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August 1997

Send Your Receiver to Camp

12

By Philip Gebhardt
... DX cam p. that is. wh er e the reception of
dista nt signa ls tak es preced ence over eating and
sleeping . Geb hardt gives ex a mples of camps tha t
vary from one to dozens or peopl e. and anten nas
strung as Vs , Ts , Ls, squares. d iamo nds. and
triang les. W hat w illyolilTeceiver say when asked.
" W hat did yo u do thi s sum me r.. .! "

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Cm'a Storv

Radio Netherlands Hits

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The Under $30 Antenna Launch

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By Chuck DeLongfield
A slingshot, fish ing reel. and a tree are a ll the
ingredie nts yo u need to erec t a great ante nna. whether at
ho me or in the fie ld.

DMAT's Mobile Medical Teams

21

By Patrick Griffith
By Jeffrey Poulin
Fifty years ago, in the after math

of \Vorid War II, a radio service

with a distinctly Dutch voice came
on the air. The station recog nized

that a country half the size nf South

Carolina can 't demand the wo rld' s
attention, so Radi o Ne the rlands set

about winning the loyalty of its listellers by interesti ng a nd usefu l program min g, the best in reprod uc tion

techniques,anda readinesstochange
with the tim es.
Th e formu la has wor ked we ll for
fifty years for this " Euro pean station with the Dutc h acce nt." T he
sto ry starts on page 8.

When a natu ral or man -made disa ster req uires medical ca re a nd evac uati o n. a nu mb er of federal agen c ies arc equipped to respond. O ne suc h
organizat ion is the Disa ster Medica l Assistance Team . Here are so me
mo nito ring tips from CO-2' s commun ication s o ffice r.

UI'!Jr"elillg tlrE' ()CE'''" 1I(11'1'E'r 22

By AI Ci/las
Ma ny readers will reme mber the Knigh t kits. especially the Ocean
Hopper shortwave receiver. If yo u ne ver had " chance to make one. yo u ean
bu ild yo ur own without the kit. Th is slightly revised ci rcuit red uce s the dan ger
of ele ctrica l shock that wa s inh ere nt in the ori ginal de sign.

Reviews:

Magne test s the SW2 shortwave recei ver. and

--- ,uuua
say s Drake ha s nearly achei ved the goa l of produ c- I"
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ing a worth y performer for less tha n S500 (page
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92). Th e Rad io Shack PRO-64 mobile scanne r
come s under Parn ass' eye . He pronounces it a major improvem ent over the
PRO -62 (pa ge 94 ). Catalano c hec ks out a co mm unica tion mode decoding
program . Radioraft, that wo rks very we ll - and the lite version is fre e' (p. S5)

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MONITORING TIMES

August /997

Letters " " " ""." " """" ". ". " .."" " " " ,." "" 4
Communications

PCS Front Line " " " ."""""__" """"_ " " ,,,, 28
Pick a Pock of Packels
Sca nning Report ,,__" """ ''' '' '' '' '' ''''''' '''' 30
The TrunkTracker Debuts
U~lity World " " " " __ " " " " " " ,__ " " """ ,, 34
HFMaritime Station News
Global Forum " ""__
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SW Mirrors Ihe World
QSLReport" " "
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English Lang SW Guide " " ", ..""" " ,43
Propaga tion Conditions " " "".......... 63
Near Vertical Incidence Skywave
Beginnerls Corner

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Are you suffering from LMS?

Below 500 kHz
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Lawfer ZWI
American Bandsca n ......" ..,......."" " " 68
Domestic OX and the In ~ernet
Outer Limits
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Pirate Loggings Explosion!
On the Ham Bands ........" .......... """". 72
World of Ham Radio CD
DeMaw' s Workbench ...." .......... "" ,.., 74
Homebrewed Breadboards

EDITORIAL 5TAFF

Plane Ta lk "" " " " """" " " " " " " ...." ..",,, 76
Separation Anxiety
Federa l File
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Brave New Wo rldof Scanning
Satellite TV " "".." "".........." " ".." " .... 80
The Big Dish Advantage
Experimenters Workshop " .... ,," ......,.. 82
WiNRADiO's Speclrum Scope
Computers & Radio " .......... " "" "" ", .. 84
Radiaroft Decoding Program
Programming Sporlight"" " """'"'' ''_''''' 86
Culture and the Ans
Tracking the Trunks ." " " " .."."" " " ,.." .., 88
Getting on Track
Whors New "".."" "".." "".." ..",,, ,,,..,, 89
" 92
Magne Tests "" " " " "
Drake SW-2
Sca nning Eq uipment .."""
94
Radio Shack PRO-64
Antenna Topics .." ""
"" ..,.." 96
Using a Counterpoise to Aim High
Special Events/Club Circuit
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" " ""
" , 100
Ask Bob
MW BCOverload Cure
Stock Exchang e "
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Closing Comments
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LET

T E R S

OX Camping
Tech Plus six week s later. rill still
learning about all the 'new ' stuff in
amateur rad io Ihat' s d ifferent from
lily childh ood mem ory of it - so
many new things like packet. QR P.
tiny V H F tran sceiv ers . e tc. BUI what
rea lly ca ught my eye was what yo u
wrote about ' a ham transm itter for 55
in 1()6()s dollars' th.u you built for
under S::!()in I99()s do llars. I' d lo ve to
sec wh.u that looks like - and maybe
build O Il C . .Onc of my favori te piclure s in the ARRL iVO Il' )lOII ' /,(' Tulkillg hook is of a C\ V trans mitter buill
on a tun a fivh ca n.I"

Yes, I know, August doesn' t exact ly

pro vide ideal cond itio ns for distant rcccpnon (D Xl. bUI it may well be the onl y
time you and yo ur radio ge t away from
man -made xnu ic and/or visit a new part o f
the world troru whic h to mo nitor. And if
you' re O il a beach ncar the salt-\.... atcr .
yo u're twice blessed!

II' ICI
Phil Gebh ardt . au thor of this mon ths'

DX calllp feature and a resid ent of Port

Perry, Ont ario. is an av id promoter of

radio wh ere ver he goes. l lcs pictured

here giving an introductory shortwave
prcxcntatiun at a Barnes & Noble book store ill Sr. Petersburg. Florida.The boo kstore carr ies a wide rangc o f rad io maga- Gebh ardt sho wn giving (Ill introductory shortwa ve
presentation at th e Barn es & Noble bookstore ;11 St.
zincs and books . incl uding M onitoring
Peters/nux. Florida.
Tim es and ,\'(lft'/litl' Times. Barnes & Noble
Alert reader Howard. WA2A FD.
noticed that ther e appeared to be two windenc ourages local hob by groups to introduce
10 take these loop s with me on trips . I alii
their activities to the cun ununit y. (With surings 0 11 the Quak er Oats box crystal set piccon cerned about 11 m \' will these he accep ted
turcd
0 11 page XC) of the May ' 97 M1'. l ie is
ficicnt notice we ' ll even g ive you com pliin my h a ~ g a g e . I only currv a portable permentary magazines to entice the crowd.j
correct. Author Ken Reitz ela borates.
sonnl tape ptnycr. Ca sio LC D T V. 2 Meter
"There arc two tuning coi ls on the oatmea l
Arthur Jackson, KASDW L expressed his
han dheld, and my SOllY IC F-200 3 with amen.
h1
1.\,
The mod ification comes from old-time
than ks to Phil Gebhardt for an earlier arti c le
lias whcu I am on the road!
crystal set G uru [ Imer Osterhou d t (now a
on bui lding a mcdium wavc loop (N ov l)(ll.
silen t kl'y) who was issued the ham call 6;\\v
and cred ited the art icle with rekind ling his
in Il) II) and who started Modern Radio Labo J 5ycar love of mcdium wavc DXing.
rator ies ill 1932 and ran it until his dea th in
"Th e articlestirred Il lY curios ityjus tenoug h
Eric Tarini . ;\ I YNT. of Marion . Mus.. a
I9X7 a t the age of X7. In a flyer he prin ted .
to build on e ill III )' limi ted spare time. The
ch uw us. wrote his gratitudc to columnist
fol lo win g t he pub lic atio n o f the 19 70
res ults were bet ter than I ex pected . Wh ether
S ~ i p Arcy. "A fter 35 yea rs, I am getti ng hac k
klt'cl/(lIIi.\ Illustrated art icle referred to in Illy
I used my Son y IC F-2()()3 or the 10 yea r old
into till' i\ ~ lIs h o rt w a\'e listening that fasciAi\illFM So ny Walk man. stations barel y aupiece . he add ed the extra co il saying, ...alnated me when I was I I and 12 years o ld.
d ible sudde nly sounded like local snu ions.
tho ugh the or iginals didn ' t use the pri mary
growing up in Det roit . i\'ly dad put up a
.., made seve ral pan and construction
winding [top coi l ]...this is esse ntial if yo u
nuu lom-Icugth wire {In tile HHI L and I' d listen
want good se lec tivity in separating suu ions.:
modi ficutions:
10 Atvl DX. hearin g baseball gamc s from
" It' sj ust IIHll'C oft he mystery of the crystal
I . Full size 36) ptcapacitors are hard 10 find .
fumwa y citi cs on my n-trunxi stor Matsushita
set . It' s allla;;ing what you ca n do with so
Electronic surplus sturcs carry car radio
(now Panasonic ) - it seemed mirac ulous !
little. Rep rints of Osterho udt' < voluminous
A M /F l'\il variuhlc ca pacit ors. Smaller bu t,
We also had a vcry old shortwave radio from
\\ ( III with crystal se ts were made av ailable by
ju st as useful.
IIll' 30s or -lOs, back when all rad ios we re
Paul Nelson who resurrected MRL. Ho w2. I used adh esive Velcro strips to gu ide the
furniture.
wires around the ends of the cros sed sup
eve r. re ports in the Crystal St't Smietv News..i\ co uple of n1l1111hs ago. I bo ught a shortpon s. The spac ing is II 16 inch,c\'cry other
loner I P.O. 130.\ .'\()26. Sf. Louis. ~\'10 63 130:
wave radio . starte d listenin g to world hand
row is I IX inch .
fa, 3 1-l-7::!S-7062 ] indic ate that ;',,1RL is again
rad io. I ordered a pile of ,\11' bac k issues to
dor mant. I was able to contac t them in Murch
3. Ity ou are lIsin g a small radios (w hich miIl l'
ca tch up. and ca rne ac ross your "milde w'
an,' ). mou nt a I inch by 4 inch boa rd on a
Ill' 1993 and rece ived a number of the t\'HU .
1,:O IUlIIll in the July 1996 issue. I loved !J ec
rep rints which detailed amazingly complex
Rubhc iMaid . single level L ll.)' Susa n.
tronns lllus tm tcd and Pnpulcn !Jcc!mllics
Mount wooden guards at eac h end of Ihe
crystalsets. Ididn' t incluuc lhem in the S( lurces
ha c~ thCll(an1und [9(){)-61 or so ),l'vc n t!Hlllgh
bl'callsl' o f Ihc llnrl'iiahi lity o r thL' company.
board. The lenglh should only be long
I d idn' t ullderstalld lIlost o f what I read: I sure
enougll to fit the rad io and the loo p an
" l low eveL not hing beats the masterly
wish I had SO IlK' o f Ihem today.
tenna. Rotati oll beco mes simple.
cra ftsl1la nship o f K.E. [;:dwards" wor k in his
'1 was also fasci nated by amatc ur rad io,
Nodlos Ihat \\"o rkl o r Frct' (p ublishl'd I()77"My ellthusias Jl I has rcsulted inlO Ihe con hut didll 'l ~ III 1\ \ ' IH IW \(1 proceed . Back theil, it
structi{lll{lf IWIIIIJ( )rl' I{HlpS.O ne Itlr l{lIlgwave
dlcck with your library ). H e has cJcvated the
SCl' II IS li"l' you necdcd a ment or. or SO llll'o ne
l'tlll:-otn K' litlll of Ihe cryst al sci to a fine art.
( 1/16 inch spacing. 20 () rt. o f #:.() \\-ire). and
\\ 110 co uld pllint yo u in Ihc right direction.
" Describing his 40 mcte r hand crystal sct
one for I61{)J )OO kll z as described in thc
NO\\adays , therc's a 101more. and a 10 1 bl'tter.
article. The hlllgwa\'e (lIIe has en lered me i nil)
hc says. ' ... 11wiII tunc much abo ve and bl'l(lw
inlill'l natillll ;lbolltlh ese topics.
this. but till'-lO meter band is \\'herc it wiIItunc
a ncw DX field (N BD Beacons l.
" Arll' r Ch ri:-ot lllas. I houghl a co uple of
'CulTL' lltly, 1am trying to tl gure out a \ \':1)'
study ho o k ~ O il ham rad io. and passed my
( Co w in l/('d Of/ page JOl )

Tweaking the Crystal Set

Another ReconstitutedRadio Nut

MONITORING TIMES

A ugust 1997

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COMMUNICATIONS
And On It Goes

Radio Waves Cure Snoring

Ne wt Gi ngrich ho pes to en...h ill on the l -c11

phonc/scann cr ctmtrovc rsy o fc arlic r this year.
Acc o rdin g 10 rep ort s. he is th ink ing that the
might sue Democr at Jim McDCfmOIt for any
ro le he had in the rclc nsc ort hc illegall y tap ed
phon e cull. A cco rdin g 10Rep. Joh n Bochn er.
Gi ng ric h co uld ta ke civi l act io n ,lga il1',1
~1cl krlll o lt on the basis that he violated till.'

Rad io frequenc ies a rc now bein g to uted as

the cure tor s no ring. A oll llpan y named
Somnus Med ica l Tech nology has unvei led
equipmen t that u nblocks hum an air passages
usin g radio W;'I\'CS. A rad io frequenc y ge nerator co nnected to ;'1 narrow needle pene trate s
the vurfucc o ft he to ug ue . throa t or so ft pal ette
and destroys ;'1 sma ll urea o f inner tissue by

Electronic Communications Privacy Act.

" We have bee n ass ure d that the Ju stice
Dcp uruncn r con ... idc r... the di ....-eminut io n 101'
the rape J 10 he as illegal as the record ing ( If
the tap e ," s;lys Boc hn er ...pc kcs ma n T er ry

Ho lt. Howe ver. the Florida co uple who rccorded the cell pho ne call was ulti mately
fined j ust S5C)C) each .

way radio
miKhl he used 10
CU T' snoring.

(Jil l'

the FC C spo kes man sa id that the Comm tsxion wi ll the n ...e nd the o ffe ndi ng o pe rator a
warni ng let ter .

Internuts
Ac cordin g to busi ness week. inte rn e t
g row th co ntinues at a stagge ring pac e . doubli ng to nearly -10 m illion peo ple. Accordin g
to the Harris Pull . nearl y 2 1'h- o f a ll ad ult s
no w browse the we b. up from 21.5 m illion a
yea r ago . The ge nde r gap is cl o si ng q uickly.
too. with wome n no w com p rising 4 1'k of all
internet users. Other inte rest ing data : 42'7c o f
a ll interne t hou seh olds have income s o f
S50.0 00 or more: X5(k ..Ire whi te and 25'k are
in the ir 4 0 s. T he least co mm o n internet ac tivity : sho pping .

Double Digital Growth

Internut /I

T he di g ital ce llular phone mark et gre w by

a whopping 7Y,f last ye ar w hile the anal o g
was up just I -Vir . Accord ing to the mark et
re search fi nn . Dutaqucst . ho we ver . ~ 1010l"0 ia
is not sharing in the g ro w th, T he ir sales of
d ig ita l pho ne s dro pped 62 17,' last ye ar whi le
Erics son and Oy No kia tr ipled . So me say
Mnturul as use (lf CDM A d ig ital tech no logy
hus dropp cd the unchorun its sa les. M oturulu
d ispu tes the nu mb e rs.

One third of'thc stale ofl owa does n' t ha ve

local internet service so. in 1990, the state
fo rmed the S~ () O m illi o n lo wa Com m un ica tion s Ne twor k (IC N ). T he obj ective was to
bring free int e rnet se rvice co nnections to
sc hoo l c lass roo ms . T his d idn ' t go o ver too
we ll. Pho ne co mpanies a nd IS Ps (inte rne t
se rv ice pro vide rs ) comp lai ned th at the y
couldn' t comp ete with a state-subsidized net work. GT E, which was 10 beg in offering
local internet access. ca nce led their plan s.
T wo mo nths ago. the people o r Io wa - w ho
also foo t the S ~ 7 m illion a nnual co st o f the
IC N- - had en ou gh and vo ted to get the state
ou t o f the telecommunications bu si ne ss . but
the meas ure wa s vetoe d by the go verno r.
St ate leg!..luto rv arc now try ing 10 fig ure o ut
w hat to do with the SJOO milli on boond og g ie.

Double Cell Growth?

A study o f mice e xpos ed 10 radi o sig na ls
similar to tho se g iven o ff by cell ular phon es
may he the li n.. t co nc rete e vide nce lin kin g the
mob ile ph o ne s with ca nce r. In 'lI1 I X mo llih
study. mice ex posed to rad io signa "" were
twice as likely 10 develop cance r as the ir
unexposed co un ter pa rts . Says John Moulder.
pro fessor at the Med ical College of Wi sco nsin a t Milwaukee . " It"s ce rtai nly the firs t
animal evidence that suggcsts that radio trcqucnci c s mi ght cu usc can ce r unde r so me
co ndi tio ns ."

"No, rt'ally, it \ cool .'

J IHI k l'ep plI ,\'hi,, ~ do wn 011
Ihal "talk " butt oll, ami prt'lly
SO OIl you '/I bl' Kro willg Ilell'
app e " da~ l's , too '! "

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August /997

gcncnuiug heat between 15X a nd 176 de g recs - - wel l below the boil ing point ," note s
al'I Jlllpany official. Seven hi I Xmillion Amcricans s uffer fro m sle ep di sorde rs. Five other
com panie s - a ll ow ned by the sa me per son
;IS S onmus - also lise radi o wav es to s hrink
swollen prostates and g) 'neco log il.'al lissue s.
..m d kill cance r ce lls in Ilings and kidneys.

Radio Waves Kill Civilization

eB rad io . A r one time it W ; IS A mcricus
favo rite pas time, s urp;lss ing \,.VC Il baseball

a nd sex . Now. un fo rtunatel y. the o nly time it

ge ls a ny publici ty is wh e n an o bno xio us C bcr
ge ls the neighbors go ing ut full boil.
In Fc md alc . Michi gan. 4 0 res ide nts go t
to gether at a City C o unc il meetin g to de ma nd
ac tio n agai nst a lo c a l C fscr . Acc o rdin g to
resi de ntv. the unnamed operato r lise .. a linear
am pl ifier and to rment ... neig hbors by cran king up the powe r and c urving at them through
the ir te levisions. te le phon e s, ba by mo nitors
and ot her electric a ppli ances. We 1I he
,:~.
watc hing T V anti hear II hig ' f_
yo u'
co me thn )ugh.' sa ys Tom Pla ill.
T he rc :-.ide nh ha w lurned ((l l.'ity l.'o unc il
for ;Ktio n hcc ause Ihl' FC C rcpl ied ttl the ir
rcq ul... ts wilh a hrod lllr\,.' 011 \l,-'he rl' 10 buy
lilt e rs for th\,.' ir appliaJKes , 11 ha s 10 0 0
wi lh the p rod ul'I." say s an FCC
~t1.aUJ~ZZ!!L spo ke sman, If. ho we ver, the
FC C det erm ine s that theC Be r
is using a ll illeg al a mplifi er.

,I

Iridium, Bill Gates, and Blimps

You may ha ve heard o f Irid ium . the 55
bi llio n, 66 s.uell ite telep ho ne sy ste m. Using
a palm-sized phone. yo u' II he able to p ho ne
to and fro m anywh ere on the plane t. T he fir st
five Irid ium ...atc llitcs are alrea dy in space.
Tclcdcsic Corp . is loo k ing to lau nch 22 8
satellit es to provide high speed g loba l wireless internet ac cess . Thi s o ne is a Boe ing
Corp proj e-c t buck ed by Bill G ates.
Now l'OIlle-s wo rd t Il' ye t ..m o thcr lo w-e art h
sy slclll l..'al lcd S ky S talitlll inte rn;,uional (5 5 1).
S ky S tatio n Inh: rnatio llal is " 55 bill io n net work o f 250 he li um -till ed - no k id d ing " blimps" stat io ned I J miles abo ve the earth .
T he bl imps w ill rd ay cOlIllllunicatio ns in
much the sa mc way as sate llite . A new so lar
pmve rcd " air tre;'ldin g" tech nolog y will reponed ly kee p th\,.' blimp s st;,ltio nary for up to

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10 ye ars. SS I is askin g the FC C for a port io n
o f the 47 G Hz band for thei r project.

Programmable "Oops"
Radin S hac k recall ed all unsold stoc k o f
the ir new HT X -204 du al band ha nd -held rad io w he n it w as di sco vered tha t it co u ld he
programmed to tran smit and rece ive OUI o f
band . Tand y V P Bob M iller sa id that " Rad io
Shack wo u ld ne ve r know ing ly do any thi ng
that wou ld co m pro mise o ur stand ing wi th the
amate u r rad io co mm unity o r the FCC" So
w hat's the futu re for the HTX -204 ? Says
T o ny Mago ulas. Ta ndy' s Public Inform atio n
O ffice r in Ft. W o rth, "T he radi o is go ne and
w ill no! he re placed ."

Pull Off the Road or Pay

A Texas j ury has o rder ed an I x-yca r-old
g irl to p'IYabout 57 mi llio n in da m ages to (he
fa mi ly o r a boy killed whe n she lost cont ro l of
her ve hicle w hi le an sw eri ng a cellu lar pho ne
ca ll. Kayla Se ge rs tro m crashe d her fam ily
va n hea d -o n int o ano ther car in 1996 . lo s in g
co ntro l whe n s he reach ed fo r the pho ne . A
thre e yea r o ld ho y was k illed in the accident.
Hi s buby s iste r' s nec k was bro ken and their
fathe r s uffe red serio us brain da mage . T he
c ase i..; said to he preceden t-sell ing becau se it
add ressed the iss ue of res ponsi bilit y in a n
acci de nt cause d b y the use o f a ce llular pho ne .

Dead Air
Hund red s o f radio station s in Ohi o. Flo rid a.
and Lo uisi an a were forced to tran smi t no thin g but dead a ir w he n a close d-c ircuit Emcrgc ncy A le rt Syste m test from Flilvl Aj ummcd .
A test. intende d for j ust W LS in Chic ago .
affec ted a ll the o ther statio ns in the sys te m
when a FEM A op erator fail ed to dese lec t
s tatio ns in the o ther stales . WLS . a primar y
ent ry poi nt s ta tio n. requ e sted the test as it was
co m ple ti ng install ation o f equ ipme nt to reccivc nat io nal le vel ale rts.

"0 11, I k no w!
How about this:
'Jailbirds. M eet
tile Jailbirds,
we're f ull offun
and good
friv-o -li-ty ... ,..

sho t o ut o r the s ky. Cu lm er though ts prevailc d . how e ver. and De Nij s wu s ult imatel y
sentenced to four mo nth s in priso n. No word
o n w ha t so ng the D utc hma n is s ing ing no w.

Television in Russia
A fter the fall of the So viet U nio n it wa s
ho ped that Ru ssia mi ght begi n to learn so me
lesson s fro m the Un ited S tates : dem ocracy.
capita lis m... tab lo id T V ? It hasn' t tak en lo ng
for fa mi liar trash to slithe r o nto the Russian
air w a ves. Hos ted by V lad imir Po zn e r. an
apo lo g ist fo r the co mm u nist regi me o ften
seen on the Phil Do nahue S how in the 19S0 s.
is a b iza rre s how c ulled. "P ers on in the M ask."
Gu e sts ap pear in the stud io behind hideo us
met a lm asks. To pics inc lude pimpi ng teen ag e
boy s. a KGB agen t w ho head s a pow e rfu l dru g
ma fia. and o ld standard ra n: like adulte ry .

To Catch aJammer
Pulice in G ran d Ra pid s. M ich igan. wer e
trying to cat ch a WOIll. Ul w ho had robbed a

Fred Fred What's going On?

T ra ffic at the air po rt in Gronin gcn in the
Ne the rlan d s wa s lied up fo r about 20 m inute s
earl ie r th is yea r wh e n pilot W im de Nijs used
air traffic con tro l frequ enc ies to se re na de
listeners w ith the the me fro m the Pli ntston cs
T V sho w. C lasp ing the microphone o f his
s mall aircra ft and circl ing the a irfiel d. De Nijs
sa ng. "Hi ntston cs. Meet thc Fli ntston c s.
they ' re a mod ern sto ne-age fam ily..." until
o ne Air Traffi c Con troller tho ug ht of culli ng
ill the Dutch a ir force and havin g the cave man

ban k. W hen e ver d ispatc he rs tri ed to co m m unicate with pur su ing offi cers. the ir transrnissions we re jammed . T he ro bbe r escaped.
Thi s was no t the first ti me . G ran d Rapids
pollee tra nsmi ssio ns have bee n ja mmed 35
times in the pa st two yc ars . W hen police sent
o ut an eng inee r w ith d irec tio n- fi nd ing eq u ipme nt.th cy ze roed in o n a man s itting in a Ford
Escor t. ;\ la rge a nte nna was o n the ca r' s ro of.
W he n d isp atch er s broadca st a descriptio n o f
the car. the ja m ming stopped .
Pol ice o btained a warran t and se arc hed th e
man ' v ho uxc . Se ize d were at least a do ze n
ha nd -held rad io s. a hal f-do ze n w alkie -talkie s. se ve n two - wa y radios, mic rophon es.
s pea ke rs and o ther tran s mitte rs. T hou gh h is
nam e has no t been released, the ma n is said to
hav e been a vo lu ntee r sheriff s deput y and the
traffic sq ua d's communications o fficer.

Communications is compiled by Larry

Miller wit h hel p fro m Ra ch el Bau ghn . and
the ar t depart ment at Gro ve Ente rp rises. A lso
sta ff as o ffici al "C o mm unic atio ns" mon itor s ar e the fo llo w ing good peop le who lo o k
fo r, d ip out. and ma il items o f inter est fro m
the ir local ne ws pape rs : A no ny mo us. A lhany.
N Y; George Bea rd , Kan sas C ity. KS; C ha ne !
Corde ll. Bra ss tow n, NC; Ken neth Du nn .
Glassboro . NJ: Maryanne Kehoe . A tlanta .
GA : M r. and M rs. Kevin Klei n. Kimberly.

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W I: Ira Paul. Royal Oak. MI: Richa rd

Sta t c fi cl d . B rookl yn . N Y: W a lt er
Szc zepaniak , Ph ilade lphia. P A ; Pe ter T am s.
Lo s A nge les. CA: and Mi chae l W hite , G ree nsboro . NC. W e also co nsu lted the fo llowin g
publi c at ions an d list thei r nam es in g rate fu l
app rec iation. IJisl'l/tch Monthlv, Nat ional

Srnnning. Rad io Wor ld. Russia Revie w. S(l/4

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Radio Netherlands Hits

The Dutch have a
saying about a 50th
annlversarv. /t goes:
one has "attained their
Abrahalll," a biblical
reference
to aee
.
tl ' erace
and wisdom. As Radio
Netherlands reaches the
halFcentulY mark. it
lives lIlJ to that saying.
l')

By Jeffrey M. Poulin, I<F4JSV

t is(l:2X11.111. ill Virginia. As usual. my short wave rad io is WIl L'lI

II I () I()) kllz.Th e 1iIIi ng refrain of a trad iti\mal l nch lolk S( lli g.
"Mc n-h '1'\ K.-11 1IIll' Storc k" beg ins. The announ ce r s voice says
"Thi s is Radi o Ne the rla nds . the Dutch internationa l service."
First come s new s and com mcru.uy on topi c s th.u a re seldom
me nti on ed O il o ur e vening ne ws rep ort s. You pro bahl y wou "t hear
ab o utt he O .J. Si mp sontria l (reason enough 10 listen to xhortwnvc l. But
yo u can learn about the upheavals in Albania. whi ch c all affe ct U.S.
troops in the Hulkun-; Orthe Slh..-cc sctul laun ch ofu new <atc flitc hy the
Europe an space a~ e n c y . rioting in Africa . unrc.. . t ill mainla nd Chi na.

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Aug ust 1997

Dutch pork production. a nd the . . tutu .... of the European Union. Th L'
con uneru.uv he lps IHlI till' . . toric -, ill conte xt for bet ter und erstand ing .
The pn~ . . entation riva l.. . thut of the BBC in Ill y op in ion .
W hat follo ws i.. . just pla in tun . P r o ~ ra lll "" can cov er a ny topic. On e
progra m will disl'lls.. . the lale"t trends ill music. T he next broad ca st
might del ve into the hi"ltll)' {If Gyp.. . ics in Holland. the legacy o f the
Marsh ull Plan. the Trappi st Mon k brewin g industry. orcn viroruuc utal concerns. On e o f Ill y fa vor ites was a program about the ( ha ng ing
custom s ofhnndvhakin g o ver the lu.. . t .' ()O year.. . . ( I kn ow what yo u're
thinking: but thai program actually turn ed out to be an enterta ining

hist or y lcs..on in Euro pea n c ul -

hac k and begun R'HJio Hc rrij zcnd

Ncdcrtand s in Ein d hove n. T h is
wax the sta tio n that an no unce d
the e nd of III I.' war in EUfOJlI: to the

tu rc . )

1997 ma rk.. the 50t h year of

Ra dio Netherland.. do ing ir.. job.
and doi ng it well .

Dutch people.

In the Beginning
Alth ou gh Radio Netherla nds
officially started in 1\l-l7, it.. rools
go hack 30 years curl ier. In )9 17.
Ph ill ip.., the Dutch e lec tron ics
company. be gun ma k ing tube.. for
the lled gl ing radio hobby an d illl r ea/h er maJl Jan l'elleboer .\'110"''' i ll / 97.J/Jhoto.
dustrv.
TL'1l )'L'afS later the X crhcrtand-, became the
World War " and Brit ish Influence
firs t European co untry to ~e t lip a regular
l lollund W. I" oc c up ied qui c kly. T he ~az i s
international broadcast schedule. That stainnucdiutcly loo k over the dom est ic radio
tio n, PCl . wa s establish ed us a n eco no mic al
service s for prop ugundu and security purand ve ry effic ient wa y 10 commun icate w ith
pO..I.. .. . The D utch sl.llT-. were ordered to conthe Du tch colo nie s in variou s part s of the
tinue operating the stations unde r the ir new
worl d. T hos e colo nie .., e...peci a lly Indone sia.
ma -te rv. Alt ho ug h thi ....o -cu llcd cullaboraa lso prod de d a market for the rad im made hy
lion W.I" involuntar y. it led to antagon ism s
Phi llips. Other European co un tries fol lo wed
afte r the war that would lust for yenrs.
the Dutch lead . Within a fe w de cade .... most o f
with I lo lla nd occ upie d. a D utch ne wspatho se co lo nic .. wou ld be indepen dent CO UIl [1L'r reporter in Paris, I lcn dri k va n den Broc k,
tries. bu t their e xistcn cc se rve d a..a sig n ificant
gor tog et her-with se veral colleague s and sta rted
cata lys t in de ve loping ove rse as shon ev'ave
clande stin e radio bruadcusts tullullund usi ng
bro adc ast ing.
Fre nc h tacilitic... But Fra nce itse lfwas fa lling
In 19 2XEdd ie S tur tz began a S unday ins nto the Hlirzkricg. and the gro up e sca ped to
un ion rh.u wo u ld co ntinue for o ver flO year....
Lon don be fore Pa ris was taken . T here they
Say ing that the ca ll sig n PCl stood forvpcacc.
begun Ra d io O ra nge . named fo r the Ro ya l
cheer, and joy" the Happy Station program
HOllSL' o f O ran ge . the o fficial voice of the
went 0 11 the a irw aves. I ii.. sho w' ... mo no was
Dutch govern me nt ill e xile .
the " happy s tatio n o f a friendl y nat ion." SigU..ing the HBe' s Bus h ~ I () u ..e f.llilili cs and
n ifiGlIll ly, the liste nl' r 110 lo ngL' r had to s pea k
pm wrfu l Iran s miltcr s, Ihe ir hro ad cast s we re
DUlch ttl 1L" lfll aho ut the mu sical tnsle an d
lh l.'J 10 assist lhe Dutch llIltlcrg round and help
c ult ural matlc rs in I io llnnd. A nJ il p n " "cd lhat
mainl ain mo ra le among the ir o\.cupicd counIhere was a n aud ic nce fo r pr ogr .lllb " with a
trYllll. n. I B BC re so urces were lIsl.'dh y se w ral
DlItL'h alT L'nl.
L'o untrie .. for the same purpn..es. )
The 19 ~ O ' {" nnd 1 9 ~ 1r .. abp ..aw the cs tabI\y the autu mn o f 19-1-l. a few lTlollths afte r
li"ihment o f fo ur d o m c ~,;ti l' sl.'f\ "ite.., ('Je h w ith
D-D ay, lhL' sOlu hern h'l lf of Holl and was
an a ffilialion in re ligio n or pol ilics. These
Iihl.' rah: d. V.m de n Brock anti his team mo ved
affilia lio ns still pe rtuin today. l lo \\'e vc r. there
was no uni lk 'J. nati on al yo iee
go ing ou t to the world . There
for e, in ItJ.' 7 T he Hagu d se'lt
o f thL" Dllh.:h G o ye rn ml. nt )
app o illle J .1 com m issio n 10
slud y tilL' mailer. It reeo mmL'IlJ I.'d an o ver se as s ho rtwave ser viL'c nw de up o f ex isl ing d{)lllest ic prog ranl s hut
fU n hy a s mall. ind epe ndl..' nl
s t~lrf.

What migh t h,1\'e fo rmed

Radio Nethe rla nds W .h new r
rL'a lized. Ik for e the new SL' rvice cll uld be eSlab lis hed, lhe
Naz is in vad L'd Holl an d.

-IH edia N etw ork

AJarks,

( T(' II':

D iall a .Il1llSSClllllld .Ioll lll/llIll

Van den Brock.now a M aj or.

wa s g ive n authority OWl' the establ ished dom estic stations in
Hilversum. Among other dutie s,
it wa s his resp on sibilit y to remo ve tho se sta ll members wh o
had wo rked und er the Na zi occ upier s. Th is wa.. the o ffic ia l gove rnment poli c y. no t h is 0\\11. b UI
van d en Brock bore the brunt o f
the re sentment s that aro se . M an y of the se
peop le . well -known voice s in the Ne the rland s, ne ve r forga ve van de n Brock for the
W'I)' in which he curried o ut thi s po licy .
Another pro blem developed ov er- the 'tone'
o f the dom e ..tic se rvices. Van den Aroc k had
been heavi ly influenced by the unde rsta ted.
p rec ise ton e of BBC bruadca sts. Dutch s tution s. indeed most uft hosc in Europe , had had
a mo re e xube rant pre sentatio n be fore the war
and ex pected 10 p ick tha t up agai n. The dash
o f the se ex pec tatio ns with va n de ll Aroc k's
wartime HBC infl uence caused mo re hard

feelings.
The de sire s of the dome..til' b road cast se rv ice s could not he e.lsily ig no red as they
represent ed fo ur in fluen tia l parts o f Du tc h
soc iety : the C atholic and Prote stant churc hes,
a nd thc two p rima ry po litica l fac tion s. Ho cvev e r. that s till di dn ' t an swer the p re - \v~lr g oa l
o f a un ified , d is tinct ly D utc h voi ce fo r the
wor ld to hear.

Birth of a Station
A tr.lIlsiti on a l !'>tage hegan in !lJ-l6 for a
Rad io j\;~ t herla n d s . Part of th e pro posed st atio n was a wo rld se rvice tho.lt would provide

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the long-desired uni fied voi ce. Van de n Brock

v igo ro usly promoted the idea of a world servic e . obtai ning governmen t fundi ng. a se parate siaff. a nd virtu al inde pe nde nce from govcru men t inte rfe re nce. T he q uote below explaincd his bro adcast p hi lo so ph y.
" T he re are real ly IWo reason s fo r the e xistcncc o r Radio Net herland s and we do o ur
wor k in two way s. Th ro ugh o ur fore ig n la ng uage tra nsm issio ns a nd throu gh our tran sc rip tio n serv ice. w hic h p rod uce s and record s
progr am s o n any phase of Dut c h culture . we
try to tell the res t o f the wor ld about life in the
Ne therlands . ou r institu tio ns. and tradition s.
Th e other reason for o ur cx iStC IKC is our
brour.feasts ill the Dutch la ng uage , As yo u
know. man y thou sand s of o ur co untry me n
emi grate each yea r to find a new life in a
strange land . It' s o ur aim. in o ur Dutch broadcas ts. 10 s upply a link between the ho mel and
a nd the ne w country. 10 try to ca ...c the shock
of the com pletely new e nv iro nme nt by provid ing ne ws and e nte rtai nme nt ...trai gh t from
ho me ."
Wi th that philosophy <IS a g uide .
Rad in Netherlands was officia lly
laun ched in 1 9~ 7 .
Radio Netherlands faced oppo... ilion from the domestic statio n.. from
the sta rt The y still resent ed \, ;111 den
Brock. T hey had assumed. ba ...cd on the
pre- wa r plan s. that they would pr ovide
the progr am min g for any world serv ice.
A nd thc new statio n was a co mpetitor fo r
fu ndi ng .
But the domestic servic es a ll had thei r
ow n age ndas a nd affiliations. Rad io Nc therland s did not. A t th at time the Dutch
Go\,cmlllc nt wa s c age r to reta in r:ontro l of
its Indo nc sia n c.:olon ies. Thc f lag ue found it
co uld rel y o n Rudi o Ne the rl;lI1ds to b roadr:ast aCl'lJr:.ltely the Govc rn mc nt po int o f
v iew . The plo y, as a p["{lpaganda 1II0 VI:. f;lilcd .
Ind o nesia ob tain ed its indepe ndcnce . But by
thaI tillle . Rad io Ne the rla nd ... had es tablished
itsel f as a rel iable . 11l1bia...cd SOUl"r c of new s
a nd pro gram ming.

10

MONITORING TIMES

August /997

Distinctively Dutch
The fi r...t ...tall member s knew they needed
a pla n to keep audience s interested w hile
cstabli..hing n disti nctive D utch ide ntity. Th e
United Statcx W.IS the pre-emin ent indu str ia l
a nd militar y powe r with wo rld-w ide inll ucncc. Eng la nd ' s colo nial e mpire was shrinking. bu t it still headed u Commonweal th that
s pa nne d the plan et and worked fro m a trad itio n of authori ty in its broadcasts. France.
e ven a fter five ye a rs o f occupat ion . simply
assum ed a high d eg ree of influence and acted
ac cordin gl y.
T he Ne the rlan ds is u small cou ntry. It is
ha lf the xizc Il l' South C aro lina wi th a popu lation o nly a little 1II0re tha n New York C ity.
Th e ... taffk ncw that w hat goes o n in Ho lland is
not ncce ...... arity earth-shaki ng . Th c y rea lize d a
mo de , ap proac h in their p rogram ming. as
long a it wa... ente rtaining and informa tive .
co uld lure .111 audience. Af
4

tcr a ll. the Ne the rla nds has centuries of'cu lture
und hist or y to draw 0 11. magnifice nt artwork.
orchestras. and a fr iend ly. o utgo ing popul ace .
T here wa s no lack of materia l availa ble.
If they weren' t go ing to sho ut. thcy wo uld
mak e thei r broad casts fun and conversational .
Thi s wo uld not be "The Ne therla nd s. the
C ountry:' broadca sting to o the r countric...: It
would he Dut ch pe o ple talking about matters
o f fun a nd interes t to other people .
The fir st Engli sh language broadcasts con sisted of twenty m inut es o f new s and commcnuu y three lime s a day. A udiences wrote in
wanting to know more ubou t the place produci ng the...c reports. whic h led 10 prog ram s
on Du tc h culture and popu lar tastes . At first
the program s foc used o n the sy mbo ls of Ho Ila nd : wi ndmi lls . woode n shoes. tu lips. and so
forth. But it didn ' t take lo ng to go beyon d that.
A sim ila r approach wa s e mployed in .111 the
langu ages they used in the ir broadc as ts.
Eve n thou gh s hor twave rad io was their
primary me an s (0 di ssemi nat e program s, they
d id n't rel y o n it alon e. The statio n prod uced
records of clnsvical mus!c and othe r program min g o ll\ ing the fi nest techno logy avai lable ,
and se nt them allove r the wo rld to be played
by local stations as par t of Radio Nethe rla nd s'
transcriptio n service . These trunscriprions had
the added benefit o f be ing able 10 target specific audience need s. At o ne poin t in the
1950 ' s they were se nd ing o ut 150 ,000 reco rd ing s a year.
Pro gr am content wa s never cons idered
sac red . It wa ... changed 10 refl ect cha ng ing
tastes in thc Nc ther land ... an d a mong the aud ie nce s. In thc 1950' ", the re wa s a . . h ift fro m
cias... icul to jan a nd folk mu sic . In the 1960' s
audiences wan ted mo re info rmative programs.
Liste ner s could now ge t high qu alit y mu sic
recording ... from many othe r so ur ce ... hut the
documentrric ... Radio Net herla nd s produced
co uld not he found e lse wh ere . The c urre nt
blend o f programs dea ling wi th cult ure .... hi s-

tory, edu cation. and current cvcnts-c-somc

serio us and so me ligh thearted - is a re sult of
meeting the audie nce "swi shes.

Technology for Tomorro w

Rad io Nether land ... always used the be "'l
tc<,' hnolo gy to l'o llllllu nica tc \\,:ilh their ;llId iencc. Allirsl th;'lt wa ... s ho rtw <l\"C r;'l(jio. records.
and pnlgr'llll gui de s sen t by l1luil.l t \\';;a... <ll1ll lllg
the fi rs! to usc ....lIc llite re lay stutio lls to impro vc rcr:cp tioll . suc h 'IS the re la y in Bon 'l ire .
Te k\' isio ll. sate llites, .md the intc rnet ha ve
a ll been brou g ht into pl ay <.IS means to accomp lish their goa ls.
Fo ra ll thc changes in technology . Radio
Ne the rla nds tHIS lIot for g ott en its pu rpo se :

posed un ified Europe . la ng ua ges

a nd the di ffering c ult ures wi ll no t
di sappear. Th e statio n h as cs tubltshcd all identi ty o f its ow n that
wi ll co ntinue its mi ssion and tradi tion s.

A Golden Hall Centu ry

Ginger da Silva, host of

interview.

It

Rad io Ne therla nds ha s a rich

histor y. There have been the sen\HI S do mest ic e ve nts. s uc h as w he n
the Queen 01" the Ne the rlands a nno unc ed he r
ab d ic atio n in favor of the next roya l generation . T here have been mome nts of fun. One
Ap ril First b road cast gave the wa ve le ngt hs.
stra ig htfaced . in fee t a nd inch es instead o f
met ers. O r thc undi scove red open mi cro phon e
that se nt a progr am prod uc tio n sess io n ove r a
sate ll ite sub-carrier.
Rad io Ne therl ands ha s alwa y s cnco urag ed audien ce feed ba ck an d sug gestio ns.
Di ffe rent views fro m aro und the worl d let
the staff respond to c hanges in thei r lis te ne rs'
need s and wa nts. T h is w illing ne ss to c hang e is
on e o f the reas o ns for Ra d io Net he rla nds '
on go ing and increasing po pu larity.
Jo nath an Ma rks . D irec to r 01" Pro grams,
revealed ano th er rea son . " M aybe [we re ma in
so po pu lar wo rld -w id e I becau se we 're inde pen dent and we ge nu ine ly care about listen ers . W e listen to yOLl beca use yo u lis te n to us.
I do n ' t thin k we ' rc ash amed to ad mit we enjo y
what we' re do ing , a nd tha t comes ac ro ss in the
way we co m p ile the pro grams. Th is is a s ma ll
co unt ry. so we ha ve to try harde r to s han: o ur
info rmatio n with others. O ther co untrie s shout
infor matio n. We d o n' t think that work s I for
us ! in 199 7 ,"
Is Ra d io Net he rl ands meeting its goa ls '? I
bel ie ve so . W ith e ntertain ment and infor mation it p ro vides a wi ndow into the Dut ch
worl d . An d it ma ke s me wan t to kn o w e ven
mor e ab o ut the country and its peo p le.

Good Life. conducts

to make the wo rld avv are of the D utc h peo ple

and c u lture. In the Un ited S tat es we ge nera lly
he..rr the sho rtw av e broadc asts . But Rad io
Nethe rla nds is inc rea si ng ly in vo lved in te levis io n prud ucti onx. ofte n in collahurut io n w ith
o ther co untries. T he o ld record s ha ve be e n
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do es n' t mailer if you DX 0 11 the

lon g wa vc hands or the sho rtwa ve
bands. till' lament is a lways the sa me:
Th e antenna isn 't lon g en ou gh lor high
enou gh }, Or. it may <i rn plv be that yo u're
tired 0 1" u,j llg the sam e old ant enna. It
co uld be th ai your shuc k j", loc ated in a
noi sy environmen t so yo u ca n", dig those
weak sig n;'l ls ou t of the: uoi-,c.
So what do yo u do? You or gani ze a DX
camp.
Ik pc nd ing 1)f1 your nee d.. and the c amp
vitc. you r () X ca lllp may invo lve on ly o ne
perso n- yo u. AI other time..... you may
\\ ani 10 I;"' ( a small group of li... tcn c r-,
toge ther. If yo u' re really amhit ions. you
could invol vc do/e ll... Ill' rad ii i cn thuxiusts .
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Th e main criterion in any vu-e rnay he to
find a site where yo u c a l l string up a reall y
Inng antenna- perhaps a hc \\'ragc-or a

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Picnic tob les pro ride ph'llly of room

10

lay out

equipment at tli c on e-day lJXp('d ilioll at

Simeo n Park organ ized by Joe Karth aus . Th e
building provides sh elterfrnm the cold and
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lien' Bernie Rall~j has h is medium wuvo loop
readyjor J)Xi" g. tl' luno credit: lack
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really hig h ,,1111:1111.1. Yo u m ight wa nt In

experi ment with se ve ra l ante nna s , O r
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If you only haw access to a sma ll
space. then ~ o u may ha ve to limit th is
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alway s muc h more fun whe n yo u have
co mpa ny. h' s ea sier 10 erect an tenna s w ith
an ex tra pair of hand s avail ublc. H yo u have
a cam p hudd y, yo u ca n each put up an
antenna and pall way through the ca mp
yo u can swap an ten nas . T he re is a lso the
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hOI lip.. tluu you otherwi se might miss.
Expand ing the l'a mp from a smallgn lup
to a large r group incre ases the numb er of
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Joe Karthaus, organizer of th e

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lrXpedition, us es his portable
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ch eck signa ls against his
receiver con nec ted to all
outdoor random-len gth
antenna. (Pho to credit: Ja ck
Hen sha w)

Th e cabin that Ken A lex ander

uses during his DX camps, Th e
rural location n ear Coe Hill ,
Ontario provides noise-free
listening while th e trees and
larg e lot size provide plenty of
room for antennas. (Photo
credit: Ken A lexa nder)

ho i tip s. e speciall y if you have a board on

w h ich In di ... ptay the in for ma t io n as eac h O X
catch i.. made. It can ab o increa...e the variety
of ante nnas . although random -length w in: ...
ofte n ..cern 10 predomin ate because o f the ir
..i mpl icit y.
W hat ~ t~l rt'i 10 happen at the large r OX
Gllllp.. i~ incre ased imcructi on. Th e- c amp ulIl HI ..1 beco me, a social event . Novice li... tene r...
ca n ge t adv ice fro m the veterans : pa rtic ipa nts
cun ..:omparc rece ivers a nd ucces ...c ries: the
mcrit vof'thc lat est gad gc t o n the market can be
dbcu......eel. ,.. ... a bonn thai all thi s happens
spo mancou- lv. There" no need to fo rmalize
the procc vs wit h a pro gram .
One thi ng is ce rtai n: whether yo ur cam p
i~ ... mall or large, there arc no ru le s. You
organize the e vent ho we ver yo u wa nt W ithin
the O ntario I) X A......ociation . the re are a lways
se veral such eve nts in va rio us ... tugcs o f deve l-

opmcnt.
Wh en I have had the c ha nce to exchange
the noi se o f the ci ty for th e radio-q u iet co ndi tion- in a rur a l setting. I' ve pac ked my re ce iver a nd ... cizcd the op po rtu nity . I may lake
a lo ng a roll of wire or a prefab antenna .
Obviou ... ly. or ga nizati on is ut a min imum.
S lightly mo re ulab urut c is the eve nt o rga ni zcd by Joe Ka rtha u.... He wor ks for 3 compan y that own" a park, The park facilities are
avai lab le 10 em p loy ees and the ir fami lies
thr o ugh o ut the YCilL Th rou gh the kindn ess of
the ..:u mpa ny and the pa rk ... tuff', we have
becom e Joe ' .. extended fa mi ly. The heat ed
chalet provides pro tec tio n fro m the winte r
we ather and electric ity elimi nates the need for
baucr y-opcrutcd recei vers. Th e indoor wa shroom.. make life easier, roo! BUI be st o f a ll.
there arc lar ge trees and wide open s paces fo r

Haro ld Se ller.' (right), editor af the

()DXA's nx Ontariu magazine. enjoys
a few qu iet mo ments at h is receiver
du ring the OJ)X,t 's shortwave camp ill
Mansfield. Ontario, Hurn ld's
experience ill IJXillg provides II wealth
of infornuuion for both Ilewco m ers
and veteran DXers,

The twn -stery building used for th e OIJXA 's shortwave camp h eld each N ove mber
provides she lter from th e cold, a dining area for m eals, sleep ing quarters, a large
com mon area/or J)Xillg (II1t1 easy acc ess to trees. Th e building is part of th e
JUllllsfteld Outdoor Education Centre rued by groups of stude nts during th e week.
(Ph oto credit : Ja ck Hensha w)

Ch arlie Dialllolld tllllfS ill to sOllie DX

at th e ODXA '.'1 , ,/rortwal'e camp at tire
J\1allsfield Outdoor Education Centre
ill ,U allsfteld. Olltario. Th e ClIlllp
oJlers lIIemb ers all opportu llity to
compare equip men t, disc II.u
tech n iques tllld share DX tips. (Ph oto
credit: Jack Hells /raw)

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MON ITORING TIMES

August 1997

an tennas.
w hat makes Joe ' ... Dx pcdi uon easy to organ ize i... th..u it is only <I da y-long: eve nt. We
...tart DXing in the mo rning and pack up at
n ig ht. Our ma in conce rns arc what hand to
Ii ... ten to a nd when to cu t.
Ken Al exander o rgan ize... a sligh tly mo re
elaborate eve nt be c-uu...c he ha s atTCS'" to a

cabin. He in vite ... small g ro ups (about six ) to

enjo y the DXing opportunities the ru ral loc3*
ti\lIIallllnl..,Thrcc -hllndrcd-metl"r ( I nOO-foot)
ra llllolll -Icng ih alllClilla... an: the mder o f the
d ay. T he wire i... fct.! intn ~1Il impedance ma lche r
a nd thc ll Ihro ugh ...oa x In Ihe receiver. Bet'au ...c ...c ve ra l li...lencr... mighl \\' '1111 In connect
..il11ult ~lIl ltl ll ~ l y 10 ,I ~ i ng l c antc nna. the c1ub s
lllu lticoll pk r l O ll ll ... in ll<l lldy in this situ atio n.
(A 1l1ll 1lil:(lllple r <l llow ... seve ra l receivers to be
1,.'( 1I111clled 10 a ... ing h: <t lltl' nna, )
Th e Ilrga ni l.al ion is still m inimal. bu t cerwin Illing.. Ill'ed ((l hc add res...ed. S ince the

ca bin is re nted. Ken m ust co llec t mo ney fro m

the pa rtici pa nts. W ill the g ro up ca t together or
will par tici pa nts be res po ns ible for the mselves? A re there en ou gh beds for eve ryo ne ?
I dec ided 10 ta ke advantage of the op portu nity
to do so me T V D Xing usin g the rotat ab le
beam at the cabi n o nly to find o ut th at the rotor
cause d int erferen ce o n the lo wer band s. O op s !
Beyond tha t, the ODXA has an annu a l
s ho rtwave camp (alth ou gh so me members
DX the mediu m and lon g wav e band s w h ile
o the rs mo ve u p to th e FM ba nd ).
Beca use this eve nt can in vo lve two to three
do zen me m be rs, a commi ttee of four member s head ed by Jac k Hen shaw, the n DXA ' s
c urren t cha irma n of the board , o vers ee s the
ca mp org anizat io n.
Fa cilities arc ren ted fro m the Mans fi el d
O utdoor Ed uca t io n Ce nt re for Fr id ay nigh t
th rou g h Su nday afternoon. Me als arc s uppl ied by the ce nte r and slee ping accon uuodatio ns are dor mit ory- styl e w ith bu nk bed s. A
sing le liste nin g are a allows all part ici pant s to
he toge ther to facil itate ex c ha ng ing hOI DX
tip s. A blackboard is us ed to list stat io ns and
Freq ue nc ies as they arc heard. T he c lub's
mult icou plcr (several d oze n rece ivers G ill be
co nnected to a sing le antenna) gets a good
wor ko ut at the camp.
Experie nce has mad e organ iz ing the eve nt
eas ier thro ughou t the years. Experience has
a lso tau gh t us no t to ove r-orga nize. Th e soc ia l
asp ects o r the c amp tend to keep th ings llo wing s mo o thly sim ply because there are so
many me mbe rs in atte nd ance . Wh ile orga nizing the ca mp is eas ier by com mittee . fo r ma ny
ye a rs t w o se m i a n n ua l ca mps were
singfehandedty organized by S te ve C a nney.
T hat' s not to say it was an easy j ob for S teve
- j us t that it is possible fo r a si ng le person to
organize such an eve nt.

The Antenna's the Thing

O ver the pa st several yea rs. we have enco ura ge d members to try different antennas.
Per MT reade rs w ho wi sh 10 try so me an tenn as
that have already been tested and pro ven ,
her e are so me of th e types we have use d at
the Mansfield site . Yo u ca n try these e ither
at yo ur DX ca mp or ut ho me .
RANDOMLENGTH WIRES
In many cases. members slrn ply string lip rando m- le ng th

wi res. True . they arc Oft~

'11
.
lo ng w ires (somet imes
100 to 30n meter s

IJ4

cc ives signa ls fro m a ll

One of th e attractions of a DX camp is th e opportunity to

try out new ant ennas. Here, Ontario DX Ass ociation
chairman Ja ck Henshaw (center) holds a homemade
quarter-wave vertical ant enna ill place as Norma Kennedy
hummers pegs into tire ground to act as anchors f or guy
ropes and Harold Sellers unrolls wire to be used as radials.
co n nec ted directl y to the recei ve r inpu t. Th e
rando m- le ng th ante nna is attractive bec ause
its sim plici ty and bec ause it ca n he used
ove r a wide ran ge o f freq ue nc ie s.
Ke n Alexa nder ha s designed a lon gwirc
im ped ance matc her th at he (H I\ V m anufactu res
and se lls. T he bulun s were on e ste p in im p roving the perfo rmance o f the se an ten na s. Add ing a hal un is {Jil l' of the simp lest imp rovemen t
yo u ca n make . Ofte n Ke n str ings up JOn
me ter s o f w ire that he th e n co nnec ts to a bal un
and t hro ug h coax into {he input o f the
mult icou plc r. This ena bles tho se me mber s
who wa nt to attend the cam p, hu t are n't partic ula rly knowled geable ab out a ntennas (or
perh aps simply no t int ere sted in ante n nas ) to
part ici pate .
In an effor t to pe ak per formance 0 11 spe ci fic ban d s. I e rec ted severa l ante n nas o n
different occasio ns.

or

THE QUARTER-WAVE VERTICAL

O ne of the eas iest antennas to erec t is the
q uart er -wave vert ica l s ho w n in Fig ure I . O ne
of its ad vantages is th at it rcPlastic soda bottle

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Guys (3)

di rection s. T he len g th
call be ca lculate d usin g
Eq uat io n # 1:
L = 75000/1 (1)
w here L is the len gt h in
met er s of the ve rtica l
sec tion as well as the
len gth of eac h gro und
radi al. and I' is the freq uen cy in kH z . Of yo u
want the le ngth in feel.
use L = 2-l60()O/L)
I ge nera lly select the
midd le o f the band as
the fr equency . For ex amp le. for the 13-m cte r
ha nd . I wo uld use 2 1650
k Hz . In that case, the
len g t h ( L ) be co m e s

7500012165 0 o r 3.-16
me te rs.

Lis tcn c r, so me times a void usin g ve rtical antenn as beca use

of the suppor t pro blem s. T he ve rtic al sectio n
( made o f 13 mrn or 1/ 2- inch co ppc r pipe ) mu st

some how be he ld in place a nd it mu st he

insul ated from the gro und. Insu lat ing the a nte nn a is easy if yo u take a lesson from comme rc ia l broadc ast sta tions. I set the a nte nna o n
a g lass insu lator. Not the type they usc at
broa dcast statio ns- they' re 100 expens ive and
they arc des igne d for high po wer tran s mit tin g
app licat ions. Instea d , I use a g lass j ar, suc h as
ajamj ar. Th e o uts ide surface of tile j ar bott om
is oft e n concave. I in vert the jar. sin k it into the
gro und slightly and plac e the a nte nna on the
co ncave bo ttom .
Su ppo rting the ant e nn a in a vertical po sition is a lmost as easy. You"Il need two plastic
so da bott les. C ut the top of f both bottle s a nd
di scard the bott om par t. Yo u a lso need o ne o f
the bo ttle C:.lps. T he first hott le top is simp ly
placed o ver the top of the ante n na and dropped
to the bottom w here it co vers the ja r. T his
hottl e helps keep the antenna o n the j ar. Th e
second bott le (w ith the bo ttle ca p scre wed on)
is placed at the to p o f the antenna. T hree gu y

FIGURE 1

It vertica l antenna cons ists of a single vertical leg ami a set of

radials, Th e vertical leg attaches 10 th e cen ter con ductor of th e
coax feedline ; th e radials are j oined at the bas e of th e
antenna ami connected to the (JItt er conductor of th e COlU:,
While a commercia l broadcast station m ight use I()() 10
2 ()() radials, you '1/ tllIly need thr ee or four. III this
version. the vertical leg is insulated from the
Plastib soda bott le
gro und using a glass jar as a ll insulator. Th e
\
top of a l-liter soda bottle ami three glly
wires supp ort th e top of the antenna.

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August 1997

wi res (o r p lnsuc liuc: ca ll be att ached throu gh

hol e s you pu nc h in the plas tic.
P lace three or fo ur r ~ ld i a ls uk 1Il~ the ~nH I I\l I.
attac h 111L' co ax fcc dli nc ( inner conductor 10
the ve rt ical sccunn: outer shie ld II I the rad ia ls )
and yo u ' re rea dy 10 recei ve -,hort wavc b road casts.
O ur DX camp vers ion of thi.. . antenn a wa . .
desi gned for the I J J11 lle r ba nd .

FIGURE 2
(THREE VERSIONS)

FULLWAVE LOOP

As it s nam e im p lies. thi.. . unt cnn a u e " on ewave length o f wire . Co ns truct ion i fairl y
srr.ug huorwa rd-c- yo u fo rm th e w ire into a
"q ua n: (eac h side is a quart er- w avcl cu uth hl ng)
and yo u string: it up ill the trees. Sec Fig url 1 .
Piau : an ins ul ator at eac h of the fo ur co rners. Th e top t w o i nsulators arc uxcd ttl attac h
the an te nna to tree branche s: till' low er two
in sul at or s arc attac hed to a nc ho r po ints ill the
ground .
T he reedpo int 0 1" the anten na is 'll the
midd le 01" the bo ttom k g .
If yo u ha ve till' required he ig ht. yo u ca n
rotate the squ are a nd IllIHlI1 t the ant enn a in a
d iamo nd co nfiguration . T Ill' lcc dp oint he come.. . the bott o m vert ex. On ly on e tree i"
nee de d to . . upport th is confi gurat io n.
Anothe r var ia tion i.. . th l' de lta loop . Th e
wavel ength of wire fo rm -, a n eq uilatera l triangle nu hcr than a sq ua re . :\'orllla lly. de lta
Ino ps a re su.. . ponded with the horivon tnl base
at the top an d a vertex near the g ro und . T he
e asies t p lace to utt uch the coa x fccdlinc i" at
the verte x ncar th e g ro u nd.
Equ atio n # 2 is used to calc ul ate the total
le ngth of w ire requi red fo r . . qu are loo ps and
de lta loo ps.

S = 306 324/1

lVin' is a fa vorite material f or

ant ennas. I I is easy 10 work
with and makes assembly and
disassembly of (lJI antenn a a
quick process. t\ onewavelengt h piece of wire call
be used to const ruct a square
loop antenna (above), a
diamond loop (right) or a
delta laop (below). The
[ee dlinc attaches to th e two
points labeled F.

~ iJ3 -

nil

nn_

60 9

"" ~

FF

(2)

whe re S is the leng th of on e wuvclc ugth III

me te rs. and I' is the frequenc y in ki ll (Ft II' k L'1.
lise S = I005000/1}
Forthe 1.t-me ter hand . yo ul l need .1 06.124/
2 1650 or 14 .15 me te rs o f wire . (Each leg o f
the square wi ll he 14. I 5/4 or ab out 3.5 4 111l..'te rs
lo ng . ) We ac tua lly used this untcnnu on the
15 -me ter band .
INVERTED L

Qu arter-wa ve ve rt ica l an ten nas and full wave [oop s are useful an ten na -, onthe h ig he r
band s w he re the ir dimc uvio ns ar e man .u;c a b le. O n the lo wer frequenci e s. we needed
so me th ing c lxc . T Ill' invert ed L provided till'
answe r. A.. . sho wn ill Fig ure 3. it i.. . "illlp ly a
be lli q uart e r-wa ve vert ica l ant e nna. T he o veralll en gth is det e rmin ed fro m Eq uatio n. ( 1 L
T h is an te nna len d . . itse lfwe llto wire ra ther
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phas ing lin e . (Thi s eq ua tion take s in to ,.11..'co unt th e veloc ity tnctor otsofid po lyethy le ne

FIGURE 3

coax .)

Du e to .\P lI Cl! limitations

or frequ en cy. a vertical
antenna is .w m e';1111'.\"
impractical. III thai case
YOlt {'{Ill bend th e lop of
th e ant enna to fo rm {III
inve rted l , (Wli 'II1Ul .
Con nec t the feedlinc to
the points lab eled F.

~'l " ---

.
I

If yo u \\ ant to li...te n on the IJ-lIleler band .

the antenna and eac h rad ia l le ng th is 3A6
me ters a, culculated earl ier for the quarterwave vert ica l untcn na . The sp'Il..- ing be twee n
the two ante nnas is also ,\ A 6 meter.... The
length (PI of the phaving line L I i, 2-l75001
21650 o r II A3 mei er... . (By u... ing a diffe ren t

I
~~

..- - - i J4

fe ed line co nflg u rurion . yo u '-.':1Il reduce the

ove ral l length of the pha... ing line. Refer III
antenna m anua ls for s ugge...tion v.)
Thi s 01 1111..' 1111.1 .lfr"y receive... he... t in the
directio n fro m A nten na 2 toward An tenna I.
For us e on the 22-m et cr ba nd . the lengt h of
the venic nls is a hit long. so I han: to admit to
re sort ing to lIsin g a pair of mod ified trap
vertical s de sig ned for the 20 -Jl1ctcr ham ha nd .
It' s wort h not ing th at w hile cuch of the ...c

FIGURE 4
1\ II IUJllg h
....1111 -

L2
....,.. . ,=

"...-

90 Q

1111 00

L1

Radials (4)

' '' ' - -

(3)

8 12oo8/L1

L1

Rad ials (4)

=247500/1

wh ere P is th e len gth o f th e plla.. ing line in

me te r... . a nd I' i... th e fre q ue ncy in k H/ . (Fo r
DX e rs who prefer 10 thin k in feet. u...c P =

it uses th e same

length of wire as all

inverted L a ll / e ll till , th e
flat-top T an tenna may be
a mo re convenient
configuration ill some
settings. The [ eedtin e
attaches /0 the two points
lah elet! F.

ante nnas was de signed for usc 0 11 a specific

shortwave band . they pull in signals on many
band s-c-thcy s imp l) perform bett er ncar th e
desi g n freq uen cy .

)J4 _

Go Fly a 1(lle
G en eral ly. the lon ger the vert ica l sect io n .

the better the untcnuu performance. We used

thi s a ntenna

011

th e 4 J -ruc tc r ha nd .

q uarter-wave length s pac ing bet ween th e two

vertica l untcnn u.... yo u G ill a lso calcula te tha t
dis tance u'in g Equa tion . ( I I.
To prod uce all antenna that rec e ive ... best in

o ne gene ral direct ion. the two vertical antenFLATTOP T

Bas need 10 hI.' con necte d toge ther using a
A modifi cation o f t ill.' inverted L. the 11.11top T ante nna . ;Ib u U:-'C s a quancr -wuvclcn gt h speci fic length or coa x. T hi... ve rsion usc ... a
len gth eq ua l to :'\iJ-l . You'H need to u...c Equuof wire. In the flat -top T. howeve r. the hor ilion #3 to calcul ate the length of th e coa x
zc mallcg i, centered on the verticalleg.
See Figu re ..L
A, with the inve rted L. the longer the
PIIll.H!d vertical antennas
verticalleg. the bcucr the a nten na per forca ll provide a variety of
man ce. Thi s dc vign \\ a , u...ed n il the 3 1reception patterns.
meter band.
PHASED VERTICALS

If yo u want to u...e a vertica l ant enn a.

but don't ncc d for wan I) 10 hear 'ig na l...
from cvc ry dir ection . yo u ca n II , C two
qu arter -wave ve rtica l anten na .... Dependin g on how tar apa rt the unt cnu a-, arc a nd
how long (he coax ca ble i-, thatjoin... them .
yo u ca n prod lll..C an antellna a rray tha i

reCi.:in:, hetter ill sOllll.. d in.:c tion.. than ill

ot her t.li rl..t..'t ion....
Fig ure:' show...

0 111..' ...u l'll . IIT ay .

Yo u

canlise Eqllalillll. ( I) tlll..'akul all.' the length

or Ihe antcnn.1 and the r:ldial.... By u.. ing

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MONITORING TIMES

August 1997

' \ 1110 1l~ IlI el11 li r e th e

fig ure 8 pattern, tlu:
three..leaf und fo ur-leaf
r OH' patterns and th e
cardioid pattern produced
by th e co nfiguration
sho wn her e. , \ si ngle
vertical antenna will
receil'(' siK"al.'if rom lilly
co"'pa,\'.\ {!in ,(tion whil('
th(' two pllllSl'd \'('rli ca l
allte1ll111.\ shoWIl h('re
r('('eil'(' ,\1KIllils !Jesl .!i'tun
th e din'clio n oiA llle ll" a 2
towartl ' \Illellllll I.

)J4

And for so mething a little out of the o rdi nary . try john Grim ley ... approac h. At 0 111..' of
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j us t enjoy the noise-free condit ions in a rural
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launch. .rOI/'/! be the ., .
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the clear at the next
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price, It L'O IllL' '' wi III plenty of 10 lb . lest line

alrl',llly invtailcd and \\ orkv nicc lv right oUI or
the huhhl e-pad.: , Although nOI nccevsary, I
too" the reel co mpletc lv apart. mirro r-pol i-hcd the "poo l and rea"semhled if. They
include full invtruction -, and the only Ihing
thai they ipnon- is that Part # 10, the a ntirever-e paw l. must be reinstalle d hy puttin g
the lin k tnh into it , rectangular "lot with the
tla l vide f:ll'ing the ge:lr (Pari #7 1.
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' \ C been ..har iuu thi.. idea with amateur

rad io friclld.. Ii II" )'\.'a r" and I ha\ L' rccc tvcd
many l:olllplilllL' lIh till u. Th e an tenn a
laun ch G ill be U' I", t...! tu mukc ~ our Ij'h.' lli l1~
more L' llj oya bk' till c.unp-om , and picnic . . : il
can be u- ed h i facili tate L'1lIl' f,;!L'lh:y conuuunicuti on-, by ham rad itll ran'lll illl' P, tllK'rat ing ill
dilf icull arcav: or ~O\lll G ill lI ' L' il 10 gl..'1 more
alti tude Inuu : O Uf ha,,\'" -tuno n a lllL' I111;1.
Th e an tenn a ho i, l is used in conj unct ion
wit h one ufthc ~ 3 1i lt ll l'l..L I I ~ Pl' anll'nna' ,tlch
it ' Iho, ... a vai la hk' f ro lll Rad io Shad.; o r
San gc an. ( P r i l' l' S 0 11 Ihese ,'a r)' \\'itld y. I pa id
$S.50 <II Radio Sh;ld.. : (iron: Elllcrpr isc" has
lhc Sallgl':l11 I"l'l' l fO l" $ 1--1-,95,)
T his dc\'in ' l' lIahles yo u 10 l'asily c Xlend
yo ur anlClllla to its full kn.;! lh nTlintl/y. This
is accolllplishl'd hy "hoo ting a slllall k'ad
\\ eighl O\ l'r :1 Irl'l' hr:lIIdJ. f' lsl.:'ning yo ur
:Illh:nna, <l lld n: l'Iing il lip.

