; using<br />

VHF beam antenna; CES<br />

overview<br />

APR We We Do What We Do; Regina<br />

trunking; TrunkTracker tips;<br />

programming tips<br />

MAY The New Band in Town (pub<br />

safety); HR 2369 passes House<br />

JUN Incident Scanning(with Trunk-<br />

Tracker); Summertime Scanning;<br />

Sony scanner; reader letter<br />

JUL Twister Search '98<br />

AUG Tornado Chasing a Scanning<br />

Utopia; Rubber Duckies<br />

SEP The Digital Invasion; Logic<br />

trunking; Oklahoma City trunking;<br />

NYC trunked system<br />

OCT Random thoughts on scanning;<br />

new FCC service codes<br />

NOV The New Band to Scan; Florida<br />

fire comms and Fla. trunking<br />

DEC Statewide Systems;<br />

Massachusetts Agencies<br />

UTILITY WORLD<br />

JAN Flash Comm HF System; GHFS<br />

digital tones<br />

FEB Wonderful World of Utilities<br />

(overview and good-bye)<br />

MAR Sea Change in Maritime Mobile<br />

Service (CW to GMDSS)<br />

APR Does anybody know the time?<br />

(WWV and WWVH)<br />

MAY We've Got Your Numbers;<br />

Mossad loggings<br />

JUN Unraveling NATO Identifiers<br />

JUL Hurricane Frequencies<br />

AUG US Stratcom Zulu Update; DEA<br />

Joint Task Force<br />

SEP US AF MacDill Signs Off; GHFS<br />

moves to Scope Command<br />

OCT Spook Radio (spy, clandestine,<br />

and number stations)<br />

NOV NCS: Swords into SHARES<br />

DEC Is there life in MARS?<br />

VIEW FROM ABOVE<br />

NOV Keeping an Eye on the Weather<br />

DEC Keeping up with the Latest (web<br />

sites, Operational WXSATs;<br />

INSAT, Hurricane Georges,<br />

America's OSEI)<br />

WASHINGTON WHISPERS<br />

JAN New FCC commissioners;<br />

Internet Tax Freedom Act; FCC<br />

RF Safety guidelines;<br />

personalized call signs<br />

FEB FCC action against Fla Pirates;<br />

the state of microbroadcasting;<br />

FCC to move administrative<br />

offices<br />

MAR Vermont fights federal<br />

preemption of telecommunication<br />

tower restrictions; Senate and<br />

House bills to allow local<br />

enflorcement of FCC regulations<br />

APR Consumers' Top 10 Telecom<br />

Concerns<br />

MAY FCC agrees to examine<br />

"Microstations": 2 petitions<br />

JUN FCC makes major revisions to<br />

Equipment Authorization<br />

Process; Universal Licensing<br />

System; GMRS deregulations;<br />

Congress pushes for earlier<br />

taxation of Internet<br />

JUL The FCC: Who they are and what<br />

they do<br />

AUG How to Participate in the FCC<br />

Process<br />

SEP Radio Free Berkeley Unplugged;<br />

Vanity license reduced

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OCT DES broken; spread spectrum to<br />

be open to hams; cell call<br />

location debate; APCO to resolve<br />

interference complaints re pub<br />

safety radio; FCC approved Sky<br />

Station; vehicle collision<br />

avoidance system gets 4mm ham<br />

freqs; Space Station in doubt<br />

NOV What's Behind the Amateur<br />

Restructuring Proposal?<br />

DEC FCC Restructuring; Compliance<br />

and Information Bureau; FCC<br />

move; phone company charges;<br />

Motorola interactice radio bc via<br />

internet<br />

WHAT'S NEW<br />

Books:<br />

Access to the Airwaves May<br />

ARRL Repeater Dir (Grove) Oct<br />

ARRL Repeater Dir (Grove) Dec<br />

Basic Radio Aug<br />

Communicators Handbook 2050 Dec<br />

Communications Receivers (Grove)<br />

Feb<br />

Complete SWL Handbook (G) Sep<br />

Cruiser's Radio Guide (Grove) Feb<br />

Crystal Set Building (G) Aug<br />

Discover DXing Apr<br />

EEM Database Mar<br />

Emergency Survival Comms (Grove)<br />

Feb<br />

Ferrell's Confidential Freq List Dec<br />

Haruteq Scanner Bk for Qb, Atl Can<br />

Dec<br />

Hitler's Airwaves Oct<br />

Illegal Police Surveillance Feb<br />

IRCA Mexican Log Mar<br />

Jane's Military Communications Oct<br />

Klingenfuss G to Ute Stations (Gr) Feb<br />

Klingenfuss G to WW Wx Services Dec<br />

Klingenfuss Radio Data Code Manual<br />

Dec<br />

Klingenfuss SW Frequency Guide Feb<br />

Morse Code: Breaking the Barrier May<br />

NRC AM Radio Log Feb<br />

NRC Station Location Map Book Mar<br />

Palm Beach Co Freq Dir Jun<br />

Passport to Web Radio Oct<br />

Police Call 1998 (Grove) Jan<br />

Police Call, So California Feb<br />

Practical RF Design Manual Jan<br />

Radio Amateur's Sat Handbook (G) Sep<br />

Radioscience Observing Jun<br />

RF Exposure and You Jul<br />

Shortwave Receivers Past & Present<br />

Jun<br />

Simple, Low-Cost Electronic Projects<br />

Dec<br />

South Florida Trunking Guide Jun<br />

Trunked Radio Syatems (CA) Oct<br />

Voices in the Air Nov<br />

World Radio TV Handbook (Grove) Feb<br />

WW SW Listening Guide (RS) Sep<br />

XMIT_ID free software Aug<br />

Zenith Transistor Radios Apr<br />

Software, Videos, Services, etc.<br />

AirMedia internet antenna Mar<br />

Antennas West closes/lives on May<br />

AOR US headquarters Nov<br />

BradsSoftware Morse Made Easy Sep<br />

Citizens Band Review Aug<br />

CONET Project SW numbers CD Jan<br />

Cyberlock (soft) Oct<br />

DataFile Frobe Ver. 4 Apr<br />

Defense Reutilization Marketing Svce<br />

Oct<br />

ECONN Gen Merchandise cat Jan<br />

EddyWorks AR8000 Toolkit Aug<br />

EEB closed retail store Mar<br />

Future Scanning Radiomax soft Jan<br />

Get Anything on Anybody (newsltr) Oct<br />

GlobeEmail supports new radios Jun<br />

Grove FCC Database Jul<br />

HamCalc disk Mar<br />

Hi-Res Restoration videos Aug<br />

Hobby Broadcasting magazine Jan<br />

Hobby Broadcasting magazine Aug<br />

IPS propagation service Jun<br />

Klingenfuss CD-ROM Feb<br />

LP Comm Listening Post soft Mar<br />

Maptech Terrain Navigator Nov<br />

Mouser catalog on line or CD Jun<br />

Megatrends Handi-Log Apr<br />

Radio Manager 3.896 soft Mar<br />

Satellite <strong>Times</strong> becomes monthly Feb<br />

ScanCat 7.20 for 896 (Grove) Mar<br />

Sescom web site Mar<br />

Serial control cable for 896 (Grove) Mar<br />

SETIQuest closed publication Nov<br />

Smolinski SS website (Mac soft) Aug<br />

Space: A Visual History (CD) Dec<br />

Transmitter Documentation website Jan<br />

Transmitter Documentation project Sep<br />

Trunk Manager soft Mar<br />

VisualRadio soft May<br />

WiNRADiO Digital Suite (Grove) Mar<br />

Equipment:<br />

Agrelo RDF system (Grove) Aug<br />

Alpha Delta hydraulic fold-over mount<br />

Sep<br />

American Tech Corp solar-powered<br />

radios & flashflight Jul<br />

ATC FM Sounds miniature radios Aug<br />

ATC Calculator Clock Radio Nov<br />

AOR AR-8200 (Grove) Jul<br />

Cutting Edge Ent power supplies Jul<br />

Cutting Edge Radio Glove Nov<br />

Davis Wireless Weather Station Nov<br />

Everhardt Trucker's Wx antenna Dec<br />

Firestik Trunk antenna mounts Apr<br />

Grundig Mini World 100 Sep<br />

Garmin GPS receivers (Grove) Jun<br />

Icom IC-746 Transceiver Nov<br />

Innovative Technology RV/marine<br />

surge protectors Jun<br />

Jade Optically Coupled Regen rcvr Sep<br />

Kiwa Regeneration Module (Gr) Apr<br />

Kiwa Earth Monitor Aug<br />

Magellan GSC100 (Grove) Apr<br />

Magellan GPS ColorTRAK (Grove) Oct<br />

MFJ-310HT window mount clip Apr<br />

MFJ-969 AirCore tuner Apr<br />

MFJ-152 Thermometer Clock May<br />

Mirage Docking Booster Jul<br />

MTS Emergency Alert Radio Dec<br />

Nil-Jon VHF/UHF antennas Aug<br />

Optoelectronics OptoCom Jul<br />

Palstar R30 HF receiver Sep<br />

Panasonic GigaRange phones Aug<br />

RaceTrac headphones (Grove) Oct<br />

Radio Shack PRO-74 race scanner Aug<br />

Radio Works T-4G line isolator May<br />

RELM MS-180, MS-200 (Grove) Jan<br />

Replay TV Dec<br />

SETI Wow! p;aque Nov<br />

SGC-231 automatic ant tuner Apr<br />

SGC SG-2020 transceiver Jun<br />

SkyScan Lightning Detector Jul<br />

Sony 7600G upgrade (Grove) Mar<br />

Sony AN-LP1 antenna (Grove) Mar<br />

Sony SAS-AD4 DSS system Dec<br />

Sony SC1 scanners (Grove) May<br />

Ten-Tec PC Radio Sep<br />

Trifield Broadband meter (Grove) Dec<br />

Trifield MicroAlert (Grove) Nov<br />

Uniden HH995 (Grove) Jun<br />

Vectronics kits Nov<br />

Weather Alert Monitor (Grove) Jul<br />

WiNRADiO WR1500 and external<br />

units (Grove) Jul<br />

WR3000i & MS8002-6 rcvrs (Grove)<br />

Oct<br />

WR3E VLF rcvr (Grove) Jan<br />

Reviews:<br />

BayGen Freeplay 1 & 2 radios Jul<br />

Creative Express Corp Ergo 3 soft Mar<br />

Icom IC-T8A Tri-band Transceiver Aug<br />

Future Scanning Sys Radio Max Oct<br />

Kiwa Earth Monitor Nov<br />

MFJ Gian Display Calendar Clock Sep<br />

MFJ-418 Morse Tutor May<br />

Opto MicroCounter Jan<br />

Opto RF Detector May<br />

Opto Trakker Jun<br />

Palomar Loop Antenna System Apr

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FEATURES:<br />

Broadcast:<br />

Around the World by Radio DEC<br />

Behind the Mic at Columbia Square MAR<br />

Radio Australia looks to the Future FEB<br />

Radio Canada Intl SEP<br />

Song of the Coconut Is (Indonesia) OCT<br />

The New VOA AUG<br />

TIS - Original Microbroadcasters NOV<br />

Turning Point for Intl Broadcasting JAN<br />

1998 Shortwave Year in Review MAR<br />

193rd Special Operations Wing JUN<br />

Human Interest:<br />

Alone on the Pacific (Mick Bird) MAY<br />

A Volunteer for the CG Auxiliary APR<br />

Eyewitness at the Solar Eclipse OCT<br />

My First Radio SEP<br />

Miscellaneous:<br />

A Common Date/Time Standard JAN<br />

Compliance Enforcement at FCC MAY<br />

Privacy Bill Resurrected APR<br />

Satellites<br />

GPS and ITS MAY<br />

Join the Search for ET JUN<br />

Live Pictures from Mir JUN<br />

Tuning in to Radio via Satellite MAR<br />

Weather Satellite Primer JUL<br />

Whispers from the Cosmos JUN<br />

Scanning:<br />

DXing the VHF Low Band OCT<br />

Guide to Aerial Refueling MAR<br />

How to Identify FM Skip FEB<br />

MD State Police Helicopters AUG<br />

San Diego Regional Comm Sys OCT<br />

Scanning across the Pond JUL<br />

Scanning in Las Vegas JUL<br />

Tracker Tips SEP<br />

Tuning in to the Power Grid DEC<br />

Vacation Scanning at Yellowstone JUL<br />

Technology and Technical:<br />

Aerial Magic APR<br />

Aiming Your HF Antenna DEC<br />

Alternative Power Set-up JAN<br />

Build Your Own Wx Station AUG<br />

Back Yard Beverage APR<br />

Construct an L-Band Feedhorn APR<br />

Filters - the Critical Element DEC<br />

Hey, hey, hey - It’s Y2k OCT<br />

Improvements to the Sony 2010 AUG<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> Strategies for Y2k NOV<br />

OptoCom receiver review MAY<br />

Quadraform LF Loop Antenna NOV<br />

Radio Propagation and the Sun FEB<br />

Random Length Wire Antenna APR<br />

Tape Recording from the Radio SEP<br />

Utilities:<br />

DXing Latin America by Air SEP<br />

Homing in on LF Beacons NOV<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> the Crisis in the Balkans JUN<br />

The Rise and Fall of WCC DEC<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> <strong>Times</strong> 1999 <strong>INDEX</strong><br />

Time Standard Stations JAN<br />

AMERICAN BANDSCAN<br />

JAN Bits and Pieces<br />

FEB DXing on the Road; expanded<br />

band news; bits & pieces<br />

MAR TLSa (three letter acronyms) and<br />

other annoyances; applicants for<br />

CBC AM channels; expanded<br />

band map<br />

APR Beaming In (directional arrays)<br />

MAY Domestic DXers Abroad;<br />

expanded band news; harmonics<br />

JUN Book reviews of AM Broadcast<br />

Stations, AM Radio Log, FM<br />

Atlas; Expanded band news<br />

JUL FCC Online; bits&pieces<br />

AUG IDing that unID<br />

SEP New and Improved; operational<br />

expanded band stations<br />

OCT Fading - is it inevitable?<br />

Bits&Pieces<br />

NOV Y2k and Broadcasting; US-Mex<br />

agreement on expanded band<br />

DEC Crystal Ball; digital TV DX; other<br />

services on 1610<br />

...AND MORE!<br />

JAN Maxon's Full-Featured FRS-214<br />

FEB Cherokee's Potent FR-460<br />

MAR Motorola's New TalkAbout TA280<br />

APR Motorola's TalkAbout Distance<br />

GMRS<br />

MAY Cherokee's FR-465plusVW FRS;<br />

47 CTCSS tone table<br />

JUN Cobra's Formidable Line of<br />

MicroTalk FRS Radios<br />

JUL Drake FRS Sport 110 Raises the<br />

Ante<br />

AUG GMRS Rule Changes<br />

SEP Maxon's High Quality GMRS 21X<br />

OCT First Alert WX-67<br />

NOV Oregon Scientific WR-102 Wx<br />

radio<br />

DEC Cobra's Innovative MicroTalk<br />

Weather FRS radio<br />

ANTENNA TOPICS<br />

JAN The Half-Square Beam;<br />

Antennas and Technique for<br />

Low-Band DXing<br />

FEB What difference does a dB<br />

make?<br />

MAR Handy Tool for Antenna Work<br />

(MFJ 259B)<br />

APR What Does an Antenna Do?<br />

MAY Direction Finding Techniques and<br />

Antennas<br />

JUN Repeaters and their Antennas,<br />

cavity resonators<br />

JUL Vacation with an Antenna<br />

AUG Antennas Designed for<br />

Reception<br />

SEP What is a "DX Antenna"?<br />

OCT Remote-Control of Antennas<br />

NOV The many faces of lightning<br />

DEC The Popular Half-Wave Antenna<br />

BEGINNER'S CORNER<br />

JAN Around the World Yet Again<br />

FEB Getting Started in Amateur Radio<br />

MAR Indoor Antennas and More<br />

APR Great Radio Reads<br />

MAY Setting up a monitoring post<br />

JUN Kit Building the Uncle Skip Way<br />

JUL Special Summer Listening<br />

(weather events, circus and fairs,<br />

sports, special event stations and<br />

DXpeditions, random tuning)<br />

AUG Radio Tools from the Office<br />

Supply Store<br />

SEP Listening 101<br />

OCT Developing Logging and<br />

Confirmation Skills<br />

NOV That Pesky Propagation<br />

DEC Keep on Having Fun!<br />

BELOW 500 kHz<br />

JAN Nipping the Noise; Beacon<br />

directory<br />

FEB Lowfer Update; GWEN gone;<br />

new LF band?; hunting for S118<br />

MAR Voice BCs on Low Freqs; active<br />

TWEB and AWOS stns; DX<br />

camp results<br />

APR Longwave towers; West Coast<br />

net<br />

MAY Longwave Online; loggings<br />

JUN Ham Band Update; Euro-Beacon<br />

Guide; logs<br />

JUL Your FAQs Answered<br />

AUG Surfin' for LW Sites<br />

SEP Natural Radio - An Introduction<br />

OCT Natural Radio - The Hardware<br />

NOV Did you know? IDs; call<br />

assignments; FAA beacons;<br />

splinter freqs; harmonics;<br />

homebrew natural radio<br />

DEC A Look Back (letter from a former<br />

ship radio officer)<br />

BOB'S TIP OF THE MONTH<br />

JAN Spool Antenna for Portable<br />

SWLing<br />

FEB Converting an AM/FM for<br />

aircraft/public safety reception<br />

MAR Hint by the Handful (24 hr time on<br />

12hr watch; check Uniden for RS<br />

cost savings; custom cataloging<br />

MT articles; dust your radios<br />

APR Synchronous detection and<br />

Digital RF signal generator for<br />

the technically adept<br />

MAY Better reel antenna/Memory<br />

keep-alive while changing<br />

batteries<br />

JUN Roll your own NiCds<br />

JUL More on the Fat vs. Thin Antenna<br />

Wire; More on License-Free<br />

Wireless Mike; More on Sony<br />

Memory Battery Replacement

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AUG Two radios, one antenna; one<br />

radio, two antennas<br />

SEP Pocket organizers and PDAs,<br />

Reducing circuit noise in used<br />

rcvrs; Using your car stereo for<br />

scanner/sw sound<br />

OCT More Sony ICF-2010 Audio<br />

Improvements (better audio,<br />

better bandwidth); circuit<br />

correction for August feature<br />

NOV More earphone audio on BC<br />

scanners<br />

DEC Fixing Intermittent Sony 2010<br />

Battery Operation<br />

CLOSING COMMENTS<br />

JAN The Millennium Dilemma: Myth or<br />

Monster?<br />

FEB Bits and Pieces (ridiculous<br />

regulation; Leonid meteor storm;<br />

hobby rebound)<br />

MAR Great Wailing and Gnashing of<br />

Teeth (The Right to Listen; A<br />

New Ham Test?)<br />

APR Radio Waves and the Human<br />

Body<br />

MAY The FCC on the Hot Seat<br />

JUN Scanner Listeners and the Law<br />

JUL The Frequencies, They are<br />

a'Changin'!<br />

AUG In Opposition to "Technospeak"<br />

SEP The Results are In - How Do You<br />

Measure Up?<br />

OCT Y2k - Myth or Monster? You<br />

decide.<br />

NOV Looking Back as We Move<br />

Forward<br />

DEC Greetings from the MT Staff!<br />

COMPUTERS & RADIO<br />

JAN A Reflection on Computers &<br />

Radar<br />

FEB 3.4 Million freqs (Grove FCC<br />

database) and the COMDEX<br />

Report<br />

MAR AirNav 2.10<br />

APR DXtreme Software's SWRLgold<br />

V3.0<br />

MAY Software radio prospects /<br />

SkySpy ACARS decoding<br />

program<br />

JUN Interfacing with the Icom IC-R2<br />

(website to build or buy interface,<br />

R2 utility program)<br />

JUL Get the Picture with RadioCom<br />

3.52<br />

AUG Seeing is Believing with<br />

VisualRadio<br />

SEP Flight Databases Plus v4.0<br />

ACARS Add-on<br />

OCT AirNav 3 - NOT Just a Revision!<br />

NOV The Duality of Life on the Internet<br />

DEC The Better Side of the Internet<br />

(Jet Radio)<br />

DIGITAL DIGEST<br />

JAN Who's on Where?<br />

FEB Who Uses What? Part 2<br />

MAR Twinplex - SITOR ARQ on the<br />

Double; new sequential duplex<br />

ARQ system?<br />

APR Catch Coquelet-8 before it's too<br />

late<br />

MAY Gearing up for complex decoding<br />

JUN Old systems going strong<br />

(Havana, Cairo embassies)<br />

JUL Computerized <strong>Monitoring</strong> Aids<br />

(NSK PC Freq Manager)<br />

AUG Robust Romania<br />

SEP Piccolo<br />

OCT Two’s Company, Thirty Six is a<br />

CROWD; Chinese diplo moving<br />

to PSK<br />

NOV PSK - HF Digital's Brave New<br />

World<br />

DEC PSK - Part 2<br />

EXPERIMENTER'S WORKSHOP<br />

JAN Mastering the Grove FCC<br />

Database<br />

FEB Data Decoder Interface for Trunk<br />

Following<br />

MAR Soup up your Computer for Radio<br />

APR Dual Polarity Power Supplies<br />

MAY 4-Level FSK data decoder<br />

interface<br />

JUN Modifying the Sony WaveHawk -<br />

baseband audio, data decoding,<br />

S-meter, AM and WFM baseband<br />

taps, tape recording, backlight,<br />

extended memory<br />

JUL Computer Update: Trends &<br />

Features<br />

AUG Tools & Techniques (building and<br />

equipping the workbench)<br />

SEP Update on Computer Networking<br />

- II<br />

OCT Computer Tools, Utilities, and<br />

Tips for Radio<br />

NOV Electroluminescent Panels<br />

DEC The End of an Era<br />

THE FED FILES<br />

FEB Where have all the fed freqs<br />

gone? (Standard Federal<br />

Trunked land mobile systems);<br />

163-163.9875 allocations<br />

APR Nat'l Disaster Medical Sys; more<br />

on 120.375 MHz; 164-164.9875<br />

MHz allocations<br />

JUN <strong>Monitoring</strong> in W. Arkansas; DEA<br />

in San Diego; FF updates from<br />

readers; 165-165.9875 MHz<br />

allocations<br />

AUG US Fish and Wildlife Service;<br />

166-166.9875 allocations<br />

OCT Fed Files mailbag: NC Feds,<br />

More FBI Freqs, US Fish and<br />

Wildlife update, Blue Ridge<br />

Pkwy; 167-167.9875 MHz<br />

allocations<br />

DEC <strong>Monitoring</strong> Y2k the Government<br />

Way (by-agency and by-freq<br />

listings)<br />

GLOBAL FORUM<br />

JAN Update on HCJB's Pifo Problem<br />

FEB "Anything Goes" Gone<br />

MAR France Snubs Western English<br />

Speakers<br />

APR Sunspot Peak; BBC Comes<br />

Clean about 3-year plan<br />

MAY Antarctica's Archangel on the Air<br />

JUN Find it on the web (IBB; SEC)<br />

JUL China Sneaks in Cuban Relay<br />

AUG Arne Skoog 1913-1999<br />

SEP Thanks to Cuba and China,<br />

Jamming Continues<br />

OCT Deutsche Welle Faces Radial<br />

Cutbacks; Don’t Miss this Radio<br />

St Helena Day<br />

NOV WBCQ Celebrates One Year<br />

DEC CIDX SW Listener Survey<br />

HOT NEWS<br />

JAN Program Changes in a new<br />

BCing Season (R Prague, R<br />

Vlaanderen, R Netherlands,<br />

WRN, Polish R Warsaw, R<br />

Australia, R Taipei Intl, BBC<br />

America, WRN-1<br />

MAR Radio Waves, VOA to Africa,<br />

views of earth from space on<br />

internet, Art Bell update<br />

APR BBC Singapore; DAB portable<br />

receivers; ODXA Milestone;<br />

EDXP electronic newsletter;<br />

Hard-Core DX emailing list; Mac<br />

using SWLs on the increase;<br />

WRN selected programming<br />

MAY DW Radio Worlds; Grove free<br />

stuff; WWCR DX block; ODXA<br />

Radio Fest; Internet radio;<br />

sunspot webpage; NOAA radio;<br />

selected programs<br />

JUL Kosovo Crisis<br />

SEP BBC World TV<br />

OCT Radio Republik Indonesia<br />

NOV SWL Programs<br />

DEC BBC, RN highlights; new SW<br />

WTJC, Newport, NC<br />

K.I.S. RADIO<br />

JAN "Doomsday Radio"<br />

MAR Restoring the Hallicrafters S-38<br />

MAY More Mobile Station Solutions<br />

JUL Kits to Keep it Simple<br />

SEP Audio Enhancing Devices (DSP)<br />

NOV Bringing Hidden Treasures to Life<br />

LAUNCHING PAD<br />

JAN Is this Mess Necessary?<br />

FEB Let's Accessorize!<br />

MAR Putting it all together<br />

APR Prosat DVB Digital Receiver<br />

MAY Satellite Launch Update; mailbag<br />

JUN Multi-Satellite Reception with a<br />

Fixed Dish; Mail bag<br />

JUL Touring the Atlantic Satellites<br />

AUG Zinwell DVB Satellite Receiver;<br />

joys of digital reception; Bob<br />

Cooper<br />

SEP Uniden's SQ-590: Last Chance<br />

for a Talented Receiver<br />

OCT Hot Tips on Cold LNBs<br />

NOV Your DVB Questions Answered

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DEC DBS Update: The Latest on<br />

Small Dish TV<br />

MAGNE TESTS<br />

(Reprints of Magne Tests reviews are not<br />

available.)<br />

JAN Grundig Platinum Traveller<br />

Portable; Drake no longer<br />

servicing older models<br />

MAR RS DX-397 Compact Portable<br />

APR Emergency Radio: Info-Mate 837;<br />

Sony introduces ICF-SW07<br />

MAY Sony's ICF-SW07 ROM-tuned<br />

portable<br />

JUN Luke DP-976 Emergency Radio<br />

JUL Latest Version of Japan Radio's<br />

NRD-545; Grundig Yacht Boy<br />

300PE being introduced<br />

AUG Grundig Yacht Boy 300PE<br />

SEP Icom IC-R75<br />

OCT WiNRADiO 1500e PC Receiver<br />

NOV Virtual Radio: Icom IC-PCR1000<br />

DEC Kachina's Proposed KC-105CRX<br />

Receiver (a look at Kachina KC-<br />

505 tx)<br />

MILCOM<br />

JAN <strong>Monitoring</strong> the E-8 Joint Stars;<br />

Spectrum holes; NJ mil freqs<br />

MAR The 1999 Air Show Season, Blue<br />

Angel and Thunderbird skeds<br />

and freqs; US Army MARS freqs<br />

and designators; midwest air-toair<br />

loggings<br />

MAY The Hidden Military Aircraft Band;<br />

What's on 138.925?; midwest<br />

monitoring; Coronet and HF<br />

refueling freqs; N. Fla milair freqs<br />

JUL USS Enterprise; MCAS Yuma;<br />

NG Y2K Exercise; Naval<br />

tailcodes & callsigns<br />

SEP New HF Zulu Freq Found; Mystic<br />

Star Update; Randolph AFB;<br />

442nd Fighter Wing presets;<br />

Wright Patterson TRS<br />

NOV The Civil Air Patrol; Des Moines<br />

Intl and midwest logs; Have<br />

Quick Freqs; MacDill AFB;<br />

Military trunking systems survey<br />

ON THE HAM BANDS<br />

JAN You can bet on this Bob-tail;<br />

Building and Using Baluns and<br />

Ununs<br />

FEB Restructuring; Radio Shack<br />

repeater; Hiram Percy Maxim;<br />

email<br />

MAR Let's Talk about Ham Radio; The<br />

Internet and the Michigan Mighty<br />

Mite QRP transmitter<br />

APR W6SAI HF Antenna Handbook;<br />

QST archive projects - Pitchfork<br />

antenna, checkers on the air<br />

MAY SWLing for hams; Flight of the<br />

Bumblebees<br />

JUN Adventure Radio Society; Light<br />

House Day and other special<br />

events; Hamcalc Ver 38; ARRL<br />

web site and Ike's Soap Box<br />

JUL A Different Antenna (Hentenna)<br />

AUG Is It High Enough?<br />

SEP Clandestine Radio (compact and<br />

hidden antennas); 6-m FM<br />

OCT Cutting Your Losses<br />

(transmatch); Mosley antennas;<br />

entertaining hams<br />

NOV Ike's Santa List<br />

DEC Hamming on the Internet; AM<br />

freqs<br />

OUTER LIMITS<br />

JAN Four SW Pirates Busted by FCC;<br />

Joe Mama killed; Metallica tx<br />

FEB SW Pirates adjust to FCC Busts;<br />

R Cochiguaz; Stoneham<br />

maildrop closing<br />

MAR Pirate Radio at Winter Fest; R<br />

Free Vermont vs. FCC; new S<br />

American address; bust update<br />

APR New editors at Free Radio<br />

Weekly; New ACE address;<br />

Europirates audible; clannie<br />

news<br />

MAY Jimmy the Weasel bust; Radio<br />

World endorses LPFM; W807;<br />

Europirates still heard<br />

JUN Radio Free Berkeley Returns;<br />

Radio Caroline; Serb Clans?; S<br />

Am Pirates<br />

JUL ANARC Net on Summer<br />

Vacation; Schoech QSL page;<br />

FCC embarrassed; Radio Eclipse<br />

wins Poll<br />

AUG Jimmy the Weasel Denies Bust;<br />

WBCQ schedule; Radio San<br />

Miguel<br />

SEP Numbers Station CD Available<br />

(Smolinski); Finn web page;<br />

Radiodifusora Paraton<br />

OCT La Voz de Alpha 66 Founder<br />

Dies; South American Pirates;<br />

Another micropirate bust; Zantow<br />

web site<br />

NOV South American Pirates;<br />

Berkeley Liberation Radio<br />

DEC Winter Prop Boost Europirates;<br />

Clandestine Radio Watch<br />

PCS FRONT LINE<br />

FEB Protection against cellular fraud<br />

(authentication, RF fingerprinting;<br />

wireless telephone protection act,<br />

subscription fraud, insider fraud,<br />

network intrusions); 220 MHz<br />

auction<br />

APR Touching Bases: Iridium,<br />

Globalstar, AT&T, Sprint PCS,<br />

AirCell; Sony phone warning<br />

JUN Surfing the Web on a Mobile<br />

Phone -- wireless apps, smart<br />

phones, GPRS, Bluetooth,<br />

Ricochet<br />

AUG Who Pays for that Cellular Call?;<br />

new area codes; new spectrum<br />

allocations; Global System for<br />

Mobiles<br />

OCT Iridium Woes; FBI Stalls<br />

Satphone Licenses; Dial 911<br />

Anywhere<br />

DEC The Evolution of PCS,<br />

Globalstar, Orbcomm<br />

PLANE TALK<br />

JAN More HF Control Frequencies<br />

FEB <strong>Monitoring</strong> Accessories and<br />

Activities; western hemisphere<br />

MWARAs<br />

MAR March Madness (humor); ATC<br />

separation standards<br />

APR ATCC simulation; Murphy's Law;<br />

Delta map and Salt Lake City<br />

freqs, Minn/St Paul freqs<br />

MAY Enhanced Traffic Management;<br />

System; Airport surveillance<br />

radar<br />

JUN A Toast to Air Traffic Controllers<br />

JUL Shanwick Radio; Airport<br />

Movement Area Safety<br />

System(AMASS)<br />

AUG Travel with the Flying Pig<br />

(videos); A visit to Poland's ATC<br />

SEP Stockholmradio; SF Bay Tower<br />

freqs; transponder code<br />

assignments<br />

OCT Airport Hopping - Balt-Wash Intl,<br />

Wash Reagan Natl, Dulles Intl,<br />

Chicago Midway, St Louis KS,<br />

Kansas City Intl; Light Humor<br />

NOV Florida Freqs; Chicago O'Hare;<br />

Wash DC; Murphy's Law<br />

DEC Forth Worth ARTCC; book review<br />

Five Miles and a Thousand Feet;;<br />

LAX video available from Flying<br />

Pig<br />

PROGRAMMING SPOTLIGHT<br />

JAN Learning to Fish - 1<br />

FEB Learning to Fish - 2<br />

MAR The Literate Listener<br />

APR OK, Where do I start?<br />

MAY One for the Veteran Listener<br />

(quiz)<br />

JUN Down Memory Lane(answers)<br />

JUL Traditional Life<br />

AUG Summer Heat: Sport and (BBC)<br />

Controversy<br />

SEP Music on SW - Evening Prime<br />

OCT Music on SW - Morning Prime<br />

NOV Music on SW - Foreign<br />

DEC Charting a Future for Int'l<br />

Broadcasting<br />

PROPAGATION CONDITIONS<br />

JAN Worldwide Broadcasting Conflicts<br />

FEB Sounding the Ionosphere<br />

MAR Causes and Effects of Ducting<br />

APR Bibliography of the Sun<br />

MAY Bibliography of the Sun - II<br />

JUN Knife Edge Refraction<br />

JUL ELF/VLF/LF Prop Modes - I<br />

AUG ELF/VLF/LF Prop Modes - II<br />

SEP - ELF/VLF/LF Prop Modes - III<br />

OCT Where to Listen in 1999<br />

NOV How to Use This Page<br />

DEC Santa Claus - a Man of Many<br />

Modes!<br />

QSL REPORT<br />

JAN Nordic SW Center Website

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FEB Double Dutch Treat<br />

MAR Sign of the <strong>Times</strong>? (changing<br />

QSL policies)<br />

APR Signs of the <strong>Times</strong> - Part Deux?<br />

MAY The SWL QSL card museum<br />

JUN You Asked for It (all-reports)<br />

JUL Summer Grab Bag<br />

AUG Hot August QSLs (RTBF)<br />

SEP September, and the DXing is<br />

Easy!<br />

OCT QSL VHF Low Band Stations<br />

NOV DXing India<br />

DEC Special QSL Cards for DXers(R<br />

Australia and German Maritime<br />

Radio)<br />

SCANNER EQUIPMENT<br />

JAN AOR AR7000 Wide Coverage<br />

Receiver<br />

FEB Radio Shack PRO-2066 Mobile<br />

Trunking Scanner; Improved feel<br />

for Drake R8B tuning knob;<br />

Download Uniden user manuals<br />

MAR ICOM RS-8500 Software; PRO-<br />

34 discriminator output<br />

APR Icom IC-R2 Portable Scanner;<br />

ITT Mackay Marine 3031A rcvr<br />

MAY Remote Scanner <strong>Monitoring</strong>;<br />

Longer MX-4000/4200 battery<br />

life; PRO-7A repair<br />

JUN Mini-Circuit's ZFSC-4-1 Splitter;<br />

more notes on Icom IC-R2; new<br />

Electra Corp scanner?; Batteries<br />

Plus; Skyway aircraft band<br />

converter<br />

JUL Racing Electronics RE<strong>2000</strong><br />

Alpha Portable Scanner; May<br />

column correction<br />

AUG AOR AR16 portable scanner;<br />

Harris RF-590 receiver<br />

SEP Uniden BC245XLT TrunkTracker<br />

II<br />

OCT Plectron R700 Monitor Receivers<br />

NOV Uniden BC278CLT Scanner<br />

DEC Uniden BC248CLT Scanner<br />

SCANNING REPORT<br />

JAN Flying and Scanning by GPS<br />

FEB A Lesson from Boston<br />

PoliceRadio; morals about<br />

messing with the media; Police<br />

Call 1999<br />

MAR Future Railroad Scanning<br />

(trunking debate); scanning<br />

antennas & Nil-Jon antenna<br />

review; Massachusetts<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> (part 2, completed)<br />

APR CES 99 Report; (BC-245XLT<br />

announcement) and no-shows;<br />

CT state police update; scanner<br />

repair (G&G Comm); Ft Worth,<br />

TX, public safety sys; Savannah /<br />

Chatham Co / Tybee Is., GA,<br />

trunked repeater system<br />

MAY Scanner MArketing-You tell us;<br />

Disaster monitoring in Canada;<br />

Utah Co, UT, trunking;<br />

Montgomery Co, PA, trunking;<br />

Ericsson plans in N Calif<br />

JUN CT SP on the Move; Nil-Jon<br />

antenna follow-up; contributions<br />

& queries from readers; Trends in<br />

pub safety comms; news & notes<br />

JUL The Digital Dilemma; open<br />

airwave policy in Las Vegas;<br />

Longview, TX, trunking; NWS<br />

computer-generated voice<br />

AUG The Bearcat 245XLT - What's it<br />

all about?; Palm Beach Co Fla<br />

sheriff, fire/rescue, W Palm<br />

Beach trunked system<br />

SEP The Good Old Days (LAPD<br />

comms on Adam-12); Scanner<br />

Marketing follow-up; Busch<br />

Stadium, Halifax, Portland,<br />

trunked systems<br />

OCT Canadian Digital Scanners;<br />

Groton CT Fire Dispatch;<br />

Promoting Scanners;<br />

Consolidation Continues; Wash<br />

State Ops; Southern Linc Blues;<br />

Wilmington NC Trunking<br />

NOV Big Changes in the Big Apple;<br />

scanner marketing follow-up;<br />

Wash Co, OR, trunking; new CA<br />

business licenses<br />

DEC Uniden's SmartScanner (how<br />

service works); Trunking Report<br />

(Pinellas and Pasco Co, Fla);<br />

Police Call excerpt Vol 8<br />

SERVICE SEARCH<br />

MAY Marine Radio <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

JUN Civil Aero Assignments<br />

JUL Gearing up for a Revolution<br />

(refarming); Stat e Law<br />

Enforcement Agency Allocations<br />

AUG Emergency Medical Allocations<br />

SEP Forestry Conservation (state &<br />

local)<br />

OCT Police Service Allocations<br />

NOV Highway Maintenance Service<br />

DEC Fire Frequency Allocations<br />

UTILITY WORLD<br />

JAN Rescue Coordination 1999<br />

FEB Listen for USAF Salinas Global<br />

(GHFS)<br />

MAR More Israeli Intelligence Freqs<br />

APR Sunspots (solar cycles and how<br />

to interpret solar indices reports)<br />

MAY Monitor the Y2K Countdown<br />

JUN More Maritime Changes;<br />

Numbers update; HWK7 not<br />

French Navy<br />

JUL Are Planes Going Digital? HF<br />

ACARS; More New Star<br />

AUG Globe Wireless jumps the Morse<br />

ship, Global Radio Network<br />

SEP Updated CG Wx Sked; drug war<br />

leaves Panama; web ute<br />

resources; bogus numbers BCs<br />

OCT Spooks around the Clock; More<br />

Cuban Strangeness; Spook<br />

Radio Schedules<br />

NOV US Armed Forces on HF?<br />

DEC Y2k, the Witching Hour<br />

Approaches - likely activity ,<br />

freqs, dates, agencies, callsigns,<br />

nets<br />

VIEW FROM ABOVE<br />

JAN Wild and Wooly Weather<br />

(WXSATs; RESURS; GOES-8;<br />

STS Orbit plus; Kepler element<br />

sources)<br />

FEB Using Primary Data formats<br />

MAR Watching Iraq; operational<br />

Wesats; Polar Wesat status;<br />

SICH-1 and OKEAN-4; GOES<br />

Y2K tests; GOES-L; solstice<br />

images<br />

APR Scanning the Weather Sats<br />

MAY So GOES the weather; DMSP<br />

image; new products<br />

JUN Storms over Yugoslavia; NOAA-<br />

15 Chan 3A,B; NOAA APT<br />

Calibration markers; NOAA-15<br />

data drop-outs; Using NOAA data<br />

JUL Beauty and the Beast - antennas,<br />

computer upgrades; operational<br />

wesats; new Chinese wesat; new<br />

Landsat launched; new Indian<br />

imaging sat; first pics from Insat-<br />

2E; correspondence from India<br />

AUG Seasonal Satellite Viewing;<br />

FengYun-1C; Free tracking<br />

software; WxSat launches;<br />

GOES-L launch delayed<br />

SEP WeSats Here to Stay: GOES<br />

Wefax; WXSAT emailing list;<br />

GOES-L launch delay; more<br />

software and updates; images of<br />

hot weather<br />

OCT Way to Go, GOES! NOAA<br />

information sites; sources of<br />

current Kepler elements<br />

NOV More on GOES-East; operational<br />

WXSATs; short-term outages<br />

from GOES<br />

DEC T Build or to Buy?; Operational<br />

WXSATs; Iceberg Imaged;<br />

EMWIN; GOES-East<br />

WASHINGTON WHISPERS<br />

JAN FCC Curbs Violations<br />

FEB renter's antenna rights; new WTB<br />

bureau chief; Sony recall; HDTV<br />

future<br />

MAR FCC agenda for 1999; coalition<br />

petitions FCC to let market<br />

determine high speed Internet;;<br />

e-commerce and reforming FCC<br />

on Congress agenda; low power<br />

FM NPRM on FCC website; 19<br />

pirates shut down; equipment<br />

approval system privatized and<br />

streamlined; real estate alliance<br />

appeals satellite dish ruling<br />

APR FCC Proposes Low Power FM<br />

Service<br />

MAY NR514 passes House; Tauzin<br />

opposes LPFM; taxing internet<br />

coming; Fcc shuts down Vibes<br />

89.1 FM , Grizzly Peak repeater,<br />

ham operators<br />

JUN Amateur Satellite(was) to<br />

Promote Commercial Venture

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JUL From Information Superhighway<br />

to Super Speedway!<br />

AUG EAS vs EBS; Israeli ATC vs<br />

pirates; reduced Morse code<br />

requirements worldwide; area<br />

code shortage; FCC investigating<br />

10-10 services; FCC reconsiders<br />

slamming; annoying email violate<br />

US law?<br />

SEP Low Power BCing Creates<br />

Uproar<br />

OCT LPFM Broadcasting not RFI<br />

Threat<br />

NOV The Migration to Digital Radio<br />

DEC Reply Comments Pour in on to<br />

Low Power FM Broadcasting<br />

WHAT'S NEW<br />

Books:<br />

AM BC Stn Antenna Systems MAY<br />

Antenna Site Operating Guide APR<br />

ARRL Wire Antenna Classics OCT<br />

BeaconFinder JUN<br />

Buying a Used SW Receiver FEB<br />

Collectors Guide to Vintage TVs AUG<br />

Compendium of RR Freqs JUN<br />

Cop Talk! AUG<br />

A DXer's Technical Guide FEB<br />

FM Atlas (18th) NOV<br />

Govt Radio Systems: CA JUL<br />

Hiram Percy Maxim JAN<br />

Home Video MAR<br />

Insanely Great Software WinWeather<br />

JUN<br />

Int'l Satellite Directory SEP<br />

Klingenfuss books:<br />

SW Freq Guide, Guide to Utilities,<br />

Radiotelex Messages, Super-<br />

Freq List on CD (G) APR<br />

Klingenfuss Guide to Wx Services AUG<br />

Ladder Crystal Filters (MFJ) SEP<br />

Mahlon Loomis, inventor of Radio MAR<br />

McGraw-Hill Electronics Books MAY<br />

MT Express Debut NOV<br />

NRC AM Radio Log DEC<br />

NRC AM Station Map Book JUL<br />

On the Short Waves JUN<br />

Police Call 1999 (Grove) FEB<br />

Radio Happy Isles DEC<br />

S Fla Trunking Guide MAY<br />

SW Guide to SE Asia APR<br />

The Covert Catalog AUG<br />

Trunked Radio Systems (Calif) JAN<br />

Trunked Radio Systems (Calif) OCT<br />

Voices in the Purple Haze SEP<br />

Weathering the Storm AUG<br />

WRTH 1999 (Grove) FEB<br />

Xtal Set Society, Vol 8 JUL<br />

Your Guide to Propagation MAR<br />

Software, Videos, Services, etc.<br />

Agrelo DF ing distributor SWS MAY<br />

AirNav tracking software FEB<br />

Alinco DJ-195T & DJ-V5T HTs JUL<br />

aRFive AR5000 software control FEB<br />

AR7030 improved SEP<br />

Atlantic Ham Radio taken over by<br />

Radioworld, Inc JUL<br />

Australasian SW Digest (sub) AUG<br />

BetaSphere beta testing FEB<br />

CAIG catalog, new address APR<br />

ComBox has US office APR<br />

Computer Intl new website DEC<br />

Counter Spy Shops JAN<br />

DataFile's PROBE Ver 5.0 soft JUL<br />

Drake manuals online MAY<br />

Due Diligence <strong>2000</strong> (soft) OCT<br />

DW Radio Worlds brochure JUN<br />

Electronics Engineers Master catalog<br />

on disk and on line MAR<br />

Fisher metal detector newsletter MAY<br />

Flighttracking via internet MAY<br />

FreeTracker support pulled JUN<br />

Hamco antenna catalog FEB<br />

IC Master on CD-ROM SEP<br />

Guide to Fed Govt Sales MAR<br />

Hamcalc software disk MAY<br />

HamCalc 40 OCT<br />

Hammall.com JUN<br />

IC Master online MAR<br />

Icom promotions DEC<br />

Icom repairs: MalcolmTech Support<br />

JUL<br />

IC-R2, IC-Q7A software on line AUG<br />

Inmarsat mini-M for aircraft JUL<br />

JPS Comms, leaving ham sales JUL<br />

Magellan Geographix website JAN<br />

Magellan S@tellite Modem SEP<br />

Marbian Productions changes MAR<br />

Midland Consumer Radio recall DEC<br />

MFJ acquisition of Hy-Gain Ant JUL<br />

MT Express debut (G) NOV<br />

Oak Hills Research bought by<br />

Milestone Technologies JUL<br />

Optocom utility v 2.1 on line SEP<br />

Parnass' RadioMaps FEB<br />

Police Call on CD (G) NOV<br />

QSLs by W4MPY FEB<br />

Quebec Freq Dir on disk NOV<br />

Radio HF email newsletter MAY<br />

Radio Mali on CD DEC<br />

Radio Shopper magazine JUN<br />

Rarities-Exchange.com via sat APR<br />

Relm discontinues scanners OCT<br />

Rich Wells dealer survey site AUG<br />

ScanCat supports TenTec RX320 JAN<br />

SESCOM catalog and give-away SEP<br />

Skyvision catalog OCT<br />

SmartScanner service now available<br />

NOV<br />

Swagur-<strong>Times</strong>tep agreement FEB<br />

Swezey DSP filter for SW DEC<br />

TDP available on line AUG<br />

<strong>Times</strong>tep PROsat for Windows i APR<br />

Traffic Radar Handbook on line NOV<br />

Ultimate TIS Digest online NOV<br />

Uniden closures JUN<br />

Uniden BC-245 manual online SEP<br />

WinRadio software upgrades DEC<br />

WUN Frequency Guide CD (G) MAY<br />

Yaesu buys Standard AUG<br />

Equipment:<br />

AOR Pocket receiver AR16B (G) JUN<br />

AOR SDU5500 SDU JUL<br />

BayGen lantern (Grove) JAN<br />

BayGen Global SW rx (G) DEC<br />

Bearcat bonanza (G) APR<br />

ComBox SatStream PC JAN<br />

Craftsman digital multimeter SEP<br />

Cutting Edge HAM-Pack APR<br />

Cutting Edge PocketPRO pouch JUN<br />

Cutting Edge Quick Draw holster OCT<br />

Damark CellGuard/Safe Guard OCT<br />

Electronic Spec modem protection FEB<br />

Everhardt AM/FM/Wx antenna for RVs<br />

NOV<br />

Garmin GPS III Plus (Grove) JAN<br />

Garmin NavTalk Cellular/GPS AUG<br />

GoTalk II FRS radio (Grove) JAN<br />

Grundig Satellit 800 (G) NOV<br />

Icom R-2 scanner (Grove) FEB<br />

Icom IC-R75 preview APR<br />

Interference filters, AM & FM (G) JUN<br />

Kaito Self-Powered Multiband (G) DEC<br />

KVH secure Tracphone FEB<br />

KVH TracVision LM JUL<br />

MetroWest Rapid Rechargers DEC<br />

MFJ-8121 21 band receiver JUN<br />

MFJ Atomic Clock,monster display JUL<br />

MFJ field strength meters SEP<br />

MFJ Helping Hands kit tools OCT<br />

MFJ Jim Handy Interface MAR<br />

MFJ Ni-MH Batteries OCT<br />

MFJ RuffRider mobile antennas APR<br />

MFJ 24-Hr clocks JUN<br />

MFJ shack clock NOV<br />

Milestone Tech TA-1 CW paddle DEC<br />

NCT ClearSpeech Speaker APR<br />

OptoCom available from Grove MAR<br />

Optoelectronics MiniScout (G) JUN<br />

Pelican computer case JUN<br />

PowerSafe <strong>2000</strong> NOV<br />

Radio Shack PRO-92, -94, -2052 (G)<br />

OCT<br />

RadMan RF field monitor JAN<br />

Receivers for dogtracking (G) MAY<br />

RF Bug OCT<br />

RSM shortwave loop JAN<br />

Sangean SR-2 AM/FM (G) AUG<br />

SETI package from Grove JUN<br />

Snap-Trak, Inc GPS chip AUG<br />

Sperryspectrum analyzer (G) SEP<br />

TERK clip-on TV antennas JUN<br />

TrackMaster Arrow Tracking Sys MAY<br />

Tripplite Super10 surge protectors APR<br />

Trudell Dish-pod MAR<br />

Uniden BC245XLT (G) JUL<br />

Uniden BC278CLT, 248, 244 AUG<br />

Wavecom W40PC DSP card AUG<br />

WorldSpace receivers unveiled MAR<br />

Reviews:<br />

Active Duck for HH (G) DEC<br />

Alpha Delta speaker /<br />

Icom Q7A Tx JAN<br />

AVCOM SDM42A SDU APR<br />

Bose v. Zenith Challenge MAR<br />

Crane/Sangean CCRadio FEB<br />

E-Trax software utility SEP<br />

EXP-1750 LF transceiver kit JUN<br />

JRC NRD545 with VHF/UHF<br />

converter MAY<br />

Kachina 505DSP OCT<br />

Klockit clock kits NOV<br />

Kloss Model 88 AM/FM radio JUL<br />

MFJ Deluxe Noise Canceling Signal<br />

Enhancer MFJ-1026 AUG<br />

OptoCom receiver (feature) MAY<br />

Radio Shack Tuner Control Cleaner

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& Lubricant AUG<br />

Sony ICF-B200 MAR<br />

Tigertronics BP-2M digital modem DEC

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FEATURES:<br />

Broadcast:<br />

Antenna Law APR<br />

Canada's Regional Stations NOC<br />

DXing the AM BC Band (MW) FEB<br />

Far Eastern Rendezvous SEP<br />

Guide to Addresses - Asia, Pacific SEP<br />

Guide to QSL Addresses - Africa OCT<br />

Guide to QSL Addresses - S Am DEC<br />

Independence and Innovation VOA MAY<br />

Leo Sarkisian: Music Man of Africa OCT<br />

Listening in on Africa OCT<br />

Listening In on South America DEC<br />

Regional Music - Asia, Pacific SEP<br />

San Francisco's Radio Heritage DEC<br />

Somalia on Shortwave JUN<br />

Summer DX Challenge (Baseball) JUN<br />

TWR on AM from Bonaire (MW) MAR<br />

Using Music to ID SW Stations FEB<br />

Visit to Spanish National Radio NOV<br />

VOA Cuts European Services APR<br />

VOA Special English MAY<br />

WCPE: FM Radio for <strong>2000</strong> JAN<br />

WINB Surviving on Shortwave MAR<br />

Miscellaneous<br />

Antarctica Communications Today JAN<br />

Index of Articles 1999 JAN<br />

Moonbounce NOV<br />

Satellites<br />

Amateur Radio Survives in Mir JUL<br />

Decoding the Russian Navsats-I FEB<br />

Decoding the Russian Navsats-II FEB<br />

Phase 3D JUL<br />

Primer on Satellite Groundstations JUL<br />

SatCom North Arctic Expedition AUG<br />

Space Action on AMSATs JUL<br />

Scanning:<br />

Crisis in North Carolina (ham radio) FEB<br />

Developing "The Ear" for Radio NOV<br />

Field Trip for the Scanner Listener JUN<br />

How Far is "Line of Sight"? MAR<br />

NASA/Space Shuttle Guide JUL<br />

Roadtrip! Scanning I-35 DEC<br />

Scanning Salt Lake City MAY<br />

Scanning Profile of Chicago OCT<br />

Understanding Handoffs Comms AUG<br />

Technology and Technical:<br />

Bluetooth: New World of Wireless SEP<br />

Budget FM-DX Antenna MAY<br />

DX Lifesaver: MiniDisc Recorder SEP<br />

There are antennas and Antennas APR<br />

Extending the Range of Quad Loop APR<br />

20th Century Nostalgia<br />

Ice Cold Radio: The Byrd Exped JAN<br />

Forbidden Signals fm Ancient TXer MAR<br />

Jasper's Antique Radios JUN<br />

MaritimeMuseum for Monitors MAY<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> with Vintage Ears OCT<br />

The Radio War over Vietnam APR<br />

Voice of Tomorrow Clandestine AUG<br />

Waiting for the Go Code JUL<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> <strong>Times</strong> <strong>2000</strong> <strong>INDEX</strong><br />

Utilities:<br />

MAR Of Dropped Shoes and the Future<br />

ALE: HF Comms in New Millennium JUN of Ham Radio<br />

Ham Radio Special Event Stations SEP APR Spring Reading(Pssport, Crystal<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> Pacific Ocean Flights AUG<br />

