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American Bandscan / ...and
More! / Antenna Topics / Beginner's
Corner / Below 500 kHz / Bob's
Tip of the Month / Closing Comment
/ Computers & Radio / Digital
Digest / Experimenter's Workshop
/ Federal File / Global
Forum / HOT NEWS / K.I.S.
Radio / Launching Pad / Magne
Tests / MilCom / On
the Ham Band / Outer Limits / PCS
Front Line / Plane Talk / Programming
Spotlight / Propagation Conditions
/ QSL Report / Reviews
/ Scanner Euipment / Scanning
Report / Service Search / Utility
World / View from Above / Washington
Whispers
FEATURES:
Broadcast:
Around the World by Radio--DEC
Behind the Mic at Columbia Square--MAR
Radio Australia looks to the Future--FEB
Radio Canada Intl--SEP
Song of the Coconut Is (Indonesia)--OCT
The New VOA--AUG
TIS - Original Microbroadcasters--NOV
Turning Point for Intl Broadcasting--JAN
1998 Shortwave Year in Review--MAR
193rd Special Operations Wing--JUN
Human Interest:
Alone on the Pacific (Mick Bird)--MAY
A Volunteer for the CG Auxiliary--APR
Eyewitness at the Solar Eclipse--OCT
My First Radio--SEP
Miscellaneous:
A Common Date/Time Standard--JAN
Compliance Enforcement at FCC-MAY
Privacy Bill Resurrected-APR
Satellites
GPS and ITS--MAY
Join the Search for ET--JUN
Live Pictures from Mir--JUN
Tuning in to Radio via Satellite--MAR
Weather Satellite Primer--JUL
Whispers from the Cosmos--JUN
Scanning:
DXing the VHF Low Band--OCT
Guide to Aerial Refueling--MAR
How to Identify FM Skip--FEB
MD State Police Helicopters--AUG
San Diego Regional Comm Sys--OCT
Scanning across the Pond--JUL
Scanning in Las Vegas--JUL
Tracker Tips--SEP
Tuning in to the Power Grid--DEC
Vacation Scanning at Yellowstone--JUL
Technology and Technical:
Aerial Magic--APR
Aiming Your HF Antenna--DEC
Alternative Power Set-up--JAN
Build Your Own Wx Station--AUG
Back Yard Beverage--APR
Construct an L-Band Feedhorn--APR
Filters - the Critical Element--DEC
Hey, hey, hey - ItÕs Y2k--OCT
Improvements to the Sony 2010--AUG
Monitoring Strategies for Y2k--NOV
OptoCom receiver review--MAY
Quadraform LF Loop Antenna--NOV
Radio Propagation and the Sun--FEB
Random Length Wire Antenna--APR
Tape Recording from the Radio--SEP
Utilities:
DXing Latin America by Air--SEP
Homing in on LF Beacons--NOV
Monitoring the Crisis in the Balkans--JUN
The Rise and Fall of WCC--DEC
Time Standard Stations--JAN
AMERICAN BANDSCAN
JAN |
Bits and Pieces |
FEB |
DXing on the Road; expanded band news |
MAR |
Three letter acronyms and other annoyances; applicants for CBC AM channels;
expanded band map |
APR |
Beaming In (directional arrays) |
MAY |
Domestic DXers Abroad; expanded band news; harmonics |
JUN |
Book reviews of AM Broadcast Stations, AM Radio Log, FM Atlas |
JUL |
FCC Online |
AUG |
IDing that unID |
SEP |
New and improved expanded band stations |
OCT |
Fading - is it inevitable? |
NOV |
Y2k and Broadcasting; US-Mex agreement on expanded band |
DEC |
Crystal Ball; digital TV DX; other services on 1610 |
...AND MORE! (renamed Easy Access Radio)
JAN |
Maxon's Full-Featured FRS-214 |
FEB |
Cherokee's Potent FR-460 |
MAR |
Motorola's New TalkAbout TA280 |
APR |
Motorola's TalkAbout Distance GMRS |
MAY |
Cherokee's FR-465plusVW FRS; 47 CTCSS tone table |
JUN |
Cobra's Formidable Line of MicroTalk FRS Radios |
JUL |
Drake FRS Sport 110 raises the ante |
AUG |
GMRS Rule Changes |
SEP |
