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December 2001, Volume 3, Number 12
Edited and Distributed by Sheldon Harvey
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Copyright © 2001–2002 Radio H.F. Publications
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Disclaimer: The content and comments included in the websites featured in this newsletter are those of the individuals, groups or organizations responsible for each website. They do not necessarily represent those of the editor, unless specifically noted.
All subscribers' e-mail addresses are kept private and confidential, and will never be given or sold to any other organization. To have yourself added or removed from the distribution list of this newsletter, or to submit contributions, contact Sheldon by e-mail at hfnewsletter@yahoo.com. Remember that all contributors are entitled to a 2% discount on their next purchase from Radio H.F.
Welcome to Vol. 3 Number 12 of the Radio H.F. Internet Newsletter. Previous issues of this newsletter can be found at www.anarc.org/cidx/radiohf/index.html [right here! — Ed.].
Happy Holidays everyone! Hard to believe that we've come to the end of another year. This issue marks the end of the third year of publication of this Newsletter. We welcome all the new subscribers to our group.
This month, as in previous December issues, I have included a special "Holiday Zone" featuring sites relating to Christmas, New Year, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. There are some you'll definitely want to share with the kids or grandkids.
In the radio world, December 12th marks the 100th anniversary of Marconi's first trans-Atlantic radio communication between Poldhu, Cornwall, England and Signal Hill in St. John's, Newfoundland. It's truly amazing that 100 years after the fact, the technology of radio remains the same, basically unchanged. The Radio Zone includes some sites that mark this important event.
Best wishes to all our subscribers for a happy, safe and prosperous holiday season. Why not share the Radio H.F. Internet Newsletter with a friend as a gift this season? Best of all, it's the gift that keeps on giving all year, and it's free.
Thanks for being with us up through our third year of publication. I look forward to a fun-filled 4th year beginning next month. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.
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www.worldofradio.com/marconi.html
Via: Glenn Hauser, Enid, Oklahoma
This page, prepared by Glenn Hauser, summarizes all the special broadcasts, programmes, utility and amateur radio related events taking place to mark the Marconi centennial.
personal.tmlp.com/k1vv/w1aa/
Via: Kurt Rudolph, Carson City, Nevada
The Marconi Radio Club consists of a group of amateur radio operators who commemorate Guglielmo Marconi and other early pioneers in the development of radio. This club, because of its geographical location, represents the Wellfleet, Massachusetts site of the Marconi Telegraph Companies wireless station in the yearly amateur radio Marconi Special Event. A special ham operation will take place to mark the 100th anniversary of Marconi's first transmission.
sonra.ca
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
This club has taken on a number of special events and activities to mark the Marconi anniversary in Newfoundland. Click on Marconi picture on their website and find out what events are planned by the group to mark the occasion. You can also learn more about amateur radio in Canada's 10th province.
www.tuningtheworld.com
Via: William Westenhaver, Montreal, Quebec
Despite the name, this is not really a DX site. Rather, it's a site set up by CBC St. John's (Nfld) for the special programming they'll be doing to mark the centenary of Marconi's first trans-Atlantic radio transmission. Rather nice site to look at ... but you'll be frustrated if you want to try to print out any of the information ... give it a try.
www.alpcom.it/hamradio/
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
This Italian based site offers a special section on links to websites marking the December 12th celebrations. There are also hundreds of other links to sites relating to Marconi. You'll be sure to spend a lot of time here.
community-2.webtv.net/petrogia/doc/
Via: Petro Giannakopoulos, Atlanta, Georgia
I have created my own personal Shortwave Audio streams and links containing my favorites. Since I am severely visually impaired person — my site may look real FUNNY or WEIRD to fully sighted persons. All you have to do is point your mouse on the text of the website to see if it is actually a link or not. The site is still under construction. I wasn't planning to publish it but I think we can build a bigger site with more links on it by getting everyone to pitch in.
www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/home
Via: Jean Pouliot, Montreal, Quebec
Welcome to Radio-Locator, the most comprehensive radio station search engine on the Internet. We have links to over 10,000 radio station websites and over 2500 audio streams from radio stations in the U.S. and around the world.
www.earlytelevision.org/index.htm
Via: Jerry Proc, Toronto, Ontario
Although not radio related, this is an interesting site exploring another major medium, television. The site is dedicated to the preservation and restoration of television receiving and camera equipment from the early days of television. The Foundation's collection includes all aspects of the medium.