Assembly
Part vlivt: The weight is <I Dip vy Swi vel sill..'
112. The fishing reel is a Zcb co 202 . approxi matcly S6, TIll' slings hot i.. a folding ~ I:tr~ ,,
man. approv inuuely 5S. availa hlca t Wnlnum
or Kmarl.
l-or assclllbly I used a 2-1/2 inch Icnglh of
1/2 inch o utside diameter hy I/...J- inch interior
dia meter fuel line and two ,V..J- Inch 110"1.'
clam pc. You should he uhlc 10 gCI these itcm-,
al any aU"l p:tn s slore: I gOlm inc al :\ap:1A Ultl
Paris ,

Thc wrisl suppon "Iidc" right olTl hc I"r,1I1 ll'

o ft hc slingshof. Rem ove il ,lIld we i the hthe 10
illsl:lIl: you (':I n m:lke il right or leh ham k d,
hUI insl.IJlt hc hose cl am ps so Ihal the SLTews
face outward, f' inall y, slide Ihe wrist "UppOI"l
had on,
Th e Zehl't) recl is a tille prod uct for lhe

,\ few Wind, I I f warni ng befo re you shmlldon ' ' land di rectl y ben ea th thel imb yo u are
ai llling .u. Rem em ber that the wei ght cun
ril'tIL'IIL'1. Al so . III:lKe- ce rtain that [here arc no
peo ple. uuinuus. or prop erty tha t ca n come
iuto yo ur line-of-sight. Of} 1/01 aim this at o r
ncar I'0ll'l'/" 1'011'.\. The launch er is \T ry effll'iL' III , I have bee n a ble In reach several hu ndrcd fccr with it. Fortunatel y. the insta lled
red dtlc" not pre ven t the - lings ho: from be ing
used cOII\'L'll1ionally, so you ca n practi ce you r
aim all you wu m hy pl ink ing nt tin C:IIlS. etc.
Your ch ovc n branch vhould be clear a nd
about ~ :; - 30 teet high. Be sure to release the
tlnnu b-vtop hdon:laullching , A lh.. r you have
vhot I Ill' \\ eight ove r the de :..ired brunch and it

ha-, return ed 10 the ground . turn the crank 10

lock 1I1L' line. Fold and wrap ,I "lI1all <lip-loop
in the 1I ~ It In an tenna cord and hook it over the
w\..' ighl. After reelin g the anten na lip to the
desired he ighl. you Gill leave the launcher
"tlSpL' lllk d j ust :lIlll\'L' you r head for a co unterweigh!. WhL'n yo u" \'l hro ugh w..ing it. n:ka.sL'
thL' lille. unhoo k lhl..' alliellna and red Ihl..' lII
hUlh in,
If you are ptllting lip a lIIorc pcrmanent
:llItenl1:1, say , in your h:tl'kyard, yo u will w:lnl
to , Iart wit h aho(JI Iwil'l' the wire Ill'eued .
Alk r you ha\"l' flulkd the alllelln;l wi re COI11plL'lcly ll\'l'r Ihe hrand l. slip a CllU plL' of rubber
hand s IlHT lh\.., ltlllg wire . IhL'lIlie lhe loo..c end
of Ihe wi rl' Itl thl' hamJ... and gc mly pull Ihe
ItHlp tip 1tl lllL' hran ch ,Thl' ruhher band,
allow ~ O tl to relllo\"e thl' ante nn,t al a
lalLT d,llc hy pu lling (w ilh cautio n )
r:ulk'r than ll..ing a ladder.
I!:lppy li s l L'ni n g~

" Jlin):J/m l,ji",h in): n 'e1, lead

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all y o u Jl eed f or a g o -ally where
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Jho U'.\' h o w the n 'el at/ac hes ( 0 th e
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August 1997

DMAT
MOBILE
MEDICAL
TEAM
By Patrick M. Griffith, NONNK
Communications Officer, DMAT CO-2

isu stcr M edi ca l A ssis ta nce T ea m s

( J);vlAT ) arc an importan t par t o f the
United State s go ve rn me nt ' s na tio na l

emergency response network. Operating in a

or

mann er that is remini sce nt

the legend ar y
m ilita ry f\i1.A. S .H. uni ts. DM A T s pr imary
mi ssio n is to carry out Eme rge ncy S uppo rt

Function #X(health and medica l services) of

the Federal Respo nse PIa" hy provid ing mcdicul ca rc and ev ac uation 10 vic tims o f na tural or
man-m ad e di saster s.
D M AT s have pro vid ed aid at man y or the
la rge st d isa sters in ou r nation in recen t ye ars.

includ ing hurricanes in Florida. Hawaii. and

the Virg in Islands. the No rthrid ge. Ca lifo rn ia.
earthq uak e . and the flood s thai ravag ed the
mid we st. T hey a lso assisted at the bo mbi ng in
Ok laho ma Ci ty.
Though de sign ed fo r respo nse 10 federal
d isa ste rs in the Un ited St at es and its po sse ssio ns, so me or the 4 1 DM AT team s ac ross the
co unt ry can also be USL'd in the "lean forward"
standby mo de for large sca le e vents w ith the
potenti al for ma ny medi cal victims . suc h as
for last s um me r's Olymp ic G am e s in A tlanta.
DM AT te ams are orga nize d unde r the Nation al Di saster Med ical Syste m (N DM S) wh ich
is a nationwide medi cal mutual aid sy ste m
estab lish ed ill joint coo pe ra tio n w ith the Fed e ral Eme rg cnc y Muna g em ent Ag e ncy
( FBvl A ). the Depart ment o f De fen se ( Do D ).
the v ete ran' s Ad ministra tio n ( V AJ. an d the
U ni ted State s Publ ic llcnlth Se rvice ( lJS P I IS) .
It is the US P HS that ov ersees the ac tual d ai ly
op eratio n o f the DM A T tennis fro m their O ffice of Eme rgen cy Prepa redn e ss (OEP) in
Rock ville . Maryl and.
Each team is typically co m prise d o f 120
me m be rs. M any o f the se team me mb ers ar e
medi ca l pro fe ss io na ls includ ing physici an s,
d ent ist s, nurses. paramedics . EMT s, respi ra to ry therapi st s, pharm ac y tec h nic ians, an d
11l0 1\~ . Th e te ams also incl ude su ppor t pcr sonne t s uc h as com m unicat ions offi cers. logi srics
spec iali sts . maintenan ce. sec urity . and admi n is trative personne l.

mcnt " A ' band . Mo st of

Team mem ber s hold full
the se freq uen ci e s hav e
and pari time posit ion s out sha red use w ith ot her feds ide o f the DM AT tea m and
e ra l age ncies. parti cu larl y
se rve o n a vo luntary basi s
FEM A , and may or ma y
until such time as they a rc
acti vated for federa l e me rnot he usabl e by DMATin
ge nc ies. Wh en deplo yed Oil
a spec ific geograph ic re gi on .
federa l axs ig nnu-nts . thcy arc
swo rn in as co m pe ns ated
DM A T teams are a lso
authori zed to operate on
temporar y employees o f the
USPHS. Dep lo ym ent s may
ma llY orthe fed eral H Fnet wo rk s incl ud ing tho se of
last anyw here fro m a few
the S hared Resources high
d ay s to a fe w week s. S ince
CO-2 team member dons
frequency radio program
teams are likely to he de(S HARES) w hich is opergear for toxic disaster
plo yed int o are as wh ere the
lo ca l in frastr uc ture has been
ated by the N atio na l Comreadiness train ing,
seve re ly d isru pted , e ac h
Sy s tem
m uni catio n s
(N C S ). Th e table lists so me of the com mo n
te'1I11 me mber mu st curry e no ug h sup plies,
IIF freq ue nc ies tha t co u ld be act ive with
incl ud ing food and wat er. to be se lf-s uff icient
D t\1AT traffic in a di sa ster s ituatio n.
fo r at lea st three days.
Many DM AT tea m s o pe ra te in o the r part s
C o mm u nicatio ns is a vita l ele ment in the
01" the V H F and U Hf band s as we ll. and may
o pe ratio n of Di\l A L Wh en on de p lo y ment.
usc busi ness. it inerant , publ ic sa fety. spe c ial
team s mu st ma inta in co m m unica tio ns links
c llle rgency , medi cal serv ice, und e ve n GMRS
w ith their o wn team memb ers. w ith local and
fre q uenci es . Teams a lso use a mateu r rad io
sta te auth orit ie s in the di sa ste r zon e incl ud ing
an d mo st D l'vl AT co m m unic atio ns offi cers
loca l health care fac ilitie s, and w ith m il itary
ar c licens ed amateur rad io operators. Si nc e
authorities and othe r federa l di saster rel ief
the purpo se o f DMAT is e me rge ncy med ical
age ncies as we ll as wi th the team ' s IHlIIle base
se rv ice and d isas ter rel ief. and since the se
and the N D MS natio na l headq uart e rs. The
reams ope rate a s an ar m of the U.S . go ve rn teams m ust al socom m uuicat e wit h the US PHS
I11 CJ1l. it is co nce iv able tha t the y co u ld sho w
M anagem ent S up po rt U nit ( M SU ) w hic h
lip on just abou t any freque ncy in an cmerserves as the 011 sce ne comm and and control
gcncy s itua tio n.
liaiso n be tween US P HS , DM AT. and the lo ca l corruu unity. These co mm unic atio ns utiTable 1
lize a va riety of method s inclu di ng lundline .
ce llu lar, and sa tel lite tel ephone, V HF, an d
Frequently-used UHFchannels (in MHz)
U HF, rad io for sho rt ran ge comm un icat ions.
408.400 (I)
409.000
an d high freq ue nc y ( H F) radi os for med ium
418.050 (1)(2)
418.075 (1)
and lo ng ra nge com m un icatio ns.
419.600
418.575 (1)
Each team has de veloped its OWI1 conuuu(1}Shared use With FEMAUrban search andRescue (USAR)teams
(2} May beused as itinerant repeateroutput
nlcatlons system. So me ar e very elabora te.
...orn e arc ve ry bas ic , and so me arc in between ,
Channels to check for HF activity
Alltreqs kHz. generally upperside band
T able I is a list o f U JIF radio frequen c ie s
5211
5236
6809
9973
10493
assi g ne d to D M AT team s on a nat io nal oasi s.
10891
14396
These freq uencies a re located in the gove rn-

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FASCINATING, INSTRUCTIVE
USED BY MANY LEADING TRAIN ING SCHOOLS

kn i ght- kit

"OCEAN HOP PER" RECEIVER KIT

Mo d e l 5740

BROA DCAST, LONG WAVE &

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~50,

hc thcru r no t yo u were around in the late I

nr earl y 1%0, tn e xperience them.
lilt: Knight " Oce an Hop per' shortwuv c rece iver, rem ain SO I11C of 1111..' most
c nig tuutic and re vered conuu erc inl unit s e ver de vised. A recen t resurgl'llce of
interes t in these rece iver s has dri \'L' 1l the "collector s valuc' tt o ma ny times the ori gina l cos t. Th e
hi story oft he se little unit s see ms rathe r hland, but man y ow ners firml y be lie ve the final chapter
ha s yet to be writ ten. A nd if yo u cann ot find on e of the se receivers for sulc. ta ke heart : we' ll
tell you how to build o ne righ t here.
The o rigina l Ocean Hoppe r wa s a two-tube beginner sk it nvai luhle fo r aro und eleven doll ars
some 40 years ago. It had 10 he the \vm ld' s low es t-priced com merc ia lly available shortwave
se t. Many ham s go t their sta rt wit h on e 01'" these. Even mor e ham s. the author inclu de d, onl y
wi shed they could have o wne d on e. Desp ite. or becau se o ft he lo w price, some inhere nt dangers
exis ted.

Since they used rect ified AC lin e vo ltage.

a severe electrical s hoc k ha zard w as part of
the risk of using an Ocean Ho pper . A llied
Radi o . marke ter o f thc kit. wa s ve ry ca utio us
in the in stru cti on s. Neve r use the receiver on
a sin k or metal bench . Ne ver g rou nd the
chass is. A nti neve r connec t the u nit to an
ou tboard am p lifie r. T he risk 01' .111 e lec trical
s hock w as a lwa ys pr esent wh en u... ing the
finis hed kit. In spit e o f the risk . ham s anti
s ho rtw ave listeners by the thou san d s hu ilt a nd
used these kit s and lear ned 10 lo ve them .
A llied Rudiuu lso sold im proved ste p-u p mo d cls. the Space S panne r and the Sp an Muster.
w h ile com pe titors suc h as Lafa ye tte Rad io
o ffe red the nearly ident ica l "Explore-A ire.'
The Ocean Ho ppe r po sse ssed a unique and
int e re sti ng ch arac te ristic. It wa s. beli e ve it or
not. po ssible to orde r a manual from A ll ied
Rad io. sc rou nge the chass is and part s. and
build a workin g unit from sc rat ch. Th is the
author ma naged to do in 196.1 T hirt y years
later. the author d id so once again . as the
original had long been d isca rded. Fina lly. the
autho r de ve loped a "s({/i" Ocean Hopper.
whi c h. wh ile preserv ing the styl e a nd iutcg rity o f the or ig ina l c ircui t. has broug ht improvemen ts w here they ar c mo st needed.
The or ig ina l circui t co ns isted of two tu be s.
a regene rative de tector ( 12A T6) and aud io
amp lifier (5 0C5). A third "tube" was a 35 W4
power rec tifier. whic h d id no thi ng for rec eplion . in those d ay s all the tube fila me nts we re
stru ng together in se rie s and powered directl y
by the II () Vue ho use cu rre nt. T hai sa rnc
ho use cu rre nt wa s rectifi ed into the B+ DC by
the 35W4 . T his is w ha t ma de the O cean Ho pper such a d anger o us shoc k hazard .
As yo u can sec, 12 and 50 and 35 vo lt
filamen ts o n ly ad d to 97 vo lts dropped by the
c ircu it. T he re mainder o f the I I() VA C hou sehold vo ltage wa s d ro p ped hy a 20() ohm res istor. which in effect just wa sted pcwcr. !n those
d ays the recommendation wa s to po we r the
rccci ver th rou gh an isolation tra nsformer. but
fe w owner s bothered.

Building on a good idea

In 1995 . the author so ug ht a way to dup licute the O ce an Hopp er' s sim plic ity hut w ith a
safe r powe r circ uit. Usi ng no th ing mor e tha n
j u nk bo x part s bo ug ht at a fe w ham fcsts . the
author mana ged to co nstruc t a Sa fe Ocean
Ho pper. The orig inal regenerat ive de tec tor
was pre ser ved in its e ntirety : the I 2A T6 wa s
subs titu te d wit h a 6 AT6. a six-vo lt ve rs io n o f
the sa me lube .
Th e 50C5. ho we vc r. turned nut to be a
problem. No IO\v-fil am e nt-vo ltag e vers io ns
ofthe tub e ex isted . so the audio stage had to be

FIGURE 1

The original top mill bottom

views of th e Ocean Hopp er
Model 740.

redesi gned . The author c hose 10 usc the popular 6AQ5 tube. chea p and eas ily av a ilable .
The base di ag ram diffe re nce s requ ired the
audi o tub e ci rc uit 10 he compl et el y re wir ed .
Othe r major part s were obt ained by ca re fu lly
s ifting th ro ug h junk bo xes at loca l hamfc srs.
T he Safe O cean Ho pper circuit is s how n in
Figure J. By uving a pow e r tran sforme r w ith
6a nd 125 vo lt sec o nda ries . the circ uits ma y be
g ro unded , and the shoc k haza rd virtua lly d isappears. If a 12 vo lt fila me nt tran sformer is
avail abl e . usc the 12AT 6 a nd 12AQS tube s
instead.
T he o rigina l Ocean Ho pper used a se t of
pl ug-i n co il fo rm s to acc ompli sh ba nd c ha nging . T he ab sen ce of a vo lu me co ntro l wa s

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MONITORING TIMES

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mo st notable . A ud io o utput wa s avail able to

e ithe r a 2000 oh m high -imped an ce he ad set or

POWER I REGENERATIVE
SUPP LY : RECEI VER
Filler
Capaci to r
(mu lti-sec tion)

Insula ted
plas tic

AnI. Trim
Capacitor

spacers-

had anothe r un iq ue characte ristic . Th e rege n-

A mu st!

erative "t ick ler" winding was placed in the

plate B+ high voltage circuit. Thi s res ults in a
s upe rb rcgcuc nn ive d etec tor ci rcuit. w hen
compared with the tune d "g rid ci rcuits" used
in a lmost eve ry oth e r regenerat ive rece ive r.
Th is means yo u s ho uld /l e l 'a c hange co ils
w hile the po we r is on . Ditto for the author' s

Coi l So cket

<3

6AT6

Power
choke

1/4"
phone jack

~_c
ord

circuit.

6AQ5

<3

jack

Ant.
jack

--------'

U se e ither o r bo th
fo r a udi o o ut.

N.C.

Regen.
Cont rol
10 K

Bandspread
Capacitor

~-_

Volume
1 mQ cont rol

Place
capacitor
here
if needed

S~Cket

..
O

Recommended layouts, top

and bottom , f or a "saf e"
Ocean Hopper. Ref er to
text for pr ecise
descriptions.

8 ohm
output

Ant. jack

MONITORING TIMES

O ne u nique as pec t o r the Knig ht Ocean

Ho pper was the tuned freq ue ncy ci rcuit. T he
tu ning co il was placed ac ros s three separate
lunin g capacitors. The smallest was the band
sp re ad or fin e-tuning capac ito r. T he other
capac itors com prised two sec tio ns ofa ganged
c irc uit. o nly the sma lle r o fwhi ch was used to
tunc the s ho rtwave ba nd s. T he larger. o r third.
ca pac itor was tied 10 the final pin on the coi l
soc ket , and was co nnected by an intern al
jumpe r w ithi n the Broad c a s t Ba nd and
l .on g wa vc co ils . ( It is suggested tha t yo u no t
try to wind ei ther of these yo u rsc lf.j
Th e poin t o f all or this is tha t yo u can use
a sing le-sec tion ca pac ito r. as the autho r d id.
fo r the main tuning ca pac ita nce. Thi s wil l
sim plify yo ur need s. If yo u have a two-sec-

6AQ5

FIGURE 2

24

C)

RCA

---"c-+--------

a 4 ohm spea ker. Sad to say. Oc ean Hoppers

do n01 power a speaker very wel l.
T he Ocean Hop per regen e rat ive c ircuit

August /9 97

1/4"
phone jack

Audio
Transform er
(similar to original
in Ocea n Hopper)
RCA
jack

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2-4 AMP 200 VDC

FIGURE 3
Schematic for the aut hor's
"saf e" Ocean Hopp er.

AC Switch

II
3kll
'2W

40 ufd
300VDC

Jumperoptional.
see text

CO IL

N_C.

MEASURE
110 VDC

. 10kll

-:-+- 1- Tuning cou.

Alt ernat e
Jump er
if used

63V~

"3

IICpow~
ho/ e

J:!
T

Rege n. Tickler

MEASURE / " "

BOVDC
HERE

TUBES

lW

HERE " " .

.05

,-.r>,

47k1!

r'

II ~Bkll

IOB2Kl l /
40

uto

CHANG E VALUES
HERE TO ADJ UST
DC VOLTAGES TO

l kll

'0 turns #20

Coil. 4 turns #20

110 VAC In

'7

RCA Jack
1/4" Phone Jack

O utp ut-r-

300 VDC

6AT6

6AQ5

t - r-I
1 Meg. U
5.6

100-1000 pI

470 ku

Optional.
see Ttext

lW

25 or 30 ~If
50 -150 VDC

Band spread.
any value
Main tuning .
365 pi

tion ca pa cit o r. USl ' onl y the sm alle r ...cct io n

and 11':L ve the larg er sec tio n di sconn ect ed . The
s m a ll antenna trim mer ca pa c itor must he i ~o
luted fro m ground . ;I .. it i-, in -cric... \\ ith th e
ante n na inpu t lcud . If in..ulat cd tp lavuc. 0:ramie. c tc.} s pacer.. an: 11\1I ava ilable. ...orne
means or i... oluung this ca pac ito r will have 10
he sub..ti tutc d, i.c . w iri ng. it aero .... a te rm inal
strip. t h e a bananajac k fo r till' anten na in pu t
te rm ina l.

Photo of the chossis tayout ofthe

authnr's revised ()( '( 'lIIJ Hopper.

26

470 II

MONITORING TIMES

Augus, ,997

The a uthor' s c ircu it replace ... the outpu t

a udi o 10 all RCA jack . wh ic h ca n be con nec ted
to e ithe r a low-impeda nce " Wal kuutn" sty le
head ..c t. o r to a Rad io Shac k speaker-amp.
\\'I1I..' n fed to an ou tbo a rd a m pli fie r. the O ce an
Hopper make... a d an dy. iue xpc nvivc sho rtwa ve set. It i..es pecially a ppealing 10 the flrstli me bui lder. Pa ris arc ... til l available cheapl y
bUI yo u' !l pro bably ha ve to do some hu nter-

gnrhcrcr ...carchiu g in ord e r 10 gt:1 the m. T he

circuit is very forg i\'ing on capac itance and

re s istor

\ '"l! IIl: S.

and yo u

C;1Il

w ind yo ur own

coi ls ea s ily . The original fi-pin ~( Id..et and coi l

form s art: used in the aut hor' s rig . h UI may be
the m ovt d iffi cu lt ite m ... to loc at e.
Finally. the autho r used a cha ....is and front
pane l de sig n as do....c 10 the o rig ina l as po s s ihl c . Th e fron t plat e meas ures vix inche s by
ten inch c ... . th e sam e a ~ the or ig inal O cean
Hopp er. an d is lcucrcd w ith wh ile prt: ~ s - o ll

A uthor 's revised m odel feat ures (Ill att ractive fro nt pnnel.

Coil pin

Go To

B.

COIL
FORM

2
3

4
5

Wind both calls In

same directi on
MlIl imurn 4 p ins
If plug-in form
is used witn a
socke t

It

Grou nd
AnI. TUning
N'G (e xtra ca pacitor
sccnon . it used)
Plate of GATe

ing . Thi... w ill place you in app ro ximutely the ::; - 10 :\:I Hl po rtio n of

th..., ..hortwuvc spectrum. If plug-ill

( o ils for ms und a soc ket an: ava il-

2 and 3 are tunin g Windings,

10 40 turn s
1 and 5 are the regen "tickler"
Windings , 3 or 4 lu rns .:.112 turn
-1 Jum pers 10 3 111

onglnal BCB and lW COils

lettering ;'1\ ailablc through office ' lipply s llll\.'s.

able. Y( Jl) can experiment with windillg other cuilv for wide r cove rage .
Usc' more turn... or thin wire {#2..!-.
e tc. J Or few cr turn -, Ill" thicl...cr wi n.'
(# IX. CIC. ). W ith practi ce . yo u will
en ..il y IX' able to con..-r J 10 12 i\ I H/ .
or Illa~ he more.

Th e (urn.. COLI nt sho uld be-l to 10 turn s for

the " tic kle r" wi ndin g and 910 ..IJ tu rns fo r the
" tu nc' windi ng . For higher Freque nci es. fewe r

than <) turns may be tried. hut only the VL' ry

stronges t of signals will be receive d. Be xure
10 wind bo th coil s ill the same di recti on .
Th e aut hor and Monitoring Tinn:s wo uld
app recia te hearing fro m any read e r.. wit h intc rcst ing "Ocean Ho pper" sto ries. T he au tho r' s
upg raded circuit i.. easy to hui ld and fu n to
enjoy, Happy li "lI.llin~!

T IIClh<.lssi, wa v taken 1'1"1 )111a defunct Heath kit

"Lunch Bo x" st~ lc cap acit ance checke r. and

Il1C;ISurCS 11vc inches dee p. Putt s pl acemen t is
a hit light. The author's rccon uucu dntion for
major parts hll.atil 111 is SIHlW Il in the dr a wings.
Th L' unit is ex tremely flex ible. s o any work able a rrangemen t l-, OK. SilH:'I.' the tube filamc ru-, arc no w \\ ired in purulk-l wit h the
fih une nt secondary. it i.. a l,o posvihlc to ad d a
pilo t lamp, if desired .

Operat ing. fine-tunin g. and

experimenting
Oper atin g an Oce an Ho ppe r i-, prl'tl~ I.'a sy.
If yo u build IhL' circuit with care . it op erate s
inuuc di.uclv. T here i.. 110 "ulig umcn t proccdurc.. 10 follo w. Th i.. makes it attruc u vc 10
bo rh the firs t-tun c builder. as wc! l a.. the o ld timer who pcrhap -, want s 10 tinker \\ ith ;111
cavy project . perhaps 10 build a, a IO;lI1a for "
prospective ne w S \\'L.
The luning proi..'C's i-, a fine haluncc he -

tween adj ust ment or the an ten na trimmer. the

regen pot . and the han d sprea d ccuurul.... T he
anten na trimm er i-, a "set and for.;!el" affair ,
Adj uxuuc ut is made wit h a vmull screwdrive r
i n both the uri gi uul Ocean Hopp er and i n 111l..

author's version, Th e antenn a trimmer i, tuned

for max and o nly need s rcadj uvun cm i f yo u
dlange coil -, or 1II0\'e 10 (he main lu ning:

capacitor bet ween opposite cud- or it, range .

The rep cne n nivc con tro l i-, de licate and
rna..tcrv of the regen knob on ly com e s with
practi ce . SC I the main tuning capacitor 10 a
fc: .;!ioll thai ' C:l.' 1I1'> ac ti ve and U' I.' the hand
spread capacitor hi fine-tun c the signal, O nce
the n mtro l... nrc bala nced. you wi ll cnjoy hours
of listening , As a bon us. the Ocean Hopper
l' in: u il l':1l1 eW I1 pnll.css Ihe slro ngl..'!" C W and
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Picl< a Pocl< of Packets

il\.' Internet hu... popularized the ide a of th e packe t ... \\ itc he d

network . luxtcud 0 1" uvinu a dedicated. d irect connection be tween the source and the de stination to ilio n .' inform ation. like
a telep hone C,i1I U"'l' S. ;1 pac ket ... witc hed networ k mo ves dumb of
inforuuuion (packets} from (1 1K' point in th e net work (0 another.
a llowing the communications c han nel to be ... harcd amon g anumber
o f user....
'I'his month we ' II I:I"-l.' a look at thre e companie s offe rin g wi rc lc-,...
packet dat a com municati on servi ce. each or which allows mobile

ucccs ... and se nd intonuntion anytime fro m (aJIlIO \n <Inywhe re. r\ l ~ pi c:a l ...ub scribe r has cuv tom ...oftwarc ru nni ng 0 11.1 laptop.
no tebook . or palm to p compu ter that is connected 10 <I wirch..ss
USCI'" 10

modem . The- most common a ppl ica rion at this po in t in tim e sc...-ms to
b c c lc ctron ic m ail. alt hou gh inventory man ag e me nt. sa les and markct iu g in form ati on. and eve n web brow s ing a rc becom ing popu lar.
Before ce ll ular ca rrie rs bc g.m to marke t dat a com m unication
..ohni on.. (xc'1.' the March Il)l)7 1'( '."; "'I"fJII! l .il/ I ' ). two major wirc lc....
provider.. wc-rc o lh'rin g nationwide rad io data conuuunication-, ..crvice. 130t h ..en icc.. urc -,imilur ill a number o f \\-ay.... and offer the
flll hlwi ng fe atu re ...:
T ra nsp arent natio nw ide roa ming . al lowin g a u..e r to tran:1 fro m
city 10 c ity and he ab le to u ..e thl.' se n -icc w ithoul a co m p licalcd
reg i..tration pHIlC.....
S t01'l' and for ward ca pa b ility. hol d ing llli.. .....agi.... in the ni.. lwo,l
lllllil thl.' rel'i pie llt i... ,l\ aila h h .
CinHlfl mc ....agi ng . ,!IIIlw in g a inglc me ..sage 10 be " hn lalk ast" ItI
a l1umher of "'llh'LTihe r... at ollc e .
Roh ust i.. rror Ikll'l'lio n and lOITi..Tlio ll. ilkl1l ify ing ,lIld fix ing
p:lckl.. h tha i Illa~ ha n ,' hee ll nlITllpled durin g tr,uhm is... ilill.
Per U' I.. dHl rgi..... IIht ead of pa ying by th e m inu te , c us to me-r... pa ~
acc o l'tling to the <1 111011 nt of data they Iran s fer . ty p ic ally Illea sured
hy lhi.. !.. i l o b ~ l\. (ahl HII a tlll Hl san d charac tlr..).

Adva n......u Radi ol)ala In fo rlllOlt io n Sef\'ke s IA R I) IS ) ,aa rled o ul

III 19i.)O ;1'" a joinl \ elllurl.. ht:'1 \\i..CIl 1B~ 1 a nd ~ l o (( l ro l a . pr im arily to
Sl-'r w 1Bt\1 li ~l d lI..lhl1 il.. ian ... . t\ fc\\- ye ars lall..r ;"\ to lo ro la bo ug ht
IBi\ I ... 5()'.; , ha rl.. fllr ;lbllut S35Il1 illil)l1 .
A 11I..'t \\ '0 11 ope ra Iion .. cl..' llIer (i'\ OC ) i..
AI\OlS
lII'lilllailli..d in I.e xing{{lll. Kellwc!.. y. w ith
Coverage
a ha e kup th' ar C h il".ago . IIlino i, .
Data rate (in bits per second)
A RD IS cl a im ... Itl ...e n e- Illtlrl-' th;\Il
Packetsize (in bytes)
-J.-I-.OOO I". u...ltmli..'r... in al lea sl -1-011 of tht.
Mobile transmit power (walts)
Itlp C ,S. llll..tro po litan ar ea .... Thai figur...
Response lime (seconds)
Transmit Frequencies (in MHz)
incl ude... man y la rge t.'orporalio n'i. an d
Ill<lh... it Ihe largl.. st ill... talled ha ..c o f
Channels
m ohi le dat a n e ( w ll r ~ tlSI".' l"s in Ihl..' lJ nitl".'t!
Chan nel spacing
Sla le .... A R D IS ..up port... ..e nd ing and ri.. Pricing (representative)
i..'ci\'ing wi n::ks... llles ..agc ... rro m 11K'
28

MONITORING TIMES

A ugust 1997

lmcmct. corporate and pcoo n.r! co m puter sy ... tcm c. an d 0 1111."1' A R I) IS

..ubscnbcrx .
Every A RD IS ...en icc area ...uppo n s. at a minimum. data rates o f
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called MDC--J.XllO. In a han d fu l o f m ajo r met ropol itan a rea ... anot he r
propriet ary ~ l ll t ortl la protocol . l{D - I.A P. is \I"'I..d to ...up port -,peed .. o f

lip 10 !I).200 b ps, Rega rdl es s of speed. each protoco l makes usc or
erro rdet ection an d co rrecti on in fo rm atio n ..cut along w ith the dat a . a...
\\"i..'11 as a llow ing ha d ly gurb lcd pac ker.. to he rct ran ... nut te d . A si ng le
pack et c:tI1 hol d up to 2-J.O c ha rac te r.... a lthoug h the ave rage i... a bout

hullthat ... i/c .

More th an DOO ha ...c slalio lls pro vid e scrvicv to A RD IS use r...
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modem s will a ll he se nt ou the sa llie radi o cha nne l. a nd each mode m
on ly uses the c ha nne l for sho rt intervals. RAM Mo bile believes that
this inter leavi ng of pack e ts "di sco urages the Isolation o f me ssa ge s
with in RAM ' s net work " a nd makes the ea vesdru ppcrs task more
dilli l..ull.
Second. eac h te rminal in the net wo rk con ta ins an elec tronic se ria l
numberI ESN) and is assign ed a mob ilc acces s number (MAN). When
a u nit a tte mp ts 10 ncc exs the net work the ESN a nd the MAN must
match . Ifth cy don't. or if fra ud is suspected. the Mohit cx ne two rk has.
the ca pabi lity o f re mo tely di sabling the mo dem . In addition. use r-,
may abo ha w a pa vxwo rd-p rmcctcd ..uh scr iptio n that G ill he acce svcd
from any term inal.

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Service (WCS ) wa .. Met ricom. Inc . (for 1I10re infom uuio n o n the
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the 2.3 GHz ran ge will he lp Ihem n pand a n il1nonltivc se n 'icc the y
cur rc ntly offer in a few c itie s. u niwrs.ity ca mp u...c",. md airports
anoss the co un try.
Th c Rico chel dala network pn n -ide s wire less ac(e ss Itll hc Intern et
.lIld olh er d ata appliGllion s al "'pec d ", ap pro'lChing 2S.S00 hils. pl.'r
sel..'o nd <It an a fforda hle p rice . For a llal l1lolll hy c1u rg l.. o f ahOUI S30.
c ustomers ca n mow unl imil ed am ounl ... o f da t<l llsing a ( ){)O milliwatt
paperhack ho o k-si/ l..'d mode lll alladled to the IXh:k o f a pc r~n l1al
co mputcr. l\hlllY wo rld wide weh ad d ict s ha ve ...uh ..LTihl..d 10 Rico chel
in, tca d o f ord ering a sl..'eond tclephlllle l in ~ , As Metricolll adm ils,
" O ur L'ompe lihlr i" Ihe w in: line llHlde m .'
Ricol.' hel tran sm its inform atio n in Ihe unl k e nsl.'d 90 2 1092 X ~ 1 11 1
band with a techniq uL' l.a lletl frelJllclll..")' hopping ",p re'ld spec lru m
IFliSS . The 26 7\"11Iz ufbandv.idlh is div idcd inlt) 162 dlannels . c;lc h
160 kIl l. widc . A Ril..'(Khcl modclll sl..' II.."I.." I" a seque lll..'e ( If 55 ch anne ls
and " ho ps" fro m Lhallllel 10 (,:ha nne l. spc nd ing o nly ab oll l IO()
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eac h oth er. anti makes eav e sdropping rath er difficult.
Pac kets ave rage SOO byte s in size. and <Ire tra nsmitted 10 and fro m
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bu ild ing a lowe r und inst alling large, ex pe nsive , and complicated
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The World Above 30 MHz

Richard Barnett
5conMaste@aol.com

The TrunkTracl<er Debuts!

his is our first article since the dC.but o f

th e Un id c n IlC - 235XI.T T runk
T ruck er and w hat a debu t it was : Th e
fi nal numbers aren' t in ye t. hut the 235
appears 10 be the: holiest scanner introd uc-

tion s ince aII lea s t the Bear c ut 250 . if no t

the 2 10. (Th e Hcur'Trackcrs 10 and 12 had
e ven a large r initial "sell -in." hut those
produ cts have more of a generalmotorist/
truc ker appe al. a... opposed to hobbyist and
profession al hucrcst. ) We're basing this
"h ot" introduction on u nu rnbcr of factor s:
I. Pre- d ehut hy pe ab out the pro d uct.
2 . T he man ner in w hic h the out look
both the hobby ists and the indu stry has

or

done almost a complete IXO" with the

235 ' s debu t. from doom- and -gloom to
gua rded o pti mi sm ,
T he numb er of uni ts pre -so ld hy dea le rs and di stribu tor s.
..t. T he inab ilit y 10 fill the pi pel ine as a
resul t o f tho se or ders.
5 . Exciteme nt over the p rod uct by tho se
\\'110 h ave p urchased the unit.
6 . The exp los io n of inte re st and di scu ss ion abo ut rbc prod uct o n-Hue.
fro m AOL ' s Worl d of Radi o hobbyist area, to Co mpuxcrvc
Ham nct, Us e ne t. SCAN -L. and do ze ns oflocal w eb pag es de vo ted
to regional sca nning . Ev eryon e is trading IDs und d isc ussing the
23 5' 5 operatio na l chara ct eristic s. A new list se rve r, dedi cat ed
solely to th e Tru nkTracker and tru nked radio co mm u nications .
has bee n inaug urated by Grove . {Mo re about "Trunkcom't larcr. j
,1

Sal es o f the 8 C -2 35 h ave be en tremendou s. As Un idens e xcc utive vice pre sident o f sa les s tated in m id-June. "T he 8 C -235 is
currently in full pr od uct ion a nd we are ship ping the u nits as qui ckly
a s w e can ge l them into o ur wa rehou se . The dem and for the prod uct
has bee n so g reat, we s us pec t deal er s and di stri butors are ru nn ing o ut
of stock almos t as quickly as the}' rece ive the units. W e arc wo rk ing
to fill ord er s as qu ickl y as po ssibl e : '
W hat' s the re ason for the de mand " As M ike Hc igluche w. a n active
member of BASE. the (Sa n Fran ci sco) Bay Ar ea Sca nner Enth usia st"
c lu b. said. "Eve n be sides the incre d ible TrunkTrack e r featu re . thi s
rad io (t he 235) is a g reat sca nnc r.. ..it' s no t sus ce ptible to int ennod .
and the se nsitivity is exc e lle nt ! U nide n has put the fun back into
scanning and ha s save d the hob by!" Mi ke a lready OW II S two 235" s.
M ike also reported that the sys te m he listen s 10 . the A lameda
Cou nty (A LC O ) tru nkcd syste m, can no lo nger be mo nitored by som e
of the o the r agen c ies whic h border the coun ty . One battalion chi e f in
a nei ghbor in g depa rtmen t had wa nte d to moni to r A LCO for some

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August 1997

time to be aware ofpot e ntial m utual aid

fires. Hut. w ith the tnmkcd sy ..te rn. he
had bee n shu t out . A s soo n as the HC -2.' 5
h it the marke t. his co unty purc ha sed a
TrunkTrackc r for h im and no w he ' s conside ring b uyi ng more for his departm ent .
T hi s is o nly on e o f numerou s ex muplc- we ' vc hear d of law e nforcemen t.
fire service. and em ergen cy man..rgcmc nt
ent ities buy ing and prizing their new
Hcurcat scanners . Be st o f al l. it s ho ws
ho w sca nne rs G ill pro v ide a coxt-c ffcc rive answer to a very d iffic u lt and imporrant publi c sa k ty probl e m .
A ncuhc rc xum plc t if the Tru nkTrack cr
t IITe rin a valuabl e. and atypi cal. se rvi ce .
wns tol d to us by a fri en d in the Dalln-,
nrca. : It: wa s s ho w ing h is ne w HC-2J :=i 10
h is next -d oo r nei gh bor. wh o is u pol ice m all in hi s town . Till' neigh bor wu-, impressed, as their town operate s IHl a smal l
trun kin g sySll.' 11l a nd he w as fat ui liar w ith
the complex technolo gy. Best o f a ll. thi s
o ffice r called hi" w ife o ut o f the ir hou se
and sho we d her the radio. S he instan tl y
lit up w ith a emile .
It tu rn s out that they had move d to Texuv from C hicago. whe re the
w ife cou ld easily monitor her husb and ' s rad io Gills on the Wind y
C ity"s conve ntio na l U H F rad io sy ste m . No w. thou gh the ci t)' w as
smal ler. the nu uki ng sys te m mean t ...he was unable to keep tra ck othe r
husba nd on his dan ge rou s job. Sh e wa nted to kno w. right the n and
there. wh ere she cou ld purch ase a T ru nk'Irackcr. She wa s going to
fed mu ch be tte r bei ng able to monito r her husb and' s radi o ca lls and
know ing he wa s sa fe.
A s so meo ne w ho wa s in vo lved in the d eve lopm ent of th is project .
these are the stor ies we lo ve to hear. If yo u have any stories about the
T ru nkT rack e r. please pass them on via e -mai l to ScwIIIUUler@'lUl/ .( OIl1
or by mail to me. care o f the ,\ /OJlilOrillg Times mai lin g addre ss.

TRUNKCOM: The all-new mailing list f or trunking radio data

Th e T ru nkcom mailin g list se rve r was sug ges ted in Ju ne o f ' 9 7 by
Larry Vun Horn. JlT s ass istant edito r, and de ve lop ed and mai ntained
w ith the he lp o f the G ro ve "ta ll by mys el f ( Ric h Barn ett ), G reg Kn ox,
an d Jo h n ~ kCo l nl<l n . T he mailing list se rve r per mit s the excha nge of
info rmatio n be twe e n its subscribe rs. radio hobbyi st s, and professiona ls inte re sted lnmonitoring tnmkcd rad io con m um icatio ns. Trunk com
pro vid es its subsc ribers with a foru m for the free excha nge o f
in forma lio n hy re flectin g c- rnailmessagcs sent to the list .
T he Trun kcom mai ling list i.. a nnn -mcrubcrx h ip g ro up open to all

subscri be rs with a genuine intere st in the hobby o f monitoring trunk

rad io communi cati on s, an d as suc h doc s not require du e s. Thi s list is
provided as a publ ic se rvic e to the radio hobby com mu nity Ircc of
charge hy G rove Enterprises (publisher of MOllitorillM Tim es and
Sutellite Ti mes magazi nes ) in Brassto wn , No rth Caro lina, and is
o wned and managed by the Trunkcom staff
Infor matio n posted o n the lisl ma y be rcp o sted with cred it o n the
Worl d Wide Wcb site www.t r u nkt ruc ker.co rn. which is a clearinghou se of trunking- rcla ted data and T runktrack cr q ue stions a nd answers, tips, techniques. and more.

Subscription Information
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foll owi ng comma nd in the body o f the me ssage :
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Su b-tiuuc your e- mail address where indi cat ed in the line above .
2. If yo u would like to rec e ive a digest of the mes sages po sted to
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Posting to the Trunkcom List

To send a message to the list. se nd e -m ai l to: IrImkco/ll @Mm \'('."et
No . monymoux pos ts arc allowed on the Trunkcom list. All
poster s arc required to sig n atlcu xt the ir first name 10 eac h post to the
list Prior to your fir st post we encour age ne w subscribers 10 read the
mail for a fe w day s 10 become familiar with the c urre nt tratfic be ing
pas sed on the list. Wc a lso high ly encourage ne w subs cribers o f the
list to introduce themselves in their first post. You might wi sh to
include so me infon n ation abo ut yourself. your eq uipme nt. and the
type o f agenc ies you mon itor . Wc find that intros fos te r new friend ships and facilitate the ex chang e o f infur mati on a mo ng subsc ribe rs of
o ur list.
On ce you subsc ribe to T ru uk com. you will he pre se nted with
furt her detai ls o n the list. including rules o f conduct. We hop e that yo u
will co nside r signing up and cont ribu t ing to T runkcom. For those
intcrc sred in fede ra l communi ca tio ns, may we sugg es t the Pcdcom
list: fo r mi lita ry. try Mi lcom . Hoth these lists ha ve the sa me s ubsc ription panu nc tcrs for signing: up: just replace T runk com w ith e ither

Th e A lamo ill San Antonio

City : San A ntonio

System: 20Chan TypeI
Name: System1
t ocauo Tower 01Americas
Fleet Map: S13. 5-12. S-12
Freas: 856-860 2625, ~625 . 7625. 9625
Talk GroupDesignators OOO"Police Patrot ~OO"Fire/E MS 600; CID/Park Rangers

Talk Gro ups

!'>!l"'J'alUll

000,1 North Patrol

000-3West Patrol
DOD,S South Patrol
000-6 East Patrol
000' ] Central Patrol
000-8 Irattrc Parrot
000-9 Inlormation

e..lrJlIJinil>

31 xx.32xx,33xx
51xx,52xx,53xx
61xx,62xx
41xx.42xx
21 xx.22xx.23xx. 2~ xx , 2 5 xx
11xx.lhrough 18xx
Various

Cn.an...ti.a.m.e
1ALPHA
1 CHAR LIE
1ECH O
1 FOXTROT
1 GULF
1 HOTEL
1 INOlA

Police Patrol Open Channels

000-2
0004
000-10
OCO11

000-12
000-13
000-14
000-15

1 BRAVO
1 DELTA

1 JULIET
1 KILO

1 LIMA

1 MARY
1 NOVEMBER

1 OSCAR

Police Central Int elligence Division

6001
600,2
6003
6004
600-5
500,6
600]

4 ALPHAOpen Ch
4 BRAVO Auto Theil
4 CHARLIEOpen Ch
4 DELTA Detectives
4 ECHORope
4 FOXTROT Open Ch
4 GULFGang

600 8
6009
60010
600-11
600-12
600-13

4 HOTEL Open Ch
4 INDIA Open Ch
4 JULI ET Vice
4 KILO Police Academy
4 LIMA Open Ch
4 Mary Open Ch

Fcdcom or Milcom .
For those intere sted in mo re ge ne ral SGIIlJ1 cr top ic s. try Sccn - L, an
excel len t re source ho sted hy Pe ter La ws. T o subs c ribe 10 Sca n- L,
se nd .1 me ssage Lo L1ST S ER V@' UA FS YS B. UA R K,ED U with the
comm and "subscribe SCA N-L Your Name' in th e hody.
Now. hack to Trunkco m. her e ' s a June postin g In Trunkcom [Q
g ive you a flavor o r what 10 ex pec t on the mailing list:

Hi Yu'Il ; this is all the infor mat ion I hav e co llected for the San
Antonio and Be xar Couruy. T his is a VERY lon g po st ing. hut I
p ro mise the d ata is acc urate. This inform ati o n has also been SI.': IlI to
W W \ \ .tru nktr ac kc r.cu m.
If yo u have an y qu est ion s please fee l free to Email me. Enjoy.
Wayne twayn cfrs' tcxu s.ncn

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Park Ra nge rs
600-14Park Rangers 93xx

Fire/l!./vIS Departme nt
400-1 Fire Dispatch
400-2 Fireground
400-3Fireground
4004 Fireground
400-5 Fireground
400-6 MainVAd min
400-7 EMS Dispatch
400-8 EMS lnlo

400-9 Arson Unit

400-10 Fireground
400-11 Fireground
400-12 Fireground
400-13 EMS-Airlife
400-14 Fireground
400-15Fireground

1 ALPHA (CPS Patch)

1 BRAVO
1 CHARLIE
1 DELTA
1 ECHO (Primary)
1 FOXTROT
1 GULF
1 HOTEL

1 INDIA
1 JULIET
1 KilO
1 LIMA

1 MARY

1 NOVEMBER
1 OSCAR

City : Sail A ntollio Northeast Satellite

System: 20 Chan Type I
Name: System 2 (Coopers Tower)
l ocation: 1604 and Judson (Coopers Tower)
Fleet Map: $-13. $-12.$-12

Preqs: 856-860 2375.4875.7375.9875

Controls in thelower end . l.e. 856-857 2375.7375
Talk Group Designators
OOO",Police Patrol
400",Fire/EMS
600=CID/Park Rangers

Police Patrol
000-1 Northeast 31xx,32xx.33xx (patched to system 1)
000-9 Information
(patched to system 1)

Police Central tntel Div

Notheard over here

Fire/EMS
All informationis the same assystem 1except Iheyuse the2 designators
400-1 Fi re Dispatch (multicast on all systems)

Sail A nto nio N l\" Police Sate lite

Freqs: 856-8609375
Talk Group Designators
OOO=Pol icePatrol
400=Fire/EMS
600=CID/Park Rangers

City: San Antonio

System: 5 Chan TypeI
Name System 3 (Prue Road)
l ocation Medical Center
Fleet Map: S-13 .S-12,S-12

Police Patrol
000-2 Northwest 71xx.72xx
000-9 Information (patched through to system 1)

Police Central Int el Div

Not heard over here

Fire/EMS
All info is the sameas system 1 except they use the 3 desig
400-1 Fire Dispatch (multicast on all systems)

Bexar Coun ty
County: Bexar
System: 20 Chan Type I
Name: None given
Location: Tower 01Americas
Fleet Map: S-13. S-12.S-12

Freqs: 856-860 2375.4875,7375,9875

Cont rols in lop 4 chans 860.9875 beingen 1
Talk Group Designators
OOO=Public Works
400=Sherilf
600"Airport ops

She riffs Patrols

400-8 East Patrol
4009 West Patrol

Sa il A utouio ln ternutional A irport

600-2 AirportMaintenance
600-3 Airport Operations

600-0 Airport Police

6001 Airport Police Tac 2

Other TrunkTracking Resources

A ne w Wo rldw ide We b site. ww w.trunktra ck cr.com . promoleJ
in the manual and freq uen c y g uide incl ude d with the new sca nner. wa s

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up and running in m id-June o f this yea r. Be sure to check o ut thi s site

ou t for FAQ s ( Freq ue nt ly Asked Que stio ns ). trun ktrackin g tips.
freq ue nc ie s. and . of co urse. IIY s a nd fleet map s aro und the United
States and eventually arou nd the wo rld . Wc1I ha ve mor e de tails on
thi s and o ther rele vant we b sites in an upco m ing issue.

L.A., My Kind of Monitoring Tow n

It is a q uestion ho bbyi sts ofte n pon de r. " W hat is the be st place in
the nation to sc an ?" Up un til ve ry rece ntly. it was anywhere that did
not have Motorola ana log uun klng. Atlanta'?For get it! Fl. Worth'? No
wa y. Miam i? Nope .
Th e Trunk'l'rac kcr ha s cha nged the playing fie ld cons ide rably.
Still. regions with ED ACS sys te ms. suc h as Denver. Ne w Orleans.
Hartfo rd. and the like. are stil l pretty mu ch unmoni torablc. o r. at the
very lea st. it' s sure no fun to sca n there ! We ' ve bee n o ver EDAC S
be fo re. with its bee ps and buzzi ng - not to men tio n the truuki ng.
which is a nightmare to mo nitor.
Bac k to the issue at heart . thou gh . W here is the best pla ce to
mon ito r. es pec ially 110\".. that we have man y ci ties we ca n lump ba ck
into the mix ? I had lo ng felt that W ash ing ton. D.C .. and New Yo rk
C ity we re tied for the be st. New York . o f co urse. has. as o ne wo uld
ex pec t. as mu ch ac tio n o n the air wave s as yo u' ll find pre tty mu ch
any whe re in the wo rld - part icularly po lice ac tivity. Sno wsto rm s
and hu rricanes spice up the day-to-d ay tare.
New York also co ve rs Five borough s of c ities whic h arc themselves as large as almost any ot he r c ity ill the nation. th ree e xtraor d inar ily busy airports. lo ts of marin e and rai l traf fic. spra wling suburbs .
and three states in which to moni to r (New York . Ne w Jer sey. and
C onnect icut ).
Washin gton has the D.C. area. plus Maryl an d and Virgini a. W hile
it is a much sm aller area. the Distric t has. of co urse . a tre me ndo us
amo unt of fed era l and mil ita ry co m municatio ns to sniff o ut.
Her e ' s a no minatio n. tho ugh. for Los Ange les. LA also has a ll the
afore mentioned radi o featu res of New Yor k. plus eart hq ua kes. ti res.
and o ther disa sters in place o f sno ws tor ms and hur rican es. It a lso has
its sha re of uniq ue monitoring challenges: mov ie studios. amuse me nt
park s. and much more . At th is lime. the majorit y of Los Angel es c ity
and cou nty pol ice and ti re com munications arc in the clea r o n UHF
radio sys te ms . Ho we ve r. many o f the o ther c ity and co unty se rvices
o per ate o n large-scale Ertcsson trunkin g rad io sys te ms .
Sti II. mo ni tor ing in LA is a b last. Th ere' s tre me ndous action. fro m
the mund ane to the se rio us. o n j ust abo ut a ll police and fire c ha nne ls.
I was luck y e noug h rece nt ly to ex pe rience this action first-hand .
T ha nks 10 Gene Hugh es of Polin ' C(l1! Plus. I go t a taste of what it"s
like in a major-c ity preci nc t house and o n patrol w ith a n LAPI) office r.
Ge ne voluntee rs at all LA PI) statio n. He mans the fro nt de sk and
assists c itize ns with all man ner of situ ations. Ge ne also spe nds time
mee ting with ho me and ap artmen t dwelle rs and advi sing the m o n the
bes t way to protec t the mse lves and the ir pro perl y aga inst cr ime . As
editor and publ isher of Pol icc Cal! Plus. it' s a natural for Gen e to wo rk
with the police. It' s grea t to sec peop le g ive so met hing hack to the ir
com mun ity and local law e nfo rce ment age ncy .
T he LAPD is most impressive. and 1"11 ha ve mo re 0 11 my ride along with this agen cy. Illy visit (0 the Los An geles 9-1 - 1 com muni catio ns ce nte r. and o n the I. API) radio system. SOO Il.
\VC"rc cur ious to hear yo ur tho ug hts o n this " Bes t C ity to Monitor"
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spec ifics. suc h as how certai n frequ enc ies - N YPD's SO D (spe c ial
o pe ratio ns divi sion ! ch an ne ls. fo r ex ample - make mo nitoring eas ier
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The HF Communications Spectrum

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Lorry Van Ham, N5FPW

5/editor@grove.net

Another HF Maritime Station to Close

ha ve some more sad ne v....s for h igh frequ en cy ( HF) maritime buffs .
The da ys o f Holl and ' s mos t fam ou s utili ty sta tio n. Sc hcvc ningc n
Radio (PC I-ll. are numbered . T he se rvi ce s o f'Sc hcve ningc n Radio

will be disco ntin ued as of Jan uary I. IlJlJlJ. At the end of this year pari
of the radi o te leph on e serv ices w ill he di scon tinu ed .
T he rC;:ISOIl for the c los ure or pell involve s a Europea n gove rnme nt regulation w hic h siaies th ai as u f.l unuary 2. I99lJ . al l sh ip traff ic
will be ca rried via th e 1.5 Gi l l mariti me sate ll ites o f IN i\'fAK S AT.
Th is is a lso the d ate that the G loba l Mariti me Dis tre ss and Saf e ty
System (GMDS S ) se rvic e becomes o pe ra tio na l via INM A RS AT
sa te ll ites .
So , PCH is an othe r "cutch -und -QS j.- w hi lc -yo u-cun" maritime
coas ta l statio n. T hank s to U \V reg ular ;\ ry Bocn der in the Ne the rlands
for thi s inform at ion .

FCC Appraves KPHlWCC Transfer

Appro va l has fi nall y been received from the Fed eral Comn umication s Com m issio n for the trunstcr or the license s for KP HS.lll
Francisco Rad io . C alifo rnia . a nd WCe -C hat ham Rad io, Ma ssach use tts. fro m W UI (a di vision o r Me l) to Globe W irel ess Radio
Netw ork. Thi s cha ngeo ve r occu rred o n J une 30, 1997.
Bahrai n Radio, ca ll sig n Al)~1. has joi ne d the G loba l Radio
Net work. Th e station is located o n the island o f Bahra in in the ce ntra l
A rabian Gu lf and offers s upe rb cove rag e o f the Ind ian Ocean an d
East e rn Me d ite rranean Sea. Te st tran sm iss ion s be gan o n M aJ' 7,
19lJ7. T he statio n is now in fufl con un crc ial o pe ration.
Bahrai n Radio is operated by Hatclco . the nati onal telephone
co mp a ny of Bahrain . Text tran smi ssio ns ha ve bee n mon itor ed o n
4 347 .0. X54 1.0 . 1266X.Oand 170(,6 .5 kH I.. O pe rati on o n 19726.0 k il l.
is ex pecte d soo n.
T he A'Jlvl trau smit site is Itrented nt latit ude 26 degree s, 12 m inut e s
North. and lo ng itud e 50 de grees. 36 m inutes East.
T he ant en na co mp le ment incl ude s fo ur ha lf-wa ve dipol es. Th e
tran smitt er s for S IT O R an d Cilobl.Emai l serv ices are Henry model
5000. Ten T ee mode l 330A recei ver s <Ire in use for the S ITa R a nd
G lobcf.mu!l se rvices .

Glabe Wireless On-Air fram t he Great Lakes

Ro ger s C ity Radio. ca ll s ig n WLC. ha s al so joined the Global
Radio Netwo rk . Full commercia l opera tion fro m Rogers C ity beg an
o n March 3 1. 1997.
Ro ge rs C ity Ra d io is a proud and hi.... ur ic radi o statio n on the
We s te rn sho re o f Lak e H uron and offers su pe rb cove rage I l l" the Great
La kes Basin. It was or igi na lly con struct ed by United S tates S teel in
the Il)J ()s. T he cur re nt o wn er , Centra l Rad io 8.:: Tel eg ra p h C o m pany.
op erates four tra nsm itters a nd receivers for G lobe Wi reless as wel l a s
pro viding voice se rvices In vesse ls Oil the Great Lak es.
T he WLC tran smit sill' an tenna co mp leme nt incl ude s half-w ave
d ipo le s. and ve rtica l to wer s. Fo ur tran s m itte rs arc in usc for S IT O R

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A ugust /997

se rvice on medium freque ncy (2 MH /.) an d HI-" (4 . 6. and 8 M Hz )

maritime baud s. Additi ona l transmitters arc in usc for vo ice servi ces.
Th e recei vers fo r WLC a re locat ed two m iles so uth of the tran smit tin g site. T he ant en na co m p le ment inc lude s variou s d ipo les . Th e
recei ver s in usc for G lo be W ire less se rvices ar c T en Tee model RX 330A .
Be lo w is a list of Intern ationa l Telccouununicati on s U nio n (IT U )
narrowband d irect pr inting (N B D P ) c ha nne ls and associa ted frcquc ncics. includi ng thos e c urre nt ly in usc by Ro gers C ity Radi o .

Vaice Services
In add itio n to being a nod e on the Globa l Rad io Networ k, WLC
provides uppe r s ide b and (US B) and ve ry high freq uen cy (VHF) vo ice
service to vesse ls o n the Great Lak es . Vario us Ml-. HF. and V H F
channel s art: used for th is se rvice. Th e frequ en cie s us ed ar e listed in the
fo llo w ing table.

WLC Voice Cha nn els

Channel

Shore

~!ljIl.!l..er

rliH!smit

Ship
Transmi.t

2182.0
2514.0
2550.0
25820
4369.0
4381 .0
4408.0
87940
156.800MHz
161.900 MHz
162.000 MHz

2182.0
2118.0
2158.0
22060
4077.0
4089.0
411 6.0
8270.0
156.800MHz
157.300 MHz
157.400 MHz

57
405
409
418
826
VHF-16
VHF-26
VH F28

Distress & Calling

Primary MF
Primary HF4 MHz
PrimaryHF 8 MHz
Distress & Calling

Glabal Radia Network@ Channel and Frequency List

T he frequencie s listed be lo w a re used by thc vario us sta tions in the
G lob al Rad io Ne twork. Tho se with an e ntry in (he IT U cha nnel num ber
colum n arc stand ard IT U radio telex N BD Pdlann el s (500 Hz s pac ingr .
Mo st o f these frequencie s are on the air 2-t hou rs a d ay and the mo st
common mode yo u w ill e ncounte r is S ITOR -A/H.

Global Radio Network

ITU Ch

Shore

Ship

Station

ITU Ch

Shore

Ship

Station

ti!!..m.b..el Irillmil Iran'mil c..I!>ilI!l

tiUmller llillSmi.t I ral1imH

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228

617
62S
626
627
632
802
803
804
806
81 9
830
831
837
838

ZSG
KEJ
SAB
WNU
VGT
ZLA
KFS
WLG
VIP
WNU
KEJ
ZSG
SAB
VGT

401
402
403
404
406
408

602
603
604

1620.5
2137.5
4210.5
4211 .0
4211 5
4212.0
4213.0
4214.0
4259 0
4300.4
4347.0
631 5.0
6315.5
6316.0

2155.5
20705
4172.5
4173.0
4173.5
41 74.0
41 75.0
4176.0
4166.5
4154.5
4157.5
6263.5
6264 .0
6264.5

SAB
WLG
WNU
ZLA
KFS
WLG
VIP
ZSG
SAB
KEJ
A9M
ZLA
KFS
WLG

6322.0
6326.0
6326.S
6327.0
6329.5
841 7.0
84175
8418.0
8419.0
8425.5
8431 .0
8431 .5
8434.5
8435.0

6271 .0
627S .0
62755
6281.0
6283.5
8377.0
8377. 5
8378 .0
8379.0
8385. 5
83910
8391 .5
83945
8395.0

ITU Ch

Ship

Shore

ttllmb..eI In.!liID.il Imsmil

1202
1203

1206
1210
1219

1244
1257
1263

1265
1291

8541.0
12.580.0
12.580.5
12.582.0
12.584.0

8305.5

12.477.5
12,478,0
12,479,5
12,481.5

12,588 5 12.486.0
12.601.0 12.498.5
12.607.5 12.505 .0
12.610.5 12.508.0
12,611.5 12,509 0
12.624.0 12,522.0
12,66BO 12,373.5

Station

ITU Ch

C~

tt.u.m..ll..e.r Irimsm.i.! IliDlIIliI

A9M
ZlA
KFS
VIP
VIP
WN U
ZSC
WNU
VCT
KEJ
SAB
A9M

1602
1606

1619

1647
1657
1673
1676
1691

1824
2203

Station

Ship

Shore

c.aJJ.iign

16.807.5 16.684.0 ZLA

16.809.5 16.686.0 VIP
16.816.0 16,692.5 ZSC
16.829.5 16.706.5 KFS
16,834.5 16.711.5 WNU
16,842,5 16,719.5 KEJ
16,8440 16,721.0 VCT
16,851,5 16,728.5 SA8
17,066.5 16,5545 A9M
19,692,5 18,882.0 ZSC
19,726,0 18,850.5 A9M
22,377.5 22.2855 KFS

Glo ba l Traflie Lists

The co mbined Gl ob al Radi o Ne two rk traffi c list is broadca st ( via
radio tele x S IT O R Mode B ) e very other hour fro m the statio ns listed

below .

Globa l Radio Transmit Schedule

c.U

Station Localio.n

A9M

Bahrain Radio, Bahrain

KEJ
KFS
SAB
VCT
VIP
WNU
ZlA
ZSC

Hoolehua Radio. HI USA

Palo Alto (San Francisco) Radio . CA USA
GothenburgRadio. Sweden
SI. Johns Radio. Newfoundland. Canada
Perth Radio. Western Australia
Slidell(New Orleans) Radio. LAUSA
Awanui Radio. New Zealand
Cape Town Radio. South Africa

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Even
Odd
Even
Odd
Even
Even
Odd
Even

H +15
H t25
H t35
H t05
H t45
H t55
H t 45
H t 25

USAF Getting New VIP Aircraft

The U.S. Air Force ( US A F) is ord ering so me new aircraft for their
VIP sq uad ro n, the 89 Air W ing at A nd rew s AF13. Mary land . T hey ar c
or de ring new Gu lfstream V and Hoein g 757 ai rcr aft. The new USA F
design at ors for these aircra ft w ill be C -37A and C- 32 , resp ect ivel y .
A nd spea king of the Air Force, un ano ny mo us so u rce ha s pas sed
a long an ex cl usive list of the new U.S. Air Force Scope Co m ma nd
automat ic link es tab lish me nt (A L E) freq ue nc ie s. You sho uld hear
so me very inter esti ng trans m iss ions on these frequ en ci e s as we ll as
ALE bursts. All voi ce transmi ssion sho uld be in US B.
3059 31374721 570867156721 763289659025905711 12611250 13215
15043 18003 20631 23337 27870 kHz.

M y anon ymou s so urc e also indicates that T hule G lobal in

Greenland has a new di sc rete freq uency of 11271 kH z .
And w hi le yo u arc sca nning the Scope Co mmand AL E freq ue nc ies. d on ' t for ge t to c hec k the G lob al HF Syste m (G H FS ) p rima ry
freq ue nc ies . Yo u will hear a lot ofthe U.S. m ilita ry vo ice traffic from
aircr a ft. ships, and gro und u nit s 0 11 these Joint Ch iefs of Sta ff
spo nso red net work freq ue nc ie s.
4724671267398968899211 17511244132001501617976

I recentl y as ked a q ues tio n in this co lu mn about wh o use s the

c nlls ign S4 JG that yo u occas ionally hear on the Gl ob al H F S yste m .
Two folks who will remain ano ny mo us and are " in the k now "
answered my q uery and co nfirmed w hat l ha ve been to ld pri vat e ly on
seve ra l d ifferent occa sion s.
S-UG is used by U.S. Navy mari time /anti-subm arine wa rfa re
pa trol aircraft (P -3 Orion s) to co nd uct pre-fli gh t co m m c heck s prior
to a m issi on . So the ne xt time yo u hear that c ali o n 11175 or 897 1 kH z
(USN Atl an tic Safety o f Fl ig ht frcq j . yo u' re listen ing to a Na vy P- J
ge tting ready to go flying .

Cuts put strain on Mayday monitor

We start ed on so me bad new s about H F ma ritime monitoring .1l1L1
u nfo rtunate ly, we c lose on so me mo re . Robert W illiam s for wards thi s
int eresting bit of info rmation 0 11 the Au stra lian marit im e radio sce ne
via an art icle that was published on June 2, 1997 , in the Sydney
Morning Herald by A ntho ny Hoy. T he demise of HF ma rine freque nci es co ntinues .
Au stralia wil l hav e o n ly o ne per so n in Perth monitoring J()
m illio n square ki lome ter s-ora thirteenth of the world ' s ocean sfor-distress call s on as man y as 12 h igh - freq uen cy rad io cha nnel s.
whi le simulta neu usly issuing weather fore cast s.
Federal Gove rnment fun di ng cu ts ha ve forc ed the cl osure from
Jul y I of key mar iti me com munication stations respo nsible for
Safety of Life .H Se a (SaLAS ) services to a to tal areaof47 m illion
sq uare kil o met er s. the Co mm unity a nd Public Sector Un io n

(CPS Uj says,
S tation s at Pc rthand Br isba ne w ill take on the work loa d ofstatio ns
to be closed at Darwin and Tow nsv ille , do ub ling the weather
foreca sting a nd if F lo ad s o f sta tio ns " al ready res po nsib le fo r the
mo st c limatica lly vo lat ile areas o f A us tral ia's ocean ic responsi biliti e s," union sec re tary Mr. Ad ria n O ' Co nne ll sa id .
The slation s are manned arou nd the d ock by on e pe rson o n a
12-ho ur shift. Th eir main fun ct ion is 10 listen for d istre ss signa ls
again st the "ex ceptio na lly no isy atmosph eric s back gro und " on
HF radio channe ls.
"Th is situatio n is unpr ecede nted in the world. and the ris k o f
m issing a d istress ca ll on H F rad io is real and una cceptab ly high: '

Me O'Conn ell said,

"The Au stra lia n Gover nment is pu tti ng ut risk the live s o f
Au stral ia n and for e ign sea -fare rs ."
A us tra lia is s till ba skin g in the g lo ry o f the spectac ular rescue s
of T o ny Bul lirno re . Raphae l Din el li. and Th ierr y Duboi s in the
Vendee -Globe Around the World Ya ch t Race in December. All
were eq uipped wit h the latest global sate llite trac kin g eq uip me nt.
" But the sa tellite tec hn ology is not bei ng pic ked up as qu ic kly
as ex pected," the un ion ' s ind ust rial o ffice r, Mr. Ja son Pasco e ,

said.
" Sma ller yacht s and fis hing trawler s are no t required to move
from HF rudi o 10 sa te llite co mmu nica tio ns unti l February I99lJ .
Mo st sim ply ca nno t afford to do so. They are the o nes we a re
con cerned about. "
Tcl stru is con tra c ted to provide SOLAS ser vices to the Au stralia n Mari tim e Sa fety Au tho rity. The CPS U, says the G o vern ment.
has pruned fu nding for this work by ab out 52 mi llion .
1\ s po kes man fo r the M inister for Tra nspo rt, M r. S harp, said
Tc lstra had " g uar ant eed tha t the services can be prov ide d ud eq ua tely and satisfacto ri ly:' and that M r. S harp had been assured
by the au thority that its SaLAS obli ga tion s "wou ld be pro pe rly
fulfi lled : ' "T his is an ind us trial matter be tween Tcl xtru and the
un io n," Mr. Sha rp ' s spo kes ma n sa id.
But M r. O' C onnel l said there was no indust ria l d isp ute . "Tei stru
is onl y the se rv ice pro v ider for the Government ' s mar itime sa fety
ob liga tions: ' he sa id.
A fter spending $ 1 m illion on a two-d ay se arc h, Au stra lian
rescue aut horities last nig ht ca lled off the hunt for a s hip report ed
missing in the stor my Tasman Sea , believi ng the re was " a hi gh
probability that it' s a hoax."
Now its time to sce wha t yo u have been mon ito rin g this mont h in
the wo rld o f utility com mu nications.
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lany Van Horn
A b b rc viu tl nns used in th is co lumn
AM
ANDVT

Amplitude Modulat ion

Advanced Narrowband
Digital Voice Terminal
ARC
American Reel Cross
CanForce Ca nadian Forces
CFL
Confidential Frequency
list
COMNAV Com munications and
Navigation
Command Post
CP
CW
Continuous Wave (Morse
code)
OV
Distinguished Visitor
EAM
Eme rgency Action
Message
ETA
Estimated Time of Arrival
Est imated Time to Base
ET8
FEMA
Federal Emerge ncy
Management Agency
GEP
Ground Entry Points
GHFS
Global HF System
HF
High Freque ncy
Military Affiliate Radio
MARS
System

MERS
MO l
NAS
NASA

Mobile Emergency
Response System
Ministry of Information
Naval Air Statio n
National Aeronautics and

Space Adrmnlstrat.nn
NECN
RCC

National Emergency
Coo rdination Net
Rescue Coordination

Center
RTTY
SAM
SATCDM
SHARES
UHF
Unid

USAF
US8
USDA
UTC
VIP

Radioteletype
Special Air Mission
Satellite Communications
Shared Resources
Ultra High Frequ ency
Un identified
US. Air Force
Upper Sideband
U.S. Department of
Ag riculture
Coordinated Universal
Time
Very Important Person

A ll trau smi ssion s a re l lS B tu ppc r sideband) unle ss orh c rwi sc i ndicarc d.

All Ircqucuci cx are in kil l. Ikilohcrtz I and ni l times arc UTe (('( ronlinat cd

T ime Uni vcrval I

2953 0
4442.0
4458.0
4491.0
45770
46450
4665 0

46700
47210

4742.0
4780 0
5438.5
5670.0
5696 .0
5705.0
5715. 7
5750.0

6658.0
6683.0

6694 .0

36

I 67300

6736.0
6761.0
6786.0
684 00
6870.0
69930

7595 0
7862.3
7918.0
8026.0

V LB 2~ lsrae l l

Massad number station at 2127. (Takashi YamaguchiNagasaki . Jap,H1)

SPAR 65 workinq Andrews 011 F499 at 0502, (Anonymous-Nt]
Nightv/atctl 01 working Andrews at 0726 on F7 10. {Anonymous-NEl
Snow Drift callmg De puty Dog at 0545. (Anonymous-NE j
6PXJ-Unid station repeating "V ABY 7 DE 6PXJ" in CW at 1027.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
En glish femal e 3/2-digit number station at 01.31 . (Anonymous-Nli}
VLB2-lsraeli Mossad number station repeatmq "Victor Luna Bravo
Two" for more than 30 minutes at 2125 with heavy interference from
Tokyo aerad io (4666 kHz). An abnormal Mossad transmission. On
another dayheard MIW at 2117. (Yamaguchi -Japa n)
English female 3/2-digit numberstation at 0131. (AnonYl1l ous-NE)
SAM 29000 v/orking Andrews on F877 at 0115, PACC OM 01 workinq
Anorews at 0546 on F877 (also on8026 F290. 8047 F752, and 10586
F974). Air Fo rce Two workingAndrews hereon F877and also 011 6993
F117 and 11460 F295. (Anonvmous-M)
Air Force 2 shutting down communicationswith Andrews VIPat 0222 .
(Jeff Jones-San Fra ncisco. CAl
KPA2-1 srae !i Mossad number station at 2117. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
L9CC-Umd station repealing .'V CPH DE L9C C In CW at 1245.
(Ya mag uchi-Japan)
Madra saeradio. Inoia, in contact with variou saircraftat2045 inheavily
acce nted Engl ish, (Yarnacuclu-Japan}
NMN-CAM SLANTChesapeake . VA. ~lOrk ing Resc ue 21 26 regard ing a
SAR opera tion. Shifted to 8980and wasalso talkinq to the USS John
Stennis about thesailing vessel Gull. (Albert Byner-Hanahan . SC)
Newsroom calls Nlgillwatch to enter tile net at 0500. TIl ey move to
9016 for more better comms. (Duke Rumley-Mayodan. NC)
Un id station repeating "ETT 40" in CW at 1040. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
4XML-Unid station repeat ing 'V BF R7 DE 4XML" in CW at 1245.
(Ya maqucni-Japanj
MIW-Isracli Mossad number stationat 1515. (Yamacuchi-Japan)
SAM 300 (DV-2 + 9) airborne at 0230. ETA Andrews 0310 \!lorking
Andrews VIP. Preflight frequency checks included: 6730,0. 6683.0,
9120.0. 4610.0, and 9017.0 most of \'/hICIl were out of the Offutt site.
(Jones-CAl Air Force Two (SAM 31681 ) workinq Andrews on F731 at
1627 then moved to 8026 F290. SAM 20375 With phone patch traffic
via Andrews at 1423. Also used 11053 F3 54. (Anonymous-NEl
Resc ue 106 with a phone patch to RCC via Halifax military at 0330.
(Anonymous-NE)

MONITORING TIMES

Augu,' 1997

8042.0
8047.0
B134.0
8331.0
8464.0
B638.0
8641.0
8843,0

8957 0
898 9.0
90160
9023 .0
91 20.0

SAM 202 working AndrewsVIP regarding primary frequency at 2340.

