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Vol. 15, No. 11

November 1996

New Olympic Technology....................................... 12

By Bennett Liles
In the year of the Olympics, we just
had to wrap up with one more look back
at the Games. After a ll the hype about
new technology, w hat solutions worked
and which need more work? Whic h new
technologies w ill become a part of the
Games and/or a part of our Iives for years
to come? Some of the answers may surprise you.

lnsomniac's Guide to Broadcasters on the Net ........... 18

Cover Story

By Gayle Van Horn

Scanning the
MegaMall

MT' s Frequency Man ager takes ad va ntage of a sleepless

night to "surf' the net for international broadcaster' s web
s ites. Ou r readers are the benefi ciary as she prov ides a short
description and rates each site on its val ue and attractiveness .

By Chuck Penson
One of the main attractions inside
Minnesota's Mall o f Ame ri ca is
LEGO's Imagination Center, brimming with colorand incred ible LEGO
block creations. It also houses "Camp
Snoopy''-a full-size amu sement
park with roller coaster and sevenstory Ferri s wheel. The sheer size of
thi s mega-mall is mjnd-boggling, requiring the coordination and services
of a small city.
Li ke all cities, it provides its share
of scanning opportunities. Thanks to
a group effort. our author s leuthed
out the frequencies to plug into your
seannerin advanceofyour visit. Story
begins on page 8.
Not interested in mingling with
the mega-crowds November 29th?
Any mall a nyw here ca n prov ide
plenty of entertainment-see the
Scanning Report on page 30 for more
on mall scanning.
Cover photo courtesy LEGO Systems, Inc.

Get in the Mediumwave Loop ................................ 22

By Philip Gebhardt
T he next few months offer the best conditions of the year fo r broadcast
band li stening. Anyone who gets hooked on seeking out and logging these
statio ns will eventual ly want to buy or build a loop ante nna. Gebhardt
addresses what makes the loop suc h an e ffective solution, and how you c an
try out a loop w ithout investing a fortune.

Face-Off: ICOM's R-8500 vs. AOR's AR-5000 ......... 26

By Bob Grove

These two long-awaited, top-o f-the-line, wide-frequency-coverage receive rs finally a rri ved at MT headquarters w ithi n days of each other, so Bob
Grove took the opportuni ty to pit the m against each other, head-to-head .
Later. we' ll look at each one in its turn . but here are his personal first
impressions.

Reviews:

DEPARTMENTS

Perhaps the surprise of the season is

Drake's SW8. whicl) has experienced
so many enhancements it deserves to be
called an sWSA (eve n though such a
model doesn't ex ist . rr you haven "t
gi ven a serious
look at thi s
portatop, Magnc
says it deserves a
second look. Sec . . . .llliiiilll. .lll. . .
page 92.
If you always wanted an o~c ill o
scope on your bench. but could never
afford one. let Bill Cheek introduce you
to ProbeScopc- a small. computerinterfaced . probe-type scope from
Radio Shack (p. 82).
Yet another ACA RS decoder'l
Universal Radio has introduced the
ACT- I. and John Catalano fi nds it yet
another- and a very valid-approach
to decoding these aircraft communications addressing and reporti ng
messages. See p. 84.

Plane Talk ......................... ............... 76

Letters ............................ .................... 4

Communications ................................. 6
PCS Front Line ................................... 28

Federal File ....................................... 78

Scan~:~ ~~rrt

Crossing the Cellular Divide

............................... 30

Satellite TV ....................................... 80

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

Experimenters Workshop .................. 82

VHF/ UHF NA VA/OS

Who's Who without a Program
The SBCA Show: Futurewatch

Marine HF Radio Scaling Down

Global Forum ................................... 38
QSL Report ....................................... 42
English Lang SW Guide ..................... 43
Propagation Conditions ..................... 63
Beginner's Corner ............................. 64

Beyond the Fringe

ProbeScope from Radio Shack

Computers & Radio ........................... 84

News Bytes; ACT-1 ACARS decoder

Special Events/Club Circuit ................ 86
What's New ..................................... 88
Magne Tests ..................................... 92

Drake's Secret "SWBA"

Below 500 kHz ................................. 66

Portable Pickups

Scanning Equipment .......................... 94

Build a Mobile Radio Mount

American Bandscan .......................... 68

What's in a Name?

Antenna Topics ................................. 96

Is That Really an Antenna?

Outer Limits ...................................... 70

New Name for Nigerian Clandestine

On the Ham Bands ........... ............... 72
The Heath HW-9
DeMaw's Workbench ........................ 74
Working with Toroids

Radio Reflections ............................... 98

Real Radios Glow in the Dark

Ask Bob ......................................... 100

Opto Xplorer Cellular Restoration

Stock Exchange .............................. l 02
Closing Comments .......................... l 04

Reporting what you overheard

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Frequency Manager ... Gayle Van Horn

Frequency Monitors ... David Datko, Loyd Van Horn
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Beginner's Corner ... T.J. Arey, WB2GHA
K.l.S. Radio ... Richard Arland, K7YHA
Plane Talk ... Jean Baker, KIN9DD
Scanning Report ... Richard Barnell
Computers and Radio ... John Catalano
Below 500 kHz ... Kevin Carey, WB2QMY
Experimenter's Wkshp ... Bill Cheek
Propagation ... Jacques d' Avignon
DeMaw' s Workbench ... Doug DeMaw, Wl FB
Digital Digest ... Bob Evans
Federal File ... John Fulford, WA4VPY
SW Broadcasting ... Glenn Houser
On the Ham Bands ... Ike Kerschner, N31K
Mogne Tests ... Lawrence Magne

Communications ... Larry Miller

What's New? .... Larry Miller
Sconning Equipment .... Bob Parness, AJ9S
Sotellite TV .... Ken Reitz, KS4ZR
Antenna Topics .... W. Clem Small, KR6A
American Bandscan .... Doug Smith, W9WI
SW Broadcast Logs .... Gayle Von Horn
QSLCorner .... Gayle Van Horn
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" I saw the very th ing you wrote
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di splay, what I tho ught were thumb
wheel switches. and a whip antenna.
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the code. One man would then ask the
car's owner for permission to unlock
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t have remote armi ng on my car.
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Techno-quackery

Several recent letters re late to the

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topic of Bob Grove's A ugust "ClosV

G.L. Com ba Public School
ing Comments" which adddressed a
variety of topics, among them " technoquackery" a nd keyless car entry systems. Here are some of your responses.
" I can re late to your concern about tech no-quac kery. During the midI 980s. I was a Radio Shack store
manager, and Tandy Corp. was just as
guilty as any other electronics retaile r. One item that comes to mind
was a tabletop T V antenna in the
shape of a satellite di sh. It sold for " With the help of Mo11itori11g Times, we've been able to
$ 19.95, but it perform ed no better tune in a11d hear many different stations around the
than our $3.99 rabbit ears. A ll store world," says the Shortwave Listening Club at G.L. Comba
managers hated selling it, because we Public School in Altamonte, Ontario. Their teacher, Neil
knew it would come back, and we Carleton, sent this picture at the end of th e last .1chool year
would have an unhappy customer on in thanks for their complimentary subscription. To req11est
our hands.
an educational subscription, describe, on school
"In 1984 at Radio Shack's annual letterhead, how radio is being used in yo11r classroo111.
managers' meeting, Radio Shack's
VP of marketing open ly joked about
NoTenna that is sold through the Grove
this antenna. Whe n asked why Tandy Corp
ca ta log.
carried the antenna, his reply was. ' If you se ll
"Grove says the house-w iring giz mo is
" In the August' Ask Bob,' Bob's response
lOofthem, maybe one of them will stay sold.'
'humbug' and contains nothing more than
to a question about laser weapons was that
" Altho ugh none of my c ustomers ever lost
voltage blocking capacitors.' OK, I' ll buy
they were impractical and lim ited . This was
any money, it did create ill w ill and a lso cast
that, but let's see a schematic of the NoTenna.
not correct: both the United States and the
doubts on the qual ity o f other Radio Shack
and compare it to the humbug device.... I' d
Soviets have been working for a number of
produc ts. In othe r words, ' If the antenna is
li ke to see some ev ide nce that thi s device is in
years to develop laser weapons. I worked on
sub-standard, maybe their computer is also
any way supe rior in it s basic.: des ign o f fu ncone of the progra ms in the mid- I 980s whi le at
not worth buying.'
tion than either of the other dev ices you seem
Fon Benning, G eorg ia. Some of them have
" I am writing this letter to say thank you
to hold in such contempt."
a lready bee n fi e lded and were used on Navy
fo r your honest way of do ing business. Over
- Robert Nickels. KEOT. via e-mail
s h ips de pl oyed to the Gu lf du r ing the
the years, I have seen many product reviews
reflagging operations in the late 1980s. There
in Monitoring Times by you and Larry Magne.
It was reader Greg Docrschler who made
were a lso prototypes developed (and possibly
fo llowed by an ad in the Grove catalog for the
the ''clever" connecti on between house wirfielded ) fo r the Bradley In fantry F ighting
item. If a product is so-so. there is never any
ing antennas a nd the NoTe nna ad text (wh ic h
System and Special O peratio ns forces.
undue hype when it is offered for sa le by you.
went un named in his August letter): we ran it
The systems were designed to destroy or
Economy, budget-minded, beginners radio,
without comment in spite of his inference.
damage optica l targeting and observation
etc., are all acceptable terms the public underS ince you took the criticism serious ly. I asked
dev ices. Problems whic h have prevented the
stands. Also, if an item is reall y bad, you don' t
Bob Grove for a brief c larification of the
widespread use were expense, prob lems with
sell it at all. I can all but buy an item j ust on
differe nce between the NoTcnna and technofratricide, a nd questions whe ther their use
your word a lone.
quackcry.
was w ithin the bounds of the Ge neva Con"If you ever decide to go into the used car
Bob writes. " Reader Nicke ls apparently
vent ion.'
business, let me know. rd buy one from you
has trouble differentiating between products
- Michael Kanner, Longmont, CO
sight unseen."
w hich arc sim ple but effective. and products
- Jim Weber. Colton, California
w hic h are simple but ineffecti ve. He a lso
By the way. regardi ng the "Power Tip"
ignores the fact that the value of a completed
re ferred to above, M ic hael confirmed what
" In regard to your editorial comments in
product is cons iderably greater than the su m
we have already heard from other servicethe August issue (p. I04 ). under the heading
of its indi vidual parts.
men: people are being asked to pay $ 19.95
of"S ame Scam, New T w ist?" I think you and
"The 'Turn-your-house-wiring-i nto-a-gifor an antenna e nd designed to prevent eye
Bob Grove e ither have a lot of nerve or have
ant-TV-ante nna nostrums arc bogus because
injury. As fa r as I know (and I invite any
your tongues firmly in your c heeks when you
they invite e lectrical inte rfere nce from comsparkies out there to diffe r), there is no incomment on bogus antenna schemes! I don' t
monly-connected household appli ances by
crease in trans mission capacity when using
see much difference between the worthless
leading the m directly to the TV set. Whi le it
the 'power tip.' Most of the time we replaced
gadgets that use your house wiring for an
is true that cars generate electrical interferit with a tennis ball and lots of duct tape. "
antenna orthe magic little ba lI that goes on the
ence, the NoTenna is no more vulnerable to
tip o f a whip, a nd the (quite aptly named)
(Co 11ti1111ed 011 p. 102)
that source of interference tha n any othe r

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Good Buddy Newz

CBers in Vancouver, Washington, have
always used channel 12 for they call ''hash
and trash." It's a place where. as one operator
repons. "people air gripes about the world
and belittle each other. often profanely." In a
way, it 's a lot like the internet.
John Maddux and Shawn Mc Dowell were
two suc h CBers who used the channe l o ne
night to "cuss at each other ron c hannel 12]
like a couple of drunks." So bad d id things get
that Gary Sipe, another CBer who was traveling in his car with his mother, asked McDowell
to tone things down. McDowell responded
with an insult to Sipe's mother.
Maddux, who said that he had already
downed a s ix pack of beer. later invited Sipe
over for more drinking. By I 0 pm, anothe r six
beers were gone and Maddux was back on
c hanne l 12. trading nastiness with McDowell.
Apparent ly, something that was said during the second round infuriated McDowell
who appeared without warn ing at the door of
Maddux 's radio shack, an old c hicken coop in
the back yard. When Maddux answered the
door. McDowe ll grabbed Maddux and tossed
him into the bushes. He then grabbed Sipe
and began beating him with a 3-foot section
of pipe. Eventually. Sipe blacked out.
McDowell jumped on top of hi m. choking
him and banging his head agai nst the ground.
Meanwhi le, Maddux had dragged himself
out of the bu shes and began hitting McDowell
in the head with the butt ofa7mm rill e. "That
just seemed to aggravate him further,' ' said
Maddux. " I tried to pu ll him off. I kicked him.
I hit him. I couldn' t get him o ff."
At that point, Maddux raised his rille.
aimed for McDowell 's head at point-blank
range and pulled the trigger.

r /
/

S ipe is now recovering in the li ving room

of hi s C lark County home w here he recou nts
his story to reporters .
'Tm not in any way proud of w hat happened." he says. tears !lowing from his eyes.
'Tm not proud of thi s at a ll."
W hat a way to meet new frie nds. Reckon
a sobriety test should be required to operate a
CB?

Michael Rego, 33, was wdl equipped

when he left Hubbard Brook State Park in
Thornton, New Hampshi re, about 7 :00 a. m.
with his bear hounds. Rego packed a cellular
telephone, a global positioning system un it,
as well as compasses and telemetry equip-

FM Friends

Rego spe nt a day and

1
a hal f lost on the
mountain, the object ~ .. '..... ,...
of a search by Fish
and Game o fficials.
And the hi -tech
gizmos that Regocar''
ric d ? They didn ' t
"Heck, I 'm not
work. Dead batteries. lost. I 'm looking
Rego's dogs are still for a smarter
missing.
master!"

M ichael Tay lor had dreamed of putting a

radio station on the a ir for years. But he didn't
have the money to put a commercial station
on the air, so he began work on Liberation
Radio, an unlicensed, low-power FM station
in south central Los Angeles. The decision
may have cost him his li fe.
Au thorities and friends say that Taylor
was killed because of a dispute over equipment.
"The suspects were looking for equipment," said police De tective Steve Watson.
"That 's definitely what the issue was. Basically there was some sort of equipment . some
sort of transmi tter, they wanted to get."
Taylor was fo und murdered. execution
style.

Tower Tragedy

WGVPwent on the air only a year ago, but

already its tower has been the site of two
deaths. When the s tation was known as
WYGA. a local doctor flew his a irplane into
the tower. knocking it over and sending the
station off the air. The doctor died.
Tragedy struck again recentl y when station officials were trying 10 lift an old antenna
off the tower. Two workers were at the 950
foo t level whe n the rotors of a he licopter hired
to lowerthe pieces to the ground struck
the tower w ithin a fe w feet of one of
"What's that? Oh,
the men.
so you think I
" A t o ne point they waved Lthc
sound like some
pilot] off, and he kind of tilted over
kind of weirdo,
back into the tower," Cook County
huh ? Care to
Coroner Mike Futch said. ''Hi s top
elaborate 0 11 that,
rotor blade caught the top of the tower.
good buddy?"
It broke that rotor off and the tip of the
po le and the strobe light," said one
witness. The pi lot of the he licopter
was killed in sta ntly. O ne of the two
workers on the tower s uffered a broken foot.

Get a Charge Out ol This

Technology is a wonderful thing .
So arc batteries.
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November 1996

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Slow, Slower, Slowest

Five months a fter a Sandy Springs, Georgi a, house burned to the ground because of a
91 I dispatcher's slow response. Fulton
County residents are still waiting for the
hearings they were promised on the matter.
County M anager Bob Rcgus says he
"misunderstood ... who was supposed to hold
the public hearings and the purpose of them."

Scanning: Not Just Fun

"My w ife and I were doing separate things
around the house one afternoon when we
heard a fire dispatcher send an engine and a
brush truck on a call to 'behind the Sun West
Bank'." says MT reader Alan Hill of Santa
Fe, New Mexico. "We perked up since we
live behind Sun West Bank!"
"l grabbed the portable scanner and went
to the empty fie ld between the bank and our
house to observe. A s mall grnss fi re was
burn ing 50 yards away.
"My wife stayed nearthe road to guide the
fire department. and I pulled a branch off a
small tree and beat the fire out.
"With the wi nd and the dry grass, the fire
would have threatened the bank and probably
homes in the area. The scanner s ure came in
handy that day !''

No More Antenna Rules?

The te levision industry may well be clearing the way for your rooftop scanner or shortwave antenna--even though your local government or horneowner' s association may
say no.

COMMUNICATIONS
The FCC enacted new ru les that specifi cally prevent local governments from restricting the rights of homeowners and businesses
to install television antennas and satellite
dishes. The new rules prohibit the enforcement of local laws. rules, pri vate covenants,
and homeowner association regul ations that
in any way interfere with tele vision reception.
Covered are over-the-air broadcast stations.
satellite-delivered services, and mi crowavedeli vered wireless cable systems.
Excluded are historical districts. antennas
on common property, and restrictions based
on safety, such as antennas mounted on fi re
escapes.
The commercial two-way radio industry
petitioned the FCC last year fo r a similar ban
on local restrictions against communications
antennas. If approved, says WorldRadio magazine, it may be impossible for regul ations to
be selectively enforced against ham radio
and, we speculate, other hobby-type radio.

More Claims for TV 60-69

The Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee-a group of federal, state, and local
public safety spectrum users-has staked their
claim on the frequencies now occupied by TV
channels 60-69. Currently. only about IOOTV
stations use those channels in the 746-806
MH z band. Public safety users say that they
need more spectrum to meet current needs.
adopt new technologies, and communicate
among agencies. In all , they say that they will
need 129 MHz by the year 20 10.
All of this is interesting in light of FCC
Chairman Recd Hundt 's plan to auction off
this same spectrum. Last month we reported
that Hundt called the auction potent ial of the
frequencies a pot of gold"" that was expected
to bring in some $50 billion fo r cash-starved
government coffers.

Goodbye AFRTS?
The U.S. Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) is converting its operations to digital transmission to ex pand its
ability to deli ver programming to almost one
million American mil itary personnel and their
famil y members dep loyed around the world.
The more than $5.5 mi llion fixed price
contract with Sc ie ntific-A tl anta pe rmits
AFRTS to exercise options for additional
equi pment in the future. The initial portion of
the worldwide satellite television network is
schedu led for operation in the spring of 1997.
Satellite Times editor Larry Yan Horn says
that this marks the end of AFRTS on C-band.
but it sti ll should remain on INMARSAT.

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meaning less official/ techni ca l language,
as in : routine RF radiation evaluations.

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of the Amateur Radio Service rules say that
hams who fi nd that their RF fields are sufficient to cause human exposure to RF levels in
excess of those specified, are required by law
to take immediate action.
This could mean altering operating patte rns, relocating an antenna, revising the
station' s techn ical parameters, or other remedies.
There is one hang-up. however. No one
has defined what is involved in making "routi ne RF rad iation e valuations."

Communications is written by Larry

Miller with help from the Brasstown staff
of Rac hel Baughn . Larry Yan Horn. and
Joh n Bailey as well as the following readers who are me mbers o f the M onitoring
Tim es Media Monitorin g Team: Mr. (or
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Larry Fow ler. MA: Alan Hill. Santa Fe.
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Scanning 'l'he MegaMall

he Mall of America is no ord inary
shopping mall. It is the largest
shopp ing mall in the United
States. In add itio n lo abou t 400 merc hants . the
mall con tain s a seven acre indoor theme park.
camp S noopy." comp lete wit h a roller
coaster. a se ven sto ry Ferri ~ wheel. palm
trees. and two int.lour lakes.
T he loca ls affecti o nate ly refer to the Mall
of Amcri1.:a as the "MegaMall"' and it' s a
filling nickname. The mall sits un 4.2 milli o n
sq uare feet o n land. cost $625 million doll ars
10 build. and has bee n visited by more than
120 mi llio n peopl e. T o g ive you a belie r
perspecti ve o f its size. St. Peter' s Basilica in
Ro me would fit inside the mall with room to
spare. So would Buckingham Palace and its
40 acres of gardens. Moscow' s Red Sq uare
wou ld go unno ticed if put inside the mall.
Located in Blooming ton. Minnesota . just
south of the twin ci ties o f Minneapoli s and St.
Pau l. the Mall of Ameri ca is re all y a c ity

MONITORING TIMES

November 1996

By Chuck Penson, WA7ZZE

"When the going

gets tough,
the tough go
shopping."
-anonymous

wi thin a c ity. It has everything you would find

in a c ity- me rcha nt s. movie theaters. cultu ral
evems. restaurants. a school. a wedding chapel.
and the cqui valant of neighborhoods and
streets . And like a ci ty, the ma ll has problems .
too. You can gel lost in the mall. There are
traffic j ams. sanitatio n pro blems (700+ tons
of waste arc recyc led each mom h). crowds.
and. of co urse, there is crime: sho plifting,
domestic troubles. d isputes . and SWJ (shopping wh il e intoxicated). About the o nly c itylikc proble ms the mall doe.m '1 have are air
polluti o n and begg ing-smoking a nd panhandling arc not permiucd anywhe re in the
mall.
But lest you th ink that the mall is unsafe.
you' ll be happy to learn that statistically the
Mall is about the safest place you could be in
a ny metropolitan area. What is it that makes
the Mall so safe ? And what it is that makes thi s
mall o ne of the midwest's premier to uri st
destination s?

I Infrastructure

I Security

The Mall of America has a finely tuned

infrastructure that holds it all together and
keeps it runni ng smoothly-and you can hear
it work on your scanner. The mall uses a
seven-channel 800 MHz, trunked radio system to ensure that al l vital functions can keep
in touch with each other. The freque ncies
used by the system are listed in Table I.
One of these frcquem:ies is used as a system data channe l and will need to be locked
out while you scan. The data channel changes
every day, so each day you will need to lock
out a different channel.
With a rubber duck you should be able to
hear the system from five to six miles away.
Inside the mall, an antenna is usually not
necessary. In fact. removing your rubber duck
may actually improve your listeni ng by reducing interference from the data channel.
Trunked systems always present more of a
challe nge to monitor, and while there are a
few other users on
the system (including a hotel airport
shuttle service and
an airport rental car
company), mall ope rat ions c lear ly
dominate the traffic.
especially in th e
eve n ing and
weekends.

It is interesting to note
that. while there arc two
Radio Shack stores in the
mall, nei ther wi ll give you
the frequencies for mall operations. Usuall y the clerks
wi ll say only that they don't
know the frequencies. A ft er
a little prying, though, one
clerk confided to me that
they used to have them available but were pressured by
the mall security department
View of the Mall of Am erica from above. It 's really big!
to keep quiet.
Courtesy Mall of America.
The mall uses two levels
of sec urity officers. both ar med only with
Although both regular and quick response
mace. The most visible are the regular.. forces officers arc friendl y. he lpful, and courteous to
identifi ed by their white shirts. Less obvious a fault. they take their jobs very seriously and
and usuall y most visible in the evening and on are not to be trifled with. At especiall y busy
weekends are the mall' s "quick response times, mall security is often supplemented by
teams'"- rhe ma ll equivalentofaSWATteam. regul ation City of Bloomington police officThese officers usuall y ers-id c nti fied by the ir uni fo rm s a nd
travel in groups of sideam1s. Officers wa lk beats inside the mall
three and are easy to whi le mobi le units roam the parking ramps
spot in the ir black and grounds. A sharp visual eye is also kept at
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I Who's who?

There are a number of different

fu nctional groups related to mall operat ions. Princ ipal among these are
maintenance, foods. park (theme park).
housekeeping, entertainment. and security. These groups use both numerical as well as tactical callsigns like
"maintenance I I," "foods 3." "housekeeping 5." and so on. Security operati ons for the mall arc headq uartered in
the "safe ty center," or simp ly ''center"
as it is often called on the air.
Most sec urity officers are identified by uni t number!> in the 2100 and A group of security off icers meet under th e roller
2200 range. You' ll hear calls to and coaster in Camp Snoopy to compare notes in
from units like 2230. 2254. and 2213. preparation for a busy Friday night.
fo r example. Mobile units are referred
to as guests. This should give you a sense of
to simply as "mobile I." "mobile 2." or "mo- how much the mall wants you to feel al case.
bile 3." Though unconfirmed as of this writing. the quick response teams may be referred I Where am I?
to as "delta units ... Standard APCO I0 codes
Workers in the mall often give their locaare in use.
Another re ference you wi II hear frequentl y tion in general terms and will refer to a level
is "guests." All visitors to the mall arc referred and a quadrant. For example. "three north"
refers to a worke r on level three in the north
quadrant. "Two skyway" refe rs to a worker on
TABLE 1
the bridge that connects the parking ramp to
Mall of America Operations/Security
the ma ll '~ second level. In some cases a worker
will give a specific.: location within the mall,
853.1375
860.6125"
851.5125
usually referring to a shop. restaurant. or
861.4625
854.4125
858.6125
859.6125'
amusc1m:n1 ride. or arl.!a withi n Camp Snoopy.
For thl.! visitor. maps arc a\ailab lc at numcr One of these is used as control frequency on
om. locations in the mall and use the same
alternating days

quadrant and level number system to

he lp you find your way around.

I What's going on?

The Mall of America is a ti ghtly ru n
shi p and most of the traffic you will
hear is qu ite routine-similar to the
traffic you wou ld expect in any citycxcept that in add ition 10 security
issues you will hear plenty in the way
of operat ional issues as we ll . These
are the calls that reall y dri ve home
what a huge place the ma ll reall y is.
Also. from time 10 ti me (as in any
city) there wi ll be some excitement.
For example. in May the mall served
as a fi lming location for Jingle All the
Way-a new fil m stari ng Arnold
Schwarzenegger. Tal k abou t action on the
radios! Add to all of thi s the cordless and
cellular phone activity generated by both
merchants and vbitors. and we arc talking
about a very thi ck. radio frequency (RF) soup.
Because of saturation-strength RF fields
in the Mall. freq uency coun ters are neither
re li able nor easy to use. Also. FCC freq uency
listings and 1111erne1 lookup sites provided
liule in the way of help. Sniffi ng ou t the mall 's
freque ncies was both difficult and ti me-consu ming. and I was fo11unate to have had the
in valuable assistance of Mike (NOWDM),
and John (maus@skypoin t.com). both of
whom put in a lot of time and hard work to
discover the frequenc ies used at the Mall of
America.
A visit to the Twin Cities is not complete
without a trip to the Ma ll. Even the most
hardened of hard core shoppers will meet his
or her match here. And shopping the Mall of
America with a scanner adds a whole new
dimension tothl.!experience! Like Disneyland,
the Empire State Building, or the Grand Canyon, it is an experience not to be missed.

TABLE 2
Major retailers in the mall

Members of th e film crew keep in touch while shooting portions of "Jingle All the
Way" at the Mall.
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MONITORING TIMES

November 1996

Macy's

........... 154 .625 (pager)

........... 464.825 (security)

Bloomingdales

........... 463.8125
........... 464.3875

Nordstroms

........... 463.8375
........... 464.0875

General Cinema

........... 462.8125

Bar'and Restaurant Common Channels

........... 154.570
........... 154.600

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and other new Olympic Technologies
By Bennett Liles

As with other mega-events

on the world stage, the
Olympics in Atlanta
spawned a host of new
technologies that will affect
our lives for years to come
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was not onl y the RF event of all time, the Atlanta Ol ympics also served as
la unch pad for hundreds of techno-spinoffs that wi II help us find each other,
walk our dogs. catch crooks. and even help us keep our cool. Never before
has so muc h machinery-hig h tech and low-co me together to serve so man y
diffe rent purposes in one huge event.
t

This-Cam, That-Cam
Onl y David Le tterman's infamous monkey-cam night provided more unusual camera
angles. Remember the movie The Shining where Jack Nic holson c hases hi s young son
through the snow-covered hedges? That was the renowned camera work of Garrett Brown.
in ventor of the Steadycam a nd NBCs mad viewmiester on the G ames.
The j oystick-operated go-cam that ran with the runne rs got its technical kinks worked

out in Barcelona, and the lighter, less powergul ping Atlanta version did fi ne. providing
some very dramatic track shots. Brown's dive
cam, a miniature camera on a vertical tube,
was dropped into the water as the di ver plunged
with it and for the first ti me, the diver's water
e ntry was full y in view. wi thout di stortion.
Unfo rtunately, the archery event 's target cam
was a bust. Mounted inside the bullseye, the
wide angle lens made the arrows look bent
and way o ff the mark.
These cameras were cabled, but those used
on the marathon and some used on the ope ning and closing ceremonies were RF linked.
Each required a camera operator. a tra nsmitter antenna op, a receiver antenna op, and a
video e ngineer. The RF camera links worked
well in the stadium, but in the me n' s marathon-where the entire event we nt through
town- frequent breakup marked the motorcyc le and helicopter shots. On that event,
bu ildings and thic k fog made helicopter placement both difficult and dangerou s.
A sky-cam on wires hovered over the Olympic Stadium and the aquatic venue, splashcams swung twe nty-five feet out over the
Ocoee River to get up close and pe rsonal on
the whi tewater events, and even the lake rowers had 0.95-kilogram mini cameras on their
boats. For equal weight. all boats carried
cameras but only some were used. The contestants were not told which boats held the
working cameras.
On the RF video links. the key to success
seems to have been wide open spaces. T he
very d irectional nature of microwave video
links on ly suffered in the concrete canyons
downtown.
Getti ng up close sound on the rowing events
proved impossible. Even though the course
was equi pped with numerous fl oating microphones, NBC technicians found that the motors on the accompanying power boats complete ly covered the sound of the rowers. In an
alternate scheme, rowers were sound-recorded
fi rst and then during the races the digiti zed oar
sounds were manually keyed in from a computer in time with the live picture. The oars
were li ve but splashes were canned.
Atlanta commuters were also on candid
camera and they will be from now on. The
Georgia Department of Trans portation reports that their one hundred and fo rty million
dollar Advanced Traffic Manageme nt Syste m worked flawlessly. It was already in place
and was being used weeks before the festivities began. The computerized system controls
over six hundred traffic signals around town .
Perc hed on poles at known problem areas,
its cameras are continually fed by fiber optic
cable to a 0 .0.T. monitoring center on Con-

The sight- but not the

sound- of rowing at
Lake Lanier was live
;_.
action, owing to the
cameras located on the
boats. (PlzoJo by Joh1~
Ba ile~) .:.:
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..
federate A venue from which accident warnings are issued and displayed on electronic
billboards above the highways. The warnings
are comple mented with AM radio broadcasts

during rush hours. The video is also fed to the

internet (still shots updated every two minutes) and to the commercial TY stations in
town. Their live displays have become a regular part of the local morni ng news shows.

I Playing the RF Slots

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are a legacy Atlanta commuters truly
appreciate.

Sun-cooked Atlanta was also fri ed in radio

freq uences (RF). As it turned out. the RF
challe nge was ably met by the ACOG RF
team led by M ike S malls a nd Lou Libin. As
with most Olympic systems in use. there were
initial problems, but they were qu ickly tended.
Says S malls, "We were plagued by late
freque ncy requests from the European broadcasters but we managed to get everyone an RF
slot.'' Attesting to his RF dilemma, there is a
picture of karate star Bruce Lee on Mike's
Desk. Lee 's c haracteristic grimm ace has been
augmented with a comic strip bubble sayi ng,
"The dead line fo r freq requests was in
MARCH!"
Four-page letters of instruction had been
sent out months before the Games and these
bore all the names, phone numbers . and instructions needed. In many cases, Mike and
Lou personally made the rounds at the International Broadcast Center (!BC), deep inside
the World Congress Center, where they introduced themselves and inspected traile rs full
o f RF gear. Brand-switching caused some
headaches.
"We had a few foreign broadcasters tell us
they were bringing Sennheiser wi reless and
then show up with Son y," Mike reported. "On
one occasion, the BBC called us about anothe r carrier on their freque ncy. We called in
the FCC tracking vehicles and they had the

November 1996

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13

test of the results system. It had

its trial run at the two-day, IBM
Atlanta Gymnastics Invitational
last year and suffered similar
slowdowns then. Bruce Taylor,
IBM project executive stated the
basic p~oblem.
"People, not technology, are
the most difficult part of the
process." According to Taylor,
the person key ing in the information at the venue is someone
familiar and experienced with
the particular sport but not with
the computer system. The real
challenge is in training these
info-system rookies on how to
use some fairly complex software and using .it in a high pressure, fast moving environment.
The initial operations staff fell
behind as the results came in
and while atte mpting to catch
up, a few typos went down the
lines. One boxer's age was listed
as ninety-seven. More IBM techculprit identified in minutes. The FCC was
The results of each compe tition were en- nicians were hurriedly called in, and the retered into a personal computer on a loca l area sul ts team caught up to the task.
great. The ir help was courteous and quick. "
Smalls also had high praise fo r some local RF
Out on Lake Lanier, the probability of
network at the venue . An IBM setup, these
vendo rs.
P Cs were running DB 2 database soft ware for lightning strikes was compute r-generated,
" Don Mccampbell at Musimatic was a
the OS2 operating system . T he information added to a s pecial, short-term, localized
godsend." said Mike w ith a smile. "His fawas sent by wire from each venue to Atlanta's weather fo recast, and forwarded to Steve
IBM Syste m 390 centra l results computer, Ke lley, who made the decis ions on starting
miliarity with the EBU (European broadcasters) gave us an inside track on the ir brand
which in turn sent the scores to high speed the lake events. On the eve of those contests,
printers back at the venues where journalists Ke lley's decision was made for him by a
name preferences and on-site practices." T he
co-chairme n of the O lympic Broadcast Freread them at their information kiosks. Scoring Georgia Department of Natural Resources
quency Coordination Committee (OBFCC)
information was also RF-transmitted to jour- boat on security patrol. Whjle surveyi ng the
were in the Olympic Stadium at the opening
nalists' laptops equipped w ith Motorola re- course. their propeller sliced and diced three
ceremonies and, as predicted. the di splay on
ceivers issued by MobileComm, a Missis- of the submarine cables attached to the starttheir RF analyzer began growing lots of
s ippi-based subsidiary of Bellsouth.
ing mechanism, slightly delaying the first
grass" in the minutes leading up to the big
The Olympic contests were not the first day's race while an alternate system was
hurriedly configured.
show. Fortunately, it grew only in
autho rized areas.
During preliminary competition
at the aquatic venue, the scoreboard
fa iled to display results, causing
I Technohiccups
some consternatio n for athletes ,
We ll, you don't pull off the hotcoaches, and fa ns. By the ti me the
test, most RF-cooked. video-fed,
meda l rounds were ready to go, howhype-sold, mass-watched, imernetever, so was the big board.
zapped , and computer-chipped exEven the hi gh-tech tic kets had a
travaganza of an Olympics and do it
few problems . It appears that the
glitch-free.
heat-se nsitive card stock and print
The most loudly tru mpeted snafu
actually worked like disappearing
was the initial slowdown in the reink when left in a very hot e nvironsults notification fo r journalists. It
ment like the dashboard of any Atwas a touch of bad luc k fo r ACOG
lanta car in July. Some fans returned
thac, in all this Olympics machine,
to their cars to find theirtickets solid
the first two slip-ups occu rred in
black. Re ported ly, there were no
systems used most by the press: the Lou and Mike check the RF "grass" with a spectrum
refunds.
busses and the scoring notilication analyzer and test field strengths at the opening
The much ballyhooed Super
system.
ceremonies.
Bike II, with its computer design

Dll~h!L<l the "RF event of all

~;"the Atiantq.Qlympics
I' tltilii;e'il,proadcastin'g reso
all iJvertlii/world. Dishes
shown here are o~ the roof
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recovery of stolen property. It wi ll be like

having a LoJack system on your luggage and.
even tuall y, your kids.
Even this technology is being superseded
in some areas by a newer system called RIC
(Remote Intelligent Communication). In the
RIC set-up, the onboard chip incorporates a
direct-seq uence spread spectrum (DSSS) microwave-frequency rad io, a microcontroller.
and a low-power static random access memory
(S RAM). Operating at 2.45 GHz. the system

The Automated E11viro11m e11tal

Monitoring Device kept tabs 011 the
weather at Lake Lanier. (Photo by John
Bailey)
and lighter weight, was s uppo~ed to catapult
the U.S. cycling team to medals in the bike
events, but not only did the American team
not strike gold. they and their Super Bikes
were totall y outclassed by the European teams
and their road machines. Back to the old bike
shop.
Not all the gadgets used were sanctioned.
After bei ng ejected from the contest area.
Croatian coac h Bruno Silic was discovered in
the stands, continuing to instruct his team by
cellphone. It was confiscated. Wh ile not allowed to know the c urrent score during a
match, U.S. wrest ling coach Jesse Ravelo was
watchi ng a TY monitor and using hand signals to an assistant coach who yelled the score
to his contestant on the mat. Information was
everywhere.

I Smart Bikes to Smart Bags

If the bikes themselves didn t set the world
on fire. their six-hundred-dollar l.D. numbers
and the Swatch Timing System did cook right
along. Each bikes number bore an RF transmitter chi p that sent a continuous signal to a
receiver antenna wire embedded in the road
course. This ensured accurate results both in
time and orderof finish. The technology called
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) shows
great promise in helping people and their
belongings find each other in busy airports
and bus stati ons, as well as aid ing in quick

can calculate, navigate, and transmit its location.

Micron Communications of Boise, Idaho,
is currently developing a technical standard
for suc h devices so that many manufacturers
can integrate their products in a non-interfering environmen t. In add ition to keeping
olympic bikers on track, these devices will
soon be enabling inventory without opening a
box. securing buildings wi thout guards, and,
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Coo l Concepts.
an all new system
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o utdoo r areas, was
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The devices fann ed
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piece of luggage that is loaded aboard a plane
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versions bearing s mall fa ns mo unted o n waSimilarto these were the c hip-bearing l. D.
ter-filled plastic bottles were hawked to ind icards worn by all volunteers and ACOG offividua l spectators.
c ia ls. These RF widgets were read at c heckpo ints for eac h of the venues. and the informatio n read fro m each o ne was considerable. I Communications
Names. di sting ui shing featu res. compan y afThe Atl anta Games were the largest peacefiliat io n, hand print profile, and even retinal
time use of RF communication in hi sto ry. and
blood vesse l patterns can be .. burned o nto ..
some pre tt y impressive feats were pu lled o ff.
these ch ips to be instantl y read at a c heckpo int
In the m in utes afterthe Centenn ial Park bombsimilar to a grocery store c heck out. T he ha nd
ing. U.S. coaches sent a simultaneous RF
geometry and other identifying in formation
page to a nearly a thousand athletes on the
are stored in the central IBM AC-500 comAmerican team. ask ing them to repo rt the ir
puter. w hich is automatically accessed as the
w hereabouts immediate ly to their supervil.D. badge is read . If all the profiles do nt
sors in the Olympic Village. Within o ne ho ur
matc h up. access is denied .
and five minu tes. a ll were acwunted for. That
Sensormatic Electronics provided the see mergency ..bed check .. would have othercurity mac hinery. inc ludi ng the ha nd scanw ise requ ired knocking o n a who le lo t of
ners and the SpeedDomes-contro ll able camdoors. Motoro la. supplier of all cellpho nes
e ras perched ato p the c rowds. Those entering
and page rs. was proud to say that whe n usage
high security areas could be in stantly identisoared after the exp los io n, no prob lems w ith
fied in several ways and like a c ard key. access
the ir systems were seen.
pri vileges could be changed witho ut the user
As with some of the othe r aspec ts of the
hav ing to return the credential s.
Games. the load ant icipated did not match the
ac tual capacity needed . Be llsou th reported
I Looking Cool and Keeping Cool
that their land line syste m handled o nl y 79.5
m ill ion ca lls at the highest peak. The ir usual
Even T -shi rts broke new tec hnical ground .
French artist Marc Ahr was at the O lympic
business day tall y is 7-1.8 million. 1o nnal
busirn.:ss use was way dow n as many firms
S tadium with prev iously pre pared watercolo r
vi rtuall y shut down during the O lympics.
paintings of the scene minus o nl y the actual
As expected . cell phone use was up but not
event w inne rs. A~ the athle tes won the event.
by nearly the amo unt antic ipated. Afl er te m/\ hr q uickly painted them o nto the scene and
poraril y increasing cellpho ne c apaci ty e ig ht
ru shed the pai nting to his nearby headquarters
hundred percent in side the O lympic Ring.
where it was immed iate ly la~e r-printcd o nto a
actua l cellpho ne use went up by about twentylo ad of shirts . These were then madly biIi ve percent.
cycled back to the stadium where fans j ust
In the av iatio n band . a dozen o r so new
ex iting the event were able to buy the T-shirts
towe r frequencies had been added in the 122
showing the actual w inne rs crossin g medal
a nd 128 MHz area. but after the first week
payd irt o nly minutes be fore!
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those we re discarded and the loca l airports

returned to using thei r usual 122.8. I'.?.3.0. and
I '.D.05 unicorn frequ enc ies. The ext ra contro llers broug ht in were sent ho me o n the
second Mo nday. and the temporary control
t ower~ were c losed as it had bcrnme c lear that
private air traffic for the Games was no t eve n
going to matc h normal usage. Epps A ir Service at Peachtree- DeKa lb Ai rport reported
that the ir business was about thirt y percent of
no rnwl.
Although no word i~ in fro m the loca l
neig hborhoods near the venues. it is safe to
say that. with all the -19Ml17 walk ies freely
avai lable from Radi o Shack and other vendo rs. locals with cordl es~ pho nes were treated
to a hit of the United Natio ns.

I The First Cybergames

Among the Centennial Games many Ii rs ts.
its internet broadcasts also made histo ry. While
many hook publi shers and other businesses
arc sti ll grappling wit h how tu best use it. the
internet s two-way nature was sci1.ed upo n by
O lympic o rganizers. Web pages built by
ACOG and NBC garnered record se tting demand. Traffi c on CNN. ssport s pages doubled.
After the info-slowdowns of the first two
days. cybe r-scores were racing over the world
faster tha n the traditio na l broadcast resul ts. At
the S urf Shack- a combination video arcade
and compute r galle ry in the Olymp ic V il lage-athletes ke pt in to uch with the folk~ at
ho me and a nswered megabytes of electroni c
fan mai l. Many athle tes recei ved 300 tu 400
e ma iled fan notes per day. with most coming
from the United States. Australi a. a nd Brazil.
O n the NBC s ite. the ir ..Golden Mome nts ..
chat with Kerri Strug \\'a:-, attended o nl ine by
some fift y-thousand net su rfers: anothe r N BC
site record.
Of course. o ne- way cybcr~cl li ng also set
new marks . Xerox. Bcllsouth . Nike. a nd other
compa ni es were we ll represented o n the web
and their products were pic tu red and hyped:
~o rne ti me~ creati ,cly but a lways relentless ly.
The IBM web page was visited 189 million
times and ACOG sold o,er four million dollars in tickets o n thei r page. The inte rnet truly
bro ug ht a new and needed dimens io n to the
Games. all owing people all ove r the planet to
be in volved. In Atlanta . the O lympics and the
internet were happi ly j o ined.
Even with the ine\'itable glitches. the mass ive marriage o f techno logy and people. known
as the Cente nni al O lym pic Games, was a
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spinoffs from the event w ill a:-,surc go ld medal
pcrformacc in a host of other industries. O n
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on the Internet

Sleepless in Brasstown
By Gayle Van Horn

ras.Ho1111, NC. - T hree a. m. o n a Saturday morning ... and I should be asleep. Everyone

Can't sleep ? Try a little net DXi11g.

Internet web sites like this one of Radio
Korea 's, offer lots of information for
tile SWL.
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else is.
Oh well. I tell myself ... how about a classit: mov ie? Nope. I' ve seen this Bette
Davis fli ck fou r ti mes. Okay. how about sate llite T Y channe l s urfing? ... I wonder w here the
remote has gone this time?
DX? Nope. radio conditions are lousy. Besi des . Binky my fa ith ful DX dog. is asleep. too.
There s still some hope; why not try scanne r li ste ning? In Brasstown at three a. m.?! You 're no t
in New O rleans anymo re. Gay le. Even the county sheriff and his hunting clogs arc sleeping.
Suddenly. I realize my hormo ne-crazed teenage son is as leep. and that means just one thing:
now would be an exce llent ti me to log o nto the Internet a nd sl!arch for inte rn atio nal
broadcasters' home pages.
To make th is "surf' through cyberspace more interesting. I decided to give the home pages
(also called websites) my own rating from worst to the best. Ra ti ng ~ range from * (needs work)
to the very best****.
It shou ld be noted. that. unless othe rwise stated. all home pages include English frequency
sched ules and satell ite feed information if appl icable. Website addresses can and do change
frequently. and those li sted remai ned current during my search. Broadcasters excluded are nonEnglish ho me pages: lceland . Italy's RAI. Y LE/Radio Finland. Colombia's CARACOL.
Spain' s Radio Exterio r de Espana. Rad io Portugal. Brazil' s Radio Bras. Polish Radio Warsaw,
T aiwan's Voice of Free C hina/Voice of Asia. and Radi o Fra nce Internationale.
Come alo ng .. surfs up in Austria '

Austria
Radio Austria International "
http://www.ping.at/rai/
(email: info @rai.ping.at) Radio
Austria's home page is available in
four languages. The English site
begins with a preview of up-coming
programs on Report From Austria,
to a text on the history of their
station and photo links of the ORF
Center. On-line reception reports
ore available and Fods and Figures
contain national news and
travelogue items. Good site.
Australia
Radio Australia
http:www.abc.net.ou/ra / defau lt.htm (English
section email: ratx@ radioous.abc.net.au) Clickon icons open this site. Online News and
Grandstand (the sports page), have details from
Matches of the Doy in the English section. Wont
more? Try Resource Center, o page with hundreds
of Australian links and Beyond Tlie Block Stump
page presents
"Austroliono," delving
deeper into the Aussie
culture. Don't forget the
ABC Home Page (http://
I
www.abc.net.ou/) for news
links to Aussie radio, N ,
and their Explore Your
Interest page. Go for it, luv.

ABC~

Radio
Australia

Belgium
Radio Vloonderen lnternotionol, Belgium 1/2
http:www.brtn.be/ rvi/ (email: rvi@brtn.be). All
About RV/ tokes you to English and five oddi tionol longuoge pages. Sites ore also available
for notional rodio/N and links to Deutsche Welle
and Radio Netherlands.
Canada
Co nod ion Broadcasting Corporation " 1/2
http://www.cbc.co/
(email: webmoster@toronto.cbc.ca 1
Everyone should spend on evening traveling
through this site! The English Radio page takes
you to Radio Network, News and Information,
Regional Rodio, Future Radio, and more. Whot's
New At the CBC includes o radio/N doily
hotsheet of air dotes, webchot, headlines, and
Real Audio (audio on demand across the Internet!
for sports and news releases. If you like CBC
television, the foll lineup is offered including a site
for the popular radio/television comedy series
Royal Canadian Air Force. (http://
www.cbc.co:SO/oirfarce/) Radio Conodo
lnternotionol can be located ot: http://
www.rodio.cbc.co/ rodio/rci/rci/html. Send
your RCI e-mail to: rci @montreaLsrc.ca .
Costa Rica
Radio For Peace International, Cosio Rica
http:/ /www.clark.net/ pub/ cwilkins/rfpi/
rfpi.html (email: rfpicr@sol.racsa.co.cr). RFPl's
home page is currently under construction.
Technico/ /nformofion and the Vista Library--o
selection of articles from their quarterly newsletter- is interesting. The Other Sites List contains
links to activism resources. Reception reports via
email ore welcomed; however, the reply will be
via email os well.

Croa tia
HRT/Radio Croatia
http://www.hrt.com.hr/ index_eng.hhnl
(email: www@ hrt.hr)
Most of this home page is in
Croatian, with some English under
latest News. Help!
Czech Republic
Radio Prague
http://www. radio.cz/
(email: cr@radio.cz)
Recently designated o 3-Stor Site
by Magellan, Roa io Prague offers o
fine home page. All AbOut Radio
.
Prague is extremely informative.
Subscriptions to Czech news and
FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions) on the Czech
Republic ore available by email. Favorite Links is
fun with national guides and news from central
Europe.
Denmark
Radio Denmark http://www.dr.dk
(email: rdk.ek@login.dknet.dk)
Welcome to DR Online! The English page
(http://www.dr.dk.dronline.htrn) includes o
steadily expanding list of articles on Cultural
Capitol News, World Music and the TV
Entertainment Deportment.
Radio ABC ' l / 2 http://www. radioabc.dk
(email: mail@radioabc.dk) Lost summer,
Denmark's Radio ABC premiered on shortwave.
Reception reports are welcomed either by email
or snoilmoil. Other featu res include program
ming, station news, and broadcaster links.

Greece
Voice of Greece '" 1/2
http://alpha.service.odriadne-1.gr/ Docs/
Era5_ 12.html. I like this site, but I always have
liked Greece. General information, news
bulletins, sports headlines, and program previews
ore here. You may email your reception reports
to: skalai@leon.nrcps.ariadnet.gr. Click-on QSL
cords feature Greece' s tourist sites for viewing.
My favorite? The Acropolis of course! Poss the
ouzo, Demetri.
Guam
Adventist World Rodio-Asio 1/2
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/ homepoges/
awr_asia/. A click on this site will bring you
Listener News from around the world, focts on
AWR, Real Audio for text and music, photos, and
a Seventh-day Adventist Home Page.
Hungary
Radio Budapest ' l /2
http://www.eunet.hu/ radio/ Hiahlighted by the
coforful station logo and national Rag, the
Budapest home page includes personnel/contact
points, and sites for their nine languages. The
English Home Page hos program previews for
their 1996 celebrations commemorating the
settlement of Hungary. English and Hungarian
programming con be heard on your computer al
http://www.wm.org/.

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HOB email: english@mhs.hcjb.com.ec
(replace language with Czech, French, Germon,
Japanese, Nordic, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish).
For o current directory of text, publications, and
schedules go to; ftp://ftp.hcjb.org.ec/
Germany
Deutsche Welle
http://www.dw.gmd.de/DW /
(email: deutsche.welle@dw.gmd.de1.
DW Online is available in six languages. The
English service has audio on demand of Newsline
Cologne and European Journal. How about some
Germon travelogue or cultural links?

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Indio
All Indio Radio" http://air.kode.net/
AIR's site is Fairly new to the Internet and
rumored to be under construction. Currently, only
their frequency schedules for the various
language services are available at; (http://
www.air.kode.net./schedule/torget.htm). AIR
Online Information Service presents news and
editorials from Indian newspapers. I look forward
to additions from AIR.
Ireland
Radio Telefis Eireann, Ireland
http://www.bess.tcd.ie/ irelond/rte.htm.
This is the place to go for anything related to
Ireland. RTE is on AM/FM station in Dublin which
until recently was available only via satellite on
World Radio Network. It hos now gained a new
and larger international audience via relays over
WWCR in Nashville, Tennessee. RTE is a
tremendous hit and so is their home page!
Israel
Kol Israel "l /2
http://www.ortificia.com/ html/news.cgi.
Weekly Journal con be heard on Real Audio.
The News and The News Area ore interactive
sites For discussions. Links of Funny Bites and
Cool Links ore worth checking. For multilingual
schedules on shortwave go to gopher:/ /isroelinfo.gov.it.70/00/cul/media/950900.med.
Italy
NEXUS/IRRS-Mila n, Italy
http://www.nexus.org/ (emoil:info@nexus.org)
NEXUS-IBA is a nonprofit broadcaster on FM,
and hos been on shortwave since 1988 as IRRS.
Links to /RN-Internet Radio NEXUS ore available
on sites for the U.S. and Europe. UNESCO and
UN Radio ore a click away as well as a Real
Audio Server.
Japan
NHK/Radio Japan '
http://www.nhk.or.jp/ r/'net/rj8/ index.html
"Hello Dear Web Sur ers" greets you to
cyberspace from Radio Japan. What's New in
Radio Japan is a collection of recent programming and frequency updates relating to their
General Service. Recently, during a special
Internet Week, Radio Japan broadcast programming segments via Real Audio at their home
page site. My Internet QSL cord arrived in two
weeks. For country counting ... should I count this
as "cyberspace"?
Republic of Korea
KBS/Radio Korea International, " l /2
http:/ / kbsnt.kbs.co.kr/
(email: pr@kbsnt.kbs.co.kr)

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With on opening message from the station

president, KBS welcomes all Netizens to their
home page, in this self-described " land of the
morning calm." I enjoyed this site very much. KBS
Newsletter contained photos and stories from
Korea's national news, current affairs, and links
to additional Korean sites. Don't forget to visit the
Audio News files and English News section.
Malaysia
RTM Malaysia,
http: //www.asia.connect.eom.my/ rtm-net/
RTM Online contains archived broadcast
material via the net. Real Audio complements the
"live" broadcast. There are many RTM links
including Radio Live, Online, and RTM Web.
Good site!
Netherlands
Radio Netherlands
http:///www.rnw.nl/ mw/
(email: letters@rnw. nl)
RN Online begins with click-on language
home pages. You'll find numerous areas to surf
on TY, station history, a nd What's New, as well
as Real Audio samples. The English page (http://
www.rnw.nl/en/ernwhome.html) serves up
program previews for Media Network and sites
for The Sports Report. Real Radio is very good,
with articles on receivers, antennas, propagation,
and more. Great site but could use some graphics
and photos.
New Zealand
Radio New Zealand International
http://www.actrix.gen.nz/ biz/ rnzi
(email:rnzi@actrix.gen.nz)
RNZI schedules can be found regularly on alt.
rec.radio.shortwave newsgroup. For informa tion
on contacting the station, reception report
requirements, or additional program schedules,
send your message to the email address. Needs
work, yo'll.
Norway
Radio Norway International 'l /2
http://www.nrk.no/ utenland/
(email: webmaster@nrk.no)
Station Frequency Manager, Olav Grimdalen,
established this home poge and accepts reception
reports between 0500- l 330 UTC via the email
address. Links to News in English-Norway Now
con be found, with the remainder being in
Norwegian. Photos would improve this one, or
perhaps a "virtual Norway" link.
Romania
Radio Romania International ' l /2
http://www.indis.ici.ro/ romania/ news/rri.html
{email: rri@radio.ror.ro)

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The RRI logo takes you to the daily preview of
Panorama programs. Extra features and
Bucharest links, please.
Russia
Voice of Russia.
http://www.var.ru/
World Service frequency schedules by ta rget
areas are available and a page on the history
and goals of VOR. Station Feedback about Voice
of Russia can be sent to Audience Relations' email
address: letters@vor.ru .
Seychelles
FEBC Radio ... http://www.febc.org/
(email: hite@xc.org.
Interesting site to prowl. Many links and a
page on the history of 25 years in gospel
broadcasting.
Singapore
Radio Singapore International ' l /2
http://rsi.com.sg/
(email: radiosi@singnet.com.sg)
Information ranging from staff biographies
and photos to Regional Press Review. Listener's
Feedback has an on-screen Form to Fill in and
send.
Slovakia
Radio Slovakia International "
http://www.xs4all.nl/ ~xavcom/rozhlos/
index.html
"Welcome to the small home page for our
small radio station," is the friendly opening for
this three-year-young station. The Slovakia
Document Store is fun with scenery photos a nd
tourist links. Hockey Fons will like SDS's Slova k
Hockey Page. Kudos to RSI!
South Africa
Channel Africa "
http:/ /www.sabc.eo.za/ units/ chonofr /
index.html
Current updates remain online, as this station
ponders its future and asks for your continued
support. Channel Africa offers click-on QSLcard
photos, plus links to News Headlines and
Newsdesk. This multi-award-winning site includes

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Search.
Sweden
Radio Sweden "
http://www.sr.se/rs/ index.htm
(email: info@rs.sr.se)
Another award winning site-and no wonder!
First, visit Virtual Sweden, a hodgepodge of
scenes from around the country. Move on to
Nordic Links for other Scandinavian sites in
Iceland, Norway, Finland, and Denmark. You'll
find transmitter and staff photos as well as
George Wood's MediaScan DX page. Finally, for
a thoroughly useless page !their words, not mine),
browse the comical Moose Gallery. Don't soy I
didn't worn you!
Switzerland
Swiss Radio International
http:/ /www.srg-.ssr.ch/SRI/index.html.
Reportedly under construction, SRI has one
logo graphic, no photos or links. The only
additional graphic was a numbered click-on your
location worldwide mop. My location, at #4,
revealed another schedule. Keep on eye out for
additions.
United Kingdom
BBC ""
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/
(email: worldservice.letters@bbc.co. uk)
Add this site to your bookmark list ... it' s a
winner! This outstanding home page contains
countless sections to browse. Are you a news
junkie? Type in http://www. bbcnc.org.uk/
worldservice/ ncaws.hhnl for a preview of the
doily news. Like astronomy? Stargazing charts
ore available to print (they're greot!J (http://
www.bbcnc.org.uk/worldservice/ science/
starts.html). Don't forget the complete English
rodio home page. Jolly good show!
World Radio Network "
http://www.wrn.org/index I .html.
WRN via London is a 24 hour news and
information network via satellite (C-bond satellite
service-domestic satellite Galaxy 5/tronsponder
6, audio subcorrier 6.80 MHz), containing
programming from the world's leading international broadcasters. Under Read Me, find out the
history and goals of the station, then move on to
Links to International Broadcasters. World Media
Page takes you to links of news services, weather,
and our own Grove Link! Studio, transmitters, and
staff photos give you a peek inside this highly
successful broadcaster. Bravo to WRN.
United States
KNLSAnchors Point, AK " 1/ 2
http://www.hax.com/ WCB/ AAAINDEX.HTM
(email: KNLS@ool.com).
Web editor Mike Osborne hos the beginnings
of a fine home page. The official KNLS history
article opens this site, with lin ks to my favorite
section, Voice From Alaska, including Real Audio
segments from some of Alaska's most remarkable
citizens.
KTBN-Solt Lake City, UT " "
http://www.tbn.org/
(emoil: tbntalk @tbn.org)
Roted in the Best 5% of the Christion Web for
1996, Trinity Broadcasting Network wos indeed
the best religious home page I viewed. Their
opening page is a series of colorful click-on icons

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programming information. Additionol links under
Christian Sites ore available for viewing.
KYOHVoice of HopeLos Angeles, CA ...
http:/ /www.proisenet.com/ horvest/
Until recently, KYOH's home page was little
more than a one page newsletter. Welcome to the
expanded pages of The Missionary Harvest.
KYOH takes you to links of their worldwide
current missionary efforts, plus on Internet search
engine and many interesting Christion sites.
Monitor Radio International ' 1/2
http://www.csmonitor.com
(email and reception reports:
letterbox@csms.com.)
A brief synopsis begins About Monitor Radio
to li nks on the staff, plus a radioreloted network
resource to browse and Rea l Audio files . MRI hos
expanded their home page to include online
contents of their newspaper Christion Science
Monitor with the click of your mouse.
Radio Miami International
http://www.nexus.org/WRMI/
{email: 71 163.1735 @compuserve.com).
Jeff White, General Monoger of WRMI,
recently began a world wide web page as on
experiment, in conjuction with IRRS. The new site
contains programming details, technical dote,
and a text message from Jeff. Good luck!
Trans World Radio "
http://www.twr.org/
Spreading the Gospel Worldwide contains
station history, feature articles, and on E-Mail Us
page. Links ore provided for the various TWR
stations and religious broadcasters in Real Audio.
Voice of America "l /2
http://voo.his.com/
Radio-related links and Coo/ Other Links
contain recent satellite imagery for the midAtlontic and Washington, DC, area . However,
VOA schedules and information may be found on
their click-on VOA Gopher (gopher://
gopher. VOA.GOV/ ) The VOA Monitoring
Homepage contained additional items on VOA/
Radio Liberty/ Radio Free Europe, and monitoring
articles.

WEWN Birmingham, AL ...

http://www.ewtn.com/index.htm.
Browse through the religious artwork,
libraries, and EWTN television network.
Shortwave news can be found on the WEWN
Catholic Radio home page (http://
www.ewtn.com/wewn.hhn). EWTN Mail Room
(http://ewtn.com/ mail/ room.htm) contains
addresses for online services. Additional links for
Catholic organizations and services ore olso
featured.
WJCR, Upton, KY '
http: //www. mindspring.com/-brunner/
wjcr.html.
Where Jesus Christ Reigns is a Christion
format station. The Bible Online and WD4MNI
Hom/Link poge ore available plus studio/
transmitter photos.
WRNO, New Orleans, LA "
http://www.wrnoworldwide.com/ wrno.htm
The Rock of New Orleans hos click-on globes
for technical notes, coverage mop, FAQ's, and
the General Store. Please Joe... some links to
N'Orleons!

WWCR Nashville, TN '

http://www.orn.com/ - spectrum/ (email:
spectrum @orn.com)
On line schedule for Spectrum show. Ribbon
Campaign page (http://www2.elf.org/
blueribbon.html) is a selection of democracy and
technology articles.
WYFR Okeechobee, FL '' 1/ 2
http://www.familyradio.com/
(email: famrodio @lanminds.com)
WYFR's The Sounds of the New Life is one of
several religious networks on 24 hours a day.
Numerous religious sites ore here for biblical
study and inspi ration, Real Audio, and Useful
Links of ministry sites.
Vatican State
Vatican Radio
http: //www.wrn.org/ vatican-rodio/
(email: mc6778 @mclink.it)
Welcome lo Vatican Radio opens with a Real
Audio welcome and interval signal. The Main
Index includes feature articles ond a CD/ cassette
offer, plus audio files.
Vietnam
Voice of Vietnam
http://coombs.anu.edu.ou/-vern/tieng_noi_/
vn/tnvn.hhnl
(emai l: vern @coombs.anu.edu.au)
Unofficia l VOV home page with schedules
and link to Australian Vietnam Science Technol
ogy.
So there you have it ... an in somniac 's
surf through cyberspace from the worst to
the very best in homepages. I found some
surprises. disappo intments . and even some
new di scove ries. I had a blast! Now it' s your
turn to surf wh ile I catch up o n some much
needed s leep.

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A loop antenna overcomes

many of the disadvantages
of the random-length
antenna, says the author:
Here 's a step-by-step
approach to building a
very capable mediumwave
antenna that won't make
the neighbors angry.
Building an effective medium wave loop is not as hard as you might think. Read 011
for detailed description.

By Philip Gebhardt, VA3ACK

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height

base

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= CD =the height of the loop; AD =
BC= the base of the loop. Sides AB
and CD are vertical; sides A D and BC
are horizontal.

