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Monitoring Times 2000 INDEX
AMERICAN BANDSCAN
/ ANTENNA TOPICS / BEGINNER'S CORNER
/ BELOW 500 kHz / BRIGHT IDEAS
/ CLOSING COMMENTS / COMPUTERS & RADIO
/ DIGITAL DIGEST / EASY ACCESS RADIO
/ FEATURES: / GLOBAL FORUM
/ LAUNCHING PAD / MILCOM / ON THE HAM BANDS
/ OUTER LIMITS / PLANE TALK
/ PROGRAMMING SPOTLIGHT / QSL REPORT
/ RADIO RESTORATIONS / SATELLITE RADIO GUIDE
/ SCANNER EQUIPMENT / SCANNER LOGS
/ SCANNING REPORT / SERVICE SEARCH
/ SHORTWAVE EQUIPMENT / THE FED FILES
/ TRACKING THE TRUNKS/ / UTILITY WORLD
/ VIEW FROM ABOVE / WASHINGTON WHISPERS
/ WHAT'S NEW / [ROTATING GUIDE]
Broadcast:
Antenna Law -- APR
Canada's Regional Stations -- OCT
DXing the AM BC Band (MW) -- FEB
Far Eastern Rendezvous -- SEP
Guide to Addresses - Asia, Pacific -- SEP
Guide to QSL Addresses - Africa -- OCT
Guide to QSL Addresses - S Am -- DEC
Independence and Innovation VOA -- MAY
Leo Sarkisian: Music Man of Africa -- OCT
Listening in on Africa -- OCT
Listening In on South America -- DEC
Regional Music - Asia, Pacific -- SEP
San Francisco's Radio Heritage -- DEC
Somalia on Shortwave -- JUN
Summer DX Challenge (Baseball) -- JUN
TWR on AM from Bonaire (MW) -- MAR
Using Music to ID SW Stations -- FEB
Visit to Spanish National Radio -- NOV
VOA Cuts European Services -- APR
VOA Special English -- MAY
WCPE: FM Radio for 2000 -- JAN
WINB Surviving on Shortwave -- MAR
Miscellaneous
Antarctica Communications Today -- JAN
Index of Articles 1999 -- JAN
Moonbounce -- NOV
Satellites
Amateur Radio Survives in Mir -- JUL
Decoding the Russian Navsats-I -- FEB
Decoding the Russian Navsats-II -- FEB
Phase 3D -- JUL
Primer on Satellite Groundstations -- JUL
SatCom North Arctic Expedition -- AUG
Space Action on AMSATs -- JUL
Scanning:
Crisis in North Carolina (ham radio) -- FEB
Developing "The Ear" for Radio -- NOV
Field Trip for the Scanner Listener -- JUN
How Far is "Line of Sight"? -- MAR
NASA/Space Shuttle Guide -- JUL
Roadtrip! Scanning I-35 -- DEC
Scanning Salt Lake City -- MAY
Scanning Profile of Chicago -- OCT
Understanding Handoffs Comms -- AUG
Technology
and Technical:
Bluetooth: New World of Wireless -- SEP
Budget FM-DX Antenna -- MAY
DX Lifesaver: MiniDisc Recorder -- SEP
There are antennas and Antennas -- APR
Extending the Range of Quad Loop -- APR
20th
Century Nostalgia
Ice Cold Radio: The Byrd Exped -- JAN
Forbidden Signals fm Ancient TXer -- MAR
Jasper's Antique Radios -- JUN
MaritimeMuseum for Monitors -- MAY
Monitoring with Vintage Ears -- OCT
The Radio War over Vietnam -- APR
Voice of Tomorrow Clandestine -- AUG
Waiting for the Go Code -- JUL
Utilities:
ALE: HF Comms in New Millennium -- JUN
Ham Radio Special Event Stations -- SEP
Monitoring Pacific Ocean Flights -- AUG
North Atlantic Crossing -- AUG
JAN -- Propagation by Groundwave
FEB -- Mailbag: AM Radio Log, WTIR Orlando, Slinky
antenna, new 690/940 occupants, FCC auctions 5 stations
MAR -- X-Files Radio - oddities and possible
causes; 690/940 occupants IDed; applicants for 740; federal use of TIS
APR -- Low Power FM
MAY -- Reference Aids
JUN -- More Low Power FM; new 3-letter stn in
Canada; daytime DXing; more on Slinky antenna
JUL -- Popularity Contest (radios used by DXers);
new X band stn; skip and other unusual receptions
AUG -- That Spotted Ole Sun (solar flux and MW
reception)
SEP -- It's Back(CBC powerhouse stations); First
LPFM filings (esp Atlanta area); MW database websites; deceptive logging
OCT -- Timesharing and End of WMAQ
