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Vol. 16, No.4

April 1997

An MTSpecialRepart

Privacy and the PublicAirwaves

Bob Grove, pub lisher of Monitoring Tunes and president of
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Grove Enterp rises. recently appe ared before the House Sub- tj~~QJ!0i;.~
comm itteeon Te lecommun ication s at the invitation of chairAr~~y;P
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mall Billy Tauzin. He was hoping the opportunity wo uld ,\1 ,'1. ,~, -:."~ ~".0::/:
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~frorJ him a chanc~ to clarify \V.hy the curren.! I.i steni~~ law i," ~_:J . , '\1t~~:}:~~-j ,,~ II) ~ Ii
IS llawcd and why 'I prot ects neith er the public S tradition al \\;t;\'~k
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freedo ms nor its right 10 privacy. He beli eved the Subco m- ~

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hom the outse t. however , It becam e ob VIOUSthat he was only
~4~,
a sca pegoat. A choreographed demonstration by the ce llular telephone
industry representative and the subc ommittee cha irma n soon made it clear the sca nner
listener (i.e .. "electronic sta lker" ) was 10 be blamed for the lack of security for wireles s
co mmunications customers.

Cover Ston'

When Scannists Feel

the Need for Speed
By Mille Bryson
W herever I look everyone is wearing headphones - and I know why:
not on ly do they muffle the de afe ning
roar of the souped- up stoc k cars , hut
whe n they are co nnecte d to a sca nning
receiv er, they conn ect you to a whole
new side of auto racing.
In NASCA R's Winston Cup series, the co mpetition is inte nse. as the

cars scream around the track bare

inches apart at 180 miles per hou r. Pit
stops are measured in seconds, and
team strategy ca n be critical 10 winning a race - ju st ask Jeff Gordon!
Suc h coo rdinat ion rel ies on rad io.
Sca nning strategy ca n make all the
difference in how you view the race,
as well. You are missin g at least half
the action if yo u ca n' t hear what's
go ing on betwee n dri vers and crew.
Not to menti on the stor ies go ing on
out o f sight on channe ls used by the
media. sec urity . and loca l age ncies.
Load those freq uencie s now and
brin g your sca nner to the race track but leave the fried chicken at home.
(Cover photo co urtesy NASC AR)

Who's ""Stalking" Whom?

15

By Bob Grove
I thought testify ing befor e Co ngress was an hon or. Sev era l co ncerne d
ind ividual s had warned me befo reha nd that I had been set up for an ambush. bUI
I still did not expect what followed. Howe ver. while Co ngress is pay ing
attent ion. Vie must make our voices heard .

Scanners and the Law: AChronology....................... 17

#Is Anyonelistening? You Betcha!"

18

By Rachel Baughn
Tho ugh no one disp utes the truth o f the hear ing ' s title. there is disagreem ent o n who's to
blame and what shoul d he done . Excerpts from the indu stry and govern ment represe ntatives
0 11 the panel reveal where their true interes ts lie . What is likel y to happ en?

Making the Case for Scanning

22

MThas co mpiled ad vice from va rious source s on w riting your representati ves. along with
q uestio ns and answe rs tha t may provide some persuas ive argum ents when spea king with nonradio leg islators or acq uaintances.

Following the Telecom Money Trail

By Larry Van Horn
\Ve in vestigated the co ntrib utio ns from the telecommu nications industry
to the elected officia ls who participated in the subco mmit tee hearin g. Tho ugh
we ' vc only sn atched the surface , you don 't wan t to miss this revealing report!

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Talkers vs. Stalkers?!

In a n outpou ring of in di gnation. sca nne r
lis ten e rs fro m a round the country a nd C anada
h a ve bee n wri ting 10 the media, th eir legislators, newsgroups, a nd they have bee n se nd ing
us copies of their argument s to co unte r the
CTIA re pre se ntatio n of sca n ne r listeners as
be in g "e lec tro n ic sta lke rs." Canad ian readers
w a rn th a t th e ir go vern me nt is cons idering
le gi sla tion as well.
An article hy C raig Stolz in the \V ash in gton Po st w h ic h characterized sc a nn ing as a
"waste of hu man potenrial." also angere d
rea ders. Fo llowing a re excerpts from some o f
the lett e rs yOll hav e wri tte n. Pe rhaps th e y w ill
help you co m pos c your o w n p rot est lette r !

EdMuro's letter to his

Representative:
"The average American is oft en outraged
when they lind out tha t thei r cellular calls ca n be
mo nitored hy a person with a so-c alled 'scannc r.' ... For se vera l years dig ita l techn ology has
been avail able tha t wo uld virtua lly make it im po ssible for the a ve rage pe rstm 1<) interce pt suc h
culls. Yet . the cell ular indu stry inte reste d in only
one thi ng , profit s. has nOI pushed for co nvers io ns to th is d igital syste m.
" A scan ne r is no thing more: than a rad io
receive r.... Seve ral weeks ago I mon itored the
Space Sh uItIe while it was docked wi th the M IR
Space Sta tion. it was qui te educational . ... the
US Govermnc m ... pays for the Na tiona l Weathe r
Se rvic e ttl broadcast weather re po rts on 162.55
~IH l. .. the kind of equipme nt used 10 mo nito r
these report s i~ a sca nne r.
Some people confuse the de vices I a m talk ing about wit h ... a devi ce that will capture
ce llular serialn umbers so they C'1Il be cloned for
fraudulent purpo ses.... Anyon e who participate s in thi s kind offraudulcnt ac ti vir y should be
prosecuted 10 th e: fullest extent of the law.
..... the airwav es have alwa ys been considered public do main , We hav e to ask ourselves
so me que slions: Do we w;ml to live an open
soc iety ur a do ~ed ~oc i c t y? 1beli en: the anra gc
Am e rican wa nl ~ l c ~~ go vernme:m intru sion and
this is wh al the framers of our conslitulion
hoped for. Ce rlainly ce llu lar user s a rc entitled 10
pri vacy . Whc n l<.l w cn forcem ent age ncies w;.mt
lhe ir radio com munica lions to be: pr ivate they
cn cryp t the m or usc di gil a l n lillmunications.
Th e same: ...ho uld hold tru e: for cel lula r telephones.
"C le'lrl y thcrc necd s to he a balancc bet wee n
protecting the rights of c.:e llular users and the
rights o f rad io hobbyists. Violators ofl he: ECP A
shou ld be prm e:l:llIcd . but not al the: expen se of
the ave rage r'ldio hohbyist: '

MONITORING TIMES

April 1997

Harold G. Peach Jr. letter to Rep.

Tauzin
" I am writin u to ask that the House Com mcr cc Sub!:oll1l1~ illec on Tele commun ications.
Trad e. and Con ... umer Prot ecti on draft legi slulion requiring tha t cel lular telephone a nd pes
companies encrypt their tra nsmi ssion s. and thai ,
in the interim . the compani es imple me nt mechanisms 10 warn the publi c when their conversalio ns a re bein g tra nsmitted ove r unencrypted
radio frequ enci es .
" Eve ryo ne knows that the rad io spectrum is
a publ ic place a nd that co mmunic ating over
radi o i!> like sho uting across :1 c ro wded roo m .
No la w call change thi s 1'.11."1. However. the
cel lula r com pa nies ha ve failed to impleme nt
rea sonable me as ure s to e nsure Illy privac y why you ca n even pick up cellul a r c unversations

o n a T V se t! I have no reas ona ble ex pectatio n of

privac y be ca use Il l' their neg ligence .
" 1 am both a cellular telephone use r and a
scann e r owne r, hut I do not listen to cell ular
tele phon e co nversations. The na tion's 10 million sca nne r o wners are:not 'el ectronic sta lkers '
a... port rayed hy the Cellular Telephone Ind ustry
Associ ation . ...
"Th e desperate attem pts by the cel lular a nd
PCS ind ustries In dodge their rcsponvibilities
w ill. I fear , lead 10 more incffectuallcgi vlatio n
th ai will help no on e and harm a n innocent group
- sca nne r o wne rs. Please do nOI be mi sled into
thinking ant i-scann er leg is latio n o r une ncryp ted
di git al co mmunic at io n wi ll sol ve thi s proble m.
In a few yea rs di gita l wi ll be as co mmo n as
anal og is tod ay and we will be rig ht had at this
sa me po int. O nly enc ryption ca n provide a reasonablc deg ree o f pr ivacy in the publ ic radio

spectrum."

" If you thou ght Am erica Online cha t room s we re a shameful wa ste of
human pote ntia l.j ust think about the fo lks who monit or thc pu bli c airwav es

with radio spectrum scanners."

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Craig Stolz in the Washington Post article "Scan You Dig It?"

Response from Kevin Carey

" 1 ta ke great exception to yo ur art icle
im plying that sca nner monito rs arc a ' waste of
hum an poten tial: Yo u. like so m ~IIl Y others,
appear to have falle n vic tim to the lie s o f the
cellular ind ustry. For your infor mat ion . ab solutcly nouncmpt is mad e by ce llu lar provi de rs to
en code their ... ign a b for priv acy , eve n though it
wo uld be very ine xpen s ive and lugical to do so.
Cellu lar si gnals arc se nt in the c lea r. usin g
conventional F ~ I transmission IIl"1 ca n be rcccivcd by ma ny ex istin g radi o de vic es. includine som e olde r televisions.
~ "T he cel lula r ind ustr y pro m i...cd 10 ex plo re
so me form of e ncoding ove r 10 years ago on th e
hee ls of ECPA-X6. the Electronic Commuu iculion s Privacy Act. which the:y rammctllhrough
Congres... T o da le . no prn gress ha... nee n made.
Apparenlly . the indll "lry find s il c!leaperto poin t
10 Ihe ll il11 ~Y Ee PA leg is lalion as a '~ lI a ran t ee'
of privacy 10 c ustolllers.
'T he ovc rwhel mi ng majorily () f sJ.:anner ownc rs a rc respon sih le, co ntr ibuling me mbers o f
...1J( il:ty who (.k~ i re on ly 10 broade:n lhe:i r aware
11 e:..." o f the: h a p pe n i n g ~ a rounJ the m. Th is include:s l11o nit<)ri ng puh lic ser\"il'l' aglnc.:ie:.... e: mc rgl'nc.:y l'o l11ll1 11 nilat ion s. and ot her Iype:s of utilill' tm ns missi()J1 s. In a ll age where apa thy toward
governmcnt and civ ic affa irs rUlls ra mpan t. why
lill y (lll port ray sc.:anne r owllers a... 'te:chllt)-crccps '
wi th nothing b..-uer to do ".' Would yo u rather we

ind ulge ourse lve s in the se nsationalism a nd spin

tactics offered by ttlday ' s "infotain ment ' ne ws
cente rs?
'The re have been man y. ma ny case s ,..' here
scan ner owners have bee n instrum en tal in sohing (and preveruing j se rious c rimes by pro mptl y
reponing information heard o ver the air 10 the
aut hor ities. Most police agencies, in fact. have a
ver y po si tive view on the responsi ble: usc of
scanners by the publi c. After all. why should
they ha ve a nyt hi ng to hide in their da y-to-day
operations"
" Fac t: Before ECPA -86thc re had never been
a law in Am eri ca forbidding yo u to 1i51'11 to
so mcthinu tha t is broad cast in the clear on
no rmal radi o frequenci es. In Ru ssia. and parts of
Europe , yes. bUI nl"vcr in America . America ns
an: f1( lW rcq uirculo plug their ears if Ihe ir rad io
or TV "lw uld ~ t u l1l h k upnn a cellula r Ira nsmi s..ion . Thi s ridil'ulou ... la w has bee n unenforceabl e ..ince ils inleption . Its only useful purpose
i ~ 10 !>e n 'e Ihe greedy needs of the ce llular
indu stry. who ('a n hold ilu p as an 'assura nce' of
privacy lO the unin formed pu blic.: .
" 1strong ly e nco ura ge: yo u to devc lop a more
so und hackground in the l echn o l o~ y and hu man
fac.: tllrs beh ind r"d io monitoring before publish .
ing furthcrn cg.uiw in formation aboul thc ohm1/l/d.\' legal hob by of owning a nd usin g a sca nning rad io rl.'(.'ciVLr.
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In Volll ~ia Coumv. Florida. the SO() Ml-lz
radio ... vstcm shut down j ust as Dc t.and police
o ffice rs we re cor nering a pair of armed robhe rs at a crowded shopp ing center. It rc m ain cd inoperable ril l" 10 m in utes and th en
begun del ayin g a nd d ro pp ing tran s mi ssi ons.
" It wa ... a ni ghtmare ..' said a so urce in the
De lan d Pulice Department . "N obod y knew
what \ \ W , goi ng: 0 11 '" A qu ick -th inking cornnumicution sup erv isor switched back to its
ol d radi o sy ste m. wh ic h remain s in sta lled in
patro l car.... Po lice late r con fro nted and urres ted the SllS pC C I....
Accord! nt! to re p' utcrs Bre ndan S mith and
M utt Reed o r the D a ~ to na Bench News -LourIIi/ I . "T he S 1(l.2 million XOU-l\lI lz sy stem has
hud pro blem s since it was in... rallcd ." T wo
muuicip ulitic-, havI.' th rea te ne d to stop pa y ing
for the ir share of th e sy ste m and Vo lusia
Coun ty st ill hasn 't legally "accepte d" the
E ricsso n-G en eral Elect ric ("Wt: bring good
thin gs ttl lite"} eq ui pmen t. C o unty Council
recen tly ccuumic sion cd a S60.000 study to
de termine if the- co unt y sho uld give th e s.ystl..'11 1 bac k. A dccivion is e xpected by the
m iddle of thi s year.

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Mcunwh i lc. Memphi s. Tenne ssee. husju st

rece ive d a new I\ sl1"O son M Hz d ig ita l radi o
systc m . Th e -ys tcm include s 3 1 chann el s. 16
of wh ich arc dedicated 10 law e nforce me nt.
Th e bulun cc hav e bC1..'1l hand ed out to fir e and
o the r c ity agl..'llCie",. Th e .-\.'11"0 SOD sy ste m
mak e s sca nllin g impo svibl c in th is so uth e rn
slate and e nds a tradi tion of coo pe ratio n be tween law enforce men t a nd ci ti ze ns.

Scanner Listener Saves Cop

:\ pol ice o fficer in viole nce -pla g ued Wash ington. DC. has a scanner huff to th an k for
gl..' lIing h im out of a light s ituat io n. O fficers.
MONITORING TIMES

Acco rd ing to rep or ts . p rosec uto rs

now have to decide whe ther to appea l the
rulin g. and ifnot. whether to go forward with
the case. O ne o f the kid na ppe rs was arrested
when he a ppea red at the place where th e
ransom OHm e)

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~~ Only a Few Wiretaps

Copping the Old Cell Phone Plea

Pol icc in Chica go \V I1O monitored ce llu lar

phone conversat ions in an effort to rescue a
man fro m kid nap pe rs in 1995 were co mmended hy J udge Ma ry Maxwell Th o ma s fo r
"an admirab le di splay of fine po l icc work ... in
a n emerge ncy si tua tio n ." Nonetheless. J udge
T homas has dec ided to sup p ress the m a" When you said
jo ri ty of [he prosec u tion' s e vid e nce
we were gettillg a
agai nst one o f the kidnappers becau se of
'high end trunking the " s im p le . yet b latant and egregi o us.
system. " J thought fa ilure. to obtain permi ssion to liste n to
you meunt ,.. ..
the call s."

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ch ecking a re po rt o f a po ssible bu rg lary.

spoo ked th ree suspects who s ped from the
sce ne in an o ld. g ray T oyot a p ic k up . Poli ce
los t th e ve hic le. hu t an alert scan ner liste ner.
s itt ing ill ucon venicnce s tor e parking lot. saw
it speed by and fo llowed. He notifi ed poli ce
us ing h is cel l phone .
Wh en all officer arrived. he ap pro ac hed
th e suspects wi th g un d ra wn . bUL w he n he
tried 10 call for ba ck up. he was un a ble to
rea c h di spatc h. T he scanner bu ll rea lize d the
o fficer co uld be in troubl e and c alle d 911.
Within three minut es, bac k up s arrived and
the three sus pects were arreste d wi thou t inc idCIlt.
Wa s the office r worried d uring the Rto 10
m inu te s he was facin g the trio wi th a dead
rad io'? " I t was co ld o ut the re a nd I'd like to
bel ieve I wa s shak ing because o f that ." T he
officer added. in an un derstate me n t. " If [t he
scanner liste ne r I had n' t done what he d id. we
wou ld n' t have go tten [th e suspects ]."

Ap6/1997

Sa ying th at unle ss the pho ne co mpanie s

g ave the fede ra l go ve rn me nt better ;KT CSS to
the na tion' s phon e xys tcmx. A ssi stan t FB I
D irector Ja m es Ka lls tro m wa rned tha t "t he
cr im ina l is go ing to huve a hu ge leg-up on law
enf orce ment. " Ka llstrom says that the federal
gov e rn me nt needs to be able (0 intercept
sonic ()(l.O{)() lin es acro ss the co unt ry at an y
g iven time .
If th e go vernm ent get s w hat it wa nts. not to
worry. Kall stro m sa id it wou ld not mean
subs tantially increased eavesd ro p ping hy fed crnl law enforcement a uth or itie s. Acco rding
[ 0 report s. he an tic ipates actu all y using o n ly
a mi nuscu le perce ntage o r th ose .

Stupidity 101?
Eig ht yea rs afte r its co nt rovers ia l debut ,
Channe l O ne. the cl ass roo m "news" prog ra m. is agai n un" Will you he testing us
d er a ttac k. A c 0 11 the Nike commercial.
cor ding to a rece nt
Mrs. Roherts?"
study by pro fe sso rs from Va ss ar
Co lleg e and Jo hn
Ho pk ins U niversity . th e d ai ly 12m inute program is
light on new s and
heavy o n advertismg. E ve ry day.
C hann el O ne is
bea m e d
in t o

12. 000 sc hoo ls

nationwide .
S a y s Ma r k
Mil le r. a me dia studies ex pe rt a t John s
Hopk in s, "T he news is no t the point of Channcl Onc. It is no m ore than tiller m ean t to
pre pa re s tu de nts for ads."
Mill e r titled hi s study . "H o w to Be Stupi d:
T he Tcuc bing s ofChannc! O ne ." Th e stud ies
we re coordi na te d by th e g ro up. Fairn ess and
Accuracy in Reporting, a liber al me d ia wa tch dog grou p ba sed ill New York .

Selective Vision
A CN N pro d ucer wus su spe nded aft er
airing foo tage o f Enni s Cosby's bod y ly ing in
a poo l ofblood ne xt to his car. CN N preside nt
To m Jo h nso n reacted immediately. call ing
th e vid eo "a se rious mi stake ." In add ition to
sus pend ing th e produ ce r, Jo hnso n said that
CNN apologized 10 the Cosby fam ily on the
a ir. se nt the fa mi ly a per son a l lett er of ap ol ogy and ple d ged not to set up cameras in front
oft he Cosby ho use. Joh nso n sa id that he m ay
ex tend the prod ucer' s suspe nsion a fte r he
rev iews the tape of the ne w scast.

TV and Cancer
Accor d ing to an A ust ra lia n study, there is
a po ssib le lin k bet ween chi ldhoo d le uke mia
and the rad iat io n em itte d from tel evis io n
tran smi ssion rowers. Un ive rsity researchers
say tha t c h ild re n livi ng in three Sydney areas
ncur TV towers were almost two -nnd -a-hulf
times more li kel y to d ie fro m leu ke m ia than
those in sur ro und ing suburbs . T he authors o f
the study. pub lished in th e MedicalJournal
of Auxtrutia. said tha t their wor k demo nstrated a ll as soc iation bu t not a ca usal relatio nsh ip .
" I Gill say tha tthere is s mo ke ," sai d author

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Heather Grain , " but not what is cau sing the
li re." The area o f Sydney that showed the
higher incidents of the kiddy cance r has been
host to three tele vision tow ers since 1956.

Rejecting Internet
If yo u' re one of those peop le wh o can' t
wait for those new combination T V/Intern et
co mbos, you' re in the mino rity. Despite the
fact that use of the World Wide Web has
doub led in the past year (accord ing to a report
by ma rke t researc he r Dataq uest, Inc.), a majority of U.S. co nsume rs say they don't plan
to buy the things. About 93 percent of the
7.000 people surveyed said that they were not
interested in digital news, audio, and video
piped in to their TV s from the Internet.
Ze nith . Sony . an d Philips are betting big
money the survey is wro ng .

Ham News
A ne w law in G uatema la has effective ly
abo lished all ham bands between 2-meters
and 6 mrn in that Central American count ry,
Alrea dy . the 70-e m (430-440 MH z) band has
bee n dec lared available for commercia l use.
T here is no cha nge in Gua temala ' s HF alloc ations.
In the United States. 1V5YIReport says that
ham rad io has stopped growing and that. for
the first time eve r, " the co mbined census of
Amateur Extra. Adv anced. and General Class
operators actua lly showeda decline last year."
The No Code Techn ician cla ss continues
to show the biggest increase in the numb er of
ham operator s. The Ame rican Radi o Re lay
Leag ue has released a report cla imi ng that
AR RL members wa nt to "keep the code.l' T he
rep ort recommend s "no cha nge s in the treaty
obliga tion that admi nistra tions test pro spective amateur licen sees on their Morse code
ability be fore autho rizing them to operate
be low 30 MH z: '
We want to know, will pack et operators
also be requ ired to take a speed test on thei r
typin g skills before bein g allowed to tra nsmit'!

More Sunspot News

Hold it - Didn' t we j ust rep ort on a nearly
hyste rical new s item carrie d by new spape rs
around the country that warned of an upcoming. ca tastrophic sunspo t cy cle? T he art icle
warned of impe ndi ng widesp re ad co mmunica tion s blackouts. pow er fai lures, satellites
blasted out of orbit. and e ven auroras appe aring ove r the skies in Florida .
Now comes a rep ort that the sun is entering

" a qu iet period" that cou ld mean a decade of

" fewer po we r black outs, less radio interferen ce, and perha ps slightly cooler Eart h te mperatu res : ' Scientists at Ya le University and
NAS A predi ct that the so la r cy cle that beg an
last Sep tember ma y be a ile o f the quietest in
mo re than -l00 years. with o nly a moderate
number of sunspots .
Th e last solar cy cle . which began I I
years ag o, was mar ked by som e of the
most viole nt ac tivity - and best radio
reception - e ver record ed with peaks
of 170 sunspots ea ch in 19X9 and
199 1.
Of cou rse, says NASA sc ientist

"Gos h. ,\10m, come

quick- Fred Flin tstone
is trying to kilt wilma!"

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Ken Schatte
n, ues.
if thethe
ce ntu
ries-ong
ld
pattern
co ntin
upcomi
cycle re ally co uld beeven more violent
than the last one. "Only ti me wi ll tell if the
forecast is co rrect:'
Huh'? Ca n sunspot cycles wreak the havoc
rep oned in the earlier art icle'! Scient ists say.
yes, In fact . some say tha t a very ac tive sun
during the 11th and 12th ce ntury thawed cool.
north ern areas of the globe and may have
allowed Vikings to find and inhabit Gree nland.
Yeah . but could they Q5 L 51. Helen a'!

Touch Me, Fred

Th e Flintsto nes gave Springfield. Missou ri,
childre n the surprise of thcir lives recen tly.
" You ha ve to com e in he re and see this:' one
toddler told his mo ther. " Fred and Wilma a re
doing something we ird on T V."
The "so mething wei rd" was that the loc al
cab le compa ny somehow kept Flintstone' s
audio but instead of the ca rtoon c harac te rs.
showed ex plici t video o f a man and wo ma n
involved in steamy sex . "Y abb a dabba doo."
said Fred . T he local cable station. te sting a
porn ography cha nne l it plann ed to offer subscribers, says they got thei r signals mixed.

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Th e glitch ca rne at one o ' c k... k ill the afternoon on a day in whi ch most so uthwe st xtissouri sc hools we re closed becau se of bad
wea ther.
T ha n ks to e ve ryo ne who looked for.
c lipped out . and mai led in radio related ne wspape r c lippings. O ur 1997 team incl udes:
An onymou s: Da\'C A lpert. New Yor k. NY:
Harry Baughn. Brasstow n, NC:Michael Clean .
Philade lphia, PA: Tad Cook: Da vitJ Eason.
Che vy Chase, MD : Bob Frase r. Co hasset.
MA : Peter Hegan . Northe rn Irelan d : Stev e n
G ust. Mapleton . lA: Maryann e Ke hoe . Atlanta, GA : High Miller : Rich Mosely. WilkesBarre, PA: Joh n Mu rra y. Woodside. N Y: Ira
Pau l. Roya l Oa k, MI : Michae l Roth. Chicago.
IL: Sim on Sch einer: Edward Sc hwart z, Chicago. IL. and Rich ard Sk lar , Seattle. WA. \Ve
ha ve a lso co nsu lted the following publi cation s: Notional Scanning . Radio World, and
\V5 YI Report.
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When
Scannists

Feel the Need for...

By Mike Bryson

They head to the racetracks,

clutching the scanners which
allow them to hear anxious
exchanges between pit crews
and drivers - and even
between track officials and
NASCAR safety crews.
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April 1997

is the fi rst wee ( If the seas o n. and on e o f the higgl.':-.t. T hi s race be gins the d rive 10 see
who will be the 1'\ ASC AR w inst on C up Chapion in 199 7. T he 11)96 seaso n W ;'IS a close
race with o nly a few poi nts separating the 1\\'0 top point le aders. T he g rands tands here
at Daytonu lnternutio na l Sp eed wa y nrc pac ked with a reco rd- breaking 170.0 00 o r mor e rac ing
fans eager to sec the o penin g e vent . I a m a rmed with the usual rac ing nece ssitie s to e nd ure the
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four
ho ur race ... a nice :"ouf( be nch cushi o n. a coole r full of so fl d rin ks. vario us cats . binocula rs .
ca me ra ... and h.:t"s 1101 forg et my weapon o f ch oi ce. a Pro..l .' sca nne r.
T he fol ks on my rig ht arc enjoy ing the race wit h thc <lid of a pall of fried chick en and thei r
Pro43. I trust they tho ug ht to progra m the ir scan ner before d igg ing into the hom emade goodies.
Oth erwise that wlll makc for so me pret ty slic k fingcrwork o n the scan ner. Th e fo lks o n my le ft
h uvc som e of my so rt d rinks (when yo u ~ i t rhi-, close to so meone. yo u had be tter be frie nd ly")
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and their scanner. a Bearcat ::!OOXLT. In fact.

almos t everyone [ see has a n eye to the
racetr ac k and an ear to their sca nn ing rad io.
Wh at 0 11 ea rth are they listening Ill '? ... Just
so me of the moxt competitive raci ng acti on in
the co untry.
Two way radios arc lISL'd in a ll types of
auto racing to co mm unicate bctwccnt he drivcr
of the cur an d the pit crew that works on the
Car during the race. Thut include s stoc k ca r
racin g. drag racing, Indy Rac ing Leagu e.
FOrlllUI,1One. end urance. and all the res t. Fo r
this introdu ctory art icle . though. we are going to foc us on the higgcSl of the raci ng
orgauizations today: the NASC A ({ Wi nsto n
Cup series of 3 ~ race s

Via two.ra r radio. th e

crew chief Ril'es vital
encourageme nt te the
dri ver throughout the
race. and pit stops are
pla nn ed carefully ill
order to tak e as little time
as necessary. Hearing it
all O il a scanne r aff ords a
lieU' appreciation of th e
overall team eff ort,

Double the action; double the fun

NASCA R ( National A ssoci ation of Stock
Ca r Au tom obil e Racin g ) is promot ed as
Am erica ' s la rgest rac ing associa tion. a nd it
well co uld be. It wa s founded in the late ..W' s
as a way to unite and standardize rac ing in the
Unite d States , T his unification was done
thro ugh stringent enforce ment of rules and
gene rou s purses II ) the winner s of the vario us
races and cha m pionsh ips.
NASCAR has a whole mililia oftechnical
inspectors to en force their strict rules of
competi tion. Bending ofth e rules is not tak en
ligh tly. Because o f (his NAS CAR raci ng is
so me of the closest a nd most com petitive
racin g you will ever sec.
There are seve ra l di visio ns of i':ASCAR.
T he mos t e lite is the Winsto n Cu p Series the crea m of the corporate crop. Th ere is
not hing "s toc k" about ,I Winston Cup stoc k
ca r exce pt maybe the body pan e ls ofthe car.
It lakes over a million doll ars to put a ca r
rou cthcr for each season. And eac h learn is
outtitll:d wit h speci alty cars for ea ch o f the
va rio us track s (hut NASCA R tour s around
the county. No wonder these race rs thank
their spo nsors ev ery cha nce they get ~ It is
estimated thai over 5 million people uuc ndcd
the Winston Cup se ries races in 11)96 alo ne.

Communications is the key to

competition
T he sport takes on a who le new dimen sio n
when you ca n not only sec great ac tion. bUI
yuu actu ally tunc into the dr ivers, pit crews ,
trac k offi cials. a nd even the NA SCAR safe ly
c re ws. All of these folks co m m unicate via
two wa y radio .
Because of the light racing ac tion and the
duralion of the races - typically 400 to SOO
miles - drivers a nd the ir crews must stay in
com mun ication wit h ea ch othe r. Crew s havc
10kct.: p in to uch w ilh the dri vcr to inf(lrm him

of va riou s de velopme nts during the race.

Before the u...c of two -way radio s wa s approved . the pit cre w wou ld hold up a placa rd
with inform ation or an instruction to come to
the pit 0 11 the next round . Strutcgv co uld be
decid ed whe n he cam e: into the pit.
T he length of the races makes it unuvoid able rh.u drive rs w ill have to stop for fue l.
tires. a nd sometimes even repai r.... T here i:-. no
such thine , IS a rout ine pit sto p in NASCA R"
Races cun he wo n and lost by ma rg ins as little
as a ten th of a second. so pittin g ...trategics an:
a key factor in dete rm ining the outcome of
race .
When evcrv seco nd co un ts. the ad va ntage
euincd bv the ;~ hi l i t \' to plan pit ting and racing
~lr;'llegie~ dll"iJlg th~ race arc enormous. w hen
the: ca r e nters the pit . the cre w knows e xactl y
what ac tion needs to he taken to make the car
perfor m better or to co rrect any pro blems thai
may huvc developed with the car d urin g the
race . withou t Ihe need of add itio nal. timc wa sting conve rsatio n.

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T his leve l of competitio n cr eates so me
ve ry urgent and o ften e motion -filled c hatter
bctw ce:n the driver an d his crew , Having a

scanner hand y gives a SPCCI;;ltor an entirely

diffe rent perspective u n \,..hat it takes to w in.
or e ven Hill , in one of these ten se, grueling
races. Armed with a sca nne r and a good SCl of
headphones yo u can cert ain ly ge t an e arful.
If vou watch anv of the race s at hom e, you
know that any time H dri ver is interv iew ed in
front of the T V c ame ra. it' s the usual, suga rcoated. xponso r-fi lied sound bite s - l1 ot that
I blame them for the public re lat ions plug for
their team , But would n't you like to know
what rea lly happened? w hat reall y cau sed
tha t c ras h'! W hat arc their rea l thoug hts about
their fellow drive rs?
You C,1Il do this by simp ly tuning in on
vour scanner. T hat' s wher e you' ll hea r the
real thing, unp oli shed and unreh earsed . In
one- race. I W ;;I:-'tune d into the race lead er as he
\\',1" passed by ano ther co mpe titor. On camera these 1\\'0 d rivers have not hing but pra ise
about each oth er s driv ing skills. But on my
scanne r I heard the race lende r sarcas tica lly
re mark hac k 10 his crew " he ' s prett y bra ve on
ne w tires, we"Il sec how long thut lasts.' Th e
race leader let the more aggre ssive drive r go
by him . .., II lasted about 10 laps,
Ano ther lim e I agai n ove rheard a mild man nered race r (w hen the T V ca me ra is on )
exc laim to his c rew chief "hc'x pissing me
o ff. Rich ard" becau se he wa s bein g blocked
from passing a lapped car.
I also learned from listen ing in on the
interchanges j ust how much the driver relie s
on his crew ch ief for guidance and inspi ration
during the race. \Vatching a professional driver
thre ad his way through the pack with only
inches to spare. one wou ld assume he must be
cool. calm, and co llected . Not nece ssari ly,
T hese c rew chiefs a re co nstantly coax ing
thei r anx ious drivers throug hout the race .
"Okay. lers stay ca lm, yo u' re doing fine.
Stay foc used . Stay focu sed ,"
I wou ld hate In be ou t o f focu s going
1XOmph plus! I fin d it very unde rstandab le
Apri l/ 997

MONITORING TIMES

list an d prog ram miup

don e be fore you gel III
the track (re me mbe r the
fo lks with t he fr ied
chi cken") . Che ck out
Table I for the IYY7
NAS CA R Winston Cup
Frequencies. courtesy of
Spcedw url d
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speedworld.conn.

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.\ly favorite tool for

"'-""''' ~ gelling the frequencies I
t: want is to usc the Grove
Radios are ubiq uitous at th e racetrack . and ma llY scann ists
Enterpri ses FCC Dataus e headph on es to subdue th e noise, ,HallY also wear
base (1 gutta plug my
headphone s with int egrated A AUFJl radio s to monitor the
spo nsor too. ya know }.
broadcast action.
With a little infor mation
abo ut the tcum -, I am intere sted ill, I ca n search
why the dri ver ...ound e a little anxious at the se
thi-, dutabu.. c and ge t allY frequency ass igned
speeds-hut witho ut my scann er. I would
to them. For example. I know that severa l of
have missed part of the underl ying drama .
the top teams are locat ed in Nort h Caro lina. I
a!: o know the freq uency band and the buvi Find ing th e frequen cies
ness names fo r the teams that I am interested
The average Win ston Cup team has two or
in (Hendrick Motor-port s. Richard Childre ss
three frequen cies from which to choose. T hese
Racing, and Roush Racing ). Figure I shows
arc usually in the 46010...\-70 Ml L; range. but
the res ults or my sea rch.
there nrc a few out side or this band in the X50
D on ' t forget to research freque ncies for
~ 1I 11 range. T \\ 0 orthree team" now scra mble
eac h indi vidua l race track that you will be
rhc ir signal s for pri \'acy , but 111 0'\ 1 ofthe teams
viciung . as well as any relevan t police, sec usriII transmit unscram bled anahl g signa ls.The
rity. nr emergency agenc y ncar the trac k. For
transmitting pllwer for a team i, typically
iu-aance. had I kno wn that the traffic gcttiJlg
be tween .2 In...\- \\ath .
into this partic ular track was noto rious for
You call get the spec ific frequencies for
gelling backed up. I would have found the
each team several \\,:1:', . OIlL' is to buy a appropriate High\\'ay Patrol Frequencies to
freque ncy li, t at the track for about S5 to sIn. con ... ult so I could have avo ided this me, s!
There arc also severa l book- that list sportsYour altern ative is 10 simply search for
relate d freque ncies <uch as 1ft-yond rolin' frequen cies while at the track . I wouldn't
Coif . edited by Rich Harnett . ;\ ltcm au vcty. If
reco mmen d this unle ss you are a supe rb
you have :ll.'L'CSS to till.' Interne t you can lISUnotc tnkcr and don't mind lislening to ano nyally find Ircqucnciev ofinte rc-, t for i\'ASCA R
mous racers . The likel ihood is that such hlunOJ] severa l related . . ilc" such :l~ the w in-ron
KL' t scanning wil l pro\"(' 10be quit e confusing.
www.n a sc u rvom or vnriou s svuun cr
because it i ~ diffic ult to identify the specific
IlL'WSgroUps . You could also chec-k out Grove",
CfL' \" Sor d rivcrv.Xo one give s any IDs here !
horne pagL' for j\ I1" s IIC \" li", ling of scanner
You can also rent scarmcr-;at the track that
freque ncie s for racin g.
already have the Frequencies program med
I rcconuuc ndthut you get you r frequenc y
into them. Race Sca n Co nmuu ucurlon-, (X(){)l .l 1-.2X-lI ) is one compan)' that will rent you a
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about S-J.O. This i... a1l11l1, t
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thl.' L'(l...r o fa hlw cnd "canner. but :'ou afe paying
for the cOI1 \'L'llience of
hav ing Ihe \\'l1ole racing
package available to you ,
FIGURE I
i l 1l' lu d i Jl ~ a pre -race
h l"llad ca~ l. You do han :
o oc n
,..co
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'oco I
tn g ive the ' L"<l lll K' 1' hack
Pro n P"g, Do"", for next I c reo n of data. Ar C,,~, t' Jr " ,1 " ' til SCle en rI"e ' ' 0' ''''/I"" C''''' , I III
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ESC to ...turn to l1ain tlanu. P5 to print Que
al the end of lhc day (dang.
A ,\'('re en l'llptll re j i'om GrOrl'"s FCC f)ata!J ll.H'. s l1ow i ll~
ju "t \\'hen yo u \\"('fC gLtrm'e dr h'ers alldfn'l/u ell cfl'S,
ting u ~ e d tlllhe thing.!.
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Ap,d 1997

Scanning sense
The racing ac tion i-, alway s very close in
NASC AR and there is always some very
interes ting and often revea ling action III be
heard on the airwave s. You canlisten in to the
communica tions of over 40 cars and crews
com peting at the track. but I suggest that
unless yo u have a millio n chan nel per second
sca nner yo u just tunc into the top drivers of
the field - say the lop 10 or so .
With my Pro-J.3 I enter the driver's frequency in the cha nne l co rresp ondi ng to hi"
ca r number . For the Winston C up series. the
numbers an: all under three d igits. For example. let' s say a drive r is known to have
three channels available tortr ansmiuing. Normally he will only usc o ne du ring the race. It' s
up 10 p vd 10 find which one he is using. lf'his
nu mber is 2.. \- , then [ enter the first frequ ency
on ch annelJ-l . the seco nd frequency on cha nnel 124. and the third on chan nel .2.2...\-.
Once I deter mine which freque ncy he is
using, I ca n then set up so me kind of prior ity
sca n. This hel ps me keep thing straight when
the action starts 10 pic k up. I ca n also set up
spec ial banks to scan so that I can hear more
ofthe acti on witho ut becom ing co nfused what
tea III lmlix tenin g til, If yo u are lucky to have
an alp han umer ic scanner such as the AR XOOO
or the JlC \\' lco m R- IO, yo u can enter the
drivcrs name along with the corresponding
frequ ency.
During a long race yo u will notice tha t the
scan ner chart er will settle UO\\'n during long.

gree n !lag (no w rec ks) runs. Do n't gv t d isco ur age d. Wh e n a ye llo w tlag dro ps du e to
accidents on the track , or if the leaders o f the
race dec ide to mak e a green tl ag pi t sto p, y'o ur
scanner will j u mp to ac tion like 42 different
fire statio ns re spo nding to a rive-ala rm fire. It
c an be o ve rwh el min g. I thi nk it's ju st coo l.

Hardwear
T here arc se veral accessories th at you wi ll
also need. A g ood set of earp ho nes is a mu st.
T rying to listen to your sc anne r at the race
track without a set o f ea rp ho ne s is practica lly
impossible . M ake s ure that the headp ho ne s
yo u arc go ing to usc will co mple tely cover
yo ur cars. Walkm an- type ea rpho nes are no t
adequate , beca use they c an no t dro wn o ut the
sound of over 40 ro aring e ng ines : rather tha n
heeling up the vo lume , yo u must cut o ut the
no ise o f the cars ,
A n ex tra set o f batt e rie s fo r yo ur sca nner is
alw ays wise. T hese race s can last fo r LIp to
fou r ho ur s, Th e act io n rea lly beco mes fra nt ic
to ward the end o f the race in the fin a l le st o f
the d river s' sk ill and strategy , It ca n be \'e ry
frustrating to be spe nd se vera l hours liste ning
in o n the race o nly to have yo ur batteries die
o n you be fore the conc lusion .
I als o take the antenna offo f my scanner to
hel p pr event stro ng , o utside sig nals from Ci.IUS ing a pro ble m 011 my scanner. T IK' sc same
Freq uencies arc use d for res ta uran t dri ve
throu gh windo ws and vario us muni c ipali tie s.
Fo r tha t reaso n, I wo uld a lso recomm end that
yo u d o not try to listen to till.' racing ac tion at
an y di sta nce from the track .

Winding down
Th e race he re at Dayto na has draw n 10 a
d ra mati c finis h, w ith Hend ric ks Mot orxp ort s
maki ng. a c lea n swe e p of the top three po sitio ns: Je ff 'Jordon e me rged as win ner. fo llo wed hy tea mmate s Terry LaB onte anti Ricky
Cra ve n, 1'\"11' Pro4 J has taken me beh ind the
acti o n into so me in te re st in g aspects of
NASC A R rac ing : I was able to make more

III a l'er.", real sense. th e performance (~l the pit crew call mak e or break a race, and
radio communications are essential to the crews' ef ficiency,
se nse o ut o f thi s race. catc h a g limpse o f what
it takes to kee p a race ca r in co nte nt ion fo r the
win, and hea r a more human side to the dri vcrs
and crews that mak e this sp or t work .
Alth ough we haveonl y focusedon NASCA R
in Ihis article , there arc many more racing
organizat ions ac ross the co untry, We'I I he cov-

cri ng some o f them in futu re ed itions of Manilorin g TiIlW.\", and we we lcome yo ur frequc ncics and lips as wel l. My bes t ad vice : Never go
to a rac e without yo ur sca nner and a good
freq uency list- yo u' ll be cheating you rself out
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TABLE 1: 19961997 NASCAR Winston Cup and Media, Frequencies

,

WINSTON CUP SERIES VENUE FREQUENCIES {19971

Courtesy of Speeuworta http://www.speedworld.net
Charlotte MolorSpeedway
Daytona Security
Daytona TrattleCopter
Dover DownsInn Speedway
Dover Security
Michigan lnt'! Speedway
Michigan Inl'l Spdwy Secur ity
Michigan Int'l Spdwy Parking
Mich igan lnt'l Spdwy Hospital
New Hampshire Inn Speedway
Phoenix lnt'l Raceway
Richmond lnt'l Raceway
Talladega Superspeedway
Walkins Glen lnt'l Speedway

462.5500
154.51 50
154 9500
4634 250
463.9000
154.5700
155.8650
151 8050
1552 800
1546000
461 8125
464.5500
464.7625
4647750

463.9000

466.1750 463.3500

151.6250

154.5700

4647750
469.7750 464.1250

DRIVERS AND CREWS

Courtesyof Speedworld htlpJIvIVfN.speedworld.net

!L!!Iilll<B

IWMA!!Y

2NO

1 Morgan Shepherd
2 Rusty Wallace
3 Dale Earnhardt
4 Sterling Marlin
5 Terry Labonte
6 Mark Martin
7 Geoff Bodine
8 HutStricklin
9 Lake Speed
10 RickyRudd
11 Brett Bodine
15Larry Pearson
16Ted Musgrave
17Darrell Waltrip
18 Bobby Labonte
19Loy Allen Jr.
20Greg Sacks
21 MichaelWaltrip
22 Ward Burton
23Jimmy Spencer
23Teamfrequency
24 Jeff Gordon
25 RickyCraven
26Hermie Sadler

458.1625
461.5875
469.0125
461.7500
46B2125
460.9500
457.3750
465.8875

466.1625
461.3375
463 2250
464.3000
4694 875
468.5625
457.1750
466.0875
464.1750
467.8875
8555625
457 5500

27
28Ernie Irvan
29 Robert Pressley
30 JohnnyBenson Jr.
31 Mike Skinner
33Ken Schrader
36Denike Cope
37Jeremy Mayfirld
40Robby Gordon
41 Steve Grissom
42Joe Nemechek
43Bobby Hamilton
44 Kyle Petty
46Wally Dallenbach
71 Dave Marcis
75Rick Mast
77Bobby Hillin
78Billy Standridge
81 Kenny Wallace
88Dale Jarrett
90 Dick Trickle
91Mike Wallace
94 Bill Elliotl
95Gary Bradberry
96 David Green
97Chad Little
98JohnAndrelli
99JeffBurton

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465.7375
855.5125
457.5250
468.4500
4693125
467.7625
467.1875
461.7875
855.0375
468.9375
469.8375
469.9375
467.0625
469.7875
461.0875
858.8375 "
466.9500
467.9625
466.3000
462.1250
4687750
NJA
462.7125"
461.0000
459.3625
460.9750
4683000
469.3000
468 000
4675625
468.9750
458.9750

454.2000
459.6875
468.5250
467.1625

468.7625
466.0125
467.0000
461.8875
855.2875

NASCAR MEDIA FREQUENCIES {19961

aan

ESPN
462.0250
464.3875
463.9250
463.9750
466.2375

TNN. The Nashville Network

CBS
MR N. Motor RacingNetwork
PRN Performance Racing Network
Winston CupScene
Sports Channel

4503500
467.9000
153.2900
454.0000
161.6400
465 9625
455.5500

4502500
467.7500

=Scrambled

4665 625
469.1375

854 .7875

469.4875
4664875
8587875"
4664500
4664625
466.1 250
466.9250
466.7375
461.2875"
463.9625
4615625

855.5625"
4634 000
469.0000

461.3625 "
461 .3625

469.2000
4609750
461.9375
4598375

463.9750

459.2875
4663750

461 .5625

460.1875

469.8750
463.5000

461.4750
4634250
468.7250
466.2750

466 2250
463.5750
464.8125
469.1 500
466.8625

NASCAR1
NASCAR2
NASCAR 3
NASCAR 4
NASCAR 5

469.5000
464.5000

464.9000
464.7750
465.0250

Scoring
Inspectors

463.8500
461.2000
4636250
468.2500
468.8500

GoodyearBlimp

151.6250
161.7600

161.6400

132.0000

161.7000

MON ITORING TIMES

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Ap,;/ 1997

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e
"Federal law prohibits eavesdropping on
electronic communications... Despite these
prohibitions, low-cost scanners that can
receive cellular f requencies remain readily
available to the public. A gray market in
scanner modification has mushroomed in
response to demand from electronic stalkers
and confusion over legal prohibitions...
Policymakers must realize that it is only a
mailer oftime until history repeats itself and
digital communications also become exposed
to eavesdropping."

'".

- Thomas Wheeler
Cel lular Telecommuni cations
Industry Associa tion

"Scanner owners and other citizens agree that Americans

deserve a reasonable expectation ofprivacy, but broadcasting
a clear voice into the airwaves and expecting it not to be
overheard is IWt reasonable. ... They f eel that the responsibility of security should not be placed 011 the shoulders ofthe
scanner hobbyist, but on the service pro vider,just as it has
always been on wired telephone services, and all other radio
communications services, including law enf orcement and
evell cordless telephone manufacturers. "
- Bob Grove
President. Grove Enterprises
Publisher. Monitoring Time s

"

Pu,~_c

aves

Who's "Stalking" Whom?

By Bob Grove
Photos by Alan Henney

~11t1r SPECIAL REPORT

t was an honor. I had been asked by

Con gressman Billy Tauzin. Chairman
of the House Subco mmittee on Telecommu nications. Trade. and Consumer Pro-

tection. to appear as a member of a panel of

industry leaders to provide informa tion to

memb er s of Congress. It wa s an op portunity
to be of se rv ice to my country, to make a
d ifferen ce . A lthough I had o nly one wo rk
day to prepare du e to the sho rt notice.I put off
o ther pre ssing matters to devote fu ll attention
to assembli ng use fu l m ateri als for these
America n states me n.
Fo r years, Congre ss has been re lati vel y
un con ce rned with the effect ive ne ss of antice llular scanning-until o ne of their own
was caug ht red-hand ed . Fo llow ing the New t
Gi ngric h ce llpho ne incident, Congres s ordered an im med iate inquiry into the laws and
technol ogy surro und ing sc anne rs and their
abi lity to listen in o n pr ivate co m munication s. I fe lt particularly qualifi ed to gi ve
authoritative insight into the matter. Although
I had lost much slee p to mee t the de ad line, I
had prepa red my comments care fully and
comprehen si vel y. I was ready.
As I wa lked into the spacious he aring
room of the of the Rayburn Hou se Office

Building in Washington, DC. I was hushed

by the echoes of history. Oil paintings of
famo us Ame rican sta tesme n smi led rea ssuring ly down o n me . Luxurio us wood appo intments filled the ro om with quality and
wa rm th. Plu sh carpe ting softe ned the d in of
TV cameras , micro pho ne s, and technician s
as the y prepared for the main e ve nt. Little di d
I suspec t at that time , I was to be the main

Grove's invitation 10 Washington was

extended by Congressman Billy Tauzin,
Chairman of the House Subcommittee on
Telecommunications, Trade, and
Consumer Protection.

Bob Grove was invited to Washingto n by a telephone call which went

something like this:
"This is the House Telecommunications Subcommittee. We would like
to invite you to testify at our hear ing
next Wednesday. Wecan'treimburse
) 'OU

for your expenses, nor can we

provide ) 'OU immunity from prosecution from your testimony. They might
ta ke you away in handculTs aft erward, and we'd like you to sign a
waiver holding us harmless from any'
lawsuit. Would you like to come ?"
"W ith a charming imitation like
tha t," says Bob, uhow could I refuse?
Fo r t una tely, I nev er signe d the
waiver,"

event:

Wednesday, February 5, 9:30 a.m,

It was show tim e . So me two dozen mem bers o f Co ngres s bega n taking seals in the
intimidatin g loft tha t looms over the w itnesse s. After the C hairman' s open ing remarks and perfunc tor y co ng ratulatio ns from
the me mb ers , the paneli sts we re allowed
their op enin g rem ark s.
Fir st heard wa s T om Wh eel er , Presid ent
of the Ce llula r Tel eco mmuni cat ions Indu s-

This page from th e Grove catalog was

blown IIp to poster size and used as a
demon stration ofscanner modification
practices by Grove and other companies.

try As sociati o n ICT IAI . a powe rful. Washington-ba sed lobby . wheele r and his a......oc iarcs had previously spe nt consi derable time
rehearsing his performance wit h the C hai rman in antici pation o f show ing how en..y it is
to re store ce llular frequ e ncie s in sonic c urreml y-lcgul sc anne rs. T he pe rform ance wa s
g ive n again for TV vie we rs at the on se t of the
hearing .
Se ver al co nce rned indi vidu a ls had warned
me befo rehand Ihal I had been set up for an
amb ush. a nd u high-ranking Congrcxsuum
had to ld me that ur lea st two members ha d
been coac hed hy the Cl 'IA to tak e ad van taue
of this public "pho to up.' But I still did ll~t
ex pect what fo llowed .
In the midst of te stimo ny. Whe eler sudden I)' reel ed uround. poin ted his finger at me,
and loudly den oun ced me for illegall y modifyi ng sca nners for eavesd ro pping 011 ce llular
tel ep hon e ca lls. Th e tirade co ntinued throueh
the rem ainder of hi s liv e min ute time ,lI h~t
mcn t.

Thou gh shake n by this unpro fessi onal

me lod rama. I tried. by exa mple . to resto re
decoru m and d ignity to the proceedin gs whe n
ca lled up on to de live r my li ve mi nute test imon y. My o ther fellow pan el ists were a ppare ntly upset by Wheele r", contrived outbur st
as well. deli vering their ..uucme nts quic kly
a nd q uietl y.

Posturing for the Camera

T he n the dir ec t question period bega n: I
re lie ved. becaus e no w I wo uld be able to
an sw er spec ific co nce rns o f the l ~ g i ",la lO rs
or so I thought . Instead. o ne after the o the r.
C on g ressional S ub commit tee me mber ... used
their all otted time to de no unc e me . wit hout
directing specific q ue stio n.. for me for reply.
T yp ica l of the orc hestration was the r;11l1 fn un
C o ng res swom an Anna Eshoo o f California:
W hen I respec tful ly as ked if I co uld a nswe r
hcr ullc gntion s. she suc cinc tly replied . " :\'0: I
have five m inu tes !"
Ma ssachuse tts Co ngre ssm an Ed Murk e v
was c lear ly defen sive of the FC C re!! lllati (lll~S
which he authored a nd wh ic h I had dared
question. W he n I att empted to e xplai n an
obvious ov ersig ht in his lcgl slar lon .hc rudclv
inte rr upted. " No . no , no. ul1 SlIl: cc s"fully I f ):W<lS

Ap,;/ ' 997

MO NITORING TIMES

15

ing 10 find co rroborating wordi ng in his Rule s

a nd Regu lat io ns, and pro hib itin g me fro m
conti nuin g my testimo ny. It became ter rifyingly clear; I had been set up by the ce llular

wolf PAC.
The droning contin ued . with 111)' se nses
dulled by bright light s. disapprov ing gl ares.
and sanctimonio us acc usa tio ns from the Subco mmittee surround ing mc.Ilasbcs from pre ss
came ras. nervou s rus tli ng from the aud ience:
and all the while I wa s den ied the righ t 10

Epilogue
Sin ce the w ashin gton ex pe rience . my w i fe
and fam ily. my friends. and hundreds of suppo rter s ha ve been de lug ing me with warmt h.
admi rat ion for my co ntrol under unthinkab le
co nd itio ns. and gratit ude for a job we ll done .
I am able to slee p well aga in. and hav e started
the proce ss of healing and catchi ng up with
neg lected busin ess.

Ho we ver, the e xperie nce an d the cxpressio ns or suppo rt w ill g( l for na ug ht if we don ' t
pursue the mailer and make o ur voices hea rd
whi le the ind ig nation is stro ng and the press
and Co ng ress arc interested. It is for that
rea__o n we ha ve dedicated nea rly the entire
feature section of th is mo nth's magazine to
the iss ue of privacy ver su s publ ic acces s to the
a irwaves. Ye s. we' vc bee n listen ing - but are
th e~ '.'

defend myself from this bullying. Would I

never awake from this had d ream? For the
next 1\\'0 and a half ho urs the se illu stri ou s
leg isl ato rs too k turn s flo ggin g me. a nd taking
advantage o f the limelig ht
If I had be en g uilty of so me c rime pe rhap s
I would ha ve unde rstood their ind ig natio n.
but I had attempted to be in fu ll co mpliance
with FC C regulati ons. as att ested to by official corre spo nde nce wi th the FCC ... which I
was not allowed to pre se nt. I have ale..'ays
tried to he a go od per son . practic ing kindn ess
a nd equ a lity. trul y believin g in the basic goodne ss of the hu ma n sp irit. Now my c ha racter
and my phil osophie s wer e co mpletely de nigrated ; sure ly I mu st he a very bad per son to
be so uni ver sall y sco lded .
It may have bee n my iro nic sense o f hu mor
that pull ed me throu g h, I kept thinking. "T his
is ridic ulous! " I also reca lled the ton gu e-incheek, faux -Lat in expr essio n. " llligitimus non
ca rbo ru nd um" (Do n' t let the basta rds we ar
yo u dow n ). and that he lped . too !
One seaso ned spec tator said whe n we e xited the chamber s. 'T hey ca n take e ve rything
but your inte grity." In the mid st o f the profou nd ine qu ity of the mock ery. that sing ular
statement is the o ne I remember . They hadn't
take n my integrity. and that wa s an important
lesson.
In re tro spec t. I wo uld po int out to C hairman Billy Ta uz in that he needs to familia rize
himse lf with the con te nts of the sa me doc ume nt he se nt me- the Rules of the Hou se of
Represent atives (XI. k. ..l and 5)-which say:
"The c hai rma n may pu nish breac hes of
o rd er and de corum and o f profe ssional e th ics
on the part of coun sel. by ce nsure and ex cl usio n from the hearings: and the co mmi ttee
may cite the offende r to the Hou se fo r co ntempt. Whene ve r it is as se rted that the cvide nce or test imo ny at an investiga tory hearing may te nd to defa me . deg rade, or inc rim ina te any pe rson ...(etc .)."
A pro minen t states ma n. as ked whether he
wo uld prefe r testifying before a Congressional Co m mittee or having a root ca na l.
imm edi atel y replied . ''1'11 tak e the root ca nal !"

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Committee memb er: '" can hear as a matter of

fact, someone else' s phone call, not this phone
calL"
Tau zin: " No. you can't!"
(f nterchange. pro ducing laughte r. during the

staged demonstration of how easy it is to over

hear a cellular call Oil a modified seOllller . 71",
wrong call Wl1 S initially monitored.)

A sign at committee's door

hinted at the well-rehearsed

scanner modification
demonstration 10 be held
within.

In a demonstration obvious ly fine-tun ed ;11 advance, Tauzin, assisted by

Wheeler, shows ho w a simple circuit board modification call enable a
particular scanner to receive signals ill the cellular frequency rang e.

Scanners and the Law: A Chronology

1934 Co ngress passes the Communications Act, establishing the
Federa l Co mmunications Commission (FC C) . and incl udes the visionary Scc tion605 wh ich addresses the inevit ability of inter cepti on o fra dio
signa ls. but prohibits the di scl osur e of th e co ntents of suc h tra nsm issions. or the use of their conte nts for per sonal gain .

1986 Cong ress pas ses the Elect ro nic Com munications Pr ivacy Act
(ECPA) . for the first time ce nsoring Ame rica ns' histor ic rig ht to till':
airwaves by forb idd ing liste ning. in on seve ra l type s of rad io sig na ls.
incl ud ing the rad io portion of a tele phon e conve rsation . Th e Ce llular
Telec ommunica tion s Industry Associa tion (CT IA ) issues public statements that it will soo n offer dig ital encryption syste ms to pro vide the ir
customers privacy. I I yea rs later, these privacy systems arc only in an
es timated 10-20 % of the cell ular market.
1989 T wo prominent CTIA m embers, Un idcn a nd Ra d io Shack.
discon tinuc manufactu ring severa l sc anne r mod els with ce llular frequency coverage , although foll ow-on models are ea sily resto rabl e.
Other manufacturers cont inue to offer cell ular freq uency coverage since
ex isting law forb id s listening, not manufactu re. Man y compa nies per fo rm ce llular restoration at the time of sale so tha t the cen sored scan ners
will have the sa me freque ncy cov erage as perfectly legal . co mpetitive
models. 199 0 CT IA and the Telecommunicat ions Indu stry Association
(T IA ) adop t the IS-54 standard for digit al voice ce llular encryptio n.
calle d T ime Division Multiple Access (TDM A ). A seco nda ry sta ndar d .
Code Division Multi ple Acce ss (C OMA) is al so proposed.

1992 P r esi d ent C lint on sign s th e T ele p ho ne Disclosure and Dispute Resolution Act (TDDRA ). directing its imp lementa tio n in 1994 ,
but which co ntains no refer en ce to radi o sc anners.
1993 T he TDDRA is a ltere d with a la st-minute Cellular Amendm ent j ust before Cong ress ional adjo urn ment, allow ing little leg islati ve sc rutiny, and averting pub lic aw arene ss or com ment. b ut banning
the importation or man ufact ure o f scanne rs capable of receiving. or
being read ily alter ed to recei ve . ce llular tel ep hone frequencies. In
response to an eno rmous outcry from co ncern ed citi zen s. Bo b Grove
files formal co m me nta ry wi th the FCC and ask s to give testim on y to
the Ho use Sub comm ittee to ci te 20 pote ntia lly di sab ling as pec ts of the
Cellula r Ame nd me nt to the pe nding T OO RA . Acce ss to the Subcomm ittee is den ied , bu t Grove is allowed to co me to W ashingt on to talk
w ith a Cong ressiona l aid e and lea ve his pe tition. No furthe r respo nse
was fort hcom in g fro m the Subcomm ittee. Gro ve pub lishe s for pub lic
co mme nt the list in the magazine , Monitoring Times. Pub lic respon se
wa s considera ble. T he FCC issues Rep ort to Co ng ress on "A va ilable
Sec ur ity Featu res For Provid ing Ce llu lar Te lephone Pri vacy," desc r ib ing sev era l vo ice encr ypti on systems availab le to the cell ular
indu st ry.
1994 Congress im plements the TDDRA . Illin ois Attorney Ge nera l
Roland Bum s issues a form al opinion that, under Illinois state law,
eavesdropping on cellu lar and co rdless telephones is legal beca use there
is "no reasona ble expectation of privacy." CT IA issued a publ ic objection.

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Mr SPECIAL REPORT

"Is A ny oneListening?YOu Betcha

JJ

Oversight Hearing on Cellular Privacy: Studies in Vested Interest

Compiled by Rache l Baughn, edi tor

1Ythe sudde n ind ign ation

ut

re lat ive ly "m a ll num ber o f ha -

. . ically hann lcs, radio hobby-

ist s" Did the issue rea lly s ur face at th is lime

onl y becau se oft he publicit y su rro und ing the
irncn..'c p tcd cc llu tar p ho ne ca ll be twe en Xcwt
Gin gr ich and kl ltl\\-Rcpub fic.m sv Orarc there
othe r forc es at work? He re is w hat Rcprc ...en -

lat in: Bil l T au/ in. c hai r ma n o f th e

subcomi ncc ....a id in his opening re rnnrk c:
..;\ few wee ks hac k some o f o ur lead in g
lawmak ers lcunu-d th e hard \v ;I)' th at ccllulur
cal ls ar e no t as se cure a s \\'I: m ay like . Th is
hea ring i'i not ahout thai paruc ulur C<I.,,\.', But
that G ISe ra ise d a lo t o f q ue s tion s
Ho w
read ily avai lab le a rc sc an ners that call interce pt w ire les s cal ls" '" Arc di git ulc el lu lar an d
persona l conuuunica tio n-, services mo re secure'.' lf'so. when w ill these se rvices be avail .
able nationwide" ,., Will d igi ta l serv ices 11L' com e less sec ure as di git a l sc anne rs com e
d o w n in pri ce .. 'I
1.(Hiking at test imon y fromt he other pan el ists, it be come s I rhvio ux that. rcg urdlcss Ill" the
in itial impet us for the proceedings. there arc a
num be r
gl"llU p'i whi ch have suhs t.uui ul
vest ed int ere st in the o utcome. Followin g urc

or

Sl II uc e -xcerpts Irum the o pL'ni ng stat e ment s of

the panel ists who repre sented those g ro ups. I
wish to po int outt hat SOIlIL' speakers depart ed

the n th is engine of eco no mi c growth ... co uld

he de ra ile d ,"

s ubs tantia lly from their mort: rest ra ined publishcd testi mo nie s from w hic h the se co mmc nt -, we re taken.
It is als o im po rta nt to po int o ut two other
topics wh cih were im por tant to som e pa nel is t",. bUI which will no t he add res sed her e : that
is. the g row i ll~ resi stance o f ma ny local gO\'crumcnt s to th e pro liferatio n of cell u lar towers (w hic h the indu stry c la ims is neces sary to
the de ve lop me nt o r dipitu l net w o rks ) a nd secon dly . the deg ree of alTt'",,,, allo we d law e nForccm c nt It) priv at e comm uni cat ion s. once
sec ure encr ypt ion is in place .

HONORABLE W.J. "BILLY" TAUZIN, CHAIRMAN

SUBCOMMITTEE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS,
TRADE, AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

Full transcript s o fth e- c openin g statements

nrc uvni lu blc Oil t he ln tcrn c t a t h ttp ://
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HONORABLE TOM BliLEY, CHAIRMAN

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE
"Ce llu lar and o ther wi re less servi ces are a
perfect ex am p le 01" the fruit s o f a pr ivate.
com pe tit ive mark et. '.. I-I Il\W \'er, if. d ue to
recen t events. A me rica ns have les se ned eo nfidcn cc ill th e pri vac y o f th ei r ce ll u lar ca lls,

"The esse nce ofu fre e soc iety is freedom of

sp eec h , Ope n and unguarded d isc o urse is a
co re freedom o f a tru e de mocracy."
"T he probl em s wit h w irel ess p riva cy appear to be the tech nica l propert ies of ana lo g
communicat io ns and the wide a vai lab ili ty o f
cuvi ly modified scan ne rs. T here is a proble m
in e nfo rc e me nt. wit h the e xpert agency. the
FCC. referrin g pote nti al crimi na l cases to
o ther age nc ies tha i Illay have less inte rest in
In the
enforcing the ant i-i nter cep t law s
mean tim e there arc techn ica l solu tio ns thai
c an enhance ca llers ' pr ivacy currentl y available at reaso na ble pri ces in th e marke tp lace,"

Pane l I
THOMAS WHEELER, CELLULAR
TELE COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY
ASSOCIATION
" Fed era l law prohibit s eavesdrop pi ng o n

electronic c{lIllm unic:ltio lls. ,. Despite th ese

prohibit ion s. lo w-co st sca nners th at can rcccivc ce llular frequen ci es remain readily avail -

able 10 the publ ic. A g ray market in scanner

".

"The la w has been plaving catch-up with tcchn olog and The elect ronic
stalk ers ha re been successful ill outmaneuvering the Congress's ef fort s, ..,
It is 100% legal.., It is time / or the elect ronic stalk ers lind Those who cat er
10 Them to stop tluunb ing their nose at the Congress a11l1 trampling 011
indi vidua ls' rights . ..

- Wheeler
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modifi cation has mu shro om ed in respo nse to

demand fro m e lectron ic stalkers and co nfu s io n ove r leg al prohibitions... Extendi ng protections or tr ying to ha n a speci fic typ e of
eavesdropping gear after it has a lready become w id cl y av aila b lc is d iffi cu lt. . . .
policymak cr s must rea lize that it is o nly a
ma iler of time u ntil h istory re peat s itsel f and
di gital communicat ions a lso become ex posed
to eavesd ro ppin g :"

BOB GROVE, PRESIDENT GROVE ENTERPRISES,

PUBLISH ER MONITORING TIMES
"Sca nne r owne rs and othe r citiz en s agree
th.u Americans deser ve a reasonab le c xpccralio n or pri vac y , but broadcast ing a c lear vo ice
into the airwaves an d e xpecting it not to be
ove rhea rd is not reasonable. ... T hey reel tha t
the respon sibility o f se c ur ity shoul d no t be
pla ced Oil the sho ulde rs of th e sca nne r ho bb yist. but on the se rvice p ro vider. j ust as it ha s

always been on w ired tel ephone service s. an d

all ot her rad io con unun ic.uion s se rvic es. incl ud ing la w enforce ment and eve n co rdless
teleph one man ufact urers,
" A me ric ans rese nt gove rnme nt re press io n
o f their rig.hts _ and freed o m o f the airwaves
has been trad itio na l for decade s. ... If cel lu lar
te leph o ne convcrs.uions wcrc dig irizcdas II1IIg
promi sed by the cel lular ind uvtry . all o f the se
hearin g s. charge s and co untercharges. legi slat io n and rcgula uou s. indic tment s and fine s.
an d c o s tl y p oli c i ng o f t h e ce l lu la r
Frcquc ncic -,... wo u ld be UIl IlCCl' SSa ry , (SI.'e
C lo sin g Comme nts o n P. 10-1- for full tcx t. j

g re ss c lea rly ha-; the authority 10 prot ect CO Illmunlc .uion-, tra nsm itte d over the airwa ves..
We believe thnt (he C o ng re " sho u ld tak e a
serio us look nt c los ing (he am b ig u it ies in the
scanne r law ..
"Ag ain . tho ug h. we an: here to "tres s a
broade r po int: T he inte grated. glo bal. dc cc ntralizcd comm uni cat ion s ne twork is vul ner a ble 10 th rea ts th ut m ak e th e int e rce pt ion o r
th e Speaker">, telephone conversa tio n pale by
comp ari so n.
Wirc lcs v co m m unic ati on s
s ho u ld not hl'- and need no t be -e-th e weak

lin k in the in teg rated co mmun icat io ns in frastruc ture . S tro ng en cry pt ion o ffe rs opp ort unines for enhan ce d sec urity in the d ig ita l
age .

Panel"
JAMES KALLSTROM, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN
CHARGE, NY OIV, FEDERAL BUREAU OF
INVESTI GATION
"Given th at the FBI is a law e nforce me nt
inve sti gati ve age ncy. an d no t a re g u lato ry

JAY KITCHEN, PRESIDENT PERSONAL

COMMUNICATI ONS INDUSTRYASSOCIATION
"You face a di fficult dile mm a - ho w to
protec t a c it ize n ' s right to pri vac y wi tho ut
ex p and ing fede ral reg ulat io n of th e pri vate
sector, PC IA be lie ve s that pe r...on a l CO Ill Ill Ume ntion crvices o r "pes" tech no logy o ffer s the ohnion yo u se ck . .. W e hop e tha t o ur
mem bers nrc able \I) I tvercomc the m ar ket and
reg ulat o ry o bstacl e s
in order 10 deploy
ser vice to every A me r ic an that wo u ld like to
e ng age ill a p riv ate tel eph on e conve rsation .'

