FEATURE
ARTICLES
The
month and page number for that month follow each entry.
Air
Monitoring
2016
TSM Air Show Special Mar 10
Flying
with Fat Albert and Sean D. Tucker Mar 16
How
to Track Military and Civilian Aircraft on your Home Computer Mar 20
Beginner’s
Guide to Monitoring Aviation Mar 27
2016
TSM Air Show Guide Mar 30
Amateur
Radio
Let
Portable Antennas give you a Noise-Free Vacation Apr 9
What
you know before investing in an Antenna Apr 14
Piggy-Bank
Ham Radio Part 1 Apr 25
Piggy-Bank
Ham Radio Part 2 May 15
Becoming
Radio Active when the Rubber Hits the Road May 22
Equipment
Reviews
AOR
DV-1 Wideband Receiver Jan 14
Wi-Fi
Radio Primer Part 1 Apr 20
Wi-Fi
Radio Primer Part 2: Review of the Stand-Alone Wi-Fi Radio May 10
Comet
CA-500 MKII Antenna Analyzer and a Pair of Cans for your Radio Pleasure May 26
Finally,
a Mobile Shortwave Radio that Works (BST-1) Jun 9
Wi-Fi
Radio Primer Part 3: Two Wi-Fi Radios Jun 17
Icom
IC-7300 Button and Knob SDR Transceiver Jun 32
Yaesu
FTM-3200DR Digital/Analog 2-meter Transceiver Jul 14
LD-5
HF Ham Radio QRP Transceiver Aug 8
Elad
FDM-Duo: A QRP SDR Transceiver with or without PC Sep 10
Icom
IC-R6 Sport 16 All-Band Handheld Receiver Sep 14
Sangean
HD-18 AM/FM/HD-Radio Tabletop Set Aug 25
LnR’s
New LD-11: A Very Red, QRP, All-mode, All-Ban d Transceiver Oct 10
Electraft
KX2 QRP Transceiver Nov 7
Small
HF Antennas for Portable and Restricted Space Use Nov 13
OTA-AM/FM/TV
and FTA Satellite-TV
ATSC
Off-Air Local TV: The Programming Jan 28
ATSC
Off-Air Local TV: Doing it Right Feb 28
Multiple
FTA Satellite Reception Techniques Revisited Apr 29
Saving
AM Broadcasting in North America May 18
Your
TV System is Changing—Again! Jun 27
FTA
Satellite Update Mid-Year 2016 Jul 30
General
Interest Radio
Building
Solar-Powered Amateur Radio Beacons for 630 and 10-Meters Jan 10
Monitoring
Joint Warrior 15/2 and Russian Air and Sea Activity Feb 18
RTL-SDR
Dongle: Your Eye to the Wireless World Feb 23
Monitoring
Russian HF Military Networks Jun 13
Your
New CB “Good Buddy,” the SDR Dongle Jun 30
How
to Become an EMI Detective Jul 19
The
Tester Basics: Understanding and Restoring Emission Testers Jul 23
China
Radio International: Evolution of a Shortwave Radio Station Aug 16
CB
Radio and More: Two-Way Radio No-License Alternatives Aug 20
The
Hacking of FLTSATCOM 8 Sep 18
GMRS:
The “Other” Citizen’s Band – Part 1 Sep 31
Monitoring
Russia’s Northern Fleet Oct 21
The
“Other” Citizen’s Band—Part 2; Putting a GMRS Repeater on the Air Oct 26
Radio
Power Supplies: a Primer for Hams and SWLs Nov 17
The
Kit’s Meow: Shopping for DIY Radio Project Nov 20
MURS:
Dots, Data, and More Nov 26
Vacation
Scanning on the Rails Aug 12
The
Slow Creep of Scanner Encryption Oct 15
Vintage
Radio
Retro
Radio: Finding, Storing and Savoring Vintage Amateur Radio Gear Jan 18
Solid-State
Gems: Discovering Vintage Transistor Radio Feb 9
Touring
the WJZ Transmitter Site in Bound Brook, NJ—1925 Jul 9
A
Classic Dozen: When it comes to Vintage Ham Gear, What’s in a (Great) Name? Aug
25
The
Hams Behind the Fender Guitar Legend Oct 30
The
Coast Guard Cutter Courier: A Cold War-era “Battleship without Guns” Dec 9
Experiences
of a (Relatively) Young Ham with Vintage Radios Dec 14
Beware
the Mods: Drake 2NT Transmitter Dec 18
Shortwave
Listening with the “Old-Timers” Dec 19
A
Salute to the Esteemed Regenerative Receiver Dec 23
REGULAR
COLUMNS
Scanning
America
Pensacola’s
APCO P-25 Phase II and Whistler’s New Scanner Jan 32
Fulton
County, Georgia, and Riverside, California Feb 37
Michigan’s
Interoperability System; Rebanding Progress Mar 37
Growing
Acceptance of TETRA Apr 33
Calvert,
St. Mary’s (MD) and Lewis (NY) Counties May 30
New
Scanner News; Ocean City, Maryland Jun 35
APCO
P-25 Explained; Scanning Creek County OK Jul 35
Madison
County (MO), Fire Service and Amtrak Aug 32
Enabling
Interoperability; Erie (PA) and Denton (TX) Counties Sep 38
Scanning
Howard County, Indiana, and Monitoring Airborne TETRA Oct 34
Public
Utilities as “Critical Infrastructure” Nov 30
History
of Scanning Dec 27
Federal
Wavelengths
DMR,
APCO-25, MotoTRBO, and the IRS Jan 36
The
Challenges of Federal Monitoring Feb 41
Federal
Monitoring at Super Bowl 50 Mar 41
The
2016 Political Season Apr 37
Summer
Vacation Scanning May 34
More
Summer Vacation Scanning Jun 39
DMR
Scanning is Finally Here! Jul 39
When
Federal Agencies aren’t Federal Aug 36
Political
Conventions Wrap-up Sep 33
Scanning
Smaller Federal Agencies Oct 39
TSA
Radio Updates and More Small Federal Agencies Nov 35
Holiday
Radio Logs Dec 32
Utility
Planet
Mexican
Military Returns to HF ALE Jan 41
New
Life for Operation SECURE? Feb 45
ALE:
The Mode that Linked the World Mar 45
Uncovering
U-2s on HF Apr 37
HF
in Death Valley May 39
Spring
2016 “Numbers” Update Jun 44
HF
Fax: Radio with Pictures Jul 44
When
the Going gets Tough, the Tough Tune in the Radio Aug 41
Identifying
US Military on ALE Sep 38
US
DGPS: Bad News and Good News Oct 45
KPH
Returns to Point Reyes Nov 40
Russia
to Activate Artic OTH Radar in 2017 Dec 38
Digital
HF: Intercept and Analyze
The
US Navy HF Broadcast System Revisited Jan 45
The
Russian Navy T600 “Bee” Modem Feb 48
Is
an Egyptian HF Diplomatic Network Overhaul Underway? Mar 48
US
ALE Smorgasbord Apr 45
International
ALE Networks May 42
Reader’s
Questions and an update on US SHARES NCS PacTOR Network Jun 47
Update
on NATO STANAG4285 2400 baud HF Modem Jul 48
Army
MARS and TSA PacTOR Network Changes Aug 44
African
Peacekeeping and Police Networks Sep 41
Getting
Started with Digital GPS Decoding Oct 48
An
HF “Beep, Beep, Beep,” Chirping Signal Mystery Nov 43
What
Digital HF Signals can you hear and Decode Today? Dec 41
Digitally
Speaking
Digital
Voice on the HF Bands Jan 49
Avoiding
Mixed-Mode Mix-ups Feb 53
What
else can you do with it? Mar 53
Digital
Destinations Apr 50
New
DV Gear from the LMR World May 47
Beer-Budget
Digital Repeater Project Jun 52
Digital
Dayton Jul 54
Evangelists
and Cheerleaders Aug 49
Controlling
Influences Sep 48
Still
in the Box? Put it on the Air! Oct 53
DMR
Update Nov 48
Holiday
Wish List Dec 45
VHF
and Above
Sporadic-E
Propagation Jan 22
Aurora
Propagation Feb 32
The
History of the VUCC Award Mar 56
The
Meteor Shower Nobody Saw—Revisited—Again Apr 54
Summits
on the Air May 50
June;
The Month of VHF and Above Contesting Jun 56
ARRL
June VHF Contest Jul 58
Juggling
VHF/UHF Contests and DIY Antenna for 6-Meters Aug 53
SOTA
Loop Repurposed Through Innovation Sep 51
Earth-Moon-Earth
Communications Oct 57
The
Baofeng BF-F8HP and the BTECH UV-SX3 Handhelds and 220 MHz Nov 52
ARISS:
A Brief Flyover and My Experiences with ARISS QSOs Dec 48
Amateur
Radio Insights
DVB
Dongles: Beef up your $20 SDR Jan 53
Forgotten
Antenna Fundamentals and other Curious Tidbits Part 2 Feb 57
Forgotten
Antenna Fundamentals and other Curious Tidbits Part 3 Mar 62
Home-Brewing
and Kit Building Isn’t What It Used To Be—But It’s Almost What it Will Be! Apr
62
Forgotten
Antenna Fundamentals and other Curious Tidbits Part 4 May 53
Tales
of Junk Boxes and Counterfeit Parts Jun 61
Old
Trees, Old Towers, and Living to a Ripe Old Age Jul 62
Let’s
Talk Aug 58
The
“Deserted Island” HF Antenna Sep 55
Radio
Fun with an Uncooperative Ionosphere Oct 62
Forget
the Holiday—it’s Contest Time! Nov 55
The
Hows and Whys of DIY Open-Wire Feed Line Dec 53
Radio
101
WorldSpace,
WRN, WXFAX and More Jan 58
The
Case for Satellite Radio Feb 61
The
Goodwill Radio Connection Mar 69
Last
of the Stand-alone DRM Portable Radio? Apr 67
Channel
Mater’s FlatWave TV Antenna; Help for 3M’s WorkTunes Radio May 58
FM
Mayhem Part 1: Stalking the FM Band in a Time of Excessive Translators and
Boosters Jun 65
FM
Mayhem Part 2: A Little Help from a 16-element Quad-Stacked Array Jul 66
Radio
and TV via FTA Satellite on Intelsat 21 Aug 62
Solar
Cycle 25 or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Maunder Minimum Set 61
Obsessing
about Awards and School Club Roundup Oct 65
What’s
New in CB and FRS/GMRS Nov 59
Getting
Started with Free-to-Air Satellite TV Dec 58
Radio
Propagation
Catching
Those Winter Medium Wave DX Signals Jan 62
The
Ionosonde Feb 65
The
Somersaulting Sun Mar 72
Season
of Lights (Aurora) Apr 72
Propagation
and Field Day 2016 Jun 69
The
Solar Wind Jul 72
Did
He Really Do It? Aug 66
Space
Weather: Interfering with the Global Positioning System Oct 70
Space
Weather: Cycle 24 is Dying Nov 63
Plasma
Bullets 63
The
World of Shortwave Listening
A
South Pacific Radio Odyssey Jan 66
HF
Pirates Roam 41 and 90-meter Bands Feb 69
Radio
Netherlands: Archiving Shortwave Radio History Mar 76
Clandestine
Stations Alive and Well! Apr 76
Spanning
Two Continents and the Mediterranean: Turkey and Cyprus on Shortwave May 61
NYC
FM Pirates; Atlantis on MW and FM Pirates in China Jun 73
Inside
the Voice of Korea Jul 76
Something
Old, Something New: Kenwood R-5000 and Tecsun PL-680 Receivers
NASB
Brings Shortwave Broadcasters and Listeners Together Sep 65
Halloween
Shortwave Pirates and Global Pirate Weekend Oct 74
Trends
in Shortwave Radio Nov 66
On
the Road with a Tecsun PL-680 Dec 68
The
Shortwave Listener
