Vol. 17, No.

June 1998

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Vo1.17, No. 6

June 1998

Marine Monitoring on the Chesapeake

By Ronald Perron
C hesa peake Bay is one o f the busi est waterways o n the East Coast: during the
sum me r season it looks like yo u cou ld cross the water ju st by walki ng acro ss the

boats. The guiding hand in managing traffic. containing pollution. coordinating

resc ue ope ratio ns , and e nforcing regulat ion s in the up per part o f the bay is the U.S.
Coast Guard Ac tivities Baltimore - a un iqu e, coordinated effort which make s

best usc of area resources and agencies. The monitori ng is terri fic!

On Board Canada's BilNon Dollar Boat....................... 12

By Dave Holford

Cover Story

OXingon the High

Seas
By Philip Gebhardt
If you think a radio buff would be
bored on a Caribbean cruise, think
again! The possibilities aresubstantial on all bands from LFto VHF, but
mediumwavereception is where our
authorfound the most excitementto
be.
Just imagine: you, too, could be
spinning the dials to your heart's

content. No voice nagging youabout

the lawn to be mowed. the garden to
be weeded; j ust the cool sound of a
marimba coming in from a station
500 miles away ...Tum to page 17 for
details on what Co do and what to

expect.
Cover photo: The MIS Maj esty of
the Seas sails out of Miami . Photo by
Ross Cobb, Aerials, Inc., http://
www.aerialsinc.com

Th e HMCS Ottawa is the latest of Canada ' s Halifax class

frigates and a marv el of modern elec tro nics . Th e ship is festoo ned wi th antennae a nd rada r from top to bottom . T his
a ntenna to ur will open yo ur ey es to the probable uses o f many
of the odd-shap ed structures projecting fro m the modern -day
warsh ip.

LORAN-C Navigation System

20

By Albert Lozano

The LORAN system started out as an aid to aeronautical navigation. but

today the se low freq uency signals serve primaril y as a n aid to mari ne navigat io n,
plus some marg inal use in c ivil av iati on , la nd mobile. and military app licat io ns.
Unless the deadline is extended , the sys te m is slated for te rmi nati on in the yea r
2000. so log it now ! It' s a great time to pic k upa used LF receive r as boat ers sw itc h
ov er 10 sate llite-bas ed navigati on .

Ham Radio: Safe Bet lor Boaters

24

By Arthur Lee
Wheth er you ' re o n a n ocean-going yac ht or ou t o n the lake, amate ur rad io ca n

enhance the experience. It cansave you time and frustration;itcan make the hours
fly by while yo u c hat with new frie nd s: or it could sa ve a life. T hi nk a bo ut it.

REVIEWS:
Larry Ma gne wra ps up the re view of the Dra ke R8B ,
whi ch he dubs the best in its pric e cl ass (p.SS) . On page 86
Bo b Parn ass takes a look at the Op to DC4 4 2 decod er a nd

compares it to earlier models by other manufacturers.

Optoelec tronics has more up its sleev e. ho we ve r. T urn to
page 85 for an M T scoop - the Optotrakker! Based o n the DC442 plu s
cu stomi zed ScarrStar so ftw are, thi s packa ge can fo llo w two typ es of tru nk ing plu s
conventional channels, simu ltaneouslyv

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Sca nning Report ." ............................ 26

Incident Scanning
Ufility World ,...................,,,......,,. 30
Unraveling NATO fdentihers
Digital Digest .........." .................... 33
HF Facsimile
Global Forum "'......................"'.." .'" 34
Hunt Harmonics with Houser
QSl Report
""......................... 38
DXing the Underground
English lang SW Guide ....................,.. 39
Propogafion Condifions
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Cheap Electricity with LF
Programming Sporlight
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Play Ball!
Beginner's Comer ,......." ..,.""."'....... 62
Marine Radio Connections
Ask Bob ................""""""
64
Using the Select-A-Tenno
Below 500 kHz"'...." .."".................... 66
Make Your Own Signals!
American Bondscan " " ." ..,
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Legal Pirates?
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On the Ham Bonds ..........................." 70

Classic Gear
And More! ........"'"" """ ." "."'.. 71
leom's VHFMarine Transceiver
Anten na Topics "'................................ 72
What's Wrong withmy Dipole?
Experimenters Workshop ." " "".".". 74
Network Your Compulers
PeS Front line ................................... 76
Wireless Networks Taking Shape
Federal File ",,, .,,,,"'
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Treasure Trove on the Internet
plane Ta lk ................" ....." .".."".,,'" 80
Equipment at the A TC Cenler
What's New.""'".,,
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Review." ." " ", ..................." ." " . 85
Opioelectranics Optolrakker
Scanning Equipment.......................... 86
Opto DC442 Communications Decoder
Magne Tests ""..................." .."'."'" 88
Drake RBB - Part 1/
Computers & Radio
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C&R Goes to Paris
lellers ..,,,,,,,."'."'.........,,.,,,,,,.,,,,,,,, . 92
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Stock Exchange " ""
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Closing Comments
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Furget th e term FC C Type Acceptance"
of transmitters. It will no longer be used !
Transmitter manufacturers and importers will
be glad to hear that the Co mm ission has made
major revision s to its equipment authorization
process. Th e FCC will now permit elec tro nic
filing o f eq uipment authorization app lications.
And that is not all. Th e number of transmit tcrs and other RF radiators requiri ng authorization is being drastically red uced by 49Ck ... from
3500 10 1800. The FCC said the new proce dures
will result in savings of at least S I00 million to
manufacturers co vered by the change.
The re will only be three diffe rent authoriza tion catego ries: Ccnlfl cmion. where app lications are sent to the FCC. and two manufacturer
self- authoriz atio n pro gram s, Declaration of
Confo rmity, and Verific ation. The Notification
prog ram was elimi nated and the Type Acce ptan ce program was com bined in the Ce rtifica tion program. Unde r the Ce rtification program,
third-party organizations other than the FCC
will be per mitted to ce rtify prod ucts.
Co mmis sio ner Susan Ness issued a separate
statement saying she "c..strongly supported reduci ng unnecessary pape r work and de lays."
She added. however, that age ncy resource s freed
up by liberal izing the new eq uipment aut hor ization process should "..; be redi rected to enforcemcnt activities. so that instances o f harm ful
interference ca n be swiftly remedie d: '
Th e Co mm ission said the new system co uld
be in place as early as May. At first. the FCC will
acce pt dual paper and elec tronically filed allocations to allo w manufacturers time to beco me
fami liar with the new system. Th e req uire men t
for (only) elec tro nic equipment authorization
filing goes into effect after one year. (ET Doc ket
9794 adopted April 2, 1998)
Th e FCC also issued a Notice of Prop osed
Rulemaking see king to requi re manda tory electron ic filin g of sev eral bro adcast applicatio ns
and other forms. Man y form s would he revised
and shortened and some burdensome rules would
be eli minated. (MM Oocke 1 9 S ~4 3 adopted April
2, 1998.)

*' T he FC C is in the process of remodeling

th eir wireless r ad io licensing syste m, In a
pro po sal that ran to nearly 400 pages, the Co mmission says it will be conso lidating, revising ,
and streamlining its licen se appl ication prccedurcs for all radio services licensed by the
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FCC' :<; Wireless Tele communication s Bureau

(WT B).
Th e new integrated "single platform" Universal Licensing Syste m (ULS ) will replace I I
existing service-speci fic license dat abases. Plans
arc for ULS to bec ome fully operutional later
this year. Th e FCC will als o he rep lacing their
ITlOTe than 40 existing wireles s applica tio ndocuments with only five: FCC Forms 60 1 through
605 .
The single-page FCC Fo rm 605 app lication
and an accom panyi ng "schedu le" wil l be used
as a short-form ap plication for app lica nts who
arc not required to submit exte nsive tech nical
data to recei ve a license - includ ing applicants
for the Amat eur , Av iation. Business. Ship, Com mercial and Personal Radio Service licenses.
For exa mple: Amate ur Service applicants
would submit the Form 605 with a Schedule ''C''
anached . Th ere are four other schedules: " A" is
for the Ship Radio Service. " 8 " A viatio n Rad io
Se rv ice. " 0 " Co mmercial Radio and "E " for
G MRS. The FCC asked the public to co mment
on cuch of these forms and to offer any possible
suggested mod ification s.
Th e FCC wants al l ULS rad io applications to
be tiled el ect ronically "com puter-to-co mputer"
in the future and wants to know how the public
feels about discon tinu ing manual filing of paper
applica tion s altoget her.
A new wrink le will require all applica nts and
lice nsees to submit their 9-digit Taxpa yer Identification Numbe r) T IN to the FCC. For an
ind ividu al, this is their Social Security Number
(SS N). A business would usc the ir Employer
Identifi catio n Numbe r (E IN.) The Debt Co llection Improve ment Act of 1996 requires gove rnment agencie s to monitor ami prov ide inform ation about the public to the U.S, Treasury. Th is
is to prevent refun din g money to peo ple and
businesses who have an outstanding deb t with
the federal gove rnment.
Not on ty did the FCC stream lin e licensing
procedu re s. but th ey plan to d eregulate many
of th e existing rules as well , rUT ex ample : Th e
General Mobile Rad io Se rvice is a UHF land
mobile radio service fo r- short-di stance two -way
business and persona l communications by liecnsccs and their immed iate fami ly members.
Curre ntly. G MRS applicants are au thorized
10 lise up to ten o f the fifteen channels. The FCC
is proposing to auth ori ze GMRS stations to
transmit on any of the fifteen chann els from any

geog raphical location regul ated by the FCC.

G MRS app licant s arc curre ntly required to
submit a very co mplicated application form
which asks for technical and locat ion information for control points and small base stations.
Th e comp lex applica tion procedure has served
10 keep the num ber of users lo w. The FCC said
that. since all G MRS frequencies are shared and
no frequency coordination is required , in the
fut ure they wo uld only be asking fo r co ntact
information. such as the appl icant' s nam e, add ress, a nd telephone number - a maj o r
deregulatory cha nge indeed !
G f\.tRS ap plicants will usc the Form 605 and
Sc hedu le "E : ' Effec tive Janu ary I. 1989, onl y
ind ividua ls (and not business appli cant s) may
now apply for a GMRS license. Th e bottom line
is that the new G MRS rules will make it far
easier for ap plicants to ob tain a license.
Internel taxes a re coming, but when?
Congress is having tro uble agreeing on when
Internet taxat ion should start. Th e Clinton Ad min istration had o riginally endorsed a plan to
keep thc Intern et tax-free for six years.
The Internet Tax Freedo m Act was to have
prevented go vern ments from co llecting sales
taxes on most purchases made over the Internet
by treatin g electronic com me rce the same as
mail -order sales. Also barred would be taxes o n
Internet acce ss. State gov ernme nts oppose the
Act as a violatio n o f states ' rights that will cost
the m needed tax revenue. They also be lieve the
six yea r Internet tax ban is u nfair to local stores
which must co llect sales taxes.
Now the National Govern ors' Association
and other state and local offic ials arc promoting
a new three year plan. And the Ho use is go ing
along with it. Th ey have now revised their bill
to three yea rs, Th e legislation hans taxes on
Internet access and online serv ices , bit and
band width taxes and ally sales taxes on electronic co mmerce . Presiden t C linton said he
welco med the co mpromise between state and
congressionallawmake rs.
Th e U.S . Se nate , however, is not buying into
the three year deal. Sen . Ron Wy den ( O ~ Or) has
co untered with legi sla tion offeri ng a li ve year
mora torium o n stale and local lntcmet taxa tion.
Th e Se nate versio n would also impanel a
co ngressional co mmission to study the enti re
issue of Internet taxation . Th ere are more than
30 ,000 state and local ta xing authorit ies and all.
it seems. want a piece o f the action!

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The Rest 01 the Story
In March. we len you hanging regarding the
ou tco me of a distress ca ll rece ived on the vcry
last da y {Dec 3 1) that Briti sh coasta l stations
were monitoring 500 kHz for Morse code distress call s. Thanks to some inve stiga tive reponing by Pat Martindale. former auxiliary commu -

nications operator withHI\I Coastguardat t\..IRSC

(M arine Rescue Sub Centre ) Humber. we now
learn the fest of the story.
"The AIV Oak was carrying a limber ca rgo.

some of which

Was

(as is

USU1) lashed

to the

deck . In heavy seas and hurricane force winds.

this cargo got wet. w hich significantly altered

the centre of gravity of the vessel resulting

eventually in il 40 degre e list. At this poin t
engi nes and ge nerato rs were lost.
"At the time that the ship sent its d istress
message in Morse on 500 kl-lzitalso activated its
EPIRB (an automat ic emerge ncy radio beacon).
whic h was picked up by SARSAT (sea rch and
rescue satel lite ). "" lost of the communications
then transferred to lnmarsat C. satellite Telex
syste ms. RAF Nimro ds were sc rambled to
shadow the vesse l.
"A t 19:30 hrs. the weather wo rsened.

"The nearest ship was 250 miles away (not

500 m iles <IS rep ort ed in the ankle) . T he
Coastguard were maki ng valia nt effo rts to ohlain help from other age ncies In assist with the
rescueofthc crew... the US AFut RAF MildenhaJl.
the Royal Navy. and the Royal Air Force.
"A Chinoo k from RAF Odihum wa s hastily
modified. fined with long mn,ge tan ks and <I SAR
winch and dispatched 10 Shannon . Irel and. On
the way to Shannon the aircraft had to divert 10
RAF Chivenor 10 pick up <I SAR trained winch
crew. Th e Chin ook got to Shannon . where it W;,IS
refuelled and stood by nil the ground.
'The crew of the At\' Oa k had also privat ely
cha rtered the tugA"gliall Princr to go out to her
and assisl wit h rescue I salva ge opcrutionx... II
was decided nil scene that the Angliu n Pril/n'
should escort the Al V Oak ami be ava ilab le to
render assistance ' IS requi red. Thi s she did. ,..ith
the result that the ,\-tV Ollk doc ked ill Liverpool
thcr original destination port) IWO days later.
Some of her cargo had been jett isoned . bUI <III
crew were safe and wc !l despite their ordeal."
Pat wishes to tha nk Mr. Steve Varley. Operations Manager. HM Cous tguard. Falm outh (du ty
officer dur ing the incident) for filling us illon the
conclusion o f this dra matic story.

More to this story?

In an Associated Press repo rt. it was a s mall
hand-held radi u that rescued te n members of the
AJV Vc"'c.~.\"(l after it foundered und sank off the
coas t o f Newfoundland last Oc tober. Th e ca rgo
ship was carrying ammonium nitrate and ca lcium nitrate whe n they shifted under heavy sea s.
acc ord ing 10 th e in te rn e t Cargo Leit er
(www.inter poul.r mu/). Five crew members
could nor be saved. but. acco rding 10 the A P
art ick... the surv ivors "were lucky ano ther ship
wa s within the short range of the walkie -talkie
when their satellite-based sys tems proved uscless ."

Th e report leave s some intriguing que stions.

Was the satellite sys tem useless because it failed.
becau se no one could man it. or simply because
they neede d immediate help'!
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to view the rigor s o f life in co mme rcial shipping
- from pirates to ex plodi ng bo ilers!

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Coa st Guardo fficials arcn ' t exactly sure why.
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Maritime Monitor Extraordinaire: Hank Holbrook: 1929 1998

It is our sad duty to report that Henry (" Ha nk") Ho lbroo k d ied of leu kemi a on A pril 15 at the age of69.
" Hank was an avid DX er (all ba odJDC 10 light) and chased after QS Ls from everything he heard - VHF draw
bridge s. ships. bro adcasters. TIS, VHFIU HF comms. etc. " says Larry Van Hom . " If Han k cou ld hear it, he
wo uld QSL it."
Hank ' s logs and QSL reports appeared regularly in Monitoring Times and in club magazines . According
to B ill Harms of Elkridge. Md., "about one month ago, he told me he had verified over 16.000 separate radio

stations... his enthusiasm f oethe hobby was contagious." Rick Albright of Merced. Cal.agrees: "His loggings
and QSL repons in MThave challenged me time andagain to try to repeat his maritime monitoring successes.
I did not know him. but I fee l as thou gh I did."
Mark Ca lderazzo no doubt fue led Hank' s zea l for QSLin g ships. He says, "1had the good fort une to have
provided Hank his firs t to ur aboard a real live working ship wh ile in Ba ltimore in response to one of his
reception reports of radio communication from my ship MIV Sea Fox, KBGK."
We trust Hank' s meticulous coll ection of logg ings and verifications - eq ua lly the proj ect ofhis wife Mary
Ellen - wi ll find a good home somewhe re. O ur co ndo lence s go 10 Mary Ellen and his daught ers Mel an ie and
Marth a. Hank w ill net be forgotten by all iho se who were insp ired by his enj oyment of life and his love o f
a good rad io cha llen ge.

Long Island have fallen 10 their lowest level

since 1992 in this area which has long held the
wors t reco rd in the natio n (see Jan 1998
Presu mably it was a winning combination of
public education, stepped up pro secut ions of
offenders, plus upgraded d irection finding eq uipment.

Mn.

Morale Boosters
Sai lors at sea are used to long stints away
from shore, but the duty is eve n hard er when
aboard a submarine. Ge nerally these sailors on ly
receive occas ional updates on wor ld eve nts and
are allow ed eight 40 word telegram s from family members during their three months at sea.
Ama teur radio volunteers with the Military
Affil iate Radio System (MARS) help alleviate
the situation, especially those at Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base . This grou p particularly
targets the submarine cre ws by send ing local
news and sporting events for the enjoymen t of
off-duty sailors.
The newest mora le-boo ster is the availability
of e-ma il. Acco rd ing to the Baltimore S U1I. sailors aboard 300 of the Na vy' s 347 ships have
bee n g iven access to email. " I do n't see how we
did with out it!" was the opinion of Lt. Ken
Linkous. who. for the first time in four tours in
the Mediterranean. was able to communicate
daily with his family.
"Th e tyranny of d istance is the biggest impact
on morale," sid Rear Admiral Kendall Pease,"and
we 're clos ing that distance ....Mail ca ll has taken
on a whole new meaning." But. as one sailor
caut ioned ," If you wan t to say private thing s. you
write a letter ."

Bits and Pieces

Here' s a tally of some other radio stories in
the news ove r the past few mon ths :

Persons accused or using scanner illegall y

Fonner narcotics investigator Dean Ward
ind icted for intercep ting cellu lar and pagi ng
messages witho ut an autho rized wiretap; apparently using eq uipment and so ftware which allowed him to targe t spec ific persons and co nve rsations.
Vida lia, Ga, police chief, accu sed ofliste ning
to and recording cordless pho ne conve rsations
of Ga . Bureau of Investigation officer.
Fonner Lawrence, Ma.. police offic er one of
three suspects in bank robberies: scanner and
police radio found in pos session.

Communications is ..vritten by Rachel Haughn with

help from these line reporters who sent in email and
clippings from their world of rad io: Ano nymous. NY;
David Alpert. NJ; Desperad o. NY; Kenneth Dupu is.
NY: Darrell Gammon. NC;Sleven Gibson.C A; Patrick
Goodwin. MA: Paut Hampton. T X; Adamllcrst. ON .
Can: Gle nn Jones. GA : Mary anne Kehoe . GA; Kevin
Klein. WI; Joh n K07.Alk. OH; Ken Lensin g, AZ: Pat
Marti ndale. E. Yorkshire. UK; Palomar Engineers.
CA; Mike (Phecm. emai l; Van Rey nolds. ema il;
Mike Roth. IL; Keith Russell. 1\10 ; Richard Schultz.
KY: Larry Van Hom . NC; Mike While. :'olC; William
Woods. VA; and Globe Wireless. CA.

Scanner used in appreh ension of lawbreakers

Oak Forest, II: 13-year o ld prankster had
been breaking in on police frequency fo r two
wee ks. Located by neigh bor with sca nner.
Winchester, Md, bank robbers appreh ended
after being spotted o n the hig hwa y by news
photog rapher with a sca nner in his ca r.

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By Ronald A Perron

he Chesapeake Bay is one of the

lar ge s t in la nd wa te rw a y s in
A me rica . Fro m its mouth ut C ap e
Charles to the Port of Baltimore it' s a bout
200 miles long and varies from 4 10 40
miles in width. It' s eve n longe r if you
co unt the C hesapeake a nd Delaware Canal. a 19 mi le waterway that provides
access to the Wilmi ngton. Delaware and
Philadelph ia port areas.
The Chesapeake is also one of the
busiest waterways. With the Port o f Bal. The Baltim o r e - oll e offo ur pilot ships which
timore at its head and Hampton Roads and ha ve gu ided.thousands of ships through the
No rfolk at its mouth there ' s no lack of PorI of Baltimore.
cc mmerciul muritirnc tra ffic in the Bay . Ac- Baltimore in 1997 ca rrying more than 25 .5
cording to the folks at the Maryland Port million tons of cargo.
Administration about 1.800 vesse ls ca lled at
Baltim ore ranks in the top 20 of US. port s

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June / 998

and it ranks ju st behind Ne w Yor k and

Norfo lk along the Ea st Coast. T here' s a
busy communication s structure supporting this amount o f ship traffic.

Commercial Maritime

Communications
A s you might imagine. navigating
large vessels in the narrow confines of the
Chesapeake can be a challenge .The Maryland Pilots Association is more than up to
that cha llenge. Th eir four pilot vessels
and 65 pilots guide se ve ral thousa nd ships
per year thro ugh the sometimes tric ky
wate rs of the Bay.
Th ese Mary land pilots poi nt proudly to a

lo ng history of maritime service. Founded in

1852, they are the oldest assoc iation of maritime pilot s in the co untry. The y have an enviable safety record and ca n brag abo ut many
firsts; the first purpo se-built steam pilot boa t;
the first minorit y pilot in the US; the first
female pilot in the country ; and one of the first
users of the Differential Global Positioning
Sys tem for precise navigation in the harsh
winter co nditions of the Bay.
The average pilot has more than 25 yea rs
of service on the Bay and throughout the ir
caree r has guided several thousand ships to
and from the Port of Baltim ore. The pilots use
standard marit ime VH F-FM rad ios to condu ct their operatio ns.
One of the more uniqu e aspec ts of the
Port' s com munications enviro nme nt is its pollution contro l efforts, The Port Authori ty and
the US Coas t G uard are very serious abo ut
prot ecting this fragile enclo sed waterwa y.
O ne of the majo r players in the pollution
control area is Industrial Marine Serv ices
OMS) Inc. This Norfolk-based firm has a
branch operatio n in Baltimore. I talked wit h
the manager Captain Bob Garza. He says that
they routinely standby on mar itime channel
16, The y also use channel 6 for port operatio ns and channe l 13 for bridge-to-bridge and
ship-to-ship communica tions.
Bob says that. overall, the Chesapeake has
been lucky. Th ere has not been a major oil
spill. ala Exxon Valdez, though with the amount
of ship traffi c in the Bay the possibility is
certain ly there. According 10 Coa st Guard
figu res. in the last few years there have been
several spills totaling more than 137,000 gallons. or (be total spilled. almost 118.000
ga llons we re reco vered - so the recovery
operations work well . Hopefully. there wo n' t
be major spill. but Bob says his co mpany. the
Coast Guard and others. are ready j ust in case.
If past ex perie nce is any indication . they know
how to do the ir job.
Ju st to make sure that every thing is in
order there are period ic pollution co ntro l ex ercises. Spon sored by the shipping industry.
the preparation drill inclu des industria l. local
enviro nmental groups. local, state and fede ral
go vernme nt age ncies in a o ne-day. 12 hour
exercise . T he next one is tentative ly scheduled for late 1998.

Coast Guard Operations in the

Chesapeake
Coast G uard operations in the UpperC hesapcuke Bay arc under the contro l of a re latively
new organization. the US Coa st Guard Ac tivities Balti mo re. Acti vities Baltimore is a prototype Coast G uard orga nization combining

Left, Capt Charles Miller, CO of Activities Baltimore, aboard the bl/o)' tender Re d
Birch. (Photos courtesy Port of Baltimore magazine.) Right, Bob Garza, mana ger
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respond ing to the Coast Gua rd the

he lico pters \...'Ill in itiall y es tab lish
com munica tions on marit ime VHF
c hannel 16. Th ey will then sw itch to
one of the Activit ies ' duty freq ue ncies .

Agency Cooperation Makes

For Interesting Monitoring

the former Marin e Sa fety Oflicc with their

tradi tiona l ope rations grou p. Th ere arc thre e
Divisions in the new organiza tion : the Respo nse Division: the Prevention Division :
and the Investigations. Audi ting a nd Anal ysis Division .
Th e Response Division supervises and
ma nngcs i.1I1 Co ast Guard asse ts ini tiating or
co ntrolling first responses.Th e Division ove rsees the ope ratio ns o f six small boa t stations
a long the Chesapeake at Statio n Anna po lis:
Stat io n C urtis Ray (Ba ltimore ); Sta tion
Ta ylo r' s Island: Station Sti llpond: Station
St. Inigoes: and Stat io n Crisfield .
Ac tivities Baltimore con sists o f more than
125 officers. e nlis ted and civi lian perso nne l.
Eac h statio n is eq uippe d with " I-ft utility
boat (UT B) a nd a 2 1-ft or 19-ft rigid bull
inflatab le boat (RH IB). Add itio nally . the
Act ivit ies em ploys a 157-ft buoy tend er Red
Birch l WLM 687) wh ich co nduc ts normal
na vigat ion al repai rs, e tc. Th e Red Birch was
specially designed to dou ble us a n icebreak er
to keep the Bay ' s shi pping cha nnel open to
naviga tion dur ing winter.
Co ordina ting the com mu nica tio ns of all
these ass ets is the respon sibilit y of the Activities' Com municatio n Ce nter.Th ey hand le
al l port sec urity. env iro nmenta l response
an d pre venti on. dis tress and la w enforccmcm cases. T he Cent er co ntinua lly mo nitors cha nne l 16 as part
of the Nationa l VHF-FM Distress
Sy stem using se ven high-l e ve l tran smine r sites to maintain coverage o f
their area of respo nsib ility . One of
the se repeat ers is loc ated atop the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge which spans
the Bay ncar Anna polis. T his repcat cr is a bout 250 feet above the
sur face pro vid ing extended co verage for the southe rn port ion of the
Ac tivity ' s area. Activit ies Ba ltimore
main tuius a Zd- hour rudio gua rd whilc

10

MONITORING TIMES

Jvne / 998

Th is past w inter I mon itored a

couple of intere sting episodes involving Act ivities Baltimore. One very
foggy evening, a plea sure craft, ta kingadva ntageofourmilcJ winter. had
los t its way outside Baltimo re harbor.
the subordinate stations maint a in a live radio Acti vities Balt imore main ta inecJ communicawatc h from 0600 to 2200 and anytime there is tions w ith the vessel whi le vectoring oneo f the
ha rbor's rugs. whic h happened to be out worka sta tion vessel unde rway.
ing, to the area. T hey got the rug' s ca ptai n to
blow his horn a nd whistle at regu lar intervals
State Police to the Rescue
so that the disoriented pleas ure craft could
Th e reorgani zation of Coas t Gu ard asse ts come alongside a nd follow the tug to safe
nationwide is caus ing the relocation of rescue anchora ge.
a irc raf t furt her away from the Ch esa peake.
Anot her incid ent demon stra ted the close
Presen tly the closest airc raft arc located at US workin g relationsh ips that exist bet ween AcCoast Guard Air Sta tion s at Cape May, New tiviti es Baltimore a nd local age ncies. O n one
Jersey. or Eliza beth C ity , North Carol ina.
o f the warmer winter days we had this yea r,
To till this vo id Coas t G uard Activ ities two fishe rman were stra nded 011 the Bay after
Baltimore and the Ma ryland Stat e Police have dark with e ngine troub le. Th e Coast Guard
en tere d into a uniq ue partnershi p. Unde r a coord ina ted searc h e fforts bet ween the State
1997 mem orandum of under stand ing the State Po lice he licopt er and loc al co unt)' po lice. Th e
Police Aviation Uni t has assumed the pri mary Coast G uard commu nicated on VHF-F~'1 marespon sibility for airbo rne sea rch and rescu e rine c ha nnels while the he Iico pier used VHF
on the Bay. Th e State Pol ice Aviat ion Unit, with Baltimore Washi ngton a irpo rt contro lhea dq uarte red at Baltimore' s Martin State Air- ler s an d low -ba nd VHF with the ir di spatcher.
port . ope rates a fleet of e ight heli copters and Th e local police e fforts a ll took place on the
two fi xed win g aircraft. Se veral of the helicop- count y' s SOO M Hz trunk ed syste m. Needless
tcrs are depl oyed to key locations around Ma ry- to S<IY it took some nimble fingers to keep up
land to speed respon se times.
with the flow of co mmunicatio ns.
I talked \vith LI. Lad onnc o f the Aviat ion
Th e monit oring acti vity on the Bay has
Unit who says thai duri ng the height of the bee n fair ly good mo st of the winter. No w tha t
busy recr eatio nal boating season it's not un- summe r is her e it will rea lly be exciti ng . As an
usual for the Unit to respond a co uple of tim es e xam ple of j ust how busy it ca n ge t. in 199 6
per day to ca lls to assist the Coast G ua rd. Wh cn Activities Balt imore conduc ted o ver 1200 la w
ellforcc mcnt boa rdings and executed
a lmos t 700 searc h and rescue ope rations.
T he Bay is suc h a popu lar recreation al boa ting area that on good
days yo u'd swea r you cou ld a lmos t
wa lk across the Bay by stepping
fro m sa ilboat 10 sailboat. Th e normal seasonal increase in commercia l marin e activ ity co upled with the
sum me r on slaught of recreation al
boaters mea ns that my scan ner's
marin e band cha nne ls will real ly get
a worko ut. I'm looking forwa rd to a
bu sy summer.

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Communications

I monitor the Chesapeake Bay co mmunic ations using a Radio Shack Pro2045 receiver and a Diam ond D- 13OJ
discone antenn a mounted about 30-ft
above the ground. Tun e in these frequencies for Chesapeake Bay area maritime
communications (MHz):
Port ofBaltimore:
156.55
156.65
156.800

Maritime ctannel t t
Maritime channel13
Maritime channel 16

Local usage
Ship-to-ship

Emergency

The Port's four pilot boats. Baltimore.

Calvert , Vedette. and Maryl and communicate on these frequenci es using their
name s as callsigns.
The Industrial Marine Service operates a 28(( harbo r tug. the Oil Spill Response and uses 156.300 (channel 6) for
their company com munications
There are also several water taxis using 156.425 (channel 68) in the Bultimore Harbor area, These taxis shuttle
tourists amo ng the various harborfront
attractions and resta urants in the Inner
Harbor area.
US Coast Guard Activity Baltimore:
156.800 Channel 16
Emergency
157.050 Channel 21
157.075 Channel 81
Pollution
Control
157.100 Channel 22
157.125 Channel 82
157.150 Channel 23
162.125 Tactical
162.165 Tactical
165.2625 Tactical
162.325 Tactical
164.300 Law Enforcement
165.2625 Law Enforcement
165.3125 Law Enforcement
165.3375 Intelligence

143.280
143.875
148.305
148.825

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Hi

Mes

Ottawa (FFH-341) is the

fourth Ca nadia n warsh ip to bear
the name of the nation ' s capi tal
and the last of J 2 Halifax class helicopter
friga tes. She was comm issioned on Sep tember 28, 1996, and joined the Ca nadian Pac ific
Flee t, based in Esquimalt, British Co lum bia.
Modem wars hips arc so reli ant on elec tro nic systems that they end up looking like
floatin g an tenna farms. Antennas far outnumber weapons - and that is ju st the ones that
look like anten nas. Some are so stra nge that
they co uld easi ly be mi stak en for somethi ng
else . Indeed . several people on the lour I took

If detected and attacked , her first line of

defen se is deceptio n. For airc raft and mi ssile
targe ts she carries sop hist icated jamming and
deceptio n systems, inclu ding 24 chaff and
flare decoys ; and if attacked by submarines
she carries torpedo counter meas ure systems.
By definit ion a wa rship must be prepared
to fig ht and the Ottawa is wel l equipped to do
so with gu ns , missiles and tor pedoes.
But the weapons are on ly used when itgets
down to actual co m bat. She is alway s using

thought the dual whip HF antennas wereguns.

HMCS Ottawa was designe d from the keel
up for electronic warfare. She is stealthy to
hide her fro m pry ing radars and sonars , and
festooned with communication , navigation ,
interce pt, jamming and rada r ante nna s. There
are visib le antennas covering the entire spec trum from 10 kHz throu gh to at le ast 18 GH z.
Underwater there are sophisticated fixed a nd
towed sonar syste ms.

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MONITORING TIMES

June 1998

The high est frequency system on board:

the good old fashioned, hard to
intercept, and unj amm able signal lamp !

her e lectronics systems to communica te, navi ga te . and probe the sky , surface and water s
arou nd and under her to detect , track, and
identify an y object of pote nt ial interest. This
require s antennas: dozens of an ten nas of all
shapes and sizes . operating th rou ghout the
e lectromagnetic spec trum . And, at the top of
the spect rum, she mou nts four old reliable
signal lamps, two on each side of the bridge.
T he sq uare, bo xy appearance of mu ch of
the supe rstruc ture is part of the "stealth" de sign. The tall structure midsh ips, which look s
as if it has panoramic windows , is actually
covering the fu nnels and who knows what
else ? The " windows" are metal screening
very muc h like the screens over the air inta kes
of the F- 117 stealth fig hter. T he sq uare o bjec t
just be hind it covers vert ica l laun ch ers for Sea
Sparrow miss iles. The lar ge structure further
back is the he lico pter hangar.
From the number of obvious antennas and
the large nu mber of thin gs whic h look like
they migh t be anten nas (no t incl uding the
sonar sys tems whic h are not vis ible) , I wo uld

Close up of th e main mast showing

Ilumerous bonding wires and, if y ou
know where to look, the [eedlines f or
th e HF wire ante nna.

If an airc raft or missi le ge ts through all the

j am m ing. d ecoy s a nd other weapons. it still
has to face the C IWS (Cl ose In Weapons
Sys te m). a ph alanx gat ling g un \.... hich fire s
3.000 ro und s per minute o f 20 nun ca nno n
she lls and is equi pped wi th its own detection
and track ing rad ars mou nted in a sma ll radome at the aft end of the helicopter de ck .

guess th at prob ab ly ha lf or more o f the billion

dol lar s each of these vess els co st wa s s pe nt o n

electronics. It would he interesting to know

how many of the ap prox ima tel y 225 crew
me mbers arc d irectl y involv ed in the e lectro nic as pec ts o f warfare ... 11 is also wo rth
no ting tha t about 25 percent o ft he (;[(:\1..' o f this
first line co mba t ve ssel arc W0111en .
Th e e nt ire vesse l is protected ag ainst EMf'
(E lectroMagnet ic Pu lse) fro m nuclea r ex plo sio ns . Eve n the w indow frames 0 11 the b ridge
each have two hea vy g auge wi re s bo nd ing
th em to the surro und ing struc ture ,
A ltho ug h I d id man age to ta ke a few p ho tos
o n th e brid ge . not mu ch ca n be de duc ed from
the co m mu nicat io ns co nso les . Al l arc ldcntlca l in appearance and a rc obv iously prog ra mmab le for e ver yt hi ng fro m interco ms toa ny o f
the man y vo ice rad io sys te ms - may be e ven
the ce llpho ne (yes. there is a ce llpbonc be ca use I saw the no tice warn ing aga inst using
it for pe rsonal messages).
Th e re arc also not ices warn ing of HF radiu -

Weapolls station, No te th e simplicity:

two pu sh buttons/in dicator s f or each
syste m. The top one indicates th e status
as either Enable or Veto. The bottom
one is 1I Veto push-button, and then
there is a Master Veto.

at the an tenna . no t the tran sm itter.

Wire ant en na s radi ati ng out fro m mast s are
not in rea lity the hor izo ntal antennas which
they mig ht app ea r to be . S hips pr efer to lise
vert ical po lari zatio n. since it provi des bo th
less atte nuatio n o ver se a wat e r and om nid irect ional radi ation so that a ship ca n communicate in all d irec tio ns. T hi s is ach ie ved by
using the ma st alo ne o r in combinat ion \v'ith
othe r part s of the su perstruc ture as pa rt of the
ant e nn a. Th e wir es arc reall y a capac itive hat
use d to inc rease the effec tive he ight of th e rea l
rad iator. Altho ug h they G.1Il be configured fo r
oth er ranges, a fan of the type ob served on
liMe S OtTa\l'a ty pica lly is used as a transmittin g a ntenna for the ran ge 2 10 6 M Hz a nd ma y
a lso be used as a receiving antenna fo r the
range 2 to 12 M Hz .
T wi n wh ip HF ante nna s arc widely used
becau se oftheir bro ad-band c ha racte ristic s. A
pa ir of 35 ro ot whips spaced 10 feet upurt and
fed from a com mo n feedlin e can be used over
the freque ncy range of 4 throug h 12 M Hz. A
pa ir of 12 to 16 foo t whips space d abo ut 5 or
6 fee t work s we ll from -10 to 30 M Hz .
Wide band antennas per mi t using a sing le
ante nna for m ulti ple tran sm itter s and recc iv-

I co uldn' t resist a sh ot o f the

ship clino me ter
w hich is cul torated for up to
60 degr ees e ither

...

side ofvertical. I
think 60 de gre es o f list is mor e than I wo uld
care to ex perience in a shi p this size !

Warship antennas

tio n for most area s to psid e e xcept walkway s

and the he licopter deck.
Th e weapons co ntro l co nso le is sim plic ity
itsel f: GUN is the 57 m r n rap id fire Bofors
mou nted fo rward of the bridge . TOR PEDOES
are mark 32 and 46 homing typ es and arc
launched fro m a pai r of tub es on eac h side .
C HAFF refers to the cha ff <111d n arc missile
deco ys whic h look like sma ll roc kets a nd arc
mou nted in four gro ups o r six. HARP OO N
ant i-sh ippi ng m iss iles arc ca rried in fo ur
lau nchers, two each side: and SEA S PA RROW anti-a ircra ft m issi les arc mou nted in
ve rtica l lau ncher s wit h eig ht o n eac h side.

The problem with a mod ern warship is that

yo u need lot s o r ant ennas. b ut there is little
room for a n ante nna farm . Especiall y since
they mu st he kept c1car of the firing pat h for
missil e s. g uns and decoy s. So what do yo u do ?
Sq ueeze in as many as yo u can. bearing in
mind that so me will be conne cted to very
sens itive w ide band rece ivers. while others
will be radiating high pO\ver at the same tim e.
W hile ther e are lot s o f an tennas. so me o f
whic h may not be reco gn ized as such, the re
arc also other fixtur es whic h may look like
ant e nna s bu t are no t. Many wires ru n aro und
the topside whic h a re j ust bonding to prevent
re so na nce s a nd ot her R F interacti o ns from
part s of the superstruc tur e .
Th e re arc lots o f whips - which ma y he
anyt hing from 100 kH z L OR A N ~ C navigation signa ls throu gh to UHF, and severa l
" pip es" which may have heli cal HF . VHF/
UHF dipo le s. orother assorted co nte nts. Note
that antenna tun er s arc whe re they be long -

Close lip of the Starboard pair IIf 1IF

whips for IOt a ./0 Mliz. Note th e
common fee d and the ant enna tun er in
the box under th e mo unt, The sticker
reads ll WARN JNG radio frequ ency
shock hazard." Th e thin whip 011 th e
right appears to be f or low band VlIF.
and th e oth er two are the low frequ ency
HF pair Oil the porI side.
June 1998

MONITORING TIMES

13

ers at the same time. Multicoupl ers used on

modem war shi ps permit opera tion of tran smitte rs within less than 10 percent of the
frequ ency of a simultaneously operating receiver on the same antenna . So, it would be
possib le to listen to WWV on 10 MH z usin g
the same antenna which was be ing used by
high powe r tran smitters opera ting at 9 and I I
MH z, without affec ting the operation of the
receiver.
If you want to know mo re about naval
antenna systems I sugges t that you get a co py
of Shipboa rd Antennlls by Preston E. Law Jr.,
published by Artec h Hou se Inc. For more on
the Canadian warships. here arc some webs itcs
of interest:
HMCS Ottawa home page:

A numb er of antennas.
c1ined at a much greater
which can be seen in some
angle - no one could, or
photo s bu t are not obvious,
would, exp lain why this diflook like a pair o f crossed
ference.
loops open at the bott om
Whil e the wire array on
and mounted above wha t
the mast may be fed to mul looks like crossed VHF ditiple tran smitters and receivpoles. Th ese arc AS-2 815
ers simultaneously. it is unreceive only satco m antenlikely that the twin whip s
nas. Installed in sets offour
have the same capability
to provid e all round cove rsince their antenna tuners
arc mount ed at the base of
age, they operat e from 248
the anten na and fed wit h a
though 255 MH z.
There are at least three
single fee dline. Although
HF antenna s. An arra y of Bridge and mainmast.
the wire array ca n typ ically
wires is commonly used to TA CAN at top, intercept
be used to feed mu ltip le
provide top loadin g for the antennas below with fiv e
transmi tters in the range 2 6 MHz and simultaneo usly
http://www.pacificcoast.ncU-hmcsottawaJ main ma st, which is used radars, jammers, satellit e
for 2 through 6 MH z. Thi s and a multitude of other
feed seve ral rece ivers in the
mainen.htm
one is different , in that in antennas visible if you
ran ge 2 - 12 MHz, this may
Th e Canadia n Pacific Fleet:
not prov ide all the HF rehttp://www.dnd.calnavy/marpadsitcl /engi addition to the no rmal fan look closely.
of wires to forward there is
ceiv ing cap ability required .
marpac/shiplist.htm#CPF
a sing le wire to aft which terminates at a metal Ex tr a rece ive rs may b e c o up le d. or
Th e Canadian Atlantic Fleet:
http://www.marlant.hlfx.dnd.ca/marlanU box. What ' s inth e box?Good question : maybe multicou pled, to other single whips ob served
a loading co il or terminat ing resistor. I don' t aboard. There are many whips scattered aro und
mar002e.html
know . But ca ref ul visual exa mination fa iled the vesse l. but it is difficult to determ ine their
to disclose any sort of contro l ca ble wh ich precise purpose . since shipboa rd whips are
Antennas on the Ottawa
cou ld be used for tunin g. so whatever it is does used from VLF through UHF.
Wherever I co uld. I have includ ed the
not app ear to be adj ustable.
designat ion with which I am familiar, al
Th e wire fan antenn a on HMCS O Uall/a
thou gh the antennas on the Ou awa co uld be
appears to be cove red with an insul ating coatlater models with a new design ator .
ing which ind icates that it is used forreceiving
O n top or the main mast is an AS-3240
or transce iving. Naval wire antennas are made
TACAN antenna for heli copt er navigation .
o f p h osph o r br on ze
Th e disk is the antenna itwhich is corros ion resisself and the vertical objec t
tan t. T herefore, the on ly
to the side is a 6 foot ligh tre aso n for in sul atin g
ning rod.
them is to pro vide proNext is the SLQ-5 04 intection aga inst preci pitatercept recei ving antenn a
tion static. which has no
set - three antenna s coveffec t on transmitters.
eti ng 500 MH z thro ugh 18
The other main
GH z . At ba se of th e
HF antenn as are pair s of
mainmast. side mount ed on
vertica l whips on either
both po rt and starboard, arc
side. The port side has a
the SLQ-503 wide range
pair about 25-30 feet long
jamming antennas: a pair
and separated by 8-12
of radomes separated by
feet, and are used for the
what look like circular saw
low end of the HF band
blades.
fro m about 4 to 12 MHz.
UHF satco m uses the
Th e starboa rd pair are
AS-30I S antenn a. which
about 1 2 ~ 15 feet long and Side view of mainmast. Bottom lef t is
look s like a sec tion of an
se paration is about 4-6 satcom, bottom centre is signal lamp
oildrum. It covers the range
fee l. Th ey are for the and bottom right (behind lifebelt) is
of 240 to 3 18 MH z with a Close up of top of mainmast.
range 10 to 30 MHz. I missile decoy laun cher. Top of mast is
Round
antenna
with
vertical
ga in of 12 dB and a tran sfound it interest ing that TACAN, below that are interc ept
mit power rating of 400 beside it is TACAN. All the
the
port pa ir we re in- ant ennas . Multiple wires attach to mast
watts. Th ese are mounted white antennas below are part of
clined a few degrees from platform, navigation radar juts out to
the
intercept
system
for
in pairs to ensure that at
the vertica l. whi le the right. Large dipole all side and below it
least one ca n always see detecting signals in the range
starboa
rd pair were in- is the jamming system.
500 MHz throu gh 18 GHz .
the satellite.
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MONITORING TIMES

June 1998

Port view aft from bridge. The whip

pointing skyward at all angle is actua lly
tile pair of H F whips. Jammer antenna
01 centre; th e thing that looks lik e an
overgro wn birdba th is a UHF satcom

antenna.

Roof of helicopter hangar with phalanx

cnvs with its distinctive white radom e

Close up of j ammers on starboard side

looking aft from bridge. Note
"birdbath" UHF sa/com an tenna below
ja mmer, and HF dual whip pointing off
at about 45 degree angle.

(Radome contain s both search and track

radars), th ree ofth e unidentified
verticals an d a fire control radar. This
area also contains sa/com an tenn as but
th ey are very difficult to see.

An array of four vertical antennas reminiscent of cage antennas is mounted in a triungulsr pattern on top of the helicopter hangar. I

vas not able to make an accurate estimate of

bngth but would guess that they are probably
or the lower portion of the VHF range. Pre-

AU wires co nnecled at mast end and fed to

commo n feed point. Entire array duplicated
on othe r side of ship and fed to the same point.

Drawin g of lIF wire antenna >

not easily visible ill photos .

surnab ly they can be ope rated as a pha sed

array which wou ld e nable them to be used as
a di rection finding syste m for frequencies

below those covered by the intercept antennas

moun ted on the topma st. Th e cage construction should provide reason ably wide- band

capability.
The Ottawa also carries a variety of radars.
including: Raytheon SPS-49 CID band 250
om range air search. Ericsson Sea Giraffe HC150 GIH band 55 nm range air and surface
search. 2 Signaal VM-25 STlR-124CA KlI
band 76 nm range fire control. Sperry MK340
I band na vigat ion.

Close up ofth e mystery verticals on th e

helicopter hangar. The round obj ect to
the rigbt is a fire control radar and the
lilted posl all th e left is a satcom

antenna.

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Vancouver
VilledeQuebec
Toronto
Regina

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331
332
333
334

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Weapons
57 mmBofors 220rpm.
GE Phalanx 20 mm6 barrel gatling gun 3.000 rpm.
16 Sea Sparrow Surface to Air Missiles in vertical
launchers.
8 Harpoon Surtace 10 Surtace Missiles, all weathersea
skimmer, rangeover 60miles.
Mark 32and Mark 46homingtorpedo, can be
launched by both theship and her helicopter.
650 cal machineguns.

Electronic systems
MEtJlockheed Sl O504, 500MHz to 18 GHzintercept
system.
MEtJlockheed Sl O503jammer.
Towedarray sonar system in additionto a conventional
50S-50Shullmountedsonar and an Sl Q25 torpedo
countermeasures system.
Fully automated combat data system including lin k 11
and 14
HMCS Ottawa
l ast of the 12 Halifax class helicopter lrigates.
l aunched 31 May 1996. Commissioned on28
September 1996.
Currently based in Esquimalt. BC.
Displaces 5,250tons, length440 feel. Beam 54feet.
Draft 21feel.
Speed in excess 01 30knots.
2 Gas Turbinemain engines. 46,000 hptwin shaft.
.
8.800 hpDiesel auxiliary cruiseengine.
Single helicopterequipped for both Surface Surveillance
and Anti-SubmarineWarfare.

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cn tion mariti me DX ing and

chances arc that cvcrvone will
imagine sitting in the comfort 01

mcdi umwavc Dx ing. I also tho ught ab ou t

shortwave and FM possib ilitie s.
For short wa ve DXin g. I planned 10 use
nothi ng mo re than the rece iver' s built- in. tc lcsee ping antenna . Ne xt time I' ll k now better.
For FM DXing. I packed a folded di pol e and
a JOG-to-? 5 o hm bal un . Next time I'll kn o w

be tter. Had I plann ed ahead, I co uld have used

so me of my shore time to vis it l-M stat io ns .
On e statio n's an te nna in C o zurn c l. Mexico.
the ir radi o shac k listeni ng 10 long di sta nce
W'1S wi thin sig ht as I stood on the ship's dec k.
( DX) commu nications from nava l vesse ls o r
For MW DXillg. I dec ided to ta ke a long a
pe rhap s cargo ships.
loop ante nna . Th at was a good idea . But
T her e is ano ther aspec t to ma riti me DXing.
a nyo ne who has bui lt a hom e-made loo p a nhowev er. On e that I disco ve red last
tcn na k nows th at it take s up a lot of
Decem ber. And it' s one that yo u c an
Sp;'ll'C - eve n if it' s o nly a small
try. too.
J O-ccnli me tcr ( L foon box loo p.
I did my DXing. not from home.
Y ou also run the risk o f da magi ng
but fro m onboard a ship. I took a
the loo p in tran sit. Instead of a n
cruise. a Caribb ean cru ise.
ass e mble d loo p. I took the pieces
After booking the cru ise. I reso I co uld pack the m eas ily in my
ccivcd a brochure from ROY;'IICaribsuitcase a nd th en construc ted the
bea n C ruises Ltd .T he broc hure asked
loop o n the ship. I had two wooden
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cro sspiece s for the f ram c. about
lio ns lan d lubbe rs like me mig ht as k.
25.6 met er s (84 tee n of w ire for
'1'\\-'0 q uestion s ca ug ht my eye . O ne:
the loo p. and the va ria ble ca pac iWhat loan I do fo r fu n o n my c ruise'?
to r. (Sec " Ge l in the Mcdi umwave
Two: What do I need to bring?
loop," M onitoring Times. Nove mTh e .Hl S\VCr S se emed fa irly o bvihcr IlJlJ6 ). At hOI11t:. I so lde red
o us. O ne : DX , Tw o: a recei ve r. (00'
w ire leads to the ca pac ito r so I
vious 'I S these an sw ers se e m. neithe r DXillg Oil deck call be a real treat since )' OU get to spend
co uld twist the loo p wire a nd the
time outdoors ill the f resh air and sun shine. There are
of them appea red in the brochure .)
capaci to r wire s to gethe r late r. Fidrawbacks,
however. The wind not Dilly ruffles your hair, it na lly. I put dou ble- sided ta pe o n
Actu ally. the re wa s a third q ue stion and a nswer pa ir which cl inched also mak es it difficult to hear weak station s.The sound of
the c ap acit o r fra me so I could
the plan for me. The qu estio n: W ill I the water can also be a problem. Shown here is the loop
moun t it o n the woodenloop fra me.
need a n electrical adap ter" Th e an - ant enn a ....hich I assembled 0 11 the ship. The IIIII illg
Th e asse mbly we nt perfectly,
swer: A ll state roo ms have standard capacitor was attached to the wooden crosspiece with
i\ly radi o shack for the 't- da y
double-sided tape. Before heading home, I disassembled
I IOV ele c trica l ou tle ts.
cru ise which started and e nde d in
My initia l plan wa s to plan wa s 10 the antenna fo r easy packing and transpo rt, Prom
Miami . Florida . wa s the M IS Mcj take ad vanta ge of havin g a rad io shack Cozume l, Mexico, I was able to hear ZNS J ill Nassau,
csty f!f the Seas. My radio shac k
located over sa lt wate r and d o so me Ba ha mas Oil 1540 kllt during th e day.
was 26X.3m (SSO feet) lon g a nd
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MONITORING TIMES

17

taped the fo lded d ipole

10 the sta te roo m wi ndow . A gai n, noth ing

spectacular.
Medi u m wave
wa s a diffe re nt stor y.
Using on ly the rece iver
1;;1 Sungcun A T S XO.1AJ. recep tio n wa s
no t not ewort hy from
inside th e state roo m.
T hai is. u n til I as se m ble d the loo p antenna .
My fi rst DX atte mp t fro m inside the
If yo II (Ire going to VA' 0 11 boa rd a cruis e sh ill. )'0 11'II want to
s tateroo m was du ring
ha ve (I window so you ca ll receive signa ls inside your
the eve ning. W ith o ut
state room. A long with yo ur recei ver and mayb e II loop
the loo p. I hea rd four
antenna, you 'll want to bring some referenc e books. such as
sialio ns. W ith the loop
WRTH, Passpor t to Wo r ld Band Radio , F ~ I Atlns, and
plac ed ag ai ns t the state~ RC Ai\l Radio L()~. S ho wn h ere is Philip Geb hardt doin g
room w indo w. m y O X
some m ediu m wave JJ Xing fro m inside h is stateroom aboard
co un t ros e In 52 stuliz. M/S ~I n.iesty or the Sens.
n on s : Sev e ra l wac
J~ . 6 III ( 106 feet) wid e . It we ig hed 7 ~94 1
U. S. bn unlcas tcrs. My int erest was piqu ed .
ton s. A ltho ug h the fo ur ma in eng ines had an
H us hed wi th s uccess . I de cided to try dayo ut put 0 1' 21 X44 kw (2 t)7 ()7 Iu lI"se pow er ) and
lim e DXi llg . T he sec ond day at se a . I heard
the s ix aux iliary engin e s could provide 1~~2 0
Mi.uni. Flor ida. on 6 10 k ill. at 161 5 UT e. I
k W ( IX115 ho rsepo we r ). they didn 't ca use
tun ed I ( ) IS..I.O k HI. a nd heard ZN S I <Radi o
any radi o inter fe re nce. O ne con cern w as th at
Baham as ) fro m x nssuu. A ltho ug h \\'100 was
at so me po int my rc..-civc r wo uld s lip oyeron ly uudi blc ou tvidc (o n dec k ilcoul d receive
boar d . The sh ip ha s S.O'+S -me tc-r ( 16.S5 -foo l ). ZNS I bo th o utside a nti in th e state roo m . Fro m
co m pute r con trolled stub ilil.e rs whi ch c limimy state roo m . I \\", IS able to consis te nt ly hear
nate ab o ut 90 pe rcent ofthe rol l. My rece ive!" I.NS I duri ng the d ay 'IS far a wa y as the Ca ydidn' t di sa ppear ov e r the s id e,
m..m l vlund s - about X()Okill <SOll lll iles) from
T he c ruise look me 10 Lubadec . Hai ti :
Nas sa u. I che c ked agai n wh e n the sh ip arri ved
O c ho Rios. Jamaica: (icorgl.'to w n, G r<l nd
in CO/li mei. ZNS I W<l S sliJl lhe rc a ltho ug h I
Cay lllL" 1l Is.: a nd Play a del Carmcn and
was oli is ide . T he d islallL'e '.' AhoUl 1110 k ill
COl.ulllel. ~ 1c x i l' O . ) 'ou can SL"C a ma p oflhe
0 00 mi les ).
rou le
on
R o yal
C a rr i h .... an
Inte rn al io na l' s wehsi le :1I http ://
w w w.rccl, cn m , e lil'k 0 11 " p lace s lO
go " a nd Ihen o n " itinerary deta ils ."
T hL"n go to " W e q c:rn C arihhean-7
nighl s." You 'll not on ly sel' lhe ro ule.

but also Ihe po sition of CUh"l ;;llld the

Bahamas in relat io ll to Ihc rolllc. A s
I
you wou ld e xpec i \\ hcn you SL"C the
ma p. 1 hea rd many C ub an s ialio ns.
ho th day .lIlt! n ig ht. (T Ill' sig n iIIGIIlCe
(If the B" ha lll<lS w ill he c lL"ar s ho rt ly. )
I di d so me sho l1\\:ave D Xi ng fro m
hOlh m)' slale roo m and u utsi d e o n IhC'
d el:k. Re l'e pt iol1 w,,~ h..,UCf o utsi de.
COlUMEL
hu t there wa s no thing SPL"C I;ll.:u la r. l laLl
I pad':l'tI so me wi re for a ll a nl.... nn<l .
l1 l<.l yb ~ thing s wo uld h :l\ ~ im pro \l'll.
I Iried the ~ 'Il ne local io ns fo r Fi\1
DXi ng . O Ul side. I ll :-. ~ d IhL" rece.:i vcr s
b u ilt- in, tc lcsco pi ng :llllenn:l: insid e , I

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MONITORING TIMES

June /998

A ltho ugh the s h ip ' s c ngi nc-, d ill nOI interfc rc with recep tion . the so und o rt he w ind a nd
the water d id. The w ind blowing in 111)' ears
nu ulc il diffi cul t 10 hc ur weak statio ns . Earphones ar c a nece ssit y. ~ o t o n ly d o they
red uce the ou tside noise. they en -ure that yo u
do not dis turb o the r pa..sengl'rs ,
A ll thing s convid cred. m y xiw DX cx pcri mcm w as a success.

VHF/UHF, to o!
Fo r tho se inte res ted in scn nucrs. there are

oppo rtunities to ex ploi t. Much ofthe onboard

comm unic ations is do ne w it h handhe ld transccivc rs . Ther e iv communic ation be twee n the
brid ge and sec urity , T he b rid ge is a lso in
cont ac t w it h c rew me m be rs O il dec k as the
sh ip dot.:"-s a nd leaves port . C re w me m be rs
inclu d ing hos te sses. ac tivity lead e rs a nd the
c ruise di rect o r co mm unica te usin g hundhe fds.
The re may \..'V(.'11 be a V II F ..' all fro m s hore if a
pa....cn ger is go ing 10 be lute for hoard ing .
" i\ly renta l ca r bro ke down" iv u goo d ex cuse
a nd the sh ip ' s ca pta inmay wa it fo r yo u: " Ij ust
had to hav e n ne more r UIII a nd co ke " wi ll
likel y ju st ify lea ving yo u beh ind o n s hore .
You can gl' l a view
the l'\il /S M ujestv oI
thr SC{/S o n Ro ya l Caribbean lrucm a tio nals
we bsit e . M ore im portantl y. yo u ca n Sl'C why
Illy loc at ion on the ship wa .. idea l for D Xi ng .
(C lic k on " s hip" a nd roo m... o n the we bs ite .
Th en go tovshi p viewer." C Iirk on .H{/j esty (l
1/1(' Scus a nd the dl..'l: k vicwc...") My sta teroo m (#7:' OX o n the P ro me nade Dec k ) gave
me ea sy :Il'l'CSS to all o utside dec k. A s the
de sig nati on "Promenade Dec k" imp lie s. I
l:o u lLl .lllua lly \\":llk arou lld lill' pl.'rimele r o f
Ihl.' sh ip. O n u lher lev els. IhL" ~ I a te roo ms l.' Xlended 10 th L" edge o ft l1l..' s hip, so there w as no
L1\..'d 10 \\,;;llk o n. I a l~o had a wind o w to
Ihl' oUh idc w orld . I co u ld chc ck rece plion in m}' slate.:roo m and wit h in a mi nUle
hc o lltsid e o n the d ed. Chl'l'king receptio n thert..' .
If yo u pla n 10 do an y DXin g o n
ht. lard a crui st..' ship , ytHl ll lll..'ed lo kn o \\\\ her\..' ~ o ur sla le roo m is lo ",'ated . Ha ving an int erior ..Ialeroo m w ilhout a w ind t ) \\" \\"(lu ld eli mina le I) X ing fm m yo ur
roo m - <t llho ug h no t fro m out s ide .

or

Explo ring th e Communi cations

Cent er
BUI ~ o u can ' t s pL" lld a ll yo ur time 011
hoa rd Ihc sh ip D X ing . Fo rtu na te ly, I
had p lan llcd ahl'ad , W ith the ass isl<t lll'e
01" tilt..' Co rporatl' COllllllunieati o ns di vis it. lI1 o l" l h ~ cru ise.: line and the pe n ll issio n o lTa pla in Tore Ne l"vik. ! wa s ah le

Gone are th e days of m essages beillg sen t by J loTH' code. llere, Ch ief Radio Officer
Terje Iohns en sits ill th e radio room in / row of th o conso le ltuusing some of th e
ship 's communications equipment including a / kU IIF rig.
to vivit the Radi o Room .
IL wa s then: that I met Terje John :-'L'I1 , the
ship's c hie f radio officer. li e is on e of the two
rad io officers W ill ) mall [he rad io room . \V ork illg l I to 12 hours per da y.they art.' on hoa rd
the ship for 1-1- wcck -, then haw 7 \VeL' \.;' o il,
T hc rad io ro o m i... in operation fro m Xu.m . to
m id nig ht Afte r that . incom ing cu lls arc n un cd
Lo the l'u rscrs desk.
Jo hnsen wa s in Norwegian Nav y for -'
yea rs and has 'xC II .1 radio operat or o n hoard
ship:-. for the p""'1 3 7 yea rs. He ha s work ed
aboard vario us ...hip... includ ing cargo ship... in
the No rth Se a ,
Since the ship is reg istere d in No rway ,
bo th the stat ion ' s liccn ... c and the llfficc r's
licen se s are issued hy the No rwcg i.m gove rnmc nt . Th e statio n' s cal lsig n is LA()l -l- .
T he radi o room itsel f is about S me ters
( ~ 7 fee tl by 3 meters ( 10 feet I. In it i-, a va riety
of eq ui pment. A lthoug h mo st of the co nun unicution s take s pJ.IL'e till the VH F and UHF
bands, the sta tio n is eq uip ped with a I \.;\\'
...ho rtwu vc ( HF ) rig, Sa te llite eq uipme nt for
rece iving weather info rmation and tex t new s
services (yo u ca n read the ne ws da ily Oil
hoa rd) is fitted ill rack s. You ca ll evenm a ke a
phon e Gill fro m the ship via satelli te.
In this e ra of s.uc flitc rrunsmtsvion. data
a nd tax arc in, te lex i... o ut . T 1..'11.: \ " i... o ldfush ion cd." say:-. Jo hnsen. So <I re l1l all~ ofthe
co nce rn ... of cu rlier ...hip ..' radio op cnuors.
W ith the advent ( If satel lite communicati on s.
the loc ation o f the radio room has ccu scd I I I he
; 1 co ns ide ration o n ho ard a ...hip, Tr un sm i ion
linc length is no lon ger the concern il u cd to
be ,

Space limit..uion... and the co mplexity o f

mod e rn comm umcuuo ns eq uipm e nt mak e it
impractica l for the ne w to serv ice the eq uipmcnt. In addition. with o nly two radio officers
Oil du ty, the re simp ly' isn' t the lime to do
all~ thing beyond mi nor re pa irs . Dow n time i...
mininuzcd by duplicat e eq uipm en t. If ncccs-

sary. a service enginee r ca n be flown out.

For menlike Te rjc Jo hn sen who star ted his

ca ree r in th e days of Mor se code . the da ys of

the sim ple rad io ro om are gone , As the Rad io
Roo m on the MIS Maj esty (I t!le Seas te stifies, we ar c e m ba rking o n a ne w e ra in which
the radio roo m will be replaced with what
Jo hn sen ca lls "a co mmunica tio ns ce nter."
The shi p's brid ge is located next to the
radio room . Th e brid ge itsel f is a n array o f
communications equipment whi ch ra nge s
fro m handh eld tra nsce ive rs to a 2182 kHz
watchkceping receivcr to radio d irect ion- finding eq uipme nt 10 .1 GPS sys te m , T he rad ar
sys tem (th ere a rc th ree of th em plus a back up
sys tem) loo ks like it belo ngs on the USS
Enterprise , A tOUL'h scree n di spl ays a nd nu mbe rs " targets," T he eq uipment wi ll calc ulate
speed, d irec tion and time to c o llisio n, Al tho ugh with radar that ca n wo rk o ut 10 125 krn
om mile s) collision see ms like a re mote posvibility. In fact. the radar is normally set to a
d ista nce of , 0 km (20 mile s ).
It' s not o nly the ship that is we ll-eq uipped.
Th e li fe bo a ts ar c eq u ippe d w ith V HF
hund helds: two of the m ha ve VHF tran sce ive rs, And ill the e ve nt of an e me rge ncy, the last
officer off the bridge take s VH F eq uipme nt to
co m municate w ith search and resc ue airc raft.
If the c rew o f the RMS Titanic had even a
frac tion of the eq uip me nt a nd tec hno logy that
is nuw a vai la ble . the eve nts of April 14-1 5,
19 12, wo uld ne ver have hap pe ned , The Titaniv would si mply ha ve sa iled into history as
anot he r chip in the W hite S tar Lin e' s fleer.
T he Titunic'w wire less operators - Jack
Phi lips and Harol d Br ide - m ight we ll have
had lo ng, relat ive ly une ven tful care ers at sea
wo rkin g for thei r e mplo yer, Th e Marco ni
Co m pany,

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TABLE I
Apartial list of stations heard fromaboardthe MiS
Majestyof theSeas near Cozumet Mexico, The last
two stationswereheard about midday.

