2019 TSM Index
Feature Articles
The month and page number follow each entry
Air Monitoring
TSM Guide to Monitoring Air Shows Mar 7
A Look Back at the 2018 Air Shows Mar 18
Photos from 2018: B-52 Stratofortress; Japanese Navy Type 97; Mitchell B-25 Mar 25
In the Air with Sean D. Tucker’s Last Solo Season Mar 28
Photographing USAF Thunderbirds’ Air Show Demonstration Mar 31
Selected US Air Show Schedules for 2019 Mar 34
Portable Airband Transceiver Overview Apr 18
Amateur Radio
Exploring the Mysteries of Effective Radiated Power (ERP) Jan 9
APRS and Other Related Digital Communications—Part II Jan 14
Piggybank Ham Radio: Part 3 Feb 18
Bringing Ham Flavored STEM into the Classroom Apr 15
Digipeating the ISS May 8
RTTY: Old School Digital May 18
Beat the Propagation Demons with SDR-to-SDR QSOs Jun 7
QSLs: Radio’s Calling Card Jun 18
Keeping Your Radio Club Active Jun 23
Zen and the Art of Amateur Radio Club Maintenance – Part 2 Sep 25
The Misunderstood Off-Center-Fed Antenna Oct 16
Slow-Scan TV Beginnings Oct 24
The Latent Contester Nov 25
Novice-era Hamming Today: Still a Thrill Dec 27
Equipment Reviews
Jumbo MMDVM Hotspot Feb 14
Uniden SDS100 Base/Mobile Scanner Apr 9
The Mobile VHF/UHF COMPACtenna May 13
COMPACtenna for Shortwave May 15
CRKits HT-1A Dual Band QRP Transceiver May 22
Yaesu FT3DR and Radioditty GD-73A Aug 11
Airspy HF+ Discovery: It’s a Whole New World of Radio Sep 7
Elecraft KPA-1500 Linear Amplifier Nov 18
RF Explorer ISM Combo+ Slim Handheld Spectrum Analyzer Nov 22
General Interest Radio
HF Transmitter Hunting using KiwiSDRs and TDoA
Winter Shortwave Reading: Klingenfuss 2019/29 Utility Guide; Gayle Van Horn’s “Global Radio Guide;” World Radio Television Handbook
Othernet’s Free Satellite Service Continues to Evolve Apr 22
The Care and Feeding of Electronic Equipment: Part 1 May 12
The Yagi-Uda Mystery: The Remarkable Backstory of this Ubiquitous Antenna Aug 7
The USS Thresher on Eternal Patrol Aug 17
The Care and Feeding of Electronic Equipment: Part 2 Aug 22
Digital TV Ten Years Later and ATSC 3.0 Today Sep 14
The Hunt for Battleship Bismarck Sep 19
The Role of Wireless in the Titanic Disaster Oct 10
Dialing-in eBay for a Different Kind of Radio Experience Oct 20
2019 Scanner Radio Buyer’s Guide Nov 8
Vintage Radio
The Development of the Directional AM Broadcast Antenna Jan 7
The Discoveries of Hans Christian Orsted Feb 22
Superpower AM Radio in the United States: Why it Failed Jul 8
Rocking the Stasi Jul 15
Overlooked Radio Heroine: The Life, Work and Inventions of Hedy Lamar Jul 20
Inside the VTVM: Lafayette KT-174 and PACO V-70 Jul 24
Before Radio’s First Century: ‘Pre-Broadcasting’ Activity in North America Dec 8
Radio’s Role During Pearl Harbor’s ‘Day of Infamy’ Dec 14
Those Regulated Power Supplies from Heathkit and Others Dec 21
Regular Columns
Scanning America
Nevada Shared Radio System Jan 28
Uniden Bearcat SDS200 Mobile/Base Scanner Feb 26
Jackson County, Mississippi Mar 39
TETRA Radio System; FCC Actions; Clark County, Ohio Apr 25
Groton, Connecticut; Amtrak Update May 25
FRS/GMRS Update; Allegany County (Maryland) Jun 27
Oakland County (MI); Jasper County (MO) Jul 29
Scanning Michigan Aug 27
Scanning Sumner County, Tennessee Sep 29
Scanning Utah and the National Emergency Communications Plan Oct 28
Iredell County (NC) and Cape May (NJ) Nov 30
Tillamook County, Oregon, Vintage Scanner Crystals Dec 31
Federal Wavelengths
Hiding in Plain Sight: Federal Communications Systems Jan 33