Bldg, AM BC Antenna Systems,<br />

North Atlantic Crossing AUG<br />

Inside Amateur Radio)<br />

MAY The Science Fair Crystal Set<br />

JUN Join the Club<br />

JUL A Great Tale (DeMaw's Tuna Tin<br />

2)<br />

AUG Reasonable Recycled Receivers<br />

SEP New Beginnings for the Beginner's<br />

Corner<br />

OCT Only SWL Antenna You'll Need<br />

NOV Finding the Perfect SW Receiver<br />

DEC 10 Meters Makes Commuting Fun!<br />

AMERICAN BANDSCAN<br />

JAN Propagation by Groundwave<br />

FEB Mailbag: AM Radio Log, WTIR<br />

Orlando, Slinky antenna, new<br />

690/940 occupants, FCC auctions<br />

5 stations<br />

MAR X-Files Radio - oddities and<br />

possible causes; 690/940<br />

occupants IDed; applicants for<br />

740; federal use of TIS<br />

APR Low Power FM<br />

MAY Reference Aids<br />

JUN More Low Power FM; new 3-letter<br />

stn in Canada; daytime DXing;<br />

more on Slinky antenna<br />

JUL Popularity Contest (radios used by<br />

DXers); new X band stn; skip and<br />

other unusual receptions<br />

AUG That Spotted Ole Sun (solar flux<br />

and MW reception)<br />

SEP It's Back(CBC powerhouse<br />

stations); First LPFM filings (esp<br />

Atlanta area); MW database<br />

websites; deceptive logging<br />

OCT <strong>Times</strong>haring and End of WMAQ<br />

NOV SRS and SSS (skip techniques);<br />

new Xband stn in Idaho; station<br />

sold on ebay; WLS nostalgia site;<br />

WTFDA concention<br />

DEC New AM Station licenses; LPFM<br />

news; receivers for MW DXing,<br />

freq swap in Phoenix<br />

ANTENNA TOPICS<br />

JAN Antennas and the new century:<br />

above HF, trends, in HF antenna<br />

work<br />

FEB Vehicular Antennas - I<br />

MAR Vehicular Antennas - II<br />

APR Antenna Design Programs<br />

MAY Multi-Band Antennas<br />

JUN Some Antenna Tests and<br />

Measurements<br />

JUL Building Your Own Antennas<br />

(dipole)<br />

AUG A Legendary Multiband Antenna<br />

(multiband dipole)<br />

SEP Groundplane Antennas<br />

OCT Survey of Antenna Directivity<br />

NOV Antenna Books: ARRL Handbook,<br />

ARRL Antenna Book, HF<br />

Antennas for all Occasions,<br />

W6SAI Antenna Handbook,<br />

Practical Antenna Handbook,<br />

Aerials series<br />

DEC Noise - The Arch-Enemy<br />

BEGINNER'S CORNER<br />

JAN How House Wiring Works<br />

FEB File Box Fun<br />

BELOW 500 kHz<br />

JAN Beacons Alive and well; identifying<br />

new signals<br />

FEB Prime Time- selected DX beacons;<br />

visit to Hammond museum of<br />

Radio<br />

MAR (Building) A Natural Radio<br />

Receiver<br />

APR Buttoning up the Natural Radio<br />

MAY The Great Outdoors (DXpeditions)<br />

JUN Catching Up: loggings, log prog;<br />

souped-up loop, Loop Antenna<br />

Handbook<br />

JUL Summertime Tips; BeaconFinder<br />

Updates<br />

AUG Tuning in to NAVTEX; DGPS<br />

news; Web updates<br />

SEP Longwave - Many Hobbies in One<br />

OCT Season Opener (antenna, receiver<br />

checks), publications,<br />

experimental station, video project<br />

NOV News,Tips, & Loggings: LW<br />

websites, manuals, Litz wire;<br />

Canadian postal abbreviations,<br />

Scrapbook requests ,logs from<br />

BeaconFinder<br />

DEC Prime Season - Chasing Euros;<br />

Beacons; Lowfers; going lower<br />

BRIGHT IDEAS<br />

JAN Get Organized<br />

FEB Lost and Found<br />

MAR Understanding the Incident<br />

Command System<br />

APR Leashing the Internet<br />

MAY Getting Geared up for Summer<br />

JUN Service Search Scanning<br />

(discontinued monthly titles)<br />

CLOSING COMMENTS<br />

JAN A Scanning Hall of Fame, guest ed<br />

by Robt Wyman<br />

FEB Millennial Musings<br />

MAR Abolish Morse Code Before It's<br />

Too Late! (Fond Memories and<br />

Harsh Pragmatics)<br />

APR LPFM: Democracy on the<br />

Airwaves<br />

MAY Do citizens have the right to listen<br />

to public service? Guest ed by<br />

Chris Boyd

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JUN New Senate Bill Could End<br />

Scanner Use!<br />

JUL You'll find me in the flea-market!<br />

(Dayton Hamvention)<br />

AUG Markey Gets His Due, and, Will<br />

There Be a Digital Scanner?<br />

SEP The Internet: Get used to it, it's<br />

here to stay!<br />

OCT The Radio Hobby on the Rebound<br />

NOV A Domestic SW Service - Pro and<br />

Con<br />

DEC Holidays Greetings from staff<br />

COMPUTERS & RADIO<br />

JAN TalkPCR by QROSoft<br />

FEB Plugging & Trunking with<br />

WinRadio: WR XRS plug-ins, WR<br />

Trunking Option<br />

MAR Can software Simplify the AR-<br />

8200? AR8200 Workshop;<br />

ARC8200 ToolBox by BuTel;<br />

ScanCat 7.50 SE<br />

APR Handheld Computer Market and<br />

GPS for Palm Pilot<br />

MAY Tune up that whistle with DSP:<br />

Swezey Digital Filter Prog;<br />

GNASP1<br />

JUN More DSP Filter Progs:<br />

Chromasound, SR5 Spectrum<br />

Analyzer V2.0, Analyzer <strong>2000</strong>,<br />

Spectrogram, Spectran<br />

JUL Software for the Ten-Tec RX-320:<br />

Ten-Tec utility,Dxtra, GNR, KF5OJ<br />

AUG More Programs to control the RX-<br />

320: AT/SWL99, ERGO, N4PY v<br />

1.04<br />

SEP When is a PC-Controlled Radio,<br />

Not? PCR-1000, PCRPilot3C, RX-<br />

320 Controller<br />

OCT What to look for in a computer for<br />

radio monitoring<br />

NOV On-Line Freq Files and<br />

Databases: SPEEDX; ADDX<br />

Kurier; Prime Time SW; WWW<br />

SWL Guide; LI Area Scanning<br />

Resource; PeCon; Airport Guide,<br />

WW Airport Path Finder; FCC;<br />

ILGRadio; conversion programs?<br />

DEC Can You Teach an Old Dog New<br />

Tricks? [Radio Max 5.4, Scanner<br />

Wear 2.5, ScanStar 7.62, Scancat<br />

7.5 SE]<br />

DIGITAL DIGEST<br />

JAN Digital Beginner's Freqs<br />

FEB Something for Everyone: more<br />

beginner's freqs; ALE update;<br />

Utility <strong>Monitoring</strong> Central<br />

MAR Voice Frequency Telegraphy<br />

Systems<br />

APR More on VFT and French Forces<br />

MAY Differential GPS<br />

JUN Ecoutez vous Francais? (French<br />

diplo channels)<br />

JUL Got Sync? (IDing signals you can't<br />

decode); decoders update<br />

AUG Russian Intelligence-Gathering on<br />

HF<br />

SEP Aid Agencies on HF Radio<br />

OCT ALE Networks Update<br />

NOV Digital Meteorology<br />

Dec Digital Utilities: Where to Listen,<br />

what to log; new ALE net<br />

EASY ACCESS RADIO<br />

JAN Sony FRS U-ceiver<br />

FEB Sharp Wizard OZ-750<br />

MAR Palm IIIe<br />

APR Pryme's PR-460 GMRS HTs<br />

MAY Alinco’s Clear DJ-V5 Dualbander<br />

JUN What's New with CB? Cobra and<br />

Cherokee<br />

JUL Drake Minitalk 99 FRS radio<br />

AUG GE Sedona FRS<br />

SEP Sangean DT-300VW Wx,MW,TV<br />

radio<br />

OCT no column<br />

NOV no column<br />

DEC no column<br />

THE FED FILES<br />

JAN Campaign <strong>2000</strong> (federal protection<br />

freqs); 168-168.9875 allocations<br />

FEB National Interagency Fire Center;<br />

169-169.9875 alloc<br />

MAR Mysterious Data Signals in New<br />

England; Wildfires in the<br />

Southeast; 170-170.9875 alloc<br />

APR NASA Trunked Systems; 171-<br />

171.9875 alloc.<br />

MAY Intl Boundary and Water<br />

Commission; Wash DC freqs; 172-<br />

172.9875 alloc.<br />

JUN SHARES on ALE; FBI aircraft,<br />

FEMA freqs; 173-173.9875 alloc.<br />

JUL Postal Inspection Profile; 29.9-<br />

30.550, 32-33 alloc.<br />

AUG Feds in the Civilian Aircraft Band;<br />

hurricane season resources;<br />

Canadian Fed Freq resource; 34-<br />

35, 36037, 38-39 alloc.<br />

SEP Gov't Trunking Systems; 40-<br />

49.974 alloc.<br />

OCT New Federal Bandplans (Itinerant,<br />

common use, interagency; Gov<br />

Hydro Freqs, Wireless Mics<br />

NOV Scanning the Wild, Wild West;<br />

Houston, DOE, Idaho; AZ, CO,<br />

NV, NM, OR<br />

DEC Federal Freqs in Alaska; NASA<br />

Comms; Pisgah Natl Forest; Fed<br />

UHF land mobile service alloc<br />

GLOBAL FORUM<br />

JAN All is not well at VOA<br />

FEB Digital Radio Mondiale<br />

MAR Latin Am Music Styles Web Page<br />

APR This Month's Headlines<br />

MAY FEBC Dropping English; DX the<br />

Internet; RHC on 1700?<br />

JUN Vietnam Gets Canadian Relay<br />

JUL Behind "Chiapas, the World<br />

Speaks"<br />

AUG Radio Verdad QSLs<br />

SEP ZimbabweClandestine<br />

OCT American Forces Network on SW<br />

NOV Yugoslavia Expelled from SW Site<br />

DEC Silent Countries Now Webcasting<br />

LAUNCHING PAD<br />

JAN Four Best Kept Secrets:<br />

Lyngemark satellite charts, SBCA<br />

e-Newsletter, Professional Satellite<br />

Repair, smallear.com<br />

FEB SWLing with Pictures! Panamsat<br />

5; DXing with a small dish<br />

MAR NSS 806 Intl Sat Workhorse<br />

APR The LNBF Advantage<br />

MAY TVRO Time Machine: YUSA<br />

JUN Sat DX Equip for Tight Spaces and<br />

Budgets<br />

JUL Tuning in SCPC Radio Broadcasts<br />

AUG Easy Satellite Service Tips<br />

SEP Your Satellite TV Q&A's<br />

OCT The ST-6600 MPEGII Rx<br />

NOV Int'l TV Viewing and Q&As<br />

DEC 4DTV Saves the Day (Maybe)<br />

MILCOM (odd months)<br />

JAN Military Trunking Systems: Camp<br />

Pendleton, Fort Huachuca;<br />

Motorola mil systems; Fed trunking<br />

standard groups<br />

MAR Air Show Season <strong>2000</strong><br />

MAY HILL AFB Trunking; Buckeye State<br />

(OH) Milair; Armed Forces Day<br />

JUL New Blue Angel Freq; Mil Sat<br />

Freqs; 113th Fighter Wing/121st<br />

Squadron, 201st Airlift Squadron;<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> the Military guide is<br />

back<br />

SEP Eglin AFB; US Army trunked<br />

systems<br />

NOV San Antonio Fed Trunk Sys<br />

Update; Ft Lewis, Wash; Camp<br />

Pendleton; VHF Military Land<br />

Mobile Service<br />

ON THE HAM BANDS<br />

JAN Hello, Y2k; Onelist web site; 80<br />

metre direct conversion receiver<br />

schematic<br />

FEB Intro to ten Meters - signals,<br />

antennas, gear<br />

MAR Restructuring (a personal<br />

perspective)<br />

APR What? Still no computer?; ARRL<br />

asks reconsideration on<br />

restructuring; RS HTX 10; band<br />

report<br />

MAY NOGAnaut transmitter; Amateur<br />

Radio 101; Sporadic E skip<br />

JUN Beacon Peekin'; summer activities<br />

JUL QRP versus QRO; Flight of the<br />

Bumblebees; Final Final (Ike's last<br />

column)<br />

AUG Tried the New Mode in Town?<br />

PSK31 (LVH)<br />

SEP Welcome to HF Operation<br />

OCT The Courtesy of QSLing; CQ WW<br />

DX contest; GoldenClassics of<br />

Yesteryear; www.<br />

tubesandmore.com; QSL Cards by<br />

W4MPY<br />

NOV The Cult of K2<br />

DEC All I Want for Christmas (Dec<br />

contests)<br />

OUTER LIMITS<br />

JAN How to Pirate and Clandestine BC;<br />

NASWA and Winter SWL Fest;<br />

Cichiguaz maildrop<br />

FEB Pirate Radio programming, Low<br />

Power FM

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MAR DXing Clandestine Radio Stations;<br />

pirate addresses at Schoech site<br />

APR Mixed Reactions to LPFM;<br />

Mexican Clandestine?<br />

MAY WHYP most active NA pirate;<br />

Euros on 19 Meters<br />

JUN Clandestine Web Sites<br />

Reinvigorated; New ACE publisher<br />

JUL Peruvian Broadcaster Invades<br />

Pirate Band; Pirates Going Legit<br />

AUG Mobilization Radio Targets<br />

Washington<br />

SEP Current Pirate Radio Programming<br />

OCT Pirate DX Season; WCPE offer;<br />

new web sites<br />

NOV Pirating with Cumbre on the Air<br />

DEC Best SW Radio Site, Clandestine<br />

Radio Com; Holiday Pirates<br />

PLANE TALK<br />

JAN Bern Radio; More from BWI<br />

FEB Navigational Aids; Ramp rats and<br />

related activities<br />

MAR Potomac area TRACON; Aero<br />

websites; airline info; software<br />

updates (AirNav Lite, Xavius)<br />

APR Aeronautical Radio, Inc.<br />

MAY Continental Airlines Cruisin’;<br />

Minneapolis ARTCC freqs<br />

JUN Chicago, and the Funnies<br />

JUL A Visit to Minneapolis ARTCC<br />

AUG Dallas Ft Worth ATC; France's<br />

Friendly Skies?;The State of<br />

Aviation in Australia<br />

SEP Baltimore-Washington Intl update<br />

and airline co freq list<br />

OCT Welcome to Bay and JFK<br />

NOV New York to Kansas<br />

DEC Bound for the Northwest: Seattle,<br />

Portland airports; ARINC HF freqs;<br />

Weather Processors Products<br />

(ATC)<br />

PROGRAMMING SPOTLIGHT<br />

JAN Charting a Future for SW BCing -<br />

II<br />

FEB The Best SW Media Programs<br />

MAR RNZI Loses Sport; BBCWS Loses<br />

Mind<br />

APR Don't Overlook These Gems!<br />

MAY Things learned at the SW<br />

Winterfest<br />

JUN The BBC (Yes, Again!)<br />

JUL Europe's Summer of the Arts<br />

AUG The SWL's "National" Sports<br />

SEP Live from Australia: <strong>2000</strong> Olympics<br />

OCT So much for that firewall (VOA)<br />

NOV Ruminations of a Blocked Writer<br />

DEC Half Full or Half Empty?(RN Media<br />

Network & R Australia)<br />

QSL REPORT<br />

JAN QSLing Mediumwave<br />

FEB QSLing Brazilians<br />

MAR Ethiopia - Radio from the Horn<br />

APR Czech Radio, Past and Present<br />

MAY Here comes the sun..shine radio<br />

(Turkey)<br />

JUN Get Creative (email QSLs)<br />

JUL full column of QSL reports<br />

AUG Language Translation Software<br />

SEP Asia-Pacific Station Websites<br />

OCT African Station Websites<br />

NOV Address Update<br />

DEC S American website directory<br />

RADIO RESTORATIONS<br />

JAN Hello, MT readers, Starting Out,<br />

Crystal Sets, Vacuum Tube<br />

Detectors<br />

FEB Battery Sets of the 1920s:<br />

Regenerative, TRF,<br />

Superheterodyne receivers<br />

MAR The First A.C. Sets<br />

APR The Screen Grid Revolution<br />

MAY The Radio Becomes a Home<br />

Appliance<br />

JUN Depression Downsizing<br />

JUL A.C.-D.C. Evolution<br />

AUG New Twists on Tuning<br />

SEP Your Grounding in Safety<br />

OCT Equipping your Restoration<br />

Workshop<br />

NOV Restoring Your First Set<br />

DEC Digging into the Transitone<br />

[ROTATING GUIDE]<br />

FEB SWL Program Guide<br />

MAR Internet Radio Guide: SWBC by<br />

region<br />

APR Int'l BCers via SAT<br />

MAY SWL Program Guide<br />

JUN Internet Radio: Ireland on the<br />

Internet<br />

JUL (no column)<br />

AUG SWL ProgramGuide<br />

discontinued<br />

SATELLITE RADIO GUIDE<br />

SCPC (even ); Audio (odd)<br />

Satellite Loading Report:<br />

JAN Telstar 7<br />

FEB SBS-6, GE-5<br />

MAR GE Americom Satcom K2, GE-2<br />

APR GE-3<br />

MAY Telstar 4, Galaxy 7<br />

JUN Telstar 6<br />

JUL Galaxy 3R, Telstar 5<br />

AUG Galaxy 11<br />

SEP GE-1, GStar-4<br />

OCT Telesat E2, Telesat E-1,<br />

Solidaridad-1<br />

NOV Solidaridad-2, SatMex-5<br />

DEC Morelos 2, Galaxy 5<br />

SCANNER EQUIPMENT<br />

JAN Radio Shack PRO-92 Portable<br />

FEB Yaesu VF-500 Portable Scanner<br />

MAR Uniden Sportcat SC-200 Portable<br />

Scanner; MetroWest NiMH battery<br />

pack; Uniden Scanner clock radio<br />

ergonomics<br />

APR Understanding Intermod; PRO-92<br />

follow-up<br />

MAY Radio Shack PRO-94<br />

JUN Radio Shack PRO-2052 Trunk<br />

Tracker<br />

JUL Electra Tiger Scan TSA<br />

AUG Patches, Crystals, and Review<br />

Index<br />

SEP Radio Shack PRO-2067<br />

OCT ICOM IC-R3 Wide Coverage<br />

Receiver<br />

NOV AOR AR-3000A<br />

DEC Alinco DJ-X2T Wideband Receiver<br />

SCANNER LOGS<br />

JAN Brasstown NC; Chatt TN; Pima AZ<br />

FEB Hickory, NC; SC Dept Natural Res;<br />

Ga Dept Nat Res; Dahlonega, GA,<br />

Army Ranger Trunk sys<br />

MAR White Sands NM; Milair FL; Patrick<br />

AFB, Cape Canaveral; New<br />

Orleans LA trunk sys<br />

APR So CA aero; FL milair; MD VHF<br />

air-air; Montgomery Co, TX;<br />

Kansas City ARTCC; VHF Lo-<br />

Band Skip<br />

MAY Italian VHF Lo-Band skip; GTE<br />

Airfone freqs; cruise log requests<br />

JUN LAX; Phoenix Air Cargo; Calif skip;<br />

Florida milair; MD state PD; Italian<br />

skip logs<br />

JUL Avery Co, NC; Mexico VHF<br />

assignments; More Italian Skip<br />

logs; Space Shuttle audio/video<br />

retransmissions by ham radio<br />

AUG ASCIET <strong>2000</strong> military exercise<br />

SEP MD State Patrol; Chicago Area<br />

OCT (no column)<br />

NOV (no column)<br />

DEC (no column)<br />

SCANNING REPORT<br />

JAN Airborne Scanners, grounded<br />

again?; new band to scan (746-<br />

806); Wash Co, Ore, trunk update;<br />

Maine scanning<br />

FEB Scanner Industry Keeps on<br />

"Trunkin'" - comparison of BC-245,<br />

PRO-94, PRO-92<br />

MAR CES <strong>2000</strong>; Police Call Business<br />

samples (Fla)<br />

APR Passing of Two Scanner Heroes;<br />

Relm buying Uniden 2-way<br />

business; scanning w/the Palm<br />

Pilot; Optoelectronics clairifcation;<br />

245 keyboard lock; scanning films;<br />

CT cops a digital attitude;<br />

Hawaiian scanning<br />

MAY Some Good Scanner News<br />

(Holyoke, Mass); Scanners in the<br />

Media; Radio Shack PRO-92 vs<br />

Uniden BC-245 revisted; Hershey<br />

Park (PA) scanning; Mammoth Mt<br />

(CA) ski resort trunked system<br />

JUN Exciting New Advances in<br />

Scanners; Scanner Master Smart-<br />

Link; APCO and convention;<br />

Boston area monitoring; Utah<br />

Scanning; Kansas City EDACS<br />

system; Sparks, NV<br />

JUL Itinerant Matters; ECPA Challenge<br />

Denied; Boston APCO Convention<br />

- Boston and Mass profile<br />

AUG It was Great'n in Dayton; Speed<br />

Racer Scanning at Daytona;<br />

Dougherty Co GA trunked system;<br />

websites for scanning Disney;<br />

more on wireless mics; tower<br />

proliferation<br />

SEP News from a Newbie; scanner<br />

suggestions; air phones; Wyoming<br />

monitoring<br />

OCT Airport Scanning, aero monitoring<br />

in Michigan, more airport trunking,

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amp frequencies; California<br />

aircraft ground crew licenses<br />

(Police Call)<br />

NOV BC780XLT Update (new features);<br />

Daytona FL area trunking update;<br />

Jackson MS trunking; Natick MA<br />

comm sys; Plymouth MA info<br />

DEC Sunshine State not so Sunny (Fla<br />

gives contract to Ericsson); MI<br />

digital system; W Hartford CT<br />

TRS; Puerto Rico TRS; BC780<br />

part 2<br />

SERVICE SEARCH<br />

JAN Public Safety pool<br />

FEB Public Safety Pool - II<br />

MAR Bus: Railroad Alloc<br />

APR Petroleum and Power Alloc<br />

MAY VHF-low bandplans from Europe<br />

(Italy, France); UK cordless<br />

phones<br />

JUN Fast Food Frequency Pairs<br />

JUL Amateur Satellite Bandplans<br />

AUG National Civilian Aeronautical<br />

Band Assignments<br />

SEP New Zealand VHF Band Plans; US<br />

Low Band alloc<br />

OCT The California Highway Patrol<br />

NOV Channel Plan for 220-222 MHz<br />

Private Mobile Radio Services<br />

DEC Highway Maintenance<br />

SHORTWAVE EQUIPMENT<br />

JAN Kaito KA-007 Free-power Radio<br />

FEB Receiver News: Watkins-Johnson,<br />

Baygen, NASA HF-5E, RN<br />

Receiver Shopping List<br />

MAR MFJ-784B Tunable DSP Filter<br />

APR Wellbrook ALA 1530 Loop<br />

MAY Sangean ATS 505<br />

JUN Palstar R30 - Back to the Future?<br />

JUL Ten-Tec RX-340<br />

AUG What do those specs really mean?<br />

SEP Synchronous Detection - What is<br />

it?<br />

OCT What is receiver sensitivity?<br />

NOV What is dynamic range?<br />

DEC What is receiver selectivity?<br />

TRACKING THE TRUNKS<br />

JAN Trunking Theory 101<br />

FEB A Trunked System Demo<br />

MAR Tracking Motorola Systems<br />

(O'Hare; Disneylnd; Arlington, TX)<br />

APR Ericsson's EDACS Trunking<br />

(Ocean City, MD; Brevard Co, FL;<br />

Illinois SP; DFW Airport, TX)<br />

MAY Logic Trunked Systems (Chicago,<br />

IL; Bloomington, IN; Evansvile, IN;<br />

Marshfield, MA; Rochester, NY;<br />

Milwaukee, WI)<br />

JUN The Case for APCO Project 25 (MI<br />

state, FL HP, CT state, Mesa AZ,<br />

Fairfax Co VA, Baltimore MD)<br />

JUL Readers Track the Trunks<br />

(Evansville, IN; Albuquerque, NM;<br />

Rochester update; Disneyland<br />

Update; Austin, TX)<br />

AUG Figuring Out Fleet Maps<br />

SEP Can These Trunked Systems<br />

Deliver?<br />

OCT Multiple Transmitter Site Solutions<br />

NOV Mailbag Miscellany: (Allentown,<br />

PA; BWI, Sullivan Co, TN;<br />

Galveston, TX); BC780XLT, RS<br />

PRO-92. BC 245XLT<br />

DEC Who's on Where?<br />

UTILITY WORLD<br />

JAN Solar Peak, the High End is Back<br />

FEB SW Utility: An Alphabet Soup?<br />

More Panama changes; Cuban<br />

Spook Sked<br />

MAR ALE: The Future Arrives<br />

APR Black Fax from the Sky; More<br />

Panama<br />

MAY More Weather Changes – Air<br />

Force, Russia, South Africa,<br />

Greece, USCG; More French<br />

RTTY strangeness<br />

JUN US Air Force Air/Ground Net<br />

Takes Shape (SCOPE Command<br />

ALE system)<br />

JUL The Sun Sets on Portishead<br />

Radio; new version PC- ALE<br />

AUG Hear the Hurricane Hunters<br />

SEP KPH Rises from the Dead; RTTY<br />

broadcasting?; Will MARS adopt<br />

PSK31?<br />

OCT To Catch a Spy; Tracking XPH<br />

NOV US Military Expanding HF<br />

Services, USAF Weather net;<br />

Power Control IDed<br />

DEC The Guide to MUF Surfing<br />

VIEW FROM ABOVE<br />

JAN Seasonal changes: FengYun-2<br />

fixed; software updates WXSAT,<br />

WXTRACK; OSEI team monitor<br />

volcano<br />

FEB What's New in <strong>2000</strong>? WXSATs<br />

preferred orbits; winter images<br />

from NOAA; GOES-89 and -10;<br />

Internet site update<br />

MAR View from the Top of the Century:<br />

Non-APT WXsats, GOES captures<br />

the moon, DMSP launch check-out<br />

moves to NOAA; APT images of<br />

Alaska<br />

APR Geoff Perry, an appreciation;<br />

Operational WXSATS; software<br />

updates; Internet site<br />

recommendation; new GOES<br />

system hardware; (Mayflower<br />

steps)<br />

MAY Spring weather, space weather;<br />

Operational Wxsats; Sich-1;<br />

monitoring solar interference;<br />

EXPLORES program; Contrails<br />

image; GOES-L launch; archival<br />

pics<br />

JUN WXsats Turn 40; Fengyun-2A<br />

ceases ops; GOES-L ops; GOES<br />

wefax transmissions<br />

JUL The Launch of GOES-L; Volcano<br />

eruption prediction from GOES;<br />

Fire monitoring; Operational<br />

WXsats, NOAA-12 and 15; Okean-<br />

O Resurrection?<br />

AUG Surface Events Captured on<br />

Satellite; Operational WXsats;<br />

Meteor 3-5 early and late; GOES-<br />

11 working fine; May Shuttle<br />

launch captured; Los Alamos fire<br />

from Terra sat<br />

SEP High Resolution Satellite Imagery;<br />

New Fengyun wxsat; NOAA-L<br />

launch; Op Wxsats; Internet site<br />

update<br />

OCT WXSATs: A World of Change;<br />

NOAA-L Launch; Fengyun-1B;<br />

NOA-9 whispers; NOAA WXSATs,<br />

a glimpse of the future<br />

NOV Readers Get the Picture: pics from<br />

readers; glimpse of the future part<br />

2<br />

DEC Performance Anxiety (NOAA-<br />

Learly orbit stages; NOAA-126<br />

infrared; Replacing NOAA-14; Op<br />

Wxsats; Geostationary scene<br />

WASHINGTON WHISPERS<br />

JAN GB's RA proposes spectrum fees;<br />

FCC restructuring; FCC allows<br />

GPS in cellphones; cellphone<br />

buster illegal in US<br />

FEB FCC to Reallocate 200 MHz of<br />

Prime Spectrum<br />

MAR Ham Radio License Structure<br />

Simplified<br />

APR FCC Creates Low Power FM<br />

Service<br />

MAY Radio freqs to become a<br />

commodity; guard band managers;<br />

software defined radio<br />

JUN Anti-Eavesdropping Legislation<br />

JUL The FCC Rulemaking Process<br />

AUG FCC Proposes new ultra-wideband<br />

technology<br />

SEP Low Power FM Update<br />

OCT One-Stop Shopping at Firstgov;<br />

Wm Flippo arrest; Vladimir Petit-<br />

Fere arrest; Leslie Brewer fine; CB<br />

enforcements; unsolicited junk fax<br />

enforcement; FCC budget cut by<br />

Congress; FCC puts RF emission<br />

safety guide online<br />

NOV FCC Crates MURS Service; Other<br />

New CB Services<br />

DEC Gov <strong>Monitoring</strong> Raises Privacy<br />

Questions<br />

WHAT'S NEW<br />

Books<br />

AIB Global BCing Guide Feb<br />

Amateur Radio - First 100 Years Feb<br />

ARRL RFI Book Mar<br />

Basic Technology for the Amateur Radio<br />

Enthusiast (book & video) May<br />

Calypso at Midnight CD Jan<br />

Earth Rising Apr<br />

Forrest Mims Circuit Scrapbook Jun<br />

German Numbers Woman Dec<br />

Gordon West license manuals May<br />

Govt Radio Systems Dec<br />

Guide to VHF/UHF Amateur Radio Jun<br />

IRCA Foreign Log Feb<br />

IRCA books Aug<br />

AM Slogans List, IRCA Foreign Log,<br />

DXers Technical Guide<br />

Klingenfuss annual references <strong>2000</strong><br />

J<br />

an<br />

Klingenfuss SW Freq Guide <strong>2000</strong> Jul

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Klingenfuss Guide to Ute Stns Jul<br />

Loop Antenna Handbook Apr<br />

M Street Radio Directory <strong>2000</strong> Apr<br />

Max Research antenna books Apr<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> the Military (online) Jul<br />

NRC AM Radio Log Dec<br />

NRC Station Map Dec<br />

NRC: Loop Ant Design & Theory Apr<br />

Police Call <strong>2000</strong> Apr<br />

Police Call: So Calif Apr<br />

Police Call 2001 Oct<br />

Radio in My Life ODXA booklet Jan<br />

RDI White Paper, Satellit 800 Sep<br />

Short Wave Guide (EDXP) Jul<br />

Space Architecture; Frassanito Jul<br />

Speaking of Science Jun<br />

Southwest FreqDirectory Sep<br />

The Logic of Microspace Aug<br />

TV Station Guide Apr<br />

The Voice of the Crystal Jun<br />

WRTH <strong>2000</strong> Mar<br />

Business news, Software<br />

Antique Electronic Supply cat Jan<br />

Antique Electronic Supply cat Apr<br />

APBnews.com May<br />

BandTrol & SofTrol for BC895XLT May<br />

Business news MAR<br />

Computer Aided Tech old-time radio<br />

broadcast CDs Sep<br />

DigiPan Freeware for PSK31 Jul<br />

Ericsson selling priv radio sys; WR1550<br />

dynamic range; new name, website for<br />

Watkins-Johnson; Grundig 800 news<br />

Eat Anglia catalog Feb<br />

HAMCALC v 43 Jun<br />

Hamcall CD-ROM (Buckmaster) Sep<br />

Inside WSM/ First 75 Years Feb<br />

Iridium collectibles? Jul<br />

FTV decoding software Mar<br />

Kenwood HQ moves to Atlantas Oct<br />

KLM antennas out of business Jan<br />

Magellan/Hertz NeverLost system Jan<br />

Mr Scanner FCC CD-ROM Sep<br />

News and rumors Dec<br />

Nitelogger discontinued Nov<br />

Palstar 30 Filter Specs Aug<br />

Pasternack coax catalog Nov<br />

Patent Wizard Nov<br />

Police Call #4 recall Jan<br />

Police Call <strong>2000</strong> CD-ROM Mar<br />

Police Call 2001 on CD Oct<br />

QRZ.com + Jotter Jan<br />

Quebec database, Thibodeaux Sep<br />

Radio-Active Shoc database Dec<br />

Radio HF closes storefront Aug<br />

Satellite-delivered radio (XM,CDR) Jan<br />

Scancat Gold ver 7.5.8<br />

Scanner Recorder Sep<br />

Scannerstuff Scanner Prog System Feb<br />

Scott Craig solar data plot prog May<br />

Skyvision catalog Apr<br />

Websites of note Oct<br />

WinMorse Aug<br />

WR1550 features Apr<br />

Equipment<br />

Aiwa Dynamo FR-C151 Feb<br />

Alinco DM-330MV power supply Jan<br />

Alinco DJ-V5TDC clear HT Apr<br />

Alinco DJ-X2T Oct<br />

Alpha Delta Coax Switch Jun<br />

AR8200 Mark II upgrade Oct<br />

Cellular Phone Alert Pen Nov<br />

Clear Speech Base Sep<br />

Cutting Edge TransPorter Jan<br />

Cutting Edge Radio Badge Apr<br />

Cutting Edge Radio Glove for VX-5 Jun<br />

Cybiko portable intertainment Sep<br />

Fire GPS System Nov<br />

GeoClock Mar<br />

Hammacher Schlemmer map Mar<br />

Hamtronics kits Jun<br />

Icom IC-718 HF tx Aug<br />

LF Engineering Skymatch,etc, cat Sep<br />

Mercedes Benz StarTAK cellphone<br />

M<br />

ay<br />

MFJ 24-hr clocks Jan<br />

MFJ HT Duck Antennas Jan<br />

MFJ SWR Meter 269 Oct<br />

Midland SpeakEasy FRS Oct<br />

Miland SpeakEasy 75-517 FRS Nov<br />

Midland Weather Alert radio Oct<br />

MorseExpress Millennium Key Nov<br />

OHR QRP Kit Dec<br />

Optoelectronics Multicounter Aug<br />

Radio Shack Optimus Multiband Jun<br />

Ramsey antenna kits Apr<br />

Ramsey SW receiver kit May<br />

Receivers and rumors of receivers Aug<br />

RF Enterprises Pilot Light flashlight Feb<br />

SafeTShield (caveat emptor) Nov<br />

Samsung Star Trek wrist phone Jan<br />

Sangean ATS-505 Apr<br />

Small Wonder Labs PSK-20 Tx Kit Jul<br />

Smart Link Reaction Tuner Aug<br />

Sonicbox Feb<br />

SRS Labs WOW Thing Feb<br />

Super Select-A-Tenna Jun<br />

Ten-Tec RX-340 May<br />

Uniden BC780XLT TrunkTracker Feb<br />

Uniden BC780XLT anticipation Mar<br />

WinRadio 1550e Jan<br />

WinRadio WR-3500, WR-3700 Oct<br />

Yaesu VR-5000 Dec<br />

REVIEWS:<br />

AOR Antenna Line Nov<br />

CCRadio vs. GE Superadio Mar<br />

Diamond vs Condor scanner ant Sep<br />

Grove FTR-100 Notch Filter Oct<br />

Grundig 500 sneak preview May<br />

Hamtronics Aviation Rx Module Aug<br />

Icom W32A TXer as a scanner Feb<br />

Protek 3201 RF Field Analyzer Dec<br />

Ramsey FM-100 Stereo transmitter Apr<br />

Ramsey Mobile RDF System Jul<br />

Stridsberg FLT201A Notch Filter Jan<br />

Stridsberg MCA204 Multicoupler Jan<br />

Super Select-A-Tenna Jul<br />

<strong>Times</strong>tep feed and converter for<br />

GOES reception (from Swagur) May<br />

Wellbrook Antenna Splitter AS1030 Sep

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FEATURES:<br />

Broadcast:<br />

Broadcasting in Zimbabwe JUL<br />

Challenges for Int'l Broadcasting JAN<br />

Challenges: Conflict to Cooperaton JUN<br />

DXing Mexican Style JAN<br />

Hawaii DXpedition MAY<br />

KJES JUL<br />

Listening In On Europe MAR<br />

Listening In South of the Border JAN<br />

Listening In On the Middle East SEP<br />

Listening to Baseball JUL<br />

Meet WJCR SEP<br />

QSL Guide to the Caribbean JAN<br />

QSL Guide to Europe MAR<br />

QSL Guide to the Middle East SEP<br />

SWLing from the West Coast DEC<br />

WWBS: Little Station That Could FEB<br />

Miscellaneous<br />

ACARS Decoding and AirNav3 AUG<br />

Guide to the Marine Bands MAY<br />

Guide to the Radio Web JUN<br />

Ham Licensing in Canada OCT<br />

Index <strong>2000</strong> JAN<br />

Monitor's Guide to Maps JUL<br />

Who's Listening? Wade Langley AUG<br />

Satellites<br />

Starband vs. DirecPC FEB<br />

Scanning:<br />

2001 Fire Season Scanning JUL<br />

2002 Winter Olympics DEC<br />

9-11 Infamy Revisited NOV<br />

Dept Store Scanning DEC<br />

Lower Colorado River Authority FEB<br />

NH Scanning (Granite State) AUG<br />

Radio Behind Bars (Folsom) AUG<br />

Radio on the Radio JUN<br />

Scanning Central Florida MAR<br />

Scanning Dixie NOV<br />

Scanning Fla's Spacecoast APR<br />

Washington Under Seige NOV<br />

History and Future of Radio OCT<br />

History and Future of Radio - II NOV<br />

Linear Loaded Quad for 15 MHz APR<br />

MF Spectrum Loopstick APR<br />

20th Century Nostalgia<br />

Marconi's Atlantic Adventure DEC<br />

Marconi's Favored Hand DEC<br />

MT Celebrates 20 Years DEC<br />

Recreated Baseball Games JUL<br />

Utilities:<br />

IDing DGPS Beacon Stations MAY<br />

International ALE Nets FEB<br />

Milcom: Most Enjoyable Channels APR<br />

QSLing the World (hams) OCT<br />

The Key to the Enigma Cipher MAR<br />

AMERICAN BANDSCAN<br />

JAN Good Books (AM Radio Log, AM<br />

Station Map Book, FM Atlas);<br />

Expanded Band News; Bits &<br />

Pieces<br />

FEB Station (tower) Identification;<br />

Expanded Band News; Bits &<br />

Pieces<br />

MAR Stamp Collecting and DX; LPFM<br />

news; New stations<br />

APR Stakeout! ; Mailbag<br />

MAY Radio Graveyard<br />

JUN Grounded Loop Antenna<br />

JUL Join the Club; bits and pieces<br />

AUG Regional Roundup (regional<br />

channels); DX and crime fighting;<br />

mailbag<br />

SEP LPFM on the Air; Over the Air TV<br />

OCT Bits and Pieces<br />

NOV RDS and Automatic IDs<br />

DEC Broadcasting and the NYC Attack<br />

ANTENNA TOPICS<br />

JAN Don't Drink this Beverage!<br />

FEB Interesting Aspects of<br />

Propagation<br />

MAR Antennas Across the Spectrum:<br />

Technology and Technical:<br />

VLF-LF<br />

Fix It, Don't Toss It SEP<br />

APR Antennas Across the Spectrum:<br />

Folded, folded Dipole for VHF/FM JUL<br />

MF-HF<br />

Following Trunked Systems by Computer SEP MAY Antennas Across the Spectrum:<br />

Generating Power MAY<br />

VHF-Microwave<br />

HF Trailer Hitch mount APR<br />

JUN Antenna for Low Freqs (active<br />

antenna)<br />

JUL Antenna for Medium and High<br />

Freqs (Marconi)<br />

AUG Antenna for VHF and Higher<br />

(axial-mode, helical antnna)<br />

SEP Some Very Unusual Antennas<br />

(winner, other unusual entries<br />

present and past); websites<br />

OCT Some easy, low-cost antennas<br />

NOV Some Basic Antenna Concepts<br />

DEC Antennas Near or Under the<br />

Earth<br />

BEGINNER'S CORNER<br />

JAN Two Cheap (and easy) Scanner<br />

Antenna Solutions; Beginner's<br />

DIY - The Attic Mount<br />

FEB Your Beginner's Q&A<br />

MAR Wireless Whole House Audio<br />

APR Satellite TV Update: CB Woes,<br />

Scheduled Launches, MPEGII<br />

Report<br />

MAY Getting Started in 2 Meters<br />

JUN The Readers Respond: whole<br />

house audio, Grove antenna, etc<br />

JUL The $10 Multi-Purpose Mobile<br />

Antenna<br />

AUG Motorola's DCII Sidecar (C-band<br />

update and solution to digital<br />

reception); TVRO Mailbag<br />

SEP Roll Your Own DXpedition<br />

OCT Getting Started in Scanning<br />

NOV The Best Way to Learn Morse<br />

Code<br />

DEC TVRO Update: MPEGII and<br />

HDTV<br />

BELOW 500 kHz<br />

JAN DX Camp Results; WWVB<br />

Software; Web Updates<br />

FEB The Band is Hot!; Web Updates;<br />

New LF Catalog<br />

MAR Can You Hear the Lowfers?;<br />

Looking Back; Universal catalog<br />

available<br />

APR Pipeline Recption; Mail Call; Web<br />

Resource<br />

MAY The Way it Was (maritime);<br />

beacon loggings

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JUN LF Receiving Antennas: Random<br />

Wire; Mailbag; Pipeline<br />

Reception Update<br />

JUL LF Receiving Antennas -II (loop<br />

antennas)<br />

AUG LF Receiving Antennas - III<br />

(active antennas)<br />

SEP First Steps (in LF)<br />

OCT Besides Beacons (quick tour LF)<br />

NOV A/N Range Signal Retrospect;<br />

Longwave Loggings; Morse Code<br />

chart<br />

DEC 19 Countries on Longwave!<br />

CLOSING COMMENTS<br />

JAN Happy Anniversary!<br />

FEB Dialogue on Out-of-Band<br />

Broadcasting<br />

MAR In Tribute (Al Gross, Joe Carr, Bill<br />

Orr)<br />

APR The Silly Season - It's All Year<br />

Long!<br />

MAY Loss of Another Friend; Spies<br />

Like Scanners Too; FCC<br />

Commissioners Bail Out; ARRL<br />

Regression<br />

JUN Guest Ed: Should a Journalist<br />

Head the VOA?<br />

JUL Guest Ed: The BBC Should<br />

Reconsider<br />

AUG Guest Ed: LPFM Hypocrasy?<br />

SEP The Changing Complexion of<br />

Marketing<br />

OCT Guest Ed: How the 24/7, Upgrade,<br />

Hi-tech, Roll-out Life<br />

Ended<br />

NOV America: Land of the Free<br />

DEC Christmas Greetings<br />

COMPUTERS & RADIO<br />

JAN AOR's SDU 5500 and LCD<br />

Basics<br />

FEB AOR's Pocket ACARS Decoder<br />

ARD-2<br />

MAR Voice Command for Your<br />

Receivers (Game Commander<br />

plus RadioMax)<br />

APR Voice Command for Your<br />

Receivers (MS Game Voice vs<br />

Game Commander 2)<br />

MAY What's After ACARS?<br />

JUN Where Did the Plug Go?<br />

(@Power Strip, Power Strip<br />

Liberator, Catch-a-Call, Olitec<br />

Total Office)<br />

JUL What is an Internet<br />

Receiver/Tuner? (iRhythm)<br />

AUG DeLorme's GPS Receiver<br />

(Earthmate) and Mapping<br />

Programs (Road Warrior and<br />

Topo USA<br />

SEP Program Help for Pocket<br />

Receivers (RT Systems progs for<br />

Icom and Yaesu)<br />

OCT Son of Propman (Propman <strong>2000</strong>)<br />

and DXLog Ver. 3.0<br />

NOV Software for the 780XLT:<br />

WinScan 780 and TrunkStar 780<br />

DEC Software for the 780XLT:<br />

ScanCat Gold 8 and ScanPro780<br />

DIGITAL DIGEST<br />

JAN More Diplomatic Services<br />

FEB Algerian Oil & Gas on HF;<br />

Spanish Diplo Service; N Korean<br />

KCNA<br />

MAR HF Fax Facts; Baltic States and<br />

Canadian Forces on ALE<br />

APR High Speed Modem Here (Hoka);<br />

ALE network update<br />

MAY Chirps, Chips, and OTHRs<br />

JUN Bulgarian Diplomatic Service;<br />

ALE networks update<br />

JUL Useful Modes - or Not?; Link 11<br />

System Profile; Tunisian MOI<br />

AUG Mysteries Solved (USCG), ALE<br />

Update, PACTOR System Profile<br />

SEP Czech Diplomatic Service; Two<br />

More HF Email Services; Clover<br />

system profile<br />

OCT UMC moving web site; more ALE<br />

network updates; FEC-A system<br />

profile<br />

NOV Digital Signals FAQ; Amateur<br />

digital experiments; new<br />

Romanian network<br />

DEC North Korean Diplomatic Service;<br />

more ALE networks; Rhode &<br />

Schwartz HF Systems<br />

EASY ACCESS RADIO<br />

MAR Icom 's Neat IC-718<br />

APR Cobra's Professional MicroTALK<br />

<strong>2000</strong>WX<br />

MAY Coleman CR-411 FRS<br />

JUN First Alert WX-17 and WX-30<br />

JUL Icom's Neat IC-706MkIIG - I<br />

AUG Icom's Neat IC-706MkIIG - II<br />

SEP Midland's G-30 GMRS Radio<br />

OCT Cobra's SNAP microTALK<br />

FRS120<br />

NOV Citizens Radio Corps<br />

DEC Tech-Link Walkie Talkies; a bad<br />

idea from WalMart<br />

THE FED FILES<br />

JAN Fed Agencies at Inauguration<br />

2001<br />

FEB Weather on Your Scanner;<br />

EMWIN BC Areas<br />

MAR <strong>Monitoring</strong> HUD; DOE Los<br />

Alamos; FBI in WV; Fed UHF<br />

Land Mobile alloc.<br />

APR <strong>Monitoring</strong> a Space Outpost; Fed<br />

UHF Land Mobile alloc 412 MHz<br />

MAY Federal Aviation Administration;<br />

413 MHz alloc<br />

JUN Summertime (Coast Guard on<br />

HF); 414 MHz alloc<br />

JUL Coast Guard on VHF/UHF - I;<br />

415 MHz alloc.<br />

AUG Federal Bureau of Prisons; 416<br />

MHz alloc.<br />

SEP Coast Guard on VHF/UHF - II<br />

OCT A Leaf Lookers Special Profile:<br />

Blue Ridge Parkway, Smoky Mt<br />

Natl Park, Shenandoah Natl Park<br />

NOV SHARES and FEMA frequencies<br />

DEC Emergency Alert System on HF;<br />

Operation SECURE; New<br />

England federal monitoring<br />

GLOBAL FORUM<br />

JAN The Clandestine Cranny<br />

FEB Soviet Tests Burned the<br />

Ionosphere<br />

MAR WWFV Licensed to Broadcast<br />

Telephony<br />

APR Is Radio Austria a "Sinking<br />

Ship"?<br />

MAY Allan Weiner at Sea Again<br />

JUN The Buzz of Digital Shortwave<br />

JUL Lose a Lot, Gain a Little<br />

AUG Changes in US Gov't Int'l<br />

Broadcasting (Pals, Radio Free<br />

Asia, Radio Marti, VOA, ex-VOA<br />

Bethany)<br />

SEP R Austria Intl Endangered, Peace<br />

Radio Website<br />

OCT Top 10 WWV Promotional Ideas<br />

NOV The NASB Agenda<br />

DEC All Ears on Afghanistan<br />

MILCOM (odd months)<br />

JAN Inauguration 2001 - military freqs<br />

MAR <strong>Monitoring</strong> Military Flight<br />

Demonstration Groups, air show<br />

performance schedules and freqs<br />

MAY FACSFAC (San Diego & Hawaii'<br />

SoCal Marines; FAA freq<br />

changes; Ft Wainwright trunk<br />

system<br />

JUL Airshow Update; Air Station<br />

Beaufort Profile<br />

SEP 8971 - A Gem of a Frequency;<br />

Van Nuys Air Expo; Happy<br />

Hunter Revisited<br />

NOV SCATANA's Trial by Fire<br />

(NORAD)<br />

MT REVIEWS<br />

AOR TDF370 digital terminal DEC<br />

Avcom Ramsey SDM42B SDU NOV<br />

Blonder Tongue BTSA-8558C spectrum<br />

analyzer (and why it's not a<br />

communication receiver) SEP<br />

Electromagnetic Radiation Detectors:<br />

Plus Guard, EMR Detector,<br />

Microalert<br />

Emerson Universal Multi-System Video<br />

Converter FEB<br />

Flight Explorer Personal Edition AUG<br />

Hamtronics LNK-WB preamplifier JUN<br />

Index of Reviews 1994-2001 JUL<br />

MFJ-616 Speech Enhancer MAR<br />

PAR AM Broadcast Filter MAY<br />

PAR AM BC Filter ((VLF) NOV<br />

PAR MON-3 VHF/UHF Antenna MAY<br />

Sangean SR25V NOV<br />

SGC SG2020 HF Transceiver JAN<br />

WiNRADiO AX-31B Antenna APR<br />

(chart correction p.89 MAY)<br />

Yaesu VR-5000 PMS Scan Fix JUN<br />

ON THE HAM BANDS<br />

JAN Be it resolved...10 resolutions

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FEB Books to Grow By (ARRL<br />

Handbook for Radio Amateurs;<br />

Understanding Basic Electronics;<br />

Electronics of Radio; Practical RF<br />

Design; Solid State Design for<br />

the Radio Amateur; Intro to Radio<br />

Frequency Design)<br />

MAR Going Mobile<br />

APR Muscle Cars and Antenna Wire<br />

MAY PSK31 on a Budget; Field Day<br />

2001; KAT2 Automatic Antenna<br />

Tuner<br />

JUN One Ham's Hamfest Perspective<br />

JUL Ragchewing and Other Fun<br />

AUG Dog Days in the Great Outdoors<br />

(antennas and tuner for portable<br />

ops)<br />

SEP Ham Radio Rises Again<br />

OCT Easy PSK31 Ops with RIGblaster<br />

NOV Ham Radio in the Real World;<br />

Lower Vanity Fee; FCC number<br />

mandatory; on-air code practic<br />

legal<br />

DEC Picks for the Gift-giving season<br />

OUTER LIMITS<br />

JAN Holidays Boost Pirate<br />

Broadcasting<br />

FEB Variety and Quantity Return<br />

MAR USA-sponsored Clandestine<br />

Activity<br />

APR Zeller's Tenth Anniversary<br />

MAY Allan Weiner Acquires Ship Tx<br />

JUN Kentucky Militia Nixes KSMR<br />

JUL Do We Need and Unlicensed BC<br />

Band? New ACE Publisher<br />

AUG Pirate Radio Thriving (logs)<br />

SEP Camp Meeting Radio (AWR);<br />

Clandestine Radio Schedules<br />

OCT Hear Pirates via Java Radio?;<br />

Clandestine Targets<br />

NOV Kirk Trummel: 1963-2001; Biafra<br />

back on<br />

DEC Cuban Spy Used Numbers;<br />

holidaypirate numbers<br />

PLANE TALK (even months)<br />

FEB Something for Everyone:<br />

Tatosian book review;<br />

Flightradio.com; airline company<br />

freqs; unusual aero comms from<br />

Bob Bell; MWARA (conclusion)<br />

APR Richmond VA and Sacramento<br />

CA towers<br />

JUN Tampa Bay Airspace; Air Traffic<br />

Cafe website; Chicago Surfing;<br />

Flight Explorer PE<br />

AUG Alphabet Soup (Air Traffic<br />

Management Glossary); FAA to<br />

Modernize ATC over Oceans;<br />

Houston Radio HF Services<br />

OCT Airship Aviation (blimps); AirVan<br />

ACARS decoding software;<br />

airport freqs - Albuquerque NM,<br />

Cleveland OH, St Louis MO,<br />

Denver CO<br />

DEC Christmas Bonus: Airline<br />

company freqs; Frewell TWA; LA<br />

Center; Oakland, Seattle, Salt<br />

Lake City, Atlanta Centers; jokes<br />

PROGRAMMING SPOTLIGHT<br />

JAN Breakfast with Shortwave<br />

FEB It's Your VOA<br />

MAR Can Youth be Served?<br />

APR Afternoon Delights<br />

MAY DXing, SWLing, Media Programs<br />

JUN SRI and Other Tales<br />

JUL New Media, the BBC, and<br />

Magazines<br />

AUG Discovering Lots of Life on SW<br />

(without the BBC)<br />

SEP An Ear to the Tower of Babel<br />

(non-English programming)<br />

OCT RCI, the CBC, and the Role of<br />

International Radio<br />

NOV DX, SWL, and Media Programs<br />

DEC Listening to the Tea Leaves<br />

(ways of listening to SW news)<br />

QSL REPORT<br />

JAN Latin Websites and more<br />

FEB (Jan repeated in error)<br />

MAR European Websites<br />

APR Veri Signers: Are They Worth It?<br />

MAY Increase your QSL Return Rate<br />

JUN QSLing Hams on Field Day<br />

JUL QSLing Int'l Hams<br />

AUG Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend a<br />

Beam for DXers<br />

SEP Adventist Radio Wows Collectors<br />

OCT DX is back for the Trop Heads!<br />

NOV QSLing Beacons<br />

DEC LowFERs and MedFERS<br />

RADIO (or SHORTWAVE) EQUIPMENT<br />

FEB AOR's AR8600 on HF<br />

MAR (Mediumwave Equipment) The<br />

Henry Kloss Model One<br />

APR Yaesu VR5000 on HF<br />

MAY MFJ 8100 World Band SW Radio<br />

JUN DJ-X<strong>2000</strong>T on HF and Your<br />

Letters (NRD-535 Quick Toggle,<br />

ICOM R3 Idiot, MT Stock<br />

Exchange, Field and Stream<br />

nostalgia ad)<br />

JUL What are synthesizers and how<br />

do they work? - I<br />

AUG What are synthesizers and how<br />

do they work? - II<br />

SEP SWLing "On the Go"<br />

OCT Mobile Solutions - II (using base<br />

stations and in-dash receivers);<br />

Sony mobile receiver review XR-<br />

C5600X<br />

NOV Mobile Solutions - III (converters,<br />

comparisons, satellite audio)<br />

DEC Taking Back the BBC (listening<br />

via satellite)<br />

RADIO RESTORATIONS<br />

JAN Firing up the Transitone<br />

FEB Rehabbing an RF Generator<br />

MAR Recapping and Testing the<br />

Generator<br />

APR We Realign the Transitone<br />

MAY Restoring the National SW-54<br />

JUN Interesting Radio Books: Amateur<br />

Radio - A beginners Guide,<br />

Thordarson Transformer Manual,<br />

Fireside Politics - Radio and the<br />

Political Order, Complete Price<br />

Guide to Antique Radios - Sears<br />

Silvertone Catalogs, Marconi's<br />

Atlantic Leap<br />

JUL Continuing the SW-54<br />

Restoration<br />

AUG The SW-54 Plays Again!<br />

SEP Realignment and Testing of the<br />

SW-54<br />

OCT Firing up a World War II<br />

"Command Set" (BC-453, R- 23A<br />

NOV SW-54 Conclusion; Isolation<br />

Transformer [Oct column]<br />

DEC Digging Into the Command Sets<br />

SATELLITE SERVICE GUIDE<br />

JAN Galaxy 7; Galaxy 9; Telstar 7;<br />

Satcom C3<br />

FEB Galaxy 1R; Satcom C4; GE-7;<br />

GE-8<br />

MAR GE-6; Galaxy 6; SBS-6; SBS-4;<br />

GE-5; Satcom K2<br />

APR GE-2; GE-3; Telstar 4; Anik F1<br />

MAY Galaxy 11, Telstar 6, Glaxy 3R<br />

JUN Telstar 5, Galaxy 4R, GE-4<br />

JUL GE-1, GStar-4, Anik F1, Anik E2<br />

AUG Solidaridad 2, SATMEX-5, Anik<br />

E1, Morelos 2<br />

SEP Galaxy 10R, Galaxy 5, Galaxy 9,<br />

Telstar 7<br />

OCT Satcom C3, Galaxy 1R, Satcom<br />

C4, GE-7, GE-8, Brasilsat A1,<br />

GE-6<br />

NOV Galaxy 6, SBS-6, SBS-4, Satcom<br />

C1, GE-5, Satcom K2, GE-2<br />

DEC GE-3, Telstar 4, Galaxy 11<br />

SCANNER EQUIPMENT<br />

JAN Butel Control Software for the IC-<br />

R2<br />

FEB RT Systems Software for the<br />

Yaesu VF-500<br />

MAR Uniden BC780XLT Trunktracker<br />

APR AOR AR8600<br />

MAY Yaesu VR-5000<br />

JUN Alinco DJ-X<strong>2000</strong>T<br />

JUL Yaesu VR-120 Portable Scanner<br />

AUG Ask Another Bob: How can I build<br />

a scanner? measure scanner<br />

performance? add alpha labels?<br />

buy a crystal-controlled air band<br />

scanner? Collectors Corner:<br />

Regency TM-H2<br />

SEP Optoelectronics DS1000<br />

Frequency Counter; Software for<br />

the VR-120<br />

OCT Tracking the Trendsetters<br />

NOV Mobile Scanning in Style<br />

DEC Build a Mobile Mounting Bracket<br />

SCANNING CANADA<br />

SEP Welcome to Canada<br />

OCT Onward to Ontario: Pearson<br />

Airport<br />

NOV Scanning the West Coast

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DEC Calgary Int'l Airport<br />