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etting started in mecliumwave (MW) DXing is easy . You grab a length of

wire, connect an insulator to one end, attach it to a tree and then connect
the other end to your receiver. However, almost every MW DXer
eventually trades the random-length antenna for a loop antenna. As on any band,
the right ante nna is the key to success. But getting the most from your loop
antenna means understanding how it works.
A loop antenna overcomes the disadvantages of a random-length anten na.
Loops can be made very small , whereas a random-length antenna needs to be at
least 75-feet long. And although loops have a fixed antenna pattern (so do
random-length wires). you can rotate a loop so it points toward the desired station.
(It's pretty tough to rotate a 75-foot length of wire.) Alternatively. you can point
a loop away from an interfering station . Unlike a wire antenna, a loop doesn' t
need an antenna tuner or a good ground connection.
Usi ng a simple MW receiving loop, you can hear hundreds of stations
th roughout the U.S., Canada. the Caribbean. Central America, and South America.
Some, like WSB in Atlanta. can be heard almost every night; others, like
Deutsche Welle's Caribbean relay station on 930 kHz in Antigua, may take a little
work.

horizontal J. As a verticall y-polarized signal

Using a ~ i mplc loop an tenna huilt on a is nothi ng but a single pair of diagonal supcardboard box. I was able to hear WBMQ ports. If you 're bu ilding or analyzing loop passes vertical side AB. a voltage is induced
(630 kHz with 5 kW) in Savannah. Georgia. operation. it'~ the one to ~tart with.
in the wire. Later. when the sig nal passes
from Nassau. Bahamas. at noon. (The 540 km
The fir~t design question is: Sho uld such a vertical ~i d e CD. a voltage is induced in that
wire.
path is almost entirely over sa lt water. ) Late
loop have a long base and short height or a
How..:ver. no voltage.: is induced in the
one night (between s un ~et and sunrise is when short ba~e and long height ? Or. doc~ it matter?
most MW DX can be heard ). I heard CBL in Mathcmatically. a squan: loop is the best horizontal sides AD and BC.
Toron to, Ontario. (740 kHz with 50 kW ) fro m choice. Convenientl y. a square loop is the
The total voltage generated in the loop is
the same location using the same cardboard e<hiest 10 bu ild and to analy1.c. The concepts the difference helween 1hc voltages in sides
can th en be applied to other shapes.
AB and CD. Figure 2 shows how this haphox loop.
Figure I s h ow~ a one-turn. sq uare loop pens.
Loops come in all shapes and sizes. (Not
many are bu ilt on ca rdboard boxes. though 1J antenna. All MW broadcast stati ons tran smit
vert ically polarized signals (that is. the elecEach has advantages and di sadvantages. The
main disadvantage of commerciall y- manu - tric fi eld is vertical and the magnetic field is A t any instant, as a signal tra11els past a
factured loops is the cost. The
loop a11te11na, it generates a different
a lternative is to hui ld your own.
11oltage i11 th e two 11ertical wires beca11se
Loops can be ci rcular. ocD
of t/1 e width of the loop. In loop ABCD,
tagon al. heptagonal. hexagonal.
the voltage i11d11ced in side CD is
FIGURE 2
pentagonal. quadri lateral. or trirepresented h ere by the valu e "gh"
angular. Mcdianically. the c irwhile th e voltage ind11ced in side
cular loop is the most diffic ult to
-'--+-- - -- - - -- --1---\--- -- - - -- - -- ---..- AB is shown by th e val11e "ef"
build. mount. and rotate. The
e
g
Note that for clarity the loop is
octagona l loop is a modification
deliberately drawn large i11
of the circu lar loop which encomparison to on e wavelength. A
ables the builder to use straight
real loop with a perimeter of 0.08
sectio ns rather th an a curve.
c ~--~
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wa11elength wo11/d be very small
The rectangular loop is mecompared to one wavelength.
c hanically simple since its frame

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FIGURE 3

A signal from a ~talion off the ~i<lc of the

loop (i n a direction perpendicular to base BCJ
reaches sides AB and CD simultaneously. It
therefore generates equal voltages in the wi res.
The two voltages cancel and no signa l is
heard.
In additi on. the loop is bidirectional. That
is. the signal could pass through side CD first
and then th rough side AB later. Simi larly. the
loop nulls signals from either direction perpendicular to the plane of the loop. Therefore.
a loop which is pointed north will receive
signals fro m statio ns to the north and sou th
while signals from eastern and western statio ns will be nulled.
T his produces the classic figure 8 pallern
shown in Figure 3. When the loop is neither
pointed at a station nor is broadside to the
station. the signa l induced in the loop is intermediate between the maximum value and
zero.
T his then gives rise to a major value of the
loop antenna: You can poi nt it al a des ired
station or orient it to null out an interfering
station. Keep in mind that you can 1necessarily do both at the same time.
The basic multi-turn loop

So far, the loop has a single turn. In an

effo11 10 decrease the overa ll size (a MW loop
will have sides about 21-feet long), smaller.
multi-turn antennas have been developed.
These ante nnas arc configured a~ a box or a~
a pancake. (See Figure 4.)
The loops described until now have been
non-resonant loops. In practice. a variable
capacitor is connected in series with the loop
to tune it to resonance.
Wi th no more information than this. you
can s ucc es~fully build and use a loop anten na
such as the one described here. Cut the two
diagonal. wooden su pports approxin1<1tely 17inches long. I use pieces of' I-inch hy -I-inch
lumber. (Sec Figure 5.) The~e produc!! a square
with I-foot sides and a 4-foot perimeter. An
8-1-foot length of magnet wire will therefore
give a 24-iurn ant enna. (Loops u ~c a maxi24

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mum of0.08 wave length of wire. At 9-10 kHz.

8-1-fcet is about 0.08 wavelength. T hi s lengt h
all ows a 365-pF va riable capacitor to tune the
e nt ire broadcast ba nd.) The
two free ends o r the wi re arc
connected across the 365-pF
variable capacitor. This completes the antenna construction.
In practice. I ~pace the
turns 1/8- inch apart. I also
notch the ends of the support
so the wire can not move sideways. The most conveni ent
location to mount the capacitor is on one of the diagonal
'uppo11s.
Us ing thi s an te nn a is
equall y simple. Any receiver
w ith a built-in fe rri te
loopstick antenna is suitablt:.
Tu ne your receiver to a distant. weak station. Now place
the loop antenna next lo the
rece ive r ''ith the loop
pointed toward the station .
Place the receiver next 10
side AB of the loop antenna.
but positioned so the receiver
is broadside to the :.tation. In
thi~ pos ition. the loop antenna and the receiver s builti n ferrite loo ps tick are
coupled together.
The signal can be peaked
by tuning the capaci tor. You
may need to re-aim the loop
to get maximum signal. From
my listening po~ t near
Toro nto. Ontari o. I ca nnot
hcar CJBQi n Belleville( 100
air mil es to the cast) without
the loop. Using the loop. the
I0 kW broadca~tcr so und ~
like a local stati on.
J\n easy method of rotating the antenna (while keeping it perpendicular to the

FIGURE 3-Tlze antenna pattern forms

a figure 8. Th e signal induced i11 th e
loop is maximum when the antenna is
pointed at the station. This occurs when
cosq = I (that is, wizen q = 0").
Maximum signal is induced therefore
wizen points A and D of th e loop in
Figure I and th e transmitter are in-line.
Nulls occur wizen the station is
broadside to th e loop.
FIGURE 4-.A multi-tum loop antenna
with 11 turns will act like n loops
connected together. The frame can be a
box form (a) or a pancake f orm (b). In a
box form, th e loops are all the same
size, but they are not coplanar; in a
pancake form, the loops are coplanar,
but each one is a different size.

FIGURE 4

receiver) is to place both the antenna and the

receiver on a rotatable, lazy Susan tray.
To avoid frustration, it is ncc.:cssary to be
aware of the limitations of loop ante nnas. A
home-made loop is rarely pcrfcc.:tly balanc.:cd
and therefore the nulls may not be c.:omplcte.
For the same reason. the nu lls may not be
perpe ndicular to the direction of maximu m
sig nal.
The box antenna exacerbates thc.:se problems. This shortcoming is related to the fac t
that the antenna has a width equi valent to "n"
turns. As a result. the box loop acts as if it is
two loops-the one you sec plus a sec.:ond.
smalle r loop perpendicular to the real loop.
You can. to a degree. c.:ountcr th e~c effects
in two ways. First, keep the adjac.:ent turns of
the windi ng closely spaced so the width of the
winding is small. This creates a secondary
problem. however. Dec reasing the spacing
increases the capacitance between turns. To
offset this effect, use small-diameter wire. (I
use #26 enameled wire.) Second. reduce the
number of tu rns in the antenna. As you reduce
the number of turns. you will need to increase
the length of the sides to maintain the total
length or th e wire and the signal level.

Some fine tuning tips

(cos0= 1. cos20= 0.94). However. if you get

greedy and try to move the antenna off a
nulled station to peak the desired station. the
same 20 shift will cause the nulled station to
ri se from no signal up to 34 percent of its
maxi mum ~ trcn g th (cos90 = 0. cos70 =
0.34).
Some l oo p~ are shielded to imprO\e their
perfo rmance. The shield makes the antenna
Jes~ susc.:eptible to noise. Furthermore, the
antenna can he moved from one location to
another with less impact on tuning.
Some loop~ use pick-u p coils so the ante nna can be mounted away from the receiver.
so the rec.:civer need not be rotated along wi th
the antenna. or so an amplifier can be used.
While all the loops de scribed so far are airwound. loops can also be wound on ferrite
rods.
The simplest modification, however, is to
increase the dimensions of the loop. A loop
with a long base and height will require fewer
turns than a smaller loop. and therefore electrical balance will be easier to maintain. As a
result. the nulls will like ly be deeper and they
wi II more likely be perpendicular to the plane
or the loop.
You can use loop ante nnas on hi gher frequencies. a ~ we ll. For example, I used the
same design to build a loop for the tropical
bands. My prototype loop used six tu rns on
the same size frame as the MW loop described
previously. The one design modification I had
to make was to wi nd a one-turn pick-up winding beside the loop antenna to couple the loop
to the receive r's antenna input.
:vty fi rst attempt at reception started at

Now that you have mastered the simple

loop antenna and its operation. you can look
into some refi nements. Nightti me MW DX
signals may ex perience some Faraday rotation. in which case the e lec tric field of the
desired incoming signal will have shi fted from
vertical. By mounting the loop so it can be
tilted sideways (sides AB and
CD tip side to side). you can
maximize the signal induced
in the loop by al igning the
wires with the desired signal" s
elec tric field.
This gives you two movements: the first points the antenna at the stat ion you want
to peak (or nu ll ). and the second aligns the wires with the
desired signal" s elec tric fi eld.
Notice in Figure 3 that the
desired signal changes slowly
(initially) as you move away
from the stati on, but the null
changes very rapidl y as you
vary antenna direction. For
example. if you orient the antenna to eliminate an interfering signal and thi s puts you
20 off the dt::sired station.
you' ll only lose about 6 per
Tlte finished product, mmmted to author's radio.
cent o r the desired signal

FIGURE 5Eaclt diagonal

wooden support is
made from a piece of I" x
4 " lumber 17" long. Tlte ends
are notched lo hold the wire in
place. Each support is cul halfway
through al the center to allow the two
supports to interlock. They can then be
glued in place.
0200 UTC. 1aimed the loop toward Ottawa to
hear CHU (the Canadian time station). The 3
kW signal on 3330 kHz from the station
located 195 miles away was strong . Somewhat weaker, but sti ll readable. was WWV
(2500 kH z with 2.5 kW) located 1350 miles to
the west in Fort Collins, Colorado. Now, full
of enthusiasm. I tuned to 3995 kHz. Deutsche
We lle"s broadcast aimed at Europe was fullstrength.
At 0325 UTC. I was preparing to listen for
the BBC's broadcast on 3955 kHz. Rather
than the silence I expected to hear. I heard
Channe l Africa from Johannesburg. South
Afri c.:a. signing on! And then a l 0400 UTC. the
BBC came in- weaker than Channe l Africa,
but readable. In one last test
of the loop. I tuned to 3965
kH z to log Radio France
Internationale's 4 kW European broadcast. The signal
was extremely weak and almost at the noise level. but I
eventually managed a positi ve ID.
My nex t projec t (the followi ng night) was a loop for
the 49-meter band . Results
were not as spcctacu lar as the
previous night 's effort. but
the loop consistently outperformed the receiver's builtin te lescoping whip.
Whether you opt fo r a
simple. small loop or a large
one that you can tilt and rotate. you re sure to hear a
fascinating variety of MW
(and higher frequency) stati ons.
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MT Compares the Leaders: ICOMs R-8500

and AORs AR-5000 Super Receivers

ll<:1 lllrn1 tlh vi ant1Li.it1u1l. the

AR-5UUU am.I R-85UO rece i,er"
fi na lly a1rived al ou1 le.,li11g facility to be put thruugh thc grindcr. With
ICOM" s rc ut.llillll fo r quality and performance aml AO I{",, g1uwi11g inr'lucncc in
widc-frcqucncy cuw1age 111u ni1rn ing. we
werc eagcr lo cu111pa1c thc two 11cw cntrie,,,
The fol low i11g .11 e 111y pe1 "u11a l I 1r"l i111p1e""1U11".

By Bob Grove
While !CUM ha,.-lO J...ey". lhcy arc larger
and 11earl y al l ur thCl ll arc "in glc r1111ctiun;
Ill any are J'actory-ddau lh.:d lo pracl ical
chuice" matching f1equc11cic' wi th mode".
111:.tJ...ing additional !->ekctiun' unncLe,.sar).

I Size and Weight

No que,,lion ahuut lhe /\01<"" L'l>1llpacl1h.:"s: 111ea,,u1 in g 0111) ahuul 8- 1/2 im:hc:>
wide by -l i11eh1.:" l11gh b) I() im: hc" deep.
and weighing 111 al .1111e 1e 7-5/X pou 11d,,. it i,,
a midgcl ncxt ll > the ICOi\r,. 'ub,tantial 11
inc he" wide by -l I /2 i11<:he' high by 12
inc hc" dcep. ncarl y 16 pl>lllld,., Fur frequcm:y hu11lt:1" lHI the gu. the AO R is the
dear choice. while the 11w1e 111a,.sive.
bru,.hed ,.tce l elcg.111c1.: ul the !CUM 111aJ...c!'>
an imprt:,,,,i, e I1x..:d 11htalb 1io11 . .ind 1h large r
knob" and kcy" a1 1.: ca,,icr to u"c.
Both n;cc ivc1" 111ay he puwe1 ed hy e ither
120 V AC ("ep,11 ate P""er "upl y inc luded)
ur 12 VDC.
I Keys
With the "1 11all c1 ,,i1.e of the /\OR gu
"lllaJJer J...ey": \\Ol\C. llt:aJl y all 26 of them
a1C dual fUllClllHl. 111aJ...i11g 1epeated Operation a ru) al Jl.1111. 1hi" i" e"peciall) true
\\'he11 thc1e a1e ,u 111.111) "CL' Jat111gl) u11 11c..:c,"'ll )' <llh:illa1 y lt111Ll111n".

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MONllORING TIMES

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Frequency Coverage
1'11e AOR ha" the widc!->t frequelll') co\'eragt: e\er manufaclLll't:d for con,umer". 5
k.HL to 2600 MH1.. \\hilc the ICO\l ha" a
'"mere 100 kH1 to 2000Ml11 (bot h le""
ct:ll ul ar 825-849. 8(i9-894 MH1.J. The ~e
ranges arc uu L,land ing. of cuur,,t:. and even
the !CUM CO\'ers in excess o r 997(' or any
lislt:ning thal wi ll t:ver be dune by virtually
all hnbby monitur".

I Sensitivity
Both 1cccivt:rs ha ve excelle nt scnsiti vity
thru ughtJLll 1hci1 frt:quenc y rangt:s. For tilt:
Iii "l 200 nh:g.iht:1"ll. or su lhci1 "en,.i 1ivi1ics
were virtuall y identical; from tht:re through
approximatel y 500 MHL. howt:vcr. the
!COM had a "liglll cdge. A bow I000 MHzand \\c u11ly me;N11 t:d one frcqut:ncy. 1090
\1 H1- lht: AOR had a barely perceptible
margin. Kt:t:p in mind. these were onl y
111udc1 ,alt: di Ilei c1 IL"C'. and rc'u lh cou Id' ary
J'ro111 unit It> lllllL

Squelch break "cn,,itivit y 10 \Wak "ignals i"

equally good in both n:c.:eivcrs. On the AOR.
howe ver. the sque lch contro l may also be alternatively selected a" an RF gain control (sec noise
blankcr discusssion under l\11tlio Q11a/i1v ).

I Selectivity
II-" bandw idth fi ltcrs (-6 dB 13 W l ror the AOR
arc 3. 6. 15. 30. 110. and 220 kHL for any mode
(AM. FJ\I. USB . LSB. CW): an optional 500 HL
J"ilter is available. ICOM chose to prov ide different filters for different modes: 150 kHz WFM. 12
kHz FM/WAM . 5.5 kHz NFM/AM. 2.2 kHz
NAM/ USB/LSB/CW; an optional 500 HL filter is
;l\ai labk for CW.
What this mean" i' that !COM defaults to the
most de~irablc tilter" for each mode. wh ile AOR
allo"" the user to choo,,e. Only AOR incl udes a
30 kl lz filter. required for weather satel li1e imagery and somt: military low-band voi<.:e communications. An auto111a1ic mode permit defau lts to be
selc<.:ted on the AOR as well. Both receivers
utiliLe triple conversion for image rejt:cl ion.
A s ubstan ti al shortwave advantage goes 10
!COM for the inclusion or passband tu ning-a
highl y-effe cti ve means of separating closel yspa<.:ed SSB s ignal s in the cJo,.e-packt:d 1-1 F spectrum. No such tunable se lecti vity options are
present on the AOR.
Forthe vast maj ority of applications. the bandwidths offered arc 'atisfactory. On a side-by-side
comparison. the ICOM filters secm to he identi cal lO those used o n the prc\'iou" R7000/R7 100
models. wirh the addition of a ' harper singlc
s ideband filrer.

I lntermod Rejection
I was very di sappointed in the ICOM's
vul nerabili ty to strong-signal overload. Third
order intermod was severe: considerably worse
than !COM s previous. and venerable, R7 l 00
or the AOR. A local FM broadcaster produced approxi mately 30 dB more intennod
than on its predecessors, indicating a dynamic
range some I 0 dB less than on the the two
class ics. If the designers left out some fi ltering in an auempt to lower costs, the expedient
lowered perfo rmance as well.
I Tuning

The 1- 1/4 inch main tuning knob on the

AOR has a lever-activated "torque" option to
allow greater stiffness in tuni ng if desired.
Tunin g increments may be selected from I,
I0. 50, I00, and 500 Hz as well as I. 5. 6.25,
9. 10. 12.5 , 20. 25, 30. 100. and 500 kHz.
matching virtually every c hannelization
band plan except the American VHF-high band
( 15 kHz). A separate 3/8 inch coarse control
allows larger tuning increments (X I0) without hav ing to key-select another step; the
cont rol also doubles as a second-function
option selector.
The ICOM's larger 1-7/8 inch tuning knob
is inherently more comfortable to use. and a
tension screw is available to ti ghten or loosen
the "feel" of the dial. Two adjacent keys allow
press-selection of tuni ng increments without
hav ing to use AOR's c umbersome combinati on of pushbutton and rotary knob. But
ICOM's lllningstepsare limited to 10. 50,and
I00 Hz. and I. 2.5, 5, 9. I0. 12.5, 20. 25. I00.
and I000 kHz.
In both cases, however. the available steps
are perfectl y adequate for any application.
Even ICOM's finest resolution. IO Hz, is
more than adequate for any receivi ng application.
There was some setabi lity error in the
AOR tu ning. with increments oftennot moving. or moving in the wrong di rection. as the
dial was turned- the modern-day equi valent
of old-fashioned. analog dial backlash.
Direct keypad freque ncy entry is afforded
on both receivers, with AOR allowing either
kHz or MHz entry; the !COM must have MHz
entry, so 600 kHz would be entered as 0.600
(M Hz). The keys on the AOR are small,
densely packed. low on the panel, and nearly
a ll dual func ti on. making key presses a daunting task fo r most of us club-fingered males.
Both radios have have alphanumeric display capabi lity for station identi lication, allowing you to type in "POLICE.'' "VOA," or

any other identifier within a reasonable character length limit.

One very nice featu re on the AOR is a
(dcfcatable) default which matches correct
tun ing steps. bandwidths. and modes with any
frequency entered on the keyboard or dialed
up by the tuning knob. With the exception of
the expanded 136-1 37 MHz AM ai rcraft band.
freq uency ranges we tested were quite accurately mode- and step-defa ul ted.
The down side of this user sclectability is
that any attempt to alter a setting requires
sev..:ral annoying pushbutton steps to make
an y change.

both electrical line noise pulses and natural

static crashes. The AOR does not have a noise
blanker or limiter. but the squelch control can
be used alternatively as an RF gai n control to
limit the overall sensiti vity and. thus. reduce
the background noise on stronger signals.
For tape recording applications. the ICOM
has conventional recorder aud io output and
acti vator jacks. while AOR provides th is access from a front panel DIN connector. In
add ition, AOR provides an FM discriminator
output for digital and SCA decod ing.
The AO R offers CTCSS (subaudible " PL"
tone) decod ing: optional DTMF and inversion are avai lable according to thei r li terature.

Scanning

Thc AOR offers I000 memory channels in

I0 banks. scan nab le at 25 and 45 channe ls per
second: 2 100 discrete frequencies may be
locked out. The lCOM has 800 memory channels in 20 banks. scannabl c at about 13 channels per second: I00 frequencies may be locked
out.
The AOR has a tone-reject function. adj ustable from 400 to 4400 Hz. whi ch mercifu lly skips over frequencies or chan ne ls on
whic h a selec ted-frequency. continuous tone
is being transmitted.

Instruction Manual

By their own admission. the original AOR

instruction manual was abominable and is
undergoing continuous rewrite. At this time,
the manual is quite usable, although not wholly
complete or accurate. The ICOM manual. on
the other hand. is the usual superbly-professional publication. filled with we ll-illustrated
operati onal docu mentation.
Both receivers may be computer-controlled
via thcir RS232 ports; additionall y, the ICOM
offers a C l-V control port.

I Display

I The Bottom Line

The LCD is backlit in both cases: the AOR

window is smaller. and weakly backlit by a
gree n-tinted illumination source. while the
!COM is strongly backlit by an amber light
source. The larger size, brighter illumination,
and thicker. more contrasty characters make
the ICOM considerably easier to read. Both
receivers have the traditional (and widely preferred) mechanical (D' Arson val move ment)
S meter.
The AOR has a I 2/24 hourcloc k timer wi th
alarm and sleep functions; the ICOM has a
sleep timer only.

For compact installation requirements. widest freque ncy coverage. and the greatest variety of options, select the AOR. For intu itive
ease or use, display readabil ity, and professional appearance, the ICOM wins hands
down: ICOM officials arc aware of the
intermod problem: for the latest on their response. visi t our web site (www.grove.net).
Both models offer I 0.7 MH z IF outputs on
the rear panel. making them full y compatible
with the Grove SDU- 100 Spectrum Display
Unit, allowing up to IO MHz of signals to be
shown visibly on screen on frequenices above
30 MHz. Under 30 MHz. the ICOM displyas
about 30 kHz before signals roll off at the
edges-maki ng it nearly useless except for
si ngle-signal display. The AOR, on the other
hand. maintains a I 0 MHz bandwidth throughout its frequency range, a clear advantage for
spectrum analysis.

I Audio Quality

AOR' s bottom-mounted speaker. albeit a

good sound producer. comprc!>ses its sound
fide lit y somewhat compared to ICOM's unobstructed top- mounted speaker. While AOR
docs provide FM de-emphasis selectioncsscnt ial ly a step-selectab le treble cut- and
low pass/high pass aud io fi lter selection.
ICOM's availabi lity of audio peak filtering
(APF) allows continuous contour selection
from bassy through Oat to cri sp. Sound quality
from both receivers is quite acceptable.
The ICOM also has a highl y effecti ve noise
blan ker which works, in vary ing degrees. on

I Next Month: A Closer Look

The December and January issues of Mo11iwri11g Times will take a much closer look at
these two ti ne. new receivers. including speciticat ions. Noted MT scan ner columnist Bob
Parnass is putting them through their paces.
Stay tuned!

November 1996

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_ ~--Pi_e_rs_o_n_a_IC_o_m_m_u_n_ic_a_t_io_n_s_S_e_rv_ic_e_s
Dan Veeneman

dan@decade.com

Crossing the Cellular Divide

ellular telephones seem to have passed the watershed: they are

everywhere. The Ce llular Tele phone Industry Association
(CTI A) claims more than 30 mill ion subscribers have a mobile
phone. with growth rates approaching fifty percent each year. In 1995
alone more than nine million customers started cellular servi<.:c. The
Federal Commu nicati ons Commission (FCC) expects wel l over 50
million <.:c llular subscribers by the year 2000.
The first. and currently dominant, cellular system in the United
States is known as Advanced Mobi le Phone Service (AM PS). Although the roots or a cell-based communi cati on system go back
several decades, in the late 1970's Bell Laboratories proved its
viabili ty with networks in New Je rsey and Chicago. More than 15
years later thi s analog cellular service is availab le in almost every city
in the United States.
In defining the initial ru l e~ for cellular telephone service. the FCC
di vided the nation into 306 Metropolitan Service Areas (MSAs) and
428 Rural Service Areas (RSAs). and gave away two operator
licenses in each. The existing local tele phone company. called the
wirclinc company. received one. and an FCC lottery wa~ held to
determine the other, non-wirclinc license winner.

I Frequency Use
The key concept in cellular systems is frequency n.:-usc. Prior
mobile telephone se rvices in the United States dedicated a single
channel to a mobile telephone user across the entire coverage area
during a call. Since the FCC dedicated only a dozen or so frequencies
in each service area, the syste m was often fully loaded while supporting a relati vely fe w number of users. These frequencies, in the 150
MH z and 450 MH z bands. were very crowded, and it was very
common al at peak usage times for more than half of al l cal l atte mpts
to fail due to lack of available channels. As late as 1976 there were
onl y 12 chan nels supporting the entire New York metropolitan area.
The FCC initiall y allocated two slots for cel lular te lephone use in
the 800 MHz band, one at 825 MHz to 845 MHz, and the other from
870 MH1. to 890 MH z. These two 20 MHz slots are di vided into 30
kH7. wide channels. numbered from I to 666. Channels arc paired in
eac h of the slots. so a 30 kHz channe l in the lower slot corresponds
to a 30 kH z channel in the upper slot. The non-wircline company. also
known as the A Band carrier. was granted use of channe ls I to 333.
and the wire li ne company (the B Band carrier). was give n use of
channels 334 to 666. In 1985 the FCC all ocated another I0 MHz of
spectrum. providing an additional 166 channels, which gave cellular
networks a total of 832 channels.
In a cellular system. the service region is di vided into much
smal lcr areas called eelIs. which have a base station at the center. Each
base station covers from I to 40 mi les- 5 to 10 mi les on average.
Each base station is configured to handle calls on a small subset oft he
available channels. That subset will also be served by other base
stations. bu t adjacent base stati ons will not have any channels in
common. Th is re-use pattern allows a much greater number or

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Frequency Range
666 c h anne l syst e m
ll <' 1'<' rsr (.\l a bile T :-: )
8~0 . 0:IO
8-1-1.980
l'orw<trd ( \l obilc lh ) 810.0:IO 889.980
8 32 chan n e l syslem

BcnrsC' ( \ labile T:-: ) 82-1.010

Forward ( \ lobile H:-: ) 869.010

8<18.910
89'.l.9IO

Frequency Determination
Fo r C h a nne ls 1 to 799
R e ve r se F requ e ncy = C ha1111tl x O.O:!Q + 82.1.000
Forward Frequ e ncy = C ha1111rl '( 0.0:30 + SI0.000
For C h ann els 991 - 1023
Reverse Freq u e ncy
Forward F r eque n cy

= 815.000 -

= 870.000 -

0.0:30 x ( l 02:3 - C ha11.nd)

0.l):l() x ( 1023 - C ha11111 I)

customers to share the same set of frequencies. since the same channel
may be in use in several locati ons at the same time across the entire
service area.
Base stati ons arc linked to a Mobile Telephone Switching Office
(MTSO), wh ich connects the base station voice channe ls to vo ice
trunks in the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). The MTSO
also controls the operation of the base station equipment, processing
call requests and other support fu nctions for each mobile telephone in
the service area.

I Full Duplex Channels

The base station transmits on the upper slot of frequencies. and
these arc refe rred l o as the fo rward channels. going from base to
mobi le. The cellular telephones transmit on the lower slot of freque ncies. which arc referred to as reverse channels, going from mobile to
base. By selecting the same channel, a base station and a mobile unit
can maintain a ful l-duplex connection. wi th the tran smitted signals
separated by 45 MHz. For example. if a connection is acti ve on channel
452 (a channel assigned to the wirel inc. or B band carrier). then the base
station is transmitting on 883.560 MHz (the forward channel) and
receiving on 838.560 MHz (the reverse channel). The mobi le telephone in this example is tran smitting on 838.560 MH z and recei ving
on 883.560 MHz.
Channels in a cellular network arc divided into two types, known
as voice and cont ro l. The bulk of the channels. 395 fo r each carrier. arc
assigned to carry the actual voice audio or a conversation. and are

refe1Ted to as forward voice (FOYC) and reverse voice (REYC)

channels. During a conversation the audio is sent analog FM modulated, but when a mobile telephone switches from one cell to another
in a process called hand-off, the audio is briefly muted and a burst of
di gital data is sent from the base to the mobil e. indicating the new
voice channel to use.
When a base stati on sends out administrati ve informati on it uses
a forward control c hannel (FOCC). When a mobi le telephone responds to commands or origi nates a call, it uses a reverse control
channel (ROCC). Twenty-one control channels for each carrier are
dedicated to one or two fu nctions: access or pag ing.
Acce~s control channels hand le admi nistrati ve matters re lated 10
registering and monitori ng mobile telephones using a digital stream of
data. The paging channel is a digital stream of system information and
telephone call "pages." All mobile te lephones, while idle, listen to th is
paging channel. If a mobile te lephone decodes its own number from
the paging channel, it wi ll respond to the incoming call. Not every base
station has or needs a paging channel to adequately cover the cellular
area.
With thi s as a background, next month we' ll cover cellular signals
and the procedures a cellular phone goes through to place and receive
calls.
PCS Comments

Bob Grove's Closing Commems in the September issue elicited a

response from Francis Hemming, who writes, in part:
Public Service a}{ellcies should stop j umping 01110 llew ROO MH-:.
trunked systems in favour of a PCS-based solution in the nearf11111re.
WI'." ? Simply because the ne/ll'ork dh-ersitY offered by PCS is exactly
what these agencies need to ensure adequate co1111m111ications under
all normal and extraordinary conditions .

Trunked 800 systems grew out of a need for Public Service

agencies to more effecti vely utili ze the spectrum they had, while
allowing a number of mobiles to share a common voice channe l.
Trunked 800 systems have their shortfalls. to be sure. but the network
concept is one that meshes well wi th a dispatch-type of operati on. PCS
networks are not designed to support the one-to-many, hi ghly
configurable ..task force" groupings that trunked systems offer. This
fundamental difference in design will prevent PCS from replacing
trunked 800 in the near future.
There is also the problem of local capacity. For example, a report
e ntitled Metropolitan Washingto11 Area /111erope rability . produced
this year by the Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee( PSWAC).
estimates that 25 channels (RF communi cations paths) are required to
implement a Mutual Aid Plan fo r a single major incident (such as the
1982 Air Florida crash in Washington. D.C. ). Additional complicati ons or simultaneous disasters will require ma ny more.
Their fi nal recommendation was "for I00 channels/RF communications paths, in conti guous spectrum and paired for repeater access.
be reserved for pu blic safety mutual aid operations, for use by any

Channel Allocations
Ba nd
r\

(\on- \\.ir<'linc )

13
( \V ire li1w)

Voic<' C ha 11 11 <'ls
001 - :3 L:2
667 - 716
99 1 - 102:3
'.Vi!'.> - 666
717 - 799

Cont.ml C li a 11 ncls
:J 13 - :rn

:n - :J.1.1

public safety agency anywhere in the nation."

Local base stations. whether cellular or PCS. simpl y do not have
the capacity to support large numbers of extended calls. The switches
also cannot support a common voice path for many simultaneous
mobi les.
That being said. some agencies arc already using cell ular and PCS
services fo r one-to-one com munications, where it is feasible to do so.
In California. after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and the 1991
Oakland fires. residents were requested to keep cellular calls to a
minimum , since emergency crews were using cell phones to keep in
contact. It is now common for e merge ncy medical crews to use
cellular telephones 10 contact local hospitals. rather than use crowded
medical voice and telemetry channels.
The use of cellular and PCS wi ll continue to grow in the Public
Safety sector. but it wi II not replace common-channel wi reless radios,
because. as currently designed. PCS can not do what trunked 800 and
similar systems can do.
Francis continues: / 11111s1sa_v, however, that looking at the current
cellular s1a11dard (AMPS). and the political e111-iro11men1 that allowed it to be created. there is /iule hope for a PCS implem entation
that achieves JO percent of what's promised. That is because s11ch o
system dema11ds standards. I want secure comm11nications witho111
some government holding the codes. I want to l>e able to activote a
CPS rereiver in the plume and send my coordinates occurate to
within I meter. I don't 1r<111t to send it to a11yo11e else wi1ho111 my
a11tl10ri:atio11. I do11 '11hi11k North America is capable ofc reating and
e1!fo rci11}{ a set <~fstandard.1 that wo11ld allow the potential of PCS to
be seen.

As we say in the computer software bu s ines~. that's what' s so ni ce

about standards: there arc so many to choose from'
The United States and Europe seem to be trading places on
standards. When the FCC began issu ing cell ular licenses they required each operator to meet specific technical standards, which
followed a design worked out by AT&T. Each operator had to
provide a set of well-defined services, which guaranteed that any
customer"s cellular equ ipment would operate in any service area.
Customers could travel coast 10 coast, through many cellular service
regions. and be able to operate in each one.
Europe started down a different path. In the 1970' s. several
nations proposed and began buildi ng a variety of different systems
following different, incompatible standards including Total Access
Communication System (TACS) in the United Kingdom. Nordic
Mobile Telephone (NMT) in Scandinavia, as well as others.
In 1982 representat ives of 26 nations agreed to begin !he development of a European standard called GSM (Groupe Speciale Mobile. or today. Global System for Mobile Communications). 10
operate in the 900 MHz band. The idea was fo r any GS M phone to be
operable in any member country. By 1992 thesc full y digital networks
started 10 come in to service, and by the end of 1995 were serving
more than 12 mill ion customers, and ninety countries had signed the
GSM Memorandum of Understanding.
The FCC. however, in auctioni ng the PCS spectrum. decided to
step away fro m the standards-setti ng business and stated they would
"let the marketplace decide ... There are currently no less than seven
different standards vy ing fo r attention in the PCS marketplace. A
future column will describe these standards in more detail, but fo r
now, suffice it 10 say that customer confusion will be the norm until
a winner or two e merge.
Send comments, ques1ions, and criticisms to dan @decode.com .
Unti l next month. happy monitori ng!

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-~----Ti_he_W<_or_ld_A_bo_ve_3_0_M_H_z
Richard Barnett
5canMC15ter@aol.com, Compuserve at I02354,3643

Mall Call

here are many un ique places in .wh!ch

you can create your own mon1tonng
challenge. The local mall happens to be
one of those places. Guys who are dragged to
the mall by their wives or girlfriends can
while away the time by tucking a portable in
their back pocke t. along with the ir frequency
counter if they have one.
A small- to medium-sited mall will typically only have one acti ve voice channel:
ma ll security. (Note that hand-held inventory
devices may be in use to transmit information Mall of America.
to a store's central comput er. but this is data
onl y.) These single-channe l. mall security frequencies are typicall y
found on low-power UHF splinter freq uencies in the 461 to 470 MHz
range- for instance. 463.51 25 MH7,.
The systems may be simplex. or even low-power repeaters.
needing only to provide coverage in all stores of the mal l, in the
parking lot. and in the parking garage. At best. you generall y will only
be able to monitor these systems within a few mi les of the mall.
although some mal ls locate their transmitters atop fou r-story anchor
stores and coverage is therefore greater.
Larger malls will typically have additional channels: maintenance. engineering. and the like. Newer malls, such as the new Natick
Mall here in Massachusetts. will operate multi-channel systems for all
these services and more.
One very interesti ng aspect of a few malls i ~ a PBX-type interconnec t. This is co mmon in smal ler mal ls where there may be onl y one
security guard on du ty. If a customer uses a mall "house-phone." or
perhaps calls from a cellular phone in the mall garage to the mall
security office. this system will allow the call to ri ng through to the
guard' s portable radio if the lone sec urity office r is on patrol. The
guard can answer the call and respond as if he or she were in the
security office.
Mall anchor stores wil l also often have radiocommunications gear
on hand. These channels are general ly used by plain-clothed store
security staff who are charged with deterring shoplifting. a crime
which costs retai lers billions every year. Some fascinati ng con versa-

tions can be heard between on-floor personne l. who are dressed as though they were
typical shoppers, and the security staff watching the action via closed-circuit cameras
similar to those found in casinos.
You don't have to make a trip to a megamall like in thi s month 's cover story to have
great fu n with mall mon itoring, particularly
during the holiday shopping season. Betwee n shopl ifti ng, auto theft in the parki ng
lots, broken escalators, and the like, security
and maintenance channels seem to chatter
non-stop. They're often much more active
than local police frequencies!

I Drive-Through Dilemma
An acquaintance of mi ne relayed a story to me recently about how
he felt compelled to, just for a moment. transmit on a channel for
which he was not authorized.
Going through a McDonald's dri ve-through one day he was
monitoring the order-taker-to-customer frequency (469.0 125 MH7.
wit h a tone of 77.0 Hz) as well as the order-taker-to-cook intercom
channel (464.01 25 MHz with a tone of 123 .0 Hz). When it was his
turn to order. this acquaintance had to turn down his scanner so that
feedback wouldn ' t interrupt his order. Feeling extra hungry that day ,
th is fellow ordered three Quarter-Pounders for himself along with
large fries. but just one large soda.
Afte r being told to drive-up to the fi rst window. this scannist then
tuned bac k to the intercom channel and heard the order taker exclaim
to the cook. 'Hey, that last guy. he just ordered three burgers and a
large fries, what a blankety-b lank pig!" Enraged, my acquaimance
pulled ou t his ham rig, which had been modified fo r extended receive
(and by happenstance. transmit). He keyed the mike wi th the proper
intercom CTCSS tone. and said. "You cl better watch out what you' re
saying.... you never know who's listening!''
That was the last he heard of the chatter on the intercom frequency . When he drove up to receive his order, he was met with a
wide-eyed stare from the now well-mannered clerk, who glanced
curiously at the antennas dotting this fe llow's car. My acquaintance
does not condone illegal transmissions. even at low-power. He
regrets his actions. The moral of the story: if you re going to be a
blankcty-blank pig at a fast-food drive-through. keep your scanner
off!

I Wrong about New Hampshire

There are a lot of misconceptions about the state of New Hampshire. One reported by this edi tor in the September issue was that New
Hampshi re had rejected keeping the equipment from a Motorola
Astra'" digital beta test for the New Ham pshire State Police.

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During a trip to the APCO (Assoc iation of Public-Sakty Communications Officials) conve ntio n in San Anto nio rece nt ly. I wa~ in formed that. in real ity. New Hampshire had been plea-,ed with the test
and had allocated funds to const ruct a ~ta tewide digital ~y, t c m. At
present. the system i ~ dc> ig ncd to operate on notHrunked VI IF hi ~ h
bancl c hannels. If enough channel-, can be found. the ~y,t c m may go
trunked.
T his is di sappointing news for hobby i~t ~: however. it will he
interesting to sec how dig ital performs on a statewick ha~i' in 'uc h a
mountainous. tree-covered state. The in itial test wa~ run in the
relati,cly flat terrain of so uthea ~ t crn New Hampsh ire. and. Wl'
understand. it was determined that. un like ana log trunkin g. thl'
eng ineers were not ahle to reliably simu lcast the d ig.ital sig nal' and
therefore had to rely upon a single ~itc . \Viii digital ~ig n ab 1.iYe Free
or Die ' ~ hort o fran gc in New Hampshi re? Only time will tell.

I The Digital Olympics?

There has been a Jot of confus ion over whet her the communications at the Olympic Games were in the analog or di gi tal mode . A
good friend in Atl anta. an astute monitor. told me that all oft he rad in
traffi c he he:ird was analog 800 and 900 M H7 trunked. Other'
reported to Larry Van Horn. MT s lite World editor and the ccli tnr of
Smellite Times. that everything was digital. Cla itw- \l'l're made prior
to the Games. and reported in t h i ~ publ ication a-; wl'l l ;" ntl wr~ . th ;t t
all co mmunicatio ns would be digi tal.
Could it be that the USOC (U nited States Ol ympi c C0t111nit tee)
and the two-way vendor were referring to the fact that trunking data
channeb are digiLal? Perhaps some o r the US OC communi catio ns
may ha\e been condueted on ' EXTEL d igi tal ~y,t em,.
According to a rece nt story in the \Vas!ti11g 1011 Post. 12.000 twoway rad ios . 7.500 pagers and more than I .-WO ce llula r phones were
in use wi thout a hitch at the Game,. Th e re~ no menti on of digital or
an:ilug modes. however. lt s all ,cry puu ling.
We urge readers who vis it ed the Games or who li ve in the an:a to
write us with their report >. Abo. we had heen told that loca l Atlanta
agencies might inherit the digital rad io gear (for a di . counted price )
after the Games concluded. It' s a ll hearsay. Any definitive information would be appreciated. Also. if anyone wa-, monitoring when the
pipe bomb exp loded in Olympil Park. plca~e let uc; know. Emerge ncy
equi pment arri ved on-scene ve ry qu ickly. Co m m uni cati o n ~ in thi '
instance. be they analog o r dig ital. see med to work quite well.

n cw~lc tt n

for hohhyi't' in that '> tate . Y011 ca n writ l' him at 2054
H;1wthornc. Joi ic t. II .. 60-1..15. To reach one o f thr mn'l lnng-stand ing.
and ac ti ve. ~ca n nc r c luh ' in the lln ill'd S tat e~ . contact CAR MA. the
Chicnn /\rea Rad in Monitor' A''ociation. at P.O. Box 2861.
Cill'nvil'W. II . 60025.

Cajun Frequency Hunt

On a rece nt exn1r, inn to Ft. Wort h. Tex a'. I took the opportu nity
to Shre,eport. l .oui -, ian;1. in ~c<1rch nf c;0111c frl'q11l'ncies and
some u111ho. (Incredib ly. I wa' to ld in Sh reveport that I w as ton far
nnrth fnr j:!ond gu111hot) To the 11l''t of my knowledt'. 1 n ui ~ia na is
q11i1e uni q ue in that it i.' the nnly ' tale in the nation li re n,cd for major
st:itcwide St ;l!r Police radio 'Y'tem' on all han<k l0w-VHF. highVH F. l IHF. and 800 MH7. However. cle~pi t c loading the ~ca nn e r with
frcquenric-, from all ha nd-;. li11k wa' heard in tlw two or three hours
spent in the northwe'-!ern corner nf the ~tall' .
lk lmv are thl' 800 MH1 frt'qucncie> li cc n<-ccl to the l.ou i, ian a
St;1te Poli ce. along with the irtrnnsm incr s it es. We und erstand that the
LSP :ire operating on their trunking ~y, tem statewide now. The
infnrmatinn i' cnurte~y of Mo11i1nr 4111erira. the n:ttinnal communication' u idc of which 1 am cd itnr.

10 driw

Ahhnvoll

851 6875. 85? t815. RS? 6fi?5. 11531175 8S3 'ill75. 854 01175. 8'i1l <ifi25. R55 nl?S
1155 s1?<; 1155 q117c;
AIPx<nrlm

85 1 6875. R<;? 1875 RS? fi6?5. 853 1375. 851 6P'i R5d 0875. 851! 56?5. 855 0125.
RSS 5 t ?5. H55 9875
Anqola

855 9875. 856 76?5. 857.76?5. 858 7fi?5. 859.76?5

Bellrvue

856 4375. 856 9875. 857 4375. 857 9875. 858 .4375. 858 9875. 859 4375. 859.9875.
860 4375. 860 9875
Berwick

856 4375. 856 9875. 857 4375. 857 .9875. 858.4375. 858 9875. 859.4375. 859.9875.
860 4375. 860.9875
Boherrna

852 0625. 853 .0125. 853 96?5. 854.91?5. 855 3875

Bridge City

85 t 6625. 852.1875. 852 6625. 853 1375. 853.5875. 854 0875. 854 5625. 855.0125.
855.5125. 855.9875. 856.7625. 857.76?5. 858.7625. 859.76?5, 866 3t25. 867.1375,
867 2625. 868.425
Calho11n

855 9875. 856 4675. 856 9625. 857 dfl75. 857 9625. 858 d625. 858.9625. 859.4625.
859 9625. 860.4625. 860 9625
Colun1b1a

852 5375. 853 5875. 854.? t ?5. 854 9875. 859 4625
Farmerville

852 0625. 852.6625. 853.1375. 856.4875. 860 4375

All-Time Favorite Scanner Redux

Ge1smar

Alex Blaha of lll inoi~ wrote u-, wi th hi' all -time frl\o rite radio:
.. Your questi on did stir up some nostalgia .... My favorite -,canncrol'al l
time ha' 10 be the Bcarcat 210. While it is not popul ar. to me it is
spec ial. Thanks to a ham operator. I rece ived one a~ a gi ft and li,flnecl
to my first pol ice <:alls. Now I look back and re111e111ber li -,te ning to the
Aurora Police Department. Cook County Sheriff. and other~ for the
first time.
.. Sadly. Aurora moved to 800 MH 1.. ;o the 210 does nt let me
listen in. but I will always treasu re the memories that the 2 10 gave me.
Si n<.:e then I have bought many ~c ann er~. About a year ago. I noticed
a neighbor had a 210 s i!ling up on a shelf. among ~ome bnok~.
Remembering how much fun the first one wa' I quick ly made a
motion 10 buy it. The deal went through and proud ly I w a ~ able to acid
anothe r 2 10 to my collection ...
Thanks. Alex. Thi s is ju st the type o r me mory we ve been looking
for. /\lex is also the pub(i,her of Scanning flfi11oi.1'. a re latively new

Gouo~au

866 350. 866 8875. 867 875. 868.4125

853 8625. 856 4375. 856 9875. 857 4375. 857 9875. 858 4375. 858 9875. 859.4375,
859.9875. 860 4375, 860 9875.
Greensburg

856.4375. 856.9875. 857.4375, 857.9875. 858.4375. 858 9815. 859 4375. 859.9875.
860 4375. 860.9875
Hackberry

855.96?5. 856 4625. 856 9625. 857 4625. 857.4625. 857 9625. 858 4625. 858 9625.
8594625. 859.9625. 860.9625
Holly Ridge

856 4375. 856.9875. 857.4375, 857.9875. 858.4375. 858.9875. 859.4375. 859.9875.

859 9875. 860.4375. 860 9875
Jackson

85t 6875. 852 1875 852 5625 . 853 1375. 853 5875. 854.9875. 854 5625. 855 0125.
855 7125. 855 9875. 856.7625. 857 7625. 858 7625. 859 76?5. 860 7625

Jena
856 2375. 856 7625. 857.2375. 857 76?5. 858 2375. 859 ?.175. 859 7625. 860 2375
Joneshoro

856.2375. 857.2375. 858 2375. 859 2375. 860.2375

Larose

859 't625. 856.9625. 8574625. 857 96?5. 8584625. 858 96?5 . 859 4625. 859.9625.

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8680.4625. 860.9625
Lauderdale
851 .5625. 852.5375. 853.9625, 854.4375. 854.9125, 855.8625. 852 .0625, 853.0125,
853.4875, 855.3875
Leesville
855.4625. 855.9875. 859 2375, 859 4625. 860 4625
Louisville
851 .5625. 852.0625. 852.5375. 853.0125. 853.4875, 853.9625, 854.4375. 854.9125.
855.3875, 855.8875. 856.2375. 857.2375, 858.2375. 859.2375, 860.2375
Vlanst1eld
856.9875. 857.9875, 858.9875. 859.9875, 860.4375
Vlany
856.4625. 856.9625. 857.4625, 857.7625. 858.4625. 858.9625. 8594625, 859.9625.
860.4625, 860.9625
Plain Dealing
852.1875, 856.9625. 857.9625, 858.9625, 859.9625
Ramah
866.375, 866.9125. 868.3625, 868.8625
Ringgold
856.2375, 857.2375, 858.2375. 859.2375, 860.2375, 856.7625. 857.7625. 858.7625.
859.7625. 860.7625
Rosepine
856.2375, 856.7625. 857 2375. 857.7625. 858.2375, 858.7625. 859.2375. 859.7625,
860 2375, 860. 7625
Saint Rosa
866 4875, 867.6625, 868.300, 868.800
Sheridan
856.9625. 857.9625, 858.9625, 859.9625
Slidell
856.4625, 857.4625. 858.4625. 859.4625
Sunset
852.1875, 856.4375. 857.4375, 858.4375, 860.2375
Tallulah
857.2375, 858.2375, 859.2375, 860.2375, 859.4375
Waldheim
856.4625, 856.9625. 857.9625. 859.4625. 857.4625 , 858.4625, 858.9625. 859.9625.
860.4625. 860.9625
Wheeling
856.4375, 856.9875. 857 4375. 857.9875, 858.4375. 858 9875. 859.4375, 859.9875,
860.4375. 860.9875, 866.1125. 866.350, 866.900, 868.725
Woodlal'ln
854.9875, 857.7625 . 858.7625. 859.7625. 860.7625,

Had we more lime in Shrevcpon. we would have lake n the

fo llowi ng s teps lo he lp bri ng in !hose e lusive signal s:
a) Purchase e ither a s tandard mag- mo unl mobile scanner anlcnna,
which is op lin~a l for a mobile configurati o n. or an o n-g lass scanner
a nte nna. which is on ly recommended for frequenc ies UHF and above.
( Longer and lowe r rad io waves do not seem to !ravel well throug h the
g lass. Most on-glass anlennas arc rated for use above 50 MH z) .
b ) Find lhe nearest Slale Police barracks and park near a lransmitler lower. e ilher liste ning lo a ll the possible frequenc ies. or walc hing
o ur counte r s niff out an unsuspeclcd freque ncy.
c) Slop by a loca l c leclroni c or ham radio slore . See if a scannersavvy clerk mig hl have the answer.
We linally d ec ided lo try o ul Slep C above. T he clerk d idn 1 have
lhe answer and he coul dn 1 prov ide a local frequency li ~ l for ei ther. (11
seems lhal the Sh reveport Police had come inlo his slore a nd all bul
fo rbid de n lhc dislribulion o f sud1 a free !isl. )
There is a lo l o f olhc r radio lraffic in Shrevepon 10 mo nitor.
!hough. Below is a police channel plan for lhe c ity. Sh reveport had a
very exte nsive li st of" I 0 -codes. "Generall y speaking, codes are d y ing
a s low death as lhe " lnc idenl Command System" e mpl oyed by man y
public safety d epartments now requires 'plain English" for c l ari ty~
sake .

Shreveport Police Channel Plan

453.900 (F-1)
453.800 (F-2)
453.950 (F-3)
453.825 (F-4)
453.450 (F-5)
453.550 (F-6)
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.................................... Police Tactical/Traffic Engineering

.................................... Police Information/Detectives
.................................... Police North and East Operations
.................................... Police South and West Operations
.................................... Police Field Dispatch/Car to Car
.................................... Police Field Dispatch/Car to Car

MONITORING TIMES

November 1996

453.650 (F-7) .................................. Airport Police

453. 700 (F-8) .................................... City Marshals
453.500 (F-9) ................................... Police Special Operations
155.310 (F-10) ................................. Paging
460.500 ............................................. Police
460.200M ...... ................................ Police (Mobiles)
855.9875 ............................. .............. Police

Police Unit Identifiers

PD1 ................................................... Chief of Police
PD2 ................................................... Deputy Chief of Police
PD3 .................................................. Assistant Chief of Police
PD4 .................................................... Assistant Chief of Police
PD5 .................................................... Chief of O.S.I.
PD6 .................................................... Chief of Central Records
PD? .................................................... Ch ief of Selective Enforcement
PD8 .................................................... Chief of Identification
PD9 ......................... ........................... Chief of Staff Services
PDl 1-59 ............................................. Detectives
PD60-68 ............................................. Juvenile Officers
PD80-99 ............................ ................. Support (l.A.D.; Jailers, etc.)
C101-103 ........................................... Patrol Captains
L104-108 ........................................... Patrol Lieutenants
S109-121 ........................................... Patrol Sergeants
117-190 ............................................. Patrol Cars
194 ................................................... DWI Van
195-199 ... ................................... ....... Wagons
200-210 .............................................. Selective Enforcement Supervisors
211-218 .............................................. Selective Enforcement 3-Wheelers
230-244 .............................................. Selective Enforcement Cycles
260-280 ............................................. Selective Enforcement Cars
282-283 ............................................. Accident Investigation
300-399 .............................................. Traffic Engineering
400-499 .............................................. Special Investigations
500-599 .............................................. City Marshal
700-799 .............................................. ldentifcation Technicians
800-899 ... ........................... ............. ... Supervisors
900-999 .............................................. Foot Patrol (Downtown beats)
MP1-MP2 ........................................... Mounted Patrol
Bo~s i e r

C ity and Pari s h operale o n a lrunking syste m : 856-

860.7375 MHz
The S hreveport area is home to a number o f casinos. We d iscussed
in the March issue some o ft he interesti ng radio traffic heard o n casino
cha nnels. M on itoring lhe games o f c hance o f Shreveport provides
similar run.

Harrah's Casino Shrel'eport

461.0375, 461.4375, 461.8125, 463.7875, 463.9125, 464.1125, 464.2375,
464.250, 464.925, 468.6875 MHz

Isle of Capri Casino

461.625, 461 .6375, 461.7875, 461.850, 463.275, 463.600, 463.8875 MHz

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The HF Communications Spectrum

Lorry Van Horn, NSFPW

steditor@grove.net

Marine HF Radio Scaling Down

ecently. whil e monitoring e- mail traffic on the WUN newsgroup.

I came across somi.: inti.:restin? items regarding the current st.atus
of several marine coa ~tal stati ons and HF RTIY press services.
Day Watson in Cleveclon. UK- the WUN Nau1ical News columnist- posted the news that DAN-Nordde ich Radio. Germany. will
have shut down their CW traffic and SSB radiotelephone freq uencies
by the time thi s issue of MT reaches you. Norddeich wi ll discontinue
their MF radiote lephone frequencies on January I. 1997 . Digital
traffic (SITO R) frequenc ies will be the onl y ~ igna l s available from
ordch.:ich Radio after January I. Markus Bullinger in Sal1.hurg.
Austria. confirmed Day's information via the German radio-rel ated
mag:17ine F1111J.:.
~Day also vc ri licd that PJC-Willie mstad in Curacao. Net herlands
Antilles. wi ll ha ve di scontinued its commercial HF marine radio
se rvice~ by the time thi" i "~ue get' to MT readers.
In a related \tory. Ri ck Raker !>ar that NMf. the U.S. Coa\t Guard
station in Boston. Massachu sells. will go the way of USCG stati on
NMi\ in Miami. Florida. very soon. Here is the official an nounce ment
that Rick reccived via a AVT EX broadcast on 5 18 kH z:

I RTTY Press Services Leave HF

ZCZC FV02
1. REMOTING OF US COAST GUARD COMMUNICATIONS
STATION BOSTON MA (NMF) . AS PART OF THE USCG
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM 2000 PLAN, COMMSTA
BOSTON (NMF) IS SCHEDULED TO RELINQUISH OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF All MF/ HF ASSETS TO CAMSLANT
CHESAPEAKE VA (NMN) BY 0 1NOV96. ALL OF THE SER
VICES CURRENTLY PERFORMED BY NMF WILL CONTINUE BUT
WILL BE PERFORMED REMOTELY BY NMN. THE REMOTING
OF NMF CIRCUITS TO NMN WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED IN
SEVERAL PLANNED PHASES STARTING 16SEP96. DURING
THIS SERVICE-BY-SERVICE CUTOVER, NMF WILL CONTINUE
TO MONITOR ALL CIRCUITS AND BE READY TO ANSWER
CALLS OR PERFORM BROADCASTS IN THE EVENT THAT NMN
CANNOT. AS SERVICES ARE REMOTED TO NMN, CALLS TO
COMMSTA BOSTON OR NMF, W ILL BE RESPONDED TO
EITHER AS CG CAMSLANT CHESAPEAKE OR NMN AS
APPROPRIATE. THERE ARE NO PLANNED OR SCHEDULED
SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
REMOTING. IF UNFORESEEN INTERRUPTIONS OCCUR, NMN
AND NMF WILL ENSURE YOU ARE KEPT INFORMED OF THE
EXTENT AND ANTICIPATED DURATION OF THE OUTAGE VIA
THE MOST RAPID MEANS AVAILABLE . PLEASE KEEP NMN OR
NMF INFORMED OF ANY SERVICE DEGRADATION OR
PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED.
NNNN BRK

The increase in fi ghti ng in Bangui in lhe Central Africa n Repuhli c

caused a big increase in radio traffic between French forces in Libreville
and Pari !>. The French had ~ome 1500 ~o ldiers in and arou nd Bangui
who became in volved in peacekeeping operatio ns in that violent area.
The following is an example of signa ls logged wi lhin j ust 30 min utes
in May 1996. all on 16262.0 kHz using ARQ-E3 at 192/390:

In the case of DAN and PJC. it is likely that the INMA RSAT
sate ll ite system and the increased use of di gital modes in traffi c
handling are the c ulprit ~ in the de mise of these two !>tat ions.
Our than ks to Day. Markus. and Rick fo r passing along the had
news ahout the loss of th ese maritime services.

34

MONITORING TIMES

November 1996

The marine C<Xl\tal stations aren't lhe onl y utility slations disappearing from HF. Longtime digital utilit y monitors are keenly aware
thnt HF press services have bee n movin g thei r operations to satellite for
~e\'cra l yea r~ now.
T wo more RTTY press services have disappeared from HF and
moved to satellite and Internet-based systems. Fabri zio Magrone, in
Ital y. reports thal the Chi nese news agency Xinhua from Beijing.
China. will stop all HF transmi!>sions on Jan uary I. 1997. They will he
mov ing their press files to satellite.
The Cenlra l New~ Agency in T aipei. Taiwan. left HF earlier th is
year and now make!> their new!> file ~ available on the Internet (for a fee.
of cour~e). at the following URL: http://www.cna.eom.tw/. Thanks
to Murray Lehm an in Perth. Auslralia. for that bit of bad ne ws.
Regular U1e World reporter Robert Hall in Capetown. South
Africa. chec ks in below with ~ome inlcresli ng intercepts from Bangui
and Bahrain.
I Bad Times in Bangui (by Robert Hall)

1305

RFTJD

1309

RFTJD

1323

RFGW

1325

RFTJD

1335

RFTJD

FF Libreville with 5-letter groups to RFFUAJ/

Villacoublay (Paris)
FF Libreville with 186 5-letter groups to RFFUAJ, RFFXI
(FF Bangui), RFFXIA (Bangui), RFGW (MOD Paris), and
RFTPA.
MOD Paris with A 1945 Paris and "Code de Voie" on
the HAI circuit.
"FM GROUPTAM Libreville" to "RFFAB/Guerre
CENTOPS Paris" with 5-letter groups.
5-letter groups for RFFUAJ/Villacoublay (Paris)

French forces in Bangui normall y transm it on 15860.0 kH z using

ARQ- E at 72/388. hul strange ly. nothi ng was heard on this frequency
during the limes nolcd abo\'e.
I Troubles in Bahrain (by Robert Hall)
There I was. jusl 1widd ling lhe diab on the old !COM R-7 1E and
wnrrying aboul black algae in 1he swimming pool. when up came the
familiar high speed buzz of a French fo rces stat ion on 16280.3 kH z.
T uning in the signal with my Universal M7000 decoder we soon had
all the lights flashing inclical ing lhe ARQ-M2 mode at 200/380. Three
identi ficati ons were observed in rapid success ion: RFFLC-French
Navy Toul on calling RFQPJ VN-Frogshi p Jules Verne via Jihouti on
the RQF circuit: then RFFTB-MOD Pari s wit h pages of 5-letter groups

for numerous addressees with callsigns beginning with the letters

" RU"("): and finall y, RUMGSGG-MOD Paris (for NATO?) with yet
more pages of 5-letter groups mixed up with some French forces
traffic to yet more .. RU .. callsigns.
Traffic was marked URGENT and PRIORITE. and mostly encrypted to well over 60 different ship callsigns. The traffic continued
for over an hour. Many naval shi p' s names were in the clear and some
were troopshi ps. The neet of ships included French. British. and U.S.
warships. Dramatic stuff indeed!
I forgot about the pool algae; obviously thi s was im portant stu ff.
Maybe we were about to wit ness Desert Storm II? Reaching for the
printer (which didn' t work for the first time ever). the only clues to
what was happening came when I saw the names BAHREIN and
MAS IRAH cropping up amongst all the crypto traffic.
A day or so later, wc heard that there was intern al trouble within
Bahrain. but wi th all those signals coming from Paris it seemed that
another Middle East war might be looming.
The Gulf is a sensi ti ve area. but based on this traflic. it is
interesting to ponder on the size of the U.S., UK, and Frenc h fleets in
that area. The HF communications were presumably used lo supplement satellite communications. One also wonders whether U.S. and
British ships we re equipped to read ARQ M2/200: I don' t recall ever
having logged the mode being used by any other military services
other than French military stations.
A big Ute \Vorld thanks to Robert for those two fine report s fro m
the troubled African continent.

One of the aircraft you will hear 011 the Nigbtwatch nets- USAF
EC-135 Looking Glass.

I Zulu Designator Update

Several of our Ure World regulars continue to report new Zulu designators and frequencies being used
by the Nightwatch nets as reported
in the August and September issues
of MT. At press time, we have receivcd no reports of the former Papa,

I LN2A Identified

Markus Buttinger recent ly posted this bi t of information on the

WUN newsgroup regarding the identit y of a station which has been
heard widely on HF. He says that the In ternational Telecommunications Uni on (ITU) is operating LN2A. a beacon for their propagation
prediction survey program.
The beacon is transmitting in CW and 850 Hz AFSK (USB) with
I kW from Sveio/Norway on a 5-band vertical antenna. Frequencies
include: 5470. 7870. I O-W7. 14405. and 20945 kHz. Each is active for
4 minutes and after 20 minutes the beacon restart s on the lowest
frequency again.
Markus says that the ITU has plans to bring into operation more
of this type of beacon from locations all over the globe in the future.
I Airline Company Freq Found

Juan Ca rl os Munoz in Guatemala has discovered an HF com pany

freque ncy fo r the Guatemalan Airline Aviateca-8850 kH z usi ng
upper sideband. Juan says there is quite a bit of traffic in Spanish
passing information about the various fli ghts of thatcompany. Thanks
fo r the update. Juan.

t}
AVJATECA

Another aircraft you will hear

Nightwatch is the USN E-6A
Tacamo.

