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CONTENTS
Vol. 15, No.6
June 1996
Broadcasting War in Ethiopia ................ 20

By Harald Kuhl
The Horn of Africa has lo ng been a hotbed of clandestine broadcasters
voic ing the views of various oppos ition parti es. The airwaves have been
calmer since I99 I whe n a coalition party began to rule in Ethiopia. Since
1995, however, the Voice of Oromo Libe ration has begun broadcasting
again, this time from a site outside Ethiopia wh ich is wide ly audible to DXers.
Why now and why from this undisc losed location ? Harald Kuh l talks
with Taye Te fcrra, European coordinator of the station. in this revealing
interv iew.
Cover Srory
.1.1Hot Ustening in
.1.1Hot-/anta"
By Michael Martin and Roger
Cravens
July 19th to August 4th, all eyes and
ears will be on Atlanta for the running of the Centennial Oly mpic
Games. If you are one of the thousands of visitors expected to vis it
Atlanta and the other venues in the
Southeast, welcome to the best scanning you have ever experienced!
Although sensitive communications such as security for athletes and
dignitaries will be using scrambled
circuits, probably 110 daily activity
around the region will be "routine"
during the Olympics. So that you
won' t miss a minute of monitoring,
we've prepared some extensive frequency lists so you can program your
scanner for your favorite agencies
- beginning with your arrival at the
airport.
O ur cover shows An<lraz Vehovar
of Slovakia on the challeng ing new
kayak venue - Tennessee's Ocoee
River. Photo by Harry Baughn.
FM/TV DX 101 .................................................. 24

By Loyd Van Horn
The younger gene ration Yan Horn makes hi s wntmg debut in this
" introduction course" to FM and TY DXing. Though various types of
propagation conduc ive to long-range reception occur throughout the year,
summe rtime is tradition ally one of the best times to enjoy this aspect of
DX ing, especially when summer storms make AM listening difficult. However, as Loyd discove red, it takes more than just fancy equipme nt to produce
results worth bragging about.
DEPARTMENTS
Reviews:
Readers have expressed a great deal

of curiosity about the Radio Shack
DX-394 shortwave receiver. How does
this tabletop. priced under $400. slack
up against the classics? Sec Magnes
review on page 98 for the bottom line.
Parnass revisits the Uniden
BC9000X LT (p. 100) to pass along to
readers some additional mods and tips
acquired over a year of operation.
Addressing a number of common
reception requi rements. the Grove
TUN-4A is not only an antenna
preselector/ampl ifcr. but provides ..a
complete antenna system control unit."
See page 96 for the review.
Letters ................................................ 4
Communications ................................. 6
Grove Expo Update .......................... 18
Beginner's Corner ............................. 28
Going Down (LF)
Scanning Report ............................... 30
Scanning on Line
Utility World ..................................... 34
FBI on HF
Shortwave Broadcasting .................... 38
QSL Report ....................................... 42
English Lang SW Guide ..................... 43
Club Circuit ....................................... 67
Propagation Conditions ..................... 68
Below 500 kHz ................................. 70
Surfing for Longwaves
American Bandscan .......................... 72
Exotic TV DX
Outer Limits ...................................... 74
Micro Pirates Widespread
On the Ham Bands ............................ 76
Amplitude Modulation
Special Events Calendar ..................... 77
DeMaw' s Workbench ........................ 78
Tune a Random-Length Antenna
Plane Talk ........................................ 80
Reader's Corner
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Federal File ..................................... 82

Federal Surveillance Freqs
Satellite TV ....................................... 84
Satellite Broadcasting Guide
Experimenters Workshop .................. 86
Cool Ways to Design Circuits-I/I
Skylink ............................................. 88
Wireless Computer LANS
Computers & Radio ........................... 90
Message Tracker
Net News ......................................... 92
Audio on the Internet
What's New ..................................... 93
Review: Grove TUN-4A
Magne Tests ..................................... 98
Radio Shack DX-394
Scanning Equipment ........................ 100
Mods & Tips for BC9000XLT
Antenna Topics ............................... 102
The Kite-Supported Antenna
K.l.S. Radio .................................... 106
CB- Ultimate Frugal Radio
Ask Bab ......................................... 108
More on Current Flow
Stock Exchange .............................. 110
Closing Comments .......................... 112
The State of the Union
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LETTERS
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a.o.a. ~done ct. tmro th.YI 'J.~ ~v.Y' ~-ncn ~ ec :enew ~ ..-M thf: U.S.
'-Okinawa
Ed Sch wartz spied this photo in the Chicago Tribun e, and

says, "Check what .l"tands behind the man in the photo
(taken in Okinawa). I 'II be only we radio junkies would
know what it is!"
The Wullenweber Unveiled

As expected. April"s tantal izing but admiltedly incomplete story on the Wu lien weber
antenna did elicit some additional in fo rmation and furt her reference sources from our
readers. The following message from Dave
Rogers of Plano. Texas, fi lled in a lot of gaps.
'The Wullenwi:ber antenna was stationed
at various NA YSECG RU (Naval Security
Group) Bullseye (Wullenweber) sites around
the world. The ant enna is for HF (short wave)
use only. There arc two separate arrays which
are concentric. The Lo-band array covers 210 MH z and has 40 elements, while the Hiband array cove rs 8-30 MHz and has 120
ele ments. The arrays are backed up by a
ground screen whi ch im proves directi vity.
"The key clement in the design of the
antenna system was the goniometer. which is
a mechan ical rotati ng switch used to switch
the input from one antenna to the nex t. Knowing which an tenna is currently selected allows one to point the array in a partic ular
di rection for OF (direction fi ndi ng). Gonios
have since bee n replaced by elec tronic
switches.
'"There were far more than 14 antennas
built by the Navy. The USN had 25 sites
worldwide al one time. Also, the Air Force
Security Service has a similar antenn a system
which is a th ree-band design at other locati ons.
MONITORING TIMES
June 1996
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102
103
104 -
Herr Wul lenweber was kidnapped hy the R u~s i ans at the

end o f WW Il and. w nsequcntly.
they also have Wul lcnwebe r
sites.
ww1I was cert ainly not the
heyday of NA YSECGR U. It
wasn' t even put in place until
the 1950's. We had about 10.000
personnel in SECGRU in the
1970' s. In the late 1980' s. one
site (Rota, Spain) had almost
2000 people at it. The current
NA YSECGRU is a shadow of
its former self.""
Bi ll Ne ill of Westminster.
Colorado. add st hi ~ inforniation:
conside rable info rmat ion is
available about the Wullenwcber
antenn a and anci llary equ ipment. much of it fro m the US
Navy. About te n years ago. I
was able to obtain the following
publications from the Naval Securi ty Group Training Facility
at Corry Station. Florida (all
nu mb e rs
pre fa ced
by
NAYELEXO IOI ):
Naval Security Group Elements:

Naval Communication Station Design;
HF Radio Propagation and Facility Site Selection;
HF Antenna Systems (contains considerable engi
neering information on Wullenweber arrays).
Further. information about thi: equipment

used at Wullcnweber sites is fo und in the
following Naval Rate Trai ning Manuals:
0500-LP-06801 10 0500-LP-070-2000 0500LP-075-01 10
0502-LP-051-1 41 0
0502-LP-051- 1610 0502LP-051-1760
Electronics Technician 1 & 2

Electronics Technician 3 & 2
Radioman 1 &C (Chief)
Radioman 3 & 2
Cryptologic Technician M, 3 & 2
Communications Technician 0, 3
&2
0502-LP-051 -2500- Principles of Radio Wave Trans
mission
0502-LP-05 1-2550 - Cryptologic Collection Equipments
'As for 'very interesting reading.' probably the more salient would be The Pu::.::.le
Palace by James Bamford. published in the
i:arly 1980' s:
Credit Where Credit is Due

The following is excrpted from comments
by She ldon Harvey of Greenfield Park. Quebi:c. on the March cover story about Radio
Ca nada Intcrnational .
" I would li ke to thank M o11i1ori11g T imes
for once again giving front page prominence
to the plight or Radio Canada Inte rnati onal. I
am pleased to see that you obviously believe

that it is an issue worthy of such coverage.
.. First. it is important to give credit where
credit is due. The figures relating to costs of
operating other international broadcasters. as
we ll as the nu mber of international broadcasting organizations worldwide. were quoted
fro m a 1995 study conducted by Radio Australia.
"Second. if not for the fo rmati on and subsequent lobbyi ng of the Coalition to Restore
Full RCI Fund ing. the issue of RCI would
have been a dead one five years ago. The
overwhelming media coverage throughout
Canada and worldwide. combi ned with the
outpouring of support in the way of letters.
faxes, e-mail. etc. to the Canadian government from supporters and believers in RC!.
surprised everyone. including the Coalition
members. The efforts of the Coalition had
succeeded in drawing domestic and international allention to a matter which five years
ago. hardly anyone wanted to talk about.
' Past history leads us to believe that, come
December 1996. we' ll be back to the drawing
board. The government has ind icated that
they hope to be able to meet with various
groups throughout the balance of th is year to
fi nd alternate sou rces of funding fo r the service. but the time is short and money is
difficult to come by.
11 is most disturbing to hear current RCI
Executive Director. Mr. Terry Hargreaves.
te ll ing listeners to a Mont real talk show that
it isn t my job to lobby to save Radio Canada
Inte rnational.' The government conti nually
hands the operations of the service back to
CBC. resulting in the placing of CBC executi ves al the he lm of a service which they don t
be lieve in.
The Coalition would like to see a separat e. pro tec ted bud get , somewhat like
Canada' s contri bution to the Un ited Nations.
'"On behalf of the Coalition. we wish to
publicly thank everyone for thei r conti nued
support."
In recognition of those who have worked
so hard over the past fi ve years. we acknowledge the hard-working me mber~ of thi s commillee. who are: Woj tek Gwiazda, Maggy
Akcrb lo m, Da niel Black . Willi a m
Westenhaver. and Sheldon Harvey. You can
con tact the Coal ition at 1250 de la Visitation,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2L 3B4 (5 14)
52 1-3082 fox: or send your support for RC! to
the Rt. Honorable Jean Chretien. Prime Minister. House of Commons. Ouawa, Ontario.
Canada K I A 0A6. (6 13) 957-5556 fax.
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OLYMPIC GAMES
lt "s hard to believe, but ham rad io operators arc being told not to bring their radios to
the Olympics in At lanta this su mmer. Leave
your hand he ld radio al home -you won l be
allowed inside the gate. says Andrew Funk,
KB7UV and a member of the Olympic Broadcast Frequency Coordination Committee.
Accord ing to Funk. all RF radiating devices will be strictly controlled at the event. In
fact. according to \\lor/dradio. all RF gear.
including broadcast equipment. will be required to pass a separate Olympic certification inspection in addition to the normal FCC
certification.
On The Road Again

No soone r had the Un ited Kingdom s
Radiocommunications Agency-the equivalent to the U.S. Federal Com munications
Commission - settl ed into their new offices
in London s dockside region. than the facility
was damaged by a bomb blast. No one was
injured. but the RA was forced to pack up and
once again go on the road in search of a new
home. At press time, it was not known when
or where it wi ll be relocated.
800 MHz System Works

Not all is doom and gloom when a new 800
MHz radio system comes to town. says reader
George Beard - at least not to the people
who use it as pan of thei r job.
"lnteresting notice in the paper about the
800 MHz system of thl.! Kansas City. Kansas.
Fire Department." says Beard. According to
the report, the new system has given the
department stale-of-the-art commu nications.
'The new radio service has given us capabilities we have needed for some time... says Fire
Chief John Bergman. Not one whimper about
blackouts. dead spots. or other complaints
that sometimes accompany the installation of
these high-tech systems.
The Kansas Cit y. Kansas. story is in contrast to the adjoining Kansas City. Missouri .
Fire Department 800 MHz system which reportedly docs not work well . Kansas City.
MO. is about three times larger in population
than Kansas C it y. KS.
In Portland, Oregon. trouble cominued to
nag the system when a misali gned mi cro-
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June
1996
wave dish and rain combined to take that 800

MHz trunked system off the air. One month
earlier, a wi ndstorm froze the system. forcing
pol ice and firefighters to use cellu lar and
wired te lephones to con tact their dispatchers.
Keeping Track
According to FCC officials. the total number of (licensed) radio stati ons in the United
States is 12.034. That" s up from I 1.987 last
September. AM stations added on ly one new
station since the last figures came out in late
1995. That brings theirtotal to4.909. Whereas.
thirty-two new FM stations swelled the ranks
of facilities using freq uency modulation to a
total of 5.306.
Porno Jammer
According to newspaper reports. pol ice in
Vancouvl.!r. Canada. have been harassed by a
"radio amateu r" who jammed their radio traffic with the ~ound of a couple having sex . It"s
extremely dangerous. Vancouver police Inspector /\I Forbes said - referring to the
jamming. not the sex. The tl eshy blasts. believed to be fro111 the soundtrack of pornograph ic movie. followed the police from channel to channel as they attempted to avoid the
jammer.
"They obviously know all the frequencies ... said Forbes. In emergencies, police
could be heard over the interference. although
the grunting was a distraction. Inspector
Er, you might o ught to repeat that last
tra11smissio11, captain. I copied yo11 up
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Forbes said it"s unlikely the radio pervert will

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Beware the Motor-Mouth

Anyone who has ever watched the person
in the car in front of you l weaveJ as he or she
talks on a ce llular phone [Oops! Off on the
sho11/der again II already knows this story .
Researchers say that people with a cell
phone in the car have a 34 percent higher risk
of having an accident than people who do not
have cell phones. What"s more, people who
use their cell phones a lot (50 minutes or more
a month) arc fi ve times more likely to crash
than motori sts who talked less.
The CellularTclcphone Industry dismissed
the study. sayi ng. "It has glaring research
shortcomings: We wondered. what about
those other people who use radios in their
cars? Researchers ignored the question of 2meter and CB users.
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Transco ntinental Refrigerated Lines.
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of whether the event has changed the dri ver's
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On the Move
CB is. adm ittedly. a low priority wi th the
FCC these days. There' s too much money to
be made auction ing off frequencies for the socalled emerging technologies. CBer Danny
Lee Coffield managed. however. to get the
FCC's attention.
What makes Cofficld" s run-in the with
feds interesting is that he was nai led. not for
high-powered operation bu t for out-of-band
operation. Agents of the FCC' s Los Angeles
office discovered Danny Lee operating a modified Cobra on 27 .7744 MHz in September of
1993.
How he was nai led is also interesti ng: The
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and thus invalidates anyone's authority to use
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the cla im of Commissioner Susan :--Jess that
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Tube Resurrection
Amazing. Tu bes arc making a comeback. Driven by
hoards of audiophiles who
say that solid state equipment simply can't hold a
candle to lllbe- type rigs.
AT&T's Kansas City Works
is gearing up to once again
beg in production of the glowing orange wonders!
Atlanta e ntrepreneur Charles Whitener.
Jr .. is using the facilit y to bring the tubes back
to life. In fact, Whitener will even employ
some of AT&T' sold tube vets to work at the
plan t.
AT&Tclosed the operation in 1988. Since
then the lllbe market has fa lle n into the hands
of the Russian s and Chi nese. Full scale production at Kansas City is scheduled to begin
next month. The initial output of the fac tory,
some 30.000 Westrex 300B tubes, is already
spoken for!
Current ly. an origi nal AT&T Westrex
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offe r hi s for $350.
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Hot Listening
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By Michael Martin
Frequencies by Roger Cravens
e lebrating the I OOth anni versary of the modern Ol ympic Garnes, the XXY ith Olympiad wi ll bring
16 days o f the hottest monitoring we ever ex pec t to hear, beginning wi th the gala opening
ceremony Jul y 19 in the newly-constru cted Ol ympic Stadium and c ulminating in the closing
cere mony A ugu st 4th. The communications ne tworks wi ll not be di smantled until after the Paralympics
(Aug. 16-25) . Three areas w ill host the majority of eve nts: the Ol ympic Ring, Metro At lanta, and the
Southeast United States.
The Olympic Ring is an imaginary circle w ith a 1. 5 mile radius exte nding o utward from the center of
Atlan ta. Within the ring are venues for20 sports competitions, th e Main Press Center, and the International
Broadcast Ce nte r. The Ol ym pic Ring and Stone Mountain Park, 16 miles cast o f Atl anta, are the sites for
most of the sessions of the 1996 Games. But soccer, kayaking. rowing, yachting, etc. w ill be held in
locations around Georgia and the southern states, prese nting a mon itoring and re porting challenge.
June 1996
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THE OLYMPIC R I N G
riEORC,IA \VORl.D
Gf.ORGIA li'iSTITI!TE OFTEClfll:Ol.OG\'
For these few days Atlanta will
<.0-.;1. 1u_...\ <r.s rrn
not want to go ho me !
be hosting the world's fi nes t athAccordi ng to an officia l
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be Mo torola (the offic ial provider of
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gether some of their fin est prod ucts 1
re mo te area s o uts ide o f
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They will be re nti ng o ut well over
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10,000 two-way rad ios. incl uding
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that fe ature hig h-q uality. dig ital
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voice capability in a remote-mounted
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capabi lities) into o ne ne tprog rammabl e functio n keys, full
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hand helds that fe ature a to p mo un ted.
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o rganizati o ns ."
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M O TOROLA
pact and lig htweig ht. Moto rol a s sma llest pri sma ll area. It co vers five
vate syste ms mo bile rad io.
counti es and several c ities
Th e far-flung venues of the
Do you want more ? How abo ut cell ula r
(depending o n who you arc talking to), with
1996 Olympic Games will
te lepho nes ' Mo torola is providing at least
we ll over 2.5 mil li o n peo ple who ca ll it home !
present a formidable
But, Metro Atl anta isn' t the o nl y place w here
C O MMUNICAT IO N S N E TWORK
challenge to listeners. While
the Ol ympics a rc go ing to be held . Lake
most of the games will be
Lanier (Gainesvill e). Athe ns, Columbus , and
held in the Atlanta area,
Savannah are additio nal Geo rgia loca tio ns,
some will take place
plus eve n the O coee Ri ver in Te nnessee ! T his
hundreds of miles awaymeans mul ti ple j uri sd ictio ns will be involved.
even outside of Georgia.
Law e nforceme nt, lire. e me rgency medica l
services , a nd many othe rs w ill be prov iding
important support ro les.
1200 of the ir Micro T AC El item
It would be cost prohi b iti ve to prov ide
- o ne o f the wo rld ' s lig htest celevery o ne of these county/city/state agenc ies
lu lar tele pho nes. we ig hing in at a
w ith radios set to the Olym pic freque nc ies, so
me re 3.9 o unces. Antic ipating a
it is expec ted that each j uri sd ictio n w ill be
need fo r o ve r 6000 pagers.
setti ng up their own ne twork for suppo rt serM oto rola will be provid ing
vices. O utlying regio ns wi ll probably use the
~
their new Ad viso r Go ld
freque ncies already allocated for use in their
~ FL xn " m e ss ag e re a.reas by the FCC. One th ing that sho uld work
._..., cc i ve r. .. Fo r computer
in the fa vor of su pport teams in the Metro
data. there s the 3500 SeAt la nta area is that most of the agenc ies there
ries
Da
ta
Se
rvice
Unit
are
o perati ng o n Moto ro la' s T y pe Two and
Subscriber Products
( DSU). Fo r secure two I0,000 T wo. . W .iy K.adkr\
T wo I 800 M Hz T runk ing ne tworks (Tabl e 3).
6,CXJO A1Jlh111umt'riC' Pagt a
wa y commu nicatio ns o ve r
us ing Max tracs and S pectras as mo bile units
1.200 Cc.llut.ii Ttltp hont"S
te lephon e lines. at le ast
t.~00 Computt'r Modtms
a nd ST X' s and MT X's for pon able use. Thi s
!liecurr Two.Way C'.ommuntnlfons
1500 S ECTE L 2500 e no nl y requi res a s imple prog ramming c hange
tqulpm('f1\
cry ptio n dev ice s will be used
to enable eac h agency to ta lk to each other.
whic h w ill provide simu ltaAt this time . so me of the fi re departme nts
neous voi <.:c and d ata transmi sha ve "m utua l aid" channe ls so they can back
sio ns in a secure mo de and a hands
up eac h ot her. Agenc ies o utside the Metro
free spea ker pho ne. Wi th equipAtl anta area also have the ir own way of coo rme nt like this. visit ing med ia may
dinating w ith o thers (see Table 5).
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the state s Department ofTransportation. Plans

call for continual radio broadcast of traffic
conditions. 4 1 changeable message signs.
touch-screen kiosks at the airport and hotels,
anti a way for dri vers to get up-to-date information by telephone.
~
This system has employed numerous video
j cameras mounted atop tall poles around the
J; Metro At lanta area expressways whi ch are all
j hooked together by a fibe r optic network back
to DOT headqu arters in Atlanta. From their
Among the more familiar venues is Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, home of tile
headquarters, DOT can monitor hu ndreds of
Atlanta Braves, 1995 World Series Champions.
mi les of hi ghways coming into anti out of
Atlanta.
Also assisting in this role arc the tra ffic
that six hospitals will be providing medical
I The Who's Who of Law Enforcement
reporters both in the ai r and on the ground.
care for Ol ympic athletes. The communicaWhat agencies arc in volved in the Olym- tions between the EMS and the hospital coul d Four hl!l irnpters (one Jet Ranger and three
pic games that will be using two-way radio be interesting. Also the security guards will
R22's) as well as a Cessna 172 anti multiple
communications? More than you can imag- be quite acti ve on their radi os whe n the medi a ground units will be patrolling the interstates
ine: police, sheriff, Georgia State Patrol, GB! shows up at the ambulance.
(Table 4).
(Georgia Bureau of Investigation). fire. EMS
Atl anta is served by three airports. The
Speaking of the media. journalists and
(both pri vate and county services). mili tary (it news crews from around the world will be major t:ntry to At lanta is Hartsfie ld Internahas been reported that soldiers will be driving covering thcir home town" athletes. Although tional Airport. A plane either takes off or land
the shullle buses fo r the athletes, as well as 1he media has been warned not to bring in about every 30 seconds here. All internati onal
providing special security; even approximately their own two-way equipment without prior traffi c is handled through Hartsfield. Every350 United Nat ions soldiers wi ll be here), approval. we suspect all one will have to do is thing from Lear Jets to the newest Boeing 777
Secret Service (for all those out of town" set hi s scanner at 30 MH z on the low end and can b<.: hand led and full y serviced. The DeKalbdignitaries), BATF. DEA . FB I. Central Intel- set the top end to the limit and let it scan! One Pcachtrcc Airport (northeast Atlanta along 1ligence Agency. National Security Agency, can throw out prior notions of frequency allo- 85) and the Fulton County/Charl ie Brown
Department of Defense. park rangers. airport cations: If you normal ly hear your local police Field (west Atlanta along 1-20) will take care
police (Hartsfield International Airport is the on 460. 150 MHz. it could be used by
second busiest airport in the world). Depart- a wrecker service in Australi a. a fast
me nt of Transportat ion. the media. Georgia food restaurant in Switzerland. and
State Department of Transportation and pri- even a Taxi service in Ghana! Of
vate traffic services. and many more ABC course. the FCC (with help fro m
through XYZ government and private ser- Motorola) will have its hands full
vices.
with the interference from all of these
An opportunity for pre-Olympic listening sources. (Sec last month s fea ture on
was provided April 16- 18. as our government coordinating RF at the Olympic
flexed its muscles during a U.S. Security Games.")
Exercise. The exercise was planned to cover
Amate ur radio frequencies should
a possible hi-jacking scenari o at Hartsfie ld also be very acti ve during the Games.
Airport and a terrorist attack at the Ol ympic Amateurs from other countries will
Vi llage located in the centra l part of Atlanta.
be visiti ng and bringing their eq uipPrior to the event, a report in the New York ment with them. Call signs that you
Post quoted unidentified sources fa miliar with
only sec in magazines or on another
the preparations as saying this army of FB I. amateur s wall will be heard. In some
CIA. Defense Department. and Bureau of in tances. amateurs will be assisting
Alcohol. Tobacco. and Firearms fo rces was to in communications for some e ve nt ~.
hold mock allacks on the Olympic Village
and stage hostage negotiations including bomb I Coordinating Traffic of
disposal drills. Although the Games will be
Different Kind
patrol led by as many as 20.000 guards. 10.000
soldiers, and thousands of age nts from the
Atlanta s preoccupation with tra fFBI. CIA, Secret Service. and Georgia State fic may soon graduate to an obsesPatrol staff, the story reported that some ex- sion. But high-tec h efforts to cope
perts believe authorities are still inadequately continue. even as the tide of vehicles
prepared for a biological warfare inc ide nt.
threatens 10 flood the city. Among The Olympic kayak event will be held on the
Hospitals are another group that will be those on which weary motorist can Ocoee River of eastern Tennessee. Support
pressed into service. ACOG (Atlanta Com- pin their hopes is the Advanced Trans- agencies will use a mixture of local and f ederal
mittee fort he Olympic Games) has announced portation Management Syste m fro m frequencies.
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of sma ller traffic. The Brown Field

also handl es traffic for the U.S. Army
Forces Com mand (FO RSCOM) trave lers. North of Atl a nta in Marietta is
the very busy Dobbins Air Reserve
Base. A ll branches of the service
(USAF, Army. USN & USMC) use
thi s fi eld, and DARB would be a good
target to mo nito r for military transports
fro m other countries (Table I).
There arc a multitude o f ot her agencies that will be involved in the At lanta
O lympic Games, but the re is not e nough
space to cover eve ry one of the m. We
ho pe that with the above information
and the fo llow ing frequency tables.
a nyone with a scanne r sho uld be able to
wear o ut more than one set o f batteries
and cause some serious wear and tear
on earpho ne s.
I The Frequencies to Monitor
The lntemational Horse Park in Conyers,

Ga., is the site of the equestrian and bicycle
venues.
Roger C ravens has compil ed an o utstanding sta rt to liste ning in and arou nd
Atlanta. Georgia. T he frequency listings are
not all-encompassing, but should give visitors to Georgia and the so uthe rn states the best
idea o f whe re to sta rt , and to have as many
frequ encies as possible " in hand" on arrival.
(A less ab rid ge d li s t is a vai la ble at
www.grove.net/mthmpg.html). He re are
some comments fro m Roger o n the following
tables.
The freque nc ies listed are for local and
state agencies providing logisti c.: and public
service support during the O lympics. As of
Novembe r 1995. Atlanta switched to 800
MHz tru nking (though because of the exceptio na l need for communications, it 's likely the
460 MHz frequencies w ill be pressed bac k
into use as we ll ). If you are e ntering 800 M Hz
trun ked fre quenc ies, be sure to enter them in
reverse sorted order, since the Motoro la systems roll from high to low. Yo u cause yourselfunnecessary difficulty and stress in trying
to li sten to trun ked frequencies if you don ' t.
It would be imposs ible to provide every
known federal agency located in Atlanta , even
those planned for use d uring the Olympics.
Hopefully , you 've bee n fo l low ing John
Fulford' s "Federal File'' column , and you
sho uld a lready have an excellent idea of what
agency is located where. But just as a re minder, if you' II conduc t a serious search
between 162.000-1 74.000,400.000-406.000.
a nd 406.000-420.000 MHz. you wi ll almost
certain ly find more than you ever thought
poss ible in o ne c ity .
T he U.S. Army wi ll be playing a major role
in the Ol ympics . The o nly two Army posts
wi th in the A tlanta area a re Fort McPhe rson

and Fort Gillem. Fort Mc Pherson is located
just south of Atlanta and is the Headquarters
for U.S. Army Forces Command. Fort Gillem
is located furth er south of Atlanta, and is
primarily a reserve post, but even so it sees a
lot of acti vity.
Dobbins Ai r Force Base is located just
no rtheast of Atl anta in Marie tt a. With the
number of hi gh-l eve l of U.S. Government
YlPs visit ing the Olympics, an exce lle nt bet is
that they will be landing at Dobbins . Past
Presidents have always landed here , including other important dig nitaries.
Because so many people w ill be traveling
to Atl anta from lite rally all parts of the planet,
I have provided the most interesti ng and active frequen cies for Hartsfi e ld Internatio nal
Airpo rt. To a lesser extent. the two smalle r
airpo rts. C harli e Brown Fie ld and PeachtreeDe Kalb airpo11s, w ill al so be exceptionally
busy w ith he licopte rs and smalle r fi xed wi ng
aircraft. Peacht ree-DeKa lb alread y handles
several federal agenc ies (like the DEA), while
Brown Field handles most ly smaller U.S.
Army and other milit ary (generall y no n-U.S.
A ir Force) aircraft. Coke Cola's main hanger
is a lso located there.
Freque nc ies are included for MARTA ,
At lanta' s publ ic trans portatio n system which
uses both bus and rail, and also supports
handicapped riders. Due to the extre me traffic
condition s and d ow ntown stree ts bein g
blocked off, MARTA wi ll be the o nl y reasonable method of transportat io n in o r around
Atlanta. Even if you' re not interested in lis-
tening to trains, you sho uld make sure you

poke these frequenc ies in and li sten for a sho11
time.
The largest li sting is for the State of Georgia. If it 's happening in Atlanta o r o ther
Georgia Olympic sites, the State of Georgia
w ill have people there to mo nitor the actio n.
Please no te espec ia lly the Georgia Bure au of
Investigation frequenc ies and the statewide
" Me tro Fugiti ve Squad. " T he se freque nc ies,
in combi natio n w ith the State Hi ghway Patrol, shoul d provide enough fascinating liste ning to keep you up 'ti! all ho urs.
There are othe rs li sted as well, no t all
identified. Besides the Moto rola dig ital syste m, every available frequency is expected to
be used for Olympi c s uppo rt. but you may
encounter some unexpected uses. especially
w ith so many international visito rs. I strongly
recommend yo u bring a good freq ue ncy
counter, since the action ~ould po p up anywhere.
We hope to see you here in the Peach State.
because " Hot-lanta' is w here the actio n is!
So, sit back, turn o n the scanner, and let the
games begin !
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32.000 - 33.000
34.000 - 35.000
36.000 - 37.000
38.000 - 39.000
40.000 - 42.000
138.000-144.000
148.000 - 150.800
162.025 - 174.000
225.000 - 400.000
150.6750
163.0375
163.5875
165.0350
165.0375
Fort Gillem
030.0900
US Government
US Government
US Government
US Government
US Government
US Government
US Government
US Government
US Government - Some Military
US Government - Military Aero
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165.1875
Explosives and Ordnance Disposal

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Nuclear Accident Crews
Army ai rlields
Teams
Teams
Airport control tower
Aircraft Terminal Information
Service tATIS)
Aircraft erminal Information
Service (ATIS)
Helicopter Operations
Teams
Teams
902d Military Intelligence Group
Research and Development
Operations
Research and development
operations
Rail Operations
Fire dispatch
Military Police
Military Police (supports Fort
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Military Police (supports fort
McPherson)
Military Police alternate
Fort McPherson
139.3500
141.0750
141.3250
142.3250
142.9500
143.0550
143.3750
148.5750
148.5750
148.7000
148.7000
148.7000
148.9250
149.7500
149.8000
150.5500
150.5750
Post Operations
3d Military Police Group !CIDl
3d Military Police Group CID
3d Military Police Group (CID)
Paging
Post pagers
Base Operations
Miltiary Police
Fire dispatch
902d Militaf?: Intelligence Group
3d Military olice Group (CID)
Other/Unknown
030.4500
0363000
038.3000
038.5000
041.5000
049.7000
049 8000
119.5000
119.6500
122.5500
122.9500
139.0000
139.1750
141.0750
142.9500
143.0550
148.9250
149.8000
163.0375
163.5600
163.5625
163.5625
165.0375
165.0825
165.0850
165.0850
165.0875
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165.0625
165 0625
165.0825
165.0850
165.0875
165.1875
165.1875
166.9000
172 .3000
406.9375
406.9750
407.4750
407.5750
408.4250
412.8250
412.9000
412.9500
413.0250
41 3 2250
413.2375
413.4250
413.5250
413.5250
423.5250
Post Operations - probably

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Military Police
Post Building Maintanance
Post Civil Engineering/building
maintenance
Military Police/Security ("Blue
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Police Dispatch
Fire dispatch
Military Police
Fire and Military Police
Military Police alternate
Military Police/Security ("Blue
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Frequency in use-purpose not
determined
3d Military Police Group CID)
Base Operations
3d Military Police Group (C ID)
Dobbins Air Force Base/Naval Air Station

030.5000
AFB/Lockheed tac sec test
030.5100
"Blue Night" AF/N Ground Air
030.8400
AFB/Lockheed operations air
031.2000
"Blue Night" Navy Air Force
036.8500
047.0000
National guard
"Blue Night" AF/NGround Air
049.9500
119.3000 381.650 Approach/departure
120.7500 397.200 AFB Tower
120.7500 397.200 Tower primary
121.0000 385.500 approach/departure
121.8000
Res Trn fac-grnd con air
123.3500
AFB/Lockheed experimental flight
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123.5500
AFB/Lockheed primary flight test
125.3000 275.800 ground control
125.3000 275.800 ground primary
126.0500 302.000 AFB Rapcon
126.0500 312.400 GCA
134.2000 302.000 GCA
138.0250
138.1000 309.200 GCA
"Blue Night" AF/NGround Air
138.3600
138.9500
AFB/Naval air mainVfire/security
138.9600
139.5450
"Blue Night" Navy
140.8950
"Blue Night" Navy
142.2000
148.1000
148.5250
148.5500
149.1500
149.4750
Security Police & Naval Crash
150.0900
150.6600
151.9550
AFB/Lockheed in-plant page/tone/
153.3200
voice
158.3100
163.4875
163.5000
164.9625
165.0125
165.0600
165.0600 330. 125
165.1000
165.1125
165.1375
165.1625
172.3000
173.1500
173.4125
173.4375
173.5875
229.300
233.700
234.500
239.000
239.900
242.400
253.500
255.400
257.800
261.200
264.200
266.300
271.600
276.400
277.500
279.200
285.100
295.100
300.900
301.200
302.000
303.100
309.200
309.200
311.300
312.400
320.000
326. tOO
333.300
333.550
340.200
342.500
343.600
346.800
356.450
359.100
360.200
372.200
375 800
381.300
381 600
382.600
384.800
385.500
396.100
462.275
462.625
NEST'
June
1996
121 .650
121.750
121 .900
123.850
125.550
Depart Clearance
Ground rwys 9/27 (L & RJ
Ground rwys 8/26 (L & R)
Tower rv{'J 91/27r
ATIS - departure-automatic terminal info
AFB/Lockheed transportation disp

Security Police
Security Police
disaster preparedness
maintenance dDock 1)
AFB/Lockhee security
AFB/Lockheed security
maintenance
grnd ctrl, ramp vehicles, tower
ANG maint cntrl
"Dapper Dan" National Guard
Fire & Crash
Military air
VR-46 ops Navy C-9 transports
700 TAS air-to-air/c-130
Military air
Peach operations/11 6 TFW
operations
Air to Air (mohawks)
Marine Air, Channel 7 (Georgia
wide)
Marine Air, Channel 17, flt svc sta
Marine Air, Channel 6 (listed as
"Civ")
Military air
VM0-4 sqdn operations
Military air
ATIS
Marine approach
Marine Air, Channel 12,
"Skywatch"
Military air
VA-205 sqdn maintenance
Military air
Marine Air, Channel 14, "NEST 2"
Marine Air, Channel 19, "TAC 1"
GCA
Marine Air. Channel 14, "NEST 1"
approach
Military air
Military air
GCA
Military air
Military air maintenance
Military air
Naval Air Station opns pilot to disp
Marine Air, Channel 16. "Metro
Weather"
Marine Air/Atlanta Center
GCA
Marine Air, Channel 1O
Military air
Naval Air Station gnd, Marine
Channel 15
Operations pilot to dispatch
ground control
command posV?OO tac air sqdn
Marine Air, Channel 5/Atlanta
Center
AFB/Lockheed primary flight test
Military air
Air Traffic Control
Military air
AFB/Lockheed security. fire, crash,
med
AFB/Lockheed facilities eng &
maint
Nuclear Emergency Search Teams
Atlanta~
TABLE 2: Atlanta Area Airports
Hartsfield International Airport

118.350
Arrival South
119.100
Tower rwys 9127 (L & R)
119.500
Tower rwys 8126 (L & R)
119.650
ATIS - arrival-automatic terminal info
120.500
Gate Hold
14
Atlanta~ 1996
TABLE 1: Military Monitoring
127.250
127.900
t29.270
129.370
131.250
131.450
Arrival north
Arrival south of V-18
Ramp #3
Ramp #4
Ramp #5
Ramp #1 Delta ground ops
1996
131.850
154.190
257.600
348.600
463.025
464.100
464.525
Ramp #2 Delta company freq.

Primary (TAC-1 )
Tower see 119.1 & 119.5
Ground see 121 .75 &121.9
Med-2. hosp/ambulance
Security WNPR718
Maintenance WSD698 lie. to Delta,
KNJL861
Atlanta Police at Hartsfield

853.9875
Airport Police
853.4625
Airport Police
852.9625
Airport Police
852.4625
Airport Police
851 .9625
Airport Police
Q99
City of Atlanta
154.9050
154.9350
155.3400
155.3700
155.7000
155.8500
156.0450
151.1300
156.0500
156.0650
156.0800
156.0900
156.1100
156.1250
156.1400
156.1550
156.1700
156.1850
156.4500
158.9025
158.9100
158.9175
158.9625
158.9700
158.9900
159.0000
159.0050
159.0350
159.0500
159.0650
159.1100
453.2500
453.3625
453.4375
453.6625
456.4875
457.1000
458.2500
458.4375
458.6625
460.0250
460.0750
460.1500
460.2000
460.3000
460.3500
460.4250
460.4750
460.5250
460.5500
461.0250
462.9500
462.9500
462.9750
464.8000
466.0250
860.9375
860.7625
Dekalb-Peachtree Airport
119.3000
Atlanta approach/departure
120.0000
Tower (tower-nights)
120.9000
CTAF (tower-days)
120.9000
Tower
121.6000
Ground control
122.9500
UNICOM
125.2000
Clearance
128.4000
ATIS
381.6500
Atlanta approach/departure
464.6375
Dekalb-Peachtree Air
Charlie Brown Field
118.5000
CTAF/tower
119.0000
ATIS
119.5000
Airport/facility control tower
119.8000
Atlanta approach/departure control
120.7000
121.0000
121.7000
122.5500
122.9500
122.9750
123.0500
123.7000
141.3500
149.7500
254.2500
255.4000
257.8000
348.6000
464.9250
Tower
Approach/departure control
Ground control
Aircraft terminal information service
(ATIS)
UNICOM/helicopter operations
Army aviation
CTAF/UNICOM
Clearance
U.S. Army FORSCOM VIP Operations
Army aviation
Aircraft approach/departure comms
Flight service station
Control tower
Control tower/ground control
Lockheed representative
TABLE 3: Atlanta Area Public Safety/Law Enforcement Atlanta ~
Sheriff's intra-county statewide net

Sheriff's inter-city statewide net
Atlanta/Fulton County EMS
Police/Sheritt statewide intersystem
Detectives (Primary) duped w/460.4250
Detectives (Alternate)
Detectives (Alternate) output from
(i-85 common)
Detectives (Alternate)
Channel 10 (com-net) Special Opns (Red

Dog Sqd)
Public Works (input to 458.3625)
Usage unknown
Atlanta Housing Authority
Channel 10 (comnet) Special Opns (Red
Dog Sqd)
Zone 2 dispatch NE (now 800trunked)
Zone 3 dispatch SE (now BOOtrunked)
Zone 5 dispatch Downtown
(Ambassador Security) (now 800-trunked)
Inquiries/SWAT (Atlanta wide)(TAC-1 )
Zone 1 dispatch NW (now BOO-trunked)
Zone 4 dispatch SW (now BOO-trunked)
Detectives/Administration (F-8) (echos
155.7000)
Zone 6 dispatch ECentral (now 800trunked)
Police tactical (TAC-2) Red Dog/Special
Ops
Police mobile data/phone patch (TAC-3)
CH 12, split 465.5500, handitalky dup
Atlanla/Fulton County EMS
Police & Fire
Police & Fire
860.4875
860.4625
860.4375
860.2375
859.9375
859.7625
859.4875
859.4625
859.4375
859.2375
858.9375
858.7625
858.4875
858.4625
858.4375
858.2375
857.4875
857.4625
856.4875
856.4625
853.1125
851.7375
MARTA
452.3750
452.4250
452.4750
452.6375
452.6625
452.6750
452.6875
452.7125
452.7375
452.7750
452.8250
452.8750
453.2875
453.6375
453.6625
453.6875
453.7000
453.7125
453.7250
453.7375
453.7750
453.8750
453.9250
453.9500
457.3750
457.4750
457.6375
457.6625
457.6750
457.6875
457.7125
457.7375
457.7750
457.8250
457.8750
458.7000
458.7250
458.7750
458.8750
458.9250
458.9500
City Government
City Government
Police &Fire
Police &Fire
Police &Fire
Police &Fire
City Government
City Government
Police &Fire
Police &Fire
Police &Fire
Police &Fire
City Government
City Government
Police &Fire
Police &Fire
City Government
City Government
City Government
City Government
City Government
New freq-prob City Government
F-1 north-south train
Avondale &College Park yards
F-1 Police
MARTA
MARTA
F-3 Police
MARTA
MARTA
MARTA
F-2 police/East-West train
College Park yard
F-5 train maintenance
Miscellaneous/Mobile Operations
F-2 A-Div. buses: Eastside
Georgia. State of City-Wide Voice &
Emergency
F3 BDiv. buses; North &West
F-4 CDiv. buses; Central &West
F-6 Supervision/Maintenance vehicles
F-5 buses; Citywide and digital signaling
462.6250
462.7000
467.6250
467.7000
1996
Miscellaneous Operations
Miscellaneous Operations
Fulton County Frequencies

153.7850
153.9950
156.0900
173.3900
451.8250
456.8250
458.5500
458.5750
859.3875
858.4125
8583875
857.4125
857 3875
856.3875
855.7375
855.4625
855.2375
821.0000
Emergency Management
453.5750
462.6750
Emergency Management
Fire (simulcast)
854.5625
854.5375
Fire (simulcast)
Fire dispatch
154.3250
Fire mutual aid (statewide)
154.2800
Fire/EMS
855.6625
154.2350
Fireground
155.3400
Fulton County EMS
155.3250
Fulton County EMS (F-1)
155.2350
Fulton County EMS (F-2)
901.0000
Fulton County Housing Authority
154.9350
lntercounty Law Net (Statewide)
155.3700
lntersystem Law Net (Statewide)
856.4125
Phone patch
854.5125
Phone patch
155.4150
Police Dispatch (North Fulton)
158.7750
Police Dispatch (South Fulton)/County
Services
468.0000
(MED-1 Ambulance)
463.0000
(MED 1 Hospital)
462.9750
(MED10/Coordinating Chan Hospital)
467.9750
(MED 1O/Coordinating Chan Ambulance)
468.0250
(MED-2 Ambulance)
(MED-2 Hospital)
463.0250
468.0500
(MED3 Ambulance)
463.0500
(MED-3 Hospital)
468.0750
(MED4 Ambulance)
463.0750
(MED-4 Hospital)
468.1000
(MED5 Ambulance)
(MED5 Hospital)
463.1000
468.1250
(MED-6 Ambulance)
463.1250
(MED6 Hospital)
(MED-7 Ambulance)
468.1500
463.1500
(MED? Hospital)
468.1750
(MED-8 Ambulance)
(MED-8 Hospital)
463.1750
462.9500
(MED-9/Coordinating channel hospital)
467.9500
(MED-9/Coordinating channel ambulance)
855.1875
Sheriff's Office
June 1996
MONITORING TIMES
15
QX9
045.2400
151 .0250
151.2200
153.7850
153.9200
154.0850
154.6950
154.8900
155.1 300
155.4450
155.8950
1560150
158.7600
158.8800
159.0000
159.8250
453.0625
453.4750
453.7500
453.9250
458.0625
458.4250
458.6750
458.8375
458.9750
460.4625
465.0125
465.4625
867.6250
823.6000
822.2625
808.4625
151.4450
153.9650
153.9950
155.1 450
155.7300
159.7500
453.5750
458.5750
614.0000
867.6000
821.0000
TABLE 4: State of Georgia Frequencies
045.5600
047.3200 047.6200
151.0850
151.1150 151.1720
151.3550
151.4600 153.7400
153.8150
153.8450 153.9050
153.9350
154.0250 154.0550
154.1000
154.4150 154.6800
154.7250
154.7850 154.8000
154.9650
155.0250 155.1000
155.2050
155.2350 155.4300
155.6100
155.7450 155.7600
155.9250
155.9400 156 0000
156.6500
156.8000 158.7450
158.8050
158.8350 158.8650
158.9250
158.9400 158.9550
159.0450
159.4200 159.6000
159.9300
160.1250 452.1875
453.0875
453. 1500 453.3375
453.5125
453.6250 453.6750
453.7625
453.8375 453.8500
453.9750
458.0375 458.0500
458 0875
458.1875 458.3375
458.4750
458.5125 458.5500
458.7250
458.7500 458.7625
458.8500
458.9000 458.9250
460.0125
460.0625 460.2250
460.5000
460.6250 464.9750
465.0625
465 2250 465.3625
465.5000
469.1000 469.9750
867.2625
853.4625 852.4375
822.6250 822.6000
823.0750
821 .6500
821.5125 821.0125
807.4375
(new in 1995-use unknown-prob GBI)
(new in 1995-department of health ?)
(new in 1995-use unknown)
(new in 1995-use unknownl
(new in 1995-use unknown
(new in 1995-Georgia/Fullon County EMA)
(new in 1995-paired with 806 0000-use
unknown)
QX9
806.0000
158.8950
154.8600
153.8600
453.2250
160 2000
122.9500
151. 1450
151.2800
151.3700
151.4000
151.2050
151.4750
121.7000
154.8150
155.5050
155.5500
155.7900
159.0750
159.7950
159.9750
159. 1200
039.5800
045 .1200
155.1600
453.4875
458.4875
155.1900
453.0500
453.6000
458 2250
TENNESSEE
Depending on which dignitary wants to visit this site. the
Air Guard should be on alert for this exercise.
Here's a
short listing that was mailed to me.
MONITORING TIMES
458.6250
155.4600
151.0700
047.2400
047.3000
047.3400
047.4000
151.1000
453.7250
156.2250
158.9850
047.4600
155.0550
156.1800
896.0000
868.8500
868.6000
868.0750
867.0375
866.6500
866.5125
866.0125
155.4750
042.0200
154.9050
154.9350
155.9100
155.3700
453.0375
453.1375
453.1875
042.1800
154.2800
122.9000
June
1996
Tennessee Air National Guard

138.1000
Command Post
163.4875
Securi~)
163.5875
Fire & rash
165.1125
Security
165.1625
Job Control
The actual fun will be held in Polk County, so try thes for
public service support activities. Other support agencies
such as the Chattanooga, TN, Sheriff's Dept may be using
their own frequencies. Also check Forest Service
frequencies.
Polk County
154.7550
154.8600
156.01 50
156.0900
155.2050
155.3400
155.2800
037.2600
462.9500
462.9750
Ambulance to Base
Ambulance to Hospital
Hosp to Hosp Net
Sheriff Ofc State Net
Special Emergency
Special Emergency
State of Tennessee
042.5600
045.6200
072.7800
155.4300
460.5250
460.5500
155.6550
Dept of Correctons
156.2100
Dept of Correctons
158.7750
Dept of Correctons
042.2600
Dispatch F-1
Dispatch F-1
042.4200
Congress Center (exact use unknown)

Governor's Mansion (general ops/securitytrunked?)
Highway Department (engineering)
Highway Department (metro atlanta)
Highway Department (statewide)
Highway Department (survey & construetion)
Marta City-Wide Voice & Emergency
Metro Fugative Squad (Wants & Warrents)
(M-Channel)
Metro Fugative Squad (Wants & Warrents)
National Red Cross/Georgia Coordination
State Cap Sec & Bldg Authority (secu rity
dispatch)(old channel)
State Cap Sec & Bldg Auth (capitol securitysimplex)(old channel)
State Capitol Security & Building Authority
(trunked)
SCS&BA (trunked)
SCS&BA (trunked)
SCS&BA (trunked)
SCS&BA (trunked)
SCS&BA (trunked)
SCS&BA (trunked)
SCS&BA (trunked)
State Patrol (Nationwiide Law Enforcement
Net)/GBI
State Patrol lntersystem (statewide)/GBI
State Patrol, intrastate coordinating (F-3)/1
State Patrol, Intrastate Coordinating (Metro
Fugative: TAC-2)/I
State Patrol, Main Dispatch (Metro Atlanta)/
GBI (mobile input 155.1900)
State Patrol, Statewide lntersystem (all
police agencies)/GBI
State Vehicle Repeaters
Statewide Alcohol & Beverage Control
Statewide fire coordination network
UNICOM (also listed as 122.9500)
Atlanta ~
TABLE 5: Venues Outside Atlanta
SAVAN NAH: Chatham County