www.anzwers.org/free/navyscpo/index.html
Via: Trond Jacobsen, Halden, Norway
This site is dedicated to the U.S. Naval Security Group. The site was created and is maintained by Joseph A. Glockner. Be sure to check out the section on the Group radio service stations, past and present.
gofree.indigo.ie/~seti/Index.htm
Via: Peter Cheasley, St. Laurent, Quebec
Here is a page from The SETI League Site that explains the concept of amateur radio telescopes.
www.qrz.com/hamspeak.html
Via: Dave Raycroft, Toronto, Ontario
This site offers an alphabetical listing, with search facilities, of slang and lingo used in the world of amateur radio.
www.interlog.com/~kcozens/radio/index.html
Via: Kevin Cozens, Willowdale, Ontario
A collection of useful website links for the shortwave listener and amateur radio operator, from Ontario ham VE3SYB.
members.netscapeonline.co.uk/alancake/
Via: Dick Pearce, Brattleboro, Vermont
Want to know the real technical facts behind amateur radio? Throw away all those dull old textbooks. The truth is in here!
www.webdeals.net/k4lyp.htm
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
This site is dedicated to all the radio and scanner nuts. There are hundreds of great links for anyone interesting in the scanning hobby. There is also a free site newsletter that you can sign up for. Dan Browning, K4LYP, maintains the site
www.f-r-s.org/homepage.htm
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
The Family Radio Service (FRS) radio equipment has quite an impact on handheld, wireless communications around the world. These tiny two-way radios have been used for all sorts of applications, from kids play things to vital communications network systems. This group, and its website, have developed a program for using FRS equipment for volunteer-supported neighbourhood communications. Looks like a creative and important use for these units.
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www.shatters.net/celestia/
Via: Robert Lajoie, Longueuil, Quebec
Celestia is a free real-time space simulation that lets you experience our universe in three dimensions. Unlike most planetarium software, Celestia doesn't confine you to the surface of the Earth. You can travel throughout the solar system, to any of over 100,000 stars, or even beyond the galaxy. All travel in Celestia is seamless; the exponential zoom feature lets you explore space across a huge range of scales, from galaxy clusters down to spacecraft only a few meters across. A 'point-and-go to' interface makes it simple to navigate through the universe to the object you want to visit.
winstars.free.fr/english/
Via: Elmer Standish, Courtenay, British Columbia
WinStars is a complete planetarium, showing you the appearance of the sky, as seen from anywhere on Earth, for any date. With a click of the mouse, it's possible to have various information about all objects displaying by the program. WinStars is freeware. For our French speaking subscribers, this site is also available in the French language.
www.greenland-guide.gl
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
Looking for an exciting and unique vacation? How about Greenland! Yes, you can go there and there are many exciting things to see and do there. Learn all about Greenland through this official and extensive guide site to Greenland. The site is available in six languages, including English and French.
www.interknowledge.com/denmark/greenland.html
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
You'll also want to check out this official site about Greenland, with details of the history, geography, people and places of this Arctic nation.
www.biology.ucsc.edu/people/williams/antarctic/
Via: Yahoo Weekly Picks
Meet Ally McSeal and the Lucky Pup, a couple of playful Weddell seals, a unique species that lives in Antarctica and can dive up to 400 meters deep in freezing waters. A team of biologists donned their cold weather gear and traveled to the South Pole to study these amazing creatures. This site takes you right into the frozen tundra and details the discoveries the biologists make regarding the Weddell seal and its habits. At least on-line, you won't risk frostbite and snow blindness.
www.uscg.mil/lantarea/iip/home.html
Via: Jim ???, Michigan, via Worldwide Utility News
The International Ice Patrol will monitor the extent of the iceberg danger near the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and provide limits of all known ice to the maritime community. The U.S. Coast Guard formally begins its seasonal ice observation and Ice Patrol service whenever icebergs threaten primary shipping routes between Europe and the U.S. and Canada. This usually occurs in the month of February and the threat usually extends through July, but the Ice Patrol is flexible and commences operations when iceberg conditions dictate.
trip.com/trs/trip/content/maps_driving/airport_map_search.xsl
Via: Elmer Standish, Courtenay, British Columbia
Sometimes it's harder to find your way to your plane than to fly thousands of miles to your destination. At Trip.com's Airport Maps site you'll find maps for whatever airport you're going to. Never again will you get lost before your flight or run around helplessly looking for the baggage claim area.
www.av8.org/av8fst-uk/
Via: Elmer Standish, Courtenay, British Columbia
Our mission is to evaluate the entire USMC Harrier engineering correspondence, verbal, written and electronic. There are also extensive links to all aspects of British military departments and the RAF.
