[MilCom] Milcom Monitoring History?

[Ken]

My first scanner that was capable of monitoring UHF aero/VHF tactical (am) 
was the Radio Shack Pro 2004, purchased in 1985 (actually it's still running 
every day in my monitoring post).....  Prior to that I had used a BC101 & BC 
210XLT that allowed me to monitor the AF military bases intrabase radio nets 
(generally in the 162-175 mhz band, with a spattering in the 148-150 mhz 
band).

Just wondering what the time line has been for hobbyists monitoring military 
aero type communications (e.g. VHF tacticals, UHF aero, etc.)

*When did hobbyists first start to monitor milcom activity (especially in 
the UHF aero/VHF tacticals band)?
*What type of equipment was initially used?  (Wasn't the RS Pro 2003 the 
first UHF aero capabable scanner?)
*What publications were loggings & frequency information first published in?

I know that Tom Kneitel (CRB Research Books Inc) was probably the first 
writer to publish a comprehensive frequency directory (that covered military 
frequencies) "The 'Top Secret' Registry of U.S. Government Radio 
Frequencies", starting in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1990 with the 
final edition printed in 1993...   There also were some local/regional 
frequency guides in the 1980's that covered some military communications 
(e.g. "Sacramento County (CA) Frequency Outline" (1983), Scanner Master 
"Metro D.C./Baltimore Guide (1985) (albeit more intra base radio support 
nets than aero), Scanner Master "Massachusetts Guide" 3rd edition (very 
limited)...

I would imagine that the Radio Communications Monitoring Association (RCMA) 
was covering this in their newsletters over the years, but again I don't 
know the overall time line.

Perhaps some seasoned monitors could provide additions to the milcom 
monitoring time line.  (also ad HF monitoring if you want)?!!

Ken