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POPULAR OCTOBER 198952.50
COMMUIYICATIOIYS
Incorporating SCAN Magazine The Official Publication of the Scanner Association of North America
Inside The National
Communication System
Also in this issue:
Scanning The Caribbean
Selected English Language
Broadcasts: Fall '89
* Teach Your PRO -2005 New Tricks
DX'ing Europirates .w z.._-
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K40 Antenna (on channel 40). New Design than the lossy capacitor coupling. With this
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ration, one of the world's largest Aerospace mance is a result of new design develop- watts of power.
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gain than the K40 Electronics Company, Many CB antennas lose more than 50% of the most rugged antennas you can buy.
K40 CB Antenna. This means that the Wil- of the power put into them. The power is It is made from high impact thermoplastics
son 1000 gives you 58% more gain on both wasted as heat loss in the plastic inside the with ultraviolet protection. The threaded
transmit and receive. Now you can instantly coil form and not radiated as radio waves. body mount and coil threads are stainless
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Aug. 21, 1987
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POPULAR Now Incorporating EDITORIAL STAFF
Tom Kneitel, K2AES/KNY2AB
CPI% Magazine Editor
George Doobinin
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CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Gerry L. Dexter
Shortwave Broadcast
OCTOBER 1989 VOL. 8, NO. 2 Robert Margolis
RTTY Monitoring
Gordon West, WB6NOA
Emergency Communications
Don Schimmel
Utility Communications
Edward Teach
Alternative Radio
Harold A. Ort, Jr.
Military Consultant
Janice Lee
Radar Detectors
Chuck Gysi, N2DUP
Scanners
16 54 Havana Moon
Clandestine Consultant
Julian Macassey, N6ARE
FEATURES Telephone Accessories
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The National Communications System 8 Ed Noll, W3FQJ
Antennas
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Donald Dickerson, N9CUE
By Col. William Hartsell, USAF, N3CHI; Dale Stouffer, Ira M. Brody Satellites
Kirk Kleinschmidt, NTOZ
Scanner Skipping To The Caribbean! 12 Amateur Radio
Hey Mon! It's the low band DX season. By Chuck Robertson BUSINESS STAFF
Selected English Language Broadcasts Fall '89 - 16
Richard A. Ross, K2MGA
Publisher
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By Gerry Dexter Advertising Manager
Dorothy Kehrwieder
SCAN Photo 19 General Manager
Maybe you can win? Frank V. Fuzia
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Here 'Tis: Old Time Radio 20 Accounting
Looking Back At Early Radio And Wirless. By Alice Brannigan Catherine Ross
Circulation Director
Books You'll Like 24 Melissa Kehrwieder
Data Processing
Broadcasting, telecommunications and mystery stations. By R. L. Slattery Kathleen Bell
Customer Service
Living With The PRO -2005 Scanner 28 PRODUCTION STAFF
Let's Teach It Some Tricks! By Nick Gray, KTX5XR Elizabeth Ryan
Art Director
DX'ing Europirates 32 Barbara Terzo
Artist
Monitoring's Forgotten Frontier. By Andrew Yuber Dorothy Kehrwieder
Production Manager
Channels Of Capability 34 Pat Le Blanc
Florence V. Martin
SINCGARS: The Waveform of the Future in Communications. Phototypographers
By Edward J. Walsh Hal Keith
Technical Illustrator
This month's cover: Transmitter facility, regional communications activity -national communications system.
Larry Mulvehill, WB2ZPI/VK5AAY
West of Miami, Florida. Photo by Larry Mulvehill.
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AN EDITORIAL
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Frequency Crunching
One of the things we in communications hardship, or threat to the existing or planned efficiently utilize existing frequencies. Two
hear lots about is the alleged shortage of fre- needs of the service that lost the use of the examples that immediately come to mind in
quencies. The land mobile two-way ser- frequencies. Invariably, there's a loud my own local area are undoubtedly typical
vices, in particular, are growing and have squawk and, more or less, there's some ef- of what's taking place elsewhere in the na-
displayed a voracious appetite for more and fort put forth by the victim to stop the reallo- tion. One of our county police (155 MHz
more VHF/UHF space allotted for their cation process. It's never a pretty sight. This band) channels is also used by a police
growing needs. These are services that have is why we hear about a shortage of agency located at least 75 miles away. The
displayed the fact that they've got lots of in- frequencies. distant agency comes in so strong that it pro-
fluence where it counts. While it can't be Frankly, there isn't any real shortage of vides full quieting on even a handheld scan-
denied that their needs for spectrum now frequencies. There are more frequencies ner. The county sheriff, on another 155
and in the immediate future are increasing, than Mickey D has hamburgers. The key MHz frequency, has a similar problem with
it's also apparent that they don't have mani- thought here is that there's a definite short- a municipal police agency on his frequency
cured nails when it comes to whose fre- age of available frequencies; frequencies from 60 miles away.
