Monitoring Times 1995 INDEX
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Monitoring Times 1995 INDEX FEATURES: Modern Receivers: How we got here BELOW 500 kHz Broadcast: Nov JAN You Tell Us: listeners letters A Logical Future for Shortwave Sep Propagation Modes Oct FEB AWOS Stations; Homespun Loop Argentina: Radio with a Past Jan Revisited BBC Atlantic Relay Station May Utilities: MAR Survey; Wintertime DX; ELF grows Brazilian Voices on SW Mar GHFS: MacDill AFB Feb trees; Tesla books, GBZ tower Eq. Guinea: History & Mystery Oct Greenpeace High Seas Drama Dec APR Beacon Troubleshooting; Fix for Independent SW BC in Canada-I Apr MT Goes Inside NORAD Nov WR-3; using varicaps Part II May Sailing Through the Ham Bands Apr MAY Who's on the Band? Kol Israel: Changing Strategy Jun SAREX: Astronauts on ham radio Mar JUN Name That Sound; Navtex Mediumwave Mini-DXpeditions Jul JUL Summer Strategy "Miraculous" Reception? (MW) Apr AMERICAN BANDSCAN AUG Survey Results; loggings; Mac OKC: The Radio Aftermath Jul JAN Listen in on Remote Broadcasts map function; W7FG Vintage Radio in Botswana Feb FEB Landing that Wallpaper (QSLing) Manuals Shortwave in Latin America Aug MAR Books for Domestic DXer SEP GPS Meets Longwave; unique Shortwave History in S. Africa Nov APR Time Tips for DXing; Expanded beacons; tube intercom as Swiss Radio International Dec Band Broadcasters beacon; seismic sources; new The Course of Int'l Broadcasting Jan MAY Es Skip Time! beacons VOA’s Moroccan Relay Sep JUN Digital Radio - on the way? OCT Trip to Newington (ARRL) JUL International DX - on AM? NOV LF Engineering L-400B Antenna; Human Interest: AUG Who was on first? Longwave in the Pacific Bletchley Park,WWII code-breakers SEP Tower-Hunting Tips DEC A Visit to "Old CC" Dec OCT Mobile Dxing Hooked on Scanning May NOV Recording Your DX BOB'S TIP OF THE MONTH Joe Adamov: 53 Yrs at the Mike Oct DEC DX Tests - what, why, and when? JAN PRO-51 modified again; Hold for Leroy Schum: Homefront Hero Jul RS Freq Ctr; Better Knobs for Scanning Investigator Feb ANTENNA TOPICS BC200XLT Sixty Minutes in Cairo Mar JAN Bilal Isotran resonant circuit FEB Realistic Antenna Battery Saver; Victor Goonetilleke - DXer Sep antenna; Autek Research RF MR8100 Cell Mod When Rescue Fails Aug Analyst MAR SW Reception on Scanner FEB Choosing a Feedline Antenna Miscellaneous: MAR Selecting an Antenna - 1 (antenna APR Upside Down Antennas FEMA's Multiple Radio Vans Jan characteristics); antenna tech MAY PRO-2035 knob fix; Sony 2010 GMDSS: Safety at Sea Aug certification test Grove Expo, Vol VI Dec APR Selecting an Antenna - 2 JUN Cellular Image Reception Low-Power AM Transmitters Aug (bandwidth, tuners, received noise JUL Cable and Adaptor Losses Preparing for the Worst (batteries) Apr vs.signal) AUG Increase IF level on R7000/71000 Russians in the Savannah Jul MAY Selecting an Antenna - 3 (right SEP DX390 and 440 Tuning The FBIS is Listening Jan antenna for the job) Improvements The Internet via Radio Sep JUN Grounds: Real, Substitute, Artificial OCT Full coverage on AR8000, PRO-46 The Shuttle's Mir-acle Mission Jun JUL Using wire radial to improve NOV Reducing Scanner Intermod To ID or Not ID? Oct hand-held reception; Lew McCoy DEC