SAM 202vlOrklllg Andrews VIP lor signal checks on this new primary
frequency at 0206. (Jones-CAl E1F (0'12+10) wrth phone patch to
Andrewsat 1334, Casey 01callingAndrewson F267at 1900andmoved
to 6993 F-117. Air Force One working Andrews at 0231. SAM 29000
working Andrews in the clea r and \'/ith ANDVT at 2032. Also heard
29000 at 0011 \'/ith patches to Ow State Depa rtment and also lIsing
13440. (Anonymous-NE)
Delta 3 Bravo working Oscar 0 Kilo at 0411. (Anony mous-NE)
Gold 61 trymq 10 raise Skybird No joy at 1622. (Jones -CA l
Unid station with 5 letter groups in CWat 1125. (J.L Metcalfe-KY)
Ell -English female Israeli Mossad numbers station at 2200 witf coded
message traffic. (Dea n Burgess-Manchester. MA)
. ,.
FO G-French Air Force with COCW marker at21 40. 6871 .5 ISlistedIn
Ole CFL. (Yarnaquclu-Japan)
SAM 974 ( DV + 7) ETB And rews AFB : 0615. working Andrews VIP for
phonepatch to SAM Command . Previously up on 11220.0and 1321. 1.0
at 0239. Air Force 2 (DV-2 + 27) departed at 0155, ETA "next destination" 0555. working Andrews VIP for a phone patch into Waldorf
rega rdingusingRF-4 out 01various GEPs and anotherphone patch into
SAM Comma ndat0205. (Jones-CA) Air Forc eOneworkingAndrews on
F117 (mostly AN DVT j at 0046. {Anonymous-NEI
NeVI Castle working MiSSOUri at 2323 and calling Buckeye at aroun d
0200. Clear and secure modes used over a couple of days. (MetcalfeKY I
AFA1NW in 300 baud packet at 11 23. USAF MARS. (Melcalle-KYj
YHF -Israe li Massad numbe r station at 1330. (Yamacucni-Japan)
Executive-t-Foxuot with ETA KLAX at 0155and SAM 974 (DV-2 + 19)
ETA Andrews at 0400. I'l orking each other and Andre ws VIP at 0046.
SAM 202working Andrews VIPfor signal checks on this new primary
frequency at 0140. Navy 676 ( D V ~2 + 6) airborneat 21 05, ETA Peterson
AFBat 2315, I'/orking Andrews VIPwith periodic signal che cks at2109.
SAM 202 (DV-2. 8) ETA 10 Sheppard AF8 at 204 0. ",arking Andrews
VIP rcoardinq arrival at Sheppard . Final destination is Andrews AFB
with all ETA of 0000. Com munications hearn at1 759.(Jones-CA) SAM
50050calling Andrews at 2124. (Anonymous-NE)
Trout 99 with a phone patchto Rhein Main Ba se Ops via Andrews on
possible F-003, (Anonymous-NE) My records tnatane that this IS F290.
F003 should be 8036.0-Larry.
SAM 974 (DV-2 191 departed Ontarioat 2345,lor Andrews AF8 , ETA
0400, working Andrews VIP and E-1-Fat 2350, (Jones-C A)
Another unid station with s ieuer groups in CWat 1213. Lots of these
stations noted recently. Other frequencies nave included: 7846.0.
B1B 72 . and 9320.0 khz. (Metcatte-Kv)
4XM L-UOI d station repeattnq "V BFR 7 DE3XML in CW at 0855.
English female 5-digit Lincolnshire Poacher number station at 2215.
(Ya maguchi-Japan)
VNG-Sydney. NSW. Australia. wrth AM time signal at 0524. (Anony-

mo us-Nlil

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KPA2 -lsrae li Mossad number stationrepeatmq "Kilo Papa Alpha Two

l or more than 30 minutes at 1347. An abnormal Mossad numbers
transmission. (Yamaquchi-Japan}
NR 16020-Linda Finch around the world flight vtO rking Honolulu. Later
t/ley went to 3413/5574. The re was a navigator flying wrth Linda.
Honolulu handed them over to San Fra ncisco on 5574 when Honolulu
lust contact with them . Support aircraft was airctatt number 44RD.
(Anonymous-NE)
Shann on. Ireland. VOL MET with aviation weather at 0409. (AnonymO lls-NEl
Trenton military working unid station at 1-l59. (Anonymous-NE) ,
PACOM 01 working Hickam with write-ups at 0035. SPAR 64 workinq
Hickam with phone patche s rega rdingarrivalat Cairo. Previously lip on
89680 and 150430 at 0459 (Jones -CAl
Thumper \'larking Deer Hunter at 1809. moved to 11214 at 1819.
(Anonimous-NE)
Cac tus and Nightwatch Of with clear/secu re transmission s at 1424.
(Metcalfe. KYl Niqhthawk 12 working Cactus at 0104. Cactus lold
Nrqh thawk 12 to contact Desert on November in the clear. (Anonymous-NE)

91 21 0
9317.0

9320.0
9958.0
10202.0

10493.0

10581.0

11053.0

11 114.0

11217.0

112/ 0.0

Wild Eagle calling Eagle's Nest for a radio check and then any station
lor a radio check. No lOy on both at 1847. (Jones-CAl
SAM049deparledGander at 0410.ETA AndrewsAF Bat 0710. working
AndrewsVIP on Air Force One's new secondary treq F709 at 0420.
(Jones-CA)
SPAR 67 WIth a phone patch via Andrews at 1605. (Anonymous -NEI
English female 3/2-dlglt number station m AM at 1801. parallel to
10783.5. (Anonymous- NE)
SAM 204 workingAndrews VIPwith phone patch 10 COMNAV regarding SATCOM problems al 2322 (Jones-CA) SAM 60202 and SAM
60204\'larkingAndrews on F904 (talked about goingto F81 4) a12140.
(Anonymous-NE) F81 4 would nsve been 6989.0 kHI-L.1ffY.
KA80699-Unld station. in comms with WGY908-FEMA Denver. CO.
andtrying lor WGY906-FEMA Denton. TX. KA80661 heard acouple ot
months ago on 5211 .0 and possibly IDingasWV DES. Artistic Style
With a H2121 45 message lor WGY918-FE MAMERS at Denver. CO , at
1145 KCR873-U50A BOise. 10. and KCI6 15-A ~C , Falls Church. VA. In
FE MAs NECtJnet al 1658and 1928. respecllvely. (Metcall e-KY)
ALE burst here at 0107. It's hard to be accurate on the frequency
Withoutacorrespondmg voicetransmission. MoreALE transrmssions
noted on 7622.0 a11215. (Melcalle-KY)
Elmendort GHFS with an EAM at 0440. McCellan GHFS wilh a Foxtrot
EAM: "Skyking Skyking do not answer. 3SF. autnentication: NM" at
2133. PACOM 01. enroute Ande rsen . checking AndrewsVIP here for
a possible new primary from their previous: 11460.0 at 0403, Lasl
local night SAM 417 [a.k.a. WA LT01) was also enrouteto Andersen.
(Jones-CA ) SAM 60202() OV. 01 ) Wi lli a phone patch 10 Andrews CP
viaAndrewsonpossibleF655.(Anonymous-NE) Interesting. My notes
indicatestllat tflis is F354 ,1f1d J donot tuve a current listmg for F655
Larry
Executi ve-t -Foxtrot. working And rewsVIP regardinga 01 55arrival at
KLAXand comingupon MUXwithSAM974at 2142.SAM683working
Andrews VIP reporting block time, and requesting preflights for
180009at 0155. SAM 300 working Andrews VIPwith signal checks at
1852. SAM 29000 (sounded like) working An drews VIPwith preflight
signal checks al 1656 SAM 202 (OV-2 . 6) departed at 2220, ETA
"KCVS"(Cannon AFB ) a12350. workingAndrews VIPwith phone paten
to SAM Com mand at 2221. Gave UHF frequency for KCVS as 372.2
MHz. SAM 974 checking Andrews VIP lor signa l strength out of
various comm levels at 2005. (Jones-CA) Darkstar November (USAF
E-3 AWACS 9651h AACSI 552nd ACW , Tinker Af B, OK) with a phone
patch via Trenton military at 1715, SAM 60203 (DV2-+ 6) with a phone
patch to Andrews at 1715. Thumper witha phone patch 10 Deer Hunter
via Trenton military a11758. (Anonymous-NEI
Jaguar 45 working MacOili GHFS with phonepatch traffic from calling
party on board Delta-031 at 0200. Possie 62 enroute Pope AFB via
Roosevelt Roads and Guantanamo Bay working MacOill GHFS with
phone paten traffic 10 Hilda East at 2324. (Jones-CA) PACAF 01
working MacOi ll GHFS a11635. (Anonymous-NE)
SAM 682(OV-2 19)ETA NASNorlh Islandal 0430. workingAndrews
VIP with phone patch traffic at 0239. SAM 28000 trying to raise
Andrews VIP for a signal check . No joy at 0038. And also on treq:
NIGHTWATCH 01. appa rently in connection with the above cornms .
\'/orkingAndrewsVIPwith signal checks at 0142. SAM 417, also IOed
(?) enroute Andersen. with an ETA of l000z. working
as -WALT
And rews VIPwitn phonepatches andsignal chec ks at0050. Casey 01
(OV-3. 19) departed Randolph AFB. TX. a12159. ETA l angley AfB at
0100. workinqAndrews VIPat 2204. Navy 511 (DV3 -+ 8) enroute to
ChinaLakeworkingAndrews VIPwith phonepatchesat 0005. (JonesCAl Navy 50511 (2033), SAM 60203 (1510), PACAF01 (2151). and
SAM 26000 (2355)l'Io rklng Andrews on F-31 I. (Anonymous-NE )
SAM 202 (DV-2 ... 9) ETA Peterson AFB at 0100working Andrews VIP
with phone patch trattc at 2345. (Jones-CA) SPAR 64 With a phone
patch 10 ECC Mel ro via Lajes GHFS at 0613. (Anonymous-NE)
Air Force 1 working Andrews VIP and going to ANDVT at 0012. SAM
206. ETA to MacDill AFB at 2040 working Andrews VIP for phone
patches into MacDiIIAFB at 1942. SAM 206 working Andrews VIP at
1758. SAM 26000 (0 OV . 31 ) enroute Dulles, ETA 1030 working
And rews VIP at 0015. (Jones-CA) Navy 49676 calling Andrews at
1738. SAM 56974 vl orking Andrews at 0155. (Anonymous-NE) My
records indicate tll.1t tillSis.1 VP-3A flown in support of tile N,1VI' Chief
of N.1V,11 Operatiofls (eNO)-Larry.
English female5digil Cherry Ripe numbe r station at 1300, also noted
on 13866. (Ya maguchi-Japan) OK. nt bite, TakaS/Ii-san. Wlmt is a
Cllerry Ripe numbers station?-Larry

or'

11226.0
11460.0

11570.0

12029.0

5VB3/4/5-Athens Radio, Greece. with a CW marker at varioustimes.

(Richa rd Parker-Rochester. NY) That is an interesting frequency.
Richard. I haven't seen them reportedon this onein the past-Larry.
12693.0 UGC-Unid station with CW marker at 2246. (Parker-NY) This is Saint
Petersburg Radio in Russia. Rich-Larry.
127210 SPH61/81-Gdynia Radio.Poland.at 1614witha CW marker.(ParkerNY)
12748 0 IRM-CIRM Rome Radio. Italy. with CWmarker a12300. (Parker-NY)
12750.0 CWA-Unid Brazilian station with CW marker at 2302. (Parker-NY)
This is actuafly Cerritos Radio in Uruguay. Rich-Larry.
12780 0 D3E51161 -Luanda Radio. Angola . with CW marker at 2308. (ParkerNY)
12780.5 9AR-Rijeka Radio. Croatia. '.'lith a CW a marker at 2307. Unusual
frequency for this one. (Pa rker-Nv) My notes motcste that this is a
listed frequency for Rijeka Radio-Larry.
12819.5 XF M-Manzanillo Rad io. Mexico. with a CW marker at 1647. (ParkerNY)
12984 0 VNG-Sydney. NSW. Australia . Wllh AMtime signalat 0438. (Anonymous-NE)
13077.0 BVA-Taipei Radio. Taiwan. with voice call. -an stations this is BVA
with traffic list" at 1300. (Jack Dix-Yonkers, NY)
13211.0 SAM 974 working Andrews VIP regarding a 2315 arrival at KONT
(Ontario. CAl. Comm unications at 2003. (Jones-CAl
13242 0 Postcard \'Jorking McClellan GHF S at 2015. (Anonymous-NE)
13248.0 SAM26000workingAndrewsVIP. Mentioned somethingabout YSCB
at 1020 (maybe departu re). Heard at 0256. (Jones-CA)
13257.0 CanForce2102 working Trenton military (moved to 15031) a12031.
(Anonymous-NE)
13440 0 SAM 26000 working Andrews VIP WIth block time (didn't eaten Ihe
airport) a11640. (Jones-CA)
13518.0 C-Single letter HF marker in CW a11447. (OIX-NY)
13960.0 SAM 206workingAndrews VIPwith phonepatches regarding a 2015
ETA at OallaslFI. Worth Inlernali onal (KOFW). Heard a1 1830. SAM
202 working Andrews VIP with phone patch to AF OC at 0033. 771
working unid station with phone paten to Toronto Maintenance
regarding a new tire needed upon tanding. Heard at 2015. SAM 202
checkingAn drews VIP herefor secondary frequencyat 0022. (JonesCAl
14396.5 KHA950-NASA Slenn is Space Cenl er, Picayune. MS, with a SHARE S
net check-in at 1639. Looks like the SHARES program has implemented a weekly (Wed nesday) 1600- t 700 check-In on 5236.0 and
14396.5. (Melcall e-KY)
14531.0 Unid station repeating "1 855 855 855" continuously in CW a11401.
(Oix-NY)
14977.0 Unid station sending 5-digil groups in CW a11407. (Oix-fJY) J nsve
seen OLX-MOI Prague. erect. Republic. on this frequency witll tllat
kind of traffic. Jack-Larry.
15011.0 SAM 26000 working Andrews VIP with phone palches and signal
checks at0203. PACOM 01Vlo rkingAndrews VIPwith move 10 a new
primary, told10 Iry F-825(1) around0115.SAM049 andanunid SAM
working And rews VIPon Air ForceOne's secondaryat0015. (JonesCAl
15043.0 PACOM 01 working Hickam with phone patch to SPAR operations
regarding upcoming mods to HF comm gear at 02000. (Jones-Ca)
16000.0 VNG -Sydney. NSW. Australia . with AM time signalat 0416. (Anonymous-NE)
1631 4 0 English female (British accent) 5-digit number slation in AM at 1444
followed by lincolnshire Poacher tones. (Oix-NY)
16950.4 9MB-PenangNaval Radio . Malaysia. with VCW marker at 1249. (OixNY)
17053.0 XSX-Chilong Radio. China. With CO CW marker at 1253. ( O i x ~ N Y )
17064.8 EAD3/EOZ6-Madrid Radio, Spain. with CW marker at 1852. (ParkerNY)
18290.0 SAM 50050 working Andrews on F633 at 1910. (Anonymous-NE)
18317.0 SAM 683working AndrewsVIPherefor newprimary. F-623. at0057.
(Jones-CA)
18323.0 SAM 683 (OV-2 7) ETB MMTM at 0055, working Andrews VIP wtth
phone patch to SAM Command regardll1g bottle of wine for the OV
upon land ing at MMTM. The answer was no. (Jones-CAl
18437.3 Diplo circulars inSpanishat 1602 using 50bau d RTTY . (Metcatte-K'r}
19047.0 PACOM 01 working And rews on F-825 (not confirmed here) with a
phone paten at 0205. (Jones-CAl
22473.0 CBV-VaJparaiso Radio, Chi le, with CW marker at 1933. (Pa rker-NY)

Augus. 1997

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CANDIP. expanded schedule 100400-0800. 1000-1700 (BBCM)

AUSTRA LIA EvidenceglvenatSenate inquiryintoRAstatesatleast len broadcasters
COSTA RICA RFPll1asvacated 6205-USB follm'Jll1g J rornplamt 01 interference to
had approached RA in the last tew years to useus transmitters. mcludmq R.
mantrme commumcatmns from r ::--:---=--,------ - - - -.
Japan and R. Netherlands (Matt Francis. Austr,llian OX Nel'ls)
AustralianMaritimeSafetyAuthorBOL/VIA R, EI Mundo backatter many months' silence. 6014 .8weekdaysuntil 0100
Ity; replaced With 7585 provision(sometimeslater for socce r). Saturdayuntil 0200 . Sunday2400' ( Tol1~' Jones.
ally at 0000 1200 (Rf PI) Ratner
Pa raguay. Cumbre OX) R. Ca rlosPalenque. LaPaz. 619460 at 0903-0930 wrth
weakat first. using standby third
folk music (Ta kayu ki Inoue N,. Japan )
transmitter, as 7385 and 15050
BRAZIL R. Cullura. Sao Paulo.961 5.05witII intriguingmusic Irom the 30sand40s.
AM also rem am eu on 1Il10 the
quality audio. trom 2300 past 021 5 (Jay Nove llo. NC)
evening ,witll1 5050 holding upas
CANADA RCI has signed an agreement wrth IMER. tile Mexican nationa l ramo, for
late as 0500 in solslice condi- ' --'
RCI prog rams 111 Spams n to be broa dcast on the IMER network. and RC I will
nons.otten stronger than 7385 and \'J III1 less noise (gh. OK ) 7585 domq qune
rebroadcast programs from Mexico (Rei news via BBCM ) Fouowm u tile June
well here (Joe Hanlon. PA l see also INDIA
etecuon. Sheila Copps. who helped fll1d funding to keep RCI alive, retams her
COlltll1UOUS ratchety sound has botheredover most01 theaime ter band lor
postas HeritaqeMiruster, butnot Deputy Prime Mmister (RCI news viagIl) The
months. ca used by sorneone's maladjustedtranstmtter. Fmatlytraced It to TlFC
NeVI De rnocranc Pany. \'JhlCh unexpecrernvwonatewmore seatsmtheelecuon,
on 9645. whichISundermodulated, Irs mostobVIOUS on vacant channels such
opposes CBC funding cuts. unlike the other three (B. Cooley. BC)
asaround 1200 on 9535. 9590, but strongenough 10 bother Havanaon 9550.
Severalwell-knownvoices on CBC ,HCI calledIt QUI!S in June. rnostty due to
and also a12200. TlFCwas beggmg lor donations to trx Its equipment. ouermc
orasnc budget cuts. :hough some maystill beheard in repeats or in the fall on
to sendabrathe' around 10 pickupmeloot. Me,l1m/ll fetlleyslJou/dturn this ooe
otherprourarnsClyde Gilrnoor.tanBrown.VlcklGabereau.Peter Gzowski.Iinda
off.' gll, World of RadiO
CUllen, BobRobenson . Marylou FlOlay (gh. trom venous sources viaCooper.
CROATIA [non] DeutscheTelekom, Juncn is retaymq HRT. Croatian RadIO. Zag reb.:
Westenhaverj
0900- 1100on 9~70 10 SAm/Au'NZ: 1800-2000 on 959510 SAl: 01000300
RC I heard on subharmonic 48li ,5 =0.5 x 9755at 2340. aswellas4812.5 =
952010 SAm:0300-0500 949510 ENAm.10 berncved10 ~ 9 m b in SepI IBC-OXj
0.5,9625 (Bob Hdl. MA. DSWCI OXWlIldOl'l
And on new9520 from 0100starting wrtf Spamsh news (Randy Stewart. MOl
CHINA Asurvey of regional stauons III April/Mayfound that about 40001 theChinese
ETHIOPIA R. Ethiopia sent OSl lor 0300-0400 on 7110 and undated schedu le
SWregional trequenciesascompared to WRTH97 hstmqs have gone Inactive.
showmq English: National Se rvice. MF 10301100 on 9705. 7110. 5990:
most doubtless replaced by MW and especially FM ... But -l5 channels were
EXlernaI 1600-1700 on 11800.9560. 71651Ed Rausch. NJ)
logged sothere are stili plenty of ox targets: Irom 2001 China's 30regions If you
R. Farra. 6210, ' 0325-0355.. IS. 0329 10. exonc vocals, weak here but
count CRI sites(DaVid Foster. OzDX)
strongeron1;6940 which had RTTY DRM (Bnan Alexander . PAl
COL OMBIA R. Patna libre heard Mayday on 6250at 2200 lor an hour. Heard very
(non)V. ofOromo liberation. 1700 1900 MontWedfSat to ME/At on9925ve
wellwhen Irs on. suggestlllg II isverynear theVenezuelan border ontheeastern
Ukrame. Ad dress: SBO. PO Bo, 732~7 . Washlng:on. DC 20056 (BBCM)
plains of Colombia (Santiago San Gil. Barinas. Venezuela via Jorge Garcia
GEORGIA New servrce mentioned last month from 'Joice 01Hope began regular
Rangel, Club Diexistas de la Amistad) Also audible here unnt 2225" (Bnan
broadcasts June 4. 100 kW to Asia In English at 120 daily at 13551600.
Alexander. PA. Worldof Radio)
produced in England.andOSl reports can besent to:voceot Hope.PO Box 109.
CONGO R. Congo. Brazzaville. regularon reactivated 4765withFrench around 1800
Hereford HR4 9XR. England: IRC requested for airmailresponse IHAM)
[Edwin Southwell. England) Fouowmq news of coup. checked 4765. but 110
GREECE [nonl tn a lew months we should be able 10 transmit from Delano and
signal:goodinstead on5985. 15atat 00 politicalannouncementsinFrench(FlIln
Greenville (DioI1YSI05 Angelogianms . V. ot Greece frequency manager. April 24
Krone. Denmark.DSWCIDXWindow) RTVCverygoodon4765at 0350-0450+.
via John Babbis) This would be the 12001350 broadcast via Delano 9590.
much ~'Jeaker at 2120-2130" (Bnan Alexander. PA. World 01 RadiO)
headmg 75 .acrosstheUS: gh'scrystal ba ll was\'Iorkmgverynlcely\,hen World
CONGOD.R. Voix du Zaire renamedRTNC, Radio Teh~vi sio n NalionaleCongolaise.
01 R.1dioreportedlastAuglisl sucharegistrafioll.(Babbis, W. o.R.) Isuspect that
also ''1.1 VO/X du pelip/e" on 15244.5 around 0500-1830 (BBCM) La Voix du
Cong o. Kinshasa. 15244.51 , t\'lO days after
beam is lust a reversal of an antenna aimed
255 to thePacifiC(gil) VOAengmeersconlirrn
rebels took over. 1800 unlil1916 carrier cuI
,111 til1ll'S UTe; ,W I n 'lflU'lIcit'.'i t il:.; * bli on' hI' = siJ.:1I
thISwill be the case : some 12 hours a dayof
(David M. Clark. Dnl.. DSWCI OX Window)
Oil" *' af/l'l' hI'
siJ.:Il oJ[; II pa mill'! pro/.:rtll1l-l1Iill /.:; +
Be fore the rebel victory, a station they conVOG will be transmitted from VOA Greenvi lle
= CtJlltilJlli"J.: bilt /lot l1Iolliton 'tl; 2 xfreq 21111
ami Delan o. probably by theend of Aug ust. as
trolled in Butembo. easternpartof thecountry.
JWrJlll m ic ; j . 97=MlIy- ,l,i t'pt , .%.97=.')lll1ll1ll'l' seaw m ;
was heard on 7060 at 0510 in French and
soonas VOG com pletes IIlstaliationof asatel97= U'il/tl'r .H'tl.'i Oll; /lIIm / B rolltlcllst to orIor til t! Jistl'tI
lite earttl st<l tio(1 !l1 Greece (Kim Elliott. VOA
S ~'/a h il i. drum beats. closed at 0730' (BBCM)
l'Of/ll ft)" bu t not 1Il'C('s.mrily oriJ.:illllti" J.: thl're.
CommwlICilflons World)
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GUATEMALA On 6180. marimbamusic hea rd again at 2300 check amid I-storm

noise but no Cuba or Brazil QRM: 2307 Quick announcements by man and
woman seemed to mention "concerto" and "nacional." thenoil (gh.OK) You're
right. it is La VOldeGuatemala. heard with LosMaestros de la MarimbaTGW
in a C/lc7pinlc7f1 dJ<1 prog ram for abroad. Had not been on SW for many a year
(Henrik Klemetz. Colombia )
INDIA All IndiaRadio. Ga ngtok. Slkkim 0025-0330on 3390. 0700-0930 on6085.
1200-1730 on 3390. all 50 kW. Port Blai r. Andaman Islands: 0000-0300 on
4760. 0315-0345 & 0700-0850on 7115. 1030-1630 on 4760. all 20 kW. Bu t
Leh IS also on 4760 overla pping : 0125 -0430 & 1130- 1600 with 50 kW: and
0530 -1100on 6000 (Alok Oas Gupta. IndiaviaWollgang Buschef
AIR External Service sked on 15050. which mightconflict with RFPI : 04000430 Persian. 0430-0530 Arabic. 084 5-0945 Indonesian. 1000-1100 En glISh.
all 250 kW from Aligarh: and 1145-131 5 Chinese. 250 kW tram Deihl. Th e
complex multi-site sked on 10330 for the Vividh Btiaraf norn eservrce: 00250430 trorn Bombay 100kW. Oelli i 100. GU\'IahaI150: plus0100-0430Madras
100 0630-1200 tram Bombay Deih l. Madras 0630-1730 Guwahati. 12451730 all four sites again (ibid.) Seve ral broadcasts suspended due to lack of
spare parts. including 1000 on 15050 (OXGrapevine via EDXPj
[non] AIR is going to have a relay stanon in eitherWest Africa or theWest
Indie s.enabling It to reach theAme ricas where thereis a largeconcentration of
Indians. Negotiations are underway \'lith friendly countries of these areas
(Suoipto Ghose. Calcutta. WRTHv ia DSWCI OXWindow)
IRAN [non] Democ ratic VOice of Iran. first rep orted by World of Radio (see last
month)wassubse quentlyconfirmed byBBCMonit oringwhich reported further
info about It: Pe rsian 10 is radio-yeseda-y eazadi-kflaIIJfI-eiran. literally "Voice
of Iran's Freedom-See kers," but prefers to beknown in Eng lish as DVOI. Says
it is not affiliated to anyparticula r group. religion. or political faction. Expected
to aed a second SWfrequency in near future (BBCM) Immediately ronoweo at
1800 on5900 by V, of RUSSia World Service (Bjorn Fransson, Sweden. DSWC I
DX~1 One daycarriedV.of Tibet by mistake; mustsharesite(Victor Goonetilleke,
Srr Lanka. UAOX via Be-OX)
IREL AND [non] Eme rald Rad io Productions had7-part seriesvia WWC R-3 in June
andJuly. Su n 1900 on 12160. repeal Sal 0800 on 5070 Mlghl beexlended. See
www.emeraldradio.com(Chuck Adair. WWCR. World of Radio)
JAPAN R. Japan cancelled numerous program s. but some elements survive as
features within Hello from Tokyo. such as ABCof OXing. Japan Diary, UT Sun
01 100200 on 5960 via Canada. and several repeats (gh)
KENYA KBC. Nairobi on new 6990at 1640-1800. boom ing Ill, vernacular but good
IDs. not114915. 4934:site?(Bjorn Franssen. Swed en. DSWC I OX Windmv) Also
next day 1515-1605 in Swahili request program. ads. 1600 news (Godf rey
Clemitson. RSA, ibid.) No signof it around 0300 (gh)
KIRIBATI R. Kiribati. 9810. music at 0620on both side bands: awful splatter from
Cuba-9 820 (Volodya Salm aniw. B C.)
KOREA SOUTH RKIinvited listeners to suggest newnamelor ShortwaveFeedback
whichis now considered outdated: also says it will aSL reports of "reception"
via Internet (gh)
LITHUANIA Following a visit by Tibetan exile officials. the Lithuanian Minister of
Communications is lookmg into broadcasting English-language radio programs dedicatedto Tibetan independence: also plan sto launch Mongolian and
Chinese language broadcasts to communicate unbiased info abo ut Tibet to the
public in China (l.ithuanian Radio via BBCM) [non] After usingboth 9875and
9855 for a while via Ge rmany in Eng lish at 0030-0100, Vilnius dropped 9875
(IvanGrishin,Onl.) Had aham OXprogram until0100UTTue(G eorgeThurman.
TX) Anyone nsve a schedute?
MALTA [non] VOM heard ~ unday 1859-2000 in
\. O f :.~.: "1t
Englishon12060 vlaRussla,119765weak(Brian
o'~ :
D~
Alexan der, PAl VOM to North America III En -.
~
..
~ . .
~
glrsh UT Monday 01 00-0200on 13605 (BBCM)
... .
'ZNctvmenI checked.heard Gotos Rossiiinstead
'.",. .
J,:
(gh. OK. and Randy Stewa rt, MO)
:<
MEXICO XE RTA. 4800 and 15120 \'Iilh 5 kW lrorn
Ajuscovolcano plansto usetenlanguages. include "
."
Torre OX program With Julian Santiag o (LUIS Antero
Agui lar via Ru ben Gui llermo Margenell
The agreement between IMER and RC I (see CANADA) includes a potential
program exchange with R. MeXICO lnternacional. We would broadcast some
programs about Mexico in English on some of their freq uencies (Juan Mort.
XER MX. W. O.R.)
Great musrc andinteresting talk segmentsonastrongsignal areavailable for
the insomniac from R. Educaci6n, 6185, which during DST signs off around

1100. Oneof thelocutorasdoubles in French, but little Englishis hea rd (gh. OK)
XE OM reactivated on6104.85 fromMerida at 1115withmusicand rapidtalk:
somewhat distorted but readable on peaks (Jay Novello. NC)
MONACO[and non] TWR on9745 repo rtedlastmonth is from Albania, 9755 Monte
Carlo (David French, World OX Clu b Contact) see also ALBAN IA
MYANMAR [non] Democratic VOice of Burma, 0 11 SW via Norway, has added
Internet RealAudio ; dail y program uploaded at 1200 on: http ://
www.communique .no/dvb/ (BurmaNet News via BBCM)
NIGERIA [non] V. of Free Nigeria was inaugu rated June 12at 0400-0500 on 7180,
butthen broadcast weekly onSat at 1900-2000on11680: sponsoredbytheFree
Nigeria Movement which calls for boycott of business with Nigeria. and anend
to the militarydictatorship. Address: P.O. Box44f 395, Indianapolis, IN46244.
Moreinfo at: http://pw2.netcom.com/- lnm{FN M via rec.radio.shortwave) This
appears to be unrelated to tile previousclandestine, R. Kud iral.
NORWAY NRK. English Sundayal 1500 said nwouldreplace 11 840 With 13805 tor
WNAII1 (JoeHanlon. PAl
PERU New on SW is R. Huamachuco. 6676.2 at 2330 esotcrtca. folklore (Henri k
Klemetz, Colombia) R.San Ignacio. 7040.8ex-6997.6 with longadstri ng2235;
10 al 2253 (horacro Nigro. Uruguay) 7040.4. R. Sa n Ignacio al 2330 10 (Fe lipe
Asenio, Cilile, hcdx)
PHILIPPINES Govern men t has notifiedUS officials that it must close VDA facilities
in North Luzon byend of May. Dept. of Foreig n Aflairs says It wants to convert
the 20-hectare prope rty. once a USAF facility, into an ecotounsm park (Asian
magazine via Hans van de n Booge rt. hcdx) lBB, of whichVOA is a part, has no
comment about any discussionsbetwee ntheUSA andthePhilippines about the
futureof thisVOA site. It is still transmitting (Kim AndrewElliott. VDA ) TheVOA
Porotransmitteris on part of Club John Hay. a forme r recreational base for US
forces, not far from Baquin. the hot weather retreat of the rich. CJH is bein g
redeveloped for theuse of tile even richer. and thetransmitter is in theway. so
the Filipinos want it out (John Orfo rd, Philippi nes. WOX C Contact)
PBS. Radyo Piltpin as. English at 0230-0330 on 11885. 15120. 15270 MonSat starts with Voice of Democracy, ends with World News; in between: Man,
Save tileE1r1h; Tee. TIle Pllits. Today.Wed. Gur C/Janging World: Thu, Business
Updates: Fri . Brotherhood of Men: Sat. Listeners & Friends: Sun: Deutsche
W.elle. Sports Focus. News Round-Up (PBS)
R. Mindoro, religious, active again on 3345.5v, fade -in at 0840 (Rola nd
Schulze. Philippines. BG-DX) From the hill above the Mangyan BibleSchoo l; on
air three timesaweek, Wed and Sat morning s, Sunafternoons,totalling 6 hpw.
has to use a diesel generator, since hydro station was destroyed in 1993
typhoons (John Richa rds. Mindorovia H. J Biener. Kirchein Rundfuflkvia BG-

OX)
R, Ventas Asia . Filipino at 1500-1525 (-1555 Wed. Fri. Sun) on 9680 ex11715/9540 (Pan/view, Bulgaria via BC-OX) Used to include some English
segments; and "Filipino" includesEnglish, Spanish words (gh)
PORTUGA L RARET. the Portuguese company relay ing RFE/RLNOA at GI6ria and
Maxoouena is about to close down. asGI6ria is inope rative smce 1996 and Max
is being dismantled. said to be moving to Timan islandfor R. Free Asia. Som e
of the oldest transmitters at GI6 ria belong to the Portuguese state and will be
returned (Carlos L. Relvas Assuncao Goncalves. DSWCI SW News via EOXPj
SIERRA LEONE SLBS, 331 6, on extended sched ule after military takeover. mostly
non-stop music, but at 0102 anthem and message from military commander
(John Ekwall. Sweden, GumbreOX)
SOUTH AFRICA World Music Radio . Sat and Sun 1800-2200 uses 6290 with 250
kW, 21 dBi gain. 342 ~ and 3345 with 100 kW. 12 dBi gain. 5 ~ . If it becomes
popular. tentative date for expanding to a dailyservice is Nov 1 (Stlg Hartvig

>.,

DX Listening Digest
More broadcasting informati on by country compiled
byGlenn Hauser

Review of International Broadcasting

SW Programming, opinion, equipm ent, satellite monito ring,
Samples S2.50 each (outside North America US S3 or 6 IRes)
10 iss ue subscripti ons $26 in USA. or both tor $49
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Aug u,' 1997

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Nielsen. WMR . Denmark)

TheInvestment Channel had a two-year contract with SENTECH but It was
terminated after only seven weeks by Jerry Hoffman. He said they had tremen dous response from Atnca but phones and faxes do not work well andIt lakes
SIX weeks for a leiter to reach Atlanta from Africa. It would lake almost lour
monthsjusttoestablishwhata listener reallywants(RodgersGarnuti.SENTECH
via Hans Johnson, Cumbre OX)
SWI TZERLAND [non] One 01the many SRI transmissions on 13635 is shown as
relayvra Jiilich.Germany: 1645-1830toEAf. noEnglish(S\'/ISS t ereccmve Bob
Padula. EOXp) 100 kW whilst all the Swiss transmitters aremore (gh)
TAIWAN The government has decided to establish a single overseas service by
merging Voiceof Free Cnma and Central Broadcastmq Station in July. Expected
to be called Central Broadcasting System (WRTHvia Electronic OXPress)
THAILAND R. Thailand. new 15370 with two different English programs at 0030.
0300. Thai in between and after 0330. very strong (Hans van den soocen.
Taiwan . OSWCI OX WindOl;1 Actually Nor/h American service via Udorn:
occssioosttrscee of il tiete. Wilen L'/III Ihey catch onlike tne Greeks 111,'1 they CJn
use VOA USA Sites? (gh)
TIMOR EAST [non] indonesian aumonnes are arrestmq and persecutrnq people
caught listeninq to RDP International. lisbon. on SW (ROP via BBCM)
UK 0 G8 A NI R FreeLondon. piratewith40watts according toE-mail OSlo heard
on new5804.7at0435-0500... onaUT Sunday, weakbutreadableon peakswith
rock music, announcements (Pa ul Drmandy. New Zealand and via Tile Four
Wfllds) Quite <1 eaten! KA IJ-5810a problem nete (gh)
USA Sale priceslor Sws tnnons: WR MI.S850K: WVHA. S5M: WS HB. World Class
Station \'lIth two trans mitters. S1 3M (G eorge Jacobs & Associates website)
W/Iat about KHBI S,upan? Not menti oned. Does this meen its alffJady sold.
"1<,ybe to R. Fmc Asia? (gIl)
By lateMay. WVHA's Sabbathliveservice wasmissing.replaced by recorded
prog rams 1330-1 530 on 17535. Does t!lis mean Prophecy Cou ntdown 's
financial situationis sobad theycan nolonger afford satellitelime.and WVHA's
days are numbered? (Jim Moats. OH. World of Radio)
In ea rlyJune. Monitor Rad io reachedatentative agreementlor World Times,
Inc" to become Its successor in producmq radio news prouram rnmo. World
Times, also based In Boston. publi shes the weekly newspaper supplement
WorldPaper III six languages, only for dist ributi on abroad. See
www.worldpaper.com(Sue Schardt. Monit or Radio via C. Ed Evans. WSHBl
This vias contingent upona sufticiem numberof affiliates aqreemq to carry the
program. and upon outsidetundmu (Jerry Acker man. BOSIOI1 Globe via Mike
Cooper) But BBCisgreatly expandinq lis newsoperation. mcludmgthereplacement for Monitor Radio at5 a.m. ET via 500 U.S. public radio stations (Wilham
O. Montalbano, Los Angeles Times via Mike Cooper) Work/Pi/per deal fell
Ihrough, as too many stations hadalready made other bindingarranqernents.
so Monitor Radio is finished(Reuter. AP. Boston Globe, Miami Hem(dvia MIke
Cooper, David Alpert. Jim Moats. Peter tanner. Aa ron PilChiCkj
Throug hout June, WSHB was announcingat :36 past every hour that from
June 28 it would convertto ali-religious format daily in seven languages (Ken
Mason, Jim Moats. W. O.R.) Ergo. nobuyer found yet. as this l'/as tbeit backup
plan (gh) KHBI also was to go ali-religious (C. Ed Evans. WSHB)
Theowne r and toun derof WR ND has died inhis mid-fifties.JoeCostello had
acolorful andcontroversial broadcastcareer over the past fifteen years(Rachel
Baughn. cd.) Costello's familyis expectedto put the station up 101 sale shortly
(Paul Rusling. Bnnsf OX Club CommulJ/callon) In hiswritten will.JoeCostello
leftthestanon to LoyolaUniversity. But onhisdeathbedheverbally left It tothe
archb ishop. Whether WRND will be keptor sold. who knows? For sureif kept
by archbishop, ann-Catholic and similar programming unlikely to continue
(George Jacobs via La rry Magne via Marie La mb. Cumbre OX) In mid-June,
WRNO was still on 7395 until 2300 with music tapes not matching outdated
websitesked, continuity tapes by Costello as if hewerestill incharge-(Ilm-mm. il is New Orlealls. after all}-then went to 7355 (gh) E-mail allegedly from
Costello a month atter he allegedly diedsaid work was progressing slowly on
transmitter for 15420 (via Orrin Edwards. rec.radio. shortwave via Jim Moats)
OXing witl l CUf1/breadded new times: Sat 1130 on 9930. Sun 2130 0n 9495
(OWe) But old times no longer mentioned aren't always deleted (gil)
WEWN 2-97 schedule shows two 500 kW tran smitters doubled on same
freq uency at times with different ante nnas: 6890 at 0000-0800. 7425at 08001300 (Via

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The 1\'/0 neighbors who have caused trouble lor WGTG reiused my offer to
help them fix interference problems. Besides second transmnter. CP for more
antennas.rnombicsandyaqrs.\'/1111 anewmommcaimed 340 readytogo. Alter
buildinganaudiencevnth "Ne'.', Vlorld Order batorey." WGTGplanned tocancel
"patriot" programming fromAmerinet. and expand Fundamental Broadcasting
Network in July: FBNmight lease theentire sranon in keepingWith ouroriginal
goal of salvation. In the middle of a City, Macon lsee nextl1em-cd.1 is likely to
have even more complaints from neighbors (David Frantz. WGTG. World of
Radio)
Charles Josey says the call leiters WWBS he wanted lor his new Macon.
Georma. SW station do not stand lor anythmg 1I1 particular. He will retire in
November and devote full time to buildmg Ius station. A lour elemen t vagi cut
precisely for 1191 0 kHz. the only henuencv pla nned to be usedat first. will be
placed atopanoldelectricpoleontop01adowntown building.Transmiller uses
parts fromaWWCR unit badly damagedbyIncalewyearsago (KimElliott. VOA
Communications World)
Ham Radio ,1nd Morehas changed format andairsexclusivelyonWWCR. live
Sun 220 (topofhour. nomorenews] on 5070. repeated Tue0800 on3210.Sun
0500 on 5070(Len WlIlkter. HR&Mvla rec .radro shortwave) The KFNN studio
and network 01 AM stations are no longer involved. WWCA unexpectedly
reduced the Brother Stair schedule in June on 239010 0500-1200. With 7435
expanded to 22000500 (gh)
VQAhasadded 15135 lromGreenvilleat 17001800. including Communications World at 1730 Sal (Edwin Southwell. England) Helps in the Americas
although too closeto HCJBpowerhouse on 15140- why not use 15580? Also
contains Talk to America call-in at 1706 weekdays (ghl See also GREECE.
PHILIPPINES. THAILAND
VOA conduc ted more digital SW tests 110m Delano on 17895. 13730, to
eval uate the JPL system (VOA CWj Sound is tinny, less rich than local AM . but
sonwareto rece ive may beavai lable wittun two years (KHn Ellioll. VOA, RNMfV)
The Clinton Administration is considermq naming a new chairman of the
advisory board lor broadcasting to Cuba. Elena mcz-verson Amos. Democrat
trom Georgia. She would replace Jorge Mas Canosa who wou ld become
chairman emeritus With little POVICr. A represe ntative of the Cuban American
National Foundation said Mas would fight tile ouster (Ch ristopher Marquis.
MIamI Herald via Aaron Pilchick)
R. Liberty has new iruerval signal. music bed with peo ple of all types.
includmg kids giving both RFE and RL IDs In many languag es. heardat 1458on
11725 via wooncucn before Betarussun program (Jay Novello. NC) RFE hasa
new president. ThomasADille. former AIDadministrator. movmgto PragueHQ
(Washington Post via Chet Copeland)
The Supreme Court let stand a ruling that the US Inlormation Agency
discriminatedagainst women in hiring, and that ItStreat ment asaclass-action
lawsuit was valid (AP via MikeCooper)
The Powder Springs. GA. FCC momtonnu station is bemg mvesnqated for
prohibited personnel practices. A former employee cha rges mmonties have
never been hired and nepotism takes precedence over veterans' preference
(Solutions. Ltd.. rec.radio.snortwave)
VENEZUELA R. Nacional,9540. an alm osllorgotlenstation. hea rdMay 31at21402211+inSpa ntsn.noFre nchor Englishaspreviously scheduled; fair signal (Jay
Novello. NC, Worldo/ Radio) rtuswastheday it reactivated. featured folk music
(Jorge Garcia Rangel. Venezuela)Mostly inaudiblehere subsequently (gh, OK)
Currently inactivearestations on 4770. 4780. 484G-irregular. 4970. 5030.
5040. 6010: or:theair is Ecos del Iorbes, 4980 and 9640. morningsuntil 1400
and 1800-0400 inctunmq R. Ru mbas news relays. The latter stanon may be
asLed via Torbes relay (Jorge Garcia, venezuela. Cumbre OX)
R. Amazonas,4940. will beverifiedwithitsown card if report sent with return
postaqe and slickers lrom local stations to R. Continental's Francisco Jose
Ocano, Urb.23deEnero.CalleNicolas Briceno. No. 18-266, Barinas5201-A(Ed
Rausch, NJ)
VIETNAM Yen Bai provincial serviceon 6541,4vat 1030-1 158-. 10 With traditional
music. 1130 tribal singsong:Lai Chauon 6396.7'/ 1130 similar music to 1200 ' .
many IDs(Mike Ryan , Thailand)
ZIMBABWE Radio 4. which ison SIN. is beingprivatized, sold 011 toa new com pany
(Zimbabwe independent online via Andy scnmtt. RN MediaNetwork)
Until the Next. Best of OX and 13 de Glenn!.!
http://i dI. netl- khech11 gighauser

Broadcast Leggings
Gayle Von Hom
0000 UTe o n 9550
UKRAIN E: Radi o Ukraine Inn Even ing service to North Ame rica with national
new s. IDs and mu si c, 1/ 7 150. (Lee Si lvi , Ment or . OH/via email ; Su e Wild en ,
Col umb us. IN/via email) Ukraine Today heard on 9550 at 0315. (Howard J .
Moser, Lincolnshi re , ILl
0004 UTe o n 4925
INDONE SIA : RRI Jamb! (Su ma tra) . News text lor mat in Indonesian. RR I-Fak
Fak (Irian Jaya) on 3646 at 19151940 with text and inte rmitt ent signal
interference. RRI-Merauke (Irian Jaya) in Arabic on 3905. 1947-1955',
(Mahendra vaotqee, Rose Hill, Mauritius)
0020 UTe on 9710
MA LI : Ch ina Ra dio tnt'r. Aep ort on sola r elec tric ity for rura l areas . (Bob Fra ser ,
Cohasset. MAl
0115 UTe on 990 5
SWITZER LAND: Swiss Rad io lnt'l. Newsd esk prog ram . (Wi lden, IN) Station
noted on 9905 at 0402 . (Brookman , AK)
0236 UTe on 7160
ALBANIA: Radi o Tirana. English service to North Americ a with news from
Alb ania and the Balkan' s region , Vocal pop music by lady singer to 02 54 , II
6140 with mo dera te static and minimal fading . (Stokes Sch wartz. Madi son.
WI/via email; Ger ald R. Brookman. Kenai, AK)
0248 UTe on 11910
HUNGA RY : Radio Budapes t. Music of Franz list with commen ta ry. Email
address and closing announcements at 0258 to 0300' . (Wilden , IN)
0300 UTe o n 6095
VATICAN STATE : Vatican Radio . Feature on the church in Czechoslovak iaCzech Republic durin g the las t 50 yea rs. Ught static and interf erence from
Deutsc he We lle on 6100. Noted on 1/7305 with heavy stat ic. (Schwartz, WI)
030 0 UTe o n 1511 5
NEW ZEALAN D: Radio New Zealand Inn New staik program on golfing.
Great signa l to fadeout at 0344. {Silvi. OH ) Programm ing noted on 15115 to
0400. (Wilden, IN) New Zealand 's Kiwi Radi o on 7475 USB. 07 17-0830 .
(Silvi ,OH)
0305 UTe o n 7300
TURKEY: Voice of Turkey. New s from the Tu rkish press to folk mus ic. (Moser .
IL) VOT noted on 13695 at 1920. (Wilden . IN)
0320 UTe on 4845
BRAZIl: Mete oroligia Paulist a. Brazilian music to 10 and listener phone -in
calls . Brazil's Radio Aparec ida noted on 5035, 0230-0245 with ads, jingles.
and religious text formal. (Vaghjee, MA U)
03 35 UTC o n 7520
MOLDOVA : Radio Moldova Inn News cast and com mentary seqment. Hrs at
0336 and 0352 , with frequency schedule given. Interva ls of fine jazz music.
(Schwartz. WI )
08 11 UTe o n 9633, 98
MALI : RTV Maltenne. Afro music to vernacular text . Heard wea kly with French
new s at 130 1. Noted this frequency at 125 2-131 6 & 15521 600. (Ma rk
Veldhu is, Borne , The Ne therlands/Hard-Core-DX).
1135 UTe on 15240
SWEDEN: Radio Sweden. Report on economy and European Monet ary
Union . (Moser, IL) Repo rt on canal boat cruis es at 1345 on 15240, (Fras er,

MAl
1140 UTe o n 9580
AUSTRALIA: Rad io Austra lia. Business Week discu ssing Mitsubishi inve stment in auto industry, and Pakistan returns to favor with internati onal bankers.
(Frase r, MA) Noted on 9860 at 132 1. (Wilden , IN)
1145 UTe o n 612 0
CANADA: Radi o Japan relay. Japan celeb rates Children 's Day. (Fras er, MAl
1450 UTe on 3232
INDONESIA: RR I Bukittin (Sumatra) . Reg ionat music to new scast at 1500 and
music program . Indo 's RR I-Be ngkul (Sumatra) on 3265 at1506 wi th talk and
10. RRIUjung (Kalimantan) on 4754 at 1545. (Vaghjee, MAU)
1215 UTe on 13805
NORWAY : Radio Norway Inn No rdic Repo rt on the economies of Norway ,
Finland. and Sweden. (Fraser, MA)
1225 UTe o n 1362 5
FRENCH GUIANA . Radio France In!,1. Asia File program on the Freedom
Movement in Indonesia. (Frase r, MA )
1404 UTe on 956 0.2
ETHIOPIA : Radio Ethiopia. Arabic talk . music. 10 and news mentions of Add is
Ababa . SINPO=32432. (Veldhuis , NLD)
1503 UTe o n 11840
DENMARK: Rad io Den mark. Danish text to Green Green Gras sofHometune,
Danish folk tune to station 10 1530. (Moser, ILl
1540 UTe on 7120
CHAD : Bactocnuuslon Nan Tcbaorenne. Nat ive mu sic to ve rnacu lar talk .
Dru m internal sign al, IDs, and frequ encies in French . Repea l inte rval signal
to Sign-Off . (Veldhuis. NLD)

1605 UTe on 17750

USA: WYFR . Piano music and Christ Cen tered prog ram. (Wilden , IN)
1645 UTe o n 15460
FRANCE : Radi o France Inn , National and world new s to leit ers from
listeners. (Brook man. AK ; Moser, IL)
1701 UTC on 11775
ANG UILLA: Caribbean Beacon . Dr. Gene Scott's Unive rsity Networ k pro gramming . (Wilden , IN)
1825 UTe on 3210
MOZA MB IQUE: Emissao National. Port uguese . Report on par liament to
commercials and "Radio Moz ambique " 10. Carniv al musi c to tim e pips and
news mrro as, ' notlcla intemacionat," Noted als o on 9619 , 0635-0700 .
(Vaghjee, MAU)
1830 UTe on 11990
KUWA IT: Radio Kuwait. Twelv e minutes of news into western easy listen ing
music . (Fraser, MA) Kuwait noted on 1550 5 at 1930. (Wilde n, IN)
1855 UTC on 15315
NETHERLANDS AN TILLES: Radio Nethe rlands Bona ire relay. Siren Song
wit h trib ute and interview with Pete Myers . (Fraser, MA )
1855 UTe on 5800
TAJ IKST AN: Radio Tajik stan. Region al music to newscast. Clear station 10
to poe m by Zabr akhan closing progra m segment , anthem to 1900". (Vaghjee,

MAU)
1900 UTe o n 120 15
ECUAD OR: HCJB. News and Studio 9 show on environmental issue s.
(Fraser, MA) Discuss ion on leadership issues at 1552 on 1511 5. (Wilde n,
IN)
1900 UTe on 9435
ISRAEL: Kollsrael. H oloca us t Remembrance Daydisc ussed . (Frase r, MAl
1915 UTe o n 11720
BULGAR IA: Radio BUlgaria . English service to Europ e with program Events
& Developments. hosted by lady announcer. Light stati c and lading for
ove rall decent signal. (Schwartz, WI)
1925 UTe on 15430
RUSS IA: Voice of Russia W S. Report on Russian explorer Geor gi Seoov
and his dea th while trying to reach the North Pole in 1914. (Fraser . MA)
1935 UTe o n 11804,9
BRAZIL : Radio Gtobo. Portuguese talk and news of Rio de Janei ro. Sport s
report with sound effects and "Globe" identification. (verctuns. NLO) Brazi l's
Radio Naci on aJ de Ama zo ni a on 11780 aI 195 12027, broadcasting from
Brasilia . Portuguese sports rep ort to 10, SINPO=34434 . (Veldhuis. NLD)
1945 UTe on 9895
NETHERLAND S: Rad io Netherlands. Sincerely Yours ma ilba g prog ram.
(Fraser, MA )
2000 UTC on 7170
GERMANY : Deutsche Welle. Repo rt on the economy- with no cut s in aid to
eas tern Germany. (Fraser, MA ) Germa n service on 11980 at 1550. (Moser ,
IL) and 178 10 at 2008 . (Wilden . IN)
2012 UTe on 9680
THA ILAND: Rad io Thailand . English 10 and preview of upcom ing French
programming at 2013. (velobuts. NLD)
2030 UTe o n 9965
ARMEN IA: Voic e of Armen ia. English to Europe mo nito red to 2100. Spani sh
noted 2100 2 115" . (Silvi, OH )
2037 UTe on 6055
RWANDA : Radio Rwanda . Englis h talk to pop music, incl uding George
Michael's Faith tune. Multi lingua l IDs in vernaculars, French and English.
(verotuns. NLD )
222 0 UTe o n 972 1.6
PERU: Radio Victoria. Spanish . Singing children's cho rus to ann ouncers
chat to 10 and talk of li ma. (Vel dhuis. NLD)
2220 UTe o n 1177 5
SPAIN: Radio Exterior Espana. Musi c program on Spanish compose rs.
(Broo kman , AK)
2327 UTe o n 4790
PERU: Radio Atlantida . Coca-Cola commer cia l to 10 , informative heal th
progra m disc ussing mala ria . (veldtnns. NLO) Peru's Radio Lo s A ndes on
503 0. 1000 . (Jos e Hause r, Newaygo , Ml/via email)
2330 on 7040,4
PERU : Radio San Ignacio. Spanish . Local evening greetings to Peruvian
folk music. "Esta l ransmitiendo Rad io San Igna cio . Avenida li bertador 75 1 . ~
Station is located in Cajama rca Department bo rde ring wit h Ecuador. (Felipe
Ase njo /H a rd-Core-DX)

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SelUl III Gayh' \'(1 1/ llam, do A1ollil Orill f.: Times (or e-mail ~(/yl. '@ gr(l\('.Il('1)
/:;/Igfi sh br oadcast 11111<'.1'.1' othcrwi-c noted.

A ugust 1997

MONITORING TIMES

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The QSL Report

Gayle Van Hom, gayle@grove.nel

Kudos to YLE!
World Har vest Radio will co nfirm your
repor t for Rea lAudi o tra nsm issio ns via the ir

YLE Radi o Finland. the intern ationa l radio service of the Finni sh Broadca stin g Compan y. is
now of ferin g full dat a Q SL cards for co rrect
rece ption re ports ! T hai is great ne ws 10
hobbyists who ha ve struggled for years
with YLE ' s non-QS L policy. Report s
may he scnuo: P I 7X.Fill-()()024Ikl sinki.
Finland . For sc hedules. Rca lAuJ io. and

websit e . Frequ en ci es , sc he d ules.

Real Audi o fro m [)Xing \1';111 Cumbrc
and ot her World Harvest program s are

<h tt p://
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recept ion repo rts.World Harvest Rad io. P.O.
Box. 12. Sout h Bend. IN 46624.

more. go to YLE' s website: <htt p://

www.yle.fl/tbc/ra dinfin.html>

AL AS KA
HA:\ RI' (High Frequency Activ e Aurora l Research Program ). Repo rt for CW test
mmsmiscionon M arch 8, 1997, ( 1)IJOk H/ . full data QSI. ea rd with u photoofantenna
facilit y, signed fly "Michelle.' Received in J 6 da ys for an Eng li ~ h utility report and
mint posta ge (used o n rt'ply l. Station address: P.O . Box 271. Gakona. I\ K 9957J
(Randy Stewart . S pringfield , :\l(l l For eO/l /1/ry rountmg. A /Il.I Jw is considered {I

scparutevountrv-rd,
ARM EN IA
Voice o r Ar menia. 9965 kllz.. Full d ata blue fo lder card uns igned . Recei ved ill 4 5 da ys
fur an Engl ish re port. Srauon address: Alck Manukian 5, Yerevan 25. Repu blic o f
Arme nia . (Mahe ndra Vaghjee. Ro se Hill. Mauritiu s )

a lso
a vail able
w w w. wh r l.cnm >

at :
or

FRCN/Rad io Nigcria- lbad an. 6050 kil l , Full datasuuion card sig ned hy Dare FolurinPrincipal Public Affnir-, Offi cer. Receive d in .' 60 da ys for an Englh h relKlft and two
U.S. dollars. Station add ress : !' .M.B . 500 3. lhadan, ~i ger ia. (Sa m Wr igh t. Biloxi. 1\1S )
Now that voice of Nigeria hit, rcacuvuted . se nd your r eport and return po stage to;
I'.M .B. 4000J Fakuno Po st Offi ce. lkc yi. Llgll~ . Nig eria. Re fer to M r s Shonwavc
Gu ide hegin ning at 0500 UTC -ed.
NO RTl IE RS :\1,\R IA:'Ii,\ IS L :\ :'IiD S
Radio Free Asia. U800 kill.. No data ve rification o n stauon letterh ead. Lette r did
conratn background information on Rad io Free Asia. Received in 90 days for an English
report. Station ad dre~ s : 2025 M Street ~ W-Suile -'I(X). Washington. DC 2{XB6. ( Darren
Whit e, Hnuicshurg, MS )

CIII I.E
Radi o l ;. ~perall/.a , 609 0 k i ll. Full da taQSL folde r card. along with pictu re pos tcunl of
Chilea n moun tain s. plus per so nal letter in Spanish from Ram on P. Woe rner K.Director. Rece ived in 22 da ys for a Spanish report and two IRCs. Statio n address:
Caxilla 830. Temuco. C hile. (Slew art, .'10 ) Full dala card received in 200 days. signell
h)' Eleazar H. Jura, (G. Bro wn , Scotl and. LJ .K .lTlll FOll r Willd,l)

SH IP TR,\FFIC

MI\' Zenovin EK1I.H'fl, 590 ki ll. (Bu lk Ca rrier) . Full d.uu prepared QSL card verified
and personalletter. Received for an Engl ish utility repo rt and re turn mint pos tage . Ship
addre ss; eln Colonial Navi giltiun Co .. IIIC., 750 Le xington A venue. 26th Floor. :591h
Street . Ne w York. NY 100 22. (Holb rook. ~lD)

eel,'"

C OASTA l. RAOIO
JI' :\l -:\l uroto Fisheries Rallio, li50 8 klk Full da ta prepa red Q SL verified for a utility
repo rt in J R da ys , Station add ress : nlll Fumshiru Mur ots u Mu rotsu-city. KoehlPrefe cture, Japan. (Steve MdJunilld, Port Coquitlam BC, Canada )

Trin ity KAFD . 500 kil l (Roll-On/ Roll-Off) . Full data prepared QSL card
verified. Received for an English utility report and ret urn postag e. Ship address:
Munume Adnunivtration. ~IA R 745. Roo m 2 126 . 400 7th Street. SW. Wa shinglon. DC
2059(1. (Holbrook . r.1D )

JFG -Sh izuokakell Fisheri es Rad ii). 128 11 k Hz. Fu ll data prepared QS L curd verified
plu s photos for <I utility report in 20 days. Suninn add ress: Shixuokukcn Museu
((l yokyo ). 199 1- 1 Tnj iri. Yaizu -Shiz uokak cn -kcn. 425 . Japa n. l ~f dJnn 'l l d . CA N )

S'\TEI .I. ITF. SER VICES

Polskic Rad io :5 via Wor ld Rad io One , C- hand satel lite serv ice-do mes tic satellite
G ala xy 5/transponde r 6. audio subcarncr 6.1l0 M Ill. Full da ta ct.uion logo card
unsigned. p lus souve nir post cards program sched ule. frien dly letter from Rufal
K i elluw("lI"s ki -Engli ~h Service Dire ctor. and " Radi o War saw T-~ h i rl won hy lotte ry .
Received in 42 d;t} ~ fnr details of hrna dca st viJ satellite o n W RN . Sunion ad dress :
d o Engli sh Languagc Sc rvic e. Pj). BO.\46 , 00 -977 w ar -ow. Poland. (Van Hom . ts:O

JFZ-K ushiro Fisherie s Radi o, Im t2 .Rkl l/.. Full durn prepared QSL card verified plus
photo s for a uulu y report in .l7 day s. Station add ress; 1-5-15 Yoncmachi. Kushiro -cuy.
Ilnkka ido 085, Japan . (Mc Donald, CAN )
J FC-:\li snki Fisherie s Rad io. I ~8J 2 . 5 kil l . Full da ta prepared Q SL card verified fur
a utiliry repo rt in .'16 dilY ~ , Suuionadd ress : 1-7 Hanuni Miura, Japan 23802 . (Mc lj onald.
CAN )
F INL AND
Yl. E'R adio Finland. I54ClCl k l lz. Full da ta Q SI. ( ard with ;leria l plu lto of eo,lstline ,
~ t ampcd w ith ~I ati lln sea l a nd initialcd " ~ IJ ." Rc( ei\ 'etl in 29 day s fllr an English report
;lI1d one IRe to Pori lrallslllillcr sile . Stat iun add re ss: Fin n i ~h Broad ..:,tSling Co .. Shm t
Wave Ce nlr(", l'r el 'iki, H N-2R660 . Por i. Finlnnd . (Sle wart. ~lO l
i\'!E I)JU I\I WAV E
W8H:'>1, 7&0 kil l . Full da ta QSL leller ~ i~ n cd by 1I1ark Williams and station info slll'el.
Recei ved in 22 days for an En,glish AM report . St,nio n ;uklres.s: :U O Nort h :\1( C lurl"
Chi ( ago, IL 60611 . iJ {l~e Moura. Wa shington. DC )

\\o"LS . R'IO kHI , Full d ;tta Q SL kuer s igned hy Warre n Sh ull. and statiu n inro sl}l'CI.
Rece iwd in 45 days fur ,Ill English AM rcpurt . Station address : 190 Nonh Stree t,
Ch ic" g\l. IL 6(tW I. (:\ Iollra. IJC )
NJ(;}-:RI A
Radio Kudi rat :siigcria , 620 5 kl II . Full dillit verifie;llio [\ Icttcr with illegi ble , inilture.
Rceeived in 54 \Ii1 Ys for ,In Eng li~h repo n. two U.S. do llar s. SASE ( Ul~used f,;r rl'p ly)
;lIld sou venir r\l ~t ..: ard s . Stat ion ;uldre,s: P,O . Bm 966 3. L~lmlo n SEI JZ D Unil cd
Kingd om . (Gityk Viln 110 m . Br' I,,[()wn . rs:Cj

42

MONITORING TIMES

Augusf '997

S I~GA I)O RE

Radio Sin gapore lmc m ational. 60 15 kHz. Full data Sil1l;lI p or l' 's NUli fll lll / D<I.I' Parade
Cu rd. unsigned. plus personal letter from Sakunrala Gupta-Prognuu Manage r. Rcceivcd in 6 5 days I'm an English report. Station addrev-: Farrer Road . P.O. BlI.\ 5300.
Sing upore 91 2R99. (Vaghjc c. ,\ IAU) URL; < h tt p ://w w \l . ~ i . c(lln .sA.XOO{)!rs i!>.
SOlJT II A FR ICA
Radi oOra nje-via SA IIC, J 2JO k HI. Full data yel low lugo card unsign ed . Recei ved for
<III English repoJ1 a n,1 retu rn JXlslage , Stat ion ,tddre ss : 1'.0 Bo ~ 71 17, BIl'em f"n tc1n.
',.uOll Rc p uhli e o f So uth A fr i( a , ( Vag hjee , ~I A U I SA lle s UR L: < h tt p ://
www .sabc,l'n.:w >.
STA:-.-n.-\R O FRE(.!f I'J :'>IESU;:-'-A L STA T IO:\"
WW VII 15000 k ill.. Full d ata ve rilkation 0 11 station le tterhcad sig nL'd hy Ik,Ul T .
Oka yamJ -EngineL'r in C hief. Sta tion hon klel and .o lm fo lder QSL c;lrd cne lose d
Rcs'civ cd in 35 day s foran Engli shreptlrt and retu rn mint pt)slage , Sl<Iti\lIl ,Iddrew P.O .
Box 417 , Kekaha. K'luai . II I 96 752 . (T,' 1ll /lan k ~ , Dallas, T X } rb ;,1 ,I'll/ f icm 11/(/\' bl'
e m lll l(" (l(/\' Il m l'tlii"i/.
.
Z AM UIA
R,"li ll C hri-eiall V\lice . 333(1k HI. Datc o nly Q SL for lll len er with illegible ~ i l];lt u rl' .
Rc..:e ived in 56 days for an Eng lish follow up rcJXlrt:!nd nne U .S, dol lar. Station <llldress;
Privale lb g E606 , Lusilka , !.itmb ia, Ema il: 1 f/in @ ~.Il mn rr. zm

How TO USE THE SHORTWAVE GUIDE.

1:

Convert your time to UTe.

Eastern and Paci fic Tim es are already co nverted to Coordinated

Universal Time (UTe) at the lop of each page. The rule is: convert
your local time to 24-hour format; add (during Daylight Savings Time)
4,5,6. or 7 ho urs for Eastern , Central, Mountain o r Paci fic Times ,
respe cti vel y.

Nole that all dates, as well as times, are in UTe ; for example. a show
which might air at 0030 UTe Sunday will be hea rd on Sa turday evening in
America (8:30 pm Eastern. 5:30 pm Pacific).

2:

Choose a prog ram or stat ion you w ant to hear.

Some selected prog ram s appea r on the lower half of the page for
prime listen ing hours-space does not perm it 24h our listings.
Occa sionally 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 program's con tent. Th e lene r stands for a day of the week .
as indicated below, and the four digits represent a time in UTC .
S: Sunday
T: Tuesday
H: Thursday A; Sat urday
M: Mon day
W: Wednesday F; Friday
3:
Find th e freq ue ncies for the program or st ation yo u
want to hear.
Look at the page which co rresponds to the time yo u wi ll be listening .
Comprehensive frequency information for English broadcasts can be fou nd
at the top half of the page. All frequencies are in kHz.
The frequency listing uses the same day codes as the prog ram list"
ings: if a broad cas t is not daily, those day co des will appear before the

station name. Irregular broadca sts are indicated "tent" and programming
which includes language s bes ides Eng lish are coded "vl" (various tanguages) .

4:

Ch oo se the m ost prom is in g frequencies f or th e ti me,

locatio n an d co nd itions.
Not all stations can be hea rd and none all the time on all frequen cies. To help you find the most promising freq uency. we've included intermation on the target area of each broadcast. Frequencies beamed toward
your area will generally be easier to hear than tho se beam ed elsewhere.
even though the latter will ofte n still be audible" Every frequency is followed by one of thes e target codes:

0027

0109
0127

aaoc h teoUl ue Espana: -nstance

Unknown'
HCJ~ (am): OX Partylme'
saoc htell or de Espana ' Distance
Un ~ nown '

0200
0200
0234
0249

0758
0315

0330

"lOg
Q.l1O
Q.l3O
0434

050S
0508

0527
0610
06JJ

063;
0830
0900
0900

0905
0905
09'0
0930
1040

1100

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1215
1230
1233
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1352
1501
1630
1705
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1830
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1940

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RallH) f or Peace Inll'W OIld or R,lll 'O"
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RalllOg omama 11111 "OX Malltl.1gvancan Ratllo: -On1he-AII"
ot Turkey "OX COfll~f (biweekly)"
WHRI l Angel 21 "OXlng ....un Cumbre"
HCJ:3 tae u "OX Part',.ln\e
Austral,a Rad'o reeocao"
AuSlral,a aaoc It e 1,1l!1lLa Repoll -'
Rae0 H.:a'lan.:a Cutla "OXe'SUnlimited'
R.ld to and More"
'NI'iCR . 3:
Vatican RadKl -OnIlIC"AII"
0 f . tenOf de Espana "o.stance
Unk1Ol':Il "
A.un aha aaoc -reeccacr'
RJ.j 0 H,h;tn.:a Cuba
Unlimited'
Bad 0 Vl.l.lncferen tntl: -gaoc WorldRat! 0 KOIla Short....a...e FeedOack"
RadIOf Ol f>cact In1l:'Wo~k1 ot RMbo"
\WiCR 'l lTentless~ l- I'/orlrl 01R,ll:llo"
RadIOVla.lr>(lererl InU: "RadiOWorld"
BBClall l ' Wllle OnAus:raha, Raj lO f eejbaek'
Aus:raha, Ralloo The MellLa Repor!"
RadiOKOIea -5hlll Wlave ;:eedback"
AWR l allll Aml'lIca 'Wavescan"
BBC (am/en/as) "Wrile 0"
Radoo Bu'g,l rt<l "RadIOBulgart<l C,llhnri'
WR\l l (f loll dal "W.:avescan"
RadiOKorea "Sllort\'la', e f eerlll,ld"
RadiOVla,mlleren lotI. "Ral:M Worlll
RadiOKorea -Stlort.'lave Feedback"
Vallcan RadiO: "OnlIleA!<
BBC (,l rla~ I"Wav('g lll de "
Ra ~ lo KOiea "StlOl1wave feedlJ"d "
BBClas) 'W ll le 011"
Ratho Vla,Ul Oeren Inti' 'RadiO1'1I01111
KW.,R IHawalll OXmgWI!! I Cumbie"
Rarlio Korea "Shorl w,1I'e FeelJtMck'
Ram o Korea "StlQrl wave rl~e l l!J,l~ k "

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Pacific
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dome stic broadca st
omnidirectional

Cons ult the propag ation charts. To furt he r help you find the right
frequency. we've included cha rts at the back of this section which take
into account conditions affecting the audibility of shortwave broad casts.
Simp ly pick out the region in wh ich you live and find the chart for the
region in which the statio n you wa nt to hear is located.Th e chart indicates
the optimum frequen cies for a given time in UTe .

RADIO PROGRAMS.
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na: North Am erica
ca: Cent ral Ameri ca
sa: Sou th Amer ica
eu: Eu rope
af: Africa
me : Middle East

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R,ldiO canaramn -nowlhe Dela,ls"
RadtO Budapest lull "R.td10 Budapest OX
ShowBBClam eu'a!t "Wnlt' 011"
KWHR tHa".-a'll "OXmo ~. I:h Cum~re
Rad'o 1;e\'/ 2eaL11l1l 11l11 '.1,)';00_
(bl...eekly(
RadiO Bulga'lil -R.l ll'o BlIlljolnaCallmg '
VlVlCR..3 ' -ennesseel "A.." k WWCR "
Rad,o f Ol Peace lUll 'W orld ot RadiO'
8BClaIr 'Wa"equ'de'NIVCR - ' I Tenrlesseel Svectrum"
AlIlnlliil RaclO -OX'crs Cornel c 2' ~(
RadiO Romallla Inti 'f ill R.llllC!Amateufs '
RadiORoman,.. Inti -f or 11,1d10 AmateulS"
K1WIl ,Guaml "P.lClhc OXRepor1"
Hal!l(l Tallinn: "Rallio ~s lo ili a OX FroQI,UIl"
i\lllndlJ Racio "DX-ers ComCf (2;~I "
RadiORomailia Inll ' f OI Rall,o Alllaicurs '
WWCR - 1 ( T~ Jlne~;l'e) " A 5~ WW: R"
All InOla RadiO -'OX'ers COI ner 12:4 1"
RadiORomania Inti FOI Rol~I O Alia lelll S"
11,1(110 Romania Inti "r ill R,HhuAI'I,lh!IIIS"

no

1917
19<'0
1930
2345

"','ed

gano Ha,'an.a Cuba: "Dxers Urll,m'le:r

0130
0239
ON5
0430
0754
0830
0933
1153
1220
1352
1753
19)4
2030

::n-

naco

Fridays
00!l3
OOS3
0245
0253
0453
1045
1930

aaoo Swerren . Me1laScan t 1'31"

WRP,\I (flo rlllal: "V/a"esun"
Radio Sweden: MediaScan ( !(J)"
RadiOFor Pe<tte Iml: ' World 01 RadiO'
Rad,o HavJrlJ Cllba -OXers Ull lllll llell "
aBC(.15) -Wa'legutllePalllo 51':ellen -MeOlaSc.an (1
RalJ'o Ha'lana Cull.il: -OXe's Ul1l1rnlltl!'"
HCJB(l'uj ' Ham RadiOToday"'
HCJB li Me ) "Ham RadiOTod,W"
RadiOFor Peace Inll : "World 01RJdlo"
BBC IJmleuj : - Waveguide"
f EBCI Pt"hppll1es): -OX Olar
WRMI CFIOfld,l) "Wa',escall"
Polish Rad,o Pollst Ralllo o x CluORadiOBurl.lpest Inti: '"RadiOBmt-west OX
StlOW"
AfY~I l hna , RAE: "OX'ers Special"
HCJB (ell): "Ham Ra(ji o Today"
BBC (.lSI "Wilve{luide"

tl CJB (arm: "Ham R,ldiO Today"

Arqen1lna, RAE: -nx'er s SpeCial""
WRMI (Florida): -wavescan''
HCJB (am): "Ham Ra(ltO Today"
Radio Ne l~ e r lalld s Inti: "Media Network"
New zeaano tnll : -Mailbox
(Olweekly)"
aaoo Nelhellands Inll "Medil ~jelWOI k "
RadiO Nelhellallds mn "MediI ~jelwol ~ "
Polish RadiO: "Polish R,WIOOX Cluo"
R.ldio Netherlands IrIIl: "Media Nel\'IOl k
RadIOxerrensnos Inll: "Media Nel\'101 k~
naoc~elherlands Inti, " Med i~ PletwOIk"
WWCR. 1 treneesseer "World 01 aaoo"

1946

2000
2000
2210
2346

RJdlO xemenanos Inti "Melha UeIWOIk"

RJdlo ~elheltands Inti: -aeoa Netwol k"
WRMI (flollcla)_'wavescan"
ganc Nett\er13llC1s mn. "Media NeTwork"
Rad,o t;etherlaMS Inll: MediaNel\'Iork"
KTWR tacarm. ' Pecrtc OXReport"
Rad'o P,e", Zealallllintl -"Malloox
Iblwef'Iy)"
RaeMBulgarLa: "RaOIOBullJaria CJIIIIlO"
Y/WCR 11 (Tennessee): Ask YmCR'"
RadiOFor Peace Inll : "Work! of Raclio~
Ausllalia. Rac11o: - f eedOack"
Radto 8ulgarLa "RadiOBulgariaCJlhoc:f

Saturdays
0010
0230

0245
0400
O~OO

0300
0<i05
0809
0009
0915

0940

Ausilalla. RadiO -Feedback"

KWHR (HawaII): "OXmq wllh Cumore"
WRMI (f loll da): "W,wesc;arl"
RacllO For Peace lnll : "World ~I Radio~
KWHR(HawaII): ' OXlnq wil h CumbleWHRI (Angel l l2l "OXlIlg 1'>1l/l Cumtue"
\'mCR - l l1enne$see): "WOIl cI01RadiO"
HCJB (eul: "OX Partyllne"
HCJB(pac): "OX P,ulyhne"
WWCR , 3 (TCnlleSsloc): "Ask WWCR"
FE8C(Philippines)- "OX Dial"

Thursdays
0117

RadiOBu(lapest Inti "'RadiOBllIl<tpest Ox

5hol':'

August 1997

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43

FREQUENCIES

OO-0 100

Angullla.C,lJlhllean Beacon
Ausl1aha. R;nJio
A:Jsl' aha. VlBK xatnenne
Ausl'aha vta t tent Cr:"
CJrn:l0(l13 Nau VOice 01
canada.cac ~ Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal

OO-01 00

Canada. CrRXtoronto

00000100

00000100
0000-0100 vi
0000-0100 Vi
OO-00 1 5
OO-0100

6090am
13605p3

15415.15

17750as

155tOas

5025do
J9l 0do
119JOas

OO-0 100

9625do

OOOO()().45

ueueo Kingdom. BBCWS

bmteoKingdom. BBC W$
tmtec Kmgdom. BBC 'liS
LSA.KAIJ DallasTX

6005do

OO- 0030

601Odo

OO 0100

OO -0100

603Odo

OO-0100

L$A. KTB~1 Sali l k CI!Y UT

613Odo
616Ollo

OO-0 100

00001-011)0

616Odo
9710na
7385<1111
5895na
5930na
9745<1m
9900na
3366do
71503s
6155eu
9960'"
5100do
7295ao
7160do
6020na
15115pa
1I 33Sna
9675do
7105na
9580na
605Sam
965531
S905na

OlXlO-01OO

LSA KWHRNaalehu HI
L$A. Manlier Radio Inti
LSA.VOICe oj amerca

Canada CFVP Calgary

Canada CHrjXHalilax
canada CKlN 51 Jonns
ocoootoo
Canada CKlU Vancouver
OO-0100
ChIna. Cfuna aaoo lnt!
ecoe-cr oo
cosa RIC.1 RF Peace Inll
CroalJ. Cro..lllJn Radio
oo-0010
oo-0027
ceecn Rep Radio Prague
ecoc-eroo
Ecuajor HCJB
oo-0030
Eg ~'CI Radio cane
oo-001 5 vi
Gnana. Gll,lna e-caoc Corp
oo_5
India. All indl.l RaDIO
OOOO.{)lOO
Japan R J.lpan/NHKWorld
OOOl).{) I()()
Leba-io n VOice 01Hope
OOOO.{)IOO
Leena LCN/R unena Int
OOOO.{)IOO
MalaYSia RadiO
OOOO-OlOO
l/.a~31 s~a RTM Kuchmg
00000100
nemeuanos RadiO
00OO-OlQO
New le.lIJlld. RNZInll
0000.{)050
North Korea.R Pyongyang
0000-0100 vi
Papua New GUinea. NBC
0000-01 00
RUS$laVOICe 01RUSSia WS
0000-0030 lT11':lhla Serbia, aaoo Yugosla'/ia
00000100
Spain , R Ertencr Espana
r bae no. R;HlIo
0000-0030
0000-0100
llkrame. R ljkrmne Inti

ococoreo

OO-0 100

11 695na
7585am
7370eu

I50SQam

oo-0 100

7345""

oo-0 1 00

21':55.'lm

OOOO-OHlO
0000-0100

4315l1O
9705as
6180eu

(whfa

OO- 0 1 00

116203s

99503s

0000.{)100
OO-0 100

0c(]()-0100
OCOO-Ol00
OC30-0100
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9845na

13760nJ

15130na

712SII:I
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9690011
601 011J

OC300055
OGJO-0100
003O-0lO0
OG30-0100
Oe30-0lO0
00300100
003500010
0050-0100

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1190S3f
6020na

lJSA. VOice 01 Amenc.:J

USA.WEWN Birmingham Al
USA. VlGTG McCays'll'~ GA
USA. VII1~B Redlion PA
USA.WJCR umonKY
USA. WRMlfR MIami ton
USA. WRNONewOrleans LA
USA. YNiCRNashvllll' TN
USA WVFR eeeecnoeee FL
AuSlrallJ. RadiO
AuSlfla. R Austria inn
Iran. VOIRI
Ltbuania RadIOVillllu$
Netherlands. naco
Sri Lanka, Sri la nka BC

'l-rauand Ramo
lndra. All India RadIO
Italy. RAIInti

71 50n3
95500a
5965as

7180na
9560001
5970am

619535
11955as
3915as

941035

71103s
5810am
15590am

9580as

1751 0as

..."'"