Tucson Federal Update and DoE Feb 31
Atlanta Federal Mysteries and Super Bowl 53 Mar 43
Federal Radios Fading Away? Apr 30
Have Scanner, Will Travel May 29
Miami Monitoring Jun 31
NIH Trunked System Update Jul 33
Las Vegas Mysteries and Frequencies Aug 31
Nevada DoE Update; FAA Closeup Sep 33
Federal Highway Administration Oct 32
Monitoring Road Trip: Arizona and California Nov 34
Scanning Project Dec 35
Milcom
Monitor’s Guide to NAS Whiting Field and Training Wing Five Jan 39
Aircraft Spotting in the Digital Age Feb 38
Monitoring Venezuela’s Military Mar 49
Monitoring the Pakistan-India Navies Apr 35
Monitoring the 14th Fighter Training Wing May 35
WWV/WWVH Get Provisional Broadcast Timeslot for DoD Jun 36
Monitoring Air Route Traffic Control Centers Jul 39
A New Way to Monitor the Military on January 1, 2020 Aug 37
Phantoms in the Desert Sep 39
Monitoring the Weather, the Old-Fashioned Way Oct 37
DoD Aerial Refueling Frequencies Nov 39
Monitoring the DoD High Frequency Global Communications System Dec 41
Utility Planet
Cuban and Russian ‘Numbers’ Continue Jan 44
It’s Time to Expand Aero Band SELCAL Feb 42
Rejoice! WWV is Saved! Mar 55
North Korean ‘Numbers’ Messages Continue Apr 41
South Korean HFDL Takes Off May 43
About Time: Chasing Obscure Time Stations Jun 41
Chasing German Weather RTTY Jul 44
Cycle 25: Coming to an Ionosphere Near You Aug 42
It’s Summer ‘Numbers’ Time! Sep 45
HF Steps up in Dorian Response Oct 42
US Coast Guard May Discontinue NAVTEX Nov 45
HF Utility in Troubled Ukraine Dec 46
VHF and Above
Space and Near Space Communications Jan 50
ESA Astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI and UK Space Agency’s Principia Education Campaign Mar 60
ISS Astronauts are Calling CQ Students Apr 46
Owen Garriott W5LFL, Silent Key May 48
Longtime ARISS Mentor, Keith Pugh W5IU, Silent Key Jun 46
Open Source Picosatellite Development Jul 49
The ‘Ah-ha’ Behind Some Types of Aurorae Aug 47
PTRX-7300: Panadapter Module for the IC-7300 Sep 50
Icom’s IC-705: A Preliminary Look Oct 47
USMA Cadets Contact Alum Aboard ISS Nov 50
Planet Alignment and Sunspot Cycle Linked? Dec 51
Digitally Speaking
Double Vision Jan 54
Digital Voice Miscellany Feb 47
EMCOMM and DV Radio Mar 64
Split P Soup Apr 50
Get Yourself Connected May 54
Hamvention 2019: The Good, the Bad and the (not so) Muddy Jun 50
The Network is the Repeater Jul 52
Another Look at D-Star Aug 51
Digital Voice Moves On Sep 54
Back to Basics Oct 51
Digital Voice Radio Buyer’s Guide Nov 54
Three Short Subjects for New Hams Dec 55
Amateur Radio Insights
New Year, New Milestones, New Tidbits Jan 58
Audio Equalizers—Awesome, Overlooked and Gobbledegooked! Feb 51
Antennas before Amplifiers! Mar 8
Down to the Wire Apr 54
Are You a Member of the ‘Tower Tribe’? May 58
100 Years from Now Jul 56
A Log Periodic Tragedy Dec 57
Radio 101
AIR in DRM and Understanding RDS Jan 64
Shortwave Listening in your Car Feb 57
OTA-TV and the Mystery of HDMI Mar 75
ATSC 3, 4K and 5G: What Next? Apr 60
Baseball on the Radio: 2019 May 63
The Rise and Fall of Wi-Fi Radio Jun 54
Emergency Preparations Jul 61
The Trouble with Alexa Aug 55
Hits and Misses: Grace Digital Mondo+ Sep 58
Getting the Most out of your OTA-TV Reception Oct 55
Propagation: Hearing is Believing Nov 58
Free-to-Air Satellite-TV Update Dec 62
Radio Propagation
State of the Union, er…High Frequencies (Outlook for 2019) Jan 68
Lousy Propagation on 40, 80- and 160-Meters Feb 61
