The Spectrum Monitor 2020 Index of Feature Articles and Columns
Feature Articles
Amateur Radio
New Era of Portable DXing with SDRs Jan. 6
RigExpert Stick 230 May 8
Ham Radio on a Budget Jun. 21
HobbyPCB IQ32 QRP SDR Transceiver Sep. 9
Living with a Hex Beam Sep. 22
Yaesu FTM-300DR Transceiver Sep. 27
Lab599 TX-500 Discovery Transceiver Oct. 9
Mission RGO One Transceiver Nov. 6
MFJ’s RigPi: Radio Anywhere Nov. 11
Aviation Monitoring
2020 Aviation Special: Airshow Feast for the Ears and Eyes Mar. 7
Recapping the 2019 Airshow Experience Mar. 15
Guide to Airshow Monitoring Mar. 18
ABCs of ADS-B and Airband Reception using SDRs Mar. 26
Equipment Reviews
WOLFWAVE Audio Processor Jan. 12
CommRadio CTX-10 vs. Elecraft KX2 Feb. 7
SDRplay RSPdx Software Defined Radio Feb. 11
Yaesu FTDX 101D Apr. 8
MFJ-1026 Deluxe Noise-Canceling Signal Enhancer Apr. 12
Geochron Clock and INRAD W1 Amateur Radio Headphone/Mic Jun 27
Xiegu G90 HF Transceiver Aug. 17
Power Trip Aug. 23
General Radio
Medium Wave DXing from the Other Side of the Pond Jan. 15
Othernet Free Satellite Radio/Text Service Update Apr. 14
Weather Satellite Imagery Reception: Part 1 Apr. 17
Murder on the High Seas: Sinking the Lusitania May 12
XHDATA D-808 AM/FM/SW/Air Portable Radio May 16
Radio Propagation Banners Explained May 21
Weather Satellite Image Reception: Part 2 Jun. 8
Weather Watching and Radio: A Natural Fit Jun. 12
David Sarnoff: Architect of American Broadcasting Jul. 13
Summer Reading: WWII Radio Book Reviews Jul. 17
Electro-Mechanical Selective Calling for Railroads and Mobile Radio Systems Jul. 20
Introduction to Monitoring Radiosondes Jul. 24
Monitoring the New US Era in Space: Guide to the Florida Space Coast Aug. 8
Using Trees as Antennas Aug. 32
Your Radio: A Homeschooling Resource Sep. 13
Shortwave Reception Faces Uncertain Times in Brazil Oct. 19
A Radio Revolution in the Swinging 60s: Pirates to Payola Oct. 24
Guide to Monitoring NASA Facilities Part 2 Oct. 30
Ross Hull and the Selden Hill Gang Oct. 41
Annual Scanner Buyer’s Guide Nov. 15
SDR Buyer’s Guide Nov. 23
Panoramic Radio and the Hallicrafters SP-44 Skyrider Dec. 12
The Forgotten Pioneer of Radio Communications—Mahlon Loomis Dec. 18
Reviews: QSL-How I Traveled the World and Never Left Home; The Radio
Historian’s Calendar Dec. 23
100 Years of Radio
Pre-FCC, Educational Radio, Amateurs and the Ford Radio Network Jan. 21
The Trailblazers of Commercial Radio Manufacturing in the 1920s Feb. 18
Aviation Communications in 1920 Mar. 32
Crystal Clear: How a 1922 Circular Brought the Wonderment of Radio to the Farm Apr. 21
Radio Publications from 100 Years Ago May 25
Celebrating the Young Heroes of Early Wireless and Beyond Jun. 16
Radio and the Great Depression: FDR and the Voice of Reason Aug. 27
Broadcasting’s First Years: What was it Like? Jul. 7
Reginald Fessenden: Sadly, Little more than a Blip on the Wireless Timeline Sep. 18
Warmest Memories of Manhattan’s Radio Row Oct. 15
The Rise of the Radio Listener Nov. 30
Moving NBC’s Flagship Station, 1940 Dec. 8
Regular Columns
Scanning America
Manitowoc County (WI); Mason County (MI) Jan. 27
Nassau County, New York and TIS Stations Feb. 25
California Highway Patrol Mar. 36
US Forest Service: LA County (CA); Hudson County (NY) Apr. 26
New York City; Litchfield, Connecticut May 29
Changes are Coming to the 900 MHz Band Jun. 30
Scanning Volusia County, Florida Jul. 28
Scanning Elmore County (ID) and El Dorado County (CA) Aug. 34