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The following special section focuses on the upcoming holiday season. Some of these sites were featured in last December's edition, but are still valid and will hopefully be of interest to our newer readers who weren't with us last year at this time. Enjoy them as well as the new items included. There's plenty of family entertainment here.
www.nettiradio.fi/test/santa/eng/eng.html
Based in Finland, this is the official radio voice of Santa Claus, with daily updates and special messages throughout the month of December.
hum.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/ph/xmas/pcpra.htm
The story of Christmas traditions at two Polish outposts in the Arctic and Antarctic. Be sure to click on the links to details of these two lonely outposts.
www.northpole.com/SiteOverview.html
Full of original art, animation and stories. Every image was hand drawn, scanned, and painted prior to being added to one of our pages. The stories are all original works commissioned by Northpole.com and each has a cheerful message. We hope you and your children enjoy the site as much as we enjoyed creating it for you. Be sure to check out the Radio North Pole link.
This site, maintained by NORAD, accumulates millions of visits each Christmas season. Throughout December, follow the progress of Santa preparing for his annual worldwide trek. On Christmas Eve, NORAD tracks Santa and the sleigh with radar. Check in early here, as the website bogs down with heavy traffic.
www.eaze.net/~citius/santa.htm
A sophisticated Global Positioning System (GPS), downloadable free. With this technology, the Elves always know where Santa is, how many homes he has visited, and when he is headed back to the North Pole for another load. Santa GPS has worked so well for them, the Elves thought Santa's other helpers might be interested in keeping track of the Big Guy too. Your kids will be THRILLED to watch Santa come their way on Christmas Eve!
members.tripod.com/~santahoho/hide/
This site includes a Santa locator, WXMS-Christmas radio station, Santa chat room, Santa and Christmas trivia and lots of other fun stuff.
Insight, history, games, recipes, traditions, and all the details of the Jewish holiday of (Chanukah) Hanukkah.
All the details of the annual holiday beginning on December 10th and running through December 17th.
Details of the meaning, history, traditions, celebrations, etc. of this holiday. Kwanzaa (Quansa) is a holiday celebrated by many African-Americans. It is held December 26th through January 1st. It was first celebrated in 1966, created by Doctor Maulana Karenga, Professor at the California State University, Long Beach, California.
Welcome to MelaNet's Kwanzaa Information Center (KIC). Please browse this site to learn about this spiritual, festive and joyous celebration. While Kwanzaa is a seasonal event, the seven principles used in celebrating it are intended to be a year-round way-of-life. Successful implementation helps to bring out the best in everyone! We invite your thoughts and comments in MelaNet's Uncut Talk forum. The KIC will remain available to help strengthen African-American families and communities all year long.
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www.daypop.com
Via: Yahoo Weekly Picks
Millions of websites exist on the Internet, and many of them — newspapers, on-line magazines, and weblogs — are updated daily. Daypop harnesses the power of the Internet and "crawls the living web at least once a day to bring you the latest information relevant to your searches." Currently indexing over 5,800 sites, the site aims to be the Web's current events search engine. And if you're interested in finding the most-popular stories being linked to by webloggers from around the world, head over to the Daypop Top 40 for a fascinating look at the world around us.
www.linkdup.com
Via: Yahoo Weekly Picks
In this age of the ever-expanding Web, it can be difficult to find the freshest and coolest sites. To help those who appreciate the aesthetic, the folks at new media shop preloaded have created Linkdup, an amazing collection of links to sites that are compelling, entertaining, and sometimes jaw-dropping. We were simply blown away by the collection of sites, from the wildly imaginative design shop sites to the time-wasting Shockwave games. And the best part is it's a non-commercial endeavor — they simply want to "bring you the best, impartially."
www.top20online.com
Via: Elmer Standish, Courtenay, British Columbia
A site linking you to the Top 20 sites in various categories and searches.
