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Vol. 15, No.4

0 NT ENT S

April 1996

Vertical Antennas for SW Ustening ......................... 12

By Rich Arland
If you' re a ham. chances are yo u
alread y use a vertical antenna. Conventio n says, however, that vertical
a ntennas pe rform poorly for s hort-

-"- ~-

,_
- -- -

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~=~-.:
....,.."*"-C:...,

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wave Iis te n ing on the broadcast bands

~ ~ .. - ~~
because they a lso pick up vertically-polarized no ise. Arland (never o ne to
liste n to conven tion) decides to try it anyway.

Magic Wane/ Portable Antenna ............................... 15

By Jacques d'Avignon
All-Antenna Issue Lead Storv

The Wullenweber War Prize on the

Coast al Maine

If you re looking for a convenie nt, po rtable ante nna w hich w ill tune from
LF to about 25 MHz, try yo ur ow n variation on this Magic Wand (ot herwise
known as the modified toma to stake antenna)!

Operation Skyhook .............................................. 16

By Arthur R. Lee
Where there's a will there's a way. He re's how
o ne fam il y, hoping to achieve an unobtrus ive insta llation of a d ipole antenna in a new housing developm ent, overcame a series of phys ical challenges.

By Bob Leightner

On the rocky coast of Maine, a

huge skeletal structure looms behind the customary, picturesque
lighthouse. Dubbed "The Dinosaur Cage" by the locals, the history and function of this singular
antenna are as mysterious as is its
presence here. The folks at the
Naval Security Group in Corea
don't talk much: their business is
listening. Leightner, a part-time
resident of Corea, shares as much
of the story as he could discover,
beginning on page 9.
The discone antenna on our
cover was photographed by John
Bailey.

Compad, Efficient Antennas ................................... 20

By Peter L. Barker
From the " bottom of the propagat io n pit," the author addresses how to
come up with a longer antenna for the lower freque nc ies wi thouc increasing
your real estate . He meecs the challenge wi th coils-easily crafted fro m
materi a ls o n hand.

Improved VHF/UHF TV &FM Reception .................. 24

By Ken Reitz
O verthe airte levision receptio n is back !
Whethe r you want to supple me nt your cable
o r satellite system with local channels. or
whether TV/FM DXing is your gig, there's
a lot you can do to pull in the s ignals.

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Reviews:
Even Larry Magnc can't quite bring
himself to say the words. "world's best
receiver.'' It comes out "arguably the
best receiver on the market regardless of
price" (p.99). but from Magne that is
very high praise. The big
question is. will the AR7030 be
avai lable in the U.S. market?
Bob Parnass runs the
BC220XLT (same as 230XLT)
through its paces on p. l 00. and
finds that a product based on
the solid BC200XLT has kept
its good reputation.
Visitors wonder what th at
weird scu lpture in Ed Muro' s
bedroom is supposed 10 be. It 's
the British SkyScan Desk 1300 antenna,
a nd to Ed, it's a thing of beauty. Seep.

96.
Check out Computers & Radio (p.90)
for another moderately-priced ACARS
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Letters ................................................ 4
Communications ................................. 6
Grove Expo Update .......................... 18
Beginner's Comer ............................. 28

Amateur Radio Reading

Federal File ....................................... 82

What's Happening in Alaska

Satellite TV ....................................... 84

Backyard FM Radio
Experimenters Workshop .................. 86

Scanning Report ............................... 30

Scanning Amplified

Cool Ways to Design Circuits

Skylink ............................................. 88

Utility World ..................................... 34

AF MARS ... Almost Gone

Is Wireless for Real?

Computers & Radio ........................... 90

Shortwave Broadcasting .................... 38

QSL Report ....................................... 42
English Lang SW Guide ..................... 43
Club Circuit ....................................... 67
Propagation Conditions ..................... 68
Below 500 kHz ................................. 70
News & Loggings
American Bandscan/DX Tests ............ 72

The Telecom Act & DX

Outer Limits ...................................... 74

Las Voces de/ CID y Popular

On the Ham Bands ............................ 76

Info for the New Ham

Special Events Calendar ..................... 77
DeMaw's Workbench ........................ 78

Minimize Man-Made QRN

Plane Talk ........................................ 80

AEA ACARS; ScanCat Hardware

Net News ......................................... 92

No News is not Good News

What's New ..................................... 93

Review: SkyScan Desk 1300

Magne Tests ..................................... 98

AORAR7030
Scanning Equipment ........................ 100

BC220XLT/ BC230XLT
Antenna Topics ............................... 102

Size, Gain, and Results

Digital Digest .................................. 106

High Seas Hi-Jinx

Ask Bob ......................................... 108

Stock Exchange .............................. 110
Closing Comments .......................... 112

The Telecommunications Ad- More

Protection than We Need?

The Bay Area TRACON

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Frequency Monitors ... David Datko, Jeff Demers
Program Manager ... Jim Frimmel
Beginner's Corner ... T.J. Arey, WB2GHA
Plane Talk ... Jeon Boker, KIN9DD
Scanning Report ... Richard Barnett
Computers and Radio ... John Catalano
Below 500 kHz ... Kevin Corey, WB2QMY
Experimenter's Wkshp ... Bill Cheek
Propagation ... Jacques d'Avignon
DeMaw's Workbench ... Doug DeMow, Wl FB
Digital Digest ... Bob Evans
Federal File ... John Fulford, WA4VPY
Net News ... Bill Grove
SW Broadcasting ... Glenn Houser
On the Hom Bonds ... Ike Kerschner, N31K
Mogne Tests ... Lawrence Mogne

Communications .... Lorry Miller

What's New? .... Lorry Miller
Skylink ....Wayne Mishler, KG5BI
Scanning Equipment .... Bob Parness, AJ9S
Satellite TV .... Ken Reitz, KS4ZR
Antenna Topics .... W. Clem Small, KR6A
American Bondscon .... Doug Smith, W9WI
SW Broadcast Logs .... Gayle Von Horn
QSL Corner .... Gayle Von Horn
Utility World .... Lorry Von Horn, N5FPW
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Antennamania
A.nt e ~n as are such a criti cal part of any
mon1tonng post, that it' s no surprise to find at
least three depart ments add ressing the subject in almost every issue. When it became
apparent. however. that I had accu mulated a
variety of antenna feat ures as well. it seemed
time for our favo rite springtime topic: an
issue dedicated to antennas!
The articles don' t begin to be comprehensive, of course-how could they be? And I
~till have unpublished features on peripheral
issues such as ground ing and lightning protection that we' ll be running this sum mer.
Also taking place thi s sum mer are. of
course. the Olympics and on-going political
campaigns. We'll be publishing features on
how to monitor them- thanks to av id liste ners who k n ~w the key to success is being
prepared beforehand, and who arc will ing to
share their frequencies and techniques for
you to customize to your area.
Now on to your letters ...

MT to the Rescue
On January 3. 1996. a small pri vate plane
(Cessna 182) carrying three missionaries on a
ni ght from San Pedro Sula. Honduras. to
Trujillo. Honduras, crashed into Calentu ra
Peak about 15 miles west of its intended
dcsti'.1ation. Near zero visibility and gusty
cond111ons made rescue ni ghts into the area
impossible until two days 1:11er.
Local pilots first picked up ELT beacon
signals in the rugged. mountainous terrain on
January 5. Hearing the action on my scanner
from my home in Honduras. I dug into back
issues of Mo11itori11g Times and found an
article on ELT direction fi nding in the Dec~mber 1990 issue. This was fa xed to a group
of local pil ots who were later assisted by the
Honduran Air Force and two U.S. Am1y
" Blackhawk" helicopters in the search. The
following day wreckage wa~ spotted and U.S.
mil itary personne l recovered three lifeless
bodies. Severe weather is believed to be the
fatal factor in the crash.
T he fo llowing frequencies carried the
above action:

121.500
118.500
121.900
11 8.100
123.450
282.800
152.240

ELT
La Ceiba Airport toVJer
La Ceiba ground control
Loatan Island tower
US Army helicopters
US Army helicopters
lslena Airlines of Honduras
Tom Hines, La Cei/Ja. Honduras

MO NITORING TIMES

April 1996

T E R

MT Readers to the Rescue:

A Plea for Public Access
I am writ ing for assistance in a matter
concerni ng the ability to monitor P.Ublic safety
c_ommun ications. I was thi nki ng about gettmg a new rad io fo r my grandmother to listen
to instead of TV all the time. That is when I
discovered all of Ki ng County (WA) and
various city agencies will be switching over
to an 800 MHz trunked radio system from
Motorola in early 1996. To the best of my
knowledge. the public will not be able to
monitor these communications with existing
equipment. I fee l that this will be a loss no~
only to the scanner hobbyist but to the public
as a whole.
The city of Seattle has implemented a
media access plan. where the media can obtain radios from Motorola at the city's cost.
Severa l tactica l channels will not be available
for obvious reasons. The radi os will also be
programmed fornon-transmi t, receiveronly.
What 1s needed is a public access plan like
the media 's. Your magazine can e ncourage
p ~o pl e to write and call into the various agencies demanding the public be granted access
li ke the media. (at a discount. because of folks
on fi xed income). A successful compromise
Ill Seattle coul d set a precedclll and serve as a
model.
With your readership, more people can be
alerted to the major changes comi ng up and
help change policy. 1 fear that too many
people don't know what is about to happen.
and once something is set down on paper. it
would be diffi cult to c hange.
David Doll, Seal/le. WA
(Send SASE to MT Editor for name. address.
and phone number of local offi cials. compiled by David Doll. if you are interested in
lobbying for a public access compromise.)

Reflections on Sony Walkman

Models
. In reading the somewhat glowing rev iew
ot the Sony SRF-42 by Karl Zuk in the Jan
issue, 1 was wondering if I had purchased the
same radio back in Jul y of 1994. Sure enough.
the model numbers are identical.
The fi r~t radi o of mine was very microphonic-not a good trait for one which comes
with a belt cl ip for portable use. Ta pping the
case li ghtly would cause mi crophonics in the
AM stereo mode. After "repair" the problem
was still there.
The replace me nt radio is al so somewhat
microphoni c but not nearly as bad as the

original. Again. only AM stereo is affected:

mono AM & FM stereo are fine .... I was
surprised to note no menti on of my problems.
as it appears to be a somewhat common one.
By the way. a fi x for the problem consists
of placing a piece of foa m rubber between the
function switch and the tuning capacitor.
which will press against the ci rcuit board
whe n the back of' the case is install ed.
John Ebeling. Bloomi11g1011. MN
. Th.e January review hit close to one of my
tavonte little receivers. Several years ago
when the PL L portable radios came out, I
bought a Sony SRF-M40W Walkman . This
model is AM mono/FM stereo wi th push
button tu ning in a shirt-pocket size. I have
when
used it. ma inly fo r AM band listenino
e
traveli ng.
The big surpri se was this li ttle rad io' s
selecti vity. The adjacent channel rejecti on
left little to be desired. Therefore I was later
disappointed when I invested in a biooer
Sony CFS-W504 AC powered PLL se~for
my bedroom for late-night listening. The AM
band selecti vity of this receiver was definitely inferi or.
I have not arrived at the ult imate bedside
PLL AC radio at home. I hesitate to buy
?nother without knowing somethi ng about it
111 advance.
I' ve had AM stereo on my last two car
radios and agree about the effec ts of skywave phase shift s. I' ve heard mono speec h
sound like stereo during shi fts.
Les Cobb \V6TEE l'ia email

Quickies
In my view you ha ve the Watki ns-Johnson
of hobby magazines. Your staff ... is a very
good team. un beatab le.
John T. Wagner
This is a fi rst for me to write a publisher of
a magazine. I have read and subscribed to
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beginner in SWL and have been searching for
a magazine that could help me understand
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I have never read every artic le in a magazine
fro m cover to cover before.
Jack Fox 1ia email

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COMMUNICATIONS
When police knocked on the door of 8306
June Street, they knew they had hit payd irt.
T he woman who a nswered the door said that
yes, the voice on the rad io sounded like her
son. Allen asked the woman to call him whe n
the son retu rned home.
The woman never called but the rad io
interruptions stopped. When police late r retu rned 10 the house, one teen confessed. He
and a fr iend were charged with interception
of e lectronic comm unications, a third-degree
felony. Po lice were unable to recover the
rad io. The teens said that it had been stolen
from them a day earlie r.

Gass Case Overturned

The Federal Governme nt, Oklahoma authorities, and Motorola were dealt a blow in
February whe n Federal Judge H. Dale Cook
agreed with defense attorneys in the case of
Larry Gass and acquitted him o f all crimina l
charges. Gass was convicted last year for
programming trunked radios and selling the m
to various news organi zations in Tul sa (see
Monitoring Times Nove mber 1995).
Gass' attorneys, Ja mes Lang and Steven
Stidham, argued among other things that the
conviction was imprope r. g iven the language
contained in Chapter 11 9 of Title 18 whic h
specifically authorized the reception of police radio communications. The government
in bri nging the case has fo ught for a narrow
reading of the law that would have produced
conflicts between two statutes and whic h
went against the three othe r previous ly dec ided cases which have deal! with the issue.
The Court, agreeing with Gass and his
attorneys, said, "The government's read ing
of 605(a) contradic ts the express language of
Chapter 11 9. ff thi s Court were to give e ffect
to the governme nt's argument, then the governmental radio interception exemption contained in Chapte r 11 9 makes no sense; a
person wou ld be perm itted under Chapter
119 to intercept police radio transmissions
only to be subject to criminal prosecution
under 605."
One matter which the Court did not address was w hether the trunked radio com munications fall under those communications
considered " readily accessible to the public."
A decision whetherto appeal Judge Cook's
ruling will be made by the A ppellate Di vision
of the Department of Justice. Immediate ly
unaffected by his ruling is a separate c ivil
laws uit brought ag ain st Larry Gass by
Motorola last December. (by Jorge Rodriguez)

Black Jack's Message

It' s one of those stories th al e ndears CBers
to virtually no one. Black Jac k, a Mil waukee
27 MHz operator, is bleeding through all of
his neighbors' appliances. Thal par! o f the
story is all loo common. But according lo
newspaper re ports. Black Jack uses thi s situation to intentionally torment the neighbors.
"Come suck the mud from between my
toes," invites Mr. Jack on the C B (and cordless
phone, and stereo, and te levision). Neighbors
say that he curses, tells people he' s armed.
and frightens children. Beverly Echols, who
lives nearby, says that her two chi ldre n run
from the room in horror when Black Jack's

MONITORING TIMES

April 1996

Radio Operators Stop Three

voice comes through the T V. They think he s
a ghost.
City Councilman Frede rick Gordon says
that he's " done j ust about everythi ng [I J can
do. I' ve been c ursed out by him and the
landlord."
The battle isn' t over yel. though. In an
innovative approach to resolving the yearlong dispute. the c ity of Mil waukee is planning to declare Black Jack's home a nuisance.
That way they can fine his landlord. It is then
hoped that the land lord. tiring of the fi nanc ial
burden, wi ll evict the rascal.
O f course. there are a lways two sides lo
any story. A reporter who called the Black
Jack home was told by the CBer that he
doesn ' t mean any harm and only uses the CB
late at ni ght when everyone has gone to bed.
" I'm just a poor man pay ing taxes and goi ng
out to work every day in the cold." A pussycat. ..
w ith mud between his toes.

Teen Corner
It was typical police radio traffi c. Burglaries in progress. Domestic di sputes. Fe nderbenders . Then it began. Teen-age voices.
Voices that shouted obscenities, called the
police " pi gs" and imitated offi cers as they
responded to call s. It didn 't take offi c ials in
Tampa, Florida, long to realize that a pol ice
radio had been stolen.
"They were calling us pi gs,'' said Deputy
Tom A lle n. "They were c ursing us and saying, 'Why don' ! you come find us?"'
Admitting that the communications could
not be traced, poli ce endured the ba rrage of
X-rated abu se for e ight hours. Soon. though,
a pattern emerged. All en noticed that the
teens kept making refere nces lo a certain area
of town. Then they he ard the m me ntion the
address 8306.

T he Kansas City Star reports that two ham

radio operators, Zachary Canright and Beryl
Masters , used the ir radios to assist police in
apprehending three burglars. Canright became alarmed when he saw the three running
down the street wi th a shoppi ng cart piled
high wi th boxes.
When the group piled into a pick-up truck
w ith no license plates, Canright tailed th e m lo
a Wal-Mart store where they stopped to put
the plates back on. He then used his radio to
call Masters who te lephoned Overland Park
police. T he trio were arrested and charged
w ith fe lony theft.

AKine/er, Gentler, FCC

It was a fi rst-rate operation. Strong, highquality stereo pounded the d ial at 91.9. Technically, there was nothing wrong w ith the
station, except that it didn '! have a license.
Thal, and the fac t that the program ming was
"lewd." Complaints led to an FCC in vestigation.

COMMUNICATIONS
The case was put onto the back burner for
a while but eventually FCC fi e ld engineer Jud
Mansbach hopped into the FCC' s radio direction-finding van and headed for Woodside,
Queens. Fifteen minutes late r he was in
front of " Nasty Radio's'' studios, a fivestory apartment building sporting a tell-tale
dipole on a long mast.
Lee Harri s of Radio World continues the
story. "Mansbach, who was taping the station in his van , decided that this would be an
opportune time to call the request line number the jocks were giving out. Next thing he
knew, he was on the air. Without identifying
his offi cia l s tatus, the engineer inquired as
to whether the pirates knew that what they
were doing was illegal. The announcers
allowed that it might be, but as they explained it to their caller, the FCC doesn' t
really care. Mansbach thanked the pirates for
setting him straight and hung up.''
When he got back to the offi ce, Mansbach
fired off a cease and desist order. The station
went silent shortly thereafter a nd hasn ' t been
back on the air since.
" It 's no use fining guys like these, because
they usually can ' t pay," says Mansbach. Nasty
Radio has posted a fe w notes on the Internet
asking for help returning to the air. Their email address is wjqrrep@aol.com.

Watch Your Mouth

A Dall as school board member who was
taped using a variety of obscenities and racial
s lurs on his cordless phone is now working
with the F BI " to find out who did [the taping]- not for any vindication of myself but
for all c itizens."
Dan Peavy, a 48-year-o ld businessman
used the obscenities and s lurs to describe
school administrators, stude nts, and teachers.
Someone taped the conversations, spliced
the m together, and mailed copies anonymously to other members of the sc hool board.
Peavy resigned his post, apologized, and
vowed to make "drastic changes" in his own
li fe. The FB I is now involved in the case,
investigating the source of the apparent illegal wiretap.

Even the Best

" Yeah, I' ve got a little egg on my face,"
says Robert Hobbs, commanderof the county
narcotics task force in Beaumont, T exas.
Hobbs agreed to spend $3,250 for a Quadro
Tracker. a small hand-held dev ice that the
manufacturer said could detec t drugs, guns,
and explosives. The pocket-sized box w ith
retractable antenna was sold as a technologi-

cal marvel whose claims eventually allracted

the atte ntion of the National Institute of Justice. There, investigators opened the box to
find "only plastic and a ir."

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Hobbs wasn't the only one foo led . According to investigators, at least a thousand
were sold, along with seminars and separate
plug-in modules said to uncover cocai ne,
marijuana, gunpowder, and currency.
The manufacturer of the device says that it
matc hes the molecular emissions of the substance being sought (say marijuana) to the
molecular e miss ions locator card or "chip"
inside the device.
Whe n something is detected, the antenna
is supposed to point in the direction of the
substance. When investi gators at the U.S.
Energy Department' s Scandia National Laboratories pried open one of the Tracker's c hips.
they found a plastic-coated piece of paper.
The only thing on it was pyruvic ac id, commonl y found in human sweat.

No Worthy Radio
The World Radio TV Handbook has announced that because the re were so few new
radios on the marke t last year, "we decided
not to give awards in the table-top and por-

table classes." Instead the 1995 kudo was

given for "innovation" and awarded to the
manufactu rer of a $40 portable.
What makes a $40 radio worthy of an
annual award? It 's powered by a wind-up
generator. " We've been impressed by the
enthusiasm and sheer courage di splayed by
inve ntor Trevor Baylis for trying to bring the
idea on the market," says WRTH spokesman
Andrew Scnnitt. The BayGen C lockwork
Radio is manufac tured by Baylis' Baygen
Power Company in South Africa.

Scholarships Available
Ham radio operators are e ligible forone of
57 scholarships being awarded by the Foundation for Amateur Radio. You may compete
forthe awards if you plan to pursue a full-time
course of study beyond high school and are
enrolled in or have been accepted for enrollment at an accredited uni versity. college, or
technical school. The scholarships range from
$500 to $2.000. For additional inforrnation
write FAR Scholars hips, 6903 Rhode Island
Ave. , College Park, MD 20740.
" Communications" is written by Larry Miller
with help from Rachel Baughn and the fo llowing
readers who arc members of the National Scanning
Communications Monitoring Team: Dave Alpert,
New York. NY; Harry Baughn. Brasstown. NC:
Kurt Bramstadt. CA: Peter Breggits. Bremerton,
WA: Robert Coburn, Londonderry. NH: Larry
Fowler. Falmou th , MA ; Kevin John Klein ,
Appleton. WI ; Lewis Miller. Reading, PA; Gary
Mishler. Ankeny. IA; Jorge Rodriguez, Ocala, FL;
Richard Sklar. Seattle. WA; Andy Sennitt ; Alan
Stoddart. Brooklyn. NY: Daryll Symington, Holland, OH: Walter Szczepaniak. Philadelphia, PA;
James Tunnell. CA; John Wolf. Denver. CO, and
Alan in New York. We also consulted the following publications and organizations and list their
names in appreciation: Associated Press. National
Sca1111i11g. Radio World and W5YJ Report.

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The Wullenweber-known variously as the "dinosaur cage "

or "elephant pen "-has a silhouette which is unmistakable.
The Navy built 14 of them around the world.

War Prize oq tbe Coast of Plaiqe

By Bob Leightner N 1TOH
n a remote peninsula in Maine, jutting out into that part of the Atlantic coast known as Down East, is a
structure which resembles a cage built for dinosaurs. Its strange presence in this unlikely location begs
for an explanation of what it is and why it s there. The easy explanation is: the structure is a radio antenna,
the work of the U.S. Navy. If you wish to know much beyond that, your' re probably out of luck.
The Navy's radio activity on the rocky
coast o f Maine goes bac k to a Mr.
Alessandro Fabbri and the station NBD on
Otter C liffs. Mount Desert Island. (Contrary to ils name, the land is anylhing bul
arid in !his foggy place. )
The weallhy Mr. Fabbri offered hi s
personal radio slalion to lhe government in
191 7 in anlicipatio n of gaining a Naval
commiss io n. In ils early years of use lhe
station became known for ils phenomenal
radio receiving range. NBD, under Navy
operalion and Lieulenanl Fabbri' s direction. grew steadil y.
During !he course of World War One
NBD proved invaluable to the conflicl. In
these e arly years of radio the statio n employed Picard directional loops-90 fe et
high. call ed Radio Compa~ses; barrage re-

The dinosaur cage referred

to by the author is adjacent
to Acadia National Park 011
the rugged coast of Maine.

ceiver antennas-over two mi les of insulated wi re strung through the woods; and
rho mbic am1ys of 600 to 700 feet in each
leg. Some of this was designed by Dr.
H.H. Beve rage. a well-known name today
in antenn a design.
Ma ny stories can be told oflhe station
operation- the tracking of Kronprinzessin
Cecilie's run from French and British
warships. !he communi cation of the French
munition s s hip Mont Bla11c wi lh 3000 ions
of TNT and which was rammed in Halifax
harbor, lhc 'Tape Worm" capabi lily lo
read code at 900 wpm, SOS s from stricken
ships -all happenings in these early years.
The first West-East transatlantic aircraft fl ighl was in continuous communication wilh NBD. The Radio Compass facility prevented lhe British crui ser Raleigh
April 1996

MONITORING TIMES

from running head on into Egg

Rock in a dense fog. Even the
British dirigible. R-34. in distress over the Atlantic. was
aided by this exceptional radio station.
Short ly after the fi rst great
war, Fabbri was awarded the
Naval Cross for the most depend abl e and re lied- upon
commu nicati ons center then
in existence.
At the beginning of 1942 Germany had 9 1
submarines, 22 of them in the Atlantic. There
were 87 Allied merchant shi ps lost in the fi rst
six months of that year from submarine attacks, against which the U.S. had no defense.
Since Wolfpack operat ions required the German subs to transmit back to the ir naval
headquarters freq uently. a major importance
was placed on our maritime radio listening
and direct ion finding capabilities. With an
operational code name of Huff Duff. the
directional receivers on the coast of Maine
were focused on the underwater war; this. and
the development or sonar. turned the tide.
At war's end. Germany had built ten ru bber-covered "Schwartz Pantzer'' U-boats, but
th is came too late. When the German U-boat
neet surrendered, despi te the loss of 489 to
depth charges alone, 377 boats were still in
the Atlantic. One can imagine the vol ume of
German naval messages that had been intercepted by our listening station.

I Booty from Overseas

Among the many prizes our armies gathered up and brought back to thi s count ry after
the Second World War was a German direction-finding antenna. the Wullenwebcr. When
reassembled and evaluated. it proved to be
more sensitive, more accurate in bearings.
and more flexible in rang ing on many signals
simultaneously than ours. Immedi ate ly the
antenna was "reverse engineered" under the
direction of the Nat ional Security Agency.
and an e ngineering development uni t was
built at the Uni versity of Wisconsin. U.S .
engineers and program managers were sent to
Germany to learn from the original designers and operators.
Who was Wullcnweber and
exactl y where did the antenna
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April 1996

The dinosaur cage near

Corea, Maine is a set of
concentric receiving rings
over 200 feet in height with
a total diameter of 1300 feet.
It operates from the very low
VLF f requencies up to the
VHF bands.

Wu llenwebcr. and that the

Germans assigned it that
code name from the escaped
fiber warps that floated
ankle deep in the old woolen
mills. akin to the signals heard from the
anten na.
However, we have located an Ern st
Wullenwchcr who believes his great uncle
could be the designer. as he had a radio
laboratory in Hamburg at about the right
period in time. All thi s may never be known
for certain. Most of those associated with the
original invention are li kely deceased.
The Navy purchased 707 acres near the
li ttle fi shi ng village of Corea, Maine. and a
Wu lien weber was constructed there with support build ings and facilities. The antennaknown as the Dinosaur Cage by the local
population- is a set of concentric receiving
rings over 200 feet in he ight with a tota l
diameter of 1300 feet. It operates from the
very low VLF frequencies up to the VHF
bands.
A total of 14 identical antennas were
eventuall y built in strategic Naval locations
worldwide.
When the first U.S. Navy sub- the USS
Skare-surfaced at the North Pole in Marc h
1959. Wullenweber radi omen. fro m their
windowless control building. answered its
call. lnterceptionofland stat ion traffic "across
the pond""is routine for th is sensiti ve liste ning
device. Today we conti nuously monitor
guarded freq uencies with ultra-electronic and
computer sophistication.
The mission of the Naval Security Group
Acti vity here is a round-the-clock operation
TABLE 1: FRU-Pac Net

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1800
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West Coast
All USA
Gulf Coast
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of listening and direc ti on-finding for security. navigational aid, and air sea resc ue. Two
net-linked ocean surveillance systems operate around the world: "Crosshair" and "Classic Wizard." Other capabilities associated
with this task are cryptanalysis and "Tina"
rad io fingerprinting. in which coded messages are deciphered and radio signals are
identi fied as to their exact transmitter source.
World War II was probably the heyday of
the Naval Security effort with some 35 stations. each manned by 300 to 400 servicemen
and women. All these personnel take an oath
of sec recy. In addi tion. Public Law :n makes
it a federal crime to di sclose any in formation
obtain by cryptanalys is. Together. these restrictions make it difficult to di scover the
whole story so that it can be told.
The Naval Security operators. known as
CTs (crypto techs) arc eligible to joi n the
NACV (US Naval Cryptologic Veteran s Association) in Rockville. Maryland. Both acti ve and retired CTs who hold an amateur
radio license regularly commu nicate on the ir
FRU Pac Net. which has been in operation
since 1973. FRU Pac is short for Fleet Radio
Un it Pacific where the i,rroup originally started.
Table One is a listing oftheiroperati ngschedulc.
Some very interesting reading material is
to be fou nd in these books-if you can find
the m:
The Fabulous Radio NBD by Brandon
Wentworth
The American Black Chamber by Herbert
Yardley
The Ultra Secret by Frank Wi nterbolham
Hut 6 Story by Welchman
An Informal History of Mt. Desert Island
by Sargent Collier
War Secrets in the Ether by Wilhelm F.
Flicke (which is published by Agean Park
Press and tells the story of successes on
the German side)

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Vertical Antennas no longer

Taboo for Shortwave Listening
By Rich Arland, K7YHA

lthough quite popular on the ham bands, vertical antennas have not been widely
accepted in shortwave li stening circles. However, havi ng acquired two Butternut
vertical antennas for use on the HF ham bands, I decided to test their perfonnance
on the shortwave broadcast bands.
Vertical antennas are handy when space is limited. Or, used with a horizontal antenna (or
two), a vertical will offer polarization diversity which wi ll enhance the overall antenna system
versatility.

I The Vertical in Theory

A brief review of quarter-wave vertical antenna characteristics is in order. The vertical
portion of the antenna represents one half of a half-wave dipole radiating system. In this case,
the dipole is stuck on-end, reaching skyward. The other half is made up of the RF ground
currents collected by a network of wires called radials or RF counterpoise (see Fig. I). Radials
may be buried or suspended above ground. In either instance, their primary objecti ve is to
capture near-field RF currents and " make up" the other half of the dipole radiating system.
Because the ground is normally a poor conductor (unless you live in a swamp), the more
radials that are laid out, the greater the RF currents collected and the more efficiently the
vertical antenna perfonns. Many radio operators buy a vertical antenna and fail to install a
proper radial/counterpoise system, and wonder why performance suffers. It's a fact of physics.
In order for the vertical antenna to perform as advertised, it must work against a properly
installed RF counterpoise system (despite what some antenna manufacturers claim).
When transmitting with a vertical antenna, the RF wave leaves the antenna at an extremely
low angle in relation to the horizon causing the signal to "hug" the curvature of the Earth. This
is one of the greatest features of a quarter-wave vertical antenna. The low angle of radiation
(expressed as "take off angle") means the antenna works great on DX stations. The lower the
take off angle the further out the RF wave travels before it is refracted by the ionosphere. This
means that the skip di stance becomes longer as the take off angle decreases.
Ostensibly, vertical antennas are omnidirectional in nature. unless two or more are phased
using a complicated mass of tuned coaxial feed lines. Vertical antennas also fare well in wind
and ice stonns, not to mention the reduction in rain static. In addition. the vertical takes up very
little space and can be positioned to reduce the visual impact by those radio operators who must
maintain a low profile due to restrictive housing covenants, nosey neighbors, or a spouse who
doesn' t appreciate the radio hobby.
There is no reason to believe that the same characteristics ex hibited in transmitting on the
ham bands won't hold true for general receiving purposes on the shortwave bands. The one
characteri stic of vertical antennas which may affect their use for receiving is their susceptibility
to noi se. It seems that verticals tend to be more sensitive to man-made and atmospheric noise

12

MONITORING TIMES

April 1996

LOOP. ANTENNA

Vertical Radiating Element

114).. long

FIGURE 1

15 Take Off Angle-

-;'.:'.::::--------::~~~~:::------~---- The smaller this angle

Earth

the further the signal

travels before being
refracted by the Ionosphere.

The Vertical in Action

The verticals that l own are the Butternut
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twenty-six foo t long antenna covering 80- 10
meters). They are produced by Butternut Electronics 1. Both antennas are popular among
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(loading coal ) resonant circuits in place of the
conventional traps found on most o ther co mmercial vertical antennas.
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adjustable resonance over a wide range of
freq ue ncies. Conventional quarter-wave vertic al antennas use traps as a kind of RF choke
to restrict RF cu1Tents flowin g in the uppe r
po rtions of the antenna. This means that a
conventio nal quarter-wave vertical operating
on I 0 meters (28 MHz) has o nly an eight foot

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FIGURE 3

HF-6V Butternut
Vertical

an electrically short vert i The Results:

cal radiator. The 32 foot
I entered the experiment with
tall HF-2V, on the other
a few preconceived ideas. But,
hand. uses an L/C circuit
after evaluati ng the data. I ento simulate the missing 30countered
a few surprises. Tests
odd feet of vertical elewere
conducted
over a two month
ment on 80 meters. This
period using various segments of
method is much more effithe international shortwave bands.
cient tha n convent ional
Below
7 MH z the vertical really
loading coils and almost
26'
perfo
rmed
! Most of the time the
doubles the available bandEntire 26'
HF-2V deli vered signal strengths
width on the low bands.
length radiates
at least two S-units higherthan the
(Note: bandwidth of any
on 10 m!
horizontal wire antenna. On sevvertical an tenna is a comeral
occasions. the difference was
bination of efficiency. ramuch
as IOdB (slightly over 2as
d iati on resistance, and
1/2 S-un its) ! Without exception.
mounting. Using a good
the horizontal antenna exhibited
radial/counterpoise system
more noise pickup be low S MHz
and properly feeding the
than
the HF-2V . Thi s was entirely
vertical antenna will inunexpected. The reduced noise encrease antenna efficiency.)
countered when using the HF-2Y
Hav ing used the HFbelow S MH z was very helpful in
Earth
6Y on the ham bands for
DXing
the low power Indonesian
several years. I can attest
regionals.
to its superior performanceovertrappedquarOn frequencies above 7 MHz, receive
ter-wave verticals. 1chose the HF-2Y for my
signal
levels using the HF-2V were roughly
tests on the shortwave bands because of its
the
same
or slightly lower than when using
extra length: the HF-2Y was a low band
the
wire
antenna.
The HF-2V ex hibited more
antenna by design and should work well on
noise in several instances. but reception of the
the 60 and 90 meter shortwa ve bands.
target station was not impeded. Switching
The HF-2Y was ground mounted in my
between
the vertical and the horizontal antenyard according to Buttern ut instructions. Sixnas
provided
a handy polarization diversity.
teen short radials (approxi mately IS feet long)
wh
ich
tended
to reduced adjacent channel
were buried and bonded to the base of the
interfere
nce
in
many instances. Polarization
vertical. RG-8X coaxial fcedline was run
switchi
ng
was
also used to overcome the
underground from the antenna feedpoint into
effects
of
slow
fading (QSB) quite effecthe shack. The antenna was used on the 80/40
ti
vely.
meter ham bands prior to the shortwave tests.
One of the goals of this experiment was to
to insure that the system was fu nctioning
in
vestigate
the theory about the vertical
properly. A Palomar noise bridge was used to
antcnnas
low
angle of radiat ion enhancing
tune the antenna to the middle of the 80 meter
receive
signal
levels. 1 wa~ hoping that the
CW segment (approximately 3560 kHz).
low angle of radiation, unique to the HF-2Y,
Bandwidth on 40 meters was almost flat from
woul d also mean low an gle reception and
7.0 to 7.2 MHz.
help
me log some low power Indonesian
My test receiver was an !COM R-70. The
regionals
(around 3 to 4 MHz) during the
reference horizontal wire antenna was the
night/day transition on the Ea~t coast. As it
Ant Farm Skyraider(aS I-foot end-fed sloper,
turned out. reception was unquestionabl y
with a vertical matching section as pan of the
better on the vertical than on the horizontal
feed line). The Skyraider was erected with the
wire.
during this transitional period.
feedpoint about 30 fee t off the ground with
In some instances, signal strengths on the
the for end about eight feet high (hence the
verti cal were two to three S-units lower when
sloperconfiguration). This wire antenna works
compared
to the wire antenna. Other times
we!I on the amateur and short wave bands, so
signal
strengths
on the verti cal were up to two
performance was predictab le. A Grove TUNS-units higher than on the wire antenna. But.
3 antenna tuner was placed in the feedline.
the big surprise was the noise level encounahead of the receiver antenna input. and used
tered when using the wire an tenna. In almost
to prov ide impedance matching on both ana
ll instances the noise on the wire antenna all
tennas during the tests. A coaxial switch was
but masked the target signals. Sim ply put. the
used to flip between the two antennas during
noise on the vertical antenna was so much
tes ts.
lower than on the wire antenna. th at even
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MONITORING TIMES

April 1996

during times of reduced signal levels, the

target stati ons were easily heard on the vertica l.
Conclusions:

I. Above 7 MHz performance between

the vertical and horizontal antennas was about
eq ual. with occasionall y hi gher noise levels
encountered when using the vertical.
2. The HF-2Y when used in combination
with a hori zontal an tenna is very effecti ve in
overcoming the effects of slow fading and, in
come cases, adjacent channel interference.
3. Below S MHz the signal levels on the
vert ical were two to three S-units higher than
the horizontal wire antenna, while atmospheric
noise tended to be higher on the horizontal
wire antenna.
4. The vertical seemed to exhibit good
signa l to noise characteristics when used to
DX the low power lndonesian regionals between 3 and 4 MHz. This lends some credence to the theory that a vert ical antenna will
receive low angle signals better than horizontal wire antenna.
So what is the bottom line? Both the HF2V and HF-6V are sturdy vertical antennas
capable of withstanding the elements. They
arc a relative ly inexpensive way to add versatil ity to your existing antenna fa rm. These
antennas work great on the ham bands and
equally well on the short wave bands. In particul ar. the HF-2V. in combination with one
or more horizontal wire antennas, will provide the radi o amateur/shortwave listener with
an ex tremely nexible ante nna system.
My thanks to Don Newcomb of Butternut
for providing the antennas and technical support for this article.

1
P.O. Box 1782, Shavert own. PA 18708 or
via the In ternet: k7yha@epi x. net
2
Butternut Manufacturing Company, a subsidiary of Bencher Incorporated, 83 1 N. Central Avenue, Wood Dale. IL 60 191 Tel: (708)
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Magic Wand Portable Antenna

20 ridges/ foot

You don't have to use any magic to try out this

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might remind you of pulling rabbits out of hats!
72

inches
#18 stranded wire

By Jacques d'Avignon

hen you live in a city, there are

times when you want to get
away from the no isy radio environment and really hear w hat is out there.
Portable receivers are easy to carry into a very
quiet site, but a portable antenna system is
normally not so easy to transport o r to install.
Loving to tin ker with antennae, I decided
to make one that I could transport easily and
set up rapidly. Remembering that the vehicle
used fo r these mini DXpediti o ns is a sma ll
Vol kswagen Je tt a. it was necessary to build a
system that would tit ins ide the car and ,
hopefull y, leave room for at least the driver!
A few years ago, my wife and I g rew
to matoes and we had purchased a new type of
very rigid molded plastic tomato stake. One
end is pointed to insert in the ground. The
surface of the stake is festooned with small
short ridges o n fo ur s ides of the stake to stop
the ties from s lipping down the stake. T he
stake looked sufficiently promising as a possible antenna skeleton that I immediately
pressed it into service. The dimens ions of this
stake, which would fun ctio n as my coil form ,
are as follows : length 72 inches. diameter
3/4 inch with 20 sets of ridges per foot.
Di gging into my "treasure box" I picked
up a roll of # 18 w ire and started wi nding
around the stake. Using the ridges as a g uide,
thi s produced 20 turn s per foot. The complete
sta ke was covered all the way to about 6
inches from the bottom. T he total length of
wi re is 200 inches, more or less - not much
of an antenna, judging by the le ngth of the
w ire !
A coaxial plug was insta ll ed as a connector at the bottom. The coaxial sh ield was left
fl oating; if a g round became necessary, it
would be possible to use a sho rt gro und stake
(a screwdriver, perhaps?) and some alligator

clips to provide the connection . The complete assembly was then wrapped in electri cal tape for aesthetic reaso ns.
To use the magic wand a ntenna, you
simply stand it vert ically on the ground, push
it in as a stake. connect a coax ial feed, and
you are in business ! To obtain the best
res ult s, it is suggested that you run the
coax to an antenna tuner ahead of the
rad io. I prese nt ly u se a Grove
Jacques d'Avignon 1995
Minituner: it is small and really tu nes
thi s stake (son-y - this a11te1111a) from LF to
abo ut 25 M Hz.
How well docs this magic wand antenna
work'I During the Mohawk Valley Shortwave Listeners DX Camp in the fa ll of 1995,
the antenna was connected to a stock Sony
20 I 0 and it was possible for me to hear the
Australian stations o n 2.3 MH z and the African station s o n 3 MHz. It was a very quiet
ante nna and compared very well w ith some
long- lo ng wires used during th is camp.
I will adm it that it is not the idea l ante nna
for a home statio n. but for mini-DXpeditions,
DX camps, or emergency use, it works very
we ll . I have not analyzed the electrical characteristics, but I intend to keep experiment-

antenna wire
coaxial plug (Pl 259)

Ground rod(screwdriver!)

ing to see how it could be improved. It has

already been tried w ith a Kenwood R-5000
d uring some renovations of the home station
antenna system and it was an eye opener: the
same sig nals cou ld be heard w ith just a slig ht
reduction in the signal strength as indicated
on the S meter. T he o nly maj or drawback to
the system was trying to explai n what it was
to the C usto ms O ffi cers at the U.S. border on
my way to the DX camp!
This ante nna is o ne solutio n to creating a
quickly installed ante nna for a DX camp, a
cottage setup, o r simply o n the beach. If
anyone trie s thi s antenna, I would be interested in their comme nts at the MT address or
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Solving the proble s of putting

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By Arthur R. Lee WF6P

Illustrations by Emily Short

hen pulling up a si mple 40 mete r d ipole at my daug hter' s

new home. we were faced by the age-ol<l problem of the
limited size and layout of the lot. The ne ig hborhood had
the c ustomary covenants and restricti o ns aga inst a ntennas so we wanted hers to be uno btru sive. a nd. if possible . not
observable rro m the fron t of the ho use o r the street. The backyard
neighbors. we hoped. would no t no ti ce nor comp lain if we had a "neat"
installati on.
The back of the ho use sat q uite hig h. a full three stories above the
ground leve l. The bac kyard further sloped away from the hou se so the
he ight of the a nte nna was very favorab le: up about 40' if we suspended
it from some part of the roof. T he directio n of radiation lobes would
be almost east-we:.t. which was really I SOdegrees away from what we
wanted, but lo t locatio n determined antenna d irec ti o n and that was
what we had to settl e for.
We laid o ut the comp le te ant enna and coax o n the rear law n. the n
had to figure a way to raise it. T he ho use. being o f new constructio n.
li mi ted our acce :.~ lo the s heer ~ tu cco exterior. A ll wi ndows slid ope n
o nl y half way and were double paned. Access aero~~ the tiled roof wa:.
too dangerous to consider witho ut professional safety harnesses and
equipment.
We searched for poss ible mo unti ng locatio ns. tryin g to keep c lear
o f metal roof dra in pipes as much as poss ible. Finall y. we elected to put

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d"

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an eye bolt into the roof overhang . attach a sma ll pulley. and run a
nylo n cord throug h the pull ey to hoist the antenna from the ground.
Like most innovat ive plan!'.. this was easy to e nvision. but hard to
put into practice. We had no ladder capable of reac hing the des ired
three-sto ry he ight - nearly 45 feet above the g ro und. To complicate
matters . the roof overhang extended o ut about fou r fee t - quite a
backward re ach if we were hi g h up o n the ladder.

After more deliberation, the solution came to us. On the third

story, a bedroom window was near the point on the eve where we
wanted to place our eye bolt. A hole needed to be drilled, then the eye
bolt screwed into the hole. What to do?
Aha! We found a 6-foot push broom handl e and securely ducttaped our cordless drill to the end of it. Turning the drill on, my sonin-law comfortably and safely reached out the third floor window and
pushed the rotating drill into the roof rafter. After drilling the hole,
he removed drill and placed the eye bolt into a notch we had cut in the
end of the broom handle. Held in place with additional duct tape, our
broom handle tool was easy to rotate, screwing the eye bolt solidly
into the beam.

We had previously run two separate 1/8" nylon cords through the
eye bolt and pulley to ho ist the antenna apex into position. We could
use one of the nylon cords to lower and raise the antenna for maintenance. The other would serve as a spare and could be used to pull up
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We hoisted the antenna into position and secured the ends to guy
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Tours for the Grove Comm Expo '96 Set

By Larry Van Horn
Expo '96 Publicity Chairman

feature writer on legal listening issues Jorge Rodriguez - will conduct a forum on
Moniroring and the Lair.

ave you ever wanted to take a tour of

I Show and Tell
a major metropolitan public service
communicati ons facility? How about
Five clubs so far have reserved tables in
an inside look at a regional FAA Air Route
order to publicize their groups: three of them
Traffic Control Center (A RTCC)? These are
exhibiting for the first time at a Grove Expo.
just a couple of the half dozen tours of broadReturning from last year's Expo is the Radio
cast and communications facilities that will
Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT-NA),
be offered at the 7th annual Grove Co111111w1iand the Bay Area Scanner Club (BASE).
cations Expo that will be held on October 18Organizations that will be represented for the
20, I996. in Atlanta. Georgia.
first time include: The Atlanta Astronomy
"We are offering more tour sites this year
Club. The Society of Amateur Radio Astronoand increasing the number of people that can a.m .. MT 's Scanning Report columnist Richmers (SARA), and the Worldwide Ute News
go on each of them; said Judy Grove. Expo ard Barnell wi ll give a talk on Monitoring
Club
(WUN).
96 coordinator. "We took all the information Public Safety Agencies.
Several more commercial vendors have
After lunch, Bob Grove will return to the
from last year' s convention surveys and arjumped on board since our last Expo report.
ranged tours to those facilities attendees most speaker's podium fo r a forum on Exploring
Be sure to look them up in the exhibit hall:
requested." Unfortunately, t.he most-requested the VHF/ UHF Scanner Spectrum . This will
Bearcat
Radio Club, Cellular Security Group,
excursion- The Weather Channel- does not give the scanning hobbyist a good overview
Dallas
Remote
Imaging Group (ORIG), Herof who s who and where they can be found on
conduct public tours.
ald
Broadcasting
(Christian Science MoniTransportation to most of the tours wi ll be a scanner. At 2: 15 p.m., my forum on Monitor),
Satscan
Electronics,
Scanner Master Pubin comfortable, chartered buses that wi II pick toring Big Brother - Government Radio
lications, Signal Intelligence (ScanStar softyou up and drop youoff at the front door of the Listening will introduce several new federal
ware), and Transel Technologies. This brings
convention hotel (the Atlanta Airport Hilton). communicati ons systems and some di screte
the total number of exhibitors registered so far
frequencies in the 225-400 MHz UHF miliThe cost is $ 10.00 per person, per tour, and
to 17. Companies, clubs, and broadcasters can
you must be a full registrant (or spouse of a tary aircraft bands. The final scanner talk on
get
more information or secure exhibition
Saturday will be by MT Federal File colu mfu ll registrant) in order to sign up for a tour.
space by contacting one of the followi ng:
Those of you who are taking the Metro nist John Fulford. John will cover Advanced
Atl anta Rapid Transit Authority (MART A) Surveillance Techniques - a look inside the
Beth Leinbach, Monitoring Times Advercommun ication facility tour will travel via world of bugs and surveillance devices that
tising Manager, at 704-389-4007 or via ethe scanner enthusiast can hear.
the MARTA system instead of chartered bus.
mail at: beth@grove.net
Doug Graham wi ll kick off the Sunday
As part of this tour package. you will receive
Debbie
Davis. Satellite Times Advertising
a three day unlimited pass to ride on the morning sessions with a forum on MonitorManager. at 704-837-64 12 or via e-mail
ing
800
MHz
Trunking
Sysrems.
At
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0:
15
MARTA light rail transportation system anyat: debbie@grove.net
where they provide service in the city of a.111., Bob Wyman wi ll di scuss what techAtlanta. Any famil y me mber can also use this niques and publications to use when listening
Complete details on the Ex po 96 are availfor the first time at a new location ; his talk is
MARTA pass at any time throughout the
able
at the Grove Internet home page on the
three days of the Expo. Three day unli mited called Scanning the Unknown. Finally, MTs
Internet. Point your web
MARTA passes will also be
browser to URL address:
sold at the Expo registration
Exoo Tours at a Glance
Departure and return limes
lz tip : w w w.gro ve. net/
booth for $8.00.
to the Hilton
lzmpgexpo.html for t.he latest
EXPOTR1
Atlanta Air Route Traffic Control Center
9:00 a.m.-1 2:00 noon
informati on and Ex po upEXPOTR2
10:00 a.m. -12:00 noon
MARTA Communications
I Spotlight on Scanning
You can also register
dates.
EXPOTR3
MARTA Communications
1:00-3:00 p.m.
for the Expo and get addiOf a total of more than 40
Atlanta/Fulton County Emergency Operations
EXPOTR4
and Comm Center
9:00-11 :45 a.m.
seminars, eight will foc us on
tional information by sendEXPOTR5
Atlanta/Fulton County Emergency Operations
ing e-mail to the following
topics of interest to the scan3:00-5:15 p.m.
and Comm Center
address: expo96@grove.net.
ner enthusiast. Bob Grove.
EXPOTR6
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9:00-1 1:45 a.m .
publishe r of M onitoring
To access an automatic Expo
EXPOTR7
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3:00-5:15 p.m.
Times, will kick things off
information service send e1:00-2:00 p.m.
EXPOTR8
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Saturday morning with a fomai I to: ex po96-info @
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2:00-3:00 p.m.
EXPOTR10 Delta Airlines Communications
3:00-4:00 p.m.
rum on Scanner Equipment
grove.net. To register by
EXPOTR11 Delta Airlines Communications
4:00-5:00 p.m.
phone, call the Grove order
and Accessories .for the BeEXPOTR12 WSB Radio and TV
12:15-2:30 p.m.
line at 1-800-438-8 155 or fax
ginner at 9:00 a.m. At I0: 15
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the experience-bring afrienctt'

EL.-.
~I
Come to Grove Communications EXPO '96
If you are interested in electronic communications, the
Grove Communications Expo is your event of the year! Expo
'96 in Atlanta, to be held Oct. 18-20, unites you with hundreds
of like-minded communications enthusiasts who assemble to
exchange information, introduce new products, and offer
technical help. This is an outstanding opportunity for you to
move into the information age! This year's expanded program
includes over SO seminars, forums, demonstrations and
events in the following areas:

*
*
*
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Computers and the Internet

Shortwave and scanner monitoring
Satellite communications
Radio astronomy

As in recent years, the Expo will feature exhibits by topname vendors, a hands-on listening post, club booths and prizes.
Tours will be conducted to the Delta Communications Center,
Atlanta Fire
Communications, Atlanta/
Fulton County
Communications
Center and more.
Keynote
speaker at this
year's banquet will
be Ron Parise,
NASA astronaut ,
and astronomer. Parise, WA4SlR, has made two trips into space
aboard the shuttle and operated the shuttle's amateur radio
experiments (SAREX). Several special workshops, forums and
ex hibits wi ll be sponsored this year by the Society of Radio
Astronomers (SARA), which will be conducting their fall
conference in conjunction with the Expo!
Other knowledgeable and enjoyable speakers include Bob
Grove, Larry Van Horn, Jacques d'Avignon, Rich Arland,
Ken Reitz, Richard Barnett, Doug Smith, John Fulford, Bill
Grove, Kevin Carey, Jeff Wallach, George Zeller, Keith
Stein, John Catalano, T.S. Kelso, Doug Graham, Bob
Wyman, Don Dickerson, Bob Evans, Tom Taylor, Jorge
Rodriguez, Ian McFarland, Carole Perry, Steve Dye, Donald
Dickerson, John Magliacane, and Keith Baker.

Atlanta Airport Hilton October 18-20, 1996

Registration is $55 per person (take $10 off if you bring a
first-time registrant with you). Rooms at the Airport Hilton
available at the convention rate of $76 per night, single or
double occupancy. Call 1-800-Hiltons.

Grove Enterprises, Inc.

7540 Highway 64 W., Brasstown, N.C. 28902
For more information and schedules, set your web browser to http://www.grove.net/hmpgexpo.html, e-mail us at
expo96-info@grove.net, phone us at 1-800-438-8155, or fax us at 1-704-837-2216-.

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ur ability to receive shortwave signals (3 to

30 megahertz) is largely at the mercy of the
refracting ability of the ionosphere. T he
shell of ionized particles that surrounds the earth
enables signals to be refracted (bent) so that they
return to earth rather than disappearing out into
space. This ability to refract depends largely upon the
amount of radiation emitted from sunspots on the
sun.
The numberof sunspots, and therefore the amount
of radiation from the sun, follows an approximate ly
11 year cycle. At the peak of the cycle transmissions
from the other side of the earth can be received on the
proverbial "wet noodle" and ham operators can communicate worldwide on the 28 MHz band with, at
times, milli watts of power. At the bottom of the
cycle-about now-the higher frequencies are not
refracted, and traffic moves to the lower freq uencies
where, even so, communication is often barely possible.
To combat the loss of"propagation" as it is called,
commercial broadcasters, utility stations, as well as
hams are crowding into the lower frequencies for
long distance communication.
The challenge of effecti vely receiving at these
freq uencies is complicated by the fact that the lower
the frequency the longer the antenna needed. Even
though reasonable reception may still be achieved
with a random wire antenna coupled with an antenna
tuner and a good rad io frequency ground, there is no
real substitute for the half-wave dipole for the serious
monitor.
A standard dipole has an overall length of onehalf of the wavelength of the desired center frequency, and that is exactly the problem for those of us

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Table 1
need some J /8 inch
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thin g similar and
16 awg Magnet Wire
Frequency MHz
so me
16 awg
3.9
6. 1
7 .2
e na me l- c ove r ed
ma g net
wire.
Approx length of coil wire(")
150
135
240
(Note:
14
awg
houseNumber of turns in coil
49
34
30
hold insulated wire
Length of w inding (inches)
2.7
1.9
1.7
can he substituted.
9 .1
Length of antenna section (ft)
7.75
15
The resultin g anOverall length of antenna (ft)
61.5
40
32
tenna wi ll be slightly
less effecti ve and the
Table 2
coils a little heavier.
Be sure to use the
Coil Winding and Antenna Data
data in Table 2 for
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Frequency in MHz
winding the coi ls.)
3.9
6 .1
7.1
The finished coil is
Approx length of coil wire(")
280
185
170
shown in Diagram
Number of turns in coil
43
37
63
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Length of wind ing (inches)
5.1
3.5
3
A hole is drilled
Length of a ntenna section (ft)
15
9.1
7.75
at each end of the
Overall length of antenna (ft)
62
40.1
42. 1
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tube away from. these holes drill two holes

The feed line, which can be any reason1/2" inch apart, and large enough to clear the
able length, should be coaxi al cable as long as
it is low-loss. 0 0 110 1 use TV ribbon twin lead.
coi l wire .
Strip the coaxial cable to show the cente r
Thread one e nd of the co il wire down
through one of the two smaller holes and up
conductor and outer braid. Tease out the braid
with a sewing needle or simi tar and twist into
through the one closest to the end of the tube.
Leave about 6" protruding. Now snugly wind
a pigtai l.
Feed the inner e nds of the antenna wires
the required numberofturns on the PVC tube
spacing them as shown. Secure the free end of
through the strain relie f holes and strip I/2" of
insulation. Tin the ends of theses wires and
the winding in the same manner as at the start.
the prepared coaxial cable, a nd solder the
Try to keep the winding as Light and even
center conductor to one end of the antenna
as possible. Needle-nosed pliers wi ll help
and the braid pigtail to the other, (it does not
with the th read ing. Two coi ls, as closely
identical as possible, must be made. Pass a
matter whic h way you do this). This junction,
when cool, must be well sealed with s ilicone
short le ngth o f the cord through the larger
holes and form a loop. Thi s complete the coils
sealer, as any wate r entering the coax will
drastically affect its performance. Use of the
themselves .
Our example is for 6.1 MHz. The dimenso-called " UHF" connectors at the antenna
sions for the coil s for 7.2 MHz and the 3.9
feed point is not recommended as these just
MHz band are gi ven in the ta bles below
add weight, cost. and are 110 1 waterproof.
The opposite e nd of the coax feedl ine
(Tables I and 2).
For a 6. l MH z antenna you wi ll need four
should be fitted with the appropriate connecpieces of antenna wire (# 14 household wire
tors for your radio, and the braid connected to
can be used). Pass one end to the wire through
an e lectrical ground.
the cord .loop and secure with a knot or cable
Form a small loop at the outer e nds of the
antenna and you are ready to mount it. It can
tie as shown, the n strip the e nds o f this wire
and the coil wire and solder together (the
be hung horizontally between two supports
e namel can be re moved with sandpaper). If
with reasonable te nsion. If this is not possi ble
absolute ly necessary you can just twist the
it can be mounted as an "inverted V" from one
wires together as tightly as possible and coat
central support. The angle be twee n the two
" legs" should be greater tha n 90 degrees and
with silicon sealant.
Now re-measure the antenna wire from
the ends kept at least 3-4 feet above the
the end of the last tum on the coil to the distant
ground. A short (3 feet or so) length of nylon
end of the wire and trim to the le ngth given.
c hord must be used between the end loops of
To the re maining e nd of the coils do likewise ,
the antenna and supports.
but leave an additional 3" for the suspension
Once you have gathered the mate ri al to
loop at the outer e nds of the antenna. To
make thi s antenna, it will take only a little
weath e rproof the
coi ls and prevent the
Dillgram#3
CENTER "T" JNSULA TOR
turns from moving
Solder joints
ANTENNA
th ey s ho uld be
ANTENNA
sprayed with a clear
ure than e coat ing;
the y c an th e n be
wrapped tightly with
PVC tape if des ired.
Strain rdif
The final assemHole!!
Plastic or
bly step is to construct
Waterproofed plywood.
the center insul ator
(these are available
COAXIAL CABLE
commercially, but for
To Radio
our purposes a scrap
PLB/9S
of plywood or plastic
will serve) and attach
the feed line. The insulator provides the cente r point of the a ntenna and the connection
longer to make than it does to read thi s article.
point for the feed line. It must be strong
G ive it a try and experience the thrill of
e nough to withsta nd the tension in the mounted
building an effective antenna fora few do llars
antenna. T he simplest insulator can be made
and enj oy superior reception during these
in the fom1 of a "T" with ho les fo r the strain
years at the bottom of the propagation pit.
reliefs (see Diagram #3).

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Ifs New, It's Fun, It's Grounclbreaking

ICOrt LRNO'l'IOB/t.E
REPRCKS; ON SRLE NOLI ...

It's FREE at http://www.grove.net!

You won't have to pay a dime to use this transceiver-Grove's new
interactive WebComradio. You will see it when you arrive at the World
Wide Web site of Grove Enterprises. And what could be more natural for
our clients who are already familiar with pushing buttons on sophisticated
communications equipment?
Want to talk to us? Just click your mouse anywhere on the mike for a link
to our e-mail addresses. Want to view (and order from) our on-line
catalog of great shortwave and scanner products and accessories? Just
tap the CAT button.
Of course, you may want to check on late-breaking news from
Monitoring Times or Satellite Times magazines, which you can do in a
flash. Then there are buttons for Bob's Bargain Bin (BBB), the Grove
Special (SPCL), About Grove (?ta?), Repairs (REP), the Grove
Communications Expo in Atlanta (EXPO), and our Local Internet
Services (LCL).
The WebCom has an animated LCD-type display that delivers a multipart message, guiding you to the best deals that we have to offer. We
even have included a SEEK button that takes you to a random page on
the Grove web site.
Hmmm-perhaps we ought to put this thing in a metal case and sell it?
But no, it's just another service to our customers as we attempt to
strengthen our reputation as the most interactive company in the hobby
radio business. Just push our buttons and you will see what we mean!

Grove Enterprises, Inc.

7540 Hwy. 64 W. Brasstown, N.C. 28902
1-800-438-8155 (US and Canada) 704-837-9200
Fax 704-837-2216

Our web site is full of products and

information for the radio enthusiast. Visit
our new Satellite Times and Monitoring
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subscription information and some of our
more popular columns and departments!
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IMPROVE

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(Courtesy Wi11egard)

Your

VHF-UHF
TV & FM
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By Ken Reitz KS4ZR

meri cans love TV. Th at's why we buy 23 mill ion ne w sets
a year. T hat 's why we spend nearly as many ho urs watc hing TV as we do sleeping. We love TV so much that we
have created several separate billion dol lar industries to be able to get
TV via big dish sate llite, little dish sate llite, microwave. cable. andcom ing soon to a dial to ne near you- the phone line.
So, how's your receptio n'1 No. rm no t talking about the mythical
500 c hanne l un iverse: I'm talking about good old fashio ned ovcr-theai r TV which celebrates its 55th birthday this year.

I Up From the Dust

This nifty installation combines a DSS dish with an

active omnidirectional amplified anten na. In some
locations this is all you need for total TV reception.
(Courtesy Kaul-Tronics, Inc.)

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O n Ju ly l. 1941, commercial T V operations began in the U.S. By

May 1942 there were I 0 stations o n the air with six continuing to
operate d uring World W ar 11 . Twenty years later there were nearl y
600. Today there are roughly 1,500 hig h powered broadcast te levisio n
stati o ns in the United States with thousands mo re translators (low
power transmitter sites whi ch provide additiona l regio nal coverage)
and tho usands mo re low power statio ns (U HF on ly and limited to
between I 0 a nd 1,000 watt s output).
The past ten years have seen a techno logica l du st storm sweep
through the telev isio n indu stry. T he rapid expansion of cable te levision. the advent of sate llite televisio n and the unprecedented success
of Direct Broadcast Sate lli tes (DBS) has seri ously eroded the power
of broadcast te lev ision. With 65 percent of the country connected to
cable TV, broadcast TV has experienced ever-dwindl ing audie nce
shares and a growing d read that the worst was yet to co me.
11 tu rns out. however, that there s no need to panic. In the llrst place
there are 35 per cent of American households which rema in, for
whatever reason. "un- wired."' Secondly. cable interests have turned
loose of the o ne th ing they could prov ide w hich satell ite programmers
could not: local programmi ng and major network TV.
Many cable subscri bers have been dismayed to learn that the ir
loca l cab le com pany may no lo nger be carryi ng the ir local broadcast
T V cha nnels, and. simil arl y, man y subscribers to DirecT v or Primestar
arc disappointed when they learn that they cannot pick up local
channe ls o n their new di sh.
Some cable companies have a cheap sol ution: subscribers who
req uest it may receive an A- B sw itc h which allows them to switch
between the cable and an o utdoor antenna (assuming o ne exists).

Many satellite dealers provide terrestrial antenna

hook ups with a satellite TV installation. Others are
providing special masts wh ich combine the D SS dish
with a terrestria l antenna.
All of this activity has served to re-kindle interest
in reception of over-the-air broadcast te levision signals. In this article we' ll look at what' s avai lable on
the market, ways you can improve your TV reception, and how to do your own installation.

Coax weathers the outdoors better, and since

the bulk of your cable wi l I be outside the house th is
is an advantage. Also, coaxial cable is better shielded
and thereby less susceptible to stray signal s and
degradation from being near meta l such as roof
flashin g, rai n gutters. and interior electric wi ring.
Ha rdware is available fo r coax which all ows you to
easi ly split the signal from the ante nn a and feed
other TV sets without noticeable signa l loss.
Use RG/6 cable w ith F-56 crimp-on connectors
fo r the cable ends. Use a heavy duty crimpi ng tool
fo r mechani call y and e lectrically secure fittin gs.
Use Coax-Seal, a brand-name type of gummy-tape,
to protect outdoor fittings from rain.