Maxon's High Quality GMRS 21X |
OCT |
First Alert WX-67 |
NOV |
Oregon Scientific WR-102 weather radio |
DEC |
Cobra's Innovative MicroTalk Weather FRS radio |
ANTENNA TOPICS
JAN |
The Half-Square Beam; Antennas and Techniques for Low-Band DXing |
FEB |
What difference does a dB make? |
MAR |
Handy Tool for Antenna Work (MFJ 259B) |
APR |
What Does an Antenna Do? |
MAY |
Direction Finding Techniques and Antennas |
JUN |
Repeaters and their Antennas, cavity resonators |
JUL |
Vacation with an Antenna |
AUG |
Antennas Designed for Reception |
SEP |
What is a "DX Antenna"? |
OCT |
Remote-Control of Antennas |
NOV |
The Many Faces of Lightning |
DEC |
The Popular Half-Wave Antenna |
BEGINNER'S CORNER
JAN |
Around the World Yet Again |
FEB |
Getting Started in Amateur Radio |
MAR |
Indoor Antennas and More |
APR |
Great Radio Reads |
MAY |
Setting up a monitoring post |
JUN |
Kit Building the Uncle Skip Way |
JUL |
Special Summer Listening (weather events, fairs, sports, special event
stations, DXpeditions, etc) |
AUG |
Radio Tools from the Office Supply Store |
SEP |
Listening 101 |
OCT |
Developing Logging and Confirmation Skills |
NOV |
That Pesky Propagation |
DEC |
Keep on Having Fun! |
BELOW 500 kHz
JAN |
Nipping the Noise; Beacon Directory |
FEB |
Lowfer Update; GWEN gone; new LF band?; hunting for S118 |
MAR |
Voice BCs on Low Freqs; active TWEB and AWOS stns; DX camp results |
APR |
Longwave towers; West Coast net |
MAY |
Longwave Online; loggings |
JUN |
Ham Band Update; Euro-Beacon Guide; logs |
JUL |
Your FAQs Answered |
AUG |
Surfin' for LW Sites |
SEP |
Natural Radio - An Introduction |
OCT |
Natural Radio - The Hardware |
NOV |
Did you know? IDs; call assignments; FAA beacons; splinter freqs; harmonics;
homebrew natural radio |
DEC |
A Look Back (letter from ship radio officer) |
BOB'S TIP OF THE MONTH
JAN |
Spool antenna for portable SWLing |
FEB |
Converting an AM/FM for aircraft/public safety reception |
MAR |
Hints by the Handful (24 hr time on 12hr watch; check Uniden for RS
cost savings; custom cataloging MT articles; dust your radios) |
APR |
Synchronous detection and digital RF signal generator for the technically
adept |
MAY |
Better reel antenna/Memory keep-alive while changing batteries |
JUN |
Roll your own NiCds |
JUL |
More on the fat vs. thin antenna wire; more on license-free wireless
mike; more on Sony memory battery replacement |
AUG |
Two radios, one antenna; one radio, two antennas |
SEP |
Pocket organizers and PDAs; reducing circuit noise in used rcvrs; using
your car stereo for scanner/sw sound |
OCT |
More Sony ICF-2010 audio Improvements (better audio, better bandwidth);
circuit correction for August feature |
NOV |
More earphone audio on BC scanners |
DEC |
Fixing intermittent Sony 2010 battery operation |
CLOSING COMMENTS
JAN |
The Millennium Dilemma: Myth or Monster? |
FEB |
Bits and Pieces (ridiculous regulation; Leonid meteor storm; hobby
rebound) |
MAR |
Great Wailing and Gnashing of Teeth (The Right to Listen; A New Ham
Test?) |
APR |
Radio Waves and the Human Body |
MAY |
The FCC on the Hot Seat |
JUN |
Scanner Listeners and the Law |
JUL |
The Frequencies, They are a'Changin'! |
AUG |
In Opposition to "Technospeak" |
SEP |
The Results are In - How Do You Measure Up? |
OCT |
Y2k - Myth or Monster? You decide. |
NOV |
Looking Back as We Move Forward |
DEC |
Greetings from the MT Staff! |
