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Monitoring
Times 2002
INDEX
FEATURES:
Broadcast:
65 Years of Radio Prague
Catching Baseball on AM Band
China: Behind the Bamboo Curtain
KTWR Guam Celebrates 25
Listening in on India and Pakistan
Prime Season for Pirates
Radio Aparecida
Radio Canada International
Radio Okapi Hits SW
Shortwave's Summertime Secrets
SW vs the Internet? Challenges 6
Tales from Bush House
The Anderson/Patriot Radio Story
Tuning in the Longwave BC Band
Voz Cristiana
JAN
JUL
NOV
OCT
MAR
OCT
JUN
DEC
MAY
JUL
MAR
SEP
APR
SEP
AUG
Miscellaneous
Emergency Communications
Managing Radio Data
Preserving QSLs
Radio Direction Finding
Unlicensed DX: Irish Mass (filler)
Who's Who in the Spectrum -LF
Who's Who in the Spectrum -MW
Who's Who - SW Broadcasts
Who's Who? - SW Utilities
Who's Who? Amateur Radio
Who's Who? VHF Low Band
Who's Who? VHF/UHF
Who's Who? UHF
Who's Who? Above 960 MHz
JAN
SEP
FEB
JUL
APR
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
AUG
SEP
OCT
Satellites
Having Fun with GPS
Sky Wars
Surveillance in the Clear
AUG
JAN
NOV
Scanning:
Canadian Snowbirds
FEB
Civil War Natl Battlefields
JUL
First Air: Canada's Arctic Airline
NOV
Guide to APCO P-25 Systems, 1 DEC
How Repeater Systems Work
DEC
Monitoring Camp Pendleton
JUN
Monitoring Canadian Air Shows
MAR
Road Trip: Mass to Dallas
APR
Road Trip: Mass to Dallas - 2
MAY
Scanning in Paradise (Hawaii)
AUG
Use Your Scanner to Track Wildlife DEC
Virginia's STARS network
SEP
Technology and Technical
On the Road with WiNRADiO
Portable Command Posts
Utilities:
JUN
FEB
Ham Radio More Than a Hobby
Pirate Hams of 45
Radio Landscape of France
MAY
MAY
APR
AMERICAN BANDSCAN
JAN Domestic-band radio in
Afghanistan
FEB Digital TV on the air; GE
Superadio; QSL web page; IRCA
Mexican Log
MAR Nothing is forever-station and
format changes; TIS DX tests,
NYC VHF TV update, new
Canadian FM transmitters
APR DX Software (FCC Database
Reader, AutoDX); no format
change on WSM, Virgin Is WDHP
heard
MAY Radio Shootout (side-by-side
receiver comparison); new Isle of
Mann LW stn, RDS feature on
Sangean 909
JUN 24 Hours on 1030 kHz; Mailbag:
mid-March DX opportunities,
Crawford station website
JUL
Bits and Pieces: station changes;
silent opportunities; cross-border
targets; mailbag
AUG Television Update: Digital,
Analog, and Undecided; A Guide
to TV Stations; Bits and Pieces
SEP End of an Era (WDBL sale); TV
Distance Record; bits & pieces
OCT Tower Battle (Fordham Univ
WFUV-90.7); battle of the
KISSes; Channel Master
antenna; daytime directional
pattern guide?; MW reception on
wideband scanners; ethnic pirate
NOV Moving Day (changing freqs and
calls); AM changes in Toronto;
digital radio tests; KDJI QSL
DEC Make Way for Digital
Broadcasting; KSPN-KDIS freq
swap; WEBS, WPBS changes;
KKSU gone
ANTENNA TOPICS
JAN Ways in Which Antennas Differ
FEB Antenna Primer !: Definition,
History, and Build random-length
wire antenna
MAR Antenna Primer II: Antenna
Terms, Build a dipole
APR Antenna Primer III: Selecting an
Antenna, Build a Groundplane
MAY What is NVIS and What is it good
for?
JUN Fun with Real-Antenna Modeling
JUL
Matching: What, When, and
How?
AUG Making Your Own Antenna
Feedlines; the Old-Timers allband antenna
SEP A Brief History of Antennas
OCT Scanner Antennas
NOV The TTFD Antenna
DEC The Effects of Earth and Other
Objects on Radio Waves
BEGINNER'S CORNER
JAN Beginner Questions Answered:
Antennas, Scanners, Sat TV
FEB Your First Steps in Amateur
Radio
MAR Electronic Kits and Gray-Line
DXing
APR "Killer" Antenna for Low-Band
DXing; Intl HF Beacons
MAY Small Dish vs Big Dish: A
Satellite TV Primer
JUN Five Tips for Ham Radio
Beginners
JUL
Antenna Experiences: "Killer"
results on low band; all-band
signal catcher; where to find local
scanner freqs; external filtering
for SW radios
AUG Basic Toolbox for your Monitoring
Hobby
SEP Kite Lift Antennas; more Q&As on
GTAB antenna; Ramsey FM
transmitter
OCT Powerful Addtions to Your
Listening Post (power supplies
and tuners); mailbag: another
good tool, using glass-mount cell
phone for CB or 2 meter
NOV Beginner's Look at Microphones
and Audio
DEC Pesky Lead-In Cables; Traveling
with a SW Radio
BELOW 500 kHz
JAN Try Something New in '02;
resources and tips; what I use;
more on A/N range systems
FEB Lowfer Roundup; Coe Hill ON
DXpedition logs
MAR March Madness: Reader
Loggings, WWVB power boost
and La Crosse clock; 6-meter
propagation beacons
APR New England Beacons; Atlantic
252 format change, Dick Pearce
receives awards
MAY Good DX from Georgia; new LW
broadcaster
JUN Treasure Hunting (hamfests);
longwave loggings; averted
hearing?