I VHF-UHFTV-FM Explained
By April 1952, the FCC expanded television
freq uenc ies to add 70 UHF c hannels between 470
and 890 MHz to the existing V HF freq uencies between 54 and 2 16 MHz, making a total of 82. Cha nnel l (44-50 MHz) was dele ted in 1948 and ass igned
to two-way radio service. Sti ll later, the FCC saw fit
to chop 84 M Hz off the UHF-TV band and g ive it to
the LandMobileService, thereby trimming the UHFTV band to its current number.
Originally, the FM radio band was established by
the FCC in 1940 and extended from 42-50 MHz. By
1945 the Comm ission c hanged its mind and rea llocated the band to its present location from 88-108
MH z. T his puts the band right in between c han nel s
six and seven and expla ins why it 's possible to tune
the audio of channe l six at the very lowest portion of
your FM receiver. Thi s a lso explains why a VHF-TV
a ntenna makes a good FM radio ante nna, and why
you can experience interference from strong FM
stations in your T V set.
Because of the wide difference in frequency
between the bottom of the VHF-TV band and the top
of the UHF-TV band. one antenna w ill not do the job.
It 's necessary to have both a VHF and a UHF
antenna, though the two may be des igned into one
unit.

I A Forest of Antennas

Channel Master's Model

4251 is a UHF-TV a11te1111a
usi11g a parabolic reflector to
direct sig11als to the 2 UHF
antennas m ounted i11 front.
R eflectors behind the "bow
ties" help increase gain.
Overall length of this
antenna is 7 feet. (Courtesy
Channel Master)

I A Closer Look at Hardware

There are three com pone nts to a TV ante nna
syste m and it's important to pay attention to a ll three
to maximize your TV reception. These components
are the antenna, the feed line. and the amplifi er.
In feed line there are basically two choices. First
is the two-conductor flat " ribbon" wire most of us are
fam iliar with. This wire has an impedance of 300
ohms a nd s ince most antennas are des igned with an
impedance of 300 o hms, the wi re matc hes the antenna and, theoreti call y, w ill deli ver the signal to
your TV set w ith a minimum of signa l loss.
Second is coaxia l cable, which looks just like the
kind your cable company uses to bring in cable TV
signals . This cable has an impedance of75 ohms and
presents a n impedance mi smatc h at the antenna. Is
thi s a problem ? No, a simple, inexpensive transformer changes the impedance. An additiona l transformer at the TV set converts the signa l bac k to 300
ohms, or your set may have a coax fitting which
e liminates the need for the transfom1e r.

Model 3019

Cha1111el Master's Model

3019 UHF- VHF-FM
ante1111a. All-i11-011e
antenna based 011 a Log
Periodic Dipole A"ay with
UHF antenna in front.
Forward slanting elem ents
increase gain. (Courtesy
Cha1111el Master)

There are dozens of brand names and designs

for te levision and FM antennas. Your choice should
be made accord ing to your c ircumstances. Urban
areas will have less need for soph isticated antenna
systems, whi le residents outside suburban areas
and beyond will need all the he lp they can get.
Anten na designs have come a long way since
the " rabbit ears" a nd simple d ipoles of prev ious
decades. Advert isers may wan t you to th ink they've
gone even farthe r than they have. Here are some
ti ps to help you through the ad flu ff.
Si nce most consumers don' t know about signal
st rength readings in deci bels (dB), manufacturers
rate thei r a ntennas accord ing to how many miles
away they claim they are able to pull in TV s igna ls.
You should know, however, that, li ke gas mileage,
you r TV mi leage may not approach manufact urers'
claims. Mileage is often esti mated under the most
opti mistic ci rcumstances: flat te rrain. without trees,
and preferably with a tai l wind! However, your
mileage exceed the average, if you can pu t up with
a good deal of noise or "snow" in your picture.
Generally, the more elements on an antenna. the
better the performance. If you li ve in an urban area,
though, a s mall antenna may be all you can use.
Anything bigger might overload your TV or FM
receiver, causing a distorted picture or the same FM
signal showing up in different parts of the FM ba nd.
If you experience receiver overload, the signal may
be reduced by using an attenuator to limit the s ignal
coming through the feed line.
Most VHF-TV antenna des igns are based on the
Log Periodic D ipole A rray (LPDA) in which a
graduated series of "active" clements (all connected together with a separate w ire) are placed
along a boom w ith the biggest e le me nts at one e nd
and the shortest e lements at the other. The small e nd
is pointed at the target station locati on. LPDA
designs, in which the elements are not perpendi cular to the boom but angled fo rward to the fro nt. are
sa id to enjoy an advantage in signa l strength over
clements arranged perpcndicu lar to the boom. VHF
an tennas cost from $25 to $200.
Most UHF-TV a nte nnas are based on the Yagi
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antenna design in which a single clement (the on ly active

clement) is cut to the desired frequency band. A number
of shorter elements arc placed in front and longer ones
in back of the active c lement. The back elements are
often arranged in a manner to form a rellecti vc corner to
the acti ve element. All other c lements are said to be
'"pass ive."
The front c lements, c.: allcd '"direc tors ... help guide
signals of UHF wave lengths to the acti ve clement. The
refl ector eleme nt s atte mpt to reflect back to the ac.: ti vc
element to increase the gai n. The antenna feed line is
connected only to the act ive clement.
It' s actu all y very simi lar in c.:onccpt to the satellite
..di sh: whi ch refl ects microwaves into the feeclhorn for
amplification. In fact. one UHF design features a paraWi11egard'.1 MetroStar model MS-2000features VHF-UHF-TV with au FM trap
bolic reflector able to refl ect the 600-800 MHz waveto alle11uate the FM baud. Typical gain is 15 to 20 dB. (Courtesy Winegard)
lengths to an ac.:ti ve element held out in front of the
parabola at the point at which the reflected signab
converge. Again. the number of e lements used can help
determine the general capability of the antenna. UHF
an active receiving eleme nt and amplifie r circuitry. The amplifier
antennas cost from $20 to S 120.
enclosure has hardware which allows it to be attached to roof or truss
The primary advantage of a combined VHF/U HF TV antenna is
members and requires 110 voltage to power it. These units can also be
simple: one antenna mast to mou nt and onl y o ne feed line. Combined
used in RV or mobile appli c.:ations as we ll. Typical gain is from 15 to
antennas cost from S~O to S250.
20
dB and cost i~ between $I 00 and $200.
If you li ve in a nei ghborhood or subdi vision where out side antennas arc frowned upon or eve n fo rbidden. you can still enj oy excellent
I The Amplifier
over-the-a ir TV. The easiest way to put up a '"stealth .. TV antenna is
in your atlic. Of course. you 11 want to be carefu l wandering around in
Ante nna ampl ifiers for T V and FM reception are vi tally important
there: Watc h your step and keep your head dow n 1 You can support a
outside the s uburban area. Within the urban area signals from TV and
nearly full -sized T V anten na in the truss s u ppo rt ~ or by installing c.:ross
FM tran!-.mittcrs arc so strong that. even with a modest antenna. picture
picc.:c 2 x 4 son which you can lay the antenna. Unl ess you have a reall y
di stortion and receiver overload can be a real problem. The most
big attic you wi ll not be able to rotate the antenna. l" v..: done ~..:ven tl
effecti ve place to use an antenna amplifier is in a '"fringe.. or rural
such installations with great resu lts. Acid an ampli fie r for even better
loc.:ation. partic.:ularly if you arc located between two ci ties.
pictures.
T he differe nce between an unamplified antenna picture and one
An alternati ve atLic an tenna widely avai lable is some ti mes r..:fcrrcd
which is amplified is astounding. sometimes going from margi nal to
to as an omnidirectional amplified antenna. These arc nearly two-foot.
cry.ta I c lear. Mo~t amplifiers arc hroad banded and do a great job from
round. plastic enclosures less than three inches tall. Inside the c a~e is
VHF through UHF frequcnc.: ics. Be rea listic in your expectations,
however: Amplifiers c.: ant ampli fy signal s wh ich aren' t there.
Th..: re arc two c lement s to an effecti ve antenna amplifier: the actual
amplifier which is o utside o n the antenna mast, and the power supply
which is indoors. The power supply runs on stand ard wa ll current and
se nds a small amount of voltage to power the amplifier. By placing the
a mplifier dircc.:tl y at the antenna. only the signal is amplified and not
other elcc.: tric.:a l noise which mi ght be picked up by the feed line. Avoid
indoor antenna amplifiers: they are not nearly as effecti ve.
Amplifiers typicall y acid 15 to 25 dB of ga in to the received signal.
Some ampli fiers have a bui lt-in FM trap whi ch filte rs ou t the FM
freq uenc ies and is useful in areas where ampli fied nearby FM signal s
could cau se interference on T V channels. Amplifiers can cost from
$25 to $ 125 .

I Towers, Rotors, and Other Extravagances

Mast mounted preamplifier amplifies the a11te1111a signal at the

a11/e11na before it goes down the f eed line. This Chromslar model
AP-8783 by Winegard provides 17 dll gain at VHF and 2H d/J at
Uf/Ffrequencies. (Courtesy Winegard)

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Outside of the s ubu rban location the single most- needed accessory. nex t to the amp lifier. is the ante nna rotor. This device allows you
to rotate the antenna in the true direction of the station transmitter.
Being just a few degrees off the transm itter site can have an amazi ng
c ffcc.:t on recepti on. You may be 50 mi les from a large city, but even
so. its fi ve or six stati on transmitters may be sc.:attered 20or more miles
apart. You may have lo turn an an tenna 30 or more degrees to peak
reception of different c.: hanncls. If you want to receive stations fro m

entirely different directio ns, a rotor wil l be a necessity.

Rotors are very standard pieces of equipme nt and contain basically
three parts : The actual DC motor \Vhich turn s the antenna: the motor
controller which is in the house, usually near the TY: and the connecting w ire. The rotor and control are always sold together, the wire,
usuall y 3-conducto r. is sold separate ly. Rotors retail for between $50
and $ 100.
If you use an outdoor antenna you may be able to use a simple steel

pull in s ignals from as muc h as 200 miles away o n a regu lar basis. For
instance, it 's possible to double antenna gain by stacking two T V
anten nas and feed ing them w ith a phasing line. An in-depth explanation o f setting up such advanced over-the-air TV ante nna systems is
covered in Wireless Cable and SMA TV by Frank Baylin and Steve
Be rkoff ($30 from Bay Iin Publications, 1905 Mariposa, Bo ulder, CO
80302 o r call 303-449-455 I).
H owever, whether you' re interested in me rely improvi ng your TY
and FM reception o r you' re seeking new personal frontiers of your
monitoring hobby. you' ll find that T V and FM DXing is relatively
inexpensive and doesn' t require any great background in e lectronics
o r ante nna theory. For a modest investment you' II see dramatic
improveme nts, and it won't be long before you ' re waiti ng eagerly for
the start of the FM/TY DX season (which blossoms just as the HF
season is winding down).
Because of the freque nc ies involved and the type of trans mi tting
used, tropospheric ducting is a regu lar occurrence on the VHF-UHF
bands. allowing normall y distant stations to come in wi th asto nishing
clarity. Look for most DX openings to occur in the morning and
evening. Many hams regularly monitorthese bands to determi ne w hen
openings arc occu1Ting and where the DX paths are. It's no t unus ual
to pick up FM stations w ith a stereo signal fro m over a thousand miles
away !Evcn o n VHF I' ve had perfect TV reception fro m statio ns over
300 miles away! It's great fu. and the season's just about to start. So
tweak your system and e njoy TV the old fashioned way .

JFjiJn1dl Vco'uur Jp>Jlca1cce

iiJn1 1tJh1e '\l\Vco)JrJldl V\VJl1t Jh1

GRUnDIG
Typical deep fringe i11stallatio11 features VHF-TV Log Periodic
ante1111a al bottom, UHF-TV comer Yagi in middle, a11dfourele111e11t 2 meter Yagi for amateur VHF-FM at top.

antenna mast. T ypi call y, masts are 1-1/4" to 1-3/4" in diameter and
may be built by joining several 5-foot sectio ns, attached to an ex te ri or
wall , until the top c lears the peak of the roof by several feet. Avoid light
gauge stee l masts. A void ''tripod" mounts which require roof penetratio n. Avoid ch imney mounts. because the constant torquing of the
ante nn a in the w in d w ill. over time. literally twist cracks in your bric k
or bloc k c himney requiring costly repairs. Avoid vent pipe attachme nt s for similar reasons. Never mount or atte mpt to mo unt your
antenna near a ny power lines.
In deep fringe areas you may need mo re he ight than the above
methods provide. Here is where a tower comes in handy. It 's said that
do ubling your tower hei ght can give you a 6 to 12 dB gain in signal
stre ngth. Unfo rtunate ly. most towers are expens ive and require spec ial install atio n, such as a concrete pad at the base and a syste m of g uy
wires to keep the tower from falling . Towers usuall y require add itio nal
lengths of feed line whic h may , in turn . require additional sig nal
ampli fi ers. Consult your local TV dealer for complete in formatio n on
tower installatio ns.

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I Putting It All Together

There are even mo re extravagant lengths to which you can go to
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'f

~~

BEGINNER'S CORNER

Uncle Skip's Guide to Monitoring

Skip Arey, WB2GHA
TJAREY@delphi.com

Amateur Radio Reading

uite by accident. Old Uncle Skip has developed a tradition over the last few years. For
some reason the early spring always brings a
stack of books my way. many of whic h are of particular
interest to people getting started in the radio hobby. In
prev ious issues I have showcased the best reading in
shortwave and scanner monitoring. So thi s Apri l I'll
take a turn at the best reading in the ham radio world.
Topic for topic. amateur radio books probably outnumber every other aspect of the radio hobby. A careful
culling through the mass of readi ng material should
turn up several texts that can help anyone grow into the
ham radio hobby.
Most fo lks these days are entering the ham radio
world by way of the " No-Code" Technician' s class
license. For folks choos ing thi s route the first book to
loo k at is . ..

NOW YOU' RE TALKING

Edited by Jim Kearman KR 1S,
Joel P. Kleinman Nl BKE and
Larry D. Wolfgang WA3VIL
$19.00
The American Radio Relay League
Newington, CT 061 11
SBN 0-87259-352-5
This book is specifically written to take the readers
from a "no knowledge" level strai ght through lo the ir
first amateur radi o license. The book details all aspects
of sitting for both the Novice and Tec hnician Class
licenses including curren t question pools. But rather than being
a simple qui z guide. th is book
gives real basic know ledge that
will serve as the foundation for
the rest of your amateur radio
career. The book begins with
some informal ion about the hi story and traditions or amateur
radio followed by a seri es of instructive chapters on
radio and electronics theory that will serve to help you
through the practi cal aspects of the upco ming tests.
Many people think they are saving some time by
skipping over the basic theory in favor of attempting to
memorize lhe question pools. Can you get your first
license thi s way'1 Poss ibly, but just wait till you try to
sit for a hi gher class license . Simple memorization
won' t get you through the General. Advanced. or Extra
tests. When I sat for my Extra I was really glad I took

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the time to get to know my way around basic radio

theory. So take the time to read and learn. You'll not
only ace the test, but you' II do a better job when you get
on the air.
The book contai ns several chapters on the practical
aspects of choosing equipment. estab lishi ng a shack.
antennas and safety. You will al so get a dose of knowledge about on air procedures and customs so you get off
on the right foot fro m the first time you key down. Throw
in a few code tapes or a code training program and you
can easily use this book to get started toward those
licenses that require code proficiency.

THE BEGINNER'S HANDBOOK

OF AMATEUR RADIO
THIRD EDITION
by Clay Laster W5ZPV
$2 1.95
Tab Books
Blue Ridge Summit, PA 17294
ISBN 0-8306-4354-0
Clay Laster is an electronics eng ineer and college
instructor who has been a ham for more than 40 years.
This means he has participated directly in most of the
major advancement s in the amateur radio art. In The
Beginner's Handbook ofAmateur Radio. Clay takes you
through all of the theory and learning required to acquire
either the Novice or Technician class amateur radio
license. This is anot her book intended to do more than
help you memorize the question pools-Mr. Laster
wants ham radio to be more than that for you. With this
book you will learn the concepts behind the questions so
th at. when you take your exam. you wi ll walk out with
your license and the real knowledge to make use of it.
In addition to chapters on how to become an amateur. there are sections on basic communi cations theory,
principles of electricity, components. circuits. antennas,
and operati ng practices. The third edition includes the
most current FCC 4uestion pools for the Nov ice and
Tec hnician Class theory tests. Clay also gives the reader
some sound advice on learning the Morse Code.
This book is simi lar in scope to Now You 're Talking.
The main difference appears lo be that Mr. Laster takes
an even deeper look into the rad io and elec tronics theory
behind the amateur radio hobby . If you are intensely
curi ous about how radi o works. th is book has a lot to
offer. Because it has a very strong theoretical base,
you' II see a lot of math. bul <lon ' t let this scare you away.
Th..: math as it applies to the Novice and Techni cian

class tickets is not all that complicated.

If you are a tin kerer or if you intend to build kits or '"home brew"
some of your own rad io gear. this book provides a solid fou ndation of
information. Several of its examples include discussion of popular kit
and do-it-yourself circuits. The author wal ks the reader through the
schemati cs to give a clear understanding of just what is going on.
Okay. the first two books wi ll get you your license and get you on
the ai r. Now let 's take a look at a few books to help you enjoy those
first experiences.
The ARRL has a great series of inex pensive and informati ve books
in its "Companion" series. Two of these are required reading for
anybody who has just achieved their "No-Code" Tech ticket.
YOUR VHF COMPANION
Edited by Steve Ford WB81MY
$8.00
The American Radio Relay League
Newington, CT 06111
ISBN 0-87259-387-8
People who come to the ham radio world by way of the "No-Code"
Tech route after years of shortwave li stening can run into a bit of
confusion. After coming to understand how rad io propagation and
practice works in the world below 30 MHz, they now fi nd themselves
in a place where things happen a bit differently. This book he lps the
newly licensed No-Coder to understand the vast variety of operating
possibilities that the VHF spectrum has to offer.
The book covers the essential information on VHF propagation to
bring your thinkin g into the world above 30 MHz. You also get a look
at the more common operating methods such as FM, Repeaters. and
Packet. The more speciali zed techniques. such as "weak signal" SSB
and CW, sate lli te, te levision. and microwave operating arc addressed
along with sections on contesting, awards, and transmitter hunting.
This book should be included wi th the purchase of any handi-talkie by
any newly licensed ham.
YOUR PACKET COMPANIO N
Edited by Steve Ford WB81MY
$8.00
The American Radio Relay League
Newington, CT 06111
ISBN 0-87259-395-9
Packet radio is the preferred digit al mode of communicat ion by
folks with the "No-Code" Technician' s license. A surprising number
of computer-oriented hobbyists get in volved in ham radio for the
specific purpose of playing with packet radio. Also, packet has
emerged as an essential tool for amateur radio emergency commu nications efforts. Packet radio is also a lot of fun' But for the beginner,
fi guring out how to get your computer and your radio working
together can be a bit tricky. Once you get things working, you will also
need some knowledge about how to communicate with all those other
packeteers out there.
This book is designed to answer all of the basic questions you may
have as a newcomer to packet radio. The book takes you through a full
explanat ion of packet radio incl uding complete info rmation on setting
up your own packet station. From there you wi ll learn how to connect
with other stations over the air din:ctly. through bulletin board
stations, digipeaters. and other networks. You wi ll also learn how to

make use of the packet radio transponders that are located in space on
sate ll ites and the MIR space station.
Ah. but did you think Old Unc le Skip was going to be content with
leaving you a "No-Code" Tech? If you don't upgrade to get your HF
privileges you're missing out on ha lf of the fu n that Ham radio has to
offer. One of the things that scares folks away from upgrading
remains the International Morse Code. Though the FCC may eventually make changes to the license structure. for the foreseeable future
the code is going to be something you' ll need to live wi th. One way
over this hump is to go beyond living with it to learning to love it.
That's what got Old Uncle Skip his Extra and the book that helped me
learn to love the code was ...
MORSE CODE: THE ESSENTIAL LANGUAGE
By L. Peter Carron Jr. W3DKV
$6.00
The American Rad io Relay League
Newington, CT 06111
ISBN 0-87259-035-6
True, we li ve in a world where Morse Code is no longer a
necessity. But the code can now be apprec iated fo r what has often
been overl ooked: CW operating is an art ! Carron's book gives the
reader the history of th is amazing mode of transm ission. You learn
how it breaks down barriers in commu nications brought on by
everything from propagation to politics.
The book goes on to teach you the correct way to go about learning
code. Many myth s have fo rmed around th is subject. This will help
avoid false starts when you set out to learn the code. As you begi n to
master it and acquire the licenses to make use of this mode. the book
also teaches you the techniques of setting up your key (or keyer) and
on-the-air operating techniques. including a complete listing of
conventional CW abbreviations.
If you want to really get steeped in the CW tradition, the book
includes complete instructi ons for setting up mechanical, semiautomatic keys known as "bugs" to CW operators. With the help of thi s
book, you. too. can keep th is tradition ali ve and ach ieve addi tional
license pri vileges along the way.
To get you started along thi s path I' II close with one more book:
THE ARRLGENERALCLASS LICENSE MANUAL
FOR THE RADIO AMATEUR.
edited by Larry D. Wolfgang WR 1 B
$ 12.00
The American Radio Relay League
Newington, CT 06 111
ISBN 0-87259-468-8
Think of this as Now You 're Ta/king's big brother. This book gets
you into the theory and practice that will take you to your General
Class license and the world wide com munication it provides. The
book goes into greater depth than those written for folks getting their
first license. giv ing the reader a broader understandi ng of amateur
radio techniques. Theoretical information is followed up by examples that would apply to everyday ham operation. In this way you
don ' t simply get the information to pass the exam. you are also getting
information that will make you a better ham right now'
Have fun. I hope to hear you on the ai r. Keep at it and we'll
ragchew on 20 meters someday soon.

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The World Above 30 MHz

--t'l..~~,~~~ 1111~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-R-k_h_a~-d-Ba~m~eff
SconMoster@ool.com, Compuserve of I02354,3643

Scanning Amplified

ears ago, when I was in hi gh school, my paren ts finally caved

in to my pressure and all owed me to erect my first antenna
tower. A contractor who was putting a sma ll add ition on our
home agreed to dig a 5' ditch. fi ll it with concrete, and sin k into it one
IO' section of a Rohn 25 tower. I paid a small two-way radio firm to
come to the house and erec t the full 50 feet of tower. It was only
because my fami ly was one of the fi rst to move into the neighborhood,
and we were all we ll known. that no one put up a stink about the tower.
(One neighbor did. however. complain that my receive-only tower
was interfering with his cordless phone reception!)
I loaded that towerup wit h Anten na Specialists' professional twoway an tennas, which was complete overkill. I also put up one of the
first discone antennas. which outperformed most of the fancy gear I
had hanging out on side-arm brackets.
What really impressed me about the tower. though. were the
prcamplificrs. These Ii Ille powerhouses really sucked in the signals.
Whi le fine preamplificrs arc currently available from compani1.:s suc h
as Grove. the preamplificrs I used back then are. unfortunately, no
longer available.
What I used. and still use today, were preamplifiers from Vanguard Electron ics of Hollis. New York. Years ago you were able to
order these preamps tuned to a specific freque ncy. They provide
20dB of gain across approximately five to ten MHz eit her side of that
tuned center channel.
To really do it up right. you build a weatherproof housing and
mount the preamps on your roof mast or tower, in line with bandspecific omnidirectiona l or b1.:am antennas.
Table I ou tlines the total an tenna set-up I most favor for scanning.
l'\ot everyone has the lu xu ry to mount beams on a tower with a
rotor. however. Apartment dwellers and others limited by zoning
restrictions have to make do with one omnidirecti onal antenna or just
the whip on the back of th c ir se t ~. If you're located on a hill or in a state
such as Florida where terrain i ~ not a problem. this may be quite
adequate.
Beam antennas. wh ich I'll discuss in more detail in a later article.
can typically provide anywhere from 3 to I0 dB of gain across a
narTow segment of bandwidth. When you add this figu re 10 the
preamp's gain. you' re talking about a whole lot of signal-sucking

TABLE 1: An Ideal Scanning Antenna System

Antenna
Di scone
Ground-plane

Preamp
None or
w ide-band
42MHz

Al -band

State Police/39

155 M Hz beam 155 MHz

460 MHz beam 460 MHz
860 MHz beam wide-band

Function
monitoring
Police
and 45 MHz
monitoring
monitoring

VHF high-band
UHF from
450 through 475
800MHz
monitoring

Lacking a Vanguard 800 MHz preamplifier, I use the Grove wideband preamp on 800 MHz, with excellent results.

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Vanguard's custom preamps (this one optimized for 310 MHz),

are 1111fortunately, no longer available.

power. Because of this. it is important to mount the prcamps outside:

you don't want to amplify additional noise that your coax cable
naturall y picks up.
Generally. short lengths of coax. no longer than twelve inches.
stretch from each antenna to your weatherproof preamp box. From
there. you shoul d run the highest quality cable you can buy back to
you r scanners. By mou nti ng the preamp with the antenna. you only
amp lify the signals you're seeki ng.
There are still other concerns of which you should he wary.
however. Achievi ng so much gain can overload the fro nt-end of
many receivers, effectively wiping out the gai ns you so dutifully
worked for. Also. if you live in a transmiller-rich environment (i.e.,
in an urban area or near any TV/ radio. pager. cellular, or two-way
transmi tters), preamps can amplify these already high-powered signals so that they effectively wipe out everything you actually want to
hear. Admilledly. I am not a technical expert. but my experience
suggests that narrowly-tuned preamps, such as the Vanguard. do
reduce thi s problem.

I Scanners on TV
How many of us actually became interested in the hobby when we
heard radio transmissions. actual or simulated. on TV ? I used to love
the show Emergency when I was a kid. (Emergency is c urrently
enjoying re-runs on WOR-TV out of New York. My son now loves
to watch it. ) There was always lots of great radiochaw.:ron that show.
Today, shows such as Cops and Resrne 911 provide actual or recreated two-way traffic that' s fun to listen to. I've often wondered
why scanner manufacturers and distributors don 1 advertise on these
shows.
What reall y perks up my atte ntion, though. is the active use of a
scanner on a TV show. A number of years back. in an episode of Sr.
Elsell'here. there was a story-line about a Boston fire fighter who was
injured on the job. Friends brought him a scan ner so that he could
l i~tcn to the department whi le he was on his back in the hospital. I
can't remember how it all turned out. but l do remember that it was
fun to watch.
On an episode of this season's Seinfeld. zany Kramer proudly
showed his "emergency band scanner" to Jerry. I couldn' t make out
whe ther ii was a Radio Shack or Uniden model. but the scanner

played a role throughout the show as Kramer and Jerry both used the
radio. Kramer decided he could tell the firefighters of the FDNY the
best routes to take to fire scenes. He ended up steering the back of a
ladder truck while Jerry listened lo his friend scream for he lp. II was
a bit much , but what the heck, it"s a great show.

Scanners on Film
On the other hand. it rea ll y irks me when scanners arc shown in a
very negative lig ht in mass-media ente rtainment. TV programming
and films which show how criminals use scanners provide the fodde r
that certain law enforcement officials and two-way equipme nt manufacturers use to promote the purchase of trunking, DVP. di gi tal. and
encrypted digital communicatio ns gear. The instances of the public
helping the po lice by monitoring their radios are innumerable a nd too
often forgouen.
At any rate, some crim in als do assuredly use scanners o n occasion , and in recent films this fact has been stingi ngly brought to lig ht.
In the hit movie Heat. with Robert Di Niro and A l Pacino. a band o f
sophi sticated bank robbers terrorize the city of Los Angeles. In one
scene. DiNiro' s character asks a frie nd to d ri ve the getaway c ar al a
bank job. DiNiro says something to the effect that he needs someone
to "man the rad ios and listen 10 the scanners" while the other robbers
are in the bank.
In an earlier scene, during which the gang robs an armored car. one
of the part icipants hears the first radio call for ass istance on a scanner
and begins to count-down the amount of time it sho ul d take for a
patrol unit 10 reach the scene. Wonderful.
In the recent movie Casino. directed by Martin Scorcese and once
again starring the ubiquitous DiNiro. as well as Sharon Stone and Joe
Pesci. another. far more interesting scene relating to scanners. appears. The film, about mob-infested casino management in Las
Vegas. takes place in the I 970's. In o ne very memorable scene,
Pesci's character is describing how hi s band of toughs kept tabs o n
local law enforcement. As Pesci s voice-over informs us that they had
scanners w ith descramblers to li sten in o n the FBI. the camera pans
across a wall fu ll of vintage 60' sand 70' s era receivers and scanners.
including those big. old Rege ncy boxes with the huge red channel
indicator lamps. T he prop crew did the ir homework o n thi s o ne !
Certain manufacturers today have contracts whereby they supply
radios. radar detectors. and other gear to movie studios for use in films
as needed. The studios receive great props for free. and the radio
manufac turer rece ives free publici ty. It" s a wi n-w in situatio n. provided that scanners aren't only shown to be the toys of devious minds.
T here may be some interesting equipme nt in the upcoming major
motion picture. Twister.
Here ' s a tri via question for you: What was the first known movie
production that requested a scanner from a manufacturer fo r inc lusion
as a prop in a film ? I have a free copy of Monitor America for the firs t
person who answers this correc tly. Now for some broad hints: T he
manufacturer that was asked was Electra and the time frame wa~ late
60's/early 70's.
If you know of othe r examples of scanne rs on TV. in movies o r in
major works of fi ction. please write in. We' ll report the most interesting episodes in upcoming issues.

I Reading the Mail

Paul L. Varvaro of Bradenton. Florida. writes: " I have been an
avid scanner monitor for about I 0 years. I have lived in the Sarasota/
Bradenton, Florida, a rea for two years now and have na rrowed

down the following frequencies as the best. c urrently active, 5X5

VHF- and UHF-band frequencies:"

460.075
460.125
460.175
154.770
154.875
154.235
154.325
154.370
150.920
150.950
453.625
463.850
464.850
461.3375
461.200
451.100

Sarasota City Police F l Dispatch

Sarasota City Police F2 Information
Sarasota City Police F3
Sarasota County Sheriff F l Dispatch
Sarasota County Sheriff F 4 Toe
ComC Sarasota City Fire Dispatch
ECC Manatee County Emergency Commun ications Cen
ter
Manatee County Fire Dispatch
Auto Club South (Bradenton)
Auto Club South (Sarasota)
SCAT Sarasota County Area Transit (County Buses)
Comcast Coble (Sarasota)
Paragon Coble (Bradenton)
Nick Bolletterie Tennis Academy (Bradenton)
Bradenton Herold
Florido Power & Light

(& 45 1.250, 45 1.425, 451.675, 45 1.750)

121.900
120.100
119.650
132.350

Sarasota Bradenton International Airport Ground Con

trol
Sarasota Bradenton International Airport Tower
Tampa Approach/Departure Control
Miami Center Air Route Traffic Control Center

(& 132.400, 128.225, 133.900)

"The Manatee County 800 MHz system includes the c ity of

Bradenton, Bradenton Beach. Anna Maria, Holmes Beach. Longboat
Key. Palme tto and the Manatee County Sheriff's Office. The system
is an 800 MHz trunked system and is pretty much un scannable as far
as r m concerned. I w ill not bother to inc:lude the 18 frequencies as
they arc in any freq uency book. Would you know of any modificatio n
or person who could help me obtai n a radio that cou ld mon itor an 800
MHz system?"

I Time-out for the Editor's Soapbox

Paul asks the 64 Dollar Question: "How can I moni tor a trunked
system?" In the case of Manatee Cou nty. an Ericsson system is in use.
Everyone who li ves near o ne of these systems absolutel y dreads
them . "Anti-scanning tones are played after each radio transmissio n.
and buzzsaw sounds and other jingles may be rotated throughout the
repeater channels. There arc boards avai lable which wi ll e li m in ate
these nox io us noi ses.
Trunk ing is now quite prevalent throughout the metropolitan
areas of o ur nation and around the world. As a mail er of fact. Florida
may be the state w ith the hi ghest pcrcentage of trunked syste m
installations. Counties througho ut the Sunshi ne State (except fo r the
Panhandle) have been setting up these 800 MHz behemoths at an
astounding rate. There are a couple of salient reasons for thi s growth:
an expone ntial inc rease in population demands large and flexi ble
radio systems: and. being completely llat. good coverage is not
d iffic ult to ac hieve.
Why some counties feel it' s in their best interest to use a trunking
system which complete ly inhibits their ci tizenry from mon itoring is
beyond me. I doubt many cri minals would moni tor a basic trunked
system : T hey wouldn't put up wi th the channel hopping. There's no
need for the added accoutrements that require added air-time. Actually. many systems which em pl oy these tones have dropped some of
the sinister sounds. Again. I'm no tec hnic al whiz. There may be
another reason for these tones of which I'm no t aware.
If a reader has any in format io n o n thi s, please write in and
straighte n me o ut. Anyway. trun ki ng- be it Motorola. Ericsson/GE.

April 1996

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31

{continued}
or Johnson-will have to be tabled for discussion in greater detail in
future artic Jes.

Back to the Mail

A reader from the Twin Cities area was kind enough to wri te in
regarding the January ' 96 scanner column- the last of the previous
edi tor' s reign. Mr. Bob Schultz writes that while the trunked frequencies listed for Bloomington IN in the " Frequency Exchange" are
con-ect, he has questions concerning the conventiona l frequencies
that were submitted, as fo llows:
45.65

Police

153.820

Fire

154.875

Police

154.400

Fire

154.050

Fire

The frequencies should be in .020 MHz

steps. 45.66 is an intersystem frequency for
police, but Bloomington itself is not licensed
to use either 45.64 or 45.66.
Frequencies in this band a re generally in
.015 MHz steps. 153.830 is an intersystem /fi reground channel for w hich
Bloomington is one of 40-plus licensed users. Bloomington is not licensed to use the
other side of that a lleged frequency,
153.815.
Bloomington was licensed to use the frequency, butasof0ctober '95, Apple Volley
is the only metro city licensed for the channel.
Not listed in any of the common frequency
books as being used.
Again, this is not o valid frequency. In the
metro area, 154.055 isonly licensed for use
by the city of Minneapolis and Hennepin
County.

154.280
453 .925
153.800
154.965
155.220
153.935
155.055
155. 145

Fire Deportment M utual Aid

Schools
Civil Defense/Rood & Maintenance Department
Civil Defense/Road & Maintenance Department
Civil Defense
Civil Defense
Water Board
Levee Board

Mark also writes that during the Mardi Gras season, parade
operations for the police in St. Bernard are F-2/F-4 (whic h generally
indicates F-2 is the repeater and F-4 is s implex on the same repeaterout channel). Fire and Civil Defense are also ac ti ve.

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What was 1101 listed was Bloomington Fire, wi th a call sign of

KAI670, operating on 154.070.

Back on the Soapbox !

Thanks, Bob. You' ve pointed out a bone of contenti on I' ve had for
ma ny years with frequ e ncy reports . Because it i s very difficult to
verify the accuracy of the letters our readers arc kind enough to write,
everyone should be as careful as possible to ens ure that the transmission they ' re receiving is not an image and is "on frequency." Yes. I
know; the FCC is in the process of re-farming the bands, but in almost
all cases today, agencies are licensed for pre-determined channels
which fall in steps as Bob has outlined in the examples above.
Please don ' t take thi s as a scare tactic, but whenever off-frequency
reports are submitted, 1 have to cons ider the entire letter suspect. One
of the best ways to e nsure that you' re on target and "on freq uency" is
to utilize any of the frequency books, or scanner how-to gui des on the
market for novices, which li st the FCC-authorized cha nnels .

Wrapping It Up
Mark Perniciaro writes: " I' ve been a scannist for te n years and an
EMT. Here is a list from St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, whic h lies
approximately ten miles from downtown New Orleans. St. Bernard is
my hometown. Hope your readers enjoy. (All frequencies below are
for St. Bernard):"
453.900
453.650
453.875
153.950
154.385
154.010

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Sheriff F-1 / F-3

Sheriff F-2/ F-4
Sheriff F-5
Fire Department Dispatch
Fire Deportment Dispatch
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The HF Communications Spectrum

Larry Van Hom, NSFPW
steditor@grove.ne/

Air Force MARS: Going, .. .Almost Gone

tc World re!rnlar. Paul Swietck,

has checked in aga111 w11h the
latest informat ion on the continued downsiz.ing of the U.S. Ai r
Force (USA F) mili tary affi liate radio
system (MARS) program. Here is the
latest scoop:
"As of right now there arc no mili tary or amateur affiliate USAF MARS
stations left overseas. Headquarters
USAF MARS has given the order to
all overseas stations to cease operations.
''This means that the onl y active
stat ions left arc the amateur affiliates located in the United States. That
order was issued j ust after the October 1995 directi ve whi ch ordered
all continental United States (CONUS) military stat ions to shut down.
The operators at all the shutdown stations have been manning those
outlet s on a volun tary basis until they receive their transfer orders. At
this point it appears that all the operators have finally been transferred
out.
'The c ivil ian MARS operators arc still conducting their usual
ni ghttime affiliate nets, but without any mi li tary stati ons to pass or
originate traffic we have spent the last two months li ste ning to static.
'The Army and Na vy MARS programs still have 24-houroverseas
gateway stations. In fact if we have any transcont inental or CON US
traffic we have to send the messages through them. but the delays are
longer.
"For example, AGA80S (Osan AB. Korea) is still connected
digitally to Army MARS uni ts locally. A message from that station has
to go through the Army MARS station in Osan through the Army
MARS system then back in to the Air Force MARS system stateside
for delivery. In addition. USAF MARS headquarters has not issued
any new call signs for overseas use.
'Effective October I. 1996. the Chief USAF MARS has directed
all USAF MARS stations to cease operation s usi ng Morse code (CW),
radi oteletype (RTTY). and voice operations. The sole mode of transmission left for USAF MARS members to use is HF packet. Those
affi li ate members who can't make the change after that deadline will
have their affiliate licenses terminated. Overseas phone-patch stat ions
have also been told to cease operation as well."
Looks like the Air Force MA RS program wi ll prett y much cease
to exist within the next yea r. Thanks to
Pau l for bringing our MT readers up to
date.

a Operation Joint Endeavor

Follow-up
Gerbrand Diebels of the European
utili ty group SC-MAC has provided

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April 1996

thi s column with information on

commu nications associated with
Operation Joint E nd eavo r in
Bosni a. This updates what was
presented in the February MT feature. 'Monitoring Joim Endeavor
Communications." page 14.
Now that the operation has
started in earnest, some frequencies that had been in use by the
United Nations (UN) have disappeared, but new frequencies have
been overheard being used by
NATO forces. Herc is a rundown
of the frequencies that have been cataloged by SC-MAC to date.
The UN airbridge frequency 5462.0 kH z is not in use anymore.
Since the UN has been relieved by the !FOR force, the airbridge
mi ssion in Sarajevo has e nded. Gerbrand reports that this freq uency
is being used by callsign "Bookshelf." Bookshelf is the callsign used
by the USAF EC- I JO ABCCC (Airborne Battlefie ld Command and
Control Center) aircraft.
There are several other new Bookshelf' frequencies in use and
these include:
5110.0
5462.0
5712.0
8046.0

kHz
kHz
kHz
kHz

Close Air Support frequency

Aviano 42 ACCS Ops/CAOC. Ops
Close Air Support frequency
Aviano 42 ACCS Ops/CAOC Ops

The Deny Flight voice-tell frequencies arc still in use, but not as
often as they used to be. SC-MAC members assume that they are
currently being used by stations monitoring only the skies over
Bosnia. Lately the fo llowing voice-tell frequencies have become
more act ive.
2839.5
2842.5
6721.5
6939.0

kHz (Channel 18)

kHz
kHz (Channel 12)
kHz

2841.5
4470.0
6723.0
6940.5

kHz
kHz
kHz (Channel 19)
kHz

If you compare this list with the one we Tan in the February issue.
these freq uenc ies are very close to the ones presented there. Stations
working on these frequencies are most likely U.S . Navy sh ips and
some others. The majority of the callsigns heard arc single letter calls
like those heard on the Navy Ff nets and the callsign "Red Crown."
New link coordination frequencies include: 2 150.0 kHz (new
primary). 5707.5 kHz, and 5828.0 kHz. The old primary of 4763.0
kHz is rarely used anymore.
NATO AWACS aircraft are still using the frequencies with the A,
K. and N designators that we reported in the February issue, but they
have now added a new series of freq uencies and designators. This new
HF net work uses X designators. The callsign for NATO AW ACS

aircraft is "Magic##." Freque ncies and desig nators identifi ed so far

inc lude:
5691.0 kHz (Channel X?)
8980.0 kHz (Channel XD)

6754 .0 kHz (Channel X?)

10315.0 kHz (Channel X?)

A new Italian Sector Operation Center (SOC) freq uency has been
discovered. The calls ign associated with this SOC is .. Batina'" and the
frequency is 3050.0 kHz.
Another set of new freque ncies that has been discovered is for the
352 SOG at Brindisi. These two new frequ e nc ies are 10598.0 and
145 11.0 kHz.
There are several unconfirmed frequencies that Gerbrand sent
along . Some of these frequencies could be the most interesting to
listen to. Any confirmations on this list would be appreciated.
4612 .0 kHz
7922.0 kHz
7997.0 kHz
13208.5 kHz

Tuzla air base, callsign "Eagle Bose"

J-STARS aircraft Aying from Frankfurt
J-STARS aircraft flying from Frankfurt
Tuzla air base, callsign "Eagle Bose"

SC-MAC has also been able to put together a n impressive li st of

cal lsigns associated with Operation Joint Endeavor. Re me mber that
th is is a NATO operation and the fo rces are know n as !FOR (Implementation Force) .
IFA ##
IFB ##

IFC ##
IFD ##
IFF ##
IFG ##
IFH ##
IFI ##
IFJ ##
JFK##
IFL ##
IFM##
IFN ##
IFO##
IFO 1-30
IFO 50-80

Belgium Air Force aircraft

Conferee transport aircraft reported flying out of
RAF Lyneham (aircraft selcal in parenthesis):
C- 130 aircraft: tail nos 1303 10 (FM-GH), 13031 1
(GH-AD), 1303 15 (FM-EK), 130316 (GHBD),
1303 17 (FM-DL), 130320 (GH-AC), 130328 (FM
DK), 13033 1 (GJ-BF), l 30335 (GJBE), 130342
(GJ-BD), and a CC-137 aircraft, registration #
13704 (FM-KL).
French Air Force aircraft
Germon Air Force aircraft
Greek Air Force aircraft
Italian Air Force aircraft
Unidentified NATO Air Force aircraft
Royal N etherlands Air Force aircraft
Royal Norweigon Air Force aircraft
Portuguese Ai r Force aircraft
Spanish Air Force aircraft
Turkish Air Force aircraft
Royal Air Force (UK) aircraft
U.S. Air Force aircraft involved in Bosn ia Joint
Endeavor Ops
U. S. Air Force C-130 transport aircraft
U.S. Air Force C-5, C-1 7, C-141 transport aircraft

l would like to thank Gerbrand Diebels and the entire SC-MAC

team fortheir assistance and in formatio n used in thi s month 's column.
You can find out more about the SC-MAC group by writing: SCMAC, Postbus 644, 5700 AP Helmond, The Netherlands.

Where is 3E7?
Recently the question has come up on the WUN Internet group
about w hat frequency is assoc iated w ith the designator 3E7. While I
can ' t answer that question specifically. the frequen cies below are
poss ible liste ni ng targets for the 3E circuit designator series .
The 3E freque nc ies are bel ieved to be Coast Guard ship/shore
enforce ment channels. Coast G uard sources indicate that the majority
of the traffic on these freque ncies is scrambled. Here is a list of these
ship/shore frequencies:

2016 2040 2054 2 16 1 4913.5 5108.5 5217 5223 5266 5272

54 19.5 5942.5 6961 7439 7577 76 17 7626 7754.5 7845 7884
7909 9 169 9291 9332 9373 10297.5 10338.5 10354.5 10378
10675 10759 10788 10929.5 10933.5 11024 11045 11 157.5
13413 13484 13537.7 13950 14506 14518.75 147 31 14752
1491 9.2 18 189 18230 18255 18283 18335 18497 18650 18716
20095 20137 20518 20639 233 73 23575

If you have a frequency update or a 3E designator for any of the

Coast Guard frequencies above, we would like to hear from you at:
steditor@grove. net.

Iii Numbers Stations and the Internet

We have seen an explosive growth in the number of people on the
Interne t over the last year. T hat growth has been accompani ed by an
increase in the numbe r of world w ide web si tes devoted to utility
li ste ning in formation. If you are a num bers fa n here are several sites
on the web that mi ght interest you.
IWR 's lnte!Web site provides free access to numerous doc uments
on intell igence agencies from around the world. There are several
intelligence related docume nts arch ived at this s ite as well as a
recomme nded book li st, frequently asked questions (FAQ) list, and
research papers . Thi s is the most complete information resource on
intel ligence agenc ies in both the pri vate and public sectors. The URL
address is: http://www.awpi.com/lntelWcb/.
Num bers buffs have three specific web sites they can visit. A
multi media page, complete w ith numbers stations recordings, can be
foun d on the CONET Proj ect URL at: http://www.ibmpcug.eo.uk/
-irdial/conct.htm. T wo indi vidual s with their own private pages are
Mike Chace at: http://itre.uncecs.edu/radio/numbers.html, and
Chris Smol insk.i 's page at: http://www.access.digex.neU-cps/

numbers.html.
If you want to learn about the Canadi an equi valent lo our Nationa l
Security Agency. then a visit to the uno fficial Communications
Security Establishment ho me page is a must. There is even a link o ff
thi s page to the offi cial homepage of the CSE. Point your web browser
to URL: http://watservl.uwaterloo.ca/-brobino/cse.html.
If you have a web s ite w ith HF utility in fo rmation on it. we would
li ke to hear from you. You can reach me via emai l at the emai l address
above.

I DoD Flight Information Publications

For years. military monitoring buffs have used Do D Flight Informati on Publi cations as a valuable resource in their monitoring post.
These publications are a true treasure trove of military frequencies
and callsigns. Listeners wanting to get copies of these publ ications
used to order them directl y from the Defense Mapping Agency
(OMA), but that has now c hanged.
The OMA in St. Loui s, Missouri, no longer provides F light
Info rmation Publications . The Nationa l Oceanic and Atmospheric
Admini stration (NOAA) now has th is duty. You can call them at (30 1)
436-6990, and request a catalog of a ll the DoD aeronautical c harts and
publications they c urrently se ll. You can buy either sing le copies or
get a yearl y subscription to your favorite DoD publicati on or chart.
Complete information. incl uding order blanks and pric ing. is avai lable in the NOAA catalog.
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April 1996

MONITORING TIM ES

35

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l.arry Van Hom

Abbrev iations used in this column

4260.0
4275.0

ALE
AM
AM VER
ANOVT
ARO
ARO-E3
ASECNA

ATC
AWACS
CanForce
CCG
CG
COMSTA

cw

DSN
EAM
ETA
FAX
FF

Automatic link Establishment

Amplitude Modulation
Automated mutual-assistance vessel rescue systern
Advanced Narrowband
Digital Voice Terminal
Synchronous transmission and automatic repelition teleprinter system
Single channel ARO teleprinter system
Agence pour la Securite
de la Navigation Aerienne
en Afrique et a Madagascar
Air Traffic Control
Airborne Warning and
Control System
Canadian Forces
Canadian Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Communications Station
Continuous Wave (Morse
code)
Defense Switching Net
work (old Autovon)
Emergency Action Message
Estimated Time of Arrival
Facsimile
French Forces

GANTSEC
GHFS
HF
HFDL

IO
JCS
LSB
MARS
Meleo
MFA
M/S
MIT
MN
Ops
Pirep
ORG
Ro/Ro
ATTY
SAR
SATCOM
Selca I
StTOR-A
Unid
U.S.
USAF
USB
USCG
USCGC
USN

Greater Antilles Section

Global HF System
High Frequency
High Frequency Data link
Identification
Joint Chiefs of Stall
Lower Sideband
Military Affiliate Radio Systern
Meteorology
Ministry of Foreign Aflairs
Motor Ship
Motor Tanker
Motor Vessel
Operations
Pilot Report
"Your exact frequency
is..."
Roll on/Roll ofl
Radioteletype
Search and Rescue
Satellite Communications
Selective Calling
Simplex teleprlnting over
radio system, mode A
Unidentified
United States
U.S. Air Force
Upper Sideband
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter
U.S. Navy

4292.0
4300.0
4369.0
4384 .0
4387.0
4395.0
4421 .0
4665.0
4724.0
4742.0
4982.0
5015.4
5026.0
5320.0
5320.5
5696.0
5700.0

All rimes are in UTC. 11/lfreq11encies in kH:. and a/I 1ra11s111i.uion.1are i11
USB unless othenl'ise indicared
312.0
317.0
332.0
385.0
2514.0
2670.0
3032.0
31 13.0
3123.0
3286.5
3369.0
3494 .0
4131.0
4154.5

4206.0
4212.0

36

SN-NOB Saipan. sending callsign in CW at 0145. (Jon Van Allen-underway

aboard MN President Monroe)
YP-NDB Yap Island. Micronesia, sending callsign in CW at 0140. (Van
Allen)
GRO-Unid Beacon. north of Guam sending calls1gn in CW at 0150. Unlisted.
(Van Allen)
AJA-Guam sending callsign in CW at 01 35. (Van Allen)
VCS-CCG Halifax Radio. NS Canada, at 0505 concluding radiotelephone
traffic wilh 3EKU5-MN River Plate(on 2118). (RD Baker-Austintown. OH)
NMG-USCG COM STA New Orleans, LA. at 0056 working WBVV-MN Exxon
Charleston. request if they can take the vessel they are assisting in tow until
a USCGC can meet up with them and relieve them of the tow. (Baker-OH)
Uncle Joe working Nighwatch 01 on W-100. but station Infinite doesn't
show up. The two station move back to 4742 (X-209) at 0522. (Duke
Rumley-Madison. NC)
Nightwatch 01 working players in his net. ID'ed the freq uency as S-301
ve rsus the previously listed S-302 at 0712. Beatback working Deerhorn at
1434. (Haverlah-TX)
NMG -USCG CDMSTA New Orleans at 0337 working Rescue 2 t 22. (BakerOH)
CKN-Vancouver Military. BC. Canada. at 0603 using 75/850 RTTY with ID
and NAWS marker. (Baker-OH)
Deerhorn working Nightwatch Ol on S-303 at 0658. (HaverlahTX)
N504M with phone palch lo Challenger 094M discussing diversion of flight
due to weather at 0152. (Terry Jones-Plankinton. SD)
C6LG5-M/S Dreamward al 2327 (Norwegian Cruise Lines 41 ,000 GWT
cru1sesh1p) working WOM for radiotelephone traffic. (Baker-OH)
IBH-7 unknown Italian navy vessel at 0631 working unid station. possibly
!CT-Italian navy Tarento. with RTTY coordination traffic. At 0633. DRKMFGS Rhon (A- 1443). German Navy replenishment tanker working DHJ59Wilhelmshaven naval. with 1 priority msg to send. At 0637. DRAS-FGS
Rhemland-Pfalz (F-209), German navy frigate working DHJ59 with RTIY
coordination traffic.(Baker-OH)
UTIZ-TKH Novogorod at 2320 in SITOR-A with crew telegrams to St
Petersburg. (Baker-OH)
WLC-Rogers City Radio. Ml, at 1640 in SITOR-B with MAFOR broadcast for
Great Lakes. buoy/ship weather observations. announcement of reduced
hours. (Baker-OH)

MONITORING TIMES

April 1996

5800.0
5890.2
6299.5
6302.5
6304 .2
6305.5
6325.5
6342.0
6357 .0
6421 .5
6480.0
6616.5
6637.0
6683.0
6691.0
6694.0
6712.0
6715.0
6730.0
6739.0

TBA-Ankara Naval Radio. Turkey, with CW marker at 2317. (Richard ParkerAmherst, NY)
HPP-Panama lntelmar Radio, Panama. with CW marker at traffic list at
2324. (Parker-NY)
!AR-Rome Radio. Italy, with CW traffic list at 2326. (Parker-NY)
KEJ-Global Wireless. Hawaii. with SITOR-A idler at 1302. (Jack DixYonkers. NY)
WLO-Mobile Radio. AL. with ship to shore telephone calls at 0503. (JonesSD)
VAi-Vancouver Radio, BC , Canada. with marine weather for Bering Sea area
at 0700. (Jones-SD)
EHY-Madrid Radio. Spain, at 0605 with traffic list. announcements in
English and Spanish. next list to be 1003. (Baker-OH)
Charlie Whiskey, Charlie Bravo. Charlie Foxtrot. and others at 0039 "just
keeping the circuit open."(Gordon Levine-Anaheim, CA)
Jolly 11-USAF helo on SAR duty at 1958 working "Command Posr after
moving from 6714, advised at 1000 feet, first time heard here on this freq.
(Baker-OH)
CI02-lsraeli Mossad number station using AM at 0140. (Dix-NY)
Roadside at 0716 calling Mainsail. Found later in day in the Nightwatch net
past 1900. (Haverlah-TX)
Infinite calls Mainsail and Nightwatch with no reply at 0458. At 0515. Uncle
Joe tells Infinite to meet Nightwatch on 3032 (W- 100). (Rumley-NC)
SAM 201-USAF C-20B (tail no 86-0201) at 2045 working Andrews on "197"
with radio checks. (Baker-OH)
UPTl-Ponte Delgada Naval Radio, Azores, with 48/802R RTTY RY's. foxes.
and 10 count at 0306. (Robert Hall-Capetown. RSA)
Nightwatch 01 calling Skytrail on S-305 at 0323. (Haverlah-TX)
NMN72-USCG Station Oak Island. NC. at 0601 working NORW-USCGC
Jefferson /s/and(WPB-1345) regarding a new HFDL frequency. (Baker-OH)
RETYMR-Guardia Civil. JECOR C1udad Real, Spain. at 0805 in SITOR-A 100/
425. with several telexs sent. (Baker-OH)
NMR1-GANTSEC, USCG Greater Antilles Section. San Juan, PR . "CG San
Juan" at 0705 working Rescue 1713 (HC-130) regarding adistressed vessel
at1empting communications on VHF Channel 16. (Baker-OH)
Skytrail working Nightwatch 01 here after being run off of 5800.0 due to
cochannel Spanish language communications. Skytrail asked Nightwatch
01 to try P-380, and Nightwatch Oladvised that he was not authorized the
use of that frequency. Per MTs OR bandplan list. 5684.0 is authorized for
the USAF ALE. (Haverlah-TX) Fascinating log Jeff. Maybe they are starting
to comply wil/1 the new bandp/an now. I wonder what that does to 5684
status as P-380-Larry.
Teamwork working Nightwatch 01at1 349. (Haverlah-TX)
RBV78-Tashkent Meteo. Uzbekistan. with a poor fax (60/288) weather chart
at 0121 . (Hall-RSA)
SWHT-MN Orion at 2111 in CW calling SVE-Athens Radio. Greece. (BakerOH)
EMNT-TKH Zhitomirat 2146 in 50/170 RTIY to UUl-Odessa Radio. Russia
(ODS/RMP) with crew telegrams. (Baker-OH)
UHBS-TKH Olenegorsk at 2316 in 501170 RTIY to UAT-Moscow Radio.
Russia. no joy. (Baker-OH)
UYUY-TKH GeorgiyChicherinat 2325 in 5011 70 RTIY to UUl-Odessa Radio.
(Baker-OH)
WLO-Mobilc Radio. AL, with SITOR-A news at 01 35. (Hall-RSA)
'V'-Single Letter HF CW marker at f 129. (Dix-NY)
SAA-Karlskrona Radio. Sweden. with CO CW marker at 0118. (John NewbyJamestown. CA)
FFL-St. Lys Radio. France, with CW marker at 0013. (Parker-NY)
9GX-Tema Radio. Ghana. with CW marker at 0632. (Parker-NY)
Beijing ACC. China. three stations talking in Chinese language at 0659.
(Parker-NY)
Miami Radio working Pioneer 7046, Emory 509. Connie 61 Charlie. and
Connie 801 at various times. (Levine-CA)
SAM 204-USAF C-20B (tail no 86-0204) at 1727 working Andrews VI P for
radio checks. (Baker-OH)
Cablecar at 1721 working Cold Duck with data coordination, aircraft to
aircraft chat. on frequency "Charlie Alpha". (Baker-OH)
CFH-Halifax Military, NS, Canada. at 1956 working N067 with phone patch
to Sidecar. advised is XAE. request he shift to Golf 7. (Baker-OH)
Andrews GHFS with a 26-character EAM at its common H+ 17 transmission
time. Andrews went straight into the string without firs t transmitting the
preamble three times. (Haverlah-TX)
CanForce Vancouver military working LO 820 at 0050. (Haverlah-TX)
Executive Foxtrot One working Andrews VIP enroute to Little Rock at 1559.
Andrews working Nightwatch 01 at 0301 . (Haverlah-TX)
McClellan GHFS with lead station EAM at 1516. Nothing unusual about this
except almost every Saturday there is an EAM from 1515-1520. It'll be quiet
for hours then bang, an EAM every Saturday. Reliable calling Mainsail at
002 t then short test count. Reliable might have been a ground station.
(Haverlah-TX)

6745.0
6750.0
6761.0
6796.0
6993.0

7475.0

7482.0
7831.0
8026.5
8180.0
8297.0
8303.0
8396.0
8408.5
8452.0
8466.0
8505.0
8527.0
8580.0
8968.0

8992.0
9007.0
9013.0
9014.0
9016.0
9017.0

9057.0
9073.0
9130.2
10131 .8
10224.8

CHA. Trenton Military. Ontario. at 0553 in USB working IFB37 (aircraft on

Bosnia mission) with weather. advised 4703 secondary. (Baker-OH)
Link 11 transmission noted here on a number of days with a pulse count
varying between 11 and 12. (Haverlah-TX)
SAM 201 USAF C20B (tail no 86-0201) at t 650 working Andrews VIP wilh
radio checks. TROUT 99 at 1737 working Andrews with phone patch to
AFOC with landing info. (Baker-OH)
Spanish female 3/2-digit numbers station in AM at 0402. (Rick SumnerOlney. IL)
SAM 201 USAF C20B (tail no 86-0201) at 2026 working Andrel'IS VIP,
inbound to Richmond diverting from Andrews due to snowstorm. At 2047.
SAM 787 (apparently a E4B 74-0787) working Andrews with phone patch
Andrews meteo for weather at OOMS at 2230. (Baker-OH) SAM 787 (E-4B)
en routeto Europe carrying the Secretary of Defense and the JCS Chairman
working Andrews at 2329. Andrews also ID'ed the aircraft as Gordo 15.
{Haverlah-TX)
WAR46-Alternate National Military Communications Center. Raven Rock
Mountain. PA. at 2051 working Nightwatch 01 on W-104 with communications checks. {Baker-OH) Teamwork working Nightwatch 01at1350. At
1416, the frequency lit up with a waterdripper. (Haverlah-TX)
Spanish female 5-digit numbers station in AM at 0413. (Sumner-IL)
Skytrail noted here from 6730 calling Nightwatch 01 at 0235. Rollback
working Nightwatch 01 at 1845. (Haverlah-TX)
Unid Egyptian embassy at 0558 in 100/425 SITORA with ATU-80 traffic.
{Baker-OH)
Spanish female 5-digit numbers station at 1002 (Friday UTC) in AM.
{Newby-CA)
KZUGulf Fleet Marine, Harvey, LA, at 0714 calling the tug WSF2730-EI
Falcon Grande. no joy. (Baker-OH)
LOR-Argentine navy, Puerto Belgrano. Argentina. at 0625 in 75/170 RTIY
with navigation aids broadcast. (Baker-OH)
EOYWATMS Arabat at 1956 in 50/170 RTIY crew telegrams traffic to
Kerch Radio. (Baker-OH)
UBRJ-TKH U/'banskiy Zalivat 2238 in 50/170 ATTY AYRY/DE to UIW with
admin traffic. (Baker-OH)
VIT-Townsville Radio. Australia. with V CW marker at 2100. (Dix-NY)
UIWKaliningrad Radio. Russia. with CW ca marker at 1227. (Dix-NY)
UFZ-Vladivostok Radio. Russia. (ex-UKA) with DE CW marker at 1248.
(Dix-NY)
OBY2-Paita Radio, Peru. with Ca CW marker at 1229. (Dix-NY)
RKLMArkhangeslk Radio. Russia. with CW message "4L Y de RKLM aSX
8367.5K" at 1235. (Dix-NY)
CanForce Trenton military active on frequency complaining about GHFS
interference (a 20-character EAM rotation for Tachometer and Tradex) at
1950. Offutt as lead station with a 26-character EAM at 1515 and 1519
{typical Saturday EAM window). Partway into the transmission of the 1519
string, there was a weak two pulse tone caught by the mike of the operator
and within a couple of seconds, the EAM string was disregarded tor a
Foxtrot broadcast. {Haverlah-TX) Bandsaw Kilo working Steel jaw 02 at
2300. (Don Storck-Hemlock-Ml)
Pearl 61 at 2029 working MacDill GHFS with phone patch to Pearl Ops
checking on if runway is open. (Baker-OH)
IFBOl-Canadian Forces aircraft on Bosnia IFOR mission at 0551 working
Trenton military. (Baker-O H)
Sidecar working C8H requesting them to move to frequency designator G
22 at 1540. (Haverlah-TX)
Chalice Bravo working Raymond 7 phone patch to radar maintenance at
1658. Tail number of this AWACS aircraft was 005 (probably 81-0005).
(Haverlah TX)
McClellan working Mac Dill in voice and attempted data at 1526. (HaverlahTX)
Nightwatch 02 at 2049 working Nightwatch 01, attempting to relay communications for WAR46, request move to W-104. (Baker-OH) Knapsack
working Nightwatch Olin the clear and ANDVT at 1447. Goatpen with 20
character EAM to his net {picked up by the GHFS a 1701 ). simulcasting the
thing on 9017 .0, 8968.0, and 11244.0. Almost all EAM transmissions on
the Nightwatch nets are simulcast on the primary net freq, 6739.0. 8968.0,
11244.0. and sometimes 15016.0, or variations of same. (Haverlal1-TX)
Nightwatch net including: Brown Rat. Pullmotor. Fullback, and Eyetooth.
B1llybob advising Candyman "HF data has changed to Channel Charlie
Alpha" at 1841 . (Matthew Cawby-Mountlake Terrace. WA) Charlie Alpha
1s 6691. Welcome lo the column. Mattheiv-Larry.
K1w1bird calling Nightwatch 01 then moving back to 9017 at 2300.
{Haverlah-TX)
Loran station Kodiak working Loran station Attu with radio checks every 20
minutes from 2000-2330. (Cawby-WA)
GYA-Royal Navy London with astandard 75/837R RTIY availability tape at
1750. (Hall-RSA)
TNLASECNA Brauaville. Congo. with 50/399R ATIY l'leather codes {used
to be ARa-E3/48 mode) at 1219. (Hall-ASA)
WNSXUnid station calling GFSB. Tiptoe. and Tantrum using ATTY at 1715.
(Jerry Johnson-Ozark. MO)

10665.0
11175.0

11214.0
11220.0
11229.0
11244.0
11455.5
12566.0
12568.0
12795.0
12878.0
12935.0
13002.0
13011.0
13033.5
13050.0
13200.0
13206.0
13211.0
13444.3
13542.0
13543.8
13965.5
14402.0
14801 .3
14877.5

14926.7
15016.0

15043.0
15742.8
16690.5
16706.5
16785.5
16796.5
16800.6
17016.5
17992.0

Spanish female 4-digit numbers station in USB at 0305. parallel to 11 606.

{Sumner-IL)
USS Defender calling USS Pelican and USS Pelican calling Devastator/
USS Heron at 1609. no one made contact. Camera H.F. with phone patch
to Mountain Top via Elmendorf at 1833. "Negative contact via SATCOM,
will call back in five mikes." Mountain Top is at Elmendorf. As1ien 33 (SR
71) with a radio check at 1615. (Rick Roop-Sacramento, CA) Reach 017PE
(tail number 70005) self ID'ed C-141 with phone patch to McChord CP at
1845. (Cawby-WA) Raider 45 (KC-130) working Ottutt GHFS with phone
patch to Raider Base Ops {DSN 997-4864. VMGR-352 El Toro. CA) at
1754. {Greg Brazil-Albany, CA)
Dragnet Sierra working Trenton military with a phone patch to Nightwatch
01 {DSN 887 -xxxx) getting working frequencies for the net in order to
conduct some tests at 1722. {Haverlah-TX)
SAM 200-USAF C-20B (tail it 86-0200) at 2130 working Andrews. (Baker
OH)
Pinetree working Goat pen at 2041. (Haverlah-TX)
McClellan GHFS at 2110 working Foul Line.Unable to contact station
Nightwatch and confirms active frequencies. (Baker-OH) lnlaw 43 (C130) with aphone patch to Bicycle Lake via McClellan at 2129. {Roop-CA)
KKN50-MFA Washington. DC, with CW ID and data at 2059. {Newby-CA)
VLEI-TR Ekholots at 1708 in 501170 RTIY to uaK (old Riga Radio
callsign). (Baker-OH)
EMPL-BATM Kapitan Buga al 1902 in 501170 RTIY to UTSW-RTMKS
Kapitan Orlikova with administrative traffic. (Baker-OH)
UCE/UGEArkhangelsk Radio, Russia with Ca CW marker at 1301. (DixNY)
JCUChosi Radio, Japan, with Ca CW marker at 0143. {Newby-CA)
HLGSeoul Radio, South Korea. with Ca CW marker at 0142. (Newby-CA)
KPH-San Francisco Radio. CA. with CW marker at 1555. {Parker-NY)
IARRome Radio. Italy. with CW traffic list at 1613. {Parker-NY)
WCCChatham Radio, MA, with Ca CW marker at 1851 . (Sue Wilden
Columbus, IN)
UDK2-Murmansk Radio, Russia, with CW marker at 1617. {Parker-NY)
Wheaties working Thule GHFS with phone patch to va4 opcon at common
DSN 339-xxxx at 2119. {Haverlah-TX)
WISE 63 at 1957 working Plantation Ops (Hurlburt Field) with HF radio
checks. (Baker-OH)
Roadside calling Nightwatch 01 at 1946. (Haverlah-TX)
AFOP-FF Djibouti with ARa-E3 100/389 at 1249. (Hall-RSA)
ZR03-Pretoria Meteo with 75/386N ATTY weather codes at 1241 . (HallRSA)
AFTJD-FF Libreville. Gabon. with an idling ARa-E3 192/362 signal at
1245. {Hall-RSA)
HBD20-MFA Berne. Switzerland. with SITORA 5-letters groups at 1421 .
(Dix-NY)
U.S. Army MARS net at 2155. (Levine-CA)
RFVl-French Forces Le Port, Reunion Island, at 1855 in ARa-E3 idling in
100/425. (Baker-OH)
AAA6USA-Fort Sam Houston. TX. central Army MARS gateway, at 1826
111 300 baud Packet working AAAOUSA-Fort Lewis. WA, Army MARS
western gateway. Note the first "A" in each callsign is dropped to conform
to packet protocall. (Baker-OH)
AFTJ-French Forces Dakar, Senegal, at 1828 in ARa E3 idling in 192/425.
{Baker-OH)
SLUFF 32 at 2110 working Mac Dill GHFS with phone patch to WrightPatterson command post then meteo. Pirep IDs aircraft as a C 130
Hercules. (Baker-OH) Bushpilot {This is the tactical call of the station I
heard last year passing EAM traffic on 6697 the old Navy HICOMLarry)
calling Mainsail on 6739, 8968, and finally 15016. Starting at 0125,
Bushpilot (simulcast on 8968 and 15016) a Ma4677 EAM repeated at
H+25 and H+51 until 0251. This was the exact same minutestamps and
length of 'event' heard in September 1995 from station Tiger Ace.
{Haverlah-TX) Agree Jeff. looks like Bedspread pulled the same routine
the last weekend m February 1996-larry. Whiskey Victor 450 {USN C130 Tsquadron out of Andreivs-Larry) working MacDill at 2136. (LevineCA)
Fireplug working MacDill GHFS in voice and unsuccessful data after
moving here from 1t 175. 11181 . and 13242. {HaverlahTX)
VNA Hanoi, Vietnam. with 48/479N RTIY news in French at 0621. Not
listed in Klingenfuss guides. {Hall-RSA)
KEODSS Nuevo San Juan at 1614 in SITORA with telex for bunkers/
ballast status. login 10631 KEOD. {Baker-OH)
WGJT -SS Kaimoku {U.S. flagged Ro/Ro container ship) at 1714 in SITOR
A with ORG report via KFS. (Baker-OH)
UOIY TH Kapitan Leonliy Borisenko working Odessa at 1153 using 50/
170N ATTY. {Hall-RSA)
YLGA-TN Rumbula working Riga at 1130 using 50/170N ATTY. {HallRSA)
LYHCMB Kaliningradets working Kaliningrad at 1222 using 50/170N
ATTY. {Hall-RSA)
KPH-San Francisco Radio, CA, with CW traffic list at 2052. {Wilden-IN)
Outface calling Nightwatch 01 at 2107. {HaverlahTX)

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The Global Forum

Glenn Hauser, P.O.Box 1684-MT, Enid, OK 13102
fox: (405) 233-2948, or (104) 831-2216 ATT: Houser

Sat 2 100, Sun 0500 (Chet Copeland. DC; W.O.R.) Second quarter RFPI
AFGHANISTAN [non? I R. Message of Freedom back on 6145 ex revised sked starts Apri l I.
6235 // 7090v (BBC Monitoring)
ANTARCTICA Contrary to las! month 's info. CPO Brady Bautch at
In early Feb, TIA WR finall y got a Wmesca11 on without delay, Sun
2300 on 9725 (Diane Mauer) Identical content on WRM I version. and
McMurdo says AFAN has been gone for 5 years. and 1he SW transmiller
much heller signal : but with TIA WR s track record. we can' t depend on
was returned 10 US in 1995 (Han s Johnson. C11111hre DX)
it--mi ss ing fo ll owing week, back the next (gh)
BAHRAIN Gulf News Agency. now known by Arabic acronym:
WAKH for Waka/at A11ba al-Klwlij, b roadcasl.~ on R1TY. Fl B mode,
REE, Spain relay here on new 3225 evening (Ron Trotto, IL. W. 0 . R.)
75 baud at 0500-1500 in Arabic on 14764. 9197: 1500- 1700 English on
Unt il 0400* to return at * 1100. and freque ncy was an nounced; no
14 764. 4043. 1700-2100 Arabi c on 14 764. 4043. Times vary and
questi on of propriety of this as C. R. is in the tropics (gh)
frequencies actually 1476J v. 9 195v. .io39v. Addres~: P 0 Box 301.
CUBA R. Rebelde reacti vated on 5025 with fu ll I0 kW power. I00%
Manama: fax : +973 -687008 (BBCM)
modulation. rebuilt Brown Boveri. high-angle antenna (Arni e Coro,
RHC DXers U11/i111ited) RHC al so using 6070 at 0000-0500 (BBCM)
BOUGAINVILLE R. United Bougai nville. P. 0. 268. Buku. on 3870
Despite CFRX
at night, 60 I 0 day with 70 wall s, not affili ated wi1 h NBC but promotes
ECUADOR HCJB in
peace. Con1roller veri fied afler 16 mon1hs apologizi ng for slow mail.
wi th 2-pagc lellcr. Plans for 10 kW station at Buku have not been
USB on 2 I 455 dropped
from 30 kW to 500 Watt
fulfilled. Now heard on 3875 (J\nhur Cushen. NZ DX Times and RNZI
1ransmi11c r on Feb. 7.
Mailbox) QSL letter from Emilouyse K. Tenoa. Publ ic Awareness
now mon.: of a DX chalCampaign Unit. Box 268. Buka. Phone/fax: 675 96800 I. Says licensed
for 3880/3870 al night. 60 I0 day. at Loholo. cast coast of cen1ral
lenge and special QSL
availab le , 24 hours.
13ougainville.on airdaily 0900- I I00. Owned and funded by Bougainville
While \Vhm in the World
Transitional Government (John Wright. ARDXC via George Thurman)
CANADA In a late-January cabinet shakeup. Lloyd Axwonhy
producer on furlough unbecame ministerof Foreign Affairs. and Sheila Copps became Heritage
til Nov. DX Partyli11e expands to 50.5 minutes (Rich McVicar. HCJB
DXPL)
Mini ster and Deputy Prime Minister. Minister Copps subsequently said
she "guarantees RCl' s surviva l unti l 3 1 March 1997 at the amount of
R. lntcrocean ica, Santa Rosa de los Quijos. run by Swed ish Covenant
Church. off SW 4840 more than a year due 1odamaged transmiller. would
money in the last budget. shared hy the federal government and CBC."
(RCI Mailbag via Diane Mauer) Whi le somewhat rel ieved. the Coali like to return with new 2 kW if S20K cost approved in March: al so would
move up to a hill for belier coverage (Anker Petersen, Ecuador. HCJB
tion to Restore Full RC! Funding urged continuing pressure. emphasizing the need to resume at least the 1990 fund ing level with seven
DXPL )
additional languages. New address for the Coalition website: http://
EQUATORIAL GUINEA R. Africa, 15 185.7 with US religion on a Sat
www.accent.ncUcsn/RCI.html. Note that 'RC I" mu st be in caps (via
1255- 1608*, * 1648-2300* but mi ssing Sun (Brian Alexander. PA)
Bi ll Westenhaver. Wojtek Gwiazda. Doug Dine. Diane Mauer. Rob
ERITREA V. of the Broad Masses of Eritrea. Asmara, on new 7085,
Peebles)
al1ernatc 10 7020/15000 in Tigrigna. others: still in Afar. Arabic on 4000,
7390 (BB CM)
Juneau Report calls for 7.5'/i iax on telephone bi lls. cable. and
satellice TV services. to prov ide CBC wich stable funding. but surveys
ETHIOPIA Pres. Gidada offered to lease R. Ethiopia transmillers to
showed only 19% fa vored th i ~ (RC! via BBCM)
Deutsche Wclle( DW via BBCM) Unclear if that means FM or SW. [non]
V. Of Oromo Liberation lsee last monthl confirmed on 5960 via
CHINA lnon?I CR! on new 17690 for English to Australia 08001000 // 15440, 11755. Excellent modulation, super-strong here. and
Ukraine. ID in Oromifa is K1111 Sega/ee /Jili.rn111111a Oro111001i. Has
commentaries on Oromo nationalist themes. address as P 0 Box 510610,
they ask for reports. New relay site? (Bob Padula. Melbourne. ARDXC
13366 Berlin. Germany (BBCM)
/ec1ro11ic DX Press via Thurman )
COLOMBIA CARACOL reacti vated. heard as early as 2214 but up
GERMANY JUlich site of OW. 40th anni versary Apri l I. will be used
for AM di gital signal tests on SW in April , comparable to DAB, spec ial
on 5077 (Dave Jeffery. NY, World of Radio) Seems not nightly. and
weaker than before. varies 5075-5077 (Kevin Hcc.:ht. PA) R. Ca16lica
receivers needed (Gerd Klawitter, DSWCI)
Nacional. 3580. wa ~ raided in December. eq ui pment seized. while the
GREECE V. of Greece to us at 0000-0350 on 6260 ex-6245117448,
owner was away in Ecuador. They got DX repon s from Uruguay to
9420: in the interest of uni fo rmity 10 keep 6245 a Thessaloniki channel
Boston (Henrik Kl emetz. HCJB DX Partyli11e)
carlierat 1900-2300. especially ~ i nce 7.i30 broke down (Demetri Vafeas,
ERT. via John Babbis)
COSTA RICA R. For Peace International is upgrading the 5 kW
transmitter to I0 kW. to use AM daytime on 15 MH z. SSB night on 6
GUAM KSDA revised sked in Jan with introduction of 4th transmitter so English is: I000-1 I 00 on 9540, 1600- I 700 on 7400, 2300-2400 on
MH z. Dipole antenna for 6205 US Bat night has been raised up towards
I00 fee l high for lower angle of radiation, greater c.:overage. Plans to
11 980 (Mick Ogri zek. ARDX C EDXP via Thurm an )
bu ild 2-element cubical quad fo r 6 MHz. Looking for clear channel. in
GUATEMALA A WR. 110111 . 5980. supposedly has Engl ish daily
15250-15400 range (RFPI Mai/hags & via Diane Mauer) New on RFPI
2000-2300 (A WR via BBCM)
skcd: Disabi/in Radio. Sat 2200. Sun 0600
La Voz Popular. clandestine on 7000 oper(Mauer) with Jean Parker. new on the Adviates 4 hrs per week Tue & Fri from 23 15:
located on a humid volcano requiring resory Board, from a Denver disability center
All times UTC; All frequencies kHz; * before hr=
(Tim Hende l) The Nation has new weekly
placement of equipment and tapes several
sign 011, * after hr =sign off; II= parallel
one-hour Radio Nmio11 on Pacifica and some
times a year. Moves around for food supply.
programming; + = co11tin11i11g but not monitored;
other leftish stations: al so started on RFPI
not to escape army. Magazine program in2 x freq =2nd har111011ic; Z-96 = Summer season

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eludes multi -faith religious elements (C laudio & Domingo, LVP, RN

Radio-11/ace)
HAWAII Last year we had an unconfirmed rcpon that a group of
Seventh Day Adventists were scouting for a new SW site on the Big
Island. A WR subsequent ly deni ed it. so we assumed it must be the
Historic Adventist faction (gh) Pa~tor John Osborne announced over
WVHA that he has a claim to 162 acres here to build anot her SW station
to broadcast the T hree Angd s Message, depending upon the success of
WVHA (Jim Moats. OH. WO.R. )
HONDURAS R. Copan Internacional authorized to test new lower
freq uencies for evenin g coverage of N. America--7460 and perhaps
4940. with new transmitter and antenna (Jeff White. WRM I Vil'll
Miami ) Heard rumors on several US patri ot and militia programs that up
to fi vc new transmitters arc being planned for broadcasts to N. America,
from undisclosed locations that are out of reac h of the FCC: apparently
that inc ludes Copan and another high-power Cop;ln trans miller in
futu re. as announced on Pete Peters program (Ernie Behr. WO.R. )
HUNGARY MTI press on RTTY in English, Fl B 50 baud. 06000645 daily to Asia on HG024. 17468: 1000- 1200 exc Sun and 16501830 dail y to Eu/AF on HGG 3 I. 9 114 kHz. Address: Naphegy ter 8, H1016 Budapest; fax +36 1- 175-5846/ 189 1 (BBCM)
INDONESIA RRI Fak2 had English trave l seg111e11t on a Tue at
I0 15-1 030. 4789 (Bob Padula. Australia via Thunnan) RRI Biak on
6152.9 at 1030-1430* (David Foster, Australia. NU via HCJB TLC)
Both in lrian Jaya
ITALY IRRS Z-96 from 3 I Mar to 27 Oct: 3980 at 2000-2200 Fri/
Sat/Sun. 3985 at 0500-0930 M-F. 0530-0730 & 1300-2000 daily. 7 125
at 0500-0530 Sat/S un. 0730- 1330 dai ly (A. Contronco, lRRS via
WRM I Vil'll Mia111i )
KARELO FINNISH SSR I non] Those adhering to ""historic country
lists may note: (gh) R. Pctrozavodsk is active on SW with Mayak relay
in Russian on 7330at 0200-0500 with 20 kW (A lexei Agecnkov via Dan
Henderson. HCJB TLC )
KOREA, SOUTH RKI has pecial on the last Wed ofcaeh month thru
Nov about famous Korean novelists. in this Year of Literature (RK I SW
Feedback)
LEBANON V. of Hope is in jeopardy: govern111cnt of Lebanon
th reatens to shut it down if and when Israel withdraws from south
Lebanon (Gary Hull. manager via Pict Conradic. C11111bre-DX) English
heard at 1830 on 6280 (A rthur Cushen. RNZI Mailbox)
MALAWI MBC usi ng 599-1.67 evenings. and reactivated 3380.0ex3380.8 from *0253 (Chris Greenway. BBCM via DXi11g 11i1/i C11111hre)
3380.0 fro m *0248 with cock crow. 0252 anthem. 0253 English opening. choral music (Brian Alexander. PA)
MALTA fnonl In wake of OW relay closure. V. of Mediterranean
optimi ~t i c about returning to SW from elsewhere: tho is joint venture
with Libya owning 49%. unknown if Libyan transmitt ers can be used
(A lfred Zarb, VOM , on KW Pa11ora111a, R. Austria via BBCM )
MALI RTM. Bamako on 4680.5 at 2 107 French. drums//4835.4: test
or error'l (Kevin O' Daly. UKOGBAN I. BDXC Co1111111111icatio11) See
next item. and don 1 confuse
MAURITANIA R. Mauri tanie. nom. 4845. drifting again. tu ne in at
0637 on 4837.3. and by 0700 down to 4835.4 (Brian Alexander. PA.
W.0. R.)

MEXICO DST to be adopted in all three time

La1es1 Ca1ch)

POLAND R. Mayja. renti ng time from PR. 0730-0825 on 5900.

7285. is run by right-wing extremists. narrow-minded. anti-Semitic
wi th long-winded tirades, organ music. and gregorian chant s: focal
point for alienated Catholics. and the church leadership is concerned
(RNMN) R. Maryja addre s i~ ul. Zwirki i Wigury 80. 87- 100 Torun.
Fax: +-18-56-36572 (BBCM)
PORTUGAL Timezone change from UT+ I to UT. affecti ng R.
Port ugal
sked
(A nd y Sen nit .

RDP I Jnternacionfil
RADIO PORTUGAL

WRTH . RNMN)

Abo ut
t ime:
P.O. BX 10t1
meri dianall y. it beUSSON 1001 PORT1.J(;AL
longs in UT- I!
RUSSIA V. of Russia announced they have a budget increase of 13%
(Edwin Southwell. BDXC) R. Mir (Peace) is a program in Russ ian on
Mayak at 0833-0853 M-F on 11985 with announcements for di sappeared people. mainly in former Soviet Central Asian republics. with
contact addresses in Minsk and Moscow (Rumen Pan kov. Bulgaria, BCDX) Ru ssia Nostalgic heard at 2000 on 9560. R. Chila local program at
2 150 on 4860. R. Arkhangcl "sk at 0320 on 6160 (Pavel Mikhai lov, R.
Rossii DX K/11b. via BC-DX)
SARAWAK Kuching on 7270 lban service. fade in 0330. huge

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

zones this year from April unti l 24 O<:tober(DPA via

BC-DX)

NETHERLANDS Media Netll'ork celebrates its

750th edition on May 2. with a qui z. unique prize.
special QS L. anni versary CD (A RDXC EDXP via
Thu rman)
NICARAGUA R. Miskut 5770 US B running
later than usual on a US Sun 00 I0-0300+ (Brian
Alexander)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA NBC Port Moresby is on 4890 at 1930-2208

and 07 10- 1200: 9675 at 2210-0700 (Bob Padula. A11s1mlia11 DX News.
Jan ) Correlates with wi nter afternoon reception in NE America. Sec
al so BO UGAINV ILLE
PERU R. La Voz de Santa Cruz, 2384-0354*. tuned in with anthem,
folk music. 2335 ID on 7050.26: at 035-1* had drifted up to 7050.34
(Brian Alexander. PA, W.0.R.)
Estacion 49, new on 626 1. I4v from * I 152 relayi ng Li ma s R. Mar
Plus as warmup. own programming from l 200: location unknown but
guess in Cajamarca. Amazonas or San Martin depl.
On 5458.7 1, R. La Voz de Triofoy (??),at 2252 with Ecuadorian
Pasillos. "La frecucnc ia de su coraz6n. 5460." town sounded like
Cono<:oto.
R. Paccha reactivated on 5277.02 at 1225 with folk music, very
good.
R. 526-1. Chi riaco. reactivated actual ly on 526-1.75 at 0135. Ecuadorian folk music.
R. Imagen, Tarapoto, 4969.08 played ' Happy Birthday'" song in
Engl ish. common in Latin America.
R. Selva Superior. orjust R. Selva. new on 4 I87v4 I 93. fi rst as unID
on 41 87.87 at 1209- 1252 with frequency as4200. Then on4 I90.92 from
Moyobamha giving address which Henrik Klemetz says is Ji r6n Reyes
Guerra 579. Moyobamba. San Martin. Its FM on 93.7 is legal: drifted up
to 4 193.48. and heard by Dave Valko. PA on -1 188v at 1055- 1135.
R. La Voz de Sayapullo. new on 4 I82.56v from southern Cajabamba
province. Cajamarca department near La Li bertad border. from * 1204
wi th folk music, IDs. greetings. (Rich Mc Vicar. HCJB DX Partyli11e &

Review of International Broadcasting

Radio Misktll

SW Programming, opinion , equipment, satellite mon itoring .

Samples $2.50 each (outside North America US $3 or 6 IRCs)
1Oissue subscriptions $26 in USA. or both for $49
Glenn Hauser, Box 1684-MT, Enid , OK 73702
April 1996

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the Global Forum {continued}

signal at 0405 in strange summer daytime mode: also used for evening,
fade-in 1O1 5: also other Malaysians around 0400 on 7 130, 7145. 7 160.
7295 and Singapore on 7 170. 7250 (Bob Padula, Victoria via Thurman)
SA'UDI ARABIA Holy Qur'an service on 15227.03 at 1449-15 12+,
lDed by Hans Johnson (Dave Valko. PA. HCJB DXPL ) BSKSA using
a lot of odd frequenc ie~ besides thi s one at various times: 15277.9.
15377. 9553.6, 9683.8. 11 708.2. 11 8 18.5, 17879.8 (Rumen Pankov &
Jvo Ivanov. Bulgaria: Wol fgang Blischel, Germany. BC-DX)
SIKKIM AIR Gangtok testing 3390 at 1030-1430: QSL letter
requests reports (Jose Jacob, India, AWR Wa vesca11)
SINGAPORE RSI English at 1I00- 1400on6015 ex-9530since Feb.
I. Staff is about 50: half of them produce programs. Schedule from fax
+65 259 1380 (via Mick Ogrizek. ARDXC EDXP) 60 15 is a disaster,
with R. Australia on 6020. China on 6015 (Bob Padula, ihid.)
SOUTH AFRICA Another station relayed by SENTECH , Meyerton,
is R. France 1111'1. 0300-0400 250 kW in French on 7135 (Kathy Otto.
SENTECH) May have started in Feb, at least thru March.
SRI LANKA [non] Yishwa Yani =TWR now via Ru ssia in Hindi ,
English. 0000-0300 on 7430 (Y. Kato & S. Aoki. R. Japan Media
Roundup)
SWEDEN RS I tested to NAm in Jan at 0200-0300 on 7145, 03000400 on 7290 due to Russian QRM on 71 15. English on the half hour,
but the MUF was too low (Tom Su ndstrom. NJ, Cumbre DX)
TAJIKISTAN [non? I Tajik R., Dushanbe, domestic service strong
and regular on new I 1895 around 0500- 1200 in Tajik/Uzbek with lovely
local music. Likely via Russia relay. as YOR. RN and OW use a
powerful Taj ik site in exchange (Wolfgang BUschel, BC-DX via BDXC)
At 0500-1 500. maybe 500 or I000 kW (Noel Green, UK, and BUschel
via C11111bre DX via Thurman)
TURKEY TRT faxes that SSB
broadcasts wi ll not start until Z-96
~ON
season, March 3 1, in Turkish, EnCORPORAnON
glish. German. French. Frequencies may differ from those listed last
month (via Benno Kl ink. BC-DX via Thurman)
UGANDA R. Uganda testing 3340 ex-4976 for Red Channel. -0600
& 1300-: last used in the 1970s ( BBCM)
URUGUAY R. Monte Carlo & Oriental. I kW: 1000-1 630 6 140,
1630-2300 11735, 2300-0300 9595 (Robert Velo via Gabriel Ivan
Barrera, RN Radio-11lace)
UKOGBANI BBC WS now claims weekly audience of 140
megapersons, up from 133 the prev ious year- not including Burma,
China, Iran, Iraq , Somalia, Vietnam where research is difficult (Graham
Mytton. BBC IB AR on VOA Co1111111111icatio11s World, BBC Wmeguide.
Reuter via David Alpert) Wmeguide cancelled with new sked from
April. but in Sept & Oct there will be an 8-part series on listening basics
( Wa ve~uide ) BBC WS can apply some capital spending funds to daily
operati ons instead due to budget cut: and some sites such as Oman may
be privatized (Julie Kirkbride, Electronic Tele~raph via Neill, NAS WA
Joumal) Almost a year aft er multi -streaming. BBC sti ll screws up-one
Saturday at 17 15. the only American stream frequency. 17840. was
carrying African stream instead // 17830. Program tapes in London keep
stopping, am id embarrassed apologies and fi ll music (gh, OK)
WYFR started relayi ng BBC Feb 22. 1300- 1600 on 9590, closing
with I0. Is on 3 15 antenna to W. Canada. incidentally covering most of
USA (gh, W.0.R.)
UKRAINE Y. of Russia testing new superpower on 6030 at 02000600. 12030 at 1100- 1500. 6085 at 1600-2 100 (Pavel Mikhailov. DX
Klub. VOR via Pankov. NASWA Journal) Why would they get new
ones with tons of old ones lying arou nd unused? So I researched thi s. The
FCC online data listings of frequency registrations show these as
Simfcropol'. Ukraine. not Russia, tho we had assumed there were no
longer any relays of Russia by Ukrainian transmitters. They are registered as a megawatt. Golos Rossii at 309 or 3 12, and actually used at

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0200-0600on6030. 1600?-2 100on6085, 1100-150001112030. It's the

high power site in Crimea. Checking 6030 before 0200. there were 110
typically Russian tune-up tones before it blew away R. Marti (Kevi n
Hecht, PA , W.O.R. )
USA WWCR No. 4 began testing Feb 13. inaugurated Feb 19:
planned usage for Z-96 from Mar 3 1 is 1100-2300 on 9475, 2300- 1100
on 7435, or if available a 2 MHz channel. But init ial sked was 18002200 on 9400, 2200-0600 on 7435. partl y simulcasting WWCR- 1.
Remember. all WWCR program times shift one UT hour earlier April
7 to stay at same local time, includi ng World of Radin.
Before the Oklahoma City bombing. suspect Timothy McYeigh' s
first love was on shortwave. 711e Hour of 1he Time, anti-government
show with William Cooper on WWCR. Lacking SW in his cell, he
li stens to Gordon Liddy, Chuck Harder (Lawrence Myers, Media
Bypass via Ariza11a Republic via RFPI Far Right Radio Review)
Bro. Stair was the original motivation fo r building WGTG. but he
put no money into it except the cost of a tube. When we could not agree
to lllrning operation ofWGTG over to him 24 hours a day, he pulled out.
but would be welcome back for a limited number of hours. A second
transminer is being built, probably to use a 7-element wide-spaced yagi
toward NW. A rotatabl e 15-MHz yagi is ready for use now instead of
rhombic. Would like to try frequencies such as 6910. 6960. WGTG is
IOO'k listener supported, only to meet expenses. Carefully selected
programs are broadcast without charge (David Frantz, WGTG. World
of Radio)
WVHA occasionall y is back on 7465 at 2300-0200. blocki ng
Norway (Joe Hanlon. PA, W.O.R.) see also HA WA ii
Moni tor Radio International an nounced that 30 and 60-second ad
time is availab le again: had been discontinued about three years ago.
WSHB airtime for an outside programmer expected in Jan had still not
shown up in Feb (J im Moats, OH) WS HB only frequency at 1600-1 800
is 18930. at least until Mar26, also unt il 1900// 15665 (MRI via George
Thurnrnn)
WRNO has a long. mellow sign-off with Joe Costello waxing poetic
about New Orleans, after Bro. Stair at 0700 (Fred Waterer, DX Ontario)
On 7395. would be at 0600 for summer.
WRt\1 1. 9955, moved up opening weekdays to 1900 for Bro. Stair
in Engl ish, Spanish, 2 100 Vi va Miami in Spanish. UT Sun 0500-0545
after the first Sat is Radio Porkopolis, alternative music from Ci ncin nati
(WRMI via George Thurman) Some or all WRMI programming
presumabl y makes the one-hour-earlier UT time shift for DST (gh)
011da M1111dial is a new Spanish version of Wa vescw1, Sun 0100, 1245,
Thu 0145 ( Wavescw1) As ori gi nally scheduled; ones I heard sounded
like Jeff Wh ite productions. reading radio-related articles in original
Spani sh, tho giving Indianapolis address (gh)
WINS back on "soon" with new $ I80K transmiller, new corner
reflector antenna (AWR Wavesca11 via WRMI)
VATICAN YR has ordered new SW transmitters: old ones are too
expensive to maintain (RN Media Network) T he Jan-Feb-Mar sked
showed thi s usage fo r transmitters in Vatican City itself: 0620-1700 on
5880, 80 kW. I0 in European languages; 1500- 1700 on 7250. 30 kW.
4 to Europe. Before and after these times, both these come from Santa
Maria di Galeria (Mark Yissers. DX-Antwerp BBS via Thurman)
VENEZUELA R. Nac ional not heard on 9540 but terribly distorted
at different times on 95 10, 9582.9, 9590 (Henrik Klemetz, Dateline
Bogota via Radio N11evo Mundo )
ZAMBIA Christian Voice. good on 6065 after WYFR closes 0445.
continuous Christi an music and IDs past 0520 (Brian Alexander, PA)
Has plans for a DX shuw, QSL over the air, and to use 90 mb (Bill Flynn.
C11111bre DX via AROXC EDXP)
ZN BC unheard on 49 11. 6060. 7220. 7235, irregular on 6 165;
maybe due to installati on of 150-kW Chinese SW transmitters (BBCM)
Until the Next. Best of DX and 73 de Gle1111 1

Garl_Bn_~-van_:_ca_s_t_Log_g_in_g__s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.,.,faJ:l
0000 UTC on 11750
ASCENSION ISLAND: BBC World Service relay. Big Ben's top of the hour
chimes and BBC ID, into international news update. (John Bellovich,
Macclenny, FL) Network Africa-News Day at 0600 on 6005. (Terry Jones,
Plankinton, SD)
0003 UTC o n 15360
UNITED KINGDOM: BBC World Service. News, IDs and features monitored as; 5975//9590//9640//6195; 0218 on 15360; 0301 on 5970//5975//
11955; 0530 on 6175; 0640 on 6175//5905; 1351 on 5990//6195; 1428 on
5990//6195/19740/115070; 1541 on 6195//7180; 1600 on 5990 on 15400;
2036 on 7325//11750//11835; 2123 on 5990//6035//6195. (Gerald
Brookman, Kenai, AK)
0040 on 9645
ITALY: Radio Roma/RA I. Italian service of news topics and easy-listening
vocals. "RAI International" intros English service to include news, sports
and pop vocals. Brazil's Radio Bandeirantes noted on frequency in
Portuguese. (Loyd Van Horn. Brasstown, NC) RAI noted on 6005 at 00510102'. (Jones, SD)
0051 UTC on 5025
CUBA: Radio Rebelde. Spanish. Cuban music to station promos, IDs and
chal. Cuba's Radio Havana, heard on 7240 at 1119 expounding the
virtues of communism! Additional broadcast heard on 6000 at 0203, with
news that the eastern Europeans also seek the return of communism. (Sue
Wilden, Columbus, IN) Station noted on 9505 at 0614. (Jones, SD;
Giovanni Serra, Rome, Italy)
0100 UTC on 5895
CROATIA: Croatian Radio. War news update on general's visit to troops
in the trench's facing Serbian foes. English sign-off 0105. (Bellovich, FL)
Croatia's Hrvatska Radio, in Croatian heard on 13830 //5894.97 at 1800.
(Serra, Italy)
0145 UTC on 7160
ALBANIA: Radio Tirana. Station ID and update of death and accident
statistics. News on the nation's electrical output to Albanian-European pop
music, 0158'. (Bellovich, FL)
01 49 UTC on 2460
BRAZIL: Radio Alverado. Portuguese announcer with local news ilems
and chat on Rio Branco. Braz pop vocals with utility interferences.
Brazilians logged as; Nacional Sao Gabriel heard in Portuguese on 3375
at 0155 with "Nacional" IDs/kHz quotes. Evening time check into national
news. Additional Brazilian stations noted as; Radio Cancao Nova on
4824.9 at 0312; Radio Anhanguera on 4915 at 0316, Radio Educacao
Rural on 5035.05 at 0328; Radio Universo on 6060 //9565 at 0327-0335.
(Gayle VH)
0329 UTC on 6090
BRAZIL: Radio Bandelrantes. Portuguese. Station promotionals, ad
jingles and news items on Sao Paulo. Two Brazilian's audible are; Radio
Cancao Nova heard on 9675 at 0342; (Gayle VH) Radio Clube do Para
in Belem on 4885 at 21 13. (Serra, llaly)
0414 UTC on 4976.01
UGANDA: Radio Uganda. S9+ signal quality for English national news at
tune-in. PSA's to a quick Afro pop tune. Health remedy commercial that
promises. "a cure for aches and pains." Candy and pain reliever ads to
lengthy text on health care. Station ID to chat about Kampala in local
dialect. English at 0445 with phone# and ID. Continued morning show to
0500 newscast. Audible to 0530. Just my luck, now that I finally have
Uganda verified, they boom in like gangbusters! - (Gayle VH, NC)
0502 UTC on 5030
COSTA RICA: AWRNoice of Hope. News Moment program to religious
readings. ID/address info to Voice of Prosephy program. {Jones, SD)
Reflections and Quiet Hour program heard on 9725 at 1615. (Wilden, IN;
Jones. SD; Serra, Italy)
0610 UTC on 4760
LIBERIA: Radio ELWA. Continuous religious programming to pop song
presented by male DJ. "Good morning" greeting to "ELWA Monrovia,
Liberia" ID. (Serra, Italy; Jones, SD)
1105 UTC on 5905
AUSTRALIA: Radio Australia. Sports report with cricket game scores.
(Wilden, IN) Station audible as; 1725 on 9580//9615//9860 with sports.
(Brookman, AK) Health report update heard on 5995 at 1500. (Jones, SD)
1240 UTC on 11615
FRANCE: Radio France International. Report on a Charlie Chaplin film
festival in Paris to mark movie's centennial. (Bob Fraser, Cohasset, MA)
Heard on 9485//11615 at 1640. (John Hanz, Old Bridge, NJ)
1430 UTC on 13700
NETHERLANDS: Radio Netherlands. Time pips to program preview into
news bulletin. Newsline at 1438, with report on Tamil insurrection in Sri
Lanka. Fair to good signal qualily. (Jim Moats, Ravenna, OH) Station also
heard on; 6020//6115 at 0052; 13700 at 1510. (Brookman, AK)

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1440 UTC on 11840

NORWAY: Radio Denmark International. Report on Copenhagen, European Culture City of 1996. Fifteen minute English language program with
excellent signal; the same at 2240 on 6200 kHz, following Radio Norway's
weekly English program. (Fraser, MA) Radio Denmark Intl audible on
7465 at 0045. (Bellovich, FL)
1445 UTC on 6030
CANADA: CFVP-Calgary. Station ID, weather update and time check. Pop
music program from simulcast of CKMX. Canada's CKZU-Vancouver
noted on 6 160 at 1505 with CBC World Report. Radio Canada Intl heard
on 9755 at 0340. (Jones, SD) CBC Northern Quebec Service noted on
9625 at 2302. (Brookman, AK) CKMX is on 1060 kHz mediumwave in
Calgary, Alberta. - Gayle VH
1625 UTC on 15395
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Radio Dubai. Easy-listening music to station
ID at 1630, heard on //13675. (Hanz, NJ)
1700 UTC on 9885
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Radio International. Interval signal lo ID, world
and national newscast. Feature on how wildlife cope with the Swiss
winters. (Hanz, NJ) SWI heard on 6135//9905 at 0420. (Jones, SD;
Brookman, AK) Noted on 5850 at 1811. (Serra, Italy)
1708 UTC on 6210
ETHIOPIA: Radio Fana. Tentative logging for this station in Amharic
language. Possible news, music pauses alternating with pop music tunes.
Regional music to long speech suffering interferences. (Serra, Italy)
1715 UTC on 6235
MONACO: Trans World Radio. Russian. Male announcer with religious
news. Interval signal to 1750'. (Jerry Witham, Keaau, HI)
1715 UTC on 4078
MONGOLIA: Radio Ulanbaatar. Russian. Male/female announcers alternate dialogue interspersed with far-eastern music. Station ID to 1759'.
(Witham, HI)
1718 UTC on 5930
CZECH REPUBLIC: Radio Prague. Magazine 96' show to pop and jazz
tunes. ID to trumpet music pause and into for Czech service. (Serra, Italy)
Station heard on 5930 at 0004-0120. (Wilden, IN; Jones, SD)
1826 UTC on 9779.77
YEMEN : Yemeni Rep. Radio. U.S. pop songs to musical pause. Time
check at 1830 and news promo. ID to local and internalional news (18301837). Address and info to national anthem at 1848, into Arabic program
at 1900, with possible newscast. (Serra, Italy)
1828 UTC on 6549.5
LEBANON: Voice of Lebanon. French/Arabic. Pop music, pauses for
jingles. Arabic advertisements and brief Arabic music. News in Arabic with
ID. Station noted on 6280.06 at 1736 in English. (Serra, Italy)
1843 UTC on 15420
UNITED STATES: WJCR. Gospel music program in progress, fair signal.
Hawaii's KWHR heard with ID and religious programming on 13625 at
1900. (Moats, OH)
1930 UTC on 9630
SEYCHELLES: BBC World Service relay. Survuving the 20th Centuryfeaturing Harry Young who was in Russia from 1917-1930's. Still an
excellent signal. (Fraser, MA)
1934 UTC on 5047.02
TOGO: Radio Togolaise. French/EnglishNemaculars. Local topical news
mixed with Afro pop music. English bullelin to tam-tam sound effect and
vernacular program. (Serra, Italy)
1955 UTC on 9605
MADAGASCAR: Radio Netherlands. Sounds Interesting show on rating
airport food, Dutch blues and country singer. Heard on //11655, both very
good. (Fraser, MA)
2030 UTC on 9700
BULGARIA: Radio Bulgaria. From School to Campus-featuring news of
youth, tn335. (Fraser, MA)
2129 UTC on 4904.5
CHAD: Radio Nationale Tchadienne. French. Afro pops to mentions of
N'Djamena during news. Music breaks to ID info and national anthem.
Sign-off 2202. (Serra, Italy)
2201 UTC on 15365
AUSTRALIA: Radio Australia. News and sports bulletin in progress at
tune-in. Network Asia at 2211, a news magazine program of regional and
international stories. Fair to poor signal quality. (Moats, OH)
2310 UTC on 11700
NORTH KOREA: Radio Pyongyang. National news to slation ID. Choral
music in praise of "the great leader." (Bellovich, FL) Additional monitoring
including; 0032 on 15130; 2305 on 11700. (Brookman, AK)
Thanks to our co111ribt11ors - Na ve you se/lf i11 YOUR logs?
Se11d to Gayle Van Horn, do Mo11itori11g Time.r (or e-mail gayle@gro ve.11et)
English broatlcmt 1111/e.u othenvise 1111ted.
April 1996

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The QSL Repcrt

Gayle Van Hom, ga~e@grove.net

CPRV...And Your Future

If you' re li ke me. you have spent endless hours preserving
your QSL collection. What began as a single card soon
became my QSL alb11111s.
Each card has its own tale of intrigue from
a special DX sess ion or perhaps more fo ll ow-up
reports than I'd care to <1drnit. Remember my
odyssey with Radio Uganda'! Cape Verde's Radio Nacional tested my patience as we ll as postal endurance !
No doubt you. too. have QS Ls from your own listening
ex periences. I lave you considered the long term importance of
your QSL collection?
ANA RC's Committee to Preserve Radio Veri fications
(C PRV). headed by shortwave hobbyist Jerry Berg. is a fi ve-

AIRCRAFT TRAFFIC
Air Force Rc~c ue 5.098 t . 5.696 MHz USB. (Aircraft Type: llC- 130D) Full data prepared QSL
card signed by Mark E. Sh~ehy MAJ-Aircraft
Commander. Received for an English utility report. Squadron address: I 29th Rescue Group, Bldg.
680 Stop 28, Moff.:11 Federal Airfield. CA 940 355006. (Gordon Levin. A naheim. CA)
BELAR US
Radio Minsk, 7360 kHz. Full data Floral Arrangemm t QSL card unsigned. Received in I 42 da ys for
an Eng lish report. Station address: ul. Chyrvonaya
4. 220807 Min,k. Belarus . (Kevin Hecht, Devon.
PA: Darren R. White. Hau icsburg. MS)

CANADA
VRF-Resolutc Coast Guard Radio. NWT, 2. 182
MHz US S . Full d ata prepared QSL card signed
and stamped with >talion 's seal. Personal leucr
and an1cnna-1x diagram enclo~cd . Received in I 8
days for an Eng lish utility rcpo n . Station address:
Cemnt De Station Radio. GardeCoticrcC:mdicnnc.
C.P. 148. Resolute Bay. T.N.W. Canada XOA
OYO. (Steve McDonald. Port Coquitlam. BC
Canada)
CHINA
C hina Radio ln1crnational, 7405 kHz. Full data
QSL card signed by Shang Chunyan. Personal
no te and schedule enclosed. Received in 15 days
for an Eng lish re port. lcncr and newspaper d ippings. Station :1ddrcss : 2 Fuxingmenwaidajic
Street. Beijing. 100866 China. (Eric M . Walto n.
Vancouvcr BC Canada)
CUUA
Radio Havana Cuba. I 1270 kHz. Full d al:l RHC
card unsig ned . Personal lener. postcard and contest info enclosed. Received in 83 days for an
English repon. no n:tum po~tage. Station add re;,,;
P.O. Aox 7026. Havana. C uba. (I larold Frodge.
Midland. Ml)

GERMANY
Baycrischer Ru ndfunk. 6085 kHz. Panial data
logo-stickcrcard with illegiblc;,ignatur.:. Received
in 14 days for :111 Eng lish repo rt. Station address:
Rundfun kplatz I. D-80300 Munich. Gennany.
(White. MSJ

42

MONITORING TIMES

April 1996

person group whose goal is to preserve QSLs belonging to

hobbyists who arc no longer acti ve. Many QSL collections are misplaced or discarded when their owners pass
away or leave the hobby.
The Committee acti vel y promotes its acti vit ies
through articles in radio club bullet ins. through being feat ured in
programs by international broadcasters. and by advertising in publicat ions such as the World Radio TV Ha11dh11ok.
If you arc leaving or have le ft the hobby. CPRV urges you to make
arrangements for yourQSLs so that they will not be lost and that your
involvement in the hobby will be memoriali zed.
For additional CPR V information and the future of your collection. contact Jerry Berg, 38 Eastern Avenue. Lex ington . MA 02 173.

JAPA N
J FZ- Kushiro foheries Radio. 16.942.8 MHz USB.
Full data prepared QS L card stamped with station's
sc:1J. Personal le11e r and 8 color photos of antennas
and v:1riousoperating position!,, Received in 37 days
for an English utility report of CW traffic. Station
address: Kush iro Fisheries Radio. 1-5- 15 Yoncmachi,
Kushi ro-City. Ho kkaido 085, Japan. (McDonald.
Canada)
JFC-Misaki Fisheries Radio, 12 .832.5 M Hz US B.
Full dal:l prepared QSL card signed and stamped
with station' seal. Received in 36 days for an
Eng lish utility report of C W 1raflk. Statio n address:
Misaki Gyogyo. 1-7 Harumi Miura. Japan 23802.
(McDonald , Canada)

SHIP TR.\FFIC
SIS Jolin G. M1111so11 WE3806. 4.077 MHz
US B. (Iron-Ore Carrier). Full data prepared
QSL card signed and stamped with ship' s seal.
Color photo of vessel and decals enclosed.
Recei\'ed in 18 d ays for an English 111ili1y
repo rt. Ship address: c/o Detroit Marine Post
Office. Ri ver Station, Detro it. MJ 4 8222 .
(McD01wld, Canada)

Glo bal link WW DY. 500 kHz. (Cable Shi p).

Full data prepared QSL sig ned . Photos of ship
and calender enclosed. Received in 49days fo r
an English utility report and U.S. mint stamps.
Ship address: c/o Tra nsoceanic Cable Ship
Co.. Inc.. 340Mo unt Kemble Ave., Morristown.
NJ 07960. ( Hank Holbrook, Dunkirk, MD)

MEDI UMWAVE
WGMP. I2 10 AM kHz. Full data station verification
Jeu cr. signed by Sam A. Virgilio-Tech. Supervisor.
Recci\'cd in 49 days for an Eng lish AM repon and
cassc11e tape of prog ramming. Photo of o riginal
station WCAU tower from 1930 'senclosed. Smtion
add ress: C ity Linc & Monument Road. Philadelphia.
PA 19131. (R ..Gcorge Knight. Garfield, NJ)

Cristofaro Colombo ICYS. 500 kHz. (Cargo

Ship). Full data Verification Lcller and p hoto
of ship. Received in 5'.! d ays for an English
utility rcpon and one U.S. dollar. Ship address:
c/o Italia Di Navigazio ne SIP.A., WTC Tower.
Via de Marini . I 16 149 Geno va, Italy.
( Ho lbrook, MD!

WWWE, I JOO AM kHz. Full data statio n verification Je11er, signed by Ray Davis-Asst. Program Director. 3WE bumper sticker e nclosed. Rccci\'ed in
43 d ays for an Eng lish AM report and ca~se11e ta pe
o f programming. Station address: 1468 W. 9th Street,
Eighth Floor, C leveland, OH 44 113 . (Ph: 2 16-6964444) (Knig ht. NJ )

UNITED STA TES

WWV. I0000 kHz. Full data Nmivc-Americ:m

NORWAY
Radio Norway, 7480 kHz. Full data QSLeard signed
hy Ingrid Dahle. Received in 56 days for an English
report and postcard. Statio n address: N-0340. Oslo.
Norway. (Wah on. Canada)
PAPUA NEW GUI NEA
NBC, 4890 kHz. Full data map/logo QSL card with
illegible signature. Received in 72 days for an English report . one U.S. dollar. two IRCs and souvenir
postcard. Station add ress: P.O. Box 1359. Boroko ,
Papua New Guinea. (Patrick M. G riffith, Denver.
CO)
Radio Sandaun. 3205 kHz. No data letter signed by
Paia O uawa. Received in 27 days for an English
report. Station address: P.O. Box 37. Vanimo . West
Sepik. Papua New Guinea. (Frodge. Ml).

card. sig ned hy John B. Milto n-Engineer. Received in 16 days for an English rcpon of 3 1
December 1996 " Lcap-Sccond."2359:60 UTC.
Station address: 2000 East Co unty Rd. 58. Fort
Collins. CO 80524. (Mike Hardester, Jackso nville. NC)
Rad io Telcfo 'Eireanc (RTE) via WWCR Nai.hville. T N. 12 160 kHz. Full d;11u Cliffs ofMoher
QSL postcard. signed by Bernie Pope. Received in 22 days for an Eng lish rcpon and one
IRC. S1<11ion "ddress: Donnybrook. Dublin 4.
Ireland. (White. MS) Sr. Parrick's Street QSL
pn~tcardrccc ivcd in 14days. (Paul McDonough ,
Somerville. lvlA)

VENEZUELA
Ecos d el T orbc,, 4980 kHL. No data map card
;,igned by Albcnina. Received in 105 days for
a Spanish re po n and o ne U.S. dollar. Station
address: Apartado 152. San Cristobal, 500 I-A.
Tachira, Venezuela. (Hecht. PA)

English

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How ro UsE THE SHORTWAVE GumE.

1:

Convert your time to UTC.

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

2:

Choose a program 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 except
for the "Newsline" listing, which begins on the next page.
Occasionally program listings will be followed by "See X 0000."
This information indicates that the program is a rerun, and refers to a
previous summary of the program's content. The letter stands for a
day of the week, as indicated below, and the four digits represent a
time in UTC.
S: Sunday
T: Tuesday
H: Thursday A: Saturday
M: Monday W: Wednesday F: Friday

3: Find the frequencies for the program or station you

want to hear.
Look at the page which corresponds to the time you will be listening. Comprehensive frequency information for English broadcasts 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 "vi"
(various languages).

4: Choose the most promising frequencies for the time,

location 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 information 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: The Americas
as:
Asia
na: North America
au:
Australia
ca: Central America
pa:
Pacific
sa: South America
va:
various
eu: Europe
do:
domestic broadcast
af: Africa
om: omnidirectional
me: 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 UTC.

HOT NEWS.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PROGRAMMING TIPS BY JIM fRIMMEL

BBC Drops Waveguide

After 14 years. the week ly
program which provided news
about the BBC and the World
Service. investigated what's
new in the shortwave radio
marketplace, kept you abreast
of deve lopments in international broadcasting, and
answered your questions abou t
the reception of BBC programs. went off the air at the
end of March. Replacing it in
September will be an 8-part
series of programs that looks at
the basics of listening.

0800-0900 period, listeners to

the Ameri cas Stream will have
to use other BBC streams
during that late ni ght hour.

American Freedom Network

such as The Preparedness
Hour and The No rm Resnick
Sho1r.

them a unique prize. See p. 47

of the Feb 96 MT for exact
program times or tune in RN on
UTC Thu (Fri to NAm).

WWCR Adds Transmitter

Worl dwide Christ ian Radio
of Nashvi lle, Tennessee, put its
fourth transmitter into service
on February 19th. Programming was not fi nalized at thi s
wri ti ng but appears to be
heavil y weighted with programs purchased by the

Media Network Milestone

This very popular DX/
Media program heard on Radio
Netherlands has begun a
countdown to its 750th show to
be aired on Thursday, May
2nd.
A special QSL card will be
issued for this broadcast as
well as an
an ni versary
'"Gold Label
Compact
Disk.'" In
addition ,
listeners
should tune
in now fo r
details about
a special
quiz which
could earn

Malta Relay Station Closed

Deutsche Welle, Germany's
ofticial radio and TV broadcaster, recently closed its relay
stati on in Malta. This move
followed the end of its contract
with the Maltese authorities.
Deutsche Welle's chief engi neer
commented that the closure of
the station was because it was
now easier to lease airti me on
the many spare transmitters that
are now available elsewhere in
Europe. Ru mors have it that the
equipment will be sold. and the
site possibly developed as a
park or resort.
The closure has also meant
an end to broadcasts by the joint
Libyan-Maltese station, Voice
of the Mediternnean. (News
item via Gayle Yan Horn)

BBC Begins WYFR Relay

The BBC added 9590 to its
Americas stream in late
February for the 1300- 1600
UTC time l'rame via WYFR's
facilities in Okeechobee,
Florida. Other freq uency
changes included the dropping
of 11 955 fro m 0500-0900.
Since 1 1955 was the only
frequency in use duri ng the

......

Radio Netherla11d.1
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SHORTWAVE GUIDE

Newsline

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Next Reporting Deadline

April 19, 1996

swbcsked@grove.net

Dave Datko

Jeff Demers

California

New Hampshire

", .

MT MONITORING TEAM

Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager

North Carolina

A~:

Many schedules shift this month. Your

favorite program may be one hour earlier.

Jim Frimmel, Program Manager

Texas

DXComp@aol.com

Jacques d'Avignon
Propagation Forecasts
Ontario, Canada
monitor@limestone.kosone.com

NEWSLINE . ... . .. . . . ......... . .......... .. . .. . . .

"Newsline " is your guide to news broadcasts on the air. All broadcasts are world news reports unless followed by an asterisk, which
means the broadcast is primarily national news. All broadcasts are daily unless otherwise noted by the day codes.
0000 UTC
(8:00 PM EDT, ~:QO PM eQI)
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (as pac) (Newsdesk)
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec)
China Radio Intl
Croatian Radio
KWHR (Hawaii) [T-A]
Monitor Radio Intl [T-A]
Radio Australia
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Exterior de Espana
Radio New Zealand Intl
Radio Prague
Radio Thailand
Radio Ukraine Intl
Radio Yugoslavia [M-AJ
Voice of America (am)
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (ca)
Voice of Russia
WH Ai (Angel 2) [T-AJ
0003
Radio Pyongyang
0010
China Radio Intl"
Voice of America (ca) [T-A]"
0015
Radio Cairo
0030
All India Radio
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio Sweden [T-AJ
Radio Thailand [T-S]
Radio Vilnius
Voice of America (am) [T-SJ
(Special English)
Voice of America (as) (Special
English)
Voice of Russia
0035
Voice of Iran
0045
BBC (am)'
BBC (as pac)"
BBC (south as}"
0050
RAI Italy
0100 UTC
(9:QQ eM EDL :QO PM eon
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (south as) (Newsdesk)
Canada (North-Quebec) [SJ
Croatian Radio
Deutsche Welle
HCJB (am)
Monitor Radio Intl [T-A]
R Slovakia Intl [A)"
R Slovakia Intl [S/T-FJ
Radio Australia

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Radio Budapest
Radio Exterior de Espana
Radio Havana Cuba [TS]
Radio Japan
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand Intl
Radio Norway Intl [MJ
Radio Prague
Radio Yugoslavia
Swiss Radio Intl
Voice of America (am)
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (ca)
Voice of Indonesia [F]
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
0110
Radio Australia [M-F)"
01 13
Radio Havana Cuba [T-sr
0130
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Havana Cuba [W-SJ
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio Portugal Intl [T-AJ
Radio Sweden [T-AJ
Voice of Greece
Voice of Russia [T-AJ
Voice of Vietnam
0 132
Radio Havana Cuba [Tl
0145
Radio Tirana
0152
Vatican Radio
0155
Voice of Indonesia [FJ
0200 UTC
(1Q:QQ eM EDT, 7;QO PM POI)
BBC (al) (Newsday)
BBC (am) (Newsday)
BBC (as pac) (Newsday)
BBC (eu) (Newsday)
BBC (south as) (Newsday)
Canada (North-Quebec)
Croatian Radio
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl [T-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
Radio New Zealand Intl [T-AJ
Radio Romania Intl
RAE Argentina [T-AJ
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Myanmar (Burma)
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) [T-AJ
0203
Voice of Free China
0213

April 1996

Radio Havana Cuba [T-S]"

0215
Radio Cairo
Radio Nepal
0228
Radio Havana Cuba [SJ
0230
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Budapest
Radio Havana Cuba [T-AJ
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio Pakistan
Radio Sweden [T-AJ
Radio Tirana
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
0255
Radio Canada Intl [T-AJ
0300 UTC
(11 :00 PM !;t!L !!;QQ PM POI)
BBC (al)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu) [S-FJ
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec)
Channel Africa
China Radio Intl
Croatian Radio
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl [T-AI
Radio Australia
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S]
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand Intl [M-AJ
Radio Prague
Radio Thailand
Radio Ukraine Intl
Voice of America (al) [A-SJ
Voice of Russia
Voice of Turkey
WHAi (Angel 2) [T-AJ
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) [T-AJ
0301
Voice of America (al) [M-F]"
0303
Voice of Free China
0310
China Radio Intl"
0313
Radio Havana Cuba [T-sr
0315
Radio Cairo
0320
Radio Philipinas [M-AJ
Vatican Radio
0330
BBC (eu) [AJ
Radio Dubai
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S J
Radio Prague

Radio Sweden [T-AJ

Voice of America (al) [M-FJ
(Special English)
Voice of Russia
0340
BBC (af) [SJ"
Voice of Greece
0355
Radio Japan [W-M]
0400 UTC
(12:0Q AM !;DI. 9;(!(! eM eQI)
BBC (af) (Newsdesk)
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu) [SF] (Newsdesk)
BBC (south as) (Newsdesk)
Canada (North-Quebec)
Channel Africa
China Radio Intl
Croatian Radio
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl [T-Al
Radio Australia
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
Radio New Zealand Intl [AJ
Radio New Zealand Intl [M-F]'
Radio Norway Intl [MJ
Radio Romania Intl
Radio Tanzania
Swiss Radio Intl
Voice of America (af)
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Israel
Voice of Russia
WHAi (Angel 2) [T-A]
WYFA (Satellite Network) [A]
ZBC Zimbabwe
0403
Radio Pyongyang
0410
China Radio Intl"
0413
Radio Havana Cuba [T-Sr
0425
AAI Italy
0430
BBC (al) [A-S]"
BBC (eu) [Al (Newsdesk)
Radio Havana Cuba [T-AJ
Radio Netherlands Intl
Voice of Russia
0431
Voice of America (al) [M-F)"
0500 UTC
(1:QQ AM !;QL 1Q:OQ eM eoD
AWA Latin America fT-F]
BBC (af) (Newsday)
BBC (am) (Newsday)

BBC (as pac) (Newsday)

BBC (eu) (Newsday)
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec)
Channel Africa
China Radio Intl
Deutsche Welle
HCJB (am)
Monitor Radio Intl [T-F]
Radio Australia
Radio Cameroon
Radio Exterior de Espana
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S]
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand Intl [S-FJ
Vatican Radio [T/F]
Voice of America (af)
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Russia
WWCR # 1 (Tennessee) [T-AJ
0510
China Radio Intl"
Radio Australia [M-F]"
0513
Radio Havana Cuba [T-sr
0515
Swiss Radio Intl (eu)
0530
BBC (al) [A-S)"
Radio Havana Cuba [T-A]
Radio Romania Intl
Voice of Nigeria
Voice of Russia
0555
Radio Japan [Al
0600 UTC
i';QQ AM EDT, 1 l ;(!Q eM PDT)
BBC (al)
BBC (am) (Newsday)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu) (Newsday)
BBC (south as)
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl [T-FJ
Radio Australia
Radio Canada Intl [M-FJ
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
Radio Japan
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand Intl [M-A]
Radio Norway Intl [SJ
Swiss Radio Intl
Voice of America (al) [A-SJ
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Russia
WWCR #1 (Tennessee) [SJ
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) [S-FJ
0601
Voice of America (af) [M-F]"
0603

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Radio Pyongyang
0613
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S]"
0615
Swiss Radio Intl (eu)
0630
BBC (af) [A-SJ'
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
Radio Vlaanderen Intl
Vatican Radio [HJ
Voice of Nigeria [M-FJ
Voice of Russia
0631
Radio Romania Intl
0645
Radio Romania Intl
Voice of Nigeria [T-F['
0655
Radio Japan [W-MJ
Voice of Med. (Malta) [MFJ
0700 UTC
{a;!!!! AM EDT, JZ;!l!l AM eRD
BBC (af)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
KWHR (Hawaii) [M-FJ
Monitor Radio Intl [T-F]
Papua New Guinea
Radio Australia
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand Intl [M-A)
Voice of Malaysia
Voice of Myanmar (Burma)
Voice of Russia
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) [M-FJ
0703
Radio Pyongyang
Voice of Free China
0710
Radio Australia [M-FJ'
0717
Radio New Zealand Intl [HJ'
0730
HCJB (eu)
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Netherlands Intl
Voice of Greece
Voice of Russia [T-AJ
0755
Radio Japan
0800 UTC
(!\;!!!!AM EDT, l ;!l!! AM POD
BBC(af)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
KNLS (Alaska)
Monitor Radio Intl [M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand Intl
Radio Pakistan
Radio Prague
Voice of Indonesia [A-HJ
Voice of Malaysia
Voice of Russia
0803
Croatian Radio
Radio Pyongyang
0810
Radio New Zealand Intl [M-F)'
0830

R Slovakia Intl
Radio Netherlands Intl
Voice of Armenia [SJ
Voice of Russia
0855
Voice of Indonesia [A-HJ
0900 UTC
(:i;!!!! AM ERL Z;!!O AM eim
BBC (af)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
China Radio Intl
Deutsche Welle
HCJB (pac)
Monitor Radio Intl [M-AJ
Papua New Guinea [M]'
Radio Australia
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand Intl [M-AJ
Radio Vlaanderen Intl [M-AJ
Swiss Radio Intl
Voice of Russia
WWCR #1 (Tennessee) [M-FJ
WYFR (Satellite Network) [M-AJ
0910
China Radio Intl
Radio Australia [M-F]'
0930
FEBC (Philippines) [M-AJ
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Netherlands Intl
Voice of Russia
0945
Deutsche Welle [M-F]"
0950
Russia (Radio Pacific Ocean)
[AJ
0955
Radio Japan
1000 UTC
{;!!!! AM EDI. a;!!!! AM eon
All India Radio
BBC (af) (Newsdesk)
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (as pac) (Newsdesk)
BBC (eu) (Newsdesk)
China Radio Intl
Monitor Radio Intl
Papua New Guinea
Radio Australia
Radio New Zealand Intl [S-F]
Radio Prague
Radio Tanzania
Swiss Radio Intl (eu)
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (ca)
Voice of Israel
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
WYFR (Satellite Network) [M-AJ
1010
China Radio Intl'
1015
Radio New Zealand Intl [M-F]'
1020
Radio New Zealand Intl [HJ'
1030
FEBC (Philippines) [M-F]'
Radio Austria Intl [M-AJ
Radio Dubai
Radio Korea
Radio Netherlands Intl
Voice of Nigeria
Voice of Russia

W.~

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1045
Voice of Nigeria [A-SJ"
1100 UTC
(7;!!!! AM EDI 4:Ql! AM eim
BBC (al) (Newsdesk)
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (as pac) (Newsdesk)
BBC (eu) (Newsdesk)
BBC (south as) (Newsdesk)
Canada (North-Quebec) [A-SJ
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl [M-AJ
Papua New Guinea
Radio Australia
Radio Ghana [A-SJ
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand Intl
(Newsdesk)
Radio Pakistan
Radio Singapore Intl
Swiss Radio Intl
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (ca)
Voice of Russia
WHAi (Angel 2) [AJ
WWCR #1 (Tennessee) [A]
WYFR (Satellite Network) [M-FJ
11 02
Radio Mozambique
1103
Radio Pyongyang
1110
Radio Australia
1120
Vatican Radio [M-AJ
1130
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Finland [M-FJ
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio Prague
Radio Singapore Intl
Radio Sweden [M-FJ
Voice of Asia
Voice of Russia
WYFR (Satellite Network) [M-F]
1135
Voice of Iran
1145
Deutsche Welle [M-F]'
1155
Radio Japan [S-F]
1200 UTC
(!l:QQ AM EDI.:!:!!!! AM eon
BBC (af) [M-AJ
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac) [M-AJ
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec) [A-SJ
China Radio Intl
Croatian Radio
Monitor Radio Intl [M-AJ
Papua New Guinea
Polish Radio [AJ
Polish Radio [M-F)'
Radio Australia
Radio France Intl
Radio Jordan
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand Intl [H-T]
Radio Singapore Intl
Radio Tashkent
Swiss Radio Intl (eu)
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Russia
WHAi (Angel 1) (AJ

Newsline

-WHRI (Angel 2) [AJ

WYFR (Satellite Network) [M-FJ
1203
Voice of Free China
1204
HCJB (am) [M-FJ
1210
China Radio Intl'
1215
BBC (af) [M-A]'
BBC (as pac) [M-F]'
BBC (eu)'
BBC (south as) [M-A]'
1230
HCJB (am) [M-F]'
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Bangladesh [S-MJ
Radio Cairo
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Finland
Radio Korea [S-W/AJ
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio Singapore Intl
Radio Vlaanderen Intl [SJ
Radio Yugoslavia
Voice of Russia [M-AJ
Voice of Turkey
Voice of Vietnam
WYFR (Satellite Ne1work) [M-F]
1231
Radio France Intl fr]'
1240
Voice of Greece
1300 UTC
(9:QQ AM EDI ;!!!! AM PRil
BBC (af) (Newshour)
BBC (am) (Newshour)
BBC (as pac) (Newshour)
BBC (eu) (Newshour)
BBC (south as) (Newshour)
Canada (North-Quebec) [A-SJ
China Radio Intl
KNLS (Alaska)
Monitor Radio Intl [M-AJ
Papua New Guinea
Radio Australia
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Ghana
Radio Norway Intl [SJ
Radio Romania Intl
Radio Singapore Intl
Radio Tanzania [A-SJ
Swiss Radio Intl
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Russia
WYFR (Satellite Network) [M-F]
1303
Radio Pyongyang
1310
China Radio Intl'
Radiobras [M-F]"
1324
HCJB (am) [M-FJ
1328
Radio Cairo
1330
All India Radio
FEBC (Philippines) [M-AJ
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Dubai
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio Singapore Intl
Radio Sweden [M-F]
Radio Tashkent
Voice of America (as) (Special

April 1996

English)
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
1335
FEBC (Philippines) [M-F]'
1355
Radio Singapore Intl [A[
Radio Singapore Intl [M-F]'
1400 UTC
(l!!;OQ AM EDI. Z:QQ AM e DT)
BBC(af)
BBC(am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec) [A-SJ
China Radio Intl
Monitor Radio Intl [M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Cameroon
Radio Canada Intl [S-FJ
Radio France Intl
Radio Ghana
Radio Japan
Radio Pakistan
Radio Prague
Radio Vlaanderen Intl [M-AJ
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Israel
Voice of Russia
WWCR #1 (Tennessee) [M-FJ
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) [M-F]
14t0
China Radio Intl'
141 5
Radio Nepal
1424
HCJB (am) [M-FJ
1430
FEBC (Philippines) [M-AJ
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio Portugal Intl [M-FJ
Radio Romania Intl
Radio Sweden [M-F]
ATM Morocco [SJ
Voice of Myanmar (Burma)
Voice of Russia
WYFR (Satellite Network) [M-F]
1431
Radio France Intl [T]'
1435
Voice of Greece
1445
All India Radio
Voice of Myanmar (Burma)
1455
Radio Japan [AJ
Voice of Med. (Malla) [M-FJ
1500 UTC
(l l ;!l!! AM EQL !l;QQ AM eon
BBC(af)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac) [A-SJ
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec) [A-SJ
Channel Africa
China Radio Intl
Monitor Radio Intl [M-AI
Radio Australia
Radio Canada Intl [SJ
Radio Japan
Radio Norway Intl [SJ
Swiss Radio Intl

MONITORING TIMES

45

SHORTWAVE OUIDE .

Newsline

~, --~
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Russia
WWCR #1 (Tennessee) IM-FJ
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) IM-FJ
WYFR (Satellite Network) (AJ
1503
Radio Pyongyang
1510
China Radio Intl"
1530
All India Radio"
FEBA (Seychelles)
FEBC (Philippines) (M-AJ
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Netherlands Intl
Voice of Nigeria (M-F]
Voice of Russia
t535
Voice of Iran
1555
Radio Japan (AJ
1600 UTC
(1~ ; 00 M EDL l!:QQ AM eo!)

BBC(af)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec) [AJ
Channel Africa
China Radio Intl
Deutsche Welle
Estonian Radio IM-FJ
Monitor Radio Intl (M-A]
Radio Australia
Radio Canada Intl (SJ
Radio France Intl
Radio Jordan
Radio Korea
Radio Pakistan
Radio Tanzania
Radio Tirana
Voice of America (af) (A-SJ
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Ethiopia
Voice of Kenya
Voice cl Russia
Voice ol Vietnam
WANO (Louisiana) (M-F]
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) (M-AJ
1610
China Radio Intl'
1612
Vatican Radio [S-FJ
1615
Radio Sweden [M-F]
t630
Channel Africa (F]'
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Dubai
Voice of America (al) [M-FJ'
Voice of America (as)
(SpecialEnglish)
Voice of America (me) (Special
English)
Voice of Ethiopia
Voice of Russia [S-F]
t633
Deutsche Welle (M)"
1638
Deutsche Welle [T-F]'
1645
BBC (am) (S-F]'
BBC (as pac) [M-F]'
BBC (eu) [S-F)"

46

MONITORING TIMES

1700 UTC
(l ;QQ PM EDL 1O;QQ AM e1;m
BBC (af)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu) (A)
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec) (AJ
Channel Africa
China Radio Intl
Monitor Radio Intl (M-AJ
Polish Radio (AJ
Polish Radio (M-F)'
Radio Australia
Radio France Intl
Radio Japan
Radio Jordan
Radio New Zealand Intl (M-F]'
Radio Pakistan
Radio Prague
Swiss Radio Intl
Swiss Radio Intl (eu)
Voice of America (af)
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Russia
WHRI (Angel t) [M-F]
WHRI {Angel 2) [A)
WRNO (Louisiana) (M-F)
t703
Radio Pyongyang
t710
China Radio Intl'
Radio Australia
t 7t5
Vatican Radio
t730
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio New Zealand Intl (M-F)'
Radio Romania Intl
Voice of Russia
1740
BBC (af)'
1745
Radio Canada Intl [M-F]
Voice of Armenia (M-FJ
1800 UTC
(2;!lQ PM f;DT, 11 :Q!l AM eoIJ
All India Radio
BBC (af) (Newsdesk)
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (eu) (Newsdesk)
BBC (south as) (Newsdesk)
Monitor Radio Intl [M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Cameroon
Radio New Zealand Intl [M-F)'
Radio Norway Intl [SJ
Radio Omdurman
Radio Prague
Radio Tanzania
Radio Vlaanderen Intl
Radio Yemen
Voice of America (al) (A-SJ
Voice of America (al) (M-Fr
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
1802
Radio Mozambique
1830
BBC (af) (A-S]'
Radio Bangladesh
Radio Korea (S-W/AJ
Radio Kuwait
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio New Zealand Intl (M-F]'

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Radio Sweden (M-FJ

Radio Tirana
Radio Yemen
Radio Yugoslavia
Voice of America (al) (A-SJ
(Special English)
Voice of America (me) (Special
English)
Voice of Russia
Voice of Turkey
t840
Voice of Greece (M-AJ
1855
Radio New Zealand Intl IMJ"
1900 UTC
(J:QQ eM EDL J~ ; QQ M e!m
All India Radio
BBC(af)
BBC (as pac) (M-AJ
BBC (eu) (M-AJ
China Radio Intl
Deutsche Welle
HCJB (eu)
Monitor Radio Intl [MAJ
Radio Australia
Radio Budapesl
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Japan
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand Intl
Radio Portugal Intl [M-F]
Radio Romania Intl
Voice of America (af)
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Greece [M-AJ
Voice of Israel
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
WHRI (Angel 1) (M-F]
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) (M-FJ
1910
China Radio lnURadio Australia (M-F]'
Radiobras [M-FJ'
1930
Deutsche Welle [M-F)"
Polish Radio (A-SJ
Polish Radio [M-F)"
R Slovakia Intl
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio New Zealand Intl (S-HJ'
1935
RAI Italy
Voice of Iran
2000 UTC
(4:QQ PM EDL 1:Q!l eM eQI)
BBC (af) (Newshour)
BBC (am) (Newshour)
BBC (as pac) [M-AJ (Newshour)
BBC (eu) (Newshour)
China Radio Intl
Deutsche Welle
Estonian Radio [MIHJ
Monitor Radio Intl (MAJ
Radio Australia
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand Intl
Radio Vilnius
Swiss Radio Intl
Swiss Radio Intl (eu)
Voice of America (af) [A-SJ
Voice of America (al) [M-F)'
Voice of America (mo)
Voice of Indonesia
Voice of Nigeria [M-F]

Voice of Russia
WHRI (Angel 1) JM-F)
2003
Radio Pyongyang
2007
Radio Damascus (M-FJ
2010
China Radio Intl'
2025
RAI Italy
2030
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio New Zealand Intl (S-H]"
Radio Sweden (M-FJ
Radio Thailand
Voice of Armenia
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
2055
Voice of Indonesia (MJ
2057
Radio Kuwait
2100 UTC
(S;QQ eM EDL ;1;QQ eM etm
All India Radio
BBC (af)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu)
Canada (North-Quebec) IA-SJ
China Radio Intl
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl [M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Budapest
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Cameroon
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Damascus [FJ
Radio Exterior de Espana
Radio Havana Cuba (M-AJ
Radio Japan
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand Intl (A-MIHJ
Radio Prague
Radio Romania Intl
Radio Ukraine Intl
Radio Vlaanderen Intl (SFJ
Radio Yugoslavia
Voice of America (al)
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Russia
WHRI (Angel 1) (M-F]
WWCR #1 (Tennessee) [M-T/
HFJ
2110
China Radio Intl'
Radio Damascus [S-MJ
21 t 2
Radio Damascus JF]
2115
BBC (al)"
BBC (eu)'
Radio Damascus (T)
2120
Radio Cairo
2130
Radio Cairo
Radio Dnestr (Moldova) [M/W-H/
AJ
Radio Finland
Radio Havana Cuba (M-AJ'
Radio New Zealand Intl [S-H]'
Radio Riga Intl (MF]
Radio Sweden [M-FJ
Voice of Russia (M-FJ
2135

Voice of Iran
2145
Radio Damascus (W)
2155
Radio Canada Intl (M-FJ
2200 UTC
(:Q!l eM EQI. ;l;QQ PM eoT)
All India Radio
BBC (al) (Newsdesk)
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (as pac) (Newsdesk)
BBC (eu) (Newsdesk)
Canada (Norlh-Quebec) (SJ
China Radio Intl
Croatian Radio
Monitor Radio Intl (M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Exterior de Espana
Radio Havana Cuba (M-AJ
Radio New Zealand Intl [A-HJ
Radio Norway Intl [SJ
RAI Italy
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Russia
Voice of Turkey
2203
Voice of Free China
2210
China Radio Intl"
2215
Radio Cairo
2230
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Havana Cuba [M-A)'
Radio Prague
Radio Vilnius
Voice of America (as) (Special
English)
Voice of Russia
2240
Radio Cairo
Voice of Greece (S-FJ
2300 UTC
(Z;QQ eM EDL 4:QQ eM PDT)
All India Radio
BBC (al) (S-FJ
BBC (am) (SF]
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu) (S-F)
Canada (North-Quebec) (AJ
Croatian Radio
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl [M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand Intl [F-AJ
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Russia
WHRI (Angel 2) (M-FJ
2303
Radio Pyongyang
2315
Radio Cairo
2330
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio New Zealand Intl (S-HJ
Radio Vlaanderen Intl
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
2335
Voice of Greece [S-FJ

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Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronlo
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN SI John"s
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada lnll
Canada. R Canada lnll
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica. Adv World R

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Croatia. Croatian Radio
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Egypl, Radio Cairo
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
India, All India Radio

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Lebanon. Voice of Hope

Lebanon, Wings of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. RTM Kuching
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Papua New Gu111ea. NBC
Philippines. FEBC/R Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia WS
Spain. R E>C1e11or Espana

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USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of Ame11ca

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0030-0100

USA. WEWN B11mmgham AL

USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R M1am1 lnll
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
\'ugoslaV1a. Radio
Austraha. Radio

0030-0100
0030-0100
0030-0100
0030-0100
0030-0100
0030-0100
00380055 m
00400050 f
00500100

Ecuador. HCJB
Iran. VOIRI
Netherlands, Radio
Sri Lanka. S11 Lanka BC
Sweden. Radio
Thailand. Radio
Denmark. Radio
Greece. Voice of
Italy, AAI lnll

9725am

13830eu

5165na
13760na

17750as

t3700as

9680af
5905na
6055na
5965as
6195as
9590va
15280as
9580as
5810am
7510am
9975am
17510au
7535am
5995na
9455am
1t760va
t7735va
5825eu
5745am
7490na
9955am
7355am
3315am
6065na
6195af
9580pa
13755as
15510as
9745am
6015na
5905as
t5425as
6065am
11905na
5905am
6260na
6005na

5915na
7205na
5970sa
71 l Oas
9915sa
15360as
11945as

9430ca
6130am
9775na
13740na
17820va
7425na

6010na

6020na

5975va
7265as
11750sa

6175na
7325va
11955as

7215va
9890as
15185va

7405na
11695am
15290va

5935am

7425am

13595na

5065am
9505na
7115na
9660pa
15240pa
17795pa
21455va
9022na
7305as

11795as
15365pa
17860pa

13605pa
t5415as

9850as

11655as

9850am
15370as
7275am
7448na
9645na

7465am
9420na
11800na

SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0000
0000
0010
0010
0011
0025
0030
0031
0032

Egypl, Radio Cairo: Egyp1ian Songs.

North Korea, R Pyongyang: Anthem.
Auslralia. Radio: Charting Australia. A program inlended to
s11eng1hen Australia's links w11h the Indian subcontinent
New Zealand, R llZ lnll Focus on Poli11cs. Developmenls on
lhe New Zealand poli11cal scene
Russia. Voice of Moscow Marlbag. Joe Adamov answers
listener questions.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: NZ Long Range Weather Forecas1
Five-day weather forecas1 w11h warnings for manners.
Australia, Radio: Correspondents' Repcrt A round-up of
global s1011es vlllh Hamish Robertson.
North Korea, R Pyongyang: Usleners' NewsleUer.
Russia. Voice of: Audio Book Club. The best of Russian
classic and contemporary literature.

Mondays
0000
0007
0011
001t
0032
0038

North Korea. R Pyongyang: Anthem.

New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Correspondence School. No
information available.
Australia, Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.
Russia, Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See S 001 1.
Russia, Voice of: Russian by Radio. Sec s 0632.
Radio Denmark: Magazine Program. See S 1138.

Thursdays
0000
0007
001 1
0011
0012
0015
0020
0032

Saturdays

North Korea. A Pyongyang: Anihem.

New Zealand. A NZ lnll: Correspondence School. See M
0007
Australia. Radio Network Asia. See S 2320
Russia. Voice of Focus on Asia and the Pac1frc. See T 0011.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: Commen1ary.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: The Great Man of the Century.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: Music.
Russia. Vorce of. This is Russia. See S 0532.

Fridays
0000
0007
0011
0011
0013
0032

0000
0010
0011
0013
0021
0030
0031
0032
0038
0044

North Korea. A Pyongyang: Anthem.

Australia. Radio Feedback. See S G410.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and lhe Pacific. See T 0011.
North Korea, A Pyongyang, MUSIC
North Korea, A Pyongyang: Immortal Ideas of the Great Leader.
Australia. Radio Indian Pacific. Peter Mares Y1;th news and
analysis from across the Pac1frc and Asra.
North Korea. A Pyongyang. Music.
Russia, Voice of: This is Russia. See S 0532.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: The Great Man of the Counll)'.
Nonh Korea, R Pyongyang: Frequency Announcements.

North Korea. R Pyongyang Anthem.

New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Correspondence School. See M
0007.
Australia. Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 0011.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: Commentary.
Russia, Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today. See S
0432.

Tuesdays
0000
0007
001 t
0011
0012
0016
0032

North Korea. R Pyongyang: Anthem.

llew Zealand, A NZ tnll: Correspondence School. See M
0007.
Australia, Radio: NelWork Asia. See S 2320.
Russia, Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. News and
commen1s on events in the region.
North Korea. A Pyongyang: Commentary.
North Korea. A Pyongyang: Under the Banner of Korea.
Russia. Vorce of This rs Russia. See S0532.

Wednesdays
0000
0007

001 1
0011
0013
0020
0030
0032

48

North Kor?a. A Pyongyang: Anthem.

New Zealand, A NZ Intl. Correspondence School. See M
0007.
Australia. Radio: Network Asia See S 2320.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and lhe Pacrfic. See T 001 t.
North Korea. A Pyongyang: Commentary.
North Korea. A Pyongyang: Music.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: Feature Rcpon.
Russia, Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today. See S 0432.

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0100-0200

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Australia. Radio

Austraha. VL8A Ahce Spg

Australia. VL8K Kalhe11ne
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Auslraha.DefenseForces R
Canada. CBC N Duebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Croatia. C1oat1an Radio
Cuba, Rado Havana
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Germany. Deutsche Welle

0100-0t 15
01000t30
0100-0200
0100-0127
0100-0110
0100-0200

Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp

Hungary. Radio Budapest
Indonesia, Voice ol
Iran. VOIRI
Italy, RAI Intl
Japan. NHK/Radio

0100-0200
0100-0200 smtwh
0100-0200
0100-0125
0100-0200
0100-0130 m
0 t 00-0200 vi

Lebanon. Wings al Hope

Malaysia. Radio
Netherlands. Radio
Nethe11ands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ loll
Norway. Radio Norway lnll
Papua New Guinea. NBC

SELECTED PROGRAMS .

9580pa
t3755as
t5415as
t 7795pa
2310do
5025do
49t0do
13525as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
6205am
5895eu
6000na
6200na
9745am
5960na
9555na
3366do
6190na
9525na
6015na
6005na
9605as
t1910as
9960va
7295do
5905as
6020na
15t 15pa
6010na
9675do

0111
0119
Ot30
0136
0138

Germany. Deutsche Wel'e: Inside Europe. A radio magazme

o~ering a European perspective on events of the week.
Australia. Radio: Book Reading. Senahzed readings of the
best Australian novels.
Russia. Voice of: Music and Musicians. Wo1ld-famous
performers and composers play for you.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. In-depth
coverage ol a news Item lrom another country of the
hemisphere.
Aus1ralia. Radio: The Eu1opeans. Maria Zljlstra presen1s
reports and features on aspects of European politics.
culture and society.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report See S0119.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Religion and Society. News and
developments concerning the world's ma1or religions.

Mondays
0100
0108
0110
0111
0114
0118
0118
0120
013t
0133
0138

Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Sunday Edition. RHC's two-hour

magazine of features. reports. and music.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Mailbag. Listener mail from the
Americas Is answered.
Australia. Radio: Sports Headlines. A one-mlnul e sports
update.
Russia. Voice of: Music and Musicians. Seo S 0111 .
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: The Mailbag Show. Listener
leners and E-mail are 1ev1ewed and answe1ed.
Australia. Radio: Sports Summary. A IWo-minule wrap-up
of Australian span.
Germany, Deutsche Wene: Living in Germany. A weekly look
at the social and political issues In the 1990s.
Aus1ralia. Radio: Network Asia. See S2320.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: The Jazz Place. A hall-hour of
the best of Cuban jazz.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Gorman by Radio. See S 1t 33.
Radio Denmark: Magazine Program. See S 1138.

Tuesdays
0105
0109
0110
0111
0118
0120

..

-~-

9660pa
t5240pa
t55t0as
t7860pa

7385am
7370eu
9820na
7345na
21455va
6040na
9640na
4915do
9850na
6175na
9645na
11840as
178t0as

t3605pa
15245as
1771 Sas
17880as

13745as
t 5365pa
17750as

... . .. .. ..

01000200
0100-0200

Philippines, FEBC/R Intl

Russia.Voice of Russia ws

0100-0127
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0130
0100-0200

Slovakia. R Slovakia Intl

Spain. A Exte11or Espana
Sri Lanka. S11 Lanka BC
Switze11and. Swiss R Intl
United Kmgdom.BBC WS

01000200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
Ot00-0200

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice ol Ame11ca

0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0130 m
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0130
0100-0200
0100-0130
0130-0200
0130-0150
0130-0200
0130-0200
0138-0155 m
0140-0200
0145-0200

USA. WEWN 811m111gham AL

USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA, WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Uzbekistan. R Tashkent
Vietnam, Voice ol
Yugoslavia. Radio
Austria, R Austria Intl
Greece. Voice ol
Netherlands. Radio
Sweden. Radio
Denma1k. Radio
Vatican Stale. Vatican R
Albania. R Tirana Intl

15450as
5950na
9580na
5930na
9540na
15425as
6135na
5970sa
7325va
t 1955as
5810am
7510am
9975am
17510au
7535na
5995na
9775na
1537Qas
5825eu
5745am
7490na
9955am
7355am
3315am
6065na
5955eu
5940na
6195na
9655na
6260na
9860as
712Qas
612Qam
5980as
6t40na

t3830eu
9830na

6085na
9670na

6145na

11870na
9022na
11800na
t 1860as
17845as

11890as

7305as
6165na

6030na
12030na
7300na

7105na
13640na
9440sa

9885na
5975va
9590va
15360as

9905na
6175na
9915sa

9430am
6t 30na
13740na
17740as
7425na

7345na
t5425na

6195as
11750sa

7405na
t5205as
2155oas

9455na
15250as

5065am
9505na
5975eu
9840na
7115na

5935am

7425am

7448na

9420na

t3595na

7285eu
t5010na

7465am
7335as
7160na

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

Sundays
0110

- --- '

. . . . . . . . .. .

..

01000200 vi
01000200 vi
0100-0200 vi
0100-0200
0100-0200 vi
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0110
Ot00-0200
0100-0127
0100-0200
0100-0150

0108

o100 UTC

SHORTWAVE GUIDE

New Zealand. R NZ loll: Correspondence School. See M

0007.
Germany. Deutsche Wene: Eu1opean Journal See S 2324.
Australia. Radio: Sports Headlines See M 0110.
Russia. Voice of: Commonweahh Update. Commonwealth
of Independent Stales (CIS) developments.
Australia. Radio: Sports Summaiy See M 01 t8.
Australia. Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.

0120
0130
0132
0132
0137

Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Spotlight on the Americas.

Comments by the RHC editorial desk.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: In Touch with New Zealand. See M
0230.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: German Tribune. News and views
horn the Federal Republic.
Russia. Voice of Folk Box. See S 2332.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 0119.

Wednesdays
0105
0109
0110
0111
0118
0118
0120
0130
0132
0133
0135
0150

New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Correspondence School. See M 0007.

Germany, Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110.
Russia, Voice of. Commonwealth Update. See T0111.
Auslralia, Radio: Sports Summary. See M 0118.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Spotligh1 on the Amelicas. See T
0120.
Auslralia. Radio: Network Asia. See S2320.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: In Touch with New Zealand. See M
0230.
Russia, Voice of: Music at Your Request. See M 1132.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Come to Germany. Focus on a
seasonal event, festival. or anraction.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: DXers Unlimiled. See S 0234.
Cuba. Radio Ha1'2na Cuba: Feaiure Report. See S 0119.

0118
0119
0120
0130
0132
0133
0135

Australia. Radio: Sports Summary. See M 0118.

Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Spotlight on the Amencas. See
T0120.
Australia. Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: In Touch with New Zealand. See M
0230.
Russia. Voice ol: Music at Your Request. See Mt t32.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Arts on the Air. See S t 109.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Fea1ure Report. See S 01 19.

Saturdays
0108
0110
01t1
0116
0130
0131
0132
0135

Germany, Deulsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.

Australia. Radio: Oz Sounds. See S 1310.
Russia, Voice at. Commonwealth Update. See T 011t.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Fea1ure Report. See S 0119.
Australia. Radio: The Australian Scene. A state by state
look at life 1n Australia presented by Denis Gibbons.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Th1ough German Eyes. See S
1629.
Russia. Voice al: The Jazz Show. See M 0432.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Fea1ure Report. See S 01 19.

Thursdays

0105
0109
0110
O111
0118
0118
0120
Ot30
O132
Ot33
Ot36

New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Correspondence School. See M 0007.

Germany. Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110.
Russia. Voice at Commonwealth Update. See T 011 I.
Australia. Radio: Sports Summary. See M 0118.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: USA Report. Events such as
slrlkes, crime, and unrest are played up.
Australia, Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.
New Zealand, R NZ Intl: In Touch with New Zealand. See M
0230.
Russia, Voice of: The Jazz Show. See M 0432.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: German Tribune. See T 0132.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 0119.

Fridays

0105
0109
01 10
0111

New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Correspondence School. See M 0007.

Ge1many, Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
Australia. Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110.
Russia. Voice of: Commonwealth Update. See T 0111.

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02000300 l\'lhla
02000300

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0200 UTC
..

Argen1ma RAE
Auslralla Radio

02000300 vi
02000300 vi
02000300 vi
02000300
02000300 vi
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300

Aus1ral1a VL8A Allee Spg

Auslralla VLSK Kalherine
Aus1ralla. VLST Tent C1k
Aus1ralla.Oetensefo1ces A
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN SI John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl

02000300
020002 10
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000250

Cosla Rica.RF Peace Intl

Croatia. Croalian Radio
Cuba, Ra<llo Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypl. Radio Cauo
Germany, Deutsche Welle

02000300 vi
02000300
02000300 smtwh
02000230
02000300
02000300 vi
02000300

Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp

Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Romania. R Romania Intl

02000300

Russia.Voice of Russia WS

11710am
9580pa
15365pa
17750as
2310do
5025do
4910do
13525as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5905na
11725am
6205am
5895eu
6000na
9745am
9475na
6035as
7355as
4885do
9960va
7295do
5905as
15115pa
9675do
5990na
11940na
5920na
7175na
9580na

;t';~

-~

' .....

..

. . .... ..

9660pa
15415as
l 7795pa

13605pa
15510as
l 7860p2

6010na

9535am

7385am
7370eu
9820na
21455va

t3830eu
9830na

15240pa
17715as

9755na

6130na
9515as
4935do

7265as

7285as

7305as

9860as

l 1655as

6155na

9510na

9570na

5940na
7270na

6030na
7330na

7105na
7345na

6150do

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. . . . . .. . . .

02000300
0200-0230
02000300

Soulh Korea R Korea Intl

Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Tarwan. VO free China

02000300

Uniled Kingdom.BBC VIS

02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Sall Lk C11y UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monilor Radio lnll
USA. Voice of America

02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02t 50225
02300300
02300300
02300300
02300255
02300245

USA. WEWN Birrrnngham AL

USA, WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
V1elna111, Voice of
Nepal. Radio
Alba111a. R Tirana lnl l
Austria R Austria Intl
Hungary. Radio Budapest
Moldova. R Moldova Intl
Pakistan. Radio

02300300
02300300 twhfa
02300300
0238-0255'"
02500300

Philippines. R P1hpinas
Portugal, R Portugal Intl
Sweden. Radio
Denmark. Radio
Va11can Slate. Va11can R

7275am
15425as
5950na
11825as
5970sa
7235va
991 Ssa
5810am
7510am
9975am
li510au
5850na
71lSas
9740as
17820as
5825eu
5745am
7490na
7395arn
3315am
6065na
5940na
5005do
6140na
9655na
5965na
7500na
7290as
21730as
17760me
6095am
7115na
6120am
6095na

li725am

11810am

15575am

7130as
l 5345as
5975va
7325va
11955as

9680na

1l740ca

6135a'
9590va
l 5360as

6175na
9605as

7215as
l 5205as

765 las
17740as

5065am
7355eu
9840na

5935am
9505na
15010na

7425am

7160na
9870ca
9850na

13730sa
11870na

15190as

17705as

17865me
9570am

21580me

9430am
7205as
11705as
7425na
7315am
13595na

17725as

7465am
7305na

SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0200
0208
0210
0211
0212
02t6
0217
0230
0232
0234
0237
0240
0246

Ne\'I Zealand, R NZ Intl Na11onal Radio or Sport. Regular

programming 1s preempled tor sports events.
Germany. Deutsche Welle Commenlary. Guest commentary
aboul a current even!
Australia. Radio: Charting Australia See S 0010.
Russia. Voice ot: Moscow Mailbag. See S 0011.
Germany, Deutsche Welle. Sports Report. The latest news
from the world of sports.
Germany, Deutsche Welle. Mailbag Asia. Listener mail from
Asia is answered
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba Feature Report. See S 0119.
Australia. Radio: Correspondents' Report. See S 0030.
Russia, Voice of: Your Top Tune. Win a prize by guessing
which song of the three is the most popular.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: DXers Unl1miled. Arnie Coro
discusses !he technical aspects of shortwave listening and
amateur radio.
Albania, R Tirana Intl: Press Review. A daily look at ilems in
lhe Bulgarian press.
Albanra, R Tirana lnU: Reality. Current events and popular
Albanian music
Russia, Voice of: You Wnte to Us. L1s1ene1 lellers arc read
and program announcements are given

Mondays
0200
0208
02t0
0211
0211
0224
0225
0230
0230
0230
0232
0235
0237
0238
0243

so

Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Sunday Edition (lrom 0100) The

second hour of RHC's twohour magazine of features.
reports. and music.
Germany, Deutsche Welle. AsiaPac1llc Report. See S 2309
Australia. Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110
Australia, Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320
Russia, Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See S0011.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
Egypt. Radio Cairo Commentary.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba Break1hrough See S 2330
Egypt, Radio Carro Music
New Zealand, R NZ lnll. In Touch wilh New Zealand. Wayne
Mowat hosls lh1s variely program.
Russia, Voice of: T1rnehnes. Sec S 1632
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba From Havana A showcase ot
Cuban music.
Albania. R Tuana lnll. Press Review. A daily look at 1lems 1n
the Bulganan press.
Radio Denmark: Magazine Program. See S t 138.
Albania. R Tirana lnll: Music al Your Request. Selections of
Albania popular music.

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Tuesdays
0205
0208
0210
0211
0211
0213
0224
0232
0235
0237
0239

New Zealand R NZ Intl: In Touch w11h New Zealand. See M

0230.
Germany. Deutsche Welle As1aPac1llc Report. See S 2309.
Australia. Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110
Australia, Radio Network Asia. See S 2320
Russia, Voice of. Newmarket See M 1211.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Spolhght on the Americas See
T 0120.
Germany. Deu1sche Welle: European Journal See S 2324.
Russia, Vorce of Kaleidoscope. See S 1432.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Timeout. Five minutes of Cuban
sports coverage.
Albania, R nrana Intl: Press Review. A daily look at items in
the Bulgarian press.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report See S 0119.

Wednesdays

0205

0208
0210
0211
0211
0217
0224
0232
0235
0237
0241
0243

New Zealand. R NZ lnll: In Touch with New Zealand. See M

0230.
Germany. Deutsche Welle As1aPac1tic Report See S 2309
Aus1ralia. Radio Sports Headlines. See M 0110.
Australia. Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.
Russia, Voice of Science and Eng1neenng 1n 1he CIS See S
0511.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba. Fea1ure Report. See S 0119.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
Russia. Voice of: Russian by Radio. See S 0632.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Timeout. See T 0235.
Albania. RTirana lnll: Press Review. A daily look al 11ems in
the Bulganan press.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 0119
Albania. RTirana lnll: PO Box Radio nrana Radio nrana's
mailbag program.

Thursdays

0205
0208
0210
0211
0211
0218
0224
0232
0235

New Zealand, R NZ 1011: In Touch with New Zealand See M

0230.
Germany. Deulsche Welle: AsiaPac1llc Report. See S 2309
Australia. Radio: Sports Headlines See M 0110
Australia. Radio: NelWork Asia. See S2320
Russia. Voice of Moscow Mailbag. See S 0011.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Fealure Report. See S 0119.
Germany, Deulsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
Russia. Voice of: Audio Book Club. See S 0032.
Cuba. Rad.o Havana Cuba: nmeout See T 0235

0237

Abania. R nrana lnll Press Re'l1ew. Adaily look at items in

tM Bulganan press

Fridays
0205
0208
0210
0211
0211
0217
0224
0232
0235
0237
0241
0246

llew Zealand. R NZ Intl In Touch with New Zealand. See M

0230.
Germany. Deulsche Welle: Asia-Pacific Report. See S 2309.
Australia. Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110.
Australia, Radio: NelWork Asia. See S 2320.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See S 0011.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Fealure Report. See S 0119.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
Russia. Voice of: Russian by Radio. See S 0632.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Timeout. See T 0235.
Albania. R Tirana Intl' Press Review. A dally look at ilems in
the Bulgarian press.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Cuba Today. See T 0640.
Albania, R nrana Intl: Tourism in Albania. Where 10 visit and
whal 10 see.

Saturdays
0208
0210
0211
0212
0220
0222
0230
0232
0235
0237
0237
0240
0240

Germany, Deulsche Welle: Commentary. See S0208.

Auslralia. Radio: Feedback. See S 0410.
Russia. Voice of. Moscow Mailbag. See S 0011.
Germany. Oeu1sche Wel'e: The Week in Germany. See S
1609.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Latin Amenca Newsline. llews
from lhe counlnes of Central and South America.
Germany. Deulsche Welle: Economic Noleboo~. See T 0333.
Auslralia. Radio. Indian Pacific. See A 0030.
Russia. Voice of. Audio Book Club. See S 0032.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Timeout. See T 0235.
Albania. R Tirana Intl: Press Review. A daily look at 11ems in
the Bulgarian press.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: The Jazz Corner. See F 2333
Albania R nrana Intl: Honzon
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Fea1ure Report. See S 01 t 9.

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Australia. Radio

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03000400 vi
03000400 vi
0300-0400 vi
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000330 twhfa
03000400 sm
03000400
03000400 vi
03000400
0300-0310
03000400
03000327
03000400
03000330
03000350

Australia. VL8A Allee Spg

Australia. VL8K Kathenne
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl
Canada. R Canada Intl
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.Faro del Canb
Cosla Rica.RF Peace Intl
Croatia, Croatian Radio
Cuba. Radio Havana
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Germany. Deutsche Welle

03000400
0300-0400 vi
03000400
03000330
03000400 vi
03000400
03000330
03000325
03000400
03000330 m
03000400 ~I
03000330
03000400

Guatemala. Radio Cultural

Italy, IRRS
Japan. NHK/Radio
Japan. NHK/Radio
Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon. Wings ol Hope
Mongolia. R Utan Bator
Nelherfands. Radio
Nw Zealand, R NZ Intl
Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Philippines. R Pilipinas
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

03000400

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9580pa
15245as
17795pa
2310do
5025do
4910do
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6160do
6010na
6010na
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6000na
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6085na

13605pa
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21580mc
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7330na

...

..

0300-0400

Taiwan. VO Free Cnina

0300-0330
03000400

Thailand. Radio
Turkey, Voice ol

0300-0315
03000400

Uganda, Radio
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl

03000330

United Kingdom.BBC WS

03000400

United Kingdom.BBC WS

03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Salt Lk C11y UT
USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Momlor Radio lnll
USA. Voice ol Amenca

03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
0300-0315
03000400
0320-0350
03300357
0330-0355
0330-0400
0330-0400 vi
03300400
03300400
03380355 rn
03400350
03450400 irreg
03450400

USA. WEWN B11mingham AL

USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Valican State. Valican R
Zimbabwe. ZBC/Radio 3
Valican Slate. Vatican R
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Moldova, R Moldova Intl
Sweden. Radio
Tanzania, Radio
UAE, Radio Dubai
Uniled Kingdom.BBC WS
Denmark. Radio
Greece. Voice al
Burundi. Radio Nat1ona1e
Ta11kis1an. Ta1ik Radio

17750pa

11715na

6120na

0300 UTC

9530na

11655as

7175na
7345na

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5905na
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SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0300
0308
0310
0311
0319
0330
0332
0336
0337
0340

New Zealand. R NZ Intl National Radio or Sport See S

0200.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Inside Europe. See S0108.
Australia. Radio: Book Reading. See S 0110.
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. Russian views on news
developments.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Fea1ure Report. See S 0119.
Auslralia, Radio: Al Your Request. Dick Palerson plays
favorite music.
Russia. Voice al: Cullure and lhe Arts. An overview al a
Russian cultural activity.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Fea1ure Report. See S 0119.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Religion and Society. See S 0138.
UAE. Radio Dubai: Variable Fealure.

Mondays
0300
0306
0308
0310
0311
0314
0319
0320
0331
0332
0334
0338
0340

Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Sunday Ed11ion. See M 0100.

New Zealand, R NZ Intl: In Touch wilh New Zealand. See M
0230.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Mailbag. See M 0103.
Auslralra. Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120.
Russia. Voice ol: News and Views. See S 0311.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: The Mailbag Show. See M 0114.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Living In Germany. See M 01 18.
Australia, Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: The Jazz Place. See M 0131.
Russia. Voice al: Audio Book Club. See S 0032.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: German by Radio. See S 1133.
Radio Denmark: Magazine Program. See S 1138.
UAE, Radio Dubai: Varlablo Fealure.

Tuesdavs
0306
0309
0310
031 1
0318
0320
0332

NewZealand. R NZ Intl: In Touch wilh New Zealand. See M

0230.
Germany. Deulsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
Auslralia. Radio: Sports Bullelin. See S 1120.
Russia. Voice al: News and Views. See S 0311 .
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Spotlighl on the Americas. See T
0120.
Auslralia. Radio: Network Asia. See S2320.
Russia. Voice al: Our Treasure Chest. The heritage al Russia.

0333
0336
0340

Germany, Deutsche Welle: Econornrc Nolebook. The

economic scene in Germany and around the wortd.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 0119.
UAE. Radio Dubai: Variable Feature.

Wednesdays

0306
0309
0310
0311
0318

0320
0332
0333
0335
0340
0350

New Zealand. R tl ZIntl: In Touch wilh New Zealand. See M

0230.
Germany. Deulsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
Australia, Radio: Sports Bullelin. See S 1120.
Russia. Voice ol: News and Views. See S 0311.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Spo11igh1 on the Americas. See T
0120.
Australia, Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.
Russia, Voice ol: Our Treasure Chest. See T 0332.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Insight. A weekly analysis al
major developrnenl s on lhe inl ernational scene.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: DXers Unlimited. Sec S 0234.
UAE. Radio Dubai: Variable Fea1ure.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 0119.

Thursdays
0306
0309
0310
0311
0318
0320
0332
0333
0336
0340

New Zealand, R NZ Intl: In Touch 111th flew Zealand. See M

0230.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
Auslralia. Radio: Sports Bullelin. See S 1120.
Russia. Voice ol: News and Views. See S 031 1.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: USA Report. See H 0118.
Auslralla. Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.
Russia, Voice of: Audio Book Club. See S 0032.
Germany. Deulsche Welle: German by Radio. See S t 133.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Fealure Report. Sees 0119.
UAE. Radio Dubai: Variable Fealure.

Fridays
0306
0309
0310
0311
0319

New Zealand, R NZ Intl: In Touch with New Zealand. See M

0230.
Germany. Deulsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
Auslraha, Radio: Sports Bullelin. See S 1120.
Russia. Voice ol: News and Views. See S 0311.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Spollighl on lhe Americas. See T
0120.

0320
0332
0333
0335
0340

Aus1ralra. Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.

Russia. Voice ot Our Treasure Chest. See T 0332.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Science and Technology. See M
1633.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Fealure Report. See S 0119.
UAE. Radio Dubai: Variable Feature.

Saturdays
0308
0310
0311
0316
0332
0332
0335
0340

Germany, Deulsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.

Ausualia, Radio: Soundabout. Kirn Taylor and friends bring
top new releases, a weekly chart countdownrn, and rock news
lrorn around lhe world.
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0311.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. Sec S 0119.
Germany, Deulsche Welle: Through German Eyes. Sec S
1629.
Russia. Voice al: Music. See M 1632.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 0119.
UAE. Radio Dubai: Variable Feature.

THANK YOU ...

Add itional contributors to this month' s
Shortwave Gui de:

Jo hn Babbis. Silve r Spring, MD; Bob

Fraser, Cohasset, MA; Arsenio
Forna ro, Brooklyn, NY; Kev in
Hec ht. Devon, PA; Loyd Yan Horn ,
Brasstown, NC; Fine Tu11i11g,
BBCMS; BBC World Media: BBC
S1111111w1y of World Broadcasts;
Internet Shortwave Newsgroups.

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FREQUENCIES .
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Aus1ra11a. Radio

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0400-0500 vi
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0400-0500
04000500
0400-0500
04000500
04000500
04000430
04000500
0400-0500
04000-llO
().100-0500
04000500
0400-0450

Auslraha. VLBA Alice Spg

Auslraha, VLBK Kalherine
Auslralia. VLBT Tent Crk
Bulgaria. Radio
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN SI John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica RF Peace Intl
Croa11a. Croatian Radio
Cuba. Radio Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Germany, Deutsche Welle

04000500 iwtla
0400-0415
0400-0500 vi
0400-0500 vi
0400-0500
0400-0458
0400-0450
0400-0500 vi
0400-0430

Guatemala. Radio Cullural

Israel. Kol Israel
Italy IRRS
Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon, Wmgs of Hope
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Romania. R Romania Intl

04000500

Russia.Voice of Russia WS

04000500
04000427

S Ah ca. Channel Africa

S Africa. Trans World R

SELECTED PROGRAMS

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15240pa
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4910do
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6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
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6205am
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9745am
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3300do
5885na
7100va
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15115pa
15180as
9675do
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5905na
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... . . . . .

0400-0500
0400-0430
0400-0500
0400-0430
0400-0415
0400-0500

Slovakia. Adv World Radio

Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
Sw11Zerland. Swiss R Intl
Tanzania. Radio
Uganda. Radio
Uniled Kingdom.BBC WS

04000430

United Kmgdom.BBC WS

04000500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Momlor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500 smtwhl
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0430
0400-0500
0400-0500
0425-0440
04250500
0430-0500
04300500
04300500
04300500
04380455 m
04550500
04590500

USA. WHRI Noblesville IN

USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee Fl
Vietnam. Voice of
Zambia. Chlisfian Voice
Zimbabwe. ZBC/Radio 3
llaly, RAI Intl
Nigeria. FRCNIRadlo
Auslralia.OefenseForces R
Netherlands. Radio
Swaziland. Trans World R
United Kingdom.BBC WS
Denmark. Radio
Nigeria. Voice ol
New Zealand. R NZ lnll

9700na

9505me
7385am
7370eu
6180na
21455va
6045af
9565af

9645me

13830eu
9820na

9830na

6065at

7225af

7465na

17545na

4935do

6150do

15230as

17765as

6155na

9510na

9570na

5920na
7175na

5930na
7180na

6030na
7270na

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. .. . . ..

..

...

Sundays

Tuesdays

Fridays

0400
0408
0410

0400
0405

0400
0405

0411
0412
0416
0417
0430
0432
0434
0436
0436

New Zealand. R NZ Intl: National Radio or Sport. See S 0200

Germany, Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0208.
Australia. Radio: Feedback. Dennis Gibbons answers letters
and discusses new programs. reception problems, and
questions aboul Australia.
Russia, Voice of: Program Preview. A review of programs to
be featured In the coming week.
Germany, Deutsche Welte: Sports Report See S 0212.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: International Talking Point.
Journalists discuss major trends and events.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 0119.
Australia, Radio: Correspondents' Report See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today. Sit back and
enjoy a great program about Russian history with
magnificent sound effects.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: OXers Unlimited. See S 0234.
Germany, Deutsche Welle. Feature of the Month (1). A special
feature on important developmental issues of our time.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: People and Places. Interviews,
stones and music for Afnca listeners.

Mondays
0400
0400
O-l05
0408
0410
04 t 1
04t1
0424
0430
0430
0430
0432
0435
0438

52

Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Sunday Edition (from 0300). See

M 0200.
New Zealand, R NZ Intl: Pacific Regional llews. News about
the Pac1hc Islands.
New Zealand, R NZ Intl: Galling Cook Islands. Birthday Calls.
dcd1cat1ons, and requests tor Cook Islands listeners.
Ge1many. Deutsche Welte: Africa Highlight. A weekly feature
on an important topic concerning Africa.
Australia, Radio: Spor1s Headlines. See M 0110_
Australia. Radio: Pacific Beat. A magazine which provides a
focus on the people and issues of the region.
Russia. Voice of Program Preview. See S0411.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
Australia. Radio lnterna11onal Report. Overseas and local
correspondents analyze regional and global issues and
events.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Breakthrough. See S 2330.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Travel Pacific (bil'.eekty). A
comprehensive look at tourism in the South Pacific from Air
New Zealand and RllZI.
Russia. Voice of The Jau Show. The world of Russian 1azz.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: From Havana. See M 0235.
Radio Denmark Magazine Program. See S 1138.

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0408
0410
041 t
04 11
04 13
0424
0430
0430
0432
0433
0439

New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Pacific Re<J1ona1 News. See M 0400.

New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Calling Tonga. Regional news and
topical programming for Tonga.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. Roports and
background to the news from Africa by Deutsche Welle
correspondents.
Australia. Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110.
Australia. Rad!o: Pacific Beat. See M 0411.
Russia, Voice of: Commonwealth Update. See T 01 11.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Spotlight on the Americas. See T
0120.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S2324.
Australia. Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Tagata Alu Motu. No details avaiable.
Russia, Voice of Yours for the Asking. See M 2332.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Timeout. See T 0235.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report See S 0119.

Wednesdays
0400
0408
041 o
0411
041 t
0417
0424
0430
0430
0432
0436
044 t

Nevi Zealand. R NZ Intl: Pacific Regional News. See M 0400.

Germany. Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. See T 0408.
Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines See M 0110.
Australia, Radio: Pacific Beat. See M 0411.
Russia, Voice of: Commonwealth Update. See T 011 1.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S Ot 19
Germany, Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
Now Zealand, R NZ Intl: Te Puna Wai Korero. See S 0530.
Russia. Voico of: Music at Your Request. Sec M 1132.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Timeout. See T 0235.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 0119.

Thursdays
0400
O-l05
0408
0410
0411
04 11
0418
0424
0430
0432
0435

New Zealand, R tJZ Intl: Pacific Regional News See M 0400

New Zealand, R NZ Intl: Galling the Solomon Islands
(biweekly). A program for fhe Solomon Islands.
Germany. Deutsche Welte: Africa Report. See T 0408.
Australia. Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110.
Australia. Radio: Pacific Beat. See M 0411 .
Russia. Voice of Commonwealth Update See T 0111.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report See S0119.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: European Journal See S 2324.
Australia. Radio: International Report See M 0430.
Russia. Voice of. Folk Box. See S 2332.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Timeout. See T 0235.

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6135na
9905na
5050af
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3255af
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11955as
15575va
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5810am
7510am
9975am
1751Das
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6035af
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7395am
3315am
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9465af
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7160af
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12020na

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4990do
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5055af

6070af

6040am

6195am

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New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Pacific Regional News. See M 0400_

New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Calling Nuie. Regional news and
topical programming for Nuie.
0408 Germany, Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. See T 0408.
041O Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 011 o.
0411 Australia, Radio: Pacific Beat. See M 041 1.
0411 Russia, Voice of: Commonwealth Update. See T 0111 .
0417 Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 01 19.
0424 Germany, Deulsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
0430 Australia. Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
0430 New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Calling Pitcairn and No1folk (in
rolation). A program for Pitcairn and Norfolk Islands
listeners.
0430 New Zealand, R NZ Intl: Calling Tokelau (in rotation). A
program for Tokelau listeners.
0430 New Zealand, R NZ Intl: Feature (in rotation). Variable feature
program.
0432 Russia, Voice of: Kaleidoscope. See S 1432.
0436 Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Timeout. See T 0235.
0441 Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Cuba Today. See T 0640.

Saturdays
0406
0408
0410
0411
04 12
0413
0420
0421
0430
0430
0431
0432
0432
0435
().138
0440
O-l44

New Zealand, R NZ Intl: Tagata Atu Motu. See T 0430.

Germany. Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0208.
Australia, Radio: Book Reading. Sees 0110.
Russia. Voice of: Commonwealth Update. See T 0111.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Africa This Week. A weekly review
of trends and events on the African continent.
North Korea, R Pyongyang: Music.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Latin America Ncwsline. See A
0220.
North Korea, R Pyongyang: Immortal Ideas of the Greal
leader.
Australia. Radio: Indian Pacific. See A 0030.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Change of Pace. A light mixture of
jazz, polka. and other musical forms.
Nortn Korea. R Pyongyang: Music.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Man and Environmen1. See T
1633.
Russia, Voice of: Timelines. See S 1632.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Timeout. See T 0235
North Korea. R Pyongyang: The Great Man of the Country.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 0119.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: Frequency Announcements.

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05000600
05000600
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Australia, VL8K Kalherme
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Auslraha.OefenseForces A
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Hahfax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio lnll
Costa Rica. Adv World R
Costa Rica.RF Peace lnll
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Cuba. Radio Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Ge1 many. Deutsc11e Welle
llaly. IRAS
llaly. IRAS
Japan. NHK/Rad10

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05000600
05000525
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05000505
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0500-0600
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Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp

Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand. A NZ lnU
N1gena. FRCN/Rad10
Nige11a. Voice of
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia. Adv World Radio
Russia.Voice of Russia VIS

05000600
05000600
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05000530

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Slovakia, Adv World Radio
Spain. A Exlenor Espana
Swaziland, Trans World R

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05000600
05000600
05000600
05000600
05000600
05000600

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USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk Cily UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

05000600
05000600
05000600
05000600 mtwhfa
05000600
05000600
05000530
05000520
05000530
05000600
05000600
05050600
05150530
05250600
05300600
05300600
05300600

USA. WEWN Bi1mingham AL

USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA, WMLK Belhel PA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State. Valican R
Vatican State. Va11can R
Vietnam, Voice of
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zimbabwe. ZBC/Radio 3
Swazil2nd. Trans World A
Switzerland, Swiss A loll
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Australia. Radio
Austria, R Auslna Intl
Kazakhstan. Radio Alma1y

05300600

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05300600
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05550600

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Denmark. Radio
Malaysia, Voice of

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7160af
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5975af
7295af
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6873va
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SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays

0532

0508
0510

0536

0511
0519
0530
0530
0532
0536
0537

Germany, Deutsche Welle: Inside Europe. See S 0108.

Austraha. Radio: Beat of the Pacific. Conversations wi1h and
music by mdrgenous Pacific musicmakers.
Russia. Voice of: Science and Engineering in the CIS. The
latest developments 1n science and technology.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Fea1ure Report. See S 0119.
Aus1raha. Radio: The Austrahan Music Show. Krm Taylor
presents the music. peQple. and issues of the Australian
contemporary music industry.
New Zealand. A NZ tnll: Te Reo o Te Pipiwharauroa. A
program for Maori hs1e11ers.
Russia. Voice ol: This Is Russra. A program which helps you
10 get to know Russia and the Russians bener.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 0119.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Religion and Society. See S 0138.

Mondays
0500
0507

0508
0511
0514
0518
0518
0520
0531
0532
0533
0538

Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Sunday Edition. See M 0100.

New Zealand, R NZ lnll: Checkpoint Ninety minutes of NZ
curren t affairs. sports news. business news. news about
Australia, and English language Maori news from National
Radio.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Mailbag. See M 0108.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See S 0011.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: The Mailbag Show. See M 0114.
Australia. Radio: Sports Summary. See M 01 t8.
Germany, Deutsche We'le: Living In Germany. See M 0118.
Mslraha. Radio: Pacific Beat See M 0411.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba. The Jazz Place. See M 0131.
Russia, Voice of: This is Russia. Seo S 0532.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: German by Radio. See S 1133.
Radio Denmark Magazrne Program. See S 1138.

Tuesdays

0506
0509
0511
0518
)518

20
30
32

New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Checkp01m. See M 0507

Germany, Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S2324.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 001 1.
Australia. Radio Sports Summary. See M 0118.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Spothghl on the Amencas. See T
Ot20.
Australia, Radio: Pacifi: Beat See M 041 t .
Australia. Radio: Indigenous News. News for and about the
aboriginal people of Australia.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: German Tribune Sn T 0132

Russia, Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today. See S

0432
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 01 t9.

Wednesdays
0506
0509
0511
0518
0520
0528
0530
0532
0533
0535
0539
0540

New Zealand. A NZ Intl: Checkpoinl. See M 0507.

Germany. Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 0011 .
Aus1ralia. Radio: Sports Summary. See M 0118.
Aus1ra1ia. Radio: Pacific Beal. See M 0411.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Spotlight on the Americas. See T
0120.
Aus1raha, Radio: Pac1f1c Women. Pani Orofino looks at
issues of concern to women of the Pacific.
Russia. Voice ol: This 1s Russia. See S 0532.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Backdrop. A program of culture
and the arts in Germany.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: DXers Unlimiled. See S 0234.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Corne to Germany. See W 0133.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 0119.

0532
0533
0536

Russia. Voice of: This is Russia. See S 0532.

Germany, Deutsche Welle: Arts on the Air. See S 1109.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 0119.

Saturdays
0509
0510
05t 1
0512
0516
0530
0532
0533
0535
0545

Germany. Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.

Australia. Radio: Oz Sounds. See S 13 t 0.
Russia. Voice ot Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 0011.
New Zealand. A NZ Intl: Pacific Requests. Music request and
dedica1ions.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 01 19.
Australia. Radio: One World Garolyn Court reports on
environmental issues important to the Pacific.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today. Sees 0432.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Through German Eyes. Sees 1629.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 0119.
New Zealand, R NZ Intl: Story Time. See S 0645.

Thursdays

0506
0509
05t 1
0518
0520
0528
0530
0532
0533
0536

New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Checkpoint. See M 0507.

Germany, Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
Russia. Voice ol: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 001 1.
Australia. Radio: Sports Summary. See M 0118.
Australia. Radio: Pacific Beat. See M 0411.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: USA Report. See H 0118.
Auslralia, Radio: Pacific Religion. Coverage of reti<Jious
issues of relevance to people of the Pac~ic region.
Russia, Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today. See S
0432.
Germany, DeU1sche Welle: German Tribune. See T Ot32.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 0119.

Fridays

0506
0509
0511
0518
0519
0520
0530

New Zealand. A NZ lnll: Checkpoint See M 0507.

Germany. Deu1sche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
Russia. Voice ot: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 0011.
Australia. Radio: Sports Summary. See M 01 18.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Spollight on lhe Americas. See T
0120.
Australia, Radio: Pacific Beat. Seo M 0411.
Australia, Radio: Beal of the Pacific. See S 0510.

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06000700 vi
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06000700 vi
06000700
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06000700
06000700
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Aus1ralia. Radio
Ausualia. VL8A Alice $pg
Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
Australia.DelenseForces A
Canada CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada CHNX Halifax
Canada CKZU Vancouver
Canada R Canada Intl

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06000700
06000700
06000650

Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl

Cuba. Radio Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Germany. Deutsche Welle

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06000700
0600-0700 vi
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06000700
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06000700

Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp

11aly, IRAS
Japan. NHK/Radio
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Kiribati. Radio
Lebanon. Wmgs of Hope
Liberia. Radio ELBC
Liberia. Raclio ELWA
Malaysia. Voice of
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCN/Rad10
Nigeria. Voice of
rJorth Korea. R Pyongyang
Papua Uew Guinea. NBC
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

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S Africa. Trans World A

Slovakia. Adv World Radio

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United Kingdom.BBC WS
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA KWHR Naalehu HI
USA Monitor Radio Intl
USA Voice of America

06000700
0600-0700
06000700
06000700 smtwhf
06000700
06000645
06000645 mtwhf
06000700
06000700
06000700
06050700

USA WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State. Vatican R
Yemen, Yemeni Rep Radio
Zambia, Christian Voice
Zimbabwe. ZBC/Rad10 3
Swaziland, Trans World R

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Switzerland. Swiss R Intl

Australia. Radio

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06400700

Aus1ria. R Aus1ria Intl

Belgium. R Vlaanderen In,
Georgia. Geo1g1an Radio
va11can Slale. Vatican R
Denmark. Radio
Monaco. Trans World Radio

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7205am
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21455am
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SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0600
0608
0610
0611
0612
0616
0616
0627
0630
0630
0632
0634
0636
0645

New Zealand. R NZ Intl: National Radio. Programming from

New Zealand's domestic radio.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Commentary See S 0208.
Australia. Radio: Feedback. See S04 10.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. Sees 0011.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Sports Report. See S 0212.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Feature of the Month (1 ). See S
0436.
Germany, Doutsche Welle: ln1ernational Talking Point. See S
0416.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report See S Ot 19.
Australia. Radio: Correspondents Report. See S 0030.
New Zealand. R NZ lntt: Pac1flka Style. Interview program in
Maori.
Russia. Voice ol: Russian by Radio. A cou1se in 1he Russian
language
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: DXers Unlimited. See S 0234.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: People and Places. See S0436.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Story Time. Stories from around the
wo~d for children.

Mondays
0600
0607
0608
0610
0611
0611
0624
0628
0630
0630
0630
0632
0635
0638

S4

Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Sunday Ed1t1on (from 0500). See

M 0200.
New Zealand, R r1z Intl: Checkpoint. Sec M 0507.
Germany, Deutsche Welle Africa Highlight. See M 0408.
Australia. Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110.
Australia. Radio: Pacific Beat. See M 0411 .
Russia. Voice of: Science and Engineering in lhe CIS. See S
0511
Germany. Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
Australia. Radio: Pacific Weather. The latest weather on the
con1inent and in the region.
Australia. Radio: lnterna110nal Report. See M 0430.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Breakthrough See S 2330.
llew Zealand. R NZ Intl: Ears. Children's stories.
Russia, Voice of: Russian by Radio. See S 0632.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: From Havana. See M 0235.
Radio Denmark: Magazine Program See S 1138.

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Tuesdays
0607
0608
0610
061 1
061 1
0615
0624
0628
0630
0630
0632
0635
0640

New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Checkpoint. See M 0507.

Germany. Deutsche Welle: Africa Report See T 0408.
Australia. Radio Sports Headlines. See M Ot 10
Australia. Radio: Pacific Beat. See M 0411.
Russia, Voice of: Newmarket. See M 121 1.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Spollight on 1he Americas. See T
0120.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
Aus1ralia. Radio: Pacific Weather. See M 0628.
Aus1raha. Radio International Report. See M 0430
New Zealand, R NZ Intl: Ears. See M 0630
Russia. Voice o1 This is Russia. See S 0532.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: nmeout. See T 0235.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Cuba Today. Aslice of life in
Havana.

Wednesdays
0607
0608
06t0
0611
0611
0617
0624
0628
0630
0630
0632
0636
0641

New Zealand. R NZ lnll: Checkpoint See M 0507.

Germany, Deutsche Welle: Africa Report See T 0408.
Australia. Radio: Sports Headlines. See PA 0110
Australia. Radio Pacific Beat. See M 0411.
Russia, Voice of. Moscow Mailbag. See S 001 t.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Fealure Report. See S0119.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
Au s1ralia, Radio: Pacific Weather. See M 0628.
Australia. Radio. lnternahOnal Report. See M 0430.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Ears. See M 0630.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and TOday. See S
0432.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: nmeout See T 0235
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 01 19.

Thursdays
0607
0608
0610
061 1
061 1
0618
0624

New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Checkpoint See M 0507

Germany, Deutsche Welle: A1rica Report. See T 0408.
Australia. Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 01 10
Australia. Radio: Pacific Beat. See M 0411.
Russia, Voice of Newmarket. See M 1211
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 0119.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.

0628
0630
0630
0632
0635

Australia, Radio: Pacific Weather. See M 0628

Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Ears. See M0630.
Russia. Voice of: This is Russia. See S 0532.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Timeout. See T 0235.

Fridavs
0607
0608
0610
0611
061 1
06 t 7
0624
0628
0630
0630
0632
0636
0641

NewZealand, R NZlnll: Checkpoint. See M 0507.

Germany, Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. See T0408.
Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 011 0.
Australia. Radio Pacttic Beat. See M 0411.
Russia. Voice of Science and Engineering 1n th~ CIS. See
s 0511.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See S 0119.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
Auslralia, Radio: Pacific Weather. See M 0628.
Australia, Radio: lnterna11onal Report. See M 0430.
New Zealand, R NZ Intl: Ears. See M 0630.
Russia, Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today See S
0432.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba Timeout. See T 0235.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Cuba Today. See T 0640.

Saturdavs
0602
0608
0610
0611
0612
0620
0630
0630
0632
0634
0640

New fealand, R NZ lnll: Saturday Night. Either Veronica

Alum or Peler Sledmere hosts this 1ourhour variety
program.
Germany, Deulsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0208.
Australia, Radio Book Reading. See S01 10.
Russia. Voice of Science and Engineenng in the CIS. See
s 05 11.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Africa This Week. See A 0412.
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba: Latin America Newsline. See A
0220.
Australia. Radio Indian Fac1fic See A 0030.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Ma~ and Envuonment. See T
1633.
Russia, Voice of: This is Russia. See S 0532.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba: Tirneout. See T 0235.
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba fealure Report. See S 0119.

0700 UTC

0800 UTC

3:00 AM EDT/ 12:00 PM PDT

FREQUENCIES .

Austraha. Radio

0700-0730
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0727
0700-0800
07000800 as
0700-0800 mtwhf
0700-0715
0700-0730 vi
0700-0800

Australia. Radio
Australia. VL8A Alice Spg
Australia. VL8K KAtherin e
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. R East Africa
Eqt Guinea. Radm Africa
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
llaly, IRAS
Japan. NHK/Radio

0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800
0700-0800 asmtwh
0700-0800
0700-0710
0700-0800
0700-0715
0700-0750
0700-0730s
0700-0800

Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp

Ku1batr. Radio
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Liberia. Radio ELBC
Liberia. Radio ELWA
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. Voice al
Malaysia. Voice of
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Nel'I Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nonh Korea. R Pyongyang
Norway_ Radio Norway Intl
Russia, Voice of Russia WS

0700-0710
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800
0700-0800

Sierra Leone. SLBS

Solomon Islands. SIBC
Taiwan. VO Free China
United Kingdom.BBC WS

Umted Kingdom.BBC WS
United Kingdom.BBC WS
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zimbabwe, ZBC/Rad10 3
Sl'laziland, Trans World R
Papua New Guinea. NBC
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Australia. Radio
Greece. Voice of
Italy, IRAS
Netherlands. Radio
Denmark, Radio
Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp
Greece. Voice of
Guam. AWR/KTWR

. . ... . .....

..... ....

0700-0800

0700-0730
0700-0715
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
07000800
0700-0800
07000800 smtwhf
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0705-0800
07t 0-0800 vi
07t6-0800
0730-0600
0730-0745 s
07300800 vi
07300800
0738-0755 m
0745-0800 s
0745-0755
0755-0800

4:00 AM EDT/ 1:00 AM PDT

5995pa
9710pa
t 7695as
t 3605as
4835do
5025do
4910do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6t30do
6t60do
6205am
5930eu
5900pa
t5186af
t5186af
3366do
3985va
5975eu
11850pa
21610as
4885do
9825do
9960va
7275do
4760do
7295do
9750as
6175as
7t t5eu
9570pa
15340af
7t80au
9685as
17860va
3316do
5020do
5950na
3955eu
7145pa
9640sa
12095va
1536()va
t 7830af
6t80eu
6005al
7510am
993Gas
7535eu
5825eu
5760am
7490na
9465eu
3315am
6065af
5975do
5055af
4890do
6100pa
9660pa
7450eu
7125va
9720au
5905am
3366do
7450eu
15200as

6020pa
9860pa

6080pa
15240pa

t54t5as

t 7795as

5995pa
971 Opa
2310do
5025do
4910do
t5607af
9625do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6t 30do
6160do
t 1755pa
6205am
6050eu

6020pa
9860pa

9580pa
15565as

7385am
7345eu
6050eu
4915do
7230eu
15t65me

11725as
17810va

4935do

6150do

1t740as
17815af

15295au

t7765rne
t2005va

12025va

t5t60va

5975va
7325va
t t7601a
t5070va
t5575va

6175na
9410va
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9600al
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t779oas

t 1760va
7t60al

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9545do

7425na
73t 5am
t3595na

7465na

5065arn

5935am

7425am

6045do
607Qaf

9500al

965Qal

17880as
9425eu

11645au

1t895pa
7275arn
49t5do
9425eu

0800-0900
0800-0900 as
0800-0900 mtwhf
0800-0805 s
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900
0800-0830
0800-0900
0800-0825
0800-0805 a
0800-0825
0800-0900
0800-0850
0800-0850
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900

Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Gurnea. R East Afnca
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Guam, TWR/KTWR
Indonesia. Voice of
Italy. IRAS
Kiribati. Radio
Lebanon. Wrngs of Hope
Ubena. Radio ELWA
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. Voice of
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nonh Korea. R Pyongyang
Pakistan, Radio
Papua Nel'I Gurnea. NBC
Russia.Voice of Russia ws

0800-08 10
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900
0800-0900

Sierra Leone, SLBS

Solomon Islands. SIBC
South Korea. R Korea Intl
United Kingdom.BBC WS

0800-08 15
0800-0830
0800-0900
08000900
0800-0900
08000900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900 smtwhf
0800-0900
0800-0900
08000900
0805-0820 smtwhl
0805-0835 mtwhf
08t 5-0900 mtwtl
0830-0900 vi
0830-0900
0830-0900
0830-0900
0830-0857
0838-0855 m
0855-0900

United Kingdom.BBC WS
United Kingdom.BBC WS
USA. KNLS Anchor Point AK
USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. WEWN Burningham AL
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Be111e1 PA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zimbabwe. ZBC/Rad10 4
Monaco, Trans World Radio
Swaziland. Trans World R
Nigeria. FRCNIRadio
Australia, VL8K Katherine
Austria. R Austria Intl
Georgia. Georgian Radio
Netherlands. Radio
Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl
Denmark. Radio
Guam. TWR/KTWR

5900pa
t5186af
15186af
3366do
t520oas
9525as
7t25va
9825do
996()va
4760do
7295do
6t 75as
7t f 5eu
9720au
6100pa
15t8oas
t5470eu
4890do
7305as
t2025va
33 t6do
5020do
7550eu
3955eu
94t()va
t2095va
t540()va
t7830al
7t 45pa
3955eu
6t 50as
75t0am
9930as
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5065am
6065al
5975do
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2485do
6155eu
t t9 t0eu
9720au
t t990au
5905am
t 1830pa

9750as

t5295au

11895pa
t5230as
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9450as
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6190af
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1507()va
15575va

17895eu
9685as

12005va

6195va
11940al
1528Gas
t 764()va

7325as
11955va
1531Gas
1779oas

9640sa

t3615pa
5975na
7315am
13595na

t5665eu
7425na

5935am

7425am

6045do

7285do

6070al
4990do

950Gaf

13730eu

t 7870pa

t 1895pa
17485au
7275am

t3700pa
21 705au
7465am

7435am

965Gal

7465am
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0800 UTC
08000900

Australia. Radio

0800-0900 vi
08000830 vi
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0830

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
Australia,DefenseForces R
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronlo
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Hahtax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China, China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB

6080pa
17715as

9580pa
2t725as

t8t94al

t54 40pa
7385am

t7690pa

lngirld Dahle of Radio Norway /11ternatio11al

signed this QSLfor Eric Wa /1011. Va11co11l'e1; BC.
April 1996

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Australia Radio

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0900 1000 vi
0900-1000
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0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000 as
0900 1000 mtwhl
0900-0950

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

Australia. VL8K Kathenne
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Australia.Defenseforces R
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
Canada. CfCX Montreal
canada. Cf RX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB
EQt Guinea. R East Africa
EQI Guinea. Radio Af11ca
Germany. Deutsche Welle

09000915 mtwt1
0900-0915
0900-1000
0900-1000 vi
0900-1000
0900-0948 vi
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-0930
0900-1000
0900 1000 vi
0900-1000

Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp

Guam. TWR/KTWR
Guam. TWR/KTWR
llaly. IRAS
Japan. NHK/Radio
K111ba11. Radio
Lebanon Vorce of Hope
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

0900-1000
0900-0930
0900-1000

Slovakia. Adv Wo~d Radio

Sw11Zertand. Swiss R lnll
Untied Kingdom.BBC WS

0900-0915

Untied Kingdom.BBC WS

0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-0930
0900- 1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000 smlwhf
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0910-0940
0915-1000
0930-1000 s
0930-1000
0930-1000
09301000

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Belhel PA
USA. \WICR Nashville TN
USA. WYfR Okeechobee fl
Zambia. Ch11slian Voice
Zimbabwe. Z8C/Rad10 4
Mongolia. R Ulan Bator
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Armenia. Voice of
Canada. CKZN St John's
Georgia. Georgian Radio
Nelherlands. Radio

0930- 1000
0938-0955 s

Philippines. FEBCIR Intl

Denmark. Radio

5995as
9860pa
2310do
2485do
49t0do
15607af
6035eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
11755pa
6205am
5900pa
15186af
15186al
6160pa
15410af
21680as
3366do
15200as
11830pa
7125va
6090as
9825do
6280va
9960va
7295do
9720au
6100pa
4890do
7305as
t5560va
15620af
9885au
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I 1750as
15190sa
15575va
t7885af
7180as
11955va
5810am
7St0am
7395sa
13615va
5825eu
5760am
7490na
9465eu
5065am
5950na
6065al
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9960au
6130do
15270va
6160do
t 1910eu
7260pa
t3700pa
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15175as

i240as
13605as

18t94af
15510af

9510as
151i0as

9580pa
21725as

17595af

15440pa
7385am

17690pa

7380as
17780pa

I 1725af
17820as

15145af
21600af

4915do

11850au

15190as

13700pa

9685as
17755as

13785as
17860va

I 1640au
6195va
11940al
15280va
17640va

13685au
9410va
I 2095va
I 5380as
17705eu

9740as
15070va
15400va
17830va

7325al
15310as
9815am

9580as
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11760va
17790as

7535eu

9430as

7425na
7315am
t3595na

7465na

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1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1 100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1030
1000-1100
1000-11ooas
1000-1100 mtwhf
10001100
1000-1100
10001100
1000-1005
10001 tOO vi
10001 tOO
1000-1100
1000-1 100
1000-1100 v1
10001100vl
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
10001100vl
10001100
1000-1100

Australia. VLSA Alice Spg

Australia. VLSK Ka1he11ne
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Auslralia.Defenseforces R
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CfRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.Rf Peace Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Eql Guinea. R East Af11ca
EQt Guinea. Radio Aluca
Guam. AWR/KSDA
India. All India Radio
Iraq. Radio lraQ Intl
Israel. Kol Israel
llaly. IRAS
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. ATM Kuchmg
Malaysia.ATM Ko1aKmabalu
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria. Voice of
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Philippines. fEBC/R Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

1000-1100
1000-1100

Singapore. SBC Radio One

United Kingdom.BBC WS

1000-1030
1000-1100
1000-1100
t000-1100
tOOOtlOO

Uniled Kingdom.BBC WS
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice ol Amenca

1000 1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
tOOOl 100
t000-1100
t000-1030
t000-1100
I 030 1100 mtwhla
1030-1057
1030-1030
1030-1055
1038-1055 s

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WWCR Nashville TU
USA. WYFR OkeechObee FL
Vietnam. Voice ol
Zambia. Ch11s11an Voice
Aus111a. R Austna Intl
Czech Rep. Radro Prague
SwilZerland. Swiss R Intl
UAE. Radio Dubai
Denmark. Radio

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6t65am
t542Sva
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9840as

9430as
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13625as
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9475am

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11001200vl
11001200vl
11001200vl
1100 1200
1100 1200
11001200
11001200
11001200
11001200
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1100-1130
11001200
11001200as
11001200
t1 00 t150
11001 200
t1001200vl
11001200
11001200
11001200 vi
11001200 vl
11001200
1100 1200
11001150
11001115
11001200vl
11001200

Australia. VLSA Alice Spg

Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia. VLST Tent Crk
Australia,De fenseForces R
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica. Adv World R
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea, R East Africa
Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa
Germany, Deutsche Welle
Iraq, Radio Iraq Intl
Italy, IRRS
Japan. NHK/Radio
Malaysia, Radio
Malaysia. RTM Kuching
Malaysia.RTM KotaKinabalu
Nepal. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Pakistan. Radio
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

11001200

Singapore. SBC Radio One

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5030am
6205am
5900pa
12005am
15186af
9530as
15370af
13680eu
7125va
6090as
7295do
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5980do
5005do
6100pa
6575na
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4890do
4740as
13785va
6155do

7240as
9860pa
15565as

7375am
7385am

9510pa
13605as

9725am

9580pa
15170as

13750am

11001200
11001130
11001130
11001200
11001200

Singapore,R Singapore Int

Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka BC
Sl'litzerland. Sl'liss R Intl
Taiwan. Voice of Asia
United Kingdom.BBC WS

11001130
11001200
1100 1200
1100 1200
1100 1200

United Kingdom.BBC WS
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Monitor Radio Intl
USA, Voice of America

11001200
t 100 t200
t1001200
11001 200
t 100 1200
11 20t 130
1130 1200
11301200
11301200 vl
11301200

USA. WHRI Noblesville IN

USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia. Christian Voice
Vatican State, Vatican R
Austria. R Austria Intl
Bulgaria, Radio
China. China Radio Intl
Iran. VOIRI

11301200a
11301155 s
11301200
t 1301200
11301200
1130t200
11381155s

Monaco. Trans World Radio

Monaco. Trans World Radio
Myanmar. Voice of
Netherlands. Radio
Russia.Voice of Russia WS
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Denmark. Radio

15115am

15410af

17765af

6120na

15350as

9975na
17895as

11335na

9725as
17755as

9820as
17860as

17800af

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6015as
11835as
9885as
7445as
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7180as
11750va
12095va
15575va
17885af
15190sa
7510am
9930as
6095na
5985va
9590am
15160va
6040am
7490na
5935am
5950na
606Saf
5880va
13730eu
9810as
8660as
11745as
15260af
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7115eu
5990do
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7295eu

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6065va
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6190af
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15220am
17750va

6195va
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15310as
17830af

7395ca
61 10va
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15425va
6185am
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7435am
7355na

9355as
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9430au
7405am
11720va

9475am
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15685am
11970na

11 740eu

15570af

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11445as
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t 1700as
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11930me

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SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
1100
1100
1109
1111
1113
1120
1130
1130
1132
1133
1138

New Zealand, R NZ Intl: Newsdesk. Rebroadcast of the BBC

World Service's quality news program.
North Korea, R Pyongyang: Anthem.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Arts on lhe Air. Reports and
interviews on major cultural even1s and developments.
Russia, Voice of: News and Views. See S 031 1.
North Korea, R Pyongyang: Music.
Australia, Radio: Sports Bullelin. Ten-minute reports on
Auslralian, regional and international sport.
Australia, Radio: Fine Music Australia. The bes1 Aus1ralian
fine music performances and compos~ions are presented by
Ivan Lloyd.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Good Night from Wellington.
National Radio.
Russia, Voice of: This is Russia. See S 0532.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: German by Radio. An advanced
German language course for English speakers.
Radio Denmark: Magazine Program. NEW! Broadcast only on
the first weekend of the month.

Mondays
1100
1100
1109

1111
1113
1120
1130
1130
1132
1133

New Zealand, R NZ Intl: Newsdesk. See S 1100.

North Korea. R Pyongyang: Anthem.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. Worldwide
current affairs program with a review of the German or
European press.
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0311 .
North Korea. R Pyongyang: MuslC/Commentary.
Australia. Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120.
Australia, Radio: Innovations. Desley Blanch reports on
Australian inventions and Innovative praclices.
New Zealand, R NZ Intl: Good Nigh! from Wellington. See S
1130.
Russia, Voice of: Music at Your Request. Music as requested
by listeners.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Hallo Africa. A program with
musical requests and greetings to friends.

Tuesdays
1100
1100
1109
1111
11 15
1120
t 121

New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Newsdesk. See S 1100.

North Korea. R Pyongyang: Anthem.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.
Russia, Voice of: News and Views See S 0311.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: Music.
Australia, Radio: Sports Bulleiln. Sees 1120.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: The Immortal Story.

1126
1130
1130
1132
1133
1145

North Korea. R Pyongyang: Truth Idea.

Australia, Radio: Arts Au s1ralia. Amanda Smith presents
reviews and comment on current events within the
Australian arts scene.
New Zealand, R NZ Intl: Good Nigh! from Wellington. See S
1130.
Russia, Voice of: Folk Box. See S 2332.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Hallo Africa. See M 1133.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: Frequency Announcements.

Wednesdays
1100
1100
1109
1111
1115
1120
1120
1130
1130
1132
1133
1139
1144

New Zealand, R NZ lnll: Newsdesk. See S 1100.

North Korea. R Pyongyang: Anthem.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.
Russia, Voice of: News and Views. See S 0311.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: Music.
Australia, Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: The Reminiscences of lhe Great
Leader.
Australia. Radio: Science File. Ian Wood examines the world
of science, medicine and l echnology.
New Zealand, R NZ Intl: Orient Express. Live music request
program for Chinese listeners. Recommended.
Russia. Voice of: Folk Box. See S 2332.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Hallo Alrica. See M 1133.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: The Great Man of the Century.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: Frequency Announcements.

Thursdays
1100
1100
1109
1111
1113
1120
1130
1130
1132
1133
1143

New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Newsdesk. See S 1100.

North Korea. R Pyongyang: Anth em.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.
Russia, Voice of: News and Views. See S0311.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: M11sic!Commen1ary.
Australia, Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120.
Australia. Radio: Couchman. Peter Couchman in
conversation with people from all walks of life.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Good Night from Wellinglon. See S
11 30.
Russia, Voice of: The Jazz Show. See M 0432.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Hallo Africa. See M 1133.
North Korea, R Pyongyang: Announcements.

Fridays
1100
1100
1109

New Zealand, R NZ Intl: Newsdesk. See S 1t OO.

North Korea, R Pyongyang: Anthem.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.

11 11
11 13
1120
1121
1130
1130
1131
1132
1133
1t38
1144

Russia, Voice of: News and Views. See S 0311.

North Korea. R Pyongyang: Music.
Australia, Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: Immortal Ideas of the Great
Leader.
Australia, Radio: The Parliament Program. A roundup of
evenfs in the Australian Parliament.
New Zealand. R NZ lnll: Good Night from Wellington. See S
1130.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: Music.
Russia. Voice of: Yours for the Asking. See M 2332.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Hallo Africa. See M 1133.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: The Great Man of the Country.
North Korea, R Pyongyang: Frequency Announ cements.

Saturdavs
1100
1100
1109
1111
1113
1120
1120
1130
1130
1132
1134

New f ealand. R NZ Intl: Newsdesk. See S 1100.

North Korea, R Pyongyang: Anthem.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: The Week in Germany. See S 1609.
Russia, Voice of: News and Views. See S 0311.
North Korea, R Pyongyang: MusiC/Commentary.
Australia. Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1t20.
Germany, Deulsche Welle: Mailbag Africa. Listener mail from
Africa is answered.
Auslralia, Radio: Business Weekly. See S 1610.
New Zealand, R NZ Intl: Good Night from Wellington. See S
1130.
Russia, Voice of: Music at Your Request. See M 1132.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Saturday Special. Information
unavailable.

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1300-1400

Austraha. Radio

Brazil. Radio Bras

Bulgaria. Radio
Cambodia. Natl Voice ol
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl

I 200- I 230 vi
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300 as
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300

Ch11ia. Cluna Radio Intl

Costa R'ca. Adv World R
Costa R ca.Rf Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB
EQt Guinea. R East Alrica
Eqt Guinea. Radt0 Africa
Finland. YLE/R Finland
France. Radio France Intl

1200-1230

Iran. VOIRI

1200-1300
1200-1300 vi
1200-1300
12001300
1200-1300 vi
1200 1250
12001300
1200-1206
12001300 vi
12001255

lraQ. Radio Iraq Intl

llaly. RRS
Jordan. Radio
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia.ATM KotaKmabalu
Myanmar. Voice of
Nelherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Polantl . Polish R Warsaw

1200 1300

Russia.Voice of Russia WS

SELECTED PROGRAMS

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9580pa
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t5445na
9810as
11940as
9625do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6t30do
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6t60do
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8660as
5030am
6200am
t 2005am
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1I735na
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15195eu
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6100pa
9965as
6095eu
I 18t5eu
4740va

t 223
1228
1228
1230
1230
1234
1238

Austraha. Radio. Charung Australia. See S 0010.

Russia, Voice ol: Muse and Mus1c1ans. See S 01 11.
Jordan. Radio: Music. A half-hour ol popular music.
France. R France Intl: African Analysts (biweekly). An indepth analysis of Alncan current alfa1rs.
France. R France Intl: Asian Analysis (biweekly). An in-depth
analysis of Asian curient atta11s.
France. R France Intl. Paris Promenade. Spotltght on a city
bistro or restaurant
France. R France Intl. Counterpoint (biweekly). A specific
human nghts issue is examined.
France. R France Intl: Everywoman (b1week~1 ). A program
lor and aboU1 women.
Australta. Radio Report lrom Asia A weekly roundup of
Asian events.
Jordan. Radio: Science Report. What's new tn the science
and technology arena.
France. R France Intl: Club 9516. Listener leners are read in
this mailbag program.
Radio Denmark: Magazine Program. See S t 138.

1211
1215
t 230
1231
1232
1241
1247

Austraha. Radio: Austrahana. A variety ol Australian topics

are discussed In these 20minute segments.
Russia. Voice ol. Newmarket. This program tells where and
how to invest tn Russia. how 10 sell your product. or start a
business.
Jordan. Radio: Music. See S 1215
Australia, Radio: lnternattonal Report See M 0430.
France. R France Intl. Rf! Europe European press review
lotuses on current attairs 1n other countries of lhe region.
Russia Voice of Russian by Radio. See S 0632.
France. R France Intl. Sports A summary ol the seasonal
matches from around the continent.
France, R France Intl: Arts In France. Prol1le on the work ol a
French artist or a cullural activity such as music.

Tuesdays
1210
121 1
1215

58

, .

Australia. Radio: Australiana. See M 1210.

Russia, Voice ol: Focus on Asia and the Pacilic. See T 001I.
Jordan. Radio: Jordan Weekly. Discussions about current
activities in Jordan

MONITORING TIMES

6060pa
9610as

6080pa
9860pa

7260as
11eoopa

11605as

74 IOas

9715as

I t660as

I 1445as
7375am
7385am
15115am

I 1700as
9725am
t5050am

121 !Oas
13750am

15400na
11615na
15325al
I 1790as
17750me

13625na
15530na
I 1875me

15155eu
17575ca
11930me

11970va

7190eu

7t45eu

7270eu

9525eu

4975va

12030na

t 5470va

1200-1300
12001300
12001300
12001300
12001300
12001300

Singapore. SBC Radio One

Singapore.A Singapore In:
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
Taiwan. VO Free China
Uniled Kingdom.BBC WS

12001300
12001300
12001300
12001300

USA. KTBN Salt Lk Ctty UT

USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

12001300
12001300
1200-1300
12001300 s
1200- 1300
1200 1300

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R M1am1 Intl
USA. WNCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL

12001230
12001300
1207 1300 occsnal
12151300
1230 1300
12301255s
1230 1300
12301300 I'/
1230 1300
1230 1300
1230-1300
12301300
1230-1300
12381255s

Uzbekistan. R Tashkent
Zambia, Christian Vorce
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Egypl, Radio Cairo
Bangladesh, Radio
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
Canada. R Canada Intl
Indonesia. ARI Sorong
South Korea, R Korea Intl
Sweden. Radio
Turkey. Voice ol
Vietnam. Voice ol
Yugoslavia, Radio
Denmark. Radio

12401250

Greece. Voice of

t 230
1231
1232
1233
1243
t 250

Australia. Radio: International Repor1. See M 0430.

France. R France Intl: France Today. Current happenings in
France.
Russia. Voice ot: This ts Russia. See S 0532.
France. R France Intl: Rfl Europe See M 1231.
France. R France Intl. Books. New books. pubhshing trends.
and authors
France. R France Intl: Science Probe. Oevelopmenls in the
world of science. technology, and health.

Wednesdays
1210
t 211
1215
t 230
1231
t 232
t 242
1247

Australia. Radio. Charting Australia. See S 0010

Russia. Voice ol. focus on Asia and the Paciltc. See T 0011 .
Jordan. Radro: Jordan Weekly. See T 1215.
Australia. Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
France. R France Intl: Rfl Europe. See M 1231.
Russia. Voice ol: Moscow Yesterday and Today. See S 0432.
France. R France Intl: The Bottom Line. Focus on financial
matters.
France, R F1ance Intl: Land ol France. A leature on life and
times in France.

1232
1241

t 7880as
6t55do
6015as
7285as
6165eu
7130au
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9410va
I t 760va
I 5070va
17640va
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75 t0am
9930as
6095na
61 tOva
t5t 60va
7425na
6040am
7490na
9955am
5935am
5950na
t3695na
5060as
6065al
6100pa
t 7595as
7185as
13670na
6150as
4875do
9570as
9835as
9445eu
7360as
t 1835au
9590am
15605am
9915al

9535eu
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1t940at
15220va
17705va

6195va
9740as
11955as
t53t0as
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7180as
t t 750as
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9355as
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151 t5na
6185am
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9430au
9760va

9455sa
I 1715va

7435am
9705na

9475am
1t830na

t5685am
t t970na

5975as

6025as

9715as

9648as
11?JOas
9640as
13740pa
9630as
9840as

13670au
t5240pa
9675as
t 2030as

9795am

9590al

I t645al

15650al

11840am

1248

Russia. Voice of Moscow Yesterday and Today. See S0432.

France. R France Intl. Film Reel Interview with an performer
or film maker.
France. R France Intl. Made in France See H 1448.

Saturdays
1210
121 t
1215
1228
1230
1232
1246
1247

Australia. Radio: Ockhams Razor. Robyn Williams with

straight. sharp talk about science.
Russia. Voice of: focus on Asia and the Pac11tc. See T 0011.
Jordan, Radio Jordan Weekly See T 1215
France. R France Intl Spothght on Alrica Correspondent
reports and interviews on Alrican atta1rs.
Austraha. Radio: Background Report In-depth reports
exam mng a broad range ol 1nlluences that shape our world.
Russra. Voice of: Your Top Tune. See S 0232.
Russra. Voice ol. You Write to Us See S 0246.
France. R France lnll. frencn Lesson Learn French by radio.

Thursdays

Mondays
1210

.. . . . . .

Sundays

1216

J.ri

.. .

1200-1300
1200-1230
1200-1215
1200-1300 vi
1200-1300 vi
1200-1300
12001300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300

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1215
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t 2t O
1211
t2t5
t 230
1231
t 232
1234
1244
1249
t 249

Australta. Radro: Australiana. See M 1210.

Russia. Voice of: focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 0011.
Jordan. Radio: Music. See S 1215.
Australta. Radio International Report. See M 0430.
France. R France Intl: Sports. See IA 1241.
Russia. Voice ol : This is Russia. See S 0532.
France. R France Intl: Rfl Europe. See M 1231.
France. R France Intl: The Americas Magazine. focus on a
sub1ect relating to a counlry of the western hemisphere.
France. R France Intl. Nortl\/South (biweekly). focus on a
publtc ac1tv1ty in France.
France. R France Intl: Planet Earth (biweekly). An interview
with an expert on ecological matters.

Fridays
1210
I 2I t
1215
I 230
1231

Austraha, Radio: Australiana. See M 1210.

Russia, Voice ol : focus on Asia and the Pacilic. See T 0011.
Jordan. Radio: Jordan Weekly. See T 1215.
Australia. Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
Franco, R Fr.rnce Intl: Rfl Europe. See M 1231 .

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1300-1330
1300-1330 mtwhfa
1300-1320
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1300-1400
1300-1400
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1300-1400
1300 1400
1300-1400
1300 1400
1300-1400
1300-1330
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1330
1300-1400 as
1300-1400
1300-1400
13001330vl
1300-1400
1300-1 400
13001400vt
t300-1400vl
1300-1325
1300 1400 occsnal
1300-t350

Australia. Radio
Belgium R Vlaanderen Int
Brazil. Radio Bras
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl
China. China Radio Intl
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.AF Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea. R East Africa
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
Iraq. Radio Iraq Intl
Italy. IRAS
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. ATM Kuching
Malaysia.ATM KotaK1nabalu
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand, A NZ Intl
North Korea. A Pyongyang

1300-1330 s
1300-1400 vi
1300-1400
t300 1400
t 300- 1400

Norway. Radio Norway Intl

Palau. KHBN!Voice of Hope
Philippines. FEBC/A Intl
Romania. A Romania Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia ws

1300-t400

Smgapore. SBC Radio One

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6060pa
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6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9640na
7385na
74 lOas
6200am
12005am
17595as
15186af
9530as
13680as
7125va
9960va
7295do
7160do
5980do
6045eu
6100pa
9345as
15430as
7315as
9965as
11995as
11940eu
7130as
12065me
6155do

724oas
11800pa
sosoas

11855na
9715as
7385am
15115am

9560pa

9580pa

9510pa

11660pa
15050am

7190eu
9640eu

t t740as

t5230as

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9795as

15605as

15390eu
7t65as
17880as

17745eu
9470va

I 2030na

1300 UTC

.. . ..

.. .. ....

1300--400
1300"330
1300-1330
1300-1400

Singapore.A Singapore Int

Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
Turke1. Voice of
Umted Kingdom BBC WS

1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400

USA. KJES Mesquite NM

USA. KNLS Anchor Point AK
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

1300-1 400
1300-1400 fas
1300-1 400
1300-1400
1300-1400 s
1300-1400
1300-1 400 a
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1315-1400
1330-1400
1330-1357
1330-1 400
I 330-1400 vi
1330-1400
1330-1400
1330-t355
t330-t400
t330-t400
t 338-t355 m
1345- t 400

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCA Upton KY
USA. WAMll R M1am1Intl
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCA Nashville TN
USA. WYFA Okeechobee FL
Zambia. Chnst1an Voice
Bhutan. Bhutan BC Service
Austna. A Austria Intl
Canada. R Canada Intl
India. All India Radio
Italy. .ARS
Netherlands. Radio
Sweden. Radio
UAE. Radio Dubai
Uzbekistan, R Tashkent
Vietnam. Voice of
Denmark. Radio
Vatican State. Vatican A

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7480JS
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9515na
tt 760va
15220va
17640va
21470af

9355as
9645va
15425va
1t 875na

11640as

13625as

6190af
9590na
11940af
t53 t0as
t 7705va
21660af

619Sva
9740as
12095va
15420af
17830af

9455na
9760va

13625au
11715va

t5115na

15375na

13845am
11830na

15685am
17760eu

15105am
t3595na

t2160am
9705na

9535as
13750as
13700as
t 5240na
t5395eu
5975as
9840as
9795na
t 1625as

15150as
t 7825eu
6025as
t2030as
t 1840na
15585as

21605me
9715as
15605na

SELECTED PROGRAMS.
Sundays
1300
1310
1311
1330
1332
1338
t340
f 346

Nonh Korea. A Pyongyang: Anthem.

Australia. Radio: Oz Sounds. Twenty minutes of music
selections by Radio Australia announcers.
Russia. Voice of: Science and Engineering in the CIS. See S
0511.
Australia, Radio: The Europeans. See S 0130.
Russia. Voice ot: Your Top Tune. See S 0232.
Radio Denmark Magazme Program. See S 1138.
UAE. Radio Dubai: Variable Feature.
Russia. Voice of: You Wrtte to Us. See S 0246.

~n~~~orea.
A Pyongyang: Anthem.
1310 Australia. Radio: Asia Focus. Reporting on the commercial
1310
1311
1318
1329
1330
1332
1340
1343

1nterrelationshlps ol the Asia/Pacific Region.

Egypt. Radio Cairo: Arabic by Radio.
Russia, Voice ot: Moscow Mailbag. See S0011.
No11h Korea. A Pyongyang: Music.
North Korea. A Pyong1ang: Korea Today.
Australia, Radio: The Australian Music Show. See S 0530.
Russia. Voice of: Audio Book Club. See S 0032.
UAE. Radio Dubai: Variable Feature.
North Korea. A Pyongyang: Program/Frequency
Announcemenls.

Tuesdays
1300
1310
131 I
1330
1332
1340

North Korea. R Pyongyang: Anthem.

Australia. Radio: Asia Focus See M 1310.
Russia. Voice ot: Newmarket. See M 1211.
Australia. Radio Jazz Notes. The best of Auslralian jazz
introduced by Ivan Uoyd.
Russia. Voice of: Kaleidoscope. See S 1432.
UAE. Radio Dubai: Variable Feature.

Wednesdays
1300
t3t0
131 1
1316
1328
t 330
1332

North Korea. A Pyongyang: Anthem.

Australia. Radio: Asia Focus. See M 1310.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See S 0011 .
North Korea. A Pyongyang: Music.
North Korea, R Pyongyang: The Reminiscences of the Great
Leader.
Australia. Radio: Blacklracker. Mal Honess with traditional
and contemporary aboriginal music.
Russia. Voice ot: Russian by Radio. See S 0632.

1339
1340
1344

North Korea, A Pyongyang: The Great Man ot the Century.

UAE. Radio Dubai: Variable Feature
North Korea. A Pyongyang: Frequency Announcements.

Thursdays
1300
1310
t3t 1
t3t6
t330
f332
1340

ACTIVE
PRESELECTOR

North Korea, A Pyongyang: Anthem; Announcements

Australia. Radio: Asia Focus. See M 1310.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See S 0011
North Korea. R Pyongyang: Science and Technology.
Australia. Radio: Australian Country Style. Graham Bell goes
up country.
Russia, Voice of: Kaleidoscope. See S 1432.
UAE. Radio Dubai: Variable Feature

Fridays
1300
t3t 0
t3 t t
131 3
1321
t330
1331
1332
1338
1340
1344

North Korea. R Pyongyang: Anthem.

Australia. Radio: Asia Focus. See M t3t0.
Russia. Voice ol: Moscow Mailbag. See S 001 1.
North Korea. A Pyongyang: Music.
North Korea. A Pyongyang: Immortal Ideas ol theGreat
Leader.
Australia. Radio: Music Deli. Paul Pellan p1esent music llom
a variety of cultures.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: Music.
Russia, Voice of: Russian by Radio See S 0632.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: The Great Man of the Country.
UAE, Radio Dubai: Vanable Feature.
North Korea. A Pyongyang: Frequency Announcements.

Saturdays
t 300

1310
13t I
13t9
1330
1332
1340

North Korea. A Pyongyang: Anthem. Frequency

Announcements.
Australia, Radio: Business Weekly. See S 1610.
Russia. Voice of: Program Preview. See S 0411.
North Korea. A Pyongyang: Music.
Australia. Radio: The Australian Scene. See A Ot30.
Russia. Voice of: Audio Book Club. See S 0032.
UAE. Radio Dubai: Variable Feature.

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14001500
14001500
14001500
14001500
1400-1500
14001430
14001500
1400 1500 as
14001500
14001500
1400-1500 vi
14001500

Australia. Radio
Australia. Radio
Australia.OefenseForces R
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St Johns
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl
China. China Radio lnlf
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. R East Africa
France. Radio France lnlf
India. All India Radio
Italy. IRRS
Japan. NHK/Rad10

14001500
14001500
14001500vl
1400 1500 vi
1400-1500
1400-1500 occsnal
14001430s
1400 1500 vi
14001500
14001500

Lebanon. Wings of Hope

Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. RTM Kuching
Malaysia.ATM KolaKinabalu
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Norway Radio Norway Intl
Palau. KHBNN01ce of Hope
Philippines. FEBCIR Intl
Russia.voice of Russia WS

14001500
14001500

Singapore. SBC Radio One

United Kingdom.BBC WS

7240pa
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6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
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USA. KJES Mesquite NM

USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. Monitor Radio lnlf
USA. Voice of Ame11ca

1400-1500
1400 1500 fas
14001500
1400 1500
14001500
14001500
14001500
14001415
14001 500
1415-1425
1415-1500a
1430-1500

USA, \VEWN Birmingham AL

USA. IVGTG McCaysville GA
USA. IVHRI Noblesville IN
USA. \VJCR Up1on KY
USA. \VRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State. Va11can R
Zambia. Christian Voice
Nepal. Radio
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
Auslralia. Radio

1430- 1500
1430 1500
1430-1500 vi
1430 1440 mtwhf
14301500mtwhl
14301500
1430-1500
14301500
14301500
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1438-1455 s
1440 1500
1440-1455 s
1445 1500
1458-1500 mtwhfa
1458 1500 s

Auslna. R Austria lnlf

Canada. R Canada lnlf
China. China Radio Intl
Indonesia. RRI U1 Pandang
Portugal. R Portugal Intl
Romania. R Romania Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia WS
Sweden. Radio
Uni1ed Kingdom.BBC WS
Greece. Voice of
Denmark. Radio
Myanmar, Voice of
Norway. R Denmark lnlf
Mongolia. R Ulan Bator
Seychelles. FEBA Radio
Seychelles. FEBA Radio

15260na
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9760va
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15105am
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13845am
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15685am
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13730eu
11935eu
11445as

15325eu
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11810as
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SELECTED PROGRAMS
Thursdays

Sundays
141 O
1411
1416
1416
1422
1427
1430
1432
1433
1438

Australia. Radio Sports Bulleun. See S 1120.

Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0311.
France. R France Intl: African Analysis (biweekly). See S 1216
France. R France lnlf: Asian AnalySis (biweekly). See S 1216.
France. R France Intl: Pans Promenade. See S 1223.
France. R France Intl Everywoman. See S 1228.
Aus1raha. Radio: Report from Asia. See S 1230.
Russia. Voice of: Kaleidoscope. A variety of topics ranging
from science and ecology to cultural matters.
France. R France Intl: Club 9516. See S 1234.
Radio Denmark: Magazine Program. See S 1138.

1450

Mondays
1410
1411
1430
1431
1432
1440
1447
1450

Australia. Radio: Sports Bulletin. Sees 1120.

Russia. Voice of News and Views. See S 0311
Australia. Radio. International Report. See M 0430.
France. R France Intl: RF! Europe. See M 1231 .
Russia. Voice of. Folk Box. See S 2332.
France. R France Intl: Sports. See M 1241.
France. R France Intl: Arts on France. See M 1247.
Australia. Radio: Stock Exchange Report. Financial news from
Sydney and other excllanges.

Tuesdays
1410
1411
1430
1431
1432
1433
1442
1449
1450

60

Australia. Radio. Sports Bulletin. See S 1120.

Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0311 .
Australia. Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
France. R France Intl. RFI Europe. See M 1231.
Russia. Voice of: The Jazz Show. See M 0432.
France. R France Intl: The Bottom Line. See W 1242.
France. R France Intl: Land of France. See W 1247.
Australia. Radio: Stock Exchange Report. See M 1450.

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April 1996

Aus1ralia. Radio: Sports Bulle1in. See S 1120.

Russia. Voice of. News and Views. See S 0311 .
Australia. Radio: International Report See M 0430.
France, R France Intl. Sports. See M 1241.
Russia. Voice of. Yours for the Asking See M 2332.
France. R France Intl: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
France. R France Intl: North/South (b~veekly). See H 1249.
France. R France Intl: Planet Earth (biweekly). See H 1249.
France. R France Intl: The Americas Magazine (5). See H 1244.
France. R France Intl: Made in France. A review of something
very French.
Australia. Radio: S1ock Exchange Report. See M 1450.

Fridays
1410
1411
1430
1431
1432
1441
1446
1446
1450

Australia. Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120.

Russia. Voice of: News and VielVs. See S03 11.
Australia. Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
France. R France Intl: France Today. See T 1231.
Russia. Voice of: Yours for the Asking. See M 2332.
France. R France Intl. RFI Europe See M 1231.
France. R France Intl Books. See T 1243
France. R France Intl. Science Probe. See T 1250
Australia. Radio. Stock Exchange Report See M 1450.

Wednesdays
1410
1411
1430
1431
1432
1443
1446
1450

1410
1411
1430
1431
1432
1435
1443
1443
1443
1448

Australia. Radio: Sports Bulleton. See S 1120.

Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0311.
Australia. Radio. International Report. See M 0430.
France. R France Intl: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
Russia. Voice of: Music at Your Request. See M 1132.
France. A France Intl: Film Reel. See F 1241.
France. R France Intl: Counterpoint (biweekly). See S 1228.
France, R France Intl: Silk Roads (biweekly). Focus on South
Asia.
Australia. Radio: Stock Exchange Report. See M 1450.

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Saturdays
t 41O Aus1ralia. Radio Sports Bulletin. See S 1120.
1411 Russia. Voice ot: News and Views. See S 0311.
t425 France. R France lnlf Focus on France. Zooming in on a
French news item.
1430 Australia. Radio Background Report. See A 1230.
1432 Russia. Voice of. T1mehnes. See S t632.
1434 France. R France Intl. Asia Fife. Correspondent reports and
1ntervrews on Asian alfairs.
1440 France. R France Intl: French Lesson. See A 1247.

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Aus1ralia. Radio

1500-1600
1500-1600 vi
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600 s
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600 as
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600 vi
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600 vi
1500-1600 vi
1500-1515
1500-1515 s
1500-1525
1500-1600 occsnal
1500-1600
1500-1550
1500-1530 s
1500-1600 vi
1500-1600
1500-1530

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Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Mon1real
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN S1 John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada lnll
China. China Radio ln11
Cos1a Rica.RF Peace lnll
Ecuador. HCJB
Eql Guinea. R Eas1 Africa
Finland. YLEJR Finland
Guam. TWR/KTWR
11aly. Adv World Radio
llaly, IRAS
Japan. NHK/Radio
Jordan. Radio
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. RTM Kuching
Malaysia.ATM KotaKinabalu
Mongolia. R Ulan Ba1or
Myanmar. Voice of
Ne1herlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ lnll
Nigeria. Voice of
Nor1h Korea. A Pyongyang
Norway, Radio Norway lnll
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Philippines. FEBC/R ln11
Romania. R Romania lnll

5995pa
7260as
11660as
B743af
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9640na
7405na
6200am
12005am
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11785na
11580as
7230eu
3985va
7240as
11940va
9960va
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7160do
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9895as
6100pa
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9325eu
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9965as
11995as
11 740as

6060pa
9580pa
11695pa
10623af

11855na
9535as
7385am
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6080pa
9615as
11800pa

6090as
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1500-1600

Russia.Voice of Russia WS

1500-1600
1500-1600 mtwhfa
1500-1530 s
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1530
1500-1600

SAfrica. Channel Africa

Seychelles. FEBA Radio
Seychelles, FEBA Radio
Singapore. SBC Radio One
Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
United Kingdom.BBC WS

1500-1530

United Kingdom.BBC WS

1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600

USA, KTBN Sall Lk City UT

USA. KWHR Naa/ehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

1500-1600
1500-1600 fas
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600 a
1500-1600
1500-1600

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCA Upton KY
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA, WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCA Nashville TN
USA. WYFA Okeechobee FL

1500-1600
1530-1600
1530-1600
1530-1600
1538-1555 s

Zambia. Chrislian Voice

Iran. VO/RI
Netherlands. Radio
U111ted Kingdom.BBC WS
Denmark, Radio

9785as
15050am
21455va

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9535na
11970va

9695as

15355af

9950as
13700as

9640eu
11730me

11810as

15150as

9975na

15335as

13785me

4740va
7115va
9470va
11945as
7155af
9810as
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9885as
5965as
7205as
9740as
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11860af
17880af
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9930as
9355as
6110as
9645as
15255as
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9370am
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9475am
9560am
17760eu
6065af
11875as
9895as
7180as
9485na

4940va
7180as
9490va
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15425as
12075as
5990as
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15400va
21470af
11940af
21490af

18930af
7125as
9700as
15395as
11875na

4975va
7325eu
9635as

13625as
6190af
9515na
12095va
17705va
21660af
15400eu

7215as
9760va

6085va
7330eu
9905as

6195va
9590na
15070va
17830al
15420af

9575as
15205as

15665na

15105am
13595na

12160am
11830na
21525af

13845am
15215na
21745eu

15260as
15150as
11720as
9520na

17750as

15685am
15566eu

11730na

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1500
1500
1502
1510
1511
1530
1532
1538

Jordan, Radio: Program Announcemen1s. The program lineup for 1oday is outlined. bu\ In Jordan lime.
North Korea, R Pyongyang: An1hem.
Jordan. Radio: Us1eners' Choice. Popular music selec1ions
reques1ed by lis1eners.
Aus1ralia, Radio: Oz Sounds. See S 1310.
Russia. Voice of: Program Preview. See S 0411.
Aus1ralia. Radio: Fine Music Aus1ralia. See S 1130.
Russia, Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today. See S0432.
Radio Denmarl<: Magazine Program. See S 1138.

~~n~oprogram
~la~ Radio:
On 1he Air if You Dare. A live. 1wohour quiz
during which lis1eners call in and win prizes.
1500
1510
1511
1530
1532

North Korea, R Pyongyang: An1hem.

Aus1ralia, Radio: Asia Focus. See M 1310.
Russia, Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See S 0011.
Aus1ralia. Radio: lnnova1ions. See M 1130.
Russia, Voice of: This is Russia. See S 0532.

Tuesdays
1500
1500
1502
1510
1511
1530
1530
1532

Jordan, Radio: Program Announccmcn1s. Sec S 1500.

North Korea, R Pyongyang: Anthem.
Jordan. Radio: Variable Fea1ure Program. A different topic
each week.
Australia. Radio: Asia Focus. See M 1310.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 001 1.
Aus1ralia. Radio: Arts Australia. See T 1130.
Jordan. Radio: Pop Session. Nonstop pop music.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Yes1erday and Today. See S 0432.

Wednesdays
1500
1500
1502
1510
1511
1530
1531
1532
1545

Jordan, Radio: Program Announcements. See S 1500.

North Korea. A Pyongyang: An1hem.
Jordan. Radio: Jordan Weekly. See T 1215.
Aus1ralia, Radio: Asia Focus. See M 1310.
Russia, Voice of: Focus on Asia and 1he Pacific. See T 0011.
Australia, Radio: Science File. See W 11 30.
Jordan, Radio: Fea1ure Series. A series of quarter-hour
programs dealing with a varie1y of subjec1s ("Plants"
fea1ured in Jun 95).
Russia, Voice of: This is Russia. See S 0532.
Jordan, Radio: Pop Session. See T 1530.

Thursdays
1500
1500
1502
1510
1511
1530
1531
1532

Jordan, Radio: Program Announcemen1s. See S 1500.

North Korea. R Pyongyang: Anthem.
Jordan, Radio: Art World. Interview wi1h a prominen1 figure
in music or the arts.
Australia. Radio: Asia Focus. See M 1310.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 0011.
Aus1ralia. Radio: Couchman. See H 1130.
Jordan. Radio: Pop Session. See T 1530.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today. See S 0432.

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS

UKRAINE: R. UKRAINE
Heard in Engli sh at 2200-2300 on 59 16.5.
Terrible heterody ne vs RF! Poli sh on 5915.
(Wolfgang BUscheL Germany. HCJB TLC)

Fridays
1500
1500
1510
151 1
1513
1521

1530
1531
1532
1538
1544

Jordan. Radio: On the Air if You Oare. See M 1500.

North Korea. R Pyongyang: Anthem.
Australia. Radio: Asia Focus. See M 1310.
Russia, Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T0011.
North Korea. A Pyongyang: Music.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: Immortal Ideas ol 1he Great
Leader.
Australia. Radio: The Parliamen1 Program. See F 1130.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: Music.
Russia, Voice of: This is Russia. See S 0532.
North Korea. A Pyongyang: The Grea1Man of lhe Country.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: Frequency Announcements.

Saturdays
1500
1500
1502
151 O
1511
1530
1530
1532

Jordan, Radio: Program Announcements. See S 1500.

North Korea, A Pyongyang: Anthem.
Jordan. Radio: Jordan Weekly. See T 1215.
Aus1ralia, Radio: Oz Sounds. See S 1310.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 0011.
Australia, Radio: Business Weekly. See S 1610.
Jordan. Radio: Music. See S 1215.
Russia, Voice ol: Moscow Yesterday and Today. See S0432.

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FREQUENCIES . ..
16001700

Auslraha Radio

16001613
16001700 v1
16001700
16001700
16001700
16001700
1600 1700
16001700
16001700 s
1600-1700
16001700
16001627
16001630
16001700

Bangladesh Radio
Canada CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada, CFCX Monlreal
Canada. CFRX Toron10
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canarla. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl
China, China Radio Intl
Cosra Rica.RF Peace Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ethiopia. Radio
France. Radio France Intl

16001650
16001700
1600 1700
1600 1615 ml
1600 1630 whlas
16001630
16001700 vi
16001700
16001630
16001700
16001700
16001625
1600 1650 occsnal
16001700
16001700

Germany. Deu1sche Welle

Germany. Deu1sche Welle
Guam AWRIKSDA
Guam TWA KTWR
Guam TWR/KTWR
Iran. VOIRI
llaly. IRRS
Jordan. Radio
Ka1akhs1an. Radio Almaty
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Malaysia, Radio
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria. Voice of
Pakistan. Radio

1600 1700 vi
16001700

Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope

Russia.Voice of Russia WS

16001700
16001700

S Af11ca Channel Al11ca

S Af11ca Trans World R

5995pa
7260as
11660pa
7185as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9640na
11575as
6200am
5930eu
7165af
6175eu
12015af
6170as
7195af
7400as
11580as
11580as
11875as
3985va
11940Va
5940eu
6280Va
7295do
9895as
6100am
7255al
9485af
13590al
9965as
5940va
7115va
7325va
13670af
7155al
9500al

6060pa
9580pa
11695pa
9568as

1t955na
151 lOaf
15050am
9430eu
9485eu
15210al
7225as
9735al

6080pa
9710pa
t t800pa

15130af

I t 6t5al
15460al
7305as
tt965al

15260as

17750as

t 1970Va
5970eu

9505eu

13700as

15150as

9785al
15555al

6090pa
9770as

11570al

5995va
7130va
7330eu

6055va
7205va
9470va

9530af

15240af

16001700
16001700
16001630
16001700
16001640
16001700

Songapore. SBC Radio One

South Korea. R Korea Intl
S11 Lanka. Sro Lanka BC
Swaziland. Trans World R
UAE. Radio Dubai
Uniled Kingdom.BBC WS

16001615
16001700
16001700
t 600-1 700
16001700

United Kingdom.BBCWS
USA, KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

t6001700
t600-1700 las
16001700
16001700
16001700
16001700 a
16001700
16001700
16001620
16001630
16001700
16151630
16151625
16t 51700
16301700
16301657
1630t700
16301 700
16301700
1638-t 655 s
1645t700 mtwhl
16501700
t 650 t 700 mtwhf

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. \VHRI Noblesv1lle IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. W\VCR Nashville TN
USA. IVYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State. Vatican R
Vietnam. Voice of
Zambia. Christian Voice
Albania, RTirana Intl
Egypt, Radio Cairo
United Kingdom.BBC WS
Austria. R Austria Intl
Canada. R Canada Intl
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Georgia. Georgian Radio
Russia. Voice of Russia WS
Denmark. Radio
Canada. R Canada Intl
Eqt Guinea. Radio Alroca
New Zealand. R NZ Intl

I 1700al
15530al
9585as

I t745al

6085va
7255va
9490va

6t55do
5975eu
9720as
9500al
13675eu
3915as
7135as
9740va
t 5070Va
t 7840Va
5990as
15590am
6120as
9355af
3970af
9575as
I 1920af
15225af
I 7895af
tt580na
9370am
t3760am
7490na
t5420am
15745eu
9475am
15566eu
99-IOas
7360na
6065af
7155eu
I 1874af
9630af
11780as
7150as
15255af
5990eu
9585eu
9590at
9555eu
t5186al
6145pa

95t5eu
15425as

9870al

15575me

15395me
5965as
7205at
t 1750as
15260na
21470va
7180as

17825me
6190al
9410va
11780eu
15400va
21660al
I 7705va

21605me
6195va
9515na
12095va
17830al

1t550eu
611 Oas
9645as
12040al
15395as

t8930al
7125as
9700as
t3710af
1541oa1

13615na

15340na

7215as
9760as
15205as
15445al

t5105am
13595na

12t60am
17760eu
11640as
9840eu

13845am

15685am

12030as

9740eu
11860al

15420al

9550as

t 1840at
I 1935eu

15325eu

17820eu

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1609
1609

1610
161 1
1619
1619
1619
1622
1626
1626
1629
1630
1632
1632
1633
1634
1638

Germany, Deursche were Ans on the Air. Sees 1109.

Germany. Deulsche Were The Week 1n Germany. The week's
events mGermany by ows Bonn correspondents.
Australia, Radio Busoness Weekly. Busmess and finance
developments 1n lhe As1a/Pac1hc region.
Russia. Voice of Moscow Mailbag. See S 0011 .
France, R France Intl: Evc1ywoman (biweekly). See S 1228.
France, R France Intl: Heallh Concerns (biweekly). Reports on
medicine, Illness. and ecology.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Religion and Society. See S0138.
France. R France Intl: Pans Promenade. See S 1223.
France. R France Intl: African Analysis (biweekly). See S 1216.
France. R FI: Echoes from Africa (biweekly).Alrican music
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Through German Eyes. lndeplh
inlerviews w11h pron11nen1 German 1oumalisls.
Aus1ralia. Radio: Report lrom Asia. See S 1230.
France. R France Intl: Club 9516. See S 1234.
Russia. Voice of l1mehnes. A variety program with an upbeat
!lair and an ons1ght 11110 Moscow hie.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: German by Radio. See S 1133.
Germany, OW The German pop scene for listeners in Alnca.
Radio Denmark Magazine Program. See S t 138.

Mondays
1604
1609
1610
1611
t 630
1631
1632
t 633
1640
1643
t647
t 650
t655

Jordan, Radio: On lhe Air 1f You Oare. See M 1500.

Germany, Deursche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.
Ausl ralia. Radio: Ausrrahana. See M 1210.
Russia. Voice of. Newmarket See M 121 t.
Auslralia. Radio lnternauonal Report. See M 0430.
France. R France Intl. RFI Europe. See M 1231.
Russia. Voice of: Music selected by Radio Moscow statt.
Germany. Oeulsche Welle: Science and Technology. Magazine
program prescn11ng new developmenls in science
France, R France Intl: Sports. See M 1241.
Germany, OW: Science and Technology. Sec M 1633.
France. R France Intl: Arts in France. See M 1247.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Bellbird. RNZl's famous interval signal.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl Karanga/Reading/Hymn. Vespers at !he
beginning of transmission.

Tuesdays
1604

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1609
1610
1611
1630
1632
t 633
1633
t642
t 644
t 647
1650
t655

Germany. Deutsche Welle. Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.

Australia. Radio Aus1raliana. See M 1210.
Russia. Voice of. Science and Engineering in the CIS.
Ausl ralia. Radio: ln1erna1ional Report See M 0430.
Russia. Voice of: Music. See M 1632.
France. R France Intl: RFI Europe See M t 231.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Man and Environment. Topics on
cnvironmcnl on induslrial and developong counlnes.
France. R France !nil: Books. See T 1243.
Germany, Deu1sche Welle: Man and Environment. See T 1633.
France. R France Intl: Drumbeat African feature.
New Zealand, R NZ Intl: Bellbird. See M 1650.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Karanga/Reading/Hymn. See M t655.

Wednesdays
t 604
t 609
1610
1611
1630
1631
t 632
1633
t641
1643
1646
1650
1655

Jordan. Radio: The Mix. The la1esl pop musicnews

Germany. Deutsche Welle: Newsl;~e Cologne. See M 1109.
Australia. Radio: Auslraliana. See M t210.
Russia. Voice of Science and Engineering in the CIS.
Australia. Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
France. R France Intl: RF! Europe. See M 1231 .
Russia. Voice ot Music. See M 1632
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Insight See IV 0333.
France. R France lnll: The Bottom Line. See IV 1242.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Insight. See W 0333.
France. R France Intl. Land of France. See w 1247.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Bellbird. See M 1650.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Karanga/Read1ng/Hymn. See M 1655.

Thursdays
1605
1609
1610
1611
1630
1630
1632
1632
1633
164 t
1641
t643
1646

Jordan. Radio: Top 20. weslern pop music

Germany, Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1t09.
Australia, Radio: Austrahana. See M 1210.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See S 0011 .
Australia. Radio: lnternalional Report. See M 0430.
France. R France Intl Spons See M 1241
France. R France lnll. RF! Europe. See M 1231.
Russia. Voice of: Music. See M t 632
Germany, Oeulsche Welle: Living In Germany. See M 01t 8.
France. R France Intl: North/South (b111eekly). See H 1249.
France. R France Intl: Planet Eanh (biweekly). See H 1249.
Germany, Oeulsche Welle Uvong in Germany. See M 01 18.
France. R France Intl: Science Probe. See T 1250.

t650
t 655

New Zealand. R NZ Intl Bellbird. See M 1650.

New Zealand. R NZ Intl Karanga/Reading/Hymn. See M 1655.

Fridays
1604
1609
16t0
t61 I
1630
1631
1632
1633
1641
t643
1646
t650
1655

Jordan. Radio: Counlry Music. The best of country & western

Germany, Oeulsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1109.
Australia, Radio: Auslraliana. See M 1210.
Russia. Voice of: ThlS is Russia. See S 0532.
Australia, Radio: lnlernatlonal Report. See M 0430.
France. R France Intl: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
Russia. Voice of: Music. See M 1632.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Spotlight on Sport. Weekly
magazine program v11lh bac<ground stories and coverage of
important events.
France, R France Intl: Film Reel. See F 1241.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Spotlight on Sport. See F 1633.
France. R France Intl: Made in France. See H 1448.
New Zealand. R NZ loll: Bellnird. See M t650.
New Zealand, R NZ Intl: Karanga/Read1ng/Hymn. See M 1655.

Saturdays
t 603
t 609
t 609
t609
t6t0
t611
1614
t 6t 8
1618
1623
t 630
t 630
1631
1633
t640
1645
t 648

Jordan. Radio Music. See S 12 t 5.

Germany. Deutsche Welle: Alnca in the German Press. What
German newspapers and weeklies say about Afnca.
Germany. Deutsche Well: Feature ol lhe Monlh (1 ). See S
0436.
Germany. OW: ln1erna1ional Talkong Point See S 0416.
Auslralia. Radio. Asia Focus See M 1310.
Russia. Voice of: Music and Musicians. See S0111.
France. R France Intl: Focus on France. See A 1425.
Germany. Deulsche Welle: Focus on Development (biweekly).
Projecls and progress in Afnca and Asia.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Women on the Move (biweekly). A
magazone promoling ontercullural understanding and
portraying the role of women in society.
Germany. Oeulsche Welle Development Forum. See A 1618
Australia. Radio Background Report See A 1230.
Egypt Radio Cairo: Egyptian Music.
France. R France lnll: Spotlighl on Africa. See A 1228.
Germany. Oeulsche Welle: Economic Notebook. See T 0333.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Religion and Society. See S01 38.
France. R France lnll: French Lesson. See A 1247.
Germany, Deulsche Welle: Tne Jazz Corner. See F 2333.

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Auslraha. Radio

1700-180J vi
1700-180)
1700-180)
1700-180)
1700-180)
1700-180)
1700-180)
1700-180)

Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc

Canada. CFCX Monireal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP ~algary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Cl11na. China Radio Intl

1700-180) as
1700-1727
1700-180il
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1730
1700-1800 vi
1700-1800

Costa Rica. Adv World R

Costa Rica.RF Peace ln11
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypl. Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea. Radio Alrica
France. Radio France Intl
Italy, IRRS
Japan. NHK/Rad10

1700-1730
1700-1800
1700- 1730
1700-1800 mtwhf
1700-1750
1700- f 750
1700- f 800 vi
1700-1755
1700-1800

Jordan. Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
North Korea. A Pyongyang
Pakislan. Radio
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Poland. Polish R Warsaw
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1730
1700-1800

S Afnca. Channel Africa

Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Swaziland. Trans World R
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
United Kingdom.BBC WS

1700- 180~

1700-1745
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800

United Kingdom.BBC WS
USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of Ame11ca

1700-1800 mtwhf

USA. Voice of Ame11ca

1700-1800
1700-1800 fas
t 700-1800
t 700-1800
1700-1800 sm1whf
1700-1800
1700-1800 th
1700-1730 s
1700-1800 mwt
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1715-1730
1730-1800
1730-1745
1730-1800
1738-1755 s
1745-1800 mlwhf

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA, WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA, WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR NashvilleTN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia, Chrislian Voice
Va tican Stale. Valican R
Romania. R Romania Intl
Sweden. Radio
Valican State. Valican R
Denmark. Radio
Canada. RCanada Intl

1745-1800

India. All India Radio

1745-1800 mtr1hf

Sv1az1land. Trans World R

6060pa
9580pa
t 1660pa
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5220af
11575af
13750am
6200am
5835eu
15540eu
15255af
15186af
9485al
3985va
6150as
11930me
11940va
6280va
9960va
6145pa
9325eu
5825eu
9965as
6095eu
6085va
9490va
7240al
9465af
9500af
5850va
3955eu
7t 35as
9515na
12095va
17830af
3915as
15590am
6120as
9355af
6t 10as
12005va
15410af
5990va
9760af
11580na
9370am
13760am
7490na
9465eu
15420am
15745al
9930eu
9930eu
9475am
15566eu
4965al
4005eu
9750af
6065eu
9660af
7485al
5995eu
15325eu
7410eu
11935al
3200al

6080pa
9615as
11695pa

7150af

6090pa
9710pa
11880pa

7405af

7260as
9860pa

9535as

15050am
9430eu

1t615af

15210af

15460af

7280as

9535na

9580as

1f970va

9640al
11570eu

9975af

13785me

7270eu
7180eu
13670af
9545al
9475af

7285eu
7205va

7255va

9885va
6180eu
7160me
9740\'a
15070va
17840va
9630ol

f 3635va
6190af
7205as
11750as
15400af

11550eu
7215as
12040af
15445af
6040at
9770as
13615na

6195va
9410va
11780eu
15420af

Algeria. R Algie;s Intl

Australia. Radio

1800-1830
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1830
1800-1900
1800-1900

Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int

Brazil. Radio Bras
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypl. Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
India. All India Radio

1800-1900 vi
1800-1900
1800-f900
1800-1825
1800-1850 mtwhf
1800-1900 vi
1800-1900

Italy. IRAS
Kuwail. Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Russia. Voice of Russia WS

1800-1900
1800-1830
1800-1900
1800-1900

Sudan. Radio Omdurman

Swaziland. Trans World R
Swaziland. Trans World R
Uniled Kingdom.BBC WS

1800-1830
f800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900

Uniled Kingdom.BBC WS
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KJES Mesquite NM
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monrtor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

1800-1900 mtwhf
1800-1900
1800-1900 fas
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900 mh'lhf
1800-1900
1800 1900 ths
1800-1900 mwf
1800f 900
1800-1 900
1800-1830
1800-1 900
1802-1900 s
1815-1900
1830-1900
1830- f 900 irreg t
1830-1900
1830-1900

USA. Voice of America

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WANONew Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam, Voice of
Yemen. Yemeni Rep Radio
Morocco. RTVM Marocaine
Bangladesh, Radio
Albania. R Tirana Intl
Belarus. Radiosta Belarus
Georgia. Georgian Radio
Netherlancls. Radio

1830-1857
1830-1857
1830-1855 irreg
1830-1900
1830-1900
1830-1900
1830-1900
f830-1900
1833-1900
1838-1855 s
1840-1850
1845-1900 irreg s
1851-1900

SAfrica. Trans World R

Slovakia. R Slovakia Intl
Somalia. Radio Mogadishu
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Sweden, Radio
Turkey. Voice of
United Kingdom.BBC WS
Yugoslavia. Radio
Cole D' lvoire, RDTV
Denmark. Radio
Greece. Voice of
Mah. ROTV Malienne
New Zealand. R NZ lnll

11860af

18930af
11920af
1371Qaf
17895af
9525as
15205af
15340sa

11945va
15255as
13379me
9570as

15105ca
13595na

12160am
17760ca

13845am

15685am

6245eu
11740al

7250eu
11940af

11810al

11625af
7525af
9555eu
17820eu
9650eu
13750as

11635al
9590af
11915eu

PROPAG ATION FORECASTING

1800-1900
1800-1900

9950af
15075me

11935eu
11620af

f f 715me
6060pa
9860pa
5910eu
t 5265eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
6200am
15540eu
15255af
t 5186al
74 f Oeu
11935me
3985va
11990na
6280va
6020af
6145pa
9965as
5940eu
7180eu
9490va
9000af
9500af
3200af
3255af
6195eu
11955au
17830af
7160me
13815am
15385na
15590am
13625au
9355va
6040va
137f0af
18275va
4875al
11580eu
9370am
9495am
7490na
9465eu
9925am
15420am
15745af
9930eu
9475am
17760eu
7360na
9780as
17815af
7190eu
7270eu
5940eu
6000eu
4945al
9860af
17605af
9525af
5915eu
6710af
6480eu
6065eu
9445eu
6005af
6100eu
11920do
5960af
15150af
4783do
9810pa

15160eu
6080pa
11 6602s
9925af

15205eu
6090pa
11695pa

9580pa
11880pa

15050am

9650eu
13750as

9950af
15075as

9605af

11655af

5995eu
7205eu
9585eu
9025af

6055eu
7255va
13670af

6085va
9470va

3955eu
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11920af
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9568as
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FREQUENCIES

Argentina. RAE
Australia. Radio

19001930
19001920
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
1900-2000
19002000
19002000
1900-1930
19002000
19002000
t9001950

Azerbaijan, Voice of
Brazil. Radio Bras
Bulgaria. Radio
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China, China Radio Intl
Costa Rica, Adv World R
Costa Rica,RF Peace Intl
Cote D' lvoire. RDTV
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
Germany. Deutsche Welle

t9001910
t9002000
1900t930
19001945

Greece. Voice of
Guatemala. Adv World R
Hungary. Radio Budapest
India. All India Radio

19001930

Israel. Kol Israel

19002000 vi
19002000

Italy. IRRS
Japan. NHK/Rad10

t9002000 vi
19002000
19001930 as
19002000
19002000
19002000
19001930
19002000

Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp

Kuwait. Radio
Latvia. Radio
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Liberia. Radio ELBC
Liberia. Radio ELWA
Lithuania. Radio Vilnius
Netherlands. Radio

t900t950
1900-2000
t9001930 s
19002000
19002000

New Zealand. R NZ Intl

Nigeria. Voice of
Norway, Radio No1V1ay Intl
Romania. R Romania Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

t9002000
19002000
1900-1930
19002000
t900 1930
19002000

South Korea. R Korea Intl

Swaziland. Trans World R
Swillerlans, Swiss R Intl
Thailand. Radio
Turkey. Voice of
United Kingdom.BBC WS

t900-19t5
t9002000
t 9002000
19002000
t9002000
1900-2000

United Kingdom.BBC WS
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

19002000
19002000 fas
1900-2000
19002000
t9002000
19002000 mtv1hf
19002000
19002000 ths
19002000 mwfa
19002000
19002000
1900t930
19002000
19002000
1930-2000
19302000
19302000
19302000 vi
19302000
1935 1955
t 938 t955 m
19452000

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA, WVHA Greenbush ME
USA, WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam. Voice of
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zimbabwe, ZBC/Radio 4
Austria. RAustria Intl
Iran. VOIRI
Mongolia. R Ulan Bator
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Poland, Polish R Warsaw
Italy, RAI Intl
Denmark, Radio
Togo, Radio

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9925am
t5420am
t 5745af
9930eu
9475arn
7355eu
7360na
4965af
3306do
5945eu
7260af
4080as
4890do
6035eu
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5930at
5047do

April 1996

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New Zealand. R NZ Intl

Algeria. R Algier s Intl
Angola. Radio Nacional
Australia. Radio

20002t00
20002100
20002t00
20002100
20002t00
20002t00
20002t00

Canada. CFCX Montreal

Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl

20002t00
20002100
20002t00
2000-2050
20002030
20002t00
20002t00
20002030
20002t00 vi
20002100 vi
20002t00
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002025

Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl

Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
Germany. Deutsche Welle
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Guatemala. Adv World R
Indonesia. Voice of
Iran. VOIRI
Italy. IRRS
Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp
Kuwait. Radio
Lebanon, Wings of Hope
Libena, Radio ELBC
Liberia. Radio ELWA
Netherlands. Radio

20002t00
20002005
2000-2t00
20002050
20002 t00 vi
20002025
2000-2030 mtwhf
20002t00

New Zealand. R NZ Intl

Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
Nigeria. Voice of
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Poland. Polish R Warsaw
Portugal. R Portugal Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

200020t5
2000-2030
20002015
2000-2030
20002t00
200020t5
20002t00

Sierra Leone. SLBS

South Korea. R Korea Intl
Swaziland. Trans World R
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
Turkey. Voice of
Uganda. Radio
United Kingdom.BBC WS

20002t00
20002t00
20002t00 s
20002t00
20002t00
20002t00

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

20002t00
20002t00 fas
20002100
20002t00
20002t00
20002t00 rntwhf
20002t00
20002t00 ths
20002100 rnwfa
2000-2100
20002t 00
20002030
2000-2030
20002100
20052t00
20t 52045 as
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20252045
20302t00
20302035 mtwhf
20302 f 00 rnwh
20302100
20302045
2030-2t00
20382055 m
20452t00

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA G1eenbush ME
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State. Vatican R
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zimbabwe. ZBC/Radio 3
Syria. Radio Damascus
Swaziland, Trans World R
Estonia. Estonian Radio
Italy, RAI Intl
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Latvia. Radio
Moldova. R Dniester Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia WS
Thailand. Radio
Vietnam. Voice of
Denmark. Radio
India. All India Radio

2050-2100

Vatican State. Vatican R

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2100-2130
21002200
2100 2200 vi
21002200
21002200
2100-2200
21002200
2100-2200
21002200
2100-2200

Bahrain. Radio
Belgium. R Vlaanderen lnl
Bulgaria. Radio
Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada, CFCX Monlreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Canada, R Canada Intl

21002200
21002130
21002200
21002200
21002127
2100-2200
21002200
21002200
2100-2150

China, China Radio Intl

China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Cuba. Radio Havana
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador, HCJB
Egypt, Radio Cairo
EQt Guinea. Radio Africa
Germany. Deutsche Welle

21002200
2100-2130
2100-2200

Guatemala. Adv World R

Hungary, Radio Budapest
India. All India Radio

2100-2200 vi
2100-2200

Italy, IRRS
Japan. NHK/Radio

21002115
21002105 vi
2100-2200
21002200
21002200 mtwhfa
21002125 mlwhf
21002200
21002200
21002200 vi
21002200

Japan. NHK/Radio
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon, Voice of Hope
Lebanon, Wings of Hope
Libena, Radio ELWA
Moldova, R Moldova Intl
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Romania, R Romania lnll

21002200

Russia,Voice of Russia WS

21002200
21002200
21002200
2100-21 10
21002200

Slovakia, Adv World Radio

South Korea. R Korea Intl
Spain. R Exterior Espana
Uganda. Radio
Ukraine, R Ukraine Intl

2100-2200

United Kingdom.BBC WS

2100-2130
21002200
2100-2200
21002200
21002200

United Kingdom.BBC WS
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA, Monitor Radio Intl
USA, Voice of America

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL

USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA, WRND New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA, WVHA Greenbush ME
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Yugoslavia. Radio
Zimbabwe, ZBC/Radio 3
Syria, Radio Damascus
Egypt, Radio Cairo
United Kingdom.BBC WS
Armenia, Voice of
Australia, Radio

6060pa
9580pa
1t880pa
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9625do
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6070do
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15150eu
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7240pa
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7260as
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21302200
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21302200
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2115-2130 mlwhf
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21302200

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6:00 PM EDT /3:00 PM PDT

....... . ..

Iran, VOIRI
Liberia, Radio ELWA
Lithuania, Radio Vilnius
Russia.Voice of Russia WS
Sweden, Radio
Denmark. Radio
Greece. Voice of
Uniled Kingdom.BBC WS

6175au
4760do
9675eu
7105eu
6065eu
5960as
9425au
5990as

22002300

Auslralia. Radio

22002303
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2230

Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc

Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN SI John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Canada, R Canada Intl

22002300
2200-2300
22002210
2200-2300
22002245
2200-2300
22002215
2200-2300
22002230

China. China Radio Intl

Cosla Rica.RF Peace Intl
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Cuba, Radio Havana
Egypt, Radio Cairo
EQt Guinea, Radio Alrica
Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp
Gualern ala, Adv World R
India. All India Radio

22002230
22002225
22002300
22002300
22002300
22002225 mtwhf
22002215
22002215
22002230 s
22002208 vi
2200-2300

Iran. VOIRI
Italy, RAI Intl
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Lebanon, Wings ol Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Moldova. R Moldova Intl
New Zealand, R NZ lnll
Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia.Voice ol Russia WS

220022t5
22002230
2200-2300
22002205
22002300
22002300
2200-2300
22002300

Sierra Leone, SLBS

Soulh Korea. R Korea Intl
Spain. R Exlerior Espana
Syria. Radio Damascus
Taiwan, VD Free China
Turkey, Voice of
UAE, Radio Abu Dhabi
Uniled Kingdom.BBC WS

22002230
22002300
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2300

Umled Kingdom.BBC WS
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. Monilor Radio Intl
USA, Voice of America

22002230 mtwhf
22002300
2200-2300
22002300
22002300
22002300 VI
22002300
22 t 02300 vi
22162300
2230-2300
22302257
22302300
22382255 s
22402250
2240-2255 s
2245-2300
2245-2300

USA, Voice ol America

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA, WRNO NeVJ Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
Papua NeVJ Guinea, NBC
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Auslria. R Austria Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Sweden. Radio
Denmark, Radio
Greece, Voice of
Norway. R Denmark Intl
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
India, All India Radio

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9660pa
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15050am
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13830eu

99t0eu
15225au

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2200 UTC
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15050am

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t 3840au
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Val ican Slale. Valican R

April 1996

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7330na

7170na
9550na

15095na
9985eu
9560as
9695na
5975arn
94t0va
11835va

9655na
9770na
6175na
9590na
11955va

6195va
9915sa
11965pa

13770sa
9890af
15305va

t3840va
11760va
t 7735va

9430as
9770va
15290va
18275va
12080af
7425na

13710af
13615na

t 3595na

9475am

12160am

61 55eu
7345na

9870ca

6200as

7115as

491 5do
9950as

11620as

9600au

11830au

13845am

13700as

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SHORTWAVE GUIDE

2300 UTC

. -~~-;-"

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fREQUENCIES . . . . .

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23000000

Aus1ra1ia. Radio

2300-0000
23000000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000

Bulgaua. Radio
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl

2300-0000

Cosla Rica. Adv World R

2300-0000
2300-2310
23000000
2300-2350
23000000
23000000
23000000

Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl

Croatia. Croatian Radio
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Germany, Deutsche Welle
Guam. AWR/KSDA
Guatemala Adv World R
India All India Radio

23000000

Japan. NHK/Rad10

2300-0000
2300-0000
23000000
2300-0000
2300-2315
2300-2350
23000000 vi
23000000
23000000

Lebanon. Voice of Hope

Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
New Zealand R NZ !nil
N1ge11a. FRCNJRadio
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Papua Ne\'/ Guinea. NBC
Russia. voice of Russia WS
UAE. Radio Abu Dhabi

9610as
1t695as
17795pa
7480na
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6t30do
6160do
6160do
5960am
11940am
5030am
13750am
7385am
5895eu
9900na
6000as
119soas
5980am
9705as
15145as
6055eu
11850pa
6280va
9960va
7295do
15115pa
3326do
11700na
9675do
7105na
9605na

9660pa
11855as
17860pa
9700na

11645as
13755as

t 1660pa
t5365pa

2300-0000

6040am

9535am

9755am

2300-2330
230023 t 5
2300-0000
23000000
2300-0000
2300-0000

6150am
15460am
15050am
7370eu

7375am

9725am

2300-0000

6160as

7250as

995Qas

1162Qas

13700as

6155eu

7125as

71 40as

5975am

6175na

6195va

71 tOas

7t80as

7250as

7325va

9580as

9590na

11750sa

11945as

t 1955va

United Kingdom.BBC WS
United Kingdom.BBC WS
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl

9915sa
94t0af
5810am
75t0am
17510as
7510va

9430as

13625as

13770sa

USA. Voice of America

7215va

9705va

9770va

9890af

I t 760va

15185va

t 5290va

15305va

17820va
7425na

18275va
1361 5na

t 1835va

13830eu

4990do
13650na
7125na
9695na

United Kingdom.BBC WS

7180na
9770na

2300-0000
2303-0000
2303-0000
2303-0000 twhfa
2300-0000
2300-0000

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R M1am1Intl
USA. WRNO Ne\'/ Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN

17735va
5825eu
5745am
7490na
9955am
7355am
5065am

2300-2344
2330-0000

USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL

Australia. Radio

6085na
9645as

2330-2355
2330-0000
2330-0000
2330-0000
2335-2345
2338-2355 s
2345-0000

Bel91um. R Vlaanderen Int

Lithuania. Radio V1ln1us
Netherlands. Radio
Palau. KHBNN01ce of Hope
Greece. Voice of
Denmark. Radio
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL

6030na
5910na
6020na
151 40as
7450sa
5905am
6065na

13595na

7425am

9475am

13845am

9850as

13605as

15240pa

9925sa
6165na
9395sa
7275am

1t640sa
7465am

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
2300
2305
2309
23t0
231 t
2320

2324
2330
2332
2335
2335
2338
2340
2345
2355

Egypt. Radio Cairo: Egyptian Music.

Egypt. Radio Cairo: The Holy Koran and ti's Meaning.
Germany. Deutsche Wene: Asia-Pac~ic Report. Correspondent
reports. interviews and background news from the Asia-Pacific
f!gion.
Australia. Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120
Russia. Voice ot. News and Views. Set? S 0311 .
Australia, Radio. Network Asia. John Westland hosts !his program
of in-depth interviews and information about world. regional and
Australian issues (Sun-Thu). The best tram the broadcast week
and the domestic network on Sat-Sun.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: European Journal A review of major
events in Europe and Germany through interviews. analyses and
background reports.
Egypt. Radio Cairo: Egwtian Songs.
Russia. Voice of: Folk Box. One of the top ten entertainment
programs (Passport to World Band Radio).
Egypt, Radio Cairo: Interview.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl. NZ Long Ran ge Weather Forecast. See S
0025.
Radio Denmark: Magazine Program. See S 1138.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Rural Report. Farming and agricultural
news.
Egypt. Radio Cairo: Business Radio.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl International Business Nel'IS. Five
minutes of commercial nel'ls.

Mondays
2300
2309
23t0
2310
23 t t
2320
2324
2332
2335
2340
2355

Egypt, Radio Cairo: Program Preview.

Germany, Deutsche Welle: Asia-Pacific Report. See S 2309.
Australia, Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl Na11ona1 Radio or Sport See S0200.
Russia. Voice ot News and Views. See S 031 1
Australia. Radio. Netwok Asia. See S 2320.
Germany. Deutsche Welle. European Journal Set? S 2324.
Russia. Voice ot. Yours for the Asking. A 30-mmute musical
request program.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: NZ Long Range Weather Forecast. See S
0025.
New Zealand, R NZ lnll: Rural Report. See S 2340.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: International Business News. See S 2355.

Tuesdays
2300
2309
23t0
2310
2311
2320
2324
2332
2335
2340
2355

Wednesdays
2300
2309
2310
23t0
2311
2320
2324
2332
2335
2340
2355

MONITORING TIMES

April 1996

Egypt, Radio Cairo: Program Preview.

Germany, DeutscheWelle: Asia-Pacific Report. See S
2309.
Australia. Radio Sports Buneun. See S 1120.
Ncl'I Zealand. R NZ Intl. Nalional Radio or Sport. See S
0200.
Russia. Voice ot. Nel'ls and Views See S 031 t.
Australia. Radio: Network Asia See S 2320.
Germany, Deutsche Welle. European Journal. See S
2324
Russia, Voice of: Music at Your Request. See M 1t32.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl NZ Long Range Weather
Forecast See S 0025
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Rural Report. See S 2340
New Zealand. R NZ Intl International Business News
See S 2355

Thursdays
2300
2309

23t0
23 t 0
2311
2320

66

Egypt. Radio Cairo: Program Preview.

Germany. Deutsche Welte Asia-Pacific Report. See S
2309
Australia. Radio Sports Bullelm See S 1120.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl National Radio or Sport See S
0200.
Russia, Voice of News and V1el'IS See S 03t1
Australia, Radio. Network Asia See S 2320.
Germany, Deutsche Welle European Journal. See S
2324.
Russia. Voice of: The Jazz Show. See M 0432.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: NZ Long Range Weather
Forecast. See S 0025.
New Zealand, R NZ Intl Rural Report See S 2340.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl lnlernahonal Business News.
See S 2355.

Egypt, Radio Cauo Program Preview.

Germany. Deutsche Wene Asia-Pacific Report. See S
2309
Australia. Radio: Sports Bu:letm See S i 120.
New Zealand, R NZ Intl Na11ona1 Radio or Sport. See S
0200
Russia. Voice of News and Viel'ls. See S 031 t.
Australia. Radio Network Asia See S 2320.

2324
2330
2332
2335
2340
2355

Germany, Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.

Egypt. Radio Cairo: Arabic Music.
Russia. Voice of The Jazz Show See M 0432.
flew Zealand. R NZ Intl. NZ Long Range Weather
Forecast See S0025.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl Rural Report. See S 2340
Nel'I Zealand. R NZ Intl tntematronal Business llews. Set?
s 2355

Fridays
2300
2309
2310
231 t
2312
2313
2321
2323
2330
2331
2332
2333
2338
2344

Egypt. Radio Cauo Program Preview.

Germany. Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0208.
Australia. Radio Asia Focus. See M t3t0.
Russia. Voice of. News and Views. See S OJ 11
Germany. Deutsche Welle. The Week in Germany. See S
1609.
North Korea. R Pyongyang Music
North Korea. R Pyongyang: Immortal Ideas of the Great
Leader.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Economic Notebook. See T
0333.
Australia. Radio: At Your Request. See S 0330.
North Korea, R Pyongyang: Music.
Russia. Voice of: Folk Box. See S 2332.
Germany. Deutsche Welle The Jazz Corner A musical
change-ot-pace from the world of iazz
North Korea. R Pyongyang: The Great Man ot tne Country.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: Frequency Announcements.

Saturdavs
2306
2309
2310
231 t
2312
2323
2332
2345

New fealand. R NZ Intl. Connexions. See M 0007.

Germany. Deulsche Welte: Commentary. See S0208.
Australia. Radio That's History Interpretations of past
events by Bill Sunbury/Steven Rapley.
Russia. Vorce of News and Views. Set? S 0311.
Germany. Deutsche We le: Sports Report See S 0212.
Germany. Deutsche We te. Mailbag Asia See S0216.
Russia. Voice of This 1s Russia. See S 0532.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Sunday Supplement. A mix of
personal opinion and comment.

'club Circuit
All Ohio Scanner Club: Dave Marshall, 50
Villa Rd., Springfield, OH 45503-1036 . U.S.
northeast of the Mississippi; VHF/UHF/HF
utilities. Net Mon 9:30pm 146.940. American
Scannergram. $18 U.S. $21 Can/Mex, $28 ww.
$3 sample. Annual summer meeting.
American SW Listener 's Club: Stewart
MacKenzie, WDX6AA, 16182 Ballad Lane,
Huntington Beach, CA 92649, (714) 846-1 685;
wdx6aa@aol.com. Western US, Pacific, Asia.
SWBC, utilities, longwave, c landestine.
SWL.$24 US, $25 Can/Mex. $2 sample ($3
ww) . Meets1st Sats 10am address above.
Association of Clandestine Enthus iasts
(A.C.E.): Kirk Baxter, P.O. Box 11201,
Shawnee Mission, KS 66207. US, Europe and
Middle East; Pirate and clandestine. The
A.C.E. $20 US, US$21 Can/Mex, US$27 ww.
Association of Manitoba DX'ers
(AMANDX): Shawn Axelrod, 30 Becontree
Bay, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R2N 2X9 Canada,
(204) 253-8644. Manitoba; LW, MW, SW, and
VHF/UHF. Meets monthly. $2.
Bay Area Scanner Enthu siasts: Bruce
Ames, P.A.O., 105 Serra Way #363, Milpitas,
CA 95035, (408)267-3244. Western U.S.; 25+
MHz. Listening Post (bi-monthly) . Meets 2nd
Mons. 7:30 Milpitas Police Admin Bldg. $25
US, $2 sample, or SASE for info.

Bayonne Emergency Radio Network

(BERN) : Ray Baron/Bob Frasca, P.O. Box
1203, Bayonne, NJ 07002-6203, 1-800-2862876. Metro NJ, NY; Fire/disaster, pub safety.
Boston Area DXers: Paul Graveline, 9
Stirling St., Andover, MA 01810-1408,
(508)470-1971 , 50 mile radius Boston; 3-30
MHz. Meets 3rd Fris 7:30pm, The Lexington
Club, Rte 4/225 1/4 mi W of Rte 128.
Canadian lnt'I DX Club: Sheldon Harvey, 79
Kipps St., Greenfield Park., Quebec, Canada
J4V 3B1, (514)462-1459. Canada nationwide/
membership open to all; General coverage.
The Messenger. $26 Can. $25 US, $US28 or
$Can35 ww. $2 sample. Meets 2nd Tues 7pm
Montreal; several annual events.
Capitol Hill Monitors: Alan Henney, 6912
Prince Georges Ave, Takoma Park, MD
20912-5414, (301) 270-2531/5774 fax. DC,
MD, No.VA, So.OE. Scanner bands. Frequency Forum BBS 703-207-9622 (8-N-1) Net
1st & 3rd Mons 7:30pm 146 .91. Capitol Hill
Monitor. $8. Meets irregularly.
Central Florida Listeners Group: Andy
Fountain KD40KJ, (407)898-6784. Central
Florida; All bands. Net on 146.73 MHz Sun 8
pm. Meets 2nd Sais 12 noon. Conf#10 on
Laser BBS (407)647-0031 .
Central Indiana Shortwave Club:
SteveHammer, 2517 E. DePauw Road ,

NoRTH AMERICAN ewe L1sT1NGs A-c

Indianapolis, IN 46227-4404. Central Indiana;
SW broadcasting , pirates, and the offbeat.
Shortwave Oddities.
Central VA Radio Enthusiasts: Richard
Rowland , POB 34832, Richmond, VA 232340832. Metro Richmond and vicin ity. VHF/UHF.
SASE. No newslette r, no dues. Meets
quarte rly in Richmond.
Chicago Area DX Club: Edward G. St roh , 53
Arrowhead Dr., T hornton, IL 60476. 300 mile
radius of Chicago; DXing all bands. DX
Chicago. $17, $1 sample. Meets irregularly.
Chicago Area Radio Monitoring Association (CARMA): Ted & Kim Moran, 6219 N.
Greenview, Chicago, IL 60660- 1815. Chicago
& midwest. Public safety & gene ral cove rage.
SCUG/CARMA BBS (708)852-1 292. CARMA
Newsletter. Meetings (Sais) and newsletter b imonthly on alte rnate months.
Colorado Shortwave Listeners Club: Rob
Harrington NONNI, P.O. Box 370593, Denver,
CO 80237-0593, 303-756-9455. Colorado
residents. Longwave, shortwave. Colo rado
Shortwave Listener (4x) 50 cents or 1 O cents
plus SASE for info and latest newsletter or
Internet YABX92A @prodigy.com . Meetings
cancelled remainder of '95.
Communications Research Group: Scott
Miller, 122, Greenbriar Drive, Sun Prairie, W I
53590-1706. Wisconsin area. Scanning.

MONITORING CLUBS OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA

Associazione ltaliana Radioascioto (AIR):
C.P. 873, 34100 Trieste, Italy. Broadcasting all
bands, utilities, pirates. Radiorama (Italian)
70,000 lira. April 25 annual mtg.
Australian Radio DX Club Inc: P.O. Box 227,
Box Hill, Victoria 3128, Australia. SW, MW,
Utilities. Australian DX News. Sample 2 IRCs or
$2US cash.
British DX Club: Colin Wright, 126 Bargery
Road, Catford, London, SE6 2LR, United
Kingdom. UK and international. SW, MW, AM,
FM DXing, pirate and clandestine. Communication. L 10 UK, L12 Eur, L 16 WW. Sample 3 IRCs
or $2 US cash. Meets monthly in Twickenham
(London).
Club d 'ondes courles du Quebec: Denis
Pronovost, C. P. 61 , Anjou, Quebec, Canada H 1K
4G5. E-mail: papineau@msn .com . Exclusively
shortwave. Annual $40 Canadian. L'Onde,
monthly (French). Sample US$2.
DX Australia: P.O. Box 422, Moonee Ponds,
Victoria 3039, Australia. MW, SW. DXers Calling.
DX Club of India: Navin Patel, 1-Dutt Niwas,
809 - M.G. Road, Mulund, Bombay-400 080,
India. India; MW/SW/Ham. DX World (quarterly)
Rs 50/-, 30 IRCs outside India. 3 IRCs sample.
DX Club Paulista: Marcelo Toniolo Dos Anjos,
C. Postal 592, Sao Carlos - SP (Brasil). 13560970. South America. Shortwave, including
utilities. Actividade OX (in Portuguese).
Finnish DX Association: Mr. Heikki Aarrevaara,
Suomen DX-Liitto, P.O. Box 454, FIN-00 101
Helsinki, Finland; +358-0-6949017 fax. Finland
and worldwide. SW and BCB. Radiomaailma.
Friendship DXers Club: Ing. Santiago San Gi l
Gonzalez, C.DX.A - International, P.O. Box 202,
Barinas 5201 -a, Estado Barinas. Venezuela.
Venezuela and Caribbean. DXing all bands.
Cadena DX, YV-2-FSW, Sunday 1130-1330 UTC
on 7113 kHz. Venezuelan membership free.
International DX Assoc iation: Bedanta Das, 1
- No. Galiahati, Near Night School, Barpeta 781301, Assam, India.

International DX Organization: Radio Juel

Club, c/o Ranjit Kr. Nath, G.C. Lana Galiahati,
Barpeta, India. Ham/DX/SWL. Annual 60/-rs or
22 IRCs. OX Around (quarterly) sample plus club
info 14 IRCs.
International Listeners Organization: Kalab
Abbas, St. No. 1, H, No.231 Waris Rd,
Sheikhupura, Pakistan 39350 South Asia.
Broadcasting. Listener Times.
International Radio Youth Club: G.M. Mostafa
Kamal, Amla Wapda Colony-1, Kushtia-7032,
Bangladesh
National Society of Pakistani DXers: Mr.
Liaqat Ali, E-161 /1 , Iqbal Park, Opposite Adil
Hospital Defence Housing Society Road, Lahore
Cant!., Pakistan. Worldwide. All wave. Has
library, meets fortnightly 1400-1800 UTC at
library. 4 IRCsfor more info.
New Zealand Radio DX League: P.O. Box 3011,
Auckland, New Zealand. MW, SW, FM, TV,
utilities. New Zealand OX Times. Sample 2 IRCs.
Branches meet monthly.
New Zealand DX Radio Association: Mr. R.
Dickson, 88 Cockerell St., Brookville, Dunedin ,
New Zealand. MW, SW, amateur and utilities.
Tune-In.
North Ontago Radio Listener's Club: P.O. Box
179, Oamaru, New Zealand.
Pakistan SW Listeners Club: Mrs. Fatima
Naseem, Sultanpura, Sheikhupura , 39350
Pakistan; Pakistan; SWBC.
QSL Club de France: Patrick Frigerio, 40 Rue
de Haguenau, 67700 Saverne, France. SWBC,
pirates, CB-DX, hams, etc. Gourrier (in French).
6 bulletins, 72 FF, EEC=16 IRCs, elsewhere 20
IRCs.
Shortwave Radio Communications Club:
Atiqur Rehman, Dawood Street, Khal id Road,
Sheikhupura, P.C. 39350 Pakistan. South Asia;
MW/SW. The Amateur (Urdu language). Meets
1st Fri on SW Complex, S.K.P.
South African DX Club (SADXC): P.O. Box
18008, Hillbrow 2038, South Africa; MW, SW,
utilities. $60 annual airmail to US; The South

African Shortwave Listener.

Southern Cross DX Club Inc.: Stephen Newlyn,
G.P.O. Box 1487, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
Worldwide and Pacific . All bands. OX Post. $25
annual in Australia. Meets last Fridays, 8pm,
Thebarton.
Swedish DX Federation (SDXF): Box 3108, S103 62 Stockholm, Sweden. 10 issues EterAktuellt. Membership in Sweden 160 SC annual.
SweDX BBS +46-(0)8-53034727; Fidonet 2:201/
339; Internet sysop@swedx.ct.se
Stichting ScanSearch Military Aircraft
Communications (SC-MAC): Gerbrand Diebels,
Roer 29, 5751 TJ Deu rne, Netherlands. Military
aviation NW Eur (VHF/UHF) and worldwide (HF).
Airlift (Dutch) bi-monthly. FL 35, up to FL 45
outside Netherlands.
Universal DX League: Mr. Kanwarjit Sandh u,
408, Krishna nagar, Ludhiana 141 001 . India.
India and lnt'I; SW/MW/AM/FM/TV DXing/Pirate
and Clandestine. DX Post bi-monthly, sample 4
IRCs. Annual 24 IRCs or US$10. SWL net: Sun
0300 UTC on 7080 / 1600 on 14150 SSB,
VU3S IO net control.
Viamao DX-Club: Alencar Aldo Fossa, P.O. Box
101, Cunhas Road 1286, Jaguaribe Residential
Park, 94400-970 Viamao, Rio Grande Do Su l,
Brazil, South America . SWBC. Meets occasionally; multi-lingual.

UMBRELLA ORGANIZATIONS (no individual

memberships)
Association of North American Radio Clubs
(ANARC): Richa rd d'Angelo, 2216, Bu rkey Drive,
Wyomissing, PA 19610. 18 mem ber clubs across
North America.
European DX Council (EDXC): Michael Murray,
P.O. Box 4, St. Ives, Huntingdon, Cambs PE17
4FE, England. 70630.560
@compuse rve.com. 16 member clubs across
Europe.
South Pacific Association of Radio Clubs
(SPARC) : Arthur Cushen, 212 Earn Street,
lnvercargill, New Zealand.

April 1996

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Propagation Conditions: Eastern United States

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which frequencies are likely to be open a t a g iven time. To use th e propagation charts, choose those for your location . Then look
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working frequency (OWF), and finally, the bottom line is the lowest usable frequency (LUF). You w ill find the best reception along
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BELOW
soo KHZ
XI
THE BASEMENT BAND

Kevin arey,
kev1nc@mdsroc.com

News & Loggings

MT readers Jerry Brookman (A K ). Ken Stryker

ftcr a gn.:a1season of long wave D X.

the mailbag is now overnowing wi 1.h
reader news and loggings. Thi s
monlh, lei's ~O ri Olli lhe re,u Jt, of Ibis fi ne
work and look al srnm; oth..:r happeni ngs i n
radio s basement band.

of Aero/Marine Beacon Guide fame (I L ).

Don T omkin son (CA ). and A l Hemmalin
(RI ).
I wcl<:ome l ogs from al l readers. Send your
reports to me at Beloll' 500 kH-;,. P.O. Box 98.
Bras..,town. NC 28902. or via my Internet
adclre~~: kevinc@mdsroc.com.

I Reader News
D ick Pearce ha~ track..:d down yet another
cw England h..:arnn site. T hi' month we
present hi s snap,ho1 of SXD (265 kHz) i n
Springri eld. VT. As w i1h man y or hi ' other
find s. locating SXD wa not without it s
troubles.
When Dick reached the vi..: inity of the
beacon. h..: pulled out hi ~ portable receiver to
tal..c another din:ction al bea ri ng. Just then. a
fellow came running out of a nearby house
holkrin2 '"He1-. 111n; 1/i(lf 1hing 11/J. .. Nofi/111ing lwref "" Di~k tried to exp lain that it wasn't
a c ame ra. but the man see med unconvinced
and ~: aid .. , sm1 yo11 w11111ing.' ..
Dick then tuned in the BBC to prove hi s
ca,e. but e1en that didn't work. T he man
conti nued 10 watch hi ... el'cry mc11..: until he
drove away. Dc,pi1e the'e ha"k'. ii ...cem~
lik..: the ~ea rch was wort h it. rigure I shows
the first-cl ass installati on at SX D.
A l Hemmalin ( R I) has c hecked in wit h
anoth..:r fine list of loggings. many of which
appear in Table I. or speci al no1e i s Al's
interccp1 of SF (l82 kHL) i n Grc..:nland. Thi s
i ... hi s first logging from Greenland. and one of
the few that I' m aware of in th..: U.S.
Anm her interesting ph..:nomena was reported by Al. On two occa~ion ... he has heard
TWEB stati o n' on 350 kH1. (0' 1-lare-Chical!,o) and 404 kHz (Ocrakoke. C) broaclca~ting weather information without thei r
CW identifier.... T o m y knowledge. 1hi' does
not represent a tr..:nd. l\lo~t li kely thi.:sc were
either malfunction' or the JD, \\ere temporarily ... hut off during tran,millcr maintenance.

I GPS Caution
Too oflen when a n..: w tec hnology comes
along. we abandon 1hc e<.tabl i,heJ methods
that ha1e worked w..:11 for y..:ar;.. A case in
poi 111 was noted in a n:c..:n t issue of the Local
Nol ice 10 Mariners. T he bulletin ..:arri..:d this
!>pecial not ice about G PS sy;.1e111':

SXD (265 kH:.) in Springfield. VT

( NTS B) has issued an Urgent C l ass I Rec ommendation to the U.S. Coast Guard fol lowing
the groundi ng o r a cr uise ship. T he recommenclation included a request to advise mariners of the po~s iblc ..,afc ty problems assoeiated w ith Global Posi tio ning System (G PS)
rec..:ivcr' which automatically re vert to dead
reckoning (OR ) tracki ng when sate llite fi xes
ar..: not rece ived for a period or time.
" In the case prom pting this adv i sory . it is
believed a cru ise ship ra n agroun d clue to an
ant..:nna failure resulting in the l oss o f satellite
-.i1.?na l ~. Thi~ re1crted the GPS to use posi1it~n ... ba;.ed on DR tracking as input to the
au1opilot. Alarms indi cating the rece i ver was
in 1hc DR m ode we re not heard. nor detected
1isually. w hich led to a course error of 14
nautical miles. This casua lty was preventable
by personnel.
"Vcs~el operator' arc adv ised of this circum;.tancc and arc urged to rev iew the design
or !heir bridge system s to iden tify potential
;.ystcm and operational failure modes that
might resu lt in undetected changes to the
au1opi lot function and devel op modifications
as req ui red. Addi tionall y , bridge offi cers are
rl:mindecl not to rely o n any sing le aid to
na vigation. but lo use all navigation resources
at hand."
U n fort unately . there are fewer navigation
r..:sourccs 10 choose from today. duo.: to the
Coast Guard's decision to shut clow n most of
i1s long wave beacons. By contrast. the FAA is
continuing to study 1he u ~c of GPS for air
nal'igation. but it continues to support a robu't ne1work of rad io beacons and :.>th..:r nav igatinn aids.

I Loggings
"The National Transportation Safrty Hoard

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Thi~

m onth s huge li ~ t i s brought to you by

TABLE 1
FREQ ID
135.9NPG
196 FRN
205 COR
214 DA
221 SMU
248 UL
248 WG
254 EV
260 JH
263 CQ R
277 ACE
287 SMR
300 ABL
305 RO
305 PEE
314 SPY
320 HTN
320 OM
320 FLA
325 BVK
326 UMM
326 MCY
329 BUY
333 STI
350 NY
353 LLD
353
353
363
365
365
371
374
379
382

LWT
LAG
RNB
FKV
FT
BZP
SA
BRA
SF

390
391
394
400
407
410
414
432
519
521
529

HST
3B
ENZ
ENS
LET
BA
PYO
IZN
EAA
INE
FDV

LOCATION
Stockton , CA (U.S. Novy!
Ft. Richardson, AK
Sayler Forms, CA
Dowson, Y.T., Con.
Sheep Mountain, AK
Montreal, PO, Con.
Winnipeg, MAN, Con.
lnuvik, N.W.T., Con.
Jackson, MS
Condolor Lake, AK
Kachemak, AK
Santo Morta, Colombia
Ambolemo, Colombia
Roswell, NM
Peters Creek, AK
St. Poul Island, AK
Miles City, MT
O maha, NE
Florencio, Colombia
Buckland, AK
Summit, AK
Mercury, NV
Burlington, NC
Mountain Home, ID
Enderby, BC, Canada
Lanai Island, HI
(Nice catch!)
Lewistown, ID
Lorf-o Agrio, Ecuador
Mil ville, NJ
Gainesville, GA
Ft. Worth, TX
Galena, AK
Soble Island, NS, Con.
Asheville, NC
Sondrestrom AFB,
Greenland
Sand Point, AK
Brockville, ONT, Con.
Nogales, AZ
Ensenado, MEX
Leticia, Colombia
Columbus, IN
?? Unknown
Lincolnton, NC
Eagle, AK
Missoula, MT
Fort Davis, AK

BY
D.T. (CA)
J.B. (AK)
D.T. (CA )
J.B. (AK)
J.B. (AK)
K.S. (IL)
K.S. (IL)
J.B. (AK)
K.S. (IL)
J.B. (AK)
J.B. (AK)
A.H. (RI)
A.H. (RI)
K.S. (IL)
J.B. (AK)
J.B. (AK)
K.S. (IL)
K.S. (IL)
A.H. (RI)
J.B. (AK)
J.B. (AK)
D.T. (CA)
A.H. (RI)
D.T. (CA)
K.S. {IL)
D.T. (CA)
D.T. (CA)
A.H. (RI)
K.S. (IL)
K.S. (IL)
D.T. (CA)
J.B. (AK)
K.S. (IL)
A.H. (RI)
A.H. (R.I)
J.B. (AK)
K.S. (IL)
D.T. (CA)
D.T. (CA)
A.H. (RI)
A.H. (RI)
D.T. (CA)
K.S. {IL)
J.B. (AK)
D.T. (CA)
J.B. (AK)

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The Telecom Act & DX

hese days. it doesn't seem the President and Congress can agree on anything. In early February. they did. and
the new te leco mmunications bill wi ll ha\'e a
dramatic effect on the broadcasting industry.
Station owners and exec uti ves bear the brunt
of thi s action. but DXcrs will notice some
changes. too.
The biggest change is in mu ltiple-ownership regulations. There
are a variety of restrictions on
~
how many broadcast stations
~
may be owned by the same
Q:'
company. For years. this
limit was seven stations na~
tionally; in recent years. it
was relaxed to 12. then 20.
That limit has now bee n repealed. both for rad io and for
TV. However, no firm may own
TV stations reaching more than
35% or the country.
Another regu lat ion limi ted a company to one AM and one FM station in a given
ci ty: this one was also recentl y relaxed to
allow as many as three of eac h in larger cit ies.
While this regulation hasn't been repealed
altogether. it has been vastl y relaxed. In the
largest cities, one firm may now own a total of
eight stations. with a maxi mum of five on the
same band. Even in the smallest towns. one
firm may own fi ve stations. This change applies onl y to radio - it's stil l illegal to own
more than one TV station in the same city.
The c hanges may be confusing. Already.
with authorization to ru n two or three s t at i on~
in the same city. some companies have been
us ing the same callsign on two frequencies.
For example. talk station KHOW (630 AM) in
Den ver purchased KBCO ( 11 90 AM) there.
Much of the day. KBCO carries talk programming - and uses the "fake calls" KHOW-2.
Expect to hear more of this. (Note that KBCO
still use' the ir real call on the hour. Other
stations affected by the new bill should do the
same. but sometimes they don 1!)
Another change wi ll have considerable
impact on the AM dial. Previously. if a station
went off the air. its license would continue to
be valid until the next renewal. If the station
could convince the FCC it intended to return to
the ai r, it could rene w its license even if it had
been silent for years. This is no longer the
case. Under the new law. if a station goes off
72

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the air for 12 months. it loses its license at the

end of that period.
Several dozen curre ntly- licensed AM station s have been off the air for as long as fou r
years. Other stations on the same frequencies
have been requ ired to protect these silent
stations from interference. Revoking the lice nses of the longdead stations will allow
other stations to increase power and
remove nulls from
thei r antenna patterns. DXers

the competing firm. In practice, this never

happened unless the previous owner had committed serious violations of the regul ations.
However. station owners spent millions in
legal fees to defend their licenses.
A provision of the Telecom Act requires
the FCC to automatically renew licenses, unless the station has commit1ed serious violations. If violations have occu rred, the FCC
must first hold a hearing on the violations. If
the hearing finds the violations are serious
enough. the FCC can refuse to renew the
license. Only then can they accept applications for the now-vacant frequency from other

' f

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f.:7

l,
The i\r111y
Broadcasting
Service proPides
American 11111sic
a11d informo ti o11
for 111ili1<1ry
perso1111el
abroad. Tests of
their station
"KTRK" 011
1670 kH:; ll'ere
1Fide/v heard bv
DXers here in
rhe U.S.

I
I

WMRO
1560

Some !111em e1 sites af!oll' DXers ro cross-reference the FCC

databases and U.S. Census Bureau map flies. This map of the
rower location of WMRO ( 1560) Gallatin. Tennessee 1ras
obrained f rom one of these sites.

should expect this provision to reduce clutter

in the band - not much. but e \ery little bit
help~!

Another major provision doesn't directly

affect the DXcr. but is sti ll interesting to note.
Under previous regulati ons. when a station
applied to renew its license. other companies
could apply to take over the frequency. In
theory. if the FCC found a competing appl icant would provide belier service. they could
refu se to renew the license. and turn it over to

firms. The Act also extends the terms of radio

licenses from seven to eight years. and of TV
licenses from five to eight years.
Advanced Television (ATV) was also addressed in the new law. It suggests (but docsn 't
require) the FCC to issue the first ATV lice nses onl y to stations already broadcasting
regul ar NTSC (the c urre nt standard) pictures.
Tec hnology will allow stations to use some
part of their ATV channel for something other
than broadcasting TV pictures and sound.

MAGNETIC LONGWIRE
DX TEST BULLETIN

l<TRI< Loggings

Mon, Apr 1 - KNIR-1360, Box 12948,

New Iberia, LA 70562-2948. l - l :30 am
EST. Morse code IDs. Reception reports to
Mr. Rick Morel, Chief Engineeer.
Mon, Apr 1 - WTBQ-1 11 0, 62 North
Main, Florida, NY l 0921. 5: 15-5:45 am
EST. Voice IDs, test tones, Morse code IDs.
Reception reports to Mr. Rob McClean,
Program Director.
Sun, Apr 7 - HCJB-690, Casilla 17-17691 , Quito, Ecuador. 12: 15-12:30 am
EST. Morse code IDs and "other unique
items." Correct reports verified w/special
QSL cord. If you hear code, you must report
exactly when you heard it and what
characters you heard. Tape recordings
welcome but cannot be returned. Include l
International Reply Coupon or l st class US
or Canadian stamps for reply, to Mr. Rich
McVicar (HClJMN), Frequency Manager,
Attn: DX Test, c/o English Language
Service, HOB. Arranged by Rich McVicar
for the benefit of all DXers.

In early February, the U.S. Army tested a

mobile broadcast station for deployment to
Bosnia. Calls used included KTRK, ARMY,
and ABS. If you heard any of these stations
on 1670 kHz, the Army Broadcast Service
would like to hear from you.

Unless otherwise noted, these tests were

arranged by J.D. Stephens for the International Radio Club of America (P.O. Box
183 l , Perris, CA 92572- 1831 ); 32-cent
stamp (US$ l or 1 IRC overseas) for sample
bulletin.

Stations that lease this extra capacity to other

firms. or that use it for subscription programming, will be required to pay a license fee.
Finally, I 0 years after the first ATV licenses
are issued, the FCC is to study the A TV
program. Among other things, they' re to dete rmine how many ATV sets have been sold
and how wi ll ing consume rs are to buy them.
The so-called "V-chip" is now law. TVs
with 13-inc h or larger screens are required to
pick up a rating code, transmitted above the
top of the picture. Set owners can program
their TV s to block programs carrying this
code. I beli eve there won' t actually be a "Vchip as such - the func tion will be built into
the closed-caption decoder chip, which uses a
similar techno logy. Closed-caption decoding
is already required in these sets.

Bits and Pieces

Back in November, Gary Timm in Milwaukee sent information on a station the U.S.
Army was to test on 1670 kHz. If you regularly check the expanded band, you now have
the answer! KTRK. "K-Truck," did test from
Ft. Meade, Maryland, for several days in early
February. The station broadcast a variety of
music and frequent IDs. After two days of
broadcas ting, they sw itc hed calls ig ns to
"ARMY" - some specu late KTRK-TV

Write:
ABS - attn. "DX"
Room 340
601 N. Fairfax St.
Alexandria, VA 223 14
(channel 13 in Houston) complained about
the hijacked call sign. Some tests were also
perfonned on FM. though I don't know on
what frequency. After tests were completed,
the station was s hipped to Bosnia, where it
wi ll broadcast to American troops on 1143
kHz.
DXcrs in Maryland. North Carolina, New
York. Pennsylvan ia, and even Idaho have
reported hearing KTR K. I was also one of the
luc ky DXers to la nd this station. If you heard
KTRK. see the sidebar for an address for D X
reports.
A lso in the expanded band, WJDM-1660
has begun regu lar 24-hour broadcasting. It 's
affiliated with the ''Radio Aahs" network,
which originates from Minneapolis and carries programming for pre-teen ch ildren. At
my location near Nashville, WJ DM is audible
all day lo ng! In the last month, I've received
eight reports of W J DM from Michigan, Connecticut. Long Island. Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Ontario. DXers should pay close
attention to the 1610-1700 kHz band; there
are some excellent potential DX catc hes up
there.
Robert Wyman sent a couple of updates to
the Internet li st in the January column. Another Web page is now available for searching
the FCC broadcast databases: connect to http:/
/www .radiostation .com . This page has a map
fu nction s imilar to the one at aiss.uiuc.edu.
but with more map options. Robert also mentions http://www.xmission.com/-insearch/
links.html: this si te has links to most broadcast stat ions on the Web. Check the Monitoring Times home page at www.grove.net fo r
monthly FCC updates posted by your AM
Bandscan author.
So far, 1996 has been notable for loggi ngs
of unusual. but not very distant, stations. But
there are plenty o f regular. but distant, catches
to be had. Your tip may help some other DXer
identify his catches. or some other DXer may
be able to identify yours. Send your DX, your
questions. and your comments to me at Box
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THE CLANDESTINE, THE UNUSUAL, THEUNLICENSED

George Zeller
George.Zeller@acclink.com

News from La Voz del CID and La Voz Popular

uri ng a golden age of 1orth American shortwave clandcstines in the

I970' sand I980's, several un licensed
political broadcaste rs could be heard every
day from countries such as El Salvador and
Nicaragua. Only two '"pure.. clandcstines are
sti ll on the air today from the Western Hemisphere. and we have news from both this
mo nth.
MT reader and C11111bre DX distribution
editor Ul is Flemi ng of Glen Burnie. Maryland. was among the first to notice that the
anti-Castro La Voz dcl CID was sudden ly
missing for two weeks in February. But. Ulis
notes that the station has now returned to the
a iron their usual daytime frequency of 994 I .6
kHz and their nighttime alternate of 6305
kHz. Buth freq uencies suffercontinuousjamming from Cuba.
CID has gone silent in the past at times
because of cash flow difficulti es. It is unclear
if the 1996 silent pcriod was caused by fi nances or by transrniller difficulties. Gi ven
thciroccasiona l recent instability. it wou ld be
a good idea to log CID now while they a.re still
acti ve. Reception reports go to 1002 1 SW
37th Terrace. Miami. Florida 33 165.
La Voz Popular is the other pure North
Ameri can clandestine that has been recently
acti ve. This voice of the Guatemalan rebels
tran smits onl y on Tuesday and Friday evenings around 2300 UTC or earl ier. using
variable frequencies arou nd 6957 kHz. fke
Ke ll y and Ric k Doehncr of Houston , Texas.
both say that they occasionall y hear them in
AM mode wit h mariachi music and male and
female announcers in Spanish. If you hear
them, try sending your report to Apartado
Postal 19619, Mexico City 039 1O. Mex ico.

I Wired Pirate Coverage

Wired magazine. a computer co mmunications publ ication. ran Andrew Yoder" s list of
the ten most active shortwave pirates of 1994
in their January 1996 issue. Halfof these were
acti ve last mo nth. and arc found in thi s
column' s loggi ngs. Our thanks go to Ken
Pendarvis of Cali fornia. who noti ced thi s
mainstream magazine 's pirate advocacy.

I Local FM Pirates
Two mysterious local FM pirates have
material ized. Both Mike Fanderys of Parma,

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Ohio. and Art ie Bigley of

mostly on weekends. If
Cleveland report that a stayou're trying to fish out a
pirate. yo u sho uld pati on playi ng cont in uous mutie ntl y scan arou nd these
sic has appeared in thcClcvespots. main ly near 6955
lan<l FM broadcast hand on
kHz.
95.9 MHz. Apparentl y a local night cl ub i~ using an FM
Addresses used
wireless mike to reach its
by pirate stations reported
this mont h include PO
speakers. but thc sig nal covBox 452, We llsv ille. NY
e rs much of Cleveland.
In a not her inciden t.
14895: PO Box I09. Blue
Malco lm Hunt of New
Ridge Summ it. PA
Milford. Conni.:cticut. has no17214: PO Box 284 13.
Providence. RI 02908; PO
ticed a comedy skit pirate
intcm1i ttcntlyon I 02.5 MHz.
Box 146, Stoneham, MA
Mal colm usi;:d a Grove Spec02180: PO Box 605.
trum Display un it to help him A Free Hope Experience QSL
Hunt svi lle . A laba ma
lind thi s unu sual stray sig- from Ike Kelly
35804: Postfach 220342.
nal.
D-42373 Wuppcrtal, GerMeanwhik. veteran DXcr Ed Rausch of many: Ostra Po rten 29, S-44254 Ytterby,
Cedar Grovc. New Je rsey, noticed a full col- Swcdcn: and PO Box 3103. Onekawa, Napier,
umn in the New York Times about Steven
New Zealand . f-or return postage. enc lose
Dun ifer' s Radio Free Berkeley and his con- three 32q stam ps in the envelope to USA
tinuing baulc with the FCC. Another column
addresses: $2 US or two International Reply
about Dunife r ~ unlicensed FM micropirate
Coupons go to fore ign drops.
appeared in the Los Angeles Times: Thomas
CELL, Cell Phone Radio 6955 a t 1945. Bob
Ri sher of Whitter. CA. mailed a copy to MT.
Grove often points out thot cellular telephone ca lls
The FCC. d e~ pit e recent budget cuts and
con be picked up (olbeit illegally) on most
turmoil caused hy the new Telecommunicascanners. Now they can be heard on this new
tions Act of 1996. i~ still putting pressure on pirate, which ploys juicy conversations between
unsuspecting individuals who did not realize that
Dunifer.
their cellula r coils were being recorded fo r
If you don't live in the Bay Arca. you can
broadcast on shortwave radio. Addr: Wellsville.
hear RFB via compuh.:r! In Free Radio Weekly
(Michael Prindle, New Suffolk, NY; Barry
# 15. Michael Vo lk of Kentucky reports hearWilliams, Enterprise, AL)
ing the statio n al 2000 UTC in RealAudio
Chuckie Cheese's Pizza Parlor- 6955 at 0000.
They a re not paid odvertising for a pizza
mode al http://www.hotwired.com/club on
restaurant. They instead mix oudio cuts, old
the World Wide Web.

I New E-mail Address

Many of our readers communicate with
Mo11itori11g Times via internet e- mail. Please
note that I have changed my computer address. Gcorgc.Zcller@acclink.com should
he used to whisk informat ion to the Outer
Limits via the internet. Or. you can still use the
mai l via PO Box 98. Brasstown. NC 28902.

I What We Are Hearing

Mike Ryan of Fountain Va lley. Cali forn ia.
and Marti n Theil of Holiday, Florida. checked
in th is month with requests for ad vice on how
to pick up a pirate. All of the stations listed
here have been heard at the UTC times listed.

music, and jobs at ACE OSL columnist John T.

Arthur. Addr: None. (William Hassig, Mt.
Prospect, IL; Williams)
Food Not Bombs Radio 6955 ot 1945. This
Colifornio micropirote advocacy station
sometimes plugs Steven Dunifer's Radio Free
Berkeley. They target regular licensed broadcast
ers, so a re not exclusively o pirate production.
Addr: None for QSL's. (Pat Murphy, Chesa
peake, VA; Jerry Coatsworth, Merlin, Ontario)
Free Hope Experience- 6955 ot 0400. Major
Spook features a mix of rock music and parodies.
He hos made many pirote DXers hoppy by
announcing on address for the fi rst ti me. Addr:
Blue Ridge Summit. (Dennis Myhand, Mercedes,
TX; Neil Wolfish, Toronto, Ontario; Robert Ross,
London, Ontario; Murphy; Coatsworth; Williams;
Prindle)
Friday Radio- 6955 at 2315. This station
appeors on Fridays, playing rock as a celebro
lion of the beginning of the weekend. Addr:

Providence. (Ross; Williams)

Outlaw Radio- 6955 a t 0030. The female
He Man Radio- 6954 ot 2130. He Mon's sexist
announcer on this rocker says that she broadcasts
"wearing nothing but a smile." Addr: Providence.
commentaries, whether genuine or satire, are
(Williams; Ross)
always broadcast in Upper Sideband, which he
calls "The Manliest of All Modes." Addr: Blue
Partial India Radio- 6955 at 1430. Sonjoy is the
Ridge Summit. (Jesse Rose, Hampton, VA)
star of this hilarious new DX parody pirate. He
Interstate 44- 6956 at 2100. Their patriotic
interviewed the rooster from the Radio Botswana
music mix uses a slogan, "Interstate 44: We' re
interval signal, who hos gotten a new job at a
Foster Than Route 66." Addr: None. (Rose)
time signal in Peru. The cow in Botswana's IS
K-2000- 6955 at 1800. They ore port of the DX
claims to be a reincarnation of Jayne Mansfield.
parody genre, like Radio BLANDX and Radio
Note the good pun in the station name; All India
Azteca. Many DXers feel that K-2000 is the
Radio is India's international broadcaster. Addr:
funn iest among this high quality group. Addr:
Stoneham. (Coatsworth; Wolfish; Williams;
Murphy; Hassig)
Stoneham. (Williams)
KAOS- 6955 at 0400. Several pirates hove used
Pirate Radio Insanity- 6955 at 0200. The 1995
these call letters over the years. The latest one
Pirate Radio Insanity marathon did not repeat
plays rock music while a nnouncinc a bogus 800
itself on New Years of 1996, but it resurfaced in
telephone number. Addr: None. (Coatsworth;
late January with numerous stations taking to the
Williams)
air. This ID is for on event, not a station. Addr:
KDED- 6955 at 0400. The Voice of the Grateful
None. (Randy Ruger, North Hollywood, CA;
Dead still ploys Jerry Garcia's rock, but has
Williams; Myhand)
PR Radio- 1620 at 0700. Some pirates still use
broadened its programming to include comedy.
Future plans include o "blabbermouth show"
the area just above the medium wave broadcast
which will include short taped commentaries that
bond. This one plays classic rock music and
are sent in by listeners. Addr: Providence.
relays Rochester, NY, FM stations. Addr: None.
(Myhand; Coatsworth; Williams; Kelly)
(Ross)
KIWI- 7460 at 0800. Gra ham Barclay's station
Radio Airplane- 6955 at 2245. Captain Eddy is
back with entertaining comedy after a period of
hos been tronsmitting a couple of times o month
from New Zealand, using either this frequency or
relative inactivity. He transmits all programs from
a Piper Cub in Right. Addr: Wellsville. (Williams;
7445 kHz. This excellent DX was Basil's fi rst
pirate outside North America! Addr: Napier.
Hassig)
(Rich Hankison, Prairie Village, Kansas; Basil
Radio Azteca- 6955 a t 1345. Brom Stoker
Shelley, Blythe, CA; Ross; Rase)
skewers DXers, DXing, international broadcasters,
KMCR- 6955 at 0330. Mog ic Mike's rock music
Monitoring Times, and oil things related to our
is usually best heard on the west coast, but he
hobby. His satire is a lways very amusing. Addr:
occasionally gets DX reports from east of the
Wellsville. (Dick Pearce, Brattleboro, VT; Wolfish;
Mississippi. Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. (Shelley)
Wi:liams)
KOLO- 7460 at 0030. Aldo Batista's big band
Radio ComouAage- 6955 at 0315. This
station reminds us that oil pirate activity is not
Europirote hos been relayed in North America
lately. Its rock music and comedy format is more
concentrated in the 6 MHz band. Kenneth says
like a North American station than a Euro. This
that another KOLO operated from Thule AFB in
was Patrick's fi rst pirate ofter 30 years of DXing;
Greenland in 1955! Rob and Harold snagged
their QSL. Addr: Stoneham. (Kenneth Clum,
congratulations! Addr: Ytterby. (Patrick Griffith,
Tompo, FL; Harold Frodge, Midland, Ml; Rose;
Denver, CO; W illiams; Ruger)
Ross)
Radio City- 6955 at 2330. A North American
Mystery Radio- 6955 at 1830. Barry heard Pink
relay of this Europirote's Christmas show was
heard ofter Groundhog Day. Addr: Wuppertal
Floyd music from them, but they ployed
(Williams)
Christmas tunes around the holiday. He and
Radio DC- 6953 at 0215. This one is on unusual
Harold quickly received the station's nice
multicolored QSL. Addr: Stoneham. (Williams;
Morse code CW beacon that transmits the
Ross; Murphy)
message, "Don't Vote Republican." It may be
Numbers Parody- 6955 at 1800. One of the
more a ctive this year because of the elections.
funniest pirates ever heard broadcasts five digit
Addr: None; occasionally verifies logs in The
"numbers" like the numbers stations, but
ACE. (Michael Hooker, Arlington, VA)
substitutes Mexican foods li ke "enchilada" and
Radio Free Speech- 6955 at 1930. Bill 0. Rights
"quarter pounder with cheese" for the number
features rock music, editorials, and free speech
digits. It has returned as a jammer of the real
advocacy, with both a brass band and parody
Spanish female numbers station that pops up on
version of the USA National Anthem at sign-on
and sign-off. Addr: Wellsville. (Prindle; Rose;
this frequency. Given the time, frequency, and
Ross; W illiams; Pearce; Murphy; Shelley; Frodge)
good signal, it is likely that the real numbers
station broadcasts from a
Radio Titanic
International- Mark
transmitter within the United
sent a letter to the
Stoles. Gigi has been
hearing numbers stations,
U~~:?7tJ;lz ~91:;!Pt!!..=~~23J/ CHT Titanic Historical
Society with a copy of
but not the pirate. Addr:
on lt &~ ot.:l:ti_k:UoHcrta
his Radio Titanic QSL,
None. (Gigi Lytle, Lubbock,
tour ritcptic::& rpo:-t 1.e or sreat 1.JQor~c t o
O\lr eapaear a:i.d ;roar coasU a t th
TX; Wolfish)
bocked up by an
tdp aa dU!'Wi.D d.at TOG are loak::1.D.I !or 1A a
tree 2ad.1.o St&tlOa. n.au. a lot, &ll JOU l'J.7S t
Omega Radio- 6955 at
Outer Limits item about
Liataci. tor
t:z.1t.e-U le f.l t :
.t Sp&.:i.1.ab habca St.aUca, Ue !JC, o r
the station. The Society
2000. Dick Tatar's format is
1~ ~~
c..nad.to tatuutto:i.al eve!
dominated by Christion
replied "that it was
news to them, but they
heavy metal rock tunes. He
~~-,.,.d .fl~. ~ I.rd u
often interviews the
seemed grateful that I
shared the informamusicians as part of the
tion." (Mork Burns,
show. Addr: Wellsvi lle.
(Murphy)
Terre Haute, IN)
Ra~orback Radio goes back to 1985

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Razorback Radio- 6955 at 2300. It's still not

clear if this is a resurrection of the station that
used this name back in the mid-1980's, or if this
is a new operation. The sta tion is dominated by
regional Arkansas themes, including Bill Clinton
references. Addr: Stoneham. (Bill McClintock,
Minneapolis, MN; Murphy; Hassig; Ross;
Williams)
The Alan Masyga Project- 6955 at 1400.
Controversy surrounds this new one, which mixed
Alan Parsons Project rock music with jabs at MT
contributor Alon Masyga. Alan tolerated the
jokes, but we agree wi th him that it was
inappropriate to announce Alan's alleged
address over the air. Addr: None. (Alan Masyga ,
Winona, MN; Williams)
The Fox- 69 55 at 0145. This veteran station,
named after its announcer, is port of the Fox
Broadcasting Network . Classic rock and freedom
in broadcasting a re their typical fare. Addr: Blue
Ridge Summit. (Rose; Williams)
Up Against the Wall Radio- 6955 at 0130.
Owsley asks that you include comments on his
shows within reception reports that you send to
him. In return, if you request it, he sends an
extremely nice floppy disk digital QSL that
displays on animated graphic on your PC. Addr:
Providence. (Myhand; Williams; Prindle; Murphy;
Shelley; Kelly)
WKND- 6955 a t 1800. When he's not building
amazing miniature portable pirate transmitters,
Radio Animal still appears on the pirate bonds
with long shows promoting pirate radio. Addr:
Blue Ridge Summit. (Williams; Hassig)
WPN, World Parody Network- 6955 at 2015.
Captain Squirtlong ploys rock music, but comedy
selections are the meat and potatoes of his
programming. He recently read o phony FCC
Notice of Apparent Liability over the air. Addr:
Huntsville. (Frodge; Kelly; Williams; Wolfish;
Coatsworth; Murphy; Ross; Hassig)
WREC- 6955 at 0000. P. J. Sparx was one of the
most active pirate broadcasters of 1995, and he
is continuing the trend in 1996. Some of his
shows have numerous cameo identifications read
by announcers from other pirates, so be sure and
listen for the WREC ID. Addr: Wellsville a nd Blue
Ridge Summit. (McClintock; Murphy; Pearce;
Coatsworth; Hassig; Wolfish; Ross; Williams;
Rose; direct from the station)
WWWW- 6955 at 1915. This new one is not to
be confused with the licensed FM station
WWWW in Detroit. The pirate ploys rock music.
Addr: Wellsville. (Williams; Murphy; Wolfi sh;
Ross)

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ON THE HAM BANDS

Ike Kerschner, N3/K

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF AMATEUR RADIO

Information for the New Ham

erhaps one of the major stumbl ing

blocks for new VHF hams is ~
...... ~'"
finding out where to obtain inform a~ion o~ our ho~by . While there is
a lot of good 111lonrn_1t_1?n available: many
\
_
newcomers ha ve dill 1cult y locatm g the
- - - - __best sources.
\

II The ARRL
The American Radio Relay League publishes many exce ll ent books for the new
ham. A very good d10icc for the new VHF
ham is Your VHF Co111pa11io11. This manual
covers every act ivity avai lable to the VHF
ham, and explains it in non-techni cal language. In addition. it contains a section on
where to obtain info rmati on listing many
other excellent books. artic les. and magazines. Price is $8.00.
An excell ent manual for hams wanti ng to
understand exactly how VHF signal s get from
place to place is Beyond Line of Sighr. Basicall y a history of how hams pioneered the
bands above 30 MH z. thi s book explains how
VHF signal s propagate over long distances
and the many phe nomena involved with such
propagation.
In the ARRL"s monthly magazi ne QST
(avai lable fo r $25.00 per year from ARRL
225. Main St. Newington. CT060 11 ), several
regular columns arc aimed specificall y at the
VHF amateur. 'The World abo ve 50 MHz..
cont ains news about the latest ha ppenings on
VHF. listi ng records and awa rd s as we ll as
details on various openings - a very informative column for the acti ve VHFer. ''FM and
Repeaters .. is. of course. the place to be if you
like c hecking out thc repeater scene.
Best of all fo r the new VHF ham is a
section of QST called "New Ham Companion," which, while not ai med s pecifically at
the VHFcr, docs ne vertheless provide a lot of
good basic VHF info . Many projects and
art icles that help understand our hi gher frequency bands are aimed especially at the nocode tech.
Each month many art ic les and features
throughout this superb magazi ne di scuss VHF
and higher bands. Exce ll ent VHF/U HF building projects arc frequentl y described: some of
these projects are aimed at the skilled bu ilder
wh ile others are easier and can be handled by
the less experienced adventurer.

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Good articles on setting up

your station, mountain
topping, building gear and
antennas, contesting,
satellites, theory, and
every otherfacet of VHF
make this required
reading for amateurs
involved in this portion
of our hobb}'.

1111 CO Magazine

Propagation

The major VHF thrust of CQ is a column

called ''Packet Users Notebook.'. though.
since packet is used on other bands. it cannot
properly be called a VHF column. although
the majority of the column does discuss VHF
packet. Frequent feature art icles. though. do
indeed make this fine magazine useful to the
VHF ham.
Recently CQ came out wi th a new magazine called CQ VHF. As its name implies thi s
magazi ne is aimed strictly at the VHF ham.
After revi ewi ng several issues. I can
onl y say it is one heck of a good
magazine for anyone interested
in the bands abo ve six meters.
Good articles on setting up
your stati on. mountai n topping, bu ilding gear and antennas . contes tin g. sat e llites .
theory, and every other facet of
VHF make this requ ired reading fo r
amateurs in volved in thi s portion ofourhobby.
At $2 1.95 per year it is a real bargain. It' s
available fro m CQ VHF. 76 Broadway.
Hicksv ille. NY 1180 1-9962 or phone 1-800853-9797.