00l!<lll

YNALN

illJIuency 1kHz)
740
750
620

KKBO

790

WeBS

8BO
1200
1350
620
11 20
570
1540

Houston, 1)(
NewYork, NY
San Antonio. TX
New Orleans. LA
St. Petersburg, Fl
St. Louis, MO
S1. Petersburg, FL
Nassau, Bahamas

KTRH

WSB

WOAI

En'II a chief radio officer needs SOUl e

WSMB

rest und relaxation, Wh at bett er way

WSUN
KMOX
WHNV
ZNSI

th an to listen to shortwave broadcasts!

Shown hen' is Chief Radio Officer Terj e
.Ia/w H'1I with his Gru ndig Sateltit 500,

June 1998

Houston, TX
Atlanta, GA
Managua, Nicaragua

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,1 close-ill' of the Ray Lefferson. I'L 99

" LORA N C receiver. Notic e the different
options for dis/Jla}: longfl at, time
differences, route , waypoints, etc.

cllJ() ,US

n the eo ns befo reradio. the mar iti me

by local fishermen , Th e last occidenta l LO - u ll der the Cua~t G li a rd ' smi ssi on of p rov id ing
Imvi g~uo r rc.li.cd t~rOIl ~he stars i~ calc u- " RA N-A sys te m was decomm i sslO\l~d be fore q uali ty na viga tion services.
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Althou g h the system was de velo ped as a n
late his POS1~{~I\} n ", 'te.a ture le ss OCCaI~ . ( IYXO.
But the stars were no hel p,to the ea rly av iator
T he ne ~\' sys tem. LOR AN-C, wa s dcvc l- aid 10 navigati on i n the coastal water s. it was
w ho had to fly in the daytime and find his fix
op ed to prov ide th e Dep artm e nt o f Defense Inter expanded to in clu de both full co ntine nta l
with rud io na viuaricn capabi lity wi lh lo nger US coverage as well as most of Alaska . As
from the luy o f the land . A giant step for bo th
se rvices was the de ve lopme nt uf the 'f:'ORAN ..., ran ge th~n LOR A N-A by se lec ting the fre- reported in the IY96 Fede ral Radio na vigatiun
(Long Ra nge Naviga tion} sys '
.-,.0;,,,.;,',,...,,.....,.,..,....,....... PI;.Ul, the 675.000 estimated users
rem . based on radioc lcctri ca l sigufLO RAN-C are d ivided be tween
na ls o peratin g in the lo w Ire marine use rs (82 % ). ci vi l aviati o n
qu cn cy band .
fo r e n route nav igati o n using ViT he predec esso r of LORAN sua l Flight Rule s and sta ndard
C. LO RA1'\-A. was lir!'>t prop osed
no n-pr eci sion approaches 10 so me
ai rfields ( 14 ':<). and civil lan d
in 19 37 and fully develop ed in
mo bile (3 .8 9C). whil e the rest a re
1942 in Great Brit ai n as an aid to
other user s. includi ng the Depa rtassist bo mber naviga tion in \ Vo rld
\ Varll. LO RAN-A wo rked at frcment of De fe nse ,
qu e ncie s betwe en 30 M Hz and
How does LORAN-C work?
gOMHz. wh ich lim ited its operatio n IU nearly line -of-sig ht but it
T he LO RA N-C receive r destill serves its purpo se .
tc rm lnc e its po si tion by comparUsing a scree n o n th e rad io
ing the d ifferen ce in delay berece ive r. th e na vigator in the air- Int erior of the Ray J eff erson LORA N-C receiver. Th e section
tween sim ultaneo us radio tra nsplane measured the time d iffe r- ill the upper part of the picture contains the RF module (notice m ission s fro m tran smitters in se ve nce be tween rece ptio n 1)1'sig na ls the inductors and coils). while the lower part contains th e
e ral di fferent locatio ns.
fro m two pairs o f tcrrc st rial tran s- digital microproc essor and the crystal oscillator).
Th e Li nes of Posit ion (LOP)
m itte r statio ns. Fro m a c hart th at
arc those poi nts o n Ea rth that
con tain ed the e stima ted time di ffere nces fro m quc ncy !OO kHz in the lo w freq uen cy (LF ) have the same ti me d iffere nce in rece iving
the statio ns . the na viga tor was able to deter - band . Toda y. then: is little m ilitary lise of sig nal, from two di fferent tran smi tters - th e
min e the aircraft' s posit ion o n a map , T od ay
LO RAN-C . altho ug h it is still w ide ly used fo r M uster S tation and one of the Seco ndary Stath ere arc still a few LOR AN-A statio ns from
c iv ilia n navigatio n. In the United S tates. 1.0 - tion s. In Figure I . the LOP between the Ma sthe World War II era in China a nd Japan used RAN-C slation s a n: o pera ted and maint ain ed
ter and the Fir st Seco ndary are plo tted as
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continuous lines, whil e the LO P bemea sured in microseco nds (one miltwee n the Master and the Second
lionth of a second).
Secondary arc plo tted using do ued
Nav igat ors usi ng the LO RANlines .
C sys tems must se lect the GR I that
co vers thei r area a nd change the
Fro m the Illust ration . we can see
G R. I whe n entering an oth er a rea.
how plotting the LO P on a surface
T his is a major diff ere nce from nav iresults in hyperbolic figures: the
LORAN sys te m is therefore known
gation using the: G PS satell ite constc llation. It' s a lsoi rn portam tonute
as a hyperbol ic navi gati on sys te m.
Since each LO P is determi ned by a
th at the same statio n ca n act as a
Master for one Cha in and a SecondMaster and a Sec ondary Station. we
ary for a nother Chain. Th is permits
need one Master and two Seco ndary
stations to find a positio n. In praca larger number of active stations
w itho ut the associ ate d cos ts of
tice. the LORAN-C rece ivers norAuthor's son with the /..ORA N C receiver. Once the user
bui lding more transm itters and leasma lly decode more than two LOPs .
holds the metal plate on the back ofthe receiver, a dipole
which inc rea ses the reliability of the
ing the land.
antenna is form ed. The receiver 's own antenna is half of
sy ste m and elimi nat es false readT his sharing be twee n c hains is
the dipole. while the bod)' oflhe user mak es the other half.
po ssible because of the sync hroniings.
Th e first LOR AN rece ive rs d isza tio n betw een a ll the sta tions.
tion s tha t ma ke up ten LORAN-C Chains. as wh ich is the respon sib ility of the National
played on ly the T ime Differe nces (TO) hetwee n the Master and ea ch one of the Secon d- show n in Fig ure 2 (p, 23).
Insti tut es of S tan d ards and Te chn o lo gy
Eac h station is ident ified by its G k l (Group (N IST) . But. ifall the stations tran smit on the
aries. T he na vigator then had to tran slate these
TD into lon gitude/ latitude usin g tab les pub- Rep et ition Interval ) num ber. T he GR I is the same frequ en cy of Ion kl 'lz. how can the
lished and updated by the USCG. Today. unique signature of a LOR AN c hain that dif- rece ivers detect the differen t stations to de terthese tables are still print ed. a ltho ugh mos t of fere ntiates it from allothers, Instea d of tu ning
mine the LOP ?
the modern recei ve rs display position as lo n- into a beacon or a speci fic freq uen cy. thc
T he answe r to thi s question relics on the
recei ver looks for signa ls with a specific inte r- conce pt of time: sharing. It wo uld be rea lly
gi tude/latitude in addition to TD .
Th e group of a Master Statio n and its val or pu lse repet ition. Th e G RI is the time im possthlc to diffcrc ntiutc between statio ns if
asso ciat ed Secondary stations (two or more ) bet wee n the stan o f the master tra nsmission. all of the m tra nsm itted simultaneously. But
is ca lled a LOR AN Chain . Within the US and the series of secondary tra nsmissions. a nd the
Canada ther e are curre ntly 28 LOR AN-C Sta- next master transmission. O Rl numbers arc

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Time Differences between

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the stati o ns arc arr a nged to transmit in a

spec ific seq ue nce of pul ses. with very Ptvcisely defined time de lays betwee n the transm illers. T he recei ver s have this information
bu ilt-in. so when the user selec ts a GR I. the
recei ver kn o ws the pul se rep etiti on rate for all
the statio ns involved in the GR I.

sys te m wi ll he ex tende d past thi s da te. ~..Iost

of the LORA N-C use rs o ppose th e term ina tio n of the sys tem (sec the o pinio ns e xpre sse d
in the Web pa ges of org anizatio ns that lise

LORA N-C l.

What is t he coverage of a LORAN

chain?
Th e coverage o f a part icul ar sta tio n is a
co mb ina tion of the locati on of the station. the
di stance between the Master and each Secondary station. the tran smitted po we r a nd
oth er gc()graphic;;l l characteri st ics. Th e Mu ster and Secon dary stations hav e been se lec ted
to cover most of the co nti nen ta l and co as tal
US and Alask a . wi th po wer va lues rangin g
fro m 200 kW to :! I\1\V.
Because the LORAN sig na l is in the lo w
freque ncy hand . mo st of the propagati on is by
grou ndwave . althoug h sky e..'ave pro paga tio n
so me times oc curs. This effec t, tho ugh g reatly
enjoyed hy LF beacon Dx crs. re sult s in an
inter fe ri ng s ig na l for t ho se re ly ing O il
rad ion a viga tion. Since sky wa ve pro pag atio n
is no t stable hu t cha nge s co nstantly. it is
impossible to predic t the arri va l times for
skywavcs, and . co nse q ue ntly . no ex pec ted
t ime di ffer e nces ca n be pred icted for a given
position o n the map. O ther factors suc h as
a tmo sp heri c co nd itio ns . terrai n moi stur e and
temperature. noc tu rnal to d iurn al va riabi lity .
and ex treme we ather like Alb e rta C lippers
a lso aff ect thc co verag e and accuracy of LORANC. es pec ially for aviation a nd land mobi le user s.
Wh en talking abo ut acc uracy o f nuvrgation al aids. we need to look at two basic ty pe s
of accuracy :
Predict abl e accuracy (a lso kno wn as abso-

,\ /1 Ape/co DXI. 6IJOIJ I.ORA II'- C

receiver designed to be installed in

recreatio nal boats. llere it displays time
diff erences instead of long/lat.
lute of geodet ic accu rac y) is the accuracy
of a positio n with re spect tot he geo graphic
o r ueo de tic co ordinates O il the Eart h. For
LO~R A N -C sys tem , it range s fro m 0. 1 to
0.25 naut ical m iles (nm ).
Repeatable accuracy is used whe n the na viuator wa nts 10 return 10 a positio n whos e
coord inates wer e me asured prev io usly usinc the sa me nuvigat ionul sys te m (for example. returnin g to that place where we
like to fish). Repcatuhlc accuracy usi ng
LORA N-C va ries fro m 60 to 300 feet.

What is today's sta t us of LORAN-C?

The 1996 Fl'd eral Rudionavi gatio n Plan
ha s proj ected the usc of LOR AN-C as a nav ieutio n sys tem for civil marine use in the US
~oasta l ~\'al ers um il its plann ed o bsolence at
the e nd of the Year :!OOO. Ho we ver. th is se rvice te nni n;;llil;n is curre nt ly being reevaluated and it is expected that the life of the

COAST GUARD
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TATION

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The LORA N C secondary station in lupiter. Florida (photos by Robert Wyman ).

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It is ulso import ant to note th at there a rc 20

LOR A N C c ha ins cu rrcntl y pro viding
radionavigut io n ou tside the US and Ca nada.
w ith ne wer stations be ing bui lt in Euro pe in
Japan. whe re LOR AN C a nd GPS arc tool s to
co mplement eac h ot her . Th e a va ila bility of
the sys tem (th e percentage of time that you
arc able to lise the syste m) is better than
99.7 ck , Th at is slig htly lo wer than the avai lability of GPS. hut it is still very goo d. Althou gh so me pa st user s o f LORAN -C arc
movi ng towards nav iga tio na l aides based o n
GP S (Global Positioning Syste ms) sa te llites .
no t al l user s have th e econ omic ca pability yet
to miuratc to G PS.
Fo; those of you that like to ex peri ment
with different rad io equipme nt. this is an
e xcel lent time to play with LORAN -C receive rs. As ma ny boaters move fro m LOR ANC
to G PS . it is po ssib le to find excel lent units for
a fractio n of their or igina l price. T hese unit s
arc normally fou nd in exce lle nt wor king condi tion : being a navigation aide . they have
received goo d treat men t and sho w an accu racy com para ble to that of G PS .
Mv favorite LOR AN-C receiver is the portabl e rece ive r S hO\\' 11 in the pictures: it make s
a great ;'I Il J inex pe nsive way to locate o ne' s
po xitiun.! n the unlikely case that the LO RAN
se rv ice is di scontinued , yo u still ha ve acquired .111 ex ce lle nt LF rec ei ve r for fur the r
ex pe rime ntatio n.

FIGURE 2

If yo u arc interested on purchasing one of

these units and live close to the coa st, stall
yo ur enquiries at the marinas: most boat ow ners that have switched 1O GPS don 't know

what to do with the units they rcplaced. lf. like

*
*

me. yo u live in the interior of the C'S . look in

the di fferent Web auction services and other
places that trade used equipm ent. Don't ju st
look in the trade sections for radio receivers.
but also sco ur the sec tions on fishing.
To borr ow a ph rase. "Wherever you go.
Ma.~ter Stat ion with
GRlldentirtca!ion

there you arc!" and with LORAN-C. you' lI

know j ust where that is.

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Notice how in most cases, the same station acts as a Master fo r a LORAN-C Chain
and Secondary for another Chain.

LORAN-C links on the WWW

http://WWW.navcen.uscg.mll/

usCoast Guard Navigation Center

This site describesthedifferent radlunavlpatiun services provided andmaintained bythe USCG. Agood overview of
these services.
htlp://www.navcen.uscg.mll/loranJ1genlnlalh-book/h-boOk.tJtm
USCG loranusersHandbook
The LORAN-G User's Handbook is probablythe most extensive reference onl ORAN-G availabletothe general
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Homepageofthe specific command of the USCG on l ORAN-G

http://www.sec.noaa.govln3vlloran.html
LORAN page ofNOAA (National oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration)

htlpttwww.lIlg en.colll/ilal
IntemationaiLORAN Association
The Intemationalloran Association(ILA)consists of organiZations and individuals who advocate the continued
implementation and use of the long Range radio Navigation system toran-cthroughoutthe world.
http://home.sol.no/-l oranC/
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Homepage of theNorth European LORAN-G Station andcontrol center

hltpt twww.megapulse.com/
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Homepageof one of the biggest manufacturers 01 LORAN-e transmitters. Excellent information, uniquepictures of
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nptJ1> b .l u .",l/p u b~ b

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Ham Radio: Safe Bet For Boaters

By Art hur R. Lee WF6P

ne of the most fun-till ed trips I

ever made in a small sa ilboat was
a passa ge between two island s

about fifty long ocean miles apart. There were

three boats mak ing the trip , and we were all
good friends. As the boa ts were not equipped
with the luxury (and expe nse) of electronics,
on e o f the skippers managed to obtain three
low-powered . co mmercial-band, "hand-held"

radios and plenty of spare batteries. This provided us with some measure of security in
case one of the boat s got into serio us troubl e.

In the open sea, especially at night, this was a

far bett er and more practical method of commu nicating between boa ts than the old arm

waving, flashlight flashing or trying to scream

above the 30 knots of wind usuall y encountered in those waters.
After three days and two nights of co mmunicating via radio , I was a total convert from
the sa fety standpoint. More than that, it was
fun ! Imagine bein g alon e in the coc kpit in the
wee hou rs of the mid-watch on the full moon
bathed ocea n, sipping hot coffe e and talking
in hushed-tones to the solitary hel msperson in
eac h of the oth er boats .
Well, that was a long time ago, and today I
would not venture out of port any distance
without adequate communica tions. Today, as
required by the Coast G uard, my first radio
wo uld be a marine VHF (very high frequ ency)
radi o. Secondly, I would have two kind s of
ham rad io aboard: HF (high frequency or
shortwave) and 2 meter (VHF) equipme nt.
Eac h has its place in communications. Let' s
ex amine them bot h.

operated them all and cannot see much difference. As is usuall y the case , the ~lioice of rig
boils dow n to a personal preference.
Th e new 2 meter rigs, either hand-held or
portable, are highl y useful in comm unicating
from boat-to-boal or boat-to-shore . Generally, 2 meters is used for short raDge-:li~~-of
sight wor k, but through the use ofshorebound
repe aters, the range is extended up to 300
miles or longer, depending upon a number of
variables. Mo st coastal town s hav e at least
one repeater; major citi es such llS Lo s Angeles
or San Diego have dozen s. A liSt of repeaters
is avail able in a sm all but hand y dire ctory
available at most ham equipme nt stores (and
Grove Enterprises).
Nets and Patches
A tremendous adv antag"J,with 2 meters is
the use of repeater autopatches - telephone
device s that perm it yo u to lI'riake direct, nocost calls from your boat t W friends ashore.
Hams, being the friendly gro up that thay are ,
gladly "bring up the autopatch" for on-the-air
visitors when asked (local calls only). The
recei vin g party does ' not have to be a ham .
If yo u be long to a ham cl ub with its own
repeater, unl imited phone ~tchescan bemade.
Recentl y, my friend amateur radio operator
N6NUN and I anchoreilhis trawler off a
coasta l town. As ~e rowed ashore in the
inflatable din ghy, tie called his wife at home
via autopatch and she rend~zvoused with us in
a local restaurant for lunch .
Wh en out sailing I ofte n call my wife on 2
meters (she is amateur l1ldio operator KJ6PB )
to tell her when we will be do cking. If we
ancho r o ut overni ght df stay in a distant rnarina, long chats via h. 'radio with famil y at
hom e are comfortin g ana fun.

emerge ncies are relativ ely common, with direct co ntact often made with private phy sicians and hospitals by net co ntro llers. Most
notable is the spirit of camaraderie on these
nets. Afte r years of work ing together, net
controllers and net relay operators know eac h
other by first name and call sign.
Wh en a skipper initi ally checks in with the
nets, valuable boat and crew information is
recorded and often maintained on computer
discs. Frequ entl y, when atmos pheric co nditions permit, crews of cru ising boa ts are able
to get phon e patches into the USA to talk to
famili es. I once ran phon e patches every few
days for a cru ising sailboat in tran sit from the
Galapagos to the Marques as. Th e delivery
skippe r was able to talk to his wife and son in
my town on nearly every contac t.
Getting on t h e Air

So, how do you get to enjoy the friendl y

co mmunications available throu gh ham radio? First, you must obtain an operator's lice nse throu gh the Federal Co mmunications
Co mmission
as onl y licen sed operators ca n use ham frequ enci es. Obtaining a
licen se has become quite simple and is getting
easier every year.
Forthe past several years, the question and
answer pools ha ve been in the public dom ain
and are available from man y so urces, includ ing Radio Shack stores . Th ere are several ham
co urses available by mail with many on com puter disks and videotapes , Be sure the course
you study is up to date wi th the latest question
pool.
A widely-used and popular Nov iceffech Eq uipmen t
nician course is Now You 're Talking, ava ilFirst, HF equipment: Th is is your basic
able from the American Radio Relay League,
amateur rad io, used for short and long range
225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06 111 for
communications by hams afloat and 'Rshore.
OnHF~;~oth~r b~g dvantage:to~'boaters'lllD'less than"$20 ;'code 'pradic' apes are about
Today' s " rig" is small, co mpact, reliable and are the Maritime Mob ile Nets. Th ese nets ar~ $ 10.
pa~ ks. a .big.signal, usu~l1. y 1,~g _"Y-?tts ..QutP~L_=-_"S.~~ .u,P on 'S~~~faJ ~ifferent~me~ ~~~dlreq~e~.~:.::...::.....-:::::: If ~elf~st~?~ i~.n~~ ~<.i~y:~.or y~~ ID'!~.V opal
With It you can talk to friendson thenextdock . .es and are controlled .and opera ted by dedi -, ham clu , high schools. or co mmuDltY col,;ra~ aiichor in_Sa,!!,ranc~~o:-LaI';t~hiti cats~,!)'l!'lQpel)ltQrs;MiistQftheoperai9rs~"' I~ges hol ,hap:' c!:".~;:''''i;J(
fdr a
Fn c.nds of rrune have cruise? e_~ten~l~ely. avel ~boateF;::OI:m ~f- boaters,r" r:P.e...9p:I~..wi~~~P!.:::l~~!9!lt;lasses l~S:C?r~~'?rcontac~ ~our local
Paci fic water. for years WIth tod ay s highly- ~ associations ~}th;:he-s~ _~~.~~htaryr~oll1--~ hbrary or new1P-~per for to orma tion.
reliable equipment wi thout failure.
merci a) radio officers. aircraft pil ots, etc.).
- Tests are given by volunteer examiners in
Seve ral popular rigs , the Kenwood TS - With them they bring a wealt h of kno wledge, most major citie s. A letter or telephone call to
4405, ICO M IC-735 or Yaesu FT757 are experience, and - ofmostimportance-the the ARRL ( 1-860-594-0200) will give yo u
commonly used. Th e cost is abo ut the same
ability and desire to help sailors at sea .
inform ation on testing times and places.
for each , in therange of $ 1200 from ma ilorder
Co mm unica tions bet ween - boa ter s and
Wh en on a lon g pa ssage, a day sail or
houses. Antennas and tun ers are extra. Wh ich maritime mobil e nets have resulted in the locked in port when the rain blow s and the
rig is best? It seems that everyo ne swea rs by saving of lives as well as the passin g of essen- hatches are all batten ed down. ham radio ca n
the one they own , but I have ow ned and tial and non -essential information. Med ical be a lot of fun and add to yo ur safety and
boa ting pleasure.

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The World Above 30 MHz

Richard Barnett
SranM05ter@aal.ram

Incident Scanning

~l('r(" S r~olhing l~lal .Il1a.k('s

l hal~ llHlIl i ~.or

scanning more exc iting

lllg duri ng a major inciden t. It co uld he a snowstorm . lorcxt [Ire .
or huge sporting even t. While a sustained incident is Iasci nating
sim ply becau se it off ers more rime 10 SGIIl . a brief hut inten se event.
such as a car c hase . can be the mo st enthral ling of a ll. Thi s g O L'S II 1 the
issue of " W hy we scan" whic h I posed in :J recent issue.
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dem ons trated how to scan during a major incident. but also there were
also no serio us injuries or deaths that resulted fro m the situation,
Finally, it raised an interesting trunk -truc king question , Here. then, is
Brian' s report:
"Turned on the R95X LT as I was wrapp ing up my comp uters. and
I D 12..H) {) (Ai rport ope rations) G IIll C acri vc wit h an Ale rt J ( fire ) of a

1'27 with an engine on lire, I switched anot her scann er to 119 .3

(Tow er) and heard them say (() sw itch to 12 1A (grou nd), I Icard I X6
peo ple on board , initial reports said num ber on e engine on li re, and
was still o n fire as pla ne came to a slop,
"Hroward Cou nty Fire-Rescue and Fort Lauderd ale Fire Rescue
respo nded with seve ral unit s and were told to usc channel 14K
( 1X0( 4) , but after hearing no activity I hit the search button and fo und
them on ID 1043 (ch anne l 110 cro xspat ch cdl .
" Runway 9L tcm porari I)" shut d(1\\,11, planes using other rUllways.
All people success fully cv..rcuutcd on s lides, so far five people hurt.
mostly ankle injuries. Buses called in to pick up passe nger on
run way, Brow ard Sheriff' s Office (HSO) called in to make sure no
one goes into plane, Tur ns out to be engine #2 that burned: units
completed secondary sea rch wit h 'a ll clear.' Level 2 Me l IMuss
Cas ualty Incident) in full progress". <It 9:55p m rescue units still being
called in: '

Talkgroups in use fBroward County system, type 21

10.13

Main operat io ns cress- pe rch

4592

Broward Sher iffO ffice opera tions a t the a irport, crowd co ntrol, guar ding 727

4752
B20B
B272
8368
8432
8496
8528
8560
9040
9200
9232
12400
18000

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Secondary of 4592
Sroward County Fire Rescue (BCFR) North channel

BCFRSouth channel
BCFR "ECHO" of 8208
B(FR "ECHO"

of 8272

BROWARD COUNTY FIRERESCUE CENTIV'L

(County central units a nd Fort la uderdale lire-rescue) on Fort la uderdale's trunked
system

Joint Ope ratio ns (system 1A in Broword SO and Browcrd County fi re-rescue rodio s]
176 16
14 Alpha- Colling channel
176 48

14 Bravo-Fire calling cbcnoel

17680
177 12
177 44
177 76
17808
17840
18000
18032
18064

14 Cha rlie- Police colling channel

14 Delto---Cor to Cor 1
14 Echo- Cor to Cor 2
14 Foxtrot-Joint/ Specio\ Opc rotions 1
14 Golf- Joint/ Special Opcrotions 2
14 Hotel-Joi nt/ Special Operctious 3
14 Indio- Joint/ Special Ope roncos 4
14 Julien-Joint/ Special Operc nons 5
14 Kilo- Joint/ Special Operations 6

Frequencies ('
860.2375'
852.8125
857.4875
858.9875

denotes control channell "" denoted phone pa tch):

860.4875'
860.7375'
860.9875' 852.7125
8552375"
855.7375" 856.4875
856.7375
857.7375
857.9875
858.3625
858.4875
859.3625
8594875
859.7125 859,7375

B52 .7375
B57.3625
858.7375

859.9875

I queried Brian on one interesting aspect of h is report. Here' s

Brian ' s response (which also generated quite a hit of disc uss ion on
T runkcom ):

"I don 't know why the crosvpatch \Va . . on 1043. When the ca ll
went out on Hroward County Firc-Rcscuc ' v South channel (X272J,
they told all respond ing units to switch h ) channe l 14 K (18064 ), But
after hearing IIlI activity on it (o r the rc.. t o r the 14x cha nnels ). I
suspected they were on anot her ID, so I hit the search button, and they
popped up 0 11 1043. Th is is a cros s-pat ch of 1040 , hU I why these units
even showed up 0 11 1043 (after they said switch to 180( 4 ) I don't
know , There was no activ it)' Oil the ' stand ard ID' or 1040,
"A s for the Tru nk Tracker. it perform ed flawlessly: ~ I was able to
hear eve ryt hing from start to finish ~ It wo uld have bee n \'ery diffi cult
(if not impossiblc i 10 listen to this with a non-uun king scanner.
" Now about that status nibble, a quc stiou: When seve ral talkgroups
arc patched together. would they sho w lip (HI a ll ID thai is totally lHIIl standa rd? In other words . if all the units were 0 11 18064, hut cro sspatched to other ID' s, is it possible they would show up on I O-B
instead o f I X067 (plus .1) or I R071 (plus 7 )'! I'Ill jus t tryi ng to figure
ou t why they ended up o n 1043 when rhr y ... aid they were switching
10 chann el I X06 4 (ch annel 14K i ."

BCFRlAC A
BCFR TACB

BCFRl AC C
MED-COM MED 10 estab lishing encodes 10 hosp ilob
BCFR "ECHO" of 9232
BCFRWest channel
Airport op e ratio ns, coo rd ina ting ga tes a nd buses
cho nne1 14 Ind ia , med ical sec tor

M ON ITORING TIMES

June 1998

We' re not sure o f the answer \0 this question. Lindsay Blunron

suggested that the dispatcher Illay have dynamically regrouped the
units on to thi.. ID in order to se t up all incident command channel
amon g certain units oil-scene. This see ms odd as the re usua lly are
such spec ialized channels alread y avui lahlc.
l lcrcs the information we have on how a norma l tulkgroup can he
modifi ed with a hit change in the data structure to allow for uniq ue,
special-purp ose. channelizat ion:

ID+O
ID+l
lD+2
ID+3
ID+4
ID+5
ID+7
ID+8
ID+9
ID+ 10
ID+ J1
ID+12
ID+ 13
ID+15

Nor ma l tolkgrou p
All Ta lk Gr oup (a Type IIf1 eetw ide mod e)
Emer ge ncy ta lkgr oup
Crosspotched tolkgroup (two tolkgroups toget her)
Emer ge ncy tolkgrou p
Emergency Multi-select
Multiselect [inifioted by the dispatcher]
Digita l encryption
All Tolk Group with dig itol encryption
Emerge ncy tolkg roup with encryption
Cro sspo tched tolkgro up with encryption
Emergenc y crosspa tch with encryption
Emergency multi-select with encryption
Emergency multi-select with encryption

You can find these talkgrcups (a lthou gh they arc no t norma lly
ac tive) by usin g the Sea rch func tio n of yo ur Trun k'Frackcr o r by
pro gramming them d irec tly into memor y . Re me mber. tho ug h. it
usu a lly is no t nece ssar y to enter cr oss -p atc hed tal kg ro ups as the y" II
on ly d up lica te wh at yo u he ar o n other g ro u ps.

II Summertime Scannin g
The EI Nino winter o f ' 97-' lJX was not a very w hile one for mo st
of th e U.S . and th e scan n ists o f Am er ica lo st ou t o n mo st o f the ir
annual snows torm mon itori ng fun. But. with the ad vent o f warm
weather thi s tim e ofy ear we can tunc
into tho se su m me rti me moni tor ing
ho tspots:

porta ble sc anne r hy the tim e this art ic le is publi sh ed. Th is is astound ing new s. While the sca nner mar ket has declin ed , co ns u mer electro nics firms continue 10 e nte r th is niche industry . In the last 1Rmon ths or
so. we 've see n RELM, RCA , Alinco and now Sony ente r (orre-e nter)
the bu sin ess.
Ifth crc ever was fodder for a Harvard B usines s School ca se study,
thi s wo uld be it. Do these co mpanies hel ie ve that Uniden and/or Rad io
S ime k ha ve dropped the ba ll in the mark et place ? Do they fee l that
there are new channe ls for d istributio n and new custome rs th at ca n be
e nt iced into the hobby ?
On the next page are some o f the specs for th e Sony sca nne r. A
co uple o f the ite ms w hich j um p ou t at us incl ude co mpu ter co ntro l 01"
a por tab le (so meth ing w hic h has been aro u nd for a lon g time o n the
A OR-8000), Se rvice Search (up unt il now a featu re pretty mu ch , but
no t e ntirel y, unique to Uniden scanners) wi th TV searc h (excel lent
idea ). and the CD-ROM included for programm ing.
T hese are all nice tou ches. b UI arc they enough to steal sig nificant
mark et share away from the two majors? W ith the Sony name , and
likel y hot ne w sty ling, ye s. it' s poss ible. W itho ut someth ing rc volutionary. suc h as tru nk ing a nd d igi tal. this editor does not see it as
likel y. Wh at we hope w ill happe n is that So ny , wit h its bro ad reach and

Murin e radio/Coast Guard

Sta te an d fed er al for est ser vice/
park ma nage ment chan ne ls (be
sure to listen to the f ire ro wers )
County fire networ ks (wh ich o ften co ordina te wit h the state and
fed eral age nc ie s)
City poli ce departmen ts wh ich
reall y co ok on s ummer nigh ts
Beach/resort pu bli c safety cha nne ls
S ummer is a g reat time for scann ing .Take yourportable to ball ga mes ,
the beach, and around to wn.
Wh en you 're at hom e at
nig ht check out th e c ity
po lice for ces . Be s ure to
also che ck out the com mo n
summertim e co nd itio ns of
duct ing nnd skip wh ere yo u
ca n he ar dep artm ent s fro m
the other end 01" the state or
the oth er e nd o f the COUll try ! Also he sure to use so me
spare tim e to co ns ider u pg rad ing yo ur ant ennas and
coax .

S umm ertime, a nd the

scanning is easy.
(Photos by Harry Ba ug hn}

II Another New Player

in th e Scanner Market
Word 011 th e street IS
that S o ny (ye s. SOt1 y ~ ) will
hav e introdu ced their ne w

June 1998

MONITORING TIMES

27

....
(continued)
~

appea l, will find new custom ers for its scanners rather than ex isting
scanner users. Th at would be good for the entire industry.

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Supplied frequency guidebook

I Some Old-time Mail

In going throu gh the back mail, I came across a lett er from John Walli s
of Aurora, Co lorad o. In responding to an artic le writte n over a yea r
ago, Jo hn' s letter was coin cide ntally quite relevant to rece nt ques tions
we' ve posed regarding "W hy we Scan." He also discu ss so me features
he would like to see in a scanner.
"Dea r Mr. Barn ett :
In your co lumn in the March 1997 ed ition of Monitoring Tim es
yo u mentioned that you had not recei ved very many repli es on yo ur
qu estion abou t what scanner had the most impact on the listenin g
careers of yo ur readers. This is, of course, a very difficu lt question to
answer, since all of the scanners I have ow ned have had features that
made them sig nificant.
Th e Realistic PRO- 34 that I' ve bee n using as my pr imary mobile
scanner for about eight years probably qu alifies the best of the title. It
was the first key boar d-pro gram mable scan ne r I ever had , and, with a
few small repairs, has served me well ove r the yea rs. Th e aud io is
lousy, bu t add ing a po wered ex ternal spe ake r has solved that prob lem .
Choosing an antenna to match the listening situation helps eliminate
mo st of the intermod problems.
A Rea listic PRO -2006 is the mainstay at horne (os it is in ma n)'
homes- ed. ), and is eas ily the best all-around sca nner that I' ve ever
had . Th e audio is great, it is easy to program, the attenu at ion switch
lets you usc it in the car witho ut being overwhelm ed by nearby
sour ces, yet it is sensitive enough 10 usc for those times when yo u can
catc h the East Coas t on skip. The ability to search through ten
frequenc y rang es of your cho ice makes it so versat ile that I built a
holder for it that sits on the floor of the car so I can take it on long trips
with me. The fact tha t the frequency range also incl udes military
aircraft makes it very nice for airshow s, too. My only regret is that I
didn' t pick up a coup le more of them when they were being so ld olT
by Rad io Shack and by Grove.
To introduce myself, I am 53 years o ld, grew up in Ph iladelph ia,
moved to the Den ver area about 25 years ago, and have never reg retted
that move. I started listening 10 rad io at about 10 years of age, first

28

MONITORING TIMES

June 1998

listenin g to Broa dcast Band DX, then shortwave, then scanners. My

first VHF rad io was a Radio Shack Patro lman- I7, with a dial to tunc
in the stations, and no sq uelc h. O ver the years I have acc umulated
abou t a dozen scanners and VHF recei vers, all of which are still
work ing. altho ugh a few repairs have been necessary to keep them
going.
I have been doing field service work on large co mmercia l fire
alarm systems for abOUI 23 years, and this is one of the reasons I have
remained so active in sca nning. When yo u are constantly on the road,
both in the ci ty and in rural areas, you really need to kee p track of
what's happening. I can 't begin to count the numb er of times that my
sca nner has save d me fro m using a road that was blocke d by traffic,
or by an acc ide nt, oreven a police incident. such as felony arres t. One
of the most valuable services that my scanner pro vides is lett ing me
kno w when eme rgency eq uipment is co ming my way so I ca n get out
of the way for them . Th ere is also the en terta inment va lue of a sca nner
aro und town or on a long trip.
Anyo ne who has used a sca nne r for a lot of years ca n look back on
th ings they have hear d and see how much he wo uld have missed
witho ut it. I have hear d airp lane hijackers givi ng their demands to the
a uthorities, airplane cras hes from the perspective of being in the
cockpi t. You also hear thin gs that arc funn y 10 yo u, bu t not to the
person involved , like the lady who had her finger imp aled on a fi sh
hook which was hooked on the ins ide of a dog's mouth. T he dispatcher told the fire truck s to shut down their sirens five or six blocks
before their arrival.
You also aske d for feat ures that we wo uld like 10 see incl uded in
future scanners. It j ust so hap pens that I hav e given that so me tho ught.
A remo te contro l. I usually am not sitt ing in the same place in my
living roo m as my sca nner. So metimes 1 wa nt to tur n up the vo lume
fro m across the room. (/C0 1ll has tbis f e.uure on their top-of-the- line
hase tnodcls.r
Flexible bank sizes . I have my sca nner progr amm ed by co unty,
since I pass from one county to another quite freq ue ntly in the co urse
o r a work day. So me counties are much larger than others and some
are very sma ll. (This is (l great idea, and olle that 111(/11)' have brought
up in the past, hut u-e have queried the software engineers 01 1 this
matter and they tel/us it is act uullv qui te dUjicult to implement-s-ed.s
Ahility to scan designat ed c hannels when desired. When an
emergency happens that requires using cha nnels in different bank s, it
is d ifficult to lock out all of the other cha nnels. Why not have the
ability to go to the channels you need. click on some kind of
des ignator, and scan on ly those channe ls? This would be a lot less
co mplica ted at a very stressfu l time . (This feature does exist OIlI1l(l1JJ '
lcom scanners. It is known as Select Scan-s-cd.i
Some fea tures that are avai lable on a variety of sca nners, bu t not
all on one sing le scanner: T he abi lity to link searc h ranges toget her;
a lockou t review switch; searc h lockout s. Also, an anten na swi tch.
Two antenna inputs would be nice. (I ca n dream, ca n' t I?) A nd, of
co urse, the ability to follow AN Y brand of tru nked radio syste m."
All fine ideas, John. Let' s hope the manufact urers take these and
other ideas we've passed on into co nside ratio n. Ne xt month we' ll
rev isit the issue of fea ture ove rki ll on sca nners. Th e recent articl e in
which we tras hed the Send key and other unnecessary funct ion s
caused qu ite an uproar. At least we got yo u talking! Ne xt month we' ll
hear what you had to say.

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The HF Communications Spectrum

Hugh Stegman, NV6H
driver8@netcom.com

Unraveling NATO Identifiers

tility list e ni ng is detect ive work . T ra ns-

m iss ion s. w hich ( a n come from ju st

a bo ut anywher e. go to spec ific users .

T hey ' re in on it. We' re not We need to usc

subtle propagation effects. traffic. a ca lls ig n.
or so me o ther ident ifier to tel l us who the y arc.
Th is m ont h. we "!l look a t how NATO . the
Nort h Atlantic T reat y Orga nization all iance.
docs its ide nt ifie rs.

Broadcast Designators
W he n J was ne w at th is. I often wo ndere d
who "C I3E" was. It was used by C KN. a
C a nad ia n Forces na val statio n. in a pm ve rful.
C W mark er that co uld bli ster pa int on a good
ni ght. It' s off the air now. w hich is too had .
becaus e the whole loop was one of those nice.
Mo rse rhythm s tha i almost mad e on e ge t up
ami da nce.
C 13E turn ed our to he a speci a l Na val
Broadca st De sig nat or . T hi s is an old syste m
used by NA TOC\V/ FAX /digital sta tio ns whe n
broadcast ing op er at io nal o rders or tra ffic to
asse ts in the fie ld. usu a lly sh ips a t scu. who
mig ht not want to g ive away the ir posi tion by
"rogcriug " the tra ffic .
C 1.3 E. the re fore. break s down as pe r the
standa rd. 3- or -t-ch nmc tc r code. Th e first is a
lett e r. for the m em ber na tio n or agency - in
th is case "C " for Cana da. Second. a num ber. is
the broadca st a rea. " 1" be ing a ny la rge occun
reg ion. T hird. a num ber. is the bro adcast type.
" J" be ing Morse tel egraphy . T he last on e or
two leiters iden tify the spec ific station . In this
ca se . it wa s Esq uim alt . a coasta l city ncar
Victoria. Be.
Even tho ugh Mor se is va nis hing fro m the
m ilitar y airwaves. si m ila r codes arc sti ll co pied on RTTY . Yo u m ight also. rarel y. run

TABLE 1: NATO Country Codes

A
B
C
0
E

F
G
H
I

J
K

L
M

30

Australia
Britain
Canada
Denmark
Spain
France
Germany
USA
Italy
Argentina
Greece
l uxembourg
SEAsia

0
R
S
T
U
V

W
X

MONITORI NG TIMES

Netherlands
Noneat present
Portugal
Belgium
Noneat present
South Africa
Turkey
USA
Noneat present
Noneat present
NATO
Norway
New Zealand

June 1998

TABLE 2
Naval Broadcast Designa tors
Figure Content
1
Origin (see NATOCountry Codes)
2
Broadcast Type:
1
WideArea
2
lim ited Area
Submarine
3
Special request - ops or exercises
4
3
Broadcast Mode :
1
Encrypted RTTY
2
Clea r RTTY
3
CW
4
? Mightbelax per AryBoenoer
4
StationSuffix (optional)

across a pre -NA TO one. suc h as NAWS ( Notice to All ied War S hi ps).

NATO Routing Indicators

Rad io mc s s a g ~ s. have always begun wi th

header inst ruct ion s for operators. a nd late r for

com puters. In RTfY telex, a nd s im ila r net wo rks. th ese han d ling instruc tion s co ntai n
slrings o f rou ting ind icat ors (Rl x).
Q uite so me time bac k, NA T O published
tin RI stan dard for its o wn RTTY traffic. Th ese
differ fro m ca lls igns in th at they ' re more fl e xible . They arc fo ur thro ug h nine characters
long. and can co mprehensivel y desc ribe source,
de stina tio n. a mi e ve n sugges ted relay points
or lists o f uni ts whic h need [ 0 sec the tra ffic.
Th e fir st one g ive n is dest inati on . a nd the
se co nd. wi th its traditiona l " DE " pros ign. is
the so urc e. Newer com munica tion termi na ls
ca n pa rse these Rl s for all sort s of information.
ro utings. o r format change s for o the r net wo rks
(like the U.S. A UTO Dl N).
On shortwa ve. most o f the Rl s yo u' ll copy
arc Fre nc h. Some countr ies. includin g the
Un ited State s. hard y usc them . wh ile ot he rs
cha nge the m a hit. Th is is yet a no ther of those
interopern bili ty issu es thaI NAT O com m un icat o rs freq uentl y bem oan.
Le t' s do some e xa m ples. In o ur April
Uti lity Log. a couple o fRI s were mi st a ken fo r
c ullsig ns. RF() P. o n 134 44 kH z Ir r"TY. was
O rig inall y m iside ntifi ed as a Russi an cm buxsy.
Le t' s break down the RI a nd fin d ou t w ho it
reall y wu s:
T he first characte r. R. is for type of o rigi natin g sta tio n - in th is ca se strutcg !c . like a
base . Mo st Rl s you'll see sta rt w ith R. and th is
pl us the po sition in th e heade r (r ight afte r the

sta rti ng seq ue nce a nd cla ssificat ion ) is o ne

way to spo t th e m.
T he sec o nd characte r. F. is the NAT O
co untry code (France) . same as in the naval
desi g nator s. The third c haracte r. Q. is the a rea
ope rat ion o r respon s ibi lity. in this ca se th e
Middle Ea st. T he fo urth is used by France (an d
ba s icall y Fra nce alone ) for the type of asset :
arm y. na vy. air. or wha tever. O the r cou ntries
lise it for d iffere nt things. Any characters a fter
the first fo ur a rc addi tio nal. user-specifi c ro ut ing instructi on s.
So we alrea dy ha ve q uite a bit of information a bou t this station. Sure enough . upo n
looki ng it up . we find a na va l co ntingen t in
Dj ibou ti on the East Af rica n coast.
Si m ila rly. RFGW . wh ich was g ive n as
Ru ssi an o n 139 53. is rea lly Fre nc h d iplo ma tic
in Paris. It ' s copied worldwide w ith tra ffic for
e m bass ies.
The R I syste m is obs ole sce nt. an d wil l
probabl y gi ve wa y. ulti matel y. to some thing
more rese mb ling the IP ad dr ess num be rs used
o n the Inte rne t. T his w ill give e ve n more
fkxi hility .
Ary Bocndc r. o f the Wo rldw ide Utility
Network . has compiled one of the be tter RI
lists, sho wn in T abl e L hs on the World W ide
W e h . alon g with a lot mo re ex planation tha n I
can g ive here . Ha ve fun wi th th is st u ff!

or

Table 3
Alternate NATO Routing Indicators
f igure Contenl
1
StationType
P
Reserve tactical
a
Reserve strategic
R
Strategic
U
Tactical
2
Origin (see NATO country codes)
3
Operation Area:
A
East Asia
C
Central NA
UK, Iceland
E
EasternNA
F
Europe
H
C. S Pacific
K
Alaska
L
Caribbeanl SA
M
South East Asia
a
Middle East
S
Western Asia
T
Iberia. NW Africa
V
SouthernAfrica
W
WesternNA
X
NATO
Y
Australia
4
Asset Type(French). or user-specific
5-9 Specific unit, routing or recipient

Utility Loggings
HughSiegman
Abbreviations used in this column
75/150
AB
AF
AFB
AM
AN OVT
ARO
ARRS
CG
CP
CO
CW
000
OSN
EAM
FEC

RTIYspeed/shift (varies)
Air Base

Air Force

Air Force Base

Amplitude modulation
Advanced Narrowband
Digital VoiceTerminal
Automatic Repeat Request

ian arrvmode)

erospace Rescue and

Recovery Service
CoastGuard
Command Post
General call: Hello all
stations
ContinuousWave (Morse
code)
Department of Defense
Defense SwitchedNetwork
MormerlYAUTOVO N)
mergencyAction
Message
Forward Error Correction
(an RnY mode)

GHFS

Global High Frequency

MFA
NASA

lnlstry of Foreign Affairs

National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
NorthAmerican
Aerospace Defense
Command
Teleprinter sfistem
combining c aracteristics
of packet radioand SITCR
RoyalAirForce (U.K.)
Radio Teletype

NORAO
PACTDR
RAF
RnY
RY
SAM
SHARES
SITO R
Unid
USAF
VIP
VNA
VOLMET

~ste m

311 6.0
3454.0

4038.0
4048.0
4086.0
4165.0
4229.5
4426.0
4445.0
4455.0
4575.0
4663.0
4665.0
4721 .0
4B77.0
4880.0
4987.0
5091.0
5154.0

5245.0
555 0.0
559B.0
5680.0
5696.0

RTIY test wom

traditional YRYRY...)
sflecia, Air Mission (USAF
V Ps)
Shared Resources (US
Government)
Sim~lex TelexOver Radio
Uni entifiedtransmission
U.S. Ai r Force
Very Important Person
VietnamNews Agency
"Flying Weathe r" (from
French )

All transmissions are USB (upper sideband) unless otherwise indicated. All
freq uencies are in kHz (kilohertz) and all times are UTC (Co ordinated Universal
Time).
657.0

5230.0

Unid-North Ko rean female numbers, using powerful AM transmitter

possibly from Rad io Pyo ngyang, nightly at 1500. Similar, though not
para llel, on 3250 and 6400. (Takas hl Ya maguchi, Japan )
KhabarovskRussianVo lmet, weatherat 1315. Irkutsk-same , at 1325.
Both also on 8861. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
HOH-Otherwise unid stationwith handsent CW CO , at 1215. InterteringwithTokyoAeradioon3455.(Ya maguchi-Japan) I aon'tnsvesctue
either. These guys pop up all over the aero bands. Could be spies,
submarines, or justyo-yospracticing their code on-air. -Hugh
Unid-ltallan military, tactical comm at 0004. (Ary soenner-semerlands)
NATO Strong Resolve exercise, tactical comms by various nationalities, at 0001. (Bcender-Netherlan ds)
At least 10 vessels withthree-lette r callsigns, in newscastfor and by
Philippin e sailors, at 0011 . (Bcender-Netherian ds) Any clue on what
this is? -Hugh
KPA 2- Massad, Israel, AM numbers at 21 14. (Bcender-Netherlands)
FU F-French Oceana, with RnY test slip (75 baud), at 0323. (Sue
Wilden-IN)
USCG Portsmouth Rad io, VA, vo ice-synthesized highseas weather at
0347. (Wilden-IN)CAMSLANT ChesapeakeworkingCGcutter Vent~r
ous, trou bleshooting data circuit at 0542. (Glenn Finerman-NY)
PossiblyM4, with numbers in prog ress , endedwith "372372,"CWat
1720. (Boender-Netnertan ds)
FQJO-Russian?, callingPRN Pfor 15minutes,inCW at2343. (BoenderNetherlands)
V-RussianNavy, Khiva,withCW chan nel marker at 1350 (Yamag uchiJapan)
Tashkent-Russian VOl met, weather at 1310. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
MIW 2-Mossad, Israel, numbers at 2215. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
Reach 947-USAF Air Mobility Command transport, radio check with
Ottult at 0113. (Larry Fowler, NY) U9P-ltalian Navy Roma, tactical
comms at 1805. (Boender-Netherlands)
Russian Navy Khiva, Uzbekhistan, marker at 0006. (Boender- Netherlands)
ULX 2-Mossad, Israe l, numbers at 1630. (Yamaguc hi-Japan). Same
station, in AM at 2300. (Bcender-Netherlands)
9VOC-Unid, possibly Ru ssian, callingJ91Lwith repeatingCW loop, at
175B. (Boender-Netherlands)
JSR2-Mossad, Israel, numbers, parallel 7540, at 1530. (YamaguchiJapan)
F, K, E-AII Russian Navy single letter CW markers, at 1515. F is
Vladivostok, K is Khabarovsk, E is unknown. (Yamagu chi-Japan) I

5875.0

6215.0
64B5.0
6500.0
6604.0
6666.0
6679.0
6683.0
6697.0
6730.0
6757.5
6758.0
6761.0

6B55.0
6870.0
6959.0
6972.0
6977.0
6992.0
7374.5
7527.0
7540.0
7B45.0
B375.0
8495.0
B573 0

wonder if these are stillbeing offset a fewhundred Hz each-Hugh.

CIO 2-Mossad, Israel, numbers, parallel 8465 and 10352, at 1545.
(Yarnaqucni-Japan)
MRC 28-RAF Cadets. United Kingdom, several stations at 1100.
(Bcender-Netherlands)
NewYo rkRadio-AR INC MWARA,wo rkingReach Victo r9,American 55,
enroute to San Juan at 0050. (Wilden-IN)
NY Radio-ARINCMWARA, workingReachVictor 9,withflightlevels at
0331. (Wilden-IN)
,
Unid exercise, withEAMs, from several stations usingNATO trigraphs,
at 2322. (Jeff Haverlah-Texas )
USCGCAMSPAC Pt.Reyes, CA, setting up radio guard with CG1602
B983secondary,11202tertiary,a1013B. (Fowler-NY) USCGCAMSLANT
Ches?peake , VA, worki ng Rescue 1716 and 1790, in rescue cps, and
working63Alpha, mentioning Panther (OEA, Bahamas). (Ro n PerronMO)
Nightwatch 01-USAF, working Override, selting Z155 (this freq uency)
primary, at 0206. (Have rlah-TX) Unid-North Korean female numbers
using powerful AM transmitter, at1400. Similar,non -parall el , on4770:
(Ya maguchi-Japan)
Unid-N orth Korean female numbers, in AM , at 1440. Similar, nonparallel , on4770. (Yamaguchi-Japan) My goodness, now they 're using
an international calling/distress channel. -Hugh
Lin colnshirePoacher-English female numbers, parall el5422 and8464,
at 2200. (Yamag uchi-Japan)
PCO-Mossad, Israel, numbers at 1500. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
New York Vo lmet, with warning of Montse rrat vo lcano as h, at 0015.
Gander Radio, Volmet at 0020 (Wilden-IN)
Unid-ll.S. exercise with various trigraph tactical catlslqns and lots of
EAMs, starting at 0025. (Haverlah-TX)
F03GO-IPRNET (Fre nchpirate packetnetwork) ,With ,FRA3CP,FRA3NG ,
FRA3JF, In packet at 1655. (soender-Nemenanes) Pacitic Volmet has
to love this. -Hugh
ExecutiveOneFoxtrot USAFaircraft with First Ladyaboa rd ,enro uteHill
AFB, UT, asked by Andrews to have "Evergree n" (Hillary' s Secret
Servicecode) callWhite HouseJoint OpsCenter, at 0012. (FOWler-NY)
Exercise, like 6666, trigraph callsigns and many coded messages , at
0045. (Haverlah-TX)
Alma Ata Vo lmet, weathe r in Russia nat 1355. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
Unid-Rockwell ALEtones, in VFT (2400), at 2332. (aoencer- Netherlands)
MKL-RAF Pitraevie, United Kingdom, at 1700. (Bcender-Netherlands)
Jambo 31-USAF aircraft, calling Mainsail (all station call) at 0157.
Gasser 24-USAF tanker, calling 25at0158. Steel B2 calling Steel 84, at
1545.IndyB3 callingBrickyard,fem alevoice answersat2238. (FOWlerNY) Old SAC night primary, now USAF air-to-air. Jambo is probablya
8-52, Indy a tanker, Brickyard a CP, which wouldn't be the first one
named for a race track.-Hugh
Unid-5 figure CW number groups, at 1705. (Boender-Netherlands)
llnid -S letter groups, m CW at 0830. (Cam Castillo-Panama)
Lincoln shire Poacher-E nglish female 5-digit numbers, parallel 9251
and 10426, at 2200. (Ya maguchi-Japan)
YO G59Romanian Press, Bucharest , with news in French, RnY (30
baud) at 171 2. {Boender-Nethertands)
CIW 823-Canadian Forces amateur radi o system, net in prog ress , at
2224. (FOWler-NY)
MFJ04-Royal Navy Cadets, United Kingdom, several stations at1030.
(Bcender-Netherlands)
KN9S-unknoVln , calling 2MWZ, in chirpy CW, at OB16. (YamaguchiJapan)
T-Russlan Navy single-letter CW marker, location unknown, at 0422.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
JSR2-Mossad, Israel , numbers, interfering withAdventist World Radi o
broadcast, parallel 5091 , at 1530. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
Unid-S letter groups, ending "MINDA," in CW, at 0826. (CastilloPanama )
Unid-C hinese female 4-digit numbers, inAM, similar but non-parallel
on B300, 9725, 11 430, 13750 and 153B8 kHz, at 1530. (YamaguchiJapan)
F,K-Russian NavysingleletterCW markers, Vladivostokand knaoarovsk
respectively, same frequency, at0917. (YamaguchiJapan)
CLA-Havana Radio, Cuba, CW marker with frequ encies. (CastilloPanama)

June 1998

MONITORING TIMES

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8655.0
8670.0
8764.0
8965.0
8983.0
9025.0
9219.0
9263.0
10046.0
10352.0
10529.0
111 75.0

11212.0
11214.0
11232.0
11 244.0
11 270.0
11279.0
11 28B.0
11297.0
11345.0
11351.0
11354.0
11401.6
11545.0
11565.0
12070.0
12204.0
12221 .0
12730.5
127BO.5
13242.0
13257.0

32

Utility World Leggings (continued)

UAl 3-Nakhodka Radio. CW marker, listening8343,at 1243.(Jack DixNY)

XSG-Mexico, CW marker and "UP373" at 11 40. (Castillo-Panama)
USCoast Guard New Orleans, working severalvessels inrescueof four
persons aboard distressed shrimp boat Rebel Yell, starting at 2041.
(Dean 8urgess-MA)
Reach 9520-USAF Air Mobility Command transport. asking Thule
GHFS for patch 10 Dover Metro. at 2333. (Fowler-NY)
USCG Miami Operations working Rescue 171Bwho had recovered 4
personsanda working ElT raototocator beacon. (Perron-MO)Differentoperation from 8764 logging-Hugh.
Gater03-U.S. Air National GuardC-130. askingThule GHFSlor patch
toTravis Metro forarrival weather, at 0044. (FowlerNY)
Unid-English temale 3/2numbers. "counter" format. at2024(Dix-NY)
CherryRipe-Englishtemale5-digil numbers.parallel12056and1561 6,
a12200. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
4XZ-lsraeli Navy Haifa, with CW marker at 1704. (Boender-Nether
lands)
CIO-Mossad, Israel. numbersat 2344 . (Boender-Netherlands)
Uoid-U.S. female"counter"numbers, inEnglish,strong AM testtones.
Message hadlowaudioandhum, carrier cutafter 3 minutes. 311400.
Audionormal nexi day. and wilh parallet on 7547. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
USAFAndrews wilh patch fromEvac7 Romeo 2 (a C-141) to Casino
Royale. (Weslover CPl . Ringbolttelling ThuleGlobal thathecan't raise
Nightwalch on ZI 75 /9016/ or Z200 / /1 181]. MacDiIl with patch to
Nighthawk base trom Nighthawk 51. MacOili with paten Irom Open
Skies35 Oscarto Treaty Compliance Olficeat Wrighl-Patterso n AFB ,
andwith NATO28. (Perron-MO) MacDil1 wilh patchtromPACAF 01 at
1B42. and trom Spar 50 at 2028. (Haverlah-TX) Spar /s a VIP /light.
Wonder whoPacaf 1 is?Nice calch-Hugh. (PAGAFt is theVIPaircraft
assigned Commander PacificAir Force. At lastreport it was a USAF C135Gaircrafttail number 12668 (61-2668) assigned to the 65 Airlift
Squadron-Larry VH.)
MKL-RAFPitravie, U.K. in CW at 1503. (Boender-Netherland s)
NORAO AWACSSentry 47 with patchto Barbievia t renton Military, at
01 45. (FOWler-NY)
Canadian Forces Trenton Militaryworking Canforce 2747, enroute to
RAFLynham, given alternate trequency of 13257. (Perron-MO )
USAf Andrewsgiving Nighl watch net freq uencies, Z110 [3134] and
Z130 /4472/. to Teardrop. but noting Ihat Nightwatch was not on HF.
(perron- MOl
Russian Man, AM numbers, twice at0820. (Boeoder-Netherland s)
Alma Ala-Russian languagevoimet, at 0515. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
Riyadh LOOC. Saudi Arabia. working Saudia 003. at 1622. (BoenderNelherlands)
Kiev-Russian language Volmet at 1125. Rostov-same at 1120.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
SOJ - Stockholm Radio. Sweden. working Northwest 58 and Berlin
7315. at 1527. (Boender-N etherlands)
Paris LODe. France. companytraffic with various AirFrance llights. at
1718. (Boender-Netherlands)
Johannesburg LO OC. RSA. with Spnnubck 270. at 1602. (BoenderNetherlands)
UNHCR, Kigoma. with messag e about lleet air ops (PACTO R 200) at
1700. (Bob Hall-RSA)
lincolnshire Poacher, Cyprus, 5-figure numbers at 1500. 1600. and
1700. (Boender-Netherlands)
EZl 2-Mossad, Israel, numbers. parallel 12533. at 1530. (YamaguchiJapan)
WAR 46-U.S. STRATCOM, radio checks with Nightwatch 01. at 2143.
(Haverlah-TX) This is frequency Z211 -Hugh
ZSO-Soulh African Navy, Durban. weather in RTTY (75/170), then 5leiter grou ps. at 1045. (Hall-RSA)
Unid-Female 3/2 numbers, in English and AM. at 1200. Similar, nonparallel broadcastsgoing on9547 and 10223. sametime. (YamaguchiJapan)
NMC-U SCG San Francisco. clear weather chart in FAX (120/576), at
1528. (Hall-RSA)
9AR-Rijeka Radio, Croatia. CW marker at 0450 (Finerman-NY)
Nighlwatch 01-U.S. STAATCOM airborne command post. many EAM
broadcasts and netcheck-ins,at2303.(Haverlah-TX) Thisisfrequency
Z215 -Hugh
Trenton Military-Canad ian Forces; working Canfo rce 330. (PerronMO)

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June 1998

Spar06-USAFVIP, workingNewYorkATC enroutetoEurope. (Perron

MO)
13527.8 P-Russiansingle letter marker,in CW a1 1750. (Dix-NY)
13555.0 Unid-Female3/2 numbers. in English and AM , parallel 14406, at 1100.
(Yamaquchi-Japan)
14487.0 li ncolnshirePoacher, 5-figurenumbers, parallel 11545 and 15682, at
1400. (Boender-Netnertands)
14699.0 YIX701NA-Baghdad.with English language newsin RTTY (75/352). at
1521. (Hall-RSA)
14B90.0 RussianMan,testingwith interru ptedcarriers. then "615"10, at0750.
Russian Man. AM numbers. twice at 0800. (Boender-Netherlands)
1501 6.0 USAF GHFS MacOill working Cardlile 712. who was enroute 10 NAS
Jacksonville witheng ine problem. (PerronMO)
15821.7 SAM-MFA Stockholm, 5-letter code groups tor ambassador in SWEOARO1001400. at 1622. (Hall-RSA)
15962.0 USAF Libe rate ca lling Nightwatch 01 "on Zulu-250: with Roman Lad
(7) and Austerity, at 0005. (FOWler-NY)
16086.0 Unid-U.S.temale3/2 numbers.inEnglishandAM,at 1100.(YamaguchiJapan)
16106.7 SAM-MFA Stockholm, administrative message fo r Tunis, in SWEDARO. 100/400, at 1429. (Hall-RSA)
16228.7 Y9L-French Embassy.. Pretoria, calling P6Z. Paris. in FEC-A 192/850,
at 1605. (Hall-RSA)
16332.0 F,C.P,and S-RussianNavy single-letter CW markers,from Vladivostok,
Moscow, Kaliningrad. an d Alkhagensk respe ctively, at 0730.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
16936.9 Royal Navy Preston. RYs in RTTY (100/170). at 1457. (Hall-RSA)
17422.5 SAM-MFAStockholm . wlthSwedish message tor Nairobi SWED-ARO
100/400, at 1432. (Hall-RSA) RFFVAEA-Comelet Alysse. Dhahran,
many coded me ssages in 5 letter groups using ARO-E3 200/400. at
161 6. (Hall -RSA)
17425.0 Unid-printed only garbage. in Rny (50/391). at 1505. (Hall-RSA)
1742B. 6 SAM-MfA Stockh olm. Swedish message 10 Luanda, in SWED-ARO
100/400, at 1705. (Hall-RSA)
17430.5 9VF 209-Kyodo Singapore. Japanese newspaper FAX (60/576). at
1527. (Hall-RSA)
17976.0 Offutt-USAF. with Skyking EAM. (Perron-MO)
18032.0 CLP 7-Cu ban embassy, Brazzaville. coded and Span ish messages to
CLP1, in RTTY (75/400), at 0852. (Hall-RSA)
18064.3 SNN 299-MFA Warsaw. Polish news in POL-ARO 100/260, at 1202.
(Hall-RSA)
18477.7 CLP 1-Minrex Havana, Spanish news in RTTY (75/455),a11520. (HallRSA)
18538.0 NDJA-French embassy, N'Djamena. coded diplomatic message in
AR06- 90 200/400. at 1555. (Hall-RSA)
18597.5 EA 220-MFA Madrid , with Spanish traffic to several embassies, in
Twinplex F7Bl 100/340. at 1020. (Hall-RSA)
18648.9 SOT 265B-PAP Warsaw. Polish news in FEC, a11426. (Hall-RSA)
18760.0 RFGW-MFA Paris, coded message to all embassies. in FEC-A 192/
400), at 1609. (Hall-RSA)
19530.5 FJY2-0ISTAKerguelen, Frenchtrattic to MelFra nceinARO-E3 96/400.
at 0800. (Hall-RSA)
19715.0 Unknown-Massad, lsrael.latetune in,also on 17410,at0841 . (soenderNetherlands)
19736.5 ZLA-AlVanu i Rad io, 10 in CW only. no bursts, at 0340. (YamaguchiJapan)
20091.7 Boustane. Kinhasa, with s-lerter groups toCairo. both ARO andFECat
0910. (Hall-RSA)
20496.0 Unid7-repeatingVL8IPS" in strongCWoat0912. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
223B7.5 SVS-Athens Radio. Greece, CW marker at 1642. {Boender-Netherlands)
22015.0 GTX76-Portishead Radio. United Kingdom,with phonepatcha11028.
[Boender-Nethertands)
22098.0 YOI 7Honstanta Radio. Romania. phone patch at 1032. (BoenderNetherland s)
22395.0 KPH-GlobeWi reless, SanFrancisco, worki ngunid vessel inSITGR-A,
a11451. (Boender-Netherlands)
22435.0 XSG-Shanghai Radio. China,workingunidvessel. inSITOR-Aat 1040.
(Boender- Netherlands)
22723.0 SVN 72-Athens Rad io, Greece. with phone patch at 1050. (BoenderNelherland s)
22786.0 SVN 76-Alhens Radio, Greece. wilh phone patch at 1043. (BoenderNetherlands)
13306.0

Baudot and Beyond

Bob Evans
relUm@totol.nel
www.totol.netl -revof15/

HF Facsimile

(f~t\~

ac.s ill.lile
I is the: transrm sston o f pictu re s, c har ts.
maps. press photo s. mari ne in-

form atio n and ot he r doc ume nts o ve r

rad io and sate llite. Th is d ig ital mod e
has been around for many years and
alone lime the U.S . Na vy cou ld be
fou nd on man y frequ en c ies tran smilling from e xotic world locations.
Prior 10 mo ving 10 satel lite. many o f
the world press age ncie s liSCO the
shortwave (HF) hands 10 transmit
press photo s. Assoc iated Press had a
transmitter site in Antc ntinu thai
produ ced fairly rcl iahl ~ signals for
much of North America.
FA X pictures/chart s <Ire transmitted and received line-by-line.The

6i~\Tc\:+~-t---i':""rf~j4~~~~;~~~~S~E~j

transmitting. station mounts the picture/chart 0 11 a re vo lving drum and the i mage is
scanned by an opt ica l sensor. Each pixel (pic ture c lement) i s conv erted to an e lect rica l voltage proporti onal 10 the li ghtn ess/dark ness o f
the pixel. The data for each pixel is stored. and
o nce the e ntire lint: has been scanned. it is then
tran sm itted .
FAX Modu lalion
fM modulationis used to transmit FAX images on
shortwave. Thetone 01 thefrequency correspondsto
theelectrical voltage(lightness/darkness) of thepixel.
AMmodulation is used for satellite fAX transmission.
The tone of the frequency is constant, but the amplitude (louonessj is proportionalto the intensity of the
pixel.
. Atyplcat scannedline contains960dots(pixels) of
intormation. There can be up to 226 tines per inch.
Weather charts are normally transmitted at 120 lines
per minute (l PM) or about 2000 bits per second. A
standard weather chart takes about 13 minutes to
transmit and receive.
DRM (noise) and lading showupaslinesand loss
~l detail on the received image. Every half-second of
interference will obliterate onelull line of theimageat
a speed of 120 l PM.
Drum Speed
Various drum speeds may be usedlor f AX transrrussons, The most common are:
60 LPM 1 beat per second
90 lP M 1.5 beats persecond
120 lPM 2 beats per second
240 l PM 4 beats per second
By listening to the cadence of the signal. youcan
easily determine the drum speed of the scanning unit.
Drum speedsotsn.se.ano120arecommonlyused for
weather charts and maps. with 120 being used exclusively for North American and major international
weathe r centers. Drumspeedsof 60and90are com-

man for Russian meteorological stations. A drum

speed of 60 is also used by most international news
services in transmitting press photos.
Index 01 CooperaUon
The Index of Cooperation (IOC) determines the
relationship between the width 01 the image and the
number 01lines per inch that make up the image. In
effect. the IOC determines the ratio of the image's
height to its width.
Thetwo standard IOCvaluesare288 and576. The
valueot 576 is generally used by meteorological stations while 288 is normally used by press stations.