JUL
New England DXing II; LF Ham
Band
AUG Surfing the Longwaves (summer
listening); LORAN Interferencenew hope; Loggings
SEP Are You Ready? Printed
Resources, Online Resources,
More Code Chart
OCT Reader Questions & Comments:
WWVB query; power line
carriers; high power LowFER;
VLF Intercepts; ID Changes in
Canada
NOV New Designations for SingleLetter IDs; Morse Reference
Chart; LORAN Filter Update;
Euro-BC News
DEC
Miscou '02 - Another Success;
Argentina hams on LF band, lowpower SW beacons
CLOSING COMMENTS
JAN Will Anyone Be Listening?
FEB The Internet: Soup to Nuts
(obsolete info, misinformation)
MAR Selling the Spectrum (the fight for
spectrum space)
APR The Con Game: No April Fool's
Joke (technological scams)
MAY Is Shortwave Dying? Not by a
Long Shot! (fight for spectrum
space)
JUN Can Shortwave Broadcasting Be
Saved? (guest Bob Zanotti)
JUL
A Look Back...
AUG Going Wild over Wireless
SEP Is Hobby Radio Dying? Two
Perspectives
OCT Inspector General Audit: Army
MARS Not "Operationally Ready"
NOV Are SW Broadcasters Failing
Listeners?
DEC Christmas Greetings
COMMUNICATIONS
JAN Cooper killed; E-911 behind
sked; fight for spectrum space;
FAA upgrade; Merlin sold; Africa
online; WRN moves to Telstar;
World Space acquires Voyager;
Sat TV in Kabul; Radio Free
Afghanistan
FEB New look at evacuation plans; US
considers restricting emergency
cellphone use; public warning
system reevaluated; Sept 11
radio problems; volunteer tech
guard; one year to recovery;
Tetra system sold to Vatican;
Pinellas tests wideband system;
Native Americans go hi-tech
MAR Tulsa Amateurs restore
dispatching; new interest in ham
radio in emergency plans; Salt
Lake Co vs Salt Lake City
dispatching; Court says lawsuit re
Gingrich tape can continue; no
QSLs from Army MARS; Navy
admits sonar at fault in whale
beachings; US-made aircraft for
Chinese president full of audio
bugs; Russia independent TV
loses; NASA shuts down Deep
Space 1 probe; Russia
dismantling Cuban listening site
APR AFRTS contracted to Boeing;
NOAA Wx radio changing
automated voices; FCC Actions:
24 GHz power boost, fed freqs
reallocated, public safety
broadband; NTIA report on more
spectrum for public safety; SW
issues in Liberia, DIY satellite;
satellite hits Egypt; "power"
struggle in Russia; Philippine
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
guerillas targeted; good-bye,
Communications World
America's Most Wanted:
Anderson and Puckett; Top Cuba
expert pleads guilty to spying;
Merlin involved in launch of
Envisat; WWV propagation
format change; Refarming novice
CW bands; Cell-phone shields
bunk, says FCC; Pentagon
technology projects; LPFM slow
to grow; thanks to pirates
Plane-spotting, a misunderstood
hobby; No in-flight cellular calls;
Hosts of Radio Liberty nervous;
public lukewarm toward new
technology; when is "smart" not
so smart?; Ernest Cooper dies
Foxhunting, post-9/11; DC Fire
Dept woes; Digital systems still
vulnerable; Airline safety
(Eurocontrol); Ham tower bill; no
satellite decoding (Canada);
Radiationalert (cellphones);
United Nations Radio; Off the
hook (re bugged Chinese plane);
US Satcom overhaul; RFID
antennas
(Radio) Trouble in Paradise;
FDNY New Radios; Radio Hot
Potato (Cuba); Hobbyist
Discloses Surveillance Pictures;
FEMA to Iron Out Interoperability;
Talk through the Hub (JPS ACU1000); Lightning Disables DC
Radios; Florida Man Convicted
Radio Honor Roll: rescue of
abducted girls and Neil Carlton
recognized for innovative classes
using radio; Australia Abandons
Digital System; Spotting a Plane
Spotter; Troops in Bosnia Adopt
FRS Radios; the Phone Tooth;
Debate over Cell Phone Blocking;
