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March, 1987 Volume 6, Number 3 $200 Second Class Postage Paid A Publication Of Grove Enterprises, Inc. r)la by Menlo r.';2,11 413r e MONITORING by Bob Gro ssbach" TIMES-4m- Huneault Christian Science Monitor SIGNING ON Electrifies the Airwaves Going for Number 1 WCSN See Page 6 "First the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear" An Introduction MT REVIEWS: The Two Newest Additions wok Surveillance .601.6ijr, V 00,111-AWS13. " ....%emonnomow suism*f.,*: 111111111.- -'- , ru I/ 7A.; 7.-.7; - ..,, 11111.-"" EFT. Ellill 11111111111 EMI 611111111111 344111,0, PRIM OBSSIE 11111111118 11.11). - ,MM _ ii MPS !EMI , IIÇÎ High-Tech Eyes . .....z.f.......i..::.iml....m.ii.,.....,,,,,f,..,-. And Ears of the Law Top: Kenwood's new R-5000 High Performance Receiver. Bottom: Radio Shack's new Pro-2004 Programmable Scanner. Products reviewed by By Jerry Cody See Page 8 Larry Magne and Bob Parnass, respectively. www.americanradiohistory.com We've Got It All! 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We've Got money order S Address for It All: Checks should be made City State Postal Code payable to Miller Publish- ing and sent to 3 Lisa Country Drive, Thorndale, PA 19372. www.americanradiohistory.com NITORING The Selling of the Spectrum TIMES Published by: Enterprises, Inc. an era Unfortunately, the answer to "Who gets what ?" is quite Grove In the eternal quest for additional revenue during and the Reagan clear: The telecommunications monopolies. AT &T, forced Publisher of unprecedented deficit spending, Utilities Editor: administration has proposed auctioning off various classes to divestiture just a short time ago for antitrust violations, Even the becomes a sure winner; you and I, with limited ability to Bob Grove of licenses and frequencies to the highest bidder. Editor: given its editorial buy legislative interest, are the losers. Broadcast prestigious New York Times has Larry Miller approval to the money- making scheme. True, in the past it has been a common practice for Production Manager: Baughn brought in from investors to apply for licenses in coveted portions of the Rachel An anticipated $600 million would be Subscriptions: and TV station applications spectrum and then sell them for a profit, but this is a result paging, cellular telephone Mitzi McCoy the nod on Capitol Hill, of inadequate regulation. The small businessman who next year if the proposition gets Advertising and Dealerships and the problem of who gets what would be solved. needs a license should not be penalized for the short- sightedness of existing legislation. Judy Grove Inside this Issue Thank You The MT Reader Survey I: Who is the "average" reader? Signing On: WCSN 6 Part The Christian Science Monitor In the frantic routine of a publishing day it is hard to inaugurates its state -of- the -art SW station In the issue we enclosed a reader reply card which and acknowledge all of the kindnesses which we January Intro to Surveillance 8 stop invited everyone who received a copy of MT to let us know receive from our readers. But I would like to 'take a How the pros do it -by Jerry Cody his personal tastes in listening and equipment; now it is moment to give due to all of you who have supported Classification & Security 9 time to assemble, collate and analyze the data. levels MT. Menlo DuPem explains classification 12 Timely Tips for QSLing 10 of responses came pouring in; it should be a you for your kind words of encouragement --and Thousands Expert advice from "Dr.