Monitoring Times 2000 MP R650 MT2002

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Monitoring

Times 2002

INDEX

FEATURES:

Broadcast:

65 Years of Radio Prague JAN

Catching Baseball on AM Band JUL

China: Behind the Bamboo Curtain NOV

KTWR Guam Celebrates 25 OCT

Listening in on India and Pakistan MAR

Prime Season for Pirates OCT

Radio Aparecida JUN

Radio Canada International DEC

Radio Okapi Hits SW MAY

Shortwave's Summertime Secrets JUL

SW vs the Internet? Challenges 6 MAR

Tales from Bush House SEP

The Anderson/Patriot Radio Story APR

Tuning in the Longwave BC Band SEP

Voz Cristiana AUG

Miscellaneous

Emergency Communications JAN

Managing Radio Data SEP

Preserving QSLs FEB

Radio Direction Finding JUL

Unlicensed DX: Irish Mass (filler) APR

Who's Who in the Spectrum -LF JAN

Who's Who in the Spectrum -MW FEB

Who's Who - SW Broadcasts MAR

Who's Who? - SW Utilities APR

Who's Who? Amateur Radio MAY

Who's Who? VHF Low Band JUN

Who's Who? VHF/UHF AUG

Who's Who? UHF SEP

Who's Who? Above 960 MHz OCT

Satellites

Having Fun with GPS AUG

Sky Wars JAN

Surveillance in the Clear 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 JUN

Portable Command Posts FEB

Utilities:

Ham Radio More Than a Hobby MAY

Pirate Hams of 45 MAY

Radio Landscape of France 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 all-

band 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 Interference-

new 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 Single-

Letter IDs; Morse Reference

Chart; LORAN Filter Update;

Euro-BC News

DEC Miscou '02 - Another Success;

Argentina hams on LF band, low-

power 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

guerillas targeted; good-bye,

Communications World

MAY 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

JUN 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

JUL 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

AUG (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 ACU-

1000); Lightning Disables DC

Radios; Florida Man Convicted

SEP 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

OCT Radio Honor Roll: Scannist nabs

robber; Cellphone Safety; Music

and Cellphones Don't Mix; Music-

Cellphone 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)

NOV 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"

DEC 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, Catch-

A-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, Mixed-

mode 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 Colombian Phone Patches;

Mysterious "055" Net; New

USCG ALE Net; New CIA/State

ALE Net?; German Police/MOI

ALE Net; New OTHR

OCT Remote Mail Delivery: Bush Mail;

Globe Wireless Network Build-

Out

NOV ALE Net Breakthroughs (055

network, Myanmar net, Saudi NG

net); PSK information

DEC Chirps Ahoy: Chirpview software;

British Territorial Army ALE Net;

Mexican Army Net; Coast Station

Telex Lists (Oostende, Berna)

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 Handi-

Talkie

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)

SEP Monitoring Independence Hall;

Federal Interagency Freqs; New

USGS Frequency; Calif Dept of

Forestry

OCT Feds in the Longwave Band:

TIS/HAR station list

NOV SoCal High Band Fed Freq

Update; Chicago Fed Profile;

Chicago FAA ATC freqs

DEC 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 antenna-

warehouse 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

Antennas; The Great Loop

Experiment

JUL 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

AUG Misleading Advice? (re Sony

2010); What's the Verdict on

Shortwave?; FCC Monitoring

Post

SEP VA Freqs and Request; DXing on

Mediumwave (sports); Blue

Angels on the air; GPS

OCT Carrier Current Collaboration;

Canandaigua Monitoring Station;

Mexican DX Meeting; super

website; scanner racks

NOV US Army MARS Response;

Winterfest Invites Arnie Coro;

Radio Finland programming;

Who's Who a Hit

DEC 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 Grundig FR-200 emergency radio

NOV Electrical Safety

ON THE HAM BANDS

JAN New Year in Ham Radio

(resolutions); ARRL calls for no-

code; 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);

