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Chances are if you’ve got a big RV you’ve got some radios, perhaps a computer and even old faithful: a TV inside. But getting the signal inside is another story. Thanks to KVH Industries it’s not that difficult – with the help of Gordon West’s article on page 6. Check it out before you work on that KVH satellite TV tracking antenna! Click on this link for read an excerpt from RV Digital Voice – it’s all the rage on the ham bands, especially now the with new AOR Fast Radio Modem, the ARD9800. If you’re not up to speed, you will be after reading Don Rotolo’s article beginning on page 10: “Digital Voice: The Next Big Thing.” Click on this link for read an excerpt from Digital Voice: The Next Big Thing If you’ve been reading the newspapers and watching the news lately you know that space research to the Moon and beyond – perhaps Mars – is just around the corner. You can be part of the radio action, but first you need to check out this month’s Utility Communications Digest, “Back To The Moon?” beginning on page 70. Click on this link for read an excerpt from Utility Communications Digest It’s not just for pilots – the new breed of wristwatch 121.5 MHz emergency transmitters are cutting-edge technology. Use ‘em right and they’ll be at your service when the chips are down. Learn the ins and outs of these new lifesavers by reading this month’s Radio Resources on page 16. Click on this link for read an excerpt Radio Resources Mention solar or alternative energy to folks and chances are you’ll get a strange look and a “that’s pretty complicated, isn’t it?” comments. Fact is, using solar power as an emergency backup system isn’t complicated at all; it’s actually easy with this month’s Homeland Security column by Rich Arland. Rich helps you determine your needs, size the system and a whole lot more beginning on page 20. Click on this link for read an excerpt Homeland Security You don’t have to be a senior citizen – oops, sorry – a mature American – to remember Lawrence Welk, Mantovani and other “old standard” artists. Their music is timeless. But not so the stations that carried the “Most Beautiful Music.” This month’s Shannon’s Broadcast Classics is all about the Rise And Evaporation Of Radio’s Most “Beautiful Music” beginning on page 23. Click on this link for read an excerpt from Shannon's Broadcast Classics For years radio was all about large tuning knobs, tubes and large boxes that housed all sorts of capacitors, coils and wires. Today’s radios are a whole lot different than even the radios of 10 years ago. Black box radios use your computer to tune the radio spectrum, select frequencies, change bands, filters and so much more. This month, Computer-Assisted Radio columnist Joe Cooper starts us on a fascinating radio AND computer journey in Part I: Digital Control beginning on page 30. Click on this link for read an excerpt from Computer Assisted Radio Many people not part of the radio hobby sometimes think all there is to radio – especially two-way radio is CB and amateur radio. True they’re an important part of radio – for fun and emergency communications – that’s just the beginning. This month, our On-The-Go columnist, Alan Dixon shows how GMRS – General Mobile Radio Service, and FRS – Family Radio Service – helped in the California wildfires. Check it out beginning on page 36. Click on this link for read an excerpt from On The Go So you want to “go mobile” with your radio equipment, but where do you start? Best place is this month’s Ham Discoveries column by Kirk Kleinschmidt on page 44 where you’ll get the basics and more for taking your HF (high-frequency) ham radio on the road. Click on this link for read an excerpt from Ham Discoveries On this month’s cover we noted that this month’s magazine is a special Digital Guide. Besides the article by Don Rotolo on page 10 and Joe Cooper’s Computer-Assisted Radio Monitoring column on page 30, this month’s Broadcast Technologies column on page 46 is all about digital radio; “Are You Digital Ready” – there are already hundreds of digital stations on the air in the USA, so get the latest from Bruce Conti in this month’s Popular Communications. Click on this link for read an excerpt from Broadcast Technologies Looking For New Frequencies says it all. This month’s ScanTech column by Ken Reiss beginning on page 52 is all about finding elusive stations on your scanner; they’re there, but patience and a few tips from our own Scanner Guru will get you started discovering hidden transmissions in no time. Click on this link for read an excerpt from ScanTech Most folks have heard about old Zenith, Philco and Emerson classic radios of yesteryear, but what about Simplex? And you thought it was only the opposite of duplex! Check out this month’s Wireless Connection by Peter Bertini beginning on page 55 for details. Click on this link for read an excerpt from Wireless Connection The Sun is doing flip-flops. But how does the magnetic pole reversal affect our planet and propagation of radio signals? You don’t have to be a scientist or PhD to understand our monthly Propagation Corner column by Tomas Hood. He’s got a special keyboard and computer that takes a fairly complicated subject and helps everyone understand how it works. Be sure to read this month’s column beginning on page 60 and learn about “The Somersaulting Sun.” Click on this link for read an excerpt from Propagation Corner Sometimes bureaucratic logic baffles even our Global Information Guide columnist Gerry Dexter. I know it baffles me. The latest is Radio Denmark’s decision to stop shortwave broadcasting altogether. This news and news from Spain, Israel and Madagascar is all yours beginning on page 64. Click on this link for read an excerpt from Global Information Guide Well, this month our Loose Connection columnist Bill Price is on the road in Virginia; on the road, but probably without a map! Check out his whereabouts on page 80! Click on this link for read an excerpt from Loose Connection That’s it for this month. Stay tuned to Popular Communications because in the coming month’s we’ve got a lot of exciting new radios, antennas, power supplies and software we’ll be checking out. Thanks for stopping by and good listening! |
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