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' ........'-r ,.,..~</p></li><li><p>{:Jnitpring'---T-imes 'Vol. 16, No.4 April 1997 An MTSpecialRepart</p><p>Privacy and the PublicAirwavesBob Grove, pub lisher of Monitoring Tunes and president of _=',-~</p><p>Grove Enterp rises. recently appeared before the House Sub- tj~~QJ!0i;.~committeeon Te lecommunication s at the invitation of chair- Ar~~~~;P)V~:~.'~ ::;:; .,.-~.~. '0</p><p>I. v y ~. ':1'&gt;' ~~mall Billy Tauzin. He was hoping the opportunity would ,1 ,'1. ,~, -:.~ ~'.::/: .';.. ,{').l ~</p><p> .. - /I '( _ ' 0 - ._. ' I. .</p><p>~frorJ him a ch anc~ to clarify V.hy the curren.! I .i steni~~ law i,' ~_:J . , '1t~~:}:~~-j ,~ II)~ IiIS llawcd and why 'I prot ects neith er the public S traditional ;t;'~k'5Jm. l l1C~f!'/ .(//1freedo ms nor its right 10 privacy. He believed the Subco m- ~~~~;:~~.' '_':' ~~i' j,:/~j/</p><p>. . d . r. : I . ~i2~ --h:'%.Jmlt:e was mtcres te - III wor',~ng on so utH)~lS . '</p></li><li><p>Reviews:</p><p>Our reviewers lhi-. month 100' ;.1(on e recei ver on it... ';'1)' in and another</p><p>ti ll it-; 'a~ ou t. Both a rc co nvid-creel excellent value ... and bot h...how go od audio qua lity for the ir..ivc.</p><p>:'1.' to the marketplace i ...the j{ E I. ~ l HS-200 handh e ldscanner. Bob Purnu...... ~';l ~ ' ,'The HS200 is 110 1 fan( ~ hutit 11;1' three impor tantstreng th... : CTt 'SS a nd DeStll' l'tldin g. out ..tand ingpertormaucc. antinttordabiliry.' Sec the [1.', ' o f</p><p>hi-, review Oil p;' lgC 9-1- .On it-,w;.t~ out tnt lea-, ' in the U.S.)</p><p>i.. the Sony ICF-S'600 mid ..izcport ab le shortwave rece iver. At S(lO.thi.. h;'l...ic a na log portable gin:.. n.' rygont! pcrfomancc for the price . ~ l agnL'says they an..' sfil l to be fou nd in lll all ~sto res. though W.' strugglt'd 10 eve nfind a picture Id' i l ~ You can find til l 'review Oil page l)l</p><p>DEPARTMENTS</p><p>Letters ................................... 4Communications ....... ....... ........ ... ..... 6PCS Front line ............................... 28</p><p>Fingers in the Spectrum PieSconning Report ............................... 30</p><p>In Delense 01SconningUtility World.................................... 34</p><p>The UK RoyalAir ForceGlobal Forum .................................. 38</p><p>New SW lor Mexico CityQSL Report 42English lang SWGuide 43Propogotion Conditions 63Beginner's Corner ........... ....... .... .... ... 64</p><p>Websites 01 InterestBelow 500 kHz 66</p><p>Ken Cornell. Silent KeyAmericon Bondscon 68</p><p>Radio in the Frozen NorthOuter limits 70</p><p>Pirotes Using WW WebOn the Ham Bands 72</p><p>Simple 8uilding ProjectsDeMaw's Workbench 74</p><p>Eliminating Spurious SignalsPlane Talk 76</p><p>The Readers Speak</p><p>Federal File 78Antenna TipOlls</p><p>Satellite TV 808irth and Death 01 a Sotellite</p><p>Experimenters Workshop 82Squelch Improvement</p><p>Computers &amp; Radio 84Is a S10 Computer a 8argain?</p><p>Digital Digest 86ARINC s New Technologies</p><p>MT Review 88V-Link 2'way; RSFRS'08</p><p>Wha(s New 89Magne Tests 92</p><p>Sony ICFSW600 PortableScanning Equipment 94</p><p>RELM HS200 Portable SconnerAntenna Topics 96</p><p>The BeverageAntennaSpecial Events/Club Circuit 98Ask Bob 100</p><p>Makeshift AntennasStock Exchange 102Closing Comments 104</p><p>Opening Statement to theHouseSubcommiffee</p><p>MONITO RING TlM E5 11 SSn 088 9 5341 1;, published monthlyby Grove Enterprises, Inc.. Brasstown , North Ca rolina , USA.Copyright 1997. Periodicals postage paid o t Bro sstcwn. NC . andadd itionol mailing offices. Short excerpts may be reprinted withap propriate credit. Complete a rticles maynot be reproduced withoutpermission(1f-t AddressTelephone:Fa)!; 'lnterne eAddress'</p><p>P.o. Box 98, 7540 Highway 6 A West.Bross-own. NC 2890200981704) 8379200(70A) 837-2216 {2A hours)wwwgrovc.f'er{webl or mt@grovc,ncl