155.3400
Chatham County Emergency Medical Serv.
153.8000
153.9650
154.2800 154.3850
154.4300
154.7400 154.9050
154.6500
154.9350
154.9650
155.0100 155.1300
155.1600
155.3700
155.4750
155.9100 156.0000
156.0300
156.1500
158.9100 458.0250
458.0750
458.1250
458.1750 458.2750
460.5000
463.0000
463.0250 463.0500
463.0750
463.1 000
463.1250 463.1500
463.1 750
468.0000
468.0250 468.0500
468.0750
4681000
468.1250 468.1500
468.1750
859.4625
858.4625 857.4625
856.4625
853.6375
Port Wentworth
154.4000
155.0550
City of Savannah
045.0800
045.2400
045.3600 045.4000
153.8300
153.8900
154.1750 154.3100
154.9950
158.9550
453.2500 453.3250
453.4000
453.8750
453.9250 453.9625
458.2500
458.3250
458.4000 458.8750
458.9250
458.9625
460.0250 4602000
460.3250
460.4000
460.4750 465.0250
465.2000
465.3250
465.4000 465.4750
465.5000
860.9875
859.9875 8589875
857.9875
857.7625
856.9875 856.7625
928.3935
952.3935
City of Tybee Island
154.1000
154.4450
154.7100
16
(new in 1995-paired with 614.0000-use

unknown)
Clayton Co (F-2) Sheriff/State of Georgia
Cobb Co/State of GA Joint Task Force
Department of Education
Dept of Natural Resources (Statewide Ops)
Dept of Transportation (Trucking & MultiUse)
Dept of Natural Resources/Air Coordination
Forestry Commission (District Administration)
Forestry (District Administration)
Forestry (State Administration)
Forestry (State Administration)
Fulton Co Airport (Ground Control)
Georgia Bureau of Investigation/State Patrol
(F-2)(mobiles)
Georgia Bureau of Investigation (F-1 )
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Georgia Dept of corrections/Metro
Correctional Inst
Georgia Emergency management agency
Georgia Emergency management agency (f2)
Georgia, Supported Georgia K-9 statewide
rescue
Georgia State Patrol (mobile extender-hit to
vehicle)
Georgia State Patrol (mobile extender-hit to
vehicle)
Georgia State Patrol/GBI relay (base @
155.9100 output)
Georgia State University Police (including
public call boxes)
Georgia State University Police (campuswide maintenance)
Georgia World Congress Center {exact use
unknown)
Atlanta ~ 1996
042.5600
154.7700
1588350
155.4450
159.3000
042.2800
0427400
155.3700
072.0200
072.3000
072.3800
072.5800
072.7800
072.8000
072.8600
451 .5500
451.6000
452.2500
452.2750
452.4500
460.4000
155.4750
154.9050
037.9000
154.6650
154.6800
155.4600
045.5800
045.6200
045.6600
045.7000
155.4300
460.5250
460.5500
045.3600
045.4400
Dispatch F-3
Drug Task Force
Emerg Mgmt-Opns
Environmental
Environmental
Executive Channel
Input to C-8
Intercity
Mtn Radio Links
Mtn Radio Links
Mtn Radio Links
Mtn Radio Links
Mtn Radio Links
Mtn Radio Links
Mtn Radio Links
Mtn Radio Links
Mtn Radio Links
Mtn Radio Links
Mtn Radio Links
Mtn Radio Links
Mutual Aid
Nat'I Law Net
Portable Extender
State Rescue
Surveillance
Surveillance
Surveillance
Tactical F-5
Tactical F-6
Tactical F-7
Tactical F-8
TN Bu reau of Inv
TN Bureau of Inv
TN Bu reau of Inv
TN Emerg Mgmt F-1
TN Emerg Mgmt F-2
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Mr. Taye Teferra, European

coor<Jinator of Voice of
Oromo Liberation, proudly
presents some of the letters
he receives each day.
Oromo
..
sra.rwn powers up
for
anoLher round
By Harald Kuhl
he regio n ca lled the Horn of A fri ca has been a playitse lf is targeted by a statio n calling itse lf Voice of Eritrea. broadcastground for clandest ine broadcasters for many years
ing via an Iraqi state broadcaster freque ncy.
The form er Voice o f Revol utio nary Ethiop ia changed its name to
now. Starting in the mid 80's. statio ns like Vo ice of the
Voice of Ethiop ia and. mo re recent ly. to Rad io Ethiopia. T he ir
Broad Masses of Eritrea, Voice of Tig re Revolutio n. or Voice of
facilities today are used several times a week for broadcasting proEthiopian Un ity were broadcasting from Sudan towards Ethiopia. In
retu rn, the Ethi o pian state broadcaster-then called Voice of Re volugrams of humanita rian organi zatio ns via a service c.:alled Radio Voice
tio nary Ethiopia-was ho me for several past
ofPeacetowardsRwanda-name ly, the R acli o
Ama horo service-and towards Somalia.
cla ndestine rad io operation s such as Radio
SPLA broadcasting towards the Sudan, Radio
Radio Fana-or Radi o T orch as it is call ed
Halgan with program s for Somalia, Radio Freein English- is ano the r station that is based in
dom broadcasting to South Africa. and Voice
Addis Ababa. They transmit on 6210 kHz and
of Nami b ia for listeners in that country.
just recently converted from a station of the
Eve ry time the po liti ca l en vironment
ruling party, the Ethiop ian People's Revoluti o nary De mocratic Front, to a private station ,
cha nged. the clandestine radio sc.:cne did as
wc.:11 . When the Ethiopian government of
suppo11ed by non-governme ntal o rganizations
(NGOs) a nd the US In format ion Agency
Me ngistu was overth rown by a coa lit io n of
oppositio n forces in Ju ly of 1991. a lot o f
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(USIA). Radio Fana was apparentl y formed
clandestine broadcasters in the region shortly
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fron1 the re1nains of two other forn1er clandesthereafter ceased to ex ist. At least for a wh il e. Some of th e material SBO is producing
tine radio stations : Voice of the Ethiopian
Today the Voice of Sudan-or Voice of the at their Berlin offices, including a tape
People for Peace. Democracy. and Freedom
S udan 's Radio of the Sudanese National Dt:mo- containing one of their programs.
a nd Voice of the Broad Oromo Masses.
cratic All iance. as they called themselves in a
These tapes are sent to a broadcaster
Tho ugh there is a lot of broadcasting
acti vity going o n, life is not easy for journalists
recent Eng li sh program sectio n- broadcasts in Southeast Europe for transmissions
via faci lities in Eritrea towards S udan. Eritrea in the 49 meter band.
li ving in the reg io n. Based in Paris, France,
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Reporters Sans Frontieres (reporters withI The Interview

out borders) was founded in 1985 a nd has
We talked to the European coseven branches (located in Belgium.
ord inator of Voice o f Oromo LiberaFrance, Germany, Italy. Spain, Sweden,
tion-or Sagalee Bilis11111111aa Oromoo
and Switzerland) as well as members in 83
(SBO). as it is ca lled in the Oromo lancountries arou nd the globe. It is an indeguage- Mr. Taye Teferra. in Berlin .
pendent organization that defends imprisGermany, about how it all began and
oned journalists and press fre edom a ll
what their broadcasti ng acti vities are all
over the world. Once a year. in cooperaabout. (Though the fo llowi ng is largely
tion with UNESCO (United Nations Eduverbatim, his comments have bee n edcational, Scientific. and Cu ltu ral Organi ited for c larity .)
zation), they publ ish a report te ll ing about
. '
the state o f press freedom in diffe rent
(
580: We started around 1988. Aher the
countries on all conti nents.
creation of a coalition of all opposition
groups in Ethiopia in 1991 we stopped for
In their latest 1995 Report the figures The flag of the Oromo Liberation Front, which
a while. But as soon as we understood that
fo r Ethiopia are not looki ng very e ncour- stands behind the Voice of Oromo Liberation.
it was impossible to go with the present
aging: Dozens of journalists were arrested, setti ng a record in Africa .
government, we pulled out from the coalition and we went bock to the old
On the othe r hand , a certain degree of free speech exi sts: over 200 press
position. And we started broadcasting again, this time from the state of
titles are officially registered. But the workin g conditi ons for journalIndiana, USA. However, the transmission was not that successful for different
reasons, so later on we started again from Southeast Europe during July
ists are very tough , and there is a high degree of censorship of non1995.
governmental media.
"The permanent pressure on the private press re fl ects the high
MT: Where are the studio facilities?
tension between the ruling coalition- the EPRDF, dominated by the
580: We hove a very nice professional studio in Addis Ababa itself (or
presidents's Tigre People's Liberation Front-and the increasingly
finfinne, as we coll it in our Oromo language). We also hove some studios
in Germany, about wh ich I don't wont to go into detail. And we hove some
radical opposition, made of groups such as the Oromo Liberati on Front
studios in neighboring countries in Africa.
(OLF), the Amhara People' s Organ ization, and the Ogaden National
Liberation Front," the re port concl udes. T hi s is not on ly true fo r the
MT: Why do you think that there is a need for such on operation?
press, but also for the broadcast ing media in this country: Radio
580: As you know, Ethior:iio hos 52 million people, including Eritrea. The
O romos ore well over half of these 52 million-about 30 million. This
Eth iopia strictly re presents the views of the present gove rnment.
I The Voice of Oromo Sounds Again

At the end of last year, a station reappeared on the ai r that has been
active from Sudan in the past. but which left the air at the e ncl of June
1992 fo llow ing the c hange o f governme nt in Ethiopia a nd the improvement of rel ations be tween that governme nt a nd that o f S uda n.
Voice ofOromo Liberatio n was fi rs t noted back in 1988 as transmitting from a location inside Sudan as the mouthpiece of the O romo
Liberation Front. which started its acti vities in the mid-70's .
A fter le aving the air, it came bac k for a short while last year. when
its programs were trans mitted via the fac il ities of WHRI. a p1i vate
shortwave broadcaste r based in Indi a na. US A. S ince late 1995, they
have been on the air three times a week via what seems to be a
transmitter in one o f the republics of the former Soviet Uni on. It is said
to be located in the U kraine .
governing regime is very devastating to our people. Tha t is why this time we
ore motivated to do our own thing by ourself, including this station .
MT: Starting in 1988, Voice of Oromo Liberation was broadcasting via

facilities in the Sudan. Why did that end in 1992?
580: Well, I'm sure you know African politics: It changes with the weather.
The Sudanese people ore very kind a nd the Sudanese government was also
very kind . But ofter the foundation of the coalition, they told us this coalition
was going to be fine, and that the broadcasting agreement should be
stopped fo r a while. That's why we pulled bocl<.
MT: Before the end of the government of Mengistu there were also other
opposition broadcasters like Voice of the Tigre Revolution or Voice of the
Brood Mosses o f Eritrea. Was there any kind of cooperation between these
stations and Voice of Oromo Liberation?
580: We hod very good cooperation with the Tigrayons and used their
broadcast stations in Tigre itself. At the some time the Eritreons were a lso
very cooperative, making it possible for us to do our radio transmission from
the Sudan. Today this cooperation no lo nger exists, but we hope that
throug h our curre nt broa dca sts the Eritreon people a nd the Tigrayons will
understand us again .
MT: lost year for a short while you used the facilities of WHRI in the United
States to broadcast towards Ethiopia. Why did you stop that?
580: In the United States it is legal to broadcast such programs, so politically
there was no problem. However, the transmission quality was not good
enough and al the some time it was expensive. for us, the cost of a one-hour
transmi ssion was quite a lot, and we transmit three hours per week. So, high
cost was a big problem.
MT: Are there any broadcasts of Voice of Oromo Liberation from inside the
country itself?
!'~t:
Besides Radio Ethiopia, Radio Fana also uses a shortwave

outlet.
580: The O LF hos a shortwave station there a lso, which is quite weak a nd
limited to the boundary of the Oromo region. It does not reach the people
very well. Because this sma ll shortwave transmitter inside the area cannot fill
our need by itself, we prefer to hove one good transmission, using transmit
lers in Europe.
MT: In a folder you're sending out you write that there is no O romo radio
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Voice of Revolutio11ary Ethiopia took over the facilities of

former religious broadcaster Voice of th e Gospel. Later they
cha11ged their name to Voice of Ethiopia ...a11d more recently
to Radio Ethiopia.
station in Ethiopia. But if you toke the latest schedules of Rodia Ethiopia or
Radio Fono, both based in Addis Abobo, they hove programs in the Oromo
language and some other national languages. Don't you think it would be o
good step to try ta ger access ra these programs in rhe Oromo language
rather rhan broadcasting into rhe country From abroad?
580: To be frank, whose interest is going to be reflected in this Rodia Fane?
This government opposes everything that the mc:ijori~ soys. They oppose
everything some others wont to soy, even the minonhes, let olo.ne .the O r?mo
ma jority. Please try to ask the O romos, if you .get the opporlun1~ in Addis
Ababa, what they think. That is why nobody listens to their rod10.
Our radio, ofter all, is not the radio of immigrants from abroad. That' s
the reason I'm so interested in the thousands of letters we ore getting from
Addis Ababa. They tell us that our radio should reflect exactly the nee.ds of
our people. That' s why Fane or other media in the country cannot fulfill our
needs.
MT: In Moy of 1995 you hod elections in Ethiopia. How was the media
situation during the election campaigns? Did oil parties have access to the
media for presenting their views to the public?
580: Not at oil, it was very one-sided . Not only did we not have access to
the media, we were not even allowed to print our own pomphl~ts. On the
one hand they say, there ore opposition papers printed in Addis Ababa .
That' s true. But their number is limited to Addis Ababa and they ore not
allowed to print the quantity they need. And even during that time journalists
were harassed and some also imprisoned. So, we didn' t hove any access to
the media at all.
MT: How's the situation of ;ournalisls ond media in Ethiopia in general?

580: If you are someone who is against the party of the government you ore
incredibly harassed. You hove no chance. To the outside world, they soy
Ethiopia is democratic. Please go and see yourself! And tolk to thes~
journalists. Ask how many times they were imprisoned; how many times they
paid money to get out.
MT: And there ore no opposition media allowed at this time?

.
580: No, we ore not allowed. That is why we ore now forced to comp~:11gn
in this form from abroad . We ore very much interested to operate w1th1n our
own country, we wont to operate it from Addis Ababa. But a s I said, we ore
not allowed. The freedom of press, the freedom of speech, freedom of
organizing yourself is not there.
MT: Do you have contacts to other opposition woups .in Ethiopia and do you
know about any other plans of seffing up a radio station like yours by one of
these groups?
580: We hove contact, but whether they hove a facility like ours, I don' t
know. We do reflect not only the interests of the Oromos, but also the
interests of other ethnic groups like the Amhoros, the Sidomos etc.
MT: What kind of programs ore you broadcasting?

.
. .
580: News in our language oboul world events and happenings in this ..
geographic oreo. We ore especially inter~sted in the work of the. oppos1t1on,

like the Oromo Liberation Front, Sidamo L1berohon Front, Somalis, etc . But
people are very uninformed if they think that we are only br~dcosting
politics. Politics barely tokes up five minutes of our pro9.romm1ng:
We really emphasize health. AIDS hos been spreading so quickly all over
Oramoland over Ethiopia. This government is not responsible for that. But
they don' t do anything about it. Ge~der issue~, women' s question~, fomi!y
questions, family planning ... Ecolog1col work 1s among the ma1or issues in
this radio.
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And then olphobetizatian . The majority of our people ore ~ot educat~d.
They con neither read nor write. The big catastrophe of the Third World 1s
that people cannot read- people cannot understand, people cannot grasp
what is going on in our world. They connol understand the message you are
.
.
.
passing to them .
The human rights question is another very 1mportonl ISSUe 1n tho! area.
Another program issue is culture, of course, and the history of the Oromo
people. Al the moment we ore broadcasting only in the Oromo language,
but in the near future we want to include Amharic in our program as well. A
30 minute program, two limes in o week in Amharic is planned.
MT: What's your main forget area? Is it ;usl Ethiop_ia or do you ols.o want to
reach Oromo people living in other regions of Africa and maybe in Europe,
too?
580: Really our main target is our homeland. As I said, this program is
intended to serve the Oromo people. So, our target will be the Horn of
Africa .
MT: What ore your sources for the program? Do you have correspondents
inside Ethiopia?
.
.
580: We have daily correspondence with some of our people 1n Ad~ 1s
.
Ababa . In foci, we produce our program mainly at home. And here 1n Berlin
we coordinate the entire thing, using modern tech~ology. In Canada t~ere
ore many Oromo intellectuals who produce motenols far us-concerning
health, for example.
MT: How do you know that the message is really geffing through? Do you
get any response to your programs?
580: I'm fortunate lo be able to show you o lot of letters we have received
from Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti . We are.
getting hundreds of letters in o month, doily aver 20-30 letters from Addis
Ababa alone.
MT: And you're also getting letters from shortwave listeners around the
world. What do you think about that?
.
.
580: Thal is very interesting to me and I'm on amateur when 1t comes to this
hobby. I learned that there are people who do not understand my language,
but they wrote to the radio Voice of Oromo Liberation. Since we br~c:kast
only in our longua9e, I wonder who translated the nom~ for them? I m very
much surprised and this in itself is wonderful support, with a hope for more
in the future. We received letters from Jopon, Sweden, Denmark, Germany,
Fiji Island, and from America .
MT: The Ethiopian president, in o recent interview carried on f~e English

service of Deutsche Welle, slated that the programs of inlernaflonal
broadcasters are followed very closely in Ethiopia by the public. Can you
confirm this? Do the people in the region listen to international radio on
shortwave?
580: Absolutely. I hove been one of them myself ..Although these programs
ore one-sided, one feels thot broadcasts from stations like Deutsche Welle,
like BBC, like Voice of America do contain information.
MT: Do you think inlernotionol broadcasters pay sufficient affenlion to your

people?
.
580: We begged the British Broadcasting Corporation lo broadcast in the.
Oromo language. This language is not only the language <;>f the Oromos, it' s
a language of over 30 million people. Also in other countries ol that area
there ore people that understand and read the Oromo languog~. But, the.
BBC is not willing to include Oromo in their program. We.are still struggling
to convince Deutsche Welle, Voice of America, or BBC to include Oromo in
thei r program.
.
Radio today is very important, just like bread and water, for the region.
That is how we can defeat illiteracy, we can defeat disease, we can defeat
refugees who ore unnecessarily leaving their homeland. Thal is how we con
settle our people in that area.
MT: What about the problem of receivers In the target area? Do the people
have access lo shortwave radios and to batteries lo keep them working?
580: Thal is really a big problem. If I speak for the majority of this poor
area, most of the people there have no access. If one person ho s c:icc7ss to o
radio, hundreds of people will use ii. That is o kind of communal life in our
country. But far those in the city, those who ore living in Addis Ababa, there
is no problem. In the areas like in the eastern port of Oro~1?, for e~ample,
our broodcasl is well heard. But I wonder whether the focil1hes available are
good enough to reach the entire people.
MT: What kind of radios are available there?

SBO: Philips, Siemens, Sony, etc. Most of them originate from Japan.
Radio Fana
appears to have
been formed from
the remains of two
former clandestin e
radio stations:
Voice of the
Ethiopian People
for Peace,
Democracy, and
Freedom and
Voice of the Broad
Oromo Masses.
MT: Can one say that Voice of Oromo Liberation is the mouthpiece of the
Oromo Liberation Front?
SBO: Not necessarily. You know that before, of course, the owner of SBO
was the Oromo Liberation Front. The Oromo Liberation Front leadership
gave us the chance to maintain our own autonomous position without
damaging the interest or the principles of OLF itself. But SBO is not directed,
as some people think, by any group.
MT: Do you have any information on what the Ethiopian government thinks
about the activities of Voice of Oromo Liberation?
SBO: I con soy they ore negative, though they shouldn' t be. We ore looking
for a good political environment-a situation where people con live together,
a situation where people con decide their own field.
MT: Where do you transmit from? As I understand you don't operate your
own transmitter.
SBO: Well, as to the exact name, let me reserve the right not to tell you
exactly where it is. Anyway, as I said, we broadcast before from the United
States and now from Southeast Europe. Only , for some security reasons, we
don't wont to tell the exact location.
MT: What kind of broadcaster would you consider the station that airs your
programs?
SBO: I cannot soy it is o clandestine. It operates openly like the one in
America. I would soy they ore o notional broadcaster. These ore indepen
dent agencies who ore interested in business, no more.
For the future, we ore trying to gain access to international broadcasting .
Politically I don' t see any reason why it shouldn't be international. We ore
not broadcasting onesided political issues, concerning only the Oromo
people or the Orama Liberation Front. Our broadcasting is very international
and it covers the entire people of that area.
MT: Who is supporting your broadcasting activities? Hiring a transmitter

costs a lot of money.
SBO: Indeed, it is very expensive. That is really a problem for us. We're
thankful to the over 80,000 Oromos living abroad. They are the primary
carrier of this burden. In the future we ore plann ing to ask NGOs to help our
program. We depend at the moment on ourselves.
MT: Whal are the experiences so far with your broadcasts? Are you satisfied
with its impact both from a technical and a political point of view?
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SBO: Well, it is too early to comment on that. Technically I'm very much
satisfied: reception quality in the target area is good. But it's not enough. We
ore using only one frequency: 5960 kHz. People ore asking why there ore
no additional channels available, to hove more alternatives. In this direction
we hove not been very successful yet, but we hove to speak w ith money.
MT: What can you tell us about your future plans? Do you wan/ lo expand
your broadcasts lo, say, an hour each day?
SBO: If money permits us, we wont to expand it. If money permits us, we
want also to involve Germon friends or any others in Europe who ore
friendly to our program and wont to work with us. Since we ore interested in
the good development, in a good healthy political situation in our country,
there is no reason why we should limit involvement only to the Oromos. I
don't think the Oromo Liberation Front would be against this, or against any
other group who supports the O romo Liberation Front.
We ore trying to use the present situation to keep our autonomy and to
ensure that our position is fairly represented in radio broadcasts.
We wish to thank Mr. Teferra for answering ou r questions. It is a

troubling reminder that broadcasts like Voice ofOromo exist because,
in so many parts of the world, freedom of expression does not.
Voice of Oro mo Liberation currently broadcasts at 1600-1700

UTC on Mo11days, Wednesdays, a11d Saturdays 011 afreque11cy
of 5960 kHz. Receptio11 reports sent to the f ollowi11g address
will be verified by a letter: SBO, P.O. Box 510610, 13366
Berlin, Germany.
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Although experience is the best teacher, next best may be someone who
has himself just passed the course. The material is still fresh and exciting
and the teacher still reme1nbers when the subject was a complete mystery.
In the philosophy of
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welcome to ...
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1101 1he shoe vo11 11ear. bw 1he

mm1er inside the shoe 1ha1 cow11s.
1 ve lost track of how often my track
coach has enlightened me wit h these words
before testing the limits of my legs and body.
This phrase not only applies to running but
to DX as well : /1's1101 lhe radio yo11 11se, b111
the DXer behind 1he radio 1ha1 cu1111ts. My
dad first spoke these words to me last year on
my fi rst endeavor into the world of FMffV
DX. I wanted to use the flashy radio wit h the
big. rotating an tenna and the big. powerfu l
preamp. so I could pull in those signals.
5011. ll'he11 !he DX is there. ii is there 1w
mailer wha1yo1111se. But I didn't listen. Still.
perhaps thi s ex plained why he was hearing
things on a little po11able rad io that I couldn ' t
hear on the big radio with al l the bells and
whistles. So finall y. frus trated. I asked him.
Dad, why am I 1101 hearing, with all !his
expensive eq11ip111e111, 1he greal DX 1ha1 yo11
are'!
The answer was obvious: Experience. persis1e11ce, and a working k1101rledge of !he an
of DX. Say what? So we sat down and he
taught me some tricks of the trade. (Whic h I
am now shari ng with you')
I The Basics
I learned in physics class that FM stands
for Freq11ency Mod11/a1ion. This is just a fancy
way of saying that the frequency. or number
of radio waves that pass through your receiver
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in a given ti me. is modulated,oraltered. sothat

it varies wi th the audio signal that is being
transmitted.
The fi rst workable FM ~c tup was in vented
by Edwin 1-1. Armstrong in 1936. At fi rst.
people disregarded FM as a way of DX. They
fi gured it was too line-of-sight. and that you
could only hear stations within 50 miles or so.
T hen a few curious people began tuning around
their FM dials. and noticed ~ tation s well beyond the 50-milc range. Some j ust blew this
off, but others tried to figure out why it was they
could hear these far-away
stations. Thus began "FM
DX.''
How do you know when
you are hearing FM OX'1
Here is an example. You
arc driving to work one
s umm e r morning. The
and you notice they don' t sound li ke New

Yorkers.
T he DJ says. "And it's going to be 70
degree. today in the greater Omaha area ... "
Omaha?! Congratulations. You have just FM
DXed!
I What do you need to get started?
For equipment. as in the example above.

eve n your car radio wi ll do. I have also had
great results using a GE
Superadio 111 connected to
a Grove Scantenna with a
Radio Shack preamp. In actuality. you can use any kind
of FM radio available to you.
I have done Es skip off of
the stereo in my room. I
have heard of people using
thei r Walkmans'
To get better and stronNewYorktrafficisamess. ARDMORE OKLA. ger skip, it is usually a good
You flip on the FM radi o
idea to connect an outside
and begin to listen to your
antenna that is rotatable and
favorite station. WI-IYJ 90.1 "All Jazz hits. all
is pointed in the general directi on of the Es
the ti me." Everyt hing is normal: then all of a
opening. But again. it doesn' t take much to
sudden. something happens. WHYJ begins to
pull them in. It is mostly a matter of being at
fade. Another stat ion comes in. You reali ze
the right place at the ri ght time.
that WHY J has been replaced by WEMT.
The most important thing to do before
Then you hear them giving a wea ther forecast.
unde11aking anr kind of DX is to get a work-
FUN COUNTRY
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ing knowledge of your local FM band.

You have to know- under the deadest
of condit ions, day in and day outwho is going to be there. Do a complete bandscan, fro m 88 all the way
up to 108 MHz. Be able to call out on
demand who that rock and roll station is on
92.9.
Another bit of info rmation that 's useful to
know is the norm al signal level at which the
station comes in. From here in Brasstown, I
know that if WUSY- 100.7 in Chattanooga,
Tennessee, is coming in al only an S9, something is up.
There arc two main types of FM DX.
Tropospheric, or "tropo" for short. and ESkip, or Es. There are others. ranging from
bouncing signals off other layers of the ionosphere such as the F-layer to bouncing them
from airplanes and even meteors! But fo r
now, let's concentrate on the main types.
I Tropospheric DX
Most veteran DXers refer to tropo as their
favorite kind of FM DX. Tropo occurs best
during the two to three hours after local sunrise. What happens is that a "duct" begins to
fo rm toward a certain direction. This is a
special type of tropo known as "tropo enhancement." For example, while li ving in
New Orleans, a tropo duct would fo rm just
about every morn ing toward Biloxi. Mississippi.
Tropo occurs most frequentl y near coastal areas. where te mperature

inversions are great. Reall y good tropo DX
can last anywhere from a few hours 10 several
days, depending on the strength of the duct
openi ng. Whi le not as common, or as strong.
there is also a 'sunset tropo" opening to watch
for.
Knowing what causes tropo lo happen wi ll
help you become a better DXcr. Let's take
sunrise tropo fo r instance. When the sun comes
up. as it has for mill ions of years. it heats up
the surface of our big blue planet. This heated
air rises. and moves out the colder air that
settled in duri ng the nighttime. During this
process. an "i nversion layer" forms between
the newly heated air on the ground and the
colder night air atop it.
It is in this in version layer th at VHF/UHF
I Weather front tropo
signals become "trapped" and carried out past

the horizon around 300 mil es or so. This
condition initially start s out low to the ground,
where the first th in layer fonns. It the n moves
up at a rate of around 1,000 to 2.000 feet per
hour! Once it reaches above 2.000 fee t (usually just after local noon. when the peak
occurs). the signals can no longer be trapped
by the layer. and ou r tropo openi ng ends.
There is a vari ation of sunrise tropo called
''double in version" in which a thin cloud layer
forms between 250 and 2,000 feet above the
earth 's surface. preventing the sUJt'ace from
being warmed : instead, the top of the cloud
layer is warmed. This creates a tropo layer
below and above the cloud, creating a "double
inversion" layer. This kind of tropo can produce DX on one layer ranging from I 00-300
miles. The other layer (the bo110111) will produce DX from 250-600 miles and more' You
can expect these conditions when the ski es arc
clear at night , bu t in the morning there is a low
overcast that is supposed to "burn orr before
noon.
There arc other forms of tropo. including
the afo rementioned sunset. Some others include fog tropo (generally a rare condition.
because not all fog conditions produce DX),
moisture (basically a cross between fog tropo
and early morni ng sunrise tropo). high pressure (once or twice a year, really fa r- reaching
DX, generally lastin g all day. for several
days). and weather front tropo.
Of a ll of these. my favo rite is the !alter.
This follows the principle of

inversion layers forming between
regions of hot and cold air. Let' s
say that a cold front is comi ng
down from Canada. moving south or
southeast. When it reaches an area where
there is a warm air mass in place. it creates an
in version layer up along the front line itself. If
it extends from Minneapolis down to El Paso.
stations all the way between and including
those cities will be heard .
The front shou ld move slowly. It also needs
to be strong and straight. Any time you sec
one that appears crooked on the weather map.
don't get excited. VHF-U HF signals follow
line-of-sight and need a straight path between
point A and point 8. The more drastic the
temperature difference on the two sides of the
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the stronger
version layer. S trong storms are
not best because they general ly break down
the layer be fore they can fo rm . Scatte red
showers are okay. but fl ash floods defi nite ly
are no t.
Not al I fronts can produce th is type o f
tropo. In fac t, unde r I 0 % o f the m actually do.
How lo ng docs it last? Onl y as lo ng a s it takes
fo rt he fro nt to pass through your area. It could
ta ke ho urs . The tropo wil l last just before .
duri ng. and a fter the fro nt has passed .
Now that you are beginning (hopefully) to
unde rstand tropo DX, let us now browse
thro ugh FM DX ni rvana-Es skip'
Sporadic E (EsJ ...a phenomenon of

nature
S impl y put, Es skip prov ides the easiest
way to pull in very long d istance sig nal s. (I
use the te rm 'easiest'' very lightl y). What
produces this fo rm of DX is already imp Iicd in
its na me . Es. T he ''E.. represents the atmospheric layer height fro m which the s ignals
arc being sho t a t your radio. The ''S" stands
fo r its nature : " spo radic."
Since the 1930 's, when amateurs bcg an
probin g o ur io nosphere to sec what made it
tic k. they have noticed Es. All they kncw was
that whenever thi s conditio n would occ ur.
abno rm al recept ion would occur. The re are
st ill things about Es we just don't know. But
here are some of the things we do. (l w ill
si mpli fy th is comp licated subj ect as much as
poss ibl e.)
What happe ns is that a 'cto ud" forms in the
E- layer of o ur atmosphe re . Thi s c lo ud moves
alo ng a certain path, and re flects all those
VHF sig nal s bac k down to your rad io. It is
possible to actuall y track these Es c lo uds to
help identi fy statio ns that you are hearing.
T he clouds move anywhe re from 150-200
mil es per hour, and are anywhere from I 0-50
ft. in size .
The g reat thing about Es is that it can
happen in any pa n of the co untry, and you get
g reat. d istant catches fro m it. The proble m is
you never know when it w ill happe n ( he nce
tht.: sporadic in it s name) . Now is the time
when Es rea lly beg in s to rev up its tasty DX
brew. You sho ul d continue to expcricnce thi s
all th rough the summer. Another o pe ning
sho ul d occur sometime arou nd Ch ristmas.
Es wi ll typically last an ho ur or two at a
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time. However. d uring Es's annual peak.towards the end of thi s month. June 2 1st to
be exact- these o pe nings are intense and
ca n last all clay. Es skip is a two-way
occurrence. So, if you are hearing Fl orid a
fro m New York, the n peopl e arc hearing New
Yo rk fro m Flori da. Look for Es to occur most
often in the dayti me .
T he lower the freq uency or c hanne l you arc
DXing, the bette rthe Es w ill be. It wi ll start o n
channel 2 and 3 o n your T V . Yo u w ill
noti ce bars and a hig h-pitched no ise on
your T Y . Last year fro m he re in Brasstown.
I was able to DX stations from Colorado
and Nebras ka o n channel 2 during o ne
opening, and I caug ht the e nd o f the o pe ning at arou nd 2:00pm ELT (eastern local
time). It ended aro und 2 :30 to 3:00pm
ELT.
Once it situates itse lf on channe l 2, it
wi ll beg in t o move u p . C h a nn e l
3 .... 4 .. .. 5 ... 6 . O nce it gets to channel 6. fi re
up the FM radios. Once again. start with
the lo wer frequenc ies. It works its way up
through the educatio nal part o f the band,
the 88-92 M Hz regio n. It continues its way up
till it c an go no furthe r. Th is is know n as the
max imum usable freq ue ncy (MUF). Sometimes. openi ngs w ill reach beyond the 107.9
M Hz range. and spread into channels 7. 8. and
beyond ! Each openi ng varies. However. last
year d uring one Es ope ning. I was able to log
all the way up to I 0 1.7 M Hz.
W hen Es ha ppe ns . your DX will general ly
be confined to one general geographical area.
TABLE 1
Check these Channel Frequencies
for DX Openings
Channel 2
59.75 MHz
Channel 3
65.75 MHz
Channel 4
71.75 MHz
Channel 5
81.75 MHz
Channel 6
87.75 MHz
For instance. the two stat ions I logged o n

c hannel 2 were both to the west of my location. So. I looked for other stations in that
general area. Another example is the opening
I had that went to 10 1.7. All of the stati o ns
were from the west Texas. eastern New Mex ico
area. During this open ing. I a lso logged aud io
from a TV station in Dallas on channel 4 (see
T able 2).
I What about TV DX?

TV DX is basically the same thing as FM
DX. The frequenc ies are affected by the same
forms of propagation. such as tropo a nd Es. In
fact. you don ' t really even have to use your
T Y to DX T V! If you have a scanner capable
of tuning the TV /FM ba nds. tu ne in the audio
freq uenc ies fo r chan nels 2-6 (sec Table I) . I
have logged several stations this way.
Remem ber that with Es. TV is where it a l I
begins. It starts at c hannel 2 and works its way
up. Es rarely gets above chan ne l 6 o r 7, but
tropo can work its way up into the UHF band'
T his makes fo r some excellent DX.
The equipment needed for T V DX is basi cally the same as with FM . A black & white
TV with a rotatable outdoor an te nna. fac ing in
the general direction o f the DX itse lf wi ll do
fin e. W hether the set is b&w o r color is no t
TABLE 2
The Es Opening of July 1, 1995, as DXed from Brasstown, NC
(All times in Eastern Local Time)
S1arl
2:59
3:12
3:1 4
3:1 7
3:22
3:25
3:27
3:28
3:33
3:36
4:00
.Ere.u1.kh.an
88.7
99.9
99.7
99. 1
101 .1
100.3
100.5
100.7
101.7
101.5
Channel 4
fru1
KTCU-Ft. Worth, TX
KGEEMonahams, TX
KBCYTye, TX
KKKKOdessa, TX
KONO-San Antonio, TX
KIOLLamesa, TX
KSFXRoswell, NM
KOROAbilene, TX
KSNYSnyder, TX
KOXEBrownwood, TX
3:10
3:13
3:16
3:20
3:24
3:26
3:27
3:32
3:35
3:37
KDFWDallas, TX
4:10
Comments
Alternative music, full ID.
"KG 100" ID, to Country and Western music
"Y-99" ID, to Country and Western music
"Quad K" ID, religious music, and local ads.
Local ads, ID, oldies music
"K-Lite 100.3 FM", ID
"KSFX'' ID, many mentions of the UFO crash site
"0100" ID, to Urban music
Local ads, to ID
Country and Western music, local ads and ID in
weather forecast
CBS TV audio. (71 .75 MHz), Nice ID
critical. Weak s ignals on a color set will

s how up w itho ut the co lor anyway .
whe reas a strong s ignal in color w ill provide an exce llent snapshot o pportunit y!
then you shouldn't be doing it.

What I find is that the more you
learn about your hobby. the more fu n
you can have by loggi ng more stations.
As in track. an educated runner is a
good one. So. crack open those books
on Es theory. study those weat her charts
fortropoopening possibi lities, and crank
up the radios and TV s. Clas~ dismissed:
I t'~ DX time!
What to do with the stuff we hear

or see
As with any form of DX. once you
have heard o r seen a station. you must
decide what to do about it. Most DXers
keep a running logbook of everyt hing
they have heard . Some keep tapes of the
audio. I have had success using a VCR fo r
my TV DX. You can also take pictures of
ID' s from the TV usi ng a high ASA film.
as me nt ioned above. We used 400 ASA to
s nap pi ctures of IDs from Mex ico viewed on
c hanne l 6 a few years back.
Some DXers still like to prove beyond a
shadow of a doubt that they did indeed log that
s tation. So they write to the station, enc losing
deta il s of w hat they heard or saw. in order to
rece ive a written confirmation o f reception
known a~ a QSL. To some DXe rs. QS L's are
prized material and a way of remembering the
stations they heard.
Closing comments
It is up to you what you do
o nce you have received a station. But anotherthing my coach
always te lls us is to make sure
that whe n we run we have funotherw ise we shouidn' t be nmning at all. It's the same thing in
DX: if you don' t have fun at it ,
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BEGINNER'S (ORNER
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Going Down?
adi o evo lves in interesting ways . If you observe

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Te n years ago most scanners topped o ut at around 500
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transmitting wi thout the need of' any lice nse. Let's ge t
LOW'
II Very Low Frequency (VLF): 10-30 kHz

The ve ry low frequency area is trul y the basement
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frequency spectrum to play the kinds of dangerous

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communicatio ns recc i vcrs do not tune down this far into
radi o's basement. Second.just about anything going o n
d own here is serio usly coded. Perhaps the easiest way to
log signal s do wn in the VLF region would be to head for
your nearby Navy recruiting o ffi <.:e and sig n o n fo r a
hitch in the submarine se rvice '
By the way. the land-based trans mitting stations that
se nd sig nals o ut to the submarines have an te nna installatio ns that ca n cover several 111iles. I said we were
dealing wi th lo ng wave lengths'
At the upper e nd of the VLF ba nd you can find
Sta ndard Time and Freq uency Stations . These exi st for
the purpose o f performing various calibration pro<.:edures for their use rs. usually the military. There arc
some beacon stations that can be found th is low in the
rad io spectrum alo ng with some inte resting modes of
operation s uch as Pulse Modulatio n. If you become
hooked o n studying the low e nd of the radio dial you
may want to study more about these fasc inating s ig nal s.
II Low Frequency (LFJ: 30-300 kHz

At least a portion of the low freque ncy band is eas ily
reached by the hobby ist. This is becau se many modern
hobby level commu ni cations receivers begin their freque ncy coverage at 150 kHz. The lower end of the L F
bands is popul ated by mo re Standard T: me and Freque ncy Stat io ns as well as by a host of military operations.
At l 00 kH z you w ill fi nd the sig na l for the LORANC Nav igatio n Syste m . If you own a boat (that ho le in the
water that you keep throw ing money into) or if you have
a ne ighbor who is a boat owner (recogni zab le by the
threadbare c lothing). you have probably he ard of and
poss ibly have depe nded o n the LOR AN ( LOng Range
Aid to Navigat io n) syste m.
Above I 00 kH z you w ill fin d mo re military stations.
includ ing systems that send weather c harts by way of
fa x-very similar lo the fa x machines you mi ght have in your office,

onl y utilizing radio signals instead or signa ls that come ova the
te lephone.
As we rou nd the corner into the 150 kH z range where hobby
receivers begin to earn their keep. we run into a lady named GWEN.
From 150 through 175 kHz the Ground Wave Emergency Network
(GWEN) is a nationwide system established by the Un ited States Air
Force to provide for a "survivable" communications syste m. GWEN
i ~ there to keep things running if "The Big One" ever drops. Again. as
with so many military operations. you can li sten but you won't hear
very much. The signals arc encrypted.
From 160 through 190 kHz i ~ a very interesting place. This is
re ferred to as the 1750 meter band. or the "Land of the Lowfers."
Lowfcrs are radio hobbyists who set up low frequenc y stations to
tram.mil signals for the fun and enjoyment of other Lowfcr listeners.
For some hobbyists this is a great way to get in volved in putting out
the ir own signals without needing to obtain a license to operate, as is
required on the amateur radio frequencies further up the bands.
At around 200 kHz. things pick up a bit for the radio hobbyist.
From 200 kHz through and beyond the 300 kHz thal marks the top of
the LF band. you will find a world popu lated with hundreds of beacon
stations. Non-directional beacons arc used throughout much of the
world as homing signals for aircraft. They arc ,cry easy to fi nd and can
be great fun to log.
The beacon station signals consist of between one and three letters
sent repeatedly in Internati onal Morse Code. The code speed is very
slow. so it is easy enough to write down the dots and dashes and look
the letters up on a code c hart. (This would be considered heresy for any
se rious code operator. but go ahead. I promise not to te ll. ) When
conditions are right (the best time being at night in the winter) these
signals can travel over great distances. making beacon logging a very
challenging radio monitor activity.
Cha~ ing beacons is one aspect of the area of the radio monitoring
hobby known as "utility" listening. This is where the monitor seeks to
li ste n to signals that do not fall in the realm or broadcasting for public
consumption.
If' you li,e on the ca~ t ern coast of the United States. on a cold
winter night it is possible to hear some European based broadcast
stations fro m 155 through 28 1 kHz. These stations are simi lar to those
we hear every day in the standard AM broadcast band, except that you
arc likely to hear a language other than English. Low Band broadcast
stations arc rare finds and great additi ons to your log. Most of these
stati ons will even QSLjust like intern ati onal shortwave broadcasters.
Low Down Equipment
The Low Frequency and Very Low Frequency portions of the

radi o spectrum arc neat places to play radio. Monitoring the world
below about 530 kHz often gets lost among all the opportuni ties that
hi gher frequencies provide. This is largely because many receivers do
not lllne below the medium wave band. The first and easiest path to th is
end of the radio band is to find a receiver that tunes down that far. As
menti oned earlier thi s can be as simple as shopping for a modern
recci vcr that tunes down to 150 kHz. Some more seriou s hobbyists go
hunting for mi litary surp lus LFNLF receivers. These arc not particularly expensive and have the advantage of being designed to work
~ pcc i fica ll y in this frequency range.
Another possibility is to build or buy a converter to allow your
ex isting receiver to reach down into radio s basement. One outfit that
markets such equipment is the LF Engineering Company. 17 Jeffry
Road. East Haven, CT. 06473 (203) 248-6816. Another company that
has made LF equipment such as antennas and converters fo r man y
years is Palomar Engineers. Box 462222. Escond ido. CA 92046
(619) 747-3343.
One area of experime ntation and fu n in the YLF/LF regions is
antennas. Folks who monitor and operate in this region can be very
resou rceful in their antenn a designs. As I said earlier, com merc ial and
military installations can use antennas that cover areas measured in
.1q11(1re miles! Most hobbyists don't have the lu xury of thi s muc h real
estate. much less enough money to buy all that wire. But this is one
of radi o s frontiers.
People playing in radio's base ment arc as resourceful and tenacious as those you'll find at the other e nd or the radio freque ncy
spectrum. So. as you become more familiar with VLF/LF operations.
you wi ll discover a plethora oflong wires. loaded vertical wh ips. and
loop antenn as. all designed to wri ng every last milli watt out of the
airwaves. Most an tennas designed to be used down here mu st also
find a way to minimjzc the wall of background noise prod uced by
mother nalllre and man-made machinery.
Joining In
If you have equipment that wi ll let you listen down in the low
freq uem:ics. take some time to tune arou nd. You will find many
signals worth logging. especiall y beacons and ;,Lowfers." It' s also
fairly easy to build a simple transmi tter to operate in this range
yourse lf, and join in wi th the other adherents to basement band radio
practice. It' s fun , it's chal le ngi ng , and it's completely legal.
In addition to th is unique area of legally un licensed operation.
there is a growing movement within the amateu r radio community to
petition fo r a new ham band in the LF region to allow for further
experimentation and activ ity. This development could go a long way
in popu larizing low freque ncy operation and monitoring by further
increasing the number of signals worth tun ing.
This area of monitoring has enough adherents to have spawned
its own club. The Long wave Club of America (LCW A) can be
contacted by sending an SASE to 45 Wildflower Road. Levittown.
PA 19057. They publish a monthly journal called The Lo1rdmrn. In
this bul letin you wi ll discover the many signals that occupy radio' s
basement and j ust how YLF/LF monitors go about hearing and
confirming reception. Logging listings can actually number in the
hundreds of beacon stati ons plus many other signals. T he club journal
covers everything from tips for beginners up through graduate level
analys is of radio phenomenon down at this end of the spectrum.
Don"t forget to keep your eye on MT s own monthly LF column.
.. Below 500 kHz:' Once you check out what other folks are hearing,
you will be truly amazed at how much radio acti vity can be fou nd
down here where many receivers cannot go.
Because folks that play rad io in the basement band tend to be
tinkers and thinkers. it' s little surprise that they have even set up their
own " Home Page" on Internet' s World Wide Web. Th is can be
chec ked out by sending your web browser crawling over to http://
uscrs.aol.com/lwcancws.html to check out what all those Lowfcrs
are up to.
Many radio hobby enthusiasts clai m to be DC to Daylight monitors. But to truly live up to thi s claim. you need to spend some time
in radio s basement. Tune on down to th is lcs~ fashionable end of the
radio frequency spectrum for a while and r m sure you ' II get hooked
by what you can hear. Don' t forge t to have fun wh ile your at it ! How
low can you go'l
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Scanning for Information On-line
scanner manufacturers to include in their

ately, publ ic safety age nc ies and busirad ios? Baltimo re's new system won' t be
nesses alike arc chang ing freq uenci es
act ive for some time. Hopefully, in the
aml radi o systems as never before. Techinterim. this and o ther important q uestions
nologies. such as trunki ng and d ig ital. offer
communicati ons nexibil it y that once was only
will be answered.
dreamed of. And. a~ frcqucnc i c~ and radio
syste ms change, hobbyists ar..: increasing ly
Fehrnarv 7. 1996, Press Release: The
thirsty for informat ion o n w hi ch police o r fire
Ci ty o f Baltimore Board of Estimates has
department is about to make the big switc h.
awarded Motorola a $38 mi Ili on contract to
That th irst for information can now be
rnanufacture and insta ll a new 800 MHz
quenched by a vari ety of sources. includi ng
radio communicatio ns system for the city's
frequency books. c lubs. and 111aga1.ines. But
public safety and public service agencies.
General Company Information
nothing is as immediate today as o n-line
T he new Motorola ASTROnl dig ital
syste m initia ll y wil l serve Ci ty of Ba ltiresources. Hobbyists can trade extremely
valuable information on the very robust scanmore Fire department. Eventually. a ll City
ner ~ections in America On line . CompuServe.
of Baltimore public ~afcty and public serMotorola Product Information
Internet newsgro ups. and lists. We hope to
vice departments wil l use the syste m. The
profile these resources in future articles .
new syste m replaces a number of ind i(Note to forum or li st man agers: please
vidual radio syste ms whose capabi lities
Other Information
contact me via ScanM astcr@aol.com if you
could no longer meet growing department
arc interested in worki ng o n a profile of your
communicat ions needs. The 800 M Hz syselectronic assets for scanner buffs.)
tem consolidates departments into theciry's
fi rst ci ty- wide communicat io ns network.
W hat is remarkable. though. is that there
is a tre mendou s amoun t of information avai 1.. Finally personnel fro m every departabk to hobbyists o n the burgeoning World
ment on the system w il l be ab le to talk with
Wide Web. In teresti ngly. muc h of th is data was no t really designed
each other using just o ne radio: says Assistant Fire Chief Raymond
fo r hobbyist con~ umption. but it s out there for anyone to look at.
Le hr . ..The days arc gone when personnel had to carry multiple rad ios
This month we 11 focus o n Motorola. wh ich i~ undo u btedly one of
so they could talk to ot ht.:r departments respo nding to the same
emergency. T hat minimilcs the equi pment everyone has to carry, and
the largest. if not 1he largest. purveyor of commun ications eq ui pment
the rnany capabilities of the new rad ios reall y will enhance our ability
in the Uni ted States a nd the world. Motorola. of course. is actively
to coord inate respon~e a nd rescue efforts ...
involved in developing and in~ial lin g some o f the must ad\'anced
publ ic safety. utility. and business commun ications ~yste m s around
The new ASTRO digital system provides departmen ts enhanced
voice qual ity and sophisticated secure commun ications features. The
the country. And. natura ll y. this Illinois-based he hemoth i ~ proud to
to ut its accompli shmen ts on the World Wide Web.
new syste m w ill also include a computer aided di spatch upgrade,
mo bile data terminal s. as well as automatic vehic le locatio n.
A searc h for Motorola o n the Web turned up a U RL of htt1>://
www.mot.com/. This is a very interesting s ite - still underconstruc" C learly. the ASTRO ~yste m provides us some immediate capatiun - pro,iding data o n Motorola produc ts and ~c rv i ces. The site
bilitit.:~. that wi ll hel p u~ in every aspect of o ur jobs." says Assistant
Chief Lehr ...The sy~tem abo has the design llexibility to incorporate
abo offers pres~ releases about new producb. a~ well as new 'ystem
i n ~t al l a ti o n s. With this l'caturc. ~can ni sts can chcd, the s ite to see if
new technology and features for years to come. We needed a system
with thi s level of flexibi li ty. and now we have it. ..
the ir city o r county will soon be cu tting-over to a new rmli o syste rn.
Be low are three press releases that I c ull ed from the nu merous
The heart of Baltimore s te n-s ite d ig ita l trunked simulcast system
releases available o n the Weh. They not o nl y illustrate what you can
is Mo torola' s ASTRO fami ly of digital mobile and portable radios.
find o n thi s site. but they also provide information regarding the
Plans call for the sy~tem eventually to include as many as 5.000
agencies w hi ch ha,e al located funds fo r new ~y~tems. All or the pres~
portable and mobile radio~. along with consoles. primary a nd backup communications cenlt.:rs and e nhanced compu ter-aided d ispatch
rc.: l ca~cs give a gli rnp'c into which depa rt ment~ in a c ity w ill u'e the
new radios. why the new system was needed. and a l'iew or what the
capabiliti es. T he system w ill be compatible w ith Motoro la 800 M Hz
future intt.:r-operabil it y o f tht.: system wil l be.
sys tem s used by Baltimore and Anne Arunde l counties. and Baltimore Ga~ and Electric Co. The compati bility prov ides smooth interdepartmcnt comm unication if necessary.
Baltimore to Modernize Communications
T he Ba ltimore syste m a lso wi ll be upgradable to the A PCO
Thi s fir st re lease is a litt le a larming. Balti more has been a great
Project 25 standard fn r digital rad io syste ms. The standard means
c it y to monitor on their 460 MH7 police radio ~ys t cm. The que~t i o n
Baltimo re can buy additional compatib le radios in the fu tu re manuo nce again arises: Wil l the /\PCO digital standard be a\'ailablc for
MOTOROLA
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fac tured by an y vendor. confident that both new and older radios w ill
be able to communicate wi th one another. This type of competitio n
and vendor choice for system add-ons is new in the land mobile
prod ucts in dustry. and should provide the c ity a number of syste m
technological. performance and cost benefits in the future.
Used by public safety and public service agencies across the
cou ntry to write speci fications for digital systems. the standard was
cre ated through a joint effort of many international commun icatio ns
o rganizations and governme ntal agenc ies. They include the South
Daytona. Flo rida-based Associatio n of Public-Safety Commun ications Officials- International (A PCO). the National Association of
State Telecommuni cat ions Directors. United States federal age nc ies
including the Depart me nt of De fense. Nationa l Communicatio ns
System, and National Telecommunications a nd In formatio n Administration, and communications ex perts from a number of countries.
APCO is the world's o ldest and largest o rgani zatio n of public safety
communications professionals. The o rgani zatio n has more than I0.000
members worldw ide.
Imple mentatio n of the fi rst phase of the City of Baltimo re's
system wi ll begin once spec ifi c contract detai ls are finali zed. Installation of the first phase is projected to take about 22 months.
I Florida Trunking Creeps Northward