7535am
7215<1s
15290as
5995;1m
9775;1m
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9905~a

9150n3
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5975am
9590am

6175am
11750sa

119 J~3S

15280as

7240~3

15310as

1566~as

97703S
177353S
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11695.1m
6890na

11 76Cas
1782(as
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1374Dam

7435.1m
9505ca
I I&: 03s
17795pa

9475am

13845am

1208()pa
17860pd

lJ755pa
17830as

9022eu

9685eu

7305as

985S:Is

11905va
7\ 10do
9675na

I S370as
11870do
11800na

15185.:1s
9455am

5085<m
119SOam
7.:90na
9955<1m
7355<1m
5070.1111
608511a
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15365pa
9655na
60S0eu
98S5n:l
5905as
9730as
9655va
SOlOdo
6010na

11655as

6090na

SELECTED PROGRAMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sundays
0000 Ecuador, HCJ8 QUIIO(aal) Adventures InOdyssey
0009 tg l'PI. sene Cairo. EgypllanSongs.
0011 New Zealand. Radio NZ Inti Focus on Pouucs
0017 CIUlla. China Radio hil i Chinese Folktales
0023 Chlll,l . Cluna Ra(lio Inti: The CookingShow
0025 NeTllertanos. RadIO(am) InSlghl
0027 ChIna ChinaRa(110 Inll China Scraptlook
0027 SpaIn. R Iueoor oe tscena Distance Un~IIOl'in
0030 AUSlrall3. naco: Couespolldenl5 Report
0030 Ecuador. HCJB QUill)101111) MUSICal MalllMg
0030 New I ealand. RadiO NIIII1l: InsigI1l97.
0032 Russia Voice01: AueM Book Club
0035 ChmJ, Chllla RadiOlnll MUSICIrom China
0036 lolhuanld, Rad'o Vdfllus: l ocal Scere
llO36 Scam. R Exterior ce Espana Spallls!'! Pcpararna
0038 flethe,lands. naco [amI Newslllle
0044 ThailanlS. RalSio: acsoes s News.
0050 Italy. RAI: News

lIllOO
oo

USA.WG TG. t.'cCa' SVlile GA fun ascicsoe RadIO ShO'o...

YUl,losIaVIJ. RadiO' flews
YugoslaVIJ. RadIO: Demesne Chronicle.
Bussu. VOice01: MoscoY!MaIlbag.
Spain. R Extencr deEspana: VISitorsBook
Chma, China Radio lnll ChInaSlIapshots
Spain. R ExleriCi deESP-llIiI Scalllsh Echoes
Chllla, CnHlJ Ra(liOInll In theThud World
flelherlaM s. Ra::1lo 1am) Smcere1y YOllrs
Spain_R hteno , deESp.lna R.1dlo CIllb
China.CIIIII3 R.1dio 11111. liSleners' Lenelbox
l, llmanl" , RadioVilniUS: Folklore.

Tuesdays
0000 CrOdlla CrOOllan RajlO flews
0000 S~l l11. RExterior deEspJllil The f~ ew s fromSpalll
0000 USA.WGTG, McCaYSVille GA The Baker Report
0000 USA.WWCR ; 1 NashVille TN Newsl'latch Magazme.
0000 USA.WWCR '3 NashVille TN The Intelligence Report (live).
0030 USA. 'IDAWashington DC (COl): Studio 38
0032 RUSSia. VOice of: ThiS's RUSSia
0034 China, ChlJ1a RadioInti Cluna's Open Wmdows
0038 Nether!anlls, Radio (.1111) rlcwsline

44

MONITORING TIMES

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August' 997

China. cnma Radio Inti: cnanczncu acocns

Span, R Enenor de ESP<lna: Entertamment III Spain.
Dnma, China aaoc Inll: Idiomsand Then Stones
New Zealand. RadiONZ Intl- lnlernalionalBUSiness News.

Wednesdays
oo

0010
0010
0015
0032
0038
0039

0040
()Q.;S

0050

New Zealand. RadiO NZ IntI: RNZ News

China. ChmaRadIO Inll: News about Ouna
USA. VO;' Waslunglon DC{cal: Report to tre Danbbean.
Egypt. RadiO
News
Russia, Voice01:Moscow Yesterl!.ay and Today.
China. China Radio Inti: Orienl Aren.a
Spain. R Extetlor de Espana; Kale dcscope
Netll!rlaoos, RadiO (am): Ne'o'lSlioe
China. Chlll~ RadIO Inll: usteoers lenerbox.
Italy.RAt: News

cere.

0030
0030
0031
0031
0034
0040
0045
0046
OOSO

Australia. RadiO: Indian Paclhc

tunuana. RaOIO VIlnIUs News
NewZu land, sene NZ lOll: The Back Coun try
Spain, R Extero r def Sllar,l: scanen Music
Chiro. ChinaRadio Inti: life In China.
USA.VOAWashilllllon DC [am]: Environmenl Report (Special
English)
USA. VOAWashll':glOIl OC lam): ameecan Mosaic {Special
Engllshl
China. Chllla Raclio Intt, Gl3bal Review
utnuana. RadIO V,lmus: l 'lhuanlJn Music

HAUSER'S HIGHLI GHTS

Thursdays
oo

oo

Mondays
0009
0011
0011
0020
0022
0025
0005
0038
0045
0049

0039
0041
0045

OOOJ
0008
0010

0020
003\
0033
0038
0039

New lealan(1, RadiO Nl InU: RNZ News

USA. VOAWaslunglon DC (am): VOA N'!W$
North Korea. R PyonQYang: fl ews
flew ZUlant RadiONl Inti: p.,4IddJyReport
USA. VOA WashlngTOII DC (cal Report to the Caflbl'eif~ .
cnea. Cnma RadIO Inti: Current A1tails_
New Zealand. RadiO NZ Inlt RNZ News
China. China RadIO tntt PressClipplllqs
China. ChinaRalSl(llnll: Profile
Spain, R E~enOf ceEspana: Wmdow on Silain.

Fridays
()()()()
lIOOO
0032
0036
0038
0038
OOJ 4
0053
OOS5

New Zealand. RadiONZ Inll: RNZ News

Spain, R EXlerior deEspana: The NewsIromSpalll.
Russia. Voice 01: MoscowVeslerd.lyilnd Today.
Spain, Rh teflor deEspana: Radio Clob
Ctllna. China RadiO Inti: Focus
Nemerlands, RadiO (am): N e wsti n~
Chllla. China RadiO Inll: CUlturalSpeclrum
NetMrlancls, RadiO(am): MediaNetwork
New Zealand. Radio NZ Inll: lntemational BusinessNews

Saturdays
0000
0011
0018

Yugoslavia. RadiO. Ne....s

New Zealand. Ra:liIl NZ lnll: Na!lolal Radi o.
Yugoslavia.RadiO: Heritage.

CANADA:

RCI QUIRKS & QUARKS

night on CBe. and ReI.

LT C Tu c 0205 o n 9 755 and ot her frcq-,
:\l ond a ~

Repea ted the following wee kend:

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1.1670 : Sun 120 5 1111 'J(HO, II X55. 1.~6 :l0 .
Pas ...eila...OI1 re pe al ' :
Tue 1.105 o n l)MO. I IX55, 13650 k ill.
Sum l.' A ug u, t lopi l." :
-119:
:\l a rti ~lll llldl.'u rilc, humiln.. in
"'pa":t' , Carl S a~all
11116 : low Jo s~ raJi alillrt. Ti lank . l1atu ral
rad in. malaria
ISI2J : :\1.S . and \ in l"'O: '" (';tpgra..
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mi nd hdp Ito:al 11K' hody
25/ J O: qUl.'''l ion ... lIm \

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::~~~: ~~~

SHORTWAVE GUIDE

01 00 UTe

FREQUENCIES
0100-0200
0100-0200

Anquilla.Eanbtman Beacon
Aus tralia, Rad io

eosoam
9660pa
13755pa
17i15as

12080pa
15115<1 s
177lJ5pa

116 ~OJS

lS:i65pa
17750pa

13605pa
15510as
! 7a60pa

17880pJ

0100-0200\'1
01000200 vi
0 100-0200

010002.]0
0100-0150

Austrana. VL8K Katnenne

Australia. \fLaT Tent elk
Canada CBC 1'1 Quebec Svc
Cana(1.1 CFC X 1.10nlreal
Canada, CFRX rorcntc
Canada, CFVP Calgarl
Canada, CHNX Hal,!aJ(
Canada, CKZN St Jolin'S
Canada CKZU Vancouver
Canada R Canada tnt!
Costa Rrca.Rf Peace lntl
Croatia, CroatianRadio
Cuba Ra diO Havana
Czech Rep, aaoo Prague
Ecuador HCJB
Germ,1ny. DeutscheWelle

0100-0115
01000130
0100-0200
0100,0125
010002CO m
0100-01:0
0100-0200

anana. Ghana Brcadc COlP

Hung,lf\', Radio Budapest
Inooncsa. VOice 01
Iran, VOIR I
rreiane.w Coast R Ireland
Italy, RAI Inti
Japan. R JapaniNHK WOlld

0100-02CO
0100-02CO
0100-02CO smtvn
0100,0200 m
0100-0125
0100-0200
0100-0200
01000200 vi

Lebanon, Voice of Hope

Li be fia lCt~,R LIberia Int
MalaYSia, Rauo
Malta, VO Medllerranean
Netbenanus . RadiO
Netherlands. Ramo
New Zealand, R NZ Inti
Papua New GUinea NBC

0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
01000200
0100-0200
0100,011 0
010002) 0

01000W

5025(10
4910rlo
9625do
6005do
5070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9535am
7385am
5895na
6000na
6200na
9745am
6040na
11810na
3366do
60. 5na
9525na
6050eu
9875am
6010na
5960na
13630am
21610as
9960va
5100do
7295do
13605am
6020l1a
59053S
15115pa
9675do

SELECTED PROGRAMS
C .l r l ~lla , RCI 11"'0l1tre" I' RCI News

Ecuador. HCJB QUitO(am}; Laun and mtemanonar News

Svntzerland. S','II S~ g-uo Inti NeI'lS.
SWltl crlanll. Swiss flallio Inll: rsewsret
GermanI', Deu tscheWelle: Sports Report
Ecuador. HCJB OllitO(aJn f HCJB OXPartyhre
Germany, Duutstnn Welle: IIlsideEurope
Switzerland. SWi5SRadio IntI. The Name Gam ( I}
Greece. VOice of: News
Cuba, Radiu Havana Cuba: The World or Stamps
Germany, neutscne Welle: Mailbag
Mllania. amo Tirana: fie','l s

Mondays
0100
0100
0106

Cut. Bacmaavaoa Cua: Sundav Edmon

Ecuador, HCJB Ouuo(alll):taunand nuemauonat News
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN(Aoll el 2): R;1(\io Flee Amenca
Ihvel

0110
0130
0151

HCJB Ounu (am): samocs Al1l1Yos

rnna. R,J(liu Havana Cuba: Musical comm
vancanState. vatcao Radio. Tile Backgrounder
[ ~ uadJr,

Tuesdays
0100
0100
0100
0100
0110
0111
0111
0130
0132
0138
0148

C.lIIada RCIMontreal RCI News

CJtlol_ RadIO Havana CIJJa: Inlernatlon,ll N!~ \';s
Ecuador, HCJB OUltO(am): fl ews
USA, WGTG, McCaysvil'e GA: Olueprint tor Survival
Ecuador. HCJB QlIIlo lam): Studio 9
Canada. RCI Montreal Spectrum
Russia. voce 01: connonwcann Update
New Zealand,Radio NZ IntI: Cadenza
Russia,VOi ce01: Folk Bo ~
NeHlerIJII(!5, Radio Nel'lsline.
vietnam. Voice0\ vietusrn Vietnam -Lanc and People

Wednesdays
0100
0100
0100
0100

11i15am
150S0arn

9820na
7345na
21455am
6085na

9830na

Canada, RCI Montreal, fiCI News

tes ta Rica. R lor Peace In!1 FIRE IFemlll,stlnt'l RadIO
Erl\lea'lour)
C/(~ ( II Rep, Radio Pr, I IJIJ~ : News
Ecuador. HCJB ouuo (aim: News

6145na

4915do
6190na

958011,1

9022eu

9685eu

967511<1
11790as
15500'15

118001la
11860as
15590as

61651a
7305as

9845n,1
9855as

136iOam

Plliiippines, FEBC/R Inti

nnssta.voice of RussiaWS

0100-01 30
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0130
Dl Oe02Ga

Slovakia. HSlovakia Inll

Spain. RExterior Espana
Sutanka. Sf! LankaBe
Swrtrerland. Swiss R Inti
United KIIlQdom. BBCWS

0100-0200
0100-0200
01000200
0100-0200
01000200
01000200

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA, KJES Mesquite NM
USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Monitor Parnc Inti
USA, Voice of America

010002001\'lll fa

USA VOi ce 01America

01000200
01000200
01000200
0100-0200
0100-0200
01000200
0100-0200
01000200 mlwlil
0100-)200
01000200
0100-0130
0100-01 26
0130-01 50
01300200
01300200
0130-0200 5
01,10-0159
01-'15 0200

USA, WEWN Birmmqham AL

USA, WGTG McCa,/svilie GA
USA, WHRI Noblesvufe IN
USA, WINS Red LIOn PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WRMI,R Mlanu Inti
USA, WRNO New Orleans LA
USA WlfHA Greenbush ME
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okaechouue FL
Uzbekistan, R Tashkent
vetn am. Voice 01
Greece, VOice 01
Netbertands. Radio
Sweden. Radio
Sweden. R,HIIO
Vat ic~ 1 1 State, vancan R
Albania, R luana Inti

0100
0105
0106
0110
0130
0133
0135
0150

15450,15
7105n<l
1518003
593011<1
6055am
9730a5
61 3511.1
5965<1 5
6145a01
9590am
15280as
5810.1111
7555<1111
7!)10alll
17510,lU
753511,1
7115a5
11725as
17820as
5995am
9775am
5825eu
5085am
5745al11
11950am
7490na
9955am
7355am
5850eu
5070am
606511;]
7190eu
7240l1a
6260lla
5905a5
9435as
7290am
5980as
6115na

9540na

11890na
17810as

Sundays
0100
0100
0100
0105
0106
0109
0109
0115
0130
0136
0138
0145

9755arn
7585am

0100-0200
0100-0200

USA. VOA Wa shiflylon DC (am): VOA News

Switzerland. Swiss Radio lnu: Newsllel.
Germany, Deutsche Welle. Nel'l5LII1k
Czech Rep, Ra(\lo Prague: Talking Point
Ecuador, HCJB Olli to (am): EI Mundo Futuro
Germany, Deutscne Welle: Insight
Cuba, Ra dio Havana CulM Dxers unnnutec
Cuba, gnnc H a'l,lIl~ Cuba: CubaTuday

12010na
15595na
7300na
9885na

12050n;;

13665na

94405<1

5970sa
6175am
950!),1S
15310as

9905ca
5975am
6195as
11750a(11
15360as

6085am
9410as
11955as

9430am
7205a5
15170as

9635as
15250as

11705,15
17740a5

6130arn
13740am
6890na

7405am

94.15am

5935am
9505na
9375eu

7435am
11550as
9530eu

13845am

7450lla
9855as

9420na
11655as

9715eu
9935na

7335,15
7160na

.
0110
0117
0130
0132
0136
0140
0147

Japan. Ra diO: Asia Weekly.

Vietnam. Voice 01Vietnam: Talk of
Week
ecuador. HCJBQuilo (am):r.lJsica del Ecuador.
Russia,Voice 01:Tile Jail Show
ceca. Rar ho Havan a Cuba: Weekly Review
vietnam. VOtce of Vietnam: tn-ucrtantEvents in Nor n
vietnam Illslory
vietnam. Voice 01 Vietnam: Ta'k ot me Week

me

Thursdays
0100
0100
ODO
01DO
0100
0100
0105
0106
0130
OH 5

Canaoa. RCI Montreal: RCI News

Cuba. R,10iOHavana cuba tnremanonar News
Ecuador, HCJB 011110 (am) News
NCI'i Zealand, aaoo NZ loll: RN Z New,
Switzerland, Sw55 Radi o illt!: News
vetrum. Voiceof vietnam News.
S'.'Illl erland, SWISSRadiO11111: Newsnet
GermJny. Deu tsche Welle: Newsttnk
Ecuador. HCJBOllila (am} Hamname Today
vatcau Stale. Va tican Raine Maiibox

Fridays
0100
0100
0106
0108
0110
0110
0111
01~0

0140
0145
0155

careua. RCIMonl(eal. RCI Ne','IS

New zceano. 110(110 NZ IIltI: RNZ News
Germany, Deutsche Welle: N\'I5l ink
Ne\'.' Zealand, RadiONZ Inti Correspondence scnoor
Cuba, Hadio Havana Cuba National News
Ecuador, HCJB Quito (alll ): Studio 9
Canada, RCI Montreal: Spectrum
Ecuador. HCJBQuito (am) Woman to Woman
Vatican State, varcan Ranio- United Nanons RuJio
Atbama naoo n-ana News
Canada, RCI Murtreal News

Saturdays
0100
010)
010J
010)
m os
0107
0110

Japan, Radio News

NewZealand. Ra diONZInti RtJZNews
USA, WYFR m eccnobee FL: Patterns in Music
vietnam. Voice 01 Vietnam: News
Switzerland. Swiss RadiOInti newsnet
New Zealand. Radio NZ Inti: National Radio
Ecuador, HCJB Ouuotarru Studio 9

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FREQUENCIES.
0200-03(.(}

Angudla.Canllbt!,lll Beacon

6090am

0200-0300H hM
0200-0300

Argcnlina RAE

117tOam

AustrJha. RadIO

13605PJ
15415as
17795pa

0200-0300-.1
0200-0300vi

0200-0210
02000300
02000300
0200-0300
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0200()JlJO
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0200-03>J
0200-0300

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Au~lr ,dlol. Vl 81 reur elk
B<lng ~ld~h . B.ll1(lla Betar

5025do

CallJda CBe /1Queb.:cSvc

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738Sam
5895na
6000",
9745am
9U5na
72B5as
1196Sas
4885do
99611va
7295do
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7465na
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G.lnada. CFCX MO!llft,al

Carlada CFRX

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Canada CFVP c.l lgary

Can,Ul l CHNX Halil ax
Cal\,lda, CKlN SI John's
Canalla, CKlU vancouver
Canada R CanJda Inti

02000300
0200-0210
02000300
0200-0300
0200moo
0200-0250

COSla RlCa Rf PeaceInll

Cro.lll,l . crcnon RadiO
Cuba. RadIO HavJIl3
t coaoo . HCJB
Egypl , RadiOC.wo
Germ.:my. Deutsche Welle

0200-0300vi
0200-0300
0200-0300smtwn
0200-0300 s
02000230
02000300
02000230 m
0200-0300vi
0200-0300
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Lebanon, Voice01 Hope
1,131,l ySI.1. RadiO
Malta, va Meuuenanean
Ncl h~r la nds. R.l<1I0
New Zealand, H NZ Inti
tj O f',~'J'1- f:ladl o Norway Int!
PapuaNew Gumea. NBC
Phrhppmes FfBCIR Inll
Rornania R Homania Inll

02000300

Pussia.voice

02000300
0200-0300

ot Russia WS

South Korea. R Korea Ifill

Sli Lanka. SnLanka Be

13i55pa
1551Qas

152-tOp.J
1771Sas

15J65p.l
117SOpa

491 Odo
4880do

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9755am

7585am

150SOam

9820",
21455am

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961535
12O-1Sas
4935do

9690Js

17570as
7305as

1171Sam

11945as

6150do

9855JS

9855as

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6155na
12990na
1201 011a
15180113
1I 725am

. .

951 0na

9570na

12050na
15595na

I 3645n3

u arcam

15575arn

0200-0300

Taiwan, va Free China

02000300

Ulllled Kill{ldom, BBC WS

0200-0230
02000300
0200-0230
0200-0300
0200-C300
0200-0300
02000300
02000300

uneer Kingdom. BBC WS

USA. KAU Dallas TX
USA. KJES Mesquite NM
USA.KlBN Sall l k CIty ur
USA, KVOH Los Angeles CI.
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, MoM ol Radio Inti
USA, 'Joice01America

0200,0300
0200,0300
02000300
0200,0300
02000300
0200,0300mlwhl
0200-0300
02000300
020().(J300
0230..)300
0230-0259
0230-0300
0230.0300
0230.0245
02300300 wm-a
02300300
02300300
02300256
02300300vi
0245-0300
02450255 1'1
0250,0300 st
02500300
02550300vi

USA, WEWN BIrmingham Al

USA. WGTG McCaYSVille GA
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINBRed lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMlfR Miami Inti
USA. WRND New Dneans LA
USA. WWCRNashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee n,
AlbJria. R 'luana Inti
Austlia. R Austna Inll
Hungary, Radio Budapest
Netherlands. Radio
Pakistan. RadIO
Philippines, R Pilipinas
Sweden, aaoo
umreoKingdom. BBC WS
Vietnam. Voice 01
Zambia. R ZarnbiaJZNBC 2
India,All India Har ne
Mozambique, R Mozambique
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vaucanStale, VaticanR
Zambia. R ZarnbialZNBC 1

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1I825.1s
5970sa
6195eu
15280<15
9590am

7130as
15345.15

9680na

l1i4OCa

59?5am
941 0va

6135al
9605.>,
15360as

6175am
11955.15

9635as
152SOas

11705as
177403s

5935am

7435alll

1531o.as

991 5am

S8laam
lS55am
7510am
9975am
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11725as
178203s
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5085am
5745am
11950am

7535arn
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7355alll
3215am
6065na
6140n01
9655na
6190na
9855as
7255as
11 885me
7135na
7325am
7250na
6165do
6045do
4855do
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7305am
491Odo

5070am
9505n3
7160n01
9870sa
9840na
11 655as
15120.1s
15120ll1e

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11910nJ
15485as
15270rne

17705a5

9395arn

711 0do
7242do
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9605arn

11830do

15135do

9420na

9935na

SELECTED PROGRAMS.
Sundays
0200
0200
0215
0230
0231
0234
0250
02511

0230

ccsu RIca, R lor Peace Inti, WOlld 01 RadIO

USA, W\VCR-3 rJ;lstlVllle TN' soecucm (W\VCRj (Ii'.'e)

I,II\',arl, voice 01f lo'tChlrld Peuple

COSLi Rlw , R lor Peace Inti RfFrs Mallb,l\l
lJi l';all Vuic..e01r ite Chin" M.ulbag Inne
Cut),) R,ldlO H,I.allol Cuba uxers Unlllllllfd
VoIhC<lIl SIJle. VJI'Coln R.id,o \'/Im He,1f1 and Mind
VdllCJlI State. VdtlUnRJdlo On-Ihe-AII

Mondays
0200
0205
0215
0230
0230
0230
0245
0246

Germany, lkU I~he Welle N",'o'lS

Cimad.!, /j O"","'-oc Svc: Sunday Snc ccase
ta'l:an. Vl)IC;e 01l ree Chma JJd", Beus an::! Ilam!KX) Pipes
A1oanld, R.idlOIuana: IlulS
Ntl"Ze.llJnd game I~l hili In l ouch 1'lI1h New Zealand
VI""nalll VOICe or vntnam: Ilens
UK BBCloodon(AE!AFr The tao.see t.1 H -15
A,1\),l111i1, HadK)Illdllil MuSICat Your ReQuest

0239
02-15

0250
0254
0255
0259

UK. BBC l ondon (AS): India:A Pecpte Partilioned

(6tll,13Ilil Sl:e S 1130
Argt.'nllna. RAE : OXels Special
Albani,) ,
l llana Albanloln MusIC
VabCJII Stale. Vallcan aaeo: The Popeand the People
VatlCau State. V,IlICilI\ nadlo: Pdlll1U1 City.
Ccr..la Rica Rlor Peate Inti: RepJll lrOllllhe Desert
varcan Stare. varcanRadIO: Would You Believe II?

aeoo

Fridays
0200
0203
0215
0230
0230
0233
0<'40
02-15

Ijt ,~ Zealand. Rd l;!IQtlZ Inll R/jl l~e\'lS

Taiwan, vcce 01free Chlfla: /jews
1iII1fan. VOICe 01Free Ch.na: Perspecuve
A1banlol. RadlUTIrana: t1t'o'lS.
EclloldUl. HCJB QUitOlam). lnsPlfdliorldl Classics
Taiwan. VOtCt' 01free China Nel'l'Record l ime
CosLi s ea. Rlor PeJCe Inll: Earth and Sky
AlbJoi,), R.Kllo luana Cunenl A:lallS

Tuesdays
0203
0211

0215
0236
0240

IoIlwall. VOICe 01 FIt:e Chll\J N~\"fs

R\lssia. Vtllceol 'k\'lmal ~ d
la,...an. VUlCe 01flee C"'rId IJ",';an Today
Cosla Rita. R101 Peace Inll: fllghlO;'1e1Rddlo
COSla RICa, Rlor Peace Inll Earlhand S~y

Wednesdays
0203
0215
0230
0230
0230
0237
0250
0253

Taiwan. VOice 01 Fwe Cllina News

lal;';oln, VUlce01f ' eeCtll[la M u~c Bt..
AItl.lIHa, RadiOI IIana Ik..,s
Ecuadm, flCJB 01.1110 (am): Ullshackfc<l.
t/e\'l l edliind. R,ld 0 NZInti In Touch \'11m NewZt.'aland
AlballlJ, RadiOI, r,lIla PO Bo. RadiOIilana
ValiCJlI Slolle, V;,!Ic,mR'l(lIo. The Rome Report
Aibaillil, Rlrtio Tu ana PIt.'SS Helliel'/

Thursdays
0200
0211
0222
0230

4&

Algerlllfld, RAE rl l:I'I S.

RusSi,). VOiCe 01 Mosco;'1 Motlillag
Argellllfl,1. RA(. MUSIC
Alh,Hlla, nadia IUilila Nel'ls

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Vatican Stare. Vaticannaco: Then and Now

Saturdays
0200
0200
02{}3
0206
0211
0215
0217
0230
0232
0232
0234
0240
0<' 45
0247

0250

Ecuador. HCJB QUitO (,1m): Onllne

(leI', lealarn:l. RadIO Nl IntI: RIll news
Iarwan. Voice of FreeCt.lna News
Gelmany. ueutscte Welle tle'''fSlmk
RUSSIa. VOICe 01: Moscow I,lJllb,lQ
Iawan. VOICe 01 f l eeClima Kaleidoscope.
vemam VOlte 01vemam Ioilk 01ee We-ek
( cUlclor. HCJB OUlio (,1m,. On Track.
Costa RIeJ. R101 Peace Ir;1I In!>lght.
Ru~sia. Voice01: AudiOBOOl< Clutl
GefTlla ny. nenscne Welle Ecencnuc rlolebook
COSId RIC3. Rlor Peace loti. Earth andSky
Costa RIC3. H101Peate 11111 Women.
vemam VOIC! 01vernam. Ialk 01the Week
Valcan Stne. vancmRal1lo f acmO theChalle~.

MT M ONITORING TEAM
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Deadline: Au gtl.\I 20, / YY7

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A DDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS MDNTH' S SHORTWAVE GUIDE:
Jo hn B a hhi ~ , SiIVl'!"Spr ing. MI>: Bob I.'ra"'l:r, Cohassct. M A: Cl ydc W. lI ar lllull. Anni ... l o ll .
A1.: <; ~ org ~' Jacoh... 8.: A......oc. ilK .. S iln'r Spring . ~1 I> : Zt.'l im ir KIa... all. Cn lati.\Il Kadio: Sli g
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0300-0400
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0300-0400'II
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0300,0400
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0300-0400
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Australia, flarliO
Australia, VL8K xathenne
Australia, Vl 8T Tellt el k

canaca.esc fJ Quebec Svc

Canada. CFCXMonlreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CH NX Halltax
Canada. CKZN SI JOIHfs
Canada. CK ZUVancouver
China, Ctuna f1a(1 1() Inti
Costa RicaFaru del Caril)
costa Rica.f1 FPeace Inll
Croatia, Croauan Radio
Cuba, name Havana
czccn aep. Radro Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt. RadIO Carro
GermJ1y. DeutscheWelle
Guatemala . R~ d l o Cunum t
Hondu-as. l V Evanoefica
Japan. R Japan/NHK World
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Lesotho, Radio l esotho
Mala,'sia, RTM Kuching
Malta,'-10 Mednerranean
Mexico. Bar no Meucn Inll
Nethertanus. Radio
New Zealand.R NZInti
Papua "lew Gumea. NBC
Philippnes R Pduxnas
RussiaVoice 01Russia WS

0300-0400

S Atdca. Channel nruca

Sri l anka. Sri l anka BC
Taiwan. VOFreeCIUlla

0300-0330
0300-0':00
0300-0J15 rnl'.'Ihl

Thailand.RadIO
Tu rkey. VOiceof
ucenoa. Radio

0 30 0 - 0 ~ 00

1350Spa

13755pa

15415,15
5025do
4910do
9625do
6005do
6070do
B030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9690lla
5055do
7385am
589511a
600011.1
5930.1s
9745arn
9475na
6085na
9640na
3300do
4820do
17685va
4885do
9960'1 .1
4800do
71 60do
15550au
9705na
9855as
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9675do
11 885as
12000na
13665na
5955af
9730as
5950na
11825.15
9655na
7270as
4976do

15510,15

Sundays
0300
0300
0303
0309
0315
0317
0323
0327
0332
0333
03:l5
0338
0343

costaRica, R for Pea~e IntI:coonrerspn

Germany. DeutscheWelle: News
tnwan Voice of FreeChina: News
Gelmanl' Deutsche Welle: msioe Euruue
r.owan. Voiceof Fret Ehma Kaleidusrcpe
Cmna Crma Racm lnn Cnuese Folkt,lltS
China, cnoa RadiOInll: Tile Cookillg Show
CTIIII". Cnma aaeo Inll China Scrapbook
Tdi\'ldn , VOiceof Flee cnma: aeuecucns
vancan State. vancan gado: News of tile Church
China, ChinaRadio IntI: MUSIClrom China
Beuuany, DeutscheWelle: Mailbag
Vatican State, Vatican Radio: Panorama

Mondays
0300
0300
0303
0306
031~
0330
0330
0330
0330
0335
0336
0315

Costa Rica. Rlor Peace Inti MyGreen Earth

"lewZealand. RadiOrll Inti: lUll News
rnwan. Voice 01 Free Ltnna News
"lewZealand. RadiONZInti: In Touch wnn New Zealand
Taiwan. Voice01 Free cmna People.
Costa Rica. Rlor Peace Inti: New Dimensions RadiO
Ecuador,HCJ8 QUito (am): Joy Internalronal
USA.KWHRnaaienu HI: DXlOg wnn cumme
vaucanState. Vatican Radio: Panorama
China.China Radio Inu.Song 01 tne Week
Tail'lall. Voice01 FreeChina: MalllJag Time
uuna. China Radio loll: ustenersteuemox

Tuesdays
0300
0304
0310
0330
0333
03-15
0318

0300-00100

6090am

SELECTED PROGRAMS.

Ecuador. HCJB Ouito [arn): Chords at l ove

vancan State Vatican sauc: Ask theAbbo t
China. Ehma Radio lntl News about Cnma
Cu~ 1J Rica. R for Peace Inti. Ilisigt)l t. Ouucok
Gelmany. Deutsche weue: M.111 and Eneronment
Ctuna.China Radio Inl,: Idioms ~1l11 Their Siories
POrlugill, Ra diO Portugal lnll: VrSltor s' rl olelxjQk

.
15365pa
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1:J240p.l
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7585:1111

15050arn

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21.:55a01

9830na

6185na

9J35na

4935do

9615na

6 1~0(10

17570as
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15120as
12010na
15180na

15270as
12050n;1.
15595na

13645na

71 30.15
15345as
11905n.1
7300eu

9680na

11 745au

15370na
15190au

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03000330

Ukraine, R Ukraine Inti

United Kingd om, BBCWS

0300-0400

umtecKingdom, SSCWS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. K TB ~J Salllk Cil'! UT
USA. KVOHLos Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA.Monitor Radro 'nn
USA, Voice of nmenca

0300-0330 snuwh
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-1)400
0300-1)400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-00100
0300-00100
0300-0310
0300-0400vi
03000400'II
03000100 'II
031003010
03300357
03300355
03300400 vi
0330-04001\'1t1ta
03300400
0330-00100
0330-0400
03300400
03330,100 mtw
0335-0355 vi
0340-0350
03450400
0345,0,100
0345-00100 as
03560400

USA, Voiceof America

USA. WEWN Bnminqham AL
USA.WGTG McCa,!svilie GA
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, W I ~J B RedLionPA
USA,WJCR upton KY
USA, WRMI/R Miami Inti
USA, WRNO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCRNashville TN
USA WYFR Okeechobee f l
Vatican State, vaucan R
Zambia, R ZambialZNBC 1
Zambia. R ZambiafZNBC 2
znnnacwe. ZimbabweBe
Vatican State. VaticanR
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Moldova, R Moldova Inti
Philippines. R Pilipinas

Poruqat. Rr'ortucaunu
Slovakia, Adv World Radi o
Sweden. Radio
Tanzania, Radio
United Kingdom. BBC WS
S Alrica. Trans World R
India, All India Radio
Greece, Voice01
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cnma. ChinaR1.dio IlItI: Orient Al ena
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Croatia. Croanan Radio: News
C/ecll RtlP, R,!dio Prague: News
Czech Rep, aaomPrague: current AHails
vaucan State. vancan Radio: Pcstcaros hum Rome
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Press Revew
c.ecnRep, Radio Prague: From theArchi'les
Iaiwau Voice01 Free China: Music B01.
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China, Cnma naco loll: Profile.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague : FromtheArchives
Czech Rep , Hadlo Prague: TheArls
Punuq.rl. RadiO Portuqattntt:TIleChallenge ot the '90s.

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0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500,0600
0500-0600 smt\',hf
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500,0600
OSOO-06OO
0500-0530
0500-0520
0500-0600
0500-0530 1'1
0500-06001'1
05000530 vi
0505-0600
052: -0600
0530-0559
0530-0600 'II
0530-0556

USA WGTG McCaysvrlleGA

USA WHRI Noblesvrlle IN
USA. WINB Red Lion PA
USA WJCRUptonKY
USA, WMLK semer PA
USA WRMIIR Miami Inti
USA, WRrJONew Orleans LA
USA,WWCR Nashvrlle TN
USA WYFR OkeechobeeFl
VaticanState Vatican R
vaucau State. VaticanR
Zambu chnsnan Voice
Zamtna. R ZalJibiaiZNBC 1
zanuua . R l.lll1bialZNBC 2
swaznano . TrJIlSWorld R
Ghana . Ghana BruaocCorp
I\ustna R Austria Inti
Kilibiltl Paum
Ponanu R Romania inti

05300600
0530,0600 vi
0530-0600 vi

Thall,lIld RadiO
Zan-bra. R Zarnhia-,ZNBC1
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7120'IJ
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6180eu

152S0JS
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9975alll
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137-10af
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5745am

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9740a5

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9600al

11760a5
15360as
17760.15

1194031
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5070arn

5935arn

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731Sam

1 1 9~O,11l 1

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2390am
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4005ell
3330al
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6165do
3396clo
3200<lf
336600
601511a
9810do
11790,11
15340as
9655cu
7220(/0
5975(/0

Znubabwe. Zimbabwe Be

Germany,Deutsche Welle : ~J e ,', s

Japan. aano: DatelineJapan
Nel'" Zealand. Rad iO NZln!l: RNZNel'ls
USA VOA Washington DC (al) VOA News
Vatican State. vatcan Ranic; Tile Environment
Vatican Statu. vautan Rauic: TheRome Repor t
Costa Rica. R for Peace Inti: tnsqht
USA. VOA wast nnqtcnDC(at): VOA Todal
Vatican State. vancan Radio flews tromtne AfricanChurch
Vatican State,Vatican RadIO: w rat can l Do?
eosnaua. aarno Blacklracker

0500
0500
0500
0500
0511
0515
0522
0532

0500
0500
0500
0500
0500

11895eu

0500-0530
0500-0515
0500-0600

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6065af

11580 e ~

15570.11
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4775al
4915do

6070af

9500af

11940af
17720as
11905eu

15250.11
1ii90,,1
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15270<11

Thursdays

Tuesdays

614511a

9590na

Mondays

Japan , naco: oaten-e Japan

New Zealand, aaoo NZ Inti: RNZNews.
USA, WIVCR '3 NashVille TN AskWWCR
vauc anState. vaucan Bar no: To tile Ends of the Ealth
uussa. Voicc of: MOSCOl'1 Mailbaq
Japan. aaoo: AsianTop N ,~',', s
Spam R Extenor deEspana Sp.unsu Echoes.
Russia, VOice of: nus ISIlUSSi,1

15J30lll e

6150do

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays

15365pa
15530as

Germany. Deutsche Welle News.

Japan, Ramo: Dateline Japan
Nel',Zealand. R,l dlONZ IntI:RNZ Nc';:s
South Alrica. Channel Atnca: News
USA_VOA Wasliirl()tllli OC (il t) : VOA News
Vatican State, Vatican Ralflo: Tile Pope and 1IlCPeople
Soul h Attica. Channcl Africa Datehne Africa
vancm State. vatcan fla(tio: Pilgrim City
CostaRica, AWR Focus on God's Love
USA_ VOA Washington DC (aIr VOA Iecay
VaticanState. vancan Radio . Postcards from Rome
CostaRica, R tor PoJ,lCC mu. u r~ ) aily ~Jews
costaRica, R fOl Peace IntI. vet -ern Veterans RJ1/iO
Netwolk

Fridays
0500
0500
0500
0500
0500
0506
0510
0515
0525
0530

Germally. Oeulsclle Wellc: tJ cw~;

Japan , Radio: DalellJle Jall,HI
Ne'....Zcaland. Rarllo NZ Inti: RtJZNe\'ls
USA. VOA';'lasllll1glon DC (ali VDA Ne'...s.
Vallcan State, Vaticann,lClio. Ttlcn and rJo':1
Germany. OeulscheWelle: Nc\'/sLlOk
USA, VOA ~Vash lJlg l oll DC (ali: \' 0.\ Toda'l
Japan. RadiO Asi,lll lo p Nel','s
Costa Rica. AWR. VOiceo! PlOp tlccy
Costa Rica, fl for I'cace Inll: My Green Ealth

Saturdays
0500
0500
0500
0506
0510
0530
0530
0530
0530

USA. KWHR Naaletm HI. aXing wun Cumbre

V<JtlcanState, VaticanPadre. BytheWay...
Vatican State,vaucan Radio: News
Vatican State,vaucan Pauo : Roundtable DiSCUSSion.
USAVO AW,l shinalOn DC (al): VOA saturcav
Costa Rica. 11 for Peace lntl: Second Opmion
Ecuador. HCJB Ollito (am): On Track
UK. BBC tendon lAS)' 'M ia: A People Parnuoned
rano.snu. See S 1130
USA, KWHR Naalehu H : ChristianCountry MII~ic

Ytntr Nam e ill

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M O N ITORIN G TIMES

49

FREQUENCIES
0600-0700
0500-0700

A Il~li li ll a

C;H1ll!wall Beacon

6090;lm
1360:',1~

Australia. Hadm

15530,15

1541 5as

, 7i"15as

17750as
0600-0630
0600 -0 700 ~'I
OGOG0700 vi

0500-0633
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0600 0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
06000700
0600-0700
06000700
06000700
0600-0700
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OGOO-0700 vi
0600,0700

0600-0700 \'1
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OliOO-0700
0600-0700
0(i{)O-0700
0600-0700
0600-0630
0600-0700
0600-0650
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0600-0700

0600-0630
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0600-0610

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Australia VL8Kamenne

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Canada, CICXMontreal
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Ca!ladd CHfiX Halifax
Cana",l CK ZU Vancouver
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Ghana.

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Kenya r(ell'/ a Broadc Corp

i(lrIhall, Hadm
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li beria,lCfJifl Lnerutnt
Malaysia, 'Juice of
Nel'l l ealalid 11 NZ intr
Nigeria, FRcrJ:Radlo
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nonn Korea R P'iongja ng
NOII':a', nuno ncevav Inti
Papua ~Jew Gumca NBC
RUSS I,l VOll;l~ of RUSSia \liS

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S ,\ lllca Trans World R
Seua Leone. SlBS

0600-0630
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0600-070D

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USA
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KTBr'J Salt Lk CIII' ut
K'IOH l os f\ngeles C....
K'IJHR Naalehu HI
Momtnr Ra(1I 0 Inll
VO ice 01Amcnca

0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0iOO srfl l,.., hf
0600-0700
0600-0iOO
0600-0700
0600-06\5 'JI/I IIf

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USA, WH RI Ncblesvrlle IN
US/\, WJCR Upton KY
USA, V:f.llK Bethel PA
USA V:R ~JO r,Je':1Orleans lA
USA VNI CR rt lSll'i llle HJ
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Vatican Stale, vaucan A

0600-0630
0600-0i'00
0600-0700
0600-0700 vi
0600-0iOO 'II
0605-0iOa
0615-0630
0630-0iOO
0630-0i OO
0630-0658
0631-0610
06450700 as
06-15-0i OO

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Zauuua . CIHisllJIl VO I Ct~
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Georuia. RadiO
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MOi IdCO, Trans World Rallio
Pomaria. R Rumama Inti

0655-0700 mtc-nt

Monaco Trans World Aall,o

17820ils

9835as
11920na
17810,15
6150(10

7230eu
1191Qarn
155S01'a
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0600-0700
0500-0700
0600-0i OO
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-01:30

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15310as
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57,J5am
7490na
9465ell
7355am
2390am
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5882va
15595\'a
5925.15
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954:ido

11860,,1

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15570af
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15250pa

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Sundays

Fridays

0600
0600
0610
0615
0620

0600
0600
0610
0620
0630
0630
0652

costa Rica. R lor Peace Inti Drsat ntnv aaoo World\',llllr

USA. 'IDAWashlnqtor; UC tat me! VOAIJe':ls
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Sv.rtzertanc S'.'Ii.'iSR Inli ICU) news

Scntzcnaco Swiss R11I1I 1etJ) newsrct

Mondays

OliOO Ccsu Rica, Rlor Peace hili Ihe Far Right gano nevew
Ecuador HCJR 0 11110 ,:am) MOH r-fa:11 Meditations
NewZealand. R:II!IO f, /l nfl: Uta fJC'IIS
0607 tJe,';Zeatann Radin rc z lrttl Cnecknomt
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0615 Ulgena, Voice of.
and councs
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frfi30 Ecuador. HCJB Ouro lalr.1 r.lusica del Fcuafor
OGOO
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0600
0610
0620
0630
0630
0630
0630
0635
0641
0645
0650

Costa HIGI H lor Peace Ilifl secooo Ornmou

USA 'IDA wasnmoton DC lafl: Daybrea, Milca
USA VOA \\'ashim.jton DC net ';Oli Worlrl':,lde
S',',ltzerland, Sw.s R Inti teut ne.csner
COS1,1 RICI. R tor Peace lntl: Uni'/ersltv 01ttle Air
Ecuatnn HCJBOmto (am): Ni ghlsouillis
vatcan Sl.ne Vallci1l1 Radio: Panorama

Saturdays
0600
0600
0600

xusuana

I,;,dln World Nev.'s

costa Ric". H tor Peace Inti: Stepr in' Out 0: Ba!iylon

065~

US.... KTBt< Salllk C,tv UT Tile Dream Cenler

AlIslralla Radro: acoeReading
S'.... uzertanu. S,':iSS R Inll lcul rJc':isnel
EClladu HCJB Oul18 (J:11) tJ'gn~soe n ds
US:", Kifil< S Jil l ~ CII'I UT In tne Na me Of Satan
USA K\',' HR naaenu HI Ine Word Of G'Jd Broadcast
VallCM state. Vatican saoo: TheGospel
V,1IICar, State, vaucan RadiO: gcuecuon
vatcan State, Vatica n Rar no: JUStlCS anu Peace
USi\ KWH R naarenu HI:Truth lor me woru
vancanStare. vaucan Ra~l o News of the Cr'lIr~ ll
Vatican State. vancan Radi o Paoura.na

US,; KAIJ Dallas TX: World urnve-srt, Nd'o',' or~

Tuesdays
0600
IJliOO
0610
0620
0630
05~2

us/\. VOA washmqton OC (ali' Daybreak Africa

USA,VOA Wils l li ~ ITJI III I OC (l11e ): VOA News
US'\' VQ il Wastlillqlon DC (mel, VOA World', iiue
swnzenaro Srass H IlItl leul Newsru-t
tcuaoo-, HCJBOUll0 (am), fJlqU5 0~tnds
Vatican 5:a:e Vatican Ra(1,(\ PanQ'.1iTla

Wednesdays
0600
0610
i)fi20
0630

USAVO,\ Wasilinglor. DC lafj Daj b' eJk A'rica

USA, 'IDA Washington DC Irfle ) 'l OA World':lidl'
S':;itzerland, 5','IISS f; Irltl (cu): f,c\':sncl
Ecuador. HCJ El Ol:ita Plll ): N I~ l l f jOIIll (! S

Thursdays
0600
e6aO
0610
OG15
0620
0630

50

tJigf.fla, Vo i~ e 01 V:e"t i\!r'carl Scene

US,\, '/ OA','i ashlngtOIl DC 1,1f): Da','!m ak Al rll a
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SI-,';llerlaIlC 5\'115, R 11I1I1~1I) Ne':'s
S,'lIlzerlan(! 5','1:, ; R Ilitl l~ U) . N~',',sn et
Ecuador, HUB QUito (,jill ) r'jlghtsolillclS

MONITORING TIMES

Augu5t / 997

HAUSER' S HIGHLIGHTS
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0700-0B)(]
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AngUllla,Caribbean Beacon
Austral,} Rac!lo

6090am
9580p"
152':Opa
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0700-0800 \~
0700-0800 ~1
0700-0800
0700-0800
07(Ml 0800
0700-0800
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07oo-0BOO as
0700-0800 mtwht
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Czech R ~p , RJdlo Plaque
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EQt GUlneJ R East Alrlca
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un enal::N R toercrnt
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Mal,l ysl,l Voiceof
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New Zcal"l1ll,R NZ lUll
Nigefl.l VOice 01
Nouno-ea R P'Iollg'{ang
Norway. naoc Norwav tmr
Papua NC\'I sumea. NRC
aomama R ROJlla llia Inti
Roman.a R Romania Inti
RUSSia VOice 01 RUSSia WS

0700,0710
0700-0730
0700-0800 'II
07000800
07000800
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0700-0715
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0100-0800
0700-0800
0700-0BOO
0100-0800
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USA. K\':t1R ~j.1a iehu HI
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1100-1110
1100-1200
1100-1200 '11
1100-1200 '11
1100- 1200
1100-1125
1100- 1200
1100-1150
1100-1130 as
1100-1;;00 'II
1100-1;;OQ

Costa Rlca,RFPeace lutl

Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt GUinea R Easl Africa
EQ t GUinea Radio Africa
Germany, Deutsche Welle
Iran, VOIRI
11aly. IFRS
Japan. R Japan:NHK World
Jordan Radio
Lebanon, Voice 01 Hope
Libel ia.l CN:R Liberia tnt
Mala:/ s a, Radio
Malays a. RTM Kuchlllg
Malays a.ATM Kotakmab alu
Mozambique Ramo Maputo
netnenancs. Radio
New Zealand. R ru InTI
rtortn Korea R PYO llgyang
Palau KHBN'Volce 01 Hope

Panna /l eI',' Gumea rJBC

aussa.voce01RUSSia WS

7385al1l
12005am
15186<11
9530,15
15370.11
7180me
71251' 01
6120na
11690cu
99601'3
5100do
7295do
7150do
5980do
11820al
12065as
6100pa
3560na
11335na
9730as
-I890do
4740as
15-1 60as
17560as
17795as

15410011
9585af

17765'11
11875me

7125na

11815as

17800al
15260af

1100-1200

USA VOice 01 Ali lcrica

1100-1200
1100 1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200 as
1100-1200
11001200
1100-1130

USA WEWf'J Bmnmqham AL

USA WHfl l
IN
USA WJCR upton KY
USA WRMli R Mramr 11\11
USA WRNO Nel'i Oueans LA
USA ~'NHA Greenbus h ME
USA ~VI,\lC ll ~J a s ll vl lie TN
USA WYFA Okeecho beeFL
Vietnam. VOice of
Zambra Ctmstun VOice
Zambia R Zarnhla'"lNBC 1
P;lklstan, RadiO
Allslr,,11,10elenseFolCes R
Lesotho. RadiO Lesomo
Myanmar. VOice of
Netherlands, aaoo

1 1 0~ - 1 1 2 0

-I-I04na

6575na

9975na

11655.1s
15490.15
17610.15

11880.1s
15510as
17755as

15170as
15560,1s
17775as

5965;1111

UlH:etJ KIIlC/dulll, BRC WS

Ulllt ed Klnq(IOIll BBC WS

UI1I1etl KlIlQrl oll1, BRC WS
Umwd Klngdoln BBC WS
USA KAIJ Dallas TX
USA Kl BN SallL k City UT
USA KWHfl NJalelllJHI
USA, Morlltor R<! t!lo 11 111

1100-1200 \11
1120-1140
1130 11 10
11 30-1200
11301200
1130 1200
11 30 1200
1130 12001
11 35 11 40

17515a5

711;).15

1100-1130 as
1100-1130
1100 1145
1100-1200
11001200
1100-1200
1100-1200

1100-1200

11835.11
13710as

13635<15

S'.'.'I!/c ri<lIl(l. 5\'1155 R lull

taroan. VOice ot ASia

nomeswne

Sweden.Radio

unucoKingdom, BBC WS
vatcaoState. Vatican R
India, AlI ll1 dla RadIO

6195va

941ueu

11760as
1522001 1'1
15575\'01
17885011

11940.11
15310as
17540na
21660011

117651'01
17790as

15310as

17785015

7395sa

9355cu

9385,111

5160as
15160;lS

9645as
15425.15

9760as

7435alll

15685Jfll

11710d(;

15185110

9495am

5935arn
11830na
9730as

178G5eu

9860eu
152-l0na
1770511.1
17550au
11520do

SELECTED PROGRAMS.
Sundays
1100
1100
1100
1130
1130
1130

Costa Rica R 101 Peale 11111: Tile Far Rlgllt Padiu Review
US,,, KAIJ Dallas TX World UniverSity tJel'.'lol k
USA KTBt. Salt Lk City UT Breaktll rougll
Ecuador HCJB Omto (ami The C1HISliJrf SHour
UK, BBCLondon I,AE ) tnrna. A Pece'ePanuoneo (3rd 101ll )
II look at India and Paostan 50 years aner noeoenoence
USA, VOl, \'Iashlngton DC (as nacr Issues In meNews

Mondays
1100
1103
1110
1115
1117
1126
1130
1130
1131
1133
1134

~J C>'l

Zealand. saco NZ Inti rJc':i sdesk (BBC)

uonn Korea, R Plongj arHl News

USA VOA Washinglon DC (as oacr AmencanGold
Japan, Radio 44 Minutes
ucrtn Korea R Pyong,ang: Music
~J OI t h Korea, R Pyon9/ang Commentary
ncrtn Korea, R Pyon9/ang: Music of ne xo-eanPeople's
" rilly
Singapore, n Smqapo-e Inti News
ausuaiia. Radio: Asia Focus
~J o rlll Korea, R P'f0ngj,1ng: Tile Saintof Sodallst Korea
Germany, Deutscne Welle: Alrica R811011

Tuesdays
1100
1103
1110
1115
1115
1121
1126
1130
1130
1131
1134

costaRica. R lor Peace Inti: enernauv e naco

ncnn Korea, R Pyongl ang: news
USA \lOA w aslnnqrcn DC(as pacr Now Music USA
Japan, Raom: 4-1 Minutes
Norlh Korea, R Pyong/ang: Music
~,jo rt h Korea,R Pyong/Jng: 1he Immortal Story
Nartn Korea, R Pyol1QianQ: Truth Idea
~je w Zealand. RadiONZ Inti: On the Marcil
Singapore, R Sinyapo-e Inti: News
IIllstralia, Raclio Asia FoCli s
Germany. Oeutsclle Welle: Alrica Report

Wednesdays
1100
1100

Singapore, R SingaD o'e Inti: Ne\'ls

USA, WWCR " 3 Nashi ille TN: Nel','S':ialcll MagaIille

1103
1109
1110
1115
1115
1120
1130
1130
1131
1139
1144
1151

N0I1Il KOrea. R P-,.ong/,lIlg News

Sillgaporc, R smoacore Inti: BUSiness and Markel Report
USA, VO,\ i'I ,l shlllglOn DC (as pac} new r,luslc USA
Japan . RadiO: 44 Minutes
Smqanore. R smoacore Inti: Star TrJl
fioll h Korea, R Pyongyang Tile Pemnvscences orme ureat
Leader
Smqapore R Slnoapore Inti: rJC\'iS
UK. BBC Londolll AFj: Brain 01 Br.tam cuesnons and
answers as t!lis popular qUl2 snow continues
Australi a, naco. Asia Focus.
Noun Korea, R Pyongyang. The Great Manor the Cen:lJry
Japan. Ramo. CloseUp.
Japal'- Radii) TumtJ I1Il9 Dice

Thursdays
11 00
1103
11 10
1110
1115
1117
1122
1127
1130
1130

New Z~J I 3na . R.1 dlOfJl lnll: tJc\','sdesk (8BC)

Norlll Korea, R P'Iong'lalig News
Australld, RoUIO SPlll ls Bullelin
USA VOA Washington DC(as pac } ~'J O \',' MUSICUS,\ ( fop
Tenl
Japan. Radii}: 44 Minutes
nortn corea.R I",.on(j'/allg Music
North Korea. R P'Iongvalig WouJs cnne GrC,lt Leader
fJorth Korea. R PYOIIgy,HI(j Mllsic
fk',', Zealand, Radio fJZ Inti. Trading Post
smoaooe. RSinqapureInti: News

Fridays
1100
1100
1103
1106
1113
1115
1121
1130
1130

Nev, Zealand. RaulO ~'J Z loti. r~ e \'lsll e s k (flIlC)

USA. VDA Wasllingtorl DC(as pac): VOA Nr.'.'Is

tJortli Kure;l, R PyongYol l1 lj News
Gerl11a ny, D8ulsche Welle: Nc','; sL Ilk
Nor!l1Korea. n Pyollgyang Mlisic
Japan. RadiO: 44 Minutes
Nortll Korea. R Pyo ngy a ll !l l rn Ill Oi t al l (h ~a s o! tile Greal
I.eader
Silll]olpule. R Singapore Inti: News
USA VOA Itlashillgtoll DC(as pac): Countrv r~lIs ic USA

1131
1131
1138

Australia, nadlO Asia fo cus

NOItl1corea. n Pyongi'an\). r,lusl(
Nortn Korea. R Pyongyang:The Great Man of tne cccnuv

Saturdays
1100
1100
1103
1105
1105
1113
1\30
1130
1130
1130
i 130
1135

Costa H,t.l R 101 Peace Inll World 01 RadiO

F'ar:lla fk;'i GUInea,NRC
NOIlIl l(oll).1 R Pyongy,lIlg N~"iS
i'a~lr.l fl ew GUinea, NBC: Top 01 tile Pops
SI'illler land. ScassRadio Inti tl ewsnel
NOlIn Korea, B Pyongyang: 1,1us,c/COll llll ell!.1r'j
Com Rica AWn Hie Qlllet Hour
Com nca. R lor Peace ron RH'ls r,lallbag
NorthKorea. R PyOIl!I\';lIlU:All People Free
Srnqapuru. R S,nYdPore Inll: NC\'IS
USA. VOA W,lsllinglQo DC(as pac): Pless conferenc e USA
Nutth Korea. R PyOllg'I,IIIU. MUSIC

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12001300

1200-' 300
12001300'II
1200-1300 'II

Anquilla.C anbbean Beacon

Australia, Ra dio

1200-1215
1200-1300 vi
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200- 1300
1200-1300
1200 1230

Australia, VL8A Alice Spg

Auslralla, VLaK Katherine
Australia, VLaT Tent Cl k
Brazil. Radio Bras
Bulgaria. Radio
Cambodia, rlatl Voiceof
Canada
N Quebec Svc
Canada, CFC X Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVPCalgary
Canada, CHN X HallfaA
Canada, CKZfJ St John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R CanadaInti

1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1230 'II
1200-1300
12001300'II
1200-\ 300
1200-1300 as
1200-1300
1200-1300

Canada, a Canada Inti

China. Chura RadiO Inti
China.China R"I:!Io Inti
Costa Rlca,R FPeace nur
Cyprus. BRTInternational
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Sumea R East AlnC,l
Eqt Guinea RadiOAtnca
France Ramo France Inti

1200 1230
1200130a'll
1200-1300
1200- 1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300'II
1200-1250
1200-1300
1200-1206
1200-1300
1200-1230 s
1200-1300"I
1200 1255

Iran, VO IRI
ltali , IRRS
Japan. RJapan fJHK World
Jordan Radto
lebanon VOice at Hope
f" ala,'sia Radio
r,laia'lsla Rn" Kotakmabalu
r"'fanrnac Vorce of

12001300

aussa.vnce 01RUSSia WS

1200 1300 'II

12001300

1200,1230

cec

uetneuancs Rano
tJe\'1 Zealand. R rlZ lntl
fJigella. VOice of
flor'.':ai, RadiONorl'l<l':llnti
Papua r~ e':1 GUinea , fJB C
Porano Polish R Warsa':1

11775<1 111

5995a$
11560a5
2310(10
2.t85do
2325do
15445na
13790as
11saoas
9625do
6005do
60i Odo
6030do
6130do
61 60do
6160do
9660<1 s
15195as
96JOarn
i 385pa
9660as
i385 am
6150do
12005arn
15186al
9530<15
9805011
15195eu
7180me
7125'101
7125as
11690eu
9960"a
7295{lo
5980do
5990(10
60-15eu
6100pa
7255al
9590ell
-1 890do
6095ell
11815eu
-17.JOas
11880as
15430as
17610as

9 580~a

9710as

9860P3

13605as

12001300
12001300
12001300
12001300
12001300

12001300

9715'1le

11835me

11975me

1185Sarn
9565:.1<1
11700as

13650am
9715as
1211 0as

11795pJ

1511 Sarn

21-155.1111

11600'/,1

13625eu
17575af
11875me

15 5 ~ 1) <1 f

958511e

15155eu
15260011

9860eu

1380)as

13805na

15605au

7145ell

7270eu

9525eu

4975]s
1511 0as
15435as
17755as

11655as
15170as
15490as
17775as

11785as
15230as
1551001S
17795as

Slll y a ~ore, R

SlIlqapore hu

6015as

5155a5

7285al

Scott Korea, f1 KoreaInti

SWllz.;rland, 5 1'iiSS R Inti
taiwan VO Free China

61135cu
7130au

Ukraine, R Ukrame Inti

unneoKin[l(IOIll BBC INS

1200-1300
1200-1300
1200 1300
12001300
1200 1230

USA KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN S<11t l k City UT
USA KWHR Naareno HI
USA Monnor Radio Inti
USA VOiceof America

12001300
1200- 1300
1200-I 300
1200-1300
1200 1300
1200-1300
1200 1300
1200,1300
12001230
1200-1300
1200 1300 \'1
1207-t300 nccsnat
1215 1300
12151300
1230 1255
1230-1300
1230-1255 s
1230-1300 mh'/III
1230-1300
1230-1235
1230 1300 1'/
1230 1300
1230 1300
1230 1300
1230 1300 nuwht
1230 1300
12301300
12301300
1230 1300

USA,WEWN Bmnmqham Al
USA WGTG McCaysville GA
US,\ WHRI Noblesville IN
USA,WJCR Upton KY
USA,WRMI/RMI,l rnl lnti
USA WRNO flew Orleans LA
US,, WWCR Nasbvrlle TN
USA,WYFR OkeechobeeFL
uzneustan. R Tashkent
Zambia cnnsuan VOic e
Zamtna H Zambl,vZNBC 1
Ne'.'1 ZealamL R ~lZ Inti
Egypt, B3dlo Cano
unuco Kingdom BBC \'is
{lllstr a, R Austria lull
Banqk!uesrl, Banula Betar
Belgium, Ii vrunoeren im
ruunu. YlE.-R Pmtano
Guarr- . AWfl 'KSDA
111(ha. All InUI;l RadiO
moonesu RRI SOI Ol19
Monqolia,VOiceof
Romania, R gommu Inti
souu- Korea, RKorea inn
Sri lanka. Sri Lanka Be
Swcoen. Radm
ThallJnd Barno
Tlllke ~'. VOICe of
viemam VOICe of

12JO 1250

Greece. VOiceot

9535eu
961035

71S0ell

7180eu

12015na

6190a!
9580a5
11910al
15~ 85va
17705al
5810am
7510<1111
9930as
6095na
6160as
15160,l S
7425sa
9400am
6040am
7490na
9955arn
73S5am
7435arll
5950na
728501S
6065a f
1220do
6100pa
17595as
15220am
6155eu
7185as
\3785na
11900na
13720as
4a60do
4875(10

6195va
9, 40a5
11955as
15565va
11830af

9410cu
1t 750a5
15220am
15575va
17885a!

9515alll

9355as
9645as
15425<1 s

9385au
9760as

9455sa
11 715as

9~75am

1 3 8~ 5 a m

6015no1
9115as

11830na
15295J~

15685arn
17750n"

11760as
15310as
17640"a
21660af

9~95am

13730na
9550as
1553501S
15400na
6150do

17860do

11885eu
9640as

15365eu
13670as

17720eu

11850as

11905as

7.J00as

9840,lS

12 085 a~

9690eu
9570as
9730as
137-10as
9655as
13750eu
5940as
12020as
11 645011

15240pa
9885as
15290as
72iOas
15010as

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1200
1215
1216
1216
1223
1228
1228
1230
1230
1234
1235
1238
1245
125-1

; 205

France. Radio France I~t l fl e...s.

Singapore. R smcaoore Inti: Frontiers.
France. aamcFrance Inti:ntncan Analysis ibil'ieekly\
France. Ramo France inn ASianAnalys;s {bi'::eekiy}.
France, Radio f rance Inti: Pans sroroerace.
France, Radio FranceInl1 Counterpoint ibi','/cekly).
France, Radio France tnt! Everywoman ( b il'JE e ~ ly)
f ,nlamt. RadiO: news.weamer
Papua Nel'i Guinea. tJ8C: uasscar Music ccnce-t.
france. Radio f rance Inti: Club 9516
F,nland naco: Emnis n PressRe'/IP. ':i
Fmland aeoo: YLE r eemres
Finland Radio. Starling Fir,nish
Finland Radi o' fJuntL Lat.m

Mondays
1200
1200
1200
1204
1210
1215
1231
1238
1239
1241
1247

Brazil. Radiobras: Brazilian Panoraoa

new Zealand, Radio NZ Inti: RNl News
PapuaNe':: Guinea. tJBC: Neris
Papua Ne':i Guinea , tJ8C: I,.u
. e alter f.lidr,igM
USA VOA wasrunqton DC (aspac): Stateside
Japan.Radio: Asian Top News
France, RadiO France Inti RFI Europe
France, Badm f rance Inti News in Orief
Vietnam. VOice 01 vieiram Commenta ry
France,RadiOf'r,lnceInll , RFI Sports
France Ratho France Inti AilS111 F ra ~ c e

Tuesdays
1200
1200

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Canada,RCI Momreal CBC RadiO tJP'ii S

USA.VOA Waslllllglorl DC (as pac) : V O ~ Nc':,'s

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; 21,
; 231
1235
; 239
1242
12J9

USA, ~'/\'/CR - 3 Nashville m tre I-eallh and Home St ow

(live)
USA. VCA Wast': ington DC (as cac): Stateside.
Canada, RCI/. lontreal: As It Hapnees
r- anee.Rad:o France Inti: RFI Europe
Fta-ice.Rad 'o FrarceInti: t eue-nom a list ene r.
Pea-ice. Rad 'o PranceInti: newsHeadlines
France. aaeo FranceInti: Books.
France Mad:o France Inti' scerce Prete

Wednesdays
1200
1200
1200
1200
1200
1200
1215
1231
; 236
1238
1242
12,17

8razil, saoo b-as: aranuan Pancrarra

Canada. RC I uonneat CBC aaco Nel'~s
France. Rad 'o Francelnlf:news
Japan, Radio: News.
USA. VOA wasnm otcnDC (asI:ac): VOA News
USA. WI'/CR 13 NashvilleTN: UPI ~, e':ls
t awan. Voice Of FreeChina: II'usic 80x
Franc e, RadiOfranceInfl: RFI Europe
Finland. Radio, FinnishPressRev'e w.
France, Radio FranceInll: News Headlines
France. Radio FranceInll: The senor. Line
France, nenc France Inti: Land 01France

Thursdays
1200
1200
1200
1211
1220
1222
1231

Braz il. gauomas: Brdlilian Panoralf a.

Canada,RC I 1.10ntreal: CBe Radio fJel'lS
Frallce, RodlO France Ifill: fle','ls.
Canodol, RCllI1ontreal: As it Happens
Uzbekislan, Raol o Tashkent Lile In file Villa ge
Australia, Rad:o:BUSiness Day.
rrance, R;\llio France hili: SpOils.

1234
1 2~ 1

1244
12-1 9
1249

France
France
France
Franc e
France.

naco France Inti

Bar no France Inti
Radio France Inti
aaoo France Inti
Radio France Inti

iF I Europe
News Headlines
Th eArr.erlcits Magazine
r~ O r"l hi So u t ~ lOI"',eekly)
Pianet Eann (bl\':eekly).