ARRL Receives Grant; National
Guard Techies; Stave Mansfield
N1MZA, SK
Radio Honor Roll: Scannist nabs
robber; Cellphone Safety; Music
and Cellphones Don't Mix; MusicCellphone Mix; Getting in the
Loop (phone service); Getting
Out of the Loop (off the power
grid); FBI Scolded by Secret
Court; FBI Advises Caution
(wireless nets)
Saved by a Scanner (5 stories);
VOA Memorial Park; The Other
Side of Geocaching; Locationless
Caches; Satellites vs. Radar
Detectors; The Human Race;
"30" to "88"
Radio Honor Roll: Rami
Mahamid; RDFing Can be
Dangerous; Comando Solo
Leads the Way; Put MARS to
Work for the Holidays; Part of the
Problem is People (9/11 report);
Two Killed in Tower Collapse;
FCC Chooses IBOC; Ray Briem
Retires; Bob Sherman Dies
COMPUTERS & RADIO
JAN Bonito's RadioCom 5.1
FEB Gizmos and Gadgets: soundcard
extender, up font panel adapter,
GearGrip, @ power strip, CatchA-Call Gold NetCallerID
MAR Antenna Design Software: The
Antenna Elmer, NEC, Antenna,
Antenna Designer
APR Fingerprinting Transmitters:
MoTron's TxID-1
MAY Spyware: what can you do about
it? Ad-Aware 5.0
JUN Freeware Signal Fingerprinting:
Xmit_ID
JUL
AirNav Suite - Sweet! (AirNav
Internet Lite)
AUG AirNav's Decoder Programs
ACARS & SelCal
SEP Computer-Internet Firewall
Protection (ZoneAlarm); "QSLing"
Websites (My Vital Agent);
feedback on Ad-Aware
OCT Another Look at OCR (Xerox
TextBridge Plus, Cuneiform)
NOV How OCR Can Change Your Life:
Testing OCR results using
RadioMax 5.22 and Scancat
Gold; Update on My Vital Agent
DEC Useful Computer/Monitoring
Holiday Gifts: Keychain hard
drive, Coby MP-R650 MP3
player-encoder
DIGITAL DIGEST
JAN New MIL-188-110A HF modem
users: Czech diplo service,
Mexican Navy; Unidentified
networks; China and Egypt
expand systems; Codan system
profile
FEB French Diplo nets, Colombian
Counter-drug nets; Unid
Rockwell-Collins mil net; Waffa
Returns
MAR Digital Beginners: choice stations
to hear CW Numbers, Mixedmode beacon, SITOR-A, RTTY
CARB, RTTY weather, ALE,
SITOR-B
APR Useful Monitoring Tools: Digipan,
Hoka Code 300-32, Analyzer
2000, Baudline, SkySweeper
MAY Digital Ops from South America,
Ecuador's maritime command,
Brazilian navy; Romanian ALE
net update
JUN Good Tools and New Targets:
Klingenfuss 2002, PC-HFDL for
HF Decoding, Nostradamus
OTHR, Some unusual ALE
networks
JUL
HF Decoding
AUG New PacTOR Mode, PacTOR-III;
Russian 1280bps PSK; NATO
KG84 RTTY
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
Colombian Phone Patches;
Mysterious "055" Net; New
USCG ALE Net; New CIA/State
ALE Net?; German Police/MOI
ALE Net; New OTHR
Remote Mail Delivery: Bush Mail;
Globe Wireless Network BuildOut
ALE Net Breakthroughs (055
network, Myanmar net, Saudi NG
net); PSK information
Chirps Ahoy: Chirpview software;
British Territorial Army ALE Net;
Mexican Army Net; Coast Station
Telex Lists (Oostende, Berna)
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
EASY ACCESS RADIO
JAN Midland WR-10 AM/FM Wx radio
FEB Alinco DJ-596 Dual Band HT
MAR Cobra PR 900-DX FRS/GMRS
APR Radio Shack FRS/GMRS HandiTalkie
MAY Audiovox's FRS-1000 Base
Station
JUN Magellan GPS Receiver - Part 1
JUL
Magellan GPS Receiver - Part 2
AUG Davis Instruments Vantage Pro
Wireless Weather Station
SEP C Crane's FM Transmitter
OCT Cobra's GMRS/FRS Handi-Talkie
NOV C Crane's QuickCharger
DEC Page Update Weather Alert 2000
and Weather Alert Partner
THE FED FILES
JAN 9-11 Aftermath Monitoring:
FEMA; Post Office in Milair;
Austin federal TS;
Anaheim/Orange Co TS; So Fla
Customs Service loadout
FEB FCC; Wisconsin digital trunk
system in Military Band; Army
MARS Freqs