COMPUTERS & RADIO
JAN |
A Reflection on Computers & Radar |
FEB |
3.4 Million freqs (Grove FCC database) and the COMDEX Report |
MAR |
AirNav 2.10 |
APR |
DXtreme Software's SWRLgold V3.0 |
MAY |
Software radio prospects / SkySpy ACARS decoding program |
JUN |
Interfacing with the Icom IC-R2 (build or buy interface, R2 utility
program) |
JUL |
Get the Picture with RadioCom 3.52 |
AUG |
Seeing is Believing with VisualRadio |
SEP |
Flight Databases Plus v4.0 ACARS Add-on |
OCT |
AirNav 3 - NOT Just a Revision! |
NOV |
The Duality of Life on the Internet (purchases gone wrong) |
DEC |
The Better Side of the Internet (Jet Radio) |
DIGITAL DIGEST
JAN |
Who's on Where? |
FEB |
Who's on Where? Part 2 |
MAR |
Twinplex - SITOR ARQ on the Double; new sequential duplex ARQ system? |
APR |
Catch Coquelet-8 before it's too late |
MAY |
Gearing up for complex decoding |
JUN |
Old systems going strong (Havana, Cairo embassies) |
JUL |
Computerized Monitoring Aids (NSK PC Freq Manager) |
AUG |
Robust Romania |
SEP |
Piccolo |
OCT |
TwoÕs Company, Thirty Six is a CROWD; Chinese diplo moving to
PSK |
NOV |
PSK - HF Digital's Brave New World |
DEC |
PSK - Part 2 |
EXPERIMENTER'S WORKSHOP
JAN |
Mastering the Grove FCC Database |
FEB |
Data Decoder Interface for Trunk Following |
MAR |
Soup up your Computer for Radio |
APR |
Dual Polarity Power Supplies |
MAY |
4-Level FSK data decoder interface |
JUN |
Modifying the Sony WaveHawk - baseband audio, data decoding, S-meter,
AM and WFM baseband taps, tape recording, backlight, extended memory |
JUL |
Computer Update: Trends & Features |
AUG |
Tools & Techniques (building and equipping the workbench) |
SEP |
Update on Computer Networking - II |
OCT |
Computer Tools, Utilities, and Tips for Radio |
NOV |
Electroluminescent Panels |
DEC |
The End of an Era |
FEDERAL FILE
FEB |
Where have all the fed freqs gone? (Standard Federal Trunked land mobile
systems); 163-163.9875 allocations |
APR |
Nat'l Disaster Medical Sys; more on 120.375 MHz; 164-164.9875 MHz allocations |
JUN |
Monitoring in W. Arkansas; DEA in San Diego; FF updates from readers;
165-165.9875 MHz allocations |
AUG |
US Fish and Wildlife Service; 166-166.9875 allocations |
OCT |
Fed Files mailbag: NC Feds, More FBI Freqs, US Fish and Wildlife update,
Blue Ridge Pkwy; 167-167.9875 MHz allocations |
DEC |
Monitoring Y2k the Government Way (by-agency and by-freq listings) |
GLOBAL FORUM
JAN |
Update on HCJB's Pifo Problem |
FEB |
"Anything Goes" Gone |
MAR |
France Snubs Western English Speakers |
APR |
Sunspot Peak; BBC Comes Clean about 3-year plan |
MAY |
Antarctica's Archangel on the Air |
JUN |
Find it on the web (IBB; SEC) |
JUL |
China Sneaks in Cuban Relay |
AUG |
Arne Skoog 1913-1999 |
SEP |
Thanks to Cuba and China, Jamming Continues |
OCT |
Deutsche Welle Faces Radial Cutbacks; DonÕt Miss Radio St Helena
Day |
NOV |
WBCQ Celebrates One Year |
DEC |
CIDX SW Listener Survey |
HOT NEWS
JAN |
Program Changes in a new BCing Season (R Prague, R Vlaanderen, R Netherlands,
WRN, Polish R Warsaw, R Australia, R Taipei Intl, BBC America, WRN-1 |
MAR |
Radio Waves, VOA to Africa, views of earth from space on internet,
Art Bell update |
APR |
BBC Singapore; DAB portable receivers; ODXA Milestone; EDXP electronic
newsletter; Hard-Core DX emailing list; Mac using SWLs on the increase;
WRN selected programming |