011

The USAF NAOCE-48

Nightwatch aircraft.

Sierra. Whiskey, or X-ray designators being used by the

Nightwatch net. We can only
conclude that these designators
have been superseded by the Zulu
designators.
Here is the latest information
available on Zulu designators and
their companion frequencies.

Stratcom Zulu Designators mentioned on the air, but not found:

z124 I z174 I Z235 I

Z240

Zulu Designator Found list:

Zl 10
Zl15
Zl 20
Zl 25
Zl30
Zl35
Zl40
Zl45
Zl 50
Zl 55
Zl60
Zl 65

3134.0 (Tentative)
3143.0
3295.0
4495.0
4472.0
4745.0
5026.0
5705.0
5800.0
5875.0
671 5.0
6757.0

Zl70
Z175
Zl80
Z185
Zl 90
Z200
Z205
Z210
Z211
Z215
Z220
Z225
Z230

7831.0
9016.0
9057.0
9809.0
10204.0
11181.0
11494.0
11 229.0
12070.0
13242.0
13245.0
13907.0
15046.0

That wraps it up for this month ; now it is time to sec what you have
been hearing this month in the world of util ity listening. Good DX to
all and Happy Thanksgiving (to our stateside readers).

November 1996

MONITORING TIMES

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Lorry Van Hom

Abbrev iat io ns used in th is colum n
AM
AND VT
ANG
ARO
AROE
AROE3
AROM2
AT&T
CG
Coquelet
Crowd36

cw
DOE
EAM
FAA
Fax
FEMA
FHWA
GHFS
HF
LSB

Amplitude Modulation
Advanced NarroYJband Digital
Voice Terminal
Air National Guard
Synchronous transmission
and automatic repetition
teleprinter system
Single channel ARO teleprinter
system
Single channel ARO ITA3
teleprinter system
Multiplex ARO teleprinter
system with 2 data channels
American Telephone and
Telegraph
Coast Guard
8 or t 3 tone multi-frequency
shift keying teleprinter system
Russian diplomatic teleprinter
code
Continuous Wave (Morse
code)
Department of Energy
Emergency Action Message
Federal Aviation Adminstration
Facsimile
Federal Emergency
Management Agency
Federal Highway Administra
ti on
Global HF System
High Frequency
LoYJer Sideband

MARS
MFA
MOD
NAVTEX
NCS
NTCN
PACTOR
POLARO
PNA
RAF
RTIY
SITOR
SITORA
SITORB
Twinplex
Unid
USB
USCG
USN
USNG

Military Affiliate Radio

System
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Defense
Navigational and
meteorological warnings and
urgent Information for ships
National Communications
System
National Telecommunications
Coordinating Network
Teleprinter system combining
certain characteristics of
packet radio and SITOR
Polish diplomatic ARO
teleprinter system
Philippine News Agency
Royal Air Force
Radioteletype
Simplex teleprinting over
radio system
Simplex teleprinting over
radio system. mode A
Simplex teleprinting over
radio system. mode B
Four-frequency duplex
teleprinter system
Unidentified
Upper Sideband
US Coast Guard
US Navy
US National Guard

A ll t ransm i ~sio n arc USB unless otherwise indicated. All frequ e ncic~ are
in kHz (ki lohcnz) and all times arc UTC (Coordinated Time Universal )
448.5
518.0
1946.0
2182.0
2287.0
2379.0
2510.0
2610.0
2643.5
2691.0
2761.0
2832.7
2844.0
2892.3
2896.0
3153.0
3235.0
3615.7
3712.0
3795.0
41 31.0
4143.0

36

LGT-Rogaland Radio. Norway. with CW traffic list at 2200. (Ary BoenderNetherlands)

PBK-Netherlands CG with NAVTEX broadcast using SITOR-B at 2348.
Cross lie d'Ouessant. France. with NAVTEX broadcast in SITOR-B at 0000.
(Boender-Neth)
GNDStonehaven Radio. UK. with phone patch traffic at 1917. (Boender
Neth)
Palma Radio, Spain. announcing traffic lisl at 2338. (Boender-Neth)
Unid station sending 51etter groups in CW at 2324. (Boender-Nelli)
U111d station '98' with the following CW message at 2245, "98 12744 13111
11111 ." Noted parallel to 3153 kHz. (Boender-Neth)
OSK-German Navy 11ork111g LBA and LPG with radio checks then into 75
baud RTIY at 2035. (Boender-Neth)
Unid station sending 5-letter groups using 50 baud RTIY at 2300. All
messages ended with "ORU FR." (Boender-Neth)
SPS-Witowo Radio. Poland , with CW marker at 2259. (Boender-Neth)
GND-Stobehaven Radio. UK. with a weather broadcast at 2157. (Boender
Neth)
OST-Oostende Radio, Belgium,with navigation warnings at 2238. (BoenderNeth)
MOD Paris. France. with ARO-M2 200 baud encrypted messages at 2157.
(Boender-Neth)
VHF-Israeli Mossad number station at 2300. (Boender-Neth)
MGJ-Royal Navy Faslane. UK. with 75 baud RTIY availability messages at
2254. (Boender-Neth)
IGJ41-ltalian Navy Augusta, Italy. with 75 baud availability messages at
2256. (Boender-Neth)
Un id station '98' with the following CW message at 2245. "98 127 44 13111
11111 ." Noted parallel to 2379 kHz. (Boender-Neth)
US Marines at 29 Palms Marine Training Base. CA on this frequency and
6501 in USB/LSB 24 hours a day. (Anonymous)
GKY1-Portishead Radio . UK. with SITOR\CW marker at 2150. (Robin Hood
UK)
SXA33-Greek Naval with CW ID marker at 2148. (Hood-UK)
FFBBoulogne Radio, France. with navigation warnings in French and
English at 2135. (Hood-UK)
Italian shipping network noted here at 2005. (Boender-Neth)
Italian shipping network noted here at 2023. (Boender-Neth)

MONITORING TIMES

November 1996

4145.5
4163.0
4232.0
4268.0
4274.0
4275.0
4325.0
4387.0
4408.0
4472.0
4625.0
5010.0
5140.0
5142.6
5203.5
5329.0
5535.0
5724.5
5798.5
6020.0
6320.0
6660.0
6683.0
6697.0

6713.5
6728.0
6738.0
6751.0
6785.0
6802.0
6834.0
6840.0
6860.0
6993.0
7680.0

7743.0
7962.5
8027.5

D6K working ZOY and many others coordinating fire control and data traffic.
USN/USMC type chatter. (Jeff Jones-CA)
Navy London. UK. with 100 baud RTIY encrypted messages at 2238.
(Boender-Neth)
Navy London, UK, with 100 baud RTIY encrypted messages at 2246.
(Boender-Neth)
CKNVancouver military, BC Canada, with 75 baud RTIY transmission at
1932. (Sheldon F. Crook-Crescent City. CA)
GKB2-Portishead Radio, UK, with CW weather at 2145. (Boender-Neth)
TBA5Navy Ankara. Turkey, with a CW marker at 2143. (Boender-Neth)
A-Russian Navy single letter CW HF marker in Ustinov at 2250. (BoenderNeth)
WOO-AT&T Manahawkin. NJ. with traffic list followed by weather report at
2200. (Bob Fraser-Cohasset, MA)
VCSCanadian CG Halifax, NS. Canada, with weather broadcast off suddenly
at 2214. Parallel to 6513, 8785, 13113. and 1751. (Fraser-MA)
Nightwatch 01 working WAR46 and others at 0200. (Jones-CA)
Unid buu possibly from Russia at 1909. (Boender-Neth)
Russian Air Defense forces at 2111 sending the following ORV message;
''BT990110??8?????." Note the time is UTC+4 hours. (Boender-Neth)
Very faint Oklahoma Operation Secure station calling WNBM839Slillwater.
OK. at 1506. All stations moved to 7477 at 1514. May be an Altus AFB station
in this net. (JL Metcalfe-KY)
CG 41319 working CG 41329 at 0636. Possible fisheries patrol com ms. (RD
Baker-Austintown. OH)
M9K as net control with a Wdenesday 1300 20+station check-in to a net.
USNG? (Metcalfe-KY) Absolutely, Jack-Larry.
Unid station in CW sending the following traffic: "BT NR69 S 26 10:07:18
1996 BT+51etter groups" at 0800. No ID and signal faded out in 14 minutes.
(Boender-Neth)
Lima Radio. Peru, (SAM LDOC) working American 951 at0725. (Baker-OH)
Bravo Foxtrot at 0631 working F4X with Link 11 coord ination. (Baker-OH)
NNNOMDM-USN MARS HF mailbox at 2t35 with PACTOR traffic. (Baker
OH)
Alley Cat Base and Alley Cat Deployed at 1351 . Possible USArmy. (MetcalfeKY) My notes show this is a US Army Corps of Engineers contingency
channel Larry.
WCCChatham Radio. MA. with a SITOR A traffic list at 2300. (Crook-CA)
CIC-Israeli Mossad number station at 2147. (Boender-Neth)
SAM 27000 working Andrews at 0000. (Larry Fowler-MA)
Dogpound with EAM. simulcast on 11267 the same time that McClellan
broadcast on GHFS frequencies. Dog pound moves to Z175 (9016) and
repeats above EAM at 0410. At 0458. Dogpound broadcast EAM on 6697/
9016/11267 while Lajes and McClellan pass same on GHFS frequencies.
(Fowler-MA)
Ops working King 04 at 0342. (Fowler-MA)
SAM 26000 working Andrews at 0510. Also checked 11056 and 13247.
(Jones-CA)
Architect-Royal Air Force in the UK with a "celebrity" broadcast at 1200.
(Boender-Neth) Interesting frequency selection. Ary-Larry.
Husker Control (Nebraska ANG) working Husker 85 (KC-135 ) regarding
maintenance problems at 1307. (Fowler-MA)
6PXJUnid station with CW marker at 1000. (Jim Bedient-Honolulu. HI)
Welcome onboard, Jim. please check in often-Larry.
KGD34-NCS Arlington. VA, at 1350 in PACTOR. HF mailbox being worked by
KCt623 during Shares exercise. (Baker-OH)
US Navy units off the East Coast at 1115. Heard echo safety. big orange. and
a mention of Wallops Island. Range safety moving fishing vessels clear of
the range. (James Luman-Tiffin. OH)
Y5W-Heard station do a tactical callup at 2252 followed by spy number
broadcast (very brief, no header) at 2258. (Bob Grove-Brasstown, NC)
RPFNPortuguese Naval with 75 baud RTIY test tape to RETJ at 2123.
(Hood-UK)
Air Force 2 working Andrews at 0450. (Jones-CA)
Un id sweeper that sweeps over eight frequencies: 7680, 7690. 7700, 9185,
9310, 9332. 10120. 13420. Signal stays on for 27 seconds each frequency.
Total cycle time is four minutes and six seconds. Noted at 1632. (BoenderNeth)
Spanish female number station at 0407 in AM. (Fowler-MA)
Flight (or Right) Alpha working Flight Bravo for data com ms at 0330. (Jones
CA)
Very weak, military sounding unid passing crew members names, dates of
birth. and social security numbers at 0010. (Jones-CA) No. that is very
unusual. and a no-no, to boot-Larry.

8038.5
8040.0
8125.0
8148.0
8420.0
8440.0
8463.0
8496.0
8511.0
8525.0
8538.0
8555.5
8577.0
8582.5
8601.0
8609.5
8630.0
8655.3

8665.0
9006.0
901 1.4

9014.0
9023.0

9025.0
9055.5

9064.0
9068.6
9079.9
9274.6
9320.0
10199.0
10201. 0
10424.0
11043.7
11053.5
11061 .0
11074.4

WWJ74-FHWA Cadillac. Ml. calling AA81DE-USNG Wilmington, DE, for

Shares exercise traffic at 1243. (Metcalfe-KY)
Andrews working SAM 28000 at 2212. (Jones-CA)
KIT88-FAA Martinsburg, WV, with Eastern net roll call using voice privacy
mode at 1445. FAA nets rotate among VP-100, voice only. and selscan week
to week. (Metcalfe-KY)
MFA Warsaw, Poland. with POL-ARO 100 baud Claris and coded messages
for various embassies at 0844. (Boender-Neth)
FFT41 -St. Lys Radio, France. with CW marker at 0842. (Boender-Neth)
VCS-Canadian CG Halifax, NS, Canada, with CW marker at 1530. (Brett
Saylor-PA)
CKN-Vancouver military, BC. Canada. with a 75 baud ATTY transmission at
1650. (Crook-CA)
CLA-Havana Radio, Cuba, with CW marker at 2005. (Saylor-PA)
XSW2-Taichung Radio. Taiwan. with CW marker at 0943. (Bedient-HI)
WNU33-Slidell Radio. LA, with CW marker at 0227. (Saylor-PA)
6WW-French Navy Dakar, Senegal, with 75 baud ATTY "RY/Le Brick/SIX
WHISKEY WHI SKEY" at 1940. (Robert Hall-Capetown, South Africa) Same
at 2140. (Hood-UK)
UIW-Kaliningrad Radio. Kazakhstan. wo rking UBCI in CW at 0835. (BoenderNeth)
HOL-Seoul Radio. Sout11 Korea, with CW marker at 0950. (Bedient-HI)
KLB-Seattle Radio, WA. with CW marker at 0245. (Saylo r-PA)
HLJ-Seoul Radio, South Korea. with CW marker at 1000. (Bedient-HI)
9VG73-Singapore Radio with CW marker at 1004. (Bedient-HI)
WCC-Chatham Radio, MA, with CW marker at 1850. (Saylor-PA)
Omaha 2 working Doe Boy at 0423. "we have target Alpha 1 in sight. Roger
Omaha 2, 1 Alpha is ten key jackpot and please switch to low level bravo
channel." Any ideas? (Mike Baker-Santa Ana. CA) Possibly USN. but/ !1ave
never heard them sound like this-Larry.
XSG-Shanghai Radio, PRC. with CW marker at 1010. (Bed ient-HI)
0 Lima working 0 Mike for radio check. OM advised the net would be down
for 20 minutes. (Jones-CA)
Habitat working unid station at 0157. (Fowler-MA) Kilo 2 working Magic
Carpet Sierra advising them they were still on deck at 1834. Magic Carpet
working X1 H with alligator traffic, Magic Carpet passed 308.5 UHF at 2215.
Habitat on self-IDed W03 working Oscar 0. Talked about going to W-02
(maybe 6719.4). (Jones-CA)
Tuff 15 working Raymond 7 with request for phone patch to Raymond 6
(Barksdale). Mudbug Control answers at 01 36. (Fowler-MA) Heard same
at 0130. (Jones-CA)
Dallas Bravo working Eye in the Sky who was ready to start an arming drill.
Dallas Bravo said he was garbled and asked him to meet him on NORAD
Delta Link at 1410. Who is this? (Baker-CA) A couple of NORAD unitsLarry'
Y4X (Australian accent) working Z4J at 0542. Gave position as 280 miles
west of Darwin. (Jones-CA)
NNNOART-USN MARS-Camden, SC. and NNNOASO-unknown location
discussing ammo at 1410. Haven't seen this frequency used before.
(Metcalfe-KY) NNNOASO is a generic call for the Chief, Technical Library.
As for the frequency, 9052 is Navy MARS, but I haven't seen anything on
this one either-Larry.
WGY9 12-FEMA Berryville, VA, and KNY80-NCS, unknown location with
NTCN exercise message at 1548. This frequency is NC20. (Metcalfe-KY)
KNY62-NCS Bedminster, NJ, working WGY908-FEMA Denver, CO. on
frequency NC04at1519. Moved to NC05 (11 448.0) at 1521 . (Metcalfe-KY)
AFOP-French Forces Djibouti, with 100 baud ARQ-E3 idler at 1930. (HallRSA)
KNY62-NCS Bedminster, NJ. calling WGY912-FEMA Berryville, VA on
frequency NC30at 1515. WGY912was on 9275.0 and couldn't hear KNY62.
(Metcalfe-KY)
Executive 1 Foxtrot working And rews at 2300. Also heard Nightwatch 01
here working Andrews for data comms. (Jones-CA)
Broadsword working Crossbow-8 at 2304. (Jones-CA)
Broadsword calling Crossbow-?, "Forwarding to Charlie-Oscar-Echo-India." (Jones-CA)
Very strong unid station in 75 baud encrypted RTTYat 1530. Off with ORU
SK. (Metcalfe-KY)
RFT J-French Navy Dakar, Senegal. with 192 baud ARO-E3 transmission on
the JOJ circuit at 1645. (Hall-RSA)
Ghost working unid for message relay to a UK phone number at 2245.
(Jones-CA)
USN wo rking D2E and others in the clear and with ANDVT at 0122. E2T
working P60 setting up satellite comms at 0012. (Jones-CA)
Russian diplomatic traffic using Crowd36 mode at 1650. (Hall-RSA)

11181.0
11214.0
11220.0
11244.0

12586.0
12660.5
12671 .5
12687.0
12750.0
12887.5
12932.5
13206.0
13217.0
13440.0
13457.0
13722.0
13777.0
13881.4
13907.0
14462.8
14441.5
15000.0
15855.8
15861.8
16312.6
16788.0
16919.0
16922.0
16940.0
17077.0
17093.0
17189.6
17220.5
17422.2
17940.0
17973.0
18268.1
18316.2
18415.2
18597.7
18943. 7
19519.1
20950.0

Army Archer working OGY916 for date/time message H231 840 at 1842.
(Jones-CA)
Bandsaw Golf working Raymond 24 regarding satellite comm problems at
1729. (Fowler-MA)
SAM 682 working Andrews. shifted to 13440 (F646). (Fowler-MA)
Molasses working Th ule GHFS requesting working frequencies for
Nightwatch. Passed Z130/2125at1013. At 1518 Molasses makes a phone
patch via lncirlik GHFS to Boomtown at DSN 339-3961. Heard Toadstool
calling Ramshead and Best Idea, no answer from either. (Mr TV-UK)
WCC-Chatham Radio, MA, with a SITOR-A traffic list at 2107. (Crook-CA)
UGW-Novorossiysk Fisheries Radio with CW ID/frequency list as follows:
8704 5. 12660.5, and 16980 kHz. Also broadcast a traffic list for 4LA7 at
1610. (Hood-UK)
YLO-Riga Radio with 50 baud ATTY traf1ic at 1431. (Hood-UK)
OFJ-Helsiniki Radio with traffic list in CW at 1606. (Hood-UK)
NMF-USCG Boston. MA. with a weather Fax broadcast at 0343. (CrookCA)
EAD44-Madrid Radio, Spain, with CW marker at 0829. (Boender-Neth)
Navy Madrid. Spain. sending 75 baud RTIY encrypted messages at 0831.
(Boender-Neth)
PACAF 01 working Air Force Sydney at 0540. (Jones-CA)
SAM 27000 working Andrews with phone patch to SAM Command Post
at 2158. (Fowler-MA) Same at 2151. (Jones-CA)
SAM 682 working Andrews at 0336. (Jones-CA)
KJK77-FAA Palmdale, CA. with an unsuccessful phone patch attempt for
Reach 444 (USAF aircraft) at 21 13. (Metcalfe-KY)
KBW49-DOE Las Vegas. NV, calling any station during Shares exercise at
1623. (Metcalfe-KY)
Striker 35 working unid station at 0222. Tiger 13 req uesting a radio check
on Hotel Fox at 0043. Probably a B-1Bout of Ellsworth. (Fowler-MA)
MKK-RAF London. UK. with 50 baud RTTY transmission at 1838. (HallRSA)
Pingpong 47 wo rking Pingpong , advising that 47 to RTB because of
equipment at 2346. (Jones-CA)
Unid Meteo station with 96 baud ATTY transmission at 11 38. (Hall-RSA)
NNNOCZN-USS Booner working unid shore station at 0100. (Michael
Rivkin-Pomona, NY)
BPM-Time Station Shanghai. PRC, with Morse code ID during one minute
preceeding the hour at 0759. (Bedient-Hf)
Un id station sending what sounded like ARO, but wasn't. Nil on the screen
at 1310. (Hall-RSA) SNN299-MFA Warsaw has been reported here in POL ARO-Larry.
Unid station on SAM-MFA Stockholm frequency with 48 baud RTIY at
1316. (Hall-RSA)
C37A-lsraeli Mossad station. Tel Aviv, Israel. with ARQ-E 288 baud
transmission at 1329. Sadly my M7000 can't read 288 baud. (Hall-RSA)
PNA Manila. Philippines. SITOR-B news at 1935. (Crook-CA)
HMZ-Pyongyang Radio. North Korea, with CW marker at 0400. (BedientHI)
RBSL-lndian Naval Radio Bombay. India, with weather forecast using 50
baud RTTY at 1100. (Hood-UK)
XSW-Kaosiung Radio, Taiwan. with CW marker at 0406. (Bedient-HI)
ESA-Tallinn Radio with traffic list and listening on 16737 using CW at
1602. (Hood -UK)
JOA-Nagasaki Radio, Japan, with CW marker at 0415. (Bedient-HI)
D3E71-Luanda Radio, Angola, with CW marker at 1452. (Hood-UK)
JOU-Nagasaki Radio, Japan, with CW marker at 04 17. (Bedient-HI)
Embacuba Harare. Zimbabwe, with East/South African news in Spanish
using 50 baud ATTY at 1229. (Hall-RSA)
Southern Air Transport calls Cedar Rapids and gets Houston. relays ETA
at 2012. (Fowler-MA)
Hickam Global worki ng PACAF 01 for new primary frequency. Movedfrom
15043 and 13242.0 at 0241. (Jones-CA)
HBD20/5-MFA Berne, Switzerland, with a bunch of 5-letter groups at
0928. (Hal l-RSA)
Un id station using 100 baud RTTY with what looked like Czech news at
0923. (Hall-RSA)
8BY-Unid station. now listed as French intelligence per the WUN group
using CW at 1146. (Hall-RSA)
MFA Madrid, Spain, with Twinplex transmission at 1135, unable to
decode. (Hall-RSA)
Unid station (listed in WUN logs as Algerian Em bassy-Dar-es-Salaam)
llSing Coquelet at 1514. (Hall-RSA)
Unid station sending 75 RTTY at 1125. unable to decode. (Hall-RSA)
Unid station with an ARO-E 192 baud transmission at 11 20, unable to
decode. (Hall-RSA)

November 1996

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Whats brewing at the Beeb

The BBC World Service budgct cut of$10 milli on means the loss
of90jobs and many more vacancies that won' t be fi lled. as well as
the cancellation of Sowh Asia Survey, and the reduction of English
streams from five 10 three. If a similar reduction is required ne xt year,
some language services will have to go, Sam Younger said on the
BBCWS program Nell'sdesk.
Danish Telecom authorities maintain 150 10-1 5100 is not available for broadcasting. and the BBC must terminate its use of 15070
after some 50 years. despite the lack of interference complaints.
Andy SennitL recalls that out-of-band frequencies used by the BBC
were originally allocated to the British Post Office for radio-telephone stations around the UK. When the PO no longer needed all the
frequencies. some were assigned to the BBC on a non-interference
basis. (Part of the problem is thal the band is aeronautical , not fi xed.)
It was reported in Shortwave Magazine that from Oct. 27. 15070 is
to be replaced by 15575 (via Ray Woodward, rec.radio.shonwave
via Thumrnn) Radio ABC/Denmark pointed out that other stations
use the range as well as BBC (v ia Kai Ludwig, BC-DX)
Richard Buckby visited the BBC relay station in Hong Kong

before it was too late. and fou nd it in a remote area, best accessible
by hovercraft. The two 250 k W transmitters, w hich are remotecontrolled from L ondon ou tside busi ness hours in Hong Kong;
employ Pul se W idth M odulation. The new Thailand relay may take
over as early as October. By next March. BBC HK wi ll have been
dismantled, removed. and the area returned to a green field (via
Wol fgang BUschel, EDXP) The last BBC Hong Kong broadcast w ill
probably come at the end of November. (Miles A shton via Buckby,
HCJB DXPL)
Watch for the BBC to be available via Internet from early 1997,
through BBC Online. a software package and access serv ice. Initiall y the presence will be primarily text, graphics. and advertising
tailored ro Britons; audio and visual services and more international
marketing will be added later. The project is in partnership with
Japanese-controlled technology company ICL, wh ich must fund the
project, since no public money may be used to finance financial
ventures. (Reuter via David R. A lpert)
After countless hours at the radio and the computer, and sifti ng
through a foot-thick stack of paper, I bring you the news:

ALASKA KNLS W-96 English/Japanese thru March 29: 0800-0900 on 6150, 1300[non] R. Democracy announced it is on FM and SW 41 , 49 and 60m. Formerly called
R. Rutomorangingo. extremist pro-Hutu. anti-Tutsi which Burundi officials say
1400 on 7365; Z-97 from March 30 0800 tentatively changes to 9615 (KNLS)
broadcasts from Zaire (BBCM)
ANGOLA VORGAN reverted to its previous frequencies: 0450-0900 on 9755. 11501530 on 11830, 1650-21 OD on 71 OD (BBCM)
CANADA CBC's gigadollar budget is being cut by one third: unclear how this will affect
ANGUILLA Caribbean Beacon tested SW a few times in July, days on 11775. nights
RCI (gh) RCI has a new website: http://www.rcinet.ca and includes live audio
on 6090: local radiation effects evaluated. If and when finally authorized. may
feeds (Larry Nebron, CA)
be on different channels (R. ABC/Denmark DX)
COLOMBIA R. Fortaleza. Sogamoso at 1010 on harmonic 4853 ex-4702v. R.
ARGENTINA New freq for MW stations on SSB SW, weekend evenings is 11055,
Macarena reactivated 5974.3 Sept 17, heard at 2130 with strong het (Klemetz.
such as R. Rivadaviasports to Antarctica: also may carry R. Provincia de Buenos
OB) And het all evening to main BBC frequency to us as previously; why does BBC
Aires. Sun 2300-0200 (Marcelo A. Cornachioni, Argentina. DSWCI OX Window)
accept this?-gh
11055 has been used for decades for SSB traffic among British, US. and German
R. Patria Libre clandestine at 2200 on 6255, back to normal 6250 next day.
Antarctic bases. alternate to 9106 (Harald Kuhl , Germany, DSWCI OX Window)
Invited listener input for Fri 1830 broadcast on 6666 USB. FARC eland on 6325
8100-LSB with R. Rivadavia? 0525-0750+. mostly music (Brian Alexander. PA)
at 2214-2223 . heavy CW on lower side (Klemetz. OB)
AUSTRALIA R. Australia is trying to serve NAm on 9580 after 1230. and objects to
COSTA RICA New on RFPl 's 4th-quarter sked: Africa Speaks, Wed 1900-2000, Thu
WEWN using that frequency. A review of ABC including R. Australia is under0300 and 1000. Your colum nist's World of Radio remains: Fri 2000, Sat 0400,
way, and support from individuals is needed specifying their needs and
1100, 1800, Sun 0200, 0900, 2300. Mon 0700, Tue 1900, Wed 0300, 1000 on
expectations. Send to: Mr Bob Mansfield, ABC Review. P. 0. Box 1873, Canberra
some of 6205-USB, 7385, 15050-USB or AM (gh)
2601 ; ph one +61-62856653; fax +61 627911 65; E-m ail <abcsubmit@
CROATIA Zagreb program booklet by E-mail shows English resched uled to H+05:
mailhost.dca.gov.au> (Arie Schellaars, RA Asst. Transmission Mgr) RA is
0005, 0805. 1005, 1405, 2005 (Arthur Cushen. NZ, RNZI Mailbox)
running USB on 17880 at 0100-0800 including Grandstand. live spo rts Sat and
CUBA Rebe/de-OX is new show on 5025 and 42-station MW net. UT Sats 0430 in two
Sun (BBCM)
5-minute segments (RHC En Contacto)
AUSTRIA ORFplans to use 7325 to Americas at 2200-0400 for W96 (KW-Panorama
CZECH REPUBLIC R. Prague has four 60th anniversary QSLs, repros of 1936-37
via BCOX') Ex-BBC channet!-gh Should be much better than 9 MHz last winter
cards from the CPRV collection (Jerry Berg, NU via HCJB)
(Joe Hanlon, PA)
DENMARK Julian Isherwood said Sept. 15 on the only English program on R.
BELGIUM RVI W96 English to NAm at 1400(excSun 1330) on 13685 (Bob Thomas.
Denmark that there were no plans to continue it alter 1996. Send protests to Mr.
CT) 1113795 to SEAs; 0030 NAm 5900, SAm 9925 (RVI Radio Worldvia Steven
Hans Jorgen Skov, Dir. Gen. of R. Denmark (Anker Petersen, DSWCI)
Cline)
[non] With longest nights approaching. R ABC/Denmark via Kaliningrad
BOLIVIA Strange things on 4632.4; one day at 2259, test from R. 11 de Octubre,
7570, Sun 0800-1200 should be propagating to NAm now if MUF permits (gh)
Cobija and satellite program from ERBOL: next day at 2330. R. Frontera. Cobija
Tried a new aerial beam on Sept. 29: did that help? (Stig Hartvig Nielsen. R. ABC/
114449.9. On 6065.7. R. Mauro Nuiiez ex-6142 at 2230-2400. 1000-1 100
Denmark)
(Henrik Klemetz. Dateline Bogot;i)
ECUADOR HCJB Spanish programs include: Galapagos Wed 2145 on 15550, UT Fri
BULGARIA Varna 9774.8 100 kW with omni
0145 on 6050, 15140; Musica de/ Ecuador Sun
antenna carries special program for seamen
All tim es UTC; A ll frequencies kHz; * before hr =
11 DD on 11960, 6050: Allegro-Musica Clasica
Fri 2110-2300 (OX Mixvia Nikolai Pashkevich,
Sun 1800-1900 on 151 40 (via Rich McVicar.
sign 011, * after hr= sign off; II= parallel
BC-OX)
HCJB) T/10 Latest Catc/1 ended in August in prepaprogramming; + = conti11ui11g but not monitored; 2 x
BURUNDI R. Umwizero. presently on FM plans
freq =2nd har111011ic; Z-96 =Summer season; W-96 = ration for McVicar's departure; OX Partyline conSW in futu re. financed by EEC counteracting
tinues with Ken MacHarg (gh) Major problem at
Winter seaso11; /11011] =Broadcast to or for the listed
hate radios (Bernard Chenal. DSWCI OX WinPifo site is high winds, pulling antenna wires apart
country,
but
1101
necessarily
originating
there.
dow)
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ing transmitter shutdowns (McVicar via Veldhuis. BC-OX)

ERITREA V. of the Broad Masses of Eritrea with two different programs 03250340+ on 7085, 7390 (Brian Alexander, PA)
ETHIOPIA V. of Tigray Revolution. much later than sked, 2023-21 oo.slightly better
on 5500 than on 7515 (Bob Hill. MA. DSWCI OX Window) This is no longer
clandestine, from Mekele, Tigray region (BBCM) Both opened on a Sunday at
'0356, vs '0329 other days (Brian Alexander. PA)
FRANCE RFI announced it would go all-news in French from Sept. 16; I'm distressed
that this may mean the end of some very good music programs (Mike Cooper,
GA. rec.radio.shortwave) Two days after RFI was to go all-news in French, aoneday strike of journalists forced the English hour at 1200 to fill with music after
a short management newscast (Martin Gallas, IL)
GUAM Electronic DX Press is now prime sponsor of DX info on KTWR 's Pacific OX
Report. Sat 0820 on 15200, 0940 on 11 830. Mon 1615 on 11580. Full-data
OS Ls for correct reports to: Bob Padula, 404 Mont Albert Rd., Surrey Hills, Vic.
3127, Australia; return postage appreciated (Padula) KTWR new 100 kW should
start in January on 25. 31and41 mb to North China {Hans Johnson, Cumbre OX
via BC-DX)
HONDURAS R. Copan lnt'I tests on 15675 last summer lasted only a few days; will
not be back until someone signs.a major contract to finance improvements
(Marcel Rommerts, DSWCI OXW)
La Voz Evangelica. 4819. 7, gave English ID at 0330 as Voice of Honduras
(Paul Ormandy, NZ. DXing with Cumbre)
IND/A The city of Madras has chdnged name to Chennai, Tamil name (Jose Jacob.
Wavescanvia Jeff White via Cumbre DXviaDSWC I DX Window) Be/that doesn t
'take' any faster in English than Bombay into Mumbai-gh
INDONES/A RRI Programa Nasional has split into two services-First Program Satu
and Second Program Dua. But First normally does not specify Satu. I heard Dua
on 15150 at certain times. Sa tu at other times. Mon at 1015, Dua has Kang Guru
II Radio English Sflow (Juichi Yamada, DSWCI OX Window)

RADIO REPUBLIK INDONESIA

JI Merdeta 9Jtll 4 5 Jalcart1 10110. Pl) 80 )56 JH~rt.1 10 110 !eip. J86~S 7

/RAN [non] V. of Southern Azerbaijan [see last month) moved to 9927 at 15301633v (BBCM, Victor Goonetilleke, DSWCI OXW)
/RAG [non] V. of the Iraqi People. communist in Arabic 0500-0600, 1730-1830 on
3930-3955v. Formerly used 7025-7045, 5820-5845 (BBCM) Still heard on
5816v afternoons (Finn Krone, DSWCI OXW) Washington Post, Sept. 15 ran a
lengthy story on CIA operations in Iraq. including radio stations, but short on
details; mentioned V. of Free Iraq, and a base in Salahuddin, Kurdistan (gh) V.
of Iraq, the Iraqi National Congress station in Arbil had its offices destroyed by
the Iraqi army and the KDP (V. of Islamic Rep. of Iran via BBCM)
ISRAEL Due to early end of DST, all Kol Israel programs one hour later from Sept.
16, English at 0500. 1500, 2000 (Wojciech Zaremba, Poland) Surprised to hear
some feature programs again. on a Thursday, Diplomatic Dialog by David Zeev
and High Tec/1 Scene with Ben Dallen (Doni Rosenzweig, rec.radio.shortwave
via George Thurman)
ITALY Rai plans new station with 500 kW. revolving curtains. Current Prato
Smeraldo site has only 6 x 100 kW in a densely populated area ( Oui Raivia Kai
Ludwig. Electronic DX Press)
IRRS-Shortwave. Milano, tentative W96: 0600-0830 on 3985, 0830-1430 on
7125, 1430-2000 on 3985, 2100-2300 on 3955, A3A mode (via Paniview)
Proposed new AWR station at Argenta. northern Italy, is on property
reclaimed from the Adriatic, probably 4 x 100 kW (Adrian Peterson, AWR,
EDXP)
JORDAN R. Jordan on strange 10000.0 at 2030 in Arabic (Harald Kuhl. Germany,
DSWCI OXW)
KDREAS On a brief visit to S. Korea I found these N. Korean frequencies jammed
in the afternoon/evening: 3925, 3985. 4120. 4400. 6100 until 0900, 6250; other
listed NK freqs were not jammed (Gerry Bishop, Song Tan)
KURDISTAN V. of the People of Kurdistan, the PUK station in Suleimaniya which was
strong on 4105 and 6295v was missing the day KDP forces were close to PUK
and people were fleeing to Iran. I love this type of DXing, but we should never
lose sight of the hardship, fear and anguish people must be undergoing (Victor
Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka. DSWCI OX Window) VOPK back the following week at
1528 on 4025v in Arabic. Kurdish, next day 0400 on 4030. IRNA news agency
reported it had moved to an undisclosed location in NE Iraq. V. of Iraqi
Kurdistan, Salah al-Din, supporting the KDP party, in Kurdish, Arabic on 4070
at 0245-0500. 0920-1 100. 1645-1930 (BBCM) VOPK presumed on 4105 //
6301.2 at 0236-0310+, next day 6290 (Brian Alexander. PA) V. of Iranian
Kordestan, 6293.8 at 0330 clear ID, surprisingly strong (Wolfgang Busc hel,
Germany)

LEBANON V. of Hope uses 9960 at 2100-1330, last half-hour in English; 9965 in

several languages 1330-2100, 25 kW (High Adventure Ministries, England)
According to this, both Palau and Lebanon are on 9965 at 1330-1530 (gh) VOH
on new 9990 24h, running 25 kW transmitter at only 5 kW, says Gary Hull. manager
(Hans Johnson. Cumbre OX via EOXP)
V. of Lebanon (6550). Christian station
said it would suspend news and political programs in accordance with a new law
allowing only a few stations to do this (R. Lebanon via BBCM) VOL, a Meronite
station. must go off by end of Nov (lnt'I Freedom of Expression Exchange via
DevMedia via Don Moore via HCJB DXPL)
LESOTHO LNBS will apparently remain on SW 4800 even tho BBC is no longer
relayed from here (Dave Kenny, BBCM, HCJB OX Partyline)
LIBERIA R. Liberia lnt'I, 5100 abruptly on at '061 4 in English; another day from
' 0649 (Brian Alexander. PA)
LITHUANIA (non) R. Vilnius to us at 0030-0100 back on 6120 via Julich. Germany
(Ivan Grishin, Ont., BBCM)
MEXICO XERMX announced new E-mail address: <imer@mpsnet.com.mx> and
Julian Santiago mentioned they were running only 5 kW on 5985, 9705, not 10
(gh, W.O.R.)
MOROCCO Maghreb Arabe Presse RTTY broadcasts on F1B. 50 baud in English:
1200-1400 on 19171.1. 18496.1 . 18265. 18220.9. 15654.9 daily exc Sun; also
has Arabic, French (BBCM)
MYANMAR Home Service 5990 in August around 1217 varied to 5993, 6003.9,
5988.6. Thabye Radio at 1150-1 230' on 6357.2 (David Foster, Australia. NU via
Cumbre OX via BC-DX)
NEW ZEALAND RNZI until 16 March 1997: 9875 from 1650 M-F (1900 Sat, 1850
Sun); 11735 from 1953 Sun-Thu (2008 Fri, 1959 Sat); 15115 from 2135 SunThu (2206 Fri and Sat); 11905 from 0458 daily; 9700 (6100 until Oct 27) from
0816 M-F (0758 Sat and Sun) to 1206 [Wed 1230, they forget to specity-gh};
6100 from 1206 for occasional sport (RNZI via Gigi Lytle) Sounds Historical is
covering the 70th anniversary of rad io in NZ. culminating on the Nov. 17 show.
Suns 0700-0900 (Chet Copeland. DC)
NIGERIA V. of Nigeria is to run 24-hours after
installation of new transmitters (R. Nigeria Kaduna via BBCM) All government
radio stations have been stopped from
airing BBC news (Nat Cole. Nigeria Watch
via Lund, DSWCI
Window) Maybe in VOICE OF NIGERIA
light of R. Kudirat office in London? (Finn ... the authoritative choice
Krone, OXWed.)
[non] R. Democrat International Nigeria changed name at end of August to
R. Kudirat Nigeria, V. of Democracy. R. Kudirat denied a report by R. Nigeria that
the USIS supports R. Kud irat and was preparing travel documents for a Hausa
language broadcaster. R. Kudirat does broadcast in Hausa on Saturday nights.
(BBCM) Time changed Oct 1to1905 to 2005, news at 1910, still on 6205 via
South Africa (Ivan Grishin, Ontario) Nigerian gov't pretends to be searching for
source, but R. Kudirat appears openly on SENTECH's website (gh)
NORWAY RNI W96 to NAm, Sundays in English: 1200, 1300, 1600 on 11840; 2000
on 7480, 2100 and 0100 on 7465, 0300 on 7520 (Bob Thomas, CT)
PALAU KHBN fall 1996 sked includes English Sat and Sun: 0730-1130 and 14001430 on 9965 and 9730. 9965 has 90 kW, 9730 has 50 kW (High Adventure
Ministries. England) see LEBANON
PALESTINE(n on] V. of the Palestinian Islamic Revol ution. via Iran in winter may be
onehour later than: Arabic 0400-0500 on 9670, 5995; 1200-13001 1745; 19302030 9665, 7190, 6025 (BBCM)
PERU R. Luz y Sonido, Huanuco on 3234.9 ex-6471.9v not only with own program,
but relay of disco from R. 1160, Lima at 0125. R. San Nicolas heard daily on
5470.6 around sunrise and 2300/2400. R. Peru, San Ignacio at 2300 on 6076.8

ox

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

Review of International Broadcasting

SW Programming , opinion , equipment, satellite monitoring.
Samples $2 .50 each (outside North America US $3 or 6 IRCs)
1Oissue subscriptions $26 in USA, or both for $49
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the Global Forum {continued}
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ex-5926.6. R. Altura. Huarmaca on 6479.8 ex-7143.1 . R. Lircay. 4830.6 0030
0200 with dedications during Tachira power outage. R. Huarmaca 5485.7 and
Reina de la Selva. 5486. 7 heterodyning each other at 0010 (Henrik Klemetz.
Colombia, Dateline Bogota)
R. Ondas del Sur Oriente, Cusco, 5068.7 at 2155-0234. R. Horizonte,
Chachapoyas, 5019.9 at 1128-1210, not to be confused with Ecos del Atrato.
CARACOL, Colombia on 5019. 7. R. San Ignacio, Cajamarca at 0110-0142 on
6753.2 ex-6747.3. R. Soledad, Parcoy, 1136-1205 and 2304-2325 on 4581 .8
ex-4583.3 (Ped ro F. Arrunategui, Chasqui DX. Lima) R. Victoria. 6018. 1v.0600
0700+ rarely gives own ID but has religious program La Voz de la Liberaci6n.
also in Portuguese (Ernie Behr. Ont.)
PORTUGAL R. Portugal Englishat0330- - - - - - - - - - - -...
0400 Tue-Sat on 61 50ex-609511 RDP I JnternlciOnal
9570 (Jim Frimmel. TX) Now
RADIOPORTUGAL
clashes with AWR Costa Ricagh
P.O. BX ton
QATAR QBS Arabic program: 0245
t.$SON . 1001 PORT\J("..AL
2130 on9570 and also: 0245-0707
and 1705-2130 on 721 O. 0707-1305 on 15265, 1305-1 705 on 11750. There
may be a 30-minute break for freq changes (BBCM)
RUSSIA Things look bleak this winter for V. of Russia: 5940 blasted by Dr. Gene
Scott 5935, 7125 OK but only until 0100 , no freq audible in early/mid afternoon
(Ivan Grishin, Ont.) 7125 best at 2230-2400; 2100-2200 on 7420. 7260, 7350.
7175 (Tom Sundstrom, NJ)
Apirate contest for Europeans Dec. 27 -Jan. 6 includes numerous broadcasts
during local darkness from Russian Radio, Radio Magic. Southern Hobby Radio
on 5780, 6209 or 6255 (Patrik Willtor, Play-DX)
SAO TOME VOA relay tropical band transmitter uses 4750 in English at 0300-0330.
4950 at 1900-2030 (VOA CW)
SERBIA [non] R. Yugoslavia W96 English: 01000130exc Sun on 6195. 7115; 0200
0230 on 7230. 6100 or 7130; 1330-1 400 on 11835; 1930-2000 on 6100, 9720;
2200-2230 on 6100, 6185 (Bernhard Klink, BC-OX)
SIKKIM AIR Gangtok 3390 now regular 1200-1 600 or 1630, and on 6085 0700
0850. Not regular at 0100-0300 (Alok Das Gupta, India, EDXP via BC-OX)
SOLOMON ISLANDS SIBC. R. Happy Isles, sent 1996 program sked with QSL for
5020 until 1130 including this lineup at 1030: Mon Our Environment, Tue Our
Resources, Wed Radio Magazine, Thu Calling Provinces. Fri Snippets. Sat from
1010 Local Bands Hit Parade, Sun House Wives Choice(via Randy Stewart. MO,
W.O.R.)
SOMALIA R. Mogadishu, V. of the People. 6969, had news in English at 2000 (David
Foster. Australia. and Finn Krone. Denmark, NU via HCJB DXPL)
SOUTH AFRICA Two of four new 100 kW transmitters at Meyerton began testing
Sept 16 on 11900. 6125. 3280. BBC will use them on 3255. 6190. 11940
replacing Lesotho (Kathy Otto, SENTECH via Conradie via Cumbre OX via BC
DX)
Channel Africa has been given a 6-month reprieve, pending a thorough
investigation into the service's future (Pretoria News via Godfrey Clemitson.
RSA, DSWCI DXW) But a delay in interim funding might force it to close abruptly
(SAPA via BBCM)
SPAIN REE English from Oct. 27 to us moves from 9540 to 6055 at 0100-0300,
0500-0556; 9540 will switch to Spanish. Other W96 English: 2000-2100 MF
and 2200-2300 SaVSun on 6125, 11 775 to Eu/Al (REE)
SRI LANKA Eelam People's Democratic Party via SLBC 6035 heard around 1230
1330' (David Foster, Australia. NU via DSWCI DXW) Construction of VOA
lranawila relay has been hampered by crooked foundations for antenna masts,
causing them to twist (W.O.R.)
SUDAN R. Omdurman on 9200 including English at 1800 (Wojtek Zaremba. Poland)
Rep. of Sudan R. on new 9200 at 2115-2301" ex-9024v 117199.94. both fairgood; lower one again from 0246 with interval signal. 0300 program, joined by
9200 "0257-0415+.
[non] V. of Sudan opposition on 8000.1 //9025.29 at 0402-0430+ and 1900
1916 on 8000.06, 9025.27, 12008 (Brian Alexander. PA. World of Radio) Weak
but clear at 0450 on 8000.1. 9025.1. 12008 (Finn Krone. Denmark. DSWCI
DXW)
TASMANIA Techno SW, pirate on 4795. 7555 and FM closed down after a friendly
E-mail message from the Spectrum Management Authority (Hobart Mercuryvia
EDXP)
THAILAND R. Thailand domesticservice hasreactivated 4830, 7115 alongwith 6070
(Victor Goonetilleke. Sri Lanka, RNMN)
TIBET [non] V. of Tibet. 15480 via Seychelles at 11 45-1200 was jammed by China
R. lnt'I English/Tagalog service replacing Easy-FM as jammer when 011 15445
(BBCM) VOT returned to15445, escaping jamming fora while(VictorGoonetilleke,
Sri Lanka, RNMN) And to add 17MHz outlet (Alok das Gupta, India. EDXP) Easy
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jam (R. Australia via BBCM) New E-mail: <VOt@sn.no> (Ashok Kumar Bose,
India, BC-DX)
TIN/AN USIA has awarded a S13 million contract to Sayed Hamid Behbehani and
Sons, who built the Kuwait MW relay, to build a new relay station here for VOA
and APN; three 500 kW transmitters will be moved from Maxoqueira, Portugal,
total cost over $20 million, on air by Dec. 1998. Site has been cleared by
environ mental and hi storical studies (George Mackenzie, USIA,
rec.radio.shortwave and via Aaron Pilchick)
US A USIA denied my Freedom of Information Act request for a schedule of IBB
broadcasts, based on 22 USC 1461 of 1948; there are exceptions and appeal
may be made (George Thurman, TX)
Chief of the VOA Burmese service, who had been under investigation for
alleged connections to Burma's military government. has been fired from VOA,
leaving the Burmese service in serious disarray at a most critical time for the
democracy movement (World of Radio)
Asia Pacific Network made last-minute name change back to original Radio
Free Asia. inaugurated Sept 28 with two 60-minute Mandarin broadcastsat 2300
and 1500: transmitter sites and freqs secret at first (Richard Richter, RFA,
RNMN) KHBI Saipan was rearranging its schedule, so via it? (Jim Moats, OH)
APN was denounced by the Vietnamese army newspaper in a lengthy article
referring to the culture behind it as '"decadent" and "debauched" (Voice of
Vietnam via BBCM) Thailand denied permission for APN to broadcast via VOA
Udorn, in deference to its neighboring countries (The Nation, Bangkok via VOA
Communications World) China and Vietnam thanked Thailand for resisting
American pressure (UPI via David Alpert) APN planned to start broadcasting
Sept. 30 at 1500 in Mandarin. 2300 in other languages (AFP via David Alpert)
R. Marti managers were hurriedly moving to Miami before ottice space was
arranged or money allocated, just in case Pres. Clinton is re-elected and ceases
to be so beholden to the exiles (Christopher Marquis, Miami Herald via Aaron
Pilchick) RM has always operated a news bureau in Miami, and since 1994 has
originated some live programming from there weekdays. The complete move
may be stopped by congressional action: it l1as deeply divided the statt into two
camps, pro- and anti-Mas Canosa. Even a cursory sample reveals the extent to
which Mas Canosa now controls RM broadcasts. He is mentioned in at least
every other newscast: one weekend. RM aired no less than five times a recreation of a debate between him and Cuban official Ricardo Alarcon (Rick
Seifert. Ottice of Cuba Broadcasting)
Southern Music Radio. New Zealand will broadcast special via WRMI 9955,
Sat Dec 14 at 1900-2000. with special QSL. Also ottering their own QSLs at
weekly post-DST timings are Rock-it Radio. Sun 2000-2100, and Horizon
Worldwide ending Nov 10 Sat 2100-2130 (Jeff White. WRMI) WRMI expects
FCC approval soon for new antenna toward Canada; then it will take two months
to put on air: existing antenna already being modified for better NAm. Eu
coverage (Marcel Rommerts, DSWCI DXW) AWR Wavescan may becomeahalf
hour show recorded by Adrian Peterson himself starting in January (Viva Miami)
Monitor Radio had to make more cuts, dropping live newscasts on weekends,
reassigning staff; expansion of NPR A// Things Considered to start an hour
earlier knocked MR off many public radio stations; and MRI has not been able
to sell ads on WSHB, KHBI (Jim Moats. OH) Only certain portions of Monitor
Radio broadcasts are available in RealAudio: Newscasts. Today's Show, and
Latest Hits. but not Letterbox, Sentinel. Herald. or church services (via Moats)
WVHA's 1800-2200 broadcast was on 9900 for a few days instead of 9930,
clashing with Cairo after 1900 (Jim Moats. OH) Error?

WJCR FM
W)CR World Wide
WJCR claimed to reach China on 13595. inactive recently due to lightning
strike. but it is registered at 270. nowhere near the direction of China from
Kentucky except on a Mercator map (gh)
WEWN is occasionally missing from all frequencies. When a lightning storm
approaches they have to close down the station for safety (George Thurman, TX)
see also AUSTRALIA
Chuck Harder suddenly went on extended vacation until after the election,
turning For the People via WHRI over to other hosts; sold his network to Pat
Choate, who soon became Perot's running mate and also withdrew from the
radio business (Wall Street Journal. Chet Copeland)
Ask WWCR answers FAQs about propagation, technical and business matters. false charges of censorship, etc .. Fri 2100 on 15685, Sat 1015 on 5065,
2100 on 12160, Mon 0015 on 5065 after shift off DST. WWCR-4 on 9475/7435/
2390 has been sold exclusively to Brother Stair 24h (George McClintock,
WWCR) Media Bypass got the coveted M-F9-11 pm CT 5065 block vacated by
Tom Valentine (gh)

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0000 UTC on 9900
EGYPT: Radio Cairo. English news and Egyptian music. Modulation slightly
improved from usual low level. (Lee Silvi. Mentor, OH/via email; Sue Wilden.
Columbus, IN/via email)
0003 UTC on 4799.70
GUATEMALA: Radio Buenas Nuevas. Spanish. Announcer reading text to
0005. Vocal tune to evening program of talk and regional news. Guatemala's
Radio Tezulutlan noted on 4835 at 2350, with children's choral tunes and
canned" ID. (Richard T. Leinweber, Marble Falls, TX)
0007 UTC on 5930
CZECH REP.: Radio Prague. Czech economic/political news,// 7345. Press
reviews and Czech military report. (Brian Bagwell, St. Louis, MO; Leinweber,
TX)
0010 UTC on 5955.1
PERU: Radio Estacion Uno. Spanish. Modern music, ID, "Y ya son las 7 y 24
en Estacion Uno." Music to ID as, "A traves de radio Estacion Uno .. la
maxima." Fair signal quality to 0205 and national anthem. (PedroArrunategui,
Lima, Peru/The Four Winds)
0014 UTC on 5260
KAZAKHSTAN: Kazakh Radio. Domestic service 2 with regional programming and music from grayline DXing. (James A. DeYoung, Arlington. VA/via
email)
0014 UTC on 9990
LEBANON: Voice of Hope. Arabic. Lady's Arabic vocals on this new frequency (ex 9965). Very weak Sl0=232. Recheck at 0035 with minimal audio
level. Fair signal for subsequent afternoon checks at 2203 with Arabic vocals.
(GVH/NC)
0015 UTC on 6020
NETHERLANDS: Radio Netherlands. Feature on music interpretation and
cultural reactions to differing styles, noted on II 6165, 9845 (Netherlands
Antilles relays). (Bagwell, MO)
001 5 UTC on 4682.2
BOUVIA: Radio Paititi. Spanish. Regional messages to ID, "De esta manera
Radio Paititi." Noted interlerence on frequency, station monitored in LSB.
(Arrunategui/The Four Winds)
0028 UTC on 7150
UKRAINE: Radio Ukraine lnt'I. Ukrainian folk music program celebrating their
independence, audible on II 9550. ORM from Radio Havana's Spanish
service. (John Richter, Santa Monica, CA; Wilden, IN; Leinweber, TX;
Bagwell, MO)
0029 UTC on 6120
LITHUANIA: Radio Vilnius. English service sign-on with interval signal, ID,
and tonight's program preview. Weekly Press Review of news and sports.
Mailbag show's pan flute melody to letter on Lithuanian honey and beekeeping. (Tom Banks, Dallas. TX)
0030 UTC on 6050
IRAN: VOIRI. Readings from the Holy Koran to station ID. Frequency
schedule and editorial. (William McGuire, Cheverly, MD)
0040 UTC on 4755
GEORGIA: Radio Georgia. Noted while searching for Brazil's Radio Roraima.
Good signal with great music to 0100. Station ID, II 5020. (Zacharias Lianga.
T essaloniki, Greece/The Four Winds.)
0056 UTC on 7250
RUSSIA: Voice of Russia. Instrumental music program to 0059. (Wilden, IN)
Letters segment at 0249 on 15180 II 15580. (Gerald R. Brookman, Kenai, AK)
0110 UTC on 9840
HUNGARY: Radio Budapest. Featured program of opera music. Frequency
monitored to 0235. (McGuire, MD)
0115 UTC on 6000
CUBA: Viewpointfeature with editorial on U.S./Cuban relations, 119820, 9830
USB. Discussion on Cuban insurance conference to 0130 news headlines.
(Sam Wright, Biloxi, MS) Letters program heard on 9820 at 0206. (Brookman,
AK)
0135 UTC on 9640
GERMANY: Deutsche Welle. Inside Europe program, monitored on II 6040,
6085, 6145, 11740. Discussion on curbing drug smuggling at 2140 on 9735
// 15135. (Wright, MS; Banks, TX; McGuire. MD) Monitored 0504 on 9515 /
I 5960 (Brookman, AK)
0147 UTC on 9540
SPAIN: Radio Extenor de Espana. Music from Spanish artist. Sunday
afternoon programming noted at 2145 on 11775 llweaker on 6125 to Europe.
(Frank Hillton, Charleston. SC; Wilden. IN)
0207 UTC on 7250
RUSSIA: Voice of Vietnam relay via Armavir. News in English. Vietnam Land
and People program. Fair signal quality with fading. (Brandon M. Artman,
West Chester. PA)
0258 UTC on 7199
SUDAN: Radio Omdurman. Arabic. Station internal signal, ID and 0300.
Holy Koran to 03 15 and news coverage on Khartoum and Omdurman.
(Racenis, MARE)

0311 UTC on 5980

BOTSWANA: VOA relay. Dateline Africa program about November's election preparations. Weather forecast for various cities in Africa. (Racenis/
MARE)
0400 UTC on 15115
NEW ZEALAND: Radio NZ Intl. Newscast to regional Pacific music, monitored to 0458. (Silvi. OH)
0533 UTC on 6015
AUSTRIA: Radio Austria Intl. Story on Austrian judicial system, music from
Bach and listener's letters. (Wilden, IN)
0802 UTC on 17900.02
PAKISTAN: Radio Pakistan. Newscast to sports update at 0804. Program
preview to regional music, heard on // 15470.05. (Giovanni Serra, Rome,
Italy/The Four Winds)
1007 UTC on 3925
JAPAN: Radio Tampa. Weak, bullocalmusic audible and female announcer's
text. Amateur radio ORM from tune-ups! (DeYoung, VA)
1120 UTC on 9525
INDONESIA: (Java) ARI-Jakarta. Indonesian. St0=233. Pop music to
announcement and ID at 1130. Address in Jakarta given to news about
Papua New Guinea. (Racenis, MARE)
1210 UTC on 13625
FRANCE: Radio France Intl. Report on trade and the European Union.
(McGuire, MD)
1256 UTC on 15540
BELGIUM: Radio Vlaanderan. Brussels Calling show to southeast Asia.
French service at 1330 on 15322. (Silvi, OH)
1356 UTC on 15600
GERMANY: Radio Telefis Eireann (RTE). Special broadcast relayed from
Deutsche Telecom's (Juelich) station in Germany. Station abruptly on the air
amid Interview with former soccer player. Live programming for today's
soccer match of the Gaelic Finals in Dublin. (Mayo vs Meade). Local
commercials for Malloy's liquor store, CD offer, sheep vaccine, and
Bridgestone tires. Station IDs, taped segments from the 95' finals, player
interviews, parade commentary (before a frenzi ed crowd!) and sports
commentary from a delightful Irish brogue announcer. Fair II on 12055 to
Europe at 141 3; Very weak on II 9815 to Australia. (GVH/ NC)
1429 UTC on 6020
PHILIPPINES: Radio Veritas. English announcements by lady to Mandarin
service at 1430. (Brookman. AK)
1536 UTC on 9640
NORTH KOREA: Radio Pyongyang. Usual propaganda programming. Station audible on 13650, 2341-2348. (Brookman, AK)
1600 UTC on 6155
SINGAPORE: Radio Singapore Intl. Local time check, "it's midnight," into
national newscast. (Brookman, AK)
1600 UTC on 17750
USA: Voice of Free China relay via Okeechobee. FL. World news in English
and story on Indonesia. (Edward H. Schwartz, Chicago, IL)
1607 UTC on 9530
SOUTH AFRICA: Channel Africa. News to 1609, with headline repeat and
ID. Time check and program preview. Afro pops and interview segment.
(Serra, The Four Winds)
1740 UTC on 15205
ALGERIA: Radio Algeria Int'!. French. Regional music with English ID at
1806. World news headlines and update on conflicts in northern Iraq.
(Dennis Ruga/via email)
1813 UTC on 15050 USB
COSTA RICA: Radio for Peace Intl. Spanish programming to 2000 English
service. (Silvi, OH; Wilden, IN) World of Radio heard on 7385 at 0331 , station
audible on 7385 at 0506. (Brookman, AK; Banks. TX)
1830 UTC on 11990
KUWAIT: Radio Kuwait. Pop music progam to ID. regional news and
updates on Israel. (McGuire. MD)
2150 UTC on 9430
SWEDEN: Radio Sweden. Sounds Nordic show featuring music from Bruce
Springsteen,// 6065 to Europe with Sl0=333. (Hilllon, SC) Audible on 7290
at 0140. (McGuire, MD)
2204 UTC o n 9485
NORWAY: Radio Norway Intl. News topics on Norwegian health care
service and national parliament to 2211 . Station ID into Nordic Report on
morals and ethics in the Nordic countries. (Banks, TX)
2356 UTC on 6746
PERU: Radio San Ignacio. Spanish. A clear"San Ignacio" ID at 2358 by male
announcer. Regional music interspersed with text. (DeYoung, VA)
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:.tall<rn ,chcduk' and infonnation at: nicuw @niuz.nl.
I-ill<' '/ 1111i11g. a c.:onununicatiotb journal e111pha>i1.ing rare and
d1l r1nilt UX. pub li , hes a bi-monthly (weekly in wi nter) newsletter uf

AIRLKA'l<T l'H.AFHC
N1p1l011\.'.111gu l:l747-2001-/Ji\M1 94 .889 1 kHz USl:l.
Prepared QSL ~3rd 1crified in 18 days for an
English util ity report. QSL address: Nippon Cargo
Airlines. f'light Operations Dept.. P.O. Box I 025.
Tokyo Airpun 1'1bl Office. Nanta. Chiba 282.
Jap.in. (Steve M.:Donald-Port Coq uitlam. BC

Canada via ..:mail)

Transrnk1mbia11 UC8-51 l/HK-3816. 6637 kl-11.
US U. Prcp.11cd QSL cdfd vc1illcd in J I days for an
Eug li,h utilil) 1epurt. QSL addre": Aero
Tra11sculo111b1"11,1 De Carg11 Lida .. Terminal de
Caig.1 fnh:r lldl..'.iunal. A._:nlpth.!no El Dorado, Sant~fc
d l:lu,!lul.1. Cvlv111b1a. (MdJonalJ-CAN)
LTU 76\Ul757-20U/D-AMUW. 6556 kHz USl:l.
Prepared ()SL card verilied in 28 days for an
English u1ili1 y report. QSL address: LTU
Luf11ra11,puriun1crrnchmc11 GmbH & Co. KG.
Flughaleu Halle 8 . .JUOO Du,>cldorf 30. Gcnna ny.
(Mc0<,,1aldCANJ
Zimbabwe 725. l:l707-300U/Z-WKU. 8903 kHz
USl:l. 1'1 cparcd QSL carcl vcrillcd in 28 days for an
Eugli'h utility report. QSLacldrcss: A ir Z imbabwe
Opc1Jlirn1> Uepar1111ent. P.O. Box AP I. Harare
Airpon. Z imbab\\c. (McDonald-CAN)
U1 unci 97. l:l'/()i 3Litll::.RIVK R l:IF. 6556 kHz USB.
1'1qi~rcd (./SL .:.1rd 1erificd in 21 clays for an
English u11lit)
QSL addrc>s: Royal Brunei
Airlines. P.O. l:lux 737. l:lanclar Seri Begawan
I ':IUi. llruuci 0<1rualam. tMcDvnald-CAN)

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website (h llp://www.ping.at/rai/).Program schedu le.

s tation sticker and rece ption report form enclosed. Swtion address: A-1136 Wien Wurtburggasse 30. Vienna.
Austria. (Gayle Van Horn-Brnsstown. NC)

Austral ian Defense Forces Radio/NAVCOMMSTA

Canherra- 13525 kHz. Full data letter on station le tterhead signed by Adam lfnand. Assoned military stickers. Defense Forc.:cs refri gl.!rator magnets and Australian
travel brochures cnclo,cd. Received in 36 days for an
English report and two IRC' (returned with reply).
Station addrcs:.: Anzac Park West Ofllces. APW l- B07. REID ACT. Australia. (Wh ite-MS)
BULGARIA
Radio l:lulgaria. 7480 kHt.. Full data QSL card un. igned. Card was #6 of a scrie,. plus bronLe diploma
signed by Iva Dclchcva. Received in 152 days for a
series of English reports within a specillcd time period.
Two Bulgarian magazine> (in English) and a touri't
guide of Solia. S tation address: 4 Dragan Tsankov.
Solla 1040. Bulg aria. (Paul Jahlonowski-Grccnficld ,
WI)

CANADA
C HU. Time/Freq Station. 7335 kH1.. Full dataS1111u/11rd
Timi' Zone card unsigned. Cover letter signed by W.J.
Ca1.cmicr. Received in 16 days for an English report.
one U.S. dollar and return addres' label. Station address: National Resc11rd1 Council. Ottawa. Ontario.
Canada KI A O R6. (Brandon Artman-West Chester.
PA)

R"diu Algeria. I :'i~tJ5 kHl. l'anial data QSL card

t11bigncd. Progra111 :-.i.ht;dulc and rcc.:t:ption rcpon
form c ndched. Keccived in 178 days for a French
report. Station add res': 21 Boulevard des Many rs.
A lg ier,, A l gc ri~. r!Jarrell Whilc-Hattic,burg. MSJ
A U:>'llUA
Radiu A11,1ri<1 l111c111<111unal. 9655 kH1.. Full data
\Crifica1iu11011 U l<I- Statiou kuerhcad. initialed by
uf Lb1c11c" ~en ice. Received in 26 day, l'ia
ai1 mail. for an l:nglish report 'ent by e mail ai ORF

WWKB 1520 A/VI kl-IL. Full data form letter s i1mcd by

Salvatore .I. D' Angelo. Rcceivctl in 11 days' for a~
Engli sh AM report. mint Slamps and address label (used
on reply). Station addres" 695 Delaware Ave .. Buffalo.
N Y 14209. ( Hardester. NCi

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November I 996

WFAN 660 AM kHz. Full data QSL card unsigned. Received in 11 days for an Englis h AM
repon and mint stamps. Station address: 34-12
36th St .. Astoria. NY 111 06. (Jose Moura- Washington, DC)

AUSTRAi.iA

FM/MEDIUMWAVE
WFBC-FM 93.7 kHl. Oatdfrcquency le tter ( multicolorccl printing). signed by Jerry K. Ma"ey-CS BE.
Received in 239 days for an English FM repon. mint
stamps. and address label (used on reply). Station addrc,s: 50 I Rutherford St.. Greenville. SC 29609-5313
( Ph#864-27 I -9200). (Mike Harckster-Jacksonville. NC)

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loggings. news and QSL in formation. Correspondence.: or sub. cription information about FT shou ld
he sent 10: Mitch Sams. 779 Gal ilea Court, Blue
Spring,, MO 640 14 USA . FT Updater. an electron ic 'upplement to the printed bu lktin is availab le to subscri be rs at: 72700.31 @
compuscne.com.
Still trying to veri fy Brazi l' s Radio Naciunal
da Amazoni a'! Sorry. but this Nacional outkt
does not target their broadcast 10 an ovasc.:as
audience. and encloses only a program guide pertaining to Rad io
Nacional do 13rasil' s international division.
KJES. an international religious shortwave station. has recent ly
changcd their address to the foll ow ing : 230 High Vall..:y Rd .. Vacio. NM
88072.
Arc: you a fan of And.::an music'1 The Japan Shortwave Club is
ofkring a mus ical CD for $ 11 .00 (includes postage) . Send your request
10: I ICJB CD. c/o Japan Shortwave Club. P.O. Box 29. Sendai 980-<J I
Japan.