SCANNING REPORT<br />

JAN Public Safety in Lubbock Texas;<br />

BC 780 Update Part 3, nontrunking<br />

functions<br />

FEB Jan column repeated by mistake<br />

MAR Michigan <strong>Monitoring</strong>; Final<br />

Preview of BC780XLT, Motorola<br />

trunking<br />

APR Future of Scanners and<br />

Consumer Electronics; Air radio<br />

news; Mississippi <strong>Monitoring</strong>;<br />

Trunking Update, Clark County<br />

WA<br />

MAY Five Wishes for Scanning;<br />

Kentucky (Paducah) Trunking;<br />

Baltimore Trunking; Unique<br />

Trunking Formats<br />

JUN Scanning Your Own Back Yard;<br />

local govt and related freqs<br />

JUL Scanning for Wireless<br />

Microphones; Who's Listening:<br />

Chris Parris<br />

AUG Scanning Smorgasbord (freq<br />

data sources for PDAs, Texas<br />

Radio Guide, Dodger stadium<br />

freqs); Dayton Hamvention, Ft<br />

Lauderdale Air & Sea Show;<br />

Florida Fires; VHF Wireless Mic<br />

follow-up; editorial policy<br />

SEP Canada Calling (scanning<br />

websites); emergency mgt<br />

agencies (Miami-Dade Co); Jan<br />

Fine profile<br />

OCT The Mail and the Media: freq lists<br />

from readers; common news<br />

media channels; Ken Windyka<br />

profile; new lower power chans<br />

NOV Florida Connection (to 9-11);<br />

maps and freqs URL; assisstive<br />

listening devices; Mike Fink and<br />

N Ohio freq list<br />

DEC Closing Out the Year: effect of 9-<br />

11 on scanning; my bank number<br />

one; Brian Cathcart<br />

SERVICE SEARCH<br />

JAN Canadian VHF/UHF Allocations<br />

FEB Environment Canada<br />

Weatheradio<br />

MAR US NOAA Weather Radio<br />

APR NOAA Weather Radio (contd)<br />

MAY NOAA Weather Radio (contd)<br />

JUN NOAA Weather Radio (concl)<br />

JUL Military VHF/UHF Spectrum<br />

AUG Fixed Base Aero Company Freqs<br />

OCT Major World Air Route Areas<br />

TRACKING THE TRUNKS<br />

JAN Sorting Out the Systems<br />

FEB Seeking Frequencies<br />

MAR Public Access Trunked Radios<br />

(MPT 1327)<br />

APR Motorola Type II Trunking; Illinois<br />

Starcom 21; NPSPAC<br />

MAY Trunking by TETRA; FCC<br />

Database<br />

JUN The Price of Progress: problems<br />

with digital and 800 MHz<br />

systems; Talk-group patterns<br />

JUL Travel Tips; Project 25 Scanner;<br />

Fleet Map Programming; Illinois<br />

STARCOM 21 Update<br />

AUG The Digital Side of APCO-25;<br />

Wayne Co, Mich; State of Mich.<br />

SEP To Buy or to Wait?; Digital<br />

Modes; Trunktracking scanner<br />

list; Phoenix; Sawyer Co Wis;<br />

Arkansas state police; PRO 91<br />

update<br />

OCT Palm Beach County Confusion;<br />

OpenSky system; Clarksville TN,<br />

Oklahoma City OK, Palm Beach<br />

Co FL, Michigan state police<br />

NOV Making the Case for Simulcasting<br />

(Springfield OH, Cape Cod MA,<br />

Anne Arundel Co MD, Fairfax Co<br />

VA, Kempsville VA, Lapeer Co<br />

MI, Saginaw Co, MI, Fulton Co<br />

GA, Dayton OH); Arkansas;<br />

Phoenix, AZ<br />

Dec Olympic-sized Trunking<br />

UTILITY WORLD<br />

JAN Singapore Radio to Close;<br />

Croughton Global Stands Down;<br />

More Air Force Weather<br />

FEB US Air Force ISB is Back; English<br />

Lady is Cuban; What was that?<br />

MAR US Air Force Global HF System<br />

APR Hugh's Favorite Frequencies: Air<br />

Force, Coast Guard, War on<br />

Drugs, Fax and teleprinting<br />

MAY More US Coast Guard FAX<br />

Changes; KPH on 7414<br />

JUN Philippine News on HF Ute;<br />

CODAR<br />

JUL UNS/Marine MARS Reorganizes;<br />

Scratch Incirlik, Welcome<br />

Sigonella; RTTY Harmonics<br />

AUG WLO Marine Bands Network<br />

(telex, email, voice services)<br />

SEP The Middle East Numbers (E10)<br />

OCT Understanding Weather Bulletin<br />

Headers<br />

NOV SITFAA: New Life for an Old Net<br />

DEC Utilities Go to War; Cuban<br />

Numbers are Real<br />

VIEW FROM ABOVE<br />

JAN A Change in Global Weather?;<br />

Operating WXSats; Reader's<br />

Upgrade<br />

FEB The Risky Business of Satellites;<br />

Resurs; NOAA-9 remains active;<br />

NOAA-15 lives!<br />

MAR Eclipse Weather!<br />

APR No Pics (failures), Snowy Pics<br />

(snow cover), and Gulf Pics<br />

(newly-released HRPT images)<br />

MAY Intermittent Receptions; Op<br />

WXSats, Future Launches<br />

JUN New Beginnings; GOES Users<br />

conference<br />

JUL Operational WXSATs,<br />

corresondence, thoughts<br />

AUG Images from NOAA-16; GOES-2<br />

to satellite heaven; Polar WXSAT<br />

ops; GOES-M Launch<br />

SEP Understanding Weather<br />

Satellites, transmission modes<br />

OCT Understanding Weather<br />

Satellites, geostationary sats;<br />

GOES-M launched<br />

NOV Digital Satellites on the Horizon;<br />

decoding '90s style; timetable for<br />

digital WXSATs; WXSATs to<br />

monitor; pictures<br />

DEC NOAA-16 and Fengyun<br />

developments<br />

WASHINGTON WHISPERS<br />

JAN Special interests still trying to kill<br />

LPFM; Alan Fried micro-radio<br />

system seized; Internet going<br />

wireless and US playing catchup;<br />

Congress bill allows local<br />

authorities to enforce laws<br />

regarding CB violations<br />

FEB Reconsideration Urged on<br />

MURS!<br />

MAR Low Power FM Radio Crippled<br />

APR Stand by for Chnge at the<br />

Republican-led FCC<br />

MAY HAARP: Ionospheric Research,<br />

or is it?<br />

JUN Ham Runs Unlicensed Militia<br />

Station<br />

JUL Sealand to Operate Internet Web<br />

Sites<br />

AUG LPFM: Giving a Voice to the<br />

Voiceless<br />

SEP The Digital Battle Against<br />

Satellite TV Pirates<br />

OCT The Cat and Mouse Game of<br />

Computer Security<br />

NOV Digital Satellite Comes to BC<br />

Radio; FCC to Implement<br />

registration numbers;<br />

preparations for WRC-2003<br />

DEC FCC Adopts SDR Rules<br />

WHAT'S NEW<br />

Books, CDs<br />

A Family Affair: RL Drake Story APR<br />

Amateur Radio Explained MAR<br />

ARRL Handbook 2001 AUG<br />

Australasian SW Guide JAN<br />

Australasian SW Guide DEC<br />

Callsign 2001 JUL<br />

E Mass Scanner Guide online MAY<br />

European FM Handbook DEC<br />

FCC Data database on CD SEP<br />

Freq of Nature FCC database OCT<br />

GMRS online directory JUL<br />

Grove Federal Freq Directory CD SEP<br />

Grove Military Freq Directory CD AUG<br />

Grundig Satellit MAR<br />

Hobbyists Guide to COMINT JUN<br />

Klingenfuss Publications: MAR<br />

2001 SW Greq Guide<br />

Guide to Utility Radio Stations

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Guide to WW Weather Services<br />

Super Freq List on CD-ROM<br />

Maritime Telegraphy CD SEP<br />

Old Timers Bulletin on CD MAY<br />

Passport 2002 NOV<br />

Police Call 2002 NOV<br />

Programming Microcontrollers in C MAY<br />

RadioMag MAR<br />

Radio Stations in the UK JAN<br />

PCI Bus Demystified FEB<br />

Police Call, So Calif edition FEB<br />

Quebec freq dir on CD OCT<br />

South Carolina Freq Directory JUN<br />

Short-Range Wireless Comm FEB<br />

SMD Electronic Projects JAN<br />

User-friendly guide to Internet/computer<br />

terms (free) NOV<br />

VA freq directory on CD OCT<br />

Wireless Spectrum Finder AUG<br />

WRTH 2001 MAR<br />

Business news, Software<br />

Atoc new Alinco US distributor AUG<br />

Caveat: Preferred Customers Guild MAR<br />

Cityfreq Online Database MAY<br />

Cobra/Lowrance merger MAY<br />

Garmin MapSource recall AUG<br />

G&G Communications now online JUL<br />

Grundig 800 upgrades NOV<br />

HamCalc 48 FEB<br />

Haxial World Time by Computer DEC<br />

Immobiliser security for Harleys JAN<br />

Kachina discontinues HF products JUL<br />

PerCon Spectrum Online MAY<br />

RadioCom 5.1 DEC<br />

Starband two-way satellite-delivered<br />

Internet service JAN<br />

TrunkStar 780 JUN<br />

Turbo535 Update JUN<br />

Uniden developing Project 25<br />

scanner JUL<br />

Equipment<br />

Adaptec USB XHub DEC<br />

Alinco DJ-X<strong>2000</strong>T APR<br />

Alinco DJ-X3 scanning rx NOV<br />

Alinco DR-235 and DR-435 MAY<br />

AR8600 receiver FEB<br />

Bose Wave/PC System SEP<br />

Cellular Pen JAN<br />

Cutting Edge Battery in a Bag MAY<br />

Cutting Edge Hold-It NEO pouch JAN<br />

Cutting Edge multi-band mobile ant JUL<br />

Cutting Edge Pouch for FT-817 APR<br />

Digisette Duo-Aria MP3 player MAR<br />

Electric Fuel zinc-air battery MAY<br />

Electric Fuel for PDAs SEP<br />

EMR detector SEP<br />

Fairhaven RD500VX JAN<br />

Garmin, new GPS products APR<br />

Grove SP-200C sound enhancer AUG<br />

Grove universal telescoping whip NOV<br />

Hamtronics low-noise preamps MAY<br />

Icom IC-910H tx FEB<br />

Midland F-10 FRS radio AUG<br />

Midland G-30 GMRS radio MAY<br />

Midland, new FRS models MAR<br />

MFJ Morse Code Reader NOV<br />

Monster car amplifier hook-up kits SEP<br />

Morse Express Christmas Key DEC<br />

Optoelectronics DS1000 freq cntr JUN<br />

Patcomm RX-16000 SW receiver FEB<br />

Phone-Card-Phone MAY<br />

PlusGuard FEB<br />

Radio Shack PRO-93/PRO-2053 AUG<br />

Ramsey Music Lights kit NOV<br />

Ramsey Van DeGraff generator NOV<br />

Sangean 505 new package SEP<br />

Scientifics Wireless Weathewr Stn JUL<br />

Sony 7600G vs 7600GR JUN<br />

Sony software radio (SOPRANO) JUN<br />

Speco CBS-500 extension spkr AUG<br />

Spydercone antenna system SEP<br />

TERK TV35 antenna JUN<br />

Timewave ANC-4 NOV<br />

WinRadio USB adapters and telephone<br />

interface unit JUN<br />

WinScan Ver 2.1 APR<br />

Yaesu VR-120 APR<br />

YES watch FEB

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<strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

<strong>Times</strong> 2002<br />

<strong>INDEX</strong><br />

FEATURES:<br />

Broadcast:<br />

65 Years of Radio Prague JAN<br />

Catching Baseball on AM Band JUL<br />

China: Behind the Bamboo Curtain NOV<br />

KTWR Guam Celebrates 25 OCT<br />

Listening in on India and Pakistan MAR<br />

Prime Season for Pirates OCT<br />

Radio Aparecida JUN<br />

Radio Canada International DEC<br />

Radio Okapi Hits SW MAY<br />

Shortwave's Summertime Secrets JUL<br />

SW vs the Internet? Challenges 6 MAR<br />

Tales from Bush House SEP<br />

The Anderson/Patriot Radio Story APR<br />

Tuning in the Longwave BC Band SEP<br />

Voz Cristiana AUG<br />

Miscellaneous<br />

Emergency Communications JAN<br />

Managing Radio Data SEP<br />

Preserving QSLs FEB<br />

Radio Direction Finding JUL<br />

Unlicensed DX: Irish Mass (filler) APR<br />

Who's Who in the Spectrum -LF JAN<br />

Who's Who in the Spectrum -MW FEB<br />

Who's Who - SW Broadcasts MAR<br />

Who's Who? - SW Utilities APR<br />

Who's Who? Amateur Radio MAY<br />

Who's Who? VHF Low Band JUN<br />

Who's Who? VHF/UHF AUG<br />

Who's Who? UHF SEP<br />

Who's Who? Above 960 MHz OCT<br />

Satellites<br />

Having Fun with GPS AUG<br />

Sky Wars JAN<br />

Surveillance in the Clear NOV<br />

Scanning:<br />

Canadian Snowbirds FEB<br />

Civil War Natl Battlefields JUL<br />

First Air: Canada's Arctic Airline NOV<br />

Guide to APCO P-25 Systems, 1 DEC<br />

How Repeater Systems Work DEC<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> Camp Pendleton JUN<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> Canadian Air Shows MAR<br />

Road Trip: Mass to Dallas APR<br />

Road Trip: Mass to Dallas - 2 MAY<br />

Scanning in Paradise (Hawaii) AUG<br />

Use Your Scanner to Track Wildlife DEC<br />

Virginia's STARS network SEP<br />

Technology and Technical<br />

On the Road with WiNRADiO JUN<br />

Portable Command Posts FEB<br />

Utilities:<br />

Ham Radio More Than a Hobby MAY<br />

Pirate Hams of 45 MAY<br />

Radio Landscape of France APR<br />

AMERICAN BANDSCAN<br />

JAN Domestic-band radio in<br />

Afghanistan<br />

FEB Digital TV on the air; GE<br />

Superadio; QSL web page; IRCA<br />

Mexican Log<br />

MAR Nothing is forever-station and<br />

format changes; TIS DX tests,<br />

NYC VHF TV update, new<br />

Canadian FM transmitters<br />

APR DX Software (FCC Database<br />

Reader, AutoDX); no format<br />

change on WSM, Virgin Is WDHP<br />

heard<br />

MAY Radio Shootout (side-by-side<br />

receiver comparison); new Isle of<br />

Mann LW stn, RDS feature on<br />

Sangean 909<br />

JUN 24 Hours on 1030 kHz; Mailbag:<br />

mid-March DX opportunities,<br />

Crawford station website<br />

JUL Bits and Pieces: station changes;<br />

silent opportunities; cross-border<br />

targets; mailbag<br />

AUG Television Update: Digital,<br />

Analog, and Undecided; A Guide<br />

to TV Stations; Bits and Pieces<br />

SEP End of an Era (WDBL sale); TV<br />

Distance Record; bits & pieces<br />

OCT Tower Battle (Fordham Univ<br />

WFUV-90.7); battle of the<br />

KISSes; Channel Master<br />

antenna; daytime directional<br />

pattern guide?; MW reception on<br />

wideband scanners; ethnic pirate<br />

NOV Moving Day (changing freqs and<br />

calls); AM changes in Toronto;<br />

digital radio tests; KDJI QSL<br />

DEC Make Way for Digital<br />

Broadcasting; KSPN-KDIS freq<br />

swap; WEBS, WPBS changes;<br />

KKSU gone<br />

ANTENNA TOPICS<br />

JAN Ways in Which Antennas Differ<br />

FEB Antenna Primer !: Definition,<br />

History, and Build random-length<br />

wire antenna<br />

MAR Antenna Primer II: Antenna<br />

Terms, Build a dipole<br />

APR Antenna Primer III: Selecting an<br />

Antenna, Build a Groundplane<br />

MAY What is NVIS and What is it good<br />

for?<br />

JUN Fun with Real-Antenna Modeling<br />

JUL Matching: What, When, and<br />

How?<br />

AUG Making Your Own Antenna<br />

Feedlines; the Old-Timers allband<br />

antenna<br />

SEP A Brief History of Antennas<br />

OCT Scanner Antennas<br />

NOV The TTFD Antenna<br />

DEC The Effects of Earth and Other<br />

Objects on Radio Waves<br />

BEGINNER'S CORNER<br />

JAN Beginner Questions Answered:<br />

Antennas, Scanners, Sat TV<br />

FEB Your First Steps in Amateur<br />

Radio<br />

MAR Electronic Kits and Gray-Line<br />

DXing<br />

APR "Killer" Antenna for Low-Band<br />

DXing; Intl HF Beacons<br />

MAY Small Dish vs Big Dish: A<br />

Satellite TV Primer<br />

JUN Five Tips for Ham Radio<br />

Beginners<br />

JUL Antenna Experiences: "Killer"<br />

results on low band; all-band<br />

signal catcher; where to find local<br />

scanner freqs; external filtering<br />

for SW radios<br />

AUG Basic Toolbox for your <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

Hobby<br />

SEP Kite Lift Antennas; more Q&As on<br />

GTAB antenna; Ramsey FM<br />

transmitter<br />

OCT Powerful Addtions to Your<br />

Listening Post (power supplies<br />

and tuners); mailbag: another<br />

good tool, using glass-mount cell<br />

phone for CB or 2 meter<br />

NOV Beginner's Look at Microphones<br />

and Audio<br />

DEC Pesky Lead-In Cables; Traveling<br />

with a SW Radio<br />

BELOW 500 kHz<br />

JAN Try Something New in '02;<br />

resources and tips; what I use;<br />

more on A/N range systems<br />

FEB Lowfer Roundup; Coe Hill ON<br />

DXpedition logs<br />

MAR March Madness: Reader<br />

Loggings, WWVB power boost<br />

and La Crosse clock; 6-meter<br />

propagation beacons<br />

APR New England Beacons; Atlantic<br />

252 format change, Dick Pearce<br />

receives awards<br />

MAY Good DX from Georgia; new LW<br />

broadcaster<br />

JUN Treasure Hunting (hamfests);<br />

longwave loggings; averted<br />

hearing?<br />

JUL New England DXing II; LF Ham<br />

Band<br />

AUG Surfing the Longwaves (summer<br />

listening); LORAN Interferencenew<br />

hope; Loggings<br />

SEP Are You Ready? Printed<br />

Resources, Online Resources,<br />

More Code Chart<br />

OCT Reader Questions & Comments:<br />

WWVB query; power line<br />

carriers; high power LowFER;<br />

VLF Intercepts; ID Changes in<br />

Canada<br />

NOV New Designations for Single-<br />

Letter IDs; Morse Reference<br />

Chart; LORAN Filter Update;<br />

Euro-BC News

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DEC Miscou '02 - Another Success;<br />

Argentina hams on LF band, lowpower<br />

SW beacons<br />

CLOSING COMMENTS<br />

JAN Will Anyone Be Listening?<br />

FEB The Internet: Soup to Nuts<br />

(obsolete info, misinformation)<br />

MAR Selling the Spectrum (the fight for<br />

spectrum space)<br />

APR The Con Game: No April Fool's<br />

Joke (technological scams)<br />

MAY Is Shortwave Dying? Not by a<br />

Long Shot! (fight for spectrum<br />

space)<br />

JUN Can Shortwave Broadcasting Be<br />

Saved? (guest Bob Zanotti)<br />

JUL A Look Back...<br />

AUG Going Wild over Wireless<br />

SEP Is Hobby Radio Dying? Two<br />

Perspectives<br />

OCT Inspector General Audit: Army<br />

MARS Not "Operationally Ready"<br />

NOV Are SW Broadcasters Failing<br />

Listeners?<br />

DEC Christmas Greetings<br />

COMMUNICATIONS<br />

JAN Cooper killed; E-911 behind<br />

sked; fight for spectrum space;<br />

FAA upgrade; Merlin sold; Africa<br />

online; WRN moves to Telstar;<br />

World Space acquires Voyager;<br />

Sat TV in Kabul; Radio Free<br />

Afghanistan<br />

FEB New look at evacuation plans; US<br />

considers restricting emergency<br />

cellphone use; public warning<br />

system reevaluated; Sept 11<br />

radio problems; volunteer tech<br />

guard; one year to recovery;<br />

Tetra system sold to Vatican;<br />

Pinellas tests wideband system;<br />

Native Americans go hi-tech<br />

MAR Tulsa Amateurs restore<br />

dispatching; new interest in ham<br />

radio in emergency plans; Salt<br />

Lake Co vs Salt Lake City<br />

dispatching; Court says lawsuit re<br />

Gingrich tape can continue; no<br />

QSLs from Army MARS; Navy<br />

admits sonar at fault in whale<br />

beachings; US-made aircraft for<br />

Chinese president full of audio<br />

bugs; Russia independent TV<br />

loses; NASA shuts down Deep<br />

Space 1 probe; Russia<br />

dismantling Cuban listening site<br />

APR AFRTS contracted to Boeing;<br />

NOAA Wx radio changing<br />

automated voices; FCC Actions:<br />

24 GHz power boost, fed freqs<br />

reallocated, public safety<br />

broadband; NTIA report on more<br />

spectrum for public safety; SW<br />

issues in Liberia, DIY satellite;<br />

satellite hits Egypt; "power"<br />

struggle in Russia; Philippine<br />

guerillas targeted; good-bye,<br />

Communications World<br />

MAY America's Most Wanted:<br />

Anderson and Puckett; Top Cuba<br />

expert pleads guilty to spying;<br />

Merlin involved in launch of<br />

Envisat; WWV propagation<br />

format change; Refarming novice<br />

CW bands; Cell-phone shields<br />

bunk, says FCC; Pentagon<br />

technology projects; LPFM slow<br />

to grow; thanks to pirates<br />

JUN Plane-spotting, a misunderstood<br />

hobby; No in-flight cellular calls;<br />

Hosts of Radio Liberty nervous;<br />

public lukewarm toward new<br />

technology; when is "smart" not<br />

so smart?; Ernest Cooper dies<br />

JUL Foxhunting, post-9/11; DC Fire<br />

Dept woes; Digital systems still<br />

vulnerable; Airline safety<br />

(Eurocontrol); Ham tower bill; no<br />

satellite decoding (Canada);<br />

Radiationalert (cellphones);<br />

United Nations Radio; Off the<br />

hook (re bugged Chinese plane);<br />

US Satcom overhaul; RFID<br />

antennas<br />

AUG (Radio) Trouble in Paradise;<br />

FDNY New Radios; Radio Hot<br />

Potato (Cuba); Hobbyist<br />

Discloses Surveillance Pictures;<br />

FEMA to Iron Out Interoperability;<br />

Talk through the Hub (JPS ACU-<br />

1000); Lightning Disables DC<br />

Radios; Florida Man Convicted<br />

SEP Radio Honor Roll: rescue of<br />

abducted girls and Neil Carlton<br />

recognized for innovative classes<br />

using radio; Australia Abandons<br />

Digital System; Spotting a Plane<br />

Spotter; Troops in Bosnia Adopt<br />

FRS Radios; the Phone Tooth;<br />

Debate over Cell Phone Blocking;<br />

ARRL Receives Grant; National<br />

Guard Techies; Stave Mansfield<br />

N1MZA, SK<br />

OCT Radio Honor Roll: Scannist nabs<br />

robber; Cellphone Safety; Music<br />

and Cellphones Don't Mix; Music-<br />

Cellphone Mix; Getting in the<br />

Loop (phone service); Getting<br />

Out of the Loop (off the power<br />

grid); FBI Scolded by Secret<br />

Court; FBI Advises Caution<br />

(wireless nets)<br />

NOV Saved by a Scanner (5 stories);<br />

VOA Memorial Park; The Other<br />

Side of Geocaching; Locationless<br />

Caches; Satellites vs. Radar<br />

Detectors; The Human Race;<br />

"30" to "88"<br />

DEC Radio Honor Roll: Rami<br />

Mahamid; RDFing Can be<br />

Dangerous; Comando Solo<br />

Leads the Way; Put MARS to<br />

Work for the Holidays; Part of the<br />

Problem is People (9/11 report);<br />

Two Killed in Tower Collapse;<br />

FCC Chooses IBOC; Ray Briem<br />

Retires; Bob Sherman Dies<br />

COMPUTERS & RADIO<br />

JAN Bonito's RadioCom 5.1<br />

FEB Gizmos and Gadgets: soundcard<br />

extender, up font panel adapter,<br />

GearGrip, @ power strip, Catch-<br />

A-Call Gold NetCallerID<br />

MAR Antenna Design Software: The<br />

Antenna Elmer, NEC, Antenna,<br />

Antenna Designer<br />

APR Fingerprinting Transmitters:<br />

MoTron's TxID-1<br />

MAY Spyware: what can you do about<br />

it? Ad-Aware 5.0<br />

JUN Freeware Signal Fingerprinting:<br />

Xmit_ID<br />

JUL AirNav Suite - Sweet! (AirNav<br />

Internet Lite)<br />

AUG AirNav's Decoder Programs<br />

ACARS & SelCal<br />

SEP Computer-Internet Firewall<br />

Protection (ZoneAlarm); "QSLing"<br />

Websites (My Vital Agent);<br />

feedback on Ad-Aware<br />

OCT Another Look at OCR (Xerox<br />

TextBridge Plus, Cuneiform)<br />

NOV How OCR Can Change Your Life:<br />

Testing OCR results using<br />

RadioMax 5.22 and Scancat<br />

Gold; Update on My Vital Agent<br />

DEC Useful Computer/<strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

Holiday Gifts: Keychain hard<br />

drive, Coby MP-R650 MP3<br />

player-encoder<br />

DIGITAL DIGEST<br />

JAN New MIL-188-110A HF modem<br />

users: Czech diplo service,<br />

Mexican Navy; Unidentified<br />

networks; China and Egypt<br />

expand systems; Codan system<br />

profile<br />

FEB French Diplo nets, Colombian<br />

Counter-drug nets; Unid<br />

Rockwell-Collins mil net; Waffa<br />

Returns<br />

MAR Digital Beginners: choice stations<br />

to hear CW Numbers, Mixedmode<br />

beacon, SITOR-A, RTTY<br />

CARB, RTTY weather, ALE,<br />

SITOR-B<br />

APR Useful <strong>Monitoring</strong> Tools: Digipan,<br />

Hoka Code 300-32, Analyzer<br />

<strong>2000</strong>, Baudline, SkySweeper<br />

MAY Digital Ops from South America,<br />

Ecuador's maritime command,<br />

Brazilian navy; Romanian ALE<br />

net update<br />

JUN Good Tools and New Targets:<br />

Klingenfuss 2002, PC-HFDL for<br />

HF Decoding, Nostradamus<br />

OTHR, Some unusual ALE<br />

networks<br />

JUL HF Decoding<br />

AUG New PacTOR Mode, PacTOR-III;<br />

Russian 1280bps PSK; NATO<br />

KG84 RTTY

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SEP Colombian Phone Patches;<br />

Mysterious "055" Net; New<br />

USCG ALE Net; New CIA/State<br />

ALE Net?; German Police/MOI<br />

ALE Net; New OTHR<br />

OCT Remote Mail Delivery: Bush Mail;<br />

Globe Wireless Network Build-<br />

Out<br />

NOV ALE Net Breakthroughs (055<br />

network, Myanmar net, Saudi NG<br />

net); PSK information<br />

DEC Chirps Ahoy: Chirpview software;<br />

British Territorial Army ALE Net;<br />

Mexican Army Net; Coast Station<br />

Telex Lists (Oostende, Berna)<br />

EASY ACCESS RADIO<br />

JAN Midland WR-10 AM/FM Wx radio<br />

FEB Alinco DJ-596 Dual Band HT<br />

MAR Cobra PR 900-DX FRS/GMRS<br />

APR Radio Shack FRS/GMRS Handi-<br />

Talkie<br />

MAY Audiovox's FRS-1000 Base<br />

Station<br />

JUN Magellan GPS Receiver - Part 1<br />

JUL Magellan GPS Receiver - Part 2<br />

AUG Davis Instruments Vantage Pro<br />

Wireless Weather Station<br />

SEP C Crane's FM Transmitter<br />

OCT Cobra's GMRS/FRS Handi-Talkie<br />

NOV C Crane's QuickCharger<br />

DEC Page Update Weather Alert <strong>2000</strong><br />

and Weather Alert Partner<br />

THE FED FILES<br />

JAN 9-11 Aftermath <strong>Monitoring</strong>:<br />

FEMA; Post Office in Milair;<br />

Austin federal TS;<br />

Anaheim/Orange Co TS; So Fla<br />

Customs Service loadout<br />

FEB FCC; Wisconsin digital trunk<br />

system in Military Band; Army<br />

MARS Freqs<br />

MAR Animal and Plant Health<br />

Inspection Service; TVA Low<br />

Band system; Cape Hatteras Natl<br />

Seashore<br />

APR The Department of Commerce:<br />

HF Emergency Nets, NOAA Ship<br />

Fleet, NOAA Research Labs<br />

MAY SNOTEL Data Collection<br />

Network; United Nations comms;<br />

FHWA emergency HF system;<br />

mail call (Detroit MI, Wash DC,<br />

LaGrange GA); VHF low band<br />

skip<br />

JUN Metro Fed <strong>Monitoring</strong>: NYC (HF,<br />

VHF, FAA-JFK, LaGuardia,<br />

Newark); Western NY<br />

Immigration and Naturalization<br />

Service; Natl Transportation<br />

Safety Board freqs; Civilians may<br />

be authorized to share freqs in<br />

DoD spectrum<br />

JUL Listening to the Feds on HF;<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> Los Angeles; US<br />

Customs Service<br />

AUG The Fed Files Mailbag: FAA<br />

repeaters and miscellaneous<br />

FAA freqs; SoCal Fred Freq<br />

Shakeup; various comms<br />

captured on the air; US Forest<br />

Service and Bullock fire<br />

frequencies (Coronado Natl<br />

Forest)<br />

SEP <strong>Monitoring</strong> Independence Hall;<br />

Federal Interagency Freqs; New<br />

USGS Frequency; Calif Dept of<br />

Forestry<br />

OCT Feds in the Longwave Band:<br />

TIS/HAR station list<br />

NOV SoCal High Band Fed Freq<br />

Update; Chicago Fed Profile;<br />

Chicago FAA ATC freqs<br />

DEC <strong>Monitoring</strong> Houston; Eric Snags a<br />

TIS/HAR; DSCC Columbus;<br />

Unusual Fed Freq (457.6125);<br />

The First Lady in Texas; Dept of<br />

Energy Trunk System<br />

GLOBAL FORUM<br />

JAN 2 Militia BCers in Shootouts, one<br />

dead, one missing<br />

FEB Reference Sources on the Web<br />

MAR RCI Cuts Programs, Staff<br />

APR CODAR Radar, Israeli Cuts<br />

MAY Russia vs US Int'l Broadcasting;<br />

reorganizing US Intl BCing again<br />

JUN US Still Broadcasting in<br />

Afghanistan<br />

JUL SW Preacher Arrested for Sexual<br />

Misconduct (Brother Stair);<br />

Remnants Hope Ministry<br />

AUG Radio Afghanistan Back, in a<br />

Roundabout Way<br />

SEP Coconut-Powered Bougainville<br />

Heard in NA<br />

OCT "Liberty," Argentina's Psyops<br />

NOV New VOA Director in Less than a<br />

Year<br />

DEC DRM Easily Jammed, But Could<br />

be "Killer App"<br />

LETTERS<br />

JAN Internet dealers, computers vs<br />

radio; barrel capacitors; Caddo<br />

Parish LA<br />

FEB Salt Lake City Freqs; Life after<br />

Sept 11 (several letters);<br />

Welcome new listeners<br />

MAR Antenna stumper, Nut, NM;<br />

praise for satellite radio; more on<br />

military use of FRS; listening to<br />

Radio Prague in 1968<br />

APR Church "bell cell tower"; buying<br />

online; thanks for antennawarehouse<br />

recommendation;<br />

CHiPs on lowband skip; URL for<br />

Heathkit help; truck-tracking site<br />

in Canadian boonies<br />

MAY Winterfest; Channel Is. History;<br />

compliments to the staff; QSLing<br />

the amateur bands; re editorial on<br />

outdated material on internet;<br />

new WWV propagation format<br />

JUN Mass to Dallas Road Trip;<br />

ALMIGHTY Risen from the Dead;<br />

Northernmost it's not; Terion<br />

Antennas; The Great Loop<br />

Experiment<br />

JUL Thanks for the software<br />

programming; Dead-end<br />

reference to RTE; Don't call them<br />

hams; Changes in French<br />

landscape; Yoink-yoink-yoink;<br />

Las Vegas without a radio; Radio<br />

is an education; Closing<br />

Comments<br />

AUG Misleading Advice? (re Sony<br />

2010); What's the Verdict on<br />

Shortwave?; FCC <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

Post<br />

SEP VA Freqs and Request; DXing on<br />

Mediumwave (sports); Blue<br />

Angels on the air; GPS<br />

OCT Carrier Current Collaboration;<br />

Canandaigua <strong>Monitoring</strong> Station;<br />

Mexican DX Meeting; super<br />

website; scanner racks<br />

NOV US Army MARS Response;<br />

Winterfest Invites Arnie Coro;<br />

Radio Finland programming;<br />

Who's Who a Hit<br />

DEC More Prespectives on Shortwave;<br />

More on FRS in the Military; MT<br />

Readers Come Through<br />

MILCOM (odd months)<br />

JAN Military Callsigns; US Navy<br />

MARS callsigns; FL Cruise<br />

Missile Launch; Vandenberg Spy<br />

Sat launch; Tyndall AFB freq<br />

changes; Metapher HF freqs;<br />

Pacific NW Gov TS; Havoc on HF<br />

MAR Military Demonstration Groups:<br />

where to listen, parachute teams,<br />

foreign demonstration teams,<br />

scanners for milair, 2002<br />

performance schedule<br />

MAY NORAD Combat Air Patrols<br />

(NYC/DC CAPs); El Centro<br />

airshow report<br />

JUL Robins AFB, Ga; Military aircraft<br />

callsigns<br />

SEP VHF Marine Band Encryption;<br />

Aircraft Inventory on Cape Cod;<br />

SE US Intercepts; Milcom Freq<br />

Changes; Table of recently<br />

monitored military call signs<br />

NOV More VHF Marine Band<br />

Encryption; Coast Guard LANT<br />

and PAC Designators; CG on HF<br />

ALE; Southeast US mil activity;<br />

Space Coast Update; Military freq<br />

changes; the lighter side<br />

MT REVIEWS/ PROJECT PAGE<br />

JAN Magnetic-mount scanner<br />

antennas comparison (7 models)<br />

MAR The Miracle Whip<br />

APR Charging an Oddball NiCD Pack<br />

MAY Quebec Radio-Scanner CD<br />

JUL Radio Shack Indoor AM Loop<br />

Antenna<br />

AUG MFJ-1020C Active Antenna<br />

SEP AVCOM PSA-2400A Spectrum<br />

Analyzer

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OCT Grundig FR-200 emergency radio<br />

NOV Electrical Safety<br />

ON THE HAM BANDS<br />

JAN New Year in Ham Radio<br />

(resolutions); ARRL calls for nocode;<br />

contest weekends<br />

FEB Surface Mount Solutions (kits to<br />

get you started)<br />

MAR Fine Old Bugs; getting ready for<br />

hamfest season (as a seller)<br />

APR Picking Up Some Easy Points<br />

(easy Field Day points)<br />

MAY Building Your Parts Stash<br />

JUN Moonstruck (EME)<br />

JUL You're in Good Company<br />

(famous hams)<br />

AUG Creative Club Programs<br />

SEP Emergency Responders Learn<br />

from 9/11<br />

OCT Classic Home Brewing: Small<br />

Wonder Labs Rock-Mite, MRX-40<br />

Mini Receiver, MultiPIG All Band<br />

CW Transceiver<br />

NOV Ham Radio Sans Computers<br />

DEC Ham Radio Stocking Stuffers<br />

OUTER LIMITS<br />

JAN Violence hits clandestine radio<br />

(Cooper and Anderson)<br />

FEB Pirates a Focus at SWL Fest<br />

MAR Pirate SW BC Activity Explodes<br />

APR Finding Pirate and Clan DX Info<br />

MAY Blanket Ban on Pirates Nixed;<br />

pirate programming CD<br />

JUN NA Pirates Shifting Freqs;<br />

Pulaski Co Sheriff Killed; Carl<br />

McIntyre Dies; Cuban Numbers<br />

Station Court Case<br />

JUL ACE Celebrates 20th<br />

Anniversary; Palestine station;<br />

No Al-Qaida station; No Radio<br />

Sawa on SW (no logs this month)<br />

AUG Voice of Laryngitis Returns to<br />

Shortwave; WBCQ Ship<br />

Transmitter Project; Radio Sawa<br />

Schedule; Radio Resistencia on<br />

the Web<br />

SEP Star Star Broadcasting Station;<br />

Pirate Station Patterns; Radio<br />

510 Schedule; Radio Americas<br />

OCT Russian "Names" Station Heard;<br />

William Pierce Dies<br />

NOV FRN Back After Technical<br />

Trouble; Clandestine Radio<br />

Watch; Radio DAT; Unusual<br />

Pirate Tactics; Winter<br />

Propagation<br />

DEC Pirate Numbers Station Decoded<br />

(Rodent Revolution); New Free<br />

Radio Weekly editor; Godzilla<br />

Born on Radio?; Alpha Lima Web<br />

Site<br />

PLANE TALK (even months)<br />

FEB Flying with Concorde;<br />

Aeronautical Freqs (Louisville<br />

Standiford Field, New York<br />

Center ARTCC, Toronto Centre);<br />

Airport Instrument Landing<br />

systems; Farewell to the B727<br />

APR Reviewing the Basics: Navigation<br />

Aids, Separation<br />

JUN HF ACARS; Sydney Airport ATC<br />

AUG Fly the World by Computer (PC-<br />

HFDL Update, Air Traffic Control<br />

Simulation, AirNav Suite 4; More<br />

Sydney Airport Freqs<br />

OCT <strong>Monitoring</strong> the Northwest; DX<br />

Atlas; ACARS Log Analyzer<br />

DEC Airport Frequencies, and Using<br />

Aero Charts and Maps<br />

PROGRAMMING SPOTLIGHT<br />

JAN I was just thinking...(things I like<br />

and things that bug me)<br />

FEB Don't Touch That Dial! (freqs you<br />

can stick with)<br />

MAR I Was 50 Years Ago Today..(a<br />

look at SWBC in 1952)<br />

APR Thinking Locally; Listening<br />

Globally (local flavor on HF)<br />

MAY Programs on DXing, SWLing,<br />

and the Media<br />

JUN Notes from (DX) Camp<br />

JUL Yankee Doodle Shortwave<br />

AUG The 1952 Olympics, YLE and<br />

DRM<br />

SEP Yankee Doodle SW: AFRTS<br />

OCT Yankee Doodle SW: The<br />

Independents<br />

NOV Progs on DXing, SWLing and the<br />

Media<br />

DEC Listening at Leisure (progs that<br />

require your attention)<br />

QSL REPORT<br />

JAN Clear Channel QSLing<br />

FEB Feb Special Event QSLing<br />

MAR Canadian QSLing<br />

APR Globe Wireless<br />

MAY Celebrating the Queen's Jubilee<br />

JUN Radio Netherlands New QSLs<br />

JUL XVII Commonwealth Games<br />

AUG Cleaning out the QSL In Basket<br />

SEP DX Season propagation and<br />

supplies<br />

OCT DXing the Graveyards<br />

NOV Do's and Don'ts of China QSLing<br />

DEC QSLing - Your Way<br />

RADIO EQUIPMENT<br />

JAN Build a Scanner Repeater<br />

FEB Receiving Frequency Modulation<br />

MAR Getting Started in SW Listening-<br />

Part 1: SW Radios<br />

APR Getting Started in SWL - II:<br />

Where, When, and How to Tune<br />

MAY Getting Started in SWL - III:<br />

Antennas, accessories, and niche<br />

listening<br />

JUN Storm Detection by Radio and<br />

Build a Highly Directional Loop<br />

Antenna<br />

JUL Ten Tec RX-350 Receiver<br />

AUG AOR LA350 Active Loop<br />

Antenna; ZAP Model 180 Electric<br />

Field Meter; More Scanner Whip<br />

Comparisons<br />

SEP A Simple Ferrite Loop Antenna<br />

OCT A Longwave Band Ferrite<br />

Antenna<br />

NOV Tuning into BC Satellites - Part 1<br />

(history, status)<br />

DEC Tuning into BC Satellites - Part 2<br />

(hardware, Panamsat 9 line-up)<br />

RADIO RESTORATIONS<br />

JAN Books About Restoring Radios<br />

FEB The BC-453 Comes to Life<br />

MAR BC453/R23A Pinouts and<br />

Alignments<br />

APR Parts and Periodicals, Manuals<br />

MAY Getting to Work on the R-23A;<br />

reader letters<br />

JUN Powering Up Your Command<br />

Set; Recent Books from Lindsay<br />

JUL A VTVM for Your Test Bench<br />

AUG Digging into the RCA<br />

Voltohmists; New Lindsay<br />

Publication<br />

SEP Firing Up Our Voltohmists<br />

OCT Wrapping Up the Voltohmist<br />

Project; Replacing Missing<br />

Probes<br />

NOV Tackling a Toughie: Zenith 6-S-<br />

229; VoltOhmyst Feedback<br />

DEC Digging into a Dirty Radio<br />

SATELLITE SERVICE GUIDE<br />

www.monitoringtimes/mtssg.html<br />

JAN Telstar 6, Galaxy 3R, Telstar 5<br />

FEB Telstar 5 (detailed), Galaxy 4R,<br />

Americom-4<br />

MAR Americom-1, GSTAR-4, Anik F1,<br />

Anik E2<br />

APR Solidaridad 2, SATMEX-5, Anik<br />

E1, Morelos 2<br />

MAY Galaxy 10R, Galaxy 5, Galaxy 9,<br />

Telstar 7<br />

JUN Satcom C3, Galaxy 1R, Satcom<br />

C4, Americom-7, Americom-8<br />

JUL Americom-6, Galaxy 6, SBS-6,<br />

HGS-5, Satcom C1, Americom-5<br />

AUG Americom-2, Americom-3, Telstar<br />

4, Galaxy 11 (C-band)<br />

SEP Galaxy 11 (Ku-band); Telstar 6;<br />

Galaxy 3C; Telstar 5<br />

OCT Telstar 5; Galaxy 4R; Americom<br />

4<br />

NOV Americom-1, GSTAR-4, Anik F1,<br />

Morelos 2, Anik 2<br />

DEC Solidaridad 2, SATMEX-5, Anik<br />

E1, Galaxy 10R<br />

SCANNER EQUIPMENT<br />

JAN Notch Filters Fight Interference<br />

(Grove FTR-100, PAR<br />

VHFDN162HT, PAR VHFFM,<br />

StridsbergFLT201A)<br />

Feb MFJ-886 Frequency Counter<br />

MAR Alinco DJ-X3T Portable wideband<br />

rcvr<br />

APR Tk8500 Software Project<br />

(homebrew radio control<br />

programming for the IC-R8500)

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MAY Radio Shack PRO-2053 Trunktracking<br />

scanner; CompUSA PCI<br />

port adapter<br />

JUN Tk545 Software Project;<br />

Comparing Scan Rates<br />

JUL Tk500 software for the Yaesu<br />

VR-500; Pager pillow speaker;<br />

Spare fuse holder clip<br />

AUG Tk120 Software for the Yaesu<br />

VR-120<br />

SEP Tk75 - Software for Icom IC-R75<br />

OCT AOR AR8600 Mark 2 Receiver<br />

NOV Tk150 Software for the Standard<br />

VR-150; Advice on selecting a<br />

wide freq coverage, portable<br />

scanning receiver<br />

DEC Scanning and Recording: CCrane<br />

VersaCorder; Mr Scanner FCC<br />

Database<br />

SCANNING CANADA<br />

JAN Edmonton Intl Airport; Canadian<br />

Forces Base (CFB) Borden<br />

FEB Saskatoon Diefenbaker Airport;<br />

CFB Trenton<br />

MAR <strong>Monitoring</strong> Winnipeg, Winnipeg<br />

Intl Airport; CF 17 Wing Winnipeg<br />

APR Scanning Ottawa; MacDonald-<br />

Cartier Intl Airport; Ottawa<br />

resources on Internet<br />

MAY Bienvenue a Montreal: Dorval<br />

Airport and area frequencies<br />

JUN Canadian Hams Monitor Severe<br />

Weather (CANWARN wx net);<br />

Quebec Jean Lesage Intl Airport<br />

JUL ScanCan reaches the Atlantic<br />

Ocean: Halifax Intl Airport;<br />

Scanning Cellular Frequencies -<br />

legally (Steve Punter website);<br />

airshows in jeopardy<br />

AUG Scanning the Mounties;<br />

Newfoundland, St Johns Intl<br />

Airport; Mansfield VORTAC<br />

SEP Flying North to the Artic: Iqaluit<br />

Airport; Jack Little monitors<br />

Hamilton, ON<br />

OCT The Pope Arrives in Canada;<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> Resolute Airport<br />

NOV Railroads: North Vancouver RR<br />

DEC West Coast Railways; Sad News<br />

for Toronto Airport Monitors;<br />

Reader Challenge<br />

SCANNING REPORT<br />

JAN Assistive Listening Devices<br />

follow-up; Dr John Braden profile;<br />

what happens to old freqs<br />

FEB Olympian Scanning (torch relay);<br />

Sgt Stephen Casko profile; using<br />

Push Pins (MS Streets and Trips<br />

Software); Houston Area Freqs<br />

MAR Loading Bank Number One;<br />

AOPA Expo, more on using Push<br />

Pins<br />

APR Gill Lineberry profile; Target dept<br />

stores; creating a database with<br />

MS Streets and Trips<br />

MAY Scanning at sporting events (golf<br />

frequencies: Doral Country Club,<br />

Heron Bay Country Club. Racing<br />

freqs: Daytona freq)<br />

JUN Travels with a Scanner (NY/NJ<br />

airport experiences); Around the<br />

country (Arlington, VA; Detroit,<br />

MI; LA CA); using pushpins in MS<br />

Streets and Trips, part IV; quiet<br />

frequencies<br />

JUL Scanning While Tanning: Miami-<br />

Dade Fair, The Alley-Cats onstage;<br />

Elena Machado profile;<br />

Video scanning<br />

AUG Ft Lauderdale Air & Sea Show<br />

communications; Jim Westberg<br />

profile; Las Vegas PD online<br />

SEP Gramma in Florida; Rosehill, KS;<br />

freqs; hands-free cell comms thru<br />

car radio; 900 MHz band Q&A;<br />

Atlantic City NJ Motorola system;<br />

Detroit recreational and transit<br />

freqs<br />

OCT FACE-ing the Weather<br />

(CRYSTAL-FACE Project)<br />

NOV FACE-ing the Weather, part 2<br />

DEC Three Specialties: Three<br />

Services (Mark Levine profile and<br />

evolution of EMTs)<br />

SERVICE SEARCH<br />

JAN HF Aero Freqs<br />

FEB HF Aero freqs cont'd<br />

MAR HF Aero Freqs - finish<br />

TRACKING THE TRUNKS<br />

JAN Encryption for Security; encoding<br />

vs encryption; encrypted voice;<br />

Motorola; EDACS; on-line<br />

scanner manuals; Tallahassee,<br />

FL<br />

FEB Nextel Proposes Restructuring<br />

800 MHz; Nextel Technology;<br />

Pro-92 Channel Lock Out<br />

MAR Digital <strong>Monitoring</strong> in Sight<br />

(Project 25 and Uniden's planned<br />

scanners); ScannerMaster P-25<br />

digital decoder board update; 400<br />

MHz trunking; Ft Irwin CA,<br />

Wright-Patterson OH, Kings Bay<br />

GA systems<br />

APR Computer Interfacing Your<br />

Scanner (PRO-92, PRO-93, BC<br />

245XLT, BC 780XLT) Encrypting<br />

EDACS<br />

MAY How Radio Frequencies are<br />

Assigned<br />

JUN EDACS Systems; Palm Scanner<br />

Control Programs<br />

JUL AOR's APCO-25 Decoder;<br />

trunked system news (South<br />

Dakota, Nevada, Ohio,<br />

Michigan); Scanner Antennas<br />

AUG When to Buy a Trunk-Tracking<br />

Scanner; Uniden Scanner<br />

Testing; Lightning Strikes DC;<br />

BC780XLT Computer Control;<br />

Canton, OH; Summit County, OH<br />

SEP New Trunked Systems<br />

Underway: Hamilton Co OH,<br />

Nassau Co NY, Oakland Co MI;<br />

Uniden Digital Scanner Features;<br />

B780XLT Squelch Modification<br />

OCT Recommendations from our<br />

Readers: Green Co/Springfield<br />

MO, Comments on Computer<br />

Control, Antennas; Uniden<br />

BC785D and FCC type<br />

acceptance<br />

NOV The Quest for Interoperability;<br />

Federal Project 25 Network;<br />

Colorado State system, Denver,<br />

Aurora systems; Uniden Radios<br />

Certified<br />

DEC Guide to APCO P-25 Systems<br />

continued from Dec feature<br />

UTILITY WORLD<br />

JAN Cuban Spy Base Closes<br />

(numbers); US Military HF<br />

broadcasting<br />

FEB More Changes on MARS, Navy<br />

MARS freqs<br />

MAR USAF MARS, FAA HF nets, FAA<br />

ARTCC identifiers, phone<br />

company emergency net<br />

APR Unusual Traffic in the Middle East<br />

- unusual numbers; "slot<br />

machine" transmissions; US<br />

Army ALE<br />

MAY HFDL Breaks the Sound Barrier:<br />

decoding software from Charles<br />

Brain, HFDL freqs; Russian<br />

listening post closed<br />

JUN More Russian Numbers<br />

Weirdness; Japanese Maritime<br />

Morse; WWV Changes<br />

JUL HFDL Frequency Update;<br />

Weirdest numbers yet<br />

AUG Russian Channel Markers;<br />

Australian Utility Changes<br />

SEP Maritime Radio Turns Topsy-<br />

Turvy Down Under; Australian<br />

Distress Comms; ARINC<br />

increases Arctic Coverage<br />

OCT Weather Changes: New Coast<br />

Guard FAX Again; Freeware<br />

Decodes SYNOP<br />

NOV More Letters from Israel<br />

("numbers"); Cuban numbers<br />

screw-ups; hams on 5 megs?<br />

DEC Slot Machine Stations - We found<br />

the casinos; South Bound II Still<br />

On<br />

VIEW FROM ABOVE<br />

JAN Ups and Downs of Russian Birds<br />

(Resurs, Okean); NOAA-14<br />

FEB GOES-Supported Research<br />

programs<br />

MAR <strong>Monitoring</strong> APT with a sound<br />

card<br />

APR Seasonal Madness: NOA-14<br />

fixes itself, GOES-E seasonal<br />

improvement, Meteor seasonal<br />

power-off<br />

MAY Are You Equipped? what's<br />

needed for satellite telemetry;<br />

satellite status report

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JUN Our Digital Future, upcoming<br />