GARYSHAPIR O, PR ES IDENT CONSUME R

ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURERS
" Scann ers arc po p ular pro d ucts tha t 1.."1 111 trib u te 10 pu b lic sa fe ty and con uu unicat ion.
Scanner manufact ure rs recopni zc privac y
conce rn s a nd ar c mo v ing to try tu s tay ahead
o f tho se wh o mak e :I busin e ss ou t o f illega l
intercept ion o f phone cal ls.
"The c halle nge we face i-, tha t no tclc phone con vers at ions can e ve r be 10 0 percen t
secure . Mo st cons um e rs un der-rand th i..,. l''' pcciutl y tor cell ul a r con vers ation s . Fon u na te ly . techno log ical ad va nce s. cxpc cinll y
di g italt echnolog y. w il l soo n pro vide A mcric ans added securi ty and p riv acy .
Dig ital
en crypti on ad ds anot her le ve l ( If securit y III al l
com munic at io ns. \Vl' wo uld e nco ura ge ccllutar se rv ice prod uce rs In con sider em ployin g
this sta nd ard. "

JERRY BERMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

CENTER FOR DEMOC RACYAND TECH NOLOGY
" In thi.. ( OI11C\ t o f a global com munic atio ns net work increas ing ly de penden t 0 11 wireless I inks, we ar c able to sec IHm it is a sc ril HI....
invas io n o f pri vacy to eave sdrop o n ce llu lar
te le phon e con versati on . . , .,. i\ . . ce llular tc lcphone s becom e more ubiquitous. vcllularscan fling threaten s the privacy o f a ll telephone
users. ... it j, cl ear that Co nc rc, ma de the
right dcc i.. . io n ill II)X6 \\ hell il determined that
intent ionall y intercep ting ce llu la r phone l' t 111 ve rs at io n-, should he a fed e ra l c rime . COIl-

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agen cy. we are not in the best po sit io n to

co m me nt on the security of current and fut ure
wirele ss te leco mm unicat io ns sys te ms. SUL'il
comment s arc be st add ressed by telec ommunica tion s eq uipm en t ma nufac turers. ind iv id ua l
wire less teleco mm unication s ca rriers. and by
the Federal Comm un icat io ns Commission
(FCC),"
" It is u nfo rtunate thai there a re a number o f
pu b lication s. trade rnagaai ncs. and site s o n
the Intern et where informati on is ava ilable
co nce rn ing tech niques and de vices for condu ctin g una utho rize d. illega l intercep tio ns ...
Pri vacy and security are p ut ..u risk w hen th is
in fo rmation is di rected to the general public.
as o pposed to authorize d law enforce ment
agen ci es an d te lecom muni cations ca rriers : '

"When 43 million subscribers pa y their

monthlyfees for their cellula r teleph one they
expect to have a certain deg ree ofprivacy. so
we in Congress ha ve the responsibility 10
protect them. "
-s-Stea rns

Rep. Cliff
Steams of
Florida.

ROBERT L1TT, DEPUTY ASSISTANTATTORNEY

GENERAL, CRI MINAL DIVISION, DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE
" No on e e ngaged in leg al acti vitie s sho uld
ha ve to fear that his or her tel epho ne conversa tio ns are being su rrept itious ly liste ned to by
other s.... Toen sure that pri vate co nve rsa tions
rem ain pr ivate. we need to rel y upo n bo th
tech nical sol utions and legal protections. ...
"To the extent that the radio por tio n of
ce ll ula r co m mu nicati o ns can be easily intercepted. techn ica l so lutions may serve to bcst
p ro tect co m mu nicatio ns privacy: '

WILLIAM KENNARD, GENERAL COUNSEL

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMIS SION
...thc [1<1\\/ 1 pro hibits only scanners ca pable of inter cepting ce ll ula r tel ep hon e c alls.
It doc s no t reg ulate d evices w hic h int ercept
perso nal co mmu nicat ion s se rv ice (PC S ). air-

to-ground. o r other over-the-air tran sm ission

services . ... [The S ubco m m ittee ] m ay w ish to
we igh the exten t to w hic h PC S and oth e rover-

the-air services should be accorded sim ilar

privacy pro tec tio ns.
" In resp o nse to C ha ir ma n Hliley' x recent
req ues t. we are u ndertak ing a thorou g h ex amination of o ur cur rent sca n ning de vice au thor izatio n and enfo rceme nt proce sse s to a s~
ce rtain wh et he r o ur rule s and imp lement at io n
effo rts are as effect ive at they can be . If o ur
re view find s any area s wh ere imp roveme nts
ca n be mad e. yOll may be assured tha i we wil l
make them ."

Now What?
Acco rd ing to a hig h rank ing membe r of the
S ubco mm ittee. the indu stry ca n ex pect mor e
stringe nt laws to pun ish wi llful int e rce ptor s
o f protected com munication s. aggre ssive e nfo rccmc nt of pre se nt and fut ure laws. he avi er

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fin es. c ivil as wc !l as crim inal pen alti es for

infrac tio ns. and del etio n of words like "s urrcprhious" and " p rimarily useful" from the
pre se nt lang uage o f the laws. and the cir c uitrv in sca nne rs is like ly to he "hardened"
aga inst frequency modi fication .
Indeed . several accom modat ion s we re
ap pare ntly a lread y in mo tio n before this hearing took place : O ne promi ne nt te st recei ver
has bee n denied its ap pli cat ion for ce rtification as a consumer pro duc t until the manufacturcr can pro ve it is incapable o r recei ving
ce llular frequ en cies. Th e FC C rej ected a n
ap pea l by Ace Communicat ions. wh ich had
been served a S20.000 No tice of Ap pare nt
Liabi lity (NAL ) for ma rke ting cellula r-ca.
pablo sc anning recei ver s wi th no FC C aut horiz ation. Unidcn has ask cd the f CC 10 impose a mi nimum 38 dB image rejecti o n ratio
for freq ue nc ie s in the ce ll ula r ba nds. and is
apparent ly d iscussing oth e r so lutions to Pre vent modification of scanners.
Grove Ent erpri se s had vo lunt arily ceased
performing mo di fica tions to re stor e cel lula r
frequen cie s be fore the hearin g. pe ndin g. its
o utco me. Ce llular Se cur ity. whi ch performed
v..m ou s modifi cat ion s. clo sed its doors CO I1l~
plct cly. T he FCC has no w post ed a cla rification of any ambiguo us wor d ing (sec Publ ic

Not ice. DA l)7~33t Feb . 13th . 1( 97) th at

"m odifi cation or scanners o n a s ubst ant ial
scale to recei ve cellular freq ue ncie s wi ll be
considered to co nstitute manufact ure o f suc h
equipment in viol ation (11' FCC Rul es. Entities
e ng aged in s uc h ac tiv ity are cautio ned to
cea se adve rtising and/or performi ng any s uc h
ac tivit y immediatel y:' Indi catio ns arc that
those co mp an ies whi ch have done so will not
be fined .
We can e xpe ct a mo ve to remo ve fro m
scanners a ll freq ue nc ies that tran sm it wire lin e
convcrsat iou s-c-in o the r wor ds . the rad io por~
tion of an y d e vice capable of co mm un ica ting
with a wir ed (and the refor e p rotec ted) telephone . In ad d itio n. there is a very real potentia l tha t law enfo rce ment influence s wi l I make
a se parate pu sh 10 rem o ve pol ice fre que ncies
fro m sca nne rs.
It is imperative tha t \\'C radio hobbyists
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Mr SPECIAL REPORT

Making the Casefor Scanning

Act Now to Counter the CTIA on "Capital" Hill

lthou gh our do llar con tributio ns

ma y not co un t fo r much com pa red
to those o f indu st ry. leg islator s
still need our vote <. It has been repeatedly

pro ven th.u letters to se nators and representativ es do influen ce lcg isl.ui on. and se nato rs and
rep resentat ives do pay atte ntio n to their m ail.
Th at's why the cel lular ind ustry is a lso lob bying for lette r", fro m the pu blic (sec bo xed ad ).
We must he as vocal as the non -scan ning public
whodo 1101 undcrsr..nul the un de rlying issues at

stake.
Se ndi ng a let ter is bett er than a phon e call or

e-mail for several reasons:

mo re than one top ic. w rite m ultip le lett ers.

When yo u write a bo ut more than o ne to pic. it
g ive s the lcgis huo r an o ption of responding to
on ly one of your issues.
Ne xt. ba ck lip yo ur points with per so nal or
factual informat ion. For instance. ex pla in how
specific legi slation wou ld a ffect you and nu merous o ther state res ide nts if enac ted . Av o id
e motio nal ph ilosophica l ar guments .
lfyo u be lieve legislation is wrong and sho uld
be opposed . sa y so , indi cat e the like ly ad ve rse
effec ts, and suggest a be tte r a ppro ac h. Be respe ctful when yo u di sa g ree. You ca n still be
linn. because as a constituent. yo u dese rve
answer s.
At th e beginnin g or e nd of yo ur letter, tell

Lett ers arc hard e vide nce of constitue nt

interest ill a parti cular issue . Leiters ge t an swc rcd more oft en than phon e ca ll...,
Letters 'Ire ea s.y to reference later.
With letters, yo u don 't ha ve to
re ly on a third party 10 sum marize
yo ur info rma tio n.
Second best is a faxe d letter .
Se nd a fa x if time: is crit ical. or
follow up a lette r w ith a faxed par aALLTEL Mobile ond the CTIA (Cellular Telegrap h 0 11 the eve of a vole . E- mai l
has gaint:ll so me: cr edibili ty. hu t the:
phoneIndustryAssociation)are totallycomword is that the \'ast maj ority ( I f
miHed to ensuring completeprivacy for all
leg is lators do 11 01 read their e-m ail.
cellular phone users. Together we are door -donot g ive them the same we ight
ing everything in our power to minimize
as a kiln.
the risk of eovesdroppinq on cellular teleThe mo re letter s recei ved, the
phone transmissions, and to toughen existbetter. Th erefore. although yo urc lub
ing laws governing this offense. Interceptpresid ent co uld wr ite: 0 11 beh al f
ing cellular phone conversations is curthe c lub , you wi ll have mo re im pact
rentl y 0 violation of Federal and state low
if it is rein fo rced wi th let ters li'OI11 as
and we believe that a nyone guilty of this
lllan y ind ivid ua ls as possibl e.

YOURCELLULAR PRIVACY
IS OUR CONCERN.

or

Tips on Writing a Letter

T he most effect ive le tter is uvuall y a pe rso nal OIlC , altho ugh yo u
need n't he too proud 10 stea l idea s
from other write rs . Your ton e IIlLl-.1
he polite: hei ng clu-s ificd as a n an"
w ill not hel p you r cau se. nor wi ll
sarcas m or insu lts .
Keep leiter s to on e page . If a hiII
is the subject. c ite it by name and
nu m ber. In the l"i rst par ag raph o f
yo ur lett er. ma ke your topic clear. as
we ll as yo ur positi on 011 the issue.
Stay with o ne topi c . II" yo u han:

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legislators specifically w hat yo u wa nt the m (0

do . For ex am ple . as k their po s ition on a particular issue or request that th ey vo te a certain wa y
or cospo nsor a b ill.
If yo u don 't get a clear response , wri te back
and ask for one . For examp le. the foll o w ing
wo uld be an unsat isfa cto ry response fro m a
leg islato r: " I wi ll keep yo ur tho ughts in min d
wh en voting o n th is important issue : '
O n the other hand , aft er receivi ng a rep ly.
se nd a thank yo u letter. Be sure to w rite when
yo u agree w ith yo ur re prese ntative. as we ll as
w he n you di sagree. If yo u beli eve yo u ha ve
so me thing in com mo n, or adm ire a pos ition or
statement o f the legislator-co ven o n an issue
unrel ated to the immediate subject-say so .
It goes without say ing that yo u m ust be sure
yo ur na me and return address are clearly legible , and that yo u shou ld c heck yo ur letter
carefully for spe lling and gra m mar.

Writing to Congress
Sugge sted Address Style for Letters to Me mhers o f Congress

crime should be prosecuted to the fullest

extent of the law.

The Honorable
United States Se-n-a-te- - - - Washington, DC 20510

To aid us in making this crime less likely,

and the punishment more severe, we urge
all cellular phone users to write their con-

Dear Senator

gressional rep resentati ve and ex press co n-

cerns a bout this important issue.

The cellu lar industry is mounting its

OW"

write-

ill campaign. This ad appea red ill the Gainesville

SUIl, Feb. 08, /997. Courtesy Todd L. Shcnnnn.

rec. rculio..scunnc:r,

_
The Honoroble _ _ =
United Stotes House of Representatives
Woshington, DC 20515
Dear Representative

Ap';/ /997

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Yo u ca n find nam es. addre sses, e-m ail addresses, votin g record, and m ore on the Intern et
or at yo ur loca l library . A good place to start o n
the Web is at http://Lhom as.loc .gov/

We advert ised our cellular restora tion service openly since we had no reason to believe we were in violation. When
we were contacted by the House Telecomm unications Subco mmittee. expressing their co ncern s and inviting ou r repre sentative testimon y on Ca pitol Hill, we
imm ed iately suspended the cellular restoration service unti l the issue could be
resolved.

Questions and Answers about

Scanning and Cellular Frequencies
Why is it a mistaken notion that privacy can
be achieved by carving out chunks of the
radio spectrum and declaring them illegal to
ove rhear? How do yo u begin to respond to

non-radio friends, neighbors. media, andCongressmen who are understandably indignant

when conv ersations they though t we re private tum out not to be?

After the hearing, prodded by the

Following are some questions and answers

Co ngressiona l Sub commi ttee. the FCC

sent us a lett er acknow ledgi ng that we
had disco ntinued our cellular restoratio n
proc ed ure, but noti fying us that the procedure was in violation of the Ru les and
eg ulations, and that any future infraction
co uld subject us to a fine.

that may provid e some amm unitio n when

explaining the hobbyist' s view of the problem and more appro priate solutions. Also be
sure yo u read this month' s "Scanning Report" by Rich Barnett for some of the positive
uses to which scanners have been put. Th e

following text is taken from the rebuttal Bob

Grove would have made to the subcommittee
had he been allowed to speak, and from a
helpful resource on "frequently asked qu es-

But isn 't it clear f rom the Wiretap Act

thut modify ing a scanner is illegal?

It is clear from the language that the

tions" by Harold Peach Jr. of Kentucky; all

are ava ilable for yo ur use.

Wiretap Actwas dra fted to protect America ns fro m unwarranted, targeted surveillance, and that casual monitor ing of the
spec trum by scanner hobbyists was not
an issue . Th is is the reason that the law
forbids the marketin g of any devi ce " prima rily useful for the surreptitious intercepti on of wire, oral, or electronic co mmuni cations." Further wording describes
the ac t as havin g to be "intentional" or
"wi llful," indicating feloniou s purpose.

Regarding scanner modification s by Grove

Enterprises

Werell 't you were that modifying scanners is illega l?

O n the co ntrary , we had goo d reaso n to

believe it was legal. We have been in
dialogue with the Federal Communication s Commission for years relating to

this issue. A letter drafted by the FCC

October 30, 1995, was received byGrove
Enterprises informing us that they had
received a copy of our catalog and had
severalconcerns, asking us to reply within
30 days to thei r specific questions regarding "apparent violations." We replied in onl y seven days, fully disclosing
every aspect of our services relating to
their questions, and assuring the Commission that we would d iscon tinue these
services imme diately if we we re found
to be in vio lat ion.
We awaited their findin gs, but no ne
was everforthco ming. A subsequent telephon e inquiry to the issuin g offi cial co nfirm ed that our respon se was under study .
Co ntrary to testim ony by the FCC' s witness, no not ice of liability, or cease and
desist order, was ever received from the
FCC. A telephone call to the Commission follow ing the hearin g co nfirme d
that such a notifi cation was never sent.
We logic ally assumed that we were not
fou nd to be in vio lation.

re main lawful devices; 2. Cu rrentl y

manufact ured , lawful scanners by image
detection ; 3. Older TV sets and VCR s
that tune through UHF channel XJ; 4.
Test eq uip ment like serv ice monitors
and spec trum analyzers; 5. Non-sc annin g (manua lly tuned and fixe d frequency) receivers; 6. Horne-built or kit
sca nners and co nverters (altho ugh non e
is marketed ); 7. And even ce llular telephon es which can be keyboard- programmcd to listen in on ot her subscribers' calls. Cellular serv ice pro viders and
go vern ment age ncies. inclu ding volunteer fire departments. may legally pu rchase cellular-capable sca nners for usc
by thei r agents and employee s.

Are" 't devi ces capab le oflistenin g in 011

cellular telepho ne conversations illegal ?

No , Cellular telephone calls are readily

accessible to the public on: I. Pre- 1994
scanners and frequency conv erters which

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Isn't it obvio us that anyon e want ing a

cellular-capable scanner is going to lise
it to listen in Oil other people 's CUlH'{'r,Hltions?

Besides individual cit izen s. our clients

incl ude gove rnment agencies. se rvice
prov iders, research und dcve lopmentl ubs.
FCC -licensed radio serv ices . and many
other legitimate users of full-frequencycoverage recei vers. Sca nners are an excellent, low cost alterna tive to expensive
lest eq uipment.
Cellular-capable sca nners arc in full
comp liance with law when used formonitorin g test signals in the ce llular frequ ency ranges for new prod uct development ; determin ing whet her cellular signals are the sourc e of interfer ence to
other services; recei ving non-voice cellular signals for anten na, filter, pream plifier , and other accessor y testing ;
tro uble shootin g rad io frequency systems
in a communications maint en ance and

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Aren 't you simply looking/ or loopholes.

flauntin g the la w fo r your o wn p rofit ?

Gro ve Ente rprise s. after nearl y two decades of se rvice to the publi c, pri vate.
instit utiona l. and go vern ment sec tors .
has earn ed a reputation fo r integ rity . \Ve
would be fool ish to jeopardize our respectcd and trusted image for a procedu re whic h acco unts for a tiny fract ion
of our busine ss. This is the reason that
we have ma intai ned on -going dialogue
with the FCC. have conducte d period ic
inquiry with the Dep artme nt o f Justice.
and have voluntar ily suspended o ur
modificatio n procedures indefini tely in
deference to this hearing .

How ca n n mgn s:\ tlcl 10 ens ure the

pr ivacy rights of Iht' pu blic are pro tected ?

By passing legislation requiring telephone co mpanies to encrypt wirele ss

teleph one com mu nications. And , in the
interim . by req uiring that ca llers be
warned when thei r privacy ca n not be
ensured because their co nversat ion wi ll
be traveling unen crypted over radio.

No . The public ' s ex pectation of privacy

when usin g unen crypted radios or cellular tele phon es is unrealist ic and rooted
in misconceptions abo ut the nature o f
rad io . Unlike wire and fib er optic mediurns, which are pri vatel y ow ned and
truly private. the radio spectru m is a
public mediu m. Rad io is public in tha t it
is a public reso urce . like a park or street
and. it is also public in that all ac tivities
ca rried out there are done so publicl y.
\Vhen peo ple use co mmonly acce pted
meth od s of rad io com m un ic at io n
(w hether analog o r dig ital) tha t do not
inc lude encrypt ion. there is no reason able ex pec tation of privacy. No law can
change this fact. Co mmunicating via
radio is metaphorically the same as shouting across a crowded room .

It is true that for any tech nical method o f

concealing so mething there will always
be someo ne who can brea k it. but this is
a se parate issue. When someone takes
reasonable step s 10 encrypt their co mmunicatio n they have a reaso nable expectation to priva cy. When someone
bre ak s that enc ryp tion and listen s to the
co m mu n ica tio n . the y in vade th e
pe rso n' s pri vacy and violate existing
law s - not becau se they intercepted the
signal. but becau se they brok e an encry pted communicat ion to which they
were not a party , Metaphorically. this is
eq uivale nt to hold ing a glass to the wall
or ope ning so me c lscs mai l.

Even ifh'(' urk nowlcdge tlun rn crv ption

is th e bes t solution, isn 't banning scanners a simp ler \my 10 sol ve the problem ?

But do" 'I the nation 's telep hone users

/UH'e a riX/1I to prtvacv?

Yes. Caller s have a reaso nab le expec tation to pri vacy when using the tclcphone. How ever. when those telephon e
conversations move fro m private medi ums to the publi c mediu m of radi o. the
nation ' s telephone companie s hav e an

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What go ud is encryption ? Won 'l someolwavs be able 10 b reut: any cipher

inve nted ?

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Ar('ll '1 radio hobbyists really j ust high

Il'ch ,'oy c" rJ, eavesdroppers. or, as the
Cell ular Telephon e Industtv AJ,WJcia tion has culled the m. "electronic stalk-

No. Is it unet hical to listen to two people

ye lling at eac h othe r acros s a crowded
room '? Is it voyeurism 10 observe the
signals of a (.-ouch at a hall gam e'! Radio
ho bbyi sts are ord inary peopl e sitting on
the side lines of the pub lic rad io spectrum, wa tching and listening to the events
unfo ldin g before them .

lIt //(' radio spectrum is tru ly publ ic. why

do H 'C' 1/(1\'(' licensing and a uclions?

The Federal Commu nications Com mission o nly licenses rad io transmitters. not
rece ivers. It does this to ensure the orde rly use o f a lim ited resou rce - the
rad io spec tru m. Howe ver, neither lice nses nor spectru m auctio ns co nvey
own ership o f a freque ncy or ba nd, the y
only co nve y permission to transmi t o ver
the resource .
Rece ption o f rad io signals docs not inrcrferc \,...ith the orde rly use of a frequency or ha nd, so no licensing is requ ired . Restrictions o n radio reception
traditiona lly occ ur only in co untr ies with
repress ive form s of go vernment.

Do rad io hu bbvists s upp ort 1"t..' Electronic Communications Privacy Act?

The EC PA protect s ma ny for ms o f com munica tiun fro m unauthorized eavesd rop pin g. Everyo ne agrees with its provisions invol ving private med ium s such
as wire or fiber optic ca ble. It is o nly the
rad io pro visions of the ac t. incl uded as a
" paper tiger" to prim ari ly benefit the
cellular telephone ind ustry, that mo st
radio hobbyist s co nsider a bad and potent iall y da ngerou s law.

Encryptio n is nei ther prohibiti vely e xpensive nor technically impractical. But
eve n if encry ption we re not feasible, it
doe s not change the fact that without it.
rad io com munication privacy can not
he expected.

lsn 't Iistcning to radio co mmunication s.

inclu ding ce llula r, lU I invasion of the
purticipunt :s priva cy?

ers? ..

Q isn 't rncrvption {.\"I't'w;i l'e ?

Some Q& /h for the non-radio-hobbyist by

Harold G. Peach. Jr.

manu fact ure or sa le will prevent peo ple

fro m obtaining them . Even a television
set can receive ce llular telepho ne calls !
But the questio n misses the point.
Bann ing radio recei vers to pre ve nt the
moni tor ing of radio co mmunications is
metaphorica lly equivalent to requi ring
peop le to ignore a pub lic conve rsa tion
taking place before the m. Com mo n sense
lei Is yo u this won 't wor k.

obli gation to protect the co ntent of those

conve rsations thro ugh encryption. Only
then docs true privacy ex ist.

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(low power ) signals which share the cellular frequ ency ranges.

Scanners are rad io receivers that ca n be

prog rammed to listen fo r activit)' on
several freq uencie s. Even if ou tlawed .
it does not requ ire an engineering degree or a high degree ofel ect ronic knovvIedge to build a radio receiver. so we
should ne ver assume outlawing [heir

tvfr SPECIAL REPORT

Following the Telecom Money Trail

Industry Sweetens Congressional Campaign Chests to Tune of $10 Million
By Larry Van Horn

o litical campaign finance reform

has been a hot button issue in the
flews latel y. The campaign financ e
woe s of the C lin to n Whil e House are being
aired nightly on the na tion al S network new sca sts. Co ngress is now call ing for inve sti galion s of the White House mis de eds. bur wi ll
this ve nue finall y enact the prop e r leg islat io n
needed to sto p the mi llions of do llars in so ft
and ha rd ca m paign contributio ns from specia l interest a nd pol itical ac tio n com mittee s
(PACs)'!
Let' s pec k inside the wo rld o f congre ssional campa ign fiuuucing by following the

moncy frail in the case of the February S.

199 7. hou se subcom mit tee hea ring on ce llu lar pri vac y issues di scussed in this fe ature:
sec tion or AIT. Yo u he the j udge!
We visited a non -partisan Federal ca ndidate ca mpaig n mo ney page on the intern et at
hUp :llwww. t ra~. cUln and di d a litt le rcse arc h of our own . He re is w hat ' \'C unco ve red.
W hile this suhco nuui ttce cons ists of 29
me mber s from bo th partie s. on ly 1-1- me mbers spoke on cam era (C-S pa n) d uring the
hea rings. \Ve loo ked ill the co ntributions
from the ccl lular/tclc co mrnuuicm ions industry as a whol e and from the Cellular Tc lc c o m m un tc au ons Indu s try A ....oc ia t io n
(CT IA- a Washington PAC ) in particular.
10 each of thes e e lec ted o ffic ia ls during the
last 1995- 1C)l.)6election cam paig n. Th ese arc
the result s of that res earc h. Th e FEe (Federal
Elect ion Co mmis sion ide ntification numb er
fol low, the Re pre..cm.utves nam e. Pie urcs
in parenthesis an: the to tal campaign cont ributions accepted fro m PAC o rga niza tio nv.

Rep. Rick w hite R-\\'A Incumb en t

CH 4 \ \ 'AII I 142 )
Teteco nnn ind ustrv cWJI/Ja ig 1l co ntri bu tio ns:
S93 ,744.00 (S740.lJ76.00)
CTIA ca ",/ Jaig1l co ntributions: 57 .S0S.00

Rep. Th om as J ero me Uliley. .l r . R-VA

Incumbent IIWVA II3112S)
Cha ir ma n of th e Hous e Comme rce
Committ ee
Tc tcco nnn i lit/list ry ('flll/Iwig n CfJl lt rihut ions :
$72.cm.OO ($70 1.772 .00 )
ens cu nipuign vnn tnbutions: S I.()OO,OO

Rep . \V.J. " lIi11)"" Tauzin R-L A In cumbent (H OLAII30 18)

Cha ir ma n of th e subcommitt ee on
Telecumm unica tlons, T rade a nd
Consumer Protecti on
Telccnmm industry campaign contrib utions:
S58 .lJ22.00 IS54 4. I50.( 0)
Cl1A campaign co ntributions: 57 50.00

Rep. J oe Linus Barton RT X Incum bent

Members of The House Subcommittee

on Telecommunications, Trade &
Consumer Protection
{Ratio: 16-13 I

(1l4T X06 117)

Tclernmm indus try cam pa ign co ntributio ns :
S4 5.2S0.00 (S636.030.00 )
eTtA campaign co ntrib utions : 5500.00

Rep . Michael G. Oxl ey ROll Incumbent

-W.J, "Billy" Ta uzin, Louisiana, Chairma n

(I120H041132 )

' Michael G. Oxley, Ohio

Vice Chairman

Vice Cha ir ma n of th e subcommittee on

Telecom munica tions, Trade and
Consumer Protection

Dan Schaefer, Colorado

"Joe Barton, Texas
J. Dennis Ha stert, Illinois
Fred Upton, Michiga n
' CliHSteams, Florida
' Pa ul E. Gillmor, Ohio
Scott L Klug, Wisconsin
' Christopher Cox, California
NathOn Deal, Georgia
Steve largent, Oklahoma
' Rick White, Washington
James E. Rogan, California
' John Shimkus, Illinois
'Tom Bliley, Virginia (Ex Officio)
'Edward J. Markey, Massachusetts
Rick Boucher, Virginia
BartGordon, Tennessee
' Anna G. Eshoo, California
Eliot L Engel, New York
Albert R. Wynn, Ma ryland
Thomas J. Manton, New York
Bobby L. Rush, Illinois
' Ron Klink, Pen nsylvania
'Thomas C. Sawyer, Ohio
"Gene Green, Texas
Karen McCarthy, Missouri
John D. Dingell, Michiga n (Ex Official
The Committee on Commerce
21 25 Rayburn House OHice Building
Wa shington, DC 20515
12021 225-2927
Commerce@ma il.house.gov
' Present at the Feb. 5 hearing

indus try ca mpaign contribut ions:

S40,5X4.00 IS42 X.8XS .OO)
CtlA cu mp uign cont ributions : $2,800.00
T efl ' COI II/II

Re p. Clifford B. Stea r ns R-FL Incumbent (1I8F LII60S6)

TelC('I JIIIIII indus try ca mp a ig ll co ntributions :

S30 A80.00 (S3 28. 176.IK)

CTi A cam pa ign co ntributions: 5500.00

Rep . Chr istopher Cox R-CA In cumbent

(1I8 CA4110S7 )
Telccomm industry ca mp aig n co ntributions:
S30 . 123.00 IS396. 3 15.00 1
CTiA campaign co ntributions: 52 50 .00

Rep . Anna E!'ih o() R CA In cumben t

(H 8CA I21196 )
Teloconnn indust I) ' ca mpaign co ntributions :
S25. 178.00 (S245 .265 .00)
CTiA ca mpa ign co nt ributions: 5 1250 .00

Rep. IJa ul E. G illmor R-OH Incumhent

11I80 1l1lS044)
Telcvmnm industry cam paign co ntr ibutions:
$24 .950.00 1$262.083 .( 0)

Rep . Rona ld P. Klink D-PA In cumbent

(1121' A1I41193)
Teleco mm indust ry ca mpa ign co ntributions :
$ t 9. 150 .00 1$3 19,575 .(0 )

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Re p. Joh n '\I ond~ S him ku s R-I I.

Elected to O pe n Sea t i11 2 1 L2(J (J ~ 21
(' /{' ('011/1/1 indu strv cOIII I 'o i g ll c. vu ribu tions : S 16A 50 .00 (S19 l) _2XlJ .(0 )

Rep. Ray mo nd Eugen e "Livne" Gree n

(}-T X Incumb en t (H2T X29030)
T ('/ ('ClIlII lII industrv n UfI/Ul ig ll contri bntions: S55 UO_()(J (5~ 9 -k -l.9U l() 1

Rep . Th oma s C. Sa n vcr (}O l l

Incumben t tI IM H II..JO..JU )

Th e fin..d member o f the cubcomrni ttcc

tluu testified d uring the hea rin,; W"I' Rep .
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fo r Co ng re ss C o mm ittee" by ind iv id ua ls
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percent of his ca mpaign contributions came from
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of the e T IA. That total included a pe rsonal
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members me ntioned abo ve received 5 18.570 .00
total fro m thc CT TA.
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Personal Communications Services

Dan Veeneman
dan@decode.com

Fingers in the Spectrum Pie

he Federa l Communica tions Co mmission Illay becom e even

bu sier se lling the a irwa ves if the prop osed Whit e House fisca l
J 99 Rbudget is ap proved . T he C linton Adm inistrat io n want s to
balan ce the budge t by rai sing more than 536 billion from auction ing
large blocks of spec tru m now occ up ied by tele vision broadcaster s
and others.
Th e W hite Hou se pro posals incl ude rai sin g more tha n $ 1g bi llion
do llars by se lling television spectrum now used by T V broadca ster s.
inclu ding UHF channels 60 -69 (to be mad e av aila ble by tran sltio nin g
to high-de finition dig ital te lev isio n). Th e FCC wou ld be grant ed
additi ona l authority to se ll spec trum not used by T V broadc ast ers.
bringing in an ex pec ted S 17 billion. Ano the r $700 million would he
garnered by auctioning to ll-free 888 numbers.

FCC Auctions
Since begin ni ng auc tion proc eed ings in 1994. the FCC has ra ised
almo st 523 billion do llar s. wit h the bu lk of that coming from Person al
Co m muni cati on s Se n 'ices (peS ) lice nses. Othe r auct ions so ld space
for sate llite a nd wi reless cable te levisio n and unserved ce llu lar area s.
as we ll as othe r se rvices. Howe ver. the high prices pa id for space in
the early au ction s may not carryover into future FCC effort s. if the
mos t recent auc tio n is any indication.
In January the FCC closed bidding on the final group of lice nses
in the D. E. and F bro ad ban d PCS hands. At stake we re three licen ses
for 10 M Hz of spec trum in each of 493 marke ts. A to tal of 125
compan ies wo n the 14 79 lice nses . bidd ing a tota l of 52.5 billion.
The most expensive marke t wa s New York. wi th bids of S 18...l .7
mi llion. Run ners-up were Ch icago w ith S 146m illiol1 and Lo s Angeles with $74 million . Sprint was the bigge st spe nder. laying out more
than $544 million for 160 licenses (almost 58 per perso n in the licen se
area s). incl udi ng Chicago. Atl anta. and Cle veland . AT&T spe nt
almost 5407 mi llio n fo r 222 licen ses tha t include New York . Los
Angeles. and Dall as .
Despite these num bers, thi s auctio n ra ised only abo ut one-fifth of
the amo unt generated by the previous C-b lock auction , probab ly due

FCC AUalONS
Service

Number of

LIcenses
Nationwide Narrowband PCS
Interactive and Video Data Serv ices
Regional Narrowband PCS
Broadb and PCS (A and B Blocks)
Broadband PCS (C block) and reauctic n
Multipoint Distribution Service
900 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio
Digital Broadcasting Service (110)
Digital Broadcasting Service (148)
Broadband pes D. E, and F Blocks
Cellular Unserved

TOTAL

28

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April 1997

10

594
30
99
493
493
1020
1

.
Reven ue in
Milli ons

650
249
395
7,736
10 ,174

216
213
683

52

1472

14

25 17
2

4227

22887

CELLULAR PHONE MARKET SHARE

Motorol a
40%

20 Others
15%

the smaller 10 M HI. spec trum slices (rather than 30 M Hz ). and a

more rea listic picture of what th e licen ses are act uall y worth. Conventiona l wisdom has it that previou s auction bids '....ere far too hig h.

to

Yet An ot her New Wireless Service

Under dir ec tion from Congress. the FCC in Nov em ber relea sed a
Notice of Proposed Rule Mak ing (N PRM) in whic h they pro posed
c reati ng a "Wireless Co mmuni ca tions Service" (WCS) to o perate at
2305 -2 120 MH z and 2345-2360 M Hz . Auctions to award licen ses for
the se frequen c ies wo uld begi n no late r than April 15, 1997. with the
proceed s to be placed in the U.S .Treasury no late r tha n September 3D,
1997.
T he PCC is seeking co mme nts on a number o r im plemen tation
issues. incl uding appropriate channel sizes a nd how best to partition
the spec trum ge og raphic ally. Sh ould c hanne ls be paired. wit h corre sponding frequ e ncies in the lower a nd upp er han d, or sho uld each
sta nd alone? Arc 5 MH z cha nnel s wide enough for fu ture serv ices . or
is IOor e ve n 30 MH z more appropriate ? Is the pes mode l 01'5 1 Major
Tr ading Area s the most e ffic ient way to divide se rvice area s. or should
large r. reg ion al are as be grant ed und er a sing le lice nse?
Also. current rules limi t ce llular. PCS . ant! Spec ia lized Mobile
Rad io(SM R) se rvice provide rs to a max imum 0 1'45 MH z of spectrum
in a geo graphic area. T he FCC is cons ide ring w hether to waive thi s
compet itive lim it for \VCS . since ex isting pro viders may have the
most exper ien ce a nd e xpe rtise in ge lling se rvices up and running.
Keep in mind tha t the NPR J'v l process is open to the pu blic. and the
FCC welc ome s thoughful. well -rea so ned inpu t. See the FCC webs ite
at www.fcc.gov for more informatio n if you' d like to prov ide your
opinion.
The prop osed se rv ice would allow licen sees to provide a lmost an y
type of fixed or mohil c se rvice . be ing limited in mos t respect s only in
the am ount of interfe rence to adjacen t ba nds. O ne of those protected
frequenc ies is the Nat iona l Aeron autics and Spac e Admin istra tio n's
(NASA ) Deep Space Netwo rk o peration at Fort Irwi n. Californ ia.
Large. high gain antennas listen to ve ry' low level, dee p space probe
telem etry in the 2290- 2300 M Hi'. hand . Other c lose-by a llocatio ns
incl ude satellite Digita l Audio Rad io Service (DA RS ) at :B 20-2345
M l l z and gov ernment te le metry above 2360 MHz.

 PCS Service Providers

Future Phones

W ith their rece nt lice nse ac qu isi tio ns. S print pes ha s annou nced
the y arc now able 10 pro vid e sea mless US coverage with a sing le
technolog y. Wh en till' auction .. beg an it \\' ~I S unknown ifa ving le pes
o pe rator wo uld win a ... uffi c ic nt number o fl icenses to p ro vid e nation wid e coveragc. In the C H ' n( that 110 sing le pro vid er wo n o ut. a series
of patchwork ugrce mcnt - wo uld han: to be e stab lished bet ween

W ith new digita l sys te ms corn ing o n line. vo ice is no longer the
o nly draw Ior co ns umc rv, So-culled "s mart phon es" are gi ving mobile
use rs ac cess 10 faxes. elect ronic mai l, and even some Internet services.
C urrent and proposed products wi ll include voice recorde rs for
an swe ring machi ne and me mo fun ction s. tou c h sc ree ns. a nd built-in
handwri ting recognition .
A lmo st 15.000 s ma rt ph on e,.. arc ex pected to be so ld in the United
Sunc v in Jl)l)7, wi th tha t num ber growing to 2... million by the year
20(K), S inc e A ugus t o f IlJ96 Xokia ha s s hip ped more tha n I 00,000 of
the ir handheld YOOO product. w hic h co mbines a GSM pho ne. organ it er. a nd palm top co mpurer. Whil e cu rre nt ly avai lable in Europe, it
is expected to be available in the Un ited Sl ate s lat er th is year. Oth er
manufacture rs, inclu di ng so me not previously in the wirelesscornm uuicuions market. arc loo king 10 produc e integra ted dig ital products
for the 15 m illio n pes subsc ribers predi cted 10 exist in the year 2000.
T his sho uld rad ically a lter the market s hare o f cu rre nt handse t
produce rs.
Ano the r trend ex pected to cun tinuc is the "one -slop sho ppi ng" fo r
co mm unicutions se rv ice s. Pro viders will o ffer voice, dat a , Internet
access, lon g distance service , local and natio nwi de pagin g, 800
number serv ice , and even cab le tel ev isio n, all und er o ne bill. So me
compa nies arc expected to focu s o n a geographic area, clustering th eir
se rvices to custome rs w ith w ho m they alre ady d o b usiness, such as
BclfSouth is doi ng in the sou theaste rn U nited S tales . T his process.
also referred to as " max imiz ing the value chain: ' provides traditionally di stin ct but rel ated services u nde r a sing le bra nd nam e. It also
allows pro fits fro m es tablished area s 10 subs id ize (he startup and
de velopmen t of ne w services , an d flexible d isc o unting in h ig h ly
co mpe titive markets.

d ifferent provide rs in order for subsc ribers 10 have full service

everywhere in the co untry.
Thi ... "ro a min g" probl e m is com pou nded hy thc' fac t tha t the tw o
mai n com peti ng tcch nol ng ies. Code Di vi sion Mul tipl e A l:CCSS
(C D7\l A ) and PC S -I c)()O. are incompatible. Pro vide r... have typically
selec ted o ne tec hn ology ove r the o the r. thu s e xc luding the o ther fro m
operating 0\"1.:1' thei r sys te m.
S pri nt pes. a joint venture o f Sprint Corporat ion. Tclc -Cornruunic arion s. Inc .. Cox Comm unic tuio ns. Inc .. ami Comca - t Corporatio n, has acccs... 10 licenses cove ring areas with a n aggregate po pulation o f mo re than 260 m illion peopl e. T ho se licen se s did n't co me
c heap and the ex pe nd itu res a rc j ust beg inning....incc ove r the ne xt
three yea rs S prin t pes es timat es they ' II spen d S I.5 bi llion for
buil do ut o f thei r network . S print PCS w ill utilize C DM A tcchnc lugy
with So ny/Q uakom m hand sets co mbi ned with Lucent und Nort hern
Telccom ba se statio n eq uipm en t.
Anothe r C D MA operator making a big splash is Prilll eC o Perso na l Co mm unicati ons L.P .. a partners hip be tween AirTouch Co mmu nicat ion s. Inc .. Bell Atlamic Corpo ratio n. Nyncx Co rpora lion. and
US West M ed ia Group . S ixteen mo nths afterspe nding S1.1 billio n for
I I PC S lice nses. PrimcC o ha s rolled OUI service ill 15 major cities
usi ng ba se vtutiun cq uipm ent fro m Motoro la' s Cel lular lnfrustruc turc
Group and Lucent Tcclmo log tcs. S ubscribers wi ll initia lly use ha nd se ls made by So ny under lice nse fro m Qun lco mm. Inc .. and wi ll have
acce ss 10 s uc h services as ca lle r 10 , ca ll wai ling. and shor t me s..age
se rv ice (SMS) for sma ll tex t messages. SOllYis curre ntly prod uci ng a n
estima ted 20().OUO ph on e s pe r mo nth fro m their plant in S an Diego .
O the r PC S providers are tryi ng 10 add re ss the roaming probl em by
worki ng to ge ther. BeJlSollth M ohi lily Des. Om nipoint. Pacinc Be ll
Mobile Service s. and Western wirelc ..s (paren t o f Voicc strcam
\V i rc k s ~ ) ha w agreeme nts in place to a llo w any o ft hei r customers to
roam in eac h o the r' < te rrito ry. Five ..tat c-, we re initiall y uffcctcd by
th is agreemen t: Bel l So uth ~l o h i lil Y in pa rts of No rth C a ro lina a nd
Tcnn c..see. Om nip oint in Xcw York City. Pacific Bel l Mobi le Servic es in S an Diego, and w e-tern wireless in Ho no lulu. Sprint
Spectrum users based in the Wash ington. D.C. . area ma y 31"0 opera te
in the s ~ arC"lS. ..lI1d more' Ihan a dtl/cn add itional ma rkcb <lrc t:um: l1I ly
oper'lting CUllllxltible systems.
E'1Ch of the se providers h:J ~ c hos en to impl e men t PC S1 9CKJ, the
GS ~ l sland ard opcr.lling 1.11 pes freq ue nc ie s. G S~ I provider lil.'en se s
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Ihan 9 XVt- u f the pt)pulat itm. AI the en d of 1996 the re were IlHlrC Iha n
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G S M -st.ul<!<ml c us to mers wor ldw ide 1.1 1 150 m ill ion by the year 2000.
wh ich wo uld re presen l ha lf o f all w ire les s subscr ibe rs.
Is Ihis kind of growt h r~a li s t i l.'! In 1(9) Iherc we re 13.5 milli on
ce llula r s ubsc ribe rs. In IlJlJ51en illi llion new c usto lne rs sig lll,.'d lip. <l nd
another nine m illion jo il1l.'d in 19lJ6 , br inging thl,.' lot al to a lmo st 37
mi llion subscr ibe rs. Projel' lio ns place any w he re from 52 10 (17 mill ion
ce llu lar subsc ribers ac ti\'c by 2000 . Surveys rep u n the p rim ary n: ,lso n
peop le gCl l'c lllllar sc rv in~ is sa fet y. bUl llla llYCll'ito mc rs a rc find ing
Ihe case and cOllYt: niellce o f port ah le cumlllu llie<l1 illilS too usdu l to
Ig no re .

II You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em

In an interesting marketing coup. not a ll pro viders adv erti sing
und er the PCS ban ner are actually runn ing at 1.9 G Hz frequ enc ies .
Be ll A tlantic Ny nc x M o b i le ( BAN M) ha s int ro d uced the ir
"Di gitatChoice" service. w hich is CDf\"1A ope rating in the same
freque nc y ba nds as trad it ional an alog ce ll ular . Capital izi ng o n th eir
e xist ing freq uency allocati on s a nd base sialio ns, BANM cl aims pes
is an accurate ter m for the ir se rvice bec ause they now offer ca lle r 10
and short te xt paging- fea ture s typically found 0 11 the a ll-d ig ita l pes
system s.
AT& T has been more uggrcsslve . tout ing the availability of their
"Digita l PC S" s ys t~ m in more tha n -to ci ties, agai n wi th the digi lal
fea turcs pes o perator s .lre ad vc rtis ing . ln re;'llity il is a T im e Divisio n
Mult iple AlTe ss ( T D ~'I A) sys tem o peraling at the stand ard 800 M H z
frequencie s. ha\'i ng s horH :ul the no rm al 12- 10 18- mon lh PeS
bui ldou l peri od by ! > imply up grading ex isting hase statio ns .
C uslomers of lhe se nct works Iypic al ly purch asc d U:J I-rnooe ph one s,
w hid l ope rate in d igit a l mod e w he n in range of the ne w se rvices, bu t
re ve l1 10 a nahlg in are" s th;,\1 haw no t bec n upgraded . T here have been
so me (,.'o mpla inls abo ut vo ice qu a lity und e r Ihe XOO MH z d ig ita l
sy'slellls. an t.! sillee "e r\ -ice using a digital phone is o ften pr iced lo wer
Ihml w ilh a pu rc ana log phonc, so me customers ha ve taken 10
pu rcha sing a di g.ita l p hone bu t gelli ng bette r vo ice q ua lity by setting
it to ..d ways o per ate in ana log mo t.!e .
As usua l. mo re info rmatio n is av ailub lc o n the pes Front Li ne
wehsitl' at www,gro vc.nct/ -dan. and I welco me co mme nts and
ljllestitlllSat dan @d ecndl',colll . Until next mo nth. happy monit o ring !

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The World Above 30 MHz

Richard Barnett

ScanMOlleF@aa'.(am, (ampus"ve 01 102354,3643

In Defense of Scanning
~le r~.cL'nt

o\"~r sl:al~l1ers

(l~helll).

brou haha
and .telep hone
"s l:dkmg. has so ured a portion 01 the pub lic on the radio hobby. Fry
as we mi ght to e xpres s the great positive aspects o f scann ing.
lob byist s and legi slators alik e fai l 10 apprec iate or acknowledge the
benefits scan ners have broug ht li S.
I.ct s re vie w so me o f the more salient. po si tive asp ect s o f scanne r
use.

AJ Law Enforcemen t

o ur socic ry. T he nu mb er of these co mm unity-spirited ind ivid uals has

bee n dwin d lin g. we ' re so rry to say. as the g row ing p ressu res offam ily
a nd work have limit ed the t ime availab le to vo luntee rs. Th is is w hy
it' ... a ll the more important that e ssent ial info rm ati on be prov ide d to
fi refi ght e rs. w he the r vo lun tee r. ca ll, or off-du ty. Yes. pager s are
widel y used to alert tire per so nne l to inci dents , bu t a rad io. par ticu larly a mobi le rad io used w he n driving to a fire statio n or fire sce ne,
has u npara lle led value.
Prepa ratio n. res po nse t ime , a d v a nc e kn owl e d g e o f t he
situa tio n.... .all o f these a scan ne r ca n p rovid e .

C} Emergency Management/Tornado Watch

La st year thi s ed itor we nt tornado-ch asing w ith Wea the r Ch anne l
s ta ffe rs. It was an ab so lute ly incred ib le time. tilled w ith radios, an d
I ho pe to wri te ab o ut th is ex perie nce in an up co ming issu e. (I a lso
hope to go c has ing aga in th is ye ar.) On e of the thi ngs I le arn ed o n the
trip wa s that. in the to rna do belt. radio and sca nne rs ca n p lay a c ritica l
ro le in wa rn ing the c itize nry of im pen ding di sa ster. W hen a line o f
severe thund er storm s ro lls ac ross the plains, warning a larm s so und
,1I1d radio cha tte r increases. as county she riffs and local po lice
coordi na te their efforts to info r m the pub lic . No th ing was mor e
fascin atin g and informati ve than listening to those scanne r reports.

OJ Pub lic Safety Cross-Patch

Scanners are used /lot unlv by the public to listen to public .mf (!!.r agmcy
cummunicatians; the agt'llde.\' themselves me them. (Photo hy I.RS Butler}
Scanners ar c used in thousa nd s o f police cru isers across our nation.
In Ma ssachusett s alone . alm o st e very State Po lio : patrol car is
eq u ippe d w ith a Bcarc ut 760 or co mparab le scanne r. T he sc anne rs arc
used by the Sta te Po licc to stay informed or important po lice e ve nts in
the loc al con u u uni ric-, in wh ich they a lso patrol. Pol ice acros s the
nat io n are able to pro vide as si stance 10 neig hboring co mmu nities as a
re su lt of ill-c ru iser sca nner monit oring.
Some c luim that this inform ation co u ld be passed on to neig hboring com m unit ie s via inter c ity c ha nnel s an d co nso le pa tches. Whi le
freque ncies an: gene ra lly avai lab le for on e to wn 10 ca ll another w he n
a...... istanc c i... req u ired. di ...pat ch ce nters arc o fte n undermanned and
res ources often unde r-utili zed . Even when culls fo r assi stance arc
br oadc ast o ve r inte rcit y chan nels. a co unty. s tate or neig hbo ring
agc nuy wi ll be far more ready to re spond. or alre ady on the ir way .
wh en the)' have been monitorin g a flui d situatio n o n the ir sca nne r.
II'...ca n ne rs were not so ld to the p ub lic. they wou ld no t be made
ava ilablc for the relati vcly sma ll ma rket of po licc age nc ies. and publ ic
surety wou ld ... utter mighti ly.

BJ Vol un teer Firefighters/EMS

Vo IU I1tCI.'l" and ca ll firefig hter... provide a vital.J o w- cost servic e to

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Ap6/ / 997

C ross- patc hing is an o ld me tho d of co mmunicating , bu t it' s sti ll

prac tice d in rura l are as ac ro ss the country . (S OIllC ma y qu ibble wit h
the name. as it is know n by d iffere nt h and lcs. ) Her e ' s 110\\' cro ss-

Remember
Hurricane Andrew
that destmyed
Homestead AFB?
Scanners tir e till
indispensibie tool
during a disaster,
(Photo by /Job
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patchin g can work: A rural dispatch center needs to speak with a

neighboring d ispatch cen ter, but they have no comm on frequencies
on which to communicate. This occ urs ofte ntimes when the rura l
ce nters are separated by a state border and have no comm on regional
intercity police or fire channel.
What the d ispatch cente r will do in this circumstance is to
broadcast a call to the neighboring dispatc her, using one of its
standa rd channels. The neighbori ng center will monitor its cross-state
or cro ss-county co lleague on a police scanner, and will reply to the
ca ll using one of its own standard police or fire channels. The first
center will likewi se receive the answer on its scanner. It seems
antedi luvean , but it works! Once agai n, scanne rs become an integral
part of communications.

The nationalcommon policefrequency, 155.475MHz, has helped

to alleviate this problem. but it is still not universally used .

become involv ed. and help "take a bite out (If crime," is by participating in Com munity Watch group s. These civilian groups patrol neighbor hoods in coordination with the po lice and provide a visib le
de terrent to crimina ls who thrive on stealth.
Gene Hughes. the editor of Police Cull , has been very involved in
citizen awa reness work in the Los Angeles area. Work ing in tandem
with the LAP D, Gene advises citizens who have been the victim s of
crime. as well a li apartment and commu nity groups interested in better
protecting them selves against any cri minal threat. particularly horne
invasion.
Of the ream s of inform ation Gene provides, one piece of adv ice
stands out: a scanner will help keep you infor med of criminal activi ty
in your area. Gene' s not saying this becau se he' s a sca nner buff who
writes frequency guide s. He believes in it, and he' s made believers out
of many gratefu l L.A. resident s.

EJ Other Dispatch Center Uses

HJ An A ware and Informed PopUlace

Many dispatch centers use scanners to keep abreast of ongoing

public safety activity in neighborin g co mmu nities. While di rect radio
ties may be availab le to these ce nters for interc ity co mmunication s,
personnel in the ce nter ofte n wish to stay tuned to co ndition s in
adjacent municip alities and counties on an ongo ing basis .

As we' ve stated numero us times in this column. scanners help

keep citizens inform ed as to crime and emergencies in their urea.
People who scan stay on the lookout fo r stolen cars and ot hercriminal
activi ty and report to police when appropriate.
But what scanners also do is to help us keep an em and an eye on
the day-to-day activit ies of ou r public servants. We rarely hear anyone
who moni tors police, fire and local gove rnme nt se rvices fi nding fault
with the jo b any of these professio nals arc performing. On the
co ntrary. monitoring give s us a sense of pride, community. and "on eness" with the people whose salaries we help to pay and \ \/ 110 work for
our safety and protection da y and night.

FJ News Media
How the news media makes use of scanners is obv ious: it' s the
way they learn of many local stories such as fires, water-m ain breaks,
major accidents, and the like. Scanners are used by newspaper, radio,
and TV assignment desk editors, and by reporters and camera men in
the field. So me cities also rely upon the pager services which are run
primarily by fire buffs who monitor their ow n scanners and page-out
news of import ant events for all who subscribe. Either way, scanners
are esse ntial to the process.
In one northeastern state. a battle has been raging betwee n the
news media and the State Pol ice. The media wants access to the State
Police trunked radio system, as it is so burde nsome to try to monitor
a trunked system with a scanner. The State Police, however, have
refused to provide, or even sell, trunking radios to the media. as they
areconcemed abo ut the integrity of their system.They' re worried that
someone in the media might accide ntally transmit o n the system or
somehow downl oad software code from one radio and program up
anothe r.
We are aware of similar issue s between the medi a and law
enfo rcement in other areas of the country. Some agencies will sell
very expe nsive two-way equipment that can only monit or certain
patrol talkgroup s that have been pre-approved by the police and fire
de partment s. It's cumbersome and cos tly.
The new Uniden TrunkTrackcr scanner will resolve many of these
problems. Public safety agencies are pleased that they will not need
to conti nue to battle, and perhaps end up in court . with the news
medi a. Newspape rs, radio. and television stations will be able to
monitor without impingin g o n the integrity of their co mmunications.
They' ll be able to ge t the stories they need. Scanners, particularly in
this instance, have made everyone happy.

GJ Community GroupslPersonal Safety

C rime is a major co ncern of most Amer icans. We are fortunate,
though, that in our society we have the ability to acquire knowledge,
understand, and react to crime. One way we do this is through
watchin g the news or readi ng the paper. Anoth er way we do it is by
listeni ng to a scanner. Perhaps the most pro-active way we can

What This All Means

We must expre ss to our national and state legislators, our stale and
local public safety offic ials. our friends, neighbors. and anyone else
who will listen, that scanners serve the public good . Whi le a few may
misuse the tech nology, the o verwhelming benefit scanners provide
must not be overshadowed and could hardl y be overstated.
Let' s try to keep a running commenta ry on how scanners benefit
us all. \Ve look to you . I\rfT reade rs. to mail or e-mai l LIS your
experiences and your thoughts, or newspaper articl es about how
scanners helped our public servants. \Ve must rally together and not
be railroaded by those with special interests or who exhib it inexplicable ignorance.

End of Winter Antenna Check

Winter should be just about over for most of us by the time this
issue arrives at your door . Here in Massachu setts the winter, as of midFebru ary . has been amazingly snow-free . Elsewh ere in the nationparticularly in the north west and upper midwest-the winter of '9 7
has been bruta l. The insid ious nature of snow and icc can cause a slow
degradation in solder joints. as well as antenna and coax co nnections.
If you have outside antennas-and I hope eve ryone has at least
co nsidered putting up an outside anten na for greatly impro ved recep tion and perfo rmance-s-check to sec how your tower. mast. coax .
antennas, and all connections made it through the wintcr months.
Check to sec if any water has penetrated into connections. tighten any
beam. vertical. or ground-pla ne antenna clements uuu may have co me
loose. Re-seal co nnections and replace tired coax .
If you have the opportunity while you' rc up there. try a new beam
or maybe a preamp (items we've discussed at length in previou s
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ed itions) . You ' ll di scover a who le ne w world of di stan ce monitoring

with improved, or new, antennas. As always. make sure your toweror

roofi s frec and clear of snow. ice or other debris before cl im bing. Stay
away from powe r lines and have a friend assis t yo u on the ground .

Another Loss for t he Hobby

Tony Mirabelli. formerly Unidcn Vice President for Marketing

and one of the most influ enti al peop le in scanners. has moved on to
ne w cha lle nges . In late January of this year. Tony ann oun ced his
resignation to the Uniden staff in Fort Wo rth . To ny was a key man in
ne w produc t pla nning at Unide n. He provided strateg ic de vel opm en t
of such prod uc ts as Trun kTracker, the Sport cat. and BearTracker

Raleigb Police Deparunent Informotion

Er~~wJmt

460.150
460.225
460.250
460.350
460.500
460.325
460.025
460.200

User
Raleigh 1
Raleigh 2
Raleigh 3
Raleigh 4
Raleigh 5
Raleig h 6
Raleigh 7
Raleigh 8
Raleigh 9

460.525
453.325
461. 100

Garner Police Dept. - Ch . 1 (Ch. 2 simplex)

Ga rner Public W o rks (Police Dept. - Ch. 3)
Ga rner Se nior High School - principa ls - simplex

- Citywide Dispatch
- South Status
- No rth Statu s
- Info rma tio n (vehicle and per son)
- Wake County sma ll towns
- Cor-to-co r, rptr
- Cor -to-car, rptr
- Special Event s
- 12 simplex ve rsions of 46 0 .150, 460 .3 25 ,

460.025,460.200

radios. To ny also oversaw prod uct manageme nt for Cfls. radar

de tectors . ce llular phones. marine radios. and other lines. Perhaps his
mo st significant ach ievem ent wa s in hel ping to achieve the ex plos ive
growth in Unide n' s cordless phone category.
Now, in his ne w position as Senior Vice President for Ma rketing
and Sa les at Cobra, T ony will undoubtedly help that con sumer
electronic s company grow a nd prosper as we ll.
Personall y speaking. working with Tony was one of the best
experience s of my life. He appre cia ted the knowled ge ou tside consultants can prov ide and he utilized the ir ta lent s to help create better
pro ducts. He tau ght eve ryone he wo rked with how to get things done.
T hough he wi ll be missed . I' m sure the tea m at Unid cn will co ntinue
to develop new . exciting and afforda ble sca nner s for the ho bbyist and
professional alik e.

The Future of our Spect rum

A February 12, 1997, editorial in the \ValJ Street Joum alb y Jam es
Ga ttuso , a Vice President with the C itizens for a Sound Eco nomy
Foundati on. d isc ussed FCC Comm ission er Reed Hu ndt' s "co mm itment to a market-based approach to regul ating rad io spectrum."
Apparently , Mr. Hundt' s FCC collea gue s d isagreed with his interest
in auc tio ning off spectrum cu rrently bein g utilized by land -mobi le
users suc h as bus iness. pu blic safety. land rransporation, etc . Mr.
Ga ttuso wa s editorializi ng for Mr. Hundt' s approac h, wh ich wou ld
include pro viding law enforce ment and oth er publi c safe ty age ncies
mo ney (if we under stan d the sto ry cor rec tly) , to place bids in the
spec trum auction.
The ru sh for money fails to addre ss issues such as inte rference a nd
spec trum ava ilability for necessary or important uses, not to me ntion
the e xpe nse of moving frequ enc ies and pur cha sing new equipme nt to
small businesses as well as to gove rnment agencies . T his is the trend,
however, and there' s no te lling wha t the long-term impact will be for
scanning.
Take a look at all those reason s at the top of this article why
sca nne rs are so inva luab le: Perha ps these reasons. inclu di ng public
safe ty and public awareness. do pa le in compa riso n to maki ng a few
billi on more off one of our most important na tural resources.

Raleiglt Police Dept. Codes and Signals

Status Code s
1 Transp ort subject
2 lunch
3 Flat lire
4
Serving worrant
5 Phone
6 Vehicle repa irs
7 Ra dio repairs
8 Meel ing unit
9 Coffee break
10 Slopping vehicle
11 Tow -in
12 Ou t to District Court
13 Out 10 Superior Court
14 Ou t to court
15 Wr iting report
16 O ul lo stcnc n
17 Investiga tion
18 Security check
19 Oullo court
20 Other

Ra leigh Signa ls
6 ..
.. Phone
7
Meel _ _
8. .
Any item not wo nted known over radi o
13
Conviction or revocation
14
Suspension or revocat ion
26
Compute r dow n
35
Breaking and entering

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65
Robbery
66
" . Rape
67
Overdose {a lso known as "Ocea nDa vid l 6 8 Suicide
69
larceny
75
Care less an d reckless (C&R j d river
86 .. .
" Person down
100 ..
All units report location
10 1 .
Shots fired
102 ..
Shoating
103 ..
Homicide
1000 ..
Assume roadblock post
20 00 ..
Alert stctus
3000
All units report in
4000
Notional Guard ca lled out.
"Chapter 90 refers to ANY illegal drug.
Comp iled by Marshall Sherard, KE4ZNR
ff

Am erica's # / Scann ing Magazine is

National
Sca nning
Report

Rally to Raleigh
Here ' s some interes ting ma il from Raleigh , Nort h Caro lina. from
Marsha ll Sherard (KE4ZN R ). " I am a proud member of the Tri an gle
AreaSca nne rlS hortwave group he re in Raleigh . I wan ted to invite you
and the read ers in for a frequency exch a nge ! I ha ve inclu ded the
Raleig h Poli ce inform ation for publication . If anyone need s anything
els e for this are a, j ust E-m a il me at KE4ZNR @aol. (:om."

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Time a nd Number Statu s

A Report made
B Arrest or citation
C Completed assignmen t
D Wa rrent ad vised
E Una ble to locate incident
F Unable 10 loca te complainant
G O rdinance enforced
H Warned
I
Referred to other agency
J Unfounded
l
Investigation
M Pick up animal
N No further a ction
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The HF Communications Spectrum

Larry Van Ham, NSFPW

sledilor@grove.nel

Monitoring the UI< Royal Air Force

n ou r Dece mber 199 6 Utilify World co lum n. \ \ '1.: pas sed a lon g the
new United Kingdo m Roy al Air For ce freque ncies/desig nators list.
Sin ce that time scw ralU W rea de rs have listen ed 10 the se freque nc ies and ha ve asked if we also have a list of RA F l'a llsig n" a nd
se lective c alli ng id entification s av a ilab le. We s urely do!
T he mo st comm on g ro und cal lxig u he ard on RA F H F freq uen c ies
is "A rchite ct." T h is is the mai n calls jgn for the RA F STC IC S (S trike
Co mm an d Integrated Co nun um carion s Sy stem ) and the statio n is
loca ted at Up avon . Some o f the prima ry fn...quc ncic o n w hich yo u ca n

hear Archit ect in US B incl ude: 259 1 (ST l. .+5..HJ (UT ). 47-.12 (FS J,
57 14 (Z Z ). 67.19 (8 ). R190 iR A ). R Y ~3 ( H.! J. 903 1 iDW ). 11 105 (A J.
11 135 (EKI . 11 147 (H W I. 150 31 (H) . and I ROI R (IlE) k H7.
O n the ha ll' ho ur. Arch itec t trans m its col or cod ed weather in for ma t ion fo r se lected a ir fie lds in the Uni ted Kingd om . Th ese co lors
represe nts the ty pe of curre nt we at he r at a partic ular air field .

RAF STCICS Color CadeslFreque ncies/Callsigns

H+OO Q NH br ood cosl/ H+30 a irfield colo r stote broadca st
Surface

YilibilliyJkrnl
8
5

Color
BI ~e

Whit e
G reen
Yellow
Amber

37
1.6
.8
Less tha n .8

Rod

Black

~0 5 e

of lO'!Yest Cloud

i.so6f~t Abo~ G round Level (AG L)

1500 feet AGl
700 feet AGl
300 fee! AGl

200 fee! AG l
Below 200 fee t or sky ob scured
Not usable fo r reasons other than cloud
o r visibility

T he RA J' also has a VO L M I ~T sta tio n o n the a ir that con tinuo usly
tran smits aviation wea ther informat ion for vari ou- , a irfie lds int he U K.
Rece ntly the -1.7 15 kl-lz transm ission \\ ";.1" abandoned in favor of 5-1.50
k l-lz . T he o ther fre quency to c heck is 11253 ki ll .
So me o f the ot her gr oun d - rario ns commonly hea rd on the RAf
cha nnels inc lude :
CoUsjgi'!
Haven
Belize
Cyprus
Viper
G ibraltar

~C1~ g.ti!J!'I; A l;:tive Frequencies

Wid eawake , Ascensio n Isla nd J 7J 2, 6739, 903 1, 112 35,
1 J2J7 kHz
Ston ley Field. Belize: 11 20 5 kHz
Akrotiri, Cypr us: 671 2 . 90 31 , 11235, 112J 7, 180 18 kHz
Mount Pleasant, Fa lkland Island s: 11235 an d 112 47 kHz
G ibr a ltar: 9031, 112 35,1 12J 7 kHz

T he J11o \l com mon airc ra ft cull sign yo u will CIlCO Ll lHcr (Ill RAF
Ircqucncic -; i ~ Ascot #### , A~CO I ffighrs arc the transport aircra ft of
th e British RAF.

Ascot 1 100 -1 199

Ascot 1200 - 1799
Ascot 1800- 199 9
Ascot 20 00-2899
Ascot 2900-29 99
Ascot 3000-3099
Ascot 3100-3 199
Ascot 3200-3999
Ascot 4000-5999
Asco t 6000- 69 99
Ascot 70 0 0- 7499
Asco t 75 0 0 -7999
Asco t 8000-8099

Va rious aircraft Brize Nor ton VIP

VIP flight variou s air craft 32 (The Roya l} Squ ad ron
Nort hholt
Va rious a ircraft 32 (The Royal ) Sq uod rcn Ncrrhclt
VC- l 0 10 Squad ro n Brize Norto n
RAF Spore
Tristar 216 Squadron Briae Norton
RAF Spor e
Trista r 21 6 Squadron Brize Norto n
(,1 30 lTW lyneham
Reserved NATO exercises 38 G roup Brize Norton
RAF Ov ersea s 2J 1 OC U
Various a ircra ft 32 (The Royal ) Squ a dro n Northolt
W essex Communicat ions Tasking 50 / 60 Sq ocdrcns

Ascot
Ascot
Ascot
Ascot

Various oericl refueling missions 38 Groop Brize Norton

RAF tanker spo re
RAF tan ker receivers
RAF ce-icl refueling missions 1 Gr oup RAF heodqua rters

Ben son

8100-949 9
9500-9599
9600-9699
9700-9999

T 11I.: l"e is an ot her aircraft cullsig n yo u may he ar o n RA F freq ucn ci es a-e oci nred wit h the 32 (T he Ro yal ) Squ ad ron in No rtho lt : W he n
a ny or the Bri tish mon arch y is abo ard a 32nd airc ra ft. they usc the
call sipn Kiu yhawk 1-5 _Accord ing to o ne o f my British so urce s, if the
letter " R"' appea rs aft er the num ber. that wo uld indicat e a roy a l flig ht
o n the re turn leg o f a trip, Lesser ro y als a nd pos itio ning flights o f 32
Squad ron a ircraft als o usc the cal lxig n " Kitty."
Some o ther RA F ca lls ig ns that ha ve bee n repo n ed for mem bers o f
til l' roya l fa m ily include:

He re is a s ummary of the Rt\ F As co t G tllsig ns :

l e o pard
Ascot 248 250
Ascot 70 17J 9
Ascot 75 0 -79 9
Ascot 800-899
Ascot 900 960
Ascot 1000 1099
Ascot 1000
Ascot 100 1
Ascot 1050- 109 9

34

C-13 0 Hercules lTW l yneho m

Va rious a ircra ft 32 (The Royal) Squadron Northoh
C-130 He-coles lTW ly nehom
Var ious aircraft 38 G roup Bnze Norton
130 Hercules lTW lyneharn
Ve no us air craft 3 2lThe Royal) Sqoc clrc n No rtha lt
RAF CinC Strike Command
RAF A.O,c. I G ro up
RAFCinC AF No rth

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Ap6/1 997

Rainbow
Unicorn

The Duke of York acting os cap tain of an aircraft

The Duke of Edinburgh acting as capta in of an a ircraft
The Prince of W al es acting 05 captain of an airc raft

Tab le On e i-, a list o f RAF a ircr aft that have been rece nt ly
monitored o n British military HP frequen cies. We have included the
reg istra tio n number. sclcu l (se lec tive calling) ictcntificu uo n. a nd
aircraft type to aid ill yo ur listenin g.