quencies they decide they want next. that can be captured with a minimum of re- Fact is that, many stations in most com-
New frequency space can't be created in a sistance from the FCC and the services that munications services are putting out far
lab. Virtually all of the usable communica- stand to lose their exclusive use. more signal than they require to adequately
tions spectrum above 30 MHz has been allo- Ham radio has lost frequencies, as in the meet their coverage needs. Maybe if two-
cated or dedicated for specific purposes and case of the old 11 meter band. In the late way users were effectively restricted to using
radio services, such as public safety, FM 1950's, it was reallocated for Class D CB ra- no more radiated power than required to
broadcasting, TV broadcasting, ham, feder- dio use, despite considerable effort on the cover their normal operating areas, many
al, aeronautical, broadcast auxiliary, busi- part of the hams to prevent the FCC action. more stations could be placed on the avail-
ness, industrial, relay press, taxicabs, rail- It was such a traumatic experience for many able frequencies, and new frequencies
road, maritime, radio paging, car phones, hams (including those who never even could be created with closer spacing than
etc. When one service feels it needs more bothered to operate on 11 meters) that it im- presently used in the VHF bands.
frequencies in which to expand, it really has mediately caused a resentment towards the Next, with all due respect to the fact that
no choice but to cast a beady eye around to band's new residents. Today, thirty years the UHF -TV channels have already been
see which frequencies allocated for other later, this resentment still surfaces. Sad, too, riddled with holes by the land mobile ser-
purposes would be the easiest to convince since the CB'ers themselves had nothing vices, let's not forget that each single TV
the FCC to reallocate. whatsoever to do with the selection of those channel occupies 6 MHz of spectrum, with
While developing technologies in recent frequencies for their operations, it was the prospect of HDTV technology requiring
years have resulted in two-way equipment wholly an internal FCC decision. Moreover, even more space than that. Each TV chan-
for commercial and public safety applica- based upon the FCC's concept of what the nel holds the potential for hundreds of
tions at 800 MHz and above, the actual op- CB service was supposed to be, 27 MHz NBFM voice channels. Of course, this is one
erating frequencies to accommodate this was the worst possible place for CB to be lo- of the reasons why the UHF -TV channels
equipment were scavenged from the re- cated. That it established a lasting tension have been the cause for lip smacking and
mains of former UHF-TV Channels 70 between the two largest factions in hobby sharpening of knives from within the halls of
through 83 (806 to 890 MHz) which the communications has been counterproduc- the land mobile services.
FCC took away from the TV broadcast tive for all concerned. Hold that thought, and let's go one step
industry. More recently, the lower 2 MHz of the further. think about the future need for TV
This isn't the first time in recent years this 220 to 225 MHz ham band got caught up in channel space. Statistics point to the fact
has happened. It wasn't that long ago that the jaws of the reallocation monster. This that most American TV homes are already
the TV industry was forced to share spec- was certainly a hairy matter fraught with lots receiving their signals via cable and not from
trum with two-way services. That's when of petty political undercurrent that made for off -the -air VHF/UHF signal reception. A
the FCC decided that TV stations wouldn't a bad situation all around. year and a half ago it was about 52% and
be licensed in certain metropolitan areas on The point here is that all the fuss is over growing steadily. It does seem prudent to
UHF -TV Channels 14 through 20. In those land mobile services trying to weasel every project that this is a trend which, at some
metro areas, two-way services are per- slice, speck, wedge, and spot of spectrum point in the foreseeable future, will require
mitted to use these frequencies (470 to 512 into which they can sink their teeth. Here is serious thought about how much UHF spec-
MHz), thus creating the so-called "UHF-T" part of a band that, now apparently lost to trum we can continue to justify setting aside
(T = Television) scanner band. hams, will be unavailable for many emer- for the exclusive use of TV broadcasting
Next came the radio astronomy people gency communications services hams per- when the trend is towards cable. We are
who said they were collecting valuable sci- form for the community during floods, talking about a swath of spectrum that is 282
entific data at 611 MHz. They didn't want storms, earthquakes, power blackouts, and MHz wide.