MAR Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service; TVA Low
Band system; Cape Hatteras Natl
Seashore
APR The Department of Commerce:
HF Emergency Nets, NOAA Ship
Fleet, NOAA Research Labs
MAY SNOTEL Data Collection
Network; United Nations comms;
FHWA emergency HF system;
mail call (Detroit MI, Wash DC,
LaGrange GA); VHF low band
skip
JUN Metro Fed Monitoring: NYC (HF,
VHF, FAA-JFK, LaGuardia,
Newark); Western NY
Immigration and Naturalization
Service; Natl Transportation
Safety Board freqs; Civilians may
be authorized to share freqs in
DoD spectrum
JUL
Listening to the Feds on HF;
Monitoring Los Angeles; US
Customs Service
AUG The Fed Files Mailbag: FAA
repeaters and miscellaneous
FAA freqs; SoCal Fred Freq
Shakeup; various comms
captured on the air; US Forest
Service and Bullock fire
frequencies (Coronado Natl
Forest)
Monitoring Independence Hall;
Federal Interagency Freqs; New
USGS Frequency; Calif Dept of
Forestry
Feds in the Longwave Band:
TIS/HAR station list
SoCal High Band Fed Freq
Update; Chicago Fed Profile;
Chicago FAA ATC freqs
Monitoring Houston; Eric Snags a
TIS/HAR; DSCC Columbus;
Unusual Fed Freq (457.6125);
The First Lady in Texas; Dept of
Energy Trunk System
GLOBAL FORUM
JAN 2 Militia BCers in Shootouts, one
dead, one missing
FEB Reference Sources on the Web
MAR RCI Cuts Programs, Staff
APR CODAR Radar, Israeli Cuts
MAY Russia vs US Int'l Broadcasting;
reorganizing US Intl BCing again
JUN US Still Broadcasting in
Afghanistan
JUL
SW Preacher Arrested for Sexual
Misconduct (Brother Stair);
Remnants Hope Ministry
AUG Radio Afghanistan Back, in a
Roundabout Way
SEP Coconut-Powered Bougainville
Heard in NA
OCT "Liberty," Argentina's Psyops
NOV New VOA Director in Less than a
Year
DEC DRM Easily Jammed, But Could
be "Killer App"
LETTERS
JAN Internet dealers, computers vs
radio; barrel capacitors; Caddo
Parish LA
FEB Salt Lake City Freqs; Life after
Sept 11 (several letters);
Welcome new listeners
MAR Antenna stumper, Nut, NM;
praise for satellite radio; more on
military use of FRS; listening to
Radio Prague in 1968
APR Church "bell cell tower"; buying
online; thanks for antennawarehouse recommendation;
CHiPs on lowband skip; URL for
Heathkit help; truck-tracking site
in Canadian boonies
MAY Winterfest; Channel Is. History;
compliments to the staff; QSLing
the amateur bands; re editorial on
outdated material on internet;
new WWV propagation format
JUN Mass to Dallas Road Trip;
ALMIGHTY Risen from the Dead;
Northernmost it's not; Terion
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
Antennas; The Great Loop
Experiment
Thanks for the software
programming; Dead-end
reference to RTE; Don't call them
hams; Changes in French
landscape; Yoink-yoink-yoink;
Las Vegas without a radio; Radio
is an education; Closing
Comments
Misleading Advice? (re Sony
2010); What's the Verdict on
Shortwave?; FCC Monitoring
Post
VA Freqs and Request; DXing on
Mediumwave (sports); Blue
Angels on the air; GPS
Carrier Current Collaboration;
Canandaigua Monitoring Station;
Mexican DX Meeting; super
website; scanner racks
US Army MARS Response;
Winterfest Invites Arnie Coro;
Radio Finland programming;
Who's Who a Hit
More Prespectives on Shortwave;
More on FRS in the Military; MT
Readers Come Through
MILCOM (odd months)
JAN Military Callsigns; US Navy
MARS callsigns; FL Cruise
Missile Launch; Vandenberg Spy
Sat launch; Tyndall AFB freq
changes; Metapher HF freqs;
Pacific NW Gov TS; Havoc on HF
MAR Military Demonstration Groups:
where to listen, parachute teams,
foreign demonstration teams,
scanners for milair, 2002
performance schedule
MAY NORAD Combat Air Patrols
(NYC/DC CAPs); El Centro
