2015 TSM Articles Index
FEATURE ARTICLES
Air Monitoring
Catch
the Action in the Air and On the Air Mar
Page 9
The
Air Show Experience Mar Page 15
Now
Try ‘Scanner-less’ Aviation Monitoring Mar
Page 19
Teak
Publishing’s ‘2015 Air Show Guide’ Mar
Page 23
Understanding
HF NOTAM Information Aug Page 11
Amateur Radio
Why
Go Digital? Jan Page 24
D-STAR—its
History and its Future Feb Page 31
Battery
Considerations for Digital Portables Mar
Page 20
Digital
Voice on 220 MHz? May Page 18
System
Fusion—‘The Roar of the Crowd’ Jun Page
26
Digital
Voices on HF Part 1 Aug Page 24
Summer
Radio and Some are Not Sep Page 29
The
Original Digital Conversation Oct Page
15
Digital
Amateur Radio Round-up Nov Page 24
Amateur
Radio Parity Act Feb Page 15
Middle
School Amateur Radio Station Update Feb
Page 21
The
Thrift Store Amateur Apr Page 24
N4H
and WA4USN Amateur Stations May Page 21
Keeping
the Ships Moving on the Welland Canal Jun
Page 8
The
Challenge of Over-the-Air TV DX Jun Page
13
Toward
a Glorious and Uncertain Future! Nov
Page 27
TSM
Reviews: Elecraft K3S—Another Step Forward Nov
Page 10
P-25
Networking: Staying Digital Dec Page 27
DIY Radio
DIY:
The Home-Brewer’s Primer May Page 9
Add
CW and SSB to your Portable SW Receiver the Easy Way Jun Page 20
It
Can Still Be Done: Kit Building is Alive and Well! Oct Page 10
Build
a Rugged, Copper Pipe J-Antenna for VHF/UHF Oct Page 18
Equipment Reviews:
Amiko
A3 FTA Satellite Receiver Jan Page 21
FT-991—Yaesu’s
Latest ‘Shack-in-the-Box’ Apr Page 16
TitanSDR
May Page 25
SDRplay
RSP Shortwave Receiver Jun Page 31
Whistler
WS-1080 P-25 Phase I and II Scanner Aug
Page 18
MultiPSK:
A Digital Diamond in the Rough Sep Page
18
Outernet:
Free, Global, One-way Internet to the World Sep Page 25
It
Can Still Be Done: Kit Building is Alive and Well! Oct Page 10
Manhattan
DJ-1997 FTA Satellite Receiver Oct Page
23
Ramsey
AM Broadcast Transmitter Kit: $45 of Pure Radio Fun Oct Page 52
Elecraft
K3S—Another Step Forward Nov Page 10
Whistler’s
EZ-Scan WS1095 Digital Scanner Nov Page
18
Airspy
SDR Receiver System Nov Page 21
Buyer’s
Guide to Shortwave Radios Nov Page 71
FTA Satellite-TV
Multiple
Satellite Reception from a Single Ku-Band Dish (Part 1) Jul Page 31
Multiple
Satellite Reception from a Single Ku-band Dish (Part 2) Aug Page 27
FTA
Satellite-TV: The Heir to Shortwave Radio Nov
Page 33
Cutting
the Cord: Part 1 Dec Page 23
General Interest Radio
K3LR:
Contesting with the Big Guns Jan Page 9
Monitoring
Utility and Amateur Transmissions with a DVB-T Dongle Jan Page 13
Volunteer
Interceptors: Listening for Terrorists Jan
Page18
Monitoring
the Russian Navy (Part 1) Feb Page 9
2015
Winter SWL Fest Recap Apr Page 27
The
Newcomers Net: Bringing together Newbies and Old-Timers May Page 15
Advanced
Radio Noise Filtering using DSP Aug Page
21
AFN:
The Biggest Network You’ve Never Heard or Seen Sep Page 9
Ultra-light
Radio: Doing More with Less Sep Page 14
Outernet:
Bringing Free, Global, One-way Internet to the World Sep Page 25
Radio
Intrigue: Old FAPSI Intercepts Dec Page
43
Scanning
Scanning
North America’s Railroads Apr Page 10