NOAA-M launch, future launches,<br />

digital transmissions, earlier<br />

NOAA WXSATs<br />

JUL Great Expectations (NOAA-M<br />

packages); Current NOAAs<br />

AUG A Rising Star: Fengyun-1D; re<br />

color pictures in MT<br />

SEP First Images from NOAA017;<br />

WXSAT Frequencies<br />

OCT Speak Up for Hobby <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

(NOAA conference); NOAA-14<br />

Failure Mode<br />

NOV MSG-1 Launch and WXSAT<br />

Status<br />

DEC Great Progress and More to<br />

Come: GOES-12 to replace<br />

GOES-8; Correspondence<br />

WASHINGTON WHISPERS<br />

JAN Military Tech in the Private<br />

Sector: Internet, GPS, spread<br />

spectrum<br />

FEB RFID Tags: connecting people<br />

and objects<br />

MAR FCC Acts to Yank Mitnick's Ham<br />

License<br />

APR NTIA Report: Energy, Water, RR<br />

Need More Spectrum<br />

MAY Commercial Use of Ultrawideband<br />

Technology Approved<br />

JUN Chairman Urges Transition to<br />

Digital TV<br />

JUL Congressman Slams<br />

Broadcasters on Conversion to<br />

Digital TV; American Assoc of<br />

Radio Enthusiasts; FCC<br />

Enforcement<br />

AUG FCC Announces Changes to<br />

Multi-Use Radio Service<br />

SEP CSEA Ups Penalties for Illegal<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

OCT (see Closing Comments)<br />

NOV FCC Mandates Digital TV Tuners<br />

WHAT'S NEW<br />

Books, CDs<br />

<strong>2000</strong> Emergency Response Guide Sep<br />

ARRL 2002 Handbook Feb<br />

ARRL Repeater Directory Jun<br />

ARRL Ham Radio interest books Mar<br />

Cell Towers Jan<br />

Collectors Guide to Antique Radios Dec<br />

DSWCI Domestic BC Survey Oct<br />

DXing 101 Mar<br />

HamCalc CD May<br />

IRCA Mexican Log Jan<br />

Field Guide to Diesel Locomotives Jul<br />

Flashlights Feb<br />

FAQ about Antennas & Baluns Aug<br />

FM Crystal Set Project Nov<br />

Grove Antenna Anthology Dec<br />

Grove Ask Bob Anthology Dec<br />

Grove SW Directory Dec<br />

Klingenfuss publications Jan<br />

Klingenfuss<br />

2002 Guide to Utility Stations Mar<br />

2002 Super Freq List CD Mar<br />

2002 SW Freq Guide Mar<br />

Latin American logs CD Jan<br />

M Street Radio Directory Aug<br />

MT 2001 Anthology CD Feb<br />

MT Express in full color May<br />

NRC AM Radio Log Nov<br />

Police Call, S Calif Mar<br />

Rebels on the Air Sep<br />

RF Components and Circuits Jul<br />

Sounds in the Night (Dark?) Jun<br />

Southwest Frequency Guide Oct<br />

The Shortwave Guide (by WRTH) Aug<br />

Tower Site Calendar Dec<br />

Traffic Radar Handbook Nov<br />

Tune in the Universe C Mar<br />

WRTH 2002 Mar<br />

WTFDA TV Station Guide Jun<br />

Business news, Software<br />

CbandNet sat internet svc Nov<br />

Community Alert Network May<br />

DXing.info website Jul<br />

Edmund Scientifics catalog Jul<br />

EDXP SW Radio Log net Jan<br />

Electronics Australia Today folds Jan<br />

FCC policy re pre-type acceptance Sep<br />

G&G Comm new phone Nov<br />

Jade Products closes<br />

LLC Technology acquired by<br />

Butterworth-Heinemann Feb<br />

Mapcruzin site Feb<br />

MapInfo software packages May<br />

Metrowest sold to Scanner Master Nov<br />

Orbcomm tracking software Feb<br />

RadioSpectrumManager RSM5 Jan<br />

Replacement LCDs for Pro2004 Jan<br />

Sneaker and Investigator spyware May<br />

Sony ICF-2010 discontinued? Sep<br />

Uniden BD250D Certified or Not? Nov<br />

Upcoming APCO-25 products Sep<br />

WinRadio Advanced Digital Suite Jun<br />

Equipment<br />

Alinco DJ-S40T Pocket HT Apr<br />

AOR New Products (AR8600MKII, AR-<br />

ONE, LA350 loop) Jul<br />

B&D Scan*A*Mix BX1 Sep<br />

Caig DeoxIT improved Apr<br />

C Crane FM Transmitter Jul<br />

Degen Designs BBQ (quad ant) Sep<br />

Dunestar headphone switch Aug<br />

Dunestar remote antenna switch Sep<br />

Edmund Scientific sound meter Feb<br />

GAP Justa Spreader kit Jul<br />

Garmin GPS 16 receivers Jan<br />

Garmin European guides Apr<br />

Garmin S Am marine cartography Apr<br />

Grove Range-Extend Mag Mount Jun<br />

Grove Scanner Beam II Oct<br />

Grundig Satellit 900 Update Apr<br />

GuardianLion emergency button May<br />

Icom IC-T90A tri-band handi-talkie Nov<br />

Kenwood ProTalk XLS Feb<br />

Kiwa Audio Upgrade Kits Jun<br />

KVH TracVision S3 TV antenna Feb<br />

Memorex Scannocular May<br />

MFJ Speech Enhancer Apr<br />

Neo Jukebox MP3 player Jul<br />

Nil-Jon Super-M Upgrade Jun<br />

Optoelectronics Digital Scout Aug<br />

Palomar Loop Antenna Dec<br />

Peregrine Falcon remote control Apr<br />

Powerport Radio Glove Aug<br />

Radio Shack PRO-95 Oct<br />

Ramsey clock/timer kit Jan<br />

RIGblaster new software CD May<br />

R&S Miniport EB-200 rcvr Apr<br />

ScannerMaster BC780 remote head<br />

adaptor Apr<br />

Scientifics digital voice recorder May<br />

Scott eVest Jun<br />

Sharper Image "Now You Can Find<br />

It" pager system Nov<br />

Tegam RF analyzer Apr<br />

Terk TV antennas Jul<br />

Uniden Announces BC250D/BC785D<br />

APCO 25 scanners Mar<br />

Uniden BC785D FCC accepted Oct<br />

Vectronics FM Tx kit Oct<br />

Vectronics soldering course Oct<br />

WinRadio WD3000 series RDF Jan<br />

WinRadio WR-G303i SW rcvr Dec<br />

Yaesu FT-8900R quadband tx Nov

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FEATURES<br />

Broadcast<br />

Confessions of an Online Baseball<br />

Listener Jun<br />

Crisis on the Korean Peninsula Jun<br />

Exploring Papua New Guinea Oct<br />

Intl BCing in <strong>Times</strong> of Crisis Jan<br />

Former Soviet Republics May<br />

Life as a News Junkie Nov<br />

Namibia - Land of Diverse Beauty Mar<br />

Radio in Germany Apr<br />

Welcome to NEXUS-IRRS Jan<br />

Welcome to NEXUS-IRRS Part 2 Feb<br />

Why and How of DXpeditions Feb<br />

General<br />

Distance Learning in India Sep<br />

Incident Command System Aug<br />

Interesting QSOs May<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> for the IBB Sep<br />

Provincetown Pilgrimage Mar<br />

Urban DXpeditions Oct<br />

Nostalgia/Human Interest<br />

How I Came to Write for MT Dec<br />

Listening to America from Down Under Jul<br />

My New Old Hallicrafters S38-C Sep<br />

Parade of the Boat Anchors - I Jul<br />

Parade of Boat Anchors - II Aug<br />

Roberto Galletti, neglected pioneer Mar<br />

Scanning:<br />

Become a Frequency Detective Jun<br />

Christmas in the Big Apple Dec<br />

Colonial Scanning Jul<br />

Conventional Look at Ga I-75 May<br />

Guide to APCO Systems, Part 2 Jan<br />

Guide to APCO Systems, Part 3 Feb<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> in the City of Toronto Oct<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> the Army Nat'l Guard Nov<br />

NE Tanker Task Force Jun<br />

Notification Groups Mar<br />

Offshore Comms in Gulf of Mexico Aug<br />

On Scene at the Big E Sep<br />

Scanning Niagara Falls Jun<br />

They Put the SAM in Uncle Sam Mar<br />

TLC Studies Area 51 Sep<br />

Tuning in the NJ State Police Jul<br />

TV Rovers and Their Radios Feb<br />

Technical<br />

Digital Radio Mondiale Apr<br />

DXing 2.4 GHz Dec<br />

EH Antenna Apr<br />

Mobile Sat Use in Persian Gulf Aug<br />

Op Iraqi Freedom Sat <strong>Monitoring</strong> May<br />

Satellite TV Buyer's Guide Dec<br />

USSR's Superpower Transmitters Dec<br />

Winter Propagation Relief Nov<br />

AMERICAN BANDSCAN<br />

JAN Pipsqueak in the Twin Cities<br />

(KUOM-FM); IBOC news; 2<br />

station changes<br />

FEB Playing the AM Cheatin' Game<br />

(nighttime broadcasting); height<br />

versus efficiency<br />

MAR Moving Day, Part 2 (Canadian<br />

AM stns moving to FM); WLW-<br />

700, WOR-710 IBOC tests; NRC<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> <strong>Times</strong> 2003 Index<br />

Frequency Challenge; IRCA<br />

website<br />

APR Music Returns to AM? Sat feed<br />

error at WCKY; Australian MW<br />

DX Group; IBOC test station<br />

WD2XXM; WMQM-1600 WHTE-<br />

1690 moves; W52CT TV no<br />

longer just test pattern<br />

MAY Whither Radio? (digital modes<br />

etc); Sat radio boom box; music<br />

on, music off; experimental stn<br />

QSL; listening in S TX<br />

JUN Bits and Pieces: IBOC, Psych<br />

Over the Airwaves (Iraq), WSM<br />

Out to Pasture? Trying old gear<br />

for something new; WHOM fire in<br />

Feb; watch for FM DX<br />

JUL Digital Status Report: Digital<br />

Radio, Digital TV; Comings and<br />

Goings<br />

AUG Book Reports (FM Atlas, AM<br />

Radio Log, WTFDA TV Station<br />

Guide); Digital TV DX; equip for<br />

low power FM listening<br />

SEP Moving Day, Part 3; Expanded<br />

Band Countdown; FM Skip<br />

OCT Broadcasters that Aren't (not in<br />

FCC database); more exotic DX;<br />

WHTE move<br />

NOV IBOC and LPFM Status; B&P<br />

(longwire; KKOB-770; KN4LF<br />

website; Rev Louis fined; new<br />

1250kHz Ottawa stn)<br />

DEC Go West, Young Man; South<br />

American loggings; Permission to<br />

Move; Wants to Move; Going<br />

Digital in Canada<br />

ANTENNA TOPICS<br />

JAN Radio Gone Berserk! Intentionally<br />

Wasting RF<br />

FEB Effects of Frequency and<br />

Wavelength<br />

MAR Beam Antennas: What, Why and<br />

How<br />

APR Capturing and Keeping Radio<br />

Signals (capture area)<br />

MAY Effects of Earth on Radio Signals<br />

JUN Radio Direction-Finding<br />

Antennas<br />

JUL A Two-Element Cubical Quad for<br />

HF or VHF<br />

AUG Antenna Testing and<br />

Maintenance<br />

SEP What is a DX Antenna?<br />

OCT Standing Wave Ratio<br />

NOV A Useful, Easy to Make,<br />

Inexpensive Antenna (randomlength)<br />

DEC Antennas for Medium-Wave<br />

DXing<br />

BEGINNER'S CORNER<br />

JAN Broadening Your <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

Horizons, 10 ideas; ham radio;<br />

antennas<br />

FEB More Antenna Lead-Ins; Satellite<br />

Industry Update<br />

MAR A Beginner's Look at Radio<br />

Modifications<br />

APR Join the Club: A Look at the<br />

ARRL<br />

MAY $50 Junk Shop AM Radio<br />

Challenge; Tigertronics digital<br />

modem<br />

JUN ST-9900 DVB FTA Satellite<br />

Receiver<br />

JUL Getting Started in Ham Radio DX<br />

AUG Inquiring Minds Ask Interesting<br />

Questions (Freeband Ops,<br />

MPEGII, investing in sat radio,<br />

baseball on internet radio<br />

SEP Field Day Fun; HDTV and<br />

Satellite beginners questions<br />

OCT Five Tips for <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

Beginners<br />

NOV Countering the Beginner's<br />

Lament (no excuses)<br />

DEC Multimeter Basics for the<br />

Beginner<br />

BELOW 500 kHz<br />

JAN Mid-Winter Targets: Low-band<br />

strategy, hardware hints, best<br />

bets<br />

FEB DGPS Demystified; Other News<br />

(setting up remote LF receiver,<br />

using VLF to detect gamma ray<br />

bursts)<br />

MAR Lowfer Roundup; Terry Krey,<br />

silent key; Loggings<br />

APR Reader News and Loggings;<br />

Canadian beacon reception;<br />

Ramsey VLF1; Online ID tool;<br />

new BeaconFinder available<br />

MAY LF Ham Band Near?; UK to AK<br />

on 136 kHz; LF Loggings<br />

JUN Adventures with NAVTEX<br />

JUL Exploring QRSS<br />

AUG No LF Ham Band; AM Broadcast<br />

Interference? LFE Online;<br />

Summertime Strategy<br />

SEP LF Noise: Part 1, Identification<br />

OCT LF Noise: Part 2, Remedies; New<br />

Alaska beacon<br />

NOV BeaconFinder FAQs; Beacon<br />

loggings<br />

DEC DXpedition Results;<br />

Beaconfinder Updates<br />

CLOSING COMMENTS<br />

JAN Powell Proposes Radical Shift for<br />

FCC - Fred Maia<br />

FEB No Commercial Market - Dr Paul<br />

Shuch<br />

MAR Secrecy Infests Shortwave Relay<br />

Deals - Glenn Hauser<br />

APR "Midland 1 Listens" - Two<br />

Thumbs Up! - Jock Elliott<br />

MAY Freedom to Listen<br />

JUN HCJB Abandons North America<br />

and Europe vs. FCC Allocates<br />

More Spectrum to HF Broadcasting<br />

JUL MT Marks a Milestone (Q&A with<br />

Larry Van Horn)<br />

AUG A Bad Law Narrowly Averted<br />

(Nevada)<br />

SEP Rumors of DX Death Greatly<br />

Exaggerated

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OCT Can't Lead from Behind (MARS<br />

update)<br />

NOV Interoperability: Public Safety's<br />

Holy Grail<br />

DEC Holiday Greetings from the staff<br />

COMMUNICATIONS<br />

JAN Scanners and Homeland Security<br />

Act; Ultra-wideband Killer<br />

Technology?; Cellphone afterlife<br />

(recycling); Navy sonar<br />

temporary halt; Echostar merger<br />

nixed; Military relies on<br />

commercial sats; Planespotters<br />

acquitted; Railfans encounter<br />

suspicion; Internet music<br />

compromise reached; Steve<br />

Anderson arrested<br />

FEB Radio Honor Roll (railfan rescuer,<br />

savvy dispatcher, LAFD); DC<br />

Public Safety System; Michigan<br />

Mess; pilot freq mistake;<br />

Commando Solo back in action;<br />

mesh networks for the military;<br />

RFE/RL finds new location;<br />

Congo rebels shut independent<br />

station; worldwide index of press<br />

freedom; another cellphone<br />

recycler<br />

MAR Plumber/MetroAlert Share<br />

Honors; DW cutbacks; electronic<br />

billboards in Calif; French<br />

hobbyist on trial for posting<br />

military freqs; VLF antarctic<br />

antenna; Nextel pursues<br />

spectrum swap; Poptronics, RIP;<br />

Ian Poole honored by ARRL<br />

APR Radio Honor Roll (shuttle search<br />

teams); More on Shuttle search<br />

comms; Rota "Bull Ring" antenna<br />

dismantled; Denver "spy file"<br />

cases; Amateur Radio Spectrum<br />

Protection Act; war threat a boost<br />

for SWLing; Waging an<br />

Electronic War; Obituaries (H<br />

Taylor Howard, George Henf)<br />

MAY Iraq war testing grounds for new<br />

technology; satellite phones act<br />

as beacons?; Cuba may try<br />

dissidents; Agreement on 5 GHz<br />

WiFi; Experimental licenses; Wis<br />

drama heard over scanner<br />

JUN Volunteers for Homeland<br />

Security; NCS becomes part of<br />

Homeland Security Dept; Theater<br />

Freq Mgt; The Shuttle Blackout<br />

Myth; Enhanced SSB "Extremely<br />

Inconsiderate"; British Consider<br />

Changes in CB Rules; Prank<br />

Maydays no Laughing Matter;<br />

Maritime Safety<br />

JUL Hams win one, lose one w/FCC;<br />

Broadband over Power Lines<br />

NOI; Nevada Highway Patrol<br />

forgets to file; HOKA in Hot<br />

Water; Michigan doubles mobile<br />

scanning fine<br />

AUG Controversial FCC media<br />

ownership rules; FCC too<br />

dependent; ARRL joins Citizen<br />

Corps; Marine voice goes silent;<br />

Commercial Spectrum<br />

Enhancement Act; Spectrum<br />

management study; NYC TV still<br />

struggling; the Anderson/Rudolph<br />

connection<br />

SEP RFPI Under the Gun; Congress<br />

Poised to Reverse FCC Ruling;<br />

Record Radiocommunications<br />

Conference<br />

OCT Nextel, NASCAR, and Scanners;<br />

Internet on the Grid in Manassas;<br />

Roy Neal, SK; The Big Blackout<br />

not all bad news, Hams a Bright<br />

Spot During Blackout; Personal<br />

Views: Toronto During Blackout,<br />

What Blackout?<br />

NOV court problems with new media<br />

rules; cellular/public safety<br />

interference; jamming with a<br />

Cuban twist; Marti by satellite;<br />

radio drop blocked; Steve<br />

Anderson sentenced; NHP<br />

system to be scrapped; ghostly<br />

interference<br />

DEC Radio Honor Roll: Why Scanners<br />

Should Not be Regulated; 73,<br />

SK; FCC issues spectrum leasing<br />

rules; High Spectrum Openings;<br />

High speed at high altitudes;<br />

FCC raids long-time pirate<br />

station; Commercial pirate;<br />

Cumulative RF radiation<br />

COMPUTERS & RADIO<br />

JAN New Products from Old<br />

Technology: sun-powered<br />

headphone radio, portable solar<br />

chargers, plug-in cigarette lighter<br />

receptacle, foldable keyboard,<br />

LED light<br />

FEB The RPR-X340 "VCR for Radio"<br />

MAR <strong>Monitoring</strong> the Planet Jupiter<br />

(Radio-Jupiter Pro 3.0.23)<br />

APR <strong>Monitoring</strong> the Planet Jupiter -<br />

radio and antenna requirements;<br />

Radio-SkyPipe 1.1.39<br />

MAY Digging Signals Out of the Noise:<br />

Diamond Cut Five/Live3 Program<br />

JUN Decoding RTTY, NAVTEX, and<br />

More (SeaTTY and TrueTTY)<br />

JUL The World in Your PALM:<br />

PCRPilot3C, Palm320, Palm<br />

RX320, ScanPro780, Palm<br />

Emulator<br />

AUG A Potpourri of Useful Programs:<br />

Print Screen Plus, HamCalc ver<br />

62, Ad-Aware 6.0<br />

SEP PROBEing with the PCR1000:<br />

Datafile's Probe 1K<br />

OCT Big Help for Tiny Icom IC-R5:<br />

CS-R5 cloning software and IC-<br />

R5.com software<br />

NOV DRM - Who and What is it?<br />

DEC DRM: Digging Deeper<br />

(description, software and<br />

hardware to receive)<br />

DIGITAL DIGEST<br />

JAN Digital Comms at Sea: Petrom,<br />

Spanish Navy, Russian BEE<br />

FEB Pakistani and Indian Diplo Ops;<br />

Venezuelan Net; New Node in<br />

British ALE Net<br />

MAR New Egyptian Hieroglyphics (new<br />

diplo encryption); Network buildout<br />

at SeaWave; More Mexican<br />

military; Utility <strong>Monitoring</strong> Central<br />

APR Two Diplomatic Nets: MFA<br />

Copenhagen, MFA Budapest;<br />

Venezuelan Navy River Units<br />

MAY Scrambled Voices (Mystery SSB<br />

Transmissions, What does a<br />

speech scrambler do?) MIL-188-<br />

110A soundcard decoder; N<br />

Korean Diplo; MFA Algiers<br />

JUN Japanese Diplomatic Service<br />

Activity; Tadiran HF Equipment;<br />

Brazilian Forces Net<br />

JUL All at Sea with CODAR; Mystery<br />

PacTOR networks<br />

AUG Venezulan Army; HMS<br />

Carlskrona (Swedish Navy)<br />

SEP Decoding Software Upate:<br />

Wavecom, SkySweeper, Hoka,<br />

Radio Raft, AX.25<br />

OCT Maritime and MFA: CODAR<br />

update; MFA Copenhagen on<br />

HF; Ecuador Navy on ALE; MFA<br />

Paris high-speed HF<br />

NOV Listening to Low Freq Utes<br />

DEC Digital Winter Mixed Bag: USCG<br />

ALE Net on the Move; Brazilian<br />

Navy; STANAG4285; The<br />

Morning FAX from Japan<br />

THE FED FILES (odd months)<br />

JAN The City of Brotherly Love (fed<br />

agencies in Philadelphia); EPA<br />

frequencies; Strategic Petroleum<br />

Reserve freqs - the mystery<br />

Texas signals<br />

MAR <strong>Monitoring</strong> Phoenix - The Land of<br />

the Sun; DOI purchasing APCO<br />

P-25 Equipment; Coast Guard<br />

"Rescue 21" being Deployed<br />

MAY US Dept of Homeland Security:<br />

Main Directorates<br />

JUL Homeland Security, Part Deux:<br />

Transportation Security Admin;<br />

FAA NARACS; NEST moving; P-<br />

25 Activity Found; FLETC Getting<br />

New Radios; New Encryption<br />

Standard; Boeing in FL<br />

SEP Update on Space Center<br />

Trunking: More NASA Trunk<br />

Systems; More gov APCO 25<br />

Uncovered; TIGTA<br />

NOV NASA Callsigns; <strong>Monitoring</strong> the<br />

NIICD (wildfires); US gov freqs in<br />

France; More APCO 25 Comms;<br />

San Diego Area Fed Freqs<br />

THE GADGET GUY<br />

JAN Plantronics' CT10 Cordless<br />

Headset Phone<br />

FEB Icom's Insanely Great IC-T90A<br />

MAR Galaxy's DX 2547 CB Base<br />

Station Shines<br />

APR C Crane LED flashlights<br />

MAY Midland's Excellent GMRS/FRS<br />

Handi-Talkie<br />

JUN Midland WR-30 FM/Wx radio<br />

JUL Cobra's Excellent PR 350-<br />

2WXVP<br />

AUG Minelab's Fascinating Explorer II<br />

Metal Detector<br />

SEP Follow-ups on some worthy gear:<br />

Icom IC-706 transceiver, Minelab<br />

Explorer II metal detector<br />

OCT Survival Tools: Navitool, I-Quip,<br />

Survival Staff

---

NOV Cobra's Sweet-Sounding<br />

PR4000WX<br />

DEC Rokenbok System radiocontrolled<br />

toys<br />

GLOBAL FORUM<br />

JAN Some have a use for shortwave,<br />

some don't; link to HFCC files<br />

FEB Internet Resources for DXers<br />

MAR Deutsche Welle Drops English to<br />

US; Radio Netherlands<br />

Reorganizing<br />

APR WARC 2003 / HFCC<br />

MAY Where the Buzzes Are (DRM);<br />

latest WRTH update File; El<br />

Dorado for LA DXers; DX Signal<br />

site<br />

JUN (see Closing Comments)<br />

JUL "<strong>Monitoring</strong>" Shortwave People<br />

(Steve Anderson, Harry Kliphuis,<br />

Richard Kotey, RKI Jem Cullen)<br />

AUG Web Resources<br />

SEP Spurs, Images, and Harmonics<br />

OCT Shortwave Lives!<br />

NOV Radio Free Cascadia Intl<br />

DEC WPE, WDX SWL Call Signs<br />

LETTERS<br />

JAN Ed note re Milcom/Fed File swap<br />

and Kosovo correction; feedback<br />

on using electric fence wire; oldtime<br />

hucksters; more opinions on<br />

MARS; Marconi memorial<br />

pictures<br />

FEB RDFing the Old Way, Emergency<br />

Kit Scanner, Memories of China,<br />

Winter SWLfest; listening post<br />

picture, pic of KIMF location<br />

MAR What's the Law?, Satisfied<br />

Satellite User, Railspotters<br />

Encounter, Lowband Listening,<br />

Coro at Kulpsville?, Happy<br />

Associations, unid radio shack<br />

APR "Frequency Matters" correction;<br />

cooking show and MT anthology;<br />

Quantum QX Rave; Radio in My<br />

Life winning essay<br />

MAY Winterfest Report; Manufacturers<br />

should get it right the first time;<br />

SW still source of information; the<br />

silent majority<br />

JUN Volunteer Monitors Needed<br />

(RDFing tagged animals);<br />

Notification Networks; Internet<br />

Radio Linking Project; MT Goes<br />

to the Gulf; More on Adjacent<br />

Channels; More on Channel 1<br />

JUL MT Marks LVH Anniversary; SW<br />

and Going Digital<br />

AUG TenTec RX-320 Feedback;<br />

WCBS Correction, Cost of PS<br />

system upgrades, Junk Shop<br />

Challenge, Power Line<br />

Communications, Skip Arey<br />

receives award<br />

SEP For Love of RS DX-66; GPS<br />

Jamming?; MT Express; MT<br />

History Buffs; Pancake antennas;<br />

NJ State Police Update; More on<br />

Michigan<br />

OCT Jean Baker farewell; Oct Cover<br />

correction; Marine Beacons; BBC<br />

Gone Again; Power Line<br />

Communications; DRM; Morocco<br />

photo<br />

NOV On Scene at the Big E; Nevada<br />

Test Site; Support for<br />

SpaceCam; Print Screen;<br />

Hooked on Radio<br />

DEC Proof in Performance (MARS);<br />

Radio in NYC; License to Listen<br />

(air travel tips); DXing Papua<br />

New Guinea; RN Sked; Thanks<br />

to Robert Wyman<br />

MILCOM<br />

JAN The GHFS Net is History (name<br />

change to HF-GCS), frequencies<br />

and procedures<br />

FEB <strong>Monitoring</strong> the German Military<br />

(Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard,<br />

Unidentified)<br />

APR <strong>Monitoring</strong> the US Army Aviation<br />

on HF<br />

MAY <strong>Monitoring</strong> Operation Iraq<br />

Freedom; US Air Force HFRB<br />

Broadcasts; Armed Forces Day<br />

2003<br />

JUN Aerial Refueling Tracks (1)<br />

JUL Aerial Refueling Tracks (2)<br />

AUG Aerial Refueling Tracks (3)<br />

SEP Milcom Mailbag: Delton, FL;<br />

Airshow reports; Spectrum Holes<br />

OCT Milcom <strong>Monitoring</strong> in the SE<br />

(MCAS Beaufort, Ft Benning)<br />

DEC <strong>Monitoring</strong> Fort Leonard Wood;<br />

Mil <strong>Monitoring</strong> in New Jersey;<br />

Pilot to Dispatcher (PTD); Recent<br />

Milair Freq Changes<br />

MONITORING AND THE LAW<br />

MAY Our E Pluribus Unum Radio Laws<br />

JUN New York <strong>Monitoring</strong> Laws<br />

AUG Navigating Florida's Scanner Law<br />

SEP <strong>Monitoring</strong> Rules Apply to Police<br />

OCT All Eyes on California<br />

NOV <strong>Monitoring</strong> Michigan<br />

DEC South Dakota PD Wants Your<br />

Scanner<br />

MT REVIEWS<br />

JAN Wavecom W40PC<br />

FEB CCRadio plus: The Ultimate<br />

AM/FM/TV/Wx Band Portable?<br />

MAR WiNRADiO WR303i shortwave<br />

receiver; Delphi's SKYFi XM<br />

satellite radio system<br />

APR Talon Magnetic-Antenna Mast<br />

Adaptor<br />

MAY GAP "Hear It" DSP Speaker<br />

JUN TenTec RX-320<br />

JUL Ramsey Radio Direction Finding<br />

Kits: DF1 Foxhound; DDF1<br />

Doppler RDF<br />

AUG Grundig Classic 960: Instant<br />

Antique Radio<br />

SEP PAR End Fed Z EF-SWL<br />

Antenna<br />

OCT FRS in Perspective (Midland G-<br />

225)<br />

NOV K40 RD850 Radar Detector; PAR<br />

Antenna follow-up<br />

DEC Kenwood's Here2Anywhere<br />

Portable Sirius Kit<br />

ON THE BENCH<br />

JAN A New Use for DSS Diplexers<br />

(one cable, two antennas)<br />

FEB An Economical BCB Ribbon<br />

Loop Antenna<br />

MAR External Antenna Jack on<br />

Sangean ATS-909; Interference<br />

Filter for Medium Wave DXers<br />

APR Rotary Antenna System Solutions<br />

MAY MFJ's Versatile Noise Canceling<br />

Tool, MFJ-1025; modifying the<br />

MFJ-1025 for AM/LW<br />

JUN Software for the RX320<br />

JUL Two Eras of Technology: The<br />

National NC-183D vs. the Icom<br />

R-71A<br />

AUG The Great (TenTec) RX-<br />

320/(WinRadio) G303i Face-Off<br />

SEP Tips from our Readers: FM Band<br />

Preamp for FM Dxing; Roll Your<br />

Own 800 MHZ Quarterwave;<br />

Heatsink Those Soldering Jobs;<br />

Save Those Walls!<br />

OCT Tivoli PAL; AlphaLab RF Field<br />

Strength Meter<br />

NOV "How a Geek Sets His Watch"<br />

DEC Debriefing Hurricane Isabel:<br />

What worked, what didn't<br />

ON THE HAM BANDS<br />

JAN A New Use for DSS Diplexers<br />

(one cable for two antennas)<br />

FEB Do ItYourself QSL Cards<br />

MAR Slinkys in the Sky<br />

APR Ham History through the<br />

Handbook<br />

MAY The Well Rounded Radio<br />

Amateur<br />

JUN When PIGs Fly; Field Day;<br />

Summer Reading<br />

JUL Pursuing QSLs<br />

AUG Power Line Communications<br />

SEP Fall Clean-up<br />

OCT "Manual" control (putting your<br />

manuals on CD)<br />

NOV Uncle Skip's Holiday List<br />

DEC My Favorite Contest (ARRL 10<br />

Meter)<br />

OUTER LIMITS<br />

JAN Holidays Prime Time; Switzerland<br />

BCing Situation; Free ACE<br />

FEB Pirate BCing Nixed by FCC<br />

(statement about FCC policy re<br />

pirates)<br />

MAR Iraq War Begins with USA-<br />

Sponsored Clandestine<br />

Broadcasting; Saudi Clandestine;<br />

Berkeley Bust; Winter SWL Fest;<br />

Steve Anderson Indicted<br />

APR Iraq War Clandestines Continue;<br />

Hit Shortwave; Pirate Activity<br />

Patterns; Arthur in, Helms retires<br />

at ACE<br />

MAY Odd Europirate Freqs; UK Gov<br />

Chasing Pirate ISPs; Kulpsville<br />

Pirate Forum; Iraq Clandestine<br />

Info<br />

JUN Slight Reduction in Pirate<br />

Activity; DXing.info; Information<br />

Radio<br />

JUL Information Radio More<br />

Commonly Heard; NA Pirates<br />

Shifting Frequency; RTTY Pirate;<br />

Dutch Pirate Busts<br />

AUG KIPM Clarifies its Radio Format;<br />

Iraqi Communists; European<br />

Maildrop Addresses

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SEP Trailer Park Ministries Mystery<br />

Solved; Pirate Frequencies Still<br />

Variable<br />

OCT Finding Humor in Pirates (Partial<br />

India Radio); Pirate Freqs Still<br />

Variable<br />

NOV FM Pirate Radio Free Cascadia;<br />

Arthur J Green photo found<br />

DEC DX Conditions Improving; Talk<br />

Like a Pirate Day<br />

PLANE TALK (even months)<br />

FEB Airport Freqs (New Orleans,<br />

Denver, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas-<br />

Ft Worth, St Louis, Des Moines);<br />

AirNav Live flight tracking<br />

software; news and jokes from<br />

Australia (Bob Bell)<br />

APR Potomac Consolidated TRACON;<br />

airport freqs (Wash-Dulles, Balt-<br />

Wash; Anchorage; Orlando;<br />

Boise; McCarren [Las Vegas];<br />

Port Columbus and Rickenbacker<br />

[Columbus, OH]; Ft<br />

Wayne)<br />

JUN Recording Cockpit Voices and<br />

Flight Data; Center Weather<br />

Service Units; Anchorage Center<br />

Freqs<br />

AUG Visiting Texas (Ft Worth ARTCC<br />

Remote Transmitter Sites,<br />

Dallas/Ft Worth Intl, Dallas Love<br />

Field, San Antonio Intl, Houston<br />

ARTCC remote tx sites); HF<br />

Aeronautical Frequencies; West<br />

Coast ARTCCs (Seattle,<br />

Oakland)<br />

OCT Plane Talk about Denver; Denver<br />

ARTCC, Denver International<br />

NOV <strong>Monitoring</strong> the Test Pilots;<br />

Robins AFB airshow<br />

PROGRAMMING SPOTLIGHT<br />

JAN It Helps to Have a Big Brother<br />

(SWBC survival techniques)<br />

Selected Programs: By Station<br />

FEB Two international media<br />

competitions: NY Radio Festival,<br />

The Third Coast Festival<br />

Selected Programs: By program<br />

type<br />

MAR Award-Winning International<br />

Radio<br />

Selected Programs: By Day<br />

APR "Gone," but not Unheard (how to<br />

hear stations not targeting NA)<br />

Selected Programs: By Station<br />

MAY DX,SWL, Media & IT Programs<br />

Selected Programs: By Type<br />

JUN Just Stickin' to 49 (meters)<br />

Selected Programs: By Day<br />

JUL Summertime Easy Listening<br />

Selected Programs: By Station<br />

AUG Appointment Listening and Other<br />

Tips<br />

Selected Programs: By Type<br />

SEP The 30-Minute Radio Magazine<br />

Selected Programs: By Day<br />

OCT <strong>Monitoring</strong> the Voice of America<br />

Selected Programs: By Station<br />

NOV DX Programs: the VOA and You<br />

Selected Programs: By Station<br />

DEC "Shortwave" without Shortwave<br />

Selected Programs: By Type<br />

QSL REPORT<br />

JAN news and tips on QSLing<br />

FEB Philately and QSLing<br />

MAR It's All About Storage<br />

APR Prague releases new QSL card<br />

MAY Russian Reception Report Forms<br />

JUN Don't Sweat It (MW)<br />

JUL Ready for Island Hopping?<br />

AUG 15 Years Later ...<br />

SEP The SASE Method<br />

OCT Enclosures<br />

NOV Time for a follow-up?<br />

DEC Electronic QSLing Sign of the<br />

Future<br />

RADIO RESTORATIONS<br />

JAN Continuing the Zenith 6-S-229<br />

Restoration<br />

FEB The Zenith Comes to Life<br />

MAR Aligning the Zenith 6S229<br />

APR A Short History of Vacuum Tubes<br />

MAY Wrapping up the Zenith 6S299<br />

Project<br />

JUN Our Next Project: The<br />

Hallicrafters S-40A<br />

JUL The Hallicrafters S-40A: Clearing<br />

the Decks<br />

AUG S-40A Cosmetic Problems<br />

SEP S-40A Tuning Drive Reassembly;<br />

New "Impoverished Radio<br />

Experimenter"<br />

OCT S-40A Mechanical Reassembly<br />

and Tube Testers<br />

NOV Recapping and De-Modifying the<br />

S-40A<br />

DEC The S-40A: Still a Restorer's<br />

Challenge; EH Scott, The Dean<br />

of DX book review<br />

SATELLITE SERVICES<br />

www.monitoringtimes/mtssg.html<br />

JAN Galaxy 5, Galaxy 9, Telstar 7,<br />

Satcom C3, Galaxy 1R<br />

FEB Americom-7, Americom-8,<br />

Americom-6, Galaxy 3R, SBS-6,<br />

HGS-5, Americom-5<br />

MAR Americom-2; Americom-3;<br />

Telstar 4; Galaxy 11<br />

APR Telstar 6; Galaxy 3C; Telstar 5<br />

(Ku band)<br />

MAY Telstar 5 (C-band); Glaxay 4R;<br />

Americom-4; Americom-1<br />

JUN GSTAR-4, Anik F1, Morelos 2,<br />

Anik 2, Solidaridad 2 (C-band)<br />

JUL Solidaridad (KU-band); SATMEX-<br />

5; Anik E1; Galaxy 10R<br />

AUG Galaxy 5; Galaxy 9; Telstar 7;<br />

Satcom C3<br />

SEP Galaxy 3R; Satcom C4;<br />

Americom 7, 8, 6<br />

OCT Americom 6, 5, 9, 3; Galaxy 12;<br />

ABS-6; HGS-5<br />

NOV Americom-3, Galaxy 11, Telstar<br />

6, Galaxy 3C (Cband)<br />

DEC Telstar 5<br />

SCANNER EQUIPMENT<br />

JAN Radio Shack PRO-95 Scanner<br />

FEB Software for Icom IC-R2, IC-R3,<br />

and IC-Q7; PRO-92A/B, PRO-<br />

2067 Squelch Modification<br />

MAR Tk92 Software for the PRO-<br />

92/2067; ICOM IC-R3 UHF<br />

Interference<br />

APR Audio and Visual Amplification -<br />

GRE Super Amplifier, OptiVISOR<br />

Binocular Magnifier<br />

MAY Uniden BC250D Portable<br />

Scanner; C Crane Versacorder<br />

problem; Become a Scanning<br />

Renaissance Man<br />

JUN Uniden BC785D Tabletop<br />

Scanner<br />

JUL ICOM IC-R5 Portable Receiver;<br />

Nitelogger II Source<br />

AUG Software for ICOM IC-R10 and<br />

IC-R5 Receivers<br />

SEP The Tactics of Highly Successful<br />

Scannists<br />

OCT Scanner Collector Items; Frugal<br />

Indoor Antenna<br />

NOV Aceco FC2002 Frequency<br />

Counter<br />

DEC Radio Shack PRO-96 Scanner<br />

SCANNING CANADA<br />

JAN A Royal Visit; Bill 49 a Threat?;<br />

Scanning Whistler, BC<br />

FEB Into the Icefields, Pemberton, BC<br />

MAR Ham-Ex, Canada's "Dayton<br />

North"<br />

APR World's Largest Shopping Mall,<br />

Province of Alberta<br />

MAY Scanning Canada's Lakes; OPP<br />

Still Around<br />

JUN Digital Police Special; Who's<br />

going digital and who's not<br />

JUL What's Left to Scan, Eh?<br />

Transportation and school bus<br />

freqs<br />

AUG The Maritimes Scanning Site<br />

SEP Scanning the Ottawa Valley<br />

OCT More Analog Police Frequencies<br />

NOV Emergency Management Radio<br />

Services; US/Canada<br />

cooperation; Calgary move to<br />

digital<br />

DEC Reader Contributions; HMCS<br />

Haida<br />

SCANNING REPORT<br />

JAN Refarming at the Movies;<br />

Weather Research Activities;<br />

Niagara Falls Scanning<br />

FEB Florida Films and Seattle<br />

Scanning; Matt Cawby profile<br />

MAR An Avalanche of Frequencies<br />

(new VHF licenses)<br />

APR Vern Modeland profile, Arkansas-<br />

Missouri frequencies; move<br />

movie freqs; Detroit PS freqs; SE<br />

Pennsylvania freqs<br />

MAY The Wireless Metropolis: new 4.9<br />

GHz public safety band<br />

JUN My Head Hurts from Gigahertz!;<br />

Advanced Wireless Services; GA<br />

Dept of Corrections<br />

JUL Confirmed AZ frequencies; new<br />

GHz assignment; Eagles concert<br />

in Sunrise FL, Masters Golf<br />

Tournament in Augusta GA,<br />

Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego<br />

CA; Houston update<br />

AUG Arizona Update; NASCAR and<br />

Nextel; Taylorsville, NC; Gulfport,<br />

MS; Emergency Response

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Exercises; Radio Spectrum<br />

Management; Belmont Stakes;<br />

how to research frequencies<br />

SEP Palm Beach County Transitions<br />

to Trunked<br />

OCT A Guide to Southern Oregon<br />

NOV The NFL Football Report (Kansas<br />

City, Phila, Miami); Miami and<br />

San Francisco stadium event<br />

freqs; ICOM PCR-1000 software;<br />

Homeland Security patient<br />

tracking system; wireless<br />

courtroom<br />

DEC A Fond Farewell; Closing<br />

Thoughts on New Technology;<br />

Mail (Phoenix/Tempe area<br />

wildfire monitoring)<br />

TRACKING THE TRUNKS<br />

JAN Military Trunks and Radio<br />

Manuals; Cincinnati Airport<br />

correction; PA OpenSky update<br />

FEB Puerto Rico federal trunked<br />

systems; Uniden on future plans<br />

for digital card; Phila, PA; Palm<br />

Beach Co, FL<br />

MAR APCO P-25 Family Traits, how it<br />

works and which radios can hear<br />

what; State of Florida update;<br />

Riverside County, CA<br />

APR Testing, Testing ...(new systems):<br />

Howard Co, MD; Montgomery<br />

Co, MD; Phoenix/Mesa, AZ;<br />

State of Ohio; New York, NY.<br />

Tracking 9600-bd systems; Radio<br />

Shack digital scanner? Scanner<br />

software list website<br />

MAY Motorola Busting Out all Over:<br />

Martin Co FL, Genesee Co MI,<br />

Anne Arundel Co MD, Loudoun<br />

Co VA, Fairfax Co VA, Airports<br />

JUN Sorting Out Talkgroups in LA;<br />

Flagstaff, AZ; Johnson County,<br />

IN<br />

JUL Converting Console IDs, Rapides<br />

Parish, LA; Jacksonville, FL;<br />

Anne Arundel Co, MD;<br />

Annapolis, MD; Marin Co, CA;<br />

Hamilton Co, OH<br />

AUG Radio Shack Announces PRO-<br />

96; Interference<br />

SEP Radiocommunications on the<br />

Internet. South Dakota, EDACS<br />

and the PRO-92<br />

OCT Tracking the Logic of LTR<br />

(Quebec, Albuquerque,<br />

Colorado)<br />

NOV The Digital Diversity of APCO-25;<br />

new Uniden scanner; Rapides<br />

Parish, LA; Cleveland, OH;<br />

Pelham, NH<br />

DEC Signs of Things to Come: Wash<br />

DC, State of Alaska systems<br />

UTILITY WORLD<br />

JAN Antarctica on HF; Cuban Morse<br />

from Canada?!<br />

FEB Is Wireless Email the Future of<br />

HF? (PACTOR systems),<br />

SailMail freqs; more on<br />

Antarctica<br />

MAR A Marriage Made in Cyberspace<br />

(Winlink <strong>2000</strong>); Even more<br />

Antarctica<br />

APR <strong>Monitoring</strong> Digital Selective<br />

Calling<br />

MAY US Changes Radio Rules as<br />

WRC-03 Approaches<br />

JUN Utilities in the Gulf: Air-ground<br />

phone Patches, ALE, Weak<br />

Signals; Where is New York<br />

VOLMET?<br />

JUL Old "German Numbers" Resume;<br />

FCC Experimental Licenses (incl.<br />

CODAR); NY VOLMET Returns<br />

AUG Hilda Global: All the World is<br />

One; coronal holes and geoalert<br />

software<br />

SEP WRC-03 Wraps Up; SHARES<br />

Adds 2 frequencies; Geoffrey<br />

Halligey<br />

OCT ALE: Everyone's Getting Linked<br />

(Venezuela, Mexico, unid);<br />

WWVH<br />

NOV Long Distance Operational<br />

Control; Echo Charlie<br />

DEC Globe Drops SITOR Service; Is<br />

Telex Really Dead?; More on<br />

Honolulu Weatherfax<br />

VIEW FROM ABOVE<br />

JAN Trading Spaces (GOES-9); An<br />

eye on NE US<br />

FEB To Buy or Not to Buy? (transition<br />

to digital LRIT; Current WXSAT<br />

status<br />

MAR NOAA Satellite Conference<br />

Report; Starting Out - A<br />

Beginner's Story; <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

Meteor 3-5<br />

APR WXSAT to Imaging Program;<br />

Operational WXSATs<br />

MAY A Hobby with Ulterior Motives;<br />

Polar Satellite Status<br />

JUN Memories of Winter; GOES-12<br />

becomes GOES-E; NOAA<br />

Channel Switching; Meanwhile in<br />

Europe<br />

JUL Digital for All! MSG-1 opened to<br />

amateurs; NOA HRIT and LRIT,<br />

impact on GOES WEFAX;<br />

NOAA-17 reduces tx power;<br />

GMS-5 to GOES-9 transition plan<br />

AUG Digital Weather Satellite<br />

Transmissions - LRIT; internet<br />

site reminder<br />

SEP Getting Started with Weather<br />

Satellites, Internet Site Update<br />

OCT Basic WXSAT Reception<br />

NOV LRIT Testing, Testing... NOAA 14<br />

degradation; NOAA-N status;<br />

Hurricane Fabian<br />

DEC Bang! Crash! NOAA-N accident,<br />

NOAA 16 Problems; LRIT Test<br />

Transmissions<br />

WASHINGTON WHISPERS<br />

JAN New Technologies Undergo<br />

Labor Pains (wireless networking<br />

and DTV conversion)<br />

FEB SMS: Text Messaging over Cell<br />

Phones<br />

MAR Fugitive Radio Operator Arrested<br />

in NC<br />

APR FCC Authorizes GPS-Enhanced<br />

FRS Transceivers (final column)<br />

WHAT'S NEW<br />

Books, CDs<br />

Antennas for Communications CD Dec<br />

ARRL DXCC List Sep<br />

ARRL FCC Rulebook Oct<br />

ARRL Handbook Feb<br />

ARRL Hints & Kinks Aug<br />

ARRL Image Communications Feb<br />

ARRL Instructors Manual Oct<br />

ARRL License Study Manuals Sep<br />

ARRL 2003-4 Repeater Directory Jul<br />

Ask Bob Anthology Apr<br />

Astronomy Demystified Apr<br />

Australasian SW Guide Feb<br />

Bepop to the Boolean Boogie Aug<br />

Crystal Radio Bonanza May<br />

Dictionary of Earth Science Jun<br />

Dict of Geology and Minerology Jun<br />

Domestic BC Survey 5 Sep<br />

Electromagnetics Explained Mar<br />

FM Atlas Oct<br />

Getting Started in Electronics Sep<br />

Gordon West Tech Study Manual Sep<br />

Grove SW Directory CD Mar<br />

Guidelines for Christian Radio Apr<br />

Inside the Shadow Government Dec<br />

Klingenfuss HF Publications - 2003<br />

Super Frequency List, Guide to<br />

Utility Radio Stations, Shortwave<br />

Frequency Guide Mar<br />

Newnes Dictionary of Electronics Jan<br />

Newnes Guide to Radio and Communi-<br />

cations Technology Nov<br />

Now You're Talking! Jul<br />

NRC AM Radio Log Dec<br />

On Air - History of BBC Nov<br />

Police Call 2003 May<br />

Radio Data Code Manual May<br />

SPRAT CD-ROM Library Apr<br />

Voice of America, History Sep<br />

WRTH Shortwave Guide 2 Sep<br />

World Radio TV Handbook Apr<br />

YASME Expeditions Sep<br />

Business news, Software<br />

ATOC Tech. catalog Oct<br />

Digital Scanner News Jan<br />

Digital Scanning News May<br />

DXtreme Station Log - multimedia Jun<br />

Grundig Satellit 900 May<br />

Grundig Europe bankruptcy Jul<br />

Railfans Welcome database Oct<br />

Shortwave Report (Dan Roberts) Mar<br />

Transport-comms newsgroup Oct<br />

WinscanDP Jul<br />

Equipment<br />

Ant.Spec. cellular/GPS antennas Jan<br />

AOR ARD9800 digital modem Oct<br />

AOR Signal Magnet Jul<br />

Becker/KVH mobile office Feb<br />

Cambridge Soundworks 730 Jun<br />

Cutting Edge QuickZipRadioPouch Aug<br />

Cutting Edge Ent. RadioWallet Jan<br />

Davis Wireless Weather Station Jun<br />

Edmund Scientific power supply Jan<br />

Griffin iTrip for iPod Oct<br />

Icom IC-R5 Apr<br />

Jabra hands-free headsets Jan<br />

K40 Hi-Performance CB Antennas Jun<br />

Lobeman mini radio Jun<br />

MAYAH DRM 2010 Aug<br />

MAYAH DRM 2010 Nov<br />

Monster ConnectAll 200 Jul<br />

Radio Shack GRE PRO-96 Aug<br />

Radio Shack PRO-96 (first look) Nov

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Radio Shack PRO-99 Dec<br />

RIGblaster Pro Feb<br />

RIGrunner 4010S Oct<br />

Sangean WR-1 AM/FM radio Dec<br />

Sangean Travel Pro SW Nov<br />

Switch On! electronic bldg blocks Apr<br />

SWL IR Remote for Icom IC-R75 Jul<br />

TERK TV42/44 clip-on antennas Jan<br />

Terk TV Volume Control May<br />

Uniden BCi 25D Digital Card Jun<br />

Uniden BCT8 scanner Nov<br />

Vanu Software Radio Jul<br />

Whattmeter Oct<br />

WinRadio free S-meter plug-in Feb<br />

WinRadio Long Wire Adapter Aug<br />

Yacht Boy 550PE AM/FM/SW Dec

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FEATURES<br />

Broadcast<br />

All India Radio-Winds of Heaven NOV<br />

Annual MT Baseball Line-Up Card JUL<br />

Boy Scouts DXpedition DEC<br />

Broadcasting Out of Sri Lanka SEP<br />

Domestic SW BCing in Russia FEB<br />

Radio France International MAR<br />

SW Listeners Field Day DEC<br />

Tales of Two Frequency Clashes FEB<br />

General<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> in Croatia JAN<br />

Signals from Space (hamsats) MAY<br />

Nostalgia/Human Interest<br />

Birth of the Radio Networks AUG<br />

Dave Boyd, Bicyclenomad MAY<br />

Diode Vacuum Tube Centenary NOV<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> Our Earth (seismic) DEC<br />

Sunday and the Philco MAR<br />

Vintage Ham Radio Operating MAY<br />

Western Historic Radio Museum AUG<br />

Scanning:<br />

Air Traffic Control Simulcasting FEB<br />

Beginning Military <strong>Monitoring</strong> NOV<br />

Calif Airborne Firefighters JAN<br />

Dayton's Biggest and Best MAR<br />

Grand Prix Fire <strong>Monitoring</strong> JAN<br />

Highway Maintenance Allocations FEB<br />

How Wide Area Systems Work APR<br />

Inside the Austin/Travis Co TRS APR<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> Logic Trunked Radio DEC<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> the HMX-1White Tops SEP<br />

On Scene at Air Shows MAR<br />

Potomac TRACON JUL<br />

Radios and Racing JUN<br />

Railscanning JAN<br />

Red October - Fires still burn OCT<br />

Romancing the River (N'awlins) JUL<br />

Salt Lake Center ARTCC FEB<br />

San Antonio TX DEC<br />

So California Combat Air Patrols APR<br />

VHF Air Band in So Louisiana JUN<br />

Technical<br />

Deep Space <strong>Monitoring</strong> at PARI OCT<br />

DXing Digital TV JUN<br />

From Logs to Blogs MAY<br />

GPS-Location, Location, Location AUG<br />

Is it Broadcasting or Datacasting? MAR<br />

Propagation Myth Busting JAN<br />

Propagation Outlook for Spring APR<br />

Propagation Outlook for July-Sep JUL<br />

Propagation Outlook for Autumn OCT<br />

Receiving Digital OTA TV Signals JUN<br />

Save Your Local Airport (SATS) FEB<br />

Talking to Mars JUN<br />

<strong>Times</strong>hift Your Listening SEP<br />

Twenty-First Century Radio (1) AUG<br />

Twenty-First Century Radio (2) SEP<br />

Twenty-First Century Radio (3) OCT<br />

User-Controlled On-line Tuners JUL<br />

Utilities<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> S America Military FEB<br />