GUYANA
Voice of Gu ya na. 3290 kHz. Partial data (dare
only) fonn letter signed by Shiroxley GoodmanChief Engineer. Info sheet on Guy:ma and program schedule enclosed.Received in 60days for
a taped repon aud two IRCs. Station address: 44
High Street. Werk-en-Rust. Georgetown.
G uyana. (Randy Stewart-Springfield, MO)
I NDONESIA
Voice of Indonesia (Java), 9525 kHz. Full data
Tana 'f inaj11 card unsigned. VOi decal enclosed.
Recei ved in 66 days for an English repon and
three IRCs. Station address: P.O. Box 1157,
Jakarta 10001. lndon~sia. (White-MS)

RUSSIA
Voice of Vietnam via Thilisskaya. 5940 kHz.
Full data QSL card unsigned. Station sticker and
schedule enclosed. Recei ved in 33 days for an
English cassette of progr:unming. Station address: 58 Qu;m Su St.. Hanoi. Vietnam. (MoumDC)
SOLOMON ISLA NDS
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corp.. 5020 kHz.
Full data station logo card unsigned and form
letter with illegible s ignature. Received in 30
days for a taped rcpon and one U.S. dollar.
Station address: Box 654. Honiara. Solomon
Is lands. IStcwan-MO)
UNITED STAT ES
World Harvest Radio. 5745 kHz. Full da ta 10
YearsofMi11i.wy card signed by Joseph Brashier.
Personal let1cr and program/frequency guide
enclosed. Receiwd in 26 days for an English
rcpon and mint stamps. Station address: 6 1300
S. Ironwood Rd .. South Bend, IN466 14. (G.Van
Horn-NC)

SHORTWAVE GUIDE

English

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I{

Language

--

How TO UsE THE SHORTWAVE GUIDE.

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 Standard Time) 5,6,7,
or 8 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 (7:30 pm Eastern, 4:30 pm Pacific).
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.
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
2:

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 "tenr 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 fol
lowed by one of these target codes:
am:
na:
ca:
sa:
eu:
af:
me:

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

as:
au:
pa:
va:
do:
om:

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.

RADIO PROGRAMS . . . .
Sundays
0030
Voice of America (ca): "Communications
World"
0030
WRMI (Florida) wavescan"
0031
Radio Exterior de Espana: "Distance
Unknown"
0045
WRMI (Florida) wavescan"
Ot09
HCJB (am): ox Panylme
Ot3t
Radio E.nenor de EspanJ: o.stance
Unknom"
0200
WWCR ~(Tennessee) "Wo~d of Radio
0200
Radio for Peace Intl world of Radio
0234 Radio Havana Cuba "OXers Unlimited"
0249
Radio Romania Intl: ox Ma1loag
0258
Vatican Radio: "OntheAir"
0300
WWCR 13/4 (Tennessee): "Spectrum"
0330
WHAi (Angel 2): "OXing with Cumbre"
0400 WGTG (Georgia): "North of 49"
0410
Australia, Radio: "Feedback"
0415
Voice ol Turkey: "DX Corner" (biweekly)
0430
Australia. Radio: "The MediaReport"
0434
Radio Havana Cuba: "OXers Unlimited"
0508
Vatican Radio: "OnlheAir"
0509
HCJB (am): "OXPartyhne"
0525
Radio Japan: "Media Roundup"
0531
Radio Ex1e11or de Espana: 01stance
Unkno'lln"
0610
Aus1ralia. Radio: "feedback"
0634
Radio Havana Cuba oxers Unlimited"
0725
Radio Japan. "Media Rounduo
0735
Radio 1/laanderen Intl: "Radio World"
0830
Radio Korea: "Shortwave Feedback"
0900
WWCA I t (Tennessee): world of Radio"
0900
Radio For Peace Intl: world of Radio"
1040
Radio Korea: "Shortwave Feedback"
1100
AWA I.Jilin America "Wavescan
1t30
Radio ABC Denmark: "ABCOXAeport"
Radio Korea: "Shortwave Feedback"
t 230
t 240
Radio Korea: "Shortwave Feedback"
t300
WAMI (flonda): wavescan
t335
Radio Vlaanderen Intl: "Radio World"
Valican Radio on-1heA1r"
t 352
1425
Radio Japan: "Media Roundup"
1630
WH Ai (Angel 2): "OXmg with Cumbre"
t 630
Radio Korea: "Shortwave Feedback"
1725
Radio Japan: "Media Roundup"
t830
KWHR (Hawaii): "OXing 1111h Cumbre"
Radio <orea: "Shortwave Feedback"
t840

Asia
Australia
Pacific
various
domestic broadcast
omnidirectional

(OMPILED BY JIM fRIMMEL

t 905
t 930
2000
20t0
2t25
2t30
2205
22t5
22t5
2230
2249
2300
2300
2300
2306
2325

Radio Vlaanderen Intl: "Radio World"

Radio Korea: "Shortwave Feedback"
WWCA #3 (Tennessee): world of Radio"
Radio Korea: "Shortwave Feedback"
Radio Japan: "Media Roundup"
Radio Korea: "Shortwave Feedback"
Radio Vlaanderen Intl "Radio World"
Radio Budapest nil: ox Show
AWA-Europe (Slovakia): wavescan
WWCR 14 (Tennessee): world ol Radio"
Aadro Bulgana: "Radio Bulgaria Calling"
AWA Lahn Amenca: wavescan"
KSDA (Guam): wavescan"
Radio For Peace Intl: world of Radio"
WWCR 14 (Tennessee): "Ham Radio ard
More"
Radio Japan: "Media Roundup"

Mondays
0030
WWCA It (Tennessee): world of Radio"
0035 . Radio Vlaanderen Intl: "Radio World"
OtOO
WGTG (Georgia) "The Domestic SW
Report"
0125
Radio Japan: "Media Roundup"
Ot30
WAMI (Florida): wavescan
0200
WAMI (Flonda): wavescan"
0230
Radio Korea: "Shortwave Feedback"
0330
KWHR (Hawau). oxing with Cumbre
0343
Radio Budapes1 Intl: ox Show
0405
WWCA t (Tennessee): "Ham Radio and
More
0430
WWCA 13 (Tennessee): world of RadlO"
0430
Radio New Zealand Intl: "Mailbox
(biweekly)
0545
Radio Bulgaria: Radio Bulgaria Calling
0700
Radio f or Peace Intl: world of Radio"
0905
WWCA i t (Tennessee): "Spectrum"
1005
WVICA I t (Tennessee) "Ham Radio and
More"
t040
All India Radio: oxers Corner" (111h.251h)
t3t5
Radio Bulgana "Radio Bulgaria Calling"
Radio Romania lnll: ror Radio Amatms"
t 355
t435
All India Radio ox-ers Corner" (111h.251h)
t525
Radio Romania lnll: "for Radio AmateLrs"
t615
KTWA (Guam): "Pacific OX Report"
t840
All India Radio "OXers Corner" (t 11h.251h)
t9t5 Radio Tallinn: "Radio Estonia DX Program
AWA Lalin America: "Wavescan"
t 920

1955
2045
2t30
2t30
2155
2355

Radio Romania Intl: "For Radio Amateurs"

Radio Dnestr: "OX Herald (3)"
WWCA It (Tennessee): "World of Radio"
All India Radio: "DXers Corner" (11th.25th)
Radio Romania Intl: for Radio Amateurs"
Radio Romania Intl: "for Radio Amateurs

Tuesdays
Ot30
WRMI (Florida): wavescan
0255
Radio Romama Intl: "For Radio Amateurs"
t t46
Radio Sweden: "MediaScan (51h. t9th)
t2t0 AWA Latin America: wa~escan
Radio Sweden: "MediaScan" (51h,t9th)
t 246
WWCR It (Tennessee): wortd of Radio"
t330
t445
WRMI (Florida): "Wavescan
tB46
Radio Sweden: "MediaScan" (5th,19th)
t 900
Radio For Peace Intl: "World of Radio"
t 946
Radio Sweden: "MediaScan" (5th,19th)
f 950
Polish Radio: ox Club"
2t39
Radio Havana Cuba: "OXers Unlimited"
2146
Radio Sweden: "MediaScan" (5th.19th)
2239
Radio Havana Cuba: "OXers Unlimited"
2340
All India Radio: "OXers Corner" (12th.26th)
Wednesdays
0046
Radio Sweden: "MediaScan" (6th.20th)
Ot t6
Radio Sweden: "Med1aScan" (61h.201h)
Ot30
WRMI (Ftonda): wavescan"
Ot35
Radio Havana Cuba: "OXers Unlimited"
0146
Radio Sweden: "MediaScan" (6th.20th)
0246
Radio Sweden: "MediaScan" (6th.20th)
0300
Radio for Peace Intl: world of Radio"
0335
Radio Havana Cuba: oxers Unlimited"
0346
Radio Sweden: "MediaScan" (61h.201h)
0535
Radio Havana Cuba: oxers Unlimited"
0800
HCJB (eu): "Ham Radio Today
0930
HCJB (pac): "Ham Radio Today"
tOOO
Radio For Peace Intl: "World of Radio"
1230
WWCA It (Tennessee): "World of Radio
13t5
FEBC IPhilippmes): ox Dial"
WRMI (Flonda): wavescan"
t 445
1720
Pohsh Radio: ox Club"
1920
Argen1ma. RAE: oxers Special"
t930
HCJB (eu): "Ham Radio Today"
20t5
Radio Budapesl Intl: "OXShow

0130
Ot53
02 t 5
0235
0530
0752
0830
0953
t t53
1220
t352
t445
t553
1753
t952
2t30
Fridays
0053
Ot30
0253
0453
t 445
1446
1930
1930
2000
20t6
2047
2210
2230
23t5

HCJB (am): "Ham Radio Today"

Radio Netherlands Intl: "Media Nen'lork"
Radio Budapest Intl: "OX Show"
Argentina. RAE: "OX'ers Special
HCJB (am): "Ham Radio Today
Radio Netherlands Intl: "Media Nen1ork"
Radio New Zealand lnll: "Mailbox" (biweekly)
Radio Netherlands Intl: "Media Nen1orl<"
Radio Netherlands Intl: "Media Networ1C
Polish Radio: ox Club"
Radio Nerherlands lnll. "Media Nen:orl<"
WAMI (Florida): wavescan"
Radio Netherlands Intl: "Media Nen1ork
Radio Nelherlands Intl: "Media NeN1ork"
Radio Nerherlands lnll: "MediaNen1ork"
WWCR I t (Tennessee): "World of Radio"
Radio Netherlands Intl: "Media NeN1ork"
WRMI (Florida): "Wavescan"
Radio Nelherlands Intl: "Media NeN1ork'
Radio Netherlands Intl: "Media Nenvork"
WRMI (Florida): "Wavescan"
Radio Portugal Intl: "Radio Portugal OX"
(lnweekly)
Radio New Zealand lnll: "Mailbox" (biweekly)
AWA Lalin Amenca: "Wavescan"
Radio For Peace Intl: wortd of Radio
Radio Portugal lnll: "Radio Porlugal OX"
(triweekly)
Radio Bulgaria: "Radio Bulgaria Calling
Australia. Radio: "feedback"
WHAi (Angel 2): "OXing with Cumbre"
WWCR I t (Tennessee): world ol Radio"

Saturdays
0010
Aus1raha. Radio: "Feedback"
Ot30
WRMI (Florida) wavescan
0200
KWHA (Hawaii): "OXing with Cumbre
0346
Radio Portugal lnll: "Radio Portugal OX"
Jtnweekty)
0400
Radio For Peace Intl: world ot Radio"
0500
KWHR (Hawaii). "OXing with Cumbre
0530
WHAi (Angel t ): "OXing with Cumbre"
0739
HCJB (eu). ox Partylme"
0815
KTWA (Guam): "Pacific DX Report"

Thursdays
Ot30
WRMI (Flo11da): "Wavescan"

(Co111 i1111ed 011 page 48)

November 1996

MONITORING TIMES

43

FREQUENCIES ...

... .

0000-0100

Australia, Radio

00000100 vi
0000-0100 vi
00000100 vi
0000-0100
0000-0015
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
00000100
0000-0100
00000100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
00000027
0000-0030
0000-0015 vi
0000-0045

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia. VLBT Tent Crk
Bulgaria. Radio
Cambodia. Natl Voice ol
Ganada. 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, Adv World R
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
India. All India Radio

0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0tOO
0000-0100
0000-0050
0000-0100 vi
0000-01 00
0000-0030
0000-0100

Lebanon. Voice of Hope

Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia, RTM Kuching
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
North Korea, R Pyongyang
Papua Nel'I Guinea. NBC
Russia. Voice of Russia IVS
Thailand, Radio
Thailand, Radio

9660pa
13755pa
t55t0as
17860as
2310do
5025do
4910do
7480na
11940as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9710na
7375am
5930na
9900na
3366do
7155as
11660as
9990va
7295do
7t60do
6020na
15115pa
11335na
9675do
7125na
9690as
9655as

t 1640as
t5240pa
t7715as

12080pa
15365pa
t7750pa

t3605pa
154t5as
t 7795pa

9700na

11695na
9725am
7345na
4915do
9705as

13750am

9950as

6165na

9845na

13760na

15130na

15460am

1t620as

9825na
11905af

.. .

0000-0100

United Kmgdom. BBC WS

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

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

0000-0030
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
00000100 mtl'lhl
0000-0100
0000-0100 rntwhf
0000-0100
0000-0045
0005-0010
0030-0055
0030-0100
0030-0100
0030-0056
0030-0100
0030-0100
0030-0100
0035-0040
0038-0055 1&3rd
0040-0050
0050-0100

USA. Voice ol America

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA, WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Croatia. Croatian Rajio
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
Ecuador. HCJB
Iran. VOIRI
Lithuania. Radio Vilnius
Sn Lanka, Sn Lanka BC
Sweden. Radio
Thailand, Radio
India, All India Radio
Denmark, R Denmark Intl
Georgia, Radio
Italy, RAI Intl

111

5965as
6t95as
9590va
7110as
5810am
15590am
t75t0as
7535na
5995am
9455am
t 1760am
6873va
5825eu
6950am
5'745am
7490na
9955am
15420am
9900al
3215arn
6085na
5895eu
5900na
9745am
6050na
6120na
15425as
6065am
15370na
4860do
7275na
4755eu
6005na

5970sa
7265as
99t5sa
9580as

5975va
7325va
11750sa
11945as

6175na
941 Oas
11955as
15280as

9430sa
6130am
9770va
13740am

15665as
7215va
9775am
17735va

7405arn
11695am
17820va

5065arn
11855ca
7t65eu
9925sa
21455va
9022na

7435am

13845am

7110do
7465ca
5020eu
9675na

11830do
9560sa

7425na
9400am
13595na

9685na

11870do

11800na

SELECTED PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sundays
0000
0000

OOIO
0010
0011

0030
0030
0030
0032
0040
0045

Russia. Voice of: News. Every hour on lhe hour.

USA, VOA Washington DC (anVas/ca): VOA News. Ten
minutes of worldwide news on the hour.
USA. VOA Washington DC (anVca): Agriculture Today. Basic
farming, biotechnology, food marketing, and related issues.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): All About English. A program
designed tor those learning to speak English.
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. Russian views on news
developments.
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. N1nery seconds news
summary every hour on the half-hour.
USA, VOA Washington DC (anVas): News (Special English).
Ten minutes of news In slow English.
USA, VOA Washington DC (ca): Communications World. A
look at the people, technologies, economics, and politics
involved in modern telecommunications.
Russia. Voice of: This is Russia. A program which helps you
to get to know Russia, the Russians. and It's ethnic
minorities better.
USA, VOA Washington DC (am/as): Words and Their Stories
(Special English). The origin and use of common words and
phrases In American English.
USA. VOA Washington DC (anVas): People in America
(Special English). Stories about famous Amerrcans.

OOIO
0010
0011
0030
0030
0030
0032
0040
0045

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA, VOA Washington DC (anVas/ca): VOA News. See S
0000.
USA, VOA Washington DC (am): Encounter. See S 12t0.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as/ca): VOA Business Report. A
weekday reviel'I of business and financial matters.
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 001 t.
Russia, Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
USA, VOA Washington DC (am/ca): Spotlight. Extensive
reports and intel'liews on people. places. and events of
inlerest to listeners in the Caribbean and Latin America.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): News (Specral English). See
s 0030.
Russra. Voice of: Fotk Box. One of the top ten entertainment
programs (Passport to World Band Radio).
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Development Report (Special
English). Helpful information for developing nations.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): This Is America (Special
English). Informative reports on hfe in the United States.

Tuesdays

0000
0000

44

0000
0000
0010

0011
0030
0030
0030
0032
0040
0045
0047

November 1996

Russia, Voice ot: News. See S 0000.

USA, VOA Washington DC (am/as/ca): VOA News. See S
0000.
USA. VOA Washington DC (amJas): VOA Business Report.
See M OOtO.
USA, VOA Washington DC (ca): Report to the Caribbean
See T 0010.
Russia, Voice ol: News and Views. See S 0011.
Russia, Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
USA. VOA Washington DC (anVas): News (Special English).
See S 0030.
USA. VOA Washington DC (ca): Now Music USA. See T
0030.
Russia, Voice of: Your Top Tune. See S 0332.
USA, VOA Washington DC (anVas): Science Report (Special
English). See M 1110.
USA, VOA Washington DC (anVas): Exploration (Special
English). NEW! Steve Ember and Shirley Griffith report on
space news.
Russia, Voice ol: You Write 10 Moscow. See S 0347.

Thursdays

0000
0000
OOtO
OOtO

Russia, Voice ol: News. See S 0000.

USA, VOA Washington DC (anVas/ca): VOA News. See S
0000.

MONITORING TIMES

Wednesdays

0010

Mondays
0000
0000

001O USA. VOA Washington DC (am/as): VOA Business Report.

See M OO tO.
OOtO USA. VOA Washington DC (ca): Report to the Caribbean.
The latest news affecting the region. as well as a roundup ol
sports. financial news, and the weather forecast.
0011 Russia. Voice ot: News and Views. See S 0011.
0030 Russra. Voice of: News In Briel. See S 0030.
0030 USA, VOA Washington DC (amJas): News (Special English).
See S 0030.
0030 USA. VOA Washington DC (ca): Now Music USA. Rock and
soul hits of today and yesterday.
0032 Russia. Voice ot: Yours for the Asking. A 30-minute musical
request program.
0040 USA. VOA Washing ton DC (amJas): Agriculture Report
(Special English). Developments and reports on farming
and agriculture.
0045 USA, VOA Washington DC (amJas): Science in the News
(Special English). Recent scientitic developments.

0011

Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA, VOA Washington DC (am/as/ca): VOA News. See S
0000
USA. VOA Washington DC (am/as): VOA Business Report
See M 0010.
USA. VOA Washington DC (ca). Report to the Canbbean.
See T OOtO.
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S OOt 1.

0030
0030
0030
0032
0040
0045

Rus sia, Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.

USA, VOA Washing ton DC (anVas) News (Special English).
See S 0030.
USA. VOA Washington DC (ca). Now Music USA. See T 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Music at Your Request. See M 1232.
USA. VOA Washington DC (am/as): Science Report (Special
English). See M t 110.
USA, VOA Washington DC (am/as): The Making ol a Nation
(Special English). Chapters from U.S hislOI)' in special English.

Fridavs

0000
0000
0010

0010
001 t
0030
0030
0030
0032
0040
0045

R"ussia. Voice of: News. See S 0000

USA, VOA Washington DC (anVas/ca): VOA flews See S 0000.
USA, VOA Washington DC (am/as): VOA Business Report. See
M OOtO.
USA, VOA Washington DC (ca): Report to the Caribbean. See T
0010.
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0011.
Russia, Voice ol: News 1n Bnef. See S 0030.
USA, VOA Washington DC (am/as): News (Special English).
See S 0030.
USA, VOA Washington DC (ca): Now Music USA (Top Ten). See
H 1130.
Russia. Voice of: The Jazz Show See M 0532.
USA. VOA Washington DC (anVas): Envuonment Report
{Special Enghsh). A hve-m1nu1e report on a specific
EnVlronmental subject.
USA. VOA Washington DC (anVas). Amencan Mosaic (Special
English). Reports about music. books. movies. and student ltte
in the USA.

Saturdays
0000

Russia. Voice ol: News See S 0000.

0000 USA. VOA Washington DC (anVas/ca): VOA tJews. See S 0000.
OOtO USA, VOA Washington DC (am/as): Newsline. See M 15t0.
OOt O USA. VOA Washington DC (ca): Report to the Caribbean See T
OOtO.
0011 Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0011.
0030 Russia, Voice of: News in Bnef. See S 0030.
0030 USA. VOA Washington DC (anVas): News (Special English).
See S 0030.
0030 USA, VOA Washington DC (ca): Country Music USA. See F
t130.
0032 Russia. Voice of: Folk Box See M 0032.
0040 USA. VOA Washington DC (am/as): In the News (Special
English). Focus on a person, organization. or issue in news
reports.
0045 USA. VOA Wasn1ngton DC (anVas): American Stones (Special
English). Readings ot short stories by American authors in
slow English.

FREQUENCIES .

... .

...

01000200

Australia, Radio

01000200 'II
01000200 'II
01000200 vi
01000200 vi
01000200
01000200
01 000200
01000200
01000200
01000200
01000159

Australia. VL8A Allee Spg

Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Ten1 Crk
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFAX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN SI John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Canada, R Canada Intl

01000200
01000200
01000127
01000200
01000150

Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl

Cuba. Radio Havana
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Germany. Oeu1sche Welle

Ot 000115
01000200
01000128
01000110
01000200

Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp

Indonesia. Voice of
Iran, VOIRI
llaly, RAI Intl
Japan. NHK/Radio

01000200
01000200 smlwh
01000t30 s/vl
0100-0125
01000200
01000130 m
01000200 11
01000200
01000200
010001 30

Lebanon. Voice ot Hope

Malaysia. Radio
Malta. VO Medilerranean
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Papua New Gu111ea, NBC
Philippines. FEBC/R Intl
Russia.Voice ol Russia WS
Slovakia. R Slovakia Intl

9660pa
15365pa
I 7750pa
2310do
5025do
4910do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
6020am
11 715am
6205am
6000na
6200na
9745am
6040na
1t740na
3366do
9525na
6050na
6005na
5960na
I 1885as
17845as
9990va
7295do
15550as
6020na
15115pa
9560na
9675do
15450as
7125na
5930na

11640as
154 15as
17795pa

6120am
13670am
7385am
9B20na
7345na
2t455va
6085na

9022na
9675na
I 1790as
11890as

17570au
6165na

Sundays
0110
0110
0111
0130
0130
0132

Russia. Voice of: News. See S0000.

USA. VOA Washinglon DC (am/as/ca): VOA News. See S
0000.
USA, VOA Washinglon DC (am/ca): On tho Line. A
discussion of U.S. policies and contemporary issues.
USA. VOA Washinglon DC (as): VOA Sunday. See F 2310.
Russia. Voice of: MoscoYI Mailbag. Joe Adamov answers
listener questions.
Russia. Voice of: News in Bnel. See S 0030.
USA, VOA Washington DC (am/ca): Press Conference USA.
Newsmakers are questioned by Washinglon 1ournalis1s in
ihe VOA slud1os.
Russia. Voice of: Audio Book Club. The bes1 o1 Russian
classic and contemporary hlerature.

Mondays
0100
0100
0110
0110
01 11
0130
0130
0132

Russia, Voice of: News. Soc S 0000.

USA, VOA Washinglon DC (am/ca): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA. VOA Washinglon DC (am/ca): New Horizons. See S
1110
USA. VOA Washinglon DC (as): VOA Today. See S 2310.
Russia, Vmce of: Mosco\'/ Mailbag. Sees 0111 .
Russia. Voice of: News in Briel. See S0030.
USA. VOA Washinglon DC (am/ca): Issues In lhe News. See
s 1130
Russia. Voice o1: Russian by Radio. A course mthe Russian
language.

Tuesdays
0100
0100
0110
0110
0111
0130
0132
0155

9535am

15240pa
17715as

9755am

7240na
7300na

Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA. VOA Washinglon DC (am/as/ca): VOA News. See S
0000.
USA. VOA Washinglon DC (am/ca): Report 10 lhe Americas.
See T 0010.
USA. VOA Washinglon DC (as): VOA Today. See S 2310.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. News and
commenls on events in the region.
Russia. Voice of: News mBrief. See S 0030
Russia. Voice of: This 1s Russia. See S 0032.
USA, VOA Washington DC (am/ca): VOA Ed11onal. See S
1457.

01000200
01000200
01000130
01000130
01000200
01000200

Spain. R EX1erior Espana

Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Sweden. Radio
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl
United Kingdom. BBC WS

01000200
01000200
01000200
01000200
0\000200

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Sall Lk Cily UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Monilor Radio lnll
USA. Voice of America

01000200
01000200
01000200
Ot000200
01000200 mlwhl
01000130 s
01000200
01000200
01000200
01000130
01000126
01000130 mtwhla
01150130 I
01300155
01300150
01300200
01300200
01300200
01300156
0 \ 380155 1&3rd m
01400200

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WRMl/R M1am1 Intl
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Uzbekistan. R Tashken1
V1e1nam. Vmce of
Yugoslavia. Radio
Greece, Voice of
Austria, R Auslria lnll
Greece, Voice of
Kazakhstan. R Alma Ala
Nelhertands. Radio
Sweden, Radio
V1e1nam, Voice of
Denmark, R Denmark Intl
Valican Stale, Valican R

15050am
9830na

6145na

9640na

4915do

SELECTED PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . .
0100
0100

13755pa
15510as
17880pa

. .. . . . .

11 800na
11840as
11910as

11860as
17810as

9845na

7250na
9440na

01\0
0110
Ot 11
0130
0132
0155

Russia. Voice ot: News. See S 0000.

USA, VOA Wash1nglon DC (am/as/ca): VOA News. See S
0000.
USA. VOA Washing Ion DC (am/ca): Report lo the Americas.
See T 0010.
USA. VOA Wash1ng1on DC (as): VOA Today. See S 2310.
Russia, Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 0111.
Russia. Voice of: News in Bnef. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today. See S 0532.
USA. VOA Washington DC(am/ca): VOA Editorial. See S
1457.

Thursdays
0100
0100
0110
0110
0111
0130
0132
0155

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA, VOA Washington DC (am/as/ca): VOA News. See S
0000.
USA, VOA Washington DC (am/ca): Report lo lho Americas.
See T 0010.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): VOA Today. See S 2310.
Russia. Voice ol: Focus on Asia and the Pacit1c. See T 0111 .
Russia. Voice ot: News in Bnef. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: This is Russia. See S 0032.
USA. VOA Washington DC (am/ca): VOA Edilorial. See S
1457.

Fridays
0100
0I 00
0110
01 tO
0111
0130
0132
0155

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA, VOA Washinglon DC (am/as/ca): VOA News. See S
0000.
USA. VOA Washinglon DC (am/ca): Report to lhe Americas.
See T 0010.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): VOA Today. See S 23t0.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and lhe Pacific. See T 0111.
Russia. Voice ot: News in Briel. See S 0030.
Russia, Voice ot: Moscow Yeslerday and Today. See S0532.
USA. VOA Washiog1on OC (am/ca): VOA Editorial. See S
1457.

Saturdays
0100
0100

6055na
15425as
9435pa
6135na
7150na
5970sa
7265as
9590va
15360as
5810am
7510am
17510au
7535na
5995am
7405am
11705as
15205as
5825eu
6950am
5745am
7490na
9955am
9955am
7355am
3215am
6065na
7190as
5940na
6195na
6125na
9655na
6125na
6230eu
5905as
7290am
5940na
7465am
5980as

9885na
9550na
5975va
7325va
9915va

9430am
6130am
9455am
11725as
15250as
7395na
9400am

9905ca
6175va
9410as
11750sa

6t95as
9560va
11955as

711 5as
9635as
13740am
1774Qas
7425na

7205as
9775am
1517Qas
17820as

5935am

7435am

13595na

5065am
9505na
7115na
7448na

9420na

7448na

9420na

7305as

9860as

11655as

9560am
7335as

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

Wednesdays
0100
0100

. . . ...... ..

Russia. Voice ot: News. See S 0000.

USA. VOA Washing1on DC (am/as/ca): VOA News. See S
0000.

0110
0110
0111
0130
0132
0155

USA. VOA Washington DC (am/ca): Report lo 1he Americas.

See T 0010.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): VOA Salurday. See F2310.
Russia, Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 0111.
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: This is Russia. See S0032.
USA. VOA Washington DC (am/ca): VOA Editorial. See S
1457

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS
NORTH KOREA: KOREAN CENTRAL
NEWSAGENCY {KCNA)
English Broadcasts on RTTY Fl B, 50

baud
0400-0600

daily Am
0800- 1000
1000- 1100
1000-1 200
12:10- 1430
1500- 1700

Mon-Sat As 14568.
10580
Mon-Sat Eu 15633, I 1430
12175, 11536
daily Af 14452. 11536
daily As 10580. 85 12
dai ly Eu 15633. 11430
Mon-Sat Am 13580. 11 536
Mon-Sat Af 11476, 8020
Mon-Sat As I0580.
80?.0
Mon-Sat Eu 13780. 9395

Also has fa x. F3C mode. in Eng lish, Korean,

Japanese. daily 2330-0000
and 0030-0 I00 to As 13580. I 14 76
(BBC Monitoring)

November 1996

MONITORING TIMES

45

fREQUENCIES . . . .
02000300 twhfa
0200-0300

Argentma. RAE
Australia. Radio

0200-0300 vi
0200-0300 vi
0200-0300 vi
0200-0300
02000300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
02000300
0200-0259

Australia. VL8A Allee Spg

Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Mon1real
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl

0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
02000300
0200-0250

Costa Roca.RF Peace Intl

Cuba. Radio Havana
Ecuador, HCJB
Egypl, Radio Cairo
Germany. Deutsche Welle

0200-0230
0200-0300 vi
0200-0300
0200-0300 smlwh
0200-0300 s/vl
02000300
0200-0300
0200-0300 vi
0200-0300
02000300

Hungary Radio Budapest

Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malta. VO Mediterranean
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Ph1lippmes. FEBCIR Intl
Romania. R Romania Intl

02000300

Russia.Vorce of Russia WS

02000300

Slovakia. Adv World Radio

1111oam
9660pa
t3605pa
t5415as
17880pa
2310do
5025do
4910do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
60tOam
11715am
6205am
6000na
9745am
9475na
7285as
11545as
9840na
4885do
9990va
7295do
15550as
5905as
15115pa
9675do
t5450as
5990na
11940na
7240na
t 3790na
11610as

. . . ..

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t t64oas
13755pa
t 7715as

t2080pa
15365pa
17795pa

t 1695as
15240pa
17750pa

6120ca
13670am
7385am
9820na
21455va

9535ca

7355as
11945as
11870na
4935do

9640as
11965as

9755na

15050am
9830na

9690as

6150do

17570au
7305as

9860as

I 1655as

6155na

9510na

9570na

t201 0na
t5580na

12050na

13665na

. . . ... .

.. .. .

0200-0300
0200-0300
02000300

South Korea. R Korea Intl

Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Tai\1an. VO Free Chma

02000300

United Kingdom. BBC WS

0200-0300
02000300
0200-0300
02000300
0200-0300
02000300

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

02000300
0200-0300
02000300
0200-0300
02000300 mlwhf
0200-0300
02000300 mlwhf
0200-0300
02000300
0200-0226
02000230
0215-0225
02300259
0230-0245
0230-0300
02300256
02380255 1&3rd m
0245-0300
0245-0300

USA. WEWN B1rmmgham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam. Voice of
Yugoslavia. Radio
Nepal. Radio
Austria. R Austria Intl
Pakistan. Radio
Sweden. Radio
V1atnam. Voice of
Denmark. R Denmark Intl
Albania. R Tirana Intl
India. All India Radio

0250-0300
02500300

Vatican State. Vatican R

Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2

7275am
15425as
5950na
11825as
5970sa
9410na
9915sa
5810am
7510am
9975am
17510au
5850na
7115as
11705as
17740as
5825eu
6950am
5745am
7490na
9955am
7355am
5850eu
2390am
6065na
5940na
6100na
7165do
9655na
7290as
6090na
5940na
7465am
6140na
3945do
t5135do
6095na
6165do

11725am

t1810am

t5575am

7130as
t 5345as
5975va
9560na
t 5360as

9680na

11740ca

6175va
9590na

7235va
9605as

7651as
15170as

9635as
15250as

9430am
7205as
1t725as
17820as
7395na
9400am
73t5am
13595na

3215am
9505na

7425na

5065am

5935am

9870ca
15190as

13730sa
t5485as

17705as

9560am
7160na
6045do

7110do

11830do

7230na

7305na

SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0200
0200

0200
0200
0210
0211

Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Bible Lesson. Lesson-sermons
from the King James Version of !he Bible and Mary Baker
Eddy's textbook.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA. WJCR Up!on KY: Gospel Music and Prayer. Old time
religion.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): VOA Sunday. See F 2310.
Russia. Voice of: Music and Musicians. World-famous
performers and composers play for you.

Mondays
0200
0200
0200
0200
0210
0211

Russia. Vorce of: News. See S 0000.

USA. Moni!or Radio Intl: Sunday from !he Mother Church.
See S 2300.
USA. VOA Washing!on DC (as): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA. WJCR Upton KY: Gospel Music and Prayer. See S
0200.
USA. VOA Washmgton DC (as): VOA Today. See S 2310.
Russia. Voiee of: Music and Musicians. Seo S0211.

Tuesdays
0200
0200
0200
0200
0206
0210
0211
0230
0232
0249
0252

Russia. Voiee of: News. See S 0000.

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M 1200.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA. WJCR Up!on KY: Gospel Music and Prayer. See S
0200.
USA. Moni!or Radio Intl: Monitor Radio ln!ernational. See M
1206.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): VOA Today. See S 2310.
Russia. Vorce of: Commonwealth Update See M 2311 .
Russia. Voice of: News in Briel. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice or: Folk Box. See M 0032.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Le11erbox. See M 1249.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article lrom the CSM. See
M 1252

Wednesdays
0200
0200

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Russia. Vorce of: News. See S 0000.

USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Moni!or Radio News. See M 1200.

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0200
0200
0206
0210
0211
0230
0232
0249
0252

USA. VOA Washington DC (as): VOA News. See S 0000.

USA. WJCR Upton KY: Gospel Music and Prayer. See S
0200.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International See
M 1206.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): VOA Today. See S 2310.
Russia, Voice of: Commonwealth Update. See M 2311.
Russia. Voice of: News in Briel. See S0030.
Russia, Voice or: Music al Your Request. See M 1232.
USA. Moni!or Radio Intl: Letter1Jox. See M 1249.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM.
See M 1252.

0232
0249
0252

Saturdays
0200
0200
0200
0200
0206

Thursdays
0200
0200
0200
0200
0206
0210
0211
0230
0232
0249
0252

Russia, Voice or: News. See S 0000.

USA, Moni!or Radio Intl: Moni!or Radio News. See M 1200.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA. WJCR Upton KY: Gospel Music and Prayer. See S
0200.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Moni!or Radio tnternahonal. See
M 1206.
USA. VOA Washing!on DC (as): VOA Today. See S 2310.
Russia, Voice ol: Commonwealth Upda!e. See M 2311.
Russia. Vorce o!: News in Briel. See S 0030.
Russia. Vorce of: The Jazz Sho".v. See M 0532.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1249.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from lhe CSM.
See M 1252.

Fridays
0200
0200
0200
0200
0206
0210
0211
0230

Russia. Vorce or News. See S 0000.

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M 1200.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA. WJCR Upton KY: Gospel Music and Prayer. See S
0200.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl Monitor Radio International. See
M 1206
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): VOA Today. See S 2310.
Russia. Vorce of: Commonweal!h Update. See M 2311 .
Russia, Voice or: News in Briel. See S 0030.

Russia. Voice of: Music at Your Request. See M 1232.

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1249.
USA. Moni!or Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM. See
M 1252.

0210
0211
0230
0232

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA. Moni!or Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M 1200.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA. WJCR Upton KY: Gospel Music and Prayer. See S
0200.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl Christian Science Sentinel Radio
Edition. Discussions on how the Bible addresses the trends
or thought or today.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): VOA Saturday. See F2310.
Russia. Voice or: Commonwealth Update. See M 2311.
Russia. Voice of: News in Briel. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: The Jan Show. See M 0532.

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Australia. Radio

0300-0400 vi
0300-0400 vi
0300-0400 vi
0300-0400 vi
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400 vi
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0327
0300-0400
0300-0330
0300-0350

Ausiralia. VL8A Allee Spg

Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFAX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Hahlax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl
Cosla Rica.Faro del Carib
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Cuba, Radio Havana
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt. Radio Cano
Germany, Deutsche Welle

0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400 vi
0300-0400
0300-0400 SIVI
0300-0330
0300-0325
0300-0400
0300-0330 m
0300-0400 vi
0300-0400

Guatemala. Radio Cullural

Japan. NHK/Rad10
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon. Voice ol Hope
Malta. VO Mediterranean
Mexico. Radio Mexico Intl
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nor.vay. Radio Norway Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia.Voice ot Russia WS

0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400

S Africa. Channel Al rica

Sri Lanka. Sn Lanka BC
Tal\"/an. VO Free China

0300-0330
0300-0315 mtwhf
0300-0330

Thailand Ra:110
Uganda. Ramo
United Kingdom. BBC WS

9660pa
t 3755pa
t55toas
t7880pa
23t0do
5025do
4910do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6t30do
6t60do
6t60do
9690na
5055do
6205am
6000na
5930na
9745am
9475na
6085na
9640na
3300do
, 1790na
4885do
9990va
"5550as
5985na
5905as
15115pa
7520na
9675do
7240na
i3665na
3220af
15425as
5950na
153asas
5370na
3340do
5970sa
15360as

t t640as
15240pa
17715as

12080p.1
15365pa
17750pa

t 3605pa
t5415as
17795pa

0300-0400

United Kingdom. BBC ws

3?55af
6t 75va
9601Jal

3955u
6190af

'i97'iva

96(1<;><

QAO'lv?.

fl 10:\PtJ

6QQ'iaf
94 tOna
l?()<l<;1f

t53t0a~

0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

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

5810am
7510am
9975am
9975am
175t0a11
5850na
50An1r
7t051I
;aosa1

7c;1c:;.,,
~f_)">C\1'

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728011
741"' '

7?0Q3t
G'i7'ial

51 151t
7340af
977"af

9~8'ial

97t 0na

t 1695na

7385am
9820na
7345na
21455va

t5050am
9830na

6185na

9535na

9615na

1t840as
4935do

t 5230na
6t 50do

178 tOas

t 7570au
9705na
7305as

t 1655as

12050~a

1201ona
t 3790na
5955af

t5580na

9680na

11745as

6t35af

7235va

13645na

11825as

7325sa

0300-0330 smt1ih
0300-0400
0300-0400
03000400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0310
0300-0400 rntl'lhfa
0300-0400 vi
03 150330 s
0320-0350
0330-0400
0330-0357
0330-0400
0110-0355 mtv1hf
0130 0400 vi
0330-0400 111hta
0330-0400
0330-0400
0330-0353
0330-0400
0315-0355 vi
0338-0155 1&3rd m
03-10-0350
0345-0400 11reg
0345-0400 as
0356-0400

USA. Voice of America

USA. WEWN Bummgham AL
USA. WGTG MrCaysv1lle GA
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA WJCR Upton KY
USA WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State. Vatican R
Zambia. ZNBC Racl10 2
Zimbabwe. Z1mbMiwe BC
Greece. Voice of
Vatiran State. Vatican R
Albania. R Tirana Intl
C1ech Rep. Radio Prague
H11naary. Racf1n R11!1ap~<t
Moldova. R Molrtnva Intl
Ph1hooin~s R P11to1na<
Portugal. R Po1t11ga1 Intl
Slovakia. ~dv World Radio
Sweden. Radio
UAE. Radio Dubai
United Kingcfom. BBC WS
Indra. All India Radio
Clnmark. R Oenma1k Intl
Greece. Voice of
Burundi. Radio Nat1onale
Uganda. Radio
Zambia. Christian Voice

4750af
5~?'iu

6051Jam
5745arn
74qona
n o;am

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94C'J1m
7315am
135o<;n1

?~on,,11

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6t 65rto
3106cto
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SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0300
0300
0310
031 1
0330
0332
0347

Russia. Voice al: NeVIS. See S 0000

USA. VOA Washington DC (al)" VOA News. See S 0000
USA. VOA Washington DC (al) VOA Sunday See F 23t0.
Russia. Voice al: Moscow Mailbag. See S 01t 1.
Russia. Voice ol: News in Briel. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice al: Your Top Tune. Win a prize by guessing
which song ol the three is the most popular.
Russia. Voice ol: You Wnte to Moscow. Listener letters are
read. questions answered. and program announcements
given.

Mondays
0300
0300
0301
03 t 1
0330
0330
0332
0340
0345

Russia, Voice ol: News. See S 0000.

USA. VOA Washington DC (al): Daybreak Africa. Magazine
program ol Atrican news. spans. features. and
correspondent reports.
USA. VOA Washington DC (al): Africa NeVIS. Nel'ls from and
about the African continent.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See S 011 1.
Russia, Voice of: News in Bnef. See S 0030.
USA. VOA Washington DC (al): News (Special English). See
S0030
Russia. Voice of: Timelines. Estelle Wmters hosts a variety
program ,-11th an upbeat flair and an insight into Moscow hie.
USA VOA Washington DC (al): Development Report (Special
English). See M 0040.
USA, VOA Washington DC (al): This 1s America (Special
English). See M 0045.

Tuesdays
0300
0300
0301
0311
0330
0330

Russia. Voice of: News. Sec S 0000.

USA. VOA Washington DC (al): Daybreak Alrica. See M
0300.
USA. VOA Washington DC (al): Africa News. See M 0301.
Russia, Voice of: Moscol'I Mailbag. See S 011 t .
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. See S0030.
USA, VOA Washington OC (al): News (Special English). See
s 0030.

0332
0340
0345

Russia, Voice ol: Kaleidoscope. See S 1132.

USA. VOA Washington DC (al) Agricullure Repon (Special
English). See T 0040.
USA. VOA Washington DC (al ). Science n the NeVIS (Special
English). See T 0045.

Wednesdays
0300
0300
030t
0311
0330
0330
0332
0340
0345
0347

Russia. Vorce of: News. See S 0000.

USA. VOA Washing ton DC (al): Daybreak Africa See M
0300
USA. VOA Washington DC (al) Africa News. See M 0301.
Russia. Voice of: Science and Engineerinc in the CIS. See S
0611.
Russia, Voice of: News in Briel. See S 0030.
USA. VOA Washington DC (al): News (Special English). See
s 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Your Top Tune. See S0332
USA. VOA Washington DC (af) Science Repon (Special
English). See M 1110.
USA. VOA Washington DC lat): Exploration (Special
English). See W 0045.
Russia. Voice of: You Write to Mosco\'/. See S 0347.

Thursdays
0300
0300
0301
0311
0330
0330
0332
0340
0345

Russia. Voice ot. News. See S 0000.

USA, VOA Washington DC (af): Daybreak Africa See M
0300.
USA, VOA Washington DC (al): Afnca tlews. See M 0301.
Russia, Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See S Ot t 1.
Russia, Voice ol: News in Briel. See S 0030.
USA. VOA Washington DC (al). News (Special English). See
s 0030.
Russia. Voice ol: Audio Book Club. See S 0132.
USA. VOA Washington DC (al): Science Repon (Special
English). See M 1110.
USA. VOA Washington OC (af) The Making of a Nation
(Special English). See H 0045.

Fridays
0300
0300
030t
03 t 1
0330
0330
0332
0340
0345

Russia. Voice of: News. See S0000.

USA. VOA Washington DC (al): Daybreak Africa. See M 0300.
USA. VOA Washington DC (al): Africa News. See M 0301.
Russia. Voice of Moscow Mailbag. See S 01 11.
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030
USA. VOA Washington DC (al ): News (Spr.cial English). See S
0030.
Russia. Voice ol: Russian by Radio. See M 0132.
USA. VOA Washington DC (al): Environment Repon (Special
English). See F 0040.
USA. VOA Washington DC (af) Amencan Mosaic (Special
English). Sec F 0045.

Saturdays
0300
0300
03 t 0
03 t 1
0330
0332

Russia. Voice of. News. See S 0000

USA. VOA Washington OC (al): VOA News See S 0000
USA. VOA Washington DC (af): VOA Saturday. See F2310
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See S 011 t.
Russia. Voice of: Nel'ls in Briel. Sec S 0030.
Russia. Voice ol: Audio Book Club See S 0132.

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0400-0500 as
0400-0500 vi
0400-0500 vi
0400-0500 vi
0400-0500 vi
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0430
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0450

Australia. Radio
Ausualia. VL8A Allee Sng
Aus1ralla. VL8K Kalherme
Auslraha. VL8T Tenl Crk
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Mon11ea1
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN Sl John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouvc1
Canada. R Canada lnll
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Cuba. Radio Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Germany. Deu1sche Welle

0400-0500 lwhfa
0400-0500 vi
0400-0500
0400-0430 s/vl
0400-0430 vVma
0400-0458
0400-0450
0400-0430 m
0400-0500 vi
0400-0500

Guatemala. Radio Cullural

Kenya. Kenya B1oadc Corp
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Malla. VO Med11e11anean
Mexico. Radio Mexico lnll
New Zealand. R NZ lnll
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Romania. R Romania Intl

04000500
04000455
0400-0427
0400-0430
04000430
0400-0430
04000430
0400-0450
0400-0415

Russia.Voice of Russia WS
S Alnca. Channel Af11ca
S Af11ca. Trans World R
Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
Tanzania. Radio
Tull<ey. Voice of
Uganda. Radio

9660pa
15240pa
17750as
11640as
231Cldo
5025do
49t0do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
11835me
9560na
6205am
6000na
9745am
5990af
7225af
3300do
4885do
9990va
155503s
5985na
15115pa
15180as
7520na
9675do
5990na
11940na
12050na
3220af
7165af
11600af
15425as
6135na
5050af
9655na
5026do

t 1880pa
15365pa
17795pa

11905me
9730na
7385am
6180na
21455va
6015af
9565af
4935do

12080pa
15415as
17880pa

13605as
15510as

15275me
15050am
9820na
6185af
11 765af

9830na
7150af

6150do

17570au
9705na
15230as

17765as

6155na

9510na

9570na

13645na
5955af

13790na

t5580na

0400-0500
0400-0500

Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl

United Kingdom. BBC WS

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

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Sall Lk C1ly UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Momlor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of Ame11ca

0400-0430
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500 sm1whf
0400-0430 a
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0445
04000430

USA. Voice of Ameli ca

USA, WEWN Birmmgham AL
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WMLK Belhel PA
USA. WRMl/R M1am1 lNtl
USA. WRNO New 01leans LA
USA. WWCR Naslw1lle TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam. Voice of

04000500
04000410
0400-0500 vi
0415-0440 vi
04250500
0430-0500
04300~55

9885na

9905na

9685eu

17705eu

0430-0500
0430-0500
0430-0500
0430-0500
0430-0500
0438-0455
0440-0500
0459-0500

Zambia. Christian Voice

Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Italy, RAI Intl
Nigeria. FRCN/Rad10
Australia.DefenseForces R
Moldova. R Moldova Intl
Nethertands. Radio
Swaziland. Trans World R
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
United Kingdom. BBCWS
USA. Voice of America
f &3rd s Denmark. R Denmark lnll
Russia, Voice ol Russia WS
New Zealand. R NZ Intl

7150na
3255af
6175va
9410af
12095af
5810am
7510am
9975am
177803s
7535eu
6080af
7280al
6145al
5825eu
6950am
5760am
7490na
9465eu
9955am
7395am
23903m
9985al
6065na
5940na
12020na
3330at
6165do
3396do
5975eu
3326do
13525as
7520eu
6165na
3200af
9905na
7150eu
5970al
7520na
7270na
11905pa

9550na
3955eu
6180eu
9600af
15280as

9840af
7170va
7405af
7340af
6890na
9400am
7315am
13595na

5975af
6195eu
11760va

6005af
7160af
11955as

7180af
9575af

7265af
11965va

7425na

3215am

5065am

5935am

9505na
7270na
15010na

7400na

9840na

7275eu
4990do

9590na
4775af

6070af

t5420af
9565na
9825na

13805na

SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0400
0400
0410
0411
0430
0432

Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA. VOA Washington DC (af/eu): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA. VOA Washington DC (af/eu): VOA Sunday. See F 2310.
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0011.
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Music. Music as selected by Radio Moscow
Slaff.

Mondays
0400
0400
0410
04t1
0430
0430
0430
0431
0432

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA, VOA Washington DC (af/eu): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA, VOA Washington DC (af/eu): VOA Business Report. See
M0010.
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0011 .
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
USA. VOA Washington OC (al): Oayb1eak Africa. See M 0300.
USA, VOA Washington OC (eu): Stateside Issues and
personahlies, science and pohl1cs. sports and enlertainmenl
inside Amenca.
USA. VOA Washington DC (af) Af11ca News. See M 0301.
Russia. Voice of: Music. See S 0432.

Tuesdays
0400
0400
0410
04 1t
0430
0430
0430
043t
0432

Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA, VOA Washinglon DC (af/eu): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA, VOA Washington DC (af/eu): VOA Business Report. See
MOOIO.
Russia, Voice ot: News and Views. See S OOt 1.
Russia. Voice of: News in Bnef. See S0030
USA. VOA Washington DC (al): Daybreak Africa. See M 0300.
USA, VOA Washington OC (eu). S1a1es1de See M 0430.
USA. VOA Washington OC (al): Atrica News See M 0301
Russia. Voice of Our Treasure Chest No inlormation
available.

Wednesdays
0400
0400
0410

48

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA. VOA Washington OC (af/eu): VOA News. See S0000.
USA. VOA Washington DC (af/eu): VOA Business Report. See
M 0010.

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041 t
0430
0430
0430
0431
0432

Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S OOt 1.

Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
USA. VOA Washington OC (af): Daybreak Africa. See M 0300.
USA, VOA Washington DC (euJ: Stateside. See M 0430.
USA, VOA Washington DC (af): Africa News. See M 0301 .
Russia, Voice of: Our Treasure Chest. See T 0432.

Thursdays
0400 Russia, Voice of: News. See S0000.
0400 USA. VOA Washing1on DC (afleu): VOA News. See S0000.
04 tO USA. VOA Washing1on DC (af/eu): VOA Business Report. See
M0010.
0411 Russia, Voice of: News and Views. See S0011.
0430 Russia, Voice of: News in Briel. See S 0030.
0430 USA, VOA Washington DC (al): Daybreak Africa. See M 0300.
0430 USA, VOA Washington DC (eu): Stateside. See M 0430.
0431 USA, VOA Washington OC (al): Africa News. See M 0301.
0432 Russia, Voice of: Audio Book Club. See S Ot32

Fridays
0400
0400
04 t 0
04 t t
0430
0430
0430
0431
0432

Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA. VOA Washington DC (affeu): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA. VOA Washing Ion DC (af/eu): VOA Business Report. See
M0010.
Russia, Voice of: News and Views. See S 001f.
Russia, Voice ol: News in Brief. See S 0030.
USA. VOA Washington DC (al). Daybreak Africa. See M 0300.
USA. VOA Washington DC (eu): Stateside. See M 0430.
USA, VOA Washington DC (al): Africa News. See M 0301 .
Russia, Voice of: Culture and the Ans. An overview of a
Russian cultural activity.

Saturdays
0400
0400
0410
04 t t
0430
0432

Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA, VOA Washington DC (af/eu): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA. VOA Washington DC (af/eu): VOA Salurday. See F2310.
Russia. l/01ce of: News and Views. See S 0011 .
Russia, Voice of: News in Briel. See S0030.
Russia, Voice of: Russian History. Alook back al a s1gnificanl
evenl in Russia's past

RADIO PROGRAMS
(Co111i1111ed Jiom page ./3)

0909
0940
0940
t030
t tOO
1230
1230
1300
13t5
1342
1345
1349
1519
t 730
t 730
t800
t909
1949
t 958
2015
2030
2045
2130
2131
2136
2t49
22t5
2230
2236
2300
2300
2315
2330

HCJB (pac): ox Panyhne

FEBC(Philippines): ox D1ar
KTWR (Guam): Pacific DX Report"
Voice of America 1as pac) commumcauons World.
Radio For Peace 1~11. world of Radio
WWCR'4 !Tennessee): world of Radio
Voice of America (as pac). "Commumca11ons World"
WHRI (Angel 2): DXing wilh Cumbre"
Radio Bulga11a: "Radio Bulgaria Calling"
Radio Tashkent "Radio Tashkenl DX Program"
Voice of Tu1key- ox Corner" (biweekly)
Radio Romania lnll: ox Mailbag
Radio Romania lnll ox Mailbag"
Voice of America 'aflaslme): commun1cat1ons World"
WHAi (Angel t) oxing w11h Cumbre"
Radio For Peace Intl. world of Radio"
HCJB (eu): ox Panyhne
Radio Romania lnll: "DX Mailbag"
Vatican Radio: "On-the-Air"
Voice of Turkey: ox Corner (biweekly)
Australia. Radio. "The Media Report"
Radio Dnes1r: ox Herald (16th)
Voice of Ame11ca '. me): comrnun1ca11ons world"
Radio Exte11or de Espana "Distance Unknown
Radio Havana Cuba. 'DXers Unlimited"
Radio Romania lnll. ox Mailbag
Radio Budapesl Intl. "DX Show
WHRI (Angel 1)' ' OX1ng l'11lh Cumbre"
Radio Havana Cuba "DXers Unlimited"
Va11can Radio 01-theAlr"
KSDA (Guam). "Wavescan
Voice of Turkey. ox Corner (biweekly)
WRMI (Flo11da): wavescan"

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l~:OOPMEST
9.00
PM PST

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,. - -. .

FREQUENCIES . . . .
0500-0600

Australia. Radio

05000600 as
05000600 vi
05000600 vi
05000600 vi
05000600
05000600
05000600
05000600
05000600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0529 mlwhta
05000600
05000600
05000600
05000600
05000600
05000550
05000515
05000600

Australia, Radio
Australia. VL8A Alice Spg
Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Australia.DefenseForces R
Bulgaria. Radio
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. ACanada Intl
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica. Adv World A
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Cuba. Rad o Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Germany, Deutsche Welle
Israel. Kol Israel
Japan. NHK/Radio

05000530
0500-0600 vi
05000600
0500-0510 mtwhf
05000525
0500-0600
0500-0505
05000600 vi
05000600
0500-0555
05000600
05000556
05000600
050005 15

Japan. NHK/Radio
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Malawi. MBC
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. A NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia.Voice of Russia WS
S Africa. Channel Africa
Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Spain. A Exterior Espana
Swaziland. Trans World A
Uganda. Radio

9660pa
t5240pa
t 7880pa
t t640as
2310do
5025do
49t0do
t 3525as
9700na
6005do
6070do
6030do
6t30do
6t60do
6050eu
9560na
5030ca
6205am
9820na
9745am
5960na
7465na
6t 10na
1t920na
t t885na
4885do
9990va
3380do
6f65na
1t905pa
3326do
9675do
9895na
5955af
7215eu
6055na
6070af
3340do

I t880pa
t5365pa

12080pa
17715pa

13605as
t 7795pa

t t 720na

7295va

15430at

6150ca
7385am
9830na
2t455va
6045na
9435na
7230eu
17810as
t t895na
4935do

9725ca

6185na
t7545au
11725as

17840va

9515na
11740as

15230na
6t 50do

9590na
4990do
13790na
9675at

15580na

0500-0600

United Kingdom. BBC WS

05000600
05000600
05000600
05000600
05000600
05000600

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

05000600
05000600
05000600
05000600 mtwhta
05000600
05000600
05000600
05000530
05000600
05000510
0500-05t0
0500-0530 vi
05050600
05250600
05300559
05300600

USA. VIEWN Birmingham AL

USA, WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
USA. l'IRNO New Orleans LA
USA. VIWCR Nashville TN
USA. VIYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State, Vatican R
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 1
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC
Swazil.lnd. Trans World R
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Austria. A Austria Intl
Romania. R Romania Intl

Russia.Voice of Russia WS
05300600
05300600
Slovakia, Adv Wo~d Radio
Thailand. Radio
05300600
USA, WRMl/R Miami Intl
05300600 a
Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC
05300600 vi
05380555 I &3rd s Denmark. R Denmark Intl
05550600
Malaysia. Voice of

3255af
6175va
9600at
11955as
15575va
5810am
751 0am
9975am
17780as
7535eu
5970al
7195al
11675al
5825eu
5760am
7490na
9465eu
7395am
2390am
5985na
9660at
3330al
7220do
6165do
3396do
3200af
3366do
6015na
11a1oat
t7790at
7345na
t 1600eu
9655eu
9955am
5975do
7465va
6175as

3955eu
6195eu
96-IOva
t5280as
t 7640af

5975va
7t60at
9740as
t5360va
1788531

6005af
94t 0va
1t 760va
t5420at

6035al
7295at
t 1965va
7395na
73t5am
t 3595na

6080at
9775at
I 5205va
7425na

7170va
9885at

3210am
7355eu
11625at

5065am
9985eu
t5570af

5935am
11580af

5055af
49t5do

9500at

t1940al

15270af

15340al

9895na
t 1905eu

t 51 t 5eu

t3805va
9750as

t 5295au

SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0500
0500
0500
0510
051 1
0530
0532

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA. VOA Washington DC (af/eu): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA. WJCR Upton KY. Gospel Music and Prayer. See S
0200.
USA. VOA Washington DC (af/eu): VOA Sunday. See F2310.
Russia. Voice of: Program Preview. A review of programs to
be featured in the coming week.
Russia, Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia, Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today. Stt back and
enjoy a great program about Russian his1ory with
magnificent sound effecls.

Wednesdays
0500
0500
0500
0500
0506

Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M 1200.
USA. VOA Washinglon OC (af/eu): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA. WJCR Upton KY: Gospel Music and Prayer. See S
0200.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. See
M 1206.
USA. VOA Wash1ng1on DC (at/eu): VOA Today. See S2310.
Russia. Voice of: Commonwealth Update. See M 231 t .
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Music at Your Request. See M 1232.
USA, Monilor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M t 249.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM.
See M t252.

0510
0511
0530
0532
0549
0552

Mondays

05t0
0511
0530
0532
0549
0552

0500
0500
0500

Thursdays

05t0

0500
0500
0500
0500

0511
0530
0532

0510
0511
0530
0532

Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA, VOA Washington DC (af/eu): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA. WJCR Upton KY: Gospel Music and Prayer. See s
0200.
USA. VOA Washinglon DC (af/eu): VOA Today. See S23t0.
Russia. Voice of: Program Preview. See S 05t 1.
Russia, Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: The Jazz Show. The world of Russian 1azz.