the FCC cluttering up that frequency by li- other threats to the community at large. The FCC should establish a framework
censing TV broadcasters near there. As a re- Long before the point where they have to for limited -area two-way radio usage of
sult, adios to UHF-TV Channel 37 (608 to lower themselves to reallocating bits and UHF-TV Channels 22 to 36, and 38 to 69,
614 MHz)! pieces of such bands, you'd think there on a shared basis with TV broadcasters and
It is considered bad form to lose frequen- would have been other courses of action translators located at least 200 miles from
cy allocations. Sometimes, it's just a matter that could have been taken.
of "loss of face," other times it's a genuine For instance, many more stations could (Continued on page 72)
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D o LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Each month we select representa- no ham license, and that I'm "just" a CB op- devoted to the various topics we cover is ap-
tive reader leters for our Mailbag col- erator. What I'm trying to say is that there portioned relative to the amount of reader-
umn. We reserve the right to condense are good and bad operators in all radio ser- ship interest we feel that subject has, based
lengthy letters for space reasons. All vices, some have ham licenses and some upon incoming mail and other factors. We
letters submitted for consideration don't. Knowing CW seems to have little to are pleased to see that 27 MHz corn munica-
must be signed and show a return ad- do with deciding anything except which tions are on the comeback trail, and we will
dress. Upon request, we will withhold ones have callsigns. continue to respond to the interests of those
sender's name should the letter be Bob Stimson, who tell us that they're 27 MHz fans -Editor.
used in Mailbag. Address letters to Louisville, KY
Torn Kneitel, Editor, Popular Commu- Intruder Report
nications Magazine, 76 North Broad-
way, Hicksville, NY 11801. In Summation The June issue story on tuning in the
"Bandido" stations operating between
After reading all the pro and con argu-
29.70 and 50.00 MHz was excellent. Al-
ments relating to whether or not there
Code Thoughts should be a no -code entry -grade ham level,
though just beyond the frequency range
covered in that story, I'd like to submit for in-
Thank you for supporting a no -code ham several conclusions have been drawn. First, clusion several other frequencies regularly
license. I've been on CB for 21 years, also a all of the "high profile" and most prominent
being used illegally by so-called "Gypsy
member of the Civil Air Patrol for 5 years. I persons in ham radio have taken the posi- cabs" in New York City. These frequencies
put my own CAP station on the air and tion that such a licensing plan should be im-
include 28.265, 28.275, 28.295, 28.485,
wasn't required to know CW to get it done. plemented as soon as possible. Next, a
Brian Cassidy, KPA3LF,
28.525, and 28.585 MHz. These frequen-
straw poll of licensees indicates that a major-
cies are all within the 10 Meter ham band,
Hatboro, PA ity feel that this type of license is advisable.
yet they have been taken over by taxi dis-
Third, most whose words I've read oppos- patchers speaking various Middle Eastern
I studied code for 6 months and learned it ing the concept come across like those who
and Indian languages, also French. The lo-
a bit. Problem was that I couldn't believe feel that ham radio should be just like a col-
cal FCC office doesn't know about these sta-
how silly it seemed, here in this age of high- lege fraternity, with learning CW as the ne- tions, or else they can't locate them for they
technology with packet, RTTY, satellites, cessary "hazing" obstacle that all must be
have all been operating for many months.
etc., to be struggling to master hand -sent willing to endure in order to learn the secret
Hector Robles, KNY2AAX,
di's and dah's. I'm a VHF enthusiast and I handshake and password. The FCC is a Brooklyn, NY
enjoy monitoring ham communications on public agency that should, by all rights, be
I'm a member of "10-10 International, "a 10
my scanner, yet I hear relatively little use of willing to respond to the reasonable re-
Meter band operator's group. This group
these bands except during rush hour on the quests of its licensees for improving their has previously called these intruders to the
2 meter band. It's sad to hear these frequen- service. The agency does, in fact, seem to attention of the FCC, but the illegal commu-
cies being underutilized, especially since it respond to such requests from broadcasters nications have never fully ended-Editor.