MT Hot 1000 HF Freqs (#1) APR<br />

MT Hot 1000 HF Freqs (#2) MAY<br />

AMERICAN BANDSCAN<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> <strong>Times</strong> 2004 Index<br />

JAN Days of a Stormy Sun; Bits and<br />

Pieces - WRLL, KKOB booster,<br />

US gov callsigns, WJZ confusion,<br />

new TIS stations<br />

FEB VOA Operates QRO! (Sao<br />

Tome); Bits and Pieces<br />

(Expanded band, Whoizzit?<br />

Digital comes to Mexico)<br />

MAR Mailbag: power vs height; Xium<br />

Air Dish empty promises; unusual<br />

reception; Freq shifts and<br />

changes, Beverage URL<br />

APR IBOC Implementation Update;<br />

Bits and Pieces (legal and illegal<br />

intruders, TIS proliferation)<br />

MAY 12th Street Gets Tough (FCC<br />

fines); Verifications; distorted<br />

TIS; Canada catch<br />

JUN Get Ready for More Crowding<br />

(new AM licenses); indecency<br />

fines; liberal talk<br />

JUL IBOC: The Next Step; Bits and<br />

Pieces: HDTV Ruckus, DX Test<br />

QSL, Dead Air for Air America,<br />

Openings<br />

AUG International Notes: Mexico,<br />

various; Bits and Pieces (WFAN<br />

opportunity; Software Defined<br />

Radio)<br />

SEP Bye-bye, Licenses (Levi Willis<br />

stations); Bits and Pieces<br />

(Mexicans move; Loopy TIS)<br />

OCT Win Some, Lose Some (Clear<br />

Channel news); Bye-bye licenses<br />

part 2; Musical Chairs in<br />

Cleveland; Bits and Pieces - New<br />

Station, High-Band Skip<br />

NOV Reading Material (AM Radio Log,<br />

Pacific Asian Log, Antenna<br />

Reference); Bye Bye Licenses,<br />

Part 3; Temporary CHEV<br />

Renewal; More IBOC; KGNU<br />

solution<br />

DEC Emergency Radio; K,W…and X;<br />

More IBOC<br />

ANTENNA TOPICS<br />

JAN An Omnidirectional Scanner<br />

Antenna (J-pole)<br />

FEWB Useful Antenna Concepts:<br />

isotropic antenna, real-world<br />

antenna characteristics<br />

MAR Learning about Antennas -<br />

resources for learning more<br />

APR Choosing a Scanner Antenna<br />

MAY Visually-Friendly Receiving<br />

Antennas<br />

JUN Dipoles: Variations on a Theme;<br />

Useful Books from LB Cebik<br />

JUL Some Rules Were Made to be<br />

Broken: The higher the better,<br />

Resonance will Improve<br />

reception, Half-wave dipole feedpoint<br />

impedance is 72 Ohms,<br />

High SR causes significant loss<br />

AUG Some Vertical Antennas: Vertical<br />

quarter-wave ground-plane,<br />

Marconi vertical quarterwave<br />

grounded; making a vertical<br />

antenna<br />

SEP In Search of the Ideal Antenna:<br />

Part 1 - Characteristics<br />

OCT In Search of the Ideal Antenna:<br />

Part 2 - Practical Approaches<br />

NOV In Search of the Idea Antenna:<br />

Part 3 - Practical Transmitting<br />

Considerations<br />

DEC Fading and Antenna Systems<br />

BEGINNER'S CORNER<br />

JAN 10 Meters: Gateway to the Air<br />

FEB Tuning the FM Band, antenna<br />

and receiver options<br />

MAR Beginner's Look at HF Digital<br />

Modes<br />

APR Cable, FM Reception, and Sirius<br />

Issues<br />

MAY Putting a Big Signal on the Ham<br />

Bands Cheap<br />

JUN Beginner's Questions: FM to<br />

Satellites: stacked array;<br />

speakers for Sangean 909;<br />

CCRadio Plus review; DirecWay<br />

risky business?; Free DISH<br />

programming; QSL Tips<br />

JUL Keeping a Log: Options for SWLs<br />

& Hams<br />

AUG New Tricks for Old Dishes<br />

SEP <strong>Monitoring</strong> the HF Specialty Nets<br />

OCT Celebrity Hams and E-Logs<br />

Revisited<br />

NOV Condo Dishes and FM in the<br />

Office: Balcony Dishes for<br />

Condos, Going for the Big Dish;<br />

FM Tuning in the Office Cubicle,<br />

Indoor antenna tips<br />

DEC SWLers QSLing Hams<br />

BELOW 500 kHz<br />

JAN Looking for Lowfers: receiving<br />

tips, QRSS, who's on the air,<br />

selected lowfer stations<br />

FEB Try Longwave! Equipment,<br />

identifying; news and loggings<br />

MAR Congratulations, LWCA (30 yrs);<br />

Personal Locator Beacons;<br />

Winter SWL Festival<br />

APR Mystery Beacon (TRY); AOR-<br />

Palomar loop swap; Beacon<br />

loggings; ODXA 30 years;<br />

summary of Natural Radio<br />

websites<br />

MAY WWW Picks - Kevin's Top 17;<br />

Discontinued WX broadcasts<br />

JUN Super Slow CW Results in<br />

Record; WWVB Trivia; LF<br />

Loggings<br />

JUL Summer Strategy; SWL Net<br />

anniversary; Online Help for RFI;<br />

ODXA Update<br />

AUG Giving Something Back (doing a<br />

presentation)<br />

SEP Longwave Timeline; New ID<br />

Resource<br />

OCT Gearing Up: Antennas; Your<br />

Receiver; Read the Manual;<br />

Listening Resources<br />

NOV Long Wave Challenges; Time<br />

Warp (results w/very old equip);<br />

"Best Bet" Beacons

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DEC An Invitation: Gearing Up, What<br />

Can You Hear? Logging Your<br />

Catch. DXpedition logs from<br />

Miscou NB<br />

BOATS, PLANES, and TRAINS<br />

FEB Boats: <strong>Monitoring</strong> the Great<br />

Lakes; Equipment; HF gone but<br />

not forgotten; resources<br />

MAR Planes: Handoff Completed -<br />

author background; basics and<br />

resources for aero monitoring<br />

APR Trains: Lingo of the Rails; New<br />

Radio Frequencies<br />

JUN Boats: Maritime <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

Thaws Out; US Coast Guard<br />

Chesapeake; Canadian CG logs;<br />

Other HF monitoring; Amateur<br />

radio nets; portable monitoring;<br />

VHF monitoring<br />

JUL Planes: Exploring Your Aero<br />

World; An interesting search<br />

range; Unicom Freqs; What is a<br />

CTAF; ATIS/ASOS/AWOS/A<br />

What?' Airport Identifiers<br />

AUG Trains: Radio Modernizes the<br />

Rails - the many uses of rail radio<br />

OCT Boats: Marine Emergency<br />

Communications; Inside Passage<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> (Alaska Freqs);<br />

Marine Radio Interference; Local<br />

Marine <strong>Monitoring</strong> (Kingston,<br />

ON); Australian Marine Freqs<br />

NOV Planes: Air Traffic Control for the<br />

Hobby Listener<br />

DEC Trains: Railscanning. Rail radio<br />

from Ohio. Freqs from Readers:<br />

Kansas; Wisconsin; Portland OR;<br />

Proctor MN; Akron OH;<br />

Snowflake AZ. RailAmerica's<br />

New Regional RR; Industrial<br />

Yards: BRC Chicago; BS<br />

Alabama; Cincinnati Queensgate;<br />

P&N Bolger TX<br />

CLOSING COMMENTS<br />

JAN Spend a Little, Save a Lot -<br />

Rachel Baughn<br />

FEB MARS - A Different Perspective -<br />

Larry Van Horn<br />

MAR Interoperability: Being<br />

Responsible (plus list of non-<br />

APCO P-25 systems) - Larry Van<br />

Horn<br />

APR Evolution of Technology: It’s Not<br />

What You Think - Ken Reitz<br />

MAY Amateur Radio Restructuring - A<br />

Tradition - Larry Van Horn<br />

JUN Broadband Over Power Lines -<br />

Rachel Baughn<br />

JUL Sharing is Good - Yes? - Rachel<br />

Baughn<br />

AUG The Future of the Radio Hobby -<br />

Larry Van Horn<br />

SEP The Dismantling of America's<br />

Voice Abroad - Alan Heil Jr<br />

OCT Protecting an "Exclusive"<br />

Frequency - Glenn Hauser<br />

NOV Let's Hear it for the Hams! - Bob<br />

Grove<br />

COMMUNICATIONS<br />

JAN SEC at Risk; Firefighting Radio<br />

Frustrations; DC System Good to<br />

Go; WiFi Gridlock Predicted; WiFi<br />

Fox Hunt?; Radio to the Rescue;<br />

Rescue by Satellite; Push to Talk<br />

dispute; Tauzin Going<br />

Hollywood?; The Call of the Wild<br />

(randy ram)<br />

FEB Man Charged after 2nd PLB<br />

Rescue; New FCC website<br />

interface; FCC bureau<br />

reorganization; nano radio<br />

invented; PA SP consolidating<br />

dispatch; Bob Evans<br />

MAR ARRL proposes entry-level<br />

license, code-free HF access;<br />

Hard Hit for Hubble; You Want<br />

Insults with That? cellphone<br />

selective availability system;<br />

Earth's magnetic fluctuation;<br />

weather alert radio standard set;<br />

smart watches too smart<br />

APR FCC Okays BPL Proposal;<br />

Issues in Broadcasting (BBC and<br />

across Europe); Amending the<br />

Morse Code; Tauzin to Retire;<br />

DC to Test Emergency Network;<br />

Safety Net Radio Bridge<br />

MAY Broadcasting: Will There be a<br />

VOA; WSHB for Sale; the Power<br />

of Radio; Dismay over Ukraine<br />

Closure. FCC & Congress:<br />

Broadband over Power Lines,<br />

Doing the Nextel Swap,<br />

Indecency vs Freedom of<br />

Speech. Fines & Forfeitures:<br />

For Indecency, for Amateur<br />

Radio Service, Two cases maybe<br />

closed. Homeland Security: FBI<br />

at Your Back Door. Miscellany:<br />

US Brain Drain, Your Brain on a<br />

Cell Phone, Noise Annoys<br />

JUN Public Safety: Wisconsin<br />

Jammer. Emerging Technology:<br />

BPL, RFID. Amateur Radio:<br />

FCC omnibus NPRM.<br />

Broadcasting: demise of farm<br />

programs, WSNJ sold but keeps<br />

country format, "cow whisperer"<br />

collar creates virtual fence.<br />

Obituaries: Joseph Zimmeman,<br />

Marianna Cobb, Oswald Villard<br />

Jr.<br />

JUL Radio Honor Roll - 13 yr old<br />

ham brings radio just in case,<br />

Cell phones for soldiers, CBs for<br />

soldiers; Broadcasting: Fla<br />

Pirates Put on Notice; Pirates<br />

interfere with airband; gangland<br />

pirate; pirate challenges FCC;<br />

Radio Caroline Turns 40; Radio<br />

Luxembourg; Scanning: NY<br />

Statewide System; Nextell Swap;<br />

Jammer Sentenced; Australia<br />

debates media access;<br />

Emerging Technology: Robots.<br />

Miscellany: Tauzin Still Truckin',<br />

Surround Sound (whales), Killer<br />

Radio<br />

AUG New Technology - GPS;<br />

Broadcasting - WSHB Sold to<br />

LeSEA; NASB Elects New<br />

President; Local Radio for<br />

America; Local BCers Sweat<br />

Deadlines; Ft Lauderdale on the<br />

Air; Local Radio in Baghdad;<br />

FCC Gets Tough (radio owner<br />

Levi Willis); Study on Television;<br />

Amateur Radio - Emergency<br />

Volunteers; BPL website;<br />

Enforcement Actions; Scanning -<br />

Hi-Jacked Frequency; Hoaxer<br />

Pleads Guilty<br />

SEP Schools - School radio stations;<br />

teacher uses SW radio. Amateur<br />

Radio - BPL Team; Hawaii's Gov<br />

Vetoes Bill. Scanning - Fighting<br />

Fires with Relm; Satellites - Help<br />

from Above. Milestones - Congratulations<br />

AWR Global DX;<br />

John Kraus, Deceased.<br />

OCT Radio Honor Role - Amateurs<br />

Respond to Wildfires; Amateurs<br />

Respond to Hurricane; Radio<br />

rules following hurricane.<br />

Amateur Radio - FCC Clarifies<br />

Emergency Communication<br />

Policy. Scanning - Massachusetts<br />

Scanning; Media Rights<br />

at Stake in Australia; Frequency<br />

Recall in Rockland; Nextel Deal -<br />

Who Moves next?; Fast Leaner<br />

Mobex. Broadcasting - Canada<br />

Nixes CHOI; UK Urges Pirates to<br />

Go Legit; NASB Report on HCJB.<br />

New Technology - Intel<br />

Announces Radio on a Chip<br />

NOV Amateur Radio - Emergency<br />

Training for Hams. Scanners -<br />

Court Decision against<br />

McDermott. Aviation -<br />

Maintenance not "routine" FCC -<br />

FCC Tower-Siting Rules (historic<br />

bldgs), Children's Programming<br />

Rules, FCC Kid's Zone, FCC<br />

Chairman to be Replaced?<br />

"Spacey" News - DW Living in<br />

another World? In Memoriam -<br />

James O. Page<br />

DEC Amateur Radio - Hurricane<br />

Heroes. BPL - FCC Okays BPL<br />

Rules, BPL in the Real World.<br />

Beacons - Hurricanes Activate<br />

Beacons, Appliance Emergency.<br />

Public Safety - Office of<br />

Interoperability and Compatibility.<br />

Other Radio News - ELF Radio<br />

Transmitters Shut Down, Balloon<br />

Collides with Tower, BWI Opens<br />

Wireless Lot, Flying Wireless.<br />

COMPUTERS & RADIO<br />

JAN Part 3: DRM <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

FEB Part 4: DRM <strong>Monitoring</strong> Wrap-up<br />

and summary<br />

MAR Flying High with AirNav's<br />

ACARS Decoder 2; DRM Update<br />

APR Useful Programs for Radio Users<br />

(TRX-Manager, SeaTTY)<br />

MAY Replay Radio - "A VCR for<br />

Internet Radio"<br />

JUN Ham Radio Deluxe for SWLs<br />

JUL Can Radio Monitors Love a<br />

Butterfly? MixW decoder/<br />

encoder/controller etc<br />

AUG A Put-The-Pieces-Together<br />

Approach for Free (HamScope)<br />

SEP ICOM's IC-PCR1000 Revisited<br />

OCT Protect Your Passwords -<br />

Biometrics and the new BioStik

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NOV AirNav Systems Live Flight<br />

Tracker 3<br />

DEC AirNav Live Flight Tracker 3 now<br />

6<br />

DIGITAL DIGEST<br />

JAN SITOR-A Still Heard; Swiss Diplo<br />

Service, Irish Defense Forces<br />

FEB Receiver Matters, which<br />

receiver's best?<br />

MAR Listening Tips; US Civil Air<br />

Patrol; Brazilian Navy Update<br />

APR Gulf of Maine CODAR; UMC<br />

website updates; Decoder Round<br />

Up<br />

MAY Domino, Missionaries, &<br />

Moroccan ALE<br />

JUN Globe Wireless Idle Signals<br />

Revealed<br />

JUL Globe Idle Signals Part 2<br />

AUG Tunisian Diplomatic Service;<br />

Israeli Navy's 4XZ; New<br />

Propagation Beacon<br />

SEP Keeping Up-to-Date (sources);<br />

Indian Ministry of External Affairs<br />

OCT Getting Going with ALE - ALE<br />

Redux; Decoding ALE; What's<br />

Out There on ALE? (Brazilian<br />

Navy, French Diplo Svc, Mexican<br />

Army; French Navy<br />

NOV Brazilian Navy Networks;<br />

Brazilian Navy ALE; Estonian<br />

Army<br />

DEC Bucharest Calling; Aid<br />

Operations in Sudan<br />

THE FED FILES<br />

JAN Back to the Basics: equip,<br />

search, research, tips; Travel<br />

Freqs: Denver, Minneapolis,<br />

Portland OR, Wash DC<br />

MAY Interoperability-Let's Talk; New<br />

Interagency Law Enforcement<br />

Freqs; Federal Trunked Systems-<br />

Bureau of Prisons; Changing<br />

Channels; Listener Logs<br />

SEP Dept Homeland Security - New<br />

Agency, New Frequencies; US<br />

Customs; New Fed Wireless<br />

Networks; Secret Service Super<br />

Secret?<br />

THE GADGET GUY<br />

JAN Cobra Xtreme Street<br />

Communicator<br />

FEB How to Survive Any Storm!<br />

(book)<br />

MAR PC NoteTaker<br />

APR The Well-Dressed First-<br />

Responder (Moore Manufacturing<br />

CM Pro radio harness, Hands-<br />

Free radio harness; C Crane Voz<br />

earpiece)<br />

MAY Olympus C-750 Ultra Zoom Has<br />

Long Reach<br />

JUN Simmons CaptureView<br />

JUL C Crane Freeplay Plus<br />

AUG Garmin's Outstanding Rino 130<br />

SEP MT Reader has Bright Idea -<br />

Ecustomware.com Luxeon LED<br />

flashlights<br />

OCT Can You Hear Me Now? C<br />

Crane's Bionic Ear<br />

NOV ICOM's Superb IC-V8 Handi-<br />

Talkie<br />

DEC Are we high enough yet? High<br />

Gear's Altitech2<br />

GLOBAL FORUM<br />

JAN RFPI Loses its Buildings;<br />

Tropical Band Countdown;<br />

Dave's Radio Rx Page<br />

FEB Voice of Mediterranean closes<br />

MAR Precision Frequency<br />

Measurement<br />

APR Neat New Websites<br />

MAY XERMX Gives Up On SW<br />

JUN Goodbye to Israel, Slovakia,<br />

Switzerland<br />

JUL Information Radio is Back - from<br />

Bahrain or Ships?<br />

AUG Radio Mexico Int'l Finally Closes<br />

Down; Fire at Radio Habana<br />

Cuba<br />

SEP Shakeup at Voice of America<br />

Leads to Staff Revolt<br />

OCT An American SW Broadcaster's<br />

Perspective (Jeff White, Radio<br />

Miami Intl)<br />

NOV Minivan Radio, New Clandestine<br />

for Maldive Is.<br />

DEC A Modest Proposal for Coping<br />

with Jamming<br />

LETTERS<br />

JAN Happy New Year (2004 column<br />

changes); Keep Radio Open to<br />

the Public (Calif fires); Applause<br />

for ARINC and MT; Overseas<br />

Purchase Woes; Sun-Struck<br />

FEB The Evolution of MARS (various<br />

perspectives); Fractal Challenge<br />

MAR Radio Frustrations; Streaming<br />

Scanners; Scanning in S Dakota;<br />

To the Propagation Prof; SWL<br />

Callsigns; MT Covers; Kevin<br />

Carey's radio shack pic<br />

APR Correcting the Record (WR303i &<br />

DRM, Oud vs Loud typo);<br />

Grundig Mini 100PE; FRS<br />

(Motorola vs Audiovox); Station<br />

IDs (Radio Reloj, Radio Diva);<br />

Support for MT (lifetime subs, MT<br />

Express)<br />

MAY Greetings from Baghdad; Budget<br />

Busters; Testimonials<br />

JUN Fineware and DRM; Welcome,<br />

Prime Time; Puzzling over new<br />

technology; Music without words<br />

(RFI); Simple solutions (digital<br />

card problem, producing 4-pt<br />

type)<br />

JUL Anything for a Sale (Japanese<br />

magazine cover); Bruno the<br />

Scanner Dog; Pet Peeves; Bring<br />

Back Radio Dramas; PRO2001<br />

Still Going Strong; Aid for Iraqi<br />

Amateurs; My Start in Radio<br />

AUG Missing the FedFile; Lat vs Long;<br />

CCRadio; Ham Radio Deluxe;<br />

Local Laws; Trivia Time Below<br />

500 kHz; Geocaching;<br />

Bellingham Museum<br />

SEP Setting the Record Straight (MLB<br />

baseball line-up; Yagi antenna;<br />

Japanese magazine cover); Latin<br />

Logger's radio shack; SW Online<br />

Forum in Spanish; Old Time<br />

Radio source<br />

OCT Mystery Antenna in Roswell;<br />

Hobnobbing with Jay Leno; Lowe<br />

not shipping to North America;<br />

Down Memory Lane (Intl SW<br />

Listeners Guide), Reader Survey<br />

NOV Bob Parnass Retires from MT;<br />

Hearing the Hurricane Hunters;<br />

Hurricane Evacuation and AM<br />

Radio; Frequency Tips;<br />

Volunteerism (Marconi Museum)<br />

DEC The Spirit of Giving; Time<br />

Shifting; Appreciation for<br />

departing columnists<br />

MILCOM<br />

JAN Mil <strong>Monitoring</strong> in Las Vegas;<br />

DOE/NV Test Site Trunked<br />

System; KSC/CCAFS Trunked<br />

Updates; 104th Fighter Wing<br />

Freqs; Milair freq changes<br />

(various); NATO Daily Callsigns;<br />

Marine base Barstow CA help<br />

needed<br />

FEB Mil <strong>Monitoring</strong> in Brasstown; misc<br />

freq changes<br />

MAR Military Flight Demonstration<br />

Groups - frequencies, equipment,<br />

show schedules<br />

APR Military Frequency Spectrum<br />

Holes<br />

MAY Who are the Black Daggers?<br />

Military Frequency Potpourri;<br />

NOTAM Freq Changes;<br />

Spectrum Holes<br />

JUN New Military LMR Band: 380.0-<br />

399.1 MHz; Frequency Changes;<br />

Pop Air Force Base<br />

JUL Airshow Frequency Update; 1-2<br />

Aviation Regiment; Helicopter<br />

Training Squadron 8/18;<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> Hawg Smoke; New<br />

NOTAM Frequencies; Spectrum<br />

Holes<br />

AUG Sub-bands in the UHF Milair<br />

Spectrum (glide slope freqs,<br />

ARTCC/ATC assignments, FAA<br />

spectrum holes)<br />

SEP Is HFGCS Switching to Digital<br />

Voice? AWACS first on HF email;<br />

Eglin AFB Trunk System LMR<br />

Update<br />

OCT Catch a Wave and Monitor a Flat<br />

Top! (US Navy Aircraft carriers<br />

and their wings)<br />

NOV <strong>Monitoring</strong> the HF Action Bands;<br />

Frequency Changes; Military<br />

Trunk Systems Update<br />

DEC The New Year's Deadline is<br />

Near! (narrowband); Westover Air<br />

Reserve Base; National Capital<br />

Region P25IP trunk system; Ft<br />

Gordon trunk system; Freq<br />

Changes/Spectrum Holes found;<br />

NG HF ALE addresses change;<br />

NORAD tracks Santa<br />

MONITORING AND THE LAW<br />

JAN On Air but no longer On Line (re<br />

streaming audio)<br />

FEB May the Law be with You (radio<br />

confiscation in Adirondacks)<br />

MAR Kentucky Scanners: Use It and<br />

Lose It<br />

APR Be My Guest (changing attitudes<br />

and statutory law vs US Codes)

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MAY Scanners in the UK<br />

JUN Eight Website for Finding Your<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> Law<br />

JUL New Florida Law; Scanners in<br />

Virginia and West Virginia; Radar<br />

Detectors in VA; Police Jammer<br />

gets 8 years<br />

AUG Pranks Result in Federal<br />

Conviction under Patriot Act;<br />

Critical Infrastructure Defined<br />

SEP The Bill of Rights - Void Where<br />

Prohibited by Law?<br />

OCT Dumb Radio Laws (Chattanooga,<br />

TN); Finding your own city code<br />

NOV How High Can You Go? Scanner<br />

antenna regulations<br />

DEC Are You Law-Abiding? Or<br />

Ignorant?<br />

MT REVIEW<br />

JAN WiFi Plus Wideband Antennas<br />

FEB MFJ Travel Tuner; PowerPort<br />

GearHarness<br />

MAR Yacht Boy 550PE portable<br />

AM/FM/SW receiver; Sounds<br />

Sweet side-by-side speaker<br />

comparison; Kaito KA1102<br />

multiband portable<br />

APR AOR’s Top-End AR-ONE<br />

MAY PAR Electronics Stressed Moxon<br />

6-meter Beam<br />

JUN Monitor 4 Geiger Counter<br />

JUL AOR WL-500 Window Loop<br />

Antenna<br />

AUG Sirius vs XM: the AudioVox/SkyFi<br />

Faceoff<br />

SEP AOR ARD25 Data Receiver;<br />

DWM Yo-Yo Tenna<br />

OCT Kaito WRX911 vs Grundig<br />

MiniWorld 100PE<br />

NOV WiRADiO's G313i HF Receiver<br />

DEC WiNRADiO AC-71C Discone<br />

Antenna; ICOM SP-23 Noise-<br />

Reducing Speaker<br />

ON THE BENCH<br />

JAN A Visit to AVCOM; Another EZ-<br />

SWL Antenna Testimonial<br />

FEB How do receivers work, anyway?<br />

MAR VHF Slim Jim Antenna for 2m<br />

APR BYOB - Bend Your Own Brackets<br />

MAY How do CW Transmitters work,<br />

anyway?<br />

JUN Experimenting with DRM<br />

JUL Audio Amplifiers You CAN Build<br />

AUG Meteor Scatter Communications<br />

SEP Setting up a Radio Shack<br />

OCT Black Light Goes Solid State<br />

(Nichia UV-LEDs)<br />

NOV FlexRadio Software Definable<br />

Radio<br />

DEC Running PowerSDR for the<br />

FlexRadio SDR-1000<br />

ON THE HAM BANDS<br />

JAN Happy New Year - more amateur<br />

radio resolutions<br />

FEB Microwaves Ain't Just for<br />

Cooking<br />

MAR The Rarest of DX (top ten<br />

hardest logs)<br />

APR Great Ham Radio Reads (ARRL<br />

Tech Class Video; International<br />

Antenna Collection; ARRL HF/HF<br />

Antenna Classics)<br />

MAY Over Ham Radio's Horizon (new<br />

technology)<br />

JUN Uncle Skip and the Meteors<br />

(meteor scatter communications)<br />

JUL Remembering OSCAR; Earth<br />

Base<br />

AUG Are You Ready? (emergency<br />

preparedness using pails)<br />

SEP September Selections (new @<br />

CW character; ham radio and<br />

biking; BPL rejected in Iowa; best<br />

online swap meet; handheld desk<br />

base solution; simulated<br />

emergency tests; put emergency<br />

channels in your tx; VE<br />

anniversary; thank your Elmer<br />

OCT Fun with Forty Meters and<br />

Googling N2EI (Search Engine<br />

Ego Trip)<br />

NOV I Get By with a Little Help from<br />

My Friends; Taking Ideas on the<br />

Road; Biking Ideas; Take Ideas a<br />

Step Further<br />

DEC Ham Holiday Wish List<br />

OUTER LIMITS<br />

JAN Pirate Commentary or Personal<br />

Attacks?; Local Pirates; Andrew<br />

Rugg; Argentina Pirate; Euro<br />

maildrop change<br />

FEB Why Do Pirates Operate? Radio<br />

Oasen Cut; World Music Radio<br />

Returning; South American<br />

Pirates<br />

MAR Unusual Unlicensed BC QSLs;<br />

Iraq clandestine shuffle; pirate<br />

radio at Fest; new Europirate<br />

address; FL/PA pirates<br />

APR Radio Free Brattleboro vs. FCC;<br />

Unusual QSL (Spam Radio);<br />

Clandestine Radio.com;<br />

Europirate Freqs<br />

JUN Winterfest Produces WMPR<br />

QSLs; Clandestine QSL via<br />

Internet; CKUT Intl Radio Report<br />

staff change; Radio Free<br />

Brattleboro Reprieve<br />

JUL Summer Static and Daylight; This<br />

year's Fest; WNFC; Local Areas<br />

Challenge FCC<br />

AUG USA to Use Aircraft for Anti-<br />

Castro Clandestines; Havrilko's<br />

ACE Column<br />

SEP NA Pirates on FM La Voz de la<br />

Resistencia<br />

OCT Magnetic Field and Pirate Radio<br />

Activity Declining? KFAR<br />

Burglarized; Braveheart Radio<br />

NOV Radio Moshiach and Redemption<br />

on the Web; Voice of Natl<br />

Salvation Gone; Minivan Radio;<br />

Sudan; Clandestine Web Sites<br />

DEC KFAR and Radio Santa Cruz<br />

Busted; Schoech's QSL Info<br />

Page; Europirate Season<br />

PROGRAMMING SPOTLIGHT<br />

JAN Streams of Consciousness:<br />

language lessons, Sounds<br />

Nordic, The Comfort Zone,<br />

religion programs.<br />

Highlights: RA Feedback gone;<br />

Elliott clipped; RN weekend<br />

afternoons<br />

Selected Programs: By Time<br />

FEB Culture and the Arts<br />

Highlights: BBC, Voice of<br />

Russia, China Radio International<br />

new programs<br />

Selected Programs: By Time<br />

MAR Strong Signals (where are they?);<br />

Religion on Radio Redux;<br />

Comfort Zone Redux<br />

Highlights: Beijing Schedule,<br />

Music in other Languages<br />

Selected Programs: By Type<br />

APR Random Thoughts (Managing<br />

Traffic; Platform Migration)<br />

Highlights: Death of the VOA?<br />

Selected Programs: By Station<br />

MAY DX, SWL, Media & IT Programs<br />

Highlights: BBC High- and Lowlight;<br />

VOA Cuts More; Sports are<br />

Back<br />

Selected Programs: By Type<br />

JUN Relax...It's Summer! (easy<br />

listening)<br />

Highlights:DW in NA; SRI Cuts<br />

and Runs<br />

Selected Programs: By Time<br />

JUL Keep Relaxing! It's Still Summer!<br />

Highlights: BBC-The Proms,<br />

Letter; Radio Taiwan Intl; Radio<br />

Slovakia Intl<br />

Selected Programs: By Station<br />

AUG The Right Tool for the Job<br />

(buying a new radio, audio<br />

improvements, used radios)<br />

Highlights: Scandia News &<br />

Notes<br />

Selected Programs: By Type<br />

SEP Appreciating What's Come<br />

Before (classic radios); VOA<br />

Needs Our Help Now!<br />

Highlights: The Peacock<br />

Project; On SW to NA!<br />

Selected Programs: By Day<br />

OCT The Medium versus the Message<br />

(good programming that's good<br />

regardless of delivery mode)<br />

Highlights: WRN via WRMI<br />

Selected Programs: By Station<br />

NOV Listening to Canada<br />

Highlights: DX, SWL, Media &<br />

IT Programs<br />

Selected Programs: By Station<br />

DEC The Holidays on Shortwave<br />

Highlights: DX, SWL, Media, IT<br />

Selected Programs: By Station<br />

QSL REPORT<br />

JAN National Holiday QSLing<br />

FEB More Holiday QSLing<br />

MAR Merci, Danke, Grazie, Obrigado,<br />

Thanks...for the QSL!<br />

APR Tentative Reports<br />

MAY Got QSLs? (ham awards open to<br />

SWLs)<br />

JUN Award Chasing (NASWA DX<br />

awards)<br />

JUL Hot July QSLing ( all logs)<br />

AUG The Lure of QSLing Lighthouses<br />

SEP Staying Current on QSLing<br />

Trends<br />

OCT Location, location, location!<br />

(transmitters and relay sites)<br />

NOV Automated Reception Reports<br />

(Radio Free Asia)<br />

DEC Ring Their Bell!

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RADIO RESTORATIONS<br />

JAN S-40A Wrap-up<br />

FEB The "Human Side" of Radio<br />

Restoration (RCA Victor 1AX1)<br />

MAR Continuing with the "All American<br />

Five"; To Recap or Not Recap?<br />

APR Book Reviews and Readers<br />

Comments (Impoverished Radio<br />

Experimenter, Complete Guide to<br />

Antique Radios: Tabletop Vol 4,<br />

Charles Herrold, Inventor of<br />

Radio Broadcasting)<br />

MAY Finishing Up the "All-American<br />

Five"<br />

JUN The National NC-46<br />

JUL Calling in a Substitute: Reversing<br />

the Owner Mod; Cabinet and<br />

Controls; Enter the Tragic Flaw;<br />

Substituting the NC-57<br />

AUG Methodical Radio Restoration: 1.<br />

Starting Up Your Project<br />

SEP Methodical Radio Restoration: 2.<br />

Capacitor Replacement<br />

OCT Getting Back to the NC-57<br />

NOV Visiting a Major Antique Radio<br />

Meet<br />

DEC Back on Task with the NC-57<br />

SATELLITE SERVICES<br />

www.monitoringtimes/mtssg.html<br />

JAN Galaxy 4R, Americom-4,-1 (Ku)<br />

FEB Americom-1 (C),-2; Anik F-1,<br />

Morelos 2<br />

MAR Anik E1, E2R, Solidaridad 2;<br />

Morelos 2<br />

APR SATMEX-5; Anik E2; Loral<br />

Skynet Telstar 13; Echostar-IX;<br />

Galaxy 10R<br />

MAY Panamsat SBS-4; Panamsat<br />

Galaxy 5; Panamsat Galaxy 13;<br />

JSAT International Horizons-1;<br />

Loral Skynet Telstar 7; SES<br />

Americom Satcom C3<br />

JUN Panamsat Galaxy 1R; SES<br />

Americom Americom-10,<br />

Americom-7, Americom-8,<br />

Americom-6<br />

JUL Americom-6 (Ku), Panamsat<br />

SBS-6, Americom-5, Americom-<br />

9, Americom-3, Galaxy 11 Cband<br />

AUG Galaxy 11 Ku band, Intelsat<br />

Americas 6, Panamsat Galaxy<br />

3C, Intelsat Americas 5 C-band<br />

SEP Intelsat Americas 5 Ku-band;<br />

audio subcarrier updates<br />

OCT Panamsat Galaxy 4R; SES<br />

Americom-4; NASA News<br />

NOV Americom-1; Americom-2;<br />

AnikF1; Anik F2 (C-band); WCPE<br />

update<br />

DEC Anik F2 (Ku); Solidaridad 2;<br />

SATMEX-5; Anik E2<br />

SCANNER EQUIPMENT<br />

JAN NCS-3230 Multi-Rx Audio<br />

Controller; Yaesu VR-5000 Hint<br />

FEB Uniden BCT8 Scanner<br />

MAR Radio bench, test bench,<br />

portable scanner stand; reader<br />

comments on PRO-96<br />

APR Uniden BC296D Portable<br />

Scanner; Trunkito MPT1327<br />

Trunk Tracking Software<br />

MAY Uniden BC796D Scanner<br />

JUN Choosing a Scanner: Scanning<br />

Tips (PRO-92, -2067 flse CTCSS<br />

code; how to reset Uniden<br />

scanners; antennas for handhelds;<br />

scanner speed-up advice;<br />

spectrum display low IF output;<br />

equipment repair and<br />

maintenance; closing problems;<br />

join a club<br />

JUL CSI Flex Series Multiprotocol<br />

Decoder; Monitor vs. Scanning<br />

Receiver<br />

AUG ICOM IC-R8500 Revisited;<br />

Uniden Documents Computer<br />

Commands<br />

SEP Uniden BC80XLT Portable<br />

Scanner<br />

OCT Uniden BC898T Scanner<br />

NOV ICOM IC-R20 Portable Receiver;<br />

Bob Parnass farewell<br />

DEC A New Era in Scanning - First<br />

Look at the Uniden BC-246T<br />

(LVH)<br />

SCANNING CANADA<br />

JAN New Year, New Freqs; Windsor<br />

Casino; Toronto Airport terminal<br />

getting new system, ILS Landing<br />

tests, Pearson tight security;<br />

Annapolis Royal Police<br />

FEB Scanning the Railhead, The<br />

Orangeville and Brampton<br />

Railway; Can-US freq<br />

cooperation 220-222 MHz<br />

MAR Ham-Ex Time again; Caledon,<br />

ON<br />

APR Brampton ON; Lester B Pearson<br />

airport’s new Terminal One; More<br />

Code an official language? (April<br />

Fool); HMCS Haida hobby radio<br />

sunk<br />

MAY Respond Emergency<br />

Communications (Mississauga)<br />

JUN One Busy Megahertz: 30 MHz<br />

Canadian assignments<br />

JUL Digital Frequency Hunting at<br />

Toronto Airport<br />

AUG Frequency Hogs in Hogtown<br />

(Telus Mike system vs Metro<br />

Toronto PD); Scan Alberta<br />

enthusiasts; GeoScanning 80W<br />

44N<br />

SEP Ontario Gov Mobile Comms<br />

Project<br />

OCT Burgers, Busy CD, and Boy<br />

Scouts - 30 MHz listening;<br />

Quebec Scanning; Ontario Freq<br />

Directory; ScanCan and Boy<br />

Scouts<br />

NOV Our "Northern" Neighbors -<br />

Kingsville ON; Windsor ON;<br />

Ontario FleetNet System Status<br />

DEC ScanCan Inside Peel Region Fire<br />

Dispatch Center<br />

SCANNING REPORT<br />

JAN The APCO-25 Snowball Effect:<br />

Culpeper County VA; Oakland Co<br />

MI; Macomb Co MI; Detroit MI;<br />

Burbank CA; Louisville KY;<br />

Orange Co CA; Utah and the<br />

future<br />

FEB Sharing the Cost of<br />

Connectedness: James City and<br />

York Counties, VA; South<br />

Dakota; Glendale, AZ; Boone Co,<br />

IN; Atlantic City; San Diego Co<br />

CA<br />

MAR Choosing a Scanner; Firmware<br />

Updates to BC296D and 796D,<br />

PRO-96; Nebraska; Gaylord MI;<br />

San Diego CA; Kosciusko Co IN;<br />

Wash DC<br />

APR Internet-Enhanced Scanning<br />

(audio online, computer aided<br />

dispatch online, putting audio<br />

online); Monroe Co MI; Westport<br />

MA; South Dakota; Southern<br />

Wisconsin<br />

MAY Get a Charge out of Scanning<br />

(scanner batteries); Maine;<br />

Tippecanoe, IN; Somerset Co,<br />

MD; Delmarva (Delaware,<br />

Maryland, Virginia); Detroit;<br />

Dayton Hamvention<br />

JUN Special Temporary Assignments<br />

(GA Public Safety Training<br />

Center); Indiana SAFE-T;<br />

Imperial County, CA; Aurora, IL;<br />

Elgin, IL; Richland County, SC;<br />

Pawtucket, RI<br />

JUL New York, New York: New York<br />

City Channel 16; New York State<br />

System; OpenSky in<br />

Pennsylvania; Maine Updates,<br />

more Maine updates, and<br />

interference in Maine<br />

AUG Reshuffling the Frequency Deck<br />

(NJ-NY freq swap); Arkansas<br />

(Benton Co, Washington Co);<br />

Illinois (state system, McHenry<br />

Co, Mutual Aid Box Alarm<br />

System); Daytona Beach FL<br />

SEP Phoenix, Philadelphia, and<br />

Pennsylvania - Phila Air & Sea;<br />

Homeland Defense Alerts;<br />

Phoenix-Mesa; Concert<br />

Scanning, Boston; PA State<br />

System, Phila, Cumberland Co,<br />

Westmoreland Co, York Co<br />

OCT One Type Does Not Fit All<br />

(clearing up the complexity).<br />

Southeastern Texas (STARnet,<br />

Harris County TX, Montgomery<br />

County TX); Houston County GA;<br />

Fairfax County VA; State of<br />

Virginia; Tempe AZ; West<br />

Virginia<br />

NOV Tallahassee and Florida<br />

Scanning: Tallahassee, Florida<br />

State, Palm Beach Co; Cecil Co<br />

MD; Charleston SC; Phoenix<br />

Updates; New Radio Shack<br />

Scanner<br />

DEC Aeronautical Scanning - general<br />

airport monitoring, plus Lincoln<br />

NE details. Scanning:<br />

Washington DC Metro; Lincoln<br />

NE. PRO-96 upgrades<br />

UTILITY WORLD<br />

JAN Maritime Public Coastal Radio list<br />

FEB Oceanic Radiolocation, MW<br />

radionavigation, fish net beacons;<br />

corrections<br />

MAR AFRTS/AFN Confusion<br />

Continues; new beacon oddities;<br />

coastal station list additions<br />

APR Shining Some Sun on 4XZ

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MAY US Maritime Safety Information<br />

JUN ALE and World Events; NY<br />

Volmet Still Gone<br />

JUL Morse Code Enters the 1970s!:<br />

Havana Harmonics (gurglers)<br />

AUG Unauthorized Utilities in Amateur<br />

Bands (unlicensed Pacific<br />

stations, African NGOs,<br />

government, military, spies)<br />

SEP A Wandering Blue Star - US<br />

Navy ground station; digital voice<br />

on USB; BPL threat continues<br />

OCT Single Letters Fill the Sky (new<br />

Enigma codes); National Guard<br />

ALE; Is HF Going Digital?<br />

NOV Hearing the Barking Sands;<br />

United Nations in Sudan;<br />

Interference on 6224<br />

DEC US Navy Closes "World's Biggest<br />

Station" (ELF); Bern Radio Drops<br />

Voice and SITOR; New Raytheon<br />

Sea Radars<br />

VIEW FROM ABOVE<br />

JAN Changes in Civil and Mil WXSAT<br />

Systems; NOAA 12 & 14; NPP<br />

testing<br />

FEB A Hint to NOAA (to make<br />

LRIT/HRIT accessible); More on<br />

future plans; WXSAT equip<br />

suppliers<br />

MAR WXSATs Plans for the Future;<br />

FengYun over Grand Canyon;<br />

Non-weather sat tx;Current<br />

Wxsat status and freqs<br />

APR Weather Satellite Reception<br />

Basics; NOAA-16 on the mend;<br />

NOAA-14 monitoring<br />

MAY A Transmitter for Every Purpose;<br />

GOES Users Conference; Snow<br />

in Carolinas picture<br />

JUN The New NOAA and METOP<br />

Satellites: type of transmissions<br />

and possibility of encryption<br />

JUL HRPT Hardware Failing; LRIT<br />

and LRPT Manufacturer<br />

Comments; GEO and RIG<br />

meetings in UK<br />

AUG Weather Satellite Reception -<br />

Easy to Advanced (special<br />

effects); NOAA-N Launch<br />

Postponed; New instrumentation<br />

for GOES<br />

SEP Equipment Ups and Downs; Wx<br />

Sat Launches 2004-2018; Good<br />

viewing; full disk test image<br />

OCT NOAA-12 Power Problems;<br />

Wallops Command & Data<br />

Acquisition Station; Significant<br />

Weather Events; WXSAT Site<br />

Updates<br />

NOV Decoding APT by Ear; HRPT to<br />

APT<br />

DEC Endings. Hurricanes. End of<br />

WEFAX. LRIT-HRIT the Cheap<br />

Way. NOAA Polar WXSATs.<br />

WHAT'S NEW<br />

Books, CDs<br />

APRS - Moving Hams Jun<br />

ARRL Amateur RadioToday promo Mar<br />

ARRL Antenna Book Jan<br />

ARRL General Class Manual Oct<br />

ARRL Handbook Jan<br />

ARRL Periodicals on CD 2003 Apr<br />

ARRL Repeater Directory Oct<br />

ARRL's Vintage Radio Jul<br />

Audio Power Amplifier Design Jan<br />

Confidential Frequency List Feb<br />

Domestic Broadcast Survey 6 Aug<br />

Electronic Gadgets for the<br />

Evil Genius Aug<br />

Faces of Railroading Jun<br />

Grundig Satellit - All Models Apr<br />

Great Grundig Satellit 700 Apr<br />

Grove Military Freq Guide (CD) Jun<br />

Grove Military Freq Directory (CD) Aug<br />

Grove Federal Freq Directory Oct<br />

How to Get Anything on Anybody Jan<br />

IRCA DXers Technical Guide Jun<br />

IRCA Mexican Log Jan<br />

Klingenfuss SW Freq Guide Mar<br />

NRC AM Radio Log Oct<br />

Other Side of the Control Room May<br />

Passport to World Band Radio Feb<br />

Passport 2005 prepub sales Sep<br />

Quebec Frequency Directory (CD) Jul<br />

Police Call 2004 Feb<br />

Police Call 2005 Dec<br />

Race Scanning Jan<br />

Radio Propagation: Practice and<br />

Principles Jul<br />

The Amateur Scientist (Sci Am) Jun<br />

The New Communications<br />

Technologies Aug<br />

Tower Site 2004 Calendar Jan<br />

VoIP: Internet Linking Oct<br />

Zenith: The Glory Years 1936-1945 Apr<br />

Business news, Software<br />

Equatorial Line Diploma Apr<br />

Galapagos Is DX Diploma Apr<br />

G&G Communications Mar<br />

Ham software for Mac users Sep<br />

Mayah DRM010 Feb<br />

Medium Wave Circle May<br />

Milestone acquires AMECO assets Sep<br />

PRO-2054 and -2096 Feb<br />

Radioelectronics website Nov<br />

Radioprimera DX program May<br />

Satellit 800 discontinued Sep<br />

Uniden BCT8 update May<br />

Win96 for PRO-96 Feb<br />

Equipment<br />

Alinco EJ-47U digital voice module Mar<br />

Alinco DJ-C7T Pocket HT Nov<br />

AR5000A+3B receiver Sep<br />

C Crane AM Antenna May<br />

County Com SW receiver Sep<br />

DWM Yo-Yo-Vee antenna Aug<br />

Garmin Geko GPS receiver Feb<br />

GRE 800 MHz antenna w/swivel Sep<br />

IAC Double Bazooka antennas Mar<br />

Icom IC-703 QRP tx May<br />

Icom IC-R-20 Jul<br />

LF Engineering H-900 Gain Probe<br />

antenna Dec<br />

Lightning Guard Jun<br />

MFJ 24 Hour Clock 5 time zones Nov<br />

MFJ accessories and catalog Dec<br />

Morse Express Christmas Key Dec<br />

Optoelectronics X-Sweeper Aug<br />

PAR pager interference filter (G) Mar<br />

Radio Shack Pro-83 Oct<br />

Radio Shack Pro-96 CPU Upgrade Oct<br />

RadioShack Pro-2096 Scanner Nov<br />

Ramsey Bug kit and catalog Dec<br />

Sangean ATS-818ACS portable Sep<br />

Scanner Master PRO92/95 Case Feb<br />

Scanner Master 780 Remote Head Sep<br />

Scott solar powered jacket Nov<br />

Scott TEC Sport Jacket Jun<br />

SGC MAC-200 antenna controller Feb<br />

Terk antenna for Sirius Radio Mar<br />

Terk XMCommander - XM Radio Mar<br />

Tivoli Sirius Receiver May<br />

Uniden BC-246T Jul<br />

Uniden BC-246T coming soon Oct<br />

Uniden BC-72XLT/BC-92XLT Jul<br />

Uniden BC-898T Jul<br />

Valor noise canceling mobile<br />

speaker (Grove) Mar<br />

WinRadio WR-G313i (Grove) May<br />

XACT Communication Sirius rcvr Nov

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FEATURES<br />

Broadcast<br />

Beginners Guide to SW Listening JAN<br />

Bienvenido a Mexico OCT<br />

Birth of a Station (TIS) JUN<br />

Changing World of FM DX APR<br />

Cuba's Battle of the Airwaves DEC<br />

DX Games to Play DEC<br />

Hello from Alfa Lima Intl JUN<br />

Making the Case for FM MAR<br />

The Elusive Part 15 Broadcaster APR<br />

Voices from the Banana Belt (CA) SEP<br />

Nostalgia/Human Interest<br />

On Writing Club Newsletters JUN<br />

Radio and an Old Man DEC<br />

RL Drake Company AUG<br />

The Social Side of DXing FEB<br />

Scanning:<br />

Air Show 2005 Schedules MAR<br />

Andrews: Busiest Air Base in U.S. MAR<br />

ATL: The World's Busiest Airport NOV<br />

Disaster on the Gulf - Katrina NOV<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> Chattanooga DEC<br />

Narrowbanding and Your Scanner JUN<br />

NAS Patuxent River Flight Testing SEP<br />

NASA's Return to Space MAY<br />

Northrup-Grumman Flight Testing AUG<br />

Patrolling the Palmetto 800 Trunk<br />

System JUL<br />

Scanning the Big Bend of Texas AUG<br />

Scanning the First State (DE) JAN<br />

Scanners brings race fans closer FEB<br />

State of Louisiana TRS JUN<br />

Technical<br />

Antenna Alternatives APR<br />

Digital Radio Mondiale Symposium FEB<br />

Harvester: Signal Intelligence JUL<br />

Harvester: Part II AUG<br />

New Comm Modes (IRC, chat, etc) JAN<br />

News Feeds and Blogs JUL<br />

Propagation Outlook, Summer APR<br />

Propagation Outlook, Winter OCT<br />

Recording using RecAll Pro FEB<br />

(R)evolution of Podcasting NOV<br />

Short Wave Log program SEP<br />

Wireless Networking MAR<br />

Utility<br />

Every Island Tells a Story (IOTA) May<br />

The Digital Ham Revolution May<br />

AMERICAN BANDSCAN (even months)<br />

FEB State-by-State (Best bets for<br />

logging): Maine, New Hampshire,<br />

Vermont, Massachusetts,<br />

Connecticut, Rhode Island.<br />

WBIX-1060 in trouble? X-band<br />

News. More Spanish stations.<br />

Heritage call letters. Transmitter<br />

on a ship.<br />

APR Atlantic Seaboard State-by-State;<br />

IBOC Experiences; Only in<br />

Washington; New Targets; Lost<br />

Towers; X-Band Activity; IRCA<br />

JUN State-by-State Through the<br />

South. DX News. KBXZ pirate or<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> <strong>Times</strong> 2005 Index<br />

not? Harmonics: Stations that<br />

Aren't. IBOC News<br />

AUG State-by-State: DXing the Delta.<br />

IBOC News; Letters; Stations<br />

That aren't; Musical Chairs<br />

OCT State-by-State Moving<br />

Southwest; IBOC News; Oops<br />

(interference); It's Baack<br />

(payola); Moving<br />

DEC State-by-State: Way Out West;<br />

Katrina; Rita; IBOC News; New<br />

station guides<br />

ANTENNA TOPICS<br />

JAN Alternatives to Elevated Outdoor<br />

Antennas - indoor, underground.<br />

Build an active antenna<br />

FEB Antenna Types: Dipoles. Make a<br />

folded dipole.<br />

MAR Antenna Types: The Marconi.<br />

Build a ground-plane or two<br />

APR Antenna Types: Loop and<br />

Dielectric Antennas<br />

MAY Antenna Types: Antennas with<br />

Reflectors<br />

JUN Antenna Types: Helical Antennas<br />

JUL Antenna Types: Mr Beverage's<br />

Wave<br />

AUG Virtues of Directional Antennas.<br />

Build a Yagi-Uda<br />

SEP Some Basic Antennas for Short<br />

Waves<br />

OCT Liquid Antennas and Other<br />

Oddities<br />

NOV Feed Lines, Waveguides and<br />

Their Applications<br />

DEC Christmas Down on the Antenna<br />

Farm ("tree" related antennas)<br />

BEGINNER'S CORNER<br />

JAN Beat the Sunspot Cycle Blues<br />

FEB Where are the Bands? Check the<br />

Beacons!<br />

MAR Getting Started in Digital SW<br />

Reception<br />

APR A Set of "Cans" for Your Post<br />

(headphones); Reader's Tip on<br />

CW<br />

MAY Ham Antennas for Small Budgets<br />

and Space<br />

JUN Out-of-the-Box Success for<br />

Digital Beginners<br />

JUL Exploring the World of Satellite<br />

Radio<br />

AUG Beginner's Guide to Bargain<br />

Hunting<br />

SEP New DX Season: Four Ways to<br />

Make it Great; Field Day<br />

Remembered<br />

OCT ISS: New Opportunity for<br />

Beginners; Crossword Puzzle<br />

Fans<br />

NOV Readers Write: Missing Sat Dish<br />

Manual; Zinwell FTA Receiver<br />

Repair; PRO-9 problems;<br />

Resurrecting C-band Gear;<br />

Amazon's Amazing (Terk) AM<br />

Antenna<br />

DEC Holiday Picks: weather stations;<br />

HD FM radio; digital decoder;<br />

digital TV receiver; DIY radio<br />

station; VHF/UHF scanner<br />

antenna<br />

BELOW 500 kHz<br />

JAN Catching Up, Mailbag, Miscou<br />

DXpedition<br />

FEB ELF Shutdown and loggings;<br />

VA3LK/WA3ZIA SK; new bnd for<br />

UK? Longwave Timeline<br />

Additions<br />

MAR Loggings Galore (Pennsylvania,<br />

Wisconsin, Connecticut)<br />

APR Open the Door to Good DX<br />

(closet door loop antenna)<br />

MAY More from the Mailbag:<br />

Longwave in the 1950s; Vintage<br />

Marine Band; Australian<br />

Loggings<br />

JUN Longwave News. Cruising for<br />

Beacons. 156 Beacons and<br />

Counting… New Hampshire Logs<br />

JUL Summertime Listening; 500 kHz<br />

to Light Up?; Mailbag; LWCA<br />

Dues to Rise<br />

AUG Tune-In to NAVTEX. 6-meter<br />

amateur beacons.<br />

SEP One-Watt Wonders (LOWFERs)<br />

OCT Getting on the Band; Canadian<br />

Loggings; Web Tips<br />

NOV Did You Know... ID, Please; It's<br />

Your Call; What Goes Up; On the<br />

Road Again; Loggings; Mailbag<br />

DEC Season Opener: Chasing Euro-<br />

Broadcasters; Beacons;<br />

Experimental Stations; Bottom<br />

End Sweep<br />

BOATS, PLANES, and TRAINS<br />

JAN Boats: Cold weather, Hot DX.<br />

Great Lakes Fall VHF Traffic.<br />

Modern Marine Communications.<br />

Info from Readers: source for<br />

marine channels, finding cruise<br />

ship freqs. Winter monitoring.<br />

FEB Planes: Names and Numbers in<br />

Air Comms: Frequency numbers;<br />

Runway numbers; VOR Names;<br />

Airspace Fix Names; Visual<br />

Landmark names. Aero Chart<br />

info and ordering.<br />

MAR Trains: Upgrading the Shack,<br />

Yaesu FT-7800; Various RR<br />

Freqs; ATCS highlights<br />

APR Boats: Marine Radio Springs into<br />

Life; Canadian East Coast; US<br />

Camslant; Amateur Radio; 5 MHz<br />

Beacons; Great Lakes VHF;<br />

Marine Radio License Changes;<br />

KPH on the Air<br />

MAY Planes: <strong>Monitoring</strong> Transoceanic<br />

Flights: Where to Tune; Understanding<br />

What You Hear;<br />

Following Aircraft; SELCAL<br />

Checks; Aircraft Photos<br />

JUN Trains: Cold Weather<br />

Railscanning. Chasing the CF&E.<br />

Carrying Scanners in Indiana.<br />

Crossing Whistles. "Hoosier Line"<br />

Railway. Steamtown Historic Site

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Freqs. Yahoo's RailScan Group.<br />