www.darklinks.com
Via: Sheldon Harvey, Greenfield Park, Quebec
News and links to the strange, spooky, underbelly of the Internet. Be sure to check out a site here that links you to Gothic/Dark/Industrial Internet radio services. Warning: Some links on this site may contain controversial, offensive or disturbing information or images.
www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/
Via: Yahoo Weekly Picks
This collection of cute games will make minutes melt into hours as you try and conquer these seemingly simple diversions. No complicated rules and strategies just use your mouse and keyboard and some deft hand-eye coordination. Try your hand at holding the rope against a powerful rhino, saving cute little chicks falling from the sky, or nabbing flies while jumping in a pond of lily pads. The highlight for us was trying to break 500 in the supremely addictive snow bowling. With two dozen well designed games of this ilk, you'll be wasting time in no time flat.
www.paperplane.org
Via: Yahoo Weekly Picks
I'm Ken Blackburn, and this website is here to share what I know about paper airplanes. I held the Guinness record for time aloft for paper airplanes from 1983 to 1996 and have just regained the Guinness record with a flight of 27.6 seconds during an attempt on 10/8/98 in the Georgia Dome.
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Radio H.F. has been Canada's specialist in shortwave, scanning, amateur radio, antennas, accessories & publications, since 1995. Note that all prices quoted here are subject to change without notice and all prices are in Canadian dollars, shipping and handling not included. U.S. prices available upon request. Please check out the Radio H.F. website at www.total.net/~radiohf/.
Radio H.F. has gift certificates available. If you aren't sure what to get someone, but would like something from Radio H.F., you can order gift certificates, for any value, good for an unlimited period of time. Contact me for complete details. Gift certicates easily solve your gift buying problems.
| Alinco DJ-596T dual band portable | $ 349 | |
| Alinco DJ-196T 2m portable | $ 229 | |
| Alinco DR-235TG 220 MHz mobile | $ 399 | |
| Alinco DR-435TG 440 MHz mobile | $ 449 | |
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Icom IC-756 Pro II HF/6m station | $ 4699 |
| Icom IC-756 Pro HF station | $ 3699 | |
| Icom IC-746 HF/6m/2m base station | $ 3099 | |
| Icom IC-2100H 2m mobile | $ 299 | |
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Kenwood TS-B2000 HF/6m/2m/70cm base | $ 2949 |
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Kenwood TS-2000 HF/6m/2m/70cm/23cm base | $ 3399 |
| Kenwood TM-D700A dual band mobile w/TNC | $ 949 | |
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Kenwood TH-F6A tri-band (144/220/440 MHz) portable | $ 649 |
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Ranger RCI-5054DX 6 m mobile | $ 499 |
| Yaesu FT-1000M-KV HF base | $ 4099 | |
| Yaesu FT-817 HF/6m/2m/70cm 5W QRP mobile | $ 1049 | |
| Yaesu FT-920 HF/6m base station | $ 1999 | |
| Yaesu FT-100D HF/6m/2m/70cm mobile | $ 1599 | |
| Yaesu FT-840 HF base or mobile | $ 999 | |
| Yaesu FT-847 HF/6m/2m/70cm base | $ 2249 | |
| Yaesu FT-1500 2m mobile | $ 279 | |
| Yaesu FT-2600M 2m 60W mobile | $ 299 | |
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Yaesu FT-7100 dual band mobile | $ 569 |
| Yaesu FT-90R dual band mobile | $ 529 | |
| Yaesu VX-1R miniature dual band portable | $ 239 | |
| Yaesu VX-5R tri-band (6m/2m/70cm) portable | $ 469 | |
| Yaesu FT-VX150 2m portable | $ 239 |