appears that those who are the staunchest and many other licensees. It makes little
advocates of retaining the CW requirement sense that the FCC not only lacks initiative
are operators who primarily use the HF when it comes to no -code ham license, but Here's How It Happened
bands and don't even bother to promote seems coldly indifferent to the wishes of the Sometimes communications hobbyists
their favorite mode on VHF by using it there! majority of licensees in the Amateur service. relate how, when, and/or why they first got
What's to be gained by all of this dead air? Is In view of all things concerned, the FCC involved in this avocation. These stories are
it spite? Yes, I think that is part of the prob- should have long ago acted on its own in this often quite fascinating, and I often wonder
lem. It's the "I had to learn CW and you will matter without forcing its licensees to squirm how similar they are from one hobbyist to
too" syndrome. How much sense does it and beg in order to assure the future exis- another. POP'COMM should ask readers to
make to prohibit many responsible individ- tence of their radio service, in light of the ex- send this information in for possible publica-
uals from participation in VHF ham radio isting conditions and preferences. tion as many would find it of interest.
because of this? H.Y. Wong, Ron Sklar,
J. Daniel Linsay, Long Beach, CA Winona, MN
West Haven, CT We're game to try. Those who would like to
share the story of how they became in-
Having been into communications 10
years now, I must admit that the only thing
More, More .. .
volved in the communications hobby are
welcome to put it on paper and send it in.
holding me back from getting a ham license And Still More! Any we use, we'll give the writer a one year's
is the code. Some of the objections hams I like your magazine, and I love your CB subscription (or subscription extension, if al-
have given is a codeless license would turn column, but I wish POP'COMM contained a ready a subscriber). We will accept them
ham radio into something that sounds like lot more CB radio coverage. Please take (preferably) typewritten, or otherwise easily
CB radio. There are good CB operators as pity on your avid 27 MHz readers and give legible. And, please, no more than 125
well as there are poor ones. If you monitor us many more pages of CB features. words in your story. If you have a photo of
the ham bands enough, you'll find there are Nancy Estepp, SSB-15C, yourself (then and/or now), please send it
good operators, as well as those who sound Norman, OK along. We can't return or acknowledge ma-
just like poor CB operators, except that they Your suggestion and support is appre- terial, whether we use it or not. Send your
have ham callsigns. When Igo to ham show ciated. Note, also, that POP'COMM is the personal story to: How I Got Started, Popu-
and get into tech conversation with hams, only national publication that runs any regu- lar Communications, 76 North Broadway,
they are always surprised to learn that I have lar coverage of 27 MHz activities. The space Hicksville, NY 11801-Editor. PC
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BY COL. WILLIAM HARTSELL, USAF, they explain that the Soviet Union has plac- due to the inability of the Federal Govern-
N3CHI, Commander, 1998th Comm. ed nuclear warheads on the island of Cuba. ment to coordinate information in a timely
Group., McGuire AFB, NJ. DALE Tension in the room builds. As you begin to manner. Critical time is lost because few of
STAUFFER, N2CCY, NCS Radio Pro- evaluate the situation, many questions run the Government's systems can interoper-
gram Manager. IRA M. BRODY, Booz through your mind. How could this hap- ate. This becomes increasingly apparent
Allen & Hamilton, Inc_ pen? What are my options? What is the cur- while trying to establish communications
rent status of the situation? Who are the with, or gather real-time information from,
players? Finally, as the meeting ends, you the intelligence and diplomatic communi-
assign specific responsibilities to those pre- ties. While tension continues to build
Picture this. You are the President of the sent and trust they will carry out your throughout the nation, you, the President of
United States and are sitting in the Oval Of- directions. the United States, are waiting for vital infor-
fice of the White House. It's a cool fall day in As Federal departments and agencies in- mation. Finally, you are forced to act with
October. The year is 1962. You (lean for- volved in the crisis try to carry out their as- what you have and hope for the best.
ward in your chair with your hands clenched signments, they frantically gather all of the This was exactly the dilemma President
and listen intently to your top civilian and information possible. As the days go by, John F. Kennedy and his top advisors faced
military advisors. You quickly realize the more and more information is gathered. during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.
fate of the free world rests in your hands as Even so, many questions go unanswered Throughout the ordeal, they had very criti-
cal decisions to make based on somewhat
limited and disjointed information. This
highlighted how vital the ability of the high-
est levels of the Federal Government to
communicate and access time -sensitive in-
formation is to the national security of our
country.
