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Utility World on the Internet(02 Jan 11) The Utility World Column has a blog, and a web site. This site is updated, probably not often as I would like, but it DOES get updated. We're keeping up with social media. Our new twitter account is UtilityWorld. "Tweets" also show up in a box alongside the most recent blog post. We also have a new, easier-to-remember e-mail address. It is mtutility world [a circular character used in e-mail addresses] gmail.com. A couple of years ago, Utility World joined other Monitoring Times features on Blogger by starting its own blog. It is good for quick updates to fast-changing situations that would not be timely in a print edition with a 2 month lead time. It's also good for longer features or things that didn't make it into the column's limited space. The blog has been well received, and it gets a lot of attention. Users of Really Simple Syndication (RSS) can get instant blog updates with aggregator programs, or even active bookmarks in such browsers as Firefox. Link to the blog is http://mt-utility.blogspot.com/. |
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Like all hotlists, this one suffers from the entropy that is Internet. It gets checked monthly, but there'll still probably be some no-joy.
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A utility is the jargon for any radio station on the short wave band that is not for the public's entertainment or hobby. All those huge gaps on your shortwave radio, the ones between broadcast and amateur bands, are utility bands allocated by international treaties.
The word "utility" comes more or less from the original Latin for "usefulness." With very few exceptions, these radio communications are most certainly being used as part of some mission or task, known or unknown.
Utilities are harder to hear than broadcasts, but they're way more fun. You'll find all the world's militaries, ships, aircraft, spies, bootleggers, embassies, and anyone else who needs to communicate over the horizon. While satellites are often primary, the recent failure of Galaxy IV shows once again why many people want a shortwave backup. If your radio has a "USB" or "CW" setting, you're ready to give utilities a try.
The Utility World column and its web site are intended as friendly, jargon-free clearinghouses for utility information, so you'll hear more signals and fewer odd noises. In other words, you folks write both of them.
CU on the bands!
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