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| A.D.I. AT-210HP 2m 5W portable | $ 179 | |
| A.D.I. AR-147 Plus 2m 60W mobile | $ 259 | |
| Alinco DJ-V5EH w/800 cellular coverage | $ 449 | |
| Alinco DR-605TQ dual band mobile | $ 549 | |
| Alinco DR-610TQ dual band | $ 779 | |
| Alinco DX-70TH HF/6m base | $ 1299 | |
| Icom IC-706 MK IIG HF/6m/2m/70cm mobile | $ 1599 | |
| Icom IC-718 base station | $ 1129 | |
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Icom IC-910H All mode | $ 2399 |
| Icom IC-207H dual band mobile | $ 499 | |
| Icom IC-2800 dual band mobile | $ 749 | |
| Icom IC-T81A four band (6m/2m/70cm/23cm) portable | $ 419 | |
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Icom IC-V8 2m portable | $ 259 |
| Icom IC-T2H 2m portable | $ 239 | |
| Icom IC-T7H dual band 6W portable | $ 339 | |
| Kenwood TM-261A 2m mobile | $ 309 | |
| Kenwood TM-V7A CoolBlue 2m/70cm mobile | $ 699 | |
| Kenwood TS-870 HF base | $ 2979 | |
| Kenwood TS-570SG HF/6m base station | $ 1849 | |
| Kenwood TS-570DG HF base station | $ 1649 | |
| Kenwood TS-50 HF mobile | $ 979 | |
| Kenwood TH-48AT 70 cm portable | $ 249 | |
| Kenwood TH-22AT 2m portable | $ 239 | |
| Kenwood TH-D7A "data communicator" dual band portable w/TNC | $ 549 | |
| Kenwood TH-G71A mil-spec dual band portable | $ 359 | |
| Yaesu FT-1000D HF base | $ 6299 | |
| Yaesu FT-600 HF mobile | $ 1249 | |
| Yaesu FT-3000M 2m 70W mobile | $ 629 | |
| Yaesu FT-50RDH dual band portable | $ 369 |
Other models of A.D.I., Alinco, Icom,
Kenwood,
Ranger and Yaesu,
plus all accessories for all brands also available.
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| Alinco DJ-X10 wide band receiver | $ 599 | |
| Alinco DJ-X2 wide band receiver | $ 399 | |
| Alinco DJ-X2000 wide band receiver | $ 989 | |
| A.O.R. AR-8200 Mark II 0.5 - 2040 MHz handheld receiver | $ 999 | |
| A.O.R. AR-16B mini portable receiver | $ 349 | |
| Drake R8B communications receiver | $ 1959 | |
| Grundig YB-300PE portable SW | $ 99 | |
| Grundig YB-400PE portable SW w/SSB | $ 229 | |
| Grundig Satellit Millennium 800 | $ 789 | |
| Icom IC-PCR1000 PC receiver w/SSB | $ 799 | |
| Icom IC-PCR100 PC receiver w/SSB | $ 449 | |
| Icom IC-R2 tiny wideband receiver | $ 369 | |
| Icom IC-R3 wideband receiver w/TV | $ 799 | |
| Icom IC-R10E portable receiver | $ 699 | |
| Sony ICF-SW07 shortwave portable | $ 699 | |
| Sony ICF-SW7600G shortwave portable | $ 299 | |
| Sony ICF-SW40 shortwave portable | $ 190 | |
| Uniden SC-180 100 channel portable scanner | $ 319 | |
| Uniden SC-200 200 channel w/CTSS scanner | $ 379 | |
| Uniden BC-245XLT TrunkTracker II portable scanner | $ 449 | |
| Uniden BC-780XLT TrunkTracker III mobile scanner | $ 599 | |
| Yaesu VR-120 compact receiver | $ 399 | |
| Yaesu VR-500 wideband receiver | $ 529 | |
| Yaesu VR-5000 general coverage base receiver | $ 1499 | |
| Yupiteru MVT-7100 receiver | $ 549 | |
| Yupiteru MVT-7300 receiver | $ 599 | |
| Yupiteru MVT-9000 mark II receiver | $ 899 |
Contact Radio H.F. for prices on other models of shortwave receivers and scanners available from AOR, Drake, Grundig, Icom, Lowe, Relm, Sangean, Sony, Uniden/Bearcat, Welz, and Yupiteru.
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We now have a good selection of these popular two-way radio units available by Cobra, Cherokee, Icom, Kenwood, Maxon, Midland, Motorola, Standard and Uniden. Contact Radio H.F. for pricing and availability. Details and specifications of the units can be found through the Radio H.F. website (www.total.net/~radiohf/).
