November Monitoring Times

I've received a few emails from folks upset by the photo caption: "Israeli Defense Forces female soldiers slouching toward Jaffa with guns and radio." I was at fault in not putting "slouching toward Jaffa" in quotation marks as this was the exact description by photographer Helena Cobban. I just liked the way it sounded...

I did not intend the phrase as a political comment, but Helena no doubt did. The phrase is apparently a reference to a poem "The Second Coming" by W.B. Yeats, in which the last two lines read:
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

My apology to anyone who was offended; no offense was meant.

Beginners Corner

Sharp-eyed readers will have noted that the captions under the lawnmower monitoring post installation were reversed. Also, one reader noted that dust and dirt can be a problem with electronics. So now you can picture this installation enclosed in a zippered plastic bag!

CORRECTIONS AND UPDATES

Update:
Says Mark Cleary, who provides the updates for the US Coast Guard Assets document just posted yesterday on the MT Readers website: "They always change things up after I send it out! From intercepts today (Oct 2):

6025 is now at Clearwater vice San Diego
6596 operating out of Key West/Miami vice New Orleans
6012 now at OPBAT
1703 logged near Kodiak

OCTOBER 2007 Corrections -

First Look - Phone number to order Radiosophy HD-100 is 877-4HD-RADIO (443-7234). Although it is toll-free, the prefix is 877, not 800 as stated in the article.

Scanning Report - Jim Richardson of Mountain NewsNet reports that “Regrettably the information you provided regarding Glenwood Springs, Colorado in the October issue is outdated. All city and county agencies have moved to the states P-25 Digital Trunked Radio System (DTRS) over the summer.”