Current
and Future Trends in Scanning Radios Nov
Page 14
Vintage Radio
Listening for WWII POWs Jan Page 24
An American Ham in the USSR Jul Page 12
XER—King of the Mexican Border Blasters Jul Page 17
When our Vintage Radios Fought in the Air War Jul Page 22
Watts up? Line Voltage for Vintage Radios Jul Page 27
The Norden Broadcasts: America’s Ace in the Hole
Oct Page 27
A Virtual Tour of WEAF in 1927 Dec Page 9
Variacs 101: Answering those Questions Dec Page 13
Retro
Radio: Antique Radio Classics and the People Who Love Them Dec Page 18
REGULAR COLUMNS
Scanning America
Monitoring
Digital Systems Jan Page 28
Bozeman,
MT; Becker County, MN and Phase-II Feb
Page 36
Hard-Learned
Radio Civics Lessons in D.C. Mar Page 31
P25:
A Tale of Two Systems Apr Page 30
Allentown,
PA, FCC Field Offices and Dayton May
Page 30
Scanner
Update from Dayton Jun Page 35
EDACS
Talkgroups and RF Explorer Jul Page 35
Scanning
Wisconsin; FCC Field Office Shuffle Aug
Page 31
Maine’s
Statewide MSCommNet Sep Page 33
Counties
Weigh a Combination of Radio System Options Oct Page 31
Tennessee
Advanced Communications Network Nov Page 38
Scanning
the Mall of America and DFW Airport Dec Page
30
Federal Wavelengths
A
Year in Federal Monitoring Jan Page 33
New
York City Federal Monitoring Continued Feb
Page 42
Flying
with Federal Aviation Mar Page 36
Super
Bowl XLIX Wrap-up Apr Page 35
GAO
Report on CBP Radio Systems Problems May
Page 36
Washington,
DC—Scanner Dreamland or Nightmare? Jun
Page 39
FBI
Aircraft in the News Jul Page 40
US
Navy HYDRA Systems Aug Page 36
Navy
Enterprise System in the Pacific Northwest Sep
Page 37
Programming
Federal Interoperability Channels Oct Page
35
CBP
OAM Changes Nov Page 43
Year
End Wrap Up; Readers’ Submissions Dec Page
36
Utility Planet
More
Russian ‘Numbers’ Mysteries Jan Page 39
Cuba
Intrigue Continues Feb Page 46
How
to Hear HF Civil Aviation Mar Page 40
New
Use for US Marine Channels? Apr Page 39
US
Veterans Department Signs HF Contract May
Page 43
US
Coast Guard Plans Big HF Comm Changes Jun
Page 44
US
Navy-Marine Corps MARS Closes Jul Page
45
What’s
up with SKYKING? Aug Page 41
This
isn’t your Father’s COTHEN Sep Page 42
US
Coast Guard Consolidates HF Services Oct
Page 39
Goodbye
HF911, Hello UrgentLink Nov Page 48
Big
Month for Russian Military Monitoring Dec
Page 39
Digital HF: Intercept
and Analyze
Have
PacTOR, Will Travel the High Seas! Jan
Page 42
North
Korea Diplomatic HF Operations Feb Page 49
US
Coast Guard, Customs & Border Patrol COTHEN Network Mar Page 44
3G
Wideband Protocols are Arriving on HF Apr
Page 43
Decoding
Russian MFA and Intelligence Signals May
Page 43
Decoding
the MIL-STD 188-110B 2400 bd HF Modem Jun
Page 48
Swiss
Diplomatic Network Undergoes Changes” Jul
Page 48
Irish
Navy HF Operations Aug Page 44
Listening
in to US Embassies and Consulates on HF Radio Sep Page 46
A
Few Easy Digital Catches for the Beginner Oct
Page 42
All
About NAVTEX Nov Page 51
More
on US Government 5-Letter Network Dec Page
46
Amateur Radio Insights
Current
Balun Bonus: Noise Reduction? Jan Page
47
Interference?