 USAF VIP Aircraft Selcals

Sp ea king: o f sclcals . se vera l read er s ha ve as ked if any

or the SA:,,1

(Special Air Mission) from the U.S. Air Force X9 Air Wing at Andrews
AFB . Maryl and . nrc eq uip ped to rece ive these tra nsm issio ns. Mo s t of
the ai rc raft o fth e R9t h appe ar to be sc lcul eq uipp ed (sec T ab le T woI .
I do ha ve so me hole s. b ut it' s no t c lear wh ethe r the aircraft lack the
equ ipm e nt (I f i f we ' ve just not di sco vered the sc lca! yet.

We also do n"t have any sc lcals for the -4 13 NAOC (Na tio na l
A irborne Co mm an d Po st) that a rc so metimes used on SA M m issio ns.
A ny infor mat io n 0 11 addit io nal sclcal s for U .S . mil itar y ai rc ra ft wo u ld

be appreciated.
Nn w it is tim e to sec wh at yo u have been hearin g this mo nth in the
Ufili ly World.

TABLE 1: RAF Aircraft Selcal List

SckCJf

AH-(K
AH-CL
AHDF
AHDJ
AH-GJ
AHGK
AHGl
AHGM
AHJK
AHJl
AHJM
AHKl
AH-KM
AHW
A)-BD
A)-BE
M BF
MBG
AJBH
A) -BK
A)- BL
MCE
A)-CF

MCG
AJ(H
MCK
MCL
AJ(M
A)-DE
AJDF
A)-DG
AJOH
A)-OK
A)-DL
AJDM
A)-EG
AJ-EH
AJEK
AJEl
AJEM
AJFH
AJFK
AJFM
A)-GL
AJGM
AJ-Hl
AJ-KM
A)- [M

AK-BD
AK-BE
AK-BG
AK-BH
AK-BJ
AK-Bl
AKBM
AK(E
AK-CF
AK(H
AKCJ
AKCl
AK-(M
AKDF
AKDG
AKDH
AKDJ
AK DL
AK-DM
AKEG
BKCl
BL-GK
BL-HJ

Registration..l!o
XX507
XX508
ZE395
ZE396
XV1 76
XVl77
XV178
XV179
XV180
XV181
XV182
XV183
XV184
XV 185
XV186
XV 187
XV1B8
XV1B9
XV190
XV191
XV192
XV195
XV1 96
XV197
XV198
XV199
XV200
XV20 1
XV202
XV203
XV204
XV205
XV206
XV207
XV208
XV209
XV2 10
XV2 11
XV212
XV2 13
XV2 14
XV2 15
XV217
XV2 18
XV219
XV220
XR807
XV22 1
XV222
XV223
XV290
XV29 1
XV292
XV293
XV294
XV295
XV296
XV297
XV298
XV299
XV300
XV30 1
XV302
XV303
XV304
XV305
XV306
XV307
XR808
XR810
XV101

Trae125
BAe125
BAe125
BAe125
(-130
(-130
(-130
(-130
(-130
(-130
(-130
(- 130
(-130
(- 130
(- 130
(- 130
(-130
(-130
(-130
(-130
(-130
(- 130
(- 130
(- 130
(- 130
(- 130
(-1 30
(. 130
(- 130
(.130
( -130
(-130
(-130
(- 130
(- 130
(- 130
(- 130
(.130
(-130
(-130
(- 130
(-130
(-130
(- 130
(-130
C-130
V(- 10
(-130
(-130
(-130
(- 130
(-130
(-130
(-130
(-130
(- 130
(- 130
( 130
(- 130
(- 130
(- 130
( - 130
(- 130
(-130
(-130
(-130
C-130
(.130
V( -10
V(- 10
V(-10

S.cl~
BL-HK
CF AB
(F -AE
CF-AH
CF-DE
( F-DM
DH-Kl
DHKM
DJAB
DJA E
DJ-AH
DJ-BC
DHH
OHK
OHl
OHM
EFAD
EF-AG
EFAH
EF-AJ
EFAK
EG-AJ
EG-AK
EG-Al
EMBO
WBD
WB E

Registration No
XY102
XV103
XV 104
XV 105
XV1 06
XV107
ZD948
ZD949
ZD950
ZD953
ZD95 1
ZD952
ZD620
ZD621
ZD704
ZD703
ZA 140
ZA 141
ZA142
ZA 143
ZA 144
XR806
XV 108
XV109
ZE702
ZE700
ZE70 l

Type
VC-10
VC-10
V(-10
V(-10
VC-lO
VC-10

I ristor
Tristar
I ristcr
Tristcr

Trisl::lr
Trist:Jr
BAe125
BAe125
BAe125
BAe125
V( 10
V(. 10
V(. 10
V(.1 0
V(-10
V(-1 0
V(- 10

ve-to

BAe146
BAe146
BAe1 46

n NA F Ned Arrow llawk aircraft.

S~koJ
lJv\BJ
lJv\BK

l?~giJtra,jon

No

Iype

ZE704
ZE705
ZE706
ZA 149
ZA 148
ZA147

[M -OG
[M -FG

lJv\FK
lJv\GK

Trisler
I ristor
Trisler
V(- lO
V(-10
V(-10

TABLE 2: U.S. Air Force VIP Aircraft Selcals

8 9 /\

n' A ircroft-s- Andr e ws A FB, uo

SAM 049
SAM 050
SAM 200
SAM 201
SAM 202
SAM 203
SAM 204
SAM 205
SAM 206
SAM 300
SAM 375
SAM 403
SAM 68 1
SAM 682
SAM 683
SAM 970
SAM 973
SAM 97 4
SAM 26000
SAM 27000
SAM 28000
SAM 29000

C20( lail no 50049 (85-0049)

( -20( lail no 5005 0 (85-0050)
(-20B tail no 602 00 (860200)
( -20B tail no 6020 1 (86-0201)
(-20B tail no 60202 (860202)
(,208 tail no 60203 (860203)
( -208 toil no 60204 (860204)
(,208 toil no 60205 (860205)
( -208 lail no 6020 6 (860206)
( -20H toil no 00 300 (90-0300 )
(-20H toil no 203 75 (92037 5)
( -20H tail no 60 403 (86,0 403)
(-9C toilno31 681 (73- 1681)
C-9( tail no 31682 (73-1682)
C-9Ctail no 31683 (73-1683)
(.1378 tail no 86970 (586970)
C-137C toil no 86973 (58-6973)
C-l37C toil no 8697 4 (58-6974)
Cl 37C toil no 26000 (62-6000)
(.l 37C toil no 27000 (62-7000)
VC-25A toil no 28000 (82-8000)
V( -25A tail no 29000 (82-9000)

Selcal AFEP
Selcal AF-GP
Selcal AF-HP
Selcol AF-JP
Selccl AF-KP
Selcol AHP
Selcal Af- MP

Selcol DFas
k i n 1256, ell-N438GAj
Selcol AFDP

Selcal AE-l P
Selcol AEKP
Selcol AEJP
Selcol AEHP
Selcol AE-FP
Selcal AE-MP

J ACCS Aircraft-s-Offuu AF/I, eVE

SAM J25
SAM 676
SAM 677
SAM 787

E-4BNAOCtailno 501 25
E4B NAO C toil no 3 1676 (73-1676 )
E-4B NAO C toil no 3 1677 (73- 1677)
E-48 NAO C tail no 4078 7 (740787)

Unidentifie d SAM A ircraft

SAM 376
SAM 417
SAM 518

USAF ai rcraft reported C-135 toi l no 0037 6 (60 0376)

USAFai rcraft refueled with an Orca 51 (KC-l 0 tanker)
USAF ai rcraft reported E(- 135K toil no 91518 (59' 15 18)

Ap,;/ / 997

MONITORING TIMES

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Utility Logging5
Lorry Van Ham
Ab b rev lauo ns used in t his co lu m n
AB
AF2
AFB
AM
AMC
ANOVT
CW
OSN
EAM

Air Base

Meteo

Air Force 2
Air Force Base
AmplitudeModulation
Air Mobility Command
Advanced Narrowband
Dig italVoice Terminal
Continuous Wave (Morse
code)
Defense Switching Network
Emergency Action Mes

MFA

mJv
NCS
Piccolo

POL-ARO
ROU-FEC

sage
su res

RnY
SAM

tem
Radioteletype
Special Air Mission

Estimated Time of Arrival

Selcal

Selective Calling

ECM

Electronic Countermea-

ETA
FEC-A
GEP
GHFS
HF
ID
LOOC
LSB

Meteorology
MinistryofForeignANairs
Motor Vessel
Net Control Station
6- or t z-tone mutti-trequency-stritt keying teleprintersystem.
Polish diplomatic ARQ
teleprinter system
Romanian diplomaticversian of the forward error
correctionteleprintersys-

One-way traffic FEe teleprinter system

Ground Entry Point
Global HFSystem
High Frequency
Identification
LongDistanceOperational
Control
Lower Sideband

SITOR-A

Simplex teleprintingover
radio system, modeA
SWED-ARO Adaptive Swedish diplomatic simplex AAO teleprinter system
UHF
Ultra High Frequency
Unid
Unidentified
Upper Sideba nd
USB
VIP
Very Important Person

5405.5

5535.0

5680.0
S752.1

S759.1

5773.0

5800.0
58750
6350.0
66S5.0
6683.0

All transmissions are US B (upper side band ! unless o therwise indicat ed.
Al l frequencies are in k ll zt kiluhcrt z) and al l limes arc UTC (Coordinat ed
Tim e Uni versal]
3113.0
3134.0
3143.0

3274.0
3307.0
402B.0
4326.0
4346.0
4347.0
44480

44720
44900
4495 0
4558.0
46330

SPAR63 Vlo rking Andrews VIP at 2309. (Jones-CA)

Longhand working Nighlwatch01 at0503. (Jeff Haverlah-Houston. TX)
Cardgame \'larking Wildman. requests he go secure . Wildman unable
and asks Cardgam e to check his callsig n list at 0214. (Duke RumleyMayoclan. NC)
Unid station using scrambled voice at 2333. (Fernand Vallancou rt-St.
Pamphile. PO )
JuheVHolel working stations Charlie Charlie. Charlie Whiskey, and
Quebec in poss ibleUSN Iracking net at2130. (V. MUlier-Sa nDiego, CAl
Spanish female5digll number station in AM at 0500. (Rich Barnes via
email )
A-Russian Navy Ustinov, Bussia, with continuous CW channel marker
at 2246. (Ary Boender-Nelherlands)
9AR-Rijeka Rad io. Croatia.withVCW channel markerat 2240.(BoenderNetherlands)
Unid station with CW 5-figure traffic at 2237. (Boender-Nethertands]
Nightwatch 01 working Andrews with data at 0446. PACAF 01 working
Andrews for a good GHFS/lreq Macdill/4745.0 and others were tried at
0745. (Jones-CA)
Nightwatch net with Nighh'Jatch 01, Hailstone. and Lumpsum (EAM
broadcaster) at 0534. (Havertah-TX)
SAM 375 working Andrews VIP for signal checks on F-700 primary at
0130. ETA is 0655 (didn'l catch the destination). Also tried 6993.0 and
3144.0. (Jones-CA)
Assistant calling Nightwatch 01 at 0342. [Haverlah-TX)
C-Russian Navy Moscow, Russia, with contmuous CW channel marker
at 2234. (Boender-Netherlands ]
Unid station in CWat 2230. messageto 894 in 5-figuregroups. MRA01
working MRH I9 . MR002. MRW98M1. MR044. MRH30. and MRS46

6691.0
6692.5

6693.0

6715.0

6717.0
6719,4

6730.0

6739.0

6757.0
6761.0
6791.5

(Boender-Netnerlands)
4724 0
4742 0

50800

3b

Andrews GHFS with a20character EAM "For Minot" at0347.IHaverlah TXI

And rews VIP check ing Air Force 2 here for new primary. and AF 2
working Andy for phone patch to Waldorf regarding GEP treq at 0655.
(Jones-CAl
Hotel working Foxtrot and many other single letter calls with tracking
net communications at 0000. (Jones-CA)

MONITORI NG TIMES

Ap,i1 1997

6B300
6830,4
6970 0

Charlie-8 working Lima-3. Tanqo -t . and others (with Plead Control

mentioned) in tracking net. Later on. mentioned spendingsometimein
port at Hawaiithat evening. Seems 10 bea lai 01ships involved with this
at 1630. (Jones-CAl
US Air 14 callil1 g London LODC at 0130for a selcai check. Also caught
Speedbird 192 requesting a diversion to Atlanta dueto "stranqe noises
on rigt1t hand side of aircraft" at 2304. Final clearance to Atlantagiven
at 2323. (Ken Maltz-Syosset. NY, via email)
Kinless Rescue, UnitedKingdom, workingSRG 128at 1050. (BoenderNetherlands)
HBD20-MFA Berne. Switzerland. wilh SITOR-Atraffic at 0948. Bonnand
Brussels embassies were both on the same frequency. HBD64-Swiss
embassy Bonn. Germany, with SITD R-A message traffic to HBD20 at
0940. Swiss embassy Brussels. Belgium, with SITOR-A messages to
HB020 at 1051. (Bcender-Netherlands]
Rolling-Thunder working Blacklist with requisition requests (JTRs or
JTARs ? ). Mentioned somethingabout F-18s. but I couldn't make it out
at 021 0 (Jones -CAl
HB025-Swiss embassy Tel AVIv. Israel. With SITOR-Amessagetraffic to
HB020 at 1051. Swiss embassy Paris With SITOR-A message traffic to
MFA Berne at 1319. (Boender-Netherlands)
Hotcake calhng Nightwalch 01 at 0605. [Haverlah-TX)
Assistant calle d Nightwatch 01 at 0333, but was lost in the heavy
shortwave broadcast interference. (Have rlah-TX)
Unid station transm itting only faxes with no ID using 75 baud RTTY at
0006, Noted parallel transmission on 6797. (Boenoer-Netnerlancs)
Honolulu ARINC working Korean Air 020at 1311 . (Maltz -NY)
SPAR 63working AndrewsVIPreg ardingarrival at Ramstein ABat 0645.
(Jones -CA)
Ouckcall worked Tenacity in voice. data. and t-quad (time standard
tickmg and top 01 the minute "pips") at2 143. (Haverlah-TX)
Roya l Navy Sea Cadets stations: MFK62. MFP38. MFP34. MFJ22.
MFP29. MFJ99. and MF040C workmg each other at 1006. (BoenderNetherlands)
S4JG worked lTW in voice.ANOVT. and CRATT at 061 6. (Have rtah-TX)
Can any of our readers out thereconfirm that thecalfsign S4JG is in fact
used by U.S. Navy aircraft (es s wttate} as a general callsign? (This is a
USNavy aircraft.) This onehas been hauntmg me for some time now.
andseveral of us l'lould like to put a/is little mystery to bed-Larry.
C-5-V'/larking McClellanwith phonepatch to 3rd Reefer (sounded like)
OSN 553-7132 re: medical emergency onboard at 0130.(Jones-CA)
Halifax Military working LimaOne Zulu at 0606. "No joy on RATT test."
(Haverlah-TX)
Andrews VIPcheckingAir Force2 herelor possibtenew primaryat 0649.
(Jones-CA)
Foxtrot-9-lndia was up here at 0025 looking for Habitat with no joy.
Habitat was. however. fairly readable here in the Bay Area as they
attempted to establish comms. (Jones-CA)
SPAR 63 \'Iorking Andrews VIP With phone patches to Heidelberg at
2230. Andrews VIP calling SAM 300. wilh no joy at 2035. (Jones-Ca)
Navy 50511 \'larking Andrews (Mystic Star) at 0123. [Havertah-TX)
Nlghtwalch 01 worked Thule GHFS for asignalcheck at 0151. At 034';.
the frequency lit up with an unid station broadcastmg a musical train
whistle followed by a musical rendition of "l've been wcrkinq on the
railroad." At 0619. E9P called Hickam GHFS with an executing "EXERCISE BEARO IRON" (or maybe GRIDIRON.). Ottult GH FS with a six
character EAM "ForSantos" a1 1503. This is avery rareoccurence. a six
characte r "FO R ..." EAM. (Have rlah-TX)
Trillion working Nightwatch 01 at 0206. Hotcake calling Nightwatch 01
al0559 (Haverlah-TX)
Stump 48 \'larking TurJO46 at 0047. (Haverlah-TX)
MARDIV (IDedas 1stMarineDivision)working 1st LAR forvoicecomms
and FAX setup. Alsoin thenetare3rd LAR . Wollpack, andothers. They're
also using 7450.5 at this time. 2110. Several weeks earlier. I heard
similar traffic on 80800 10Ing as 7th Marines also working 3rd LAR .
(Jones-CAl
Air Force 2 (OV-2 + 32) working Andrews VIP for phone patch to SAM
Command at 0110. (Jones-CA)
Romeo-50 trying to raise Romeo-51 . No ioy at 2316. (Jones-CA)
"Fifth Marines" working '15" for KL-43 data traffic. "511" is also up
discussinc KL-43 setup details at 1730. (Jones-CA)

6993.0
7500.0
7527.0
7690.0

7831.0
79480
801 2.0
8026.0

8028.0
8047.0
8145 0
8304.0
83400
8341.0
8454.0
8703.0
8912.0

8968.0

8992.0
9025 0
9057.0
9093.0
9320.0
10180.0
10204.0
10314.0
10436.0
10582.9
10586 0
10656 0
10805.0

AirForce 1, on primary working And rews VIPfor secondaryIreq . Also

tried 80260. 8047.0. and 9023 0. Also on treq are SAM 050and SAM
974al 0029. (Jones-CA)
"tst MAR OIV" (Marine Division) working "Srtl l AR ," "1s1Tank Battalion Scouts," and others. with radio checks a1 2340. (Jones-CA)
GYU-G ilbrallar. using a 6lo ne piccolo system with test message. "test
de GYU" al 004 5. (Vaillancourt-PO)
SPAR 19 working Andrews VIP for An drews "NeS" rneteo/wealher
(didn't catch the time) and 0700Z weather for Rob bins AFB at 0246.
Blacklist working lcepack (USMC) regari ng mission statu s reports at
1618 (Jones-CA)
Saturday calling Nighlv/atch 01 at 0613. (Haverlah-TX)
F9S-French embassy Prague, with plaintext and 5-lettergroups message using 192 baud FEC-A at 1136. (Boender-Netherlands)
Spanish female 5-digit number stations in AM at 0500. (Ba rnes)
SAM 375(0 DV ) transporting "security escort." workingAndrews VIP
v/ith phone patches regarding 0220Z arrivalat And rews AFB. Patches
at 2350. (Jon es -CA)
MFA Bucharest. Romania. with 164 baud RO U-FEC encrypted messag esat 11 21. (Boender-Netherlands)
Air Force2working AndrewsVIP With phonepatchat0643.(Jones-CA)
EIP-ShannonAir. Ireland. with50 baud RTTY meleo messages at1t 18.
(Boender-Netnertands)
LOR-Argentina with s-ieuer groups using 75 baud RTTY at 0005.
(Vaillancourt-PO)
9H HE4-mJvAmberworking Dynacomusing SITOR-Aat 1433.(BoenderNetherlands)
USVV-m/v KhineganeN853 working KievRadio inCWat 1538.(BoenderNetherlands)
UJW-Kaliningrad Radio . Russia.with 50baud RTTY traffic listandnews
at 1203. (Boender-Netherlands)
UCE-Arkhan gelskRadio , Russia , with50 baud RTTY news and traffic at
1130 (Boender-Netherlands)
"46" working Ping Pong (Customs Operation Center in Te xas ) for
landing condit ions at Ping Pong. Ping Pong advised theywill bemet by
the "boys in khaki. not the boys in blue." (Hmm .i.sounus seriou s).
Ime diately followed by "390" on "CS3" (ttus treq appa rently) working
Hamme r regarding recetvmq a con stant key on the primary UH F
freq uency. Hammer: 'W e are aware of the problem." Transmissions
noled at 2120. (Jones-CA)
Trillion with a 26-character EAM repeated at 0025. 0055. 01 25. 0150
(with hismicropnone picking upthesound of an in-progress FOXTROT
broadcast on the GHFS). and 0155. The se H-+-25/H+55 EAM events
usually exist in a 2-hour window. Herky 02 working Lajes GHFS With a
phon epatch to Ramstei n regardi ngproblems withanECM podat0736.
(Haverlah-TX)
Nightwatch01 called "any station" al 0341then he wasgone.(HaverlanTX)
450 working Scoll AF B. IL. probably via Offu tt GHFS, or other GHFS
phone patc h. Chatter about "control head for Offutt." and "initiations"
through Travis. and "data fields" at 1559, (Haverlah-TX)
Assistant calling Nightwatch 01 at 0311. (Haverlah-TX )
Span ish female 5-digit number station in AM at 0200. (Barnes)
SAM 204 (DV-2 -+- 7) wcrkinq Andrews VIPWIth phon e patc h traffic at
2340. (Jones-CA)
MFA Bucharest Romania. with 164 baud RO U-FEC message traffic at
111 5. (Boender-Nethertands)
Nightwatcll net with Niqhtwatch 01, Treetoad . Paramo unt. and Fu rlough at 1541. (Haverlah-TX)
SNN 299-MFA Warsaw. Poland , with 100 baud PO L-ARO messag e
trafficat 1042. At 1110noted SNN299with messagetraffic to Madrid.
(Boen der-Netherlands)
RETAOEA-Spanish military station with SITQR -A traffic in Spanish
almost every dayabout the same time at 1945. (Vaillancou rt-PO)
MFA Stockholm.Sweden. with tOObaud SWED-ARO message tratncat
1019. (Boencer-Netnertanos)
Andrews VIPworking SAM 974for signal checks on new primary treq
at 0341. (Jones-CA)
SOU D station with 75 bau d Rny message to NOB on link 70004 at
1045. (Bcender-Nethe rtand s}
Avenger working Henshaw. and possibly othe rs in ANDVT. I only
caught thecallsbychance when Avengermistakenly keyed up in clearvoicemode forafewseco nds at2232.(Jones-CA)DFZG -MFA Belgrade,
Se rbia. with 144 baud FEC-A encrypted messages at 1228. (Boende r-

11003.0
11026.0
11073 5
111 00.0

11174.0
111 75.0

11181.0
11214.0
11220.0

11226.0

11229.0
11 235 0

11244 .0
114 13 0
11460.0
114940
12070.0
13202.9
13211.0
13218.0
13245.0
13440.0
13907.0
18027.0
23872.0

Netherlands)
Unid Span ish stations in LSB repeating "carnbio" in rap id fire exchang e at 0807. (Boender-Netherlands)
ANDVT tran smissions at strong levels at 2340. (Jones-CA)
"912" workmg Atlas with pho ne patch traffic at 1858. (Jones-CA)
Two unids: a ground station (?) and a cargo aircaft. appa rently a
trainingflight. The guyon the ground was testing theguyin theair on
his ability to prepare for. among other things. a malfunctioning
pressuredoor anda crash-landing at 1937. (Jones-CA) This has been
reported asa possible AMC airlift training channel-Larry.
Offu tt with 26characterEAM transmission. off frequency at one of his
keyed sites at 0542. (Have rtah-TX)
Tempo 82 working Forbes Co mmand Post on a phone patch at 2005.
(Ba rnes) Rockin Robin with numerous calls to "any station this net"
throughoutthe week. Snoop39working MacDili withaphone patchto
a 238DSN number. Station on theotherend ID'ed asCa rbonate (aka
Nigara FallsGuard). with a req uest on thestatus of Fuzzy 53 a11501.
Keyh ole (activeover a two day pe riod) calledYo kota GHFSand raised
Offutt GHFS. but begg ed off saying he wastrying to raise Yo kota at
1451 . (Haverlah-TX)
Te rm 99 work ing McClellan GHFS with a brief connectivity phone
patch with Raymond 12. and gone after being put through the challenge process by McCle llan GHFS at 1639. (Haverlah-TX)
SAM 300vlOrking Andrews VIP with phone patchesat 1830. (JonesCA l
Navy511workingAnd rews VIPwith phone patches regardinga2355Z
arriva l at Howard AFB at 2336. SPAR 99 working Andrews VIP for
signal checks an d a phone patch to Ramstein AB at 1624. SAM 300
(DV-2 -+- 7) enroute KMC I (Kansas City) ETA 2200Z. working Andrews
VIP with voice and ANDVT at 1930. SAM 974 (DV-2 + 37) departed
0314Z (I ass umethiswould be from HongKong) estimated block time
for YokotaAFB is 0605Z; workingAndrews VIP with phone patches to
" the Embassy" and SAM Comma ndfor mission status report.8026.0
was the secondary treq at 0240. (Jones-CAl
SAM 203 working Andrews VIP with preflight signa l checks prior to
departure for Randolph AFB . Texas with ETA at 21402. Too weak to
make out much else. butthey are requesting Customs upon arrival at
Rand olph. Noted at 1506. (Jones-CA)
Packrnule working Resend (sounded like) with a 20 character EAM:
5WI5CA .. Noted al 0005 (Jones-CA)
Royal Austra lian Air Force Syd ney (good levels) working various
Australianair force aircraftat 0737. It's been twoyears since I'veheard
them al the se times. (have rlah-TX ) Thingsare starting tolookupwith
the sunspot cycle swinging back our way-Larry.
McClellan GHFS wilh a very unusuaI 20(IA)120(IA)/20(T4) character
EAM set over a 13 minute period (usually the concluding EAM string
is a 26 character EAM message in length at 2325. (Haverlah-TX)
SAM 300 (V-2 -+- 9) \'Iorking AndrewsVIP with phone patches regarding 2000Z arrival at Macdril AF8. Nol ed at 1755. (Jones-CA)
SAM 375 calling And rews with no joy at 1754. (Jones-CA)
Nightwatchnetwith Nighwatch 01,Colorbar. Fireant. andCorrugate at
1832. (Haverlah-TX )
WGY 914 passing "HOTEL" messages to various statio ns at 1650.
(Haverlah-TX)
"German Air Fo rce 21 8" working (sounded like Arch or March 91_ _ [?J). They established comms in Eng lish and the n went into
Ge rman. Apparently just a signa l check at 2345. (Jones-CA)
SAM 300, enro ute Pete rson AFB . working And rews VIP for signal
chec ks at 2130. (Jones-CA)
Abnormal 40(Kwajalein Technical Contro l) working Abnormal 20 for
phone patch to "SATCOM" regarding checking their OM 73 dernodulator at 2107. (Jones-CA)
Nightwatch 01wcrkinq Se nsitive at 1847 and moved himto Zulu 270.
At 1904. Nlghtwatch 01 worked Trunion and discussed a designator
that sounded like Zulu 330. Captivate also in the net. (Havertah-TX )
SAM 204 (DV- 2 + 8) departed: 1720Z, working Andrews VIP with
phone patch to SAM Com mand regarding correction of ETA from
2020Z 10 1920Z al Howard AFB. Noted at 1824. (Jones-CAj
Niqh twatc h 01 worked Ballpark and moved him to Zulu 270at 2031.
(Haverlah-TX)
Nightwatch 01 worked Ballpark on seu-m eo Zulu 270 at 2034.
(Haverlah-TX )
Sensitive calli ng Nightwatch 01 on sel H Ded Zulu 315. with nothing
hea rd and gone at 1849. (Havertah-TX )

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Shortwave Broadcasting
Glenn Hauser, P.O.80' 1684-MT, fnit!, OK 73702
f-mOll <gholl5el@holmlJl1.com>; lox: (405) 233-2948, ATT:HOUlfr

New Shortwave Station for Mexico City

Robe rt Scarto-s from Atlan ta W :.IS vacat ioning in Mexico City
for C hristmas. Whe n he visi ted the landma rk l.at in Am erican
Tower. he fou nd ncar the top the studios of a new commerc ial
shortwa ve statio n. X ERTA. III: mel the Vice President o f the:
operation. Librrdo Dial. Tole do. whose business curd claimed it
would usc len languages. as Radio Tra nscon tinental de America.
Th~TC W;'I ~ ~ O Ill C .. ccond-haud . . tudio equip men t. music playing as
if they were 011 the air. Locat ion is 37t h 110or . o ffice 3706 : phone
5 10 -9X96 or Ladu [tolllrce in Mexico ] 9 1-XOO70X66: postal
add ress " r a rt;'l do65 3,20. 0600.2 Me xico. DF. They ut first plann ed
10 usc 17XX() antl -lXOO k l Iz. a nd othe rs were given in a lis t on the
wall: 11720. 15 1.20 . 177.20 . .2 1-1 (10. 256.20.T hank " to !\.'Ir. Searfo ss.
we were able 10 break this story on World of Radio and in our
Sp anish report s.
\V ~ forw arded the info In our frie nd at XERi\lX . Julian
San tiago Ili e/. til: Bon illa. He had alread y been co ntac ted by a n o ld
acquainta nce. the longtime prorc ssion ul ann ouncer Gonzalo So w.

who asked him to work for the new station. which had been started
by ;'1I1 82-year-o ld gen tlem an . Robe rto Nurgc nal" ] Martine z who
wa nled to get into S\V broadcasting. Th ey hoped to start testing as
ea rly as Feb 5 on 1512 0 da ytime. 4800 at night. but had not been
heard yet in the followi ng two \w ek s- 15120 would have probterns with Nige ria wh ich W .I S noted back with African music o n Feb
1-1 at 1710 alte r a long ab sence fro m this chan ne l: as wel l as
adjac e nt HCJB 15 115 in the morn ings: and -IXOO would clash wit h
Gua te mala and utility interfe rence .
Julian pla nned to wo rk at both stat ions . and reported further on
his XERMX DX a nd mailbag prog rams: XE RT A is very short on
e verythin g with secon d-hand equ ipment. so please send $ 1 or an
IRC when writ ing them . Gonza lo Soto is the Direct or Genera l. A
used 5 kW tran smitter is in southern Me xico City . with anten na
bea med nort h for a n ERP o f SOkW . Aut horiza tion has already bee n
gra nted hy the Sec reta riat of Comm unications. Perhaps eve ryone
wi ll he hearing it hy the time yo u read this?

ANGUILLA Caribbea nBeacon reactivated 6090 Feb 13.and 11775 onFeb 14 (Ed
BELGIUM Some members of parliament are calling for 1111 h 10 I r H . " '
Ra usch, NJ) Du ring mostly silent stretch in Jan. heard testing on ano ther
RVI not to drop the three languages next October as :.I.':I::~ :;:: ;4;sl~:I:':
25mb channel between 1200 and 1300. and at 1230 on 17805. Heard on
previously announce d (DSWCI OXWindow)
WWGR . Dr. Gene Scott went on a tirade humiliating the [expletive deleted]
BRAZIL Notevery dayyou hear aBraznian on fivefrequenAnguilla operator tor running the transmitter without air-conditioninq and
cies at once. but R. cancao Nova at 2301 10 amid
religion on nominal 9675 as well as 'bookend ' spurs
damaging some parts (Ivan Grfshin. Ont., World of Radio)
ANTARCTICA l RA36. 15475. R. NacionalArcanqelSan Gabriel. expected back in
9652.3 and 9797.7116105 and 4825. Hard to believe
March. was already back in early Feb, at 19002000 only. last 20 minutes in
9675 is only 10 kW; new transmitter? (Bob HIli, MA.
WIIlVW""
NDE
REN
English. French. first heard with strongsignal by Raymundo Cruzand Wa lter
DSWCI OX Windo l'~
, ,
Tamarelh (Gabriel IvanBarrera. Argentma. DSWCI OX Windol ~
BRUNEI After an absence ot decades. RTV 8rune i hopes
AUSTRALIA The ABC Board 01Directors meeting Feb 5. supposed to decide the
to return to SW soon. An international SW service is
late01R. Australia. de ferred the decisiondue10 outpouring 01support lor RA:
planned and this projectis about to beput out to lender for the transm itters
probably will be up 10 the government to decide(source deleted by HCJB OX
and antennas to bebuilt. I learned this fromthe CE at BFBS Brunei (Maarten
P,1frylme)
van Delli. DSWCI OX Window)
The Foreign Atfalrs. Defence and TradeReferences
CAMEROON CRTV Yaounde. 4B50at2030-2115 vefllied in 2 months fora taped
CommitteeouneAustralianSenatewill holdaninquiry
repo rt and 52. by unregistered mail. PW8R 1997 has dillerentaddress. but
intoRadio Australiaand AustraliaTelevision. Itsreport
thiscarne viaCRTV. B.P. 1460. Douala as In WRTH 1997 (Ed Rausch, NJ)
is due by May 14. but may be earlier in order to
CHILE R. Santa Maria. 6029.6v sked is Mon-Sat 0900-0300. Sun 1000-0300;
intluence the Government's 1997/98 budget. which
relays news from R. Ch ilena. 660 Mon-Sat 0900-1000. 2200-2230. Tue-Sun
will behanded downonMay 13. Writteninput fromthe
0200-0230. Sun 11 00-1 130. 1600-1630. Mon 0200-0230.
pu blic is invited, and pub lic hearings are expected in
R. Patagonia Chilena. 6080. Mon-Sal 0930-2400. Sun 1000-2400. Relays
major cities. atleast Melbourne and Canberra.Contact
news from R. Nacional. 11 40: Men-Sat on the hour. and at 1600-1700: also
theSecretary of thecommitteeand ParliamentHouse.
sports program Mas Oeportesrelay daily 1100-1200, 1700-1800.
Canberra.ACT2600:fax 61-6-277-581B (ManFrancis
R. Esperanza. 6090. is 24h in Spanish, except English dally 0630-0700.
Tasmania. vra Sill westennaver)
German Sun only 1200-1230: OSLs directly from Its well-known Temuco
Express support 10 R. Australia. which V/ iII be
address (Gabriel IvanBarrera. Chile. Be-DX) Casilla 830. thatis. Saul Vergara
passed on to proper authorities: ralx@radio- ""........ ~
is not authorized to OSl. as he previously offered to do (Barrera, DXing with
aus.abe.net.auor lax +61 39626 1899. Also to Sen.
Cumbre)
RichardAlston. Minister for CommunicationsandThe
COLOMBIA The tormer Super frequency ot 6065 is now occupied by Colmundo
Arts: minister@dca.gov.auorfax+6162734154(DavidOnley. Vic..viaKevin
Bogota on 6065 1 relaying HJCJ-1040. heard at 2240 since mid-January.
Hecht)
Wantsreports (HenrikKlernetz,DatelineBogola) Includes program Ftecuencis
MansfleldReport claim that RA's audience has diminished tram 100M to
lntetnscionst UT Mon 0400-04 30 (Klemelz via DXing witt: Cumbre)
CONGO RTVC. Brazzaville, 9610 heard at
tess than20M is nonsense (Graham Mytton.
1236-1 243 on a Sat with English Nevts
BB CAudienceResearch. who wasnot asked
All times UTC; A ll f requenci es kt tz: * befo re IIr =
forinput ,VOACommunicafions World)Many
Review inviting listeners to watch TV for
!)';g ll 011. * aft er II, sign 01/ : 1/ = parallel
Paclut nations ex pressed support for conmore (Francois Steyn. RSA, DSWC I OX
program ming: + continuing but nut monit ored: 2 .r
tinu ing RA. such as Tonga. Ne'' 1 Caledonia.
Windol'/)
East Timor Nobel Prize winner (BBeM) Papua
COSTARICA RFPl"s Global CommullIly Forum
j n 'lJ = l nd hurnwnic; Z- 9(' = Slimmer W: USOII : W-96 =
New Guineaevenoueredtoforegoamegakina
has suspe nded live can-tns, as James
Winter .H 'll.W II: [nnn ] Bmatlcast to orJor the listed
In Australi an aid if RAwould be kepton(Mike
l atham is on sabbatical until Au gust writcountry, hilt not necessarily originating th en'.
ing a book about the tar right: continues
Biru, RN Media Nerwork)

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with interviews by Brad Heavner UT Fri 0200, Sun 0400 plus repeats (RFPt)
Jennifer Harbury, human rights activist whose Guatemalan revolutionary
husband was murde red with CIA coverup, has started a new show: CIA:
Commentary andCritique on RFPI , Fri 1845, Sat 0245, 0945, and also on
Mondays during FIRE in English and Spanish. Also new (replacing Africa
Speaks) is Our Americas: The Weekly Report on Latin America and the
Caribbean tram WBAI, Pacifica New York, Weds 1900-2000, Thurs 0300,
1000 (RFPI Previews via George Thurman) Some programmingshifts may
occur April 1 asa new quarter beg ins (gh)
CUBA RHC's 1997 contest: Why is it important to revive the World Youth and
Students Festival? Thebest two answers receiveanall-expe nses paid trip to
Cuba to attend the 14th Festival, July 28-Au gust 5. Entries must be received
byJune30.Youmay answer by usingpoetry,songs,acrostlcs[l] . Repliescan
bewritte nor in formof radioor TV programs,to: Rad io Havana Cuba. POBox
6240, Havana, Cuba: fax(537) 705810 (via Lourdes Lopez, RH C, ASWLC) I
wroteherbacksayingYouthFestivals shouldnotbe revived, astheywereonly
forums for pushing political ideology. (G igi Lytle, TX, Continent 01Media)
RH Ctestingnew rebuilt antennabeamed 200 on6180, with13dBgain,100
kWtransmitlerfor2 Megawatts ERP:0000-0200 Spanish,0200-0230Creole,
0230-0330French,0330-0400 Creo lerepeat.0400-0500En glish(RHCOXers
Unlimited)
CYPRUS NORTHERN R. Bayrak is on61584 at 0400-2200, 2ndprog ram mainly
pop music in English; bad modulation, lOs in Greek, English, Turkish giving
FM 87.8 an d 105.0 (Pan/vi. .'!) Had been off for several years, separate radio
country (gh) 6159.0 at 1825-2201 closingwith English and Turkish IDs for
FM (HaraldKuhl, Germany, Ptay OX) 6159.3vpresumablythis at1530-1 602
(Nikolay Pashkevich, Russia, BC-OX)
CZECH REPUBLIC It was remarked on a R.Prag uemailbag showthat theywe re
ona30-daycontract and theEnglishdepartment mightnot befunded beyond
theendofJan (SheilaHughes, BOXC Communication)Still heard inFebruary,
but endangered?
ECUADOR R. EI Buen Pastor, 481 5, verified a taped reportwith a prepa red ca rd,
andsent apennant bearingthenameRadioAlii Michie,which I supposeisthe
Quechuan name of thestation (Henry Lazarus. LA. Fine Tuning)
We 're aghast at apparent new policy at HCJB OX Partytineof deliberately
deletingsources of much of the info quoted. Can 't imagine why professio nal
and club publications wou ld continue to supply them info under such
circumstances (gh, Wortd at Radio)
ETHIOPIA R. V. of Peace, 9560.2, new transmission in Somali 1908-2000
closing with English 10 giving 25, 31 meters (Bob Hill, MA, OSWCI OX
Window)
[non] V. 0/ Oromo liberation, believed via Ukraine, MonlWed/Sat 16001700 on 9870 announced it was moving to 9930 (BBCM)
FINLAND After a lapse of decad es, R. Finland is now sending proper OSL
verifications, not just 'audience ca rds.' Good receptionreports arewelcome
to:Yle isradioOy,PorinIyhytaaltokeskus,Ms.MarjaUa Jokinen, Makholmantie
79, FIN-1 8660 Pori, Fi nland. Correctreportswill be verified.Com mentsonRF
prog ramming are still we lcome 10 R. Finland HQin Helsinki (Arta Mujunen,
Finland, Wortd 01RadiO)
GUATEMALA On 61 80.05, nonstop marimba under Cuba in French 0305-0355,
mentioned Guatemala at 0329 break; also next night came on at 0258;
possibly R. NacionaldeGuatemalabackon?(Te rry l. Krueger, FL, OSWCI OX
Window) This was their old frequency, inactive for ages
GUYANA GBC, 3290 at0940-1 000 btasting in with tractorad s, variety at pop and
subcontinental music,local levelevery day (Ro bertL.Wllkner,FL, DSWCI DX
Window) Alsowrapped upNighfrideral0757,then recitationsfromKoran and
translations into Englishat 0802, het(gh. OK) Another date was relaying R.
Australia cricket vs. West Indies, on 2 second delay at0709 (Harold Sellers,
Ont.. HCJB OX Partytine)
HONDURAS La Voz de la Mosquitia, 4910v, was expected back soon, with the
deliveryof new or refurbishedtransmittersfrom75to500watts.dipole:ch eck
around 2300-0300 in Span ish, vernacu lars, English (Hans Johnson. DXing
with Cumbre)
HRMI.5890aSl saysirs based in SanBernardino,California,was still 200
watts, but authorized up to 5 kW. Street ad dress is Col. San Luis, Blvd.
Toncontin 4719, Cornayauuela. D.C. Plans to have an other station built in
Bluefields, Nicarag ua, later this yea r (Chris Lobde ll, Ed Rau sch, DXing wittl
Cumbre)
IRAN VOIRI at 2130-2220 inEnglish, not Bosnianasscheduled, on unann ounced
9720(AlanRoe, England, World 01 Radio) Englishat newtime1100-1157,exhalf an hour later, on 11875, 11930, 15260 (Eugene Gebreurs, RVI Radio
World)VIRI SW feed of poor quality is now on Internet from somewhere in
USA: http://neliran.com/persianradio.html(R. Netherlands Media Network)
[non] Aze rbaijanSesi Radyosu, seemingly from Iraq an d formerly ca lled
V. of Southern Azerbaijan, is on 6055 at 1630-1730 on Sun , Man, Tue, Thu
(Panlview) Alsoheardat061 5,trumoet tantare.address inStockh olm,at least

100 kW, no cave or desert operation! (Victor Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka, DSWCI
OX Window)
IRELAND [non] West Coast Radio Ireland, heard ona Saturday at 1400-1 600 on
6015 in German viaGermany (Pan/view) Sat at 1400-1 700 6015carried atest
using a Saar FM program OftenerKanal Saarbrucken (Kai Ludwig, Electronic
DX Press) WCRI Eu service changed from Thu at 1500 on
>Vi')I;J.!r'-!
6015 to Sat at 1500-1 600 on 5970 (Paul McD onough, .....
OSWCI OX Window)

JORDAN R. Jordan puts out spurs: 0700-0800 15435 butalso . ,

15245: 1600-1800 13630 but also 13525, 13735: at 1900
on 9830 and also 9660, 10000 (Wotfgang Buschel, BC-OX)
KOREA NORTH Ko rean Cen tralNews Agency website is: hflp:/

/www .kcna.co.jp(BBCM) Slanted news you wou ld expect

like R. Pyongyang: but with visual of snow-covered "birthplace" of Be loved
Leader (gh) R. Pyongyang in Feb missing from many schedu led frequencies,
e.g. English at 2000 heard only on 6575 (Bob Padula. Electronic OX Press)
Presumably due to shortage of electricity, money: hope they 'reputtingwhat
they have into foodinstead (gh)
KURDISTAN V. of Peopleof Kurdistan, clandestmefor Iraq. 1500-1600 on 411 7v
in Kurdish an d Arabic, repeatedat0400-0500 on 4117v: ranging from 41 00
to 4150, and at 1000-1100 on 6015v(BBCM)
MADAGASCAR R. Mad.5009.5, runningall-night00300310+withvariety atAfro
and US music, 10 at0203 (Brian Alexander, PAl Caused bycyclone hitllng the
island (Hans Johnson, Cumbre OX)
MALTA [non] Weheard no traceof R.Melita testto NAm Sundays in Feb at 1600
or 1900 on 13600 or 7400-ju st VOA Sao Tome on 13600 at 1600 (gh)
MYANMAR Yangon steady on 5985. 9 for some time , and at same time Myawadi
on 5973 holding on until
1500: Taungyi solid at
Dun u th a Voiee of th a S i k ne t d .
12000n6570.Black clanDun u the Radio {OT Lib erly.
destineKaren stationrun
b)' authoritiesis off (Vic tor Goonetilleke, Sri Lan ka. Be-DX) Government has an official webs ite now:
www.myanmar.com(RNMNj
[non] Oe mocratic V. at Bu rma, via NO~'1ay at 1430-1500 on new9725 ex11850 (Gabriel Ivan Barrera, Argentina . RN RadioEn/ace)
NETHERLANDS Fo r its anniversary, RN plans an open-house June 7 (RNMN)
NEW ZEA LAND After a summer break , Around the World withRudiHillreturned
Feb 11, nominallyTue0930on9700butactually atabout0917-0947,repeated
Fri 0430on1511 5. Assuming4-week rotation holds, Ap ril dates woul d be 8th
and 11th (gh) Thehistoric Broadcasting House in Wellington. built in 1962
specificallyfor broadcasting,homeof domesticandRNZI broadcasts, isbeing
torn down. RN ZI trom now on will make sked changes in accordance with
European OST dates, not NZdates,sofrom March 29: 1650 on 6070, 1750 on
9795, 1952 on 11 735. 2300 on 15115, 0458 on9795, 0816-1205 on9700,
withvariationsonweeke nds (Arthur Cushen.
RNMN)
RADIO NI:VI lEALAND
KI WI Radio is on a new clear frequency
alternate
7460v.
irregularly
Sat.
Sun
7475var
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or holidays betwee n 0715and 1100.Contact
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at PO Box 3103, Onekawa, Napier: or
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kiwisagb@x1ra.co.nzWasheardherearound
Xmas (Ken Baird,Scotland, OWSCI SWNews)
tNl[ RNA lIO NAJ..
Will be relayed byWRMI, 9955 last Satu rday
of each month such as Mar 29 a1 1000-1030(WRMI)
NIGER La Voix duSahel suspected on9706.18at 1316-1330 fad e, bits of low level
au dio only during split-second silence from XER MX on 9705 (David Clark,
Ont., OSWCI OXW) Such an annoying het otten here against XERMX around
1600 (gh, OK)

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OX Listening Digest
More broadcastin g intormat ion by country compil ed
by Glenn Hauser

Review of International Broadcasting

SW Prog ramming , op inio n, equipment, satellit e moni tor in g.
Samples S2.50 eac h (outside North America US S3 or 6 IRCs)
10 issue subscriptions S26 in USA, or both for S49
Glenn Hauser, Box 16B4-MT, Enid, OK 73702

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NORWAY As of Feb. NRK's Fred rikstad transmitter was supposed to be out of

service, with four 500 kW now inservice, twoatSve ioand twoatKvitsoy (Joe
Hanlon, PAl
PAKISTAN Live cricket cove rage in English, weak and undermodulated on R.
Pakistan, 17900 at 0935 (Richard Jary, NSW, Auslralian OXNe ws) That
special mayexpfain last month's 8BCMreportthatEnglish hadreplacedUrdu
al Ihis lime - gh. Engli sh reduced to 0800-0805 and t 100-1t 20 on 17900,
15470 and no more Engtish at 1700-1 750 (E ugene Gebreurs, RVI Radio
Worlif)
PALA U KHBN directorofengineeringtell smethaf 9910 with RFA Chi nese at15001600, 2300-2400 is a new50 kWtransmitter, and a4th transmilfer was due
intwomonths,fora total of 2x50kW,2x 100kW (Arthur Cushen, NZ, RNMN)
High Adventure Ministries plans to start an Indonesian serviceon5085 with
20kW ,Australian on 151 40with50kW ,sites notgivenbutperhaps from here
( ~C J B OXPartyline)
PERU R. Union.61 1524h, IS first Peruvian known to OSL by E-mail (OonMoore.
aXing withCumbre) runion@amauta.rcp.net.peor Apdo. 833, Lima 27: fax
51+14-407-594 (Andrew Yoder, ibid.)
R.Golas de Oro.Chiclayo. heard last Mayand believed tobeharmonic. now
back announcing SW frequency, 4567.7v at 0120-0200+, 1200 (Hen rlk
Klemetz, Deteline Bogola viaDSWCI OXWmd0l0
Many unlicensed stations have been closed down , but a few have been
licensed to new frequencies: R. llucan on3280 ex-562 1v, and R. Vision 2000
on 3350 ex-5131.4 (Ta kayuki Inoue N.. EOX!') R. Chinch eros has been
licensedas OAX5A on4765, maybe onthere soon(source deleted byHCJB OX
Parlyline)
RUSSIA VOR is reducing broadcast time sharply. It wou ldn't hurtto write to the
President to support VOR (Pavel Mikhailov, VOR OX-Klub viasource deleted
by HCJB OXPartyline)
Istanr skayaVolna, 1600-1 700Tue-Fri on6130, 6005; atsame timeonSat.
V. of Assyria, partly in English (BBCM)
SAIPAN MRI has appa rently been ordered not to publicize when it is relaying R.
FreeAsia, bu t theMar 4 revisionto KH BI scheduleshowed gaps atthesehours
when it wo uld be treeto carry something else: 0800, 1500, 2000. 2100,2200
for onetransmitter each: and at 2300 and 0100 for both transmitters (gh)
SLOVAKIA AWRresumed 2100 broadcast on 6055 in Feb. but only half an hour.
including Wavescan half an hour earlier than previously on Sun. It was also
missing at 0530 on 5905, but said to have been retimed to 0500 Sun (Mike
Barraclough , England, WO.R.)
SOMALIA R. Mogadishu, V. ot the Somali Rep ublic, pro-Ali Mahdi Muhammed.
on 6822v at 0400-0500, 1000-11 30. 1600-1 800.
R. Mogadishu. V. of Somali Pacification, pro-Uthman AliAto on6732v at
0300-0500, 0930-1200, 1500-1900, including Englisli news at 1830-1835
(BBCM)
SOUTH AFRICA Th e Investment Channel was runninga4-minute commercial on
Channel Africaat 1608 on 15240 saying it would start broadcasting in afew
days, as of lateJan (Roger Chambers, NY, World of Radio) Gave this contact
info: phone Johannesburg 320-6923; fax 320-6B66; P.D. Box 651525,
Johannesburg 2010: lull skedat. htfp:/lwww.senlech _co.za/invest.htmIStiil
not heard by mid-Feb-gh
SRI LANKA TheSLBC Sinhala Com mercial service Ve lenda Sevaya is 24hours on
FM , but onSW: 1000-1 630, 0000-0200 on4870, 0200-1000 on6185. Local
time expected to remain UT+6 all yea r (VictorGoonetilleke. ibid., BC-OX)
VOA lranawua's misfortune: transmitter burned up. puttin g ash all over
everyth ingelse. probably not onbefore yearend, but could bring inaportable
50 kW sooner (Victor Goonetilleke, UADX, OXing with Cumbre)
TAHITI RFO, 151 67.4stillactive inlate Jan at1650-1705,fadinguptramvery weak
to surprisingly readable at 1700 in French (David Clark. Ont., DSWCI OX
Window)
TAJIKISTAN R. Dushanbe English external service at 034 5-0400 heard on9905
(80b Padula,Vic.. EDX!') In Persian and Tajik at0400-0530 on new 5800. not
114635; 1700-1 730 on 5800, 4635; 1730-1900 same plus new5750, maybe
rep lacingtraditionat 4740, 4940 or 4975? (Panlview) new 5750 and 5800 at
17301900 are eq ual strength and much stronge r than 4635 herein Moscow
(Nikolay Pashkevich , BC-OXvia EOX!')
THAILAND BB CAs ia Re lay Stationfinally took over all transmissions previously
originatingfrom Hong Ko ngon18 November. Prior tothis, services had been
tra nsferredove r gradually. HK remaine d onstandby until 6 Dec, after which
the transmitterswere dismantled. Dates we respecified inapostcardsent from
BBCHKandtheaddr of thenewstation was confirmed as POBox 20, Muang
Nakhon Sawan60000, Thailand (Dave Kenny, BDXC Communication)
TIBET [non] V. o!Tibet progams produced inOslo,originallyviaFEBASeychelles.
but now direction-findingpoints to Central Asia. at 1225-1300 M-F on 7400
(BBCM)

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rtiRKlYE RADYO TELEVtzvON KURUMU

TURKlS H RADIO TELEVISION CORPORATION

TURKE Y Due to German ham protests. VOT at 0400 -0450 in English to NAm on
7100 soon moved back to 7300 (Ivan Grishin, Ont., World 01Radio) Atso
Turkish at 0500-0800 on 7100 rep lacedby 6040 (TRT via DF5SX, BC-OX)
UGANDA Red Chan nel announced It wasmovingfrom3340to4976 at 1300-2100,
0300-0600 (BBCM)
UK 0 GBAN I Remember tliat tram DST in Europe starting Mar 30, BB Cshifts
time of many. but not all prog rams , and on the Americas strea m this may
happen a week later. IIlso: "lots of newand excitingprogram mes beginning
in April" (BBC Orr Airvia Leroy Long. Ch ris Hambly)
Ref lections Europe is still active every Sunday with religious propaganda,
1600-2300+.one hour ea rlie r with OST, on 6295 which is good here for the
first few hoursdependingon skip. and3910 whichisverygood:canot be sure
about12255short of visitingthe siteagain.The operator isfondof adrink,and
can sometimes be found in his local pub on a Sunday night. way past the sl
offtime. hence theca rrier remains on sometimesfor hours.Add ress remai ns
The Forge. Cranleigh. Surrey. GU6 7BG (Ken Baird. Scotland , DSWCI SW
N"'ls)
URUGUAY Alexis Hasisaruuk. CXtDDZ, Chief Engrneer says he built the SW
transmittersched ulecl as follows: 1030-16300n 6140with CX20 R.Montecarlo:
1630-2330 on 11735 Wi th CXf 2 R. Oriental; 2330-0330 on9595 with CX20;
however,sportsarealways on11 735aslateas0300.Reported probl emswith
harmonics andspurscaused byinexpert tuning atsite (HoracioNigro, EDXPj
US A R. Marti is not run very well and its objectivity should be monitored ,
according to afederal report. But management did not seek reve nge against
awhistleb lower, acco rding to a report from the USIAinspector general. The
agency also decided not to look into claims that Cuban exiles manipulated
news coverage in the pa st (Charles Strouse and Deborah Ramirez, Fort
Laude rdal e Sun-Sentinel via Aaron Pilchick)
R. Free Asiaaddedtwo languages inearlyFeb to wildly contrad ictory times
an dfreq uenciesfrom different sources. Likely to have changed morebynow,
but revise d version in mid-Feb was : Burmese 0030-0130 on 7455, 7515.
7530: 1500-1600 on 6240. 7540. 9440. vietnamese 0030-0130 on 5865,
7415.9 910: 1400-1 500 on5865. 6240. 7520 IVOA Communications Worlif)
Vietnamesewas imm ediatelyjammed withHanoi domestic
service a tew hundred Hz off frequencies. and drifting
(Wolfgang Busche! Germany) As man y as five different
nets.transmitters atonce onan RFA frequen cy, some with
satellite delayfrom elsewherethan Hanoi. Vietnam is very
seriousabout[ammm qthis(VictorGocnetilleke. Sri Lanka,
RNMN) We coutd barely hear Burmese at 1500 on 7540.
9440, Vietnam ese at 1400 all 6240 (gh ) Heading the
HCJB
Burmese serviceisSoeThinn, aformer Burmese diplomat.
VvORLD
wh ile Nguyen Ngoc Bich . a scholar and writer onthe arts
RADO
and public affairs, is director of tile Vietnamese serrvice
(RFA via BBCM) see also SAl PAN
VOA has been preempting other programmingcertain Sundays for Radio
Theater Live "90 minutes" at 1210, 1610, 2010, to the objections of some
listeners (VOA Communications Worfd)
WORLDOF RADIO on WWCR as expect ed to be tirneshitted tor DST lrom
Aprit 6: Thu 2030 15685, Sat 11307435. 130015685, Sun 0300 3215, 0900
3210,23305070.Tue 1230 & Wed 11 30 15685 (gh) Ham Radio & More may
be terminatedatend01March If It continuesto be unprofitable fororiginating
station KFN NPnoeno : donations we re invited (HR&M)
Weheard WINB 's first transm issionat reactivation.Jan 29at 1818 1900
on15715 : next day tested 11740 from 1900,and alter2200 on11950,but not
regu lar; one Friday had local schoolchildren giving Pe nnsylvania history at
2307 (gh. World 01RadIO)
WMLK.9465, not heard when I was inPA. socalled them later. Inaguarded
conversation,awoman saidtheywere havingproblems withantenna that kept
them off when it is raininq! And maintained sked was Sun-Fri 1700-2000,
0400-0900 (HansJohnson , CumbreOXvia OXW)
WRNO was having problem s with old trans mitter, so bought a new one,
sh ipped before it was completely buill and is incapable of transmitting in 15
MHz range . Hence only uses 7 MHz until problem fixed (Hans Johnson,
Cumbre DXvia DX Window)
We\'J ereIlearing OXing vmn ClIl1Ibreat the secret time ofSun 2300on5745
for aboutthree monthsbefore it was made known to the prod ucer and then to
listeners ingeneral. typical WH RI nonsense.AlltimesonWHRI expected to be
one UT hour earlier dunnq OST. but noton KWHR (gh)
UntiltheNext. Best of DXand 73 deGlenn./

Broadcast Loggings
Gayfe Van Hom
0018 UTe o n 5010
INDIA: AIA-Thiruvananthapuram. Hindu. Interv al signal to tentative AIR
10 . Mentions of "shortwave" amid text to Indian vocals . (Ma rk verdtuns,
Borne, Netherland s, via email)
0028 UTe on 334 5
INDIA: AIR-Jaipu r. Local dialect 10sub cont inental mu sic. Time-lips at 0030
with possible 10 . Newscast to 0035 with announce r's talk. Fair 10 poo r
signa l quality. (Giovanni Serra , Rome . Italy , The Four Winds )
0050 UTe o n 12020
VIETNAM : Voice of Vietnamese . Easy listening vocals to announcer's
sign-off routine amid VOA 's sign-on at 0 100 on 12025. (Jerry Witham,
Keaau. HI)
0102 UTe on 59 30
SLOVA KIA; Radio Slovakia tnt'l. English to North Amer ica with program
announcements, frequen cy schedul e to Slo vakia Todayprogram. Tape of
Presidential address . (Sue Wilden, Columbus , IN, via emai l)
011 5 UTe on 7125
RUSSIA: Voice of Russ ia WS. Moscow Mailbag with discus sion on former
commun ist gov ernmen t, Lenin's Tomb , and Stalin's rule. (Bob Fraser.
Cohasset. MA) Russian to Europe noted on 7125.3 at 1930. (Edward. H.
Schwartz, Chicago , IL) Focus On A sia on 6150 at 0620 . (Witham, HI)
0213 UTe o n 9735
PARAGUAY : Radio Nacionat. Spanish. Mult iple IDs between Paraguayan
folk music. (Lee Silvi, Mentor, OH, via email)
0240 UTe o n 5645.8
PERU: La Voz de San Antonio. (Tent) Tri ed after tip in Cumbre OX
newsletter, and heard with Peruvian music. Female announcer with slogans and slow ballad . No 10, SINPO =24343 . (Veldh uis, NLD)
0315 UTe on 479 0
PERU: Radio Atlantica. Spanish . Two males chat to commentary and
progra m preview. Sign-off 10 to closing nati onal anthem at 0330. (Larry
Michalski, West Seneca, NY)
0330 UTe on 4930
HONDURAS: Radio tntemactonal. Spanish . Folk music to ballads . Brief 10
between tunes . Nice catch at 1kW. (Silvi, OH )
045 8 UTe on 5810
USA: KAIJ Dallas . TX. Dr Gene Scott 's University Network programming,
with teachings from Revelations. (Edwa rd H. Schwart z, Chicag o, Il)
05 30 UTe on 6090
ANGU il LA: University Network. Dr. Gene Scott anno uncing active 6090
frequency and welcomed call-in recepti on reports , usual chatter from
"Doc," monitored to 0600. (Witham, HI) Monitored 0421-0600 on 6090;
1420-1 600 on 11775. (Silvi, OH )
05 35 UTe on 6015
AUSTR IA: Radio Austria ln!'l. Interval signa l to stat ion rD. News coverage
including items on tougher nationa l traffic laws. (Schwa rtz, III
0547 UTe on 6110
CANADA : Radio Japan NHK World relay. Featur e story on Japan/Australian eco nomic relations. (Schwartz , IL)
0702 UTe on 5985,2
BELGIUM: Radio Vlaa nde ren Int'I. Flemish to Europe. Newscast with
moderate to heavy fading and static. English serv ice at 0730 with news and
classical music . (Schwa rtz, WI) Monitored on 7325 at 0040 . (Fraser, MA)
0730 UTe on 6040
CH INA: Jiangxi People 's BS. Chines e. Male/female announce rs to Moscow Nights tune. The Fathe r of Vict ory march song introdu cing station 10
and news at 0800 . (Witham, HI)
0930 UTe o n 5020
SOLOMO N ISLANDS: SIBC. Pidgin/English. Pop tunes to island music
inte rspersed with local commercial torthe King Island Craft Shop. (Wilh am ,
H I)
1105 UTC on 4779 .3
ECUADOR; Radio Orient al. Spanish. Station 10 , "a trav es de Radio
Oriental. desde la provincia de Tema . Macas." News to additi onal 10 with
frequency quote . (Pedro Ar runategu i, Lima . Peru, TFIt't)
1152 UTe on 49 25
INDONESIA:(Sumatra) RRI-Jamb i. Indo nesian. Pop vocals to 1159 inter va l signal. RRI identification into Jakarta news relay. Signa l stronger than
usual but relay aud io poor. (Bob Hill, Holl iston ,MA, TFIt't) Tent ativ e logging
on Voi c e of Indonesia (Jav a) on 9525 at 2000 -2015 , French service with
Indo music . (Sitvi. OH)
1230 UTe on 11615
FRANCE: Radio France rnt'l. Report on circuses performing in Paris.
(Fraser, MA; Schwartz, ll )

1235 UTe on 9580

AUSTRA LIA: Radio Aust ralia. Report From Asia with repo rt on files
releas ed on Australia's role in the Vietnam War. (Fraser, MA) Sporting
event noted in English at 0025 on 17880 USB. (Witham . HI)
1335 UTe on 597 5
UZBEKI STAN : Radio Ta shkent. English to South Asia. Decent signal 10
news topics interspersed with Middle Eastern style mu sic. Moderate to
heavy fading . (Schwartz. WI)
1440 UTe on 13830
CROATIA : Croatian Radio. Classi cal music including Khac hatunan's
Sabre Dance. Station ID on the hour followed by newsca st. (Michalski,
NY) English news noted on 5895 at 230 1. Sent my report via email and
rece ived my card via snailmail. (Wilden, IN)
1615 UTe on 11840
NORWAY: Radio Norway tnt'l. Sounds of Norway featu ring mod ern
music based on old folk tunes. (Fraser, MA) Norweg ian service to North
Ame rica heard on 9590 at 1800. Program DeUe er No rge, including news
and national weather -great practice for my Norwegian! (Schwartz, W I)
1627 UTe on 4010.02
KYRG YSTAN: (Tent) Kyrgyz Radio. Presumed Kygyz language with
male/fem ale duo talk and 10 format at 1630. Music into a radio play
format. (Serra, Italy)
1730 UT e on 3665 .8
PAKISTAN: Azad Kash mir Radio. Presumed Pakistani. Two males
discu ssing Pak istan to Middle Easte rn music. Monolog ue con tinuing to
final signal fade out. (Witham, HI) Statio n noted on 9400 at 1830 in Hindu.
(Zacharias liangas, Thes saltoniki , Greece , TFWj
175 0 UTe on 6940
CHINA: China Radio tnt'l. Russian/German. Announce rs text to 1755.
Interval signal with German ID and news. Noted 116950, 6960 . 697 0 kl- lz.
(Witham, HI)
1756 UTe on 9555
SAU DI ARABI A: BSKSA Arabic service to North Africa . Heard on 11 987 0
10 Europe. Very nice Middle Eastern music, fair to good signal on both
frequencies. (Silvi, OH )
1805 UTe on 4800
LESOTHO : Radio Lesotho. Sesotho . Religious service to cho ir music.
(Witham, HI)
1809 UTe on 11990
KUWA IT: Radio Kuwait. Text on tandmin es left from the Iraqi invasion
continue to cause problem s. Mus ic from Kenny G to newscast at 1830.
(Wilden, IN)
1825 UTe on 7210
QATAR: OatarBC Service . Arabic monologue to regional music. (Witham ,
HI) Station noted this frequency at 2330-0045. (Silvi , OH)
1908 UTe on 7245
MAUR ITAN IA: Radio Maurita nie. Tentat ively Nou kchott , switc hing from
Arabic to ve rnacular harangue by two men interspersed with flutes and
Koran readings. Buried at 2000 by co-chann el sign-on. (Hill, M Al TFV\')
2001 UTe o n 7265
GERMANY; (Tent) Sudwestfunk . German DJ with pop/ rock oldies from
Crosb y Still s & Nash, Buffalo Springfield and others. (Silvi,OH) Germany's
Bay eris c her Rundfun k hea rd in German on 6085.3 at 2 154. (Sc hwa rtz ,
WI)
2030 UTe on 11804.98
BRAZ IL: Radio Gleb e. Portug uese . Talk abo ut socce r to ca nned 10
breaks. Signal fade out at 2058. Additional Brazilian s noted: Radio
Gauc ha on 11914.98 at 2 100 with talk about city Florianopolis. Radio
Band eira ntes 11925 at2 115; Radio elube Paranaese 9725 at 2123.
(Serra, Italy , TF~
2200 UTe on 4770
NIGERIA: Radio Nige ria. Heavy interferences duri ng Tu nes To Rem em be r program. Station 10 and annou ncer c hat. (M ichalski, NY)
223 8 UTe on 32 34.8
PERU : Radio Luz y Sonido. Span ish. "Per Radio Luz y Sonlo a.Ja buena
muslca..~ (Arrunategui. Peru, TFVV)
2300 UTe on 7215
COTE O'IVO IRE; RTV lvorterme . French an nounce rs with chat to program mix of pop/rock and regional French music. (Silvi, OH)

Han ' yOIl selll ill YOUR IOKS?

Gayle Van Hom, do Monitoring Times (or e-mail Kaylt @lg l"l)l'('.lu't)

J1Wl1k l' to nnr contrihmors -

Send

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The QSL Report

GayleVan Ham, gay/e@grove.nel

aSLing the Heavens

5.1)' what you will. we must face it
sat e llite
tcchnoloe v is the ultimate answer to internationa l
broadca st er s reachi ng a la rge r wo rld aud ience. with
crystal clear audio qua lity. Just think. no fading. ionospheric di sturbance s. or lo usy pr op agation to
deal wit h!
As more snuions tak e ad vantage of thi s

"high-in-the-sky techno logy," an increasing

numbe r of liste ne rs wit h T YRO ca pa bilitie s
find thi s a ve ry favora ble solution 10 enjoy ing
their favorite broadcasters.