Scanning California Wildfires Sep.32
Dinwiddie County (VA); DTV Stations Interfering with Scanners Oct. 46
Buncombe County, North Carolina Nov. 34
Federal Wavelengths
Federal Monitoring for the New Year! Jan. 31
Federal Monitoring Mysteries Feb. 29
Super Bowl 54 Mar. 41
Federal Response to COVID-19 in an Election Year Apr. 30
Federal Monitoring During Lockdown May 33
More Stay at Home Projects Jun. 35
Federal Radio Oddities in Odd Times Jul. 34
Scanning from the Bubble Aug. 38
Las Vegas Follow-up Sep. 36
Political Campaign Season 2020 Begins Oct. 50
The Challenges of Federal Monitoring Nov. 38
Texas Scanning Updates Dec. 33
Milcom
A Military Radio Network Full of Secret Messages Jan. 35
Monitoring the Australian Wildfires Feb. 34
Milcom HF Aeronautical Mobile Scans Mar. 47
Monitoring Moody AFB Apr. 37
HF Aeronautical Mobile 3-MHz Band Scans May 37
Monitoring the Navy P-8A Maritime Surveillance Aircraft Jun. 41
Monitoring the 380-400 MHz LMR Sub-band in the US Jul. 39
Monitoring the 38-400 MHX LMR Sub-band in the US: Part 2 Aug. 44
Military Monitoring 101 Sep. 42
Facts on the FACSFACs Oct. 55
HF Aeronautical Mobile 8-9 MHz and 13 MHz Scans Nov. 43
Milcom Guide to Radio’s Basement Bands Dec. 39
Utility Planet
WRC-19 Wraps Up Jan. 40
HF Steps up in Australian Fire Emergency Feb. 39
ARINC UrgentLink is Getting Interesting Mar. 51
US eLoran Rises from the Dead Apr. 44
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Call FEMA May 43
German Weather RTTY: A Blast from the Past Jun. 47
ARINC Assigns Frequencies for US Oceanic ATC Jul. 44
S28 Update: The Buzzer’s Many Moods Aug. 49
Chinese Fax is Back Sep. 47
Australian HF Land-Mobile Radio Oct.61
Will the US Discontinue NAVTEX? Nov. 48
2020 Year-End Wrap-up Dec. 44
VHF and Above
Demystifying the Hexagon-type Antenna Jan. 46
Morphing the Planned Hexagon-type Antenna into a 2-Element Quad Feb. 44
More Morphing: This Time a New Center Connector Mar. 56
Amateur Radio: Adapting and Innovating Apr. 49
Hunting Zombie Satellites May 48
VHF and Above Contest Season Starts Jun. 52
ARRIS News, Mid-Atlantic Balloon Race and VHF Contest Update Jul. 49
Virtual Hamfests and VHF & Above Contests Aug. 54
IC 705s and Accessories; Arecibo Damage; 6-Meter EME Activity Up Oct. 66
The Leonids Meteor Shower—a Look Back Nov. 53
Digitally Speaking
2020 Visions Jan. 48
DV: How Low Can You Go? Feb. 48
A Universal Translator for Digital Voice Mar. 60
Hitting the Wall Apr. 55
Hello, Neighbor May 42
Xenia Stayvention 2020 Jun. 56
Repeaters Repeating Jul. 53
Radiators Radiating Aug. 58
Signs of Life Sep. 52
A Trunking Radio Primer Oct. 69
A Digital Voice Buyer’s Guide Nov. 56
Amateur Radio Insights
Useful Gain and Directivity Jan. 52
Floods, Pestilence, and Interference Feb. 52
If you can’t find RFI, you can’t fix RFI! Mar. 64
The ‘Core’ Solution to Nasty Interference Apr. 58
Will Amateur Radio Survive the Perfect Storm May 56
Six-Meter Minimalism Jun. 60
Low-Budget Antenna System Hacks Jul. 57
Hams and Lightning Protections: A Shocking Failure? Sep. 56
Rotators: They Do Make ‘em Like They Used To Oct. 73
Missing Morse? Nov. 60
Radio 101
The OTA-TV Migration Phase 8; Dawn of ATSC 3.0 and Digital Age Oddities Jan. 59
2020 DRM Shortwave Report: Trials and Tribulations Feb. 57
So, you want to be an Air Traffic Controller? Mar. 69
Baseball on the Radio 2020 Apr. 62
Introduction to Broadcasters on C-band Free-to-Air Satellite May 61
