Monitoring Monthly October 2008

The Third Year of Best Selling Radio Listeners' Magazine!

In Your Local News Agents Now! The Special issue on sale 30 September for 28 days. Or available direct via the MM webstore you can subscribe and buy many radio text books there too.

Volume 3 Issue 11!

What are your interests? New products, VHF/UHF, Broadcast or utility DX, satellite news feeds, Military communication and excercises, Earth observation satelites, airbands, data modes, space, Motor sport comms, news of what's happening in the radio arena around the world, then monitoringmonthly is the magazine to keep you informed.

This month in monitoringmonthly you can find the following.

• MONEY SAVING OFFER - Save on pocket sized scanner: Alinco DJ-X3 - Save £20!
• Win Once Again With MM - Over £90 worth of prizes!
• Yet another free to enter competition.
• As reviewed in the August 2006 issue of monitoringmonthly, the Bearcat UBC72XLT, is on offer in our free prize draw.
• As we say - you can't WIN if you don't enter!

The Features Include:

• Palstar R30A HF Communications Receiver
  Jack Weber takes a look at a new radio from USA manufacturer Palstar, their latest version of the traditional R30 range of dual conversion h.f. communications receivers. Just what does this new version have to offer and how did Jack rate it? Read this comprehensive review to find out.
• IFA 2008
  Martin Peters has been checking out the Internationale Funkausstellung consumer and electronics show held annually in Berlin. He was entitled to free drinks since he was representing MM. See what he discovered on his whistle stop tour.
• Robert Radio Stream DAB & WiFi Portable Reviewed
  Kevin Ryan has just acquired a new digital radio, the Roberts WM202 that offers DAB and analogue reception in addition to wireless and wired connected Internet reception. Kevin brings us news of how he got on with his new radio come network media player.
• Common Terms - A Glossary
  All specialist subjects come complete with their own collection of terms and acronyms. MM brings you a consise collection of the most commonly used terms to try and assist those new to the hobby and also act as a refresher to anyone else wondering what all the 'jargon' means.
• Scanning Update
  Dave Roberts provides both a light hearted and a serious view of the latest insight into the fascinating world of scanning and related subjects.
• Digital Radio Explained
  A mixed bag from Kevin Ryan this time. He looks at the demise of services the emergence of one satellite provision and another in the balance, as he continues his regular look as the fascintating world of digital broadcast radio in the UK and around the world.
• Hands On With Hardy - Fishing Pole Mobile Whip
  It's time for another antenna project. Clive's 'Hands On With Hardy' construction feature details how to build a vertical antenna suitable for transmitting and reception during fixed mobile or temporary use. This simple and cost effective antenna, is a must try project.
• Mode-A-Month Part 6
  Clive's back with a quick primer on digital transmission types. Though not the most detailed explanation around, the basics of data modes in general are presented in an easy to understand form. If you've wondered about how data is sent by radio, then get reading!
• MM Special Offer
  Don't miss this chance of a bargain mini wideband scanner featuring stereo f.m broadcast reception. Save £20 with MM when you buy an Alinco DJ-X3 great for airshows with 8.33kHz steps and so much more! Save £20! Alinco DJ-X3 offer MM Price .

Amongst the monthly regulars you'll find,

• Martin Peters - Readers' Logs & News - What MM readers have received.
• Andy Lyass - Flight Path - Our regular look at airbands and aviation, Mainly civil.
• Keith Hamer & Garry Smith - TV DX - All the latest TV news and reception reports from afar. 
• Dave Roberts - Scanning Update, the lastest
• Clive Hardy - Amateur Scene - A taste of amateur radio.
• Pat Carty - Ops Normal - The fascinating world of Mil-Coms, exercises and more, right from where the action happens! 
• Ben Hogan - HF Utility radio.
• Jacques d'Avignon - HF Propagation Forcast around the globe. 
• Paul Beaumont of ENIGMA 2000
• Greg Baker - Brings a quarterly look at the radio scene in Australia and South Pacific area.
• Roger Bunney - Satellites View - a regular look at  Clarke Belt News Feeds
• Tony Currie - A Broadcasters View - The perspective from the other side of the transmitter.

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

Make sure you don't miss the next issue of monitoringmonthly! 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!

You get much more with monitoringmonthly. Our downloadable PDF subscriptions for £29.95 per year or just £4.95 for subscribers to our paper version, are becoming very popular indeed! We continue to bring you the best radio magazine in the land! If you are looking for quality covereage of radio related subjects, then this is the place to be. The magazine of choice for real listening enthusiasts just keeps getting better. MM is the best selling and best loved radio listeners' magazine in the UK. Produced by the Team You Can Trust to bring you what you want!

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