Conditions on the higher HF bands have

not improved significantl y in the past few
months. 160, 80 and 40 have been the premier
DX bands and will conti nue to be for the nex t
few years. However. the season provides some
consolation: it's spring in the northern hemisphere and fa ll in the south, meaning fe wer
e lectrical storms and nearly equi valent dayli ght hours. These provide the ideal conditions for working the antipodes-that spot
which is opposite yours on the Eart h- for
some real DX on 160. 80, and 40.
Even a simple station can
tu rn the trick: a ll that is needed
is the desire to either slay up
late or get up early to catch
the morn ing sun. The best
times are about one hour befo re sunrise to about one hour
after. and again about half an
hour before sunset to an hour
after. One hundred walls should suffice if
coupled to a decent vert ical or hi gh dipole
antenna.
Thaws all fo r Apri l. gang. 73 de Ike. N3!K

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Spring Meeting of Communications Research Group. 12 noon to 5pm. Call Scott Miller, 608-837-7666, for details
Fort Herkimer A RC Spec Event Station KB2UYI, 1400-1900 UTC , for Fairfield bi-centennial. 20m gen phone , 40m
novice CW, 40m gen, 2m 145.110. Send QSL +SASE to AA2AT, Madeline Loiacano, 96 Grove St., Ilion, NY 13357
Wichita AAS I Jimmy Dodson KB5TGO, PO Box 4363, Wichita Falls, TX 76308, 817-586-0215
Chesapeake AAS I Preston Ipock N4SHI, 1026 Calloway Ave, Chesapeake, VA 23324, 804-543-4610
Tup,Boonvle,Monroe Co ARCs I Jack Ellis Kl50V, Rte 4 Box 198-B, Tupelo MS 38801 , 601-842-7255.
Okla State Conv I Robt Morford KA5YED, 1415 NW 33rd, Lawton, OK 73505, 405-353-8074
Ky Colonels ARC I Leon Garrett K4CIT, 2901 Smallhouse Rd, Bowling Green, KY 421 04, 502-842-5307
Joplin ARC I Andy Gabbert KAOTUD, 1020 Carl Junction Rd, Webb City, MO 64870-1029, 417-673-8371
Appalachian AR Group I Homer Luckenbill WA3YMU, AARG, 105 Walnut St, Pine Grove, PA 17963, 717-345-3780.
Location: N Lebanon High School. Talk-in 146.04/64. 8am $4 gen admission
Inland NW Hamfest Assoc I Al Lafky K?YY, PO BHox 14643, Spokane, WA 99214, 509-924-3475
Aurora Rptr Assoc I Wayne Heinen NOPOH. Location: Adams Co Fairgrounds, US 85 North and follow signs. Talk-in
147.15 rptr. 8am.
NC State Conv I Rollin Ransom NF4P, 1421 Parks Village Rd , Zebulon, NC 27597, 919-269-4406
Intl DX Convention I Don Bostrom N61C, 4447 Atoll Ave, Sheman Oaks, CA 91423, 818-784-2590
Muskegon Co ARES/RACES I Tom VanderMel KB8VEE, 722 Evanston. Muskegon, Ml 49442, (616) 733-2963. Mona
Shores High School, Seminole Rd. Talk-in 146.82(-) Pl 94.8. 8am-12pm, $4 admission
Penn-Del ARC I Hal Frantz KA3TWG, 950 Ridge Road, Suite C-27, Claymont, DE 19703, 302-798-7270
Moultrie ARK I Ralph Zancha WC9V, PO Box 55, Lovington, IL 61937, 217-873-5287
MIT RS & Harvard Wireless Club I Steve Fineberg W1 GSL, PO Box 397082, MIT Branch, Cambridge, MA 02139 , 617253-3776 (Nick KA1MQX)
Owensboro ARC I Suzie Young N9LJF, 2427 Latrobe Ave, Owensboro, KY 42301 , 502-684-5157
Butte AAS I Bob Evans AA7LU , Rte 1, Box 260, Butte, MT 59701, 406-494-3066
Umpqua Valley ARC I Ed Pahl W5Pll, 1440 Wild Iris Lane , Roseburg, OR 97470-9469
Clark Co ARC I Wayne Schuler Al9Q, 13901 SE 18th Circle #12, Vancouver, WA 98684-4710. 360-896-8909
SE Ml ARA /Thomas Orlicki N8HLY, 15835 Novara, Detroit. Ml 48205, 313-527-3497
Mt. Beacon ARC I Ken Akasofu KL7JCQ, 316 Titusville Rd, Apt 4, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603-2944, 914-485-9617
Athens Co ARA I Drew McDaniel W8MHV, 61 Briarwood Dr, Athens, OH 45701 , 614-592-2106
Ontario DX Association Convention at Holiday Inn, Kingston . Special session for Ontario teachers: Shortwave Listening
in the Classroom. For more information contact Steve Canney, Box 161, Station A, Willowdale, Ontario, M2N 5S8.
Journalist Peter Trueman keynote speaker at ODXA '96.
Ozaukee RC I Gabe Chido, W58 N985 Essex Dr, Cedarburg, WI 53012-1439, 414-377-2784. Circle-B Recreation
Center, Hwy 60 & Co I. Talk-in 146.37/.97, 146.52. $3 admission.
PHO ARA I Chuck Miller WAOKUH, PO Box 11 , Liberty, MO 64068, 816-781-7313
Keno ARC I Tom Hamilton WD6EAW, PO Box 678 , Keno, OR 97627 , 541-883-2736
Blue Ridge AAS I Jeff Borke WA4EFT, PO Box 6751, Greenville, SC 29606, 803-967-3284
W Texas Section Conv I Peggy Richard KA4UPA, 1442 Lakeside Dr, Abilene, TX 79602, 915-672-8889
Cenois ARC I Bert Ruble N9ULO, 4985 Melwood Ave, Decatur, IL 62521 , 217-423-0314
Wabash Co RC I Donald Spangler W9HNO, 235 Southwood Dr, Wabash, IN 46992
Antietam RA I Bill Harclerode N8UKC, 993 Falling Waters Dr, Falling Waters, WV 25419, 304-274-3355
Metro ?Dem Network I Otto Supliski WB2SLQ, 53 Hayward St, Yonkers, NY 10704, 914-969-1053
Warminster ARC I Woody Woodside N6XES I 665 St Davids Ave, Warminster, PA 18974, 215-672-8482
Knoxville ARC I Carol Whetstone, 3702 Vista Ln, Knoxville, TN 37921, 423-673-0475. TN Valley Fai rgrounds.
Kankakee AAS I Willis Bowser K91FO, 121 ON Riverside Dr, Momence, IL 60954-3452. 815-472-2079. Will County
Fairgrounds
Dayton HamVention I Mel Berman W8GT R, PO Box 964, Dayton, OH 45401-0964, 513-276-6930
MIT RS & Harvard Wireless I Steve Fineberg W1 GSL, PO Box 397082, MIT Branch, Cambridge, MA 02139. Nick
Alternburnd KA1MQX, 617-253-3776
Twenty Over Nine RC I Don Stoddard N8LNE, 42 S Whitney Ave, Youngstown , OH 44509, 216-793-7072
Midwest Div Conv I Dick Pitner WOFZO, 2931 Pierce St, Sioux City, IA 51104, 712-258-1520
Atlantic Div-NY State Conv I Harold Smith K2HC, 300 White Spruce Blvd, Rochester, NY 14623, 716-424-7184
NW Div Conv I Randy Stimson KZ7T, 9890 SW Inglewood St, Portland, OR 97225, 503-297-1 175

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DEMAW'S WORKBENCH
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND TIPS

Dou Demaw, WI FB

How to Minimize Man-Made ORN

eak signals are ofte n buried in manmadc noise that originates in our
neig hborhoods. Not hing ca n be
more frustrating than to lllne a shortwave
band and be confronted with ragged line
noist.: that may often register S9 or greater.
Various appl ianccs are also capable of generating ear-shatteri ng noise pulses that mask
incoming radio signal s. Such oat hs as ..drat"
(or even ug lier words than that 1) arc not
uncommon uttcrings in the radio room when
reception is spoiled by QR .
I have been a frequent victim of power line
and other electrical noise fo r many years.
irrespective of where I lived. SW Ls and amateurs who reside in urban areas an: the most
li kely IO experience difficulty hecause of
power-line noi e. This form of QRN can be
caused by leaky pole tran sformers. dirty or
defec ti ve power-line insulat ors, oxidi zed
jo ints in the power-service wiring. or leaky
circuit breakers on the poles. You r furn ace
motor. or that of a neighbor. may cause scvt.:re
QRN. Fi ~ h - t a nk heaters. electric blankets.
and similar appliances also generate manmade noise ovt:r short distances.
Let's exami ne various methods for minimiLi ng or eli minating local QRN. Some of
the tri c k~ arc easy and inexpt:nsive to implement.

I Locating the Noise Source

A portable BC band AM radio is excellent

for pinpointing noise sources in and near your
home. The QRN will become louder as you
approach the noise source. Figun: I shows a
sim ple ci rcui t you can plug into your portable
broadcast-band radi o to obtai n a visual indication of the noise level. The shortcoming of
this detection met hod is that the AGC (automati c gain cont rol) in the radio will tend to
level the noise amplilllde. whi ch means that
noisc-lcwl increases wi ll not be pronounced
when moni tored with the plug-in mete r.
Disabling the receiver AGC is not difficult. The AGC voltage i~ rectified by the
diode ch.:tt.:ctor at the secondary winding of
the last IFtransfonncr. You need on ly to open
the AGC circuit that leads from the detector
hack to the IF amplifier base-bias network.
If the noise seems to originate from a
power-line poll!. you should call your power
company and ask that a troubleshooter check
the t:q uipmcnt on that pole for defects. Do not
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1N60A
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Figure I - Schematic diagram of a visual indicator thm can be plugged into the
headphone jack of a BC-band AM radio for observing noise le1e/s. The receiver audio
gain control 111us1 be set to pro vide a meter reading when noise is present. Do 1101
change the 1;ai11 control se11i11g. Tune the receiver to 1650 kH:-, to avoid i111e1ference
jim11 radio stations. MI cwt be any small de m eter.from 50 to 200 111icroa111peres, such
as the signal and t1111i11g meters from CB transce ivers and FM radios. TI is an audio
output tra11.1fon11e r wkenjiw11 a discarded transistor radio.

bang on the pole with a sledge hammer. as

some have done in an effort to make the noise
cease !
You can often locate noisy appli ances
while using a portable radio in the manner
di scussed above. Electric motors that create
noise pulses arc li kely to have dirty brushes.
The usual cure is to clean the commutator
and install a 0. 1-mF, 600-volt capacitor from
each brush terminal to the frame of the motor.
It is unfortunate that little can be done to
clean up fi sh-tank heate rs and e lectric blankets.
Antennas that Help Minimize Noise

Electrostati cally shielded small loop antennas' are effecti ve whe n dealing with regional man-made noise. It is not un usual to
find that un ~ hi c ldcd sing le- or multi-tum
receiving loops are suitable al so fo r noisepickup reduction.
I have been able to improve reception in
noisy environments by simpl y laying I 00 or
more feet of insulated wire on the ground.
This will often remove the antenna from the
immediate. intense lick! of the radiated noise.
A receivi ng antenna of thi s type will seldom
provide signals that arc as loud as those from
a normal above-ground antenna. A low-noise
preamplifier may be used wi th a small loop
or with an on-g round antenna to compensate

fo r the signal loss. The singlc-transistorprearnpl ifier described in figure 2 of DcMaw's

Workbench for January of 1996 may be used
with inefficient antennas of the foregoi ng
variety.
Placement of your antenna is important. It
should never be erected near a power or
phone line, because noise pulses are transferred easil y by way of mutu al coupling. If
your antenna must be close to commerc ial
lines. within the guide lines for safety. be sure
to erect it at a right ang le to the power lines.
This will greatl y reduce un wanted coupling
between the two syste ms.
Full-wave loop antennas have long been
known for thei r relat ive immunity to manmade noise. All closed-eircuit antennas of
this type are "quieter" than di poles or verticals. In fact. the worst antenna you can use in
a noisy location is a vertical. T his is because
man -made noise is vertically polari zed. This
trait enhances noise pickup by a verticall y
polarized antenna.
I Electronic Noise Reducers

We arc keenly aware of how ineffecti ve

the noise blankcrs in modern receivers are.
Although they can be used to reduce certain
types of QRN , depending upon the repetition
rate of the noise pulses, they cause strong
signals to be distorted. and degrade the re-

MAIN ANT

ceiver dynamic range lo the point where signals that are several kHz away from the listening frequency seem to splatter across the
band. I have silently acc used other amateu r
operators of using too much speech gain or
processi ng. only to discover that my noi se
blanker was turned on by mistake !
Two com merc ial products are avai lable
for reducing man-made QRN. I obtained one
of them for review: the HF QRM Eliminator
M K-11 , a black box manufactured on the Isle
of Man by a company named S.E.M.~ I confess that I was skeptical about the
manufacturer's claim that line noise could be
reduced almost entirel y with the product.
When the unit arri ved I wanted to dismiss it as
just another electronic nostrum. but I was
wrong.
I did not test the unit until a horrendous 20
dB over S9 line noise developed al my stati on.
IL was relentless. day after day. Reception on
any MF or HF band was impossible. I inserted
the MK-I I in the antenna line between my
Yaesu Ff- I OOOMP tran sceiver and the linear
amplifier. A separate noise-sense antenna is
necessary, so I connected my 2- meter Ringo
Ranger to that port on the box. Next. I applied
+ 12 vo lts and turned the gadget on.
Adj ustment of the two phasing knobs produced a startling end result: The line noise
was nul led out completely (better than a 50dB reduction) and the signals stood out like
sentinels. The same outstanding results were
obtained from 160 through I0 meters. The
circuit is somewhat "frequency conscious."
Readju stment is required when changing
bands, and when making large freque ncy
changes within a specified band.
Phas ing circuits of this kind (Figure 2) do
not cause the signals to sound distorted. Depending upon the control settings. some signal loss can occur. Misadjustment can e liminate a desired signal. On the average, however, the signal Joss is 6 dB or less when the
noise is completely eliminated. I was unable
to detect the presence of many signals before
activat ing the MK- I I.
1 continue lo be astoni shed about the perfor mance of this product. It can be used also
Lo nu ll out strong off-frequency signal s that
disrupt reception. The product has an internal
re lay that can be controlled by the linearamplifierrelay-acti vation circuit in one s transceiver. This protec ts the MK- I I during transmit periods. The unit is rated to accommodate
up to 200 watts of pass-through RF power.
I observed that there is a similar product
from JPS Communicati ons, Inc. 3 Their product is called the ANC-4, selling fo r $ 175. The
manufacturer claims a 50 dB noise reduction
from I00 kHz to 80 MH z. It has its own builtin telescoping se nse antenna. Though I have

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Fig. 2 - Block diagram rlwr sho\Vs rhe i1111er workings of the S.E. M. noise canceller device.
not yet tested this product. a review by George
Zeller appeared in the August 95 issue of MT.
Electronics engineers have said for decades that getting rid of noise ahead of the
receiver is the most effective way to deal wilh
the problem. The performance of the S.E.M.
M K-1 1 has provided hands-on verification of
thi s tenet.
I Closing Thoughts

How we deal with man-made noise is

dependent upon the financ ial and practical
resources we have avai lable. Urban dwellers
may be unable to deploy long. on-ground
an ten nas. or any outdoor antenna. Small receiv ing loops and preamplifiers may be the
solution for those who live where ante nna
restrictions are in force.
Now. no matter what type of antenna you
are using. noise reduction can be accomplished by using one of the commercial electronic noise-canceling devices. The principle
of operation is to sample the noise with two
ante nnas (main and sense antennas). reverse
the phase of one noise channel by 180 degrees. apply the phase-reversed noise to the
other noise energy and cause cancellation to
occur.

Notes
1
An excellent reference forth is subject is The
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ARRL. Jnc .. 225 Main St., Newington, CT
0611 1. Also, see WIFB 'sAn1e111w Notebook
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PiLANE TALK
MAKING SENSE OF CIVILIAN AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Jean Baker, KIN9DD

The Bay Area TRACON

e lcome aboard everyone! We' ll

start our April column with a look
at the Bay Area TRACON. For
newcomers to aviation terminology. the word
TRACON is an acronym for "Terminal Radar Approach Control"- although departures
as well as approaches to airports arc handled.
A few months ago. this writer. accompanied by MT subscribers Ed Flynn and Carolyn
Stone. visited the Bay Area TRACON at the
Oakland (CA) Airport. Our host was Harvey
Hartman, Assistant Manager of Programs.
Harvey has been in Air Traffic Control since
1964: first in the military. then forthe FAA at
Concord Tower. San Francisco Tower. Oakland TRACON, San Diego and LAX faciliti es (as supervisor). and returning in 1979 to
the Bay Area as a supervisor.
After we observed the cont rollers at work
for a while. Harvey filled us in on the acti vity
of the TR ACON. which works traffic out to
about 55 miles and up to an altitude of approximately 15,000 fee t. Surrou nded by other
Approach Controls, such as those at Travis
Air Force Base, Stockton. and Monterey, the
TR ACON is "fed" air traffic by these three
faci lities, as well as by the Oakland ARTCC.
It 's understandable why the TRACON is an
ex treme ly busy place.
Airports included in the TRACON's area
of approach/departure cont rol are San Francisco. Oakland. San Jose. Alameda Naval Air
Station. Moffett (a former Navy ai rport which
is now a federal airport run by NASA): San
Carlos. Palo Alto. Reid-Hi ll view. and Hayward which are general aviation airports with
FAA ATC Towers: airports without towers
include Half Moon Bay and South County
Airports.
There are twel ve radar positions, and contro llers must work half of the twelve to be
certified. There is one position that all of the
controllers rotate through called the "feeder
position." All of the radar screens at this
facility are the nat hori zontal type. Scventyfi vc controllers work here an d arc di vided
into three overlapping eight-hour shi fts: days.
eve ning (so met im e~ called the "swing shift").
and mids (late night-earl y morning). A controller will work one and one-half to two
hours. take a break. the n go back on the
boards (radar position).
The Bay Area TRACON is theftjih busiest
radar approach facili ty in the United States

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and currentl y running 1.000. 180 annually.

The others are New York TRACON as the
busiest. Southe rn Califo rni<.1 coming in second. Chi cago is thi rd, and Dallas/Ft. Worth in
fo urth place. Actu all y. Dallas/Ft. Worth <.1 nd
Oakland go back and fo rth as to which holds
fourth place.
Two rada r systems arc used by th e
TRACON. one located at Oakland and the
other <Jt Moffett. They scrw as b<.1ckup for the
ARTCC for the 55 miles out that their radar
can "sec ...
Our hearty thanks to Harvey Hartman and
his staff for the time and the tour.
I The Best OSL Ever!

Back in earl y October. I monitored a British Airway Concorde (Specclbird Concorde

Alpha Della) on an around-the-world charter
fl ight. At that moment. the pilot was working
San Francisco ARINC on 11 282 kHz. Since it
w<.1s a special flight. I immediately started
jotting down a few details. such as ti me, date,
frequency. etc.-all the good stuff you need
to write a proper reception report. I included
an IRC with the report and a letter. mai led it.
and wai ted to see if I woul d receive an answer.
Sure enough, one morn ing about a month
later. a large mailing tube was sitting outside
my door! It contai ned my reception reportvcrificd and signed by the captain- as well as
a very friendly letter from him : a book on
Concorde: a map of their around-the-world
charter flight: and my IRC was returned.
Wow. I felt as if I"d hit the jackpot!
The moral of this story is th at. although
th ere's no guarantee, a lot of airline pilots will
answer reception reports. But lirsl, you need
to do your part. which consists of making sure
that all particulars which can be verified arc
included in your report- items such as the
date. time. frequency, airli ne. night number.
ground station, SELCAL, and even the present
or nex t posi ti on. Since most airlines don' t
have the ir ow n QSL ca rds. enclose one of
your own for verifi cation purposes (if you
have a computer, you can make your own
prepared QSL very nicely).
As a gentle reminder, ne1er mention anything you might hear that 's sensiti ve. such as
an argument between the pilot and rad io operator over a clearance. any medical emergency on board. a pilot call ing hi s dispatcher

a dumb jerk. etc. As when sending a report to

a ground station. use di scretion. Remember,
un like shortw<.1ve broadcasts. these transmissions are not reall y meant fo r our cars.
It is appropriate to include a bit of information about yourself; for instance, the type of
rece iver and antenna you use. a postcard from
your city. or even a photo-j ust a bit of the
personal touch! Don 1 forget return postage in
the form of mint stamps. IRCs. etc.
Incidentally. if you want to send in a reception report o f any British Airways night you
monitor, here's the address: British Airways,
Heathrow Airport, London, Hounslow. Great
Britai n. Remember to include "Attn: Captain'" and the night number as part of the
address on the envelope as well as on the
reception report.
I More LDOCS

13285 -Rainbow Radio

13300 -Lusaka (Zambia Airways)
-Stockholm Radio
13304 -Tel Aviv (El Al)
13324 -Tokyo (Japan Airlines)
13333 -Hong Kong (Dragonai r).
(Cathay Pacific). (Speedbi rd London)
13336-Amsterdam (KLM)
-Rome (A litalia)
-Budapest (Malev)
179 13 -Rio de Janeiro & Sao Paulo (Varig)
I Readers Corner

A subsc riber from New York who prefers

to remain anonymous contri buted a list of the
fi ve books that every incompetent pi lot should
read:
#5. Hou the Side of a Mo1111tain Can
Interrupt Your Flight Plan :
#4. Job Opportunities at Greyhound:
#3. Flaps - They're Not Just a
Decoration A nymore;
#2. Never Assume A11Ything - Except
Possibly the Crash Position :
# I . The Bible.

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A GUIDE TO GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS

John Fulford, WA4VPY

Whats Happening in Alasl<a?

houl d you find yourself in Alaska this

year, take a side tri p to a locat ion
ap proximate ly two hundred miles
sout heast of Fairbanks. You will be in the
town of Gakona. Alaska. Proceed down the
Tok Highway to mile marker 11.3. This will
place you at the geographic coordinates of 62
degrees 23.5 minutes North and 145 degrees
8.8 minutes West. Find the big gate that says
HAA RP RESEA RCH PROJECT. You arc
there.
Where is "there" and what have you found?
Proposed in the earl y 1990. s and due for
completion somewhere around 2002. th is is
the site of the joint U.S. Air Force and Navy
project code named HAA RP- High Frequency
Acti ve Auroral Research Project.
Much spec ulation has bee n written regard ing this project-all the way from a
doomsday machine which wil l destroy the
earth, to a machine designed by the government to disrupt the human brain patterns.
change the weather. interfere in wildlife migration, and even burn a hole in 1he upper
atmosphe re.
Putting the intent of 1he project aside for a
moment. what we basicall y have up there is a
massive transmilter array. It is a phased array.
bui lt on a 33 acre bed of gravel, measuring
approximately I000 by 1200 feet. There will
be 180 towers arranged in a rectangle, each of
which will support at its top two crossed
dipoles. One set of
dipoles will be fo r
the low frequency
array, from 2.8 to
8 MHz. The other
is for the higher
freque ncies from 7
MHz to 10 MHz.
Prov idi ng perimeter protection
around the array is
an e lect rified
tence which will
kee p away th e
roaming animals.
There is an elevated elec trical ground approximately liftecn feet above the ground
under whi ch vehicles may dri ve between
transmitter shelters and the control room.
There will be thirty individual transmiltcr
buildings constructed. Inside each building
will be six 10 kW transmit ters. The radia1ed
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powe r will be6x 30x 2x IOkW =3600 kW. upper latitudes and both had output powers
Theenti re project will bc powercdbysix 2500 over one mi ll ion watts. Talk about upper
kW generators.
atmospheric heating!
Those who live at the latitudes involved
Whe n the transmitters are energized. they
will provide a rad io signal that is very
with this transm ission syste m, have specunarrow beam and is adj ustable in
~lated a great deal about the effect of these
ampl itude and phase. The field
<"'
\
transmissions on the Northern Lights.
The Northern Lights. or Aurora Boreainte nsity will be a few hu ndred
mill ivolts per square meter. Th is ~ "--">
lis. wreak havoc with worldwide rad io
is less than the natu ral ultrav iolet ~.
\ ;~ansmissions. especia ll y in the shortrad iation present in those lat i- ()~. ~' wave spectru m. What will happen
tudes.
). .
~
if this project has an unexThe
ac tua l
d
~ pected effect on these lights?
,..,,"'" "" ~
Q Could such a project have a
project will be in two parts. the fi rst
pronounced impact on shortpart described above. to be know n as the High wave radi o as we know it?
Two other ionospheric research projects
Freq uency Ionospheric Research Instrument
(!R I). The second is a UHF radar known as an are operated by the U.S . Government: one in
Incoherent Scatter Radar(ISC). ll will be used northern Alaska and the other at the observato measure electron density, electron and ion tory at Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Both of these
have been in operati on for years, alt hough
temperatu res. and doppler frequency drift.
The two U. S. Government agencies in- their radiated power is less than that proposed
vol vecl are the U.S. Air Force (Phillips Labs) by the HAARP project. We have all heard
and the U.S. Navy (Office of Naval Research these ionospheric sweepers throughout the
and Naval Researc h Laboratory). The govern- shortwave band.
mcnt agencies have publicly announced that
There is a li ve-nation consortium based in
this research station will be used in instrument Europe which is doi ng the same thing. Known
design. including HF ionosondes. ELF and as the European Incoherent Scatter Radar. is
VLF receiver. , magnetometers. and a project has one site in Norway, one in Peru , another
known as LI DAR (Light Detecti on and Rang- near Moscow. and two other sites. This project
ing) in bot h the opiical and infrared spectrum. also involves ionospheric heati ng at powers
What does this mean for us radio spectrum less than what is proposed by the HAA RP
li stene rs? Wha t project.
will thi s machine
The project is clue fo r com pletion in 2002.
do to the rad io If you are con nected to the Internet, do a
s p e e t r u m '.' Website search for the keyword "HAARP."
Frank ly, we don' t There is ple nty to find there and some interestknow. It is a re- ing documents to read.
search instrument
Why the interest? The Air Force and the
that will heat the Navy are the same guys that gave us Arca 5 1.
ionosphere and al- You just never know fully what they're up to.
low the earth bound scientists to I The Army Corps of Engineers
meas ure wha t
Sometimes it pays to take a couple of days
these heated ionooff and just go traveling. I did this a cou ple of
spheric particles
weekends ago and e nded up in Clewiston.
will do to radio
Florida. This is an interesti ng town. Located
trnn s mi s~ i o n signals.
Mod ul ati on of one radio transmi ssion by at the very north end of the Everglades and at
the very south end of Lake Okeechobee. it
another radio t ran~ mi tte r wi ll be exam ined.
provided some very imcresting monitoring. I
This was first noticed in 1933 with Radio
did
not start out with the intenti on of ending
Luxe mburg, which was superimposed over
up there; it j ust happened.
another European long wave station. Both of
Lake Okeechobee is the largest fresh water
these long wave stations we re located in the
lake in the United States. Having such a

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disti nction almost guarantees that the federal

government would be involved somehow.
Well, they are. There is a very imposing
federal compound located on the east side of
town. You cannot help but notice the tall
tower with all of the two-way radio antennas
on it. All of the vehides have two way antennas on the m. Hidden from view. but easily
seen if you drive to back of the city cemetery.
is a big, high frequency, log periodic antenna
on a tower. This antenna is just above the roof
of a building that has a United States flag
flying above it.
What had l slllmbled into? Some secret
federal installation? Well. maybe not. This is
the headquarters of the United States Army
Corps of Enginee rs. Jacksonville Division.
According to the Federal Register. the Army
Corps of Engineers is the Army's real property manager. It performs all activities associated with real property management and civil
engineering. It provides research. planning.
development, construction. and maintenance
of all matters related to waterways and it
assists other agencies in the recovery from
natural disasters.
The majori ty of Corps commu nications is
done on VHF in the 160 MHz band. There are
numerous 400 MH z radio control links, and
even satellite uplinks in the 400-406 MHz
band can be seen. But. it' s the massive high
frequency backbone network that extends
th roughout the United States that accounts for
the log periodic ante nna.
The following is the basic freque ncy plan.

Satellite uplinks have been found on :

401.752 401.782
Radio co11trol li11ks have been reported 011:

406.6375 406.9375 407.2375

407.5625 412.0375 4 13.2375
41 3.5625 41 6.4625 41 6.5375
There is a cross-Florida UHF .. microwave"
network running from south Florida to Camp
Blanding in nort h Florida. The following
frequencies arc reused in a back-to-back systern:

409.2375
412.8375

409.9375
413.5625

Why the inte rest in the Corps of Engineers? They arc a branch of the Department of
the Army, they have an extensive radio network. and they arc active participants in the
SHARES exercises. (For info rmati on in the
SHARES programs. refe rto Larry Yan Horn' s
Util ity Monitoring columns.) And. as I di scovered on my excursion into the countryside, they can be found in neighborhoods all
around the U.S.

I Mailbag
I received some very interesti ng mai l th is
month. The first was fro m Mike Schulsinger
(N8Q HY) of Spri ngfield. Ohio. Mike sent me
some good loggings from Wright Patterson
Air Force Base area (which gained some
notoriety while hammeri ng out a peace plan
fo r Bosnia). The airbase has gone to tru nki ng.
The ir frequency layout is as follows:

High Frequency Disaster Net

2.0640
2.3500
3.2870
4.8500
5.3270
6.0200
9.1225

2.3000
2.6020
3.2900
5.011 0
5.3460
6.7850
12.2670

VHF Radio System

Cha n
Freq

2.3260 2.3485
2.6050
3.3020 3.3050
5.0150
5.4000 5.4370
6.7900
16.0770
Use

01

164.7750 CONSTRUCTION

02
03

163.4125 RPTR O UTPUT

163.4125 SIMPLEX
165. 1875 FLOO D CONTRO L

04

163.4375 RPTR OUTPUT

163.4375 SIMPLEX
150.4650 PHONE PATCH

UNIT RPTR INPUT

Wright Patterson A ir Force Base

Freq (B/M)
Use
Group/ Channel
406.35/4 l 5. l 5 phone
patch only
l/ l
1/ 2
407.15/ 415.95 police/ fire/ sec.
407.95/ 416.75 same
1/ 3
408.75/ 417.55 same
1/ 4
409.55/418.35 same
1/ 5
408.95/ 41 7.75 sa me
3/4
3/2
407.35/ 416.15 same
(One group I channel is used fo r trun king
data/changes daily)
406.55/ 415.35 maint/ ops/ misc 3/ l
409.75/ 418.55 same
3/5
409. 95/417.95 sa me
2/5

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There is a rainfa ll network using the following f requencies:

168.2250 169.2125 169.4250

171.0250 171 .8750 407.2250
41 2.9250

The Balkan peace talks held at Wright

Patterson used the following:
Department of State Security
Chan
Freq
Use
01
409.625 RPTR OUT
407.200 RPTR IN
02
409.625 SIMPLEX
03
407.600 SIMPLEX
(The abo ve

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16 1. 4 H :. privare fine.)

When the President of Uganda arrived

there several weeks ago. the following channe ls came into use:
165.375 Secret Service
415.000 Internal Revenue Service
165.237 Customs
The si mu Ikeyed FBI repeaters have shown
up around Wright Patterson. The following
channels are noted:
163.8375 FBI Dayton, O hio
163.9875 FBI Ci nci nnati, O hio
167.3625 Special ops
170.9000 Special ops
low power simplex DES scrambling has
been noted on 167.4875.
Jeff Brickman sent in some interesting
frequencies from the New York area.
409.000 Coa st Guard New York.
Base/mobile also a utopatch.
407.925 Coa st Guard New York.
Fire net simplex
407.625 Coast Guard New York.
Ops channel also security
416.325 DEA Aircraft Callsign
"Flint 330" ca lling base
408.600 State Depa rtment base.
Callsign "bald Eagle" used
for VIP helicopte r
Jeff also reports McGuire A ir Force Base
is using the following:
413. l 00 Base commercia l ops/paging/
simplex
407.400 Rptr out (in is 408.200)
Fire crash net
407.375 Rptr out (in is 413.375)
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Ken Reitz, KS4ZR

ADVENTURES IN THE CLARKE BELT

FM Radio in Your Bacl< Yard

or those who grew up listening to AM

radio with it ~ attendant tec hnological
vagaries-the incessant static crashes.
the constant fading. the adjace nt channel
interference- the advent of FM radi o broadcasting was a balm upon the ears. For the fi rst
time. rad io broadcasts could actually rival
the reali sm of the concert hall . and receivers.
especiall y stereo receivers. could actual ly
li ve up the their manufacturer' s claims. And
today. with most stations playing compact
discs. fidel ity is better than ever.
Even so. FM broadcasting has it ~ limits~ pec ifi c a ll y. geographic limits. Despite increases in transmitting capability and technological improvement s in antenna design,
FM signals are doomed to remai n Earthbound. Due to transmitting paramete rs and
propagati on rc a liti c~. terrestrial FM broadcasts can travel onl y a fe w hundred miles.
During the DX season signals can go considerably farther. but such events arc rare and
fl eeting.
Listeners can help the cause of terrestrial
~ig n a l s by installing mast-mounted preamplifi e r~ . rotating multi -cle ment antennas. and
similar tech nical advantages. Still. if you live
near New York dont ex pect to hear stations
from Chicago. let alone Los Angeles !

allows for such carrier "riders ... Mostly. it's

done as a .. value added .. attraction to cable
operators fo r the be nefi t of their subscribers.
and satellite TV viewers are the happy beneficiaries.
I What You'll Need For Reception

It's a common mistake to assume that if

youre onl y interested in li stening to the audio
ofa satellite channe l that you shouldn't need
all that much in the way of equipment. After
al l. if I want to listen to the audio of my local
TV stations. a sim ple portable TV-band radio
fro m the local Radio Shack wi ll do ni cely for
less than $50.
Another common mistake is to assume that
you"ll have to mortgage your ranch in order to
afford to get in on thi s type of FM DX.
In order to receive satell ite television transmissions you must ha ve the three basic components: an antenna (the di sh and feed horn/
LNB). a receiver. and a feed line.
In most areas of the U.S. a good 6 foot
mesh di sh will do nicely. Al worst you' ll
~ pend $200 for one new in the box. With a
little sleuthing you just might find a used one
for $50-$60. Ask your local dealer what he
has availab le and call the usual mail order
firms for comparative prices.
A used rece iver is easil y avai lable for less
than $ 100. Most manu fac turers sell reconditioned sate llite receivers (still under warranty)
for about $200. Even new feed horns and
LNBs have never been cheaper. Used ones
are half priced. Don t be afraid to haggle.
You'll ha ve to buy the feed line new. It's
such an important ingredient that you can't
afford to scrimp here. Typically. all-in-one
"direct buri al.. cable runs 65 cents/foot. Fig-

ure on needing I00 feet.

You should be able to put together a nice
new satell ite TV system for about $500 and
one with used components for half that price
or less. And now that you' ve got the thing paid
for r II let you in on a little secret: All of the
FM radio signals you' ll be liste ning to are
free. They are unencrypted and available 24
hours a day. Even if you never watch one
single TV show. you' II get years of cost-free
enjoyment from listening to your satellite
system. Mi ll ions have done so fo r over 15
years!
I So, What Can You Hear?

Variety is the name of the satell ite radio

game. Let' s take just one satellite as an example: Satcom C4 at 135 degrees West. On
channel 5 you ' ll find no fewer than three
versions of Radio Deutsche Welle! One is
monaural. one is di sc rete stereo, and one is the
foreign language service. On channel 6 there's
WQCD-FM- a New York City- based adult
contemporary "smooth jazz" format station.
On channel 8 there s a background music
channel and KIL A-FM. an adult Christian
music and talk station from Las Vegas, NY.
On channel 10 you' ll find In Touch-a
newspaper and book reading service for the
sight-impaired. BRN- the Business Rad io
I Radio Dream Come True
Network. and KNOW-AM-the public radio
station from Minneapolis-St. Paul. MN. On
Suppose you could buy an FM radio that
channe l 15 you can listen to classical music
not only picked up FM stations fro m around
from WQXR-FM. t\cw York City. And, fithe country but from a ll over North America:
nall y. on channel 24 there 's WSM -AM-the
suppose that it could pick up many of the
venerable country music giant from Nashmost popular shortwave stations as well. and
ville. TN.
that it could receive many other stat ions that
Now. if that didn't whet your appetite, then
arcn ' t even avai lable in any city over-the-air.
you're not interested in radio! But wait. there's
Interested? 1 thought so!
more! There are 13 separate satelThis is not the mindless ravings
Audio Subcarrier Services on Galaxy 5 ( 125 degrees West)
lites which offer up to a dozen
of a radio listener trapped in the
rad io station s ran g in g from
depths of th e Solar Cycle. No.
Jazz music format
KLON-FM Long Beach, CA
friends. there rea ll y is suc h a radio
AFRTS Radio to YOCM-AM St.
CNN Radio Network
All-news radio feed
John' s. Newfoundl and. A glance
and what' s more. it' s affordable!
World Radio Network
Variety of shortwave broadcasters
First. let' s find out what thi s ra- Yesterday USA Superstation
at the accompanyi ng chart makes
Oldtime radio format
this very clear.
dio is and how it works.
WFMT-FM Chicago, IL
Classical radio format
Now. i1 s true that DirecTV ofCNN Radio Noticias
For nearl y twenty years satellite
CNN's Spanish language feed
WSM-AM Nashville, TN
Country music format
fers dozens of channels of music
telev ision broadcas ters suc h a ~
Soft Hits
but. while it 's all commercialWGN ha ve been uplinking local Superaudio
Superoudio
Soft Sounds
free. you' ll pay monthl y for the
FM radi o stations along with the
Superoudio
Light'n Lively Rock
privilege and you still won' t find
video. This is because a satellite
Superaudio
Classical Collections
transponder has more bandwidth
one real radio station in the lineSuperaudio
New Age of Jazz
up. Don t look to Primestar for
than a terrestri al transmission anti
Classic Hits
Superaudio
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any help either. They offer a similar line-up

but again. don ' t look for the shortwave. AM.
and FM stations-but do look for your monthly
bill to arrive promptl y.
An International Flavor
Your listening enjoyment is not limited to
American satellites. Your TYRO system wi ll
also give you access to radio stations in Canada
and Mexico. On Canada's Anik E I you can
tu ne into stations from every province of
Canada as well as the CBC nat ional service.
On Mexico's Solidaridad I you can listen to
over a dozen Mexican radio services. including stations from Mex ico City.
If you're looking fo r even more exotic
aud io fare you' re in luck: many countri es
retransmit their national radio service for
American audiences. All you have to do is
tune them in. Some of these incl ude RAJ
Radio Net from Italy, BBC World Service,
the famed World Radio Network from Eng land. Antenna Satellite Radio providing
Greek music and cntcnainment. Radio France
Internationale. The Russian- American Radio
Network. Radio Dubai, and Radio Tropicalvariety programming in French fo r the Caribbean Islands.
The Future of Satellite Radio
Each year new stations are cropping up on
audio sub-carriers on satellites throughout the
Clarke Belt. And the one thing that makes the
whole concept so great is the variety. There is
no city or location in America where such
variety and depth of programming is otherwise avai lable. No cable compan y in thi s
country carries all that 's accessible to you
from your back yard. And, yet. here it is: free
for the taking. 24 hours a day all year. No
fading. no static, no interference.
You don't need to wait for some clever
programming pac kager to put al I this together
for you on a digital dish and charge you each
month. The fut ure of FM rad io is here and it" s
right in your back yard.
And. finally. if you're a fan of old time
radio. when AM was king and Ma and Pa
Kellie and Lum ' n' Abner reigned, you' ll be
happy to know that they still haunt the airwaves on Yesterday USA Superstation on
Galaxy 5. channel 7. 6.8 MH z audio. It" s
where the future meets the past.
I Mailbag
MT reader Grant Manni ng of Smithville.

Tennessee, comments on my observations in

the January column that the futu re for MMDS
(M ulti-channel Multi-point Distribution Sys-

te rns- otherwise known as 'wireless cable")

wi ll be a rough one wi th the advent of small
digital satellite systems: -. .. MMDS has grown
lots over the last few years... .,
It 's true, and so has the C band TYRO
industry. The ir best year. 1994. was the same
one in which DSS debuted. However. s a l e~
have gone down steadi ly since (from over
80,000 units per month to under 20.000 per
month in 1995). There will probably be a
level ing off point where the industry can look
fo rward to a steady llow of customers- those
who want more than DSS offers and for whom
MMDS doesn"t offer enough.
Ken Hydeman j ust bought a new TV set
and, wou ldn 't you know it. his Dayton, Ohio.
newspaper came out with a story about the
new age of "digital TV ... The article. as usual.
was tilled with rosy promises about new television sets wi th super resolution and a 'cinema-style" aspect rat io.
While it's certain that eventually there will
be a new standard for TV receivers. it's probably safe to say that such sets will be at least
five years from popular usage. At any rate.
manufacturers wi ll try to ensure th at such new
standards arc ''backward compatible" with
sets they've already produced. They don ' t
want to be stuck with bogus inventory any
more than we do!
Dr. Jan R. Leszczynski of New Haven.
West Virgi ni a. has discovered that TV Poloni a
transmits Polish television 18 hours per day
directly from Warsaw via PanAmSat I at 45
degrees West. He would li ke to know if a DSS
system would be capable of recei ving these
transmissions.
rm afraid that will not be possible as both
syste ms use different digital compression
schemes. However, anyone with an interest in
Polish TV should write or call Polish Television USA. 1114 N. Mi lwaukee Avenue. Chicago. lL 60622 (3 12) 252-0444.
Also, PanAmSat may not be visible lo
locations west of the Mississippi an<l signals
to the east may be hampered by buildings.
trees or mountains.
And. finall y. our man in the UK. John
Locker of Merseyside. England. reports that
PAS J R launched and has been testing in
preparation for DBS service. PAS 4 at 68.5
degrees East is ~ till visible about 2 degrees
above the hori zon (that's low down satellite
viewing ').
And. John is ' ... tracking the Chinese spy
sat which is falling to Earth rather rapidl y... it
has heat shi elds and is huilt li ke a tank. so will
not burn up! ... I am looking for some Army
surplus tin hats to sell on the street over the
next few weeks ... Whcrever it lands it' s going
to make an awfull y big hole !"

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EXPERIMENTER'S WORKSHOP
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Cool Ways to Design Circuits - Part 1

he title is misleading. Though we will

cover lots of turf that may have nothing to do with elec tronics. by next
month you' re going to be able to whip up
some profoundl y cool circui ts li ke a pro.
There are many ways. both o ld and new. to
fabricate electronic circui ts. most of which
are good. provided the c ircuit doesn' t blow up
and take out the neighborhood when you' re
done. Some methods are laborious. time consum ing.error-prone. and not fun. w ere going to explore a fun. new angle to old ideas.
and the cost should be moot.

I The Tools

The time-honored design tools for electronic c ircuits include pencil. paper (lots of
it). slide rule or calculator. pan s catalogs. and
a "breadboard"' (see Radio Shacks 276- 175.
276- 174. and/or 276- 169). I have managed to
dispense with these archaic tools of the trade
for most of my design work, though I still use
a breadboard to test ideas when I don' t want to
concoct permanent circuits. I also keep handy
my tru sty Radio Shack. Newark. and DigiKey
catalogs. but I use them less and less.
I can do ' most anything. including run and
test circuits. exclusively on my computer' In
th is miniseries I am going to show you how to
design and lay out error-free circuits with
your computer and existi ng soft ware. or if
you' re just gell ing started, then with less than
$ I00 worth of soft ware. That s all you need to
begin an exciti ng and prod uctive journey into
circuit design and fabrication!

I The Hardware
You need a personal computer of almost
any type, but this focus is on the IBM/compatible 386 and higher class of machine that"s
capable of ru nni ng modern software. incl uding graphics. under a mu lti tasking operati ng
system.

'.

I Windows 95
I dabbled with UN IX. futzed with OS/2.
frolicked with Wi ndows 3. 1 and Windows
For WorkG roups 3. 11 , and I still muddle and
drown in Windows NT. But Windows 95 is a
shining star in a sea of darkness! As a "Chicago" beta tester from the early days of 1994,
and a Microsoft MVP. (unpaid volunteertechnical suppo11 engineer for MS Personal Operat ing Syste ms). I hearti ly recommend Windows 95 fo r home, hobby. and small business
needs where the emphas is and foc us are on
gelling things done quickly and painlessly!
Windows 95 caveats for home, hobby, and
small business include: IBM/Compatible 386
or better with 4- Mb ofRAM and about40-Mb
of free space on the hard drive. I successfu ll y
used Windows 95 on 386SX/l 6 and 386SX/
33 computers with as lilt le as 6-Mb of RAM.
A .. comfortab le" Windows 95 mac hine. however, will be a 486DX/33, 8-Mb RAM, and a
540-Mb hard dri ve.
I Overview

Yo ur operat ing sys te m sho u Id be a

mult itasker. whether System 7 .x . UN IX. OS/
2, Windows 3.x. Windows NT. or Windows
95. You should have a decent word processor
with a basic drawi ng tool. I use Microsoft
Word 7.0 and its accompanyi ng Microsoft
Draw 1.0 I. but I understand that Word PerMONITORING TIMES

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The key to great circuit design with your

personal computer is a drawing program. like
Microsoft Draw that comes wit h some of the ir
programs. Obviously. real schematic design
and layout programs arc .. best." but they are
costly, hard to use. and not readily compatible
with other programs and graphic fo rniats. I

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word processors also have drawFIG-1: SAMPLE CIRCUIT
ing utilities. r m sure they wi ll
work fi ne.
If you have none of these or arc
j ust gelli ng started with computElectret
ers. I s trong ly reco mm e nd
Mic Bement
1 CkJF
250-uF
Microsoft Works 3.0 (or 4.0 fo r
Win95). A real powerhouse fo r
Oigf-Key
the radi oisl, MS Works is an "inP9967-NO
10-k
tegrated" package that contai ns a
Volume
slic k word processor. a decent
~Control
spreadsheet, a powerful, easy-louse database manager, and a modem commun ications terminal
program. all in one ! WORKS also
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comes wit h Microsoft Draw and other useful
applets. The cost of MS WORKS is about S79
.nset"'Afor v4.0 for Windows 95 (with MS Bookshelf
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95. another whopper reference tool!) Without
Bookshclf95, it's about $49 ...a real bargai n!
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don't recommend AutoCAD. TurboCAD.

OrCAD, or other CAD (computer-aided-design) programs forthe casual hobbyist. There s
no need. You need only a basic drawing tool
(not a paint program!) with the following
features and capabilities:
Style: lines. rectangles. circles. ell ipses.
curves, and text of various sizes and width s
G roup/Ungroup: Group & lock selected
objects (to the exclusion of other objects)
Frame: Outline an object
Fill/Unfill: Fill interior of objec t with shade
or color
Pattern: Select one of several fill palll.:rns
Snap to Grid/Unsnap: Snap objects to nearest grid poim (d igital movements versus analog)
Rotate/Flip: Rotate or flip selected object:
left. right. up. down. in vert vertical. in vert
horizomal
Move: Move objects to the front or rear of
other objects (overlay/underl ay)
Reshape: Change the size and shape of objects

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Designing Perfboard Circuits

Sec Figure I for a simple audio listening
devicesimilano RadioShack~ 277-1008. To
transfer the schematic to a perfboard mockup
drawing. first use your Draw program to create an accurate design grid as shown in Figure
2. Draw one straight line. Copy it to the
clipboard and paste it back into the drawing
for I wo lines.
Posit ion the second line paral lel and next
10 the first one. Then copy the pair 10 the
clipboard and paste them back into the drawing for fou r lines. Position the new pair to be
parallel and even with the first two. (If your
"snap-to-grid" feature is turned on. it will be
easy 10 get ident ical spacing between each
line.)
Copy the four lines to the clipboard and
paste them back into the drawing fo r eight
lines. Align and space them as before. Finally
copy and paste three more lines, aligned and
spaced so that you have eleven identica l paralle l li nes. ow Group.. and lock the eleven
lines into a single object."
Copy the I I-line object to the clipboard
and paste it back into the drawing. Use the
Rotate command. left or right. on the new
object so that the lines rotate 90. Move the
new object over the first one to form a tic-tactoe grid as seen in Figure 2. Label the grid 05- 10 and A-F-K as shown.
The perfboarcl has 0 .042'" holes. so let's
draw a large circle like in Fig-2. wi th a diameter just a little over four grid li ne ~. Group
and lock the entire drawing into one object.
We now have a grid that can be used to
represent tenths of an inch. but we need one
for hu nd redths of an inch. too. as shown in
Fig-2. Inset "A". Copy the large labeled grid
to the clipboard. and paste it back in to the
drawing. 'Grab a corner and proportionally
shrink the pasted object until it exactly fi lls
one smal l square on the larger grid. Voi l<i -

hundredths of an inch. and the shrunken c ircle

will be relative to .042 !
Ungroup the drawi ng until you can select
the ti ny circle. Copy it to the clipboard.
Delete the Inset A''-the large circleand change the grid lines to dotted lines. Paste
the tiny circle from the clipboard into the
drawing and position it over the intersection
of one pair of gridlincs. Copy another tiny
circle from the clipboard to the drawing and
posi tion it over an adjacelll imerseclion of
grid li nes. Bui ld a li ne of circles fi rst, and then
copy and paste the line(s). using the same
copy-paste-group procedures de-;c rihed
above fo r the grid. to construct a perlboard as
shown in Figure 3. Label it 1-10 and A-K as
shown.
Figure 4 shows the parts drawn onto Figure
3. Figu re 5 is the flip-side of Figure -t where
the point-to-point wiring was drawn by 11ial
a nd error.just like you'd do al the workbench.
Go over your work. ensu ring no errors. so
that before you ever grab a soldering iron and
parts. you 11 be assured of perfect operation
first time out!
It 's all int uiti ve from Figure 3 through
Figure 5, using noth ing but a basic draw ing
program. Accuracy is wit hin a hundredth of
an inch or so. if you're careful. The bottom
line 10 thi s exercise is that you can build your
circuit 011 your computer until you arc sati sfied wi th it. without spending a dime or moving from the keyboard!
Figure 6 is a teaser for next month when 1 11
show you how to easi Iy make your own printed
c ircuit boards. It is si mply Figure 5 with
e verything deleted except the hole and wi ring
pattern. The holes can be shrunk to an exact
drill size ( .03") using the above described
techni que.
That' s all there is to a PCB pattern. Once
you re satisfied with your drawing.save it and
paste it imo a word processor document where
it can be ''scaled" (e nl arged or shrunk) 10
precisely accurate dim ensi ons. Print the
graphic: measure it: resize it: print it again;
etc. until it's right. $3000 AutoCAD is not
necessary. folks!
I' ll be glad to provide tech support and
clarificatio n of thi s article series by e-mail via
any of my addresses at the header of this
column. If you're befuddled. un sure. or have
belie r ideas. 11Tite!

I Contest Time
Remember my offer for the next three
months: subm it an idea or a project for thi s
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SKYLINK

EXPLORING WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY

Wayne Mishler, KGSBI

Is Wireless for Real?

arkctcrs of wire less products and

We"re beginn ing 10 accept the concept of
services would have us believe that DBS in our li ves. The idea of paying a few
this technology is in full bloom. Such hundred dollars a year for home theater enteris the nature of marketing. The ads on TY. the tai nment seems to be growing palatable. This
articles in magazines and newspapers, and the market is still considered to be in its infancy,
descriptions of new produc:ts in catalogs are with more than two million subscribers. A
preparing us for new wonders. So you've number of new competitors are expected to
heard. But is thi s predicted deluge of wireless join the fray over the nex t few years. promistechnology really goi ng to affect you and ing rapid expansion of entertainment by satelyour fa mil y that much? Foran answer, look at li te.
the industrial activity behind the market ing.
The use of ground positioning systems
especially in personal communications sys- (GPS) in vehicle navigation wi ll bring this
tems (PCS) and direct broadcast systems tec hnology into the life of everyone who
(DBS).
dri ves a vehicle. GPS receivers arc expected
As mentioned in last month 's column, in to generate more than $5 billion annually by
the next few years te lephone companies the turn of the century.
around the world will spend billions of dollars
collectively to add new wire less network in- I Telecommunications reform bill rocks
frastructures to their systems. Telecommuni- industry
cations firms are buildi ng satel lites at an
Depending on who you ask, the Telecomunprecedented rate. Satell ite launches are big
business. And the backlog of launches is munications Act of 1996 will either boost or
growi ng. This trend is expected to conti nue. cripple the communications industry in the
making satellite communications one of the U.S. The new law allows phone and cable
biggest industries of the nex t century. Thi s compan ies to compete. It deregulates cable
rates, and enab les media to more easily exte lls us something.
The way we communicate is changing an pand their holdings. All of this is bound to
exponential rate. Imagine pull ing a small hand impact on the booming wireless industry.
set out of your shirt pocket and calling from Another provision of the law makes it illegal
to pass " indecent and sexually
anywhere to anywhere in
ex plicit'' materi als via the
the world via sa t e llit e. ju~!
liIR ELE SS .
Internet, which went into "virby pushing a few buttons.
tual mourning" with the law ' s
Reality? Maybe not yet.
enactment.
Not in a practical sense anyPresident Clinton, in signway. But giant telecommuing the law which updates the
nications firms are ru shing
Communications Act of 1934,
to develop the handsets and
said it will "'bring the future to
the fleet of satell ites by the
our doorstep." AT&T chairend of this ck cadc.
man Robert Allen says the
Expect equally major
law will e nable his company
adva nces in ce llul a r
to win a third or more of the
phones. two-way paging.
$90 bill ion phone market
and computer commun icawit hin a decade. Other suptions. One research firm
Ad for CT/A 's of96 co11re11ti1111.
porters say it will increase
predicts that c:ellular and
Phow from U11ited States Ce/111/ar
jobs . ex pa nd cons um e r
PCS subscribers will grow
choices and lower prices for
25 percent annually well
into the next century. PCS devices will not be cable. telephone, and other communications
restricted to voice and message transmis- services.
Opponents (most ly consumer groups) presions. New devices in the future will include
directional and interacti vc opt ions as wel I. By dict that more jobs will be lost than gained
the year 2000. cellular and PCS devices car- through consolidat ion. They expect cable and
ried by consu mers are expected to number in telephone rates to increase because they expect few competitors to enter the industry.
the hund reds ormillions world wide.
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I lnmarsat launches world's first global

earphone
ln marsat. developer of the world' s first
global earphone service, says new technology
will turn a vehicle into an offi ce on wheels.
You' II be able to make phone calls-and send
and receive faxes-fro m your car by sate IIite.
even when traveling beyond the reach of
cellular phone service. Carphone users wi ll be
able to exchange data wh ile in transit. Customers can c hoose between 14 service providers. Charges wi ll range from $4 to $6 per
minute.
Special antenna systems will track lnmarsat
satellites at high speed or in rugged terrain
including winding roads.
Companies marketi ng lnmarsat-approved
earphone equi pment include O'Gara Satellite
Networks oft he USA, IN-Snee of France, and
STN Atlas Elektronik of Germany. Other
makers of global earphone products include
GEC Marconi of the UK, Hagenuk of Germany,and Ball Aerospace of the United States.
I In a word ...

Mark Twain once proclaimed the difference between the right word and the almost
right word as the difference between lightning and lightning bug. In my February column on GPS I noted that a GPS receiver finds
itselfby measuring distance to "geostationery"
satellites. Gcostati onery was anything but the
right word. as pointed out by our astute readers.
With help from author Peter H. Dana, of
the Department of Geography at the University of Texas at Austin, I'd li ke to ceremonially erase any reference to GPS satellites as
be ing geostationery. They ' re not.
As Peter Dana explains. the GPS operational conste llation consists of 24 satellites.
They circle the earth in 12-hour orbits. These
orbits repeat the same ground track, as the
earth revolves beneath them, and are inclined
at about 55 degrees with respect to the polar
plane. This constellation provides users with
between fi ve and eight satelli tes visible from
any point on earth at any given ti me. Data
from four of the satellites is sufficient for
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(OMPUTERS & RADIO

John Catalano, PhD

RADIO-RELATED SOFTWARE REVIEWS

ACARS Again and Hardware CATs

his month we' ll look at a new ACARS

(Airc raft Communicati ons and Address ing Syste m) program-thi s one
from AEA. T he results and our conclusions
may surprise you.
A lso, you may have wonde red about the
SCANCAThardwareaccessoriesseen in several magazine ads fro m Computer Aided Technolog ies. We wi ll try out four o f them over the
coming months. T he n you can decide if they
are for you.

two. The main screen is shown in Figure 2.

Look fa miliar? It should. Take a look at the
Lowe Air Maste r main screen in Figure 3.
Could these two program s be one and the
same?
Bo th prog ram s c onta in the LOG
subd irectory and the fi le called "ac.exe," which
i ~ the heart of the ACARS program. The size

I In My Opinion
Figure 1
AEA ACARS

I ACARS: Feast or Famine

A CARS' whines and tones have long been
heard on the VHF aircraft band around 13 1
MHz. The ACARS system was des igned to
keep trackofin-tlight aircraft 's real-ti me situational conditions (location, rout ing, fue l, aircraft, and passenger problems) using data
communications to minimize errors and crew
workl oad.
In February we looked at the Lowe A CARS
product, AirMastc r version 2.0. This small
decoder and software was the fi rst standalone ACARS decoder I had come across
after man y years of searchi ng. Wou ldn ' t you
know, the day after I wrote that rev iew I
received a press re lease from Advanced Electronic Applications announc ing their ACA RS
decoder in three fo rms: the complete AEA
ACARS package. ACAR S 900. and an AEA
FAX ACARS upgrade.
The decoding soft ware is essentially the
sam e for a ll three AEA products. The comple te ACA RS package includes a high de nsity program d isk and the now-fam iliar small
plug-in interface (see Figure I). The software
runs on an IBM compatible. 386 16 M Hz or
better. The inte rface pl ugs into the serial port.
whi le the cable is connected to the V HF
receiver/scanne r audio outpu t. T he ACARS
900 product is so ft ware only and is designed
to work w ith AEA 's line of PK-900 data
controllers. The AEA FAX ACARS upgrade
is also a software-only product. It is designed
to work with the interface provided with the
AEA FAX product.

I Will The Original ACARS Please Stand

Up?
T he insta llation o f AEA ACA RS is a utomatic. easy, and completed within a minute or

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two are invaluable in understanding ACARS.

The VOR (V HF Omni -directi onal Range) is a
navigational aide w hic h is also many ti mes
used as a positional ''fix" or e n-route destination po int. You can see the importance of
these codes in understanding the ACARS
messages.

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of this fil e in both produc ts is almost identi cal- the slight difference probably due to the
slightly different main screen product title.

I How Does AEA's Perform?

As ex pected AEA ACARS pe rforms very
well. as did Lowe's AirMaster (see February's
column for operational deta ils). The big surprise came fro m the interface. The AEA
A CARS interfa ce is exactly the same as AEA
FAX (l ,Il,lll ) inte rface. However. although
the AEA and Lowe interfaces are physically
the same size. they are electri cally differentso d iffere nt that they wi ll not work with each
other. This is probably due to the fact that the
two di ffe rent software program s arc " looking'' at differen t seri a l port pi ns fo r dat a input.
Why? I don't know. For some type of product
uni queness? Maybe. But the fac t remains the
Lowe software w ill not even load if it does not
detect that the Lowe AC ARS interface is
connected to the serial port.
The onl y other differe nce I could find was
in the criticality of the audio input setting. T he
AEA seemed to be more tolerant. yielding
good decoding over a s lightly wider range of
settings. However, it was a small d ifference.
T he AEA operat ions manual is we ll written and very comple te. The 132-page manual
includes over I 00 pages on ACARS: system
info. message format, lots o f trans lated examples. abbreviat ions. airline codes. and North
American Airpm1 and VOR codes. The last

AEA 's edge comes in when you

consider the many different plug-in decoders and modu les we, as monitors, are
faced w ith. Without plugging and unplugging inte rfaces, AEA ACARS can
be used with AEA FAX Ill. and herein
lies its edge, in my humble opinion. The
combination allows decoding of FAX.
RTTY. NAVTEX, FEC. Morse Code.
and now ACARS. and all with j ust 011e
s mall interface. Using the FA X Ill program 's
miniscope feature. raw ACARS signals can
be displayed analyzed for correct tuning and
audio level setting.
Finally, price is another factor to be conside red. T he complete AEA ACARS package , interface and software, retails in the USA
for $90 !T hey have broken the $ 100 mark, a nd
that's the re tail price. But if you already have
the AEA FAX III product. and the re fore the
inte rface, the retai l pri ce of the software alone
is well under thi s at around the $50 mark' If
you a lready own AEA ACARS you can upgrade to AEA FAX III for $70.
In short. I really li ked the AEA ACARS
product a nd believe it's excellent value for
money. Check with A EA distributors for exact pric ing. For in formation on AEA ACARS.
or other AEA products. call (206) 7 12-8054
for literature requests. T hey have an upgrades
hot line at (206) 774- 1722. AEA 's address is
P.O. Box C2 l 60, Lynnwood. WA 98036.
However, the re's still no ACA RS program
fe ature whic h w ill automaticall y tran slate all
this gibberish into pla in language. ACARS
ma nufac turers: we're still waiting '

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radio. database. a nd di gital decoding), is a
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nologies. This company has quietly. but consistently, been widening the ir product base to
include hardware accessories for use with
thei r software. This month we will look at the
first of four of these products: the Uni-Versatile (radio) interface, CAT Squelch, CAT
Yaesu Squelch De tect Adaptor, and the CAT
ICOM Squelch Detect Adaptor.
The Uni -Versatile Interface is a replacement for the original radio manufacturer's
interface. It connects between the serial port
of your computer and your computer-controllable ICOM. Yaesu. or AOR AR8000
radio. Why is any interface needed ? We ll, the
designers of compute r serial ports adapted
the same high voltage signal level convention
used in telecommunications. Mean while, the
radio designers des igned their serial ports
with the same data protocols, b11t at typically
lower digital logic signal levels (5 volts). The
interface is necessary to provide voltage level
matching.
On the computer side there is standardization of serial connectors in the form of either
the 25 or 9 Pin D-type, or Cannon. plugs.
However, although the electrical functionality of most radio-to-computer interfaces are
the same, no such standardization exists on
the radio side. The Uni-Versatile Interface
(UVI) addresses this problem by supplying
adaptors to enable its use with all ICOM,
Yaesu, and AOR computer controllable receivers.
The UVl (as in all of the CAT products we
will cover) is housed in the same type case as
AEA' s ACARS interface (see Figure I). One
end is a female 25 pin D-type which attaches
to the computer. If you have a 9 Pin serial port
you will require a 9-to-25 pin adaptor which
can be purc hased from many mail order companies including Cyberguys (telephone 1800-892- 10 I0. Please mention you saw the m
in MT s Computers & Radio). It 's the radio
side that provides the real challenge.
The other end of the smal I adaptor case has
a miniature stereo headphone jack, like on

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your Walkman. A cable is provided with

miniature ste reo plugs at each e nd. One end
plugs into the adaptor while the other comes
with an array of options. For the ICOM products all you have to do is to install the included
stereo-to-mono adaptor plug. Then this is
plugged into the appropriate !COM computer
control port on the radio. ICOM radios without an on-chassis compute r control port, such
as the R-71, require the installation of the
ICOM CT-14 serial port controller. The newer
ICOM radios, such as the R7100, have thi s
built-in from the factory.
For use with Yaesu radios, two adaptors
are included into which the ste reo plug is
connected. Both are made from small fle xible
PC board material and measure roughly 2.5 x
0.5 inches (3.7 x 1.5 cm). The e nd of these
adaptors terminate in 6 pin DIN, and mini DLN plugs, consistent wi th the Yaesu computer control port. The AR8000 adaptor is
made of the same material and sightly longer
with PC board "fingers" whic h s lide into the
AOR port slot.
We used the interface on both !COM and
Yaesu radios, with SCAN CAT Gold version
6.0, without a proble m. As far as we could tell
it performed just like the original manufacturers' interfaces. By replac ing the orig inal interfaces lots of desk room is recovered. A nother obv ious benefit is that when upgrading.
purchasing a different brand, or testing different radios you no longer need to pu rchase a
new interface.

Possible Improvements
The world of jumbled cables, plugs, and
desktop fall-off is the darker side o f hightechnology. Therefore. the fi rst area of improveme nt that comes to mind are the adaptor
PC boards used for all but the ICOM radios.
These adaptor boards are not housed in a case:
A metal paper clip accidentally fa lling across
the conductor tracks could short the runs
together.

Would it cause any damage'1 I'm not sure.