Whatever Happened to 10 Meters; WorkTunes Revisited Jun. 65
Ku-Band Free-to-Air Satellite Update Jul. 62
Radio Garden Aug. 62
International Media use FTA Satellite-TV to Influence Europe,
Africa, North and South American Sep. 62
DX Radio Listening: Easier than Ever Oct. 78
HD-Radio 2020 Update: FCC Approves Voluntary All-Digital AM Broadcasting;
Review: SPARC SHD-T750 AM/FM/HD Radio Nov. 65
AM, FM, HF, Scanner Antenna Lead-in; Jean Shepherd Dec. 61
Radio Propagation
The Solar Orbiter Apr. 66
The World of Shortwave Listening
Shortwave in South America; HFCC B19 Conference Jan. 62
MW/SW Pirates; Carrier Sleuth and the 2020 SWL Fest Feb. 61
Aviation and Shortwave Listening Mar. 72
The Classic FRG-7 and Radio Vanuatu Apr. 69
Shortwave Broadcasting in the Era of the Coronavirus May 65
Pirate Shortwave Broadcasts During the COVID Pandemic Jun. 69
Toward Better Shortwave Reception Jul. 67
Noise, Noise, Everywhere Noise Aug. 65
Virtual Frequency Coordination for Shortwave Stations? Yes, Indeed! Sep. 67
Gearing up for Halloween 2020 Shortwave Pirate Broadcasts Oct. 83
Latin American Shortwave Panorama Nov. 72
Japan’s Private Shortwave Station Dec. 64
The Shortwave Listener
DW, REE, RRI and More Jan. 70
Vatican Radio; BBC and WBCQ Feb. 65
Voice of Turkey; Country Music; BBC Fare Mar. 76
World’s Medical News; Czech Radio and BBC Highlights for April Apr. 73
CBC, WBCQ, RNZI and BBC on the Air May 70
WBCQ’s Big Broadcast of 2020; RNZI, RRI, and BBC Programming Notes Jun 73
Voice of Greece, Radio Thailand, BBC Fare Jul. 72
RAE Argentina; Radio Marti; BBC Fare Aug. 69
Radio Prague, WBCQ, WWCR, BBC Programming for September Sep. 72
Radio Oesterreich International and More Oct. 87
Jazz on Shortwave; WBCQ, BBC Fare Nov. 77
Seasonal Shortwave Programming Dec. 69
Amateur Radio Astronomy
Geminids 2019 and Quadrantids 2020 Feb. 68
A New Radio Meteor Listener in Mexico May 73
QrssPiG—Meteor Monitoring Aug. 72
Improving Sudden Ionospheric Disturbances (SID) Monitoring Nov. 80
Amateur Radio Satellites
Amateur Radio Satellite Primer (Part 5) Mar. 79
Amateur Radio Satellite Primer (Part 6) Jun. 76
Amateur Radio Satellite Primer (Part 7): The Amazing Story of AMSAT OSCAR-7 Sep. 75
Amateur Radio Satellite Primer (Part 8): United Kingdom’s HamSats Dec. 72
Maritime Monitoring
Season of Changes Jan. 73
New Season, Changes and Old Memories Apr. 76
Quarantined but Still Getting Out Jul. 75
Thank You and 73s Oct. 90
The Longwave Zone
630 and 2200-Meter Ham Bands Mar. 82
What’s Your Longwave “Thing” Jun. 80
Where I’m Coming From Oct. 93
Adventures in Radio Restorations
The Toy Wish that Started an Empire: Crosley Ace Type V Jan. 76
The Reflex: Crosley Trirdyn Special Feb. 71
The “Power Lab” Precise Model 713 Mar. 85
The GE Chairside: Model F-665 Apr. 79
Restoring an Old Acquaintance: Heathkit AR-3 Receiver May 76
A Tubeless Bargain: Hallicrafters S-40 Jun. 83
Handy Homebrew Devices for Radio Restorations Jul. 78
Ameco and the TX-62 Transmitter Aug. 75
The Cheap Radio: Hallicrafters S-107 Sep. 78
“The Dynatomic” Stromberg-Carlson Model 1200 Oct. 96
The “Rust One” Henry Tempo-One Transceiver Nov. 83
The Motorized Hallicrafters: R45-AN/ARR7 Dec. 78
Antenna Connections
Up and Over: Understanding Polarizations Jan. 81
Making Choices: Feedline and Antenna Combinations Feb. 77
Loops: Overview and Real-World Effects Mar. 90
The Effects of Ground on Radio Signals Oct. 102
Public Service Monitoring Nov. 88
Antenna Shortcuts? Not Always Wise Dec. 84