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U.S. www.americanradiohistory.com POPULAR COMMUNICATIONS MAY 1996 VOLUME 14, NUMBER 9 FEATURES Army Taps "Classic Radio" Expertise For Broadcast Test Vintage AM hams help military station. By Paul S. Courson. WA3VJB Lighthouse Radio lo A beacon of hope in Hurricane Luis. By Winston Seeney. VE3WFS Radio Remembered 12 Broadcasters that survived adversities. By Alice Brannigan Selected English Language Broadcasts: Spring 1996 24 A representative listing helping you to tune in to worldwide English programs. By Gerry L. Dexter Books You'll Like 32 Angels Don't Play This HAARP, Throbbing Modems, Ham License Guides. By R.L. Slattery Checked Out 56 Grundig Yacht Boy 400 receiver. By W.W. Smith COLUMNS page 72 Product Parade 20 How I Got Started 30 Emergency 34 Clandestine Communique 38 Antennas 'n' Things 40 Scanning VHF/UHF 46 Telephones Enroute 48 The Ham Column 51 Satellite View 52 Broadcast DXing 58 Pirates Den 65 CB Scene 66 Washington Pulse 69 Listening Post 72 Communications Confidential 79 DEPARTMENTS Thoughtwaves 5 Mailbag 6 World Band Tuning Tips 44 Communications Shop 84 page 34 This month's cover: The transmitter site of WCIX, Channel 6, in Miami, Fla., shows the effects of Hurricane Andrew a few years ago after its 1,840 -foot antenna was destroyed in the storm. 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