Fridays
1200
1200
121 0
1211
1230
1230
1231
1236
1239
1240
12-11
1248

Brazil, sacrcoras: Brazilian Panorama

Canada. RCI Montreal : CBC aaoo News
USA. 'IDAwasnmot on DC (ascacr Statestce
Canada . RCI Montreal: As It Happens
Flnlan:!. naco: newsweamer
UK. BBC l ondon (AF) crcsseu ue Border See H 1515
France. Radio France Inti RFI Europe
ruaam. Radio: Frnrusn Press gevew
France. Radio FranceIn\l: News Headlines.
FIIlIJ r\:! RadiO' YlE Features
France. Radio France Inll Fi m Reel
France. R,ld iOFrance rnn "'k1dein france

Saturdays
1200
1200
1200
120,1
1210
1228
1230
1230
1230
12,15
1245
1247

Brant.aencoras t ne Best of Braznian Popular M"isic

France, Radio France tnu.News
Papu" New GUinea NBC: flews
Papua New Guinea. W1C: Top ottile Pops
USA 'IDAWaShington DC (,15 pat) , Ontile lille
France. Ratli o FranceInti Spotlighl on Africa
Smg'lIlore, R SIIl9oporeInll News
UK, SBCl ondon (AS) B ra i ~ 01Br,t,lIl1 , SeeW 11 :;0
US/I. 'IDAWashlngtOIl DC (.ISPilt): Comn1(1rl1Call0ns Worle!
France, RaeliOFrance Inll , N~ w s Healilillp.s
SmQa(lore, Ii Slll9Jpore Inti /lrts /Irena
France. Rallio France Inll: Frencl\ l csson

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1300, 1430
13001330
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1300-1JJO vi
1300-1,lJO', 1
1 3 aO - 1 3 2 ~ '11:" 'i~la

13'30-1320
13aO - i 4)O ','I
1300-1 JJG
13JQ-i 4JO
13DD-1JJC
1300-L: JC
13QD-l JJC
1300-1JJO
13JO- ~ .:) C :J~ : ,.: n l
13m;- i:)Os
130Q-1JJO
130C-1JJG
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1300- ~ .:JO
1300-1330
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: 300-14JO
; 300-1330 ', I

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Mlislfali, . Radi o
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Aust-ana. VLB A Alice SPy
.'1::51,,111:; '/ La" xauenne
AlIslra:n 'l iSTTelll el k
Belgllllr,. R viaarocrcn 1111
Brazil Radi o Bras
Cacaoa CBe rl cuencc svc
canaca CFe X Montreal
Cauaca CFR X tcromo
Canada CFVP Calrw'/
Ca~JdJ CH r;X ""JI ,t., ~
Ca nada CK;:/j 51 Johns
ca-aoa CKZU vmcouvc :
Canaua R CanalJd Inll
Canaoa R Canada mu
China Chill" Raulo 11111

1300-14JOoccsna:
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i 30C-1350

Ccsta ;;Ica RF Peace 11111

C7ch Pf P, RadiOPr'lOli~
t ccaco. HCJS
E (F~ 1 Radi OCarro
EotGumea R Easl ':"loca
Eot Gumea ftlr tro/\l l lf ,'
I:al, . i R ~ S
Jcrcan. R'ln:o
Llberra .LCNR tocm int
Ma1a"'$I-l Rld lo
1,1(' la','51],RTM Kucillng
Ih ia\,s:.l .RTi,I KO!,l Klnah" lu
1J~ ':,' Zeala nd R IJZInti
Nigeria, VOICP. 01
Nortll korea R Pyunq'ldiHI

1300-14JO'l1
1300-14] 0
1300-1356
1300-14JO

Papua Nr.',',' Gumea. fiSC

Phihppmes FEBc:R 1011
Ron'ama. R gomanra Inti
fhISSla ,'!OIce 01RUSSia WS

1300-14) 0
1300-14)0 mt':;~1 1
1300-1330

Smqapcre.R Smqapore tnt

Sri Lanka. SrI Lanka BC
S.,'itmland, SI.'15S H lull

~300-~4) 0

1300-; 310
1300-1.1 )0
1300 14) 0 'II
~3QO -14J O 'l '

\ 1715,HlI

5995p<l
, 3605 ,1~

9581)1l.1

9i 70p.l

11!lOOpa

1300 1330
1300-1 400

Turkey. VOice at
United Kingdom BBCWS

2Jl ()(j(J

248Sllo
2325\10
13785,h
151.1 5na
9625(10
6005do
6070do
6030(lu
0130(1 0
5160tJo
6160do
96.1Oalll
t 1 !l 5~ ,l n l
61.:0<ls
\ 1660r '
7385anl
13580w
12005anl
I 1595,t5
15186.11
9530,lS
7125v<1

15535,15

I 1855,HIl

1365U,u1)

1365U.i lll
7385[J,1
I 19110as

7:05as

9715as

1 7~ 8 5,tt

1511 5af1l

21155am

usseeu

13QO14DO
1300-1400
\300-1.100
1300-1.100
1300-1.100
1300-1330

USA K"'IJ DJll a~ TX

USA KrlLS Anchor POint f,K
USA KTS f,J Salilk Cil': UT
USA, KWt1 R Naalenu HI
USA raonnor Ramo inn
USA voce of America

1300-1.100
1300-1.100
1300,1.100
13001.100
1300-1 .100 rut.... hl
1300-1 .11]0
1300 1.100.15
13UO1.1OO
1300-1400
1300-1400
13001.100 vi
13U21400
1330-1 ':00

US'; WEWfl Bnmmunam Al,

US'; \'/GTG r,ICC,1'lsvllle GA
USA, WHRI Noblesvrlte IfJ
US;, \'/JCR Upton KY
USA \,,'RiI,ll,B Mianlli ntl
USA WRNo nev orleans _A
USA.WVHAGreenbush f,E
USA. \W/CR nasnvne Hi
USA WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia c nusuan VOile
Zambia R Zarnbla'2rJBC 1
USA I'.'YHl Okeechobee FL
t enaea R Canada lnu

13301400
13301400
1330-1400
1330,1.100 vi
1330-1 400
1330,1400 vi
1:)301400 mt':l llf
1330-1'100
1330-1355
13301400
1:J:l0 1400

crane. HeilonglEing PBS

Guam AWR'KSDA
tnda. All India Paom
l1al'l, IRRS
N (~tll trl .l n d s Radio
Panstan Radio
PO!1uQal, R POItug,ll mu
Sweden, na. nc
UAE. Radio Dubai
uzbeustan R Tashkent
VICln31ll VOice01

1335-I:m
1345-1400
1350-1400
1355-1400

Grel!(e, Voice 01
vaucan Slate vancm R
Smllfl Korea. KHS 1
Eeurqia. Voice 01 Hope

5100([0
179~do

71GDtlu
~!lHOrlo

G1OO p"
j2 t1 t1~l t

.1405.ls
I 5730" s
4890do

9345,IS

96,1O~ 1I

1171O,IS

1 1 9 9~) ~ s

9C9Deu
15,13(),1S
1779.'hIS
6015"5
9730,,:,
1230;15
1!J11 5as

118115cu
15:60" s

153G5ell
1 5 ~)6() a s

17720ell
ti'bl0as

615 ~)ils

J'HlU,h
1J515" s

13G:J5as

151 ~Oa s

Vatican State

vaucenRanm Ask the AbtlDt

13695cu
5990,15
9515JIll
118653111
1531Oa5
15575'.'<1
17885al
13815aln
7365as
7510al11
9930as
609511a
6160as
15160as
7J25na
9':00alll
60.1Oam
7490na
9955alll
7355al1l
15745na
9475am
11830lla
6065af
7220do
11550.15
9535dS
17820al
4840do
9650as
9545as
3985'1.1
9890as
9485a1
21515a5
11650n3
15395eu
7285as
59,Well
12020eu
93751!11
11625as
3930do
12; 20as

13750'1<\
6190.11
9740'/a
11940a1
15420.11
17640''1<1
21470.11

9355a~

15290;15
619:>'1 <1
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12095eIJ

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15485', <1
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21660,11

941ueu
11750as
15220am
15565a5
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9-1 30as
9760as

9:55<1111
11715,lS

15375s.1

157.1 5eo

12160alfl
136%11.1

138.15<1111
1775011<1

15685am

11795as

1!:1:J5PII

15325rn1'

11620as

1371O~iS

12090<15
11565a1

15585,15
155951T1P

13740pa
17630eu
9715as
7270eu
150; cas
1517511a
13765au

15240nd
21605111('
15295i15
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96.15a5
15.125;;s
11 8750a
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1 7750 ~"

98.10<15

15630l1a

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1300
1300
1300
1305
1310
1310
1311
1330
1345
1352

Australia. Radm World ilnrl Auslrallan News

Singapore. R SmqapmeInll: ~J~':IS
JSA, KNLS Ancllor Pcint AK: Muslc'Nel'l5iCOlflinentil'y
Swrre-tann. SI'IISSRa:JioIntl. nnwsnet
xusuaua RadIO The Europeans
JSA VOA WashlOglor, OC (as pac: Cute's cnoce
-tussra VOice 01 SCienceand En Q' ~ f.efln g II' tile CIS
JAE. saco Dubai Ne'....s
'/allcanStale. vancno aacm. '111m Heart .me M:nd
vancan State. vaucan RadIO On-toe-en

Mondays
;300
~3 00

131 0
131 0
133J
i 330
1335
1338
13JO
13-15
1353

:>hrl'ODI nes, FEBC fje.'ls InSI!jht

elSA. VOA 'IIashl'lglor DC (as p,l el' VOA fJe,',s
'\ ustla'ia.Ra,ho D,1te1lnc ASia Paelhc
3razd ;:\ad:obras Br.l 2 1 1 1a ~ Rep orler
:>hil;DOlnes ~ E 3C World flews Uoda'e
Uzbekistan.RadIO i Jshkenl. NC':ls
:>IHI'D;Jlncs. -ESC NC/.s lrom tile Pl:iilPDlilcs
', el ~ e r la 'l j s , Rad iO Ne/,sllne
:>Ilil':lprncs ;:E3C CO'npuler Corner
'IalicanSlate. Vatican R,lOIO 10Inp Ends at U'e !can n
~~el~e r lan d s, Ra:!lo Resealch File

Tuesdays
1300
1300
1310
,3~ O

1330
1338
13Jl
1345
135':

'\ustra'ia. RarllO: World ann Alislr'll'a Nel':s andSport

:>h i l , ~p lI1e5 fESC NeilS InSight
AusH a;la. RadiO: Oalfl'neAslaPaohc
Brall i. Rad,otJras Bralil ian Renortel
DIIIIIlJPlrJe5 H SC. World Nc'.'is Upda:c
fJelilerlands, RadlQ fie'::sltne
Canada. RCi r..1onl,pal Slleclr,llll
'JatlcallSlale, ValicanRanio: ,\ Roorn1'lIth.l Vip\,,' 01 tl1P
'!allcan
~J e lil er la ~ j s , RadiO' ~'Mror l rn a qe s

1359

Wednesdays
1300
1305
1315
1328

Ptlilipplncs, FEBC Nc',', s Inslgllt

SWII/erlaf'd, SI.'ISSRarlio Inti: newsret
Philippmes. FEBC ' FEBC OX Dial
Nor:11Korea, R Pyong,an;r The nenamscences 01 inc Grtat
Leaner
1330 Ind,.l All india flaGIO: r.evsaro CO'T'f'len,ari
1330 Ptuhopmes FE8C . Wand i;c',';s update
1335 Philippll1es FEBC News r-cnuc P hi l,~ prne5
1338 neirenancs. naco: n evsnoe
1339 ,~ or1 l1 Korea , R f\'ongyang It-e Great t.lan of the t cnn -,
13-10 Phl!IPPI'les FESC Comoute- COrner
13~5
V,lllca" State, Vallcar. Ra~ io: The RJ1'e Repo:1
1346 lno'a Ail hlt::l,l R'lnra In\l'an rltuslC

Thursdays
1300
:3 10
1310
1330
1330
1335
13JQ
13.15
1350

1350
1352
1359

PMpPlnes "EBC ~j e 'M InS:(;I't

';uslra'ia, RadiO Oa:eli'le o\.sia Paclli:
Sralll, Ra(J:oNas B'2/l li.l ~ Reponer
Pllllippl'lcS FEAC wor d fle".sUp,:Ja:e
UM. RanlO Dubal Ne':"s
PltlllPPlnes FEBC fle ,\51r()~ l~e ?~i i l cD i1es
Uzbeklslan. Rad iO Tasl'~crt! C()rfes~o1:jr1! Re ~(lr-:s
V,1!1Can Slalc. Vatican RJd~ c i~ PCjjP .1:10 the Peo~ :~
U/Oeklstan. :<a(\lo T,1sh >:~11
llf" ,n the
Village
V.l hcan Slale. 'Iat:can Padic Diiql l~' City
rJell'efla ~ds, Radra. r,\ecia f~ell'.'or k
Valocan Slale. Vat:can Radic P oslc .-~ls :' om R '-' ~l e

131 0
1330
1330
1330

s-en. aanocras araauan Reporter

Scam . AWR,KSDA: International Focus
pnuppmes. FEBC World Nev-s Update.
I:A, Radio Dubai: News
Por,:Jqal. R,H.lIOPortligailltl Visitors' No le bon~
Thenand rjo','J
raoo Portuqat 1111: usrerers r..l allbag(triweekly]

13 ~ 2
13~ 5

vancan State vancm Ra,110

1346

PortuqJI

Saturdays
13CO
1.lG5
1305
310
1315
133,j

RadiO wom and Austranan ~Je '::s

sn cacore. R Smqapore lntl:Chartbeat
Swtzenano. S','IIS, gameInll r~ el': s r et
L'SA. 'l OA','1,ishinglOn DC (as pacr TheAmencan A~ e nd,'.
S',';I:l e,lanlJ 5','llSs R.llllQIntI: Capital Lellers 12:-11
AJs:raild RadiO " uslraha Toda;
r ~ , !i~rlr,es FE SC Ccmpuler Corrr.r
S,rgapore, R Smga ~ c re Iml Regional Press Re,'II':
V'l' io n Siale. ValiC"l1 RadiO By 1I',eWa:
'.' " : 1 ~3 ~ Stdle Vatlc"n i=lad,o Facmg the Challenge
"e~~e~;ar,;JS RadiO' Wce~e nd
...atiwn Siale. VatiCan RadiO Whal Car: I Do?
i"J S;~d iia.

1 3~O

131']
13 ~5

1351
1355
1356

Rob Grcl'/Z,

A'r}ther/mlds '
" Prcss RCl'icll' ''

IU//()ll'j'lg

Fridays
1300
1300
13:0

/] oSI

(~lR {/ dj(J

" Nel t'sh ll c

,i ustl" lia. Radi O: World ant!Australa Ne'/is <,"1 SOClr:

Pllll'r.r.llles, rEBC fJews I n s i l: ~ t.
Austra'ia. RadiO: Dalel:IIP Asia PaCl1:c

August 1997

MONITORING TIM ES

55

SHORTWAVE GUIDE

1400 UTe

1;:~~:: :~~

FREQUENCIES
1400-1500
1.100-1500
1400,1430
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500 vi
140Q 1S0Q vi

1400-1500 'II
1400-1500

1400-1500
1 400 I ~ vO

14001500
1400 1500
1400 1500
14iJO- 1500 S
14001500
1400 1500
14001500
1400-1500 as

14001500
14001500
14001500
1400-1430
14001500 '.'1
1100 \ 500
14001500
14001500
1400-1500
1400 1500 ',1
1400 1430
14001500
14001500 occsnal
1400,1-110
1400-1500 'II
14001500
14001500

AI1[]t11 lla,Cilrlbb e;11l B'!ilCOIl

11775<1111

nustraua. tcuno

599~ Pil

Australia, R(I(II1)

9770pa
2310rlo

il lJstralia VL8AM Ct! Spg

A'1511 alia VL8K KathclI liC
Australia VIST Tell: elk

esc

Canada.
N QudJCCSvc
Canada. Cf CX MOllh cal
Canada CFRXt oronto
C.m;Hla CFVP CalYdlY
Canada. CHtJX Halifax
Canada CKlrJSt Jnfm's
Canada CKZU vancouver
Canada R Canaoa Inti
CIUlla, Ctuna Ra(!IO Inll
costa Hlca.RF Peace Inll
Ecuador, HC JB
Eqt gumea. R East ntnca
Fiance RadioFrance 11111
Georgia, Voice 01Hope
India, AI India RadiO
rsraer KJ l lslael
Italy IRRS
Japan, F Japan:NH KWond
Jcntan Barno
Malaysl?. Raruo
MalaySia RTM KlI ctling
M a la \' s l~ . RT M KolaKlflabalu
Mexico Radio t.tcxicn In1l
netnenanos. Rar1iO
fie,..Zealand, R fJZ inn
Panstan naco
Papua Nel', GUi nea tJBC
P~, IIDPl r es

FEBC'R lntl
gcssta.voice 01 R lI S S I ~ Ws

SmpaporeR COlP01 Silig

9860p,1

11S00p.l

1400 1500
'10011 30
14001500

511'-"Ilk,] SII Lanka Be

H1Jllallli. l1adlO
Uliited KII1!J110I1l , flUGWS

9730as
9655<15
5990;15
% 15a11l

9830'1 5
5 ~ auar
97,lOa5

119,10,11

1209:leu

15220al1l

15565as
17840aTll
13815;1l11
1171511'1

15575va
2' 470al

17610v,1
21660al

r25as
15160as

7215;15
15225va

1'87511,1

15745eu

2485lJo
2325do
9625[10

6005110
6070do
6030tlo
6130110
6160do
6160lJo
1 18~ 5a lll

7160as
7385arll
12005am
15186af
11910.15
12120.15
95-15as
12080n.1
3985,,'.1
7200eu
11690eu
7295do
7160do
5980do
970511.1
9890as
6100pa
9485al
4890(10
11995.15
47-10me
9 595 11 1~

1400-15DO

9580pa

11985me
6155do

13650aill
7405na

7405as

15115arn

21455;1I1l

1 5 4 C5 :~le

17560me

116"Oa5
15650lla

13710as

120S0a:;

15585as

115(;5al

15595rne

494Cllle
980(!as
lS3501l1

4975nle
11665111e
154301T1

11825;15

73 ~~~s

11835111C
15540l11e

1400-1 500
14001500
11001500
14001500
1400-1500

USA.KA IJ Dallas TX
USA KJf S r,.h'sqlllle NM
USA.KT BfJ Salt u C'ly UT
USA MOlll101 nano inn
US;I Voice 01 America

14001500
1400-1500
1,100-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
14001500 as
14001500
1400-1500
1400-1405
1400-1500
1400-1500 vi
11 15-1430 \'1
1415-1-1 27
1120-1500 as
1430-1500

usrl, WEWN Blrmlllgll,lTll ,\l

USA WGIG McCaySVille GA
USA.WHfll Nobtcsvnle H'J
USA WJCR Upton KY
USlI WHMI'R Ml.1I nl mu
USA WRNO NewOuems LA
usr\ WVHA Gleell tJ\lS ~ Mf
USA.WWCRNashVille HJ
usz, WY ~R Okeechobee F_
vaucan Slate Vatican R
Zam rna. ChflStl.1l1VOice
Zambia. R Z;Hllllla,'ZNSC 1
Cyprus BFH Inlern"lIOnal
r~ e pa l , RadiO
Palau KHBtJ,\l olce 01Hope
AU 51r ~I Ir J Radlu

1430-1500
1,130-1,l,1O
1430-1440 nuwnt
1430-1500
1430-1500 vi
1140-1500

Guam A\" 8,'KSDA

IM la. Allln(!I,l R.'r1 10
I r l do r t ~ la RRI UJ Palld,lll y
Romani" RPomanumn
Zamf.ia R l 'lIlllll.L,zr,BC 2
Mvanmar VOice 01

11905as

6195a5
11750;15

9410eu
11865al11
15485v.1
17830al

7~ lOa rn

9355a5
6160<ls
9160.1S
15425as
9,15511,1
9100am
6040al11
7490na
9%5al11
7355arll
1574511.1

9(;,1535
15395.15

15105;Hll

12160al11
115505.1
13765au

g ~75arTl

5 95 01l ~

11625as
6065.11
4910do

13845am
11830n,1

15685,1Il1
17750ca

9850pa

6150 ~ o

5005do

7'65d o

6060Da
11660.15
7100as

6080Da

9615as

6 1 ~0 r10

%65dO

983~ do

ssssas

4753do
15J35.1S
6165do
5990do

17720.15

SELECTED PROGRAMS . . .
Sundays
1400
1~0 1

Aost-n.a. R;;(liO wonc ,(1\(1 ;'~i.in ne.vs

U,( BaC Lunnoa IAII,. AQuestion u1Science taru.t otn.17l1l)
. ro nn Wilson lOO KS ,11 no .. SCIi:rK ~ ,lfj~C ts e-erv aspect of our

PH)

France Radlu Fr,HI(~ tntt Asan AII,JI,,:; I~ I tll'.eei\ly)

trance Rac.o France mn P,lIIS rcmenaoe
Ph i lip~ lfles . FEBC Fdr East Forum
;: ra ~ :;f . aaoc Furcetnn: nev-s II I Brld
Russia. V(),ce ill Kafeur oscupe
Fr .l~C C Rci(j ,O sr.mce tun Club9516
r.etae-racos. Radio: "'/lde Angle
Ptueppmes. FHiC Soouc words
rsetuedanus. R"diu: Suen Song

eves

1422
1-130
1.; J2
1432
1433
1439
1-\,15
1454

Mondays

1400
1411
1426
1430
1431
1431
P32
1433
1438
1440
1445

14,1 7
1454

Aust,,,I,,l PaulO World aM As.an tJc:;s

RJSSia, '18.[e of. N~"ls and 'I,e"is
Austral,;; M<i(1 i,J Ar ouM Aus:r.ll'a
uemeuancs. HJUIO r'J I'!S
AuS,~J l ia Raolo' InnO'IaNlnS
Fra nc ~ , HJ(1 I() F r ,l n (~ Inti RF I f u ro ~r
RusslJ.'1o,ce of FOI ~ Box
FrJnce, RaOlO FrJnct Inll r-lel'l, :'18r1el
r~ellle ri Jo ds. Raoio fle\'iSI,;1e
France, RadiO Fiance 11111 f1F i Sp u~ IS
UK BBC London IAEAF>: Tt,e LatJ Ane\'1 mayazioe pfO yram
un sCience ana 1~[ h nol o9Y for youngpeople
FIance RadiO Fr,mce Inti: Art:; In FIance
N e 1tl e ,I ~ Il ~ s . Ra(ho: AGno(l llle
Australl;;, RadiO , W0rld ,Hid ASIOIOtk.vs
AustrJIo,l. Rauio. Bu ~ I Ie S~ D,l'/
A u~tr al :J, Radio: Around AUSIIallii
Australia. RadiO . Arts AUSt!alia
Flallce. RadiOFrance Inti: Frailce 100ay
RU SSia, '1o,ce of_Yours fOl IIle Asking
I- la1\[ e HalllOFiance Inll: RF I ElilOpo
Fl,lnce, Ralllo France Inti: /-Ie l'is In Slid .
FIance, Rdt1 iu F r d ll c~ Inll: Biloks
Fr,,:lce, R"dIO ha nce Ilitl SClel\ce Probe
r.elne r IJ r ; d ~ . RadiO: Mus,c 5215

Wednesdays

1400
1401

56

Australia, RadiO: World ;;lld Asiafl tJe','is

Vatican Slale, Valicall R,lr1 io: Wh,lI CanI Do?

MONITORING TIMES

August 1997

USA VOA W,lslllnlJton DC las P,,[ ) A~ la seoon

KOSSIJ. VOice 01 News mo 'J,ell:;
AustrJlla,R,HIIU Busness Day
AUSlr ,II'" R,lOI O' !ltound Auslralla
Aust:,llia Rar1lo Science File
France. Radi OFl<!IKe inti RFIEurcue
RUSSI,} VOice or t ne J,lll Sno,','
France. RJ~I O France um NeVIS In unet
rr.mce R.111 0 FIance Inti Tile Bottom Lme
France. Ha~I O Fr<lnce run L,md 01Fr"rllc

Thursdays
1100
1.:00
1426
1-131
H 35
1-\11
14,:3
1'; :3
11 ~3

1448
1453

Austrdll<!, gaco WOll(Jand " , 1,11 rk .'.s

USA VOA W,lshingtun [)(; las p,le) VOl. news
AuSlr"I,a aauo:ArocnoAumaha
Prance. RJ:!lu FIance 11111 Spurts
halite , R,t,l:o France inti f,FI Europe
Fr,ll1ce, naoo Fraoce Ir.!1 News ,0 Bnet
Fldllce RJdluFIance Inti r~ Clr: 11 , Sl) lI tii ltJJ'" ,,!~~ ly )
runce. R.I~JI O trance u-n r'unet Eann IIH,'ife kly)
trance naco FIance 1011 H\CArr,ellc<lS t.1 aaMllle (!II
FIance Rld,u FIanCe liltl r.1.l(lt! In FIiHl(;I'
Nel li~ r l,l mls , !la(ho Rese.Jrch File

Fridays
1400
1418
1-1 26
1131
I ':]}

1.;33
1439

Tuesdays
1400
1418
142b
1431
1431
1432
1433
1441
1442
1449
1454

1': 10
I ': 11
1':18
1':26
1.131
1-1 31
1432
1441
1-143
1446

1 -1 ~1

1446
1454

Australia, fl,](1 1O World ,11itJ ASIl1 tJ!~ " " S

Austr,lloa fladiO: BuslIle" Day
Auslralia, R,lII<O ' !,rounr1 I'ustl,tha
FIance, RadiO Fl,lIlce Inll- RF I Europe
Rlls'" a, V'l ll:l~ ot Mu ~ ic ,tl Your 11 eq ll ~ st
fJet nertanus, Ra(!to: Nel'islille
rl.lnCe, R.tdlo FIance Inll' N ~ I" s III [JOel
lunce, Badlo FIance Ir,tl '11m Reel
FIance, K.lllio , lance Inll Silk RO,t(b !lul'ICt kli l
fMMriJllds, RadiO: DocumentalY

Saturdays
1':00
1400
1,1 11
1 4~5

1430
1430
1132
14:l4
1438
1410

AuWaha. R;lIloo: Worl(l anu ,151,1'1Nb ',S

V,l!Ie,1Il StJle. V,l1Ie,l1l R,,(l lu F,HII I OJ NUIlll!ers
RU SSia, VU lceul New:; <lll(l Vltl'IS
FrallLe, Ra(lw FIance Ifill: Fows 011Fldl1 U'
fMllellamJs. lla(lio_ News
US A WtlRI Nollll!svllle If) IAII\I,i I2j [)XII I\lWi lli ClJlllllie
RUSSia, VO ice 01 T il ilel l rl~~
Flallce, RalJ lO Flallce lUll: AS;,t rile
fJ8tllellando" Ha(M: N'~':i~ l lIl e
Pl ll l i lJ[l lIl e~ , H BC Mailt),lq

1-154
1155

Netneuands. aaoo HCUgtlly Speai< 'llg

Ptnhpmnes. FEBC FEEiG ox 01,,1

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS
RUSSIA: R. STANTSIYA TIKHIY
OKEAN, VLADIVOSTOK
l bi l ~

0 7 15-()SOO l :TC
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(HIH ' \ I ( l ll i l \l ri ll ~ I
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fREQUENCIES
1500-1600
1500-1600

1500-1600 vl
1500-1600 vl
1500-1600 vl
1500-1600vi
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1 600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600 s
1500-1600
\500-1600
1500-1600
15001600a;
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600a
1500-1525
1500-1600\'1
1500-1600

AngUllla,Caribbean Beacon
Australia. Radio

Australia. Vl8A Ailee Spg

Australia.VL8KKatherine
Australia. VLBT Tent erk
Canada, CBC N QuebecSvc
Canada. CFCX rllontreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVPCalgary
Canada, CHIJX Halitax
Canada CKZ ~J St John's
Canada CKZU vancouver
Canada R Canada Inti
China ChinaRadi o 11111
Costa Rica.RF PeaceInti
Ecuador, HCJB
Eot GUinea. R EastAtnca
Georg ia VOice 01Hope
Guam, TWR' KTVIIR
Ireland.W Coast R Ireland
Israel.Kol Israe l
Iialy IRRS
Japan, R Ja pan , ~J H K World

1500-1600
Jordan. RadiO
1500-1510
ubena.t.Cn H Liberia Int
1500-1600
MaIJ\'sla. Radie
1500-1600'II
Mala,'SiJ R~M Kuchrng
1500-1600',1
MaIJ\'sia.RTM KotaKlnabalu
1500-1530
MeXICO. naco MeXICOmn
1500-1530
Mongolia voce 01
1500-1515s
Myanmar, voce at
1500-1525
aemenarcs. RadiO
15001600 occsnar Nc'.': Zealand. R NZ Inti
15001550
North Korea RPyongyang
15001530 s
15001530 as
15001600 'II
1500-1600

1500-1526
15001600

~JOf','laY,

Radio Norway Inti

Palau, KH8fJ-Volce 01 Hope
raoua New auoea fiSC
Phlhpplnes. FEBC R Inti
Romania, RRcmarua Inti
sussa.voce 01 Russia'liS

11775am

7345a5

9730va
12035va

1500 1500 1ll1l'lhfa

sevcueaes. [ [ SA R,l(!IO

12025'JJ
15460va
9810as

231Ddo

15001530 nu fa

2485do
2325do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
61 30do
6160do
6160do
11855am
7160as
7385al11
12005am
15186al
121 20as
11580as
61 75ell

15001600
1500-1600

Scycnujes. FEBA RadiO

Sinq.lpor,R Gorp of Sllig
ljmted Kmqdum. BBC WS

11600as
6155(10
5975a5

S995pJ

6060pa

60tlDpa

9615as
120BOpa

985Dpa

11660as

9~35eu

3985va
nOOal
11730a!
11690eu
5100do
729500
7160do
598000
9705na
:3720as
599000
3890.15
S100pa
H05 e ~

13785me
3985as
9985as
4890do
11 995as
15335as
H~ O Ya

9580pa
l t800pa

5990.15
9515alll
11940'11

13650al11
9785as
15115am

uoncoKmqnum BBC'liS
USA KAIJ D.111as TX
USA KTsr'J Salt u CllyUT
USA, KW~lR Naaienu HI
USA Voice01 America

15001600
15001600
1500- 1600
1500-1600
15001600 IllI','ltlt
15001600
1500'l 600a s
15001600
15001600
15001600
15001600 ,,1
15001600 ,,1
151~ '1530 ml':,hf
1530-15.\5

USA WE WN Blrmlngllam AL
USA WGTGMcCaysville GA
USA WHRI nobtes-rne IN
USA WJC RUpton KY
USA Wfl/,lIIH Miami Inll
USA Wfl rJQN ~1'i Oucans LA
USA, \WHA Gteenousn ME
US,\ \VlVCH NashVille TN
USA WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zanuna cnnsuan VOice
Zamma R Zamoia,'ZrJ BC 1
Zambia R Zambla,'ZNSC2
Estonia Radio
India. All India HadlO

21 ~ 5 5a rn

11695as

1 56~ Oca

72~Oaf

9535na

9750as

15355at

12085au
12090,15

15585.15

9325eu

9640cu

9975n,1

13805.15

1530-1600
1530 1600
153015-15 Sill
1530 1600tIlL',hl
154516005h
1545,1600
15451600

Iran. 'JOIRI
KMakllsl,Hl, RadiOAlmaly
Seychelles. f EIlA RadIO
Sn Lanka. Sn lan kaBC
Bangladesh, Bangl,1 Betar
Israel Kol lsrael
Pakistan, RadiO

1 5 ~ 00a t

15~B5a f

17705al
21660af
11860al
13815arn
15590alll
9930as
6160as
9700l1le
15395as
945511,1

17830al

178~Oall1

6195a5
11750as
15220am
15575va
21470al

15~20a f

17880al

2\490al

7125as
9760as

7215as
15205as

9645as
15255va

11875na

157~5na

9~00a rn

13760am

1550-1600

17720as
~ 9 7 5 \'a

vancan Slate, 1J,1I1cal1 R

15105arn

7~ 90 n a

9955am
7355am
15715va
9~ 7 5a m

11830na
6065,1t
191000
6165do
5925eu
6150do
9835do
7215as
6230eu
11 600as
9730as
4880do
12080va
9~25as

13590al
49~Ova

1194 5va
1543Qva

6190af
9740.15
12095as
15565va

9410eu
11865arn

1500-1530
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
15001600

11 775va
15350va

99 ~Oa s

12160al11
17750co1

138 ~5 am

15685arn

7 1 ~Odo

741Odo

9565do

11570,11

11955.11

l m Ollo
955001S

15650va
9515015
15555011
13765as

73251,',1

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1500
1500
1510
1515
1530
1530
1532
1540
1545

Ecuador. HCJ8 OurtO(a" )' Encounter

Jordan, RadiO: Listeners' cooce.

USA, IJOAwasmrcton DC (as): New HJnl OnS
U ~:, BBC LondonlAEI: cceraof the Week. Tbesummer
reptaccmeralor ConcertHall
Alstralia, Radio' Fine Music Australia
USA, 'IDA WashinglOn DC (as): NCI','s ISp" Clal English)
acssra.voce of Mosco,': Ye sterday and Toda"
USA,VOA Washlll glon DC las): WOlds andtheir stones
(Special English)
USA, VOA Washington DClas}: People In Amenca (Special
EngliSh)

Mondays
1500
1500
1500
1503
1506
151 1
1515
1532

Jordan, aaoo Program Review

USA, VOA Wasllinglon OC (ilS): VOA rJews
USA, WGTG, McCaysvilleGA: Larr/ rncncrs {live]
Jordan, sado : Music
USA, WWCR ~ 3 Nasnvd e TIl f reedom's Call1lll'e)
Ru ssia, Voice 01. MoscowMailbag
Japan, naoo: Asian TopNews
Russia.VOiceof I tus isRussid

Tuesdays
1500
1502
1506
1511
1515
1530
1530
1530
1540
1545

USA. WGTG, McCaysville GA' Larry NicllOls IIlve)

Jordan, aaco. Women
USA, '1N1CR 1"3 NashvneTN: Freedom's Calil live)
Russia. Voice 01: Focus 011 Asia and the Paone
Japan Rauro: AsianTop rJe':ls
Jordan. naco. Pop Breaker
Pbmppnes. FEBC World News ucuete
USA. VO A wasnocronDC (as): News(Special English)
USA,'lOA wasrunoton DC (as): Agflciliture Report (Spr.ci,11
Erglish)
USA, VOA Washlllgten DC (as): ScienceIn therJe,','s
(SpecialEnglish )

Wednesdays
1: 00
1~02
1: 06
1: 10
1: 11
1:,15
1:30
1531

1510
1:45
1555

USA WGTG

r.1:Cays vi ll~

GA: Lany N,chols 1:II.,e)

roman . RadiO. JordanWeekly,

USA. WWCR . 3 Nasllville HJ Frceocn's Call (live;,

Australia, Rarlto: ASia Focus
Russia. Voice ot rocus on As,a and the Pacmc
Japan, RadiO: ASian Top tJCI';'S
USA. VOA Wash,nglon DC (as) Nel',s (Special English)
Australia,Pace. Australia ToddY
USA, VOA wasmnoton DC(as) Science ncoon ts occer
English)
USA VOA Washington DC (as) Explorationl Spcci.11
English)
vaucan State, vaucan Rarfio. Mailbox

Thursdays
\500
1500
1502
1506
151 1
1515
1515

1530
1532
1540
15,15

Japan, aaeo: News

USA, WG TG , M~Ca y sv i lie GA Lally NicholS(live)
Jordan, Rad iO: Ncwl10fll ol1 s
USA WWCR "3 N;lsllVllle m Freedom 's C,111(live)
RU SSI,\. voceot f ocus on ASIJ and theP,1CltIC
Japan, aacm Asun fop NeVIS
UK, BBC London (AE): Crossing tile Eoruer Ancient anti
modem mUSlca\ uao.ncns ale beinq blended irl western ,l!l-J
non-western music
USA VOA WaShington OC (as): News (Special En(jllsh)
Jordan, fladlo. Pop Session
USA, VOI\ wasnmotcn OC (as): SCI!~!1 ce Report (Sp~ c i al
Englisll).
USA, VOA washmcton OC (as) Tile Makil10 of a Nuon
(SpeCial En[jlish)

1511
1515
1530
1530
15~O
15~5

1550

RUSSia VOice01: Focus onASiaand the Paone

J,WJn, nadia ASian Top r ews
I'hllrpprnes, FEBC World flews Update
USA, 'I DAWa shington DC (as):News tsoecar English).
USA, IJOA wasmnmon DC (as): Envrronment Pepon
rsoecer EngliSh )
USA. \fOAWastlillylon DC (as) AmericanMosaic
(Specat Englisll)
V,l!1CJIl State. varcan fladi,) : News hom themrrcm

Dtuncn

Saturdays
1500
1500
1500
1502
151 0
1510
151 0
1510
151 \
1530
1540
1515

Austr,lha. naoo: World ana Aus tralianNews

Japan, Radio: News
Jordan. saoo: Program nevlew
Jordan.RadiO Joruan We~kly
Allstr,llla, R,HIIO: 0, scuncs,,\.
Japan, fla(fIQ: " siJ We~kly.
USA.IJOA wasnmeton DC (as). Agriculture Today
USA, VDA wasnmaon DC (me): The Amencan Agenda,
RUSSia, VOiceof: Focus 011 Asiaandne Pacific
USA. VOA W,l~ llIng t on DC (me): N~ \'Is (Special Ellgllsh).
USA,VOA Wa slllllgtonDC (me): In the News (Special
EnUllsll )
USA, VOA Wasilington OC (me): American Stories
(Special Enqlistl)

Fridays
1500
1502
1506

USA, WGTG, McCaysville GA Larry Nichols llivln

Jordan, Ra(ho: In COllcell
USA,WWCR, 3 Nasllville TN : Freedom's Call (live),

A ugust / 997

MONITORIN G TIM ES

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SHORTWAVE GUIDE

1600 UTe
FREQUENCIES
160017JO

Algeria. R AllJ leT S 11111

AngUl lla,Carlhhean Beacon
Ausll alld. RddlO

160017)0
160Q17JO

1600- 17)0 'II

Australl,l VL8A Alice Sill]

1600-17) 0 ':1

160017)0':1
1600,1610
1600-17)0 'II
1600-17)0
160017)0
160017)0
1600-17)0
160017)0
1600-17)'J
160017)0
1600 17)0 as
160017)0
1600-162/
160017) 0
160017) 0

ALl slraha, Vl8K x.nncnne

AU slralu. VL81 lent Cr ~
Banqlaoesh BangiaButar
Canada, CBC N Ooebec svc
Canada CFCX f.1orHieal
Canada CFR X Toron to
Canada, CFVP Cauarv
Canada CH rJXH.lhf,l<
Canada,CKl N SI Jonn's
Canada CKZU Vancouver
cnma CI1IIla Ra(llo 11111
Costa Rica Al1 v World R
Costa Rica RF Peace 11111
czecn Rep Badm Plague
Ethiopia RadIO
France Barno f rance Inti

16001650

GCllnallj'. DeutscheWelle

1600,1630
16001630
160017) 0 'II
16001630
16001610
1600-17JO
1600-1650 occsmt
1600-1630

Guam . WR,KTVVR
Iran, VOIRI
Italv, lARS
Jordan 11.1(110
t esomc. R,ltlio Lesotho
Malaysl,'. Raf1m
Ze,llall{1. R
inn

1600-17JOvl
1600-17J0

PapIIJ NI!\'I GlIlIlea NIlC

HIISsid'/olee ul Rlissia VIS

new

151GOI1l~

\5205J!

5995pa
961Spa

GOGOlld
9S50pa

6080pJ

11800p,1
2310(10
2485(10
2325(10
4880tll)
962S(j()
6005tll)
6070do
6030110
6130do

120801.\;1

11 i1 5at

ru

9875as
11580as
7'2. tbas
3985va
1169Ueu
..l800tlu
i 29!J1JO
6100pa
9IS5,11
15595 111C
,I890tlo
13..l5a5
9615al
9765al
1 166~ I \I(~

I 1775va
11Y85vd
15 ,1 3 0 1~ 11

1600-1630
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-11QO
16001630

5 Africa. Ctunnet AIIIC<I

Sinqapnte.H Corp 01 SIII(j
5011111Knrea. fl Korea lull
SWa!II'lIHI. Ir.ms WOlld H
SWIILedallu, S\'IISS R Ilitl

9860p.1

UAE Radio Dubai

Urlted KlIlgdom, SSG WS

\l580pa
11660pa

15520do

1600-1615
16001700
16001700
16001700
1600-1700
1600-1700

unt eoKingdom SSC WS

USA. KAIJ DallasTX
USA, KTBN Salllk Citv UT
USA KWHR Naarenu HI
USA r.tonnor RadiOInti
USA Voice of Ameuca

1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700 srntwnt
1600-1700 nuwnt
16001700
16001700
1600-1700

USA I,'JEWfJ Benuncham AL

USA. '!lGTG M~CayS\' ill : GA
USA. WHRI Nomesvrne IN
USA WJCR Upton KY
USA Vir.'LK Betnei PA
USA. WRMI,R Mrarru Inll
USA WRrJQ Ne~'1 Orleans LA
USA. WWCR NashVille -f J
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL

1600-1610
1600-1630

Vatican State Vatican R

Vatican State. vaucan R

16001630
16001700
1600 1700vi
16001700 vl
16101615
16101700
161 51700as
1630 1655

vietnam. Voice of
Zambia, Ctmsuan Vuice
Zambia, R Zambla/ZfJBC 1
Zambia. R ZambiaiZNBC 2
Bangladesh, Bangia Betar
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Unted Kingdom, BBCW5
Austria, R Austru Inti

1630-1657
16301700
16:1O1700
lfi301700
1530 \ 700
16451700 IIr eg
1645-1700
1650,1700
1650 1700 I1lt\'1111

Canada, R Canada Inti

Egypt, RadIO Carro
Georgia, Radio
Slovakia. AdvWorld Rad io
Slovakia. R Slovakia Inll
AlgI1:\lIislan. Radio
Talikistan,Radio Dushanbe
Eql Gumea Radio mea
fJel'! Zealand. R fJZ Inti

utnooo
6160do
15110,11
9725am
7385am
5930eu
71 65al
11Co t bme
15460,,1
61 7 0a ~

Pakistan. r~ all lO

16001640
1600 1700

1\ i7 ~.ll1l

6120,\1

15130af
11870alll

13750am

17485al
9560al
11700al
15530al
7185al
11810,1t

11800al
12015al

1521 0af

1225as
13690as

9735a f
17800al

9550as

1 1 ~)6 5.1 S

7..l,IOCIl
91i35al
9775clI
11675al
11835va
12 0 ~ 5va
1 55 ~ Ovd

119:J5" s

155TO:ll

9..l ~Oa l

% 95al
!l 130al
9975:11
11725rne
I 1945va

96151!1I
9880al
1168510e
11850va
15350va
1787511il

1 5~00ell

91385:\1

[i 15~H l o

59751:11

% ISaf

98/ 0al

13G35a5

15530as

!J ~)OOill
1 2()7 ~a s

15395rne
3255al
7160a5
15400al
17830al
5990.15
13815am
15590am
9930a5
18930al
6035af
7215as
13600al
15255\'a
17895<11
118i5 na
9400arn
13760am
7..l90na
9465eu
9955am
7355am
9..li5arn
11705na
21525a!
9940as
4005eu
11810eu
9840at
3330al
4910do
6165do
..l880uo
11550as
9:> 15am
6155eu
13730.11
7150as
15255al
61aOeu
11600as
591 5cu
7200as
72..l5as
15186af
6145pa

17630eu
3915a5

6190al

15.l85eu
178.\Oalll
6195a5

5975J5
11750,1$
15565nw
21470al
9515am

6110d5
9645as
13710al
15395<1s

6160<15
9700me
15205': <1
15410al

7125<1s
9760as
15225al
15':45al

13615na

15745eo

9 .l 10~u

12095eu
1 55 7 ~m

21660al
9740a5

15105am

12160arll
11830na
21745eu
11635as
5882eu

13845am
15695eu

156853111
17750eu

7250eu

9645eu

15420.11
11855me

13710as

15010.11
4965al

11860al
9655eu
9550as

I 3580llle
6055eu

7345eu

9905a5

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1600
1603
16D5
1611
1615
1619
1619
1622
1626
1631
1632
1632

Jordan. RadiO: News 511 Ill lll;1I)'

Jordan. Ratho: ustenersCnmce
Scauertanu. 5\'115S Rad iO Intl: newsnet
Russia. VOiceof Moscow Mall1Ja(]
UK. BBGLondon (IIFI Opera III mew ees See S 1515
France, RadiOtrance Inti: Evervwoman {bl\'leekIYl
France. aaum France Ilill ueann concerts (lllweekly)
France. Rach o France Inti' PansPromenade
France. Rath o France Inti tcnocs hom A'f1 ca {bll'lcckly)
France. R.ldllJFrance Inll. News Headlines
France. Ratjlo Fiance Ilill ChltJ 9516
Russia VOi ce01 Timelllles

Mondays
1600
1602
160-1
1606
1610
1611
1630
1631
1632
1638
1640
16017

Jordan. RadiO: f~el'lS Summarv

vancan Slate, vaucm Radm fJews
Joruan. Radio' On1I1e All il You Dare
Germany Deutsche Welle Nel'lsl ln"
USA IJOA 'JIashlnglOIl DC (as) Mlrleasl ~dllion
RUSSia. VOiceof N'!I'!!llarkel
USA VOA V/ashlngl@ DC {me) Alll ellC<in Gold
rrance. R"dlo Frdncc Illtl RF I E u r U D~
RUSSia VOice 01 TnIS ISRuss"l
france, f~ad lO France11111. rJ el'is Headline,;
France. Ra(li o Fraoce Illtl RFI SporlS
France. Radi o France Illtl Ail S111 f rance

Tuesdays
1600
1602
1604
1610

58

Jordan. Racho: NeVISSumrna lY

Vatican Siale, Vallf.Jn RadIO. IJ ~I'I~
Jonlall. RadiO: ClaSSicalJam
USA,VOA WaslllnqlOIl DC (as) MlcleaSl EdlllOn

MONITORING TIMES

A ug ust 1997

1(;11
1(;15
1630
1633
16,10

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16,11

RlI>SI,l.VOICe 01 Scumceanti Enqmeennq In theCIS

V;lIIGIllStale. vauc.m Radio: fJe\'ls
USA VOA W,lstlmyton DC (as ). Now Music USA
France . Harhu Prance 1011 RFI Europe
France. Rarhu rr.mce1011. News aeaoioes
France. Harhu Prance inn. Book,
h.mce. H.ldlo France 1~1I : Drumbeat

Wednesdays
1600
H:;04
1(;05
160(;
161 0
1611
1630
1631
1633
1638
1641
1646

Joroan RJdlo: rJl!\':5 SlIrrlll l,lIy

Jurdan, Raulo: The f.' I~
S"iltl crland, SWISS RaDIOmu ~J02I'IS llc l
GCII!ldn,' Deutsche wene 1.jc\'lsLlok
USA VQAW,lshlogton DC (as!,r,M east Edmon
RUSSI" VOice 01 SCienceana Enqmeennq mtneCIS
USA, VUAWastlinylon DC (asl Now uusc USA
Prance. BamoFrance InU. RFI Europe
GemMill' ocutscne Welle AlriedRep ort
Prance. RadIO France mu !'Iel',s ueaomes
France. RadiOFranc\: InU Tile Bol1 om Line
Francil, ll alJlOFrance Inll L"nd JI rrallce

Thursdays
1600
1(;00
1603
1606
1611
HJ30
1630
Hi37
16:l2
16:.19

GCllnany O e u tsc ~ e Welle Nem

Jurtl.tli, Ra d,u: UewSSllll1tl1;JIY
JUI(!all R,ldiO COOiltry '.l uSlc
Geonally, Deutsctle Welle Ne\':sllo'
BU5sld. VOice01 Moscol" M,llibag
Fldllte, Bdd'u France loll SPOlb
UK , BBC LUlluon lAS): TIle LIb. See 1.11445
f! ,IIlCl~ R<ltllu F f.IIl~I'li lli RFI Europe.
BUSSI.] VU I~e ul: MoscoI'1 YesleulJj' and Today
f l;lIIce,Il Jrlio France Inll. fJe',',s Heaallnes

1641
France. Barno france Inti: NOrlhiS(Julh Ibll',eekly)
1641 France. Radio France Inti: Planet Earth {bll'leekly)
164(; France. anne France Inti: SCience Probe.

Fridays
1600
1602
1604
1610
1630
1630
1631
1632
1638
1641
16~6

1647

Jordan. Radio: Nev-s Summary

vaucan Slate. VJ11ca11 Ralllu: news
Jordan.Rauru; Count-y ',ll1 slc

USA VO A wasnoatcn DC (a,) f,1 lde.Jsl Edlion

USA, VOA Washmglon DC (as): Counlry MUSICUSA
USA, VQA Washmgton DC (me) Now Music USA (Tull 20
Countdown)
France. RadiOPrance Inti: RFI Europe
RUSSia Voice 01: vuu- Top Tune
France RadIO FranceInti news Heacnnes
France. Radio France tntt Film Reel
France.RadiOtranceInti Made In France
RUSSia Voice 01 YOU wnte to Moscol'l

Saturdays
1600
1600
1605
1610
1610
1611
1613
161 4
1615
16;J0
1630
1631
1645

Jordan. RadiO, rJe\'is Bullctlll

USA VOA Was tlll1gton OC IdS) VOA !'la ,s
SWitzerland, Swiss RadiOInll NCI'Isnel
Aust ralia . RadiO: A, la f ocus
USA, VOA Washlll(jto1 OC (as): On IIle Line
Russia VOice01 Music and M usl c ia ~ s
Jordan. Ratlio: Music
France. RadIO FranceInll FOCII, on f r,l llte
Sl'Iillerland Swiss Radio Inti Capllal le tlers (2/4)
USA, VOA WaShington DC (.11): fJews Summary
USA, VOA Wd s ~mg !O n DC (as): PlessConference USA
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Frallce. RadiO franceIII!! Fle nct~ Lesson

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Australia. RadIO

Australia. Vl8 A Alice Spg

Australia Vl8 K xamenne
Allslraha. Vl81 Tent Crk
C~ r~ltla eBC N Quebec Svc

1700 I&)() vl
1700180>0

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1700 1800
1700 1800
17001800
17001800
1700 1800

Can,lda CfRXToronto
CarJ.ada,CFVP Calgal~
Can..ada CH r~ x Hahlal
CarJ.ada. CKltl SI John's
Cail.1dJ. CKlU vancocver
Et nua, Chma naco Inti

171).1 800
1700 1727
17001800
1700 1800
17oo1i30
17001800
1700-1800

Costa RICa Rf Peace Inll

cecnR~p . RadiOPrague
Eqvpl. RadiOcane
Fqt conea RadiO Africa
Prance RadIOFrance Inll
Georgia. Voice 01 Hope
Japan. R JapanJ ~IHK World

1 700 1 7~ 0

Uel', zeaano. R NZ Inti

Norlh Korea. R Pyongyang

170018( 0 ,,1
17QOl i E5
17OD18CO

Papua new Gumea , IJBC

Pubuu Polish R Warsaw
aussta.voce 01Russia WS

1700-18(00 mh',hl

1700 1730
17001730
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17001730
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Slovakia gov World Pamo
Spalll, Rh terior Espana
S'.'IItm land. Swiss R Inti
umtco Kingdom, BBCWS

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1700 1soi
1700 1800
17001800
17001800
17001800

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USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KTaN Silli lk City UT
USA, KWH R ttl,llehu HI
USA. Mollitor aano Inti
USA. Voice01Amellca

17001800 mll'/hl

USA. VOice 01Arntli lca

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1700-1 800
17001800
1700-1800
1700-1800 smlwhl
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1745 1800

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USA. WIf.B Rell llOil PA
USA \'I JCR upton KY
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USA WRMI/R Ml3mi Inti
USA WRrlQ Ne.... Orleans LA
USA, I.WHA Grtt!ntlush ME
USA, VlWCR NJ:.hvdle m
USA, WYfR Okeechobee FL
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zarrea . R Zambl.l'ZfIBC1
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Suam. AWRlKSOA
nemeua nes. RadiO
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Pmhppmas. R Plbplnas
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S.. Jl lland Trans World R
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Valleau Slate, vatcan R
BangladeSh. 8,lngl,1 Betar
Imlla, AlI lnllla RadiO

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1755,1800

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Gellf\lla,v oce 01Hope

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Allsllail3 Vl8Kxatrenne
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180().1900
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18O(). 1900
18Q(). 1900
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18001830
18001900
18001900
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CanadJ. CFCX Monlreal
Canada. CFRX rcrcmo
taeaoa. CFVP Calg;lIy
tanaoa. CHIl X HJhla ~
caaaoa.CKZN SI Johns
Canada. CKZU VanCOU'1N
Costa RlcaRFPeace Inti
Egypt,gauo Cairo
f ql Guinea. RadiOAlnca
GeQrgl.l VOIce 01Hope
mou. AlI lndld Rall!O

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180019()'h1
18001900
180(H 9OO s
1800 1900
18001825
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180(J.1900vI
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Kenva Ken/a 8roadc Corp
Kuwnt Radio
Morocco. RTVM M,lfocaine
MOl3mblque. RadIOMapLlo
neuenanos. RadiO
NewZealand. R NZ Inll
" orway. Radio ~IOll'lay Inti
Papua new numea ~18 C
PhillPDmes, R PIlipmas
sussu.voce 01 RussiaWS

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18001900
18001900
18001830
18001900

Sefnca. World MusIc R

Sudan, RadIO Dmuunnan
SWJl iland, t rans World R
swaaiano. Trans wouo R
Unite{l Kingdom, BBC WS

1800 1830
18001900
18001900
18001900
18001900
18001900
18001900

unnec Kmgdom. BBC WS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KJES MeSQllIIe NM
USA, KTBll Salt l ~ Cit,' UT
USA. KWHRNaalehu HI
USA. MOllil or RadiOInti
USA.VOice 01nmenca

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1800 1900
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18001900
1800-1 900
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1800,- 90)0 as
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18001900
18001900
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1800 1900
18001900
1800 1900 vi
1800-1900vi
18oo100hl
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1825 1900vi
1830-1900t
1830-1900
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USA.WGTGMcCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville III
USA.Wlfl B R~ d Lion PA
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USA. WMLK semer PA
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USA.'1IYFR oeeecnooee Fl
USA.V'IYFR OkeechobeefL
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Zambia. R Zambla:zrmc 2
ZimD.;!.I',..e Z,mtJa!::we BC
Mala,',l_MBC
Cyprus. BRT InlernallOnal
Belarus, nancsta Belarus
G~ o r g J. RadIO
Netnertands. RadIO

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183O I900a
1830 1900
18301835
1830 I :lOO
1830 ElOO
1830-1900
1833-1900
1840 1350
18J5-1900
1845-1900 mtwht
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Slovakia. R SIOV3 k~1 Inll
Somalia, RadIOMogadishu
Turkey, Voice 01
umteoKlllgdom, BBC WS
USA. Voice 01America
Cole 0' Ivone. ROTV
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11175am

1900-2000 rH vi

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153~ 5i!u

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USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt l k City UT
USA,KWHR Naalenu HI
USA, Monitor Radio Inti
USA, Voice 01America

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USA, WGTG McCaysville GA
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA,WINB Redlion PA
USA,WJCR Upton KY
USA, WRMIIR Miami Inti
US/'. WRNONew OrleansLA
USI.. WVHAGreenbush ME
USA, WWCR Nashvihe m
New Zealann. R NZ Inti
Kyrgstan. Kyrgyz Radio
Australia. Bauro
Bclgium, R vraaooerenInT
Ghana Broacc Corp
nac. Radio Iraq Inti
Netherlands. R,1dIO
Greece, Voice of
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SELEaED PROGRAMS
Sundays
2300
2300
2300
2305
2315
2330
2330
2331
2331
2332
2339
2354

CostaRica.AWR DXlng With Cumbre.

Cos ta Rica, Rlor Peace Inti: Worldof Radio.
Guam. AWRIKSDA Wavescan
Egypt. Radio Cairo: The Holy Koran andIts Meaning
USA, WWCR ' 3 Nashville TN: As~ WWCR
Egypt. RadioCane: EgyptianSongs.
USA. WWCR 13 Nashville TN: World of RadiO
Australia. gar ro The Sports Factor.
Bel!llum, R vaanceren inn.News
Russia, Voiceof ron Box
Nemenancs. aenc (am): WideAngle
Netherlands, Radio (am): Snen Song

Mondays
2300 Canada. NOuebcc svc As It Happens
2300 Canada, RCI Montreal: The World at SIX
2300 vaucan Slate. Vatican aamc. Ask theAbbot
2310 USA, VOA Washinglon DC(aspac): VOAWorldwide.
2311 Russia. Voice 01: NeViSandViews
2315 Egypt. Radio Cairo: News.
2345 USA.KWHR Naalehu HI: Reach Oul
2352 CostaRica, R for Peace Inll: HI(JhtowerRadio
2353 Netherlands. Rarlio (am): A Goodlife

Tuesdays
2300
2300
2300
2305
23to
2311
231 b
2330
2332
2335
2338
2347

Canada, N cueoec Svc: As 11 Happens.

Canada, RCI Munneal: TheWorld at Si~
USA. VOA wasnmqion DClas pac): VOA News
Egypt. Radio Cairo E-Mail
USA, VOA wasumqtonDC (aspac): VOAWorldwide
Russia, Voiceof: NewsanoVICI'IS
Egypt. RadioCairo News
Costa Rica.R for Peace Inll UN Perspective
RUSSia. voce of Your Top rune
Greece. voice of: News
NctllCrlamjs. RadiO (am): Newstme
Russia, Voice ot You wnte to Moscow

Wednesdays
2300 Canada, N Quebec Svc:As It Happens
2300 caoaua. RCI Mont' eal: TheWorld atSIX
2300 Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba National News
2300 vanean State. Vatican nenc: Would You Believe It?
2306 cuba . Radio Havana Cuba: Timeou t

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USA. VOA Washington DC (aspac): VOAWorldwide

Cuba, RadioHavanaCuba: Youth Speak Out
Russia, Voice01: News andVie\'IS.
EOYpt. Radio Cairo: News
Greece. Voiceof: aews

2339
2345
2352
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Netherlands. aeno (am): Newsune

Costa Rica. R for Peace InU: UNDaily News
costaRica.Rlor Peace Inti: t ertnandSky
Egypt. RadioCairo: Egyptian Songs

Thursdays
2300
2300
2300
2310
2311
2315
2330
2330
2335
2338
2352

Canada. N nuenec Svc: As It Happens.

Canada, RCI Montreal: TheWorld atSix.
VaticanState. Vatican Radio: As~ rne Abbot
USA, VOA Washington DC (aspact: VDA Worldwide
Russia. Voiceot: News and Views.
Egypt. Radio Cairo: Nev.'S .
costa Rica, R for Peace Inll: Utl Scope.
Egypt. neno Cairo: ArabicMUSIC.
Greece. Voiceof: News.
Netherlands Radio fam): Newsnne
Costa Rica, Rtor Peace IntI: Hight31'.'er Radi o

Fridays
2300
2300
2300
2305
2310
231t
2315
2315
2330
2330
2335
2338
2346
2352
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Canada. tl Quebec Svc: As 11 Happens.

Canada, RCI Monlreal: TheWorld at Six
USA. VOA Washington DC (as pac):VOA News.
Egypt. Radio Cairo: The Holy Koran and It's Mcaning
USA. VOA Washington DC (as oac): VOA Worldwide.
Busse. Voiceof: news andVicws
Bulgaria. Radio: Events and Development.
Egypt. Radio Cairo: NeVIS
Bul!laria. Radio: Straighl from ir eHorse's Mouth
Egypt. RadioCairo:Arabic MUSIC
Greece. Voice01: News
Netherlands, Radio (am): Newstine.
Bulgaria. Radio: RadiOBulgaria Calling
Costa Rica.R for Peat e Inti: Eartfand Sky
Netherlands. Radi o (aml: Documentary

Saturdays
2300
2300
2311
23t 5
2315
2328
2332
2335

Guam. AWRIKSO A wavescan

Vatican State, vancenRadi o: Ontlle-AII.
Russia. Voice01: News and Views
Egypt. RadioCairo: News.
Guam, AWRiKSDA Pacific rsanoJournal
Egypt, RadiOcane: Press gevew
RUSSl.1, Voi ceof: This is Russia
Egypt. Radio Cairo: Tile Civilization 01 Islam

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VOice01America (as pac): "Commumcatro-rs

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RadiOFor Peace Inti: "World 01 RadIO'

WWCR #3 (Tennesseel: "World 01 RadiO"
Voiceof emenca (aspac): "Communications
WOlld"
VOice01Turkey: "'OXCorner (biweekly)"
WHRI (Angel 2): "DXing l'Iilll currore'
WWCR. 1 (tennessee): 'World of aaoo"
RadiO rasment. "Radio Iasbkent OX Program"
RadiOgor uama Inll: "OX Mailhag""
WHRI (Angel 21: "OXing \'11111 Curnbre"
HBC (Philippines): ' OX Dial"
RadiO Rornanu inn. "OXMaltbag'"
VOice of America tat'rnesoumas) CommunicationsWorld""
WHRI (Angel t ): "OXrng Wlt!l Cumbre"
RadiO For Peace Inti 'World of Radio"
HCJB (eu): "OX Partgune'
VOice of Turkcy: "DXComer (bl\'leekly)'"
RadiORomania Inti: "OX Mailbag"
vancan Rarno: "On-the'Air"
WRMI (Flofldal- 'wavescan"
gamoHavana Cuba "uxers umrrnteo"
Voiceof Alilerica(me): 'u ommumcauons World"
Barno Exterior deEspana, "Distance Unknown'
RadiORomania tntt "OXMailbag"
VOice01 Turkey: OXComer (bil"lec ~lyf"
WHnl(Angell) : ""OXing With cumme'
WRMI (Florida1 : "wavescan
vancan Rail,o "an-ne-An"
KSOA (GlIam) -wavescan'

NVIS

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OPTIMUM WORKING FREQUENCIES (MHz)

By Jacques d 'Avignon
m oni t or@ra c.ca

For the Period 15 August to 14 September 1997

In the tropical areas of the world, dense

vege tation C;llI'iC S such extre me at tenuation of

UTe

ground waves that this normal broadcastin g.

mod e is bas ica lly impo ssible to usc under j ung le
co nd itions ,
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same path. the atte nuation is 11 m \' up 10 IljO dBI
km ! In the same re feren ce . Hag n and Harker c ite
the losses using NV IS as be ing only 97 d B for
600 km or 0. 16 dB /k ill alo ng the ion ospheric
virtual path. when us ing NV IS at J .O \ IH z. Thi s
is a substantial difference! It is obvious why
grou nd wave calli lot be used for broadcas ting in
a jung !c or tropical environment.
On the other ha nd. itthe nor mal HF
ion os pheric mod e was use d for local broadcasting. the "loca l" aud ienc e. widely scattered in
sma ll pockets around the transmitte r site. would
be located inside the sk ip zo ne o f the If f
tran smitter and. look ing at Eq uation ( I ) abo ve. it
is obvious that it wou ld not be commerciall y
viable to increase the power sufficientl y to use
gr o und wave mode . Incr easing the power would
not ins ure that you wo uld reach your aud ien ce
but . beca use o f the ab sorption . it wou ld
definite ly war tu up the vege tation surround ing
the tran smitter site ! So for tropical broaden...ling.
we are left wit h one option : the Ncar Vertical
Incid en ce Skywave 11100e o f HF prop aguuon we
d iscu s...cd la... 1 month .
SOllie stat ion s in the interior of Aus tralia
(Alice Spring is o ne: example ). have been
broadcasti ng using this technique 10 reach their
widely scatte red audi en ces. T hese Australian
statio ns are using this " Dis tric t" propagati on . as
thcy t';111 it, in the " twp it',11 JOll1esti c" ba nd that
ex tend s from 2.300 10 2..t95 M ill,. T he
transmi ssion s. design ed to be local in nalure, arc
flilli llin g their f(11e ve ry wel l, but they can also
be heard in Eastern Kort h Amcrica in the carl)
morn ing ho urs at certa in times of Ihe YC:lr.
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domestic broad ca stin g llSl.'. If yOll live on the
Eas t C oas t of North America. c1lL'cf\ the
frequencie s in the "tropical ban ds" o n your
s hortw ave rece ivc r in laic aft ern oon and yo u wil l
hcar stat ions fro m those region s.
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MON ITORING TIMES

63

BEGINNER.S CORNER
UNCLE SKIP'S GUIDE TO MONITORING

'

SKIP AREY, N2EI

t;a rey@mosquifo .com

Are You Suffering from lMS?

f you have been follow ing Ill)' writ ings

here a nd other places. you know I've
identifi ed mysel f as a " DC 10 Daylight"
mo nitor. If it' s out there in the rad io frequenc y
spectrum I want to hear it, log it. and enjo y it.
Further. as a ded icated am ateur radio operator
I also have a strong desi re to tran smit signals
e verywhe re tha t the FCC allow s. (Some folks
do not fee l burde ned by the law and choo se to
bot h listen and transmi t in other places. but
lhal is clearl y anot her stor y attogerhcr. r
Anyway . is it any wonder tha t l sometime s
feel ali ule sad when I sec so meone. es peci a lly
a beginner. limiting his or her listening op portunities? Many beginners (and actuall y qui te
a few old timers. too) suffe r from that all too
co mmon radio mo nitori ng d isease, LMS.
LMS stands for Limited Mude Synd ro me.
You see it all the time. Some body purchases
a nice new generalcoverage receiver, but they
neve r switch it out of the AM mode to hea r
eve rything else there is to enjoy. Likewi se,
somebody might work hard, study ceaseless ly,
and cat all their vege tab les in order to acqui re
an ama teur radio license. only to limi t their
entire ham experience to a few chat s on the
local 2 meter FM repeater. A scann ist might
pay extra for a full featur ed scanning receiver
only to program in the local FM public safety
stuff and ne ver make use of the AM aircraft
bands.
You ge t the pictu re, pal'! Even modest
priced gea r call be undervalued when it is not
fully utilized.The whole radio spectrum awaits
your curiosi ty. tenacity, and even your par
tic ipation. So let' s take a few minut es to
discove r some of those modes that arc off the
beate n track for an average listeni ng sess ion.

l ew
Okay , let' s begin al the beginning. Contin uou s Wa ve transmi ssio n has been around
since the beginnin g o f rad io. It has fallen nut

o f favor 10 so me more sop histicat ed dig it.1i

mode s ofcom muni cation in many circles. but
it still remains on the air in Illany places.
While no longer monitored as a distress signal
by the U.S. Coas t Guard. CW co mmu nicatio ns can still be found in the mar itime world ,
Add itiona l Morse sig na ls can be fo und
throug hout the utility bands if youd ig arou nd.
For amate ur radio operato rs. code profi cicncy remains at this time the key access to
many portions of the HF amat eur spectru m.
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Augus/ / 997

First. it is required for the higher

class licenses that allow the ham
access to those frequen cies. Secondly, many rare DX stations 01'crate alm ost excl usively in the C W
mode. Finally. the majorit y of the
amat eur radio community recog nizes C W as a skill. and a growi ng.
portion of this s.unc com munity
loves it as an art. Furt her. you can
ge t by with modest equipment . An all mode transceiver snclt us th is / (' OM /('81 111
Folks who arc exci ted about low call get an ama teur 0 11 all of themodes ava ilable to II
power operating. (QR. Pl find C\V Technician Clas s lunn.
gets the signal through .
Another grnup of hams who make USL" o f 2S0(,7 .5 ki ll.. And don't forget. O IlLT you get
CW are the VHF/U HF "wea k signal" crow d.
the code down. you should head to the local
These are folks who try to push the limits o f Voluntee r Exam iner testin g "ite and get rhnt
the distances that can he ach ieved above 30
ham licen se with HF pri vile ges .
1\11-11. (Ironically. this 30 \ 1Hz-and-up world
is primarily pop ulated with " No Code" tec h- I SSB
nician class opcrntor x.) These radio experiSingle sideba nd rr.mvmisvions. both uppL"r
menters will eve n make usc of exotic propa and lower, can opcn up a whole new world to
gation, such as wo rking slations by way oft he
any monitor suffering from UVI S. First o f all.
ionized trai ls left by meteors and by using th e
USB and LS B arc the key" to mo nitoring
surface of the J11 00 n as a passi vc reflector. So.
much o f what is worth listening to in the
j ust because you did n't need to te"t for the
ut ility porti on" of the short wav e spec trum.
code when you w ent for your ham license
Although
a majority o f poin t-to- point L'OIlldoe sn' t mean youmig ht not want ttl ge t in 0 11
munication-, may be found primarily ill the
the fun o f weak signa l comm unicati on now.
US B mode" don"t forge t the LS B posit ion.
If you aspire to the ultimat e in the CW
Remem ber that unuuc ur radio operators ca n
experien ce. check ou t the folks wor king each
be traditiona lly found using LSB on 40. SO,
other ill the Extra Class portion s o f the C\V
and 160 meters. SS B i ~ also used in the VHFI
band s. Cas ual chats in eXL'L'SS or 30 words a
U III: ponions of the amateu r radio spect rum.
minute might make your head spin a" a beginOnce again, the weak ..ignul crow d is fond of
ncr, but it's somethi ng to shoot for. If the high
speed Sluff mak es you diu .y. come on dow n this mode for its long d istance capabi lities. It
is abtl used for E~\'lE (e arth -moon -e art h. or
where I hang O UI. If yo u e ver want to find
nuuinbc lU IIL"C) com mun icati. 1Il" .
Uncle Skip on the air. check out the Novice
Single side ban d is a common comm unic aportion of the 40 meter Ham Band (7 I()() ~
tion
mode on the amate ur radio satellites.
7 150 kll z I. I love the enthusi as m Ihat l find in
Some of the more intr iguing amateu r radio
the novice han ds . It' s con tag ious. It' s also a
gear from a purely techni cal standpo int arc
sure cure for LMS.
the dual band. multimode V I IF/U I IF rigs.
You sc armistv ou t the re don' t get o il the
With
A\ISAT Phase III ready to launch. you
hook , either. M o st repea ter based operations
Illa y wanI to take a look at what' s availabl e.
found in the V I II '/ U HF band s idc nt iIy by way
Sutcllite 7i"Wt'S will he lp you keep up with the
of a Morse code sig nal. Often , copying this
autom atic ID transmi ssion is the key to figur- latest dcvelopmcn t- .
ing out who you might be monitoring. ,\'(1 a bit
I AM and FM Vice Versa
ofcode "' lilly will help you out. too. ~ l a l1Y of
the adv cru scrs ill the pages o r lHT have code
O kay. you' rc a dedica ted short wave broad tapes and program s ava ilable to help get you
cast listener who is trying to figu re out wh y
011 track . You can also monitor regu lar code
there is an 1'\1 pnxino n on your general covpractice sess ions dai ly from W IA \V on I XI X.
crngc rece iver. The place to look for nH1UIlU 35X1.5. 71147 .5. 141147.5. IXm7.5. 2 1007.5.
nicat ions in this mode would he the 10 rueter

ham hand. BeIWCl'n 2LJ .:'i and 2{j.7 M l-lz you

will find FM re peater ac tivi ty in mo ... 1 suucs.
And. yo u vc.mni... t-, who are tryi ll ~ to figure
o ut w hy you need A lvl cupubility. need look
no furth er than the ain-ra f frequen cie s between I I () and 136 .\I H /. X\1 i.. the mandate d
mode for air uuvc ! beca use it doc xn"t suffer
fro m "capture cffcct"- thl' tendency ofu stn 111 ge l' ... ign al to override a we ake r one. co rnnu In
in FM mode . By using ",\1. a weaker signal
can st il I gel thro ugh under a stro nger one. T ile
importance of this in an clllergency ... ituation
... hould he "elf-ev ide nt.

The Digital Modes

Now that hob byi sts have fig ure d o ut how
to hook up their home comp uters 10 thei r
rece iver.... the oppor tunity to tran... late the variOlI S digital mudc x oftran smi sxiou has become
po-c-ihk-. Many intcrfuc c- , are c urre ntly ava ilable, as are any Humb er o f de dica ted dc modnlatcrs . Addin g the se de vice ... to your listening
pos t can opel1 lip a who le ne w wor ld. no
matt er if yo u listen 10 I II : or VHF/ UHF . . ignab .

URITY
T rad itiollal fi\'l:' k \'l'I Baud ot cmk has
becn around for a long tillle. O nly now an:
lllorl' 1110dern . . ignal . . y.. tlIIIS o n . naking it...
usc.
OUL' of the things that mos l o lknco nfusl:''''
beginlll'r.. i... \\ hl' ll your .", y... lelll ... WrI ... del'o ding a ... igllal slleees ... fu lly hut the SlTl'l'Jl show s
gibher i... h. Rcn lell lheL lhcre are a Itlt ld' RTT Y
stat iolls (lut there ll s i n ~ lang. uage.. \\'ith alphahets that don' 1translaic illtn Eng lish. Cy rillic.
Arah ie. and Ch ilh: . . e ( O llll' ill1 l11l'diately to
mind .l ts a higge r\\o rld Ihan y(lll kne" .11I1\\
that yo u are <t rad io hohbyist. Keep an eye 0 11
Ihe UtililYW(l1" ld and Digital Dige.. 1co lumns.
and ytlll ll ...o()11 gct <t il iell'a o f what i... nUll hl'l"l'
worth llH lIlitor ing .

ASCII
The Alllerican ~I a n da rd Code for I nfnn n:ltin n InlLTl'hange i... lhe language Ihat compu(l'l"Suse to talk toe:lc h olheL It is a ...eWll kye l
cock Ihal reso lves many ur lhe text Iransmission problems o f Ba udo!. Righ t now it i..
mo"tl)' u"'l:'d ex per imcntally hy Amate ur Radio operators in lhe porliolls of lhe ham bands
sel as ide for RTT Y.

SITOR
Sl ll1p lex Telex Q ver Rad io is a \'ery co mmon. impro\'ed cod ing sy.. . te m in COllllllOll llSe
loday. II is a systclll ihal allows for cor rectioll
(lfe rnl ['s in its IransrnisSltlllS by way (lfi nll'I"n lllllllllllicalion (If Ihe sending and rl'eeivillg

station . There arc t wo for ms o f S ITO R comII1U II lc.u i ( H1:

S ITO R "A " \\'orks hy sending it... . . ignal
three cha ract er ... :H a tim e and (hell wa iling. tor
an ac knowledg men t signal se nt hack by the
rece ivin g station 0 [\ a different Ircqucncv.
Oncethe se nd ing q alioll i... surct hatvthcm nil
got thro ug h." it proc eed s to send ils ncx I three
characte r gn lllp.
S ITO R " B" perform s its erro r correcti on
"o n the fl y..' This is kn own as For ward Error
Correction (FEC ) The data i......cnt ill a continuo us stream . However . eac h ch aract e r is
sen t twice :dollg wit h a xeric ... o f contro l charact crs . Th e receiving ... tanu ns vstcm pLTfor m... a series uf error tc ... t" to as urc that till:'
datu is accurate. SITO R " W' lends itselfbe ... 1
10 trauxmiu ing new... and weather broaden... tv.
t\ matcur radi o op erat o rs al.. o usc thei r own
varintion s of the S I'('OR SYS ll'IllS o r Iran... mi.. <ion called I\ MT O R.

ACARS
This i-, the 6 ireraft Comm unicnuon -, Addrcx ... ing and R ep llni ng S,y... te rn. a VIIF
teletype mode that is used 10 transm it data.
tele metry . and me ... sage.. between con unc rc iaI aircru ft and airplIn .... i\ 1Il.. t llf thi.. conuuumention curre ntly goes on .u 13 15 5 Mllz.
\Vith a com p ute r or demod ula tor set up to
monitor the.. c communicat ion .... you can get
nne g reat insights into mode rn aircraft opcr.ui o ns. II' you arc intere-,ted in ae ro mon itoring and haven't vet yoursel f up for i\CA RS
L'OIJ} mun ica t ions yet. yo u an- III iss ing haI f I he
fun.

Packet Rad io
This mode o f communication \\a...... uppll.. cd to lake o ver IhL' wh o le of am ateur rad io
comrounic.uion when it first arrived o n the
ham sce ne t rver a decade ago . It d idn' t exact ly
do that ( r ill still playing with C\V. rc mcm her'!). [I did. howe ver. varve out its own niche
in the ham hobby. bot h on the HF and VHf /
UIII: amall'lll" frequ ll1lil,.. .
iVla ny !lallls usc tIJi ... d igilal mode fIll' routinl' COllllllllllicatioll. But Ihe llhlde ha... rea lly
taken 1111 it-. besl Il ...e a m on ~ the halm ded ic:l1l'd 10 puhlic . . art'l y uctivities. PackL'l rad io
i u.. ed for l'lllergl'lll'y traffic hand ling as we ll
a supporting such progra m... ~I'" S\... ywarn .
Exper imellts arl:' aho go ing on with hams
linl\ing pac l\etl'quipllll'lll lo ( iPS rece iver" lo
l'J"l'ate tr:lcking de\ 'il'l:'''' by way of till' :\ PRS
(alll:Jleur packet rad io ) syslem . This mode
st ill ha.. <l lot or new e \ citeml'nl still coming.
tlround thl' hl..'nd .
You gl:' t till' itll'a. lily frie nd'.' Thi s whole
e xercise was j u'" Illeant 10 . . how you a bil
"hout \\'hat i... ou llhlrl. We didn' t C\"L'1l han:'
S p ~ l (e to chec k OUIIck visioll (ho th slow and
fasl scan ).amplitude co rnpandcrcd singk sideha nd. ...prlad ",pl:'c trlllll - icouid go 0 11 ami no
dou bl will in SOllle future co lumn. t\-ka nwhik, llavl' fu n ~ Try :lllew mode this 1I10n th.
It' s a sun.' cure for L \I S.

I ARQs a nd FECs
Th ere arc quite a few more exot ic R'FfY
. . i ~ Il " L... oul therl:' wort h giving a lislen to if
your eq uipl11l' nl is up 10 it. A R() slands for
A UT O \ l AT IC REQ U EST. Thi... i... a for lll o r
IllL'....... age error correclion thai ill\'OI\'l.. the
rece iving statioll se nd ing s ignals hack to the
tran... rnilli ng station to a.. sure till:' Ille...... agc was
properly rcce i\'l'd . (S ITO R-A would he l'OI\sidLTcd an i\ R() mode )
i\ RQ-:\l i... a sysle m Ihat allow s eithl'r I\\'0
or fo ur diffe renl data ... igna ls hlt ra \'L'1 along a
sillgk carrilr. AR() -E is a single channel
SyStL'1ll lIsed by thc Frl' IKh tvli litary. as i...
AR Q -E ~ . O the r ARC) "'ySICl11 s yo u wi ll C1l counler include SWE D-A RQ, llsed hy Ihe
Swed i...h Embassies. and DUP-ARQ. used hy
Ihl' ll llllgariall Emha ics. ;\-lall)' olher diph lmat ic serv ices make lI e (1["systellls kIH )WIl as
FEC-A and I'IT -3.
Baud rail' ... and frequcncy shifts arc all tl\'cr
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MONITORING TIMES

65

B ELOW 500 KHZ

DXING THE BASEMENT BAND

Kevin Care , WB2QMY

KCarey@mdsroc,com

Lowfer ZWI

uch 11;1'" been w ritten t he re a nd \,,' 1...c\\ hl.'I"I.." 1 u h u ut

till,'

I h O- I t)(J kll /

"1.\ wtcr' t 1\I\\' fn..' ljllL'llc y C\ peri mcnt ..

cr-, I han d . tc v . ho wever. hav e actually .\('('1/ ; .

1\1\\ fer , t:l tiu lI - or IIll' op c nuor behind till' (011trol c. Thi... month. \\ \" 11 tak e a fi eld trip tu
Ltwtcr . . tal itmI.\\' 11I7X. 6 ,.... II )run hy lit mart!

.,.\lon" .\lon imcrt \\'I C !.\\'I ) 0 1' Bald\\ in-ville.