CUBA

Re aiona l Direct or Tec hn ical Services. Noted station in ope ration since 1988

Radio Ila vana. lJS20 kl-lz. Full dat a QS L card unsigned . Personal Iett cr stg ned
by Lourdes Lopez-Correspondence Dept . Received in94 day s for an English
report . Statio n address: Apart ado 6240. Havunn. Cuba (Rich Burners . via
ema il)

witi, 30.5111 (OP loaded vertical radiator antenna. Received for an English utility
report and mint stamps. Station address: Tran sport Canada, Technical Services
Ont ario Reg ion. 4900 Yongc Street, S uite 300 . Willowdale, Ontario M2N 6A5
Canada. (Holbrook, MD l

(a:RMANY
Radio Liberty. I IlJ70 !.;HI (\' ia llol xkirchcn . Ge rmany ) 9695 !d lt. (via
Lumpcrthchn . Germ.m yi , Full data Letter of verification o n Radio Libe rty
letterhead sig ned by David w atcuu-Broadcast Operations Liai son . plus business ca rd. Rece ived in 14 days fo r an English report of RL's Kazakh service.
SASE (relurned) and so uvenir po stcard . QSL addres:-.: 120 1C onnecticut Ave ..
washing ton . DC 2(Xl.I6. (Gay le Van Ho rn. Brasstown. NC)

P OL A ND

KUW A I T
Radio Kuwait. 1It)1)() kl-l/.. Full J ataQSL fo lder card stamped with station seal.
unvigncd. Large souve nir tote bag enclosed. Recei ved in 76 days for an English
report arul one lJ .5. dollar. Station address: Ministry of Informatton. Engineering Communtcuuons Dcpt .. Co ntroller o f Frequency Management. P.O . Box
.W7. S,lf"t 13004 . Kuwuit.ttlrumkm ~v1. Art man. West C hester, PAl

SATELLITE SERVICES

.\ I E J}J U ~ 1\ \"'\ \

'E
WA KK. 1140 kHz AM . Full data QSL letter signed by Richard Wall s-Chie f
Engineer. plus hurrica ne map enc losed . Recei ved in four day s for an Engli sh
A~'I report of specia l DX Test broadcast. and mint stamp s. Statio n add ress:
P.O. Bm; 1649 . Mcf'omb. t-.1S )%4 8. (fl ank Holbrook, Du nkirk . MS)

WFNR . 7 10 kllz I\ M . Full data prepared QSL curd ret urned as verified by
RohcrtTravis. Receiv ed foran English A M report of special DX Test. and mi nt
stamp:-.. Snuion address: 48 5 TO\vcr Road. C hns uao b urg, VA 24073 .(Holbrook .
MOl

NEW ZE'\L\~n
r-:Z Rad io for the Prin t Disabled . 3935 kHz. Fu ll data stat ion logo QS L card
sig ned by Brian Stoker-Qxl , Manager. plus colo r pos tcard. Receiv ed in 14
Jays foran Eng lish report and Nz currcncy. Stat ion logged while o n boar d the
P.O . Line s Sky Princess in the So uth Pacifi c. Station address: P.O. Box 360.
Levin. Ne w Zealand. (David N. Klein . Dan vers, MA l
NO:\' -DIRE CTIO~'\I .

HEAC()?'JS

6E. 387 kHz, G rand Ma nti. New Brunswic k. Full data prepared QSL ca rd
returned and signed with illegible signature. Receiv ed to r a Iollowup rcccption
report and min t stamps. Station address : T ra nspo rt Canada. Flight Operations,
P.O . Box 42. Monct on , NB Cana da EI C 8 KC. (Hank Ho lbrook . Dunkirk , MD)
71.. 40 :') kH/ . La Sarre. Quebec. Full data pre pared QS L card retu rned as
verified hy Jocelyn Caron. Pamphlet 0 0 the town enclose d with a copy of
station license. noting power is 25 watt s at 40 feet. Recei ved for ,III English
uti lity repo rt and mint stamp s. Station address: Ville de lu Surrc {Aeroport}.
Dircctc ur l.ks tTaV <lUX publics. 6. Avenue Est. La Sarro. Quebec J9Z U P
Cunadu. (Ho lbroo k. 1\.'101
YFH. 266 kill., Fort Hope . Ontario. Fu ll data QS L lette r signed by B . ~L Davies

42

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Ap,;/ 1997

Polish Radio Warsaw, 11815 kf-l z. Full data station QSL ca rd uns igned .
So uvenir po stca rd, bro adcast sched ule and doll ar returned Slating it was "n ot
nccessarv." Personalletter enclosed with station to ur in vitati on next time I visit
Poland . Rece ived in 7 1days for an Eng lish repo rt. Sta tion add ress: c/o Engli sh
Serv ice. P.O. Box 46 . (lO-977 War saw , Po land . (Paul Jab lonow ski . Greenfi eld,
W I)
KLO N FM. O bnnd sa tellite service -do mes tic sate llite Gal axy 5/tra nsponde r
2. audio subcarncr 5.58 /5.76 MHz. Full data station logo card sig ned by Ron
T ho mpso n-C hief Engineer. Received in 35 days for an Engli sh repo rt of
broadcast via satellite and mint stam ps. Station address: Cal State UniversityLong Beach . 1288 No rth Bellfl ower Blvd .. Long Beac h, CA 908 15. (Va n
Horn . NC)
WCCO AM. C-hand satellite serv ice- do mestic satelli te Galaxy 6/transponder
15. aud io subcarrier 6.20 MH z. Full data WCCO station logo card unsigned ,
plus Minne sota's Good Neighbor statio n new slette r. Recei ved in 14 da ys for
an English report of broa dcas t via sa telli te and mint stam ps. Statio n address:
625 Seco nd Ave nue So uth. Minn eapoli s. MN 55402. (Van Hom . NC)
RT E R.\dio Tclc fis Eireun n via Wor ld Rad io Networ k One. C -band sa tellite
service-do mes tic satellite Ga laxy 5/ tra nsponde r 6, audi o subcarrier6.80 M Hz.
Full da ta Dub lin G PO postcard signed by Wesley Boyd -Di rector of Broadcasting Developm ent s. Person al letter from veri sig ner on RTE letterhead , and
R'Tli sarellite sched ule brochures. Recei ved in 25 days for an English rep ort o f
broadcas t via satellite o n WR N. Station add ress: Do nnybrook, Dublin 4,
Irel and. (Van Hom , NO

SHIP TRA FFIC

Norgas Transporter ELP W8. 16 173.5 kHz . Full data prep ared QSL card
returned as verified. Recei ved for an Engli sh utility report o f SITOR traffic .
Shi p addr ess: Chcmi kulie n Scctra nspcn GMBH. Mattenwielete 1. 2045 Hamburg, Ge rman)'. (SIe ve McD onald VE7SL, May ne Bay, Be Canada via em ail)

MN Iris Act' 3EADlJ. 12438 kHz. Fu ll data prepare d QSL card returned as
verified. Recei ved in 120d.lYs for an Engli shutilit yreportandCWtraffic . Ship
add ress: O.S .K. Lin es. Sh osen Mitsui Bld g.. Box 5. I- I, Toro aomon z-chom e.
Minuto-ku , Tokyo 105-91 Jap an. (Mc fro nald . CAN)

ST. HELENA
Radi o St. Helena . 1109 2.5 kHz. Full statio n mapllo go ca rd signed by Tony
Leo-Station Manaeer. Received in 69 days for an Engli sh repo rt and two U.S.
do llars. Station address: T he Castle, Jam estown. SI. Hel ena, Sou th A tlantic
Ocean . (Lee Banner, Fish kill. NJ) DXen markyour calendars now ... Radio St.
llelenu returns Octob er 26111/997, 01 1 tile station 's 30lh anniversary, -ed.

How TO USE THE SHORTWAVE GUIDE.

1:

Convert your t ime to UTe .

Eastern and Pacific Times a re al ready converted to Coo rdinated

Universal Time (UTe ) at the top of each page. The rule is: convert
your loca l tim e to 24hour for ma t; add (d uring Daylight Savi ngs Time)
4.5,6 . or 7 hou rs for Eastern , Ce ntral, Mo unt ain or Pacific Times,

respectively.
Note that an dates, as well as times. are in UTe ; for example. a show
which might air at 0030 UTe Sunday will be heard on Saturday evening in
America (8:30 pm Eastern, 5:30 pm Pacific).
2:

Choose a program or stati on you wa nt to hear.

Some selected programs appear on the lower half of the page lor
prime listening hours-space does not permit 24-hour listings.
occasionally program listings will be followed by "See X 0000.- This
information indicates that the program is a rerun, and refers to a previous
summary of the prog ram 's content. The letter stands for a day of the week,
as indicated be low, and the fou r dig its represent a time in UTe.
S: Sund ay
T: Tuesd ay
H: Th ursday A: Saturday
M: Mon day
W: Wedn esday F: Friday

stat ion name . Irregular broadcasts are indicated "tent" and programm ing
which inclu des lang uag es besides English are code d 'vr' (various lan-

guages).
4:
Choose t he m ost prom ising fr eq uenc ies for th e t i me,
locat io n and condi tions,
Not all stations can be heard and none all the time on all frequencies.To help you find the most promising frequency, we've included information on the target area of each broadcast. Freq uencies beamed towa rd
your area will gen erally be easier to hea r tha n tho se beamed else where,
eve n thou gh the latte r will ohen still be audible . Every frequency is followed by one of these ta rget codes:
am :
na :
ca :
sa:
eu:
af:
me :

The Am ericas
North America
Central A merica
South Am erica
Europe
Af rica
Middl e East

as :
au:
pa:

Asia
Aust ralia
Pacific
various
domestic broa dcast
omn idirectiona l

va:
do :
am:

3:

Fin d t he frequencies for the program o r st ation you

wa nt t o he ar.
Look at the page which corresponds to the time you wi ll be listening .
Comprehensive frequ ency info rmat ion for English broadcasts can be found
at the top half of the page . All frequencies are in kHz.
The frequ ency listing uses the same day codes as the program listing s; if a broadcast is not daily, those day code s will app ear befo re the

H OT

Consu lt the propagation cha rts. To furthe r help you find the right
frequ ency, we've included charts at the back of this sect ion which take
into accoun t conditions affecting the audibility of shortwave broadc asts .
Simpl y pick out the region in which you live and find the cha rt for the
reg ion in which the stat ion you want to hear is loc ated.The char t indicates
the optimum frequencies for a given time in UTC.

NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

THE BBC IN TRANSITION

T he ongoing pr ivati zati on of the
BB C that began late lust year
result ed in the sale of fou r Wor ld
Service transmi tter stations i n the
U K (Skelton . Rampi sham.
Wootfcrton. and Oxfordncssj.A
new R& D strategy has developed
whic h ul timately should result in:
( I ) A 24hour news serv ice addition
In the Worl d Service. (2) a DAB
service for Eum pcun citics. (3 ) new
foreign language servic es vi a the
i nternet. and (4) the acqui ring of
new A ;\' I!F~ I outl ets to expand

listen ersh ip.

T he M arch issue of BBC 0" Air
Maeatin e prom ised loi s of new and
exciting programs beginn ing i n
Apri l on the HHC Wor ld Servi ce.
Look for these changes in our ~I a)
issue, as well as a backg round
art icl e on the RBC today.

CANADA Two WAYS

Th e Canadia n Bro adcasting
Corp . (C BC ) is now simulcasting its
broadcasts via the internet. Both
C Be Radio and ('Be Stereo can be
heard in real-tim e

(www.rudie.cbc.ca/

reulnudi o.htm ll. Archived

programs arc also available. Sound

qual ity i s excelle nt. III other C HC

news. Canada' s her it age m inister,
Sheila Copps, said that once the
latest round of federal budget cut s is
complete . the CBC w ill be
"g uaranteed stable fund ing fo r lh e
ycurs.t' I f true. thi s woul d assure the
con tinuation o f ReI.

AMERICAN POTPOURRI
Wor ld Harvest Radio now
..imulc asts it s short wave output via
il s web site t w w w.wh r i .cnm/
rea laudlo. hm n. An gels I and 1
fro m I ndiana (W IIRI) and An gclJ
from Haw aii ( K W H R) can all be

heard .
Th ere was no need In wail until
the begi nning of DST to begin
usin g M onit or Radio l nrcm ational's
new fr equencies. Their changeover
for the sum mer months began on
" l arch -lth und mil s unt il September
I st. wi th some frequency changes
occu rr ing Oil ;\.1ay 6th.
Chuck Harder s radio program
For the Peoph' is back on shortwave
via W H RI (Angel 1J from 18(K)2 100 UTC (l\.'I -F) on 9495 kH7 .
Chuck's People 's Ne twork was
taken over by the United B road....usring Network last year and C huck's
program w as replaced hy Bay
Buchanan and other tal k show

personalities. Hour (\\'0 of hi s 3hour program e m also be heard on

W \V C R # 1 at 0500 UTC ( ~ I - F )
(32 10 kH I.), und hour three via
W\VCR #3 at 21K)() UTe (i'.IF)
02 160 H I I.).
Don't bother 10 check Voic e of
America' s (-II' vite for program
in formation about VOA English

brcu dcusts. Despite the many

changes whi ch have occu rred. the
on-l ine docum ents haven"t been

updated since 1995.

W ORLD RADIO NETWORK NEWS

Th e W RN lost ni ne of it s
affiliated broadcasters in February,
Sial ions which decided not 10 rej oin
WR l' wen: B lue Danube Radiu.
Radi o Canada l mem ario nal ( RC I) .
Radio France l ntcrn ational f Rl-Ij.
Radio Korea Internation al ( RKIJ .
Radio Prague, Rad io Romania
lnt cm ationa l (}{fH L Radio Sweden.
RTH K Ho ng Kong. and United
Na tio ns Radio . ReI. RFI. R'ldio
Sweden. and }{THK Hong Kong
now offe r Reul .vud io servic e on
their ow n web pages.

PROGRAMMINGTIPS BY JIM FRIMMEL

for play ing both \ ideo and audio via
the internet. Tilt: jum p f W IIl
RealA udio .1 .0 In the new soft ware
ncces...itatcd a name chan ge 10
Rcal l'l uyc r 4 .0 (be ta I) In uc-commod atc the incor poration of \ ideo
play .
Down load the player from

www.re nl.co m and chec k out the

guid e to wh urs on the air ru
www.l imel::lst.ll lln / fdlannels.lnlll i .
A lso vi sit the European showc ase at
www.eurepc.real.com for
RcafVi dco ..ample .. from BB e -T V.
and other d ip.. from uK. lraly.
France, Fin land. and Sweden. Un
the other vide of the planet ur
w ww.j p.r eal.com are some clips
f rom Japan. And . by the t illle yo u
read thi s, there undoubte dly \\ i ll he
new additi ons from all mer.

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SHORTWAVE GUID~

0000 UTe
0000-0100

0000-0030
0000-0100 vi
0000-01 00 vi
aOOO-0015

0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0030
0000-0100
0000-0100 vi
00000100
0000-0010
0000-0027
0000-0100
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00000045
00000030
00000100
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00000100
00000100 vi
00000100
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00000100
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00000100

FREQUENCIES .

8:00 PM EDT
5:00 PM PDT

Anquilla.Caribbean Beacon
Australia. Radio
Australia. VL8KKatherine
Australia, VL8T Ten t erk
Cambodia , Nail Voice of
Canada.
NQuebec Svc
Canada,CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX toronto

esc

Canada.CFVP Calgarl
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada, CKZU Van couver
Canada, R Canada Intt
Canada, R Canada InU
China, ChinaRadio Intt
Costa Rica. Adv World R
Costa Rica,RFPeace Inti
Croatia. Croatian gaoo
CzechRep, Rad io Prague
Ecuador, HCJB
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Ghana, Ghana aroaoc Corp
India, All India Radio
Kazakhstan. Radio Almaty
Lebanon, Voiceof Hope
Liberia.LCN/R Liberia nu
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. RTM Kuching
Netherlands, Radio
NewZealand, RNZ Inti
North Korea, R Pyongyang
Papua NewGuinea, NBC
aussra.voice of Russia WS
Serbia. Radio Yug oslaVia
Spam. R ExteriorEspana

6090am
13605pa
5025do
4910do
11940as
9625do
6005do
6070do
603Ddo
5130do
6160do
6160do
5960am
6040am
971 0na
7375am
6205am
5895eu
6200na
9745am
9900na
3366do
7150as
6230eu
9960va
5100do
7295do
7160do
6020na
15115pa
11 335na
9675do
71 05na
6195na
6055am

155103S

17750a5

OeoO-OO3O

r oanano. Radio

968031

OeOO0100

UKraine, R tnrame Inti

591 5na

7150na

716003

720503

5970am
9410a5
117505a

5975am
951 5am
119553S

6175am
9590am
15280as

9580a5

1 194~a s

9430sa
9890as
17820as
6130am
13740am
5890na

15665as
11760as

15725as
15290am

7405am

9455am

7290n3
0000-0100

United Kinadom, BBC WS

59653S
519535
9915al11
15360a5

9755am
9535am
11695na
9725am
7385am
71 65eu
7345na
21455am
491 5do
9705as

11940arn
11760na
1375IJam

9950as

15130na

7125na
7115na

724011a

rnne o Kingdom. BBC WS

7110as

LSA KAIJDallas TX
LSA, KTBN SailLk City UT
LSA, KWHF; Naalehu HI
USA. Moun RadIO Inti
USA. VOice of America

OaOO0100 twhta

USA, VOice of America

00000100
00000100
00000100
0000-0100
0000,0100 m
00000100
00000100
00000100
00300100

USA. WE W r~ Bummnl-am AL
USA.WG TGMcCaysville GA
USA. WHRI NoblesvilleIN
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WRM;/R Miami Inti
USA. WRNONew Orleans LA
USA. WWC~ Nasnviue m
USA WYFR meecrctee FL
Australia, gaoro

00300055
00300100
00300100
00300100
00300100
00300100
0,)350040

Austria, R AustfIJ Inti

Iran. VOIRI
Netherlands. RadiO
Sri Lanka.SlI Lanka Be
sweoe n. Radio
Thailand.RJdlO
India. All India naco

00500100

Italy, RAI ron

5810am
7510am
17510as
7535na
7215as
17735am
5995am
9775am
5825eu
5085am
5745am
7490na
9955am
7355am
2390am
606511a
9660pa
13755pa
17i9 5pa
7325113
6050na
5905a5
9730as
6065am
9655.1.s
-I860do
11870do
6010na

15J60am

11620as

6165na
13760na

0000-0030
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
00000100

9550na

7425na

321 5am
9505na
11640as
15365pa
17860pa

5070am

5935am

12080pa
17715as

13605pa
17i50as

9022na
7305a5

9685na

11 905as
5050do

711000

9675na

11800na

11830do

SELEaED PROGRAMS. . . . . . . .
Sundays

Spain, RExterior deEspana: News. A ten-moure summary 01

worldnews
0000 USA, KTBN SaltLk City UT: ACall to scucn. JaySeruow
takesanin-depth look atlaw andjusticeissues facing
Christians.
0000 USA, WGTG McCaysville GA: Sound of ne Trumpet No
informationavailable.
001 1 Spain. R Enenor deEspana: cunurar Encounters
Highlighllng cultural mteracuon bet.... eenSpain and North
Amelica.
0027 Spain, Rh terlor de Espana: Distance Unknown, A program
for shortwave listeners andnxers.
0030 Sweden, Radio: Spectrum(1),Sarahgoxstrom withthe
latest on Swedish music, drama, art.and film.
0030 USA, KlBN SaltLkCity UT: In Touch TheAtlanta Bible
teachina ministry of cnarres Stanley
0036 Spam, RE.... tenor de Espana; SpanishPcparama. Thelatest
popmusic hits in Spain aswelt as some oldies
0056 Spain, RExterior deEspana: Program Mnouncemems
Descriptions of SpanishNational Radio's programs and
schedule intormalion.
0000

Mondays
0000
0000
0000
0011
0015
0022
0030
0030
0030
0030
0030
0038
0045

Spain, R Enenor deEspana: News. See S0000

USA. WGTG McCaysvilleGA: The Domestic SW Report 81tt
Lauterbach with news aboutAmenca sbortwave stancns.
programs, andpersonalities.
USA, WRMIIR Miami Inti, FL: Church of Christ. Religious.
Spain, R Extetinr de Espana: Visitors Book. Who's visitlllg
Spain this week.
USA, WRMI/R Miami Inti, FL: Truth for theWorld. Churches
of ChrislspokesmanJim Dearman examines Scripture
Spain, RExterior deEspana: Spanish Echoes. Music with a
Spanishaccent
Sweden, aeno: In Touch with Stockholm (biweekly). See S
1230.
Sweden, Radio: SoundsNordic (biweek:y). See S 1230.
USA, KTBN Saltl k CityUT:Taklllg Authority. BishopEddie
Long preaches from Atlanta, Georgia.
USA, WGTG McCaysvilleGA: Voice in the Wilderness. Denny
Corbin evangelizes fromOregon.
USA. WRMIiRMiami Inti, FL: Exceeding Failh. SeeS 1615
Spain, RExterior de Espana: Radio Club. Listener leiters are
answeredandmusicrequests played.
USA, WRMIIR Miami Inti, FL: Strength for Today. Lane
Brown evangelizes from New Mexico

Tuesdays
0000

0000
0000
0000
0015
0030
0030
0032
0036
0041
0045
0048
0051

Spain, R Extencr deEspana: The News hom Spain. A halthouror news auour Spain, Europe, anu theworld. The
Spanish weather and cultural scene arealso featured.
USA, KTBN Salt LkCity UI: Gospel America, See S03') 0.
USA. WGTGMcCaysvilleGA:The Baker Report SeeM
2300.
USA, WRr,lti RMiami lntl, FL: Herald of rnnn. acie-tesec
solutions to personaland national problems
USA, WRI,ltIR Miami lnll, FL: Viva tJhamil. See M l BO .
Sweden, nacre:S I~ 1y Degrees ri orth See 1.1 t 230
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT: A Call to Action. See S0000
Spain, RExterior deEspana: Spanish Music. Popular music
currently Ileard in Spain
Spain, RExterior de Espana: Press Review. Reviewof the
Spanish and mremanonar press
Spain, REderior deEspana: gn-enanment In Spain
Current tavcnres and cerscnaates from lhe world ot stage
and screen
WRMJ/R ''' iami Inti: Words 01tne Spirit. See M 1345
Sweden, aar no: sponscan. See M 1246
Spain, R Exterior deEspana: Spanish Course oy Radio. A
coursein Spanishwith Enylish cornmeutarv

Wednesdays
0000
0000
0000
0000
0015
0015
0025
0030
0030
0030
0034
0039
0045
0046

Spain, R Exterior deEspana: t he News tromSpam SeeT

0000
USA, KTBN Sail u CityUI: seeno theScenes, See S0500
WGTG McCJysvilleGA: Baker Report. See M 2300
USA WRMIIR Miami Inti, FL: Hilrald 01Truth. See T0000.
USA, KTBN Sail Lk City UT: Principles 01Biblical
Economics. John AV,lllzini teaches prosperny,
USA, WRMIIR Miami tntl, FL : VvaMiamil . See M 1430
USA,KTBN Salt t k Cil)' UT: TM Word, Ehem Zimbahsl Jr
reads from scnpture
Spain. R lxrenor deEspana:Spanish Music. See T0032
Sweden. aado. SixtyDegrees Norlh. See M 1230.
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UI: Up onMelody Mountain. :letlY
Jean Bcnnson slllgs in Breruwcoo. Tennessee
Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Pres s Review See T0026.
Spain. R Exterior rle Espana: Kaleidoscope, Spanish cultural
life bornin Spnm and abroad.
WRMI/R Miami Inll: Words 01me Spmt See M 1345
S....eden. saco : MedlaScan (1/31 . See T 1245

Thursdays
0000

Spain. RExterior de Espana: The Ne ',~ s from scam . See T

0000.

0000
0000
0000
0015
0015
0025
0030
0030
0030
0034
0040
0045
0046

Fridays
0000
0000
0000
flOOO
1)015
0030
0030
0030
0036
0043
0045
0046

MONITORINGTIMES

Ap6/ 1997

Spain. RExterior de Espana. TheNms hom Spain. SeeT0000

USA, KlENSalt Lk CityUT: Behind the Scenes. See S0500
USA WGTG McCaySVilleGA:TheBaker Re pon See M 2300
USA.WRMilR Miami lntl. FL:Herald of Tnnh See T0000.
USA, WRMI/R Miami rnn FL: VivaMiami!. SeeM 1430.
Spain. RExtencr de Espana:Press Review. See T 0036
Sc.eoen aeno: SIXIy nearees North. See M 1230
USA, KlBNSat1 Lk Cily UT: In the Name of Satan. Bob Larson
1I(11tSsatamsmano the occult.
Spain. R Extenor de Esuana. Radio Club. See M 0038
sveoen. Radio: ureenscan. SeeH 1243.
USA,WRMI/R Miami Inti. FL: Words 01the seen. See 1.1 1345
Sweden , aaoo Horizon (415). See H 1246

Saturdays
1)000
0000
0000
0000
0015
0015
0025
0030
0030
a030
0033
0035
0038
0045

44

US , KTBrl Salt Lk CityUl Bet und meScenes. See S 0500.

US , WGTGMcCaysvilleGA: The Baker Report. See M 2300.
USA, WRM IIR Mlanu Inll. FL: Herald of Truth. See i 0000.
USA,Kl BN Salt u CityUT: Pnncipres of BihlicalEconomics, See
W 0015.
USA,WRM liR Miami lilli. FL: VivaMiami!. SeeM 1430.
USA, KTBN San Lk City UT: TheWord. See W0025.
Spain, RE.... tenor de Espana: Spanish Music. See T 0032.
Sweden. Hauro: SIX!;, Degrees North. See M 1230
USA, KTBN Salt LkCil)' ur Changing Your we-n See M 0530
Spain. RExterior deEspana:Press Review See T0036.
Spain. R Ene.or deEspana: winoow on Spain, A dl !l~ re nl
reccn of Spain and Its attrac tionsare hiyllhghtedeach I'leek
USA. WRMI/R Miami Inti, FL: Words ot the Spirit. See M 1345
Sweden.Radio: MoneyMatters, See W 1246.

Spain, R Exrenor de Espana. TheNews nom Spain. See T0000

USA, KlBNSaltLk City ut Behind theScenes See S0500
USA. WGTGMcCaySVilleGA:The Baker Repor:. See M 2300
USA.WRMIIRMlamllnlL FL: Herald 01Truth, See T0000.
USA. KTBN Salt L ~ CityUT: Pnnciples at Biblical Economics. See
'11 0015
USA. WRMltRMiamiInn, FL: Viva Miaml l . Sec M 1430.
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT: The Word See W 0025
Spain, R Exterio r deEspana: Spanish Music, see T0032.
Sweden, gado : Sixl\, Degrees North. See M 1230
USA.KTBNSalt lk City UT: The Laverne Tripp Family. See W
1100
Scam. RExtennr de Espana Press Review. See1 0035.
Sweden. gado. A RevICl'1or theNewsweek. See F1235
Spain. R Exterior deEspana: Review of meM s. A review of
cultural acnvmes in Spain and elsewhere
USA. WRMliRMiami inn. FL: Words of the Spln1- See M 1345.

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USA. VlHRI Noblesville IN
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USA. WRNO NewOrleans LA
USA. WVHAGreenbush ME
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Spain, R boencr de Espana: News See S 0000
USA., KTBN salt l k City UT:TheHour of Power Rober!
Scnuner concocts servces from tne Crystal Cathedral
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA.: The News and Prophecy
Forum. JackFrostpreachesend limepropnecy in melighl
o' current evenIs.
Spain. R Iuenor de Espana: Cullural Encounters. SeeS
00) 11
Scao.RExlerlor de Esaana- DistanceUnknown, see S
()J27
Seecen. R.ltllo Spectrum(11 See S0030
S;)aln. Rhlellor de Espana. seamsn Poparama. See S
0036
VatLC.an Slate. varcan gene: l iturgical Re ! ~tt1n
DIscussion of a I OP ~ from cnurcn lilur!1Y.
vatcan State, vatcan Rallttl: Ne...-s A bunenn 01
IIlt ernallDnal news

B'NI AngUIlla. Tiletanteean Beacon. Wolld UmverSlty

rletvlork (Or. Gene Stoll)
Spain, R El1erior de Espana: News. SeeS 0000.
USA. WGTG McCaysvlll! GA' The nemsemaee Hour. The
vOICe cnn eAnabapllSls 110m Le~lIlgIOl1 . Soulh carolina
USA. V'JRMl/R Miami IntI. rt: Crown 01 l ift. see 5 1615
SpaIn, Rb iefior de Espana: W.Ilors Book See M 0011
U5A.WRr,u;R Ml3:mi IntI. Fl : C!'msl Gospel B ~oadcasl BR
H c ~s of Indeana\'/llh a Biblelesson
Spalll, Rb lenor Ge Espana: Sllalllsh Echoes See M 0022
Swetlen, Ratllo' ln Touc, \'Il llI Stockholm (blweeklyl. SeeS
S...eden, RadiO: SoundsNOl lllc (bIWeeklyl , See S 1230
USA. WRMlfR M,ami Inll,FL: The FlIlalCriSIS SeeM 0000
Spam, R Exlerlor de E s~ ana : Radio Club. See ~ 0038
Vallcan Slate. Va tican Radio: Focus on lhe Church. See S
1550
Va tican State. Valican Radio: News. See S0152

0100 USA.KTBNsalllk CityUT: Benny Hmn. Evangelizing and

0100
0130
0132
0136
0140
0141
01-17
0151
0152

0100

BWI " nJ;ullliJ, tre callbbeifn Beacon . 'IIorl~ Univers,ty

Net"i orll l Or Gene scorn
Spam. R Extencr de ESp.1na The Nf>....s trom Spain. SeeT
0000.
0100 USA, KTBN sa~ l k CityUT: UP on Melody u cuntam. See W
0030.
0100 USA, VlGTGMcCaySVIlle GA: RadIOFreeWorld See T 0100.
Ol() USA, WRMlJRMl<Jlllrlnll, rt: TheVOice of Relorm, Tony
Hernandu al ineFlOridahranch of Ross Perot's Reform Party
hosts thIS program
01~ 0
Speln. REderlDl de EspalliJ soanen uusc. See T0032.
01;:0 S\'Ie.:len, RadiO' SI~t( OeglecsNorth. See 1230
01 ~0
USA. KlB ~l salllk City UT Cornerstone, See S 1200.
01~-l
SPiJin. R E ~erlOr tle Espana Press Re-.lew. So;e T0036.
01::9 Sp.1I1l, REdenOll1e Esparta Kaleidoscope. See W0039
01.15 Sweden. Aa(llo fJledlaSCan ( 113), See T 1246
01.17 Spa,". A El1enorde Espana Sp.ilnlsh Course by RadiO. See T
0051 .
0152 Vallcan State. Vif~lcan R.l(lIO News See S0152
0100

I.'

Thursdays
01 00
01 00

0100

0100
0100
0130

aWl Anuuilla, Tile Canb~ean 8eacol1 : World UniverSity

Network (Dr, Gent SCOll)
SIl,1111, A E~terior de Espana: The News Irern Spain. See T
0000

healing by Benny Hllln from tile Or lan~o Christian Center.

USA. WGTG McCaySVille GA: Bauof ree World Whafs
happeningand where \'lllh Anlnony J. Hilder.
sweeen RadiO: SI~ty Oef,lreesNorth. See M 1230
Spain. R El1eriOr deEspana: SpallishMusic. See T0032.
Spam, R E:deriOI de Espana: Press Review. Set! T0036
Vatican State. vacan Ratllo: Focus on ue Chur,ll _SeeS
1550.
Spain. R htenOf deEspana: Ernellainment III Spam. See T
iJO.l 1.
Sweden, RadiO: SPOf1$tan See M 1246
Spain. R lIenor de E$piIIl3 Span,sh ecorse b'j gado. See T
0051
vatcao State. vatcen RadiO: News see S0152

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Tuesdays
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aWl AnGUIlla. The Ca ll 1!ht~ a n Beacon . World Ulliversity

f~etwork (Dr, Gene Scott)
Spain, Rhterior (Ie Esp;lI1a: T hl~ ~Je \'ls lram Spain. See 1
0000.
USA, KTBNSalt l k City UT: I'If,CioIJS MemOries, Bill Gaither
USA, WGTG McCa,/svllie GA: Radio f ree World. SeeT 0100.
Spain, R Exteriorde Espana: Sp,mish Mlisic. SeeT 0032.

0130 Sweden. RadIO: SilltyDegreesNorth. See M 1230.

0130 USA, KT8N Satl l k City UT: Jack VanImpe Presents. See T0500.
0133 Sjl3in, RExterior de Espana: PressReview. SeeT0036.
H 0040,
0139 Spam. RExleriol de Espana: Window on
01.10 vaneen Stale. Vatican Radio: News 01theChurch. See S0333.
0145 VaticanState, vancan Radio: Mairbo~. See W 1555.
0146 Sweden, Radio: MoneyManers. SeeW 1246,
0149 Spain, RExterior neEspana: Spanish Course by RadiO. See T
0051.
0\52 vancan State, VallcanRadio: News. See S0152.

scam see

Fridays

0100

0100
0100
0100
0130
0130
0130
0136
0143
0146
0148
0152

aWl AngUIlla, Tilecanotean seaccn World Universrty Netvltu1l:

(Or. Gene SCott).
Sjl3ln, R E~tenor de Espana: The Newsfrom Sjl3in. SeeT 0000.
USA. Kl8N Sall lk CityUT: Gef Ready. See M 2330.
USA.WGTG McCaysville GA: Radio Free World. See T0100.
Span, RE:denor de Espana: PressReview, see T 0036.
Sweden. RatlIO: Sixty Degrees North. see M 1230.
USA. Kl8N Saltlk City UT: Lakewood ChurcJl. John Osteen
preaches from HOUSl 0n, Texas
Span, RE:defior de Espana: Radio ClUb. SeeM 003l!.
Sweden, RadIO: GreenStan, See H 1243.
Sweden, RadiO: Horilon (415), see H 1246.
Sjl3in, R E:defier deEspana: SpanishCourseby Radio. see T
0051.
ValicanState, VatiCan RadiO: News. see S0152.

Saturdays
0100
0100
0100
0100
0130
0130
0133
0135
0138
0140
0148
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aWl AngUilla, Tile cafibbean Beacon : WorldUniversity Nerw orll

lOr. GeneScott).
Spain. RE:defiDl deEspana: The Newsfrom Sjl311l. See T0000.
USA, KT8N Saltl k City UT: Ever InCfeasing Fal1h. Dr, Fledefick
K,C, Pnceevanoellle5.
USA, WGTG McCaysvil1 eGA: Radio FleeWorld. Se! T0100.
Spam. R[:lle rlor deEspana: SpanishMusic. see T 0032.
Sweden, Radi o: Sillty Degrees North. See M 1230.
SpaIn, R E:defior de Espana: Press Review, See T 0036.
Sweden, Radio: A Review olthe Newsweek. See F 1235
Spain, REl1mior de Espana: Review ollheArts. SeeA 0038.
VaticanSlate, ValicanRadio: News from lheAlrican Church, See
M 0320.
Spain, R E ~ ler ier deEspana: Spanish Courseby Radio. See T
0051
Vaticall Stafe, VaticanRadio: News. See S 0152.

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~5 t 5am

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5810am
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5ELEmo PROGRAMS.
~~nd:X~l
I}Ullia. TileCaflbbean Beacon : World UniwrSlty
Network (Or Gene Scon)
0200
0200
0200
0230
0230
0250
0258

USA. KTBN Salllk Crty Ul Ca,man. Helpingyoulh 10 Ihmk

lhrough Ill oblems andhnd oosuve answers
USA, Monrlor aaco Inti: Brble lesson.Lessen-sermons
Irom me Krng James version 01 the Bi~lt and Mary Baker
Fddys textbook
USA. WGTGMcCa; svrlle GA World 01 Prop1lecy rere Matis
aM a guest urscussme eves andp;!lalls of lodayandthe
out lOO~ 10' tornorrcw
S....eden, R.ldlo' srecnumIll. See S0030
USA KTB1lSaltlk Clr, UT: Eastman cums LNe A yoolnollentedp,ogram
VatICan State, Vallcan RadiO: ','/Ith Heart amll.l,nd, How mls
wtek's ~turglca l rel Olngs apply to oure\-eryeay koes
Vat.c,an Stale. Vatican RadiO: On-itle-Alf. A preVIew of
upCtlmmo programs amitlroadcas: cna'lg~s anoa look
tlel1lnOtnescenes at Vat;can Ra::llo.

Mondays
0200

aWl Anoullla_TheCanbtlean Bt!acon World Unl'lefSlr,

Net.vork (Dr.GeneSCeltl
0200 USA,KTBNSalllk CityUT: Praise thelord. Music, lalk. and
guest evarl\lehslS Irom thePTl Ner:lQr1l
0200 USA,MOOllOr Rad 0 IntI. SundayIrom t~e Molher Church.
F,om the Fl'sl Churrh 01 Christ. Sclelllls;, III Boston. MA.
USA
0230 Sweden. RadIO: In Touch With Slockholm (biweekly). See S
1230
0230 Sweclen. RadIO: Sounds r-/ordlC(b1r;eeklf) See S 1230
0250 Valrcan State. Va1rc.ln RadiO: The Pope andltle People
Recenl public statemenls by lI, e Popeamiresponses flom
lhe manon lheslreet

Tuesdays
0200
0200
0200
0200

46

0230
0248
0249
01'50

April 1997

USA.MonllO'Ra::llo Inti Monltol RadIO Inlernatlonal

News, analySIS. commentary, trrervewsandfeatures .na
rnayal rnelorma!
Sweden. RatJlo: SIXty Degrees North. seeM 1230
seeoen. RJ{lro: socrtscen. See M 1246
USA. Monrtor aaoc Inti: tenere Lrsteners maket~ 1I
views known by telephone or enerto ncsu.ea Dale
Vahcan Stale. vaucan aaeo: A Room \~Itll a View01 tile
vancan A 1001.artte ecnwes 01the camoic Church m

0206
0230
0246
02.19
0250

0255

USA. MoMo' RadIO Inl): Religloos Ar1lcle nomineCSr.I

As cuensnec In the chrlstlJn Sc enceMonltOI
vatcan Sure vacan Ra::ll::l: As aonaos Turn FOCIlSI ~g on
rclig'ousanoother eo/ents In t!1f etemai c;tj

Wednesdays

0200
0200

025-1

0200
0200

0200

0200

0230

USA, Monto' RadIOInll: Monitor Raj l(l Ile...s set T 0200

USA WGTG McCays~;lle GA RadiOFlee World See T
0100
0206 USA. Monllo, Radio InU:Momto, RaiJlo Internallonal seeT

0206

0252

Sweden. RadiO: SIXt, Degrees North. seeM 1230

Sweden. RadIO: MedlaScan (113) . See T 1246.
USA, Momtor Radio Inti: l enerbox. seeT02-19
Vallcan State. Valrcan R,ldIO: The Aome Aeport, A !Ietlnd
thescenesIIMew01 ISSi,:es currently conlrontmg lIle
chulch andthe\'Iorld
USA. Monrtor RadiO Inti Reli\llOtls Article lrom theCSI.I
Sf(' T0252

Thursdays

0200
0200
0200
0706

aWl Ang Uilla The Carltl!)ean Beacon '// orld UnrverSI:Y

I~elw or " lOr GeneSCQ!:)
USA, KHlfl Sall l k C;tv UT Praseme l ore: (live> See M
0200
.
USA, Monllor Ra110 Inll: Monitor RadiOtle....s See T0200
USA, WGTGMcCa,'s'/llleGA RadiO Frt e World. S~e T
0100
U5A Momlor Ra (1I0 Inll: MonitOI RadiOInlernalronal See T

US4.. uoonor Paoc Intl:RelrglOus Article nom me CSr.l. See T

0252.
Vatican Slate. vancan aano: P,lgllm City. A lookat whose been
10 Rome l ecently
BWI AngLlIla. The c.a'lb!)ean Beacon : Wol1dUni\'CrSII'I tletwork
l Or.Gene SCott I.
USA.KTBt. Saltlk Cityl:T: Praisett.el oro (lIVe). See ~., 0200.
USA. Monitor Aa::liO IntI: Monl:OI RadiOtle....'S, see T0200
USA.WG TG ~.Iccays;rille GA Ra::110 FreeWorld. SeeT0100
USA.P.lomlor RadiOInll: Monrtor RaCllo InternabonaL SeeT

0206
02.13
0246
0249
0250

0106
0230
02-16
02-19
0250

Sweden. RadiO: MoneyMallels. See W 1246

USA. MOl1ltOI aaoc mn: t enetc c See T02.19
vancanState.vacao Radio: The Pope andthePeople. See M

Fridays
0200

BWI An{j;jllla, The carll/Ilean Bea c~1n . ','iorf::lUnr,erSlr/

f>et'.'lork .01 Gene SCo!:;
USA. KTBtt Sali l k City UT ?ratS e t~ e lor dlij\'e1 See r.1

0200
0200

sweoen. RadiO: SIXty Degrees NOrth. see M 1230

025<)
0252

gcrre
0252

0200

BWI Anl/uilla, TheCafltltlean Beacoll : World Umverslr,.

rl etl'lork (Dr Gene Scoll)
USA KT8N Salt l k CityUT: Praisethe l ord (Ii,;e), See M
0200
USA, MonrlorRadiOInti Monrtor Radio Ne'.'!s. Five mrnules
of ttle lalest worlll news at !lIe beginning of thehour
USA, WGTGMcCaysville GA: Ra::llo Free World See T 01 00

MONITORI NG TIMES

0206

0252

S' -e<len RadiO' S,.r, Oe~rees Ilortn. see M 1230.

S' ellen.RadiO: G'tfn$can See H 1243
S','.eden, RadIO: HorIZon {4,'5}. seeH 1246
USA. MomtOI RadIOInti: l ene'tIox. seeT0249
Vallcan State. VallcanRadiO: Then and flow. ChJngesin thlnklllg
between Catholics anoProtestants
USA. Monitor RadIOlnll: Relrglous ArticleIrom lhe CSM. See T

0252.

Saturdays
0200

0200
0200
0200
0206
0230
0235
1)250
0256

aWl Anguilla. TheCantlbean Beacon ' \'JO!ld UmverSlty fJetwQ,k

(0' Gene Scolt).
USA. KTBll Sail n CityUr: Praisethe l ord ( Ii~'e )_ seeM 0200
USA , Monlto! RadiOInti: MoM or RadiONel,s, see T0200
USA , WGTGMcCa:,svllleGA: Radio free World, See T0100
USA.Monllor RadiOInti: Chllsllan SCIence Sentinel RadiO
Ed!Ion DiSCUSSions onhoI'.'theBible addresses thetrendS 01
thougt.! 01 today
51.eden, RadiO: Silty O e~re e s 'Jarth, See M t230
SI',eden, RadiO: A ReView af llle IJel'iSl'leek. SEe F 1235
Va:lcan State.Vatican RadiO: B,.theWay ... Punlnga Calho!:c
pe'spech,'eonIssues in me news
Va:icanStale. Vatican Radio Round tableDIScLsslon.
COllversalrOIl about toda( s relillious QUeSllOlls