As a result, President Kennedy asked the
National Security Council (NSC) to study
this problem. Based on the NSC recom-
mendation, on August 21, 1963, President
Kennedy signed a White House Memoran-
dum establishing the National Communica-
tions System (NCS). Its mission: to provide
the "necessary communications for the
Federal Government under all conditions
ranging from a normal situation to national
emergencies and international crises, in-
cluding nuclear attack."
Interagency Coordination
And Cooperation
Make It Work
In 1963 there were five NCS member or-
ganizations: the Department of State, De-
partment of Defense, Federal Aviation Ad-
The radio room in the NCS National Coor-
dinating Center links thousands of ham ra-
dio operators across the country, and serves
as a nerve center for priority voice and data
traffic during emergencies. (NCS photo by
Greg Pease)(NS/EP) telecommunication issues. These
recommendations are normally forwarded
to the White House for consideration and/
Pr,xidet
or approval.
r Some of the recent accomplishments of
OMB NSC OSTP
the NCS center around its National Level
NS/EP Telecommunications Program
(NLP) The three components of the NLP
.
rExecutive
Agent are the Nationwide Emergency Telecom-
munications Service (NETS), Commercial
Network Survivability (CNS) Program, and
Office ,f the ,llanager. NCS the Commerical SATCOM Interconnectiv-
(-NCS ity (CSI) Program.
Committee rManager
of Principals When implemented, NETS will provide
end -to -end, switched, voiceband telecom-
munications to NS/EP users through the
Council of Manager
use of the existing public telephone systems.
This is accomplished by adding hardware or
software enhancements to existing switches
r within the telephone system, which provide
NCS Staff
routing options that do not normally exist.
Thus, NS/EP users will have additional
connectivity during times of crisis and
emergency.
The CNS program augments NETS and
r is designed as a means of interconnect tele-
rDOS I
rHHS
TREAS '
rJ DOT
DOD DQI D01 USDA communication assets of multiple tele-
phone carriers. The establishment of pre -
planned interconnects between certain seg-
J
rDOC I DOE CIA I O1CS ments of the telephone network will provide
a way to route NS/EP telephone traffic
r around damaged areas of the commercial
r VA
rFEMA
rGSA USIA I NASA I FCC
telephone network. This program will help
critical government NS/EP users access the
long distance telephone network when nor-
r USPS FRS r NSA NM mal means are unavailable.
The CSI program will also augment
NETS and will use commercial satellite
communication capabilities to help route
Legend around damaged areas within the commer-
Direction cial telephone network. This is accom-
Coordination plished in coordination with the commercial
and military satellite carriers to route emer-
gency telephone traffic to uplink facilities
AT&T's worldwide Network Operations Center; Industry and government, working to- that, in turn, enable it to bypass the dam-
gether, epitomize the NCS approach to today's telecommunications environment. aged areas.
The SHAred RESources (SHARES)
High Frequency (HF) Radio Program is an-
other very important and recently approved
NCS program. SHARES establishes a na-
ministration, General Services Administra- munications Functions." This E.O. reestab- tional emergency HF radio communica-
tion, and the National Aeronautics and lished the NCS as the telecommunication tions infrastructure using the combined HF
Space Administration. Although the origi- assets of the 23 member departments and radio assets of the Federal Government.
nal goal of the NCS was to link together and agencies. Although greatly expanded from The program provides a backup capability
improve existing Federal communication the original five members, the NCS still for the Federal Government to exchange
systems to establish a single integrated Fed- holds true to its central tenet that effective emergency information using its existing HF
eral Government communications system, government telecommunications enabling radio assets, augmented by amateur radio
in the intervening years that goal became a unified response to any national crisis or operators.