MAY |
DW Radio Worlds; Grove free stuff; WWCR DX block; ODXA Radio Fest;
Internet radio; sunspot webpage; NOAA radio; selected programs |
JUL |
Kosovo Crisis |
SEP |
BBC World TV |
OCT |
Radio Republik Indonesia |
NOV |
SWL Programs |
DEC |
BBC, RN highlights; new SW WTJC, Newport, NC |
K.I.S. RADIO
JAN |
"Doomsday Radio" (survival communications) |
MAR |
Restoring the Hallicrafters S-38 |
MAY |
More Mobile Station Solutions |
JUL |
Kits to Keep it Simple |
SEP |
Audio Enhancing Devices (DSP) |
NOV |
Bringing Hidden Treasures to Life |
LAUNCHING PAD
JAN |
Is this Mess Necessary? |
FEB |
Let's Accessorize! |
MAR |
Putting it all together |
APR |
Prosat DVB Digital Receiver |
MAY |
Satellite Launch Update |
JUN |
Multi-Satellite Reception with a Fixed Dish |
JUL |
Touring the Atlantic Satellites |
AUG |
Zinwell DVB Satellite Receiver; Bob Cooper |
SEP |
Uniden's SQ-590: Last Chance for a Talented Receiver |
OCT |
Hot Tips on Cold LNBs |
NOV |
Your DVB Questions Answered |
DEC |
DBS Update: The Latest on Small Dish TV |
MAGNE TESTS
(Reprints of Magne Tests reviews are not available.)
JAN |
Grundig Platinum Traveller Portable; Drake no longer servicing older
models |
MAR |
RS DX-397 Compact Portable |
APR |
Emergency Radio: Info-Mate 837; Sony introduces ICF-SW07 |
MAY |
Sony's ICF-SW07 ROM-tuned portable |
JUN |
Luke DP-976 Emergency Radio |
JUL |
Latest Version of Japan Radio's NRD-545; Grundig Yacht Boy 300PE being
introduced |
AUG |
Grundig Yacht Boy 300PE |
SEP |
Icom IC-R75 |
OCT |
WiNRADiO 1500e PC Receiver |
NOV |
Virtual Radio: Icom IC-PCR1000 |
DEC |
Kachina's Proposed KC-105CRX Receiver (a look at Kachina KC-505 tx) |
MILCOM
JAN |
Monitoring the E-8 Joint Stars; Spectrum holes; NJ mil freqs |
MAR |
The 1999 Air Show Season, Blue Angel and Thunderbird skeds and freqs;
US Army MARS freqs and designators; midwest air-to-air loggings |
MAY |
The Hidden Military Aircraft Band; What's on 138.925?; midwest monitoring;
Coronet and HF refueling freqs; N. Fla milair freqs |
JUL |
USS Enterprise; MCAS Yuma; NG Y2K Exercise; Naval tailcodes & callsigns |
SEP |
New HF Zulu Freq Found; Mystic Star Update; Randolph AFB; 442nd Fighter
Wing presets; Wright Patterson TRS |
NOV |
The Civil Air Patrol; Des Moines Intl and midwest logs; Have Quick
freqs; MacDill AFB; Military trunking systems survey |
ON THE HAM BANDS
JAN |
You can bet on this Bob-tail; Building and Using Baluns and Ununs |
FEB |
Restructuring; Radio Shack repeater; Hiram Percy Maxim; email |
MAR |
Let's Talk about Ham Radio; The Internet and the Michigan Mighty Mite
QRP transmitter |
APR |
W6SAI HF Antenna Handbook; QST archive projects - Pitchfork antenna,
playing checkers on the air |
MAY |
SWLing for hams; Flight of the Bumblebees |
JUN |
Adventure Radio Society; Light House Day and other special events;
Hamcalc Ver 38; ARRL web site and Ike's soap box |
JUL |
A Different Antenna (Hentenna) |
AUG |
Is It High Enough? |
SEP |
Clandestine Radio (compact and hidden antennas); 6-m FM |
OCT |
Cutting Your Losses (transmatch); Mosley antennas; entertaining hams |
NOV |
Ike's Santa List |
DEC |
Hamming on the Internet; AM freqs |
OUTER LIMITS
JAN |
Four SW Pirates Busted by FCC; Joe Mama killed; Metallica |
FEB |
SW Pirates adjust to FCC Busts; R Cochiguaz; Stoneham maildrop closing |
MAR |
Pirate Radio at Winter Fest; R Free Vermont vs. FCC; new S American