~ L'\\" York .
A litt le had.~ rtllll1d i... in or de r. During th c
...prlug01' "9 1. 1\\ a-, in d iligcll l "'L'an: h ofhlg ging...
fo r usc ill Ill y lip.. ! l tclow 5tH) kt t : colum n.
Having tak en a break from the hohhy fo r ...('\ ..
c rnl year-. Illy direct ..: 1l1l1al.:h fo r thi... in for mation we re nulu-r limit ed. By coi nc idence lor
ma y be 111 11) .\ lort w a-, a l"l ...ll\..ing L F info rm alion - fo r hi... n ~ wl ) acquired Pa lomar Engi nccrs 1.1": Ira n... nu tter.
Hcd . . pot ted my n.unc in all o ld i...... uc oft he
LO\\,doll'/I, a nd - incc ll ivcd nearby. he scmme
a lette r wit h hi s que stion s. Mortx tim ing
co uldn' t hav e been bet ter. I wa ... ah ll' to gi\"l'
hil11lhl' in rlll'lll:llilill hl ]\l'\,.' lk d . an d h ~ \\a.... ab k'
hi s up ply II1 l' w ith IlllllllroU... lo g g ing... ror m y
fir...t 0 11II11 Ill. W I". \'l'1I1aitH:li nc d a ' lX'd a l rri~ n d
... h ip l' \ l' l'... il1 l'l' th;1I fi r... l lllcc ting . ;'\0\\ . Icl ... g~ t
... Ia rtld 011 Ihl' fiel d trip .

Arrival, 0945
7\ 1) \'i... il h i Z \\' I hl' g a n w it h a ...top fo r
h r\,.a\..fa ...t atlhl' B' \ ilk' D illc r. :1 50' ,-c ra r~, lall
ra ni wi lh a wdl -d\,. ...lr"'..d rl' pul a lioll fo r good
food . T hlrl. I lIll' l :\Io rt and fc llo\\' lo ng w:w c
\"lll h u, ia"'l (iordllll I lu llill . K:!Z BL. Ti ll' ( h rL' ~
Ill' u, e ha ill'd fo r ;1 l o n ~ limc a hout radio (what
d "'l' ~ I ~tn d \\ hal ll'oul{1C \ IX' L"l I Il "'~~ during m y
\ i.. il h i B:t1d\\ in",\ 'ilk. \ \ 'jl h h rl~IUa ... ( filli sh~d .
il W~I'" no\\ linll' to hl',lll for ...talion Z\ \'1.
For \.. il\.. ' . I , \\ ild lCd 011 Ill) S ~lll gl' al1 por1 ~lhk :t... WL' a p pro:t d led ~ I ort' ... hOl1'> l' . Thcrl'
\\a ... no m i...tal...ing it- a/,ow/diu g ... i g n ~ lI 011 179
\.. 111 rl' p~illl' l ily "'l.'ll l lh l.'c:llI ...ign o rth~ he:Jcon.
I "...ll\\' I \\,a ... in thl' ri,;!IH pl'l\.e .

ZWI-A Look In side

Th L' tra lhlll illc r fo r Z \\' I , it... o n a ... hd f in till'
l'o m l' r of \ 101"1 ... h,l...lIllCIlI a nd nor llla ll y rut h
:!-I ho ur , a d a y. An Ol m lll~ l e:r l'OIllll'ltld 10 thl'
Ir;lII, m ilIe rj lllll l" i IlIll'rk'l' l ...I\.'pw ith thl' !.Io r' l
II> hl'in g tr;m ...m illl'd .
T hl' ;l1l1\.1lI1il I'llI'Z W I i... ;l ... i ll ~ l ~ , hlping Wifl'
Ihat i... "' ~ l' ll rl' d 10 a lfl'l' h~ ... idc '\ !llrt' ... hou ...c. II
\V a ... 11lKC Illllc h hil-! hl'f. hUI a , lo rl11 w ip ~ d o ut
the o ri2 ina l ilhW1t;l lillll a nd Ihl' a ll t~ lI ll a had tll
hl' Illtl\ l'd lli l hi, lil\\ l'f e: k\'a tilill-al Il'a st for
thl' lim c hl'i lll!.
66

MON ITO RING TIM ES

Augu,t 1997

De ...pitc it impli cit y. Z \\' I ha ... been hear d

hy ...l\\,.T:I1Ii tc ncr... aero upstate xcw York.
ami even one ill M in nc ora. T he M in uc...t n
recept ion could hl' verified bc cau-,cth e 1i... tcn c r
reported the 1.'.\ ; \l 1 ID formal of the beacon.
which had not been puhl i-,hed anywhere .
r\... far a... l kunw. Z\\' I i... the fir" lowicr to
receiv e n }\\"'rage in a d ai ly new "'p a pe L A 1\.'\\

yea r... :I ~O . hi......nuion wa... featured in the 1/(/ /1/

Radio c olu mn of the IIt'I"lI!d -A lll t'l"i n lll ne ws pape r o f Syrucuvc. Xcw "III" k. In thi... . an d
man y o the r way .... Mort de serve s cre d it for
p romo ting 1Il\\ frequency radio . AI ham fc ...tv.
he cvcn spo rtv u ... ign tha i announ ce ... his beacon' ...
frequen cy. and he i... a lways ha pp y 10 tel l a
ne wcome r about low frl.lj UCIKY radio.
Ju..., s l' ~ i llg Z \\' I wo uld hav e been a wort h" hill.' trip. h UI I was ulso treated 10 a vis it to
Gunlous ... tat ion . A n en tire slo ry could be
writt en ab out this vis it. a ... wel l. In ...hu rt . il wa ...
lik e: la ki ng a ... ll'P had intu histo ry .
Gordon ' equipm en t co ns is t... I l l" mct icu10 1l...ly l'l... tor d l'q uipll1cl1 L from \\'\\' 11 rig ht
thro ugh tIll' It)(IOs . O ld tilllc!'s w ill re co gn ize:
,01111.' o f Ihe:...e d a ...... k 111lld d nU lll h ~ rs "'l'e ll
d ur in g Illy \'j ... il : R B L 5 . S P -h()(). ~la d a y
12::-1 ;\ Y. R-J XXa llli BC -3-lX. G onhlll po inh ou t
Ihat a ll of thi... gl'; lr i.. a ... d ~ :l ll nil t h~ in... ide a ...
it i... n n thl' ollh itk .

SELECTED BEACON LOGGINGS

t BEQ,
194
198
206
216
236
245
246
24B
257
263
305
329
332
344
344
346
356
362
363
366
379
379
382
388
413

41 7
428
429
432
512

10
TUK
OIW
GLS
CLB
GNI
YZE
OF!
UL
SOT
YGK
RO
CH
HK
CL
FCH
YXL
YZO
SB
RNB
YMW
BRA
GKO
La
NXX
YHO
IY
COG
IKY
IZN
HM Y

L_OCAJiDN
Nanlucket. MA
Dixon. NC
Galveston. TX
Wilmington. NC
Grand Isle. LA
Gore Bay. ONT
Defiance.OH
Montreal. QUE
Melbourne. FL
Kingston. ONT
Roswell. NM
Charleston. SC
Hickory Hills. Il
Cle'/eland. OH
Fresno. CA
Sioux l ookout. ONT
DO\'lnsview.ONT
Sudbury. ONT
MillVille. NJ
Maniwaki. QUE
Asheville. NC
Newarl. NJ
Boston. MA
Willow Grove. PA
Dr/den, ONT
Charles City. IA
Orange, VA
Springfietd. KY
lincol nton. NC
lexington, OK

FIGURE 1. !. Iu r l

pul n t-, In th e transmitt e r

u... ed :11 hi s Lnwfcr vtutlon in neur

S ~T'll' U Sl .:'\\' (Z \y I/178 .f1 k Hz ). His station
lUI S IH'l' 1l h ea rd a s fa r

<I \\:I ~

as !.l illlH.so ta .

It wu-, a da y to reme mber. Mort a nd Gordon

ce rtai nly nrc d o ing thei r ... hurc 10 prom ote VI.!"
rad io in the Syracu-, c area .

Summer Loggings
L ~ t ... he IHllll. ... 1. Au g n...t i... no t kno wn for ih
'a d la r LF l'o lldi tillll Ho we ve r. if the sta lil.' is
1l0 1 10 1111l' :l \ )' . ' lIl1 11' urpri... ing D X l.";l ll he sti ll
hl' fou nd . "1'1) Ii.. tl.'n ing in thl' l'arly l1 Hlrn ing ....
hd or t: ...Iatie le w " hu ild u p. T his is a l...o a
pe: rf("e:1 tinll' 10 P:ll1.. ~o u r pmlahk gl.'ar an d g u
0 11 a D Xpe:dili(lli. "I'll g\,. t yo u ...ta l"llll. T able I
lis ,," so ml' of Ihe 111 0...t l".o nllllo l1 ly lugged hca Co.-on... in :\orll1 :\ IllLrila . :-\... alway .... fl'd fr~ l' h )
...lnd yo ur logg ing.... llue lil1Ih . o r l.'(llllllllIl" hI
Ill\,.' ..II P.O . Bo ,\ 9X. Br..ls IO\\ n. NC 2X902 .

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THE WORLD OF DOMESTIC BROADCASTING

Domestic OX and the Internet

argll~

orne wo uld
that the lntvrnct h.,
been one oft he \\"or,,\ thin g-, to happen
to the rad in hobbicv. ft"v vtiffvmu pcutiun - it auruct s technicnl lv-mindcd young
peopl e. it ' ... g\ HId expe rience toward s S( JIIlC (If
the most IULTa!in: profe ssion s that cxi xt 10day. and it d ll CSll ' \ require tho se "ugly" ,mI CHnus tlw t parent s and neighbor... uhhor.
B U11111' "N et is also a valuab le re source for
the rad io hobbyi st . rcg nrdlc - c, o f what hand ...
yo u ]) X. i\ funta ctic varie ty of information is
uvniluhl c at 1he cli ck 0 1" a mous e . \\'h ik I

couldn't p () s ,ibl~ L'(l\"cfC\e r y relev ant eire in

thic co hun n. thi-, mont h I wil l cove r a 1\: \\ of
the more int ere stin g and in formati ve ... itc-, for
the dom estic-hand DXL'r,
T ill' obviou s starting point is the FCC. at
www.lcc.un v. LOllK under Hurcnus . Maxx
'vlcdia. This site contains j ust ahout l'\ ' L'I"~
officin l H '( "do cum ent relevant to broadcasti Il ~ . I t include s the Pub lic ;,\(It ice-, I l l" nppl icntion" for new stations and l' han~ l' '' to c \ i.. 1i111!
:-Iatiol1 s, Th ere ... a search arl':! to find inforuuu illlliInSPL'C ifie statit1I1s. and yliu can dow nIIlad the cng tnccring datahasc" \\ hivh CI mtai11
technica l infor mation on all U.S. broudcaxt i ng "latiolls. ( However. you' II need to he
fuirfy luuuly at program ming to lise thcm.i A
s imilar sire exists for Canada' s rl'gul:l\(lry
agency: look ut ww\ \ .ntc.gcl"<I!l'ng!lll'ws/
\\ hat sn ew.htm .
Rad io hohh yists of all kind s sho uld ccrtainly haYl' a hlloklllark for www,an a n '.org ,
A i\' A RC is all " umhrella" m~ a ni / at i (lll for
radio hohh y c lub.. in Nort h AlllcriLa. and has
JlIl,tIl bel's hip inform atio n and Wl'b pagl' links
for all of its Illember clubs . I r you wallt to
know if therl" s a club fo r yo ur spec ialty. this
is thc plal'c to look.
Of co ursc. don't (m gl't to slop hy i\lF s
O \ \'1l pagL' ' ' on w ww . gn l\' l'.n l' t ~ You 'll find
ll H JI'1' d uh infor mation. Iast-m inU le news. as
\\'d l ".. . thc (;w \'e eatalog of a\'a ilahk I..'q uipIllC lit for Ihl' DXcr, r\ notllL' r good ge l1L'1"al
p;lgCi.. . ww w.info ra m p.IIlI/- fllllk. ( )pL.l"atL.d
hy WL' l"I1 er FunkL' nh:llISL' r of the O ntario DX
C luh. this silL' co ntaitls the W II;\l'vlU )( ; filcs
o f 1\ \'1 broadc lsi station s - alo ng wit h IiIlks to
a wide variety o r other sites rele\'ant til thL'
dotlll..' slic DXer.
])atahasl' SL' ard l pages e\ i"t ill . . c\"L' raI
pl;l\..'l''' ' , \\\\ w.nuliosta ti ulI.l"OIll i... pl"I lhably
thL' 11111'.1 popu lar. But \Vl'rIll'rFun KL'nhau ser ' s

68

MONITORING TIMES

August /997

II ' \n\ '..il/ glll/f'f , / '( IllI/ -A( idis/s tation.

htmt link Ii

10 till' U,S, (;O I'l'rmm.'l1t,-," "Tiger" I1Wppil1K

site, This allo ws yo u to make m ap s like til is
o n e. .~"lO l1' i/1K til l' tOI1'('" si lt's o fs evera l A M

stations northwest of StU IlI'il!(',

page also IiIlks to www.jagu net.co m/e-kndix/
sta tiun .hnu l. Th is site allo ws yo u In find all
stations withi n a gi \'l' 1I distance of a parucul.u
loca tion (handy ifyu urc looking at buying a
new hou se and dOIl ' 1 want a .iO kW powerho use in your back yard!) . and plot the III Oil a
map .
A lcx-, useful bill more entertaining feature is ava ilab le if yo ur bro wser can eli ... p l <t~
Ouick 'Timc! ' " movie s. Wi\E\V -Fl\l ( 102,7 1
0:e\\' Yl H-K has a \Veb p;lge at ww \y.WIIl'W,l'(ITII ,
Und L' r th c ir hOllle pa gL' a l / q t \' r/
w nc w7lJX1.111tl\' is a " pannablL'" pieturL' (lfthL'
W NEW stud ios, By dragg ing the 1ll011 Sl'
aro und. you can look aw und the stud io and
see tIll' various equipment (and peop le) invol \'cd in kL'ep illg a majo r-marKet radio slation nn the air.

New and Old

:\lan y DXers arc
also histor y hulls, If
Ihat includes you, hL'
su re 10 la ke a look al
Jell Miller' s Co llel'tion 0 11 1I11'lIIh c r s .
a o l .c o lIl/j l'l l S (,f) /
jdl'.hlml , Jd l has al'L'UI1l Ulaled a 1 ~l sl' i ll a t
ing set of ani des on

the curly days of Ai\1. FJ\I. and TV broadcasting. both in the co untry as a whole and ill his
nat ive WL' st Virgi nia, This pagc is a definite
mu st-read for the ran of radio history, Another go od collect ion (If historical ite ms is on
www.aa .n ct/- r fs: these pagL' s cover the history otbroadcasring in Sa n I-runciscn. Th ere' s
also informatio n O il NBC's West Coas t opcration -, in the I lJ.30s and I ()..J.()s,
llyo urin terc xt is not ill old stations. but o ld
receive rs. then yo u wa nt In look at the Radio
Histo rv Soci et y, At ww .radiohlsto ry.org.
this <i re is full of picture s ofold radiu s. It also
cont ains informat ion on trad ing and restoring
these coll ectors" item s. a entire hobby in itse lf.
Some readers prefe r real. physical. paperand-cardboard hooks , TIll' Grove Software &
Books Cata log lists a variet y nf exce llent
historica l litles. Take a 1001\ tin the ' NL't at
www. a r ovc.n cr/hmpgcat.huut ( I I' write for a
lO py.

Afraid of heig hts?

II" you aren't. hcrcs all opport unity for
you ! Last mo nth. you read about the assign1I11'1lI (If I)T V ch annels and the I:C( acc ep ting
app licatio ns for digital te levisi on lice nses .
Sho rtly after I wrote that . all item appeared in
severa l loca l nc\\ 'spap ers high lighting the
<bun agc of qu alified tower crews.
All T V stations will be req uired to install a
sl'cond tran smilt er and , in lIlost cas es. a SL'Co nd anlenn a for d ig ital hroadclstin g. lvfany
. . tation s \v'ill hc abk to tlSL' theirnllTcnt tower
for thL' IlC W cquipment. BUI in many other
cascs, thc ex isting tower isn' t strong elloug h
and a neW tower (Ill'eX lensive reinforccment
o ft hL' l'xi-.ting tower) \V iII bL' Ill'cessary,
T he prob1L' m is,
only threc compan ie s III 0:o rt h
America make tall
towers! And there
are fLower thall 20
crews qualificd to
work more th a n
10 0 0 fee t (.J OO
lII e te rs )
ab o ve
g ro u nd . Curre nt
calc ulations ind icate it \,,' ill he simply impossihle for

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TIll' Radio Jli,I;tory Sodety. tit

11"11'11

radioltistory.org. hus afascinating Irl'b silt, fo r those

interested in n l/if'fl ing old nulios .

the people avui table III do all the work ncccs"a ry.
Bits and Pieces
Jack Little ill the Toledo. O hio . area is
hearing a Il C W and ruth..-r st ra nge l-Msuuion.

"J ack and .Ii ll Radio' operat es on I0 7. 1 ~ I HI..

Thi s \'I.~ ry lo\\' power "tation serves 10 pro mot e the da y-care ce nte r t If the sa me name. II
ca n be heard o llly at the corn er of Jac kman
Road and lil an ur A ven ue in Tol ed o . Other
Similar "Ialio n" have been heard advc n ivinp
hOIl IL'S for "all'. Ami he re in Nas hvi lle. o n

'v lusic Row. lvc heard one advcrti ... ing the

CALL LmER CHANGES

The following stations have changed callsiqns:
!lIllJ;;llj

tillL.cMJ

KOSG1450
KMJ I1380
KXOA 14iO
KH TX1463
KWNK6iO
KPAG1400
WWNN980
WR BD1470
WITK1600
WSCRB20
WEJ M950
WJJO1160
WX KN680
WTAC600
WCUZ1230
VlZOR1350
WRAO1240
Wl VM880
IVYCMl080
WUSS1490
KORK920
WPGY1523
WCOl 1230
KRPT850
KWSAl0 70
WNZT1 580
WDSYl080
KIHS14iO
KWTR 1530
KTOl1 280

KNHD
KTKZ
KOPT
KDON
KVCA
KWUf
WHSR
WWNN
WNMl
V1YPA
WDBI
WSCR
WNAI
WSNl
WTKG
WTZK
WSOl
WTZV
WWDR
WGYM
KBAD
WINIV
Wf ll
KJO N
KRAM
WVZN
WPGR
KA AA
KN EZ
Kl DY

Camden. AR
Sacramento. CA
Sacramento. CA
Salinas. CA
Simi Valley. CA
Pagosa Springs. CO
Pompano Beach. Fl
Pompano Beach. Fl
Warner Robins. GA
Chicago. Il
Chicago. II
Chicago. Il
Newburg. KY
Flint. Ml
Grand Rapids. MI
Black Mountain. NC
Brevard. NC
Fairview. NC
Murfreesboro. NC
AtlanticCity. NJ
l as Vegas. NV
Canton. OH
Columbus.OH
Anadarko. OK
West Klamath. OR
Columbia, PA
Pittsburgh. PA
Abilene, TX
Georgetown. TX
l acey. WA

lute...1 rel ea se ... o r vnrioux co untry star v.

T he firxt application for reg ular o pe ration
ill IhL' ex panded hand 11;,,, been fih.-d. hy a
Tcxu......tation warning In !1l 0\L' to 1700 k H/ .
J expe ctmore to be filed ... 1II Ill. Rctncmbcrt hut
\ \'JI>\1 a nd KXBT arc aut ho rized linda a
speci a l law appl icable to a vc ry limi ted nu m -

her o f station v. ~ II I)TV applic ation s have yet

been filed . hUI I ex pec t !t1 " CC so me wry coon.

Ki\OB-5-10 . \\ hich ha-, been au thori zed to

h "" '. ll " "r-. \ IUIL,h'. S,".n<!.

Rcn I'I,,' nIS;gl1.,1 S I"' I1~ l h
11"1<: p, ~nd I ", ,.. /"ne

,\ 11 W"rld

H.,,~ I. I ~ ht

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1l" ,1I" , ;" Ifhl

guagc format. KOFY will beco me un all<por t-, station.

Till.' s poradic -f. ...euson is

w ind ing
down . hU I the A\ 1 buud should be gett ing
1I0 W

quiet er. and better for DX. Have yo u heard

anyt hing intcrc sun g" Pav, along yo ur DX to
P.O. Box 9X. Bra""lown NC 2XI)()1. or via the
Intern et ItJ 72777 .31-13 rcomp uscrvc .COI1I .
Good luck !

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M O N ITORIN G TIM ES

69

OUTER
LIMITS
THE CLANDESTINE, THE UNUSUAL, THE UNUCENSED

George Zeller
Geotqe.Zelier@acclil1k.col11

Pirate loggings Explosion!

he volume

PI' ;\01"111 AlIIl'l' iGl1I p irate

al'1i\ ity 11a... been cn onnou-, during the

pa, [ month . We ' \ L' ra rl' ly seen suc h

concc ntnnc d hn 1illkd"ti ng on <luutwavc from
unli cen sed broadca sters . O ur reader... heard the
uctivit v. <o o ur co verage thi.. month j .. dominnrcd hy the huge num ber or pirate Ira n-, mis... io n" that ha ve blanketed 43 meter... . W e than k
the ck 1ll..'nS of re porter- wh o enjoyed the f n.' ll / }
pirate tran"lll issiolls from 52 different ,[<I-

or

lion" ~

Metallica Retiring Already?

In the J u ly ,\11' \\1..' brok e the 1lL'\\', of Dr.
Tornado" S supcrpowercd 15JH H) \\'a11 pirate
rr.m-mincr. During the pa.. t month he often
loot \0 the airwa ve-, L'n~ ry day, using the pop
oldie "S\.'\.' rL' t Agent 'v lau" <1 :-- a theme ",(l ng. Hut.
,l I T n-uder-, Sha\\ n Ax elrod 0 1" Winnipcg ,
Mun it obu. Rich/Tul ca Jurrcn -, o r K'lly . TC.\'I:-'.
and Bill .\ kCl inttlck of vlinnc.rpoli-, . vtin uc apo lis. were xturt lcd hy his anno uncemen t 0 11
June 7 thai .\!ctallil."j , rranvmiu cr would lndis muutlcd. Dr. Torn ado prcviou-ly snid that
his homchn-w 10" \V ri~ u- cd tour C\:;(HJ":-- ill
it", fina l. driven h~ a Kl'Il\\OOlllS --l-50 as an

cccitcr.
Pi r.u c- hu\ I.' S\ 1II 1l'1 i m c -,a tuu umccd Ihe i I" rc-

urcmcu t prctuu turcly. a, WI.' ",\.'e from Rad io

F r et' S lll't'l'lI in our I tlg gi ll~ ' , Su ch -ccm-; the
casc w ilh Dr. "!'lliladl I. as 1\'ll' I<l llil..',l l'\lIlti nlic s h I
hl.' hl.';lrd. ami has l'\ l'll ;lllll11 1111l'cd a Illaildwp,
I! roadl..'ast:-. rn Jl n ,\l,'la llil..'a han ' l';Luscd \\( Irld\\-id\.' intnc ,t in \"lInh A ll1c rican pi rat\.' pro g, rallllllillg.

Radio Free london

b C Il thou gh it' , SUllHlll.'rtitlll'. Emopi rak'
"laliu ns SO llh~ lillll.'''' pUI all aud ihk _, i ~ ll a l into
Ih\.' ca"l cO;l' l Ilf:\' onh f\ lIIcrica. J{ll"" CIIIlll.'aU
of Alldovcr. ~:lassadHhL' ll "" ~ l'lllb in an l ' \ amplL' . I it..' hcard I ~ a di o Fn'l' LUIl( I() 1l 11 1l 6 ~ 7 5
ur i fm an hour al ()~O() UTe. This p;ln of thc
-1- LJ Illl'l n hdild is a gll\ld p lill..'c LI I find I:lln )peall
pira lc,: th\.') ,1].,(1 COtllllH1 1l ly U s \.' .N ()() --l-()()(J
hi-I; ill w ha l j" Illc XU 1ll,'ln ham hand 011 th i",
"idL' (lr Ihl.' Atla lllil.'.

Micropirates
\VL' ha\'l' 1\\'0 h \ l mil.'l"op ira ll' log " 10 r\.'port.
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arc" \\ illl all alh ullI rod , fOrJn'l1. "ollletinll'"
"pil.xd w ith hlucs. r:lg. and oldie" , nit' ClITI' -

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August 1991

IlIlId Fret' n,l/I'S rail a co ver stl\ry o n G rid

Ra d io . wh ich u sc -,96 .IJ M l-izto truncmit dance
mus ic fnunth cir g uy dan ce c lub in
downtown Cle veland. [ hear them
nig htly cu:a of W e st 1171h Street.

What We Are Hearing

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Germany; Kathy Mcintyre, Richmond, VA; J05e

Compos. Annopolis. MD; Silvi)
FB I Rad io- 6955 at 0230. A5 we see here this
mon th, the wo men ot "Fernoles
Brocdccstinq Interference" are
sending ou t nice new OSL' 5, Ad d r:
Huntsville. [Jurrens: Prind le; Silvi:
direct from the station)
Free Ho pe Experience - 6955 at
0000. Major Spook' s d iverse
prog ramming often p romotes
pirate ra d io. Sometimes he
tronsmits "FHX" Morse code
identilicctions du ring broadcasts.
Addr: Blue Ridge Sum mit. (Jo el
Rose, Brecksville, O H; Barry
Will ia ms, Enterprise, AL; Co meau;
Jvrrens: Nauta; Silvi]

Bra,,:-.\( IW II.;";( ~ .s9 ( )~ . or via thc cmail address at the top of the col UIllI\. All Irequcncic-, a rc ill k lL ;
wit h times in UTe.
North American pi ra te stnuons
listccl here u-c till' fo llo wing ad dresses : PO Box I. Ikll"a:-.t. NY
", .. , 'r._
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1--1 711: 110 Hu \ 109. Blu e Ridge
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S ununir. PA 17 ~ 1-1- :]>( ) Box ~ X-l- I J . FBI Rad io : () h\"in us ly
Pn rvideucc. R I () ~ LJ () X : PO HI1\ 1-l-6. lint the Fcdcru l

He Man Radia- 6955 at 2300. He

Ma n is boc k, broodcosfinq his

mas culine po int of view in Upper
Sideband, the "ma nliest of a ll
mode s." Acldr: Blue Ridge Summ it.
B U fl'H lI
(Silvi)
Stoneham. ~' I :\ O ~ I XO: al1ll P( ) Bo x
ln vesti uafiou
KG DR- 6955 a t 0230 . They
I 152~ _ l lun rs villc . ,\ L .' 5 XI-1- .
remember Jerry Garcia, and they
Povt luch ~~()Jt2_ 1 ) - -1- ~ J 7 J W uppcrt ul. Ger.
tronsrnit Grateful Dead mus ic. Addr: Provide nce .
ruany: and PO HI).\ J I 03 . :'\a piL'r.l'\l'w Z\.'al<l lld.
(Hossiq , Jvrre ns: McLintock)
KIRK - 6955 at 0 130. Don't be con fused with the
Fur return po" t<lge. CIKlll;-;C three J~c stam p" in
e laborate sou nd ellects o n this one that inclu de
the enve lop e 10 US :\ add l"l' '''''l.' ;-; . S~ LiS Dr two
the 10'5 of a dozen pirates. If you listen ca refully,
lntcnuuiona l Repl y Coupon- g(,l hI fore ign
you can hear thei r Voice of the Ozo rks slog a n,
tuaildrup v.
Ad dr : No ne . (Frodge; Hcrtsell: Silvi)
Sunuucr i-, "tilt here . "0 the 39 met er pirate
KIWI- 7475 at 0700, G raham Bcrcloy's Ne w
Zeal a nd pira te, whi ch reloys severo! othe r
hand "lIppUrh acl ivily du rin g evening hours
stotion s reg ularly , 1,05a nno unced that they w ill
unt il O:;()( l UTe ( If later: the titnc-, in I lUI' I()g~ing:"
cease brcockosnnq on shortwave after the
l'()llrirml hi".
summe r. Say it a in' t 50 ! Add r: Napier. (Robert
Ros5, Lo ndo n, Ontario; Jurrens; Ruger ; Silvi;
Anteate r Radi o - 6955 a t 0230. The rock shows
Willia ms)
from this one 50rnetimes are said to come from
KMCR- Ma g ic Mike and W a nd a a t Ma g ic Ca rpet
Duluth , MN. Addr : Belf05t. (Ter ry Ha rtsell,
Rad io hav e added Cajun mU5ic to thei r roc k
Muskegon, MI; Kcvin Na uta , Gra nd Rar id5, Ml;
p rog ra mming. Here' s a no the r o nc that puts ou l
Michacl Prindle, New Suffolk, NY; Basi Shelley ,
good 5ignal5 on the We5t Coast , Addr: Blue
Blythe, CA; Frodge; Jurrens ; McLintock)
Ridge Summit. (Ruge r; Shelley)
Atten tion 69- 6955 at 0130. Progra mming on
KRAP- 6955 a t 0 100. If it we ren' t for Meta llica ,
this new on e is sufficiently ob 5cene tha t we con 't
Fred Flintsto ne' s po tent 5ignal would be
really des cribe it in this fami ly publ ica tion. Addr:
comidered a powerho use. His rock com e5
No ne. (Frodge; Jur rens )
through wi th fine audio o n a stron g AM ca rrier .
Big John so n Radio- 6955 at 02 45. Rock music
Ad dr : Blue Ridge Summ it. (Gregory Majewsk i,
a nd suggc5tive novelty tunes are reg ula r fea tures
Mo ntville, CT; Dav id Krou se , Ea stlake , O H; Pa ul
on this p irate. Ad dr: Providence . (Wi lliam Has5ig,
Jablonowski , Greenfield, W I; Kim Ca mpbell,
Mt. Prospect, Il ; Jurren s; McLinlock )
Piedmont, SC; Chris Leakus, Bangor, ME; JeH
Black Rock Radio- 6957 a t 0300 . This rock music
Rya n, Yard ley , PA; Nei l Wolfi5h, Toront o ,
stat ion cla ims to co me from the high d ese rt, a nd
Ontario ; Chri5 Lo bdell, Stoneham , NlA; Axel rod ;
it's best heard on the west coa st. Sometimes they
Frodge; H05sig ; Ju rre ns; Na uta ; Prindle ; Silvi;
insert a nimal noi5CS in the 5hows _Addr: Blue
Will iam5)
Ridge Summ it. (Ra nd y Ruger, No rth Hollywood ,
Lounge Li zard Ra d io- 6955 at 1800. Alleg edly
CAl
coming from a mo tel in Steuben ville, O H, the ir
Cher ok ee Rad io 6955 at 0330 . Although they
unusual format con si5t5 of 5yrupy night club
use the sloga n of "Na tive American Broa dc05tloung e music. Addr: Providence . (Frodge;
;ng ," the program content is ma inly rock music.
Jurren5; Na uta ; Ryan; Silvi; W illiam 5)
Note the ir new mai ld ro p! Addr: Blue Ridge
Mystery Rad io- 6955 at 0200 . The haunting
Summit. (Lee Silvi, Mentor, OH ; Jurrcm; She lley)
im trurnen ta l roc k on this one i5 high ly d i5tinclive .
DC Rad io- 6955 at 0045, The Mor se cod e
Addr: Ston eham . (John Sed lacek, Omaha , N E;
mes5a ge o n thi5 o ne i5 alwaY 5, "Do n' t Vote
Scott Krauss , Cleveland, OH ; Frodge; Ju rre n5;
Republican ." Addr: No ne . (Hara ld Kuhl, Gic55e n,
Prindle ; She lley; W illiam5)

or

Partial India Radio- 6955 at 1400. Harold

Zeller)

Krish na a nd So njoy have a highly amus ing

parody of the Ind io n international broadca ster All

Radio Tellus- 6955 at 0200 . Their ro ck music

shows have bec ome one of the most consistent
occupants of the pirate bonds. Look for the ir
an no unce r's tradem ark "oh Yeah !" exclama tions.
Addr: Providence. (Comeau; Frodge ; Go sse;
Ha rtse ll; Jurrens; Na uta ; Prind le ; Sed lacek ; Silvi]
Radio Titan ic Inte rnational - 6955 at 0000. A
cu rrent program from this Europ ira te is a
commemoratio n of the only voy age of the Titan ic,
complete with o minous mood music. Ad d r:
Wuppertal . (Majewski ; Prindle ; Silvi]
Radio Two- 6950 a t 0 130. This versions of the
numbered sta tions plays rock and po p o ldies
music. Add r: Providence. (Frodge; Prind le ; Ryan;
Silvi ; W illia ms; Wo lfish)

Indio Radio, but North American DXers ore the

targ et of some of the humor. A dd r: Stoneham .
(Comeau ; Jurrens; Lobdell ; Prindl e; Ryan; Silvi:

Will iams; Wolfish)

Radio Atlantica- 6955 at 0200. Dr. Fish Head

inserts his chit-chef in a ploylist thot include!'> rock
a nd cou ntry music. Addr : None. (Jo hn Are ndt,

Oswego, IL; Axelrod; Frodge; Hassig; Kuhl; Silvi)

Radio Azteco- 95 5 at 01 00 . Bram Stoker's
comedy mak es fun of everybody a nd everything
in DXing. If you send in a report, he'll probably
tell jokes about you! Add r: Belfast. (Dick Pearce,
Brattlebor o, VT; Tony Benbenek, East Hampton,

NY; Axelrod; Frodge ; Hart sell; Jurr ens ;

McLinta ck; Silvi: Wolfish)
Radio Communication International - 6 9 50 at
0200 . This German Europirate, alang with
Tita nic, has a rrangements with No rth American
pira te tra nsmitters for relays , Addr: Wupperta l.
(Fradge; Jurrens ; McLintock; Silvi]
Radio Dead Man - 6955 at 0100. If you hear
Ha llowee n-style shrieking at o ther sea so ns of the
year, odds are good that you've run across this
p irat e . Add r: None . (Frodg e)
Radio Eclipse - 6955 at 04 0 0. La tely the y ha ve
transmitted a numbe r of a nnounced tests, usually
with a rock music forma t, Addr: No ne . (Axelrod;
Comeau ; Hartse ll; Hassig ; Jurrens ; Kuhl;
Ma iewski; McLintock; Silvi: W illiams)
Radio Free Speech - 6975 at 2330 , Bill O . Rights
announced his retireme nt over the a ir. The ACE
fea tured the retire ment on its cove r. W ell, Bill is
back w ith his usual comedy and free speech
advocacy. Add r: Belfast . (Frod ge; Hartsell; Silvi)
Radio Fusion Radio- 6955 at 0 200. From the
Colleg e of Knowledg e , this o ne broadcasts rap
music . Add r: Provide nce . (Frodge)
Radi o Garbanzo 695 1 a t 01 15. Fearless Fred
crea tes some of the b luntest, hardest hitting
comedy that you' ll eve r hear . Add r: Belfast.
(Ryan)

Radio KAO S- 6955 at 0030 . Joe Mama rea lly

has n' t retired, but he has been hea rd tra nsmitting
short co medy a nd public service announcements.
Ad d r: Belfast. (Har tsell; Na uta )
Rad io Mau ser Wo rldwid e - 6955 a t 21 30. Dr.
Selsyn is only occasionally act ive, but he eme rged
with on on -air 050 re lationsh ip with Dr.
To rna do of Metallica. This caused Mau ser to
res ume some broadcas ting . Add r: New Jersey
ma ild rop defunct . (Faron Powcefte, Cleveland,
OH ; Aren dt; Axe lrod; Jurrens; Majewski)
Ra d io Metallica Worldwid e - 6955 , multiple
ahernoons and even ing s- Monitoring Times ha s
been de luged with sco res of Metallica leg g ing s
from a ll ove r the world ! Addr: Blue Rid ge Summit
(Ho ra cia N igro, Urug ua y; Vas hek Kor inek, Sou th
Africa ; Ranier Brandt, Germa ny; Peter Greene,
Eastlake, OH ; Tony Shelto n, G a rla nd, TX; Bria n
Berke s, Cherry Hill, NJ; Ma rk G regory, Auburn ,
NY; Steven Lord , Ca mbr idge, f'IIA; Steve Beste ,
Brew ton, AL; Sue Wi lde n, Columbus , IN; Tim
W oo ds, Ind ia na po lis, IN; Kevin G raniero,
Mad ison , WI ; David Strickla nd, Franklinton , NC;
JeH Nicklow, Ashev ille, NC; Jo hn Cosima no,
Washing ton, DC; Curt Tresen riter, Sterling , IL;
Joel Gosse, St. Paul , MN ; Gig i Lytle , Lubbock, TX;
Richard W eil, 51. Pa ul. MN ; Deane Joh nson ,
Everett, MA; Aren dt ; Axelrod ; Be nbenek :
Campbell ; Comeau ; FowceHe; Frodge; Has sig ;
Jablonowski ; Ju rre ns; Kuh l; Lea kus; Lobdell;
Majewski; McLintock; Na uta ; Prind le; Rose; Ross;
Ruger; Ryan; Sed lacek; Shelley ; Silvi: Wolf ish;

Radio USA 6950 a t 0130 . M r. Blue Sky and Joe

King have been on the a ir for a dec a de and a

half with pun k rock a nd co med y productions . The
two best known veteran pirates, USA an d
Laryng itis, etten produce some of the be st
prog ramm ing heard on shortwave rad io . Addr:
Belfast. (Har tsell; Pearce; Ryan; Silvi]
Solid Rock Ra d io- 6955 a t 0 130. Sou l music is
the staple on Dr. Love' s sta tion, but he branches
out into other music styles and comedy shows.
Add r: Belfa st. (Arendt; Ha rtsell)
Solid State Radio - 6955 a t 0 100 . Don't co nfuse
this newcomer with So lid Rock Rad io. The "Sta te"
statio n has been playing rock music so fo r on
their 200 wctt Alv\ tra nsmiHer . Add r: Providen ce .
(Ryan; Silvi]
The Cro ok ed Man 6955 at 20 15 . The deranged
stream -of-consciousness narrative fro m the
Crooked Ma n a lleged ly wa s ca used by a tra gic
fall on his head from the Hinde nberg Zeppelin.
Addr : Washington address d efunct. (Frodge)
Up Your Radio Shortwave- 6975 at 2300.
W oody B. Serious puts a lot of effort into his
comedy productions, a ll of whic h make fun of
co nse rvatives and Republ icans. Add r: Blue Ridg e
Summit. (Hartsell ; Silvi]
Voice of Bizarro Worl d 6955 a t 0300. Xhem
still has everything backwards on this stat ion,
wh ich makes him diHerent from everybody else.
Add r: Huntsville . (Jurrens )
Voice of Green Acre s- 6955 a t 0045 . The show s
o n this self-professed "wors t p irate" in Ame rica
co nsist a lmo st e ntirely of repe a ted rendi tions of
the G reen Acre s television show theme . Do n' t
con fuse them with Green Acres Radio, a similar
sta tion. Add r: No ne . (Are ndt; Frodge ; Jurre ns;
Silvi: Wi lliams)
Voice of Juliet- 6955 a t 130 0 . Their fema le
a nnouncer usua lly plays music by fema le singers.
He r co mme nta ry on gender issues is not a lways
from a feminist pe rspe ctive. Ad d r: Merlin.
(Axelrod ; Comeau ; Ha ssig ; Jur rens; Ma jewski;
Na uta ; Silvi; Williams)
Voice of laryngitis- Cowboy Sta nley Huxley a nd
Genghis Huxley created so me of the funniest
p irat e shows ever. Somebody ha s brought the
best of their 19 8 0 ' s shows boc k for a wel co me
re play, sponsored os usual by Friend ly Fredd ie ' s
Budget Buria ls, where dea th is cheap. Add r:
Belfa st; ign o re a nnounced Bottle Cree k. (Ha ssig ;
Jur rens; McLintock; Silvi]
Voice of the Daleks- 6955 at 0130 . The Dclek
Commander's vessel was blown up on a p revious
show , but the damage must no t have been too
severe, since the sta tion is still on the a ir. Add r:
Belfa st. (Jurrens)
VOXXX- 6955 a t 0200. Adu lt comedy is their
forma t, but they still are n' t co mmunicat ing with
listeners . Addr: No ne . (Hartsell; Nicklow)
WARR 6955 at 0200. Ca pta in Nob eord's rock

music and mari jua na advocacy comes with a

good signal tha t is heard na tionwide. His
mai ld ro p reports tha t some moil is now geHing
through, but no OS L's had material ized by MT's
p ress time. Addr : Belfa st. (Kuhl; Prind le; Silvi]
W BtG- 6955 at 0 130. Big Mike say s that his
statio n is the BIG pi ra te, a nd that' s portly beca use
Mike is a goo d size d huma n be ing. Aclcl r: Belfast .
(Co mea u; frodg e ; Harts ell; Nauta ; Ryan; direct
from the station)
W lIS- 6955 a t 0000 . Ja ck Boggan, shortw ove
broadca st interval signals, a nd Ian McFarland on
the QS L's are all stat ion tra d emarks. Addr: Blue
Ridge Summit. [Jot rens]
WlWlIS 6955 at 2000. The station that loves
WlIS creates its own interval signals , none of
which yo u will hear on regular broadcas ters .
Addr : Providence. (Jurrem; Ro se; Ryan; Silvi,
W illiam s)
WMFQ - 6955 at 170 0 , A chorus of mal e
a nnou nce rs gives their id entificat io n be tween rock
songs. Their sloqon asks , "Where's My OSl. "
Addr: Providence. [Jurr ens : Ryan; Silvi: W illiams)
WMPR 6955 at 0 100. Their d istinctive style of
techno-pop music is ea sy to spot. Cellletter
iden tifications are always by the ir male an noun ce r, followed by the "6955" freq uency by a
female a nno uncer . Addr: No ne . (Axelrod:
Benbenek ; Comeau; Ha rtsell; Jurren s; Lobdell;
Ma jew ski; Na uta ; Prindle ; Silvi: W illiams;
Wolfi,h)

WPOT 6955 at 2230. The appa rent ly new

station using the se clas sic pirate ca ll letters is a
stra ng e o ne, with the announcer singing over
instrumental spa ce mus ic. It's sort of a cros s
between W PIG and the Voice of the Da leks.
Addr: Belfost. (George Zeller, Cleve la nd , OH ;
Frodge; Gosse; Jurre ns)
WPRS 6955 0 1 1700. Wi ll( B, Quiet is not on as
much as he was a couple 0 yea rs ago, b ut his
re lay of an o ld rad io b roadcast was fai rly widely
heard. Addr: Provide nce . [Jurren s: McLintock;
Silvil
WREC 6955 at 0 20 0 . P. J. Sparx , host at Radio
Free Ea st Co a st, has be en producing varied
p rog ra mming la te ly includin g roc k music, comedy
bits, a nd in-studio conversations about issues.
Addr: Belfast. (Axelrod ; Hartsell ; Jurrens; Kra uss;
Kuhl; Na uta ; Prind le; Rave n; Ro se; Ryan ; Silvi;
William s; Wolfi sh)
WSRR- 6 955 at 0100. Solid Rock Ra d io now
uses these ca ll letters. No te that they have
establ ished a ma ild rop add ress . Addr : Belfast .
(Hart sell; Jurrens; McLintock; Pearce; Prind le;
Silvil

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THE FUNDAMENTALS OF AMATEUR RADIO

Ike Kerschner, N31K

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from your co mpute r keybo ard as we ll as
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mere a lot faster.
Equipm e nt mod ifications also arc included on the "World of Ham Rad io" CD.
I ex amined a ll of the mods available on the
CD and <l1II anxiou s to try seve ral. especia lly o ne for a scan ner I have, Not eve ry
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CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND TIPS

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Radio Artwork From Your PC

any of the proj ects I de scribe in th is

column c all for bre adboar d construelion. Oth ers a re design ed to he as -

sembled with point -to-point wiring 011 a scra p

piece of PC board . Some readers ha ve ind i-

ca te d a de sire to obtai n an e tc h ing patt ern for

a PC brea dboard. beca use they want the project
(0 lo ok. ne at and profe ssio na l. T h is month I urn
resp o nd ing to those req uests by pro vid ing
so me breadboard pa ttern ... I de veloped for m y
pe rson a l usc. Yo u w ill he able ( 0 ma ke c irc uit
hoa rd s fro m these pa tte rn s while u... ing onlin<l ry materials that arc available by mail.

Creating t he A rt work
Figure 1 contain s three breadboard pattern s for the wor kbe nc h enthus iast. Two an:
iden tica l in layou t. b UI o ne is small er than the
oth er . A third pa ttern is provi ded fo r those
w ho work wit h IC s. T wo 16-p in Ie s ites a llow
the usc o f standard I)IP ICs from -l to I() pin s.
T his patt e rn m ust he main tain ed to xculc. as
provi ded here . Ot he rwi se . the IC s will no r ii i
into the a lloc ate d s po ts . T he othcruvo bread board pa tte rn s may be e n larged or reduced in
s ize w ith a copy mach ine to provide the s ilc
y'o u prefer.
Pattern s s uc h as tho se in fig ure I ca n be
deve lope d eas ily wi th a co m puter. If yo u do
lHH hav e CA l) so ft\\ arc for d ra\\'in g sc hc marie d iagram s and crea ting PC -bo ard patte rns. you ca ll acc om pl ish the same e nd re su lt
by us ing Pa intbru sh in Wi ndows. I us c Win dows 3. 1 in m y syste m . Window s lJ) s ho u ld
be satisfacto ry for thi s pu rpo se a lso .
The pattern s illustrated in thi s art icle WC I'\,.'
developed wh ile using Hoardmak cr so ftwa re.
w h ic h is a Euro pea n CAD program. I At least
two U.S . progra ms arc su itab le fo r th is app licatio n ( PChoa rd s a nd S i\/l A RT W O R Kl .

Etching th e Boards
O ne of the bet te r e tc h ing product s to ap pear 0 11 the market in recent ye ars is Pre-x-uPee! Pn P Blue film produced by Tc chui kx.
Inc . It is avai lable from A ll Electron ics in X1/2 x I I inch fi ve -sheet pack ets.' Th e fig ure I
patte rns arc tran sferred to the Pn!' Blue film
wi th a stand ard lnscr cupy machine . Th e pattern on the P nP Blue is then tran sferred to a
piece of c lea n PC board wit h a ho useh old iron
set for s ilk o r cotto n.
74

MONITO RING TIM ES

August / 997

Appro ximatel y on e minut e o f moderat e

pressur e w ith the iron (keep the iron moving
slo w ly It) e nsure a com p lete pattern transfe r )
is requ ired . A llow the work [ Il cool. then
carefully pee! the PnP Bl ue fro m the PC
boa rd. A b lack etc h- resist coat ing will remain on the board for those copper arcu s that
ar e prot ect ed from the etc hing so lutio n. Ironin g the pattern ont o the board causes a mirror-

JOATJOV +

JOAT.DJ +

illlag!.:' re versal. and hence the back.ward -read ing label s in figure I .
II' there shou ld be s po ts on yo ur PC ho ard
w here the PnP Bl ue did not tran sfer (d irty
l'll ppe r s urface or insufficient heat), yOll llla y
prot ect those ar ea s with Ind ia in k. or w ith an
e tch-resis t pen .
Ferri c chloride e tc h ing so lutio n is avai luhlc in pint bo ttle s at Radi o S hac k sto res.

~ fn llJ

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FIGURE 1 - Scale etchim; patterns for t wa J.:('//('ral-pu rpo.\e hrradhuards and

conta ins sitvsfor t wa ICs.

01/('

that

( 0 11

phenolic PC h(lar J

~h K k l

i" 1(}(). 'Ihe etlil can he tapped

(0

Im\ cr the induct an ce I u-,-

iug a rolary ..\\ itch! in circuit c Ih ;1I requ ire a variable

in ducto r. A -,Ingle- tur n I<IOJl

i-, 011 the UUIt."f perime ter of

the ho ard fo r U"'L' a... a co upling lin" .
T h i" in cxp cnvi vc ap proa ch til cni l fabricntiou
lend s itself ttl the con strue-

uon

ti l'

compact. low-profi le

equipment . Th e induct ance

c all be red uced by pliKing a
brass o r aluminu m p la i t." ti ll
the back side ofthe P( ' ho ard ,
:\ ... liding h ra..... (If aluminum
plate would make the coil a

variablei nductor.
In a lik e manner. a ...mall
FIGURE 2 - Sca l f' f'tehi ,,;.: puttem fo r a PC-hoard coi l
...hcct of powdered iron r pulthat JUI .'i ../.2 microhenries of induct ance and a Q of WO.
vcrb cd no. 2 (II' 1It1 , 6 toroid
mutcrinluu xed \\ ith u hi ndcr I
may he place d 011 the back ... ide til' the PC
Altern atively. you cuu purchavc tvce re fer ho ard ttl increase the inductance . Tho-,c \\ ho
c ncc 2) ferri c chloride po wde r an d mi x your
arc me chanicall y inc lined should find it cas)
0\ \ 11 etching so lut ion with water. T he liqu id
ctc hum sho uld be preheat ed til apprnxinuu cl y
100-1 1I) degree- I; before the W I I II is placed
in il. l dot hix in a pyr e .\ d ish in themicrowave
o ve n. C a u l ion: ;\ void con tact wit h the ctc hunt
and do not breat he the Ium c v. A mm o nium
per ...ul ph.nc po wder Illay ;11...0 Ill' mixed w ith
wate r 10 provide ,,111 c tclnuu .
A gi l:He the PC boardeve ry .'0 to (lO ...ccond s during the etching period to ha... ten the
remova l ofu nwa ntcd cop per. ~ 10 ... t PC boards
w i ll et ch in 30 m in utes or !c" Th e etc hing

time depend... upon the rhick nc " of the co p-

per.
On ce etc hed, the PC board ...ho uld be cleared
o f re maining e tc h- re - i...l mat eria l by treating it
with paint re mover or a similar solven t. It can
then he was hed with warm water and dried
with a pape r towel. The board may be lin
pl ated b) in un cr... i ng it in tiu -pkuing sol ution.
Tin-plal ing pO\\Lkr is ilvailahle fro lll lll os1
supplie r" of PC hoard material s, or ill l iquid
form from Kcpro Corp . Tin plaling makes
so ldcring c"l... icf. w h ile prolecling the coppe r
<:onll llL:' I(lrs !'n lill c(l rn l" i(lIl .

A PCBoard Coil
Fig ure 2 sI1o\\'s a patll' rn I den:loped for
experimenlal purposc". 11 is .1 llal l'oil made
with cl ched <:ondliclOr" . T he for m,lI is ... imil ar
to thai w.t."d in till' 11)30 " fo r lo op a nlen n,,'" in
S( lml: He hand rad i()" . T he greall'r Ihe number
o f turn " Ihe highl'r till' ('o il induc ta nce. and
vicL'-w r"a . Th e figur e 2 coi l ha... an inductance: o f ..L2 l11 iLTohe:nric". T ill' IIll'aSlll'e:d Q

to mnkc n vari able inductor : lIo ll ~ till' forego-

ing lines.
Some Clo sing Remarks
Hrc udboard ... arc sui tab le tor fini ... III,:d pro duct fuh ricati on . They G ill he: used al:!ain and
ag<lin for cxpcrimcu tul circuit- 1X'I{Jrl' the

Use coaxial cable

from antenna to
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Lo w noise reception Irom 500 KHz
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YOur longwire may
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lcavr voldcring -iron hea t pr uct icnhl c to cn ...urc

long li f t." for the brea dboard v. Dou b le- idcd

PC hoard ...roc k may be u-cd if) o u wi h 10

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August / 997

MONITORING TIMES

75

~ LANE TALK

MAKING SENSE OF CIVIUAN AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Jean Baker, KfN9D D

Separation Anxiety

I. Wake turbulence ...cparanonminitna. Wa ke

tu rbulence i... a violen t di sturbance o r the ai r
behind an ai rcraft. rc...cmhling a pai r Ill' hor izo ntal tor nadoe s. Th e bigpcr und heavier the air crnfr. thc more violent the di st urbanc e . For wake
turb ulenc e pllrpo sc s. aircraft arc di vided into
th rec cutcgonc s: heavy. large. a nd sma ll. (A n
~'1 1 ) 1 1 is ahe a \"y a in,:rilft. a 7 ni .. alnrgc uirc raft
and a Ccs..na -t2 1 is a <mall uircmft. I l-or aircraft
flying dir ectl y behind. ami Ie.... than I.lXIO fee t
below. a precedin g ai rcraft. the full ll\\ ing ...c paratio n m inim a apply:
a. Heavy be hin d a hea vy . lou rnauti ca l mil es
h. S ma ll or larue behind , I hea vy - five
nautical mile..
x car the runwa y. when IIIL' precedi ng aircraft is
o ver the landing threshold :
I. S ma ll behi nd a lar ge - four nautic al mile s
2. S mall be hind a hcuvy. s i\ nautica l mile ...

mini mum se paratio n hc twee n 1\\0 ai rcraft. In

es sence . it is the automati c dctcctionof an operation a l e rror.
Whe n O EDP fir... 1 became operat ion al. the
number of reported CITor... increased siguificaru ly because the program wa s capable o f de tccting 4 .9 m ile separation s \vhen the state d
requireme nt is five miles , Controllers co uld not
di scern the one-tenth -of- a-mile lo..s of se pa ration w ith the naked eye. so they became con..c rvutivc. incre asing the u..ua l se pa ration to seven

Lateral Separation

Major World Air Route Areas

l-ullo win g is a loo k ru a few or the: Major
World Ai r Ro ute Area (l\'l W A RA I II I: networks
that hel p keep a ir tra ffic WIlI"hlw id t.: 1111 (ral'l\ and
co llis ilill-fret.: :

e te r accurac y prohk'llls al lhos e a ltillltJc s. Du ring Ihe lasl st.: w ra l )'t.'ars . ;1Il CXle: ll..in: :-.IUOy o n
altimel cr acc ura cy Ila... inw ...lil!;lte:Olh e- J'Xl...s ibi lity o f red ucing the se:pa ration to l.l )l)( ) fc c!. T hc
slUdy is sl ill o n-go ing ,

Lateral ...cpara tion cx i... ls for nonimcrsccti ng

fli gh t palhs unde r the fo llo win g condit ion s:
a. W he n the req uired d i...tam-e i... main tained
hc tWt.'CII tilt.: !lighl pa lh... .
b. Wh t.:n [Ldw':t.d rou le pro let.: lt.d a ir...pacc is
upp lk a hk. an d the pro tce!cd ;Iir...pace of Ihc
ni gh l pa lhs d o nol o ve rlap.
e . \\' hen aircra ft art.' cro...... illg a ll ot.t.'a nic
hou nda ry and an: c ntl' ring a n a ir... pace wi lh a
la rgt."r la lt.:ralm inim ulll Ihan Iht. a irspilt.c hei llg
c .'l\ited : a nd the- ...mall t.:r ...epara lio n e:\i ..." OIl Ihe
boundary and n ig hl pa lh... lhal d ivc rge hy 15
o c!:!re:c ... o r more unlil till' la rg t.r mi nim um i..
c ...tah lisht.t.1 .
Ho wc \cr. lalcral sc pa ralilll1 al ...o c.\i..." for
int crsec ling flig ht pal h... w ilh t.'o ll... lalll and sa me
w id th Protlltet.l a irs pat.'l' w he:n l'itht.:r airlTaft is
al or heyo nd a d isw llt.'c ct. lual l(l IhL' a pplicable
la ter al st." para lio ll mi nilllulll lIle,t-.llIt.'d IlL' rpen t.I ic lllar 10 Iht.: !li ghl pa th Ill' the t. lthc !" ai rcra ft:
O r. for illlL'r st.'cting ni g hl patlh w ith 1"I1II.\l w l/
bll1 dU/i. ,I't'1II or w ilh \"Or;(/hl l' \\ idlh prot ct.' lcd
a ir..pa cc w he:n e ilhl' r a in.:ra h i... ;11 or ht.:yond il
t.I isl.IllCC e{llla l 10 Ihe SII IlI o r IlIe prtJlt.t.It.:J a ir"'p;KCIlf ht.lt h !lig hl pa lh... 1l1laSUl"t.d pc rpL'lldi(ll l<lr ttl n igh t p:llh o r o lht.:r a ir,,:!"a f!.
T ht.:rc ... morc 10I alt.r;11st. pa rillio ll. hUl l thin l\
yo u gl.."l lhe iJ ea hy fl O \ \ ,

Longitudinal Separation

An automatic snitch

In tod uy' :-. c llviro l1 l11t.: 1l11ll0 ...1ai rcraft ure st.:pa ralt.'d by Ihrec na ulical mi lt:... in It.rmi nal a rca s
a nd Ii\"t.: nallli ca lm iles Wht.'llullde r ctlntro l oftilc
(;'e nters.. Bu t aga in.... e paratilll] I,: ritl.' ria art.: no t
a lw ay s so sim pk,

Sc pa ralil' n a l...o lead s II'" inlo Iht. nn t "'Ubj t.CI

to he d i...c u.....t.d - Ihl' O pn a lillllal Error Dt.lcc lio ll Pat dl IO ED PI, i\ Is\l l\lhl\t.ll :h Ih.... ...Ilitc h
gca r" or " Sa lly Snit ch : ' 11lL' O E I>P " blo w... thL'
w hisllc " wh e n a co ntro lk r lu ... lll...1 the rcq uirt.d

e lcOIlle' aboard' Tod ay we ar c goin g

to look at a cunccptthat is cr itica l in

air traffi c cont rol: sep aration . Keep ing aircra ft separate d is a cont rullcrs /willle
rrsponsibilitv , Se paratio ns vary acc ordin g 10
condit ions . hut an: dis cussed in thre e dim en siems or physical pla nes: vert ical. longitudina l.
and lateral .
Vertical is the scpun uinn olain..'raft a l differcnt altitudes. Lnnuitud in al i.. the se paration o f
aircraft fo llowing one ano ther in trail . Lateral is
the se paratio n of aircr aft at l il t: same altitude.
most often ttl the right or left ..ide. In so me
respect s. g iven today' , usc o f radar. ..cparation
co uld he thoug ht ofa..ba sicall y e ither vertical o r
hor izont al. Let ' s e xami ne these stan dard.. o f
separation ;IS the- ~ exist in ai r traffi c contro l
tod ay.

mile.. .
Initia lly. co nt rollers d id no t gree t the O EDP
w ith a g reat de a l of cnth u... ia...m. BUI now th ai
the y hav c grow n ll ...cd 10 it ;\IId the syste m is
accommodatin g -,Iig htly incrca ...cd di stan ced
between aircraft. mo..t cyc ryo llt.: agrees tha t the
... nitch gear" ha ... made the ... ys tc lU .....fe r - ,1111..1
reduced high ... eparution anx iety."

Vertical Separation
Ve rtical scp nrtuiou bet ween instrument flight
ru le s (IFR ) a ircra ft is l .nOn fee t lip 10 and includin!! lli gh t level (FI.) 290 ttwcuty-ninc thou sand ). Abo ve Iligh t leve l 290 . vertical se para tion is 2.00 0 Ic cl. T ht.:n:fore-. l'o nlro lle rs ea n
a s~ i !!n a iR' ran lolly al 10 .00 0 . I LOOO. and
12.000 feel up 10 29,000 Ic c l. BUl up wh ere- the
j e ts like hllra n :l. the a ltit lldcs an: al !l ighlle-vel s
~ u c h .IS 310 . :1.'0. a nd J5 0.
To pro\"id l' 2.000 lc-e-I of w n it.:al se pa ratio n
;aho n: 29 J )()() fee l. (lilly Ixld 1l1l1llhC're-d ;altitud es
(ll ig ht lew Is) a rc 1I...e-d. A ift:ra n a t the hig he-r
a ltitudes !l~in g o n COllfSl'S o f ., 60 to 179 deg ree s
fly at FL .l~ O . :'1 0,4 10, c lc. Air c ra ft tly ing
(;Ollr...cs o f ISO to .lSI.) t.h:g rcc ... U"'l' FL... 3 I0 .350.
390. e-tc ,
A l'cording 10 thc Fc dcra l A\ iilliol1 Re f!. ulalion ... . Vr:R airlTaft fly at lhl' g i\c ll a h ilUde p lus
5 00 fec I. Thu s. for cxalllp lc. thc y usc 10.500.
11.500. a nd 12.000 fcC! . V FR air lTaft in termi llal cOlltro l area s ar c abo pro vided 500 fcc i of
~ l par;lI i o n .

Th e 2.0()(I-fool ...epa ralio ll minimum ano\'!.:

H . 29 0 i... hased (a mulI!! o tht. r Ihin gs) on alt im -

76

MON ITORING TIMES

August / 997

North Allantic (NAT)

(IJATA):3016. 5598. 8906. 13306. 17946 Air!

Ground transmissions across soulh central part of North
Atlantic Canarias, Gander. New York, PJramaribo,
Piarco. SantaMaria. Shanwick. Bounded by Paramaribo.
NewYork, Reykjavic, and Canarias

IIJATBI: 2899. 5616. 8864. 13291. 17946

Air,Ground transmissions across NorthAtlantic for
aIrcraft thatis registe red ','lest 0130 degrees \'lest Gander. ReykjaVik, New York. Santa Maria. Shannon
(Shamnk)

IIJAT-C): 2872. 5649. 8879.1 3306.1 7946. Air!

Ground transmiSSIons for aircraft registeredeast of 30
degrees west - Gander. ReykjaVIk (Iceland), Shan non.

(NAT D12971. 4675. 8891 11279. 13291. 17946.

Air/Ground transmissions across furthest northern part
of the Atlantic includingthe north polar reg ion

(NATE ): 2962. 6628. 8825. 11 309. Air/Ground

transmissions in Atlantic area between Ne.... York and
Sanla Maria

INATF): 3476. 6622. 8831. 11336.13291. Air!

Ground Iransmissions in area between Gander and
Shanwick.
Ca ribbean (CARl

ICARA): 2887.5550.6 577. 8918. 11396. 13297.

17907. Air/Groundtransm Issionsacross southern
Mexico. Central America. ~ nd northwesternCarrbbean
region 01South America- Barranquilla . Boyeros,
Guatemala City, Merida. New York. Panama. Piarco, San
Andreas Island . San Jose, Tegucigalpa (ToncOnlln Int'l)

(CAR B): 3455. 552~ . 6586. B846. 11387. 17907.

Air/Ground transmissions across nM h, west . central.
and easlernarea of Caribbean regIons 01 South America.
including north eastern part 01South Amenca
Barranquilla. Boyeros. Cayenne. Georgetown, Maiquella,
New York. Panama, Paramaribo. Piarco, San Andreas Is.

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MONITORING TIMES

77

FEDERAL FILE
A GUIDE TO GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS

John Fulfo rd, WA4VPY

email: johnf@emi.net

Brave New World of Scanning

ht..' world off ed er a l scanning has lake."

o n an ent irely new face over the past
1ll11111h. a nd tho ...c o f u... thai arc hea v ily
invo lved in it arc.' very exc ited about our " new
baby." T he fi r... t even t that occu rred is th e

inauguration of the FcdCorn maile r

0 11

the

Internet a vailab le throug h the Grove We b

S ite. T h is has broug ht mil the most accu ra te
and timel y federa l fre quency moni toring in format io n that I han- ...ce ll in the past thirty
year...-and [hal' :-. \\ 11\,.'11 I got started monitor-

ing the tcds .

If you have been follow ing my co lumn. you
are aware of the World wide Utility Net (W UN)
that l brought tn you r uttcmion in June. FedCom
is the same idea. but it b ;lIo ng the lines of
fed eral monitoring instead of Ulilily mo ni tor ing . althou gh so metimes the fre que ncy intercepts ove rlap . To subsc ribe 10 the FcdCOlll
list , se nd e-m ai l tn "majordomo tra grovc.nct ."
ln thc bo dy o f the ma ilt ypc ..ubvcribc fcdcom"
or "fcdcom d igest." No thing el se i.. nece ssary .
If yo u arc go ing thro ugh AO L. yo u wil l ha ve
to ty pe sOlllet hi ng in Ihe s ubjec t line or e be Ihe
m<.lil w ill not go thro ugh . ScI.' yo u Oil thl.' web~
T he 'cco nd Ill<ljor e\'c nl i.. lhc introdu elio n
of thc "T ru nkT rac ke r" rad io...
O vc r lhc pa"l few 1ll0nlh.. 1h,l\ c pre ll)' \vel l
hashed out the qu estitlfl o f wh cre Ihc fcJs haw
gone . In Illany 'Irca.. o f Ihe cou nt ry. WI.' arl.
hearing k ..s a nd Ie.... on till: fcda<ll ch 'lIlnel ...
Forcx'lIllp le. 1 rc('c in:J ,Ill e-m ail frolll ..o mc
o ne in law enforcc l1IC I1l ill a maj or sha iffs
de parlml.'l1 t in F loritl<t. I ll.'I.olllirmcd ou r ..u..p ic io ns that Ihc feJ s haw Illm cd up to ~mo
M i ll. on th e cOIllJ11c r\,.ial 5\1H.., {S pccia lill.'J
~,ltlh i le Radi o ..ystclll s-a trllllh'd ..)'", elll t)Pc ratcd by \ 1oloro la l. I Ie ..Ial\,.' d Ihal ill thc
T,u llpa and O rlando I. m'cragc arL'as. the U.S.
rvlars lwl' s O ffice i.. thl.' fin.t o f rllany fL'de ral
agc lleie s Ih,ll are cur relltly 1 1 1 ; l k in~ the nu )ve 1\1
co ml1lerl.ia l SYS h:lll... Lool.; fo r 1110 '1 PI" 11ll:
feda ;d age llci c., ill 1111.' CClllr<l1 F1 0 riJ a arca to
~ up on SOO w ith in Ihc nl. \ 1 k w 111011111 ....
T hc..l.' S ~ lR .. ar l. wid e ;Irea n m llllCrl. ia l
lrunl.;ing systl.'l11" . ha vin g a' llIallY a, ~ 0I30
fr~qucn cic .. a\"l ilahll.' on a parti l'ul ar ...y...te lll.
On Ihesl.' "yS1C' Ill'" 0 111.' w ill fi nJ man y lllallY
conlin erl.i;1! sy..tcm.., fWllll hc IlIl.'al p in ;! lll.'livcry se rvicc 10 till.' poo l d C,lIll'r to th e huil d ing lo nl ra\,.' IOf. Rl.'cc lIl dl<lIIge .. ill FCC rl.g ul a tio ll' sta le th aI th e ind i\ idu a l lI-.l'I"" do no! ha\I.'
to h~ lil:cn setl. on ly Ihe trunk "' Y'h~ 1l1 itsd L
G oo d luc k now find ing a parlinJlar uscr ~
W ith lIlor e an d IllO IT l:Ullllllc n: ial ..)s tCllls
78

MONITORING TIMES

Augu," 997

lea vi ng the ir 150 and ..t60 ~III I com mercia l

alloc ations and s ho w ing lip 0 11 the xon M HI.
...y... ten . the Icd-, will become just ano the r
Iacc inth e cro wd-c-or w ill th ey?
I rece ived a n e- mai l from ..omco nc "in th e
know" w ith the Bureau o f Alcoh ol. Tobacco.
a nd Firearm.. I BAT F )- ;L no lhc r ag ency that
ha... "disap peared" in th e So uth Florida area
fro m thei r no rmal 165 ~ 1 11 1. freq uencies. To
quote the mail : ";\ couple ofwee ks ago I W.IS
inv olvcd in an o pe rutinn 111;11 included perso nnel from the ATF and th e FBI. As we carne up
011 the rc... idcn cc . m y iru-r y Scour pop ped up
wi th a frequency o f X17.6 1..l. wh ich I suppos c
wa... do..I..' enoug h 10 :':17.6 125 . an inp ut fora
loca l S7\:IR . II had It) he one o f those feel s. IHIIlC
ofthe loe ,lls wo u ld be u..ing that cy-acm. I have
111 11he a rd AT I: ( 10 th eir 16S- l 6() M I ~ I. frcqucnci cs for ...<IIllC time in thi..urea (To ledo. O hio )."
W el l. I gllcs ... that answers our que....tio n o n
whe re to find the fed ... . W ill we have to gi ve lip
moni torin g th e ass ign ed fede ra l frequencie s?
or \,.'o ur ..c nol. Kel.'fl thclll ill..la llcd in your
"la nnc!". Rut the fed ... k now Ihal pc o ple ar c
mon ilo ring thl.'irfTl'q llelKi c ... ,lIld thcy an: loo king ror way .' 10 kl.'c p Ihl.'ir ctl llu n unica tio n..
'I.'cret.
W hy i...n1 digi la l enc ryplion a ll lh.Jt .. rc q uired ror ~cI.TCCY'! DES work .. finc. hlll w hcn
a Iaw hr c,lker ...lart .. hcaring di gita l spc l.'ch c ncryption 011 Ihe inp ut cli.mnd for the lo\:a l
I) EA (Ir 1:13 1 rl.' p~ a l c r \lr tlll , I s illlp le.\ c hannc l.
il w ill no t lak e h im lon g 10 fig urc o UI whal is
ha ppcni ng . T his is \\ ha l i.. rek rred In in Ihl.'
inlc lligt:nce c ird e:-. , IS " Ira ni I.' an aly s i.... \ 'o u
do 1101 h;l\'e to know Ihl.' \,.' u lllcnl.. o j" the llle, sage: j ll'il th\,.' fac i Ihat 11K' 11l1.'.... ..ag ~ is he ing
tran'lll ille d IL' lIs yo u a grc al de al.
S incc !"elk-ral agl.'ll t:ies ar c s hifting 1lI11 t:h
(If IIK'ir n Illllllunicat i(lllS tlII'OllllllCrc ial lrun kl.'d
"ys lc m.., Wl' <Irc go ing III ha vc 10 add 10 ou r
,Ir,c n a l o f m o n il o r in g c q u ip me n t .1
"Tru nkT r'ld cr or ih cqu ivalent. In Ihc pa st.
lIIoni tor, ha \ 'I..' ..olll l.'l iml.... oh w incd Irunk cd
r;ldiu .. al halllli: ..b ;lIIJ alh:mpt l.d 10 gl.' t IhclII
...\,.1 up fo r Ihc ir OWII U SI.' - th erehy ri..kin g a
law ...uil frol1l ~ lolOrolil or wo r~c . BUIIIOW. the
fl.' ''' of lI ' wi ll he ;lhlc 10 U"I.' th e nt:w , legal.
:-'l,lIl1Kr.. ll1al w ill 1'0110\\ Ihl.' lrun l.;cd 'y:-' h~ n h .
Th ere i.. alrcad y a Irunl.;lr'll:kc r inlCTlll.'1
ma iler lln lhc Gro\'l.' .1l1.'1 "I.'T\'c r, and a wc h s ilc
at w\\w.t runktrat'k er.lultl ril l" po , ti ng of
Irlln king in form al ion a.. fast a... it i, hc ing
di 'l'm't..'rl.'u. h'dCo l1l wil l li..t ... imila rin l"or mation rc levan t to fcde ra l l'olll llltlllie;L tio ns. Th c

li..ts get bigger eac h Jay wit h YlIlir contri butio ns,
Fo r those o r you that do have web access.
we lcome to our ne w world . If yo u do not ha ve
a com pute r. you arc go ing to ha ve to o bta in
on e or the se rvices ofone to keep informed o n
the late..t deve lo pment s in Fe dera l ...ca nni ng .
The ho bby i... c hang ing by th e day. Do not he
le n behind.

What You are Hearing

I recei ved a lot of intercept ... o ve r the pa st
month . bo th o n the Fcdf'o m s ite and by private
e -mail. Lei " gel 10 them .
A contri buto r in the Boston. M a ssachusetts . area sub mi tted the infonuatiun thut there
wa s au ac tive federal tr un king sys te m in stalled in down to wn Bo ..to n . T he ..ystem wa...
in stalled and the n no users . . bowed lip o n th e
channel s. ( No te : Th e sa me thi ng hap pened
w ith th e fede ra l S MR in Mia m i, T he sys te m
wa s unplugged in 1995 h UI i.. st ill thcr e.j T he
I"o ll(l\v ing a r~ Iht..' daw .llld conlro l channds:
e~ir

Transmit Freq

0",
T\'/0

4082 000

ThreE'

408.8000
406.4000

n/(, n ", I/ cc1

to1/('

!!.m itt.fttQ Connect TOJl!!

4153250
41 6 9250
41 6.7250
is 1/01 ,IIt,

9000 Hz
90.00 Hz
90 00 Hz
StilI/(' li S llz'

.m hw u/ih!t' 10 1lt'.
I wou ld im ag ine Ihat th e sy ..tc m is slill
therc and hcar.. mo nitori ng . Yo u nc ve r I.;no w
wlll'n Ihe sy ..te m will beco me al.livc nga in.
A rea de r a lo ng th e lJ .S .lC ;lI1adi ;lIl horde r
suh m itlc J the fo llowing reg ard ing Bordc r Palro l a nd C u:-.to nh opc ratio lh in his pan u l" the
'>I ale, Th e Borde r P al rol in Ve r m o n t and
No rt her n ~e w Y ork a .. fa r w c ... t a s
O g,,<k' nh urg arc d ispatch cd ou t o f S Willllon ,
Vcnno lH. SWaiHorlis kno wn as "6-UI." SW<illlon
I.ovcr s t hl.' hOfl le r from O gd l.' lIs h ur g to
Jadlllilll , '- Ia inc . W hen 0111.' gue.. no rth o f
Jack m all. Ihe J isp ;Uthl.'r at Il o uho n. '- Iaine .
t;ll.;l." (Ivcr th c sCf\'it.e . H tHll h l11 usc... Ihe II) o f
"620."
Swan lllll l(H()usc s fi ve repc atcr ... ilt:.... 'I'hey
I.' m ploy thc ffCqUl.'ll cic.. of J h _~ . 625. 16J .6 75,
16-' .775 . 16 5 .S75 . and 170 .6 25 ~ 1 HI.. T he
frc4lll.' Ilcy o f 1 6 3 . 6 ~ 5 i, Ihe husicst. Thl.' input
10 16 J .6 25 is 1 6 2 . X 2 5~ 1 I1 z .1 7 0. 6 2 5 i s u s c din
thc Ik rby and ;":ew po rl 'ln~a, o f Vermont. No
I)i gi ta l sl."f;\ m b ling ( D ES) ha"'l.' \'cr h\,.cn heard
O il any of thc HP c ha nne l.... . Tllc C us to ms
frl.'qu cllcy 01" 165 ,2375 M il l. i:-. thc o nly Cw,

10 m ", fre quency heard.

