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    September 2008
    Volume 92    Number 09
    Technical
    30
    Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
    Maximizing the Mobile Motorist Mission
    How to use APRS to support EmComm and other applications.
    34
    Dan Smith, KK7DS
    D-RATS -- an Application Suite for D-STAR
    Have a keyboard-to-keyboard chat with your D-STAR radio.
    36
    Mike Kionka, KIĜGO
    Project 25 for Amateur Radio
    A commercial standard for VHF/UHF digital voice and data moves into the amateur realm.
    39
    Mark Wilson, K1RO
    Product Review
    ICOM IC-92AD Dual Band Handheld Transceiver
    News and Features
    9
    It Seems to Us: Planning for the ARRL's Second Century
    12
    Joel P. Kleinman, N1BKE
    This Just In
    Groups honored for EmComm support; Inside HQ; Media Hits; more.
    47
    Frank C. Getz, N3FG
    Some Tips for the New DXer
    A primer on how to get started on working DX -- and breaking those pileups!
    48
    Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH
    An Open Letter to the Amateur Radio Community
    The man who has embodied Amateur Radio enforcement, though retired, still has a thing -- or two -- to say.
    50
    William D. McMurray, K4SG
    WWII Emergency Radio -- An Adventure in Homebrewing
    Wireless was a whole different ballgame for high school-aged hams 65 years ago.
    52
    S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA
    Happenings
    ARRL voices concerns with Red Cross over background checks; 2007 ARRL Annual Report available; Pennsylvania hams help solve rogue signal mystery; ARRL sees another win in BPL fight; FCC News; more.
    82
    Steve Ewald, WV1X
    83
    Debra Johnson, K1DMJ
    QST Workbench
    59
    The Doctor is IN
    Suggestions for extra coax; waxing the ladder line; keying voltage vs keying circuits; more.
    61
    Steve Ford, WB8IMY
    Short Takes
    Byonics TinyTrak4 APRS Position Encoder
    62
    Jim Weit, KI8BV
    An All Band HF Dipole Antenna
    An easy way to get on all HF bands -- at home or in the field.
    67
    Joel R. Hallas, W1ZR
    Power to the People with a DC Distribution System
    Your wall sockets provide 120 V ac, your equipment needs 13.8 V dc -- how to bring it all together.
    68
    Joel R. Hallas, W1ZR
    Getting on the Air
    How About a Software Defined Radio?
    70
    Steve Ford, WB8IMY
    Short Takes
    MFJ-927 Remote Automatic Antenna Tuner
    71
    H. Ward Silver, NĜAX
    Experiment #68 -- Phase Locked Loops, the Basics
    73
    Steve Sant Andrea, WB2GYK
    Hints & Kinks
    Powering your radio in an emergency; protecting ladder line; screw starters; more.
    Radiosport
    75
    Sean Kutzko, KX9X
    This Month in Contesting
    76
    H. Ward Silver, NĜAX
    Contest Corral
    77
    H. Ward Silver, NĜAX
    2008 ARRL DX Phone Contest Results