Video FAX
Televisionmonitorsgenerallylacktheresolution to display a trueFAX image. In addition,
they arecapableofonlydisplayingabout 70%of
the actual transmitted image. Computer VGA
monitors now otter excellent resolution.
A printer is required to do proper justice.
Nine pin printers work well, but you will obtain
a better image il a 24 pin dot matrix printer is
used . Many outboard andcomputer-based decoders nowsupport laser printers, which oHer
the best printed picturepossible.

VHF Salem" FAX

Polarorbiting NOAA weathersatellites transmit fAXimages on frequencies ot 137.500 and
137.620 MHz. The Ru ssian METEOR weather
satellites, and earth resource imagery Okean!
SICHsatellitestransmit FAXsignals on137.300.
137.4 00and 137.850 MHz.
These satellitesorbit the earth about every
100 minutes. During someof their orbits they
maypass overyour listening post. The trick. if
thereis one, is to have some means of predicting when they will pass within your range01reception.
If youhaveinternet accessanexcellent startingpoint is
at the website of Satellite Times columnist TS Kelso
(http://celestrak.com).Internetchallengedfolksshould
contact AMSAT (phone 301 -589-6062; 301-608-3410
fax) as they have programs available for several computers which can beusedlor this purpose.
You can find additional, detailed information on
monitoring weather satellite imagery in the pages ot
Satellite Times magazine in the "View f rom Above"
cO lu m ~ a ~ l h o re d by l awrence Harris. This monthly
magazmeISavailable from Grove Enterprises (seeads
in this issue of M1).

Polarity
FAX images may be sent in Positive or Negative
(reverse) polarity. Theuser must chose which lormat
is required. Press photos are generally always intended to bereceivedin the negative mode.

HF FAX Frequencies

Direction
The direction of the received image can be controlled by thef AXreceiving equipment. Normally images areprocessed from left-to-riqht. Theexceptionto
this is press photos, which are received right-to-lett.
Unlesstheyarereceivedinthisfashiontheywill appear
inverted (as if you held a newspaper up to amirror).

AFS-U.S. Air Force Air Weather Service. Omaha, NE

Format
Two formats exist for printing FAX charts and
photos. Lineis used to print weather maps andcharts
which are basically line drawings. Gray is used for
photog raphs and produces an ellen graytonalscale.
Frami ng
Many FAX stations transmit signal tones at the
beginning of a FAX transmissionwhich automatically
setsthecorrecl lOCtor your decoderandalsoprope rly
centers theimage. In the absence of these tones . you
must manually Iram elett or rightto center theimage.

Here art: a few easil y heard freq uencies for

yo u to try ( frequenci es <Ire l isted in k H z):

3232.0.5908.0
CFH- Canadian Forces, Halifax. NS

4271.0.6496.4. 10536.0. 13510.0

DDKHamburg Meteo, Germany

7880.0. 13882.5
IM8-Rome Meteo. Italy
477.5. 8146.6, 13597.4
JJC Kyodo News Service, Japan
8467.5. 12745.5,17069.5
NAM-U .S. Navy Nortolk VA
3357.0, 8080.0. 15959.0. 20015.0
NMF-U.S. Coast Guard. Boston, MA
6340.5, 9110 0, 12750.0
NPM-U.S. Navy. Pearl Harbor, HI
4855.0.2 1785.0
NPN-U.S. Navy. Apra Harbor. Guam
5258.0. 10253, 16027.7. 19858.0

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Shortwave Broadcasting
Glenn Hauser, P.O.Box 16B4MT, Enid, OK73702
[moil:<ghouser@holmoil.rom>; lox: (5BO)233-294B, ArT: Houser

Here Comes the Sun; Hunt Harmonics with Hauser

After years of dormancy. the higher SW hands arc co m ing ali ve
as the ne w so lar cycle stuns a steady risco Keep all ear Oil so lar flu x
num bers announ ced by WWV at : IS past ev e ry hour and 0 11 WW YH
at :45: these co rres pond 10 suns po t co unts. and the hig her they go . the
more 21 and 25 M Hz ope n up . Go od mark ers arc WF LA in Florid a
0 11 25870 and \VJFP on 26.+70. Flea-po wered harm o nic s o f broadcast statio ns again become aud ible dur ing wide-open con di tions.
and. d ue to fundamen tal band ex pansio ns. the frequency ranges
where they appear have ex panded e ve n more :
1723518780 = 3 x 57456260
1870020000= 2 x 935010000
1900020400 = 4 x 475051 00
2130022710 = 3 x 71007570
2298025040 = 4 x 57456260
231 0024320 = 2 x 11 55012160
2375025500 = 5 x 47505100

2716027690= 2 x 1358013845
2805030000 = 3 x 935010000
2840030280 = 4 x 71007570
2850030600 = 6 x 47505100
2872531300 = 5 x 57456260
3002031490= 2 x 1501 015745

These arc the mos t likely "harmonic bun d-," hut even 3 f\1111.
stations co uld appt,.'a r. You co uld ext en d the l i ~ t lo wer and (i f y(llIr
receiver goes above 3 1 Mil l.) eve n h igher. NOIC bow man y o r the
hands over lap. so if yo u hear a suspic io us broudcustcr 011 a ce rtain
frequen cy. it migh t ha ve two or three possible fundament als. Fifth
ami sixth harmoni cs imp ossible" No t at a l!: du ring previous so lar
peak s we heard a fe w from I .arin Am erican tropi cal hand station s.
Poo rly engi neered sma ll pr ivate slat ions Illay put o ut vign ifican t
watta ge 011 ha rmonics: hut we ll engine ere d majo r bmadcu sters with
hundreds of kil owatt s may also put OU I ut least a few walls O il
harmon ics and still be within spec.
Rem ember that harmo nics must he precise integral multiple s of
the fundame ntal freque ncies. and take cure nOI to co nfuse the
increasingly com mon recei ver o verl oud for genui nel y pro paga ted
harm on ics. In man y cases the fundamental itse lf may not he audible
due to interfe re ucc or Iin thc daytime ) because it' s be low the lowest
usabl e short wave freque ncy.

Siflgapore- M Francis]. HCJBlodged aformal application was lodged with the

ALBANIA RadiO Tirana gives their schedule atthestartof their 0045 broadcast. but
authorities in Canberra last August. In the mean trme. the property is being
use s Central European Time. which they mention at the end! So all timesneed
devel oped as aworkinq farm. which in turn will help fund the broadcastingand
to adjusted two hours lor UT. 1didhear Albania onenight on6115 at0130. But
other missionary activities in northern Australia. The project has the personal
then on6220 and 7160 01300200. with 6115 and 7160 used 00450100. But
support of WA Premier Richard Court. and other Ch ristian politicians. (Matt
that's not theendofit. They were on 7100instead of 7160at0045 and0130 one
Francis, Electronic OX Press) See also ECUADOR
night. Back on7160 twonights later (Ivan Grishin ,Ont., Re vievr OfInternational
Broadcasting) Measured on 6220.35 at0130 (Brian Alexand er. PA. ibid.)
Th e suspended R. Australia Cox Peninsula tacilitv is being kept in tip-top
condition by askeleton staff (Mike Bird. R. Netherlands Media Net\'lork) About
ANGOLA On the eve at April 2. Radio VORGAN (a Voz Ida] Hesistencla do Gala
Negro) broadcast its last transmission - an extended program to mark the
$12 million was spent on upgrading the transmitters' computer systems.
Restori ng RA's access to at least two of the Darwin transmitters wou ld cost
occasion and offer hope that the recent political developments in Angola will
barely 53million ayea r, just 52 million more Ulan it costs to broadcast nothing
bring an end tothetwo-decade -old civil war. VORGAN VIas originally scheduled
( fi leAge. Melbourne. via Dick Speekman. BC- OX)
to sign off on Feb 28 as pa rt of the UN-brokered Lusaka Protocol peace
agreement: however. negotiations degenerated into contmued violence and the
BULGARIA R, Bulgaria's new 9485 to NAm in English at2300and 0200ought to be
good. but whenever I check it's badly bothered by a reca lcitrant ute on this
date waspushed back to Mar30.
increasingly broadcast-only band . Must use //11720 instead (gh. OK )
On April 1, the UNI TA representative to the Joint Com mission which is
CANADA eBC and RC I startedanewFriday-fillerinthelast half hourof As ItHappens.
ove rseeing the Lusaka Protocol being put into practice. Isaias Samaku va .
Fri 2330 on5960. 9755 and 13670 - C'est 1.1 vieabo ut Francophone Canada
announcedto reporters in Luandathatthe stanonwouto sign offlater thatnight.
for Anglophones . Insteadof partof yesterday's As It Happensand ThisMorning,
His announcement was later confirmed byananonymous sourcewithin BBCM
as wellas UNITA members in Washington who were contacted by CRr.
RC I started carrying thefirst 2/3 of TIlls Morning live weekdays 1205-1400 on
Now that VORGAN is gone. the question remains as to where the four
9640.11855.13650. including Mondays Instea d 01sports. comedy (gh)
"containers" Clandestine Radio Inte/discovered we rebeing usedfor broadcasts
[non] R. ASia Canada. Tamil to Sri Lanka t 400t 500 at 14001500on 15510
will go. Unless thegovernment in Luandademands posessionof thefacilities to
ex-12005. 250 kW. 140 c from Samara. Russia(Klaus Lieberwirth. Be-OX)
CHILE Voz Cnstiaua was suent for a month. but resumedtesting in ea rly April on
ensure compliance, the equi pment could conceivab ly end up in former UNITA
camps in Zambia or Congo (Nick Grace. Clandestine Radio Inte/via DSWCI OX
21550. ex-21551 (gh) Finally got license from the governm ent (AndrewFlynn ,
Wmdol'/)
VC via cvmore OX) StudIOSare in Miami (HCJ8 OX P,1fty/ine)
COLOMBIA Th e unidentified parish broad caster on 6201 heard last Aug Sept and
AUSTRALIA HCJ8 News of Autumn '98provided the following updateondevelopFeb around 23002430 has been located. in the haml et of Tatetanes. near
mentsat the property owned by HCJBat Kun unurra in the Kimberleyregion in
Granada.Antloquta. Eld erly priest told meit was a"very tiny operation" (though
Western Australia. which is be ing developed asa possible "major national and
heard 111 USA), 1101'1 withaburn ed -out6KD6 tube. It does not giveany JD on the
international broadcasting facility." Acco rding to the article. HCJ8 has been
air. Tho ugh others like it use 1550. this one is not a harmonic (Henrik Klemetz .
maintaining close contact with the West Australian government and local
NU via Radio NuevoMundo)
authorities, as well as working closely with the federal government and key
reg ulatory bodies.
COSTA R/CA RF PI reactivate<l21465 onAM and 15050 onUSB withnew antennas
mounted atophigher towers. withmuch stron"We have found there's a policy vacuum in
gersignals in the daytime on21,and 24h on
terms of shortwavebroadcastingfromAustra,HI tim es UTe; A ll frequ encies k /Jz: '" Ini on ' 111' =: s ,):11
15. Planned to use30kWon 15050 daytime.
lia- only Radi oAustralia has that privileg eat
OIl, * after hr = sigll off; II = parallel programming,'
6980-AM at nigh t. and lower power USB 011
present, " HCJS's Au stralian Director David
7385.Then HCJBstartedinterferingon21470
Maindonald sai d. I The same policy vacuum + ;;; continuing but not monitored; 2 x freq = Znd
harmonic; J-98=May-.\'cpt ; Z98=Summer season; wfrom 1815, and refused 10 move, even to
which sees Darwin'stransmittersslowlymoui2t 475 (gh)
98=Will1er season; {tum] = Broadcast 10or f or th e listed
dingaway insub-tropical humidity wllileinterCROATIA Zag rebhas their 5 minu teEnghsh news
national broadcasters sign up for airtime at
country, hut not necessarily originating there.

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at0100. 0200 and0300on 9925 (ASpa nish news bulletin is onat 0000). I also
heard them at 0700 on 13830. but very weak (Ivan Grishin. Ont.. Review Of
Internati onal Broadcasting)
CZECH REPUBLIC R. Prag ue comes in wen on 17485 aI 1600-1630. a suitable
replace ment for the 1300 (ex1400) Eng lish on 13580 which no longer is to
NAm (Ivan Grishin, Ont., ReviewOf International Broadcasting)
DOOfCANESEISLANDS VOA Rhodes SW relaywill beclosed downthis sum mer,
perhaps inJuly. butthe MW 1260 willcontinue. SW sked till then is:0400-0600
on 5965. 9865: 17002100 on 6040. 7105: 2100-2200 Enqlish on 6040 kHz
(VOA Communications World)
ECUADOR As anadditional servicefor listenersinthemiddleofthe US.HCJBisnow
offering English programming on 15295 kH z with an antenna aimed more or
less right in the directionat Enid. OK. at anazi muth of 339 degrees from Pifo.
Ecuador. Althoughthiswon't beabig budget ope ration(around 35kWora lill ie
better), you should be ableto hear something between 0000to 0700 hrs UTC.
English to NAm works asfollows: the 31 meter re lease is to run al 250 kW
from0000 to 0130.and thentoswitch ove r to 100kW onthesam eantennaand
heading until0400 - thisgivesalittlemorepower forthe beginningpart of the
eastern NAm English release that typica lly gets a lot of competiti on from the
European broadcasters during the early evening. At 0400. the English then
switches to the curtain antenna traditionally used for western NAm (at 325
degrees) and that continues to run until 0700 as before. (Dave Lewis. HCJB
freque ncymanager)
Interview with John Beck. Station Manager, HCJB.reports Pifo transmitter
siteisfacingclosurebecause it is inflightpathof proposed new airport.l t is not
known when . orif.constructionofthenew airport nea r Pifo willtake place. May
beinnext coupleof years or in 15-20years' time . Is80%certain that thepresent
government will not build newairport but it is not known whether the new
government will proceed with the project. Elections are to be held in August
1998. HCJB areexami ning option s: looking at6-7properties in Ec uadorwhere
a new sitecould be located. They are looking to expa nd theUKrelaysthat have
been successful. This ofcoursewou ld have implications for any new Ecuadoriansite(OX Parfylinevia Mick Og rizek , Electronic OX Press) See alsoAUSTRA-

LIA
GREECE[non] V. of Greece relays via VOAUSAsites for Z-98turned outto Include
17705 and 17765 at 1800-2200. starting with English news at local-like level:
and11730at 1200-1 350.,,ithEnglIShat 1335:0600-08000n9755.0900-0950
on 9775 (John Babbis and gh)
INOONES/AVOI. EnglISh at 2000-21 00 has a good Signal on 15150. unfortunately
blocked by RC I unless it moves (Jay Novello. NC)
IRANIT/8ET [non] Two cla ndestines esta blished websitesin
mid-March. showing great similarities in design. One of
them. Democratic VOice of Iran. has links to two groups
that have rece ived CIA funding: Flag of Freedom MoveII
ment.andtheConstitutionalistMovement of Iran. Whethe r
'j ,
or not theCIA is behindthis and theTibetan clandestine's
VOICE OF
sites is unknown (Clandestine Radio Wale/I) Th e sites for
boththeDemocratic Voice of Iranand Voi ceof Tibet. hltp:/
.
/www.dvi.organd hllp://www.vot.orgare hosted on the
same internet server. The request.net ISP listed the Host. Master as: Internet
Business Services. Millersville. MD (Pete Costello. Review of International
Broadcasting)
/RAORII. Bag hdad.hasbeen runrnnq Eng lishvery unreliablyat approximately 2100
and 0300 on t 1785 (Bryan Alexander. PAl
[non ] Rep . 01 Iraq Radio , V. of the Iraqi Peop le. clandestine not to be
confused withtheofficial station. supports western policies toward Iraq and is
believed to broadcast from Sa'udi Arabia: 1300-2400 daily on 9568. 9563 in
Arabic with some items in Kurdish. Turkmen (BBCM)
ISRAEL Further confirmationthatanli-lranian clandestmeV.ofSouthernAzerbaijan
is transmitted from here: a mixing product on 21425 in the 15m hamband was
heard with VOSA and Israeli audio logelher: it comes from VOSA's intended
frequency 13645 andIsrael's 17535. which are exactly the same sepa ration in
kHz (Uli Bihlmayer and Wolfgang Buscnel, Ge rma ny)
JAPAN [non] Besides R. Japan's new 11 705 via Canada at 0000-0100. Englishis
also via Ascensionto Africaon9665. andwould bequitegood hereif it were not
for V. 01Russia co-channel in Spanish. R. Japan is alsoshowingagain onthe
13 and 16 meter bands direct after 0100 (gil, OK )
LITHUANIA [non] lnformalion Ne ede d On Ex -USSR Jammers: Nov 30. 1998. will
mark the 10lh anniversary since former Soviet Union stopped jamming of
Western radi o broadcasts. Rimantas Pleikys. Lithuanian Minister of Telecommunications and lnronnatics, iswritinga booklet forthatoccasion. Theboo klet
would containareviewol thehistory ofjamming. itstechniquesetc.Thebooklet
will be published in English.
Hewould appreciate any information. material (suchas newspaper stones) .

TIBET

pictures. or possible staff contacts . especially for jammers with 10 signals 1D,
tG. 4F. 4N. 7K. 7M. 8A. 8L.
Please email any information 10 Rimanlas Pleikys or Sigitas Zilionis Address: P.d. 995. lT- 2300 Vilnius, lithuania. E-mail: dx@is.lt Phone: +3709927611 Fax: ,3 70-2227454 (fromSigitas Zilionis ' webpage)
MA OAGASCA R Adventist World Radio is now relayed bya7.5kWtransmiUerat the
RN re lay siteon4960. to bereplaced by25 kW(Adrian Peterso n. AWR)Actually
on3215.including at0300 when WWCR is on (Mahend ra Vaghjee. Mauritius}
skeo is 0230-0330. 15301600. 17001730 (AWR we bsite) AWR also using
SENTECH. South Africa (Peterson)
MALAW/ MBC's maintransmitter, a 50kW Harris. is broken down. souses a10 kW
Gates: 0300-0800 and 1300-2200 on 3380: 0800-1300 on5995. No longer on
7130. but parts to fix main transmitter have been ordered (Joseph Dhlkaqwa.
MBCOi L of Engineering via Hans Johnson, Gumbre DX)
NEW ZEALAND On the fate of RNZI. current funding is going to run out in June
(Adrian Sa insbury. RNZI MailboxApril 13 at 11 30) As you are aware. RNZI has
been under review. Some of thequestions which arebeingaddressed concern
whether shortwave is still a viable broadcasting option given the growi ng
importance intheregionof othermedia such astelevision,and the fact thatthe
majority of listeners in the South Pacific (RNZl's target audience) hear RNZI
throughrelayed services over local stations. Thereview hasalso lookedatsome
of the technical requirements necessary to maintain an international service...
I expect a decision on the future of RNZI to be made shortly (RI. Hon. Don
McKinnon, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade in aMarch reply to Bill Smith,
TX)
RNZI sked tramMay untilSept 7it it s1ll1exists: 1650 on6145.1850 on9875.
1951 on 11 735.2150 M-F only on 15115. 0459 on 9875. 08151206 on6100.
1206-1 650 occasional on 61 00. Changeover times vary on weekends (Uwe
Vo lk. Be-OX)
PHILIPPINES FEBC Manila has changed thesked to S.E.Asia. English can now be
heard at 0000-0200 (ex 0100-0200) on 15450. t300-1500 (ex 14001600) on
11 995 (AI ok Dasg upta. India. DSWCI OX Window)
RUSSIA Amu r Radio. Blagoveshchensk.in Russianope rates on6060at1900-1 700
including R. Russia relays. and local program mes (BBCM)
SA /PAN If you heara lengthy Russian service called R. Tserkov, it's KFBS' "Radio
Chu rch" at 0900-1400 on 11650. 1400-1 900 on 9465:add ress is P.O. Box 105.
Moscow 121 019(Andreas Er be, Germany, BC-DX)
SINGAPORE AllEnglish tran smissions onHFnowheardon6150 at22001600. ex6155/6160 , witheffect from Z98 schedules change. Eve ning Rad io Singapo re
International at1100-1400 esca pes theAmericanfrying-panofVOAonadjace nt
6160.but fallsintotheCanad ian fireofco-channel RC Ion6150viaKo rea/Japan .
Serious problems with many transmissionsfrom the BBC/Merlin site at Kranji
from 24 March until the Z98 schedule change, many freqs off and numerous
switchinq errors.Somewhatimproved since then,though Swiss Radio International transmitted on BBGfreqs6195 and 9740. One wonders whether engineering workhad been taking place given the increasing number of broadcasters
using this relay faci lity? (Alan Davies, UK. temporarily in Miri, Sarawak,
Malaysia. via Wo lfgang BUschel)
SUDAN [non] The Voice of Sudan. based in Asmara, Eritrea, has opened a OXfriendly webpage as welt as an E-mail add ress for reception reports. In
Dece mber 1997, I was given the telephone number for the studiosand after
calling. was told the mailing address. I just got in touch with an ove rseas
representative and received an E-mail aSL(perhapsthefirst Internet confirmationof agrayclandesti ne) alongwiththismessage: "I havebeen in contact with
thepeople whoare runningthisstation, they sendtoyouthei rwarmestgreetings
and fhankyouforeverythingyouhave done, they receivedyour letter.weagreed
to send theconfirmationof receptionfromhere (London)and I will dedicatean
E-mail for thissudanvoice@umma.org please update theaddresses in your
slle." I strongly encourage DXers to write to theVoiceof Sudan via E-mail and

DX Listening Digest
More broadcasting information by country compiled
by Glenn Hauser

Review of International Broadcasting

SW Program mi ng, opin ion, equipment, satellite monitoring .
Samples 52.50 each (outside North America US $3 or 6 IRes)
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the Global Forum (continued)

thank them for providing this unique service. Reception reports can also be
mailed to the NDA Secretary Genera l (Europe): 16 Came ret Cou rt. lorne
Gardens, London W11 4XX, UK The new sile is located at: http://
www.geocities.com/Ca pltolHiII/Senate/2884/nda/sudanvoice.himI (Nic k
Grace, ClandestineRadio Inte/lWatch via Cumbre OX)
SURINAM Allhough R. Apintie , 4990, now has 1 kW thanks10 alinear amplifier on
its 50-watttransmitter, instead of 350watts, and anew s-eiernerulog-periodic
anten na, this may bewhy we don 't hear them somuch any more: it is aimed to
the south. Sc hedule is '0730-0400' (Hans Johnson, Cumbre OX)
SWITZERLAND [and non] Remember whe n the Swiss Shortwave Service had a
morning broadcast to NAm at 131 5? Now Quite by chance a couple of
transmissions toelsewheregive usgood reception. The new Singapore relay at
1100-1200on981 isbeamed 25degrees ,whichalso favors NAm, justassome
BBC broadcasts do. In fact, this azimuth crosses NAm: Nome-WhitehorseCa lgary-Rap idCity-rightonEnid!-Lake Cha rles. NowonderIhear it well.Andthe
hour at 1400 on 15265 comes in surprisingly we ll asit is direct from Sottens,
Switzerland, 500 kW at 80 degrees. At this time the only II is 9575 from
Singapore, but beamed due north and the two were abo ut equal. 9575 lags
almost2 seconds behind 15265, indicating a many-hop satellitefeed (gh, OK)
[non] tn cooperation with SRI we have a special report on the history and
closure of Schwarzenburg on our
RealAudio site,hosted bytheTwoBobs.
Bob Thomann and Bob Zanotti, re porting from the station on the last few
hou rs of operation. Bob Thomann formerlyworkedtorthestationitself, back
.
in 1954,whileBob Zanotti is still workingas ajournalist for SRI 'sEnglishservice. In the farewell you willhear the main
reasons behind the closure of the station; available at http://home .nexus.org/
IRN/ (European server) and htlp://Www_nexus.orgnRN/ (USA server) (Allredo
Cotroneo , IRRS)
SYRIA 12085, Rad ioDamascusvery good asof latefortheir English service at2000.
Lots of newsaboutSyriaintheir openingnewscast(HansJohnson, Flo Cumbre
OX) Alsoon 13610 (Ma hendra Vaghjee, Maurilius)
THAILAND R. Thailand's Englishto NAm viaVOA Udornare nowon 15395 at 0030
and 0300 (BBCM)
TIBET [non ) V. of Tibet. nowa11225-1255 on 15605, 0000-0030 on 9380, thanks
10 lip trom Victo r Goonelilleke (Alok Dasqupta. India, DSWCI OX Windmlj See
also IRAN [non]
TURKEYVOT Z-98 Englishheard here: 1830-1 920 on 11765-USB; 2200-2250 and
0300-0350 on9655. Turkishto NAm includeslois of greal music, 0700-2100
9460,2100-07009445,2200-0400 11885. Untortunately, 11885 is blocked by
VOA-Spanishat 0100 weekdays (gh, OK)
U K 0 GBAN I (and non] Merlin Network On e began a weekly Wed nesday-only
broadcast to Europe: 1700-1 900 15200, 1900-2100 15590,2100-2300 11915,
2200-01009645; and 10NAm 1900-0100 13690,2100-01 00t 1985,2200-2400
97BO. Prog rams are: 1700-1900 Radio Cstollne, 1900-2100Media Zoo; 21002300 Hard Countr;. 2300-0100Rock Radio Network. Il islened 10 Media Zooal
1900-21 00 on 13690 10 NAm; //15590 10 Europe, if on, was buried by KTBN
which I sho uld think would havebeen a problem in Eu . too. The live show was
asusual extreme ly informal, withonlyoccasionaladsforsuch asvisit-Calgarythis-summer. Afte r Independent Radio News caps ule at1900. same asused by
Sunrise Radio, Media Zoo opened with quick worldwide weather info. Rathe r
provincial for a show with such ambition: broadcast job openings in the UK,
discussionofDAB inthe UK, satel liteprogram ming.etc.BTW,afler2 100. 11 915
came on. and it was 2-4 words ahead of 13690, indicating a multiple-hop
satellitedelay on13690--sowhereis itfrom?? It'sabout timeMerlingave usthe
full info on transmitter sites ! Also heard some R. Carolinein the 1700- 1900
pe riod on 15200 for Europe : good here at first, but fading toward theend (gh,
OK)
BBC an Air for April had some interesting new frequency info. 12095is now
from Ascensionat 2000-0200, replacing 11750. 9895 is listed fromaUSAsite
at 1300-1600, but not heard. WYFR relay has moved back to 11 865 again this
summe r at 1300-1600. 5965 is shown as Antiguaat 1200, but is really still
Canada. Falklands service TueandFri onlyat2 130-2145isshownon 11860but
is really still 11680 direct from UK. 151 90 at 0900 is shown asAntigua, but is
really still Asce nsion, according to monitoring and separate BBC frequency
schedules viaWolfga ng Buschel (gh)
SunriseRadio,aBritishcommercial station forthe Asiancommunity. mixing
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decided to keep 5850all day and even ingprimarily for cove rage of Britain (gh)
Starts at '0556 (Elsebuch, Germany, hard-core-dx)
US A Here is an example of the Internet
killing astation before it eve r gotonthe
air.Asyoumayrecall, KGE Isoldits250
kW transmitter toCalvary Chape l afew
years ago. The chapel has ove r 1,000
independent and non-denominational
bra nches in theUSA. Whe n thechapel
Use lhe
purchased the KG EI transmitter, they
moved it toTwin Falls. Idaho. The plan
wastoput it ontheair. butthey realized
lhat thiswould be quiteabigundertakingandthat the electrical billswould be
huge. The rise of Real Audio on the
Internet alsomad e them see that they
could distribute their programs via the Net and then have lower-powered
stations re broadcast them. They decided to forego sho rtwave and use Real
Audio instead. The transmitter is instorage in Twin Falls, butthe chapel has no
plans to putit ontheair. They are trying to sell it toareligious organization that
might set upthe transmitter in Alaska (not KNLS) . From there the new station
would carry programs to the CIS, China. and Asia. The chapel wou ld sell the
transmitter, but the new buyer would air some Calvary Chapel programm ing.
They did stress that this was hardly a don e deal and that any new station was
probably acoup leofyears away from being on theair. All this per Mike Kestler,
Vice President of theCalvary SatelliteNetwork (Hans Johnson. Cumbre OX)
On Ap ril 13,Charles JoseyotWWBS, MaconGA, laidme Ihatthe powerhad been
hookedup.They are aware of theGRM on11910,suchasHungary before0100,
Vatican afterwards, and may prefer to use 11905, butat themoment 11 910is
the only frequency autho rized by the FCCfor them to test (George Thurman,
Review Of International Broadcasting)
WGTGis going hightech! E-mail is wgtg @ellijay.comOurnew transmitter
is hummingalong in finalasse mbly andtest. Rewiring studio to accommodate
two program lines. Secon d transmitter may be under different call letters,
whatever thegroupwho might lease would like. We are planningtransmitters
3 and 4 in the near future also, additional antennas, perhaps a curta in (David
Frantz. WGTG , World of Radio) And I have sel upa webpage tor them: hl1p:/1
www .wglg.com(Tom Sundstrom. NJ)
WBCO , Maine, has bought an XP5003 log-yagi anlenna and 60' lower, 3band rotatab leon 7, 9. 13 MHz, 14dBi gain.Antenna can belowered to ground
byone personin one minuteif necessaryfor repairs (J. L. Gorski & Associates)
R. Democracyfor Africa isasurprise new service announcedbyPres. Clinton
while visiting Botswa na. It's part of VOA and some language services we reto
start as early asMay (gh) Clintonand Cong ress have approved a R. FreeIran to
start in Sept., probably originating in London: Prague andWashington feared
terrorism (APvia Dave Alpert)
Afterourproddin g,VOA Communications World. Sat 1230-1 300onGree nville
7768.5, swilched lrom USB to LSB because ot Ch ina AM on 7770; and the
following wee k tried both USB and LSB, but carrier still reduced. Using both
sidebands reduces the amount of powertransmitted on either (gh. OK)
UZBEKISTAN 15295, Radio Tashkent. 1220-1 228' Local wailing Pop mu sic, then
male and femaleannounce rs togetherin English and alternatingwith music: a
long "hard sell" request (pleal ) for advertisers and adve rtisements givingtheir
phone and fax numbers along withtheir mailingaddress. Ver; interesting!They
sound desperate . S/oft abruptly without warning at 1228 (Dave Valko, PA,
Cumbre OX)
VIETNAM VietnamNews Agency, press radioteletype, daily, F1B. 50 baudto Eu/As:
051 5-0530 french, 0535-0630 English on XVN3B 1B264 and XVN36 15744;
1200-1 245 french, 1245-1500 English on XVN37 10600 and XVN26 9330.
Times vary slightly (BBCM)
[non] VOV relay viaRuss iaback on7250 for Z-98, English at 0100and 0230
(Ivan Gnshfn. Onl. ) Viel at 0130. Laotian at 0200 10 NAm ! (BBCM)
ZAMBIA If you want to get the Quickest aSl of all timeplease clickthe home page
ofCh ristian Voice: htlp://Www .chrislian-visiDn .DrgN iatheaSl -linkon theleft
you willfindthereaprepared us t-torrnretter. Fill inall requ ired fields andpress
for certificate. That's all. A remarkable way of aSLing! (Michael Schnitzer,
DSWCI OX Window) Er, does anyone at thestation verify the accuracy before
you get thecertiflcate?(gh)
Untilthe Next, Best of OX and 73 deGlenn'

net.

Broadcast Loggings
Gayle Van Hom
00 00 UTe on 501 2
DOM INICA N REP:Radio Cristallnll. Spanish. Latin Jazz musi c prog ram to

JD. Good signal, no DRM interferences. (Dale Fisher, Cleveland . OH)

Audibl e 2200-0 100 .(Rich ard J . Lafount ain . Pauldi ng, OH )
00 31 UTe on 7305
TAJIKST AN: Radio Netherlands rela y . English to Asia, fair signa l to cochannel Vati ca n Radio D RM, imp rovi ng by 0 100 . (Lee Snvi, Mentor. O H)

Radio Neth erla nds Bon ai re relay 11660 at 0035. (William McGuire,
Cheve rly, MO)
004 2 UTe on 965 0
GU INEA: RDTV Nationals . French . Highlife mu sic to guita r interval signal.
Sign-o n 10, retu rn to music segment at 005 1, tent ative on 1/15310. (Bill
Harm s. MDI Hard Core DX)
00 43 UTe on 4824 .4
PERU: La Voz de la Selva . Span ish. Flute music to fema le anno unce r.
Borne, Neth erian dsl HCDX)Peru's
Station 10 , SINPO=24 342. (Mark
Radio Horlzonte 2320-2345 on 50 18.7 (Micha el Sch nitzer, Germ any/
HCD X) Radio An d lna 95 8-1030 on 4995.58, poo r aud io . (AI Quag lieri,
Alban y, NY)
0050 UTC on 2390
GUATEMALA: La Voz de Atill an . Spanish. SI0=322. mixing w ith Mexico.
Classical flute mu sic to 0 102' . Guatemala's Radio Co at an 1145 on4779 .8;
Rad io Buenas Nuev as 0020 on 4779 .8 ; Radio Tezulutlan 1220 on 4835.
(Harold Frodge, Midland , MI ) Rad i o Cultural 1100-1 30 0 on 4779 .725.
(Tom Roach, G rass Valley , CAl Un ion Radio reactivat ed 5981 .4 at 1115.
(Hans John son , CO/ Cumbre DX)
0125 UTC on 5ITO
NICARAGUA: Radio Misku!. Span ish. Reggae music from Bob Marley .
Station 10 and mentions of Pu ert o Cabezas, bette r in USB mode . Monitore d
past 0200, the ir usual sig n-off time. (Renata Bruni , Ferrara, Italy/ Gatt/asM
0203 UTC on 487 4.98
BRAZ IL: Radio Roraima. Po rtuguese chat to talk of Rorai ma, Boa Vista .
Canned ads to Braz pops. (Giovanni Serra, Rome, Italy/The Four Winds)
021 4 UTC on 49 39.46
V EN EZU ELA : Radio Amazo nas. Spanish . Disco music to ballads. DJ's talk
and can ned promos to slogans.Stalion ID, "esta es Radio Amazonas."
(Serra, ItalylTF V\?
0230 UTC on 15 485
PAK ISTAN : Radio Paki stan. Sign on ant hem to 10 . Slow spe ed news 10
statio n 10 . (V irg il Carlson, Kirkla nd, MD)5055 at 1430 wi th Koran readings.
(Steve Martin, CNCumbre OX)
0245 UTC on 4924
BOLIVIA: Radio San Mig uel. Spanish prog ramming of region al mu sic and
talk, 0300 10. (Enrique Alejandro Wembaghe r, Buenos Aires , A rgenti na)
Station's reli giou s text heard 10 16. (Harold Frodge, Midland , MI)
0248 UTC on 482 0
BOT SWANA : Radio Botswana. Barnyard interva l signal to 0300 . Sign-on
national anthe m an d opening anno uncements in ve rnacu la r language.
Frequency quote for 90, 60 , 4 1 and 3 1 me te r bands . Good to very good
signal. (Wa lle r Salmanlw. Victoria BC Ca nada ; Roac h, CA)
0310 UTC on 5075
COLOMB IA: Ca raco l. Spanish. Statio n 10, even ing region al announcemen ts and time check. (Wemb agher, ARG)
050 5 UTC on 96 75
SOUTH AFRI CA: Cha nne l Afr ica . English new s bullet in, stali on IDs an d
Dat elin e A frica program . Co -c hanne l interfe rence from RAI. (Sal man iw,
CAN)
0518 UTC on 5470
LIBERI A: Radio v erites. Re ligious text in ve rnacu lars, Engiish 0528 with IDs
and pro gram preview. Cock crow sig nal 0530 int o English news . (Q uag lie ri,
NY; Jo hnson, CO)
0615 UTC o n 15120
NIGERI A : Vo ice of. National tour ism segment to prog ram pre view. Dr um
sig nal and lim e check . Station IO ta newscast . (Klaus Elsebusch, Marienthal,
Ge rma ny/HCDX) Monitored 1037-1055 on 15 120. (Veldhuis/ NLD/H CDX;
Frodge, MI; McGuire,MD)
0808 UTC on 50 20
SOLOMON ISLA NDS: SIBC . Pidg in Engli sh news and time check as "seven
o'clock." News for the Ca tholi c chu rch an d program ab out Bougainvi1le at
0811. (Salmaniw , CAN)
09 07 UTe on 6185
MEX ICO : Radio Educacion. English tourism show on G uada lajara . Spa nish/ Eng lish 10 into Spanish segment. (Quaglie ri, NY)
0929 UTe on 9725
BRAZI L: Rad io Clube Pa ranaen se. Portuguese. Rarely hea rd station in the
South Pacific. Also noted rare Brazilian's Radio Rec or d 9505 , Rad io
Gazeta 96 85 . (Paul Ormandy, New Zealand , HCDX)

vetonue.

093 1 UT C on 59 49.42
GUYANA : GBC . Od d subcontine ntal /tropica l mus ic to 10. Brief spee ch on
wo man 's equ ality , back to music, co ver ed by WY FR '0955. (Quaglieri,
NY)
1155 UTC on 487 4.506
C HINA: Voi ce of Jinlin g. Dom estic service in Chinese. Time signal ton es
to announcer 's 10 in region al langu ag e for newscast . Ch in a Radi o In ti
4883.009 at 1300-1400. (R oac h, CA )
1223 UTC on 7 130
TAIWAN : Taipei Radio Inti . Feature s on Taiwanese cult ure to JD 1227.
Chinese mus ic to Reflecti on s folk story segment. (Frodge, MI)
123 0 UTC on 11650
SW EDEN: Rad io Swed en . English serv ice to North Ameri ca for In Touch
With St ockholm program . (Michae l C. McCa rty , Gall owa y, OH)
1243 UTC o n 13625
FRE NCH GU IANA: Radio France Inti relay . Club9516p rogram hosted by
David Page, //relay 17575 fair. (McCarty , OH) RFO G uya ne 2356-0020 0n
5055. (Silvi , OH)
1303 UTC on 13680
BELGIUM : Radio Vlaanderen lnll . Bru ss els Calling show including IDs,
wea the r report , gove rneme nt new s and item on Iraq's sho rtwave station
including freque ncy schedule . (McCarty, OH)
135 0 UT e on 150 20
INDIA: AIR (Delhi). Reg ional language to sita r mu sic . AIR (Ba nga lore)
1800-1940 on 11620//1 3760 . (Silvi , OH ; Jerry Monroe/HCDX)
1410 UTC o n 6937
CH INA : Yunnan PBS . Instrumental Chi nese music. Lady anno unce r w ith
titles, jammer fo r ten min ute s on frequency. (Zacharias, Thessoliniki,
Greece/HCDX)
1718 UT C on 497 6
UGA NDA : Radio Uganda. English programming of news and chat.
(F rancesco Clemente, Udine , It a ly/ Ga tflash.~
1826 UTC on 4775
GABON: RTV Gab onaise. French musi c and ann ouncers. Signa l is
unde rmodulated with carri er C AM . (Ua ngas, GAC ) 2246-2309 on 4n7.
(Si lvi,OH)
1850 UTC on 6285
GEORG IA : Voice of Hop e. Fair -good sign al qu ality wi th religious programming . (Orm and y, NZ)
1903 UTC on 39 05
INDON ESIA : (Irian Ja ya) RRIM erauk e. Indonesian programming including region al music and notes from mal e announc er. Indo's RRI Ja m b i
(Sumate ra) noted on 4925 at 23 37. (Franc esco Clemente, Udine, Italy/
Radio OX Nef) RRI-J akart a (Ja va) 1655 on 15150 . (Carlson, WA)
1935 UT C on 15476
ANTARTICA : LRA36Radio Nacional. Female OJ wit h Span ish chat and
tango mu sic bridges to text. Surging signal pas t 1950 . (O rma ndy , NZ)
200 0 UTC o n 7 170
S ENEGA L: RTV Du Seneg al. French new s and comments to OJ's phone
chat w ith Iisten ers.(Wem bagher, ARG)
2045 UTC on 11830
BRAZIl: Radio An hanguera. Portug uese service with talk, IDs and Braze
pops . Brazil' s Radio Brasil Cen t ral on 11815 at 2 107; Radio Gaucha o n
1191 5 at 2 114. (Alessandro Bertog lio , Torino , I la ly/ Ga tfla sh.~
2101 UTC on 1177 5
ANGU ILLA: Caribbea n Beacon . Dr . Sco tt's religious prog rammi ng including pop/rock music breaks.(Pierlu igi Ca tligaro , Udine, Ita ly/ Radio DX Nef}
213 0 UTC o n 11735
URUG UAY : Radio Orie nta l. Spani Sh/ Portug uese. Uru guayan fo lklore
songs to 2200 10 , "orienta l la radio mundia .1. Spo rts news to RAI Italy
segment 22 10-22 14 , Por tugu ese to 22 17 . (Sc hnitze r, Germany/
HCDX)Special broadcast of Uruguay's CXA42, Eml sora C lu dad de
Mo ntevideo on 9650 to 0400. (Horacio A. Nigro, Montevideo , URG)
2304 UTe on 50 47
TOGO : Rad io Tc qotais e. Mostl y American pop/r ock tunes from French OJ
also lDing as Radi o Lome . (Silvi. OH)
2313 UT C on 9584 .9
BRAZ IL: Radio Gle be. Portugue se. Sp orts program, sound effects to
jingle with 10. Brazil' s Radio Cultura at 23 20 -2345 on 9615. (Veldh uis,
NL D)
23 15 UTC o n 493 0.6
HO NDUR AS: Radio Internaciona!. Very good signal despi te QRM from
CW and Rny stati on s. Tangos to ID/commercials. SINPO=43343.
(Veldhuis, NLD) HR MI audible 5890 at 2305 . (Frodge , Ml )

Thanks 10 our contributors - Haw: )'011 sent in YOUR logs ?

Send to Gayle Van Horn. c/o Monitoring Times (or e-mail gvyle@grme.tlet)
English broadcast unless otherwise noted.

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1998

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The QSL Report

GayleVan Hom, gayfe@grave.net

DXing the Underground

Delving into clandes tine
(guerrilla !broade n..ting unvci Is
1 spectrum full of intrigue and
mystery. The se broadcasts are
:....-_
generally politically motivated
.---""'
and anti-governme nt - what.......--ever target that may he . Th e 111()St
active broadcasters these day s remain in the Midd le East. T imes and freq ue nc ies for
"cla nnics" arc very subject to change . and some may usc
more than one transmitter at a time. JUTcol umnis t George Zelle r
maintain s an excelle nt so urce of cu rre nt updates in his monthl y
col umn. Oll1a Limits.
Clandestine Radio Watch is a biweekly report which centrali/ es the late st news and developm ent s affecting the cla ndest ine

...

C LAN DESTINE
Radio Fana. 6210 kH/.. Full data small gree n QS L card wit h ~ig ll;l lu re and
stampe d wit h ~t at i n n's local. Recei ved in 50 days via regist eredmail forone U.S.
dollar and one IRe. (Lee Silvi. Mentor. OH ) Cumhrc OX # IRO reports this
slation also 011 69010 kil l:, ve ri signer as Ham eima t 'l'cklc Huimnnot-Gencr al
Manager. 1'.0 . Box 30702. Addis Ababa . Ethiopia. - cd.
Radio Kud irat.6:!OXkl Iz. Ve rification lcu er sig ncd by Kuyodc I'a ycmi -Dir cctor

o f Con unuuicationv. NA I.IC ON . NOIL'd targer ,m:,l as Nige ria and Wt'sl Afr ica .
transmitter loc atio n not revealed "due III political and security reusons .' Pennanent QSL ~'a rds 10 follow with station stamp and seat incl uded . QSI. address: 1'.0.
BII\ 9663. London SE I 3ZD England .( Klaus Ko hler . (je rma nylllllrdClJn OX)
:\IEIHUl\IWA VE
KW KH-AM I 1.'\0 k! It.. Full data letter and hu sin ess card signed by Tract MyersProgramming Dep t. Rece ived in one year. 15 day s for ,10 AM report an d an
SASE. Station address: 63-11 We stport Ave . P.O. Bm. J I 130, Shre veport . LA
7 1IJ () 11JU. (Terry Jones. Plankinton . SI)I
\\TO p-A M 15UO kt tz. Full dat a station Q SL card unsigne d. Recei ved in ni ne
day s fur an A M report and souvenir postcard o f Maine. SIal ion ad dress: 3...IX)
Idaho Ave . NW. washington. DC 20016. (Ed Hund ley, UidJcf(lrd, M El
WP IIG -A M 162(1kil L No data SI,IIII'n QS!. folder car d un signed . Received for
,10 A :\1 re po rt and mim stamps. Stat ion ;Iddre!>sc: Maranutha M ini,t rie s Inc.. IN
Korth :-'Iain St.. Atmore. AI. 3650 2. lH ank Ho lbroo k. Tr acys Le nding. M I
I~I R'\TES

Argo,y Magil/ine, 61}5b kill USB . Full data xe roxed copy of old Argosy
magazine cIn-cr . signl'd by Edgar Rice Burrough. Received in 121 Ja) s for a
pirat e report and one U.S. dolla r. QS L malld rop : " .0 . Box 293 . Mer lin ON
Canada :-.lOP IWOo{W illi,lm R. W ilkins. Springfie ld . MO l
Frida y Radio, 11955 k il l USB . Sma ll full da ta Fri,la.\",. , RU.ft Q SL sh...el " X2,
unsigne d . Rece i'cd in 104 days for ,m Eng lish pir;ltc re po rt ,lIld thr ee mint
sclamps. QS!. 1II,lilllw p: P.O . Bo\ 2M'" 13, Pro viden....e, RI 0 290 8. ( Wi lkin'>. MO l
La, er HOI IIi" . 11955 kil l US B. Fu ll dala blue and while Q SL car d uns igned .
Small ptlscteT"i, llcca l~ and fur m leiter end nscd. Recein ' d in 92 da ys for a pi rate
rCpt1rt an d line U.S. doll ar. Rcptm Sl' nl 10 Mer lin m'lild rup. QS I. respome
ren'ivcli fwm Englan d . ( Wilkins. ~ I O )
Lou ngc Li/ an l Radio. 69 55 U I, US B. Full dat:l TOlll Jon e!> ;llId AI M;ln ino
sheets signed hy lXan Sm mJ ga rde n. Recei ved in 40 days fur ,I piral c report and
lhree minI stamps. QSL lllaildrop : P.O. Box 28"'13, PHwiden ce, RI 0 2lJOK. (Sam
Wrighl . Bilo \ i. MS)
MAR S :-'h llll:ll1a ,\ mho Rclay Se rvicc. (1)55 kH/. USB . Full dala Clinlon

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stations. CRW can be accessed online at : <h tt p://

w w w.gcod ties . comlCapeCana n~ raU2 59.t/~eo-c1a . h t m>

Pirates (free radio) transmit mus ic. fake call signs.

parod ies. and arc outrageou s! Pirates have
bee n heard on longwa vc . medium wave. FM
and TV. Most broad cast in USB or AM mode
on 3:!30 kj-lz. from 62 18 to 6950. wi th 695 5
kHz the most widely heard on wee kends and
holid ays bet wee n 1300 and 0300 UTe. Where
else in the radio spectru m would yo u hear the
likes of Bell y Hoop Rad io and the Voice of
Stupidity?'
The Assoc iation of C landesline Radio Enthu siasts (ACE) newsletter is published monthl y. For more undergro und and pirate
information. go to the ACE website at: <htt p ://w\\'wJ r n.nctla cel>
Memorial and Unabo mbcr sheets signell by Dreeble . Absurd Ta xe s editorial an d
exce rpts frum Unibombcr Mani festo includ ed. as well as produ ct label s fro m
Che f Boyard ee tort clhni. Pirate re po rt and three mint stamps 10 QSL maildrop:
Merlin. O N address, ( Harold Frod ge. Midla nd. Mil
Myster y Radio, 6955 H I I: USB Fu ll datil Beetles. Haunted House and Daydr eam
curds sig ned by The Shado w. Business card for Gi ggles-Station Ope rator en closed. Pirate report and three mi nt stamps 10 QS L maildrop: P.O . Box 146.
Stoneham. ~'IA 02 1so. tFrodgc, MI)
Radio Eclip se, 6955 kHz US B. Fu ll data QSL lcu cr and card sig ned by Sieve
\ 1;11111. Recei ved in 58 days for a pir ate report and three m ini sta mps. QSL
maildrop: Providence. RI. (C har lie Wa shburn , No rth Perry . ME )
Radio Free S peec h. 695 5 kH z USB. Full data ca rd and newslette r signed by Bill
o . Rigills. Recei ved in 26 day s for a pir ate report and three mint stamps. QSL
1lI,lilllrop: P.O. Box "'52, Well sville, NY 14895. ( Washbu rn. ME )
Ralliu Gerbi l, 695 5 H li. US B. Full dat a It Was" t Us QS L sheet un signed. Pirate
report sent to Rad io Azrecu QS L mai ldrop: P.O .Box I, Belfast . NY loon I I.
(Frodge. M ))
Radio Ncehcutchrfn. 6955 kfl l A M. Full data Rad io Nederland logo sheet signed
by Pinues Jim and Tom . Recei ved in 15 da ys for a pirate repo rt and three mi nt
~t'l m ps . Q SL maild rop: P.O . Box ..l~ , Bre men. IN "'6506. (Frod ge, MI)
Radin USA . 6955 k j-lz US B. Full data QSL leiter and info shee t unsig ned.
R...x eivcd in I ~ day s fur a pira te re po rt and three int stamps. Q SL maildrop:
Belfa st. NY ) (W ashburn. ME)
Rock It Rad io, 6955 kHz US B. Fu ll d,lla yellow logo card signed by Be nn ie

Dingo-Openator . Fonn lcn er encto....."d. Recei ved in 2'" day s for a pir.ue repo n and
Ihree mint s l a lll ~ (used o n rep ly ). QS L maildm p: P.O. Bo x 56 17. Vent ura. CA
9..l(X)5. (W ilkin!>. MO )
T,lke It Easy Radio. 6955 kH z US B. Color full da la QSL certificate signed by
Dcscpcrado-He,ld DJ. Take It Easy R,ulin pirdle flag plu s deca land !cn er . Rec ei ved
in 150 day s fur a pira lc repon and lhree mini slamps (used on re ply) . QSL
rn;lildrop : Belfasl addr ess.lanllnymo us, T X)
We Lo ve Inll:r val Signal... 6lJ55 kH i. US B. Full data la ll Mc Fllr/llll<l Attends Hi s
h I O Xp t,li tio ll shcel signed hy Charle s Po ll;.. Re....eived in "'6 Jays for a pirate
repo n and lhree- mint stamps. Q SL ma ilJmp: P.O .Bm 109, Blue Rid ge Summit,
PA 172 1.... (Anonymous. TX )
Wor ld Rad io Parod y. 6955 kHI US B. Full dala cilrd and lelle r signed by CapL
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How TO USE THE SHORTWAVE GUIDE .

1:

Convert your time to UTe.

Eastern and Pacific Times are already converted to Coordinated
Universal Time (UTe) at the top of each page. The rule is: convert
your local time to 24-hour format; add (during Daylight Savings Time)
4, 5,6,or 7 hours for Eastern , Central, Mountain or Pacific Times,
respectively.
Notethat all dates, as well as times,are in UTe; for example, a show
which might air at 0030 UTe Sunday will be heard on Saturday evening in
Amelica (8:30 pm Eastern, 5:30 pm Pacific).
2:

Choose a prog ram or station you want to hear.

Some selected programs appear on the lower half of the page for
prime listening hours-space does not permit 24-hour listings.
Occasionally program listings will be followed by "See X OO ." This
information indicates that the program is a rerun, and refers to a previous
summary of the program's content.The letter stands for a day of the week,
as indicated below, and the four digits represent a lime in UTC.

S: Sunday
M: Monday

T: Tuesday
H: Thursday A: Saturday
W: Wednesday F: Friday

3: Find the freque ncies for the program or station you

want to hear.
Look at the page which corresponds to the time you will be listening.
Comprehensive frequency informationfor Englishbroadcasts can be found
at the top half of the page. All frequencies are in kHz.
The frequency listing uses the same day codes as the program listings; if a broadcast is not daily, those day codes will appear before the

station name. Irregular broadcasts are indicated "tent" and programming

which includes languages besides English are coded 'vl" (various lan-

guages).
4: Choose the most promising frequencies for the time,
locati on and conditions.
Not all stations can be heard and none all the time on all frequencies.To help you find the most promising frequency, we've included infermation on the target area of each broadcast.Frequencies beamed toward
your area will generally be easier to hear than those beamed elsewhere,
even though the latter will often still be audible. Every frequency is followed by one of these target codes:
am:
na:
ca:
sa:
eu:
at
me:

as:
au:
pa:
va:
do:
am:

The Americas
North America
Central America
South America
Europe
Africa
Middle East

Consult the propagation charts. To further help you find the right
frequency, we've included charts at the back of this section which take
into account conditions affecting the aUdibility of shortwave broadcasts.
Simply pick out the region in which you live and find the chart for the
region in which the station you want to hear is located.The chart indicates
the optimum frequencies for a given time in UTe .

HOT NEWS . ... .

MERLIN NETWORK
ONE. One year after its
creation for the purpose of
privatizing the transmissio n
faci lities of the BBC. Merlin
Co mmunicat ions bega n a new
service for interna tional
specialist broadcasters.
Merlin's initial program lineup
of British program producers
bega n as a one-day-a-wee k
exp erime nt in ea rly April. The
8-hour schedule on Wednesdays is:
1700-1900 Radio Caroline
(e u)
1900-2 100 Media Zoo
(am/e u)
2 100 -2300 Hard Country
(arnle u)
2300-0 100 Rock Radio
Network (am/eu)
Chec k their web site for up-todate prog ram ming
<m,,~.

Asia
Australia
Pacific
various
domestic broadcast
omnidirectional

COMPILED BY JIM fRlMMIl

See the centerfo ld guide for

freque ncie s.
HEA DCRASH. Deutsche
Welle aired a co mputer
magazine progra m from Oct
93 to Oct 97. 11 reported on
new software, ha rdware
tren ds, operating systems and
ga mes , Heat/crash can now be
hear d exclu sive ly via the
Internet -cwww.dwelle.de/
eng lishlheadcr ashl
Welcome .h tmb.
RUSSIA. Having trou ble
findi ng tho se elusive freq uencies to hea r the Voice of
Russia? Aim your intern et
browser to TRS Co nsultants
web page for a listing of
what 's currently being heard
in the U.S. <www.t r sc.coml
vor_z98.h tm l>.
FRANCE. Dish Network
subsc riber s can now receive

Radio France International

(RFI) and TVS in Frenc h.
These are additional cost
serviees-$ 1.00/ month for RF
and $9.99/month for TV5.
WGTG. Another inte rnational broadcaster is now on
the web. You can find
WGTG 's co mplete schedule at
<www.wgtg.com> . The
webmas ter is Tom Sundstro m
(TRS Co nsultants). who also
keeps us current at the
WWC R web site.
WRN. The World Radio
Network report s continued
grow th with 1,000 new
listeners a wee k to their
Intern et audio serv ices.
Conseque ntly. W RN is
upg rading its on-demand
audio services and plans to
establish a mirror web site in
the U.S.

SELECTED P RO
GRAMS. This month 's
centerfold listing features the
com plete schedules of World
Harvest Radio International
(WHR IIWHRAlKW HR).
Rad io Canada Intern ationa l
(RCI). and Rad io Netherlands .
Also included are listings for
Radio Japan 1(" UT 00. 03.
06 . and 14 hou rs. Radio Japan
has juggled its program lineup
somewhat and introduced My
Japan Diary (Thursday s at 031
0611 111 5121). Also too late to
be includ ed in the listing for
RCI are CBC programs to the
U.S. at 0200 Sun (The Grell/
Eastern) , 1300 Mon (Peter
Growski's Forum and Out
Fnmtv ; and at 2230 Fri tC 'est
fa Vie). C 'est fa Vie is a new
program billed as an irrev erent
and revealing current affai rs
program on Francop hone
culture througho ut Canada.

June' 998

MONITORING TIMES

39

FREQUENCIES . .
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100 vi
0000-01 DO vi
0000-0100
0000-0 100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100

. ...

Anguilla,Caribbean Beacon
Australia. Radio

0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
00000027
0000,0100
00000030
00000015 vI
0000,0045
00000100
OOOO'OOlS

Australia, Vl8K Katherine

Aus tralia, Vl8T Tenl Crk
Canada. eBC NQuebec Svc
Canada, CFR X Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN SIJohn's
Canada, CKZUVancouver
Costa Rica, edvWorld R
CostaRica,RF Peace Inll
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador, HCJ8
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Ghana. Ghana Breece Corp
India, All IndiaRadio
Ireland. umChristianBC
Japan, RJapantNH KWorld

00000100
0000,0100
00000030
00000100
00000057
00000100vi
0000-0100
0000-0030 mtwhta
0000-0 100
00000100
00000030
00000100

Liberia,LCNIR Liberia lnt

Malaysia. Radio
Netherland s. Radio
NewZealand,R NZ Inti
North xo.ea. R Pyongyang
Papua NewGuinea. NBC
Philippines, FEBCIA Ifill
Serbia. Radio Yugoslavia
Singapore,RCorp Singapore
Spain, RExterior Espana
Thailand, Radio
UK, BBC Asian Service

00000100

UK, BBCWorld Service

SELECTED PROGRAMS .

. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
6090am
9660pa

12080as

13605pa

15240pa

15510pa

17750a5

5025do
491 Odo
9625do

0000
0000
OOOS
0010
0030

603Odo

0000-0100

6l30do

0000-0100
0000-0100

USA,KAIJ Dallas TX
USA,KHat N Mariana Is
USA,KTBNSalt Lk City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Voice 01 America

0000-0030 twhla

USA, Voice 01America

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

USA, WEWN BirminghamAL

USA, WGTG McCaysville GA
USA, WHRI Noblesville 11/
USAWINB RedLion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA WRMltR Miami Inll
USA. WRND NewOrleans LA
USA, WSHB Cypress CrkSC
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Uzbekistan, RTa shkent

0015-0100
0030-0100
0030-0100
0030-0100
0030-0100

Japan, RJapanINHKWorld
Austria. RAustria Inti
Iran, VOIRI
Lithuania, aecm Vilnius
Netherlands, Radio

0030-0100
0030-0100
00300100
0045-0100
0050-0100

Sri Lanka,Sri Lanka BC

Thailand, Radio
UK. BBC AsianService
Albania, RTirana Inti
11aly, RAlinti

6160do
6160do
503Dam
73B5am
5930na
9745na
9900na
3366do
74103s
62oodo
6155eu
11815as
5100do
7295do
6020na
17675pa
11845ca
9675do
1545Qas
6195na
6150do
6055am
9655as
3915as
11945as
15360as
59705a

Japan, NHKlRadio: News. WorldnewstrcmNHK

International.
KWHR (Angel 4): UPI News. Five minutes 01newsfromthe
UP, Radio Network.
WHRI (An gel2): Open BibleDia!oo.Joseph Chambers takes
listeners' phone calls.
KWHR (Angel4): Music, Conlemporary cnrsnan music and
inspiration.
Japan, NHKJRadio: Hello fromTokyo. The weekend
magazineprogram,
KWHR (Angei 3):A Temple ofJesus Christ Cleveland
Waters.

0000 Japan, NHKJRadio: News. See S 0000.

KWHR (Angel 4): UPI Nev.'S. See S 0000,
0000 WHRI (AmJeI2): The freedom Hour. Jolin Weaver,

0030
0034
0045
0047
0052

KWHR (Angel 4): Adventures in Odyssey.See S0305.

Japan, NHKlRadio: 44 Minutes, The weekday magazine
program of feature reports and thepopular vocal music 01
Japan.
Japan, NHKlRadio: Guest Corner. The lirs! segment 01 tile
magazine program "44 Minutes" leatures a conversation
withavisitor,
KWHR (AAgeI4); World Harvesl Counlry Style. See S 1430.
Japan, NHKlRadio: Close Up. FeaturingaJapaneseperson
01note.
WHRI(Angell); Truth lor ueWorld, See S0645.
Japan, NHKlRadio: News Commentary. An editorial opinion
on thecurrent news.
Japan, NHKlRadio: Tumbling Dice, Focus onatopic of
interest in Japan.