Zap-proof your receiver from book review external antennas Scanning: AUG Utilizing Familiar Objects as Air Boss: Control Tower on Wheels Jul antennas; Baluns and Ununs book CLOSING COMMENTS Cruising the VHF Marine Band Jun review JAN Where are the Trunk-Tracking Edison, NJ, Gas Explosion Mar SEP Diversity Reception; A limp radial Scanners? Emergency 9-1-1! Sep quarterwave antenna FEB One More Anti-Monitoring Law 15 Mistakes in Buying a Scanner Nov OCT Easy-Up Antennas MAR Bits and Pieces Informed Scanning Dec NOV AEA IsoLoop APR Passing of the Clubs Project 25: Scanner Lockout? Jul DEC Survey of Loop Antenna Types MAY Is the FCC abandoning us? Scanning at the Airport Sep JUN Freedom from the Press Scanning Beautiful Bermuda Jan BEGINNER’S CORNER JUL Musings re Tom Kneitel retirement Scanner Collecting Primer May JAN Hi-Tech Learning Tools AUG Internet Phone; Successor to Ham Scanning Kilauea Aug FEB Computer Shows Radio Shadowing Houston's Traffic Feb MAR Parts Procurement SEP A Look Back in Time (good old Trunking: Listeners Keep Pace Oct APR Scanner Books days weren't necessarily better) Trunked Scanning Laws Nov MAY Volunteer Testing OCT Flim Flam Audio Try Searching May JUN Monitoring Skills NOV Is the FCC Worth Saving? JUL Last Chance QSLs DEC Holiday Greetings Technology and Technical: AUG Ham Awards and Contests Antenna Grounds May SEP Battery Operation COMPUTERS & RADIO Antenna Location: Fact & Fiction Apr OCT Radio Hobby Not Dead JAN PC FM Radio Card Backbone in Your Dipole Mar NOV My Alaskan Adventure FEB Grove FCC Database Earthquake Monitoring (EMF sensor)Aug DEC Mobilizing Mobile Mobility MAR Bus Mouse Installation Elements of Antennas Selection Mar APR Optical Scanning Exorcising Computer RFI Feb MAY ScanCat Gold FM-10 Review Jun JUN Radio vs. the Internet FM Kit / ICOM R71 remote system Jun JUL Copycat Pro; Hoka Code 3 Man v. Static Oct AUG Scan Manager Pro SEP Scan Star Pro SEP Scanning the Big Apple; Boise OCT 6 Meter FM; Alinco DR-MO6 OCT Collins PropMan Idaho River Festival, BLM, US NOV 46, 160, 80 m; Antenna NOV Mail: Internet v Hams Forestry Service; Assoc of Am Compendium DEC AEA FaxIII; OCR Revisited Railroads; more hidden media DEC Stocking Stuffers freqs DEMAW'S WORKBENCH OCT Who's where and who s moving - OUTER LIMITS JAN Tape Recorder Interface projected reallocations JAN Frente Nacional Cubano Busted FEB DC Voltage Regulators NOV SWLing the Feds (SW back-up Twice; Pirates on 43 meters; Clans MAR Understanding Transmitters systems) in Russia; Radio Free Berkeley (without a license) DEC Federal protection details, FEB Radio Caiman CIA op?; Radio APR Using Op Amps to Aid Reception presidential campaigns, Olympics, Patria Libre; Radio Democracy MAY SWR and nuclear terrorism QSL; Books JUN Dealing with Man-Made Noise MAR Pirate Activity Record Broken; JUL Looking for Parts? HIGH SEAS Trummel's Black Book; Iran AUG Understanding Your S-Meter JAN New York Harbor Clandestine QSL; Best QSL? SEP Beginning Circuit Design MAR KFS World Communications adds APR FCC Loses one, wins one (Radio OCT Multiband Reception w/Tuned VCT; Visual Morse; m/v Polydoros Free Berkeley, 3 busts); La Voz de Antenna Feeders radioman saves lives Chiapas, La Voz de Guatemalan