Thi s next pn.:ss release deal s w ith a new conventional trunking
system under constructio n in the ci ty of O cala. Florida. Trunking in
Flo rida is exploding in popu larity. Ocala. w hich lies nort h of the
Orlando area. represents a north ward creep o f this explosio n as the
southern half of the state is alread y saturated with trunked . and a few
trunked dig ital systems. Thi s re lease is particularly interesting for it s
disc ussion of fu ture plans re lating to the syste m ' s inter-operabil ity
with the new state of Florida trunked digital radio network.
August 11, 1995. Press Release: T he City of Ocala, w inne r of the

National Civic League's 1995 A ll -America City Award, has se lec ted
Mo to rola to design a nd install a new 800 MHz radio communicatio ns
system fo r the ci ty's public safet y and public serv ice departments.
The C ity Council unanimous ly approved the cont ract award.
The city's police and fire departments plus the Ocala Electric
Uti lity w ill be the first to use the system. It" s sc hed uled to " go li ve"
in Dece mbe r 1995 . Plan s call for al l othe r c ity public safety a nd
serv ice departments to j oi n the syste m shortl y afterward. T he new
system will provide all depanme nt s a w ide range of radi o capabi lities.
a welcomed replace ment for a 40-ycar-old rad io system that simply
cou ld no longer meet grow ing communicati o ns needs, accord ing to
ci ty o ffi cials.
" The 800 MHz system wi II gi vc us more consiste nt radio coverage
throug hout o ur I 75- mile service area ... says Dean Shaw, Oca la
Electric Ut ility di recto r. ''We w ill be able to co mmunicate directly
wit h other city departme nts if we need the ir he lp. T hi s is particularly
impo rtant in major regional e mergencies or natural di saste rs li ke
Hurricane Andrew that devastated south Florida a few years ago. We
were considerabl y no rth of the path that hurri cane took. but we al ways
must be prepared. Th is radio syste m wi ll give us an in valuab le tool to
coordi nate mult iagcncy emerge ncy response whe n we need to."
T he Motorola SMA RTNET l I trunked analog system uses 12
c hanne ls with a sing le repeater site. Pl ans call for mo re than 500
Mo torola MTS 2000 portab le and Spectra mo bil e radios eventually to
be included in the $2 million system.
The system provides us significant spect rum re lief and tremendo us c hanne l e ffi c iency. enabling us to e xpand o ur radio capacity a nd
communications capabilities," says Fire ChiefWilliam Woods. "We' II

have faster system access, indi vidu al unit ide ntification when a
trans mi ssion is made. telephone interconnect and private conversatio n capabilities . the fle xibility to organ ize radios into talk groups, the
technol ogy to disable radios that are lost or stole n. and the ability to
retrieve information o n system acti vity. We've never had a radio
system w ith so many positive featu res."
The system even wil l give c ity agenc ies the future capability to
send data for the first time. "All we' ll have to do is connect data
terminals to our mobi le uni ts." says Police Chief Morrey Deen.
The Motorola sys tem is designed to be easily upgraded to digital
technology in the future, and be compliant wi th the standard for
digital radio systems defined by A PCO Proj ect 25. Public safety and
publi c service agencies across the country are us ing the standard to
spec ify and buy dig ital radio syste ms. The States of Delaware,
Florida. and Michigan. cities s uch as Memphi s, Tennessee, and
counties like Sarasota County. Flo rida. a ll have purchased Motoro la
800 MHz digital syste ms upgradable to the APCO Project 25 sta ndard.
Whe n the Ocala system is upgraded to digital technology, city
personne l will be able to communicate w ith agencies using the State
of Fl orida 's Motorola 800 MHz digi tal radio syste m through their
own portable and mobile radios.
1111 Arguments for Trunking in Everett, WA

This last release is reprinted in order to answer the hows and whys
about a local publ ic utility's sw itch to a trun ked radio system.
February 6, 1996: Motorola's Land Mobile Produc ts Sector has

signed a contract to install a SMARTNEFM 5-channel, trunked
simu lcast radio communications system for S no ho mish County
Public Uti lity District (PUD) of Everett . Washingto n. It will be the
fi rst Motorola utility trun ked radio syste m in the Northwest.
According to Walt P ierce, telecommunicatio ns engineer and
project manager for Snohomish PUD, the enhanced communications
abil ity afforded by the SMARTNET system is desig ned to maximize
the company's ope rational effic iency , prov ide greate r assurance of
employee safety and improve customer-service coordination.
"The te lephone interconnect capability and the inhere nt efficie ncy of the SMARTNETsyste m w ill allo w us to reduce congestio n
and exped ite communicati ons," ex plained Pierce. 'The improved
connec ti vity means we can provide o ur services with g reater speed
and g reater safety - advantages that maxi m ize o ur producti vity and
profitabilit y ...
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Pierce also detai led Snohomish PUD's plans to add mobile data
capabi li ty to the system in the near future . "This wil l provide rcaltime, wire less transmissio n of informatio n."' he added . ''Coupled with
o ur ex isting voice capabi lity. we 11 have an advanced means of voice
and data communicatio n ...
Scheduled for comp leti o n in March of 1996, the system w ill use
45 Quantar1 M repeaters operating on l 0 sites throughout Snohom is h
County and Camano Is land. Washington. Eventual ly, Snohomish
PUD plans to expand its syste m to include 85 repeaters. doubling the ir
c hanne l capacity fro m five to 10 per site.
The system a lso will e mploy Motorola Spectran1 mobile and
MTS 20oorn portab le radios. as well as MOS CA D 1 M Re mote T ermi nal Units (RTUs) that w ill be used in monitoring pump control and
tanks for the water department. Snohomish PUD w ill use the syste m
to he lp provide electric and water serv ice for its mo re than 250,000
customers.
SMARTNET is one o f the many two-way radio platforms designed to operate on Enc rConnectn1 - Mo toro la' s complete utility
w ire less communicatio ns and informatio n network . Ene rConnect
integrates transmi ssion and distribution au to mation. mobile data and
vo ice communic ations o nto a si ngle network allowing utilities tu
streaml ine the flo w u f information and sig nifi cant ly red uce respo nse
times wh ile controll ing costs .
Commercial Web sites of more obvious re levance tu hobbyists are
available today as we ll. We'll check o ut the Radio Shack a nd the
Unide n W eb sites in a later artic le. (Note : the art ic les above were
re printed with permission.)
II Scanners in Movies - The Sequel

Here ' s a challenge for those of you looki ng for scanners which
play a role in moti on pi ctu res: A friend to ld me recently that a Bearcat
700 appears in the Sigourney Weaver vehi c le "Copycat."' A free copy
o f Monito r America goes to the fi rst person w ho can tell me what was
wrong with the 700' s appearance in the film. There are people who
thrive on catching mistakes in movies, and this mi stake. for scanne r
fo lk. is a dooz ic'
Frequency Exchange
We 're going to take a break from readers freque ncy lists j ust this
month to respond to an inte resting inqui ry .
A rece nt article dealt with tak ing an Optoelectronics Scout into a
Las Vegas casino to snag freq uenc ies. A reader, Jan Ro th , wrote and
admonished me for undertaking such a dastardl y deed. Jan wrote,
..... please correct me if I am wrong. Yo u fa il to tell your readers that
in the state of Nevada it is illegal lo have a scanner o r frequency
counter turned on and operating in an y gambling casino - it' s a
felon y.
A re view of the latest editi on of Grove s Listener's Lawbook d ocs
no t show any refe re nce to mon itorin g laws in the state of Nevada . It
seems likely to us that this is s imply a casino rul e, w hic h is w ith in thei r
ri g hts to make. The point, however. is well taken. that before a nyone
takes a scanner o r freque ncy cou nt er into a casino. he or she may want
to check out the legality of thi s act before proceed ing. lfa nyone knows
the existence and wording of such a law. regional o r statew ide. please
wri te us and let us know.
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The HF Communications Spectrum

Larry Van Hom, NSFPW
steditor@grove.net
Monitoring the FBI on HF
he Federal Bureau of Investigation (FB I) has bee n busy the past

couple of months with the Freeman si tuation and the capt ure of
a possible Unabomher suspect both in Montana. I always like to
catc h some oft he actio n. but Montana isa little bit too far to hear a VHF
repeater. However, the FBI docs have an HF network, so I went back
into my records fo r th is 111onth s profile of the FB l' s Inter Field Offi ce
HF network.
The FB I is an investigative agency underthe Department of Justi ce
that was formed in 1908. After various changes in name. it became
known as the FB I in 1935.
Headed by a Director. FB I headquart.ers is compri sed of nine
di visions and three offices. T he FB I 111aintains 56 field offices.
approxi mately 400 res ident agencies. four specialized fie ld instal lations. and 23 foreign liaison posts. There are l 0.158 special agents and
13.7 I I support personnel as of November I. 1995. The FBI Academy
is located in Quantico. Virgin ia. It occ upies 385 acres situated approxi mate ly 40 miles south of Washington. D.C.
The miss ion of the FB I
is to uph o ld th e law
th rough the in vestigation
of violat ions of federal
cri111inal law: to protect the
Uni ted States from foreign
inte ll ige nce activi ties: to
provide leadership and law
enforce ment assistance to
federal, state. local. and
~
internat ional agcm: ies.
11
For years. it has been
widely known a111ong ute
hobbyists that the FBI has
an HF backup network for
thei r VHF repeater system. Some of the stati ons that partic ipate in thi s
backup system arc the 56 fie ld offices of the FBI. Each fie ld offi ce has
a Harris transmitter with voice encryption and ALE (A utomatic Li nk
Establi shment) capabi lity. Occasional voice (USB) and digital acti vity is reported on FB I HF frequencies.
Some monitors have reported that stations in th is network test the ir
equipment every Monday morning at 0900 Eastern Time. By far the
TABLE 1 - FBI HF Frequencies

{Modes of operation include RTIY / USB)
2332.0
5913.5
9240.0
11492.5
14533.5
18582.5
20604.0
26569.0
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2810.0
6954.0
9313.0
12140.0
15955.0
18667.5
23404.0
27575.0
MONITORING TIMES
4992.5
7780.0
10500.0
14460.0
16175.0
19132.5
23805.0
27585.0
June 1996
5058.5
7793.5
10915.0
14493.5
16342.5
19346.0
24205.0
27785.0
5390.0
9 185.0
11075.0
14498.0
18172.5
20350.0
24775.0
TABLE 2 - FBI HF Call Signs

KAG69 .... .......... .................. Denver, Colorado
KAG78 .............. .................. Konsas City, Missouri
KAG8 1 .................. .... .. .. ...... Minneapolis, Minnesota
KAG98 ............ .. .. ................ Omaha, Nebraska
KAH63 ................ ............... . St. Louis, Missouri
KCC6 l ............... .................. Boston, Massachusetts
KCC76 .................. ..... .......... New Haven, Connecticut
KEC67 .... ...... ........ .......... ..... Albany, New York
KEC71 ...... .......................... . Buffalo, New York
KEC86 .. ... .............. .... .......... Nework, New Jersey
KEC96 .......... ............... .... .... New York, New York
KGD83 ................................ Baltimore, Maryland
KGE22 ................................. Quantico, Virginia (Academy)
KGG64 ................................ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
KGG76 ................. ........... .... Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
KGG85 ..... .......................... . Washington, D.C.
KIG67 ................ .................. Atlanta, Georgia
KIG73 .................................. Birmingham, Alabama
KIG81 .. ........................ ........ Charlotte, North Carolina
KIG9 1 .. ..... ...................... ..... Knoxville, Tennessee
KIH67 .. ........................... .... . Louisville, Kentucky
KIH73 .................................. Memphis, Tennessee
KIH98 .. ............. ......... .......... Mobile, Alabama
Kll50 .......... .......................... Columbia, South Carolina
Kll66 ..................... ............... Norfolk, Virginia
Kll74 ...................... .... ..... ..... Richmond, Virginia
KKl83 .. ......... ......... .............. Savannah, Georgia
Kll95 ..... .:... .... ............. ......... Jacksonville, Florida
KIJ22 ................................... Miami, Florida
KIJ44 ........ ...................... .... . Tampa, Florida
KKl68 ............................. ..... Dallas, Texas
KKl73 ...... ............................ El Paso, Texes
KKl88 .................................. Houston, Texas
KKl99 ............................. ..... San Antonio, Texas
KKJ23 .................................. San Francisco, Californ ia
KKJ45 ....... ........................... Jackson, Mississippi
KKJ67 ..................... ............. Albuquerque, New Mexico
KKJ78 ..................... ........ ..... Little Rock, Arkansas
KKJ88 .......................... ........ New Orleans. Louisiana
KKJ98 ....... ........................... Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
KMG22 ................................ San Diego, California
KM166 ................... .......... .... Los Angeles, California
KOG55 ........................... ..... Las Vegas, Nevada
KOG69 ...... .................. ........ Butte, Montana
KOG71 ........ .......... .... .......... Phoenix, Arizona
KOG83 .. .............................. Portland, Oregon
KOG93 ...... ........ .... .............. Salt Lake City, Utah
KOH22 .................. .............. Seattle, Washington
KQC67 .............. .................. Cincinnati, Ohio
KQC77 ................................ Cleveland, Ohio
KQC87 ..... ................... ........ Detroit, Michigan
KSC63 ...... ........................... Indianapolis, Indiana
KSC71 ....... ... ..... .................. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
KSC8 1 .. ..... ... ....................... Springfield, Illinois
KSD61 ...... ........................... Chicago, Illinois
KSD73 ......................... ........ Sacramento, California
KUR20 ...... ........................... Honolulu, Hawaii
KUR50 ....... .......................... Agena, Guam
KWX20 .................... .... ........ Anchorage, Alaska
WWR20 ........ ...................... San Juan, Puerto Rico
most common ly reported frequencies in use by this agency arc thei r

SHARES frequencies. FBI stations have been heard during
quarterly SHARES exercises
on various government frequencies including the FBI
SHARES pool frequencies of
5058.5. 7903.5, and 14493.5
kH z (USB).
Due to restructuring of the
HF spectrum over the last few
yea rs. th ere have bee n some
changes to FBI frequencies that published hobby Iists simply do not show.
Table I is the latest list of FB I HF
frequencies available. Also most of
these frequency lists do not have a complete or accurate list of FB I HF call signs. Table 2 is the most complete
list (60 stations) of FBI calls and locations with HF capability ever
published.
I New Station in Globe Wireless Marine System
The Globe Wireless network continues to expand. Officials from

the compan y recentl y announced that Bahrain Radi o (call sign A9M )
was expected 10 join the system on May I. The station is ex pected to
enhance the coverage of the Globe Radio net work in the Indian Ocean
and Arabian Gulf. Bahrain Radio is operated by Batelco.
A data link from Manama, Bahrain, to the Globe Wire less Traffic
Delivery Center in Half Moon Bay. California. will allow the exchange of messages and supporting com mun ications.
The Global Radio network started four years ago when remote
cont rol equipment and data lines were installed between WNUSlidell Radio. Loui siana, and the central ized traffic facilit y al Half
Moon Bay. Expansion of the network to global coverage has proceeded quickly since then.
Stations current Iy part of the Global Radio Net work inc Iude: KEJHoolehua Radio, Hawaii; KFS-San Francisco Radio, Cali forn ia:
SAB-Goeleborg Radio, Sweden; VCT-Tors Cove Radio. Newfoundland; WNU-Slidell Radi o, Louisiana; and ZLA in New Zealand.
"The Globe Wireless net work wi ll grow to over a doze n stati ons
by the end of the year,"' said Dino Martins. Ge neral Manager of Globe
Wireless. No word at deadline what other stat ions will be part of this
growing marine network.
I Interesting Ute Sites on the Web
If you are interested in ships and vessels that work the Great Lakes
region there is a very interesting site on the world wide web.You will
find pictures. addresses, facts and figu res. curre nt vessel in formation
and much. much more on thi s interesting web site. Great Lakl.!s marine
buffs chec k out : http: //www.acs.oakland.ed u/- ncsc hult/
boatnerd.html. Thanks to Steve Fisher and the WUN for bringing
this site to our allention.
Aero buffs will fi nd many interesting pages on the web. Onl.!ofm y
favorites is put up by Hans Wildschut in the Netherlands. H a n ~ has
lilcs on MW ARA (Major World Air Route Areas ). LDOCs (Long
Distance Operat ional Control) stations, Mi li tary info (GH FS/Mysti c
Star). ACARS (A ircraftCommunications Addressings and Reporting
Syste m), and much. much more. He also has some real neat wa llpaper
behind the text. Check out URL: http://wcb.inter.NL.net/hcc/

Hans. Wildschut.
ACARS aircraft buffs wi ll also want to vis it Tiggers Web home
page al: http://www.u-net.com/- morfis/acars.htm fo r addit ional
info rmation and links on the HF/V HF ACA RS systems and frequen cil.!s.
Finall y. th is month' s Best of the Weh site fo r ute enthusiasts
belongs to Andrew Toppan. His site on the web is called the Railroads. Ships and Aircra./f Homepage. Al this web site you will find a
complete. accurate. up-to-date list of all vessels in acti ve service with
the U.S. Navy. Coast Guard. and NOAA . The li sts are broken dow n
into the follow ing categories:
U.S . Navy surface combatants includ ing a ll aircraft carriers.
crui sers. destroyers, frigates.
U.S. Navy submarines including man ned submersibles of all
types.
U.S. Navy amphibious assault ships. landing ships of various
types, mine countermeasures ships of all types, and major coastal
combatants.
U.S. Navy Auxi liary Shi ps including all replenishment ships,
tenders. lllgs. salvage shi ps. surveillance. research and survey ing
shi ps, command/Oag ships. and miscellaneous auxiliaries such as
ra nge instrumentation ships. cable ships, hospital ships, coastal
tankers. and sundry othe r vessels.
U.S. military scalift ships in active service or laid up in ROS-4,
APF, MPS or RRF stallls ( 172 vessels).
U.S. Navy carriers, carrie r wings, and associated squ adron s.
All U.S. Coast Guard vessels from the biggest c utlers to the
~ malle s l te nders.
All National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessels.
Similar but less comprehensive informati on is available fo r the
Royal Navy and Canada. The listings for these countries include all
warshi ps and major auxi liaries. but omit mo~ t non-m ilitary vessels,
such as research ships.
Each en try includes vital information" such as the displacement,
dimensions, propulsion, and weapons of a vesse l, in addition lo its
name, number. year of entry into service, fleet assignment, and notes
about its futu re. Ships planned or under construction are also listed.
A single image representat ive of the class of ship is provided in many.
but not all. cases. The total database on this site includes over I000
vcs~e l s.
Additional links are prov ided to official and unoffic ial sites
providing similar information on navies around the world. Additional
on-site documents within the current" sec tio n include lists of all
aircraft carriers in the world today (short and long fonnals). list of
survi ving true destroyers. list of surviving big-gun warships. and
list of preserved naval vessels in the United States. Many add itional
comprehensive warsh ip lists arc available from other parts of the si te
plus several mcgs worth of text files. and over a dozen megs of images
(well over 200 images in all). And this is just for the shi p portion of
thi ~ web site!
You can visit the Ra ilroads. Ships and Aircraft Homepage at:
http://www.wpi.edu/-elmer/.
That is about it this month. How about plugging in some of those
FB I frequencies we have listed in this column and leui ng us know
what you hear? Reme mber. an HF frequency could be sile111 for days
on end and .come alive when you least expect it. Have patie nce and
keep tuni ng that HF rece iver around in the Utilitv World.
June 1996
MONITORING TIMES
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Larry Van Hom
Abbreviations used in this column
4 f92.0
4198.0
AM
AM VER
Automated mutual
assistance vessel rescue
system
ARO
Synchronous transmissions and automatic
repetition teleprinter
system
ARO-E3
Single channel ARO
teleprinter system
ARO-M2 Multiplex ARO teleprinter
system with 2 data
channels
ASECNA Agence pour la Securite
de la Navigation Aerienne
en Afrique et a Madagascar
CAP
Civil Air Patrol
Continuous Wave (Morse
code)
DSN
Defense Switching
Network (old Autovon
network)
DUP-ARO Hungarian diplomatic
simplex ARO teleprinter
system
EAM
Emergency Action
Message
FEC
Forward Error Correction
FEC-A
One-way traffic FEC
teleprinter system
FF
French Forces
cw
GHFS
HF
KCNA
LSB
MARS
MFA
MOD
m/t
m/v
NAS
NCS
PIAB
RTIY
Sl-FEC
SITOR
SI TOR-A
SITOR-8
Un id
USAF
USCG
USMC
USN
VNA
Global HF System
High Frequency
Korean Central News
Agency
Lower Sideband
Military Affiliate Radio
System
Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
Ministry of Defense
Motor Tanker
Motor Vessel
Naval Air Station
Net Control Station
Pressure- und
lnformanipulationsanstalt
dieser eurer
Bananenrepublik
Radioteletype
Siemens simplex FEC
teleprinter system
Simplex teleprinting over
radio system
radio system. mode A
radio system , mode B
Unidentified
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Navy
Vietnam News Agency
All times are in UTC. allfreqt1encies in kH:. a11d a/I 1ranm1issio11.1 are in
USB t111less otlrerll'ise i11dirated
530.0
2009.0
3032.0
3041 .0
311 3.0
3130 .0
3245.0
3295 .0
3369.0
3438.5
3440.0
3450.0
3455 .0
4028.0
4032.5
4110.0
4164 .0
4173.5
4179.5
4188.0
. 4190 .5
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Un id station with a male voice in AM saying. "400, 400 this is site number
400." Then female voice gives time. day and date. The signals are NW of
my location. Any ideas? (Maryanne Kehoe-Atlanta. GA) No idea 011 this
e11d. Marya1111e, readers-Larry?
UMFA-1/h Volga 4001 (sea/river cargo vessel) working GNl-Nitton Radio
with phone patch at 1908. (Robin Hood-UK)
WAR46 working Nightwatch 01at0051. (Jeff Haverlah-Houston. TX)
DoD Cape at 0813 working Clearance 1at0819. (Rick Baker-AustintownOH)
Hot Cake working Nightwatch 01 at 0416. (Haverlah-TX)
USN Alligator playground net with talk of using INMARSAT at 0059.
(Haverlah-TX)
U.S. Army MARS stations AAR2F and AAR2DO in LSB at 0230. (Jacques
d'Avignon-Kingston. ON) UCE-Archangel Radio with traffic to UAAPAkademik Glushko in SITOR-A at 1835. (Hood-UK)
Overreach working Chop Down then Nightwatch 01 at 1435. (HaverlahTX)
Overreach working Nightwatch at 0807. (Haverlah-TX)
2RC8 repeating "V 8L6S DE 2RC8" at 1140 in CW. (Takashi YamaguchiNagasaki, Japan)
6PXJ repeating "V A6YZ DE 6PKJ" at 1135 in CW. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
BAA-Beijing Meteo. China. with 50 baud RTTY testiong RVs at 1201 .
(Yamaguchi-Japan )
Japan Aeroradio working various ai rcraft at 1145. (John NewbyJamestown, CA)
Spanish female 5-digit number station in AM at 0512. (George KnightGarfield. NJ)
U.S. Army 10th district MARS net at 1520. (Newby-CA)
ELK16-m/s Fantasy at 0506 working WOO-Ocean Gate Radio (on 4402)
with phone patch traffic. (Baker-OH)
Foxtrot Tango with USN Link 11 coord ination net at 0635. (Baker-OH)
Unid station with slow keyed CW at 111 Osome fading, lost to SITOR
traffic at 1134. (Roger Parmenter-Hyannis, MA)
D5HV-m/v Spruce with SITOR-A messages at 1520. (Hood-UK)
9HRX4 -m/v Sea Eagle working Portishead in CW at 1839. (Hood -UK)
URVY-Dauriya (fish factory) working UIW-Kaliningrad Radio in CW at
2032 . (Hood-UK)
MONITORING TIMES
June 1996
4212.0
4372.0
4379.0
4458.0
4483.0
4610.0
4627.0
4735.0
4992.0
5355.0
5710.0
5544.0
5700.0
5753.0
5998.0
6285.0
6300.0
6303.0
6375.0
6461 .0
6607.0
6802.0
6954.0
6956.0
7309.7
7325.0
7560.0
7644.2
7653.5
7687.0
7693.0
7737.7
7747.5
7808.0
UKMT-t/h ST-1313working TAH-l stanbul Radio in CW at 2030. UAMYMikhail Verbitskiy (factory trawler) working UDK2-Murmansk in CW at
1847. (Hood-UK)
UTWK-Amur 2521 (sea-river cargo) working UCW4 -St. Petersburg in CW
at 1815. Also UAOY-Ladoga 102working Portishead with ETA for Harwich
in CW at 1835. (Hood-UK)
UGH-Provideniya Radio. Russia, with 50 baud RTTY traffic lists at
0910.(Yamaguchi -Japan)
USN Giant Killer network heard at 0130. (Richard Clark-via Internet email)
Blue Star-USN FACSFAC. Roosevelt Roads. Puerto Rico, at 0004 working
S4JG (USN aircraft general call sign-Larry) for radio check. This frequency is apparently the night alternate to 8971. (Baker-OH )
C-Single letter HF marke r at 2309. (Dix-NY)
Nightwatch 01 at 0529 working WAR46 with phone patch to DSN 939
prefix. (Bake r-OH) l11teresti11g frequency selection Rick. This is a FCC
frequency. Wonder what the designator is on this one-Larry?
XJ03 repeating "V FC3Y DE XJ03" at 1016 in CW. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
KPB609-CAP Texas Wing at 0005 working Eagle Nest 601 as NCS with
check in by Eagle Nest 611 and 612. (Baker-OH )
Hersey-Joint lnteragency Task Force East Operations Center, NAS Key
West, Florida. at 1635 working J9 with Link 11coordination communications. (Bake r-OH)
NCWA-USS Mossbrugger (DD -980) working DoD Cape regard ing the
status of a shuttle launch at 2209. (Baker-OH)
Coffee Ta ble at 1734 working Foot Rope. (Baker-OH) Another interesting
frequency Rick. might be worth watching-Larry.
Nightwatch 01at0551 working Andrews with communications checks. At
9621 , SAM 26000 (USAF C- 137C tail no 62-6000) working Andrews with
phone patch traffic. (Baker-OH)
Saudi 3828 working Jeddah LDOC with position report at 2230. (HoodUK)
Nightwatch calling 5926 at 1355. Nightwatch says, "The rhinos are
raging ." 5926 answers with. "The wood is good ... (Wes-Pittsburgh, PA)
4XML repeating "V 6FR7 DE 4XML" at 1205 in CW. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
Radio Alpha 99 heard in CW and USS at 1855. This clandestine station
sent a CW ID as follows: "Radio Alpha 99 1/iva Cuba Libre radio Alpha 99 ...
(Barry Wise-Annapolis, MD)
UAKS-Baltiyskiy 37 working UBB4-Kaliningrad Radio in CW at 1030.
(Hood-UK)
UTXG-Sibirskiy 2109 working RUF9-Krasnodar Radio in CW at 1820.
(Hood-UK)
V3RE7-m/v Lidiya working UHP5 (unknown location) with message in
English in 50 baud RTTY at 1935. UHP5 answered in CW on 6385.5. Have
heard UHP5 on 3300/6385.5/6485.5/8452 and previous traffic shows this
may be yet another station in St. Petersburg. Russia. (Hood-UK)
CEW5-Unid station with V CW marker at 2259. Interference from WCC.
(Jack Dix-Yonkers, NY)
Gold 82 working Hobby 45 then Nash 91 at 1553. Frequency is not a typo.
(Haverlah-TX) Another neatly hidden away USAF tactical-Larry.
Unid station sending 5-letter groups in hand sent CW at 2239. (Dix-NY)
Spanish female 5-d igit numbers station at 0310 (UTCSaturday). (NewbyCA)
Spanish female 5-digit numbers station at 0202 (UTC Saturday) . (NewbyCA)
Un id station requesting a 5-ton truck to go to 11th Marine admin "Butler
Building" and pick up supplies for mobile PX at 0010. Also heard 3114
Alpha calling Foxtrot Lima Bravo at 0035. (Newby-CA) This is a 3rd MAW
tactical and training frequency. Locations primarily at Marine bases in
California-Larry.
RF HI-FF Noumea, New Caledonia. with 100 baud ARO-E3 cont role de voie
at 0916. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
SAM 28000 working Andrews at 0220. (Haverlah-TX)
Strong CW beacon transmitting, "Radio DC Don 't Vote Republican" noted
at 0045. (Mike Brewster-Annapolis, MD) Yep. Mike you win the unusual
log of tile month award. Talk about making a political statement-Larry!
RFQP-FF Dji bouti with 100 baud ARO-E3 controle de voie at 1500
(Yamaguchi-Japan )
MMC-Unid station with SITOR-A encrypted messages partly English at
0942. (Yamaguchi -Japan)
SAM 682 working And rews at 0301 on their India/Oscar freq uency
( Haverlah-TX)
3BT3-Vacas Meleo. Mauritius. with 75 baud RTTY weather reports in
Englisl1 at 1450. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
DSCN-U nid station with SI TOR-A encrypted messages partly in Englist1 at
1045. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
OS-possible IFOR Bosnia at 2246 working 20Cpassing track report for a
bulk carrie r ELGF3-m/v EWL Rotterdam. OS was U.S. accented. 20C
heavily accented English. (Baker-OH)
BAA22-Beijing Meleo, China, with 50 baud RTIY weather code at 1435.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
7831.7
7951.5
7970.0
8001.0
8026.0
8053.0
8341.0
8343.0
8347.0
8375 0
8380.0
8411.0
8500.0
8510.0
8570.0
8570.5
8705.0
8839.0
8853.5
8968.0
8971.0
9023.0
9057.0
9122.5
9330 0
9983.7
10075.0
10130.0
10205.0
10213.1
10315.0
10384.2
10548.6
10812 .0
11056.0
11175.0
11181.0
5ST-ASECNA Antananarivo. Madagascar (FMMI). with Metar codes

using ARO-E3 at 0452. miles off frequency. (Robert Hall-Capetown
South Africa)
Trotter-Unid station with SITOR-A encrypted messages partly in English
Unid station with 50 baud ATTY repeating 5-letter groups at 0530.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
RFHJ-FF Papeete, Tahiti, with 96 baud ARO-E3 idler at 1440. (YamaguchiJapan)
SAM 206 (USAF C-20B tail no 86-0206) at 0447 working Andrews VIP
with phone patch to Howard Metro. (Baker-OH)
HNF-KCNA Pyongyang. North Korea, with 50 baud ATTY RVs transmission at 0959. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
7THV-m/t Dahra working 7TF-Boufarik Radio with arrival message for
Port La Nouvelle in CW at 0936. (Hood-UK)
TCGJ-m/v Gokcan working 7TF-Boufarik Radio in CW at 1542. (HoodUK)
J6DW7-Star Sun working Nagasaki in CW at 1524. (Hood-UK)
9VJX-m/v lkan Tanda working JNA-Tokyo Radio with AMVER message
in CW at 1618. (Hood-UK)
FNRW-Cable ship Vercors working FFT-St. Lys Radio with SITOR-A
message at 1545. (Hood-UK)
EVBO-Unid station with 50 baud RTTY RY's at 1034. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
EVBO is the vessel Aleksandrovsk Sakhalinskii-Larry.
UON-Baku Radio working 4JDL-t/h Nizami in CW at 1920. Lots of
interference from VTH with 50 baud RTTY. UON not heard on this
frequency before. They are usually on 12626.5. (Hood-UK)
J2A8-Djibouti Radio with V CW marker at 1905. (Dix-NY)
UB03-Petrozavodsk Radio working UKGF-Baltiskiy 105 in CW at 1846.
(Hood-UK)
UWS3-Kiev Radio with 10 and traffic list in CW at 0830. Also on 6465/
8570.5/12695.5. (Hood-UK)
RFA-Astrakham Radio working UJSL-Sormovskiy 3050 in CW at 1548.
ID was RFA/RVD. (Hood-UK)
Air France Concorde 002 working Gander Aeroradio for selcal check (EJAD) at 1141. (Hood-UK)
Unid Hungarian Embassy with 125 baud DUP-AR O idler and encrypted
5-letter groups at 1225. (Yamaguch i-Japan)
Narcotic passing 26 character EAM at the H+51 timestamp. Looks like
this is a regular time for command post aircraft to restore EAM to the
network. Another timestamp could possibly be H+21. Possible TACAMO
Central restoral slot. (Larry Van Horn-Brasstown. NC) Tiger Eye at 1956
working Offutt with immed iate phone patch request to DSN 339 regarding request from MCC on status of part being shipped. (Baker-OH)
Trident 720 (USN P-3C VP-26 NAS Brunswick) at 1958 working 5LU
regarding Bird Dog communications. (Baker-OH)
Dragnet Tango (USAF E-3 AWACS) at 1543 working Dragnet Uniform.
Later Sidecar and Deerhunter up with NORAD training communications.
(Baker-O H)
Nightwatch at 1753 working WAR46 for radio check on S-309. (BakerOH )
WUG-U.S. Army Corp of Engineers at 1539 working WUl5, WUG/A,
WUB, WUJ4, WUSS, WUB2. WUB4, and WUO for check in to regu lar
Friday net (Baker-OH)
XVN26-VNA Hanoi, Vietnam. with 50 baud RTTY French news at 1215.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
RFFA-MOO Paris with an ARO-E3 idler at 0517. (Hall-RSA)
Cedar Rapids LDOC, Iowa. at 0024 working Connie 801 with ETA to
SBGF. (Baker-OH)
RBX73-Tashkent Meleo. Uzbekistan, with 50 baud RTTY weather code at
RTP78-I rkutsk Meleo, Russia. with 50 baud RTTY weather code at 0220.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
CNM29-MAP Rabat, Morocco. with 50 baud RTTY news in Fre nch at
1130. (Robert Thompson-Kilgore. TX)
NRWH-USS Haylerat 1918 working SESEF. First time I have seen this
frequency used, may have intended to use 12315.0. (Baker-OH)
5YE-Nairobi Meleo. Kenya. v1ith 50 baud RTTY weather code at 1507.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
NLHA-USS Tarawa (LHA-1) at 2311 working Neil Control regarding the
stat is of USN/USMC Pacific Joint Task Force Execise 96-1 heard all week
on this frequency. (Baker-OH)
4XML repeating "V GFR7 OE 4XML" at 0225 in CW. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
Falcon (Base) working Roadrunner. Coyote. Bravo at 0330. Coyote had
heartstrokc victim . Arrangements made to helo medivac to Oanang then
C-130 to Bangkok. Possible MIA search teams in Vietnam. (Mike Holl,
REO-SS Lng Taurus)
Reach 67028 working Offutt GHFS with a phone patch to Hilda at 2058.
(Greg Brazil-Pomona, CA) Syllabus with aFlash White Pinnacle message
sent to National Military Command Center (NMCC) at 1301 . Someone
want to take a stab at a White Pinnacle message? (l.Van Horn-NC)
Hawk 84 (8-1B crew training squadron at Dyess AFB) at 2015 working
McClellan GHFS on a discrete with phone patch to Dyess Metro. (BakerOH)
11187.0
12435.0
12450.0
12583.5
12600.0
12615.0
12664.5
12830.0
12858.0
13092.0
13933.0
14371.5
14376.0
14441.5
14487.0
14718.3
14925.7
14936.5
15682.0
15855.0
15919.7
15929.4
15961.9
15970.5
16014.4
16087.9
16165.4
16261.9
16720.0
16806.5
16810.5
16318.5
16851.0
16930.4
16958.4
16963.0
17522.0
18704.4
18264.0
18411.7
22376.0
Boomtown at 1819 working Coastal with RTTY coordination comms.

letter call word sounded like Christmas Tree came up in net. (Baker-OH)
TCPA-m/v Bolu working WCC-Chatham Radio with AM VER message in
CW at 1506. (Hood-UK)
CONF-m/v Golfo di Mexico working CLA-Havana Radio in CW at 1516.
(Hood-UK)
UUl-Odessa Radio working UYAD-Maksim Gorkiy in SI TOR-A at 1335.
(Hood-UK)
7TK27-Boufarik Radio working 7THK-Larbi Ben M'Hidi(LNG carrier) for
telex traffic in English and French SITOR-A at 1115. (Hood-UK)
USU-Mariupol Radio, Ukraine, SI TOR/CW marker at 0750. (Yamaguch iJapan)
FUM-French Navy Papeele, Tahiti. with 75 baud RTIY V/RY test tape at
RKLM-Archangelsk Radio calling 4LY in CW at 1218. (Dix-NY)
6WW-Unid station with 75 baud/850 shift ATTY RY/Foxes/le brick test
messages at 1920. (Karl Meyer-Cameron, NC) 6WW is a French naval
station in Dakar. Senegal-Larry.
IAR-Rome Radio. Italy. working Jolly Bianco with phone patch at 0726.
(Hood-UK)
MFA Sofia wit11 a news broadcast about dollar/leva exchange problems
(preventing dollar from surging past the psychological barrier of 77
Leva) using 150 baud RTTY at 1050. (Hood-UK)
Long numbers message sent using 425/75 baud ATTY at 2100.
(Parmenter-MA)
Unid station sending 75 baud cyrillic ATTY at 1453. (Dix-NY)
NNNOCVN-USN MARS station calling for any stateside station at 2154.
Also NNNOCHS calling for a stateside station at 2156. (Jack McMahon Oepew, NY) CVN is the USS Briscoe (D0-977) and CHS is the USS
Vicennes (CG-49). If you want a list of MARS calls suggest purchasing
t11e Grove Shortwave Directory-Larry.
English female 5-digit number station in USS at 1415. (Dix-NY)
RFHl-FF Noumea. New Caledonia, with 100 baud ARQ-E31dler at 0655.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
RF HJ-FF Papeete. Tahiti. with ARO-E3 idler at 0910. (YamaguchiJapan)
NNNOMBO-USN MARS Manama. Bahrain, with SITOR-A telex at 0635.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
English female 5-digit number station in USB at 1425. (Dix-NY)
SNN299-MFA Warsaw, Poland, with POL-ARO broadcast at 1144. (HallRSA)
8W04-Unid station with 50 baud RTTY broadcast consisting of RYs. 1o
count and message "come to the aid of your party" at 1213. (Hall-RSA)
PWX33-Brasilian naval radio with 75 baud RTTY broadcast consisti ng
of ID. RY, SG and 10 count at 1157. (Hall-RSA)
RFLl-FF Fort de France, Martinique. with ARO-E3 controle de voie on
BFL circuit at 1155. (Hall-R SA)
KKN50-MFA Washington. D.C., with CW marker and ID at 1211. (HallRSA)
RFFIC-FF Paris, France, with ARO-E3 5-letter groups to RFVICPLFrogship Champlain at Reunion at 1055. (Hall-RSA)
RFVl-FF Le Port. Reunion. with ARO-E3 cont role de voieat 1032. (HallRSA)
RFOP-FF Djibouti with ARO-M2 cont role de voie on POB circuit at 1232.
(Hall-RSA)
RFTJO-Mislog Douala. Cameroon. with ARO-E3 message to Milfrance
Yaounde in French on HAI circuit at 1010. RFGW-Oistransit Paris.
France. with French ARO-E3 traffic to Comisair Vincennes at 1014.
(Hall-RSA)
Unid station sending news about Philippines in English via CW at 1902.
(Dix-NY)
NRV-USCG Apra Harbor, Guam, with SITOR-8 navigational warnings at
FFT81-St. Lys Radio, France, with SITOR-8 gale warning at 1308. (HallRSA)
Un id station with 75 baud ATTY Spanish messages at 0440. (YamaguchiJapan)
UON-Baku Radio with ID and traffic list in CW at 1105. Also on 12626.5/
16851.0. (Hood-UK)
9MR-Malaysian Naval Radio Baharu, Malaysia, with 50 baud RTTY RY/
SG ID (RMMJ) at 0950. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
FUJ-French Naval Noumea. New Caledonia. with 75 baud ATTY RY test
tape at 0715 (Yamaguchi-Japan)
FUF-Unid station wit11 75 baud/850 shift RTTY RY/Foxes/Le brick test
messages at 1920. (Meyer-NC) FUF is the French Naval radio station in
Martinique-Larry.
ACF-MFA Moscow. Russia. with 50 baud ATTY encrypted 5-letter
groups at 0940. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
OFS70-PIAB Bonn. Germany, with FEC-A broadcast of football results
at 1027. (Hall-RSA)
XVN48-VNA Hanoi. Vietnam. with 50 baud ATTY English news at 0715.
(Yamaguchi-Japan)
MFA Jakarta. Indonesia. with 96 baud Sl-FEC encrypted 5-letter groups
NMO-USCG Honolulu. Hawaii, with SITOR-8 CO, time and frequency
sched ule at 0730. (Yamaguchi-Japan )
June 1996
MONITORING TIMES
37
SHORT
Av{~~D
The Global Forum
snNG
ANTARCTICA LR A36 may soon reacti vate 15~76 (Gabriel Ivan