Tuesdays
0000
0000
0000
0005
0015
0017
0030

40

Japan, NHKJR adio: News. See S0000.

KWHR (Angel 3&4): UPt News. SeeS0000.
WHRI (Angel2): Southwest Radio Church. Noah Hufchings.
KWHR (Angel 3&4): Music. See S 0005.
Japan, NHKlRadio: 44 Minutes. See M 001 5.
Japan, NHKlRadio: GuestComer. See M 0017.
WHRI(Angel 2): PhilArms Ministries. Phil Arms.

MONITORING TIMES

972Sam
150SDam
734SIla
12015na

21455am

491 Sc1o
9705as

99S03s

11620as

9665al

1170Sna

6180eu
13650as

137S0am
2146Sam

61 65na

9845na

136505a

15230na

71 15na

11905as
6195as
11955as
17790as
5975am

1539Sna
7110as
15280as

9410as
15310as

6175na

959Dam

991 5s3
9645eu
5905eu
724Qeu

11750sa
1198503
5915eu
9445na

120500a
SalOam
156653S

13815am

1209553
13690va
602Qeu

71800a

95500a

12040na

15590am

17510a5

17555pa

721Sas
15290as
599Sam
9775am
582Seu
5085am
5745am
11950am
7490na
9955am
7355am
7535am
507Qam
6085na
5G,Was
7205as
615Seu
9655na
9022eu
9855na
6020na
11655as
9730as
9655as
94103s
6H5na
6010na

9770as
1773Sas
6130ca
11 695ca

11760as
178203s
740Sam
1374Qam

1518Sas
945Sca

13S95na

9430am
7435am
9505na
5955as
9540as
6180eu

9475am

13845am

5975as

7105as

9665al

11705na

965Geu

9685eu

6165na
12090as
15425as
11905as
11955as
7160na
9675na

9845na

9855as

15395na

11800na

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... .

llOOO

0017

UK. Merlin Network One

Ukraine. R Ukraine lntt

0000-0100
0000-0059

Mondays
0005
0015

0000-0100 w
0000-0100

60l Qdo

Sundays
0000

13755pa
17795pa

June 1998

0034
0047
0052

Japan, NHKJRadio: Close Up. See M 0034.

Japan, NHKIfladio: NewsCommenlary. See M 0047.
Japan,NHKlRadio: TumblingDice. See M 0052.

0052

Japan, NHKlRadio: Tumbling Dice. See M 0052.

saturdays
0000 Japan, NHKlRadio: News. See S 0000.

Wednesdays

0000

0000

0000 WHAI (Angel 2): Southwest Radio Church. See T 0000,

Japan, NHKIfladio: News. SeeS 0000.

0000 KWHR (Angel 3&4): UPI News. SeeS 0000,
0000 WHRI (Angel 2): SouthweslRadioChurch, See T 0000.
0005 KWHR (Angel 3&4):Music. SeeS 0005.
0015 Japan, NHKlRadio: 44Minutes. See M 0015.
0017 Japan, NHKlRadio: Guest Corner. See M0017.
0030 WHRI (Angel 2): PhilArms Ministries. See T0030.
0034 Japan, NHKlRadlo: Close Up. See M 0034.
0047 Japan, NHKlRadio: News Commentary. See M 0047.
0052 Japan, NHKlRadio: Tumbling Dice.See M 0052.

Thursdays
0000 Japan, NHKlRadio: News. See S 0000.
0000 KWHR (Angel3&4): UPlNews. See S 0000.
0000 WHRI (Angel 2): Southmst Radio Church. See T 0000.
0005 KWHR (AngeI3&4j: Music. See S 0005.
0015 Japan, NHKlRadio: 44 Minules. See M0015.
0017 Japan, NHKlRadio: Guest Corner.See M 0017.
0030 WHRI(Angel 2): PhilArms Minlsllies. See T 0030.
0034 Japan, NHKlRadio: Close Up. See M0034.
0047 Japan, NHKlRadlo: News Commentary. See M 0047.
0052 Japan, NHKlRadio: Tumbling Dice. See M0052.
0054 Radio Netf1ertands: Documentary. Ptlilippines (Parts 1 and
2) (4th/11th). See W 1154.
0054 Radio Nethertands: Documentary. TheHighC's(Parts 1and
2) (19ttv6th).See A 0154.

Fridays
0000
0000
0000
0005
0015
0017
0030
0034
0047

Japan, NHKlAadio: News. See S0000,

KWHR(AngeI 3&4): UPl News. See S 0000,
WHRI (Angel 2): Southwest Radio Church, See T0000.
KWHR (Angel 3&4): Music.See S0005.
Japan, NHKlRadio: 44 Minutes. seeM0015.
Japan, NHKlRadio: GuestComer. See M 0017.
WHRI (Ang el2): Phil Arms Minislries. SeeT0030.
Japan,NHKi11adio: Close Up. See M0034.
Japan, rmKlRadio: News Commentary. See M 0047.

0005
0010
0030

KWHR (Angel 3&4): UPI N!WS. See S 0000.

KWHR (Angel3&4): Music.See S 0005.

Japan, NHKlRadio: Asian Weekly. SeeS 1410.
WHRI (Angel 2): Phil Arms Ministries. See T 0030.

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS
SOUTH AFRICA: CHANNELAFRICA
English Z9 8:
0300 -0330 5955
0400 -0430
0500-0530
0600-063 0
1300-1455

5955
9525
119(X)
17675

1300-14 55

17870

1300- 1455

9445

1500- 1530

9445

1600-1625 6000
1700-1730 15240
1800-1830 15240
(Kathy OllO, SENTEC Hj

East and Central

Africa
Southern Africa
West Africa
West Africa
West Africa *
(Sat/Sun only)
East and Central
Africa * (Sat/Sun
only)
Southern Africa *
(Sat/S un only)
East and Central
Africa
Southern Africa
West Africa
West Africa

FREQUENCIES.
01000200
0100,0200
0100-0200 'II
0100-0200'II

Angullla,Caribbean Beacon
Australia. Radio

0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-01 29

Australia. VlBKKatherlne
Australia. Vl8T Ten t Crk
Canada,
N Quebec Svc
Canada , CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada , CHNXHalifax
Canada, CKZNSt John's
Canada, CKlUVancouver
Canada, RCanada Inti

0100-0200
0100-0105
0100-0200
0100-0127
0100-0200
0100-0150

costa Rica.Rf Peace Inti

Croatia,Croatian Radio
Cuba, Radin Havana
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador,HCJB
Germany, Deutsche Welle

0100-0115
0100-0130
0100-0200
0100-0130
0100-C200
0100C110
01000200

Ghana, GhanaBroadc Corp

Hungary, Rad io Budapest
Indonesia, Voice 01
Iran, VOIRI
Ireland, UntChristian BC
Italy, AAl lnt!
Japan RJapanlNHK World

0100-0200

..

...

esc

0100-0200
0100-0200
01OG-0125

liberia.lCN/R l iberia Int

Malaysia, Radio
Netherlands, RadiO

01000200
0100-0200vi
0100-0200
0100-0200

New Zealand. R NZ Inll

PapuaNew Guinea, NBC
Philippines, FEBC/R lntl
Russia.voice 01Russia WS

60g0am

9660pa
15415as
S025do
4910do
9625do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160<10
6160<10
5960am
13670am
7385am
9925am
6000na
6200na
9745na
6040na
l1 Bl0am
3366110
6120na
9525as
9022eu
6200do
6010na
6150al
15590as
21670pa
5tOOdo
7295do
6020na
11655as
17675pa
9675do
15450as
9665na

12080a5
15510pa

13605pa

15240pa

17750a$

1779Spa

. .

socaoore.accro Singapore
Slovakia.RSlovakia 1011
Spain, R ExteriorEspana
Sri Lanka.Sri lanka Be

01000200
0100-0130
Dl0o-0200
0100-0200
0100-0130

Sweden, Radio
Switzerland. Swiss R Inti
UK, BBC Asian Service

0100-0130
0100-0200

9535am

9755am

11715am

150S0am
9820na
7345na
12015na
6085na

0100-0200

UK, BBC World Service

0100-02llO
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA, KJES Mesquite NM
USA, KlBN Sall l k CityUT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Voice of America

0100-0200Iwhla

USA, Voice01America

0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
01000200
01000200
01000200
0100-0200
01000200
01000200
01000200
01000127
01250200
01290159
01290159sm
01300200
0130-0150

USA, WEWN Birmingham Al

USA, WGTG McCaysville GA
USA, WHAI Noblesville IN
USA, WINB Redlion PA
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WRMltR Miami Inll
USA, WRND New Orleans LA
USA, WSHB Cypress Crt< SC
USA, WWCRNashvilleTN
USA, WYfR Okeechobee Fl
Vietnam, Voice01
Netherlands, Radio
Canada. RCanada Inll
Canada, RCanada InU
Albania, RTirana Inti
Greece, Voice 01

0140-0200

Vatican State. Vatican R

9830na
21455am
6145na

9640na

4915do
9580na
11785as
965lreu

9685eu

9675na
11860as
17810as

11800na
11870al
17835sa

15570as
21610pa

6155na
12090as

9845na

9855as

15050na

..

15520na

.
6150do
5930na
6055am
9730a$
11985a$
9885na
5965as
11955as
5970sa
9915sa
5810am
7555am
7510am
17510as
7115as
11725as
17820as
5995am
9775am
5825eu
5085am
5745am
11950am
7490na
9955am
7355am
7535am
3215am
6065na
5940am
9855as
5960am
9535am
6218na
7450na
11645na
7335au

7300al

..

9440S3

15425as
9905ca

6195a5
15280as
5975am
12095sa
981 5am

17555pa
7200as
11820as
6130am
13740am

9410a5
15310a5

9605a5
15360a$

6175na

9590am

9635as
15250as

11 705as
17740as

7405am

9445am

7435am
11550as

13845am

7315am
13595na

9430am
5070am
9505na
11655as
9755am
1171Sam
7160na
9375na

12090as
13670am
9420na

9935na

9650au

SELEaED PROGRAMS. . . . . . . .
Sundays

Canada. Rei Montreal: RCI News. News, weather, and

sports rrom Radio canada mtemaucnar
0100 KWHR(An gel4): The Water ct ure Broadcast. Doyle
Davidson preaches from Plano, Texas
0107 Canada, Rei Montreal: Venture Canada, A newweekly
magazinepromoting Canadian business achievement.
0131 Canada. RCI Montreal:Earth watcn. The magazine on
environment, scienceand ecology matters
0100

Mondays

0100
0100
0100
0100
0105
0105
0105
0107
0130
0131
0145

Canada, RCI Montreal: RCINews. See S 0100.

KWHR (Angel3):The Call to Worship_SeeS 0600.
KWHR (Angel 4): UPI News, See S0000.
WHRI (Angel 1&2): UPI News, See S0000.
KWHR (Angel 4): Music. See S0005.
WHRI (Angel l ): Music. See S 0005
WHRI (An gel2): Radio Free America( I i~'ll) . TomValentine
hosts this tanqntervew program.
Canada, RCI Montreal: The Arls in Canada. A look atthe
Canadian artsscene.
KWHR (Angel 3): Christ Gospel Broadcast.See S 1330
Canada. RCI Montreal: The Mailbag. See S 1337.
KVi'HR (Ang el3): Message to Israel.See S 1500,

Tuesdays

0100
0100
0100
0100
0105
0105
0105
01t 1
0130
0155

Canada. Rei Montreal: RCINews, SeeS 0100.

KWHR(Angel 3&4): UPI News. See S 0000
WHRI (Angel l): UPI News. See S0000.
WHRI (Angel2): The ProphecyClub. See M 0400.
KWHR (AngeI J): TurnYour Radio On. See S0300.
KWHR (Angel 4): Music. See S 0005.
WHRI (Angel l): Music. SeeS0005
Canada. ReI Montreal:Spectrum. See M 1341
WHRI (Angel 2):The Hour 01 Courage. See M G430
Canada, RCI Montreal: News. See S 1500.

Wednesdavs
0100
0100
0100
0100
0105
0105
0111

Canada, R~I Montreal: Rei News. See S0100.

KWHR (AngeI 31l.4): UPINews. See S0000
WHRI (Angel l ): UPI News. See 5 0000.
WHRI (Angel 2): The Prophecy Club. See M0400.
KWHR (AngeI3&4): Music. See S0005
WHRI (Angell): Music. See S 0005.
Canada.RCI Montreal: Spectrum. See M 1341.

0130
0155

WHRI (Angel 21: The Hour of Courage. See M 0430.

Canada,RCI Montreal: News. See S 1500.

Thursdays

0100
0100
0100
0100
0105
0105
011 1
0130
0155

Canada, RCI Monlreat: RCI News. See S 0100.

KWHR (Angel 3&4): UPI News. See S 0000.
WHR t (Angel l): UPI News. SeeS0000.
WHRI(Angel 2): The Prophecy Club. See M 0400.
KWHR (Angel 3&4): Music. See S0005.
WHRt (Angel l ): Music. See S 0005.
Canada, RCI Montreal: Spectrum. See M 1341,
WHRI (Angel 2): The Hour of Courage. See M 0430.
Canada, RCI Montreal: News. SeeS 1500.

Fridays
0100
0100
0100
0100
0105
0105

Canada, RCI Montreal: RCI News. see s 0100.

KWHR (Angel 3&4): UPI News. See S 0000.
WHRI (Angel1): UPI News. see S0000.
WHRI (Angel 2): The Prophecy Club, See M 0400.
KWHR (Angel 3&4): Music. See S0005.
WHRI (Ang el 1): Music. SeeS 0005.

01 11 canada, RCI Montreal: Spectrum . See M 1341.

0130 WHR t (Angel 2): The Hour of Courage. See M G430.
0155 canada. RCI Montreal: News. See S 1500.

Saturdavs

0100 Canada, RCI Montreal: RCI News. See S 0100

0100 KWHR (Angel 3): HomeSchooling, Terry and VickiBrady
01tile HomeEducationnetwork takecalls about schooling.
0100 KWHR (Angel4): UPI News. See S 0000.
0100 WHRI (Angell ): UPI News. SeeSOOOO.
0100 WHRI (Angel 2): The Prophecy Club. See M 0400.
0105 KWHR (Angel 4): Music. See S 0005.
0105 WHRI (Angel l): Music. See S 0005,
0111 Canada, RCI Montreat: Spectrum. See M 1341.
0130 WHRI {Angel 2): The Hour 01Courage.See M 0430.
0154 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Philippines (Parts 1and
2) (611l/13th). See W 1154.
0154 Radio Netherlands: Documentary.The Highc's (parts 1
and 2) (21st!'l8th). Aninvestigation mtc diamonds, the
trade, theirhistory,and metrunique properties.
0155 Canada, RCI Montreal: News. SeeS 1500.

MT M ONITORINGTEAM
Ga yle Van Horn
Frequen cy Ma nager
gay]c @'grove.nel

Jim Frimmcl
Pro gram Ma nage r
fri mrn e ttsista rte xt.net

Jacques d'Avignon
Propagation Foreca sts
Onta rio.C an ada
monitor eerac .ca

Da n : Dutko . Californ ia
Ma rk Fine. VA

THANK YOU
ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS MONTH' S SHORTWAVEGUIDE:
Joe Brasier. WHR!; C raig Carl. Shel byville , AL; Bob Fraser. Cohasset. MA; Glenn Hauser. Enid.
OK . [)X Report & WOR ; Frank HUlton, Charlesto n. SC: J. Klingcutuss. S WFG YX; Re v. Michael G .
Maye r. Dover. DE; Micha el C. Mcf'an y, G alloway. D H; Kath y Otto, Chann el Africa; Franco Probi.
Italy; Tom Roac h, Gra ss Valley. CA; Rob ert E. Thom as. Bridgeport . CT; Adrian Sandsbury, R NZ
Iml: Kevin Smith. Burnt Hills. NY; Larry Van Horn. Bra sstown . NC. Satellite Times ; Valeriu
Vasilica. RM I: George woods. R. Swede n ' s Media Scan: Sam w rtgtu, Biloxi, MS; BBCM S/Wor ld
Media; Cumhre DX; [)X Ontari o; NAS WA Journal ; Uscnct ncwsgroups/ PTW BW.

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FREQUENCIES

0200-0300
0200-0300 twnta
0200-0300

Anqurlla CanbbeanBeacon
Argentina, RAE
Austr alia, Radio

0200-0300 vi

Australia, VL8KKa thenne

Allstralia. Vl8TTent elk
Bangladesh,Bangia Betar
Bulgaria. aacro
Canada, eBC N ooebec Svc
Canada, CFRX toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada . CH)J X Halifax
canaua. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada lntl
co sta Aica,RF Peace lntt
Crcatra. croatan Radio
Cuba. RadiO Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Finlaml.YLE /R Finland
Germany, Deutsche Welle

0200,0300 vi

0200-0210
0200-0300

02000300
0200-0300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000229
02000300
0200-0205
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
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0200-0225
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0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300

Ireland. um ChristianBC
11.1Iy.IRRS
Kenya. Kenya sroaoc Corp
MalaYSia. Radio
Netherlands, Barno
New Zealand, R NZ Inti
NOll'lay, Radio NOlway Inti
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Romania. R RomaniaInti
xnssa.voke 01RU SSia VIS
Smqapure.Bflorp Singapore
South Korea. R Korea Inti
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka BC
Imwan, Radio Taipei mu

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9535am
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17795pa

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11810sa
15425as
7130as
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15575na
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0200-0300

UK, BBC African Service

02000300

UK, BBCAsiartService

0200-0300

UK, BBCWorld Service

0200-0300
0200-0230
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300

USA. KAIJDallas TX
USA. KJES MeSQUIte NM
USA,KT Brl Sail Lx City Ul
USA. KVCH Los Anueies CA
USA. KWH R Naaleltu HI
USA, Voice of America

0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02150225
02250300
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0230-0300
0230-0300
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USA. WEWN Bnmmqham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA, WHRI Noblesville ItJ
USA. WltlB Red Lion PA
USA WJCR Upton KY
USA. W R~\Il R Miami Inti
USA. WRND New Orleans LA
USA. WSrlBCypress Crk SC
USA. WWGR NasllVllle TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Nepal. Radio
Neltlerlards, RadiO
Canada R Canada Inti
nustna. R Austrra Inti
Hungary, Radio Budapest
Pakistan.Radio

0230-0300
0230-0300
0230-0300
0240-03OD \'1
0245-030) 'II
0250030) sf
0250030J

Sweden. Radio
UK. BBG World Service
Vietnam,Voice 01
Zambia, R Zambla:ZtJBG2
Zarnuia. R Zambla/ZtJBG I
Greece Voiceof
vanceState. Va ticanR

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SELECTED PROGRAMS.
Sundays

Wednesdays

0200

0200
0200
0200
0205
0205
0205
0211

0200

Canada, RCI Montreal: GBCRadio News News, sports, and

weatherlrom tile Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
KWHR (Angel 3): f aith Mounlain Mirustnes. Henry

vaneerousn.
0200
0200
0200

KWHR(Angel 4): UPINews, See S 0000

WHRI (Angel l ): UPINews. See S 0000.
WHRI (Angel 2): World Of Prophecy. Iexe Marrs anda guest
discuss the evus andprttalls of today andtheoutlook lor

0205
0205
0206

KWHR (Angel 4), ThePat BooneShow Pal Boone sings

WHRI (Angell ): Music, SeeS 0005
Canada. RCI Monlreal: Madly Oftin All Dnecnons. The
progra m matuavets10 all cents or thecountry to tlring
listeners a Wide vauety of comedic talent (hostedby l ome
Elliol).
KWHR(Angel 3): Faith ChristianChurch, Paul Sturek
KWHR (Angel 3}: Roger Randal Ministries. RogerRandal

tomorrow.

0230
0245

Mondays
0200
0200
0200
0200
0205
0205
0206

0206
0230

Canada, RCI Montreat GBGRadiONews. See S0200

KWHR (Ange! 31: Melhodlsl Hour, MUSIC, mteoews. and
hmelymessages
KWHR (Angel41 UPI Nevs. See S 0000
WHRI (AngeI 1&2): UPINews. See S 0000
KWHR {Angel 41: Music, See S 0005
WHRI (Angell): Music. See S 0005
Canada. RCI Montreal: Tapestry. A lookat tile broad range of
spiritual and humanissues facing peopleof various cultures
and religions.
WHRI (Angel 2): Rad iO Free Amenca (live) See M 0105
K\lJHR (Angel 3): The Voice or Power. See S 0630

Canada. RCI Monlr eal: CSCRadio News. See S 0200

KWHR (AngeI 3&4): UPI News. See S0000
WHRI{Angel 1&2) UPINews. See S 0000
KWHR (Angel 3): MUSIC See S 0005
WHRI {Angel l J Music. See S 0005
WHRI {Angel2) FOl the People (repeat) See M 0305
Canada.RCI Montreal: Spectrum. See M 1341

0254

Canada. RCI Montreal: CBC Radio News. SeeS 0200

KWHR {Angel 3): UPI News. See S 0000
KWHR (AngeI41: World Harvest. See M 0600.
WHRI (Angel 1&2): UPI News. See SJOoO
KWHR (Angel)): MUSIC. SeeS 0005
WHRI (Angel l): Music. See S 0005.
WHRI (Angel 2): For the People (repeat). See M 0305.
Canada.RCI Montreat Spectrum. SeeM 1341
Radio Netherlands: Documentary Philippines (parts 1 and
2) (41h/l 1thl. SeeW 1154
Radio Netherlands Documentarv. The High ts (par1S 1 anc
2) (19Ihl26lh), See A 0154

Fridays
0200
0200
0200
0200
0205
0205
0205
0211

Canada, RGIMontreal: GBG Radio News See S 0200

KWHR (Angel 3): UPI News. SeeS 0000
KWHR (AngeI41: World Harvest. SeeM 0600
WHRI (Angel l &2): UPI News. SC1l S 0000
KWHR (Angel3): MUSIC See S 0005
V/HRI (Angel l ): Music, See S 0005
WHRI (Angel 2): For the People (repean See M 0305
Canada, RGI Montreal: Spectrum. See M 1341

Tuesdays

Saturdays
0200
0200
0200
0200
0205
0205
0206

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0215
0230

KWH R (Angel 3): Alrve Today. DwayneJohnson wun a short

evangelical message
Canada.RC I Montreal: Spectrum See M 1341.
KWHR {Angel 3): Your Call 10tbnst. Jimmy soroeo-er
KWHR (Angel 3): OXIIl(j with currore. See S 0330

Thursdays
0200
0200
0200
0200
0205
0205
0205
0211
0254

0200
0200
0200
0200
0205
0205
0205
0211

Canada, RGI Montreal: GBG Radio News. See S 0200.

KWHR(Angel 3): UPI News. See S 0000.
KWHR (Angel 4): WOIld Harvest. See M 0600.
WHRI (Angel 1&2): UPi news. See S 0000
KWHR (Angel 3): Music. See S 0005
WHRI (Angel l): Music. SeeS 0005
WHR I (AngeI2!: For mePeople (repeal).See III 0305
Canada, RC I Montreal: Spectrum, See M 1341

0210

Canada.RGI Montreal: GBC Radio N e ~IS . SeeS 0200

KWHR (Angel 3): UPI News, See S 0000.
KWHR (Angel 4): wcuo Harvest. See M 0600
WHRI (Angel1&2): UPI News, See S 0000
KlNHR(Angel S): BiblePathway. See M 0400
WHRI (Angel I I: Music. See S 0005
WHAI (AngeI2 1: Forthe People (repeal). See M 0305

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0300-0400 vi

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AusllallJ. Vl8TTent e lk
AUSlfaltaDe!enseForces R
Canada. Can Forces Net
Canada CBe r~ c ceoec svc
Canada CFRX Toronto

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0300-~ OO

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0300-0400
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0300,0400
0300-0400 vi
0300-0400 'II
03000400
03000330 mtwhta
0300-0325
03000325
03000,100
03000400 vi
0300-0100

Canada CFYPcacarv
Canada CHrlX Halifax
Canada CKZN St JOM'S
Canada CKZU vancouver
crsna. (nina aaoo inn
COS1aRlca,RFPeace Inll

croana. Croanan naco

Cuba. R3dlo Havana
Czech Rep. RadiOPrague
Ecuaoor HCJB
Eg,'PI Fadlo CairO
Germani. Deutsche Welle

Guaternata. aeno Cultural

IraQ Rajlo Iraq ron
Ireland. umChllsllan BC
Italy,IRRS
Japan. R Japan "~HK WOIld
Kenya Kenya Brnadc Corp
tesotno. Rarno Lesotho
Malaysia. aaoo
MexIco, Radio Mexico inn
Moldova,R Moldova Inti
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand, R NZInti
Papua newGuinea. ~lBC
gusse.voce or Russia WS

0300,0330
03000400
03000400
03000400

S Africa, cnannerAtnca
Slngapore, RCorp Singapore
Sri Lanka.Sri Lanka BC
Iaiwan.Bacrc Taipei Inll

03000330
03000400
030003' 5 mtwht

Thailand, Radio
Turkey, Voice01
Uganda.RadIO

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0300-~OO

1208Qas
15510pa

lJ605pa
17750<1s

17795pa

6190at

96OOa1

1531Qas

1536035

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UK. BBCAsian Service

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UK. GSC World Servce

0300"'),:00

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0300-~OO

USA KAIJ Dallas TX

0300--),:00

USA KTBll saru City UT

581Qam
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03QG.'J.100

USA. KVQH Los Angeles CA

USA. KWHR naarenuHI
USA. VOICe of America

9975am
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1200'Ona

0300-1)400

0300-0.\00

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UK. BBC Alflcan Service

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0300-0400
0300-0400
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03000.100
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0300-0400 'II
0300-0400'II
03100340
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USA. VOICe of AmerICa

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRA sreencusn ME
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINB Red lion PA
USA. WJCR ueroo KY
USA. WI,ILK Bernet PA
US.i.. WRMliR Miami Inti
US.i. WRNO New OrleansLA
USA,WSHB CypressCrk SC
USA WW'CRNasneue TN
USA, WYfR Okeechobee FL
vaucan State. Vatican R
Zambia. R ZamblalZNBC 1
Zambia, R Zambia!ZNBC 2
Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC
vatrcan Slate. Vatican R
Czech Rep. Radi o Prague
Sweden. naco
UAE. RadiO Dubar

0330-0400
0330-0400
0330-0400

UK BBC African Service

UK. BBC Asian Service
UK. BBC World Service

0330-0400 s
0330-0400
0340-0350
0345-0400
0345-0400
0345,0400as
0356-0400

.....,

UK. BBC World Service

vretnam. Voice of
Greece, Voice of
Burundi, Radio Nationale
Talikislan,Radio
Uganda,Radio
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496Oa'

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5905am
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5070am
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SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
0300
0300
0300

0300
0300
OJOO
0305
0305
0310
0J30
0330

Japan, NHK:Radlo: NeViS, SeeS 0000.

~WHR (Angel 31: WIlole Truth Broadcast. Brsnop Rapha
KWHR (Angel 41: UPItlews. See 5 0000
WHRA (Anget 51: Turn Your RadIO On. Bill araser plays
southefllllospel muse.
WHRI (Angel l): UPI News. SH 5 0000
WHRI {Angel 2): Bible Truth MlfIlstl leS. Larl)' Phillips
KWHR {Angel 4): Adve1tores If\ Odyssey lively crecrens
dramas from the "focus on the Family" learn
V/HRI (Angel l): a use. seeS 0005
Japan, NHK,:RadlO: Hel0 lrom Tokyo. See 5 OO tO
K\....HR{AngeI 4t: OXing \Vllh Cumbre Awhat's-on-the-an
programtcsieo by Ma1elamb
VlHRI(Angel 2): VOICe 01 Protestant Amenca t ceem events
ISSueswhich' elate10Protestantism

Mondays
0300
0300
0300
0300
0300
0305
0305
0305
0315

0325

Japan, NHK/RadlO: t~ews , Sf! 5 0000

KWHR (Angel 3): The Sword 01me SPHIt M I ~e Keyes
e~Jngeliles nom Tucson, A,izona
KWHR (Angel 4): UPI NevIS. See S 0000
VlHRA (AngelS): Music. See S 0005
VlHHI (Angel l &2J: UPI News See S 0000
KWHR (AnlteI 4): Music. See S 0005
VlHRf (Angel 11: Turn Your saoo On See S 0300
VlHRl (Angel 2): FOf 1MPeople (repeat) ChuckHalder is
back wllh t usoldtalk reoc show
Japan. tIHK:Raj io: Top News ASiJ The most rmponant
stones from otnerAsia1 media orcaruzauons are
srmmauzeo m a newt u-rmmne 10101al
Japan. NHKJRadio: MUSICBeuecncns r.l l1 sic hom around
the world which sharesa common theme

m o

KWHR lAnge 31: Oa v 0'

hom Texas

pecrscn. BobRoman evaneelees

Tuesdays
1)300
')J OO
!J3OO
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0305
!l305
0305
1)307
')315
D325

Japan. NHK/Radlo News Sf! 5 OOJO.

KY/HR {Angel 3&01): UPI NfI'lS, See S 0000.
WHRA (Angel S). BiblePalhway. see M 0400.
WHRI (Artgel 1&2). UPINews. SH S 0000
KWHR (AflQ eI3&4): MUSiC. See S COOS
WHRA (Ar'Oel 5): MuSIC. SH S 0005.
WHRI (AIlQ'!1 1) MuSIC. ~ S 0005.
'!/HRI (Angel 2), FormePeople trecean. See M 0J05
Japan. tlHK,!f: adlo Top News Asia ,See r.1 0315
Japan, tl HKiFacllO. EnJOY Japanese team andoractcethe
Japanese langoage

Wednesdays
0300
0300
0300
0300
0305
0305
0305
0307
0315
0325

Japan. rIHK/FadIO News Sf! 5 0000

KWHR(AnlleI3&41 UPI flews. Sf! S 0000.
WHRA (Angel S) Bible Palhway.see M 0400
WHRI (Angel 1&21: UPI News. see50000.
KWHR (Angel3&41: Music SeeS 0005
WHRA (Angel S): Music, See SOOOi
WHRI (Angel I I MUSIC. See S 0005
WHRIIAng eI2): f Ofne People (repeat). See M 0305
Japan, NHKIRadlo Top n ews Asia. See M 0315
Japan , tJHKiRJ,ho MIJSlc aeeecucns. See1.1 0325

Thursdays
0300
0300
0300
0300

Japan, NHK/Radlo ' flews, See S 0000.

KWHR IAnoel 3&4) UPI News, See 5 0000
WHRA(AngelS)' Bible Pathway. See M 0400
WHRI (Anllel l &2): UPINews See 5 0000

0305
0305
0305
0307
0315
0325

K\'i'HR (Angel 3&4): MlIS1c. See S 0005.

WHRA (Angel S): Mosic. See 5 0005.
WHRI (Angel l ): MUSIC, See50005
\'/HRI{Angel 2): Fortre People (lepeat). see fol 0305.
Japan, NHKlRadio: Top NewsAsia. SellM 0315.
Japan, NHKlRadio: My Japan Oiary. Newprogram.

Fridays
OJOO
0300
0300
0300
0305
0305
0305
0307
0315
0325

Jawn. NHKJRadiO: News. SH S 0000.

KWHR (AllgeI3&4J: UPlllews. See S 0000.
WHRA {Angel 5): BIble Pathway. SH M 0400
WHRI (Angel 1&2): UPINews. See5 0000.
KWHR (Angel 3&41: MusIC. See5 0005
WHRA (Angel S): Music. See S 0005
WHRI (Angel l): MUSic. SeeS 0005
WHRI (Angel2): sor thePeople {fepeatl. seeM 0305_
Japan. NHKlRadio: TopNewsAsia. SH M 0315.
Japan, NHKlRadio: Music aea. Whailleople in Japanare
lislening 10.

Saturdays
0300
0300
0300
0300
0305
0305
0305
0307
0310

Japan, NHKlRadlo: News. See 5 0000

KWHR (Angel 3&4): UPI uews. See S 0000.
WHRA (Angel 5): BiblePalhway. See M 0400
WHRI (Angel l &2): UPI News. See S 0000.
KWHR (Angel 3&4): Music. See S 0005.
WHRA (Angel 51: MUSIC. See 5 0005
WHRI (Angel l): Musit. seeS 0005
WHRI (Angel 2): For tbePeople [repeaf]. seeM 0305.
Japan, NHKlRadio: Weekend Break See S 0510.

June 1998

MONITORING TIMES

43

FREQUENCIES.

. . .

0400-0500
04000500

Anguilla,Garibbean Beacon
Australia.Radio

9660pa

0400-0500 vi
0400-0500 vi
0400-0500
0400-0430 a
0400-0500

Australia, VL8K Katherine

Australia,VLBTTent Crk

15415as
5025do
4910do

Australia.DetenserorcesR

15635.1$

7210eu

0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0429
0400-0500
0400-0500
04000500
0400,0500
04000450

Belarus, R Belarus Inll

Canada. cac N Quebec Svc
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVPCalgary
Canada,CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKlNSt Jobn's
Canada, CKZUVancouver
Canada. RCanadaInti
China, ChinaRadio Inl!
Costa Rica,RF Peace Inti
Cuba, Radio Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Germany, Deutsche Welle

04000500vi
0400-0500
04000415
04000500 as/vi
04000500 vi
04000500
04000500 vi
04000430 mlwhf
0400-0425
04000458
04000430III
04000500 vt
04000500
04000500

Guatemala, Radio Cultural

Ireland, Unt Christian Be
Israel, Kol lsrael
ltaly, IRRS
Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp
Malaysia, Radio
Malaysia,RTM Kuching
Mexico. Radio Mexico Inti
Moldova, R Moldova IntI
New Zealand. RNZInti
Norway, Radio Nomay mu
Papua NeN Guinea. NBC
Romania. R Romania Inti
aussa.vorce of Russia WS

04000430
04000500
04000430
04000430
0400041 5
0400,0500

SAlrica, Channel Alrica

Singapore.RCorp Singapore
Sri lanka. Sri la nka BC
Switzerland. Swiss R Inti
Uganda, Radio
UK, BBC AfricanService

04000500

UK, BBC Asian Service

. ..

04000430

6090am

9625do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9715me
9560na
7385am

600000
9745na
5990al
11765a!
3300do
6200do
9435eu
7120va
4885do
7295do
7160do
9705na
7520na
17675pa
11990na
9675do
9570na
9665na
13665na
5955al
6150do
9730as
5840eu
4976do
3255al
9600al
9605as
17790as

120SlJas
15510pa

13605.1s
17750.1$

11975me

9830na
21455am
7225af

11 605eu

17S35na

4935do

6150do

11940na
12000na
15180na

15425as
6t65eu
6005al
15420al
11955as
21660as

15335as
12050na
15455na

. .

UK. BBCWorld Service

39S5eu
6195eu
12095eu
S8l0am

15240pa
17795pa

1196Deu

11835me
9730am
1505Dam
9820na
12015am
6015al

9565al

17720as
13645na
15595na

0400,0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

USA, KlBNSalt LkCity UT
USA, KVOHlos Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Voice of America

0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
04000500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500vi
0400-0500 vi
0400-0500vi
0415-0500 vt'm-t
04250440 vi
0425-0500
04300500
04300500 I'll
0430-0500vi
04300500
0430-0500
04300500
0430,0500
04300500

USA.WEWN Birmingham Al
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA,WHRA Greenbush ME
USA,WHRI NoblesvilleIN
USA,WlfjB Red lion PA
USA,WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMlK Bethel PA
USA, WRMIIRMiami Inti
USA,WRNONew Orleans LA
USA, WSHB Cypress Crk SC
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee Fl
Zambia, ChristianVoice
Zambia, Rlambia!ZNBC 1
Zambia, RZambia!ZNBC 2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Malawi. MBC
Italy. RAllnfl
Nigeria. FRCNlRadio
Austria. R Austria Inti
Belarus. R Belarus Inli
l esotho.Radio lesotho
Netherlands, Radio
Serbia.Radio Yugoslavia
Swaziland, Trans World R
Switzerland, Swiss R Inti
UK, BBC World Service

9885am

9905am

04300500 as

UK, BBCWorld Service

6190al

71 60al

15280as

15310as

04550500
04550500
0459-0500

Malaysia, Voice of
Nigeria. Voice01
New Zealand. RNZInll

5975am

6175na

9410eu
15575.1$

9895am

61aoeu
11760me

17640eu

9815am

7510am
g975am
17510as
6080.11
7290af
15205va
5825eu
5085am
9400me
5745am
11950am
7490na
9465am
9955am
7395am
7535eu
3210am
6065na
3330at
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6165do
3396do
5993do
5975al
3326do
6155eu
7210eu
4800do
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6100eu
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5975am
17640me
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11690pa

17555as
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713Qeu
4775al
9905na
61 75am

11760me

15575as

6180eu

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9750as
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SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0400
0400
0400
0400
0400
0403
0405
0405
0430

canada, RCI Montreal: ReINews. See S0100.

KWHR(Ange! 3): TurnYour Radio On. SeeS0300.
KWHR(Angel 4): UPINews. See S0000.
WHRA (Angel 5): Music. SeeS0005.
WH RI(Angel l): UPI News.See S0000.
WHRI (Angel l): Turn Your Radio On, See S0300,
Canada, RCIMontreal:Venture Canada. SeeS0107.
KWHR(Angel 4): Music. See S0005.
WHRI(Angel 2): DXing with Cumbre. See S0330,

Mondays
0400
0400
0400
0400
0400
0405
0405
0407
0430
0430

44

Canada. RCI Montreal: RCI News. See S0100

KWHR (Angel 4); UPI News See S0000.
WHRA (AngelS): Bible Pathway. Rick Hash withlive
minutes0' Bible readings.
WHRI (Angel 1): Bob Enyart (live). Bob lakes listener
phonecalls about everyday Christiantopics.
WHRI (Angel 2): The Prophecy Club. Stan Johnson
discusses bibleprophecy from Topeka, Kansas,
KWHR (Angel 3&4): Music. SeeS 0005.
WHRA (AngelS): Music. See S0005.
Canada. RCI Montreal: The Mailbag. See S 1337.
KWHR(Angel 4): lesterSumrallTeaching Series. See S
1400,
WHRI(Angel 2):The Hour01Courage. Ron Wilsontalks
politicsandthepreciousmetalsmarket.

0430
0430

!~d~~~~~~ontreal:
RCI News. See S 0100.
KWHR(Angel4): UPI News.See S0000.

0400
0400
0400
0400
0405
0405
041 1
0430
0430

Tuesdays

0454

0400
0400
0400
0400
0400

MONITORING TIMES

June 1998

WH RA (AngelS): Bible Pathway. See M0400.

WHRI (Angel l): Bob Enyart (live). See M 0400.
WH RI(Angel2):The Prophecy Club. See M 0400.
KWHR(Angel 3&4):Music. See S0005.
WHRA (Angel S): Music. See S0005.
Canada, RCI Montreal: Spectrum. SeeM 1341.
KWHR (Angel 4):lesterSumrall TeachingSeries, See S 1400.
WHRI (Angel2): The Hour 01 Courage. See M 0430

Thursdays
0400
0400
0400
0400
0400
0405
0405
041 1
0430
0430
0454

0400
0400
0400
0400
0400
0405
0405
041 1

Canada, RCI Montreal: RCI News. See S 0100.

KWHR (Angel 4): UPInews. See S0000.
WHRA (AngelS): Bible Pathway, See M0400.
WHRI (Angel l ); Bob Enyart (Ii\-e). See M 0400.
WHRI (Angel 2): The Prophecy Club, See M0400.
KWHR (Angel3&4): Music. See S0005,
WHRA (AngelS): Music. SeeS 0005.
canada, RCI Monlreal: Spectrum. See M 1341

K'NHR (Angel4): Lester Sumrall TeaChing Series See S 1400.

WHRI (Angel 2): The Hour 01 Courage. SeeM0430.

canada. RCI Montreal: ReiNews, SeeS0100.

KWHR (Angel 4): UPI News. SeeS 0000.
WHRA (Angel 5): Bible Pathway. See M0400.
WHRI (Angel l): Bob Enyart (live). See M 0400.
WHRI (Angel 2):The Prophecy Club. See M 0400
KWHR (Angel 3&4): Music.See S 0005
WHRA (AngelS): Music. See S0005
Canada, RCI Montreal: Spectrum . See M 1341.
KWHR (AngeI4): lesterSumrall Teaching Series. See S 1400.
WHRI (Angel2): The Hour 01Courage. See M 0430.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary, Philippines (parts 1 and 2)
(4th/11th).SeeW 1154.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary, The High c's (Parts 1and 2)
(191hJ26th). See A 0154.

Fridays
canada, RCI Montreal: RCI News. Set! S0100.
KWHR (Angel 4): UPI News. See S OO .
WHRA (Angel5): BiblePathway. SeeM 0400
WHRI (Angel 1): Bob Enyart (live).seeM 0400
WHRI (AnlleI2):The Prophecy Clull, See M 0400.

0405
0405
0405
0411
0430
0430

KWHR (Angel 3): ThePatBoone Show.See S 0205.

KWHR(Angel4): Music, See S0005.
WHRA (AngelS): Music, See S0005.
Canada, RCI Montreal: Spectrum. See M 1341.
KWHR (Angel 4): t eeter Sumrall Teaching Series. See S 1400.
WHRt (AngcI2):The Hour 01Courage. See M 0430.

Saturdays

0400
0400
0400
0400
0400
0400
0405
0411
0430
0430

Canada, RCI Monlreal: RCI News.See S 0100.

KWHR (Angel 3): Gospel CrusadeMinistries. See S 0630,
KWHR (AnoeI4): UPI News. See S oo
WHRA (Angel S): Music. Set! S 0005.
WHRI (Angel l): Bob Enyart. See M 0400
WHRI (Angel 2): The ProphecyClull. See M 0400.
KWHR (Angel 4): Music, See S0005.
Canada, RCI Montreal: Spectrum, See M 1341.
KWHR (AnlleI3 ): Apostolic Assembly.l onnieWollard
preaches nom MiUtown, Connecticut.
WHRI (Angel2): The Hour 01 Courage.seeM 0430.

HAUSER' S HIGHLIGHTS

NORWAY: RNORWAY INT' L

English to NAm. Sun and UT Me n only
for Apr il and perhaps rest of summer:
1300
15640
1600
17640
1800
15705
2300
13805
0200
11 990
WOO

1191.){)

(via Joe Hanlon. Bob Th omas)

.. . . .

FREQUENCIES . . . .
05000500
050CHl600
05000600vl
05000600 vI
05000600
05000600 vi
05000600
05000600
05000600
05000500
0500-0600
0500-0529 mtwhl
05000600

Anguilla,Caribbean Beacon
Australia, Radio
Australia. Vl8K Katherine

Australia.VlST TentGrk

Austraea.nerenserorces R
Cameroon. Radio Cameroon
Canada. cec N Quebec Svc
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calqary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZUVancouver

Canada, RCanadaInll

0500-0600
0500-0600
0500,0550
05000600
05000600 vi
05000600

China, ChinaRadio Inti

Costa Aica,RF Peace Inti
Cuba. Radio Havana
Ecuador, HCJB
Germany, DeutscheWelle
Ireland, Unt ChristianBC
Italy, lARS
Japan, RJapanl1llHK World

0500-0530 vi
0500-0600
05000600
05000600
0500-0510 vl/m-f
05000600
0500-0600 vI
05000600
0500-0530 s
05000600vi
0500-0525
0500-0600
05000505
0500-0600
0500-0557
05000600 vI
05000600

Lesotho, Radio Lesotho

Liberia, Radio vernas
Liberia, Star Radio
Liberia.LCNIR Liberia lnt
Malawi, MBC
Malaysia,Radio
Malaysia, RTM Kuching
Malaysia, Voice of
Malia, VO Mediterranean
Namibia. NBC
Netherlands, Radio
NewZealand, R NZInU
Nigeria,FRCN/Radio
Nigeria, Voice 01
North Korea, R Pyongyang
Papua NewGuinea, NBC
Russia,Voice 01 Russia WS

0500-0530

S Africa. AWR Atnca

0500-0600

6090am
9660pa
15510pa
5025do
491 0<10
15635as
485Odo
9625110
6070do
603Odo
6130do
6160do
7295eu
9560na
7385am
6180na
9745na
6045na
6200do
3985va
6110na
11760as
1781Das
4800do
5470do
3400do
5100do
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7295do
4895do
6175as
17570au
3270do
6165na
11690pa
3326do
7255af
356Qeu
9675do
9450au
21790au
6OO0af

12080as
17795pa

9595eu

1360Spa

11835al

15240pa

15430al

15050am
9820na
12015na
6185na

9830na
21455am
9615am

1181 0na

7230eu
11840as

9835na
11850pa

11715as
15230pa

71 6Odo
9750as

. . .

05000530
05000600
05000600
05000515
0500,0600

SAfrica, Channel Africa

Singapore.RC orp Singapore
Spain, RExterior Espana
Uganda. Radio
UK. BBCAtncan Service

05(}). 0600

UK, BBCAsianService

OS{}).0600

UK. BBCWorld Service

0500,0600
OSOO0600
0500,0600
05000600

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

USA, KTBN SailLk City UT
USA. KWHR NaalehuHI
USA.Voice of America

05000600
05000600
05000600
05000600
OSOO0600
05000600
05000600
OSOO0600
OSOO0600
OSOO0600
05000600
05000600
05000520

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL

USA, WGTGMcCaySVille GA
USA. WHRA Greenbush ME
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINS Red lion PA
USA. WJCR uptonKY
USA, WMLK BethelPA
USA. WRMI/RMiami inti
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA,WSHB Cypress Crk SC
USA.WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
vatcanState,Vatican R

05000600
OSOO0530 vi
0500,0600 vi
0500-0600 vi
050S-0600
05200530
052S0600
OS30-0600
0530-0600
0530-0600
OS3006OO vi

Zambia. Christian Vorce

Zambia. RZambialZNBC1
Zambia. RZambia/lNBC2
Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Be
Swaziland. Trans World R
Vatican Slate. Vatican R
Ghana, Ghana aroaoc Corp
Austria. RAustria Inll
Switzerland. SwissR Inll
Thailand. Radio
Zambia. RZambialLN BC1

15295au

3290do
9590na
4770tlo
15120af
l1i10eu

4990tlo

17495au

17665au

13790eu
21760au

6100al

9525al
6150do
6055am
4976do
3255al
9600al
9740as
15360as
395Seu
6195eu
15575eu
S810am
7510am
17555pa
5970al
7195al
15205eu
582Seu
508Sna
1156Sal
5745am
11950am
7490na
9465am
9955am
7395am
7535eu
2390am
5985na
5883eu
15570al
3330a!
4910do
6165do
3396do
3200al
9660af
3366do
6015na
5840eu
96S5eu
491 Odo

6005al
1542DaI
11955as
17760as
5975am
9410eu
17640rne
981 5am
17780as
6035al
9630a!

6190al
17885al
15280as
1779Das
6175am
11 760me

7160al
15310as
21660as
6180eu
1209Seu

6080al
11965me

7170eu
1208Qaf

5070am
11580af
9660al

S935am

7405na

7315am
13595na

9835a!
321 0am
9985eu
7250eu

11625af

6065al

4775al
11625al
4915do
6165eu
1190Seu

9500al
15570al

151l5eu

SELEaED PROGRAMS.
Sundays
0500

KWHR (Ang el 3): Breakthrough. Rod Parsley conducts

services from theWorld Harvest Church in Columbus, OH.
0500 KWHR(Angel 4): UPI News. S~ S oo .
0500 WHRI (Angel 1&2): The Joyof LivingBroadcast Ms.
Hurst and Ms. Smith evangelizewithwords andsong.
0505 KWHR (Angel 4): Musk:. See S0005.
0515 WHRI (Angell): Heartfelt Ministries. Advice from the
heart.
0515 WHRI (Angel 2): Music. See S0005
0530 WHRI (Angel 1&2):The Mercies of God Radio Broadcast.
PastorPeter Nolier from Michigan preachesmercy lor
lost sinners.

Mondavs
0500

KWHR (Angel 3): Shepherd'sChapel. Arnold Murray's

international outreach.
KWHR (Angel 4): Bob Enyart (live). See M1)400.
WHRA (Angel 5): Faith seminar01 theAir.Kenneth Hagin
evanuerees fromTulsa, Oklahoma.
0500 WHRI (Angel 1): John Hagee Today. Evanoelizing byJohn
Hag~ 01 theCornerstone ChurchIn San Anlonio, lX .
0500 WHRI (Angel 2):Blow theTrumpet inZion. Paul SurkcRam.
0505 WHRI {Angel 2): InTouch. See S 1200.
0515 WHRA (AngeI 5): The Radio BibleHour. Or, J. Harold
Smith has been preaching ontheradio since 1935.
OS30 WHRA (Angel 5): Focus ontheWord. Anthony Buzzard
from theNew Covenant Baptist Church.
0530 WHRI (Angel l): InTouch. See S 1200.
0545 WHRA (Angel S): Moments in Bible Prophecy. Raymond
Shockley teaches nomIt1tI Book 01 Revelations.
0555 WHRI (Anoe11 &2): Family Forum. Jay Kessler.
0500
0500

0500 WHRI(Angel2): Blow theTrumpet in Zion. See M 0500.

0505 WHRI (Angel 2): In Touch . See S 1200.
0515 WHRA (Angel 5): The Radio Bible Hour. SeeM 0515.
0530 WHRA (Angel 5): Focus ontheWord. See M 0530
0530 WHRl(Angel l) : In Touch. See S 1200.
0545 WHRA (Angel 5): Momentsin Bible Prophecy. See M 0545.
0555 WHRl (Ange!1&2): Family Forum. See M 0555

0500
0505
051 S
0530
0530
0545
0555

Wednesdays

Saturdays

0500
0500
0500
0500
0500
0505
051 5
0530
0530
0545
0555

KWHR (Angel3): Shepherd's Chapel.See M 0500.

KWHR (Angel 4): Bob Enyart(live). See M 0400.
WHRA (Angel 5):Faith Seminar01theAir. See M 0500.
WHRI(AngeI1 l: John HageeToday. See M 0500.
WHRI (Angel2): Blow the Trumpet in Zion. See M 0500
WHRt (Angel 2): In Touch. See S 1200.
WHRA (Angel 5):TIleRadio Bible Hour. See M 0515.
WHRA (Angel 5): Focus ontheWord. See M 0530.
WHRI (AnQei1): In Touch. See S 1200.
WHRA (Angel5): Moments in BibleProphecy. See M 0545.
WHRI (Angell &2): Family Forum. See M 0555.

0500
0500
0500
0500
0500
0505
0515
0530
0530
0545
0555

KWHR (Angel 3): Shepherd's Chapel. See M 0500.

KWHR (Angel 4): Bob Enyart (live). See M0400.
WHRA (Angel 5): Faith Seminar 01 lheAir. See M 0500.
WHRI (Angel l): John HageeToday. See M 0500,
WHRI (Angel 2): BlowtheTrumpelln Zion. SeeM0500
WHRI (Angel 2): In Touch. See S 1200.
WHRA (Angel 5): TheRadio Bible Hour. See M0515.
WHRA (Ang el5): Focus on the Word. See MOS30.
WHRI (An gel l ): In Touch, See S 1200.
WHRA (Angel 5): Momentsin Bible Prophecy. See M 0545.
WHRI (Angel l &2): Family Forum. See M0555.

Tuesdays

Fridays
osoo
0500
0500
0500

KWHR{Angel 4): Bob Enyart (live). See M0400.

WHRA (Angel 5): Faith Seminar01theAir.SeeM 0500.
WHRI (Angel1): Joh n HageeToday. See M0500.

0500
0500
0500
0530
0530
0530
0530

KWHR (Angel 3): Thinkinglik e God. HartArmstrong

preaches IromThe Book 01 Revelations.
KWHR (Angel 4): Bob Enyart (live). See M0400.
WHRA (AngelS): The Call to Worship. See S0600.
WHRI (Angel 1&2): OXing with Cumbre. See S0330.
KWHR (Angel 3): Walking in Power. See S 1500.
WHRA (AngelS):The Mercies 01God Radio Broadcast. See
S0530.
WHRI(Angell ): ChristianCountry Music. SeeS 1430.
WHRI(Angel 2): A Temple 01 Jesus Christ. See S0030.

Thursdays

0500
0500
0500
0500

KWHR (Angel 3): Shepherd'sChapel. S~ M 0500.

0500

WHRI (Angel 2): Blow the Trumpet in Zion. See M 0500.

WHRI(Angel 2): In Touch. See S 1200.
WHRA (AngelS): The Radio Bible Hour. SeeM0515.
WHRA (Angel 5): Focus ontheWord. See M (1530.
WHRI (Angel l ): Intouch. See S 1200.
WHRA (Angel S): Momentsin Bible Prophecy. S~ M0545.
WHRI {Angel 1&2): Family Forum. See M 0555

KWHR (Angel 3): Shepherd's Chapel. See M 0500.

KWHR (Angel 4): Bob Enyart (live). See M 0400.
WHRA (Angel 5): Faith Seminar 01the Air.See M 0500.
WHRI (Angel 1): John HageeToday. See M OSOO.

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USA, WMLKsemer PA
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Monaco Trans World Radio
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SmaEDPROGRAMS.
Sundays

0630

Japan. NHKIR.1dlo: Ne-NS. See S OO .

KWHR (Anget 3): WltrlesS01 Power RandyBrodtlagen
preaches
0600 KWHR(Angel 4): UPI News. See S oo
0600 WHRA (Angel S): SipesEvangelism. John and aoseane
S'P"
0600 WHRI (Anget 1&2): The Gall 10 Worship. Berrle
t mmerrran....1!:I sereces tromlion Chapel, Holland.
'/Ich 'llan
0605 K'NHR lAngeI 4): MusiC.
S 0005
0610 Japan. NHK:RadlO: Hell()fromTokyo.
S0010.
0630 K'NHR (AnOel 31: Taste GOlfs Goodness l elaPendergrass
teacnes about oe coming rapture
0630 WHRA (Anqel51: GOSDl!I Crusade MlniStnes, Scnpfure
leachings by Roger Headrick and neebiblecorrespondence courses
0630 WHRl lAooel l ): MUSIC. See S0005
0630 WHRI IAngel2): The Voice 01Po..... er. RWscnarroecn
preaches Irom Tyler. Texas
0645 K'NHR(Angel3): Trulh lor the WOlld. CllulcMs 01CllffSI
spokesman JIm Oearman exammes Scripture
0600
0600

see

see

Mondays
0600 Japan, NHK:Radlo: News, See S OO.
0600 K'NHR(AnoeI3Mj:World Harvest Steve Sumrall witha
full hOUf ot mUSIC and a ministry update
0600 WHRA (AngeI5): World Harvest. See M0600.
0600 WHRI (Angel l &2): The aeno Bible Hour. See M 0515
0615 Japan, NHK/Radlo: Top News ASia See M 0315
0615 WIiRI lAnllel 1&2): rann Seminal ot meAir.SeeM0500.
0625 Japan, NHK/Radio: Music Reflections. See M0325

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0645

WHRI(Angel 1&2): teien 10Jesus. cmon and Sarah

Oulerbach IromTill! RedeemingLove ChriSlian Cenler01
Nanuet. NY.
WHRt(Angelt &2): The Voice of Praise Pastor Kennelh lvey
leaches Irom tile word 01God.

0615
0615
0625
0630
0645

Japan, NHKlRadlo. TOilNews Asia See M 0315

WHRI (Anoel 1&2): F31lh Semmar 01IheAir. See M0500.
Japan, NHKiRadlo: My Japaa DIary. See H0325.
WHRI (Angell &2): usten10 Jesus. See M 0630.
WHRt (Angel l &2): TheVoice 01 Praise, See M 0645.

Tuesdays

Fridays

0600
0600
0600
0600
0615
061 5
0625
0630
(16.:5

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0600 KYIHR fAngeI3 &4j: World Harvest See M0600.
0600 WHRA (AngelS): World Harvesl See M 0600.

Japan. NHKlRadIO: flews. See S eoee,

KWHR (Angel 3&4): World Harvest. See1.1 0600
WHRA (Anoet 5) Wetld Har\"I!St See M 0600
WHRI (~el 1 &2) : The RadiOBibleHour. SeeM 0515
Japan, NHKlRad>o: Top r~!'NS Asia. SeeM 0315
WHRI(Angel 1&21: Fallh Seminar cnneAjr. See fA 0500.
Japan. NHKIRad.o: EnjoyJapanese. See T032S
WHRI (Anoel 1&2): l isten 10 Jesus SeeM0630
WHRI(Angel 1&2): The Voice of Plaise See fA 0645
Japan, NHKlRad0: news. See S OO.
KWHR(AAQeI 3&4): Wortd Harvest. See M0600
WHRA (AngelS):World Harvest. SeeM 0600
WH RI I~el l &2 1 : The Radio Bible Houl. SeeM 0515
Japan, NHKtRad,o: Top fl ewsAsia. SeeM 0315.
WHRIlAngei 1&21: Fallh Seminar 01 theAIr.
M0500
Japan, NHKtRado: Musit Reflections. See M0325
WHRIlAngei 1&2): Listen to Jesus. See fA 0630.
WHRI(Angel 1&2): The Voice01 Praise, See 1.1 0645

see

Thursdays
0600
0600
0600
0600

WHRI(Angel 1&21: The gacc BibleHour. See M 0515.

Japan. lIHKlRadlo: TopNews AslJ See fA 0315.
WHRI(AAgell&21: F3IIh Seminar et the Air.
M 0500
Japan. fl HKlRadlo: MusiC But See F0325.
WHRI (Angel t &2): usten 10Jesus. See M0630.
WHRI (AAQel 1&2) TheVoice 01Praise. seeM 0645.

see

Saturdays

Wednesdays

0600
0600
0600
0600
0615
061 5
0625
0630
0645

0600
0615
0615
0625
0630
0645

Japan, NHKlRadlo: NeVIS See S0000.

KWHR (AnlleI3M ): World Harvest. See M 0600.
WHRA (Angel S): World Harvest See M0600
WHRI (Anuell&2): TIle Radio Bible Hour.See M0515.

0600
0600

0600
0600
0600
0600

/l604
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0630
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0630
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KWHR (Angel 3): The Banner 01TlUlh Broadcast.
SponsoredbytheFree Relormed Churches01 Nonh
America,
KWHR (Ang el 4): Turn YOUI Radio On. See S0300.
WHRA (AngelS): Sipes Evangelism. SeeS 0600.
WHRI (Angel l ): UPI News. See S OO.
WHRl IAAgeI2 ): The Call 10WOlshlp. See S0600.
WHRI lAAllel 1): TUIn Your RadiOOn. See S0300.
Japan, NHK!Radlo AsianWeekly. SeeS 141 0
KWH R(Angel 3): TheWord 01GodBroadcast Sisler Polly
preaches hom lhe Kllo~vJlte House01Faith in Tennessee.
WHRA (Ange! 5): The Prophelic Voice Broadcast. A
program from Gospel Truth Ministries ot Cincinnati
WHRI IAngeI 2l : The Voice ot Power. See S 0630.
KWHR (Angel 3): Tru th lor tileWorld. See S0645

FREQUENCIES .
0700-0800

An(juilla,Caribbean Beacon
Australia. Radio

6090am
9660pa

11880pa

15240pa

15415a5

0700-0800vi

Australia. Vl8K Katherine

0700-0800 vi

Australia. Vl8T

0700-0800
0700-0800

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Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halilax

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5160do
7385am
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0700-0800
0700-0705
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Costa Rica,RFPeaceInti
Croatia,Croatian Radio
Czech Rep, RadioPrague
Ecuador, HCJB
EQt Guinea, R East Alrica
EQ\ Guinea. Radio Africa
aermaovoverccmer Ministr
Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp
Guyana, GBCNoiceof
Ireland. unr Christian BC
ltaly, IRRS
Kiribati, Radio
Liberia,Radio Veritas
Liberia,Star Radio
Liberia.LCNIR Liberia Int
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia, Voice 01
MalIa, v a Mediterranean
Monaco, Trans World Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Inti
New Zealand . R NZIntI
Norway, Radio Norway Inll
PapuaNew Guinea, NBC
Romania, R Romania Int!
aossa.voce01 Russia WS

0700-0710
0700-0800
0700-0730
0700-0800 vt
0700-0735
0700-0800
0700-0730

SierraLeone, SLBS
Singapore,RCorp Singapore
Slovakia. RSlovakialntl
Solomon Islands, SIBC
Swaziland, Trans World R
Taiwan, Radio Taipei Inll
UK. BBCAlricanService

0700-0800 as
0700-0800

UK, BBCAlricanService
UK, 8BCAsian Service

0700-0800

UK, BBCWorld Service

0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
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USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN salt LkCity UT
USA, KWHA NaalehuHI
USA.WEWN BirminghamAL
USA, WHRA GreenbushME
USA, WHR I NoblesvilleIN
USA,WJCR Upton KY
USA,WMLK Bethel PA
USA,WRMIIRMiami 11'111
USA, WRND New Orleans LA
USA, WSHBCypress Crk SC
USA, WINCR Nashville TN
USA,'M'FROkeechobee FL
vanuatu. Radio
Zambia, ChristianVoice
Zambia, RZambialZNBC 1
Zambia, RlambialZNBC2
Zimbabwe,Zimbabwe BC
New Zealand, R NZInti
Greece,Voice 01

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Belgium, A vaanoeren lnt
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Guam. TWR/KTWR
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Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Hali!ax
Canada.CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica.RF Peace Inti
Ecuador, HCJB
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Guyana, GBCNoice01
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Liberia, Radio ventas
Liberia.LCNIR Liberia Int
Malaysia, Radio
Malaysia, Voice 01
Malta, VO Mediterranean
Monaco, trans World Radio
Monaco, Trans World Radio
Netherlands, Radio
NewZealand. R NZ Inti
Palau, KHBNN oice01Hope
Papua New Guinea, NBC
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0800-0810
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SinlJapore.RCorpSingapore
Solomon Islands,SIBC
South Korea. R Korea Inti
Swaziland. TransWorld R
UK, BBC African Service
UK, BBCAfrican Service
UK. BBC Asian Service

08000900

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08000900 as
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USA. KAIJ Dallas rx
USA, KHBI N Mariana Is
USA, KNLS Anchor PointAK
USA. KlBNSaltLkCityUT
USA, KWHR NaalehuHI
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL
USA,WHRI Noblesville Itl
USA. WJCR uptonKY
USA. WRMlfR Miami inn
USA. WRNONew Orleans LA
USA, WSHB Cypress Crk SC
USA, WWCA Nashville TN
Vanuatu, Radio
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia, RlambialZNBC 1
Zambia, RZambia!ZNBC2
Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe 8G
Pakistan. Radio
Nigeria, FRCNIRadio
Seychelles, fEBA Radio
Albania, TWR Tirana
Australia, Radio
Australia, Vl8A Alice Spg
Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia, Vl8 TTent Crk
Georgia, Radio
Switzerland . Swiss R Inll
Albania, TWR Tirana
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Guam, TWRlKTWR

June

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1998

9580pa
15510pa

15050am
11960eu

. . . .. .
9710pa

1208035

17750as

21455am

5950do
11785as

9750as

15295<1u

9820pa

17495au

17665au

21 7603u

1367Deu
61 00af
11940al

9500al
15400al

1783031

11955pa
17790as
12095eu

15310as
21660as
15485eu

9835al
3210am
4960<10

9845pa
5070am

5935am

17555eu
477Odo

17835eu
4990do

9740as
17760as
941 Deu
17640eu
981 5am

17780as
7405na
7315am
13595na

13685au

MONITORING TIMES

47

FREQUENCIES .
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000 vi
0900-1000vi
0900-1000 vi
0900-100il

. . .

Anguilla.Caribbean Beacon
Australia. Radio
Australia. VlBA AliceSPO
Australia, Vl 8K Katherine
Aus tralia. VL8T Tent Crk
Canada. CFRX Toronto

.. . . . . . . . ..
6090am

6080a5

6OlOda

Canada. CFVPCalgary

6030da

Canada, CHNX Halifax

6130do

Canada. CKlU Vancouver

6160do

09001000
09001 000
0900,0930
09001000
0900,1000 as
09001000 mlwhf
090G-0950

China, China Aadio Inll

Costa Rica,AFPeace Inti
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador, HCJB
Eqt Guinea, A East Al rica
EqtGuinea, Radio Alrica
Germany, DeutscneWelle

9785pa
7365am
17485al
964(}pa
15186a!
1518631
6160pa
15410al
21660as
9500pa
3366do
15200as
329Odo
6200110
7120va
9810do
547Odo
5100do
7295do
4695do

cermaovnvercorner Ministr
Ghana. Ghana Breece Corp
Guam, flNRlKTWA
Guyana, GBCNoice 01
Ireland, unt Christian BC
ltaly,IRRS
Kiribati, Banic
Liberia, Radio vernes
Liberia,LCNIR Liberia Int
Malaysia, Radio
Malaysia, RTM Kuching
Malta, va Mediterranean
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand, R NZ lntt
Norway, Radio NorwayInti
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Singapore,RCorp Singapore
SolomonIslands, SIBC
UK, BBCAlrican Service

09000915

UK, BBC AsianService

0900,1000

UK, BBC World Service

09001000
09000959
09001000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
09001000
0900-1 000
09001000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1 000
0900-1000vi
0900-1 000 vi
0900-1 000vi
091 5-1000
09150945
091 50945as

USA, KAI J DallasTX

USA. KHBI N Mariana Is
USA, Kl BNSailLkCity UT
USA, KWH A Naalehu HI
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL
USA, WHR I Noblesville IN
USA, WJCRUpton KY
USA, WAMlfR Miami Inti
USA, WRNONewOreans LA
USA, WSHB Cypress Clk SC
USA, WWCA Nashville TN
Zambia,Christian Voice
Zambia, RZambia/ZNBC 1
Zambia,RZambia/ZNBC2
Zimbabwe. ZimbabweBC
Ghana, Ghana arcadeCorp
UK, BBC Asian Service
UK,BBC Asian Service

09301000mtwhla
0930-1000
09301000
0930-1000
0930-1000
0930-1000
0945-1000

Austria, R Austria Inti

Canada, CKZN StJohn's
Georgia, Radi o
Guam, flNRlKTWR
Italy, AWA Europe
Netherlands, Ra dio
UK,BBC Asian Service

0945-1 000a

UK,BBC Asian Service

0945-1000smtwhl

UK, BBC Slow Speed News

17750Js

231Odo
2485do
2325do

0900-1 000
0900-1000
0900-1000

09001000
09000915 mlWtf
09000915
09000930
0900-1000
09001000aSJ\tl
09000930 vi
09001000
09000915
09001000
09001000vi
09001000s
09000925
0900-1000
09000930s
09001000'II
09001000
0900-1000vi
0900-1000

11880pa

9580pa

11755pa
15050am
21745va
21455am

9565al
17715as

12055as
17800al

15205al
21600al

4915do
595Odo

7160do

9660<"
9720pa
6100pa
151 75au
4890do
6150do
5020<10
6190al
17885al
6065as
11765as
17760as
941Qeu
l S485eu
17705eu
5810am
13840pa
7510am
11565pa
5825eu
5l45am
7490na
9955am
7355am
7395sa
2390am
6055al
722Odo
6165do
5975do
6130do
1531 Das
6195as
21660as
15455as
61 60do
11910eu
9865as
7230eu
12065a5
6195as
17760as
6065as
15280as
6065as
15260as

9820pa

11940al

15400al

1783Dal

6195as
11955as
17790as
11760me
15565eu

9580as
15310as
21660as
12095eu

974Das
15360as

15575eu

1778Das
7405na
7315am
13595na

3210am

9835af
5070am

5935am

1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1 100 ...\
1000-1100'0'1
1000-1100 vi
1000-1100'0'1
1000-11 00
100().11DO
1000-11 00
1000-1 100
1000-11 00
1000,1100
1000,1100
1000-1100
10oo11 oo3S
l 0001100 mtwhl
1000-11 00 as
1000-1030
1000,1100
1000-11 00

Canada, CHNX Halifax

Canada,CKZNStJohn's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
China,ChinaRadio Inti
CostaRica.RF Peace Inti
Ecuador, HCJB
Eql Guinea, A East Alrica
EqtGuinea, RadioAfrica
aermaovnverccmer Minisu
Guam, AWR/KSOA
Guam, TWRIKlWR
India, Al! India Radio

1000-1100
1000-11 00 as/vi
1000-1 100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100 irreg
loo0-1100s
1000-1030
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100 vi
1000-1 100
1000-1100 vi
1000,1030
1000-1100
1000-1100as
1000-1030

Ireland, unt ChristianBC

ltaly, lARS
Japan, A JapanlNHK World
Jordan, Radio
Liberia, Ra dio ventas
Malaysia, Radio
Malaysia,ATM xotaxtnabau
Malta. va Mediterranean
Netherlands, Radio
NewZealand, RNZInti
Nigeria, Voice 01
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Singapore,ACorp Singapore
Solomon Islands, SIBC
Switzerlan d, Swiss A Inti
UK, BBC Alrican Service
UK, BBCAlrican Service
UK, BBC Asian Service

7295do
17790as
9740as

11765as

Anguilla,Caribbean Beacon
Australia, Radio
Australia, VLBA Alice Spg
Australia, VLBK Katherine
Australia. VLBT Tent Crk

Canada, cac NQuebec Svc

Canada. CFRX Toronto

Canada. CFVP Calgary

1000-1100

UK, BBCWorld Service

1000,11 00as
1000-11 00
1000-1059
1000,1100
100011 00
1000,1100

UK, BBCWorld Service

USA, KA1J DallasTX
USA, KHBI N MarianaIs
USA, KlBNSalt LkCity UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Voice01 America

10001100
10001100occsnal
10001100
100011 00
1000-1100
10001100
1000-1100
1000-1 100 mtwhl
1000-1100 as
1000-1100 mlwhla
100G-l030
100G-ll oo
10oo-1100 vl
10Q0l1 00vl
1030-1100 s
1030-1055
1030-1057
1030-11 00
10301035
1030-11 00
1030-1100
1030-11 00
1030-1100

USA, WEWN BirminghamAL

USA. WGTG McCaysvilleGA
USA,WHAI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WAMI!R Miami Inti
USA. WRNONewOrleans LA
USA, WSHB CypressCrk SC
USA, iNWCR Nashville TN
USA,Vi'NCR Nashville TN
USA. WWCR NashviileTN
USA WYF A Okeechobe e Fl
Vietnam, Voice01
Zambia, ChristianVoice
Zambia, R Zambia/ZNBC1
Zambia, RlambialZNBC2
Austria, A Auslria inn
Belgium.Rvtaan deren tnt
Czech Rep, Aadio Prague
Guam, AWA/KSOA
Israel,xoltsraet
Netherlands, Radio
South Korea, R KoreaInti
Sri l anka,Sri LankaBC
UK,BBC Asian Service

1030,1045

Vatican State, Vatican R

tcee-uoc

15360as

17B70au

13710as
9740as
1779Das
9580as

11765as
2165Qas
11945as

15360as

9580as

11945a5

11955a5

11955as

. . . . . .. .

...

15190sa
17640eu

9815am
15665as

7535eu

..

6090am
6080a5
231Odo
24851:10
23251:10
96251:10
607Qdo
603Odo
613(){Jo
6160do
616Odo
9765pa
7365am
9640pa
151 86al
15186al

9S80pa

11860pa

17750as

11735au
17840as

13700au

15050au

11 73Das

11850pa

11755pa
15050am
21455am

5',00<,
11790as
9665as
11585au
17387au
62oodo
7120va
9695as
11690eu
547Odo
7295do
598Odo

9660<,
12065as
6100pa
7255al
489000
615Odo
5020do
6165eu
6190al
15400al
6195as
15360as
6195am
1S485eu
17705eu
151905a
5810am
15665as
7510am
993Das
5985pa
11720as
7425na

1371Das
15120al

9535eu
11940al
17830al
9740as

1779Das
9410eu
15565eu

17885al
11765as
21660as
11760me
15575eu

15310as
12095eu
17640eu

7405ca

9590ca

9815am
15725as
11565pa
6165ca
15425as
9465na

15745eu

9400am
6040am
7490na
9955am
7355am
6095na
2390am
3210am
15685am
5950na
9840as
6065al
7220do
6165do
15455as
9925eu
7345eu
11790as

15640eu
6045eu
11715sa
\ 1835a5
6195as
17790as
5883eu

9495am
13595na

7395sa
5070am

5935am

12020as

15010as

17870au
15595eu
t l 640eu
1517Qas
15650na
986Deu

12065as

1371Das

15120as
974Qas

178503s
11765pa

15310as

9645eu

11740eu

15595va

Your Name in Lights!

,,_ or at least in ink within the Monitoring TImes Shortwave Guide. Please send us your"best catches" on the worldwide shortwave bands QSLs, that is - and we will try to use them in future issues of MT. Your QSLs will be returned.

48

MONITORING TIMES

June 1998

fREQUENCIES
1100-1200
1100-1200
l100-1200vl
ltOO-1200 vl
l 100-1200v!
11001200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200

.. . . . ...

. .. .

1100-1200
1100-1200
11001200
1100-1200
1100-1200as
1100,1200
1100-1150
1100,1200 as
1100,1200
l 1oo-12oo aslvl
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1110
1100,1200
11001200irreg
1100,1200s
11001200
1100-1125
1100-1200
1100,1157

Anguilla,Caribbean Beacon
Australia. Radio
Australia. VL8A Alice Spg
Australia. Vl8K Katherine
Australia. Vl8T Tent Crk
Bulgaria, Radio
Canada. CFRXToronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN StJohn's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica.RF Peace Inti
Ecuador, HCJB
Eqt Guinea, R East Africa
EqtGuinea, Radio Alrica
Germany, Deutsche Welle
s ermaoycverccrner Minislr
Ireland, um Christian Be
ltaly,lRRS
Japan, RJapanlNHK World
Jordan, Radio
Uberia,LCNIR Liberia tnt
Malaysia, Radio
Malaysia,RTM KotaKinabalu
Malta, VO Mediterranean
Myanmar, Voice 01
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Inti
North Korea. RPyongyang

11001104

Pakistan, Radio

1100-1130as
l1 oo-12oovl
1100,1200
l 100-1130vl
1100-1200
1100,1130
1100,1200

Palau. KHBNN oice01 Hope

Papua New Guinea, NBC
Singapore,R Singapore Inl
Solomon Islands. SIBC
South Korea, R KoreaInll
Sri Lanka.Sri Lanka BC
Switzerland, Swiss R Inti

11775am
6080a5

9580pa

. . .

.. . . . . .

1100-1200
1'00-1200

Taiwan, Radio Taipei Inti

UK, BBC African Service

11001200

UK, SBC AsiaflService

11001130 mtwhl
1100,1130

UK, BBC Caribbean Report

UK, BBC World Service

74453S

6190al
17885al
6195a5

23l Odo
2485do
2325do

15175eu
BOlOdo
6030do
613Odo
616Odo
616Odo
7385am
12005ca
15186al
9530as
\ 5370al
5900eu
6200do
7120va
6120na
11690eu
510Odo
7295do
598Odo

17585eu

15050am
15115am

15410al

9695as

21455am

17765al

11730as

9860eu

12065as

13710as

9640al

9975me

11335....a

9645 va

15530eu

17555eu

15120as
17515as

17850as

UK,BBCWorld Service
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KHBI N Mariana Is
USA, KTBN Salt LkCity UT
USA,KWH RNaalehu HI
USA, Voice 01America

1100,1200
11oo-1200 occsnal
1100,1200
11001200
1100-1200
11 00-1200
1103,1200
11 03,1200
1100,1200 mlwhla
1100,1200
11 00-11 30
11ll0-12oo
11 00-1 200v1
1100-1200 v!
1104-1120
1125-1200
1130-1200 vl

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL

USA, WGTG McCaysvilleGA
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WJCRUpton KY
USA, WRMI!R Miami inn
USA, WRNO New Orleans LA
USA, WSHB CypressCr1( SC
USA., WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam. Voice 01
Zambia, ChristianVoice
Zambia.Rlambia/ZNBC 1
Zambia. RZambia/ZNBC2
Pakistan, Radio
Netherlands, Radio
China. China Radio Inti

1130-1200
1130-1200as
11301200
1130-1200
113012001

Sweden.Radio
UK,BBC ssran Service
UK, BBC World Service
USA. Voice 01 America
Vatican Slate,VaticanR

17800a'

96"""
5986do
6045eu
6100pa
3560as
15230va
7110va
17835eu
9965as
4890do
61503s
502Odo
7275as
11635as
9Bl0as

l1 001130as
1100,1200
1100,1 159
1100,1200
11001200
1100,1200

11940al
21660al
9580a5

15280a5

15310a5

6195ca

15220ca

15400al

17830al

9740a5
17785as

11955as

5965na

941Geu

11760me

12095eu

15485eu

15565eu

15575eu

17640eu

17705eu
6195am
5810am
9385au
751 0am
9930as
5985pa
11720as
7425na
9400am
6040am
7490na
9955am
7355am
6095na
5070am
5950na
5850na
7285as
6065a'
7220do
6165do
15530eu
6045eu
6995as
15480as
15240na
153103s
6195am
11680eu
15595va

17790sa
15190sa
981 5am
15665as
11565pa
6160as
1516Das
9465na

15220am

9645as
15425as
15745eu

9760as

7435am

15685am

9495am
13595na

7395sa
5935am

973Das

17555eu
9860eu
8660as

17835eu
11445as

11700as

17870na
17785as
152203m
17550va

SELECTED PROGRAMS.
Sundays
1100
1100
1100
1105

KWHR (Angel3): The water 01ute Broadcast. See S0100.

KWHR (Angel 4): UPI News. See S0000.
WHRI (Angel l &2): Breakthrough. SeeS0500.
KWHR (AllgeI 4): Music. See S0005.

Mondays
1100
1100

KWHR(Angel 3&4):UPI News. seeS0000,

WHRI (Angel 1): Ever lncreasinq Faith. Fredrick "K.C: Price
evangelizes Irom Crenshaw cbnsnan Center in l os Angeles,
1100 WHRI(AnoeI 2): UPI News. See S0000.
1105 KWHR (Angel 3): BiblicalSludiesInstitute. Bob Trel
evangelizesIrom Rapid City. scumDakola.
1105 KWHR(Ange! 4): Bible Patllway. See M 0400.
1105 WHRI (Angel2): Music. See S0005.
1110 KWHR (AogeI4): Musit. See S0005.
1115 WHRI (Angel l): Solcl Out for Jesus. Paul I ebuanc
evangelizes trcm Cookton Park, New York,
1130 KWHR (Angel3): Faith Seminar 01 theAir. See M 0500.
1130 WHRI (Allgel 1&2): Tile Hour of Courage. See M0430.
1145 KWHR{Angel3): listen to Jesus. See M 0630,

Tuesdavs
1100
1100
1100
1105
1105
1105
1110
1115
1130
1130
1145

KWHR(Allgel 3&4): UPI News, See S0000,

WHRI (Angell): Ever IncreasingFaith. See M 1100.
WHRI (Angel2): UPINews. See S0000.
KWHR(Angel 3): Adventures In Odyssey. See S 0305,
KWHR (Angel 4): Bib:e Pathway, See M 0400.
WHRt (Angel 2): Music. See S 0005.
KWHR(AnlleI 4): Music. SeeS 0005.
WHRI (Angel 1): Sold OutlorJesus. See M 1115.
KWHR(Angel 3): Faith Seminarof theAir, See M 0500.
WHAI(Anllel 1&2): The Hour 01 Courage, See M0430.
KWHR (Allgel 3): Listen to Jesus. SeeM 0630.

Wednesdays
1100 KWHR (An ge1 3&4):UPI News. See S 0000.
1100 WHRI (Angel 1): Ever Increasing Faith. See M 1100,
1100 WHRI (Angel 2): UPI News. See S 0000,

1105 KWHR (Angel 3): BitllicalStudies insumte. See M 1105

1105 KWHR (Anget 4): Bible Pathway. See M 0400.
1105 WHRI(Angel2): Music. See S0005.
1110 KWHR (Angel4): MUSiC. See S 0005.
1115 WHRI (Angel 1): Sold Out lor Jesus. See M 111 5.
1130 KWHR (Angel 3): Faith Seminar ottheAir.See M 0500.
1130 WHRI (Angel 1&2): The Hour 01Courage, See M 0430.
1145 KWH R(Ange13): listento Jesus. See M 0630.
1154 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Phitippilles (Parts 1and
2) (3rd/1Oth). People 01this 7,000 island achipe!ago
celebrate 100years of indapendenca trom Spain this rnnntn
1154 Radio Netherland s: Documentary. The Higli C's (Parts 1and
2) (1Bth/25tll). SeeA 0154.

Thursdays
1100
11 00
11 00
1lOS
1105
1105
1110
111 5
1130
1130
1145

KWHR(Angel 3&4):UPINews, See S0000.

WHRI (Ange! 1): Ever Increasing Faith. See M 1100.
WHRt(Angel 2): UPI News. See SOOOO.
KWHR (An1l61 3): Adventuresin Odyssey. See S0305.
KWHR (Angel 4): Bible Pathway. See M 0400.
WHRt (Angel 2): Music. See S0005.
KWHR (Angel 4): Music. See S 0005,
WHHI (AngeI1J:Sold Out lor Jesus. seeM 1115.
KWHR (AllgeI3): Faith Seminar crtneAir. S~ M 0500.
WHRI(Angel 1&2): TheHourof Courage. See M 0430.
KWHR(Angel 3): Listento Jesus, See M 0630,

Fridays
1100
1100
1100
1l OS
1105
1105
1110
1115
1130
1130
1145

KWHR (AngeI3&4j: UPI News. See S0000.

WHRI (Angell): Ever Increasing Faith, See M 1100.
WHRI (Angel 2): UPI News. See 50000.
KWHR (Angel 3): Biblical Studies Institute. S~ M 1105.
KWHR (Angel4): BiblePathway. See M 0400.
WHRI(Ange12): Music. See S0005.
KWHR (Angel 4): Music. See S 0005.
WHRI (Angell): Sold Outlor Jesus. See M 1115.
KWHR(Angel 3): Faith Seminarctme Air. See M 0500
WHAI (Angel l &2): The Hour 01 Courage. SeeM 0430.
KWHR (Angel 3): listen to Jesus.See M 0630.

Saturdays
1100
1100
1105
1106
1115
1130
1130

KWHR(Angel 3): Eternal Good News. Germaine Lockwood

teaches fromthe Old Testament
WHRI (Angel 1&2): UPI News. See S0000.
WHRI (Angel 1): Music. SeeS0005.
WHRI (Angel 2): Fortile People (repeat), SeeM0305,
KWHR (Angel3):The Scripture Hour. Evangelist Paul
Fleming speaksfrom Greenville, se,
KWHR (Ange13): Harvest Christian Center. SharonEdwards.
WHRI (Angel l): TheVoice 01 Power. See S0630.

HAUSER'SHIGHLIGHTS
KOREA NORTH: RADIOPYONGYANG
New monitored
OIXXHJ(J57
05IX)-0557
I IllO- 11 57

schedule in English:
11845 13650 15230
3560? 117 10 13790
3560 9640 9975 11335
15230
3560 9640 9975 11735
1500-1557
13650
4405 6575 9335 11700
1800-1857
13760
1900-1957
65209600 9975
2 100-2 157
4405 6575 9335 11700
13760
231J(J-235 7
11 3351 1700 13760
15130
(Sonny Ashimori. Japan. Cumbre DX)

June

1998

MONITORING TIMES

49

fREQUENCIES
12{)(}1300

1200-1300
1200-1300

1200-1300vi
12()O.1300vl

1201H 300 vi
1200-1300
12001215vt
12001300vl
12001300

. . . . .

..

Algeria. A Algiers Inti

Anguilla.Caribbean Beacon
Australia. Radio
Australia. VL8AAlice SPII
Australia. VL8KKatherine
Australia. VL8T tent Crk

12001300
12001300
12001300
12001300
12001229

Brazil. RadIO Bras

Cambodia.Natt Voice 01
Canada, eBC N Quebec Svc
Canada, CFRX TalOnID
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Hantax
Canada, CKZN StJohn's
Canada, CKlU Vancouver
Canada, RCanada Inll

1200-1300

China.China Radio Inti

11715me
lt 775am

15160rne

6020"

6060..

China. China Radio Inll

1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300as
1200-1300
1200-1 300

CostaRicaRF Peace Inti

Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. R East Alnca
EQt Guinea. RadiO AlrlCa
France. Radio FranceInll

12001300
1200-1300 as.'V1
12001300
12001300
12001300irreo
1200 1230
12001250
12001225
12001206
12oo1230 s
12001300
12001300vi
1200 1255

Ireland. Untcnnsuan BC
lIaly.I RRS
Jordan. RadIO
Malaysia. RadiO
Malaysia.RTMKotaKlOabalu
Mongolia. Voice01
Myanmar. Voice 01
Nemertancs. Radio
~j el'l Zealand. RNZ rnu
Nor....ay. Radio Norway Inti
Palau. KHBNNoice 01 Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Poland . Polish R Warsaw

1200 1300
1200-1230
1200 1230
1200 1300
1200 1300

Singapore,RSingapore Inl
South Korea. RKorea inn
SVl1llerland. Swiss R Inti
Taiwan. Radio Taipei Inll
UK. BBC Alrican Service

9580pa

9770as

1200,1300

.. . .

UK. BBC Asian sevce

UK. BBC WorldService

231Odo

1200-1300
12001259

154450a
1194O!1o
9625do
6070do
6030do
6130do
616{)do
6160do
9640am
15195as
6950pa

6995as
12110as
7385am
12005ca
15186al

usooas

1200-1300

USA, KJ.IJ Dallas TX

USA. KHBI N MarianaIs
USA, KlBN Sali l kCityur
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Voice of America

12001300
12001300occsnat
1200-1300
1200-1300
12{)O- 13oo
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1330
12IXJ.133O mtNhla
1200-1330
1200-1230

USA. WEWN Birrmrqham AL

USA. WGTGMcCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMI/R Miami Inll
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WSHB CypressCrk SC
USA. VNIC R Nashville TN
USA. WYFROkeechobee Fl
USA. 'rVYFROketchObee FL
uzteusan. R Tashkent

1200-1300

12001300

9660as

11 655am

13650am

7385pa
1166035
8660as

9565as
11675as
11445as

9715as
11980as
117DOas

15050am
15115am

21465am
21455am

9580<,

974Qas

1528Das

15310as

17785a5

5965",
11760me

6195am
12095<,
155, Sa5

941 Qeu
1522Dam
1764Deu

9515na

9760as

1171 5as

S8l0am
935535
7510am
9930as
6160as
15160as
7425na
9400am

604O>m
7490na
9955am
7355am
6095",
5070am
5950na
5850na
5Q6lm

11905as

95J(J>,

15530ca
6200do
7120va
11690eu
7295do
59BOdo
12085au
59B6do
6045eu
6100pa
17535as
9965as
4890do
6095eu
11815eu
615Das
7285as
6165eu
7130as
6190af
2166Oa1

6195as

15565eu

2485do
2325do

9945.'
12001230ill

1200-1300

13625ca
1554DaI

15155eu
17575ca

15195eu

9860eu

7145eu

9535eu
9610au
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7270eu

17830al

9525eu

17885al

1200-1300
1200-1300 vi
12001300 vi
1206-1300 occsna
1209-1215mtwhl
1209-1215as
12151300
12291259
12301300
12301300
12301255
12301300 s
12301300
12301300
1230-1300
12301300
1230 1300
1230-1300
1230-1300
1230-1300a
1230-1300
1240-1250
1240-1255 smlVlh

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Zambia, R la mbiafZNBC 1
lambia Rla mbialZNBC2
New Zealand. R ~lZ Inti
UK. BBC Caribbean Report
UK. BBC WorldSefVICe
Egypt Radio Cairo
Canada, RCanada Inti
Austria.RAustria lnll
Bangladesh. Bangia Betar
Belgium. Rvraanderen In!
Finland. Yl EIR Finland
Guam.AWR/KSDA
Italy. AWR Europe
South Korea. R KoreaInti
SriLanka, SriLanka BC
Sweden. Radio
Thailand. Radio
Turtey.Voice 01
USA. Voice ot America
Vietnam. Voice 01
Greece. Voice 01
UK. SBC StewSpeedNews

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6100pa
6195ca
6195am
17595as

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6155eu
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11900na
1372Das
7230as
6055as
9730as
13740as
9655as
15185as
7768eu

11955as
15485eu
17705eu

9815am

9385pa
11565pa
9645as
15425as
9465na

15745eu

9495am
13595na

9455sa
7435am

13845am

15685am

60150a
5975as
15295as

17150na
7285as
17775as

9715as

1522Dca
15220am
11855am
13730na
9550as

13650am

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15425as
15240au
9685as
15290eu

9640al11

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12020as

1501 03s

17525al
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15555me

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SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays

Tuesdays

1200
1200
1200
1200

1200
1200
1200
12Q5
1211

1205
1208
1230

Canada. RCI Monlreal: WorldReportCBC News.

KWHR(Angel 4): UPI News. S~ S OO.
WHRI (Angel l ): Wrtness of Power. Set S0600.
WHRI (Angel2): In Iouch. The Atlanta Bible-teaching
ministry 01 Charles Stanley.
KVlHR(Angel 4): Music. See S0005
Canada. RCI Montreal: Quirks and Quarks. Updating what's
new and what's next in science
WHRI(Angel l): aXing withcumbre. See S0330.

Mondays
1200
1200
1200
1205
1207

1215
1215
1230
1234

Canada. RCI Monlreal: cac Radio News. SeeS0200.

KYIHR (Angel 4): UPINews. See SOOOO.
WHRI (Angel 2): The Voice 01Praise. See M0645.
KYIHR(Angel 4): Music. See s 0005.
Canada, RCI Monlreal: The Inside Track. An awardWlnning
program of SPOrts journalism. examiningtheimpact et
sports onthelives 01ca:\ldians.
WHRI(Angel l): Midnight Cry. C. Parker Thomas
evangelIZes from Southem Pmes, NorthcarOlina
WHRI (Angel 2): Atlanta Bible College, AnlhonyBuzzard.
VfflRI (Angel 1&2): Failtl Semioarcnn eAir. SeeM 0500.
canada. RCI Montreal: Madly all in All Directions. SeeS

0206.
1245 WHRI (Angel 2): ute in theWord. Joyce Meyer offers help
byexamplelor everydaylivmg.
1255 WHRI (Angel l): BiblePathway, See M 0400.

1215
1215
1230
1245
1255

Wednesdays
1200
1200
1200
1205
1211
1215
1215
1230
1245
1255

MONITORING TIMES

June 1998

canada. RCI Montreal: CSC Radio News. See S0201JKWHR fAngel 4): UPI News. seeS OO.
WHRI {Angel 2): TheVoice 01Praise,See M 0645.
KWHR (Angel4): Music. See S0005.
caoada. RCIMontreal: As n Happens. seeT1211.
WHRI (Angel 1):MkinighlCry. SeeM 1215.
WHRI (Angel 2): AtlantaBibleCollege. SeeM 1215
WHRI (Angel 1&2): Faith Seminar of theAir. S~ M 0500
WHRI (Angel 2): Lifein the Word. SetM 1245.
WHRI (Angel l): BiblePathway. SeeM0400.

Thursdays
1200

50

Canada. RCIMontreal: CBC RadiONews. See S0200.

KWHR (Angel4): UPINews. See S OO.
WHRI (Ang el2): Thevoce oj Praise. S~ M 0645.
KWHA (Angel 4): Music. SeeS 0005.
Canada. RCI Montreal; As If Happens. Mary LouFinlay and
BarbaraBudd hostthis daily phone-in showtnat introduces
listenersto me newsmakers of theday and peoplewhose
stories mighl otherwisenotbe laid.
WHRI (Angel l ): Midnighl Cry. See M 1215.
WHRI (Angel 2): Atlanta BibleCollege. S~ M 1215
WHRI (Angel 1&2): Faith SemioarollheAir, See M 0500.
WHRI (AngeI 2): Lifein theWord, SeeM 1245.
WHRI (Angell ): BiblePathway. Set M0400.

Canada. RCI Montreal: CSC Radio News. See S0200.

1200
1200
1205
1211
1215
1215
1230
1245
1255

KWHR (Angel 4): UPI News. SeeSOOOO.

WHAI (Angel 2): TheVoice01 Praise. See M 0645
KWHR iAngeI4): Music. See S0005.
Caoada. ACI Mon1real: AsII Happens. SeeT 1211.
WHRI (Ang el l ): MidnightCry. seeM 1215.
WHRI (Angel 2): Alfanta SibleCollege. See M 1215.
WHRI (Angell&2): Failh Seminarof theAir.See M0500.
WHRI (Angel 2): Life in theWord. See M 1245.
WHRI (Angell): Bible Pathway. See M 0400.

Fridays
1200
1200
1200
1205
1211
1215
1215
1230
1245
1255

canaea. RCI Montreal: cac Radio News. SeeS 0200.

KWHR (Angel 4): UPI News. Set 5OO.
WHRI (Angel 2): TheVoice01Praise. See M0645
KWHR (Angel 4): Music. S~ S0005.
Canada. RCI Monlreal: As 11 Happens. SeeT 1211.
WHAI (Angel l): Midnighl Cry_SeeM 1215.
WHRI(Angel2): AUantaBibleCollege. See M 1215.
WHRI (.t.ngel 1&2): Faith semeer01 theAir. See M0500.
WHRI(Angel 2): liIe in theWord. See M 1245.
WHRI (Ang el l ): BiblePathway, See M0400.

Saturdays
1200
1200
1200
1205
1205
1206
1211

canada. RCI Montreal: cac Radio News. SeeS 0200.

KWHR (Angel 4): The Call to Worship. See S0600.
WHRI(Mgel l &2): UPI News. SeeS oo
KWHR (Angel 4): Music. SeeS llOO5
WHRI (Angell): The Pat Boone Show. SetS 0205.
WHAI (Angel 2): ForthePeople (repeal). See M 0305.
Canada. RCI Monlreal: AsIt Happens. See T 1211 .

. . .

FREQUENCIES
1300-1400
1300-133C
l JOO.1 400 vl
1300-1400vi

Anoullla.Callbb!an Beacon
Australia. Radio

AuSlraba. VlBA AliceSpq

Australia. VL8Kxatnerme

1300- 1400 vi

Australia. Vl8TTenl e,k

1300-1 320
1300-1400 vi

Brazil, Radio Bras

Canada. CBe N QuebecSvc
Canada. ( FRXToronto
Canada. eFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKlN51John's
Canada. CKZU VaocD\tve1
Canada. RCanada 11l1i
caoaoa. RCanada Inll
Chlll.1, Chma RadiO IIllI

13001400
13001400
1300-1400
1300 1400

1300-1400
1300-1400 smt....hl
1300Uoomtwht
13001400
1300-1400
1300-1330
1300-1400
1300-133')
13oou(lo)
1300-140)
13OO-133')s
1300-140-)
1300-1400
1300-1 400a5o\,1
1300-1400
1300-1310
t 3OO-1400
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1300-1400 occsnat
1300-1330 s
1300-1400
1300-1400vl
13001400
130014CQ
130014(-0
13001400as
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001330
13001400

Costa Rica.Rf Peace Inti

Czech Rep. RadIO Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt Radio Cairo
Eqt nueea . R East AIrIC.l
EQI uuoea. RadiOAllica
Germany unsersanee
Gel many Overcomer MmiSlr
neiano . Unl Chl istrallBC
ltaly. IRRS
Joman Radio
liberia.lCNIR liberiaInt
Malaysia, Radio
Malaysla,RTM KOlaKinabalu
~je .... Zea'and. R NZ lnl!
Norway. RadiONorv.'ay Inti
Palau. KHBNN oice 0' Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Pt uhppmas, f EBCIR Inti
Romania, R Romania Inti
Pusse.vcrce 01Russia WS
5 Africa, Channel Africa
Singapore.RSingapore Int
Sri Lanka, Sri lankaBC
swnzenaoo. Swiss R Inti
Tur~ey. VOIce 01
UK. BBC AI/ican Service

.. . . .

....
11775am
6020pa
231Odo
2485do
232500
154450.1

608035

9580pa

. . .

1300-1400

UK. BBC Asian Service

5990"

1300-1400

UK, BBC World Service

596503
11760me
15485eu
17705eu
5810am
93553.$
1171 5am

9770as

9625110

1300-1400

607Odo
603Odo
6t 3Odo
616Odo
616Ddo
1t 855am

1300-1359
1300-1400

1300-HOO
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400

13650am

USA. KAlJDallas TX
USA. KHBI NManana Is
USA. KJESMesQulle NM
USA, KNlS Anchor POint AI(
USA. KlBN Salt lk City UT
USA. KWHA Naalehu HI
USA. Voice of Amel ica

~Oam

6UQas
11675as

7385am
1358O.Js

12005ca
17595as
15186a1
953O.1s
9710eu
11650eu
6200do
7120va
11690eu
5100<10
7295do
598Odo
6100pa
9590eu
9985as
4890do
11995as
15250na
11655as
9445.1'
6150as
9730as
7230.15
15185as
6190.1'
17885al

7385pa
11980as
15050am
21745al
1511 5am

1185Seu

1564rJam

15390eu
15510as
17675.11
15425as
7480as
15290eu
11940.11
21660.11

9945as

1I 66Oas

21465am
21455am

11920eu

15650as

17770eu
17570as
17870.11

1783Deu
1542Dal

6195as

9740as

11150as

6195,lm

941Qeu

1186503
15565eu

,,......

95150.1

15575eu

15220am
1764Qeu

97603s

1171 5as

1531035

17790na
217603S

1300-1400
1300-1400cccsner
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400 vi
1300-14QO vI
1302-1400
1315-1400 mlwh'a
1330-1359
13301359 mlWhla
13301400
1330-1400
13301400
1330 1400
13301400
1330-1400
1330-1358

USA. WEWNBirmingh.1m At
USA. WGTG McCaysvilleGA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMVRMiami Inti
USA. WRND New Orleans LA
USA. WSHB Cypfess Crk SC
USA.WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR nkeecnctee Fl
Zambia. Chrisl ian Voice
Zambia. Rla mbialZNBC 1
Zambia. RlambialZNBC 2
USA.WYFR Okeechobee Fl
Bhutan. BhutanBC Service
Canada , RCanada Inti
Canada, R Canada Inti
China. Heilongjiang PBS
Guam. AWRIKSOA
India, All India Radio
Netherlands. Radi o
Sweden. Radio
UAE. Ra dio Dubar
uzteustan. RTashkent

13301400
1335-1345
1345-1400
1345-1400

Vietnam, Voice 0'

Greece. Voice of
l iberia.Radio ventas
vaucanState. VaticanR

9S1Sam
9385a,

7365as

7510am
993Das
61603s
151603s
7425na

74_

",oo.m
6041lam

...

11S65pa
;"

15425.Js
9465lla

15745eu

15105am
13595n.l

"';,m
7355am

"'-

9475am
1183OO.J
606;"
7220110
6165<10
11550as
503Odo
9535.1s
17B2Ova
484Odo

9455na
121603m
119700.1

13845am
13695na

15685am
l n SOna

11795as

11935eu

15325eu

1162Qas
15585as
15240na
13675eu
5975as
15295as
12020as
11730na

13710as

965llas
9545as
9890as
t 3740as
1363Qeu
5060as
11905as
9840eu
9395eu
5470do
13765au

1751 5au
15395eu
7285as
17775as
1501Qas
15175eu

216{)5eu
9715as

15630eu

15540au

17830.11

5mmD PROGRAMSSundays

Tuesdays

1300
1300
1300
1300
1300
1305
1311

1300
1300
1300
1305
1305
1305
1330
1330

1330
1330
1330
1330
1337

C.Jnada. RCI Monlreal. WOlld Repon, SH S 1200.

KWHR(Angel 3): MlISoc. See 5 0005
KWHR(Angel 4): OXlng WIth t umbre. See50330
WHRI (Angel l): GospelCrUs.1deMlnlslnes. See5 0630
WHRt (Angel 2): UPINews. See5 oo
WHRI lAngei 2): MuSIC. See S 0005.
C.1naC3. RCI Montreal:This Momlllg (hour1). DavidEnnght
andAvril Benort co-nestthe Sunday EdltlOIl 01this CBC
1UQal1neprogram (hour 1 013 hours)
G.1nadJ. RCI ,",ORlru l. RCI News. See 5 0100.
(WHR(Angel 3): Chrisl GospelBrOoldC.1st BRHicks01
JeffersonVIlle. Indiana WIth a Billie lesson
KWHR (Angel~ ) : Advtnluresin Odyssey seeS0305
WHRI (Angel l ): OXm ~ WIth Cumbre SeeS0330
Canada. RCI Montreal The MailbaO usreee-jeners. mllSol
se'ectcns.and happeRmgs in Canada

Mondays
1300
1300
1300
1305

1305
1305
1330
1330
1341

cac

Canada. RCI Montfeal:

Ra dIO News. Set5 0200.
KWHR(Angel4): UPINews See5 oo
WHRI(Angel l): UPlllews, See 5 oo
canada. RCI Montlea!: This Morning Tomght DavidEnright
and Avril aencn co-host theeveningedillonof tllis cac
magumeprogram
KWHR(AnoeI3&4): MUSiC, See S0005
WHRI (Angel 21: Mus.c. Set 5 0005
Canada. RCI Montreal: RCI News. See S0100.
WHRI (Angel 2): l ester Sumrall TeaChmgSeries.See5
1400.
Canada, RCIMontreal: Spectrum. Aweekday magazine
program of current anairs. features. and a business report.

1341

Canada. RCI Montleal: CBCRadio News. See 5 0200

KWHR (Angel 4): UPINews. See 5 oo .
WHRI (Angel l): UPI News. SeeS OO.
Canada. RCIMontreal: This Morning Tonight SeeM 1305
KWHR (Angel 3&4): MUSiC. see 50005.
WHRI (Angel 1&2): Music. see5 0005
Canada.RCI Monlreal: RCINews. see5 0100.
WHRI (Angel 2): t esterSumlall Te.Jchingseres. seeS
1400.
Canada. RCI Montru l: Spectrum.
M 1341.

see

Wednesdays
1300
1300
1300
1305
1305
1305
1330
1330

cae

canada, RCI Mo!1l1eal:

RadiO News. seeS0200.
KWHR (Angd 4): UPINews.
5 oo.
WHRI (AnoeI l): UPI News. See 5oo
G.1nada.RCI Montreal: This MorningTonight.seeM 1305.
KWHR(Angel 3&4): Music. See 50005.
WHRI (Anoel l &2j: Music. See 5 0005
Canada. RCIMonlreal: RCI News. See5 OHIO
WHRI (Angel2): l esterSumrall TeachingSeries. See S

see

1400
1341
1354
1354

canada, RCIMonlreal: Spectrum. See M 1341.

Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Philippines(Parts I and 2)
(31li/1Oth), See W 1154.
Radio Nemertands: Documentary, The HighC's (Parts 1and
2) (18thf25lhl.
A0154.

see

Thursdays
1300
1300
1300
1305

Canada, RCIMonlreal: CBC Radio News. See S0200.

KWHR (AnQeI 4): UPI News. See S0000.
WHRI (Angel l ): UPI News. See SOOOO.
canada. RCI Montreat: This Morning Tonight See M 1305

1305
1305
1330
1330

KWHR (Angel 3&4): Music. See5 0005.

WHRI IAnoel l&2) : Music.
0005.
canada.RCt Montreal: RCINews.
5 0100.
WHRI (Angel 2): l ester SumrattTeachingSeries. see5

see s

see

1400
1341

canada. RCI Montreal: Spectrum, See lot1341.

Fridays
1300
1300
1300
1305
1305
1305
1330
1330
1341

cec

canada. RCI Montreal:

Radio News. seeS0200.
KWHR lAngei 4): UPI News. See S oo.
WHAI (Angel l): UPI News. See 5 OO.
Canada. RCI Montreal: This Morning Tonight seeM 1305.
KWHR lAngei 3&4): Music.. see5 0005.
WHRI(Angel 1&2): MUSiC. see5 0005.
Canada.RCIMontreal: RCINews. see5 0100.
WHRI (Anoel2): l ester Sumrall TeachingSeries. see 5
1400.
Cal\,lda. RCI Monlreal: Spectrum. seeM 1341.

Saturdays
1300
1300
1300
1300
1305
1330
1330
1330
1335
1345
1345

KWHR lAngei 3): Music. SeeS0005.

KWHR (Angel 4): UPINews. See 5 oo.
WHRI (Angel l ): lis ten10Jesus. seeM 0630.
WHRI (Angel 2): BiblicalStudiesInstitute. Set! M l i DS.
K'..vHR(AnoeI4): Music. See 5 0005.
canaoa. RCI Montreal: RCINews. See S0100.
I(V,'HR(Angel 3): Spintof Truth. DonYoungoffers words of
encouragement and joy.
WHRI (Angel l): Eternal Good News. See A 1100.
Canada. RCI Monlreal: VentureCanada, See S0107.
KWHR(Angel 3): t asteGod's Goodness. See 5 0630.
WHRI(Angell ): MusIc. SeeS 0005.

June 1998

MONITORING TIMES

51

FREQUENCIES.
1400-1500
1411500
1400-1500'11
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500vl
141JO.l SOO yl

1400-1500
1400-1500
141)(J-1 S00
14(}(}-15oo

Angullla.Caribbean Beacon
Australia. Raclio
AlIslralia.VL8A Alice $pg
Australia. VL6K Katherine
Australia. Vl 8T rent Grit
Canada. CBe N ucetec svc
Canada. CFRXr cremc

Canada, CFVP Calgary

Canada. CHNX Halila.
Canada. CKZN 51John's

14(){H500

Canada. CKlUVancouver

14(}()-15oo s

Canada. RCanada Inti

China,China Radio lntl

14001500
14{)(J.1500
14(XHSOO
14(XH500 as
1400-1500
14(10-1500

1400-1 500
14(XHSOO
1400-1430
1400-1SOO asIvI
1400-1 500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500 vi
1400- 1500 ineg
1400- 14)0

1400-1500
1400-1 500occsnal
1400-1 5OOa5

1400-1500...'
1400-1500
1400-1500

Costa Rica,AFPeace InU

Ecuador, HCJB
EqtGuinea. R East Africa
france. Radio France Inti
Germany,OvercomerMinislr
India. All India Radio
Ireland, Un!Christian Be
Israel, Kol Israel

ltaly, lRRS
Japan, RJapan/NHK World
Jordan. Radi o
li beria. Radio vemas
Malaysia. RadIO
Malaysia, RTM Kuching
Malaysia,RTM KotaKinabalo
Mexico. Radio Mexico Inti
tletherlands. Radio
NewZealand, A NZ lnll
Palau. KHBNNoice 01 Hope
Papua NewGuinea. NBC
Philippines, FEBClAInti
ausse.vcce 01Russia WS

11775am
59950'
231Odo
2485do
2325do
9625do
6070do
6030do
613Odo
616Odo
616Odo
11a55am
7160as
9700va
7385am
12oo5ca
15186a1
7110as
118SSeu
95453S
6200do
12535eu
7120va
9505",
11690eu
547Odo
7295do
4895do
598Odo
9705n3
98903s
6100pa
9985as
4890do
11995as
4730as
11655as

9770as

13650am
7260as
11B25as
15050am
15115am

21465arn
21455am

1191 03s
1192oeo
11620as

15405as
13810eu
13710as

7405na

9535as

11eaOaI

716000
15585as

4940as
12025a5

497535
155103s

SAlnca. ChannelAlrlca
Sri tanka. Sri lanka. Be
Switzerland, SwissR Inti
Thailand. Radio
UK.BBCAlrican servce

1400-1500

UK, BBCAsian service

1400,1500

UK. BBCWorld Service

14001500
1400,1459
1400-1500
t 400-1500
1400-1500
1400,1500

USA. KAlJ Dallas TX

USA, KHBI N Mariana Is
USA, KJES Mesquite NM
USA.KTBN Salt Lk CityUT
USA,KWHR Naalehu HI
USA.Voice 01 America

1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
14(1(}15OO
14(XH 5OO
1400-1500
1400-1405
1400-1500
14001500vi
1400-1500 vi
14151425
14301500
1430-1500 ~I
1430 1500
1430-1500
1440-1500

USA. WEWN Birmiooham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysvilleGA
USA. WHRllloblesvllle IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMVR Miami Inll
USA. WRrlO NewOrle.a/lSLA
USA.W\'JCR NashVIlle TN
USA. 'rVYfR meectctee FL
Vatican Stale. vancanR
zambia. Chrisllan Voice
zamaa. RlambialZNBC 1
Zamba. R Zambia!ZNBC2
Nepal. Radio
Australia. Radio
China.China Radio Inll
Georgia. Voice 01Hope
Guam. AWRlKSDA
Myanmar. Voice 01

1756031

15640na
111JOas

1400-1455as
140(H SOO
14(1).1500
14(1).1430
14001500

751 0as
17570as

.....
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9730as
9575<1s
96553s
6190al
21660al
5990as
15310as
9410eu
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17640eu
13815am
9355as
11715am
7510am
9930as
61603s
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6995as
12120as
9385as
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17675<11
15425as
15265as

9830"

1787031

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119403t

1783031

21470a1

6195<1s

97403s

11750as

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15485eu
177Cl5eu
15725sm

11865na
15565eu
17840am

12095eu
15575eu

11565pa
71 25as
151603s

7215as
15255va

964",
15395as

11875na

15375na

15745eo

13845.am
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9880as

11445as

15105am
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SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1400 Canada, RCIMonlreal: cae Radio Ne'ovs. seeS 0200.
1400 ~,NHKlRad io: News. seeS OO.
1400 KWHR tAnoel 41: L.ts1er Sumrall Teachingseries. The
!leadof the Christian Ct!nter Churchteacnes
1400 'MiRI (Angel l); UPI tlews. seeSOOOO.
1400 'MiRI (Angel 2); Ayoka Radio. Moses AlIio.
1405 MiRI (Angell): Music. seeS 0005.
1406 Canada,RCI Montreaf:This Morning(hOur 2). David
Ennght and Avril Benoo co-hosllheSunday Edition01 this
CBCmagazine program (hour 2 013 hours).
1410 Japan, NHKlRadio: AsianWeekty. A mallaziOll of news
trom otherAsianbroadcasters. entertainment update and
muSIC.
1430 KWHR (Angel4): Wol1d Harvest Country Style. Joe
8rashler plays country music witha Christian slant

Mondays
1400 Japan, NHKlfladio: News. See S OO.
1400 KWHR(AnoeI 4):World Harvest (live). See M 1400.
1400 WHRI (Anllel l&2) : World Harvest (live). An hour 01
Christian music and information tor WHRI supporters.
1415 Japan, NHKJRadlo: 44 Minutes. SeeM 0015.
1411 Japan, NHKlRadiO: GuestComer. See M 0017.
1434 Japan, NHKlRadio: Close Up. See M 0034.
1447 Japan,NHKlRadio: News Commentary. See M0047.
1452 Japan, NHKiRadio: TumblingDiet. seeM 0052.

Japan,NHKlRadio: News. seeS OO.

KWHR (AnQeI 4): WortdHarvest (live). See M 1400.
VitiRI(Angel 1&2): World HarvtSt (live). seeM 1400.
Japan, NHKlRadio: 44 Minutes. See M 0015.
.lipan , NHKlRadio: Guest Comer. seeM 0017.
Japin, rlHKJRadio: CloseUp. SeeM 0034.
Japin, NHKlRadio: Ne.....'S Commentary. Set M0047.
Japan, NHKlRadio: TumblingDice. Set M 0052.

Wednesdays
1400 Japan, NHKiRallio: News. See S OO.
1400 KWHR (Angel 4): WorldHarvesl (live). See M 1400.
1400 WHRI (Angel 1&2): World Harvest (!i~e ) . See M 1400.

52

MONITORING TIMES

June J998

Japan. NHMladio: 44Minoles. See fA 0015.

Japan. NHKlRadio: GuestComer. See M 0017.
Japan. NHK!Ra:1io: Close Up.seeM 0034.
Japan, NHKIRa;iio: News Commenl3'Y_See M0047.
Japan, NH!VRa(Jio: TumblingDice. seeM 0052.

Thursdays
1400
1400
1400
1415
1417
1434
1447
1452

Japan. NHKlRa(JiO: News_seeS OO.

KWHR (AnoeI 4): Wond Harvesl(live). seeM 1400.
\'/HRI(Angel 1&2): WorldHarvtSl (Iivt). See M 1400.
Japan. NHKlRadio: 44Minutes. seeM 0015.
Japan. tlHKlRadio: GuestCorner. seeM 0017.
Japan, tlHKlRadio: Close Up. seeM 0034.
Japan, NHK/fIadio: NewsCommentary. See M 0047.
Japan, NHKtRadio: Tumbling Dice. S~ M 0052.

Fridays
1400
1400
1400
1415
1417
1434
1447
1452
1454
1454

Tuesdays
1400
1400
1400
1415
1417
1434
1447
1452

141 5
1-417
1-434
1447
1452

Japan, NHKlRa(Jio:News. See S0000

KWHR (AnlleI4 ): World Harvest (Ii~e). SeeM 1400.
WHRI (Angel 1&2): WOlld Harvest (rive). See M 1400.
Japan. NHKlfladio: 44 Minutes. seeM 0015.
Japan, NHKlfladio: GueslCorner. Set M 0017.
Japan. NHKlRadio: Crose Up. See M 0034.
Japan, NHKlfladio: NewsCommenla'Y. SeeM 0041.
JJ.pan, NHKlRadio: TumblingDice. See M0052.
Radio Netherl.ands: Documentary. Phi. ppines(Parts 1and2)
(5W12Ih). See W 1154.
Radio Nelt!erlands: Documentary. The HighC's (Parts 1and2)
(2OthI27lh). SeeA0154.

Saturdays
1400
1400
1400
1405
1405
1405
1410
143{l
1430

Japan, tl HKlRa<lio: News. seeS OO.

KWHR(Angel4): UPINews. SeeSOOOO.
'MiRI (Angel l ): UPINews. sees OO.
KWHR (AnoeI4): Advenlules in Odyssey. SeeS0305.
WHRI(Angel l): Home SChooling(live). See A 0100.
WHRI(Angel 2): Music. See SOOOS.
Japan, NHKlRadiO: WeekendBreak. See S0510.
KWHR (Angel 4): Christian Country Music. Set S 1430.
WHRr (Angel2): DXinll withCumbre. See S0330.

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS

UKRAINE: RUI
Z98 frequencies reg istered duri ng English
broadcasts:
pro gram I to Europe. Russia.
Kazakhstan :
00000100 5905 5915602060807 180
7240
0300-0400 5905602060807410
13590
2 100-2200 5905 6020 60RO 7 180 7240
74 10 9560 13590
Program II
OO-0100
NAm 9550 12040. SAm
99 45
03(X I-0400 NAm 9550 12040
2 J(JO2200 NAm 9550 12040 . Au 7380
(BC-OX)

FREQUENCIES .
15001600
1500-1600

. . . . .. . .

..

AnguiUa,CanbbeanBeacon
Australia, Radio

1500-1600 vi
1500-1600 vi
1500-1 600 vi
15OO16'JO vi

Australia, VlBA Alice$PO

Australia. Vl8K Kathenne
Auslralia, Vl 8TTent
Canada.
N QuebecSvc

1500-1 6()()

canada, CFRX rcrcntc

Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX HalitaJl
Canada, CKZN 51John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Inti
Ctlina. China Radio mtt
Costa Rica.RF Peace lnll
Ecuador, HCJB
EQI Guirea. REast Afnca
Germany.Overcomer Ministr
Guam. TWRIKlWR
Ireland. unt ChriSlian BC
Italy.IRRS
Japan. RJapan!NHKWorld
Jordan, Radio
liberia.lCNIR liberia Inl
Malaysta. RadIO
Malaysla.RTM KotaKinabalu
Mexico, Radio Mexico Inti
Monoolia. Voice 01
Myanmar, VOice01
Netherlands. Radio
New zea'ana. R NZ Inti
Nigeria. Voice 01
North Korea.R Pyongyang

1500-1 600
15001600
1500 1600
1500 1600
15001559s
15001600
1500 1600
1500 1600
1500-1 600as
15001600
15{)O-16oo
1500-1 600
1500-1600 asM
1500-1600
1500-1 600
1500-1510
1500-1600
1500-1600 irreq
1500-1530
1500-1530
1500-1515s
150(1-1525
1500 1600 cccsner
1500- 1600
1500-1557
1500-1530 s
1500-1530as
1500-1600 vi

15001600

cee

e,k

Norway, Radio Norway Inll

Palau, KHBNNoice01 Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia,Voice 01 RussiaWS

SELECTED PROGRAMS

l 1n Sam
5995pa

6021lpa

gnOas

11660as

1510
1515
1515
1530
1530
1530
1545

1500-1600

11855am
71603s
7385am
12005ca
1518&1
13810me
153303s
6200do
712INa

13650am
7405na
1505Dam
15115am

1500
1500
1505
1505

KWHR(Angel3&4): UPINews. See S oo.

WHRr (Angel 1&2): UPI Ne"". See S OO .
KWHR (Ange! 3&4): Music, See S0005.
KWHR (Ange14):Music. See S0005.

S AfriCa. Channel Africa

Seychelles, FEBA RadiO
seycneues. FEBA Radio
Si~pore .RCorp $iOQapore

9445.11

Sril anka, Srilanka Be

973035
619031
15420af
21660af
5975a5
117SDas

11600as
ll600as
615Odo

UK. BBCAfrican service

UK, BBC Asian Service

UK, BBC World Service

941Deu
12095eu
17705eu
1381 5am
11715am
15590am
7560pa
611Qas

nooas

9505na

9785as
21465am
21455am

1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1 600
15001600
15001600

9750as

117303s

7295<10
598Odo

l2085as

59 _
9890as
6100pa
7255al
356<ka
13650va
13800va
9985as
489Odo
4730me
9975me
17580me

sau

15255va

11690eu
5100do

9705na
97203s

USA. KAIJ DallasTX

USA. KJES MesquiteNM
USA, KTBN
l k City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Voice01America

9645.1s

15585as
15120a1

964"'1

4940me
11775me

KWHR (Angel 3&4): UPI News. See S OO.

'NHRI1Angel l &2): UPI uews. sees OO.
KWHR (Angel 3&4): MUSIC. SeeS 0005.
WHRI(Anoe! 1&2): Bi~1e Pathway.
M 0400.
WHRI (Angel l) : TheInside PiIth. Marvin tau with aninside
look at sportsand entenanment.
WHRI (Angel 2): TheVoictolsatvatiOll. William Wilson of
IheChurch of God of Prophecy presentsmusic and
IOspiralion_
WHRI (Angel l) : Lile 1n1he Word. See M 1245.
WHRI (Angel2): Ever Increasing Faith. seeM 1100.
KWHR(Angel3): Lester Sumrall Teachingsenes. seeS
1400.
\VHRI (Angel l) : Music. SeeS0005.
\VHRI (AnoeI 2): TheVoice 01Power. see S0630.
WHRI (AnoeI 2): FaithSeminarof the Air. See M 0500.

Tuesdays

1500-1 545 sm
1500-1600
1500-1 600
1500-1 600

. . . . . .. . . . . .

6160<10

1500 Canada. RCI Montreat: News. News lromeitherthe

Canadian BroadcastingCorpOration tCBC) or RadiO Canada
International (RCI).
1500 KWHR(Angel 4): UPI News. See S oo.
1500 WHRt (Angel 1): Walkingill Power. Brother Pronkdiscusses
Chnstian teadlinolromAorida.
1500 WHRI (AllgeI2 ): Message10 IStlIel. A program originating
in Brooklyn. Pf( for JewishhSfener1.
1505 Canada, RCIMontreal: ThiSMorning(hour 3). David Ellright
and Avril Benoit co-host theSunday Edition01 thiS CBC
magazine program (hour 3 01 3 hour1).
1505 KWHR(Angel 3&4): Music. see 5 0005.
1515 WHRI (AngeI 2): The Bread ollile Broadcast. Ron KrltSge
preaches fromtheChurchof God atNorwalk, Connecticut.
1530 WHRI (Angell ): DXingwithCumbre. See S0330.
1530 WHRI jAngeI 2): sandraDavis Ministries. SandraDavis
evangelizes from Massachusetts.
1545 WHRI(Angell ): Music. See S0005.

see

15Q()..1530
1501)-1530 twhfa

15001600

Sundays

1500
1500
1505
1505
1510

9500as

231Odo
2485do
2325do
9625<10
607Odo
6030<10
6131Jdo
6160<10

. .. . . . .

Mondays

6080"

.... . .

9975me

4975me
15470me

11735sa

7325me
17570me

1500-1600
1500-1 600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
15(10.1600
1500-1600
1500-1 600
15(1).1600
1500-1502
15001600
15001600 vi
15001600vi
15301600
15351550
15451600
15451600 en
1545-1600
15501600a

USA. WEWN Birminoham Al

USA, WGTG McCaysville GA

WHRI (Anoe!l&2): Bible Pathway. See M 0400.

WHRI (Angel l ): TheInside Pitch. see M 1510
WHRI(Anoe! 2): TheVoice ol 5alvalion. SeeM 1510.
WHRI (Angell ): lite in the Wold. 5ee M1245.
WHR t (Anoel 2): Ever Increasing Faith. see M 1100.
ICWHR (Angel 3): lesterSumrallTeaching Series:. See S
1400.
1530 WHRI (Angel l): Music. See 50005.
1530 WHRI(Angel 2): TheVoice 01Pow!Ir. see S 063tl.
1545 WHR t (AnQel 2): Faith seminar of the /ojr. See M 0500.

1505
1510
1510
1515
1515
1530

Wednesdays

KWHR (AngeI3&4j: UPINews. See S OO.

WHRI (An!)e1 1&2): UPINews. See S OO.
KWHR(AngeI 3&4j: Music. See SOOOS.
WHRI (Angell &2): Bible Pathway. SeeM0400.
WHRI(Angel l ): The Inside Pitch. See M1510.
WHRI (AnlleI2): TheVoice01salvation. SeeM 1510.
WHRI (An!)eI 1): Utein theWord. see M 1245.
WHRI {Angel2): Ever IncreasIngFaith. See M 1100.
KWHR(Angel3): l ester Sumrall Teaching Series. See S
1400.
1530 WHRI (Angel l ): Music. see S 0005.
1530 WWU (Angel2): The Voice of Power. See S0630.
1545 WHRI(Angel 2): faithSeminar 01 the ~r. See M 0500.
1500
1500
1505
1505
1510
1510
1515
1515
1530

KWHR""(Angel3&4): UPI Kew5. See 5 oo.

WHRI (Angel1&2): UP! NlI'NS. SeeS oo .
KWHR (AnoeI 3&4): Masic. SeeS0005.
WHRI (Angel1&2): Bible Pathway. see M 0400.
WHRI (Angel l): TheIIlSilIe Pitch. See M1510_
WHRI (Angel 2): TheVoiaJ of 5aJvatiorl. See M 1510.
WHRI (Angell ): life in the Word. See M 1245.
WHRI (Angel 2): EverIncreasing Faith. SeeM 1100.
KWHR(Angel 3): lesterSumrall TeachingSeries. SeeS
1400.
1530 WHRI (Angell ): Music. sees 0005.
1530 WHRI (Angel 2): The Voice of POW!r. See S0630.
1545 WHRI (Angel 2): Faith seminar 011MAir. SeeM 0500.

1500
1500
1505
1505
1510
1510
1515
1515
1530

Fridays
1500

I&'HR (AngeI3&4l: UPI News. See S OO.

...mam

USA,WHRI NoblesvilleIN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMIIRMiami Inll
USA. WRMlIRMiaml lnlt
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA.WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYfROkeechobee FL
USA. WYfR Okeechobee Fl
Zambia, ChristianVoice
Zambia, RZambialZNBC1
Zambia. RZambialZNBC2
Guam, AWRlKSDA
Vatican Stale, Vatican R
Albania. RTIranaInti
Bangladesh, BangIaBetar
Israel.Kollsrael
Vatican Stale. vancan R

. . . . . . . .. . . . . . .

Thursdays

"'55",

13760am

74"'"'
9955.1m
9955am
154203m
9475am
11830na
1155Das

1542535
1186Oa1
1783Oa1

11940a1
21470al

1540031
2149031

5990as

61953s

974Qas

11865na
15485eu

12040eu

7125as

9760as

7215as
15205va

l 5375na

15745eu

1384Sam

15685am

1531Das
9515na
15220na
1784Dam
15725am

993Das
6160as
9j'OOme
15395as
11875na

15575eu

15105am
13595na

12160am
17750na

6065a.
491Odo
6165do
9385as
13765au
11734eu
488Odo
11605eu
13765va

15500au
12084eu
15650na
15500va

17515na

. . . . . .. . . . .. . .
1500
1505
1505
1510
151 0
1515
1515
1530
1530
1530
1545

WHRI (Angel 1&2): UPI News. See SOOOO.

KWHR (Angel 3&4): Music. see S 0005.
WHRI (Angel1&2): BiblePathway. See M0400.
WHRI (Angel 1): The Inside Pitch.
M 1510.
WHRI(Angel 2): The Voa of 5alva1ion. See M 1510.
WHRI (Angell): ute in the Word. See M 1245.
WHRI (Angel 2): Ever IncreasingFaith. see M 1100.
KWHR(Angel 3): Lester SumrailTeachingSeries. See5
1400.
WHRl lAnger1): Music-See S0005.
WHRI (Angel 2): TheVoice 01Power. See 5 0630.
WHRI (Angel 2): Faith seminar 01the Air. See Ll 0500.

see

Saturdays

1500 KWHIf (AngeI3j : Eternal GoodNews. See A 1100.

1500 KWHR (Angel 4): UPI News. see S OO.
1500 WHRI (An!)el l ): UPl News. see S OO.
1500 WHR1 (Angel 2): TheMessage01l ovealld Victory. Jan
Graybill of Tulsa, Oklahomawith music and a Bible lesson.
1505 KWHR(Angel 4): The Pat Boone Sllow. SeeS 0205.
1505 WHRI (Angel l): Music. See S0005.
1530 KWHR (Angel 3): Rhema Radio Church. Kenneth Hagin, Jr.
nreaeeesfromTulsa, Oklahoma.
1533 WHRI (Angel 2): Adventures In Odyssey. See S0305.

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FREQUENCIES.

1600-1 700
16001700

Angullla.Carlbbean Beacon
Auslralia. Radio

1600'17QQvl
16001700vl
16001700 vi

Australia. VlBAAliceSpg
Australia. VL8KKatherine
Australia. VlBT Tent el k
Bangladesh. Bangia serer
Canada, CBC" Quebec Svc
Canada. CFRXToronto

117750101
5995pa
9770as
231Odo
2485do
2325do
488Odo
9625do
607Odo

16001700

Canada. CFVPCalgary

603000

16001700
16001700

Canada. CHNX Halifax

Canada. CKZN51John"s

16(1()-1700

Canada. CKlU Vancouver

1601). 1700

Chma ChinaRadio Inti

16(1)-1700 as
16001700

Costa Rita. M v WorldR

Cosla Rica.RFPeace Inll

16001627
16001700
16001700

CzethRep, Radio Prague

Ethiopia, RadiD
France. Radi o fr ance rmt

1600-1650

Germany, Deutscne Welle

16001700

Cermany.Overcnmer Mmislr
Guam, AWR/1(SOA
GUAM, TWRrO(TWR
Ireland. unt 01llSll(ln BC
ltaly,IRRS
Jordan, RadIO
Lebanon. VOICe of Hope
Malaysia, RadiO
New Zealand. R NZInll
Nloena. VOiceof
Norway. RadmNorwayInti
Pakislan, Radio

613Odo
616Odo
616Odo
9565as
9i25na
7385am
5930eu
7165af
11615at
15530at
6170as
9875as
613Qeu
9355as
1533Das
62QOdo
3985va
11690eu

1600-1610
1600 1700vi
1600 1700

16001700
1600 1630

1600-1700
16001700 as/III

16001630
1600-1700
1600-1700
16(1).1650 cccsna
160().I 700

1600,1630 5
16001630

isoc-tmo
HiOO-1700

1600,1625
1600-1700
16001700
1600 1700 a5

16001700
16001615

16001&:5
16001700

Papua New Sumea tlBC

of Russia WS

nussra.vcce

S Africa, Channel Afllca

Singapore,RCorp Singapore
Soulh xcrea. R Korea tnt!
Sn lanka, Sr. l anka BC
Swaziland. Trans World R
SWitzerland. Swiss RInti
UAE . RadiO Oubai
UK.BBC AfriCan SefVICe

6020pa
11660as

6080as

16001606

UK. BBCAsian Service

16001700

UK. BBCWorld Service

1600-1700
1600 1700
1600 1700
16001700

USA. KAIJ DallasTX

USA. KlBNSaltl k CityUT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Voice 01America

1600-1700
1600-17())
1600--170)
160017})
1600,1 70)
1600-1700
16001700
16001700
1600-1700
1600-1700

USA. WEWN Birmingham Al

USA. WGTG McCaysvlll! GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMlK Bethtt PA
USA. WRMIIR Mlanu Inti
USA. WRND NewOrleans l A
USA,WSHBCypressCrk SC
USA. WWCRNashVille TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL

1600-161001
1600-1630
1600-1700
1600-1 7COvi
1600-1 7CO vi
1606,1615

Vatican Slate. vancao R

Vietnam. Voice01
Zambia. ChristianVOice
Zambia. RZambla'ZtlBC 1
Zambia, RZambiall NBC 2
UK. BBC AsianSerVICe

1517031

1606,1615 mtwht
16101615
16151&:.5 as
1615-1&:5
16151700

UK, BBCAsian servce

Bangladesh, Bangla Betar
UK.BBCAllican Service
UK, BBC AtncanService
UK. BBC Asian Service

15515me

1615-1700 as
1615-1630

UK. BBCWorld Service

VaticanState, Vatican R

17s:;()a1

1630-1700
1630-1655
1630-1657
1630-1700
1630-1700
1645-1700
1650-1700
1650-1700ffitwhl

Austria. R eustnaInti
Belgium, R vtaenuerentnt
Canada. RCanada lntl
Egypt. Fadm cero
Slovakia, R Slovakia Inti
UK.BBCAlricanService
EQt Guinea. RadiO Alnca
NewZealand, R NZ Inll

95DOas

15520do

9620011
15050am
17485al

21465am

11705at

12015al

1521001'

7130al
11610011
13610me

72253S
15145as
15625va

9735al
216953'

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7295<10
6100pa
7255af

13""""

7230...01
15495me
489Odo
11775me
17570me

1512031
17640na

96-.

1695Qva
11570me

1772QaI
11850rne

15490me

600001
615Odo
5975am
9730as
9S/lOo1
9575as
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3255af
2147Qal

9515a1
15425as
15265as
15395eu
619Oa1
2166Da1

9870011

15400al

3915as
7160as
9410eu
15575cll
13815am
15590arn
7560pa
6035al
9645as
13710al
153953s
11875na
"'/lOom
1376Dam
7490n3

5990as
11750as
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6195as
15310.1s
1548Seu

] 125as
9760as
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1544501/
15375na

721 5as
t36OOa1
15255va
1769531
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12160am
15695va
21525va
15500va
1201Qeu
J965af

13845arn
I 7555vJ

15685arn
1770Sna

5975015

7160as

6195as

1531 0as

5975as
11750as

7160as

9510as

5883ell

7250eu

9645eu

11855me
7290eu
715O<1s

1371 0JS

t 3730va

605Seu
154lOaf

7345eu

5975.1s
9740as
9515na
17840am
15725am
9930as
6110as
9700me
15205va
1541QaI
13615na
15105arn
1359500

~65a m

99550101
15420arn
18930al
9475am
11830na
17750na
13765va
984Qeu
3330af
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6165do
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11750as
5990"
488Odo
1186Da1
15420af
391 5as
9740as
9515na
4005cu
1181Qeu
6155cu
591Qeu
6140as
15255011
592Qeu

1186Oa1

1501Qeu

9740as

15186011
6145pa

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1600
1600
1600
1605
1605
1630
1630

KWHR (AnlleI3&4): UPI NevIS, See S OO .

WHRI (Angel l): TheWOller oture Broadcast SeeS 0100.
WHRI(Angel 2): The Treasure 01Truth BIOJdcast. JoeGray
crcer the sponsorshIp 01me UnitedChurthes01Chnst.
KWHR (Angel31: ChriSNm Country MusiC. SetS 1430.
KWHR (Angel4): Tile Pat Boone Show. SeeS0205.
KWHR (Angel J): DXlngwilhCumbre.See S 0330
WHRI lAngei 2): Witnessof Power. SeeS 0600.

Mondays
1600
1600
1600
1605
1615
1630
1645
1645
1655

KWHR IAngeI3&4j: UP! News. See SOOOO.

WHRI (Angel I ): TlleVoice01 Power. seeS0630.
WHRI(Angel LesterSumrall Te.aching Series. SeeS
1400
KWHR(Angel 3&4):Music. See S0005.
WHRI(Angel l) : TheRadio BibleHour. See M0515.
WHRI (Angel 1&2): Midnight Cry. See M 1215.
WHRI jAngel l): The InsidePitch. SeeM 1510.
WHRI (Angel 2): The Radio BibleHour. SeeM0515
" 'HRI(Anoel l) : Bible Paltw/J.y. See M 0400

Tuesdays

see

1600
1600
1600

IWHRIAnQeI 3&4): UPINews.

s OO.
WHRI (Angel II: The VOICe 01 Power. seeS 0630.
WHRI (Angel 2): l ester Sumrall Teaching Series. See S

1605
1615
1630
1645
1645
1655

K\\'HR (ArlQeI3&4): MuslC_seeS0005

WHRI(Artgel l) : The RadiO BibleHour. See M0515.
WHRI (Angel 1&21: Midnight Cry. See M 1215.
WHRI (Angel11: The Inside Pilch. See M 1510.
WHRI (Angel 2): The Radio Bible Hour. See M0515.
WHR t (Angel l ): Bible Pathway. See M 0400

1 ~00.

54

MONITORING TIMES

Jvne 1998

Wednesdays

Saturdays

1600
1600
1600
1605
1615
1630
1645
1645
1655

1600
1600
1604
1605
1605
1605

KWHR (AngeI 3&<l): UPI News. See S0000.

WHRI (Angel l): TheVoice of Power See S 0630.
WHRI {Angel 2): l ester Sumrall TeachingSeries. SeeS 1-400
KWHR (Anget 3&4): MuSic. See S 0005.
WHRI(Angel l ): The Radio Bible Hour. See M 0515
WHRI(Angel 1&2): MIdnight Cry, see M 1215.
WHRI (Angel 1}: Tlle Inside Pitdl . SeeM 1510.
WHRI (AngeI 2): TheRadio Bible Heir. See M0515.
WHRI (Angell): Bible Pathway. See M0400.

Thursdays
1600
1600
1600
1605
1615
1630
1645
1645
1655

KWHR (Angel 3&-4): UPI News. SeeS0000.

WHRI (Angel l): TheVoice01Power. See S0630.
WHRI (Angel 2): l ester Sum/allTe.aching seres. See S 1400.
KWHR(Angel 3&4): Music. SeeS 0005
WHRI (Angel l): The Radio BibleHour.See M 051 5.
WHRI (Angel 1&2): MidnightCIY See M 1215.
WHRI(Angel l): The Inside Pitch. See M 1510.
WHRI(Angel 2): The Radio Bible Hour. seeM 0515
WHRI (Angell): Bible Pathway, seeM0400.

Fridays
1600
1600
1600
1605
1615
1630
1645
1645
1655

KWHR(Angel 3&4): UPI News. See S OO .

WHRI (Angell ): The Voice 01 Power. SeeS 0630
WHRI (Angel 2): tester Sumrall Te.aChif19 seues. see S 1400
KWHR(Angel 3&4): Music. See S00:15
WHRI (Angel 1): TileRadio Bible Ho~ r. See M 0515
WHRI (Angel l &2j: Midnight Cry. seeM 1215.
WHRI (Angel l ): TheInside PIl ch. SeeM 1510.
WHRI (Angel 2): The Radio Bible Hour. See M 0515
WHRI (Anllel l): Bible Pathway. SeeM0400

1615
1630
1635
1645

KWHA (AngeI3 &4j: UPI Ne\'/S. See S 0000

WHRI (Angel l &2): UPI NeNS. SeeS 0000.
KWHR(Angel 3): Turn Vou/ Radio On. See S 0300
KWHrl (Angel4): MusiC. See S0005
WHRI tAngel l): Music, seeS0005.
WHRI (Angel 2): l ilelime Commentary. ADSturm
evangelizesIromMinnesota
WHRI (Ang el2): Christ Gospel arcaccast. seeS 1330.
WHRI (Angel2): Jesus to tile Wortd MISsion. A plea lor
funds 110m Gemu ny.
WHRI (Angel21: Jesus for tne Ministries.Anthonylupardo.
WHRI (Angelll: The Scnpjure Houl. seeA ll iS.

HAUlER'I HIGHLIGHTI
AUSTRIA: RAUITRIA INr'L
Z-98 Engf ..h to North America :
12.'0 n il 1.'1.'0
00,,0 and O:!J ll Oil % 55
0 :': 30 al..0 In LAm o n 9870.
13730
05 .'\0 via Ca nada 6(115

IORr,

fR EQUENCIES
1700-1800
1700-1800
1701H8O(v1
1700-t 800 vl
1700-1800VI
1700-Taoo VI

..

nnquilla.Canbbean Beacon
Australia. RalllO
AuslIaha. Vl BAAlice Spg
Australia VL8KK.1lherine
Australia, VlBT 'lent elk

11775am
5995pa
9770as
231Odo
2485do

9625<10

G07Odo

17001800
1700-1800
17001800
17001800
17001800

canada. CFRX Toronto

canada. C=VP Calga,y
Canada. CrlNX Hahtax
Canada, Cr<ZN S! John's
Canada. CKZU vancouver
Cnma . ChinaRadio Inll

17001800
17001727
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1730
17001800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1801h l
1700-1800

Costa Rlca.RF Peace inn

Czech Rep RadiOPrague
E9ypl, RadiO Cairo
EttlGuinea, RadiOAlflca
Frarce. RadiOFrance Inti
Geofgla, VOICe 01Hope
Germany.Overcomer MIJllslr
Ireland. UnlChllsl lan BC
lIary.IA AS
Japan. RJapan/tJHK World

1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800ml\"lhl
17Q(}-1801l\1
17001755
1700-1800
1700-1800

l ebanon,Voice 01Hope
liberia. Star Radio
Mala\'sia. RadiO
fJ!!... Zealand. R NZInll
Palau. KHBWVolCe of Hope
Paaua newGumea. riSC
Potaud . Polsh A Walsaw
Romania. R Romania Im!
acsse.vcc e 01Russia WS

1700-1730
1700-1800
1700-1715 mtwh
1700-1800
17001800

S Africa. cnanoet Alnca

Sil1Qapore,RCorp Singapore
Swaziland, Trans World A
S'....azsanu TransWorld R
UK. BBC Alrican Service

1700 -1 7~5

UK. BBC ASlJ;n sevce

1700-1800

UK. BBC Worldserves

1700-1800 w
17001800
17001800
17001800
17001800

UK.Merfm r.el\'lorilOne
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KT BNSalt lk Cily UT
USA KWHA Naalehu HI
USA. VOi ce of Amenca

1 700- 171 5 \~

603Odo
613Odo
516Odo
6160uo
5220al
9570al
150SOam
59J{)eu
15255al
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USA VOICe 01Amenca

1700-1800
1700-1800
17001800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
17001800
17001800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800vl
I 700-1800 vi
1700-1800vi
1715-1745 vi
1715-1800
1730-1 755
1730-1800
17301800
1730-1800
17301800
17301800 s
1730-1800mIYthla
173018oos
1730-1800
m5-1800
1745-1800

USA.WEW tl Bumlngham Al
USA WGTG MccaYSVille GA
USA,WHRINobesvrne IN
USA WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMl K Bethel PA
USA. WRMllR Miami Inti
USA WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. \VSHBCypress Crt< SC
USA. WWCA tlashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee n
Zambia. ChrisllanVoice
zambia. A Zambl3:2rlBC1
Zambia. R Zambla'2tlBC2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Palau. KHBrl NOlce01 Hope
Swantand. Trans World R
Belgium, R vraano eren tnt
Guam. AWRIKSOA
Netncnanos. aaoc
Philippines RPlltpinas
S .anca. ~WR A!llca
Sweden. Radio
Sweden, aene
UK. BBC ASian SerVICe
VaticanState. vatcan R
Bangladesh, 8dngla aetar
India. All India Radio

1745-1800
1i451800

Palau, KHflNNoice o! Hope

UK, BBC ASian Service

950Qas

1188()pa

7150al
9700al
21465am
17485G1

7160al

7405al

15210JI

931~u

6130eu
6200do
3985va
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15355al
9960me
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951Qeu
9765eu
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15625va

7110eu

6O'95eu
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7285eu
1525Qeu
11655eu
17570JI

9825as

11775011

152~Oal

6150tlo
3200al
95OOa!
3255al
1186Oa1
3915as
974Qas
6O'95me
12095eu
152DOeu
'38 15am
15590am
7560pa
6110as
~5as

1700-1800 mlwhl

6080a ~

2325do

Canada, cae Il ueebec S'lC

1700-1800

6020pa

. . ..

15255va
1789531
5990as
977Das
15255as
1187500

"''''m
13760am
7.t90na
9':65am
9355am
15420am
18930al
9':75.1m
15695eu
3330JI
491Odo
6-65do
4828do
9965<1s
3200al
11810me
9355as
6( 2Gat
11730me
12130al

13855'1ii
6())5va
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13765.11
713Qas
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9%5.1s
5975as

6005.11
1540Qa1
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6190al
17830.11
7160as

963)al

6180eu

6195eu
15575eu

941Qeu
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1 5~ 85eu

951Qas

15725am
9930as
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9700me
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7125as
9760a!
15410al

7215as
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6045.as
11870as

7150as
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955Cas
12050as

1361503

15375na

157.:Seu

15105am
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12160arn
17555al
496531

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13660me
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11890me
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15735v3
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138-l5all1

15685am

1165531
1 5 1 90 1ll~

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. .

..

180() 1900
1800-1900 ml'.'/h!
1800-1 900

Ang ullla.Caribbean Beacon

Argentina. RAE
Australia. Radio

1800,1900VI
1800--900 v1

Australia. Vl8A Alice Spg

Auslralid. VLBK Kathenne
Australia, VL8T Tent erk

1800-~ 900 vI
18001900

saecnoesn. Bangia Belar

18I)l) .1900

Brazil RadIO Bras

1800-'900

t enaca. CFRX toronto

1800-1900
1800-1900
1800 1900
18001900
18001900
18001830
18001900
1800-1900
18O(}n 30 s
t BOO- B OO
1800-1315
18001900

Canada, CFVP Cafgar/

Canada, CHNX tiahlax
Canada, CKZN SI John's
Canada, CKZUVancouver
Costa Rica,RF Peace Inll
Eqypt. RadIOCalfa
Eqt suoea. RadIOAlrica
Georgia. VOice 01Hope
Germany. Il rnversalLrte
Germany.Overcomer Mlmsll
Greece. VOIce 01
India. All India RadIO

1800-1900
16001900 'JI
1800- 1900
18001900
1800-1900
18001815
18001900
18001900 5
18QOlf30
18001f50mtont
1800-1f57

Ireland, unt Chrisllan BC

ltaly,I RRS
xuwan. Bartio
le banon. VOice 01 Hope
liberia Star Radio
t.meua LCNiA l iberia tnt
Malaysia. RadiO
Morotto, RTVM Marocame
rJetherlaflds, RadiO
NewZealand, R '11 Inti
North 1(00ea. R J\'ongyang

1800 1830 s
1800 1900 vi
1800-1 900
1800-1900

nor-....a, RadiONorway lntl

Papua new Bumea. NBC
Philippines, A Pilipinas
Russia.Voice 01Russia WS

18001830
18001830
180019')0
1800-1900
1800-1830
18001900

S Africa.AWR AlrlCJ
S Africa. Channel AlrlCil
Slngapcre,RCorp Smgapare
Sudan. RadIO Dmdurrnan
swamano. Trans World R
UK. BBC AfrICan Service

1800 1830
18001900

UK. BBC ASian Service

UK BBC WOfld Service

1800 1900 '.'1

1800-1900
18001859
1800 1900
180019(0
180019CQ
18001900

UK, Merlin Network One

USA. KAIJ Dallas r x
USA, KHBI N Manana Is
USA KJES MesQulle NM
USA. KT3f~
CityUT
USA. KWHRNaaienu HI
USA. VOICe 01Amenca

1800-1900
18001900
18(}(}19OQ
18001900
18001900
18001901
1800-190]
18001900
18001900
1800-1900
18001900
1800 1830
18(l(H900
1800-1900
1800-1900'II
1800,1900',1
18oo 1900 vl
18301900
1830-1900 s
18301900
18301900 \'/
1830-190C

USA.WEWN BlrlOmgham At
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRA Greenbush ME
USA.WHRI Noblesville ltl
USA. WJCR uptonKY
USA. Wt.1l K Bethet PA
USA. WRMI/RMiami In11
USA, W R~jQ New Orleans l A
USA. WSHBCypressCrk SC
USA, WWCA Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee Fl
Vietnam. VOICe 01
Yemen. AadlOAden
Zambia. crmsnan VOice
Zambia. Rlambiall NBC1
Zambia. RZamblaiZNBC 2
Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC
Georgia. Bar no
Ge rmany. umversat tne
liberia, RadiOveutas
N MafianastSaipan FEBC
Netherlands. Badm

1830-1900a
18JO. 1900
18301900
1830-1900
18301900
1830- 1900
1830 1900 as
1840-1850
18581900a

Sertaa. RadIOYugoslaVLJ
SIO'/akaa R SlOvakia Inll
SWaziland.Trans World A
Turke-j. vcce 01
UK. BBCAfricanSerVICe
UK. BBCAsian Service
USA.voce 01Amenca
Greece Voice 01
NewZeaann. RNZ 111t1

salin

. . .. ..
11775am
153~ 5eu

5995pa

gnoas

231Odo
2485do
2325<10
7190eu
15265eu
607Odo
603Odo
6130110
6160do
G1601l0
15050am
15255.11
15186<'11
9310eu
ll605a1
1182Qa1
7450eu
741Qeu
I 1935al
6l 00do

6080015
11880pa

7240pa

9S70as

15520do

9500015

21465am

15625va
9420eu
9650JI
1377QaI

17705sa

995"'.

17765na
1162Qeu

15075al

3985va
11990l1a
9960me
S880do
5100do
7295do
17815011
602DaI
61.:5pa
':':OJ!!U
13760na

712Dal

11655al

6575eu

9335eu

11 700na

7~ 8 5eu

15705am

15735'/a

18950a1

489Odo
11?JOme
7290ell
9775eu
12045al
33.:5al

11890me
7425al
11655eu
1207Qeu
33!}Jal

15190me
9675eu
11675eu
15350al

9765eu
11 775al
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9200a1
9500al
619Oa1

11860al

15400a1

951Das
6180eu
15485eu

9740as
6195eu
15575ell

9':10eu
17840na

152~0a1

6150<10

tz...,

3200011
3255.a1
17830a1
5975as
6095me
12095eu
15200eu
13815am
9355ell
15385am
15590am

75"'"
603'"

1,S410a1
11875na
9-l00am
17655al
9495am
749011<1
9\65am
9955all1
15420am
15665eu
lJ.;75am
15695va
74':Qeu
978Odo
3330af
4910clo
6165do
4828do
6230eu
9,190al
3.:5Odo
9-165as
6020Jt
15315al
6100eu
592Qeu
3200a1
lJ.;-l5eu
6005al
97-l0pa
7170al
1\645al
9875pa

June 1998

15725am
9385.11

13625as
7,I1Sal
155&lal
1361503

976Oa1
17895al
1537503

11975.a1

1893o.at
12160am

13845am

156853m

984O!u

12020eu

15010eu

7120a1
17605a1
972Dal

9895011

1165531

60SSW

7345eu

15745eu

13760am
135951101

4965al

11765na
9630011
733Qal
15150al

9860al

MONITORING TIMES

55

fREQUENCIES

ili/ie --

Anguilia Cafibbean Beacon

Australia, Radio

1900-2000 vi
1900-1920

Australia. Vl8A AliceSPII

Brazil. RadiOBras
Bulgaria, RadiO
CFVp603Odo CHtl X613Odo
China, Chma Radio lnll
costa Rlca,Rf Peace inn
Ecuador,HCJB
EQI GtJlnea,RadiOAlllea
Georgia.VOice 01 Hope
Germany, Deutsche Welle

1900-2000
1900-2000
19002000
19002000
19002000
1900-1950
19002000
19001910
1900-2000
1900-1930
1900-19-:5

Germany.Overcomer MiOlstr
Greece. voce 01
Guatemala. Adv World R
Hungary. RadiO Budapest
India. All Irllra RadIO

1900-2000

Ireland Unt ChllSllan BC

Israel, Kol .sraet
11aly.IRAS
Kenya. Ker.ya arcaoc Corp
Kuwait. Radio
la tvia, Radio latvia Inti
le banon, Voice01Hope
liberia,RadiO ventas
liberia StarRadio
llberia.l CWA tceua tnt
M.alaysia. RadiO
u ecco. Rad.o MexICOInU
N.amibia, ~lBC
Netnertands, RadIO

1900-1925

19002000 .-I
19002000'II
19002000
1900-1930a
19002000
19002000
1900,2000
1900 1915
1900--2000
19001930
1900-2000 vi

19002000
19001957 smtl'lhl
1900-2000
1900-1957
1900-2000vi
19001930
19002000
1900-1930 smt vn t
1900-2000
19002000
19002000 it
1900-2000
19001930
1900-2000
19001920
1900-2000

fl ew Zealand, RNZ inn

tJigeria. Voice 01
North korea. R Pyongyang
Papua NewGuinea NBC
Pnncpoes. R Pihpmas
01RussiaWS
9775eu
9765eu
11850JI
1 2~ 5a1
Serna. RadiOruccstave
Smgapore.ACorp Singapore
South Korea, A Korea IntI
Sri Lanka Sn Lanka BC
Sl ..,azlland. Trans Work! R
SWitzerland , Swiss R InU
Thailand. RalM
Turkey. Voice 01
UK. BBCAlrlcanService

nussra.vcce

1900-1930
19002000

UK. BBC Asian Service

Uk. BBC World Service

19OO'200J VI
1900-200)
1900 1959
1900-2000
1900,2000
1900-2000

UK. Me,I'n Network One

USA. KAU Dallas TX
USA. KHBI N Mariana Is
USA. KTBrl Salllk Clt i UT
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Australia. Radio
Australia.VlBK Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tenterk
Bulgaria, Radio
Canada, cac N Quebec Svc
Canada, CfRXToronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN 51John's
Canada, CKlUVancouver
Canada, R caoaca Inti
CostaRa.RFPeace Inti
Cuba. RadiO Havana
EQypl, Radio Cairo
Germany. Deutsct e Welle
Guam, AWRlKSDA
Guam. AWRlKSDA
India. All India Radio
Ireland, Unl ChristianBe
liberia.l CNIR Liberia Int
Malaysia, Rad l ~
NewZealand, R NZ Inti
Nige.ia, FRCN-'Radio
Nor mKorea, R Pyongyang
tl orway, RadIO Norway Inti
PapuaNew Guinea. NBC
Romania. R Romania Inti
Singapore.RCorp Singapore
UK, BBCAslin Service

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USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

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USA. WGTGMcCaYSVille GA

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USA. WHRI NobleSVille IN
USA, WltlS Red uon PA
USA, WJCRUpl0n KY
USA, WRMliR Miami Inll
USA. WANO New O' !eans LA
USA, WSHBCypress Crk SC
USA,W/CR Nasnvme TN
USA,W'iFR Okeechobee Fl
Va tican Stale, vsucanR
Kyrgyzstan, KyrQy2 Radio
Canada. R Canadalntl
Canada. R Canada Inti
Ghana. GhanaBroadc Corp
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Sundays

2300
1300
2300
2300
2305
1305

Canada. RCI Montreal: CBe Radio News. See S02D0

KVlHR (Angel 4): UPI News, See S OO.
WHRA (AngelS): TUIn Your Radio On. SeeS 0300.
WHRI (Angel2): Black RobeBrigade (live). JOhn l ewis.
canada. RCI Montreal: Sound Advice. Rick Ph~lips
presents the cac weeldr guideto me work! of classical
museand ,ecor(\ings (90 minutes).
KWHR (AnoeI 4): The PatBoone Show, See S0205.

Mondays
2300
2300
1300
1300
2305
2330

Canada, RCI Montreal: The World al Six. CBCradio's major

newscast ot theday, presenting theimportant storiesin
deplh and in context.
KWHR (Angel4): UPJNews. SeeS 0000
WHRA (Angel 5): Music. See S0005.
WHRI (Angel 2): The Hour 01Courage. See M 0430.
KWHR (Angel4): Music. seeS OOOS.
KWHR (Angel 3): l ester Sumrall Teaching series. SeeS

1400
233tl WHRI (Angel 2): Radio Uberty. Thestorybehindthestory
and the news behind lhenews.

Tuesdays
2300
2300
2300
1300
2305
2330
2330

canada, RCI Montreal: TheWorld at Six. seeM 2300

KWHR (AnQeI4): UPI t-oews. See S oo.
WHRA (AngelS): Music. SeeS 0005.
WHRt(Angel 2): TheHour 01 Courage. See M0430
KWHR (Angel4): Music. SeeS 0005
KWHR (AnQel 3): Lester SumrallTeachinQsenes. See S
1400
WHRI (Angel 1):RadiO liberty. See M 2330,

ra'~d'Ja~~~ontreal : TheWorld at Six. See M 2300.

2300 KWHR (Angel 4): UPllle ws. SeeS
OO.

2300
2300
2305
2330
2330

WHRA(Angel 5): Music. See S0005.

WHRI (Angel 2): The Hour 01Courage, see M0430.
KWHR(Angel 4): Music. See S 0005,
KWHR (AIIgel3): t ester SumraUTeachingSeries. SeeS
1400.
WHRI (Angel 2): RadIO liberty. SeeM 2330.

58

Canada. RCI Montreal: TheWorkl et Six. See M 2300.

KWHR(AngeI 4l : UPI NI!Yo'S . See S OO.
WHRA(AngelS): Music. SeeS0005.
WHRI (Angel2): TheHour 01 Courage. SeeM0430.
KWHR (Angel 4): MUSIC. See S0005.

MONITORING TIMES

KWHR (Angel 3): l ester Sum,allTeachingSeries. SeeS 1400.

WHRI (Angel 2): Radio Uberty. SeeM 2330.

Fridavs

canada,RCI Montreal: The Worldat SiJ. SeeM 2300

2300 KWHR (Angel 4): UPINI!Yo'S. SeeS oo
2300 WHRA (AIIgel5): Music. See S 0005.
2300 WHRI (Angel 2): TheHour ol Coorage.See M 0430.
2300

2305 KWHR (AnQel 4): Music. See S 0005.

2330 KWHR (Angel 3): Lester Sumrall TeachingSeries. See S 1400.
2330 WHRI (A~eI2 ): Radio Uberty. SeeM 2330.
2354 RadioNetherlands: Documentary. Philippines (Pans 1 and 2)
(5th1121h). See VI1154.

2354

Radio Netherlands: Documentary. The High c's (palls 1

and2) (2Othl27Ih). See A0154.

~U~~CI
Montreal: CBCRadio NI!Yo'S. See S0200.
KWHR{An gel 4): UPI NI!Yo'S. See S

2300
2300
2300
230S
2305
2307
2330
2345

see

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WHRA (AnQel5): Music,

S 0005.
WHRI (Angel 2): The P,ophecy Club. See M0400.
KWHR (Angel4J: Music seeS0005
WHRI (Angell ): Music. 5eeS0005.
Canada. RCI Morlll eal: Ouirltsand Quarks. See S 1208
WHRI(Angel 2): The Bread 01lifeBroadcast. seeS 1515.
WHRI(Angel2): WindctmeSpirit. Barbara Jennison.

HAUSER'SHIGHLIGHTS
ROMANIA: RROMANIA INT'l
2 -98 schedule~
lJ6-10-0700
1300-I -IlJO
170lJ-1800
2 100-22lJO

11885. 9665. 9625. 9550

17770. 15390
1525lJ. 1I 9-1lJ. 95 1O
11830. 9570. 7 195. 6 130

Noa h America
2300 -2400 11 830. 9570
lJ20lJ-03lJlJ 957lJ. 6 155
WOO-lJ5!KJ 119-1lJ. 9570
lJ6!KJ-07lJlJ I 1940. 95 1
1300- I -I!KJ I 779lJ. 1525lJ

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117-10. 969 lJ (Japan). 119-10. 153XlJ

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W OO-05lJO

117-10. 969lJ
17720 . 15335

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0700- 08lJO 2 1-180. 17735

Thursdays
2300
2300
2300
2300
2305

2330
2330

June /9 98

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1531)0 clear hUI weak . 15250 accomp anied by noise probably from RRl's own transmitter, and
missing the n ext day, The 2JOO hour is agai n partly for NAm: an d th e 0600 shou l d be more
audib le nnw on higher summer frequencies.

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monitor@rac.CQ

Cheap Electricity w ith IF

I can hear yo ur question now: "W hat does
propagat ion have to do with ch eap electricity?" I have to agree that it is a far-fetched
connectio n. but keep readin g...
In Europe and North Africa (lTV region
I l, part of the low frequency (LF) spectru m is
used for bro adcasting. Th e stations ope rating
between 153 and 279 kHz use a tremendous
amount of power. in the order o f .5 to 3
megawatts. Any bird that approaches the
towe rs of these statio ns will probab ly be
cooked in flight ! Th e high powe r means that
a strong sig nal can be delivered over a large
geog raphical area . but wha t other benefi cial
uses can be made of such a penetra ting signal? For one thing. it is possib le to use the
transmitters to control variou s appa ratus. such
as clocks and hydro (water) meters.
For exa mple,TDF in France carries a time
signal superimposed on its regular carrier on
162 kHz. Th e time signa l not only will keep
yo ur clock on time. but will tell you if the next
day is a statutory holiday and will adva nce or
retard the clock in the spring and fall for
Daylig ht Savings or Standard T ime.
In the UK, I am told that they also use the
signal from the BBC on 198 kH z to transm it
a time signal similar to the one onT DF. Using
three sites simultaneously to cover the British
Isles. they mod ulate the signals with a control
signal that will set and reset your electric
consumption meter to "eco nomy" or "full"
rate. depend ing on the time of day.
Why wo uld an electric company be willing to offer two rJ.tes for the same product'!
During the day, the elec tric demand is at a
pea k and. as a producer, you would want to
lim it the use of electricity . So you set your
rates fairly high . But between midnight and
07:00. when co nsumption is down. you co ukl
offer an incentive to encourage greater co n
sumption during those hours and help equalize your total production over the full day. By
doing so. you do not have to u pg r~l de your
distribu tion sys tem and you can still serve
your clients very well.
The only catc h here is:" How do you easily
comro l the rates charged duri ng the off-pea k
hou rT One way would be to change the
multiplier in the electric meter at each site.
Here is where the LF signal tmnsmiu ed by
BBe enters thc picture. Every night. part o f
the transmiued signal supposed ly programs

60

MONITORING TIMES

June

1998

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reprogra ms them in the early morning to charge
the full rate. You ' d bcne r belicve the code for
this programm ing is as well kept as the recipe
for Coca-Col a!
I have been assured that it is not uncom mon for subscribers to this dual rJte service
systcm to h;w e timers installed on the washerl
dryer (,;umbi natio n. so that these apparatus
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So. take a nap and then get up to do your

washing !
In North America. the LF porti on of the
spectru m is not as busy as it has bee n; could
we see a similar system bei ng imple mented?
Now that summer is here . you could run your
air condi tioner and do your wash at nigh t on a
red uced rate... Not a bad deal.
Enjoy the summe r; the sun cycle is climbing and this fall seaso n should be good for
DXin g.

Play Ball!

n shortwa ve? Well- not really. Baseball is one sport thai almost never is
heard on shortwave these days. Thai
wasn ' t always the cascoWh en the Ann cd Forces
Rad io and Te levision Se rvice CAFRTS ) bro adcas t on shortwave, there were usua lly at least two

mitior league games a day.

It was a unique presentation. We co uld hear
all the famous announcers of the day because
game s were relayed from the teams" flagship
radio stations. Th ere we re no commercials be(ween innings.That time was filled by an AFRTS
announcer who read batting averages. home
runs. ERAs and ga ve other statistical data and
back grou nd inform ation.
But when the AFRTS moved to sate llite in
1988. so did baseball. Now . except for an occa sional LSU or Texas A&M college game on
WR NO . migh ty Ca sey strikes out whe n it comes
to the iono sphere . How ever, that doe sn ' t mean
that the med ium no longer caters 10 the av id
spo rts fan.
There is more tha n amp le sports programming o n shortwave . (Th ere's even more if'you 're
not co nfined to an understand ing of j ust the
English language.) And since the quadre nnial
g lob al soccer (vfootball" to purists ) festiva l. the
World Cup. is being played this June and Jul y in
Franc e. this summer is an especially busy one.

Rugby is the nati onal spo rt of New Zealand

Span s Factor, which is broadcast Mondays at

and the staple ofRNZI ' s sports broa dcasts. Spans

Round-up is the national netw ork' s flagship sports

233 0 and repeat ed Frid ays at 1505 and Saturday s

at 0530 and 19 30.
RNZI also has a good. if more pedestrian ,
week ly spo rts review program featuring interviews. results and highlights. The World in Span
airs T uesday s at 0430. 0 7 15 and 2 135 .

program and is relay ed by RN ZI weekends

rough ly betwee n 2200 to 0500 . And from Deccmber thr ougb March (summer in the southern
hemisphere) the prog ram is broadcast alm ost
dai ly.
BolhSouth Pacific broadcastersinterrupt regular pro gramming fo r marq uee sporting events.
sometimes freei ng up spec ial freq uencie s to
broadcas t sports sim ultaneously wit h their regu la r programs. Their Internet sites <htt p://
www.ab c.ne t, aulrafgranhome .htm> and
<h t t p :// w w w .a c t rix .gen.n z/biz/rnzil
sports.htm> are regu larly updated with details
of upcomi ng sports broadcasts. Reception of
both stations in the evenings in eastern North
America is notab ly bett er now du ring the northern hemi sph ere' s warmer weath er seasons.
WRNO is virtually alone amo ng Am erican
shortwa ve broadcast ers in broad casting play-byplay sports. (Although in the past. W HRI has
broa dcast the Indian apo lis 500.) In sea so n,
W RNO broadcasts New O rlean s Sa ints. LSU
and Texas A&M foo tball and has experimented
with broad casting LS U and Texas A&M coll egiate baseball.

Play-by-Play Descriptions

Sports Anthologies and Special

Programs

The BHe World Service. Radio Australia and

Radio New Zea land International (RNZ I) have
ex tensive play-b y-pla y commentary of various
spo rting events.
Sportsworld. on the SBC. provid es con tinuous reports and co verage of weeke nd sporting
eve nts in the U K and around the world. The
pmgmm airs on all strea ms be twee n 1405 and
17CX) on Saturdays and includes play-by-play
seg men ts of ju st about any spo rt you can nam e.
During spring and summer. a Sunday edition of
Sportsworld airs from 1605 to 1700. The BBC
will also schedule live and taped coverage of
major spo rting events. such as the W imbled on
tcnnischampio nshipsan d key WoridCupmalches.
Grandstand is Rad io Australia's weeke nd
sports program fea turing full coverage and playby-play co mmentaries of Australian Rules Foo tball. rugby. cricket and soccer depending on the
season. All cove rage orig inates from the ABC
do mestic network and airs betw een 0200 and
08(X) on Saturdays and 0300 and 0800 onSundays
on 9660. 12080. 15240 . 15510 and 17750 kH z.

Th e single best sports an thology pro gra m bar

none is
Rad io' s Im ide Track, wh ich is
relayed on shortwave by Radio Canada International. Th e program features insightful interviews and rep orts ex amining sports and their
relationship to general soc iety. Th is program is
sports journalism at its very best, Unfortunately,
with rece nt schedule changes at RC I, it has bee n
reduced to a single broadcast on s ho rtwave on
Saturday s at 2105. Here is o ne place where the
av ail a b ilit y of Inte rn e t au dio < h tt p ://
www.rad io.cbe. caIs po rtsllrackl>real lyhelps.
Another good longfonn sports program is the
SBC ' s Spans Intemationul, which provides
weekly in-de pth coverage of two or three sportsrela ted topics. Until Jul y. though. Spons lnternationa/ is pree m pted by The World of Football,
which is highl ightin g worldw ide soccer's prcparation s in the run up to the World Cup tournamen t. Th ese programs air in the Europe/A mericas stream Wedn esdays at 0630 and 1130 .
Radio A ustralia offers a look inside the politics, controve rsies and bu siness of sport in The

esc

Other Notabl e Programs

Almost every station pro vide s som e co verage
of national sports activity. usually as an adj unct
to their new s bro adcasts. The follow ing programs stand out amo ng the rest":
All India Radio - Sports Round -up (a mon thly
rev iew with report s and intervi ew s) Su ndays at
134 5. 1830 and 2 120 ; M ond ays at 2330 .
BBC Africa stream - Fast Track (weekly review
of African sport) Mond ays at 161 5 and 190 I.
UBC Europe/A mericas stream - Sports Round lip (included simply becau se of its g lobal breadth
of cov erage) Daily at 03 15 ; Sunday at 01 45:
daily except Sa turday at 1245. 1505 and 2245 :
dai ly except Sunda y at 174 5.
SB C Ca ri b bean Serv ice - Caribbean Span
(cricket. cricket and more cricket!) on Mondays
throu gh Fridays at lilO on 6 195 an d 15220kHz.
China Radio International - Orient Arena (reports on sports in China and Asia) W ednesdays
UTC approxi mately 30 min utes into broadcast s
to the Americas and the Pacifi c. Tu esdays elsewhe re.
Deutsche 'Velie - Spotlight all Span (a weekly
back grou nd magazine on German and European
sports) Fridays at OI30. 0230 . 0330. 0530 . 09 30.
2030. 2 130 and 2330.
KTWR - Sports Spectrum (fo cusing on Christian athletes) Saturda ys at 0 830 and 10 30 and
Su nda ys at 09 10.
RNZ l - Sports World (a one hour wrap-up of the
week ' s sporting events in New Zealand ) Satu rdays at 2006.
Radio S weden -Sportscan (week ly re port o n the
Nordic sport scene) 15 minutes into all broadcasts begi nni ng Mondays at 1215 up to and
including Tu esda ys at 0345 .
Voice of Nigeri a - Midweek SI'0n s (wee kly
Nigerian sports magazin e) Wednesday at 19 30 .
Voice of Viet nam - Weekly Spo rts Report on
Tuesday (at the listen er' s loc atio n) in all tran smissions.
Until July. good listen ing !

* Days and

times in UTe. Consult Shortwave

Guide section /o rfre quencies.

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BEGINNER.S CORNER
UNCLE SKIP'S GUIDE TO MONITORING

SKIPAREY, N2EI
t;arey@mosquifo.com

Marine Radio Connections

OU

may he Ianuliar with the work of

Jam es Burk e . e ithe r thro ugh his Con nrrtlans se ries 011 PBS a nd T he Learning Ch a nne l. or per ha ps thro ug h his article by
the same na me in Scien tif ic Am ericCln maga -

zine. If you are not. I com mend them to you

most highly. Th e gi st of Burke ' s style is to
lake his viewe r or read er a long a circ uito us
rou te to the tru th o n a number of su bjec ts tha t
turn o ut hI he "connec ted " in interestin g wa ys.
Wh at is to foll ow is 111)' ow n feeb le attem pt at
makin g suc h a se ries of co nnec tio ns abou t
to pics of interes t to begi nners in the rad io
hobby .
In past co lum ns yo u may have heard me
talk about the rece iver J lov ing ly call " Radio
O ne." You sec, I re mai n in possessi on of the
first rec eiver I ever ow ned. It was a gi ft from
Ill y gran dfat her o n my sixth birthd ay . It is a
Silve nonc mo del 220 2 6 tran sistor pocket
;\ 1\1 recei ver . A vcr)' spartan rig, to he sure. A
simple black case with a go ld co lored metal
front face. By collec tors' sta nda rds it is not a
vcr y valuable piece, currently rate d at aro und
5 17.
But, as the radi o that got me starte d do wn
the path o f th is hobby, its value is incal culablc. I can't tel l yo u the hund reds of ho urs o f
e nj oyme nt tha t radi o broug ht to me ove r the
years. Back the n my o nly local station was
W AZL. Hazelton. Penn sylvani a. My little
Si lvcrtonc wa s the fi rst rad io that sho we d me
tha t there was more to the world than th e
tower I co uld see out of my bac k windo w . I
di scovered that, at nig ht, I co uld hear o ther
states . inc luding on es in Ne w Yor k th at ca rried M el Alle n doing the pla y by play of the
New Yor k Yankees. What six year old bo y
co uld pa ss up a c ha nce to liste n to a Yankees
game back in the ea rly sixties wi th Mi ckey
Man tle. Yogi Berra and Roger Marr is"!
But beyo nd even that. I probabl y worked
my first DX, even thou gh I didn 't unde rstand
the conc e pt until so me years later. I wa s abo ut
e ight and lan ded in the hospit al w ith an appe nd ix that neede d iu be so mewhe re o ther tha n in
my bod y. S ince the se were the days before
" managed care : ' I was stuc k in the hospit al
for a week with little more to keep me compan y than :'1 stack of co m ic hooks und my
tru sty Si lvcrt o nc .
Out o r bored om as much as curios ity, I
wo ndere d if I co uld hear anyt hing o n the
Co nc lrud C ha nne ls. T hese we re the two frc62

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9-

The Zenith Trans-Ocean ic radios are 110"'

collectors' items.
qu encics set asid e for C ivil Defen se pu rposes
at 64 0 and 12 40 "kilo cycles' (Yes, the se
were the da ys before He rtz recei ved the hon or).
We ll, o ne eveni ng o n 640 kc I heard a sig na l
in the Sp an ish langu age. Now , my grown -up
se nsi bilities say to me tha t it was probably a
C uban station thumbing its cold war no se at
the United St ates. But to th at little bo y in Sa int
Jose ph' s Hospi tal, it planted a seed that wou ld
grow, ov er time, into my curr ent ro le as "world
reno wned radio sage and mo nitor ing c urmudgeon ."
Yes, in c ase yo u' re wo ndering , Radi o One
still work s and e very now and aga in I put a
fres h 9 volt battery in it and go 011 ;1 major
regre ssion trip . [ o wn do zen s of radi os inc luding so me rare and valu ab le rigs, hu t if the
hou se caug ht o n tire. it wo uld be "R adio On e"
that I wo uld gra b as I ra n o ut the do or ,
I ne ver gave mu ch thou ght to co llec ting
tran sistor port able radi os. I had always been
more o f a tube se t collec tor. Ho we ver. as even
the most rabid col lec to r can tell you , track ing
do wn so me tu bes to bring a sweet old rece iver
back to life can lake a n e no rmo us a mo unt of
time. pat ie nce. a nd co ld hard cas h. Tube co-as
ha ve go ne thro ug h the roof in the last few
years, no t so much du e to lack of nu mb er s as
drive n by hoard ing of part icular, less co mmon tub es by so me co llec to rs with <i n eye to

profit.
[ can' t reall y blame anybody for wa nting to
make a buck - a fter a ll. th is is the natu re o f
capitalis m. But when the price of a co mmo n
tube go es fro m $3 to $5 0 nearly o ve rnigh t. it
gi ves eve n the rabid capit alis t pau se . But then .

if (..o llccun g wa s 10 0 l.'.ISY it wo uldn' t be as

rewa rdin g wh en yo u fi na lly br ing that old rig
ha ck to life ...
DOIl' t let this litt le tirade sc are you away
from the preservation of o ld tub e gear. Th ere
arc man y bea ut ifu l old rec e ivers out the re
langu ishi ng in some ma iden aunt' s attic a nd
j ust wa iting for yo u to give the m a bit of love
a nd atte ntio n. But it is the se has sles with tube s
Ihat begun to tu rn my mind to ward the e arly
tran sistor rigs" So me first ge nera tion se m ico nd ucto rs are ge lling utlcust as rare as tubes.
An d this is j ust the plac e thai beginn ers can
jump in to the rad io-collecting hobby for liu lc
more than pocket c hange .
You sec . the wo rld ha sn 't qu ite ca ug ht up
to the not ion that those teen y pla st ic radios
fro m the ea rly sixties have ta ken o n so me
va lue. And those sa me "e nt repre ne urs" who
hoa rded the tubes by bu yin g lip stoc ks fro m
TV shop s and such ca n't ta ke an unfair udva ntagc ove r the rest o r us . It is possible to still
too l arou nd a fe w yard sa les. swap meets and
es tate unct io ns and co me up w ith sonic real
tran sisto rized treasu res. A few trips ou t on a
Satu rda y morni ng co uld get yo ur collections
go ing in g rand style. All yo u need to rcmcm he r is Uncle Skip' s two rule s to tra nsisto r
radio collec ting:
Look for the Cou c lrud Mar kin gs.
Xcver pay more t ha n $5, 00
T he Co ne lrad markings wi ll usua lly indi care a radio mad e before 1 9 ()~L Yo u wi ll find
them. as I sa id ea rlier. a t 640 and J 240 kHz.
Th ey arc usuall y re prese nted as little tria ng fcs
or a sma ll tria ng le in side a c ircle , whic h was
the uni ver sal "C ivil Defense" sym bo l from
the pa ranoid rid de n days wh en we prac ticed
"d uck a nd co ver" rout ine s in o ur grade sc hoo l
c lassroo ms.
Mo st radios from thi s era ..Ire hold ing collec tor values in e xcess ofS 10 and som e beau ties go for as high as $5 00. so yo u' re in
busin e ss no m atter what if yo u ca n ge l the unit
for a fiver.
One of my be st find s wa s a Fuj i T RB -6 11
from 1962 with a book val ue 01'530. J paid the
pri nce ly sum of 25 cents . Intere st ingl y, th e
rad io W; IS so ld alo ng w ith a n emp ty le ath er
case from a not her rad io of that e ra c ulled a
De lmoni co. Now l just ha ve 10 li nd a rig to fit
the case !

If yo u wa nt to ho ne: up o n actu a l va lues 10

baggl c in the hi gher rang es. I recom mend
hig hly Trans istor RndiasrA Collcct or:s 1:"11 cvclo pediu by David R Lane a nd Robert A
Lane. Wallucc-Hom cstcad Boo k Co mpany ,
Rad nor. PA, ISB N 0-X7069 -71 2-lJ, Th is hook
goes deep into the li ne point s o f ge lling a
col lection ro lling . II a lso co nta ins do zen s of
\\ unde rfu l pic ture . . for neat o ld r od e! po rtablev. Mine poe... with me 10 1..'\ ery Ilea mar kc t my significant ot her d r,\gs me 10.

The se rule... can be clo.. .ely followed b)

Unc le S kip' s tw o corollaries on tran sis to r

radio colle cting.

pocket change, because they arc large r po rtabl es th ai have full sho rtwave ca pability in
addition to ma ny o the r feature s. During the
time they wen: manufactured. they we re the
undi sput ed be xt portable radio in the world .
Th e o lde r tube mo del s ha ve long been highly
soug ht a fter.
Howe ver. recent ly. the three transi stor
mode ls have come und er collecto r"~ scrut iny.
Another hook for the serio us coll ecto r of this
whole serie s ofZeni th prourblcs is nit' Zellit"
Truns. Ocvanic. /11 t' Royalty oj Radios by
John H. Bryant . ,\ IA, ami Harol d N. Co nes,
l'h .D .. Schiff e r Publi sh ing Co mpany . Atglen.

ad ve nture rs. Which leads us finall y to the

to pic of Muri ne rad io. Ho w' s that for a se ries

of conn ections?'
E lrly era tran . . ixto rs rece ive rs a re a g reat
place for a ny beg inner to ge t starte d in collecting g reat o ld radios and pre ser vin g ye t anot her ge neratio n of rece ivers. Oh . and, of
co urse. )' <IU Gin have go bs nffun whi le yo u' re
at it.

Note to U.S_con sumers on ly: It is unlowful to import.

manufacture. or ma rket cellular-capable o r cellclcr restorable scan ners intc the U.S

1''\ . I SB N O-XX740-70X-O.
lt don "t matte r how funky it loo ks .
It do n' t matter ho w it works .
S urprisin gly. collcctabili ry i" o nly mod cr-atc lv affected hy po or appea rance and tun ctional ity. If you 're brave eno ug h. yo u can
often shine thing... U p ;'1 bit a nd do a link ligh t
li xing. I' ve di sco vered that the 1110...t com mon
things that go e s wrong wi th the portables I' vc
picked up is that the ea rpho ne j ack has go ne
into fai lure mode . A few coins at the loca l
Radio Shack ca n ge t things hac k on track
witho ut an ything resembling a major teardown .
Wel l. whe ne ver o ne starts col lec ting ill
an y hob by, e... pccialjy the radi o hobby. things
G ill ge t (lui of hand ve ry qu ic kly. Be fore too
long I had qu ite a few of the se lit tle puppie s
fillin g up dra we rs a nd shelves . 7\1 y lon g suffcr ing spo use ga ve me her best " it's lime to
co nside r modcnuion' 10 0" thai ha s back ed
me off from everyt hing fro m marathon monopo ly ga mes to hun ger -j ump ing .
I ag reed to reduce the size 01" the mon key
o n Ill y had, by de vo ting mysel f to a sing le
brand o f sixties e ra transistor radio s. So . of
co urse. I hal! 10 go w ith the brand with the
most potentia l. Ze nith. I am no w ha p pily
trying to ti ll o ut the ho les in my " Roya l"
. . cries. My mo st recent fi nds have bee n a
d imil1l1ti w Ro yal 20 and a hig ger form al
Roy.1I 275.
What I d idn' t illiti;.d ly lei my \vifl.? in Oil .
with my magn ani mou s d c:c ision 10 Clll had.
d rastil'a lly o n Ill )' po c ke t rad io Jo nes, wa s that
there are o \'er 50 mo dels in the Ze nith tra nsish)r " Roya l" se rics. So, as you c all g uess, it wa ...
lIot a llth;'l1lon g th,l1 l11y wifc rl.? tur nc:d to "T he
I.o ok " when ...he wa lked by m)' radi o roo m.
\Vel i. as th\.y S;'ly. a m'lIl' s gO Il;'1 do \\ hat a
m..ms gOlla do : I on ce ag;.\ in ;'Igree d to limil
m)' so urces of (,.'o llcc tilble rad io <.I llec tion_ I
to ltlmy de ;,u l..'st th;1I I wo uld on ly go "fl er the
Ze nith Roya l "T rans-Oceanic" series o f fU d ius. A fter a ll. thl'r e arc o nly thre e model s in
the se ric s wi th a few small \'aria lHs. 1!l)wl..' \'er.
these units arc go ing for a hit more tha n

Wc fl. ! no w have a RoyaI30()() and a Royal

on my shel f nex t to my Royal portab le s. rill still 0 11 the hU1l1 for a Ro yal 1000
and a RoyaI 70{)O. lm surc t G ill turn the... c up
before I ge l "T he Look" o nce aga in. Afte r all.
rbc fi rst Tran s-Oce anic I eve r spen t an y real
time w ith w<l",m)' bro ther-in-law' s Mode l G500 Tu be job. l co uld n"t talk him o ut o f it. but
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hoo k will reach you . Zen ith ' s Co m ma nde r
Eugene F. ~kDon a l d marke ted the T ra nsOceani c series o f rece ive rs tu yac htsm en an d
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ANSWERS TO YOUR RADIO QUESTIONS

Q . Do NiCd batteries leak? Should

they be removed from equipment in

storage? (Wm . Mewes, O akville,
O nt.)

A.

A ll chemic al cells ha ve the cur ability of

causing corros ion over enough time. NiCJ s
less so. Th e goo d 01". low cost. throw-away.
carbon-zinc ce lls and batteries generated a
well-deserved reputation for eatin g radios
alive alt hough more recent casings reduce
such voracio us ap petites.
Nonethe less . even the NiCd s uutgns. a sor t
ofc he mical indige stio n which CUll be ha za rdou s to yo ur ractio's heal th. so it' s a good idea
to rem o ve the m i f they arc likely 10 stay
uncharged ove r an extended period o f lime.

Bob's Tip oj
the Month

Bob Grove, WBJHD

bgrove@grove.net

i':iCds la st an a ve rage: of about three yea rs.

hut at any age . if you arc getting noticeably
less operutional time after adequat e charg ing.
replace them.

Q. {tried unsuccessfully to access

Q. I was DXing with my GE Super
Radi o 1/1 and cam e across an

interesting program broadcast over

KGIL; where is that? (Robert Brock,
Phoen ix, Al)

A.

KG IL is in Beverly I-Iilis. California.

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Using the
Select-a-tenna Properly

ndoor , inductivel y-coupled loop antennas really

arc miracle workers for mediumwave AM broadcast portables: they can bring unintelligible. weak
signals out of the backgrou nd noise and up to full
room vol ume . And they aren ' t even physically co nnectcd !
Th e po pular Selec t-A,Tcnna is such a loop, so why
do we get co mplain ts from some users that it doe sn't
work? Iro nically, when one of these is returned, it
checks out j ust fine here. O ne custo mer eve n said he had tried it
on six different radi os before ret urning it, yet when it arrived , it
worked perfe ctly on all fou r radios we used to test it!
I suspect that users simply don't understand the theory . and
don ' t initia lly set it up pro perly. Th e Sc lect-A-Ten na is a 13"
diameter co il of wire tuned by <I variable capaci tor. That's it;
there ' s nothing more inside.
It works by conce ntrating the incom ing signal toward the
radio's intern al ferri te-rod loop antenna; therefore. alignment
between the anten na and the radio is critical. Thin k of it as the
electri cal equivalent of aiming and focus sing a telescope. It
reall y is as easy as 1.2.3:
( I j Tunc in a weak, barc ly-disccrnablc. AM broadcaster, Set
the Sclect-A-Te nna close to the right end of the radio, and at a
slight angle to the radio.

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(2) Adju st the knob on the Selec t-A-Tenna to the

freq uency o f the station bein g recei ved . No te as yo u
slowly roc k the knob back and forth across the signal
freq uency. the re will be a cha nge in the s ignal strength.
(3) Move the Select-A -Ten na around to different locations to the side and back o f the radio until you find the
spot that couples the maximu m amo unt of signal to the
rad io' s interna l loop. Fine tune the loop as you do this.
That' s all there is to it. You will need to change all
settings , of course, when you change stations, or move the radio
to another location.
Rem em ber that reception on any ind oor anten na may be
compro mised by metal in the walls, floo ring, wiri ng, etc. and
vulnerab ility to electrica l interferen ce fro m adjacent and nearb y
appliances (computers. fluorescent light s, TVs, ctc.), An outdoor
antenna is always superior to an indoor antenn a; there arc no
exceptions to this, assuming the antennas arc anyw here ncar
comparable.
Th e Se lect -A-Te nna ha s ajack so that it can be co nnecte d to
an externa l antenn a for add itionaJsignal pickup. or to the external
antenna term inals of a suitably-equipped receiver.
Hop efully. this informa tion will be of help to those considering an indoor loop antenna, or to those who have had adverse
experiences with them in the past.

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add ress , or the library might have bee n using
a filter program to limit Intern et access to
ce rta in cl asses of add resse s to discourage
commerc ial use .
Conspiracy theories are very popular these
days,and make entertaining movies and books .
but think for a moment how im possibl e it
woul d be to co nceal such a wide -sweeping
effort while attempting to impl ement it.
As a recent exa mp le. remember that it wa s
the rapid-fire mes saging by scanner use rs on
the Interne t that prevented the government
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If you have a second phone belonging to

the sys tem in which you arc residing this
should not pose a problem. a nd if the y are
pulse type (rotary dia l) pho nes. that won 't be
a problem, provided your service still ha ndles
(he o lder pulse tech no logy whic h is gradually
being phased ou t.
T he same caveats cover extension phones
used in offi ce "key" sys tems. Th e phon es are
fine for talking and listening in interco m or
home use. but (he ringing and d ialing require
custom support.

higher-v oltage AC adaptor to get the lowe r

voltag e so you do n' t hum out the cl ock moveme nt.
If I were you. I'd stic k with the batteries !

Q. I would like to power my battery-operated LCD clocks from an

AC adaptor. Is this practical?
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Are North American and British

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A. Th e U.S. has set wo rldw ide standards for

wired teleph one voltages and impedanc es,
altho ugh differe nt co untries ma y have different ringing and DTMF ("To uch To ne") freque ncies. You could listen and ta lk on any of
the se phones anywhere. but the ringi ng mig ht
sound diffe rent (or not sound at all ). or you
may have probl em s pushbutton -dialing out.

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If yo u still wan t to do it. you will have to
make a "dummy" cell to fit the batte ry holder.
You mig ht try a len gth of wood do wel with
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end to simulate the AA or AAA cell.
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DXING THE BASEMENT BAND

Kevin Core , WB2QMY

{owbond @go/ewoy,nef

Make Your Own Signals!

request~d

nthusiastic readers not only

a
"lowfer" (160- 190 kHz) transmitter
project, but asked for a design that

included I ) inexpensive, ea sily-obtainedcomponents, 2) no dangerou s pow er supply volt -

~'-'OJRAEN'T

FIGURE I

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ages, 3) frequency-stable design, and 4) builtin metering for tune-up and troublesh ooti ng .
The circuit shown in Figure I should come

close. and makes an ideal starter rig for the

license-free lowfer band. (See Jan '98 column

Inlograled CIrculi

along with other related LF topics,

European amateurs note: the low power

transmi tter ca n be adapted for use on 136kHz
with two minor changes- a slight altering of

the low-pass filter component values and an

appropriate c hange in cry stal frequency.

How It Works
The tran smitte r circ uit has three maj or
funct iona l areas: freq uency generation, RF
a mpl ification. and output filtering. Following
is a brief d iscu ssion of these stages .
T he freq ue ncy ge ne ration circuit is based
around a quart z cry stal and a 74 HC4060 Inte-

grated Circuit (IC). The IC operates from +5

volts and functions as a "div ide-by-32" de-

vice. It produces an output of 160-190 kHz (at

pin 5) when crystals in the 5.120 to 6.080
MH z range are used. A trimmer capacitor
between the crysta l and chassis gro und provide s fine tuning of the operating frequen cy.
The main ad vantage of a divider scheme is
cost sav ings. 5-6 MH z crysta ls are far less
expe nsive a nd more readil y obtained than
low-frequency crystals. Th e chip also has
outputs at + 16, +64 and + 128, permitting use
of othe r cry sta l freq uenc ies. For exa mp le, yo u
co uld use cry stals in the 3 MH z range a nd the

16 output (pin 7) or crystals in the 12 MHz

range with the +64 output (pin 4) and so on.

Feel free to ex periment.

The RF a mplifier ' s job is to boost the

wea k signals fro m the cry sta l osci llator to a
usable le vel. Th e core of the amp lifier consi sts of two in e xpen s ive tran sist ors- a

2N2907 A and a 2N2222A-operaling in

co mp leme ntary fashio n. T hese tran sistors.
because of their design limits, " keeps you
from crank ing up the pow er to 5 or 10 wa tts
and spoiling the fun!" says Lyle .
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for legal opera tio n.) The ci rcuit was designed

by Lyle Koehler, KOLR, who has agreed to

share it with our readers. It is also available on
Lyle' s website at htt p://www,qsl.n eUkOlr/,

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Simple Transmitter f or the License-Free 160190 k Hz Band

Lyle find s that his tran smitter ope rates

most efficiently with about 13 volts at .077

amps (13 volts x .077 amperes = 1.0 watt).
You may need to experiment with the powe r
supply vo ltage to achieve the be st ove rall
effi cie ncy . A series- res istor ca n be used to
limit the supply c urre nt as nece ssar y to ensure
the power does not exceed 1.0 wa tt.
As with any tran sm itter . an output filter is
required beca use the RF energy leaving the
amp lifie r is not perfectly pure. It contains
unw ant ed harm onics and other spurio us signals that mu st be eliminated (or at least reduced) before reac hing the anten na.

The low-pass filler (L I, L2and C I)sharply

toro id fonn. Not comfort able wo rki ng with

toroids? An alternati ve is to wind 40 turn s of
#22 wire on a short piece of 1.9 inch diame ter

PVC pipe (or plastic pill boule or cardboard

paper towel ro ll). If a non-toroid method is
used , Lyle recommends mounting the coils at
rig ht angles to each other to mini mize co u-

pling.
Th e transm itter should be placed inside a
metal proj ect box using screws and sta ndo ff
spacers at the fou r comers of the ci rcuit board .
Exterior part s such as co nnec tors and the
amme ter ca n be mounted through the e nclosure and wired to the appro pria te po ints on the

board.

attenuates frequencies abov e the intended band

of operation. The ferrite bead and 560 pF

capaci tor acros s the RF output j ack help to
eliminate T V and FM inte rference . As an
extra measure of protection, it is recommended
that the tran smitter be mou nted in a meta l
enclosure, such as a proje ct box .

Putting It Together
Thi s type of ci rcuit is we ll suited to "perf'
board co nstruction and simple poin t-to- point
wiring. Perf boards are avai lable from many
elect roni cs suppliers at reason able price s.
Another optio n wo uld be to design a pri nted
ci rcu it board for the transmitt er, but in my
opinion, that wo uld be overki ll. O ne "luxury"
yo u may wish to co nsider is using soc kets for
the integrated ci rcuit a nd the transistors. Thi s
allows for ea sy rep lace ment should that beco me nece ssary .
Electrical co nstruc tion of the circ uit is
straightforward. Th e only part that cou ld be
tricky is the construc tion of the low pass filter

coils, Ll and L2. These are made with 60

turns of #26 enamel wire on a T80-3 (grey)

Component Sources
Most components for the tran smi tter can

be purchased from Radio Shack, or from mail

order suppliers such as Mouser (1-800-3466873), or Tech America (1-800-877 -0072). A
very reliab le source for Toroida l form s and
ferrite bead s is Amid on Associates, 77 14 Trent

treet, Orlando, FL 32807 (1-800-679-3 184).

Th ey prov ide a co mplete ca talog with e xcel lent tutorial information.
If you don' t have any "j unk box" cry stal s
on hand. there are nu merou s suppliers to
choose from . I noti ced that Tech Am erica has

a 6.000 MHz crystal (Cat. # 900-5 105) for

$ 1. 18. Thi s wo uld provide lowfer operation at

187.5 kHz, and the price is tough to beat.

Well, there you have the basics for assem blin g your ow n Lowfer tran sm itter. We 've
i nte n tio na lly no t u s ed a s te p -by -s te p
" Heathkit" approach to this project. Th e ide a
is to encourage ingenuity, e xperimentat ion ,
and fun! Next month we' ll discuss poweri ngup the transm itter and co nnecting it to an
anten na sys tem. See yo u then .