NOV Using the MFJ-259 Multitester MAY Petroleum Industry Mayan; KIWI DEC Intro to Crystal Oscillators JUL Globe E-mail and telex freqs; MAY Pirate Bust Developments; USCG final CW Eropirate bulletin; Mexican clans; DIGITAL DIGEST SEP The Navy's New Boat (guest Taiwan pirates JAN ARQ Modes feature) JUN Pirate Jams Iran; Aum Shinrikyo; APR Third Shift Cyrillic RTTY NOV Comings and Goings (history of Super DX Edge; So Music Radio; JUL Worldwide Ute News Club; French maritime comms; final column) Spectrum bcasts from Winterfest Forces message JUL "Patriot" Programming; RNI OCT French Forces Naming MAGNE TESTS returns; Polish pirates; Iranian Conventions and Vessel Suffixes Caveat: Reprints of Magne Test reviews clandestines; WRMI E-mail are not available. AUG CID using satellite feed; NASWA EXPERIMENTER S WORKSHOP JAN AR3030 covers pirates; Radio Pirana; JAN Inside the PRO-2035 FEB Best Receivers to Buy 41/43 Meter Notes; more foreign FEB PRO-2035 Extended Memory MAR Sangean SG 789A pirates MAR Tape Recording and Volume APR Sony ICF-2010 SEP Increase in pirate activity; WINB in Control MAY ICOM R71;Satellit 700 price hike; limbo; KIWI still active; RNI quits; APR Battery Backup & Memory W-J HF-1000 difficulties continue; Radio Marti on WHRI; Iran clan Preservation SG 789A antenna heard in Brasstown MAY Easy Datalogger for Home & JUN Drake SW8 Improvements, Drake OCT Chiapas Libre; R Free Berkeley Shack R8A Coming; Sangean drops Fined; SIO Codes; R Pirana JUN Great Circle Spreadsheet ATS-803A; Grundig changes NAm Moves; Black Book e-mail; New JUL Radio Shack and Metex PC lineup; W-J still promises ACE Publisher interface meters; Enhanced improvements NOV Israel BustsPirate; SRS E-mail; Zeromatic for Pro-2004 series JUL JRC NRD-93 41-43m 2-way Spanish AUG Free Space Radio Path Analysis; AUG Yacht Boy 305; News - Drake DEC Iranian Clan loses funding; MAX471 measures battery charge R8A,Lowe HF-250 Mexican clans; Local FM pirates SEP Rolling Your Own Resistors SEP Lowe HF-250 OCT Antenna Switching; Ground-Wave OCT Aroma SED-EDL88C PLANE TALK Propagation Analysis NOV Watkins-Johnson HF1000 FEB Oakland Oceanic Control NOV Building or Upgrading Computers DEC Looking Ahead: Should you buy APR The Black Box and Cockpit Voice DEC Upgrading Computers - Part II now? Recorder; HF Nets serving MWARA; Software offer Final FEDERAL FILE ON THE HAM BANDS Approach JAN Bug Hunting; Border Patrol JAN Propagation Tips; New Videos; JUN LDOC; New HF Datalink HFDL FEB Summit of the Americas; Boston Mini-Regen receiver schematic being tested; Atlanta aero freqs freqs; Strange Signals FEB Straight Key Night - sending good AUG Flight of the Concorde MAR Postscripts (Secret Service at CW; Low Band Activity OCT Brush Up Your Basics; Summit); C3I Data Links; federal MAR Three Short Antennas; Casio Observation Decks; Monitoring the realignment proposal; fed loggings watch for DX tool Comics APR Top Agencies' Securenet System ; APR Ten Meters; observations about DEC San Fran ATC Tower; Oakland Whitman AFB; US Customs; US antennas; homebrew tilt-over Center; St Louis freqs; World Air P.O; seismic monitor freqs; US tower and coil-winder books Carrier Callsign Directory; readers' Geologic Survey MAY New Products: