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Monitoring Times Express, June, 2013. This is the full issue of Monitoring Times in FULL COLOR, downloadable immediately in PDF format.

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Broadcasting and "Soft-Power" Diplomacy Radio Wars: China vs. the West by Keith Perron; Chinese Broadcasting Expansion: Towards "Soft-Power" Diplomacy by Md. Azizul Alam Al-Amin; Why I listen to Shortwave: Musings of a Preacher-DXer by Ed Kelly, Jr.; Xtreme Operating: New Challenges for Veteran Hams by Ken Reitz KS4ZR; MT Reviews: FunCube Dongle Pro+ by Bob Grove W8JHD. Plus all the regular columns.

Air Show 2013! 2013 Air Show Guide by Larry Van Horn N5FPW; Riding a Stratotanker with the Blue Angels by Kevin Burke; New York Air Show 2013 by Brian and Jo Marie Topolski; Air Traffic Control: Untangling the Mysteries by Buddy Sohl KC4WQ; MT Reviews: WiNRADiO G33EM Marine Receiver by Bob Grove W8JHD. Plus all the regular columns.

Satellite TV at 50: The World Delivered to Your Home Free-To-Air Satellite Reception Made Easy by Mario Filippi N2HUN; Tuning in to International Broadcasts via Satellite by Ken Reitz KS4ZR; The Low-Down on Low-Band Antennas by Bob Grove W8JHD; New Broadcast Horizons for Myanmar by Md. Azizul Alam Al-Amin; MT Reviews: The 2013 Grundig Satellit 750 by Larry Van Horn N5FPW. Plus all the regular columns.

Communications Technology Radio-Frequency Interference: Part 15, Part Physics, Part Frustration! by Kirk Kleinschmidt NT0Z; Tracking RF Radiation by Ken Reitz KS4ZR; Air Travel and Technology: Taking Your Radios with You When You Fly by Chris Parris; MT Reviews: Roku – One Smart Little Box! by Loyd Van Horn W4LVH; Grundig G2 Portable Reporter by Larry Van Horn N5FPW. Plus all the regular columns.

Vintage Radio Special Sixty Years of Lafayette Radio by Richard Post KB8TAD; The Rise of Seed-Selling Radio Stations by John F. Schneider W9FGH; Meet the Antique Wireless Association by Marc Ellis N9WEJ; MT Reviews: Quantum QX v3.0 AM Loop Antenna by Loyd Van Horn W4LVH. Plus all the regular columns.

MT's 2012 Radio Buyer's Guide Breakout Year for Software Defined Radios (SDRs) by Kirk Kleinschmidt NT0Z; MT's Guide to Buying a Shortwave Radio by Ken Reitz KS4ZR; Scanners in Digital Transition by Larry Van Horn N5FPW; Can One Antenna do it All? by Bob Grove W8JHD; MT Reviews: DXtreme Reception Log by Loyd Van Horn W4LVH. Plus all the regular columns.

Shortwave Special Shortwave DX with a Crystal Set by Dave Schmarder N2DS; America's Voice for Asian Democracy by Keith Perron; Antennas for Shortwave Listening by Bob Grove W8JHD; Shortwave Listening: The State of the Industry by Ken Reitz KS4ZR; MT Reviews: Tablerock "Shortwave Daddy" Receiver Kit by Bob Grove W8JHD; Uniden BC125AT Scanner by Larry Van Horn N5FPW. Plus all the regular columns.

Amateur Radio in the Classroom W9GRS: From Room 104 to the World by Troy J. Simpson W9KVR; A Decade of Amateur Radio in the Classroom by Buddy Sohl KC4WQ; 2012 School Club Roundup by Ken Reitz KS4ZR; A Quest to Find the Disappearing Sunspots by Russ Steele KF6TAR; Opposition and Clandestine Broadcasts Target Sudan and Darfur by Steven Handler; MT Reviews: Digital Dave's Delightful Degen DSP Disclosure by Dave Schmarder N2DS. Plus all the regular

WX4NHC Hurricane Watch WX4NHC: The National Hurricane Center's Vital Radio Link by Ken Reitz KS4ZR; The Return to Shortwave of Zanzibar Broadcasting by Eric Bryan; Using Pro-Grade Radios as Scanners: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by Chris Parris; Low Power FM: Helping Your Community Find its Voice by Brad Gibson; MT Reviews: Bonito 1102s Radiojet Shortwave Receiver by Bob Grove W8JHD. Plus all the regular columns.

G.E.'s Pioneer Broadcast Stations G.E.'s Trio of Pioneer Broadcast Stations by John Schneider W9FGH; Antennas for VHF/UHF Reception by Bob Grove W8JHD; Mining the Minors for AM DX by Ken Reitz KS4ZR; The Ears Have It! by Dwight Robinson; FCC vs. ICC: How an Indiana Town Changed the way all Licensees are Granted by Gene Wiggins W9CWG; MT Reviews: Signal Hound Spectrum Analyzer/Measuring Receiver by Bob Grove W8JHD; Uniden Bearcat 880 CB Radio by Larry Van Horn N5FPW. Plus all the regular columns.

Radio Takes a Holiday West Virginia Museum of Radio Technology by David Payne KB8NNT; MT's Annual Radio Museum List by Ken Reitz KS4ZR; Belmar, New Jersey: Land of Radio Giants by Steve Goulart AC2AS; Remote Digital Mode Operating from (Almost) Anywhere by Dave Granoff K3AS; Monitoring the Wild Side by Eric Beheim; MT Reviews Amazon Kindle Fire: Do you get what you pay for? by Loyd Horn W4LVH. Plus all the regular columns.

Amateur Radio Special OSCAR at 50: The Story of Amateur Radio's First Satellite by Keith Baker KB1SF/VA3KSF; QRP: The Economy Vehicle of Amateur Radio by Bob Patterson K5DZE; Antennas for Amateur Radio: Coping with Space Limitations by Bob Grove W8JHD; MT Reviews: GRE PSR-120 Hand-held Scanner by Bob Grove W8JHD. Plus all the regular columns.

Voice of America's Greenville Transmitting Station VOA's Edward R. Murrow Transmitting Station by Thomas Witherspoon K4SWL; Tropical DX: Shortwave Still Thriving in Latin America by Eric Bryan; MT's Guide to Finding and Fixing RFI by Kirk Kleinschmidt NT0Z; Scanner Squeeze: Taking the Public our of Public Radio by Ken Reitz KS4ZR; MT Reviews: Alinco DJ-V57 Hand-held, Dual-Band Transceiver by Bob Grove W8JHD. Plus all the regular columns.

2012 Air Show Special A How-to Guide to Monitoring Air Shows by Larry Van Horn N5FPW; My Ride on a T-Bird Refueling Mission by Kevin Burke; Flying Fat Albert Airlines by Kevin Burke; Radio and the Air Show Experience by Brian and Jo Marie Topolski; MT Reviews: WiNRADiO G39DDCe Wide-Frequency-Coverage Receiver by Bob Grove W8JHD. Plus all the regular columns.

Big Repeater in the Sky Expand Your Horizons with ISS 2 meter FM Packet and More! by Dave Granoff K3AS; AM-DX: An Old Service Yields New Thrills by Doug Smith; BBC's Big Far East Voice by Keith Perron; KF5CRF: Viking Radio Club of Lawton, Oklahoma by Clifton Harper KC5YZB; MT Reviews: Alinco DJ-G7T Handheld Tri-Band Transceiver by Bob Grove W8JHD; CC GOZO AM/FM Radio by Larry Van Horn N5FPW. Plus all the regular columns.

Special Technology Issue Near Vertical Incident Skywave (NVIS): A useful technique for amateur radio by Bob Patterson K5DZE; Reception of Military Communications Satellites: A DIY Extravaganza by Bob DeVarney W1ICW; Who is Killing AM Radio? (And, why isn't it dead yet?) by Ken Reitz KS4ZR; White Spaces: New Wireless Devices come to your Neighborhood by Kevin Parrish; MT Reviews: Home Patrol "Extreme" Firmware Upgrade by Bob Grove W8JHD. Plus all the regular columns.

Special Nostalgia Issue

Remembering Gorizont: Soviet Russia's International Satellite TV Service by John Wilson W4UVV; QSLs Give Life to Radio History by Jerry Berg; First Person Radio: A Baby Boomer's Radio Reflections by Eric Beheim; Voice in a Dream by Roger Klingman K0RMK; MT Reviews: WiNRADiO G33DDC Excalibur Pro by Bob Grove. Plus all the regular columns.

2012 Annual Radio Buyer's Guide
MT's Guide to Buying a New Scanner by Larry Van Horn N5FPW; Taking Shortwave Listening to another Level by Ken Reitz KS4ZR; The Quest for Power, the "Keys" to Success and the Accessories of Life by Kirk Kleinschmidt NT0Z; Finding the Perfect Antenna (it's not that easy!) by Bob Grove W8JHD; MT Reviews: Sangean ATS-909X Portable SW and Two Jestream Power Supplies by Bob Grove W8JHD. Plus all the regular columns.

Shortwave Listening Special

Clandestine Broadcasting on Shortwave Today by Hans Johnson; Looking at QSLs and Seeing Radio History by Jerry Berg; The Committee to Preserve Radio Verifications by Jerry Berg; Those Really Big Antennas by Bob Grove W8JHD; First Person Radio: A Love of Listening by Thomas Witherspoon K4SWL; MT Reviews: The World's Worst Receiver? by Eric Bryan. Plus all the regular columns.

Micro-Broadcasting: License-Free Campus Radio

Micro-Broadcasting: License-Free Campus Radio by Bill DeFelice; CQ DX from KC7OEK by Nick Casner K7CAS, Cole Smith KF7FXW and Rayann Brown KF7KEZ; NOAA's Radio System for All Seasons by Ken Reitz KS4ZR; Hunting Seagulls: Monitoring and Decoding WEFAX Broadcasts by Christopher Friesen VE4CWF; HF FAX on an iPad: Yes, There's an App for that! by Ken Reitz KS4ZR; MT Reviews: MFJ-886 Pocket-size Frequency Counter by Bob Grove W8JHD. Plus all the regular columns.

Monitoring Disaster Communications

Monitoring Disaster Communications by Chris Parris; World of Weird Antennas by Mark Haverstock K8MSH; DXing the FM Band in a Translator/Booster World by Ken Reitz KS4ZR; Reading MT on an iPad by Gordon Bousman NW7D; MT Looks at e-Readers by Bill Grove; MT Reviews: Apple-TV: Let it change your life by Loyd Van horn W4LVH. Plus all the regular columns.

Vintage Radio Special

The Colorful World of Early Plastic Radios by Merrill Mabbs; Wartime Voices: Early Shortwave Broadcasting on the West Coast by John F. Schneider W9FGH; The Knight-Kit Saga by Jim Addie N9SSD; MT Reviews: DPD Productions ADS-B Vertical Antenna by Larry Van Horn N5FPW. Plus all the regular columns.

Holiday on Shortwave

Holiday on Shortwave by Eric Bryan; Taking the Fear out of Your Next Adventure by Ken Reitz KS4ZR; First Aid for Canada by Dwight Robinson; Portable Ham Station in a Briefcase by Bob Patterson K5DZE; 2011 Guide to North American Radio Museums by Ken Reitz KS4ZR; MT Reviews: FLEX-1500 SDR QRP Transceiver Part 2 by Kirk Kleinschmidt NT0Z. Plus all the regular columns.

MT's 2011 Amateur Radio Special

SSTV in the Digital Age by Dave Granoff K3AS; Stealth Operating: How to Overcome Property Limitations by Kirk Kleinschmidt NT0Z; Young Ladies' Radio League: QRV since 1939 by Cheryl Muhr N0WBV; Profiles in Amateur Radio: The Uncommon Life of Charile Gyenes W6HIQ by Ken Reitz KS4ZR; MT Reviews: FLEX-1500 QRP HF+6 Transceiver Part 1 by Kirk Kleinschmidt NT0Z. Plus all the regular columns.

How Green is Your Radio Hobby

How Green is Your Radio Hobby by Kirk Kleinschmidt NT0Z; Solar Powered Amateur Radio by Ian Cummings KB1SG; Old-School Wind-Powered Farm Radios by Ernie Franke WA2EWT and John Franke WA4WDL; MT Reviews GRE-PSR800 by Bob Grove W8JHD. Plus all the regular columns.

Air Show 2011!

Air Show 2011! by Larry Van Horn N5FPW; Monitoring and Photography Tips from an Air Show Veteran by Kevin Burke; Air Show Monitor's Portable Listening Post by Brian and Jo Marie Topolski; MT Reviews: Alinco DJ-X11T Wide Frequency Coverage Scanning Receiver by Bob Grove W8JHD. Plus all the regular columns.

The Great Project 25 Boondoggle

The Great Project 25 Boondoggle: 22 Years in search of interoperability by Kirk Kleinschmidt NT0Z; The Newspaper of the Air: Early experiments in radio facsimile by John Schneider W9FGH; Novice Guide to Selling and Buying Radios on eBay by Bob Grove W8JHD; MT Reviews: GRE PSR0700 and SafeCeiver Mini-Scanner by Bob Grove W8JHD. Plus all the regular columns.

30 Years of Monitoring Times!

First Person Radio: How I Survived Self-Electrocution, Fame, Congress and the Publishing Industry by Bob Grove W8JHD; Monitoring Meteors: Tuning in to Visitors from Space by Stan Nelson KB5VL; Shortwave's Unlikely Disco Palace by Hans Johnson; China's Global Electronic Reach by Ken Reitz KS4ZR; MT Reviews: The Amazing, Little C.Crane WiFi Radio by Loyd Van Horn W4LVH. Plus all the regular columns.

Vintage Radio Special

The Short Life of Ultra Shortwave: The Apex Hi-Fi Stations of the 1930s by John Schneider W9FGH; Grandpa Walter's Scott: Memories and recollections of a classic 1930s radio by Eric Beheim; Those Wonderful Vintage Radio Dials by Linton G. Robertson KF6EF; First Person Radio: My Lifelong Fight for Free Speech Radio by Allan Weiner, Founder and Manager WBCQ Shortwave; MT Reviews: AOR AR2300 Black Box Receiver by Bob Grove W8JHD; PURE Evoke Flow WiFi Receiver by Loyd Van Horn W4LVH. Plus all the regular columns.

MT's 2011 Radio Buyer's Guide

Winter Shortwave Propagation Outlook: The Sensational vs. the Real Story by Tomas Hood NW7US; A New Eye on the Sun by Tomas Hood NW7US; Inside the Low Power FM Movement by Maggie Avener KB1PBZ; A Growing Interest in 2.650 MHz by Anonymous; Profiles in Radio: Life's Been Good to WB6ACU by Ken Reitz KS4ZR; MT Reviews: WiNRADiO Excalibur G31DDC SDR Receiver by Bob Grove W8JHD. Plus all the regular columns.

Shortwave Listening Special

Ten-Tec 1253: A Great First Radio Project! by Robert Gulley AK3Q; An Easy-to-Build All-Band HF Loop Antenna by Bob Patterson K5DZE; First Person Radio: A Most Unlikely Radio Career by Keith Perron; MT Reviews: The Revolution has begun: Uniden's HomePatrol-1 by Larry Van Horn N5FPW. Plus all the regular columns.

Radio Goes to School

Radio and American Education by Ken Reitz KS4ZR; The LBJ High School Experience by Ronny Risinger KC5EES; For Your Eyes Only: Monitoring Secrets of the DX Pros by Hugh Stegman NV6H and Larry Van Horn N5FPW; DXing the Medium Waves with a Loop Antenna by Dave Schmarder N2DS; First Person Radio: My Half-Century in Radio by Ron Walsh VE3GO; MT Reviews: MFJ-9410 Ten Meter Transceiver; Kaito KA-801 AM/FM/SW; Sangean CL-100 AM/FM/WX by Bob Grove W8JHD. Plus all the regular columns.

TV DX Better Than Ever!

TV DX: Better than Ever! by Donny Oglethorpe; Evolution of a Revolution by Carole Perry WB2MGP; All About Antennas: Part 5 by Bob Grove W8JHD; First Person Radio: Radio Dreams of a Lifetime by Jack NeaL W8AQ; Sneak Peek at Uniden's Revolutionary HomePatrol-1 Scanner by Larry Van Horn N5FPW; MT Reviews: Icom IC-R6 by Bob Grove W8JHD. Plus all the regular columns.

Restoring Vintage Broadcast and Shortwave Sets

Restoring Vintage Broadcast and Shortwave Sets by Lin Richardson KJ6EF; Nashville Radio and the Great Flood of 2010 by Doug Smith W9WI; Radio Pirates: The Intriguing World of Unlicensed Broadcasting by Ken Reitz KS4ZR; All About Antennas Part IV: Choosing Antennas by Bob Grove; Profiles in Radio: Amateurs Can Be Professional: Ott Fiebel W4WSR by Bob Grove W8JHD; MT Reviews: Comparison of Eton Emergency Radios by Gary Sargent KE8WO. Plus all the regular columns.

Radio Takes a Holiday

Military Communications and Electronics Museum by Ron Walsh VE3GO; Radio Museums of North America by Ken Reitz KS4ZR; Hamming it up on the Appalachian Trail by Joe Cuhaj; All About Antennas Part 3 by Bob Grove W8JHD; First Person Radio: SW Radio from Both Sides of the Microphone by Jeff White, Founder and General Manager WRMI Shortwave; MT Reviews: FLEX-3000 SDR Transceiver Part 2: Operations and Performance by Larry Van Horn N5FPW. Plus all the regular columns.

Exploring Amateur Radio: Public Service, Education and Technology

MARS Operators in Haiti: Providing an Essential Communications Link by David Trachtenberg N4WWL/AFA3TR; Sunspot Cycle 24 Exists! by Tomas Hood NW7US; All About Antennas: Part 2 by Bob Grove W8JHD; Build Your Own 10 Meter Beacon by Bob Patterson K5DZE; First Person Radio: If You're Old Enough to Read, You're Old Enough to Get Your License by Mattie Clauson AE7MC; MT Reviews: FLEX-3000 SDR Transceiver Part 1 by Larry Van Horn N5FPW. Plus all the regular columns.

Can DRM Save Shortwave?

Chasing DRM: the Elusive Dream of Digital Audio via Shortwave by Ken Reitz KS4ZR with Ken Barber W2DTC and Dave Schmarder N2DS; All About Antennas: Part 1 by Bob Grove W8JHD; TCAS Technology: A low-cost, no-license communications method revisited by Peter Mac Dougall EI/G7VEW; Amateur Radio Weather Watchers by Gregory Smith WB2PPQ; First Person Radio: Crystal Set Leads to Lifelong Hobby and Career by Maury Midlo; MT Reviews: Logitech Squeezebox Radio by Loyd Van Horn W4LVH. Plus all the regular columns.

It's Show Time: 11th Annual Air Show Issue

Monitoring the Air Show Experience by Larry Van Horn N5FPW; Beginner's Guide to Monitoring the Air Band by C.L. "Cory" Koral K2WV; CQ at 51,000 Feet and Mach .85 by Rick Dougherty NQ4I; MT Reviews MFJ-8322 Handheld Scanner by Bob Grove W8JHD. Plus all the regular columns.

DXing with Homemade Radios

MW DXing with Homemade Radios by Dave Schmarder N2DS; The Friendly Giant: KAAY, Little Rock by Bud Stacey and the Mighty 1090 KAAY.blogspot.com gang; MURS: America's Hidden Citizens Band by Ken Reitz KS4ZR; First Person Radio: Obsessed by Time and Shortwave by Myke Dodge Weiskopf; MT Reviews: Grundig Globe Traveler G3 Portable by Jay Allen. Plus all the regular columns.

Getting Started with Amateur Radio Satellites: It's Easy!

Working Your First Amateur Radio Satellite: It's easier than you think! by Keith Baker KB1SF/VA3KSF; The Problem isn't Demand, It's Bandwidth by Frank McCoy; Nebraska Educational Telecommunications: How a rural state in the Great Prairie leads the nation in public broadcasting by Ken Reitz KS4ZR; First Person Radio: The Thrill of Shortwave Listening by Md. Azizul Alam Al-Amin; MT Reviews: Grundig G8 Traveler II Digital AM/FM/SW Pocket Receiver by Gary Sargent KE8WO. Plus all the regular columns.

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