SHORTWAVE GUIDE

~~~~Op~Mp~~T

FREQUENCIES.
0300-0400

AIl(juilla.Cari!Jlledfl Beacon

G090am

03000400

Australia ::jadlO

9660pJ
13755pa

15510as
, ?BaOpa
0300-040C vi

Australia. VlB K Katherine

S025do

030QQ4QC vi
03000400 vi
030QQJOC
0300,0400
03000400
03000400
03000100
03000400
03QOOJOO
0300-0400
0300-0,\00vi
0300-0400
0300-0310
0300-0400
0300-0..\00
0300-0330
0300-0350
0300-0400
0300-0400)

Ausuana VL8T Tent Crk

Canada,CBCN Quebec Svc
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canarla, CFVP Calgary
Canada. (H ~iX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St Juhn's
Canada. CKZU vancouver
Canada. R caoaoaInti
China China Ramo Inti
Costa Pica.Faro del Canll
Costa RICJ,RF Peace Inti
Croatia, Croa tian RadIO
Culla, Rarlm Havana
Ecuador, HCJB
Eg, pt. naco Cairo
Germany. DeutscheWelle
Suater rala. Paco Cultural
Japan,R Japall,NHK World

0300-0..\0)vi
0300040)
0300-040) vi
03000403 s,'vl
03000330
0300-0325
03000..\00
0300-0..\00 vi
03000..\00

Kenya, Kenya aroaoc Corp

t eeanon. VOice01Hope
Mala,sla RTM Ku chlllg
Malta va Mediterranean
Mexrc o. PadroMexico Inti
Netherla nds. Radio
New Zealand, R NZInti
Papua New Sumea. N8C
aussa.voce 01 Russia WS

491 0do
9G25do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
601 0arn
9690am
5055do
6205am
5895eu
6000na
97..\5am
9..\75na
13045na
3300do
5960na
I5230l1 J
..\885do
9960va
71 60do
15550as
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9860as
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5950na
15345as
9655na
i30 0eu

0300'0':COnuwnra aossa.voc e 01Russia 'liS

03000355
S Amca. Channel Atnca
03000325
S Africa,Investment Ch
0300-0..\(0
SII Lanka, SII Lanka BC
0300'04CO
Iaiv.an, '/0 Free Ebma
0300-0330
0300-0400

Tilailana. Radto
Turkey, VOice of

0300 UTe

0300-0315 mtwnt
11640,15
152.fO::>a

12080p,1

13605pa

0300-0400

15365pJ

15415as

17715as

17750pa

1779Spa

0300,0330
0300,0<100

0300,0400

6155am
9710,lrn
7385am
7165eu
982011 <1
21455al11

9755am
11695am

9830na

60B511;}

9535na

9650na

11790na
17810.1S
4935do

11840as

11 960as

6150do

17570au
11655.1$

61501.1

7175na

1345na

5955af
9775vo1
9680na

11 745.1s

11890na
9685na

119050a
17705eu

I 1825as

ucanoa Radio
Ukraine,R Ukraine Inti
UOIIed onuoom. BBGWS
umted Kmqnnm. BBC WS

0300'0':00
0300-0':00
03000400
03000..\00
03000..\00

USA. KI\,IJ DallasTX

USA, KTBN Salt u Cit, UT
USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA, KWHR NaalehuHI
USA Monuor Radio Inll
USA.Voice of America

0300-0330 snuwn
03000400
0300,0,100
03000400
0300,0400
0300-0315 m
0300,0400
0300-0..\00
03000400
0300,0345
03000310
03000400vi
0300,0400vi
03000400vi
0310-0340
031 50330s
03300355 mtwhf
0330-0400 'II
03300355
03300..\00
0330,0400
03300400
0330(400
0330-0400
03350355 vi
0340-0350
03450400 !freg
0345-0400
03450400as
03560400

USA. Voiceof America

USA. VlEWN Birmingham AL
USA, WGTG McCaYSVille GA
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, VlJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMliR Miami Inti
USA WRND New Orleans LA
USA '.v\VCR NashVille TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA, WYFR Okee chobeeFL
vancan State. VaticanR
Zambia. R Zambi.1/ZNBC 1
Zambia, R Zambi.1/ZNBC2
zuncaowe. Zimbabwe BC
VaticanState. vaucan R
Greece,VOice 01
Moldova. R MoldO'/a Inti
Pnncpmes. R Pitcmas
S Africa, InvestmentCh
Slovakia. Ad',' World Radio
Sweden,aaoo
Tanzania, Radio
UAE , Radio Dubar
UnitedKingdom. BBCWS
India. All India Radio
Greece. VOice of
Burundi, gar no Nanonafe
I aukistan. R Dushanbe
Uganda. Radio
Zaruba ChristianVOice

..
4976do
5915na

59705,1
3255,11
6175am
9515am
11730,11

9550na

7150na
6135,11
39S5eu
6190,11
9590am
117601',1

6195eu
960031
12095,11

7535al
6080a f
7415af

7105al
9575al

6890na

7..\25na

7235am
5975am

15360,1s
600SaI
9410vJ
9605,15
15310,15

S8l0am
7510am
9975am
17510au
5850na
6035al
7340af
4960al
5825eu
5085am
5760am
7490na
9955am
7355am
2390am
9985al
6065na
6095na

729031
9885al

7315am

321 5am

5070arn

5935arn

9505na
7305na

4910do
6165do
3396do
7360af
6260na
1520eu
13770as
9775va
9465af
7115na
5050a f
13665na
9610al
71l0do
6260na
6140do
9905as
4976do
3330al

7..\5011a

942511a

15330na
I 1985va

17730as

15JOOeu
11955as
I 1830do
7450na

21485na
15280as
15135do
9425na

6065al

SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0300
0300
0300
0310
0320
0330
OJ30
0333
OJ43
0355

.epan.NHK..-Rad,o: News. World news fromNHK

International
USA, KTBN Salt Lk Cit.!UT: Gospel Amenca. Pat Boone and
his quests oer tcrrn
USA. WGTG McC aysvilleGA: North of ..\9. KevmScott hosts
mrsnewprogramabouttile radio ustenmc hobby
japan. NHK,Rad'o He10 Irom Tokyo. The week end
magazineprogram
vatican State.Va tican aaco. News. See S0152
Sweden, Radio: Spectrum (1I. See S0030
USA, KTBN Sal: Lk Cltl UT: Power connecton John Jacobs
and the powerlearn perform teats of strenqih
vancan State. Vatican Ra dio: News of tile Crurch . News of
'ne cauroic Church IIImeVaticanandarouro theworld
vaucan Stale. Vatican Radio: Panorama, A dally summary
of nev.s from the newsagencies.
Japan. NHK,'Radlo: News Summary Anve-rnnutenews

wrap-up

Mondays
0300
0300
0315
0316
0320
0325
0330
0330
0330
0330
0345

USA. Kl 8NSail LkCityUI PraisetheLord See M 0200

USA,WGTG McCaysvilleGA: 8iblical Studies Institute Bob
Tref evangelizes 110mRaoid City, SoumDakota
Japan, NHKi Radlo: gauo Japan Magazine f"O llr The
wcekda, magazineprogram 01feature reports and the
popularvocal music of japan
Japan. ~J H K; R a dio: Newscommeotarv Aneditorial opinion
on thecurrent ne'....s.
Vatican Stale, Vatican Paco : News fromtileAfrican
Church, Activities of t1C cuneneChurchin Africa
Japan, NHKiRadlo: Japan Oial'j.lile in Japan as seen
tluolIgll theeyes of a foreign resuferumJapan
Japan. NHK/Ra\ho: CloseUp FeatullilII a Japanese person
of note
Sweden. Radio: In to.en wun Srocencnn (biweekly\.See S
1230
Sweden, Ra dio, Sounos Nordic (biweekly). See S 1230
Vatican State, vancac eaoo: Panorama , SellS03..\3.
Japan. NHKlRadlo: Sports Spotlight Focus on a current
sporling event mmerenon

OJ55

Japan. NHK: RadlO: News Summary SeeS 0355

Tuesdays
0300
0300
0304
0315
03Hi
0320
0325
0330
0330
0338
0340
0348
0355

Kl8N Salt Lk Clly: PraisemeLord lIil'e\. see M 0200

USA.WG TG McCaysvilleGA:A Call to Decision Butch
Paughclaimsto have theanswers to Ameri ca's problems.
vatcau Stale, Vatican Radio: AskmeAbbot. SeeM 2300
Japan,NHK/ Raj IO aeco Japan MagJ1ine Hour. See M
0315
Japan, tJHKiRadlo: News Commentary. See M 0316.
VaticanStale. Va ticanRadio: News. See S0152.
Japan, NHKi RJdio: Japan Diarj. See M 0325
Japan. NHK/Radio: Close Up. See M 0330
sweoen. Radio: SixtyDegrees North, See M 1230.
vancan Stale. vaucan Raco: Panorama,See S0343
Japan. r,JHK/Rad io: Japanese Culture Today. Comparing
modern-day Japan \'11th tile customs of old
Sweden, naco: soonscan. See /,11246
Japan. tJHK;R.(JIO: NCI'Is scmmarv See S 0355

Wednesdays
0300
0300
0306
0315
0316
0320
0323
0330
0330
C338
C340
03..\6
0355

KTBN Salt u CI ~j: Praise the Lord (I i ~eJ See M 0200

USA. WGTG MGCays ~l lIe GA: ACall to Decision, See T0300
Vatican State, Vatican Radio: What Can I Do? See T 2300
Japan. tJHK'Radio: aame JapanMacazine Hour See M
0315
Japan. NHKIRa(ho: NCI'ISCommentary See M 0316
Va ticanState, vatican Radio: News. See S0152.
Japan. NHKi Radio: Japan Dial'j.Seetil 0325
Japan.NHK/Radio: Close Up. See M 0330
Sweden. Harne. SixtyDegrees North, SeeM 1230.
Vati can State. VaticanPado:Panorama, SeeS0343
Japan, NHK'Roldlo: ASianReport Current events In me Asia'
Paone region
Sweden. RadiO: MediaScan (113), See T 1246
Japan,NHKIRl dio: News Summary, See S0355

Thursdays
0300
(}300
0304

KTB r~ Sail Lk Ci ty: PraisetheLord(Iivet, See M 0200

USA. WGTG /'1cCaysVllle GA: A Call 10 Decsion. See T 0300.
Vatican Stale. VaticanRadio: Postcards from Rome, An

0315
0316
0320
0323
0330
0330
0338
0340
0346
0355

audio ','igne!1e of Iitein theeternalcity

Japan. NHKtRadlO: Radio JapanMagJ1ineHour. See M 0315.
Japan. NHKlRadio: News commentary SeeM 0316.
Vatican State.Vatican Radio: News. See S0152.
Japan. NHKiRadio: Japan Diary. See til 0325
Japan. NHKtRadio: CloseUp. See M 0330.
Sweden, Radio: Sixty Degrees North. See M 1230.
Vatican Slate. Vatican Radio: Panorama See S0343.
Japan. NHKtRadio: Crosscurrents.Radio Japan's mailbag
program.
Sweden. Radio:MoneyMatters. See W 1246.
Japan.NHKiRadio: News Summary. See S 0355

Fridavs
0300
0300
0315
0316
0320
0323
0330
0330
0338
0340
0345
0346
0355

K'TBN Sail Lk City: PraisemeLord(live).See M 0200.

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA: A Call10 Decision. See T 0300.
Japan.NHKlRadio: Radio Japan Magazine Hour, See M 0315,
Japan. NHKlRadio: News Commentary. SeeM 031 6.
Vatican State, Vatican naco : News . See S 0152.
Japan,NHKIRadio: JapanDial'j, See M 0325.
Japan, NHKlRadio: CloseUp. See M 0330
Sweden. Radio: SixtyDegrees Nortn. SeeM 1230
Va tican Slate. vancan Radio: Panorama. See S0343
Japan, NHK/RadlO: Business Focus, A segment of the
MagaZine Hour which snomants anaspect businessin
Japan.
Sweden , Radio: a.eenscen. See H 1243
Sweden , Radio: Horizon (4/5). See H 1246
Japan. NHKlRadIO: News Summary. See S0355

0'

Saturdays
0300
0300
0310
0320
0330
0330
0335
0338
0355

KTBN Sail LkCity: Praisethelor d (live). See til 0200.

USA.WGTG McCaysvilleGA: A Call to Decision SeeT 0300
Japan.NHKiRadio: This Week. Aweekly variety snow
Vatican State.Vatican Radio: News. See S0152.
Sweden. Radio: SuryDegrees North, See M 1230
VaticanState. VaticanRadio: News 01meChurch. SeeS 0333.
Sweden. Radio: A Review 01 me Newsweek. SeeF 1235.
varcan State. Vatican Radio: Panorama. SeeS 0343
Japan, NHKtRadio: News Summary.See S0355.

April / 997

MONITORING TIMES

47

fREQUENCIES.
osco-csoo
04000500

Angl.rl la.Canbtle3n Beacon

Austulia. Rall!O

-",

17iS(bs

04000500
04000S00
04000500
04000500
04000430
0400-0500
04000500

0l00-0500
OlOIH1500
O-lOO415O
04()().0500 twbta
0400-{}4 15
04(l().(}S00 vi

0l00-0500
04000430 s-.....
l)400~30 m-avt
04000-'58
04000450
04000430m

Australia. RadiO
Australia, Vl8K Katnenne

Australia, Vl 8TTentCrk
Bulgaria. RadIO

cac

Canada.
NQuebec svc
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX rcromo
Canada. CFVPCalgary
Canada, CHtJX Haldax
Canada. CKZNSt John's
Canada.CKZU Vancouver
Canada . RCanada Inti
China. ChinaRadio InU
Costa Ri1:a.RF Peace Inti
Cuba, Radio Havana
Ecuador, HCJB
Germ.:ny. Deutsche Welle
Guatemala, Radio Cullural
Israel. xo usraer
Kenya. Kenya arcaoc Corp
l ebanon. VOiceof Hope

uana. va ueceerarean

04000-'30

Mexico. RadIO'.leXICOInU
New Zealand. R NZ nut
North Korea, R P;ongyang
NorwaJ. RadiO Norway Inti
Papua New Guinea. NBC
acmaraa R gomar na lntl

04000500
04000500 mtwnta
04000455
04000425
04000430
0400-0500
04000430
04oo{}.:30

Ru ssia.Voice 01RussiaWS
aussa.voce 01RU SSia WS
S Africa, Channel Atnca
S Africa,Investment eh
Slovakia. M v Wal ld Ra diO
Slovakia. M v World Rarno
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USA. KWHR Nralenu HI
USA. Monitor RadiOInli
USA.Voice ot Amenca

040Q0500
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USA WHRt floblesville Ifj
USA,WJCR ur.ton KY
USA. WMll( semer PA
USA. WRrm N~w Orleans LA
USA. \'NICR Nashville T,.
USA. WYFR meecrotee Fl
varcanState. Vatican R
Vietnam. VOICe ot
Zambia. Ctmstran VOICe
Zam:!la R Zam:lia'lfiBC
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Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
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AUSlralia,OelenseForces R
Netherlands. RadiO
Portugal. R Portuqaltmt
sussa.vorce01Russia WS
5 Africa investment Ch
Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Swaziland, Trans World R
swuzeruno. S',',ISS R Inti
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USA VOice 01America
Malaysia. VOice 01
NewZealand R NZ Inti

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SELECTED PROGRAMS . . .
Sundays

Bulgaria. Radio: NevIS. Fill etn mmutes of world and

Bulganan news.
0400 BWI Anguilla, The Caribbean Beacon : World University
NelYlor1l (0,- Gene SCott).
0400 USA. Kl BN Salt l k City Ul Real Videos. M~slC videos wl1h a
Chrislianmeme.
0410 Bulgaria. Radio: rcccs01the Week. Headlines to the main
points in the news
0415 Bulgaria. Radio: tne News Behind the news. Background 10 a
soecmc item01 current aners.
0430 BUlgaria. Radio: History Club. True stonesabout tile Ottoman
Empireperiod
0430 USA, KTBN SattLk City UT: By the Way Del & CindyWay
test this music program 'rom Dallas.
0400

Mondays

Tuesdays

0400
0406

48

aull)aria. Radio: N~ws. See S0400

BWI AngUilla. The Canbbean Beacon: Worle UniverSity
Nelwork (Or. GerleScott).
USA. KlB Nsalt lk Cit, Ur: The VOiceo! Power, RW
Schambach preacnes fromTyler. Te x.as.
USA. Monitor RadiO Inti: MOllltor RadiO News, See T0200
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: MomtOI RadiO International. SeeT
0206

MONITORING TIMES

Wednesdays

0400
0400
0400
0400

0106
0430

BUlgaria. Radio: News. See S0400.

BWIAniJuilia. Thecaribbean Beacon World UniversIty
Network (Or, Gene seem.
0400 USA. KTBr, SaJilk Ci~ UT: Praise thel ord. See M 0200.
0400 USA. MoM or RadIOInll: Sunday IromtheMolher Church.
See M 0200.
0400 WGTG McCaysville: t ee Gethsem:rneHour. See M0100.
0415 Bulgana. RadiO: teneeuttor MUSIC. Set S 2315_
0430 BulQaria. Radio: Strai\lhtnomtile Horse'SMouth. DISCUSSIOn
of a current maileraflectl"OBulgaria In an mterviewwith a
cognizanl official
0430 WGTG McCaysville: VOICe In ire Wilderness see M 0030.
0445 Bulqarra. Radio: RadIOBulgarl.3 Callin\l ,A v!f ekly OX prooram
lor radIOamaleul $andshortwave "ste~ rs

0400

0130
04-l9
0452

Bulgaria. RadiO: Events alldDevelopment. see M 231 7.

Bulgaria. gaoo: Radio BulQana scecnwn Set S2330
USA. KlBN5aJllk CIty UT Doctor to Doctor. aeen PenWlII
rests this program about health.
USA, MorJl!or naco 11111: t eneb. see T02J9.
USA. MOflllor garno 1011: Religious ArticleIromthe CSM see
T0252.
Bulgaria, Radio: News. See S 0400.
BWI Anguilla, The Caribbean Beacon : World University
Network (Or. Gene scorn.
KTBtl SaltLk City: Praise me l ord (live). See M 0200.
USA. Monitor Radio Inti: Monitor RadiONews, See T0200.
USA. Monitor Radio Inti: Monitor Radio International: S~ T

0206

0400
0400

0400
0400

0115
0115

Apri1 1997

0130
0149

0452

0'

Bulgaria. Radio: Acrosstne Map Bulgaria, See T 111 5

WGlGMcCaysville: BiblicalStudies msmute See M 030J.
USA. Monitor Radio lnll: t enere See T 0249
USA. Monitor Radio Inll: ReligiousArticle 1rom theCSM See
T0252

Thursdays

0400
0400
0400

0100
0100
0106

Bulgana. naco: tle....'S. See S Q.lOO

Bwt Am;)uil1a, The tanobean aesccn: World University
Network (Or. Gene SCott)
RadioMeXICO inn. Tour ThrouQh Mexico. E ~lofe theW{\rtd 01
fantastl(; cultUles
USA. KlBN Saltlk City UT: Advenluiesm Fa!th, See M0630
USA. Momtor Radio Inll: MoM or RadIO News. see T0200.
USA. MoM ol RadiO Inll: M00l101 RadiO Intern,allOr.a1.
T

see

0206.
0l3O Bulqarl.3, Radio: Answering Your letters. See T2330
0130 USA, KTStl sann ell'l UT: Jesse Cuplanils see M 0600
0149

USA, MoM or RadiO Inll l ette/bol See T0249

0400 BWIMoUilta. The cancteanBeacon : WorldUniversity

fletwork l Or. Gene $.:on).
0400 USA. KlBtl SaJi lk Crty UT: PraISe thel ord (Jive). seeM
0200
()400 USA. MOOllor gene Inll: MOM OI RalJiQ 1lev.'S. See T

0200
0406
0449
0452

USA. Momlor Radio Inll: Momlor RadiO lmemanonat See

T 0206
USA, Momlor RadiO;ntl: t enett cc SeeT 02.19
USA Monllor RadiOlnll: ReligiOUS Article 110m me CSt.!.
SeeT0252.

Saturdays
0400
0400

Bulgaria, Radio: News, SeeS0400

BWIAngUilla. Thecaribbean Beacon : wcno University
Network (Or. Gene SCOll ).
0400 Radio Mexico Inti: The World 01 Mexican Art See S 1500
0400 USA. KTS tl Sart LkCity UT: Omo ChflSfl.3n music from
Branson. Missouri
0400 USA. Monilor RadiOInll: MomtOf RadiONews, seeT

0200
04JO
0430
0430

Bulgaria. Ral!lO: ll1eslyle. See H2330

USA. KlBNSaJi lk CityUT: ChJrlsmaNow,SeeT2300
USA, WGTG Mcc.aYS\111e GA Biblical StudlHlnSlltule
See M 0300.

"ROI'AGATIO\ FORECASTI\G
J ACQUES D' A VIGNON,
KI NGSTON,

USA.MOfll!or RadiOInl1: RehOlous ,\rtlcle110m theCSM. See

T0252

Fridays

0400

Bulgana. Rad.o: News. Sec S0400

ON

K7 M 4 Z3

C ANADA

0450 Buh;;aria, Radio: Sports Roundup, See T2349

OJ52

VE3VIA

96 5 L INCOLN D RIVE

D Is r RI8UTOR A $

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AP$ P ROPAGAr lON S OFTI VAR f

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fREQUENCIES
0500-0600
0500-0600

AnguillaCaribbean Beacon
Australia, Radio

6090am
9660p.l

11880pa

120BOpa

15240pa

153E5pa

17715pa

13605.15
17795pa

.. . . . .

0500-0515
05000600

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umteu Kingdom, B8C WS

17880pa
0500-0600 as
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600 vi
05000600
0500-0600
050006CO

Australia. Radi o
Australia. VLBK Kath erine
Australia.VL8T TentCrk
xustraua.netersercrces R
Canada,CFC X MOI\1real

0500-06CO
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0603
0500-060)
0500-060)
0500-0550
0500-0600vi
0500-0600

Canada, CFVP Calgary

Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada.CKZU Vancouver
Ctnna Ch ina aaoo Inti
costa Rica. Adol World R
testa Rica.RF Peace Inti
Cuba, Ra:lIOHavana
Ecuador, HCJB
Germany. DeutscheWelle
ltaly, IRRS
Japan. RJapalllNHK wortd

0500-0530
0500-0600vi
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0510 mtwhf
0500-0600
0500052::
0500-060G
0500-0505
0500-0600vi
05000600

Japan. RJapanINHK World

Kenya. Kenya sroacc Corp
Lebanon, VOiceof Hope
Liberia.LCN/Rliberia tnt
Mala'.','i.Malawi aroaoc Corp
Malaysia. VOice ot
Netherlands. RadiO
New Zealand. RNZ Inti
lI:igeria,FRCNiRal!lo
Papua New Guinea. NBC
aussa.voce of Russia WS

0500-0555
0500-0525
0500-0600
0500-0600

S Africa. Channel Africa

S Africa. Investment Ch
scan. R Ecencr Espana
Swaliland. Trans World R

Canada. CFR Xtoronto

11640.1s
5025do
4910110

13525.1s
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
61 60do
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6150ca
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9820na
21455am
6145na

9725ca

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6150eu
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11895arn
4935do

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11 900al
15225\'a

5930na
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17570pa

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6070al

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6150na
12035as
21790au

6100a!

0500' ) 600
0500-0600
0500,0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600

USA.KAIJ DallasTX
USA,KlBN Salt lk City UT
USA, KVOH Los AngelesCA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. MOnitor Radio Inti
USA, VOice 01America

0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600 smtwht
0500-C600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-052B
0500-0520
0500-0600
0500-0530 vi
0500-0500 vi
0500-0530 vi
0515-0530
0525-0600
0530-0559

USA. WGTGMcCaysville GA
USA.WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
USA, WRNO New OrleansLA
USA, WWCR NashvilleTN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State, Vatican R
VaticanState. Va tican R
Zambia, chnstcn Voice
Zambia, RZambia/ZNBC 1
Zambia. R Zambia!ZNBC 2
Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC
Switzerland, Swiss R inu
Ghana , Ghana Broadc Corp
Austria, R AustriaInti

0530-0600
0530-0600

Guyana, Voice ot
Romama. R Romania Inti

0530-0555
0530-0600
0530-0E-OO vi
05300600 vi

S Atnca. investment Ch
Thailand, Radio
Zambia. R ZamblJi2 NBC I
Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC

4976110
3255.11
617Sam
7150v.1
9740.15
15310.15
17640.11

satuam
7510am
9975am
9930as
7535eu
4960al
7170va
11B25me
5085am
5760am
7490na
9465eu
7355am
2390am
5985al
9660al
5882eu
3330al
491 0do
6165do
3396do
5840eu
3366do
6015na
17870me
3290do
11940al
17790af
11985va
9655eu
7220do
5975do

3955va
6180va

5975am
6190.11

716Daf
11760va
15360.15
17885.1!

9410v.1
11955.15
15420.11

6195eu
9600.1!
12095v.1
15575\13

5970al
7295al
120BOal

6035af
9700va
12085eu

60BOaf
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15205me

5070am
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5935am

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4915do
6155eu

1373Deu

15410me

15250a f

15365al

17745al

11905eu

15115eu

6005.11

7315am

3210am
7355eu
11625af
7250eu
6065al

SELECTED PROGRAMS . . . .

Sundays

BWiAnguilla.TheCannbean Beacon: World Uruversrty

Network(Or Gene Scott)
0500 Spain, R ExteriordeEspana: News,See S0000.
0500 USA, KTBN Salt u CityU1:Behind theScenes. TBN news,
letters. and reports '.'lith Paul Krause
0500 Vatican State, Vatican R.l dIO: The Gospel. Readings trom the
holy book
0500 Vatican State, Vatican RadiO: With Heartand I," nd. See S
0250
0508 Vatican State. Vatican RadiO: On-me-xu. See S0258.
051 1 Spam, R Exterior deEspana: Cultural Encounters See S
0011 .
0527 Spain, R Exteriorde Espana: Distance Unknown. See S0027.
0530 USA. Kl BNSalt LkCity U1:Highway to Heaven. JeffVan
Horn oilersadvice 10 juveniles.
0536 Spam. R Exterior deEspana: Spanish Poparama. SeeS 0036

0500

0500

Mondays
0500

BWI Angwlla. The CaribbeanBeacon ' World University

tl etwork (0/ . GeneScotu.
0500 Spain, RExterior de Espana: News See S0000
0500 USA. WG TGMcCaysvilleGA: Biblical Studies msuture. See M
0330.
0500 Vatican State,vancan Radio: Nel'lSfrom theAfrican Church
See til 0320
0500 Vatican State,Vatican RadiO To the Ends of theEarth. A 25episode series01 bible-based radio dramas.
0510 Spain, RExterior deEspana: ViSitors Book, SeeM 0011 .
0522 Spain, R Exteriorde Espana: SpanishEchoes. See M 0022.
0523 Vatican State, vancan RaM : Sports Corner. Amcan sports
results.
0530 USA. KTBN Salt LkCity UT: ChangingYour WoM crencA
Dollar.Jr. evarceuzes
0538 Spain, R Exterior deEspana: RamoClub, See M0038

Tuesdays
0500
0500
0500

BWI Anguilla, The CaribbeanBeacon: World Unrversity

NetNor1\ 101. GeneSCott)
scam. RExteriorde Espana:The News from Spam See T
0000
USA. KlBNSalt LkCity UT: Jack VanennePresents.
Reportingand interpreting lr aernauonar news in bible
prophecy

0500
0515
051 7
0521
0530
C'532
C536
0541
0551

Vatican State,Vatican Radio: A Room with aView 01the

Vatican, See T0250.
Vatican State, Vatican Radio: News 01 theChurch. See S
0333
Vatican State,Vatican Ra dio: AsktheAbbot See M 2300.
Vatican State,vancan Radio: News nom theAlrican Church.
See M 0320.
Va ticanState, Vatican Radio: Panorama. See S0343
USA, KTBNSalt Lk CityUT:This is Your Day!. See T0100
Spain. RExterior deEspana: Spanish Music. See T 0032.
Spam. RExter or de Espana: Press Review. See T0036.
Spain. REnenor deEspana:Entertainment in Spain.See T
0041.
Spain. R Exterior deEspana: SpanishCourseby Radio. See
T 0051.

Wednesdays

0500

0500
0500
0500
0500
0510
0516
0530
0530
0534
0539
05-17

051)0
0500
0500

Vatican State, Vatican Radio: PilGrim City. See H0254.

Vatican Stale,Vatican Radio: News of theChurch. SeeS
0333
0514 Vatican State,Vatican Radio: Pcstcaros fromRome,SeeH
0304
0530 Spain, RExterior deEspana:SpanishMusic. SeeT0032.
0530 USA, KTBNSalt Lk City UT: This is Yom Day!. seeT 0100.
0533 Spain, RExterior deEspana: Press Review, SeeT0036
0539 Spain, RExterior deEspana: Windowon Spain. See H0040
0549 Spain, RExterior deEspana: Spanish Course by Radi o_SeeT
0051.

Fridays

0500
0500

BWIAnguilla. TheCaribbeanBeacon . World U ni~e rsity

t-:ctwork (Dr.Gene Scott).
Spain. R Exter i ~ r deEspana: TheNews fromSpain. See T

0500
0500
0512

USA.KTBN Salt l k City UT:gemraro acnnke Prearnes. See

S 1400
Vatican Slate, vaucan Ra diO: TheEnvironment. A weekly UN
report onenvironmental developmentprograms in Africa.
Va ticanState,Vatican Radio: The Rome Report. See W
0250
Vatican State, Vatican Radi o: News tromthe AfricanChurch
See III 0320.
Vatican State, Vatican Ra dio:WhatCan I Do?, See T2300.
Spain.R Exterior deEspana: Spanish Music. See T0032.
USA,KTBN sant x City U1: This is Yom Day! See T 0100
Spain. R Exterier de Espana: Press Review, SeeT 0036
scam. RExteriorde Espana:Kaleidoscope.SeeW 0039
Spain, RExterior deEspana: Spanish CoursebyRadio. See
T0051.

0530
0530
0536
0548

coco

Thursdays

05:>0

0505
0512

BWI AngUilla, The Caribbean Beacon : World UniverSity

Network (Dr. Gene scour
Spain, RExterio' de Espana: TheNews nom Spain. SeeT
0000
USA. KTBN SailLk Ci~1 UT: Myles Munroe. MylesMunroe
Va tican State, Vatican Radio: The Popeand the People,See
M 0250

BWI AnGuilla,The Caribbean aeaccn WorldUniversity

Network (Or, Gene Scott).
Spain, RExterior deEspana: The NewsfromSpain.See T
0000
USA. KTBN Sall lk City UT: Precious Memories, See H0100.
Vatican Stale, Vatican Ra dio: Then and Now. See F0250.
Vatican State,Vatican Radio: Newsof theChurch.SeeS
0333.
Spain,RExterior deEspana: Press Revi ew. SeeT 0036.
USA, KTBN Salt LkCity UT:This is Your Day!. SeeT 0100.
Spain, RExteriordeEspana: Radio Club. See M0038.
Spain, RExteriordeEspana: SpanishCoursebyRadio. seeT
0051.

Saturdays

BViIAngUilla, The tancteanBeacon WorldUniversity

Network l Or.Geneseem.
Spain, RE;derior deEspana: The f-lewsfromSpain. seeT
0000.
0500 USA, KTBNSailLkCity UT:Garman. See S0200.
0500 Vatican State, vancan Radio: BylheWay,,,, SeeA 0250,
0500 Valican State, Vatican Ra dio: News. See S0152_
0506 Vatican Stale, Vatican Radio:Roundtable Discussion. SeeA
0256
051 2 Vatican State, Vatican Radio: Orders ot theDay. ReliGiouslife
as revealed by thosewhochoose to liveit
0530 Spain, RExterior deEspana: Spanish Music.See T 0032_
0530 USA, KT8N Salt Lk City UT:This is Your Day!. SeeT 0100.
0533 Spain, RExterior deEspana:Press Review,SeeT 0036,
053B Spain, RExterior deEspana: Reviewof ue Arts, See A OO3B_
0548 Spain, RExterior deEspana: Spanish Courseby Radio. See T
0051 .
0500

0500

Ap,a 1997

MONITORING TIMES

49

SHORTWAVE GUIDE I

0600 UTe
Beacon

06000700

k,~u l l~1 Ca nbbca "

0600.0700

AuSlraha. aauo

0600-0700 vi

AuslrallJ Vl8KKatnenne
AuSlfalJil Vl8T rent C' ~
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06000700'1'1
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06Q(}-{)7[ (l

Canada CFRX t oronto

Canada CFYP Calgary
C<lRa{).l CHNX Hallla_
C;maOJ Cl(lU vancouver
Canada, R Canadamn

06000iOO
06000700
0600-0700
060CH)630 mlwhl
06000700
06000700
06000700
06000650
060C)-0615
0600-07JQ'I1
06000700
060007001,'1
06000700 ,:1
0600-0700
06000700
0600,0700
06000700
06000630
06000650
06000630s
060007001'1
06000700

06000700 11ltl','hfa
0600-0625
0600-0655
06000510
0600-0530
06000700
0600-06301'1

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0630 Japan, NHK;RaCo CloseUp See M0330
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9580pa
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Australia. VLBK Katherine
Australia. VLBT Tent erk
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
Canada.CFCX Montreal
Canada,CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
China,cmna Radio Inti
Costa Rica,RFPeace InU
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador, HCJB
EQt Guinea, 11. East Atnca
EQt Guinea, Radio Alrica
Germany, Deutsche Welle

6020pa

9710pa

6OBOpa
9860pa

951 0a5
120S0pa

21725.15

2485do
2325do

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Ghana, Ghana 8roadc Corp

Guam. TWRlKTWR
Guyana, Voice01
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Japan, 11. JapanlNHK World
Kiribati, Radio
Lebanon,Voice01 Hope
Liberia.LCN/RLiberia Int
Malaysia, Radio
Netherlands, Ra dio
New Zealand, R NZInU
r~o rway, Radio Norway Inti
Palau, KH8NNoice01 Hope
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Russia,Voice of Russia WS

0900-0925
09000930
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S Alrica, Investment Ch
Switzerland. Swiss R Inti
unneo Kingdom, BBC WS

0900-0915

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0900-1000
0900-1000
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USA. KAIJ DallasTX

USA, KiBft Salt LkCity UT
USA, MonitorRadio Inti
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL
USA, WGTGMcCaysville GA
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, W'VHA Greenbush ME
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA,WYFR Okeechobee Fl
Zambia, ChristianVoice
zambia, RZambia/ZN8C 1
Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC
Bhutan, BhutanBe Service
Ghana, Ghana aroao c Corp
Armenia,Voice01
Canada, CKZN SI John's
Netherlands. Radio
Philippines, FEBC/R Inll
SAlrica , Investment cn
Pakistan. Radio
Kazakh stan,Radio Almaly

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7510am
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9400am
6040am
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2390am
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5975do
6035do
6130do
15270eu
6160do
5965as
11635a5
11985al
17900eu
11840eu

15440pa
7385am
21705me
21455au

7380as
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9565at
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1171 5as
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9830au

11850au

13700pa

7220as
11655as
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17860as
21745'/ a
12075au
6195as
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1531035

9675pa
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9835pa
12025as
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11750as
15280as
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17830.11

9580as

11760as

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15665eu

13840au

9495am

9930am

321 0am

5070am

15665.15

5935am

7295do

7260a5

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Austraha. Vl8T Te nt Crk
Canada. CBC NQuebec S'IC
Canada, CFCX ,"' Olltreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVPC,llgary
Canada, CHNX Hahtax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
China, ChinaParno Inti
Costa Rica.RFPeace Inl l
Ecuacor. HCJB
EQI Guinea 11. East Africa
EQI annea Rado Africa
Suarn . TWRiKnVR
India, All India RadiO

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1000-1100
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Jordan, aaco
Lebanon. Voice01Hope
Malaysia, Ra dio
Malaysia. RTM Kuchmg
Malaysla.RTM K,) taKlllabalu
Netherlands. Pacm
New Zealand, 11. IlZ lnn
Palau. KHBNNoice ot Hope
Papua New Guinea, rJ 8C
cmnppmes, FEBC/R Inti
Busse.voice 01RUSSiaWS

1000-' 025
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1000-1100.15
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USA. WH RNaalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Inti
USA.Voice01 ernenca

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Austria. R Austrr.1 lntl
Bulgaria, RadIO
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
atnoce. Radio
Guam. AWRiKSOA
Nethe.fands Racro
SAtma. lnvestn-ent CIl
Sri La-na Sri l anka BC
UAE, Barno DubJI

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15665.15
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15725as
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9495am

9930am

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Anguilla.Caribbean Beacon
austrana. Radio

11775am
9580pa
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1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
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11001 200as
1100-1200
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1100-1200

Australia. VlSA Alice Spg

Australia. Vl8KKatherine
Australia. Vl8T Tent elk.
Bulgaria. RadIO
canada. CfCXMontreal
canada CFRXToronto
canada CFVP calgary
canada. CHIl XHahlilJl;
Canada CKlN St Jonn's
canada CKZU vaocower
Costa Rica, Adv World R
Costa RICa,RF Peace Inti
jcuaco-, HCJB
EQ: numea REast Alnca
Ell: Guinea, Radio Alnca
Ge,mary, peutscne Welle
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Italy, lRRS
Japan, RJapan:fJHK World
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l lbena.LeNiR l iberia lnt
MalaYSia, RadiO
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Malaysla,RTM KOlaKinabalu
Nelherlands, Radio
New Ze~ land . R NZ Inti
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Pakistan, Radi o
Palau. KHBNN oice 01Hope
Papua rlew Guinea, NBC
Russia.vuice of Russia WS

1100-1125

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1100-1200

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1100-1130
1100-1130
1101}1200
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17800at

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9730as
4B90do
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15120as
119B5al

9810as
9975na
17900eu

9725as
11655as
17755as
17735va

11335na

97553S
11880as
17860as
21 745\'.1

98203S
13785as

Sin~aDore .R Singapore tnt

Sri l anka. Sri l anka Be
Swrtzertand. SwissR Inll
Tall',an. Voice01 ASia
United Kmgdom. BBC WS

1100-1130
1100-1200
11(101200
1100-1 200
1100-1200
1100-1200

UnitedKingdom. BBC WS
UOll~d Kingdom. BBC WS
USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KTBN salt lk Cityur
USA, KWHRNaalehu HI
USA Monitor RadiOInti
USA VOICe 01AmerICa

11()O.1200
11()O.12OO
1100-1200
1100-1200 as
110[).1200
110[).12oo
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1100-1130
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11301200\'1
11301200
11301200 a
11 301155 s
11301200
11301200
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11301200
11301200
113012001
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USA. WEWN Birmingham Al

USA WHRI Noblesville I!';
USA. WJCRUpton KY
USA. \WHA Greenbush ME
USA.\VI.\'CRNashville TN
USA. WYFR m ee<:hobee ~L
USA. WYFROkeechobee ~ L
VIetnam. Voice01
Zambia, t nnsran VOICe
Zambia. R Zambla/ZNBC 1
China. crnna RadiOInll
Fmland . l ElRFinland
Monaco, TransWorld Pamc
Menace. TransWorld RadiO
Myanmar. Voice01
Netherlands, Radio
S Atnca. investment Ch
Scuff Korea. R Korea Inti
UnitedKingdom,BBC WS
Vatican Slate, VaticanR
India. All India Rar no

6105a5
11 835.15
988535
7445as
5965am
1176Das
1522Qam
1S575va
17885<11
15190am
6195am
581aam
751Qam
99303s
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1t705as
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60-lOam
7-l9Ona

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615535
1785035
11995as

1363535

619Oa1

9410eu

1193O'.'a

1194031
15485va
11790as

1531Qas
1764Qal

11 750as
12095eu
15565va
1783Oa1

2166031
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7395sa
6110as
117203s
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"45"
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7115eu
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17705va
15595as
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7-l35am
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9-l75am
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15685am

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It -l-l5as
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17735.11

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11620do

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lia.Gene
The caribbean Beacon. World University
NelWtlr1l
1100
1100
1110
1120
1155

(Of.
Seen) .
Japan, NHKiRadio: Ne'NS, See S0300.
USA, Kl BNsail U CityUl Breakthrough. Rod Parsley
conductsservicesfromtheWorlO Harvest Churchin
ColumDus, OH.
Japan, NHKi Radio: Hello 110m Tokyo. SeeS 0310.
Bulgaria, Radio: Ouest.online. Ten minutes 01answers 10
steers' questions.
Japan, NHKlRadio: Nt'I'lS Summary. seeS 0355.

Mondays
1100

Bulgana. RadiO: FOlk StudiO. Myths, legends,customs, and

rituals assOCialedwittl Bulltilnan hOlidays.
1100 BWI Anguilla. TheGantlbean Beacon: World University
IlelWtlrk lOr. Gene Seen) .
1100 Japan, NHKiRadio: Radio Japan News Round. Thirty minutes
01world. regional, and Japanese news.
1100 USA. KlBI~ salllk cay UT: Good Ne....s TOday!. n. Osborn
evangelizes,
1115 Bulgana. Radio: RadIO Bulganacalling. See t.l 0445.
1130 saran IlHKlRadio: Close Up. seeM0330.
1130 Japan. 'lHI(JRadiO: Ra~iO JapanMagazine Hour. SeeM 0315.
1130 USA. KTBN salt U City UT: The Doctor and eeWord.
Reginald B. Cf!efry, MDanswers listeners' questionsabout
~ lcaI mail ers.
t 140 .acan NHKlRadlo: Sports. A ,ouM up of ,eg analspans
ne....e.
1145 zacan, NHKJRadio: WeeklyCOlumn. See S 2350
t 155 Jap,an, NHKlRallio: NewsSummary. SeeS0355.

1145
1155

~:d~~:~~l~o:
Weekly Cultural Review. A 30-mrnute
summary 01 culturalevents BuIcana, cultural newsnps.
and regional muse.
11(}O aWl Anguilla. ThecanoteanBeacon : World University
Nelwor1l (0,. Gene
1100 Japan. NHKfiladio: RadIOJapan News Round. See M 1100
1100 Japan, tIHKA.adio: RadIOJapan Nt ws Round, See M 1100
t 100 USA, KlBN san l k City UT:The taemeTripp Family.
Country cnnsnan musiC perlOlmed fly taveme and Edlttl
Tripp and their kin.
1130 Japan, tl H ~d,o : Close Up. SeeM 0330
t 130 Japan, tlHKi'Radio: Close UP. SeeM 0330.
1130 Japan, NHKAadio: RadIOJapan M1Q3line Hour. Set M
0315.
t 130 Japan, tlHKiRadlo: RadIOJapan Ml gazine Hour. seea

1130
I t 30
11 30
11.15
1155

III

seem

0315

t 130
1141
1145
11 55
t 155
11 00
11 00

1120
11 30
1130

1115
1130
1130
1130

Saturdays
1100

BWI Anguilla, The caribbean Beacon : World UnvelSlty

tl etviork (01.Gene SCOIl).
1100 Japan. NHKiRadlo: Ne-.YS SeeS 0300.
1100 USA. KlBN salt l k CityUT: Gospel BIB. cosproo'am.
1t 10 Japan. NHKJRalllO: ThlSWeek. See A 031 0
1115 BUlgaria. RadIO: RadiO Bulgaria caning. See M 0445
1155 Japan. tl HKlRadlo: NevISSummary See S 0355

Japan. tl HKlRadlO: Asian RepaR. See \'l 0340.

Japan, tlHKi Radio: Asian Report. See \'l 03-10
Japan, NHKlRadlo: !-levlSSummary. See S0355
Japan. NHKti\a:jio: newsSummary, SeeS0355

Thursdays

1100
1100
1100

USA, KlBN san lk CityUT: Up on \l elodyMountain. See W

BWIAnguilla, The CanbbeanBeacon : WorlOUnIverSity

Network (Or. Gene SCOIl)
Japan. tlHKJRadio: RadiOJapanNews Round, SeeM 1100.
USA.Kl BN salt lk City UT: Origins. See T 2330.
USA.KTBN salt l k City UT: ReachingHighe,- RickGodwin
teecnesrcwtc besuccesstoras well asachristian.
Japan. NHKiRadlo: CloseUp. See M 0330.
Japan. NHKJRa(lio: RaOIOJapanMagazine Hou'-See M 03t 5
USA. KlBtl salt lk CIty UT: Steve B,ock. See H 1530.
Japan, NHK/Radlo: ausness Focus. SeeF03-10.
Japan. NHKJRadlo: News Summary, See S0355.

0030.

11 00
11 00

Bulgana, Radio: SeienWTechnologylEnvironmenl.A look at

Bulganan researen andadvancement in theseactivities
BWI Anguilla, The caretean Beacon : Wortd University
Iletwork(Or. GeneSColl).
Japan, NHK!Radlo: RadiOJapan News Round. See M 1100.
USA, KTBN saU lk City UT: Dean and Mary. Dean andMary
Brown with music matmrnrsters.
Bulgaria, RadiO: scrosstheMap 01 Bulgaria. Atravelogue
program of historicalSites and interesting places and people.
Japan, NHK/Radio: CloseUp.See M 0330.
Japan, NHKlRaOio: Radio Japan Ma(tJlineHour. See M 0315.
USA,KTBN saUlk CityUT:A Dale wilh Dale. See M 1530.

1100
1100
1100
1115

Tuesdays
1100

Japan. NHK/Raalo: Japanese Culture Today. See T03.10

Japan, NHKlRadlo: News Summary. See S0355

1130
11.15
1155

aulgarla. RadiO: History Club, See S 0430.

aWl Anguilla. The caribbean Beacon : World UniverSity
NelwOlk (Dr. Gene Scottl.
Japan, t1HKiRa dlo: Radio Japanflews Round. See M t 100
USA. KlBN san l k City UT: The Answer, Dan Sheaffer
answers Iislener quesuons anoutreligion
Bulgaria. Radio: Business andFinance. See M 2330
Japan, NHK!R.ldlo: Close Up. See 1,40330.
Jacan NHK'Radio: Radio Japan Magazine Haul. See M
031 5.
USA. KlBN saUl k CityUT: Revivals in thel and ToOay Vlalt
Mills evangelizes.
Japan. NHKJRaOio: Crosscurrents. See H 0340
Japan, NHKJRadlo: flews Summary. SeeS0355

Fridays
1100

8ulgaria, Radio: Litestyle, See H 2330.

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canada. CFCX Montreal

Canada. CFRX Toronto
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Malaysia. Ra dio
Malaysia,RTM KotaKinabalu
Myanmar. Voiceot
Netherlands, Radio
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Papua New Guinea. NBC
Poland. Polish R Warsaw

1200-1300

ausse.vcce 01RussiaWS

1200 1225
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Singapore,RSingapore Int
South Korea, R Korea lnll
svatzeriano. SwissR Inll
Taiwan. VO Free China

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1200-1300
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117303s
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154-$oam
11700as
6150am
15115am

9715,as
121103s
9n5am
21455am

15155eu

15195eu

11930me

1526Daf

11660as

13750am

15530af

71 90eu

7145eu

7270eu

9525eu

4975as

9705as

15460as

17735.11
6155as

21745at

9535eu
96103s

Unite.:l Kingdom, BBC WS

USA, KAtJ Dallas TX
USA. KlBN SaltLk City UT
USA. KWHRNaalehu HI
USA.Monitor Radio tnt!
USA. Voice of America

1200-1300
USA. WEWNBirmingham Al
USA. WGTG Mc:<!ysville GA
1200-1300
1200-1300
USAWHRI Noblesville IN
1200-1300
USAWJCR uptonKY
1200-1300s
USA WRMI/R Miami Inti
1200-1 300
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFROkEechobee fL
1200-1300
1200-1245
USA. WYFROkeechobee FL
1200-1230
Uzbekistan. R Tashkent
Zambia. ChristianVoice
1200-1300
1200-1300 vi
Zambia. R ZambiaJZNBC I
1203,1210
Croatia. CroatianRadio
1207, 1300 occsnat New Zealand. R NZ Inll
1215,1300
Egypt. Radio cairo
1230-1300 as
Australia. Radio
1230,1300
Bangladesh. Bangia Betar
Belgium. R vaa noeren tnt
1230-1255 s
1230-1300 mlwhf
Finland. YLEIA Finland
1230-1235
India All India Radio
12301300w
Indonesia, RRI Sorong
1230-1300
Mongolia,Voice of
1230,1255
SAfrica, Investment Ch
12301300
Serbia, Radio Yugoslavia
1230-1300
South Korea, R Korea Inti
1230-1300 mtwht
Sri l anka, Sri la nka BC
Sweden, Ra dio
1230-1300
1230-1300
Thailand, Radio
1230-1300
Turkey, Voiceof
1230-1300
Vietnam. Voice of
1240-1250

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15105am

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9640as
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7270as
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9840as

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays

France, R France InU: news. World oews. French news.

cress revieo.v.sports.
1200 USA. KTBN Sail l k CIty01: Cornerstone.Evangelizing by
John Hageeand mUSIC by 1heCornerstone Choir.
1200 USA. WRMIIR Miami Inll. FL: Worship TIme. A Sunday
message trom Ne...rcasne. Maioe.
1215 USA.WRMlIRMiami Illll. FL Faith and Truth. Ken
Megilligan.
1216 France. R Francelnll: African Analysis (biweekly). Anindepth analysis of Afriean current affairs.
1216 France. RFranceInll: Asian Analysis (biwet:kly). Anin-depth
analysiS 01Asian current affairs.
1223 France, RFrarce Inll:Paris Promenade. Spotlight ona city
bistro or restaurant
1228 France. RFrance fnll:Counterpoint (biweekly). A specific
human rights issue is examined.
1228 France. RFrancelnl\: Everywoman (bil'reekly). A program
lor and aboUl women.
1230 sweeen. Radio: In TOUch withStockholm (biweekly). A
mailbagprogram withon-Hie-air link-ups.
1230 Sweden, Radio: Sounds NordiC(biweekly). The verylatest
and bestin Swedish rockandpopmusic. interviews with ltle
stars. and whars happening ontheyouth scene.
1230 USA, WRMlIR Ml3fTli mn. FL: The SCriptureHoUl. Evangelis1
Paul Aeming spreadsmegospel nom Soutll carolina.
1233 France, R FranceInti: NewsHeadlines. Asummary of
today's nev...s.
1234 France. RFrance Inti: Club9516. listener letters are read in
this mailbag program.
1245 USA, WRMIIRMiami Intl. FL: lo ve01God. Noinformation
available.
1200

Mondays

France. R FranceInti: News. See S 1200.

USA, KlBNSaltlk City UT: Joy. Interviewswith Christian
authors and musician s.
1230 Sweden. Radio: SixtyDegrees North. Reports. interviews
and analysisfromStockholm and otherNordic capitals.
1231 France. RFranceInu;RFI Europe. European press review

focuses on CUHenl affairs in other countriesof the region.

1238 France, RFranceInti: News in Briel.
1241 France, RFiance Inti: Sports. A summary of the seasonal
matches fromaround the continent.
1246 Sweden, Radio: SpOrlSCan. A weekly review 01all the Ile'IVS in
SportshostedbyKeith Posre.
1247 France. RFranceInti: Artsin France. Profileon thework of a
French artist 0 1 a cunuralactivity such asmusic.

Tuesdays
1200 France. R FranceInti: News. SeeS 1200.
1200 USA, KlBNSan l k City lIT: Joy. SeeM 1200.
1230 Sweden, RadiO: SixtyDegrees North. See M 1230.
1230 USA, KlBNSalt lk City 01: Alive!. Jesuit Priest Michael
Manningteaches Christian principles
1231 France, RFranceInti: RR Europe. See M 1231.
1236 France. RFranceInti: tener froma listener.
1239 France, RFranceInti: Neo.vsHeadlines. SeeS 1233,
1242 France. R FranceInll: Boob. Publishing trends. authors.
1246 Sweden, RadiO: MediaScan (113 ). satellite news 85%:
medium wave and shortwave news 15%.
1249 France, R France Inti: SCience Probe. Developments in me
wOrld of science, technotogy. and health.

Wednesdays
1200
1200

1230
1230
1231
1238
1242
1246

1200
1200

1247

Thursdays
1200

S4

MONITORING TIMES

Apri/ 1997

France. R f rance Inll: News. See S 1200.

USA, KlBNSalt l k City 01: Gel in Shape. Pamela caner
takes you Ihtoughan exerciseprogram.
Sweden, Radio: SixtyDegrees Nom . SeeM 1230.
USA, KTBNSalt lk City UT:Kids Club.Varietyprogram.
France. R Francelntl: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
France. RFrance Inll: News Headlines. See S 1233.
France. A FranceInll: The Bottom une. Focus onfinances.
Sweden. Radio: MoneyMatters, AISimonpresents news
about theSwedish economy. business. consumer affairs,and
Sweden's EUmembership.
France, RFrance Inti: l andof France, A feature onlile and
times InFrance
France, RFiance Inti: News. See S 1200.

1200
1230
1230
1231
1234
1241
1243
1244
1246
12-19
1249

USA, KlBN San l k City Ul Joy. See M 1200.

Sweden, Radio: SiKly Degrees NOrlh. See M 1230.
USA, KlBN San l k City Ul Doctor 10 Ooctor.SeeT 0430.
France. RFranceInti: Sports. See M 1241.
France. RFrance InU: RFIEurape. See M 1231.
France. R Francelnll: News Headlines. See S 1233.
Sweden, Radio: Gleen5can Environmentalconcerns and
solutions.
france. R franceInti: ToeAmericas Magazine.Focus ona
subject relating to a country cute western hemisphere.
Sweden. RadiO: HorilOn (415). SCience and technClIogy.
france. R France Inll: Norttv'South (biweeldy). Focus ona
public activity in France.
France. R France Inti: Planet Earlh (biweekly). An interview
with anexpert on ecological maners.

Fridavs

1200 Ffance. R FranceInti: News. SeeS 1200.

1200 USA, Kl BN Salllk City UT:Joy. See M 1200.
1230 Sweden,Radio: Silfty Degrees North. SeeM 1230.
1230 USA, Kl BN Saltlk City lIT: The Jr:tj of Music. Diane aen
takes you ona \'IOrld musictour and playsoneofthegreal
organs at each eceuen,
1231 France, RFIance Inti: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
1235 Sweden, Radio: A Revieo.v cl lheNewsweek. The majof stories
01theweek. both trom Sweden and lheir NordiC neighbors.
1239 FIance, R FIance Inti: News Headlines. See S 1233.
1241 FIance, R FIance Inti: Film Reel. Interview with an renormer
or him maker.
12-18 France, R FIance Inti: Made in France, See H 1448,

Saturdays
1200
1200

France, A France Inti: News. See S 1200.

USA. Kl BNSalllk City UT:Kids Against Crime. Talk about
programs making a differencein theaves01youth.
1228 Prance, RFranceInU: Spotlight on Africa.Correspondent
reports and InterviewsonAfrican affairs.
t230 swecen. Radio: Spectrum(1). See S0030.
1230 USA,KlBNSall l k City UT: Kids Club. See W 1230.
1245 France, RFiance Inti: News Heaunnes. See S 1233.
1247 France, RFrance Inti: French l esson. l earn French by radio.

::~~:: ~~~

SHORTWAVE GUIDE

FREQUENCIES.

1300 - 1 ~OO

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13001330
13001~ O O
13001330
13001400 as
13001400
13001330 vl
1300-1400
1300 1310
1300-1400
13001400vi
1300-1400vl
13001400occsna
1300-1350
13001330s
1300-1400vi
1300-1400
13001400
13001400

Anguilla,Caribbean Beacon
Aastraln. Radio
Aostrara VL8A Alice Spq
eustrare. VL8K Katherine
Australa, VISl Tent Crk
Belgium. Rva anoeren lnt
Brant, Ra dio Bras
Canada. esc NQuebecSvc
canaoa CFCXMofllreal
Canada. CFRX to ronto
canaoa CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada.CKZN st John's
Canada, CKZUVancouver
Canada. R Canada lntl
China. ChinaRadio Inll
Costa Rica,RFPeace Inti
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador, HCJB
Egypt. Radio Cairo
EQI GUinea, R East Alrica
EQt Guinea, Radio Africa
ltaly, IRRS
Jordan, Radio
Llberia.LC WRLibena In!
Malaysa, Radio
Malaysa. RTM Kuchmg
Malaysa,RTMKolaKinabalu
Ne'::Zealand. R NZlntl
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Norway. Radio Norway Inti
Paoua New Guinea, NBC
Philippines. FEBC/R Inll
Romania, R Romania Inti
aussravorce01Russia WS

1300-1325
1300-1400
13001400rntwtu
1300-1330
13001330

S Alr1ca. Investment Ch
Singapore.R Singapore mt
Sri Lan-a. Sri LankaBC
Switzerland . SI'IISS R Inti
Turkey,VOice of

1300-1tOO
1300-1l 00 vi
1300-' ~ OO vi
1300-1~ OO vi
1300-1325 mtwnta
1300-1 320
1300-1~ OO vi
1300-1400
13001400
1300-1400
1300,1400
1 30 0 1 ~ 00

1300-1400
1300-1400
1 300 1 ~00

6090.101
5995pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
136850.1
154450.1
9625do
6005do
6070do
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6130do
6160do
6160do
9640am
7385na
6205all1
13580eu
12005am
17595as
15186al
9530as
7125va
11 690eu
5100do
7295do
71 60do
5980do
6070pa
9345as
9590eu
4890do
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9683eu
7130me
15205me
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6105as
9730as
7230as
9445eu

1300 UTe

. .
1300-1400

9580pa

961 5as

United Kingdom, BBC WS

11800pJ

5965mn
619Sva

5990as

9590.101
12095eu

11750.1$
15220.101
15565va
17830.11

15485va

13795as

1770Sva

1300-1 400
1300-1 400

11855arn
7410as
7385arn
17485al
1511 5arll

9715as

11660pa

21455arn

9640eu
9945as

11740as
11840na

15230as
15605au

11940eu
7165me

15390eu
9470me

17745eu
9840me

17735
6155as

21745af

7480as
9630as

12075as

13635as

1300-1400
13001400
13001400
13001400

USA,KAI J DallasTX
USA, KN LS Anchor Point AK
USA, KTBNSail u Cily UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Monitor Radio Inll
USA, Voice of America

1300-1400
1300-1400
13001 400
1300-1400
13001400 s
13001400 as
1300-1400
13001 400
1300-1400
13001400vi
1315-1 400 mtw'ua
1330-1355
1330-1357
1330,1400
1330-1400
13301 400
1330-1400
13301400vi
13301400
1330,1355
1330-1400
1330,1355
1330-1400
1330-1400

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL

USA, WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHR JNoblesville IN
USA, WJCR upton KY
USA, WRMIIR Mlallll lnll
USA, VWHAGreenbush ME
USA, I,VWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia, Christian Voice
Zambia. R ZamblalZNBC 1
Bhutan, Bhutan BC Service
Austria. R Auslria Inti
Canada,R CanadaInti
China, Heilongjiang PBS
Finland. YLE/R Finland
Guam, AWR1KSoA
India. All India Radio
ltaly, IRRS
Netherlands. Radio
S Africa, Investment Ch
Sweden. Radio
UAE, Radio oubai
uzbeostan. R Tashkent
vietnam. VOice 01

1335-1345
1345-1400
1345-1 400

Greece. Voice ot
Anguilla.Carlbbean Beacon
Vatican Slate, VaticanR

13815am
7365as
7510am
9930as
6095na
6110as
11 71 5as
9455na
9400am
5040am
7490na
9955arn
15745na
9475arn
5950na
6065af
7220do
5030do
6155eu
6150as
4840do
11735na
9650as
11 620as
3985va
9895as
17735a f
7155as
13665eu
5060as
5940eu
12020eu
11645na
11775am
9500as

941 neu

9355as
9545as
15425as
11875na

60653S
951 5am
117603S

6190.11

9580.15

17885.11

11940.11
15420.11
17640va
21660.11

9455am
9760as

13840<ls
11705<1 s

153 1035

15575me

15665eu

151 05arn

12160am
11830na

13845am
17760eu

15685am

13730na
9535as
15400na
13750as
13700as
21745al
15240pa
15395eu
5975as
7270eu
15010eu
15175na

15585as

17630eu
6025as
7400eu

21605me
9715as
9840eu

11625as

SELECTED PROGRAMS. . . . . . . . .
Sundays
1300
1300
1300
1300
1304
1330
1330
1330
1345
1352

BWI Anguilla, The caribbean Beacon. World UniverSity

Network (Dr, Gene seem.
USA. KTBN Salt Lk CI:YUT:SpiritualProtocol.Paster Earl
Paulk preaches from xnanta
USA, WGTGMcCaysville GA: USA Radio News World news
fmm the USA Radio Nelwork
USA. WRMli RMiami IntI. FL:Universal tue. The rene
program ottne originalchristians in unfversarute
USA. WGTGMcCaYSVille GA: TheGospel Hour.Oliver Reed
provides music and u-spuauon l rom Soulh Carolina
Sweden. R: In Touch wilh Stockholm {biweekly). See S 1230
Sweden. Radio: sounss NordiC(bllleekIYl. See S 1230
USA. WRMI:RMiami Inti, FL: Battle Cry Sounding, Deborah
Green evang elizes.
vancan Stale. vatcan Radio: With Heart and Mmd. See S
0250.
Vatican State. Vatican Radio: OnlneAir. See S0258.

Mondays
1300
1300
1300
1304
1330
1330
1330
1345
1345

aWl Anguilla. The Eanbbean Beacon : World Universtty

Network (Dr, Gene scctn
USA.KTBNSalt Lk CityUT: A New Perspecnve. Richard and
LindsayRoberts evanaeee rrom Tulsa. Oklahoma
USA WGTGMcCaysVllle GA: USA aenc News See S 1300
USA. WGTGMcCaysville GA TheGospel HOUf See S 1304
Sweden. Radio: Sixty Degrees North. See M 1230.
KTBNsalt Lk City: John Hagee Today, Evangelizing byJohn
Hagee of theCornerstoneChurch in San Antonio. TX.
USA. WRMI:RMiami Inn. FL: wavescan scvenust World
Radio's OX:Meclia program withJell White ut WRM!.
USA. WRMIIRMiami ron FL: Wordsof the Spirit scnoune
read ing from New M e~ lco
VaticanSlate. Vatican naco: To theEnds orme Earth, See M

0500
1348

Sweden.Radio:socnscan SeeM 1246

Tuesdays
1300
1300
1300
1304

BWI Anguilla. The ceeobean Beacon : World Unrversrty

tJell'lork (Or. Gene seem
USA. KTBN Salt u City UT: A New Perspe cuve See M 1300
USA. WG TG McCaysVllleGA USA RadiONews. See S 1300
USA. WGTG McCaysVllleGA: TileGospel Hour See S 13Q..l

1330
1330
1330
1345
1345
1346
1359

Sweden, RadiO: SixtyDegrees North, See M 1230

USA. KTBN SaltLkCily UT: John Hagee Today, seeM 1330
USA. WRMI/RMiami Inti, Fl: wevescan SeeM 1330
USA, WAMIIRMiami Inti, FL: Word s of lhe Spirit. See M
1345
Vatican State. Vatican gaco: A Room wlIh a View of me
Vatican. See T0250
Sweden. RadiO: Media5can ( 113). SeeT 1245.
Vatican State. Vatican Radio: Ask theAbbot. See M 2300

Wednesdays
1300
1300
1300
1304
1330
1330
1330
1345
1345
1346

BWI Anguilla. The Caribbean Beacon . World University

Nelwork (01. Gene scorn.
USA,KTBN Salll k CityUT: A New Perspective. See M 1300
USA.WGTGMcCaysvilleGA: USA Radio News. See S 1300
USA. WGTGMcCaysvilleGA: The Gospel Hour. See S 1304
Sweden. Radio: Sixty Degrees NOr1h. See M 1230
USA.KTBN Salllk Cily UT: JohnHagee Today, seeM 1330
USA, WRMI/RMiami Inti, FL: wavescan See M 1330.
WRMlIR Miami Inti: Words otme SPlflt See M 1 3~ 5
Vatican State. Vatican Radio: The Rome Report. See W0250.
Sweden , Radio: Money Maners. SeeW 1246

Thursdays
1300
1300
1300
1304
1330
1330
1330
1343
1345
13~5

1345
1350
1359

BWI Anguilla.The Caribbean aeaccn : World UntverSlty

Network (Dr.Gene scorn
USA. KlBN Sall l k CityUT: A New Perspective. See M l~OO
USA, WGTG \1cCa ysvilieGA: USA Radi o News. See S 1300
USA.WGTG \l cCaysvilie GA The Gospel Hour, See S 1304
Sweden. Radio: SixtyDegrees North, See M 1230
USA. KTBtlsail lk Cily UT: John HageeToday, See M 1330
USA.WRMI!'" Miami Inti, FL: wavescan See M 1330
Sweden. Radio: areenscan See H 1243
WRMI/R Miami inn: Words ctme Spirit. See M 13~5
Vatican Stale. Vatican Radio: The Popeand mePeople see
M 0250
Sweden. Radio: Horizon (415). See H 1246.
Vatican State. vancan Radio: Pilgrim Clly. See H 0254
Vatican State. VaticanRadio: Postcardsfrom Rome, SeeH

03"

Fridays
1300

1300
1300
1304
1330
1330
1330
1335
1345
t 345

Network (Or. Gene SCOll ).

USA. KTBN SailLkCity UT: A New Perspective. See M 1300.
USA. WGTGMcCaysville GA: USA Radio News. See S 1300
USA.WGTG McCaysvilleGA: The Gospel Hour, See S 1304.
Sweden.Radio:Sixty DegreesNorth. See M 1230.
USA. KTBN SailLk City UT: JohnHagee Today. SeeM 1330.
USA. WRMI!R Miami lntl.FL: wavescan. See M 1330.
Sweden. Ratnc: A Revi ew 01theNewsweek. SeeF 1235.
USA, WRMIIRMiami InU.FL:Words of theSpint. See M
1345
Vatican State. Va tican Radio: Then and Now, See F0250.

Saturdays
1300
1300
1300
1304
1330
t 330
1351
1356

BWIAngUilla. The Canbbean Beacon : World University

Network (Or.Gene Scott).
USA.KTBN SaltLk CityUT: Circle SQuare. A program lor
children in a note! selling
USA. WGTGMcCaysville GA: USA Radio News. See S 1300.
USA. WGTGMcCaysvilleGA: The Gospel Hour. See S 1304.
Sweden. Radio: Spectrum (1), see S0030
USA. KTBN Salt LkCityUT: Joy Junction, Fun and games lor
children from me ChristianTelevisionNelwork (CTtJ).
Vatican Slate,Vatican Radio: Facingthe Challen\je. The
dilliculliesof living in Rome.
Vatican State, Va tican Radio: WhatCan I Do? SeeT2300.

HAUSER ' S HIGHLIGHTS

QATAR: QBS
03-15-0706
72 10 kHz
I707-2 IJ O
7210
0707 1306
15J95
1J07- 170o
11750
2nd transmi tter
OJ-IS':! l.~O
9S70
(Wolfgang Buschcl. He -[) X )

BWI Anguilla, The CaribbeanBeacon : World Univelslty

Ap,;! 1997

MONITORING TIMES

55

1400-1500
14001500

1400-1500
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500 1'1
14001500,, 1

Algeria,R Algiers Inti

AnqurllaCanbbean Beacon
Australia, Radio

14001 430
14001500 'II
14001500

Australia, Vl8A Alice Spg

Australia. VlBK xamenne
Australia VI8 T Tent Crk
Canada, CSC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFC X Montreal
Canada. CFR X Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada CHN X Hahtax
Canada CKltJ St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada R Canada InU
China. China Radto Inti
Costa Rica,AF Peace Inti
Ecuador. HCJB
EQt Guinea A East Africa
France, Radio France Inti
India All India Radto
Israel. Kollsrae l
Ilaly,lARS
Japan, RJapanlNHK World

14001500
14001500
14001500 'II
14001500 vi
14001430
14001500
14001500 0ccsnal
1400 1430 s
14001410
14001500vi
14001500
14001500

Jordan. naco
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France. R France IntI: News See S 1200

PaoroMeXICOInti: Antenna Radio Summary A t s-mo ute
magazine01news. finance. and culture
USA. KTBtJ Salt lk CityUT: Breakthrougtl, See S 11 00
USA. WG TGMcCa,w illeGA:Sermon and Song A program
lrom the Fundamental Broadcast Network hostedbyevangelist
Bennett Collins
USA. WRMI/RMiami InU, H: worstnp Time. See S 1200
USA, WRMI:RM.ami mu. n, Church of Ch'lsl See ,,,, 0000
Sweden. Radio: SixtyDegrees North, See M 1230
KlBNSantk City UT: TodaywithManlyn, Hickey ieacne s
USA.VlGTGMcCaysI'ille GA:Family Allar. lester Rolof1
evangelizes withaTexas lIair
USA,WRM t:RM,ami Inti,H: Viva Mlallll' A mauanne
program hosted byJeffwnne hom and about Miami and
Florida, !hatincludes DX and internationalt-avet features and
seascnanroccar weamer updates
France, RFrance Inti: RFlEurope, See M 1231.
France. RFrance lnll. Sports See M 1 2~ 1
Swerten. Radio: Sportgcan See M 12-16
France. RFrance Inti: Ar1s in France See M 1247.
France, R France Inll: News, See S 1200

MON ITORING TIMES

9530a5

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Tuesdays
1400

21745me

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Mondays

1431
1440
1446
1447

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France, RFrance IntI: NCI'Is, See S 1200

Rad io MexicoInU: Mailbag. Lel1C1s fromEngllshspeaking
listeners are discussed onthe air.
1400 USA, KTBN Salllk City UT: Remhard BcnnkePreaches
Evangelizing in Arnca and elsewhere
1400 USA. WG TG McCaysville GA: Sounds of Joy, Bob Carlsonwith
old recordings 01sacred muse.
1416 France, RFrance Inti: African Analysis (bil'ieekly}, See S 1216
1416 Franc e, RFran ce Inti ASian Analysis (biweekly), See S 1216
1422 France. RFrance Inti: Paris Promenade. See S 1223.
1427 France.RFranceInti: Evervwuman. See S 1228.
1430 Sweden, R: In Touch ...llh Stockholm (tllweekly), S 1230
1430 Sweden, Radio: Sounds Nordic (bll'ieekly). See S 1230.
1430 USA,KTBN Salt lk City UT: Winning Walk.Ed Young
sermonizes fromHouston, TX.
1433 France.R France Inti: Club 9516. See S 1234

1430

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Thailand, Radio
unneu Kingdom, BBC WS

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1400
1400

1400
1415
1430
1430
1430

1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1430

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SELECTED PROGRAMS

1400
1400

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14001500

Sundays

1400
1400

. .

FREQUENCIES .

Apcd 1997

1400
1400
1400
1400
1415
1430
1430
1430
1431
1433
1442
1446
1449

RadiO Mexico InU: Antenna RadioSummary. See M 1400.

USA, KTBN s-n u City UT: Breakthrough, See S 1100
USA,WGTG McCay sville GA: Sermon and Song, See M 1400.
USA, WHM IIR Miami Inti, FL: Exceeding Faith. See S 1615.
USA, WRM li RMiami Inti. FL: Faith and Truth. See S 1215
Sweden, Radio: Sixty Degrees North. See M 1230.
USA, KlBNSalllk City UT: Today with Marilyn. See M 1430.
USA.WRMIIRMiami lnu. Fl: VivaMiami!. See M 1430.
R France Inti: France Today. Current happeninqs in France.
France. R France Inti: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
France,R France Inti: Books,See T 1242
Sweden. aaoo: MediaScan (1m . See T 1246.
France , RFrance Inll: Science Probe. See T 1249.

Wednesdays
1400
1400
1400
1400
1400
1401
1430
1430
1431
1443
1446
1446

France, R(rance Inll: News. SeeS 1200.

Parno Mexico Inti: Antenna game Summary. See M 1400
USA,KTBN $all LkCity UT: Breakthrough. See S 1100
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA: Sermon and Song. See 11 1400.
WRMIIR Miami Inll: TheVoice of Reform. See W0100
vaucan State, vaucan Radio WhatCan I Do? See T2300.
Swed en. Radio:Sixty Degrees North. See M 1230.
USA.KTBN Sail u City UT: Today Wllh Marilyn. See M 1430
France. RFranceIntI: RFI Europe See M 1231.
France. RFrance Inti: TheBottom Line. SeeW 1242.
France. RFrance InU: land 01france. See W 1247.
Sweden. Badio: MoneyMatters. See W 1246.

Thursdays
1400
1400
1aoo
1400
1400
1415
1430
1430
1430
1431
1435
1443

France. R France Inll: News, See S 1200

game MeXICOInti: AntennaRadiO Summary See M 1400
USA, KTB~ Salt lk CityUT:Breaklhrough. See S 11 00
USA.WGTG McCaySVilleGA Sermon and Song, See 1'1 1400.
USA, WRtlll RMiami InU, Fl: Wi1d and Fife. See S 1615
USA,WRtl ll RMiami InU, FL: Goo's MiracleHour. screen
Gentry evancerees from ncnoa
Sweden.RadiO: Sixly Degrees North. See M 1230
USA. KTBN Salt lk City UT: Today l'llth Marilyn. See M 1430
USA.WRMIIRMiami Inti,H : VivaMlami l , See M 1-130.
France, RFrance Inll Sports. See M 12-11
France, RFran ce InU RFI Europe. See M 1231
France, RFrance11111 NorthlSouth (biweekly). See H 1249.

1443
1443
1443
1446
1448

Fran ce, RFrance InU: Planet Earth {biweekly), See H

1249
Prance. RFranceInti: The Americas Magazine (5), See H
1244,
Sweden. Radio: ereeoscen. See H 1243
Sweden, Radio: Horizon (415). See H1246
France, RFrance Inti: Made in France. A reviewof
somethingveryFrench

Fridays
1400
1400

1400
1400
1400
1415
1430
1430
1431
1435
1441
1446
1446

France, RFrance Inti: News. See S 1200

Radio Mexico Inti: Antenna Baurc Summary. See M
1400.
USA, KTBN Sall lk City UT: Breaklhrough. Seg S 1100.
WGTG McCaysville:Sermon and Song, See M 1400.
USA,WRMIIRMiami lntl. FL: wavescan. See M 1330.
USA, WRMI/RMiami Int!,FL: Dtmst Gospel Broadcast.
See M0115
Sweden. Radio: SixtyDegrees North. See M 1230
KlBN Salt lk City: Today wilh Marilyn. SeeM 1430.
France. R France Inti: RFIEurope. See M 1231 .
Sweden. Radio: A Reviewctme Newsweek See F1235.
France, RFrance Inll: Film Reel. See F 1241.
RFrance inn: Counterpoint (biweekly), See S 1228
France, RFIance Inti:Silk Roads (biweekly). Focus on
South Asia.

Saturdays
1400
1400
1400
1400
1400
1425
1430
1430
1434

France. RFrance Intl: News, See S 1200

Radio Mexico InU: Mirror of Mexico. see W 1500
USA, Kl BN Salt lk CityUT:Justue Facts, A program
lor youth ages 10 to 16.
I/IGTG McCaysville: liberty Hall. A patriot raoc
program.
Vatican state. vencan aaoo: Faith by Namae-s. A
numerical Catholic Ca techism.
France, RFrance Inti: Focus on France, zoomocin ona
French news item.
Sweden, Radio: Spectrum (1), See S0030.
USA, KlBN Salt l k City UT: Becxys Barn. A puppet
program for children.
France, RFranceInti: Asia File. Correspondent reports
and interviewsonAsianaffairs

fREQUENCIES
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Australia. 'Jl 8K xau-enne

Australia. '/L8T Tent Crk
Canada. esc NQuebec Svc

Canada, CFC X Montrea l

1500-1600
Canada, CFRX Toronto
1500-1600
Canaoa. CFVP Calgary
1500-1500
Canada. CHNXHanax
1500-1600
Canada, CKZN 51 John's
1500-1600
Canada,
Vancouver
15001600 s
Canada, R Canada Inti
1500-1600
China, China RadIO nur
1500-1600
costa Rlca.RFPeace Inti
1500-1600
tcuaoor. HCJB
1500-1600as
EQI Guinea R East Africa
1500-1600
Guam. TWR /KTWR
150016001
lreland.WCoast R Ireland
15001600 vi
Italy. IRRS
15001600
Japan. R Japan/NHK World
1500 1600
Jordan, Radi o
15001510
Llberia.LCN:R uoena Int
15001600
Malaysia. Radio
15001600\'1
Malaysia. RrM Kuchmg
1500 1600 I I
Malaysia.RTM KolaKinabahl
1500 1530
Mexico. RadIO Mexico Inti
1500 1515 s
Myanmar. Voiceof
15001525
Netherlands, Radio