unrealistic. Far too many systems were al- emergency is vital to our national security. The SHARES program is open to any
ready in existence and technology was too The E.O. also established an administra- Federal organization. Through the use of
diverse and unstandardized to allow the de- tive structure for the NCS including an Ex- very basic SHARES operating procedures
velopment of a single system. So, in its early ecutive Agent (Secretary of Defense) a , and a SHARES HF radio station directory,
years the NCS focused on interoperability Manager (Director, Defense Communica- emergency messages can be transmitted us-
issues and enhancements to make commer- tions Agency), and a Committee of Princi- ing the assets of multiple departments and
cial and Government systems more redun- pals (representatives of the 23 member agencies throughout the country. Current-
dant and survivable. departments and agencies). The Commit- ly, over 600 stations operated by over 30
In 1984, President Reagan, realizing the tee of Principals serves as a deliberative Federal organizations throughout the
importance of telecommunications in re- body that provides coordinated intergov- United States participate in the SHARES
sponding to any emergency, signed Execu- ernmental recommendations to the Man- program using more than 110 frequencies.
tive Order (E.O.) 12472, "Assignment of ager and Executive Agent regarding nation- Additionally, many overseas stations parti-
National Security and Emergency Telecom- al security and emergency preparedness cipate as do several facilities operated by the
THE MONITORING MAGAZINE October 1989 / POPULAR COMMUNICATIONS / 9Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS) and
Civil Air Patrol (CAP).
Radio Confirming
Over the past several years, many suc-
cessful SHARES operational tests have Our OSO tN
been conducted. You may have heard the
word SHARES while monitoring traffic. If At Time
you have, in the future, keep in mind that
the SHARES designator signifies and au- Report Freq
thenticates that an emergency message is
being transmitted. Someday you may be Xmtr.
asked to provide assistance in passing a
SHARES message and this will be your op- Rcvr.
portunity to participate in this vital program.
Amateur radio operators are recognized as Ant
an important telecommunications resource
during critical emergencies. Remarks
Joint Government-Industry Office of the Manager 73's
Partnership National Communications System A Voluntary Partnership
o
Name / Callsign
8th & South Courthouse Road Pse QSL Truc in
Since nearly 95 percent of all government Arlington, VA 22204 Emergency Preparedness
telecommunications traffic travels over the
commercial telephone system, the breakup
of the Bell system in 1984 had a dramatic
impact on the way our Government does This QSL is sent out by the NCS.
business. The breakup also brought to light
the fact that the Government would have to
coordinate with many more players during
crisis or emergency situations. As a result of
this, President Reagan established the Na- fice of the White House. It's a cool fall day in through the National Coordinating Center.
tional Security Telecommunications Advi- October. The year is 1991. You lean for- Designated users can utilize NETS, CNS,
sory Committee (NSTAC) to provide him ward in your chair with your hands clenched and CSI to communicate with the rest of the
with industry advice and assistance on poli- and listen intently to your top advisors. country. SHARES messages, with the help
cy issues related to NS/EP telecommunica- They are briefing you on a major disaster of amateur radio operators, are being trans-
tions. The NSTAC consists of senior repre- that has just occurred within the United mitted and passed throughout the country
sentatives from up to 30 major U.S. tele- States. You quickly realize that American to help with relief efforts. Finally, as the
communications and information process- lives are at stake. Initial information coming meeting ends, you realize-it's working!
ing companies. These representatives are from the disaster site is fragmented. Real- For the past 26 years, under six admini-
normally at the Chief Executive Officer level time communications with Federal, State, strations and adapting to many new tech-
of their firms. and local disaster relief officials on the scene nologies, the National Communications
One of the first issues addressed by the isimpaired. Immediately, you are told that System cooperative effort has endured.
NSTAC was the need for a national me- Government and industry are coordinating The NCS now stands poised for even great-
chanism to coordinate operational manage- their efforts to restore communications er challenges in the future.
ment of NS/EP telecommunications. The
result was the establishment of the National
Coordinating Center (NCC) . This joint gov-
ernment -industry operations center is staff-
ed by both government and industry
representatives. Personnel from 11 NCC
member companies work closely with re-
presentatives from several government de-
partments and agencies to solve complex
telecommunication problems in real time.
More recently the NSTAC has focused its
efforts in the following areas:
Industry Information Security
National Telecommunications
Management Structure
Telecommunications Industry
Mobilization
Telecommunications Service Priority
Telecommunications Systems
Survivability
Tangible progress has been made in each
of these areas over the past few years and
several recommendations concrning each
have been made to the President.