lemaillEdiloria l e-mail: mlooltorCgrove.net</p><p>Subscription Rates: S23.95 in US; 536 .50 Ca nada; an d555 ..15 fore ign elsewhere , Us funds . label indica tes lost issueof subscription. See page 103 for sub5cription information.Postmaster:Send address changes to Monitoring Time s.P.O. Box 98, Brasstown, NC 2B902009 8</p><p>Disclai mer :W hile Mooirvring TirreJ mokes a n cllo lt to ensure the ir/ orma tlon il</p><p>publ i~hes is Occurole. It cermet be held liable for the contents. The rea dera ssumes a ny risk for performing mod ificotion or co nstrud ion prOIec: I ~publ ished ,n '.lo', I0' ''g TImes Op,n,on Of conclUSIons exp ressed ore nornec:esso'ly tl-e ~iew of MO';~o';'9 T,meJ cr Gro~e E'lerpri~e ~ . Unsolicitedmonus(fipts a re occepted SASE If mare riol i ~ 10 be rewreed .</p><p>Editorial StaffOwn ersBob and Judy Grove</p><p>PublisherBob Grove, WA4PYO</p><p>EditorRachel Baughn. KE40 PD</p><p>Assistant Ed ito rLorry Va n Horn, NSFPW</p><p>Art DirectorJohn Bailey</p><p>Design AssistantBelinda McDonaldAdvertising Svcs.</p><p>Beth Leinbach1704) 389400 7</p><p>Business ManogerKelly Davi s. KE4TAM</p><p>Frequency Manager ... Gayle Von HornFrequency Monitors David Dotkc, loyd Von Horn</p><p>ProgramManoger Jim FrimmelBeginner's Corner TJ, Arey, WB2GHA</p><p>K.I .S. Radio Richard Arlond, K7SZPlane Talk Jean Boker, KIN9DD</p><p>Scanning Report Richard Borne'Computers and Radio John Cctclcnc</p><p>Below 500 kHz Kevi n Corey, WB2QMYExperimenter's Wkshp Bill Cheek</p><p>Propaga tion Jacques d'AvignanDeMaw's Workbench Doug DeMow, W1FB</p><p>Digital Digest BobEvansFederal File John Fulford, WAAVPY</p><p>SW Broadcasting Glenn HouserOn the Hom Bands Ike Kerschner, N31K</p><p>Mogne Tests lawrence Magne</p><p>Communicatiom larry Millerwhet's New? lorry Miller</p><p>Scanning Equipment Bob Pcrncss, AJ9SSatelli te TV Ken Reitz, KS.4ZR</p><p>Antenna Tepics W. Clem Small, KR6AAmerican Bondscan Doug Smith, W9W1SW Broodccst logs Gayle Von Horn</p><p>QSl Corner Gayle VonHornUtility World la rry Van Horn, N5FPW</p><p>PCS Front line Dan VeenemanOuter limits George Zeller</p><p>Corresponde nce to columnists should bemoi led c/o Mon itoring Time s via e-mail(mt@grove.net) or via P05t o ffice. 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Canadian readerswarn that the ir go vern me nt is cons ideringle gi sla tion as well.</p><p>An article hy C raig Stolz in the Vash ing-ton Post w h ich characterized scann ing as a'waste of hu man potenrial.' also angeredrea ders . Fo llowing are excerpts fromsome o fthe lett e rs yOll have wri tten. Pe rhaps they w illhelp you co m pos c your o w n p rot est lette r !</p><p>EdMuro's letter to hisRepresentative:</p><p>'The average American is often outragedwhen they lind out that thei r cellular calls ca n bemo nitored hy a person with a so-c alled 'scan-ncr.' ... For se vera l years dig ita l techn ology hasbeen avail able tha t wo uld virtua lly make it im-possible for the average perstm 1en 'e Ihe greedy needs of the ce llularindustry. who ('a n hold ilup as an 'assura nce' ofprivacy lO the unin formed public.: .</p><p>' 1strong ly e nco urage: yo u to devc lop a moresound hackground in the lechnol o~ y and humanfac.: tllrs beh ind r'd io monitoring before publish .ing furthcrncg.uiw information aboul thc ohm-1/l/d.' legal hob by of owning and usin g a sca n-ning rad io rl.' (.'c iVLr.</p><p>(C011li ll ll ed 011page !(2 )</p><p>4 MONITORING TIMES April 1997</p></li><li><p>The WiNRADiO card: plug it in and transform your PC.</p><p>Radio technology is abou t 100 years old.Personal compu ters are about 20 years old .</p><p>Two significan t technologies that changed the world.Now united in WiNRA DiO.</p><p>The world 's most surprising co mm un ica tions receive r.</p><p>Dealers</p><p>Electronic Distributors Corp.Vienna. 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