1500 1600 cccsnai New Zealand. R tE 1011
1500 1550
North Korea, R Pyongyang
15001530as
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
15001600 \11
Papua New Guinea NBC
1500,1600
Philippines, fE8CIR lull
1500-1530
Romania. R Romanu rnu
1500-1600
gussu.voce of Russia WS

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S Africa. Channel Atnca
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UnitedKmgdom. BBC WS

15001600
1500 1600
15001500
1500 1500

USA, KAIJ DallasTX

USA. KlBN SaltLk City UT
USA, MomtorRadIO Inti
USA, Voice 01 America

1500 1600
1500-1 600
15001600
1500-1600
1500 1600 rntwhl
15001600
15001600as
1500-1600
15001600

USA.WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA.\'JHRI Noblesville Itl
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA,VIRMIIRMiami Inti
USA, VlRNO New Orleans LA
USA,VNHAGreenbushME
USA, WNCR Nashvnle TN
USA, WYFROkeechobee FL

15001600
1500-1600 vi
15001600 vi
1515-1530
15201530 nuwnt
1530-1555
1530-1600
1530-1545

Zambia. ChristianVOice
Zambia. R ZambialZNBC 1
Zambia.R ZambialZNBC2
VaticanStale, VaticanR
Estoma. Radio
Austria, RAUSlria Inti
Georgia.RadiO
India. All India Radio

1530-1600
1530 16JO
15301555
1530 1600 rnll'lhf
15301600 mtwnt
15301600
1545-1600

Iran, VOIRI
S Africa, InvestmentCh
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unued Kingdom , BBCWS
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Vatican stare. Vatican R

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SELECTED PROGRAMS . . . . . . . .
Sundays

1500 Japan. NHKIRadio: News See S 0300.

1500 Radi o Mexico Ifill: The W:;lrld 01 Mexican Art. Focus onthe
life01 a star 01 stage.screenor ether art term.
1500 USA. KTBN Salt LkCity UT: The Coral Ridge Hour, D. James
Ker nedytalks about ounrceeucauon issues.
1500 USA.WGTGMcCaysvilleGA: Bible Benevers Broadcast
TonyYork preaches lrom Virginia
1510 Japan, NHK/ Radlo: Hello nom Tokyo. See S031 0
1530 USA, WGTG McCaysvilleGA: Bryan Hoover. Bryan Hoover
evan gelizes from Pernsvlvama
1550 Vatican Slate, Vatican Radio:Focuson me Chur: h. News
abou tlhe church in the region amiaround the wouu
1555 Japan.NHK;Radto: news Summary, SeeS 0355

Mondays
1500
1500
1500
1511
1521
1530
1550
1551
1555

Japan. NHKiRadio: News. See S0300

USA.WGTG McCaysvilleGA: Larry Nichols (Iivel. Anhour
01 ann-Government. anu-tmtoo pap
USA, WRMIIR Miami lml, FL: The Derry BrOI'mlield Show
(live). A politicaltalk raeo orocram.
Japan. NHK'Radio: Asian Top aews The most important
stones 110m otherAsian mediacrcaneauoos are
summarized in a new to-ramute format.
Japan. NHKiRadlo: Profile,Anm-oecm interview wilh a
Japanese personality.
USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT: A Date wnn Dale, Da'eEvans
Rogers sings and tans wilh a guest
Vatican State. vaucan RadiO: ActiVities01the Pope. A revew
ot themajor actmnes 01 the Popeduring tilepastweek.
Japan , NHKiRadlO: Tokyo Pep-In. See S 2355
Japan,NHKiRadIO: News, see S0300

Tuesdays
1500
1500
1500
1500

Japa-r. NHKiRadio: NeI'Is SeeS0300

Radio Mexico Inti: Mailbag See S t 400
WGTGMcCaysville: Larry Wchols (live).See M 1500
USA. 'NRMIIR Miami tntt,FL: The Derry Brownfield snow

1511
1521
1530
1550
1551
1555

(live). See M 1500

Japan. NHKiRad:o: AsianTop News, See M 1511.
Japan, NHKiRad;o: Enjoy Japanese. Learn andpracnce the
Japanese language.
USA. KTBNSalt l k CityUT: Doctor 10 Doctor. S~e T 0~30.
Vatican Stale. VaticanRadio: The Holy Scnpture. A weekly,
mue-baseo feature program for South Asia
Japan. NHKlRadio: TokyoPop-In, see S2355
Japan. NHKlRadio: News Summary, See S0355

Wednesdays
1500
1500
1500
1500
1511
1521
1530
1550
1551
1555
1555

Japan,NHKiRadio: News. See S0300.

naoo Mexico IntI:Mirror 01Mexico. Focus on
manutactunrq and induslry in MeXICO.
WGTG McCaYSVill e: Larry NIChOls (live). See M 1500.
USA, WRMIIR Miami lntt, FL: The Derry BrOl'lIlfield Show
(live). See M 150)
Japan. NHKiRadio: Asian Top News. See M 1511.
Japan. NHK:Radio: town and Around. Takea hall-hour
guidedlour 01tnecuesand towns 01 Japan
USA. KTBN SaltLkCity UT: Get in Shape. See W 1200
Vatican Radio:News ot theChurch, See S0333.
Japan,NHK/Radlo: TokyoPop-In. See S2355.
Japan. NflKiRadlo: News Summary See S 0355.
Vatican State, vatcan Radio: Mailbox Letters fromlisteners
ale read en-me-et andfreq uency changes areannounced
when planned.

Thursdays
1500
1500
1500
1500

1511
1521
1530

Japan. NHKiRadlo: News See S0300

RadiOMeXICO Intl: TheWorld of Mexcan Art, See S 1500.
WGTG M cCays vllI ~ : Larry Nichols (live). See M 1500
USA. WRMI/R Miami Inti. FL: The Derry Browonero Show
(lIVe), See M 1500
Japan.NHKIRadlO. Asian Top News. See M 151 1.
Japan. NHKiRadio: Enjoy Japanese. SeeT 1521
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT: SIeveBrock, Steve sings songs
01 praise

1551
1555

Japan.NHK/Radio: TokyOPop-In See S2355.

Japan. NHKJRadio: News Summary. SeeS0355.

Fridays
1500
1500
1500
1500

Japan, NHKJRadlo: News. See S0300.

RadioMexico Inti: Tour Through Mexico, See H 0400.
WGTG McCaysville: Larry Ncnors (live), See M 1500.
USA, WRMIIRMiamiInti.FL: The DerryBrownfieldShow
(live). See M 1500.
1515 Japan, NHKiRadio: Asian Top News, See M 1511.
1521 Japan, NHK/Radio: Mosicand Book Beat. Whatpeople in
Japanare listening 10 and reading.
1530 USA. KTBNSat! U Cily UT: Praisethe Lord. See M 0200.
1550 Va tican State. Vatican gaco . News hom the African
Church. See M 0320.
1551 Japan, NHKlRadio: TokyoPop-ln. See S 2355
1555 Japan, NHKiRadio: News Summary. See S0355.

Saturdays
1500
1500
1500
1510
1514
1527
1530
1530
1538
1550
1555

Japan. NHKiRadlO: News, See S 0300.

KTBN Salt Lk City: Quigley's Village, Mr.Quigleyand tlis
puppe t friends. wholesome entertainment for children.
USA, WGTG McCaysville GA: Biblical Sludies Institute
See M 0300.
Japan, NHKlRadio: Asia Wl!e~tl'. NeVIS frometherAsian
broadcasters,entertainment update, music.
Japan. NHKlRadio: AsiaKaleidoscope. life in Japanand
theregion
Japan, NHKiRadio: Echoes of Asia. Focus onrl]ional
music andmusical Instruments.
USA. KTBN Sail u CityUT: Gospel Bill. See A 1100.
USA.WGTGMcCaysville GA: Biblicalstumes Institute
See M 0300.
Japan. NHKlRadio: Who's Who in Asia. Lifestyle in the
Asta-Pacrhc region,
Japan, NHKiRadio: AsianNews Summaryof the We e~ .
News neaonnes Irom cme Asian news services.
Japan, NHK/Ra dio: News Summary. See S 0355.

Ap ,d /997

MONITORING TIMES

57

FREQUENCIES

. .

16001;00

AnqulIJ..l Cdl,tllJC,1n Beacon

11"Sam

1600 1700

AuSirall.l Radio

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16001700 vi
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Papua fle':1 Gumea fJBC

RUSSla,VOIce of RUSSia WS

7':00a5
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1600-1630
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1600- 1700vi
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1600-1100 \'1
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16:51630
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16' 5 1700
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1630-1700
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1630,1700
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1630,1655
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1(;30-1700
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16301, 00
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SELECTED PROGRAMS . . . . . .
Sundays
1600
1600

FIance, Rf rance Inlt news See 5 1200

USA.. KTB11 Saltli. Cltj ut.to .ewcnn Fm:llng ;' rllla1
ROC
J!S coocucts SuMa."sereces Irom Mempt us.

tennessee
1600 WGTG Mcca,sv,lle. WOrld 01 Prophet)'.See S 0200
1600 Vahean State. varcan gaoc The Background Ylet:klt
interview plOoram
1602 vatca: State. Val can Rarl lo fle....s see S0 152
1615 USA WRMI:R t.bIDll lntl. fl ,VIC10lyrnroecmre WOld. rio
lnlorma!lOn a':allatlle
1615 VallCan Slale Va:.canRadIO r,e'llS Ste S 0152
1619 fraoce. R France Inti. Everywoman ltlll':e<!kIYI. See S 1228
1619 France. R France Inll Health CorcelllS Ibiweekly). Reports
011 m~j ICItl\!. !It:'ltSs. ana eco1og,.
1622 france, R FranceInO: Palt~ PrOmeflJ(\e see S 1223
1625 R Fra'lce Inll: Alnca n AnalvstSIb'\',eekt,') See S 1216
1626 f,aoct . R France InU' ECflees from A'rfC.il (lh'IJeekl\j An
Alncan musiC plOgram
1631 fIance. R France Inl:: News Heaalmes See S ' 233
1632 flar ce, R f rance lnll Club 9516 See S 123.:

Mondays
1600

FIance, R France Inll News Set 5 1200

lfiCO USA. KTBN $.lll l kCiTy ut Tile MUSIC01 Praise. RayJones
plays contemporary chllsl,anmusIC
1600 USA, WGTG r,lcC.lys\'llT e GA The ~ p oca lypse Chrorlcles
llive). James lIo~d ofOtegon \'IlltlsCliplure reaamgarid
bIble prophecy
1600 USA. WR/,1I'R Miami Inll. FL ' News You Can Use (live) A
program nattonalamlllllernallonalnel'ls ana commentary
lor the Vi kino companies 0' ~ r i l ona
1602 Vafican 51ale. Vallc,ln RadIO News SeeS 0152
1615 Valican Slate, Vallcan R;llho Nel'ls See S 0152
1631 France, R France InU: RFI Europe See M1231
1638 France, R france Inll:flews Headlines, See S 1233

0'

58

M O NI TO RING TIMES

Ap ri/ 19 97

16-10
16-1 7

FIance, RFrance fnn Sports See M 12-11

france. R France Inll Arts In France See M12':7.

Tuesdavs
1600
1600
1600
1600
1602
1615
1633
16-10
15-:2
1647

rrauce. R France Inll ~Ie\"s See S 1200

USA KTil rl Sdlll kCot. UT The ',lus,c 01P~alse See M 1600
USA. WGTG ',kCa,SVllle GA, TM;'1lOCd11DS cnrcnces
(iiI"" So:e M 1600
\'JAM r A/,1 ,1ml Inll' ~':el'lS Y()U
US'! i1r.el See ,: 1000
varcanStale, Vatican RaoIO. r,e':,s sell S 0152
'Iahcan State Vatica!1 Ra,j io' rje~-,s. see S 0152
France. Af rance Ir.l, Afl E w r e~il . ~ ~>1 1 2 31
france. R fr,toce In1l . 1lews Hea11mes se,; S 1233
f rance RFrance IntI Bocks See T 12-12
_ranee R france 1:'111 DrumlJeJ: Mlrcan 'eal"r"

ca-

~:d~r~:~~X~ce
Int, Ilet,s See S 1200
1600 USA,
5.111lkCity UT
MuSIC01PrJlse.

KTBr~
T~e
~e M 1600
USA, W::;1G1.lcGaysvllle GA Tile Apocal','ose ChrOr\ICles
(ll~t ' S~ M 1600
1600 WRIJI IIAMiami lUll Nfl'lS You CanUse ( It\~ ', See M 1600
1602 VatIcanSlille. VaticanRad,o: fleo'iS, see S 0152
1615 'Ja:,can Slale, VallcanRajlo lIe,',"S. setS 0152
1631 fl,lnce. Af,Jnce Inll Rfl Europe. See M 1231
1638 France. R france l'llr Ne,,"S tlea:lhnes See S 1233
16-11 fl,lnce. AFrance Inll TM BQ~om ll~e See IV 12':2
1616 fr;lllCe. A fr,lnce lnliland of FIance See W 1247.

1600

Thursdays
1600
1600
1600
1600

Fr,mce, R Fr,mce Inll. News SeeS 1200

USA. KTBN SalllkCityUT T:le rllUSIC01Praise See M 1600
USA. ""GIG Mc Ca \,s " , II~ GA nil,' Apocalypse ChrOllIcles
l livc) Sec M 1600
USA, WRMliR Moamllnll Fl 1Jews YOlt CanUse(lve) See
M 1600

1602
16t5
1530
1632
1639
16.:1
16.:t
16J6

ValOCJn State. Val.cal Ra(!'o. fJe': :s See 5 0152

See 5 0152
tra-ce. R fiance IntI. Spans See1.112-11 .
France. R FIance IntI RFI Europe See M 1231.
France. R FIance eu: flews Headlines SeeS 1233
France. R France tru flOl'lIlSoulh Ibl',',~e IJi'J . see H 12':9
Fraoce. R France tnt Planet Earth (biweekly). See H 1249
France. R France rnr : SCience s-cte.see T1249
vatcan Stale. VallYl Ra11O: News

Fridavs

1600 france. Rfrance In~ News SeeS 1200

1600 KYS li Salt l kC;Ty' The MuSIC 01 Pra:se See II! 1&00
1600 USA WG TG MccaySVIlle GA The Apocalypse Chronicles
(Ir.'ei See r,l 1600
1600 \'iR~,\1 R t,hamllnU lle.',S YCtt/ can Use ~lve) $o;e M 1600
1602 Vall(Jn Slale. VallcanRalllO: Ne','"" See S 0152
1615 VallCan Slate. VallcanRad,o: News. See S 0152
1631 F ~a llce , Rfl,lnee In:1 RF'I Europe See 1,11231
1638 france_RfIance In:1 ~le.'iS Headltnes SeeS 1233
1641 france. R FIance In:1 filmReel See F12-1 1.
16-45 fra1ce. Rfiance In:1 '....aCe lf1 F,ance See H14.:8

Saturdays

France. R France Inti !Iews SeeS 1200

USA. ~T81J S,lit lk CityUT: KillS l tkeYou Mtss Cilfhie hosts
IIl,S program lor children
1600 US:', '.vGTG I.lcCalSvlIle GA Word 01 Pro.mecv Ray Prlf10ie
eVJT1(jehzes trom JacksonvIlle. Flonaa
1614 France R France Inll. Focus on France SeeA1-125
1615 USA WGTG McCaySVille GA famtly Alldr See M 1':30
1615 Vatican Slale. Vallcan AadlO: r'ews. SeeS 0152.
1630 USA KTB '~ sa lt l kColy UT: Colby's Clubllouse, Aprogramby
kIds andlor kidS
1630 USA. WGTG McCaysvtlle GA. Way of Salvalion. Theson~s
and BobTerry's message cOllle hom MIllersBaplisl Church
1631 France, RFiance Inll.Spollighl on Alrlca See A 1228
1645 Fr;ulce, Rf ranceIrill. Frerlcil less on, SeeA 12':7.
IBOO
1600

FREQUENCIES
17(1).1800

1700 1800

..

Angullla.Caribbean Beacon
susnana. Radio

..

17()().18OC
1700-180C
1700-18OC
17OQ173C
1700-1800 as
1700-1800
1700-1727
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1 730
1700-1730
1700- 1600

Australia. VlBA Alice SPII

Ausl ralia, VlBKKatherine
Ausnana. vi er Tent erk
Canada. eBC NQuebec Svc
Canada , CfCX I.l ontltal
Canada. ( fRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP calgary
Canada. CH r~x Ha llla~
canada. CKlN St JOhn'S
canaea. CKlUVancouver
Chma , ChinaRadIO IntI
Chma. Chma Radio Inti
Costa Rica Adv WorlO R
Costa Rica,RF Peace IrllI
C,cch Rep, Radio Praque
Egypt, RadiO Cairo
Eqt Gumea. Radio Atnca
France. Radio France Inti
Geolgla, saco
Japan, RJapanINHKWorld

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1700-1752 mt\lhl
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17()().1755
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NO/lh Korea R PyongyanQ
Papua fl~"N Gumea, /lBC
POland. Pohsh Rw arsaw
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S snca. lrvestment Ch
Swillerland Swiss R Inll
unnec Kmgdom. BBC\'IS

17001800
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17 ()().18~

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1700-1800

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USA KAIJ DallasTX
USA. KT8t-; salt lk CityUT
USA I(\'JH=! t,laalehu HI
USA, Monror RadIO Inti
USA, voc e01Ameflca

1700- 1800 mtwnt

USA VOice 01 Amenca

1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800 smtwhl
1700-1800
1700-1800 mlwhl
1700-1800
1700-1800
1iOO-t7.l5
17()().1800
1700-1800\1
1700-1800\ 1
1700-180thl
1730-1800
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1730-1800
1730-1800
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17451800
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USA,WEWN Bir m ing~ a m Al

USA.WGTG McCa YS ~lll e GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA.WJCRuctonKY
USA. WMl,( Bethel PA
USA. WRNONew Orleans LA
USA. \WHA GreenbushME
USA. \yWCRNashville TN
USA WYFF Okeechobee FL
USA.WYfF c eeecnooee Fl
Zambia. CtlflslianVOICe
Zambia RZam!lIaIlNBC1
Zambia. R Zambla.m~BC 2
ZlflllJ.lbwe. ZImbabwe BC
Guam. AWR'KSOA
Netherlands. Padro
PIlI llppines, R Pilipinas
Romania, RRomania Inti
Swaziland, t eens World R
vatican Stale. Vatican R
Bangladesh Bangia Betar
India, All India aaoo

2310do

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60701.10
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FRANCE: RFRANCE INT'L
In addi tion 10 SW CUi, for Europe.
u sing 116 15 in English 10 N A ill at
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.
18001900

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Australia. Radio
Australia. RadiO

18001900,,1
1800-1900
1800' 825 rmwnts
1800 ' 900
1800-1900
1600-1900
1!l00-1900
1800-1900
1800-1 900
1800-1900
1800-1900
18001830
1800 1900
1800 1900

Australia, Vl8AAlice Spg

Australia, VL8KKatherine
Aus tralia, VLBT Ten t Crk
Bangladesh. Bangia Betar
Belgium, Rvtaanoe-en Inl
Brazil RadiOBras
Canada. CfCX Monlreal
Canaca CFRX t oronto
Canaca. CFVP call1arl
canacaCHNX Halilax
canaca. CKlN 51 John'S
canaoa.CKlU Vancouver
CostaRica.Rf Peace Int!
Egypt RadiOCairo
EQt Guinea. naoc Atrlca
India,All IndiaBarno

l aOO 1900 111

18001900'0'1
18001900
18oo 19OO s
18001825
1800 1815 ml'.'1hl
18()().1 900 vi
1800-1900 vi
1800-1 900

Ireland.wCoast R Ireland
Italy, ["IRS
KUI'Jalt RadiO
Morocco. RTVM Marocaine
Netherlands RadIO
~jew Zealand. R NZ inn
PapuaNt!wGuinea, NBC
Phl hp~ If)~S R Plhpmas
aussa.vo ce01Bussa WS

1800-1325
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1830
18001 900

SAtoca. Investmen t en
Sudan RadiOOmdmman
Swanlane. nans WOIld R
Swaziland , nans World R
Unuec KIIl[lllofll, 8BCWS

18001830
1800'1 900
16(XH900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800 1900
1800-1 900

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USA KAIJ Dallas TX
USA lUES MeSQUite NM
USA KlBN Salt l~ Clf'1 UT
USA.. P(\'/HRNaalehu HI
USAMoMor RadiOron
USA voce 01smenca

18001 900
18001 900
18001900
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1800 I ~OO sm tl'l ~ 1
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1800-1~OO sm tw~ 1
18001900
1800-1845
1800-1830
1800-1900
1800-1900
18oo-I !lOO vt
1800-1000vi
1800-1900 vi
1825-1 900vI
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1830-19JO
18301930I
1830-19:>D
1830-190)0

USA. WEWN BirminghamAL

USA. WGTGfllCCa'lsvllie GA
USA. WHRI Nobesvrue IN
USA WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK BelMIPA
USA. WRNONew Orleans LA
USA WVHA Greenbush ME
USA.VoWCRNashvule TN
USA, WYFReeeecncoee Fl
Vietnam. VOice 01
Yemen. vemem Rep RadIO
Zambia ChnShanVOice
Zamoe R Zam bia,l ~jB C 1
Zambia RZambla'lNBC2
Zenb abve. Zimbabwe BC
Cyprus RadiOBa,r a~
Albania. R Tirana Inll
austraua RadIO
Belarus aaoosia Belarus
Mongolia. VOice or
Netherlands, Rarno

1830-1855

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Czech Rep. Radio Prague
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USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCRUpton KV
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USA. WRNONewOrleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA, WWCRNashville TN
USA, WYFROkeechobee FL
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Canada. CFC X Montreal
Canada CFRXToronto
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Canada, CKltJ St John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
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t roaua. Croatian Radio
Egypt. Ra dio Cairo
Gerrlla1Y, Deutsche Welle
Guam. AWRl KSDA
Guatemala. AdvWorld R
India. All India Radio
Japan. RJapaniNHKWorld
l ebanon, Voice of Hope
liberia.lCNm l iberiaInt
Malaysia, Ra dio
NewZealand. RNZInti
Nigeria.FRCNlRatlio
North Korea. R Pyongyang
NorWJ'I , Radio Norway Inti
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Pussra.voce 01RussiaWS
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USA. Voiceof Amenca

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USA.WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINS ~ ed l ion FA
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USA, WRM I,'R Miami Inti
USA, WRNO NewOrleans LA
USA,WVH A Greenbush ME
USA, WWCRNashvilleTN
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NeVIZealand, R NZ Inti
Belgium, R vtaeaoeren lnt
Canada. R Canada Inti

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Iraq, Ra dio Iraq Inti
lithuania.Ra dio Vilnius
Netherlands Ra dio
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SELECTED PROGRAMS

~~Ond~~~ia . Radio: news. SeeSO.fOO

2300
230B
2300

2310
2315
2325
2330
2330
2350
2355

Japan, NHK/RadIO: News. See S0300

USA.KTBN Saltu CityUT: L V. HilI. Pastor HIli preaches.
USA,WRMIIRMiami IntI. Fl: BrotherTed's MlI1istry. See S
1615
Japan. fJH K/Radio: l et's learn Japanese. A coursein the
Japanese lanGuage
Bulgaria. Radio: Timeout lor Music. Awee variety01
Bulgarian classical, popandlolk music is played
Japan. NHKlR.1dio: Media Roundup. Reception reports, OX!
media news, andequipmentreviews.
Bulgaria.Radio: Radi o Bulgaria Spectrum. Thirty-minute
digest on awide variety 01topics
USA,KTBN san u City UT:The living Way. Jack Haylord
preaches from TheChurch ontheWay in los Angeles.
Japan, NHKlRadio: Viewpoint Opinionsof a guest
personality.
Japan. NHKlRadio: Tokyo Pop-In. Asample 01theJapanese
musicscen e

Mondays
2300
2300
2300
2300
2300
2300
231 1
2315
2317
2321
2330
2330
2351
2355

Bulgaria. Radio: News. SeeS 0400.

Japan, NHKlRadio: News. See S 0300.
USA.KlBNSaltlk CityUT:let's Have Church,Mike Purkey
condu ctstheservices
USA.WG TG McCaysvilleGA: The Baker Report Jett Baker
USA. WRMI/R Miami InU, Fl: Freedom flow (live). Irwin
Schiff, bloadcasting fromlas Vegas, discusses lax issues
and takes listener phone calls
Vatican State, Vatican Ra dio:AsktheAbbot The abbot
answers questionsabout theCa tholic faith
Japan, NHKlRadio: Asian Top News. SeeM 151 1,
Bulgaria. Radio: Program Announcements. w nars corning
up thisweek all Radio Bulgaria
Bulgaria, Radio: Events andDevelopment. A review01
upcoming events this week
Japan, NHKlRadio: Profile, See M 1521.
Bulgaria. Radio: Business and Finance, Economic news
briefs and financial developments in Bulgaria.
USA: KTBN Salt Lk CityUT:Get Ready. Bishop Jakes
preaches from Crenshaw cnnsuan center in lo s Anl;)eles,
Japan, NHKlRadio: Tokyo Pop-In. SeeS2355.
Japan.NHKlRadio: News. See S0300.

Tuesdays
2300

62

Bulgaria,Radio: News, seeS0400

M ON ITORING TIMES

Ap,;/1997

2300 Japan, NHK/Radio: News. See S0300.

2300 USA, Kl BN Saltlk CityUT: Charismanow A magazine
program fromCharismaMagazine.
2300 USA, WGTG McCaysville GA:TheBaker Report. See M 2300.
2300 USA, WRM IIR Miami Inll, Fl : Freedom Now (live).See M
2300.
2300 Vatican State. Vatican Radio: w-at Can I Do? A crecncer
guide lor the practicing Catholic.
2311 Japan, NHKfAadio: Asian Top News. See 1.1 1511,
2315 Bulgalia. Radio: Events andDevelopment See M 231 7.
2330 Bulgaria.Radio: Answering vour tetters.Replies to listener
lettersandBulgarianMusic.
2330 USA, KlBNSaltlk City UT:Origins. Anexamination 01
biblicalmanuscripts and their transiaucns.
2349 Bulgaria. Radio: SpOr1S Roundup. A reviewal seasonal
sportingevents andscores.
2351 Japan, NHKlRadio: Tokyo Popln. SeeS 2355
2355 Japan, NHKlRadio: News Summary,See S0355

Wednesdays

2300
2300
2300
2300

2311
2315
2321
2330
2351
2355

Bulgaria,Radio: News. See S0400.

Japan, NHKlRadio: News. SeeS0300
USA, WGTG McCaysville GA: The Baker seocn. See M2300.
USA, WRMIIRMiami Inti, Fl: FreedomNow(live). See M
2300.
Japan, NHKlRadio: Asian TopNews. See M 1511.
Bulgaria, Radio: Eventsand Development. See M 2317.
Japan, NHKlRadio: Town and Aroun d, See W 1521 .
Bulgaria, Radio: We ekly Cult ural Review. SeeW 1100
Japan, NHKlRadio: Tokyo Pop-In. See S 2355.
Japan. NHKlRadio: News Summary. See S0355

Thursdays

2300 Bulgana. Radio: News. See S0400.

2300 Japan, NHKlR adio: News. See S0300
2300 USA. Kl8N senlk City UT: Jerry Barnard. Serviceslrom the
Cathedralof Faith in San Jose. CA
2300 USA,WGTG McCaysville GA: The Baker Report. See M2300
2300 USA,WRMIIRMiamilntl, Fl: fr eedom Now{live}. See M
2300.
2300 Vatican State.Vatican Radio: Ask theAbbot See 1.1 2300.
2311 Japan, NHK/R adio:Asian Top News. See 1.1 1511.
2315 BulGaria, Radio: Events and Development See M 231 7.
2330 BulGaria,Radio: Litestyle. Alookateveryday lile in Bulgaria
2330 USA, KlBNSait lk CityUT: This Week in BibleProphecy, See
T 0600.

2351
2355

Japan. NHKiRadio: Tokyo Pop-In See S2355

Japan, NHKlRa dio: News Summary. See S0355

Fridays

B U I ~ na , Radio: News, See SGolOO.

Japan. tlHK/Radio: Ne....'S. SeeS0300.
USA, WG TG McCaysville GA: The Baker Bepart. See M 2300.
USA. WRMIIR Miami Inn. FL:Freedom Now(Hve).seeM
2300
2301 Vatican State. varcen Radi o: What Can I Do? See T2300
231 5 Bulgaria,Radio: Program Announcements, See 1.1 2315
2315 Japan, tiHKlRadio: AsianTop News. See M 1511.
2317 Bulgaria. Radio: Events and Development. See M 2317.
2321 Japan. NHK,iRadio: Music ami Book seat. See f 1521 .
2330 Bulgaria, Radio: Straight Irom the Horse's Mouth. See M

2300
2300
2300
2300

0430
2345 Bulgaria. aaurc: RadiO Bulgaria Calling, See M04015.
2351 Japan. NHKlRadio: Tokyo Pop- In, See S 2355.
2355 Japan. NHKlRadio: News Summary, See S0355.

Saturdays

2300 Bulgalia, Radi o: News. See S0400.

2300 Japan, NHK/Radio: News, See S0300.
2300 USA, KTBNSaltlk City UT: TheCoralRid ge Hour, See S
1500
2300 USA, WRMI/RMiamiInti, FL: Radio ModernRock (113). A
hart-hourof hard rOCk music.
2300 USA. WRMIIRMiamiInti, Fl: Viva Miami! (214 /5), See M
1430
2300 Vatican State, Vatican Radio: On-the-Air. SeeS0258
2310 Japan. NHKlRadio: Asia Weekly, SeeA 1510.
231 1 Japan. NHKlR adio: Asian News Summary. This ten-minute
wrap -up of regional events is heardasa segment of lhe
programAsiaWeekly
2315 Bulgaria. Radio: Rocking cnan A lookat Bulgarianrock, pop,
jazz. youth subculture,favorite hangouts. and entertanmem
2321 Japan. NHKlRadio: Business Report. A summary01 regional
financ ialnews heard aspart01theprogram Asia Weekly.
2325 Japan , NHKlRadio: Entertainingin Asia, A segment of "Asian
Report" WhiCh focuses on anaspect of entertainm ent in me
recc n.

2330

Buillal ia. Radi o; lis teners Club. A programfOf members of

tr e Bulgarianlis teners Club
2330 USA. WRMI/RMiami Inll. Fl: Viva Miami!. See M 1430
2346 Japan NHK/RadlO: AsiaKaleidoscope. See A 1514.
2355 Japan, NHK/Radio: TokyOPop-In. See S 2355

How Do You SLEW AFIXED CURTAIN ANTENNA PATTERN?

OPTIMUM WORKING FREQUENCIES (MHz)

By Jacques d 'Avignon
m onitor@lImestone.kosone. com

The Novemb er 1994 issue of Monito ring

Times carried an arti cle I wrot e on "The
AL LIS Ant enn a/Tran smitter Modul e: ' It
described the new directi onal anten nas now
avai lable to int erna tion al bro ad ca ster s whic h
m ake it easy 10 q uickl y a nd accuratel y
change the dir ection in whi ch th e mai n

For the Period 15 April to 14 May 1997

UTC

DO

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MEOITERRAtJEAN

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system is not widespread . a nd c ur tai n

ante nnas a re still bei ng used by most

CfNTRAL AF RICA

14

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10

10 10

17 17 17 17

17 16

be tween two o r more high tow e rs . Vertica lly,

many as four se ts of broad band horizont al

dipoles are installed : horizontally. you can
install as many as four sets of broadb and
dipoles. The vert ical and ho rizontal spacing
betw een the dipo les are ca lculated to
maximize the radiat ion pattern in the de sired
directi o n and in the preferred take-off angle.
These fixed structures contain not only
the antenna, but also a refle ctor mount ed
behind the antenn a; the retlecto r is anot her
set of similar di poles . These curta ins can
thus be used in two directi ons by reve rsing
the role of the reflector side of the curtain to
becom e the antenn a: the antenna then
becom es the reflector. Howe ver, this
arr angement can onl y transmit prop erly in
two main dir ecti ons.
It may become necessary to change the
main azimuth (borcxight) of the maximum
radi ation of such an antenna to reach
different targets . Today it is possib le to
co nstruct c urtains that ca n be mechanically
turn ed around in azimuth. like the ALLIS.
But befor e these new mova ble curtains were
designed and con struc ted. engine ers used an
ele ctri cal technique called "s lew ing" when it
was necessary to chan ge the azimuth of the
radiat ion. Th e maximum slewing possible is
abo ut 30 degrees on eac h side of the original
burcsight azi muth of the curtain.
All that 's req uired to slew the antenna
pattern is to slow down the progress of the
radio waves in o ne part of the antenn a and
leave the rest of the antenna structure to
radiate withou t any imped iment . Slowing
down the radi ation on one side is achieved
by introducin g an electri cally longer feed
line in one sec tion of the antenna feeding
system . Ver y simple ! The wave then takes
more lime to reach that specific part of the
c urtain. and the radiati on pattern is slewed.
<IS

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21 21 21

TO/f ROM us WEST COAST

broadcast is aim ed . However. this new

shor twave broadcaste rs around the wo rld.

As impli ed by its nam e, a "c urtain
antenna" is a curtai n of wire stretched

Flux=79 SSN= 14

SOUTH AFR ICA

SOUTH EASTASIA (P)

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when one wheel runs over an ice patch and
loses tract ion : the power is del ayed in
reachin g th is whee l and the car swerves
(slews)! The same thing happens to the radio
wave in a curtain antenna when yo u intro duce so me dela y one part of the antenna.
Slewing is not only used in the hori zont al
axis of a c urtain antenna: the same princip le
can also be applied to the vertica l radiat ion
<l ogic co mponent of the curtain. In this axis it
is not necessary to modify the angle very
much to obtain some dra stic changes-less
than five degr ees are sometimes all thai is
necessar y to change your target area. By
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change this vertica l radia tion pattern and thus
the vertical angle of maximum radiation .
In sum mary, by introducing delays in the
various feed lines of the antenna. yo u can
change the azimuth of the maximum radiation
pattern and the elevation angle of the
maximum radi ation vertical pattern .
Oft en. whe n a station is "s lewi ng" its
pattern . it will be tran smitting the musical ID
signal of the station. Listen for this signal on
the hou r and the half hou r, and you might
hear a change in the intensity of the signal on
that frequency as the maximum signa l is
mo ving away or toward s you.

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B EGINNER.S CORNER
UNCLE SKIP'S GUIDE TO M"ONITORING

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SKIP AREY, N2Ef

tiarey@mosquito.com

Websites of Interest to Beginners

ruditionully. ! devotet he April co lum n

to books of lise 10 beginne rs . But.
being willi ng to bend ,\fig htly III the
way's of the wo rld. this ed ition will add ress
that newest form o f publication : the website ,
Access to the Worl d Wide Web is as ncar as
most home co mput ers: if you have no t yet
add ed a co mput e r to you r shuck. you do not
need to fee l left out. Most publ ic libraries and
lllan y schoo ls o ffer access to the Intcrnc t.
Almos t anyone G ill find a way to loo k at the
wcbs ites we are ahout to disc uss. So lei's go

surfin' !
htt p ://itrc.u csu .cd u/radlo/
Shortwave Radio Catalog
Pete Cos tello is well kno wn for his dedication to the radio hobby over the years. His
latest labor of Ion: is a super website for
sill111\\'a \"L' Iistc ncrs (11' all skiII love Is on top ics
from DC to Dayligh t. Pett" s <elf-stated mission is to " prov ide the shortwa ve and rad io
hobbyist with inform ative and timely links to
services and inform ation related h i shortwave
listenin g, sutc llitc radio. and other topics 011 or
about rad io."
His ho me page... provide ucccs.. 10 a L"OIllprc hen sivc array of other wc bvitcs. ltp and
go pher sites (locutions with files uvailublc for
download ing), teind se rvices (re mote con tro l
of another computer from yo ur term inal J,
aud io files. picture..., graphs. . . chcdulc s. softwa re, and interactive on -lint' program v.
The model he uscs is a "ca talo g" that
directs the user Il ) various web pages covering
radio se rvices . shortwave. radio topic s. medium wave, AM and FM broadcas ting . and
satellite rad io. There is ... 0 much nuor marion
available off this sill' that I often hull mysel f
spending an entire evening brow.. ing . If you
have limited ex perience with the World Wide
We b, this is an excel lent place tll hcg!n.
Itttp:lli tre,n l'su ,cduflogi -b inflogi-swdhq
What's on Short wav e Now?

This is anot her ( If Pete Co xtcllo" ... projects.

Se t to a UTe (coordin ated univcr... al time)
time base . it give.. yo u a lisLing o f .. hort wave
broadcas ts that an.' (In the air at the time yo u
L'heL'k in. Pete i.. the first to <.u.hllit this is still
all cxperimental database. but it is lip to iteru-

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tion ..l..!). and I find myself checking it whenever I'm planning a bit o f light listening. Pete
has other ideas for this project including using
the data 10 co mplete all interactive global
sho rtwave log tool for you to writ e/read a
comm on log . If you wan t to get an idea o f how
the rad io hubby and compute rs might interface in the future. keep un cye 0 11 this page.
It ttl}: Il w w w . g 1'0 '" l' , 1l c t / -I u I' ry I
ut eworld.hun l
Larry Van Horn 's Utility World

If yo ur shortwave listening lea ns more

towa rd the uti lily frequ e ncies. there is one
stop un thc Web you will have to make. Few
are as well k now n for theire xpertise in utility
mon itor ing as MT s own Larry Va n Horn .
Th e layout of his particular web site shows
how Intern et co mm unications ca n serve as a
gn:at adjunct (0 other for m... of com mun icutio n-- ill thi... case . a maga zine .
On this page you wil l find late-breaking
news o f usc to utili ty mo nitors. No matter if
it' s 0 11 land. sea. air. or spal.'\..' this page will
help you fig ure things out and \..'VC lI give
sugges tiolls on how to QSL those signa ls that
fall belween the shortwave bro adcast hands.
It tip : II \\' w W.c la ndj up ,com /-j c I'll Z.l lll
frn .h tml
The Free Radio Net wor k
Yo u think infor mation 011 the veiled wor ld
of pira te broudcas u ng would be hurd to find'!
Not if you have ,KL:C SS to the World Wide
We b. Th is s ite is de vot ed to tho se for ms of
rad io bro ad casti ng thai do not burden them ...el ves with the rules and regula tion s cs tab li... hcd by variou ... govcnuucm s. Jt is the brainchi ld o f Jo hn Cruzan and Kirk Trumme l. who
ha ve gone (0 great length.. to create a tru ly
intcrn .uional tree radio we bsite. Recen tly the
page has included articles on British, Ocrmall. Japanese, and Dutch pirate ac tivity. as
we ll as dom estic inform ation.
If you wa nt 10 kno w how the pirate rad io
game is played , yo u G ill consult the pagc 's
"H o w-To" guides. T hey e ven inc lude all the
log ical reasons I /O l to try this stuff at home.
The page ab o incl udes infor mation abo ut
political dandestinc stations as \\-'ell as gooLl
dat a (In "spy numbcr " stalilllls. Thi... is an(llhl..' r

page you cou ld stay on all night.

h tt p://www,r ad iosta tion.comJ
Elliott Broadcast Services
Docs it appear the shortwave folks are
getting all the best stuff? Well. traditional
broadcas t ha nd monitors ca n be nefit equa lly
from the Wor ld \ViLle Web.
This we bsite allows the user to get information abo ut do mest ic AM and FM stations
by entering various forms
data. For ex ample. If yo u o nly know a sta uo u's callsign.
entering this will give you full data and informatio n abou t the station. Likewise. yo u cou ld
enter other partial data such as city or state or
frequency and get pointed in the right d irection- ju st till' tool for sorting o ut all those
signals on the gr aveya rd channe ls.

or

http ://www,allurc,org

The ANARC home page

Radio hobby d ubs and organizations have
di s covered the Wor ld Wide Web to be a grea t
adjunct to their ne wslet ters and other ac tivilies. The Associa tion o f North American Radiu Clubs (ANA RC) has helped facilitate the
entry of clubs into this area, (as have so me
com mercia l sites such as G rove Enterprises
which have provided free we b space to n OI1profit radio club s ).
At the ANA RC webs ite. in add itional to
learning abo ut ANA RC itself. you will find
links to all 17 ANA RC affi liated rad io clubs.
For exa mple. let me tell you a bit abo ut three
of these linked sites thai I urn most fami liar
with.

http.swww.anarc.o rg/naswa/
The North American Shortwave
Association INASWAj
As one o f the o ldest ac tive radi o ho bby
d ubs. NASW A ha.. a lot of information 10
offe r both the beg inner and the more cx pe ric nccd radio hob byi st. NAS\VA. in an effort to
further promote the sho rtwave hobby, has
developed an exce llent we bsite that incl udes
reprin ts of Illany pa st articles. If yo u have not
had an opp ortunity to chec k out any shortwa ve cl ub publ icati ons, this site gives you a
goo Ll idea of the services that most radio clubs
haw to olll..'r.

http://ao sc.rpmdp.com/
The AOSC Home Page
If you an: a scanne r person you can get the
same feci for things by checking out the site of
the All Ohio Scanner Club IAOSC). T his

scunnist oriented website includes club infe rmar ion. a cl ub di rector y. AOSC sponsored
e vents suc h as the ir ann ua l picni c. and ge ne ral

sca nner information that will help any beg inning scannist get the hang of things. The page
a lso includes a g rea t list o f sc anner o riented

links to other hobbyist pages.

http://wcoil.com/-gnhc/
The National Radio Club (NRC)
Mediu m wave (M W) fo lks will a lso find a
friendly si te on the Worl d W ide Web . T his
site will give you complete information on the
NRC' s club a nd its se rvice s. You w ill also
lind a catalog of their many M\ V DXing
pub licat ions . Shari ng this page is the N RC
affi liated organiza tio n. the OX Aud io Service. whic h spec ia lizes in producin g a udio
casset tes for radio hobbyists who are vis ua lly
im paire d.

htt1):// www. l stnet.n etJ- xtalsetJindex.html

The Xtal Set Society
O ld-lime radi o topics are a lso su bjects of
Inte rnet co m munications . I ha ve two fa vo rites that I seldo m pa ss up in my bro ws ing
sess ions .
The Xtal Set Soc iety is a group of fo lks
totally ded ica ted to radio in its purest and
simples t form . T hey arc ded ica ted to the
indcp th stud y of crystal sets. T hey pub lish a
bimonthly ne wsl etter . a nd (he ir website support s their effort s to kee p th is form of radi o
experimentat io n alive . T his page incl ude s a
very handy g uide to books about the subj ec t of
crystal ... cts. On this page yo u w ill eve n find a
com plete ba sic de sig n for a good, old-fa shioned. "Q ua ker Oat Box" crys ta l se t. so you
can j oin in the fun.
Since I discovered these fol ks , I' ve bee n
having ..I to n o f fun playing radio the same
way it was do ne back in the beginni ng. I' ve
been usi ng e very thing fro m min eral s such as
Carborundum and graphite to old " blued"
rawr blade s to de tect rad io signa ls.

http://www.mindspring.com/-johnmb/
The Boatanchors WWW Page
No. this has no thing to do with marine
rad io. ex ce-pt tha t man y of these old beau ties
co uld mon ito r tho se frequencies. We 're talking about vintage co m mu nica tio ns recei vers.
If yo u beli eve tha t " rear' radios glo w in the

dark. this is your page. On thi s site you ca n

scan through dozens of pictures of beautiful
o ld Co llins. Ham marlund. Hallicruftcrs. and
man y other receivers. Ifyo u hav e taken on th e
labor of love of keeping a few of the se old boat
anchors a live . this site a lso provides many
links to res toration info rma tio n. including
preciou s vac uum lube re sou rces.

wire. sa te llite. a nd cable." On thi s site you

will find the text of FCC sta ff speec hes . a
daily diges t ofco m miss ion activ ity. co nsumer
informatio n and downloadable form s for mo st
common FCC tran sacti on s. The page sports
a n interesting " search e ngin e ' thai allows you
to e nter a top ic 10 get furt her information . A
ve ry use fu l pagc for a ny radio hobb yist.

http://www.arrl.org!
The American Radio Relay League
(ARRLJ

hit p :/ / w ww .n t lu.d oc . ~ () \" / O S I11 ho me /

nehhia .html

H..un radio is a live and well a nd- to so me

degree. at leas t- living o n the \ Vo rld Wid e
Web. T he AR RL has lo ng bee n know n for its
many se rvice s to the amateur radio com munity . Unt il now . most of these servi ces cou ld
only he discovered by read ing League pu bli catio ns such as the ir monthly magazine. QST.
T hei r website offers a bro ad r..mgc o f servi ces to the ama teur radio community. Th ese
inclu de ' T he ARRL Letter" and " \ VIAW
Bulle tins: ' These amateu r rad io ne ws services c an be upda ted as ofte n as dai ly a nd can
a lert the ha m to late breaking news about
DXpcdition s or cha nges in radio co mmunicatio ns legi slation .
I used this page to keep track o f the acti vity
in the FCC ' s " Va nity" callsipn program so I
knew the rig ht time to se nd ill my applica tion .
This tim el y data a llo wed me to ge t thc callxig n
N2E I wi th a min im um of ha ssle. Any active
ham sho uld he keep ing o ne eye o n this website
at all time s. Also. if yo u' re nOI a lready in volv ed in amateur rad io. this page will help
you get started .

http : //www . fcc .~o\'1

The Federal Communications

Commission IFCC)
T he United Stute s Government mo re o r
less gave birth to the intern et through [he old
m ilitary DARPANET. I don 't think the y en visio ned the spraw l we no w call the Wo rld
W ide Web . Even so . they have figured ou t
how to lake ad va ntage o f whe re the tec hno log y has gone
Fo r exa mp le. take a look a t th is site be lo nging to our dear friends in Wa shington w ho are
"c harged with regul ating inte rstate a nd inte rnati onal co m munica tio ns hy rad io. televis ion.

National Telecommunications and

Informat ion Administ ration
Spectrum Use Summary

137 MHz 10

GHz

Be hone st. before you read thi ... tit le did yo u

e ve n kno w thi s go vern me nt agency exi sted'!
Be th at as it may . just as the header says. th is
web site repre sent s an overview of Federal
and nonfcderal spec trum usc. If you want to
get .111 idea of wh o is using what chu nk of the
rad io freq ue ncy spec tru m for what pu rpose .
this is the web... ite yo u need . T his site is an
especia lly hand y too l if yo u go lurk ing aro und
in tho se spaces be twee n the mo re co mmo n
stuff . A grea t way for a begi nne r to ge t to
know the lay of the land .
htt p://ww w.n\\s.noa:'l.gov/
Nationa l Oceanic and Atmospheric
Ad min istr ation
While this is not strictly a radio websi te.
I' vc inclu ded it because the we a the r ofte n ha s
a profo und re lations hip 10 monitoring prac tice . Acces s 10 up-to-d ate fore ca sts and es pe ci ally wea ther warnings can help you point
yo ur rece ivers to wher e the action is.
Coming 10 te rms with ho w computers ca n
he lp our mo nitoring efforts can be a lot o ffu n.
once yo u ha ve di scovered several of the bes t
hobby-related entry po ints to the World W ide
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Ken Cornell, Silent Key

Il Jan.uary Sth. thc long wa vc conun unit)' su ffered a major loss. Noted
lon g wa ve pi on eer K CIl Co rne ll
11<ISSL'd away fo llo win g an extended illness.
Ken was a regul ar contributor to the page s o f
Tlu: l .AlII -d( I I \ '1l journ al. an d au th ored numerous
art icle s promoting lon gvu vc o peratio n in bo th
ha m a nd SW L maga zines.
Ill' was abo a mentor to me. It was his J976
con stru c tio n a rticle in Ham Radi o magazine
thai marke t! my e ntry into serious LF explora-

tion . He was a constant advocate for getti ng

yo ur so lde ring iron o ut and build ing so me thing

new. While he had nothing aga inst cha sing

beacon s. he fe lt. quite rightly. 1bc licve. tha r the
hobby need n OI be lim ited 10 j us t list e ning .
Ke n foc use d his effo rts 0 11 the lice nse-fre e
J 60~ IYO k Hz Lo wfcr h a n d. writ ing man y co nstructi on a rt icle s fo r sui table t ra nsm itti ng a nd
receivin g designs. In fact. it is he who co ined
the te rm "Lo wfc r" in the firvt place-an acrony m for " Low Freq uenc y Ex pe rimen tal Rad in

Station.'
ll is pion eer ing wor k Oil 1.F ac tive a ntenn as
wa s ano the r not e wort hy accom plis hment. He
proved that lo ng wi res ca n act ually be " noise
collector... o n LF. and showe d how even a c uv

d weller co uld achi e ve good results with a sma li,

proper ly p laced active anten na. (Acti ve antenna s arc no w co ns idered a m a in ... tay in the

Iongwavc Dxcr ' ... arsenal.I

Ken' s longwavc interests were n OI confined
10 two-way work , He was also active in the
rea lm of na tu ra l rad io an d ea rthq uake prcdic tion th ro ug h the usc of EI.F a nd VL F radio.
Rece nt ed itio ns o f his Low & Medium FrelfUl'IIcy Rtldio Scrap/wok refl ec ted the dive rs ity of hi s lon gw a vc inte rests ,
S pe a k in g o f the Scrupbook; it S<lW 10 cd itio ns from 1972 th ro ug h 1l)l.)7, If the ARRL
/l ol/l/hook is the bibl e o f a ma te ur ra dio , th e n
su rely K e n ' s Scrupbooks a rc th e low freq ue nc y
equi va le nt. W hen I bega n t h is colu mn in the
su mm e r Il l' 199 1. Ken sc m me a s ig ned cop y o f
h is orig ina l 191'2 sc ra pbo ok an d incl uded a n
encouraging no te to w ish me ~ lI C'C' C s s . Thi s
book w ill re m ai n a special part o f m)' lon gwa vc
libra ry . It is with urcat ~ ildlless that I sa v fa reWe lll~) o lle o f Ihe-hohb y' s g re;;Ues t ligh;s.

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hHp:l lwww .leonordo.ne t/berri/wu nl
AirNav- U.S. Aviation Beacon Informatio n
hHp:!Iwww o irnovcom/
Robert Kromer's Longwave Homepog e
hHp:/ l members.ool.com/RKDX/ longwovehome.html

Ken Cornell 's firs t and last editions ofthe

Radio Scrap book-s-A legacy of 15 y ears
mon ths.howeve r. th at I believe a rc vamp o f th e
listings is badly need ed .
Th e foll o wi ng is. .1 sum ma ry of c urrently
ac tive sites tha t I be lie ve a rc wort h ex plo ring . If
yo u have time to v is it o nly a fe w. I rec om me nd
che ck ing the one s with three stars ( * * *) , If yo u
know o f additional s ires . ple as e dro p me a line
with the ir URLs a nd w e w ill p re sent them as
up dates in future columns.
On e rea der wrote to ex pre ss h is d is inter est
in m y ('o ve rage of Inte rne t sites. s inc e this
co lum n deals w ith radi o . a nd no t co mpute rs.
W hile I c a n u nderstand his conce rn. my feel in g
is that the 'Net is here 10 st ay. a nd it o ff ers a
wea lth o f re sourc e s tha t ca n greatly e nha nce
on cs monitoring SUl'lCSS . ~ y cont inuing goa l
is In ac hieve <:I m ix o f coverag e tha t offers
en ou gh variety a nd c hal le nge for .i1 1 reader s.

Apr;/ 1997

Robert Kromer's MW Homepoge

http://members.ool.com/RKDX/bcb.html
Alex Wiecek's Longwave poge -New sitel
http : //www .ion sys.com /~mognum /langwove/

longwave.htm
Monitoring Times- t 994 -1996 Index for Below 500 kHz
nttp:/ lwww .grove.nel/hmpgmt.html
la rry Von Hom's Utility World pag e -NOB Addresses
hHp:/Iwww.grove.net/ - Ia rry/u teworld.hlml

LF Amoteur Radio Topics

hHp:11membe rs,ool.com/ wo rmspgs/ lfhom.htm

The 73 kHz Page
hHp:/ I www.stonix,demon.co.uk/ 73kHz/
Navy's Elf System
hnp:1/ server5550 .itd.nrl.novy.millprojects/hoorpl elf!
elf.html

l WCAOfficiol Homepa ge
http:/ / www.onorc.org/ lweo/
Vlf Group Hamepoge -Sta nford Univ.
hllp:/I wwwstar.stanford ,edu/ -vlf/Welcome.hlml

Longwave Home Pag e (1. Davis)'"

http:/ /members.ooI.com/lwconews /i ndex.hrml
The Navy/ Air Force High Freq uency Active Auroral
Research Program (HAARP,
http:/ /serve r5550 .itd.nrl.novy.millp rojecls/ hoo rp/
hoorplndex.ht ml
Interactive NASA Space Physics Ionosphe ric Resea rch
Experiment (INSPIRE)'
http:/ / www.gslc.noso .gov/ educolion/ inspire/
inspire_home.html
Canadian Nondirectional Rcdiobec cc ns
hllp:llfredo, bruderhof.com/ ko2qpgl
U.S. Coa sl Guard DGPS informatio n
http:/ /www .ncvcen.uscg.milldgps/dgps.htm
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Radio in the Frozen North

ir-, own programs in Eng lish and Inuktitut.

Kivalliq "... 1)WI1 program ... arc produc.-. cd at Rankin
Inlet.
TIlC' mo- t active CBC North regional center
i... at Yellow knife . the Northwest Tcr ritoric...
large ... t city. CBe Mac ke nzie broadca... h in Engl ish. North and Sou th Slavey. Dogrib. ami
Chipcwyan over 20 Iran... mitrcr v.T he last of the
CBC No rth "(;Ilion,, in the Nort hw-est Te rritoric... i... CBC \\\ .... te rn Arctic. head qu art ered OIl
lnuvik. Thi s center provides programming in
Eng lish. Gwich'!n . ;U1d lnuvialuktun.
Filially. the oldest of lhC' CHC No rth statio ns
is C BC YU I\OIl. Bused at the capit al city of
Whit cho rxc. Jhis sta tion co vers the e ntire te rritory in English, It also carries program s in
Gwich'In . prod uced by CBC Western Arct ic .
T here arc three maj or production center.. for
C BC North T V: Yellowk nife. lquluit . and
Mon treal . A ne ws bureau is o pe ra ted in
Whitch or ... e. Programs arc pn....cn tcd in English. DCll C. lnukrit ut. and Cree.

0'0,1 ;\.\1 DXl..'r, in the USA ami southern Cunada an... quit e familiar with
the Canad ian Broud ca-,ting Co rporation l e Bt" ), CIK"llUllct.. in southeastern Canada
(7~ O and 9~ O k i ll. ) urc widely heard in eastern
Xorth America: -,t.uiou -, in Canada ... WL" ...II:llO.

690. and 990 kiln an.'. heard throughout the

we st. Anot her gro up of CBe suuions i-, much

lc..... widely heard . hut much mo re impo rtan t in
the daily livc-,of their locallisten er....
cue North i... the primary SOUrl' L' or infer uuuion and en tertain mcnt for the Canadian
No nhwc , t ami Yuko n Territ ori es and the l.'.\trcmc no rth
Quebec. Thi s area
n......pon xibility is large r than any U.S. ";1 11..'. and most
co uutricx! Radio program ... ori ginate from six
..produc tion centerx" throu ghout the tcrr itoric . . ,
and arc hroadca... t from 27 A:\'l and 38 Fr..1
tran smit ters . Th ere arc four T V product ion
re nters and (IS nun . . min erx.
CIJC Nort h-Que bec broade n... t ... in French.
Cre e, and tnuku uu from ...tud io.. in La Maison
Radio- Canad a in 'vlon ucul uhc ... tunc buildi ng
that house-,Radio Cauuda Iutcm ntional j. These
language... and English are ul-,o carried Oil a
... ho rtwa vc tra nsmitt e r a t the Re i ... itc in
S:II: k\ ilk . NI.\\ Brun.. wick. on 9625 kH/ .
CBe Ea... lI.TIl Arllil. broalka...t... from lqa lllit.
(fo nnC'rIy known .l... Frohishl'r B,ty 112:'0 miles
north (If .\1tllllfC'al. I,'lIlguage.: s lh C'l!arC' Ellgli...h
allL! Inul\litlll. Eihh.fIl Arr lil.' program arC' abo
c;lITicd 0 11 CBe h:i\'allill. which add O I11C of

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AM CALL CHANGES
Thelollowing AM stationshavechanged caltsiqns:

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WRJL1170
KCWR550
KSPE-1490
KLVJ-1240
WAOY 1600
WWKN1400
WIMN1220
KIRS1590
WNWZ 1430
WUTK-B50
KWTR-1530
KOFX1190

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Hanceville. Al
Bakersfield . CA
Santa Barbara. CA
Mountain Home. 10
E. longmeadow, MA
Battle Creek. MI
Stillwater. MN
Sun Valley. NV
Germantown. TN
Knoxville. TN
Creedmore, TX
Dallas. TX

kIll ru Whitcher ...e. Yukon. Th is station opcr utc ... at :' kW daytime. II\ W night. (Reme mbe r.
in the far North " llight"l'an he nearly 24 hours
long ill the winter. and nearly non-existe nt in
s um me r! 1
The only other likely target i... the ~ 6() kl-iz
truuvmiucr in III U\"ik, which npcrutcs at I kW
full- time. Two other trun.. min ers usc I kWo f
power. hut 0 11 cro wded loca l frequencies. If
you du happen 10 he in a quiet locution in
A la..b . you might al...o look for CBC North on
690.9 20, or l)9() kHz..
DXcrs in Mlulhl..'c ntr;l! and {) uth wc ~lcrn
C,mau" and Ihc farlHlrlhcm USA tand a chance
(admilll..'dly. ;l \"Cry "m,lIlonc! Iof hea ring CBe

DXing CBC North

DXin g these station ... will be a major challenge for mo...1 reade rs. Cunuuu mtic ... in the
Xo rth arc . . mall. so \"C ry Iiulc Iransm itlcr pOWCf
i... rl.'4uircu 10 l.'o\"Cr them. (Rur.t1 1i...lcl1e r arc
gl.' llerally C\pcl.'tcd 10 usc c ilhl.'r...atc llitc L!i hcs
or "horlw<I\'I.',) Orlhc 27 A ~ I tran...mitters. thc
\ ":I ...t majo rity u..c kss Ihan 50 \\.11I . . of power.
The 11l0 .. llikely t<lQ.!el i... the transmiucr on 570

CBC

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KBKO
KMH I
WMRE
WRCC
WEZU
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WIOL
KNEZ
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North on F~ I. MUSI CBC North Fv t o un sm irtcrs operate o n 105. 1. 106. 1. or I n 7 .1~IH L ,
again with vc ry low power. 0111.' ..uch tran ..mi ltcr wu v heard in so ut hern O ntario b ~ ...po rudicE propag ati on in the curly 19S0s. T he vast
majo rity of CBC North TV tran ..m ille rs operate on high -hand c ha nnel .. 9 a nd 13. where
..po rudic -E i.. uhuo..1 unheard -of Ho wever,
fou r Ira n..mi n e rs lise channel ~ . one usc.. c hanne l ~ , and two usc channel 6 . Sporadic-E
propaga tion is po ssibl e 10 these trans mitters.
lfyou ha ve a C-h and T YR O di ...h. you can
li nd e BC North radio a nd TV {Ill the A nik E2
sate llite at 1I l7.3=' We..l.Seethe Satelli te Rad io
Guide in the la te..t i.... uc Satellit e "11111'.\'. or ju st
dia l ar ound . YouI l find ot her intcre..ting Canadiun pro gra m m ing. ho th rad io a nd TV . on
thi s hird .
No ma tter whic h do me..tic hand you're
DXing. eBe North will ce rt ai nly he a n e xo tic

catch!

Bits & Pieces

In ..out hcru Can ada, 1\\'0 of the 1110..1 co mm ont y-hea rd CBe stations ma y soo n di sap pe a r from A ~'1. T he Inte rne t pages nfthc Curta dian Radio -Telev isi on Commi s..ion (C RT C)
indicate that both Montreal CBe A M ..lations
ha ve ap plie d tomove In Fl\1. CBF u hc Fren ch la ngua ge s tat io n Oil 69(lk Hz ) w'llll s95 . 1 MHz.
an d CBM (th e Eng li..h-l au guagc statio n on
k ll zl wan ts to mov e to RX. 5 7\1Hz.
On the U.S ... ide o ft he bordcr. u new nati ve run ..ta tion has appeared o n the A nchorage.

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DX TEST BULLETIN

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These special broadcasts provide a unique opportunity to hea r and identify the following stations. If you
hear these broadcasts, please report to the addre ss provided .
Sat, Mar ch 29 - WEGP-1390 (3 State Street Place , Presque Isle, ME 0.4769)
will conduct a OX test 3 - 3:30 a m ESTwith 5 kW nondirectionol pattern. Ma rch music and NIorse code
IDs. Send reports to: Mr. Allan H. Weiner, WEGP'AN\

April 1 30 , WWCN770 (P.O , Box 9600 , Eslero, FL 33928) w;l! test at 1 kW directional every
Monday through Thursday 12:30 1:00 c.m . EST 10530 ' 0600 UK ). Morse code IDs inserted during
their regular progra mming of old-time rad io seriols and vintage comedy. Send reports to: Mr. "Joey
c." . Program Director.
Sun, April 7 WHK1420 {c/ o WHLO Radio, 2780 South Arlington Rood, Akron, OH 443 124742.
E-Mail: DaveyJohn@aol.comJ will conduct a OX test a t 5 kW nondirectional 3 . 3:30am EDT (0700'
0730 UTC). Morse code IDs, test tones and "specia l music." The station oks that there be no phone
calls during the test. Send reports 10 : Mr. Dove Johnson' Chief Engineer. Cassette ta pe reception
reports a re a lso welcome.
These tests were arranged by J.D. Stephens for the Internotiona l Rodio Club of Americo Courtesy
Progrom Ccmmiftee. (Send 32'cent stomp, or US$ l or I IRC if overseas, to P.o. Box 1831, Perris, CA
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Alas ka. radio dia l. T ad Cook o f Washin gton

SI:.tIC fo rwarded a new s ite m about K~BA,
90 .3 FM . AI" ..ka has man y nutivc -nperated
radi o station.., but th ey all se rve rural popula tion.., Ki':BA i.. the first sta tio n to se rve the
19,UOO Inuit. A le ut. a nd Athabaskan residents
of AI;ISka' S largest city. Public-affai rs programming a nd adult roc k music are aired.
DXc r.. hearing Fren ch -langua ge pro gramrning in Ne w En gland ha ve ge nerally a....umed
they we re hear ing Qu eb ec . Th is is no lon ger
necc....urily the casc o Radi o France lntc rnationa! ha s bee n hea rd UI1 short wave for dec udcx. hut it' s now abo available at X90 kl-lz o n
the regula r A~ l dial in Bo..to n. Paul Mcfxmough
..c nr the ad which a ppe ar s else where IIIl thi s
page .
Last C hri ..tm as. ma ny A~l DXcr-, heard
WJDI 1 620 . Thi s sta tion doc..n't a ppe a r in
FCC records for good rca..on : it do e sn't ha ve a
liccn ..e . \\'JDI freel y admits it was ope rat ing
wit hout a liccn ..c and made no uu cmpt 10 obtain
one .
A ... ration in Georgia wa s much lc.... ope n
aho ul ils un licc nsed Stat llS. In ea rly 199 3. a
COnSl nll t ioll perm il wa s isslled for a stat ion on
102 . \ ~ll ~L in Holin gh ro ke, Gl'orgia. ncar f\lat:un. A .. w ith nil radio pe rm its, it \vas goo d for
18 Illoluh s, ex.piring in Sc ptemher 199-t It is
co m mo n for Ihe FCC to ext end tlw se pe rmil ",
hu t o nl y if the ...talion ha s begun cons lruc lio n
(or a t leilst ordered equi pme nt). In thi s G l...e , no
work had becn begun , The CUll1 ll1 is..iun del' i l!~d 1101 to ex tcnl! Ihe perm it.
T h i", see med to be Ihe inCl:llli\e neede d to
hl:gin I. tlll .. tnlt.:tio n. In Se pte mbc r 1995. ~t year
afler lhe n)llslru ction peflliit ex pired, W DB SI O ~ . 1 we nt o n lhl' air ~ A visit fro m FCC e ngiIIl'er s Itllik the "1;Hion off lhe a ir fo r a few days ,
hut it promplly retu rne d . De spite t \ \ 'O fUrlher
orde r.. fro m the FCC .. W<lshi ng ton office .
hroadL'a SI S cOlllinued . W DBS lOllliIlUr.:d to
hro at.k'a ..t witho ut a licc n..e ulltil Nove mhe r

1996.
Fin ally , in lute November. according to a
re po rt in the Griffi n (Ga . I Duilv News, the
unlice nsed sta tio n went ..ilc nt. The A M slat io n
which had bee n hired 10 o pe ra te WDBS decided III end ope rati ons in o rde r to a void dam aging \vDB S' s c hances o f havi ng its permit
rein stated. (I wo nde r if thi s perm it really ha s
an y c hance o f rcin sta tcmcnt'l l )
Her e in the Nas hvi lle urea. WM AK - 1430
has re tur ned to the air after a long silence: II' s

a 100 percent relay of WAMB 1160, The pro

vi ..ion s o f last ycar' s Telecom Ac t req uire the
FCC 10 revok e the licen se of any s lation thai ' S
been offthe air for mo re tha n a yea r. For ..ratio ns
that ha w bee n silent for years , the se pro visio ns
kicked in in ea rly February, You should expect
10 hea r m an y long- Silen t statio ns hack on the
air. o fte n w ith ..trungc and exo tic programmin g! If yo u' ve hea rd anything unu su al. let
yo ur fe llo w DXers know . Wri te: Ame rica n
Bnmbca n. Box 9X, Brassto wn NC 28902. or via
the Inte rn et at 72777 .3 14J @co t11 pusene,com.

:Award Winning:Antenna
Winne r o f th e 9-1
WIUti award
for th e mo st
innov.,ltive design _
High performance
MW Loop tunes
530 to t 100 k Hz
with fea tu res
unlike any ot he r
an h~ n n.,l !

Kiwa Electronics
612 Sou th 14 th Ave., Ya ki ma WA 98902
@ 509-4S3KIWA or 180039811 46
Q I kiwa@wolfe.net (Inteml'l!full catalog)
~ http: // www.wolfe.net/-kiw<.

April/ 997

MONITORING TIMES

69

OUTER
LIMITS
THE ClANDESTINE, THE UNUSUAL, THE UNUCENSED

George Zeller
George. Zeller@acclink.com

Pirates Using World W ide Web on Internet

Rad io Ku d irat :'iigl'ria. The ...ration has been

rc ... po ndinp rcg u turl v 10 re po r ts via
:" :\ UCO:'\' . PO Bo\ 9663. Lon don S E 1 3LZ.
England. Their lute..t English languag e anti:\ i~cr iall gove rnmen t ...chcdu le. tran vrnitted
from the ~l c y c n olltrall smi([ l.' r .. in South :\1"rica. is a one hour program ..turtiug al 1905
UTe. Thi.. 11111..' clai m..cred it for the incrca...cd
imcnuuional broaden...ting hours by the Nigcriun gO\'L"l"Il1 11Cllt in recent month s.

l thou gh 1I11I i L' Cl1s c.' d free-form broad-

cas ting i... <rill the prima ry goal of

shortwave pirate radio ..lations. all
increasing num ber of pira te.. han.'curved out
.1 p res ence (111 the inter net . Almovt cvcrv mont h
WI: fin d new locatio n... 011 the Worl d Wiele
Web that promote pira te radio . endt his 1111 mth
i... ce rtainly no except ion . ~ la ilY pirat es han ;
found thm the internet is not com petition for
shortwave hroudca...ting. hUI j " instead a g{llld
medium fo r sp n..'adi nt' the wo rd abou t utiliccnscd Iran... m i...vion s.
GnL' or the he'! collections o f liuropiratc
web link-, i... operated by S RS :'\C\\" in 5\\'1.:den . A U R I ~ {l l" hltp:/lwww-pp.hllgia.nlll
jll n n~Ilink s.hlml l a kc ... ~1Il 1 10 ~I good ...1.'11.'\,.' tion of pirate site x, includin g European and
North American operation... i\ llltllll.! the inter csring site.. fo und here i.. (he J{.ul in vl arnbn
page. with htt pr/Zwww.d m u. hel p/a mph inn /
sztuka/M ur a bu.h tm as IIK'i r Ile\\'ly restored
link.
A lc...... well I\ IIO\\-n ... ire i... operated hy the
Clubc DX i ta lin Para. a DX cluh in Brazil.
Their site ha a pirate section . hUI ge neral I>X
1lL'\\'", frolll South Allleril,.a Gill abo he found
h\,.rc. Poinl 10 http://w\\\\. am awn.lom .h r/
- dj a d f<Ir thi... 1I1ll 1 ~ual \"' t IIh.\.li< III Ilf Ill at eri ~l l.
which is bilingual in Eng li..h and POrlugll\,.' w .
The Shortw ave Rad io Catahlg \"ontinuc..
to he an arnazilll;ly exh;ul..tiw L"lIllcctio ll of
wcb sitc links fL' lalcd to sIlllrlwa\'\,.' hnladcasling and DXing. Ii 11:}:\ many piratl. linb. hUI
;111 aspe\.(s 0 1" sho rlW ilW arc rel"l."rl,.' Ill"L'd. T I)
htt p ://il rt'.u nl'l'l,:s.cd u! r ad io! fill' Ihi.. \,.' .\tremely u..eful r\,. ..ou ret'.

Radio Cochiguaz

11..1-, announced th .u the bo x number ha ..

Throug hout 19 9 7 there have been pre......

uco -unt-,oft he dete riorating ..itua tj on in North
Korea. made worse by co ntinuing acute ten-

changed. Your repo rts to pirate ~ t . uion ..using

thi..uddrcv-, -houldnow bc dirccrcd to PO Btl\
11522. ll ullI<o;\ilh:. At 35X 1-1-. Report... S\"'JlIItI
the old BtI\ (lOS ..hould be forw un fed for ;!
\\ hill.' by tlk' Po...1Office. but \\ by tukcchuncc..".'

KIWI Still Active

Graha m Hnrclay" ... KI\\'I in :'\1,.' \\. Zealand
prob abl y the mo-, t \\ idc ly heard fore ign
pirate h ~ li..tcncr .. in Xurth Ameri ca. Rundy
Ruger of 0:(11111 Ilt liIYWOl ld. C r\ , ..naggcd tllK'
o f lhei r ItN7 ..huw' on 7-1-7 S \.. 111 for -tS
minutl."'" at 0 730 li Te. SunKt ime.. lhey opt:ratc 0 11 7-t-l5 1.;1 II . so it pay.. 10 lU n\,. around -l- I
Jl1 cter, \\ hill.' Itlokinl; flll 111\.'111 0 11 till..' \\ t'ckcl1 d....
Thi", ..I:llioll hasl'xpandL' d into !hc inrern \,.'1.
T hl.'i r illlerll\,.t wch pa ~ l." al http: //\ \\\\\ pp.hog ia .I1l'I !julln~1fr/ki \\ i.Il1ml d iSOI .... I,. ..
lhe lenglhy hi..tnry of KIWI. 11 ;11..0 ind ude...
di..Lu....io n... of otha pirak ....
I"

Alyon ling 10 BBC :\lnnitoring. tht:' Vlli\,.c

rca ..md South Korc.. l. A sc riou... fond shortage

ill Ihe co unuv is \\ urseni ng as the econo my
l."olla p:\l.""'. :\ claude..tine view of all this is
avuilublc from the Voice Ill' Nat io na l Sa lva tion. audible in North Amer ica ..ibout an hour
befo re and afler ..unset o n -1- 120 and -I--I-SO
1\ 11 1. The: South Korea ns oftcu j um rhc signal
viciou..ly. "0 intclligibi litv varic.. from wed
to week.

Tellus Heard in Africa

Expert DXcr Vashek Kori lk' k o f South
Africa \\TiIC", ill to report rc\.'cplioll Ilf .\'orth
t\ 111crlcan pirat\,.' Ibdi o T d lus. I lis tllllsta lHI
in,\; \.'<llcl1 \\,a... at ()955 kl-I/. 011 January 26 at
0 1-15 UTe. Thi.. \\; lsnl lh\,. li rsl in-.tance or
NtIn h American pirate reccpti on (mill Africa.
..ilKe Vu... hl,. k ",ayshe h~artl H. adi ll Cunfusion
and KQ SH uur i n~ Ihe early 19 8(1" ... \Ve ...cnd
Vashek <l ur congr;'i1 ulatio ns for I h i~ ,llllazing
ren:plinll ~

FM Pirate in Iowa

() rorno I.iheratiun Fronl d andeslill\'" has bccll

producing ..110\\... lTitical of th\,. Ethiopian
~ { l\e rn rn \.' l1\ ... inc\.' I lJXX. Their (l[lI." hour pnl gram i.. s(,: hl,.duk d al 1600 UTe till i\]<lnday.
\\ed ne..d;ty. and S;l turda ~ . III ,\'1/1//('1"(1 U I10
# I-J) I :Inti # 1 ~ 1 2 . e\ pl."11 DXer Boh Hill of
;\la..",:Il hu..ell" <,' {l11 li rIllCd lha t lhi.. trans illis..ion eall h\,.' heard in i':t1l1h :\ l1ll,.'l"iGI.

!col/, Iowa C it~- Fn'c Rad in (IC FR) has hcell

T on ~ Ik nhl,. nd . or Ll-.t Ib 11l plo n. ~ Y.

rq101"I S tll;tl hI,.' I"ccciwt! ;1 QS L k ltl." 1" r r Ulll

Apcil 1997

... ion between the gove rnment s o f Xo n h Ko -

II f Oroll lll Liber..nio ll ha.. l."h:ul l;ed it.; frl."lIu\,.IH:Y from 9X70 h; H /. 10 9lJ30 k HL Thi..

Clandestine Verie

Huntsville Drop Changes

MO NITORING TIMES

'(orean Crisis

Dromo Changes Frequency

Radio I)ir aii a. Ihe longlimc Europirale

thai recently 1lI0wd 10 Sou th Amcrica. 110\\
h ,, ~ sOllle cOlllpl."lit ion. Rad io Cochigul.l z.
operating sincc Fl."hruary 2 for lIlulliple hours
<lrountl ()I00 UTe on 6lJ2S.(1 1\1-1/ . ha.. hl.'C11
\'cry widely hcard in S(\lHh r\llH:ril'a \\i lh it...
Ande;'1Il lII usk ami Sp..llli... h language lalk... .
Bul. I ha\"l' !lot ~\,.'t ~ee ll ;1 lo~~i ng o f Ihi..
ra.. cinatinl; ..lalio ll frolll a :\'ol1h r\ merican
f) X ~ r.l f y o ll r\" l ry i ll g forCoch igllaz.np\.'lt
it-. opera litHl s ttl hl." irrl."gul;lr on bt l.' Saturday...
and early Sunday...

70

Fearless Fr ed celvtmnes M, tent h

u ll ll i re rnl'J!

A\.cn rding 10 ..Ill al1kle in the'

1m \'((

Ci ty

tran..mitling on XX.? l\H I/ F;\1 sinL'c January

~() . StaliOIl cll-d u irs Jamie Sch\\'c..er and
Sarah Warrell ..a ~ Ihal their IlI b sioll is "to
..upply altcrnati\1.' programllling In lhe l. " urrcnt ... tale r;ldi{l l,.l1\irollment and pnH" lde Ihe
\.tlmlllunit y a fo rum fo r respollsihle frcc
"p\,.e\,. h.. T hi.. 0 lll,.ration lr;m",mi", ..I 2-1- hour
..d ll.'t1 uk. Th;lIlb go 10 Terr y Talldll.'l1 of
\l adi",nll . \\'1. for a l'npy o f Ihe / /'1 1/1 art ick.
Literally "I,.ores (If local F;\I pirales oper;lk' irregu larly "K'l'OS S Ihe Unitl..'d Stalcs. Iryou