Legal pirates?

ver the last coup le of years. there' s

bee n a lot of unlicensed activi ty on
the FM band. A Ca lifornia federal

co urt's re fusa l to issue an inj unc tion ag ains t a

Bay-area FM pirate seems to have led to an

up surge in un lic en sed broadcasting in o the r
U.S. cities. I' m sure some pirates op erate only
{ O thumb their noses at the govern ment and

~~
KKAR

would probably take up some thing else if

their broadcasts were suddenly legalized. But
othe rs atte mpt to serve specific aud iences and
would be happy to operate legally. The FCC

lt 's a little early to be thinking abou t

college f ootball, but h ere goes anyway...
KKAR -1290 Omaha is that city 's outletfor
the games ofthe Nebraska Cornlruskers.

ha s no w recei ved two pet ition s urgi ng the

fC C regula tions would not apply to these

micros tation s. Stations could lose their channel if needed for a new regular station or
LPFM-1.
LPFM -3 wou ld he a special cat egory for
temporary statio ns at special events. These
licenses would not exce ed IOdays and would
face only minimal regulation.
A seco nd pet ition was rece ived from
Nicko la us and Jud ith Leggett of Virginia and
Donald Schell hardt of Co nnecticut. Their
petitio n ca lls for the assignment of one AM
and one FM channel for a "M icrostatio n
Radio Broadcasting Service." Power limits
aren' t speci fied. but a maximum antenna
height of 50 feet is proposed. One owner
would be limited to .1 maximum of five
micros tations, each of which must be at least
50 miles from any other commonly-owned
stations.
The FCC' s Mass Media Bureau has heen
maintaining several Internet documents on
the subjec t oflow-powe rbroadcas ting. Point
your browser at htt p :// www.fcc.gov/mmb/
asdldecdudengrser.h tm l#LOW fur more
informati on. The Skinner petition has been
assigned reference number RM-9242. and
the L.eggcttlSchelih ardt petition numhe r RM920 8.

creation of a " low-power FM broadc asting

service" ; if adopted. this wou ld allow many
existing FM pirates to obtain legal licenses .
Both petition s mak e promine nt menti on of

concentration of ownership of licensed stations in light of recent relaxation of the multiplc-own crshi p regulations. And both proposals con tain provisions the petitioners believc will ensure that low-power radio stations provide service to local co mmun ities.
The most co mprehensive of the petition s
was filed in February by J. Rodger Skinner. Jr.
of Florida . He proposes three types of lowpower FM stations:
LPFM-l:
50 3000 wc tts.
lPFM-2:
150 wotts.
lPFM3:
20 won, or less.
Most existing broadcast regu lations would
apply to LPFM-I stations. The major difference between a LPFM -I and a "regular" Class
A station would be a req uirement that the
owners reside within 50 miles of the station's
transmitter. LPFM-I stations would be a "primary" service. protected from interference
both from other LPFMs. and from new "regular" stations.
LPFM -2 and LPFM -3 wou ld he "secondary" services. Except for those necessary to
prevent interference to other stations. most

Bits and Pieces

AM CALL CHANGES
Thelollowing AM stations have changed callsignsin
the last month :
KBCO1190
WWRC980
WOTS1220
WNGO-1320
WTEM570
KIRK-870
WRCp 1290
WHtM1450
WKLJ 1290

KVCU
WTEM
WOMN
WIVR
WWRC
KAAN
WRN t
WOYZ
WCOW

Boulder. CO
Washington, DC
Kissimmee, Fl
Mayfield. KY
Bethesda, MO
Bethany, MO
Providence, AI
W. Warwick. AI
Sparta. WI

Geo rge Hamer of New York is working

on a Beverage antenna, as described in January American Bundscan. He asks. "I ' ve heard
of use of a carbon potentiometer for term ination of a Beverage, is this better or about the
same?"
Yes. I' ve heard of this being do ne as well.
The 470-ohm res istor I used in mine is not
exactly the right value. In fact. because of
differences in ground conductivity and receiver des igns (among other things) the ex-

act correct terminating resistor is different for

every antenna. If you use a l OOO-ohm potentiometer as a terminating resistor, you can
adjust it for maximum rejection of signals
coming from the "wron g" direc tion, and correct for these variations.
However, there are two majo r problems
with using a variable terminating resistor.
First, variable resistors aren' t meant to be
installed outdoors. They aren' t sealed; moisture and dirt can get inside and cause the
resista nce to change drastica lly. Fixed-va lue
resistors are fairly well sealed and won ' t
change value unless abused by application of
excessive voltage (not likely on a recei ving
antenna).
Second , by defi nition, the terminating resistor is as far away from your radio as possible! Thi s makes proper adjustment rather
difficult. If ycu really do want to try a variable
termi nating resistor. you' ll need a friend at
your receiver with a two-way radio to tell you
when you' ve found the correct setting. In my
opinion, 470 ohms is close enough !
The expa nded-band news this month is...
no news at all. KR IZ- 1620 Seattle is hei ng
heard up and down the West Coast, but not
much of anyw here else. KKSL-I640 Portland
was expected on , but so far I' ve not seen any
report s of it. WTDI - 1670 in Wiscnnsin has
been delayed until May; it may or may not
show up by the time you read this.
I' ve changed Internet providers and my
email address. If you 'r e noticing something
interesting on the do mestic bands, please write
at P.O. Box 98, Brasstown NC2890 l , ortomy
new addre ss w9 wi@ be llsou th.n et. Good DX!

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George Zeller
George.leller@acclink.com

FM Micropirates Busted; Thousands Still Active

espite se veral recen t busts of FM

microp irate broadcasters in the
IIfm ffiallio ffiaUCl1l1 QJ.>&fJ.j
United States. man y hun dred s of
Jrlr hut bU confirm. llDUI rurJJfuln ftJ1llr1
stations remain ac tive. FCC actions th inning the ranks of micr opirates have been
6f:om " 2 dl,:r
increasin g. but at a rate slower than the
I""' 15. /, :" 'N 01<1
sign-o n activity of new operations.
M T reader Keith Russell note s that
desp ite an invest igation and notices from
the FCC. KA W FM still pu ts out l Owatts
I"""'M '1 :J
from Law re nce, Kan sas . An gel Dones'
Radio Ma rana tha o n 89.9 MH z in Cle veland, which generated interference complaints from licen sed NPR statio n \ VKS U
QSL fr om E uropi rate Ra d io Ra vens
in Kent , Ohi o, had its equipment confi scated by the FC C. But. rap music grou p
ce nsed bro adcastin g. For this free service. send
Bone Th ug s-Ns Harmony simulta neously ac tian e -mail to FED-we tch w webtv.net wuh rhc
vated another Cleveland mic ropirate o n 99 .9
word subscribe in the message text.
MHz wit h a black con tem porary forma t.
Among clandcst ines, the Cuba MegaLink s
Th e Los Angeles Times pro file d Steve n
Center lists numerou s links to Cuba. incl udin g
Dun ifer ' s cont inua l ba ule with the FCC from
histo ric clandestine radio operations. It uses
his Rad io Fr ee Berkeley base un 104 . 1 MHz.
http://www.laker.neUnik elmegalin ks.html as
Dunifer holds two consecutive federal court
its URL. An Anti-Castro Histori ograph y (forvictories tha t den ied FCC requ ests for injun cmerl y the An ti-Castro C land estine Radi o Page)
tions to close him down . MT reader Thomas
s t i ll use s h t tp ://www.geocities.com/
Risher points out that the Times defi nes pirate
Capito IHi IVLobb)'1811 5/ as its co ntact point.
rad io in an f1\..1 context. ignorin g shortwave.
Napoleon Willi am s has ope ned a web site for
The FM and sho rtwa ve sides of the pirate radi o
hi s politi c al act io n p ira te/c la ndes ti ne
movement remain so mewhat d istinct in the
m icroca st er in Ill in o is . with a http ://
USA . with limited contact between the two .
hurn.u csd .edul-hlr URL

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Unlicensed Radio Web Sites

Several new or updated internet web sites
co ntain useful information for pirate and clan destine DXers. The largest Free Radio site in
North Am erica. the Free Rad io Ne two rk. ge nerated do zen s of reports to MT when the ir site
vani shed on Apr il I . repl aced by a message that
the site had been closed down by an FCC
investigation .
Fortu nately this was a one day prank on
April Foo l' s Day! So http://www.frn .netf is
still the best place to go for detai led intern er
pirate information. Ano ther new site . The Pirate Moni tor. uses http://www . ~eocities.coml
Capito lH ilULoh hy/239 5/390. html fo r a page
graphically dominated by a Col lins R-390A' s
front panel.
A
new pira te
s ite
at
h ttp ://
www.radiodlversity.comr inte grares FM pirate microcastin g with othe r co mmunity radi o
activities. It' s operated by Am eri cans for Radi o
Dive rsity . A. J. Michaels of Act ion Radio
coord inates a Fed- Wa tch e- mai l listserve r forwa rd ing upd ated FCC ac tivity related to unli68

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Shortwave Pirates Active

Activity levels on the North Ameri can pirate band s co ntinue at an ex tre mely ro bust pace
in 1998 . The threatened use of 6955 kH z hy
licen sed statio n \ VG T G in Geo rgia has bee n
inte rmi ttent . so this frequ ency (+/- 30 kHz)
remai ns the location for most pirate transmissio ns. Interestingly. a pirate version of \VGTG
has materi alized . with a sloga n of " With Glory
to G umby! "
Th e ret urn of K-2000 has been big news.
T his pira te. with a hilarious form at of drama
parodies of DXer s and DX ing. has a deserved
reputat ion as the most ela borately produced
unl icen sed broadcaster in North Am erica . If
you hear them. reports go to PO Box 146.
Stoneham. MA 02180. Anoth er veteran station, Take It Easy Radio, is ai ring an ad
plugg ing Monitoring Times magazine.
O n the QSL front . Europirates Radio Ravens
and the Voice of Sout h Dubli n ha ve both bee n
verifyi ng rece nt North America n pirate re lays.
Co nvers e ly. new station Radio Ke nny and its

falsetto form at has ann ounced no address.

An oth er ne w sta t io n, Su perca lifragili st icexpeali doci ous (w hew !) brok e
the record for statio n name length . It as ked
for reception reports via Th e AC E web site
at http:// www.frn.n etJa celon the internet.

Mid America Conference?

nxe.

Longti me
Carl DeWhi tt announces that se veral DXer s are organizing
a Mid Am erica Communication s Conference. Their goal is to ho ld a DXin g event
in the midwestern USA. prob ab ly in Oklaho ma or Ne braska. Dates and format are
sti ll unce rtain, but if yo u are interes ted. email is welcome at ki5sf@hit.net address.
Carl ' s idea dr aws inspiration from the Wi nte r SWL Festival . held in mid-M arch at the
Hol iday Inn Ku lpsville in subu rban Philade lphia. PA. Th e 1998 event (i ncl ud ing a pirate
radi o forum with And rew Yod er and yours
rruly George Zelle r) is past , but it' s not too
ea rly to start thinking about the 12th annual
Fest sched uled for March 12 and 13. 1999 .
In fo rm ati on is avai lab le at ei ther h ttp://
www.trsc.com/swljest.htrnl or via PO Bo x
59 1, Co lmar, PA 1891 5.

Thanks!
Reader inpu t is alw ays welcome via PO Box
98, Brasstow n. NC 28902. or via the e-mail
address atop the co lumn . We thank the following radio hobbyists for material used this month:
Shawn Axelrod. Winnipeg. Manitoba; Ranier
Brandl. Hoefer. Germany; Dean Burgess. Manchester. MA; Jerry Coa tsworth . Merlin. Ontario; Ross
Comeau. Andover. MA;Carl DeWhitt; Ponca City,
OK; Ken DO\\'5t. Hanford. CT ; Joseph Fialka.
Davison, Ml ; Joe Filipkowski. Providence, RI;
Harold Frodge. Midland. MI; Nick Grace. Washington. DC; Paul Griffin. San Francisco. CA; wnliam Hassig. Mt . Prospect. Ik.; John Hollowell. Port
Republic. MD; Rich and Talea Jurrcns, Katy. TX;
Zacharias Liangas. Jtaly: Chris Lobdell.Stoneham,
MA ; G reg Maje wsk i. Oa kda le . CT; Bi ll
McClinlock, Minneapolis. MN; A. J. Michaels.
Pittsburgh. PA; Kevin Nauta. Grand Rapids. M1;
Gary Neal. Sugar Land. TX; Michael Prindle. New
Suffolk. NY: AI Quag licri. Albany. I'Y; William
Rhodes. San Diego. CA; Thomas Risher. Whi ner.
CA; David Robbins. Jerusalem. Israel; Robert Ross.
London.Ontario: Keith Russell. Kansas City. MO:
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69

ON THE HAM BANDS ...

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF AMATEUR RADIO

Ike Kerschner, N31K

Classic Gear

or lllallY yea rs, it wa s possible for a

newco mer 10 amateur radio to purchase rea sonab ly priced . dece nt. clas-

sic gear at any harntcst. I' m sorry 10 say those

times have go ne the same way as 25-cenlsper -gal lon uasol inc!

As an example. at a recent hamfcsr l saw a

Heat hkit HW-S selling fo r three lime s its
original pr ice! (Sec photo bclow.l I built an
HW -Hwhe n they first c ame o ut in 1975 o r so.
and was delig hted with it: I act ually worked

all continents and a good number of countries

wi th this little 3 watt tran scei ve r. Se ei ng its
value. I d usted m ine off a nd gOI it working
agui n. (No . I wo uld not co nside r se lling it! )

In shun . any gear that was popular 20 or

more years ago is br inging a fairl y hi gh price
today. T he re a rc still so me bar gain s. but they
an: ge lling harder to fi nd ,
In yo ur se arc h for a reas o nably pr iced rig.
le t me suggest yo u ( 1) ge l to the ham fest e arly
e noug h to li nd the bargain s be fore the collectors: ( ,2) go 10 the sma ller hamfests. and (3)
don ' t o ve rloo k fl ea mar ke ts und yard sa les (I
pur cha se d a Co llins R-38 H at a ya rd sa le fo r
j ust 5 20 ). Ask aro und amon g the loca l hams:
freque ntly o lde r hams <I re wi lling 10 se ll de ce nt gear to .1 newcome r j ust to see th em ge t
on the air. And watch the ite ms fo r sa le in your
loc al new sp aper. Ho useh old auctio ns also
oftt imes offer up usable gea r at mode st pri ces.
For e xam ple. a com plete statio n co ns isting of
an I-I T-32 Ha llicraf'tcrs tr..msmi ttcr a nd SX10 1 rccc ivcr. plus a box o f go odies we nt fo r
fi fty buc ks at an a uction j ust a few mo nths
ago.
Go od Hunt ing:

New Gear

me mber the A RRL V HF co ntes t a nd Field

Day are held in Ju ne. A hand he ld. portable
beam or gain ..uucnna co upled 10 .1 rare grid
sq uare C;1Il mak e for a lo t of fun d uring the
VHF co ntest.
While most ha ms j oin w ith the ir clubs for
fie ld day. a single op erat or w ith a portable or
mob ile rig ca n have a ba ll. too . Get in o n bot h
co ntes ts. Try to sc hed ule some ope rating tim e
fro m any rare cou nties you may he trave ling
th ro ugh duri ng vacation time if possible
( 14.3J6 MH z is the cou nty hunters ne t Ire-

lco rn rec entl y a nno unced

the introd uction of th e le-

T8A tri- ba nd Han dh e ld

tra ns-cei ver(r igh t). Th is is
the first multi ha nd ha ndhe ld
to inclu de six meters in the
band lineu p <IS we ll as .2
meters and 4-l0 M Hz. plus it
is ca pa ble of rece iving o n

150 and 450 public safety

bands. FM and T V broadcast. Th e tran smitter featur es
five wa tts ou tput.
The T8Aalsofeatures 123
mem or y ca paci ty. inclu din g
10 scan edges and ONE call
c hannel pe r band . Sta nda rd
fea t ure s i ncl ud e to n e
sq ue lch, poc ket bee p. a nd
auto-squelc h. auto po we r
sa ver. e lec tronica lly con trolled vol ume and direct

quency.)
In yea rs past I have taken my QRP rig with
me o n my ca noe trips a nd handed out many
Q SO s a nd p hot o Q S Ls f ro m so me o f
Am erica s most sce nic place s.
Anoth er re laxing and fun mode is backyard op e rati ng. T ak e th e rig OUI In th e pool.
patio or deck ..nu l cha t with the gang whi le
e njoy ing the best o f summe r.
Andno w is the time to clean up the a nten na
farm . add to it a nd ge t read y for next wimcrs
OX season.

keypad input.
lc o m c a lls th is th e
wo rld ' s sm alles t full-tea-

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tured tri-band handheld.

At 2- 9/3 2 inches wide. 47/32 inches high and I/H
inches deep. it sure ly dese rves th e title.
Thi s is a very interesting loo king piece ofhu rdwa re. Fo r more info co ntact Icom A meri ca. 2J 80

Th e lcom tcTSA claims to

he th e world 's
smallest tt r.

Hi ke heari ng from you and lea rning a bo ut

what yo u are doing. Wh ile you a rc about it.
ho w about dropping me a line a nd telling me
ofyour ac tivities and what yuu wunt to see in
th is colum n? Next mo nth ' s col umn is ba sed
o n a le tter an d subseque nt co m munication
w ith a rc..ulcr .
Ha ppy ha mming to on e and a ll. 73 de Ike
Ke rsch ne r. N3 1K

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Phase 3D
Lutcsr news says Pha se 3D
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h ig he r cn viro nmc nt le ve ls .
Work ha s been star ted and may
he co mp lete at this time .

Summertime
Did you pill tog ether a Heathkit H\ r-S?
I' \'(' see n it selling at th ree tim es its original
pr ier !

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June /998

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lcoms IC-M 1 VHF Marine Transceiver

h~

Tclccon uuunicatinnx , \ 1,.'( of 1996.

wh ich became law 0 11 Feb. S. 1996 .
broug ht uhout ~\ I IllC' fundam cntulchangcs

in the licensing marine VIIF radios. For the first

tra nsceiver 1'( 11' quick re fere nce.

Sugecstcd retail price of the h-om IC -f\l l IS
S...r~ 6 . b ut di sco unters w ill have them for less. For
more in fonuat ion . c a ll lccuu tec hnica l ..crvice

time eve r. rec reat ion al hoa ls wh ich dOIlO! tra vel
in internationa l wate rs. do nor need a license 10

MARINE VHF RADIO CHANNELS

operate a marine VIIF radio. Previouslyan FCCissued license and license fcc were required.
Mar ine VI II: rad it)( 156-16 :! ~ l H /_ ) i sll sCJ fo r
voice comnum ie ll !! Ill Swith othe r-hips andcoaxt
statio ns ove r , h011 di stances. '1111: murin e VHF
channels an: divide d inti}\rpcrat iona l catego ries.
base d 011 the typ es of messages sen t on those
channels. T he chart belo w sum marize s these
channels hy type of I1\CSS.lgC and approp riate:
channels. The..c arc: the ollly c hanuelv 111<.\t yOll
lImy use. eve n if yo ur rad io has more: channel..
av ailable.
Recentl y. I got my hand.. on a dand y
marine VHF han dheld rad io, the lcom I C ~
Mf . T h is 5 ~wa ll hundi - tul kie i s
prcp roguunmcd with eve ry USA. Can ud ian and intcrn.uioualmariuc VI If channel, as well a... I() we athe r chann els. Measuring ju ..t 2- 11 16 inches wide hy 5-3123
inche s high by ) -3/ 16 inches de ep . the IC;\.11 we ighs j ust 1),1) ounces. T he co nstruetion is W I)' rohu-a and the entire un it is
des igned to w ithstand torr en tial
do wnpo urs. heavy seas. and ev en
complete ..ubmcrvion.
Tb creurconlv ..i.\ \\ l'II-..paced
buuon .., a ..pcukcr/microphonc .
and a large . ca ..y-to-r eud liquid
LTystal eli..pby on the front of th is
rad io, O n the le ft ..ide. there is a
pu..IH ,H al\.. button and another
button for de fea t in g the aut o..qucl ch .O n topotthc radio , there
arc knnh s for channel ..electio n
and \(11 1111 11..' cont rol and a rubber ducky anten na.
When yout urn the volume up all the wily. you get
a l o t o f audio that c un bc readil y heard, eve n over
Ihl' df(llle 0 1' :1 hoal mo lor.
S ma ll c nnllgh 10 he sluffed i ll a j ach'l pucket,
the I C ~ M I l'an he op er atL'd with Ollt.: han d, CVCll
in g lovcs , ll takcs ab llLJl l'ig hl Sl'COllds ( 0 lea rn the
b<.lsic co ntro ls wit!HlUl looki ng ~l l l hc instruc lion
m.m ual. A llll lIlg Ihe g'lt lt.lil..'s Ihal lhis rad io ddivers : high -speed "'l.:anning (:!S dlannd sl'oCc. J. scIeclablc du .11 and tri-w<.lldl. 'llIto \\ e'lthcr alell
Juring st;lI1dby orsl.:an ning , anti i ll .. I~1Il1 <IL'C\:'SS 10
l.:hannd 16 ;i/lli Ch'lllllL'i 9 , Bc( ausc Ihi..radio has
so lllallYflllH.:tiolls and so k w L'( mlro!s. k o m has
w isely l:ho"C ll 10 ilH.:ludc a watt.: qmlt lf "cheat
shect"' Ihal t:all ht.: pa ..lt.:d to Iht.: h;II,:k of the

de part men t 1-"' 2 5 ~ 5 "' - 761 9 . For 11111re in fo rmal i on about mari ne VHF radio, cullt he FCC 1011 free infor mat ion line at I ~ X X X - CA L L FC C or
v is i t the FCC website ut www.fcc.gnv

ApprQpriatechanneltsl

~M__sagl,!

Distress Salely and Callin g " Use this channel to get theattention
ot anotherstaten (calling)or In emergencies tdrstress and salety).

16

lntershtp Salely ' Usethis cnanneltc r st np-to-sntp safety

messages and lor search and rescue messages andshipsand
aircraft 01 the Coast Guard .

Coast Guard liaison Use this channelto talk tctne CoastGuard

(but first make contact on Charmel 16l.

22

Noncommercial - Workingchannels lor voluntaryboats.

Messages must be aboutthe needs ct theShip . Typicaluses
include Iishing reports. rendezvous, scheduling repairs and
berthing intcrmancn.Use Channels 67 and 72 only for ship-toshipmessages.
Commercial - Working channels lor I'lorking Ships only. Messages
must beabout business or tile needs 01 the ship. Use channels 8,
67,72 and 88 only lor snip-to- ship messages.
Public Correspondence (Marine Operator) Use
thesechannels to call the marine operator al a public
coast station. By contactmq a public coast stanon .
you can make andreceive C.11lS from telephones on
shore. Except lor distresscalls. public coast stations
usually charge for Ihis service.

9(ln6). 68. 69. 71. 72. 78. 79(ln4). 80(ln4)

1(ln5). 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 18. 19. 63(ln5).

67. 72(ln7). 79. 80. 86(lnl )
24. 25.26.27 . 28. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88(ln2)

Port Operations - These channelsare used in dnectmq the

movement ot ships in or near ports, locks or waterways
Messages must be aboutthe operational handling movement
and safety of ships. In certain major ports, Channels 11,12 and
are not available l or general port operationsmessages. Use
channel 20 only for snrp-tc-coast messages Channel 77 is
limited 10 mterst na cornrnumcanons to andIrom pacts

1(ln5). 5(ln3). 12. 14. 20. 63(ln5). 65. 66. 73. 74. 77

Navigational (A so known asthe b-idgetQbll dge cnannel.)

This channel ISavailable to all stnps. Messages must be about
ship navigation, lor example,aassmq or meeting otherships.
You must keepycur messages short. Your power output must
not be mere thanone watt Tlus is alsothe mainworking
channelat most locks anddrawbridges.

13, 67

Marili me Control - Thischannel maybe usedto talk to ships

andcoast stations operated by state or local governments
Messages must pertain 1Qrequlanonand contror. bootmq
actrvitres. or assutance 10 ships.

17

Oigital Selective Calli ng ' Use nus channel lor distressand

safety callmg and tor general purpose calling using only digital
selectivecalling lechniques.

70

Weather - On these channels you may receive weather broadcasts

of the National Oceanic and Almospheric Administration.
These channels are only for receiving You cannot transmit on
them.

Wx-1 162,55
Wx-21 62.4
Wx-3 162.475

Foo!rloles IQ1~ t)le

I , fl O!ava'latllt In tilt.'Greal Lakes, 51 Lawren<:e Seaway or the Pugel SouM and 1111.' Slralt 01Jll.ln lle FUl;.l .lnll ,ls approoches
2, Onlyfor use In l h~ Greal La;'es.$1La.... ~ence Seaway ami Pultt.'lSound anlllllf Sl rall 01Jll.ln de lueaanll 'ISapprooches
3 Al:alla!lle ont~ In the Houstonami "'1'1'1 Orleans areas
~ A-l:alla3le 0Il1y 10Ille Gre.lll;ikes
5 A,-allable only In tr'~ rJew OfltJOS area
6A-valla:)le tOflotefshlp. Srllli.aoll COdsl qeoeral purposeealllOg by noncommercaal ships
7. M a,lable only In tne Pugel Sound arid Ill.'Strall or Juan lle F ~ta
S~QJ!aJ !eLbQa ~~, To leg,l lly use a marmeVHF raaioon lanll reQull es a speCial Iicerlse, called a maure utility stallon license W,lhoullhat
license, il is no' legal. lor example, to liSe a flI<lIlIle Vt~F porlable In your tow vehicleto cornmullltate wilh someone ll r i ~i ng your boal lOIhe
launchinll raUlp

June 1998

MONITORING TIMES

71

ANTENNA TOPICS
Clem Small, KR6A

BUYING, BUILDING AND UNDERSTANDING ANTENNAS

Whats Wrong with my Dipole?

ccc ml y a friend toll! me that he had

measu red his ce nter -fed. ho rizo nta l.

half'wave. high frequency antenn a for

both reedpo int SW R a nd imped ance . He was

q uite sur prised to fi nd that he got re adings tar
fro m wha t he expected . And the anten na was
no t resonant at the freque ncy fo r wh ich he had
CUI jt ~ He mea sured values like lfi -ohms imreliance. and an S W R o f 5 : I.
He had c ut the ante nna .I S the inst ruc tion s
in his construc tion article had indicated th at
he should. and so he e xpeeled th e " textboo k"
val ue s of aro und 70 -o hm s imp eda nce and a
lo w SW R arou nd I: I or so. In frus tration he
ca lle d me . an d as ked " W ha t is wrong'!"

Many of us who expe riment with antennas

hav e gon e through th is same fru stration . but
we live to see a brighter d ay if we per severe.
50 let"s discuss some o f the pos si ble rcuson c
wh y m)' friend go t suc h confu sing measu remen ts from his antennas.
O ne of the first th ing s we lea rn .t~ we sec k
a ns wers for suc h dilemm as is th at the text book val ue s g 'ivcn f(lr ant enna impedances arc
for an an ten na spac ed far from a ny cond uc tor s
th at might affect its o per ation . An tenn as in
"frec space' ( like ou ter space r. wh en fed wi th
the appropri ate tccdl ine. hav e the te xtbo o kg ive n values o f resona nce. ree d poi nt im pcd ancc a nd 5 WR.

But ant e nna s in the rea l wo rld (u sua lly our

ba ck ya rd o r roof) arc ge nerall y close e no ug h
to so me o the r con d uc tive object that they arc
affe cted by tha t object. T heir reso nant frcq ue m:y and thei r imp edance. and therefore
the ir S W R, changes .IS a result . Met al towers.
meta l fen ce s, mew I buildings, the ea rth itse lf.
a nd eve n green or we t vege tat ion ca n coupl e
In the ant enna ' s ncar fiel d and cause the se
variance s from free- s pace o pe rat io n.
By far the biggest con ducti ve objec t usu al ly affect ing an a ntenna 's performance is the
carib be neat h the ante nna. Note th at in fig . I
we see that the rad iat ion resistance of a ho rizon tal . hal twave dip ole c an vary From aro und
() oh ms to alm ost 100 o hm s dep en din g on its
height abo ve the earth. Although radiat ion
resi stance and fccdpoin t impedance are no t
the sa me thing . fo r a sim ple a ntenna fed at a
current loop (as the ce nter-feeldipole is). their
value is close to eq ua l. Obviously then. we
sho uld not ulwuys expec t the center fcc dpoi nr
imped ance o n a ha lfwave dipole to he c lose to
70 ohms. As Jig, I shows we se ldo m fi nd 70
o hm s o f fcc d poi nt impedan ce in (HII' practical
backya rd in..rallations u nless we arc ca re fu l to
make the ant enn a' s hei ght above g ro und uppr opriatc.

Uh Oh!
To co m plic ate mutt er s m ore wh en the
antenna' < hei ght is abo ut 0.2 wav ele ngt h or

more above the grou nd , the n the kind o f earth

below the a ntenn a hus vigni fica nre ffec t o n the
"elec trica l he ig ht" of the a nten na above
g ro und. "Electrica l grou nd, " so mc riIlle s ca lled
"r ad io g ro und," is the dep th (0 to mallY fee t )
below the ground ' s surfac e at whi ch rad io
waves co ming fro m the anten na see m to he
re fle cted upwards.
If the eart h be low the ant e nna is a perfec t
co nd uctor, thcn the su rfac e ofthe earth is also
the e lectrica l g ro und , Above da mp ea rt h or
water (these arc decent co nd uc tors compared
to d ry g ro und) the e lec tric a l hei ght of the
antenna will be dose in valu e to the an ten na ' s
he ig ht above the sur face of the gro und . But for
dr y . sandy o r ro ck y so il (which has poor
condu ctivity) the electrica l g ro und ca n be
many fee t below the gro und 's surface . The
he igh t used for fig . I the n wou ld be measu red
from the anten na do wn to the ('/('( '1ricui-ground
leve l below the e arth' < surface .
Th e le ngt h of .2 wavelength in ai r c an he
fou nd by:
IlJ7/frcq (i\.1H z ) = Lcn gthtf cc n
or

60 /freq( !\IHz) = Lcn gthuncrc rv)

100
FIGURE 1

Ui
~ 75
Q.
w

OJ
OJ

50

c::

Varia tio ns ;11 radiation resistanc e

with llll tellllll he ight for a horizontal,
hulfwuve, cent er-jed dipole.

f=

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15
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50

.25

.75

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1 00

1.25

1.50

HEIGHT ABOVE ELECTRICAL GROUND (WAVELENGTHS)

72

MON ITORING TIMES

June 1998

~ - ~ ~

1.75

2 00

Th ese formulas tell us that at 20 MHz and

higher fig. 1 will give good estimates of

reedpoint impedance values with antennas as
low as lOft high. Bu t down around 3.5 MHz
our antennas would have to be up over 50 ft
high for us 10 ignore the effects of groun d
conductivity variations on the validity of fig.
I. Th at' s highe r than the vast majority of us
ca n afford to hang our skyhooks!
The effects of different kinds of earth are
beyo nd the sco pe of this present discussion.
these effects can be found in the
More
ARRL Amelllla Book.

on

ments of resonance. feedpoint impedance.

and SWR results. With sufficient attention to
detail it is possible. hut whether the care
required to get these results is worth the effort
it sometimes takes depends on your situation.
For receive-only applications our reception is
often quite satisfactory although wc have
measurements rather different from the textbook values we often read abo ut (but seldom

Most of us have exciting results with our

antennas inspite of thefact that manyof uscan' t

get them upmore than IO to2 0feetin thcair. We
get sufficient signal to the receiver for pretty
decent reception with most antennas. This in
spite of some pretty scary SW R values at that
junction. and the fact that the antennas are not
resonant at the frequencies for which we designed them. But. if you want optimum performance. fig. I can help.
If you are using the antenna to transmit then
you are usually concerned with the SWR value
at thejunctionofthe feedlineand the transmitter
output. Th at should be low in order to feed RF

power properly to the line and to avoid damage

to the transmitter' s final stage. The SWR at the
antenna feedpoim-feedline j unction is more
important also for transmitting use than for
receiving use, but this importance is reduced by
using low-loss feedline.
Most hams ignore the modest (or sometimes
even large) SW R values at thi s feedpoint -

feedline junction with no serious loss of communications potential. But again. for optimum
results, fi g. I can help .

But Wait!
Quite apart from variations in feedpoint
impedance there is another important reason
to think abo ut yourhorizontal antenna' s height.
A horizontal HF antenna spaced a half wavelength from electrical earth has a radiation
reception pattern much more conducive to
long-haul DX performance than onc with less
height. The very same HF antenna spaced
only a quarter wavelength above electrical
ground favors close-in work, suitable for communications with nearby states.
Radiation reception patterns for antennas
atdifferent heights are shown and discussed in
the A RRL Amenna Book.
In Summary:

It takes more than cutting an antenna to

length by a formula to get textbook measure-

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EXPERIMENTER'S WORKSHOP
BillCheek

TWEAK, TUNE, AND MODIfY!

email: beheek@son.rr.com

Network Your Computers

fy ou have two or more comput-

there is no dedicated server; each

compu ter acts as both a clie nt and a
server .
The Ne twork Interface Ca rd
(N IC) for eac h co mputer must come
with a female BNC to which yo u add
a "tee" adapter (RS#27 8- l I2 ) for
RG-58 ca bles to go to adjacent co mput ers. Each unused end "tee" connection of a IOBase-2 LAN must
have a 50n termioator BNC cap.
A lOBase-2 net wor k runs at 10
Mbps for grea t performance, Newer
net works run at 100 Mbps. Th e latest, at l-Gbps, is barely out of the
R&D labs. Th ese not only Cost more
but they 're ove rkill for small office
and hom e net wor ks, anyway.

ers around home. shack. or of-

fiee, there are doze ns of reasons

to connect them into a Local Area
Network. A LA N lets you wo rk at
one machine with access to the re-

sources nf the other(s). Just consider:

all hard. floppy, and CD drives, fold-

ers and files. and even printers can be

instantly ava ilab le (Q any co mp uter
on a netwo rk. There are even ways
for one mod em to serve mu ltiple
computers on a network - All this
for roug hly $50 and two computers
ru nning W indows 95 or later.
At typical LA N speeds of 10 -

Mbps, you really can't distinguish

files and program s on one computer

fromthose on the other: networks are

RG-58 coax

7-ft, minimum

StMPLE
TWO CO MPUTER
NETWORK

--.2

,--.3

THREE COMPUTER NETWORK

fas t! Th e power of a co mputer network stagge rs the imagin ation. If yo u're reluctant, use this art icle to start consideri ng the
numerous reasons to take the leap .
Multiple computers are becoming co mmon aroun d hom e and offi ce these day s. Radio hobbyists frequently use old 386 or 486
com puters in the shac k, while games and
chec kbook balanci ng are don e on a Pent ium
in the fami ly room . W ithout a network , these
two machines ca n be light-years apart. Networ ked, the powe r vastly exceeds the sum of
the parts. Pcntiums are "the thing," but 486
and lesser compu ters are still great for the
radio room , if for noth ing else ! And, they' re
inexpensive!
Do you "back up" impo rtant files? It' s
cheap and easy if you have two or more
computers on a network. Eac h com puter ca n
hold backup folders for the rest. and what' s
more, the backup process can be automated.
Time was when network ing was the domain of highl y pa id. pro peller-headed gurus.
Even now networ k engi neers comm and $90/
hr and up, but that doesn't mean yo u have to
hire one ! Do it yourself!

I. Two or more PC-386lco mpatibles or be tter

2. Running wi ndow s 95. Windows NT, or
\Vindows 9H (see text for others)
3. One BNC Etherne t Network Interface Card
(NIC) per computer (also ca lled a LAN
adapter)
4. O ne BNC "tee" adapter per co mputer.
5. Two son BNC termi nator ca ps
6. O ne length (to fit) of RG-58 coax ial cable
with BNC connectors on eac h end, per the
first two co mp uters , and one additiona l
length per each additional computer.
There are several way s to networ k two or
more compu ters, but the eas iest and cheape st
is bu ilt into Windows For \VorkGroup s 3. 11.
W io do ws 95 /98 . aod Wi ndow s NT .
Microsoft' s Workgro up Add-On for MS-DOS
eve n lers you netwo rk XT and AT computers
that use MS-DOS. O ther ope ratin g systems ,
inclu ding OS/2, Macint osh, and the various
flavo rs of Unix also have bui lt-in network ing,
but this article attem pts to keep it simple.
w indows networks are simple and very effective.

Preparing for a LAN

Abo ut Our Easy LAN

Most radio hobbyists are capable of installing and using a LA N. Here is all that ' s
needed for an easy, high-performance peerto-peer Ethernet LAN:

O ur LAN is an Ethernet IOBase- 2 (also

ca lled thinnet). usin g RG-58 NU 50n coax ial ca ble up to maximum length s of 170-ft.
Th is is a "peer-to-peer" networ k, becau se

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The Details
Figure I shows how to co nnec t a typi cal
BNC/coax Ethernet LAN . You 're a radio
hobbyi st, so you know all abo ut BNC co nnectors . Just correctly install the BNC hardware.
BNC LA Ns are susce ptible to disrup tions
ca used by cable and co nnec tor problems.
Figure 2 shows a typical netw ork interface
card (NIC ). Th ere are many kind s. and a wide
varie ty of prices, but all do about the same
thin g. You r NIC should have the "combo"
fea ture whe re two or three different ou tputs
com e on one card: BNC, UTP (universal
twi sted pair ), and AUI, (not impo rtant to us.)
UTP, (characterized by an 8-pio RJ-45 mod ular ja ck) , is in wider use than (he BNC type .
We won ' t get into UTP (IOBase-T) LA Ns
now, but your NIC sho uld have the RJ-45 ja ck
for future grow th and enh anced networking

FIG-2: TYPICAL COMBO NIC

Model s nown: 3COM 3C900

FIG-3: CARD SLOT L OCATIONS

c
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Top View f or desktop cas es ....

l eft -s i de Vi ew fo r t ow er cases...

opt ions after yo u become more experienced.

For now. BNC/coax is the simp lest. most
eco nomica l networ k.
By the wa y. N IC s are readily available for
aro und 520 . and in no case sho uld you pay

more than S50 for one. Specify an " NE-2000compatible' 16 or 32-bit IO-Mhp s Ethernet
card. If your co mputeri s a Pcmiu rno r equivalent. then ge l a 32-h ir "PC l" type so lung as
your co mputer has a spare PC I slut.
If your computer is a 486 or 3R6, then

you' ll need an "ISA" card, which comes in Rhit and l o-bit styles. Ther e is usuall y no good
reason to se ttle for an outdated x-bit card. so
insist on a 16-bit NIC. Eigh t-bit cani s arc
necessary for old PC/XT /8086/8088 machine s.
hut that' s beyo nd the scope ofth is articl e. ATI
286 co mputers and up have 8 and 16-bit slots.
Figure 3 shows the approximate appea rances of ISA and PCI card slots in a typi cal
co mputer. Your NIC plugs into one of these
slots. First. of co urse, remove the mat ing slot
cove r strip from the back of the chassis. Sa ve
the screw to secure the NIC after it is plugged
into the slot.
Avoid the bottom slot of a tower case
computer for the NIC becau se the RG-58 and
"tee" ca n be roo con stric ted and cause pinches
and crimps in the cable, not to men tion mak ing acce ss d ifficult . Relocate othe r cards as
needed to keep the NIC out of a bo ttom slot.
This caulion doesn 't apply to desktop box es
where all slots arc prett y much equa lly acccssiblc. It is impo rtant to keep the: coax from
pinc hing, twistin g, and straining at the BNC
con nector.

The Steps
l. Install an NIC in each computer,
2. Attach a BNC "tee" to each NICs output
BNC.
3, For a two-comput er network :
A. Attac h one son termi nation cap to
eac h "tee'

B. Co nnect a 7ft. or greater length of RG58 coax between the "tee's" of each
co mpu ter
4, For a thre e or more co mputer net work :
A. Designate two computers as "end't units.
and the rest as "middle" units
B. Attach one 50n termination cap to the
"tee' on each "end" computer.
C. Con nect a 7 ft. or greater length of
RG-58 coa x from "tee" of an "e nd"
co mputer to the "tee" of the clo sest
computer. Connect a 7 ft. or grea ter
length of RG-58 coax fro m tha t "tee"
to the next computer, etc , etc .
5, Tu m computers o n; boot to Windows; and
follow on-line and writte n help for addi ng
and co nfiguring a network .

Network Setup
Sett ing up a net wor k is easy , part icularly if
you' re using Windows 95 or later and if your
NIC card is ' he PC I " plug 'n play" type.
Co nsult the Win dows Help under " network,"
and follow the instructions that come with the
NIC to install the card and software.
Wh en yo u se t up the Wind ows networking
co mponents, choos e NetBE UI as the defa ult
protocol (perfe ct for small LAN s). that' s protected from out side world intrusion. Add the
Te PII P pro tocol fo r co nnec tio ns to th e
Intern et . Forge,IPX/SP X and other protoco ls
for now .

Kinks, Notes, TrickS

If yo u' re budget-m inded, yo u ca n di spense
with the 50n term inati oo caps (RS#278-270)
and make your own. Sold er one end o f a 47 to
53 ohm resistor (any wattage) to the center lug
of a BNC "tee .' Sold er the other end to the
body/shell of 'h e "tee," Fig ure 4 shows ho w.
Coaxial ethcrnet is goo d for a maximum
cable length of abo ut 170ft, but beware the
minimum length of 7-ft !Shorter lengt hs ca use
weird problems, even if the computers are
side: by side. Ensure the coax cab le is good
qua lity and has prope rly install ed BNC co nnectors. I' ve had good luck with RadioShack' s
RG-58 cable and "t wist-on" BNC' s (#278 10) ) but bad ex perience with their solderless
BNC' s (#278- 185).
You hear talk of networ k security, but
FIG.4 : POOR MA N'S TERMINATOR

5~
to next

PC

w l de re d

To NIC
on th is PC

don 't be imm ediately co ncerned . Your LAN

won 't be accessible to the outside wor ld. and
interna lly, you have full cont rol over what is
"shared " on the LAN . For instance, you might
want to network the kids ' and family computers with yo urs, but allow limited acce ss to
your s. That' s easy to set up, Computers can
"see" only what yo u choos e to "share."

For More Informat ion

This net work prim er won' t make yo u an
overn ight expert, but it will ge t you fro m zero
to sixty. If yo u need more inform ation , I
suppose you ca n always buy a book ; there are
some good ones , bu t technology move s so
quickl y that I don ', recom mend hooks forthe
small network er , Instead, see Tab le I, and use
the Web as your library. Don 't be bashfu l
abo ut 'h e Window s HELPs. Click START >
HELP > INDEX and type "network" for a
varie ty of things to read (and learn .)

TABLE I : Network References

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hltp:/lwww. buyersl one.comlnetworkllingo.hlml

hltp:/Iwww.connectworld.nelJc6.html
http://www.megahertz.comlclienlJmcd/supportl
hltp:Jltampico.cso.uiuc.edulnaslnashl
hltp:Jlwww.sresearch.coml
hltp:J/atzhim3.gordon.army.miUcssJlrainingllANl
hltp:J/wwW.pcwebopaedia.comlEthernet.htm
hltp:J/wwW.syntax.comJsupportlguestlglossary.htm
hltp:Jtwww.lang.duke.eduledtecWglossary.htm
hltp:J/oracle.uvision.comlidxl
http1/www.3com.coml
http1/www.intel.comlnetworklproductslnetwork.htm
http1/wwW.linksys.coml
http://netgear.baynetworks.com/

If You Need Help.....

If yo u need he lp sett ing up yo ur networ k,
or if you j ust need mor e con vincing to take the
leap, co ntact me bye-mail, and I'll put yo u on
the straight and narro w path .
If yo u can' t hit my publi shed Internet sites,
go to htt p ://ou r world.com pu serve.co m!
ho mep ageslbchc ek where alway s posted are
the current addresses for my primary Web and
FrP sites. I'm happy to freely pro vide e-mail
support for all my articles and projects. Make
que stions pert inent and focu sed and I'll alway s respond .
E-mai l: bcheek @san .rr.com
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Wireless Networks Taking Shape

hanges are underw ay in the nati on ' s

wireless data networks, with promi ses
of addi tional services and new technologies just around the comer. Thi s month
we'll take a look at a couple of space-based
communica tio ns providers a nd finish off with
the latest auc tio n result s from the FCC.

missions at 1646.5 M Hz to 1660.5 M Hz and

L-band downlink (spacecraft to mobil e terminal) transmi ssi on s at 1545 MH z to 1559 MH z.
AM SC also hold s a uthorization from the FCC
to lau nch AMSC-2 and AMSC-3 into orb ita l
slots of 62 and 139 degrees West longitu de:
howe ver , it is not clea r if and when AMSC
will e xercise those aut hori zations.

American Mobile Satellite

Corporation

ARDIS

A number of changes are takin g place at

A me rica n Mo bile Sa telli te Co rpo ration
(AMSC), a Virgini a-based provider of mobile communicatio ns serv ices.
A~ISCl aun ched lheirfi "t sale ll ile. AMS C-

I. in ]995 to pro vide mobil e sate llite serv ices

to cust omers in North America. After a rock y
sta rt and some problems durin g on -orbit testing , they began offeri ng te lephon e. data, and
positi on reporting services to mobile c usto mer s from their geo syn chrono us orbital slot at
lO l degree s West lon gitud e.
After two years and mor e than $600 mil lion to build a nd launch their sate llite netwo rk. AMSC admi tted that the demand for
mobil e sate llite services had not developed as
quickly as the y had hoped . In ord er to generate some ca sh flow on their und erutili zcd
satellite, la te last year AMSC filed with the
FCC to lea se AMSC-I (no w called MSAT-2)
and their gro und station technology to Afri ca n Co ntinental Te lecommunications, Inc.
(ACTEL), a Sou th Af rica-based communica tions project.
Under the plan, ACTEL will move MSAT2 to a position over sub -Saharan Af rica and
use it se rve mobi le users and re mote villages
in southern Africa. A renewable five year
lease wi ll ge nerate payment s of$38 milli on a
year for AMSC. T he Commerce Department
has alrea dy approved the export of MSAT-2.
In order to continue serving their existing
29, 000 or so c ustomers. AMS C will use ca pacity on a satellite owned by TM I Communication s and Company, L.P .. a Ca nadian
operator with who m AMSC has worke d in the
past. In 1996 TMI launc hed MSAT-l, a
Hughes-built satellite almos t identi cal to
MS AT -2 with the exception of a telem et ry
frequency a t 11,702.75 MH z. Unde r their
agre em ent . AMSC and TM I will j ointly own
MSAT-1 , eac h using hal f the spacec raft pow er
a nd each ret ain ing co ntro l of their assigned

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tran spond ers.

MSA T-I cu rren tly sits at 106.5 degrees
West longitud e and pro vides mobile satellite
se rvices to Ca nada under a Ca nadian licen se .
In order to allow ACTEL 10 test MSAT-2
prior to moving it, AM SC will tran sition their
cus tomers to MS AT-I at 106.5 degrees for
approx imately two mo nths. Sin ce MSAT-I
is further west than MSAT-2, there is a po ssibi lity that AMS C cus tomers in the easte rn
Caribbean will not be able to acc ess the
sate llite during that tim e.
Once ACfEL moves MSAT-2 to a new
orbita l slot ove r Africa, AMS C and TM I will
move MSAT- I to the vacated location at 101
degree s West longitu de. To con serv e onboa rd fuel , this movement of 5.5 deg rees is
expec ted to take abo ut a week. and AMSC
prop oses to ope rate MS AT-I while it is in
tran sit.
The agree me nts to lease MSAT-2 and
share MSAT- I are subj ect to a numbe r of
condit ions. includ ing the ability of ACTEL
to raise a t least $1 20 million in finan ci ng.
AMS C will co ntinue to offer its Skycell
Satellit e Teleph one Ser vice to customers in
the fifty United States a nd the Carib bean, as
we ll as bou ndary waters along the coa st.
Porta ble, briefca se-sized telephones costing
a nywhere from S2.00 0 to S15,000 provide a
circu it-swit ched voice co nnec tion any where
the use r has a clear view of the satellite. A
basic subscriptio n start s at $ 15 a mo nth, with
airtime fees o f abo ut $ 1.50 a minu te.
AMS C is curre ntly authorized for L-ba nd
upl ink (mobile termina l to spacec raft) tran s-

After a financia l restructuring and a public

bond offe ring , in March of this yea r A MSC
co mp leted the pu rchase of A RDIS Co mpa ny.
the nation ' s largest terre strial two -way data
network . Motorola sold their wholl y-own ed
ARDIS packet radio netw ork subsidiary to
AMS C for S50 million in cash and S50 million in stock, removi ng a pote ntial con flic t
after findin g that ARDIS was co mpe ting with
some of Motoro la' s large two-way pag ing
customers . With the add ition of ARDIS,
AMSC claims more than 80,000 subsc ribers
and serv ice revenue of more than S60 milli on
per yea r.
As reviewed in the August 1997 co lumn of
pes Front Line, ARDIS was developed by
Motorola and IBM in the 1980s for use hy
IBM fie ld techni ci ans and is the oldes t wireless dat a network currently in ope rati on .
ARDIS serves more than 56 ,000 mobi le users
via approximately 1,100 transmitte rs in the
800 MH z ba nd.
Rad ioMa il, Mai l-on -t he -R un. a nd
AirMobile Wireless are three off-the-shelf
produ cts offe red by ARDIS. as well as c ustomized me ssagi ng services for busin ess custom ers. A typica l ARDIS ap plicati on wo uld
be a field techn ician using a handheld modem
and laptop PC to rece ive serv ice assignment s,
repair instruc tion s, and parts availability informa tion ove r the two-way network .
AMSC has already begun to market a
"dual-mode" se rvice for long-hau l tran sportat ion compan ies, who would use the ARD IS

TABLE 1

Somecommon ARDIS frequencies.

807.1375
810.8375
855.8125

807.4875
852.4875
855.8375

808.3875
852.9375

terrestrial serv ice while in large cities and

sw itch to Att. ISC s sate llite servic e wh ile out
on the open road .
RAM Mobile Data USA L.P .. the primary
com petitor to A R.D IS. is now fully owned by
BellSout h. which bou ght out RAM Broadcasting Co rpora tion ea rlier this yea r and renamed the company Be llSout h Wir eless Data.
Th ey plan to add 500 new base stations this
year a nd hope to offer natio nwide coverage
co mpara ble to one-way pag ing . Us ing
Eri csson ' s Moh itex plat form, BeliS outh
cla ims the: network covers 93 % of U.S. urban
bu siness popula tio n.

I IRIDIUM
At the end of March three -q uarte rs of the
Iridiu m co nstellation sate llites were in orb it.
Th e successful launch of a Boeing Dell a II
rock et on Ma rch 30 added five more space
veh icles to the net work . brin gin g the orbiting
total to 56. Th e rem ain ing 10 are on sched ule
for lau nch as Irid ium targ ets a comme rcia l
start date of Sept embe r 23. 199 8.
Iridium ac hieved what they proclaim as
another first when the Intern ation al Teleco mmunica tion Unio n (lT U) grante d them "country statu s" and as signed them their ow n country codeof+88 16. lri di um subsc ribers will be:
reachabl e any w here in the world they have
coverage by a single teleph on e number with
the country prefix of88 16, Ofco urse. tnmursat
has had count ry codes of +870 through +874
for so me time. md competing satellite sy ste ms hav e bee n ass ig ned similar code s. such
as +88 10 for ICO and +88 18 for Globa tStar .
Pote ntial subscribe rs were given a peek at
what it may cos t to use the Iridium system
when service begins this fall. Nippon Iridium.
the Japanese ope rator of the Iridium serv ice .
released pricin g information and will prov ide
telephony and pagi ng servic es to domestic
and inte rnational subscribers. T he cos ts of
calli ng arc somew hat co mplica ted. since the
rates depe nd on where the telephone is be ing
used and what pl an the subsc riber is sig ned up
for .
All subsc ribe rs will have a twelv e digit
number a nd pay a sig n-up fee o f abo ut $77. in
addi tion to a mo nthly fee of S50. Paging
cus tomers will he c harged $ 100 per mo nth. or
530 per mon th if they 've sig ned up for te leph one service as we ll.
An interna tional plan subscriber w ill have
a twelv e-di gi t ph one number beginning with
88 16. Call s placed to an Iridium phone w ill
cos t 56.54 per minut e. The cos t o f ca lls to
a nother Iridium pho ne will be based on the
location of the cal ler. a nywhe re from 56.59 in
C hina to $4 .64 in Nor th Amer ica , T he sa me
type of zone sys tem app lies to outgo ing ca lls

to non- Iridium phon es, any where from 58.1 J

for calls to Afric a down to $4 .52 for ca lls to
destina tions in Asia .
A domestic plan subscriber will ha ve a
twelve-d igit phone numbe r beg inn ing with
88 17. and wi ll be restr icted to usc on ly within
Japan . Calls to such a phone will cost 52.6 1
pe r minute. A call to another Iridium subscribe r will cos t $2 .67 per mi nute . Ca lls fro m
an Iridium ph one to a non -Iridium phone run
S 1.67 per minute.
Iridium hand set s are designed to first use
the terrestri al GSM network. and sw itch to
satell ite on ly if no local cellular network is
a vailab le. \Vhile roa ming on 10c <l1 terrestrial
net wor ks. subscribe rs may bc charged the
local rate plus $ 1.07 to $2.04 per mi nute fo r
calls made to non- Iridi um pho nes , and fro m
$7 .73 to $8.7 1 per mi nute for calls made ( 0 a
roa mi ng Iridium phon e.
Rega rdless of the the se costs . Iridium is
projec ting 65 0.000 voic e and 350.000 pagi ng
c usto mers by the year 2000.

I LMDS Auction
Yet ano ther FCC auct ion has co me to a
clo se, this tim e for Local M ultipo int Dis tribution Service (LMDS). As covered in the January 1998 pes From Line co lumn , 986 lice nses were on the block with two licen ses
available in ea ch of the nati on ' s 49 3 Basic
Trading Area s (ETA s). The larger A-bl ock
license co vers 1150 MH z of spe ctru m in three
chunks : 27.5 00 M Hz ( 0 28.350 MH z. 29.1 00
MH z to 29.250 MH z. a nd 3 1.075 MH z to
3 1,225 MH z. The smaller B-b loek is 150
MHz of spect rum made up of two slices ,
3 1.000 MH z ( 0 3 1.07 5 MH z and 31,225 to
3 1.300 MH z.

TABLE 2
Top three LMDS auction winners.
A:b.Iill IlllaI

I&!nWJ

WNP Communications.Inc.
Nextband Communications LLC

WinStar l MOS l l C

41.4
12.1

36.7
14.6

6.7

5.9

Thi s auction. the 17t h held by the FCC.

began on Feb ruary 18, 1998, with 139 q ualified bidde rs. 128 rounds late r on March 25 the
auction closed w ith 104 wi nners. T he tota l
amount of bid s was $578. 663.0 29. falling fa r
short of the $4 billion e xpected for the U.S.
Tr easury . 379 A-block lice nses covering 90 %
of the US popul ation were so ld along w ith 485
Bcblock licen ses co veri ng 99 .5% of the population .
t 221icen ses were no t sold amlure srill held
hy the FCC. 109 of those licenses never received <I bid equ al to the Co mmission ' s min imu m o pening bid amo unt and 13 licenses are

held due to bids withdrawn by participants .

T he FCC will reauctlon these licenses at a
late r tim e. probab ly as soon as it ligures ou t
how to ge t more mone y out of the spectrum.
For e xampl e. in the larger A-b loc ks, more
than 40% of the markets received either the
minimu m bid or no bid at all.
T he big: winner . WNP Commu nications.
Inc. based in Earlysvi lle. Virgin ia, wo n a total
o f 40 licen ses. 30 of whi ch arc in the top 50
mar kets. After spending S I87 milli on in bids
they are now the largest co rporate ow ner o f
spec tru m in the United States . Th ey ex pec t
thei r first cus tome rs to be busin ess users. but
with lice nses co vering 105 mill ion peop le a
co nsume r serv ice may not be far behind.
Second place winner . Nc xtban d Co mmunication s LLC . spe nt S 142 million for 42 licen ses
covering 96 million peop le.
With such large block s of frequ encies.
LMDS is cxpccted to provide a variety of onea nd two-wa y wi reles s services requiring significant bandwidth. Such services may include multi -ch an nel ca ble te lev ision-ty pe
video programm ing, bu sine ss video teleconferencin g. remote med ical diagnosis and treatment, wireless local loop vo ice tele phone to
business and sma ll o ffices. and high speed
connec tions to the Internet.
l.M DS distrihuti on sy stems arc e xpected
to be built out in a ce ll co nfig uration, with a
ce ntral transmitting hub sendi ng high speed
da ta to a num be r of fixe d recei ve rs and tran sceivers. Each hub wo uld intercon nect w ith a
central process ing ce nte r and othe r hub s. In
so me area s. depending on the service selections made by license holders. LMDS ma y
become a major compe titor to local te lephone
a nd cable tele vision co mpanies.
T hat' s all for this month. Comme nts and
qu e s ti o n s arc a lway s welco me a t
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time . happy mo nitoring!

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June

1998

MONITORING TIMES

77

FEDERAL FILE
A GUIDE TO GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS

John Fulford, WA4VPY

emoi/: JOHNF04 13@ool.com

Treasure Trove on the Internet

ill: Intern et is bccoming a gold mine of

INFRARED SENSORS

Federal go vernme nt
co m munic atio ns info nn anon . During the last month.
severa l of us h .I \' C di sco vcrcd so me interesting sites

on the Internet thai provide

much insigh t into federa l

Ven dor : S part on Technol ogy

Agen cie s Supplied : Just ice
wide age ncies

ing: prog ra ms. Prio r to the Pre side nt arrivin g.

the w hite House Co m m unications Age ncy
(W HCA) and the Secret Service advance tea ms
wi ll be heard se tti ng up o n the followi ng
ch a nne ls:

INFRARED NIGHT VI
SION EQUIPMENT

164.8875 165.375 166.5 125 167.025

Ven dor: lnfram etrics.I nc.

Ag encies Supplied : Sa me
as above

govern ment comm uni ca tion s.

The: first piece of info r-

mation comes from Ken

Windyka. KCll advi ses us

ENCRYPTED RADIO
SYSTEMS

c hec k o ut the Nat io na l

Vend or: Motorol a

Agencie s S uppli ed : Sa me
as above

10

Telecommunicati o ns and

I j..

Inform ation Admini strat ion

(NT I", web site . Their address is: http://

www. ntla.doc.gov/
T hi s site pro vides ou tsta nding agen cy spe -

citic current usage information of certain frequ en c ies (3U 10 SOUD M ll z } for no ngo ve rnment lise. Specific links and in formatio n are
provided to a ll militar y se rvice s. Dep artment
of Energy eDO E). Department of Ju sti ce
(DOJ I. Fed era l Bureau of In vestigat ion (FBI> ,
Fed er a l Em erg ency Ma nagem en t Ag ency
(F Ei\-tA ). a nd so me of the " pro tected" radi o
system arcu s. Thi s site is in PD P for ma t and
w ill req uire th e usc of Adobe Acrobat Read er
(available for free down load) to read .
Ken a lso provided thi s tidb it. using the
Unive rs ity o f Massnchu sc u s at Am he rst
" GOVB Or ' search engine . which rev ea led
the fo llowin g: U.S . De partm ent of Ju stice contract s good through the year 2000:

ELECTRO NIC SURVEILLA:-CE EQUIPMENT

Vendor : Aud io Int elli gencc De vice s, Inc.

lA ID)
Agencies Supplied: DEA. PBL INS. USMS.
AT E and C ustoms
TRACKING EQUIPMENT
Ve ndo r: Dy natcch T actica l Co mm unicatio ns.

Inc.
Agen c ies Su ppli ed : Sa me

LEASE OPLAW ENFORCE MENT AUTOMOB ILES

Vendor: Ford Mot or Compa ny
Age ncie s Supplie d : Go vern me nt wide usc
A se arc h of the web fo r informalion provide d in Commerce 811.'1;1/('.'1.'1 Duilv revealed
that the U.S. Environme ntal Protection Age ncy
Na tura l Veh icle and Fuel Emiss ions Labo re tory in Ann Harbo r. M ichi gan . is se tting up a
nation wide radio syste m.

At present. they are using 41J8.001J MHz

sim plex . The ir equipment co nsists of 15
Mo torol a Radius UHF radio s and one bas e
statio n. Also me ntioned W<i S an unnamed radi o se rvic e. Th is may be in the business ban d.
T he proposed co nfig uratio n consists o r
th ree ne w frequenc ies . T hey arc : 170. 375 .
I 64.450 a nd 173.91 25 M l lz(this freq uenc y is
for a larm mon itori ng ). T he ne w equipmen t
will co ns isto f 23 mobile/p ort abl e unit s.Some
of th e unit s mu st be ca pable of rece iving ale rt s
a uto matically fro m the Natio na l W eather Ser-

vice on 162.4IJOIl 62.551J MHz. Some of the

' IS

above

MINIATCRE SECURE HANDHELD RADIOS

Vendor : Racal Co mm unicatio ns. Inc. (Type:
C ry ptog raphic)
Agenc ies S uppli ed : Go vern men t wid e use
18

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SERV ICE

Vendor: Bell Atlantic
Agencies Supplied : Sa me as abo ve

MONITORING TIMES

hme J998

equipment must be able to be used with

SCUB A ge ar and o ther radi os 10 he used in
expl osive environments .

Presidential Communications
Th e Pres iden t has been maki ng .1 10 1 or
trip s rece ntly to continue with his "to wn meet-

All oft he freque ncie s "..i1 1be heard setting

up the DV P/ DES encryp tio n systems. An
additi onal frequ cn c y to start mo nitoring when
the Presid ent arr ives is 17 1.2X75 (Z ulu ).

Midwest Monitoring
Dale Urban Ct'OKQX) of Garden City.
Ka nsa s. remind s us that the sum me r to rna do
se as on wil l be upon us so o n, Fo r tho se of you
thai live in Kan sas. Oklahoma. Texas. a nd
o ther parts known as "T o rna do Alle y.' the
c hase teams of the Nationa l Sev e n: S torms
Labo rato ry in Norman. Ok la homa. may be in
your area looking for the se ve re activit y.
Using a variety o f report ing techn ique s. the
chase team s a rc coordi nated by a radio netwo rk th at uses I ():)A 35 rV1 Hz as the pri ma ry
freq uen cy. T his is al so the re peat er output
frequ e nc y fo r the ai rborne rep eater . Th e input
is 16.3.100 ~ lH z. Thi s frequency is als o usc,",
as a simplex c han nel whe n the repeater is not
in usc.
Mu ving a little furth er wes t. Rick Mich ca ls
se nt in informat ion that he is monit or ing the
frequency o f 172.525 Mllz . II see ms this is a
fre q ue ncy used hy an office in Idah o Fa lls.
Idaho. T he frequenc y is I icensed to th e
Bo n nevil le Po we r Admi nistration and the Bureau of Recl amat io n of the Department o f th e
Interio r. Rick re po rts te leph on e inter co nnect
tra ff c 0 11 this channel.

Fed eral Action in Houst on

Chris Parri s report s .1 101 of FBI activ ity
from the Hou sto n. Te xa s. urea. It see ms that
the FB I has se t lip sho p for so me ove rt o peration s in Houston . T he re is all aircraft using the
c a lls ig n o f SOG 20 (S pe c ia l Operation s
Group" ), with g ro und unit s SOG 9. I ) .:md 13.
Als o mo nitored ,,"<IS the calt sign DS 10.1 . All of
the ground units we re using DES mode e ncryptio n. Th e aircra ft rem ain ed in the clear.
A co uple of addi tiona l frequ en c ies were
also mon itored (Jut th ere by C hris : 16X.J50

MH, (Hotcl2 ) and 17.1 .100 MHz \ Hotel 4).