How About The Future?
Picture this. You are the President of the NCS operations involve the use of a large number of frequencies assigned to member
United States and are sitting in the Oval Of - agencies.
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EEC -T Embassy & Espionage Communications $14.95
CIE-T Covert Intelligence, Elect. Eavesdropping ... $14.95
C Regency RH256B-T $294.95 C AC adapter and earphone. Order your scanner now. MFF-T Midwest Federal Frequency directory
A80-T Magnet mount mobile scanner antenna
$14.95
$35.95
Bearcat 200XLT-T2 $229.95 Bearcat° 800XLT-T
o Bearcat 100XLT-T $184.95 o List price $549.95/CE price$239.95/SPECIAL
A70-T Base station scanner antenna
Al 300-T 25 MHz. -1.3 GHz Discone antenna
$35.95
$109.95
z Bearcat 800XLT-T2
Uniden HR2510-T
$229.95
$229.95 z 12 -Band, 40 Channel
Priority control
No-crystal scanner
Search/Scan AC/DC
USAMM-T Mag mount VHF ant. w/ 12' cable
USAK-T Y." hole mount VHF ant. w/ 17' cable
$39.95
$35.95
Uniden HR2800-T $274.95 Bands: 29-54, 118-174, 406-512, 806-912 MHz Add $4.00 shipping for all accessories ordered at the same time.
Uniden PRO500D-T2 $29.95 Excludes 823.9875-849.0125 and 868.9875-8940125 MHz. Add $12.00 shipping per radio and $4.00 per antenna.
* * * * VALUABLE COUPON **ir The Uniden 800XLT receives40 channels in two banks.
Scans 15 channels per second. Size 91/4" x 41/2" x 121." To get
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the fastest delivery from CEI of any scanner,
If you do not need the 800 MHz. band, a similar model send or phone your order directly to our Scanner
Bearcat9 760XLT-T called the BC 210XLT-T is available for $178.95. Distribution Center" Michigan residents please add 4%
List price $499.95/CE price $244.95/SPECIAL sales tax or supply your tax I.D. number. Written pur-
12 -Band, 100 Channel Crystalless AC/DC Bearcat° 145XL-T chase orders are accepted from approved government
agencies and most well rated firms at a 10% surcharge
Frequencyrange: 29-54,118-174, 406-512, 806-956 MHz List price $189.95/CE price $94.95/SPECIAL
Excludes 823.9875-849.0125 and 868.9875-894.0125 MHz 10 -Band, 16 Channel No -crystal scanner for net 10 billing. All sales are subject to availability,
The Bearcat 760XLT has 100 programmable chan- Priority control acceptance and verification. All sales on accessories
Weather search AC/DC are final. Prices, terms and specifications are subject to
nels organized as five channel banks for easy use, Bands: 29-54, 136-174, 406-512 MHz
and 12 bands of coverage including the 800 MHz. The Bearcat 145XL is a 16 channel, programmable
change without notice. All prices are in U.S. dollars. Out
of stock items will be placed on backorderautomatically
band. The Bearcat 76OXLT mounts neatly under scanner covering ten frequency bands. The unit features unless CEI is instructed differently. A $5.00 additional
the dash and connects directly to fuse block or a built-in delay function that adds a three second delay
handling fee will be charged for all orders with a
battery. The unit also has an AC adaptor, flip down on all channels to prevent missed transmissions. A merchandise total under $50.00. Shipments are F.O.B.
stand and telescopic antenna for desk top use. 6- mobile version called the BC56OXLT-T featuring pri-
CEI warehouse in Ann Arbor, Michigan. No COD's.
5/16" W x 15/8" H x 7/"D. Model BC 59OXLT-T is ority, weather search, channel lockout and more is
available for $94.95. CEI's package price includes Most items listed have a manufacturer's warranty. Free
a similar version without the 800 MHz. band for copies of warranties on these products are available
mobile mounting bracket and mobile power cord. by writing to CEI. Non -certified checks require bank
only $194.95. Order your scanner from CEI today.
NEW! Regency° Products
President° H R2510 -T clearance. Not responsible for typographical errors.