live anywhere near an urb an a rea . <I scan of

your local signa ls migh t produce so me very
unusu..rlli srcning !

What We Are Heari ng

Yo ur pirat e loggings arc a lwa ys we lco me
via PO Box 9S. Bra ......tow n. i\'C 289 02. or via
the e-ma il add ress at the top of the colu m n.
All frcqu cn cic ... a rc in kHz. w ith time s in
UTe. Our apologie ... go to Kenny Love. \vhose
e nvelope with his hom e add ress go t ...c pa rated
from his loggings.
No rth Am erican pirate ... ration ... listed her e
usc the following add resses : PO Box I. Belfa st.
NY 14711 : PO Box 109. Rlue Ridg e Sum mit.

PA 17214: PO Bo.' 284 13. Providence. RI

02908: PO Hox 146. Stoneham. MA 02 180:
PO Box 115:2:2. Hunt sville . A labama 358 14 :

PO Box xx. Moline. ~ 1I49 .1 3 5 : PO Box 56 17.

Vent ura. CA 93005 : PO Hox 293. Merl in.
O ntario NOr I\\'0: a nd PO Bo x ] I03 . Napie r.
New Zea land . For return postage. e nclose
three 3:2c stamps in the e nve lope to USA
ad dre sscs. 5:2 US or two Inte rnational Reply
Cou pon s go to fore ign maildro ps.
Alan Masyga Project- 6955 a t 1930. Their
forma t is fixed: Alon Parsons Project rock music
mixed with plugs for DXer Alan Masyga. Addr:
Providence. (Ha rold Frodge, Midland, MI ;
Michael Prind le, New Suffolk, NY; Rich and Tclec
Jurrens, Koty, TX; Niel Wolfish, Toronto, Ontario;
BarryWilliams, Enterprise, All
Altered States Ra dio- 6955 at 0 130 . William
Hurt is back with his complex shows, stilloffering
a series of Dead Rock Stars QSl's . Addr: Merlin.
{Jerry Coatsworth, Merlin, Ontario}
FBI Redic- 6955 ot 03 00 . Don't think thet J.
Edgar Hoover inspired this one. The call on this
rock station stands for "fema les broadca sting
interference." Addr: None yet. (John Moky,
Yuma, AZ)
Jerry Rigged Redic- 6958 e t 2300. Dudley De
Right cortoon audio spices the rock and pop
musical selections on this pirate. Addr: Providence. [Zeller]
K-2000- 6955 at 2000 . The most popular pirate
station of 1995 has returned. Their complex
drama and parody sketches lampoon OXers and
OXing in on extremely clever fashion. Addr:
Stoneham. [Zeller!
KAMP- 6955 at 2000 . This is another one of the
Alan Masyga memorial stations, hosted by I. Am
Nuts. Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. (lee Silvi,
Mentor, OH)
KDKK Reley- 16 13 et OAoo. Williem hed c real
catch here. Somebody was relaying KOKKFM,
97.5 MHz in Pa rk Ropids, MN, on the broadcast
band . Tace heard a stra nge time signal
broadca st on 1000 kHz, but ap pa rently it was a
promo stunl by KFREin Fresno, CA. It pays to
tune around mediumwave occasionally! Addr:
None. (Willia m Hassig, Mt. Prospect, Il; Tace
Hensley, Creswell , OR)
KIRK- 6955 ct 2330 . Ident;lying itse11 os the
Voice of the Ozcrks, their recent shows have
been confusing mixes of 10' s from about a dozen

other pirates including Ra dio Doomsday. You

have to listen carefully here to realize that KIRK is
the actual station. Addr: Still none. (Shawn
Axel rod, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Kevin Nauta,
Grand Rap ids, MI; Frod.ge; Raven, Glen Dale,
'IN; Silvi, Jurrens; Wolfish)
let's Kill ITA Redie 6955 ot 03 30. All piretes
are not entertaining. This one tastelessly
c dvcco tes felonies againsl lhe OSl columnist in
The ACE. Addr: None. (Jurrens; Will iams)
Mystery Redic- 695 5 ct 0 1A5. The Shcdow still
speciclizes in electronic music a nd recorded
dramas , but he sometimes shows up with cc rneo
lD's on other sta tions. Addr: Stoneham. (Doc
May, Fresno, CA; Coatsworth; Prindle; Silvi;
Jurrens]

Omega Ra dio- 6955 at 2045. tAost of Dick

Tcror's hard rock music is performed by Christian
bands. look for his "Spirit in the Sky" intervc l
signal guitar riffs. Addr: Moline. INauta)
Radio Azte<o- 6955 at 1830. Bram Stoker's
hilarious OXparodies a re tra nsmitted regularly on
the pirate bands . He says that he has pictures of
me with AliceBrannigan of PopComm, but I don't
remember posing for them. Addr: Belfast.
(Cootsworth; Frodge; Silvi: Nauta; Hassig;
Williams; Jurrens; Wolfish)
Radio Garba nzo- 6955 at 1945 . Fearless Fred
a nd his sidekick Harry a re back, with some of the
funn iest original comedy programming to be
found on the radio today. Addr: Belfast. [Silvi]
Ra dio KAOS- 6955 a t 0 100 . Joe Mama spices
his rock music with comedy, such as ads for
"Burger Kink." Addr: Belfast. (SIeve Ga rrison,
North Pla infi eld, NJ; Prindle; Williams; Silvi]
Radio Tel/us- 6955 a t 211 5. Iellus Radio has
changed its 10 back to the original version, but it
still features hard rock withoccasiona l commentaries. Addr: Providence. (vcshek Korinek,
Florida Hill s, SouthAfrica; Frodge; Prindle;
William s; Silvi]
Radio Three- 6955 at 2000. Sal Amonioc's
syrupy MOR music supposedly plugs The ACE,
but his non-verifyi ng policy despite OSl
a nnouncements actually hurts that d ub. Addr :
None. {Silvi: Frodge; Nauta ; Wolfish; Prindle;
Williams)
RKNA- 6955 ct 2315 . An old-timer fre m the
1980's has returned with programs of rock a nd
parody sketches, which is a sta ple pirate format.
Addr: Belfast. {Jurrens}
Stereo Sound Radio 6955 at 2330 . Rich and I
heard Colonel Billy Bob's clossic rock program
while at a DXpedilion at Gifford PinchotSlate
Pork in Pennsylvania. He verifies via the Free
Radio Network at http:/ /www.dandjop.com/
..jcruza n/frnohhnl on the web. Addr: None yel.
(Rich D'Angelo, Wyomissing, PA; Zeller; love)
Voice of Baba Booey- 6955 at 2130 . Appa rently
stealing their name from the Howard Stern show,
they specialize in chcnts repeat ing the Baba
Booey character's nome. Addr: None. (Nauta;
Zeller!
Voice of Helium- 6955 at 2145 . The announcers
on this gaseous stoticn all sound like they have
inhaled helium. They use a new maildrop that
was unavaila ble 0 1 press time, but the old one
should still work for a while. Addr: Blue Ridge
Summi t. (Dick Pearce, Brattleboro, VT; Zeller)
Voice of Indigestion- 6955 at 1830. There a re
frequent 10 's on this rock music station, which
isn't exactly good dinner music. Addr: None.
(Pearce)
Wa r of the Worlds- 6955 at 1900. Occasionally

a pirate brings bock H. G. Wells' classic radio

hoax. Addr: None. {Silvil
WARR- 6955 ot 0300. On his reck end drug
shows, Ca ptain Nobea rd now mentions DXers
who hove heard him. But, his a nnounced
rncildrop still sol's that it can't contact the station.
Hmm. Addr: Belfast? (Garrison; love; Willia ms;
Frodge; Silvi: Pearce)
WBIG- 6955 c t 15A5. "TheBig One" pley s
"lndos fric l strength rock and roll straight from the
mil l... Addr: Belfast. {lor-ens: Frodge; Wolfish;
Pearce)
WlIS- 6955 at oo . Rob received Charles Peltz'
la test in a series of dozens of OSl's, showing Dick
Pistek of NAPRS disguised a s Boris Yeltsin. Addr:
Blue Ridge Summit. (Robert Ross, lo ndon,
Onta rio; Love)
WlWlIS- 6955 at 1815. Pirote s are famous for
takeoffs on other pirates. This one mixes rock with
'We love WlIS" slogans plugging Jock Boggan's
stction. Addr: Providence. [Jurrens: Frodge;
Welf;sh l
WOlD 6955 et 2200 . Their 1997 shew lectured
Johnny Cash country music, but not much is
known a bout them. Addr: None. ISilvi}
WPN- 6955 a t 1500. A female a nnouncer hosted
rock on thisone for Va lentines Day, but Captain
Squirtlong normally programs comedy material.
Scott bogged their OSlo Addr: Huntsville . (Scott
Krauss, Cleveland , OH)

RADIO FREE EAST CO AST

Frank Carson's U'REC QS/.
WREC- 6955 a t 2300 . P. J. Spa rx always mixes
rock music and comedy, including a Dennis
Rodman song to the tune of "PrettyWoman" thot
combines both. Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. (Fronk
Carson, Accokeek. MO; Ross; Wolfish; Pearce)

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MONITORING TIMES

71

ON THE HAM BANDS

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF AMATEUR RADIO

Ike Kerschner, N3/K

Simple Building Projects

cxp c riencc that i l htrgc maj or ity 0 1

us like to bui ld ~l'; l r. hell "O .;t 101of new
ham s may not try their lrund i l l building

t' S Illy

for fear they \\ ill invc ..t a It ll of mon c v in the

project and it WO Il"' wo rk. Th er e for" , itm ake..
...en ...c (0 keep our proje cts \l'ry ...impl e. " 0 the
ch ances o f succc ..... an: Il11Kh be tter.
Take a ItlOl.. ut figure on e. Thi s ..implc kcycr
work s grea t ami can he built tor under len

buck s. T hL' circuit

( 11I1l e ..

In uu ( ;Q RP c lub

member DOll Ben ham . G \\, J ZFY . Th e uuly

unu sual component i... the trun... i... lt l r - ;t B FY 50
wh ich is not available in thiv country : Ilt l \ \ ever.
any common :'\Pl'\ tran ... i... to r ...hould \\or" fin e.
(I built se veral uving unmarked :-'; P:\, Iran ..i..
to rs that I had in m y j unk hn \ . l A !1I1.11 11f 1~ of
the ...c sim ple kcycr ... a rc in u-,c in 111) loc a l area .
So lurno o ne ha ... had any problem ~ t.: lti ll !! thei r
kc ycr to work . K. c yill!! is solid. a nd ... pccd-, lip til
abo ut 30 words pe r minut e ;\I 'C posvibk-.
Relays a rc available from Rad io Shac k or
yo ur loca l ham res t (ham te stprice s for rela ys
o ft his typ e ru n we'll und er a dollar each). Bui ld
your kcycr on a pcrfboard o r on one o f the
projcct hoard... from Radi o S had... Wh ile a 9
\"011 hattcr y worb fin e . I prl'fl' r In lh l' a pO\\"t'r
cuhe plu g gcd inlo Iht:' A C for hOllll' u... t:'.
Your ke yer c a n lx' hou ...l,..1 in a lm o:--! a n y
thing. t"wn ilhidl' yo ur rig . O r if ~ Oll prc k r 10
sc e a ll lhc ;lI.: lio n.jus! stic k a l'o u pk nf ad hc si w
jt.' ct to Ihe hotto m o f Ihc ci rcuit hlla rd an d ll' t it
all han g o uL
Pad d k ... in tlsc w ith the ...l' I.. l')' l'r ... nl llf!l' fro m
ex tr<.l fa nc y 10 a pai r o f milTo ... w ildll". On c
IlK'11 a ma tcu r h ui h a ne at paddlc fol' ;\ k \\
dollars fro m a ,,"'w ll
sa w bhldc a nd n umhl' r
10 hra"... SlTC\\" 0 11 a 2
by -l inch pie l'''' of 3/X
ind l plywoud .

hiI... und ca rtoon.... T he

price i... tree. a lth o ug h I

que...tion-, in the Elc111\.'11 1 2 Novicic exam.

wo uld urge )011 1\1 dlllp

a few d oll a r... in the e n\ d ope w ith ~o ll r rc lllll... t to help K D.,J.V B I
defra y expen se Sen d
y'l u r
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to
KD-l V BI. P.O . B u x

an d Tcclmici an Elcmcnt ."'\ w ill ha ve JtI

que . . tion -, for a tow I of
65 qut..'... tions fo r th e
:\0 C ode T~I.:h . as
povcd to the pres ent
55 que.. tions .
The qu es t io n poo l
\\ ill con tain <.l wide r
vurict y Ill' in for ma t it III
the IlC\\ ham IIIUst ab -

or-

Wl:i7. Riviera Hcuch.H .

JJ.lI ().l)657.
A s a ide 110 11.' ; over
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Eliminating Spurious Signals in Your Receiver

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is likely tha t yo u ha ve heard strange bea t

notes anti buzzing so unds in the o utput of
yo ur receiver. but d id not know what they
were o r where they o riginated. So me of these
annoyi ng "birdies" fall o n favored mon itor ing
freq uenc ies to spoil reception . Th is is cspecia lly trou blesome when we try to copy weak
DX (d istant) sig nals th rou gh unwanted rad io
frequen cy (RF) ene rgy that ente rs the fro nt
ends of our recei vers. Many of these interfering
blobs o r RF energy arc generated within our
homes by TV receivers. VCRs. computers.
microwave ovens, and other appliances.

FIGURE 1

How Do the Birdies Reach a

Receiver?

Circu it fo r a bru te-force ac lin e filter. The coils are wound 011 broom handle section s, dow el
rod or I' ve tubing (see text). Capacitors ar e O.O/ -}.1F, 630- VDC units (.\ee 1I0te l). One male
and one f emale llC receptacl e are required fo r thi s filler. It must be enclosed in protective
box for reasons of personal saf ety.

There arc various pat hs ove r which spurious

signa ls tra vel . Some mig rate along the uc power
wiring in our ho mes and enter our recei vers via
the uc line cord. In othe r instances unwan ted RF
energy enters the ac po wer serv ice at the source
of the offend ing signa l (TV set, for example)
and is radiated throu gh the air by mean s of the
outdoo r service dro ps and main pow er lines.
These co nductors act as antenn as to broadcast
unwanted signal energy . Our rece iving anten nas pick up these annoyi ng signals, and we hear
them in o ur speakers or headp hones.
Anothe r common con veyance for spur io us
signals is the T V ante nna and its feed line . The
co lor- burs t osc illator and hori zo ntal swe ep circ uit gene rate stro ng spurious energy that can
rad iate. The co lor-burst bleep is heard "'t3. 57954
M Hz. and so metimes at harmon ics of that frequen cy. The T V horizon ta l osc illator frequency
is 15.750 kHz. T his energy ca n be heard at its
harmonics. e very 15.750 kHz acro ss the receive r tun ing range .
Generally. these bird ies arc trou bleso me
only from very lo w freq uencies (V LF) thro ugh
abo ut-l MHz. T he harmo nics are too weak to be
heard abov e 4 MHz. These signals sound buzzy
and c hange pitch as the video level of the T V
sig nal changes. T his. and the co lo r-hurs t oscillator energy . is rad iated hy the T V feed line.
ant enna , and ac pow er line if filtering is not
used at the so urce poin ts.
O ther spurious signals arc emitted by hi-f
eq uipme nt and various co mputerized home
appliances. Rad io frequency interference ( RFl)
prevention methods arc essentially the same fo r

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all types of Rf interference. We will highligh t

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Power Line Filtering

The so-ca lled "brute force filter" has been
aro und since the ea rlies t days of radio. It co nsists of two co ils of wire and four by pass
ca pac itors. A practical circuit is shown in
figu re I. The grea ter the number of L I and L2
turns, the lower the e ffe ctive frequency of the
line fi Iter. The bypass ca paci tors must he able
to sustain the level of uc line vo ltage at your

ho me . Play it safe and use 0.0 I-W units with a

rati ng of 500 VDC or grea ter for 120-volt
service. I An earth gro und must be connec ted to
filter in o rde r for it to do its job . The co ld-w ater
pipes in your home should pro vide a suitable
g round. assu ming they arc mad e of co pper or
iron. rath er than PVC tubin g.
Coil s L I and L2 may co nsist of as many
close-wo und turn s of no. 14 or 16 ename led as
wire you can wind o n 6 -inch lengths of broo m
stick. l -inch PVC tub ing o r wooden dowel rod,
It is a good idea to use two coats of po lystyrene
varni sh on the woo de n forms. if they are used.

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FIGURE 2 - " 75-ohm high -pass filter f or pr eventin g radiati on from TV receivers via the
[ eed lin e and ant enna. Ll and I.J hav e 12 turns of 110.24 enam el ....ire Oil Amidon T44-0
toroid cores (see no te 2). 12 has I I turns of 110 , 24 ename l wire on th e sam e type of toroid
core. Close-tolerance (5 percent) NPOceramic capacitors are recom mended f or this circuit,
They are available f rom th e supplier in not e I. Keep all leads as short and direct as possible .
Th is filter circuit was borrowed front the / 997 edition af The AR RL Ha ndbook, pag e 28.6.

before the wire is added. Thi s will prevent the

coil forms from absorbing moisture later on.
Make certai n the co ils do not touch the metal
box in w hich yo u bu ild the filter. A plas tic bo x
may be used if you incl ude a gro und terminal
for access from the o utside the box.
Brut e-force line fi lter s are the most effective
when installed at the sou rce of the interference .
For example. I use o ne with six ac outlets. It is
mo unted inside my hi-fi entertainment center.
Eac h u nit of hi-fi eq uipment, plu s the T V set, is
plugged into the filte r. A seco nd ac-linc filter
installed at yo ur recei ver is a good idea. It will
prevent stray RF e nergy, pick ed up by the ac
line. from ente ring yo ur receiver via tha t route.
Brute force line filter s are useful also when
connected to tran smi tters. They help prevent
unwanted RF energy from enteri ng the ac line
and ca usi ng inte rfe rence to TV recei vers and
hi-fi eq uipment.

FIGURE 3
TOROID
CHOKE

Notes

FERRITE
ROD CHOKE

How to Use Ferrite Suppression

Devices
Ferri te toroids, rods. and damp-on cores are
usefu l for preventing RF ene rgy from traveling
alon g ac line co rds. speaker leads. and coax ial
feed lines. Th ese components arc available by
mail .j T hc usua l prac tice is to loop se vera l turn s
of the involved cab le throu gh a large toroid

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Other Filtering Methods

Interference is a two-way street. Suppressors that arc used at hi-fi equipment are e ffective not only for p reven ting interference to
short-wave recei vers. but fo r protecting TV
sets. FM tuner s. VCR s. and o ther hi-f gea r
from inter fere nce if yo u are a rad io amate ur and
use a tra nsmitter.
C rud fro m TV rece ivers can choked off at
the TV set by using a hig h-pa ss filte r at the
ant enn a terminals of the TV receiver. Figure 2
illustrate s a pra ct ical high-pass filter yo u can
co ns truc t for use in 75-ohm co axia l feed line s.
II allows TV signals to reach the tuner. but
preve nts spurious en ergy wit hin the TV set
from enteri ng the TV feed line and ant enna
where it ca n be radi ated .
Th e two-way street principl e a lso app lies
here: A high-pa ss filter usual ly prevents fundamental overload ing (b lanketing) of a T V rece iver from transmitted amateur rad io or citizen band (CB ) signals. Th e f Iter wi ll not be
effective in suppress ing harmoni c ene rgy from
hum -radio or C B transmi tters. w hich shows up
on the T V scree n as a herrin gbone pat tern or
c ross hatch . A h igh -pa ss filler may be used also
ut the input o f an FM receiver. These filters
need to he grounded in the same mann er as
brut e-force line tilters.

mcm . Some experimentat ion will be requ ired

in order to find the mo st effe ctive c ure for you r
part icular inte rference probl em. A qu alit y earth
gro und o n your receiver and the ap pliances tha t
arc creating the interfere nce sho uld be the firs t
"bandaid" yo u try . An antenna fed with coaxi al
cab le. as o pposed to an end-fed piece of wire, is
recom me nded for minimizing unwanted pickup
of spurious e nergy . When po ssibl e. locate the
an tenna as far from the house and power lines
as practica ble .

Methods f or using f errite toroids and rods

for RFI suppression. These chok es should
be located as near to the equipment chassis
as possible fo r best results. Amidon FT 240
43 or FT-240-43 torolds (see text) are
suitable for winding toroid chokes Ferrite
rods are scarce on today 's mark et, and they
are quite expensive. Th e f errite bars and
rods on which Ail-I radio loop antennas are
wound may be used fo r choke f orms. They
have a permeability ofapproximately / 2S
(no. 61 material).
core , o r around a ferrite rod, ncar the cha ssis of
a piece of el ectronics equipme nt. The core
materi al docs not impede the flow of desi red
e ner gy, hut kee ps un wanted RF e nergy from
Flowing pa st the po int where the s uppress or is
insta lled. Clamp-on ferrite de vice s are suppli ed in mating halves to permit placin g them
over flat mu ltico nductcr cables that may rad iale interferi ng (or arriv ing) RF energy. Cables
o f this type arc found. for exampic, in computer s. Figure 3 shows how you can use fcrr itccore
mate ria l for suppress ing RFI .
No. 43 ferrite co re materi al is prefe rable for
RF suppression job s be low 10 MUz. II has a
pe rmeabi lity of 850. For the freq uenc ies abov e
10 MH z I prefer to use no. 61 ferrite {pcr meabili ty = 125). Sec reference I for product
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~LANE TALK

MAKING SENSE OF CIVILIAN AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Jean Boker KfN9DD

The Readers Speak

e lcom e ab oard. e verY\l1lc. We 're

throwing.the do ors open today fo r
a co lum n- lon g Reader s Corner.
I' ve received so muc h input lately from reader s that it was dec ided 10 devote the column to
som e of (he ma te rial yo u co ntr ibuted.

Ground Avoidance in Alaska

A subscribe r who wo rks for Ala ska A irlines con trib uted the following news item:
A laska Air lines plans to equip its 7~7 -4()()
Ik e! with a n enha nced g round proximity wa rning sys tem (GPWS) which will be integrated

with gloha l pos itioning satellite (G PS) navigation data. Th e ca rrier will spe nd at lea st S J 0
million to purch ase a nd insta ll the equ ipment
in the a irli ne ' s 25 737 -4 00 s. train ni ght crews.
and eq uip si m ulators. On ce the appropriate
ce rtific atio ns are ob ta ined. the ne w avion ics
a rc e xpecte d to dramat ica lly increase sa fe ty
as we ll as a rr iva l and d eparture reli ab ilit y at
a irpo rts where surr ou nd in g terra in restricts
bad-weat he r operations. ~
Ala sk a is ev alua ti ng GPS app ro ach es using two 737 -400 s !ly ing o n regularly sc heduled ro utes to Juneau (A las ka ). The tesrine
req uires v isual fl ight cond ition s. T he EGPW S
is e nvisio ne d to continuou sly co m pare terrai n
informatio n sto red at its world w ide d ata ba se
10 prec ise po sit ion input prov ided by the
a ircraft 's G PS. The EG PWS uutomarica llv
p lots the aircraft fli g ht pa th based o n G PSde riv ed po si tion and a lt itude dat a: it provides
a visua l di spl ay o n the ai rcra ft' s el ect roni c
fli ght infor matio n svstem (EF IS ) nuvizution
sc ree n. as we ll as producing an audi b l~ alert
when the projec ted co urse nears a la nd ma ss.
especia lly mou nta ins.

Albuquerque Freq uencies

Jo hn Tate contribu ted the se freque nci e s
from A lbuq ue rq ue lnt cmuti onal A ir po rt:

Approoch

12 1.100
126.300
Departure
127.400
Cleearance Delivery 119.200
Towe r
118.300
ATIS
118.000
Ground
12 1.900
Flight Service Station 113.200
122.300
Ramp Frequencies
Cont inen tal

Delto

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123.900
124.400
120.300
122.100
122.550

460.650
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United
Thank s, John '

460 .675
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Internet Mailing List

1\'1 ike A gne r se nd s us in formatio n about an
inte rne t ma ilin g list for aero com ill S mon itor s.
Mike ex p laine d tha t a mail ing list is a ce nt ral
point to whi ch interes ted person s mav s ub scribe in order to excha nge news and views on
a spe cific topic . In thi s case. ACA RS is the
subje ct . Mike and la in T aylor have started th is
ma ili ng list. w hic h run s through the in tern et
serve r at Grove Enterp rise s.
The serv ice is free and to subs c ribe . all VO l!
ha ve to do is go to yo ur e -mail prog ram and
issue a message to l//{/jordo}1w(gJRl"O l'e.lI e(
(no sub ject I inc a nd the siunaturc b lock turned
01'0 . In' the body of the ~message type : sub scribcacars. T hat ' s all the re is to it. News and
tra ffic about ACA RS sho u ld he for thcomin g
within a da y or so fro m the subsc ribe rs to the
list.
Th er e is also adigest list, w h ic h mean s th at
many mes sages ar e gat hered togethe r and
se nt as o ne file . Ifyou w ant to s ubscribe to the
d igest. iss ue the foll owin g me ssage to
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and turn the sig nature blo ck off]. In the bod v

o f the me ssag e type: subscribe acars -diges t,
In ligh t o f thc seve ral ACA RS decoders
no w avail ab le thi s e-mail list s ho u ld be o f
parti cular int er es t to aero enthu siasts.

Types of Radar
Ale x T.. an air traffi c co nt ro lle r, contrib uted the follo wing info rmat io n: Radarco verage co mes from va rio us area s wi th rcaard to
a ir traffi c con trol. T ake the a irpo rt, for exam ple. Th e controllers in the tower have w hat
is known as a BRIT E di sp lay. for short ra nge
trac king arou nd the ai rport grou nd s and su rroundin g area s. T hen , in the approach and
departure rada r roo m. rad ar coveraue is referre d to as airport survei llance radar. or ASR
for s ho rt. It is co up led with the seconda ry
su rve illance rad<lr(SS R) u nder the automated
radar ter minal sys te m ca lled AR T S III.
Sec ond ary rada r di s plays differ fro m pri mary radar di splay s in that they ar c ret urn s
from all airborne tra nspo nder rat he r tha n a
re flect ed sig na l. ASR is medium ra nee rad ar
for the co ntro l of traffi c in the v i e i ni~y o f an

airport w ith a nor mal ra nge o f ab out 60 mil es.

Moving targets. fixe d ta rget s, and precipi tation area s are di s played 0 11 the con trolle r",
rad ars co pe.
Another ty pe o f radar system that a ids
p ilots in landing is ca lled prec isio n appro ac h
radar ( PA R ). PA R eq u ip me nt may be used as
a pr im ar y lan din g a id or it lllay be use d to
mo nitor other typ e s of app ro ac hes . PA R
searc hes the fi na l ap proach 10 a ru n way. It is
de sig ned to dis p lay azi muth . ran g ~ . and e levatio n over a small ar ea and is effec tive as a
lan d ing aid in e xtr eme ly pour \veathcr. lts
ac curate eno ugh 10 det ec t va riatio ns of 300
feet in ra nge , and at onc mil e, varia tio n of 10
feet in e levation and 20 feet in az im uth can be
ob served. Approache s usua lly beg in within
10 mile s of the airport, so the limi ted ranee of
the PAR do cs no t hinde r its inten ded ~use .
PAR is util ized mo re bv militarv a irc raft than
by thei r c ivilia n cou ll t~ rpaI1s . .
In the ai r traffic control centers, prim ar y
rad ar is kno w n as air route s ur veilla nc e radar2 (AS RS-2) and is a lso co upled w ith SS R.
T he CC I1ler automat io n system is s lig ht ly d iffere nt from the term ina l's syste m w he n it
come s to radar data processing in that the
cente r rada r d isp lay is en tirely di g itized . The
com puter is the focal po int of the ce nte r's ai r
traffic co nt ro l (ATC ) sys te m . In thi s case. the
ho st co m p uter is a large r, faster, a nd more
capab le mo de l than an y used before and is a
bui ldi ng b loc k for the ad vance d auto mat io n
system that is approachi ng.
Hi gh t plan s for aircra ft o pe rati ng w ith in
the cente r area co me 1O the center co m puter.
The ce nter the n ge nerates cl earance s for each
and se nds the m hac k to the o riu inar inu tcrmi na l. T he comput er creates appropria~ night
progress strips for the sec to rs the aircra ft w ill
fl y thro ug h and in forms the ad jace nt ce nter of
the pro posed fli ght . When the ai rcra ft is ai rborne. the co m pute r upda te s the es timated
fli ght ti mes. if necessary. and p ro vide s current infor matio n for al l sectors where requ ired.
Maximum ran ge o f the eq ui pm ent is 100
m iles. and o n his radarscope a contro ller ca n
se lec t a pre se ntation of 15. 50, 10 0 . or the fu ll
200 mil e s. A irc raft may he de tect ed to we t!
above 50, 000 feet.
That' s a ll for this mo nth . Th an ks to al l
con tribu to rs fo r thei r material! Se c yo u HI
Mn y: u ntil then .
and out.

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F EDERALFILE
A GUIDE TO GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS

John Fulford, WA4VPY

email: johnf@emi.net

Out of the Mouths of "FBI Babes"

o uth Florida ha... be en a ll interestin g

place \0 he the past fc\ \ month .... T ill'
Ci ty of Holl ywood . whic h i-, ju- sout h
01" Ft. La ude rdale . p laced ...orn e of its used c uy
1.'1IuiPI1lt: l1 t up on the ... nrplu, hll le\.. . :\ lone carne
A lan Leo nard. w ill) ow ns Comm unication s
Elec tro nics En g ineering . o f M iami . Flori da .
xir. Leo nard goe s around and buy ... lip surpl us
ele ctronic eq ui pm en t fro m m unici pal gove rnmen IS.

On December 11. 1995. :\Ir. Leonard prepared a th ree page list o f eq uip men t he wi shed
10

purcha se from the City of Hollywood. ln-

eluded in thi s list were fou r poli ce tow ers and

the unneeded equip me nt u sed (0 dispatch th e
c itie s of Dani a and Hall andale. ( It sho uld be
not ed at this point that the above cities have
go ne over to 800 M l-lz trun ki ng.} T he docume nt wasco-s igne d by M r. John Weyrauch. the
City of Holl ywood purchasi ng director. T he
check was gi ven and the equipment changed
han ds.
)01r. Leonard ca rried away the equipment.
incl ud ing the tru nkin g equi pme nt not be ing
cu rre ntly used , and then started tudi xmant le th e
towers. T hat is when the ci ty rea lized they had
m adeabig mi stak e. Alt hou gh )01r. Leon ard was
entitled to to wers locat ed at Dan ia and Ho llywood poli ce depart me nts . city officials said th e
Ho llywood poli ce tow er was never a pa rt of the

deal.
City offic ials ad m it they sho u ld have paid
more atten tion to th e co ntrac t. Mr . Leonard
vowed a fi ght [0 the finish.
What do cs this ha ve 10 do \\ ith fed era l
co mm unication s? Th e above i nciden t drew the
atten tio n o f Mot orol a security and th e f-BI.
Docum en ts file d ill federa l co urt sho w the F BI
began an invest igatio n in Janu ary 199(). afte r
they recei ved a teleph on e cal l from Joe Kra use.
Motorol a atto rney. \ 1r. Krause told the FBI that
he sus pec ted Leo nard wav in po......csvion of
Motorola ...oftwarc wh ich he was thi ng 10 progra m Motorola rad io s.
T he co m plai nt was then turned over to fB I
Special Agent K'llh leen A ntona. w ho sp'-'cializes in hi gh-technology ",'ri me . Spe\.ial Ag e nt
A nlona fo und pw hahle \.:au ...e In helie\e Ihat
l1l l l r~ than t: igh itillle ~durin g 191)6 ~1 r . l ~eon a rd
ha d assem hled Moto rola rmlio... from ...c ra ppcd
radio pari s.
T he FBI then fun hc:r(:Iaim s ilL' Ihl' ll lIsed a
co mputer an d illL'ga lly oh lain ed ,o rtwa re to
program the rad ios. which he sold as gl' llu inC'

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April/997

~ lo torol a

rad io ". wi thou t per-

l1li v..ion 1'1'0111 the com pany.

Antonn al.. o found probable
L'IlISC to bel ieve tha t Leonard
ma de unaut hor ized change ... to
the radio program m ing. so hwa re contained in the ~ lt) t () n l l<l

radios.
In a quote from A nton a:
"The changes gave Leon ard the
capability of prod ucin g, usi ng .
and ...cllin g radi os-illega ll ythe Motorolas co m m unic atio ns syste m use d by
the FAI and other law e nforce me nt age nci es ."
Mr. Leonard is no sain t. He was co nvicted o f
second de gree murder. consp iracy... rid attempted rob bery wi th a firearm for participation in the Fe bruar y 17, 1978. atte mpted robbery at the Round Ta ble Restauran t in Cora l
Ga bles, Florida . Leo nard ' s IWO co mpanio ns in
the incident- o ne of w ho III was a po lice informant- we re killed in a shootout w ith the Co ra l
Gab les po lice .
In a final foo tnote to this s to ry: during the
li r...t wee k of 199 7. Mr. Leon ard had a meeting
w ith C ity of Holl ywood officials in wh ich he
...ign cd an ag reeme nt releasi ng anyclai ms to th e
police lo wers. Th e above information is from
the I anuary-t. 19 97.. iss ue of the Miami Herald.
Ho w does this affect u... fede ra l mon itor s?
Th e mun icipaliti es above used an 800 Ml-lz
trunkcd radi o sys te m. as do cs mu ch of South
Florida now . Th ere has bee n a decr ease in 1601
-t06 ~ IH z federal traffic. Th is has be en ad drc -,...cd in the past few co lum ns. Sud denl y
VHF antennas have di sappeared fro m the fed-

cral curs.
II was the a bove quot e fro m FB I ag en t

Antonu th at got me thi nking . T rad itio nal VIIF

an d CHF frequencies can he readil y progrummcd into tradi tion al V}IF and CHF transccivcr-. but nOI fo r the uunk cd radio "'~"'I C l11""
On ly trun kcd rad io info rmati on cun be progruuuucd into trunkcd radius . T he above l11l1nici pa litie... use a ~1 o l tlt"IlI '1 Irunk ed sys te lll.
Whal ..Ire these "~ l o t o rol a Co mm uni cat ions
Sy ...tL m ... reponedly uSl'd hy the F BI'! Th e
trlln k ing softwarl.. wh ich ~ I r . L..:on ard is
l. har!!ld wilh po~ ~e ~ s in !! . will 1101 w{)rk o n
trad itio nal VHf/U HF r"d ill sy~ tenh . It on ly
worb on trllnked syste llls. Oid the f BI ina d \'nl enlly <:ln swer m y que stio n, " W here have all
t h L' ~ l' agen cie... gOlll. '!

Don't Buy if You're not

a Spy
While we urc still ill th e

lcgul area, here is ano ther new s

brie f from the M ill lJli Heruid:

"Spy Shop s O WIlC'r Get s -'

Years In Pri...o n.....
T he oWI1..:r of a chain of
sto res. th<:lt federa l autho ritic ...
sa id illc galy ...old elect roni c listening devices con cea led in
such th ings as beepers and light bulbs. was
se nte nce d to th ree ye ar s in federal pri son .
John Demeter was one of five people con vic ted afte r a 199-t fed er al sting against his Spy
S hops Intern at io nal . w hich had three stores in

Florida . He was also fined S I00,000 and orde red de ported to Ca na da for illega lly im po rting the dev ice s fro m Japan.
Prosecu to rs said some oft he equipme nt was
so ld [Q a fed eral agent wh o po sed as a Ru ssian.
He also alleged ly sho wed th is " Russ ian" how
[Q tap a tel ep hone .
At his trial . Mr. Demeter said so me of his
best c usto me rs were peo ple who ident ified
th emselves as kn own federa l age nts who purchased electronic ea ves droppin g eq uip ment for
rhemsel vc s-c-vfor Iheir own usc ."

Antenna Tip-Offs
Wh e n Pre s iden t C linton W<.1 S in Mi ami re cent ly. I took the opportunity 10 go down and
se e the moto rcade. I am alway s looking for new
anten nas w hich cro p up on the back of the
Presidentiallimou sine . Th ere we re a co uple of
trucks in the procession which interested me .
Th e first truck (sec ph ot o ), is a For d van . It
ca rries fede ra l governme nt license plates. It
also curries a whole lo t o f cum r nun ications
antennas . Th is va n is op era ted by the W h ite
H ouse Co m municati on ... A gency I WH eA l. We
haw di...c usse d W HCA in the p"... t few i...sues
wh en we di scussed the moni toring o f the
167.075 \ lIl l pi.lgi ng ch mmc:l.
~I os l or the a nten n<.1... '1Tl: V IIFlUJlr and C<.111
probably ~ matched up to kn o wn Sec ret Ser
vice frequ~l1ci e s . T hcre <:Ire ~I l.o uple o f <.1 n1e nnas on Ih i.... \-"n, and oth..:rs, Ih<:lt cannOI he
ma tched up. A ll of these va ns carry high fre q U":IKy verticals mo unted on the rear hum per.
T his is oh vio usly fo r so me shon w<.1 \"e eq uipmC' 1lI within the va ns (N ig htwa lch perhap s?).
T he o ther antenn a is ill the CClllt.:r or the Ford

Antennas of all descriptions are visible OIl

thi s "'ile A ~'an . Note especia lly th e bubble ...
van . It is a black plastic dome affixe d to the top
of the vehicle . In rea lit)', the top o f the vehicle
has been cu t out and the plastic dome attached .
Under thi s dome is a s ma ll antenna 7- 10 inches
in diamet er . Thi s is part of the Defen se Commu nicat ion s Agency satellite netw ork known
as Milstar. It is an S HF system (Super High
Freq uency ), It tran sm its to a geostatio nary sat el lite in the 30 G Hz range (uplink ) and recei ves
infor mat ion back in the 20 G Hz range (downlink) .
(For some this may be a new ter m. G Hz
stands for Gigahertz . It means tho usand s of
megacycle s. The Ku satellite dishe s arc 1411 2
G Hz-like wise for the direct sa tellite broadcasts .}
Th is is a super sec ure sys te m whic h carries
Nat ion al Co m mand A uthority traffic and any thing e lse rel ated to Pre sidentia l co mmunication s. The sig nal is sprea d-s pec trum. If yo u
exa mine the uplin k, or eve n the down link. on a
spectrum analyzer. yo u will not sec an y carr ier
sig nal present. It is there : It is j ust spread out
ove r man y tho usa nds of mega cy c les. II is also
heavily encryp ted.
Th ere is a G PS rece iver on hoard which
pinpoin ts the van ' s locati on at all time s. so the
parabolic anten na cun keep looking at the sutellite . The ante nna looks like a large met al ashtray- but is a lot more expe nsi ve.
If you exami ne a pho to o f the 7ot7 airc raft
that carries the President there is a similar
plastic hum pon top o fthe airc raft . It is the same

is a hea vy user o f thi s band . This is the Defen se

Communicatio ns Satellite Sys te m or DSCS.
Th ere is abo a lot of tra ffic on the Ku-band .
The Treasury Departmen t has a smal l Ku d ish
at almo st e very Secret Servic e office. This
sys tem uses one o f the co mme rcia l Ku-band
birds. probably in the S BS -5 o r GSTAR -:!
satelli tes located at I:!311 25 degree :-- We:--t rcspcc tivcl y.
Thisdi sh that was brought ill hy Wl leA has
shroud ing around the ant enna Iced ho rn elcmcnts. whi ch prev e nts one from ob tainin g a
good look at the feed horn . My be-a guess is that
it is in the Ku o r the S HF 0 0/20 (j il l) ran ge .
Ju st loo king at the til t o f the d ish off of vertical.
based o n the coordinat es of Miami. Florida ..
see ms to indicate that thi s sys tem is loo king at
the F1eetS ateom 7 satellite. whi ch is loca ted at
100 deg rees west. This is the primary UH F
mili tary satellite for the co nti ne ntal Uni ted
States. Thi s satellite o pera tes in the follo wing
bands:

P-band-----225- 1000 MHl

S-band-----1.8-2.7 GHl
X-band-----7.25-8.4 GHl
K-band----- 15.4-27.5 GHl
By ju st look ing at the shape oft he parab olic
di sh and the d imensions of the sys te m. I would
place my mon ey o n e ither the X - or K-band as
its operating sys te m.

Reader Exchange
Let ' s look at a few frequency submissio ns
th is mo nth. From a person who wi shes to re-

main anon ym ou s-c-becau sc he wo rks ncar

lhl"re- is the trunkcd radio sys tem tor Kingsbav
Suhmurine Base.
406 35/4151 5
407.55/415.55
408 75/417.55
409 95/417 95

406.75/414.75
407.95/416.75
409.15/417.15

407.15141 5.95
408.351416.35
409.55/418.35

Il l' also sus pec ts the follo wing frequencies

he a pa rt o f the ab o ve trun kin g ...yxtem , but
hus uot confi nuc d them :

10

410 35
41265
418.75

410.75
412.90
419.15

411.45
417.75

411.85
418.05

412.25
418 35

Peter. from Ma ssac huscu s. se nt in the following intercept s from the B OSIoN CUWI :
163 7750
170.3500
171.5000
172.0250
418.3000

Immigration ServiceJail repeater output

West Roxbury Veterans Ad ministration
Hospital Secu rirJ
JamaicaPlain Veterans Administration
Hospital Security repeater out
Bedford Veterans Administration Hospital
Security repeater out
Postal ServiceSecurity Pol ice
Springfield, MA (Not Postal Inspectors)

I had a few submiss ions fro m ra in soa ked

Califo rnia . D uring the winter flo od s and
muds lide s in California. the Sequoia National
F OI"(.H ran a reco rd amou nt of traffi c o n its
systems. The y we re using 168.675 and 168.775
M Hz. Seq uoia Nationul Park was found on
16ot.750 MHz and the Sierra Natio nal Forest
was un 172,2:!5 und 171 .-1-75 ~'1H l.
T he lnvo Nat ional Forest operates o n the
following freq uencies:
168.1250
168.3500
170.5250
171 .5000

Forestery Net-repeater out and simplex

Interagency common simplex
Administrativetraffic
Service Net

T he Toiyubc National Forest use s the following:

1662625
166.3750
166.4875
1698750
169 9750
169.9000
170.1000
170 5500
171.1500
1725750

Bureau of land Managem ent (Bl M)RangerNet Tac 4

BlM- tactical
BlM-Bishop
Forestery Net
Adm inistrativetraffic
ServiceNet 1
Death ValleyNational Park
ServiceNet 2
nears PcstpileNational Monument
BlM Ridgecrest-Ranger Net3

system.
WII CA brought in ~I satelli te sys rcmncouplc
o f days he fore the arri va l o f the President . It is
so n of d ifficul t to tell fro m the te leph o to photos
which freq ue ncy rang e they are o perating o n.
Cvbund is obviously out. T he ne xt hand the
govc m mc m uses heavily (a nd prac tically no
o ne mo nitors). is the XI7 G Hz band : XG Hz up
to the bird. 7 G Hz cornin g dO\I,IIl . Th e military

The U.S. Geological Servi ce u"es the foll o wing :

1644750
1698250
169 8250
4086250

Mobile on Monmouth Mountain

Repeaterout- Mono Counly
Geological Servicelink from Menlo Park
10 Mt. Hamilton
Link to San Jose (Mt. Hamilton)

Ku or ")'U F ba nd ? Th e shr mui 011 this

wile" dis" kee ps you J.: u e~ ~i"K' .'

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those addresse s who decid e to subscr ibe and
de -authorizi ng those which don 't .
It was the e merge nce o f digital technolog y
that made il possi ble to c ram a hundred or so
stereo cha nnels Oil o ne satellite transponder 10
g ive listeners a choice o f prog ramming un heard o f in the rad io broa dcast wor ld. In a few
months I' ll do a comple te re view of the D~1 X
sta nd-al one Ku-band service.

DSS Gets Channe! Earth

DSS rece ntly se nt a press relea se aro und
trumpeting Channel Earth as "c.. thc world 's
first ne ws and info m uuio n cha nne l devoted
exclu sive ly to the need s o f farmer s. ranchers
and o ther rural Am er ican s..." Th is wo u ld not be
wort h noting. ex cept th.1t they are wro ng by
nine yea rs.
RFD-TV first laun ched 0 11 C- hand in Au gus t of 1988 and served Am erica' s far mland
wi th pro grammin g designed for rural A me rican s. In the mo rn ing . programmin g featured
weather a nd crop rcports.I ivestock an d futures
ma rket report s. and ot he r fare o f interest to
farmers. During the daytime they ran o ld black
and white co w hoy movi es (now seen 0 11 Starz
Western channel ), The service. whi ch was not
scr am ble d and e njoy ed little promotion to the
cable indu str y. wa s ad vertiser s uppor ted, RFDTV lasted abo ut a yerr and succ umbed d ue to
lack of ad vertisers.
To tal DSS s ubscribers arc ~ . 3 million . o r
roughl y the eq uivalent to the Ccba nd s ubscri ption uni ve rse . There me sa id to he anywhere
from a half mi llion to one million non- subscribing. func tio ning C-ba nd sys te ms in use. in
addi tio n to thc 2.2million subsc ribing sys te ms.
Tot al "Di rec t-To -Ho me" subsc ribe rs are j ust
below the 7 millio n mark. TOI.lI number of
cab le-T V sub scriber s in the U.S . are around 65
mi llion .

Headendln-Th..Sky
O riginally co nce ived us a o ne-stop progr ammi ng s up plier to the cab le- TV indu stry.
Hcadend-ln -Th c-S ky ( H ITS ) uses must o f the
Ku-bund side of Ga laxy 7 10 tran smi t typ ical
cabl e channe l line -up. T he Digici phcrll tran sm issio ns requ ire the usc of a Genera l lnstrume nt Digicipherl l recei ver (o ne for ea ch cha nne l do wnlinked ).
On e of the reaso ns fo r cable sys tems to try to
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ha vin g to re-buil d the sys te m. is to cas h in on
lucrative Impulse -Pay-Per-Vi ew services . On
Ccband TVN (Th eat er Vision )h as been making
a grea t deal of money for man y yea rs off the
nin e "t heaters" they hav e o n Ga laxy 3. S imilarly. all the DBS se rvices o ffer many IPP V

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Country Horizons
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Symphonic
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Gospel
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Classic Jazz
70's Oldies
Classic Rock
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Adult Contempora ry

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al locat ed to the Hispanic DBS service Ga laxy
Lati n Ameri ca wh ich is not available in the
Un ited Sta tes . I t" ~ 110t dear yet if li lTS will
eve ntua lly he offered to TVRO sub...c ribcrs.
And . speaking of Digicipherll . Th e: Intcm ation a! C ha nnel (G7. ~4J has go ne to that forma t
in an effo rt to multiplex several full-time ethn ic
feeds on the Si l llll..' transponder. Previo usly.
they wer e able to run tlnly part -, of " O IllC prog rammi ng whi ch now can have thei r 0\\ n channcl . thank s todigital co mp rcss iun . Hxpcct TV51
US A (French ). C hinese . Arabic. md Filipino
c han nel s to have separate feed s.
Th c service will he avai lable ttl the ho me
mark et via G l' v ne w 4 DTV recei ver w hich
should be o n the retai l shel ves hy the time yo u
read this. Wo rshi p C hanne l and v icwcrs
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go ne Digiciphcrl l.

Adult favo rites

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Modern Rock
Ha rd Rock
Hip Hop
Urban Beat
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Express ions
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Symphonic Classical
Light Classical
Beautiful Music
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EXPERIMENTER.S WORKSHOP
TWEAK, TUNE, AND MODIFY!

'

BillCheek
Intemet: beheek@cts .com

Squelch Improvement

his o JOI "hack "w<.I sin spir cdbyanovel

c ircuit Ispotted in the Realistic r~l PRO
2006 afte r it carne o ut in Ma y 199 1.
Th e PRO 2006. a virtua l clo ne ofi ts predecesso rs. the PRO -2004 and PRO -200 5. app eared
wit h a C ~vl 0S ele ctron ic sw itch. similar to the
4066 in the squelc h c ircuit o r le 2. 1 TK -l ().t20.
Th e "co ntacts" o f this C ~ 1 0S switc h OC-IO )
are wired in scric... with R- 152 .l.l,OOO oh ms
(.l.lk) loc ated between pins 12 and 14 of lC 21u
provi de a subtle. but important improveme nt to
the sq ue lch o pe ratio n.
Th is enhance ment appears o nly in the PRO2006. but. od dly. was not carried forward into
the newer PRO -20 35 and PRO -20t2 _ It has
never appe ared in any othe r rec e ivers of which
I am awa re. Figu re I is <I simplified di ag ram of

quad hilateral swit ch. Th is solid state sw itc h is

trigge red o n and o ff by the scanner' s C PU. In
. .hor t. witho ut getting too "tec hic," when the
rece iver is sque lched. le - I Oope ns to make the
sq uelc h very tig ht and read y to break on the
weakest signal. Th e instant sque lch brea ks. JCI() closes. increasing slop to keep squelch from
easily cl osin g. In short. fC >!0 prov ide s a " smart
squelch' that open s at the slig htes t pro vocation . but is relu cta nt 10 close thereafter . Never
mind how thi s co mes across-false hits are not
increased : sque lch j ust work s better!
Th e PRO-2006 ' s IC IOcircuit is the basis of
th is pow erful sq uelch mod . where wc 'I l use a
4 06610 emulate the so lution 10 "loose sq uelch"
for marty o ther scanner s. This mod ification is
intrinsically applicable to the PRO-2004. PRO2005. PRO-2035. and PRO 2<J..l 2 scanners. and
readily adaptable to ma ny more (see Table I ).
By insert ing a 4066 switch in series with the
hysteresis resistor in yo ur sca nner. yo u let the
C PU trigger the swi tc h. C hips and co mp o nents
vary from one scanner to the next. but man y
squelch c ircuits arc exac tly like Figure I
without IC- I0 and with the left end of the R152 eq uivalent co nnec ted d irectly to pin 14 of
the NFM chip.

preferred settings. Oth er wise. abo ut doubl e the

value ofthe existing resistor produced a better
sque lch. albeit with side e ffec ts. Th e PRO 2006 is the o nly scanner of which I am awa re
that op tim ized sq uel ch hystere sis ! A resistor
alone. regardless of size. is mu optimal.

The PRD-Z006 Inno vation

IC-IO_ a TC4S66F in tho PRO -2006 . is u
sing le section version o f the co mmon 4066

FIG-1: PRO-2006 SQUELCH

this enhanced squelch ci rcuit.

Th e amo unt of all owabl e ..dop.. in rece ive r

sq uelch has long been a mat ter 01" dehale. Tune
a frequency wi th no signals. set the sq ue lch for
silence, then hack it o ffun til squelch breaks and
static co mes in. The amo unt o r "hacking off"
before sq uelch b reak... is tec hnically calle d hyster esis. but colloquially. ir' ... jus t plain old slo p.
About I / X- I /J6 inch of slo p i-, good. Too
mu ch is aggrava ting. and po ssibly degrades
performa nce ifsq uelch
d uc sn ": b reak o n
weaker sig na ls. Too
FIG-2: PRO-2004/5/2035/2042 (& others) SQUELCH
little. and sq uelc h C' 1n
ge t erratic. sometimes
nut rescuing afte r a sigv ee
IC -8
+5v L:l:l-- - - - t-- -<] Vee at Out
nal goes away: o ften
J:
" Reg
+5 v
mororb oatting (rutta-

while sig nals arc present. Hysteresis is a critical design para me ter. hut designers ma ke it simple.
probably fo r co st rea so ns. Th ai simplicity is
usually a hea vy co mpromise agai nst veriances in the manufu cturing proc ess.
Th e stock -in-trade
fix or mod fo r slop py
squ elc h wa s 10 replace
the hyste resis resistor
(See figure I. R-152 )
with a highe r value o f
resista nce . typ icall y a
trimme r pOI 01" about
200k oh ms 10 allow

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2. Voltage on eithe r switch "contac t" must not exceed

Vcc volts plus O.Sv and current through the "contacts"
must not exceed 25-ma . m ax. Voltage drop across
"cc ntects" must not excee d 1.2'1. max.

(PRO-2004J5j
(PR0- 2035120411
See le ,1
may be reqwred f01
cerlam olherscanners

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PRQ. 2D(\4 CN504. Pm 8

PRQ.1OO5 CNJ, Pin 11
PRO-2035 CNJ, Pin 1
P R0- 2042 CN3, Pin 2
See led lor o/her scanners

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HYS TER EStS RE SI STOR

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NOTES 1. Switch es are open when their contro l pins

are O-volts or ~I ow" . Switches are close d when
contro l pins are "high" .

Ap,i1 1997

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TOP VIEW :

1C.1 1n PRO-~15
PRO-20351204 2

The Hy~~erer..r R..

-u"..orm the PR Q- 2004 has leads. SOcup

the exposed c ne near the t.Jp and solder wirer to the cut
enas. aher scanners m.ayu se a chip reSl::tOr. tjso. silt or
ClJ.t the PCB trace betwee.1/t and nn 14 of the IC. Solder
...n res to convement pads en each nde of the trace cut.

PA RTS LI ST
Resistor: 4 fa 100-1<., 1i4 -watt RSf2 71-1347
Resistor: 1 fa 10.Jl., l i4-watt RS1271.1335
Capacitor: 1 ell O.1 -u F~v RSI272109
lnt e ~r:~o~~~~ 'Re;, ~~~~~~ or CD4066 (DlgIKey. Moust r. etc)

FIG-3: COMPONENT SIDE LAYOUT

A B ~3..-! G H I

Compatibility
Th is mod is co mpatible with sca nners that
have a hystere sis resistor between pin ... 12 and
14 on the NFM chip. and where pin J 3 is the
sq uelc h gate. Co mpatible NF M ch ips incl ude
TKI0420. MC 336I. MC3359. MC3357. and
T K 104 27. There may be o thers. Thi s mod
probab ly wo n' t work fo r Unide n and Rad io
Sha ck scanners that are mad e by Unidcn. even
if they lise the abo ve chips.
Ta b le I sho ws the sc anner s for w hic h th is
mod is know n or suspected to be co mpatible.
Also shown are the differe nt types of NFM
chips. T he hysteresis resistor will be between
pins 1214, and the sq ue lch ga le at pin 13.
regard less of the chip.
Figure 2 is the sc hematic di agram with co pious note s 10 facilitate installation . Figures 3 and

TABLE 1
SCANNERS & CHIPS
SCAllNER
vanous

AA-2002
AA3000
AA800
AA-900
AA950
HX-l 000
M(5000
MX-7000
PRO-20D2
PRO20D3
PRO20D4
PRO2005
eR 2006
PRO20 11
PRO2020
PRO2021
PRO2022
PRO2024
PRO-2027
PRO-2035
PRO-2042
PRO23
PRO31
PRO32
PRO-34
PRO36
PRO37
PRO39
PRO42
PRO-43

FIG-4: SOLDERIWIRING SIDE

Gl"oll ild (oj

IIFM CHIP
TYPE
(

CKT
SYM
v arious

MC3357 P
IC4
MC-3357P
?
MC-336 1N
IC-200
MC-3361 N
IC201
MC-3361 N
IC-201
TKl0420
U20l
MC-3357P
IC-4
MC3357 P
IC-4
MC-3357 P
IC-l0 1
MC-3357P
IC-l04
TK-10420
IC-2
TK-l0420
IC-2
TK-10420
IC-2 :>1;
TK-l 0420
IC-l
MC-3357P
IC-l 01
TK-l0420
IC-2
MC-3361N
IC-l
MC-336 1N
IC-2
MC3361 N
IC-2
TK-l0420
IC-2
TK-l 0420
IC-2
MC-3361BD
IC-l
TK-l0420
IC-l
TK-l0420
IC-1Dl
TK-l0420
IC-l0l
TK-l0420
IC-lOl
TK-l0420
IC-l Ol
MC-3361 N
IC-2Dl
MC-3361N
IC-2
TK-l0427
IC-3Dl
or TK10420 IC-3Dl
PRO44
MC-3361 N
IC-2Dl
PRO-51
MC-3361BD
IC-l
PRO-62
MC336 1N
IC-30 1
or KA3361N IC301
,. Reference o nly: mod not appli cabl

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Pon-to-pon wn'lg paths on back side of boar d

Phy SICel WlITlglo pon s n the SCIW'lel'

o . Ac\iYeholes (il us e) for c ornponerC leads and 00

o Nctive holes (net used) on per lbOard

A-D Cortrol S9"lOl porIs fer 4066 swtcn ~s

4 show how to huild the simple ci rcuit on a

piece of pcr fboard. Connectio n and hookup arc
not critical. The prim ary co nside ration is where
to make the co nnect ions. In all cas es , the path
between the hy steresis resistor and pin 14 must
be cut and the "contacts" of the 4066 switch
wi red to each side of the "C Ui,"
If the hysteresis resi stor has leads. then cut
an exposed lead and so lde r the 4066 "co ntacts"
10 the cut end s. In most ca ses. the hysteresi s
resistor will be a tiny chip resistor: slit the PCB
trace bet ween tha i resistor and pin 14 of the
NFM chip. Find pad s o n either side of the cut to
so lder the wires from the 4066 switch. If nece ssary. one of the wires can be so ldered directl y
to pin 14 of the IC (it's rugge d ). Just don ' tlet a
so lder-b lob get betwe en adja cent pin s.
If the scanner is a PRO-2(XW. 200 5. 20 35. or
2042 . the co ntro l pin of the 4066 switch must
go to the scanner's mut e fun ction (sec Figure2 ). For al l other- co mpatible scanner s. it must go
to the "s q uelch gute" pi n 13 o r the Nf- M c hip.
The t-) ground of the 4066 boa rd should be
connec ted via an IS-gauge so lid wire to the
chassis of the scanner. e ithe r by nut/bo lt mec hanica! mean s or by d irect solde ring. Thi s
mak es a functional mount. too. DC pow er
(+ Vcc) should be a source o f regulated +5v in
the scanner (O ut lug of IC-8 in the PRO-20041
5/203512042; sec caveats) .

Caveats
I . Do not pe rform this or any sque lch moo tothe
PRO -2IX)6 !
2. AOR und Regency scanners listed in T able I
may or may not be co mpatible with this mod .
Ver ify the hystere sis resis tor and sq uelch gate
(use a vo ltme ter while setting and break ing
sque lch ) at NFM pin 13.
3. Sque lch gate at Pin 13 of the NFM chip is
alway s O-volts (lo w) when sque lch is se t. and
-eVcc (high) whe n sque lch breaks.

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Pon -lo-pcwt wr ng peth$ on THS side 01botIrd

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A -D COl1Iot S9\llI pM$ lor 4066 $YVCctl ~ $

4. If the sq uelc h gale (high) at NFM pin 13 is

greater than +6 v. the 4066 c ircuit must be
powe red from +8\' . Most scanners usc +5v
logic at pin 13. bu t verify first!
5. T he PRO -2004/5/2035/2042 use +8v logic at
IC 2. pin 13. bu t since we usc the +5v mute to
trigger o r co ntrol the 4066 . the v ee DC must
he +5v . (Se e Fig 2.) Thi s mod for these four
scanne rs doesn' t use NFM pin 13. A ll othe r
sca nners probabl y will use it!
6. Handheld scanners have a lmost no " rea l
esta te" for extra boards. Try building the c ircuit
"dead bug" style . wi th the chip g lued upside
do wn in an open area . So lder the parts and
wires d irectly to the pin s of the chip. Use tiny
1/8 or 1/10 watt resistor s 10 co nse rve space .

Freebies
Th e 4066 boa rd has three spare switch con (acts ! So lo ng as you abid e by the Note 2 in
Figu rc-Z, you ca n use these three spares for
anything you like . Build yo ur board so that the
spare co ntro l pins and co ntac ts arc readi ly
accessible. (p inline plug s and sockets) , and
they'll he availa ble for all sorts of switching
needs ! (Sec Note I in Figu re-2.) Sec tio ns A, B.
and C arc sho wn as sp ares while Section Dis
used fo r the sq uelc h mod.
Te ch suppo rt for this and a ll my articles is
free ly a vailable by e -mail. If you inq uire abo ut
compa ti ble radi os. it will probably be mandatory tha t yo u first have a serv ice manu a l. Here
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RADlO.RELATED SOFTWARE REVIEWS

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John Cot%no,
i-catalano@conknet.com

Bones or Bargain?

wise o ld say ing ad vise s (hat yo u

cann o t ma ke c h ic ken sa lad fro m
c hic ken
. c r. s hall we sa y,
bones, Not quite \:Crl):~ilIl. but I' m sure y;m
get the mc ssag ,.~.. O n the ot he r hand . m)'
mo ther-ill -law used to say. "An y fool call pay
ful l price." ! must co ntcsx tha t Iagree wit h her
wh oleh ear tedl y. We see m to he in a culture
th at sets value s by the price we pa y. Hig he r
price must be bc ucr, right?
C a ll it per verse. h ut I ta ke mo re plea ... urc in
hunting down qu ali ty. so me times outdated.
rad io equip ment and computers at g ive -a way

prices-for example. the thre e Compaq l'ortable III co m pute rs I bou ght at a hamfc st last
fall fur $30. No. not each: for a ll th ree . To the
se lle r. the se S 10 compu te rs seeme d as use ful

as chic ke n "h ones ."

In a pa st co lum n. w h ile re v iewing a new

product. I co mme nted that using that p rod uct
in .1 DO S env iro n men t wo uld he very di fflcult. The prod uct was Rosetta Lab "s ver y fine
Win Radio . 1 co m pute r-co ntro lled receive r
w h ic h cov er s O.S to 1.300 Mli z. A ll major
modes arc inc lude d : AM . Fivl narrow. FM
w ide . and SS R. T he whol e re cei ve r is hou sed
o n a PC e xpan sion ho ard that pl ug s into a 16bit slot.
Hm -m -tu . wouldn't it be nice to hav e a O.S
to 1.300 M ll z rec ei ver inside a portable cornputcr! Mcdiu mwa vc . sho rtw av e. VH F lo w .
co m me rc ia l FM. V HF-hi g h. an d UH F- t hat
wo uld mak e a n ift y all purpose recei ve r.
Co uld we have fo und a p ur pos e for the

Co mpaq s"
But wa it. It' s ca lled \ VinRadio for a rca As \I/ C fou nd nut in the pas t re vie w of
Winkadio it d id indeed work q uite well in
Windows 3. 1 using a 3X6 an d I M eg abyte of
R A M as a min imum. In Wi ndow s a graphical
de piction o r a receive r g ivc s us ca sy acces s to
all monit oring fun cti on s v ia sim ple point an d
cli ck mo use lise . But tbats in Windo ws!
W hat ca n we do in DOS?
C o ntrol o f Wi n kadi c in DOS is pretty
much a type-a -line situ at ion. Fore xam ple. to
set the vol u me level to half its maxi mum we

SOil .

'I I< ''',,'~ '. 1 ", '

co'!!!!!.
Ho w ca n we use the ten yt.?ar o ld. 2X6. 12
M Hi. plasm a sc reen co m puter shown in Figure I? Le t' s see . Althoug h the Co m paqs have
40 Megabyte hard d rive s. the y only ca me
with 6..Wk o r RA i\1. Rem e mb er the days
wh en tha t was the sta nd ard '! C irca 1987. Th at
wa s before Bill Gates im pressed W ind o ws
3. 1 o n the world . T hL' non- standard memory
ty pe and arra ngeme nt used by Co mpaq makes
me mo ry expansio n re lativ e ly expens ive .
Th ere fore as they sta nd. we call on ly usc the
Co m paqs to run DOS appli cat ion s .
So . for se ve ral month s the y just sat un der
Illy co m pu te r desk . ta unt ing me to com e up
wi th a use . Thi s C ompaq model is uniq ue in
thut it ha s a box whi ch fits on the ba ck which
allow s yo u 10 add full size PC expa nsion
boa rd s. Thi s fea ture is 110 t a va ilab le 0 11 the
3X6 1apto ps in Illy co llec tio n nor the 4X6 1BM
Th ink Pad. (See wh ere we' re g o ing?)

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have to type ""DOSRADIO V IY", The V

ind ica tes that we wis h to co n tro l volume . The
IS is the le vel o ut of a max imum of 3 J . T o se t
the frequen cy we re pla ce th e V 15 wit h
Fx x xxxx x, w here the x xxx xxx represe nt s the
Frequency we de sire in k Hz - not very easy

to tunc and usc . to say the le ast.

But what if there was a liulc DOS pro g ra m? A pro g ram th at wo uld al low us the
ab ility to di splay the ba sic current settings o f
the rece ive r an d cha nge them via sing le key
strok e s? T hen we would ha ve co n ve rte d a
$ 10 com p uter into a useful. portable. mo nitor ing to o l. Wel l. wit h a bit of poki ng arou nd
the W inRaJio di sk and manual. and some
ve ry (an d I mean I'l'/y) sim ple ba tc h file rc wording . it may be a re a lity. I heard you say
it. "C an the c hea ps ka te do it with a 5 10
com p ute r?" Le t's sec.

Teaching Old DOS New Tricks

If we want to progra m in C or C++. page
14 1 of the Winkadio manual is a good starting po int. I lo we vc r, I mu st con fess that the
last thing I wa nt to do tod ay is start p rogram m ing . Hey. we sta rt co olTto ha ve so me simp le
fun ! And wh y re inve nt the wh eel. wh en it ' s
already been done? Ro se tta Labs incl uded a
program ca lled wr.e xe on the Win Rad io d isk.
Th is program a llows us 10 co ntro l [he ba sic
fu nct ions of W in Radio fro m s ing le key strok e s. Fig ure 2 is the o nly scr een whic h
appe ars when wr.cx c is ru n. and a ll the ke ystrok e s arc listed o n the screen.
Ma nu al receiver contro l in DO S is that
easy . O perati o n is a s simple as it so unds .
Freq uen cy. Mode . Volume. and Sens itiv ity
arc at the co ntro l of a $ 10 golden o ld ie co m puter. Even the bea t freq uen cy osc illator
(B l-Oj. usc d w hen recei ving sing le side band
signals (5S B). is ke y co ntrollabl e. O K. so the

OS Rad i o us age :
1,

Set f r equ en cy
Cha nge lQode
3:
Local /DX
I
tlute a ud i o ( a ny ot her key res tores a ud io)
8:
sc :
Ex it
I
eft curs or : Decrea se volum e
I
l ollt c urso r: In crea se volum e
In c r ea se freq uen cy by 1 kHz
p curs or :
oun cu r s or : Decr ease frequency by U kHz
In crea se fr equ en c y by S kHz
In s ert :
Decrea s e fr equ en cy by 5 kHz
e le te :
ome:
In c r ea se frequ en cy by 10 kHz
nd :
Decre as e fre qu en cy by 10 kHz
Incre as e frequency by 38 kHz
a ge Up :
Decr ea s e f r eq uen cy by 39 kHz
.ge Doun:
In c r ea se BFO f r eq uency
Decrea se BFO frequ en cy
InRad i o f or DOS (vl .Bl) - Copyright (c ) 1995 , Roset ta Laborat or ie s , Pty. Lt d .
r eque nc y : 105900 kHz
tlode : FMU
UOlume: 15
Se nsi t i v ity : DX

z:

J CSCANI .BAT 1:.-:

In s Ind Tab:8
ROLl : 1
Co l : 1
Chr :61 KB:O
00 : 0 6
echo off
c ho "Us ag e : s can i <st ep s i ze> <s e ns i t i u i t y > ( other UinRad io paranet ers)"
CHO.
osradio on %3 %1 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
e n s e t u p UinRad io for s ca nn i ng by pre-initi alizing {opt i ona l }
: loop
os radJo %1
e ~ inerenent frequency (first pdran et er - c[freq] )

to usc \VinRadi o or other " intere sting" PC

card appl ian ce s. For example. addi ng a sound
spe ctru m prog ram. we co uld al so have a
port able sound spectru m analyzer. Hm-m- m .
I sho uld be able to pick up a n old so und ca rd
fo r th e pr ice of a McDonald ' s valu e meal ..

LS

OSRnDIO S
CHO STEP SET TO 1% KHz
CHO SENS ITIVI TY SET TO

x2

RANGE (0-100 ) , 100=HIGH SIGNAL

if not errorl eue l %2 goto loop

e rn _ c hec k ' t o s e e if s l yn(d level LIdS greater than the second parameter
ern if not , goto loop .
osrad i o

CHO .
en s hOLl final UinRadio s t a t us .
cho .
hoice / c : yo / 0 Conti nue sca nn i ng?
if not error l ev el 2 goto loop
c ho .
c ho Fini shed s c a nn i n !
F1Chart FZPrtBF F3Det BL F1Cs e BL FSU r it eBF6Re adB F7J stBL FBSrtBL F9Ta bBL F10Di sp
me mo ry chan ne l fu nctio n is mi ssing. B ut
wit h thi s exceptio n. it ope ra tes like a trad itio nal short wa ve. de sk recei ver. Th e use of a
coaxi al-fed . o ut side a nte nna is a i\.I UST wit h
a ll the c o mputer ge nera ted c loc k sig nals ru nning a ro und. Th e supplied ante nna work s
we ll if it is mo un ted o utside and as far away
from the co mputer a s possi ble.

But Can It Scan?

In order to use an y VHF/U HF recei ver.
sca nning between two frequencies is a lm ost a
nece ssity. Alth o ug h a program ca lled sca n.bar
a lso e xists on the W ink adio disk , it m isses the
use ful ma rk. It is written as a ha tch tile wh ich
make s it lim ited in its ope ratio n, but it is also
very easy to mo dify.
T o usc the sca n.ba t file the use r types in:

scan HOO SO 1'162400

T he num ber a fte r the I ( 100 in this c ase) . is the
freque ncy step in kl-l z. Th e se ns itivity is set at
50 o ut o f a range of 0 to I DO ( Yo u cun thi nk of
it as ,I sque lch-type sett ing), T he frequ en cy
wi ll he increm ent ed by the ste p ( 100 kl-l z)
unt il .1 sig na l g reater tha n SO is fo und , Th e n
the prog r'llll sto ps and asks yo u ifyo u want 10
co ntin ue scanning or q uit. Putting a mi nus
sig n in fro nt o f the 100 ma ke s the receiver
sca n do wnwar d in freq uen c y. . . It rea lly
make s yo u appreciate you r Rad io Sh ack scanncr! W ith .111th at effort, scan.bat can on ly run
the frequency onc way . either up or do wn .
Can we add mort: so phist ica tio n? Let' s try .
A s it wa s writte n. the program ad ds th e
ste p freq ue ncy and the n checks the freq uen cy
fo r a sig na l and its stre ng th. If signa l stre ng th
is g reat er tha n the valu e \ I,!C typed in . the sc an
sto ps ant! thc rece ive r parameter s arc di sp layed . If no sig nal is prese nt the prog ram
" loo ps" around and add s ano ther ste p trc-

qucn cy am ou nt to the last frequ e ncy . T hen

the wh ole process sta rts aga in tuning the
radio to a hig he r frequen cy.
Us ing the Ed it command we ca n modi fy
the sc a n.hat file. The re sult ing ba tc h fi le.
JCSCA N l .bat. Figure 3, has a few c hange s.
First. va lues we 'v e ente red for the ste p fre qu e ncy an d scan sto p sig na l le vel a rc no w
displayed wh ile we arc sc a nning, A lso . the
frequency that we a rc tuned to at the mo me nt
is di splayed and co nsta ntly updated. A la s. the
"Gill rate is a sna il's pace o f o ne frequen cy
ste p pe r seco nd - a prod uct of o ur "simple"
ba tch fil e co nt ro l approach.

Salad or Bones?
