BAND RECEIVER - Listen -In to Dramatic Radio Communications from Pilots, Ground Controllers, and More
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Covington 43 Keep others from barging in on your telephone conversations with a simple line -monitor circuit BUILD A WIRE TRACER Charles D. Rakes 45 Cut those tough home -repair and remodeling jobs down to size with this wire -tracing circuit FEATURE ARTICLES ON -BOARD NAVIGATION SYSTEMS FOR YOUR CAR Bill Siuru 39 Satellite positioning, roadside beacons, and other new developments to help drivers stay on course TRACKING DISTANT SIGNALS Laura Quarantiello 47 By monitoring the VHF low-band for skip, you could easily make some wonderful long-distance contacts ALL ABOUT MICROPROCESSORS Timothy D. Green 59 We explore what makes these powerful chips tick in an informative but intuitive style THE CODE MAKERS Larry Lisle 63 Trace the history of code and code -sending gear from the early days to today's computerized equipment PRODUCT REVIEWS GIZMO 5 Spotlight on home theater: Sharp Sharpvision LCD Projector; Carver A/V Receiver; Cerwin-Vega Sensurround Speaker Systems; and much more HANDS-ON REPORT 22 Heath/Reflex Wireless Doorbell PRODUCT TEST REPORT Len Feldman 26 Cannon UC1 8mm Camcorder COLUMNS ANTIQUE RADIO Marc Ellis 65 The Sky Buddy: All together again COMPUTER BITS Jeff Holtzman 67 The XT syndrome CIRCUIT CIRCUS Charles D. Rakes 70 UJT circuits THINK TANK John Yacono 72 RF bulbs DX LISTENING Don Jensen 75 Targeting the world HAM RADIO Joseph J.