NOV -- SRS and SSS (skip techniques); new Xband
stn in Idaho; station sold on ebay; WLS nostalgia site; WTFDA concention
DEC -- New AM Station licenses; LPFM news;
receivers for MW DXing, freq swap in Phoenix
JAN -- Antennas and the new century: above HF,
trends, in HF antenna work
FEB -- Vehicular Antennas - I
MAR -- Vehicular Antennas - II
APR -- Antenna Design Programs
MAY -- Multi-Band Antennas
JUN -- Some Antenna Tests and Measurements
JUL -- Building Your Own Antennas (dipole)
AUG -- A Legendary Multiband Antenna (multiband
dipole)
SEP -- Groundplane Antennas
OCT -- Survey of Antenna Directivity
NOV -- Antenna Books: ARRL Handbook, ARRL Antenna
Book, HF Antennas for all Occasions, W6SAI Antenna Handbook, Practical Antenna
Handbook, Aerials series
DEC -- Noise - The Arch-Enemy
JAN -- How House Wiring Works
FEB -- File Box Fun
MAR -- Of Dropped Shoes and the Future of Ham
Radio
APR -- Spring Reading(Pssport, Crystal Bldg, AM BC
Antenna Systems, Inside Amateur Radio)
MAY -- The Science Fair Crystal Set
JUN -- Join the Club
JUL -- A Great Tale (DeMaw's Tuna Tin 2)
AUG -- Reasonable Recycled Receivers
SEP -- New Beginnings for the Beginner's Corner
OCT -- Only SWL Antenna You'll Need
NOV -- Finding the Perfect SW Receiver
DEC -- 10 Meters Makes Commuting Fun!
JAN -- Beacons Alive and well; identifying new
signals
FEB -- Prime Time- selected DX beacons; visit to
Hammond museum of Radio
MAR -- (Building) A Natural Radio Receiver
APR -- Buttoning up the Natural Radio
MAY -- The Great Outdoors (DXpeditions)
JUN -- Catching Up: loggings, log prog; souped-up
loop, Loop Antenna Handbook
JUL -- Summertime Tips; BeaconFinder Updates
AUG -- Tuning in to NAVTEX; DGPS news; Web updates
SEP -- Longwave - Many Hobbies in One
OCT -- Season Opener (antenna, receiver checks),
publications, experimental station, video project
NOV -- News,Tips, & Loggings: LW websites,
manuals, Litz wire; Canadian postal abbreviations, Scrapbook requests ,logs from
BeaconFinder
DEC -- Prime Season - Chasing Euros; Beacons;
Lowfers; going lower
JAN -- Get Organized
FEB -- Lost and Found
MAR -- Understanding the Incident Command System
APR -- Leashing the Internet
MAY -- Getting Geared up for Summer
JUN -- Service Search Scanning
(discontinued monthly titles)
JAN -- A Scanning Hall of Fame, guest ed by Robt
Wyman
FEB -- Millennial Musings
MAR -- Abolish Morse Code Before It's Too Late!
(Fond Memories and Harsh Pragmatics)
APR -- LPFM: Democracy on the Airwaves
MAY -- Do citizens have the right to listen to
public service? Guest ed by Chris Boyd
JUN -- New Senate Bill Could End Scanner Use!
JUL -- You'll find me in the flea-market! (Dayton
Hamvention)
AUG -- Markey Gets His Due, and, Will There Be a
Digital Scanner?
SEP -- The Internet: Get used to it, it's here to
stay!
OCT -- The Radio Hobby on the Rebound
NOV -- A Domestic SW Service - Pro and Con
DEC -- Holidays Greetings from staff
JAN -- TalkPCR by QROSoft
FEB -- Plugging & Trunking with WinRadio: WR
XRS plug-ins, WR Trunking Option
MAR -- Can software Simplify the AR-8200? AR8200
Workshop; ARC8200 ToolBox by BuTel; ScanCat 7.50 SE
APR -- Handheld Computer Market and GPS for Palm
Pilot
MAY -- Tune up that whistle with DSP: Swezey
Digital Filter Prog; GNASP1
JUN -- More DSP Filter Progs: Chromasound, SR5
Spectrum Analyzer V2.0, Analyzer 2000, Spectrogram, Spectran
JUL -- Software for the Ten-Tec RX-320: Ten-Tec
utility,Dxtra, GNR, KF5OJ
AUG -- More Programs to control the RX-320:
AT/SWL99, ERGO, N4PY v 1.04
SEP -- When is a PC-Controlled Radio, Not?