Tuesdays
0500
0500
0500
0500
0506
0510
0511
0530
0532
0549
0552

Russia. Voice of: News See S 0000.

USA. Monitor Radio Ind: Monitor Radio News. See M t200.
USA. VOA Washington DC (af/eu): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA, WJCR Uplon KY: Gospel Music and Prayer. See S
0200.
USA, Monitor Radio Ind Monitor Radio International. See M
1206.
USA. VOA Washington DC (af/eu): VOA Today. Sees 23 to
Russia. Voice of: Commonwealth Updale See M 2311.
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. See S0030.
Russia. Voice of: Yours lor the Asking. See T 0032.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1249.
USA. Monitor Radio lnll: Religious Article from lhe CSM. See
M 1252.

0506
0510
0511
0530
0532
0549
0552

Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA, Monitor Radio lnll: Monitor Radio News. See M 1200.
USA, VOA Washinglon OC (at/eu): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA, WJCR Upton KY: Gospel MuS'Cand Prayer. See S
0200.
USA, Monitor Radio lnll: Monitor Radio International. See
M 1206.
USA, VOA Washington DC (af/eu): VOA Today. See S 2310.
Russia. Voice of: Commonwealth Upda1e. See M 2311 .
Russia. Voice ot. News in Bnef. See S0030.
Russia, Voice of: Folk Box. See M 0032.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M t 249.
USA, Monitor Radio lnll: Religious Article from the CSM.
See M t252.

Fridays
0500
0500
0500
0500
0506

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio Nows. See M t200.
USA, VOA Washington DC (af/eu): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA, WJCR Upton KY: Gospel Music and Prayer. See S
0200.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. See

M 1206.
USA, VOA Washington DC (af/eu): VOA Today. See S
2310.
Russia. Voice of: Commonwealth Update. See M 2311.
Russia, Voice of: News In Bnef. See S 0030.
Russia, Voice of: Kaleidoscope. See S 1132.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1249.
USA. Monttor Radio Intl: Religious Article from tile CSM.
See M 1252.

Saturdays
0500
0500
0500

Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA, VOA Washington DC (af/eu): VOA News. See S
0000.
USA, WJCR Upton KY: Gospel Music and Prayer. See S
0200.
USA, VOA Washington DC (af/eu): VOA Saturday. See F
23 t0.
Russia, Voice ot: Commonwealth Update. See M 2311 .
Russia. Voice ot: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Timelines. See M 0332.

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FREQUENCIES .
06C00700

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1~:~~::~~

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Australia. Radio

06000700 vi
06000700 vi
06000700 vi
06000633
06000700 vi
06000700
06000700
06000700
06000700
06000700
06000700
Oli000700
06000700
06000650

Australia VL8A Alice Spg

Aus1ral1. VLSK Katherine
Australia, VL8T Ten! Crk
Auslralia.Delenseforces R
Canada. CBC IJ Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Monrreal
Canarta. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgar1
Canada. CHNX Halilax
Canarla. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica.RF Peace lnll
Cuba. Radio Havana
Ecuaclor HCJB
Germany. Deutsche Welle

061)0-0615
06000700 vi
06000700
06000700 vi
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700
06000700
06000700
06000630
0600-0700
0600-0630 s
06000700 vi
OfiOIJ.C)M 'i vi
0600-071)1)

Gll.lna Ghana Broartc Corp

Haly. IRAS
Japan. NHK/Rart10
KPnya Kenya Broadc Corp
Kmhal1. Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Malaysia Voice of
New Zealand. R rJZ lnll
N1ge11a. FRCN/Radro
Nor1h Ko1ea. R Pyongyang
Nomay. Radio Norway !nil
Papua N~w Guinea NBC
Romaora. R Romana ln!I
Ru1.1 Vo1r. of Rll'"a W5

06000700
06000610
06000630
06000700
06000610 vi
06000700

S Africa. Trans World R

Sierr.1 Leone SLBS
Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Slovak a, Adv World Radio
Solomon Islands. SIBC
SwaJland Trans Worlcl R

9660pa
13605as
15530as
2310rto
5025do
4910do
13525as
9625M
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130rln
6160do
7385am
9820na
9745~m

11915af
17875af
3366do
3985va
11725as
4885do
9825do
9990va
6175as
11905pa
3326do
15180as
7180au
9675do
9550u
7175na
t 5J70as
11730af
3316do
13715af
5905arn
5020do
11730al

9860pa
15240pa
17715as

15050am
9830na
21455am
13790al

I 1880pa
15365pa
17880pa

15185al

12080pa
15415as

t 78 10aS
61 50do

9750as

15295au

4990do
15230as
7295af

9590au

9665eu
72i0na
t5580na

11815eu
7345na

Sw111erland. Swiss R lnll

Uni!ed Kingdom BBC WS

9885al
3955eu
71~5pa

15225af

4915do
11850au
4935do

06000630
0600-0700

....

9825na

06000700
06000700
06000700
06000700
06000700
06000700

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Sall Lk C11y UT
USA KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA KWHR Naalehu Ml
USA. Mon11or Radio ln!I
USA. Voice of Amenca

06000630
06000700
0600-0700
0600-0700 smtwhf
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0620
0600-0645 vl/m-1
0600-0630
0600-0700
0600-0700
06000605 mlwhfa
06000630
06000700 vi
0605 0700
0615 IJli10
0630 MS5
06300639
06300700 as
06300700
06380655 1&3rd s
06450700

USA. Voice of Ame11ca

USA. WHAi Noblesville l~I
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
US!. WWCR Nashville HI
USA WYFR Okeechollee FL
Vallcan Stale. Va!rcan R
Va11can Slate. val ican R
Vietnam. Voice of
Yemen. Yemeni Rep Radio
Zamo1a Chns11an Voice
Zarnbra. ZNBC Radro 1
Zambra. ZNBC Radio 2
Zrmbabwe. l imbahwe BC
Svm1land. Trans World R
Sl'l1fzerland. S1,1ss R ln!I
Aus1na. R Aus111a Intl
Kankhslan. R Alma Ala
USA. Voice of America
Val1can Slate. Vatican R
Denmark, R Denmark Intl
Romarua _R Romama Intl

9545do

9640al
12095as
I 5420al
5810am
7510am
9975am
17780as
7535cu
5970al
9630al
12080al
6080al
5760arn
7490na
9465eu
7355arn
2390Jm
5985eu
5880eu
15215rne
5925as
9780do
33JOal
7220do
6165do
5975do
5055af
6165eu
6015na
1t 705eu
6080al
1l625af
7180va
11740pa
17720pa

11860al
5975va
;160al
9740as
15280as
15575va
981Sam

13635al
6175eu
94 lOeu
11760eu
15310as
17640al

6195eu
960031
11955as
15360va
17790as

6035al
11805al
15205al
9435al
7315am
13595na

6140af
11950al

7195al
11965af

3210am
7355eu
7250;>u

5065am
9985af

5935am

6070al
9535eu

9500al

9650af

13765al
7295va
11840pa

15570af
9590va
t5250pa

13805va
15270pa

10060as

SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0600
0600
0600
0610
0611
0630
0630
0632

Russia. Voice of. News See S 0000

USA. VOA Wash111g1on DC (af/eu) VOA Nel'ls. See S 0000_
USA WJCR Up1on KY Gospel MUSIC and Prayer. See
0200
USA. VOA Washrnglon DC (af/eu) VOA Sunday. See F23t0.
Russia. Voice of: Science and Engrneering in !he CIS. The
latest developments 1n scrence and lechnology.
Russia, Voice of. News m Bnef See S 0030.
USA WJCR Up!on KY Or Stan Weisbrod Inspiration and
rnusrc from Up1on. Kentucky
Russia. Voice of: lhrs is Russia See S 0032.

Mondays
0600
0600
0600
0600
0601
0610
061 t
0630
0632

Russia. Voice 01 News See S 0000.

USA. VOA wash1ng1on DC (af)' Daybreak Africa See M
0300,
USA. VOA Washington DC (eu): VOA News, See S 0000.
USA. WJCR Up!on KY Praye1Line. Prayers are declica1ed to
lisleners requests
USA, VOA Washington DC (af) Alnca News. See M 0301 .
USA. VOA Washington DC (eu): VOA Today. See S 2310.
Russia, Voice ol Moscow Mailbag. See S0111.
Russia. Voice ol News 10 Briel. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice ol: This is Russia. See S 0032.

Tuesdays
0600
0600
0600
0600
0601
0610
0611
0630
0632

Russia. Vou:e of News See S 0000

USA. VOA Washingion OC (al). Daybreak Africa. See M
0300
USA. VOA Wash111g1on DC (eu) VOA News. See S 0000
USA. WJCR Up!on KY Prayer Line. See M 0600.
USA. VOA Washinglon DC (af) Alrica !Jews See M 0301
USA. VOA Washrngton DC (eul VOA Today See S 2310.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 01t1.
Russra. Voice of. News in Buel. See S 0030
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today, Sec S 0532.

Wednesdays
0600
0600
0600

50

N ovember 1996

USA. WJCR Up!on KY Prayer Lme See M 0600.

USA. VOA Vlashmgton DC (al): Afnca News. See M 0301
USA. VOA Washinglon DC (eu): VOA Today See S 2310.
Russia. Voice ol. focus on Asia and !he Pacific See T 0111
Russia. Voice ol llews in Buel. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice 01 This 1s Russia. Sec S 0032.

Thursdays
0600
0600
0600
0600
0601
0610
0611
0630
0632

Russia. Voice ol News. See S 0000

USA. VOA Washrnglon DC (af): Daybrea~ Africa. See IA
0300
USA. VOA Washington DC (cu): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA. WJCR Uplon KY: Prayer Line. See M 0600.
USA. VOA Washington DC (af): Africa Ne11s. See M 0301.
USA. VOA Wash1og1on DC (eu): VOA Today. See S 2310.
Russia. Voice of. Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 0111
Russia. Voice ol: News 111 Briel. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Yes1eccfay and Today. See S
0532.

Fridays
0600
0600
0600
0600
0601
06t0
0611
0630
0632

Russia. Voice of News See S0000

USA VOA Wash111g1on DC (al). Daybreak Africa. See M
0300.
USA. VOA Washington DC (eu): VOA News See S 0000.
USA. WJCR Uplon KY Prayer Line. See M 0600
USA. VOA \Vashmglon DC (al). Alr1ca News. See M 0301
USA. VOA 1Yash1ng1on OC (eu) VOA Today See S 2310.
Russia. Voice ol Focus on Asia and !he Pacific. See T 01t1.
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief See S 0030.
Russia. Vorce of This is Russia. See S 0032.

Saturdays
0600
0600
0600
0610

Russia. Voice ol: News See S 0000

USA, VOA Washington DC (al): Daybreak Afnca See M
0300.
USA. VOA Wa slunglon DC (eu): VOA News. See S 0000.

MONITORING TIMES

0600
0601
0610
0611
0630
0632

0611
0630
0632

Russia Voice of News. See S0000.

USA. VOA Washington DC (af/eu) VOA News. See S 0000.
USA, WJCR Upton KY. Gospel Music and Prayer. See S
0200.
USA. VOA Wasll1ng1on DC (af/eu) VOA Saturday. See F
2310
Russia. Voice ol Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T Ot 1t
Russia. Voice ol News in Bnef, See S 0030_
Russia. Voice ol: Moscow Yesterday and Today, See S
0532

NEW

VOA PROGRAMS LAUNCHED

A1 ()()()() UTC S,p1 29 1hc VOt\ launched a

new. 2-l-hour-a-day global English-language
satclli1c network whidt will prm idc programming
10 local affi liate brnadi:astcrs and 'atcll itc lb1cncrs
arou nd 1hc world.
,\ few of the eight new program' 10 be
introduced arc S111di11 .18. a lively look al life in the
U.S.: \101\ ll'o rld1rid1. an in-depth hour fea turing
new' analy'i' and opin ion: 1110 area-specific news
half-hour': a mu;ic program called /larder
Cm.1.1 i11g.1 . whid111ill invite li,1cner, telephone
call;,: and an Engli , h 1cai:hing program called All
Aho111 l:'11gli.1h.
George Mackcntic of VOA provided us with
the time' the~e program' will be aired on
'hortwavc. We h:i,c nol placed 1hcm int0 1his
mun1h\ ..Sck ctcd Programming.: ,jncc we don't
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3:00 AM EST/12:00 PM PST

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07000800

Australia. Radio

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

Australia. Radio
Australia. VL8A Alice Spg
Australia. VL8K KAtherine
Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHrJX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. R East Africa
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Italy. IRRS
Japan. NHK/Rad10

0700-0800 vi
07000800 vi
0700-0800
0700-0800 asmtwh
0700-0800
0700-0710
0700-0715 mtwh f
0700-0758 as
0700-0750
0700-0745

Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp

Kiribati. Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. Voice ot
Malaysia. V01ce of
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Romania, R Romania Intl

0700-0800

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

0700-0730
070007t 5
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
07000800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800 smtwhf
0700-0800
0700-0745
0700-0800
07000800 vi
0700-0745 vUmf
07000800
0700-0800
0700-0800 vi
0705-0800
07t 00800 vi
07t 5-0730
0730-0755
0730-0745 s
0730-0735
0730-0800
0730-0800 as
0738-0755 t &3rd s
0745-0800 s
0745-0755
07 450755 as
0755-0800 m1whf
0758-0800 as

..

17790as
United Kingdom. BBC WS
United Kingdom. BBC WS
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHRI rJoblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA. WYFR Okeecl10hee FL
Vanuatu, Radio
Vatican State. Vatican R
Zambia, Christian Voice
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Swaziland. llans World R
Papua New Guinea. NBC
S11itzerland. Swiss R Intl
Austria. R Austria Intl
Greece. Voice of
India, All India Radio
Netherlands. Radio
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Denmark. R Denmark Intl
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Greece, Voice of
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Monaco. Trans Wo~d Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl

9580pa
I 2080pa
I 5530as
I t640as
2310do
5025do
49t0do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6t 30do
6t 60do
7385am
7345eu
9445pa
t5t86af
t5t86af
3366do
3985va
7230eu
11920as
216\0as
488Sdo
9825do
9990va
7295do
9750as
6175as
11905pa
1t905pa
; 5340af
11740pa
t 7720pa
7t 75as
t 5470as
3316do
5020do
5950na
3955eu
7t45va
9640va
tt955as
15360va
17830af
6180eu
6005af
5810am
75t0am
9975am
175t0au
7535eu
5825eu
5760am
7490na
9465eu
2390am
7355eu
t3695af
3945cto
4005eu
6065af
6165do
5975do
5055af
4890do
6t 65eu
6t55eu
7450eu
t5t85do
9700pa
9730as
7180va
3366do
7450eu
7t 15eu
7t 15eu
9700pa

9660pa
15240pa
17715pa

5995pa
9580pa
13605pa
23 IOclo
5025do
4910do

6020pa
9710pa
15530as

15050am
9530eu
t 1615eu

9710as
15365pa
I 7880as

9860pa
15415as

2t455au

4915do
1t725as
t5165me

t t740as
17810va

4935do

6150do

t t850pa
17815af

t 5295au

17765me
11840pa
7270as
15490as

t 5250pa

t5270pa

7345as

9895as

9545do
6175eu
7325eu
9740as
t 2095va
t5400va
17885af
11780eu
7160af
98t5arn

6t 90af
9410eu
t t 760as
t 5280as
15575me

6t 95eu
9600af
t t 940af
t 53 !0as
t 7640va

7425na
7315am
t 3595na
5065am
9985eu
7260do
5880eu

9500af
9535eu
13730eu
9425eu
15260do
9720au
7295va
49t5do
9425eu

5935am

7250eu

7435am

9645eu

9650af

t5410me
11645au

Australia. Radio

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

Australia. VLBA Alice Spg

Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8T Tent Crk

Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc

Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Chile. Radio Esperanza
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. R East A1nca
Eqt Guinea. Radio Alrica
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Guam. TWR/KTWR
Indonesia. Voice of
Italy, IRRS
Kiribati. Radio
Lebanon. Voice o1 Hope
Malaysia, Radio
Malaysia. Voice of
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Netherlands. Radio
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Nomay. Radio Norway Intl
Pakistan. Radio
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Russia.Voice of Russia WS
Sierra Leone. SLBS
Solomon Islands. SIBC
South Korea. R Korea Intl
United Kingdom. BBC WS

0800-0815
08000900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900 smtwhf
0800-0900
0800-0830 vi
0800-0900
0800-0805 ml\'lhfa
0800-0900 vi
080508t0
08050835 mtwhf
0815-0900 mlwtf
08t 60900 mtwhf
0830-0900 s
0830-0900 vi
08300900
0830-0900
0830-0840
0830-0900 vi
0830-0900
0830-0900
0838-0855 1&3rd s
0850-0853 s
08550900

United Kingdom. BBC WS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
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
Vanuatu. Radio
Zambia. Christian Vmce
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Swaziland. Trans World R
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Armenia. Voice of
Australia. VL8K Katherine
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
Georgia. Radio
India, All India Radio
Italy. IRRS
Netherlands, Radio
Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl
Denmark. R Denmark Intl
Russia. R Pacific Ocean
Guam. TWR/KTWR

9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6090sa
7385am
11615eu
9445pa
t5t86af
t 5186al
3366do
t5200as
9525as
3985va
9825do
9990va
7295do
6t75as
71 15eu
9700pa
t 5180as
17860au
t 5470eu
9730as
4890do
15470as
3316do
5020do
7550eu
6190af
9740as
11955as
t5575me
17885af
3955eu
58tOam
751Oam
9930as
7535eu
5825eu
5760am
7490na
9465eu
2390am
3945do
6065af
6t65do
5975do
5920eu
4775af
3326do
9700pa
t 5270eu
2485do
5985eu
t t910me
7250do
7125va
9720au
t 1990au
t 5220va
7185as
11830pa

2t 455au

9750as

t 5295au

9720au
15230as

11895pa

t 7900eu

t 5560as

17570as

t 7665as

9545do
t3670eu
6195va
9805va
t 5280as
17640va

9410eu
t 1760as
t 5310as
t 7790as

9600a1
1t 940af
15400va
17830a1

7t45va
9815am

t 2095eu

9845pa
7425na
73t5am
13595na

t 1550pa

t5665eu

5065am
7260do

5935am

7435am

7165eu
9500af
4990do

9830eu
9650af

13830eu

9925au
t 5185do

15260do

13700pa
t 5460au
17855va

t 7550au

t 7870me

t 1895pa
9590va

13805va

t t645au

0800 UTC
0800-0900

0800-0900 vi
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
08000830
0800-0900
0800-0830
0800-0900
08000900 as
0800-0900 mtwhf
0800-0805 s
08000900
0800-0900
0800-0830 vi
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0825
0800-0900
0800-0825
0800-0850
0800-0830 s
0800-0850
08000900 as
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900
0800-08t0
08000900 vi
0800-0900
0800-0900

6080pa
9860pa
t 771 Spa

95t Oas
t2080pa
2t 725as

Your Name
in Lights!
... or at least in ink within the Monitoring Times
Shortwave Gui de. Please send us your "best
catches" on the worldwide shortwave bands QS Ls, that is - and we will try to use them in fu ture
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FREQUENCIES .

~~.;

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Australia. Radio

09001000 VI
0900 1000 vi
09001000 vi
09001000
09001000
09001000
09001000
09001000
0900 1000
09001 000
09000930
09001000 s
09001000
09001000 as
0900 1000 m~.'lhf
09000950

Australia. VLBA Ailee Spg

Australia. VLBK Kalherine
Australia. VLBT Tent Crt<
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Czech Rep. Ra1lio Prague
Denmark, Radio ABC
Ecuador. HCJB
EQI Guinea. R East Afnca
EQI Guinea. Radio Afnca
Germani. Deu1sche Welle

09000915 mlwtf
09000915
09001000
0900 1000 mtwhf
09001000
09000930 vi
09001000
0900-1000
0900-0920 mtwhf
0900-0905 a
09000925
09001000
0900-1ooo as
0900 1000 vi
0900-1000

Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp

Guam. TWR/KTWR
Guam. TWR/KTWR
llaly. IRRS
Japan. tJHK/Rad10
Kiribati. Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Palau. KHBNN01ce of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

0900-0930
0900-1000

Swi1Zerland. Swiss R Intl

United Kingdom. BBC WS

09001000
09001000
09001000
09001000
09001000
0900 tOOO
0900t 000
0900 1000 smtwhl
09001000
09001000
0900 1000 vi
09151000
09300955 mtwhfa
09301000
09301000
09301 000
09301000
0930-1000
09380955 1&3rd s

..,,,,,,

0900-1000

0900-0915

1000 UTC

United Kingdom. BBC WS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KIJLS Anchor Point AK
USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
Zambia. Chnshan Voice
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Austna. R Aus111a Intl
Canada. CKZN St John's
Lilhuama, Radio Vilnius
Mongolia, R Ulan Balor
Netherlands. Radio
Philippines. FEBCIR Intl
Denmark. R Denmark Intl

5995pa
9580pa
13605as
2310do
2485do
49t Odo
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
11755pa
7385am
15640me
7570eu
9445pa
t5 t 86at
t5186af
6t60as
154 10af
3366do
15200as
11830pa
3985va
9610as
9825do
9990va
7295do
7115eu
7115eu
9720au
9700pa
9730as
4890do
9835va
15560pa
9885pa
6190af
t 1750as
15280va
17705eu
6065as
11955as
5810am
6150as
75t0am
7395sa
5825eu
5760am
7490na

6020pa
9710pa
21725as

15440pa

6080pa
9860pa

9510as
t 2080pa

..

tOOO l IOOvl
t0001 100
10001100
10001 t00 vl
1000 1100\1
1000-1025
1000 1100
I 000-1100 as
1000 I 100 vi
t 000 1100
10C01100

llaly. IRRS
Lebanon. Voice ol Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. RTM Kuchmg
Malaysia.ATM KotaKmabalu
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand. A NZ Intl
Palau, KHBNNoice of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Philippines. FEBC/R Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia ws

1000 1100

United Kingdom. BBC WS

tOOOl 100
1000-1100
10001 100
10001100
10001100

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of Amenca

10001100
10001100
tOOOl 100
1000-t 100
10001 100as
1000 1tOO
10001 IOO
10001100 vVmf
10001030

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. IVHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State, Vatican R
Vietnam. Voice of

10001 100
1000 1005 mtwhfa
10051010
1030 1055
1030t057
10301 IOO
1030 1I OO
t030 t 100
10301055
1038-1055 1&3rd S

Zambia. Christian Voice

Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Croalia. Croatian Radio
Austria. R Austria Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Finland. YLE/R Finland
Netherlands, Radio
South Korea. R Korea Intl
UAE. Radio Dubai
Denmark. R Denmark Intl

17485af
21455au

9565af
17800af
4915do

11850au

12055as
21600af

15225af
21680as

15t90as

13700pa

t t BOOpa
15580as
13685pa
6195va
11940al
15400va
17830va
7180as
15310as

7535eu
7425na
7315am
t3595na

12025as
17515pa
941 Oeu
12095eu
15575me
I 7885al
9580as
15360as

9430as

15470as

9740as
15190sa
17640va
11760as
t 7790as

5065am

7295do
13730eu

12085as
12065pa

.. . .. ....

t 7690au

7t25va
9990va
7295do
7160do
5980do
9720pa
9700pa
9730as
4890do
t 1635as
7150va
15580as
5965na
9740as
12095eu
15310as
17705va
5810am
75t0am
9930as
6095na
5985va
11720va
7425na
6<J.l0am
7490na
9465eu
13825va
5065am
5950na
11740af
5940as
12020as
6065al
6165do
5895eu
15450as
7345eu
13645as
6045as
t1715am
13675eu
9~80eu

11895au

t3700pa

9835pa

11800as

12025as

6190af
It 750as
13745va
15400af
17790as

6195va
11760as
15190sa
15575me
17830va

941Oeu
11940af
15280va
17640va
17885af

7405am

9590am

5935am

9475am

15685am

t52t0af
7270as
15010as

17550af
7400as

9840as

12065as

13705as

17825eu

21605me

7395sa
6165am
15425va
15665eu
6185am
13595na

7165eu
17870au
9505eu
15235au
9650as
15395eu
1:;22ona

t 3840pa

MT MONITORING TEAM

9~65eu

2390am
6065al
5975do
6130do
6155eu
6160do
97tOeu
11850as
9720au
11635as
13800va

5:00 AM EST/ 2:00 AM PST

5935am

15450as

7435am

17870au

Nex1 Repor1i11g Deadline: November 21. 1996

Gayle Yan Horn

Frequency Manager

Jim Frirnmel
Program Manager

,,,.J>c.:,k\!d@grovc.nc1

DXComp@aol.com

Dave Datko, California

13705pa

Jacques cl ' Avignon

Propagati on Forecasts
Ontari o. Canada

Loyd Yan Horn, Brasstown, N.C.

17855va

rm HI i Ulr@ Ii mc~ tonc. kusone .com

1000 UTC
10001100

Australia. Radio

t0001100vl
1000-1100 vi
10001100vl
10001100 vi
10001100
10001100
10001100
10001 100
10001 100
10001100
10001100
10001100
10001100 s
10001100
1000-1 100 as
1000-1100 mtwhl
1000-1100
100011 00
10001100

Australia. VLBA Allee Spg

Australia VLBK Kathenne
Australia. VLBT Tent Crk
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada CFRX Toronto
Canada CFVP Calgary
Canada CHNX Hahlax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Denmark. Radio ABC
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. R East Africa
EQt Guinea. Radio Africa
Guam. AWRIKSDA
India, All India Radio
Iraq. Radio Iraq Intl

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5995as
9580pa
2310do
2485do
491 0do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
11755pa
7385am
7570eu
9445pa
15186af
15186af
9370as
13700as
13680eu

6020pa
9860pa

6080pa
13605as

9510as
2t725as

THANK

You

ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS MONTH'S SHORTWAVE GUIDE:

15440pa

Don Aspinall , Ya/via email ; Paul R. Donegan, Glendale, CA: Jerry Ervine, Hidalgo, T X; Bob Fraser,
Cohasset, MA; Giovanni Serra,/The Four Winds-Rome,
Italy (via e-mail) ; Robert E. Tho mas, Bridgeport, CT;
BBCMS; BBC World Media ; BBC Summary of World
Broadcasts; DX Post: Fine Tuning; NASWA Journal;
Internet Shortwave Newsgroups.

t 7690au

21455au

15050as

N ovember 1996

17387au

I 7890as

FREQUENCIES .

....

1100-1200

Australia, Radio

11001200vl
11001200vl
1100t200vl
1t00-1130 mtwhfa
1100t200
tt00-1200
1t00-1200
1100-1200
1100t200
t1001200
1100-1200
1100-1200
t1001200 s
1100-t 130
1100-12ooas
1tOOt200
11001t50

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

Aus1ralia, VL8K Katherine
Australia VL8T Tent Cr1<
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN S1 John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica, Adv World R
Cos1a Rica.RF Peace Intl
Denmark, Radio ABC
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. R East A1rica
Eqt Gurnea. Radio Atnca
Germany, Deutsche Welle

1100-1200
1100t200vl
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100 1200vl
11001200vl
1100-1125
1100-1200
1100-ltSO
1100 1115
1100-1130as
11001200vl
1100- 1200

Iraq. Rad1~ Iraq Intl

Italy. IRAS
Japan, NHK/Radio
Jordan. Radio
Lebanon. Voice ot Hope
Malaysia, Radio
Malaysia, RTM Kuching
Malaysia.ATM KotaKinabalu
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Pakistan. Radio
Palau. KHBNN01ce of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia. Voce of Russia WS

11 00t200

Singapore.A Singapore Int

. . . ..
9580pa
13605as
2310do
2485do
4910do
6035eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
7375am
7385am
7570eu
9445pa
15186a1
9530as
15370al
17860af
13680eu
7125va
6120na
11970eu
9990va
7295do
7160do
5980do
6045as
9700pa
6575na
15470eu
9730as
4890do
4740as
15560as
17870as
601Sas

9615as
21725as

15545at

9725am

9860pa

12080pa

. ... ..

1100-1 130

Switzerland, Swiss R Intl

1100-1200
1100-1200

Taiwan. Voice of Asia

United Kingdom. BBC WS

1100tt30
1100-1200
1t 00-1200
t1 00t200
11001200
t1001200

Uni1ed Kingdom. BBC WS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA, KWHR Naalchu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA, Voice of America

t 1001200
1tOOt200
1t OO t200
1100t200
1too-12ooas
t t00-1200
11 00- 1200
1100 1200 vVmf
1t00-1 130
11 00-1200
1115-1127
11151200
1t301155
1t30t200vl
11301200
1130 t200
11301200
1130-1200
1130-1200
1130-1200
1130 1200 I
11 35- 1140
t1 38t1 551&3rds

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. \YGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State, Vatican R
Vietnam. Voice ol
Zambia, Christian Voice
Zambia, ZNBC Radio 1
Zambia, ZNBC Radio 2
Aus1rra. R Austria Intl
Chrna, China Radio Intl
Ecuador, HCJB
Finland, YLE/R Finland
Iran. VOIRI
Myanmar. Voice ot
Netherlands, Radio
Sweden. Radio
Vatican State, Vatican R
India, All India Radio
Denmark, R Denmark Intl

17595af

13750am

12005am

t54t0af
21600af

177t5af

9610as

15350as

9650as

12065as

9975na

11335na

17800af

13705as

179~u

11655as
17560as

15460as
17755as

15520as
17775as

6155as

6165eu
17515as
7445as
5965na
9410eu
11760as
15220va
f 7705va
9700au
5810am
7510am
9930as
6095na
5985va
9590am
15160va
7425na
6950am
6040am
7490na
13825am
5935am
5950na
5880eu
7285as
6065af
7220do
6165do
13730na
8660as
15115na
11900na
11875me
5990do
6045eu
11650na
15210as
9595do
7295eu

9535eu

13635as

15415as

6190al
9580as
11940af
15310as
17830af
15190sa
9815am

6t95va
9740va
11955as
t5575me
17885al
15400eu

7180as
11750as
12095eu
t7640va
2t660al
17790va

6165am
9760va

7405am
t1720va

9475am

15685am

7395sa
61 10va
9645va
15425va
15665eu
9400am
6185am
13595na
7435am
11830na
9730as

11445as
21455am
15400na
11930me
7190eu
15240na
15570as
11620do
17740al

11700as

15260af

17550au
11 71 0do

15185do

SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays

Tuesdays

1115

1100
11 00
1110

1100
1100
1110

1t30
1130

1t10
1111
1130
t 130
1130
1t32

Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA, VOA Washington DC (as/ca): VOA News. See S0000.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): New Horizons. A twenty
minute documentary on a scientific. 1echnological. or medical
sub1ect
USA, VOA Washington DC (ca): Crrfic's Choice. The
performing arts in America.
Russia, Voice ol: Science and Eng1neenng in the CIS. See S
0611.
Russia. Voice ol: News in Brie!. See S 0030.
USA. VOA Washing1on DC (as): Issues in the News. Members
of the Washington press corps discuss current 1opics.
USA. VOA Washington DC (ca): Studio One. Dramatizations
and documentaries on significant events and personalities.
Russia, Voice of: Kaleidoscope. A variety of topics ranging
from science and ecology to cultural matters.

Mondays
1100 Russia, Voice ol: News. See S 0000.
1tOO USA. VOA Washington DC (as/ca): VOA News. See S 0000.
111 O USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Science Report (Special
English). Developments 1n the world ol science and
technology.
11 tO USA, VOA Washington DC (ca): Stateside. See M 0430.
1111 Russia. Voice of: Science and Engineering in the CIS. See S
0611.
1t15 USA. VOA Washington DC (as): This is Amenca (Special
English). See M 0045.
1130 Russia. Voice ot: News in Briel. See S 0030.
1130 USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Music USA (Standards).
Classics of American popular music.
t 132 Russia. Voice ol: Kaleidoscope. See S 1t32.

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA. VOA Washington DC (as/ca): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA, VOA Washington DC(as): Agricullure Report (Special
English). See T 0040.
111 O USA. VOA Washington DC (ca): Stateside. See M 0430.
111 t Russia, Voice of: Commonwealth Update. See M 2311.
1115 USA. VOA Washing1on DC (as): Science in the News (Special
English). See T 0045.
1t30 Russia, Voice of: News in Brie!. See S 0030.
t t30 USA, VOA Washington DC (as): Now Music USA. See T
0030.
1t32 Russia. Voice ol: Russian by Radio. See M 0132.

1t32

Fridays
1t 00
1tOO
t 110

Wednesdays

11 t 0
11 1t
t 115

t too
1100
1110

1130
1130

1t1 o
11t t
11t5
1t30
1130
1132

Russia, Voice ol: News. See S0000.

USA. VOA Washington DC (as/ca): VOA News. See S0000.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Science Report (Special
English). See M 1110.
USA. VOA Washingion DC (ca): Stateside. See M 0430.
Russia, Voice ol: Commonwealth Update. See M 2311.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Exploration (Special
English). See w 0045.
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): Now Music USA. See T
0030.
Russia. Voice of: Audio Book Club. See S 0132.

Thursdays
1tOO
t tOO
t t 10
1t to
11 t t

Russia. Voice ot. News. See S 0000.

USA. VOA Washington DC (as/ca). VOA News. See S 0000.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Science Report (Special
English). See M 1110.
USA, VOA Washington DC (ca): Stateside. See M 0430.
Russia, Voice ot Commonwealth Update. See M 2311 .

USA, VOA Washington DC (as): The Making of a Nation

(Special English). See H 0045.
Russia, Voice of: News in Brie!. See S 0030.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Now Music USA (Top Ten).
Top ten pop music hits of the week in the USA.
Russia. Voice of: Russian by Radio. See M Ot32.

1132

Russia. Voice of: News. See S0000.

USA, VOA Washington DC (as/ca): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): Environment Report (Special
English). See F 0040.
USA, VOA Washington DC (ca): Stateside. See M 0430.
Russia. Voice ol: Commonwealth Update. See M 2311.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): American Mosaic (Special
English). See F0045.
Russia, Voice ol: News in Brie!. See S 0030.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Country Music USA. Country.
bluegrass, and western swing, plus conversations wrth
coun1ry pertormers.
Russia. Voice of: Audio Book Club. See S 0132.

Saturdays
1100 Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.
1100 USA, VOA Washington DC (as/ca): VOA News. See S 0000.
11tO USA, VOA Washington DC (as/ca): Agriculture Today. See S
0010.
111 t Russia, Voice of: Commonwealth Update. Seo M 2311 .
1130 Russia, Voice of: News in Brie!. See S 0030.
1t30 USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Press Conference USA. See S
0130.
1130 USA. VOA Washington DC (ca): Music USA (Standards). See
M 1130.
t 132 Russia, Voice of: nmelines. See M 0332.

November I 996

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1200 UTC

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Australia. Radio

1200-1300
1200-1215
1200-1300 vi
t200-1300
t200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1259
1200-1300

Brazil. Radio Bras

Cambodia, Natl Voice of
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

1200-1230 vi
t 200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300 s
t200-1300
1200-1300 as
1200-1300
1200-1300

Chma, China Radio Intl

Costa Rica. Adv World R
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Denmark. Radio ABC
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. R East Africa
Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa
France, Radio France Intl

12001230
1200-1300
1200-1300vl
t200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300 vi
1200-1250
1200-1300
1200-1206
1200-1230 s
1200-1300

Iran, VOIRI
lraQ. Radio Iraq Intl
Italy. IRRS
Lebanon, Voice of Hope
Malaysia, Radio
Malaysia,RTM KotaKinabalu
Myanmar, Voice of
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

1200-1300
t200-1300
t200-1300
1200-1300

Singapore.A Singapore Int

South Korea. R Korea Intl
Taiwan. VO Free Cluna
United Kingdom. BBC WS

5995pa
9770as
15445na
11940as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160clo
9640am
7385na
11660as
B660as
5030am
7385am
7570eu
12005am
15186af
9530as
9805eu
15t55eu
11875me
13680eu
7125va
9990va
7295do
5980do
5990do
6045eu
9700pa
9590eu
7150va
12025as
17870pa
6015as
7285va
7130au
5965na

9580pa
9860pa

9615as
11 660as

971 Oas
11 BOOpa
t200 t300
t200-1300
1200 1300
t200-1300
t200-1300

11855am
7410as
t 1795pa
t 1445as
6150arn
15050am

t3650arn
9565as
15440au
11 700as
9725am

15t t5am

21455am

11 600as
15t95eu
11930me

11670as
15325a1
15260af

9715as
t2t 10as
13750arn

13625am
15530ca

7190eu
11840na
9835oa
15520as

13BOOeu
1t655as
17560as

15305eu
t IBOOpa
17775as

6155as
961 Oas
6190af

6195va

7180as

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

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

t200-1300
USA. WEWN Brrmingham AL
1200-1300
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
1200-1300
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
t2001300
USA. WJCR Upton KY
120J-1300 as
USA. 'INHA Greenbush ME
t200-1300
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
1200-1300
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
1200-1230
Uzbekistan. R Tashkent
1200- 1300
Zambia. Chrrst1an Voice
1200-1300 mtwhf
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
t 206-1300 occsnal New Zealand, R NZ Intl
1215-1300
Egypt, Radio Carro
t 230-1300 as
Australia. Radio
t230-1300
Bangladesh. Radio
1230-1300
Bulgaria, Radio
1230 1259
Canada. R Canada Intl
1230-1300 mtwhf
Finland. YLEI R Finland
t 230-1235
India, All India Radio
1230-1300 \'/
Indonesia. RRI Sorong
t230-1300 a
Monaco. Trans World Radio
1230-1255 s
Monaco, Trans World Radio
1230-1300
Mongolia, R Ulan Bator
1230-1300
Soulh Korea, R Korea Intl
t230-1300 mtwhf
Srr Lanka, Sri Lanka BC
t 230-1300
Sweden, Radio
1230-1300
Thailand, Radio
1230-1300
Vietnam. Voice of
1238-1255 t &3rd s Denmark, R Denmark Intl
1240-1250
Greece. Voice of

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.
9410eu
11 760as
15220va
t 7705va
5B10am
7510am
9930as
6095na
6110va
15160va
7425na
6950am
6040am
7490na
13825va
5935am
5950na
7190as
6065al
6165do
6105pa
17595as
5995pa
71 B5as
13790as
6150as
11900na
4B60do
4B75do
7115eu
711 5eu
9745as
9570as
15425as
13740as
9655as
5940as
1202oas
9590va
9915af

9580as
11940af
15310as
17830af
9B15am

9740va
11955as
15575me
17885af

11750as
12095eu
17640va
21660af

9355as
9645va
15425va
15665eu
9400am
6t85am
13595na

9430pa
9760va

9455sa
11715va

7435am
6015na
9715as

9475am
1t 830na
15295as

15685am
17750na

9548as
15195as
15400na
61 B5do

17865do

12085as
9640as

13670as

15240pa
9BB5as
7270as
1501oas
13800va
11645af

t 1905as
7400as
15305va
15650af

9840as
15480va

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1200
1200
1200
1210

121 1
1230
1230
1230

1232

Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA, VOA Washington DC (as): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA, WJCR Upton KY: Gospel Music and Prayer. See S
0200.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Encounler. Two experts
debate 1heir contrasting views on a subject of current
importance.
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S0011 .
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
USA, VOA Washinglon DC (as): Sludio One. See S 1t30.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): The Writers World
(monthly). American poet, journalis1 and human nghts
activist Rose Styron interviews her American and
inlernational contemporaries.
Russia, Voice of: This is Russia. See S0032.

Mondays
1200
1200
1200
1200
1206

1210
1211
1230
t 232
1249
1252

54

Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. Five minutes
of the latest world nrns al the beginning ol the hour.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA, WJCR Upton KY: Prayer Lrne. See M 0600.
USA, Monitor Radio ln11: Monitor Radio International. News.
analysis. commentary, interviews and features in a magazine
format.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): Staleside. See M 0430.
Ru ssia, Voice of: News and Views. See S 0011.
Ru ssia. Voice of: News in Brref. See S0030.
Russia, Voice of: Music at Your Request. Music as
requested by listeners.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. Listeners make their
views known by 1elephone or letter to hos1 Lrsa Dale.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM. As
published in 1he christian Science Monilor.

MONITORING TIMES

November 1996

Tuesdays
1200
1200
1200
t 200
t 206
121 0
1211
1230
1232
1249
1252

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA, Monilor Radio Intl: Monilor Radio News. See M t 200.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA. WJCR Upton KY: Prayer Line. See M 0600.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. See M
1206.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Stateside. See M 0430.
Russia, Voice of: News and Views. See S0011.
Russia. Voice of: News in Brref. See S 0030.
Russia, Voice of: Folk Box. See M 0032.
USA, Momtor Radio Intl: Letterbox. Sec M 1249.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from 1he CSM. See
M 1252.

Wednesdays
1200
1200
t200
t 200
1206
1210
1211
1230
t 232
t 249
1252

Russia, Voice ol: News. See S0000.

USA, Monnor Radio Intl: Monilor Radio News. See M 1200.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as) VOA News. See S 0000.
USA, WJCR Upton KY: Prayer Line. See M 0600.
USA. Monilor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International See M
1206.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as). Stateside. See M 0430.
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0011.
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief See S 0030.
Russia, Voice of: Folk Box. See M 0032.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Letleibox. See M t 249.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM. See
M 1252.

Thursdays
1200
1200
1200
1200
t 206

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monilor Radio News. See M 1200.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA, WJCR Upton KY: Prayer Line. Seo M 0600.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. See M
1206.

1210
1211
1230
t 232
1249
1252

USA, VOA Washington DC (as): Stateside. See M 0430.

Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0011.
Russia, Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia, Voice of: The Jazz Show. See M 0532.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Letlerbox. See M 1249.
USA. Monilor Radio Intl: Relrgious Article from 1he CSM. See
M 1252.

Fridays
1200
1200
1200
1200
1206
1210
1211
1230
1232
1249
1252

Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Momtor Radio News. See M 1200.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA, WJCR Upton KY: Prayer Line. See M 0600.
USA, Monilor Radio Intl: Monilor Radio International. See M
1206.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): Stateside. See M 0430.
Russia, Voice of: News and Views. See S001 1.
Russia. Voice of: News in Bnef. See S 0030.
Russia, Voice of: Yours for 1he Asking. See T 0032.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1249.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM. See
M 1252.

Saturdays
t 200
1200
1200
1200
1206
1210
t21 t
1230
1230
1232

Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA. Monilor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M 1200.
USA, VOA Washinglon DC (as): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA, WJCR Upton KY: Gospel Music and Prayer. See S 0200.
USA, Monilor Radio Intl Christian Science Sentinel Radio
Ed1t1on. See A 0206.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): On the Line. See S 0110.
Russia, Voice of: News and Views. See S 0011.
Russia. Voice of News in Bnef. See S 0030.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): Communications World. Sec
s 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Music at Your Request. See M 1232.

~~~~ :: ~~~

SHORTWAVE GUIDE

,;

FREQUENCIES .

13001400
1300-1320
1300-1330
1300-1400 vi
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
13001400
13001400
1300 1359 mtwhfa
1300 1400
1300-1330
13001400
1300-1330
13001400
13001330
1300-1400 as
1300 1400
1300 1400
1300-1400 vi
1300-t400
1300-1400 ;I
13001400 >I
1300-1325
1300-1400 occsnal
1300-1350

Australia. Radro
Brazil. Radio Bras
Bulgaria. Radio
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toron10
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN Sl Johns
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. RCanada lnll
China. China Radio lnll
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.RF Peace lnll
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt. Radio Carro
Eql Gmnea. R Easl Africa
Eqt Guinea. Radio Al11ca
Iraq. Radio Iraq 1n11
Italy. IRRS
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. ATM Kuc111ng
Malaysia.ATM Ko1aK1nabalu
Nell1crlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
North Kore1. R Pyongyang

1300-1330 s
13001400
1300-1355

Norway. Rzdro Nomay Intl

Philippines FEBC/R Intl
Poland Po 1sh R Warsaw

1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
t300-1400 mtwhl
1300-t330
13001400
t3001400

Romama. R Romania Intl

Russia.Vorce of Russia WS
Singapore.A Singapore Int
Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Sv11tzerland. Swiss R Intl
Switzerland. S1"1iss R Intl
Umled Kingdom. BBC WS

.. ...~~~

.. . .
5995pa
15445na
13790as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9640am
7385na
7410as
7385am
11660eu
12005am
17595as
15186al
9530as
13680as
7125va
7295do
7160do
5980do
6045eu
G105pa
9345as
15.!30as
11840na
t 1995as
6095eu
11815eu
9690eu
t5460as
6015as
15425as
7230as
6165eu
5965na
9410eu

9580pa

9615as

11855am
9715as

13650am
11660pa

15050am
17845al
15115am

21455am

9640eu

I 1740as

1380Das

15340na

7145eu

7270eu

9525eu

I 1940eu

15365cu
t 7755as

17720eu

7480as
9535eu
5990as
9515va

--

... ...

11800pa

7190eu

15560as
6155as

1300 UTC

15230as

13635as

I 5240as

6190al
9590va

6195va
9740as

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

21470al
USA KAIJ Dallas TX
USA KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monrlor Radro lnll
USA. Voice of America

1300-1330
1300-1400
1300- 1400
t 300- 1400
1300-1400
1300-1330 s
1300-1400 as
1300 1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
t 300-1330 mtwhf
1330-1355
1330-1 400
1330-1359 s
1330-1359 rnlwhla
1330-1359
1330-1400
1330-1400
13301400
1330-1400 vi
1330-t400
1330-1355
1330-1400 n1111hf
1330-1400
1330-1400

USA. Vorce of Am erica

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R Miami lnll
USA. VNHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia. ZNBC Radro 2
Aust11a. R Auslna lnll
Bulgaria. Radio
Canada. A Canada Intl
Canada. R Canada Intl
Canada. R Canada Intl
Guam. AWR/KSDA
Indra. All Indra Radio
Nethertands. Radio
Pakistan. Radio
Sweden Radio
UAE. Radio Ouba1
USA. WAMl/R M1am1lnll
Uzbekistan. R Tashkent
Vietnam. Voice of

1330-1400
Yugoslavia. Radio
1338-1355 1&31d s Denmark. R Denmark Intl
1345-1400
l/a11can State. Vatican A

11 750as
15220am
17640va
21660af
5810am
751Dam
9930as
6095na
6110va
15425va
I 1715va
9580na
6950arn
6040am
7490na
9955am
15745eu
9475am
5950na
6065af
6165do
6155eu
15620as
11855am
17820va
9535as
9650as
11620as
9895as
11570al
983Das
13675eu
9955am
7190as
5940eu
12020eu
11 835eu
9590va
9500as

11 760as
15310as
17705va

11940af
15420af
17830af

12095eu
15575me
17885af

9355as
9645va

9385as
9760va

9455na
15160va

11875na
9400arn
151 05am
13595na

15665eu

12160arn
11830na

13845arn
13695na

15685am
17750na

15325va

21455va

15585as
15565me
15245na
17630eu

21605me

971 Sas
7270eu
15010eu

15295as
7400eu

9840eu

13800va
11625as

t 5305va
t3765au

15725am

13730eu
11935eu
11795as
13750as
13700as
13590me
13740na
15395eu

t5340va

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1300
1300
1310
1311
1330
1340
1345

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA, VOA Washington DC (as): VOA News. See S 0000
USA. VOA Washington DC (as) C11ucs Choice See S 111 0
Russia. Voice of: Music and Musicians. Sec S 0211.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as). News (Special English). See
s 0030
USA. VOA Washington DC (as). Words and The11 Stones
(Special English). See S0040.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): People rn America (Special
Eng 1sh) See S 0045.

Mondays
t 300
1300
1310
1311

t 330
1330
t 332
1340
1345

Russia. Vorce of: News See S 0000.

USA. VOA Washington DC (as) VOA News. Sec S 0000.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): All About English. See S
0010
Russia. Vorce of: Newmarket. Thrs program tells wnere and
how 10 rnvesl rn Russia. how to sell your product, or start a
business
Russia. Vorce of: News rn Bnel See S 0030.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): News (Special English). See
s 0030.
Russia. Vorce of: Russian oy Radio See M O132
USA. VOA Washinglon DC (as): Development Report
(Special English). Sec M 0040
USA. VOA Washinglon DC (as): Thrs rs America (Special
English). See M 0045.

Tuesdays
1300
1300
1310
1311

Russia. Vorce of News See S 0000

USA. VOA Washing1on DC (as). VOA News. See 5 0000.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): All About English. See S
0010.
Russia Vorce of: Focus on Asia and the Pac11ic See T 0111

1330
1330
1332
1340
1345

Russia. Vorce of: News in Briel. See S 0030.

USA. VOA Washlnglon DC (as): News (Special English). See
s 0030.
Russia. Voice of: This is Russia See S 0032.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Agriculture Report (Special
English). See T 0040.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as) Science rn the News (Special
English). See T 0045

Wednesdays
1300 Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
1300 USA. VOA Washington DC (as): VOA Nevis. See S 0000.
131 O USA. VOA Washington OC (as): All About English. See S
0010
1311 Russia. Vorce of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 0111.
1330 Russia. Voice ol: News rn Briel. See S 0030.
1330 USA. VOA Washington DC (as): News (Special English) See
s 0030
1332 Russia. Vorce of: Moscow Yesterday and Today. See S 0532.
1340 USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Science Repon (Special
English). See M 1110.
1345 USA. VOA Washington DC (as). Exploration (Special
English). See W 0045.

Thursdays
1300
1300
1310
1311
1330
1330
1332
t340

Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA. VOA Washington DC (as): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as). All About English. See S
0010.
Russia. Vorce of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 011 1.
Russia. Vorce of News in Bnef See S 0030
USA. VOA Washmgton DC (as) News (Special English). See
s 0030
Russia. Vorce of: This rs Russia See S 0032.
USA. VOA Washmgton OC (as). Science Report (Special

1345

English1. See M 1110.

USA. VOA Washington OC (as): The Making of a Nation
(Special English) See H 0045.

Fridays
1300
1300
1310
131t
1330
1330
1332
1340
1345

Russia. Voice of News. See S 0000.

USA. VOA Washrnglon DC (as): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA, VOA Washmgton DC (as). All Abou1 English. See S
0010.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on ASla and the Pacdrc. See T 0111 .
Russia, Voice of. News in Brief. See S 0030.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): News (Special English). See
s 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today. See S 0532.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Environment Report (Special
English). See F0040.
USA. VOA Washington OC (as): Ame11can Mosaic (Special
English). See F0045

Saturdays
1300
1300
1310
1311
1330
1330
1332
1340
1345
1347

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA. VOA Washmgton DC (as): VOA News See S 0000.
USA. VOA Washington OC (as): All About English. Sec S
0010
Russia. Vorce of: Focus on Asia and lhe Pacific. See T 011 1.
Russia. Voice of: News in Bri el. See S0030.
USA. VOA Washington OC (as): News (Special Enolish). See
s 0030.
Russia. Vorce ot: Your Top Tune. See S 0332.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as). In the News (Special
English) See A 0040.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): American Stories (Special
Enghsh). See A 0045.
Russia. Voice of: You Write to Moscow. See S 0347.

November I 996

MONITORING TIMES

55

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.sa..ao
n . Rtw
" Ava:
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FREQUENCIES .

Australia. Radio

1400 1500 rn1whla

1400i430
1400- 1500 vi
14001500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1459
14001500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400- 1430
1400-1500 as
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1430 vi
1400-1500

Belgium. R Vlaanderen lnl

Bulgaria. 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
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. R East Africa
France. Radio France Intl
India. All India Radio
Italy. IRAS
Japan. NHK/Radio

1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500 vi
1400-1430
1400-1500
1400-1 500 occsnal
1400-1430 as
1400-1500
1400-1500

Jordan. Radio
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. ATM Kuching
Malaysia.ATM KotaKinabalu
Mexico. Radio Mexico Intl
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Philippines, FEBC/R Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

1400-1500
1400-1430
1400-1500

Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC

Thailand. Radio
United Kingdom. BBC WS

SELECTED PROGRAMS

5995pa
11800pa
13685na
15620as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
11855au
7405na
7385am
21455am
12005am
15186af
7110as
11620as
7125va
9535na
11915as
11970eu
7295do
7160do
5980do
5985na
9895as
6105pa
9730as
11995as
4740as
15510as
15425as
9655as
5990as
9515na
11865am

9580pa
12080pa
13795as

1430
1432
1447
1457

14 IO
141 1
1430
1432
1457

17560me

9610as

11705na

9705na
13700as

15585as

4975as

15110as

9830as
6195as
9590va
11940af

11905as
7205as
9740as
12095eu

S6

Russia. Voice of: News. See S0000.

USA. VOA Washington DC las/eu): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA. WJCR Upton KY: Gospel Music and Prayer. See S0200.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu): The Concert Hall. Classical
music and interviews with America's great artists and
conductors.
Russia. Voice of: Science and Engineering in the CIS. See S
0611 .
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia, Voice ot: Your Top Tune. See S 0332.
Russia, Voice of: You Write to Moscow. See S 0347.
USA. VOA Wash111gton DC (as/eu): VOA Editorial. Comments
expressing the official position of the U.S. Government on
various subjects.
Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as/eu): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA. WJCR Upton KY: Don Powell. Preaching from Upton.
Kentucky.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu): Asia Report. Correspondents' reports and background on the news, with emphasis on
events in East and South Asia.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See S 0111.
Russia, Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Audio Book Club. See S 0132.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu): VOA Editorial. See S 1457
Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu): VOA News. See S0000.
USA. WJCR Upton KY: Don Powell. See M 1400.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as/eu): Asia Report. See M t 410.
Russia. Voice of: Newmarket. See M 1311.
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of Kaleidoscope. See S 1132.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu): VOA Editorial. See S 1457.
Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.

MONITORING TIMES

'~

""'

11815as

I 1895as

15435as

9410eu
11750as
15220am

1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KJES Mesquite NM
USA. KNLS Anchor Point AK
USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1 500 mtwhf
1400-1500
1400-1500 as
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-14 15
1400-1500
1400-1405 mtwhf
1405-1410
1415-1500 mtwhfa
1415-1425
1430-1455 s
1430-1500 vi
1430-1440
1430-1440 mtwhf
1430-1500 vi
1430-1500 mtwhf
1430-1500
1430-1500
1435-1445
1438- 1455 1&3rd s
1440-1500
1458-1500

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA W~RI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WANONew Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State, Vatican R
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia, ZNBC Radio 2
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Bhutan, Bhutan BC Service
Nepal. Radio
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
China. China Radio Intl
India. All India Radio
Indonesia, RRI Uj Pandang
Italy, IRAS
Portugal, R Portugal Intl
Romania, R Romania Intl
United Kingdom. BBC WS
Greece. Voice of
Denmark, R Denmark Intl
Myanmar. Voice of
Seychelles, FEBA Radio

15260na
17830af
1381 5am
11715na
7365as
7510am
9355as
6110va
9645as
15425va
9580na
6950am
6040am
7490na
9955am
15420am
15745eu
9475am
11550as
9500as
6065af
6165do
5920eu
5030do
7165do
13685na
8660as
3945do
4753do
3985va
21515me
11775as
15400af
12105na
13800na
5990do
9810as

15575rne
17840af

17640va
21470af

17705va

12160pa
6160as
9760as

7125as
15255va

7215as
15395as

11875na
9400am
15105am
13595na

15665eu

12160am
11830na
11625as

13845am
17750eu
13765au

7165eu

13830am

9880as
6185do

11445as
9565do

15685am

15135as
9685do

15335as
15175na
15340as
11870as

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

Wednesdays
1400

9785as

15405as
13750as

Tuesdays
1400
1400
1400
1410
1411
1430
1432
1457

h ;

11660as

1511 5am

Mondays
1400
1400
1400

9860pa

13650am
9530as
15050am

Sundays

1411

..,,_ ,

9=00 AM EST
6:00 AM PST

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

..

1400 1500

1400
1400
1400
1410

lrJ.,, ~~~

,_

c;u111E

November 1996

1400
I 400
1410
1411
1430
1432
1435
1457

USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu): VOA News. See S0000.

USA. WJCR Upton KY: Don Powell. See M 1400.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu): Asia Report. See M 1410.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See s 0111 .
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice ot: Russian by Radio. See M 0132.
USA. WJCR Upton KY: The World's Greatest Music. Classical
and eclesiaslical music.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu): VOA Editorial. See S 1457.

Thursdays
1400
1400
1400
1410
1411
1430
1432
1457

Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA, VOA Washington DC (as/eu): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA. WJCR Upton KY: Don Powell. See M 1400.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu): Asia Report. See M 141 0.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See S 0111.
Russia, Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Kaleidoscope. See S 1132.
USA. VOA Washington DC las/eu): VOA Editorial. See S 1457.

Fridays
1400
1400
1400
1410
1411
1430
1432
1457

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA. WJCR Upton KY: Don Powell. See M 1400.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as/eu): Asia Report. See M t410.
Russia, Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See S 0111.
Russia, Voice of: News in Brief. See S0030.
Russia, Voice of: Russian by Radio. See M 0132.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as/eu): VOA Editorial. See S 1457.

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS

USA: WWCR
WWCR-1:
1100-2300
2300-01 00
0 100-0500
0500- 1100
WWC R- 2:
1300-0 100
0 100-1 300
WWCR-3:
1500-2300
2300-1200
1200-1500
WWCR-4:
11 00-1400
1400-2300
2300-0200
0200- 11 00

15685
9475
321 5
32 10
13845
5935
12 160
5065
7435
12 160
9475
7435
2390

Saturdays
1400
1400
1400
1410
1411
1430
1432
1457

Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA, VOA Washington DC (as/eu): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA, WJCR Upton KY: Gospel Music and Prayer. See S 0200.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as/eu): Music USA !Jazz). Willis
Conover hosts the VOA jazz hour.
Russia. Voice of: Program Preview. See S 0511 .
Russia, Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia, Voice of: Audio Book Club. See S 0132.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as/eu): VOA Editorial. See S 1457.

Dec-Feb changes:
WWCR-1: 15685 to 9475 at 2200. 9475
to 3215 at 0000
WWCR-2: 5935 to 13845 at 1400
WWCR-3: 12 160 to 5065 at 2200
WWC R-4: 9475 to 7435 at 2200. 743 5
to 2390 a t 0 I00

~~~~ A~Mp~~
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SHORTWAVE GUIDE
-'

FREQUENCIES .

. ...

!All!

..

t500-t600

Aus11aha. Radio

t 500-t 555 mtwhfa

t 500 t 600 1-1
t500- t600
1500- t600
tSOO-t600
1500-t600
tS00-1600
t 500-t600
1500- t 559 s
t500-t600
1500-t 600
t 500- 1600
t S00-1600 as
1500-1600
t500-t 510
t 500-t600
t500-t 600 vi
1500-t600
t500-t600
t500- t 600
15001600v
t500-t600 vi
1500-t530
t500-t530
t 500-t5t5 s
1500-t525
t 500-t 600 o:csnal
1500-t550
1500-t600
1500-t 530
t 500-t 600 vVs
t500-t600

Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int

Canada. CBC fJ Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Monueal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada CFVP Calgary
Canada CHNX Hahfax
Canada. CKZN St Johns
Canada. CKZU Vanr.ouver
Canada. R Canada lnll
China, China Radio lnll
Costa Rica.RF Peace ln!I
Ecuactor. HCJB
!:qi Guinea. R Easl At1ica
Guam. TWR/KTWR
ls1acl. Kol ls1ael
llaly. Adv Wold Radio
IWly IRRS
Japan. NHKJRad10
Jo1dan, Radio
Malaysia, Radio
Malaysia. ATM Kuching
Malaysia.ATM KotaKinabalu
Mexico. Radio Mexico Intl
Mongolia. R Ulan Bator
Myanmar. Voice of
Ncthc1lands Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
North Korea R Pyongyang
Ph1hppines. FEBC/R Intl
Romania, R Romania ln11
Russia. Voice of Assyria
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

t500t 600

S Africa. Channel Af1ica

.
5995pa
11800pa
136t0na
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6t30do
6t60do
6t60do
t 1855am
7405na
7385am
15t t5sa
t5186af
1t580as
t2077va
7230eu
3985va
9535na
t t970eu
7295do
7160do
5980do
5985na
9745as
5990do
9895as
6t05pa
9325eu
t 1995as
f t775as
7325do
4740me
9595me
t 5350me
3220at

9580pa
t2080pa
15540as

13650am
9785as
15050arn
2t455va

9860pa

t t660as

t t815as

1500 UTC

.. . .. .

t500-t600
t500-t600
t500-t600 mtwhf
t500-t530
t500-t600

Seychelles. FEBA Radio

Singapore.R Singapore lnl
Sri Lan<a. Sri Lanka BC
Smtzerland. Swiss R Intl
United Kingdom. BBC WS

1500-t 530

United Kingdom. BBC WS

1500-t600
1500 t600
1500-t600
1500-1600
t500-1600

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KJES Mcsquile NM
USA, KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. Monito1 Radio lnll
USA. Voice of Ame1ica

1500-f600
1500-t600
t500-t600
t500- t600
t 500- t600 mlwhl
1500- t600
1500-t 600 as
t500-t600
t500-t600
1500-t600
t530- 1555
t530 t545

USA. WEWN Bi1mingham AL

USA, WGTG McCaysville GA
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WRNO New 01leans LA
USA, WVHA G1eenbush ME
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia. Ch1isl1an Voice
Auslria. R Austna Intl
India. All Indra Radio

1530-1600
t 530- t600
t 530- t600
t 538- t 555 t &3rd s
t545- t600 a

Iran. l/OIRI
Nethe1lands. Radio
United Kingdom, BBC WS
Denma1k. R Denmark ln11
Vatican Slate, Valican R

t 5615na

t 1915as

t t930me

t5355at

9705na
t2085as
t 3700as

15585as

9640eu

9975na

t3785me

15335as
9730do
4940me
tt835me
t5540me
7155af

9880do
4975mc
t 1985mc
15560me

7225me
15320mc

.......
98t0as
6t55dO
9720as
t2075as
5990as
94t0eu
t t865arn
t 5575as
21660af
t t860af
2t490at
t 38t5am
1t 7t 5na
15590am
9355as
6t60as
9700va
15395as
9580na
6950am
13760am
7490na
9955am
t5420am
t5745eu
9475am
t1830na
6065af
t t 780as
3945do
9530do
t t 740do
7290as
9895as
7t80as
1t840va
9940as

t t870as
t5425as
t3635as
6t90at
95t5na
t2095as
t7705va

t5530as
6195va
9740va
t5220am
t7830at

7205as
t t 750as
t 5400as
t 7840at

1t 940at

t5420at

t 7880at

12t60pa
7125as
9760as

7215as
t5205as

9645as
15255va

t t 875na
9400am
t5t05am
t3595na

t5665cu

t2160am
17750na

t3845am

t5685am

6t85do
9565do

7t40do
9685do

74t 0do
9910do

9635as
9895as
t t 720as
13805va
t t640as

t2090as
t5230va

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
t 500
t500
t 500
t5t0

Russia, Voice of News. See S 0000.

USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA. WJCR Upton KY: Gospel Music and Prayer. See S
0200
USA. VOA Washington DC (asieu): New Horizons. See S
t 110

15t t
t 530
1530
t 530
1532

Russia. Voice ot News and Views. See S OOt t .

Russia. Voice of: News in B11et. See s 0030.
USA, VOA Washington DC (asteu): Studio One. See S 1t30.
USA, VOA Washington OC (eu): The Wnte1s' Wo~d
(monthly). See S t230.
Russia, Voice of: Kaleidoscope. See S 1t 32.

Mondays
t 500
t 500
t 500

Russia. Voice ot: News. See S 0000.

USA, VOA Washington DC (as/eu): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA, WJCR Uplon KY: Gospel Music and Piayer. See S
0200.
t 51O USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu): Newsline Background
and insight on the news tiom expe1ienced VOA
correspondents and 1ournalis1s.
t 5t t Russia, Voice of: News and Views. See S 0011.
t 530 Russia, Voice of News in Briel. See S 0030.
t 530 USA, VOA Washington DC (as/eu): Music USA 1Standards).
SeeM tt30
t 532 Russia, Vorce of. Folk Box. See M 0032.

Tuesdays
t500
t 500
t500
t510
15t t
t 530
t 530
t 532

Russia. Voice of: News See S 0000.

USA. VOA Washinglon DC (as/eu): VOA News. See S0000.
USA. WJCR Up1on KY: Dan McCraw. Sees 0630.
USA. VOA Washinglon DC (as/eu): Newsline. See M t5 t 0.
Russia, Voice of. News and Views. See S OOt 1.
Russia. Voice of News 1n B11ef. See S 0030.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as/eu): Now Music USA. See T
0030.
Russia. Voice of: You1s 101 lhe Asking. See T 0032.

Wednesdays
t 500
1500
1500
t5t0
t 5t t
t530
t 530
t532

Russia. Voice ot. News. See S 0000

USA. VOA Wa sh1ng1on DC (as/eu): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA, WJCR Upton KY: Dan McCraw. See S 0630.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu): NMsline. See M 1510.
Russia. Voice ot. News and Views. See S OOt t.
Russra. Voice of: News rn Buel. See S 0030.
USA. VOA Washinglon DC (as/eu): Now Music USA. See T
0030.
Russia. Voice of The Jau Show. See M 0532.

t5t0
15t0
t 5t t
t 530
t 530
t 532

USA, VOA Washington DC (as) Ag11cultu1e Today. See S

OOtO
USA, VOA Washington DC (eu). lnternatronal Focus. A
look at international Issues and developments of 1egional
or global interest and impact
Russia. Voice of News and V1e\'1S. See S OOt t.
Russia Voice of News rn B11ef See S 0030.
USA, VOA Washinglon DC (as/eu): Press Conteience
USA. See S 0t 30.
Russia, Voice of: Timelines. See M 0332.

Thursdays
t 500
1500
1500
t510
t5 t 1
1530
t 530
t532

Russia, Voice of Nevis. See S 0000.

USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA. WJCR Upton KY: Gospel Music and Prayer. See S
0200
USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu): Ne,,sline. Sec M t5t 0.
Russia, Voice of: News and Views. See S 0011.
Russia, Voice of: News In Brief. See S 0030.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as/eu): Now Music USA (Top
Ten) See H t t30.
Russia, Voice of: Youis tor the Asking. See T 0032.

Fridays
1500
t500
1500
t5t0
t5t t
t530
t530
t 532

Russia, Voice of: News See S 0000.

USA, VOA Washington DC (as/eu): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA. WJCR Upton KY: Gospel Music and Praye1. Sec S
0200.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu) Newsline. See M t5t0.
Russia. Vorce o:. News and V1ev1S. See S001t.
Russia. voice of: News rn B1iet. See S0030.
USA. VOA Wash1ng1on DC (as/eu): Countiy Music USA. See
F t t30
Russia, Voice ot Music at Youi Request See M t 232.

Saturdays
t500
t500
t 500

Russia, Voice of: News. Sec S 0000.

USA, VOA Washioglon DC (as/eu): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA. WJCR Upton KY: Gospel Music and Piayer. See S
0200.

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS
RTT NATIONAL NETWORK, TUNISIA
ALLIN ARABIC
0'.\59-0459
0459-0559
0559- 1659
1659- 1900
1900-2100

12005. 7475. 7280

15450. 12005 .
7475. 7280
17500. 15450.
I 1730v
12005. 11730.
7280
12005. 11730.
7475. 7280
12(Xl5

2 100-2400
(BBC Mon itoring )
Frequencies vary: 7474.7. 11 730.2.
12005 .2. 17498.2 ( Pr111i1ie11)

November 1996

MONITORING TIMES

57

FREQUENCIES . .
1600-1700

Australia. Radio

1600-1700 vi
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1627
1600-1630
1600-1700

Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc

Canada. CFCX Mon1rea1
Canada. CFR X Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgar;
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ethiopia. Radio
France. Radio France Intl

1600-1650
1600- 1700
1600-1700
16001615 mt
1600 t 630 r1htas
16001630
1600 1700 vi
1600-1630
1600 1700
1600 1625
1600 f 650 occsnal
16001630 s
16001630
1600-1700

Germany, Deutsche Welle

Germany. Deutsche Welle
Guam. AWR/KSDA
Guam. TWRIKTWR
Guam. TWR/KTWR
Iran. VOIRI
Italy, IRAS
Jordan. Radio
Malaysia. Radio
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Norway Radio Norway Intl
Pakistan. Radio
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

1600-1655
16001700
1600 1700
16001700
1600 1630 mtwhl
16001700
16001640
16001700

S Africa. Channel Africa

S Africa. Trans World R
Slovakia. Adv World Radio
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Swazilanct. Trans World R
UAE. Radio Dubai
United Kingdom. BBC WS

5995pa
9580pa
11aoopa
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
4130af
7385am
5930eu
7t65af
6t 75eu
t52t0af
7225as
7185af
7395as
11580as
t t580as
7290as
3985va
11970eu
7295do
9895as
6105am
11840eu
9425af
7240eu
9830va
9530af
9500af
13590as
5975eu
9720as
9500af
11795me
3915as

6060pa
961 Sva
12080pa

6080pa
9860pa

11575as
15050am
17485al

151 lOal

11615me
15460al
9875as
9735af

11700af
15530af
13690as
11 965af

6090pa
t 1660pa

13800eu
9515af
7350eu
9880eu

United Kingdom. BBC IVS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Moni1or Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

16001630 as
1600-1700
t6001700
16001700
16001700
1600-1700 mtwhf
1600-1700
t 6001700 as
t60)1700
t60~t700

USA.
USA,
USA.
USA.
USA.
USA.
USA.
USA.
USA.
USA.

1600 1620 a
t 600 1630

Vatican State. Va tican R

Vietnam. Voice of

16001700
t6001610 rntwhfa
16151700
1620-1630 mtwhf
1630-1659
16301700
1630-1700
t6301700
t 638 1655 1&3rd s
1645 1700 mtwhf
16501700
t 650 1700 mt\'lhf

Zambia. Christian Voice

Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
United Kingdom. BBC WS
Esloma. Radio
Can,1da. R Canada Intl
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Slovakia. Adv World Radio
USA. Voice of America
Denmark. R Denmark Intl
Canada. R Canada Intl
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
New Zealand. R NZ Intl

15130af

12015af

t 780031

9635as

13700as

16001615
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
16001700

Vmce of America
WEWN Birmingham Al
WGTG McCaysville GA
WHRI Noblesville IN
WJCR Upton KY
WRMl/R Miami Intl
WRNO New Orleans LA
WVHA Greenbush ME
WWCR Nashville TN
WYFR Okeechobee FL

15585as

11570af
7440af
9955eu

9515af
15425as

9870af

13675eu
6190af

15395rne
6195va

15555af
9480eu
9975eu

17825me
7135as

Sundays
t600
t610
t611
1630
1630
1632
1640
1645
1657

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA. VOA Washington DC laf): N1ghtllne Aln:a. News.
correspondent reports. backgrounders. and features on world and
African issues.
USA. VOA Washington DC las/eu): VOA News. See S0000.
USA. VOA Washington DC las/eu): encounter. See S 1210.
Russia. Voice ol: Pr09ram Preview. See S05t 1.
USA. VOA Washington DC 1af): llews Summary. A five-minute
wrap-up of the hour's news.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as/eu): News (Special English). See S
0030.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today. See S0532.
USA VOA Washington DC (as/eu): Words and Their Stortes
(Special English). See S0040.
USA, VOA Washington DC (aSleu). People inAmerica !Special
English). See S0045.
USA. VOA Washington DC iaf): VOA Editorial. See S 1457.

Mondays
t600
1800
t 600
t6t0
16t0
1611
1615
1630
1630
t632
1640
1645

Russia. Voice of: Ne:is. See S0000

USA. VOA Washing1011 DC (af): News !Special English). See S
0030.
USA. VOA Wash1ng:on DC las/eu). VOA News. See S0000.
USA, VOA Washington DC (al): Developmen: RePOn !Special
English). See M 0040.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu). All About English. See S0010.
Russia. Voice of: Moscol'I Mailbag. Sec S0111.
USA. VOA Washington DC (a0: This IS Amenca (Speial English)
See M0045.
USA. VOA Washington DC !al): Afnca World Tonight. News. sports.
correspondenl repons. backgrountlers. and features on world and
Afrtcan issues.
USA. VOA Washington DC 1as'eu) News (Special English) See S
0030.
Russia. Voice ol: This is Russia. See S0032.
USA. VOA Washington DC 1as1eu): Development Repo1t !Spec1al
English). See M0040
USA. VOA Washington DC 1as/eu): This 1s Amenca !Special
English). See M0045

1610
1610
16t 1
t615
t630
1630
1632
1640
1645

1600
1600
1600
1610

1610
16t 1
1615
1630
1630
1632
1640
1645

1600
1600
1600
1610

t630
t630

MONITORING TIMES

November 1996

Russia. Voice ol. News. See S0000.

USA. VOA Washington DC (at): News (Special English). See S0030.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu) VOA News. See S0000.
USA. VOA Washington DC (af}: Science Report (Special English).
See M 11t0
USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu) All About English. See S0010.
Russia. Voice of Focus on Asia and lhe Pacific. See T 011 t.
USA. VOA Washington DC !al): Exploration (Special English). See W
0045
USA. VOA Washington DC (af): Africa World Tornghl. See M t630.
USA. VOA Washmgton DC (as/eu) News (Special English) See S
0030
Russia. Voice of: This is Russia See S0032.
USA. VOA Washington DC ias<eu): Science Report 1Spec1a1
English). See M 11 tO.
USA. VOA Washington DC 1as1eu) exploration !Special English).
See W0045.

Thursdays

1600

58

Russia, Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and !Oday See S0532.

USA. VOA \Vash1ng1on DC (as/eu): Agricullure Report (Special
English). See T0040
USA. VOA Washinglon OC (as/eu) Science in tM Nws !Special
English). See T0045.

Wednesdays

t610
t 61 t
1615

Russia. Voice of: News. See S0000.

USA. VOA Washinglon DC (af): News (Spec~\ English) See S
0030
USA. VOA Washinglon DC (as/eu). VOA News. See S0000.

USA. VOA \Vashington DC !al): AgricultureRepon !Special English)

See T 0040.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu): All About English. See S0010.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia anJthe Pac11tc. See T0111.
USA. VOA Washington DC 1at). Scence tn the News (Speia\
English). See T0045.
USA. VOA Washington DC (af): Africa World Tonight. See M 1630.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu): News (Special English). See S

0030.

Tuesdays
1600
1600

9515na
12095as
17840va
7180as

9590na
15400af
21470af
7205as

9740va
15575as
21505af
17705af

11550eu
7215as
11920af
15225af
15445af

18930af
9645as
1204Daf
15255va
17895af

9700va
13710af
15395as

13615na
9400am
15105am
13595na

15665eu

12160am
11830na
21745eu
725Das
7270eu
t5010eu

13845am
t5695eu

15685am
17750eu

7400eu

9840eu

15540na
15325eu

17820eu

11860af
9550as

13800na
11935va

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

SELECTED PROGRAMS
1600
1600

9410va
t 1750as
17830af
5990as
13815am
t 5590am
6120as
9385af
7125as
t 1880af
15205va
t 5410af
6035af
11875na
6950am
13760arn
7490na
9955am
15420am
15745eu
9475am
11705na
21525af
5880as
5940eu
12020eu
3330af
6165do
9510as
5925eu
71SOas
15255af
1562Daf
t 1765af
11660na
9555va
15186af
987Spa

Russia. Voice of: News. See S0000.

USA. VOA Washington DC 1at): News !Special English). See S0030.
USA. VOA Washing1on OC las/eu) VOA News. See S0000
USA. VOA Washington DC laf) Science Repon !Special En9tishl.
See M 1110
USA. VOA Washington DC (as<eu): All About English. See S0010.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia a11d the Pacifrc See T 0111.
USA VOA Washington OC laf). The Ma~ 1ng ot a NaMn iSJec1al
Engl1sn) See H0045.
USA. VOA Washington DC (al): Alric.i World Tonight. See M 1630.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu): News (Special English). See S

t632
t640
1645
1645

0030.
Russia, Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today. See S0532.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu) Science Repon (Special
English). See M 1110
USA. VOA Washington DC las): The Making of a Nation !Special
English). See H0045.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as/eu): The Making of a Nation
(Special English). Sec H0045.

Fridavs
t 600
1600
t600
1610
1610
1611
t615
1630
t630
1632
1640
t640
1645

Aussia. Voice of: News. See S0000.

USA. VOA Washington DC (af): News (Special English). See S
0030.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu): VOA News See S0000.
USA. VOA Washington DC (a0: Environment Report !Special
English). See F0040.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu): All About Enqllsh. See S0010.
Russia. Voice ct: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 0111.
USA. VOA Washington DC laf): American Mosaic (Special
English). See F0045.
USA. VOA Washington DC (al}: Afnca World Tonight. See M 1630.
USA. VOA Washington DC las/eu): News (Special English). See S
0030.
Russia. Voice of: This is Russia. See S0032.
USA. VOA WashingtonDC las): Environment Report !Special
English). See F0040.
USA. VOA Washington DC (aSleu): Environment Report !Special
English). See F0040.
USA. VOA Washington DC 1asteu): Amencan Mosaic (Special
English). See F0045

Saturdays
1600
1600
1600
16t0
1611
1630
t630
1632
1640
t 645
1655

Russia. Voice of: Ne1"~- See S0000

USA. VOA Washington DC (af): NiQhtllne Africa See S 1600.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu): VOA Nel'ls. See S0000.
USA. VOA Washington OC las/eu): On the Line. See S0110.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific See T0111.
USA. VOA Washington DC laf): News Summary. See S 1630.
USA. VOA Washington DC las/eu). News (Special English). See S
0030.
Russia. Voice ot: Moscow Yeste1day and Today. See S0532.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as/eu): In the News !Special English).
See A0040.
USA. VOA Washington DC las/eu): American Stories !Special
English). See A0045.
USA. VOA Washington DC (af): VOA Editorial. Sec S t 457.

sHORTWAV"EG_.,UIDE

1700 UTC

12:00 M EST/9:00 AM PST

.

~.~, .., .... , ,

Australia. Radio

1700-1800v
1700-1800
17001800
17001800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800

Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc

Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Cana<la. CHNX Hahfax
Canada. CKZN SI John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl

17001800 as
1700-1 800
1700 1727
17001800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1730

Costa Rica. Adv World R

Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypl, Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
France. Radio France Intl

1700-1800 vi
1700-1800
1700-1 800 mlwhl
1700-1750
17001800vl
17001800

llaly. IRRS
Japan. NHK/Rad10
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nonh Korea. R Pyongyang
Pakistan. Radio
Russia.Voice of Russia ws

1700-1 755
f 700-1730
f 7001800
17001730
1700-1800

S Africa. Channel Afnca

Sn Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Swaziland. T1ans World R
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
United Kingdom. BBC WS

17001745
1700-1 715
17001800
17001800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800

Uniled Kingdom. BBC WS

United Kingdom. BBC WS
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monilor Radio lnll
USA. Voice of America

1700-1800 mtwhf

USA. Voice of Ame11ca

17001800
1700-1800
17001800
1700-1800
1700-1800 m~1hf
1700-1800
1700 1800 as
1700-1800
1700-1800
17001800
t700 1800 a
1700-1800 vi
1715-1730
1715-1800
17151730a
1730-1755
17301800
17301800
1730-1756
17301800
1730-1800
1730-1800
1738-1755 1&3rd s
17451800 mtwhf
17451800
1745-1800

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG fAcCaysv1lle GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WRMl/R M1am1 Intl
USA. WRNO Ne\'/ Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia. Chrisl ian Voice
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Albania. R Tirana Intl
Uniled Kingdom. BBC WS
Vaucan State. Vatican R
Aust11a. R Austria Intl
Guam. AWR/KSDA
Netherlands. Radio
Roma111a. R Romania Intl
Slovakia. R Slovakia Intl
United Kingdom. BBC WS
Vatican Slate. Vatican R
Denmark, R Oenmark lnll
Armenia. Voice of
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India. All India Radio

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1800-1900

Algena. R Algiers Intl

Australia. Radio
Australia. Radio
Bangladesh. Radio
Brazil. Radio Bras
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halilax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Cosla Rica.RF Peace Intl
Egypt. Radio Ca110
EQt Guinea. Radio Africa
India. All India Radio

1800-1900
18001900s
18001825
18001900 mlwhf
18001830s
1800 1900vl
18001855
1800-1900

Kuwait. Radio
Morocco. RTVM Marocaine
Netherlands. Radio
New Ze2land. R NZ Intl
Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Pakistan. Radio
Poland. Polish R Warsaw
Russia.Voice ol Russia WS

1800-1900
1800t830
t800t900
1800 1830
1800- 1900

Sudan. Radio Omdurman

Swaziland. Trans World R
Swaziland. Trans World A
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
Urnled Kingdom. BBC WS

1800t830
1800-1900
1800 t 900
18001900
18001900
18001900

United Kingdom. BBC WS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

1800t830
18001900
18001900
1800-1900
18001900
18001900
18001900 s
1800-1900
1800-1900
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USA. Voice of America

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRMl/R M1am1 Intl
USA. WRNO Nel'I Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam. Voice of

1800-1900
180018t0
1800-t857
18001900 vi
18301900
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Zambia. Christian Voice

Zambia. ZNBC Radio 1
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Australia, Radio
Netherlands. Radio

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1830-1900
1830-1900
1830-t900
1830-1900
1833-1900
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18501900 s

S Africa. Trans World R

Somalia, Radio Mogadishu
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Sweden. Radio
U111ted Kingdom. BBC WS
USA. Voice of America
Cote o lvoore. RDTV
Denmark. R Oemnark Intl
Greece. Voice of
Mah. RDTV Mahenne
New Zealand. R NZ Intl

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19002000

Argentina. RAE
Australia. Radio

1900 1930
19001920
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19002000
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19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
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19002000
19002000
1900-1950

Azerbaijan. Voice of
Brazil, Radio Bras
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

1900-2000 s
1900-1910
19002000
1900 1945

Germany, R Alpha & Omega

Greece, Voice ol
Guatemala. Adv World R
India. All India Radio

19002000 vi
19002000
19002000 vi
19002000
19002000
19001930
19002000

Italy, IRRS
Japan. NHK/Radio
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Kuwait. Radio
Malta. VO Mediterranean
Mexico. Radio Mexico Intl
Netherlands. Radio

19001952 mtwhs
19001958 fa
19001956
19002000

New Zealand. R NZ Intl

New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Romania, R Romania Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

19002000
19002000
19002000
1900-2000

South Korea. R Korea Intl

Swaziland, Trans World R
Thailand, Radio
United Kingdom. BBC WS

1900-2000
1900-2000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

USA, KJES Mesquite NM
USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000 smtwhf
19002000
19002000
19001930

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA, WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA, WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam. Voice of

1900-2000
1900-2000 vi
1905-1910
1930-2000
19301955
1930-2000
1930-2000
19302000 vi
19302000
19302000
19302000
19302000
1935-1955
1938-1955 1&3rd s
1945-20001
19532000 smtwh
19592000 a

Zambia. Christian Voice

Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Albania. R Tirana Intl
Austria. R Austria Intl
Iran. VOIRI
Mongolia, R Ulan Bator
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Slovakia. R Slovakia Intl
Sweden. Radio
Turkey, Voice of
Yugoslavia, Radio
Italy, RAI Intl
Denmark, R Denmark Intl
Belarus. Radiosta Belarus
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
New Zealand. R NZ Intl

15345eu
6080pa
9860pa
4957eu
15265eu
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7330as
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11515me

11 740af

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13690af

9650eu
13750as

9950me
15075as

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9670eu
11860af
7210eu

9895af
17605af

11905eu
13805eu
9875eu

15220au
11960eu

2000 UTC
20002 100
20002100
20002100

Algeria, R Algiers Intl

Angola. Radio Nacional
Australia, Radio

20002025
20002100
20002100

Belgium. R Vlaanderen ln1

Bulgaria. Radio
Canada. CFCX Montreal

60

MONITORING TIMES

11 715me
3355do
6080pa
9860pa
5910eu
9700eu
6005do

t5160eu
9535do
7240pa
I 1880pa
13645af
11720eu

November 1996

7330as
12080pa

9580pa

20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002059

Canada. CFRX Toronto

Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN S1John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl

20002100

Ct1ina, China Radio Intl

20002100
20002027
20002100
2000-2100
2000-2030 mt
2000-2050
2000-2030
2000-2100
20002030
2000-2100
20002030
20002030
20002100 vi
2000 2100 vi
20002100
2000 2030 as
20002030
20002025

Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl

Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
Estonia. Radio
Germany. Deutsche Welle
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Gualemala. Adv Wortd R
Hungary, Radio Budapest
Indonesia, Voice of
Iran. VOIRI
Israel. Kol Israel
Italy, IRRS
Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp
Kuwait. Radio
Latvia. Radio
Meico. Radio Mexico Intl
Nelherlands. Radio

20002006 fa
20032100 mtwh
20002005
20002050
20002030 s
20002 100 vi
20002030 mtwhf
20002100
20002015
20002100 mtwhf
20002015
20002030

New Zealand, R NZ Intl

New Zealand. R NZ ln11
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Portugal. R Portugal Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia WS
Sierra Leone. SLBS
Spain. R Exlerior Espana
Swaziland. Trans World R
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl

20002020
20002015
20002100

Turkey, Voice of
Uganda, Radio
United Kingdom. BBC WS

20002 100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monilor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

20002030 as
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100 mtwhf
20002100
20002100 has
20002100
20002100
20002030
20002005
20002100 vi
20052 \00
20072 IOO fa
2015-2045 as
2025-2045
2030-2100
2030-2100
2030-2100
20302100 mwh
20302100
20302100
20302100
20302100 as
2030-2045
20302100 a
20302100

USA. Voice of America

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRMl/R Miami IN11
USA. WRNO Nel'I Orteans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabl'le. Zimbabwe BC
Syria. Radio Damascus
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Swaziland, Trans World R
Italy. RAI Intl
Armenia. Voice of
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Finland, YLE/R Finland
Moldova. R Dniester Intl
Netherlands. Radio
Poland. Polish R Warsaw
Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Sweden. Radio
Thailand. Racfi o
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
Vietnam. Voice of

20382055 1&3rd s Denmark, R Denmark Intl

2045-2100
India. All India Radio
20502100

Vatican Stale. Vatican R

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6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
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13670eu
17870eu
5220eu
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2100-2200

Australia. Radio

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

Australia. Radio
Cameroon. Radio Garoua
Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toron10
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada, R Canada Intl

2100-2200
2100-2130
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2150

China. China Radio lnll

China, China Radio lnll
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Cuba, Raaio Havana
Ecuador, HCJB
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
Germany. Deutsche Welle

2100-2200

India. All India Radio

2100-2200 vVfas
2100-2200
2100-2110
2100-2105 vi
2100-2200
2100-2125
2100-2 135 smtwh
2100-2200 fa
2100-2200
2100-2200 vi
2100-2125
2100-2156
2100-2200

Italy. IRRS
Japan, NHK/Radio
Japan. NHK/Radio
Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Poland. Polish R Warsaw
Romania. R Romania lnll
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2130
2100-21 10
2100-2200

Slovakia. Adv World Radio

South Korea. R Korea Intl
Swiuerfand. Sl'liss R Intl
Uganda. Radio
United Kingdom, BBC WS

2100-2130
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200

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

2100-2130
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200 mtwllf
2100-2200 mtwh f
2100-2200 s
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2130
2100-2105
21002200 vi
211 5-2200
2115-2130
2130-2200
2130-2200
21302200
21302135 m~vhf
2130-2200
2130-2145
2136-2200 smtwh
2138-2155 1&3rd s
2145-2200 a
21452200

USA. Voice of America

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. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State. Vatican R
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Egypt, Radio Cairo
United Kingdom. BBC WS
Australia, Radio
Guam, AWR/KSDA
Iran. VOIRI
Latvia. Radio
Sweden, Radio
United Kingdom. BBC WS
New Zealand. R NZ lnll
Denmark, R Denmark Intl
Greece. Voice of
United Kingdom. BBC WS

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15310as
6175au
5935eu
6065eu
11680sa
1511 5pa
7205na
9425au
5990as

9660pa
11855as

9850pa
11880pa

9860as
12080pa

11800pa

1t690eu
15325eu
6950eu
15110af

t 3650eu
17820eu
9920eu

13670eu

21455eu

9670as
151 35af
9910eu
15225au

9735af

9765as

9950eu

11620au

9560as

1185Dpa

9535as
11685as
4935do

6150do

9895af

11655af

4990do
6095eu
7105eu
7440af

7285eu
7195eu
9480eu

9690eu
9880eu

15575eu

391 5as
6120as
7325eu
11 835va

3955eu
6180eu
9410va
11955as

13770eu
7415af
11975af
15445af
12080af
13615na
9400am
13760am
13595na

13840pa
9760na
t3710af
15580af

12160am
17845eu
9645eu

13845am
21525af
t 1625eu

17715am
17795pa

5975va
6190af
9740au
12095eu

11870na
15185va
17725af

13695eu

17860pa

9430na

9655af

9495na

9590au

7160as

9580as

15685am

2200-2300

Australia. Radio

2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300

Bulgaria, 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

2200-2230
2200-2300
2200-2230
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2245
2200-2300
2200-2215
2200-2230
2200-2230

Canada. R Canada lnll

China, China Radio Intl
China. China Radio lnll
Costa Rica.R f Peace Intl
Cuba, Radio Havana
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Hungary. Radio Budapest
India. All India Radio

2200-2230
2200-2300 vVfas
2200-2225
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2225 mtwhf
2200-2300 smtwh
2200-2215
2200-2230 s
2200-2208 vi
2200-2300
2200-2215
2200-2300
2200-2300 as
2200-2205
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300

Iran, VOIRI
Italy, IRRS
Italy, RAI lnll
Lebanon. Voice ot Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Moldova, R Moldova Intl
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia, Voice of Russia WS
Sierra Leone. SLBS
Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Spain, R Exterior Espana
Syria. Radio Damascus
Taiwan. VD Free China
UAE, Radio Abu Dhabi
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl

2200-2300

United Kingdom. BBC WS

2200-2230
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300

United Kingdom, BBC WS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

2200-2230 mtwhf
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300 smtwhf
2200-2300 mtwhf
2200-2300
22002300 smtwhf
2200-2300
2200-2245
2200-2230
2200-2210
2206-2300 fa
2210-2300 VI
2230-2255
2230-2257
2230-2300
2230-2300
2238-2255 1&3rd s
2240-2250
2245-2300
2245-2300

USA. Voice of America

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Yugoslavia. Radio
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Austria, RAustria Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Russia.Voice of Ru~sia WS
United Kingdom. BBC WS
Denmark, R Denmark Intl
Greece. Voice of
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
India, All India Radio

2245-2300

Vatican State, Vatican R

11695pa
15365pa
9700eu
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5960am
13740va
5960am
7110eu
3985eu
7385am
6180na
9900eu
15186af
4915do
3975eu
7410eu
11715au
6175au
3955va
5975as
999Dva
7295do
7520eu
151 15pa
3326do
9485au
4890do
7240eu
3316do
6055af
6125eu
12085na
15600eu
9605na
5905eu
9560eu
3955eu
6195va
11 835va
9410eu
13815am
15590am
7510eu
7215va
15185va
17820va
6035af
7395na
6950am
7490na
9465eu
9955am
15420am
5850eu
7435am
17845af
6100eu
6t 65do
151 15pa
9675do
5945eu
7345na
7240eu
7o25Vl
9495na
9425au
3366do
7155as
11660as
7305as

November 1996

11855as
17795pa
11720eu

12080pa
17860pa

13755pa

9755va

13650va

13670am

11705as
9880eu

15305am

15050am

5935eu
991 Oeu
15225au

7250eu
9950eu

9710as

11815as

9835eu
11620au

4990do

7350eu

9480eu

11775af
13610eu
17750eu
9695na
6010eu
9735eu
5905as
9590va
11955as

9770na
6020eu
9875eu
5975va
9915va
12095eu

13770am
9705va
1529Dva

13840as
977Dva
15305va

15405as
1176Dva
17735va

7415af
11820eu
9400am
13595na

12080af
13615na

13710af

9475am
21525eu
6185eu

12160am

13845am

6155eu
9430na

9880eu

6080eu
6175va
11750sa
15400af

11840au
4915do
9705as

9950as

9600as

11830au

11620as

MONITORING TIMES

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FREQUENCIES

.....

....

23000000

Australia. Radio

23002325
23000000
23000000
23000000
2300-0000
2300-0000
23000000
23000000
23002359

Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int

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

23000000

Costa Rica, Adv Wand R

23000000
23000000
23002350
23000000
23000000
23000000

Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl

Egypl, Radio Carro
Germany. Deulsche Welle
Guam. AWRIKSDA
Gua1emala. Adv World R
India. All India Radio

23000000
2300-0000
23000000
2300-2325
23000000
23002315
23002350
23000000 vi
23000000
2300-0000
2300-2350
2300-0000

Japan. NHK/Rad10
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Moldova, R Moldova Intl
Ne11 Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
Nortl1Korea. R Pyongyang
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Romania. R Romania Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia WS
Turkey, Voice of
UAE. Radio Abu Dhabi

9660pa
15365pa
5910na
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
616000
6160do
5960am
15305am
5030am
13750am
7385am
9900na
7235as
11775as
11775am
9705as
15145as
5965eu
9990va
7295do
7520na
15115pa
3326do
11700na
9675do
7135na
7125na
7280na
9605na

11695as
t 7795pa

11855as
17860pa

13755as

9755am

11940am

13670am

6150am
15460am
15050am

7375am

9725am

9690as

12045as

9950as

11620as

13700as

9535eu

9560as

11850pa

4990do
13650na
9570na
7240na
9560na
9695na

9625na

t 1940na

9655na
9770na

11810na

23000000

. ..

..

United Kingdom. BBC WS

5975va

6175va

6195va

7295as

9580as

9590na

9915va

11945as

11955as

13625pa

13770am

15405as

3955eu

2300-2330
2300-2315
2300-0000
23000000
2300-0000

United Kingdom. BBC WS

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

11750sa
3915as
11835va
13815am
15590am
751 Oeu

2300-0000

USA. Vorce of America

7215va

9705va

9770va

11760va

15185va

15290va

15305va

17735va

23000000
2300-0000
23000000 vi
2300-0000
2300-0000 mtwhf
23000000
2300-0000 s
23000000

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA, WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN

17820va
7395na
6950am
5745am
7490na
9955am
7355am
5850eu
5065am

7435am

9475am

23002315
23102315
23302359
23300000

Vatican State. Vatican R

Kyrgyzslan. Kygyz Radio
Netherlands. Radio
Vietnam. Voice of

7305as
401 Oeu
6020na
5940as

9600as
4050eu
6165na
7270as

11830na

12020as
9935sa
7275va
9570as

15010as
11595sa
7490va
11685au

2335-2345
Greece. Voice of
23382355 1&3rd s Denmark. R Denmark Intl
23550000
Japan. NHK/Radio

11820eu
9400am
9495am
13595na

t3615na

9845na
7400as

13845am

9840as

11640sa
9485va

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Wednesdays

Sundays
2300
2300
2300
2300
2310

23t 1
2330
2332

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Sunday from the Mother Church.
From lhe First Church of Chnst. Scienlist. 111 Boston. MA,
USA.
USA. VOA Washinglon DC (as): VOA News_See S 0000.
USA. WJCR Upton KY: Gospel Music and Prayer. See S 0200.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): VOA Today. Uptotheminute
news summaries. hourly business and sports updates,
interviews on world news events. plus fealures on topics from
movies to medic111e.
Russia. Voice of: Program Preview_See S 051 t.
Russia. Voice of: r~ews in Brief. See S0030.
Russia. Voice of: Audio Book Club. See S0132.

Mondays
2300
2300
2300
2300
2306
2310
2311
2330
2332
2349
2352

Russia. Voice of: News_ See S 0000.

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M 1200.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): VOA News. Sec S 0000.
USA. WJCR Upton KY: Gospel Music and Prayer. See S 0200.
USA. Monttor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio lnternalional. See M
1206.
USA. VOA Washinglon DC (as): VOA Today. See S 2310.
Russia. Voice of. Commonwealth Update. Commonwealth of
Independent Slates (CIS) developments.
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Russian by Radio. See M 0132.
USA, Monitor Radio lnll: Letterbox. See M 1249.
USA. Monitor Radio inti: Religious Article from the CSM. See
M 1252.

Tuesdays
2300
2300
2300
2300
2306
2310
2311
2330
2332
2349
2352

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Russia. Vorce of: News. See S 0000.

USA, Monilor Radio lnll: Momtor Radio News_ See M 1200.
USA. VOA Wash111glon DC (as): VOA News. See S0000.
USA. WJCR Uplon KY: Gospel Music and Prayer. See S 0200.
USA. Momtor Radio Intl: Momlor Radio lnlernational. See M
t206.
USA. VOA Washinglon DC (as): VOA Today. See S 2310_
Russia. Voice of Commonwealth Update. See M 2311
Russia. Voice of: News in Bnef. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Audio Book Club. See S 0132.
USA. Monitor Radio ln!I: Letterbox. See M 1249
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Arlicle from the CSM. See
M 1252

MONITORING TIMES

November 1996

2300
2300
2300
2300
2306
2310
2311
2330
2332
2349
2352

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M 1200.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA. WJCR Upton KY: Gospel Music and Prayer. See S
0200_
USA. Monitor Radio lnll: Momlor Radio International. See M
1206.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): VOA Today. Sees 2310.
Russia. Voice of: Commonwealth Updale_ See M 2311 .
Russia. Vorce of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia, Voice of: Russian by Radio. See M 0132.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. Sec M 1249.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from 1he CSM.
See M t252.

Thursdays
2300
2300
2300
2300

Russia, Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA, Monitor Radio lnll: Monilor Radio News. Sec M 1200.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): VOA News. See S0000.
USA, WJCR Upton KY: Gospel Music and Prayer. See S

2306

USA, Monitor Radio lnll: Monitor Radio lnternalional. See M

1206.
USA. VOA Washlnglon DC (as): VOA Today_See S 2310.
Russia. Voice of: Commonweall h Updale_See M2311.
Russia. Voice of: News in Bnef. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: Audio Book Club. See S 0132.
USA, Monitor Radio ln!I: Letterbox. See M 1249.
USA Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM.
See M 1252.

0~00.

2310
2311
2330
2332
2349
2352

Fridays
2300
2300
2300
2300

Russia, Vorce of: News. See S 0000.

USA. Momtor Radio lnll: Monitor Radio News. See M 1200.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): VOA News. See S 0000.
USA WJCR Upton KY: Gospel MUSIC and Prayer_See
0200.
2306 USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. See M
1206.
231 O USA. VOA Washington DC (as): VOA Saturday. Interviews
and features about science. sports. agnculture. and
business. plus the latest American music.
2311 Rus sia. Voice of: Commonwealth Update. See M 231 t.
2330 Russia. Voice of: Nws 111 Brief. See S0030.
2332 Russia. Voice of: Timelines. See M 0332.

2349
2352

USA, Moni1or Radio lnll: Letterbox. See M 1249.

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the
CSM. See M 1252.

Saturdays
2300
2300
2300
2300
2306
2310
2311
2330
2332

Russia. Voice of: News. See S 0000.

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio Nel'ls. See M
1200.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): VOA News. See S0000.
USA. WJCR Upton KY: Gospel Music and Prayer. See S
0200.
USA. Monilor Radio Intl: Christian Science Sentinel
Radio Edition. See A 0206.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): VOA Sunday. See F
2310.
Russia, Voice of: Program Preview. See S 0511 .
Russia. Voice of: News in Brief. See S 0030.
Russia. Voice of: nmelines. See M 0332.

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Do you have a 1opic you 've always "thought
about" writing up for Monitoring Times'l
Now is the time ' Gi"cn our full -spectrum
coverage. plus the intacst in new technology
on the one hand and nos1algia for the past on
the 01hcr. there is no limit to appropriale
subjecl matter to write aboul. Bone up on
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too. can earn a little spending money'
Pitch your idea to the editor at
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and ask for Rachel. Wri1er's Guidelines are
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By Jacques d'Avignon, VE3VIA

OPTIMUM WORKING FREQUENCIES

U.S. Midwest I Flux 74, SSN 7

Many readers and li steners

25
are sti ll puzzle d by the rad io
propagation forecasting graphs or MHz
tabl es ro und in various magazi nes such as MT. I wi ll try to
explain the two main types of
20
propagation forecast ing and how
they are used.

llil Short-Term vs.

Long-Term Forecasting

15

There are two basic types of

propaga ti o n
forecas ting:
110wca.\'/i11g, used to anticipate
w hat international broadcaster
10
can be heard or what reg ion of
the world might be open for an
amateur radio contact: and !011g1e n11 forecas1i11g seen in maga5
zines or used by broadcasters for
lo ng term plannin g o f frequency
use and transmitting stati o n location/construct ion .
The nowcast ing type o f fo re0
casting is normall y used on fi xed
0
ci rcu its (a 'circuit" is the s ignal
path between two poin ts) when
you have the ab ilit y t o c h oose at a
moment 's notice w h ich freque ncy to use
on a s pec ific circu it. This would appl y. for
example. to the armed forces and organizations that have m any freque ncies spread
across the RF spectrum , avai labl e fo r communi cation s if and when required.
Some nowcasting programs even have
the capability o f autom atically access ing
and updating the A and K ind ices from a
time standard statio n such as WWV in the
U.S..
The long-term type of forecasting is
more often used for freque ncy manageme nt-finding and registering the best
frequency( ies) fo r use during a s pec ific
broadcasting season for a specific ci rcuit.
Long -term fo recasting is used by broadcasters that have to make freque ncy man age me nt dec is ions. mo nths (and in some
cases, years) ahead of time. Another use is
fo r plann ing how to serve a s pecific target
area. e ither by the construction of new relay station or by buy ing time from another
broadcaster's station. In this age of shrinking budgets, whether to buy ~r exchange

12

16

time with another inte rnational broadcaster,

or whether to build a new stat ion. is a cru cial decis ion.
1 presently prepare radio propagation
forecas ts for al least four magazines, and
when 1 prepare these fo recasts 1 can o nly
assume that the ionosphere will be .. norma l" when the pub li cations come o ut.
There is no way 1can forecast what the Sun
will exactly be doing a month fro m now.
much le ss three months from now ! So 1
prepare predictio ns w ithou t tak ing into account the A and K ind ices, Jellin g the user
make the dec is ion if the predictions wi ll
be con-eel according to the ind ices availab le that clay.
What I am reall y doing is tell ing the listener/ user: "Assuming that the Sun fo llows
its normal pattern. on the circui t from Nonh
America to Australia in July 1997 the best
frequency (Optimum Working Frequency
or Frequence Opt imale de Travail) s hou ld
be arou nd 12.5 MHz. Do not expect to find
any reliable transm issions above 17 MHz.
the Maximum Usable freq uency...
If 1 was o ffering a nowcasti ng service

20

24 UTC

to a user, 1 would be using a d iffe rent tec hnique. and would say: "According 10 the
trend or the indices and the actual ind ices
recorded today. the MU F o n the Nort h
America - Austra lia will be 17 MHz, and
the best frequency (OWF or FOT) for your
use is 12.9 MHz.''
T he A and K can be taken into account
if you are doing some nowcasting a nd have
a program that wi ll accept one or the other.
But. if you do nowcasting, be cau ti ous:
don '1 use onl y the numbers available for that
day as broadcast by WWV orWWVH . It is
necessary to use a mean of the A or K or
SSN or Flux to pl ug in the program- a running mean o f I 0 to 15 days should be suffic ient lo be reliable.
In an upcoming installme nt we w ill disc uss the A and K indi ces in more depth:
what they are. how they are calculated, and
what they mean to the shortwave user. Don' t
forge t to send us your quest ions and comment s about propagat ion. along with your
pre ference for chan o r graphic presentati on
of the forecast. Until next month. good DX.

November 1996

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63

BEGINNER'S CORNER
SKIP AREY, WB2GHA

UNCLE SKIP'S GUIDE TO MONITORING

fio rey@mosquito.com

Beyond the Fringe

he rules. treati es. and conventions th at

govern rad io communication acti vity
ex ist lo manage the radio spectrum in a
more or less civilized manner. That" s the
theory anyway. The fac t is that some of the
most exc iting moni toring co mes from resources that don'1 abi ck by any of these rules
and conventi ons. These include radio ope rations that manage to ex ist outs ide the bounclarit:s of the law. Further. there are some signals. protected by law. which are currently
illegal to mon itor in the Uni ted States.
The presence o r signals which can broadcast illegall y or be received illegall y is an area
of concern fo r most beg inners. So let's take a
look at the nalll re o r these subjects and how
they can affect you r monitoring practices.
One quest ion I hear fro m beginners all the
time is: "Is it legal ro lisren in 011 radio
cm11municarions '! " T he best answer is yes,
with a few spec ific exceptions. Most of wh at
you wi ll hear on you r receiver is covered
under the 1934 Communications Act. Under
this federal law. radio-monitoring hobbyists
are considered th ird-party liste ners. The law
Slates that third-party listeners are prohi bited
from revealing the content of intercepted transmissions and cannot use the information they
gain fro m li stening for personal profi t. So
basicall y, you can listen in to most things. but
revealing the co11tent i~ a no-no under the law.
However. this also begs the quest ion:
"What abour li.11e11ing ro illega l broadrnsts
or signals? .. Again. there is no curre nt law to
prevent you from li stening in on signals that
arc illegally transmil!cd. The person or persons doing the 1ransmi11ing may have some
serious problems with the au thori ties. but you
can listen wi thout lc ar of retri buti on . So what
are these signals tha t t:an be moni tored that
n:pre,ent illegal transm it ting at:t ivity'! Let"s
lake a look.

I Pirate Radio

On any wedend or holiday eveni ng. a

quick tri p clown tn the area around 6955 kHz
will yie ld a h.:w inten.:sting pi rate stations.
T he logg ing' and activi ties of the,e stations
are often found in my colleague G..:orge
Zelle r' 0111er Limits column. Tht:1 <.: i, no
plat:t: in all or the rad io !>pt.:clrulll where you
will hear mon.: int rigui ng signab. Pirate activ ities run the ga nnll fro m profos,io11;d qu;tlity programming to people just ranting into

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where who uses a techn ique called a "onetime-pad" 10 dec ipher the message. You have
no hope of tran slating this communication or
ever rece iving any confi rmat ion. However.
finding. moni toring. and logging spy number
stations can be loaJs of fun.
To get an idea of what s out there. keep an
eye on Larry Yan Horn's Urili('' World colum n. Numbers stations often appear in the
loggi ngs section. As you monitor you wi II
discover that numbers stations broadcast in
several languages, most notably English. Spanish. and German. You will also hear both mal e
and female announcers. Some signals will
sound as if they are tape recordi ngs and other
wiII be obviously Iive. These broadcasts make
any monitor fee l like James Bond when tuning through the shortwave spectrum.
their mi crophones. While 6955 kH z is the
current hotbed of free radi o acti vit y. the preferred frequency of acti vity ofte n changes due
to various reasons such as inter!Crence, conditions. or activity by authorities.
Currently pirate radio is in a bit of a re naissance af'ler several hard years. This is probabl y due to recen t reductions in the number of
the Federal Communicati ons Com mission s
monitorin g stations across the Uni ted Statt:s.
With the stead il y improving propagation conditions. these could be so me of pirate radio s
finest hours.
By the way. it is not only perfec tl y legal to
monitor pirate radio acti vity. it is even possible 10 receive QS L cards from these stations.
Most pirates respond to confi rmat ion letters
sent to one or more of the various "mai ldrops
that you will ofte n find lis ted in the Ower
Li111i1.1 colu mn. The sta tions will u ~ u al ly list
their prefe rred rn aild rop in their programming. Always reme mber to inc lude three mint
fi rst class stamps with your report for domestic pirates or two intt:rnatillna l rt:ply coupons
( IRCs) for pirates using fon:ign mai ldrops.

II Spy Numbers
Among the internati onal shortwave broadcaste rs and the many uti lity slat ions that cover
the H!-" band,. you wi II llt:casionall y ht:ar
signals that arc linle more than somebody
rept:aling a se ries of group' or nun1bers and/
o r leltcrs. These arc believed by many lo be
genuine csp innage commu nicali Dn, .
The coded message is s..:nt to a spy some-

Clandestine Stations

Many governments try to suppress d issen ting points of view. fo rci ng dissenters to
resort lo measures such as unauthoriLed broadcasting to get their point across. These activities are a lso chronicled in the 0111er Li111i1s
column.
T hi s type of monitoring represents some of
the most dynam ic and exc iti ng swff on the
bands. Whi le c landesti nes are usually targ..:ting a specific audience (and may not be in
English ). some have been known 10 QSL.
Keep an eye on George 'scolumn for the latest
information.
Freebanders

Operntingju sl ou tside of the lega l lim its of

the 11 meter citizens band you will find C B
a..:tiv ity un like anythi ng you will h..:ar within
the lega l 40 channe ls dc~ i gned for t hi ~ radio
practice. Tune your rece iver ~ligh tl y below
2(1.965 M Hz or slightly above 27.405 Ml-11.
must any evening and you 1~ill hear folb
stretching the limits or th..: law with le vt:b of
power well in t:xcess oft he four watts that are
au thorized in this neck of the spectrum.
Illegal operatilln in the area of the CB
channels has been urouncl for longer than I've
been in volved in the radio hobby. I logged my
firs t "l'rcebandcr" in the mid-six ti e,. Many uf
these operators use modi lied an1atcur radio
equipmt:nt and ampli l'it:rs lo get thei r ~ i g nal
well beyond normal range.
Another pract ice you may find wit hin the

facture or import receivers capable of hearing

these frequencies. Later provisions under the
law restricted listening in on cordless phone
signals, and it has been long against the rules
to mon itor the Subsidiary CaITier Authorization (SCA) signals without the express permission of the transmitting station. SCA signals carry programming riding on a portion of
an FM common transmission. These signals
I Smugglers
norma ll y require a special receiver or modifiA bit harder to track down th an some of the cation to an existing receiver to be detected.
above stati ons. international drug traffic can
So let me state most clearly...Do 110 1 listen
also be mon itored on the shortwave bands. ro cellular telephone frequencies. Do 110 1 lisYou can follow the acti vities of South Ameri- ten to cordless telephone frequencies. Do 110 1
can drug runners as they attempt to move their listen to SCA signals without permission. No,
cargo toward the southeastern shores of the 110. 110, a thousand times 110! You a re a bad
United States by keeping an eye on unusual little radio monitor ifyou commit these illegal
acti vity just outside the 20 and 40 meter acts! If you come near a receiver and one of
amateur radio bands. Most of the communica- these frequencies can be heard. quickly cover
tions will be in Spanish or English and the your ears and begin to shout loudly as you run
discussion will be decidedly non-ham in na- from the room.
ture.
Now that that ' s said, let me also tell you
So not to leave scannists out of the fun . that more than just a few folks think that the
let's take a look at what questionable trans- ECPA is the silliest law put on the books. But,
missions can be heard in the VHF/UHF ranges. sti ll. it is the law and in every neighborhood
If your scanner tunes down far enough you there are folks who take this law very serimight also check those areas slightl y above ously-mostly people with a lot of money
and below the authorized CB frequencies in vested in the cellular radio service.
(26.965 through 27.405 MHz). In urban areas
Practically speaking, if your receiver hapthese freque ncies are often used by indepen- pens to accidentally stumble across a cellular
dent "gypsy cab dri vers and someti mes for signal. there is no ECPA radio police to smash
other less savory activities suc h as drug deal- your door down and drag you off to the po key.
ing.
As you move on in the hobby you will even
The itinerant" freq ue ncies of 15 1.625. discover that thi s law has a few holes in it big
154.57. and 154.60 MHz are the most com- enough to drive a large truck through.
mon o r these non-location-specific business
For example. it is still legal to own a
channels, and can be subject to abuse for such receiver made before 1994 that covers these
acti vity as drug dealing. Since VHF/UHF frequencies: youre just not allowed to listen
transmitting gear is so common in the busi- to those frequencies that are prohibited by the
ness and hobby world it is conceivable that
ECPA. Ironicall y, the standard UHF te levialmost any frequency can be subject to illegal sion channe ls 80 through 83 tune right through
use. The relative short range transmitting ca- the cellular frequency bands. Also. it is perpabilities of much of the handheld gear does fectly legal to construct signal adapters to
lend itself to abuse. Keep an ear open; you make post-ECPA receivers cover these banned
never know what you may hear.
freque ncies, just as it is not against the law to
build a circuit to decode SCA signals. You
I Listening Laws
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Now lets take a look at the receiving side hear.
If your momma raised you right, you will
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law to listen. These signals are protected al l the other exciting things there are to hear in
commun icati ons under a body of law known th..: radio frequency spectrum . However. if
to most people as the Electronic Communica- your momma also didn 't raise no fool. you
can see how sill y and esse ntiall y unenforceti ons Privacy Act (ECPA).
In 1986. the federal government produced able certain aspects of this law arc. Still. it is
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into al I the legal mumbo-jumbo. the law "'pro- books.
Protect yourself as you. your conscience.
tects.. cell ular telephone owners and users
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to burden you with this so early in your hobby
lhe law to listen to the freque ncies that contain
but the world has become a crazy
experience.
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MONITORING TIMES

6S

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DXING THE BASEMENT BAND

Kevin Corey, WB2QMY

kevinc@mdsroc.com

Portable Picl<-ups

get many requcsts from Iistt:ners who d

li ke to improve the long wave performance
of their po11able receiver. These sets c mploy an internal ferrite antenna for longwave.
so it is not always easy to connect an extcrnal
antenna or preamp as could be done with a
tabletop set.
An alternati ve for port ables i~ to usc an
inducti ve ly-coupled external antenna. These
antennas require no power and need only be
placed near the rece iver to operate. They work
by re-radiating signal s to the rece ive r' s internal antenna via inductive co upling.
Coupled antennas are not new. Perhaps
you' ve see n models optim ized for AM broadcast reception (the Select-A-Tenna. for example). They are useful for AM DXers or for
those living outsidi.: the primary coverage area
of an AM broadcast station.
For long wave enthu siasts. there are at least
two fi rms offering suitabl e anten nas of this
type. O ne is Radio Plus+ Electronics. 3635
Chastain Way. Pensacola. Florida 32504. Their
Q-St ick untcnna is designccl to be positioned
atop a portable receiver and contains a switch
to select betwee n MW and LW operation.
Anqther manufacturer is Black Box Antenna, 14624 Di.:on Dr.. Sonora. Cali fornia
95370. As supp lied. the ir anten na covers 360
to 1800 kHz. but a modification is avai lable to
ex tend its coverage clown to 150 kHz.
A benefit of most coupled ant<.:nnas is that
tht:y can be sharply tuned to the freq uency of
interest. thereby optimizing reception and minimizing the chance of overload from out -ofband stations. As wi th all loop antennas they
are also highl y directional. allow ing you to null
out an unwanted signal or focus on a des ired
one.
Want to make your own high performance
antenna" The September 1992 Be/011 500 kH:
column presented detailed plans for a homespun LF loop (reprints avail able fro m MT for
$2). Although the design is primarily intended
for di rect connection to a receiver' s ex ternal
antenn:ijack. it wi ll also work fine as an inductively-coupled antenna. Just leave the feed line
disconnecti.:d and tune the antenna in the usual
manner.
At a recent swap meet in Rochester, New
York . I saw a fellow using a loop wi th a
transistor radio to hear an AM broadcast station over 350 miles away- in broad daylight.
Moving the radio a few inches away from the
loop made the signal completely disappear.

66

MONITORING TIMES

November 1996

B It's About Time

MT reader John Horton snapped this

picture of CM (407 kH~ ) near Champaign,
IL

Seeing this conlirmcd my bel ief in the utility of

coupl ed loops. lt "s almost likt: gctting something for nothing'
I Winter DXing
With the static crashc~ o f SUl11111Cr behind LI S.
thi s is a great time to pu rsue DX on the beacon
band. In the past. we've focused on hunting
high-powered Canadian bt:acons. but thi s lime.
let" s look to the south for someth ing new. Our
destination will be Cubu- a rather small country in gcographic te r m~ . but home to many
interesting non -directional bt:acons (NDBs).
You do not need to be located in the southern
U.S. to hear these s t ati on~ . Fro111111y location in
upstate New York I have logged several Cuban
beacons at reasonab ly strong level s during the
wi nter months.
What can you expect from Cuban ND Bs?
They usuall y have an identifier begin ning with
.. U... but that"~ about all you can count on.
Don ' t be surpriscd if you hear a station that is
not on an exact I kHL channel or uses an
identifier ton.:: othcr than the usual 400/ I 020
Hz. pair common to the United Stat e~ and
Canada. Cuban beacons play hy their own
rules.
An excellent re fe rence for Cuban beacons
(and othi.:r utilities) is the Cuban ute site on the
world wide web: http://ncrsp.ncrdc.ull.edu/
- dccrawf/misctxt/cubaute.html. The foreign
section of The /\em Mari11e Beacon Guide is
another rc liablt: source. Table I shows ~e l ec t ed
beacons from each of the>e sources as well as
loggin gs from MT reader,.
QSLs from these 'tations are somewhat
rare. so I would be imerested in 'eei ng photocupit:s or any cards or veric let ters that MT
readers ha ve recei vcd for their efforts. I wi II try
to present these in future columns ;1s .-.pace
permits.

A com mon ~ig ht in many homes is a VCR

flashing 12:00 at all hours of the day. A news
story subm itted by Waller Szczepaniak in P.::nn'ylvania could bri ng relicf. wi th the help coming from low frequency radio.
In this scheme VCRs. computers. wa ll
clocks. and eve n wrist watche s wo uld be
equi pped with miniatu re rece ivers for time
~tation WWV B on 60 kH z from Ft. Collins.
Colorado. The prec ise timing signals broadcast
by WWVB coul d be used to keep the clocks
accurate at all timcs. eve n after a po1Ver outage.
To make thi s possible. the National In stitute
of Standards and Technology is plan ning a
fo urfold increase in WWVB"s transmi tter
power. This wil l enable recepti on without large
anten nas. If you arc able to tune into WWVB.
it might be interesti ng to note its ' ignal strength
now. and then after the increase.

I 73 kHz News
As reported in this colu mn in August. the
British governmcnt has authorizcd United Kingdom amateurs to use thc spec trum from 7 1.6 to
7.i.4 kHz for expe rimental purposes. Muc h of
the work in volves experimentati on with cave
radi o srtcrns. but the regu lations do not limit
ot her types of co mmun icatio n ~. For more in formation on thi s new band. check out the 73
kHz ho mepage on the web at http://
www.stonix.dcmon.eo.uk/73kl-l:tl. Thi s web
site has topics of interest to all L F cx pcrimcnters. such as antennas. propagation lips. and
links to other LF-related pages.
Good DX and I'l l sec you next month.

TABLE 1: SELECTED CUBAN NDBs

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232
256
268
278
296
300
315
348
370
382
390
412
450
465

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UNV
UBY
UBA
UBO
UGT
USR

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UCM
UPA

UCA
UNG
USC
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Nuevitas
Bayamo
Baracoa
Batabano
Guantanamo
Simon Reyes
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Camaguey
Punta Alegre
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Whats in a name?
'WRLG
Smyrna.
WYYB
Dickson, Nashvil le' s Thunde r
94!" If you li sten to o ne of
these stations. you' ve probably heard that
announceme nt hundreds of times. And you've
probably ignored it hundreds of times. To the
ordinary listener, the letters w-Y-Y-B" mean
absolutely nothing. To the D Xer, the station.
and the FCC. they mean muc h more .
Call letters ha ve the ir ori gin in the earliest
days of rad io. W hen everything had to be sent
in Morse Code, the idea of sending the entire
name of your ship, or the full location of you r
shore stati on. was rather cumbersome . Ope rators began using the ir initials or other selfsc lected ca ll signs. Without gove rnment registration , however. the re were a lot of duplicates.
By 19 14. the U.S. govern ment had signed
a treaty all ocating beginnin g letters for
callsigns, and it began to assign three-le tter
calls beginning with the le tters K and W.
(Hi story doesn' t seem to record why those
two lette rs were chose n. Other countries received more log ical letters- 1 in ltal y. Fin
France. D (De ut schl and in Germany. etc.)
To avoid confusion. the U.S . government
ass igned K callsigns to shore stations on the
Pac ific Coast and W calls to those on the
At lantic and G ulf Coasts. The n, they reversed
the process fo r ships: K for ships based in the
East. and W for ships based in the West. Thi s
scheme would work well through World War
l. Most stati ons were eithe r marit ime or amate ur (amateurs received a different type o f
callsign, begi nning with a number.)
In 1920. Westinghouse executi ves d iscove red people were havi ng radios built specificall y to li sten to the transmi ss ions of one of
their engineers. Frank Conrad of Pittsburgh.
Sensi ng a bus iness opportunity. they worked
with Conrad to bu ild experime ntal station
SX K. T he fa mous November 11 . 1920, election re turn broadcast, ofte n credited as the
first broadcast in history. wou ld actually be
transmitted under a "specia l amate ur" license
with the call letters 8ZZ. but a commercial
license fo r KD KA would soon be issued.
Broadcasting would prove a very successfu l industry . Hundreds of licenses wou ld be
issued, and e ach one would need a set of call
letters. Onl y 1.950 3-le tte r calls were avai l-

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November 1996

"Z/00" in New York is one of tlwse stations

that likes to "bury" its call letters. You
should still hear a legal identificationWHTZ Ne wark-once an hour, probably a
few minutes before the top of the hour.

APrlD.BZZ -'O'><>n

WBT Charlotte, 011 the other hand, is proud

of its call letters. Note the me11tio11 of th e
April JO, 1922 sig11-011; I believe WBT was
one of the last of the randomly-assigned
three-letter calls. Thanks lo Donald Pipa of
suburban New York for both logos.
able, and they were running out fast. The
inevitabl e was only s light ly delayed by a
c hange in policy to assign four-letter calls to
ships. rapid turnover in the industry (many
early stations failed quickly), and the re turn of
ship calls (maritime operators didn ' t want to
reuse the call sign of a ship that had sunk 1) .
By April 1922. new broadcaste rswhod idn ' t
request a specifi c callsign began receiving
four lette r call s. Stations could. however, request a shorter call. Not counting re turn of a
previously-held call, or ass ignment to a coowned FM or TV station, the last three le tter
call was issued in January 1930 to W IS,
Columbia. South Caro lina. (The stati on is
today WYOC-560, though the WlS calls are
sti ll used by the ir TV station on channe l I 0.)
T he growth of broadcasti ng would also
affect the di viding line between K and W
te rritory. Whe n all stations were maritime.
the line could be "soft. " But as broadcasting
grew, stations were bui lt in places li ke Colorado, Kan sas, and North Dakota, where no
ship would sa il. The original (and informal)
border would be the easte rn borders of New
Mexico, Colorado. W yoming. and Montan a.

Population growth in the East would force the

divid ing line to be changed to the Mississ ippi
Ri ver by 1923. This three year pe ri od accounts for most o ft he ''W" stat ions west of th e
river-WNAX in Sou th Dakota, WOW in
Nebraska, WDAF in M issou ri, WBA P in
Texas. among others .
Shortly before World War TI, FM and TV
broadcasting would be introduced. These stations wou ld al so require callsigns. FM began
w ith an interesting scheme to incorporate the
station ' s frequency a nd city into the calls ign.
Calls would start with a W or K. followed by
the last two d igits of the freq uency, a nd then
oneortwo letters indicating the city. A station
on 44 .7 M Hz in Nashvi lle was W47NY:
WTMJ' s45.5 M Hz station in Milwaukee was
W55M.
The TV plan was more fa miliar, and simply used four- letter Kand W calls . At first, the
T Y suffixes used today weren't permitted; the
four letters chosen for a T Y station had to be
unique. Th is restriction wou ld be deleted
shortly before the e nd o f the war; at the same
ti me. FM stati ons were switched to the current system. Techn ically. the FM and T V
calls are still un ique. T he FM a nd TV suffixes
are cons idered part of the callsign. so to the
FCC, WSM-FM is aj/1e- letter call sign.
There have been a fe w re latively m inor
recent changes in callsign policy. From the
end of Worl d War II to a few years ago.

