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"Stereophile22" wrote in message ... I vaguely recall one called "Communications World". That vaguely seems to sound familiar to me. I think that was probably it. That that was probably the one I read regularly before "Popular Communications" ever came along. I remember having one around 1976-1978, when I first got interested in SWL'ing. |
The Shortwave Guide from Lawrence J. Miller Publishing was a favorite of
mine in the 1980's. Larry Magne did some nice receiver reviews. Don "DesignGuy" wrote in message news:0PE_c.296923$eM2.109835@attbi_s51... "Stereophile22" wrote in message ... I vaguely recall one called "Communications World". That vaguely seems to sound familiar to me. I think that was probably it. That that was probably the one I read regularly before "Popular Communications" ever came along. I remember having one around 1976-1978, when I first got interested in SWL'ing. |
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Steve Silverwood wrote: In article , says... What do you suggest are the best monthly magazines for shortwave listeners ? Monitoring Times tops the list for me. I also enjoy reading Popular Communications (aka "PopComm"). I did not think much of the September edition. It had an article on Srilanka that was good and the usual SW schedules were of interest to me but that was about it. The rest was satellites, scanner stuff and an article written by some PH.D. on digital radio that was deathly dull. I'm not sure I will buy it again for $6 bucks unless they start having more articles about SW stations. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
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, Telamon wrote: In article , Steve Silverwood wrote: In article , says... What do you suggest are the best monthly magazines for shortwave listeners ? Monitoring Times tops the list for me. I also enjoy reading Popular Communications (aka "PopComm"). I did not think much of the September edition. It had an article on Srilanka that was good and the usual SW schedules were of interest to me but that was about it. The rest was satellites, scanner stuff and an article written by some PH.D. on digital radio that was deathly dull. I'm not sure I will buy it again for $6 bucks unless they start having more articles about SW stations. When I was getting back into radio listening a couple of years ago I tried to find a good magazine. I got samples of all the club newsletters I could, a couple of PopComms, the BBC mag On Air, very nice but BBC only, and Monitoring Times. I ended up getting a subscription to MT. Although there's a lot of non SW stuff I still found it the best for the money. Even though it costs me $60.00 Canadian per year. I would like to see a copy of Shortwave Magazine though. Any comments on that one? Norm |
I would like to see a copy of Shortwave Magazine though. Any comments on
that one? I buy Shortwave Magazine each month (I live in Ireland, so the content is pretty relevant). As you might guess, it is very UK-oriented (eg. reception logs) but it does have good general articles, too. It has regulars like what's happening on SW in the different continents, both about radio and TV (under the columns 'Bandscan region' and regularly features transmitters of interest in the UK and occasionally Ireland. There are also other articles each month of interest to the radio amateur reader. While it's called 'SWM', it does cover more than the 0-30MHz spectrum, for example, it also has articles relating to the air band. I buy my copy from a newsagents (it sells for €5.80 = US$6.90 at the moment, rate of sterling dependent), their subscription rates seem to be pretty reasonable as far as magazines go, probably because it's not bulky like a computing magazine. I don't know how much it retails for in the US (and have never seen Monitoring Times for sale here) so I'm unable to compare the two. Not sure if the magazine is as relevant in the US (wrt some of its articles) but I'd certainly recommend buying a copy to see for yourself - if you can find it on sale somewhere! ...Francis |
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says... When I was getting back into radio listening a couple of years ago I tried to find a good magazine. I got samples of all the club newsletters I could, a couple of PopComms, the BBC mag On Air, very nice but BBC only, and Monitoring Times. Many of the international broadcasters put out newsletters that have some great content -- naturally, they're specific to their station and/or country, but they make for some entertaining reading, plus they include programming info and schedules. Radio Netherlands, NHK (Japan) and China Radio Int'l are the first that come to mind. I send reception reports in to them and others whenever I can, and they keep me on their mailing lists. CRI also includes some interesting booklets about various subjects. I get a cool desk calendar every year from Radio Kuwait, too! -- -- //Steve// Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS Fountain Valley, CA Email: |
Many of the international broadcasters put out newsletters that have some great content -- naturally, they're specific to their station and/or country, but they make for some entertaining reading, plus they include programming info and schedules. Radio Netherlands, NHK (Japan) and China Radio Int'l are the first that come to mind. I send reception reports in to them and others whenever I can, and they keep me on their mailing lists. CRI also includes some interesting booklets about various subjects. I get a cool desk calendar every year from Radio Kuwait, too! I get the CRI stuff too, pretty interesting. I'm still trying to win one of those free trips to China! I'll have to send out some more reports to see what else I can get. Norm |
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