PCR-1000, PCRPilot3C, RX-320 Controller
OCT -- What to look for in a computer for radio
monitoring
NOV -- On-Line Freq Files and Databases: SPEEDX;
ADDX Kurier; Prime Time SW; WWW SWL Guide; LI Area Scanning Resource; PeCon;
Airport Guide, WW Airport Path
Finder; FCC; ILGRadio; conversion programs?
DEC -- Can You Teach an Old Dog New Tricks? [Radio
Max 5.4, Scanner Wear 2.5, ScanStar 7.62, Scancat 7.5 SE]
JAN -- Digital Beginner's Freqs
FEB -- Something for Everyone: more beginner's
freqs; ALE update; Utility Monitoring Central
MAR -- Voice Frequency Telegraphy Systems
APR -- More on VFT and French Forces
MAY -- Differential GPS
JUN -- Ecoutez vous Francais? (French diplo
channels)
JUL -- Got Sync? (IDing signals you can't decode);
decoders update
AUG -- Russian Intelligence-Gathering on HF
SEP -- Aid Agencies on HF Radio
OCT -- ALE Networks Update
NOV -- Digital Meteorology
Dec -- Digital Utilities: Where to Listen, what to
log; new ALE net
JAN -- Sony FRS U-ceiver
FEB -- Sharp Wizard OZ-750
MAR -- Palm IIIe
APR -- Pryme's PR-460 GMRS HTs
MAY -- Alinco’s Clear DJ-V5 Dualbander
JUN -- What's New with CB? Cobra and Cherokee
JUL -- Drake Minitalk 99 FRS radio
AUG -- GE Sedona FRS
SEP -- Sangean DT-300VW Wx,MW,TV radio
OCT -- no column
NOV -- no column
DEC -- no column
JAN -- Campaign 2000 (federal protection freqs);
168-168.9875 allocations
FEB -- National Interagency Fire Center;
169-169.9875 alloc
MAR -- Mysterious Data Signals in New England;
Wildfires in the Southeast; 170-170.9875 alloc
APR -- NASA Trunked Systems; 171-171.9875 alloc.
MAY -- Intl Boundary and Water Commission; Wash DC
freqs; 172-172.9875 alloc.
JUN -- SHARES on ALE; FBI aircraft, FEMA freqs;
173-173.9875 alloc.
JUL -- Postal Inspection Profile; 29.9-30.550,
32-33 alloc.
AUG -- Feds in the Civilian Aircraft Band;
hurricane season resources; Canadian Fed Freq resource; 34-35, 36037, 38-39
alloc.
SEP -- Gov't Trunking Systems; 40-49.974 alloc.
OCT -- New Federal Bandplans (Itinerant, common
use, interagency; Gov Hydro Freqs, Wireless Mics
NOV -- Scanning the Wild, Wild West; Houston, DOE,
Idaho; AZ, CO, NV, NM, OR
DEC -- Federal Freqs in Alaska; NASA Comms; Pisgah
Natl Forest; Fed UHF land mobile service alloc
JAN -- All is not well at VOA
FEB -- Digital Radio Mondiale
MAR -- Latin Am Music Styles Web Page
APR -- This Month's Headlines
MAY -- FEBC Dropping English; DX the Internet; RHC
on 1700?