Airport Instrument Landing

systems; Farewell to the B727

APR Reviewing the Basics: Navigation

Aids, Separation

JUN HF ACARS; Sydney Airport ATC

AUG Fly the World by Computer (PC-

HFDL Update, Air Traffic Control

Simulation, AirNav Suite 4; More

Sydney Airport Freqs

OCT Monitoring the Northwest; DX

Atlas; ACARS Log Analyzer

DEC 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 Listening-

Part 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

Field Meter; More Scanner Whip

Comparisons

SEP A Simple Ferrite Loop Antenna

OCT A Longwave Band Ferrite

Antenna

NOV Tuning into BC Satellites - Part 1

(history, status)

DEC 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-S-

229; 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 Radio Shack PRO-2053 Trunk-

tracking scanner; CompUSA PCI

port adapter

JUN Tk545 Software Project;

Comparing Scan Rates

JUL Tk500 software for the Yaesu

VR-500; Pager pillow speaker;

Spare fuse holder clip

AUG Tk120 Software for the Yaesu

VR-120

SEP Tk75 - Software for Icom IC-R75

OCT AOR AR8600 Mark 2 Receiver

NOV Tk150 Software for the Standard

VR-150; Advice on selecting a

wide freq coverage, portable

scanning receiver

DEC 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; MacDonald-

Cartier 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,

Heron Bay Country Club. Racing

freqs: Daytona freq)

JUN 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

JUL Scanning While Tanning: Miami-

Dade Fair, The Alley-Cats on-

stage; Elena Machado profile;

Video scanning

AUG Ft Lauderdale Air & Sea Show

communications; Jim Westberg

profile; Las Vegas PD online

SEP 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

OCT FACE-ing the Weather

(CRYSTAL-FACE Project)

NOV FACE-ing the Weather, part 2

DEC 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;

Uniden Digital Scanner Features;

B780XLT Squelch Modification

OCT Recommendations from our

Readers: Green Co/Springfield

MO, Comments on Computer

Control, Antennas; Uniden

BC785D and FCC type

acceptance

NOV The Quest for Interoperability;

Federal Project 25 Network;

Colorado State system, Denver,

Aurora systems; Uniden Radios

Certified

DEC 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 Topsy-

Turvy 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 Our Digital Future, upcoming

NOAA-M launch, future launches,

digital transmissions, earlier

NOAA WXSATs

JUL Great Expectations (NOAA-M

packages); Current NOAAs

AUG A Rising Star: Fengyun-1D; re

color pictures in MT

SEP First Images from NOAA017;

WXSAT Frequencies

OCT Speak Up for Hobby Monitoring

(NOAA conference); NOAA-14

Failure Mode

NOV MSG-1 Launch and WXSAT

Status

DEC 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 Ultra-

wideband 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 Jan

M Street Radio Directory Aug

MT 2001 Anthology CD Feb

MT Express in full color May

NRC AM Radio Log Nov

Police Call, S Calif Mar

Rebels on the Air Sep

RF Components and Circuits Jul

Sounds in the Night (Dark?) Jun

Southwest Frequency Guide Oct

The Shortwave Guide (by WRTH) Aug

Tower Site Calendar Dec

Traffic Radar Handbook Nov

Tune in the Universe C Mar

WRTH 2002 Mar

WTFDA TV Station Guide Jun

Business news, Software

CbandNet sat internet svc Nov

Community Alert Network May

DXing.info website Jul

Edmund Scientifics catalog Jul

EDXP SW Radio Log net Jan

Electronics Australia Today folds Jan

FCC policy re pre-type acceptance Sep

G&G Comm new phone Nov

Jade Products closes

LLC Technology acquired by

Butterworth-Heinemann Feb

Mapcruzin site Feb

MapInfo software packages May

Metrowest sold to Scanner Master Nov

Orbcomm tracking software Feb

RadioSpectrumManager RSM5 Jan

Replacement LCDs for Pro2004 Jan

Sneaker and Investigator spyware May

Sony ICF-2010 discontinued? Sep

Uniden BD250D Certified or Not? Nov

Upcoming APCO-25 products Sep

WinRadio Advanced Digital Suite Jun

Equipment

Alinco DJ-S40T Pocket HT Apr

AOR New Products (AR8600MKII, AR-

ONE, 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