Barrera. Argentina. HCJB T11e Latesr Carclr) Prev iously on air weekdays
around 2100-2300 (PWBR via DXi11g 11irh C11111hre)
ARMENIA Yerevan in Engli sh 2030-2100on9965(EugeneGebruers.
RVI Uadio World via Steven Cline) Also announces "'.Vi meters. eleven
one hundred sixty five.'' i.e. I 1615 (Tom Sundstrom . NJ via BC-DX)
I 1665'1 (Kevin Hecht. PA)
AUSTRIA RAI English to Ams: 1130 on 13730: 0 130 011 9655: 0230
on 9655. 9870, 13730: 0530. 0630 via Canada 60 15 (via Diane Mauer)
BELGIUM Contrary to April MT. p. 58. RV!' ~ t:lOO (Sun 1230) is on
13605; at 2330quick ly left I 18 15 clue to Costa Rica. put both transmitters
on 9925 (via Diane Mauer. Steven Cline. John Norfolk)
BHUTAN BBS a bi t easie r whilst on 5023 .08 with English news at
14 15 (Ron Howard . CA . NU via HCJB TLC) Then back to 5030 (Victor
Goonetille ke. Sri Lanka. via Btischel via HCJB TLC)
BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA On a date when Mtiscow miss ing fro m
7105. R. B-I-1 heard at 0055-0200+ with pips and ID at 0 I 00: not heard
a week later. One night only. Romania was on 7 105 blocking. A ftcr that
R. 13-H heard on 7 108.09at01 48-0300. and a week later on 7 !05 at 00000300+ (Brian Alexander. PA. W.O.R.)
BULGARIA R. Bulgaria 60th an ni versary specia l test broadcasts. Sat
J un I at 2200-2300 on 9700. 11 660: earlier at 0830-0930 on 6050. 9700.
12000. 13635. 13770. 15245. 15630. Reports should be postmarked no
later than J une 5 for individually numbered limited edition QSL cards to:
R. Bulgaria. PO Box 900. I000 Sofia - C (A tanas Tsenov and I vo Ivanov.
RB & via Cline. _ _
=-=r
Blischel) DX Pro- . ,
Glenn Hauser, P.O. Box 1684-MT, Enid, OK 73702

fax: (405) 233-2948, or (704) 837-2216ATT: Hauser
Fri 2000-2318* on 15185.Sv (Brian Alexander. PA) Following Sun we had
it on 15186.0 at 2117. no trace of VOA .\11ress (gh. OK)
ERITREA V. of Broad Masses on 7390v at *0324 with horn. also wit h
ot her program on 7085 (Bob Hill , MA. NU via HCJB TLC)
GEORGIA Abkhaz Radio, Sukhu mi. heard not on ly on 9494.75 but on
new 9508.75 at 0430-0530. erratic (BBCM) Summer shift to 0330-0445:
and 1430-1 545 on 9495v (Rumen Pankov. Bulgaria. via BC-DX via HCJB
TLC)
GERMANY OW has discontinued transmitter site announcements at

beginning and end or each transm iss ion (J im Moats. OH ) Might as well,
since '"BRO" si te was often heard on relays. such as Canada! (gh) Some
good Engli sh frequencies here intended fo r elsewhere: 1600 on 17800;
2000 on 9615: 2 100 on 9765: 2100 on 9735. I 1765, 15 135: 2300 on 7235.
9690: 0200 on 9640 (Moats)
GREECE VOG to NAm at 1200- 1350 on 15 175. 15650: Engl ish at
1335 (John Babbis. MD. \V.O.R. ) 15175 may shift to 15 170 (VOG via
Babbis)
GUAM KTWR no longer blocked by WEWN on 11580: try for /'aciflc
DX Reporr Mon 16 15. inaud ible here but may be on West Coast (gh. OK)
GUATEMALA R. Tezu lutl<\n. 4835 heard at 1208 with Engl ish ID
asking for donat ions di rect to bank (Ulis Fleming, DXi11g 1vit/J C1.1111hre)
GUYANA GBC faxes they would install new IOkW SW at Sparendam
in May (Ludo Macs via Gu ido Schotmans via .lames Goodw in via BC-DX)
Probabl y back on 5950 (Harold Sellers. ODXA via BC-DX) Best at 0900
after WY FR closes (Hans Johnson. DXi11g 11'ir/J C11111bre)
HAWAII Final i? Jsummersked of DXi11g wi1h Cumbreon KW HR: Sat
0200 on 17510. Sat 0500 on 17780. 1430 on 9930, Sun 0200 on 175 10.
1830011 13625, Mon0330on 175 10; see also USA-W HRI (DWC) WHR
gra m R.adio Bui-
~
up to same old tricks-missing one Su n at 0200; dead air and late start at
ga n a Callr11g an- ~
'
nounced sked is Fri
l G~
4, Dragan Tsankov, Sofia fax (359 2) 650 560
1841. WVHA ha ~ plans for 3 transmitters in Maine, 7 in Hawai i of 50 or
1945. 2345, Sat 12 15. Sun 2 145. Mon 0445. 1245 (John Norfolk. OK)
100 kW (gh)
CANADA CFRB got on ly 9-month license renewal (FMedia) Must
HUNGARY R. Budapest announced Z-96 in Engl ish: Eu 1900 on
also affect SW relay CFRX 6070 (gh)
3975. 6140. 7 130. 9835: 2 100 on 3975. 5935. 7250. 9835: NA m 0 I 00 and
CHILE R. Esperanza. 6090. seems expanded to all-night. every night.
0230 on 6190. 9870-but their www page shows 9870 and 11 870 instead'
including English 0830-0900. Report wi th 2 IRCs or2 US airmai l sta mps
( Blischel & Tom Su ndstrom. BC-DX via Thurman) Confirmed on latter
pair. 9870 clashing with Austria (S undstrom) Hungarian Radio, TV. on
to Casilla 830. Temuco ffony Jones, Dxi11g 11irh C11111bre) English is at
0800-0830. Also active arc two in Coyhaiquc: 6029.62. R. Santa Marfa.
bri nk of bankruptcy. needed 4.5 gigaforint bai lout (Zsotia Szilagyi. OM RI
I 0 kW. Mon-Sat0950-0400. Sun I 100-0400: 6080. R. PatagoniaChikna.
via Patrick Crumhorn. Review of lwemarional Bruadca.11i11g) Affects
ex ternal service?
I kW. M-F 1000-0400. Sat 1000-0600. Su n 11 00-0400 (Gabriel Ivan
Barrera. 011da Corra via Radio N11el'o M1111do)
INDONESIA RR! Jakarta back on 9680 at 1130 in Indones ian. 1230
COSTA RICA RFPI <!x panded Far Rig/Jr Radio R('\ie11 to one hour.
English on Tue (John H. Cobb. Jr. GA) That's the Auss ie-financed and accented language lesson. tho irregular on 9680. better heard here than
fi rst airing Sat 2000. repeats Sun 2200. Tue 1800 plus 8. 15 hours later
(Rf=PI Yia George Thurman) New I0 kW unit will be frequenc y-agile. 19
VO i' s so-called external hours in English. Says it' s on stations in every
thru 49 meters. but ante nnas must be matched (RFPI Mailbag)
province (g h, W.O.R. ) Kangguru 2 also heard Wed 123 1on Sorong 4874.6:
CROATIA CR, Zagreb on 73 15 ex-73 70 at 2305 (Joe Hanlon. PA,
address fo r program is PO Box 6756, JKSRSB , Jakarta 12067 . Also has
W. 0 .R.) Clashing with OW. and later. WHR I. which used to relay it on
webs ite: http://www.indo.net.id/comme rcial/waterfall/kanggu ru/
that s;ime frequency' (gh)
kangguru.html (Ron Howard. DX Wi11 dm1 via DXing uirlr C11111/Jre)
CUBA Despite his inte rview with arch-enemy WRM I. Keith Perron
INTERNATIONAL VACUUM World <~{Radio su mmer sked on World
was back at RH C in April foranotherstint. RH C in Spanish on 9830-SSB
Radio Network: Eu Sat 0330 and 1600: NAm Sat 0530. 1900. Current and
at 1305 //11760 (gh. OK) R. Rebclde, 5025 wi th wobbly but equal
archi ved prev ious ed iti ons available on Real Aud io: li ve Internet broadcast
strength spurs on 5042.7Y. 5007.8, at 0640-0700+ (Brian Alexander.
via Stream works on NA m service times. accessible thru WRN home page
http://www.wrn.org/
PA) Don' t take one f'or Surinam
ECUADOR HCJB's new I00-kW tran smitter is being installed. wit h
/RAN [non] V. of Moj ahed keeps moving eve n during broadcasts to
avoid jamming: at 1900-2 100 observed around 3870, 4250, 4450, 4650,
solid-state modulator, 64 mod ules. covering 6-17 MHz. (HCJl3 DX
P11rr.l'ii11e) R. Tropic;ma. Cuenca. on 5559.6 = 4 x 1390 at 121 1 fo lk
5 150. 5460 +/- I0 kHz: beli eved via Iraq (13BCM )
musi c. ads. sometimes better in FM mode.
IRAQ I non IOpposition stat ion Repub lic of
loud enough to hear abroad (Rich McVicar.
Iraq Radio. Voice of the Iraqi People. beA ll times UTC; Allfreque11cies kHz;* before hr=
Qu ito. BC-DX)
lieved based in Sa 'udi Arabia, no longer
sign on, * after hr= sign off; II = parallel
EQUATORIAL GUINEA R. Africa. not
heard on Arabsat. but still on SW: * 1300programming; + = co11tin11i11g but not monitored;
dai ly. but one Sat 11 08-1556* and * 16472100+ on 9568v and new 117 13 (B BCM)
2 x jieq =2nd harmonic; Z-96 = Summer season
230 I* on 151 85.6 1v with relig ion in Engl ish:
Mother or Battles R., Baghdad. variety
RADIO BULGARIA
38
MONITORING TIMES
June 7996
program in Arabic 2225-2259 on 7147. ID as Umm al Ma 'arik 111i11

Baghdad: (Tony Rogers, BDXC Co111111)
ISRAEL Kol Israel. ful l freq li st at 1900- 1930 is 7465, 9435. 11605.
156 15, 15640 (Dan iel Rosenzwe ig via George Thurman) At 0400. 7465
clashes with Norway (Joe Hanlon. gh)
ITALY Rai, English to us at 0050-0 I I0 on 6005. seems relay may be
Ascension. also announcing 9675 wi th correct metric equivalent or3 I .0 I
so presumably not a typo for 9645, but 96 75 covered by R. Ca111;:iio Nova.
Brazil. and 11 800 inaudible (gh & Kevin Hecht. PA)
JAPAN R. Japan will run anniversary programs on June I. Now has
homepage. no caps: http://www.nhk.or.jp/rjnet/ (R. Japan Media
Roundup)
KAZAKHSTAN !nonl R. Almaty relay 200kW254by Kiev includes
English 0530-0600 loud and clear on 11705 cx-9560(Wolfgang Busche).
BC-D)()
KIRIBATI R. Kiribati. 9825, 0800-0850 local language and island
music (Bruce Churchill. CA. Dxi11g ll'ilh Cr1111bre)
MALTA [nonl Y. of Mediterranean. which lost access to SW when
DW relay closed. tested for one week in April to Europe via Ital y. 08000855 on 9880. 0900-0955 on 11 925. hoped to begin regular broadcasts
quickly after assessing report s (Daniel Atkinson. Wolfgang Busche!.
RY I via Steven Cli ne. HCJB DXPL & TLC. VOA Co1111111111irn1iu11.1
World)
MAURITIUS S. Sunassee. MBC chief techn ica l officer, replied to our
inquiry that MBC plans to resume SW sometime in future on previous
skcd. 0200- 1300 on 9710. 1300-0200 on 4855 (HCJB DXPL)
MEXICO XERMX running 9705 into the night. but maybe on ly UT
Mon for La Hora Nacimwl at 0300: taped IDs also mention I 1770. but
unconfirmed if active (gh. OK)
MOLDOVA R. Dnestr Internation al. for Z-96 on I I 750at 2030-2 100
in English, clashing again with BBC (Kevin Hecht via Joe Han lon) Si te
is Grigoriopol. 3 10 megawatt (FCC via Hecht) R. Moldova Int' I. via 120
kW Bacau Galbeni. Romania, Eng lish at ODO. 0430. 2200, 2300 on 7520
ex-7500 (Kai Ludwig. AMID via BC-DX)
MONGOLIA R. Ulaan Bataar Z-96 in English until last Sun in Sept:
0930 EAs on 11 850. 1200 Au. 1500 SAs. 1930 Eu on 9745, and all also
on 12085. 12085wasfairat0930,9745.34fairat 1930. They"ve given
up on NAm. Went to DST March 24. Same program four times. Heavy
accents and poor aud io processing (Shel Rem ington. HI, W.O.R. )
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES RN Bonaire must be break ing down 6165 often noted with had hum. low modulation (gh. OK)
NEW ZEALAND For J-96. RNZI on same freqs but different spans:
1650-1950 on 6145. 1950-22 15 on 98 10. 22 15-0100 on 11 735. 0 1000500 on 15 1 15, 0500-0700 on 9570. 0700-1200 on 6 100 (Adrian
Sainsbury. RNZI Mailbox) Contrary to sked. 0111he March act ually ran
on a Th u at 0905-0933 (gh) ZLXA now 24h on 3935, re laying RNZ
National Programme at 1200-2030 (Arthur Cushen RNZI Mailbox)
NIGERIA R. Nigeria. Kaduna. reported that V. Of Nigeria. exte rnal
service. off air since Oct. Wou ld be back in April with new transmitting
equipment. Had been using 7255 only (BBCM)
OMAN BBCWS will build new re lay site at Al-Ashkharah on the
mainland, to replace Masirah Island which will be obsolete and closed in
200 I . Cost of 30 megapounds may be fina nced pri vatel y. Initial lease is
fo r 10 years. with 4 x 300 kW SW. and 2 x 600 kW MW. Wi ll serve 50
megali steners in English and eight other languages (BBCM)
PALESTINE lnonl Y. of Palestine. V. ol' the Palestinian Islamic
Revolution. from Iran. at 1230-1300 on I 1745. whi ch carries YO IRI in
Arabic before and after (BBCM )
PERU New on 5980 until 0208''' is a station with add ress Ji r6n Unic'in
242, Ju liaca (Horacio Nigro, Uruguay via Roberto Belo via Thurman) It's
Radio LTC. for Producci6n Leoni cio Torres Call a. tho official name may
be R. Comercial Co llao (Takayuki Inoue N., Reld111paxo DX via /?NM)
Sked is I I 00-1300. 0000-0200 M-F. 1100-1 900 Sa-Su (Henri k Klcmctz.
HCJ B TLC)
R. Cajamarca on 4279.36 ex-4238. 1130-1200 with message show.
heavy interference. Ondas del Rlo Mayo. Cajamarca, at I043 with
huaynos on 68 18.4 1 ex-6803 (Rich McV icar. Ecuador, HCJB DXPL)
R. San Miguel Arcangel, San Miguel de Pallaqucs, at 00 15 wit h

messages on 6339.45 (Mc Vicar. and Henri k Klemetz. Colombia, HCJB
TLC)
R. Estclar, Moyobamba. 5766.9 at* I040 same transmitteras Estacion

Soritor previously on same frequency: also may be called R. Solar (Inoue
& Klemetz. HCJB TLC)
POLAND Polskie Rad io 5 changed one Eng li sh broadcast to 12001255 on 6095. 7 145. 7270, 9525, 118 15 (P. Ochwal via Karel Honzfk
CSDXC via BC-D)() 118 15 can be heard when REE eases up, and that' s
off on weekends (Ben McN imly. Ont.. Dxing 11irh Cu111bre) see also
INTERNATIONA L VACUUM
ROMANIA RRI Z-96 shows some changes in English: 0400
extended to an hour on the usua l: additional at 2300-2356 on 7135. 9570.
9625. 11 940 to NEu, USA (via Andreas Volk via Blischel via Thurman)
Three arc blocked and 9625 inaud ible (Marie Lamb, DWC) 7 125 ex-7 135
(Tom Su ndstrom. DWC) 9550 at 1900 in Engl ish wanders to 9542, 9539
(Blischcl, BC-DX via Thurman)
RUSSIA Art Bell. overn ight tal k host from Pah rump NV on many US
clears. talks about adding SW from here. perhaps St. Petersburg (Chet
Copclj.1nd. DC),
SAO TOME VOA relay began first two transmitters in mid-Apri l:
English: 0300-0630 (Sa/S u 0700) on 6080; 1630-2200 (Sa/Su 1600-, MF -2230) on 6035. Hausa, French. Swahili. Portuguese 0500-0530 (M-F
0630) 6045 (Dan Ferguson. C11111bre DX via BC-D)() I600- l 730on 9815 .
1730-2 130 on 9780 (VOA CW) Two more are under construction: and
when the 600 kW MW 1530 comes on, the old 100 kW MW will be
converted to the 60-meter band (Kim Elliott, VOA CW)
SA'UDI ARABIA I non] Holy Medina Radio. anti-Sa"udi from Iraq.
heard +0400-0600+ on 11785 . and Finn Krone reported on AWR it was
heard at 0400-1525 on 9530 (BBCM)
SEYCHELLES FEBA M96 and tentative J96 English: Network to SAs
1458- 1600 M-Sa on 98 10: different program to SAs 1458- 1530 (Tu/We/
Th 1515) on 11 870 (FEBA )
SIKKIM AIR Gangtok regular on 3390 at 1200-1428, tho not in
official AIR sked. Reports cou ld be sent to: Mr. Deepak Kumar. AIR
Gangtok, SW Transmitter. Old MLA Hostel. Gangtok 737 101 Sikkim.
India. Tel: +9 1 11 3592 22636 (Manosij Guha, DX Window via BC-DX
via Thurman)
SLOVAKIA RSI Z-96 't il Oct 27 in English: 0830-0900 Au 11990.
15460. 17550; 1630-1700 WEu 5915, 6055. 7345: 1830-1900 WEu
same. 0I00-0 130 NAm 5930. 7300. SAm 9440 (Jlirgcn Kubiak, BC-DX)
SOMALIA V. of Alu Suma Waljama (?)is new st~tion on 6545 at 1530
lD in Somali. a.k.a. Holy Quran Radio,
Mogadishu. from this fundamen talist organ ization (BBCM via HCJB TLC)
SOUTH AFRICA For Southern Winter
at sunspot minimum, Sentcch shows no
Channel Africa frequen cy highcrthan 9650
(in Ki Swahil i at 1500-1 655) English: 0300-0455 on 5955. 3220; 05000555 on 5955, 9590: 1500-1 755 on 3220. 7 155: 1600-1655 on 9530.
SABC domest ic to 28 Sept: Afrikaans Stereo 0300-0545 on 3320, 05501530 on 6000. 1535-2300 on :n20. Radio 2000, 2300-0300 on 3320. R.
Oranjc. 0555- 1525 on 5965 , 1530-0550 on 3230 (SENTECH )
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 (ou tside North America US $3 or 6 IRCs)
10 issue subscriptions $26 in USA, or both for $49
Glenn Hauser, Box 1684-MT, Enid, OK 73702

June 1996
MONITORING TIMES
39
the Global Forum {continued)

The four I 00 kW on the ..domestic site are not exclusi vcly !'or above
stations: two arc used for external to Mozambique, Zimbabwe. Zambia.
To accommodate extra demand from relay c lients, four ABB I 00 kW are
bei ng installed, and antennas reoriented (Kathy Otto. SENTECH via
Col in Mi ller. ODXA vin BC-DX via Thurman) Some of the 100 kW were
o riginally to be used as jarnm e r~. Channe l Africa is considering adding
important languages Arabic and Hausa (via RNMN) VOA new Portuguese service for Angoln ... Li11/w Direw. Linh a Alberta " is 1830- 1900
M-F via S. Africa on 5970. 61 35. 7225 (VOA CW)
SPAIN REE English al 2100 on 11775 again this summer. good here
(Kevin Hecht , PA) REE Sephardi c show moved to UT Tue 0415-0445 on
9690. Spanish to northern SAm is o n 9745 at 0 100-0400 Tu-Sa (REE
sked ) Disrupting HCJB but not on weekends (gh)
SRI LANKA Tamil T igers clandest ine uses 6825 LSB at Battica loa
with speeches. distress calls. coded messages in Tam il. no ID. in short
bursts. moving around band. May be communications transmitter(Manosij
Guha. ODXA and DX \Vint/1111' via BC-DX via Thurman) DW relay
reactivated in mid-April with improved security (BBCM via BC-DX)
Such as 21640 from 1120 (Tony Jones. Paraguay. NU via HCJB TLC)
SWEDEN R. Sweden at 0330 is listed on 7115, not 7155 (via Diane
Mauer) 7290 al 0130, 0230 is often blocked by US hams fo r whom 7290
is their favorite AM frequency on 40 meters (gh)
SWITZERLAND Red Cross Broadcasting Service. tetraweck ly 5minulc newscasts on Fri s. repeated Sats. Suns. in English June 6-7-8 etc ..
0800 on 9885. 11860: 1245 on 15415. 175 15: 1645 on 12075. 15530:
1845 on 9885. 12075-and all on 13635 (Swiss Telecom) Patrick Piper
of RCBS says they have decided lo stop QSLing. no reason given (R .
Japan Media Ro11nd11p via Diane Mauer)
SYRIA R. Damascus. 2005 in E ngli sh good on 12085. poor on 15095:
at 2 105. 12085 gets weak and 15095 inaudible (Tom S undstrom. NJ. BCDX via Thurman )
TAHITI QS L from R. Tahiti says in short tem1 RFO will on ly be on
FM . satellite, nnd I was lucky to hear them un SW (Jim Bryam. T X. HCJ B
TLC) Check 15 168v, I 1827v
TAIWAN [non] VOFC via WYFR to Eu . Z-96 in En glish. 2200-2300
on 15600. 17750 (WYFR )
TiJRKtYE RADYO TELEVizvON KURUMU

TURKISH RADIO TELEVISION CORPORATION
TURKEY TRT Z-96 shows US B: 0700-0900 and 1300-1500 Turkish
on 13670: 1730 German 9645, 1830 English 9535. 1930 French 9675:
2300-2400 Eng lish 11810. In Turkish 24h lo NAm on AM: 0400-0700
on 9505, 2 100-0400 on 11 725: 0700-2 100 on 9460. 2 100-0700 on 9445
(TRT) Check for nice music, s uch as Sun 2 135 on 11 725 (gh. OK) Some
USB actuall y on AM or LSB ( BUschel) TRT hns transmitter problems at
new E mirler site, closed until early June for repair (Benno Klink.
Germany. BC-DX via Thurman)
Polis Radio Istanbul is inact ive despite reports to contrary (Harold
Kuhl. DX Windo1r via BC-DX via Thurman)
UKoGBaNI BBC Worldll'idc magazine is under review: slopped
newsstand distribution in USA. and no lo nger accepts new subscriptions
or renewals. Price may be lowered: most readers only wanted World
Service schedu les (RNMN) As we told BBC when they started this
ex pensive mistake. Speak ing of which, during the Week of Confus ion ,
March 3 1-April 6 , some BBC frequencies were FU BAR. espec ially 5975
supposed ly from A nti gua to NAm. but at vario us late-even ing times had
African or European stream. even Spanish. mix ups not easily explained.
Relay via WYFR 1300- 1600 on I 1865 cx-9590. Presumed Delano 9895
at 0230-0330. sometimes later. Sec also CANA DA (!!h )
UKRAINE RUI Englis h is at 2 100. 0000 and 0300~ best o n 7 150 and
despite Cuba. 9550 (Kevin Hecht. PA) 9550 quite good at 2 128 (Dave
Jeffery. NY) 0000 and 0300 o n 7150. seems best if not only cho ice here
(John Norfolk . OK)
A lire destroyed much of the Radi o-TY center in Kiev March 9.
di srupting domestic and external services. Damage estimated al 12
megadollars, and 20 gigakarbovants i al located for re bui lding (Ukrain ian
press sources vi a BBCM)
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June 1996
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Dubai in English: 1030- 1055 and 13301355 on 15395 . 21605. 13675, 17825; 1600-1640 o n 15395, 13675,
17825. 11 795- in order best-to-worst (Eugene, RVI Radio Wurld via
Steven C line)
US A Additio nal World ofRadio times Fri 22 15 on 9475 (then Mundo
Radial at 2245). Sun 0300 on 2390. 2 130 on 9475. Ham Radio & More
Sun 2206 on 7435 . Internet Con11ection Sun 1800 on 9475. Ken .1
Co1111try Classix Sun 2030. Old Record Shop 2100 on 9475. On WWCR3: 0/JIY North from Green Bay. Sun 0800on 5065. 2030 on 12160 (Adam
Lock. WWCR) East side of Toledo OH has low-power WWCR relay on
97.9 FM. includi ng World of Radio Sat 6:28 am ET (Artie Bigley via
Thurman )
Although it hasn't happened yet, DXers arc worried that more US SW
stations wi ll pile into the tropical bands foll owing WWCR. Anker
Petersen. DSWC I Chairman. wrote the FCC with a copy to George Jacobs
who replied (gh) WWCR is NOT a client of mine . Out-of-band frequenc ies authorized by FCC are on a non-interference basis. A station
rece i1ing imerfcrence must report tO the FCC orthc ITU. As far as I know.
none have been received at this time by the FCC (Jacobs via DX Wi11doll'
via BC-DX via Thurman)
W INB Z-96 reg istrations in case it returns : 11950 at 0000-0600.
157 15 at 1600-2400 (George Jacobs & Assoc iates)
WGTG, 9400 for Z-96 expanded tO daily I000-0400. mainly satellite
networks such as Jeff Baker' s Amerinet: uses rhombic toward Mexico
with broad coverage +/-55. Second transmi tter half completed by early
April, w ill be available for 24h lease; to use 7-element wide-spaced yagi.
dual band 517 M Hz. preferably around 6960 if authorized (David Frantz.
WGTG)
WRM I. 9955. no longer has Cuban ex ile programming weekday eves .
but a lot more Eng lish . Wmescan sked: Tue 00 15. 1300; Wed 0015: Thu
0015. Fri 0015. 1315: Sat (2nd/4th/5th) 2330: Sat 2345: Mon 0030, 0 I 00
(Jeff White, BC-DX via Thurman) Some of these fai l tO appear (gh ) Bro.
Stair was on 9955 weekdays 1600-2400 (Diane Mauer, W I) Apri l
expanded to 1400-22300 weekdays. wit h Viva Miami M-F at 1330, 2430
(WRMI via Thurman) Ran across Viva Miami Sun 2030, Sat 2330 (gh)
Mark Koe rnke did stay on a weeknight sked. and Tom Valentine. Radio
Free America. also tried WRMI. Pastor Pete Peters said he would be on
WRMI weeknights from 0 I00 UT (RFPI Far Right Radio Review) WRMI
has applied for a second antenna. presumably toward Canada to be used
part time wi th ex isting transmitter: later. a second transm itter (gh)
DXing ll'ith Cumbrc Z-96 on WHRI: Fri 2230 on 5745, Sat 0500 o n
5760. 73 15, 2230 o n 9495 , 2300 on 574 5. Sun 0330 on 5745, 1730 on
9495. Sec also HI\ WAii (Marie Lamb. DWC) 2300 and 1730 airi ngs
fai led to materialize (gh)
VOA Co1111111111ications World. Z-96 as amended, Sats: I030 o n 5985,
11 720, 15425. 1230 on 6 160. 9645, 9760. I 1715. 15160, 15425; 1730 on
6 160. 9700. 9760. 15255. 1197. 10454 -LSB. 11 920. 12040, 137 10.
15410.15445.1 7895.909:2 130on 6040.9535. 9760, 1260. 10454-LSB:
2-UO on 6130. 9455. 11695. 930. Also on WRN to Eu Sun 1400 (Kim
Elliott, VOA CW)
UZBEKISTAN R. Tashkent. English to SAs 1200-1 230 and 13301400 Z-96 on 15295. 9715, 7 190 (Edwin Southwell, England)
VENEZUELA R. Occidente. Tovar, long inact ive, heard o n 9750 at
1606. ID ment ioned 3225, seems not on al night (Henrik Klemetz.
Dateline Bogotri. via HCJB DXPL)
R. Amazonas. 4940, is being urged to apply for a clearer freque ncy.
5040 (Jorge Garcia Range l. Club Diexistas de la A mistad, HCJB TLC)
VIETNAM [no n I Y. of Vietnam. English via Tbilisskaya I Armavir I
Krasnodar. Russia 0 I00-0300 o n 7250 as last summer. excellem signal.
Span ish from same s ite. <lifferem transmitter. 0300-0400 o n 7260 (Kevi n
Hecht. PA )
ZIMBABWE ZBC Radio 4 in Eng li sh/Ndebele/Shona, 0300-05 30 o n
3396. 0530- 1700 on 5975. 1700-2200 on 4828; ZBC Radio 2 in Ndebe le/
Shona, 0300-0545 on 3306. 0545- 1600 on 6045. 1600-2200 on 3306
(BBCM)
U111i/ the Next. Best of DX a11d 73 de Clcnn.1
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0040 UTC on 9550
UKRAINE: Radio Ukraine International. Report on how Peace Corps.
volunteers are faring with education and living in the Ukraine,// 7150. (John
Hanz, Old Bridge, NJ)
0100 UTC on 9505
PERU: Radio Tacna. Spanish. Regional announcements to station promo.
(Daniel L. Abrahamson, WI) Peru's Radio Cora heard on 4914 at 0418 with
IDs, music and jingles. (Giovanni Serra, Rome, llaly)
0101 UTC on 6000
CUBA: Radio Havana. Usual rheloric from Cuba condemning the USA.
Spanish service noted 2327 on 1190. (Sue Wilden, IN, via e-mail)
0304 UTC on 5950
USA: Voice of Free China via Okeechobee, FL. Lady's newscast including
update on Taiwan/Chinese relations including China's possible Olympic
pullout if Taiwan participates. (Wilden, IN) Relay also noted on 581 Oat 2245
wilh program of Chinese proverbs. (Fraser, MA)
0357 UTC on 5050
TANZANIA: Radio Tanzania. Afro pops lo brief announcements and ID. "this
is lhe external service of Radio Tanzania." Tam-tam sounds and time tips at
0400. IDs, African and international news to pop music and brief announce
menl from lady DJ. (Serra, Italy)
0407 UTC on 5960
MONACO: Radio Monie Carlo. Arabic. Male/female announcer wilh chal
and news reading formal. Brief commentary lo soft-rock tune and 0419".
(Slakes Schwartz. Madison. WI)
0605 UTC on 5882
VATICAN CITY STATE: Vatican Radio. English programming to Europe
discussing the three kings. (Stokes, WI) Station noted on 11635 at 1742. I
111625. 9660. (Serra, llaly)
0620 UTC on 5905
SLOVAKIA: Advenlist World Radio. Fair signal quality for religious programming and station promo. (Sam Wright, Biloxi, MS; Frank Hilton, Charleston,
SC)
0630 UTC on 7410
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Radio International. English service to Europe with
national news and current affairs. (Schwartz, WI) SRI noled on 13635 at
1715. (Fraser, MA)
0721 UTC on 17815
ASCENSION ISLAND: Radio Japan relay. Male/female announcers with
Newsline. Brief pop music break, more news and chat aboul Japanese
sports. Monthly magazine show heard on // 178 10, 15165, 7230, 5975. RAI
International relay noted on 15320 at 1737, // 17870, 15230, 11840, 9710,
7235. (Serra, llaly)
0725 UTC on 5955
NETHERLANDS: Radio Netherlands. Dutch service to Europe. Frequency
quote to Dutch song, suffering interference. Time pips at 0730 with ID. "Good
morning" greeting to listeners followed by newscast (Schwartz, WI) llallan
service noted on 11730 2200-2230. (George Knight, Garfield, NJ)
0730 UTC on 5985
BELGIUM: Radio Vlaanderen International. Barely audible program for ten
minutes of news. (Schwartz, WI) RVI noted on 13670 at 1410-1430, French
1430-1440. (Knight, NJ; Hillton, SC; Wright, MS; Brian Bagwell. St Louis,
MO)
0745 UTC on 7450
GREECE: Voice of Greece. Ten minutes of news to Greek vocals and
instrumentals. Great reception for this frequency and//9425. (Schwartz, WI)
1130 UTC on 13730
AUSTRIA: Radio Auslria International. Report on Austria's cold weather and
tune Putting On the Ritz. (Bob Fraser, Cohasset, MA) Noted on 6155 at 2230.
(Don N. Aspinall, VA via e-mail)
1140 UTC on 9650
SOUTH KOREA: Radio Korea International. Shortwa ve Feedback show
including station time/frequency update for summer. (Paul Jablonowski,
Greenfield, WI)
1230 UTC on 15115
ECUADOR: HCJB. Morning in the Mountains program, heard on// 12005.
(Fraser, MA) Newscast noted on 15115 at 1325 (Wilden, IN)
1334 UTC on 11650
SWEDEN: Radio Sweden. Two males' music news from Slockholm. and
discussion on the Swedish Grammies. (Wilden, IN; Hillton, SC)
1415 UTC on 11840
NORWAY: Radio Norway International. Report on alcohol drinking in
Scandinavia. (Fraser, MA; Wright, MS)
1454 UTC on 6040
USA: WHAi. Religious programming from Biblical Studies Institute to 1457".
Announcement for frequency change lo 15160 at 1500. (Knight, NJ)
1714 UTC on 3315
SIERRA LEONE: SLBS. Vern/English. Male vocals with percussion sounds,
presented by male announcer. Time pips (1730), female possible ID and
news in English (17301735). (Serra, Italy)
1758 UTC on 4769.97
NIGERIA: Radio Nigeria. Vern/English. Station announcements to ID and
time checks at 1800. (Serra, Italy) Station noted on 4770 at 2215. (D.
Aspinall, VA)
1803 UTC on 6549.45
LEBANON: Voice of Lebanon. English/Arabic/French. Female's English
news to 1806. Two minutes of Arabic advertisements with music breaks,
jingles and sound effects. French news 1815-1819 suffering interference of
signal splatter. (Serra, Italy)
1852 UTC on n40

ICELAND: Rikisutvarpid. Icelandic. Slalion sign-on by female announcer
and talk of Reykjavik. Presumed announcement for seamen followed by
two long bell notes as time pips. Station ID inlo news with corespondenls
reports, // 9275. (Serra. llaly)
1935 UTC on 7235
ITALY: RAI. News report on International Women's Day--and is it worth ii?
Noted lhat Radio France lnt'I had the same question and noted that
women's righls have decreased worldwide. (Fraser. MA)
1950 UTC on 17870
SPAIN: Radio Exterior Espana. Spanish. Soccer commentary to news
break at 2000, II on 17890. (PatrickJ. Barry, Mission Viejo, CA; Jablonowski,
WI; Aspinall, VA)
1930 UTC on 3306
ZIMBABWE: ZBC. Vern . Afro pops music program, presenled by male DJ
wilh chal between tunes. Station interference and splatter noted. (Serra,
Italy)
1950 UTC on 5047
TOGO: Radiodiffusion Togolaise. French/English. Male ID and news in
English 1950-1959. Slalion IDs repealed during and at closing of news,
music pauses and French announcements. (Serra, Italy)
2000 UTC on 7465
ISAAEL: Kol Israel. News of ongoing investigalions of recent terrorist
bombings, //9435. (Fraser, MA)
2005 UTC on 11990
KUWAIT: Radio Kuwait Islam, the Religion of Morals - on how to control
anger and revenge againsl lhe "uneducaled." followed by Western pop
music program. (Fraser, MA)
2037 UTC on 13695
USA: WEWN. Alice Von Hildenbaum's program 10 slation promo. Address
for SI. Joseph Radio in Orange, California, to WEWN sign-off 2056. (Knight,
NJ)
2045 UTC on 7285
POLAND: Polish Radio Warsaw. World and national news to pop music and
sign-off wilh national anthem. (Aspinall, VA)
2058 UTC on 13690
CANADA: Radio Canada International. French ID at tune-in. English/
French IDs to nalional anthem. Satellite broadcast information to programming for Europe and Africa. (Knight, NJ) ACI noted on 11855 at 131 o, 9640
al 1324. (Wilden, IN)
2100 UTC on 15115
CHINA: China Radio lnlernational. Exlended coverage on a recent earth
quake in northern China, with reportedly high loss of life as well as
livestock .. (Aspinall, VA)
2100 o n 7345
CZECH REP: Radio Prague. lnlernalional news including items on Cuba
and Israel. Interesting feature on archaeology. (Aspinall, VA) News noted
on 5930 at 1702 with pop music, IDs, 119430. (Serra, Italy; Bagwell, MO)
2115 UTC on 9700
BULGARIA: Radio Bulgaria. French service with brief news update, and
Bulgarian folk music. (Tom Banks, Dallas, TX) Station noted this frequency
at 2240. (Fraser, MA)
2130 UTC on 6085
GERMANY: Bayerischer Rundfunk. German. Lady announcer with German music from Reinhard Mey. English tune Dream a Little Dream to text
by Reingelnatz and others. Signal good with some interference, fading after
2200. (Thomas Huber, Middlebury. VT)
2151 UTC on 15275
USA: KAIJ. Dr. Gene Scott's theory on Christmas to Can I Get a Witness
gospel tune. Frequency change lo 13815 at 2 159. (Knight, NJ; Bagwell,
MO)
2200 UTC on 7415
USA: Voice of America. All Band Music show by Ray McDonald. (Aspinall,
VA)
2220 UTC on 7180
RUSSIA: Voice of Russia. English service with Focus on Asia and the
Pacific program to 2229. (Knight, NJ) Additional VOA monitoring reported
as; 0000 on 7125, // 7240, 7250, 9665 (Hanz, NJ); 1500-2000 on 15400
(Jerry Plummber via e-mail, Loyd Van Horn, Brasstown, NC); 1900 on 9480/
11630, 11675, 15400 (Hanz, NJ) 2100 on 7240. 117250, 9480, 9710, 9665,
11750 (Hanz, NJ) 2130-2235 on 7180 (Schwartz, WI; Fraser, MA); 2300 on
7180 (Jablonowski, WI)
2240 UTC on 9900
EGYPT: Radio Cairo. News in brief with ilems from Ireland, Middle Easl and
Bangladesh to program guide. Arabic service at 2245. (Fraser. MA) Station
noted on 9988.03 at 1819 in Italian with mailbag show. (Serra, llaly; Wilden,
IN)
2300 UTC on 7370
CROATIA: Croatian Radio. Choral national anthem to signal time pips and
station ID. Newscast to 2310. (Wilden, IN)
2340 UTC on 9655
TURKEY: Voice of Turkey. The Veiled World program on how eunuchs
controlled the sullan's palace. (Fraser, MA; Wilden. IN; Bagwell , MO; Van
Horn, NC)
Se111/
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Tltanks ro our co111rib111ors - Hme you sem i11 YOUR logs?

Gayle Van Hom, do Mm1i1ori11g Times (or e-mail gayle@grove.ner}
Engli.l"lt bro!ldcast 1111l<'.1s otlterwise 1101ed.
June 1996
MONITORING TIMES
41
...,b[.]:l.,M\ilild-
_Th_e_O_S_L_R_e.._po_rt
__________
Gayle Van Hom, goy/e@grove.ne/
Hamming It Up on the Mir Space Station

NASA astronaut Shannon Lucid is hamming it up on
the Russian space station Mir. Shannon was pan of the
Atlantis STS-76 crew and transferred during the mission to the Mir for a live month extended vis it.
Reports by monitors during her first weekend on
board the space sta tion indicated that Shannon
~~
was conducti ng extensive contacts with
~ hams worldwide on Mir's ham down~ link frequency of 145.550 MHz. If the
.,9 fi rst weekend on board Mir is any indication,
0
' ~=~-="'.,"",~ ~
0 0
"
coo
she wi ll probably be one of the most active
.1mateur operators onboard Mir in its hi story.
AUSTRALIA
Standard Time/Freq Station-VNG. Llandilo.
Full data folder card signed by Dr. Richard
Brillain-VNGffime Officer. Picture postcard
and data sheet sent via "economy air" in 67
days for one U.S. dollar and address label (used
on reply). Station address: VNGfflME Ofticer. National Standards Commission. P.O.
Box 282, North Ryde, NSW 2 113. Australia.
(Mike Hardester, Jacksonvi lle, NC) Received
in I 6days forone U.S. dollar. (Wayne Childress.
Helena. MT)
BRAZIL
Radio Brasil Central. 4985 kHz. Full data station QSL card and personal letter signed by
Sergio Rubens de Silva. Received in 42 days
for a Portuguese report and one U.S. dollar.
Station address: Caixa Postal 330, 74001-970
Goiania. Goias. Brazi l. (White. MS)
CAMBODIA
Nntional Voice of Cambodia, 11940 kHz. Full
data QSL letter signed by Chea Ngim. plus
station frequency schedule and friendly cover
letter. Received in tive months (via two forwarding addresse~) for an English report and
no return postage. Station addres~: Monivong
Blvd., Rd: 106. Phnom Penh. Cambodia (heard
while stationed in Guam). (David A. Norcross.
Bishop, CA) Wdcome hack, Duvid!
CANADA
CCGS Teri)' Fox-CGTF. 2182 kHz USB (k c
Breaker). Full d:1ta prepared QSL card signed
and stamped with ship's seal. Received in 13
days for an Engl ish utility report of working
Resolute Coas t Guard. Ship address: c/o
Dartmouth Coast Guard Station. P.O. Box I000.
Dartmouth. NS. B2Y 328 Canada. (Ste ve
McDonald. Port Coquitlam. BC. Canada)
GUATEMALA
Radio Cultural. 3300 kHl. Partial data QSL
card signed. Received in 4 1 days foran English
report. souvenir postcard and one U.S. dollar.
S tation address: Apartado 60 1. 01901 Guatemala City. Guatemala. (Childress. MT)
Radio Tezulutlan, 4835 kHz. Full data QSL
card and lellersigned by Maria Guay. Received
in 59 days fo r a Spanish report and one U.S.
42
MONITORING TIMES
June 1996
The 145.550 MHl downlink frequency is quite easy to

hear on even the simplest of scanners and antennas. Complete infonnation on the Mir amateur radio operation can be
fou nd in the March/April issue of Sarelli1e Times magaLine
- Co/lfac1i11g 1/ie Mir Orbiwl Complex by ST columnist
John Magliacane. Current Keplerian tracking element sets
fort he Mirspace stationcan be obtained on the Celestial Web
BBS at the fo llowing URL address: http://www.grovc.neU
-tkclso.
Reception repons for Mirs amateur activity can be sent to the
following address: Dave Larsen N6JLH. P.O. Box 1501. Pinc Grove.
California 95665 USA. Include a self-addressed stamped envelope.
dollar. Station address: I Avenida 1-3 1, Zona 3,

Apartado 19. 16001 Coban Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. (White, MS)
.JAMAICA
KLAS. 89.1 FM kHz. Full data reply on station
letterhead. signed by Shirly E. Archer-Gener.ii
Manager. plus a KLAS souvenir T-shirt. Received
via registered mail in three months for an English
FM report. mint postage and a sci f-addressedenvelope. Station address: Island Broadcasting
Services Limited, 19 Caledonia Rd., Mandeville.
Jamaica. West Indies. ( Hank Holbrook, Dunk.irk,
MD)
KUWAIT
Radio Kuwait. 11990 kHz. Full daw QSL signed
by N.M. Al Saffar and stamped by Minisuy of
Information. plus station s ticker and data sheet.
Receiwd in 88 days for an English report and no
return postage. Station address: P.O. Box 397 ,
Safat 13004 Safat. Kuwait. (Pau l Jablonowski.
Grccntield. WI)
MEDIUMWAVE
WWLG. I 360AM kHl. Confirmation letter signed
by Dwight J. Weller-KB3LA. Technical Advisor.
Received one year afteroriginal report. Address i ~
different from one in NRC AM Log# 16: WellerAudio Visual Eng ineering. P.O. Box 4040.
Timonium, MD2 1094-7251. Tel: 4 10-252-835 1,
Fax: 410-252-4261. ( Hardester, NC)
HJJ X. 770 AM kHz. Full data RCN QSL card,
sticker and personal letter. Received in 150 days
for a Spanish AM report and mint stamps. Station
address: Radio Cadena Nacional, Apartado Aero
4984. Bogota, Colombia. (Randy Stewart. Springfield. MO)
SHIP TRAFFIC
Co11.fide11ce 9VXl-I. 4077 kH 1.(Che mical Tanker).
Full data prepared QSLcardsigncd byZ. Fernandes
and stamped with ship's seal. Received in 50days
for an English utility report. one U.S. dollar. mint
stamps and self-addrcsscd-cnvclopc. Ship address:
c/o Denholm Ship Management (Singapore) Ptc.
Ltd .. 25-01 International Plaza. 10 Anson Rd..
Singapore 0207. (Russ Hill. Oak Park. Ml)
Uik" Champlain V7A H3. 156.600 MHz (Bulk

Carrier). Full data pn:pared QSL card stamped
with ship's seal. Received in 79 days for an

English utility report. one U.S. dollar, mint
stamps and a self-addressed-envelope. Ship
address: c/o Bay Ocean Management. 270
Sylvan Ave. , Englewood C liffs,
Englewoods. NJ 07632. ( Hi ll. Ml)
Sf/" Overseas Ohio WJBG, 8382.5 kHz

(Steam Tanker). Full data prepared QSL
signed and stamped with ship's seal. Received in 22 days for an English utility
report. Ship address: c/o Second Shipmor
Assoc .. Maritime Overseas Corp.. 5 11 Fifth
Ave., New York, NY 10017. (McDonald,
CAN)
E11mpega.m s P3SP2, I 56.8/157.2kHz(Bulk

Carrier). Full data prepared QSL card verified . Received in 20 days for an English
utility report and one dollar. Ship address:
Vernicos Maritime Co., S.A., Lemos Maritime Bldg., 35-39, Akt i Miaouli, 185 I 0
Pir.ieus, Greece. (Holbrook, MD)
SOUTH AFRICA
Channel Africa. 15240 kHz. Full data QSL
card signed by Kathy Otto, plus three page
frequency schedule and station sticker. Received in 33 days for an English report and
one IRC. Station address: Sentcch. Private
Bag X06. Honeydew 2040. South Africa.
(Walt.:r Szczepaniak, Philadelphia. PA;
Patrick Barry, Mission Viejo, CA)
SWAZILAND
Trans World Radio. 4775 kHz. Full data
color s tation QSL card. signed by Mrs.
S1Iavropoulos. Received in 3 1 days for an
English n:port and 2 IRCs. Station address:
P.O. Box 64, Manzini. Swaziland. (Palfick
Griftith, Federal He ights. CO).
UNITED STA TES
KA IJ. 138 15 kHz. Full data antenna/logo
card signed by Fred Bithell. Received in 250
days for an English report. mint stamps and
souvenir postcard. Station address: P.0.Box
120. Frisco. TX 75034 (G. Van Horn. NC)
Received in 212 days for same. (C hildress.
MT: Griftith, CO)
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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 Daylight Time) 4,5,6, or
7 hours for Eastern, Central, Mountain or Pacific Times, respectively.
Note that all dates, as well as times, are in UTC; for example, a show
which might air at 0030 UTC Sunday will be heard on Saturday evening in
America (8:30 pm Eastern, 5:30 pm Pacific).
2:
Choose a program or station you want to hear.

Some selected programs appear on the lower half of the page for
prime listening hours-space does not permit 24-hour listings except for
the "Newsline" listing, which begins on the next page.
Occasionally program listings will be followed by "See X oooo:'This
information indicates that the program is a rerun, and refers to a previous
summary of the program's content. The letter stands for a day of the week,
as indicated below, and the four digits represent a time in UTC.
S: Sunday
T: Tuesday
H: Thursday A: Saturday
M: Monday
W: Wednesday F: Friday
3:
Find the frequencies for the program or station you
want to hear.
Look at the page which corresponds to the time you will be listening.
Comprehensive frequency information for English broadcasts can be found
at the top half of the page. All frequencies are in kHz.
The frequency listing uses the same day codes as the program listings; if a broadcast is not daily, those day codes will appear before the
station name. Irregular broadcasts are indicated ''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 followed by one of these target codes:
am: The Americas
na: North America
ca: Central America
sa: South America
eu: Europe
at: Africa
me: 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.
HOT NEWS .
New RCI Programming
This month 's selec ted
programs include the new RC I
lineup. Now carried on RCI is
the CBC program Mystery
f'rqject. a half-hour series of
detect ive mystery dramas
created by Canadian wri ters.
Hear it at 2230 Sat on 5960.
9755, and 13760.
PROGRAMMING TIPS BY J tM fRIMMEL

Summary (magazine) (rep
1900)
1400 Sun: Mailbag (rep Tue
1500.Thu 2000)
1500 Fri: Tour Thro11gh Mexico
(rep Sat 1900)
1500 Sat : The World 11/Mexica11
Arr (rep S un 1500.Tue/Sat
2000.0400)
1900 Sat : UN Caribbean
Maga~ine/Classical
1-lOO Tue/Fri: Antenna Radio
America n politi cal scene:

Reporter's No1ebook ( 17 10 Sat
to al'): On the Line (0 I I 0 Sun to
am/carib): Press Co1!/ere11ce
USA (0 130 Sat/Su n to am/carib):
Issues in t/J e News (0130 M o n to
am/carib); Inside USA ( 13 10 Tue
to as): Stateside ( 1110 Mon -Fri
to carib): Talk to America ( 1706
Mon -Fri).
Music
Radio Mexico Now in English

They"re using a low-powered
( 10 kW) tran smitter, but Radi o
Mexico International is now
broadcasti ng in Engli sh. Thanh
to Andy Sennitt of WRTf-1 for
the freq uency schedule (via
rec.radio.shonwave) which lists
English at 1400-1430 and 15001530 (9705 ). 1900-1930 and
2000-2030 (5985/9705). and
0300-0300 (Mon- Sat) (5985).
Some daytime broadcasts
mo nitored by Ji m Frimmel from
hi s North Central Tex a~ locatio n
wen::
Asia
Australia
Pacific
various
domestic broadcast
omnidirectional
REE Format Change
New Broadcaster Plans

Expansion
Radio Exterior de Espana

c hanged its program fo rm at in
fa vor of a 30-minutc newscast
follow ed by feature programs.
The change ha ~ resu lted in the
elimination or the weekday
Panorama" magazine. Check
the cente rfo ld listings at
0130, and 0530 for fca lllre
program detai ls.
David Frantz. Station

Manager, ad vised that WGTG
wou ld eventu ally have four
transmitters in o peration fro m
his 3000 fl. mountaintop o n the
Georgia-Tennessee state line.
Meanwhile. the operating hours
or the first trans mitter wen.:
exte nded to 1200-0300 ho urs
dai ly us ing 9400 kHz.
VOA Campaign Coverage
Speed Dialing
The pre ~ idential ca mpai gn is

now in full ~wi n g. Check out
these easy-to-hear in NA m
programs for the latest o n the
Glenn L. Robe rts and Jim

Kelley began a new program in
Apri l called 7/ie Net Connection
Radio Sholl" whic h can be heard
omo.
June
on WWCR #4 at 1800 UTC

Su nday (2:00 PM EDT) o n 9475
kHz. The program is devoted to
answering call -in questions from
li steners about the internet.
During the first program
aired on April 7th. Glenn as ked
a caller why he was calling. The
caller said he had just boug ht a
sho rt wave receive r. When he
~w it ched it on for the first time .
o ut came G Jenn !> vo ice announcing the telepho ne number
for listeners to cal l. so he ca lled
in. Talk about coinc idences !
BBC Worldwide to Fold '!

Reliable sources report the
demise of this BBC monthly
publication which contains the
complete prog ram g uide to BBC
Wor ld Service in its ce nt erfold
"London Call ing" insert. Details
are sketchy at the time or MT
publication hut it is expected
that "London Calling" w ill
contin ue a~ the replacement for
BBC \Vor/dll"ide. More de tails
nex t issue.
1996
MONITORING TIMES
43
SHORTWAVE GUIDE
Newsline
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Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager

North Carolina
swbcsked@grove.net
Dave Datko
Loyd Van Horn
California
Brasstown, N.C.
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MT MONITORING TEAM
Next Reporting Deadline
June 22, 1996
Jim Frimmel, Program Manager

Texas
DXComp@aol.com
Jacques d 'Avignon
Propagation Forecasts
Ontario, Canada
monitor@limestone.kosone.com
NEWSLINE . .. . ... . ... ... ... . ....... . . ............... . ........ .