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What is Rigblaster? It's the easiest way to properly connect your radio to your computer's sound card so that you may operate using any present or future ham radio sound card software. Presently available ham radio sound card software, a Rigblaster, a radio and a computer is the easy and modern way to operate PSK31; MFSK16; MT63; Hellschriber; SSTV; RTTY; AMTOR; PACTOR; PACKET; APRS; CW; Contest Voice Keying; WSJT High Speed FSK meteor scatter; CW High Speed meteor scatter; FM repeater announcements, automatic and unattended; Simplex or duplex repeater control. Your computer and a RIGblaster take the place of old expensive adapters or TNCs. Depending on the microphone connection of your radio, one of the three different models should suit your needs.
These U.S. manufactured units are now available through Radio H.F. To check out their products, go to their website (www.westmountainradio.com/index.html). Please contact Radio H.F. for pricing and availability on these products.
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Radio H.F. is the Canadian home for all publications of Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC, www.rac.ca), Radio amateur du Québec (RAQI, www.raqi.qc.ca), American Radio Relay League (ARRL, www.arrl.org), and Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB, www.rsgb.org). We also have Canada's largest selection of books on vintage receivers such as Heathkit, Zenith, Philco and Hallicrafters, plus books on repairing and restoring old radios.
Radio H.F. is also a Canadian distributor for the complete line of Schiffer Books. This company specializes in books for antiques and collectibles, arts and crafts, plus an extensive catalog of military publications. You can browse Schiffer's complete catalogues at www.schifferbooks.com.
Note! Unfortunately, due to the high rate of exchange between the Canadian and the U.S. dollar, prices on most publications have been increased.
Here are some new publications available from ARRL. You can see details of these new releases, plus other new products, on the ARRL website (www.arrl.org/catalog/?category=What%27s+New).
| Some new ARRL publications | ||
| Tune in the Universe — Amateur Radio & the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CD-ROM) | $ 38.50 | |
| Build Your Own Test Equipment | $ 46.50 | |
| 2002 | Radio Amateur Callbook (CD-ROM) | $ 77.50 |
| Some other new publications & calendars | ||
| 2002 | Passport to world band radio | $ 32.00 |
| 2002/03 | CQ Amateur Radio Calendar (15 month) | $ 16.95 |
| 2002/03 | CQ Radio Classics Calendar (15 month) | $ 16.95 |
The Passport To World Band Radio is a major reference book for shortwave listeners. It is still available at the special pre-publication price of $32, which includes tax and shipping. Order now.
How about a radio-related calendar as a great stocking stuffer for Christmas? The new CQ Radio calendars for 2002 are now available. There are two versions:
The CQ Amateur Radio Calendar includes spectacular images of some of the biggest, most photogenic Amateur Radio shacks, antennas, scenics, and well-known Amateur Radio personalities. Calendar detail includes dates of important ham radio events such as major contests and other operating activities, phases of the moon (and perigees/apogees), meteor showers, and holidays.
The CQ Radio Classics Calendar features photos of some of the memory-jogging, heart-tugging gear that so many of us treasure or aspired to years ago. Calendar detail includes dates of important ham radio events such as major contests and other operating activities, phases of the moon (and perigees/apogees), meteor showers, and holidays.
Below is a small sample of the items in stock and available by mail order from Radio H.F. Our complete publications catalogue is on-line, with information on ordering. Our catalogue includes a wide selection of CD-ROMs from ARRL, RSGB and others. Visit the Radio H.F. website (www.total.net/~radiohf/) and follow the link to the complete list.
| RAC Basic Study Guide | $ 36.50 | |
| RAC Advanced Study Guide | $ 53.50 | |
| RAC Operating Manual | $ 28.50 | |
| 2002 |
Radio Amateur Callbook CD-ROM | $ 77.50 |
| 2001 | Radio Amateur Callbook CD-ROM | $ 74.95 |
| ARRL On the air with ham radio | $ 27.95 | |
| 7th ed. | ARRL Operating Manual | $ 37.50 |
| 2002 | ARRL Handbook (softcover) | $ 54.00 |
| 2002 | ARRL Handbook (hardcover) | $ 77.00 |
| 2002 | ARRL Handbook (CD-ROM) | $ 59.95 |
| 2001/2002 | ARRL Repeater Directory | $ 13.50 |
| 15th ed. | ARRL Hints & Kinks | $ 22.50 |
| ARRL Stealth Amateur Radio | $ 22.50 | |
| 2nd ed. | ARRL HF Digital Handbook | $ 22.50 |
| Digital signal processing technology | $ 69.95 | |
| ARRL Your Introduction to Morse Code (CD or cassette) | $ 23.00 | |
| ARRL APRS — Tracks, Maps & Mobiles | $ 22.50 | |
| Oct. 2000 | ARRL DXCC List | $ 4.50 |
| ARRL Ham radio FAQ | $ 22.50 | |
| 2001/2002 | ARRL Net Directory | $ 7.75 |
| ARRL Reflections II | $ 29.95 | |
| ARRL Travelplus for repeaters CD-ROM | $ 59.95 | |
| ARRL The mobile DXer | $ 19.95 | |
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Note: all times given are in local time. Check with the local contact person for any last-minute changes or corrections. Note that for obvious logistical limits, only Canadian events, or those of particular interest to Canadians (e.g., Dayton Hamvention), are listed.