Mail orders to: Communications Electron-
List price $499.95/CE price $239.95/SPECIAL
R4030 -T Regency 200 ch. handheld scanner .... $254.95 10 Meter Mobile Transceiver Digital VFO ics" Box 1045, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106
84020-T Regency 100 ch. handheld scanner .... $189.95 Full Bane Coverage Ail-Mode Operation U.S.A. Add $12.00 per scannerfor U. P.S. ground
84010-T Regency 10 channel handheld scanner... $114.95 Backlit liquid crystal display a Auto Squelch shipping and handling in the continental U.S.A.
R1800 -T Regency 100 channel mobile scanner ... $244.95 SIT Preprogrammed 10 KHz. Channels For Canada, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Alaska, or
P200 -T Regency 40 channel CB Mobile $38.95 Frequency Coverage: 28.0000 MHz to 29.6999 MHz. APO/FPO delivery, shipping charges are two
P210 -T Regency 40 channel CB Mobile $56.95 The President HR2510 Mobile 10 Meter Transceiver times continental U.S. rates. If you have a
P220 -T Regency 40 channel CB Mobile $79.95 made by Uniden, has everything you need for
P300 -T Regency 40 channel SSB CB Mobile $137.95
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amateur radio communications. Up to 25 Watt PEP Card, you may call and place acredit card order.
P400 -T Regency 40 channel SSB CB Base $174.95 USB/LSB and 25 Watt CW mode. Noise Blanker.
PR100-T Regency visor mount radar detector $54.95 5% surcharge for billing to American Express.
PA mode. Digital VFO. Built-in S/RF/MOD/SWR
PR1 10-T Regency"Passport" size radar detector ... $114.95
meter. Channel switch on the microphone, and Order toll -free in the U.S. Dial 800 -USA -SCAN.
PR1 20-T Regency "micro" size radar detector.... $144.95
much more! The HR2510 lets you operate AM, FM, In Canada, dial 800-221-3475. FAX anytime,
MP5100XL-TRegency40 Ch. marinetransceiver... $139.95 dial 313-971-6000. If you are outside the U.S.
M P551 OXL-T Regency 60 Ch. manne transceiver... $159.95 USB, LSB or CW. The digitally synthesized frequen-
cy control gives you maximum stability and you or in Michigan dial 313-973-8888. Order today.
MP6000XL-TRegency60 Ch. marine transceiver... $209.95
MP2000XL-T Regency handheld marine trans $189.95 may choose either pre-programmed 10 KHz. chan- Scanner Distribution Center" and CEI logos are trade-
nel steps, or use the built-in VFO for steps down to marks of Communications Electronics Inc.
Regency° RH256B-T 100 Hz. There's also RIT -(Receiver Incremental Sale dates 9/1/89 -
2/28/90 AD *090189-T
Tuning) to give you perfectly tuned signals. With Copyrighto 1989 Communications Electronics Inc.
List price $799.95/CE price $299.95/SPECIAL
receive scanning, you can scan 50 channels in any
15 Channel 25 Watt Transceiver Priority
The Regency RH256B is a sixteen-channel VHF land one of four band segments to find out where the For credit card orders call
mobile transceiver designed to cover any frequency
between 150 to 162 MHz. Since this radio is
synthesized, no expensive crystals are needed to
action is. Order your HR2510 from CEI today.
NEW! President° HR2600-T 1
List price $599.95/CE price $299.95/SPECIAL
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store up to 16 frequencies without battery backup. 10 Meter Mobile Transceiver New Features
All radios come with CTCSS tone and scanning The new President HR2600 Mobile 10 Meter Trans-
capabilities. A monitor and night/day switch is also
standard. This transceiver even has a priority func-
ceiver is similar to the Uniden HR2510 but now has
repeater offsets (100 KHz.) and CTCSS encode. 111 COMMUNICATIONS
tion. The RH256 makes an ideal radio for any police
or fire department volunteer because of its low cost ELECTRONICS INC.
and high performance. A 60 Watt VHF 150-162 BC760XLT
MHz. version called the RH606B-T is available
for $429.95. A UHF 15 watt, 16 channel version of
800 MHz.
mobile scanner
Consumer Products Division
P.O. Box 1045 O Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106-1045 U.S.A.
this radio called the RU156B-T is also available
and covers 450-482 MHz. but the cost is $454.95. SPECIAL! For orders call 313-973-8888 or FAX 313-971-6000
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