JUN -- Vietnam Gets Canadian Relay
JUL -- Behind "Chiapas, the World
Speaks"
AUG -- Radio Verdad QSLs
SEP -- ZimbabweClandestine
OCT -- American Forces Network on SW
NOV -- Yugoslavia Expelled from SW Site
DEC -- Silent Countries Now Webcasting
JAN -- Four Best Kept Secrets: Lyngemark satellite
charts, SBCA e-Newsletter, Professional Satellite Repair, smallear.com
FEB -- SWLing with Pictures! Panamsat 5; DXing
with a small dish
MAR -- NSS 806 Intl Sat Workhorse
APR -- The LNBF Advantage
MAY -- TVRO Time Machine: YUSA
JUN -- Sat DX Equip for Tight Spaces and Budgets
JUL -- Tuning in SCPC Radio Broadcasts
AUG -- Easy Satellite Service Tips
SEP -- Your Satellite TV Q&A's
OCT -- The ST-6600 MPEGII Rx
NOV -- Int'l TV Viewing and Q&As
DEC -- 4DTV Saves the Day (Maybe)
JAN -- Military Trunking Systems: Camp Pendleton,
Fort Huachuca; Motorola mil systems; Fed trunking standard groups
MAR -- Air Show Season 2000
MAY -- HILL AFB Trunking; Buckeye State (OH)
Milair; Armed Forces Day
JUL -- New Blue Angel Freq; Mil Sat Freqs; 113th
Fighter Wing/121st Squadron, 201st Airlift Squadron; Monitoring the Military
guide is back
SEP -- Eglin AFB; US Army trunked systems
NOV -- San Antonio Fed Trunk Sys Update; Ft Lewis,
Wash; Camp Pendleton; VHF Military Land Mobile Service
JAN -- Hello, Y2k; Onelist web site; 80 metre
direct conversion receiver schematic
FEB -- Intro to ten Meters - signals, antennas,
gear
MAR -- Restructuring (a personal perspective)
APR -- What? Still no computer?; ARRL asks
reconsideration on restructuring; RS HTX 10; band report
MAY -- NOGAnaut transmitter; Amateur Radio 101;
Sporadic E skip
JUN -- Beacon Peekin'; summer activities
JUL -- QRP versus QRO; Flight of the Bumblebees;
Final Final (Ike's last column)
AUG -- Tried the New Mode in Town? PSK31 (LVH)
SEP -- Welcome to HF Operation
OCT -- The Courtesy of QSLing; CQ WW DX contest;
GoldenClassics of Yesteryear; www. tubesandmore.com; QSL Cards by W4MPY
NOV -- The Cult of K2
DEC -- All I Want for Christmas (Dec contests)
JAN -- How to Pirate and Clandestine BC; NASWA and
Winter SWL Fest; Cichiguaz maildrop
FEB -- Pirate Radio programming, Low Power FM
MAR -- DXing Clandestine Radio Stations; pirate
addresses at Schoech site
APR -- Mixed Reactions to LPFM; Mexican
Clandestine?
MAY -- WHYP most active NA pirate; Euros on 19
Meters
JUN -- Clandestine Web Sites Reinvigorated; New
ACE publisher
JUL -- Peruvian Broadcaster Invades Pirate Band;
Pirates Going Legit
AUG -- Mobilization Radio Targets Washington
SEP -- Current Pirate Radio Programming
OCT -- Pirate DX Season; WCPE offer; new web sites
NOV -- Pirating with Cumbre on the Air
DEC -- Best SW Radio Site, Clandestine Radio Com;
Holiday Pirates
JAN -- Bern Radio; More from BWI
FEB -- Navigational Aids; Ramp rats and related
activities
MAR -- Potomac area TRACON; Aero websites; airline
info; software updates (AirNav Lite, Xavius)
APR -- Aeronautical Radio, Inc.
MAY -- Continental Airlines Cruisin’;
Minneapolis ARTCC freqs
JUN -- Chicago, and the Funnies
JUL -- A Visit to Minneapolis ARTCC
AUG -- Dallas Ft Worth ATC; France's Friendly Skies?;The State of Aviation in Australia
SEP -- Baltimore-Washington Intl update and
airline co freq list
OCT -- Welcome to Bay and JFK
NOV -- New York to Kansas
DEC -- Bound for the Northwest: Seattle, Portland
airports; ARINC HF freqs; Weather Processors Products (ATC)
JAN -- Charting a Future for SW BCing - II
FEB -- The Best SW Media Programs
MAR -- RNZI Loses Sport; BBCWS Loses Mind
APR -- Don't Overlook These Gems!
MAY -- Things learned at the SW Winterfest
JUN -- The BBC (Yes, Again!)