"Newsline" is your guide to news broadcasts on the air. All broadcasts are world news reports unless followed by an asterisk, which
means the broadcast is primarily national news. All broadcasts are daily unless otherwise noted by the day codes.
0000 UTC
(6:00 PM EDT, 5;QO eM eon
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (as pac) (Newsdesk)
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec)
China Radio Intl
Croatian Radio
KWHR (Hawa11) [TAJ
Monitor Radio Intl [TAJ
Radio Australia
Radio New Zealand Intl
Radio Prague
Radio Thailand
Radio Ukraine Intl
Radio Yugoslavia [MA)
Voice of America (am)
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (ca)
Voice of Russia
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) [TA)
Radio Pyongyang
0010
China Radio Intl'
Voice of America (ca) [T-A)'
00 15
Radio Cairo
0030
All India Radio
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio Sweden [TA]
Radio Thailand [T-S]
Radio Vilnius (MAJ
Voice of America (am) [TS]
(Special English)
Voice of America (as) (Special
English)
Voice of Russia
0035
Voice of Iran
0045
BBC (am)'
BBC (as pac)'
BBC (south as)'
0050
RAI Intl Italy
0100 UTC
rn:QQ PM EQT, ;QQ e M eQil
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (south as) (Newsdesk)
Canada (North-Quebec) [SJ
Croatian Radio
Deutsche Welte
HCJB (am)
Monitor Radio Intl (TAJ
R Slovakia Intl [A)'
R Slovakia Intl [S!T-FJ
Radio Australia
Radio Budapest
Radio Canada Intl
44
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Radio Havana Cuba [TS)
Radio Japan
Radio Norway Intl (MJ
Radio Prague
Radio Sweden [TAJ
Radio Tashkent
Swiss Radio Intl
Voice of America (am)
Voice of Indonesia [FJ
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) [TA]
01 10
Radio Australia [M-F)'
Ot 13
Radio Havana Cuba [TS)'
0130
BBC (as pac)
BBC (south as) [AM]
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Havana Cuba [TSJ
Radio Sweden [T-A]
Voice of Greece
Voice of Russia (TAJ
Voice of Vietnam
0145
Radio Tirana
0152
Vatican Radio
0155
Radio Canada Intl (TA]
Voice of Indonesia [F]
0200 UTC
(H!;QQ e M EDL Z;QQ EM POI)
BBC (al) (Newsday)
BBC (am) (Newsday)
BBC (as pac) (Newsday)
BBC (eu) (Newsday)
BBC (south as) (Newsday)
Croatian Radio
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl (TAJ
Radio Australia
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Havana Cuba (TSJ
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand Intl [TAJ
Radio Romania Intl
RAE Argentina (T-AJ
Voice of Myanmar (Burma)
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
WHAi (Angel 2) (TAJ
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) [TAJ
June 1996
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) [TA)

0203
Voice of Free China
0213
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S)'
0215
Radio Cairo
Radio Nepal
0230
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Budapest
Radio Pakistan
Radio Portugal Intl (TAJ
Radio Sweden [TAJ
Radio Tirana
Voice o f Russia
Voice of Vietnam
0300 UTC
(11 :00 PM EDT, ~JIT)
BBC (al)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu) [SF)
BBC (south as)
Channel Africa
China Radio Intl
Croatian Radio
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl [T-A]
Radio Australia
Radio Havana Cuba [TS)
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand Intl [MAJ
Radio Prague
Radio Thailand
Radio Ukraine Intl
Voice of America (al) [AS]
Voice of Russia
Voice of Turkey
WHRI (Angel 2) [T-AJ
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) (TA]
030t
Voice o f America (al) [MF)'
0303
Voice of Free China
0310
China Radio Intl'
0313
Radio Havana Cuba [TS)'
03 15
Rad10Ca1ro
0320
Radio Philipinas [MAJ
Vatican Radio (TSJ
0330
BBC (al) (AS)'
BBC (eu) [AJ
Radio Dubai
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S]
Radio Prague
Radio Sweden [T-AJ
Voice of America (at) (MF}
(Special English)
Voice of Russia
0340
Voice of Greece
0355
Radio Japan [W-MJ
0400 UTC
11 i;QQ AM EDT, ~:QQ PM eori

BBC (al) (Newsdesk)
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (eu) [SF) (Newsdesk)
Channel Africa
China Radio Intl
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl [TA)
Radio Australia
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Havana Cuba (TSJ
Radio New Zealand Intl (A]
Radio New Zealand Intl [MF)'
Radio Norway Intl (MJ
Radio Romania Intl
Radio Tanzania
Swiss Radio Intl
Voice of America (al)
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Israel
Voice of Russia
WYFR (Satellite Network) [A]
ZBC Zimbabwe
0403
Radio Pyon gyang
04 10
China Radio Intl'
0413
0425
RAI Intl Italy
0430
BBC (al) [ASr
BBC (eu) [AJ (Newsdesk)
Radio Havana Cuba [T-AJ
Radio Yugoslavia
Voice of Russia
0431
Voice o f America (af) [M-F)'
0500 UTC
(1 :QQ AM EDT, lQ:QQ e M eoT)
AWA Latin America (TFj'
BBC (al) (Newsday)
BBC (am) (Newsday)

BBC (as pac) (Newsday)
BBC (eu) (Newsday)
BBC (south as) (Newsday)
Channel Africa
Deutsche Welle
HCJB (am)
Monitor Radio Intl (TF}
Radio Australia
Radio Cameroon
Radio Canada Intl [M-FJ
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand Intl [SF)
Vatican Radio [A)
Voice of Russia
WWCR #1 (Tennessee) [TAJ
0510
Radio Australia [MF)'
0513
0530
BBC (al) [A-S)'
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Havana Cuba [TAJ
Radio Romania Intl
Voice of Nigeria
Voice of Russia
0555
Radio Japan [A)
0600 UTC
(2:QQ AM fQL l l ;QO eM eoT)
BBC (al)
BBC (am) [MA]
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl (TFJ
Radio Australia
Radio Havana Cuba (TS]
Radio Japan
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand Intl [MA]
Radio Norway Intl [SJ
Swiss Radio Intl
Voice of America (af) (A-SJ
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Russia
WWCR #1 (Tennessee) [SJ
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) (MF}
060 1
Voice of America (al) [MF)'
0603
Radio Pyongyang
0613
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ'
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0615
Swiss Radio Intl (eu)
0630
BBC (af) [A-S]"
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Vlaanderen Intl
Vatican Radio [HJ
Voice of Nigeria [MFJ
Voice of Russia
0645
Radio Romania Intl
Voice of Nigeria [TFr
0655
Radio Japan [WMJ
0700 UTC
(J:OO AM EDT, 12:QQ AM eDT)
BBC (af)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
Monitor Radio Intl [TFJ
Papua New Guinea
Radio Australia
Radio Japan
Radio Prague
Voice of Malaysia
Voice of Russia
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) [MFJ
0703
Radio Pyongyang
Voice of Free China
0710
Radio Australia [MF)'
0715
0717
Radio New Zealand Intl (H]"
0730
HCJB (eu)
Radio Austria Intl
Voice of Greece
Voice of Russia [TAJ
0750
Russia (Radio Pacific Ocean)
[AJ
0755
Radio Japan
0800 UTC
(4:00 AM EDT, 1 :QQ AM POI)
BBC (af)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
KNLS (Alaska)
Monitor Radio Intl [MAJ
Radio Australia
Radio Korea
Radio Pakistan
Voice of Indonesia [A-HJ
Voice of Malaysia
Voice of Russia
0803
Radio Pyongyang
0810
Radio New Zealand Intl [M F]'
0830
R Slovakia Intl
Voice of Russia
0855
Voice of Indonesia [A-HJ
-,
0900 UTC
(~:QQ AM EDL 2:QQ AM eDT)
BBC (af)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
China Radio Intl
Deutsche Welle
HCJB (pac)
Monitor Radio Intl [M-AJ
Papua New Guinea [M]'
Radio Australia
Radio Japan
Radio Prague
Radio Vlaanderen Intl [MAJ
Swiss Radio Intl
Voice of Russia
0910
China Radio Intl'
Radio Australia [M-Fr
0930
FEBC (Philippines) [MAJ
Radio Austria Intl [MAJ
Voice of Russia
0945
Deutsche Welle [MF]'
0955
Radio Japan
1000 UTC
(!i;QQ AM EDL J;QQ AM eoI)
All India Radio
BBC (af) (Newsdesk)
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (eu) (Newsdesk)
China Radio Intl
Monitor Radio Intl
Papua New Guinea
Radio Australia
Radio New Zealand Intl [S-FJ
Radio Tanzania
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
WHRI (Angel 2) (AJ
WYFR (Satellite Network) [M
AJ
1010
China Radio Intl'
1015
Radio New Zealand Intl [MF)'
1020
Radio New Zealand Intl !Hr
Vatican Radio [M-AJ
1030
FEBC (Philippines) [MF}'
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Dubai
Radio Prague
Voice of Nigeria
Voice of Russia
1045
Voice of Nigeria [A-sr
1100 UTC
(7:QQ AM EDL !t;QQ AM eon
BBC (af) (Newsdesk)
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (eu) (Newsdesk)
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Canada (North -Quebec) [ASJ

Deutsche Welle
Papua New Guinea
Radio Australia
Radio Ghana [A-SJ
Radio Japan
(Newsdesk)
Radio Pakistan
Radio Singapore Intl
Swiss Radio Intl
Voice of Russia
WHRI (Angel 2) [AJ
WWCR #1 (Tennessee) [AJ
FJ
1102
Radio Mozambique
11 03
Radio Pyongyang
111 0
Radio Australia'
11 30
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Finland [MFJ
Radio Kore a
Radio Sweden [M-FJ
Voice of Asia
Voice of Russia
WYFR (Satellite Networ k) [M
FJ
11 35
Voice of Iran
11 45
Deutsche Welle [MFr
11 55
Radio Japan [S-FJ
1200 UTC
(!!;OQ AM EDI, ~:00 AM PDT)
BBC (af) [MAJ
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac) [MAJ
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec) [A-SJ
China Radio Intl
Monitor Radio Intl (MAJ
Papua New Guinea
Polish Radio [AJ
Polish Radio [MFJ'
Radio Australia
Radio Canada Intl
Radio France Intl
Radio Jordan
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand Intl [H-T]
Radio Tashkent
Voice of Russia
FJ
1203
Voice of Free China
1204
HCJB (am) [MFJ
1210
China Radio Intl'
1215
BBC (af) [MAJ'
Newsline
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BBC (as pac) [M-F]'

BBC (eu)'
BBC (south as) [M-A]'
1230
HCJB (am) [MF]'
Radio Bangladesh [SMJ
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Cairo
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Finland
Radio Korea [SW/AJ
Radio Sweden [M-F]
Radio Vlaanderen Intl [SJ
Voice of Russia [MAJ
Voice of Turkey
Voice of Vietnam
FJ
1231
Radio France Intl [Tr
1240
Voice of Greece
1300 UTC
(9:00 AM EDT, 6:00 AM POD
BBC (af) (Newshour)
BBC (am) (Newshour)
BBC (as pac) (Newshour)
BBC (eu) (Newshour)
BBC (south as) (Newshour)
Canada (North-Quebec) [A-SJ
China Radio Intl
KNLS (Alaska)
Papua New Guinea
Radio Australia
Radio Canada Intl (SFJ
Radio Ghana
Radio Norway Intl (SJ
Radio Prague
Radio Romania Intl
Radio Tanzania (A-SJ
Radio Vlaanderen Intl [M-AJ
Swiss Radio Intl
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Russia
FJ
1303
Radio Pyongyang
1310
China Radio Intl'
Radiobras (M-F]'
1324
HCJB (am) [M-FJ
1328
Radio Cairo
1330
All India Radio
FEBC (Philippines) (MAJ
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Dubai
Radio Singapore Intl [T-SJ
Radio Sweden [M-FJ
Radio Tashkent
Radio Yugoslavia
English)
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
1335
FEBC (Philippines) [MF]'
June 1996
Voice of Greece
1355
Radio Singapore Intl [ASJ
Radio Singapore Intl [MF]'
1400 UTC
(1Q:OO AM EDT, 7:QQ AM PDT)
BBC (af)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec) [ASJ
China Radio Intl
Radio Australia
Radio Cameroon
Radio Canada Intl [SJ
Radio France Intl
Radio Ghana
Radio Japan
Radio Pakistan
Voice of Israel
Voice of Russia
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) [M-FJ
1410
China Radio Intl'
1415
Radio Nepal
1424
HCJB (am) [MFJ
1430
FEBC (Philippines) [M-AJ
Radio Romania Intl
RTM Morocco (SJ
Voice of Russia
FJ
143t
Radio France Intl [T]'
1445
All India Radio
1455
Radio Japan [AJ
1500 UTC
(11 :QQ AM EDI, !!:QQ AM eon
BBC (af)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac) [A-SJ
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec) (A-SJ
Channel Africa
China Radio Intl
Estonian Radio (M FJ
Radio Australia
Radio Canada Intl [SJ
Radio Japan
Swiss Radio Intl
Voice of Russia
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) [M-FJ
WYFR (Satellite Network) [AJ
1503
Radio Pyongyang
1510
China Radio Intl [WM]'
1511
China Radio Intl [T]'
1530
All India Radio'
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FEBA (Seychelles)
FEBC (Philippines) [M-A)
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Portugal Intl [M-F]
Voice of Nigeria [M-F]
Voice of Russia
1535
Voice of Iran
1555
Radio Japan [A]
1600 UTC
(12:0Q M !;DL 9;QO AM PDT)
BBC (al )
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu) [AJ
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec) [A]
Channel Africa
China Radio Intl
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl [M-A)
Radio Australia
Radio France Intl
Radio Jordan
Radio Korea
Radio Norway Intl [S)
Radio Pakistan
Radio Prague
Radio Tanzania
Voice of America (al) [A-SJ
Voice of Ethiopia
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
WHRI (Angel 1) [M-AJ
WHRI (Angel 2) [A)
WANO (Louisiana) [M-F]
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) [M-A)
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) [M-F)
WYFR (Satellite Network) [MA)
1610
China Radio Intl'
1612
Vatican Radio [S-F]
1615
Radio Tirana
Vatican Radio
1630
Channel Africa [F]'
R Slovakia Intl
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Dubai
Voice of America (al) [M-F]'
English)
Voice of America (me) {Special
English)
Voice of Ethiopia
Voice of Russia [S-F]
1633
Deutsche Welle [M)'
1638
Deutsche Welle [T-F)'
1645
BBC (am) [S-F)'
BBC (as pac) [M-F)'
BBC (eu) [M-F]'
Radio Canada Intl [M-F)
1700 UTC
(1:00 PM IWL JQQO AM ei:m
BBC (al)
BBC (am)
46
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BBC (eu) [M-A)
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec) [A)
Channel Africa
China Radio Intl
Polish Radio [A]
Polish Radio [M-F]'
Radio Australia
Radio France Intl
Radio Japan
Radio Jordan
Radio New Zealand Intl [M-FI'
Radio Pakistan
Radio Prague
Swiss Radio Intl
Voice of America (af)
Voice of Russia
WANO (Louisiana) [M-F]
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) [M-F]
1703
Radio Pyongyang
1710
China Radio Intl"
Radio Australia
1730
Radio Austria Intl
Radio New Zealand Intl [M-F)'
Radio Romania Intl
Voice of Russia
1740
BBC (al)"
1800 UTC
(2:00 PM EDT, 11 :00 AM PDT)
All India Radio
BBC (al) (Newsdesk)
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (eu) (Newsdesk)
Radio Australia
Radio Cameroon
Radio New Zealand Intl [M-F)"
Radio Omdurman
Radio Tanzania
Radio Yemen
Voice of America (al ) [A-S)
Voice of America (al) [M-F]"
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
WHAi (Angel 1) [M-FJ
1802
Radio Mozambique
1830
BBC (al) [A-S)"
R Slovakia Intl
Radio Bangladesh
Radio Korea [S-W/ A)
Radio Kuwait
Radio New Zealand Intl [M-F]'
Radio Sweden [M-F]
Radio Tirana
Radio Yemen
Radio Yugoslavia
Voice of America (al) [A-SJ
(Special English)
Voice of America (me) (Special
English)
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Voice of Russia
Voice of Turkey
1840
Voice of Greece [M-A)
1855
Radio New Zealand Intl [M]"
1900 UTC
(;l:QQ eM EDL l2;QO M eon
All India Radio
BBC (al)
BBC (as pac) (Newshour)
BBC (eu) (Newshour)
China Radio Intl
Deutsche Welle
Estonian Radio [M/H]
HCJB (eu)
Monitor Radio Intl [M-A[
Radio Australia
Radio Budapest
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Japan
Radio Korea
Radio Romania Intl
Voice or Israel
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) [M-AJ
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China Radio Intl'
Radio Australia [MFJ
Radiobras [M-F]"
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Deutsche Welle [M-F)'
Polish Radio [A-SJ
Polish Radio [M-Fr
Radio Austria Intl
Radio New Zealand Intl [S-H)"
Radio Sweden [M-F)
1935
RAI Intl Italy
Voice of Iran
2000 UTC
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BBC (al) (Newshour)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu)
China Radio Intl
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl [M-Aj
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Radio Canada Intl
Radio Korea
Radio Portugal Intl [M-F]
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Radio Vilnius
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2007
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2010
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2025
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2055
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Radio Romania Intl
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Radio Yugoslavia
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2110
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Radio Damascus [S-M)
2112
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2115
BBC (afr
BBC (eu)
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2120
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2240
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Radio Prague
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Australia. VLBA Alice Spg
Australia. VLBK Katherine
Australia. VLBT Tent Crk
Cambodia. Natl Voice ol
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halilax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl
Canada. R Canada lnll
China. China Radio Intl
Cosla Rica. Adv World R
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Croatia. Croalian Radio

Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
India. All India Radio
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Lebanon. Wings ol Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. ATM Kuchrng
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Philippines. FEBC/R Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia WS
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Serbia. Radio Yugoslavia
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Spain. A Exterior Espana

Thailand. Radio
Ukrarne. R Ukraine lnll
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Uniled Kingdom, BBC WS
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USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Sall Lk Ci1Y UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monilor Radio ln11
USA. Voice of America
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USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WRMl/R Miami lnll
USA, WAND New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Ausl ralia. Radio
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Iran. VOIRI
Lilhuania. Radio Vilnius
Nel herlands. Radio
Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Sweden. Radio
Thailand, Radio
Denmark, R Denmark Intl
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Sundays
0000
0000
0010
0010
0020
0024
0029
0030
0030
0034
0035
0056
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI: Prophelic Voice Broadcast. A

program from Gospel Truth Ministries of Cincinnali.
WHRI (Angel 2): Gospel Country. Les Roberts.
China, China Radio Intl: News aboul China. Ten minu1es ol
home nel'IS
Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Spanish Bookshell. A glance al
lhe works ol some of Spain's leading writers.
China. China Radio Intl: Travel Talk. An armchair guided tour
of scenic spots in Chinese provinces.
Spain. R Exte11or de Espana: Distance Unknown. A program
for shortwave listeners and axers.
China. China Radio Intl: The Cooking Show. Chinese recipes
and cooking tips direct lrom Beijing.
Sweden. Radio: Speclrum (1). Sarah Roxstrom with the
lalesl on Swedish music. drama. art. and film.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Chrisl Gospel Broadcast BR Hicks.
Spain, A Exlerior de Espana: Spanish Poparama. The la1es1
pop music hils in Spain as well as some oldies.
China, China Radio lnll: Music from China. Chinese music
from lradilional to pop lo annual music fesl ivals.
Spain. R Extenor de Espana: Program Announcements.
Descriplions of Spanish National Radio's programs and
schedule informalion.
0000
0005
0011
0022
0030
0030
0038
0056
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Ever Increasing Failh. Fredrick

''K.C." Price evangelizes from Los Angeles.
WHAi (Angel 2): Open Bible Dialog. Joseph Chambers lakes
lisleners' phone calls.
Canada (NorthOuebec): Onstage. Classical music concerts
from around lhe world.
Spain. R Extenor de Espana: Visilors Book Who's visiling
Spain this week.
Spain, R Extenor de Espana: Sparns Golden Age. Focus on
lhe period 1550 1650 in Spanish hislory.
Sweden. Radio: In Touch wilh Stockholm (biweekly). See S
1130.
Sweden. Radio: Sounds Nordic (biweekly). See S 1130.
Spain. A Exterior de Espana: Radio Club. Lislener le11ers are
answered and music requesls played.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Program Announcemenls. See
s 0056.
Tuesdays
0000
0005
48
0038
0048
0048
0057
June 1996
o1fering praclical scriplural insights wilh Bob George.

Spain. A Exterior de Espana: Spanish Music. Popular music
currenlly heard in Spain.
Sweden. Radio: Sixty Degrees North. See M 1130.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Press Review. Review of lhe
Spanish and inlernational press.
Spain. A Exterior de Espana: Enlertainmenl in Spain.
Curren! favoriles and personalilies from lhe world of stage
and screen.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Spanish Course by Radio. A
course in Spanish wl1h English commentary.
Sweden. Radio: SportScan. See M 1146.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Program Announcemems See
s 0()56.
Wednesdays
0000
0005
0030
0030
0033
0037
0057
WHAi (Angel 2): Jack Mclamb Show (live). See T 0000.

USA, KWHR Naalehu HI: People to People (live). See T
0005.
Spain. A Exterior de Espana: Spanish Music. See T 0030.
Spain. A Exterior de Espana: Press Reviel'I. See T 0033.
Spain. A Exterior de Espana: Kaleidoscope. Spanish cull ural
life bolh in Spain and abroad.
Sweden. Radio: MediaScan (113). SeeT 1141.
Spain, A Exterior de Espana: Spanish Course by Radio. See
T 0048.
Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Program Announcements. See
s 0056.
Thursdays
0000
0005
0030
0030
0034
0040
0042
0050
0054
0054
WHRI (Angel 2): Jack Mcl amb Show (live). Jack Mclamb.
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI: People to People (live). A program
MONITORING TIMES
0030
0033
0041
0047
Mondays
0000
0030
0054

USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: People to People (live). See T
0005.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Spanish Music. See T 0030.
Sweden, Radio: Sixty Degrees North. See M 11 30.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0033.
Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Window on Spain. A different
region of Spain is described each week.
Sweden. Radio: Money Matters. See W 11 42.
Spain. R Exlerior de Espana: Spanish Course by Radio See
T 0048.
Radio Nelherlands: Documentary. Can While Folks Pia/ lhe
Blues? (61h). See W 1154.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Five Years of Yugoslavia
(20th.27th). See F 1454.
Radio Nelherlands: Documenlary. Year of lhe African Child
0057
(13th). See A 2354.

Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Program Announcements. See S
0056.
Fridays
0000
0005
0030
0030
0034
0043
0046
0049
0057

USA, KWHR Naalehu HI: People lo People (live). See T 0005.
Spain, R Exlerior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0033.
Sweden, Radio: Sixly Degrees North. See M 1130.
Spain, R Exlerior de Espana: Radio Club. See M 0038.
Sweden. Radio: GreenScan. Sec H 1143.
Sweden, Radio: Horizon (4/5). See H 1146.
Spain. A Exterior de Espana: Spanish Course by Radio. See T
0048.
Spain. A Extenor de Espana: Program Announcements. See S
0056.
Saturdays
0000
0005
0030
0030
0035
0035
0040
0051
0056

USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: People l o People (live). See T 0005.
Spain. A Exterior de Espana: Spanish Music. See T 0030.
Sweden, Radio: Sixty Degrees North. See M 1130.
Spain. A Ex1enor de Espana: Press Review. See T 0033.
Sweden. Radio: A Review of lhe Newsweek. See F 1135.
Spain. A Exlerior de Espana: Review of the Arts. A review of
cultural activilies in Spain and elsewhere.
Spain. R Exlerior de Espana: Spanish Course by Radio. See T
0048.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Program Announcements. See S
0056.
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0100-0200
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01000200
01000200
0100-0110
01000200
0100-0127
0100-0200
0100-0150
0100-0115
01000130
0100-0200
01000127
01000110
01000200
01000200
0100-0200 smh1h
0100-0125
01000200
0100-0200
0100-0130 m
0100-0200 vi
0100-0200
0100-0200
.. .. .. ..
..
Australia. Radio
15240pa
15365pa
17860pa
Australia. VLSA Allee Spg
Austraha.DefenseForces R
Canada. CBC N Duebec Svc
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, R Canada Intl
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Cuba. Radio Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Germany. Deutsche Welle
Hungary. Radio Budapest
Indonesia. Voice of
Iran. VOIRI
Italy. RI.I Intl
Japan. fJHK/Rad10
11885as
11890as
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Netherlands. Radio
Netherlands. Radio
Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Philippines. FEBCIR Intl
11855as
15415as
2310do
5025do
4910do
13525as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
6120am
6205am
5895eu
6000na
6200na
9745am
6040na
11740na
3366do
9870na
9525na
601 Sna
6005na
5960as
1191oas
9960va
7295do
6020na
5905as
15115pa
9560na
9675do
15450as
7070na
13605pa
15510as
9535am
7385am
7370eu
9820na
7345na
21455va
6085na
13755pa
17795pa
13745as
17705as
1t715am
11860as
0100-0200
0100-0200
01000200
0100-0200
0100-0130 m
0100-0200
01000200
0100-0200
01000130
01000200
13640na
13665na
Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl
Spain. R Exterior Espana
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka BC
Sweden. Radio
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
6195as
7265as
11750sa
11955as
USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
7405am
9455am
13740am 15170as
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
Uzbekistan. R Tashkent
Vietnam. Voice ot
t2050na
01040200
01 15-0130 f
0130-0155
0130-0150
0130-0200
0130-0200
01380155 1st m
0140-0200
01450200

Greece. Voice of
Austria. R Austria Intl
Greece, Voice of
Netherlands. Radio
Sweden, Radio
Denmark. R Denmark Intl
Vatican State. Vatican R
Albania, R Tirana Intl
13670am
6165na
7305as
9620na
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
01000200
0100-0200
01000200
9830na
6145na
9640na
4915do
11870na
6175na
9675na
11790as
17810as
0100-0130
0100-0130
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0130
0100-0130
0100-0200
9022na
11 BOOna
11840as
17845as
9685am
9845na
12010na
15180na
6195na
5930na
9540na
15425as
7120as
6135na
5965as
7325va
15360as
5810am
7510am
9975am
17510au
7535na
5995arn
9635as
15205as
5825eu
9400am
5745arn
7490na
9955am
7355am
3315am
6065na
5955eu
5940na
15010na
9505na
6260na
9655na
6260na
9860as
7290am
7465am
5980as
6140na
15425na
7130na
7300na
9440sa
9435au
9885na
5970sa
9560va
9905ca
5975va
9590va
6175va
9915va
71 !Sas
11 705as
17740as
7205as
11725as
17820as
5065am
5935am
7435am
5975eu
7250na
7285eu
9840na
14355na
9420na
9935na
9420na
11655as
9935na
9430am
6130am
9775arn
t5250as
7425na
15580na
t 3595na
9560am
7335as
7160na
SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0100
0100
0102
0107
0110
0124
0131
0134
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: The Water of Life Broadcast Doyle

Davidson preaches from Plano, Texas.
WHRI (Angel 2): Eleventh Hour Broadcast Gary
Wedemeyer.
Italy, RAI Intl: Light Music.
Canada. RGI: Innovation Canada. Canadian entrepreneurs,
inventors. and researchers and their ideas and discoveries.
Spain. REE: Spanish Bookshelf. See S 0010.
Spain. REE: Distance Unknown. See S0024.
Canada. RGI: Earth Watch. Environment and ecology
matiers.
Spain, REE: Spanish Poparama. See S 0034.
Mondays
0100
0100
0100
0100
0102
0107
0111
0122
0130
0131
0138
Canada (North-Quebec): Onstage. See M 0005.

USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Remnant Church of God. Ruth
Tetzlaff evangelizes from Wisconsin.
WHRI (Angel 1): Music. See S0200.
WHAi (Angel 2): Open Bible Dialog. See M 0000.
Italy, RA! Intl: Light Music.
Canada, RGI: The Arts In Canada. A look at the Canadian
arts scene.
Spain, REE: Visitors Book. See M 00 t t.
Spain, REE: Spain's Golden Age. See M 0022.
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI: Music. Contemporary christian
music and inspiration.
Canada. RGI: The Mailbag. See S 1237.
Spain. REE: Radio Club. See M 0038.
Tuesdays
0100
0100
0102
0104
0104
0104
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Turn Your Radio On. Bill Brasier
plays southern gospel music.
WHRI (Angel 2): The Prophecy Club. Stan Johnson
discusses bible prophecy from Topeka. Kansas.
Italy. RA! Intl: Light Music.
USA. WYFR (Satellite Network): Echoes. Thank God tor His
Church (Leon Wardell) (18th).
USA. WYFR (Satellite Network): Echoes. The King of
Confusmn (Ralph Bouma) (4th). Repeats of sermons from
the Family Radio archives.
USA, WYFR (Satellite Network): Echoes. The Power of
God's Grace (Leon Wardell) (25th). Repeats of sermons
from the Family Radio archives.
0104
0111
0130
0130
0133
0138
0148
USA, WYFR (Satellite Network): Echoes. Walking Before God

(Ralph Bouma) (11th).
Canada, RGI: Spectrum. See M 1241.
Spain, REE: Spanish Music. See T 0030.
WHRI (Angel 2): The Hour of Courage. See S 0400.
Spain. REE: Press Review. See T 0033.
Spain, REE: Entertainment in Spain. See T 0038.
Spain. REE: Spanish Course by Radio. See T 0048.
Wednesdays
0100
0100
0102
0104
0104
0104
0104
0111
0130
0130
0133
0137
0147
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Music. See M 0130.

WHRI (Angel 2): The Prophecy Club. See T 0100.
USA. WYFR (Satellite Network): Echoes. Do Not Commit
Adultery (Don Buchanan) (12th). See M 0104.
USA. WYFR (Satellite Nel\'lork): Echoes. Never Will I Leave
You (Don Buchanan) (5th). See M 0104.
USA. WYFR (Satellite Network): Echoes. The Liberty
Wherewith Christ Has Made Use Free (Robert A. Cook) (26th).
See M 0104.
USA, WYFR (Satellite Network): Echoes. The Sacritices that
Please God (Don Buchanan) (19th). Sec M 0104.
Canada, RGI: Spectrum. See M 124 t.
Spain. REE: Spanish Music. Sec T 0030.
Spain. REE: Kaleidoscope. See W 0037.
0133
0139
0149
Fridays
0100
0100
0102
0104
0104
0111
0130
0130
0134
Ot49
0100
0100
0102
0104
0104
Thursdays
0104
0104
0104
0104
0104
0111
Ot30
0130

WHRI (Angel 2): The Prophecy Club. Sec T 0100.
USA. WYFR (Satellite Networl<): Echoes. The Hatred of God
Against Man (Hal Brunson) (7th/13th). Sec M 0104.
USA, WYFR (Satellite Network): Echoes. The Wrath of Man
Shall Praise Thee (Hal Brunson) (21st). See M0104.
Canada, RGI: Spectrum. See M 1241.
Spain. REE: Radio Club. See M 0038.
Saturdays
0100
0100
0102
0104

USA. WYFR (Satellite Network): Echoes. Man's Incapability
(Michael 0. Hughes) (27th). See M 0104.
USA, WYFR (Satellite Network): Echoes. The Law: What Does
God Require (Michael 0. Hughes) (13th). See M 0104.
USA, WYFR (Satellite Nel\'lork): Echoes. The Scales of Our
Transgressions (Michael 0. Hughes) (20th). See M 0104.
USA. WYFR (Satellite Network): Echoes. Thou Shalt Not
Commit Adultery (Michael 0. Hughes) (6th). See M 0104.
Canada, RC!: Spectrum. See M 1241.
Spain. REE: Spanish Music. See T 0030.
WHAi (Angel 2): The Hour of Courage. See S0400.
Spain. REE: Press Review. Sec T 0033.

Spain. REE: Window on Spain. See H 0040.
0111
0130
0130
0135
0140
0151
0154
0154
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI: Home Schooling. Terry and Vicki

Brady of the Home Education netwo1k take calls about
schooling.
USA. WYFR (Satellite Network): Echoes. But When He Saw
Jesus (Henry Mahan) (22th). See M 0104.
USA. WYFR (Satellite Network): Echoes. He Touched Me
(Henry Mahan) (8th). See M 0104.
USA. WYFR (Satellite Network): Echoes. The Call ol Grace
(Henry Mahan) (29th). See M 0104.
USA. WYFR (Satellite Neh1ork): Echoes. The Lrte and Walk
of Faith (Henry Mahan) (15th). See M 0104.
Canada. RC!: Spectrum. Sec M 1241.
Spain. REE: Spanish Music. See T 0030.
Spain. REE: Review ot the Arts. See A 0040.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Can Whi te Folks Play the
Blues? (8th). See W 11 54.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Year of the Atrican Child
(15th). Eric Beauchemin reports from Nairobi about the
event to be held on June 16th.
June 1996
MONITORING TIMES
49
FREQUENCIES .
. ..
Argentina. RAE
Australia. Radio
02000300 vi
02000300 vi
02000300 vi
02000300
02000215
0200-0300 vi
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000210
02000300
0200-0300
02000300
02000250
Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australi a.DelenseForces R
Bangladesh, Radio
Canada CFVP Calgary
Canada CHNX Halifax
Canada CKZN St John's
Canada CKZU Vancouver
Cuba. Radio Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Germany, Deutsche Welle
02000300 vi
02000300
02000300 smtwh
02000230
02000300
02000300 vi
02000300
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp

Malaysia. Radio
Netherlands. Radio
Ne\'1 Zealand. R NZ Intl
Romania. R Romania Intl
02000300
02000230
02000300

Slovakia. Adv World Radio
SELECTED PROGRAMS .
11710am
13605pa
15415as
17860pa
2310do
5025do
4910do
13525as
4880do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
6120na
6205am
5895eu
6000na
9745am
9475na
7285as
11945as
4885do
9960va
7295do
5905as
15115pa
9675do
5990na
9625na
7070na
13645na
7130eu
11610as
0200
0205
0207
0230
0230
0232
0245
0200
0200
0205
0206
0230
0230
0230
0230
0231
13755pa
17715as
9535am
7385am
7370eu
9820na
21455va
9640as
11965as
4935do
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI. Methodist Hour. Music. interviews.

and timely messages.
WHRI (Angel 1): The Water of Life Broadcast. Doyle
Davidson p1eaches from Plano, Texas
WHRI (Angel 2) The America's Promise Broadcast. Dave
Farley preaches from Idaho.
Canada. RCI Montreal: The Inside Track. An awardwinmng
program of sports 1oumahsm. examining the 1mpac1 of
sports on the fives of Canadians
Canada (NorthOuebec) Sunday Showcase. A Sunday night
radio drama
Sweden. Radio. In Touch \'11th Stockholm (biweekly). See S
t t30.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: A Study in God's Word. See S 0615.
WHRI (Angel 2): Truth for the World. Churches of Christ
spokesman Jim Dearman examines Scripture.
Canada. RCI Montreal: Now the Details. A program about the
media.
MONITORING TIMES
15365pa
17795pa
9755na
11940na
9830na
9690as
12045as
6150do
11545as
7305as
9860as
11655as
6155na
11940na
9620na
13665na
9510na
9570na
12010na
15180na
12050na
15580na
0245
--~
.,
. .. . . . . .
02000300
02000230
02000300
South Korea. RKorea Intl

Sn L<:nka. Sn Lanka BC
Ta1\'/an. VO Free China
02000300
Uniled Kingdom. BBC WS
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
0200-0300
02000300
02000300
02150225
02300300
02300259
0230-0300
02300255
02300245
02300300
02300300 ll'lhha
02300300
02380255 I st m
02450300

USA. WJCR Upton KY
Vietnam. Voice of
Nepal. Radio
Albania. R Tirana Intl
Auslna. R Austria Intl
Moldova. R Moldova Intl
Pakislan. Radio
Philippines. R Pilipinas
Portugal. R Portugal lnll
Sl'leden. Radio
Denmark. R Denmark lnll
02500300
Vatican Stale. Vatican R
June 1996
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Batlle Line. A production of

Indiana Christian University.
WHRI (Angel 2): Church of the Living God. Arnold Rogers.
Tuesdays
0200
0200
0205
0206
0215
0215
0230
0230
0248

WHRI (Angel 1): MUSIC. See s 0200.
Canada, RCI Montreal: The BeS1 of Morningside. See M
1305.
WHRI (Angel 2): For the People (repeal). Chuck Harder talk
radio.
Canada (NorthQuebec}: Between the Covers. A storylime
for grownups featuring weeknight bookreading of
contemporary novels and short stories read in 15-minute
installments.
Canada. RCI Montreal: Report 10 the Peacekeepers. See M
0512.
Canada (NorthQuebec): Thal Time of the Night. Up 10 twoand-a-half hours of fight classical music llrnt is pe1fec1 for
lhe end of the day.
Sweden, Radio: SportScan. See M 1146.
Wednesdays
0200
0200
0205
0206
0215
0215
0230
0230
0241

WHRI (Angel 1): Music. See S 0200.
Canada. RCI Montreal: The Best of Morningside. See M
1305.
WHRI (Angel 2): For the People (repeat). See T 0206.
Canada (North-Quebec): Between the Covers. See T 0215.
Canada, RCI Monlreal: Report to the Peacekeepers. See M
05 12.
Canada (North-Quebec): Thal Time of the Night. See T
0230.
Sweden. Radio: So(ty Degrees North. See M t 130.
Sweden. Radio: MediaScan (113). See T 1141.
Thursdays
0200
0200
0205
0206
so
15240pa
17750as
15520do
0245
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: DXing l'lilh Cumbre. A whal'son

theair praoram hosted by Mane Lamb.
WHRI (Angel 1). Music. Contemporary christian music and
insp1ra11on.
WHRI (Angel 2) World of Prophecy. Texe Marrs and a guest
discuss the evils and pitfalls of today and the oullook for
lomorrow.
Canada. RCI Montreal: Double Exposure. The comedy team
of Bob Robertson and Linda Cullen present their award
winning brand of poflt1cal satire and m1m1cry.
Canada (NorthQuebec): A Propos. A guide to the music ol
Quebec. both homegrown and international. francophone
and anglophone.
Sweden. Radio: Spectrum ( 1). See S 0030.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Living Faith Ministries. Bill Perg.
Canada. RCI Monlreal: The Royal Canadian Air Fa1ce. The
trnveling comedy show that was brouglll back by popular
demand.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: For God So Loved lhe World. Five
minutes of evangelism by Linda Leon.
Mondays
0200
-.
~:~~ ;: :~~
.. . . .
7275am
15425as
5950na
11825as
5970sa
7235va
9915sa
58 t 0am
7510am
9975am
17510au
5850na
71 15as
11725as
17820as
5B25eu
9400am
5745am
7490na
7355am
3315am
6065na
5940na
7165do
6140na
9655na
9870na
7500na
15485as
17760me
6095am
7290na
7465am
3945do
15135do
6095na
1'725am
11810am
15575am
7130as
15345as
5975va
9560va
11955as
9815am
9680na
11740ca
6135af
9590va
15360as
6175va
9605va
9635as
15250as
11705as
17740as
9430am
7205as
15170as
7425na
7315am
t3595na
5065am
9505na
7250as
7160na
9870ca
11870na
17705as
17865me
9570am
9560am
6045do
5935am
9840na
15010na
13730sa
17725as
21580me
21730as
71 lOdo
11830do
7305na
... . .. . ........ ..... .. ..... . . ........ ......... .. . .
Sundays
0200
l!l.L
.. . . . . .. . . . . .
02000300 twhfa
02000300
0200
SHORTWAVE GUIDE
0200 UTC

Canada. RC! Montreal: The Best of Morningside Seo M
1305.
WHRI (Angel 2): For the People (repeal). See T 0206.
0215
0215
0230
0230
0242
0254
0254
0254
Canada (NorthQuebec): Between the Covers. See T 0215.

Canada, RCI Montreal: Report 10 the Peacekeepers. See M
0512.
Canada (NorthQuebec) That Time of the Night. See T 0230.
Sweden, Radio: So(ty Degrees North See M 1130.
Sweden, Radio: Money Maners. See w 1t42.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary Can White Fol<S Play the
Blues? (6th) See w 1154
Radio Netherlands Documentary Five Years of Yugoslavia
(201h,27th). See F t454
Radio Netherlands Documentary Year of the African Child
(13th). See A 2354.
Fridays
0200
0200
0205
0206
0215
0215
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: MUSIC. See M 0130.

WHRI (Angel 1): Music. Seo S 0200.
Canada. RCI Montreal: The Best ol Mornmgside. See M
1305.
WHRI (Angel 2): For the People (re peat). See T 0206.
Canada (NorthQuobec): Between tho Covers. See T 02 15.
Canada. RCI Montreal: Report 10 the Peacekeepers. See M
0512.
0230
0230
0243
0246
Canada (NorthQuebec): That Time ol lhe Night. See T 0230.

Sweden. Radio: Su<ty Degrees North. See M 1130.
Sweden. Radio: GreenScan See H 1143.
Sweden. Radio: Horizon (415). See H 1146.
Saturdays
0200
0200
0200
0205
0206
0215
0215
0230
0230
0235
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI: DXing w11h Cumbre. See S 0200.

USA. KWHR Naalehu HI Home Schooling See I. 0100.
WHAi (Angel 1): Music See S 0200
Canada. RCI Montreal The Best of Mormngs1de. See M
1305
WHRI (Angel 2): For 1he People (repeat). See T 0206.
Canada (NorthQuebec) Between the Covers. See T 0215.
Canada. RCI Montreal: Report to the Peacekeepers. See M
0512.
Canada (NorthQuebec): That Tiine of the Night. See T 0230.
Sweden, Radio: Sixty Deorees Nonh. Sec M 11 30.
Sweden. Radio: A Review of the Newsweek. See F 1135.
!:~~ p~Mp~~
0
SHORTWAVE GUIDE
..
FREQUENCIES .
~f""'- ~
...
03000400
Australia. Radio
03000400 v1
03000400 vi
03000400 vi
03000400 v1
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400 sm
03000400
03000400 vi
03000400
03000310
03000400
03000327
03000400
03000330
03000350

Auslraha. VL8K Katherine
Auslraha. VL8T Tenl Crk
Canada, CfCX Montreal
Canada. CfVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Hahlax
Canada. CKZN S1 John's
Cosla Rica.Faro del Carib
Cosla Rica.Rf Peace Intl
Croatia. Croa11an Radio
Cuba. Rado Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypl. Radio Cairo
03000315 s
03000400
03000400
03000400v1
03000400
03000325
03000400
03000400v1
03000330
03000400
Greece, Voice of
Guatemala. Radio Cultural
Japan. NHK/Rad10
Netherlands. Radio
Ne11 Zealand. R NZ Intl
Philippines. R Pihpinas
03000400
03000400
S Africa. Channel Africa

Taiwan. VO Free China
,--
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...
13605pa
15365pa
17795pa
2310do
5025do
4910do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
6010na
9710na
5055do
6205am
5895eu
6000na
5930na
9745am
9475na
6065na
9640na
6260na
3300do
11790na
4665do
9960va
5905as
15115pa
9675do
17760me
7230na
13665na
3220af
5950na
15345as
13755pa
15415as
17860pa
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'--~ -~,
r.'1'
..
15240pa
15510as
15245as
1i750pa
9755na
11715na
7365am
7370eu
9620na
7345na
21455va
9630na
6185na
9535na
9420na
9935na
11640as
4935do
15230na
6150do
17810as
7305as
9860as
11655as
17665me
12010na
15160na
5955af
9680na
21560me
12050na
15580na
13645na
11 745as
11625as
9615na
:'"\ii -
0300 UTC
. . . .. . .
. .. . .
03000330
03000315
03000400
Thailand. Radio
Uganda. Radio
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl
03000330
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. KVDH Los Angeles CA
USA. Monitor Radio lnll
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000400
03000310
03000400 vi
03200350
03300357
03300355
03300400
03300400
03300400 vi
03300400
03300400
03350355 vi
03380355 1st m
03400350
03450400 irreg
03450400

USA WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
Va tican Srnle. Vatican R
Zimbab1ve. Zimbabwe BC
Vatican Stale. Vatican R
Sweden. Radio
Tanzania. Radio
UAE. Radio Dubai
Greece. Voice of
Burundi. Radio Nat1onale
Tajikistan. Ta11k Radio
9655na
3340do
5905na
6055na
5970sa
15360as
3255af
6175va
9600af
12095af
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9400am
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11730af
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7465am
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9565am
9935na
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SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0300
0300
0300
0310
0320
0329
0330
0330
0335
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Truth House. Evangehslic teachings

by E.G. Fultcher plus his global shortwave club.
WHAi (Angel 1): Music. See S 0200.
WHAi (Angel 2): Biblical Studies lnslilute. Bob Tiet
evangelizes from Rapid Cily, Soulh Dakota.
China. China Radio Intl: News about China. See S 0010.
China. China Radio Intl: Travel Talk. See S 0020.
China. China Radio Intl: The Cooking Show. See S 0029.
Sweden. Radio: Spectrum (1). See S 0030.
WHAi (Angel 2): DXing wilh Cumbre. A what's-ontheair
program hosled by Marie Lamb.
China. China Radio Intl: Music from China. See S 0035.
Mondays
0300
0300
0305
0310
0313
0320
0325
0330
0330
0330
0335
0345
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: The Sword of the Spirit Mike Keyes
evangelizes.
WHAi (Angel 2): Trulh House. Evangelistic teachings by E.C.
Fullcher plus his global shortwave club.
Car.ada (NorthOuebec): Jazz Beal. Two hours of
contemporary Canadian and inlerna11onal iazz hOSted by
Kat.e Malloch.
China. China Radio Intl: News aboul China. Sec S 0010.
China. China Radio Intl: Sports Beal. See S 1213.
China. China Radio Intl: China Snapshots. See S 1220.
China. China Radio lnll: In the Third World. See S 1225.
Sweden, Radio: In Touch wilh Stockholm (biweekly). See S
1130.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: DXing wilh Cumbre. See S 0200.
China. China Radio Intl: Song of the Week. See S 1235.
China. China Radio Intl: L1s1eners Letterbox. See S 1245.
0334
0339
0345
0346
China. China Radio Intl: China's Open Windows. See M

1234.
China. China Radio Intl: Investing in China. See M 1239.
China. China Radio Intl: Idioms and Their Stories. See M
1245.
Sweden. Radio: SportScan. Sec M 1146
Wednesdays
0300
0300
0305
0307
0310
0315
0319
0330
0333
0338
0341
0345
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Music See M 0130.

Canada (NorthOuebec): Thal nme of the Night See T 0230.
WHAi (Angel 2): For the People (repeal). See T 0206.
China. China Radio Intl: News Analysis. Sec T 1215.
China, China Radio Intl: Curronl Attairs. Soe M 1219.
Sweden. Radio: Sixty Degrees North. Seo M 11 30.
China. China Radio Intl: Press Clippings. See M 1230.
China. China Radio lnll: Orient Arena. See T 1236.
Sweden. Radio: MediaScan ( 113). See T 1141.
China. China Radio Intl: Listeners' Letterbox. See S 1245.
Thursdays
0300
0300
0307
0310
0318
0330
0333
0340
0342

WHAi (Angel 2): For lhe People (repeal). See T 0206.
China. China Raoio Intl: News aboul China. See S 0010.
China. China Radio Intl: Current Attairs. See M 1219.
China. China Radio lnll: Profile. Sec W 1233.
China. China Raaio Intl: Learn lo Speak Chinese. See W
1240.
Sweden. Radio: Money Mailers. See W1142
Tuesdays
Fridavs
0300
0300
0307
0310
0319
0330
0330
0300
0300
0307
0310
0315
0319
0330

WHRI (Angel 2): For lhe People (repeal). See T0206.
China, China Radio Intl: Curren! Alfairs. See M 1219.
China. China Radio Intl: Press Clippings See M 1230.
Sweden. Radio: Sixly Degrees North. Sec M 1130.
UsA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Music. See M 0130.

WHRI (Angel 1): Music. See S 0200
WHAi (Angel 2): For lhe People (repeat). See T 0206.
China. China Radio Intl: News about China. See S 001 o.
China. China Radio lnll: News Analysis See T 1215.
China. China Radio Intl: Current Affairs. See M 1219.
0334
0336
0344
0345
0346

China. China Radio Intl: Focus. See H 1238.
China. China Radio Intl: Cultural Spec1rum. See H 1244.
Sweden. Radio: GrccnScan. See H 1143.
Sweden. Radio: Horizon (4/5). See H 11 46.
Saturdays
0300
0300
0307
0310
0320
0330
0334
0335
0346
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Tum Your Radio On. See T 0100.
WHRI (Angel 2) For lhe People (repeal). See T 0206.
China. China Radio lnll: News aboul China. See S 0010.
China. China Radio Intl: Current Attairs. See M 1219.
China, China Radio Intl: Life in China. See F 1234.
Sweden. Radio: A Review of lhe Newsweek. See F 1135.
China. China Radio Intl: Global Review. Seo F 1246.
HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS
VorcE OF lsLAMrc REPUBLIC OF IRAN,
TEHRAN
A nnounced English:
11 30-1 230
1530- 1630
1930-2030
2130-2230
0030-0130
11875. 11930.
15260
7290.9635
7260.9022
6175
6015.9022
(Tom Sundstrom . USA. B C-DX)
June 1996
MONITORING TIMES
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FREQUENCIES .
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04000500
Australia, Radio
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04000500
0400-0500
04000500
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04000500
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04000500
04000500
040004t0
04000500
04000500
0400-0450

Australia. VLBT Ten t Crk
Bulgaria. Radio
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Cos12 Rica.RF Peace Intl
Cuba. Radio Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
04000500 twlfa
0400-041 5
04000500 vi
04000500
04000458
04000450
0400-0430 m
04000500 vi
0400-0456
Guatemala. Radio Cultural

Israel. Kol Israel
NCl'I Zealand. R NZ Intl
Norlh Korea. R Pyongyang
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Romania, R Romarna Intl
04000500
04000455
04000427
04000430
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04000430

S Africa. Trans World R
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
Tanzania. Radio
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04000500
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Turkey. Voice of
Uganda. Radio
0400-0430
04000500
04000500
0400-0500
04000500
04000500
04000500
United Kingdom, BBC WS

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
04000430
04000500
04000500
0400-0500
0400-0500 smtwhf
04000500
0400-0500
04000500
0400-0445
0400-0430
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0430-0500
04300500
04300500
04300500
04300500
04300500
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04550500
0459-0500
USA. Voice of Ame11ca

USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WM LK Bethel PA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
Vietnam. Voice o1
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC
Italy. RAI Intl
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
Australia, Radio
Australia.OefenseForces R
Netherlands. Radio
Swaziland. Trans World R
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
Nigeria, Voice of
9560va
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6080af
9885af
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15420af
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SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0400
0400
0400
0407
0410
0420
0429
0430
USA. KWliR Naalehu HI: Gospel Crusade Ministries.

Scripture 1eachings by Roger Hedrick and free bible
correspondence courses.
WHRI (Angel 1): Sob Enya11 (live). Bob takes listener phone
calls about everyday Christian 1opics.
WHRI (Angel 2): The Hour of Courage. Ron Wilson talks
politics and lhe precious metals market.
Canada. RGI Monlreal: Innovation Canada. See S01 07.
China. Ch ma Radio Intl: News about China. See S 0010.
China. China Radio lnll: Travel Talk. See S 0020.
China. China Radio lnll: The Cooking Show. See S 0029.
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI: Prophetic Voice Broadcast. See S
0000.
0435
China, China Radio Intl: Music from China. See S 0035.
Mondays
0400
0400
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI: Gospel Country. Les Roberls.

WHAi (Angel 1): Turn Your Radio On. Bill Brasier plays
southern gospel music.
0400 WHAi (Angel 2): Music. See S0200.
0405 Canada INorlhOuebec): Jazz Beat See M 0305.
0407 Canada. RGI Monlreal: The Mailbag. See S 1237.
041 O China, China Radio Intl: News about China. See S 0010.
04 f 3 China, China Radio Intl: Sporls Beat See S 1213.
0420 China, China Radio Intl: China Snapshots. See S 1220.
0425 China. China Radio lnll: In the Third World. See S 1225.
0430 WHAi (Angel 2): Christian Country Music. Joe Brashier plays
country music wilh a Christian slant
0435 China. China Radio lnll: Song of the Week. See S 1235.
0445 China. China Radio Intl: listeners Letterbox. See S 1245.
Tuesdays
0400
0400
0407
0410
0411
0419
0430
0430
0434
52
US1\, KWHR Naalehu HI: Music. See M 0130.

WHAi (Angel 2): The Prophecy CfulJ. See T 0100.
Canada (Nor1h-Ouebec): That Time of the Night. See T 0230.
China. China Radio lnll: News about China. See S 0010.
Canada. RGI Montreal: Spectrum See M 1241.
China. China Radio Intl: Current Affa11s. See M 1219.
Chma, China Radro Intl: Press Clippings. See M 1230.
WHAi (Angel 2): The Hour of Courage. See S 0400.
China, China Radio Intl: China's Open Windows. See M 1234.
MONITORING TIMES
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1996
0439
0445
China, China Radio Intl: Investing in China. See M 1239.

China, China Radio Intl: Idioms and Their Stories. See M
1245.
Wednesdays
0400
0400
0400
0407
0410
0411
0415
0419
0430
0433
0438
0445

WHAi (Angel 1): Bob Enyart (live). See S 0400.
WHAi (Angel 2): The Prophecy Club. See T 0100.
Canada (NorlhOuebec): That Time of the Night. See T 0230
Canada, RCI Monlreal: Spectrum. See M 1241.
China. China Radio Intl: News Analysis. See T 1215.
China, China Radio Intl: Current Attairs. See M 1219.
China, China Radio Intl: Orient Arena. See T t238.
China, China Radio Intl: Listeners' Letterbox. See S 1245.
Thursdays
0400 USA, KWHR Naalehu Hf: Music. See M 0130.
0400 WHAi (Angel 1): Bob Enyart (live). See S 0400.
0400 WHRt (Angel 2): The Prophecy Club See T 0100.
0407 Canada (Nol1hOuebec): Thal Time of the Night. See T 0230.
04 t O China, China Radio Intl: News about China. See S 0010.
0411 Canada, RGI Montreal: Spectrum. See M 1241.
0418 China. China Radio Intl: Current Affairs. See M 1219
0430 WHAi (Angel 2): The Hour of Courage. See S 0400.
0433 China. China Radio Intl: Profile. See W 1233.
0440 China. China Radio Intl: Learn to Speak Chinese. See W 1240.
0454 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Can White Folks Play the
Blues? (6th). See W 1154.
0454 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Five Years of Yugoslavia
(20th.27th). See F 1454.
0454 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Year of the African Child
(13th). See A 2354.
04 11
0415
04 19
0430
0434
0438
0444
Canada, RC! Montreal: Spectrum. See M 1241.

China, China Radio Intl: News Analysis. See T 1215.
China, China Radio Intl: Cultural Spectrum. See H 1244.
Saturdays
0400
0400
0400
0407
04 tO
04t1
0420
0430
0434
0446
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: The Pat Boone Show. Pat Boone
sings.
WHAi (Angel t ): Bob Enyart (live). See S 0400.
Canada (NorthOuebec): That Time of the Night. See T 0230.
China, China Radio Intl: News about China. See S 0010.
Canada, RC! Montreal: Spectrum. See M 1241.
China, China Radio Intl: Current Affairs. See M 1219.
China. China Radio Intl: Life in China. See F 1234.
China. China Radio Intl: Global Review. See F 1246.
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Fridays
0400
0400
0400
0407
0410
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI: Music. See M 0130

WHAi (Angel t): Bob Enyarl (lrve). See S 0400.
Canada (NorlhOuebec): That Time of the Night. Sec T 0230.
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05000600
Australia. Radio
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600 v1
050006CO
050006(0
0500-0600
05000600
05000600
0500-0600
05000600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0510
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0550
0500-0600 vi
0500-0530 vi/as
0500-0600
Australia, VL8A Alice Spg

Australia. VL8K Ka therine
Auslralia. VL8T Tent Crk
Australia,DefenseForces R
Canada, CFVP Calgary
China. China Radio lnll
Costa Rica. Adv World R
Croalia. Croatian Radio
Cuba. Radio Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Italy. IRRS
Italy. IRRS
Japan. NHK/Rad10
0500-0530
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600
0500-0525
0500-0600
0500-0505
0500-0600
05000600 v1
05000600
Japan. NHK/Rad10
Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand. R NZ lnll
N1ge11a. FRCN/Rad10
N1ge11a, Voice of
Papua New Guinea. N8C
0500-0555
05000600
0500-0556
0500-0530
S Africa, Channel At11ca

Spain. R Exte11or Espana
.
11880pa
15365pa
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5025do
4910do
13525as
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
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0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
t5575va
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk C1ly Ui
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600 mlwhfa
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0528
0500-0520
0500-0530
0500-0600
0500-0530 vi
0505-0600
0515-0530
0525-0600
0530-0559
0530-0600
0530-0600
05300556

USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Belhel PA
USA. WWCR Nashvrlle TN
Vietnam. Voice of
Zambia. Chrislian Voice
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Swaziland, Trans World R
Switzerland. Swiss R lnll
Austna, R Austria Intl
Geo1gia, Georgian Radio
Kazakhstan, Radio Almaty
Romania, R Romama Intl
05300600
0530-0600
0530-0600 vi
0538-0555 1st m
0555-0600

Denmark, R Denma1k Intl
Malaysia, Voice of
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3255af
6175va
7150eu
9640va
15280as
17640af
5810am
7510am
9975am
9930as
7535eu
5035at
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5825eu
5760am
7490na
9465eu
3315am
5985na
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4005eu
7360na
6065af
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11580af
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5055af
9535eu
49t 5do
9500af
12030na
11705eu
15250af
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13805va
9750as
15295au
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SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0500
0500
0510
0515
0524
0530
0534
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Break1h1ough. Rod Parsley

conducts seMces from the World Harvest Church in
Columbus, OH.
WHAi (Angel 1/2): The Joy ol Living Broadcast. HurstSmith
Evangelists, Inc.
Spain, R Exlerior de Espana: Spanish Bookshelf. See S 0010.
WHRI (Angel 112): A Study in God's Word. Hezakiah Smith
reads Scripture from North Carolina
Spain, R Exlerior de Espana: Distance Unknown. See S 0024.
WHAi (Angel 112): The Mercies of God Radio Broadcast.
Paslor Peter from Michigan preaches mercy for losl sinners.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana Spanish Poparama. See S 0034.
Mondays
0500
0500
05 11
0512
0522
0530
0538
0555
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI: MUSIC. See M 0130.

WHRI (Angel 112): John Hagee Today. Evangelizing by John
Hagee of lhe Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, TX.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Visitors Book. See M 0011.
Canada, RCI Montreal: Report to tho Peacekeepers.
lnlormation about Canada for Canadian Forces overseas.
Spain, R Exlerior de Espana: Spain's Golden Age. See M
0022.
WHRI (Angel 1/2): In Touch. See S 1200.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Radio Club. See M 0038.
WHRI (Angel 1/2): Alive Today. See S 1200.
Tuesdays
0500
0500
0512
0530
0530
0533
0538
0548
0555

WHRI (Angel 112): John Hagee Today. See M 0500.
Canada. RGI Montreal: Report to the Peacekeepers. See M
0512.
Spain, R Exte11or de Espana: Spanish Music. See T 0030.
WHRI (Angel 1/2): In Touch. See S 1200.
Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Entertainment in Spain. See T
0038.
Spain, R Exierior de Espana Spanish Course by Radio. See T
0048
WHRI (Angel 1121 Alr1e Today. See S t 200.
Wednesdays
0500
0500
0512
USA, KWflR Naalehu HI: Music. See M 0130.

WHRI (Angel 1/2): John Hagee Today. See M 0500.
Canada. RCt Montreal: Report to lhe Peacekeepers. Sec M
0512.
0530
0530
0533
0537
0547
0555
Spain, R E>tenor de Espana: Spanish Music. See T 0030.

WHRI (Angel 1/2): In Touch. See s 1200.
Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Kaleidoscope. See W 0037.
Spain, R Exlerior de Espana: Spanish Course by Radio. See
T 0048.
WHRI (Angel 112): Alive Today. See S 1200.
Thursdays
0500
0500
0512
0530
0530
0533
0539
0549
0555
USA, KWHR Naatehu HI: Music. See M 0130.

WHRt (Angel 1/2): John Hagee Today. See M 0500.
Canada, RGI Montreal: Report to the Peacekeepers. See M
0512.
Spain, R Exlerior de Espana. Spanish Music. See T 0030.
WHRI (Angel 112): In Touch. See S 1200.
Spain. R Exlerior de Espana. Press Revie\'1. See T 0033.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Window on Spain. See H 0040.
Spain. R Exlerior de Espana: Spanish Course by Radio. See
T0048.
WHRI (Angel 112): Alive Today. See S 1200.
Fridays
0500
0500
0512
0530
0530
0534
0549
0555

WHRI (Angel 112): John Hagee Today. See M 0500.
Canada. RCI Montreal: Report to the Peacekeepers. See M
0512.
Spain. R Exlerior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0033.
WHRt (Angel 112): In Touch. See S 1200.
Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Radio Club. See M 0038.
Spain. R Exlerior de Espana: Spanish Course by Radio. See
T0048.
WHRI (Angel 1/2): Alive Today. See S 1200.
Saturdays
0500
0500
0530
0530
0530
0530
0535
0540
0551
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: DXing with Cumbre. See S 0200.

WHRI (Angel 1/2): OXing with Cumbre. See S 0330.
Spain, R Exlerior de Espan.1 Spanish Music. See T 0030.
USA, KWHR ~!aalehu HI Remnant Church ot God See M
0100
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0033.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Review of the Arts. See A
0040.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Spanish Course by Radio. See
T 0048.
HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS
CZECH REPUBLIC: R PRAGUE
Z-96. 100 kW. Eng to N America
2230-2257
9430. I 1600
0000-0027
5930. 7345
0I 00-0 127
6200. 7345
0300-0327
5930, 7345
(via BC-DX)
HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS
DENMARK: R. DENMARK VIA NORWAY
Z-96 English ION. Ameri ca
15 mi nutes month ly o n I st Sun and UT
Mon (e.g .. June 2-3)
1338
15340
1438
15340
1538
11840
1638
11840. 15340
2 138
9590
11 840
2238
23.18
9485
7465
0038
0138
7465.9560
0238
7465. 9560
7465
0338
0438
7465
(Erik K!<)ie. R. Denmark via BC- DX)
June 1996
MONITORING TIMES
53
FREQUENCIES .
0600-0700
. ... ...
..
Australia. Radio
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700 vi
0600-0620
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0630

Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Austratia.DefenseForces R
Canada. CHNX Halrfax
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0650
Cosla Rica.RF Peace Intl

Cuba. Radio Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
0600-0615
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700 vi
06000700
0600-0700 vi
06000700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0630
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0630 s
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700

Italy. IRAS
Japan. NHK/Radio
Krrrbatr. Radio
Lebanon. Wrngs of Hope
Libena. Radro ELBC
Liberia. Radro ELWA
M11laysia. Voice of
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCNIRadio
N1gena. Voice of
NMl1Korea. R Pyongyang
Norv1ay. Radio Norway lnll
Russia.Vorce of Russra WS
06000700
0600-0630
S Alrica. Trans World R

SELECTED PROGRAMS .
9860pa
15240pa
l5530as
23t0do
5025do
49t Odo
l3525as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6050eu
11905eu
6205am
9505na
9745am
11915af
17875af
3316do
3985va
t 1725as
4885do
9825do
9960va
7275do
4760do
6175as
9570pa
3326do
7255af
15180as
7180au
9675do
t 201 Ona
t 3665na
15560va
11730af
13715af
11880pa
15365pa
17715as
6t 50eu
0600
06t5
0630
0630
0635
0645
0645
0615
0630
0635
0641
0645
0645
065 1
21455am
13790al
54
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI. World Harvest. Steve Sumrall.

WHRI (Angel 1/2) The Radio Bible Hour. Dr J. Harold Smith
has been preaching on the radio since 1935.
WHRI (Angel 112): Faith Seminar of the Air. Kenneth Hagin
evangelizes.
WHRI (Angel 1/2): Listen to Jesus. Clrnton and Sarah
Oulerbach from The Redeeming Love Christian Center of
Nanuet. NY.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Press Review. Stories on the
front pages ol the day's papers
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Belgium Today Current affairs in
Belgium.
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Intl: The Arts. Cultural events in the
nmvs.
WHRI (Angel 1/2): The Voice of Praise. Pastor Kenneth Ivey
teaches from the word of God.
Belgium. RVlaanderen Intl: Tourism. Take an audio tour of
the sights and sounds of Belgium.
USA, 1-'WHR Naalehu HI. World Harvest. See M 0600.
MONITORING TIMES
t5 185af
15225af
4915do
11850au
4935do
9750as
1781 Oas
6150do
15295au
4990do
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: New Testament Sludies. Joseph

Sorrell.
WHRI (Angel 112): The Call to Worship. Services from Zron
Chapel. Holland. Michigan.
USA, l\'WHR Naalehu HI: A Study in God's Word. Hezakiah
Smith reads Scripture from North Carolina.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Eternal Good News. Germaine
Lockwood teaches from the Old Testament.
WHRI (Angel 1/2): The Banner of Truth Broadcast. Sponsored
by the Free Reformed Churches of IJorlh America.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Radio World. Updates to
international broadcasting schedules.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: PO Box 26. Listener letters are
read and answered in this mailbox program.
WHRI (Angel 112): From the Bible. Insight on life and its
meaning in today's world with Terry Rousseau.
Tuesdays
0600
9760eu
15230as
7295af
9590au
12040na
15470as
15580na
12050na
15490va
17665va
t3645na
15490va
0600-0700
0600-0630 vi
0600-0630
0600-0700

Solomon Islands. SIBC
Sl'litzerland. Swiss R lnll
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
15420af
17885af
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. Monitor Radro Intl
0600-0630
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700 smtwhf
0600-0700
06000700
06000645
06000700
0600-0700
0600-0700 vi
0603-061Omtwhl
0605-0700

USA. WEWN Birmrngl1am AL
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
Yemen. Yemeni Rep Radio
Zrmbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Croalia, Croatian Raclio
0615-0630
06300655
06300700
0630-0700 as
06300658
06380655 1st m
0645-0655 as
06450700
0655-0655 mtwhf

Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
USA Voice of America
Vatican State. Vatrcan R
Monaco. Trans World Ra dio
Romania. R Romania lnll
Monaco. Trans World Radio
5905am
5020do
9885af
3955eu
6195eu
9600af
11780eu
15070va
15575va
5810am
7510am
9975am
9930as
7535eu
6035af
11805va
15205va
6080af
7425na
5760am
7490na
9465eu
3315am
5985eu
4005eu
9780as
6065af
5975do
5920eu
5055af
11730af
6165eu
6015na
5985eu
6080af
11625af
7180va
7115eu
15250pa
7115eu
9545do
t 1860af
5975va
7t45pa
9640va
1t940af
15280as
17640af
13635af
6005af
7160af
9740as
11955as
15310as
17790as
6t 75va
94 tOva
11 760va
12095va
15360va
7170va
11965va
7285af
12080af
5065am
7355eu
5880eu
5935am
9985af
7250eu
13695af
9645eu
7370eu
6070af
9830eu
9500af
I 3830eu
9650af
9815am
6140va
11950af
9435af
73 t5am
t 3595na
9535eu
9925au
13765af
7295va
15570af
9590va
13805va
15405pa
17720pa
17805pa
.. ..... .. .... ..... ..... . ..... . .. . . . ...... ....... . .
Mondays
0600
0600
9740eu
13605as
t5510as
7385am
Sundays
0600
11910pa
15415as
t 7795pa
.. . .......
June 1996
0600
0615
0530
0635
0539
0645
0646
0650
WHRI (Angel 112): The Radio Bible Hour. See M 0600

WHRI (Angel 112): Faith Seminar of the Air. See M 06f5.
WHRI (Angel 1/2): Listen to Jesus. See M 0630.
Belgrum, R Vlaanderen Intl: Press Review. See M 0635.
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Intl: Belgium Today See M 0641.
WHRI (Angel 1/2): The Voice of Praise. See M 0645.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Focus on Europe. See M 2344.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Sports Reporl. See M 2349
Wednesdays
0600
0600
0615
0630
0635
0639
0645
0645
0650
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: World Harvest. See M 0600.

WHRI (Angel 1/2): The Radio Bible Hour. See M 0600.
WHRI (Angel 112): Faith Seminar of 1he Air. See M 0615.
WHRI (Angel 112): Listen to Jesus. See M 0630.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen lnll: Press Review. See M 0635.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen lnll: Belgium Today. See M 0641.
WHRI (Angel 1/2): The Voice of Praise. See M 0645.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen lnll: Living in Belgium. See T 2345.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Green Society. See T 2349.
0646
0649
Saturdays
0600
0600
0600
0615
0630
0630
0635
0640
Thursdays
0600
0600
0615
0630
0635
0639
0645
0645
0649

WHRI (Angel 112): The Radio Bible Hour. See M 0600.
WHRt (Angel 112): Faith Seminar of the Air. See M 0515.
WHRI (Angel 112): Listen to Jesus. See M 0630.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Press Review. See M 0635.
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Intl: Belgium Today. See M 0641.
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Intl: The Arts. See M0645.
WHRt (Angel 112): The Voice of Praise. See M 0645.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen lnll: Around Tol'ln. See W 2349.
Fridays
0600
0600
0615
0630
0636
064 1
0645

WHRI (Angel 1/2): The Radio Bible Hour. See M 0600.
WHRI (Angel 1/2): Faith Seminar of the Air. See M 0615.
WHRI {Angel 1/2): Listen to Jesus. See M 0630.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Press Review. See M 0635.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Belgium Tocfay. See M 0641 .
WHRI (Angel 112): The Voice of Praise. See M 0645
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: International Report. See H

2343.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Economics. See H 2349.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Faith Christian Church. Paul
Shrrek.
WHRI (Angel t): Turn Your Radio On. See M 0400.
WHRI (Angel 2): The Call to Worship. See S 0600.
USA. KWHR Naalehu Ht: The Word of God Broadcast.
SrS1er Polly preaches from the Knoxville House of Faith rn
Tennessee.
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Intl: Press Review. See M 0635.
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Intl: Music from Flanders. The
weekly concert.
HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS
PHILIPPINES: FEBC, MANILA

News and Public Affairs
Daily
0130 on 15450
M-F
1030 on 11635
World News &

Sports
Asian Ne11'.1
M-F
1335 on I 1995
Ne11s from
Fri
0935 . I 540,
1445.
1430
Updme
f'hilippi11e.1
Sat
Sun
(1ia Gigi Lytle )
Far East Fon1111
0100
C'HORTw
AVE r..uioEJt
.,
urc
osoo urc
\,7
3:00 AM EDT/12:00 PM PDT
......_
.v f">
4:00 AM EDT/1 :00 AM PDT
~~
.............
fREQUENCIES ... .
0700-0800
Australia Radio
07000730
07000800 vi
07000800 vi
07000800 vi
07000800
070008(})
0700-0800
07000800
07000800
0700-0800
0700-0727
0700-0800
07000800 as
07000800 mtwht
07000715
07000730 vi
07000800
Australia, Radio
Australia, VL8K KAtherine
Au stralia, VL8T Tent Crk
Ecuador, HCJB
Eqt Guinea. R East Atrica
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp
Italy. IRRS
Japan. NHK/Radio
07000800 vi
07000800 vi
Kiribati. Radio
07000800
07000800 vi
Liberia. Radio ELBC
07000800
Liberia, Radio ELWA
07000800 asmtwh Malaysia. Radio
07000800
Malaysia. Voice ot
0700-0710
Malaysia. Voice ot
07000800
07000715
07000750
North Korea. R f"jongyang
07000800 vi
Palau. KHBNNoice ot Hope
0700-0745
07000800
Russia,Voice ot Russia WS
0700-0710
Sierra Leone, SLBS
07000800 vi
Solomon Islands, SI BC
07000800
07000800
07000730
0700071 5
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
0700-0800 smtwhf
07000800
07000745
07000800
07000800
07000800 vi
07030710 as
0705-0800
07100800 vi
0716-0800
07300755
07300800
07300745 s
07300735
07300800 vi/as
07300800
07380755 1st m
07450800 s
07450755
07550800

United Kingdom. BBCWS
USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA, Monitor Radio Intl
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
Zambia, Christian Voice
Croatia, Croatian Radio
Austria, R Austria Intl
Georgia. Georgian Radio
Greece. Voice ot
Italy, IRRS
Netherlands, Radio
Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp
Greece, Voice of
Guam. AWR/KTWR
5995pa
9710pa
17715pa
11880as
4835do
5025do
4910do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6205am
5930eu
5900pa
15186af
t5186at
3366do
3985va
7230eu
11920as
21610as
4885do
9825do
9960va
7275do
4760do
7295do
9750as
6175as
7t t5eu
9570pa
t5340af
9965as
15250pa
t5470as
3316do
5020do
5950na
3955eu
6195eu
9600at
tt940af
15280as
15575me
17885af
6180eu
6005af
5810am
7510am
9930as
7535eu
5825eu
5760am
7490na
9465eu
3315am
7355eu
13695na
6065at
5975do
5950eu
5055at
4890do
61OOpa
6155eu
11910eu
9375eu
15185do
7125va
9720au
7180va
3366do
9375eu
15200as
6020pa
9860pa
6080pa
15415as
9580pa
15530as
13605as
15245as
15365as
7385am
7345eu
11615eu
21455au
491 Sdo
11725as
15165me
11740as
178 10va
4935do
6150do
11850pa
17815af
15295au
17765rne
15405pa
15560va
17720pa
17570va
17805pa
17665as
6175va
7325eu
9740as
12095va
I 5360va
17790as
6190al
9410eu
11760as
1so10va
15400va
17830al
Australia. Radio
08000900 vi
08000830 vi
08000900 vi
0800-0900
08000900 vi
Australia, VL8A Alice Spg

Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia.DefenseForces R
Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc
5995pa
97t Opa
21725as
2310do
5025do
4910do
15607af
9625do

Canada, CFRX Toronto
China, China Radio lnll
Costa Rica.RF Peace lnll
Ecuador, HCJB
Ecuador, HCJB
EQt Guinea. R East Atrica
Guam, TWR/KTWR
Indonesia, Voice of
Italy IRAS
Italy, IRRS
Kiribati. Radio
Lebanon. Wings ot Hope
Liberia. Radio ELWA
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia, Voice of
Monaco, Trans World Radio
Netherlands, Radio
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Pakistan. Radio
Palau. KHBNNoicc ot Hope
08000810
08000900 vi
0800-0900
08000900
Sierra Leone. SLBS

Solomon Islands. SIBC
South Korea. R Korea Intl
0800-0815
08000900
08000900
08000900
08000900
08000900
08000900
08000900
0800-0900
08000900 srntwht
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900 vi
0803-08t0
08050835 mlwhf
0815--0900 rnlwlf
08300900 vi
08300900
08300900
08300840
0830-0900
08300900
0838-0855 1st m
0855-0900

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KNLS Anchor Point AK
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
Australia, VL8K Katherine
Chile. Radio Esperanza
India, All India Radio
Netherlands. Radio
Slovakia, R Slovakia lnll
Guam, TWR/KTWR
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
11755pa
6205am
11 6t5eu
5900pa
15186af
15186af
3366do
t5200as
9525as
7125va
3985va
9825do
9960va
4760do
7295do
6175as
7115eu
7115eu
9720au
6100pa
15180as
17860au
15470eu
9730as
489C>do
9835va
15560va
3316do
5020do
7550eu
6190af
9740as
11955as
15400va
17830af
3955eu
5810am
9615as
7510arn
9930as
7535eu
5825eu
5760arn
7490na
9465eu
5065am
6065af
5975do
5920eu
5055af
3326do
2485do
6090sa
11910me
7250do
9720au
11990au
15220va
11830pa
9545do
5975va
7145va
9640va
11955as
15310as
17640va
11780eu
7160af
9815am
7425na
73 15am
13595na
5065arn
9985af
5935am
7370eu
6070af
9830eu
9500af
13830eu
9650af
13730eu
15410me
17870me
9425eu
15260do
11645au
t t 895pa
7295va
49t5do
9425eu
9590va
6020pa
9860pa
18t 94af
17690pa
21455au
9750as
15295au
t 189Spa
15230as
17895eu
9955as
1t800va
15580as
9545do
t3670eu
6195va
9805va
15070af
1557Sme
17885af
7t45va
9815am
9965as
15140as
I 2025as
15470as
9410eu
11760as
15280as
17640va
9600af
11940af
1531 Oas
t 7790as
12095eu
9425pa
7425na
7315am
t3595na
15665eu
5935am
7435am
7370eu
6070at
4990do
9830eu
9500af
15185do
11895pa
t 5460au
17860va
15260do
13700pa
17550au
t 3830eu
9650af
TURKEY: VOICE OF TURKEY, ANKARA

13805va
t 1645au
6080pa
t 5530as
I 5440pa
7385am
HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS
Z-96 in Engli sh
To
kHz
T i me
0800 UTC
0800-0900
08000900
08000900
08000900
08000900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0830
08000900
08000900 as
08000900 mtwhf
0800-0805 s
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900 vVas
08000900 mt\'lhf
08000900 vi
08000900
08000830
08000900
08000825
08000820 mtwhf
08000805 a
08000825
08000900
08000850
08000830 s
0800-0850
08000900 vi
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900
9580pa
t77t5pa
Site
Eu
As
Eu
Eu
Eu
9445
1230 I 330
9630
1230 I 330
9445
1830 I 930
9535
1830 I 930
7280
22002300
NAm 9655
22002300
Au
9560
2200-2300
NAm I 1810 23002400
NAm 9655
0300-0400
Af
9685
03000400
Au
I 1705 0300-0400
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kW
Azi muth
<;ak
500
310
Ernr
500
90
<;ak
500
3 10
Emr
500 SS B 335
<;ak
250
3 10
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500
290
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500
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Emr
500 SS B 290
Emr
500
290
<;ak
250
152
Ernr
500
I 05
Emirl er 32 E 5 1 39 N 29
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June
1996
MONITORING TIMES
SS
ra.aoRTW
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~n
."UIDE
0900 UTC
S:OO AM EDT/ 2:00 AM PDT

l
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--
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1000 UTC
6:00 AM EDT/ 3:00 AM PDT
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FREQUENCIES . . . .
0900-1000
Ausllalta. Radio
0900-lOOOvl
0900-1000 vi
0900 1000 vi
0900- 1000
09000930 mtwhfa
0900-1000
09001000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900- 1000
0900- 1000
0900-1000
09000930
0900-1000
0900-1000 as
0900 1000 mtwh1
0900-0950
Australta. VLBA Allee Spg

Australta. VL8K Katherine
Auslralia.Defenseforces R
Belgium. R Vlaanderen lnl
Canada CFCX Mon1real
Ecuador. HCJB
EQt Guinea. R Eas1 Alrica
EQt Guinea. Radio Africa
0900-0915 mtwtf
09000915
0900-1000
0900-1000 vi/as
0900-0930 mtwh1
0900-1000
0900-0948 vi
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-0930
0900-1000
0900 1000 vi
0900-1000
0900-0930
0900-1000

Guam. TWR/KTWR
Guam. TWR/KTWR
llaly. IRRS
llaly. IRRS
Japan. NHi(JRad10
Ktrrbah. Radio
Lebanon. Voice 01 Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Netherlanas. Radio
Ne"ll Zealand. R NZ Intl
Russia.Voice 01 Russia WS
Untied Kingdom. BBC WS
0900-0915
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000 smlwh1
0900-1000
0900- 1000
0900-1000 vi
0915-1000
0930-0955 m111hfa
0930-1000
0930-1000
0930-1000
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA, KTBN Sall Lk C1ly UT
USA. Montlor Radio lnll
USA. WEI/IN Burningham AL
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
Zambia. Chnstian Voice
Znnbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Austria. R Auslria lnll
Canada. C~ZN St John's
Mongolta. R Ulan Balor
Netherlands. Radio
0930-1000
0938-0955 1st m
Ph1l1ppines. FEBC/R lnll

5995as
9860pa
231000
2485do
491000
15607af
6035eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
11 755pa
6205am
15640pa
5900pa
15186a1
15186af
6160as
15410af
3366do
15200as
11830pa
7125va
3985va
9610as
9825do
6280va
9960va
7295do
9720au
6100pa
4890do
9835va
9885pa
6190af
11750as
15190sa
17640va
6065as
11955as
5810am
7510am
7395sa
5825eu
5760am
7490na
9465eu
5065am
6065af
5975do
6130do
6155eu
6160do
11850as
7260pa
13700pa
11635as
13800va
7240as
13605as
18194af
15545af
9510as
21725as
17595af
15440pa
7385am
17485af
21455au
17690pa
9565af
17800af
4915do
12055as
21600af
11850au
9580pa
15225af
21680as
15190as
13700pa
11800va
13685pa
6195va
11 940af
15280va
17705eu
7180as
15310as
9815am
12025as
17515pa
9410eu
12095eu
15400va
17830va
9580as
15360as
9740as
15070va
15575va
17885al
11760as
17790as
7535eu
7425na
7315am
13595na
9430as
13615pa
5935am
7435am
7295do
13730eu
15450as
17870au
12085as
9720au
9810pa
11895pa
9510as
15170as
9580pa
2t725as
15580as
17860va
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1 lOOvl
1000-l lOOvl
1000-1 100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000 1100 vi
1000-t 100
1000-1100
Lebanon, Wings of Hope

Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. RTM Kuching
Malaysia.ATM KotaKinabalu
Netherlands. Radio
Nigeria. Voice of
Philtppmes. FEBC/R Intl
Russa.Vo1ce of Russia WS
1000- 1100
10001030
1000- 1100
Singapore. SBC Radio One

Switzerland, Swiss A Intl
Uni1ed Kingdom. BBC WS
1000-1100
1000-1100
10001100
1000-1100
1000-1100
USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Salt lk City UT
USA, KWHR Naatehu HI
USA. Vorce of Amerrca
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1030
1000-1100
1030-1055
1030-1057
1030-t 100
1030-1055
1038-1055 l st m
USA. WGTG McCaysvrlle GA

USA. WJCR Upton KY
Vietnam. Voice of
Zambra. Chrrs11an Voice
Austria, R Austria Intl
Guam. AWR/KSDA
UAE. Radio Dubai
9960va
7295do
716000
598000
7260as
6100pa
7255af
4890do
t 1635as
9835va
t 5520as
6155do
6 t65eu
5965na
9740as
12095eu
15310as
17705va
58t0am
7510arn
9930as
6095ca
5985va
11120va
9400am
6040am
7490na
5065arn
5950na
7360na
6065af
15450as
7345eu
9530as
13675eu
9480eu
9720pa
9810pa
11655as
17560as
11800va
t7775as
12025as
17870va
9535eu
6190al
11750as
15070va
15400af
17790as
9815am
6195va
11760as
15190sa
t5575va
17830va
941Oeu
11940al
15280va
1764()va
17885af
9430as
7405am
13840as
9590am
6185am
13595na
5935am
9475am
15685am
9340as
12020as
1so10as
17825eu
21605me
7395sa
6165am
15425va
17870au
9j05eu
15395eu
15220na
HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS
ITALY: INTERNATIONAL RADIO RELAY SERVICE
IRRS for Z-96:
0500-0530
Sat/S un
7 125
M-F
0500-0930
3985
0530 -0730
daily
3985
0730 -1 330
dai ly
7 125
1330-2000
dail y
3985
2000-2200
Fri-Sun
3980
(Benelux DX Club vi a BDXC)
1000 UTC
1000-1100
Australia. Radio
1000-11 00 vi
1000-1 100 vi
1000-1100 vi
1000-1100
1000-l lOOvl
1000-1100
10001100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
10001100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-llOOas
t 000-1100 rn tl'lhl
1000- 1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100 vi/a~
1000-1100

Australia. VL8K Kathe11ne
Austraha.DelenseForces R
Canada. CHNX Hahlax
Canada. CKZN SI John's
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. R East Africa
Eqt Guinea. Radio Afrrca
Guam. AWRIKSDA
Iraq, Radio Iraq Intl
Italy, IRRS
Lebanon. Voice ol Hope
S6
MONITORING TIMES
June
5995as
9860pa
2310do
2485do
4910do
13525as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
11755pa
6205am
5900pa
15186al
15186af
9370as
13700as
13680eu
7125va
6280va
1996
7240as
13605as
ll!I
I
HAUSER' S HIGHLIGHTS
15440pa
7385am
21455au
15050as
17387au
t 7890as
SERBIA: R. YUGOSLAVIA
Z -96 in Engl ish
0000
Eu & NAm
7 115 (not Sun)
0430
Eu & WNAm
71 30
1830
Af
9720
Eu
6 100
2030
Au
7230
2100
Eu
6 100. 6 185
(Dr Ji.irgcn Ku biak. BC-DX)
FREQUENCIES .
11001200
Australia. Radio
11001200vl
1100 1200vl
11001200vl
11001200
11001200
11001200
11001200
11001200
1100 1200
1100 12CO
11001200
11001200
1100-11 30
11001200
11001200as
1100 1200
11001150

Australia. VL8K Ka1he11ne
Australia.DelenseForces A
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Costa Rica. Adv World A
Ecuador. HCJO
Ecuador. HCJB
Eql Guinea, R East Aln ca
Eqt Guinea. Radio Alrica
11001200
1100 1200 vVas
1100120J
1100120)vl
11001200vl
11001200
11001150
11001115
11001200vl
1100 1200 vi
11001200
Iraq. Radio Iraq Intl

Italy, IRAS
Japan. NHKIRadio
Malaysia Radio
Malaysia ATM Kuch1ng
North Korea. A Pyongyang
Pakistan. Radio
Palau, KHBNN01ce ol Hope
Russia.Voice ol Russia ws
11001200
11001200
11001130

Singapore.A Singapore Int
1100120~
. ..
..
5995as
9615as
155303s
2310do
2485do
4910do
13525as
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
7375am
6205am
5900pa
15115am
1518631
9530as
15370al
17860al
13680eu
7125va
6120na
7295do
7160do
5980do
6100pa
6575na
15470as
9730as
4890do
4740as
15520as
17775as
6155do
6015as
11835as
7240as
9860pa
15565as
9725am
7385am
12005va
21455am
9510pa
13605as
13750am
11001130
11001200
1100 1200
Switzerland. Swiss A Intl

Taiwan. Voice ol Asia
1100 1130
1100 1200
1100 1200
1100 1200
1100 1200
1100 1200
21660al
USA. KAIJ Dallas Tl<
USA, Voice ol America
1100 1200
I 1001200
11001200
11001200
11001200
11001200
11001200
1130 1155
11301200
11301200 vi
11301200
11301200

USA, WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Austria. A Austria Intl
Bulgaria. Radio
Finland. YLE/R Finland
Iran. VOIRI
17715al
9610as
15350as
9975na
17895as
9985as
11335na
7150as
15560as
17870as
11655as
16560as
1780031
15140as
1130 1200a
11301155s
11 301200
11301200
11301200
11301 159
1135 1140
11381 155 I sl m

Myanmar. Voice of
Netherlands. Radio
Sweden. Radio
Va1ican Stale. Vatican A
Denmark. A Denmark Intl
15460as
17755as
. .. . .
13635as
7445as
5965na
94t0eu
11 760as
15070va
17640va
21455au
15410al
21600al
15120as
9580pa
15170as
. .. . . . . . .
9700au
5810am
75t0am
9930as
6095na
5985va
9590am
15160va
7425na
9400am
6040am
7490na
5935am
5950na
6065at
13730na
13790as
8660as
11900na
I 1745as
1526031
711 5eu
71 15eu
5990do
6045eu
11650na
15210va
9595do
7295eu
15415as
17515as
6190al
9580as
11940al
15220va
17705va
6t95va
9740va
11 955as
15310as
1783031
71803s
11750as
12095eu
15575va
17885al
15190sa
9815am
15400eu
17790va
7395ca
61tOva
9645va
15425va
9355as
6165am
9760va
9430au
7405am
11720va
9475am
15685am
6185am
13595na
7435am
11830na
I 1445as
15400na
11790as
17750me
7190eu
15240na
15570va
11620do
17740al
1170Das
11875me
11930me
17550va
117t 0do
15185do
17850au
SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
1100
1100
1100
1130
1130
11 30
New Zealand. A NZ Intl: llewsdesk (BBC).

USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: The Water ol Lile Broadcast. See S
0100.
WHAi (Angel 112}: Breakthrough. Rod Parsley conducts
services lrom the Wortd Harvest Church in Columbus, OH.
New Zealand. A NZ Intl: Good Nigh1lrom Wellington.
Sweden. Radio: In Touch with Stockholm (b1weekM. A
ma!lbag program with on-theair linkups.
Sweden. Radio: Sounds llord1c (biweekly). The very latest
and best in Swedish rock and pop music. interviews with the
stars. and what's happening on the youth scene.
Mondays
1100
1100
1100
1130
1130
1130
t 130
1145
1146
New Zealand, A NZ Intl: Newsdesk (BBC).

USA, KWHR Naalehu HI: Biblical Studies Institute. Bob Trcl
evangelizes from Rapid City, South Dakota.
WHAi (Angel 112): Music See S0200.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Faith and Works.
Sweden, Radio: Sixty Degrees North. Reports, interviews and
analysis lrom Stockholm and other Nordic capitals.
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI: Faith Seminar of the Air. Kenneth
Hagin evangelizes.
WHAi (Angel 1/2): The Hour of Courage. See S 0400.
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI: Listen to Jesus. Clinton and Sarah
Oulerbach lrom The Redeeming Love Christian Center of
Nanuet. NY.
Sweden. Radio: SportScan. A weekly review of all the news in
sports hosted by Keith Foster.
Tuesdays
1100
1100
1100
1130
1130
1130
1130
1141
1145
Nev. Zealand. A NZ Intl: Newsdesk (BBC).

USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Modern Manna. Danny Vierra tells
you how to evaluate your life and make changes for better
health.
WHRI (Angel 1/2): MUSIC. Sees 0200.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: On the March.
Sweden, Radio: Sixty Deg1ees North. See M 1130.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Faith Seminar ol the Air. See M
1130.
WHRI (Angel 112): The Hour of Courage. See S0400.
Swe~en, Radio: MediaScan (1/3). Satellite news 85%;
medium wave and shortwave news 15%.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Listen to Jesus. See M 1145.
Wednesdays
1100
I 100
1100
1130
1130
t t30
1130
1142
1145
1154
1154
1154
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Newsdesk (BBC).

USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Biblical Studies Institute. See M
1100.
WHAi (Angel 1/2): Music. See S 0200.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Orient Express.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Faith Seminar of the Air. See M
1130.
WHAi (Angel 1/2): The Hour ol Courage. See S 0400.
Sweden, Radio: Money Mailers. Al Simon presents news
abou1 the Swedish economy, business. consumer affairs.
and Sweden's EU membership.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Listen to Jesus. See M 1145.
Radio Nethertands: Documentary. Can White Folks Play 1he
Blues? (5th). Docs Helen Barrington answer the question in
this report?
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Five Years ol Yugoslavia
(19th.26th). See F 1454.
Radio Nethc1tands: Documentary. Year ol the African Child
(12th). See A 2354.
Thursdays
1100
t 100
I 100
1130
t 130
1130
t 130
I 143
1145
1145
1146

USA, KWHR Naalohu HI: Modem Manna. See T 1too.
WHAi (Angel 1/2): Music. See S 0200.
New Zealand. R NZ Intl: Trading Post.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Faith Seminar of theAir. See M
1130.
WHAi (Angel 112): The Hour ol Courage. See S 0400.
Sweden. Radio: GreenScan. Environmental concerns and
solutions.
New Zealand, R NZ Intl: Trade Winds.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Listen to Jesus. See M t 145.
Sweden. Radio: Horizon (4/5). Science and technology in
Sweden.
Fridays
1100
1100
1100

USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Biblical Studies lnstttute. See M
1100.
1130
1130
1130
1130
1135
New Zealand, A NZ Intl: Dateline Pacific.

Sweden, Radio: Sixty Degrees North. See M 1130.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Faith Seminar of the Air. See M
t130.
WHAi (Angel 1/2): The Hour ol Courage. See S 0400.
Sweden, Radio: A Review ol the Newsweek. The major stories
of the week. both from Sweden and their Nordic neighbors.
Saturdavs
1100
1100
1107
1130
1130
New fealand. A NZ Intl: Newsdesk (BBC).

WHAi (Angel 2): For the People (repeat). See T 0206.
New Zealand, A NZ Intl: Good Night lrom Wellington.
Sweden, Radio: Spectrum (1 ). See S 0030.
THANK YOU ...

ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS
MONTH' s SHORTWAVE GUIDE:
Jerry E. Anderson, San Antonio, TX;
John Babbis, Silver Spri ng, MD: Brian
Bagwell. St. Lo uis. MO: Patrick J. Barry.
Mi ssion Viejo. CA: Capt. Ken Barry,
Blackpool. England. Bob Fraser.
Cohasset. MA: Frank Hillton, C harleston. SC; Rev. Michael G. Mayer. Dover.
DE; J im Moats, Ravenna. OH; S.W.
Nelson. Lebanon. MO: Giovanni Serra.
Ro me. Italy; Robert E. Thomas II .
Bridgeport. CT: Larry & Loyd Van Horn.
Brasstown, NC: John F. Wil son.
Hockessin, DE: BBCMS: BBC World
Media; BBC S11111111al)' r~l World Broadca sts: Internet Shortwave Newsgroups.
June 1996
MONITORING TIMES
57
FREQUENCIES .
12001300
_,.,,..-
~ ~-...
'_,,..
---"'
~.
.... .....
. .
12001300
1200 1230
12001215
1200 1300 vi
1200- 1300
12001300
12001300
12001300
1200 1300
12001300
12001300
12001300
Auslralia. Radio
956Das
9580pa
Brazil. Radio Bras
Bulgaria. Radio
Cambodia. Natl Voice ot
Canada CFAX Toronto
Canada. CKZU Vancouve1
China. Chma Radio Intl
1200 1230 vi
12001300
12001300
1200 1300
1200 1300 as
12001300
1200 1300
China. Gilma Radio Intl

Cosla Rica. Adv World R
Ecuador. HCJB
France. Radio France Intl
12001230
Iran. VOIRI
12001300
1200 1300 vUas
12001300
1200-1300
1200-1300 v1
1200-1230
1200-1250
1200-1300
1200 1206
1200 1230 s
1200 1300 vi
Iraq. Radio Iraq Intl

Italy. IRAS
Jordan. Radio
Malaysia. Radio
Mongolia. R Ulan Bator
Myanmar. Voice of
Netherlands. Radio
Palau. KHBN!Voice of Hope
1200 1255
Poland. Polish R Warsaw
12001300
::~~ :; :~~
SHORTWRVE ...GUIDE
-
1200 UTC
5995pa
9615as
15445na
13790as
11940as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9640am
7385na
11795pa
8660as
5030am
6200am
12005am
15186at
9530as
9805eu
15195eu
11 745as
15260at
13680eu
7125va
11940va
7295do
5980do
9475as
5990do
6045eu
6100pa
9590eu
9730as
15140as
6095cu
11a1seu
4740as
1511oas
6060pa
11800pa
6080pa
15565as
11815am
7410as
13650am
9715as
11445as
6150am
7385am
15115am
11700as
9725am
15050am
21455am
11600as
15325at
11 790as
17750me
13625am
15530ca
11875me
7260as
1200 1300
1200 1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
12001300
1200 1300
11660as
1211oas
13750am
15155eu
17575am
11930me
11970va
12085as
7190eu
13800eu
9955as
15305eu
9965as
9985as
7145eu
7270eu
9525cu
4975as
15230as
11655as
15435as
. . . . .. . .
11 785as
15510as
12001300
12001300
1200 1300
12001300
1200-1300

Singapore.A Singapore In!
South Korea. A Korea Intl
Swi1Zertand. Swiss A Intl
Uniled Kingdom. BBCWS
9410eu
958Das
11955as
12095eu
17640va
17705va
USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KWHA Naalehu HI
12001300
12001300
12001300
12001300
1200- 1300
1200 1300 s
12001300
1200 1300
1200-1230
12001300
12071300 occsnal
12151300
12301300
1230 1255 s
1230 1300
12301300
1230 I 300 mtwht
12301235
12301300 w
12301300
1230 I 300
12301300
1230 I 300
1238-1255 lst m
1240 1250

USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R M1am1 Intl
USA. \W/CR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee Fl
Uzbekistan. R Tashkenl
Zanbia, Christian Vmce
New Zealand R NZ Intl
EQ}pt, Radio Cairo
Bangladesh. Radio
Bulgaria, Radio
Finland. YLEIR Finland
Indonesia. ARI Sarong
Sweden. Radio
Vie1nam. Voice of
Greece. Voice of
15520as
6155do
6015as
7285va
6165eu
713Dau
5965na
9740va
15070va
17830at
5810am
7510am
9930as
6095na
61 10va
15160va
7425na
9400am
9400am
6040am
7490na
9955am
5935am
5950na
7190as
6065at
6100pa
17595as
7185as
13605na
15620as
6150as
11900na
4860do
4875do
11835au
9570as
13740as
7360as
9590va
15650af
"7755as
9535eu
9610as
6190at
I 1750as
15220va
17885at
9815am
9355as
9645va
15425va
15665eu
17775as
17870as
6195va
11760as
15310as
21660at
7180as
11940at
15575va
9430au
9760va
9455sa
11715va
9475am
11830na
t 5295as
15685am
17750na
6185am
13595na
7435am
6015na
9715as
9648as
15540na
11730as
15400na
6185do
17865do
9640as
15240pa
9840as
11840va
12030as
13800va
13670as
15305va
SELECTED PROGRAMS . .
Sundavs
1200
1200
1206
1210
1213
1220
1225
1230
1230
1230
1235
1235
1237
1245
1245
wlfRI (Angel 1): Alive Today. D. Johnson.