address; bust update |
APR |
New editors at Free Radio Weekly; New ACE address; Europirates audible;
clannie news |
MAY |
Jimmy the Weasel bust; Radio World endorses LPFM; W807; Europirates
still heard |
JUN |
Radio Free Berkeley Returns; Radio Caroline; Serb Clans?; S Am Pirates |
JUL |
ANARC Net on Summer Vacation; Schoech QSL page; FCC embarrassed; Radio
Eclipse wins Poll |
AUG |
Jimmy the Weasel Denies Bust; WBCQ schedule; Radio San Miguel |
SEP |
Numbers Station CD Available (Smolinski); Finn web page; Radiodifusora
Paraton |
OCT |
La Voz de Alpha 66 Founder Dies; South American Pirates; Another micropirate
bust; Zantow web site |
NOV |
South American Pirates; Berkeley Liberation Radio |
DEC |
Winter Prop Boost Europirates; Clandestine Radio Watch |
PCS FRONT LINE
FEB |
Protection against cellular fraud (authentication, RF fingerprinting;
wireless telephone protection act, subscription fraud, insider fraud, network
intrusions); 220 MHz auction |
APR |
Touching Bases: Iridium, Globalstar, AT&T, Sprint PCS, AirCell;
Sony phone warning |
JUN |
Surfing the Web on a Mobile Phone - wireless apps, smart phones, GPRS,
Bluetooth, Ricochet |
AUG |
Who Pays for that Cellular Call?; new area codes; new spectrum allocations;
Global System for Mobiles |
OCT |
Iridium Woes; FBI Stalls Satphone Licenses; Dial 911 Anywhere |
DEC |
The Evolution of PCS, Globalstar, Orbcomm |
PLANE TALK
JAN |
More HF Control Frequencies |
FEB |
Monitoring Accessories and Activities; western hemisphere MWARAs |
MAR |
March Madness (humor); ATC separation standards |
APR |
ATCC simulation; Murphy's Law; Delta map and Salt Lake City freqs,
Minn/St Paul freqs |
MAY |
Enhanced Traffic Management; System; Airport surveillance radar |
JUN |
A Toast to Air Traffic Controllers |
JUL |
Shanwick Radio; Airport Movement Area Safety System(AMASS) |
AUG |
Travel with the Flying Pig (videos); A visit to Poland's ATC |
SEP |
Stockholmradio; SF Bay Tower freqs; transponder code assignments |
OCT |
Airport Hopping - Balt-Wash Intl, Wash Reagan Natl, Dulles Intl, Chicago
Midway, St Louis KS, Kansas City Intl; Light Humor |
NOV |
Florida Freqs; Chicago O'Hare; Wash DC; Murphy's Law |
DEC |
Forth Worth ARTCC; book review Five Miles and a Thousand Feet; LAX
video available from Flying Pig |
PROGRAMMING SPOTLIGHT
JAN |
Learning to Fish - 1(finding programming on your own) |
FEB |
Learning to Fish - 2 |
MAR |
The Literate Listener (books read on air) |
APR |
OK, Where do I start? (beginning listener) |
MAY |
One for the Veteran Listener (quiz) |
JUN |
Down Memory Lane (answers) |
JUL |
Traditional Life (programs which reflect a culture) |
AUG |
Summer Heat: Sport and (BBC) Controversy |
SEP |
Music on SW - Evening Prime |
OCT |
Music on SW - Morning Prime |
NOV |
Music on SW - Foreign |
DEC |
Charting a Future for Int'l Broadcasting |
PROPAGATION CONDITIONS
JAN |
Worldwide Broadcasting Conflicts |
FEB |
Sounding the Ionosphere |
MAR |
Causes and Effects of Ducting |
APR |
Bibliography of the Sun |
MAY |
Bibliography of the Sun - II |
JUN |
Knife Edge Refraction |
JUL |
ELF/VLF/LF Prop Modes - I |
AUG |
ELF/VLF/LF Prop Modes - II |
SEP |
ELF/VLF/LF Prop Modes - III |
OCT |
Where to Listen in 1999 |
NOV |
How to Use This Page |
DEC |
Santa Claus - a Man of Many Modes! (changing navigational modes) |
QSL REPORT
JAN |
Nordic SW Center Website |
FEB |
Double Dutch Treat |
