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v,nline 7, Number 6 Second Class Postage Paid Inside This Issue: Adventures in the Clarke Belt (DXing Satellite TV) tM NITORI NG New 4-digit Numbers Site! Halfwave Dog-pull Antenna MT Reviews the Sony ICF-7601 Portable $ Vacation Scanning in Orlando 74654 Homebrew Radio In Guatemala 13 II o 3932 8 SATELLIT 650 INTERNATIONAL - THE EAR TO THE WORLD Top Class World Receivers with German Technology Microcomputer controlled PLL- frequency- synthesizer tuning for AM and FM. Direct fre- quency key -in for all wave bands with automatic follow - up preselectorand three -stage fading control for AM. Short Wave covering 1.6- 30.0MHz. Double superhetforexception - al selectivity and image rejec- tion, switchable SSB /BFO sec- tion (adaptable to USB /LSBI. AC 110 -240V, 50 /60Hz, DC- operation 9V with batteries or external power supply. Visit us at Consumer Electronics Show, June 4 -7, Booth #4726. Exclusive Licensee & Distributor of Grundig AG in USA Lextronix, Inc. P.O. Box 2307 Menlo Park, CA 94026 Tel. (415) 361 -1611 Toll free No. 1 (800) 872 -2228 GRUIIDIG Published by Grove Enterprises Publisher: Bob Grove, WA4PYQ Editor: Larry Miller Technical Editor: NITORING Ike Kerschner Design and Production: Rachel Baughn Subscriber Services: Linda Newton Advertising and TIMES Dealerships: - Judy Grove Inside this Issue Eavesdrop on the "House of the Mouse" by John F. Combs 6 Disneyland. To millions of children around the world, the name conjurs up images of Mickey, Donald and author John Goofy. To Combs, it represents a scanning bonanza! Join him as he shows you how to tune in the action behind the action at the House of the Mouse. TGN: Homebrew Radio in Guatemala by Don Moore 8 Depending on where you live, Radio Cultural's 3300 kHz signal isn't all that difficult to hear. That's because station jack -of-all- trades, Wayne Berger, has a knack with transmitters. Join Don Moore as he travels to Guatemala for a look at the man and his station. Adventures in the Clarke Belt by Ken Reitz 12 At one time, satellite DXing used to be the province of the adventurous and the rich. Today, virtually anyone can learn to tune in the exciting world of TVRO. You'll be surprised at what you can see -- and hear. DXing in the USSR by Igor Sannikov 16 He's single, 26 years old and a teacher of English at the Kirov Polytechnical Institute. Igor Sannikov tells the story of the radio monitoring hobby in the Soviet Union in this first -ever article by a Russian DXer! Scanning with Style by Bob Kay 20 If someone put a blindfold on you, turned on your scanner and asked to you identify the transmissions you heard simply by their audio, could you do it? Bob Kay says learning such characteristics is only part of developing your own scanning style -- and success. New Four -Digit Number Site Found by Garganta La Profunda 22 As promised, MT reveals the location of yet another "spy numbers" station -- a U.S. government transmitter Inlet, Florida! near Jupiter The Halfwave Dog -Pull Antenna by R.F. Burns 23 Jock Elliott just decided to do something about poor reception. He's tired of being the only Radio one who can't seem to hear Ribamar in Brazil on 4785 kHz. So off Jock goes to get parts for... a dog pull antenna ?! 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