New Milwaukee Channels. Butler<br />

Co, KS. Firecrackers.<br />

JUL Boats: New Life for Marine HF<br />

Morse (KSM)l NOAA Research<br />

Vessel; Modern Marine<br />

Communications; VHF Activity;<br />

Myrtle Beach SC; US Marine<br />

Radio License; Canadian HF<br />

SAR Frequency<br />

AUG Planes: Altitudes, Altimeters,<br />

Settings and More. Intersections<br />

in the Sky.<br />

SEP Trains: The Detroit and<br />

Mackinac; RailroadRadio.net;<br />

Signal Skip; Hot-box Detector;<br />

Voice Train Reporting (VTR)<br />

OCT Boats: Marine Meanderings<br />

NOV Planes: Finding VHF Aircraft<br />

Frequencies (via scanner,<br />

AirNav.com, Airport Freq<br />

Directory, Percon online sub<br />

service, Yahoo! groups, Google,<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> <strong>Times</strong><br />

DEC Trains: Winter Activities and the<br />

Yaesu VX-170; basement train<br />

layout and receiver review<br />

COMMUNICATIONS<br />

JAN BROADCASTING: FCC auctions<br />

288 licenses; Student station<br />

grab. TECHNICAL: Design an<br />

SDR; Short solar cycle?<br />

Capricious TV; TV-B-Gone. FCC:<br />

Wireless highway; Here comes<br />

AWS; Nextel/Verizon truce.<br />

HOBBY: WUN celebrates 10<br />

years; AWR Wavescan shifts<br />

FEB FEDERAL: Has the DoD<br />

FLIPped?, FCC Okayed to<br />

Reband 800 MHz; 700 MHz<br />

Needed After all? Spectrum<br />

Efficiency. AMATEUR RADIO:<br />

Enforcement Actions. HI TECH:<br />

DRM Sale. BROADCASTING:<br />

Drive-by Audio Sampling.<br />

SATELLITES: Canadians<br />

consider sat radio; changes<br />

coming to sat rescue systems;<br />

Hubble needs manned repair;<br />

Respond uses satellites to deliver<br />

aid; Record-breaking 55.1-mile<br />

wifi connection<br />

MAR HONOR ROLL: Amateur radio<br />

and broadcasting response to<br />

Tsunami. FCC: Powell to Step<br />

Down; Spectrum not about Freqs;<br />

FCC fines KC station. Solar<br />

Unrest. BULLETIN BOARD:<br />

Baudwalking update; Winterfest<br />

APR ANTENNAS: "Light" antennas;<br />

When an Antenna Farm<br />

becomes a Forest.<br />

VOLUNTEERS: needed to track<br />

Indiana Bats. FCC: Nextel<br />

Accepts FC Proposal; FCC<br />

reaffirms cable ruling; House<br />

approves indecency fines; More<br />

amateur disciplinary action<br />

MAY SPACE: Shuttle vs Soyuz. FCC:<br />

Martin to least FCC; Software<br />

Radios Reined In; Software<br />

Radios Hit Snag. AMATEUR<br />

RADIO: Military Appreciation<br />

Day; Islands on the Air;<br />

Hamvention Awards. OTHER:<br />

ANARC to be Disbanded; Radio<br />

Rumors; BBC World Service<br />

Cuts.<br />

JUN SCANNING: New development in<br />

Michigan. AVIATION: Flight<br />

Service Stations. BROAD-<br />

CASTING: Schools Win, Taliban<br />

Clandestine Radio, Attacks in<br />

Colombia, Radio Cause of Skin<br />

Cancer? New Morse Station. CB:<br />

To the Rescue in Iraq. HI-TECH:<br />

Preventing RF leakage<br />

JUL BROADCASTING: Vatican<br />

Radio, The ITU and the Internet.<br />

SCANNING: Michigan House<br />

Passes Bill, Doing the Texas<br />

Two-Step (San Antonio vs<br />

Wichita Falls). FCC: Analog<br />

Satellites Obsolete? OLD<br />

TECH/NEW TECH: Morse Code<br />

the Champion, Earth Sounds<br />

Inspire Students. MEMORIAM:<br />

Art Blick, VE3AHU<br />

AUG HAMS: Ham Call for Back-up.<br />

STORM SEASON: Weather<br />

Spotters, Preparing for the Worst.<br />

New Hurricane Resource. LOW<br />

POWER FM: Freeze, Congress<br />

Actions.<br />

SEP HAMS: FCC Set to Remove<br />

Code Requirement; Radio<br />

Friendly BPL? SPACE:<br />

Cellphones on Planes? New<br />

Telescope in the Works; New<br />

Signals in Near Space<br />

OCT FCC: The Switch to Digital TV,<br />

Appealing to the FCC,<br />

Rebanding, Broadband Policy.<br />

SCANNING: New Florida Law,<br />

Gene Hughes Retires Police Call<br />

NOV no column<br />

DEC no column<br />

COMPUTERS & RADIO<br />

JAN DeLorme's Earthmate GPS<br />

FEB Spectrum Capture using the<br />

RFSpace SDR-14 receiver<br />

MAR Spectrum Lab's PC Based<br />

Electronic Construction<br />

APR Wireless PC Lock / Soundbug<br />

MAY Old DOS Radio Programs – Still<br />

Useful? (DX-AID, EasyDX,<br />

LogMaster, Shortwave DX-Log,<br />

SWL Logger, QSO Logging<br />

Facility, Terminat)<br />

JUN The SDR-1000 with an<br />

"Approved" Sound Card<br />

JUL Vintage Radio Software, Part<br />

Deux (DX Comm, Data-Comm,<br />

Communications Manager, SOS<br />

TNC, PC Pakratt)<br />

AUG RxPlus - Just What the Doctor<br />

Ordered<br />

SEP ScopeStation - An All-in-One RX-<br />

320 Program<br />

OCT Free PC Electronic Test<br />

Instruments<br />

NOV More Updates of Radio Software<br />

(Spectrum Lab, RxPlus,<br />

Shortwave Log, RadioMax,<br />

MixW, HamScope; software for<br />

RF Space SDR-14 and Flex<br />

Radio SDR-1000)<br />

DEC Radio to the Max (RadioMax<br />

5.22)<br />

DIGITAL DIGEST<br />

JAN Synoptically Speaking - weather<br />

codes, Synop stations, decoder<br />

software<br />

FEB Digital Intruder Watch; Rohde &<br />

Schwarz Profile; Brazilian Navy<br />

and Army Update<br />

MAR Counting Your CARBs (channel<br />

availability radio bulletin);<br />

Maritime Bands<br />

APR Voice Frequency Telegraphy;<br />

Measuring VFTs and the<br />

Importance of the Pilot; Medecins<br />

Sans Frontieres Update<br />

MAY The Versatile Frequency<br />

Manager<br />

JUN More on Frequency Manager;<br />

French Navy Markers<br />

JUL Voice Frequency Telegraphy<br />

Reprise; Spanish Police Back on<br />

HF; French Diplo Activity<br />

AUG ALE Refresher<br />

SEP NAVTEX: Information at Sea<br />

OCT Bye Bye RTTY: Navy Markers Go<br />

High-Speed, French and Italian<br />

Navy Markers, Israeli Navy<br />

Converts Too, Propagation<br />

Markers; Easy ALE Catches<br />

NOV HF DataLink; Kiel Radio; Mystery<br />

FSK signals<br />

DEC Morse Utility Signals<br />

(propagation beacons and<br />

military markers); MMTY and<br />

NAVTEX correction<br />

THE FED FILES (odd months)<br />

JAN New Year for Fed Comms;<br />

Border Patrol update, San Diego<br />

Co CA. Updates: Transportation<br />

Security Agency, Federal<br />

Protective Service, Bureau of<br />

Alcohol Tobacco Firearms,<br />

Justice Dept<br />

MAR What's Up with Low Band?;<br />

Listening in to USGS; US<br />

Marshals & Planet Airways; New<br />

WHCA comms vehicle; New US<br />

Coast Guard freqs<br />

MAY Flying High with Federal<br />

Communications; Coast Guard<br />

Aviation; Customs Air<br />

Operations; Checking in with the<br />

FAA<br />

JUL "Noteworthy" Fed Files. Florida<br />

Road Trip; TSA Correction;<br />

Federal Trunking Continues;<br />

BORTAC Anyone?; Chicago Trip;<br />

Veterans Affairs Medical Centers;<br />

More About Roadrunner; FPS<br />

Trunked System; Postal<br />

Inspectors; Operation Falcon; MT<br />

Bulletin Board<br />

SEP <strong>Monitoring</strong> the FBI - or Trying To;<br />

NASA Update; Searching NY City<br />

NOV The Straight Dope on the DEA.<br />

VA Medical Centers Revisited.<br />

APHIS - What's That?<br />

FIRST LOOK<br />

JAN Three Software Radios<br />

(FlexRadio, RFSpace, Icom)

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FEB The Uniden SC230 NASCAR<br />

scanner<br />

MAR Wavecom W51LAN digital signal<br />

decoder<br />

APR Sangean/RadioLabs Super-909<br />

MAY The Icom IC-746PRO as a<br />

Communications Receiver<br />

JUN Radio Shack Pro-2096<br />

JUL Uniden Raises the Bar Again -<br />

BCD396T<br />

AUG WiNRADiO's External G303e<br />

SEP Radio Shack's Pro-97 - Decent<br />

Performance at a Decent Price<br />

OCT SI-TEC NAV-FAX 200<br />

Communications Receiver<br />

NOV A Radio Revolution - Eton E1XM<br />

DEC Uniden BR-330T<br />

THE GADGET GUY<br />

APR The Kestrel 4000 Weather<br />

Station (final column)<br />

GLOBAL FORUM<br />

JAN Israel Gone? Belgium Going<br />

FEB Shortwave, the Medium for World<br />

Music<br />

MAR The Tsunami and SW<br />

Broadcasting<br />

APR Get Out and Visit Your<br />

Shortwave Stations<br />

MAY Dr Eugene Scott, R.I.P.<br />

JUN Co-ordinate or Get Covered!<br />

JUL Indonesia: Opportunities Lost<br />

AUG Plans for New Progressive SW<br />

Station; ITU <strong>Monitoring</strong> Reports<br />

SEP Trends inTropical Band<br />

Broadcasting: Introducing<br />

Shortwavemusic<br />

OCT Radio/TV War with Venezuela?<br />

NOV Katrina Prompts New SW Relay;<br />

SW sound libraries online<br />

DEC New and Reactived SW Stations;<br />

Radio station email address list;<br />

Hann Hardonk's DX Page in<br />

English<br />

LETTERS<br />

JAN Change and growth; Radio stuff<br />

online; Scantenna takes a lickin';<br />

Scanning laws; Reception on<br />

Amtrak; Chart attribution<br />

FEB Thanks for your input; Milcom<br />

Responsibility; BPL in<br />

Cottonwood; Welcome Jim<br />

Clarke<br />

MAR Resources for Used Receivers;<br />

Thanks for the Memories; Then<br />

vs Now<br />

APR Preserve Analog SW<br />

Broadcasting (guest editorial by<br />

A.A.Al-Amin)<br />

MAY Mystery Antenna (solved?); Two<br />

Views on DRM; Unauthorized<br />

Utilities in Ham Bands; Kaito<br />

WRx911<br />

JUN Trains and Transportation<br />

column; In Sympathy; Ken<br />

Windyka letter to newsgroup; FM<br />

Atlas correction; Listening Post<br />

idea<br />

JUL Mystery Antenna; Super Shuttle<br />

List; Thanks, But (why'd you cut<br />

the selected programming?)<br />

AUG Embedded Technicians: A New<br />

Approach to Emergency Comms<br />

(guest editorial)<br />

SEP Don't Forget Ten-Tec; Reader<br />

Raves; EDACS and Motorola<br />

Type II Update<br />

OCT MT Internet Excellence Award;<br />

Embedded Ham Operators;<br />

BCD396T and Milcom;<br />

Rebanding<br />

NOV Editorial: The Communications<br />

Blame Game<br />

DEC Survivor or Victim? (be<br />

prepared); Dazylabs URL;<br />

resources for Mexican DXing;<br />

Closing "Ideas"<br />

MILCOM<br />

JAN Denver Area Base Upgrades<br />

Radios (Buckley AFB Trunk<br />

System); Robins AFB TRS new<br />

freqs; Bradley Going Digital;<br />

Rhode Is ANG Profile; 104th<br />

Fighter Wing Presets; Various<br />

freq changes; Where to look for<br />

Mil Activity<br />

FEB DoD Publications/Charts; Milair<br />

Band Realignment Continues --<br />

Splinter frequency Sampler<br />

MAR <strong>Monitoring</strong> Military Flight<br />

Demonstration Groups - 2005 Air<br />

Show Guide<br />

APR Code Names Uncovered;<br />

NORAD Combat Air Patrols;<br />

VMFA-312 Squadron Common;<br />

Raptors on the Air; VAW-78<br />

Decommissioning; Military News<br />

Shorts<br />

MAY Aero <strong>Monitoring</strong> on the Space<br />

Coast; 380-400 MHz DoD LMR<br />

Trunk Update<br />

JUN Most Frequently Asked Question<br />

- Answered (how to listen to<br />

military air comms). Atlanta<br />

ARTCC Frequencies<br />

JUL <strong>Monitoring</strong> Fort Jackson TRS;<br />

Los Angeles 380-399.9 TRS;<br />

Dover AFB on 380-399.9 MHz;<br />

380-399.9 MHz Navy Ship TRS;<br />

MacDill Airfest 2005; Thunder in<br />

the Valley; New England Milcom<br />

Update; Frequency Changes;<br />

Memphis ARTCC<br />

AUG <strong>Monitoring</strong> Hurricane<br />

Communications: a bit of history,<br />

aircraft, where to listen.<br />

Jacksonville ARTCC, Miami<br />

ARTCC<br />

SEP Nationwide Freqs - Real and<br />

Bogus; Coast Guard Auxiliary;<br />

Northeast US Base Update;<br />

Wash DC ARTCC; New York<br />

ARTCC<br />

OCT Air Force MARS Shift; Frequency<br />

Potpourri; Eglin/Tyndall AFB<br />

Freqs; Army Air Fields AAF; FAA<br />

ARTCC List (Boston, Cleveland,<br />

Indianapolis)<br />

NOV <strong>Monitoring</strong> the Army Ranger<br />

Training. FAA ARTCC list (Ft<br />

Worth and Houston TX)<br />

DEC 50 Years of Tracking Santa<br />

(NORAD); SE Milcom Freqs; FAA<br />

ARTCC List (Chicago and<br />

Minneapolis)<br />

MT REVIEW<br />

FEB SWL IR Remote control / LF<br />

Engineering H-900 Gainprobe<br />

active antenna<br />

MAR A Poor Man's Ideal Portable-<br />

Degen DE1103; Optoelectronics<br />

X Sweeper; WinRadio AX-37<br />

UHF Beam<br />

APR Tivoli "Model Satellite" Sirius<br />

Table Radio / Small Space FM<br />

Reception Solutions: Terk's Artful<br />

Indoor Antennas<br />

MAY AVCOM PSA-37XP Spectrum<br />

Analyzer<br />

JUN Nitelogger II; Zap Checker 270;<br />

The Versatile Eton E10<br />

JUL AOR SR<strong>2000</strong> FFT Frequency<br />

Monitor<br />

AUG Eton/Grundig G4000A<br />

SEP The Kaito KA105 - A poor man's<br />

pocket digital<br />

OCT Eton FR-300: It's Not Just for<br />

Emergencies!<br />

NOV Mastech Ms8209 Universal<br />

Multimeter; Zap Checker 185<br />

DEC Tune In International Radio<br />

Broadcasts with a Small Dish<br />

(Globecast World TV satellite<br />

system)<br />

ON THE BENCH<br />

JAN Build These Timely Additions to<br />

your Listening Post (clock<br />

projects)<br />

FEB A Builder's Primer (kits)<br />

APR 440 and More for Very Few<br />

Pfennigs (antenna construction)<br />

MAY "Bugs" 2 "Boards" (homebrew<br />

ultraviolet box for burning circuit<br />

boards)<br />

JUN Those Strange Motorola Type II<br />

and Ericsson EDACS Talkgroups<br />

JUL Simple Voltage Regulator<br />

Circuits<br />

AUG Toss the Cheap Earphone!<br />

Packing More Punch in Public<br />

Service (fanny battery pack)<br />

SEP "The Warbler" - PSK31 on a<br />

Budget<br />

OCT A Better AM Antenna for Your<br />

Handheld<br />

NOV Electronic Kit Building a Lost Art?<br />

Not Any More! (Ten-Tec 1254 kit)<br />

DEC Start Your Irons! (Ten-Tec 1254<br />

kit, conclusion)<br />

ON THE HAM BANDS<br />

JAN Applying Your <strong>Monitoring</strong> Skills:<br />

Prepare, Listen, Tune,<br />

Propagation<br />

FEB Some Great Used HF<br />

Transceivers<br />

MAR Brainstorms and Daydreams<br />

(combining new digital tech and<br />

remote control)<br />

APR Ham Software Free for the<br />

Asking: W6ELProp; MorseCat;<br />

Ham Graphics; DigiPAN<br />

MAY Waking the Dead, Unruding the<br />

Rude<br />

JUN Shaking up the Ham Shack: The<br />

PC, The Wires, Power, Finishing<br />

Touches<br />

JUL Hamming it up on the Weekends

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AUG Dead Repeaters a Live Issue<br />

(reader response)<br />

SEP Back to School Reading: ARRL<br />

Repeater Directory, TravelPlus<br />

for Repeaters CD, QST View CD<br />

OCT Low Bands and Loose Ends: Lo<br />

Band DX; Parts (Mouser); Crystal<br />

Kit (XSS Little Wonder); Drop the<br />

Code to Save the Code<br />

NOV Annual Holiday Wish List: Gift of<br />

Ham Radio; Christmas in a Kit;<br />

Getting on the MAKE:<br />

DEC Scanning for Hams<br />

OUTER LIMITS<br />

JAN Swiss Leave Shortwave to Pirate;<br />

Voice of Ethiopian Salvation<br />

address<br />

FEB Pirate TV Advocacy in Calif;<br />

Radio Insurgente; Peace Radio<br />

Web Site; Old Pirate Confesses;<br />

Al Qaeda; Maldives Address;<br />

Pancho's QSL Page<br />

MAR WSQT X-Band Pirate in DC;<br />

4065-4070 kHz; New Star Web<br />

Site?; Shoech's Clandestine<br />

Survey; Winter SWL Fest<br />

APR The Crystal Ship Returns; KBFR<br />

and KNOZ Silenced; Radio<br />

Insurgent Mystery<br />

MAY FM Pirate Busts Continue; Why<br />

6925 kHz? Eritrea Quasi-<br />

Clandestine Address<br />

JUN The Future of Radio blog. Radio<br />

Gerbil vs. Radio Azteca. SW<br />

Radio Africa. Switzerland in<br />

Sound. WHBH Returns?<br />

JUL Taliban Radio Resurrected;<br />

Derby Radio Shortwave; Another<br />

Zimbabwe Clandestine; Sudan<br />

Clandestine; The Corsair<br />

Transmitter; Australian Pirate<br />

Logged<br />

AUG Holidays Spark Pirate Activity;<br />

Still no Insurgente Logs; Rare<br />

WMPR QSL; Denver TV Covers<br />

Numbers<br />

SEP Florida Law Criminalizes Pirates;<br />

Radio Free Brattleboro Raided;<br />

Corsair Transmitter Again; Radio<br />

Hoa-Mai; WTOU<br />

OCT Osama Bin Laden on<br />

Clandestine Internet TV; Pancho<br />

Villa in mp3; Radio Alpha Lima<br />

Links; BPL; More FM Busts<br />

NOV Free Radio Network Redesigns<br />

Pirate Radio Web; Human Rights<br />

Radio Reactivates; WBCQ<br />

Special Mobile Broadcasts<br />

DEC ACE Ceases Publication; Radio<br />

Free America?; Schoech's QSL<br />

Page; Orion Radio; Correction<br />

and Update<br />

PROGRAMMING SPOTLIGHT<br />

JAN Here's to New Beginnings. New<br />

Year Themes; Radio Sweden<br />

Anew; RNMusic.NL "Live!<br />

Online". Non-English Services<br />

to N America<br />

FEB What is it about France? where is<br />

RFI; End of "BBC On Air"; SWL<br />

Winterfest. Sundays Without<br />

Football<br />

MAR Challenging Conventional<br />

Wisdom (SW and tsunami);<br />

China Radio Intl; Radio<br />

Vlaanderen<br />

APR The Spring-Summer Catalog<br />

(A05) - Part 1<br />

MAY The Spring-Summer Catalog<br />

(A05) – Part 2<br />

JUN The Shrinking BBC and VOA<br />

JUL Is Podcasting the an Answer?<br />

AUG Odds and Ends (programming<br />

update, my favorite program,<br />

swprograms email list); and RNZI<br />

SEP Digital Shortwave Makes Its<br />

Move; RTI Revises Program<br />

Line-up; A New DX Country?<br />

OCT Award Winning Radio; Sirius vs<br />

XM; Podcasting Update<br />

NOV The Pursuit of Information. This<br />

Month's Catch. The Passing<br />

Parade. BBC's Czech Service at<br />

Risk; BBC WS launches DRM<br />

Europe; Anti-BBC Sentiments<br />

DEC How to Hear the BBCWS in North<br />

America<br />

QSL REPORT<br />

JAN QSL Scanning101<br />

FEB Postal Alternatives<br />

MAR QSLing the Spas?(Czech)<br />

APR Period Reporting<br />

MAY A closer look at prepared QSL<br />

cards<br />

JUN Most Wanted QSL List<br />

JUL July Scorchers<br />

SEP September -- Time to DX!<br />

OCT October's Holiday DXing<br />

NOV AM QSL Tips<br />

DEC December DXing<br />

RADIO RESTORATIONS<br />

JAN NC-57 Electronic Restoration<br />

Completed<br />

FEB The NC-57 Returns to Life<br />

MAR The NC-57 - Some Unexpected<br />

Glitches<br />

APR Wrapping Up the NC-57 Project;<br />

Next project, signal tracers<br />

MAY Digging into the Signal Tracers<br />

JUN Putting a Signal Tracer Through<br />

its Paces<br />

JUL Hammarlund Medium-Priced<br />

Receivers<br />

AUG Decisions, Decisions, Decisions!<br />

A Couple of Reader Finds<br />

SEP Radio Role Reversal; From the<br />

Mailbag; Survey Comments<br />

OCT How Many Volts to Light a Tube?<br />

NOV The First Broadcast Receivers<br />

DEC The HQ-120: Picking Up Where<br />

We Left Off; Monthly AM Night<br />

SCANNING REPORT<br />

JAN Scanning in 2005; A Future for<br />

Scanning? Bristol TN; West<br />

Chester PA; Chester Co PA;<br />

Cumberland Co PA; Macomb Co<br />

MI; Scanner Holders<br />

FEB Scanning San Bernardino and<br />

Beyond. Darien CT; EDACS LCN<br />

Ordering; Upland CA; San<br />

Bernardino Co CA; Terre Haute<br />

IN; Harford Co MD; PRO-96<br />

Upgrade<br />

MAR Making a Good Scanner Match<br />

(trunked scanner comparison<br />

chart); Downriver Mutual Aid,<br />

Detroit MI; New Uniden Scanner;<br />

Bristol TN update; Cambridge<br />

MD; Allegan Co MI<br />

APR Understanding Trunking (using<br />

Petoskey, MI, to illustrate)<br />

MAY Scanning Florida and<br />

Tennessee: Broward Co FL; Ft<br />

Lauderdale FL; Brevity Codes;<br />

Bearcat BCT-8; Memphis TN;<br />

Personal 2-way Communications;<br />

Dayton Hamvention<br />

JUN California Scanning (Davis, U of<br />

Ca at Davis, Sacramento,<br />

Sacramento Co.), Michigan<br />

Scanner Permit, New Scanners<br />

JUL Clueless in Wichita Falls TX;<br />

West Virginia, Parkersburg;<br />

Aurora CO.<br />

AUG Radio Interoperability. Statewide<br />

systems: Nebraska, Kansas,<br />

Montana. FCC Paperwork<br />

(Delaware Co, IN). Antennas for<br />

Digital Reception. Uniden<br />

Scanner Upgrades. New Uniden<br />

Scanner.<br />

SEP One Size Doesn't Fit all: Luzerne<br />

Co, PA; Washtenaw Co, MI<br />

OCT Florida Restricts Scanner Use;<br />

Ocean County NJ; Selecting a<br />

Scanner; BC246T Firmware<br />

Update<br />

NOV Plain Speaking about Ten Codes<br />

(FEMA pushes plain language);<br />

Umatilla County OR; Peoria IL;<br />

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan CAN<br />

DEC Stretching the Communications<br />

Dollar - Detroit MI; Grand Forks<br />

NE; Prowers Co CO; Charles Co<br />

MD; New York update; Scanners<br />

and GPS; Scanner Knob Tip<br />

UTILITY WORLD<br />

JAN NY Volmet returns to Air;<br />

Canadian Sub Fire; US Coast<br />

Guard ALE<br />

FEB HD2IOA: Time from Ecuador;<br />

More Cuban Numbers Changes;<br />

New Google Radio Resource<br />

MAR New US Coast Guard Freqs;<br />

Tsunami Freqs; Is WWV's Voice<br />

Dead?<br />

APR US 2182 kHz Watch Continues;<br />

More US Coast Guard; Weird<br />

Russian Telemetry<br />

MAY Hear the Space Shuttle Return to<br />

Flight<br />

JUN Oddities: Is Short Wave<br />

Haunted? (squeaky wheel, race<br />

car, Yosemite Sam), Commercial<br />

Morse lives<br />

JUL Message Parsing: Finding the<br />

Information; NY VOLMET Again;<br />

Space Shuttle Audio Again<br />

AUG Latest US Coast Guard Changes;<br />

US Military on 10 meters?<br />

SEP Mailbag: Answering Readers'<br />

Questions<br />

OCT E22: Spooky "Numbers"; Coast<br />

Guard ALE<br />

NOV Katrina Blasts US<br />

Communications; COTHEN

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DEC Digital Modes Come of Age: ALE,<br />

DSC, STANAG 4286; Katrina<br />

Update<br />

WHAT'S NEW<br />

Books, CDs<br />

2006 QSL calendar Nov<br />

2005 Tower Site calendar Jan<br />

2006 Tower Site calendar Nov<br />

ARRL Amateur Radio on the Move Nov<br />

ARRL Handbook 2005 Feb<br />

ARRL DXCC List Apr<br />

ARRL Periodicals on CD Apr<br />

ARRL Repeater Directory Jun<br />

Atlanta Frequency Directory Aug<br />

Australasian Shortwave Guide May<br />

Domestic Broadcasting Survey Jul<br />

Grove Radio/TV Broadcast Dir. Feb<br />

Ham Radio for Dummies Jun<br />

IRCA DXer's Technical Guide Nov<br />

IRCA Mexican Log Dec<br />

IRCA TIS/HAR List Feb<br />

Klingenfuss SW Freq Guide Mar<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> <strong>Times</strong> 2004 Anthology Jan<br />

NRC AM Radio Log Feb<br />

NRC AM Radio Log Nov<br />

ON4UN's Low Band DXing Jul<br />

Passport 2005 Jan<br />

Sony 2010 Commemorative CD Sep<br />

S California Frequency Guide May<br />

S Florida Frequency and<br />

Trunking Guide May<br />

Sports Radio Play by Play Dir. Jan<br />

The Ham Band "Seek You" CD Sep<br />

Tourist Trains Jun<br />

Two-Way Radios and Scanners<br />

for Dummies Dec<br />

World Radio TV Handbook Mar<br />

WTFDA TV Station Guide Aug<br />

WUN Utility Guide Vol 3 Feb<br />

Business news, Software<br />

EZ-PSK May<br />

WUN 10th anniversary CD Jan<br />

Equipment<br />

Alinco DJ-X7T pocket receiver Oct<br />

Alinco DR-635T Transceiver Sep<br />

AOR DA5000, DS3000A Discones Mar<br />

Babble audio voice-scrambler Sep<br />

Boom Bags audio luggage Apr<br />

Coding Technologies USB DRM rx Feb<br />

DX Engineering reversible Beverage &<br />

lightning protectors Apr<br />

Eton G4000A portable Jun<br />

Eton Porsche Satellite Radio Mar<br />

Fan-Link Intercom System/<br />

noise-canceling headsets Feb<br />

Icom R75 Oct<br />

Icom IC-756Pro III Mar<br />

K1CRA portable antenna rotor Jun<br />

KATAS AIS Receiver 1 Oct<br />

Kinetic Avionics SBS-1 Oct<br />

MFJ End-Fed Zepp Antennas Dec<br />

MFJ window/balcony antenna Sep<br />

MFJ ceramic strain insulators Jan<br />

Nightlogger II tape recorder control Mar<br />

Ten-Tec Acro-Bat antenna hanger Apr<br />

Uniden Bearcat BC-396T Mar<br />

Uniden BCD996T Dec<br />

Uniden NASCAR BR330T Jul

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FEATURES<br />

Broadcast<br />

Around the World in 24 Hrs JAN<br />

Beginners Guide to TV DXing APR<br />

DRM Broadcasts in Europe NOV<br />

Hi-Def Radio Fights Death Star APR<br />

IRIB: Islamic Republic of Iran BC AUG<br />

Lithuania Radio SEP<br />

SW Century Weekend SEP<br />

Tuning in to Baseball JUL<br />

UN Peacekeeping Stations NOV<br />

Venezuela on AM APR<br />

WWCR - 15 Years on the Air MAR<br />

Nostalgia/Human Interest<br />

A Visit with Bob Grove DEC<br />

Enigma Coding Machine FEB<br />

Growing Up with Radio DEC<br />

Intl Spy Museum FEB<br />

Radio in Belfast, Maine JUN<br />

Swan Island: Visitors Unwelcome OCT<br />

Teenage Radio Amateur MAY<br />

Zenith Transforms the Arctic and<br />

Amateur Radio DEC<br />

Scanning:<br />

Buffalo Scanning SEP<br />

Buying and Flying: MOA/MSP JUN<br />

Charleston SC Scanning JUL<br />

Dallas - A City Shaken NOV<br />

Ft Worth TX Scanning JUL<br />

Interoperability Freq Allocations FEB<br />

Interop in NYC; Comm Vehicle FEB<br />

MT's Annual Air Show Guide MAR<br />

Scanning Oklahoma JUN<br />

"Signal Stalking" at the Ballpark JUL<br />

Two-Tone Fire Tones AUG<br />

Technical<br />

Band Master software package JAN<br />

Gerryrigging a Contact JAN<br />

MT Satellite Review 2006 AUG<br />

Propagation, Space Wx, and You SEP<br />

Propagation Outlook: Apr-Sep MAR<br />

Propagation Outlook: Oct-Mar OCT<br />

Utility<br />

Hams with a Mission MAY<br />

Just do it! (Take the test) MAY<br />

To Catch a Spy OCT<br />

Working the World on VHF/UHF MAY<br />

AMERICAN BANDSCAN (even months)<br />

FEB State-by-State: Pacific<br />

Northwest; TV Powers; Canadian<br />

AM news; IBOC news; FCC<br />

broadcast station totals; really<br />

long DX<br />

APR State-by-State: Midwest;<br />

Lexington NB museum; NRC AM<br />

Station Pattern Book; URBONO<br />

QSLs; HD radios; Wash DC<br />

programming change; Fighting a<br />

format change<br />

JUN State-by-State: Upper Midwest.<br />

Canada's last daytimer no dead<br />

yet? Two new ethnic Montreal<br />

AM stns; Montreal stn on 940;<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> <strong>Times</strong> 2006 Index<br />

HD Radio updatew; DXing with a<br />

homemade radio; E-QSLing<br />

AUG State-by-State: Great Lakes.<br />

IBOC news; EAS false alarm;<br />

pirate hijack; X-band activity;<br />

Sorrenson obit<br />

OCT Alaska, Hawaii, and Beyond.<br />

IBOC news; RM translators & AM<br />

stations; More LPFMs?; More<br />

Exotic Pacific DX; Old Radio in<br />

the Gem State<br />

DEC Digital Debacle? More on IBOC;<br />

New stations and stations going<br />

away; 750 kilowatts? DX!<br />

ANTENNA TOPICS<br />

JAN Factors Useful in Antenna<br />

Selection<br />

FEB Antenna Farm in a Suitcase:<br />

(Antenna modeling, part 1)<br />

MAR (Antenna modeling, part 2); The<br />

Easy Way: HF Antenna Systems<br />

useful antenna book<br />

APR The Life and <strong>Times</strong> of a Radio<br />

Signal<br />

MAY Building or Buying Your<br />

Antennas: Part 1<br />

JUN Building or Buying Your<br />

Antennas: Part 2<br />

JUL Yagi-Uda Beams for HF, VHF or<br />

UHF<br />

AUG Antenna Wisdom from a Classic<br />

("Radio Antenna Engineering")<br />

SEP Catching That Elusive Signal:<br />

Can't catch what's not there; your<br />

antenna catches noise too; look<br />

toward the signal to catch it;<br />

polarity; placement; A Good Allaround<br />

Antenna (long wire)<br />

OCT Emergency Communication<br />

Antenna Readiness: Antennas<br />

above HF (let's build one); at HF<br />

or MF (let's build another<br />

antenna)<br />

NOV Real Grounds, Radio Grounds,<br />

and Artificial Grounds<br />

DEC Some Useful Antennas for Your<br />

Handheld<br />

ASK BOB<br />

JAN How to get started in ham radio;<br />

463 MHz use; mobile FM<br />

broadcasting legal?; DSP status<br />

FEB Digital phone correction; problem<br />

w/magnetic base scanner<br />

antenna; antenna problems for 6<br />

meters; recommended antenna<br />

for HF with ATS 909 portable<br />

MAR TV set interferes w/SW; wiring<br />

interferes w/SW; using one<br />

antenna for two SW receivers;<br />

can PAR antenna transmit?;<br />

What is a Zepp antenna? Will<br />

new technologies kill AM/FM?<br />

APR One antenna for 2 radios;<br />

advantages of coax; need all<br />

elements of discone? metal mast<br />

effects on nondirectional<br />

antenna; BC ID regulations;<br />

agencies liable for personal info<br />

over air? protecting radio from<br />

overload w/external ant.;<br />

mounting multiple ants on same<br />

mast<br />

MAY Direction-finding Radio<br />

Republica, What's DSP? Old vs<br />

new scanner, Electrocution<br />

cause shock? Voice IF on sat TV;<br />

digital TV converters<br />

JUN Apartment antenna; scanner<br />

overload; MURS; signal stalker<br />

range; sat radio on R3? Car radio<br />

static; built-in antenna hook-ups<br />

in new house<br />

JUL Satellites freqs?; Discone vs<br />

Beam; how to improve marineband<br />

antenna; how to check for<br />

listening devices; how to feed two<br />

scanners w/one antenna; is<br />

lightning arrestor necessary?<br />

AUG Antenna mounted thru tree; RG-<br />

6/U okay for SW too?; outdoor<br />

ant vs indoor amplified ant; more<br />

on checking for listening devices;<br />

ANC-4 noise canceller troubleshooting;<br />

identifying purpose of<br />

new ant towers; attaching ant<br />

directly to radio w/out coax; re<br />

unscrambling local agency<br />

comms<br />

SEP Signal loss using 2 scanners on 1<br />

antenna; tree contact cause sig<br />

loss? How far do various freqs<br />

travel? Fixing non-responsive<br />

key. WR303e good beginner<br />

scanner? Explain USB/LSB.<br />

What freqs do satellite radio use?<br />

OCT Blocking interfering station;<br />

combining multiple SW antennas;<br />

baluns, preselectors, and tuners;<br />

finding RFID chips; Slinky vs<br />

conventional single-wire antenna;<br />

TAC still active on SW? can<br />

soldiers in lock-step break a<br />

bridge? do 2-meter transceivers<br />

outperform 70cm?<br />

NOV Stacking Scanner Beams; future<br />

of SW radio; how to measure<br />

audio tone on oscilloscope; what<br />

is RG6-U coax good for?; Can I<br />

hear NASA/KSC trunk system?;<br />

Can I run coax alongside sat TV<br />

coax? Are spectrum displays in<br />

wideband receivers real time so<br />

you get instant display?<br />

DEC Selling a cellular-capable<br />

scanner; power supply for old<br />

radio; descramblers illegal?<br />

jammers illegal? Is CB dead?<br />

sensitivity reduced in SW rx?<br />

wide-band scanner vs<br />

communications rx; acitve vs<br />

passive multicoupler<br />

BELOW 500 kHz<br />

JAN New Tricks in '06: Tips and<br />

Resources; What I Use; A/N<br />

Range systems

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FEB Prime Time - focus on Caribbean<br />

and S Am stations; LowFER<br />

listing<br />

MAR Tune into Natural Radio<br />

APR Buttoning Up the BBB-4<br />

MAY Your Logs & Letters - SAQ (17.2<br />

kHz), 454 kHz mystery solved,<br />

Logs from Alaska<br />

JUN (repeat of May column)<br />

JUL Summer Fun on LW; Mailbag<br />

AUG Low Band News and Notes:<br />

maritime navaid changes; AZ<br />

loggings; lightning web site;<br />

NDBs endangered? German<br />

experimental work on 440 kHz;<br />

VA loggings<br />

SEP DXing on the High Seas; SAQ<br />

Transmissions, 500 kHz<br />

Progress, SC Logs<br />

OCT Season Opener: Antenna Once-<br />

Over, Receiver Checks,<br />

Publications, Online Resources;<br />

Cape Cod loggings<br />

NOV Details, Details (data that can<br />

help your loggings); FAA calls;<br />

FAA V-shaped antennas; finding<br />

a beacon on your AM radio;<br />

hams apply to experiment near<br />

500kHz; DXer's tense moment<br />

DEC Successful Miscou 2006<br />

DXpedition; ARRL 500 kHz<br />

experiment; 10 meter beacons<br />

BOATS, PLANES, and TRAINS<br />

JAN BOATS: Old and New on the<br />

Marine Bands; West Coast<br />

Canada Info; Automatic<br />

Information System; Digital<br />

Selective Calling; Great Lakes<br />

end of season<br />

FEB PLANES: Navaids - nondirectional<br />

beacons, VOR, ILS,<br />

GPS<br />

MAR TRAINS: Railroad Radio's<br />

Golden Years? A round robin;<br />

new website for railscanners.<br />

APR BOATS: Gales, Groundhogs and<br />

Great DX; Marine Morse; VHF<br />

Freqs; Amateur radio; Lighthouse<br />

correction; HF Marine; Shack<br />

upgrade<br />

MAY PLANES: Tracking Domestic<br />

Airliners (using FlightAware.com)<br />

JUN TRAINS: Understanding Railroad<br />

Radio Transmissions<br />

JUL BOATS: DX, Disasters, and Duty.<br />

Scanning Tips; HF DX;<br />

Emergency Duty; Equipment<br />

Changes; Useful Frequencies<br />

AUG PLANES: Aeronautical HF<br />

(VOLMET, MWARA, LDOC)<br />

SEP TRAINS: Understanding RR<br />

Radio Transmissions<br />

OCT BOATS: Ships, Signals and<br />

Submissions. DC Everest, Point<br />

Vigour, Trieste; Amateur radio<br />

nets and contacts; NY Harbour<br />

freqs, McAlpine Dam KY freqs;<br />

Marine Radio Historical Society<br />

NOV PLANES: Base Station Aircraft<br />

Listening Antennas<br />

DEC TRAINS: Railroads and<br />

Geography; Narrowbanding; NC-<br />

DC Scanner Setup<br />

COMMUNICATIONS<br />

JAN AMATEUR: Straight Key Night.<br />

AVIATION: Restricted Air Space;<br />

Radar Malfunction? 390 MHz IF<br />

in Canada. BROADCASTING:<br />

Hard Date for DTV; Low Power<br />

AM proposal; no on-air IDs for<br />

football comms; Court upholds<br />

sentence for "prankster";<br />

Interoperability problems are<br />

people not equipment<br />

FEB BROADCASTING: Ham<br />

broadcast station; weather and<br />

emergency stations; Va DOT<br />

considers higher powered<br />

station; Emergency Alert System<br />

reevaluated; hard date for HDTV;<br />

High Definition radio.<br />

SCANNING: New P25 system at<br />

BWI; Motorola Blocks<br />

RadioReference. Obit: ARRL<br />

Staff member Bob Schetgen<br />

MAR BROADCASTING: 75 Years of<br />

HCJB; airborne BC to Cuba;<br />

Cuban spies use numbers<br />

broadcasts; Is it a cellphone or<br />

radio?; Stern on pirate radio; TV<br />

calls for help. SPECTRUM<br />

ISSUES: Nextel swap may stall;<br />

other spectrum swaps; Airfone<br />

freqs to be auctioned. Obits:<br />

Radio Moscow's Joe Adamov,<br />

DXer Bjorn Malm.<br />

APR FCC: Expanded Band, Cable a la<br />

Carte, Budget Increase, Ramsey<br />

Electronics Fined. BROAD-<br />

CASTING: Digital Radio in<br />

Europe, Cuts for PBC and VOA,<br />

World's Tallest TV Tower. MISC:<br />

Western Union Stops Telegram<br />

Svc, Stealth Satellite, Low Freqs<br />

for Mine Safety, On-Scene<br />

Interoperability<br />

MAY AMATEUR RADIO: Dayton<br />

Hamvention Awards, Hams "Part<br />

of Solution", MS Adopts PRB-1<br />

Statute, NC Next?, How NOT to<br />

Deal with Interference, Laws<br />

Amended<br />

JUN WUN R.I.P.; Cellphones' Danger<br />

to Aviation no Myth; Trouble with<br />

Towers; A Matter of Time<br />

JUL STORMS: Hurricane<br />

preparedness, ham emergency<br />

courses, storm watchers,<br />

National SOS network. NEWS<br />

BITES: Vint Hill Farms closing;<br />

Congress looks at Telecom<br />

rewrite; Night of Nights<br />

AUG AMATEUR RADIO: Fatal<br />

accidents, volunteers for<br />

research, Manassas BPL, Mass<br />

hamsat launch, Moon Pie launch.<br />

BROADCASTING: Record BC,<br />

DRM 26 MHz service, DRM<br />

possibilities, Icelandic AFR signs<br />

off, SW in Latvia, NOA studio<br />

tour. FCC: Media ownership<br />

rules, SBCA takes on OTARD,<br />

Sat Radio Hijackings, Seeking<br />

comments, Satellite report, Airground<br />

auction concludes. MISC:<br />

Aging deep space antennas,<br />

GOES-N launched<br />

SEP Predicting Space Weather,<br />

Navigating Galileo, GPS<br />

Scramble, Who's Who in Space,<br />

Ultimate DX<br />

OCT Intruders Spotted in Several<br />

Amateur Radio HF Bands;<br />

National Emegency<br />

Communications Upgrade;<br />

Florida Going It Alone; Global<br />

Ham Radio Emergency<br />

Conference; Amateur Radio on<br />

Fed's Radar?<br />

NOV Iqbal Arrest raises First<br />

Amendment questions;<br />

Hezbollah Eavesdrops on Israeli<br />

Comms; Pirate Goes Legit;<br />

HAMS: FCC Affirms BPL Rules;<br />

Hams Experiment w/Marine<br />

Band; Space Adventuress<br />

DEC Duplicating Marconi; FCC<br />

Passes Omnibus Ruling;<br />

Planespotters and SBS-1; 800<br />

MHz Rebanding Freeze?; WW<br />

SWL Contest<br />

COMPUTERS & RADIO<br />

JAN Using Band Master with your<br />

Icom Receiver<br />

FEB Words in Time: RecAll-Pro &<br />

ClocX<br />

MAR SysLabs' RadioControl and FTP<br />

Navigator<br />

APR Syslabs RadioControl, part 2; 45<br />

million mile DX<br />

MAY YPlog Radio Control and $20<br />

Memory Device (USB 2.0 Slim<br />

External Enclosure)<br />

JUN In the Air and On the Air; Free<br />

ACARS Decoder & More<br />

JUL The ICOM_OKA Free Controller<br />

AUG Spyware: Get Rid of It for Free<br />

SEP HF ACARS with PC-HFDL<br />

OCT Log Analyser: An ACARS Must-<br />

Have<br />

NOV DX Monitor<br />

DEC Goodbye Win 98 - Hello XP<br />

DIGITAL DIGEST<br />

JAN Digital Utility software Mac<br />

computers (Black Cat Systems<br />

MultiMode)<br />

FEB All at Sea - GMDSS and Digital<br />

Selective Calling; Automatic<br />

Identification System; Ecuadorian<br />

Navy<br />

MAR XNet Yachting.Email and<br />

Aeronautical Selcals.<br />

APR Armada de Argentina; Mystery<br />

SITOR-B Station<br />

MAY Algerian Digital Profile (MFA and<br />

embassies, Customs and Border<br />

Patrol, military agencies, oil and<br />

gas fields), Swiss Air Force and<br />

Navy systems<br />

JUN Egyptian Digital Review; More<br />

XNet Mail; ALE-based State<br />

Emergency Nets; Antenna<br />

Update<br />

JUL HF Digital Users from France.<br />

Welcome, UDXF; French<br />

Diplomatic Service; French Navy,

---

French Air Force, French Army; A<br />

Word about IRC<br />

AUG Digital Country Profile: Denmark<br />

(Air Force, Army, Navy, Weather,<br />

Coast Stations, Diplomatic<br />

Service), XSS ALE Mystery Net<br />

SEP Brazilian Digital HF Users: Navy,<br />

Army, Air Force<br />

OCT Which Decoder? Hardwarebased<br />

decoders, Software to the<br />

Rescue? Final Analysis<br />

NOV What's That Sound? Identifying<br />

Utility Signals<br />

DEC Current Traffic: Indian Diplomatic<br />

Service; STANAG 4285<br />

THE FED FILES (odd months)<br />

JAN 2005 Hurricanes and Federal<br />

Comms; FEMA; FAA NARACS<br />

VHF; Miami Federal Freqs;<br />

Federal Trunking in So Fla<br />

MAR Mysteries: new TSA Freqs? Fed<br />

Nationwide Paging? UHF Band<br />

Reorganization? Feds Going<br />

Nextel? Pittsburgh Area Trunked<br />

System; Freqs from the West<br />

Coast<br />

MAY Federal Fire Frequencies,<br />

Federal Protective Service, TSA<br />

follow-up<br />

JUL Search and You Shall Find!<br />

FEMA Frequencies; Integrated<br />

Networks Coming Soon;<br />

Extended VHF Air Band; Fed<br />

Freq Updates; Travel Searches<br />

(Houston, San Jose, and Las<br />

Vegas)<br />

SEP Shining Some Light on the Dept<br />

of Energy (DoE Hanford,<br />

Lawrence Livermore, Bettis<br />

Atomic Power Lab, Oak Ridge<br />

Lab, Bonneville Power Admin,<br />

NNSA and NEST, DOE SECOM<br />

NOV FAA NARACS Reborn; Federal<br />

Trunked Systems in NYC;<br />

Pittsburgh Area Scanning<br />

FIRST LOOK<br />

JAN Alinco's DJ-X7T<br />

FEB A Fresh Look at the TenTec RX-<br />

340<br />

MAR Kinetic Avionics' SBS-1 Virtual<br />

Radar<br />

APR The Eton S350DL<br />

MAY WiNRADiO's G313e HF Receiver<br />

JUN WiNRADiO DRM Decoder Plugin<br />

for G303-313 series<br />

JUL The Uniden BCD996T<br />

AUG Eton E5 Portable<br />

SEP Uniden BCT15 Bear Tracker<br />

OCT Receiving Side of the Icom IC-<br />

7000<br />

NOV Ramsey Aircraft Monitor<br />

DEC WiNRADiO's G305i Wide<br />

Coverage Radio<br />

GETTING STARTED<br />

JAN QSL Mania: The Radio<br />

Hobbyist's Obsession<br />

FEB Deaf PRO-95; DX on the AM<br />

Band; A Shortened Beverage; An<br />

All-Purpose All-Band HF Antenna<br />

MAR Slow Scan TV (SSTV)<br />

APR Searching for the Perfect<br />

Antenna?<br />

MAY The Readers Comment - Satellite<br />

TV Combo, Getting Started w/SW<br />

Radio, Help for Grove Tunerless<br />

Antenna, Stateside QSL<br />

Depository<br />

JUN Entry Level Ham Ticket: How<br />

easy to we have it?<br />

JUL Radio Repair: Who Ya Gonna<br />

Call?<br />

AUG Take a Radio Vacation<br />

SEP Readers' Choice: Buying a SW<br />

Radio, Terk's AM Advantage,<br />

Repairing Broken Antennas<br />

OCT Stalking Those Elusive Project<br />

Parts<br />

NOV The Unintentional Philatelist<br />

(stamp collecting)<br />

DEC The Readers Write: 10 Meter<br />

Challenge; MPEGII FTA; FM<br />

Translators<br />

GLOBAL FORUM<br />

JAN Vox Cristiana strong signal; B-05<br />

schedule online resources;<br />

Condig list URL correction<br />

FEB US SW Stations play "Musical<br />

Frequencies"; Upcoming<br />

Conferences; historical DX URL<br />

MAR Radio Republica Becomes a<br />

Major Clandestine Broadcaster<br />

APR Major cuts at VOA; Libyan<br />

clannie resumes SW; Online<br />

loggings databases<br />

MAY DRM Forges Ahead<br />

JUN BBC Cuts More English and<br />

Spanish<br />

JUL Relay Exchanges Between<br />

Greece and USA Abruptly<br />

Terminate<br />

AUG Push for DRM on 25 MHz; 12th<br />

Nat'l Mexican DX Meeting<br />

SEP Chinese Invade 20 Meters<br />

OCT The Clock is Ticking for Radio<br />

Japan; Armenia; Uzbekistan<br />

NOV DX Meeting in Peru; Earthview<br />

DEC Daylight Savings Time Expands<br />

in 2007<br />

LETTERS<br />

JAN Second MT Excellence Award;<br />

Corrections; Mt St Helens; Used<br />

Equip URL<br />

FEB Interoperability Issues: New<br />

Orleans and Finger-Pointing, Not<br />

all APCO Systems created equal.<br />

700 MHz for the Birds<br />

MAR Antenna experimentation; BBC<br />

Guide questions; experiences<br />

with repeaters; W0KIE satellite<br />

shack and radio station<br />

APR Two Views on the FCC; Bringing<br />

SWLs into the 'New World'<br />

MAY MT Sparks Memories; Old<br />

School versus New School<br />

JUNE Welcome New Columnist; Space<br />

Shuttle Blues;Space-saving<br />

Appliance Radio; Reader<br />

Recommended Websites; Eton<br />

350DL<br />

JULY Winner of SBS-1 and runners-up<br />

AUG Job well done (Figliozzi final<br />

column); Radio Fun; Corrections;<br />

Teenage Amateur; Flex Antenna;<br />

Wrong conclusion drawn to RF<br />

interference to aviation; Air<br />

Antics; SBS-1 in Action<br />

SEP Utility World Blog, Call<br />

RadioLabs for Super-909, 996<br />

Review Missing Text, The Digital<br />

Effect (WLW), NTIA BPL report,<br />

QSL Expert<br />

OCT "Spooky" October; Radio and TV<br />

Museum Thanks MT; Things I<br />

Like...; Tip for R20 Owners; New<br />

MT Blog; Information Please<br />

NOV Thanks (Prog Spotlight column);<br />

A Capitol Mistake (Niagara Falls);<br />

Eton E5 Feedback<br />

DEC <strong>Monitoring</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Celebrates 25<br />