SKIPPING IN
NRC member Brandon Artman near
Philadelphia sent in his summe rtime AM
catches:
W LUX-540
WSB-750
CKLW-800
WQSl-820
WWL-870
WTTM-920
WO BM-11 60
WPOP-1410
WMMW- 1470
WNRB- 15 10
WARD 1550

Islip, NY
Atlanta, GA
Windsor, ON
Frederick, MD
New Orleans, LA
Trenton, NJ
Toms River, NJ
Hartford, CT
Meriden, CT
Boston, MA
Pittston, PA

Elizabeth, NJ
WJDM l 660
Brandon lists the 1550 s tation in Pittston
as "WARD/WKQV." Larry Van Horn
reports WKQV is a callsign change.)

commo n callsig ns could be used in differe nt

services onl y ifthe stati ons were commonly
owned and in the same c ity. For exa mple, if
WAAA (A M) ex isted in Winston-Salem, the
calls WAAA-FM could o nly be assigned to a
statio n they owned . and also located in Wi nston-Sale m. Thi s regulatio n has bee n recently
repeal ed.
Also. regular four-letter calls are now avai lable to low-power TV stations.(LPTYs) These
stations grew out of the T V translato r service,
and were assigned spec ial calls igns consi sting of a K or W. the n their channel number.
the n two more letters. A channel 24 LPTV
mig ht be W 24AE.
If you 've been reading c losely, you're
probabl y wonde ring: If four- letter call s
were n' t assigned to broadcast stations until
1922, then why did KDKA (w hich was li censed in 1920) get four lette rs? The answer
li es in a brief c hange in policy. In June of
1920, the Department of Commerce had just
run out of four-lette r ship calls. They formu lated a new pol icy for these stati ons. and
decided to apply it to sho re statio ns as we ll. In
April of 192 1. they reconsidered their action
and went back to di stinguishing between
ships a nd land. The second broadcasting li cense would be issued in M ay of that year
(WJZ Newark. now WABC New Yo rk),
making KDKA the o nly broadcaster to receive a call under the four-letter po licy.
In the early day s. many ca ll signs were
assig ned sequentially by the government.
T oday. most statio ns choose their o wn- and
even many of the old 3-Ietter call s stand for
some thing. WT MJ=Thc Mi lwaukee Journa l,
WCOR= Wilson County's Own Radio" , etc ..
Stations spend tho usands aski ng consultants
to suggest the best new call sign for a programming change: they also de fend their
call s in the civil courts. And if they can' t get
some thing they like, they bury it and adopt a
slogan instead.

DX TEST BULLETIN
These special broadca sts provide a unique opportunity to hear and identify the following stations. If
you hear these broodcsats, please report lo the address provided.
Sun Nov 3, 10, 17, 24 - WWCN-770 (P.O. Box 9600, Estero, FL 33928) will
test at 1,000 W directional 3:00 - 4:00 am EST. Morse code IDs, test tones, and big bond music.
Note: the test will be repeated every Sunday morning at the some time during November. Send
reports to: Mr. "Joey C," Program Director.
Mon Nov 4 - WIMN-1220 ( 104 North Main Street, Stillwater, MN 55082; Email:
DSRadioman@aol.com) will test at 254 W nondirectional l :30 - 2:00 om EST. Oldies music and
Morse code IDs. Send reports to: Mr. Doug Smith, President & General Manager.
Sun Nov 10 WJCE-680 (5904 Ridgeway Center Parkway, Memphis, TN 38120)
will test at l 0,000 W nondirectional l :00 - 7:00 am EST. Test will include many slogans and voice
IDs, plus 70's rhythm & blues music. Send reports to: Mr. Skip Reynolds, Chief Engineer.
Mon Nov 11 CIGM-790 (880 LaSalle Boulevard, Sudbury, ON P3A 5W7, Canada; E-mail:
Ssloan@osiris.isys.ca) will test 1:00 - 1:30 om EST. Morse code IDs, country music, and voice IDs
between each song, and will be run at a power of 50,000 Wat 135% modulation using a daytime
antenna pattern. Send reports to: Mr. Scott Sloan, Director of Engineering.
Mon Nov 18 - KALM 1290 (P.O. Bax 15, Thayer, MO 65791; E-mail: Watson@enet.net)
will test at 1,000 W 1:00 1:30 om EST. Morse code. Send reports to: Mr. Dove Watson (KBOYF),
Program Manager.
Mon Nov 18 - KKOJ 1190 (P.O. Box 29, Jackson, MN 56143) will test at 5,000 W directional
daytime pattern l :30 2:00 om EST. Morse code IDs and oldies music. Send reports ta: Mr. Doug
Potter, Engineer.

These tests were arranged by J.D. Stephens for the International Radio Club of America Courtesy
Program Committee. (Send 32-cent stamp, or US$1 or l IRC if overseas, to P.O. Box 1831, Perris,
CA 92572-1831 for sample !RCA bulletin.)

between the ages of 25 and 54. Lawyers from

the Justi ce De partment visited Roc hester in
late Jul y: they ' II try to dete rm ine whethe r an
anti-trust acti o n is justified.
A nother ne wspaper item from the Ne wpo rt News, Virgini a.Daily Press deta ils some
" fri e ndl y co mpetitio n" th at ceased to be quite
so frie ndly. The program director and a promotio n assi stant at WNOR-FM Norfolk have
been charged with assault after an attack o n
three employees of ri val WKOC-FM. Charges

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I Bits and Pieces

Here'san ite m we woul d n' t have seen two
years ago. Donald Dunn KA20MY in s uburba n Rochester, New York, sent an article
from the Rocheste r Democrar and Chronicle
regarding the proposed sale o f two local radio
stations to American Rad io Systems (ARS) .
The sale of WHAM-11 80 and WPXY-97.9
would give ARS two AM stati ons. three
FMs . and a n agreement to se ll airtime o n a
fourth FM .
The sale. whic h would have been illegal
two years ago, has local advertising buyers
worried. The combi ned rating of the fi ve
statio ns would be nearly 7 1% o f a ll li ste ners

allege the WKOC em ployees went to a Virg inia Beach K-Mart to check o ut a WNOR
promot io nal event , and were attacked there.
WNOR' s general manager de ni es the charges.
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me at Box 98, Brasstown NC 28902-0098, or
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THE CLANDESTINE, THE UNUSUAL, THE UNLICENSED

George Zeller
George.leller@acclink.com

New Name for Nigerian Clandestine

adio Democrat International has

changed its name on August 29. This
English language c landest ine voice
of the Nigeri an politica l opposition now identifies itse lf as Radio Kudirat International,
the Voice of Democracy. They put out a fin e
signal on 6205 kHz at 2100 UTC daily. The
station now announces a United States address over the air: NA LICON, PO Box 175,
Boston , MA 02 13 1.
It is certain that the transmitter being used
by this clandestine is the big Sentech complex
at Meyerton, South Africa. If you d li ke to see
the s ite. Sen tec h s web s ite at http ://
www.sentech.co.za/meyerton.html includes
multiple transmitter photos and a comple te
transmission schedule.
When I heard the station' s September 15
broadcast, the fi rst two minutes were the signoff announcement of the Voice of America,
complete w ith several bars of Yankee Dood le!
It 's unclear if the N igerian clandestine has
any relationship wi th the VOA; it's poss ible
that the two stations are just using the same
satelli te feed .

Bougainville Pirate?
Lee S il vi of Me ntor. Ohio, sends in a
fasc inating log of a station that played a speech
at the opening of cl a ndestine station Radio
Free Bougain ville. I also heard this pirate.
which operated on August 18 from 2 140 to
0007 sign off UTC. It s unclear if this was an
authorized re lay of programming from th is
di sputed portion of Papua New Guinea.

I Wellsville Maildrop Replaced

The We ll sv ille , New York, address has
been the largest mai ldrop in North American
pirate radio for some ti me. The drop operator
advises MTthat this address has been cha nged
to P.O. Box I. Belfast, New York 147 11.
Some pirate stations are sti ll announcing the
Wellsville address. but reports to these stations should now be sent to Belfast.

I FRN Grapevine Returns

The exce llent Free Radio Network internet
web site has returned to normal after a period
o f reco n s truc ti o n durin g the s umm e r.
Webmasters John Cruzan of Missouri and

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YOtJ l.OCllY PeVol.I

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North Ameri can pirate stations listed here

use the fo llowing addresses: P.O. Box I,
Be lfast.NY 147 1l :P.O. Box 109,B lue Ridgc
Summ it. PA 172 14: P.O. Box 284 13. Provide nce, R I 02908: P.O. Box 146, Stone ham.
MA O'.! 180: P.O. Box 605 . Huntsville. AL
35804: P.O. Box 5617. Ventura, CA 93005:
770 Sycamore Ave. #J 193. Vista. CA 92083:
P.O. Box 510, 40 I 0 Basel. Switzerl and; and
P.O. Box 3103. Napier. New Zealand . For
return postage. e nclose three 32 stamps in
the envelope to United States addresses. $2
U.S. or two inte rnational reply coupons go to
fo reign maildrops.

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Rush Limbaugh "endorses" Up
Your Radio Shortwave.

Kirk Trum me l of Ill ino is point out that the

" Grapevine'' message center was the last part
to reacti vate. Since the closure o f the A NA RC
and ACE BBS last spring. the Grapevine has
fil led a void as a place to leave pirate radio
messages. The http://www.clandjop.com/
- jcruzan/frn.html URL still works to access
this wonderful resource.

Europirate Reception
Regular MT reporte r Nici Wolfi sh of
Toront o, O nt a ri o. was pl eased to log
Europirate Weekend M usic Radio on 6952.6
kHz at 00 18 to 0052 s ign off from hi s inland
locati on. With w inte r conditions retu rning,
some Europeans may be trying for transatlantic receptio n around local sunset on this band.
Other Eu ros like to operate on the high end of
the 80 meter ham band . For instance, Mike
Prindle of New Suffolk, New York. and Jesse
Rose of Ha mpton. V irginia, snagged Live
Wire Ra dio from 23 19 to 00 I 0 UTC on 3927
kHz. These stations can be a real DX chal lenge !

I What We Are Hearing

We have another record 64 different pirates reported thi s month : acti vity has never
been higher! Your pirate logs arc welcome via
P.O. Box 98. Brasstow n. NC 28902, or via the
e- mail address at the top of the col umn. Al l
frequenc ies are in kH z. w ith times in UT C.

Action Radio 6955 ot 0130. A. J. Michoels dusted off

his transmitter lo a ir rock music, pirate commentary, and
criticism of the Voice of the Night. Addr: Huntsville.
(Ross ComeouMA)
Alon Mosygo Project 6955 ol 0000. Alon Parsons
Project rock music dominates their shows, but they
always hove o singsong promotion o f DXer Alon P.
Mosygo of Minnesota. Addr: Providence. (Rich ond
Tolea JurrensKoty, TX; Harold FrodgeMidlond, Ml;
Barry WilliomsEnterprise, AL;Wolfish)
All Average Music Radio 6955 ot 1430. The station
nome is selfexplonotory, olthough TV oudio is mixed in.
Addr: None. (Silvi; Pot Murphy-Chesapeake, VA)
Altered Stoles Radio 6955 al 2 130. William Hurt
recently p roduced an eloborole drama about on olien
planet. Addr: Merlin. (Wolfish; Williams)
Anarchy One 6955 al 0330. They mode it to the West
Coosl with a speech obout the U.S. military, plus rock
and clossicol music. Addr: Vislo. {Rondy RugerNorth
Hollywood, CA)
Anonymous Rodia 6955 ol 0315. Announcer Jahn Doe
ploys rock music, but his onnounced addresses ore
phony. Addr: None. (Wolfish)
Big Johnson Radio 6955 at 0100. Rock music and old
TV oudio clips ore the fare on this slotion. Some of the
programming is risque, leading some to think that the
station nome does not come from a Johnson Viking
transmitter. Addr: Providence. (Wolfish; Williams)
CHST 6954 a l 2245. The DX humor on this Canadian
pirote is hilarious. Much of it, including the stolion
slogan, involves chickens. Addr: N one. (Jahn Mello
North Scituate, RI)
Chuck E. Cheese Pizzo Parlor 6955 ot 2300. This one
specializes in parodies and novelty tunes. Addr: None.
(Williams)
Club 30 10040 al 16 15. Some stations ore using 31
meters during daylight hours, so here's a new frequency
for your receiver's memories. This one programmed
cortoon and TV theme songs. Addr: None; try the FRN
Grapevine. (Jurrens; Frodge; Silvi; Wolfish; Williams)
COPS 6955 ol 0045. "Canada's Only Pirole Slotion"
ploys country music with this Cubon coll sign, but it's by
no means the only Conodion pirate. Addr: None.
(Wolfish; Williams)
DC Radio 6955 ol 1915. The election is this month, so
this unusual Morse code station is bock with its loop
message, "Don't Vote Republican." Addr: None,
sometimes verifies logs in The ACE. (Silvi)
DT-306 6955 al 2330. This th ree pirole extrovaganzo
features A. J. Michaels of Action Radio, Dr. Blue of
Rodio EXP, ond Rodio Animal of WKND with his dog
Yoder. This was Sue's first pirole! Addr: Belfast. (Sue
Wilden-Columbus, IN; William Hassig-Mt. Prospect, IL;

Rose; Everhart; Murphy; Jurrens)

Voice of the Rock- 6955 at 12 15. Lost year this low
Radio Free Euphoria 6960 at 0130. Captain Ganja has
East Coost Beer Drinker 6952 a t 0200. Especially
a nnounced that he will stop smoking marijuana and will
powered station used o Radio Animal "Grenade"
oround the holidays, this pirate breaks out the brewskis.
become o yuppie, but don't bet on it. Addr: Belfast.
transmitter o nly once from on island off the Boston coast.
Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. (Frodge)
(Silvi; Murphy; Ross; Mello; Prindle; Rose; Hassig;
This year they hove been active on multiple weekends.
Fake Radio is Not Radio USA 6955 at 0045. This odd
Jurrens)
Addr: Providence. (Murphy; Wolfish; Prindle)
ID appeared in late August a s o program designed to
Radio Free Speech- 6955 at 02 15. Bill 0. Ri_ghts'
VOXXX 6955 at 2330. The lost three letters ore the key
stop several QSO's monotonously repeating the
fu nniest bits ore actual speeches by political Fig ures like
to this risque sailor's station. Addr: None. (Wolfish;
"Macoreno" song. Addr: None. (George Zeller
Oliver North and Rush Limbaugh, spliced for hilarious
Hassig)
effect. Addr: Belfast. (Mello; Prindle; Wolfish; Everhart;
WARR 6955 at 0 100. After WPRS, this hos been the
Cleveland, OH; Frodge; Silvi; Wolfish; Rose)
Hip Hop Radio 6955 o f 0445. This one p loys various
Murphy; Silvi; Comeau; Everhart; Hassig; Williams;
second most active pirate lately. They hove a marijuana
Ross; Rose)
music, mixed with re ligious messages and relays of other
advocacy format, but still refuse to contact listeners.
pirates such as Solid Rock Rodia. Addr: Providence.
Radio Fusion Radio 6955 at 2130. They hove added
Addr: None. (Monte Carroll-Nashville, TN; Jim
(Jurrens; Rose; Williams)
political speeches by block orators to their slick
Gershman-Warwick, RI; Myhand; Wolfish; Mello;
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy- 6955 at 0230. They
productions of rap music. Addr: Providence. (Williams;
Williams; Jurrens; Frodge; Prindle; Silvi; Rose)
feature Arthur Dent with a sci fi space drama. Addr:
Wolfish; Prindle; Jurrens; Rose; Silvi)
WKND- 6956 at 0 145. Most famous for his transmitte rs,
Blue Ridge Summit. (Pa t Murphy-Chesapeake, VA; Silvi;
Rodia Animal still produces pirate shows from time to
Radio KAOS- 6955 o f 0 l 00. Joe Moma hos created a
Ross; Wolfish; Comeau)
time. Jesse heard them re layed direct from Europe!
,_.1si;..,nt formot for his rock and comedy shows, which
ore sometimes transmitted live. Addr: Belfa st. (Joel
Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. (Rose; Hassig; Frodge;
Interstate 44 6952 a t 0230. They hove returned with a
Gosse-St. Poul, MN; Everhart; Jurrens; Williams; Silvi;
Jurrens)
show of morch music and rock music. Addr: Merlin .
(Wolfish)
Frodge; Murphy; Wolfish; Prindle; Myhand; Ross;
WLIS 3910 ct 2200. Jock B<?ggon now hos arrangeJohnny Canuck 7 4 25 a t 1700. After a long wait, QSLs
ments with Europirote relays for his interval signal
Hassig; Jurrens; Ruger; Rose)
Radio Mouser Worldwide- 6954 a t 19 15. Dr. Selsyn
have materialized in mailboxes from this harsh
programs, but he's still heard regularly in North
clandestine that opposed the Quebec seporotist
hos returned for the first time in six years. CIA-style
America. Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. (Brandt; Jurrens;
referendum. They promise to return ii the political
coded messages ore sprinkled through the shows. Addr:
Wolfish; Williams; Hassig; Rose; Silvi; Prindle; Mello)
situation warrants. Addr: Merlin. (Ross; di rect from the
Old address defunct. (Prindle; WolliSh)
WMPR 6955 of 1930. This relatively rare one come out
station)
Radio Nine- 6955 at 041 5. The ir rock music a nd sound
of the woodwork with a show of techno rock and o
K9 Kitty Radio 6955 of 1330. Their shows o re full of
effect collages sound much different from the oldies on
"micropower radio" slogan. Addr: None. (Murphy)
comedy and porody, from Barbaro Wolters imitations to
the other numbered pirates. Addr: Providence.
Woody Allen Radio- 6955 at 0100. Guess which
(Williams; Silvi; Wolfish)
comedian is profiled on this one? Addr: None. (Everhart;
cow whipping songs. Addr: None. (Silvi; Murphy)
Radio Sparks- 6950 a t 2330. This Swiss pop music
KAMP 6954 at 0 130. The main fore from a nnouncer I
Silvi; Jurrens; Frodge; Williams; Wolfish)
Am Nutts is rock music, but this is another one of the
pirate buys time on licensed stations in Italy and
WORK 6956 at 0200. It's been o while since we heard
Alon Mosyga porodies. Addr: Blue Ridge
from Workingman, but he's back with
. - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . rock music and commentary, all
Summit. (Williams; Hassig; Wolfish)
J OHN~Y CA:'\UCK! JONNY CA1''UCK! JOHNNY CANUCK ! JOfil\'SY CANUCK!
regarding work. Addr: Belfast. (Jurrens)
KAT 6950 at 0030. Their second broadcast
aired several times in la te summer from the
WPN 6955 a t 0015. The World Parody
Koppa Alpha Tau fra ternity house of the
Network mixes rock and comedy. Addr:
FOR EV IL MEN TO SUCCEED IT ONLY TAKr:S GOOD MEN TO DO NOnt tNG .
Huntsville. (Wolfish)
University of Wisconsin a t Madison. Look for
WPRS 6955 c t 0000. Willy B. Quiet' s
their "Sponk Me" interval signal. Addr: Blue
Ridge Summit. (Ross; Rose; Silvi; Comeau;
station hos been the most active pirate of
Th
e
Johnny
Canuck
projccl
reprcscnlcd
Canada's
Jasi
chance
for
unity
and
peace.
Wolfi sh)
the late summer and early foll. He
KGDR 6955 a t 0200. This is o ne o f the
programs rock and pop music mixed with
Grateful Dead music stations. Addr:
genuine old radio commercials. Addr:
Providence. (Jurrens)
Providence. (Mork Fine-Remington , VA;
Murphy; Ross; Carroll; Frodge; Ruger;
KIRK 6955 at 0245. They ploy punk rock
Quebec's cla11desti11e QSLs after nearly a year
Williams; Comeau; Everhart; Jurrens;
with strange commercials. Addr: None;
Silvi; Wolfish; Hassig; Rose)
announced ones phony. Addr: None.
(Wolfish)
WREC 6953 at 0 100. P. J. Sporx at
Radio Free East Coost hos mode it to Europe again with
Switzerland, but it also makes appearances on the pirate
KIWI 6955 a t 0030. G raham Barclay still transmits
his rock music and comedy p rogramming. Addr: Belfast.
bands. Addr: Basel. (Ranier Brand t-Germany; Wolfish;
direct from New Zealand, but he now hos a North
(Brandt; W illiams)
Jurrens; Silvi; Rose)
American relay. Addr: Napier. (Andrew Everhart,
Carmel, IN; Robert Ross, London, Onta rio; Silvi; Jurrens;
WRRN- 6955 of 0200. The election year hos caused the
Radio Texan International 6955 at 22 15. Only o few
Wolfish; Williams)
pirates function as jommers. This one, ta rgeting Radio
World Republican Radio Network to maintain regular
activity. Addr: Belfast. (William StibgenHorshom, PA;
KMCR, Magic Carpet Radio 6955 a t 0700. You
Fusion Radio, hod o powerhouse signal. Addr: None.
Frodge; Mello; Wolfish; Jurrens)
sometimes hove to stay up late to hear Magic Mike and
(Zeller)
WRY 6955 at 004 5. Pete the Pirate still cranks out the
Radio Three 6956 of 2100. Sol Amonioc now soys that
Wonda. A child sometimes gives their ID's. Addr: Blue
rock music from The Radio Virus. Addr: Belfast.
his rock station might verify logs in The ACE, implying
Ridge Summit. (Rugerl
KTLA- 6955 ot 224 5 . They hove changed their formal
that he may not. Addr: None. (Silvi; Murphy; Comeau)
(Murphy; Prindle; Rose; Wolfish; Silvi)
WSM, Grand Old Opry Radio Network- 6955 al 1600.
from oldies to a lternative rock. Addr: Providence.
Radio USA 6950 at 0115. When you hear Mr. Blue Sky
Portions of their shows are recordings from very old
(Williams; Rose)
with punk rock and comedy, you're hearing o vete ran of
Grand O ld Opry b roadcasts. Addr: Huntsville. (Wolfish ;
over o decode on the pirate bond s. Addr: Belfa st.
Mystery Radio- 6 9 55 a t 0030. The Shadow hosts new
(Prindle;
Rose;
Wolfish;
Jurrens;
Murphy;
Mello)
Williams)
Silvi;
age, industrial, and techno instrumental music that you
don't hear every day. Addr: Stoneha m. (Poul Rooles
Rockabilly Rodie 6956 a t 1415. Here' s another old one
Tulso OK; Dennis Myhand-Mercedes, TX; Prindle; Silvi;
that hos returned, appropriately enough w ith a
Jurrens; W olfish; Rose; W illiams)
rockabilly music formal. Addr: None, hos verified logs in
The ACE. (Wolfish; Prindle)
North Ame rican Pirate Relay Service- 6955 a t 2300.
Rock-It Radio- 6955 at 1500. Their professionally
Richard T. Pistek still relays other pirate stations,
produced rock oldies program is relayed via WRMI in
including Europirotes such cs Radio Mirage and
Sunshine Rodie. Addr: Belfast. (Williams; Rose; Prindle;
Miami and IRRS in Italy, l:lut they a lso oppeor via pirate
Hassig)
relays. Addr: Ventura. (Silvi; Ross; Prindle; Rose;
Orson Wells Radio- 6955 at 0115. A pirate operator
Murphy; Wolfish)
The Fox- This station hos established o Europirole relay
hos b een ploying old Orson Wells radio dramas, but
POCSAG 5 12, 1200. & 2400 baud
GOLAY 600 baud
little is known about the station. Addr: None. (Williams)
arrangement, so our readers overseas might look for it
Auto Baud Rate Oc!cction
Radio Azteco 6955 at 0245. Brom Stoker' s funny
on the Europirote bands. Addr: Blue Ridge Summit.
Allows ophon to mon1t0f all messages on channel
porodies a lways include a top ten DX list, like David
(direct from the station)
Runs in DOS and W indows (3. 1 or higher}
Up Your Radio Shortwave- 6955 at 1515. Woody B.
Minimum Sys1om Requuomonts
Letterman uses on TV. Addr: Belfast. \Frodge; Jurrens;
33 MHz 386 tor Windows
Serious' comedy bits ore selected with o lel! wing
Everhart; Murphy; Ruger; Wolfish; Si vi; Hassig;
20 MHz tot DOS
polilicol stance, os we see in their QSL pictured this
Comeau; Rose)
RS-232 16550 Senal Port
month. Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. (Silvi, Williams; Rose;
Radio Beaver- 6957 at 2300. Bucky Beaver is back with
Run up 10 4 Message Tracker unils on a single computer
Each un11 purchased separately
Wolfish; Murphy; direct from the sta tion)
rock music, Canad ian humor, and commentaries. Addr:
Merlin. (Michael Prindle, New Suffolk, NY; Everha rt;
Voice of Bizarro World (Zeller; Ross; Jurrens; Frodge;
K & L Technology
Wolfish;)
Murphy; Hassig) Addr: None. Everything is backwards
P.O . Box 460838
Radio CSA 6955 a t 0145. Southern country and rock
on this strange new pirate, so our log is also. They soy if
Ga rland, TX 750460838
you send them o QSL, they will send you three stomps
music is the staple on this new operation, where host
Phone/Fax: 214-414-7198
and o reception report. 6955 at 0100.
Stonewall Jackson identifies with the Confederacy. Addr:
Emall: KLTsupport @aol.com
Belfast. (Williams)
Voice of the Blue and the Gra y- 6953 at 1530. This one
Radio EXP- 6956 at 0030. Dr. Blue's rock and sly wit
still promises Civil War documenta ry programming
I
hos been a round fo r over ten years. Addr: Belfast.
during the fo ll. Addr: Providence. (Wolfish; Mello)
(Comea u; Prindle)

IT FAILED!

November 1996

MONITORING TIMES

71

ON THE HAM BANDS

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF AMATEUR RADIO

Ike Kerschner, N3/K

The Heath HW-9

receiver of the HW-9 (wi th

hen Heath Kit
HW-9 filt er in sharp posibrought out the
tion). Un key the station rig
HW -9 t ran ~
ceiver. I was one of the first
and key the HW-9 into a
to own o ne. T his littl e rig
dummy load. While keyed
had it a ll . g n:at sensit i\'i ty.
u p. tune R 13 1 on the HWall bands. selectivity. and
9 osci llator board until the
five watt s of solid s tat e
s ig nal peaks in the big rig's
power. I worked ~ talion~ all
receiver (again use s harpover the world with my HWest fil ter o n the rig). This
9. but a ll was not love and
adjustment w ill ma ke quite
roses. My HW-9drifted conan improvement in the numtinuo us ly. A letter to Heath
be r of QSO' s you will have
broug ht fast response in the
with your HW-9.
form of new parts for the
YFO: they were installedI Conditions
a las. to no avai l.
As we a ll know band
I had seen several mods
conditi ons ha ve no t been
for the HW-9 to improve
o ut standi ng: however. over
stability. and have tried them
the past two month s 20 and
all. T he onl y thin g that
17 meters have shown some
seemed lo work was an o ut improvement. and a lot of
board YFO: howe\'c r. 1 did
The mod that did the trick was this copper strap (see circle) soldered
nice contacts were made on
no t appreciate dragging anbetween the VFO can and the tuning cap, j11st in front of the oscillator
20
using the above-menother box a lo ng o n my
tio
ned
HW-9 with an exDXpeditio ns. Neither did the
tended zepp dipole. 15 meters. too, has had a
thought of completely modifying the g uts of
in his article that electrical ground connecfew openings. Whil e improvements have not
the HW-9 appeal to me. As a result. the HWti ons were poor. a nd a piece of fl ex ible copper
been
sensationa l. there docs seem to be an
9 did a lot of ~ itt i n g whil e o ther rigs took its
from the tuning capac itor shield to the ground
upward
trend. It 's nothing to get too excited
place.
lug of the AF gain control ( R3) would help: it
about
yet.
but there s cause for hope that the
O ne mod that seemed especially strange
did. but mecha nical stabi lity was still inadd o ldrums will soon be at an end.
was to remove the YFO can and paint the
equ ate. I took a one inch wide piece of copper.
As might be expected. conditio ns o n six
insi de of the can black: it didn't help. either.
I/16th inch thick and 2- 1/2 inc hes lo ng. bent
meters
ha ve been far from o uts tanding. There
The n. a few weeks ago. 1 came across a mod
it into an obtuse Z-shape w ith the to p lip being
have
been
a few minor openin gs. but no thing
sheet for the HW-9 by Rod Breau x WA50IH.
a q uart er inch and the lowe r lip an inch. The
as spectacular as in the summer of '95. SunAgain the VFO can wa~ me ntio ned as the
un der~ id e of the top and botto m were liberall y
day afternoons a lways turn up a few contacts
c ulprit. Rod suggested removing the can and
ti nned an d then so ldered fro m the top of the
on SS B and an occasio na l C W QSO has been
making sure everything was separated and
YFO can to the cover of the tuning cap (see
had.
no t to uc hing. ne ither o ther compo nents nor
photo).
FM acti vity see ms to be at an all -time low.
1
the can. I tho ug ht. why not try it? I di d. and
It worked The rece iver stayed zero beat on
Local acti vity in my area d ocs seem to be on
noted a defini te improvement. although st ill
WWV for over 24 hours. Now no lo nger do I
a n upsw ing. but FM does not seem to have the
not adequate.
need to keep my hand on the tuning dial. a nd
fo llowing it should on six meters. On a recent
my love affai r w ith this lit1lc rig has been
th
ree-day trip. I heard o nly one contact o n s ix.
I Stability Restored
renewed.
I suggest we use thi s column lo repo rt on
Since it seemed the secret to stability wa~
six meter activity. If you arc acti ve o n the
I Offset Adjustment
in the can. so to ~peak. I examined the YFO
band. drop me a note to keep me informed of
can very carefu lly and noted that the VFO co il
Rod a lso mentio ned oft\et adjustme nt for what is going o n a round your area. I will
(L 11 8) was touc hing the top of the ca n. Us ing
the HW-9 in hi s a rticle. I fo und it to he easy to
report it here. and hope to stimul ate more
a drift pin (l arge punc h). I pushed the top of
do. and well worth the effort. Set another rig ac:li,ity o n thi s under-utili zed but excellent
the can up to keep the coi l from touching: the
up into a dumm y load. (Do no t use another hand.
improveme nt was dramati c.
HW -9: use the best rigobtainablc w ith a sha rp
That's all for Novembe r: Keep the lelle rs
The o nly small prob lem re ma ining was to
filte r.) Adjust it to put out a watt o r two of and cards com ing. Happy Thanksgiving, allim prove mechan ical stability . Rod mentioned
power. Key the rig. and pc.:ak the signa l on the
BCNU. Ike. N3 1K

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DEMAW'S WORKBENCH
PROJECTS AND TIPS

Dou Demaw, WI

Worl<ing with Toroids

mong the man y le tters I receive

from MT readers there is o ne topic
that seems to draw the most questions. Scarcely a week passes in wh ich I am
not asked, .. How do I wind a toroid core?"
This subject has been discussed in many
magaz ine articles over the years. but those
who arc new to experimenting may not have
read about how to use toroids. Thi s month I
w ill respond to the questio n at the grass-roots
leve l.

II Understanding the Toroid

A toroid is a donut-shaped co il or transformer fou ndation o nto wh ich one o r more
he lical w indings may be placed. Toroid cores
are made fro m powdered-iron materia l, ferrite o r many layers of hypersi l steel tape.
Toroidal coil s and transformers are useful
from AC into the VHF freque ncies. A toroid
need not be made from the forego ing mate rials. however. A donut-shaped piece of lowloss plastic c an be used as a toroid at the
hig he r freq ue nc ies.
Toroids exh ibit what is called a self-sh ie lding property. Conventi o nal air-wo und solenoida l coils mu st have metal cans over the m
or be in metal compartments to shield the m
from nearby compo ne nt s (isolation). Inadequate shie ld ing in c riti cal ci rcuit s can cause
unwanted se lf-oscillation in ampli fiers. as
well as other performance problems.
The to roidal coil is mo re compact than it s
air wound brothe r for an equivalent inductance and powe r rating. A lso. it is possible to
obtain a hig he r Q (quality fac to r) with a
toroidal coil. T his is because less wire is
needed for a pani cular ind uc tance than is
required for a coi l that has no mag netic core .
The reduc ti o n in overa ll wire leng th mini mi zes the RF res istance and makes the coil
more effi cient.

II Core Material Choice

Ex pe ri menters are someti mes mi sled by
listings fo r bargain toroids in surplus electronics cata logs. Most oft he cores o ffered arc
sold without ident ificat io n concern ing the
core brand and e lectrica l c haracterist ics. This
is the o ld "pig in a poke .. si tuatio n. It is best
to amid unidentified toroids unless you have
the expe rtise to test and grade them at ho me.

74

MONITORING TIMES

November 1996

tance. the co il Q may be so low that the

c ircuit won't fu nction. Conversely. the
use of an HF core at LF wi ll e nsure high
Q, but there may no t be e nough room o n
the core for a ll of the turns needed to
obtain the desi red inductance.

I Other Core Types

FIGURE 1-Examples of three types of

f errite balun cores. These are discussed in
the text.

Generally speaking. powdered- iron toroids arc used for R F circuits from medium
freque ncy to VHF. Various core mixes or
rec ipes are used to e nsu re high Q at the
chose n operati ng freq uem:y. Ferrire cores. on
the other hand. arc most often used fo r audio.
RF broadband. and power- suppl y transformers. They arc sometimes used in non-crit ical
RF c ircui ts up to. say, I 0 MHz.
T he permeability () o r powdered- iron
toroids ex hibits very litt le cha nge in the presence of temperature variatio ns. Ferrite core
changes markedly as the te mperature increases or decreases. Therefore, powderediron toroids arc pre feJTed for the resonant
circu its in VFOs and R F fi lters where stability is important.
A princ ipa l U.S. toroid supplie r' provides
a catalog that li sts the optimum o pe rating
freque ncies for fe rrite and powdered-iron
cores. The toroid AL fac to r is also given. This
factor is used fo r calcu lating the requ ired
number o f wire turns for a spec ified inductance. versus the type o f core you want to use.
A L relates directly to the permeability of the
core material. T he greate r the permeability,
the hi gher the AL number.
An excel lent s hareware DOS program that
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The incorrect toroid for a particular operating frequency will cause d ismal performance. For example. never use a low frequency core at hig h frequcnc.;y. A lthough you
w ill be able to wind it fo r the required induc -

Another sty le of fe rrite core that

acts like a toroid is the so-called ba lun or
.. binocu lar" device. Sec fi gure I. These
cores are w idely used as foundations for
broadband impedance-matching transfo rmers in RF power amplifiers. Fi gure 2
shows how they and toroids an; wound.
Some of these cores arc tu bular in shape
and may have as man y as six small holes
through them. Thi s type is common ly used to
make chokes for use in RF filteri ng ci rcuits .

I How to Wind a Toroid

A reader once asked me . .. Do I w ind the
wire around the o uter perime ter of the toroid').. No way. Josc 1 The windings are a lways
looped through the core. as illustrated in
Figure 2.
~Draw ing A shows the smaller (primary)
winding bunched al the grou nded end of the
main (secondary) w inding . This method is
used in RF tuned ci rcuits to min imi ze unwanted capacit ive coupling between the two
(or more) wi nd ings. Capac itive coupling may
encourage the tra nsfer of harmonic cu rrents,
and would result from spread ing the smaller
w indinn over all of the larger one. A lways
leave a lO-degree gap betwc~n the ends of the
w inding, as shown. The w indings should
occupy on ly 330 degrees or the core area.
Drawing B shows the smaller windi ng
over all of the larger one. This is a common
procedure when we wind broadband RF transformers. In either case, be sure that al I of the
w indi ngs on a core are wound in a c lockwise
orcou nterclockwise sense ord irecti o n. Don't
mix the senses'
The correc t w ire le ng th fo r a spci.:ified
num be r of toroid turns may be determi ned by
fi rst placing one complete turn on the core.
then remov ing it and measuring the wire
length. M ultiply th is dimension by the number of turns. All ow two additiona l inc hes of
wire to serve as pigta ils for con nections to the
c irc uit.

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A

II

j!ll
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FIGURE 2-Mctlwds for

winding toroid and ba/1111
cores. Example A shows
the smaller winding placed
over the gro111u/cd end of
the larger winding for use
i11 11arrow-ba11d resonant
circuits. The drawing at B
is f or a broadband
transformer that has both
windings spread over 330
degrees of the core. The
illustration at C shows how
a balun core is wound. If
the smaller winding has a
center tap, it exits at the
rear of the core, as shown.

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Figure 3 shows a large lapped toroid, plus two
prewound smallcrones without taps. Remove
the ename l insulation at each tap point, then
solder a short bare wire lOthe areas where the
taps will be located. Use care to avoid allowing any of the coil turns lo short circuit to one
another. A shorted turn will ruin the coil Q.

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8 Some Final Thoughts

Equations forcalculating the required number of turns for a toroidal inductor
arc provided in Tiu' ARRL Handbook, and in the Amidon Associates FIGURE 3-The large toroid has been tapped for use

catalog (Rdcn.:ncc I). Toroids are as a variable inductor (see text). The smaller toroids
with wi11di11gs show how the wire is placed 011 a toroid
neither mysterious nor diffic ult to
core.
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mounted flat on a PC board. or they
can be installed vertically in the
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75

PiLANE TALK
MAKING SENSE OF CIVILIAN AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Jeon Boker, KIN9DD

Omni-Directional VHF/UHF Navigation Aids

elcome a board , everyone . From

the looks of our mail, o ur readers
like the ide a of Plane Talk as a
month ly co lu mn. Thanks to all of you who
wrote in contributing mate ria l and su pporting
Plane Talk. Keep those cards and letters coming!
In thi s month s column we will continue
o ur exa minatio n o f aeronautical NA V AIDS
a nd we wi ll feature o mni-di rectional navigation aids as o ur main subject.

II TACAN
The tactica l air nav igati o n (T ACAN) system was develo ped by the United States mi litary to suppo rt their mi ssio n-specific aeronautical na vigatio n requirements. T ACAN is
an ultra hig h freq ue ncy (UHF), omni-directional, radio range whic h provides continuo us, accurate slant-range distance and d irectional info rmation.
The ground equipment consists of ei the r a
fixed or a mo bile transmitting unit. T he a irborne unit. in conjunction with the ground
unit, presents the transm itted signal as a graph ic
d ispl ay of both azimuth and di stance info rmati on. TACAN is a pulse system and operates
in the UHF frequ e ncy band between 960 and
12 15 MHz.

I VORNORTAC

As the name suggests . the

essa ry t o p rovide coverage
YOR po rti on of the NAY AID
w ithin their assigned operating
tran smits in the VHF band and
service area.
the range is limited to line of
Omni-d irec tional fac il ities
sight. normally 200 nautical mile.
are classified accord ing to the ir
Frequency assig nment between
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I08.000 and 1 12.000 MH z is in
statio n classes:
T-TERMINAL
the even I0 th decimal to preL-LOW ALTITUDE
cl ude any connict w ith instruH-HIGH ALTITUDE.
ment landing system (!LS) localYO RTAC s ident ify by
izer freq uency assignme nts.
transmitting
a standard three- letAircraft eq uipped w ith YORI
A VORIVORTAC at a
ter iden tifie r in Morse code.
DM E (di stance measuring equipsmall midwest airport
Many VORT ACs are equ ipped
(photo by Harry
me nt ) receive rs use bearing inBaughn)
with voice capabil it ies o n the
formation from the VOR part of
YORTAC freque ncy. so that, in
the NA VAID and range information fro m the
n signals, pilo ts can also
additi
o
n
to
navigatio
T ACAN portion. T ACAN-only equipped airreceive
weather
broadcasts
and severe weathe r
craft (usually m ilitary) receive both bearing
info rm ation. YO RT AC or VORs w ithout
and range information from the T ACAN porvoice capabi lity are shown o n aerona utical
tion .
Altho ug h it consists of m ore than
charts
with the letter .. W'' included in the class
o ne component, incorporates more than one
designator
(e.g .. VO RT AC-W) .
operating freque ncy, and uses more than one
Identi fi cation of a YO RT AC is transmitantenna system. a VORTAC is considered to
ted continuously. except when interrupted by
be a uni fi ed navigational a id.
an actual voice transmi ssion on the voice
All VHF/U HF om ni-directio nal fac ility
feature of the NA VA ID or during pe riods of
signal s fo ll ow an approximate line-of-sight
maintenance. in which case the identifi cation
course. Recepti o n d istance increases wit h alof the fac ility is removed . The o nly positive
titude to a re li able operating range of about 40
method o f identifying a VOR/VORT AC is by
mil es at minimum en route alt itude ( 1.000
its Morse identification o r by the recorded
feet above terrain). Omni fac ilities are spaced
au
tomat ic voice ID, which is always ind iapprox imate ly 90 miles apart to e nsure navi cated
by the use of the word " VORT AC" o r
gation coverage of the airway. They are re la"VOR .. follow ing the range name. An ex ti vely free of atmospheric and precipitatio n
ample of a VORTAC voice identification
stati c.
wou ld be ''IN DI ANAPOLIS VORTAC, .. a lDocs this all sound complicated? As far as
ternati
ng w ith its three-letter Morse code identhe nav igati ng pilot is concerned. he receives
tification-i n Indy"s case. YHP.
range and bearing information: which me thod

VHF o mni ranges (YORs) used to be totally separate from T ACAN NA V A!Ds. and
s impl y transmitted VHF sig nals 360 degrees
in azimuth. o ri ented from magnetic North.
However, at least half of the NA V AIDs in the
is used to arri ve at the data is largel y invis ible
U.S . are now integrated faci lities and arc
and automatic .
known as V HF omnidirectional range/tacti One of the other macal a ir navig ati o n
j o r fun c ti ons of a
(VO RT ACJ aids. A
YORT AC/VOR o n airYORTAC provides th ree
ways is to give centerline
indi v idu a l se rvicesguidance and indicate reYO R azimuth. T ACAN
portin g po int s. Th e
azimuth. and TACAN
YORTAC generates d idi stance at o ne site. Simrectional information and
ply stated, YORT A Cs
transmits it by g round
provid e bearing (aziequipment to the aircraft,
muth) info o n V HF freproviding 360 magnet ic
q ue ncies ( 108- 117 .95
courses, called radi als . to
M Hz) and slant range/
the V ORT AC stati o n.
bearing informatio n on
VO RT ACs have whatUHF frequencies (960- Bill Ball/es in the captain 's seal of
ever power output is nee1215 MHz).
a 757
76

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November 1996

Reader's Corner
Bill Battles in New Hampshi re sends thi s
photo of hi mself in the Capta in' s seat of a
Uni ted 757. He and a fr iend toured at Boston 's
Logan Ai rport. B ill says that they were also
permitted to see the hangars and ramps, look
inside the avio nics, eng ines, and hydraulic
bays of an a ircraft, and ended up in the fl ig ht
deck of the 757 as shown in the pictu re.
Thank you to the anonymous reader who
sent the very complete Pittsburg h aero frequency printout to us: we'll be usi ng some of
those frequenc ies in a future issue.
T hat's all for Novembe r. Next month we 11
exp lore distance measuring equ ipm e nt
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fEDERAL FILE

A GUIDE TO GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS

John Fulford, WA4VPY

email: johnf@emi.net

Telling Whos Who Without a Program

ometimes we o,erlook the obvious right

unde r our noses . A story found o n the
Internet to ld of a federal monit or who
was scann ing the fede ral UHF band while in
hi s hotel on the Chi cago ri verfront.
It seems o ur mon itor was hearing French
communi cati o ns on 41 8.075 and 4 18.575
MH z. Because o f the proximity to the U.S./
Canada border. o ur intrepid li ste ner thought
he might be hearing a jo int multi-nationa l
drug operation. Not speaking any Fre nch. o ur
li ste ner sat o n his balcony perched mo re than
30 stories above the ground. his cars hanging
on every word. To keep himse lf amused. he
was watching the Canadian traveling show.
the Cirque du Solei/, perfom1ing in their c ircus tents below him.
He finally suspected so mething as he
watched the performers speaking into the ir
two-way radi os w ith the attached U HF allle nnas. and heard the voices com ing out of his
sca nner. To e nd a mystery. the radios we re
used by the c irc us-not drug agent s.
What docs thi s have to do with federal
monitoring? T here are o nl y a finit e number of
freq uenc ies. W hat arc used for federal operatio ns in thi s country arc used for land mobile
o perati o ns in othercountri cs. T o further complicate the matter. some oJ' the Federa l age ncies are becoming very <:onspic uo us by the ir
absence o n the federa l bands.
As an example. if you tra vel in So uth
Flo rida. you w ill be hard pressed to hear
anything on the frequenc ies used by the United
States Marshall" s Offi ce. The activi ty is gone.
For a point ofrcfercnce, he re is the nat io nwide
assignmen t o f the ir freq ue nc ies:

United States Marsha/ls Office

Qilln
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13

78

f'r~~l ll~IJ<,;V

!.bi:

163.812
163.2000
163.2000
163.B125
164.6000
164.6000
170.BOOO
162.7125
162.7125
170.8500
162.7875
162.7B75
170.8750
170.9250
170.9000
170.7500
170.B500

5C/M
Rptr out
Simplex
C/M
Rptr
Simplex
C/M
Rptr out
Simplex
C/M
Rptr out
Simplex
Bureau of Prisons
Bureau of Prisons
Bureau of Prisons
Federal Court Security
Federal Court Security

MO NITORING TIMES

November 1996

Can you tell the clowns from the f eds? It's

not as easy as it used to be.
As noted. the re is no ac tivity down he re o n
the usua ll y busy channel of 163.2000 MH z. A
vis ual check of the U.S. Marshall's vehic les
show a 160 M Hz an tenna still o n the m. so we
have to assume the re is sti ll VH F capability.
One add itio nal ante nna was noticed: an 800
MHz antenna. Some veh ic les had two of these
an tennas on the m. A quick look in side these
vehicles showed a ce ll ular te lephone-th is
was expected. as more and more traffi c is
be ing done o n the cellul ar frequenc ies- and
also anot her 800/900 MH z radi o.
What cou ld the o ther radio be? This is the
SMR (Speciali zed Mob ile Rad io) system that
is being used more and more. With a Motorola
SMR radi o. such as a STX82 J seri es. the
offi cer can ha ve access to all the Motorola
compatible ci tywide. countywide. or even
statew ide systems in use in hi s assignme nt
area. He can a lso have access to private service providers where he and hi s ot he r agent s
are running their commu nicati o ns right a long
with the pizza deli very service. the pool man.
a nd the local escort service.
For the past couple of years down here in
South Flo rida, there has been a jo int federa l/
sta te operation running aga inst drugs and violelll c rime. This was a mult i-agency group
composed of FBI. DEA. State of Flo rida. and
who knows who else. They operated as a
bu siness up on the 800 MH z trunk ing frequenc ies off tower system s based in Boca
Raton, Ft. Lauderdale, a nd M iam i. Florida .
T his tower combinatio n provided re lia bl e
communicatio ns over al I of South Florida and

even into the Baha ma Isla nd chain.

This g roup came active on the trunked
system around 2 100 hrs in the eveni ng and
quieted dow n towards su nup. They were first
noti ced by a very astute monitor w ho noticed
a ll of the trunked activ ity at 3 a m. Not many
people were getting their pizzas then.
A nyway, thi s is somethi ng to th ink abo ut
when looking for federal activity in your area.
How can you determ ine if ano ther "stealth"
radio syste m is in use'1 T he easiest way is to go
and look at the equ ipment. Be discreet. Visit
your loca l federa l courtho use and sit in on a
federa l trial. The mai n poi lll is: DO NOT go
around federa l buildi ngs carrying frequency
coulllers o r other intercept equipme nt. It can
be done visually o r from a safe distance in the
parking lot. Also. the evening news genera ll y
shows fede ral agencies making arrests . G et a
look at their rad ios.
Once you have fi g ured out there is ano ther
radio system in use. your task is to find it.
We a re seeing mo re a nd more local and
state agenc ies that are equi pped wi th federal
rad ios. As an example. on Feb. 16, I 996. there
was a passe nger tra in colli sio n in S ilver
Springs, Mary land. T here was great property
damage and loss of life. As with most major
disasters , everybody and his brother showed
up. each with the ir own rad io syste m.
The Montgomery County , Maryland, Fire
and Rescue showed up with the ir assortme nt
of fede ral radios. T he frequency use at the
scene was:

Montgomery Co., Maryland, Fire & Rescue

Gh
lli.lu!e.o.cY
Jill
01

02
03
04
05

408.4000
418.0500
417.6000
418.0750
418.0500
418.0750
418.5750

Simplex and Input to

Simplex and Input to

Simplex and Rptr out

Simplex and Rptr out
Simplex

The freq ue ncies of 408.4000, 4 18.0500,

a nd 4 18.5750 are inte rmitte nt use, wide area
c han ne ls avail able for use o n a shared agency
basis by the U.S . Governmen t. T he freque nc ies arc in heavy use in the Washingto n. D.C.,
a rea wi th many agencies using the frequencies j ointly.

I More National Forest Frequencies

I received a list of frequenc ies from a
reader in the Missoula. Montana, are a. It

seems one of the local retail stores distributes

this list for radio mon itoring in the national
fore~ts out there. Here i~ a summary of the
listings:

01
02
03
04

164.7000
164.7000
164.1000
164.9125
164.9125
164.1750

East Forest Simplex

East Forest Rptr oul
Rplr lnpul
West Foresl Simplex
Wesl Foresl Rptr out
West Forest Rptr lnpul

01
02

Ghan

Ot

168.6500

01

166.3750

03

~
168.7500
168.7500
168.1500
170.5000

Tr3n,1111t1c '"<"' 1n HM.Ir .11\'.1 .it(' n.-..c.u.. hc:-.:.1.mJ ma1\c-.loo3

Primary Simplex
Secondary Simplex

t-<.;1u111ul S I!~" I I lull ,111... ph1t

01
02

171.3875
171.3875
172.0750

167.0750
167.0750
166.3250

.i.11\"'""'l'

Primary Simplex
Primary Dispatch

Ftulx11 P.1111.1 ..... \ I S

Lewis and Clark National Forest, White

S ulpher Spring.1
01

168.7750

u..se

a lot of low power f'requern;ies in the 169/ 17 1

MHz band whic h arc being licensed throughout the country. These arc for low power.
short range work. They could be used by Lhe
local fast food chain. the ~choo l board for
thcir wireless 111 ikcs. or for survei Ilance transmi lters. These frequencies should be entered
in your frequency bank in your scanner. You
may never hear anything more interesting
than the local dri ve through. but on one occasion I did overhear a body bug on one of the
frequencies uti lized in a drug dea l by federal
agents.
The frequencies arc:

Primary Dispatch

Lewis and Clark National Forest, Mt. Home,

Montana

Forest Simplex
Forest Rptr out
Forest Rptr Input
Forest Work Net

CJlan

01
02

u..se

168.7750
168.7750
168.1750

u..se

Primary Simplex
Rptr Output
Rptr Input

El Dorado National Forest, Northern California

Forest Simplex
Forest Rptr out
Rptr Input

Forest Simplex
Forest Rplr Output
Forest Rptr Input

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nti~h~ t"C'~~ ~"Ur
uffi;.c_ ,1101JnJ 'J'i'I"" ''"11lim'
"'llhm 1hl- l n11cJ S1:11n \\r Jo1IJU<.I
m.1.p ,,)\l'r.lj?l' f1lf ~~I rC'"'1lh1ht~. dc'f'rtJin11>t1 lr.tn,mt1tlr ''' e .klbll\
ln\.1lu.1Mt t.11..J1dpnIC',,too.d anJ h1.nh)t'' ' lnr 1J<'n111) 1flt=
tu~ ~r.. "'4\!Jn:'.."'' uf r.:Ml111 m1..-1lc1c1""(' ';!( S..-11l11k'.n1 ' U<Cl mtl"ll"cllo n .mJ
~h.:< \. 1111 ~.:!~ ~~ JXl!''Mt co R11l1o;rt l',un ..n

u..se

N..td111 I k" tr1m~,(\111,u ll111

1(1,.1:1.I. ( h\\ ~!! ' 11 hi I~ t ~

Poplar National Forest, Ft. Peck, Mo11ta11a

ClJiJil
~
I.ill
01
02

1-('(" 111.C'n'<J ''' c fnon1 \ LF

mC'll.kkJ

Kootenai National Forest, Libby, Mo 11ta11a

Ghan

1hroui:.h 1111.. m._,l\C 11H.hhl1ni; ('Olin. lih. (.'\.'llul.u phom \II('~.'"""~"'1nJu,t11.1l. lvo.llJ...ht,i.. ;and 'tk-..1:d I.\\ u;in..1111t,1 llC'' C.i.l IJ::'I
fmJUrn.:'~ 3'-IJ.'nmcnh, MW n311k'' l"fO\ 1dc:J 11.im r~uo ,uuun. lll.14

~ ~'II I I l11u_;I."

CJlan

01
02

166.3750
167.0250

RadioMap-

u..se

Yel/owstone National Park

Bitterroot National Forest, Hamilton, Mou tan a

Ghan

West Yellowsto11e National Park

Lo/o National Forest, Missoula, Montana

Ghan

West Glacier National Park

C.!!.an

171.5250
415.5250
415.2500

164.1250
415.3250

172.3250
415.2250

166.6750
415.5750

Local Intrigue
169.4450
171 .0450

As mentioned in earlier col umns. there are

169.5050
171.1050

170.2450
171.8450

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The SBCA Show: Futurewatch

ie Opryland Hotel in Nas hYi lle. Tennessee. is a good place lo be in the

rniddl e
the ~ urnrncr. And that' s exactly where the Satell ite BroaJca~ti n g and
Communicat io ns Assoc iatio n (SBCA) ho lds
its annual summer trade ~ h ow. The country
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satell ite ind ustry . It is composed of sate llite
ma nu fac tu rer~. system operators. equipment
makers. di stributor~. retailers. DBS companies. encryptio n ve nJ o r~ . and programmers.
At the su mmer s how in Nashville. the industry unveils new products in fron t of thousands
o f retailers and the ind ustry press from a ll
over the t:Ountry. Herc new rece ivers. prog ramming. and hardware can be seen fo r the
first ti me: dea lers get hands-o n experience:
and vendors pitc h the harJ sell.
As proof of the vitality of the satellite T V
industry. last summer's SBC/\ show set a n
all-rime record. On thl.! conve ntion tloo r over
6.000pa11icipantscamc to check out the wares
of 163 compa nies. including 30 first-ti me
ex hi bi tor~. Attendees had the c hance to compare first-ha nd the five satellite TV systems
curren tl y marketed: C-band. DSS ( DirecT V
and USSB). Prim cstar. A lphaS ta r. a nd
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In addi tio n. 25 di ffere nt panels and workshops were offered to educate dealers o n a
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Cautio ns against hearing loss were tossed
to the wind as all 163 exhi bitors seemed to
have rai~ed thei r di splay volume to a new
notc h in orJer to be heard. The result was a
strange din of mu sic. beat, sa les harangue.
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was left of the cars and eyes of attendees.
Antenna manu factu rers. rece ive r makers.
system component make rs. and dot.ens of
peri pheral equi pment manufacwrers brought
their goods for di splay. Accessory suppliers
abounded. like tre ncher machines. wire supplie rs. and at least one company selli ng genuine theater accessories such as popco rn machines (5726) and theater scats ($372 for a
ve lo ur rocker w ith padded arm re st and
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I DBS Domination

RCA DSS complete system from Thomson

Con.r nmer Electronics set a record for unit
.mies for a home electro nics product in ten
months: I m illion.
General l n~trument. and l\ lphaStar had created littl e g lass-enclosed sa n ctuarie~ within
their d isp lays where sales people and clients
could ~hout at each other at a more normal
pitc h. A ll 6.000 a tt endee~ seemed to be on
the lloor at all times. and my canvass General lnstrument4DTV tote bag~ were q uickly
filled up with sa les literature.
It was o rganized mayhem as various characters dressed as Uncle Sam o r DIS H Ma n
accosted attendees. Dealer~ and the ir wives
stood in lo ng lines to get the ir picture taken
next to an actua l NASCAR race car. An
adu lt TY channel booth featu red a buxom
blonde goddess w ho was sig ning her au to graph to a black and white photo of herself.
as over-the-hi ll satellite TV dealer~ stood
patie ntly in li ne. Over a t the Disney c hannel
an an i ~ t was d rawing Winnie-the-Pooh over
and O\ l.!r for an eq uall y long and con ~ider
ably less patient line of youngste r~ and their
moms.
All the big program mers were there: HBO.
ESPN. MTV. Playboy 11.!~scr programrm:r~
like The Go lf C hannel. Mor M usic Te lev ision. and channe l ho pefu ls like the Wi~do m
Network. America' s Health 1etwork. and
CNNS I (The Sports News Network from

The d irec t broadcast satel Iite (DBS ) industry dom inated the show. Primcstar. Echostar.
AlphaStar. DirecTV. and USSB a ll had large
sophi sticatcJ displays wi th banks of video
mon itors showing off thc ir channcl sas plucked
from the sky a t the show's d ish fo rm just
o utside the co nve ntion floor. DBS-related
periphera l s uppliers hawked the ir wares. Most
rece iver manu facture rs had no new C -band
gcarto show but offered their latest wrinkle in
the DSS market. Traditional C-band hardware vendo rs. such as Uniden and Toshiba.

Sony m odel SAS-AD2 top of the lin e DSS

f eafllres a universal joystick programmable
remote control, one bu/Ion record with VCR
m ouse, direct 11111i11g on-screen m enu
sy.11e111, dual output L N B (for two
receivers ), wide-band data interface for
future HDTV, low .1peed data port for
connecting your computer and m ore.

joined Hitac hi , Samsung, RC A. Philips . and

others with the ir nearly identi cal vers ion s of
the same DSS prodult.
Intriguing. tho ug h expens ive. DSS- re lated
products were al so to be seen. A company
called Datron m akes a mob ile sate llite receiYing syste m for fixed and in-motion viewi ng of
DirecTV and USSB. Yes . you can be rocketing down the Interstate in your RV a nd the rest
of the fa mily can be enjoying DSS TV . Ho used
in a 14 .S-inc h high e nc:losun.: to shield it from
the wind. the a nte nna aligns it self to n.:ccive
DSS s ig nal s from anywhere in the conti nental
U.S. as you weave in and o ut of traffic. It 's
the ir DBS-4000 (and that's an indic ation of
the price. too).
RF-Lin k is a company which makes a

ing audi o. sate lli te T V dea lers were summoned to the G. l. booth w ith a ~eductive look
in to the fu ture (and stacks ofG. I. T-shirts o n
the back o f w hic h was printed wild Feed. I
Think I Love Yo u"'). Pro mising 600-pl us channels (inc luding audio ~ u bcarri e r~J im:rca~i n g
to 1,000 channels . G. l. has set o ut to right the
sinking C-band industry s ing le-handedl y wi th
4DTV , the receiver that does it all .
Us ing tech no logy that mak1.:s DSS gear
look li ke yes terday's J\M radi o. 4DTV g ives
viewers everyt hing. It receives in -the-c lear
analog. VC I IRS encrypted. digital in-the-dear.
and d ig ital e nc rypted.
But wait. the re's more! You get a high speed synchro no us po rt fo r data applicati o ns
~ uc h as video gam..:s a nd Interne t access: a
hig h-speed data po rt for hig h definit io n telev isio n ( HDTV) capabil ities and o the r fulllre applicatio ns:
low-speed d ata port for PC computer applications: a g raphical user
inte rface (GUI) driven program
g uide; VCR interac tio n. uni versa l
U HF/IR re mo te and more !
G.l. has dev ised a care full y
planned mult i-fa ccti.:d strategy to
revi ta li ze th e C-band indu stry
which sho uld have quite an effect
in the next 12 months. I'll have an
in -de pth look at thi s revolutionary
rece iver in nex t mo nth' s co lumn.

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you go to visit yo ur mothe r-in- law if yo ull
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The news o n the C-band front wa ~ no t a ll
g loomy. There we re the fami liar (and hearty)
di sh manufac turers: O rbitron. Kaul-Tronics.
and Pe rfect I 0. The venerable aclllator make rs Venture and Von We ise were there. too.
But the sensation fo r the C-band ~ i d..: o f the
show belonged solely to Genera l Instrument
(forme r scourge tu rned sav io r). w hose new
a nd lo ng-awaited ret:e iver. the -IDT V (formerly t:a lled "Triple Play") w;1s the first thing
to assault the senses when yo u wa lked o nto
the convent io n floor.
With an e no rmou s sc reen and ear-numb-

Few things hav..: cha nged faster

tha n the sate lli te TV industry. T en
years ago. hu lking fi berglass d ishes domi nated the television receive only (TY RO)
landscape: ~yste m s typically cost $2 .000: there
were fcw1.:r t: hanne ls, few er satellites. and
DBS was unheard or. A ll thi s changed just
two years ago as DBS to re th rough the la ndst:ape li ke a tornado: no thing wou ld look the
same.
Now with compe titi o n no t just in the DSS
service. but in the w ho le DBS st ruc ture. and
the addit io n of G. l. 's 4DTV. viewers haw the
widest possible range of c hoices. Fol ks w ho
just want t:able far..: a nd don' t m ind the big
bills can get a DBS syste m for under $200.
Folks who \\ ant t:able fare and i111ernat ional
program min g. wi ld fe eds. and b;ick-hau b can
get a full vi1.:w syste m fo r about S 1.500. And.
fo lks who want it all--cab lc. fu ll-view. a nd
di gital- can d o ~o for about $2.500 w ith
-IDTV. Everybody w ins except the cable compani es. Rec kon what they' ll do with all that
cable that no bo dy needs?

No longer iu the C-band satellite receiver

b11si11ess, Toshiba un veiled its entry into the
DSS field.

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EXPERIMENTER'S WORKSHOP
Bill Cheek

TWEAK, TUNE, AND MODIFY!

Internet: bcheek@cts.com

ProbeScope from Radio Shacl<

ne of the first items I no ticed in

Rad io Shack s 1996 cata log (released in A ugust 1995 ). was the ir
"Probe Style O scilloscope .., to uted to be avail ab le o n November 30. 1995. In fac t it took
almost a year. but ProbeScope linally aJTi ved !
After dogged pe rsiste nce. I was ab le to learn
the de lay was due to ProbcScope s fai lure to
meet FCC emi ssio n standards .
The 1996 catalog descriptio n called it a
"20-MH z oscill oscope in a probe!'' but the
version that actually came to market is o nly
good for 5 MHz. Pe rhaps it had 10 be th rottled
back to meet emiss io n standards'l If so. thi s
suggests a possible modification to restore ..
the 20 MHz band widt h . I' II look into it thi s
year: if you di scover a mod before I report it.
please send me the detail s.
At any rate. the fact that 5 M Hz ProbeScope
is tri ckling to the store shel ves sho uld be a
matter of g reat interest to yo u. Unti l now.
osc illoscopes have occupi ed the domain of
profess ional labs and the more afn uc nt service shops . The price of a basic osc illoscope
reall y hasn 1 dropped below $500 yet. and
those wi th any sort of bandw idth. se nsiti vity,
and fea tures start at $ I 000 and go th rough the
roof.
Whil e ProbeScope isn 1 go ing to bri ng
down any roofs because it is a wrr basic
oscilloscope. but its certa inly affordable for
electron ics stude nts and experimenting hobbyists at$ I00. It wi ll do a fin e j ob o f detecting
and di splaying analog and digital waveform s
and log ic s ig nals up to a bout 5 MH z.
ProbcScopc is al so good fo r checking DC
level s.
It s real claim to fa me is in the soft ware and
it s a bilit y to inte r face to a co mput e r.
ProbcScope comes with software for both
DOS a nd Windows 3.1/Windows 95. This
e ffecti vely mea ns that Pro beScope is also a

FIG-1: PROBESCOPE

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storage osc i Iloscope. Figure I

shows ProbeScope and most of
the materials that come wi th it.

