Monitoring Monthly January 2007

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Volume 2 Issue 1!

Due to amazing support from our readers, monitoringmonthly has entered it's second year. The magazine of choice for real listening enthusiasts just keeps getting better. MM is the best selling radio listeners magazine in the UK. Produced by the Team You Can Trust to bring you what you want!

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 With MM - Over £90 worth of prizes!
  
• Yet another free to enter competition.
• As reviewed in the August issue of monitoringmonthly, the Bearcat UBC72XLT, is on offer in our free prize draw.
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January's Features Include:

• Boltek StormTracker
  Jack Weber moves like lightning to discover just what the StormTracker system can do for you. Its abilities seem to offer some handy uses for the radio enthusiast, in addition to providing the means to watch electrical storms as they move around the country.
  
• Scanning Into The Future
  Ian Wraith shares with monitoringmonthly readers, his thoughts on the future of scanning, as this facet of the listening hobby enters a new era.
  
• RAF Waddington
  As the pre-eminent magazine for the radio listener in the UK, monitoringmonthly was offered an exclusive 'behind the scenes' tour of the Military Air Traffic Control and Area Radar facility at RAF Waddington, near Lincoln in Lincolnshire. So, with Winter drawing on, let's take a look back to July 2006 when it wasn't just the temperature that was hot.
  
• Scanning Update
  Dave Roberts casts his net over the latest in the fascinating world of scanning and related subjects.
  
• Essential Radio Software Part 2
  Having explained how to build a computer specifically aimed at radio use and introduced some of the essential programs that suit the many needs of the radio enthusiast, Jack Weber now examines a selection of programs to improve your listening activities by either controlling receivers or processing the signals you've received.
• Digital Radio Explained
  A new volume and Kevin Ryan is back with his regular look at the fascinating world of digital broadcast radio in the UK and further afield.
  
• Ask MM!
  Do you have a problem you can't solve, or is there just something you can't get to grips with and need pointing in the right direction? MM is here to help you with your monitoring hobby, so just send us your question and we'll provide the answer or explanation.
• Meg- A-Month
  Continuing our look at one megahertz slices of the h.f. bands, this month in part 4 of Meg-A-Month, Clive Hardy looks at the 5-6MHz segment of the electromagnetic spectrum.
  
• Signals From Space - 10
  We drop back down the spectrum in this issue, as Alexander James moves back to the Ku-Band and looks at some of the data traffic that's flowing back and forth between earth and the Clarke belt residents.
  

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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