MAR |
Sign of the Times? (changing QSL policies) |
APR |
Signs of the Times - Part Deux? |
MAY |
The SWL QSL card museum |
JUN |
You Asked for It (no lead-in topic) |
JUL |
Summer Grab Bag (Cambodia, Cumbre DX, MARS) |
AUG |
Hot August QSLs (RTBF) |
SEP |
September, and the DXing is Easy! |
OCT |
QSL VHF Low Band Stations |
NOV |
DXing India |
DEC |
Special QSL Cards for DXers (R Australia and German Maritime Radio) |
REVIEWS
JAN |
Alpha Delta speaker / Icom Q7A Tx |
FEB |
Crane/Sangean CCRadio |
MAR |
Bose v. Zenith Challenge / Sony ICF-B200 |
APR |
AVCOM SDM42A SDU |
MAY |
JRC NRD545 with VHF/UHF converter / OptoCom receiver (feature) |
JUN |
EXP-1750 LF transceiver kit |
JUL |
Kloss Model 88 AM/FM radio |
AUG |
MFJ Deluxe Noise Canceling Signal Enhancer MFJ-1026 / Radio Shack Tuner
Control Cleaner & Lubricant |
SEP |
E-Trax software utility |
OCT |
Kachina 505DSP |
NOV |
Klockit clock kits |
DEC |
Active Duck for Handhelds / Tigertronics BP-2M digital modem |
SCANNER EQUIPMENT
JAN |
AOR AR7000 Wide Coverage Receiver |
FEB |
Radio Shack PRO-2066 Mobile Trunking Scanner; Improved feel for Drake
R8B tuning knob; Download Uniden user manuals |
MAR |
ICOM RS-8500 Software; PRO-34 discriminator output |
APR |
Icom IC-R2 Portable Scanner; ITT Mackay Marine 3031A rcvr |
MAY |
Remote Scanner Monitoring; Longer MX-4000/4200 battery life; PRO-7A
repair |
JUN |
Mini-Circuit's ZFSC-4-1 Splitter; more notes on Icom IC-R2; new Electra
Corp scanner?; Batteries Plus; Skyway aircraft band converter |
JUL |
Racing Electronics RE2000 Alpha Portable Scanner; May column correction |
AUG |
AOR AR16 portable scanner; Harris RF-590 receiver |
SEP |
Uniden BC245XLT TrunkTracker II |
OCT |
Plectron R700 Monitor Receivers |
NOV |
Uniden BC278CLT Scanner |
DEC |
Uniden BC248CLT Scanner |
SCANNING REPORT
JAN |
Flying and Scanning by GPS |
FEB |
A Lesson from Boston Police Radio; lesson about messing with the media;
Police Call 1999 |
MAR |
Future Railroad Scanning (trunking debate); scanning antennas &
Nil-Jon antenna review; Massachusetts Monitoring (part 2, completed) |
APR |
CES 99 Report; BC-245XLT announcement; CT state police update; scanner
repair (G&G Comm); Ft Worth TX public safety sys; Savannah / Chatham
Co / Tybee Is. GA trunked repeater system |
MAY |
Scanner Marketing-you tell us; Disaster monitoring in Canada; Utah
Co UT trunking; Montgomery Co PA trunking; Ericsson plans in N Calif |
JUN |
CT SP on the Move; Nil-Jon antenna follow-up; contributions & queries
from readers; Trends in pub safety comms |
JUL |
The Digital Dilemma; open airwave policy in Las Vegas; Longview, TX,
trunking; NWS computer-generated voice |
AUG |
The Bearcat 245XLT - What's it all about?; Palm Beach Co FL sheriff,
fire/rescue, W Palm Beach trunked system |
SEP |
The Good Old Days (LAPD comms on Adam-12); Scanner Marketing follow-up;
Busch Stadium, Halifax, Portland, trunked systems |
OCT |
Canadian Digital Scanners; Groton CT Fire Dispatch; Promoting Scanners;
Consolidation Continues; Wash State Ops; Southern Linc Blues; Wilmington
NC Trunking |
NOV |
Big Changes in the Big Apple; scanner marketing follow-up; Wash Co
OR trunking; new CA business licenses |
DEC |
Uniden's SmartScanner (how service works); Trunking Report (Pinellas
and Pasco Co, Fla); Police Call excerpt Vol 8 |
SERVICE SEARCH
MAY |
Marine Radio Monitoring |
JUN |