W hile we arc di ...cu ... sin!! Cu... \tlnl'.thl,.Yarc

cunvc rtiug the :\ 1,.' \ \ l:ng l;II HI Sl' l'h1r to

Motorol a Suber i\... tro VIIF radio .... IIcrc are
the IIl'W Cu ...turns re pea ter sill'S in th e :\l'\\
EnJ.!la nd area I hili o ff 1IIl' pn..",,,, J:

tocenen

O_uJput

lnput

Madawaska . ME
Houlton. ME
Calais. ME
Jackman. ME
Ba ngor. ME
utchncro . ME
Jay Peak. VT
Boston. MA
The ahol'(' ti re ill

165.2375
165.2375
165.2375
165,2375
1652375
165.23 75
165.2375
165.2375

166,1375
166 -1 375
1661375
166,1375
166,1375
166H 75
166 4375
166-1375

rodio .\ I\'i1d l l 'O,\ i l io ll ; \ ()~ .

Btackstrap. ME
Ml. Ascutney. 1fT
Worceste r. MA
Orlean s, MA
Trumbull, GT
"1111 ' a !J(1l'1'lire ill

165.-18 75
1669750
165.4875
166.9150
165.4875
1669750
165.4875
166.9750
165.4875
166 9750
radio switchpositi on A Uf)

Cadillac Mtn.. \1E

Deerfield, NH
MI . G,eyJock, MA
Providence. AI

169-150Q
169.-1500
1694500
169,4500

1710 750
1110750
1710750
1710750

7"111' O!JOI'l' arC' i ll rlld io ,\ \I'i,ch I N/\ i l i flll , \f).\'.

Ik n: arl,.' Ihl' Iaicsi rrl'ljllllllil,. . . 1I"'1,.' l! h)
C uStHIllS Hi r Hpl'ratiun ... Tlll.. l' fl\qlh..IKil..
will he in Ihl' A i\ I l1ltk.k :Iud 111 ;1) he l' ll lT~ plcd.
Efe qu e.!l~

132.9500
139 7000
1657 375
2346000
2384000
254 2000
260 8000
2B24 250
303B250
3366000
350,":500
3539 000
3559000
361 8000
381.8000
3878000

Use
Atrcrafl-Vlctor channel
Aircrall -Viclor channel
BravO- I-X-Ray lSee nOle flelow)
Blue 5
Blu e 7
Blue 1
Unknown dcsiqn,l1 01 - llcavy S ria use
Blue I
Blue2
Blue 3
AIr 10 ground and manne unus
Blue3
Disclele air fa c;; round
Blue 9
Blue G
Blu e 8

NOT E: Thc rrc q u l,.Il l' ~ III' l(l:" .737S IF\ 11 i,

(.tIllli nnl'd ill hC;l\ YU"'l' illlhl' StIlItl1\\\,....1Lllilnl
SI;IIl'''' for air 0lkralioll ....

,\ readlT ill lhl' SI;lIl \,f \\ a.. h i ll ~ h l l l "'l' llI ill

1ilL' f{lllIl\\ ill ~ : Sl'attll' Ill::\ Illlill lhl d l;\l1 Ill' l (, t--t IX.9Sf) {11l1/.. ~ I ( I .2rIO inl ftll' it m;lin
0 plTatio lh . Th l,.' Sl;llIi1..' I-' HI u Jl il"1' lI"' l' ,
](l 7..'X 7.'\ o U I /l ( 1 . ~ . X .n 5 i np ut fp r ih dll\\I1 hl\\ n h:'lkat\,.r. ( n u lll ~ \\ id l' . thl' Sl'an il..' ri ll
1I"'l'" a re pealer IO\:;llcd P II Sq ua" \ 111111l1; !i 1l 011
Ih7.2375 Olll /l(, 3 . ~) ~ 7 :" inplll. rill' L";t IJ . . i~1l
l l-,d i", K{) 1) 2 ~ O . T Ill' l l.S. \ 1ar... I1;II" ... otli ll"
lI l... a rClh:alL'r ti ll I 6-t.hl l( I(lU I/I h~ . 7S7:" inpul
for ih opl'rallon....
( llhl'l" illll'rl'I'Ph illl,.lL ll"k;IIIU II"II\1\\ IlU ... ill!:-'
till' t'rl'qul'lll') li t I()h.637:" .\ 11 1; \\ illl lI;lll il" ill

the PlIgl' l Soun d area rl' ~ ard in~ lag check..and

pri... oncr Iralh por t dctailv. Till' freq uen cy o r
I)(),6250 .\lH I ha... hccnr nonit orcd \\ irh uutfie rcgurdi Il ~ avi.n ion uud... urvc i Hance ( I f dr ug
"'1l 111 ~ g l i ll~ aCli\ inc in the Tacoma are a. Thi...
frl' q ll l' n c~ i-, intcre-t inu bccuu-c it dol'''' not fit
till' norma l federa l ban dpl un. TI1l'be -, 1gucs... i...
th at it i-,a ;\al illnal Guard III' rc crvc unit dl)ill!!
d ru ~ interdic tion ac tivit y. Thi is the portion
Ill' IIll' -pcvtrut u \\ he re YI IU\\ IHIIJ find them .
The Povr ul III "'pl.'CtOf has been monitored
tl ll t

1-t.. 7:'() ~1 1 1 / ,

The frequency or -t 17.K!S has been monitorcd with encry pted traffic Th is frequency
ha -, 1X'1:' 11 moni tored in Hawai i also with the
-,a1111..' traffic aml al..., I "b umper -bccpcr"< 1HI nd .
Thi . . i, 11111 the urea \\ here the Irat:king device ...
nrc found . Th ey arc ill the 170 i\H II. area.
( Ir-,tom- U"'I..' ''' thi ... frequenc y as a "m ode rn
lin k" in the Sout hwe... 1. It i.. probabl y a IOGd
D E.'\ opvr .uion .
1 . ; h l l ~ .1

rel'l' i\ 1,.' 1I "' l l llll' II H l rl' l o g ~ i ng", rnl ll1

tk .-\ slil" iIIl', i'o' u r t h C a m lilla. arL'Ol .

f requency
16' 7000
1663500
166 3750
167.1500
167 1750
1681250
1687250
171-1 750
171 8750
-1011 1250
409 1250
.1 12 7250
'1 38 250

Use
Unkno\muse
GIC;Jt Smoky Mounlalns repealer input p/I 173.8 Hz
Bille Ringe P;JI kway repealer input p/I
1-1 1.3 Hz
Gte;11 Smoky Moulltains repe;Jlcr outpul
Blue Aldge P,l rk\,ay repeater output
Foresl Service Icpeatel Inpul - output
171 ":75
FOlest Se rvice repealer outpul - Input
172225
PlsqahrJaMnat FOIesf p/11 03.5 Hz
Sl m pl e ~ - LJ Il k. n o\'m agency
D<lIi1 lJurs ls ~ repe<1tcl out-digital p/l
100HI
Unkllo'.'m agencyrunnmg Jice rlse tags di{Jlt.ll pll 723 Hz
Oala burSls-{hgilal pil 100 HI
Inplil (0409 1250

The dat;t htu.. " arc p;lrl o f ;tIll'll\ irOnllll'n 1;11 Ill tl lli lOr in~ "'y "'Il' 1Il know n a", 1I :1.0 \\ 'S
l llllq; r;lll'd !'" hltld Olh l'n alll.:l and Warn ing
Sy...ll'll1l . II is ;\ "'l' ries (If rell)( Ill' dala CIllk l.:1itlll
ptlillh Ihal "'I,.' Ill! rain da la tl\cr ;1 radio lin"
lI :-ill g\ .~ :' pal."ht fon ll;tl. Vo icL' Iraffic lan
;11..." I1l' ",u pP\lr!l'd on Ihe' l' chalU lll... ill an
llllLrge llLY
In \' ir~ in i ;1 Ihl.' IFLOW S Projll1 i... run hy
Ik , 1;11l 'hi ll~ frl'qulllcil.. in thl' 169- 1T2
:'\ 111 1 rl' ~ion . TIll' VII I: frl'qul' nl'il'''' arl.' lil'd
illill IIll' ... tatl polin ' Ill i'.. ]'t l \ \ ; l \ (' hal'khlllll.' ,
Tlll'Y l'\l' lI tll a l l~ end lip ;11 thl..' Ellll..'rgllll,.")
()pl'ratitlll'" ( 'l"rlll'l" ( I J )Cl ill RichllHllld. Vir~lll la. rh l'!"l' ;m four frlqlllIKil..'s ill Ihl' L II F
1;1II).:1'. Th l ~ ;lIl':
-1 12 625- O,lla !romslale police 10 NWS anl!Eoe
.106 125-0al,1 to sldte policefrom NWS and fOC
iI 12.675-Voicc from stale police to NWS and EGG
,Hl() 175-Volce10 slate pollr.e trOI11 NWS and EOC

Dat a from the col lection poin t.. to the va rio us

co un ties i... 011 16t).5000 .

Not your basic cable TV

A reader fou nd th i, in the Comm erce Bnsi Daily dated Ju ne I I.. 1997. " The Departmcm of the Tre asury (Internal Re ve nue Scr-

II l ' ,n

vice I requi re.. enclosed ..urvcillancc systems

co nfig ure d a... tran ..former... for mounting Oil
telep hon e poll's. Th e trunsmi tter....hall have
all output o f two walls and he frequency agile.
TIIl'Y.. hall haw an op erat ing tem perature range
ti l' 20 to +70 dc g rccx C. T he)' ..ha ll he remotcl y co ntrolled and have bot h tilt and pan
cupahilitics. The cumc rus will be color and
haw low li!!hl inte nsifie r.. 0 11 them : ' llcft o ff
the re- t of the "'pee.. hut you get the message.
Th i.. and cameras dispui ... cd a.. Cable TV
amplifiers arc \'er-r-ry con un on method... of
el i... pui... ing federa l " ideo surveillance equipmont . Mo... 1 people -c-nnd ibis incl ude... the
pl'llple lX'ing walched - do not klllm' enough
ahout \\ hat wirc and Iralh formers hclong on
Ihc p(lle... an o from Illl' ir hou..e. To the
In hnkally Irained and oh...lrnm t - whkh I
hopc a ll o f m)' rl'ader... aft: - thing... like po le
I r a ll ~ f{lrr l1 e r . . Illal do no t COllllecl to the power
lille:'\ alld eaok' T V ampJiril' rs that are j usl
hanging hy thl' I11Sc!W'" sho uld ... oulld an ;darm
in y' lllr head. C I ~ I ...cr cx<l lllinalion will rl'vc.1I a
\\i ndow on th\,.' uni l wilh a lillie len s behi nd it.
Thi, i.. 1101 found O il rcgula r tran",fonners . 1Ild
lahll' amplifier",.
~ l o . . 1 of Ihi... elluipllleni I mn "' lIli t ~ regu lar
I-'M N TSC video s i~ n a b in ..tand ard lllilToWa \'l' hand, ( J. 7 10 :!.3 Gi ll , 2.:' 10 2.5 CiHz .
5.3 G i ll . and III'cour.. e 7/X G HI.). No attelilpt
h;\S h\,.l11 lIladc In "l.Tamhlc these signuls. If
YIIUh'l\ e the o lrrcellll icwwa\'l' recei\er(...omc
Europe'lIl sald litc recL'ivcr.. co\"cr this range )
P I" a gnnd "'pc\,.trulIl ;maIYl cr. y ou to o ca n
w.lIeh lhe sU"'Il('ct go in .1Ild oul 01" his n:sidcncc (Irbu.. ine...... I I' y< lll , aw the J OCullll' lllnry
Oil ho w Ihe kd .. caught Joh n GOlli, they useJ
IlIleo t" the..e dL'\"kL' s tlll a le kpholll' po le down
Ihe ",Irl'l'l from hi.. social d ub so Ih!.:')" could
wald , hi... lllcetillp illlhc ...Irlel with his people.
Th e \'idl'o i... lIuite good .
Tl-'I l'\ 'isioll "'l<ilion... ha w occo..... ionally d isl"tl\e rcd the",c ,ignab frolll iheir rel110lc Il!.:' ws
Iruck-.1111 thl.' ir rellHltl' pickup anlL' lll1;Js, rVla ny
llr the remote pi<.'k up frequellcies arc in the 2.
and 7 Cil-lz hand , A 101 o f tim!.:'s bored tedlS
will tunc up ;111(1dow n the ham'! 10 sec what
Ihey ~:; 1Il li nd.
O ne o lllirihulor .... 1\\ tlllCIlf the...e cahk TV
am plilicr ",u r\ l' illance units for sale ;It the
Dayloll Ihlln fe..t hUI did nol huy it ... The
lquipllll.'lll i", \lUI Ihere.
T hai' s it for this llHlIllh . L d' .. sec you IIII the
l:edC(llll mai k r!
Augus t 1997

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SATELLITE TV
ADVENTURES IN THE ClARKE BELT

Ken Reitz, KS4ZR

e-mail: ks4zr@compuserve.com

The Big Dish Advantage

wo yc urs aft er the wild - lin: innoduclion o fdirec t b roadcuvt , ah:lIile( DB S ,

tel e vis ion . yo u m ight ha ve go nc n the
im prc......ion that the hig di ch unive rse wn -,
h istory. W hi le it' s true that the ind ustry ha...
suffered hig lo- se... in subsc ribe r numbe r... ,1I1d
many m..m ufuct urc r-, ab an doned b ig di sh ..ut eflitc T V in favor Ill" the qui ck money offered
by the DBS industry. the technolog y i" vcry
much alive and ",'CII.
The reavon for the con tin ued succc - ... o f
h ig dish sate llite T V has les:-. 10 d o with ho me
T V viewe rs and more to ti ll with the tcl c vi ... ion
indu str y as a ,\ hole . Th o se o fu s still w:lh.: hing
h ig dish sa tell ite an: e njoyi ng more and pay ing lc.... than ou r friends with the lin k di...he..
or 0 11 cable, E'II.:11 YC ' IL 11l..W audi o and " ideo
...ervin:... nrc lau nch -d. and be foret hey end up
on your local cab le y... te rn o r the more pricey
D BS sc-rvicc.. . they're see n on ly 0 11 a big d i... h.
Despite 111 s: apparent SUI-I.:l..' '''S of the "mall
dish indu . . try. the rcully big numbers in tclcvi xion vic'win g are fo und int he c:rblc T V indu ...try. While big di...h sutc llirc T V cla im - three
million viewer.... DBS ha-, four million. Togcthcr thei r seven m i Ilio n vlcwcr-, are minu... c ule o lin pared to cabl e s 6 5 m illion sub- cri ber s. Thi ... is where th... rcnl money i....

e llS (S (It'."p ll l h) a nd ..tRC

w bcr... do yo u "uppnse the Db S prog rnuuuc r-, get thei r program ming"! Why .
it ' ... down- lin ked fro m good old fas h ioned

C-hand and rc-up linkcd to thcir rcspc-ctivc

J)B S bird .... Thl s i... why thc rc more programming vailablc 0 11 big dish .ncnirc TV
than O il allY o f thc DBS snte fli tc.... III additio n. all the T V net work s in North Amcri..... 1
t thc U.S .. Ca nada and xl c xicot . ;'" well a"
other nation s. u...... the C and Ku bands to
Iran... mit to their arn lialcv. And . (In top oft hat.
m.lIlY <yndi..... uio n di-, tributo r.... indepe nde nt
p rod uc tion compa uicv. college "ports broa d ca"Ic-rv. and guvcm mcntal ;Igl..' n.... il.' s U"'l. ' C and
Ku to Iran"m it Iheir programs.... Iill in Ihl.'
c1car.

Networks Galore
i\ 1 1l0 1l ~ til.... h i ~ gcsl users of C alld K ll ~
hand te.... h llo illgy haw hl.... n thl.' te rrestrial
hro;u.kasl n...lwor b . \Vhd her h...aming lIews
and spo rt... h".... k hau l... t o Ihe Illtwork ...tutlio...
tlr tra nsm illing n twor k prtlgrmll l1l ing to afIi li~I1 .... . arou nd th ....ou ntry . L1 l n... tworb ha\ 'l.'
u... cd salcl litt. led \l1(llogy !tldll thc johm ...r tht:
last tw.... nty y...ar.... T hey ... till uo.
\' i l' \\ -Cr ~ illlllO.. t ;t re ~", {If thi" l tH lI1tr y G ill
rL"cei\'l.' the hig hroatlc aSl lll'l works;\ Be. C BS.
FO X . N BC. and PBS OW l" the air. Picking up
thl.' Warner l! n J.... Nct Wtlll (W BN l or United
Paramo unt ~ ", I\\'tJ rl.. ( U P:" I might he hard..:r.
A nti. li lli e... " yo u Ii" ... o n o n... o r o ur ho rders.
g. ... u illg \h. .\ k:an or Ca nad ian TV i" unhl..'anl
til'. You Gill forgc l Irying 10 pi...k li p TV from
EU f{l p"" or r\ "ia. Y... I.;.\1I (hi... progra mming i"
;l\-ailahlc .:!-l hou r... a day. in lhl.' ...k ar. (lIl ;1 hig
di...h "a le llilc "'ysle l1l .
I.ookin g 1(lr mo re \,;lrielY anti ... p...l'ialty
programm ing IIMt yo u c; m ' t lill d t1 \'\:r lhc-air
o r 0 11 YOllr local l'ah1.... "'Y"'Il' lIl '? YlI\l ean watl"h
'I'he O lltd(l{ l[" ( h alln~ l . Th l" CIll1l pUIl.' r Telc\'i-

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(.\'( I~'.\ {) lle )

ha ve natinna! m'w .\" feeds 0" C htlluJas

tim!s FO X S('w\". slle 11.'1 '.\ Ku-bond. 1"\ /1
networks nave .mw e fe eds i" th e clear.
J..o ok to these [e eds fo r dozens of lI ews
stories which lllily 1I 0 t appear O il yo ur local
affiliates.

siou Netwo rk. C lassic Art SIH I\n:aSl.'. NASA T V. Arah Xe two rk America. Am erica On e
T V. Network O ne. at le ast a do /en ... hopp ing
c han ne ls. and ... WI1 more rc ligiou... channel s
- all 011 the big dish . all d uy. in the d ear.

Sportsman's Paradise
Vifllwll y l.' \'...ry m;ljor go lf tourna ment.
college foolhall and ha... kl..'t hall gallll..'. Nil !..
hod .l.' y gaml.'. lII allYco llcgl.' ha.. ...h.1I 1 gamls.
pro k ssiollal ho.\i ng and \\Tc.. tling . stock car
r'King. major t... nnis tourn:ull l.'ll t.... lllallY proti:...... ional h;",c:h;1I 1 and foot hall gam e: ~ (de spitt. uniw rsal' sr r<lmhling I. \Ill! sUt..Tl.'r frolll
co lle:gl..' to pro .Ire found yl..'ar 'rounu on C and
Kll band "at..:l lite T V.
For I"llll ...(w.... rage: of pru fe...... ional ha seha ll
and 1"00th'III. yo u' ll han ' 10 "," IN.: rihc to the
l.'xpl.'nsi\... "pon ... packag e... Oyp i.....llly S1-1.0 10
S2-tO per year). E W I1 "'0. you might he: d is<l ppointl"u Ihat your tl.'am gaml.' i... blad,cd out
(u ll;I\'ailahk ) in your arca or Ilwl. in the l"a se
of ha.. ehall. Ihc ...,ll1 le scrv il'e carries only hal f
111I. gamc" with the re...t hl..' ing carril"d hy Ih...
hig nctwor k... or indcpl..'lltlenh.
( olleg.... "I)( lrh J re lolh idc rahly d ilferl..'l1t.
a" Illo"l hig o lllli.rln....... le.II11'" <l rc Glrricu hy
th... ir ow n net work " and virtually a ll in Ihl.'
clea r. T h.......e nl.'lwtlrks cmpluy hoth C and Ku hand with nil d is....l"fnahle p.11I.... 1"11 or rationale.
S BS-6 . a Ku-band bird. hcco ml.'s a \i nu al
spor h satellite in thl.' fall with as mall Y as 10
indi \'idua l colll..'ge foothall. basket ball and
!lockl'y game s on ;lI once.

AlIlo ng 11K- o the r iuren-..ling am enitie s 011

K.u -han d arc Se i ll ' an d 1::\ I ~ audio se rvice .. ill
addi tion to the usu al subcarricrv. T here ' ..
Chi ne se pro l! ra mmiJl ~ . TV fro m Ru.xvia.
Canad a, an d at leu..l on e PB S c han ne l. agu in.
a ll ill till' clear. No spec ia l dc vcrant hlcrv or
fces.

But, Wait , There 's More

Haif-h nur I/(' .... .'i programs f rom Fran ce

(with EII;:li d, . ."btitle,\') as well tH' nne and
CUe. an ' transmitted dai ly

th e clear.

0 11

("-balld. all ill

There " Ccband. Ku -band. uudio cervices.

live "p Olli ng cvc m-. speci alty chan nel ... ct hnic o rien ted programming in native la ng uages.
eve n ndultmo vic chnnnclv (l'ig ht utluv t ClIUIlI!.
Wi th ..o much in the \I,:a)' o f cmenuimueru
yo u' d im agine lha t big di sh vruc ll itc T V gem'
wo u ld sd l f ill' pre miu m buc l.., .

The Ku Opt ion

~l o s t satellite TV "'YSll' Il1S arc so ld and
install ed wit h on ly Cvhmd cap abi lity. T hi... i-,
part ly because the ex tra expcn....v and the perception many d caler s ha ve of the marginal
ad van tage of Ku- bund. In ad dition. Ku -hand
recep tion req ui res a pre ci se instal lation w ith
tight dish alignment. A ny slo p in a n insta llation w hich co uld he to ler ated O il Ccband w ill
pro v ide noi sy pic tu re s 11 11 Ku. Some dea lers
aren ' t up h I the task . For the real sa te llite T V
DXcr. however, Ku- band is a must. Add ing
C" QIIIIl"S vou tlid,, '! e l't'l/ kn o.... existed,
Ku-hand equipme nt to the in itia l installation
such ti S FO X I\ id ,\' S et....nrk ; Clas., ic 11rts
...ho uldn "t ad d mo re tha n tw o hundred dol lar s
S lwU'Clt.\'I', Z III11.\'i l', Compllla Television
to the tot al tab . Retro-fitting an cxi... ting CNetwork art' lip all tlay and i ll the clear .
ha nt! installa tio n to include Ku -band could
~tl t so. I: \ cl..... eq uipllll'llt from gt ling -tllll(:ost more. s illl.:e the C -hand -o nly fcc d ho rn
o f-hll S i' ll~ '" lllanu f,\clur ers and d islrihuh lrs
will not he need ed . W hat will be needed is thc
,Ire se lling I'llI' n Il'k hlllttHIlp ril'ls . Rr,lnJ Ilew
ex tra RG /6 ('a h le 10 feed the Ku LN B. Th is.
in -thl' ho \ nX'l'in: rs ar lo' sc ll ing for a.. litt le a..
howc ver. i... a lrc,uly
S-:! OlJ. With lo ts. of
pre sclll 0 11 \'il1ua lly
folks Glllg ht lip in
all rc cc nt insla l!;lDBS hy stl"ria. gellio ns..
tin g a l'(lm plcle u..ed
Sinn~ Ill'a rly l' Vsys ll' llI for 5200 is. a
n y mo(!l'rn satd litl'
..n ap . SOllll' fo lh
rc:ceivcr is " Ku- hand
mi ght l'\'en pa y you
rl'ad)':' hoo king ujl
tu tak e the hi g d i ~h
and ",cllln ing th e
away.
ski e s l' o u ld n't he
W ith Ihc in tro ea..ier . E\ 'en llid erre thll' tion (If (ie nl'fal
l"l'ivc r' call fu nction
In..lr UTlll'l1t , -IDTV.
as Ku -h;'lIId rel:ei vhig 1.I ish 0\\ nlr ..; w ill
e r, if lhe y ha \-c a
he prl'pa rcd for Ihe
v id eo
i nvc r..io n l 'rtl grtll1llllill J: from Call tl dtl (cue). /'ortllKal
ne xt ledlllo lo gi G_l1
(RTf). J apall (S il K ). Emimtes IJII/mi.
sWilCh. as Ku -hmll l
(i emll lllJ (J)elltJcht, lI'('/le), art' a ll Oil 2-1 hour.\ h ig d is h n.'vo lut io n:
t ra n sm i... si o ns "rl'
a day m ltlltll i ll tht, d ear,
di g itall ran s llliss itIn"
se nt wi th thc vidco
in the D igil'iplll'r II
s ign al in ve rted l:o m pared 10 C- ha nd . S impl y
IlltIde . Yo u' ll hl' abk Itl add lIIany IlHlI"e Yl'ars
ad d in g a h igh -iso latio n A- B s w itch for I h ~
10 yo ur viewin g pk asure than" ... 10 -IDTV ' s
two C O~IX feed s ,lIlt! nipp ing the vide o inve rca pah ility to rl'l'e i\ l.. ana lo g . Vidcocip he r II.
:-. io l1 sw itc h w ill a llow yo u to lUnl: lllOS! KuD ig il'iph er II. an d I>igidphl'r II e nLTyp ted
hand hirds , BeHe r yt.:l. find an o ld US C I res ig na ]:.;, T his i.. w hal lIIa" l.:s sate llile T V o f [Ill'
cc ive r (G . I. made them ill the lllid -HO ' s) and
pa st lill' sale llitc TV o f thl' future . A nd, if
o per alt..' it as a sla nd a lo lil' Ku SySIC IIl .
yo u 'rl' in ll' n:sll'd in II CW ' . spo rts . 111 11 . ; ic. arts .

irnc ru .uio nal prog rmllilling , adu lt fa re, a nd

w ild tee d.. chec k out the h ig di ..h adv antage.

Transponde r Notes
As Yllll'W dOllh tk''' s hea rd hy no w . M r.
Mu rdoch had a fall ing out wi th M r. Dish a nd
invtcad o fteallli ng lip with Ec ho- tar. (he M edia Baron Inuu Down Under has se t his s ig hts
0 11 the more fr iend ly Pri me ..tar ... e n -ic e .
Fr iendl y because il is vccu not as ~I threat to
cable inte res ts (as D ISH wa s see n ! a nd hecause the combined 1l.11"l1' (II ' Murdoc h and the
Prink,..tar Punnc r-, (a consortium o f ca ble
g ianhlwi ll he 1I10 ...t thrcntcning III DSS. D IS H.
und w hat' , lett of Alphustur.
Th ere '.. rca- on fo r thovc service.. to be
conce rne d. Aln..'ady vuffc ring fina nciall y fro m
the intc r-Dl j S price wars, ligh tin g a pro tracted w ar aga in'l each othe r an d hig cable
t fue led by Murdoch ' s (k l'j>I"ll IL'keh ) may pn lve
l.kh ilitat ing .
In the "Where-A rc-They - Now?" De pt:
Follo win g the 1( IS.. ofTcl stur -Ill I lustJanua ry
and Sp accnct 2 fa ll in,!.! into el i..use several
mouths agil. it' s [j{ ll hccucuv y tracking dow n
the whcrc uhout s o r a num be r o f the miss ing
inhahit unts. Sou th Ca rolinu I'ubh cTcle vis ion
wa s on the Ku vide (If-H) I and is. runu u'cd In be
0 11 Orion ill a I>ig ir iphl' " II tonuur . The VO A
selle sig nals ( I ll Spu ccu ct 2 ha ve re portedl y
gon e di gi ta l on T-I0 2.
Onl y Radio M uni remain s in analog sepe
Oil T-I02 . BBC h l"l'aH ,lst Ill'W' is st ill ...ee n
ol'ca s ionall y till (it) . 1 " t 3:()() am ET . BB C
W o rld Nl' \\''' has hecn ..ce ll at N oon ET o n
variou.. satl' lIik... It' .. o n ('\,e ry day al I I :0 0
,11 11 ET 0 11 CBC ' .. Nl' W..Wllrid (A n i" EL 6 )
wit h Canatl i ~1II cOlllllll' rcia l.. inserled .

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EXPERIMENTER'S WORKSHOP
Bill Cheek

TWEAK, TUNE, AND MODIFY!

email: bcheek @son.rr.com

WiNRADiOs RF Spectrum Scope

R~l"

orcd sc ie nce fict io n a uthor

Bradbury wrote a cla ...... ic ...hurt qory
man y ycurs ago cal led . SO/1/eth ing
IVicki'd This \Vay Conu-s . Drat.. ! I wanted 10
usc that title hccaucc dil l vvcr han .. ",ol1ll'lh ing
" wick ed" for you ~ On ly then: ' s noth ing ... ini src r abou t mine: it' vju ...' a ray o r brilliance.
I Ian .' you ever lu-ted 1'01' .1 spectrum una ly Zl.'f <SA )'! I han' , BUI .lI price tag.. 0 1" 5500()
10 S60 .000. it IlC\"L'r got beyo nd the sa li v a ti ng
... tagc .,. uo r do you ge t that mu....h o f an SA to r
li n .' kilohucl...... either. But thin ' ... co mme rci al
-rutf'. Th ere an: ...orne interesti ng uhcrn ativcs
10 spectrum anal yzers avail ab le 10 hob byists
;'11 hobbyi st pricev. O ne of wh ich I' m awar e
dale..back to the 7(rs: a vrol l your own eerie ...
o f kits Inun Scien ce Workshop called the
" Poor i\lan ' :-. Spectrum Am ly/c r." For ahou t
S~ ()() (ami you supplied your own o..cilloscope ). yo u co uld con coct a kludge that indee d monit ored the HI: spec trum with a vi...ua l
dbp lay, I h:lvl'Il't lll'a rd anything Ollt of Sl'ienCl' Wor kshop ill rl'lTnt times. though.
:\ 1 Helfrick t K2Bl. r\), and r\ &
A Enginee-ring 1<1\lk Ihl' CIHll.'l' pt a hll
farlher wilh Iheir --150 ~ I II I SpCI.
trulll Analy/e r'" a... k;lIureJ in Illl'
No\ '- Il.JX5 i..... uc of (J,\T 111<lga/ ine.
It' s :-.till ~I v ai l a b l c toda y a... a kit. k ......
l'ahil1el, hanlwnrc, and 1) .. lillt"l'!)[}I:,
for lItH.kr S..~ ()O.
~ lore n:cl'ntly. Gro\l'l :nh:rpri...es
inlrodu l'e-d rcad y-to -go "pl'l:lr'l l
\" icwing ItJ Ihe- hobbyisl wilh Ihcir
S DU 100 Speclrum Di..play Unit
(notclI lTl'lltly bci ng. lllanlll"al:turl'd) .
PrilTtl at unde r 5500 and \'irtually " turn -h ' y"
opl'rabll', th\,., S DU- IOJ)is uscl"u l with sl' llx:ll'd
receiver s, illl:!ud ing Ihe Il'(llll R7()()O, R90()(),
and R7 100, but you han: 10 :-.upply the rel'c i\'l'r anu ~I 1lI0lHKhrome Illonitor. or purl'ha:-.e a separalc mon itor.
Il'om,o f l'tWr..e. ilKlmk :-. a ..peelral d i:-.play
monitor in their high-end R. 9()(Kl and in some
of lheir high end hallltran"cd \'cr s.
Thc poiIII is Ihal \ iewi ng llh)rCthan ~1 fl'\\
"'~I /. of R.F SPCCtn llll al a limc Ita... always hccn
10 l'X IX'llsi\'c proposition. :"10:-.1 of us .ill'l
re:-.orl 10 Ihe "arlll:-.lro ng "p\,.'c lral luner " (lI...e
your ,trill and ha nd 10:-.pin lhe- lUning uials and
n ip Ihe bmHbwilchcs o r a I'c cl' iwr). NOlle of
thl':-.e h{)h hy ~SA ' s an: lU1T1plllcr-ha:-.ed.
The paradigm is about to ..hift - indceu.
sOll\ething wickeu Ihis way co mes ! Enler
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J{(N :'I!a Laboratorie s. Wi;\JRi\Di() (sec ,t I l"

Sept &. ()C( -!9l.)(l ). and their latc:-.I upgrade 10
the \ViNRA DiO so ftware ( \'~ .()... att hi... writing). where an RF Spectrum Scop e has been
included utno added cos t. lfyou alread y 0\\'11
a Wii\RA DiO. you can download tile lates t
so ftware rill'free ,II the Web :-. ill..'Sgivcn below.
Version 2.0--1 o ffers refinement s and added
feature-, 10 the regular user interface and control program: bUI the bomb-hel l who pper i-,
the R.I: SpCCl rU11l Scope. ha :-. i e all~ a spec trum
anal yzer feature prcvin u..ly found o nly on
very e xpensive radio... ! Sec H g- ! whe re I ..ct
lip a q uick spectrum scan ill 5 kH/. step,between ISS-I S9 ;\11(/. l-'ig -~ is 'l vubscqucn t
S\Wl' P in 2 "'Il l ...tops of a narrowe r pari oft hat
spectrum . 157.<J - ISX.-' ~ 'II I /..Thclurgc signal
a I 1 5 ~ . I()O \ I I-I7. i s (what e lsl ,)Ja p ag c r. v oice
signab appear in Fig-I at I5X.s 2 ;\-11-11 and in
Fig-:? at 157.9--1. 1 5 X.() ~ , and 15X.2(l Mil l..
TIll' three -peak blip in Fig- ! ut 15X.X ~ 1l 11. is
prohahl y a pair of voice vigual... on adj,Kenl
l: h a ll ll el~ .

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RIo' Spel:lflllll SCOpl' i.. thl' Glpability [ 0 positio n thL' cur:-.or on allY "blip" m :-' POI in the
trace and in..lant ly. \\' i:\R ADiO tlllll':-.Io Ihal
freq ul' ncy! B l.I l.a a a a p~ That qlli L'k ~ ;\.1 y
WiNR/\ DiO rcceiw r i:-'Ill ll<:d Itl 15X, I00 ~ 111 1.
in Fig-I and 15K 10--1 ;\. 111 1 in Fig -2.
Th c R.t: S pel' lr lllll
Sl'O!l\: ha.. len :-.c1Cllilhk
",x'l'lrum ~GII1 "' II.' P :-': 1. 2.
5. 10. I ~.5 . ~O, ~ 5 _ -'0. 50.
amI IOll kl ll.: two r<:,o lu
lion handwidlh... 6 and
17 kil l : anti a ;Jcw of
o plio n:-. shown in Fig-.'.
Rl'..o lulioll ba ndw idth i..
the width(lf lhe rrequl' ncy
" \V im!!1\,, " wilh whkh thl'

recei ver SG IIlS the band. Any signal withi n

that window prod uce... a respon se in the trace.
Inttcrcm truce colors distinguish the maxituum . minimum . previous. anticurrent sweeps,
Thi s is es pec ially wic ked for ide ntifying ~
way radio s that kcv and unkcy all the time. in
cont ract 10 broudca-a and con tinuous carrier
<igual... Pagcr -, arc wide. multi-pea ked displa ~ .. \\ here ~ - way voice :-. ignals appea r a,
narro wer ..blip s."
\\'il':RAI )iO ' :-. RF Spec trum Sl'OpCcan he
..\,.' 1for ~ I .. ing!c ..weep or co ntinuous sweeping
with the receive r muted or blaring. as yo u
choose. Sweep- arc ..et in one o f two ways:
start Ircq-..top Ireq rend to cndl. o r center
frequency and bandwidth , Sweeps cun he as
narrow as a few kl-l/. 10 .1 max imum of 100
~ 1I 1 1. . \\'i d cd~

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he suvcd 10 a \l'I"Y small nil.' and rcdis playcd
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a graphic image (photog raph). Hundreds of
s\\'ee p:-'l'an he saved in a \'ery small amount of
di:-.k "pace . T he one:-. pi(turcu here
req uire aroun d ' ~ 50 byIC".
The RF SIl\:l't rulIl Sl'!)PC
ha" 1Zoom-In ! ZOOIll -Olll feat ure
10 make the ",pcclral d isplay appca r
with morl' or Ie:-.s hor iwnta l de tail.
The 'S eope :-. ho\\.. frequency and
relaliw S - ~kter numl'k,: rs (() to Ino>
of the Ir~I\..'e al any poi nt touched
(llIoll:-.edJ hy the cur'or.
Grcat hoogly wl\ogly! Whal else
l'an be ...aid"! Tlll' Rl:Spl:ltrUIl1 Sn llx'
feature of WiNRA I)iO really works.
:lnd it' :-. ind udeu in the unuer-S600 lola}price
o l" tlll' radiI)(cOlllpUler not il1l' lutletl,uf ( ourse ),
Not only docs it wo rk. but al ~o you can do
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a lillie c\ pericncc under ) our hell.
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. .lio n o f a be nevolen t unc le. muvbc"
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WiNRAD iO call wor k LI nda tvl S-J)() S in Xhit slots of 2X(l and higher 1'( " s. :-.0 if you ' rc
mired in cnmpmunonul dar" a g e ~ . you might
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MO NITORING TIMES

83

COMPUTERS &RADIO
RADIORELATED SOFTWARE REVIEWS

John Coiakmo, phD

Lcatalono@conknet.com

Radio Rafting and Web Surfing

o w ! You peopl e ha ve been kee ping Illy E-mai l a nd m ai lman bu sy

with web sites and subj ec ts that

a rc interes ting . and potenti all y q uite useful.

We ' ll take a loo k at the se a bit later.

First I want to share with you a new

COIll-

m u n ic at io n m ode de cod i ng pr o gr a m .
Ra d ioraft. T his decode r is capable of len
ARQ mod e s. e ig ht FEe mode s and mo re . Th e
price fo r the " Lite" version . which only ind ude s six of the most po pular mo des. is free
an d im med iatel y down load able fro m the
Internet. So und good? Rend 011 .

Rad io Rafting Bas ics

The mode s which Radiora u decode s an:
s how n in Fig ur e I . wh ic h is a pu ll down men u

fro m th e pro g ra m ' s ma in scree n. Versio n 2.0

decod e s va rio us lortn s ofHu udot . ARQ, FEe.
Pac ket. S I'IO R. Auto xpc c. S pread. and Mors e .
Its co mpute r req uirem en ts arc mod e st by
todays sta nda rds. Its m ini mum req uir e me nts
arc a 38 6 w ith on e com ms (seri al ! port and a
VGA card . Th e pro g ralll run s un der DO S 3.2
o r new er. not Win do ws.
You G ill bu ild and use the aud io- to-co mp u te r int er fa c e w h ic h i s de scrib e d in
Radiora ft.s Help fi le. l fy ou have an inte rface
which work s with Ham co mm or J VFA X it
wil l work w ith Radiorcft. I used a n inte rface
I buill qui te a number o r year s ago, which is
desig ned aro und the a ncie nt (and chea p ) 74 1
opera tio na l am plifi er. Aud io from the recei ve r
is co nnecte d to the inpu t. T he outpu t of the
interfac e connect s to the com puter s seria l. or
com rns port. You can use ei the r co nun s port I

or 2. A lthoug h the aut hor is wor king 0 11 the

use o fother ports tor the ne xt ver sio n. PIH"tS3
and 4 are 1I0t su ppo rted in ve rsio n 2.0 .
T he pro g ra m orig inat es ill France . But the
co mpre he nsive He lp file is avail able in a
numbe r of lan gu ag es, incl ud ing. of cour-, c.
Eng lish.

a Starting

Down t he Decoding River

T he Internet file , RAF T 2() I .I: XE, is abo ut

250 K byte - lon g and do wnloads in a few
m inutes lIsing a 2X.X bps m odern . Runnin g
this sel f-ex tracting ti le eventually prod uces a
subd irec tor y RAD IOR A F clllltaini ng the ma in
progr am anti instru ction s. A sub-s ubdirec tory
is also c reated called ~ l;\ S T E R.
Whl.." 11 yo u first run the progra m yo u will be
a sked a numbero fs et up que sti on s . All bu t o ne
can be c hange d from w ithin the pro g ram . Th e
o ne that ca llno t be changed from the pro g ram
a sks ifyou ha ve a co ded numberwhich allows
yo u to use the fu ll vers ion. no t the limited
feat ure 1, 1'r1: vers ion . T hi s ful l vers ion unloc k
number is g iveil to the use r by the a uthor o nce
a fee is paidI nstallation co uld not be simpler
or easier. T he tot al d isk spal. " e requi red hy the
pro gram is sma ll at less tha n :'lOOK.

Floating a Raft
Th e input signa l le vel indica tor is located
the to p right ha nd side of the sc reen . It
a ppea rs as hori zo ntal line s, Th e length of the
right line indic ates the q ual ity of the inpu t
signa l. T he left line shows the erro rrate oft he
sig nal. In both c ases. the longe r the lines the
0 11

~-9.!..lJ(1:!@.8~~~~~~::!iiiiJ!i~i!i.!L~~~~
Scan-Bp s:

lie Edit Scan -~

req 15651' 116Hz
I

Asynchronous modes

nodes

? bits
B~UDOY. II!Nf!lI!IIIliIASC II
Gz06s mis et BZS bkn ASCII8
8 bits
ASCllBP Pdrity
H fm030 11 l S0BSj AHQ semi -duplex modes
b51l t e mpo 0306 oe SI TOH- A Tor....ar q SUED-ARQ
SeUB9 bk AHQ- &....98
S I- AHQ.... 1 S I- AHQ.. . S
korh BI ISS ZznZ 101 ARQ -6....98
SI -ARQI'6 SI -ARQ....?
kor b 0 112 10z 011 2 AHQ full-duplex lIodes
sct9ZS bkn ZOB tem AHQ -n
Arq-",Z. Arq -I'l'l. Arq -e~
Fml100 19010k ARQ -E
ARQ-H
POL-ARQ
yzaS lS17 oe t s bkn FEC nodes
Fr:'I17(JO 111l1Z).; S IIOH- B Tor.... fe c FEC -A
oe up ogeb
Run -FEC
HNG-FEC
Fll10399 177CISll
AUTOSFEC
tlg B60 7

s nEADS1

SPREADZ I SPREADII

Se t ll30 bk Other
I
lIodes
km ia 011 556z 2 101 PACKET
AxlS
CU
norse
kmi a 011130z 011Z DIGBY
Dln....Hex Bpst1eter
Fml BOO 130Ul k
Fm930B 23 00 5kt p6 SM oet s s e t 030 c b bknl S0=
oso

84

MONITORING TIMES

August 1997

"

Settings

75.9.!.

Help
, . [2. 7Khz)

FIGURE 1

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" t s r a hknOl0 cbt d

989 rn k do2 s l p128 =

po H18 bknll 30
ZSkt 2sn t srd bknBlSe b

bet ter. I fo und this to be a lin k tric ky 10 se t up.

I S lJgg~st yo u spe nd so me time with a stro ng,

eas ily copied RTT Y wea ther statio n in ord er
to de te rmine the be st sc u lngs . Th is dep end s a
lo t o n yo ur inte rface . SCl ex pe riment. It w ill be
a sma ll am o unt of tim e wel l spe nt.
T un ing yo ur signa l to the au d io freque ncy
thai the prog ram is "li sten ing" for is eas ily
do ne using the Freq ue ncy Meter. which is
d isp lay ed when key FX is pressed. T his is
shown as the th ird line down in Figure 2. A
wide ba r wil l ap pea r representing the inpu t
sig nal's freq uency. T une yo ur receiver so that
the wide ha l' is positioned at the + mark on th is
line and yo u \vill be set to start decod ing .
T he o peratio n of the prog ram can be con trolled by e ither the keyboard or the mou se,
inte rchangeable at any time . Fig ure 2 shows
the mai n scree n. A mctco (we athe r) R'l'TY
station decode is sho wn. Th e m idd le line at
the top o r the sc ree n, sta rting at the left with
the wor d File , is the con un und line . Go ing
fro m right to lef t. we fi rst have a vc ry CO Illple tc Ilc lp file, Nex t we have the Sett ing
men u whi c h co ntains lOiS 01" imp ort an t sclccrion s.
Afte r yo u selec t the ty pe o r interface yo u
wa nt to u-c. a second ver y importa nt men u
a ppea rs. T his is the scree n in which yo u
choose the aud io inpu t pa ra meter s. inclu di ng
the ce nte r freq uency to which the inco mi ng
sig nal m ust he tu ned . O ne cho ice is S ig nal
T racking. de sign ed to mo ve the inpu t o r the
decoder to the frequenc y 01" the input. w c' !l
ta lk mor e ab ou t how we ll this featu re per form s late r. T he co mm port is a lso de sign ated
from this menu.
Opti o ns men u is ne xt w ith a do uble cl ick
op tio n Ill' "u uto-x hift -rc vcrsc " selec t. W hen
se lected. the prog ram w ill at tem pt ( 0 automat ically determine which is the mark a nd
which is the space to ne .

Auto Everyt hing

Aga in loo king at Fig ure 2. the ne xt t\VO
co mrol mcn us arc pre tty nifty. T he se co ntro l
the setting fo r mode an d spee d via pu ll do wn
me nus. It' s all here fo r the takin g. Bu tn o tice .
the word "scan" appea rs in the front o r these
lab el s. lfwc no w cl ick o n the "scan" in front
of the mode. bot h the mode an d the scan spee d
go into aut omat ic mode trying to o bta in a
va lid ma tc h 10 the inp ut sig na l. T his is
Rud iorafts auto ma tic deco d ing mod e which
lets the comp uter ide nt ify the type o f inp ut
signal cod ing.

ile EdJt
ode:BAUDOT
Scan-Bps: ?5.0~ Options Settings Help
rcq 1561/ 1&75Hz: (8.3]. . ..: . . . . 1 . . {.: . . . . . . Z . ... 1., . 1 : , .IZ.7Khz>
tsra bk nOl0eb
Gz06sn i sct02S bknUbO proMU 2303 2s n t .sr-e bk n02Ucb
FIGURE 2
H f"9]00 tsonSj
hS O t e n po 03U & vet s b k nU25c b be cny 8b07
Sc t 03 1l bkn2 SIl=
kvrb 011 SS 2 zn2101lknll2 3 bkn U'.JU o ueZ On 7.'.J ....23 ,,290& ruk s lq 112=
ku r b 01 1210z U11 21 2 l '.JOn?k
set02S bkn 200 t.eepc 1211 hkl10 25
Fn1100 I ~OIOkt p6sn
yza51Sl7 uct s bkllOI Scb
Fal7Da J1D1 2kt p(,sn s e tO J O t e n po 17 2 3 urb20y'10k t l sI' "t s r-a bknOlOcbtd
oe up vych
fr,O]OO 1? 1 " g ObO?
Se t O] O bk1l2S 11 =
kn i a m i s s s e 7.to lO k t His" sct 03 1 sc U SO ou c 2 50 29/22 d 29 B'J rnk .\ 02 s l p l20=
k e Le 0 1 tt 3Uz 011 21 2 120UHt II&sn uc sh sc t 03 0 b k n l S0 t.eepo 1110 bkn030
Fell AOD 130J()kt pbsn s c UJ3 0 bknl00 t enpo 2 103 u rhlSg 2Skt 2S M t .sr-e bknOlSc:b
F" 0 3 0 D 2300S kt pb sn uet s se t U3Ucb bknl S0 =

Mor e Mining Gold

so

when till.' pro~ l'il lli hd'" ~l' a h h\..' d 01110 a

match. three IhillJ.!. " will IIn: IIL Tlu- variou-,
mode type... and "p\..' cd... \\ ill -, top ro ll i n~ hy
and only one uf l";u.:11 \\. ill be cun ... tantly d i,,play ed. The top lrlt "<Rudiolcaft>.. "'Yllllmi
wi ll i,.' h a t1 ~ t 10 -,c t'l l l l i l1~ decoded data. And
finall y. thi-, <bta \\ ill appl';Ir inthe center pun
of the screen .
O nce tht' lbl;l i.. COlllillg l11 rpugh l'k anly. ;l
secon d e lid , on "<run" "lahilitt . . th\,.' pr(ll'e""
and return s till' lkt'Olk r [Il tlu- mnnualtuodc.
Ir you t'lid 011 [hl' ""l'a n" ill fn lll[ or lIlt' 'peed
(hp" - hit" pLr "t\..1Illd )Iht' llll)lit'\\ iIIrt'lIlal11 in
lilt' 1l1;IIlU;t1 llHIlk \\ hi Il' 1111' "Ill'l'd aullllllalically Illllk" fl II' a lll;ttdl :;ll iulug hl1'111 I Illeral i ll~
to ud \.
Does It Work?

The ;111'>\\ \..' 1' IIIthi" qlll.."liI1ll nl lllC" in pari".

Lik i" n\,.\'\..'r "illlpk. 1 1i !.. t' till' \\ hllit' kd 0 1
the prog ram . It' " \ l' l ~ \..\l"'~ It q"'l' \\ ithlltlt \,.' \'\..'r
Inoki ll ~ al in"t nK Iillll". \\ \ . ha \ l' ollly ol\c rcd
a Ilumher 1)1' key Il:tIUJ'\..": ){adillraft ha" Ill ;lll ~
m o l' \,.' .

In high 10 Illedi lllll "ignal "lrclIglh cond ilion s. u"ing Illy hUll ll'huill til"nll.il"r. R;ld illl''' l'l
Iwrforl1led \ \ l' 1I
111/('(' 111(' I'I'O/'('/' " i g ll u /
/('1''1 1I'(/ _'F'IfIl( / , Fi ~lIIl .2 i" li\l' \..opy. with a
t~lir amounl of "ignal ra dill ~ .
) h)\\C\l"r.lIl Ytk"\..'lldn/inlnb\,.l "~"k'lll d id
not like \\\'ak ... ign;t1 " in il'> ;ullolllatie Illlldl. It
eo ultln ot IIla"l' up il'> lllind . I Ill antl ;lIl ~ trild
each 1..'1 llnhin at illll IIf nllll. le ;llld "plo.:nl ; lIlti had
hl.'Itt:T rt'"ull'> ,
L:"ing tIll' Sig nal T r; ld.i n~ h:allin.: lII\..'1l tionl.'d ahll\ l' did 1It11 'l'l'lIl III prodllcl' till'
prolk' r rc"ul h , YIHI l'lndd "lltl1l' pn Igalll hU llt
for tht' inpu t "i~ll a l \\h \,,'1\ il \\;1" nlll a[ Illl' +
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the y "urn lUlld Ibl' inpul . . ignal 11;1 1'. ;1 uice hil ilf
programming, BUI [ill' proc\,. "" [ah'" awhik .
and 1 rllUlld 1h"l Ille "i ~llal had In he \ e ry, \'Cr~
strong hdorl' il \\llllld lk'l'lldl' : 1I 1~ [hin~ u"in ~

Signa l l ra t: ~ i ng .

and bvpc. Few o f us chec k the validity of

informat ion anYI11 Ill'e . If a person 011 T V or
rad io "ay" il'" "'0, it IIlU " \ he. An d i I' we sec it
\\ riucn 1111 the Inte rnet that proyes.. that
prO\l'" .. I1llt h i l1 ~ .

Niceidea: more wIlrk needed.

Don't Abandon the Raft!

I belie ve that the weak sig nal problem lie...
111ml' with the ultra simple interface and lc... s
with 11K' progr:11l1 , Rudioralt U T E i-, a 10101
progra m for fret' , and the full vcr.. inn i-, a rca!
burpnin at S ~X , Raditlral't i-, avuilnhlc From:
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"ill' and dl)\\ llltl,ld Ihl' LIT E \'t'r.. itlll fru lll
\\' eh "i Ie : ht t P:\\UlIn \ o rl d ,l..u l11 pU"i l'r n:.
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afln til .\ lin IN )ft. Th\,.' Snny and ~ b g ll a \' tl _\
\\'d1T V ho xC'" t:olllinue Itl fall ill pricc . Curren[ly they art' hOlhat 52 50 ... and fallin g. Thl'
puhlic ha, nl)t y.... 1clllhr;IlTd Ih lnllnKt illlh l'
li\'ill,;! rtlo tll \,.'OII(\.. PI. PI.rhap il is Ih\.. pricl.'
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!lot ,,\..'II hig ulllilth.... y hit thl" ~ 1 1) 9 IeH I! Sl..~
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fin:llll'ial 011 1 ll 11 1111it~ tll find a "ulutillll, Sllllle
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report ed the Wo rld L'tilily ;\C\\ ', site in a
prcviouv co lullin. Thi -, evee Hem ... ill' is at
11(11):/1\\\\ \\ .~l n l . n l t1- h l' r ril\\ lI ll , 7\ ly thanks
to Kid Buker for rbi-, corrected info.
Li"a Herder tcl!-, me that ... he ha-, thrown
aw ay her phone hook and C D ro ms of ph o ne
numhcrv . ln vtc ad ... he u... c s http: //
\\\\\l. hi }!) lIIU\Ll"um to find anybod y in the
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orvn uic ... rluu ytlll send. Le t me know of any
topics that ) O U wo uld like IIl ...cc u... co ver and
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pROGRAMMING SPOTLIGHT
.

John Fig/jozz;
j( '!!Illig @('(/"'IIJil1k.llef

Culture and The Arts

n s u mme r.

livclv art c ... ce rn In

rime will likely move one hour later UTC whl' n

livclicr ' O utdoor ven ue .... th at

were 1IIl u able III colder weat her. JOin with
the year-round indoor I'll/en lin a rt .\ to provide a virtual cornucopia of optionv. In Europe.

clock ... are ..hifted to sta ndard ti me in the fall.

Program ... and limes were checked for correc t-

1111..'

ec t...well

music ami urtv fcsuval-, like ti ll' Prom... in England. the Edinburgh 11111.-. mat ional in Scotland.
and the Sal/hurg Fe... tivul in Au...tria arc held
nero...... the con tinen t. You can travel there (vi cari ouvly. of course) throu gh the Illa g ic (I f yo ur
sho rtwave radio! lntcmut io ual broadcasters
pro vide regu lar cove rage o f the...c l..' \'1.:'11I..every thi ng from ;. fro nt row ":;11 to pcrfor-

muncc... in a few tll..'c;l', ion" hI regular reports

from the lcvri vals.
Much of thi... coverage i... broadcast direc't
from the home ..-ouutry via regular programs
devoted exclusively [ 0 the nrts. Suuions know
that one of the prime motivat ions lor listeners
tuning in 10 their broaden.. h i-, the opportunit y
to learn sOllll,thing about 11K' c ulturc or th..
nation in quc"lioll, "'0 a ... ignific3nt portion of
nca rly ... n .. ry "t,lIillll'" "... hedulc i" dc\oll'd onc
way Of al111llll'r 10 ...ow ragl' llf thl' arh in thc
cou ntry origi nating thl..' hroadla.. l.
Ik r!.: i.. a lis! of "'O ll lL' \\ d l-produccd arts
program'i Oil "horlwa\l. \\' hih: thc tcrlll "c ulturc" call hc illlcr pr!.: lcd ill a lI10rc cxpan... i\'c
scnsc 10 al...o incllldl' 111L' hi tory ;l1IU lradit ion...
of a peoplc or plall. \\"1..' .11"1: oIKtntrilling h......c
on program" which rcporl on or otherwi\!:
highlight majllr Ilillillflal. rl'gillllai. and illtt'rna tional t.: ultural.md .1J1i ...til' CWllh .lIld !x' rformcrs. Smallcr stalion... Ihal mighl llOt oil...... "'IX'cialilc Ll arls rro~ra m ... olk n providc L'(}\cragl..'
through Jaily m.lgal.ill... tylt' programs that
reporl on a range of dOllll tic topic.... illl'lullin g
Ihl..' arts.
Pleasc COll"lIlt Mr s Shortwavc Guidc for
frcqucncics and Irilll . . llli".. i{ llIlarget arl'a" of thc
broadcasts lj"h...J . as w... 11 .1" for the hroadca"t
limcs, fn:t IUclll' it'". alllllarg...1 ar....I o f "Ialion"
from cOlllllric.. of intcr..."1 not li led in !hi"
article. For l'.\ amph:. I< adio ,\ u...lria Inh:malional ami Swi...... 1<i1t1ill Inla ll.llional J o nllt
feature prograllh ...pl. '.... ifi all ~ Ikd i...ah: lI10....0\ '.
cragc Ill' Ihe arb . NOII thde".... 1111..' program
Reportfrom AU.'ilria ill lh........a...c llft he ftlfmcr.
and S e.....' iIlt'l and Rl'Iuh'::'I'ou .'i willi ,"iwil::.er
laud in thc la...... ol'th llalll'r. reg\darly prmid.. .
at iI minimum topilal n m.:rilgl of ... lIltliral ....urrel1l c\"cllls within each nation.
Plca'ie relllel1l hcr th'll dall...... ;l1l d lillll.. arl' in
UTe. An * (k nOl l'''' lhal a program hroa(ka ...t
86

MONI TORI NG TIMES

August /991

111..'"' at prc.. ' time. b UI station.. may have made

cha nge ... in the interi m.

All India Radio

In India. the cinema IS "1Il ~ ~ 1t l ti l m picture...
arc a pa ssion with the Indian publ ic and the
o rien tatio n of All< ' s cu ltural programmin g rc fleets th is tact.
Film Slory o tte r... a detailed. de sc riptive
'illmmary of a cur rent popul ar movie. It can be
heard o n the third Sun day o f each month 411

1.\ 50. IS30. and ~ 120: abo 0 11 the third ~:I{lll

day o f eac h mouth at 2.' 30, Indian Cim'I1Ul is
it monthl y report on the Indian motion picture
indu...try broadcast on the second Monday o f
the month at (JOOS and the . . ccund Saturday Ill'
the month at 1030. 1-1-25, 191o. and 22 15,

BBC World Service

M a idillll is thl' BBC ... llag...hip program
dl.' \"oted Itl (.:mcragl.' of the arb . 1\1cridiall takes
a widl.' r dew than 1110...1 shortwavc arh programs. regul'lrly e.\tending ih l.' lf heyllnd Ihl'
Brili.. h 1...1" 10 pro\" iJ e a Illore glohal pl'r...pccliw Illl arti tic eWllh. peNmalili e.... and topics.
The program is presellted four timcs wed ly in
four differcllt forms. ,HerMia ll F'lIIure cxam
inc.... in dO~:ulll en la ry f(lml. a lopi... drawn rrom
lhe .1J1S. ,\ I'n"dillll Ure t<lkes a wel..'kly l\lLlk;1I
lhe arts arounJ the worlJ. Meridiall 0 11 Screell
t.Ii "'L'usse... and r...port s on the inleTllilliOlw ll'i ncma. And .\feridiall !l ook , n n"Crs the inll'millional literary S...Clh:. Thc hroatlca.. t Sd l!.:t1 uk is
"olllcwhat L'LlItvolutcd:
.l/'rMit," Feature: Amcrit'a-Jl:llfllpt::-.tre'lIll
Salurdays at 06.30 and 1130 and ~hmda y s .11
02.\0: Arri"''1 sircam Saturday.. at 1930 anJ
Tue"t1ays at 1030: Asia slrcam Sllnd.ly.lI06.30
and 7\l onoay al 09 15 anJ 15JO 110 Sout h A"i'l
only) anLl 1130 (to Easl ,\ ia only ).
,H'Tiditlll Ure: Ameri I /Euftlp... slrcam
TlIc.. day" at :!13()ami \\'edllc day... all)2.'() and
U7JO: Afril',1 strcam Tuesda y 411 2130: A"ia
. . t!"l...11ll \\'eonc.. day . . .11 09 15 Ho South ,"'ia
only). 1130 (to Ea.. t Asi'l only ) .1Ild Tllllr"'lb y...
ill 0630.
.l/aidia ll Oil Sera ll : AIlll.' rk as/Europ....
. . trlalllTlll.'...day... 'II02.1 0 and 10.1 0 amiW.. . dnl' day.. at 2 130: Afril..'a . . treal11 ~ Io n da y s al 1930
and W...dnc'iday . . at 10.1 0: :\ si;t . . tream TllC.. day.. al ()l) 15. WCdll l.'"day.. al 06.1 0 and 15.1 0

(all hi South Avia only). Tuc ...Jay s at 1130 (to

Ea... t A... iu onlyl uud Thu r.. days at 1930.
.\ Ieridiall Books : Am eri cu s/Europe stre am
Th ur...day" ut 112.\0. 06.\0 and 2 130: Africa
strea m Th ursda ys at I()J()a nd 2 1.30: Asia strcam
Friday.. "l iN 15 and 1:' 30 t hot h to South Asia
on ly ). I u n (1 0 E;l\t Asia only ) and Saturdays
at 06.111.
Apart from dlilll ging feature programs and
senc-s on the urt v that the BBC broadca sts from
timc- to time .Spollighl is a regular program that
li... tens in to conve rsations among theatre director", writer .... actor.... and critics abo ut wor ks
which mutter to them und why. Spotlight is a
five minute program " iring Fridays at 1740 and
Sat urday ... al 01 55 in the Americas/Europ e
stream. Thur vduys ut ()l)25 in the Africa stream.
ami Fridays ut 1525 in tile Asia stream.
Live and taped broaden.. ls from the I OJrd
Ilenry Wood l'rnmenude Concerts . which
hl..' gall in July. continue into August. Via the
AlIlcril'as/Europl' trcam . Wne in SunJ ays at
I-I-()I alld \ I{ lllday at ()X I5. The Africa stream
...an il''' Ihl' l'OI11'crh l'ach Sunday at 1-1-0 1 and
~ lo mlay ... al 2 115, I.i lcncrs can hca r (hese
..."Olll'l'rh \'ia thl.' A..ia Irl.' am Sundays at 1-1-0 I
and 2115 <l nd ~l o ml a y . . al OX15.

Channel Africa
Arlist of IIH' lr eel.: prolilc s it prominent
Afri,.:an 'Irti"t'lIlJ I1my ht; heard each Thursday
al O-l-3S. Arls Pm fih' r....t1urcs illler\"icw ... \!" ith
Soulh Afril.lIl IX'rfor lllers and is broadcas l on
Salllrday....11 1637.

Deu tsche Welle

Cultu ral cvcnh in Ge rmany 'Ire high lighted
c\"l'ry week (cxc...pl thc fir...t weckof the month).
in Art.'i Oil Ihe Air which gocs nut on Su ndays
al (l915. 1115. 16 15, 19 15. anJ 20 15 and Mondays at 01 15. oJ I:' . and 05 15.

HCJB
Oil 1.i1H'. a pn lductitln o f HCJ B' s European
arm. i... a magill.inc . . tyle progr'lIll Ihat examines
Europ"" ;m popular n l1 ture. It is broadcast at
0730 and woo 0 11 Friday... and 0200 on Salllrtby . . .

Polish Radio Warsaw

Fm'u .'i prc lnh Ihl.' arts in Pol'lIld and is
hrtladca.. tr hur d'L y" at2(){)()*. frid ays at 1730*.
.Ult! Satu rday s a[ 1230*.

 Radio Aust ralia

At the time thi-, art icle \\' ;1" vub miucd tur
d eadline . much \\'01' ...till tl llf..Il O\\ n uf-ou r till.'
full ex ten t Il l' ... vh cd ulc d l; lllt!l" llIa d ", Ilt'cr.: " " r:

hy deep vut -, 10 rhi-, vt.uion ... h ll d ~ c 1. Specu lalio n has ce ntered around iucrcu-cd reli an ce h~
Radio :\ /I\;roli" o n the Aile " donn-cue 111'\ \ \ \111..
for pro.1! r; l1nlllill ~ an d ub.uulonn u-ut of lilt' rvi, t i n g ~ .l hour rl1~ li ,h '~'T\ 11,.'(' in f ;l\ or Il l' all IS
hour ..chcdulc. ( llIl' l'q lh: nl ly . in tormauon prt'vented here 1ll;IY have ch.mecd dravncally hy
the rime )l lll read thi v.
..\ r b Australia, a cultura l .c urren t eventm ugu z in c ho s ted h) S ia n Pa r) . ai r-, T u... , d ay...
at IK),l l. 093 1. 1-l.ll ;lIld ~ 131 1 ~ 1I 3 1 when
d tll.: b an,' ..hittrd i ll (kh .lx 'rI.

Radio BUdap est

t lunga r) . ... hl'llal!l,: a... tcrprc ..lI1 I.... hi - I l\tlnlh l ~
Cu ltural Review, \\ hich ..urn y" Hunpari.m
c ultura l currcn t c vc ru ... Th e problem wit h Ra -

d io Hudupc... t i.. that it ..hir" i" p ro~ r allllll i ll 1-!

..chldu k .. .dlllO'" OIl :1 lII o lllh l ~ ha ..i... .\1 dC;ldline . Cull llral Ul' l'inl' \\':\.... chldukd o n Ih.. .
first and third ~l o n d : I ~ " Ilftlll' month during tl\l.:
2 1(10 Ira ll"lllis... ioll and Illl' fiN allli thinl T Ul' '' da y... (lf llK- 11HIlllll iII 11 ll' ()2.'1) hnladea..t. (l<<Idill
Budap....... \ do.. . ". Il\l\\ \.\'lr. ofll,' r a lllllllth ly pro g ram gUilk- fr\..'l' of c hargl.. Ihal ,uTi"l''' II, ilhill
Lhl' firsl fl.:\'," tby ... of eac h 1ll01l lh and ha.. ;III
Inll'rll.... 1 ...ill. Ihill Ii:!.. lillll'ly infl11"1 11 alio n ahllllt
it.. prog ralllm ing. ~LL i l i l1 g addrl'....: 11-I XIIO
Brnd y Sando r II. 5-7. Budape..1. \" -mail sill' :
<A:'\ G O I.I ~t ka f. rad io .hu > .
I nll' rtl l' t:
< W \\ w.('u lIl'l .hu/l'i ul iu>. j

Radio Canada International

, \ r h ill C w w dll . \\ hidl
lak l.' ''' li...Il.' lllr... tn \ ariol'" Ca naJ ian lultural l.. \ 1.. 1ll ..and pn 1.\ idl..... illh."f' il..w" wi lh a \\ id\..'
rangl." of Canadian :uli..h. i...
hroadca...t SlJnda~ ... al ~OO:F
al IIlOX'

II

;!Ild .\ 1 0 1l d a ~ "

and Friday... .u about ](137.

repo rt on the urt-, sce ne in Belg iulll . 1t is broad -

Radio Netherlands

cu ... t each .\lo nday an d Thu rsda y at upprox inuucl y 06-1 3*. 091."*. and 1313 * and each
Wc dn c ...day and Frid:lY<II appro xi matel y 18 1.' *.

.\fir m ,. IlIIllJ,:n i... an awa rd \\'illning and

miv III' illll'ni l'\h . re ports. ruu...ic . an d
l"la di l l ~'" with regular com ribution.. from an ...
1..\IITl... pondcut ... 1'1"\1111 aroun d Europe and th c
\\ orld. I ravi d Sw,lIhng ho ... l.. thi... program \\ hich
tr.m -mit-, T ll l.. ,d 'l ~ " .u 0753. (11)5." I 153*. 135.3.
17S3. and 11):' -'. and Wcdnc...lhl ~ ... ur (105.\
f) ~S_' . and l)-l-5 .~ .
li \ d ~

,\ r'-" ill .''tmiu . \\ hiell rl..llI11'1...1IIIIl:tti'lIl:l[;lIhl

rl..gionall..ult ural e\l..nh. g"l..... \Iul al 2~ -lW' 1111
Friday.. ;tIld al (lO.N. 0 I.W. alld 05.W (Ill Salllrd a ~ .... J:'Jl1a lll ill lJln ll i ll Spaiu rl."pl 11'\0"011 Span i... h Illl<tl n.. ..-i nl..' ll1 a. and lllu...il' l'n'ry :\lom b y at
~O-Ul * and T lll....d .l ~ at 003'). OLW. :L lld 11539.

Radio France Interna tional e

, \ r h' i /l "'raIH '(' i.. a w l' l I-.. I ~ cultura l rl'po n
a irin ~

.\ 11)llll>ly.. at ahllill 1237. I-lJ 7. a lld 1(137

and T llL...da y... at a p p n l\ illl ' L t d~ 1715. Fil m
Ned ( OllCI'Il\ralt.... 111 1 Ih.. . lI 11iq Ul' ,L lld proud
F n.' lll' h \:;I1\,' llla alld i.. hnl atlLa..1 S li ll da~ .. al
~I pp rn \il\lat \,'l y 1715. l" llur... d a ~ .. alah\l1111-l--l- 7,

I U *. and 2.\-13*.

Voice of America
Cr itic's Cho ice i... a week ly program look ing at the pe rforming ur.... in the US A. II gee ...
out eac h Sunday at 11110 and 131II10 East Axiu
only and at 17 10 10 l:a"' l and Sou th A... ia and
Eu ro pe . Nort h A frica. and the M idd le Ea st .

Radio Prague
Till' , \ r l.\ i... a \\1.. I.. k l~ report on Czech cutnnul c vcm-, .m d i... hroalk a-,1on Wcdnc ... day ... a t
; l p p rt l \ ; lll a ' d ~ 03-10. 071W'. Ol) IO ~. 10-10*.
l.' IO ~. l h lO : . 17 1 0 ~.~ 1I 1O * . 2 1 -1 0 _ ~ 1l 1 d ~ 2.w :

Th ur..da y, .u
IH I O.

: l p p ro\ i l11 a l d ~

00 10. Ol iO. and

Radio Roman ia Int ernationa l

Pn 1~l"'1I1 1" .11..' \ Illl'Uto J{{ llllal1ia llcultura l and
arti...lil lik .1 1'1.' hl'i1n l twin .:1 wcd .
Culiliral Surl'ey air.. o n Frida) :-- d u r i n ~ Ill\..'
"l'lOlld h.dfI HHI l" I)l"l hl' ()(d S. 1-l- 30. I {JOO, 2 100,
" ilL! 2.~ () () tralh llli.... illll.. and Sa w rday:-- ill Ih.. .
O ~ ()() :lIld O-l-IlO hl'lladl'a..."' .
U'orlrl f!1" ('lI ltu rt, gPl... 111I1 0 11 Salurday...
d u rill ~ LhI.' OS30. ()(1-t5. 1-1- .~ () , 1730. [(jOO. 2 100.
a lld 2., 00 hllld .. alld S unday.. ill 11ll' ()~()() and
()..HlO hroa dca..t....
Radio Sioval<ia Internat ional
C" ltu ral l lapplI/;" /.:,, IIIl l " " all'Uhll r,d C\ l'llIS
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Radio Singapore Intern ational

Thl' \ I .. ual ;lIld Pl'l'rlll"lll ing an... in Singapore
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Voice of Russia
Ru......ian cult ure and that of ih con stitue nt
na nonaliti c -,arc co nvi..t cllI l~ o n di..play in se vc rul Voi ce of Ru ..... ia fea tur e prog ram s. wh ic h

ge nerally ai r during th.......eco nd half hour of

ea ch ho ur' .. tranvmi .....ion. T he focus of the...c
program- i.. rather wide . howe ver. so evc ry
in... tullmcn t or repo rt within them may not nee c -,-,arily addre ..... itse lf 10 till' art s or a n arti stic
ewnl o r pl'rfofllll:r. ('h.. . d Ih.. . fo llow ing pro-

gram..;
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and 1332 ::' Th ur..day:-- al OX32* and 1332 *.
Fridays ~11 O.B2 :!: . and S:l1 urday:-- at 2032'='
Thi.... is Uuss;a is a pro gram thai ex amin.. . :-many katur..... o f Rll... ..ian lifl." , indud ing: the
arb . It Illay hl' hcard on S undays al ()532*.
II3Y . 1 7J~ * . ;l1Id 213 2*: t\londays al OS32 ~'
and 16 32*: Tue...days :lI 00 32*,0632 *. I ~ 3 2 * .
and 19., 2*: Wcdn l'...da y... al 05 .\2 *.0932 *. and
I632 *:T hur..day... at IIOJ ~ * . ()632 *. 1132 *. and
1 9 3 2 '~ : Friday... al 05 .\ 2* and09.,2 *: and Saturday... al O(J.~ 2 * . Oh32 *, IX32*. a nd 2332 *.
VOR also I.. a rri~ ... :t daily featur.. . hlnek of
ch angt.."ahk prog ramming \\h ich ofte n will ind udl.. a program o r docu lllcntary on th.... an:--.
Tlll..l fealure .. ar.. . l':lrril."d ~ I o n l! a y throug h
Friday a l J S.'2 * and IX3 2*. and Tw ..day Ihnmg h
SalUrtby at (1.'3 2* and 1032 *.

Voice of Turlley
Radio Sweden

Rad io Exterior de Espana (Spanish

National Rad iol

Sp('Clrltm hi~h l i~ h h Ihe aI'''' illS\n 'tkn 1\\ ice

11 11 IlIthl~ lIn Ihl' li r...1and Ihird S;tlllrd,ty... of l..;II..h
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Radio Ulcraine International

E\l'I ")' FridaY:l112 10 'and 2 110*alldSa lural oo tW' allll O .qO * . I~ il d io L krailll..' 1111\.'1"n;llillll;d prl..'...C ll l ... U O/lI .\' . a -t5 Illillllk' lllag;lI in.. .
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in Lhl' Ukra illl...
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"mu m l llll' Arts i..a hr il' l", hUI twin' \\'I..'I..' I-..Iy .