JUL -- Europe's Summer of the Arts
AUG -- The SWL's "National" Sports
SEP -- Live from Australia: 2000 Olympics
OCT -- So much for that firewall (VOA)
NOV -- Ruminations of a Blocked Writer
DEC -- Half Full or Half Empty?(RN Media Network
& R Australia)
JAN -- QSLing Mediumwave
FEB -- QSLing Brazilians
MAR -- Ethiopia - Radio from the Horn
APR -- Czech Radio, Past and Present
MAY -- Here comes the sun..shine radio (Turkey)
JUN -- Get Creative (email QSLs)
JUL -- full column of QSL reports
AUG -- Language Translation Software
SEP -- Asia-Pacific Station Websites
OCT -- African Station Websites
NOV -- Address Update
DEC -- S American website directory
JAN -- Hello, MT readers, Starting Out, Crystal
Sets, Vacuum Tube Detectors
FEB -- Battery Sets of the 1920s: Regenerative,
TRF, Superheterodyne receivers
MAR -- The First A.C. Sets
APR -- The Screen Grid Revolution
MAY -- The Radio Becomes a Home Appliance
JUN -- Depression Downsizing
JUL -- A.C.-D.C. Evolution
AUG -- New Twists on Tuning
SEP -- Your Grounding in Safety
OCT -- Equipping your Restoration Workshop
NOV -- Restoring Your First Set
DEC -- Digging into the Transitone
FEB -- SWL Program Guide
MAR -- Internet Radio Guide: SWBC by region
APR -- Int'l
BCers via SAT
MAY -- SWL Program Guide
JUN -- Internet Radio: Ireland on the Internet
JUL -- (no column)
AUG -- SWL ProgramGuide
discontinued
SCPC (even ); Audio (odd)
Satellite Loading Report:
JAN -- Telstar 7
FEB -- SBS-6, GE-5
MAR -- GE Americom Satcom K2, GE-2
APR -- GE-3
MAY -- Telstar 4, Galaxy 7
JUN -- Telstar 6
JUL -- Galaxy 3R, Telstar 5
AUG -- Galaxy 11
SEP -- GE-1, GStar-4
OCT -- Telesat E2, Telesat E-1, Solidaridad-1
NOV -- Solidaridad-2, SatMex-5
DEC -- Morelos 2, Galaxy 5
JAN
-- Radio Shack PRO-92 Portable
FEB -- Yaesu VF-500 Portable Scanner
MAR -- Uniden Sportcat SC-200 Portable Scanner;
MetroWest NiMH battery pack; Uniden Scanner clock radio ergonomics
APR -- Understanding Intermod; PRO-92 follow-up
MAY -- Radio Shack PRO-94
JUN -- Radio Shack PRO-2052 Trunk Tracker
JUL -- Electra Tiger Scan TSA
AUG -- Patches, Crystals, and Review Index
SEP -- Radio Shack PRO-2067
OCT -- ICOM IC-R3 Wide Coverage Receiver
NOV -- AOR AR-3000A
DEC -- Alinco DJ-X2T Wideband Receiver
JAN -- Brasstown NC; Chatt TN; Pima AZ
FEB -- Hickory, NC; SC Dept Natural Res; Ga Dept
Nat Res; Dahlonega, GA, Army Ranger Trunk sys
MAR -- White Sands NM; Milair FL; Patrick AFB,
Cape Canaveral; New Orleans LA trunk sys
APR -- So CA aero; FL milair; MD VHF air-air;
Montgomery Co, TX; Kansas City ARTCC; VHF Lo-Band Skip
MAY -- Italian VHF Lo-Band skip; GTE Airfone freqs;
cruise log requests
JUN -- LAX; Phoenix Air Cargo; Calif skip; Florida
milair; MD state PD; Italian skip logs
JUL -- Avery Co, NC; Mexico VHF assignments; More
Italian Skip logs; Space Shuttle audio/video retransmissions by ham radio
AUG -- ASCIET 2000 military exercise
SEP -- MD State Patrol; Chicago Area
OCT -- (no column)
NOV -- (no column)
DEC --
(no column)
JAN -- Airborne Scanners, grounded again?; new
band to scan (746-806); Wash Co, Ore, trunk update; Maine scanning
FEB -- Scanner Industry Keeps on "Trunkin'"
- comparison of BC-245, PRO-94, PRO-92
MAR -- CES 2000; Police Call Business samples (Fla)
APR -- Passing of Two Scanner Heroes; Relm buying
Uniden 2-way business; scanning w/the Palm Pilot; Optoelectronics clairifcation;
245 keyboard lock; scanning films; CT cops a digital attitude; Hawaiian scanning