airshow report
JUL
Robins AFB, Ga; Military aircraft
callsigns
SEP VHF Marine Band Encryption;
Aircraft Inventory on Cape Cod;
SE US Intercepts; Milcom Freq
Changes; Table of recently
monitored military call signs
NOV More VHF Marine Band
Encryption; Coast Guard LANT
and PAC Designators; CG on HF
ALE; Southeast US mil activity;
Space Coast Update; Military freq
changes; the lighter side
MT REVIEWS/ PROJECT PAGE
JAN Magnetic-mount scanner
antennas comparison (7 models)
MAR The Miracle Whip
APR Charging an Oddball NiCD Pack
MAY Quebec Radio-Scanner CD
JUL
Radio Shack Indoor AM Loop
Antenna
AUG MFJ-1020C Active Antenna
SEP AVCOM PSA-2400A Spectrum
Analyzer
OCT
NOV
Grundig FR-200 emergency radio
Electrical Safety
APR
ON THE HAM BANDS
JAN New Year in Ham Radio
(resolutions); ARRL calls for nocode; contest weekends
FEB Surface Mount Solutions (kits to
get you started)
MAR Fine Old Bugs; getting ready for
hamfest season (as a seller)
APR Picking Up Some Easy Points
(easy Field Day points)
MAY Building Your Parts Stash
JUN Moonstruck (EME)
JUL
You're in Good Company
(famous hams)
AUG Creative Club Programs
SEP Emergency Responders Learn
from 9/11
OCT Classic Home Brewing: Small
Wonder Labs Rock-Mite, MRX-40
Mini Receiver, MultiPIG All Band
CW Transceiver
NOV Ham Radio Sans Computers
DEC Ham Radio Stocking Stuffers
OUTER LIMITS
JAN Violence hits clandestine radio
(Cooper and Anderson)
FEB Pirates a Focus at SWL Fest
MAR Pirate SW BC Activity Explodes
APR Finding Pirate and Clan DX Info
MAY Blanket Ban on Pirates Nixed;
pirate programming CD
JUN NA Pirates Shifting Freqs;
Pulaski Co Sheriff Killed; Carl
McIntyre Dies; Cuban Numbers
Station Court Case
JUL
ACE Celebrates 20th
Anniversary; Palestine station;
No Al-Qaida station; No Radio
Sawa on SW (no logs this month)
AUG Voice of Laryngitis Returns to
Shortwave; WBCQ Ship
Transmitter Project; Radio Sawa
Schedule; Radio Resistencia on
the Web
SEP Star Star Broadcasting Station;
Pirate Station Patterns; Radio
510 Schedule; Radio Americas
OCT Russian "Names" Station Heard;
William Pierce Dies
NOV FRN Back After Technical
Trouble; Clandestine Radio
Watch; Radio DAT; Unusual
Pirate Tactics; Winter
Propagation
DEC Pirate Numbers Station Decoded
(Rodent Revolution); New Free
Radio Weekly editor; Godzilla
Born on Radio?; Alpha Lima Web
Site
PLANE TALK (even months)
FEB Flying with Concorde;
Aeronautical Freqs (Louisville
Standiford Field, New York
Center ARTCC, Toronto Centre);
JUN
AUG
OCT
DEC
Airport Instrument Landing
systems; Farewell to the B727
Reviewing the Basics: Navigation
Aids, Separation
HF ACARS; Sydney Airport ATC
Fly the World by Computer (PCHFDL Update, Air Traffic Control
Simulation, AirNav Suite 4; More
Sydney Airport Freqs
Monitoring the Northwest; DX
Atlas; ACARS Log Analyzer
Airport Frequencies, and Using
Aero Charts and Maps
PROGRAMMING SPOTLIGHT
JAN I was just thinking...(things I like
and things that bug me)
FEB Don't Touch That Dial! (freqs you
can stick with)
MAR I Was 50 Years Ago Today..(a
look at SWBC in 1952)
APR Thinking Locally; Listening
Globally (local flavor on HF)
MAY Programs on DXing, SWLing,
and the Media
JUN Notes from (DX) Camp
JUL
Yankee Doodle Shortwave
AUG The 1952 Olympics, YLE and
DRM
SEP Yankee Doodle SW: AFRTS
OCT Yankee Doodle SW: The
Independents
NOV Progs on DXing, SWLing and the
Media
DEC Listening at Leisure (progs that
require your attention)
QSL REPORT
JAN Clear Channel QSLing
FEB Feb Special Event QSLing
MAR Canadian QSLing
APR Globe Wireless
MAY Celebrating the Queen's Jubilee
JUN Radio Netherlands New QSLs
JUL
XVII Commonwealth Games
AUG Cleaning out the QSL In Basket