Cult ural currl'nt c,, \ 'I..nl s in Tur key arl.. high lig hted c \'l..' ry Fr id ;l Y al 2.21 5* and Saturday at
113 15* o n T"rl" " ,\thtl lll. The 20 minut e
progr am t"l"aturc rl.'po rts on n lltur;d happe ning... arou nd Tur kl.'Yillll'r..pcr.. ed \\ ilh co nte mpora ry <l ml lr:ld itio na l T urk i..h Ilm .. il'.

Music Updat e
A kw "l:hl'd uks have L: hilllgl.'li since tht.."
.\Iay reatlll'e artic ll.' O il mu-.i e.: prog ramming :
Ih'uh e"il l' WI'II(' ha... dnJpped Ihe progra m J a zz.!
a nd 1'.... p1:K\.d JllIllo ,\j'r ica with Good M orn;,,/.:
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lim.. . for ;\I1I.\iclI rid E cwulor (2 1on Monday:-- )
and l"l' lillll'd lilt." I:riday ( )X()() hrow.k'ast t{l ()8 3 0
and LI1 .. Salurday ()X"O hroa dl'aSI to ()l)O().

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by Lony Miller

PRODUCTS AND BOOKS OF INTEREST

C"mr il"' tfln : Rmhl'! R(///I:II11. Hob Gron'

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A quick note about th e po pular

Wi N RADiO . That' S the rad io Ihal
co me s 0 11 a c ard and plugs int o
yo ur com pute r, w here ev ery thi ng

is ope rat ed o ff the scr ee n.

\ViNRADIO now come, with a
ful l-fl edged spec tru m ana lyz er .
Yo u c an act uall y see any si gna l
pr esen ce o n a ny s pan o f frequen -

dr eam co mpany. After the e nd o f

Wo rld War II. thei r radi o s becarne legend. T ime pas sed . howe ver , and the l'o mpany quietly
bowed o ut of the ha m an d shortwave market to co nce ntrate on
o the r radio c o m m u n ic a t io ns
equipment and sate llite T V.
A fe w years ago , D rak e recn tcrcd the sho rtwave recei ve r markct. Appar entl y enco ura ged de>
spite the decline of ham rad io, it
has no w reentered the amateur
market as we ll. T he TR:!70 Fl'vl
Tran sce ive r is the onl y desktop
FM transce iver o n the mark et
d ed icated speci fic a ll y to two
meier o peratio n.

cies between 500 kHz und J 3

GH z. Do uble cl ic k the mo use 0 11
any signal spike and the rece iver

immediately tunes to that trcq uc ncy ! A sto rage feat ur e all o ws

recall of signa l traces.
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for yo u.

Return of the Drake

T ile R,L. I) rak eC() l1l pa nywas.
at one tim e . the radi o bob byi sts

Accordi ng to the manufac tur er , the TR2 70 is ac tua lly two

radio s. Th e first pe rm its full two
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MH z .) T hi s broad ran ge let s use rs liste n in on public serv ice.
marine. weathe r, and amateu r
band s. Ad va nced feature s include
a qu ali ty dynamic mic ropho ne,
nn ex ternal DC input for mobile
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DTM F and CTCSS to ile e ncoding. exte rna l audi o-in jack for
copyi ng sho rtwave fa x/dat a tran smissions. e xter na l s pea ker jack.
headphone j ac k and transmit tim e-

as o nly an inch a nd we sa id up
fro nt tha t recep tio n was poor. De s pite the warni ng , for quite <I
w hile, wc co uldn' t kccpthe things
0 11 the ...helf. We co uld n' t fig ure
(lU I w hy anyo ne wo uld wan t them !
T hen SOJ1lC(lne told us. People
hu y them to usc at the race trac ks,
T hey IWIIT ant en nas that d on' t
d rag in signa ls fro m eve ry wh ere .
The y co nsider di stan t sig na ls inrc rfere ncc and wa nt on ly to hea r
the signa ls fro m the nea rb y dr ive rs. Now we understood'
I no lon ger se ll radio gea r, hut
Grove do e s, and now stoc k... a
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cr ew and dri vers . Says Gro ve,
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edge!"
Grove also se lls the Nub 'IS a
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typ e of freq ue ncy counter o r near fi e ld rece ive r (whose stoc k .111
re nnas can run as much as 515) .
Pu t yo ur scan ner ante nna (l 1l.1I
pulls in all the sig nals [0 be found
in the surroundi ng th ree cou ntie s )
o n yo ur frequen cy cou nter, and
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we b site, or hy w rit ing to G rov e En terprise s at Bo x 98 .

Brasstown. NC 2X90 2.

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Stubby Nubs
Years ago , w hen I was se lling
rad io ge ar ut D X Rudi n S up ply,
we 'd get lo ts of o rd ers for a sma ll
st ubb y ham a nte nna that wa s
ca lled the " M iracle Bab y." 11 was
odd , Th e .1l11e l1l1<1 wa s adverti se d

Compact Active
Shortwave Antenna
The HROn S kymut ch acti ve
antenna is a t\..-o -foot. co m pac t
power ho use tha t per forms like a
100 foo t ante nna. Wh at .. mor e . it

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receiv e s sig nals fro m III k Hz

thr o ug h 50 ~IH z - rhars VL F.
med ium wave . sho rtwa ve, and
e W I1 V H F low hand a ll roll ed int o
( lI1C ~ (Not s urp nslng. con sfdc ring
its manufact urer is LF Engi neer ing - a lon gtim e pro v ide r o f ucccssoric s fo r longwnvc mon itor ing ).
T he antenn a op er at e s e ithe r
from 120 VAC or o ptinna l lJ volt
batte ries fo r portable or cmer gcncy use .
T he wid e d yna m ic range o f
thi s ac tive ante nna resi sts the
strong-si gn ..rl-ovcrload pro ble ms
com mon in act ive an tennas. whi le
ih hi gh se nSili\ily enhanc es we ak
~ ig n a Js. It mou nt s incon xpicu ou sl y o uts ide or inside (alt ho ugh
that ' s no t recommended bec ause
of ele ctrica l no ise pic kup}.

The Skymatch inc lude s [he

integ rated act ive ant enna . 50 feet
01" co a x lead -ill. co ntro l bo x and
AC adaptor, and is avai lable fro m
Grove Ente rp rises li.lr S99.<J5 plus
S~ UPS... h ip ping. You' tl ab o uccd
a kit to adapt the RCA fem ale
plug. o n [he control box 10 yo ur
rad io wit h a piece o f co ax in hetwee n. S~ ...t5 will g\.' t yo u the
ada p te r... plu v .\ foo t cable from
Grove Ipleasc s pcc i Fy the ant e nna
C0 J1 11 eltor o n yo ur rad io ), or you
G I ll hom cbrc w you r 0 \\' 11,

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Access to the
Airwaves
Al lan Wein e r is a numc known
to mo st radio IUlbbyists. He see ms
to be a man po sse ssed wit h an
idea: to put pir ate rad io s tatio ns
on the air. T hat"s an o vcrsim plificat io n. hu t rcgardlcsc. yo u e ither
-cc him as a hero, craz y, or (if
yo u' re with the FCC " an e ne my
o f the gove rnme nt.
Aft er all. thi s man has don e
thin g s that oth e rs hav e on ly
dre amed about. Hcs put rad io
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stations on till' air from his parents :

ho rne . Il e ' s p urc ha sed ru sting o ld
boa ts. par ked them in int ern ationa l
watc rx. and put rad io sta tions 0 11
the m. l lc ", had run-ins with the authorit ie s (th e Ir e seized the AI/V
5iora" in 19 X7 durin g a co m mando
raid) that wo uld cu rl the hai ro tlcs-cr
people . I Ie' s rcuch ed the pinn acle ( } f
h is profession . wor king at the net wo rk-, In x cw Yor k C ity.
Wein er live s, b rea thes . and ca ts
rad io. A nd he ref uses to stop. Ever
since his childh oo d. We ine r has bee n
a rad io ge nius and freak . Th e mo vie
PI/IIII' lJ/ 1!" C Voll/ wi' appeared to be
lo osel y based o n his early teenage
adventures . li e ' s go ne on to put ruclio station aft er radi o stat ion 011 till'
ai r. often di sre ga rd ing officia l rules
in the be lief tha t the a irwaves arc
fr ee,
A / '( '/ ' S S

to thr r\ i n \'(fI'cs is the title

o rw cin c rs life stor y. At times a bit

se lf-ind ulge nt. it is the sto ry o f a
de cent ex -hippie. wh o still d ing s to
the idea lism o f the 1960 s. It' s an

inte resting: bo o k that I' m willing to gucss co ntai ns par ts that

yo u' ll recog nize fro m yo ur ow n
radio life. o r wi s h you d id . In
any case . it's a go od rcud and
n..'co mm e nde d read ing for an yo ne w ho e njo ys hubby radio .
Yo u can ge t a C(}py o f A cc!'ss
to thcAinvavcs by Allan We iner
a s t old to An ita L oui se
Mcf' onuick In lin Univcrs al Ra d io. T he p rice is S17.9 5 plu s
5 2.IlO hook rat e Of 53. 0 () UPS
sh ipp ing. T he ir phone number
is XOO-4J 1-39 .1901" yo u can write
to the m a t 6 X30 A me ricana
Pkw y. Re yn o ld s bur g , 0 1-1
4306 S, M ention MT w he n yo u
ca ll.

Happy 17th, Dr.

Bruce
Bruce Elvi ug has p ut o ut the
17 t h e d it io n of F A! Atla s,
E lv ing' s u nI qu e wo rk li st s

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Canada. an d Mexico a nd plots
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m ap s . S ta tio n
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A rtic les includ e the ne w
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Few p ubli catio ns rate -or dese rve - the accolades g ive n the
AII1CIl1 W Book published by the
Am erican Radio Rela y League

(A RRL) . O f co urse. a fte r decade s

of re vision s. it ou g ht to be goo d !
A nd it is ; thi s late st Ixth Ed ition
( 19lJ7) is pack ed with so lid. uccurate info rm ati on of usc to the experime nter and profe ssiona l alike .
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7540Hwy 64
West, Brasstown,
NC28902
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MAGNE TESTS
SHORTWAVE EQUIPMENT REVIEW

Lawrence Magne
Editor-in-Chief, Passport to Wo rld Band Rodio

Drakes Affordable New SW2 Tabletop

Receiver sensitivity is good,

exce llent or superb across the
radio spectru m covered. Image
rejectio n is good, and dynamic
rang e m easured at 20 k Hz is
superb. Thi s is tru ly WI
exce l/em showing for a
rekuiveiy in exp ens ive tabl etop
receiver. and better than som e
(lJ.'itly "s uperscts " we\'e tested
at Passport to World Ba nd
Radio .

ith the introd uct ion olth c ne w S V\'2.

the folks at the Rf Dra ke Com pany a n: reach ing for a vc ry inte resti ng SpOI Oil the price/performance cur ve of
s ho rtw ave tab letop rece iver s: a mo del thai
deli vers sol ill per formance for le ss than 5 50 0 .

Many features for price, plus intuitive

ergonomics
T her e ' s a lot to like abou t the S W2 . lt is a

rela tively small receiver. only IO-7/X inches

wide by 4-J/S inches h igh hy 7-5/X inc he s
deep. includin g fro nt k no bs and rear r and
con nec to r. 011 the fro nt panel is a fo rward firin g s pea ke r. a knob fo r RF gai n and a no ther
for volume . At top right is a brig ht yel lo w.
g ree n a nd red di sp lay w ith a b ar -gr aph s igna l
strength meier. a XXXXX .X freque ncy rea d o ut . an d indi ca tor s for ,\ (\.1. SY NC. LS R,

USB. POW I;R, M EM and METER . Th ere is

also a nu me rical di...p lay that s ho ws eithe r the
me mor y pre set that is be ing used, u r thc shor twave or hum met er band ti l w h ich the receive r
is tu ned.
J ust bel ow the disp lay 10 the righ t is a large
p lastic tu nin g knob w ith knurled edge s and a
han dy "sp eed" dimple . T o the left . a g roup of
18 but tons he lps 10 co ntro l the S \V2 . T he y
inc lude U P a nd DO W N slew ing but ton': a 3 x
3 o ver I telephone -style keyp ad, a hu, ,,,,: for
turning the rece ive r o n and off', a C LEAR
but ton. a M EM button. all A M SY ; . . but ton .
a b utton fo r hl gg lin g bet ween upper ' "low er
side band . and a butto n for dimmin g I , .Jisplay , In a ll. no gr ipes abou t e rgonomi c ' -thc
layo ut is intuit ive and e asy 10 lise.
Th e headpho ne j ac k, c ur io us ly. is loc ate d
o n the le ft hand side o f the case and . bowi ng
to the fad ing er a o r I/-l- -inc h head p ho ne j ack s,
the con nect ion is a min i-plug . suc h as used on
W alkmans a nd other per so nal liste ning de vic es. O n 11K' ba ck pane l o f the S W2 arc an
SO -239 connec tor for hookin g u p and coaxfed an tenn a. a pa ir o f screw te rmina ls fo r a
wi n: an te nn a and a g ro u nd co nnec tion. ajac k
for all ex te rna l speake r an d a po we r inpu t.
P OWL'r. ala s. is supp lied by an e xte rna l "wa ll
wart " transformer. W h ile these .11'I: no t the
norm in tab le top rec e iver desig n. externa l
powe r sup plie s arc increas ingl y be ing used
eve n ill table to p recei ve rs. as thi s a llo ws the
radi o (( I be e xe m pted fro m UL approv a l (o nly
the outbo ard AC ad aptor has to he appro ve d ),

92

MONITORING TIMES

August 1997

T he S W2 o ffe rs freq uency co ve rag e fro m

IO() k l-lz to 30 MHz with AM. synchro nous

selectable sideba nd, a nd upper ( USB ) and
lo wer (LS R) sideband. T he S W2 inclu de s
100 independen t. p rog rammable memories
tha t s to re freq ue ncy . mod e a nd detect or
mode-s-these memories do not require batte ry bac kup power to maintain stor ed in fo rmati on , III ad di tio n. me mori e s I through 32
ha ve been pre pro grummcd at the fac tor y w it h
sia l ion s ra ngin g fro m the 13 BC to the Voice (If
Vietnam 10 Rad io Den mar k- a be side-t hepoin t feature forexper ienced listen e rs. hur un
aid in ge tt ing started for ncwbies.
W hi le the SW 2 offers sy nc hro no us selec tab le sideband (0 increa se lon g -term prog ram
listen ing ple asure , as we ll as sing le-s ideband
for rece iv ing ham and utility sig na ls, ther e arc
non e of the sop histicated cont rols. s uch as
pa ssba nd tunin g and a no tch filter . that ded ica te d D Xcrx have co me to c herish 1'(11" sqllce l ing the last e rg o ut o f a fain t s ig na l.
T he SW 2 is s trai g ht forward to op era te . To
ente r a frequen cy , suc h as 5070 for W\V C R.
sim p ly pres s the key s 5 0 - 7 - O. wa it a
mo me nt, then the freq ue ncy automatica lly
po ps up, O r. if yo u ' rc impatie nt. e ithe r o f the
slewi ng but ton s ca n be used as <I II ENTE R
key at the e nd of the seq uence . O nce e ntered.
the freq uen cy can a lso he changed in 5 k Hz
ste ps w ith the U P or ()()W N slewi ng button s.
or in rel ative ly co ur...e 50 HI ste ps using the

tuning knob.
Som eti me s wh en us ing the tunin g kno b. a
fa i nt ras p illg (r -r -r-r -r-r -r ) or L' hugg ing so und
call be heard in the background. bu t it is ne ver
so lo ud that it ser io us ly int erfe re... \\ illl hea rin g sig na ls-a bi g imp ro veme nt o ver the
ch ea per Drak e SW I.
To ac cess a me mo ry chan ne l Iprc sc tI, simply pres s the ~\'l E ;vl but ton. the n the SW2 wi ll
nuto mati cnli v tu ne 10 the mem o ry chan ne l

la st accessed. If you wa nt a d ifferent mem o ry

c ha nne l. you can ge l ther e easi ly by using
e ithe r the tun ing kno b or the slewi ng butto ns.
Sto ring information in a me mo ry cha nne l
is eq ua lly ea sy , P ress and hold the MEM
hut to n for at le ast tw o sec onds, whe re upon the
S W2 is put in the mem o ry -stor e mode . No w,
sel ect the mem ory c ha nnel yo u w ant to usc
w ith the keypad. the n press MEM aga in. T hat ' s
it.
If yo u are unsure otwhich mem or y chann el
you want to u....c . yo u can scro ll thro ugh the
memo ry c ha nne ls usin g the slew ing butt on s or
the tu nin g k nob unti l yo u find the o ne you
w an t.

Pleasant a udio, genera lly superior lab

res ults
Th e S W2 has plea sa nt au d io qu ality, and
o ur laborator y meas urements con firm that most
measure ment s of dist o rtion are exce lle nt-to s uperb. T h is is im port an t not o nly for enj oyable listenin g to pro grams hour-aft e r-hour,
bu t also to ma ximi ze int e lligibilit y wi th D X

catches.
The S W 2 ac q uits itself we ll in ot her mea sur eme nts of rece ive r performance . T o begin
wi th. rece ive r se nsitivity is goo d, e xc elle nt o r
superb aL'rOSS the rad io spec trum cove red.
Image rejec tio n is goo d, and d ynam ic ra nge
me asured at 20 k l-l z is superb. T h is is tru ly an
excel lent s ho wing for a re lati vel y inex pc ns i',Ie
tab let o p rec e iver , and bett er than so me cos tly
"s upcrsc ts" we 've tested at i'ussport to World

n and Radio.
Two flaws, one serious
Un fort unate ly. the S W2 co ntai ns two flaws.
o ne serious. T he lesse r is tha t the recei ve r' s
sy nthesize r is 1101 as c lea n <IS it cou ld be . Wh ile
thi s is 11 0t rea d ily apparen t to the ca r excep t

wh e n. for e xa mp le. listenin g to a w eak sign al

adjacen t to a pow e rful sig na l. the "dirty"
sy nthesizer make s some prec ise measur em ent s
of rece ive r pe rforma nc e nearly im po ss ib le to
perform, For e xample. we couldn' t measure
dynam ic ran ge at 5 kHz spac ing because of
sy nthes ize r no ise .
Th e othe r. far more serious . flaw. is sub sta nda rd sel ectiv ity. or adjace nt-ch an ne l re j ection . To begin w ith. the bandwidth is not
se lectab le ind epe nde nt of mode . T his mea ns
that on ly the wider o f the two voice band w id ths ca n be used for AM -mode listc ning->
u nle ss you hav e the fi nger s of a safecracke r.
and use the sing le- s ide ba nd "ECSS" mod e to
manua lly tun c for ze ro -be nt.
The AM bandw id th is nominall y 6 kH z.
but ac tua lly me as ures 7 kH z at 6 d B and 15
k Hz at -60 d B . Th is no t on ly is rela tiv el y wide
for wor ld band recept ion . but its shape factor
is on ly so- so by roday' x sta ndards.
Thi s mean s. amo ng othe r th ings. that sta t io ns ca n he he ard in the d ea r 5 kHz o ff the ir
cente r frequ e ncy. As a resu lt. if yo u a re liste ning to a statio n o n o ne freq ue ncy . and the re is
ano ther on e 5 k ll z aw ay , yo u arc go ing to hear
more in te rfer ence fro m it than yo u s ho u ld . and
that' s go ing to d imin ish yo ur listenin g pleasure . Sy nc hro no us se lec tab le sideba nd he lps
rescue the day . but o nl y if the ot her side band
is we ll and tru ly free fro m adjacent-ch anne l
int erfer en ce ,
In addit io n. the 2.~ k l-l z ( nom ina l) s ideband filte r meas ures 2. 7 k l-lz at ~ 6 dB. with
circ uit le aka ge to 15 kl-lz. It' s no t a le vel o f
performance that w ill war m the hearts o f
ut ilit y DXcrs, ham s or S W Ls usin g ECS S
tun ing .

Overall: Ferrari with VW engine

In shor t thc S W 2 very m uc h need s at le ast
a co up le o f we ll-chos e n. leak age- free vo ice
band wid th s. se lectab le independen t of mode.
to realiz e it>; fu ll po tenti al.
In de sign ing the SW2. the eng inee rs at
Drake ha ve come clo se ve ry cl ose to ac hiev in g the goal o f crea ting a wo rthy performer for
le ss than $ 500 . Rut w ith the present ba nd width arra ngeme nt. this receiver fall s we ll
sho rt o f what it sho u ld be .

Sony SWL booklet finally available

Seve ra l reade rs ha ve co ntac ted me 10 ask
wh y the ne w SOllY world band radi o bo o klet.
"T unc Into the World " (i tem CX 159. 3/97 ).
menti on ed in the M ay column. w as not avai lable fro m the usu al SOllYorder number . Turn s
o ut that so me co m m unic atio ns line s were
cro ssed . but no w the bo okle t can be o bta ined.
free. fro m the So ny C us to mer Info rmat io n
Cente r at (ROO) 222-7669.

This eonip11l('111 review is !'o:lim //eti indrpe nde ntlv hy LO II'l"eIl Ct' A1a glle and his vol lcug ucs
ill acco rdance with shr policies and procedur es othncmattouot Broadcasting Services.
l.td. It is cOlllph' /dy independent ( ~r t l/(' polides lint! procedures ( ~r Gro ve Enterprises.
Inc.. irs advertisers und cdlili(/tct! (lrgani;(/ tions .
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August 1997

MONITORING TIMES

93

SCANNER EQUIPMENT
Bob Porno" , AJ9S

EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES FOR YOUR MONITORING POST

Radio Shack PRO-64 Portable Scanner

adio S hac k' s new PRO -()4 i:-. a triple

convcrs irm. -l-()() Ch :l1l IK' ! portable scanncr made in Japan by General Research Electroni cs. Frequency cov cragc is

Empty chann els f1 1H1Sl' programm ed

with fUn. arc automat ically skipped
during memor y sca n. so no lime is
wasted .
Th e re arc 10 prior ity chan ne ls and
they are independent o f the 400 co nventional channels. WL' found the priority feature worke d well. withou t
c ho pping up no np rio tit y s ig na ls
harshly. Prior ity sa mpling can be used
Juring searches. too . as in the early

similar to the 199-1- viruugc PRO-C)]' it replaces. but the PRO-6-l- inc ludes several 1lL'\\
firmware.. feature s. including multipl e searc h
banks and the abi lity to be pro erummcd v ia a
pe rson al comp ute r.
The PRO-(l-l- tU IlCS 29 .. 54. lOX - 17...j. . 3XO

- 5 12. and XO(J .. [)()()

~ 1 1 1/_.

excl ud ing the

ce llula r te lephone hand ". Ai\ l or N lM mode-,

l:.Il1 IK' se lecte d o n any fre que ncy. thou gh A ~ I
is the default mode used ill (he civilian aircraft
band .

Ele ct ra/Heurc ut model s.

Frequen ci es ca n be . . torcd in any of
40 Monitor channels and l.uc r rran.. . ~

fcrrcd individual ly or ( III11 /1S .\' to CO I1vcnti on almcmory. A simple keyst roke
sequence zeroes alll ocked nut ch an nels in any
bank you choose .

Twice t h e Memory and Full Featured

Scanning
T he PR O -(l-r S . WO memory chan nels are

Rich Search Repertoire

divided into 10 hunks. M emory backup is

specified to he j u.. . t {JIl l ' ,.... lingy hour during
power loss. hut O U I" PRO-64.. . mcmorie.. . remained int act after ~~ ho ur . . withou t power.
You can prog ram tile . . um c freq uency into
different memor y chann els. hut the d i.. . play
will alert you tot he duplication . A ~ seco nd
rcs cun dd ay lIlay he . . elec ted for indi vidual
channel.....
A briefk ey tro kc . . cqucncc . . ort x the channc b within a elected hank in a.. . ren di ng or
desce nd ing frequency order. This doesn' t affeet the SGIll rate. whic h we mea . . ure d at about
~5 chunn cls /.. . cc a.. . fa.. . ' a.. . a PRO-2006.

The PRO-64 provide . . severa l ways to

search for signals. lnctudlng Direct. Band,
Bank. and Auto searching. Direct search. using the up and down arrow keys, searches
from the display Ircqucmy in tile direction o f
your choosing. You can ulso enter a search
wi ndow sill' from I to I() ~'1I I / to bound the
direct se arch. a ne w feat ure for GRE .
There urc I () pairs o f U .... vr programm able
limits for hall" se arches. and you can link
hank s ill various combinations. Th e re are 14
Ban d sea rch bunk s prcprogrunuu cd with fuctory- setlimits. e.g.. 50 - 5-1.. J-l--l- - 14X MlIL.
etc.. but tilt: Band limits cannot he altere d.
Tile crownin gje wel is
Portab le Scanner Current Consumption
till' Auto ' lo re, whic h
Measu red Wh il e Sc anni ng
se arches bet wee n on e pair
o f pro gmuunab !c frc quc ncy limits and silentl y
= : J 46
El ectra Be 100
u nraen BC200 XLT
I 56
su l l"l' S ucti vc frequencie s
,
I 69
RELM HS200 i
into one or more memor y
I 10
Ul1ld llll BC2JOXLT i
hanks of YIHlr choice. IjuI 76
plicate frequencies arc not
Radio Shac k PRO26 f
I 76

I'

Radio Shack PRO62

8B

Radio Shack PRO43

" 95

Radio Shack PRO64

sto red.
You can lock out LIp to

100
100

Radio Shack PRO60

AO R AR2100
AOR ARBOOO
rCOM rC Rl 0

80

' 00

140

20() Ircquc nci c.. . d uring

sc urchc . . , and revie w each
on e late r. unl ockin g Ire' 58 qucn cic if you like.
160
Pre ing the \VX k e ~

rnA
Note One sarrpe 01ea~h mc.oe rested

94

M ON ITO RIN G TIMES

CC Pi'i9 ~ t

August 1997

1997 3::: b Pa-nass. ,\ J9S

starts a scan or II NOAA

weather challllel..;.

Powering the PRO64

The PRO-64 is furn ish ed with
the fami liar battery tray which holds
6 AA cells. It' s the same tray used by
the PR O -4.1 . PR O -(,2. PRO -60 , and
other Gkli-madc portables. In a departure from the past. the PRO-64
docs 1111\ support charging of AA
ce lls while I h L')' arc inside the scanner. It has no Charge jack. but dot:s
have an cxtcrnul ') VDC power jack
with a 1.3 mill inner di.unct cr / L;
nu n o uter di ame ter.
Optio ns include Radin Shack' s
AC adaprer (#273- 16(5 ), DC adaptcr
(270-1560 ). and a monolithic NiCd pack (#232XX,. The only \\'ay to charge a bat ter y inside
the scanner is to buy Radio Shack' s optional
i\'iCd pack and recharge it usi ng eit herthe AC
or DC adapter. :\ 22 oh m 1/4 wall resistor
inside the PRO-64 lillJi ts char ge current to
abo ut 4- 10 III A if the adapter furnishes l.J V))C .
Battery curre nt cons umpt io n has increase d
Wlro vcr the PRO-62 we reviewed in Feb ruary
1l.J95 All' (sec current consumption chart).
The well written owner's manua l docs not
mention a battery saver feature and o ur me asurements showed the PIH )-6.t con su med a
const ant 95 m A while vq uc lchc d.

Other Features
The O\\'Jle r's manu al mentions tha t the
PRO-64 can he prog rammed u.. . ing a persona l
computer. but the opti onal data interfa ce kit
was nor ava ilable at review time.
T he I ~CI) display 011 our scann er had sharp
contrast but on ly wh e n the rad io \Vas tilted at
the proper angle instead of looking straigh t at
the display at a right angle. Pressing the Light
key illuminated the d isplay for) sec onds, but
it was too d im.
Keystrok es arc confirmed by a bee p tO IlC.
hut the tone can he di sabled by press ing the 2
and Enter keys durin g power up.
Performance
Our PRO-64 had bet ter audio quality than
o ur stoc k PRO -4J . Its small speaker produced
cle an audio unless the vo lulllt: l'ol1 trol was
(Tanked up. Thl' squelch was well behaved.
with the proper amount of hysteresis and short

less
sens itive

PRO-54 UHF NFM SENSITIVITY

12 dB SINAD, 3 KHZ DEVIATION, Serial #001065

less

I
I

0.5

>::l

12 dB StNAD, 3 KHZ DEVIATiON, Serial #001065

0.'

0.6

0.4

PRO-54 VHF NFM SENSITIVITY

sens itive

:- lo......

0.3

0.2

,j

If
'\.

~,

0.1

,j

0 .5

If

0 .4

"1\

l.;l
i.oIIIl ~

>::l
0.3

..... ~ 1-

0.1

25

0.0

30

35

40

45

" ta il'"
Be nch and fi eld tes ts sho w our PRO -6-l. to
ha ve litt le intcrtnod and adequate sen si tivit y
(see grap hs ).
W he n fitt cd w ith a I ~ inc h A ustin Co ndor
ant enn a. we enj o yed m on itoring the simp le x
mobilc-to -tuobil c c ha tteron 151.625 a nd -1.64.5

TABLE I: Measurements, Radio

Shack PRD-64 Portable Scanner

SIN 001065
Freq uen cy coverage (MHz):

29 . 54( 5 kHz steps}

108 . 136. 97 5 (25 kHz steps]
137 174 (5 kHz steps)
380 . 512 (12.5 kHz steps)
80 6 82 4 (12.5 kHz ste ps ]
84 9 . 869 (12.5 kHz steps)
89 4 960 (12.5 kHz steps]
Sensitivity : see qr ophs
FM modulation a ccep ta nce: 9.7 kHz
Ima ge re jection: 30.5 dB at 155 M Hz .
Au d io ou tput power, meosurcd at ea rphone
ja ck: 17 1 mW @ 10%distortion
M emo ry seen speed : 25 chc nocls/scc.

Sea rch speed, 5 kH z step: 30 steps/

sec .

Search speed , 12.5 kHz step: 50

steps/ sec.
C urre nt cons ump tio n at 9.0 VDC:
o ff . less tha n 10 uA
ma nua l - 95 mA
seen - 95 mA
full vo lume 169 rnA
N o battery sever acti o n obs erved
low baNery w a rn ing a t 5 .8 V DC o r
Intermed iate Frequencies:

257 .5, 2 1.4, a nd 0 .455 MHz

140 145 150 155 160 165 170

FREQU ENCY (MHZ)

sensitive

FR EQ UENCY (M HZ)

less

50

820 840 860 880 900 920 940 960

more

more
sensitive

"

0.2

0.0

380 400 420 440 460 480 500

less
sens Itiv e

M ll z as wel l as in -store

PRO-54 VHF AIR BA ND AM SENSITIVITY

12 d B SrNAD, 1 KHZ TONE, 30% MODULATION, Serial #001065

1.0

comm unicatio ns in the

467 M H z band . \ Ve observed a litt le intcrmod
wh en us ing all outdoor
0.9
An ten na S pecia l i s ts
AVSO I antenna in a ru ral/suburban se tt ing . b ut
detected no ima ge int e r- ~ 0.8
fcrcn cc in the 160 - 162
MHz ra nge w hi ch would
Pro ve tro ub lesom e for
0.7
railfa ns .
We parked 2000 feet
a\\",I)"from acel lu lar tc leph o n e
10 w e I'
and
0.'
se a rc he d the X55 - X69
105
110
M I I/_ ra ng!.: to as ce rtain
mo re
wh e th e r o u r PRO -6-1.
se nsitive
would e xpe rien ce inte rfe ren ce from ce llula r ph on e s. Our PRO -6-1.
w as c lea n in the XOOMll z runge. but w e heard
ce llu lar ph on e s ig nals bot h in th e civ ilia n a ir
band and from ..HL25 105-1. MHz. e ve n when
w e rem oved th e ante nn a .
Lat er , we m easured the PRO -()..i s ccllular
rej ec tion a t ab ou t (H dB in the a ir hand .1I1L1 -1.X
dB in the VI IF-lo w band . The s ig na l-to di sp lay fre quen c y rel a tio ns hip on the V H Flo w band was :

125

120

115

130

135

140

FREQUE NCY (MHZ)

In Closing
The PRO -(l-l. is a good perfo rmer w ith a ri c h
set of fcu ture s a nd is a major im pro vemen t
o ver th e PRO-62. Dra wback s inc lude sh o rt
memory re tention ti me ra ting . dim di vpln y
bac kligh t. a nd inabil ity to charge /\;\ N iC J
ct:11s w hi le in the rad io .

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Actu al transmi Her frequency = 772 .5 + (2

display frequency)

l-or exumple. we co uld he a r a X70.() ~'l H !

s ig na l w he n th e: PRO-6...J. was programmed
w ith -I. g.75 r-.H II.. tho ugh (he 12 d B S INA I)
scn vitivity w a!'. o nly 75 uV.

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ANTENNA TOPICS
Clem Small, KR6A

BUYING, BUILDING AND UNDERSTANDING ANTENNAS

Using a Counterpoise to Aim High

Il~"~F.

coun terpoise . accor d ing tot he

Sta ndard Det tnntons Ii Tam s f or
A IJI CI IlW S. is "a SyS IL' 1ll o r co nductors. e le vated above and insulated from the
g ro und . form ing a lower sy stem of'c onductors
or an an tenn a:' A coun terpoi se. by virtue of
bein g c lose tot he earth. g ives a relat ive ly lowimpedance. cupncitivcly-couplc d path to carth.
Thi s is parti cul arl y usefu l when the anten na is
used above d ry O[ roc ky ea rth. w hich pro vide s
a P{lor RF ground .
A co unterpoi se ca n he as si mple as a sing le
wir e stretched be low a ll an tenna. insu la ted
from gro und and connecte d to not hing (fig. I).

What does it do for an antenna?

If we put a co unterp oise under a vertical

antenna it usually make s the ante nna more
efficie nt. T hat mean s tha i it rad iat es or capHires mor e of the avai lab le signa l. A co u nterpoise wi ll a lso sometime s low er the verti ca l
ante nna 's verti cal rad iation/rece ptio n pa ttern ing. Th is is often desirable becau se a lo wer
vertica l rad iation/reception pattern leads 10
g reater respons iveness to D X signals.
But vertica l ante nnas for the HF ba nd s are

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so tall as ( 0 be diffi cult or impo ssible for mos t

o f us to er ec t, es pecially o n the low er end of
that ha nd . So hom cbrc w a nte nna s w hich usc a
counterpoise arc mo st freq uent ly ho rizon tal
anten nas.
A hori zo nta l d ipole mounted 111 0 to l /-l
wave abov e a co u nte rpo ise d irects most o f its
resp o nsiveness upward s. J us t as le vv-angle
ver tica l rad iat io n/reception patternin g is be st
for DX HF sig na ls, a high-a ng le ve rtica l radiat ion/rcccption pattern is best for rece iving
signals from closer H F sta tions. T he high
ang le of res po ns iveness of s uc h an ant en na
lea d s to the n'H11e "ncar vertica l inci dence
skywave" (NV IS) antenna. See page 63 in this
issue and in J uly for Jacque s d' Avignons
d isc ussion of how NV IS can be appli ed as a
means of s ho rt-runge HF broa dcasti ng .
It is intere sting to note that most o f aliI'
hom ebre w ho rizontal HF ant ennas arc of th is
upward s-directed . NVIS va riety. Even wh e n
we want to co nce nt rate 0 11 DX recept io n we
o fte n buil d a NV IS a ntenna . Why? Because it
is so diffic ult to mount a horizontal ante n na
the hulfwa ve di stan ce abo ve the g ro und nee cssary to ob ta in good lo w-a ng le vertical ra d iati on/rec ep tion pat ter nin g.

To mo unt a ho rizo nta l ante nna a half wavelen gth in the air you wou ld have to e lev ate it
we ll ov er Ino fee t at 4 MHz, and over 60 fe et
at S MHz. A t 16 MHz it is o nly 30 feet. but
even tha t is still too h igh for man y of us to hoi st
our ante nna s. So. wh et he r we like it o r not . our
hori zonta l HF antennas arc usu a lly NV IS ante nnas wit h the co nse q ue nt s ma ll amount of
low -an g le ver tica l radiation/rece pt ion patterning. and large amou nt o f high -ang le patterning. S uch an antenna is excelle nt for relat ivel y
close- in rece ption . A lthough it is defini te ly
no t a DX ante nna . it d oes have so me re la tive ly
low-angle patterning. and it will still p ull in a
bit of OX.

Let' s Make a "St raight Up" Beam

I . Co ns ult fig. I frequentl y in co nstruc ting
thi s ant en na.
2. T h is ant enn a co ns is ts of a n ordin ar y
hulfwa ve d ipo le wi th a co unterpoise di rect ly
be low it. O btai n the to tal length o f e ither of
these cl em e nts fro m the for mulas below.
length (feet) = 468/frequeney in MHz
Leng th (meters) = 14 2 /frequency in MHz

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SPACING DISTANCE
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EARTH

Fo r csuniple. at to M il ; 111(' lollli an trnna

leng th is -/{j.S j i.('1

tribu te to the s ig nal stre ng th as received by a

di s tant recei ving nmcnna?" Your hint w as to
remember the r um- cl ing effe ct o f c urre nts
w hich n ow in o p posite d irect io ns wit hin the

3. Usc just about an y kind o f wir e thars

stro ng e no ug h to last. Cut o ne w ire to the
formulalength p lus eno ug h ex tra w ire to \ \T;'IP
thro ugh four o f yo ur ins u lato r hol e s. C UI a
second formula le ngt h plus e noug h ex tra w ire
fo r two inxuluto r ho le s: this second w ire w ill
he the cou ntcrpoi... e.
-l. For bo th wire smake sure the w ire end-, arc
d e an for solde ring. ami in... crt the end s into
ins ula to rs a" in fig . I . So lder the wi res in place .
T he counterpoi...c is no w co mplete.
5. C ut the dipole el e me nt in hal f ,1111.1 attac h its
ce nter in..ula to r in the sam e fas hion a" the en d
ins ula tors . T hen at tac h a le ngt h o flow-i m ped ancc (50 oh m. 75 oh m t coax ia l cable at the
antenna center ins ulator. Th e center coa x co nductorn ttachcs 10 one w ire and the coax shiel d
I n the other. Sea l the co ax end aga in", weathe r
w ith coax ...calun t.
(1. S tre tch the co unte rpo ise di rect ly be ne ath
w her e the dipole cle ment will be , It s ho uld he
close III the ground . b ut not dose eno ugh to
accide nta lly touch the ground or vcgeuuion.
7, S tre tc h the d ipo le: anyw here fro m I/lO to
1/..t wavele ngth d irectly ab o ve the co unte rpo ise . Th e close r s pac ing s ho u ld he bes t for
the closes t stat io ns,

by o ur c ha nge in the co unte rpo ise ' s po si tio n?

You 'll li nd <Ill answer for th is mon th ' s
rid dle . a nd much mo re. in next month s issue
o f M otl itur ill ,J.:. Times. T il the n Peace . DX. an d

sa me wire.
Let s imagine tluu we loo k at a groundp lanc
anten na fnun a di... ranee. Let' s also imagi ne
that we G in see the current as it leave s the:
fccdpoint and mows our along the radi als.
Th e radia le arc pe rpendi cular to the vertical

n.

In a i r a full wavele ng th (fe et) = 9 8 4 / freq uency

in M Hz
In a ir a fu ll w avelength (m eter s} = 3001
fr eq uency i n M H z

X. T o protect aga inst lightning-induced dumag e . re me mber 10 disconnect a nd g ro und the

an ten na lea d -i n when the ant enn a is no t in lise .
Ne ve r lise an ou tside: antenn a d uring we at he r
li ke ly to produ ce: ligh tn ing .
Beca use it.... nu lls arc rat her sha llo w a di po le mo un ted thi s close to the gro und is rclutivcly no udirectlonul. Yo u sho uld ge t good
all-aro und reception o f s tatio ns up to perhaps
100 0 mile s away . And . d e:spite: its predomi IMtd y h igh -angle pa llem ing. you ' 11 copy s{Ime
DX s ig na ls. too .

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Last Month :
We d i...l..' us scd tha t " the: g ro u nd p lanc

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1e: llna ha s a <.j u'lrl\"rw 'I\'e: ve l1ica l cle ment , an d

two or mo re lluarte:rwil\ 'c radi a ls. As you
kno w . Ihe: r'lIJ ials c xte:nd ou tward sy m mc triL' ally frolll the ba sc o f the vcrtic al clcmell\ as
..pllkes e: xte llJ fn Hll thc hubof a w h\,.e: I," T he: n
I aske d . " W he: 1l th is ante lllla is tran sm itt ing
wha t doc s the rad ialio n ff't) Jlll he radia ls L'OIl-

c le ment. We would ....cc.. cu rre nt flow ing

from th e fccdpuim towa rd the righ t on the
righ t hund radial . nnd fro m the reedp oint to ward the le ft o n the: le fl hand radial.
Becau se the rad ials a rc cl o se together the ir
field s would appear to COllie e ssen tia lly fro m
a ...ing lc so urce wh e n vie we d from a d i..tam
rece iving antenna. Re me mbe r that rad io wa ves
a nd ligh t wa ves arc bot h el ectro mag neti c
wave.... and that they ac t similarly. T hu s. this
fa ilure o f the di s tant rece iving an te nna to
..e n..c the wa ves separa te ly is simila r to yo u
bein g unab le to visua lly d is ting u ish between
two distant lines which you vie w from a great
dis tance .
Becau se the se: field s essen tially o verlap.
the ir ef fec t w ill co mb ine . a nd the rece ivin g
ante nna w ill "sec" on ly th is com bined fi el d ,
Because the curre nts ind uci ng these fiel d s
flo wed in o ppo site d irecti o ns o n the two rad ials the fiel d s w ill be: ofoppo..ire po la rity. an d
w ill cance l eac h other. T he combined re s ult
wo u ld be 11 0 s ig na l at all !
Thu s the ra di al s co nt rib ute no s ig na l
s tre ng th <II the di s tant recei ving anten na : the
ve rtical element is the so le: sou rce o f rece ive d
signa l streng th. No te. hOWeVL'f. that th is d isc uss io n hus de sc ribed the c lassic g ro und p lanc
w ith radia ls pe rpe ndic u lar to the ve rtic al c le men t. If we lise d roo ping clements the: ca nce llatio n is less than perfect.
As the amount o f drooping is increased . the:
rad ials increa sing ly co ntrib ute to the rece ive d
sig na l at the di stant an te n na un til. when
dn 'o ped straig ht down . they contribute equal!y
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1'.11..'1. t he an te n na is t hen no lo nge r a
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South Tex as Section Conv / Joe Makeever. W5HS, 512-345 -0800

Mount Shasta ARC / Rich Zanni, KJ6RA, 916-926-123 7
Hamtes t 01St Rcmu ald. Canada 1 Francois Berube. VA2RC, 418-5234476
Ellijay ARS 1 Dot Beam , K4PPS, 706-276-6660
Athens Radio Club 1 Rodney Couch, KE4ANM , 706 -3532773
Macoup in County ARC 1 Tim Jones, KA9VIV, 2 17-627-2355
Western Illinois ARC I Jim Funk, N9JF. 2 17-336-4191
oumcv.u,
Copper Count ry RAA I t 997 Upper Penin sula Amateur Radio Convention /
Houghton. MI
Roland Burgan, KB8 XI. 906-4822 403 / Loca tion: City of Hough ton's Dee
Stadium, located on the downtown watertront . 9Am.
ICARE 1 Ray Knuth, KB8ZYY . 5 17-739-2896 or 5 17-739-3 129
Oscoda, MI
August 2
Missouri
Stale Convention 1 Karen Thorpe , NOTDW, 417-889-677 5
Springfield,
MO
August 2
Auburn ARA I Joe Kahler, WA2N GX , 3 15-364-5135
Weedsport, NY
August 2
High Pornt ARC / Mark McMa han, KB4MF P, 9 10' 887 -3039
High Point, NC
August 2
The Voice of Aladdin ARC I Jim Morton, KB8KPJ. 6 14846- 7790
Columbus, OH
August 2
Humbold t ARC I Wayne Ca rlson, KF6AAP , 707-668 -4396
Eureka, CA
August 23
ARR L National Convention / Larry Filzen, WB4CGD , 904272 -07 26
August 2-3
Jacksonville, Fl
Eastern Washington Section Conv I Ronald A. Kimm , W70PR, 509-924-295 9
Spokane, WA
August 2-3
Livermore ARK / Noel Anklam. KC6QZK, 5 10447 -3857
livermore. CA
August 3
Hamfester s Hadm Club / Dave Brasel, NF9N . 708-448-0580
Peotone , Il
Augu st 3
Land of Lakes Hamfest / Sharon Brown, WD9 DSP , 219-475-589 7
Angola, IN
August 3
Cedar Valley ARC 1 Wayne Kolosik, KlOFE, 3 193934224
Amana, lA
August 3
E Michigan ARC I Robert He rbert, KB8WMW, 8 10-364-7874, 810982-156 1
Port Huron, MI
August 3
Portage ARC 1 Joanne Solak, KJ30 , 330-274'8240
Randolph, OH
August 3
Skyview Radio Society 1 Bob Livrone. N3WAV , 4 12-339-9607
Apollo, PA
August 3
Shenan doah Valley ARC 1 Irvin Barb, W4DHU . 540 -955 1745
Berryville, VA
August 3
Mars hfield Area ARS 1 Guy Boucher, KF9XX , 715-384432 3
Marsh/ield, WI
August 3
Porte r Coun ty ARC / Rich Ard, N90l0, 219 -762-0484
Valparaiso, IN
August 9
Tompkins Co unty ARC I Ross Boy er, N2ISU, 607-844 -4302
August 9
Dryden, NY
JUniata Valley ARC / Richard Yingling, WB3COB, 717-242-1882
Lewistown. PA
August 9
Radio Club of Tacoma / Alan Hughes, KB7SV U. 206-840-4947
Tacoma, WA
August 9
Tri -State ARA / Georgia Overby, KA80ME, 304522- 18 11
August 9
Hunlingto n, WV
Yellow Thunder ARC / Bill Homm el, KA9QFJ , 608-356-8571
August 9
Baraboo, WI
Shreveport ARA I Dana Wicks, KJ5SU, 318-865-943 0
August 9 10
Shrevepo rt, LA
DuPa ge ARC I Ed Weinstein, WD9AYR. 630985 -9256
August 10
Stickne y, IL
Bluegrass ARS 1 Central Kentucky ARRL Hamfest l Bill o ev cre. N4DIT, 606August 10
Frankfort, KY
273-8345 1 Location: Western Hills High School , Exit 53 off 1-64. Adm ission $6.
Michigan
State Convention 1 Terry Osborn, K8SMC. 517784- 2398
Jackson,
MI
AuguSl 10
SI. Cloud ARC 1 Charlie GraffI, NOSDL. 320-2 51-8008
S1.Cloud , MN
AuguSl 10
Central Oreg on OX Club 1 Bill Sawders . K7ZM, 54 1-3896 258
August 10
Redmond, OR
41h Annual Madison Area Get-Togethe r for Dxers and Radio Enthu siasts 1 Tim
Madison , WI
August 16
Noonan, 608 -271-0458. E-mail: dxerak@aol.com
River City AR Comm Society / Lewis Tuttle , AC60 P. 9 16-77 1-2336
Fair Oaks, CA
August 16
Hoosier Lakes RC 1 Loren Melton, WB90ST, 2 19-858-9374
August 16
Warsaw , IN
Ramapo Mountain AR C 1 Ken Hanson, KB2SSE, 201-962-4632
Oakland, NJ
Augu st 16
Roanoke Valley ARC / Ben Vlug, AD4UA, 540-890-6782
Augus t 16
Roanoke, VA
Lower
Columbia ARA / 6th Annual Ham Radio , Compu ter. & Electronic
Longview
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WA
August 16
Equipmn t Swap Meet / Bob Morehouse. K8 7ADO , 360 -425 -6076 1 l ocation:
Cowlitz Co. Fairgrounds. Talk-in 147,26+, pi 114.8. 9am - 3pm, admission $3.
Alabama Section Convention 1 Don Tunstill, W4NO , 20553 4-7 175
Auqust 16-17 Huntsville, AL
York, Keystone, Hilltop Clubs 1 Robert Moore, N3KDS. 7 17-252- 1694
Auqust 16- 17 York, PA
Santa Barba ra ARC / Rhona Anderson, KE6FKA, 805-969-9 178
Augus t 17
Goleta . CA
Colorado Stale Convention I Guy Reed, W5 GR, 3036 74-5389
Golde n, CO
Augusl 17
Sussex ARA & DELMARV A 1 Thomas Mc Dugall, N3JRB, 302-8562938
Georgetow n, DE
Aug ust 17
Tippecanoe ARA 1 James c ana reco. WA9T GO , 31747465 70
Aug ust 17
Lafayette . IN
Central Kansas ARC 1 Ron Tremblay, WAOPSF, 9 13-827-8 149
August 17
Salina, KS
MIT RS & Harvard Wireless 1 Steve Finberg, W IGSL, 617-253 -3776
August t7
Cambridge, MA
Union County ARC 1 Gene Moore. N8YRF, 513-246-5943
August 17
Broadw ay,OH
Paulding Coun ty AR Group / Jerry Rhodes , KB8MAF, 419399-4507
August 17
Paulding, OH
Warren ARA / Al Van Slyke. N81KX, 330-8893 378
August 17
Warren ,OH
New Orleans International OX Conv I Silvan o Amenta , KB5GL , 504-4 54-6184
August 22-23 New Orleans, LA
Dakota Division Convention I Tim nasset. NOSDB, 70 1-663-6620
August 22- 24 Bismarc k, NO
August 23
Grand Junction , CO Western Colorado ARC / Bruce Cham bers, KBOSNF, 970-434 -7439
Ga rdner, MA
Mohawk ARC / John Doul d. WF1L, 508-249-5905
August 23
Bridgewater, NJ
Somerset County ARS / SCARS Hamfest l Pat Reagan , N2CQM , 908-873August 23
339 41 Location: Some rset Coun ty 4H Center, Milltown Road . Talk-in 448,175
PL 141.3, 147.135+ PL 151.4
Pioneer Radio Oper ators Society / Michael Wrona, KB2TDN , 716-675-207 1
Chaffee, NY
August 23
West Virginia State Convention 1 Dave Ramezan, KA8ZXP, 3044 62-7560
Weston, WV
August 23
Rhinelan der & Northwoods ARES 1 Mary Berger, NS9Q , 715-362929 6
Rhinelan der, WI
AuguS123
August 23 -24 Woodland Park. CO Mountain ARC i Don Cham berlain. AAONW, 719687-3692
Duke City Hamtes t / Richie Allen, KC5NZ R, 505-2420208
August 2324 Albuquerque, NM
Entield, CT
VHF-UH F Conference Swap 'n Sell / Mark Casey, N1LZC, 413566-2445
August 24
August 24
Danville. IL
Vermilion Coun ty ARA / Gary S. Denison, KA9SKS. 2 17759 7389
TriCounty Radio Group / Bob Grosse, N9 KXG, E-mail: tcrg @hotmail.com
August 24
wocosrcck. IL
Northern Berkshire ARC 1 Joel Miller, N1W CF, 413 -442-2609
Adams, MA
August 24
Corunna, 11.1 1
Bay, e enesseo Co., Lapee r, Shiawassee . Mid-Mich Wireles s / Jan LaBrenz,
August 24
N8NSE, 5 17-893-3475
St. Cha rles ARC 1 Scott Schultz, AAOZS, 3 149 28-7267
August 24
SI Charles. MO
Glouce ster County ARC / John Lloyd, KA2EZN , 609-358 -1285
August 24
Mullica Hill. NJ
Yonkers ARC / Joh n Cos ta, WB2AUL. 9 14-969-6548
Aug ust 24
Yonkers, NY
Alamogordo ARC / Bill Leehan. N5SUM, 505-437-9781
Alamogor do, NM
August 30
Namekagon Valley Wireless Assn. / Mary Lindberg, KB9LFF , 7 1537823 68
August 30
Hayward, WI
Shelby ARC / June Melvin. WA4JNJ, 704-7392583
August 30-31 Shelby , NC
G Aiver.IA Antique. Tri-State Compu ter / Jerry Ehlers, NONLU, 3 19583-1060
August 3 1
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Nati o nal Radi o Cl ub : Paul Swearingen,
Publisher, P.O . Box 5711, Top eka, KS 6660507 11, (9 13)266-5707 ; hllp:/lwco il.com/-gnbcl
Wo rldwide ; AM OXing . OX New s 30 tim es yearly,
samp le for a first class stamp. Annual Labor Day
co nvent ion .
No rt h Am eri can SW A ssoc : Bill Ol iver , 45
Wildflower Lane. Lev ittow n, PA 19057, (2 15) 9450543 ma ilto:naswa1 @aol.com . Worldwide;
Shortwave broadcast o nly . The NA SW A Journal.
Regional meet ings.
On tario OX Associati o n : Joe Rob inson , Ge neral
Mgr" P,O. Box 161 , Station A, wmowoeie. Ontario
M2N 558 , Ca nada: Internet
70400 .2660 @co mpuse rve.com ; (4 16) 29 3-89 19
voice & fax , (4 16) 444 3 526 OX-Change
information svce: (905) 841 -6490 BBS . Predo mina ntly Provin ce of Ontario : All ba nds , OX Ontar io .
Meet 3rd W ednesdays, Toronto
Paci fic NW/B C OX C lub : Bruce Portz er, 6546
19th Ave N E, Seattle. WA 981 15 . Paci fic NW and
BC Cana da , DXing all bands. 59 US , $ 10 Can ada .
PNBCDXC Newsletter. Irreg ular meet ings ,
Palm Beach Co u nty Sca nne r Gr oup (PBCSG):
Bria n Cat hc art. 4050 Edgewood Dr ive , COConut
Cre ek, FL 330 66-1835; scanne rdude @juno. com
Pitt Co SW/Sc anner Listen er s C lu b : L. Neal
Sum rell, P,O , Box 18 18, Win terville , NC 285901818 . Easte rn NC : All bands. The OX Listener.
Irregular meetings.
Puna OX Club: Jer ry Wi tham , P.O, Box 596,
Keaau, HI 96749 , (808 ) 982 9444: Puna, H I; SW
and MW . Me et tst Tuesday s. No due s.
Radio Mo n itors of Maryla nd : Ron Bruckman ,
P .O. Box 394 , Hampstead, MD 2 1074 , Maryland ,
(4 10) 23 9-7366 ; VHF/UHF/HF utilities , Radio
Monito rs Ne w sletter of MD. http://h ttp :11
arrowweb.com /RMM Meets irregu larly .
Reg io na l Co m m u ni ca t io ns Networ k (RCN): Jay
Delgado , Box 83 -M, Carlstadt, NJ 07072 -008 3. A
hobbyist group ded icated to info rmati on and
resource s on rt-telecommumcations techn ology
and broad casting w or ldwide . # 10 SA SE for info .
Roc k y Mou nta in Radio Li sten er s : Mi ke Curt a ,
P.O. Box 470776, Aurora, CO 80047-0776. Metro
Denver, Co lorad o, All band s, Meets mo nthly
or 3rd Sunda ys 1- apm. Aur ora Cent ra l Library ,
Sand y Ri ve r SW Rad io OXer s Assoc : Dunca n or
Brenda Steele. A.R. 1, P.O. Box 1560 ,
Norridgewock, ME 04957 . W orldw ide. The QSLirregular. No du es,
Sca nn ing Wis co ns in : Ken Bitte r, Dept. MT , S. 67
W. 179 12 Pearl Dr. , Muskego , W15 3 150-9608,
(4 14) 67 9-944 2. Wisconsin . VHF /UH F. Scanning
Wiscons in ($2 lor sample)
Sig na l Su rfe r OX Clu b: Darcy Jabs , RR2 , Burns
Lake , BC , Canada, VOJ 1 EO; (250) 694 -3760 ,
djabs @aw inc.com. Can ada and worldwide .
www2 .awi nc.co m/u sers /dj abs/ MW and SW
DXing . Me ets Thursdays, Free helpfu l info ;
Can adia ns sen d three 45- cent sta mps , all oth ers
send a doll ar bill or two IRC s.
So uthern Ca lif o rn ia A rea OXer s (S,C,A .D.S.):
Do n R. Schmidt. 38 09 Rose Ave. , Long Beach , CA
908 07 -4334, (3 10) 42 4 -4634 , Cal ifo rnia a rea; AM .
FM , TV , sc anner an d shortwave broadcasting .
Susquehan na Co Sca nner Club: Alan D, Grick.
P,O . Box 23, Prosp ect St. , Mont ros e , PA 1880 10023. PA ar ea; Scanning. Meets irre gular ly .
Tol edo Area Rad io Enthu si ast s: Ernie De llinge r,
N8PFA, 66 29 Sue Lane, Maumee, OH 43537. NW
Ohio an d SE Michig an ; Sh ortwave, sc ann ing,
amateu r. Meets 3rd Thursd ays 7pm Holland Big
Boy ,
Tri ang le A rea Scannerl SW listening G ro up :
Cu rt Ph illips , KD4YU , P.O . Box 28587, Raleigh.
NC 276 11, Central NC .

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ASK BOB

Bob Grove, WA4PYQ

ANSWERS TO YOUR RADIO QUESTIONS

bgrove@grove. net
THOSE PESKY "D"
CONNECTORS
In my May Closing Comments. I tried
to ll aunt

my (im ag ina ry ) e xha us t ive

knowledge by incorrectly identifying all

RS-232C co mputer conn ecto rs as type
DB. Fortunately for m), readers. Minor
Cross o f Corva llis. O regon. really knew
the an sw e r. It se e ms that th e second lette r
den ot es the pi n co unt : DA (15 pin s) , DB
(25 pins), DC (37 pins ), DD (50 p ins ),

and DE (9 pin s). T han ks. M inor.

Q. Some time ago I remember

seeing add-on commercial blockers

for TVs. How do they work and
where can I get one? (John
Wallace, Sr., Syracus e, NY)

A. Succ inc tly. they don'

wo rk and yo u G ill"

b UI t ha t is ju st unu sed time . a nd is not a

re liab le c ue for an e lectron ic de v ice .

Q . Can the Grove (GRE) 800 MHz

converter be used on a Bearcat 20/

20 scanner? (Chris Fox, Stevens

Point, WI)

A. Thl' 800 ," 1Hz do wn-conve rter simp ly

s hifts th e en tire block o f X()()-lJOO ivll lz s ig nals
it rece ives 40() J\ 11-1 z lower in frequency: thus.
R06-lJO() i\111z hccomes rccc ivublc a" ..J.06-5()()
i\H II. on th e ho st sca nner. If yo ur sc a n ncr
rece ive s only a portion or that 40()-)OO MH/.
ra nge. th en the amoun t (lf X()()- l)()( ) Mf lz band
rece ivable is p rop orti onate ly reduced .
Whe n us ing suc h a co nverte r, no other
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down -con verted XOO i\H fl. band. and tu ni ng
s te p inc re me nts wi ll be whate ver th e ho st
scann er use s in its 4 {) () -)() () i\1J-1z ran ge .

get nne. There arc no standard signals sent by

over. That is why you don ' sec such a dev ice
ad vert ised : if th ey worked . e veryon e would
wa nt o ne!
Th e on ly sta nda rd c ue is that the re is u sually a "d ip 10 black.' th e sc ree n go es dark ju st
before and ju st afte r the commercial break :

Bob's Tip of
the Month
Simple Mediumwave Broadcast er
Overload Cure
Many shortwave liste ner s using outs ide
ante nnas ar c plagued by inte rfe rence fro m
strong , local AM broadca ster s in the 5401700 kH z mcdum wa ve band. T he probl em is
especially compounded by the lise of a lo ng,
rand om-wi re antenn a. MTreade r Jim Web er
of Col to n. California. ha s a sim ple fix.
J im sim ply inserts a J 65 pF variab le capacitor in line (se ries ) with the a nte nna. Simp ly stated , the capaci to r is adju ste d to pro vid e
low imp edance to h igh freq uenc y signals
w hi le presenti ng higher impedance to lower

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August 1997

antenna.
For tuuxituizjng s ig na l strengths. g o for
direct! vit y. 11<)\S i/.C, and stay away Inuu ncarby
electri ca l w iri ng a nd laru e. m etalli c struc tures .

Q. { hear medevac helicopters on

or

ne tworks that could alert an y so rt

de tector
th at a comme rc ia l break is next. or when it is

unlim ited ca sh. I' d be per fec tly sa tisfi ed w ith

a ruther co nse rva tive o utlay of bot h wire and
m o ne y. A co uple of Be ver age antennas run n ing c ast/ wcst ami no rt h/so ut h wo ul d sta rt.
For V I-F. wh e re s ig na ls a rc spa rse a nd weak .
I' d like an active an tenna . 1\ 25 ft. verti cal for
gen er a l p urpose listen ing wo u ld finish the
ins ta lla tio n . Yo u m ight try a rot atable lo op for
n ul ling in terfer en ce and for direction findin g .
Keep in mind tha i atmo sp he ric no ise is th e
lim iting factor below ro ug hly SO M il l : o nc e
yo u have enou gh antenna to o ver com e you r
rece iver ' s ow n intern a lly -gen erated circuit
no ise, a larger a nte nna wi ll only br ing in more
noi se alo ng wit h the s ig na l. the same as simp ly turn ing up the vo lu me contro l 0 11 a s m alle r

Q . I recently mo ved to a large farm;

if you had unlimited space for an

SWL antenna , what wo uld be you r

dream system ? (AJ. Marhofke)

A.

Ass um ing I had unlimi ted s pac e. but

110 1

frequen c y signals: thus it is adj usted to redu ce mcdium wa ve sig nals w hile allo wing
s ho rtwave signals to co me throug h full
stre ng th.
For conve nie nce. Ji m mou nted hi s tun ing
capacitor in a p lastic (not metal ) box since
bo th th e rotor and sta to r are " hot" (ungro unded). If a me tal box is preferred, the
capaci tor mu st he in su lated fro m th e box. A
knob on the s haft makes tun ing that much
ea sie r.
If your j unk bo x do esn 't y ield an air var iab le tu ning capac ito r, flea-mark et Aj\'lIFM
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BC3000XLT Keyboard Trick

On e of the mos t popu lar topics in th is
co lum n is sim ple ke yb oard trick s for sc a nne rs, und the highl y-succe ssful BC-30 00X LT
is no exce ption. Thi s latest contrib ution come s
fro m re ader Johnn y De Vito o f Be lmo nt. Mas-

155. 220 MHz, the same frequency

as school buses in my area; how
come? (Robert Compton,
Me rtztown , PA).

A.

li ven tho ug ht they a rc aircraft. air am bu-

snchusct ts. who discove red the mea ni ng of

"O n Dir" \vhich is d isp layed briefl y whe n

the SCA N key is hel d dow n \vhile swi tch ing
the power o n (sec MT, Apr il 1995 for a
complete list).
By press ing the S F[ (!lh ifl) key tol lovvcd
by the L1 MIT/dO\vll arrovv key , the di rec tio n
of sc a n, fro m lowest to h igh est c ha nnel . no w
reve rse s to scan ning fro m high cs t tu lowest
c hannel. as indi ca ted by the sm all ar ro w that
ap pear s over the freque nc y di spl ay.
T o restor e the normal lower to upper
dire ctio n. sim p ly pre ss the S F[ ke y tollowed by the HOL D/ up arrow key.
Not only docs thi s simple keyboard ro utine re verse the mc mor y c ha nnel scan ord e r.
hUI also the freq ue ncy au tosort direction .
Th is s hould be ofhc lp in manua lly fo llo win g
Motorola trunk ing co m munica tions w hic h
step from hig her In lo wer frequencies as they
sw itc h through their freq uen cy po ol.
Tha nks, John ny , for your interesti ng contribution . Oth er reade rs who mak e s im ilar
discoveries a rc invited to sha re these \v ith
fell o w hob byi sts .

lance s may he li..c nsc d to conununicutc with

g round med ical person nel. Schoo l buses arc
assi g na ble a"" well unde r Part 90..-0 . Spe ci al
Emergency Medical Services. of the FCC
Ru les a nd Rcg ul.u ion s.

Q. I have several pieces of equip-

ment powered by AC wall adaptors.

Can I plug them all into a switched
power strip and possibly reduce
their failure from remaining plugged
into AC wall sockets all the time?
Will the surge of switching them on
with the power strip harm any of the
eq uipment? (Gary Otteson]

A.

Keeping 111\,.' 111 switched o ff while not in

lise is a good idea: many "w,1I 1 wa rts" meet
mini ma l <k -"ig n cr ite ria and arc vuln er able In
failure Irum overheating. No. switching on an
AC adapto r wi II no t cause a po we r surge
hanu ful to yo ur eq uipmen t: the intern al filt er
capac itors do a good job abso rbing that brief
volt age spi ke .

Q . A re there any fixes to improve

the audio on the BC-235XLT? (Chris

Fix, Stevens Point, W I)

Questions o r tip s se nt to "Ask Bob, "
c/o MTere printed in Ihis column a s space permits.
If you desire 0 prompt, personal reply, mo il your
questions a long wilh 0 sell-addressed sta mped
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can be altered. Aud io qualit y is a matter o f
person al prefere nce. and each gene ration o f a
man ufac turer s scanners so und diffe ren t from
the prc vio u-, 0 11\,.'.
For the e lectronic ally adept. ha"s G ill be
incr cu...cd h) incrcu ... ing the amount of -c ric-,
ca pacitance ill I lk ' audio .unpl ificr (betwe en
vtagev. between the amplif ier and xpcakcrj: or
hy reducing the treble by placing a hypa......
ca paci tor from any audio point to grou nd.
Con ver sel y. treble G ill he increased at the
cvpcu...c of ha...... -cmaking ... eric... ca paci tances
sma ller. and reducin g the val ue o f hypa......
capacitors between the aud io circ ui t and
g nHlll d.

Q. Th e Radio Shack discone is

advertised to cover 25- 1300 MHz;

is it credible over this range? (Kim
Ballweg, W. Seonie, WA )

A.

No . Even a paper clip will pick lip SO Il/ ('

sig nab on virtually /lI/Y Ircqucncv range. The
hL' sHlcsigncd d isl'!Ill es arc good over roug hly
all 8: I frequency range. top to bottom Irequency. That wo uld mean that the Radio Shuck
di sco nc. even i f ilk-ally de ... ign cd (it :o. nou.
should I1\,.' mosl clfcc tivc from 25-2()() Ml lz,
or else front 162 13()() Ml lz using their top
and bot to m freq uenc y claims.
:\'otc that eve n Radio Shack ' s own ad rccomm cnd x their di sco nc hc used for tran smit ting o nly in till.' am.uc ur 1-I--I- - 12 t)6 Mil l bands .
hut if it were suitable down to 25 7\111/ . they
wou ld have adde d the amate ur 50 -5-1-. :!X29.7. and eve n the e B 27 ~1I1 /. hand....
Discon e... arc hig hly overra ted: they we re
de-, igncd du ring Worl d wa r II 10 com municute \\ nh mi litary airc raft ill the 118-136 and
~ ~ 5-I- (}tl ~ III I hand - a wide frequency covcragc requ irin g con tunt -impcdancc 0111 11:11 11"'"
for matching their trunvmittcrv. But di... COIh':""
have no gain, und IIK'if upward ang lc olradia tion ("t;lh'off ang:k" ) 011 "'!Hl1~ frequ encies i...
g rc,lt for wo rking ai rplanes fro m the ground.
hU I may not he suitable for ground wave
coverage .
Som e of the bet ter commcrciu! di...co ne...
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Alpha Delta
Antique Radio Clossified

85

Arcron Zeit

69

Arlantic Ham Radio

73

Bandercam

77

Communications Electronics
Computer Aided Technologies

3, 67
90,91
73

CSP Technologies
Delta Research

97
77

Droke, R.l. Compony

25

Dovis Instruments

DX Computing

53

Erie Aviation

65

Pine-core

Future Sca nning Systems

71

Glenn Hauser

39

Grove Enterprises

5, 16. 29 . 48 , 99

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Cover III

Index Publishing

33

Irdial Discs

17

Jacques d'Avignon

47
66

Kevin Carey
KIWA Electronics

11, 83

33
103
21

Lentini Communica tions

Monitoring Times
Matron Electronics
Nationol Scanning Report

Optoflectronics

31
Cover II. IV

75

Palomar Engineering

PW Publishing

73
95
. 97

Radiomap

Radio Progressive. ........

Ramsey Electronics

19

R.C. Distributing

23
93

RD.!. White Papers

103
77

Sotellite Times

Scanner Moster
SGC Inc

27

Signal Intelligence

33

Skyvisian

81

Universal Radio

83

Viking Interna tiona l ......

WiN RADIO

7
13

w orldcom Technology ............. .... 85

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By Bob Grove,
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Sweeping Frequency Ban Proposal

Could End Scanning!
PRESS STOP! This editorial is a last-milllite substitution ill order to provide our readers with the latest
f ederal eff ort to place massive restrictions 011 the
receiving equipment A mericans are permitted to buy,
Ste ps to restr ict America ns' access to the airwaves
began fifteen years ago: On November 8. 1982. President Reagan issue Executive Order 12356, classifying
as "Confidential" the Go vernment Master File (GMF)
o f radi o frequ en cy assign ments. At tha t time . Berni e
W unde r. Ass istant Se cr etary for the Co m mittee of
Comm uni cat ions and Inform ation . de velo ped a c lass ification guide for member s o f the Int erdcpartmcnt Ra-

dio Advisory Co mmittee ((R AC).

In an attempt at mod erati on . o n Ap ril 20 . 1995.
Presid ent C linto n. outli nin g the dan ger s o f over-class ification. issued Exec utive O rde r 12958 to beg in decl assificatio n. and so far there are so me loo.oon dec lassified freque ncies now avail abl e from the GMF.
Hut we have j ust rece ived a co py o r a leg isla tive
proposal wh ic h. if passed . could we ll lead to the eli m inati on o f sca nner s. as we ll as the scanning rece ive r
po rtio ns o f co m mercial and amateur radio tran scei vers.
No t surpris ing ly. the new sa nc tio ns come fro m the

office o r Edward Markey (D- MA). thc privileged mem ber of last Februar y ' s Co ng ress io nal Su bcom m ittee on
Te lecommunica tion s hea rin gs who . upon be ing sho wn
th at his pre viou s law mak ing e ffo rts were defe ct ive .
forewarn ed that we wo uld "s ee scan ne r sales drop
precipitou sly," And now he ' s makin g that pro mise
go od .
What is sur pris ing is that . in spite ofM ar key' s reco rd
of flawed ru lem aki ng e ffo rts. Co ng ress has once aga in
entrusted hi m wit h mor e ru lemaki ng. Predict abl y. his
new proposa ls arc ill-con sid ered . swee p ing . and reactio nary. as if to pu nish the radio co m mu nicatio ns indu s-

try.
Th e Bi ll. HR 1964. begi ns by refo rmi ng the Internet.
a sectio n w hich. by itse lf. is already ge ne rating con s id erahle ire fro m the telecommun icat io ns industry. hut it
is the sc anner po rtio n of the Bill wh ich we shall add ress

her e . Markey propose s to ba n all of the freq uen cies

alloc ate d to the newly-defined Commerci al Mobi le Rad io Service s (C M RS ) o n future scanners. Let's take a
loo k at th c list o f frequ encies to be c ut:

30 .76-3 1.24. 33. 14-33. 16. 33.40 , 35.02-35. 14,35. 18,

35.20-35 .66. 35.7-35.72. 35.88-35.98. 42.96-43 .00 .
43.20-43.66. 137-138. 148- 150 .050 . 151.625- 15 1.955,
152.030-1 52.240. 152.480- 152.840. 154.570- 154.600.
154.625. 157.200-157.400.1 57.740-158.100.1 58.460159.700. 16 1.800- 162.000. 2 16-222. 399.900-400.050.
4 540 -455 . 4 57. 525 -457 .600. 459-4 60 . 4 60 .650462. 1875. 46 2.750-462.92 5. 46 3.200-465. 465 .650467 . 1875. 467 .750 -467.925.468.200 -470 (and similar
chunks or the 470-512 MHz hand). 806-82 1. 824-866.
869-902. 929-932,940-94 1.1525- 1559, 16 10- 1660.5, and
1850-1990 MHz.
That' s o ve r 363 megah ert z- nearl y 20 % ofthe entire
VHF/U HF scanner spectrum from 30-2000 MHz' Pretty
scary. And that' s j ust the beginning.
A s it is. HR 1964 wo uld remo ve acc e ss not on ly to th e
mobil e rad iotel ephon e services (w hich was its superfi cial intent ). but also we athe r sate llites. M ilitary Affi liate

Radio Syste m (MARS ). Civil Air Patrol (CA P). man y

Experimental/Developmental freq ue ncie s needed for
scientific and co m me rc ial purposes. lo w po we r indu s trial. itin eran t. and man y others as wel l.
It is the int ent o f somc that th e ce nsor ing not stop at
thi s. We have learn ed from a h igh-placed gov ern ment
offic ial th at law enfo rceme nt representati ves arc req ue sting the e lim inat ion of publ ic sa fety frequen cies
from sc anne rs.
T here is so me good new s: At thi s writing. it wou ld
appea r that there arc many mor e ration al (o r at lea st. more
cautio us) memb er s of Cong ress- there is no hearing
scheduled for the Bill. and it has no co spo nso rs ! O f
cours e, th is co uld change wi th time. and with lobbyin g:
o n its surface Sectio n 104 o f HR 1964 appear s inn ocu o us-even reasonab le . It is imp ortant tha t yo u write yo ur
C ongr ess man or Cong ress wo man and expre ss your opposit ion to wha t is. in fact. an outrageo us proposal be for e
...o mco nc takes it se rio us ly.

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