WHRI (Angel 2): In Touch The ministry of Chartes Stanley.
Ganada. RGI Quirks and Quarks. Updating what's new and
whars next in science.
China R Intl: News about China. See S 0010.
China R Intl: Sports Beat. News from sports.
China R Intl: China Snapshots. A tour around cities and town
in China 111th focus on local tlavor and customs.
China R Intl tn the Third World. A report on projects in
develop111g coun tries.
Sweden, Radio: In Touch with Stockholm (bhveekly). See S
1130
Sweden. Radio Sounds Nordic (biweekly). See S 1t 30.
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Intl: Radio World. See S 0635.
China R Intl: Song of the Week. A selection of the new pop
music in China.
Canada, RGI (Asia). The Mailbag. Listener letters, musical
selection s, and happenings in Canada.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: PO Box 26. See S 0645.
China R Intl: Listeners Letterbox. Lislener letters and
lntormat1on about China.
Mondavs
1200
1207
1210
1215
1219
1230
1230
1230
1234
1234
1239
124 I
1245
1245
t 248
58
WHitl (Angel 2): The Voice of Praise. See M 0645.

Canada. RGI: Doub'e Exposure. See S 0205.
WHAi (Angel 112): Reach Out Pastor Jeiry Lynn. Galvary
Chapel of Albany. New York with Bible teaching.
China R Intl Current Atta1rs. Happenings in China.
China R Intl Press Clippings. Items from the Chinese press.
Sweden. Radio Suely Degrees North See M 1130.
WHAi (Ange1112) Faith Seminar of the Air See M 0615
Ganada. RGI: The Royal Canadian Air Farce. See S 0232.
China R Intl: Chinas Open Windows. Focus on a particular
area of investment in China.
China R Intl: Investing in China. A report on an aspect of
foreign investment in Chinese industry.
Canada. RGI (Asia): Spectrum. Current affairs. features. and
a business report.
China R Intl: Idioms and ll1eir Stories. A regular feature tor
students studying Chinese.
WHAi (Angel 1): Music. See S0200.
Sweden. Radio: SportScan. See M 1146.
MONITORING TIMES
June 1996
Tuesdavs
1200
1210
1210
1215
1215
1219
1230
1230
1233
1238
1241
1241
1245
1245
WHffi (Angel 2): The Voice of Praise. See M 0645.

Ganada. RC!: As ft Happens. A dally phonein show
introducing listeners to the newsmakers of the day and
people whose stories might otherwise not be told.
China R Intl: News Analysis. Background on current news
events
WHAi (Angel 112): Reach Out. See M 1215.
China R Intl: Current Affairs. See M 1219.
WHAi (Angel 112): Faith Seminar of the Air. See M 0615.
China R Intl: Press Clippings. See M 1230.
China R Intl: Orient Arena. Sporting events; personalities.
Canada, RCI (Asia): Spectrum. See M 1241.
Sweden, Radio: MediaScan (1/3). Seo T 1141.
China R Intl: Listeners' Letterbox. Sees 1245.
Wednesdays
1200
1210
1210
1215
1218
1230
1230
1233
1240
1241
t 242
1245
WHAi (Angel 2): The Voice of Praise. See M 0645.

Canada. RCI: As It Happens. See T 1210.
China R Intl: News abou1China. See S0010.
WHRl(Angel 112): Reach Out. See M 1215.
China R Intl Current Alfa1rs. See M 1219.
WHAi (Angel 112): Faith Seminar of the Air. See M 0615.
China R Intl: Profile. The activities ot an interesting individual
are examined.
China R Intl. Learn to Speak Chinese. Chinese language
lessons tor English speakers.
Canada. RCI (Asia) Speclrum. See M 1241.
Sweden. Radio: Money Matters. See W 1142.
WHAi (Angel 1) Music. See S 0200.
Thursdavs
1200
1210
1210
1215
1215
1219
1230
1230
1234
WHAi 1Angel 2): The Voice of Praise. See M 0645.

Canada. RCI: As It Happens. See T 1210.
China R Intl News about China. See S 0010.
ChinaRlntl. NewsAnalys1s. SeeT 1215.
WHAi (Angel 112): Reach Out See M 1215.
Sweden. Radio: Sixty Degrees 'Jorth. See M 1130.
WHAi (Angel 112): Faith Seminar of lhe Air. See M 0615.
China R Intl. Press Clippings. See M 1230.
1238
1241
1243
1244
1245
1246
China R Intl: Focus. Looking at an issue of significance to

China's development
Ganada, RGI (Asra): Spectrum See M 1241.
Sweden. Radio: GreenScan. See H 1143.
China R Intl: Cullural Spectrum. The rich cullUral heritage of
China in literature. music and art.
WHAi (Angel 1) Music. See S 0200.
Sweden. Radio: Hor11on (415). See H 1146.
Fridavs
1200
1210
1210
1215
1220
1230
1230
1234
1235
1241
1245
1246
1254
1254
1254
"1HRI (Angel 2): The Voice of Praise. See M 0645.

Canada. RGI: As It Happens. See T 1210.
China R Intl: News about China. See S0010.
WHAi (Angel 112): Reach Out See M 1215.
Sweden, Radio: Sh<ly Degrees North. See M 1130.
WHAi (Angel 1/2): Faith Seminar of the Air. See M 0615.
China R Intl: Life in China. Everyday living.
Sv.eden, Radio: A Review of 1he Newsweek. See F 1135.
Canada, RGI (Asia): Spectrum. See M 1241.
China R Intl: Global Review. News about developing nations.
Radio Nelhenands. Documentary. Can White Folks Play the
Blues? (71h). See w 11 54
Radio Netherlands. Documentary. Five Years of Yugoslavia
(21st.28th). See F 1454.
Radio Netherlands: Oocumenlary. Year ot the African Child
(14th). See A 2354.
Saturdavs
1200
1200
1210
1210
1215
1215
1220
1229
1230
1230
1230
1235
1236
WHAi(Angei 1): Music. See S 0200.

WHAi (Angel 2): The Gospel Trumpet Broadcast. From the 1st
Netherlands Reformed Church in Grand Rapids. Michigan.
Canada. RGI: As It Happens See T 1210.
China R Intl: News about China See S 0010.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI MUSIC. See M 0130.
WHRI (Angel 2): MUSIC. Sees 0200.
China R Intl: Travel Talk. See S 0020.
China R Intl: The Cooking Show See S 0029.
Sweden. Radio: Spectrum (1 ). See S 0030.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Day of Decision. See S 1430.
WHAi (Angel 2): The Voice ot Salvation. See S 1530.
China R Intl: Music from China. See S 0035.
Canada. RCI (Asia): Earth Watch. See S 0131 .
FREQUENCIES . . .
13001400
Auslraha. Radio
13001330
Aus1raha. Radio
1300 1330 m1whfa Belgium. R Vlaanderen lnl
13001320
Brazil. Radio Bras
13001330
Bulgana. Radio
13001400 vi
13001400
Canada. CFCX Monlreal
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001330
13001400
13001330
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
13001400
Ecuador. HCJB
13001330
Egypt, Radio Carro
1300-1400 as
Eqt Guinea. R East Afnca
130().1400
Eql Guinea. Radio Afnca
Iraq. Rado Iraq Intl
13001400
13001330 vVas
Italy. IRRS
13001400
13001400
Malaysia. Radio
1300 1400 vi
Malaysia. RTM Kuching
13001400 vi
Malays1a.RTM KotaKinabalu
13001325
Netherlands. Radio
1300 1400 occsnal New Zealand. R NZ Intl
13001350
Nonh Korea. R Pyongyang
13001330 s
13001400 vl

13001400
13001356
1300-1400
13001400
1300-1400
Philippines, FEBCIR Intl

Russia. Voice of Russia WS
Singapore, SBC Radio One
Singapore.R Singapore Int
5995pa
961Qas
6060pa
13605na
t 5445na
15620as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9640na
7385na
7410as
6200am
11660na
12005am
17595as
15186af
9530as
13680as
7125va
9960va
7295do
7160do
5980do
6045eu
6100pa
9345as
15430as
13800as
9730as
15140as
1I995as
9690eu
15460as
6155do
6015as
7240as
I 1800pa
6080as
15540na
11855na
9715as
7385am
17845af
15115am
9560pa
95BOpa
13001330
13001400

13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400
1300 1400
13001400
17885a1
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KJES Mesquite NM
USA. KNLS Anchor Point AK
13001330
13001400
1300-1400
13001400
1300-1400
1300-1400s
13001400
1300-1400a
1300-1400
1300-1400
13001400
13021400
13301355
13301357
1330 1400
13301400
13301400 V1
13301400
13301400
13301400
13301355
13301400
13301400
13351345
t33813551 st m
13451400

USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WI/HA Greenbush ME
USA. WYFA Okeechobee FL
Austria, RAustria Intl
Guam. AWFVKSDA
Italy. IRRS
Netherlands. Radio
Sweden. Radio
Turkey. Voice of
UAE. Radio Dubai
Uzbekistan. R Tashkent
Vietnam. Voice of
Greece. Voice of
7230as
5965na
94 lOeu
11750as
15070va
15575va
21470af
5810am
11715na
7365as
7510am
6095na
61 IOva
15425va
11715va
9580na
9400am
6040am
7490na
9955am
15420am
15745eu
9475am
5950na
6065af
1155Qas
6155eu
6150as
9650as
11620as
3985va
9895as
9835as
9445va
13675eu
7190as
7360as
15175na
9590va
9500as
9510pa
11660pa
15050arn
21455am
7190eu
9640eu
11740as
15230as
15340na
9955as
9965as
9985as
1l940eu
15560as
15365eu
17755as
17720eu
7480as
5990as
9515va
1176Qas
15220am
17640va
21660af
13635as
6190af
9590va
11940af
15310as
f 7705va
15240as
6195va
9740as
12095eu
15420af
17830af
9355as
9645va
9455na
9760va
13625au
15160va
11875na
I 5665eu
15105am
13595na
12160am
11830na
13845am
13695na
t5685am
17750na
13730eu
9535as
13750as
13700as
11650na
9630as
15395eu
9715as
9840as
15650na
13800va
11625as
15f50as
15240na
17825eu
15295as
12030as
21605me
15305va
13765pa
15340va
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundavs
1300
1300
131 1
1315
1330
1330
1330
1330
1330
1337
1345
1350
US1, KWHR Naalehu HI: Chnst Gospel Broadcast. See S

0030.
WHAi (Angel 112): Gospel Crusade Ministries. Scnpture
1eachings by Roger Hednck and lree bible correspondence
courses.
Canada. RCI Montreal: Sunday Morning (1st hour). CBC
Radios powerful and crrtically acclaimed three-hour current
affairs program examines the evenls and ideas that shape
our world.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: From the Bible. Insight on life and
Its meaning in today's world with Terry Rousseau.
SNeden. Radio: In Touch with Stockholm (biweekly). See S
1130.
SNeden, Radio: Sounds Nordic (biweekly). See S 1130.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Cornerslone Minislnes. Dwight
Hammond.
WHRI (Angel 1): The Gospel Blessings Broadcasl. Glenn
McHatten evangelizes.
WHRI (Angel 2): The Banner of Trulh Broadcast. See S0630.
Canada. RCI Montreal: The Mailbag See S 1237.
WHRI (Angel 1/2): Bible Palhway. Rick Hash with five
rrinules of Bible readings.
WHRI (Angel 2): Southern Gospel Music Joe Brashier is
both disc 1ockey and host.
Mondays
1300
1300
1305
1305
1311
t3t5
1321
1325
1330
1340
1346
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Sounds of Praise. A LeSEA

Poduction.
WHAi (Angel 112): Wortd Harvest (trve). An hour of Chnstian
rrus1c and information for WHAi supponers.
Belgium. R Vtaanderen Intl. Press Review. See M 0635.
Canada. RCI Montreal: The Besl of Morningside. Repeats of
the CBC's morning program.
Belgium. R Vtaanderen Intl. Belgium Today. See M 0641.
Belgium. R Vtaanderen Intl. The Ans. See M 0645.
Belgium. R Vfaanderen Intl: Tounsm. See M 0651.
Belgium. R Vfaanderen Intl. Music. See S 2355.
Canada. RCI Montreal: Spectrum See M 1241 .
Sweden. Radio: SportScan. See M t 146.
Tuesdays
1300
1300
USA. KWHR Naalehu Iii: Sounds of Praise. See M 1300.

WHAi (Angel 112): World Harvest (live). See M 1300.
1305
1305
1309
1316
f320
1325
1330
1340
1341
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Intl: Press Review. See M 0635.

canada, RCf Monlreal: The Best of Morningside. See M
1305.
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Intl: Focus on Europe. See M 2344.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Sports Report. See M 2349.
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Intl: Music. See S 2355.
Canada, RGI Montreal: Spectrum. See M 1241.
Sweden. Radio: MediaScan (1/3). See T 1141.
Wednesdavs
1300
1300
1305
1305
1309
1316
1320
1325
1330
1340
1342
1354
1354
1354
USA. KWH'h Naalehu HI: Sounds of Praise. See M 1300.

WHAi (Angel 1/2): World Harvest (live). See M 1300.
Belgium. R Vfaanderen Intl: Press Review. See M 0635.
Canada, RGI Montreal: The Best of Morningside. See M
1305.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Belgium Today. See M 0641.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Living In Belgium. See T 2345.
Belgium, A Vlaanderen Intl: Green Society. See T 2349.
Belgium. R Vfaanderen Intl: Music. See S 2355.
Sweden, Radio: Slxly Degrees Nonh. See M 1130.
Canada, ACI Montreal: Spectrum. See M 1241 .
Sweden, Radio: Money Matters. See W 1142.
Radio Nelherfands: Documentary. Gan White Folks Play the
Blues? (5th). See W 1t54.
Radio Nelherlands: Documentary. Fi1e Years of Yugoslavia
(19th.26th). See F 1454.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Year of the African Child
(12th). See A 2354.
Thursdavs
1300
1300
1305
1305
1309
1315
1319
1325
1330
1340
1343
1346
USA. ~HA Naalehu HI: Sounds of Praise. See M 1300.

WHRf (Angel 1/2): World Harvest (live). See M 1300.
Belgium. R Vfaandcren Intl: Press Review. See M 0635.
Ganada. RCf Montreal: The Best of Mormngs1de. See M
1305.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Belgium Today. See M 0641.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: The Ans. See M 0645.
Belgium. R Vlaande1en Intl Around Town. See W 2349.
Belgium. R Vlaandercn lnll: Music. See S 2355.
Canada. RCI Montreal: Spectrum. See M 1241.
Sweden, Radio: G1eenScan. See H 1143.
Sweden. Radio: Horizon (415). See H 1146.
Fridavs
1300
1300
1305
1306
1311
1316
1319
1325
1330
1335
1340
ll!;A. KWHR Naalehu HI: Sounds of Praise. See M 1300.

WHAi (Angel 112): Wortd Harvesl (live). See M 1300.
Canada, RCI Montreal: The Best of Morningside. See M
1305.
Belgium, A Vlaanderen Intl. Press Review. See M 0635.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: International Repon. See H
2343.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Economics. See H 2349.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Music. See S 2355.
Sweden. Radio: A Review of the Newsweek. See Ff 135.
canada. RCI Montreal: Spectrum. See M 1241.
Saturdavs
1300
1300
1300
1305
1310
1311
1315
1325
1325
1330
1330
1330
1330
1336
1345
1345
USA, RWHR Naalehu HI: Spirit of Truth. Don Young otters

words of encouragement and joy.
WHAi (Angel I): Listen to Jesus. See M 0630.
WHAi (Angel 2): Modern Manna. Danny Vierra tells you how
to evaluate your life and make changes for better health.
Belgium. RVfaanderen lnll. Press Review. See M 0635.
Belgium, RVfaanderen Intl Music from Flanders See A
0640.
canada (North-Quebec): The House. A lrvely and critical look
at the national political scene and national issues hosted by
Jason Moscovitz.
USA. KWHR Naalehu Hf: Bible Pathway. Rick Hash \nth five
minutes of Bible readings.
Belgium. R Vtaanderen Intl: Music. See S 2355.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Fa~h 1n Action. Betty Pctterbaum of
Hawaii interprels the Bible.
Sweden. Radio: Spectrum (1). See S 0030.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Christ Gospel Broadcast See S
0030.
WHRI (Angel f): Eternal Good News. Germaine Lockwood
teaches from the Old Testament.
WHAi (Angel 2): Biblical Studies Institute. See S 0300.
Canada. RCI Montreal: lnnovalion Canada. See S 0107.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: The Bread of Life Victory Hour.
Brother Jack Meeks with music and teaching.
WHAi (Angel 1): Word of Faith. Aaron Collins preaches from
Jesus is Lord World Outreach Center in Racine. Wisconsin.
June
1996
MONITORING TIMES
59
FREQUENCIES .
... ... .... ... .. ...
1400-1430
1400-1500
1400-t500
1400-1500 vi
t400-t500
1400-1500
t400-t500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
t400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
t 400-1500 as
t400-1500
t400-1500
1400-1430
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500 vi
1400t500 vi
1400-1500
1400-1500 occsnal
1400-1500 vi
Australia. Radio
Australia, Radio
Australia,DefenseForces R
Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada, R Canada Intl
Ecuador, HCJB
Eqt Guinea, R East Africa
Israel, Kol Israel
Italy. IRAS
Japan, NHK/Radio
Malaysia, Radio
Malaysia, RTM Kuching
Malaysia.ATM KolaKinabalu
Netherlands, Radio
1400-1500
1400-t500

1400-t500
t400-1430
Singapore, SBC Radio One

Turkey. Voice of
7240pa
5995pa
8743af
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9640na
7405na
6200am
12005am
15186af
7110as
11620as
12077va
3985va
t 1705na
9960va
7295do
7160do
5980do
9890as
61 OOpa
9730as
15t 40as
11995as
4740me
9705me
15320me
6155do
9445va
9560as
9580pa
10623af
9610pa
9615as
11855na
9530as
7385am
15115am
17560me
11895as
11915na
13700as
15150as
1400-1500
1400-1500
t400-t500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
21470af
USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KJES Mesquite NM
USA, KTBN Sall Lk City UT
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1405
1400-1500
1415-1500
1415-1425
14151500a
t4301500

USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WRNO New Orleans LA
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State, Vatican R
Bhutan, Bhutan BC Service
Nepal, Radio
USA, WVHA Greenbush ME
Australia. Radio
14301500
1430-t 500 vi
1430-1440
1430 t 440 mtwhf
t 430 1500 mtwhf
1430-1500
1430-t500
1438-1455 lsl m
t440-1500
1458-1500

Indonesia. RRI Uj Pandang
Portugal. R Portugal Intl
Romania, R Romania Intl
Myanmar, Voice of
Seychelles, FEBA Radio
11695pa
t1800pa
9785as
15050am
21455am
15405as
13750as
15615na
. ... ... . .. . .. . ..
9955as
9965as
9985as
4940me
11835me
15350me
7225me
11945me
15540me
9595me
t 1985me
9630as
5990as
941 Oeu
11750as
15070va
t7640va
21660af
t38t5am
1t715na
7510am
9355as
6110va
9760va
9580na
9400am
6040am
7490na
15420am
12160am
11550as
9500as
6065af
5023do
7165do
t5745eu
6060na
11695pa
9555eu
8660as
3945do
4753do
215t5me
11740as
t5400af
13800na
5990do
9870as
6190af
9515na
1t865am
15220am
17705va
6195va
9590va
t 1940af
15260na
17830af
7205as
9740va
t2095eu
t5575va
t7840va
7t25as
15255va
11875na
7215as
15395as
15665eu
9645as
15425va
15105am
13595na
13845am
11830na
11 625as
15685am
17750eu
13765pa
6080as
12oaopa
1t915eu
9880as
6185do
6090me
t 1660eu
11935eu
11445as
9565do
15325eu
15135as
9685do
118t0as
15335as
15340as
1t870as
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Thursdays
Sundays
1400
1405
1410
t413
1420
1425
1430
1435
1445
1450
WHRI (Angel 112): Christian Center Church (live). Dr. Lester

Sumrall preaches.
Canada. RC! Montreal: Sunday Morning (2nd hour). See S
13t 1.
China, China Radio Intl: Sports Beal. See S 1213.
China, China Radio Intl: In the Third World. See S 1225.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Day of Decision. Bob Roman
evangelizes from Texas.
China, China Radio Intl: Song of the Week. See S 1235.
China. China Radio Intl: Listeners' Lelterbox. See S 1245.
WHRI (Angel 1): Southern Gospel Music. See S 1350.
Mondays
1400
1410
1419
1430
1434
1439
1445

China, China Radio Intl: Press Clippings. See M 1230.
China, China Radio Intl: China's Open Windows. See M 1234.
China, China Radio Intl: lnvesling in China. See M 1239.
China, China Radio Intl: Idioms and Their Stories. See M 1245.
Tuesdays
1400
1410
1415
1419
1433
1438
1445
60
WHRI (Angel t12): Music. See S0200.

China, China Radio Intl: Profile. See W 1233.
China, China Radio Intl: Learn to Speak Chmese. See W 1240.
MONITORING TIMES
June
1996
WHRI (Angel 1/2): Music. See S 0200.

China. China Radio Intl: Cultural Spectrum. See H 1244.
Fridays
1400
t410
t420
1434
1446
1454
1454
1454
WHRI (Angel 1/2): Music. See S0200.

China, China Radio Intl: News about China. See S0010.
China. China Radio Intl: Current Affairs. See M 12t9.
China, China Radio Intl: Life in China. See F 1234.
China. China Radio Intl: Global Review. See F 1246.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Can While Folks Play the
Blues? (7th). See W 1154.
(21st.28th). Eric Beauchemin reports in a two-part special
from the former Yugoslavia.
(14th). See A 2354.
Saturdays
t400

China. China Radio Intl: News Analysis. See T 12t5.
China. China Radio Intl: Orient Arena. See T 1238.
China, China Radio lnll: Listeners' Letterbox. See S 1245.
Wednesdays
1400
141 0
1418
1433
1440
1400
1410
1415
1419
t434
1438
1444
1400
1405
1410
t 411
1420
t 429
1430
1435
WHRI (Angel 1): Home Schooling (live). Terry and Vicki Brady
of the Home Education network take calls aboul schooling.
WHRI (Angel 2): Bible Pathway. See S 1345.
China, China Radio Intl: News about China. See S0010.
Canada (North-Quebec): Basic Black. Journal isl. author and
humorist Arthur Black talks to people with unusual
occupations. passions and obsessions, and takes a quirky
look al ordinary events and things.
China, China Radio Intl: Travel Talk. See S 0020.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: DXing with Cumbre. See S 0200.
HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS
CANADA:
R. CANADA INTL
Some RC! programs as monitored at su mmer

timings:
Sat 200 7
/11110vario11 Canada
2105
223 1:30
2307:30
Sun 0205
1207
1311
2006:30
2104:30
2207
223 1
2305
Mon 0 105
01 30
0 23 1
1208
Royal Canadilln Air Fllrce

Mvst ery Pmject
Q11irks & Q11arks
/)011ble bpos11re & RCAF
Q&Q
S11nd(/y M<m1i11g
Arts in Canada
Mailbag
Arts ill Canada
Now the Details
Global Village
Arts ill Canada
Mailbag
Now the Derails
Double E.iposrll'e & RCAF
P eacekeepers' service at 1900 canceled (gh.
WO.R.)
RC I frequern.:ies indudc:
1200
1300
1330 Mon-Sat
2000
2100 same
2200-2400
0100-0300
9640. 11855. 13650

same except Sun no 9640
17820
17820. l 5325. 13670,
13650 . I 1690
5960. 9755, 13670
6120 , 9755, 13670
FREQUENCIES .
1500-1600
15001600
1500-1600 vi
15001600
15001600
15001600
1500- 1600
1500-1600
15001600
1500-1600 s
1500 1600
1500-1600
15001600
1500-1600 as
15001530
1500-1600
15001600
1500-1600 vi
15001600
1500-1600
15001600
1500-1600
15001600vf
1500 1600 vi
15001515
15001515 s
15001525
1500 1600 occsnal
15001600
1500 1550
1500-1600 vi
1500-1600
1500 1526
15001600
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Australia. Radio
Au straha.DefenseForces R
Canada. CBC N Ouebec Svc
Canada. CFRX Toron10
Canada. CKZN St Johns
Churn. China Radio lnll
Ecuador. HCJB
Guam. TWR/KTWR
Italy. Adv World Radio
Italy. IRAS
Japan. NHK/Rad10
Jordan. Radio
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. RTM Kuchrng
Malaysia.ATM KotaK1nabafu
Mongolia R Ulan Bator
Myanmar Voice of
Netherlands. Radio
Nigeria. Voice of
Palau. KHBNN01ce of Hope
Romania. R Romania lnll
5995pa
7260as
11660as
8743af
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9640na
7405na
6200am
15115sa
15186af
6230me
11580as
7230eu
3985va
9535na
11940va
9960va
7295do
71 60do
5980do
9745as
5990do
9890as
6100pa
7255af
9325eu
9955as
11995as
11740as
7305me
9975af
12025af
6060pa
9580pa
11695pa
10623af
11855na
9785as
7385am
21455va
11915as
11970va
6080pa
9615as
11800pa
6090as
9710pa
15050am
15355af
12085as
13700as
15150as
9640eu
9965as
9975na
9985as
t3785mc
15140as
11810as
9595me
11775va
12035va
15335as
9830va
11835va
15320rne
9955af
11945va
15350va
1500-1600
15001530
1500-1600
15001600
1500-1530
1500-1600

Seychelles. FEBA Radio
Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Switzerland. Swiss R lnll
1500-1530
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
15001600
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

15001600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
15001600
1500-1600 a
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1502
1500-1600
1520-1530 mtwhf
1530-1555
1530-1545

USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
Estonia. Radio
1530-1600
1530- 1600
1530-1600
1538 1555 1S1rn
Iran. VOIRI
Netherlands, Radio
Unil ed Kingdom. BBC WS
15540me
3220af
9810as
6155do
9720as
12075as
5990as
9410cu
1t750as
15220am
t 7830al
11860al
21490al
13815am
7510am
9930as
9355as
7125as
9760as
9580na
9400am
13760am
7490na
15420am
15745eu
12160am
11830na
11550as
6065af
5925eu
11780as
3945do
9530do
11740do
11875as
9890as
7180as
11840va
15560af
7155af
11870as
15425as
13635as
6190af
9515na
11 865am
15260na
17840va
11940af
.....
17750af
15530as
6195va
9590va
12095va
15400va
21470af
15420af
7205as
9740va
15070va
17705va
21660af
17880af
15725am
7215as
15205as
11875na
9645as
15255va
15665eu
9700va
15395as
15105am
13595na
13845am
17750na
15685am
6185do
9565do
7140do
9685do
15260as
15150as
11720as
13805va
17750as
7410do
9910do
15230va
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1500
1500
1505
1510
1513
1515
1520
1525
1530
1530
1535
1545
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI Chrisuan Center Church (live). Dr.

Lesler Sumrall preaches.
WHRI (Angel 112): Message to Israel. A program for Jewish
listeners.
Canada. RCI Montreal. Sunday Morning (3rd hour). See S
1311.
China. Chrna Radio Intl: News about China. See S 0010.
China. Chrna Radio Intl: Sports Beat. See S 1213.
WHRI (Angel 112): The Bread of Life Broadcast. Ron Kresge
preaches from the Church of God at Norwalk, Connecticut.
China, China Radio tnll: China Snapshots. See S 1220.
China. China Radio Intl: In the Third Wo~d. See S 1225.
WHRI (Angel 1): The Voice of Salvation. William Wilson of
the Church of God of Prophecy presen1s music and
inspiration.
WHRI (Angel 2): Sandra Davis Ministries. Sandra Davis
China. China Radio tnll: Song of 1he Week. See S 1235.
China. China Radio lnll: Listeners' Letterbox. See S 1245.
Mondays
1500 USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Reach Out. Pastor Jerry Lynn,
Calvary Chapel of Albany, New York with Bible te.ching.
1500 WHRI (Angel 1/2): Music. See s 0200.
151O China. China Radio Intl: News abou1 China. See S 0010.
1515 USA. KWHR Naalehu Ht: Life in the Word. Joyce Meyer
offers help by example for everyday living.
1519 China. China Radio Intl: Current Affairs. See M 1219.
1530 China, China Radio Intl. Press Clippings. See M 1230.
1530 WHRI (Angel 2): Salvation Temple. Gloria Moore
evangelizes from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1534 China, Chrna Radio Intl: Ch1nas Open Windows. See M
1234.
1539 China, China Radio Intl: Investing in China. See M 1239.
1545 China. China Radio Intl: Idioms and Their Stories. See M
f245.
1545 WHAi (Angel 2): Reach Out. See M 1215.
Tuesdays
1500
1500
1511
1515
1515
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Reach Out. See M 1500.

WHRI (Angel 1/2): Music. See S 0200.
China, China Radio Intl: News Analysis. See T 1215.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: life in the Word. See M 1515.
1519
1530
1533
1538
1545
1545

WHRI (Angel 2): Salvalion Temple. See M 1530.
China. China Radio tnll: Press Clippings. See M 1230.
China. China Radio Intl: Orient Arena. See T 1238.
China. China Radio Intl: Listeners Letterbox. See S 1245.
WHRI (Angel 2): Reach Out. See M 1215.
Wednesdays
1500
1500
1510
1515
1518
1530
1533
1540
1545
1554
1554
t 554

WHRt (Angel 1/2): Music. See S 0200.
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI: life in the Word. See M 1515.
WHRI (Angel 2): Salvation Temple. See M 1530.
China. China Radio Intl: Profile. See W 1233.
China. China Radio Intl: Learn to Speak Chinese. See W
1240.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Can White Folks Play the
Blues? (5th). Sec W 1154.
(19th.26th). See F 1454.
(12th). Sec A 2354.
1534
1545
1546
China, Chona Radio Intl: Life on China. See F 1234.

WHRI (Angel 2): Reach Out See M 1215.
China. Chrna Radio Intl: Global Review. See F 1246.
Saturdays
1500
1500
1500
1510
1511
1520
1529
1530
t 530
1535
USA. KWHR Naatehu HI Eternal Good News. See S 0630.

WHRI (Angel 1): Home Schooling (live). See A 1400.
WHRI (Angel 2): More than Conquers. Ca~ Kallsen.
China. China Radio lnll: News about China. See S 0010.
Canada (NorthOuebec): Double Exposure. The comedy
team of Bob Robertson and Linda Cullen presen1 their
award-winning brand of political satire and mimicry.
China. China Radio Intl: Travel Talk. See S 0020.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Rhema Radio Church. Kenneth
Hagin. Jr. preaches from Tulsa, Oklahoma.
WHRI (Angel 2): Walking in the Light. John Pietzonka
evangelizes.
China. Chrna Radio Intl: Music from China. See S 0035.
Your Name
in Lights!
Thursdays
t500
1500
1510
151 5
1515
1519
1530
1534
1538
1544
1545
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI: Reach Out. See M 1500.

WHRI (Angel t/2): Music. Sees 0200.
Chona. China Radio Intl: News Analysis. See T 1215.
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI: life in the Word. See M 1515.
China. Chrna Radio Intl: Current Affairs. See M 1219.
China. China Radio Intl: Cultural Spectrum. See H 1244.
Fridays
1500
1500
1510
1515
1520
1530

USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Life in the Word. See M 1515.
China. China Radio lnll: Current Affairs. See M 1219.
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1600-1700
Australia. Radio
16001615
1600-1700 vi
1600-1700
16001700
16001700
16001700
1600-1700
1600-1700
16001700 s
16001700
1600-1700
1600-1627
16001630
1600-1700
Bangladesh. Radio
Canada. CFCX Monlreal
China. c11ina Radio Intl
Costa Rica RF Peace Intl
Czecl1 Rep. Radio Prague
Ethiopia. Radio
Ger many, Deutsche Welle

1600-1650
1600-1700
1600-1700
Guam, AWR/KSDA
1600-1615 mt
Guam. TWR/KTWR
1600-1630 whlas
Guam. TWR/KTWR
1600-1630
Iran. VQIRI
1600-1700 vi
Italy, IRRS
1600-1700
Jordan. Radio
1600-1700
Lebanon. Voice ol ltope
1600-1700
Malaysia. Radio
1600-1700 vi
Mexico. Radio Mexico Intl
Netherlands. Radio
1600-1625
1600-1650 occsnal New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria. voice or
16001700
16001630 s
1600-1630
Pakistan. Radio
1600-1700 vi
1600-1700
Palau. KHBNNoice or Hope

Russ1a.Vo1cc of Russia WS
16001700
16001655
16001700
16001700

5995pa
7260as
t t695pa
7185as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9640na
t t 575as
6200am
5930eu
7t65al
6 t 75eu
t2015al
7225as
7185af
7395as
11580as
11580as
1t875as
3985va
11940va
6280va
7295do
9705na
9890as
6100am
7255al
11840na
9425al
15555al
9955as
7240eu
9480eu
11 775me
t5400eu
3220af
9530af
9500al
6155do
6060pa
9580pa
11800pa
9568as
6080pa
9615va
11955na
151lOal
15050am
1748Sal
15130al
11615me
15210al
9875as
9735al
11700al
15460at
13690as
1196Saf
15260as
1600
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Soul to Soul. Johnny Hale.

WHRI (Angel 1): The Voice ol Truth.LR. Shelton
evangelizes from New Orleans.
WHRI (Angel 2): Universal Life. The radio program ol the
original christlans In universal life.
China. China Radio Intl: Sports Beat. See S 1213.
China. China Radio Intl: In !heThird World. See S t225.
WHRI (Angel 1): Music. Sec S 0200.
WHAi (Angel 2): Holy Vision Media. Mallhew Guteta.
China, China Radio Intl: Sonu of the Weck. See S 1235.
Canada. RCI Montreal (Asia): The Mailbag. See S 1237.
China, China Radio Intl: Listeners' Le!!erbox. See S 1245.
Mondays
t600
1600
1603
1610
1619
1630
1630
1630
1634
1639
1641
1645
1645
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI: Music. See M 0130.

WHAi (Angel 2): Lester Sumrall Teaching Series. The head
ol the Chrisllan Center Church teaches.
WHAi (Angel t ): Music. See S 0200.
China. China Radio Intl News about China. See S 0010.
WHRt (Angel 1): Midnight Cry C Parker Thomas preaches
from Southern Pines. North Garohna.
WHRI (Angel 2): The Voice ol Praise. See M 0645.
China. China Radio lnU. China's Open Windows. See M
1234.
China, China Radio lnU. Investing in China. See M 1239.
Canada. RC! Montreal (Asia) Spectrum. See M 1241.
China, China Radio Intl: Idioms and Their Stones. See M
1245.
WHRI (Angel 112): The Radio Bible Hour. See M 0600.
Tuesdays
1600
1600
62

WHAi !Angel 2): Lester Sumrall Teaching Series. See M
1600.
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S\'/azi1and. Trans World R
UAE. Radio Dubai
Umted Kingdom. BBC WS
16001615
16001700
1600-1700
16001700
16001700
USA. i<AIJ Dallas TX

USA. r<TBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. <WHR Naalehu HI
16001700
USA. Voice ol America
1600-1630 as
1600 1700
16001700
16001700
16001700
1600-1700
16001700a
1600-1700
1600-1700
USA. Voice or America

USA, WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
1600-1620 smtwhl
1600-1630 a
16001630
16001 700
1615-1630
1615 1625
1615-1700
16301657
1630-1700
1630-1700
1630-1700
16381655 ISi m
1645 1700 mtl'lh!
16501700
1650 1700 mtwhf

Vietnam, Voice ol
Zambia. Chnsllan Voice
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Canada, A Canada Intl
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Slovakia. R Slovakia Intl
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
15150as
t3805eu
11935al
11860eu
11570at
9965as
732Sal
9830va
11945rne
17875af
7155al
1600-1700
16001700
16001630
16001700
1600-16-10
16001700
17800al
17750as
13700as
Sundavs
1610
1613
1620
1625
1630
1630
1635
1637
1645
1201Saf
15530af
11970va
998Sas
7350eu
9880eu
12025al
13590af
7440af
11675eu
15350va
13590as
597Seu
9720as
9500al
11795me
3915as
94 lOva
11750as
15420al
5990as
17830af
13815am
15590am
6120as
9355at
21640al
7125as
11920al
15225al
15445al
6035at
1t875na
9400am
13760am
7490na
15420am
15745eu
12160arn
11705na
21745eu
9940as
9940as
7360na
6065af
7155eu
I 1874al
9510as
7150as
1525Saf
15620al
5915eu
11840al
9555eu
15186al
6145pa
9515al
15425as
9870af
13675eu
6190al
9515na
12095va
17840va
7180as
1539Sme
619Sva
9590na
15070va
21470at
720Sas
17825me
7135as
9740va
15400af
21660af
17705va
1571Seu
17510al
18930al
721 Sas
12040af
1525Sva
17895af
964Sas
13710al
15395as
9700va
1520Sva
15410af
13615na
1566Seu
15725am
15105am
13595na
13845am
11830na
15685am
15695eu
11640as
11640al
9840eu
12030as
2152Seu
9740eu
11860ar
9550as
6055eu
11860na
11935eu
734Seu
1380Sva
15325eu
15340vs
17820eu
.............. ........ ...... .. ........
SELECTED PROGRAMS . . . . .
1600
1600
6090pa
11660pa
1603
1610
1615
1619
1630
1630
1633
1638
1641
1645
1645

China. China Radio Intl: News aboul China. See S 0010.
WHRI (Angel 1): Midnight Cry. See M 1630.
China, China Radio Intl: Orient Arena. See T 1238.
Canada. RCI Mon1real (Asia): Spectrum. Sec M 1241.
China, China Radio Intl: Listeners' Lel!erbox. See S 1245.
WHAi (Angel 112): The Radio Bible Hour. See M 0600.
Wednesdavs
1600
1600
1603
1610
1618
1630
1630
1633
1640
1641
1645
USA, KWHTl Naalehu HI: Music. See M 0130.

WHRt !Angel 2): Lester Sumrall Teaching Seri es. See M
1600.
WHRI !Angel 1): Music. See s 0200.
China. China Radio Intl: Current Affairs. See M 1219
WHRI (Angel 1): Midnight Cry. See M 1630.
China. China Radio Intl: Profile. See W 1233.
China. China Radio Intl: Learn to Speak Chinese. See W
1240.
Ganada, RCt Montreal (Asia): Spectrum. See M 1241.
WHAi (Angel 1/2): The Radio Bible Hour. See M0600.
Thursdavs
1600
1600
USA. il'wHR Naalehu HI: MUSIC. See M Ot30.

WHRI !Angel 2): Lesler Sumrall Teaching Senes. See M
1600.
1603 WHRI !Angel 1): Music. See S 0200.
1610 China. China Radio Intl: News about China. See S 0010.
1615 . China. China Radio Intl: News Analysis. See T 1215.
1619 China. China Radio Intl: Current Affairs. See M 1219.
1630 WHAi (Angel 1): Midnighl Cry. See M 1630.
1630 WHAi (Angel 2): The Voice ot Praise. See M 0645.
1634 China. China Radio Intl: Press Clippings. See M 1230.
1638
1641
1644
1645
China. China Radio Intl: Focus See H 1238.

Canada. RCI Monrreal (Asia) Spectrum. See M 1241.
China. China Radio Intl: Cultural Spec1rum. See H 1244.
WHRI (Angel 112) The Radio Bible Hour. See M 0600.
Fridavs
1600
1600
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI: Music. See M 0130.

WHRt (Angel 2): Lester Sumrall Teaching Series. See M
1600.
1603 WHRI (Angel 1): Music. See S 0200.
161 O China. China Radio Intl: News aboul China. See S001o.
1620 China. China Radio Intl: Current Allairs. See M 1219.
1630 WHRI (Angel 1): Midnight Cry. See M 1630.
1630 WHRI (Angel 2): The Voice or Praise. See M 0645.
1634 China, China Radio Intl: Life in China. See F t 234.
1641 Canada. RGI Montreal (Asia): Spectrum. See M 1241.
1645 WHRI (Angel 112): The Radio Bible Hour. See M 0600.
1646 China. China Radio Intl: Global Review. See F 1246.
Saturdavs
1600
1605
t605
1609
1610
1615
1620
1629
1630
1635
1636
1645
USA, ~HR Naalehu HI Turn Your Radio On. See T 0100.

WHRI (Angel 2): Lifetime Commentary. AD Sturm.
Ganada (NonhOuebec): Ouuks and Quarks. Bob
McDonald provides the update ol the latest in science,
technology. medicine. and the environment.
Cn1na. China Radio Intl. News about China. See S 0010.
WHAi (Angel 2). King ol Kings. Jeni Goldstar discusses
scrip1ure.
China. China Radio Intl Travel Talk. See S 0020.
WHRI (Angel 2): MUSIC. See s 0200.
Canada. RCI Montreal (Asia) Innovation Canada. See S
0107.
WHRI (Angel 112): The Gospel Trumpet Broadcast. See A
t200.
.... .
FREQUENCIES . . . ..
1700-1 800
Australia. Radio
1700-1800 vi
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800

1700-1800 as
1700-1800
1700-1727
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1730

Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt. Radio Carro
Eqt Guinea. Radio Afnca
1700-1800 vi
1700-1800
Italy. IRRS
Japan. NHK/Radio
1700-1730
1700-1800
1700-1730
1700-1800 mtwhf
1700-1750
1700-1750
1700-1800 vi
1700-1755
1700-1800
Jordan. Radio
Pakistan. Radio
Poland. Polish R Warsaw
Russia.Vorce of Russia WS
1700-1755
1700-1800
1700-1 730

Switzerland . Swiss R Intl
1700-1800
1700-1745
1700-1715
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
1700 1800 mtwhf
USA. Vorce of America
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800 smtwhf
1700-1800
1700-1800 th
17001730s
1700-1800 mwf
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1 745
1700-1800
1700-1800 vi
1715-1800
1715-1730
1730-1755
1730-1 800
1730-1800
1730-1756
1730-1800
1730-1 759
1738-1755 1st m
1745-1800 mtwhf
USA. WEWN Birmrngham AL

USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. VNHA Greenbush ME
United Kingdom. BBC ws
Vatican State. Va tican R
Guam, AWR/KSDA
Vatican State. Va tican R
1745-1800
India. All Indra Radio
1745-1800 mtwhl
6060pa
9580pa
11695pa
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5220at
11575af
t3750am
6200am
5835eu
t 1960eu
15255af
t5186af
6175eu
12015at
3985va
6035na
11930me
t 1940va
6280va
9960va
6145pa
9325eu
5825eu
9955as
6095eu
7440al
9955af
12065me
3220af
9500af
9505eu
13635af
3955eu
9410va
11760as
15420at
3915as
9515va
13815am
15590am
6120as
9355af
6035as
9700va
13710at
15445af
5990va
7170va
11875na
9400am
13760am
7490na
9465eu
15420am
15745af
9930eu
9930eu
12160am
15695eu
21745eu
4965al
4828do
7160va
4005eu
6155eu
6080eu
9370as
9750af
6180eu
9660af
7485va
5995eu
15325eu
7410eu
t 1935at
3200af
6080pa
9615as
11880pa
7150al
15050am
t5640pa
15540eu
6090pa
9860pa
7405al
7260as
11660pa
9535as
21455eu
11615me
15210af
1t700at
15460at
12015af
15530at
9535na
9580as
11880as
11970va
9640at
11570eu
9965as
7270eu
9480eu
9975af
15400eu
7155af
9975at
9885me
9905eu
12075af
6190af
9710as
11860at
17830al
7135as
9590na
15725am
6195eu
9740as
15070va
17840va
9630al
7150eu
11750as
15400at
15715eu
7125as
9760va
15255va
17895at
6045va
9550va
1361 5na
17510af
7215as
11920af
15395as
21640af
9645as
12040af
15410at
7125as
9770va
15665eu
7150va
11870va
9985as
7285eu
9830va
11775va
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13750as
15570af
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15075rne
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1800-1900
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Algeria. R Algiers Intl

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1S40Sas
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13710af
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MONITORING TIMES
6S
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Canada. CBC N Duebec Svc
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23DDDOOO
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2300DOOO
2300DOOO
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Egypt, Radio Cairo
Guam. AWR/KSDA
Guatemala. Adv World R
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23DODOOO
23DDOODO
23DDOODO
23DDDDOO
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23DD2350
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2300DOOO vi
Japan. NHK/Rad10
Lebanon. Voice ol Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Nigena. FRCN/Radio
Palau. KHBNN01ce of Hope
Papua Nw Guinea NBC
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t 1695as
15365pa
748Dna
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6D7Ddo
6D3Ddo
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5D3Dam
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7235as
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2300DDOO
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Tur1<ey. Voice of
UAE. Radio Abu Dhabi
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23002315
23DDOODD
2300DOOO
2300DDOO
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2300DOOD

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
23000000
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USA. WEWN Birm111gham AL

USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMll R Miami Intl
USA WWCR Nashville TN
Vatican Slate. Vatican R
Australia. Radio
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Int
Netherlands. Radio
SVJeden. Radio
Greece. Voice of
Denmark. R Denmark lnll
Japan. NHK/Radm
15D5Dam
7315eu
9690as
12045as
995Das
1162Das
13700as
9535eu
956Das
11850pa
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11735as
13615as
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7D7Dna
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SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
2300
2305
2335
2345
2355
WHRI (Angel 2): Music See S 0200.

Canada. RCI Montreal Random Sampling Hosl Liz Logan
presides over an ever-changing collection of music document!
nes. specials. and mini-series
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl Radio World. See S0635.
Belgium, R Vlaanderen loll: PO Box 26. See S0645.
Belgium. RVlaandercn Intl: Music. Popular music wraps up this
edition of the broadcast.
Mondays
2300
23DO
2300
2300
2305
2330
2335
2339
2344
2345
2349
2355
Canada (NorthOuebec): As 11 Happens. Adaily phonein show

introducing listeners to the neVJsmakers of the day and people
whose stories might othervnse not be told.
Canada. RCI Montreal. The World at Six. CBC radio's major
newscast of the day. presenting the important stones in depth and
in context
USA, KWHR Naalehu Ht. The Prophecy Club. Stan Johnson
discusses bible prophecy from Topeka. Kansas.
WHRI (Angel 1): Music. Sec S 0200.
WHRI (Angel 2): People 10 People (live). A program offering
practical scriptural insights with Bob George.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Moments in Bible Prophecy. Raymond
Shockley teaches flom the Book of Revelations.
Belgium. RVlaanderen Intl: Piess Review See M 0635.
Belgium, RVtaanderen Intl Belgium Today. See M 0641.
Belgium, RVlaanderen Intl Focus on Europe. A report on
happenings in the European Economic Community (ECC).
Belgium. RVlaanderen Intl: Sports Report. A roundup of the
results of seasonal sports aC11v1ties.
Belgium. RVlaanderen loll: Music. See S 2355.
Tuesdays
23DO
2300
2300
23DO
23D5
233D
2335
2340
2345
2345
2349
2355
66
Canada (NorthOuebec): As 11 Happens. See M 2300.

Canada. RCI Montreal: The World at Six. See M 2300.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: The Prophecy Club. See M 230D.
WHRI (Angel f ): Music. See S 0200.
WHRI (Angel 2): People to People (live). See M 23D5.
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI: Moments in Bible Prophecy. See M
233D.
Belgium. RVlaanderen Intl Press Review. See M 0635.
Belgium. RVlaanderen Intl Belgium Today. See M 064 f .
Belgium. R Vlaanderen loll Living in Belgium. Belgian hfestyles
and acliv1t1es
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Reach Out. See M t 500
Belgium, RVlaanderen Intl Green Soc1e~1- Environmental issues
lacing Belgium.
Belgium, R Vlaanderen lnll: Music. See S 2355.
MONITO RING TIMES
June 1996
Wednesdays
2300
2300
2300
2300
2305
233D
2334
2339
2344
2345
2349
2355
Canada (NorthOuebec): As It Happens. See M 2300.

Canada. RCI Montreal: The World at Six. See M 2300.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: The Prophecy Club. See M
23DO
WHRI (Angel 1): Music. See S D200.
WHRI (Angel 2): People to People (live). See M 2305.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: Momenls in Bible Prophecy.
Sec M 2330.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Press Review. See M D635.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Belgium Today. See M 0641 .
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: The Aris. See M 0645.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen lnU. Around Town. Current
happenings in Brussels ard other centers of cuhure.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl. Music See S 2355.
Thursdays
230D
2300
2300
2300
2305
2330
2334
2339
2343
2345
2349
2355
Canada (North-Quebec): As II Happens. See M 2300.

Canada. RCI Montreal: The Wortd at Six. See M 2300.
2300.
WHAi (Angel 1): Music. See S D200.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI: IAoments in Bible Prophecy.
See M 2330.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Press Review. See M D635.
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Intl: lnternauonal Report.
Commercial development in the European market
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Economics. Interview wtth a
person in the field of business. finance. or consumensm
or a updating report.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Inn: Music See S 2355.
Fridays
230D
2300
2300
2300
2305
2330
Canada (NorthOuebec): As 11 Happens See M 2300.