The hamfest season for 2001 is complete. Watch for listings of 2002 events in the New Year.
Kulpsville, Pennsylvania, 8-9 March 2002
15th Annual Winter SWL Festival. See website for complete details. Website: swlfest.com.
Radio H.F. will be there!
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CIDX is Canada's national radio monitoring club, serving radio hobbyists since 1962. Our monthly newsletter, Messenger, covers all aspects of the radio monitoring hobby. Sample copies of recent issues are available for $2.00 each, in Canada or the U.S., or $3 elsewhere. Membership is open to radio hobbyists worldwide. Visit our website (www.anarc.org/cidx/) for complete information, as well as special features and website profiles, or to get a membership application.
CIDX has a Yahoo On Line Club Room where members and guests can meet, chat, and post news items. To join in, go to clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/cidxclub.
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The International Radio Report, on CKUT-FM Radio McGill, 90.3 MHz FM in Montreal, is available via the Internet on RealAudio at www.ckut.ca, Sunday mornings at 10:30 AM Eastern time (1430 UTC Apr.-Oct., 1530 UTC Nov.-Mar.). Now in its 13th year on the air, co-hosts Sheldon Harvey and Bill Westenhaver present this weekly half-hour of news, information and developments in radio broadcasting. Check out the CKUT website for the station's complete list of unique programmes.
You can also listen to the International Radio Report whenever you like. Thanks to one of our longtime listeners, Ricky Leong, archived editions of the programme are available on demand at members.fortunecity.com/crazyaboutradio/. Also, you can send your comments to the International Radio Report by e-mail to radioreport@yahoo.com.
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Every Sunday evening, on the West Island Amateur Radio Club (www.PubNIX.Net/wiarc/) 2-metre repeater, 146.910 MHz (-600), following the Swap Net at 20:00 Eastern, tune in for the "Montreal DX Listeners Net," a net featuring news about all aspects of radio, shortwave, AM/FM, utilities, scanning, amateur radio. Included are listening tips, developments in broadcasting, reception reports, HF and scanner frequency information, special topics, questions and comments. Now in its 8th year, it has had over 500 different participants. The net is operated by Sheldon Harvey, VE2SHW. Please feel free to participate. The Swap Net begins at 20:00, followed by a calendar of events including upcoming hamfests, amateur radio contests and special events amateur stations, plus a list of local events and meetings. The DX Net usually begins around 20:20 or 20:30 Eastern, and runs to approximately 22:00.
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You can also hear Sheldon Harvey on his bi-weekly "CIDX Report" on Radio Canada International, Canada's international shortwave broadcaster, on the Maple Leaf Mailbag show. Check out the Radio Canada International website (www.rcinet.ca) for complete details of times and frequencies. RCI also has a free e-mail news service available which issues daily bulletins of news and information from and about Canada. See the instructions on the RCI website if you wish to subscribe. When you travel abroad, take Canada with you, with Radio Canada International on shortwave.
A reminder to check out the RCI Action Committee website (www.geocities.com/rciaction/), to find out what you can do to help save Radio Canada International from drastic budget cuts.
That's all for this month. Radio H.F. operates as a mail-order, telephone, and on-line business, with the many products, great prices, and personalized service.
Your input is always welcome. Please feel free to send along your comments about the Newsletter, as well as any material you have to contribute, to me by e-mail at hfnewsletter@yahoo.com. Remember that you can find all previous issues of this newsletter at www.anarc.org/cidx/radiohf/index.html (right here! — Ed.).
Best wishes and 73 from Sheldon Harvey, VE2SHW
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President, Canadian International DX Club
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