nitoring CON TENTS Times- Vol. 24, No. 10 October 2005 S.riwar.mo,n tmentComporn IMonitoring Times - China's Broadcasting Industry 15 By Azizul Alam Al -Amin Propagation Outlook for October 2005 to March 2006 ....16 By Tomas Hood Once again, NW7US takes us througi the fall, winter, anc spring seasons and details what kind cf radio reception we can expect a -id wiy. Propagation conditions are tra:ked for mediumwave and shortwave AM broadcasts and also for VHF and above. Some cf the best meteo- show- ers of the year occur during ths time fame, producing meteor-scater openings on VHF. r Sto Bienvenido Scanners affected by rebanding 7 Mexico Florida restricts scanner use in vehicles 24 Gayle Van Horn Boston, Cleveland, Indianapolis Air Traffic Control 53 Welcome to Mexico! By Drop the Code to Save the Code 61 radio, that is... Gayle Van Horn Icom R75 Resurrected 74 has been listening to Mexico since . the days of Wolfman Jack and the "border blaster" stations that targeted the U.S. with rock and roll and miracle medicine in the 1960s, and she finally shares her experience with MT readers. Monitoring Mexico stil means deciphering fast -pace Reviews: jingles and a wide variety of mu sical genres to identify .1 statio Want a little tabletop shortwave re- to arpreciate tie benefits of the stir -pow- especially on medium wave. B ceiver that is simplicity itself? Did you ered Eton FR -300. Operating on wind-up you can catch our closest southe ever think to look in marine equipment for power or AA batteries or optional 3ow2r neighbor on shortwave, FM, an a radio? The SI-TEX NAV-FAX 200 may input, the FR -300 tunes AM, FM, and TV TV as well. This comprehensive not have all the bells and whistles ol. your audio plus NOAA weather station. (Sec overview covers them all, and standard communications receiver, bu-. on page 6C.) provides the contact addresses for the other hand, it receives and decodes Don't owt an oscilloscope. signAl the shortwave broadcas-..zrs for WEFAX, NAVTEX and RTTY. The kil- generaor. or zInv of those other lane, pieces possible QSL card.Story sta ter function does require connection to a of test eAuipme it? Well, John Catalano has on Page 10. computer sound card via the data output uncowcred soore very interesting "..irtua " On our cover: Mexican Flag jack to view the display. See page 70 Ortest iiitrumen-sand they're free! Since and National Palace in Zocalo the review. they _tie your siund card, they are limited Square, Mexico City. (Photo co Hurricane season may be over (we to mutsuring audio and D(' inputs only, but tesy the Mexican Tourism Board) hope). but there are plenty of other nate IIIthey an still tte very helpful in an3lyzing events which can take down the power grid.audio circuits of receivers, audio amplifier;, But you don't have to wait for an emergency citeitts. dc. (See page 72.).