Well. to be fa ir. we a re o nly ba tting 50
per cent . As sho rtwa ve rece iver o ur $ 10 co mput cr co ntrullcd DO S W in Radi o is q uite useful. W ith the e xceptio n of memory c hanne l
sto ragc/ rcc n!l. it L10e s it all. But as a sca nner
its usc is lim ited. Eit he r we can use it to c raw l
o ver the VIIF/U HF spec trum , o r we can use
it as a sing le freq uen cy mo nitor. More so ftware development is required , If yo u have the
ambition to write DO S ba sed softwa re for
Wi nk udio . Evmail it to me so we call share it
w ith everyo ne.
As we a lread y hav e seen. the Com paq
Portable has two strike s against it in tcdays
windows wo rld : a 286 slo w proc e ssor and
o nly (HOk of m emory. Th ere are q uit e a
number o f co m puters wh ich have the sa me
limit ation s a nd there fore can be bo ug ht for
the price of a video tape. Re member. the
features th at made th e Compaq intere sting to
me we re its portab ility a nd its e xpan sion slo t
capabi lit y. S incc u pl asma sc reen is pan of the
cabi ne t. 11 0 hea vy. bulky mon ito r is req uired.
The e xpans io n slo t is nece ssary to be ab le

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ARINCs New Technologies

Whats New in ACARS

he A ircraft C 0l1l111 11 11 il..'at i on:-. Add rev ing and Repon ing S~ "'IL'lII ( /\ C AR S ) i a

VHF <ai r-to-ground data link that routes

message.. between a ...pccific aircraft and ;1

g ro und proc essing f,u.: ility . Implement ed in

\l.J 7S, ACA RS is used hy major U.S. and internat iona l airl ines. rcgil ll1 al airlines. cor po rate
airc raft. a nd governmen t .rgcucic... 10 as,;isl ill
the effi c ie nt npcranonal cnnuol 01" aircra ft hy

both llight ope rations anti

<I i I'

traffic services

faci lities .

Today . over k500 uircrati transmit and rcceive more than X.X) million me ......age... 1'1I: r
mo nt h via Ae ron aut ic a l Rad io Jill ' , (A R I:'\C I
ACA RS . Alt ho ugh tlri g illa ll ~ dc vigncd ,I'" a
VHF sy stem . AC,\ RS now ;11'0 uril i/c -, hoth

sate IIitc and IIF mode -, a.. \\'\.'11.

ACARS Signal Cha ra cte rist ics

Th e ACA RS s i~ lI a l i.. compri sed of a 2-HlO
Baud message da tahi I ... trc.nn 10 diffe rentially
AM modulate the tran.. . miner car rier u... ing 121 )(1
and 2...00 1I/ loIIC.... :\ 121K) l lv ronc indicat e . . a
bi t c hange fnuu the proc eeding hit. while a
2-l00 li z 10111: indicate- 110 hit change.
A~\'1 m od lil ali o ll , l""l:d tor a irluuul VIII: \ nice
communlcmions. i... abo lI ..eel for AC r\ RS trnnvmissions. Unlikt. 1"7\.1. t\ ~ l ... i!!J1aJ., an.' 1101 ...tlh
jcc t to Doppk r Elht:1. IHlr do \. ... a slrongl'r
signal lllutCwca kcr O IlC ....
ACARS Ill l: ~ sa g c franl\.s lllll' i.. . t, tIl'a mini
mum of 50 to i.l llla.xiIlHllll lJr 272 char.lctcr.. . or
bytes. C h ;l ral' l cr~ U...C .I 7 hil ASC lIl'otk with
an additioll;d I:ighth hit parit)', ~ k s sage trall',mi.. sion duw tioll typicall y la,,,, hetwecn 0. 17
.md 0 5) 1 sllomb. Bel'au' l' o f Ihi.. short time
faclor. Ihl: sljud ch colll rol Oil you r Sl'a nnl"r/
rccl"iver ...hould he int h\.' off or "stjlle k h 0lx' n"
position .

ACARS Component s
Three lIlajmd ..lIlen"' lOl1l pri.. .l' tl1\. AC r\ RS
~ c tw n rk .

I. The Airhorne SUh...y...ICIl1 (onho;ml lh\. aircraft). which lon, i...", 'If Ih\. \.Ianagl..'llll..'n t and
Control ulli",.
2. The ARI:'\C Groulld Sy...II. I11, l.'IHl,i, tillg of
the ACAR S VHF Re llllJl\. ~ \. Iw t lrk , . thl'
ACA RS From ,\.nd pfl)\,.\.....l lr Sy,t cll1 (r\ FEPS I
<lnd the AJUNC Elccln llli\. Sw itt.:h ing Syst\,. lll
(lOSS).

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J . T he Air Ca n'icrCf (Com man d and Con trol}

and \.Ian agcml'nt Sub..y...tern s wh ich incl ude
groun d -ba...cd flight operat ion v, maintenan ce
cemers. dispatch office.., ell'.. of the vnri ou -,
airline carrie rs wh o arc ACAR S-Ctluippcd.

copy printer locat ed in the coc kpi t. and an

optional au xiliary terminal l O AT), possibl y in
the form o f a CRT /Keyhoard device (Video

Airb orne SUbsyst em Config uration

..y..te rns lTIay inc lude : Com bined Faull Data

Indicat or Cnit tC FDlu): Digit<ll Flight Dala
Acquivitiou Recorder (DFDAU1: Flight Man -

:\h lmlgeme nl Unit (.\ IUI: The Airborne

Subsystem Vlunagem ent Unit (\. IU ) rece ives
g ro un d- to air Illl..'s..age.. from the radio Iran.. cc ivc r to whic h il is connected and co ntru l, the
rr.ui-mi..cion of ai r-to-ground di g itul mcs.. agl."

through the ..ante device. It i.. capable ofoperation in t wo mode... During Demand Mode. it
tran ... mi t-, mcs ... age ~ when the nee d uri...c-, a nd
\\ hen it de termine ... that the ACARS RF c hannc l i.. free of traffic : in Po lled ~ I od c , it tran vmit- onl y in rc'pon.. c 10 a mc-,...;tge tpo lll from
the ground station tha t i... uddrc ...... eel to Ihe
specific aircraft (the procedure i.. ... imi lur to that
of Sdec ti\"l..' Ca ll Paging ).
The \:I U ga thc r.. dal a for tra n"'lIIi...sillll' 10
Ihe ground ~ la t i o n from the Airhorne Suh
sy..tl:m Colllrol Unil (CUI and Ihe Eve nt Sl'nSO l'S 0 11 Ih\,. airnafl (used tllr <lutomatie OUI.
O fr. On and In limc repol1ing - know n a ~
0001). An ;lddiliOlml m e S ~it ge sourl'l' may
abo he provid l.'d Ihrough an Optio nal Auxil
iary Tcrminal (OAT ).
E n nl R l'(: u rdi l1 ~ : O FF and O N e \'en'" aI'\.'
typicall y rel'orded through ~C llS or ... in Ih\.
aircraft s landing gear. IN and OUT !:\'erlh arc
usually triggered by th\. dosing or opc ning of
passengl..'r door or (he reIca..\,. or applical itIII of
aircraft brak!.' Scpa rate EWllt Sl"INl r... ;Irc
u...eJ \\ hich all t o matka ll ~ r\.n lrd Ill\.' 1,'\ \.' 111 \,.'1 111Jili on and Ih!.' UTC time.
An OCT ,,\,\: nl non nally r"k r.. In til" tim!.'
th!.' airnaft i... " Off lhe Gat": ' or whl:ll Ih"
~li rna ft i, pl",hcJ h<l ck~d hy thl.' lug. The Il.'nn
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ARINC's HF Data Link Service
November I. 1995. marked the beginn ing o f
A R INC 's ne w G LO BA L in k/ H F se rvi ce.
ARINC' s implementation of wo rldw ide HF datu
link service is based o n two custo mer-driven
needs: a cos t-e ffec tive da ta link fo r long-range
ope rations and a backup d ata link for aircraft
with SATCO M.
Many aircra ft operators wo uld like to benefit
fro m the capabilities available ' . .-ith a SATC O!\'1
dat a link . hut cannot j ustify the high cost o f the
associated avionic s. By using ex isting HF avion ics and the antenna on the airc raft. ope rators
ca n have HF data link ut a fractio n o f the cos t.
Service costs arc co mparable to SA TCOM and
well below IIF vo ice cos ts. Such afforda bility
me ans o perators nfc lass ic. cargo . and co rporate
a ircra ft can a lso rea lize data link benefits .
A nothe r majo r benefi t o f G LO BA Linkl HF
is that it can be used in a complementary mode
to SA TCOM. The two syste ms use diffe rent
avionic s. ante nnas . propagat ion pa th s. an d
ground statio ns. If one sys tem is una vailable.
the othe r sys te m can be used as an alternative.
GLOBA Link/HF als o pr ovide s SAT CO ~ [
equipped a irc raft with the benefit of ex tended
dat a link coverage in the polar regions where
SA TCOM co verage is min imal and in eq uato ria l reg ion s whe re SATCO t\.t performance ca n
be degrade d by atmospheric phe nomena. Aircra ft eq uippe d with bo th HF da ta link and
SATCOM have co ntinuous g lobal da ta link
coverage .
Lon g-range data link can reduce aircraft operating cos ts. Whcn the aircraft is outside VH F
ACARS range , HF da ta link ca n pro vide the fu ll
range ofACA RS applic ation s. includ ing engine
mon itor ing. fligh t fo llowi ng. we ather dat a.
ETO Ps dare. and fligh t plan upl ink s.
G LO BALink / HF a llow s q uick. accur ate

transmi ssio n ofoperutional da ta and e limi nate s

the need for c rew transc ription of voice message s. Trial usc customers state tha t hav ing
m ui nt cn un c c dut a tr an sm itted
ove r
G LO BALin kl HF allow s them to de tec t and
correct aircraft p roblems. thu s avo iding d iver sio ns. A sing le avoi ded d iver sion pay s for the
av ionics and service ma ny times ove r.
Oceanic data links arc also a req uired capability for aircraft to gain man y of the benefits
associated with CNS /ATfv1. such as reduced
se paratio n. cruise climbs. ami preferred route s.
G LO BALink/ HF is designed to suppo rt these
ai r traffic control programs based o n ACARS.
FANS . and Aeronau tical Telecommunications
Network ( A T ~).
The G LOBALi nkl HF serv ice is be ing impleme nted in two phases. The first wi ll usc the
existing HF d ata link ground infrastruc ture in
the No rth Atlamic.In the seco nd phase. ARINC
will de ve lop and deploy an HF data link system
based o n the airline indu stry sta ndard pro tocol
(A RINC ( 35) . Thc second- phase sy ste m will
event ually provide wo rldwi de coverage .
Th e laun ch cus tome r for thi s serv ice is Del ta
Ai r Lines.In c. Delta has equipped and certified
II o f its Boeing 767/3 00 ER aircraft with HF
data link avionics tha t allow it to access the
service . Della has been using the service Oil a
tri al basis for thc past year. ARINC ex pec ts
Co ntine nta l Airlines. Inc.. a nd two o ther major
airlines to begin use th is year.
G LO BA I.ink/ l lr communicat ion s station s
in the North At lantic arc o perated by Ncw lia st
Wi reless Te leco m in Newfou nd land. Ca nada :
Icel and Pos t and Tclccom's Gu funcs Tc lccor nmunicatio n Ce nter: ami Stoc kholm Radio in
Swede n. Messages to and fro m the aircraft arc
ro uted through o ne of these stations. Message
processing and radio freq ue ncy co ntro l arc
ma naged at :'1 centra l site. Processed messages
arc delivered to airline ope rations centers ami
to ci vil a viatio n autho rities (C A As ) v ia AR l:":C
and AFTN/C ID IN ground networks.
Acco rding to Moira Kelly. Sy stem Manager
Communication/ Navigation . Delta Air Lin es.
" HF data is e ffect ive even when HF vo ice is
degraded . It provides us acce ss tnour aircraft in
reg ions of the world that were previ ou sly inaccess ible . Wc now usc it for direct inputs from
the aircraft to our new Flight Planning Sy stem
and ou r Flight Followi ng Sys te m. p rovid ing
veloc ity. wi nd. te mpera ture. fuel . true a irspeed .
and other d ata. Th is helps o ur ni ght plan ning
function immeasurabl y. We can eve n upl oad a
who le new flight plan whi le the airc raft is en
route in a remot e are a. We ju st ca n' t do that
with vo ice . It' s unbelievable."
"F urthermore. " add s Ke lly. "we have found
HFDL (0 be more robust than satellite. with
better nvnilabilit y and integri ty. Th e flight crews
greatly prefer d al<l \;,ollllll unicntions 10 vo ice : '

The HI-' data link is an ae ronautical air/

gro und packet da tu net work wh ich will allow
aircraft to lise exi sting on-board AC ARS data
managem en t unit s to se nd und receive da ta via
n network of H F grou nd sta tions. Eac h gro und
statio n will provide se rvice on three or more
frequencies simultaneo usly. To assis t with thc
search fura usable freque ncy. ea ch HF data link
g round station broadcasts sys tem manage me nt
uplink packets {tsq uittcrs"} every 32 second s
o n three or mo re act ive frequenc ies. Aircra ft
can measure the quality o f eac h channel and use
thi s info ttl sele ct and auto matical ly tunc to a
frequ ency which will a llow error-free transmi ...... ion wit h adaptive rates o f 150. 300. 600.
12(M). and IXOO bp.... r\ net work o f 9 - 1-l HF data
link grou nd vtatiunv w ill e xtend the coverage of
VHF ACA RS network... on a wo rldwide ba sis
to ove r-water !lig hts including air ro utes ove r
the Atlantic. No rth Pole . S. A me rica . Africa.
the Pac ific. and Asia.
Th e following companies are invo lved in
the II I-" da ta link projec t: Ncw Eas t Wi rele ss
T cl cco rn. Lt d . Newfo u nd la nd . C a nad a ;
S toc kho lm Radi o. Sweden: Ice land G ufun es
Tclcconun unlc at lon s Ce nter. Ice land : Ameri can Airlines. Dcl ta Airlines. United Airlin es.
and USA ir.
S toc kholm Rad io has three active frcq ucnci cs: 4595 . I 1223 and X971k Hz. There arc also
three freque ncie s for Icel and. Th e Canad ians
have vix frequ encie s to suppo rt HF Dutalin k. o f
whi ch III X3 uml I 33-l0 k Hz are active. During
the trinlx. tilt: fo llo wing freque ncie s were used
by the various ...un ion s: 126 20 .673 7.19800.
1.1568. 7756. 386 2. 20068 k Hz. The 6 MH z
frequency for C anada W,IS later rep lace d by a
10 Mli l freq uen cy.
Unfortuna tely. no ne ofthe curre nt ACA RS
decoder s arc capabl e o f decoding H F AC ARS .

Periormence Upgrades
JRC NRC 525/535
Son y ICF-20l0

AOR AR7030

Yaesu FRG-l00

Lowe HF150 and AP/S P-150

RS DX-394

tlfft>f~ 01 vancry of per formance up grades for the

lolluwi n~ receive rs whic h includ e fille r modi ficat ion :>
10 a udro enhanceme nts.
Co ntact Kiw a fo r d e tails o r

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1112 Sou th 14th Ave., Yakima WA 98902
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V-Link, Personal Voice-Link System

By Steve Donnell, WAIYKl

nc o f the latest prod ucts to make use

o f the (Jl)::! - lJ2X f\1I--Iz hand is the VLink from Ycs! Entertainment Corp.
T V adverti sem ent ... for the V-Link appt.'ar to he
prom ot ing it as a low-co st alternat ive to ce llular
phones and pagers for u...e hy teenagers. and as
a posvibl.... competitor with UHF rad ios in the
new Fam ily Radio Service .
f\kasuri ng only : 2. 1 x 5.5 x .95 inches.
available in several "mod v colors and bering a
vcry d ose resemblance 10 a Motorola "Flip phone ," the V-Link actua lly boils dow n to
be ing a 900

~'1I1 1

" kidd ie talk ie" ha nd- hel d

transceiver. B UI it', cle arly a lotmore sophisti catcd than the o ld style 27 Ml-lz (or 49 Mil , )
Space Patrol radio s that were aro und when
llIany o r us were grow ing up.
Th L': V-Lin k cnn opcnu c on 18 di ff ercnt 9()()
Mill. Frequencies (sec be low). whic h arc automaticall y se lec ted by the v -Link computer.
9 16.S75 Ml I/ IHlWC\'L': L seems 10 be used as its
com mon culling/vtandby freque ncy. The VLink is speci fied ,I'" ha ving a range o r ..thre e
block s.' but this may Ill' pushing it a bit. as lah
Illl'asurelllell(;, indil';Itc thL': V-Link's tra nsmitter has a power OlllpUI lew l of only .2 Ill\\',
W hal n:..t1 ly 'cf;, the V-Link apart from
tltlll'r radio " Ioys" is ils more ad\'a nced fcatures- -o ne o f whit'h illdude:-- <I digita l \'o icc
relon k r. While it has only 20 seconds o r rt'

cunling time. it ca ll he used ;1;, a

voice midi syst em to store IllUIt iplc
tuc vsugc... front folk s u"ing their
own v -Link - In contact you . Th e
voice recorde r C3 n al...o he USI.u to
...tore your own me... sages for playba ck later or mothe r V-Li nk u...c r....

The V-Link can also function

j ustlike a pager in that it ca ll be vet
to "beep" or even vibrate when1.'\"C' r another V-Link wis hes to con tact ) o u. It ha... a fairly advanced J igita l lD code
prot oco l Ihal a llows a \' -Link user 10 sclc ctivc ly contac t other v- Links: A user must first
prog ra m his or her (Wi n I I) code num ber in the
unit. then sele c t the ID co de of another V- Lin k
Ill" usc nvwildcunl" o ption to trunsm itmessagc-,
[ 0 a group of USI.!'S that have similar II) 1H11Il
hers. The II) code from the v -L ink is transmitted as a high-speed data burst. Th is is heard as
a short hU ll whic h is se nt at the beginn ing of a
uun smi".. ion.
We were initially intrigued by one of the VLink' ... udvcrti...cd features: being able 10 trunvmil ..private.. message s to oth er V- Linb . \\'a ...
Ihis MI IIIC InK' of digilal slTambling lcl'lmiquc'!
~ o l l .\ al."l ly , 1t turneJ out 10 be one uf lhe ways
Ihal Ihe Vl.i l1 l\ lI "CS its ot her programm,thk
frl'ljUenl'ie'. Whcn .1"p ri\atc" link is sd e(.' lI.d.
Ihc 1I11ils arl. ...hiftcu off 10 olle of the olhcl
a\'ailah lC' 1.'11:111111.'1 .... If the firsl dlallnd is occ u~

pied. then the V-Linkx shifl down 10 the ne xt

one.
All voice com municat ions with the V-Link
lake place u.. ing regular analog FM . Howe ver.
given i", mea sured freque ncy devia tion (1ll0UUlation kvell of slightly over 25 kHz. to clea rly
moni tor amlin from a V-Link will requi re .1
sca nner that can be set to wid cba nd FM.
Till:' V-Link is avai lable from u number of
retail outle ts. Our s was bo ugh t at 101.'.11 T oys 'R'
LJ ... for on ly 579.95. The V-Lin k is powered by
;1 snap -on batter y pack that holds four AAt\
cell s. For an ext ra 530.00. you can also get a
rechargeable NiCd batte ry pack. Please note
tha t. de... pitc the Vvl.ink name. there is NO
con nection between the Vvl.i nk am] that o r VTec h. the co mpany [hal mark ets 900 MHz
cord less pho nes.

OPERATING FREQUENCIES FOR

THE V-LINK:
903.4875 MHz
9400000
904.5000
905.1375
905.6625
906.3375
907.0000
907.6625
908.5000
909.3375

9 10.2375
910.9125
912.0000
913.3375
914.0875
915.0000
9 15.8625
9 16.8750'
Primary ca lling sta ndby
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New Pocket Transceivers From Radio Shack

By Bob Grove, WA4PYO

he' ncwl y-c,a<lhli,hcd. UHF (-1621-167

t\IHI.I. t:,unil\' Radio Scr\-i cc has lx'cn
n:ce i\'ing a grc"lt(k'll of aUention lrom
manufaclun.:rs 1.;'lgl.rt IH:a...h in on a new marl\el.
Scn:r.t1 two -WilY . ha ndhel d rad io ... h<l\'C'
c lllcrgeJ. <ll1long thc newe st of whic h is Ihe
FRS II)X fn llll Rild i() Shill:l\. thc l.'ompa ny thill
ori l!inilted lhl. FRS l'Olll'l'pL
Feilturingi lll Lei ) wimlow showi ng dw nncl
num hcr. h ' y Itld stailis. and hattery slalus. Ihl:'
\'est. pockel. sil.l' handil' -wll\ ic oile rs 1-1 cha nnels. auttlsque k h. and a !lir -up !lex <.11l ll.1l1lil,
Powc.:rl'd hy thrc.: c.: Ar\ :.t1 kalinc cel ls. Ihe l OX
pUis O U[ ~() () Illilliwilll" of power. a nti claim.. a
maximu m onl:' -lllik' range .
Eagc.: r 10 l'o tllpan: it wilh cslahli.. hl'd. VIIF

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high ha nd ( 150 ~l HlI . hu.. iIll...... hillld handic talki l:'s. I

10 01\ Olll' C'ad l of thl:' 1\\0 radi os illlJ hl:'ill.kJ oul of Ihe
tlfli l.'c. 5Ul', 111)' intrepid c~)I
kag lh..' h.lt.:k ill hcadquarters,
had Ihe m,lIing pair or H T~ .
Thl' U HF llnih were opl:'r'lling al their rall'd J OO IllW.
wh ik' the VII I.' lrans(.'civcrs
WCl'l' sl.1 ill low P(I\Vl' r-500
1lI\V . I"lltlgh ly l'qual.
It... '1 111l hlcalll\.'c\,idl.:nl ihat
Ihe lowcr frl.'quelley rad i o ~
had a . . Iighl I.dgc O\"L':I" the
pod l.: 1 p Prl a h ll.: ... . and Ihis

L'llUld haw hccn predicted. Th e longer \vavcIl'nglhs more I:'asily followe d the contours of
tIll' undulaling lerr ain. and Ihe ante nnas were
longer. illlcrccp ting more signa l nn n:cei \'l'.
The 2.:! d B may ha\'e made a slig ht Ji fferencc
a... \\'1..'1 1. Th c c h'lracleristic " picke t fencc" llulll:'ring at U HF W ..IS ev ide nt as I walkcd .I S wel l.
But the S129.95 radio pc rformeJ \vel l. anJ
i... l.:.\lrcme ly n lillr act. lightweight, and co nvenicn[. Balle ry life i.... morc than Ionhour s- and
IhrlI.' A/\ cells ilren' , exp e nsive. For l.'amping.
hiking, car (.';uavans, r ublil' evcnts, .md olhl'r
short-r:lIIgc applk ations, Ihe lillIe FRS- lOX is
iJea l.

WHAT'S NEW?
by Larry Miller

PRODUCTS AND BOOKS OF INTEREST TOTHE RADIO HOBBYIST

G //e.H Re\'i ,' II'I' n : Rachel Baughn, /I" b Grove . Gavle Van Horn, [ l un

Satellite Telephone

Bob Grove set up the Magellan

Micro Com -M satellite teleph one
on a n old picnic bench in the

midd le of the North Carolin a

wood s. T he thi ng is remarkab ly
ea sy to ge l go ing. You tur n the
unit on. unfold the two panels that

picn ic tabl e in the North Carolina

woo d s
th e M a g ell an
Mic roCorn -M put s yo u in global
co ntact with c rys ta l c lea r primary
or backup co mmun ica tions.
No t on ly is it easy to usc, but
its easy to ta ke wit h you. too. Its
an unbelievable 6.8" x 11.3" x
2.8" and itwe igh sju st 5.5 pounds.
Th e Magellan Micro C OM-M is
perfect for co ntrac to rs, fl eet manageme nt. rescu e ope ratio ns, para
milit ary unit s. surviva lists. missio nari es, rel ief ag encies or anyone who nee ds re liable . insta nt
com municatio ns. You can launch
your pe rso na l or business cornmu nicati on s into space with the
M a g ellan M ic ro C o m -M for
54 .999.95. Ca ll G rove Enterprise ,
fo r more informatio n or to see if
this powerful satellite tele phone
is fo r yo u. T he number is 704
83 7-92 00 (o r 800-438-8 155 to
ord er ).

act as the antenna. and point it at

the nearest sa te llite . (You kn o w
when yo u' re o n target by watching the LED light har .) All that ' ,
left to do is to pick up the ha ndset
and d ia l!
Rob care fully punche d in th e
num be r: 1-704 -837-9 20 0. Th er e
was a shun pause and then Bob' s
phone ca ll shot upward at the
speed of ligh t. o ne tho usan d miles
into s pa c e ( 0 the a w a it i ng
INMARSA T sa te llite. From there
it was shot bac k to earth where it
wa s picked up by a rece iving sta tion and fed into the standa rd wi red
terrcstial te lcphone system. In a n
Instant. the ph o ne in the Grove
o ffice s rang and Ca ro l answered .
" Loo k o ut the w indow." said
Bo b and Carol waved at her boss
at the picni c tabl e - un aware that
the phon e call first we nt into a nd
ret ur ned from orbit before arr iving ut her office , 50 fee t a way .
T his is the ultimate communication s device.No matt er where yo u
<Ire - o n an arc tic ex ped itio n for
Na tio na l Geograp hic . in aliferuft
bobb ing in the Pacifi c, under hostile lire from po liticians at a Se nate S ubco mmittee heari ng, or at a

AScanner Fairy Tale

Lon g ago. in a land fa r. far .
away. there was a manufacturer
wh o had bu ilt a small sc anner
kingd om . na med Regen c y .
T houg h it built man y fin e radio s.
it was taken ove r by the riva l
king dom of'Uniden. For ten years
the na me o f Regency wa s ba nish ed fro m th e wo rld of scanners .
O ne da y. when ab sol utely no one
in the kingd om e xpected it. a
strange r e ntered the rea lm . O nly
it wa s no strange r; it wus Rcgc nc y . tran sform ed int o the
R ELM . And sc anne r listen e rs
throu ghout the land ce lebrated .
Th e e nd .
1'\0. kids. this story b no fai ry
tale.Th e co mpany that made those
Reg e ncy scanners du ring the
1980s has returned wi th a line of
new. m ulti-ba nd program mable
sc anners and from what we 're
hearing. the re view s arc all raves.
Re member the o ld Rege ncy HX
se ries? Thi s new line is called the
H S.
Th e first o f the ne w R ELM
sc an ners is the han dheld HS 200.

It has 200 cha nnels in

10 banks and scans at
the lightn ing fast rate
of I {Xkh:.mne ls per seco nd. Fre quency coverage is 26 -54. 11 8-1 74 .
406 -5 20.806- 96 0 (min us c e ll u la r) . What
makes the HS 200 really ho t is that a ll channe ls c an be keyb oardprog ra mmed fo r PLI
CTCSS (s ubaud i b le
tone) o r D PLl D CS
(d igita l) sq ue lch systems . (Thi s
doc s no t mean. as ha s so me times
been misunderstood, that the rccciver ca n be used on a digital 800
trun ked system.)
Add to ;'111 of thi s. hi gh sensitivity (OA u V) . stro ng aud io (400
mw ). sharp selec tivity (-50 dil l.
10 p r iorit y c h a n ne ls (with
hei rarcb y' ). weathe r sc an, eB
cov erage. the lo ng-awaited return
01" the sig na l streng th bargraph,
and a street retail pr ice of unde r
$27 5.lX)(G rove has it l"or 5 249.95 )
a nd yo u' ve got one hot scanner. If
yo u don ' t be lieve me. check o ut
Bob Parna sx' revi ew in th is issue.
You can get yo ur REUvl HS10 U
from virtuall y a ny MT ad verti ser.
Ch eck the ads in this issue of
Monitoring Times,

Talking Radar
Un ide n Ame rica has un ve iled
a new 360 degree lase r/rad a r de tector. As far as radar doctors go,
it docs the j ob . Its also und etcctab le . says Unide u. featur ing the
co mpany's new " Stalker Tech nol ogy" that make s it " imun e to
a ll c urrent VG 2. radar detectio n
de vices."
Aside fro m that . what mak es

\'1'1'111''''' 111

th is Unide n rada r detector d iff e rIt talk s to you . Th e LRD

6599S WS incorpo rates Unldc n's
first di g ital. built-in safety warning sys tem. Th at mea ns that wh en
yo u co me up o n a tra vel hazard.
like :.I construction site. sc ho ol
zo ne . traffic jam . approach ing
tra in. th ick fog. o r :'IIlY on e of 64
a lert situatio ns. yo ur radar de teetor w il l le t yo u kn o w . Th e
' 6 59 lJSWS also has ;'1 s ig na l
streng th meter. which acc urately
ind icates the stregnth a nd d istance
of the radar being de tected ,
Th c LRD 6599SWS is now
ava ilab le in stor es and ca rrie s a
sugg es ted retai l pr ice of 5 279 .95.
COl'!

Radio Monitoring:
The How-To Guide
MT read ers will q uickly recog ni z c th e a u t hor of t h is
beginner ' s guide to scanne r a nd
shortwave lis
tunin g , T J .
"Sk ip" Arey ' s
eas y-to- understa nd fu ndumeni a ls of liste ning to the
spec tru m have
g ra c ed
th e
page s of thi s magazin e for years.
Over 300 pages. m:'IIlY of the m
full y illustrated. cove r topics like
antennas, eq uipment an d acccsse ries. signa l propaga tio n. world
time, listening techniques, cl ubs
and o rga niza tio ns. and com put-

a s.
S pe cia l a ppc ndi ce s cover
eq ui p me nt su pp liers . publication s. the Inte rne t, a nd the rad io
spec trum . Wh ilc it's not without
e rro rs (the Grove web site is

www.grovc.nct. U.S. SC{lIlII'I"

News is now no lon ger in publicatio n). they are few a nd the substantivc cont ents o fth is new work
pro vide an exce llent o ver view of
the rad io listening hobby and is
recom men ded for the newcomer
to the hob by.
Radio Monitoring is printed

April 1997

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You 'd like 10 S' I)" "to ugh luck:
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MAGNE TESTS
SHORTWAVE EQUIPMENT REVIEW

Lawrence Magne
Editor-;n-Ch;ef, Passport to World BandRadio

Sony ICF-SW600 Midsize Portable

ro m the m id- Seven ties unt il th e m idEigh tie s. sho rtwave rad ios varied in
a ll kind s of ways , Th at' s wh en the
first pocket mod el s appeared. and at the
same lime yo u cou ld also buy po rtab les a:olarge as suitcases. It wa s an exc iting tim e.
It was hack the n that I first be ga n do ing

equipment re views wit h Intern atio nal

Broa dca st Servi ce... (IBS ), Technology wa s
at a crossroa ds. with all so rts of inno vation
laking place. So me of those radios wou ld
look fami liar tod ay. but so me we re really
d ifferent-the radiu eq uivale nt of'<Stanley
S teame rs."
Th er e we re trad itio nal analo g mod el s. of
course . and j ust like now they had coarse
logarith mic freq uen cy d ispla ys, But for a
few g lo rious ye ars. cr eati vit y bl ossom ed as
va rious finn s tried to o utdo ea ch o the r design ing recei vers with accurate freque ncy
readou ts.
S uc h un- ergonomi c mod el s as the So ny
IC F.:\ l)OOW a nd Panasoni c RF-2200 used
gears, sp inning wh eels, and other mech ani cul co mri va nccs to produce a fairly precise
linear an alog frequency readout ... If Y(H I
cou ld figure o ut ho w to make them work. A
notch above these were the beloved . hu t
sho rt-lived. wadley-l oop model s- So ut h
Afri ca ' s Barlo w -Wadle y XC R- 30 and
Japan ' s Yacsu FRG-7, T hese also wen;
ana log but , bei ng e lec tro nic inste ad o f mech anical. had accurate linear freq ue ncy reado uts that were stra ightforward to usc.
Someday, these " transitio nal mod els"
will probably he co llec to rs ite ms j ust hecause they ' re so weird an d uncom mon .
Mo ving up the e vo lutio nary ladder, there
were ana log mod els w ith buil t-in digi tal
freque ncy cou nrcrs. Iike til l' Punasoni c R F2600, RF-2~O O and R F - -I ~ OO . Finally, in
19XOSony came out w ith the ICF-200 I, the
first di gita lly sy nthes ize d sho rtwave po rtab le . Now, all reall y good mo de ls lise that
sa me sy nthes ized design standard .
T cchnolcgy ha s since settled into so methin g of a rut. so most rad ios arc prett y
predi ctab le . Of co urse . tlwt' s not alwavs
truc-e-som e high -p riced tabl etop recei vers
li ke the Wat ki ns-John son HF- IOOO and
1I0 R AR -703 0 arc prett y inno vati ve , Hut

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The real kick er is that th e aud io quality of

this S61J radio i:s better than mmrt model,..
selling for S l ()()-.J()O! Th at ','i because it has a
decent-sized speaker and a continuous tone
control, and you catl really hear th e difference,

there arc so me 000 m illio n short wave listen ers worl dwide, and less than a quart er
milli on usc table to p communicati on s rcccivers-i-thats one in e very 2.400 liste ne rs ! For the sorts o f port ab les nearl y e ve rybod y uses, a ce rtain bori ng "sameness" has
cre pt in .
New Sony breaks pattern

No w, Sony has co me o ut w ith a low- cos t

portable that breaks up thc monoton y 10
so me extent. It's the ICF-S\V6{X), urnidsizc d
ana log portab le that cove rs lo ngwave. Ff\.l.
rnediumwuvc AM (bUI only 10 1607 kl-lz ),
as we ll as nearly all wo rld band c ha nnels.
At under 500 in the United S tates, it' s
te mp ting j ust because of price. bu t thai' s
no t the real story.
Wh en yo u thi nk of SOllY world ban d
rece ive rs. what spri ngs to mind is a portable wit h " brick" ou tboard AC ada ptor s
th at allow the rad io to work wi tho ut batt er ies . Th ese radios are almost always made in
Japan and, wha tever their ot her virtues,
they usuall y have ped estri an aud io q ua lity .
Act ually. so me Sony models don ' t even
co me wi th AC adaptors-c-yo u have to g l)
out and bu y your own, High -qu ali ty o utboard AC adap tor s that don ' t ca use hu m
ar en't che ap. and it' s annoyi ng wh en yo u
pay 52 00 for a rad io to find that it do esn ' t
have an or dinary AC adap tor.
Rut the 5 \\'600 turn s all th is o n its head .
T o be gin wit h, it' s made in Malays ia, not
Japan . But more importan t is that it comes
stand ard with a n AC po we r supp ly that' s
act ually built ill , the way it o ugh t to be . Th is
is rea l han dy, ev en ifit add s slightly to the

weig ht. The only ru b is th at it ' s not a un iver sal po wer supp ly- 120 VAC for un its so ld
in the A meric as, 225 Volt s for units so ld
el sev..'here .
Superior audlc..for only Sixty Bucks

Th e real kicke r. though, is th at the audi o

qual ity of this S60 radio is bette r th an most
mod e ls se lling for S IOO-.JIX)! That' s beca use it ha s a decent-sized spea ke r and a
continuou s ton e control. and yo u can rea lly
hea r the diffe re nce .
M ind yo u, it' s not grea t.j ust good. But it
reminds me o f when I was a kid and cu t my
sho rtwa ve tee th o n tube-type rece ivers,
Nearly all tho se rad ios had first-class aud io
c ircuits. and they ofte n had large. manl y
speakers, to ho ot.
Bit by bit over the year s we 've gotte n
used to mediocre aud io from tinny lillie
speake rs. Asian sho rtwa ve rece iver des igners o fte n insist that because sho rtwave is
lo w-fidel ity, there' s no point in spendi ng
mon ey o n bett er speakers, ton e contro ls and
the like _
Th ese we ll-meaning theoreticians ar e
living in ivory to wers. Shortwave actua lly
be ne fits greatly from a certain k ind of high qual ity so und: not wide-ba ndw idth hig h
fidelit y that reprod uce s sq ue aks onl y a d()g
ca n hear. but a sort of me llow ton e plus
c lean midrange that simultaneous ly mak e
for superio r co mp rehe ns ion an d pleasant
listen ing , Yo u don' t need a Ph .D . in audi o
ph ysic s to tell thi s, j ust a pair o f good ears.
Thai ' s one of the mai n rea son s Gru ndi g
has succeede d so we ll in sho rtwa ve , Grund ig
radios don ' t nec es sa rily so und great. but

they almost always sound mo re agree able

than the competition.
Li m ited fe atu res

The SW600 also has a nice retrac table

plastic handle, something else that has all
but disappeared from short wave port ables
in recent years. In fact, some Sangean portables don' t have allY handlc-i-no t eve n a
clot h carrying strap.
But the SW600 do esn ' t have any of the
features you' d expect to find on costlier
models, such as a clock or dial light, and the
radio wo n't dem odulate single-sideband
signals. It does n' t have an elevation panel
or travel power lock , either, even though its
o n/offbu uo n is easily activated. Only a lone
LED "glow light" is used to indicate signal
strength.
Otherwise, it's your basic analog portable with a bandsprea ded logarithmic dial
that breaks down the various hands into
discrete segments. The freque ncy readout
isn' t very acc uu uc-c-good (0 maybe 30 kHz,
or six channels- hut that' s typical for this
type of receiver .
Perform an ce okay, n othing more

Its perfor mance is also about what you' d

expect. It' s reason abl y sensitive to weak
signals, but rejection o f adj acent -channel
signals is only fair. Because it' s only singleconve rsion. image rejection is mediocre.
U nu sual radio, attractive p r i ce .. .
while ava i lab l e

The bottom line is that this is a nice little

radio for listening arou nd the house. and
occasionally on trips- especially if you
don' t change frequencies all that often. If
you want to move it to the next room, all you
do is unplug it and carry it oil . It' s ju st a
nice, handy radio that' s pleasant to listen to,
and you can' t heal the price.
The S\V600 appears 10 be available in
many parts of the world. but in the United
States it hasn' t been much of a seller. Alas,
this m eans Sony of America is probably
going to discontinue bringing it later this
yea r. Ma ybe there j ust isn't a market for a
radio like this, but more likely it' s becau se
in the United States they did n't target it 10
the usual shonwuve market, but rather to
AM/FM listeners who might buy it for
hearing local stations, then see all those
shortwave bands and decide to try tuning in
the world.

Granted. any kind of analog shortwave

radio is a pretty hard sell these days. even
so mething like the Sony ICF-S\V60(). But
it should sell nicely in less prosperous parts
of the world, where it' s almost ideal for
I istening hour after hour to stations I ike the
BBC World Serv ice.
But there are still man)' units in stoc k at
Sony o f America and its dea lers, so there ' s
a window of oppo rtunity to lay hands on a
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SCANNEREQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES FOR YOUR MONITORING POST

,'

Bob Pamass, AJ9S

RElM HS200 Portable Scanner

l ' ~ ~II W'1Y' We-h.' O Il1\.' 111..'\\"

\\11c'11 a

Ih .'W

...canner is int roduced . It"... t.'\'\.'11 bette r

when anothe r compcut ivc \.' IIIllIMn y \.'11tcr... the scan ner ma rket . c- pcc iully with an
innova tiv L' product . That " wha t ha ppe ned \\ hell
RE L ~ l Communicat ion introd uced the IIL'\\
IIS20() port abl e ...cu nner. equi pped w ith builtin c ress und Des decoding .
REl .\ ! Communicat ion s. Ionncrlv R l' ~ l' l h.: Y
Elect roni cs i-, n't new to the radio hu... inc.......
Regen cy and Electra we re the do mina nt f-I\I
moni tor ma nu facturer, in the USA during the
J 97Ch a nd XU.... Regen c y sold ou t it -, scan ne r
line: to Unidc n Jl) years ago 10 concc ntr.uc 0 11
building tWO -WilY land mobile radio v. hUI hu-,
now n...em,..red the scanner market .

The Basics
According to Boh Gro ve. the IIS2()() i-, made
ill J apa n for REI.;"! hy Yupitcru. h tunc the
conve ntio na l bund v. includi ng SO() ;" 111 1 and
c ivil aviat ion . Cu izcn-, Ban d i-, included. 100
(~(' e llll.'a ...ur\. Illl.. nt, tabk I. A \ I ant! :-\1;;"111111111.',
a re a U l n lll:l t il,'~I II~ , dl.''''I\.'t.1 ha'o,I,t!111l fn..'qtlclI,,y
and G JIl llo l hI,' Il\crridlku . T hl.' a ir\.Taft ha nd j,
l'o n ' rl'd in 25 \.; 11/ '0,1"'1)0, . \ I,:T:-.U'" 12.5 )..III ql,'lh
fou nd in 0 1111.' 1' ., ca lllllr:-. .
T he 200 Illemory cha l1 lld 'i a re d i\'i(k d inlo
10 han b . ( 'h a nnd , \.a n he lod'l.'d o ul fro m Ihc
...ca n list llI" I,kan:d . T h\.' fir,1 d Wllncl o f I,'ad l
ha nk i'i a pr io rity l'ha nnd \\'hich r a n he r hed'l. d
e\' c ry 2 sl,'ro mk Yo u ra n ;Il\:l.''''' a ,,' han nd
d irl.'rlly Ihr o ugh Ih,,' kL'~ pad Ilr "I,'wll l hrll ll~ h
till,' dla l1 llcl .. hy I w i s lin ~ ;1 hl p 1ll11111l1,,'d 'L'Jer h Ir
kn o h .
T Ill.' IIS 200 h'~ ...Lqllcnl,\. ' fllllo\\ in 11ll.
tr adit illll tlr liidl'r R c g\..' n l ~ progr;lllllllahll"liJ.. l
Ihl' \ 1-1-00 . You pro gram a me mory cha nnl.'! hy
Iypin g Ihl' rrl'qu l,'lll'Y d ig it'>, thl' n prl...... I:l1 tl,'r,
then Ihe d l>l nlld nllmhl.'!". l'oIhl\\ l'd a~ a i ll hy
EllieI'. Yo u ,,a ll ...(o p Ihe l"e o r ll',,\. lhe keypad Il l'
SC lel..'tlll" J.. lHlh II)..pc ci fy a C T CS S Ill" DC S \..( Hle.
Pre ...... ing Ellll' r ' llll"L' .. l/lI.' l.od \.' in lhc l,' lIITI. nl
mem or y 1.'1 1;11 111 ,,' 1. :\ ~ "l.'l."l lild re, r an dd ay c a n
he l' na hlt'd or d i,ahll.'d rill" a ll d1;lnlld, a l Ih,,'
, a m\.' lilll\. . IIIlI 011 a p('r -c ha nnl'l ha,i, .
REI.\t dai m, a ,call ..!X't'd of "up 10 lOll
rhanlllI.J'lcond: hut \\ l' me :hurt'd a r;Ht' 01
aho ut J h lha nnd .J"l.'l'Ond \\ ilh a mi \ turl' of
frlxlu('ncil'''' in d in e rl' lll h,md .... \ k a ...ur ing the
"'l',lll rate rl'qui rl'd l'Xlra ('1ft 111 a nd l."l m, lruc ti(III(If
i lll illilo va ti\"l' le...1 harn es... hll.';Ill...1' Ihe wo rd
SC A N ap pl..ars on lhe d isp lay ins tead of a "'l'qUL' IlCI' {II' c ha nnc l Illnnh L'rs or " nl iling lenlL'S ,"

94

M O NITORIN G TIMES

April 1997

Th e I IS 2011 ... upports on e se arc h hank

\\ ith programmable limits . Up In 50 Irequcncicvcan hi: locked ou t during a vcarch.
hut reprogramm ing either search limit
crave ... the ..ki p mc moric.... Wl' mcuvurcd
-carch rate of OH' r 100 ...tcp vvccoml.
rcpur dlc ..... of vtcp <izc. w hen placed in
search mode. the OLIl IL (lk lay/ho ld }J..t. ~
loggle ... between two sl,'lIings : rc... tart de la y Il l' search hol d . wh ic h hal ts the sea rc h
upon Ilnd ing a si g na l. In the Inne r cas e.
the chan nel ...elect or knob cun be uwd :1'"
a V f-O tun ing knob although the IIS : :! O()
cont ain , nu V FO, per se.

Tone Squelch
Th e IIS 200 is the fi r... t portab le "'1.';1 11ncr to include a to ne squelch . C T eS S I
De s ton e ..quclch is a gre at a....L'1 in arc ax
where freq uencies arc shar ed hy disparall' u..c rv. If yo u kn o w the code used h ~
the -v- ac m yo u wa nI to monit or. yo u 1';1I\ pro g ra m th \.' propl'r rode inh l IlK'llI or y an d 1Ill.'
II S200 \\ ill ig nore ..ig na i.. nil Ihal frlqu lllI.Y
lInk., _, Ihl')' an: tr an srn iue d \\ ilh Ihl,' ma lr hin g
l'txle . Our !..o llnty sheri ff U' l" thl' ...a mc frl
qUl'lll'Y '" the C hiG lgo JltlliL-l. hO m ilts :I\\"4IY.
Wl' pn lgra lllllled Ihe C I{ 'SS l..'I l(k !"t Il'{lUr ... h\.I"
ill ,\ 1\\ c dllll' l h<i\'c to li'iIl' 1I III( ' hir ag\ 1d ur ing
han d upe lling'.
T Oile ..qlll,'k h i., llSl'flil fur k dL' l"a l"l,a lllling.
h ili. Prll,g ra lll a CTCSS l'Plle o r f(17.() II I illlO
~ our F B I lllern or ie.. an d ~O ll \\-0 11 ' 1 h;l\ e hi
li...!ell ttl d i ~ il ai \o iL-e ... t'falll hli n ~ . T IK' ;l~l' n h
o lll~ tra ll..m il wilh CTCSS \\ hik " in thl'l' k a r: '
T hl' H S200 hll1l,' '4U\.!lh l'a n bl' u"'l 'd \\ hilt- in
IllilllllaI IlHld \.'o r \\ h iIe "l'an ni ll~, h UI mil \\h ill,'
slarc hi ng .

Getting Physica l
RIJ .;"l wi ..\.' ly de.'ii gn r.:d Ih i... , ,,: a tllll' r t\11llkr
'III,' fro m A:\ pL' lIlig hlle1I... . T hl' ro ur CL' lI... C;lll
hi.- a lLdill l,' Ill" nic kel cad lllillill. a lld a \' ie d
L'il;Il'gi ng c irl.'llit is hu ilt in... idl.' thl' 'l,'an n,, I". :\ I ~
VDC flll\\ l' r j;ll' k i... 1 0C~lIed on Ih\.' ..idl' of Ihl'
l. a''' an d ;1wa ll \\al1 ptl\\er ...uppl y i, furni ..llI.'d .
It l';lIl 11I.1\\I.r the 'ica nll\.'r \\ hill' !..' harg ing Ihl'
:\iCd h;tl!l..ril .... Accordi ng tOllur llll';I...ur(' lIll'n l,.
the IIS 200 nlllsu me .. ;lhl11ll69 mA \\ hile "'1,',111 ning a nd 'l;lfl' hing. A h a ll l' r~ "'<Iv ing fe a lun...
rl'du cl'" lIlITI..'III dr,lin to ah \lul -1- 0 m A al k r :!
' l'I,'Olllb o f ..i1 c:nce in man ual mo de.
Th l' I IS 20() po we rs up doin g Ihl' 'ia llll,' la sk

it w as doi ng wh en lasl powe red o ff:

..ca nn ing. searching. o r in man ua l mod e.
T oo had mor e sca nner- don 't beha ve
this w'ly . If you usc the scan ner ,IS a
monitor receiv er in man ua l mod e . it
saves yo u the hot he r Ill' laking the SC~lI1
ncr off you r belt a nd pre..... ing the ma nua l
key it eac h time yo u tu rn it on .
T ilt.' Jl S200 liq uid lTy ...tal di.... play
co ntain s most o f the informat ion you
would e,\ pI'CI in a por table scann e r. plu ..
a 5 ha r S cmc tcr. Th e lo w co ntrast d isp lay ma ke.. view ing di ffic ult unless hel d
at the prop e r angl e . The cle ar plastic
len s i... ll ush with the from pa nel . t:xpos ing it to more SlTa Jll. .s than a rece ssed
le ns wo uld be.
K udos to REL\ 1 for incl ud ing a
bac klit ke yboa rd. T he la m p ke y illum ina te .. bo th ke ~ hoa rd und d i..pla y usi ng
green L ED v. \\ hic h remai n Iii fo r J secoud .. unlc ..... another key i..pre .....cd . \\'1.' wi sh the
115200 inc luded a prO\'i... io ll fo r !l';l\'ing the
b mps o n.
IIS2(Kl illle rn a llOIhlflll.'tioll is noh."\\, orthy.
Opt:ni ng Ihl.' pla..tic cas e re \"l;lI.. 1)Ill.' prillle d
ci rn lil boa rd for Ihe ke yh\);mlldi spla y ci rc u itry .
T hl..' re...{o rl h\.' r..dio is ('Iltird y , hid ded in..ide
a lUeta l ho x - q uil\.' differe llt fro lll the ci rt:uit
hna rd ..an Jw ic h fo und ill mo ..t port a hk sca n
ne rs . T he o U"' lan d i ll~ ..h id d i l1 ~ pa ys orf in
ret:l'plioll q uali ty I"l"e l..' o f wille ha nd no isl..' an d
fl.' w hir die.. .
T hl..' u...\.' r llliIIl U; t1 d id no l "Ik'c ify th\.' IF..
l illlerml..'tli'ltl, frl'lllll/K il,"1. ..(I \\l.' ro untl Ihe
101,';11 Ih ci ll;llllr ..i ~ n , i1 , a mi lbhllI..'J Ihl.' IFs.
Thl' fir _,t IF apl'I\.;lr, to ht :::! SO .~ ;"111 1. :md Ihl.'
lil' l IF is. liAS ~ 111 / . Th\.' h ig h lirs! IF a nd
'l.'krli\"e fro nl l'ud dol''' ,I grl', ll jo h o f rl'j e!..ting
IlIlages .

Does it Work?
Our II S ~ OO prO\-l..' d ,e n, ili\'\.' hOlh 0 11 Ihe
hl'llc h ilnd in th\.'fiel d . \\ 'l.' lllL'a,u rl.'d h\.'t1crtha n
0 .3 uV S I:"A D :\F;"1 ' ln-.ili\'ity 0 11 1111"t frl.'lJlIelll.'ie.. h l.'l' graph,'. T he Jl S 20() wa.. a n C-\ \.' d lt'1lI co m pa ni<lIl du ring Ik \.'l.'lllhl.'r Irips III
hu ..y s.ho pping ma ll... The good ...c:n, iti\"ity a nd
fa ...t sea rl..' h c~l p"lh i l i ty all o wed u, 10 fin d a lld
mon itor ~cl'urilY a nd ins iJ e ....Iks ojl\.'fiItions o f
' l.'\ c ra l area stor e ... w hi!l' ...ill ing inside ;l lrud in
lhe par king 101.
HS 200 au dio q ua lity is a cui ah ove most
olhn ponabk s wr.:'n: tcs ll..'d lalcl y . W I..' me a-

less
sensit ive

0.5

HS200 VH F NFM SENSITIVITY

,.--

12 d B SINA D. J KHZ DEVIATION, Se ria l tm16-A60900 130

0.5

less
sensi tive

0.4

,....,

HS200 UHF NFM SENSITIVITY

12 ee SINAO, 3 KHZ DEVIATI ON, Seria l #81 6A60900130

0.4

0.3

0.3

>,

..I

/'

I--

..-- , /

t>

0.2

0.2

1/

0.1

0.1

more
sensit ive

more
sens itive
25

30

35

4tI

45

50

140 145 150 155 160 165 110

II Ex cellent Va lue
w~

enj oyed using the RELM HS200. Fcl-

TABLE 1: Measurements,
Relm Communications HS200
Serial Number 816A60900130
Frequency coverage IMHz):
26 28.99 5 In 5 kHz steps (AMI
29 54, In 5 kHz steps
118 136, In 25 kHz steps (AMI
136.005 ' 174, In 5 kHz steps
406 520, In 12.5 kHz steps
806 824 .0375, In 12.5 kHz steps
848.975' 86 9.0375, In 12.5 kHz
steps
893.975 960 , In 12.5 kHz steps
FM sensitivity:
(12 dB SINAD, I kHz tone,
3 kH z de viation, see cha rts)
less than 0 .4 uV
AM sensitivity:
(10 dB S+N/ N, I kHz tone , 30%

820 840 860 880 900 920 940 960

FREQUENCY (MHZ)

FREQU ENCY (MHZ)

surcd abou t 200 III \ V of aud io at the ea rpho ne

jack . where it \ . probabl y atte nua ted 10 avo id
hearing damage .

0.0
400 420 440 460 480 SOO

0.0

low scanner c lub mem bers were impressed

wi th the to ne deco ding ability and offered 10
buy the eva luation unit before we were dune
testing it! Th e HS200 is not fancy but has three
important strengths: CTCSS anti DCS dccuding.outxtanding perfor mance. and affordabilit y.
It is an e xcellen t value at 52 40 - 5250 street
price. We lcom e hack. RELM !
BC90 00XLT Labe li n g Tip

We reviewe d the e xcellent Uniden /Bcnrcat

BCl)()()()XLT scan ncr in Murc h 1995 ,\1T. The
ability 10 program an a lpha label for up to 250
memory c hannels i... one or its best features.
The main tuning knob is used during the label
programmi ng procedure 10 "cro ll throu gh a
men u o f all the poss ible leite r". numbers. and
sym bols . and the Hold key is pressed to select
the desired symbol.
You can save time hy usin g the A - J and 0
- I.) keys to e nter the corre spondi ng syrnho! s
direct ly instead or fumbl ing with the main
tuni ng knob to find the sym bols in the menu.
You can also usc the ",: key. but you must
foll o w it hy pressing the Hold or Auto key [0
advance the cursor.

Sec June 11.)1.)6 MTfor aJ ditiollal HCYOOOXLT

tips and modi fications.
Old Scanner Tr ivia
The mid J lJ70s vintage SBE-125M Opti scan
scann e r used plastic canis for programm ing 10
chann els. 11was actually manufactu red for Lin car Syxtcm s hy ( iR E (Ge neral Research Electron ics or Toky o ). the same company which
make s man y (If the Radio Shack scan ners. inc luding the venerable PR O-2006.

RadioMap '"
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1" ''1''' ' ''' ) .,,, ,,.,,,,,,.,,,, " " I ro .'''''' p,,,,',.k J 11.,m ' .,d,,,

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modulation)

0.25 uV@ 27 MHz

0.24 . 0 .27 uV @ 118 . 136 MHz
Intermediate Freq uenci es:

280 .2 ond 0 .45 MHz

Practical sca n rate [opprox.]:
36 chc nnels/ sec .
Sea rch ra te :
more than 100 step s/ sec.
Aud io output power (measured at
earphone jock);
approx 20 0 mW @ 10 % d istortion
into 8 ohm load
Current co nsumption at 6.0 VDC:
69 mA in sca n, sea rch, manual
40 mA (avg) in ma nual w/ ba ttery
save r
148 mA squelch open , full volume

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ANTENNATOPICS
BUYING, BUILDING AND UNDERSTANDING ANTENNAS

'

Clem Small, KR6A

The Beverage Antenna:

Excellent Directional Monitoring

\ 1..'1" hear of Harold Bc veru ee" I k \\, ,1'. a

pioneer radio engin ee r who wa.. m-aru.
ment al in dL'\dl 1Pll\f space-di versit y
rccc iving. Span' d i\ CP., i ly com hat" ... ign:ll fading thro ugh till' u'c \I!" vcvera ! an tenna- space d
fa r up.m . A... the :-.ig nal tudes o ut on one ,ltl tcn na. the ... y-, IL'11l au to ma tically '1.'1.'1-; ... an othe r
an tenna with tl -rrong cr ... ip ual . and 1.1\ crull
fading :II tile receiver' ... audio output i... much
reduced.
Act uall y. B L'\ 't' raf' t' i... reme m be red the...c
days primarily for an antenna that he designed
wh ich is som ctuuc ... called a " \'0"<1 \ 1.'" ant enna.
hut more often simpl y kno wn , I~ the "B e verage." 'lh i... antenna i-,one of 1Ill' best di rectional
receivin g untc uuu-, eve r. very widcb and in it"

rL'''pl lll ''(".

A I[IHIUgh it require- _I tcv hundred fed (hi a

k\\ mi lcs ~ I of wit... to put it up. don't givc up if
yllll have o nly a <mall lot. You call "till put up
u 131,'. \ l' ragl' -or the shorter version described
bclow-c-vh cn 011 a vacat ion to rhc co untry "ilk .
and enjoy -ornc n-ul DX ing. 1tonly takc -, a fcv,

ruiu utc -, lu erect i fyou ha ve all the part s read y.

And. Iiccuusc it is on ly 12 to 15 fl high. it is an
I,' a"y Ilnl-pl,.rsoll jo b. Surry. bUI a Bcveraac
won't \ \ 0 1"1\ d ." well on till' bea ch : Ihi,> anten na
Ilel'd " n:lati \ d y dry "o il to function properl y.
The ha" ic B L'\L' ragL' is bidirect ional. hut ca n
he made unidirect ion al with till' add ition o f a
lerminating rcvi vtor (fig. I ). It ha... vcrv Ill W
ga in. and Yl'( g i\ 'es excellen t results beca use of
it" high "ignal-Io-noise ratio (S / ;"':). T hat is. it
ig l1 lln: s interferen ce and noise from all hut its
fav o red dirc ctioru s). and. of cours e. rc... pond s
ma xim all y t u s ig n a ls from i ts fav o red
dirccuotu s ). I[ is a good performer from LF o n
through the 10\\"1,.'1' end of the HF band. somet imc-, as lligh as 5 or e ven 10 Ml-iz.
A Bc vcrap c recei vi ng antenna was used by
Pa ul Ci odky man y dc cudc -, ago in Sco tland 10
hlg the fir-tt rans-At luntic ham radio communicat ion -: BC B DXl'r" li nd the Be verage an out"wnding antenna [0 bring in that station cuv crcd up hy ot her - tation s nil the same IreqU I,. IK Y. l l.uu-, usc it on the 1(10 meter ban d ti l

dig weak sig nals out ofthe horre ndous no ise for
which tluu band is famous .

I Making Your Beverage

Ik \'eragt:' " original wave antenna was two
mile" long. and one he Inter twi ll for RCA was
vi x mile s hl[ l g~ Mo sr are not so long as [hal .
although to qua lify as a real Bevera ge the antcnnu -hould be at least one wavelength long at
its operating frequency, A waveleng th at 3
MI 17 i" over 31 10 feet long. and a wavelen gth at
5110 kIII.is almost 2000 feet long. Nevertheles s.
[ used a Beverage config uration with a w ire
only 2()() feet long Oil the Atvl broadcast ha nd
with exce llent results. Maybe it wasn't a rea l
Beve rage. hut it had th e high di rectivity and
excellen t SIN which I had hoped for.
To make yourv.ju st string the wire ever tree
branches. bushes.or poles in the direction ortile
station you want to recei ve. Ju st about an)-' wire
is OK : it sho uld be in sulated from its supports.
and ele vated 10 to 15 feel abo ve the ground.
'vlakc it relativel y straight. and as long ( 1.\ y OIl

UNT ERMINATED BEVERAGE ANTEN NA

FIG URE 1

DIRE CTIONS OF MAXIM UM RESPONSE

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,

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INSULATOR

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make it. Because the antenna is very direcliv e be sure that the far end (the end opposite the
end 10 which the recei ver is co nnected) really
poin ts to ward the statio n you wa nt to hea r.
Th e antenna can be made unidire ctional by
add ing a terminating resistor of -tOO to 600
ohms as s hown in figure I. The res isto r sho uld
be non-induct ive (i.e .. carbon. not wire wound ),
and can he adj us ted in val ue fo r maximu m
rejection of signals in the suppressed d irect ion
by adju sti ng its resi stance du ring listen ing test s.
T here aTC var iauo ns o n the Beverage design ;
o ne that could be of co nside rable interest to
monitoring buffs is the two-wire beverage with
stce rable -nul l capabilities as cov ered in the
17th editi on o f the AR RL Ant ellna Book.

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I' ve me ntioned Bill Orr's exce lle nt ser ies
of ant enn a books before . especially the Orr and
Cowan Amenl/a Ham/hook. Th ese book s arc
hard to beat for d own-to-earth information and
ad vice on a wide vari et y of antennas . Orr ' s
latest. the W6SAI H F Am etlno Handbook ; will
be o f interest 10 person s interested in an tennas
in ge ne ral, und particula rly to the ha ms amo ng
us. Th e book is based primari ly o n his pa st (and
popular) mon thly co lum n in CQ Magazine,
He has re wo rked and added 10 thi s material.
and arra nged it into chapters on such topi cs as
feed lines. sing le wi re antennas. multihand d ipo les . transm ittin g and recei ving loop s. 160meier antennas. and beam antennas . Also incl uded is materia l on such important top ics as
gro und loss. ante nna height . rad iat ion rcsislance. ant enn a instrume ntation. tuner s. ba luns.
and the usc o f ante nna ana lysi s compute r programs. A feat ure of intere st to those who know
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I as ked: " Why ... is it usuall y usefu l to

increa se the strength o f recei ved VHF o r high er
frequ e ncy signals by mak ing a rec ei ving antenn a reso nant. but often not use ful at HF or
lo wer frequen cie s?" I abo gave the hint thai HF
and lower frequenc ies usua lly have more rece ived noise than VHF or higher freq uen cies.
Let' s see what th is has to do wi th it
Because there is usu all y a high receivedno ise level on the HF ba nd and the lo wer
frequenc ies, the signal which yo u wan t 10 rece ive ca n gel bur ied in the no ise and imcrfcrc nce found there. As a matter of fact there is
us ually mu ch more recei ved noise on IIF than
there is noise ge nerated in your Hlt -rcccivcr
circuits. T hus received noise is the no ise of
conce rn in determining the sig nal 10 noise (SIN)
ratio.
Rece ived noise is a genuin e radio signal ju st
as much as is the sig nal yo u want to hear. So.
because bot h the desired sig nal and the received
noise arc increased to the same ex tent by making the anten na reso nant. the SIN is not imp roved . Rece ptio n quality remains essentially
the same e ven with the hig her signa l ou tput
from the resonant an te nna .
Contrary 10 the situation on HF. at VHF and
higher frequ encies ther e is little recei ved no ise .
With a very lo w rece ive d- no ise leve l. the no ise
ge nerated with in the receiver circui ts beco mes
the no ise of co ncern in determ ing the SIN.
Making an antenna resonant doe s no r affect the
le vel of rece iver -generated noi se. So increasing
the desired-signal streng th by mak ing the an tenna reso nant raises the desired -signal le vel in

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SIN im proves. Th is. (If co urse. improves reception.

This Month:
Speaking o f resonant antennas. how many
non-resonant antenna designs can yo u name?
Hint A : Don ' t include ..di pol e.:" gro undplane...
or "Yagj-Uda" in your choices. Hint B: If an
antenna isn' t resonan t. wi ll it like ly be broad . or
will it be nar row in its band width ? Hint C :
Don ' t include " log- period ic array" in yo ur
chokes.
You' Hfind an answer forthi s month's ridd le.
and much more , in next mo nth ' s issue of Monitoril/ X Times. "Til then Peace . OX. and 73.

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Delawar e Co ( PA) Em er gency Radio Club:
Dave Donoh ue, (6 10) 493-029 2.
ODONOHUE @bigfoot.com . Scanning pu blic
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co unties. Monthly rntgs and online newsl etter.
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Pitt Co SW/Sca nner Li steners Club: L. Neal

Sumrell . P.O . Box 18 18. W interville. NC 2859018 18. Eastern NC: All ba nds . The OX Lis tener.
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utilities. Radio Monitors N ewsletter of MD.
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group dedicated to informati on and resour ces
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Meets mo nthly 2nd or 3rd Sundays t -apm.
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ASK BOB

Bob Grove, WA4PYQ

ANSWERS TO YOUR RADIO QUESTIONS

bob@grove.nel
MORE ON SCANNER HUM
In o ur February issue. we tackled possible answers as to w hy a listener received
a hum o n so me sca nner frequenc ies. but
not o n others . and then only when a sig nal
was pre sen t. We missed the most obv ious
answe r sent in by several sharp-eyed read ers.
Most age ncies utilize co ntinuo us lon e
co ntrol led sq uelch (CTeSS ), so metimes
called xubaudihle lone, o r by G Ets trad emarked " PL" (Private Lin e ). So long us the
sq uelch-ac tivating to ne is low e nough, it
isn ' t aud ib le. hut w hen a lo ne is used tha t is
ncar the speec h range. it is quite prevalent .
especia lly when the amplitude of the ton e
is turned up to assure squ elc h ac tiva tio n.
Most embarrassing. is the fact that I
often hear this hum on m), own scanner
fro m loc al law enforce ment age ncies! I
gues s I have grown to lera nt of it.

A. Yes. it's ca lled a shortwave receiver. Signals ge nerated by the controve rsial High Frequenc y Act ive Auror al Research Prog ra m
(HAA RP) in Gako na. Alaska. arc no diffe ren t
from other sho rtwave broadcasti ng facilities.
except the powe r is co nce ntrated upward in an
atte mpt to modify the ionosphere to en hance
radio commun ications and surveillan ce system s for both the mil itary and civ ilian sector s.
HAARP is managed jointly hy the U.S. Air
Force and Navy and. at present . runs 340 ki lowatts of power. Event uall y. I XU an tenna c lement s will co nce ntrate a beam of 3.6 megawatt s. A sys tem te st was ann oun ced for March
8. 1997. between (l43() and OS( )() UTC on 6.9l)
and 3.4 !\:IHz. A CW message was prep ared
pri ma rily for recept ion by Alaskan hams.
T he HAARP home page nm)' be visited at
http : / /s encr5550 .i td.n rl.na v y . m i ll
announce.him I

When I plug an external, amplified speaker into Sony ICF-20 10

receiver, I get AC hum, and also
feel an electrical "buzz" on my
hand when I touch metal paris of
Q.

Is there such a th ing as a HAARP

detector? (Angus Ashdown, Lexington, KY]
Q.

Bob's Tip of
the Month
Many listeners are thw arted by zoning
covenants fro m erecting effective outdoor
ante nnas. bot h for shortwave and scanner
usc . While indoor antennas arc still a viable
alternative. there arc so me cases \...'here antenna-like utilities arc alre ady in place and
may he ca lled upon fo r "quick and dirt y"
recept ion .
Air co ndi tio ning du cts C. 1l1 make excellent shortwave anten nas. and may eve n wo rk
for IOCi.i1sca nner reception as well. For shortwave listen ing. simply run u small wir e from
the antenna of the rad io (or the ante nna j ack)
to the du ct' s vent sc rew . For a scanner. you
must usc :'1 length of coaxi al cable fro m a
co nve ntio nal co nnector ut the sca nner. but

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the system. What can I do to eliminate these undesirable eHects? (Bill

Fusfield]
A. U ndoub tedl y. yo u are using. an AC wa ll
adap tor with the audio system. T ry rever sing
the prongs of the adaptor in the wa ll plug: the
sound and the sensatio n should go away . If it
doesn't. replace the adaptor. or usc battery
powe r on the amplifie r.
You can also protect yo urse lf from shock.
and possibly eliminate the hum as we ll. by
gro und ing tilt: speaker system . Co nnect a win:
from one oft he " ha l" meta l parts oft he speaker
to the third-w ire (roun d) gro unding pin o n the
wall receptacle .
The dan ge r in this is that if the AC adapte ri s
defe ctive. excessive curre nt co uld fl ow. cau sing a fire . It should be relativel y easy 10 avo id
this. how ever. by observing whethe r there is a
visible spark when you connect the grou nd ing
wi re. and whether the adap tor or powe r cord
ove rhea ts after a few minu tes of o peratio n.
Q . I am

experiencing a strange
interference on myoId Bearcat
210XLT scanner. When Imonitor

Makeshift Antennas
co nnec ted just by the center
wi re to th e scre w. Th e pop ular G ro ve "No'Te nna"
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th is appro ach.
Oth er househo ld " ante nnas" incl ude an aba ndo ned
telephone cable. bed springs.
a ll um inum w indo w a nd
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It is even possible to co nnec t an antenn a 10
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gro und (ro und ) term inal; the recep tion will
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legitim ate telepho ne frequency with anoth er

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Cell Phones and the Right to Privacy:

A Commentary
TIll' It'X! of lIo h Grove 's " {'{'lIing stutemcnt ta lilt' IIOIH ('

Tel ( ' ( "f "11I1111I1i e ll t i 01/ S S" h ( "( n1/ 11/i t1cc :
U'cdllt'sday. Februurv 5. 1(j1)7
Tech nically un sophi sticated Americans arc astounded. and
o ften outraged. upon learning that their cellular telephone
conve rsation s ar c broadcast openly.md thai anyo ne wi th il
variet y of receiv ing devices can listen in. They don't blame the
listeners as much a" the ve ndor" who sold them the pho ne with
no wa rni ng fro m the salcspcr.. . on or in the instruct ion manual .
T o the co ntrary. irate cu.. . to mers report bein g reassu red that
privacy is not a problem because it is illega l tol isten in. modern
scanners J on ', 11<1,"(, cellul ar frequ encies. an d that freq ue nc ies
keep switching allumg o ver ROOchan nels , making followi ng a
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Scanner ow ne rs and othe r cit izen s agree that A merican s
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a cle ar voice into the ai rwaves and expecting it not to he
overhea rd is not rea sonable. They sec the ana logy o f wal king
dow n a cro wded street naked and expe c ting no o ne 10 look , or
talk ing open ly in a crowded roo m and expecti ng no one to
hcar.
T hey fe-d that the respon sibili ty o f securit y shou ld not heplace d on the shoulde rs of the scanne r hobby ist. hUI o n the
service provider.just as it ha.. al way ... bee n on wired teleph one
services. and all othe r rad io commu nica tions serv ice ... including law e nfo rce me nt and eve n cordle ss te lephone munufac turers.
Wi th the Ce llu lar Te leco mmu nic ationv Ind ustry Association (C T IA ) an ever-prese nt spec te r hl'll ind thl.:" dra ftin g {If
repressi\'e Iistl.:"n ing legislat ion . the cog nii'.ant publ ic per ce iw s
the Ekctro nic COllllllu ni(.'atio ns Pri\',lt:y Ac t (EC PA ) as a
fiscal expeJ ient u fthc CT IA, Iohh ieJ into law 10 proviue a no cos t a lte rnat i\'t~ to offe ring Ihl.:" ir (.'ustome rs real privacy. ;lIld
end les<.; ly hl;lI11i ng thc hann lcss hohhy isl for li..h:nin g to his
sca nne r. Pub lic su..pic ion is heig htelll.:"d w he n they lea rn lhat
these reslrkti\'c reg u hllion ~ are atlded 0 11 as c1ne nth -ho ur
amendment:-; with littlc o r no time for Ic ~ is la l i n; rdlcclioll or
a pu blic COllllTll.:"nl. or when hearings suc h ' IS thi .. o ne ill\"ite
their reprcse- ntalion at Ihe last minUle wi lh virtually no lime for
preparation ,

A me- rica ns resent governmen t rcp rc....ion olthci r rights, and

free dom (If the airwa ves 11;ls been tradit ional for decade... But
ove r the last decade. thi.. freedom appears 10 have bee n eroded
hy the multi -billion-dollar cellular tele phone lobby for their
profit advan tage . T he Eel''' (Ele ctro nic Communicat ion..
Privacy Act ) ,11111 the subsequent Cellular Amendme nt In the
TDD RA (Telephonc Disc losure and Di..pule Resol ution Act)
have singularly im posed . for the first lime. li..tcnin g re-mcno ns in the United States wh ich arc more ...cvc rc than in Ca nada
and so me other de velope d cou ntrie s.
A mo ng the es timated 10-20 mi llion ...ca nner ow ne rs in the
United Sta tes. Fl ag ra nt viol at io ns arc ex trem ely rare . cert ai nly
far fe-ver tha n among gun o wners, and ..canners do n' t kill. yet
a heft y ti ne and len gthy jail sentence awa it the hap less scanner
listener who merel y tun c.. in on an anonymous telephone
conve rsat io n. Till.' ge neral imprc....ion by the wary public is that
eve n this hea ring ma y he- a facade orchestrated by the ce llular
industry to impose further restrictio n.. o n the ge neral public..
thu.. perpetuati ng the- illu..ion of privacy. rathe r than ado pting
exbting technology to pro vide real privacy to the-ir trusting
cu..tomcr..,

If cellular telephon e co nve rsatio n.. were digitized a.. lon g

promised by the cellular indus try. <III of the se heari ng s, charges

and co untercharges. legislation and reg ulations. indictments
and fines. anti costly policing ofthe cell ula r frequ encies-c-ull at
the tax paye r..' expcn..c-e-wo uld he unnecessary. A ll restrict ive
law s pert aining to scanne r freq ue ncy coverage and cellular
cavcsdropping could be rescin de d. Nu o nc could hear thc
conversations . Th e tradit ion al A meric an freedom of ucce ..s In
the airwaves co uld he res to red.
Th e pu hlic pCfl.'e plion o f Co ngress a.. . a ..hoppi ng mall for
h ig hu.. . illCSS call hl' l a r~ e1 y co rrl'c ll."tI hy this group of Il.:" g i.. . laIOI"S, In..tea u o f ind icting I..'itize ns fllr li..te ning to thei r radio s. o r
vilify ing small h us ine-sses who tloullde r in thc quag mi re o f
,lInh iguo us ;lIld incffe-l'tllal ruk.....1Ild reg ulation s, fiKe Ihe
ind u...try. Te ll the mi lli()l1 ~ (1 1' sC'lIl11l.:" r ow ne r.. now wiltdling,
Ihilt the- o llly W,ly tn insu re pri\' ilcy o n l'ellular telepho nes i\ to
imp le me nt (hI.:" ine .\pen sive, clTecl ive Icdlllnlugy p romi.. .ed
many Yl.',lrs ago : Ihe- ..allle low (.' 0 .. 1, high lew I pri\"Il'Y offl.:" red
hy (lthl'r l'o llllnllnil';ttion , ~l r\'il'es .

In last month' s co lum n we mcntioned the O ptoel cctron ics Xp lorc r <IS<lccll ul;lr-ca p<ib lc lest recei ver. but failed to poi nt
ou t th<ll the full-c ove rage versio n has o nly heen maul.:" aV<li l<lh lc 10qllalili cd agencie.. . . T he I'OnSlllller version has a h\'<lYshccn
ce llular-b locked .

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