Monitoring Monthly August 2006

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If you are interested in broadcast or utility DX, or satellite news feeds, matters military, airbands, data modes, news of what's happening in the radio arena around the world, then
Monitoring Monthly is the magazine to keep you informed.

This month in monitoringmonthly you can find the following.

• WIN X2!
  Two free to enter competitions is the August issue of monitoringmonthly. Reviewed in the July edition, both the bhi ANEM noise reducing module and the Bearcat UBC72XLT, are on offer in our free prize draws. You can't win if you don't enter!
  

Features Include:

• Alinco DJ-X7E
  Monitoring Monthly were given the opportunity by Nevada, to be the first in Britain to review the new Alinco DJ-X7E scanner. So, Clive Hardy took on the task to give you, our readers, this exclusive. See how this slim scanner fairs.
  
• Icom PCR2500 Review
  Jack Weber gets up close and personal with the very latest receiver offering from Icom. Following closely on the heels of the PCR1500 and R1500, this new radio offers dual receive capability and diversity.
  
• An Introduction To Traffic Analysis
  Have you ever wondered about how much you can learn from the radio messages you hear, even if the message is completely indecipherable? Ian Wraith explains the value of analysing radio traffic to determine the identity of the likely uses. The secret is analysis...
  
• Scanning Update
  Dave Roberts casts his net over the latest in the fascinating world of scanning and related subjects.
  
• Digital Radio Explained
  Another new series, this one coveres the complexities of digital broadcast radio. How it works where it's going and what's happening right now. All in an easy to understand presentation.
  
• Call Tipping In
  Do you know how much work goes into getting ordnance onto a target safely by someone other than the pilot - a person who not only can select the correct target, direct aircraft onto it and then safely away from it? Pat Carty has the answer
• Soft Rock - Part 2
  Last month Kevin Nice looked at the cheapest way to become acquainted with the new phenomena of Software Defined Radio in the shape of the SoftRock V6 kit distributed in the UK by Waters & Stanton. This month he brings you the final part concluding the build process and looking at the various software that works in conjunction with the radio..
  
• Signals From Space - 5
  We continue to climb through the spectrum and this month Alexander James examines some of the goings on at L-Band, those frequencies between one and two gigahertz.
  
• Shuttle Kids
  Monitioring Monthly sent Clive Hardy to Gillingham School in Dorset to find out how the pupils in Year 10 enjoyed their trip to Belgium, where they took part in the ARISS programme. See what they made of talking on air to an astronaut aboard the ISS.

Amongst the monthly regulars you'll find,

• Lawrence Harris
• Martin Peters
• Peter Bond
• Keith Hamer & Garry Smith,
• Dave Roberts,
• Clive Hardy
• Pat Carty
• Ben Hogan,
• Jacques d'Avignon,
• Paul Beaumont of ENIGMA 2000
• Greg Baker
• Roger Bunney
• Tony Currie

...to name but a few! Our aim is to be at the forefront of the hobby - and that's where you say we are!

We've set about making sure that the best authorities in the hobby are writing for monitoringmonthly. Our massive 100 page issue is jam packed with radio essentials! In every issue, we provide practical wireless and radio advice from our knowledgable authors and whether you are just a radio user, or a keen enthusiast - MM has something for you!. Brought to you by the the team you can trust to bring you the very best!

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