Monitoring Times 2000 INDEX

FEB Books to Grow By (ARRL
Handbook for Radio Amateurs;
Understanding Basic Electronics;
Electronics of Radio; Practical RF
Design; Solid State Design for
the Radio Amateur; Intro to Radio
Frequency Design)
MAR Going Mobile
APR Muscle Cars and Antenna Wire
MAY PSK31 on a Budget; Field Day
2001; KAT2 Automatic Antenna
Tuner
JUN One Ham's Hamfest Perspective
JUL Ragchewing and Other Fun
AUG Dog Days in the Great Outdoors
(antennas and tuner for portable
ops)
SEP Ham Radio Rises Again
OCT Easy PSK31 Ops with RIGblaster
NOV Ham Radio in the Real World;
Lower Vanity Fee; FCC number
mandatory; on-air code practic
legal
DEC Picks for the Gift-giving season
OUTER LIMITS
JAN Holidays Boost Pirate
Broadcasting
FEB Variety and Quantity Return
MAR USA-sponsored Clandestine
Activity
APR Zeller's Tenth Anniversary
MAY Allan Weiner Acquires Ship Tx
JUN Kentucky Militia Nixes KSMR
JUL Do We Need and Unlicensed BC
Band? New ACE Publisher
AUG Pirate Radio Thriving (logs)
SEP Camp Meeting Radio (AWR);
Clandestine Radio Schedules
OCT Hear Pirates via Java Radio?;
Clandestine Targets
NOV Kirk Trummel: 1963-2001; Biafra
back on
DEC Cuban Spy Used Numbers;
holidaypirate numbers
PLANE TALK (even months)
FEB Something for Everyone:
Tatosian book review;
Flightradio.com; airline company
freqs; unusual aero comms from
Bob Bell; MWARA (conclusion)
APR Richmond VA and Sacramento
CA towers
JUN Tampa Bay Airspace; Air Traffic
Cafe website; Chicago Surfing;
Flight Explorer PE
AUG Alphabet Soup (Air Traffic
Management Glossary); FAA to
Modernize ATC over Oceans;
Houston Radio HF Services
OCT Airship Aviation (blimps); AirVan
ACARS decoding software;
airport freqs - Albuquerque NM,
Cleveland OH, St Louis MO,
Denver CO
DEC Christmas Bonus: Airline
company freqs; Frewell TWA; LA
Center; Oakland, Seattle, Salt
Lake City, Atlanta Centers; jokes
PROGRAMMING SPOTLIGHT
JAN Breakfast with Shortwave
FEB It's Your VOA
MAR Can Youth be Served?
APR Afternoon Delights
MAY DXing, SWLing, Media Programs
JUN SRI and Other Tales
JUL New Media, the BBC, and
Magazines
AUG Discovering Lots of Life on SW
(without the BBC)
SEP An Ear to the Tower of Babel
(non-English programming)
OCT RCI, the CBC, and the Role of
International Radio
NOV DX, SWL, and Media Programs
DEC Listening to the Tea Leaves
(ways of listening to SW news)
QSL REPORT
JAN Latin Websites and more
FEB (Jan repeated in error)
MAR European Websites
APR Veri Signers: Are They Worth It?
MAY Increase your QSL Return Rate
JUN QSLing Hams on Field Day
JUL QSLing Int'l Hams
AUG Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend a
Beam for DXers
SEP Adventist Radio Wows Collectors
OCT DX is back for the Trop Heads!
NOV QSLing Beacons
DEC LowFERs and MedFERS
RADIO (or SHORTWAVE) EQUIPMENT
FEB AOR's AR8600 on HF
MAR (Mediumwave Equipment) The
Henry Kloss Model One
APR Yaesu VR5000 on HF
MAY MFJ 8100 World Band SW Radio
JUN DJ-X2000T on HF and Your
Letters (NRD-535 Quick Toggle,
ICOM R3 Idiot, MT Stock
Exchange, Field and Stream
nostalgia ad)
JUL What are synthesizers and how
do they work? - I
AUG What are synthesizers and how
do they work? - II
SEP SWLing "On the Go"
OCT Mobile Solutions - II (using base
stations and in-dash receivers);
Sony mobile receiver review XR-
C5600X
NOV Mobile Solutions - III (converters,
comparisons, satellite audio)
DEC Taking Back the BBC (listening
via satellite)
RADIO RESTORATIONS
JAN Firing up the Transitone
FEB Rehabbing an RF Generator
MAR Recapping and Testing the
Generator
APR We Realign the Transitone
MAY Restoring the National SW-54
JUN Interesting Radio Books: Amateur
Radio - A beginners Guide,
Thordarson Transformer Manual,
Fireside Politics - Radio and the
Political Order, Complete Price
Guide to Antique Radios - Sears
Silvertone Catalogs, Marconi's
Atlantic Leap
JUL Continuing the SW-54
Restoration
AUG The SW-54 Plays Again!
SEP Realignment and Testing of the
SW-54
OCT Firing up a World War II
"Command Set" (BC-453, R- 23A
NOV SW-54 Conclusion; Isolation
Transformer [Oct column]
DEC Digging Into the Command Sets
SATELLITE SERVICE GUIDE
JAN Galaxy 7; Galaxy 9; Telstar 7;
Satcom C3
FEB Galaxy 1R; Satcom C4; GE-7;
GE-8
MAR GE-6; Galaxy 6; SBS-6; SBS-4;
GE-5; Satcom K2
APR GE-2; GE-3; Telstar 4; Anik F1
MAY Galaxy 11, Telstar 6, Glaxy 3R
JUN Telstar 5, Galaxy 4R, GE-4
JUL GE-1, GStar-4, Anik F1, Anik E2
AUG Solidaridad 2, SATMEX-5, Anik
E1, Morelos 2
SEP Galaxy 10R, Galaxy 5, Galaxy 9,
Telstar 7
OCT Satcom C3, Galaxy 1R, Satcom
C4, GE-7, GE-8, Brasilsat A1,
GE-6
NOV Galaxy 6, SBS-6, SBS-4, Satcom
C1, GE-5, Satcom K2, GE-2
DEC GE-3, Telstar 4, Galaxy 11
SCANNER EQUIPMENT
JAN Butel Control Software for the IC-
R2
FEB RT Systems Software for the
Yaesu VF-500
MAR Uniden BC780XLT Trunktracker
APR AOR AR8600
MAY Yaesu VR-5000
JUN Alinco DJ-X2000T
JUL Yaesu VR-120 Portable Scanner
AUG Ask Another Bob: How can I build
a scanner? measure scanner
performance? add alpha labels?
buy a crystal-controlled air band
scanner? Collectors Corner:
Regency TM-H2
SEP Optoelectronics DS1000
Frequency Counter; Software for
the VR-120
OCT Tracking the Trendsetters
NOV Mobile Scanning in Style
DEC Build a Mobile Mounting Bracket
SCANNING CANADA
SEP Welcome to Canada
OCT Onward to Ontario: Pearson
Airport
NOV Scanning the West Coast