SEP DX Season propagation and
supplies
OCT DXing the Graveyards
NOV Do's and Don'ts of China QSLing
DEC QSLing - Your Way
RADIO EQUIPMENT
JAN Build a Scanner Repeater
FEB Receiving Frequency Modulation
MAR Getting Started in SW ListeningPart 1: SW Radios
APR Getting Started in SWL - II:
Where, When, and How to Tune
MAY Getting Started in SWL - III:
Antennas, accessories, and niche
listening
JUN Storm Detection by Radio and
Build a Highly Directional Loop
Antenna
JUL
Ten Tec RX-350 Receiver
AUG AOR LA350 Active Loop
Antenna; ZAP Model 180 Electric
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
Field Meter; More Scanner Whip
Comparisons
A Simple Ferrite Loop Antenna
A Longwave Band Ferrite
Antenna
Tuning into BC Satellites - Part 1
(history, status)
Tuning into BC Satellites - Part 2
(hardware, Panamsat 9 line-up)
RADIO RESTORATIONS
JAN Books About Restoring Radios
FEB The BC-453 Comes to Life
MAR BC453/R23A Pinouts and
Alignments
APR Parts and Periodicals, Manuals
MAY Getting to Work on the R-23A;
reader letters
JUN Powering Up Your Command
Set; Recent Books from Lindsay
JUL
A VTVM for Your Test Bench
AUG Digging into the RCA
Voltohmists; New Lindsay
Publication
SEP Firing Up Our Voltohmists
OCT Wrapping Up the Voltohmist
Project; Replacing Missing
Probes
NOV Tackling a Toughie: Zenith 6-S229; VoltOhmyst Feedback
DEC Digging into a Dirty Radio
SATELLITE SERVICE GUIDE
www.monitoringtimes/mtssg.html
JAN Telstar 6, Galaxy 3R, Telstar 5
FEB Telstar 5 (detailed), Galaxy 4R,
Americom-4
MAR Americom-1, GSTAR-4, Anik F1,
Anik E2
APR Solidaridad 2, SATMEX-5, Anik
E1, Morelos 2
MAY Galaxy 10R, Galaxy 5, Galaxy 9,
Telstar 7
JUN Satcom C3, Galaxy 1R, Satcom
C4, Americom-7, Americom-8
JUL
Americom-6, Galaxy 6, SBS-6,
HGS-5, Satcom C1, Americom-5
AUG Americom-2, Americom-3, Telstar
4, Galaxy 11 (C-band)
SEP Galaxy 11 (Ku-band); Telstar 6;
Galaxy 3C; Telstar 5
OCT Telstar 5; Galaxy 4R; Americom
4
NOV Americom-1, GSTAR-4, Anik F1,
Morelos 2, Anik 2
DEC Solidaridad 2, SATMEX-5, Anik
E1, Galaxy 10R
SCANNER EQUIPMENT
JAN Notch Filters Fight Interference
(Grove FTR-100, PAR
VHFDN162HT, PAR VHFFM,
StridsbergFLT201A)
Feb
MFJ-886 Frequency Counter
MAR Alinco DJ-X3T Portable wideband
rcvr
APR Tk8500 Software Project
(homebrew radio control
programming for the IC-R8500)
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
Radio Shack PRO-2053 Trunktracking scanner; CompUSA PCI
port adapter
Tk545 Software Project;
Comparing Scan Rates
Tk500 software for the Yaesu
VR-500; Pager pillow speaker;
Spare fuse holder clip
Tk120 Software for the Yaesu
VR-120
Tk75 - Software for Icom IC-R75
AOR AR8600 Mark 2 Receiver
Tk150 Software for the Standard
VR-150; Advice on selecting a
wide freq coverage, portable
scanning receiver
Scanning and Recording: CCrane
VersaCorder; Mr Scanner FCC
Database
SCANNING CANADA
JAN Edmonton Intl Airport; Canadian
Forces Base (CFB) Borden
FEB Saskatoon Diefenbaker Airport;
CFB Trenton
MAR Monitoring Winnipeg, Winnipeg
Intl Airport; CF 17 Wing Winnipeg
APR Scanning Ottawa; MacDonaldCartier Intl Airport; Ottawa
resources on Internet
MAY Bienvenue a Montreal: Dorval
Airport and area frequencies
JUN Canadian Hams Monitor Severe
Weather (CANWARN wx net);
Quebec Jean Lesage Intl Airport
JUL
ScanCan reaches the Atlantic
Ocean: Halifax Intl Airport;
Scanning Cellular Frequencies legally (Steve Punter website);
airshows in jeopardy
AUG Scanning the Mounties;
Newfoundland, St Johns Intl
Airport; Mansfield VORTAC
SEP Flying North to the Artic: Iqaluit
Airport; Jack Little monitors
Hamilton, ON
OCT The Pope Arrives in Canada;
Monitoring Resolute Airport
NOV Railroads: North Vancouver RR
