Radio Monitoring a How to Guide

Radio Monitoring The How-To Guide by T.J. “SKIP” AREY N2EI (ex WB2GHA) Copyright (c) T. J. “Skip” Arey, 1997, 2003, 2010 Published by Index Publishing Group, Inc., San Diego, CA, 1997 ISBN 1-56866-101-0 Library of Congress Card Number 95-81300 Paladin Press, Boulder Colorado, 2003 ISBN 1-58160-405-X Current License Creative Commons License Copyright (c) T. J. “Skip” Arey, 2010. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- Non-Commercial -No Derivatives 3.0 License. Full terms and conditions at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Summary: * You are free to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work under the following conditions: * Attribution. You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor. * Noncommercial. You may not use this work for commercial purposes. * No Derivative Works. You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work. * For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the license terms of this work. * Waiver - Any of the above conditions can be waived if you get permission from the author. * Public Domain -Where the work or any of its elements is in the public domain under applicable law, that status is in no way affected by the license. * Other Rights - In no way are any of the following rights affected by the license:

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Preface to the Third (Creative Commons) Edition. When I received word from Paladin Press that the book was “remaindered” at the end of 2009 I was not all that surprised. Radio Monitoring had a great run! Two editions, several printings, thousands of copies in the hands of folks who wanted to learn how to have fun playing radio. A word to the wise… I have not (yet) taken steps to update any information from the time of the Second Edition. The world of radio keeps moving on. If you are a beginner to the hobby, I am confident you will still find tons of useful information and, at this stage of the game, the price is right (free). More experienced users will get some jollies out of the more dated material. So it goes. A couple of “Shout Outs”, a term that wasn’t common at the time of the book’s initial publication. Thanks to the North American Shortwave Association (NASWA) for being the first site to step up and agree to host this electronic edition of Radio Monitoring. Thanks to the ongoing Kulpsville Winter SWL Fest. This annual gathering of radio hobby folks has kept the faith during times of poor propagation (Read Chapter 26). Thanks to all the folks who actually bought the book over the years. I have always been gratified and humbled by how many folks found their way to the hobby through Radio Monitoring. Yet another thank you to my family for putting up with a process that has gone on for many more years than I ever had reason to hope it would. Thanks to everyone who continues to find pleasure in rolling out of bed at 0-darkthirty in the morning to dig out a weak signal from a lump of rock half way around the world. I’m still having fun! I hope you are too.