MAY -- Some Good Scanner News (Holyoke, Mass);
Scanners in the Media; Radio Shack PRO-92 vs Uniden BC-245 revisted; Hershey
Park (PA) scanning; Mammoth Mt (CA) ski resort trunked system
JUN -- Exciting New Advances in Scanners; Scanner
Master Smart-Link; APCO and convention; Boston area monitoring; Utah Scanning;
Kansas City EDACS system; Sparks, NV
JUL -- Itinerant Matters; ECPA Challenge Denied;
Boston APCO Convention - Boston and Mass profile
AUG -- It was Great'n in Dayton; Speed Racer
Scanning at Daytona; Dougherty Co GA trunked system; websites for scanning
Disney; more on wireless mics; tower proliferation
SEP -- News from a Newbie; scanner suggestions;
air phones; Wyoming monitoring
OCT -- Airport Scanning, aero monitoring in
Michigan, more airport trunking, ramp frequencies; California aircraft ground
crew licenses (Police Call)
NOV -- BC780XLT Update (new features); Daytona FL
area trunking update; Jackson MS trunking; Natick MA comm sys; Plymouth MA info
DEC -- Sunshine State not so Sunny (Fla gives
contract to Ericsson); MI digital system; W Hartford CT TRS; Puerto Rico TRS;
BC780 part 2
JAN -- Public Safety pool
FEB -- Public Safety Pool - II
MAR -- Bus: Railroad Alloc
APR -- Petroleum and Power Alloc
MAY -- VHF-low bandplans from Europe (Italy,
France); UK cordless phones
JUN -- Fast Food Frequency Pairs
JUL -- Amateur Satellite Bandplans
AUG -- National Civilian Aeronautical Band
Assignments
SEP -- New Zealand VHF Band Plans; US Low Band
alloc
OCT -- The California Highway Patrol
NOV -- Channel Plan for 220-222 MHz Private Mobile
Radio Services
DEC -- Highway Maintenance
JAN -- Kaito KA-007 Free-power Radio
FEB -- Receiver News: Watkins-Johnson, Baygen,
NASA HF-5E, RN Receiver Shopping List
MAR -- MFJ-784B Tunable DSP Filter
APR -- Wellbrook ALA 1530 Loop
MAY -- Sangean ATS 505
JUN -- Palstar R30 - Back to the Future?
JUL -- Ten-Tec RX-340
AUG -- What do those specs really mean?
SEP -- Synchronous Detection - What is it?
OCT -- What is receiver sensitivity?
NOV -- What is dynamic range?
DEC -- What is receiver selectivity?
JAN -- Trunking Theory 101
FEB -- A Trunked System Demo
MAR -- Tracking Motorola Systems (O'Hare;
Disneylnd; Arlington, TX)
APR -- Ericsson's EDACS Trunking (Ocean City, MD;
Brevard Co, FL; Illinois SP; DFW Airport, TX)
MAY -- Logic Trunked Systems (Chicago, IL;
Bloomington, IN; Evansvile, IN; Marshfield, MA; Rochester, NY; Milwaukee, WI)
JUN -- The Case for APCO Project 25 (MI state, FL
HP, CT state, Mesa AZ, Fairfax Co VA, Baltimore MD)
JUL -- Readers Track the Trunks (Evansville, IN;
Albuquerque, NM; Rochester update; Disneyland Update; Austin, TX)
AUG -- Figuring Out Fleet Maps
SEP -- Can These Trunked Systems Deliver?
OCT -- Multiple Transmitter Site Solutions
NOV -- Mailbag Miscellany: (Allentown, PA; BWI,
Sullivan Co, TN; Galveston, TX); BC780XLT, RS PRO-92. BC 245XLT
DEC -- Who's on Where?
JAN -- Solar Peak, the High End is Back
FEB -- SW Utility: An Alphabet Soup? More Panama
changes; Cuban Spook Sked
MAR -- ALE: The Future Arrives
APR -- Black Fax from the Sky; More Panama
MAY -- More Weather Changes – Air Force, Russia,
South Africa, Greece, USCG; More French RTTY strangeness
JUN -- US Air Force Air/Ground Net Takes Shape
(SCOPE Command ALE system)
JUL -- The Sun Sets on Portishead Radio; new
version PC- ALE
AUG -- Hear the Hurricane Hunters
SEP -- KPH Rises from the Dead; RTTY
broadcasting?; Will MARS adopt PSK31?
OCT -- To Catch a Spy; Tracking XPH
NOV -- US Military Expanding HF Services, USAF
Weather net; Power Control IDed
DEC -- The Guide to MUF Surfing
JAN -- Seasonal changes: FengYun-2 fixed; software
updates WXSAT, WXTRACK; OSEI team monitor volcano
FEB -- What's New in 2000? WXSATs preferred
orbits; winter images from NOAA; GOES-89 and -10; Internet site update
MAR -- View from the Top of the Century: Non-APT
WXsats, GOES captures the moon, DMSP launch check-out moves to NOAA; APT images
of Alaska
APR -- Geoff Perry, an appreciation; Operational
WXSATS; software updates; Internet site recommendation; new GOES system
hardware; (Mayflower steps)
MAY -- Spring weather, space weather; Operational
Wxsats; Sich-1; monitoring solar interference; EXPLORES program; Contrails
image; GOES-L launch; archival pics
JUN -- WXsats Turn 40; Fengyun-2A ceases ops;
GOES-L ops; GOES wefax transmissions
JUL -- The Launch of GOES-L; Volcano eruption
prediction from GOES; Fire monitoring; Operational WXsats, NOAA-12 and 15; Okean-O
Resurrection?
AUG -- Surface Events Captured on Satellite;
Operational WXsats; Meteor 3-5 early and late; GOES-11 working fine; May Shuttle
launch captured; Los Alamos fire from Terra sat
SEP -- High Resolution Satellite Imagery; New
Fengyun wxsat; NOAA-L launch; Op Wxsats; Internet site update
OCT -- WXSATs: A World of Change; NOAA-L Launch;
Fengyun-1B; NOA-9 whispers; NOAA WXSATs, a glimpse of the future
NOV -- Readers Get the Picture: pics from readers;
glimpse of the future part 2
DEC -- Performance Anxiety (NOAA-Learly orbit
stages; NOAA-126 infrared; Replacing NOAA-14; Op Wxsats; Geostationary scene
JAN -- GB's RA proposes spectrum fees; FCC
restructuring; FCC allows GPS in cellphones; cellphone buster illegal in US
FEB -- FCC to Reallocate 200 MHz of Prime Spectrum
MAR -- Ham Radio License Structure Simplified
APR -- FCC Creates Low Power FM Service
MAY -- Radio freqs to become a commodity; guard
band managers; software defined radio
JUN -- Anti-Eavesdropping Legislation
JUL -- The FCC Rulemaking Process
AUG -- FCC Proposes new ultra-wideband technology
SEP -- Low Power FM Update
OCT -- One-Stop Shopping at Firstgov; Wm Flippo
arrest; Vladimir Petit-Fere arrest; Leslie Brewer fine; CB enforcements;
unsolicited junk fax enforcement; FCC budget cut by Congress; FCC puts RF
emission safety guide online
NOV -- FCC Crates MURS Service; Other New CB
Services
DEC -- Gov Monitoring Raises Privacy Questions
Books
AIB Global BCing Guide -- Feb
Amateur Radio - First 100 Years -- Feb
ARRL RFI Book -- Mar
Basic Technology for the Amateur Radio
Enthusiast (book & video) -- May
Calypso at Midnight CD -- Jan
Earth Rising -- Apr
Forrest Mims Circuit Scrapbook -- Jun
German Numbers Woman -- Dec
Gordon West license manuals -- May
Govt Radio Systems -- Dec
Guide to VHF/UHF Amateur Radio -- Jun
IRCA Foreign Log -- Feb
IRCA books: AM Slogans List, IRCA Foreign Log,
DXers Technical Guide -- Aug
Klingenfuss annual references 2000 -- Jan
Klingenfuss SW Freq Guide 2000 -- Jul
Klingenfuss Guide to Ute Stns 2000 -- Jul
Loop Antenna Handbook -- Apr
M Street Radio Directory 2000 -- Apr
Max Research antenna books -- Apr
Monitoring the Military (online) -- Jul
NRC AM Radio Log -- Dec
NRC Station Map -- Dec
NRC: Loop Ant Design & Theory -- Apr
Police Call 2000 -- Apr
Police Call: So Calif -- Apr
Police Call 2001 -- Oct
Radio in My Life ODXA booklet -- Jan
RDI White Paper, Satellit 800 -- Sep
Short Wave Guide (EDXP) -- Jul
Space Architecture; Frassanito -- Jul