DEC West Coast Railways; Sad News
for Toronto Airport Monitors;
Reader Challenge
SCANNING REPORT
JAN Assistive Listening Devices
follow-up; Dr John Braden profile;
what happens to old freqs
FEB Olympian Scanning (torch relay);
Sgt Stephen Casko profile; using
Push Pins (MS Streets and Trips
Software); Houston Area Freqs
MAR Loading Bank Number One;
AOPA Expo, more on using Push
Pins
APR Gill Lineberry profile; Target dept
stores; creating a database with
MS Streets and Trips
MAY Scanning at sporting events (golf
frequencies: Doral Country Club,
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
Heron Bay Country Club. Racing
freqs: Daytona freq)
Travels with a Scanner (NY/NJ
airport experiences); Around the
country (Arlington, VA; Detroit,
MI; LA CA); using pushpins in MS
Streets and Trips, part IV; quiet
frequencies
Scanning While Tanning: MiamiDade Fair, The Alley-Cats onstage; Elena Machado profile;
Video scanning
Ft Lauderdale Air & Sea Show
communications; Jim Westberg
profile; Las Vegas PD online
Gramma in Florida; Rosehill, KS;
freqs; hands-free cell comms thru
car radio; 900 MHz band Q&A;
Atlantic City NJ Motorola system;
Detroit recreational and transit
freqs
FACE-ing the Weather
(CRYSTAL-FACE Project)
FACE-ing the Weather, part 2
Three Specialties: Three
Services (Mark Levine profile and
evolution of EMTs)
SERVICE SEARCH
JAN HF Aero Freqs
FEB HF Aero freqs cont'd
MAR HF Aero Freqs - finish
TRACKING THE TRUNKS
JAN Encryption for Security; encoding
vs encryption; encrypted voice;
Motorola; EDACS; on-line
scanner manuals; Tallahassee,
FL
FEB Nextel Proposes Restructuring
800 MHz; Nextel Technology;
Pro-92 Channel Lock Out
MAR Digital Monitoring in Sight
(Project 25 and Uniden's planned
scanners); ScannerMaster P-25
digital decoder board update; 400
MHz trunking; Ft Irwin CA,
Wright-Patterson OH, Kings Bay
GA systems
APR Computer Interfacing Your
Scanner (PRO-92, PRO-93, BC
245XLT, BC 780XLT) Encrypting
EDACS
MAY How Radio Frequencies are
Assigned
JUN EDACS Systems; Palm Scanner
Control Programs
JUL
AOR's APCO-25 Decoder;
trunked system news (South
Dakota, Nevada, Ohio,
Michigan); Scanner Antennas
AUG When to Buy a Trunk-Tracking
Scanner; Uniden Scanner
Testing; Lightning Strikes DC;
BC780XLT Computer Control;
Canton, OH; Summit County, OH
SEP New Trunked Systems
Underway: Hamilton Co OH,
Nassau Co NY, Oakland Co MI;
OCT
NOV
DEC
Uniden Digital Scanner Features;
B780XLT Squelch Modification
Recommendations from our
Readers: Green Co/Springfield
MO, Comments on Computer
Control, Antennas; Uniden
BC785D and FCC type
acceptance
The Quest for Interoperability;
Federal Project 25 Network;
Colorado State system, Denver,
Aurora systems; Uniden Radios
Certified
Guide to APCO P-25 Systems
continued from Dec feature
UTILITY WORLD
JAN Cuban Spy Base Closes
(numbers); US Military HF
broadcasting
FEB More Changes on MARS, Navy
MARS freqs
MAR USAF MARS, FAA HF nets, FAA
ARTCC identifiers, phone
company emergency net
APR Unusual Traffic in the Middle East
- unusual numbers; "slot
machine" transmissions; US
Army ALE
MAY HFDL Breaks the Sound Barrier:
decoding software from Charles
Brain, HFDL freqs; Russian
listening post closed
JUN More Russian Numbers
Weirdness; Japanese Maritime
Morse; WWV Changes
JUL
HFDL Frequency Update;
Weirdest numbers yet
AUG Russian Channel Markers;
Australian Utility Changes
SEP Maritime Radio Turns TopsyTurvy Down Under; Australian
Distress Comms; ARINC
increases Arctic Coverage
OCT Weather Changes: New Coast
Guard FAX Again; Freeware
Decodes SYNOP
NOV More Letters from Israel
("numbers"); Cuban numbers
screw-ups; hams on 5 megs?
