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LETTERS to the Editor Change and Growth “I’m a loyal and continuous subscriber since the old ‘Shortwave Guide’ back in the fall of 1984. It’s amazing how much the magazine has grown since the old days when I was a disc jockey on WRNO Worldwide... and how much change technology has brought to shortwave listening and ham radio.” – Phillip Colwart, AA5FJ The International Listeners Guide was Larry Miller’s publication which merged with Monitoring Times in 1988. The hobby has indeed changed since then and Monitoring Times has helped you follow the changes in easy to understand language. In 1988, the internet wasn’t a factor in the hobby. Now, most of our readers are comfortable with the internet, but many of us haven’t moved beyond e-mail and visiting our favorite sites. This month, Tom Sundstrom will introduce us to some internet tools that can help in modernizing our online radio-related communications. If you have questions you’d like him to answer in future articles, write him at tomsundstrom@monitoringtimes.com. Radio Stuff Online “I’m enjoying reading MT ... I have a PCR-1000 radio that I make available on line through a service known as Shortwavelog. You can access their site at http://www.shortwavelog.com and for a list of receivers the URL is http://www.shortwavelog.com/ActiveRadios/ “Listeners can tune a few active radio receivers including mine there. My web access URL is http://shortwaveradio.dyndns. org/RCSweb/ “Please keep in mind not all radios are on 24/7. My radio is usually on weekday and weekend evenings Eastern time. I also have another radio hobby of collecting vintage music radio shows. “The website is located at http://www. davesairchecks.com There you can listen to samples of how AM-FM radio sounded back in the 1960s through the 1980s.” – Dave Freeman Jacques d’Avignon sent us a link to the report on the annual DXpedition to Miscou, New Brunswick. Check out the pictures, loggings, and the challenges that seem to crop up on any DXpedition, even in the boonies: http://www. dxing.info/dxpeditions/miscou2004.dx Takes a Lickin’ and Keeps On... Remember the impressive antennas and shack photos of Al Stern’s shack in Satellite 4 MONITORING TIMES January 2005 Beach, Florida, which appeared in the November issue of MT? Well, Al has an interesting follow-up story! “The hurricanes shredded the few antennas that I did not take down from my towers/poles. I have a Pro-2035 hooked up to the shredded Grove Scantenna on the left of this picture. All that is left of the Scantenna is one piece of metal about 20” long. . . a single piece of tubing sticking up from the boom. I have been getting comms from all over the place in the 225-400 range, as far away as the other side of the state, Tampa Approach. “I’m in the process of resurrecting my two dozen antennas, but I plan on leaving the shredded Scantenna as is; why fix something that is broken but works so well?” – Al Stern Scanning Laws “I must admit that I haven’t read nearly all the State Laws concerning scanners in vehicles. I am a volunteer firefighter in Mississippi, I have two way radios as well as scanners in both of my vehicles. I travel to CT, NY, NJ, DC, MA, RI; all along I-81 to I-66 up I-95. What are the basic laws since I am a volunteer FF and do have radios and scanners in my cars?” – Jimmy Taylor, Jackson, MS Jimmy, check out Jorge Rodriguez’s final column in the December issue of MT, which gave a great summary of federal and state laws as well as excellent general advice to all hobbyists. The article remains on line with the rest of his columns on “Monitoring and the Law” at http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/mtlaws.html Great reception on Amtrak “Last fall (10/16), I was traveling home from a business conference in Glens Falls, NY, to Manhattan, on an Amtrak coach. At about 8:30 p.m. (00:30 UTC), I took out my Sony SW7600GR receiver, connected it to Sony active antenna AN-LP1, attached the antenna to the train car’s window, using the integral suction cup, connected my AC adaptor and plugged into the car’s AC outlet (usually used for laptop computers), and, finally, connected headphones. Then, I consulted the Shortwave Guide in Monitoring Times. “I tuned to 5890 kHz and immediately attained absolutely solid reception of Radio Thailand. For more than 15 minutes I listened to their ‘call in’ type talk show. Finally, at a station stop, a hoard of noisy people boarded the train. I disconnected the setup. After moving to a quiet part of the car, feeling too lazy to redeploy the full equipment, I began listening to local broadcast FM – with much noisier reception than Radio Thailand! “For me, this was an altogether unique experience, as I have never seen anyone shortwave listening on Amtrak. Also, I was not sure if the train crew would raise some objection to the antenna attached to the window – they didn’t. Conductors passed me several times, without comment. Now, I have one more reason that I love to travel by train.” – Joe Wagner, Dover, NJ, WPXD 483 (GMRS) Attribution On page 17 of the October 2004 issue, we reprinted with permission an attractive chart of the Electromagnetic Spectrum from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Readers should note this chart is courtesy of the Advanced Light Source, which produces the chart for the lab, run by the University of California for the US Department of Energy. Happy New Year We here at Monitoring Times are grateful for your support and for the great response to our reader survey. We’ll report on the results as soon as they are fully analyzed. We put some reader preferences into effect immediately. For example, The Fed Files will be appearing bi-monthly instead of only three times per year, alternating with the American Bandscan mediumwave column. Response to the online survey was so successful, we will probably run other surveys there periodically. Check out the MT website for new surveys and its new, easier to navigate design. Wishing you the very best monitoring times in 2005, Rachel Baughn, KE4OPD, Editor We welcome your ideas, opinions, corrections, and additions in this column. Please mail to Letters to the Editor, 7540 Highway 64 West, Brasstown, NC 28902, or email editor@monitoringtimes.com. Letters may be edited for length and clarity. Happy monitoring!
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• 200 programmable memories<br />
• Memory page customization<br />
• Manual & auto scan, direct keypad<br />
frequency entry<br />
• Sleep, timer, snooze, and functions<br />
Dimensions: 4.9"W x 3"L x 1.2"D Weight: 7.4oz.<br />
Power Source: 2 AA batteries (included) or AC adaptor<br />
(not included)<br />
Intelligent features.<br />
Strong performance.<br />
E10 AM/FM Shortwave Radio<br />
• Shortwave range of 1711 – 29,999 KHz<br />
• 550 programmable memories<br />
• Memory page customization<br />
• Manual & auto scan, direct keypad frequency entry, ATS<br />
• Sleep, timer, snooze, and functions<br />
Dimensions: 7.4”W x 4.5”H x 1.3”D Weight: 1lbs. 5oz. Power Source: 4 AA<br />
batteries or included AC adaptor/charger which internally charges 4 AA batteries<br />
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E10 is $129.95 plus S/H & applicable taxes. E100 is $99.95<br />
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