Years; Bonus Pages for MT<br />

Readers<br />

MILCOM<br />

JAN New Year, New Frequencies: US<br />

Coast Guard move; new 380-400<br />

MHz systems (Ft Benning,<br />

Seattle area, Los Angeles area;<br />

Ft Meade); Denver and Kansas<br />

City ARTCCs<br />

FEB Land Mobile Radio News: new<br />

DoD LMR systems; Navy Region<br />

Northwest system; J-NCR Phase<br />

II contract; Westover ARB<br />

update; Milair Freq updates<br />

MAR Flight Demonstration Groups:<br />

Schedules and Recommended<br />

Equipment<br />

APR "I don't live near a military base.."<br />

(N-Cent Fla Logs); Albuquerque<br />

ARTCC<br />

MAY Hurricane Hunting on HF - US<br />

Coast Guard HF<br />

communications; Salt Lake City<br />

ARTCC<br />

JUN The Military Weather Channel<br />

(Pilot to Metro Service)<br />

JUL <strong>Monitoring</strong> the Forth Worth<br />

Military: NAS/JRB. DoD<br />

Frequency Changes; Atlanta Fifth<br />

Runway; EAM LF Broadcast<br />

AUG DoD Trunk Frequencies<br />

Discovered; Trunk System at the<br />

Point; Westover ARB Update;<br />

Keflavik Closed; Seattle/Oakland<br />

ARTCCs<br />

SEP US Military Satellites - An<br />

Overview (Super Secret Spy<br />

Satellite Programs; American<br />

Military Satellite Constellations)<br />

OCT <strong>Monitoring</strong> Satellites 101: Easiest<br />

sats to hear; West Point Updates;<br />

More Milair Feq Changes; HF<br />

Civil Air Patrol Freqs; USCG Air-<br />

Ground Freqs<br />

NOV MilSatcom - The Early Days:<br />

TACSATCOM, LES-8/9, New<br />

CAP Freqs Posted? Search and<br />

Rescue, Tyndall AFB Freqs,<br />

Major Military Comm Bands<br />

DEC The Navy MARISAT Satellite<br />

System; Air Force SATCOM;<br />

Army Aviation Comms; Tri<br />

Service MARS HF ALE Net; DoD<br />

FLIP foreign pubs removed

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MT HELP DESK<br />

JAN NC VIPER statewide system;<br />

digital HF modes; Stark County<br />

OH public safety info<br />

FEB QSLing overseas ute stations;<br />

freqs for Arnold Engineering<br />

Development Center; Alinco D-<br />

X7 vs Icom R5; freqs for Misawa<br />

AB, Japan; who will be on 700<br />

MHz band?<br />

MAR APCO 25: setting the record<br />

straight. Series of questions re<br />

Uniden BR-330T and BCD-396T<br />

scanner operation.<br />

Recommended handheld for<br />

airshows; How to program<br />

EDACS LCN numbers (Hickory<br />

NC system)<br />

APR More on 700 MHz band<br />

allocations; Status on "Morse<br />

code" proceeding; 1711-1799<br />

band allocations<br />

MAY EAMs on 11175; Canadian Air<br />

Traffic Control and other aero HF<br />

JUN Trunking for Carroll Co MD;<br />

sources for MWARA, Volmet, ute<br />

freqs; mobile ant for mil-air; freq<br />

round-offs; freq for wireless<br />

mouse; mobile unit ID on EDACS<br />

JUL USAF KAWN fax gone?; Do I<br />

need a digital scanner? What<br />

does APCO25 encoding sound<br />

like? Clarification on Calif.<br />

scanning law; Gulf Co Fla system<br />

changes<br />

AUG Where to find local airline<br />

frequencies; where to find HF<br />

airline company frequencies<br />

SEP Looking for new scanner; How to<br />

ID foreign stations? Who is<br />

Fastball? What is Skyking? When<br />

are aero comms on HF SSB?<br />

OCT STANAG "Noise" on HF; Manual<br />

and EPROMS for M8000<br />

decoder? Beacon DGPS vs<br />

WAAS DGPS; EAMs and tactical<br />

callsigns; Help with SIPRnet IDs;<br />

Do AFN and VOA relay stations<br />

have callsigns?<br />

NOV Can I scan York Co PA M/A-<br />

COM system with BCD296T?<br />

Using a Wavecom receiver to<br />

monitor Inmarsat; How QSL<br />

bureau can find US SWLs to<br />

deliver ham QSLs; How to DX<br />

DGPS; Future of 380-400 aero<br />

band<br />

DEC Spanish on SATCOM freq? what<br />

scanners are affected by<br />

rebanding? USB strong signal on<br />

10.050 MHz?<br />

MT REVIEW<br />

JAN Hot and Cold Radio Appliances;<br />

AOR LA380 Active Lop Antenna<br />

FEB Sangean WR-2 AM/FM/RDS<br />

Receiver; FRS or MURS - Hype<br />

or Hot Performance?<br />

MAR Comet CHA-250B Broadband<br />

Vertical Antenna<br />

APR Digital Radio Equipment:<br />

Kenwood EZ500 Mobile HD<br />

Radio; Winegard 10 Element<br />

Yagi; Winegard Sharpshooter<br />

TV-FM HD Antenna<br />

MAY Heil Clear Speech Speaker<br />

JUN SWLing on the Road with Sony's<br />

XR-CA660X<br />

JUL Icom IC-PCR1500 & R1500<br />

AUG Comparing the PCR1000 to the<br />

PCR1500/PCR2500<br />

SEP MFJ's 932 Mini Loop Tuner: SWL<br />

& Ham Antenna Options for Tight<br />

Spaces<br />

OCT Build the Hidden Flex-Tenna for<br />

Wide-Frequency-Coverage<br />

Receivers; Flex-Tenna Followup;<br />

97-cent Hand-held Pouch<br />

NOV The Tecsun R-919/Grundig Mini<br />

300PE<br />

DEC MT's Digital TV/Big Screen<br />

Buying Guide<br />

ON THE BENCH<br />

JAN Take Your Scanner Recording to<br />

the Next Level - the iRiver H4300<br />

MP3 Recorders<br />

FEB Scanner Switch for multiple<br />

scanners on one speaker<br />

MAR Build the FlexTenna for<br />

Wideband Reception<br />

APR Digital TV – Truth & Myths<br />

MAY "Law and Order" on 2 Meters<br />

JUN Cordless Phones - Buyer Beware<br />

JUL Modifying the Uniden BC796D<br />

Scanner for Discriminator Audio<br />

Output<br />

AUG (no column)<br />

SEP The Magic of Radio<br />

(rediscovering the magic)<br />

OCT Radio Direction Finding with the<br />

Adcock Goniometer Project<br />

(continuation of Spy feature) A<br />

Compact Adcock Array<br />

NOV You Have What it Takes to<br />

Control Your R8B (using<br />

Windows to write a program)<br />

DEC Antique Telephones: Durable,<br />

Cheap & Still Useful!<br />

ON THE HAM BANDS<br />

JAN Don't Just Sit There, Build<br />

Something!<br />

FEB Political Power; Antenna Antics;<br />

EQSL.org; Logbook of the World;<br />

DX Bureaus; hands-free<br />

hamming<br />

MAR You can Never Have Too Many<br />

Keys<br />

APR Five New Radio Reads from<br />

ARRL<br />

MAY If this is May, it must be Dayton;<br />

Four days in May; Ham radio<br />

headsets; What's so special<br />

about Special Events?; And May<br />

leads into June; 2005 ARRL<br />

Periodicals on CD<br />

JUN Before It's Too Late! (recordkeeping<br />

and inventory)<br />

JUL Show Your Stuff (QSLs on<br />

display)<br />

AUG Amateur Radio Synergy: geocaching;<br />

APRS; ATV operation;<br />

dual band vs two radios; mobile<br />

or handheld?<br />

SEP The New Tech Test and Learning<br />

Linux<br />

OCT Another TechGuide (ARRL Ham<br />

Radio License Manual) and hams<br />

at HOPE6 (Hackers on Planet<br />

Earth)<br />

NOV Great Radio in Grubby <strong>Times</strong><br />

(things to do during sunspot<br />

minimum)<br />

DEC I've Been a VERY Good Boy!<br />

(the ideal station)<br />

OUTER LIMITS<br />

JAN Pirate radio resources; British<br />

pirate crackdown; Dutch pirate<br />

Alfa Lima Intl<br />

FEB Pirate Activity Still High;<br />

Shoech's QSL List; Black Arrow<br />

Radio; West Africa Democracy<br />

Radio; Providence Maildrop<br />

Closes<br />

MAR Fla Hams Oppose Anti-Pirate<br />

Felony Law.<br />

APR Howard Stern Hit by Pirate<br />

Relays; Radio Insurgente; Oldest<br />

Pirate QSL? Airborne Radio<br />

Marti; New FRW Editors<br />

MAY Digital SSTV on Pirate Band -<br />

Unusual Pirate Bust, Oldest<br />

Pirate QSL?<br />

JUN (repeat of May in print; pdf has<br />

correct column) WRMI and Pirate<br />

Cause Interference; Cumbre DX<br />

Adds Pirates; Insurgente<br />

Mexican Logs; Afghanistan FM<br />

Radio Battle<br />

JUL Pirate Radio Humor for DXers;<br />

Radio Insurgente Transmitter?<br />

Oldest QSL<br />

AUG Court Rules Against Brattleboro;<br />

Pirate Hijack WBAB? KCBM Op<br />

Obit<br />

SEP Elkhorn Pirate Maildrop Closes;<br />

Radio Insurgente <strong>Times</strong>; Oldest<br />

Pirate QSL<br />

OCT FM Pirate Charges with Homicide<br />

in Florida; New Pirate Blog;<br />

Oldest Pirate QSL<br />

NOV FCC Upholds Gibson Fine;<br />

Hezbollah TV provider arrested;<br />

Laser Hot Hits Busted; FM pirate<br />

Britcher fined; Clandestine video;<br />

new clandestine podcast; Part 15<br />

legal BCer; Old Pirate QSLs<br />

DEC Global Crisis Watch; Old Pirate<br />

QSLs; Radio Cuba Libre Returns;<br />

Jo Walsh a Ham<br />

PROGRAMMING SPOTLIGHT<br />

JAN Compleat Guide to the BBC in<br />

North America<br />

FEB Multi-platform broadcasts to<br />

North America<br />

MAR Which Station; Which Platform;<br />

Which Time? (more listings)<br />

APR From Under the Southern Cross<br />

– Radio Australia schedules<br />

MAY The Voice of the Pacific - RNZI<br />

JUN (duplicate of May column)<br />

JUL Compleat Summer Guide to BBC<br />

in North America<br />

AUG Parting Thoughts; Music of the<br />

World; A Sirius Issue; What of<br />

the Future? My personal favorites<br />

SEP A Trip to the Balkans

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OCT Learning the Language<br />

(language lessons)<br />

NOV Broadcasting from China -<br />

Blurred distinctions (China and<br />

Taiwan)<br />

DEC Special Holiday Programming:<br />

Lead-up to Christmas, Christmas<br />

Eve, Christmas Day, Hanukkah,<br />

Orthodox Christmas and New<br />

YEar<br />

QSL REPORT<br />

JAN Electronic QLSing grows<br />

FEB Postal Rate Increase<br />

MAR URBONO Stations QSL<br />

APR New QSLing Opportunities<br />

MAY Logbook of the World<br />

JUN Summertime Tentative Reporting<br />

JUL Scorcher QSLing 2006<br />

AUG Follow-Up Reporting<br />

SEP Sept Means Better DX<br />

Conditions<br />

OCT Radio St Helena to return to the<br />

airwaves!<br />

NOV F/D, N/D, P/D<br />

DEC MT's QSL Holiday Special<br />

RADIO RESTORATIONS<br />

JAN More on the HQ-120; Receiver<br />

Evolution - the "Three Dialer"<br />

Era, First Plug-In Sets<br />

FEB HQ120 continuing restoration;<br />

more on receiver evolution<br />

MAR The HQ-120 Comes to Life<br />

APR A.C.-D.C. "Depression Radios"<br />

MAY Restoring a Depression Era<br />

Silvertone<br />

JUN Taking on the 1933 Silvertone<br />

JUL The "Little Fellow" Finds its Voice<br />

AUG More on "Little Fellow"<br />

Restoration<br />

SEP Concluding the Little Fellow<br />

Restorations; Radio for the<br />

Millions<br />

OCT We Take on a Zenith Trans-<br />

Oceanic: The "Universal<br />

Portable" for 1940, The 1942<br />

Universal Portable and Trans-<br />

Oceanic clipper; our B600 Project<br />

Set<br />

NOV Sizing Up Our Trans-Oceanic<br />

(dealing with the mold, front<br />

panel, antennas, inside the<br />

cabinet); From the Readers<br />

DEC Those Monumental Rider's<br />

Manuals: The Perpetual Trouble<br />

Shooters Manual, Useful Rider's<br />

Lore, Roadmaps to Rider's, Other<br />

Sourcesof Manufactuere's Data<br />

SCANNING REPORT<br />

JAN Johnson County IN; Knox County<br />

IN; Computer Interface Scanning;<br />

Florida Scanner Law<br />

FEB Notification Networks; Hampton<br />

VA; Philadelphia PA and Pro-96<br />

MAR Recommended scanners for<br />

listening in Freehold, NJ;<br />

Freehold freqs; Cheboygan<br />

County, MI; Genesee County MI;<br />

Carbon County, PA; Baltimore-<br />

Wash Airport; Cumberland<br />

County, PA<br />

APR Illinois - Franklin Co, STARCOM<br />

21 statewide system; Nevada –<br />

Las Vegas, Hwy Patrol<br />

MAY New digital systems and Reader<br />

Feedback: York Co PA,<br />

Cumberland Co PA, Homer AK;<br />

Freehold Tsp NJ follow-up,<br />

Genessee Co MI follow-up; Civil<br />

Air Patrol freqs sensitive info<br />

JUN Listening Beyond Line of Sight;<br />

Michigan State Police, MI<br />

Emergency Mgt; Oklahoma HP;<br />

Uniden Firmware Update<br />

JUL Tangled Web of Interoperability:<br />

Cape May Co NJ; Peoria Co IL;<br />

Colorado; Federal Report Cards.<br />

Alameda Co CA<br />

AUG Legality, Technology, and<br />

Interoperability. Michigan<br />

Scanner Law, Michigan radios,<br />

Scanner Listener in Texas,<br />

Buchanan County MO, NPSPAC<br />

Interop, VHF and UHF Interop,<br />

Wisconsin, Emergency Radio<br />

Nets (DCERN & National SOS)<br />

SEP Scanning as a Group Effort;<br />

Southeast Texas; Programming<br />

Scanners; Birds of a Feather<br />

(yahoo groups); Coordinated<br />

Discovery (internet); Washington<br />

County, MD<br />

OCT Halloween Trick and Treat:<br />

Florida Statwide Law<br />

Enforcement Radio System<br />

(SLERS) operational; NATSAR<br />

Frequency; EMWIN weather<br />

frequencies; Easier to read<br />

Scanner Manuals<br />

NOV And Three Chose MA/-COM:<br />

New York (State, Chautaqua Co,<br />

Wedstchester Co), Oakland<br />

County MI (3rd state is PA not<br />

covered here); Radio Shack<br />

PRO-96 Upgrade<br />

DEC Mixed Bag from Readers -<br />

Lebanon County PA; Dearborn<br />

Hts MI; McMinnville OR; Studio<br />

Transmitter Links; Somerset Co<br />

MD<br />

UTILITY WORLD<br />

JAN Roma Radio discontinues Morse<br />

service; Israeli Navy dropping<br />

Morse; NATO converting to<br />

digital; Russian Beacon changes<br />

FEB CBV Playa Ancha Radio, Chile;<br />

DX Toolbox; New archive for US<br />

Inland Marine Radio<br />

MAR Cuban "Numbers": A Pattern<br />

Emerges. More on CBV, Playa<br />

Ancha Radio<br />

APR E22 Revealed as All India Radio;<br />

Cuba Again; HFDL Frequency<br />

Updating<br />

MAY Nazi Messages Decoded;<br />

Teleprinting in Chinese<br />

JUN Radio Z-Signals; WUN gone<br />

JUL A Hobby in Transition: WUN is<br />

Dead, Long Live UDXF; Where's<br />

This Hobby Going? Call for Utility<br />

Logs<br />

AUG Will the Internet Replace<br />

Utilities? Numbers by Internet<br />

Phone?! Will HFDL Go<br />

Encrypted? Navtex DX Record?<br />

SEP DXing Differential GPS Beacons<br />

OCT The Spooks of October: Numbers<br />

and the News (Cuba, Israel)<br />

NOV Telephone "Numbers" Mystery<br />

Solved!<br />

DEC Updated Cuban Numbers<br />

Schedule; More on Differential<br />

GPS<br />

WHAT'S NEW<br />

Books, CDs<br />

ARRL ARES Field Manual Feb<br />

ARRL Basic Radio Feb<br />

ARRL DXCC List Jul<br />

ARRL Emergency Power for<br />

Radio Communications May<br />

ARRL More QRP Power Jul<br />

ARRL Radio Amateur's Handbook Jan<br />

ARRL Repeater Directory Jul<br />

Crystal Clear Dec<br />

Discover DXing! Apr<br />

Domestic Broadcast Survey 8 Aug<br />

FM Atlas Feb<br />

Getting Started w/Ham Radio Dec<br />

Klingenfuss SW References Mar<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> Monthly Apr<br />

NRC AM Radio Log Nov<br />

NRC Antenna Pattern Book May<br />

Passport 2006 Jan<br />

Pocket Idiot's Guide to Sat Radio Dec<br />

QSL-Card Calendar for 2007 Oct<br />

Radiouser Apr<br />

Radio Sound Effects Jun<br />

Six Meters - The Magic Band Jan<br />

SW Station Identifications CD Nov<br />

Tower Site 207 Calendar Nov<br />

World Radio TV Handbook 2006 Mar<br />

Business news, Software<br />

AM broadcast map Sep<br />

Audio: The Movie Sep<br />

Ham radiocast podcast Jun<br />

Tempting (but illegal) Products Oct<br />

Equipment<br />

Anderson Genderless Connectors Jun<br />

AOR AR-Alpha Comm Receiver Sep<br />

Grove FlexTenna Mar<br />

DD-103 Universal Digital Dial Oct<br />

EFM coaxial lightning protector Apr<br />

Elecraft KXB3080 option for KX1 May<br />

Ice Zapper sat dish heater Feb<br />

Icom IC-PCR1500 coming Mar<br />

Icom IC-PCR2500 Jul<br />

MFJ 6-Band Rotatable Mini-Dipole Aug<br />

MFJ DC-500 MHz Dummy Load Oct<br />

MFJ Solar-Powered Atomic Clock Dec<br />

Morse Express Christmas Key Nov<br />

Palm Radio remote keyer Sep<br />

Uniden BCT15 scanner Apr<br />

WinRadio Marine Receiver Apr<br />

WinRadio VHF/UHF Scanner Aug<br />

Wrist Crystal Set Kit Dec

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FEATURES (in monthly order by topic)<br />

Broadcast<br />

Domestic SW BC in Russia JAN<br />

DXing from Bermuda FEB<br />

193rd Strategic Ops Wing MAR<br />

Radio Tourist in Guyana AUG<br />

WRNO Worldwide SW Radio AUG<br />

MW DXpedition to Easter Island SEP<br />

Shortwave Roundup: Progs on HF SEP<br />

Bizarre World of Pirate Radio OCT<br />

Clandestine Radio NOV<br />

Radio Voice of the People NOV<br />

Nostalgia/Human Interest<br />

A Visit w/Larry Van Horn JAN<br />

Radioslayton & Radio Slang JAN<br />

Aviation Radio in Labrador FEB<br />

A Life in Radio - Clem Small MAR<br />

Winter SWL Festival 20 yrs MAR<br />

Future of Radio - Helms interview APR<br />

FM Radio in 1950s JUN<br />

Interview - Irwin Gonshak JUN<br />

Radio on the Road JUN<br />

VOA's Dixon Relay Station JUN<br />

Comms with Amelia Earhart JUL<br />

Happy Birthday, Sputnik! OCT<br />

A Unique Radio Friendship (TI4NRH<br />

and Zenith) DEC<br />

Crosley Radio DEC<br />

Travelogue: An Irish Museum DEC<br />

Scanning/VHF/UHF:<br />

Scanning Corpus Christi JAN<br />

Andrews Air Show: Best of Best MAR<br />

Annual MT Air Show Guide MAR<br />

NY/NJ Big Three Airports APR<br />

Public Safety Interoperability 2007 JUL<br />

What Happened to Rebanding? JUL<br />

VBR Prescott CG Radio OCT<br />

Scanning Alaska NOV<br />

Technical<br />

Radio Freq Identification (RFID) JAN<br />

Get Outta Town! FEB<br />

Propagation Outlook - Summer APR<br />

Electronics Industry Goes Green MAY<br />

Putting it All Together: Engineering/<br />

Audience Research at TWR AUG<br />

Propagation Outlook - Winter OCT<br />

TWR's Poster Antenna Project NOV<br />

Utility/Ham Radio<br />

ZBR Bermuda Harbor Radio FEB<br />

New Heights for hams (balloons) MAY<br />

Storm Chasing w/ham radio MAY<br />

World of 10 Meter Beacons MAY<br />

Military <strong>Monitoring</strong> - FL Panhandle JUN<br />

The ARRL's "Big Project" (kids) SEP<br />

AMERICAN BANDSCAN (even months)<br />

FEB News Stations and "Criticality":<br />

new stations on the air.<br />

IBOV/HD/Digital Radio News; Big<br />

Sky DX; Golden State DX; New<br />

Brunswick DX; More from Asia;<br />

Stations Sold<br />

APR A Radio Mystery (nationwide<br />

signal on 1610 kHz);<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> <strong>Times</strong> 2007 Index<br />

IBOC/HD/Other Digital Radio<br />

News; Digital TV News; New<br />

Brunswick DX; Maine DX & new<br />

stations<br />

JUN March 23rd: The Day the DX<br />

Died? HD DX; FM translators of<br />

AM Stations; New SanFran<br />

station; New FM&TV stations<br />

AUG HD Radio Rules Released. Weird<br />

Frequencies (Guam); Canadian<br />

AM News; Retro Radio; Radio<br />

Station Starts Forest Fire; DX<br />

from Easter Island; Stations<br />

Changes<br />

OCT Cheaters, or not? (High-power<br />

BCing outside hours); Breaking<br />

News (IBOC rules published);<br />

Mysterious test tones; Bits &<br />

Pieces; AM Bandscan Station<br />

Report<br />

DEC Everything Old is New Again (a<br />

look back at AM radio); Nighttime<br />

IBOC; FM relays of AM; Station<br />

Report<br />

ANTENNA TOPICS<br />

JAN Can You Describe the Antenna<br />

You Want?<br />

FEB Popular and Useful HF Antennas<br />

MAR An Abbreviated Antenna<br />

Dictionary<br />

APR Resonant, Incidentally-Resonant,<br />

and Non-Resonant Antennas<br />

MAY A Pedestrian-Mobile Antenna<br />

JUN Should I be Using an Antenna<br />

Tuner?<br />

JUL Tips on Increasing Handheld<br />

Performance<br />

AUG Shocking Experiences: Thoughts<br />

on antenna safety<br />

SEP A Simple, Wide-band, Fieldstrength<br />

Meter<br />

OCT Antenna Designs for VHF, UHF<br />

and Microwave<br />

NOV Useful Indoor Antennas<br />

DEC Diversity Reception, Smart<br />

Antennas, and Reliable<br />

Communications; Let's make a<br />

"poor man's smart antenna<br />

system"<br />

ASK BOB<br />

JAN How to improve SW antenna<br />

reception; Using SW dipoles;<br />

multicoupler vs T-connector; TV<br />

preamp for scanners; vegetation<br />

on power poles; any medical<br />

benefits to Tesla coil?<br />

FEB Terminating unused ports in<br />

multicoupler; advantages of<br />

battery-powered SW operations;<br />

RG-6/U vs RG-8/U; dB gain for<br />

Super Select-A-Tenna vs original<br />

model; puzzling reception with<br />

active antenna; coupler needed<br />

between flat-two-wire and coax?<br />

MAR Understanding house current;<br />

understanding P-25 and trunking;<br />

push/push buttons; gain for<br />

Select-A-Tenna models; using<br />

TV splitter w/two scanners<br />

APR Length of dipole for AM/SW;<br />

reason for coil-wrapped center<br />

pole in sat dishes; using cellular<br />

antenna for scanner; effect of<br />

rain on LF signals; 10 amp<br />

battery charger as power supply;<br />

legality of reading voice mail on<br />

opponent's cellular phone;<br />

multiband radio fluttering noise<br />

while tuning<br />

MAY Using discone without top<br />

element? Reception distance on<br />

"Close Call"; name for flexible pin<br />

plug?; unknown RFI spaced<br />

every 30 kHz; using RR trestle as<br />

SW antenna support?; comparing<br />

2 Yagis; how to use 1 mobile<br />

antenna for scanner and<br />

transceiver; digital TV reception<br />

in fringe area<br />

JUN Hooking up AM antenna;<br />

Disabling RFID tags; Does<br />

Canadian CG QSL? How to QSL<br />

Russian stations; Does SSB<br />

travel further than full-carrier<br />

AM?; Do any CB HTs have<br />

SSB?; Optimal wire length for HF<br />

antenna<br />

JUL Satellite coax okay for scanning?<br />

Difference between RG-6/U,<br />

RG6, RF8/X? SW beginner's<br />

questions. Would digital recorder<br />

overcome tape hiss? Antenna<br />

coupler, resistance and<br />

selectivity. How does GPS know<br />

best hunting and fishing times?<br />

AUG Why make scanners w/cellular<br />

reception but no ability to<br />

decode? TV antenna okay for<br />

scanner antenna? Can cellphone<br />

be used for emergencies without<br />

buying a plan? What is adequate<br />

ground? Active antenna okay for<br />

AM DX with nearby 2.4 GHz<br />

uplink? How to remove hum<br />

heard at night using outdoor wire<br />

antennas?<br />

SEP IDing interference; replacement<br />

antennas for multiband; illegal to<br />

view wireless cameras?<br />

fluorescent light bulbs and<br />

interference; antenna swap<br />

surprises; longer-lasting AA<br />

batteries; apartment dwelling and<br />

electrical noise on HF<br />

OCT QRN from cell towers on<br />

scanner; Is it legal to rebroadcast<br />

broadcasts or communications<br />

on the internet? VHF overload<br />

from local airport; Is a preamp<br />

advisable for better scanner<br />

reeption? Will narrowbanding<br />

affect GMRS?; Is preselector<br />

useful for HF/LF? Could<br />

interference be causing 2.4 GHz<br />

dropouts?<br />

NOV More on fluorescent bulbs; Why<br />

doesn't lightning melt the rod?<br />

Connecting antennas together;

---

Why are cellular freqs still<br />

blocked? Is home-generated<br />

power safe for computers/radios?<br />

Which indoor SW antennas are<br />

best?<br />

DEC More on apartment-dweller<br />

antennas. Which coax is best?<br />

How to ground equipment from<br />

3rd floor? How to purchase<br />

IRCs? Does DRM have a future?<br />

Does stored gasoline go bad<br />

after a few months?<br />

Recommended scanner/antenna<br />

for distant NOAA Wx stations? Is<br />

R8500 legal for consumer use in<br />

US?<br />

BEGINNER'S CORNER<br />

JAN Preparing for the "Good Ol' Days"<br />

(upcoming solar cycle); More<br />

Parts Sources<br />

FEB DXing Latin American TV &<br />

Radio via Satellite<br />

MAR Exercise to Better Health with<br />

your Radio Hobby - biking<br />

APR Stormy Weather (lightning<br />

protection); Reader Q&As (SWL<br />

QSL requests, adding inputs to<br />

digital TV receiver, over-air<br />

reception of network affiliates);<br />

Tracking Those Elusive IRCs<br />

MAY How to Start Your Own<br />

International SW Station<br />

JUN Do-It-Yourself Satellite Radio<br />

JUL DIY Sat Radio: Taking it to the<br />

Limit (partial list of radio stations)<br />

AUG Buying a Dedicated Weather<br />

Radio<br />

SEP General Class: Welcome to HF<br />

OCT The New Ham's HF Station<br />

Check List<br />

NOV Yard Work and House Work:<br />

Take Your Radio Hobby Along<br />

DEC Gift Ideas for your Favorite Radio<br />

Hobbyist (You!)<br />

BELOW 500 kHz<br />

JAN Tips from Kevin for 2007; Tips<br />

and Resources; What I Use;<br />

Loggings<br />

FEB Prime Time: Chasing Euro-<br />

Broadcasters; Beacons; Lowfers;<br />

Going Even Lower<br />

MAR New England Beacons: Locating<br />

Your Catch; News Flashes<br />

APR News and Updates: ZM on 187.5;<br />

Arizona logs; VY1JA beacon; Sky<br />

& Telescope article on VLF;<br />

Marconi bust safe and sound<br />

MAY DX Destinations: Location,<br />

checklist, communications, the<br />

big day; Hamfest season<br />

JUN Warm Weather Tips. 500 kHz<br />

Experiment News.<br />

JUL Housekeeping Tasks (some ways<br />

to help the author); mailbag<br />

AUG LF Receiving Antennas (random<br />

wire, ferrite loops); mailbag<br />

SEP LF Receiving Antennas (Loops);<br />

Loggings<br />

OCT Antenna Wrap-Up: Active<br />

Antennas; Pierre SD Beacon?<br />

Loggings<br />

NOV Your FAQs Answered: Best<br />

antenna or LF? What is WWVB?<br />

What is lowest freq? How can I<br />

QSL? Warbling tones? Why<br />

Canadian beacons start with Y?<br />

DEC "Our" Season is Here! Chasing<br />

Euro-Broadcasters; Beacons;<br />

Lowfers; Going Even Lower.<br />

BOATS, PLANES, and TRAINS<br />

JAN BOATS: Winter, Waves, and<br />

Wireless - Antenna Work and<br />

Autumn Reception; Unexpected<br />

Surprises; Caribbean Freqs;<br />

Rescue 21; Marine Radio<br />

Historical Society<br />

FEB PLANES: VHF Aircraft Listening<br />

Potpourri. Magic (MAJIC?) in<br />

North Carolina; Quest for a Better<br />

Receiver; Better Coax, More<br />

Interference; Fish Finder; Aero<br />

Charts<br />

MAR TRAINS: Hi-Rails, Track Permits<br />

and More Terminology; Altamont<br />

Press Update; O.S. Reports<br />

APR BOATS: Intrigue and Inversions;<br />

HF Listening; Historical Radio<br />

MAY PLANES: Airport Information for<br />

Listeners: AirNav, Airport/Facility<br />

Directory. Airport Identifiers,<br />

Airport Communications, ATIS<br />

Broadcasts, AWOS and ASOS,<br />

Runway Numbering; Published<br />

Procedures, Pilot/Controller<br />

Glossary, FlightAware, MT<br />

Anthologies<br />

JUN TRAINS: Train Monitor's<br />

Paradise - The Powder River<br />

Basin<br />

JUL BOATS: The Changing World of<br />

Marine Radio; Manitoba and<br />

Northern Ontario; VMS; HF info;<br />

EPIRBS; Reader Reports;<br />

Kingston Area<br />

AUG PLANES: What is "Airspace"?<br />

SEP TRAINS: Denver, the Rockies,<br />

and Repeaters - Golden as a<br />

base, Moffat Tunnel. Radio<br />

Discipline. Same words, different<br />

meaning.<br />

OCT BOATS: Winter DX and Column<br />

Research; Annual Rush to the<br />

Sea; HF BCs across the world:<br />

Canada CG; Australia<br />

NOV PLANES: Listening to Small<br />

Airports<br />

DEC TRAINS: Traveling with a<br />

Scanner<br />

COMMUNICATIONS<br />

JAN AMATEUR RADIO: Red Cross<br />

Volunteers; Natl Traffic System;<br />

Public Svc Activity Report; Hamband<br />

song. BROADCASTING:<br />

BCers support appeal against<br />

BPL; Kenya wants equal time;<br />

TDP Radio; DRM Yahoo Group;<br />

KCRW primary audience is<br />

online. NEW TECH: Cloning<br />

RFID easy; Wis bans forcible<br />

RFID implantation<br />

FEB GOV & MILITARY: FCC Drops<br />

Morse Testing; ARRL Appeal<br />

BPL; April No Joke to CHU;<br />

Emergency Beacons Prohibited;<br />

USAF to Replace PLBs; Military<br />

LMR system vs garage doors;<br />

Congress approves interop funds<br />

BROADCASTING: streaming<br />

audio; new VOA director.<br />

PHONES: Study shows cellular<br />

phones safe; Blame the sun for<br />

dropped calls.<br />

MAR NEWS: FCC and FAA Tower<br />

Rulings; HCJB is Changing; Free<br />

Ham Podclass. MT HOME<br />

FRONT: Antique Radios<br />

Auctioned; What's the<br />

Frequency, Kenneth?; MT Blog<br />

hits big-time; Electronic Tutorials<br />

APR Sat blown into smithereens;<br />

Space Control Center Moves;<br />

Cycle 24, Boon or Bane?;<br />

Globalstar problems; Hubble<br />

loses camera<br />

MAY BROADCASTING: VOA English<br />

slashed; Webcasting in trouble;<br />

Payola settlement; FCC approves<br />

IBOC rules; Zimbabwe<br />

confiscates SW radios; TV Marti<br />

exec pleads guilty; San Fran<br />

Liberation Radio appeals. MISC:<br />

Spies sentenced; compensation<br />

to consumers? AMATEUR:<br />

Herman Munster's Ham QSO;<br />

ham radio suspended in Iraq;<br />

Dayton Hamvention; European<br />

DX Council<br />

JUN FCC and BROADCASTING:<br />

Digital Deadlines: cellphones,<br />

television, FAA; Let the Bidding<br />

Begin; One-week LPFM Filing<br />

Window; CARP vs webcasters.<br />

AMATEUR RADIO: ham<br />

repeaters interfere with Mil radar;<br />

Background check update. MISC:<br />

DX Tuners shuts down; A Wok<br />

on the Wild Side; Don't Bee-lieve<br />

it! France selects DRM<br />

JUL SCANNING: GAO Report on<br />

Interop; They Hear it on the<br />

Scanner; Hall Co GA encryption.<br />

MISC: Canadian "Spy" quarter<br />

fiasco; David Rosenthal obit.<br />

AUG DISASTER PREP: Amateur<br />

Radio; 2007 Atlantic Hurricane<br />

Season; QuikSCAT; Emergency<br />

Broadcasting; FCC Strengthens<br />

EAS; FCC Petitioned to Allow<br />

Jamming.<br />

SEP False Alarm (EAS); Hams Part of<br />

Emergency Planning in Barstow;<br />

Federal Court Denies Webcaster<br />

Appeal; AFN Broadcast Detachment<br />

Transfers Command;<br />

Bashkirian company blows up<br />

Russian towers; Build a Better<br />

Battery contest. Lady Bird Radio<br />

Owner, Jean Marius Novi<br />

WB4ENI, Prime Time Shortwave<br />

OCT FCC Reconfigures 700 MHz<br />

Spectrum; Broadband in the<br />

"White Spaces"; DirecTV Adopts<br />

BPL; Pirate Reunion<br />

NOV FCC: Digital TV deadline;<br />

Rebanding deadlines; automated<br />

disaster information reporting<br />

system. PUBLIC SAFETY: CAD<br />

interoperabillity; CDE; Air Traffic<br />

Controllers protest radio ban;<br />

Weather Radios recalled.<br />

BROADCASTING: Aggressive

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marketing in Russian TV; Cuban<br />

Radio 85th anniversary; High<br />

Adventure Ministries founder<br />

dies; SaveNetRadio; Internet DJs<br />

must have license to play...<br />

DEC Radio St Helena; Bloated BBC?;<br />

BBC Sputnik Challenge; New<br />

Leak Alerts Al Qaeda; Cell Phone<br />

Company Buys Surveillance<br />

Band; Memphis ARTCC Goes<br />

Black; California Fires; Dr<br />

Richard Wood Dies<br />

COMPUTERS & RADIO<br />

JAN Monitor Earth Orbiting Satellites -<br />

The Easy Way. (Heavens-Above<br />

and other web resources). Digital<br />

Hotspotter<br />

FEB Staying Up To Date: updates on<br />

previously-reviewed programs<br />

(Spectrum Lab, RxPlus, SWLog,<br />

RadioMax, RF Space Spectravue,<br />

FlexRadio PowerSDR,<br />

MixW, HamScope, RadioControl,<br />

RecAll, ACARSD, ACARS Log<br />

Analyzer, DxMonitor, PC-HFDL,<br />

Omni-Rig, YPLog)<br />

MAR SDR-14's Real Time Spectrum<br />

Recording<br />

APR 91 Modes - Multipsk<br />

MAY Mac Radio Programs<br />

(CocoaModem, MultiMode,<br />

DXToolBox, SignalScope, Tone<br />

Generator X)<br />

JUN 2007 Computer Landscape -<br />

Hype, Confusion, & Reality<br />

JUL Radio Jupiter Pro 3<br />

AUG Not your father's satellite tracking<br />

program - Nova for Windows<br />

SEP PC Digital Audio Recorder<br />

Programs (RecAll Pro,<br />

Scancorder, Sound Recorder,<br />

Snooper, Audacity)<br />

OCT Windows Vista Versus Radio<br />

Programs; Mini USB 1.1 Docking<br />

Station; Programs tested (Icom<br />

IC-PCR1000 V2.2, RadioMax<br />

V5.17, Talk PCR V2.4F2, RxPlus<br />

V1.94, YPLog V4.48, Rig<br />

Resident V1.1, Ham Radio<br />

Deluxe V3.4 b1254, Radio Raft<br />

V3.21, Icom OKA V1.0, HamPort<br />

V1.0 Beta, DX Monitor V1.20)<br />

NOV Full Spectrum Logging (DXtreme<br />

Software Reception Log); Enigma<br />

update; thoughts on information<br />

vs knowledge<br />

DEC Lynovation's Wireless Bluetooth<br />

Radio Interfaces (BlueLync)<br />

DIGITAL DIGEST<br />

JAN Over the Horizon Radar and ALE<br />

Networks: How? Where? What?<br />

Italian Finance Guard/Customs<br />

ALE Net; Uzbeck Army ALE Net<br />

FEB Nigerian Oil on ALE; Mexican<br />

Navy; Yacht Email Continues to<br />

Develop<br />

MAR Mexican Gulf and Brazilian Oil -<br />

PETROBRAS and PEMEX Oil;<br />

Nigerian Oil Update; STANAG<br />

4529 On-Air<br />

APR RFSM2400 MIL-188-110A<br />

Decoder Software [note: the<br />

incorrect illustration ran with this<br />

article; correct one in May<br />

"Letters"], Czech Diplomatic<br />

Service; Russians on 16023;<br />

Algerian Diplo Service; Moroccan<br />

ALE Networks<br />

MAY Digital Alligators on HF? Link-11;<br />

French Forces 184.6bd ARQ-E;<br />

Algerian Construction LE net;<br />

Mystery ALE networks<br />

JUN Venezuelan Navy Network; New<br />

Missionary Net?<br />

JUL Hoka Code 300-32; Siemens<br />

CHP200<br />

AUG Pakistani Navy and Virginia<br />

Guard ALE; Hoka Code300-32,<br />

Part II<br />

SEP Digital Utility Myths - Where Did<br />

all the RTTY Go? XSS Mystery<br />

ALE Network Identified; Some<br />

Old Modes Do Come to Life!<br />

OCT High Speed Digital<br />

Communications; 110A<br />

Decoders; 110A Basics;<br />

Frequencies (US Coast Guard,<br />

Venezuelan Navy, Czech Diplo,<br />

Spanish Navy, Mexican Navy<br />

NOV The Codan 16 Tone Modem; The<br />

Codan Chirp; Codan Networks:<br />

Egyptian Diplomatic, Moroccan<br />

MOI Network; Greek Network<br />

DEC What Do I Need for Digital<br />

Decoding? Brazilian SIVAM on<br />

the Air<br />

THE FED FILES (odd months)<br />

JAN Projects, Close-Ups, and a<br />

Contest: MT 25th anniversary<br />

drawing; Bureau of Prisons<br />

Frequency Project; Justice Dept<br />

25 Cities Project; Postal<br />

Inspectors; Immigration and<br />

Customs Enforcement (ICE);<br />

Listener Report from Oklahoma<br />

City<br />

MAR Where is the IRS? Nat Park<br />

Service Moving to Digital; Dept of<br />

Energy Follow-up; Fed Files<br />

Myths and Legends (Seneca)<br />

MAY A Super Week in Miami; Bureau<br />

of Prisons Project On-Line;<br />

Federal Scanning in Puerto Rico;<br />

Myths and Legends (Secret<br />

Service "Suit" radios)<br />

JUL On the Campaign Trail with the<br />

Secret Service: VHF and UHF<br />

allocations; WHCA allocations.<br />

LA Bureau of Prisons update.<br />

SEP Washington DC - Federal<br />

Scanning Wonderland: US<br />

Capitol Police, National Parks<br />

Service, Justice Dept, Dept of<br />

Homeland Security, US Secret<br />

Service, Misc and Unknown.<br />

Federal Trunk systems.<br />

Encryption. Fed Files Myths and<br />

Legends (Feds can operate<br />

wherever they want).<br />

OCT Fed Files FAQs: Who's on this<br />

frequency? What scanner do I<br />

need? Where can I get fed freqs?<br />

Buzzes and clicks? Where did<br />

they go? How can I pick up<br />

wireless mics? Hearing a stakeout.<br />

Arizona Border Scanning.<br />

FIRST LOOK<br />

FEB Kaito KA1102 vs Eton S30DL<br />

MAR Kaito KA1102 vs Sangean ATS-<br />

505P<br />

APR Kaito 1103<br />

MAY Uniden BC-RH96 Remote Head<br />

JUN Alinco DJ-X30T Scanner<br />

Boston Acoustics Receptor HD<br />

radio; Radio Shack's Accurian<br />

HD radio<br />

JUL Sangean HDT-1, the Component<br />

Approach<br />

AUG Polk Audio's I-Sonic AM/FM/HD/<br />

XM/CD/DVD and MP3 Player<br />

SEP Cambridge SoundWorks 820HD<br />

AM/FM HD Radio Receiver<br />

OCT The Radiosophy HD-100<br />

Philosophy<br />

NOV GRE PSR-500 Raises the Bar!<br />

DEC Sony's XDR-S3HD Table-Top HD<br />

Radio<br />

GLOBAL FORUM<br />

JAN Clearing Frequencies in 2007<br />

(Radio Slovakia, Radio Prague,<br />

YLE Radio Finland, RUV Iceland,<br />

RFI France, RAI Italy)<br />

FEB Radio Canada (Inter?)National<br />

Remakes Itself<br />

MAR Weeks of DST Confusion; Latin<br />

America SW Radio Lists; 2006<br />

Clandestine Survey<br />

APR India Commits to Domestic DRM<br />

on Shortwave<br />

MAY Missionaries on the March in<br />

Micronesia ... and Central African<br />

Republic<br />

JUN Where is Radio Republica? A-07<br />

Freq Schedules<br />

JUL WHRI Usurps Canadian Time<br />

Signal CHU<br />

AUG Radio Budapest, Hungary,<br />

Closed Down<br />

SEP Italy Quitting Shortwave? Austria<br />

Stays; Finland Could Come Back<br />

OCT Pulse Over-the-Horizon Radar<br />

Interference<br />

NOV <strong>Monitoring</strong> 190 kHz of spectrum<br />

at a Time<br />

DEC DRM Frequency Management<br />

LETTERS<br />

JAN More Kudos; Ramsey Aircraft<br />

Monitor; Controlling the R8B;<br />

Beacon Hunting; New MT<br />

Readers Website<br />

FEB Congratulations, MT! More on<br />

"Growing Up with Radio";<br />

Corrections (Niagara Falls,<br />

Studio Transmitter Links)<br />

MAR And the Winners Are...; The SW<br />

Debate Continues; Programming<br />

Spotlight; homebrew motor<br />

photos; Lost CW Gadget<br />

APR Correction to Labrador article;<br />

Future of Shortwave; Glad I read<br />

it in MT; More Parts Suppliers<br />

Editorial: It's so easy a caveman<br />

could understand it!<br />

MAY Correction to Digital Digest<br />

illustration; MT at Winterfest;<br />

Harmony on the Ham Bands;<br />

Radio Cats!; Hello from Canada;<br />

KY Music Hall of Fame

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JUN Antique Telephones; Antique<br />

Scanners; New Tech (wi-fi, DRM,<br />

computer-hosted radios); DRM<br />

SWBC's salvation, true or false?<br />

JUL Antennas; Keeping cool (ice field<br />

faxes); Surge protectors<br />

AUG The World According to Emmitt;<br />

More on HD Radios. Guest<br />

Editorial: Evaluating the<br />

Emergency Alert System<br />

SEP Going to Great Lengths (John<br />

Musgrave's radio hobby);<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> Sea-Tac; Footnotes<br />

(WWII jingle, Godzilla reference)<br />

OCT Tom Kneitel - The Write Stuff;<br />

Can you switch DISH to<br />

DirecTV? More info on<br />

INMARSAT decoding?<br />

NOV Feedback: Mystery Radio; Fox<br />

Scanners; Emergency Battery<br />

Ops; WRNO Memories; Local<br />

Stations On Line; Antique<br />

Electricity (Lindsay's Technical<br />

Books)<br />

DEC Early FM Radio; VOX; VBR<br />

Prescott; The Law and Streaming<br />

Audio<br />

MILCOM<br />

JAN The FLSATCOM System<br />

FEB LEASAT - The Fleet<br />

Augmentation<br />

MAR Air Show Equipment and<br />

Schedules 2007<br />

APR Ultra High Frequency Follow-On<br />

(UFO) Program<br />

MAY Military HF Comms Alive and<br />

Well; Milair Frequency Changes;<br />

Aussie HF Military Network<br />

JUN The CAP VHF Radio Network -<br />

Frequencies in Transition; New<br />

Military Trunk Systems<br />

Uncovered<br />

JUL <strong>Monitoring</strong> the US Army:<br />

Command Emergency Op Net;<br />

Nat'l Guard State Nets; SHARES<br />

AUG Ear on the National Capitol<br />

Region: Joint NCR System; More<br />

380MHz LMR in DC area; Call for<br />

Monitors; More HF Milcom<br />

SEP More 380-400 MHz Trunk<br />

Systems: Calif/Fla/Ga/Va/Wa.<br />

New London Submarine Base.<br />

Westover JARB Update. New<br />

Ohio Guard HF Frequency. Milair<br />

Frequency Changes<br />

OCT US Aerial Refueling Frequencies<br />

Changed; US Air Force Trunk<br />

Radio Systems; New Georgia<br />

Military Net; Milair Band<br />

Spectrum Holes<br />

NOV <strong>Monitoring</strong> the UK Royal Air<br />

Force: Russian Long Range Air<br />

Force; USAF Trunk Systems;<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> Military HF<br />

DEC The Hidden Military Band (VHF-<br />

Low); US Army Trunk Systems,<br />

Part 1<br />

MT ARCHIVES<br />

JAN DXing Broadcast Harmonics<br />

MT HELP DESK<br />

JAN What is STANAG 4285 and how<br />

to monitor it; Activity on 5680 and<br />

7257; best and cheapest way to<br />

monitor UHF military<br />

FEB Can the BC250 be flash<br />

upgraded to receive P25 9600<br />

baud system? Uniden BR330T vs<br />

396T vs Yaesu VR-500. Changes<br />

in marine channels? Filter to only<br />

pass 225-400 MHz?<br />

MAR INTEROP freq pairs; pager<br />

blocking; software for ALE and<br />

computer control; monitoring EJ<br />

Johnson Multinet APCO 16<br />

system; HF radio nets<br />

APR Andrews AFB Shark ID; Who is<br />

using 360.800?; Equip needed to<br />

monitor HF-ALE; Who is on<br />

12067 USB? Who is Atlas 310 on<br />

11232 kHz? PC-based scanner<br />

equipped for P-25; RTTY on<br />

9030 kHz; unknown ALE stations<br />

on 15867<br />

MAY Free propagation prediction;<br />

which freq in pair is input?; Is<br />

USCG signal skip or relay?;<br />

ScanCat/Signal Stalker problem<br />

JUN CAP-assigned callsigns; Skynet<br />

5A milsat; Is there a source for<br />

MARS stations and freqs?<br />

JUL Government Interoperability<br />

Nationwide Frequencies<br />

AUG How to decode ALE bursts and<br />

what antenna recommended?<br />

Where is activity on USCG/<br />

COTHEN nets? What are best<br />

prop conditions for best listening?<br />

Why discrepancy in search<br />

ranges for air show monitoring<br />

between MT and Top Secret<br />

Registry? Which mode best to<br />

search at air shows?<br />

SEP What is SGLS, who uses it, what<br />

equipment needed? Websites for<br />

A and K indices. Uniden 246T<br />

skips every few seconds. Freqs<br />

for Hawaiian Air National Guard.<br />

Does commercial SSB use<br />

similar USB/LSB conventions as<br />

ham radio?<br />

OCT What are FCC's plans for UHF<br />

TV channels after switch to<br />

HDTV? How to use delay settings<br />

on Uniden 996; Interference<br />

problems on radio control<br />

frequencies; Second thoughts on<br />

Uniden 246T skip problem.<br />

NOV More on Propagation; New freqs<br />

for Progress Energy; New DoD<br />

systems are what kind? Who or<br />

what is Hilda? Is there a milair<br />

BNC antenna? Is LORAN still<br />

active (in Searchlight, Nev.)?<br />

DEC Did I see a refueling flight and<br />

where from? Recommended<br />

utility software/hardware<br />

package? Who is Bumpy-22?<br />

Who was on 30.6? Recording<br />

active frequencies?<br />

MT REVIEW<br />

JAN Tecsun Green-138 wind-up<br />

MW/FM/SW<br />

MAR KAITO KA009 Dynamo & Solar<br />

Powered Radio<br />

APR MFJ 1026/1026 Noise Canceling<br />

Signal Enhancer<br />

MAY Comparing Four Mid-Priced<br />

Portables (Grundig G4000A, G5,<br />

Kaito 1103, Sony ICF-<br />

SW7600GR)<br />

JUL A "Mounting" Problem -<br />

conventional; small inexpensive;<br />

professional; DIY mobile mounts<br />

AUG Going Mobile with HD Radio<br />

SEP MFJ Model 1623 Window/<br />

Balcony Mount Antenna;<br />

NetWorks and NetWorksGo from<br />

Tivoli<br />

OCT RadarBox by AirNav Systems<br />

NOV Kaito's Multifaceted KA1121<br />

portable shortwave and more<br />

ON THE BENCH<br />

JAN Back-Up Power for Home and<br />

Hobby<br />

FEB On the Technical Side (readers<br />

letters): Going Mobile on SW; A<br />

Poor Man's Wind Sock; Antenna<br />

Experimenting; Getting<br />

Grounded; What's This Gadget?<br />

What's That Antenna?<br />

MAR Operational Amplifiers<br />

APR Solar Power for Eton and<br />

Grundig Cranks; AOR DS3000A<br />

discone antenna; No-sweat<br />

antenna radial installation<br />

MAY Getting that Rig Back on the Air<br />

(Icom IC-761)<br />

JUN Frugal Guide to DRM Reception<br />

JUL Scanner Programming: Getting<br />

the Most from the New Uniden<br />

Scanners<br />

AUG Antennas for BC-Band Crystal<br />

Sets; Update on INMARSAT<br />

SEP Model Motors from Scrap<br />

OCT Junk Box Treasures: Shafts<br />

DEC Unleashing the Icom PCR-1000<br />

with a PDA<br />

ON THE HAM BANDS<br />

JAN Something Old, New, and a Few<br />

Dogs, Too (Icom IC-730 and AT-<br />

200Pro tuner)<br />

FEB Ragchewing Revisited (what to<br />

talk about)<br />

MAR Get on the Bus as CW Goes<br />

Gently Away (CW requirement<br />

gone and FCC Omnibus rulings)<br />

APR April Odds and Ends: Chasing 5<br />

Band WAS; MS Vista; Computers<br />

Cheap; VHF Contesting; book<br />

review<br />

MAY Searching for an Island with a<br />

Mountain with a Lighthouse:<br />

Islands on the Air; Summits on<br />

the Air; Lighthouses; County<br />

Hunting. Web site and book of<br />

the month.<br />

JUN Having Fun on Field Day;<br />

Website of the Month; Software<br />

of the Month<br />

JUL How Green is My Shack? Power<br />

to the People; Recycle<br />

Everything; Website, Book of the<br />

month.<br />

AUG Collectable Ham Radio; Website,<br />

book of the month<br />

SEP The Ham as Scannist: Know<br />

Thyself; Know Your Frequencies;<br />

Know Your Local System; Know

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Your Equipment; Know Your<br />

Power Needs and More<br />

OCT Emergency "What If" Thinking<br />

NOV Promoting Ham Radio<br />

DEC Ham Radio's Holiday Gifts<br />

(contest and special event<br />

stations)<br />

OUTER LIMITS<br />

JAN FM Pirate Activity Continues<br />

Despite Busts; Degeneration X<br />

not DXers; Borowitz on Pirates;<br />

Crystal Ship QSLs; Pirate<br />

Beacons<br />

FEB Al-Zawraa TV Goes Clandestine<br />

via Satellite. The Future of Radio<br />

blog Closes. Playboy Cover s<br />

Pirates. Daily News covers<br />

Numbers Stations; Schoech's<br />

Pirate List. Tokyo Rose Dies<br />

MAR Focus on Cupido Radio; Pirates<br />

at Fest; Al Muick in Sudan<br />

APR Radio Ice Cream; FCC<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> Web Site; Marti<br />

Broadcasts in USA; Copyright<br />

and Pirate Radio<br />

MAY Pirate Radio and the Media:<br />

Global Crisis Watch; Fla Pirate<br />

Web Site; Mainstream coverage;<br />

New Iranian clandestine; Radio<br />

Pun<br />

JUN Radio Azteca Dominates Fest;<br />

BLANDEX Returns; Greek Pirate;<br />

Odd Numbers Voice; Radio Free<br />

Mt Airy; Homebrew Rigs; Pirate<br />

Goes Legit<br />

JUL Pirate Radio Gets Headlines;<br />

Harry Helms on Tourism; Greeley<br />

"Pirate": Clandestine QSLs;<br />

ARRL Attacks Clandestine<br />

AUG WHRI Interferes with CHU; New<br />

FRW Editor; Clandestine Web<br />

Links; Padula Receives 8,145th<br />

QSL; Odd Jammer; Airborne<br />

Radio Marti<br />

SEP Cuban Spies Convicted; Pirate<br />

web sites; British MPs Protest<br />

Crimestoppers ad; Ethiopian<br />

Clandestine; West Bank Pirates;<br />

Holidays<br />

OCT Halloween a Major Pirate<br />

Holiday; Commander Bunny for<br />

President; Oldest Pirate QSL?<br />

North Korean Quasi-Clandestine;<br />

Harry Potter on Pirate Radio<br />

NOV Thanksgiving= Pirate Radio.<br />

Pirate reception on internet;<br />

WBNY vs WBCQ; ACE returns<br />

as web site; BLANDX returns<br />

DEC Commander Bunny's Presidential<br />

Bid; Christmas Biggest Pirate<br />

Holiday; Mysterious Carrier; Odd<br />

Alabama Signal<br />

PROGRAMMING SPOTLIGHT<br />

JAN Czeching on Slovakia (Czech<br />

Republic Radio Prague and<br />

Radio Slovakia International)<br />

FEB Sounds Historical (programs<br />

about history)<br />

MAR Unforgettable Radio: Memorable<br />

Presenters; Today's Classics;<br />

Golden Age comes Alive<br />

APR DX Programs; Language<br />

Lessons by Radio update<br />

MAY Spotlight on Radio Netherlands;<br />

Other Benelux broadcasters<br />

JUN Country Music Worldwide<br />

JUL More DX Shows: Programs<br />

Morphed into websites; DX<br />

segments still on shortwave;<br />

DXing with Cumbre update<br />

AUG Good Listening from the Far<br />

East: Radio Japan and KBS<br />

Radio Worldwide; Listening to<br />

Australia during severe weather<br />

crisis<br />

SEP Cruising on the Information<br />

Highway - BBC World Service;<br />

New Zealand; South Africa;<br />

Canada; Something a Little<br />

different. RAE Update.<br />

OCT Romania, Myth and Magic -<br />

Radio Romania International;<br />

War of the Worlds; Halloween<br />

Listening Today<br />

NOV Faith Matters; Radio Australia,<br />

CBC, Deutsche Welle, Radio<br />

New Zealand, Voice of Russia,<br />

Channel Africa<br />

DEC Yuletide and Year's End: Leading<br />

up to Christmas, Christmas Eve,<br />

Christmas Day, New Years<br />

Eve/Day<br />

QSL REPORT<br />

JAN LowFERS and MedFERS<br />

FEB The Low-Down for Beacon<br />

Heads<br />

MAR Radio Prague Releases Lookout<br />

Tower QSLs<br />

APR Higher International Mail Rates;<br />

SRI Celebrates 70 Years<br />

MAY 75 Million QSOs and Growing<br />

JUN Word to the Wise DXer on IRCs<br />

JUL Clearing Out the In-Basket<br />

AUG New QSL Card Series for<br />

Collectors (Radio Taiwan, HCJB,<br />

Radio Free Asia), Radio Bulgaria<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> Club<br />

SEP Get Ready for MW Season<br />

OCT One World...One Dream (China);<br />

Radio Tirana QSL series; Pirate<br />

QSLing<br />

NOV Medium Wave QSLing<br />

DEC Holiday Listening<br />

RADIO RESTORATIONS<br />

JAN More Radio Data Books for Your<br />

Library<br />

FEB Back on Track with the Trans-<br />

Oceanic (print edition had same<br />

title as Jan!)<br />

MAR T-O Now Recapped and "Re-<br />

Rectifiered"<br />

APR Wrapping Up the Trans-Oceanic<br />

Project<br />

MAY Introducing the BC-348<br />

JUN More on the Trans-Oceanic and<br />

BC-348: Battery Packs for<br />

Longevity; Other T-O Comments;<br />

First Look at our BC-348<br />

JUL BC-348 Restoration Begins<br />

AUG Recapping the BC-348<br />

SEP The BC-348 Restoration<br />

Continues<br />

OCT The BC-348 Gets a Smoke Test<br />

NOV Power Supplies for the BC-348<br />

DEC A Permanent Power Supply for<br />

the BC-348<br />

SCANNING REPORT<br />

JAN Sheboygan Falls WI Scanning is<br />

a Life Saver; Louisville KY;<br />

Mississippi state radio network;<br />

Jackson MS EDACS; Virginia<br />

Ten Codes; Westport CT<br />

FEB Trunking and Talkgroups: Allen<br />

TX; Talkgroups; Using the RS<br />

PRO-97; Collin County TX, Plano<br />

TX<br />

MAR Choosing a Scanner: CB Radio;<br />

FRS & GMRS; Griffin GA; Digital<br />

Scanners; Trunking. Suburban<br />

Chicago Mutual Aid; MABAS;<br />

Des Plaines IL; Naperville IL;<br />

DuPage County<br />

APR Smart Zone, Smart Net; Morris<br />

Co NJ; UHF Trunked Radio;<br />

Hang Time, Squelch Tails, and<br />

Uniden BC245XLT; McMinnville<br />

OR update<br />

MAY Crossing the Digital Divide: Los<br />

Angeles Police Dept; LA Fire<br />

Dept; Port Hope ON; Encoding<br />

versus Encryption; Dayton<br />

Hamvention<br />

JUN Matching the Scanner to the<br />

System: Modern Scanners. Wash<br />

DC Public Safety; Palos Heights<br />

IL; Valentine NE; Parker County<br />

TX; Chicago IL update. MPT-<br />

1327 Systems<br />

JUL Scanning Oklahoma, Oregon,<br />

and Delaware. Tulsa OK; Oregon<br />

Sticker Shock; Delaware<br />

statewide system<br />

AUG Interoperability on a Smaller<br />

Scale - Steuben Co IN; LCN and<br />

EDACS; Marion IN; Fulton IL;<br />

Louisville KY; Port Hope ON<br />

query; Hawaii recordings<br />

SEP Back to Scanner School: trunked<br />

systems, finding control channel,<br />

etc. Henry County VA; Haverhill<br />

MA; Levy County FL; Battle<br />

Creek MI; Val D'Or QB query.<br />

OCT Mining the Scanner Manual;<br />

Peachtree City GA; PRO-97<br />

Memory; Glenwood Springs CO;<br />

Canadian Frequencies (looking<br />

for Deux-Montagne information);<br />

Spring Hill FL<br />

NOV The Search for Meaning...<br />

Motorola Astro; Astro Trunking;<br />

Drummond Is MI; Colden, NY;<br />

Finding Freqs; NY Statewide<br />

Wireless Net; Chemung Co NY;<br />

Heath OH<br />

DEC Scanning Down Memory Lane<br />

(reflecting on simple beginnings<br />

to digital trunking)<br />

UTILITY WORLD<br />

JAN Cuban Morse "Numbers"<br />

Frequencies; LORAN-C Changes<br />

FEB Utility Band Deadline<br />

Approaches: Trouble at CHU;<br />

Changing Weather Fax; US<br />

Changes. The Future (WARC-07)<br />

MAR ShipCom Frequencies - WLO,<br />

KLB, KNN, WCL, EKA?!<br />

APR G11: A Numbers Station Returns;<br />

Visual DX? Fun radio places to<br />

visit using Google Earth

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MAY CHU Stays Put! Latest beacon<br />

mystery - PUN; This month's<br />

Cuban strangeness<br />

JUN HFDL: Everything You Ever<br />

Wanted to Know<br />

JUL US Coast Guard May Drop HF<br />

Broadcasts; Air Force MARS<br />

Change; DX Tuners Closes;<br />

Cuban PSK Testing<br />

AUG Year-Long XSS Mystery Solved<br />

SEP PC-HFDL: A Good Program Gets<br />

Better; VHF HFDL Counterpart<br />

Now Active; XSS is TASCOMM?<br />

OCT Spooky Communications - Israeli<br />

Phonetic Alphabet Station; Long<br />

EAMs Aren't Spooky; Has Cycle<br />

23 Bottomed?<br />

NOV Summertime in Antarctica; More<br />

Google Earth exploring<br />

DEC The Arctic: HF's New Frontier;<br />

New Guam LDOC? Cuban Mode<br />

of the Month!<br />

WHAT'S NEW<br />

Books, CDs<br />

208 It Was Great Jan<br />

2007 Guide to Utility Radio Stns Mar<br />

2007 SW Freq Guide Mar<br />

2007 Super Freq List Mar<br />

A Matter of Destiny Jul<br />

ARRL Antenna Book Aug<br />

AFFL FCC Rules & Regs for Hams Nov<br />

ARRL GPS and Amateur Radio Jul<br />

ARRL Handbook Jan<br />

ARRL Periodicals on CD-ROM Jun<br />

ARRL Repeater Directory Jun<br />

ARRL RFI Handbook Jun<br />

Collector's Guide toAntique Radios Dec<br />

Crystal Radio Projects Jun<br />

Domestic Broadcasting Survey 9 Aug<br />

FAA Electronics Technician<br />

Life Style Sep<br />

Foreign Language Recognition CD +<br />

RCI SW Club archival programs May<br />

Listening to Longwave Jun<br />

Music Radio Jun<br />

NRC AM Radio Log Nov<br />

Passport to WBR Jan<br />

Something in the Air Feb<br />

The Secret Wireless War Jul<br />

Tourist Trains Guidebook May<br />

Tower Site Calendar 2008 Nov<br />

World QSL Book announcement Sep<br />

World QSL Book review Oct<br />

World Radio TV Handbook Mar<br />

Business news, Software<br />

Eton E1XM Partial Recall Feb<br />

Orbcomm Plotter May<br />

Popular Electronics Top Ten Dec<br />

Soundsnap website Sep<br />

Swift WX Professional Apr<br />

Equipment<br />

AirNav RadarBox Sep<br />

AOR AR-ALPHA Sep<br />

Autonet Mobile hotspot Aug<br />

GRE announces new radios Jul<br />

GRE PSR-100/200 Nov<br />

GRE PS-500/PS-600 specs Oct<br />

ICOM IC-R9500 wideband receiver May<br />

Morse Express Christmas Key Dec<br />

NASCAR Nextel FanView Apr<br />

New Equipment for 2007 Jan<br />

Pak-Lite emergency light Dec<br />

RatTail Antenna Booster Feb<br />

Tac-Comm Tactical Radio Carrier Apr<br />

WinRadio AX-81S Active HF Ant Jul<br />

Xtal Set Soc - 3 new kits Apr<br />

Xtal Set XS-DE Dual-earpiece<br />

headphone kit Aug

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FEATURES<br />

Broadcast<br />

High school radio stations JAN<br />

RAE Goes Gold FEB<br />

WBCQ. The Planet SEP<br />

BBC. More than a World Service OCT<br />

Nostalgia/Human Interest<br />

A Shack of My Own FEB<br />

Exchanging Words: WW II FEB<br />

Signal Reports FEB<br />

Art Bell: A Voice in the Night APR<br />

MW DXing Retrospective APR<br />

Morse Code Still Fun MAY<br />

QSL Card Legacy JUN<br />

Relive WW II via Radio JUL<br />

Bletchley Park OCT<br />

Tuning in Transmission Art OCT<br />

107 Years of WCC NOV<br />

Scanning:<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> Chicagoland's Airports MAR<br />

The Annual MT Air Show Guide MAR<br />

Welcome to Silicon Valley JUN<br />

I Just Want to Listen to the Police JUN<br />

Heart of Dixie, Montgomery AL JUL<br />

Scanning Lake Lanier JUL<br />

Illinois StarCom21 State System AUG<br />

What's in the Back Room? AUG<br />

Sorting Out the Spectrum NOV<br />

Scanning the Slopes DEC<br />

Scanning Chicago DEC<br />

Technical<br />

Power vs the Planet JAN<br />

Surround Sound for DAB Radio JAN<br />

Summer Propagation Outlook APR<br />

BC Band Antennas for Suburbia SEP<br />

Can MW Listening Still be Fun? SEP<br />

Amateur Radio Operator's Frequency<br />

Guide (Service Search) OCT<br />

Fall-Winter Propagation NOV<br />

Communications Trailer DEC<br />

Utility<br />

High-Flying Hams MAR<br />

Working the World with<br />

Ham Digital Modes MAY<br />

This Ham's no Pork (ham license) MAY<br />

Taking the Technician Exam MAY<br />

Fun with Emergency Comms MAY<br />

Hamfests and Moon Pies JUN<br />

Citizens Band at 50; still useful AUG<br />

AMERICAN BANDSCAN (even months)<br />

FEB FM, FM Everywhere (noncommercial<br />

stn filing window<br />

results); WNYZ TV station on<br />

radio?; IBOC<br />

APR TV: Countdown to Digital; More<br />

AM-FM conversions in Canada;<br />

Northernmost and Southernmost<br />

stations; Station testing on 1680<br />

kHz<br />

JUN Minimalist DXing; Powerful<br />

Graveyarders; MO-to-OH move<br />

off; CBA-1070 move complete;<br />

Another type of mystery signal;<br />

Pioneer AM towers demolished;<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> <strong>Times</strong> 2008 Index<br />

FM HD power increase?; DTV<br />

converter boxes<br />

AUG What's in a Callsign? Digital<br />

Radio News; Digital TV News;<br />

CBA-1070 gone; CBU-690 not<br />

going away; Going and away-and<br />

popping up elsewhere<br />

OCT Bandscan Potpourri: Five 50kW<br />

stations; Moving experiences;<br />

Newbies; Incompetene no<br />

excuse; mixed news and reader<br />

comments<br />

DEC Digital TV: Down to the Wire.<br />

New Publications; IBOC Notes;<br />

KFI-640 back to normal; New<br />

Canadian expanded-ban station;<br />

How many stations are there?<br />

ANTENNA TOPICS<br />

JAN Antenna polarization and<br />

practical implications<br />

FEB Horizontal Antennas vs Vertical<br />

Antennas<br />

MAR Antennas and the US Navy; Build<br />

a whip monopole<br />

APR Notes on the Development of<br />

Antenna Technology: Concept of<br />

Fields; Early Antennas; Parasitic<br />

Beams; Phased Arrays; Long-<br />

Wire Beams; Horns; Potpourri;<br />

Future<br />

MAY Sub-Surface and On-Surface<br />

Antennas; Let's make some<br />

JUN Emergency Antennas a.k.a. Field<br />

Day Antennas<br />

JUL A Portable, Non-Directional<br />

Antenna for VHF-UHF<br />

AUG Tough, Flexible Antennas for HTs<br />

SEP Let's Talk About Antennas - I<br />

OCT Let's Talk About Antennas - II<br />

NOV Let's Talk About Antennas - III<br />

DEC Let's Talk about Antenna Feed-<br />

Lines: wire lines; coaxial cables;<br />

impedance and impedance<br />

matching<br />

ASK BOB<br />

JAN Is gov able to monitor all cell<br />

phone conversations? Antennas<br />

for tube SW radios? 5-ft antenna<br />

can't hear WWV. Scanner Beam<br />

OK for transmitting? Are aero<br />

digital links encrypted or on<br />

satellites? Why same filters for<br />

different bandwidths? Do<br />

electrical utilities still use power<br />

line communications? Why the<br />

poor SWBC reception?<br />

FEB What happened to preamps?<br />

Discone okay for CB? What are<br />

sat dishes for at gas stations?<br />

What freqs do police patrol car<br />

video cameras use? Hearing<br />

music from CD players on FM<br />

radio; Clothesline poles work for<br />

SW dipole? IC-R75 has static on<br />

tropical channels.<br />

MAR Discone okay for TV DX?<br />

Antenna for marginal NOAA WX<br />

reception? Grounding on<br />

lightning arrestor w/o bus bar?<br />

How do know if gas-discharge<br />

arrestor hit by surge? When<br />

replace?<br />

APR Modified scanner doesn't pick up<br />

cellular; calculating impedance of<br />

long wire; What happened to<br />

Gilfer Assoc? PAR attic-mounted<br />

wire vs outdoor wire? digital TV<br />

reception with converter? Does<br />

paint harm antenna? What is this<br />

antenna?<br />

MAY Speed of electrical current? How<br />

do light-weight battery chargers<br />

work? Antenna to improve 800<br />

MHz digital reception? How to<br />

ground apartment radios? Best<br />

transformer for Jacob's Ladder?<br />

What is this family heirloom<br />

vacuum tube?<br />

JUN How do CFL bulbs compare with<br />

incandescent? Can beam null out<br />

nearby repeater? How did 3-wire<br />

railroad circuits work? Why do I<br />

hear Howard Stern on car radio?<br />

Can I modify portable radio to<br />

receive local wx? Can I add<br />

elements to ScanTenna? Do<br />

domestic stations QSL?<br />

JUL What's happening to standard TV<br />

on Feb 17, 2009? What freqs do<br />

new digital channels use? What's<br />

future for 700 MHz two-way<br />

channels? Was it popular to<br />

listen to public safety on tube<br />

radios? Will preselector help<br />

electrical noise on indoor<br />

antennas? Formula for figuring<br />

scanning distance? How did early<br />

networks share programming?<br />

What is "squawk frequency"?<br />

Why don't birds get electrocuted<br />

on power lines?<br />

AUG Anyone still make coil-wound<br />

radio backs and what freqs were<br />

they for? Solution for local AM<br />

overload? Difference between<br />

tuner and preselector? Good<br />

coax cable vs audio cable<br />

between CD player and amp?<br />

two-way comms in 700 MHz<br />

range; Use a wok for a dish<br />

antenna?<br />

SEP Using oscillator to read analog<br />

tuned frequency; Best comm<br />

equip for snowmobiling; TV<br />

antenna splitter used to feed 3<br />

CBs; "carpet loop" antenna for<br />

AM; data bursts on 154.470<br />

OCT DC freqs and recommended<br />

scanner. What are speaker<br />

magnets made of? Antenna and<br />

coax comparisons and using a<br />

splitter. SW reception in US<br />

compared to Europe. Reception<br />

of police data links.<br />

NOV What's range of WinRadio RDF?<br />

Grove Scanner Beam specs.<br />

WiFi transmission frequncies.<br />

DTV converter for wideband

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eceivers. Digital TV reception on<br />

portable radios. Why static less<br />

on HF than MW.<br />

DEC Digital scanner recommendation.<br />

recomended antenna height for<br />

MW/SW reception. Active<br />

antenna comparisons and is<br />

ground needed. Meaning of "5<br />

over 9" signal report.<br />

BEGINNER'S CORNER<br />

JAN Resolved: Use Less Power<br />

FEB Small Dish Satellite TV Options<br />

MAR Readers Write: No-tower antenna<br />

tower; HDTV reception; WX<br />

Radio DX<br />

APR Getting Started with a New<br />

Language (ham QSOs)<br />

MAY 10 Meters: Beginner's HF<br />

Wonderland<br />

JUN Digital Off-Air TV Explained<br />

JUL Off-the-Shelf Antenna Building<br />

Supplies<br />

AUG Tuning in to the Other Satellite<br />

Radio (DIY Big Dish and Ku)<br />

SEP Coping with DXCC Fever<br />

(confirming 100 countries)<br />

OCT SW, FTA Satellite and DTV<br />

Q&As<br />

NOV Digital TV and Music via Satellite:<br />

DTV channel assignment<br />

mysteries; Music via FTA and<br />

other satellites<br />

DEC Santa's Helper's Little List of<br />

Radio Girfts.<br />

BELOW 500 kHz<br />

JAN News and Views; ITU<br />

Conference; Loggings and letters<br />

FEB Loggings Bonanza; ARRL News<br />

MAR Focus on New England; Locating<br />

Your Catch; BeaconFinder II<br />

Update<br />

APR The Range in Retrospect<br />

MAY Asian Loggings, Q&A; PA Police<br />

on Longwave? Asian Intercepts<br />

JUN Warm Weather Tips. Mailbag.<br />

Beacon loggings at sea.<br />

JUL Digging Deeper. Info from IDs;<br />

info on calls, using harmonics on<br />

FAA beacons, better reception<br />

tips; New England updates<br />

AUG Essentials for LW Success<br />

SEP New England Update; Mapping<br />

Out Your DX; Homing In; Elmira<br />

NY Hamfest<br />

OCT What's Happening on Longwave?<br />

Northern Lights demystified;<br />

Grimeton Sweden transmitter;<br />

URLs to understand static; A/N<br />

Range revisited<br />

NOV Howard Mortimer WB2ZWI;<br />

ARRL News; loggings<br />

DEC Winter DX: Euro-broadcasters;<br />

Aviation beacons; Lowfers; Even<br />

lower; Mailbag<br />

BOATS, PLANES, and TRAINS<br />

JAN BOATS: Winter on the Water:<br />

Low Freq DX, Historic KPH/KFS<br />

rejuvenated; British Columbia;<br />

Cruising the East Coast;<br />

Challenges<br />

FEB PLANES: Radar, ADS-B, and the<br />

Future<br />

MAR TRAINS: New Safety Provisions=<br />

New Radio Messages; Main Line<br />

Switches; Derails; Named<br />

Control Points<br />

APR BOATS: Navtex in Kingston; HF<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong>; Local Happenings<br />

MAY PLANES: Aviation Weather for<br />

Aircraft Listeners: VHR and IFR;<br />

ATIS/ASOS/AWOS; Flight Delay<br />

Info; EFAS "FLight Watch";<br />

PIREPS; PMSV Metro; HIWAS;<br />

Active Runway; Liver Reports<br />

JUN TRAINS: Joining Up with<br />

Operation Lifesaver; Special<br />

Agents; Blue Flags<br />

JUL BOATS: Radio, Cruises and<br />

Photography. St Lawrence<br />

Seaway; Arctic HF; West Coast;<br />

Amateur Radio<br />

AUG PLANES: Airline Company Frequencies<br />

SEP TRAINS: Rail Transit New Target<br />

for Listeners<br />

OCT BOATS: Tubes, Travels, and<br />

Telecommunications: Seaway<br />

comms, cruise comms, ham<br />

comms. AIS receiver and vintage<br />

radio<br />

NOV PLANES: TRACONs and<br />

Northern California TRACON<br />

DEC Journalists Portray Railfans in<br />

Bad Light (Chatsworth CA<br />

accident); Signal issue; Positive<br />

train control; Railroad Museums;<br />

Narrowbanding<br />

COMMUNICATIONS<br />

JAN AMATEUR: Amateur, SW, and Cband<br />

at WRC-07, Motorola<br />

acquires controlling interest in<br />

Yaesu, new IARU Reg 2<br />

coordinator; BROADCAST: Are<br />

we watching HDTV yet? FCC<br />

encourages LPFM. PUB<br />

SAFETY: Cell phone jamming;<br />

dispatcher to scanner-land;<br />

missing police cruiser; radio<br />

towers help save boaters.<br />

CONSUMERS: Coby Electronics<br />

payer recalled, Toshiba recalls<br />

AC adapters, Consumer Reports<br />

on HDTV sets<br />

FEB Royalties Bite Internet radios;<br />

Phone-base radio; hams and<br />

winter storms; storm trims<br />

antenna; Back-ups work at Logan<br />

airport; Idaho agencies go to<br />

satellite; GPS wars EU va US;<br />

FracFM antennas; homebrew<br />

saves county $15k; DIY cops in<br />

trouble; scanner listeners help<br />

nab suspect; VIPER systems<br />

helps capture suspect; WRC-07<br />

on DRM; ham DXing news; IBOC<br />

interference complaint<br />

MAR AMATEUR: Cycle 24 Begins; OR<br />

gov backs ham net. BROAD-<br />

CASTING: Radio Piracy on Rise;<br />

$40 DTV Coupon; Sat radio/HD<br />

radio hype. PUB SAFETY: Last<br />

Ditch Interop; Russian GPS;<br />

GPS-equipped idiots. TV:<br />

Plasma/ LCD screens obsolete?<br />

APR SW: WWVH Makeover. BCing:<br />

Retailers Cash in on Converter<br />

Rebates; Public BCing Cut;<br />

Japanese Queasy over HD. PUB<br />

SAFETY: Copper Theft Global;<br />

More on NY M/A-COM Flop;<br />

Sheriff's radio on-line. SAT: HITS<br />

Switches to C-band; Spy Sat<br />

deorbit. GPS: Armchair Bear<br />

Tracking; Empire State Bldg<br />

Mystery Zone<br />

MAY SW: NASB-DRM Confab. BCing:<br />

HD-Radio Engineers Go Old<br />

School; Satellite Radio.<br />

CONSUMER: Good-bye to<br />

Portable Analog TV Sets. PUB<br />

SERV: Scanner Listener Busts<br />

Crime; District's DHS Loses<br />

Radios. FCC: Cell Cos Balk at<br />

FCC Back-up Rule; Lame<br />

Excuse Pirate Fined. GPS: Bear<br />

Swipes Goat's Tracking Collar<br />

JUN SW: VOA & RFA BC to Tibet;<br />

League Slams BPL Hype. BCing:<br />

BC Stations Increasing; Denver's<br />

10-yr Wait for DV; Star-Crossed<br />

Towers; Digital Conversion<br />

Madness. PUB SERV: FCC<br />

Auction Questioned. SATS: DOJ<br />

OKs XM/Sirius Merger; Russia to<br />

Build High-Power Bird; TV<br />

Satellite Short of Orbit. FCC:<br />

Enforcement Criticized by GAO;<br />

CB Shop Busted; Sign-Off Relief;<br />

Expensive Light Bulb.<br />

NOSTALGIA: 60s Pirate to be<br />

Movie Theme<br />

JUL SW/AMATEUR RADIO: Alaska to<br />

Test DRM; RFE/RL Complain of<br />

Cyber Attacks; BPL Declared<br />

DOA in Dallas; CA Nixes Cell<br />

Phone Directory. PUBLIC<br />

SERVICE: "Rear-view" cameras<br />

pick up private channels; RFproof<br />

schools. AM/FM/HD<br />

RADIO: NPR's "War on LPFM";<br />

FCC Guidelines for public. SAT<br />

TV/RADIO: Satellite Radio<br />

Merger; In-Flight WiFi services.<br />

FCC ENFORCEMENT: Antique<br />

Radio Collector Fine Upheld;<br />

Inept Owner Gets Fine Reduced;<br />

Phone Solicitors Liable; FCC's<br />

Chair under Scrutiny<br />

AUG B'CASTING: Calif Pirate Gains<br />

Following; Webcaster Gets<br />

Callsign. LPTV Stations Benefit;<br />

ESPN Radio Offers HD2<br />

Programming. PUB SERV:<br />

Digital EAS; Ham Aids in<br />

Rescue. GPS NEWS: Court OKs<br />

GPS Tracking; OnStar Finds<br />

Funeral Car; Comms with the<br />

Dead; EPIRBs in the News. DTV<br />

Transition: Transition Confusion;<br />

Indoor TV Antennas. FCC:<br />

Unlicensed AM Transmitters;<br />

CBer Guilty and Broke<br />

SEP B'CASTING: NPR studies HD<br />

Radio; UGA Buys TV Station;<br />

KFTT Going Green; iBiquity Fee.<br />

DTV: Congress to fund LPTV<br />

DTV switch; Make Your DTV<br />

Switch Green. FCC: 2 Meter<br />

Pirates in Mines; Nationwide<br />

Sweep of FM Pirates; $10k Fine<br />

for Boston Pirate; Sheriff Busts

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GA Pirate. SAT/COMPUTER<br />

RADIO: Chrysler Web-based<br />

radios; US Broadband<br />

SEP BROADCASTING: NPR studies<br />

HD coverage; UG buys TV<br />

station; KFTT-FM goes green.<br />

DTV CONVERSION: Congress to<br />

fund LPTV DTV switch; Make<br />

your DTV switch green. FCC<br />

ENFORCEMENT: 2 meter pirates<br />

down in the mines; nationwide<br />

sweep of FM pirates; FCC<br />

Upholds $10K Fine; Sheriff busts<br />

FM pirate. SATELLITE RADIO:<br />

Chrisler web-based radios; US<br />

broadband coverage poor.<br />

CONSUMER CORNER: Radio<br />

Shack recalls power supply;<br />

RFID could be hazardous.<br />

BALLOON-BASED COMMS: 700<br />

MHz service, ballonn relays into<br />

N Korea. Happy Birthday NASA<br />

OCT SW/AMATEUR: RNW wants its<br />

history back; ARRL's Big Project.<br />

BROADCASTING: Flashback to<br />

the Cold War. SATELLITES: FCC<br />

OKs Merger; XM/Sirius Top<br />

Brass Bonanza. PUB SERVICE:<br />

Tow Truck Heroes; Hacker<br />

Scares Clevelanders. FCC<br />

ENFORCEMENT: El Paso,<br />

Hawaii, etc. OBITUARIES: Gene<br />

Hughes, Tom Kneitel<br />

NOV SW/HAM: SWLers invited to<br />

NASB; Alaska DRM Experiment;<br />

Radio Marti covers Cuba during<br />

Ike; WRN goes DAB+. PUB<br />

SERVICE: FCC to Rerun 700<br />

MHz auction; NY Emergency<br />

Radio Flop; WV digital system<br />

crash; stolen Dallas fire dept<br />

radio. BROADCASTING: DTV<br />

passes first test in NC; HD Digital<br />

Radio alliance; new HD radio<br />

network; HDTV "smart" antennas.<br />

FCC ENFORCEMENT: Religious<br />

BCer hit with fine; Starband not<br />

C-band pirate; non-compliant TV<br />

sets.<br />

DEC SW/AMATEUR RADIO: RNW<br />

Stops NA BCs; Where's the<br />

sunspots? RNZ celebrates 60;<br />

Hams help after hurricane; ham<br />

rescues. PUBLIC SERVICE:<br />

Scanner Listener Thwarts ID<br />

Theft; DTV Conversion.<br />

SATELLITE RADIO: Sat radio<br />

new price scheme. FCC<br />

ENFORCEMENT: Aero<br />

interference from TV; false ELT<br />

alarm; FCC sweeps Miami<br />

(again); San Diego TV fined; 16yr<br />

old sends false maydays.<br />

CONSUMER CORNER: Sony<br />

recalls notebook computers.<br />

COMPUTERS & RADIO<br />

JAN Free Radio Toolbars: Hamlink<br />

and HamInfoBar<br />

FEB Free help for internet explorers:<br />

Site Advisor & Sandboxie<br />

MAR Seeing more with MaxiVista<br />

APR Cool is Hot (PC Wizard 2008;<br />

Antec Notebook Cooler);<br />

Extolling great customer support<br />

(Yaesu)<br />

MAY Evaluating Four Laptop Coolers<br />

(iXoft Laptop Cooling Pad, Belkin<br />

F8N044 Cushtop; Antec<br />

Notebook Cooler; Zalman<br />

Notebook Cooler ZM-NC1000<br />

JUN WorldStation V4.2: Part 1. A<br />

Program Worth Buying?<br />

JUL Worldstation V4.2: Part 2.<br />

Multiple Radio and Remote<br />

Operations<br />

AUG Radio Control via Voice for $10?!<br />

(VR Commander)<br />

SEP PC Tune-Up<br />

OCT Moving to a Bigger Hard Drive<br />

with Acronis True Image Home<br />

(plus USB-hard drive adapter)<br />

NOV "Fly" Your Radio (JoyToKey)<br />

DEC RadioCom 6 - The "Have it all"<br />

radio program<br />

DIGITAL DIGEST<br />

JAN Brazilian Navy Update; spectrum<br />

analyzers<br />

FEB Analyzing PSK with the Hoka<br />

Code300-32; Mexican PEMEX<br />

Oil and Gas ALE Networks<br />

MAR Easy Catches for Beginners (7<br />

oldie but goodies); Bandscan<br />

(9000-9200 kHz)<br />

APR Russian Forces Signals: LP90<br />

and MH90 net; PR0nn net;<br />

STANAG4197 voice modem;<br />

Russian mil sigs on rise;<br />

bandscan (5100-5300 kHz)<br />

MAY Digital Smorgasbord: New<br />

PEMEX Freqs; More Russian<br />

75bd; Pakistani NAvy PacTOR;<br />

T12 ALE Net; PR0NN Net;<br />

bandscan (11000-11500 kHz)<br />

JUN Mixed Bag: PEMEX ALE update;<br />

Pakistani Navy freq; center of<br />

data or USB?; ITU <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

Service3; propagation research;<br />

bandscan (14350-15000 kHz)<br />

JUL Brazilian Navy Digital System.<br />

Bolivian Anti-Drug Units; Digital<br />

bandscan (16,000-16,400 kHz)<br />

AUG MARS on Earth: Navy, Army, Air<br />

Force. Rare VFT Back on Air;<br />

Rare Saudi ARQ-E System<br />

SEP Digital Activity from Germany:<br />

German Water Protection Nets;<br />

German Weather Service and<br />

SYNOP Codes. Bandscan (4000-<br />

5000 kHz)<br />

OCT Listening to Your Letters: Tale of<br />

Two Link 11s; Decoding the<br />

Mexican Navy; Bandscan (1200-<br />

12300 kHz)<br />

NOV NATO RTTY and more ALE: Iraqi<br />

Forces ALE Net; Austrian Army<br />

Net; New GLN Node; New XNet<br />

Mode<br />

DEC Getting Going with ALE: the<br />

radio, the computer, the decoder,<br />

putting it into practice<br />

THE FED FILES (odd months)<br />

JAN TOPping OFF the New Year<br />

(TOPOFF exercise); Fed Freq<br />

sources; What is an NAC?<br />

Atlantic City Fed scanning;<br />

Federal Reserve System radios<br />

MAR To Your Health! (Health &<br />

HumanServices); Chicago<br />

Scanning Update; Federal NAC<br />

Information (BATF, CBP, DEA,<br />

FBI, SS, TSA)<br />

MAY US Coast Guard's New VHF<br />

Channel Lineup. <strong>Monitoring</strong><br />

Super Bowl XLII<br />

JUL More on Federal Interoperability.<br />

The "25 Cities Project"<br />

SEP US Coast Guard Auxiliary.<br />

Federal Frequency sources;<br />

Secret Service channels?<br />

Political convention preview.<br />

NOV Listening In on the Political<br />

Conventions<br />

FIRST LOOK<br />

JAN HD Radio Round-Up (comparison<br />

of all 7 HD radios)<br />

MAR The GRE PSR-200 desktop/<br />

mobile scanner<br />

APR The Tangent Quattro Table-Top<br />

Internet Radio<br />

MAY West Mountain Radio RIGBlaster<br />

Pro digital interface<br />

JUN GRE PSR-600 - A Lot of Scanner<br />

for the Money<br />

JUL Sangean WFR-20 Wifi Radio<br />

AUG Butel ARC-500 Software<br />

SEP Radio Shack Accurian Portable<br />

HDTV<br />

OCT Alinco's DM-330MV Power<br />

Supply<br />

NOV Kaito's Voyager<br />

DEC Grund Satellit 750 - Eton's<br />

Flagship Radio<br />

GLOBAL FORUM<br />

JAN No More Freqs for SW<br />

Broadcasting (WRC-07)<br />

FEB DRM to Invade Tropical Bands<br />

MAR VOA Special English Changes<br />

Word List<br />

APR Another SW Stations Coming to<br />

Tennessee<br />

MAY The Curious Case of Radio Solh<br />

JUN Implications of Chinese Jamming<br />

JUL Remember to Call Her Deborah<br />

(Deborah Ray, once Dody<br />

Cowan)<br />

AUG Singapore Shutting Down<br />

Station; More Stations Imperiled<br />

SEP What's Happening with DRM in<br />

the USA?<br />

OCT The Complex "Erithiopia"<br />

Shortwave Scene<br />

NOV Radio Netherlands Cancels SW<br />

to NA<br />

DEC Less English from Sweden,<br />

Canada, Taiwan

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GLOBALNET (new column)<br />

APR Welcome to the Exciting World of<br />

Internet Audio and Video;<br />

Worldwide broadcasting; web<br />

portals; more than just<br />

broadcasters (countries on the<br />

internet; internet resources;<br />

"Coast to Coast" streaming on<br />

the internet<br />

MAY VoIP and Ham Radio: IRLP;<br />

WIRES-II; eQSO; Echolink<br />

JUN Scanner <strong>Monitoring</strong> on the<br />

Internet: Equipment; Scanner<br />

Portals; Teamspeak; Shoutcast.<br />

Reader Feedback.<br />

JUL <strong>Monitoring</strong> the Aero Bands via<br />

the Net; World Wide Internet<br />

Television<br />

AUG <strong>Monitoring</strong> the World of Weather<br />

SEP Powerhouse AM News<br />

Broadcasters; Public Safety<br />

Scanning via Reciva; Topeka<br />

Public Safety on line<br />

OCT Spooky, Out of This World Audio<br />

Streams (natural radio, meteors<br />

& planets)<br />

NOV Are you searching for some<br />

football? (+ flagship station<br />

websites)<br />

DEC Internet radio, through a radio!<br />

(Shopping list for wifi radios);<br />

New radio hobby hangs in the<br />

balance (music royalty battle)<br />

LETTERS<br />

JAN New Comm editor; no offense<br />

intended (Nov cover); new NRC<br />

address; data on digital TV; a<br />

grateful Canadian<br />

FEB Reader Challenge; Powel<br />

Crosley correction; Keep<br />

Historical articles; Cedar CA Fire<br />

MAR Rubber-Tired Trains? Kudos;<br />

Battery Charger Caveat; Leave it<br />

on in Winter; New batteries and<br />

homebrew tubes; Elusive interop<br />

APR Introducing GlobalNet; Use Less<br />

Power; Guam LDOC; RDFing a<br />

"terrorist" on FRS; Cycle 22, How<br />

Good Was It?<br />

MAY MT's amateur radio edition;<br />

Grove/MT donation; MT at NASB;<br />

Corrections; High flying ham<br />

JUN A Challenge to Digital Geeks;<br />

Two Questions aboutDigital TV;<br />

Rant and Rave; Great<br />

Propagation; PSK - It's a<br />

Community<br />

JUL MT at NASB, Excerpts from<br />

NASB; May issue Kudos; Antec<br />

Notebook Cooler; How I Found<br />

MT Express; Art Bell Fan; Used<br />

SW Receiver needed<br />

AUG Thanks for your Generosity; John<br />

Musgrave's Adventures with the<br />

Bionic Ear<br />

SEP Welcome to AM DX Season;<br />

Internet over Power Line<br />

interference; Spec Event Statioin;<br />

HDTV and correction; Antenna<br />

Principles; SHAREing Wisdom<br />

OCT Spooks, Spies, and other<br />

Weirdos; What's happening in<br />

CB?: Those for whom internet is<br />

not an option<br />

NOV Welcome new GlobalNet<br />

columnist; Feedback: Bletchley<br />

Park, WBCQ; More Canadian<br />

Content? RCA Historical Station<br />

DEC Bletchley Park and Alan Turing;<br />

Digital TV Transition; Below<br />

500kHz<br />

MILCOM<br />

JAN 380-400 MHz LMR Frequency<br />

Update; US Army Trunk Systems<br />

(part 2); HF Military freqs<br />

FEB <strong>Monitoring</strong> the Jacksonville<br />

ARTCC; New York ARTCC; Air<br />

Force Tanker Callsigns<br />

MAR Milcom Mail Call: Ft Campbell<br />

KY; Hill Air Force Base UT; New<br />

Boston gone digital; Milair<br />

Spectrum Hole IDed; McChord<br />

AFB TRS; Unknown DoD EDACS<br />

in Louisiana<br />

APR <strong>Monitoring</strong> South Florida Milcom;<br />

Russian Navy Freqs; SkyNet 5B<br />

on the Move; NAF Atsugi Japan;<br />

Jacksonville area LMR Trunk<br />

Systems; Hickam/Pearl Harbor<br />

Freqs; New Zealand/Australian<br />

Military<br />

MAY Milcom in the Pacific Northwest:<br />

Dod Enterprise LMR system in<br />

Washington state, repeaters and<br />

talk groups<br />

JUN Thunderbirds Use New VHF<br />

Frequencies; UHF Frequencies<br />

Change at Boca Chica; More<br />

Frequency Changes; HF Military<br />

Frequencies (worldwide)<br />

JUL <strong>Monitoring</strong> Montgomery Military:<br />

Maxwell ADB, Alabama Air<br />

National Guard. Civial Air Patrol<br />

Update; New LA Air Force TRS;<br />

Camp Atterbury IN Frequency<br />

Profile<br />

AUG <strong>Monitoring</strong> the Hurricane Season:<br />

Aircraft; Katrina; Freqs/Callsigns<br />

SEP USAF Space Command trunk<br />

system; <strong>Monitoring</strong> the Military<br />

Command Post (1)<br />

OCT The X-Files Radio Net;<br />

<strong>Monitoring</strong> the Royal Navy;<br />

Georgia invaded (Georgia military<br />

freqs); US Navy ship decomm list<br />

NOV Crisis <strong>Monitoring</strong>: ALE freqs and<br />

addresses monitored from<br />

Brasstown NC; COTHEN<br />

DEC <strong>Monitoring</strong> the Military Command<br />

Post (2)<br />

MT HELP DESK<br />

JAN What are the new government<br />

land mobile band plans? (VHF-lo,<br />

VHF-hi, UHF sub-bands)<br />

FEB Recording freq with audio;<br />

scanners allowed at Nellis AFB?<br />

Why new signals suddenly<br />

heard? Hoe to monitor FSK or<br />

PSK on scanner. Website to ID<br />

ALE addresses? Will there be a<br />

scanner for OpenSky systems?<br />

What service is on 5550 kHz<br />

USB?<br />

MAR Problems programming BCT 8 for<br />

800 MHz Type II; Corpus Christi<br />

signal on 408.325 MHz; Aviation<br />

reference to "crossing Magic"?<br />

MT REVIEW<br />

JAN The LaCrosse BC-900 smart<br />

battery charger<br />

FEB COAA software: OrbcommPlotter<br />

& PlanePlotter<br />

MAR COAA software: Radio Clock and<br />

BeaconSee<br />

APR Com One Phoenix Portable<br />

Internet Radio<br />

MAY AOR AR-ALPHA Wide Coverage<br />

Receiver<br />

JUN Diamond Cut DC7 audio software<br />

- Working digital magic on analog<br />

audio. Part 1 - recorded<br />

audio/vinyl records<br />

JUL Using Diamond Cut 7, Part 2 -<br />

Live Audio Clean-Up<br />

SEP Kaltman Creations RF Spectrum<br />

Analyzer/Olympus Digital<br />

Recorder<br />

OCT Performance HF Antenna<br />

NOV Xtal Set Society Step Attenuator<br />

Kit<br />

ON THE BENCH<br />

JAN Recycled Technology: reusing a<br />

case<br />

FEB A Simple Shortwave Tuner<br />

Project<br />

MAR Antenna Switch<br />

APR Calibrating Azimuth Mounts<br />

Using Solar Shadows<br />

MAY SAFETY- Priority One!<br />

JUN Field Day Bonus Project: "Twin-<br />

Tee" audio oscillator<br />

JUL Kick the Headphone Habit with<br />

Bluetooth<br />

AUG Assemble Your Scanning "Go-<br />

Kit"<br />

SEP Builders' Templates<br />

OCT An EASY Power Supply<br />

NOV Tracking the Elusive HD FM<br />

Signal<br />

DEC Are all 9V Batteries the same?<br />

ON THE HAM BANDS<br />

JAN Back to Basics in '08 (ARRL Low<br />

Power Communications) with 40m<br />

CW Cub tx kit<br />

FEB Do You Know How Much You<br />

Know? (test yourself); amateur<br />

radio continuing education<br />

MAR GRAB and GO!<br />

APR Teeny Weeny Two Band<br />

Transmitters; Book of the Month:<br />

GPS and Amateur Radio<br />

MAY A D-STAR is Born<br />

JUN Field Day Dividends<br />

JUL Make Your Fest a Festival (tips<br />

for a better hamfest)<br />

AUG Helping Those Who Helped Us<br />

Along; Book Review<br />

SEP Communications? or<br />

Technology? ARRL Mini<br />

Logbook; the Poqet PC; Palm<br />

PDA; Asus EEEPC. Book review:<br />

ARRL Hands-On Radio<br />

Experiments<br />

OCT October Olio: The Last HOPE;<br />

Road ID wristband; D-STAR<br />

System Update; ARRL VHF<br />

Digital Handbook<br />

NOV Back to The Mode<br />

DEC Simple Gifts

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OUTER LIMITS<br />

JAN Weiner Clarifies Stance on<br />

Pirates; NY Pirate holiday;<br />

Clandestine in English; Indians<br />

and Yankees<br />

FEB East St Louis Toodle-oo; ACE<br />

clarifies new web site; 1181 kHz<br />

carrier; Belfast zip code<br />

MAR Pirate Busts Hit All-Time High;<br />

two non-FM FCC actions<br />

APR Voice of the Voyager, a Pirate<br />

Radio Pioneer; FM Pirate Bust;<br />

Laryngitis Web Site; 1181 kHz<br />

Carrier; Another Odd Signal;<br />

Colin Dixon Passes<br />

MAY Massive Pirate Radio Bust; Odd<br />

South Pacific Signal; Voice of<br />

Mojahed; Omaha FM Pirate; Int'l<br />

Radio Report; Family Radio<br />

Relay? On the Shortwaves<br />

website<br />

JUN Pirates Week Podcast from<br />

Ragnar Radio. Pirat Radio Film;<br />

Barretina Website; FCC Cancels<br />

$10,000 Fine; BLANDX Updated<br />

JUL Strom Gets 23 Months in Prison<br />

AUG Atlanta Braves Baseball on Pirate<br />

Radio Stations; Pirate<br />

Transmitter Web Site; Radio<br />

Barretina Closes; Retirements;<br />

Clandestine Radio Watch<br />

SEP Commentary on Pirate Flame<br />

War<br />

OCT Pirate Flame War Subsides;<br />

Insinger wins contest; Jamming;<br />

Halloween; FM Pirates<br />

NOV Pirate DX Season Returns;<br />

Chinese Pirate!; Brooklyn Pirate<br />

Fined; WBCQ Covers Pirates;<br />

Chavez Shuts Down "Pirates"<br />

DEC Pirate Cat Radio; Antenna<br />

pirates; holiday pirate DXing;<br />

pirate web sites<br />

PROGRAMMING SPOTLIGHT<br />

JAN Russia: A Re-emerging Super<br />

Power<br />

FEB Canada, Eh?<br />

MAR A Trip to Germany, Austria, and<br />

Switzerland<br />

APR All that Jazz: Poland, Germany,<br />

Russia, Australia, United<br />

Kingdom, China, Canada, United<br />

Statesw, Cuba. Update on<br />

Language Lessons.<br />

MAY Science in the Spotlight: CBC,<br />

Radio Australia, DW, Radio<br />

Netherlands, Radio New<br />

Zealand, Voice of Russia,<br />

BBCWS, Various<br />

JUN Small Nations, Booming Voices:<br />

Radio Prague, Radio Sweden<br />

Intl, Radio New Zealand Intl;<br />

Genealogy on your Radio; Voice<br />

of Russia, "Me and My Family"<br />

JUL Sounds from "Downunder" -<br />

Radio Australia and domestics<br />

AUG Rock and Roll Music: Old Time<br />

R&R; More than Just Oldies<br />

SEP Vote Early, Vote Often! (election<br />

coverage and politics around the<br />

world)<br />

OCT Make 'em Laugh: humor<br />

programming from BBC, Canada,<br />

US, and global<br />

NOV A Zeal for New Zealand<br />

DEC Sun, Fun, and a Tropical<br />

Christmas: interview with RNZ's<br />

Phil O'Brien; Christmas in Asia; in<br />

Caribbean; BBC, Canada,<br />

Europe and Americas; New<br />

Years Celwebrations<br />

QSL REPORT<br />

JAN The Future of QSLing (emethods)<br />

FEB It's About Time - QSLing Time &<br />

Freq Stations<br />

MAR Transmitter Chasing<br />

APR Staying Current with QSLing<br />

Trends<br />

MAY Summit DXing for the Mountain<br />

Goats and Sloths; Islands on the<br />

Air; ARRL Logbook of the World<br />

JUN New Cards in Queue<br />

JUL Hot July QSLing (logs only)<br />

AUG The Lure of the Lonely<br />

Lighthouse<br />

SEP Twenty Years and Counting<br />

OCT Prime Listening in October<br />

NOV A country List that Works!<br />

DEC Holiday Listening - Reference<br />

Books<br />

RADIO RESTORATIONS<br />

JAN The BC-348 Begins to Talk<br />

FEB The BC-348 Awakens - Sort of<br />

MAR Aligning the BC-348<br />

APR Finishing Touches for the BC-<br />

348; From the Readers; A<br />

Remarkable Video<br />

MAY The BC-221 Frequency Meter -<br />

Our New Restoration Project<br />

JUN Reading the BC-221 Frequency<br />

Dials<br />

JUL Power for the BC-221<br />

AUG Firing Up the BC-221<br />

SEP BR-221 Project: It's a Wrap<br />

OCT 1929 Breadboard Transmitters: 4<br />

typical circuits<br />

NOV Restoring a 1957 Novice<br />

Transmitter (WRL Globe Scout<br />

680)<br />

DEC First Look at the Globe Scout 680<br />

SCANNING REPORT<br />

JAN Resolve to Scan Something New.<br />

Rushville IL; Illinois StarCom21;<br />

Illinois state police; additional IL<br />

resources; BC245XLT; Scanner<br />

programming and control; Atlanta<br />

GA<br />

FEB Scanning in Wisconsin: Racine,<br />

Muskego, Waukesha Co;<br />

Trunking Types; Radio<br />

Frequency Lists; Bearcat<br />

BC796D; Mower Co MN<br />

MAR Radio Scanning, Limited. Salem<br />

OR police scanning (freqs and<br />

equip); Peoria Co IL chooses<br />

OpenSky system; PA, NY,<br />

Oakland Co MI OpenSky<br />

systems<br />

APR How to be a Frequency Sleuth:<br />

Clovis CA; Jasper IN; Dakota Co<br />

MN; PRO-2055 scanner<br />

MAY The Changing Scanner<br />

Landscape: New York;<br />

Montgomery County TX;<br />

Longview TX; Clarksville TN;<br />

Dayton Hamvention<br />

JUN Scanner Mismatches:<br />

Connecticut; Florida; West Bend<br />

WI<br />

JUL The Pros and Cons of Older<br />

Scanners. Ontario Canada; Ohio;<br />

Listening to more than public<br />

safety;Nassau Co NY<br />

AUG Open and Closed Mode<br />

Scanning, Control Channel Only;<br />

Pinellas Co FL; Virginia<br />

SEP Is it Time for a Change? Bearcat<br />

BC-92XLT; University of<br />

Missouri; Columbia MO;<br />

Alabama; Opelika AL; Lawton OK<br />

OCT National Emergency<br />

Communications Plan. Wash Co<br />

MD; Jefferson Co WV; Marin Co<br />

CA<br />

NOV No Free Ride with ESK? EDACS<br />

Security; ESK Capable<br />

Scanners. GRE and Uniden<br />

Updates. Private Network B<br />

ootlegging. APCO Scanning; St<br />

Louis P25 System.<br />

DEC York County and P-25 Standards;<br />

Coast Guard and P-25; New<br />

York; <strong>Monitoring</strong> Wildlife<br />

UTILITY WORLD<br />

JAN Tugs to Teleprinting: 21st<br />

Century Maritime Radio -<br />

Crowley Maritime, 500 kHz<br />

Morse, KKL<br />

FEB No HF Changes at 2007 Radio<br />

Conference (4-10 MHz decisions;<br />

maritime services; other new<br />

amateur bands); Winter is<br />

Beacon Time!<br />

MAR Get Ready for Solar Cycle 24!<br />

Cuban RDFT is Back<br />

APR Acarsd: Tracking Aircraft with<br />

HFDL<br />

MAY US Coast Guard Continues HF<br />

Weather<br />

JUN USCG Information Schedule;<br />

Good-bye USCG Telex; Hello<br />

eLoran; New US military Contract<br />

JUL CAPS: Fly through the<br />

Ionosphere with Me. Cuban<br />

numbers thunder in the morning;<br />

Is Cycle 24 a Dud?<br />

AUG Everything You Wanted to Know<br />

about Cuban "Numbers"<br />

SEP E10: Spooky Letters from Israel;<br />

PLC Trouble Ahead?<br />

OCT North Atlantic Air Route<br />

Communications, Oceanic Air<br />

Communications<br />

NOV Power Line Networking Battle<br />

Continues, Limited Protection for<br />

Listeners, US Listeners be<br />

Prepared<br />

DEC East Pacific Aeronautical HF;<br />

Pacific VOLMET<br />

WHAT'S NEW<br />

Books, CDs<br />

ARRL Handbook Jan<br />

ARRL HAndbook 2009 Dec

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ARRL Hands-on Radio Experiments May<br />

ARRL HF Digital Handbook Feb<br />

ARRL Instructor's Manual May<br />

ARRL Low Power Comms Jan<br />

ARRL Repeater Directory Oct<br />

ARRL VHF Digital Handbook May<br />

DSWCI Domestic BC Survey Jul<br />

International Callsign Handbook Oct<br />

Int'l Callsign Handbook (review) Dec<br />

Klingenfuss Radio Data Code Man Aug<br />

Klingenfuss Shortwave Freq Guide Mar<br />

Klingenfuss Super Freq List on CD Mar<br />

NRC AM Radio Log Sep<br />

Passport to World Band Radio Jan<br />

Pennsylvania Train Stations DVD Jan<br />

South Florida Frequency Guide Apr<br />

Starting Your Career in<br />

Broadcasting Feb<br />

The Great Radio Sitcoms Jun<br />

World Radio TV Handbook Mar<br />

Xtal Set Society newsletters Jan<br />

Business news, Software<br />

ARRL National Exam weekends Feb<br />

DX Bulletin Reader 1.0 Oct<br />

Hamcalc Jun<br />

Hamcalc v101 Sep<br />

Logger 32 Aug<br />

MultiPSK 4.9 Aug<br />

Sunair/FlexRadio Agreement Feb<br />

Equipment<br />

AOR Releases AR-Mini Handheld Nov<br />

Bearcat BC-95XLT Scanner Feb<br />

Icom IC-92AD VHF/UHF Tx Apr<br />

Icom IC-7200 HF+6m Tx Jul<br />

Sangean WFR-1 wifi radio Sep<br />

Uniden Updates Scanner Line-Up Nov<br />

Yaesu FT-950 HF/50 MHz Tx Feb<br />

Yaesu VX-8R HT Jul