DEC Slot Machine Stations - We found
the casinos; South Bound II Still
On
VIEW FROM ABOVE
JAN Ups and Downs of Russian Birds
(Resurs, Okean); NOAA-14
FEB GOES-Supported Research
programs
MAR Monitoring APT with a sound
card
APR Seasonal Madness: NOA-14
fixes itself, GOES-E seasonal
improvement, Meteor seasonal
power-off
MAY Are You Equipped? what's
needed for satellite telemetry;
satellite status report
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
Our Digital Future, upcoming
NOAA-M launch, future launches,
digital transmissions, earlier
NOAA WXSATs
Great Expectations (NOAA-M
packages); Current NOAAs
A Rising Star: Fengyun-1D; re
color pictures in MT
First Images from NOAA017;
WXSAT Frequencies
Speak Up for Hobby Monitoring
(NOAA conference); NOAA-14
Failure Mode
MSG-1 Launch and WXSAT
Status
Great Progress and More to
Come: GOES-12 to replace
GOES-8; Correspondence
WASHINGTON WHISPERS
JAN Military Tech in the Private
Sector: Internet, GPS, spread
spectrum
FEB RFID Tags: connecting people
and objects
MAR FCC Acts to Yank Mitnick's Ham
License
APR NTIA Report: Energy, Water, RR
Need More Spectrum
MAY Commercial Use of Ultrawideband Technology Approved
JUN Chairman Urges Transition to
Digital TV
JUL
Congressman Slams
Broadcasters on Conversion to
Digital TV; American Assoc of
Radio Enthusiasts; FCC
Enforcement
AUG FCC Announces Changes to
Multi-Use Radio Service
SEP CSEA Ups Penalties for Illegal
Monitoring
OCT (see Closing Comments)
NOV FCC Mandates Digital TV Tuners
WHAT'S NEW
Books, CDs
2000 Emergency Response Guide Sep
ARRL 2002 Handbook
Feb
ARRL Repeater Directory
Jun
ARRL Ham Radio interest books Mar
Cell Towers
Jan
Collectors Guide to Antique Radios Dec
DSWCI Domestic BC Survey
Oct
DXing 101
Mar
HamCalc CD
May
IRCA Mexican Log
Jan
Field Guide to Diesel Locomotives Jul
Flashlights
Feb
FAQ about Antennas & Baluns
Aug
FM Crystal Set Project
Nov
Grove Antenna Anthology
Dec
Grove Ask Bob Anthology
Dec
Grove SW Directory
Dec
Klingenfuss publications
Jan
Klingenfuss
2002 Guide to Utility Stations
Mar
2002 Super Freq List CD
Mar
2002 SW Freq Guide
Mar
Latin American logs CD
M Street Radio Directory
MT 2001 Anthology CD
MT Express in full color
NRC AM Radio Log
Police Call, S Calif
Rebels on the Air
RF Components and Circuits
Sounds in the Night (Dark?)
Southwest Frequency Guide
The Shortwave Guide (by WRTH)
Tower Site Calendar
Traffic Radar Handbook
Tune in the Universe C
WRTH 2002
WTFDA TV Station Guide
Business news, Software
CbandNet sat internet svc
Community Alert Network
DXing.info website
Edmund Scientifics catalog
EDXP SW Radio Log net
Electronics Australia Today folds
FCC policy re pre-type acceptance
G&G Comm new phone
Jade Products closes
LLC Technology acquired by
Butterworth-Heinemann
Mapcruzin site
MapInfo software packages
Metrowest sold to Scanner Master
Orbcomm tracking software
RadioSpectrumManager RSM5
Replacement LCDs for Pro2004
Sneaker and Investigator spyware
Sony ICF-2010 discontinued?
Uniden BD250D Certified or Not?
Upcoming APCO-25 products
WinRadio Advanced Digital Suite
Jan
Aug
Feb
May
Nov
Mar
Sep
Jul
Jun
Oct
Aug
Dec
Nov
Mar
Mar
Jun
Nov
May
Jul
Jul
Jan
Jan
Sep
Nov
Feb
Feb
May
Nov
Feb
Jan
Jan
May
Sep
Nov
Sep
Jun
Equipment
Alinco DJ-S40T Pocket HT
Apr
AOR New Products (AR8600MKII, ARONE, LA350 loop)
Jul
B&D Scan*A*Mix BX1
Sep
Caig DeoxIT improved
Apr
C Crane FM Transmitter
Jul
Degen Designs BBQ (quad ant)
Sep
Dunestar headphone switch
Aug
Dunestar remote antenna switch Sep
Edmund Scientific sound meter
Feb
GAP Justa Spreader kit
Jul
Garmin GPS 16 receivers
Jan
Garmin European guides
Apr
Garmin S Am marine cartography Apr
Grove Range-Extend Mag Mount Jun
Grove Scanner Beam II
Oct
Grundig Satellit 900 Update
Apr
GuardianLion emergency button
May
Icom IC-T90A tri-band handi-talkie Nov
Kenwood ProTalk XLS
Feb
Kiwa Audio Upgrade Kits
Jun
KVH TracVision S3 TV antenna
Feb
Memorex Scannocular
May
MFJ Speech Enhancer
Apr
Neo Jukebox MP3 player
Jul
Nil-Jon Super-M Upgrade
Jun
Optoelectronics Digital Scout
Aug
Palomar Loop Antenna
Dec
Peregrine Falcon remote control
Apr
Powerport Radio Glove
Aug
Radio Shack PRO-95
Oct
Ramsey clock/timer kit
Jan
RIGblaster new software CD
May
R&S Miniport EB-200 rcvr
Apr
ScannerMaster BC780 remote head
adaptor
Apr
Scientifics digital voice recorder
May
Scott eVest
Jun
Sharper Image "Now You Can Find
It" pager system
Nov
Tegam RF analyzer
Apr
Terk TV antennas
Jul
Uniden Announces BC250D/BC785D
APCO 25 scanners
Mar
Uniden BC785D FCC accepted
Oct
Vectronics FM Tx kit
Oct
Vectronics soldering course
Oct
WinRadio WD3000 series RDF
Jan
WinRadio WR-G303i SW rcvr
Dec
Yaesu FT-8900R quadband tx
Nov
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