But do you care to risk your equipment in such
a test?
My accidental shorti ng concerns could be
greatl y reduced by coating the bottom of the
board with an insulator. This simple modification can be performed by the owner for
under $4.00-thc cost of a tube of RTV silicon at a supply store like Ho me Depot. Make
sure you ( I ) use the highest quality RTV (i.e.
GE), (2) the interface is totall y di sconnected
from any equipme nt, (3) the botto m of the
board interface is clean and free from dust,
and (4) you do not use the adaptor until
comp lete RTV curing is achieved as per instruc ti ons on the tube.
Another consideration is the design philosophy used in the interface. For example,
the original 1980' s-designed Yaesu interface.
FIF-232C. used its own power source, separate from the radio or the computer, in order to
minimize the injection of compute r noise into
the radio. The UV! takes its power from the
computers' serial port.
For a similar reason. all connections to the
radio were made via light. That's not a misprint ! Opto-couplers were utilized to further
maintain isolatio n between computer and radio. ln recent years, and with the advent of the
Max232 (and similar voltage-leveling integrated circuits from other manufacturers), not
much emphasis has re mained on equipment
isolation . Although performance in this case
appears to be equal, it is something to watch
for.
On the positi ve side, the UVI reduces the
cable and AC cord clutter considerably, compared with the FIF-232C. For all but the
purists among us. the UV I will be a useful
addition to any moni toring equipme nt.
The Uni-Versatile Interface, wit h all the
adaptors we have discussed, is avai lable for
$99.95 from Computer Aided Technologies.
P.O Box 18285, Shreveport, LA 7 11 38, telephone (3 18) 636- 1234. live tech support at
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A JOURNEY THROUGH CYBERSPACE

No News is Not Good News

nc o r the g reatest stores of informatio n anywhere in the world is available o n the In te rn et: people.
Newsgroups compri se millio ns of people
worldwide. sharing informati o n every day.
swapping no tes. ideas. and even files.
Tn get to nc\\'sgroups. you don' t net:d
special soft ware. although it i~ avai lable. Log
o nto the Net. and go into Netscape. ( If you
don' t know how. read the Feb. column.) Press
the Open butto n and type in: www.cxcite.com
and hit E nter. Now you' ll ~cc Exc ites
ho me page. There will be a bar o n the page.
much like your Open bar. where you can cl ick
and ty pe information into the line. C lick your
mouse o n that line and ty pe in :
radio sh ortwave scanner
and go down to the Usenet (the forma l name
for newsgroups) button and cl ick your mo use
o n the little ci rcle nex t to it. Thi s shoul d put a
dot in the cin:k . which means that you want to
search Usenet for the keywords .. radio, s hortwave. and scanner." You don' t need to put
commas in between the word ~.
Now cli ck your mouse o n the Search butto n. and watc h Exc ite do its magic. At the time
o f my searc h. Excite went through over I
mil lion artic les in 10.000 d ifferen t groups.
and gave me the in formatio n I needed in less
than 3 seco nd ~ (from a 28.8 modem). That~ a
pretty darn fa ~t li brarian I
Now that you've clo ne your search. the
next screen wi ll li st the a rt ic les it found.
Documents matc hing the mo~ t re ques ted
words the most times wi ll be listed fi rst.
You' ll noti ce that a ll of t h e~c artic les are
underlined, meaning th at they arc links that
w ill take you to the artic le. C hoose an article
and click o n it now. (I can't recomme nd one.
because you'll be looki ng at a different list
than I am by the time you read this')
If you get an e rro r that it couldn't find the
message. th is simply mean s that the artic le
was too o ld. a nd was deleted from the ir server.
Hit the Back button. and try another art icle.
I'm reading an arti cle about a Nort h Carolina scanne r and sho rt wave meeting. You' ll
notice at the top of the arti cle, it has the elate
the article wa~ wri tten. who wro te it. the
organ izatio n it came from. and the newsgroup
it came fro m .
Newsgroups are d ivided into many categories, separated by periods (.). For example.
rec.radio.scanner would be a recreational

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group (rec) in the fi eld of radi o. spec ifically

arc available. ( Do n't worry: it will take a
w hile to download.)
scanners . Or a lt.binaries.music.midi would
Look over the li st, choose an area, and
he in the alternati ve (alt) area, binaries (fi les)
doub le-clic k o n it. T his will take you to a
section. and wou ld be devoted to music,
narrower category: choose o ne o f those.
spec ifical ly midi ( Musical Inst rume nt Digidouble-cl ick o n it. and continue to do so until
tal Interface) tiles.
If the area refers to binaries. thi s mean s
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that there arc usually files ava il able for downu p for you to read. Yo u have the cho ice to
load. These fi les can range fro m music, to
piclllres. to shareware. It' s a really wonderful
r eply to it (send a re ply back to the group),
r eply by e mail (send a message just to the
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person that wrote the message). forward it
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by Lorry Miller

BOOK REVIEWS AND NEW PRODUCTS

Guest reviell"ers: Mike Bryso11. Ed Muro

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"Ever watch
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material has been noted for its

practical value. It's hands-on-stuff
written by a real scanner user.
Mattson bills his writing as 'news

Maine Freq Guide

ning enthusiast to follow fastbreaking action. Key frequenc ies

are used as triggers that activate
The new 6th edition of the
on a specific bank or set of fre - Official Maine Frequency Guide
q uencies. For ex- is now out and spread across some
ample, if you des- 240 pages. I first learned about
ignate the air emer- the accuracy of the Official
gency frequency of G uides after taking one of these
12 1.500 as a key on a vacation trip and being very
freq uency and it be- impressed. Not on ly are the Officomes acti ve, you cial Guides very accurate, but they
can have your scan- also con tain lots of helpfu l addiner exclu s ive ly tional information besides straight
scan only those frefrequencies.
This edition, writte n by the
quencies related to
a ir emergencies, like the local phenomenal Scott Rice, includes
tower, ground control, rescue 60 pages o f detailed information
squad, a nd airport security.
Once the action settles down,
O.FFJCIAL
normal scann ing is automaticall y resumed.
l'oUco, f1rt, tmua<a<y 4 Mueb More
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signals from any shortwave radio.
The self-contained unit plugs
into your shortwave receiver's
earphone jack and, before your
eyes, "those same chirps, buzzes
and whi stles turn into exc iting
text secret messages as they scroll
across an easy-to-read LCD display."
The MFJ-462B features a
printer port that a llows you to
monitor a frequency 24-hours a
day, an MFJ Message Saver, a
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MFJ AutoTrak automatic Morse
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The MFJ -462 is priced at
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"No Matter What" one year unconditiona l warranty.
For information or to order,
contact MFJ at 1-800-647- 1800.

Scanning With
the Experts,
Vol 1
A scanner writer who
has been around for several years a nd who's one
of the be s t is Le s
Mattson. Forme rly the
editor of Nort h East
Scanner News and now
publisher of The Scanning Club, Matt son 's

you can use" and it is: It' s refreshing-and genui nely useful.
The best of Mattson' s work
has been collected in a 60-page
book called Scanning With the
Experts, Vol. I, and, together with
others like Gene Hughes, Steve
Donnell, Wayne He inen, and Bob
Coburn, offers excellent information on everything from 800
MHz trunked systems, choosing
the right coax. and logbooks. to
programming your scanner, image frequencies, scrambling, and
business radio.
Scanning with the Experts, Vol
I, is the second in a series of
inexpensive ly-priced books publi shed by National Scanning. You
can order yours by calling 6 10273-7823 or by sending $9.95
(postpaid) to Nationa l Scanning.
Box360, Wagontown, PA 19376.

Computer Control

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While they do carry the normal
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Mike and Pal Huth a re in
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on state a nd national systems with

descriptive maps, frequency allocation charts, the new emergency
medical service, and the 220 M Hz
allocations. Of special interest are
the new licenses fo r the state fi re
marsha l!, tran sportation , and
Maine state police regional repeaters.
The community listings include over 14,000 frequencies in
a new easy-to-read format. Along
with public safety are busi ness
frequencies. The cross reference
listing by frequency, call sign,
licensee, and city now includes
PL tones as well.
The Official Maine Scanner
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Seven Electronics Books from McGraw-Hill

Enquire at your local book store
for price and ordering information on these books. or if' you are
inte rested in an Electronics Engi neers Boo k Club. write to
McGraw-Hill Book C lubs. PO
Box 549, Blacklick. OH 43004-

99 18.

Mechanical Devices For The

Electronics Experimenter
Hobbyists often take on electronic projects dealing with a signifi cant amount of
mechani cal considerations. When
your mechanical
and
electrica l
worlds collide, it
woul d be ni ce to
have
Britt
Rorabaugh 's book

Mechanical Devicesfor the Electronics Experimenter. This 237 page

mechanical primer, published
by TAB Books (a di vision of
McGraw Hill Inc.) foc uses
mainly on robotics. but is still
a good s tarting point for the
mechanical neophyte.
The book starts off with the
very basics of mecha nical principles and progresses on to speci fie topics on sensors, motors
and control, solenoids, gears, pul leys, pneumatics, hydraulics, and
more.

Electronic Filter Design

If filter design is your game,
you' ll need Electronic Filter Design Handbook wrinen by Arthur
B. Willia ms and Fred J. Taylor.
Clear out lots of space on your
s he lf,
book
though, because
thi s book is over
750 pages of
comprehe ns ive
information on
pass ive and acti ve filt ers. Thi s
third edi ti o n
also in c lud es
new sections on digital filters as
well.
Mainly writte n for eng ineers,
the 18 chapters deal with topics in
net work theory, response charac-

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tensttcs, low pass, high pass,

band pass, and band reject filte r
designs. Topi cs a lso include
component selection and design,
intro to digital filt ers, impulse
response, filter arch itectu re,
switc hed capacitor filters, EM1
filters, and digital filter technology companion computer disk
is included that complements the
material.

Printed Circuits Handbook

"Etc hin g" to learn
more about printed circuit
boards?! Primed Circuits
Handbook has an impressive42 chapters devoted to
all aspects of the design,
fabri cation, and
assembly
of
printe d c ircuit
boards ( PCBs) .
Written by a team
o f PCB experts
an d ed ited by
C lyde F. Coombs
Jr., this fourth edition book is intended to serve as
a definitive refere nce to beginners in the printed circuit fie ld as
well as experienced PCB profess ionals.
One thousand pages arc divided into nine sections dealing
with PCB basics. engineering
and desi gn, fabrication processes, assembly processes, solder and soldering, test and repair, waste treatment, quality and
reliabi li ty, and n ex ible circ uits.

Surface Mount Technology

Guide
Any printed circ uit board designe r worth a hoot should know
about surface mount technology (S MT). T his technology
uses minia ture e lectrical compone nts designed to mount directly to the surface of a c ircuit
board. The main be nefits of this
approach is increased board
density, eliminati on of stray reactance due to leaded dev ices.
and the reduced size of the overall circ uit board design.

Design Guidelines for Surface Mount & Fine Pitch Tech-

April 1996

nology, written by Vern Solberg,

is a n excelle nt, 260-page reference for anyone wanting to learn
more about this technology. Topics include planning for SMT
design. component selection,
board pattern
deve lopment,
spac ing requirem e nt s,
layout guidelines, substrate
material s, assembly, cleaning, and design evaluation.

Single Sideband
Systems &Circuits
Single Sideband Systems
& Circuits, edited by William E. Sabin and Edgar 0.
Schoenike. has a wealth of information dealing with SS B from
the e ngineers of the Rockwell
Corporation. Although this book
was written for eng ineers dealing with SSB, it can be appreciated by the advanced a mateur as
well.
With ovcr650 pages, this second edition has 17 chapters devoted to topics such as an SSB
overview, design conside rations,
HF link establishment , receiver
a nd transceiver design, IF filters,
speech processing, DSP. and
frequency synthesizers.
Several chapters are devoted
to power amplifiers, antenna
matching, and receiver measurements. There is even a
chapter devoted sole! y to the
SSB software that is included
with the book.

Digital Techniques in
Frequency Synthesis
Do oscillator desig n problems have
you down?Cheerup,
be c au se
Digital

Techniques in Frequ ency Synthesis,

written by Bar-Giora
Goldberg, can give
you a whole new perspec ti ve on freque ncy generation.

This 320 page book deals with

the digital techniques used to generate (and modulate) des ired frequencies.
Writte n for the practical designe r. Digital Techniques is
inte nded to provide a comprehensive review of frequency
synthesis design. The 10chapters of this book cover topics
such as: introduction to frequency
sy nth es is (FS).
system analysis,
measure m ent
techniques, direct
digital synthesis,
phase locked loop
synthesizers, accumu lators, digital to analog converters, and more.
Numerous design examples are
given throughout the book.

Computer Hardware
Diagnostics for Engineers
The latest release in McGraw
Hill's Computer Engineering series is Computer Hardware Diagnostics for Engineers written
by Ronald E. Howard. As the
title implies, this book is w ritten
mainly forengineers dealing with
computer hardware issues such
as design, soft ware development,
testing, and quality assurance.
With over 200 pages devoted
to diagnostic techniques for a
w ide ra nge of
hardwa re compo ne nts,
th e
book explains the
basic principles
and presents detai led examples
of how specific
diagnostics techniques are used.
Its eight c hapters
cover hardware
diagnostics, designing
diagnostics, microprocessor board testing,
memory testing, serial
communications, secondary storage devices, video graphic
dev ices, and diagnostic soft ware.

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Cop Speak
It finally happened. There's
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It's called Cop Speak and it's written by veteran poli ce author Tom
Philbin.
Philbin has made a book that's
probably more entertaining than
useful, as the dictionary is somewhat limited. It's also pretty crude
at times, so brace yoursel f. Still ,

Title number two, Broadcast

News: Writing, Reporting, and
Producing, 2nd Ed., "examines
the skills, techniques, and challenges of writing, reporti ng and
producing news for broadcast." l L
contains a complete treatment of
reporting techniques and topics
rang ing fro m basic skills, to specialty reporti ng, to ethics (incl uding what Focal Press call s "a new
look at the Fairness Doctrine in
light of radical, right-wing broadcasters and the Oklahoma City
Bombing.") The pri ce on this one
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Used Test Equ1pment

it. s a good read- if you have the

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Usually used at the scene of a as needed. T hen they calibrate ,
fatal accident, one police of- adjust and cert ify the eq uipment ,
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ries, instruction
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labor warranty.
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Focal Press has introduced !wo
One other thing . RAG Elecnew professional titles. The fi rst, tronics al so buys used test gear so
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P.O. Box 98,
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Press releases may be
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Sl<y Scan Desi< 1300

By Ed Muro

or most scanner hobbyists who have

just come home with their first scanner,
the next step after they plug the unit into
the wall outlet and before they program it is to
screw in the telescopic whip provided with the
unit.
Some people will be very happy with this
set-up for many years, but others wi ll quickly
get bored or frustrated. The type of antenna
system you choose to use depends on three
variables. The first is what kind of com munications you wish to receive on your radio. The
second is the location of your receiving station
in relation to the source of your target s ignals.
The third, and often determining, factor is the
limitations of your location with regard to
setting up an antenna system. The one principle upon which all technicians agree is that
your radio is only as good as your antenna
system.
For many reasons some people j ust do not
have the ability to mount an outdoor antenna.
Some people rent or may be in an apartment
building, and some may simply not be up to the
task of going up on the roof. Over the years
there have been many "quick fixes" for this
problem, but unti I now there really hasn' t been
an easy and adequate alternati ve. Coming to
the rescue from the United Kingdom is the Sky
Scan Desk 1300 desk top discone scanner
antenna.
Built and designed spec ifically for scanners, the coverage of the Desk 1300 is 25 to
1300 MHz. The Desk 1300 stands three feet
tall and is ni ne inches at its widest point. It
comes complete with JO feet of RG 58 coax
and a pre-fitted BNC connector.
After reading the adverti sement I was a bit skeptical, but
intrigued enough to order it. It arrived about ten days after I faxed
over my order. My fri ends think I am a little "odd" for havi ng this
strange- looking contraption in my bed room, but all I can say is that
it works great.
Afterusing the Desk 1300 for almost a year I can verify that in
suburban Long Island, New York (which has relatively flat terrain),
the Desk 1300 performs just as well as my roof mounted di scone.
When I took the antenna with me to ru ral upstate New York (which
is mountainous) and used it on my portable unit, the antenna
outperformed my Austin Condor rubber antenna by 30-40 %.
The Desk 1300 is unlike any other discone I have seen. Above
the cone are four vertical whips, giving the Desk 1300 both vertical
and horizontal active elements pre-cul to set frequency bands. The

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April 1996

four horizontal elements are three-inch rubber

ducks.
The Desk 1300 is made out of good quality
stainless steel, aluminum, and a PVC mast. After
unpacking the components I wa~ extremely pleased
with the hi gh qual ity o f the engineering. It took
about five minutes to assemble the unit and it was
ready for scanning action.
According to some promotional material supplied by the exporter. they claim that the Sky Scan
1300 has been tested with two other discones.
They do not disclose the brand names of these two
antennas but the stated results are as follows.
Test results taken against two other di scone
antennas, one without a vertically polarized section and one with such an element, showed that
from 50 to 107 MHz there was no difference
between the three antennas. From 108-1 36 MHz
a gain of 4dB over the two reference di scones was
measured. Between 137-1 75 MHz this rose to
7dB, fa ll ing to 2dB between 176-525 M Hz. Between 526-1300 MHz the S ky Scan showed a4dB
gain over the other two anten nas. A Radio Shack
PR0-2022 and an ICOM IC-RI 00 were used for
these tests.
From my own monitoring experiences. if you
can' t mount an outdoor antenna or you just don' t
want to be bothered with one, the Sky Scan Desk
1300 is a great alternative. I use it along with a
Bearcat 890 as my primary receiving set-up, while
I have dedicated my roof-top antenna for use with
my PR0-2005 to receive military aviation.
While several radio hobby retailers in Britain
carry the Sky Scan line of antennas, the company
from which I ordered is SRP Radio Centre, whose
mail-order branch is: SRPTrading, Unit 20, Nash
W orks, Forge Lane Be lbroughton, N r.
Stourbridge. Worcs. UK. Tel: (0 1562) 730672. Fax: (0 1562)
73 1002. The unit is listed in current ads as 49 (about $75 U.S).

The March-April Gro1e catalog is now

out. If you are 1101 011 th e Grove
Enterprises mailing list, call for the free
catalog at 1-800-438-8155. For our
Internet customers, Grove is offering
reduced prices and special package deals
011 sca1111ers, receivers and accessories.
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MAGNETESTS
.
Lawrence Magne
Editor-in-Chief, Passport to World Band Radio

SHORTWAVE EQUIPMENT REVIEW

AOR AR7030: Worlds Best Receiver?

ookout, Drake 1 Watch out, Japan

Radio! Heads up, Lowe! There's
a new e ntry into the worl d of
kilo buck-plus receivers. and it proves
once and for all that AOR is very serio us
about building a top gun receiver.
The new kid o n the block is AOR 's
AR7030 communications receiver, and
our initial test results indicate that thi s
hombre is g iving no qu arte r and taking
no prisoners.
This isn' t AOR ' s first foray into the
construction of world band receivers. The
company's first offering, the AOR A R3030,
acquitted itself well in its price range, earning
four stars in the 1996 Passport To World Band
Radio, but scarcely offered performance that
anyone would call breathtak ing.

First model from AOREngland

The AR7030, however, is the first receiver
from AOR's newly establi shed ope ration in
the United Kingdom. One look at thi s radiowith its sma ll footprint (about 9- 1/2 x 9-1/2
inches, including protrus io ns), a rugged metal
cabinet, those round pushbuttons, and a big
tuning knob with a shallow speed dimpleand you start to get a strange sensatio n, sort of
like seeing a familiar face that you can ' t quite
place.
A quick check o f the sales literature reveals
that the '7030 was designed by John Tho rpe,
the engineer who was the mastermind behind
the Lowe HF-225 (and its cous in, the Europa)
and the Lowe HF- I50--radios that have earned
hi gh marks from our review panel in the past.
It 's ev ide nt that the Thorpe design phil osophy
has been at work again.

Many features include remote control

The ' 7030 o bvious ly was designed with
except ional strong-signa l handling in mind.
as well as an array of advanced features. The
'7030 includes frequency coverage from 0-32
MH z; USB, LS B, CW, AM, sy nchronous
AM, narrow FM, and data receptio n modes:
four standard bandwidths (nominally 2.2, 4 .5,
7 and 10 kHz. w ith slots for two o ption al
bandwidths); c lock and timer fac ilities: a variable- bandw idth synchrono us detecto r capable
of LSB. USB, or DSB operation; an illuminated LCD which di spl ays frequency in

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April 1996

XX.XXX.XX MHz format , along with a wide

var iety of other visual information; passband
tuning; a six-level atten uato r (including
preamp): an a ll-mode sque lch; rear connectors for coaxial and wire antennas: and a
switch for choosi ng between antennas, including a whip. Beady-eyed DXers w iII mourn
the absence of a notch filt er. but a tunable
audi o notch filt er will be offered as an extracost opt io n starting someti me late this year.
The '7030 comes w ith a n infrared remote
control capable of controlling most rece iver
fu nc tions : volume, tuning, to ne, ba ndwi dth
selectio n, mode. VFO se lectio n, passband
tun ing, frequency e ntry a nd memo ry. The
infrared remote can o perate the receiver c lose
in, o n the tabletop half a foo t a way, or fro m
across the room. Thi s makes it handy fo r the
liste ner who wants to operate the receiver at a
remove fro m, say, computer eq uipment that
may gene rate interfering di g ita l hash.
A l a certain distance. however, the law of
diminishi ng returns sets in- there comes a
point at which the re mote will continue to
control the '7030. but the eyes can no lo nger
read the display to de term ine if the receiver is,
in fa ct, doing w hat it was commanded to do.
A stu rdy metal bar flips down to tilt the
receiver at a j aunty angle for case of operatio n. A lthough the '7030 w ill operate from 12
VDC. AOR recommends- and supplies -a
15 VDC outboard power supply (AC adaptor)
fo r optimal performance.

I Breathtaking performance
In most measurements of receiver performance, the '7030 shines. T hree of the fou r
standard bandwidths offer excellent ultimate
rejection. and the ultimate rej ectio n of the
fourth (t he SS B bandwidt h) is superb. All
band widths have excellent shape factors . Im-

age rejectio n is superb. as is first IF

rejection. Blocking and phase noise
measurements are both excellent. Dyna mic range is excellent at both 5 a nd
20 kHz separati o n points, and thirdo rde r intercept measurements at 5
and 20 kH z separation points are
superb.
Sensitivity is good with the preamp
off and excellent with it on. O verall
distortion is generally good-to-e xcel lent in the AM mode, although the
'7030 earns a " fair" rating at I 00 Hz. (AOR
confirms o ur finding. and may be implementing an improvement shortly.) However, it
beco mes excellent-to-superb when the sy nc hronous detector is used , and in the SSB
mode distort io n is nearly nil.
Viewed as a whole, the performance measure ments of the '7030 suggest electrical performa nce that eclipses most of the radios
c urrently regarded as top-gun receivers. And
the ear confirms w hat the lab suggests : the
'7030 is exceptiona ll y quiet and pleasant to
li sten to for extended periods. The synchrono us detector works exceptionally well , and
seems solid as a rock. For the serious DXer
and fastid io us SWL a li ke, this receiver is
simply incredi ble.

I What should be better...

But, as the ancient Greeks used to say,
" Even Olympus nods ," and likew ise the '7030
has some problems. Fi rst. the bandwidths do
no t measure o ut as advertised. Instead of the
promised 2.2, 4 .5. 7 and JO kHz, o ur lab
measured 2.1 . 6.6, 8.3 and 9.9 kHz. While
some of the bandwidths are actu all y under the
specified value, the big problem is 4.5 kHz
no minal that measures 6.6 kHz.
For real fl ex ibility, th is receiver needs a
bandwidth in the 4 to 5 kHz range. AOR can
custom-install such a filter as a re place me nt,
o r you o r a dealer can insta ll a fifth filter
yourself in one of the two open filt er pos itio ns.
By the way, thi s rece iver w ill accept no t o nly
MuRata ceramic filters. but also Col lins mechanical filt e rs.
While this proble m is real, we made these
measurements without benefit of a circuit diagram, whic h AOR promi ses to provide in due
course. With this additio na l engineering data.
we may find that our measurements and AOR ' s

are less far apart. However, even AOR measures the #2 filter as 5.5 kHz, so the proble m
is real regardless of the degree.
Fortunate ly, the '7030 includes slots for
two optiona l bandwidths. A nd. most unusual.
thi s receiver includes a software routine for
self-aligning the bandwidths fo roptimum performan ce. The receiver automatically de tects
a nd measures the bandwidth filter, the n displays the bandw idth value of any new filter
insta lled . Incidentally. the software measures
the pre-installed bandwidths as 2 .2, 5.9. 7.1
and 9.5 kH z. Until we receive the all-important sc hematic, we can' t say for sure what
proportion of this vari ati on is due to limitati ons on our ability to measure precisely, a nd
which are due to the receiver's not measuring
to full accuracy. Once we have a complete
c ircuit diagram. we w ill resolve this.
T he second problem we encountered was
that on oneofourt wo units the remote control
keys didn' t " take" about 15% of the time. A
colleague not on our test team reports simi lar
difficulties with his remote. but on our second
unit the keys worked flawlessly. AOR is aware
o f the proble m, and hope full y will have had
thi s corrected before high-volume producti on
begins.

Menu-driven operating system

A third area of concern is the user interface
of the receiver itself. There are three knobs
a nd nine buttons on the face of the receiverthat' s all. There is, for example, no keypad for
direct freque ncy entry o n the fa ce of the rad io,
although the re is suc h a keypad (in standard
te lephone format) on the remote control. On
the rece iver itsel f. three buttons are located
above the tuning knob. T hese are used to
change reception modes and to engage the
fast-tuning capability. Hit the ''FAST" but ton, tw irl the tuning knob, a nd the Megahertz
whi z by at warp speed.
To the left of the main di splay is a button
turn ing the receiver on and off, while below it
is another button labeled " MENU." Below
that is the volume contro l knob. Underneath
the main display is one knob and four buttons.
the functions of whic h are controlled by the
me nu button. The labels above the knob and
fou r buttons change according to which me nu
is activated, and there arc even branching
trees of me nus that come into play as different
buttons are pushed or the knob is turned.
Our two test rece ivers, whic h were fro m
the first production batch o f onl y eight units .
arri ved with a draft manual that did not include sections on me mory. quick reference,
remote keypad, menu tree. or computer remote-control protocol. As a result, we were
large ly left to figure out how to operate th is

receiver on our own.

While one of our pa nelists opined that " it
didn' t seem too bad once you get the hang of
it, and, yes , a real manual would be very
he lpful,'' our laboratory engineer fe lt this was
" the human interface from He ll." He strongly
fe lt that this rece ive r would be much im proved by be ing made larger and inc luding a
number of s ingle-func tion controls. He added
that the '7030 is "potentially the best radio
I've tested in the past five ye ars.''
It is perhaps un fa ir to judge the user interface without the complete manual. However,
at first blush it appears that A OR, w hile tryi ng
to simplify operation of this receiver, may
have actuall y made it more complicated than
necessary. The tric k with this rece iver, it
appears. is to operate it most ly from the remote control, li ke a TV, and to use the front
panel buttons and knobs only whe n necessary. Neve11he less, the upshot is th at some
li stene rs may like the operating setup: others
may put up with it to get the '7030' s astounding performance: and still others- the " I want
a button for every function" crowd- may
hate the ergonom ics with a deep a nd abiding
passion.

receiver at the factory in the fi rst place. That

a nd the potential " iffy keys" issue aside, thi s
is clearl y a fi ve-star w inner. AOR 's new
AR 7030 offers DX and fide lity performance
that, w hen you sum up every measurement of
performance. blows away nearly every other
rece iver c urrentl y avail able-even through it
has a n idiosy ncratic, if innovati ve, operator
in terface that w ill not be to everyone's liking.

This eq11ip111e11t review is pe1formed independe11rly by u111re11ce Mag11e and his colleagues
i11 accordmzce wirh rhe policies and procedures oflnremarional Broadcasting Sen1ices,
Lui. Jr is completely i11depende11t of the policies and procedures of Grove Enrerprises.
Inc., irs adverrisers and affiliated organizarions.

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availa ble ... for some
Given that this is arguably the best receiver
on the market. regardless of price, we were
prepared for serious st icker shock. As it tu rns
out. while the '7030 is no cheapie. its suggested reta il price has been set at $ 1,399, and
presumably the street price will be$ I 00 or so
lower. T hat' s onl y a skootch above the price
o f a Drake RSA , and well below the price of
a number of other "supersets." In the United
Kingdom, it will se ll for 799 ,incl uding VAT.
and in Japan the target price is 129.800.
So, the bottom line: The addition of a 4 to
5 kHz bandw idth should be a priority; than kfull y, thi s is easily accompl ished. but it would
be better if AOR wou ld do this wi th every

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99

SCANNER EQUIPMENT
Bob Pornass, AJ95

EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES FOR YOUR MONITORING POST

The BC220XLT/BC230XLT Portable Scanner

niden made a lot or fo lks

Steve Donne ll pu bli!-.hcd an innovati vc
happy when they int romodification in the January 1995 RCMASca11duced the BC200XLT in
11er Jo11mal to enable cell band coverage for
1987- the first Bearcat portahle
the BC220XLT.
scanner with 800 MHz band covThe BC220XLT support s 200 channels in
erage. It was a rugged. re liable
I0 banks. According to the operating guide.
scanner in almost all respect:-..
memory is hac ked up for al least three days.
Bui ldin g on th at success.
and typically 14 days" whc n the battery pac k
Uniden morphed the BC200XLT
is removed. but we didn "t verify the specifiinto the smaller BC220XLT by
cation.
incorporati ng an intern al NiCd
Individual lockout and two-second rescan
battery pack. preprogrammed serdelay may be selected for each of the memory
vice scan, faster scanrate. and
channels. Chann els program med
other improvements.
with a freq m:ncy or 0.0000 arc au Uniden now combi nes the
tomatically locked out. so no time is
BC220XLT scanner with a secwasted scan ning the m. Uniden
ond NiCd battery pack. a new
boasts a max imum ~ca n rate of I00
CRX 120 auxiliary c harger. nnd
channels per ~eco nd. although our
markets the combination as the Photo by Pam
BC220XLT scanned four banks of
BC230XLT. The packag ing nnd Pamass, N9f/RZ
unsorted freque ncies at onl y 34
operating guide use the nomen channels per second.
clature BC230XLT. but the scanThere arc I0 priority channer fu rn ished for our review was labeled
nels. one per bank. and one can designate any
BC220XL T and bears serial num be r c hanne l within a bank as a priority channe l.
55000939.
When enabled. the priorit y c hannels arc
checked every two second ~.
I Frequency Coverage, Scanning and
A single programmable ~ea rc h ban k al lows ent ry of lower and upper limits for conSearching
vemional searching. We 1m:asun:d search rates
The BC220XLTruningstepsize and modes
of I00 steps/sec. and 300 steps/sec in Tu rbo
arc factory set. and depend on the frequency: mode. a vailable in the 29 - 54 and 137 - 174
MHz bands. Up to I0 freque ncies can be
29.0 - 54 MHz (NFM, 5 kHz steps)
locked out during a search- a featu re useful
108 - 137 MHz (AM, 12.5 kHz steps)
fo r skipping birdies and unwanted paging
137 - 17 4 MHz (NFM, 5 kHz steps)
406 - 512 MHz (NFM, 12.5 kHz steps)
frequencies.
806 - 956 MHz, excluding cellula r phone bands,
A Service Scan feature permi ts scanni ng

of pre programmed frequencics in four categories: Police. Fire/Emergency, Marine, and

Commercial Aircraft. Up to 20 frequencies
may be locked out in the Service Scan mode.
Pressing the Weather button cau ses a scan for
acti vity th rough seven preprogrammed frequencies used for NOAA weather broadcasts.

I CRX120 Auxiliary Charger

The B C ~ 20XLT scanner is powered by a
BP- 120 4.8 volt. 600 mAH NiCd battery
pack. Two BP-1 20 battery packs are supplied
with the BC230XLT. along with a 12 VDC
wall wart power supply. and CRX 120 auxi liary charging tray. The CRX 120 pern1its charg-

TABLE 1

Measured Specifications
Scan speed: 34 channels/sec. scanning an unsorted
mixture of frequencies in 4 banks
Search speed: approx. 100 steps/sec. (normal rate),
300 steps/sec. (Turbo role, 5 kHz step size)
Intermediate frequencies: 10.8 MHz and 450 kHz
Modulationacceptance: 14.5 kHz
Rejection of images 21.6 MHz away:
37.5 dB ot 40.1 MHz
17.5 dB at 155.5 MHz
4.5db at 460.1 MHz
0 db at 900.1 MHz
Battery drain (of 4.8 VD():
off: 0 ma
ston: 70 mo
open squelch, receiving signals: 80 -120 mo
open squelch, full volume: 150 mo
No battery saver action detected

(NFM, 12.5 kHz steps)

BC-220XLT UHF NFM SENSITIVITY

BC-220XLT VHF NFM SENSITIVITY

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FREQUENCY (MHZ)

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I Conclusion
Hobbyists who praise the BC200XLT will
like the BC230XLT pac kage. too. The
BC220XLT cannot use ordinary AA batteries. but having the second battery and new
CRX I 20chargi ng adapter helps keep the scanner operating longer.

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charge the other BP- 120 battery inside the
BC220XLT at the same time.
Although no schematics were furnished.
we opened the CRX 120 charger, studied the
wiring, and drew our own schemat ic (Figure
I ).

I Test Modes

Ir the BC220XLT is powered off. you can

enable the following test sequences by pressing the three keys listed simultaneously while
tu rn ing the scanner on:
2 9 MANUAL or 2 9 PRIORITY: Clears all 200
memory channels, search limits, resets priority
chonnels to the fi rst chonnel in each bank.
2 9 LOCKOUT: Tests all LCD segments.
2 9 SCAN or 2 9 TURBO: Loads test frequencies
into channels 1 - 21 and search limits.

Experimenters wi ll be interested in these

addi ti onal keystroke sequences we found , but
we arc not sure what function they pe rfo rm:
DATA MANUAL: Displays a value proportional to
the battery voltage. Our BC220XLT displayed
1.67 on a freshly charged battery.
DATA MANUAL, then a single digit I - 8:
Displays numbers between 1.64 and 2.7 4, which
con be varied using the UP or DOWN arrow
keys. Could these indicate tuning voltages for the
Track Tuned front end?

I Good Performance Except for Images

The BC220XLT worked we ll and was

easy to ope rate at home and on several fi eld
trips.
Wemeasuredandplottedthe l2dBS I AD
NFM sensitivity (sec graphs). Weak birdies
degraded the se nsiti vity on some of the whole
number frequencies, e.g. 35.000 MHz. 40.000

MHz. etc .. compelling us to measure I00 kHz

above whole number freq uencies for a more
accurate representation. AM S!NAD sensiti vity in the air band averaged ahout 1. 1 uv at
60% modul ation.
The BC220XLT uses a I0.8 MH z first fF.
and it' s no surprise that we heard images of
signals 21.6 MHz above their proper frequency in the VHF-h igh and UHF bands.
Image reject ion measurements for our scanner appear in Table I. and they fa! I in the same
ballpark as the PR0-2040 we tested (see Dec.
1995 M7). Our BC220XLT had vinually no
image rejection at 900. 1 MHz. so we heard
cellular phone images wit h no loss of sensiti vity 2 1.6 MHz above their actual freq uency.
The selectable Data Skip feature was useful in skipping dead carriers after a three
second pause. but less effec tive on actual data
channels. You cannot use Priority and Data
Skip simultaneously. nor wi ll Data Skip work
whi le search ing the aero band.
We arc accustomed to setting the sque lch
control j ust bt.:yond the threshhold. but in th is
position. our BC220XL T required about 150
ms (milliseconds) to silence the audio after
each transmission. The delay produced a long
squelch tai l. the noise burst at the end of each
transmission. Further rotation of the squelch
control shonc ned the sq uelch tail to 25 ms at
the tightest ~qu e l c h setting.
The audio quali ty from the 1-3/8". I watt
speaker is good - much better than the Radio
Shack PR0-43 or PR0-62 we tested (sec Feb.
1995 M1). The top-mounted I/8" headphone
jack. accepts the supplied earphone or sends
audio to both sides of lightweight. 32 ohm
stereo headphones.
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ANTENNA TOPICS
BUYING, BUILDING AND UNDERSTANDING ANTENNAS

Clem Small, KR6A, CET

Size, Gain, and Practical Results

from overhead are not received well by the

quarterwave ground plane antenna (fig. I A
and I8 ), and th is obviously has nothing to do
with the antenna 's gain.
Now consider the horizontal full-wavelength loop; when used on shortwave this
antenna excels at short di stance, close-in communications. and is not a particularly a good
DX performer. The foregoing facts say nothing abou t the gain of this loop or the
groundplane antenna: jt is the receptivity pattern of the antenna wh ich dictates these variations in performance.
Did you know that receptivity patterns are
formed by rearranging the antennas capability to receive? To explai n how this is done
let's consider a nondirectional antenna. Imagine its all-around recepti vity pattern as in fig.
IA and I B. Then imagine that pattern to be
made of clay. Take the clay and mold it into an
elongated shape as in figure IC and ID. The
antenna s pattern is now that of a beam anI Gain is as Gain Does
tenna. and its receptivity is focused primarily
Considering the above di scussion we might
in one direction.
conclude that we should always pick the anThe antenna designer does this molding of
tenna with the highest gai n to get the best
an an tenna's pattern by configuring the
reception. right? Sometimes this is true, but
antenna's elments such that they foc us the
often it is not. Consider the quarterwave
antenna's recepti vity into a pattern which is
ground planc antenna- an antenna with relauseful in some desired application.
tively low gain. This antenna is a great choice
Now consider the fact that any antenna you
fo r nondirectional monitoring-except when
mi ght use hasso111eki11dof receptivity pattern,
you want to monitor weak signals; then its
and thi s pattern determines what coverage the
ga in may be too low. Also, signals coming
antenna will give you in terms of
compass direction (Figs. I B and
DIRECTION OF MAXIMUM RESPONSE ID) and in tenns of the signal's
ang le of arrival (Figs. IA and
IC). Note that ifthe signal which
you wish to receive is not in a
direction covered by the pattern
of your antenna. that signal will
not be received well , and possibly not at all.
And thereby hangs the tale
DIRECTION OF MAXIMUM RESPONSE of antenna directi vi ty and gain:
B
if the antenna you are using has a
TOP Vlr:>N
lobe which covers the directions
(vertical and horizontal) from
which the signals that you des ire
ANTENNA
ANTENNA
to receive are arriving, the n your
TOP VIEW '
NULLS
chances of receiving those signals are good; if the desired signals come from some other diFig. I. Ve11ical and hori-::,011ta/ directil'ity pattems of a q11anenraFe grolll1dp/c111e a111e1111a (A and B), rection then the chances of your
receiving them are poor. Gain is
and of one type of beam antenna ( C and D ).

hen I was a kid I found a mi l which

must have contained a thousand or
more feet of very thin wire. I had
read somewhere that the longer we make our
antennas the more signals they should bring
in, so I attached one end of this coil to my
crystal set receiver. I was very surpri sed to
receive-you guessed it-nothing.
Now. the wire I was using was all contained in a coil wh ich was perhaps four inches
lung and one and a half inches in diameter:
right then and there I began to suspect that the
configuration of the an tenna's wire (how you
string your wire around) is important. If I had
strung the wire from tree to tree. instead of
leaving it in the form of a coil. it would have
given me good reception. but it was so thin
that this was impractical.
Luckily, l had also found about 150 feet of
light-steel cable: I stru ng that up about 20 feet
hi gh. and it made an excellent anten na.The
150 foot antenna brought many stations in
loud and clear on my crystal receiver.
Why did the 150 fee t of wire make such a
good antenna, although the much longer (but
coiled up) length of' wi re I had tried did not
work at all satisfactoril y? We could say that
the poor antenna. because it was smaller. had
insufficient "'signal capture area" (a sort of
bastard ization of the e ngineer's concept of
"aperture") as compared to the better antenna.

It is usually true that larger antennas produce more signal output for a given signal
input than smaller antennas do. but we must
be careful to reali ze that th is is not always the
case. According to the capture area idea. a
full-size halfwave dipole would encounter a
larger portion of the incoming signal than
would a small loop, and therefore the dipole
would have greater gai n (relati ve output for a
given signal). Nevertheless the gain of the
small loop can sometimes. if it is of the highQ type. equal or even exceed that of the
dipole.
And so. because an antenna s capture area
is supposedly directly related to its gain. it
would seem that the small loop has as large a
capture area as does the larger dipole! Thus
capture area is not necessarily equivalent. or
even directly related. to the physical area of
the antenna.

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important onl y if the signal s are weak.

Generally. directive ante nnas have decent
or bette r gain-levels, but not always. The
table-top loop and the Beverage antenna a re
wel l-known exceptions to thi s rule. To illustrate the importance of directi vity in anten nas.
many people w ho use these antennas don 't
realize that the table-top loop and Beverage
arc re latively low-gain antennas; the loop is
actually very low in gain. The high performance obtained from these two antennas is
due to their receptivity patterns. Their d irectivity rejects noise and inte rference so well
that they can ofte n bring the des ired signal in
much more clearl y than less directional antennas which have much higher gain.
Again, size or le ngth is not the determining
factor here: a Beverage is hundreds of fee t
lo ng. but the table-top loop is tiny compared
to most antenn as-and yet they are both
champs at the job 1heyaredesig11ed 10do. And
so. when we c hoose an antenna. we must thin k
of the job we want it to do. Choose gain for
weak-signal work, and choose directi vity (or
nondircctivity) for the direction and angle of
arrival of the incoming signals you want to
monito r.

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LETTERS
(Co11ti11ued from Page 4)
To add a bit of trivia: The USAF has a
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Minot AFB. ND. The planes stationed at
Seymour .John son arc F- 15E's. KC- IOA s
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Your RS pal. Nicvlo.1 Bello
Many years ago l recall reading
ads similar to the one me ntioned
in the fcb "Closing Co mments." as wel l as the
enclosed item. and
always wondered not
if they coul d work.
but
how
th ey
worked. Fortunately.
e nough common se nse
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how many readers wi ll ~wallow not only the hook. but the rod and reel as
well? Anyway. just though t you might like to
see another 'miracle of modern technol ogy.
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vented! The o nl y good thing about this n imflam fake is its n.:turn warranty."

would be a shame and terrible loss if, when

they picked up Moni10ring Ti111e.1-. all they
were to see would be articles about computer~.

Editorial Direction
I thin k you tend to underestimate the abili ties and int ere~ t s of your readers. I thin k it
would be safe to generali ze that you assume
your readers arc not capable of or not interested in buil ding stat ion equipment. I be lieve
thi s to be a mistaken assumption.
It is my belief that the radio listener who
regul arly reads a magazine suc h as Monitoring Times i~ a member of an elite minority ...
You would do well to recogn ize that your
readers have potenti al for upward mobility on
the technical ~ide of the hobby. Anyone who
can understand the instruction books that come
with some of the fa ncier receivers should he
able to understand instructions o n building
sim ple station accessories wh ich may not be
readil y available on the commerc ial market.
.li111 Allen, N4DEE. Columbia. SC
I was very upset when I opened DX lvfon itor (the publication ofrhc International Radi o
Clu b) and read a proposal to make it an
e lectroni c newsletter. T hen I opened rny
NASWA./011mo/and page one says NASWA
goes on the World Wide Web (j ust samples
..of course .. ), fo llowed by a proposal to make
NASWA ./011mal an al l electronic.: publ icati on. This of course has nothing to do with
you-or docs it'?
I have found that your magazi ne is an
endless source of information for the SWL
and MW enthusiasts. I appreciate you r common sense approach to topics like receivers
and antennas. I can see that computers can be
a great thing for the radio hobby, but the
computerjunki es arc trying to make the radio
clubs into co mputer clubs.
Terry Jones. Plm1/.:i111011. SD
I rea li ze all things must change. but please
let us not change the basic focus of Monitoring Times from rad io and the abundant resource for information. expansion of one's
own horizons. and the plain fu n that sitting at
the rad io finding new things can be.
The compu ter world already has many
magazines. There are prc ~e ntly only two US
magazines coveri ng all the non-amateur radio
world ... and we should not lose one. Someone
who wants to learn about computers is not
going to pick up MT to learn about fthem J. but
someone who j u ~ t got their first scanner or
shortwave radio wi ll wonder if there is any
rcsoun.:e ava iIable th at mi ght teach them about
this exciting area they arc about to exp lore. It

Allan Rose1rnme. Rolling Meadows. IL

I wanted to thank you fo r Bi ll Cheek's
series on computers. Those of us who have
been hacking away for years at computers
now have somethi ng to re fer people to for
information. Li ke others. I am deluged with
req u c~ts for basic questions. Bilrs series is
immensely usefu l. Please give some thought
to offering repr i n t ~.
Dan Beach l'ia email
The debate bet \\'ecn the ..hard core Intemel
surfers and radio buff~ will not end anyti me in
the near fu ture. Certai nly. there must be room
in this world- and in Monitori11g Times- for
both hobbies. c~pcciallyconsidcring the many
ways in which the two have crossed paths.
from packet radio to the real-t ime audio
datastreams of the World Rad io Network on
the Internet.
None of us needs to ..dcfcnc1 our favo rite
hobby at the expense of another pastime: Net
surfing is not in "competition'' wi th radio, as
though tht: re were some ins idious attempt to
abo li ~h sig na ls whic h trave l th rough the air.
We have our ~ hare of boor~ and sai nts in
both of ou r hobbies. What we have in common is that those of us wl10 tru ly love computing or radio wil l always be among the fi rst to
say. Let" s take the top off this thing and sec
how it works!..
Paul Sade/.:. Sioux Falls, SD

From the Editor

I am in perl't:ct agreement with Paul Sadck,
and couldnt state our ed itori al phil osophy
;111y better than he has.
To illustrate hi s point. let me plug an
internet site that shou ld appeal to those who
love to collect and .. take the top off of old
radios. http ://mcmhcrs.aol.com/caschwa rk/
indcx.htm belongs to Chuck Schwark of
Chicago. Ill inoi~ . ot only doc~ he have a
nice di splay of his collection. hut he includes
links to many other related sites and clubs as
we ll.
Sec you in May for more great moni toring
time~.

- Rachel Baughn
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DIGITAL DIGEST
BAUDOT AND BEYOND

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be encountered in their traffic.
CG NMC San Francisco provides the
eq ui valent HY DROPAC information forthe
Pacific and Indian Oceans .

GRANDE. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.

BT
HYDROLANT 182/96(53). LIGURIAN
SEA. NORTHWESTERN ITALY. ROCKETS.
1. ROCKET FIRING EXERCISES 1300Z TO
1900Z DAILY 29 AND 30 JAN IN AREA
BOUND BY 44-00.lN 009-35.0E, 4403.5N 009-5 1.2E, 43-50.0N 009-59.0E,
43-50.0N 009-47.0E.
BT
II AT&T Coastal Stations

Anyone who has tuned the Maritime

Bands has surely encountered the AT&T
stations of WOO (Ocean Gate Radio), WOM
(Mobile Radio), and KM! (San Francisco
Radio).
WOO AT&T Broodcast Frequencies

SITOR-B 100/ 170 12585.5 kHz

17:00 UTC
1/27 /96
CQ DE NMF NMF NMF CG MARINE
INFORMATION BROADCAST

lll//lllllllllllllllllllll

HYDROLANTS/////////////////////
HYDROLANT 186/96(24). SOUTH
ATLANTIC-BRAZlL.
1. VESSELSULAPA, BLUE AND WHITE,
FIVE PERSONS ON BOARD, REPORTED
ADRIFT 15 MILES SOUTH OF ILHA

ITU Chan Coast-TX

405
629
834
1307

4212.5
6328.0
8433.0
12632.0

AT&T Station

woo
woo
WOO
WOO

These racliotelex broadcasts can be used

to acti vate an alerting SELCAL device when
a telephone call is waiting for someone o n
board the vessel shown in the traffic li st.
Special recei ving equipment is required on
board the ve ssel for this function. For the
latest information about AT&T SELCAL
systems, call collec t via AT&T to 1-20 l -

644-8046.
Traffic lists are sent co ntinuo usly. WX
and hig h seas information scheduled broadcasts are as follows :
Station
KMI
WOM
WOO

WX
ODD UTC HR+20
EVEN UTC HR+40
EVEN UTC HR+20

Information
EVEN UTC HR+20
ODD UTC HR+40
ODD UTC HR+20

I Globe Wireless - The New Kid on the

Block

Photo courtesy of C. Brown, Radio Operator, SS Guadalupe

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The G lo be Wireless Network may be the

new kid on the block, corporately speaking,
but some of its stations have been around for
years. Among the old-timers are KFS (San
Franc isco Radi o) and WNU (S lidell Radio).
Exis ting stations at St. John's, Nfld, Canada
(VCT ). SA B in Sweden. and ZLA in Ne w

Zealand were annexed. New facilities were

opened in Hawaii (K.EJ). and the company
plans further expansion.

SITOR-B
100/170 12607.5 kHz
15:02 UTC
2/01 /96
HELLO ALL STATIONS.
THIS IS THE GLOBE WIRELESS NETWORK SELCAL 1094
NEW ZLA FREQ - ITU CH. 1602 16807.5/16684 KHZ
NEW KEJ FREQ - GW CH. '501 ' - 4300.4/
4154.5 KHZ
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CHANNELS:
40 1 402403 416 418 501602603 625
626 627 632 802 803 819 830 837 838
1202 1203 121912571263 12651291
13471602 164716571673 1676 1691
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5MZH 9HWW4 ABXQ HOYT
J8U9 KCGH KNLO KQ2XVJO
LAEY4 P3CH3 P3WC4 TCEI
UBDK V7CR WBM6 l 76 WGJT
WSLH YDLR YQKE
01 1449
WNU SITOR 1257
WNU often ends its traffic broadcasts with
humorous news items, albeit sometimes a
li ttle morose in nature.
CAI R~AUG. l-ELEVEN

PEOPLE
DROWNED YESTERDAY WHILE TRYING
TO RESCUE A CHICKEN THAT HAD
FALLEN INTO A WELL. AN 18-YEAR-OLD
FARMER WAS THE FIRST TO DESCEND
THE 60-FOOT SHAFT IN A VILLAGE 240
MILES SOUTH OF CAIRO. HE DROWNED.
HIS SISTER AND TWO BROTHERS WENT
IN, ONE BY ONE, TO SAVE HIM. THEY
ALSO DROWNED. TWO ELDERLY FARMERS THEN CAME TO HELP. THEY
DROWNED AS WELL. LATER,
SIX
BODIES WERE RETRIEVED.
THE CHICKEN WAS ALSO
PULLED OUT - ALIVE.

Love on the High Seas

The following intercept is from an English

merchant navy officer on a vessel communicating with Portishead Radio. The message
was addressed to a newspaper in England with
a "Compani ons Wanted" col umn. He gave
instructions as to the number of times the ad
was to be run and kindly provided his VISA
number. ban k, and name and address. The text
of his advert isement read as follows:

UNLOCK
FULL

800

MHz

Lonely Seafarer Seeks Soul-Mate

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- 34. CAPRICORN MERCHANT NAVY
OFFICER 35, 6' 1 SEEKS SPIRITED
SOULMATE FOR TRAVELS AFLOAT AND
SOJOURNS ASHORE. IF YOU LIKE THE
SEA, ARE FREE TO TRAVEL, AND OPEN
TO NEW EXPERIENCES, PLEASE REPLY
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At 6' I". I wonder what he's got against

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ASK BOB

ANSWERS TO YOUR RADIO QUESTIONS

Bob Grove, WA4PYQ

bob@grove.net
Q. Why are there grounding pins

Q. Some frequency counters have

(the third wire) on some appliances,

but only two on others? (Hugh
Waters, Singapore}

readout with storage capacity. Do

these units have decent reception
range when connected to an
outdoor antenna? Why can't they
serve as a receiver to home in on
various signal frequencies? (Lori
Beckhart)

A. Shock hazard is the issue, a nd 1heeleclrica l

code specifies the constructi on a nd use of the
eq uipment orappliancc in question. That third
wire is attached to earth ground. as is the third
wire coming in from the power li ne. Simply
stated, if lhe case and all touc hable parts are
well insulated from the " hot" wire, then the
third wire ground is not necessary. In the case
of metal enclosures. however, shock hazard is
a dist incl possibility and a third wi re ground is
required.

Q. Does Europe use the same

broadcast bands we do For medium
wave and FM? (Robert Brock,
Phoenix, AZ)
A. Nearl y identical. with one addition: 150290 kHz. They also have 520- 1620 kHz (9
kHz spacing on these fi rst two bands) and
87.5-108 MHz (200 kHz spacing).

Cellular
Restoration for
the PR02035 and
PR0 2042 Scanners
O ne ofour readers se nt in a software code
which, when entered into the Optoelectronics OS535 computer interface, will restore
the missing cellular telephone frequencies
in the discontinued Radio Shack PR02035
and the c urrent model PR02042 base/mobile scanners.
If you have Scan Star Plus, version 5.56
or later, or the current version of ScanCat
Gold (free update fo r pre- 11/30/95 versions
from Computer Aided Technologies by sending request with registration card), it wi ll
support the restoration by entering the fo llowing 20-digit string: 275 68 1 149 364 630
538 49. As we understand it, the code was
originally reserved for e nabl ing the missing
frequency range in units prov ided for qualified government age ncies.

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A. Frequency counters are nothing more than

sens itive amplifiers with internal electric pul se
counte rs capabl e of registe ring on a display
the num ber of pulses per second (freque ncy
in megahertz or ki lohe rtz) being radiated by a
close transmitter. As such, they have no frequency discrimi nation whatsoever; the closest (slrongesl) s ignal is the frequency the
display will show.
If you attach a freq ue ncy counter to a large
antenna it will display a garbage reading, a
composite of all the signal frequenc ies it is
geui ngat that lime. Forthis reason. freq uency
counters are des igned with poor sensiti vity
and thus have limited range. T hey are test
instruments intended to measure the freque ncy
of a known. adj acent transmitling device.
A scanner or other receiver is designed to

pick up just one frequen cy at a ti me, fi ltering

ou l the rest so that they won't interfere with
the target signal. T hus, you can put a scanner
on an outside antenna and it will discrimi nate
among the mire of signals. picking out the
w heal from the chaff.

Q. I have heard that there are two

schools of thought on the question,
"Does current travel from positive to
negative, or negative to positive?"
What are your thoughts? (Mark
Burns, Terra Haute, IN)
A. Our old friend, Ben Franklin, decreed that
c urrent nows from positive to negative. He
was wrong . He was a statesman, tinkerer,
printer. and philanderer. but he didn't know
diddly about electrons . Fortunately, from a
mathematical and computational standpoint,
the direction of current n ow doesn't make any
diffe rence whatsoever.
But let' s nail down this myth once and fo r
all. S ince electrical current is defined as the
density of electron flow, and for electrons to
now they must be attracted to a positive charge,
it is obvious that c urre nt nows from negative
to pos itive. Period.

Q. Please settle this friendly argu-

Button the Beartracker Beep

Opinions are divided on the desirability
o f an audible beep on scanners every time a
fu nction is attempted. For those who want
the best of all worlds, and who own one of
the Uniden BCT-7 Beartracker scanners,
M T reader Jerry Davidson of Pennsauken,
New Jersey, offers hope.
When the litt le scanner is fi rst switched
on and goes through the self test for the
warning syste m, it e mits a loud beep. Jerry
advises fellow liste ners to press one of the
service searc h buttons while switching on
the radio and the beep wi ll not sound. Isn' t
that easy?
Jerry also noted that the instruction
manua l fails to mention that you need to use
the zeroes and 29-30 MHz segment search
w hen clearing a 29-30 M Hz user-programmed frequency. Thanks again, Jerry,
for sharing your find ings with fe llow radio
hobby ists.

ment with a hobbyist friend. She

says that the rules for "skip" reception and propagation are the same
for shortwave frequencies as for
scanner frequencies; I say they're
different. Who's right? (Maryanne
Kehoe, Atlanta, GA)
A. You are. "Skip" is the property by which
radio signals are bent, absorbed, or reflected
by various layers of our electrically c harged
atmosphere (the ionosphere). The lower freque ncy shortwave signals are altered differently from the higher freq uency scanner signals. As you pointed out in your letter, there
are seasonal differences as well due to the
angle of the sun as well as the electrical effects
of thunderstonns.

Q . I can't seem to find blimp opera-

tions frequencies. What do they

use? (Robert E. Brock, Phoenix, AZ)
A. A variety of air-to-ground, FAA tower,
bus iness. and night lest, depending upon the

craft and its mission. The Goodyear blimp, for

example, has been reported on 151.625.
161.640. 16 1.700. 132.000.467.750.andeven
using amplitude com pandcred sideband
(ACSB)on 15 1.6 125 MHz.

Q. Is anyone other than Sony

producing a satellite receiver like the
Sony Storman? (Arsenio Fornaro,
Brooklyn, NY)
A. No. not even Sony, since the satellites have
not yet been launched.

Q. Mathematically, how can I fi9ure

out where an image is coming from

{Ryan J. McCarthy)
A. In modern. triple conversion receivers.
there arc several potential images for each
signal. so let"s discuss the sim pler. single
conversion, AM broadcast radio where the
receiver' s local oscillator(LO) mixes with the
incoming radio freq uency (RF) 10 produce an
intermediate freque ncy (IF). For example.
let's take a typical case-a medium wave
receiver. The broadcast band is typically converted from its 530- 1700 kHz RF to a455 kHz
IF by tuning an LO from 985-2155 kHl (985530=455. and 2 155- 1700=455 ): the signal is
the n amplified. filtered. and detected for its
audio.
But that's only half the story. When the IF
is produced by mixing the LO with the RF. it
can do it by their sum AND their difference.
Thi s can produce a problem: If two local
stations are separated by exac tly 455 kHzone hi gher and one lower than the LO in
frequency-t hey will BOTH be heard. When
the LO is adj usted to 11 05 kHz, you will hear
a signal on 650 kHz right along with one on
1560 kHz. The one we don' t want is called the
image.
In a well-designed receiver we use frequency-track ing tuned circuits and up-conver. ion to select the signal we want as well as
to reject the one we don't. To reduce images.
modern shortwave receivers use up-conversion 10 typically 45 or eve n 70 MHz. This
removes the imagc frequency so far from the
radio s frequency-selective circuitry as to make
it vi rtually inaudible.
Scanner manu facturers do the same th ing.
but with ex tremely wide-frequency radios.
some images remain in the passband of the
normal n:cei vi ng range. This causes signals to
be heard on frequencies on wh ich they aren't
actuall y transmitti ng. and allows cellular freque ncy recept ion on scanners in which that
band has bee n factory deleted.

Q. I sometimes listen to the same

aircraft frequency on two multiband

radios. I may hear aircraft on one
{but not the other) and no reply from
the ground. Will Larry Magne ever
be reviewing AM/FM multiband
radios?
A. I hope not. Aside from the fac t that Larry
reviews only shortwave receivers. the little
over-the-cou nter radios that offer AM and
FM broadcasting. police band. aircraft. and so
on have poor sensiti vity. awfu l image response. dreadful dynamic range. lousy frequency accuracy. a nd miserable frequency
stabi lit y. But they arc cheap. some of them are
colorful. and they make noise.
Aside from their general unsuitability for
listening to communications. pan of the problem you report i~ due to their ~ i ttin g in two
difkrcnt places, ~o their antennas arc re1:civing signals differentl y. Another reason is that
an airborne radio signal is line of sigh t from
you. making reception rather easy. while the
airport tower anten na is quite low. making
recept ion diffic ult hcyond 15-20 miles. even
with an outside antenna.
Questions or tips sent to "Ask Bob,,.
c/o MT are printed in this column as
space permits. If you desire a prompt,
personal reply, mail yot11questions along
with a self-addressed stamped envelope
(no telephone calls, please) in care of
MT,ore-mail to bob@grove.net. (Please
include your name and address.) The
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Atlantic Ham Radio . .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. l 05
Buckmaster Publishing ..................... 83
Cellular Security Group .. .. ... .. .. ... .. . l 07
Communications Electronics ............. 81
Computer Aided Technologies ........... 5
Copper Electronics .......................... 95
CTP ........ ... ....... ........ ...... ......... .... 103
Datafile .. .. ................................... l 03
Delta Research ............................... 97
Drake .............................................. 3
DX Computing ............ .... ...... .. ....... 56
Electronics Book Club .. ....... ............ 33
Electronic Distributors ........ .. ............ 7 1
Elect. Eqpt. Bank ............... ............. l l
Erie Aviation .................................... 7
Firestyk Antennas ......................... l 03
Gilfer Shortwave ......................... ... 97
Glenn Hauser ............................... . 39
Grove Enterprises ....... 89, l 05, l 09, l l 0
Grove EXPO .............. .................... 18
Grundig ................................ Cover IV
Index Publishing .. .. ........ .... ............. 17
Jacques d'Avignon ........ ....... ...... .. .. 63
JPS Communication ........................ 47
K&L Technology ............... .............. 85
KC4ZGL ..... ...................... ............. 17
KIWA Electronics ............ .. ...... 99, l 07
Kli ngenfuss ................... .. ............... 47
Lentini Communications .............. 27,97
Logic Limited ..................... ............. 47
Microcraft ...... ....................... .. ....... 7 5
Monitoring Times ........... ............... . 32
Motron Electronics .......... ....... ....... l 03
National Scanning Report ............. .. 15
OptoElectronics .............. ..... Cover II, Ill
Palomar Engineering ............ 13,59,73
Pioneer Data .. ............................... . 85
Radio Accessories .......... ... .. .... .. .... . 6 l
Radiomap .... . .. .. . ... .. .. .. . . .. .. ... .. .. .. . l 04
Radio Progressive .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. l 0 l
R.C. Distributing ............ ................ 49
R.D.l. White Papers ......... .. ............. 99
Satellite Times ................................ 32
Signal Intelligence ........... ..... .. ........ 89
Skyvision ...................... ....... .......... 85
Tennedyne ..................................... 79
Tiare ........................................... .. 21
Timestep ........................................ l 3
Tucker ........................................... 89
Universal Radio .............................. 73
U.S. Radio ..................... .............. 101
U.S. Scanner Publications .............. l 05
Viking International ........................ 99
Worldcom Technology .................... 53
April 1996

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The Telecommunications Act

... More protection than we want?
While many o f us decry the increase in offe nsive
material on TV. talk radio and computer ne tworks.
we may wonder whe the r the govern ment' s rece nt
l.! nactme nt to impose more regulati ons is more than
we can stallll. O ne observer wry ly obse rved that
under indecent language ~a n c tio ns of the Communications Decency Ac t (C DA) penned by its fundame nt alist sponsors. e ve n the Holy Bibl e could be
banned from the Internct. There a re e ve n more
fri ghte ning scenari os.
Unde r the proscriptions of this ill -conceived
k gis lation. life-sa ving medical advice. such as information on breast cancer and sexua ll y transmitted
di seases. could be fo rbidden. C lassical works of
art- Michc langclo s magnificen t Sistine Chape l
pa intings. Greek statu ary. and countless others could be banned as we ll.
In 1934 Cong rc s~ e nac ted the Communications
Act whic h c reated the Fede ral Communications
Com miss ion. Now. more tha n 60 years later, the
largest-ever overhaul in te lecom mu nications is taking place. Is it evolving smoothly? No. Docs Congress have a good unde rsta nding of it? No. Do you
and I know w hat' s reall y goi ng on? No.
W hy were there no public heari ngs pri or to the
passage o f the pe nding Act? W hy did the vote come
one day after the Bill w a ~ re leased fro m rnmmittec.
be fore legislators had a chance to read it? Was it.
perhaps . rea lly a po lyglot of spec ial interest concessions awa rded as a pol itica l plum to key Washington
lobbyists to assure their ~ upport during an e lection

112

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April 1996

year? Was th is hasty legis lat ion a imed at winning

votes from an idealistic electorate rather than providin g re a l dece nc y protection to main stream
America?
Is there rea lly a .. For Sale" sign in the halls of
Congress? Are cynics correct in their assessme nt of
Washingtons Political Action Committees (PACs)
buyi ng fa vors from our elected offi cia ls. i.e .. that the
ma in d iffe rence between prostitution and po litics is
that politics is legal and pays bette r?
M any hidde n agendas seem to be covered by the
Bill. such as the deregu lation of cable and long
di stance providers (wi II th is e ncourage the refo rmation of monopolies?) and V-c hip blocking o f nasty
TV programs (as defined by whom? Howard Stem ?
Jesse Hel ms?).
But there is hope on the rati onal hori zon. Telecommunications experts suspect that the legislation
isn ' t even legal and that the courts w ill strike it down.
A coalit ion o f22 professional associations and organizatio ns has tiled a sweeping lawsuit in the United
States District Court , Eastern Distric t of Pe nnsylvani a. challenging the constituti onality o f the C DA.
They charge that its word ing is imprecise, that it
makes no dis tinc tio n betwee n mate ria ls a ppropriate
for a fi ve-yea r-old c hi ld and a 17-ye ar-o ld college
student, and that its restricti ve working abridges
constitutionally protected expression. A fed eral hearing was scheduled for Marc h 2 1. 1996.
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