It’s a Gray Area Mar 78
A New Cycle is Born Apr 64
E-Layer Sporadic Ionospheric Propagation May 67
June 22-23: Field Day in North America Jun 58
Current Rough Shortwave Conditions Jul 65
Sunspot Cycle 24 Solar Minimum is Coming! Aug 60
That Pesky Solar Wind Oct 60
Largest Sunspot in Solar Sunspot Cycle 24 Dec 66
The World of Shortwave Listening
European SW DXers Meet in Slovakia and Austria Jan 72
Government Shutdown Spurs Pirate Shortwave Activity Feb 64
Shortwave Listening in the 21st Century Mar 82
Hunting Shortwave Schedule Changes Apr 68
Shortwave Broadcasters Discuss Future of the Medium; Time Changes or Does it? May 67
Pirate Radio History and Today’s Activities Jun 64
Digital Radio Mondiale: Testing, Testing, Testing Jul 69
Whatever Happened to the 11-meter Band? Aug 64
Can the Internet Replace Shortwave? Plus: NASB and SWL Fest 2091 Report Sep 63
More Exploring the Mysteries of the 11-meter Band Oct 65
A Better Antenna for Improved Shortwave Listening Nov 62
Online SDRs: Impacting the Way We Listen to Shortwave Dec 70
The Shortwave Listener
WRNO’s Powerful Return; WRMI’s International Programming; BBC Lineup Jan 78
Shortwave Radio Yesterday and Today Feb 68
Shortwave Still Offers Exotic Listening Mar 88
Slovakia on Shortwave, RNZI, plus BBC Programming this Month Apr 73
Radio Lectures; Classical on SW and Radio Santa Cruz May 76
D-Day on the Radio; BBC June Line-up Jun 66
World Sport Coverage on Shortwave; June Shortwave Programming Update Jul 74
German via Shortwave Plus BBC Highlights Aug 69
WWII Radio Commemorations Aug 68
NHK World of Local TV; Canadian Election Coverage; BBC Radio Fare Oct 69
Radio Tirana; BBC Monthly Programming Nov 67
Shortwave Listening Past and Present Dec 74
Maritime Monitoring
Snow, Ice and RF Jan 81
Winter Winds, Spring Melt and Radio Ap 76
Water, Water, Everywhere! Jul 77
Weather, Wind, Waves, Watches and Warnings Oct 72
Amateur Radio Astronomy
Tracking Meteor Activity Feb 71
Long Duration Meteor Trails May 79
The Next Generation Very Large Array: ngVLAA Aug 72
Meteor Monitoring Digital TV Carriers on Channel 2 Nov 70
Amateur Radio Satellites
Amateur Radio Satellite Primer (Part III) Mar 91
Amateur Radio Satellite Primer (Part IV) Jun 69
Amateur Radio Satellite Primer (Part V) Sep 71
Amateur Radio Satellite Primer (Part VI) Dec 77
The Longwave Zone
Still Learning with SDRs! Mar 95
No Antenna? No Problem! Jun 73
Gearing Up! Sep 74
LF Info: 101 Dec 80
Adventures in Radio Restoration
Part 15: Radio and You Like It Jan 84
EICO HF-35: A Williamson-Mullard 520 Audio Amplifier Feb 75
James Millen and the Toy Company Mar 98
Still a Thrill: The National SW3 ‘Thrill Box’ Apr 80
Millen’s Ham Superhet: The National FB-7 May 82
Fine Business on the Fone Band: National FB-7 Part 2 Jun 76
Introducing the National HRO Jul 81
The Rolls-Royce of Radios: National HRO Part 2 Aug 75
Reviving a ‘Poor Man’s Collins’ The Heathkit SB-301 Sep 78
Rescuing Another Gonset Communicator IV Oct 76
The Hallikit HT-40 Transmitter Nov 73
Helping Dan: A Silvertone 6230A Farm Set Dec 83
Antenna Connections
Stealth: Fighting Antenna Oppression Jan 90
Stealth: An Ongoing Philosophy Feb 81
Flying High Again: Aircraft Antennas Mar 106
Well Grounded: A Down-to-Earth Station Ap 87
Impedance Matching Jun 82
Magic Band: Antennas for Six Meters Jul 89
End-Fed Antennas Aug 82
Top Band: Antennas for 160 Meters Sep 82
Do the Math: Numbers Crunching for Radio Enthusiasts Nov 77
Feedlines: Getting There from Here Dec 89