You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet! Feb Page 54
RFI
Part 2: Finding, Fixing or Fleeing Mar
Page 48
My
Friend Ferrite: Interference Part 3 Apr
Page 48
A
Tale of Antennas and Instrumentation May
Page 48
Two
Meters: The ‘No Magic’ Band? Jun Page 54
Six
Meters: A new Twist on the Old Magic? Jul
Page 53
Gensets
and UPSs: Play it Smart! Aug Page 49
The
Great Equalizer Sep Page 51
Are
You Up for the Challenge of 60 Meters? Oct
Page 48
Ham
Radio on the Big Screen(s) Nov Page 56
Forgotten
Antenna Fundamentals and other Curious Tidbits: Part 1 Dec 50
Radio 101
The
View Ahead, Through the Rear-View Mirror Jan
Page 51
Cuban
Baseball, International News and World Music Feb Page 58
Intro
to FTA Satellite and Advanced Cord-Cutting Mar
Page 53
The
Art and Science of Chasing DX Apr Page
52
Training
your Replacement May Page 52
Meet
the New 20-Meter Band (Hint: it’s on VHF) Jun
Page 58
The
Wi-Fi Scanner, SWL Options Jul Page 58
2015
Field Day Report and the C64 Today Aug
Page 55
The
$80 E-Reader/Ham/SWL Decoder that comes with a Free Camera Sep Page 56
Ramsey
AM Broadcast Transmitter Kit: $45 of Pure Radio Fun Oct Page 52
License-Free
Two-Way Radio: CB/FRS/GMRS/MURS Nov Page
62
Timely
News with a Global Perspective and some Great Music Dec Page 56
Radio Propagation
Fundamentals
of Radio Wave Propagation Jan Page 54
Fundamentals:
The Ionosphere Feb Page 62
Space
Weather Terms Mar Page 57
More
Sunspot Mysteries Revealed Apr Page 58
Sporadic-E—The
Magical Summertime Sizzle May Page 56
The
10.7-cm Radio Flux Jun Page 61
More
10.78-cm Radio Flux Jul Page 61
Sunspots
Got You Down? You Can Still Work the World Aug
Page 58
Let’s
Talk about this Hot Sun Sep Page 60
The
Chromosphere (Continuing Our Look at the Sun) Oct Page 56
The
Sun Part 2: Coronas, Sunspots and SIDs Nov
Page 66
NASA’s
Solar Fleet Peers into Coronal Cavities Dec
Page 59
The World of Shortwave
Listening
Shortwave
Listeners make their Voices Heard Jan
Page 58
2015
Winter SWL Fest Feb Page 67
Armed
Forces Network Taiwan (AFNT) Mar Page 61
The
QSL Card—at What Cost? Apr Page 63
Shortwave
Broadcasters Descend upon Oman May Page
61
Corsette-Building
Project Jun Page 65
Community-based
Radio helps Nepal Recover after Earthquake Jul
Page 65
Radio
Verdad—Small Voice, Big Heart Aug Page
62
International
Radio Serbia Closes its Doors for Good Sep
Page 63
Tales
of Pirate Radio Woe and Intrigue Oct
Page 59
Buyer’s
Guide to Shortwave Radios Nov Page 71
Preparing
for your next DXpedition Dec Page 64
The Shortwave Listener
Change
and Opportunity in the New Year Jan Page
62
Central
European Shortwave Broadcasts Feb Page
71
World
Languages via SW Radio Web Sites Mar
Page 64
Radio,
History and Business Today Apr Page 68
Monitoring
International News via Shortwave May
Page 66
Shortwave’s
Continuing Impact Jun Page 69
Sputnik
Radio, BBC and VOA Jul Page 68
Kid’s
Shows, BBCWS, and CRI Aug Page 67
Radio
Tirana, Radio Serbia Remembered Sep Page
66
Spy
Stations, Canadian Elections, Central European Crises and More Oct Page 63
Shortwave
Listening via Internet Archives Nov Page
77
Christmas
Radio Around the World Dec Page 69