T he nationwid e pri vat e lin e (PI..,) suh aud iblc

tone o f 167 .9 li z was used o n every Ireq ucncy . There W~IS alsur efcrcncc loan "El'ho"
fre q ue ncy. bur this W<lS not iden ti fied . The
frequency o f 17(UC 5 ~ 1 1 1 z was also used but
wa s no: g ive n a nam e iden tifi er.
C hr is wondered a bo ut the airplan e bei ng
in the cl ear. speculati ng w he ther the lo w
freq uency back groun d "h um ' of the airplane
co uld int erfe re with the D ES . It is k no w n tha t
the suh aud ible tone s arc no t tran smitted w he n
using DES and/or DVP.
D uring the wee ke nd C h ris mon ito rs the
frequ en cy of 16 X.750 M l -l z. T h is appea rs to
hi: a spotter airplane flying over the S<.Im
Hou ston \Talion;.l1 Fore st. T his freq uen cy uses
the PI.., IOIl C o f I I (l.9 I II.. T he a ircraft is using
the cal lsig n of t) 1 Fox tro t and is ta lk ing to
C ha rlie I. wh ich is the U.S. Fo re st Se rv ice
t US FS ) ba ...c sta tio n. Xo c hannel name was
given for thi... freq ue ncy. b ut o ne o f the crew
in 9 1F mentioned so methi ng about channe l
17 or 19 o n his US FS radi o.
A freq uency that is norma lly dead ha s
...uddcnly come bac k to life in the Ho usto n
a rea . It is -l 11.525 ~lH l (carr ie r sq ue lc h ).
T his is the re peat er out put for the U.S . Departm ent of Agri c ult ure A nim al Plant Health
In...pcction Service (APHIS). Th e repeater is
loc a ted at G eorge Bu...h Intercont inen tal Ai rport . T he output freq uency is -l IS.5 25 ~l H z .
T he maj ority of the traffi c see ms 10 be in vo lving imp o rted pla nts that nee d ins pection
as they arri ve fro m for ei gn co untries .

Scanni ng out East

Com ing bac k to the Eas t Coast. o ur fir st
s top is the Washington. D.C., area . T he
fre qu en cy used by the sec ur ity gua rds at the
J. Ed gar Hoove r FB I headq uarters b uilding i...
-l lY.250 ~1 Hz. Input to thi s rcpc atcr i... -l I-l. 150

Ft. M yer. w hic h was formerly kn ow n as

" Lawman" on 1-l2 AOO Ml-l z (PL to ne 136.5
Hz) a nd 1-l2.975 i\'ll1z (P L to ne 136.5 Hz) is
now assig ned 0 11 ta lkgr oups of 92E for post
o pera tions a nd 9JF fo r ceremonial s up po rt .
The mi Iitary poli ce at I'-I. Belvo ir hav e been
u p o n the tru nkcd cyst c m for se ve ra l years
u... ing the talk group of 7 D9. T ha nks to Bill
Hardman for this informa tio n.
EJ Lynch in the C hcsu pcu kc HOI)- urea
re po rts a lot
ac tiv ity 011 16 7.6 3 75 a nd
173.7., 75 Ml lz recently. S OIllI: tra ffic , although
to a much lc......cr degree. ha... sho w n up o n
I65.4-'75 1'\'IHz. All communicatio ns have bee n
e ncrypted by DES.
Inf o rmation co mes in fro m Ill y ol d sto m ping g rou nd s in Seviervi lle, Tennessee.nor too
tar fro m the "M T Colllp le \ . T his is next to the
e ntra nce to one of the 1110s1 beau tifu l national
parks in the count ry. the Great Smok y Mounruins. T he Fede ral High wa y Ad m inistratio n
has o pe rated a repe ate r system the re for many
years . T he out put i... 166 .0 :25 and the input
165.26 25 MHz ru nn ing carrie r ...q uc lc h ( no PL
to ne ). Now it seem s thi s sys tem has go ne
sile nt. Can anyone pro vide any information o n
th is systern ?

or

Trash or Treas ure ?

From a govern me nt auc tion in the so uthe rn
C alifornia area ca rne informa tion from a so urce
w ho wi xhcs to remai n ano ny mous. He we nt to
the auction an d pu rchased fo r literall y pe nnies
o n the do lla r se ve ra l rad ios w hic h ca rne fro m
fede ral service in Nevada. T he se radi o s still
had thei r code plug-, in them . By readi ng the
code pl ugs. he wa... able to pro vide the fo llo wing informa tio n for so me o f the fede ral agen cies in Nevada.

In terna l Revenue Ser vice (II{S,

~1I 1L.

~OR.4IX)

~OY.X 75

From the Scun-DC list. information co mes

in for the trunk cd ...ys tcms in the Milit ar y
Di strilt o f W ashingt o n (i n the Di...trict of
Ct llumhi a). T hc VHF freq ue nc ie s \ \'l" ;11 1u...ed
to monito r ha n ; becn v;lcated for tht: Ft.
BeI\'o ir/Dcpa rtlllent o f Dcli: nsl tru nkc:d syste m , T he foll o w ing a re a ll o utput frellue nc ie...:

~ l X . 07 5

~ IR . 17 5

~ IS. ~ ~ 5

~ 1X . ~ O O

~ 1R. 6 ~5

~ l X . 75 0

~ lR .R~5

~ 18.S50

~ 1X.YIX )

~ 1R .'I ~ 5

~~O . OOO

[)ru~

16.ROO
1R.675

Enfn rCl'l11 cnt Ad m inislra tinn IDEA )

~ 1~. OOO

~ I ~ .l ~ 5

~ 1~ . 1J~5

~ 1~ .05 0

~ 1~ . l

~ 1 ~ ..15()

~ 1 ~ .4 5 ()

~ 1 ~ .47 5

~ 1 8 . Y50

~06 .~00

~06 ..100

-l06.525

~1~500

~ 1 ~5 5 0

~06 .77 5

~07 .0 ~5

~07 .Y50

~ 1Y501J

~O X . X 5 0

~OY . ~5 0

~ 1 1.~00

I X.Y75

~ 1.1.000

50

U.S. C ustoms Sl' n k e

Fl. Mc Na ir. w hich fo rm e rl y \ \ '. l'\ on
1-l3. 175 ~ll-1 z w ith;1 PL to ne o f 1-'6.5 Hz.
no\\' i... on the ahove sy...tcm with a tal k group
o f Y3D, T he o ld G,l1 l :-. ign fo r the ha scof"-l-lO"
is ... till in u...c,

15~ . 6 50

15 ~ .6 X OO

1 54 . 7~ O O

15~ .770()

15~ .X'I()O

15~ .Y ~OO

155.475
ISS .5050
I Federal agcnc ies .tlJo weJ feJ cr al agellls to
usc tlh:...e pub lk safl'ty freq uen eu cs for interagl'llcy cOllllllu nica tio ns wi th lucal 1 ~l w e ll-

fo rcc mc ru and are not al loca ted to the C ustoms Service o n a primary ba sis )
1 6 ~ . 05 00

16.1. 1~ 51J

1 6.1 . 6 ~ 5 0

1 6~ 5 5 00

1 6.J . 8 6 ~ 5

16 5 .4375
165.7625

1 6 6 .4 6 ~ 5

16 5.23 75
165 .7.1 75
166 5 875

16 5.5 875
16Y.450 0

Our provider d id not specify w hich Irequc ncics wer e inp ut and wh ic h were o utpu t
frequencies - yo u wi ll ha ve tu d o so me of the
wo rk yo urse lf.
Note the freq ue ncy of -l-lO.OOO Ml-lz in the
IRS radios. I d o ub t if this is a typo. It ha s been
long kno w n that gove rn me nt agencies O Il CC in
a while usc a mateur and/or commercial frequ cnci cs. I rem embe r the time th at DEA sci
up s ho p ill so uth Florid" usi ng two re pea te rs
in the -l-lO l\I Hl am ateur ban d. It neve r hurts
to pu t tho sc sc a nne rs in the "searc h" mod e or
bett er ye t. go find a spec tru m a nalyze r and sec
for yo ursel f w ha t is o ut there .

More Surplus
I wa s down at the M iami Harnfest this year.
T h is i... ano ther way In find "s urplus" govemmerit radio s. On e surplus seller had a complete
Aud io Intelli gence De vices (AID) "Birddog"
trac king sys te m for ...ale. When I \ \ '''S using th is
syste m. it was sel ling for d ose to ten thousand
dollars for ~I co mp lete sys te m. He was se lling it
for a measly fifteen h undr ed doll ars !
It had two trucking tra nsmi tte rs. marked
with the frequencies 165 .9 125 and 166.46 25
M l-lz. It also bad a sign saying Alc ohol . Tobacco. und Firearms (AT F) o n the o utside , w as
this s urplus property'! Did it fall o ut o f an AT F
vehicle? I wonder w hat improved toys they
now hav e .
T he "H irdd og " un it produce s a pulsed transmi ssion 011 the freq uency listed : Th ere is no
modulation. T he receiver uses two an tennas o n
the roo f of the cur. So me of the new units have
four antenna s.
Tod ay Ihert: are mllch be ller. and che'lpc r.
unit... than this AID un it on the market. Perhaps
thaC s wh y thcrc arc a lot of tht: AID pn xlucts
shO\ving up on the surp lus market. Last yea r at
the O rb ndo Hamfest I purchaseJ " co mplete
AID hod y hug repeater sys le m. w hich consisted of l\\'0 o nt:-\\'<.ltt bod y hug s. two poc ket
receivers. and .1 pu rtablt: hatt ery po wered repea ter. Again. the price of these co mpo nellts as
a sys tem wo uld appn mch X- IOtho usand do llars
fro m AID. I paid a hundred do llars for it. A nd
it work .
7-' .John..\ VA-lVPY (now an Ad"cl1Icwl
C lass .11ll;'lteur ... a fte r o nly 33 yc" rs as <.t Tec hnici an! )

June 1998

MONITORING TIMES

79

~LANE TALK

MAKING SENSE OF CIVIUAN AERONAUTICAl COMMUNICATIONS

Jean Baker, KIN9DD

Equipment at the ATC Center

e lc o me to the A ir T ra lf il.: Control

C e nte r fo r u It.10 k a t the too l" o f thei r
trade . C e nte rs ha ve a s im ila r ope ratio na l se tup to terminal s. but 0 11 a muc h large r

scale. They 11<1\"1..' numero us phone lines connccting them to tncilit ics. sec tors. and centers
in the ir a rea am i adjacen t a re as . as we ll a s 10 the
Traffic Man age ment Unit o r "Flo wCon trol" in
Washington. D.C. T he ind ividual co ntro l povition ha s e\'e ry phon e line neede d . a nd radius for
com munica tion o n the VH P ha nd a nd UI IF
ha nd .
So me ce nters ha ve added a traffi c posit ion
co ntrolle r to moni tor and assist the rad ar co ntroll er w ith ,IllY nece ssary coordi nation. Th is
c on trol le r al so monitor s the traffi c situ atio n for
po te ntia l c o n fl ic ts . T he pos itio n has tele ph o ne
a nd radi o c a pa bili ty. In busy pe riod s . a sec to r
ma y have a third controller to .lss ist wi th tli g ht
dat a.
Th e c e nte r ..uu onnui on sys te m is slightly
d iffere nt fro m the trucon ' ... system wh en it
co mes to rada r da ta processin g. Th e com pute r
transforms the primary radar return into a digi tul s ig na l fo r d isp la y 011 the con troller' sc o pe .
Co nseque ntly. the scope ca ll be adjust ed 10
d isplay o nly those: aircraft kno w n to be in till'
a lt itude level s cont rolh.-d hy the sec tor an d
th ose wh ose altitude is unknow n. T his clears
clutter o ff the scree n,
T he cont ro lle r's radar sco pe d isp lays a d ata
bl oc k c on nec ted to the rada r targe t. w hic h
ind icate-... ai rcraft ident ific at ion an d altit ude .
T he co ntrolle r o perate s a com puter input device as we ll a ... a trackball . A sma ll screen
loc ated 10 the s ide o r the scope di sp la ys infor ma rion . suc h a.... we a the r at spec ific a irports a nd
beacon cod es that can he assig ne d to an aircraft .
T he equi pment providin g contro lle r... with
the- info rm a tio n necess..lr)"to tr..rck an d c orn tn unic ate wi th a irc raft an: likel y 10 he loca ted at
faci litie s man y m iles fro m the ce nter itself
Remo te co m muni c ution uir- ut-g ro uud ( RCAG I
faci litie s USe microwa ve links 10 gct thc sig n;:11
to the L't mtro lkrs.
C c nter rada r cq uipm ent has a .:!OO-lIIile ra J ius and ;:m :lI1tenn a ro tation cyrle o f 10 I 2
sCl'onds . Tlx!"y, mos l lc nters ha \'e aCl'CSS to
t\\tl o r mo re ra dar s co\'e-ring m uc h of the sa mc
a i r ~ p a c e: . T he- l'l llllput e r tak e s Ihe he sl pr esen la tio n fro lll thl..' av a il;.lble so url'CS and J i"pl ays it
on the l'o nt roll e:r's scopc . T he ...e ted lllol og il-al
"d \'a nce s enah le ce nter controlle rs to ro utinely
"se c" a mi control a irc ra ft tly ing throu gh the ..til'
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June 1998

Str ip printe rs a nd strip

ha ys a rc sprinkled liberally
throug ho ut ce nte r fac il itie s.
C ha rts pl aced above each po s itio n sho w specific areas of
re sp on sibility.
Each center ha s ..I mctcorologivt o n duty to inform
con tro llers ab ou t s ig nific a nt
weathe r in the ir a re a. Facilitic s a lso have their ow n traffic management un it. w hic h
coordi nates w ith the W as hing ton , D ,C. fac ility 10 e n-

the a rch ive s , hut prim ary ro utes ha ve prolifcrated 10 suc h a n ex tent
that tod ay. ninety perce nt o f the e aste rn ha lf
of the U nited St ales is
con trolled airspace. It is
o nly in suc h areas as Neva da . New Mexic o . a nd
Ari zo na that pilo ts c a n
lind any la rge a re as of
u ncontrolle d a irspace .
" A ir t raffic
co ntro l cl e a ran c e s a rc
...urc thc optimum flo wo f trufe ffec tive o nly in confie into sec tors .
troll ed airspace. Other
Cen ters lIlay have an imair space is c o ns ide red
pressivcurruvof lig hts , buzz' u nc o ntro lled.' Ai rcra ft
crs. vo ice ca lls. sco pes. retecan a lso fly in unconp h o ne s , ... tri p b ay s . and
Overlook ing A tlanta A Tee (photo
trolled a irspace wit ho ut
teletypes. Ho we ve r. kee p in by /larry BaliK/ill)
co ntac ting a co ntrolle r.
m ind . the key ingred ie nt is
In suc h a s ituation . the
the huma n o ne , the controlle r h im o r he r self. A
pilo t is e sse ntia lly on his ow n. with the e xc e ppartner in an adjac e nt sec tor will help a fe llow
tio n o f the fede ral a viation re g ula tio n that
co ntro lle r in .1 hind , or a supervisor will gcr
specifics a ltitud e s to be fl own. pro viding so me
so me o ne 10 sha re the \vo rkload a nd wi ll impose: se para tio n fro m cr oss ing an d o ppo si ng airre st rict ion s 10 hel p mode rat e the num be r o f aircraft"
craft com ing into an o verloaded co ntroller'
Byro n O ring (:'JYI rem inds us th ai " a ll
a irspace, T hese: are so me of the 11lt/1llllll ool s in a
ai rc ra ft flyi ng a . J' (Je t) ro ute (o ver IS,lX)(} 1'1.)
ve ry stress ful trade.
se t thei r altime ters to a barome tric pr e ssure of
2lJ,92. so th a t if ther e is an e rro r in se ll ing
Reader s' Corner
accurac y. all a irc ra ft over I x,noo fe e t ( instru ment fli gh t ru les IFR I ha ve that sa me sl ig ht
Fro m Alan Fox (W A ) c limes thi s information
error. me aning ther e is le ss c ha nce o f coll iab out co ntrolled airspace :
sio n. If th e rea l baro meter pre ssur e is s lig htly
" In the United S ta te s. the term 'co ntro lled
diffe ren t. a n ai rc raft at ll ig ht le ve l 330 cou ld
ai rspace " has a spec ific mea ning . II s im p ly means
actua lly be o ver o r unde r 33 thou sa nd fcet that co ntrolle rs can issu e an a ir traffic control
bu t since e veryone el se ha s tha t same err or,
cl eara nce' for the air- pace and tha t plane s flying
it" s no problem ."
u nde r ins trume nt fli g ht rules in the a irspace m ust
Bri an a lso included fre q uen c ie s fo r ai rha ve a cl e a rance . P la nes flying unde r vis ua l
ports in his area :
Ilig ht ru le s can Ill' in so me con trolled ai rspac e
J F K: Tower - 119 .100. 123.9: ATIS*
without :1 cleurunce. Ho wever. th e y m ust ob12S.725. 117,70D. 115.400 , 115. 100: Ap...crvc the provisions of the reg u1<11io ns tha t speci fy
pro ac h - 127.400, 134 3 50. 132.4IK). 120 .S00 ,
sa fe o pe ra tion o f the ir a ircra ft. T hi s is no l th e
123.700 : Depa rt llre - 135.900, 134 .35 0 ,
c as e in man y oth c r coUll lri e s, w hic h do not ha ve
124.750. 123.700.
:IS man y pi lnt s w ho w:mt to fly visu.l1 ly,
LaG ua rd ia : Towe r - 118 .700 : AT IS * " Orig ina Ily , l'o nlrn lle:d ai rs p~l c c wa s confined
127.0 50 : Ap pro ac h - 120 .S00. 13 2.700 .
10 Ihe a if\\"iIYS ~l1l d the a irsp ace necde:d for pi lot s
12R.ROO I final ). 124 .950, I IR.O< K). De pa rture
h ) de pa rt the a irpo rt a mi ge t to Ihe a irway . T hen
- 120.400, 124.450.
the sys le m c rea tcd Ihe a lte rna te a irwa y . It wa s a
W estch est er Cou n ty Air po r t ( W h ileTOute that d iver gcd fro m the lllO.lin <:I irway the ll
P la ins , NY) : Tower - 119.700 : AT IS' .
rejoined it a t th e ne xt na \" i g~lI i on a l a id. T he116.600. 133 .S00 : Approach . 126.400 .
a irs pal.'e he:lwc cn th ese a if\\I;'IYS bec a me con124.650 : Dep'ln ure- ~ 120.55 0 .
lro lled a irs pace:,
" A lte rn a te a in \-'a ys have no w been re legated
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lists trunking syste m freq uencies
for six southeast Florida co unties
from Indian River through Dade
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Radio Shack) Trunk Tracker rad ios.
Th e Palm 8'(lc!I COU IIl.\' Frequellcy Directory and Scallne r
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federa l age ncies . ama teur radio
repeaters. aviation. and more. Listings are cross-re ference d by frequency and agency . A co mprehen sive glossary of public safety
radio terminology is included to
aid the listener.
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June' 998

Fred Os terma n. now in its third

ed ition . Sh ortwa ve listening products made from 1936 through the
present take the reader from revered names like Hallicrafters.
National. Hammarlund. Collins .
Go nser.and Dra ke thro ugh newer
entries like
JRC. Sony,
Wa tk i n s
ktrnn Y.l.'U
K en w ood ,

ICOM, and
AOR. And
in the very
back. a section called
"Receivers That Never Were"
eve n sho ws the formerly proposed
Gro ve SW loo and SRIO(H)!
Alphabe tized by manufacturer.
the photo-illustrated listings incl ude ba sic specifications. years
of manuIacture,desertption.on gi11<11 pricing. and curre nt market
value . An introducto ry glossary
ex plains features and controls.and
lists sources for parts. repa ir. and
inform ation..
Shortwa ve Rece ivers t'ust and
Present is 524.9 5 plus shipping
from Grove Enterprises (800-088 155) and other MT adve rtisers.

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Want an edge ove r the compc-

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The accompanying example
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Optoelectronics Optotrakker
By Haskell Moore. I(B5WIX.
Email: kb5wix@aol.com

or years. the ability to monitor trunked radio systems

eluded the average hobby-

ist. It wasn' t until the Uniden introd uced the T runkTracke r in

1997 that interest in trunked system monitoring really took off.
And now. a new and innovative
hardware/software combination
has just been introduced that will
make trun ked monitoring even more
exciting.
The Optotrakker from Optoelectronics. along with a newly introduced version
of ScanStar for Wi ndow s, promi ses to add
a whole ne w dimension to trunked monitoring. First, let ' s take a look at the
Optotrakker hardware.
The Optotrakke r is a ess entially an Optoelectroni cs DC442 all mode decoder (see
p86 for DC442 review) with substantial
enhancements inside and out. In addition to
the trunk decod ing fun ctiona lity, the
Optotrakker can decode and display 50
subaudible continuous tone co ntro lled
squelch sys tem (CTCSS ) tones, digital
coded squelch (DCS) , and DTMF (touch
tone) codes. It also incorporates two learn
CI-V ports, two RS-232C ports, a transistor-transistor logic (TT L) port, a "data
slicer" and a flexible flat cable connection
for the AOR AR8000.
In addition to the decode modes men tioned above, it now has the ability to
decode both logic trunking radio (LTR )
and Motorola trunking inform ation. And
what makes the Optotrakker so unique is
that it perform s the trun king data decoding
without the use of the contro l channel. The
significance of this will be discussed when
we explore the software.
Operation of the Optotrakker is relatively simple and straightforward. One button doubl es as a power switch and mode
selector. The modes of operation include
crCSS, DCS, DTM F, DTM FRecall (up to
1023 scrollable charac ters), LT R, and
Motorola Decode . Another enhance me nt
is the built-i n calendar and 24-hour cloc k.
All of this is displayed on a clear, two-line,
lighted electroluminesce nt display that is

large enough to be seen from several feet

away.
The Optotrakker also has a wide range of
configuration options. The trunk identification can be displayed in hexadecim al or decimal (to match the TrunkTracker). The display
light, baud rate, CI-V address, and num erou s
other para meter s arc easily programm ed with
ju st three buttons.
For those who like to use a laptop for their
computer controlled scanner, you' ll be pleased
to know that the Op totrakker can do so with
j ust one serial port. And what's even more
impressive is that by using what Op toelectronics refers to as "pass -through" technology, this one serial port can still be used for
other functio ns as well!
In other words, the computer' s serial port
co nnects to the Optotrakker, and by using a
supplied cable. a se rial device can be co nnected to the other side of the Optotrakker.
The Optotrakker and the software work in
concert to strip out all of the Optotrakker
commands in both directions. It is then essentially invisible to the serial port, and does not
affect operation of the device , such as a modem, which shares the port.

Software enables mixed system

scanning!
The second co mponent of this sys tem is the
"ScanStar For Windows" software from Signal Intelligence. This much-improved version of Sca nStar has been mod ified to work in
conjun ction with the Optotrakker to allow
comp uter controlled trunked scanning with a
variety of radios, including the pre viously
unsupporte d leoms.

Since the Optotrakke r does

not require a co ntrol cha nnel to
accomplish its trunk tracking,
only one radio is required. This
also allow s the Sca nStar software to not only follow a specific trun k, but mi x se veral
trunks (both LTR and Motorola)
and conventional frequencies simultaneously. Finally , you' ll be
able to use ju st one computercontro lled scanner and one serial port to
track all the act ion!
When following trunked communications, you can configure the software to
work in either the "closed" or "open" mode ,
w hic h is a na logo us to the U nide n
Tru nkTracker' s"scan" and "search" modes.
In the "closed mode," only those talk groups
you'v e specified will be heard . In the "open
mode" all talk grou ps are heard except those
you specifically exclude. Thi s is especially
useful for finding new talk groups on your
local trunk.
For the Optotrakk er to decode correc tly,
it requires a signal directly from the discriminator of the radio; speaker or ear jac k
audio will not work. The discriminator provides the cleanest audio before it is subjected to the filtering and is not affected by
the volume control. For those who are reluctant to perform modifications on their scanner to get the discriminator audio, Optoelectronics will prov ide a list of sources
where you can ship your radio and have a
discriminator tap installed for a relatively
modest charge.
The radios supported by the Optotrakkerl
ScanStarcombination include: learn R7000 ,
R7 I00 , R8500, R9000 , R IO, AOR AR8000,
AR5000 as well as the the Radi o Shack
PRO-2035, PRO-2042 and PRO-2 006 when
using with the Optoelectronic s OS535 or
OS456 computer interface. Upgra des to the
Opt otrakke r can be easily performed by
repl acin g a plug-in chip.
The Optotrakker is being offered at an
introdu ctory price of $299 and is ava ilable
from Op toelectronic s, 582 1 NE 14- Avcnue, Ft. Lauderda le, FL 33334 (800-32759 12 or 954-77 1-2050).
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SCANNER EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES FOR YOUR MONITORING POST

Bob Parnoss, AJ 95

Opto DC442 Communications Decoder

kay, so yo u have a high end scanner

with huilt-in program mable CTCSSI
DCS squelch. How do yoo know
whic h code to prog ram? Th e Unide n
BC895XLT has a tone search. but it's slow. If
yo u have ano ther mod el. yo u could program
(he sa me freq uency and a different code into
eac h mem ory channel and sec on which on e
the scanner stops. That' s a lot of work!
The qu ickest way todctenni ne what cress
or Des code is being transmitted is to use a
code display device. I' ve used a Co nnect
Systems CD- I for years . It has a large, bright
red LED display which shows CTCSS. OCS ,
and DTMF signals The CD-I is no longer
made and has been replaced by the CO-2, a
new model enhanced with co mpute r logging
capability. II lists for about $200. For more
inform ation. co ntact Connect Systems Inc.
( Ve ntura . C A ; 80 0- 545 - 1349; hllp: /I

www.conne ctsystems.corn).
On uditfcrcnt installation. Idisplay CTCSS
freq uencies using an old Helper Instru ments
"Tone r:' which effectively multipli es the low
frequency CTC SS signals by 100 so they ca n
be disp layed by a Fluk e universal frequency
co unte r. Hel per Instrument s is still in bu sine ss
but no lon ger sells the old Toner I use . For a
ca talog of interesting co mmunications test
equipme nt. co ntac t Helper Instrum e nts Co.
(131 To mahawk Dr., Indian Harbour Beach .
FL 32937; XOO-327-930X).

Optoelectronics 0(442
I borr owed the new est code disp lay markete d to hobbyists, an Op toel ectroni cs OC442
Co mmunica tions Decod er. Once connected
to a sca nne r or wide spec trum rece ive r. the
DC442 ca n d isp lay three signaling characteristic s:
52 di ffere nt CTCSS (Conti nuo us Ton e
Contro lled Squelc h Sy ste m) tone frequ encies .
106 differ ent DCS (Dig itally Coded
Sqoelch ) code s. and
16 DTMF (Dual Tone Multi Frequen cy)
digits and c haracters
The OCM2 requ ires an operating vo ltage
of 7 - 15 VOc. 400 rnA. It can be powered by
the supplied 120 VAC "wall wart" adaptor or
from an op tional. inte rnal NiCd battery pack .
Th e OC442 has a fron t panel power swi tch .
whi ch serves a nothe r purpose during co nfiguration. (You ca nnot lak e something as basic as

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a power switch for granted. It' s di fficult to
believe , butthe CS I C D I hasn o powe r switch,
so I installed one by dri lling a hole in the back
panel and mounting a small toggle swi tch .)
Th e OC-I42 rear pane l is fitted with a 2.1
mm DC power jack a nd three 3.5 mm stereo
phone jacks (fig ure 2). T he matin g 3conductor phone plugs are not supplied hot shouId be.
T he firs t stere o j ac k is used to ca rry audio
fro m yo ur scanner and, opt ionally. a squelch
logic signal. T he secon d stereo ja ck is for
con nect ion of other C I-V de vice s, and the
third jack is an RS-232 serial data port.
You ca n connect the OC442 to the ext ernal
speaker jack of a sca nner, but it wou ld be
better to conn ect it to a baseba nd audio tap
within yo ur recei ver . Th at wo uld byp ass audio filterin g stages which nonnall y attenuate
the low frequency CTCSS a nd DCS signals
transmitted below the frequen cy range of most
human ca rs.
The OC442 booklet show s how to tap
baseba nd audio in the Radio Shack PRO2006 , ICOM R IOO, R7000. and R7100. 1usc
the OC442 with an ICOM IC-R 8500 and
Bearc at BC9000XLT.The ICOM R8500 came
factory equipped with a baseba nd audio j ack
and I added a jack to the BC9000 XLT (see
Ju ne 1996 MI) .
The opti onal squelch input co nnec tion permits the OC442 to displ ay the sque lch status.
Yo u ca n synchronize the backligh t to a signal,
for exa mple. The DC442 expects 2 - 12 VDC
whe n a signal is pre sent and G- 0.5 VDCwhen
it's not. You ca n reve rse this throu gh the
co nfiguration men u.
If you don 't want to make an internal
connection to the squelch circuitry, yo u may
be able to imp rovise by usin g a battery in
series with the tape rec order control j ack. as
found in the ICOM IC-R8500, BC9000XLT.
etc. T he DC442 squelch input provides an
inp ut impedance higher than 5,000 ohms. so it
draws less than 3 rnA.

The DeM 2 employs a 2 1ine by 16 charactcr supcr twi st I.CD modul e. lts u dot matri x.
alpha numeric arra nge me nt. T he: displ ay is
illuminated by a gree n/b lue EL (electrol uminescent) backl ight.The backlight in our De442
was too brig ht and. the ac tua l display co ntrast
rather low. Th e disp lay can be turned on orotf
manually or controlled by the squelch lin e.
There arc seve ral modes a nd co nfig ura tion
options. Fro nt panel pushbut to us are used to
navigate and select choices from the menu s .
You can force the DC442 into single mode
opera tion to disp lay o nly DTM F, CTCSS. or
De S. More ofte n, we used the "All Decode"
mode which allo ws the OCM 2 to d isp lay
whate ver cod e it detec ts. Norm ally. the display shows the last 10 DTMF digits detected.
An internal mem ory remem bers a total of
1023 digits. which you view 16 at a time . in
"'DT MF Recall" mode.
De S and sque lch po larity arc also se lectab le via menu s. We didn 't con nec t our OC442
tou PC, though the manual mentions an "ASCII
Dump " mode , which "allows for remote d isplay on a PC usin g a terminal em ulator program." Th ere W;;IS no further explana tion nor
pinou t d iag ram for the DB9 se rial connector
found on most PCs. You wo uld need to purc hase an op tional $40 cable from O ptoelec tronics or make yo ur ow n.
T he OC44 2 works reliab ly in actual use. II
is d ifficult to disce rn wheth er it is any faster or
slower than myo id CS I CD I. The CD I and
DC442 cabinet s arc about the same size. but
the CD ls large red displ ay is much ea sier to
read, especiall y a t a distance. Vie wing the
DC442 display from an ang le is d ifficult.
Th e CO I usuall y blanks whe n no signa l is
being recei ved . su you must look at it during
the transm ission to determine the co de . Th e
DC442 reme mbe rs the last code dete cted . In
my tem porary sciup, the DC442 displ ays a
CTCSS or DCS code. follow ed by an asterisk
du ring transmission s. Becau se I do not use the
DC442 ' s squelc h inpu t. the asterisk disup-

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#Scan
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Display
LED
fluorescent IY
fluorescent Iv
fluorescent Iv

manual is fairly good. but needs a fuller explanation ofthe ASCII Dumpa nd CI-V facilities.

m ake sure you ins ula te the co nnec tio ns 10

pre ven t a n ele ctrica l shock hazard .
You can o rde r a rep lace me nt Alert Mon itor power co rd fro m Mot o rola or hard wire a
ne w AC line co rd as I do. Figure 4 is a wiring
di agram for the Motorola Aler t Mon itor chassis mou nted po wer co nnecto r. Installing an
AC line cord requi re s a hit more wo rk than in
the Plectron. I break o ut Motorola ' s plastic

(See the lute-breaking product Wll lOlm c em elll

0 11 page 85- 0 pto has /l OW revealed one intended use fo r these connecuonst -cd.s

117 VAC
input

code rem ains o n display. T he as ter isk is diffi-

cult to see and a scparute, bright "signal detected " LED wo uld be an imp ro vem en t.

Summarizing. the "high tech" DC442 decodes we ll a nd has lot s of feat ure s. Th e lo w
co ntrast ELdi sp lay is its main dra wback . T he

FIGURE 3

Oklahoma City. OK 73 102. Telephone 405236-374 1 and 800-725-1426. International

The Be210 Family

T he BC2 10 was Electra' s fir st key board

programmable sc anne r with a nu me ric frcqUCIH.:),display. Electrau nd then Unidc n stayed
with the " 2 10" designat ion thro ug h fo ur mode ls. Th e high poin ts a rc sum marized in the
tabl e above.

+12 VDC
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input

ground

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mobile
input

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Plcct ron R700 se ries receiv er s are sca rce.
Fig ure J shoe....s the pino ut fo r the cha ssis
mo unt ed power con nec tor. as vie wed while
sta nd ing in back of the radio. I ofte n insta ll a
ne w AC line cord by so ldering the e nds to the
co nnec to r pin s inside the radio . Th at requi res
d rilling a hole th rou gh the aluminum rea r
pan e l a nd usin g an anti -chafe rubb er grommet. If yo u solder a ne w c ord to this co nnecto r.

co nnec ter and d rill o ut the rive ts which he ld it

in place. I replace the origina l power con nector wi th a sma ll meta l plate. bo lted to the
cha ssis throug h the old rivet hole s. I dri ll <I
hole throu gh the plate. insta ll a gro mme t in the
hole. then feed a new linc cord th ro ugh the
grommet and solder th e wires.

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Mike Dumford. K6MKD. asks 'W hat are

can make the prope r crysta l if yo u supply

th em with the exac t rece iver mode l nu mbe r.
pr inted o n the rear label of yo ur recei ver.
Repair se rvice a nd replace ment pan s for
the Plc ctro n P I and R700 mode ls is o ffered
Laurel Ln. Broad Run . VA 201 37: telep ho ne
(540) 347-7760 ;e ma il: weber@cilb lI.illji.llCl
You can also obtai n Plect ron re pai rs a nd
pa rts from : No rtheast Comrnunications. a Oa k

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the differences bet wee n the fou r model s of the

Bearcat 2 10. 210XL (which I have). the

Plectron Receiver Notes

Th e Janu ar y 1996 co lum n wa s de voted to
Plc ctro n and Mot orol a Alert Mon itor rece ive rs - the m ost popular rece ivers used by
firefi ght er s in the 197 0s and SOs. That co lumn
prompted a steady stream of mail from read ers who eithe r ow ned these radi os o r we re
intere sted in acq uirin g some. Dan i\.k Nulty
wri tes that his Plect ron co llec tion now numbe rs 37 an d ask s about ob ta ining cry stals.
M y fa vo rite so urce for Plecrro n a nd
Mo to rola Alert Mo nitor crysta ls is Intern a tional Crystal Mfg. Co.. II N. Lee Ave..

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You are Not Alone! Check out our Club Lists!

To fin d ot her rad io hobbyists, con sult http://www.grove-enl.com for a
listing o f rad io clu bs and nets wo rldw ide, or se nd an SASE for free list (NA
only) to Cl ub Circuit. PO Box 98. Brasstown. NC 28902. No local club?
Join a managed emai l list (see p. 2) for your area of interest.
For hamfests in your area. visit htt p://www.a r rl. orglharn fests.h tml or
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MAGNE TESTS
lawrence Magne
Editor-in-ChieF, Passport to Warld Band Radio

SHORTWAVE EQUIPMENT REVIEW

Drakes RBB: Is it Der Titan?-Part II

ast month , we began to

Jay ou t our fi nd ings on
the Drake R8B . the bestselling shortwave tabletop rece ive r in the wo rld. No w. here ' s
the rest of the story!

Four voice bandwidths

plus CW
The R8B comes wi th four
voice bandwidths-6.0. 4.0. 2.3
and 1.8 k j-iz-c-plus one C W
(Morse cod e) bandwidth. Th is co ntinues the
co mmen da ble Drake tradit ion of not offe ri ng
unneeded super-wide band widths, the way
some other manufa cturers do. As with the R8
and R8A, these use cost-effec tive high-Q LC
circuitry, and thus additional or substitute
bandwidths can' t he installed . T hese band widths ha ve decent but unin spiring perfo rmance, with acceptab le shape factors and
exc e lle nt ultimate rej ection. No ne begins to
co mpare w ith. say . the razor-s harp se lectivity
of the Watk ins-Johnson HF- I()(X) professionalgrade superset.
Th e ea rlier Drak e R7 se ries. as detail ed last
month . used e ight-pole cry stal-lattice filter s
with commendable perfor man ce c haracteristics. and these co uld be add ed or removed by
a skilled tec hnician prett y much at w ill. Co nseque ntly. shortwav e broadcast listener s and
DXe rs unint ere sted in CW te nded to equi p the
R7 with five bandwidths. then and now av ail able from Sher wood Engineering and to some
extent Drake: 6.0 kl-l z, 4.0 kllz, 3.0 kl-lz. 2.3
kHz and 1.8 or 1.7 kl-lz (with the R7A and
R424 5. thi s required di sabling a C W a udio
filter from the most-clockwise bandwidth se ttin g).
Ne arl y ail these five-voice- band width -c-as
well as four- voic e-ptus-o ne-Cw-bandwidthco nve rsio n receive rs were sold new by G ilfer
Shortwave. hack wh en the late indu stry lead er
Perry Ferrell was at Gilfers he lm . Th ey can
be ide ntified by the ir matc hing fro nt-panel
ove rlay sho wi ng the new filter ban dw idths
and thei r respective switch pos itio ns. Th ese
are a mo ng the grea t ge msof the used-rec eiver
ma rket.
T hus. an R7 co nfig ured with five vo ice
filters has bett er and more fle xibl e selec tiv ity
than the R811.

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Excellent synchronous detection for

selectable and double sideband
Th e R8B is equi pped with selecta ble-s ideband syn chronous dete ction . which is the
same ci rcuit used in the current versio n of the
Drake Sw g. Jt's a vast improvem en t over that
found in the R8A. which wa s a mess. Th e
orig ina l R8 had be tte r sync lock tha n did the
R8A . but even then the R8B is not only bett e r
yet . but it is superior by any yards tick. Here.
Drake' s e nginee rs really did their homework.
e ven a llowi ng the sy nc to work not only in
LSB and US B. but also with the receiver' s
e xcel len t passband offset co ntrol and in
double- sideband.
Of course. the R7 didn ' t e ve n have synchronous det ecti on. Back when it was intro duced in 1979. it was an en gineerin g dream as
ye t ununa ined o n allY recei ver. Howe ver. the
R7 can now be equipped wit h the Sherwood
Engineering (303nn-2257 ) SE-3 Mark IV
accessory an d IF co nverter. which pro vid e
the R7 with sy nchro nous se lec ta ble-or
do uble-side ba nd and outstanding audio quality that are e ve n bett er than on the RSB.

Audio quality better for music than

OX speeCh
Audio quality? For listeni ng to music. the
R8B is quite pleasant -listen er s often de sc ribe it as "mellow." O vera ll di stortion mea sures quite low in Passport' s lab. and there ' s
a high-cut tone co ntrol. as we ll as passband
of fset. to hel p soothe the ears. The interna l
speaker is surprisingly competent , as we ll.
W ithal. for sheer intelligibility the audio
on the R7 is no ticeably cri sper for DXing.
Add the Sherwood SE-3 accessory. and the

R7 become s tops for listening to

mu sic, as we ll. However. the RT s
grea ter inte lligibility is partly a
functi on of age and gender. A
yo ung woman's ears , for example.
wil l have littl e tro uble with the
R8B 's " me llow" aud io. whereas
o ld er bab y-b oom er mal es ar e
mo re like ly to be both er ed by the
R8B ' s re lative lac k of cri spness.
The R8B has slow and fast
de cay constan ts which are userse lectable. along with AGC "o ff." Overall
AGC performance is exce llent. The R7 has
slow, medium and fast de cay time s. plu s "o ff,"
but the R8B ' s exceptiona l AGe performance
fully compen sate s for its lack o f a mediu m
decay choice .
T he R8B has no RIT (receiver incr em ent al
lun ing) control, nor wi th its prec ise tunin g
docs it need one for rece ption-onl y applications. Considering the ubiquity of mute bu ttons-on TV remote co ntrol s, PC operating
sys tems . RealAudio and the like-it is surprising that the R8B has no mute control,
a lthough yo u ca n j erry-rig an outboard mut ing sys te m via a rear-pa nel port .
The R7 has a mar gin all y useful RIT wh ich
a lso adju sts the freque nc y di splay. as we ll as
a mu te bu tton located on the fro nt pan el .
where it belongs,

Much-improved ergonomics
The R8B ' s e rgo nomics are improved over
earlier version s in the R8 se ries . For example,
a single button selects each of the five bandwidths, plu s there' s an A UTO button that
automatic ally se lects the bandwidth for you .
Th ere is al so a button for each of the operati ng
mo de s. Some software logic co uld be improved slightly. and there ' s no subs titute for
discre te co ntro ls in lieu of a funct ion key. But
overall. the R8B acqui ts itsel f we ll in the
er gonomics department.
The RT s lunin g is clunky a nd woefu lly
out-of- da te . Yes. the R7 relie s o n lot s of
di screte, well-sp aced controls to acc omplish
tasks, and its front -panel layout is se nsible
and intuitive. But that' s not enough to al ter the
verdict: The R8B wi ns the ergo nomic annwrestling co ntest against the R7. hands dow n.

 High rating in lab tests, although R7

slightly beller
In Passport 's lab tests, the R88 ea rns high
ratings in nearly every measurement of rece iver performance. eve n taking into account
minor "b irdies" j ust above mo st X.5 MH z
points (5502 kHz, 6502 kHz. 7502 kH z. etc. ),

This receiver. unlike many others. has been

designed as it sho uld bc-e-to pe rform well allaro und . and not ju st (0 exc el in a limited
number respect s. Howe ver. exc e pt for Irequ c ncy stability. wh ich on the R7 ge ts a " D"
minus. the RT s lab results are pretty co nsistc ntly ahead of those for the R8B . and you can

hear the difference.

For example , the best lest of the ability of
a rece iver II? bring out wea k sig nals is the

noise-floor measurement. In our lab. the R7

o utperformed the R8B in this regard. as well
as in the related blockin g measurement. which
mea sures the degree 10 wh ich a rece ive r is
desen sitiz ed by a nearby po wer ful signa l.
Th is is audi ble wh en, using the same bandwid ths. the R8B is put head-to-head again st
the R7 with wea k signals. es pecia lly in the
highe r reaches of the shortwave spect ru m.
Th e R7 consistently pu lls out more feeblesignal OX. and the R7 is no t the all-time
c hamp in this regard.
Oil mcdiumwave. the R8B ' s se nsitivity is
virtually identica l 10 what it is w ithin the
shortwave spec trum. and it' s on ly a touch less
on lon gwave. Ditt o the R7. prov ided you
adj ust a pot within the rec eiver for maximum
rnediu mwave sens itivity.

Verdict: Best among new receivers in

price dass
Bott om line is tha t the Drake R8B is the
best c hoice among ne w rece ivers in or below
its price class. Indeed. e xce pt for genuinely
se rious DXi ng it is largely co mpetitive with
receivers costing co nsiderably more .
It is a nicely rounded rece iver . wi th nearly
e ve rything don e right. And if an yt hing goe s
wrong. Drake ' s service is without eq ual, Th e
R8B isn' t e nough to ge l me to put my R7 out
to pasture, but because of the RT s lack of
sophisticated tuni ng controls it is not one o f
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RADIORELATED SOFTWARE REVIEWS

Tour de Spectrum Computers & Radio Goes to Paris

uring a rece nt trip I took to Paris.

list. Looking at the ads I began to recall that

France wa s one of the most ex pe nsive places
to buy rad io eq uipment in west e rn Euro pe . A
used FRG 8800 was still priced at over $600
US !
I paid the 27 FF (abou t $5.00 US) for the
forty-seven page s and headed for a mem orab le feast at a sma ll fam ily -run Pari s restauran t, Le Petit Troquct. At least the wo nderfully prepared and presented French food was
affordab le...if you knew whe re to look.

France. Ihad a look at what the French

ha ve in the way of co mputers and

radios. 0 011 fa lao was I surprised !
It' s been almost twent y yea rs since I first
went to the beaut iful city of Paris. Since that
first visit a lot has changed. But most of the
change s have taken place in the past five
years .Th e Eiffe l tower. whic h some Pari sians
call the oil derrick on the Seine, has always
been used as a medi umwuve and sho rtwave
ante nna lower.
Mr . Eiffel was a mec hanica l enginee r who
designed and oversaw the construction of the
tower. Wh en it was comp leted he maintained
an apart me nt on the tower and enterta ined
luminaries of the da y such as Ediso n and
Marcon i. Durin g the early part o f the 1900 ' s
a medi umwave station broadcast from the
Eiffe l tower and was heard all over Europe
du ring the day. Recep tion of the statio n in
Ca nada was rep oned on man y eve nings . Later,
a time signal, which was heard all ove r Europe, was broad cast from an Eiffe l tower
antenna, As television becam e popu lar. the
"Tower" wa s the logical cho ice for the ir an tennas .
As the huge sign on the side on the T ow er
counts down the days to the new millenn ium.
the TV ante nna s still occupy a pro mi nent
place on the very top of the Eiffel Tower. But
the rest of the Tower has take n on a who le new
look. Fro m the top gla ss e nclosed observation
deck. which will cost a visitor 59 fra nce s
(about 10 US dollars) to visit. ground plane
a ntennas are visible mounted fro m eac h side.
T hese appear to be in the 88 10 200 MHz
range .
Walking up the sho rt fl ight of stairs to the
outsidc top deck a llows the visito r grea t view s
of Paris; Sacre Coeur, Inval ides. Louvre a nd
of co urse, the wind ing Seine River. But looking up bri ngs anot he r amaz ing vie w; microwave dishes. hel ixes. gro und planes. ce llphone
arrays and fiberg lass enclosed ve rtica ls. T he
imp res sive wide varia tio ns of types is only
eclipsed by their num ber. Every possible ledge
and out-cropping hosts a VHFIUHF antenna.
It seemed to me that the num be r has grown
ten-fold in the past twenty years.
" W hat a scanne r listener' s paradise !"

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Voila The Mystery Is Solved

comme nted to my w ife. She shot me a look of

disbe lief that I kne w wo uld cost me a shopping trip to the famous Paris de pa rtme nt store.
Ga llerie s Lafaye tte.

Half Right!
I was righ t about the shopping at the Ga lleries Lafayette. But my "scanner' s paradise"
missed the mark bad ly . A good place to start
investigatin g the monitori ng scene in a co untry is their magazine stands . So. on the way to
the sho pping we sto pped at .1 large magazin e
kiosk at the Met ro (underground rail way )
sta tio n. "Electro nique, radio magazi nes?" T he
resulting puzzled look worried me . w as it my
French. or the lack of Fre nch monito ring
ma ga zines? Stops at li ve ot her ne wsstands
prov ed the ans we r wa s " yes" to both qu estions. I was shown lots of Fren ch compute r
maga zines an d e lectronic proj ec t construction magazines fro m othe r European co untries. But no Fre nc h monitoring.
Afte r my sixth stop produced the sa me
result s I change d my approach a nd asked for
"C B ra h-d-o ." I wa s presented with a c hoice
of four Fren ch CB radi o pub lications. FCB
(Fre nch CB) had the most ama teu r rad io-like
articles a nd ads. Bu t no scanner frequ enci es

The next day I spoke with Christian

Neta ngc, the manager of RCS. Radio Co mmuni cat ion s Systems , at 4 Boul e var d Diderol
in Paris. RCS carries ICOM. Kenwood . Alinco
and many others . Th e first thing tha t struck
me was the large variet y of tra nsceivers.
an tennas a nd accessor ies that RCS se lls. both
new and used . Th e ir used gear is in pristine
condition and usually carries a six mo nth to
one yea r guara ntee. Lots of ham tra nsce ive rs
a nd shor twave recei vers but not a scanne r. or
co mpute r. in sight. Whe n I asked Christian
where the sca nner departmen t was he re plied
that I had to ask the gove rnmen t that question.
T he Fre nc h governme nt had almost banned
unlicensed mon itori ng above 30 M Hz a yea r
ago .
With (COM promin ent at RCS I asked
Christia n about the new IC PCR 1000 and
Rosett a Lab s \VinRadio IOOOi . Until about six
mon ths ago both rad ios were ava ilable in
France. But the gove rnment had go tte n " ve ry
serio us" about the ban a nd stopped the radios
at the border. The week before the police had
raided two dealers (just radio dealers!) who
had the (COM IC PC R IOOO for sale. They
shut them down and cha rge d them with vio lation of the law. Goodbye sca nne r pa rad ise!
But what ab out Fre nch shortw ave cornpurer moni tor ing? T han king Mr . Nc tange. I
decided to investiga te the French com puter
market.

Some More Digging

At .1 loc a l ne wssta nd a way from the
c rowded boule vards. I bou ght a " rah-d-o"
publicati on whose cover looked very fam il-

iar. ..Radioumuteur... with its red

co lored "CQ". was unmistakably
re lated to the Ame rica n publishing gro up . CQ Co mmu nications .
Altho ugh totally in Frenc h. most
o f the an k les were writte n by US
hams . It cost me another $5.00 to
disco ver that it was not quite the
Fren ch radi o sce ne I was tryi ng to
lind .
After makin g so me mo re inquires I found a few radi o computer programs written in Fre nc h.
Spirales Editions sells five radi o
re lated computer programs for the Pc. T wo
are decoders: Fax (FAXI 1.0 ) and RTIY (RT IT I 1.0 ) are available for 110 FF (520 US )
each . A logg ing/QS L progra m (Carner dc
T RAF IC 4 .0) is priced at 130 FF (522 US).
QRMI 1.0 . pr iced at 110 Fl'. attemp ts to
predict the potential sources of harmonics
interference. Check ou t their website at http:!
/www.spiraweb.com. It co nta ins some inte res ting radio lin ks; 1110st in Fren ch only. But I
co uld not find a Fren ch rad io control a nd
datab ase progra m suc h as ScanCat or SW L
Ma nager.

Parle. Vou. Compute r?

T he Fren ch co m pute r ma rke t has also
c hanged dramat icall y in the last few yea rs. In
the e ightie s Europea n com pute r product s
lagged the US introduction by many months.
W hen they beca me ava ilable they were twice
the US price. Now that has a ll cha nged . Today. Pentium 233 MMX sys tems are co mmonly avai lab le in Fra nce . Their price is not
mu ch more that 20% greate r than in the US .
So why so little rad io related Fren ch software '!
Before I get myse lf in to tro uble. the followi ng explanation is the common hypothesi s
of three Fre nch people who I que stioned separate ly. They suggest that two factors are at
play . First. the majori ty of radi o monitors are '
over forty years of age . T hey grew up duri ng
a period in Frunce when "pollution of the
French language w ith Eng lish (or any language ) cou ld result in a stiff line. I re mem ber
a muc h pub licized ca se in the nineteen eighties whe n .1 Frenc h magazine was tin ed for
using the wo rd " wee ke nd: ' T herefore. this
age gro up is not co mfo rta ble with the English
language (Remem ber, thi s is the ir ex planation). A ltho ugh most co mmercial co mp uter
pro gra ms (Microsoft )arc translated in French.
French rad io prog ra m ap plications are "nex t
to impossible to co me by."

What about the Intern et a. a Source?

nari o came from thre e se parate

Frenc h sources . T here mu st be
some truth to it.

7th Arrondissement Land

of Big HF Ante nna .

mentioned for the French radio programs you

will find a few links to Fre nc h radio related
websitcs. (A n inter esting aside is that Megaherr: magazine is prominen tly listed in the
link , but co uld not be foun d at a ny new sstand
in Paris. Pe rhaps it ' s subsc ription only.) \Vhen
I asked the loca ls why the intern e t was not
co ns idered a source I was told a an other interesting story co ncerni ng M initel.

Mini-Who?
Years before the average US cit izen kne w
wha t a database was, or a modem , or terminal.
the French were putting a free one in eac h
hou sehold, In a bold and forw ard think ing
move. the French te lep hone company c ame
up with thc idea of putting di rectory assistance . or information, on a database. Th en
they pro vided eac h te lepho ne subsc ribe r a
small te rmina l that was co nnec ted tothe pho ne
line. Ente r M initel. A great idea in 1980. But
according to the people I spoke with. it was
e mbruce d for too long. T his res ulted in the
,'c ry slow acceptance of the Inte rnet in Fran ce.
especially amo ng the forty -plus age gro up
that grew up with Minitel.
Ye s. it's chang ing slowly. Howe ver. the
young people ha ve re place d both Minitel a nd
radio mon itoring with the Internet. T his see-

Paris is brok en down in num be red zones , or arrondissement .

The 7th is the loc ation of both the
Eiffe l Tower and many of the for,
eig n Embassies. In 197g e very e mbassy had a giant log periodic anten na on its roo f. Th ese antenn as
ha ve high gai n ove r a wide freq uency ra nge
an d are a fa vorite w ith the wo rld's military
forces ,These big ones were clearly used in the
shortwa ve spectrum a nd provided us with
hours of utilit y liste ning.
T hin gs are a bit different in 1998. It see ms
that more than half of the big log peri odi cs are
now go ne. But man y embass ies now have big
dish antennas ; and not for DSS ! Even the
re maini ng HF antennas ar e now accompanied
by sate llite comm unica tion a ntennas . The
sho rtwave is pro bably used on ly as a back up
com munic ation cir cuit.

Para di.e Lo.t

It wou ld have been so goo d , I'm sure the
Paris ether is j ust full of interesting scanner
signals. But c 'est le guerre n. that ' s the war. I
fired up my pocket sho rtwa ve recei ver . During the 19805 in Pari s. it was almos t unu sable
at night due to the numbe r of European sho rtwave broadcast stations and US Anned Forces
Radio. Now . in 1998. it was surprisingly quiet.
" Boy. whe n parad ise goes it really leaves
town," I refl ected out loud. So me how I don' t
thi nk my wife had the sa me thoughts sipping
her cup of ca ppac ino on the Sei ne ac ross from
Notre Dam e cat hedral. I guess par ad ise is a
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Rachel Bau hn Editor

NEWS AND VIEWS fROM OUR READERS

"Sounds" Interesting...
" In Robert Wyman ' s interesting 'Safe
Shoals' article (M T. Mar 199M) he stated that
the nautica l term 'so unding s' o riginated with
aco ustic dept h mea surement syste ms. Actu-

ally that word was common when a weighted

rope was used, long before anybody dreamed
of elec tronic devices. My dic tionary says it
comesfroma Latin root meaning 'submerged.'
"The article also interested me because it
mentioned Jo hn E. Chance & Associates,
whom we used to hire to position drilling rigs
years ago before I retired from the offshore
drilling business. Back then they used optical
instruments with surveyors on other fixed
platforms co m municating by radio. Now I

suspect they j ust send out one person with a

oa ps (differential global positioning system) unit!"

- l rv Smith, KK5QQ. Min-our; City. TX

Who is Herb?
" If you are inte rested in a huma n intere st

story you might listen to 12359 MHz USB at

4pm (2000 UTC)d aily. You will hear ' Herb's
Net.' Th is fellow gives detail ed weather information to dozen s and dozens of vessels
both in port and at sea in the At lant ic and

further south. He docs it free ofcharge and his

knowledge about weather and the sea in general are ou tsta nding . (don ' t know for sure but
I guess he is a retir ed Ma ster th at now goes
'd own to the sea in ships ' via his radi o and

sharing his know how with the: mariners of

today."
C har lie Riecke ernailcd thi s to us as we ll as

querying others on the internet. I referred him

to Larry Van Hom 's "Who is Herb?" Utility
World co lumn from Octo ber '9 6, but he also
received the follo wing rep ly from Don
Radcliffe of the SN Klondike:
"You' ve been listening to Herb Hilgenberg
(ham call VE3 LML. according (Oour sea rch) ,
who used to broadcast out of Berm uda. and
now is in Canada. He an swers 10 ' So uthbo und

II.' but usually has a long list of boats wanting

his advice. If you catch him on a slow day or
are the only boatin your area, he's prettygood
at respon din g to yo u as long a s yo u arc off-

shore (I've heard peop le in the lew [intracoastal waterway) usc him. which is a terrible
waste of resource s, as they have continuo us
VHF weather available ).

" Herb devotes an incredible amount of his

time and e ne rgy to helping sa ilors from Eu-

rope to Panama (he used to do the South

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN MT

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS
67

Antique Radio ClassiRed __..__ __

A~antic Ham Radio '
AC
AC ARS
AFB
AM
AMSA T
ARQ

Alternating Current
Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System
Air Force Base
Amplitude Modulation
Radio Amateur Satellite. Inc.
Synchronous transmission and
automatic repetition teleprinter
sy stem

11M
HMCS
hp

hrs
Hz
ID

Inti

ARQ E3

Single channelARQ teleprinter

ISA

IPX

ARQf>-90

sys tem
Six-c haracter block s simplex
ARQ teleprinter system

A RR L
ASCII

American Rad io Relay League

AmericanStandard Code for ln-

A ssoc
ATC
A utodin

formation Interchange
Association

Air Traffic Control

Automatic Digital Network
Citizen Band Radio

IRC
IT C
kb ps

kHz
kW
LC D
LED
mA
Mbps

CB
CD

Com pact Disc

CD - RO ~1

Compac t Di sc Read Only

MHz

M emory

mOl

Coast Guard
Radio co mputer interface made

MIS

CO

CIY
Comm
CO

CP
CQ

cress
CW
dB
DC
DCS

de
DEA
DSS
DTM F

DX
DXing

ELT

hy learn
Communications
Commanding Officer
Command Post
General Call to all stations
Continuous Tone Controlled
Squelch System
Continuous Wave (Morse code)
Decibel
Direct Current
Digital Coded Squelch
Morse code prosign meaning
"from"
Drug Enforcement Administration
Digital Satellite System
Dual Tone Multi Frequency
Distant radio or television signals
Thehobby of listening to distant
radioor television signals
Emergency Locator Transmit-

FEC
FEC A
FFH

FM

FTP

Facsimile
Fede ral Communications Commission
Forward error correction teleprinter system
One-waytraffic FECteleprinter
system
Fast Fri gate Helicopter
Frequency Modulation
File Transfer Protocol

Kilowatt ( 1.000 watts)

Liquid Crystal Display

MY

MW
MW
NelBEUI
NelBIOS

NIC
NiCd
NRC
PC
PCI

PBS
PLL
POL -ARQ

QRM
QRP
QS L
QS O

ter

FAX
FCC

Oigahertz( 1.<KlO.OOO.OOO hcrtz)

Global Positioning Satellites
Her Majesty
Her Majesty Canadian Ship
Horsepower
Hours
Hertz
Identification
lnternationnl
Industry Standard Arc hitec ture
Internetwork Packet Exchange
International Reply Coupon
In ternational Telecommunications Union
Kilob ytes per second
Kilohertz ( 1.000 hertz)

OHz
OPS

RAF

RCS
RF
RMS

RN
rpm

RTTY

Light Emitti ng Diode

milliamperes
Megabytes per second
Megahertz ( 1.000.000 hertz)
Millimeter
Merchant Ship
Motor Vessel
Megawatts ( 1.000.000 watts)
Medi um Wave (typically 5301710 kHz broadcast band)
NetBIOS Extended User Interface
Network Basic Input/Output
System
Network Interface Card
Nickel Cadium
National Radio Club
Personal Computer
PeripheralComponent Interconnect
Public Broadcasting System
Phase Locked Loop
Polish diplomatic ARQ teleprinter system
Interference
Low power operation
A card or letter confirming reception of a radio statio n
Communications between two
or more stations
Royal Air Force
Radio Communication System
Radin Freque ncy
Royal Majesty Ship
Royal Navy
Rotations per minute
Radiot eletypc

'.' .." __." .." '.'. 59

Barry Eleclrortics. __

91

Boger Electronics

__ ., 63

29

Communications Electronics
Computer Aided Technologies

82, 83

Delta Research

59

DX Computing

53

Fineware

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70

__..__ 11

Future Scanning Systems

Glenn Hauser __

35

__ __

__. 16,69,81

Grove Enterprises

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Jacques d'Avignon

45

Joviotion ........__......................... 25

JPS Communications

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Kevin Corey

23

KlWA Electronics
Klingenfuss '..__.

__

__

23, 73

.__

63

Lentini Communications

LP Communications

73

Monitoring TImes

95

Motron Electronics

65

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Cover II, IV

OptoElectronics

21

Palomar Engineering
f'W Publishing

59

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__.. 87

Rodiomop ..__
R.C. Distributing ..__
R. D.I. White Papers

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89

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95

Satellite Times
Scanner Moster
Sherwood Engirteering

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__ 77

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Skyvision

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Stridsberg Engineering

73

Universal Rodio __

65, 89

Viking Intemotionol

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WiNRADIO .................................... 5
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89

Wireless Marketing

69

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Bits and Pieces

It' s always a relief 10 have a month in which nothing
catas trophic has happen ed in the radio world so that I can
address much more interesting-and sometimes entertaining-s-issucs. Th is is such a month. and the tir st item is such
an issue:

Gone Squirrely
I had noticed for quite some time the gradual reduction in
signal strengths from my VHFIUHF beam, Nothing dramatic at first. but recently the signa l deg radat ion had beco me very noticeable.
A glance at the antenna showed it to be j ust fine, and a
d istant exa minatio n o f the coax revealed nothin g suspicio us. A test of the lightning arrestors showed them to be
fine, and a test of the coax from the junction box at the house
10 the receiver showed nothing unusual. But then I put the
oh mmeter acros s the coax up to the antenna and discovered
quit e a resistance. when it should have indicated a short
circuit from a trap coil.
Running my hand alon g the coax, I discove red the
problem: some demented squirrel had eate n it! An expe dient
replacement of the chewed section restored full signal
strength once aga in.

This Mod el's a Mongrel

A recent ad received from a majo r CB di stributor co ntained a surprise. \Vc all know that ham s aren' t supposed to
operate in the citizens band, but th is ad featured a ten-meter
amateur rig with a "roger beep" and an echo box! I can
hardly wait to put that sucker on the ham bands! And I'll bet
there' s an easy-to-find j umper which will restore full CB
coverage as well!

Sy mpathy for t he FCC

If it' s possib le to feel sorry for a federal age ncy, I really
do feel sorry for the Federa l Commu nicatio ns Comm ission.
In spite of the squabbles ou r radio interests have endured
regarding the cellular-capable scanner issue, that issue was
brought about by the ce llular industry' s intluence on Congress, not the FCC. My relations with the Co mmission have
always bee n amica ble.

As the FCC ' s bud get continues to shrink. and their

man power shrink s with it, their work load has not decrea sed.
It' s getting bigger. Managing aucti ons o f the spec trum was
not an original purview of the Co mmission. and newtechnology issues like dig ital audio and TV. and sate lliteborne Personal Comm unications Services (PCS). have further confounded the picture.
Aband onment by the Commission of many tradi tional
respo nsibilities such as telephone company deregulation ,
broadcast deregulation (Tele co mmunica tions Act of 1996)
which stimulated magnate buyouts and mergers in the broadcast indu stry, and elimination of type approval of new
equipme nt-w ith serious talk as well about deletin g type
acceptance and notifi cation-have led many knowledgeable obse rvers to spec ulate that the days of the FCC are
numbered. There are members of Congress who wo uld like
to see this happen , reassigning the Commission's former
respo nsibilitie s to the Department of Comm erce.

It's Elective
And finall y. I receiv ed an intere sting letter from a reader
who wanted to know why hobb y radio antenna s do not meet
the criteria of the National Electrica l Code . "Article 8 10," he
pointed out, "covers antennas for both receiv ing anti transmittin g equipmen t, and NEe Art icle 250 ...covers gro unding
for ama teur equi pment."
For transmitting, wire anten nas greater than 150 feet in
length shall be no sma ller than 10 gauge (12 gauge for
receivin g--don 't as k me why), and must not cross above or
come within several feet of power line s (that part makes
sense) .
I called the legal departm ent of the Na tional Fire Protection Associat ion , who publi shes the NEC, for their co mment. S ince the NF PA is a private organization. the NEC is
simply a set of recomm ended guide lines. If a state or local
juri sd iction chooses to ado pt it, compliance may beenforced
at the discretion o f the officials. Compliance outside of such
a j urisdictio n is voluntary.
So there you have some of the intere sting issues that cross
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power cord.
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and Windows~ 95 .

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fo r t h ird p a rt y
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surprise you. Monitor 500 kHz - 1300 MHz' wea the r fax), and
optional DSP.
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