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National Communications Magazine

National Communications Magazine is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand National Communications Magazine rather than just read about it. In short: National Communications Magazine is a weekly publication that covers scanner radios, citizens band radio, the General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS), the Family Radio Service (FRS) and the Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS). It converted from a bimonthly online PDF publication to a paid newsletter in April 2023 and from print to online PDF publication at the end of 2012.

Key takeaways

National Communications Magazine belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect National Communications Magazine to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of National Communications Magazine from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

National Communications Magazine is a weekly publication that covers scanner radios, citizens band radio, the General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS), the Family Radio Service (FRS) and the Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS). It converted from a bimonthly online PDF publication to a paid newsletter in April 2023 and from print to online PDF publication at the end of 2012. The current editor and publisher is Chuck Gysi.

Early history National Communications Magazine traces its beginnings to 1988, when Norm Schrein of Ohio created a newsletter for radio enthusiasts. A four-page The Radiogram carried a date of September–October 1988 and carried articles about monitoring the high seas and Fox Marketing leaving the scanner radio business. The September–October 1990 issue of the Bearcat Radio Club membership newsletter contained seven pages and articles about scanning cordless phones, frequency lists and questions from readers. The November–December 1990 issue was called Scanning Confidential and carried articles about aviation scanning, New York City scanning, frequency lists and new products. It contained 12 pages. The March–April 1991 issue carried the title National Scanning Report and Norm Schrein was joined in the operation by Larry Miller of Pennsylvania. Miller served as editor while Schrein continued as president of the Bearcat Radio Club. The edition was labeled as Volume 2, Number 2 on its masthead and contained 36 pages. The November–December 1993 issue dropped "Report" in its name and became National Scanning, or NatScan for short. The September–October 1995 issue was the last to carry Larry Miller's business listing in the publication and Jim Sutton was named the magazine's new editor in the November–December 1995 issue. The magazine began using color photos on its covers. The magazine still seemed to be produced by Larry Miller's business during this time, though. The May–June 1996 issue of National Scanning saw the return of Larry Miller on the masthead with Joe Nooney as editor. The September–October 1997 issue of the magazine saw the last change in the name of the publication to National Communications, or Nat-Com. It still was being produced by Miller. The July–August 1998 issue of National Communications showed that complete operation of the magazine was under Norm Schrein, with Larry Miller gone from the publication agreement. The publication not only was a benefit of the Bearcat Radio Club, but also the National Citizens Band Center, both operated by Schrein.

Recent history The July–August 2014 issue of National Communications (now nicknamed NatCom without the hyphen) saw two changes. Chuck Gysi, a writer for the magazine since 1996, became the publication's new owner, editor and publisher as Norm Schrein retired from the publication. In addition, the offices for the magazine were moved from Kettering, Ohio, to Aledo, Illinois. In April 2023, the magazine discontinued PDF-produced issues on a bimonthly basis and started publishing articles multiple times per week through its new paywall subscription website on Substack. Content expanded to all hobby radio topics on the new site, including shortwave listening, AM/FM/TV DXing and FCC Part 15 low-power broadcasting.

References

External links Official website

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with National Communications Magazine

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what National Communications Magazine claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to National Communications Magazine before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about National Communications Magazine ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of National Communications Magazine

In research: National Communications Magazine appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses National Communications Magazine in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: National Communications Magazine is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Amateur radio in the United States, Amateur radio magazines, Bimonthly magazines published in the United States, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for National Communications Magazine outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study National Communications Magazine in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what National Communications Magazine means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain National Communications Magazine out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is National Communications Magazine in simple terms?

Why does National Communications Magazine matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study National Communications Magazine?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on National Communications Magazine.