Maritime Monitoring
Marine
Radio Traffic and Heritage Jan Page 65
Radio
Surprises and Changes Apr Page 71
Maritime
Station Consolidation Jul Page 71
Marine
Radio Technology Sails On Oct Page 66
Amateur Radio Astronomy
Watching
the LWA at Home Feb Page 74
Detecting
Meteor Activity with Digital TV Carriers May
Page 70
Noise
in Radio Astronomy Aug Page 70
Continuum
Monitoring using an SDR R820T Dongle Nov
Page 80
Amateur Radio Satellites
AMSATs:
From OSCAR-1 to FOX-1A Mar Page 67
From
Famine to Feast Jun Page 72
Yet
More Flight Opportunities Jul Page 69
A
Whole Host of New Satellites Dec Page 72
The Longwave Zone
Firing
up the Neophyte 1 (Formerly: A Cure for PPHD) Jan Page 68
What
can be heard on Longwave? Feb Page 77
Longwave:
A Cradle for High-Tech Mar Page 71
Tuning
in to Natural Radio Apr Page 74
More
on Natural Radio May Page 75
An
Easy-to-Build Natural Radio Receiver Jun
Page 77
BBB-4 Wrap-up Jul Page 74
You
Have Questions…” Aug Page 73
Comings
and Goings Sep Page 74
Adventures
in Through-Ground Radio Oct Page 69
Miscou
DXpedition and LF Resources Nov Page 84
Miscou
2015 Recap Dec Page 76
Adventures in Radio
Restoration
Back
to the Future Jan Page 71
The
Admiral Bean-Counter Special Feb Page 81
The
Admiral Bean-Counter Special: Part II Mar
Page 75
The
Real McCoy: A 1957 Novice Transmitter Apr
Page 78
Powering
the ‘Real McCoy’ 75-watt Novice Transmitter May Page 78
First
Look at a Zenith 5K037 ‘Farm’ Set Jun
Page 81
Powering
the Zenith 5K037 ‘Farm’ Set with AC and Forming the Dial Jul Page 77
A
Classic Pair of Heathkits Hi-Fi Twins Part 1: the AJ-11 Tuner Aug Page 76
A
Classic Pair of Heathkits Hi-Fi Twins Part 2: the AA-151 Amp Sep Page 77
Aristocrat
to Royalty: First Look at a Zenith Trans-Oceanic G-500) Oct Page 72
Powering
and Testing the Zenith Trans-Oceanic G-500 Nov
Page 88
In
Command Again: a pair of ARC-5 and SCR-274N aircraft transmitters: Part 1 Page 80
The Broadcast Tower
This
is a Test. This is only a Test Jan Page
75
The
All-Important Ratings Feb Page 85
What
Happens to a Dead Radio Station? Mar
Page 80
Stuffing
85 Channels into a 32-Channel Sack Apr
Page 82
The
Big Get-Together May Page 81
FCC
Fines, Interference and Pot-Talk Flop Jun
Page 85
License?
I don’t need no stinking license Jul
Page 81
What
Happened to WOWO? Aug Page 81
More
on WOWO; New FMs and Coax Sep Page 82
Go
West, Young Man! Oct Page 77
Why
is that Tower Where it is? Nov Page 94
Going
out with a Bang! Dec Page 85
Antenna Connections
On
the Road Again: Mobile Antenna Concepts Jan
Page 78
Down
to Earth: An Overview of RF Ground Principles Feb Page 88
Got
a Match: Methods of Matching Coaxial Cable to Antennas Mar Page 83
Nothing
Ventured: Understanding Antenna Gain Apr
Page 85
Houston,
We have a Downlink: Spacecraft Antennas May
Page 84
Round
and Round: Loop Antennas Jun Page 88
Round
and Round, Part II: Jolly Green Delta Loop Jul
Page 84
Soldiering
on after a Micro-Burst Aug Page 84
Stealthy
Green Jolly Loop: At Last Sep page 85
The
Modern Underground: Stealth Oct Page 80
MFJ:
Our Friend in the Radio Business Nov
Page 98
Year-End
Quiz: Test Your Antenna Knowledge Dec Page
89