Speaking of Science -- Jun
Southwest FreqDirectory -- Sep
The Logic of Microspace -- Aug
TV Station Guide -- Apr
The Voice of the Crystal -- Jun
WRTH 2000 -- Mar
Business news, Software
Antique Electronic Supply cat -- Jan
Antique Electronic Supply cat -- Apr
APBnews.com -- May
BandTrol & SofTrol for BC895XLT -- May
Business news -- MAR
Computer Aided Tech old-time radio
broadcast CDs -- Sep
DigiPan Freeware for PSK31 -- Jul
Ericsson selling priv radio sys; WR1550 dynamic
range; new name, website for Watkins-Johnson; Grundig 800 news; East Anglia catalog -- Feb
HAMCALC v 43 -- Jun
Hamcall CD-ROM (Buckmaster) -- Sep
Inside WSM/ First 75 Years -- Feb
Iridium collectibles? -- Jul
FTV decoding
software -- Mar
Kenwood HQ moves to Atlantas -- Oct
KLM antennas out of business -- Jan
Magellan/Hertz NeverLost system -- Jan
Mr Scanner FCC CD-ROM -- Sep
News and rumors -- Dec
Nitelogger discontinued -- Nov
Palstar 30 Filter Specs -- Aug
Pasternack coax catalog -- Nov
Patent Wizard -- Nov
Police Call #4 recall -- Jan
Police Call 2000 CD-ROM -- Mar
Police Call 2001 on CD -- Oct
QRZ.com + Jotter -- Jan
Quebec database, Thibodeaux -- Sep
Radio-Active Shoc database -- Dec
Radio HF closes storefront -- Aug
Satellite-delivered radio (XM,CDR) -- Jan
Scancat Gold ver 7.5.8
Scanner Recorder -- Sep
Scannerstuff Scanner Prog System -- Feb
Scott Craig solar data plot prog -- May
Skyvision catalog -- Apr
Websites of note -- Oct
WinMorse -- Aug
WR1550 features -- Apr
Equipment
Aiwa Dynamo FR-C151 -- Feb
Alinco DM-330MV power supply -- Jan
Alinco DJ-V5TDC clear HT -- Apr
Alinco DJ-X2T -- Oct
Alpha Delta Coax Switch -- Jun
AR8200 Mark II upgrade -- Oct
Cellular Phone Alert Pen -- Nov
Clear Speech Base -- Sep
Cutting Edge TransPorter -- Jan
Cutting Edge Radio Badge -- Apr
Cutting Edge Radio Glove for VX-5 -- Jun
Cybiko portable intertainment -- Sep
Fire GPS System -- Nov
GeoClock -- Mar
Hammacher Schlemmer map mural -- Mar
Hamtronics kits -- Jun
Icom IC-718 HF tx -- Aug
LF Engineering Skymatch,etc, cat -- Sep
Mercedes Benz
StarTAK cellphone -- May
MFJ 24-hr clocks -- Jan
MFJ HT Duck Antennas -- Jan
MFJ SWR Meter 269 -- Oct
Midland SpeakEasy FRS -- Oct
Miland SpeakEasy 75-517 FRS -- Nov
Midland Weather Alert radio -- Oct
MorseExpress Millennium Key -- Nov
OHR QRP Kit -- Dec
Optoelectronics Multicounter -- Aug
Radio Shack Optimus Multiband -- Jun
Ramsey antenna kits -- Apr
Ramsey SW receiver kit -- May
Receivers and rumors of receivers -- Aug
RF Enterprises Pilot Light flashlight -- Feb
SafeTShield (caveat emptor) -- Nov
Samsung Star Trek wrist phone -- Jan
Sangean ATS-505 -- Apr
Small Wonder Labs PSK-20 Tx Kit -- Jul
Smart Link Reaction Tuner -- Aug
Sonicbox -- Feb
SRS Labs WOW Thing -- Feb
Super Select-A-Tenna -- Jun
Ten-Tec RX-340 -- May
Uniden BC780XLT TrunkTracker -- Feb
Uniden BC780XLT anticipation -- Mar
WinRadio 1550e -- Jan
WinRadio WR-3500, WR-3700 -- Oct
Yaesu VR-5000 -- Dec
REVIEWS:
AOR Antenna Line -- Nov
CCRadio vs. GE Superadio -- Mar
Diamond vs Condor scanner ant -- Sep
Grove FTR-100 Notch Filter -- Oct
Grundig 500 sneak preview -- May
Hamtronics Aviation Rx Module -- Aug
Icom W32A TXer as a scanner -- Feb
Protek 3201 RF Field Analyzer -- Dec
Ramsey FM-100 Stereo transmitter -- Apr
Ramsey Mobile RDF System -- Jul
Stridsberg FLT201A Notch Filter -- Jan
Stridsberg MCA204 Multicoupler -- Jan
Super Select-A-Tenna -- Jul
Timestep feed and converter for GOES reception
(from Swagur) -- May
Wellbrook Antenna Splitter AS1030 -- Sep
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