Civil Aero Assignments |
JUL |
Gearing up for a Revolution (refarming); State Law Enforcement Agency
Allocations |
AUG |
Emergency Medical Allocations |
SEP |
Forestry Conservation (state & local) |
OCT |
Police Service Allocations |
NOV |
Highway Maintenance Service |
DEC |
Fire Frequency Allocations |
UTILITY WORLD
JAN |
Rescue Coordination 1999 |
FEB |
Listen for USAF Salinas Global (GHFS) |
MAR |
More Israeli Intelligence Freqs |
APR |
Sunspots (solar cycles and how to interpret solar indices reports) |
MAY |
Monitor the Y2K Countdown |
JUN |
More Maritime Changes; Numbers update; HWK7 not French Navy |
JUL |
Are Planes Going Digital? HF ACARS; More New Star |
AUG |
Globe Wireless jumps the Morse ship, Global Radio Network |
SEP |
Updated CG Wx Sked; drug war leaves Panama; web ute resources; bogus
numbers BCs |
OCT |
Spooks around the Clock; More Cuban Strangeness; Spook Radio Schedules |
NOV |
US Armed Forces on HF? |
DEC |
Y2k, the Witching Hour Approaches - likely activity , freqs, dates,
agencies, callsigns, nets |
VIEW FROM ABOVE
JAN |
Wild and Wooly Weather (Wxsats; Resurs; GOES-8; STS Orbit plus; Kepler
element sources) |
FEB |
Using Primary Data formats |
MAR |
Watching Iraq; operational Wxsats; Polar Wxsat status; Sich-1 and Okean-4;
GOES Y2K tests; GOES-L; solstice images |
APR |
Scanning the Weather Sats |
MAY |
So GOES the weather; DMSP image; new products |
JUN |
Storms over Yugoslavia; NOAA-15 Chan 3A,B; NOAA APT Calibration markers;
NOAA-15 data drop-outs; Using NOAA data |
JUL |
Beauty and the Beast - antennas, computer upgrades; operational wesats;
new Chinese Wesat; new Landsat launched; new Indian imaging sat; first
pics from Insat-2E; correspondence from India |
AUG |
Seasonal Satellite Viewing; FengYun-1C; Free tracking software; Wxsat
launches; GOES-L launch delayed |
SEP |
WeSats Here to Stay: GOES Wefax; Wxsat emailing list; GOES-L launch
delay; more software and updates; images of hot weather |
OCT |
Way to Go, GOES! NOAA information sites; sources of current Kepler
elements |
NOV |
More on GOES-East; operational Wxsats; short-term outages from GOES |
DEC |
To Build or to Buy?; Operational Wxsats; Iceberg imaged; EMWIN; GOES-East |
WASHINGTON WHISPERS
JAN |
FCC Curbs Violations |
FEB |
Renter's antenna rights; new WTB bureau chief; Sony recall; HDTV future |
MAR |
FCC agenda for 1999; coalition petitions FCC to let market determine
high speed Internet; e-commerce and reforming FCC on Congress agenda; low
power FM NPRM on FCC website; 19 pirates shut down; equipment approval
system privatized and streamlined; real estate alliance appeals satellite
dish ruling |
APR |
FCC Proposes Low Power FM Service |
MAY |
NR514 passes House; Tauzin opposes LPFM; taxing internet coming; FCC
shuts down Vibes 89.1 FM , Grizzly Peak repeater, ham operators |
JUN |
Amateur Satellite (was) to Promote Commercial Venture |
JUL |
From Information Superhighway to Super Speedway! |
AUG |
EAS vs EBS; Israeli ATC vs pirates; reduced Morse code requirements
worldwide; area code shortage; FCC investigating 10-10 services; FCC reconsiders
slamming; annoying email violate US law? |
SEP |
Low Power BCing Creates Uproar |
OCT |
LPFM Broadcasting not RFI Threat |
NOV |
The Migration to Digital Radio |
DEC |
Reply Comments Pour in on Low Power FM Broadcasting |
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