II Specs, Controls, and Ports

FIG-2: CONTROLS & FEATURES

Menu

S I

ACDCGND
"'\
~ "'-

Voltage
Serial Line
Sel ector / To PC

~~~:)

As a l ready m e nti o ned ,

ProbcScope' s band width is DC
to 5 MHz. The maxi mu m DC
voltage that can be safely sampled
is I 00 volts . Maximum AC voltage is 33-volts (RM S) because
the peak value of an AC sig nal is
muc h hig her tha n the RMS value. Ten sampli ng rates arc provided fro m 50-nanoseconds
to I-milli second. Pro beS cope has an o n-board
6-b it anal og-tu-dig ita l (AID) converte r for 64
levels of resolut io n. There! are six selectable
levels for auto and internal trigger. as well as
a po rt for external tri ggering. T he on-board
LCD d is play has a resoluti on of 16 by 32 dots .
and a switchable back light.
A serial po rt sends data to the PC at 19.2kbps. The aceuracy of the digita l vo ltmeter
(DVM ) section is 2 to 5 percent. Externa l
DC powerof9- to 13-volts is requ ired. and an
a ll -purpose cab le is s upplied for a 9-vol t battery. a bench supply. o r even a "wall-cube ..
adapter. so lung as the 13-volt maximum is
no t exceeded. C urre nt d rain is 85-m illi amps
with the back lig ht and 12- milli amps witho ut.
Ph y~ica l dimen sion s are 6-1/2- inc hes by
15/ 16-i nches by 3/4-inches . W e ig ht is a littl e
less than o ne pound .
A 386 or better CPU is required to operate
ProbeScope under Windows, but even though
128-k ilu bytes random access memory (R AM)
is spec ifi ed.rd not feel comfortable with less
than 4- megabytes. Operatio n fro m MS-DOS
3.3 or later is a different story where the 128ki lo bytes ofR AM is probably about rig ht. My
..g ut feel'' is that a 286 computer could run
ProbeScope. but that' s no guara ntee. A VG A or EGA monitor is
MATERIALS
requi red.
Fi g ure 2 shows the controls and most of the input/output
pon s of ProbcScope. Nor shown
a rc the sig nal ground and external trigger pon s located o n the
othe r side of the probe.
The 'men u and .. select..
buttons a re the exte nt of the main
operati ng controls . The menu ..

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'=

Zero
Level Adju st

LCD
DI splay

DC Power
Jack

button presents fo ur d iffere nt screens, and the

" select'' button picks de tail s from each screen.
The .. AC-DC-Gnd" swi tc h selects the ty pe o f
sig nal to be detected by the ProbcScope (AC
or DC) a nd the Gnd positio n grounds the input
so that no sig nal s can get in . allow ing a no isefree baseline to be set by the ''zero level
adjust.'' The "voltage se lector.. has three pos itions: I-volt. I 0-volts. and I00- volt s. Resolution of a few millivolts is poss ible.
The ''seria l line to PC' jack is a mini 2-pin
coax ia l jack that accepts the mating plu g on
one end of the supplied serial cable. The o ther
e nd of thi s cable term inates in a fema le DB-9
plug that con nects to a COM (serial) port on
the PC. The software automat icall y detects the
act ive com port and no setup is required .
The 'DC power jack .. is also a coaxial j ack.
but a different size than the ..serial li ne jac k:
so confusion between the two is no t li ke ly. I
am not especia ll y pleased w ith the exte rnal
power requirements and the one s upplied power
cable for the ProbeScopc. so I modified mine
for a s impler con nection. using a 12-volt at
100-milli amp .. wall adapter'' cu be that really
put s o ut 17-VDC under no load. I was afraid
this could da mage the ProbcScope. so I built in
a T 0-92 size 9-volt 3-port regulator into the
encl of the adapter cube wire where it feeds a
(5 .5-mm o utside diamc tcr/2. 1-mrn inside di ameter) coaxia l plug . Sec Fi gure 3 for how to
do th is.
The 78L09 regul ator and two 1-uF capac ito rs arc hard-wired into the rear end of the
coax ial plu g. A fter the reg ul ated 9-volt output
tested OK. I scaled the coax ial p lug asse mbly
in hot-g lue and heat shrink tubing . Thi s took
care of the power needs for my test be nch. For
ponable requirements. I use the stock su pplied
power cab lec lipped to a 9-volt batte ry. 12-vol t
automoti ve electrical supplies are fine. too.

opt ions again. Two

more repetitions of this
and you re ready to
connect a (supplied)
grou nd wire from the
To ProbeScope 's
Probe to the chassis or
DC Power Jack
ground of the eq uipment under test. Then.
+
5.5mm/2.1mm
touch the Probe tip to
Wall
RS #274-1569
the signal point and
Cube
read the LCD di splay.
RS #272-1434
That 's it. in a nutshell.
Of course, you' II
Radio Shack specifies a wall cube" adapter.
want a PC in on the act, too, so connect the
#273-165 1, that wi ll work without modificasupplied serial cable between the Probe and a
tion if you don' t have a generic spare adapter
co m port on the PC. Launc h e ither th e
laying around like I did.
ProbeScope Windows p rogram or the
The PC interface feature o f the ProbeScope
"ScopeDOS" program for DOS. Either of
is one of its strongest points, but also one of the
these programs detects the active com port, so
weakest: strong for its PC operat ion, weak,
there is no setup requ ired. Whatever is disbecause it' s a one-way interface. That is, the
p layed on the LCD screen of the Probe apPC collects. processes, and displays data from
pears on the monitor in nearly real oscillothe ProbeScope, but cannot control it. All
scope resolution and appearance.
control of the ProbeScope is manuall y done at
If you pre fer the DOS program, press "print
the probe. Settings of the probe are sent to the
screen" on the keyboard for an immediate
PC for display and logging. right along with
printout of the screen. Press " ALT +print
the actual signal data, but from the PC, all you
screen" in the W indows program and then fi re
can do is control the display: not
the probe itself. Bum mer.
You don' t have lo have a computer to operate the ProbcScope.
The liquid crystal display (LCD)
on the side of the probe is funcl~sat;=J
tional. I s uppose this is great for
.......
itlNT l HN\,RUN
portab le or re mote si tuations
where a PC is not convenie nt. but
!AC
the resolution on the tiny di splay
leaves something to be desired.
Yo u can live w ith it, though you
w ill want tousea computerwhenever possible because the moniOVMHOLO
tor disp lay is almost exactly like
Author's Nole:
The MS.OOS sa-ecn
a "real'" oscilloscope.
is almost identical
Figure 4 shows a display us- L.:.;;;:.;;;;:;::.;;;.;~~--~~--~~,;,;,;.......;.;.~--~_..
...-..... "'
......_.
ing the Windows software: however. the DOS software is looks exactl y like it
with only a little less resolution. typical of
DOS graphics. Both arc acceptable.

FIG-3: HOME-MADE POWER

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..

I Operating the ProbeScope

Unlike a real osci lloscope that can give you
hives and upset your day, ProbcScope ischi ld' s
play to operate. First you dete rmine whether
you want to analyze DC or AC and set that
swi tch accordingly. Then you estimate the
level of the signal to be sampled ( 1-10-1 OOv),
and set the voltage se lector accordingly.
T hen press the " menu,. button a few times
to see all the c hoices. Start w ith the fi rst
choice. use the se lect" button. Advance the
" menu" button one tap and run the "select"

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up your Windows Pa int or Paint Brush program. a nd paste into the display and print
from there, or save it as a bit map (BMP)
graphic fi le.
You can also save waveform screens to a
file. according to the documentation, but try
as I may. I can' t deci pher enough about it to
tell you the in side scoop. Just fo llow the
instructions and you ' ll get the hang of it.
Apparently, you open a file for the running
program, and then every time you save it, the
latest screen replaces any earlier ones in the
fil e . Therefore, ii appears necessary to create
a new fi le for eac h screen you want to save.
For now, I am more inc lined to copy a screen
to the c lipboard and then paste it into a paint
program to make a graphic file out of it. DOS
users may want a "sc reen c ut" utility to make
it a littl e easier to capture waveforms.

8 Conclusion
ProbeScope is much more than a toy, and
almost. although not quite the real th ing."
It's good enough fo r the student and hobbyist
so long as signal limitations are not exceeded.
ProbeScope might even suit certa in needs
around the "pro-shop'" where one " real" oscilloscope serves two benches and where the
budget won't afford a second $2000 scope .
ProbeScope is fine for basic audio and intermediate freque ncy (IF) signal analyses . In my
opi ni on, though, it represents more of w hat
the future holds in store than any greatness of
the mome nt. In other words, if you can hold
off purchase unti l next year 's model comes
out, do so. If not, well, thi s first version
definite ly works.
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(OMPUTERS & RADIO

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FTWARE REVIEWS

Jo n ata ano,

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News Bytes, and an ACARS Alternative

s, thi s month we wil l look at yet a.nother

ACARS , but don't go away. This one.
fr om Un iversal Radio. is different
enough to get our auention. But first, let' s look
at what is happening in the world of computers
and radio in thi s pre-Christmas season.

First-A WiNRADiO Update

The reported slow scanning speed which we

saw in last month' s review has already been
greatly improved with software revision 3.1.
This doubles the scan speed to almost fortyeight channel s per second. Not bad at all. In
fact. the difference is dramati c and now allows
WiNRADiO to be used as a pretty good VHF/
UHF scanner.
The new software is available for downloading on the Rosetta (WiNRADiO) web page
(http://www.winradio.net.au). By the way ,
the U.S. price for Wi NRADiO is $700. and it's
available from a number of dis1ributors. Check
the Rosetta web page for details of their distributors worldwide.
A Marriage of Shortwave/Internet

You would ci1hcrhave to be in a coma or just

arrived from another plane! not have read some1hinu about the effect the internet has had on the
wireless radi o industry. The pros and cons have
been debated in the pages of MTand around the
entertainment. communications. and hobby
industries.
But. accordi112 to an article in the San Francisco Examiner, ; nc company has been able to
utilize the best points of both to develop a
profitable business. The Global Wire less company has been around for a num ber of decades.
providing shortwave radi o communications
services to co mmercial and professional customers.
You might ask , in thi s era of satellite communications, who needs shortwave any more?
The answer may surprise you as much as it did
me.
Although the U.S . mi li tary brass has become ena~ored with the high-tec h space communicaiions and images prov ided by sate IIites.
battlefield commanders are not as entranced.
Si nce the fie ld guys arc just trying to prepare for
a possible li fe-t hreatening confrontation in the
field. the ir viewpoint sometimes varies from
that of the top eche lon.
Besides,, currentl y-and fo r the foreseeable
future- the demand for military satel lite com-

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munications far ou1weighs the avai lable channel s. This is causing some "priority bumping"
of scheduled users- an uncomfortable, but
common, occurrence these clays.
The commercial world is ex periencing a
similar situation. The cost of a sea-to-land
telephone call is very high : around $ I0 per
minute. Imagine the monthly telephone bills
for an oil tanker company at that rate 1 Global
Wireless thought of that. too. So, by using a
shortwave I ink to obtain the ship (mobile) message, and by using the internet s e- mai I capability, the circuit is completed by Global. Although the message is not qu ite instantaneous.
the cost to the user is substantially less than the
direct sa1ellite lin k. It 's a pretty nifty use of new
and old technologi es.
Global Wirele~ss has added the old Voice of
America (VOA) Di xon. Californ ia, transmission site to its constantly growing Global Radio
Network. Their newly announced GlobeEmail
is now available to private as well as commercial vessels anywhere in the world. Call 4 15726-6588 or fax 4 15-726-8604 for more in formaiion. We wish them the best of luck.
Consumers Beware

As we all know. the only thing that' s certain

in electronics is that the price wi ll go down.
Now. if you remember back to the dark days of
computing you'll remember that terminals were
how people used a computer. Due to their high
cost. computers were located at a ce ntral location and many users connected to it. The terminal was only a keyboard and display. Did I hear
you say, ''how old and archaic?" Yes, I agree in
these days of inexpensive hard dri ves and s in king random access memory (RAM) memory
costs.
But. there are some compan ies out there
who either didn ' t learn the lesson. or were
selling used cars during this phase of evoluti on.
Some of them are now making a big deal out of
the old network computer (sometimes called
the NC). Don' t be foo led by the promise of a
$500 low price. Other than being able to use
your TV ins1ead of a monitor. they have very
little to offer. In fact, the TY hook-up can now
be accomp lished by an r computer. given the
new rash of PC-to-TY converters now on the
marke1.
Add to thi s the fact that ACER and other PC
manufacturers have announced a $500f11/lfea111re computer: and where does that leave the
network com puter concept? Hopefull y. for the

consumer's sake. back in the late sixties, where

it shou ld have stayed.
RAMing Speed!

!just paid $90 for 16 megabytes of RAM for

my Pentium. On a special deal from a magazine
ad? No, this was a newspaper-advertised pri ce
from a walk- in computer store.J ust fo ur months
ago I had to dig very hard to get 16 megabytes
at under $200. Al though the industry says that
the RAM price slide has stopped (wishfu l thin king). I th ink it will continue, although not at the
dramatic rate that we have seen in the past year.
8 Magnetic Drives Are Going Crazy!

Hard drive prices conti nue to fal l. One

gigabyte (that is 1,000 megabytes) ID E drives
are between $150-1 85. 1 ve seen two gigabytes
drives at a low price of $1 50, but they' re
w;ually around the $200 mark. News is that a 50
megabyte floppy dri ve is about to be brought
into the market. Recordable CD-ROM prices
arc fa lling, and are now under $700.
Digital video disks (DVD) can be had for
$800 and contain fo ur hours of video on a C DROM size disk. Can you imagine what that wi ll
mean for the next generation of CD-ROMs 9
H ours of video interspersed in rhe program ,
enabling even more real istic simulations.
II Net Browser TVs

The internet continues to grow, and now TV

manufactu rers have caught the internel bug.
Watch for new TVs which have internet capabilities. Not in one or five years: You'll start
scein<> them in a few short weeks. The race to be
1he fi~st TV manufacturer to int roduce one is
rounding the fin al turn . And the internet just
keeps on growing.
YAA: Yet Another ACARS

The aircraft commun ication s addressing and

reporting system (ACA RS) is a digita l s ignal
broadcast by commercial airliners at various
times during their fl ight. Takeoff details, landing estimates. enroute waypoints. and weather
ar~ some of the informatio n which is broadcast
via ACA RS. We have already looked at a
number of ACARS decoders from vari ous
manufacturers in this co lumn. But the ACT- I.
available fro m Un iversal Rad io. Inc .. differs
enough 10 warrant yet another look.
As the thirt y-three page ACT- I instruction

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From here you
can choose to save an ACARS recepti on sesbooklet indicates. in the United States and
Canada 13 1.550 MHz is the primary ACARS
sion to disk in one of fo ur data fo rmats. or have
channel. When heard on a scanner the ACARS
it printed as you receive it. Ex iting the program
signal sounds like a rapid burst of audio. much
is also done from here, as well as recalling
like a short Canadian goose honk. T hey last for
previously saved-to-disk message files.
an average of fi ve seconds or less. As with all
Below this command line is where ACARS
the other ACA RS decoders we have reviewed,
message details are displayed in I0 columns of
info rmation. Many are self-explanatory. ACTthe decoded messages arc not really in plain
1 allows the user to customize the screen by
language and it takes considerable translati on
turni ng off columns- unique, I think, to ACTof abbreviations and format to understand them.
1 ACARS .
So how docs ACT- I differ from the others?
In my view. the three most important mesGood question. For one th ing, you can put to
sage details are FID (flight ID), ML (message
work that old XT computer that has been sitting
label). and the message (text). The ML column
around the radio shack doing nothing. ACT - I s
1ells you what kind of a message you have
min im um computer requ irements are very
received and how to help translate all the
modest. requiring only an XT with an 8088
abbreviations and acronyms to plain English.
CPU running at 8 MHz. These can be found at
Be aware that there are over I00 different
radio flea markets for under $20. You' ll also
ACARS message fo rmats.This is a very nice
need a serial port and a 3.5-inch. 720 ki lobyte
screen layout which gives the user easil y sepatloppy drive.
rated and viewed access to all data; again. I
Now remember, these are just minimum
think, unique to the ACT- I.
requi rements. We tried ACT- I on a Franklin
Back to the command line. I found the
XT (8088). a 386SX 16 MHz laptop. and a
Pentium 120 MHz. It worked perfectly with all
xFilter menu one of the most interesting. The
of them.
xFilter command allows you to control which
The ACT- I hardware, which attaches to the
message will be processed and displayed. Here
serial port via a 25 pin connector. is contai ned
the user can pick up to ten different combinations of field "conditions" which will result in
in the plastic con nector holder, as are the
ACA RS decoders from other manufacturers.
the message being processed and displayed.
However. a ni ce feature of ACT- I is a second
For example, if you only wanted messages
from TWA aircraft concern ing landing at Lam25 pin connector on the back of the adapter
bert fi eld, using the xFilter command would
which allows the simultaneous use of a second
allow only those meeting the conditions to be
seri al device such as a mouse. For use on my
di splayed.
laptop ACT- I required a 25 pin to 9 pin conOperation was simple and easy: a midverter wh ich is not supplied. As with the other
decoders. a miniature phone plug connects to
range volume control setting on a Radio Shack
the scanners' headphone or external speaker
Pro-2004 provided excellent copy via connecout put.
tion to the headphone jack.
However. the problem wh ich detracts from
Software installation went as advertised on
all other ACARS decoders sti ll ex ists. No one
two of the computers. All it took was running
has yet figured out a program that can autothe .. install" program from the tloppy. In less
matically change all the abbreviations into
than two minutes, I was receiving ACARS
easi ly read and understood plain language.
messages. But the laptop gave me real probThere is the challenge to you hot shot programlems by not recognizing the existence of the
decoder on the serial port. Finally. I tried ma numers out there.
oq .

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I think that ACT- I has enough diffe rent
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Hampden Co RA (Auction) I Steve Nelson, WA 1 EYF,

1 Marilyn Dr., Wilbraham, MA 01095, 413-596-8216
Lake ARA I Tony Summerlin, KE4NLG, 9210 Fernery
Sorrento, FL
Rd. , Leesburg, FL 34788, 352-360-1380
Lewis and Clark RC I Brent Urfer, N9SCM, 400 North
Godfrey, IL
State St., Jerseyville, IL 62052, 6 18-498-4865
Enid, OK
Enid ARC I Jeff Worth, N5UBY, 405-233-8473
Milwaukee Rptr Club I Burt, N9VBI, PO Box 2123,
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee, WI 53201, 414-328-0535
Lawrenceville, GA Alford Memorial RC I Randy Bassett, KR4NQ, PO Box
1282, Stone Mountain, GA 30086-1282, 770-4103989. Location: Gwinnet Co Fair Grounds, Sat 9-5,
Sun 9-3. Talk-in 146.76 (PL 107.2). $8 gen adm.
W Texas ARC I Robert Jordan, N5RKN, PO Box
Odessa, TX
7033, Odessa, TX 79760, 915-335-7980
Massillon ARC I Jack Cale, N8FEB, 6021 Longbrook
Canton, OH
St. SW, Massillon, OH 44646, 216-477-8261
Montgomery ARC I Dennis Rumbley, KS4UO, 1853
Montgomery, AL
Llanfair Rd., Montgomery, AL 36106, 334-409-9971
Titusville ARC I Clyde Lee, K4EOS, PO Box 73,
Titusville, FL
Titusville, FL 32781-0073, 407-267-9375
Watkinsville, GA
Athens RC, UGA Bulldog ARC I P.O. Box 6337,
Athens, GA 30604, 800-959-8273,
WB4VNT @Athens.net. Location: Oconee Co Civic
Center, Ga Rte 53 10 mi S of Athens. Talk-in 146.745
downshift. Sat 9-2. $5 gen adm.
West Monroe, LA Twin City HC I Becky Ketchell, KB5SUI, PO Box 1871,
West Monroe, LA 71294, 318-343-3530
Central Rptr Assn I Harold Baer, KE3TM , 619 West
Hershey, PA
2nd St., Hummelstown, PA 17036, 717-566-8895
Myrtle Beach, SC SC State Conv I David Berry, KE400W, 100
Longwood Ln., Conway, SC 29527-601 1, 803-3473186
S Central Conn ARA I Bill DeBenedetto, K1 PVT, PO
Branford, CT
Box 705, Branford, CT 06405-0705, 203-483-0856
W.A.Com I Ted Lockman, W83BZK, PO Box 1386,
Washington, PA
Washington, PA 15301 , 412-222-6473. Location:
Chartiers-Houston High School, 1-79 Exit 8, follow
racetrack road W to top, turn right, 1 mi N on Pike St.
Talk-in 145.49-.
Watkinsville, GA
Athens RC I David Alper, KD4STZ, 328 Georgetown
Dr., Athens, GA 30605-3087, 706-354-1952
Fort Wayne, IN
Ind. State Conv I Don Gagnon, WB8HQS, Allen
County Amateur Radio Technical Society, PO Box
10342, Fort Wayne, IN 46851, 219-484-1314
Poughkeepsie, NY Mt. Beacon ARC/ Ken Akasofu, KL7JCQ, 316
Titusville Rd., Apt. 4, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603-2944,
914-485-9617, Fax: 914-485-2402
Benson, NC
Johnston AAS I Bill Lambert, AK4H , 8917 NC 50 N,
Benson, NC 27504, 919-894-3352
St. Petersburg, FL Pelican Chapter #128 (QCWA) I Don Bice, W4PCO,
551 1-18th Ave. North, St. Petersburg, FL 33710, 813347-2702
Tampa, FL
SE Div Conv I Charlotte Frazier, WB4PEL, 617
Highland Ave., Dunedin, FL 34698, 813-733-6937,
Fax: 813-585-7055
Litchfield, IL
Central IUSt. Louis Area ATV Club I Scott Millick,
K9SM, 907 Big Four Ave., Hillsboro, IL 62049, 217532-3837
Evansville, IN
Electronic Applications Radio Service I Neil Rapp,
WB9VPG, 1506 South Parker Dr., Evansville, IN
47714-3154, 812-479-5741
Newtonville, MA
Waltham ARA I Eliot Mayer, W1 MJ, 254 Main St. #4,
North Reading, MA 01864, 508-664-0773
Agawam, MA

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Metro Radio System: Julian Olansky,

P.O. Box 26, Newton Highlands, MA
02161 , (617) 969-3000. New England
states; Public Safety. M.R.S. Newsletter.
Michigan Area Radio Enthusiasts:
P.O. Box 530933, Livonia, Ml 481530933. E-mail xx024@detroit.freenet.org .
Great Lakes Region. All bands. Great
Lakes Monitor. $9.50 annual US &
Canada. $1 sample.
Minnesota DX Club: James Dale,
16330 Germane Court, Rosemount, MN
55068, for meeting info. Minnesota. All
bands. MDXC Newsletter. $10 annual.
Monitoring the Long Island Sounds:
Ed, 2134 Decker Ave, North Merrick,
NY 11 566. Primarily scanner, some
SWL. 50 mi. radius of LI. Net Tues 8pm
146.805. Monitoring the Long Island
Sounds.
MONIX (Cincinnati/Dayton Area
Monitoring Exchange): Mark Meece,
7917 Third St., West Chester, OH
45069-2212, (513)777-2909. SW Ohio,
SE Ind., N Ken; All bands. Meets 2nd
Sais ?pm. Net Thurs 9:30 145.210/
4.610. No dues.
Mountain NewsNet: James
Richardson, P.O. Box 4488, Estes Park,
CO 80517-4488, (970) 586-4325vx;
4357fax; Internet jimfun@aol.com.
Colorado statewide. Public Safety
notification group. Mile High Pages.
National Radio Club: Paul
Swearingen, Publisher, P.O. Box 5711 ,
Topeka, KS 66605-0711 , (913)2665707; http://wcoil.com/ -gnbc/ Worldwide; AM DXing. DX News 30 times
yearly, sample for a first class stamp.
Annual Labor Day convention.
New England Scanner Group: P.O.
Box 1024, Derry, NH 03038. CT, ME,
MA, NH, RI, VT. $29.95 annual.
North American SW Assoc: Bill Oliver,
45 Wildflower Lane, Levittown, PA
19057, naswa1 @aol.com (215) 9450543. Worldwide; Shortwave broadcast
only. The Journal. Web site: http://
www.mcs.com/ - ralph/html/naswa/.
Regional meetings. $26 annual in NA.
North Central Texas SWL Club: Alton
Coffey, 1830 Wildwood Drive, Grand
Prairie, TX 75050. North Central TX
area; All bands.
Ontario DX Association: Joe
Robinson, General Mgr., P.O. Box 161,
Station A, Willowdale, Ontario M2N
5S8, Canada: Internet
70400.2660@compuseNe.com; (41 6)
293-8919 voice & fax, (416) 444-3526
DX-Change information svce; (905)
841-6490 BBS. Predominantly Province
of Ontario; All bands. DX Ontario. Meet
3rd Wednesdays, Toronto

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by Larry Miller

PRODUCTS AND BOOKS OF INTEREST TO THE RADIO HOBBYIST

Guesr revie11e rs: Bob Grove. Gayle Van Hom

Hot Stuff from the

Shack
There's sti ll no 800 MHz
trunked-following scanner in the
new 1997 Rad io Shack catalog.
but that 's not to say they have n' t
introduced some new and inte res tin g rad ios-three new
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fact.
The new handhelds arc all under $200 with the PR0-63 ..event"
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The PR 0-66 is the Shack's
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One of the new base scanners

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The other three base mode ls
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radios incl ud ing th e $189.99

workhorse PR0-2044 (80 c hannels, VHF air-band, HyperScan/
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The new mobi le is the PR0 2046 (reviewed last month by Bob
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It goes without say ing that
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The FRS-105 is a 7 channel rechargeable handheld (manufactured by Motorola), which sells
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Spectrum Guide
Where in the radio spectrum
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sleuths? Just before the Olympics. members of the little-known
Nuclear Emergency Searc h Team
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terrorists. Who wou ldn' t li ke to
scan that action?!
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November 1996

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SpectrumGuide: Radio Frequency Allocations in the United
States, 30MHz-300GHz. Bennett
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SpectrumGuide profiles government. commercial, and scienti fic applications of the U.S. radio
spectrum in more than 300 VHF
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Kobb's work is the best in the
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SpectrumGuide, published by
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We just received a packet of
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Their un its are wired and tested.
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the new no-code Techn ician who

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SHORTWAVE EQUIPMENT REVIEW

11

Dral<es Little Secret: The SWBA" Receiver

.,

u sec it every fa ll. O ne car m ight be

'new for 1997 : but have o nl y an add itio nal a irbag and d ifferent trim colo ro ld tea in new bags. Yc t anothe r model. eq ually
billed as "new for 1997 .'' mig ht have a new
body and d rivctra in. In o ther words. really
ne w.
So it is w ith short wave receivers. including
those fro m the same ma nu factu rer. The venerable Drake R7. introd uced in 1979, was "upgraded'' into the R7A. with di ffe re nces you
needed a microscope to detect. On the other
hand. the upgrade fro m the more recent R8 to
the current RSA is real and ~ u bstan ti al.
But w h at ~ goi ng on whe n somethings
sig nifican tly upgraded. but the man ufacturer
insists on call ing it the same o ld modc11 In the
Nineties c ult ure of brazen braggadocio. how
can thi s hap pen?

8 Modest labeling hides real change

It certainl y has hidden re al change in the
electronic pe rsona o r the Drake SW 8. Thi s
receiver sta rted off li fe over two years back as
the S W 8. T oday. it contin ues to labor q uie tly
in sho rt wave vineyards under the same humble
rubri c. as though no thing has changed. Yet ,
w hat we vc fo und is that it' s now much different under the hood. The receiver actua ll y
amounts to an "SW8A.'' eve n ir the manufacturer is keeping this new;. among its G reat
Corporate Secrets.

I Unbeatable as a portatop
The S W8 was conce ived as a hig h-qua lity
a lt e rnat ive to th e di sco ntinu e d Ph ilip s/
Mag navox D2999 portatu p. A portato p is
basica lly a tabletop mode l w ith e no ug h added
features to make it a portable cand idate for
We ig ht Wate hers. Pon atops are ideal fo r backya rd o r room-to-room liste ning a nd DXing. as
well as fo r use o n car trips o r RV excursions.
Drake ' s S W 8 s ucceeds brill iantl y as a
po11ato p. incorporati ng FM. battery power. a
telescopic anten na. and a ful l-length carrying
ha nd le that a lso angles the receiver for comfort able operatio n- all feat ures normally assoc ia ted w ith portables. not tabletops. W hile
it lacks a coupl e o f the handy pushbutton
tun ing featu res o r the D2999. it mo re than
makes up for thi s with o ther lllning features.
as well as a le ve l of commun icatio ns-receiver
performance that was c learly lacking in the

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November 1996

/111prove111e11ts to the SW8

actually make it worthy to be
called 011 "SW8A," according to
Mag11e, who be/ie11es this little
receiver is a wise in vestment.

D2999. Also. being a Drake produc t. it comes

w ith fac tory service second to no ne.
T he SW S boasts three well -chosen bandw id ths. most o r the advanced tun ing fe atures
fo und o n table to p supersets. and overall perform ance re mini scent or a good tableto p receiver. It aud io q ua lity is commendabl y superio r. too, as is its recept io n of s ing le-s ideband signa ls used by hams and uti lity stations. What it origina ll y lacked. and conti nues not to have. are some specia l contro ls,
such as passband tuning. that serio us DXers
fin d he lpful for ex tract ing the last erg of
readabili ty fro m an obdurate signa l.
A lthough the original SW8 was q uite worthy. it d isappointed in a nu mber o f ways. It
incorpo rated synch rono us detectio n, fo r example. but th is functi o ned on ly o n both sidebands. not o ne sideba nd at a ti me. There was
some hu m. too, and se nsit iv ity to weak signa ls was ho-hum wit h the built-in telescopic
antenna. Also. FM se lectivity was not a ll it
could have been, and there w as no lo ng wave
coverage. No carrying case. either.

Nicely improved in stages

Perhaps the reason Drake hasn' t designated the c urrent SW8 as the SW8A is that
they undertook. w itti ngly o r o therwise. what
tu rned o ut to be a two-year project o f improveme nt. Now com pleted. this has bro ug ht
the receiver. step by careful step. to its present
state of exce lle nce.
F irst. as we repo rted last year. they g reatl y
improved the S W 8's sensitivi ty to weak signals with the te lescop ic a nte nna. It 's sti ll no t
a ll you mig ht wish fo r. because the rece iver
te nds to generate a ud ible white no ise unless

you use a length or w ire to s upplement that

a nte nna. But it is much. much bette r than it
used to be. to the po int whe re the S W8 is now
a serio us DX machine at ho me o r in the bush.
Overti me. Drake also reduced the receiver's
hum, ma king it mo re att racti ve fo r li ste ning to
q ua lity-reception programs. Fo r the same reason, FM se lectiv ity was tig htened up. a ll owing already-good FM reception to be even
be tter. A nd while longwave broadcasti ng is
no nexistent in the A me ricas and much of the
rest of the world. and hardly a go-go band
elsewhe re. Drake apparently fe lt it was important e no ug h to include it in a ll revised S W 8snot just those dest ined for. say. Europe. Fo r
some MT readers. even in North A me rica , thi s
is we lcome news. as it all ows the enhanced
S W 8 to cove r a who le new band for ut ility
D X in g a nd eve n trans-A tla nti c broadcast
DXing.
The rub is th ut ul l this ca me a t a price.
Formerly $599. the SW8's price was raised to
$699.

I Finally-synchronous selectable
sideband!
W it h a ll these improveme nt s and added
features. thoug h. there remained o ne vex ing
issue: no selectab le sideband with the synch rono us detector in usc. Some much-cheaper
ponables. such a'> the excellent under-$400
Sony ICF-20 I0 and the newer $200 ICFSW7600G , offer a bas ic fo rm of synchrono us
selectahl c sideband. as th is feature is c alled.
This made the SW8's $700 price tag increasing ly hard to j ustify.
But no more. The SW8 no w has sync hrono us se lectable sideband, and it works well .
So we ll . in fac t. that beca use of its superio r
abi lity to ~tay locked onto a signal it com pares
fa vo rably wi th that o n Drake' s costlier RSA
tableto p model.
What th is means i ~ that the SW8 now has
much-improved ability to reject interfe rence
from an adj acent cha nnel. a lbeit o nly when the
ot her adj acent channe l is no t al so causi ng
heavy interfe re nce. T hat. plus sync hrono us
detection's inhe rent abi lity to ,inua lly e limi nate fading di storti o n. underscore that the
SW 8's im proved sy nchronous circuitry is a
major listening plus.
The downside? If you own an o lder versio n
of the S W 8, yo u ca n' t have it re tro fi tted for
synchro no us se lec table s ideband . Thi s isn' t

mean-spiritedness on Drake' s part- they ' re

one of the most custome r-friendl y manufacturers around . It ' s just that the circuitry is
completely different, making a retrofit economically impractical. Howeve r, some of the
other SW8 improvement s can be retrofitted if
you happen to own a very early ve rsion;
contact Drake s service de partme nt at (51 3)
746-6990 fo r specifics.
As ic ing on the cake, Drake has begun
offering an optional carrying case for the
SW8. For travelers trying to keep their beloved receive r free from scratches and scuffs .
as well as away from the prying eyes o f
security personnel and thie ves. this is welcome ne ws.

I Bottom Line: Now one of the very

best
The bottom line is that today' s Drake enhanced S\V8 is a much better offering than
before, to the point whe re it now fu nctions as
an excelle nt tabletop receiver, as well as beefiness as ide-an unbeatable portable. In
the new 1997 editi on of Passporr to World
Band Radio, the "SW8A" has been graced
with fo ur-and-a-half stars-just a half-star
unde r the handful of $ 1,000-$4.000 tabletop

supersets that get its ult imate bless ing of five

stars.
Dealer sc uttlebutt suggests that the SW8
has not bee n the hottes t-se lling recei ver
around, apparently because its reputation was
es tabli shed at the outset. when it lacked the
pe rformance it has today . Too. pe rhaps
Drake' s reluctance to trumpet its hot new
SWS results from a feel ing that they may be
robbing Peter to pay Paul by encouraging
customers buy the cheaper SWS instead of
their top-end, and sti ll-top-performing, RSA.
But whateve r the psycho logy of Drake 's apparent marketing strategy, the new SWS is
clearly an "SWSA," no matter what the label
says.
How can you te ll whic h is the new , e nhanced version? In North America, it 's a
virtual certainty that any SWS being sold as
new is the latest and final version. But to be
s ure, check to see if it has a serial nu mber
beginning with "6," indicating 1966 production. If it docs, gi ve your new receiver a
welcomi ng pat, and congratulate yourself on
knowing how to spend your money wi sely .
If money is no object, the tabletop WatkinsJohnson HF- I 000. Drake RSA. and AO R
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93

SCANNER EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES FOR YOUR MONITORING POST

Bob Parnass, AJ9S

Build a Mobile Mount for Your Radio

bought my first truck in I 974, a Jeep

CJ5. It was constructed like an Erector
Set: lots o f steel parts bolted together
mak ing it easy to service and mod ify. Mounting mobile radio equ ipment in the CJ5 was
straightforward. too. thanks to the steel dashboard and small d iameter steering column . I
reca ll placing a large U-bolt around the steering column to position an old. Motorola Power
Yoic.:c'M ampli fied mobile speake r for easy
listening.
Truck interiors became more civilized in
the I980s, with less stee l and more foam
padding, mak ing radio insta llations more challe ng ing . l bolted radios vertically to the fro nt
of the plastic center consoles in a C hevy
Blazer and a succession of bucket seatequipped Ford Broncos.
Install ing a radio in a 199 I Ford F-250
picku p truck ca lled for a new approach. The
truck was equ ipped with a bench scat and no
center console. The bottom lip of the dashboard provided few bo lt s whic h cou ld support
the weight of a radio whil e d riving on bumpy
roads. After studying the aftermarket wooden
conso les sold in local auto supply stores, I
desig ned and built my own console from pine
scraps (see pho tograph).

sized Ford trucks fro m the

1980s through 1996. but you
can alter the design to suit
other trucks and cars as well.
The mount currently holds a
sma ll dual band ham transceiver. but 1 originall y used it
fo r my large scanners, like the
Radio Shack PR0-2004.
I've om itted detai led dimensions for the fancy curves
o n the side panels because
none of them are critical and dime nsions will
vary with each in stall ation. You can adju st the
shelfs tilting angle if you use only o ne screw
to fasten each side of the rad io
shelf. As the photograph shows,
the area underneath the radio
shelf can keep oherthi ngs handy
such as a box o f fac ial tissues.
It 's a good idea to bolt the
metal mobile mou nting hrack1:-
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ets of sma ll e r radios to the
woode n rad io shelf. Bolts arc
unnecessary with a larger radio
TOWARDS
F"!REWA.L L
li ke the PR0-2004, as gravity
r.RJN Kl-tOLOCR
plus the wooden end panels work
90TTOM
lFASTEN 'MTrt 2
to hold it in place.
NAILS Ar r>CH
ENO)
My desi g n includes a simple
ho lder for two soft drink cans.
Make the two holes l<u-ge enough
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to hold a can, plastic bott le. or
large pap..: r cup. Feel free to add extras li ke a
Building the Mount
pen holder. You can bolt or screw an external
mobile speaker to the passenger si de end
The radio mou nt described here straddles
the transmissio n hu mp and permi ts a no-ho les
pane l. so long as it doesn't interfe re with leg
room.
installation . Being held sole ly by g ravity, the
Use common 1-by" pine for all part s
moun t can be removed eas il y a nd has served
except fo r the top of the drink holde r. A
well in two pickup trucks during the past five
years . T he d imensions shown in the parts
handsome hardwood. like mahogany or oak,
can be used instead. although at increased
callout (Figure 3) are for installation in full-

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cost. I used a router fitted with a 1/4- inch

round over bit to so ften the edges, but you can
sand off the sharp edges instead.
Don't leave the wood raw. Since it will be
used in varyi ng temperatllres and humidity.
be sure to fin ish your mount with a few coats
&_ ofpolyurethaneorsimilarseal. To dctercuri~ ous o nl ookers and di scourage theft. I cover
~ the entire installation w ith a towel whe n not in
a:~ use.
This was a fu n proj ect. as
it combined two of my ho bbies: radio and woodworking.

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Listening w ith a Scanner?
John T. Wagner . of
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himself as a ,;pure SW Ler"
until he started reading this
column and expanded hi s listeni ng pleasure into the VHF
and UHF regions. John wrote
that hi s new AO R AR-8000
portable scanner affords him
wideband receive coverage. and he has had
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freque ncy of interest. The ir selectivi ty pays
off by attenuating unwanted ou t-of-band signal s.
For daytime shortwave listening from his
car. John dusted off his o lder Pa lomar Super
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95

ANTENNA TOPICS
BUYING, BUILDING AND UNDERSTANDING ANTENNAS

Clem Small, KR6A, CET

Is That Really an Antenna?

ave you ever seen a "conforI The Cutting Edge in Antennas

mal antenna?" Chances are
Recently I bought a copy of a
very good that you have, even
small
British book called Experime11if you don't know it. Often they're not
tal
A11te1111a
Topics, by H. C. Wright
that easy to notice, and some are almost
(Bernard
Babani.
London. publisher).
impossible to derect.
It is a small book and has very brief
Many confom1al antennas are so
discussions of variou. antenna-related
different from what we ordi narily extopics. One of the things it reports is
pect an antenna to look like. that. if
that there is research underway with
someone were to point one out to you. FIGURE 1: Although this Rivet Rider C-130 Hercules
antennas made of conductive ceramic
you might even scoff at the idea that it "psychological operations aircraft " is bristling with exotic
material, and cooled with liquid nitrocould rea lly be an antenna.
ante1111as, some are not so obvious, being hidden in pods or
ge
n to reduce their ohmic resistance.
For instance. figure I shows a C- 130 even under the skin of the aircraft. The lower profile ante1111as
The
efficiency of such superconductHercules bristling wi th antennas. Look are especially desirable in supersonic aircraft, where even an
ing anten nas is said to be I 00 per ce nt!
at it: Where arc they? Some antennas ante1111a covered by a pod creates wind resistance. (Courtesy
As we know from results wi th
are fairl y obvious. whereas the nose Lockheed/Dept of Defense)
(low ohmic resistance) small
high-Q
cone. tail cap, and slot antennas are
layi ng over on its side as if it were lazy. and
loop
an
tennas.
some small antennas can be
essentially part of the airc raft's skin. and not just resting. ''Lazy" seems to be terminology
made
to
perform
quite well if their ohmic
obvious at al l.
borrowed from the old western ranchers who
A conformal antenna is made to conform wou ld so metimes lay certain letters or numer- resistance is low. Perhaps soon materials can
to the environment where it is mounted. and als on their side as they designed their cattle be made that will function as superconductors
thi s can be especially important in some situ- brands. calling those letters or numerals ''lazy." at room temperat ure, and then we maybe can
ations. For instance. in supersonic night a (I' ve heard te ll there is a brand which consiscs have those ti ny. high-performance wrist raconforma l antenna such as the nose cone. of the letters "U" and "R" followed by a dios that currently exist only in science fietailcap, or slot antenna, will experience very numeral ''2" resting on its side. This. ofcourse. tion.
little wind shear compared to an antenna decodes to say "You arc lazy too!")
which extends out from the plane like the pod.
Other antennas that get their name from
1~ RADIO RIDDLES 0-1
their looks include the loop. the zig-zag anI What's in a Name?
te nna, the hyperboloidal renector antenna,
and
the Archemedian spiral. Of course ourold Last month:
When you thin k of antennas in general
We asked ; " What happens when the (rawhat do you visualize? Probably not the con- friend the discone is made up of a di sk and a
formal antennas just di scussed. Perhaps you cone, and the rhombi c antenna is made in the dio) wave ac tually encounte rs your antenn a?
th ink of a length of wi re mou nted high and in shape or a rhombus. The cubical quad (quad- How docs it change from being a wave propathe d ear. Maybe you think of a halfwave rilateral) antenna has square sides which out- gated through space to becomi ng current in
dipole up 30 feet or so above the ground. or line a cube. and the delta quad is a beam the wire of your antenna?"
We ll , if your antenna is composed of linear
maybe a quartcrwave groundplanc antenna antenna similar 10 the cubical quad except its
elements arc in the delta. or triangle shape. Of clements. we say that the electric fie ld of the
on a pole fastened to the side of the house.
passing electromagneti c (EM) wave induces a
Whatever comes to your mind when you course the monster quad is simply a quad
hear the word "antenna.. you probably don t antenna of monstrous proportion s (long boom curren t in the antenna. If the ante nna is a loop
th ink of a piece of Swiss cheese. But there is and many elements).
we say that it is a "magnetic" antenna. and the
To continue with more antennas whose
magnetic fie ld of the EM wave induces a
an antenna whose appearance makes you
think of a chunk of Swiss cheese. As a matter names betray their appearance we have: the current in the loop.
of fac t. there arc many odd and unusual anten- clover leaf, pine tree, beaver tail. ramshom.
The strength of the induced current denas to be fo und in the pages of some antenna rat race. and hog trough an tennas. At the risk pends on such things as the strength of the
handbooks. Let' s have some fu n and take a of boring you. other antennas named fo r their passing EM wave, its di rection of arri val, its
looks incl ude the snake. fis hbone. batwing. polarity wit h respect to the receiving antenna's
look at a few of them.
pi
llbox. hu la hoop. whip. top hat. skirt. um- polarity, the length of the antenna's linear
Some antennas that we don t need pictures
to visualize include the Vee. the in verted-V, brella. llagpole. blade. fa n. bedspring, organ clement s, the number of turns in the loop. the
the J. the J-pole. the lazy-H. and the in vcrted- pipe. and cage antennas. We could go on and size of the loop. and the ohmic resistance of
the antenna s conductors.
L. Ir you have n' t heard what the "lazy" in on, but that 's enough for now.
Let s now check out the most cool antenna
Once the received cu rrent is flowing in the
"lazy-H" signifies. it means that the H is
you' ll ever meet. Really.
antenna some or it is lost as heat due to the

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antenna' s o hmi c resistance.
Onl y ha lf the remainder. at
most, can be routed to your
rece iver via the ante nna' s
feedpoin t. and, be li eve it o r
no t. the same amount is reradiated into space!

Think yo u ca n
make a better puzzle
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send me your cross#
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word puzzle based o n
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antenna- re lated terms.
and l' II try to use the
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best ones r recei ve in a
fu ture co lumn .
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Yo u' II find the solution to thi s month s puzzl e, and much more.
in nex t mo nth' s issue of Moniroring Times.
'Til the n Peace. DX. and 73.

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DRAKE

DOWN:
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2. Used with some multiband antennas
3. Directio ns of low recepti vity for an
antenna
4. A device that requires a n antenna if it is
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RADIO REFLECTIONS
THE PEOPLE, PLACES AND TECHNOLOGY OF YESTERYEAR

Real Radios Glow in the Dari<

By Ronald Bafetti

an. Iii. and trim. 74-ycar-old Jack Hofeld

~ akcs ~i s money rcpai_ri ng and restormg radios. some of which are as old as

he is.
Hofeld is the fo under of Antique Rad io
Store. a 700-squarc-foot faci lity sandwiched
between a coffee shop and a health food store
in downtown La Mesa. Ca li fornia.just east of
San Diego.
" In today's world. if someone's radio
breaks. they throw it out and buy a new one:
Hofeld said. "The radios we fi x arc like works
of art. They 're too valuable to be discarded or
to just si t and collect dust."
A quick look around the store's crowded
showroom area bears him out. Radios made
by Atwater Kent, Fada, Philco, Crosley, RCA ,
Zeni th, and other companies that ushered in
the golden age of radio-roughly 1930 to
1950- spon price tags from $50 to $2,400.
Hofeld opened the shop August 1992. He
soon took on two partners. both avid anti que
radio collectors. in an effort to turn what was
a hobby into a ''hobby business ...
" I had a ton of radios and parts at home. I'd
been collecting them and fi xing them for
years. I got to thinking, 'What if something
happens to me? Wi ll they just roll up a big
garbage can and dump all this wonderful stu ff
into a hole someplace?'" Hofeld said. "That's
when I decided I'd like to start an entity that
would survive me, one that would bring pleasure to other people because it would be an
ongoing source of repai r services fo r antique
rad ios.''
Hofeld comes hy his repair skills honestly.
He was trained as a radio tec hnician by the
Navy and served from 1943 to 1946 repairing
shipboard radios in the Phi lippines at Leyte
Gulf. Aftcr the war. he completed a degree in
electrical e ngineeri ng at the Armour Institute
in Chicago. then embarked on a career as a
"corporate nomad" in sales engineering for
both RCA and ITT. He also worked for Western Electric in Cicero. Illinois. outside Chicago. He even owned his own mobi le telephone and pocket-pager business for 14 years.
With all that technical background. the
Ch icago nati ve s current business might seem
a logical tu rn. but it was ownin g a bar in
Virginia City, Ne vada, that ultim ately put

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Hofeld into the business of

antique radio repair.
"When I had the bar, I'd
find an o ld radio, fi x it up,
and put it on display on the
back bar." he said. "Prelly
soon people would start asking, 'Hey. what'l l you take
forthat radio?' I began making sales right there."
In o ur microchipmiracle-a-minute world , its 3
fair to wonder who buys ~
antique rad ios. Hofeld says ~
his clientele is as eclectic as ~ !!':5i.,..-Jlll'!!":"'~
the offeri ngs in his store. o.

" I II
t. e A ntique Radio Store 's founder Jack Hofeld puses with a m1rror
sc as many an 1qu r.
_
. ,, d .
d'
1 lTI 1936. 111e ra 10 .
Id
Ja ced, Model :>06 " Bluebird ra 10 mate
dm
rad10s to women as o to now worth $l, 400- ga111e
pupu Iarily
arjiter II appeared 111
a
men. Folks bu y them as J ean Harlow movie.
unique gifts for bi rthdays
Hofcld said. especially Zenith black-di al conand anni versaries. It's neat to get something
that was made in the same year you were born.
soles. Thesc Zenith units sport a round. black
or marri ed, or whateve r." he said. 'Then there
dial with white lettering and numbers. Most
could receive AM and FM and had a shortare people who want a specifi c radio to accent
a special room decor, or because their famil y
wave capab ility of from 2 to 20 megahertz
("megacycles").
owned one when they were kids. or just because they like the way it looks.''
"We' ll put a Zeni th black-dial console out
Hofeld's shop usuall y displays between
the door fo r $400 or $500. in good condition
I00 and 125 radios. The selection he offers
and guaranteed to work. Those radios sold for
about $200 when they were new." Hofcld
and his knowledge of radios brings him calls
from Hollywood set designers who either
said.
need a radio as a prop or want to know if a
It was on such a radio that Hofe Id listened
specific radio can be used au thentically in a
to fellow amateur radio operators when he
movie set in a given time period. (It wouldn ' t
became a ham at age 14. He built a one-tube,
do, for instance, to have Don Corleone listenlow-powertransmiuer for sending Morse code
ing to Carmen on a boom box.)
and added a beat frequency oscillator to his
Commerc ial AM radio establi shed itself
family's Zenith console so it could receive
code signals.
during the 1920s. In the 30s, FM arri ved,
though on a different set of frequencies than
Old radios come in several distinct cabinet
today's FM. But Hofe ld marks the 1940s as
styles: consoles. which sit on the noor, cathethe time whe n radio really grew up. and it' s
dral and tombstone table-top models, and
from that period that most collectibles evolved.
"coffin" radios.
"The sides of cathedral radio cabinets curve
in ward and meet at a point at the top. They
Collecting Savvy
look li ke li ttle churches. Folks call them 'De" It' s important to understand that a radio
pression radios. They were cheaper to make
can be expensive because it 's in good condibecause they took less material. so they sold
tion. but still not be a collecti ble." he said.
well duri ng the Dcpression... Hofcld said.
"Radios with cases made of a colored plastic
'The lOmbstones arc shaped like a console,
called 'catalin are very popular with collecbut are smal l enough to fit 011 a tabl e."
tors. Catalins wi ll go from about twenty bucks
Coffi n radios arc low- profile. rectangular
to over $2,000. Some of them were made by
affairs wit h lids that arc either hinged or
the Fada Corporati on."
completely removable to allow the user to
Console radios arc very collectibl e, too.

change coils and replace tubes. They

The shop offers a wide variety of
date from radio's earl iest days. and
antiqu e- look-alike radios- modern ,
ffo fc ld 's sho p has several. an Atwater
solid-state rad ios hou sed in faithful
Kent among the m, for sale.
plastic- reproductio n cabi nets that look
Trying to repair a radio made deas if they'd been made 50 years go.
cades ago is cha llenging. CompoHo fe Id says the reproductio ns are very
ne nts weren't w ide ly standardized,
popular with people who want to capevery manu fact urer had its own idea
ture nostalgia, but want the dependof how a radio should be bu ilt. and
ability of tran sistors and integrated
circuits.
the profusion of models availablcmany o nly o n the market for a few
Those with a tec hnical bent w ill
years-complicates the fix -it busifi nd e lectronics kits. compone nts for
ness. That s why Antique Radio Sto re
cat's whi sker c rystal sets, and older
hedges its bets o n parts sourc ing.
test eq uipment fo r sa le. inc luding tube
"W e have over 25,000 old radio
teste rs.
tubes in our in ventory. We use them The operating room is where old radios come to gel well when
'T ve always said that these things
not on ly to re pair radios but we sell they 're sick. Jack Hofe/d says that faulty power-rnpp/y capaci- are o nl y a half-point more ho nest that
them to people who collect radio tors are the most common reason old radios stop working.
a slo t mach ine,"" Hofeld laughed. slaptubes. We can even supply tu bes in
pi ng his hand on the large do- it- yourthei r original cardboard boxes," Hofeld said. have replacement speaker gri lle c lo th . It sel ls self tu be tester that' s the first thing you see
we buy o ld radios and warehouse them so we for five cents a square inch and it comes in a when you e nter the store .
can cannibalize them for parts later on. We c hoice or patterns and colors. all of which
'You used to find these in every drugstore
have three o utsi de storage facili ties for all this were used in the old days."'
around. They were us ually set up so that even
Repair charges for table-mode l rad ios are a tube de li vering 60 percent of its maxim um
stuff, so someti mes it' s more work tryi ng to
fi nd a part than it is to fix the customer's radio. $35 for units made after 1934 and $45 for emission s would register weak " on the scale.
"The most common fai lure we see is the those built prior to that year, pl us parts. For ... What customers did n't know was that such
filtercapaci tor in the power supply circ uit. We consoles, the repai r c harge is $45 for a basic a tu be wou ld work perfectl y for a long , long
cut the old capacitor out of the circuit , but we radio. $55 if it has a bui lt-in record player. and time to co me . The drugstore got a cut of the
tube sale for all owing the mach ine on the
leave it on the chassis. Then we put in a $65 if it has FM. plus req uired parts.
""We fi g ure that it's going to take certain prem ises. Some of the larger stores saw so
modern replacement capacitor under the c hassis. T his gets the radio work ing again , but amount of time to fin d out what's wrong with muc h money fro m the tube sales that they
leaves it looking just the way it came from the a radio. weve determined our labor. and the actua lly purchased the ir ow n testers to up the
fac tory ," Hofeld said. Replac ing most other flat -fee serv ic ing makes the most sense for us profit margi n.'"
compone nts, suc h as sma ller capacitors. dial and o ur c ustomers,'" l-l ofe ld said. Cabi ne t reThe lllhe testers Hofe ld has for sale are
lights, and re sistors is easy enough. he added. furb ishi ng runs $50 to $60 for most table- accurately adjusted because they re purc hased
but where damaged coil s are concerned, things mode l sets and I 00 and up for consoles.
by radio buffs of every stri pe w ho have tubeA vis it to Antique Rad io Sto re makes a bascd gear al ho me a nd who relish the fix ing
can get tri cky.
"We use un iversal replacement coils. the n g reat afternoon no matter what your level of as much as the listening.
we trim a nd tune un ti l we' re sure the radio will interest in radi o is. There arc amique rad ios
'"Theres an old saying that 'real radios
rece ive the frequencies it's supposed to re- aplenty, of course, but the shop al so stocks a g low in the dark.'"" Hofe ld said. "We're going
ceive. There really are very few "imposs ible" li brary of tapes of c lassic radio shows. books lo keep doing o ur best to make sure they
repair jobs. because we have e no ugh experi - (both tec hnica l and about radio 's history). continue to glow."'
ence to work around components that s imply gramopho nes. and hu ndreds of smaller pieces A111iq11e Radio S1ore. 8376 La M esa Blvd, La
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Antique Radio Sto re ties into a worl dwide
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servicemen for such things as knobs. di al bezels. and spec ialty woods and cloth. A fellow
in Los Angeles makes both custom and generic knobs of plastic that have the look and
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ASK BOB

Bob Grove, WA4PYQ

ANSWERS TO YOUR RADIO QUESTIONS

bob@grove.net

Would it be possible to defeat

the "house arrest" collars by detecting their frequency, then activating
a small transmitter on their frequency? {Tom McCrea, Pocono
Lake, PA)

Q.

A. It's a little more complicated than that;

accordin g to one man ufacturer, the signal is
digitally encoded. However, it should be
possible to decode the complex wavefo rm
of the emission, duplicate it. then use the
pattern to modulate a small transmitter on
the same freq uency while the detainee takes
off.
I live within two miles of seven
FM transmitters. How can I do FM
DXing without overload interference? {Pertti Ayras, Kaarina,
Finland}
Q.

A. This is a

problem common to scanner

listeners as well. Convent ional tuned trap
filters are not successfu l for so many frequencies. ( I ) Try erecting a high gain. d i-

rectional, beam antenna on a rotator: (2)

inquire of various FM receive r or tu ner
manu facturers the dynam ic range of thei r
rad ios, choosing the one wi th the highest
number (+30 dB m woul d be good); (3)
move.

After listening to Air Force

communications on shortwave, I get
the mental image of thousands of
military installations and aircraft
with noise and static blaring in the
background. Is this a valid assumption? (Ed Schwartz, Chicago, IL)

Q.

A. Yes. according to our intrepid util ities

editor, Larry Yan Horn . He says they do
what he does in his office : sit next to the
receive r with its sq uelch open, mentally
tu ni ng out the static while listeni ng for
calls.
I noticed that the case of my
scanner gets hot, and when I looked
inside the case I found a transistor

that is very hot. Is this normal?

(Michael Denney, Carrollton, GA)
A. Yes. That is the vo ltage regulator and it
dissipates a great deal o f heat as it reduces
the rec ified vol tage of the powe r suppl y to
lower worki ng voltages fo r the radio. It is
connected to the rad io's cabinet wh ich acts
as a heat si nk to draw the destructive heat
away fro m the tra nsistor.

The FCC website has FCC forms

available as Postscript files which
they recommend be downloaded on
a laser printer. Could I use another
printer, or would special software
be required? {Ted Consult)

Q.

A. The laser recommendati on is fo r clarity

or the pri nt. Any pri nter working on your
computer can be used, just so long as the
FCC can read it!

Q.

Bob's Tip of
the Month

What is the best way to connect

an outdoor FM antenna to a por-

Q.

Opto Xplorer Cellular

Restoration
We would like to thank George Phili ps of
New York for his step-by-step directions
which restore cellular frequency coverage
to the Optoelectronics Xplorer.
( I)

Tum on the Xplorer and set ClY to go

into "XPLORER." then "CONFIGURATION."

(2) Set baud rate to 9600 and CI-5 address

(4) Run the program "CIV.EXE" and enter

the following hex codes all on one line.

each pair separated by one space: FE FE
BOEO 7F D6 78 19 52 27 96 34 45 88 0 I
FD, and press ENTER.
The legend should respond with the code:
FE FE EO BOFA FD. Verify by switching the
Xplorer off, then on again ; the display should
read *XPLORER*. If not. try again.

to BO.
(3) Connect the serial cable between the
Xplorer and yourcomputercomm port.

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George advises that the squelch level should

be set between 3 and 5 bars for optimum
sensitivity.

FREE

table radio using a telescoping

antenna, but which has no external
antenna iack? {Also Ted Consult)
A. I've done it by removing the radio's
back, then runn ing a short piece of coax
between the whip's base and a jack which I
installed on the back. The coax center conductor is attached to the whip's base at one
e nd and to the center pi n or tip of the jack at
the other. The coax shie ld should be soldered to the jac k' s outer barrel connection
at one end, and to the radio's ground foi l or
a chassis-con necting screw lug on the othe r.
If you are antsy about t inkeri ng with the
radio 's guts, you can wrap the center conductorof the antenna's coax dowlead around
the tip of the fully-compressed whip. This
may work without even having to attach the
shie ld braid to cabinet hardware like a jack
nut that is connected to the circuitry.

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Delta Research ............................ ... 97
DX Computing ............................... 46
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Jacques d'Avignon ......................... 49
JPS Comm ........................ ............. 73
K&L Technology .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. ... . 71
KIWA Electronics ..................... 81, 97
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Lentini Communications ................... 23
Microcraft ........................... ........... 69
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Motron Electronics .... ...................... 95
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By Bob Grove,
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Reporting What You Overheard - Is It Ever Legal?

Some coJTespondence from MT reader K. Fors yth of
Fresno, Cali fornia, piqued my consciousness about a
dilemma many of us have faced: Are there some things
we overhear on the communications channe ls whi ch
rea ll y need to be revealed to othe r parties? As an avid
scanner listener, reader Forsyth agreed with an editorial
in the September I 0 , 19 96, issue of the Fresno Bee which
alluded to criminal incidents which either never appear in
print. or which are g iven very brief mention and no
fo ll ow-up.
The editorial writer spec ifically c ited a drive-by shooting at police officers, an elderly man who died wh ile
res is ting arrest. and a S W AT team shooting o f an elderly
woma n who barricaded herself into her own hou se. Is thi s
a m atter of too much news in too lil!le space, editorial
disc retion. or unwillingness by law enforcement to release o fficial information? The spectre of"pol ice coverup"
is often charged by citizens concerned with the "big
brothe r'' syndrome and police unaccountability.
Many. if not most. scanner listeners have heard inc idents involv ing law enforcement that sounded quite serio us. yet m;ver appeared in print. What happened to the
news) Certainly. law e nforcement agencies want themse lves to look good: that 's natural. They will release
compl ete detail s of successful in vesti gati ons and aJTests.
But what happens when a bust goes wrong? Do we
deserve to know about that, too?
.Just how do the media learn about incidents o f public
intcrest' 1 Tips. both attributable and anonymous; inquiries of the pub lic affairs officers; direct observation ; news
releases from the agenc ies; and lastly. monitoring of
po lice radio co mmunications-and that 's whe re th e
trouble begins.
The 1934 Com munications Act forbids the d isc losu re
or personal use of' info rmation overhe ard o n the airwaves.
In other words. if you hear a police action in progress, you
can t tel l a sou l: if you overheartwo businessmen di scuss-

ing an impending s toc k s plit, you can't call you r broker

and cas h in. Ideally, from a legal standpoint, even if you
hear communications directly concerning you, you can' t
react. Perhaps the operative words here should be may not
rather than can 'r!
News media use scanners to get their scoops, then call
the agencies in volved fo r the official, publishable stories.
But what if you catch a drug deal going down? Or the
planning of a heinous-or even low-level-crime? The
law is also very specific about that: If you have informatio n relating to a committed crime. you are required to
report it to appropriate law enforcemen t officers. Notice,
however that this relates to a crime w hich has already
been committed, not to a crime still in the planning stage,
even though it is illega l in many s tates to pl an a crime.
Statutes vary from state to state. A loca l law e nforceme nt officer whom I contacted said that the tip shou ld be
turned in anonymous ly; a s imple phone cal l from a pay
phone. for examp le, and a follow-up call placed later to
see if there is any additional in formation the tipster could
prov ide. Such hearsay ev idence cou ld not be adm itted at
a trial , but it wou ld be an important lead during an
in vest igation or, if early enough, cou ld prevent the commi ssion of a crime .
A local attorney agrees, while adding that listening in
on the radio portion of a private telephone conversation
is a violation of state law as well as the Federal Wire tap
Act (Title 18), and you could be liable for c ivil suit as well
as criminal prosecution . However, placing an anonymous call from a pay phone wou ld probably provide
immunity from any such action. A local district auorney
agrees, adding that. in his jurisdiction. anyone who came
forward and openly admitted the cond itions under which
he illegall y obtaine d impo rtant information re lating to a
crime would not be prosecuted .
We encounter many situation s in which we must let
our consc ience be our guide. That usually works we ll.

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