RNZI,
BBC, RFI, WHRI, and VOA Jan 71
RCI’s
Broadcast Legacy and You Too can be a Shortwave Radio Broadcaster! Feb 72
DJs,
The Bard, and “My Favorite Country” Mar 80
The
Queen’s Birthday, KBC Cutback and VOA Tibet Apr 81
“Isle
of Music,” BBC, RHC and More May 66
New
SW Programs and Korea: North vs. South Jun 77
Greek,
Country, Gospel Music and More Jul 80
Top
Shortwave Programs and a Tiny Change in Time Aug 75
Radio
Ukraine, RFI and Radio Syria Sep 69
Listening
to Shortwave and Internet Radio Oct 78
EU
SW Stations and Election Night Listening Nov 70
Christmas
Around the World on Shortwave Dec 75
Maritime
Monitoring
CMB:
Continuous Marine Broadcasts Jan 74
Radio
Action on the Great Lakes Returns Apr 84
Change
is Inevitable Jul 83
Stormy
WX and an end to some DGPS Oct 81
Amateur
Radio Astronomy
WWVB
and other Fun Stuff Feb 75
Revisiting
Radio Jove with a Low Cost Computer May 69
Using
FITS Viewers with Radio Astronomy Images Aug 78
FITS
Again Nov 73
Amateur
Radio Satellites
AMSATs
Then and Now Mar 83
Yet
More AMSAT History
Summer:
Satellite Antenna Experimenting Time Sep 72
Amateur
Radio Satellite Operating Protocols Dec 78
The
Longwave Zone
SDR:
I’M A Believer! Jan 77
Up
and Running with SDR! Feb 80
New,
Mail and Updates Mar 88
Spring
Remedies Apr 87
Longwave
Beacons: the ideal DX Target May 72
Summer
Strategies for LW DX Jun 86
472-479
kHz (& Vicinity) Update Jul 86
Contributor’s
Guide to TLZ Aug 82
Improve
Your LW Antenna; a Visit from KR6ISS; SAQ on the Air; Reader’s Logs Sep 76
WSPRs
on the Band Oct 85
Information,
Please… Nov 77
Resources:
What’s on your Bookshelf? Dec 82
Adventures
in Radio Restoration
In
Command Again Part 2: Experiments in Powering the Command Transmitters Jan 80
The
Saga of the Philips BX490A: Beauty and the Geek Feb 84
Another
Lafayette Radio: New Life for an HA-230 Mar 92
Sound
and Light: The Mitchell Lumitone 1260 Apr 91
Not
Another Heavy Hammarlund HQ-129X!? May 75
Another
Heavy Hammarlund HQ-129X Part 2: Voltage and Alignment Jun 89
Finishing
the Hammarlund HQ-129X Part 3: Those Modifications Jul 89
Wakening
the Knight: Allied Radio’s TR-106 6-Meter AM Transceiver Au 85
Restoring
a Classic: The Philco 60B “Baby Grand” Cathedral Sep 80
The
Triple-Conversion Puzzle: Hammarlund HQ-180A Oct 88
The
Freshman Masterpiece: a 1920s TRF Experience Nov 81
The
Heathkit Laboratory-type Signal Generators: LG-1 and IG-42 Dec 85
Antenna
Connections
Stealthy
Green Jolly Loop Revisited: On the Low Down Jan 86
Single
File, Please: Understanding SWR Feb 89
Antenna
Stealth: A Working Philosophy Mar 96
Multi-banding
a Single Antenna: Several Routes Beckon Apr 95
Antenna
Height above Ground May 81
Antenna
Improv: Portable and Temporary Antennas Jun 94
Antenna
101: Let’s Review the Basics Jul 93
Antenna
101: Review of the Basics Part 2 Aug 89
Dishing
it out and taking it: The Parabolic Reflector Antenna Sep 86
Tools
of the Trade: Antenna Work Essentials Oct 93
And
the Twain Shall Meet: Let’s Build a Dipole Nov 88
Sunspot
Maybe: Surviving without Upper HF Dec 91