Canada. RCI Montreal: The Woild al Six. See M 2300.
2300.
WHRI [Angel 1): Music. See S0200
USA. KWHR Naalehu Ht: Moments in Bible Piophecy.
See M 2330.
2335
2340
2344
2345
2349
2354
2354
2354
2355
Belgium, R Vlaanderen loll: Press Review. See M 0635.

Belgium. RVlaanderen loll Belgium Today See M 0641.
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Intl The Arts. See M 0645.
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI Reach Dul See W 1500.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen 1011 Tounsm See M 0651
Radio Nethertands: Documentary Can While Folks Play
the Blues? (7th). See W f 154.
Radio Nethertands: Documentary. Five Years of
Yugoslavia (22nd.29th). See F 1454.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Year of the Alrican
Child [141h). See A 2354.
Belgium. RVlaanderen Intl: Music. See S 2355.
Saturdays
2300
2300
2308
2330
2335
2339
2355
WHRI (Angel 1): Music. See S 0200

WHRI (Angel 2): DXing with Cumbre. See S 033D.
Canada. RC! Montreal OuukS and Ouar1<s. See S 1206
WHRI (Angel 2): Bib ical Studies 1nst11u1e. See S 0300.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen toll: Press Review. See M 0635.
Belgium, R Vlaanderen loll. Music from Flanders. See A
0640.
Belgium, RVlaanderen Intl: Music. See S 2355.
HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS
FRANCE: R. FRANCE INTERNATIONALE

Engli,h. Z-96
1200-1300 via France
1400- 1500
1600-17(K)
1700-1730
(!JC-DX)
,ia Gabon
via Xi. an China
,ia Guiana 10 NAm
\'ia France
cia China
via Gabon
via France
'ia Gabon
'ia France
9805, 15155.
15195. 13625.
15530
15325
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7110
17560
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15530
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NoRrH AMERICAN
UMBRELLA ORGANIZATIONS (no individual memberships)

Association of North American Radio Clubs (ANARC): Richard d ' Angelo. 2216, Burkey
Drive, Wyom issi ng, PA 19610. 18 member clubs across North America.
European DX Council (EDXC): Risto Vahakainu, Sec. Gen., P.O. Box 2 14, FIN-00 I 0 I
Helsinki , Finland. 16 member clubs across Europe.
South Pacific Association of Radio Clubs (SPA RC): Arthur Cushe n, 212 Earn Street,
lnvercargill. New Zealand.
MONITORING CLUBS OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA

Associazione ltaliana Radioascioto (AIR):
C.P. 873, 34100 Trieste, Italy. Broadcasting all
bands, utilities. pirates. Radiorama (Italian)
70,000 lira. April 25 annual mtg.
Australian Radio DX Club Inc: P.O. Box
227, Box Hill. Victoria 3128, Australia. SW,
MW, Utilities. Australian OX News. Sample 2
IRCs or S2US cash.
British DX Club: Colin Wright, 126 Bargery
Road, Catlord. London, SE6 2LR, United
Kingdom. UK and international. SW, MW, AM,
FM DXing, pirate and clandestine. Communication. L 1O UK. L 12 Eur, L 16 ww. Sample 3
IRCs or $2 US cash. Meets monthly in
Twickenham (London).
Club d 'ondes courtes du Quebec: Denis
Pronovost, C.P. 6 1. Anjou. Quebec. Canada
H1K 4G5. E-mail : papineau@msn.com.
Exclusively shortwave. Annual $40 Canadian.
L'Onde, monthly (French). Sample US$2.
Danish Shortwave Clubs Internationa l
(DSWCI): Travleager 3 1, DK-2670 Greve,
Denmark. SW, MW, Utilities. Shortwave News
monthly (English). D.kr.225/45 IRCs Nordic
countries. Sample 4 IRCs.
DX Australia : P.O. Box 422 , Moonee Ponds,
Victoria 3039. Australia. MW, SW. OXers
Calling.
DX Club of India: Navin Patel, 1-Dutt Niwas,
809 - M.G. Road. Mulund, Bombay-400 080,
India. India; MW/SW/Ham. DX World
(quarterly) Rs 50/-. 30 IRCs outside India. 3
IRCs sample.
DX Club Paulista : Marcelo Toniolo Dos
Anjos. C. Postal 592, Sao Carlos SP
(Brasil), 13560970. South America.
Shortwave, including utilities. Actividade OX
(in Portuguese).
Finnish DX Association: Mr. Heikki
Aarrevaara, Suomen DXLiitto, P.O. Box 454,
FIN00101 Helsinki, Finland; +35806949017 fax. Finland and worldwide. SW and
BCB. Radiomaailma.
Friendshi p DXers Club: Ing. Santiago San
Gil Gonzalez, C.DX.A International. PO.
Box 202, Barinas 520 1a, Estado Barinas,
Venezuela. Venezuela and Caribbean. DXing
all bands. Cadena DX. YV-2 FSW, Sunday
11 301330 UTC on 7113 kHz. Venezuelan
membership free.
International DX Association: Bedanta
Das, 1 No. Galiahati, Near Night School,
Barpeta - 781301 , Assam , India.
Internationa l DX Organization: Radio Juel
Club, c/o Ranjit Kr. Nath, G.C. Lana Galiahati,
Barpeta, India. Ham/DX/SWL. Annual 60/-rs
or 22 IRCs. OX Around (quarterly) sample
plus club info 14 IRCs.
International Listeners Organization:
Kalab Abbas. St. No. 1. H. No.231 Waris Rd,
Sheikhupura, Pakistan 39350 South Asia.
Broadcasting. Listener Times.
International Radio Youth Club: G.M.
Mostafa Kamal. Amla Wapda Colony-1,
Kushtia-7032. Bangladesh
National Soc iet y of Pakist ani DXers: Mr.
Liaqat Ali , E-161 /1, Iqbal Park. Opposite Adil
Hospital Defence Housing Society Road.
Lahore Cantt., Pakistan. Worldwide. All wave. Has

library, meets fortnightly 1400-1800 UTC at library.
4 IRCs for more inlo.
New Zealand Radio DX League: P.O. Box 3011 ,
Auckland , New Zealand. MW, SW, FM, TV. utilities.
New Zealand OX Times. Sample 2 IRCs.
Branches meet monthly.

New Zealand DX Radio Association: Mr. R.
Dickson, 88 Cockerell St., Brookville, Dunedin,
New Zealand. MW. SW. amateur and utilities.
Tune-In.
North Ontago Radio Listener's Club: P.O. Box
179, Oamaru, New Zealand.
Pakistan SW Listener s Club: Mrs. Fatima
Naseem, Sultanpura. Sheikhupura , 39350
Pakistan ; Pakistan; SWBC.
QSL Club de France: Patrick Frigerio, 40 Rue de
Haguenau, 67700 Saverne, France. SWBC.
pirates. CB-DX, hams, etc. Courrier (in French). 6
bulletins. 72 FF, EEC=16 IRCs, elsewhere 20
IRCs.
Shortwave Radio Communications Club: Atiqur
Rehman, Dawood Street, Khalid Road,
Sheikhupura, P.C. 39350 Pakistan. South Asia;
MW/SW. The Amateur (Urdu language). Meets 1st
Fri on SW Complex, S.K.P.
South African DX Club (SADXC): P.O. Box
18008. Hillbrow 2038. South Africa; MW, SW,
utilities. $60 annual airmail to US; The South
African Shortwave Listener.
Southern Cross DX Club Inc.: Stephen Newlyn,
G.P.O. Box 1487, Adelaide, SA 5001 , Australia.
Worldwide and Pacific. All bands. OX Post. $25
annual in Australia. Meets last Fridays. 8pm.
Thebarton.
Swedish DX Federation (SDXF): Box 3108, S103 62 Stockholm, Sweden. 10 issues EterAktuellt. Membership in Sweden 160 SC annual.
SweDX BBS +46-(0)8-53034727; Fidonet 2:201/
339; Internet sysop@swedx.ct.se
Stichting ScanSearch Military Aircraft
Communications (SC-MAC): Gerbrand Diebels,
Roer 29, 575 1 T J Deurne. Netherlands. Military
aviation NW Eur (VHF/U HF) and worldwide (HF).
Airlift (Dutch) bi-monthly. FL 35, up to FL 45
outside Netherlands.
Universal DX League: Mr. Kanwarj it Sandhu,
408, Krishna nagar, Ludhiana 141 00 1. India.
India and lnt'I; SW/MW/AM/FM/TV DXing/Pirate
and Clandestine. OX Post bi-monthly. sample 4
IRCs. Annual 24 IRCs or USS10. SWL net: Sun
0300 UTC on 7080 I 1600 on 14150 SSB.
VU3SIO net control.
Viamao DX-Club: Alencar Aldo Fossa, P.O. Box
101. Cunhas Road 1286, Jaguaribe Residential
Park, 94400-970 Viamao. Rio Grande Do Sui ,
Brazil, South America. SWBC. Meets occasionally;
multi-lingual.
Wonderful World of S ho rtwave: Baber Shehzad,
43 - Habib Colony. Bahawalpur, 63108 Pakistan.
Asia and worldwide. SW listening; mail forwarding
service. Annual 5 IRCs Asia & Middle East, 10
IRCs elsewhere. WAVES (quarterly) .
Worldwide DX Cl ub: Michael Bethge, Postfach
1214. D-61282 Bad Hamburg. FAG . E-mail
100657.2376@compuserve.com. Worldwide
membership. SW/MW/Utilities. Annual OM 30.00
or 15 IRC's. OX Magazine. monthly (English,
some German) Sample DM 1.75 or 2 IRCs.
CLUe L1snNGs o-z
Ontario DX Association : Harold Sellers, General

Mgr., P.O. Box 161 , Station A. Willowdale, Ontario
M2N 5S8, Canada: Internet
73737.3453 @compuserve.com; (905) 853-3169
voice & fax, (416) 444-3526 DX-Change
information svce; (905) 841-6490 BBS. Predomi
nantiy Province of Ontario; All bands. OX Ontario.
Meet 3rd Wednesdays, Toronto
Pacific NW/BC DX Club: Bruce Portzer, 6546
19th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98 11 5. Pacific NW and
BC Canada. DXing all bands. $9 US, $ 1oCanada.
PNBCOXC Newsletter. Irregular meetings.
Pitt Co SW/Scanner Listeners Club: L. Neal
Sumrell. P.O. Box 1818, Winterville, NC 285901818 . Eastern NC; All bands. The DX Listener.
Irregular meeti ngs.
Puna DX Club: Jerry Witham, P.O. Box 596 ,
Keaau, Hi 96749, (808) 982-9444 ; Puna, HI; SW
and MW. Meet 1st Tuesdays. No dues.
Radio Monitors of Maryland: Ron Bruckman,
P.O. Box 394, Hampstead, MD 21074. Maryland,
(410) 239-7366; VHF/UHF/HF utilities. Radio
Monitors Newsletter of MO. Meet irregularly.
RCMA (Radio Communications Monitoring
Assn.): Carol Ruth, Gen'I Mgr., P.O. Box 542,
Silverado, CA 92676. North America. Europe,
Australia; Ail modes above 30 MHz. Scanning
Journal.
Regional Communications Network (RCN): Jay
Delgado or Public Information Unit, Box 83-M,
Carlstadt, NJ 07072-0083. 50 mile radius of NY
City; 2-way Radio Public safety notification
group.#10 SASE for info.
Rocky Mountain Radio Listeners: Mike Curta,
P.O. Box 470776, Aurora, CO 80047-0776. Metro
Denver. Colorado. All bands. Meets monthly 2nd
or 3rd Sundays 1-4pm, Aurora Central Library.
Sandy River SW Radio DXers Assoc: Duncan
o r Brenda Steele, R.R. 1, P.O. Box 1560,
Norridgewock, ME 04957. Worldwide. The OSL irregular. No dues.
Scanning Wisconsin: Ken Bitter. Dept. MT, S. 67
W. 17912 Pearl Dr., Muskego, WI 53 150-9608,
(414) 679-9442. Wisconsin. VHF/UHF. Scanning
Wisconsin ($2 for sample)
Signal Surfer DX Club: Darcy Jabs, RR2, Burns
Lake. BC, Canada, VOJ 1EO; (604) 694-3760.
Canada and worldwide. MW and SW DXing.
Southern Ca lifornia Area DXers (S.C.A.D.S.):
Don R. Schmidt, 3809 Rose Ave. , Long Beach,
CA 90807-4334, (3 10) 424-4634. California area;
AM. FM , TV, scanner and shortwave broadcasting.
Susquehanna Co Scanner Club: Alan D. Grick,
P.O. Box 23. Prospect St., Montrose, PA 188010023. PA area; Scanning. Meets irregularly.
Toledo Area Radio Enthusiasts: Ernie Dellinger,
N8PFA, 6629 Sue Lane, Maumee, OH 43537. NW
Ohio and SE Michigan; Shortwave, scanning,
amateur. Meets 3rd Thursdays 7pm Holland Big
Boy.
Triangle Area Scanner/SW Listening Group:
Curt Phillips, KD4YU, P.O. Box 28587, Raleigh,
NC 27611 . Central NC.
Vancouver Shortwave Association: Box 500,
2245 Eton St., Vancouver, BC Canada V5L 1C9,
(604) 2558987 fax. Shortwave. LOGJAM. Meets
3rd Thurs. 7pm at 920 Davie St.
World DX Club: Arthur Ward, 17 Motspur Drive,
Northampton, England NN2 6LY (in USA-Richard
D'Angelo. 2216 Burkey Drive, Wyomissing, PA
19610). Worldwide.
Ail bands with emphasis on SW. Contact. $22
overseas airmail. Meets every 6 weeks in
Reading, UK.
Worldwide TV/FM DXers Association (WTFDA):
P.O. Box 514, Buffalo, NY 14205-0514 . Worldwide
membership; TV DX. FM BC, VHF utilities. VHFUHF Digest. Annual convention. 524 annual in
U.S. $2 for sample.
Worldwide Ute News : Rick Baker,
ae411 @yfn.ysu.edu for info - worldwide
membership; non-broadcast under 30 MHz. Free
electronic newsletter WUNNEWS, join by sending
e-mail to majordomo@grove.net with following in
e-mai l message: "subscribe wun." Through World
Wide Web: http://www.leonardo.neVberri/wun. For
paper version: $18/yr to Tim Braun, PO Box
16533, Washington, D.C. 2004 16533. Sample
$1.50.
June 1996
MONITORING TIMES
67
Propagation Conditions: Eastern United States

How to use the propagation charts: Propagation charts can be an invaluable aid to the DXer in determining
which frequencies are likely to be open at a given time. To use the propagation charts, choose those for your location . Then look
for the one most closely describing the geographic location of the station you want to hear. The Sun Spot Number used this month
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of th e graph shows the maximum usable frequency (MUF), the heavy middle line is th e freq uency for best reception, or optimum
working frequency (OWF), a nd finally, the bottom line is the lowest usable frequency (LUF). You will find the best recep tion along
the heavy middle line. Circuits labeled (P) cross the polar auroral zon e. Expect poor rec eption on these circuits during ionospher ic
disturbances.
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June 19 96
MONITORING TIMES
69
BELOW
SOO KHZ
DXING THE BASEMENT BAND
Kevin Carey, WB2QMY

kevinc@mdsroc.com
Surfing for Longwaves
inding information about the low frequencies has al ways been a challenge.
It was onl y a matter o f time. however,
before the Internet- that vast resource of
online information- became home to a sizable number of long wave pages.
This month I' ve put together a list o f
World Wide Web (WWW) s ites that contain
informati on catering to basement band enthu siasts. The li st is by no means exhausti ve,
bu t rather. is intended as a starti ng po int fo r
so me of the more popular longwave s ites. If
you have favorites to add to the list. please
send them along to me c/o MT. or via e-mai l
at the address at the top of thi s page. Happy
surfing!
www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/mcgreevy
This site contains natural radio in formation and numerous whistl er so und files. Each
sound file includes a description of the condi tions under which the recording was made.
http://users .a ol.com/ 1wca news /
lweanews.html
Thi s is a new page presented by the
Lo ngwave C lub of America (LWCA).
http ://serverSSSO . i td .n rl. navy.mi I/
projects/haa rp/elf/elf.html
At thi s site you will find informa ti on on
the Navy"s mass ive ELF system near C lam
Lake. Wi sconsin. This system operates near
7(1 Hertz (yes. Hertz!)
http : //ha rpo. t n sta te.ed u/-dy bkaj/
home.htm
A si te created by MT reader Jill Dybka.
Contains a variety of information o n her
long wave Li ste ning acti vities wi th an e mphasis on DXing for util ity beacons.
http://www.bluefin.net/- mike/hobby.html
This site covers a variety of Part I 5 (li ce nse-free) low fer and med fer top ics.
http://cellini.leonardo.net/berri/wun/
Thi s is the World wi de Utility Network
(WUN) homepage. It e<1n-ies the WUN newsleller. plus nu merous fi les relating to "Ute"
monitoring . LW Ls will want to chec k out
"Swfing 1he Lu11i; 11a ves .. by WUN co lumnist George Karayannopoul os. N20WO.
http://www.mdsroc.com/navaid
An electron ic di rectory of most Nort h
American aero beacons. It is maintai ned by
C hri stopher Piggott. WZ2B
http://www.cybc rcomm.net/-slapshot/
spccdx.html
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A spin-off from the former S PEEDX club

maintained by Bob Colyarcl. Geared mainl y
towards HF/S hon wave. but you can find some
links to LF-related topics and postings as
we ll.
http://www.chilton.com/scripts/radio/RSreceiver
Herc's your chance to tune the longwaves
li ve with a Drake RS receiver based in Reston,
Virginia' A link to thi s site is also available
through the S PEEDX page above.
http://www.grove.net/mt9Sindex.html
T his is an o ffshoot of the Grove Ente rprises ho mepage (http://www.grove.net). It
contains a complete index to the Below 500
kH;, column for 1995. Also includes information for obtaining reprints of past articles.
http:// www-star.st a n ford .ed u/-vlf/
Welcome.html
If VLF phenomena is your thing, don ' t
miss thi s homepage presented by the Very
Low Frequency Group. It contain s techni cal
discussions exploring the strange happenings
in radio 's low encl.
I Longwave/Part 1 5 BBS
Althou gh thi s one' s not on the Internet, it
is nevertheless a prime electron ic resource
for LF enthu siasts. You can access the BBS
by diali ng (706) 672-0360 (Warm Springs.
GA). This hoard is run by John Dav is, LF
Notebook editor for the Longwave Club o f
America.
I MAILBAG
John Musgrove (B.C.. Canada) came up
with a nove l use for an ai ling RDF receiver.
When his Sonar RDF quit working, John
replaced the rece iver's guts with hi s modern
Lowe I-I F- I 50 receiver, thereby retaining the
use o f the Sonar' s excellent d irectional antenna.
By mi xing the o ld with the ne w. he now
has a dependabl e system that can be used
effec ti ve ly for maritime nav igati on. Photo I
shows a pic lure of John 's setup aboard his
sail boat. The rotatable antenna is mounted on
top oft he old recciver ca binet. (For reference.
the o ld Sonar receiver is shown to the right of
the new setu p.)
Speaking o f practical uses fo r longwave.
an interesting letteran-i ved (via ln1ernet) from
Phil Collier (NY) who pilots a Saab SF-340
aircraft. Phil cons iders hi s LF gear an important part of his navigational 1001 set.
While there are many other navaids avail able to the modern pi lot. Phi l stressed that
"beacons are important backups which provide nav igation coverage to smal ler ai rports
and enhance approach procedures ... Perhaps
more advanced systems wil l take over entire ly someday, but for now. Phil says that
aviation beacons are "alive and we ll" and arc
a dai ly part of his flight activity.
In the historical department. Bruce Kelley,
C urator of the An1ique W ireless Museum
(Bloomfield. NY) forwarded a "happy ending" news story fro m Cape Cod, MA.
The story reported that for the second time
si nce 1989. thieves had stolen the Marconi
sculpture from 'Old CC." the site of Marconi' s
200 kHz transatlantic station in South Welllect.
Massac husetts.
This time , a general contractor found the
sculpture stu ffed into a trash bin. Not knowing the significance of hi s find. he loaded it
into hi s van as a keepsake. He carri ed it
around for over two months before one of hi s
fri ends recogni zed it as the stolen Marconi
bust. At that point the man immed iately !urned
ii over to authoriries. Luckily. the sc ulpture
showed on ly minor damages.
MT readers may recall the Dece mber 95
/Jel01r 500 /.:H: column where I chronicled a
vis it to "Old CC"- inc luding a view of the
sculpture mounted on its pedestal. Park authoriti es are now discuss ing moving the sculpture to an indoor display area.
John Musgrove's modified RDF system
That's it fo r this month. Enjoy the nice

weather and I'll see you nex t month with
some tips for improved s ummertime listening.
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TVs Most Exotic DX - or Was It?
The exotic report reached the general- inany pursuits have their 'urban legMr. Batley for more details. Batley referred
terest press. Articles appeared in TV Guide.
ends," exoti c stories that arc repeated
him to two British inventors who 'd buih the
(and occasionall y e mbell ished ) Reader 's Digest. and several local newspa- equipment on which he saw KLEE-TV. Henry
th rough the generations. Stories that everyone pers. It was the peak of the Cold War. elec- Taylor and George Baron told Huhndorff the
swears arc true. but nobody can co nclusi vely tronic developments. and UFO mania. Ameri - TY used was enhanced for Ame rican DX, but
prove. Usuall y. these stories have a grain of cans were being inu ndated wit h new and of ge nerall y standard design. The difference
truth surrounded by 111ystery-and exaggera- exotic technology. some of it amazingly helpwas in the antenna: they'd used something
tion. The story that follows is domestic-band ful and some of it potenti ally brutall y destruc- called a "fightcell." According to theirclaims,
tive. Was thi s exotic long-distance TV recepDXings ow n urban legend.
thi s device allowed them to receive several
It was Oc tobe r of 1953 whe n Paul tion merely a natural phenomenon? Or was it
American stations as far away as California!
Huhndorff. chief engineer of channel 2 in the work of the Russians? Or the Cl A? Or Requests for further detai Is on the "light cell"
Houston. Texas. received the letter. Huhndorff extraterrestrials? Were the signals rc llected
went unanswered.
was quite fa111ili ar with DXers: Radio-Elec- off some distant planet? Were they trapped in
Huhndorff would soon discover why. His
1ro11ics had reported that nearly half of all DX a duct wi thin Eart h's own atmosphere? Most
station had since received several additional
reception reported to its pages was of his accounts of the KLEE-TV incident end here.
reports from Britain. and he learned that many
stat ion. At one point , a columnist suggested
other American stations had also received
the station seemed to be starting a national I How did it really happen?
reports from England. Every report claimed
service! To this day. Houstons Channel 2
reception
of an ID slide - never any proCalmer minds in the scienti fic community
re mains one of the most frequent TV DX
Every reporter was in some way
gramming.
suggested a hoax played by British bani ., but
catches. But th is reception report was differeven many in the scientifi c cornmuni1y fel t it associated with Tay lor and Baron. Some reent.
unlike ly that hams could marshafl. the reporters cla ime<l to have seen IDs from staThe stamp and postmark were the first
ti ons in the Soviet Union - written in Ensources to build a pi ra te TV stati on.
evidence. The letter came fro111 a Charles
glish.
Huhnd orfr~ explanation was soP1ewhat more
Batley of London. England : it reported recepAt thi s point. it wa obvious that the KLEEdown-to-earth: he suggested B ,tfey had seen
tion of the station at 3:30 pm London time
a distorted ad fo r Kleenex fac; .I tissues. How- TV stun t was int.Iced a hoax . While 1-Iuhndorff
(8:30 am in Houston) on September 14. 1953.
was never able to contact Taylor or Baron.
ever. his earch to <letcrr..i ne which U.S.
Enclosed was a photograph showing what
other
indi viduals in Britain told him the pai r
channel 2 station had aired a Kleenex ad at
appeared to be a station ID slide. showing the
were
basicall
y con me n. It would appear they
that time proved frui tless. (It does not appear
call letters KLEE-TY.
set up demon trations for potential in vestors.
that he tried to contact British stations)
Channel 2' s previous best report had come
After Huhndortr s attempt to prove the then gene rated fake ID slides on the TV
from a Halifax. Nova Scotia. viewer. While
" Kleenex theory.. failed. he dec ided to write screen in the room. Their victi ms were asked
U.S . amateur VHF ~ignals had been heard in
to photograph the pictures and provided form
England in 1946 and 194 7. the TV
lette r reception reports to mail to the
station operated at a higher freque ncy.
U.S .. They were well-known in EnToday. we unde rstand that transatlantic
gland for other sc hemes. including one
RCN, Radio Cadena Nacional,
micio /abores hace 41 anos.
reception of channel 2 signals is posattempt to sell a "death ray" to the
pero algunas de sus Emisoras
sible. but almost always, only coastal
govern ment.
como Nueva Granada, RCN Pereira.
stations arc in vo lved. Rece ption of a
RCN Pasto y la Voz de Medellin.
Unfo rtu nately, my sources on this
l ueron lundadas en 1936.
Texas TV station in Europe is possible.
story end here. I don' t know if Taylor
Aclualmente. RCN cuenta con Emisoras
but it would defi nitely be front-page
or Baron were ever prosecuted. or if
en A.M. y F.M. S1e1eo a lo largo
news! This story. however. gets even
they eve r confessed to the hoax. It
ae todo el tem totro nacronal.
con la me1or programac16n en n oucras.
stranger.
would certainly have been a complimtisrca. deportes y varreOf!Oes.
W. Albert Lee had put KLEE-TY on
cated project. especially if the fake IDs
thcaironJ anuary 1.1 949.as Houston's
had been electronicall y transmitted to
first TV station. For some reason. Lee
the special TV sets. In any case, you
was unable to continue operating the
now know most of the truth about
station: in May of 1950. he sold it to
DXing's own urban legend:
H&CCommunications, Inc.. owners of
KPRC Radio. Upon approval of the
I Expanded-band notes
sale. H&C changed the station s call sign
Calle 37 No. 13A-19 809011, Colombia, S ur Am~tic
The FCC is trying again. A new list
to KPRC-TY . the call it sti ll holds toDonald Pipa 011 Long Island received this QSLfrom
of
stati
ons to be given expanded-band
day. Reau the previous two paragraphs RCN-770, Bogota, Colombia. Many other DXers should
frequencies has been released. The new
again - Mr. Bat ley saw KLEE-TY be able to log this station. Note the mailing address:
list has 87 stati ons - eight more than
three yea rs <1/ier ii 111e111 off the air'
Calle 37, No. 13A- 19, Bogota, Colombia
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June
1996
mi ller will continue to ope rate until its

license expires.
Mike King in Maryla nd has also
rece ived a W JDM-1 530 QSL. Pat
Griffith in Colorado has rece ived the
firs t KX BT-1640 verifica tion I' ve
heard reported. At this lime, I'm not
aware of anyone receiving a QSL from
KTRK-1 670 (or any of the other call s
used by that statio n).
I Bits and Pieces

Re ports in DX Ne11s, the publicatio n of the National Radio Club. indicate that nobody in theLowcr48 logged
the DX Test run by KICY-850 Nome.
Alaska , on March 16. But it didn' t go
totall y unheard. Don De Ca ri a NF7 R.
WNYC-820 and WNYC-93.9 are two of Donald's
who DXs from Japan, logged this e xlocal stations. Owned by th e City of New York ,
c test. He also reports reception of
oti
both are NPR affiliates.
the othe r Nome stat ion (KNOM-780).
as well as KPN W- 1120 and KEXthe 1994 plan shot down by broadcasters .
11 90 from Oregon. KG U-760 Honol ulu , and
O nly one station (KALT Atlanta. Texas. curtentative reception ofCFUN- 141 0 Vancouver.
re ntl y on 900) is shown on 16 10 kHz. Under
thi s plan, KX BT Val lejo. Cali fornia, whic h
recentl y began broadcasting on 1640, will
have to move to 1630. I personally suspect
stations won't be any happier with thi s new
MAGNETIC LONGWIRE
list, a nd suspect it' ll end up in federal court.
TM
T he list is too long to reprod uce here. but you
can find it o n the Interne t at www.fcc.gov/
mmb/asd/exband.html.
QSLs are now arriving from KXBT- 1640
and WJDM - 1660. G eorge Knight of New
Jersey sent a copy of hi s WJDM QSL. Unfortunate ly. it won't reproduce legibl y in MT.
Chief Engineer Don Neu muller says the 1660
~~;1'
New! For SWL:s usi~g longwire antennas.
operation uses a HaiTis DX - I 0 transmitter
Use coaxial cable from antenna to receiver.
feed ing the same 80-foot tower in Union.
Low noise reception from 500 KHz to 30 MHz.
New Jersey. used by the ir station o n 1530.
Your longwire may be up in the clear but the wire
to the radio conies down near the compu ters, light
Th is is an un usually short tower; most AM
dimmers. TV sets, fluorescent I ights and other
sources of noise. Thi s noise is added to the signals
broadcast towers arc at least I 00 feet tall.
you are trying to hear.
Neu muller's letter says the 1530 kH z trans-
Don uses an ICOM ham rig and a 120-foot

long-wi re antenna.
Northeastern DXers should ex pect a new
Spani sh-speaking station on the AM dial.
Charles Bern th reports WPAT-930 has made
its lo ng-ex pected move to a S pa nish-language
music format. Their FM station on 93.1 was
sold to a different company and adopted a
different Span ish-language forma t late in 1995.
A few more WWW li nks for the domesticband DXcr have appeared. http ://
www .xmission.com/ - i nsearch/ 1inks. html
goes j ust about everywhe re ; it links to all
known radio and T V station s on the We b,
among many other places. Two sites provide
an interactive link to the FCC's e ngineering
databases: try http://www.rad iostation.eom
and http://radio.aiss.ui uc.edu/-airwaves/
fccdb.html.
Let us know what you're hearing on the
domestic bands! Write P.O. Box 98, Brasstown
NC 2 890 I , or v ia the Inte rn et to
72777.3143@compuserve .com. Good DX!
BALUN
SKIPPING IN
Donald Pipa on Long Island, NY, received the
fo llowing sta tions on his Sony ICF-SW77. He has
QSLs from all of them, some of which appear
elsewhere in this column.
540
760
770
1 120
CJSB
WJR
RCN
KMOX
Ottawa, O ntario
Detroit, Michigan
Bogota, Colombia
St. Louis, M issouri
CJSB is no more; shortly aher Donald logged it,

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Micro Pirates Widespread
n FCC bust e nded the career o f a

Lutz. Flo rid a. mic rop iratc that had
o perated o n 96.7 M Hz in the FM
broadcasti ng band . Acco rdi ng to an Orlando
Se11ri11e/ article forwarded b y MT reader A ug ust Pickett , FCC e ng ineer R alph Ba rlow
"ended" the broadca stin g career of A rthur
Lo nn ie Kob res in Lu tz . Ko bres c laimed that
he had bee n bu sted because he discu ssed
detai ls o f an im pe nd ing secret wo rld o rder. ,.
Barl ow den ied that prog ram co nten t was related to the bu st.
Anto n Ninnoof Sy rac use. New York. says
that he regu larl y h ears JA M -F M . a local FM
pi rate o n 90. 7 MH z. Scores of stations like
this arc acti ve in c ities ac ross the Un ited
States. It pay s to chec k the low end o f the FM
b roadcasting b and in your area to see if you
ha ve any local p irate ac ti v ity. They come and
go. so a reg u lar b andscan o f th e local FM band
is necessary to fi nd them .
T wo exce lle nt pi rate rad io World W ide
Web ho me pages feature li nks to doze ns of
lo cal p irate broadcasters. Glen 's Pira te Page
at http:/12 06. 130.20. I :80/-gle n/ and The F ree
Radio Network at http://www.clandj o p.com/
- jcruzan/frn .h tm l are good p laces to chec k.
T hey conta in references to a wea lth o f p irate
infor mati o n fo und o n the internet, inc lud ing
local mic ropirates and the sho rtwave broad casters that we feat ure in this column.
Clandestine Jammer
II Cumbre Book Project

The exce llent wee k ly inte rnet shortwave
ne wsle tte r. Cumbre DX. has o rganized a serv ice projec t that is dis tribut ing las t year s
1995 copies o f the World Radio and TV
Handbook a nd Passport ro Wo rld Band Radio to econo micall y di sadvantaged D Xers
o utside North Ame rica. C u m b re is send ing
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I Pirate Awards Program

M a ny North Ame rican DXe rs have earned
award s for their co llectio n o f p irate and c la ndestine QS L's. The two best kno w n awards
programs are o pe rated by A CE and NASW A
in the United States. A less well k no w n o ne is
ad m ini s te re d by B run o P e c c olat to ,
Assoc iazione ltaliana Radioasco lto. v ia Soana
13 , l- 10085 PONTSAN A VESE (TO). Ita ly.
A IR a ward s infor mation is available th ro ug h
the mai l at thi s address, or via e -mail using
pecolatto@epo net. it fo r yo ur inquiry .
I When to Hear Pirates
Mark Da wso n of A lexand ri a. Virg inia.

w rites in w ith an inte resting log. O n M arch 2
a t 0330 he heard twenty m inutes o f uppe r
s ideband j a m ming o n the 9 830 k Hz s ig nal o f
Radio Havana Cuba. The j am mer ident ified
itse lf as Radio Alp h a 9 9, w ith many " V iv a
C u ba Li bre" slo gans . Things like th is a re
o ften interm itte nt, so it pay s to constant ly
check the sho rtwave b roadcast bands for unu sual acti vity.
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radi o h obby ists overseas wh o o therwi se

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c o u Id n ot affo rd
the m . T hey as k fo r QSL # 10: G. Zeller
your help. Books that
you no lo nger need ,
Confirming your reception on 6955 kiloHertz in the time range between
2303 and 2359 UTC on October 30 1995 as evidenced by your logging in
p lu s a $ I 0 donation
the December 1995 A
bulletin.
to cove r s hi pp in g
costs. can be sent to
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Odenton.MD2 1I1 3 .
If yo u w is h to Some pirates, like tile Logical Alternati11e, QSL A CE logs.
G eorge Jado o n of C lo vis. Ca liforn ia. and

Martin Thie l of Ho liday, Flo rid a. both ask a
q uestio n th at interests a ll o f u s: "Whe n is the
best time to hear pirate s?" Our logs this mo nth
illus trate w hen sta tio ns we re acti ve recentl y.
but pirates come and go o n an u npred ictab le
schedu le. If p resent patterns ho ld . pirates
s ho uld be acti ve at so mew hat later times in
June because of the lo nger s ummer day lig h t.
Times between 0000 and 050 0 sho uld be
more ac tive no w tha n they were d uring the
w inte r. A lso. many li ste ners have been hearing p irates d u ri ng weekday day light ho urs
be tween 1300 and 2300 UTC.
1111 What We Are Hearing

Addresses used by the H UGE volume o f
pirate stations re po rted th is mo nth include PO
Box 452. Wel lsv il le, N Y 14 89 5; PO Box I0 9 .
B lue Ridge Su m mit. PA 172 14: PO Box
28413, Prov idence. R I 0 2908: PO Box 146.

Sto neham . M A 0 2 180 ; PO Box 605. Huntsv il le . A labama 35804: P O Box 175 34. Atla nta. G eorg ia 303 16: PO Box 2530 2 . Pi ttsb urg h. PA 15242: and Ostra Porten 2 9. S44254 Ytterb y. S weden . For return po s tage,
e nc lose three 32e stamps in the en velope to
USA addresse s: $~ US o r two Intern ati o nal
Rep ly Coupo ns go to fore ig n drops . A ll freq u enc ie s are in kH z. with times li sted in UTC .
Action Radio- 6 955 at 2230 . It' s been a w hile since
A J. Michaels has shown up on the pirate bands.
Barry heard him w ith Radio Anima l of WKND and
W ild Steve of XERK with a show emphasizing
conversation. Ad dr: Pittsburgh. (Barry Wi lliams,
Enterprise, AL; Michael Prindle, N ew Suffo lk, NY;
Pat Murphy, Chesapeake, VAi
Altered States Radio- 6955 at 2200. W illiam Hurt
has returned with his well produced mix of eclectic
music and commentary. A d dr: M erlin. (Dennis
Myhand, M ercedes, TX; W illiams!
Free Hope Experience- 6955 at03 30. Major Spook
plugs other p irate statio ns during most broadcasts.
His original sketches odd entertainment value to a
diverse musical playlist. A ddr: Blue Ridge Summit.
(Rich & Talea Jurrens, Katy, TX; Robert Ross, Lo ndon, Ontario; Ike Kelly, Houston, TX; Howard E.
Lyo n, Vo ice of O z; Jesse Rose, Hampto n, VA;
William s; M urphy!
Gerry Rigged Radio- 6955 at 2 100. This new o ne
generated several guesses about its identification,
which was delivered by a somewhat distorted voice.
It' s now clear that the proper ID is this one for a
station featuring old TV audio from shows like M r.
Ed and Los/ in Space. A ddr: Providence. (Nei l
Wolfish , Toronto, O ntario; Murphy!
K-2000- 6955 at 0 600. This hila rious DX parody
sta tion won first prize in the 1995 Pirate Popularity
Poll. Members of The ACE particularly cited thei r
"Trial of the Century" program, where DXer John T.
Arthur was acguitted after an 0 . J. Simpson-style
show trial. Addr: Stoneham. (Williams; Jurrens)
KDED- 6955 at 0 100 . A s previously a nnounced
here, they ore supplementing their trademark Grate
ful Dead music w ith a fo rthcoming "Blabbermouth
Show" featuring three minute b its sent in by listeners. Here's your chance to be heard on a pirate!
Addr: Providence. (Jerry Coatsworth, Merlin,

usually widely heard with a good signal. Addr:
Ontario; Randy Ruger, North Hollywood, CA; Mork
Ytterby. (Chuck Porter, Troy, NY)
Fine, Remington, VA; Mike Ryan, Bueno Pork, CA;
Radio Free Speech 6955 at 2315. Bill 0 . Rights
Dick Pearce, Brattleboro, VT; Kelly; Wolfish; Jurrens;
won second place in this year's Pirate Popularity Poll
Williams; Rose; direct from the station)
sponsored by The ACE. His frequent broadcasts,
KIRK- 6955 at 0230. Jesse hod the only log of this
enterta ini ng comedy, and free speech advocacy led
new one that I hove seen so for. It ploys punk rock
to this honor. Addr: Wellsville. (Wolfish; Jurrens;
with an incongruous slogan of the Voice of the
Murphy)
Radio Fusion Radio 6955 at 0415. Like WBYR, this
Ozarks. Addr: None. (Rose)
KNBS- 6955 ot 2000. Phil Muzik, during his tenth
one plays rap music. It came in next to last in The
year of operation, come in third in the 1995 Pirate
ACE pirate popularity poll, but it's hard to tell why.
Popularity Poll released by The ACE. Comedy and
Addr: Providence. (Williams)
Radio KAOS 6955 at 2100. Thi s well produced
irony are staple fore on this pro-marijuana station.
Scott snagged their QSL! Addr: Wellsville. {Scott
pirate follows the traditional pirate format of rock
Krauss, Cleveland, OH; Wolfish; Murphy)
music and parody sketches . But, be advised that
Midnite Radio-6955 ot 1900. They disappeared
their announced 800 toll free QSL number is actually
for a while, but they returned in April with a
a telephone sex line. Addr: None. (Lee Silvi, Mentor,
broadcast criticizing corporate America. Addr: Blue
OH)
Radio One 6950 at 0200. After a long absence,
Ridge Summit. (Murphy)
Mystery Radio- 6955at0100. Their musical format
this slick rock oldies station has returned. Its elabovaries slightly from show to show, perhaps accountrate jingles and fast pace reflect highly professional
ing for the "mystery." A recent effort was dominated
production standards. Addr: Wellsville. (Kevin
by techno rock and industrial music. Addr: Stoneham.
Graniero, Madison, WI; Lyon; Wolfish; Williams;
(Jurrens; Fine; Coatsworth; Williams; Wolfish; Ruger;
Murphy; Prindle; Rose; Hassig)
Razorback Radio- The QSL that we pictured in April
Ross)
from the l 980' s Razorback Radio has been re
New World Radio 6955 at 0430. Not much is
known about this new pirate. Barry heard them
placed by the new one that is here this month. This
discussing the drug problem. They said to send
makes it clear that the current version is a different
reception reports to MT,
station from the Ra
but they should instead
"""""' ,_
zorbock heard a de
code ago. Addr:
work with a moildrop.
Stoneham. (Ross)
Addr: None. (Williams;
RBCN-6955ot0000.
Jurrens)
Got yw ktt.P
North American Pirate
Radio Bob's latest
~ft--"9ht!
v ............
comedy effort was a
Relay Service 6955 at
celebration of the 20th
1730. RichordT. Pistek's
aJwwanr.111. "'anniversary of the TV
NAPRS relays of
character Mr. Bill, who
Europirates give us a
su ffered numerous
chance to hear stations
misfortunes during the
otherwise inaudible in
broadcast. Addr: At
North America. Neil
1 :f...t/ r;Jl
lonta. (Bill McClintock,
and Barry heard SunMinneapolis, MN; Joel
shine Radio InternaProut; Krauss; Will
tional via thi s route,
whi le Will iam heard
ioms; Lyon; Hassig;
Radio Titanic lnterno The "new Razarback Radio logo from Ferrill
Ross; Prindle)
tionol. Addr: Wellsville. T. Hogg.
ROCK 6955ot20 15.
What kind of music do
(William Hassig, Mt.
Prospect, IL; Murphy; Wolfish; Williams)
they play? Your guess is correct. Where do you write
to them? Take another guess. Addr: None. (Fine)
Outlaw Radio- 6955 at 0315. Their distinctive air
raid siren interval signal precedes and ends a mix
The Logical Alternative 6955 at 0100. Although
of skits and parodies that are well produced. A
it's only on occasionally, this one's new age music is
female announcer hosts the broadcasts and tosses in
selected for entertainment value. As we see here this
month, their QSL's hove been arriving in mailboxes
risque comments. Addr: Providence. (Tom Prevo,
Lincoln, NE; Coatsworth; Williams)
lately. Addr: None, but verifies logs in The ACE.
Partial Indio Radio 6955 at 1900. Sonjay is
(Jurrens; Ross; direct from the station)
sending out QSL's like the one we pictured in May.
Under Cover Radio 6955 at 0115. This is an old
Both David and John got one. Addr: Stoneham.
log from Ja nuary 8. Bob is looking for somebody
(David Chapchuk, Scranton, PA; John Stern,
else who heard this rock music pirate. It had a
booming signal in Maryland despite on announced
Metuchen, NJ)
20 watt transmitter, but DX bulletins fail to note other
Radio 1620 1620 at 0100. David hos been using
his Kiwa medium wave loop lately, and he was
logs. Addr: Unknown. (Bob Eisner; Germantown,
MD)
rewarded with this good catch. They played blues
music, but gave no location to send the cords and
Voice of Horlem 6955 at 0130. Suddenly we have
a whole stable of rap music statio ns; this is the latest
letters that they requested. Addr: None. (David
Gasque, Orangeburg, SC)
entry. Addr: None. (Hassig)
Voice of Indigestion 6955 at 0000. Although the
Radio DC 6955 at 0000. It's election year, so this
station's "Don't Vote Republican" Morse code mes
name does not inspire happy thoughts, their radio
shows are entertaining. Rock, sketches, sound efsage is being heard again. Addr: None, sometimes
fects, and parody ads are normally heard. Addr:
verifies logs in The ACE. (Dowson)
Radio Doomsday- 6955 at 0230. Nemesis, a
None. (Murphy; Rose; W illiams)
veteran pirate, is not nearly as active as he used to
Voice of Juliet 6955 at 1500. This new operation
is produced by a female announcer, but their mix of
be. But, when he's on, his professionally produced
rock music shows and pirate radio commentary are
rock and comedy sketches includes male artists.
~eomin' to Y&1
~:--Arkansas
...............
---
Signal strengths hove been modest, but many of us

hove logged them. Addr: Merlin. (Coatsworth; Lyon;
Murphy; Wolfish; Ross; Rose)
Voice of the Doleks- 6955 at 0230. Originally
made famous on the Dr. Who television show, the
Supreme Commander of the Delek Empire now
broadcasts his plans for taking over our planet via
the pi rote bonds. Addr: Wellsville. (Myhand; Prevo;
Murphy)
Voice of the Idiot Drivel 6955 a t 2115. This new
one also identifies itself as VOID, sometimes in CW
Morse code. Rock, comedy, and sound effects hove
shown up in their shows. Addrs: Merlin and Pitts
burgh. (Ross; Murphy; Williams; Hassig)
WBYR 6955 at 2315. The station' s ploylist consists
of rap music. Its slogan is "Brickyard Radio." Addr:
Providence. (Coatsworth; Wolfish)
WUS- 6955 at 2130. Jock Boggan's station is easy
to recognize from its format. He still ploys interval
signal tunes from legitimate shortwave broadcast
ers. The station offers 50 different QSL designs, and
you con custom order one ii you wish. Addr: Blue
Ridge Summit. (Eisner; Hassig; Murphy; Wolfish;
Ross; direct from the station)
WMOM- 6955at0145. With o slogan of "All Mom,
all the time," they dedicate rock music to mothers.
Barry's QSL came for a lagging in The ACE. Addr:
None. (Williams)
WPN, World Parody Network- 6955 at 05 15.
Captain Squirtlong mixes comedy with diverse mu
sical selections. He' s well integrated with the North
American pirate radio movement, so news items are
often parades for hi s well produced broadcasts . His
Radio Free East Coast shows combine rock, com
edy, and cameo announcements from other pirates.
Addr: Wellsville. (Ei sner; Prindle; Ross; Jurrens;
Pearce; Hassig; Wolfish; Fine; Rose; Williams; Lyon;
Krauss; Murphy)
WRV 6955 at 1845. Pirate Pete at The Radio Virus
infects the airwaves with rock music and plugs for
pirate radio publications such as The ACE. Addr:
Wellsville. (Ross; Wolfish; Pearce)
XEROX, Radio Duplicado- 6955 at 2330. The
station name is legendary because of a hoax de
codes ago in the NASWA QSLcolumn. This pirate
hos ta ken the good pun and turned it into a genuine
broadcaster, featuring reggae, Andean, and Peru
vion music with host Bart Sombo. Addr: Wellsville.
(Hassig; Ross)
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MONITORING TIMES
75
ON THE HAM BANDS

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF AMATEUR RADIO
Ike Kerschner, N3/K
M. a~ it i~commonly known. was fo r
many years the only method of radiotelephone operation available to
hams. Generally speaking. today's ham knows
of AM onl y as commercial music radio.
However. AM docs still ex ist on the ham
bands. Careful listening any night on 160 or
75 meters will turn up quite a few AM signals.
The casual liste ner will usually wonder what
the loud squeal is he hears when tuning across
an AM signal (it' s the carrier).
Unlike SSB (S ingle Sideband) AM has
two sidebands and a carrier to carry the sidebands; the AM signal will normall y be about
6 kH z wide. It was this wide bandwidth that
prelly much doomed AM on the HF bands
back in the early 60' s.
There arc several methods or generating an
AM signal. The best is called Plate or High
Level Modulation. in whi ch it is possible to
insert the audi o via the grid. screen. or cathode
of our vac uum tu be tran5mi11ers. But we arc
not goi ng to in vest igate the technicalities of
many AM nets and casual operators using thi s

mode. 75 meters run in second place. The
other HF hands may harbor some AM acti vit y.
but I have not heard any except on JO meters
which wi ll occasionally ex hibit a tlurry of
activity.
Usuall y AM is found on specific frequencies in order to avoid conllict with the usual
SSB mode o f operat ions. Contacts on AM tend
to be chally wi th lots of 1iow to" and "where
to get it" info and discussions of audio quality.
Th e Heathkit Sha wnee or Pa wnee will
provide good-so1111di11g AM or CW operation
011 VHF at bargain prices.
AM; rather let' s disc uss acti vity of thi s mode

on today" s ham bands.
Advocates of AM generall y argue that AM
sounds belier than SS B: That's true, and listening to a good AM signal is a real joy. If AM
were as spal:e conserving as SS B it would sti II
hold its own on the HF band s. 160 meters is
perhaps the premier AM band today. with
Learning ITU Phonetics

Paul Rauth from Frankfort. Michigan. fou nd that story-telling helped him brush up on
the phonetic alphabet when he got back into amateur radio. He challenges MT readers to
see how short a story can be written, using the phonetic alphabet. Give it a try, and I wager
you' ll know the alphabet forward and backward by the time you' re finished! Paul 's story
weighs in at 200 words.
Short Story
By P.A. Ra uth WB8BPO
"One obsc ure night in Lima. during the month of November. Romeo and Jul iet were
staying at the hotel. They we re waiting for Papa to arri ve. As they waited they sipped a
little whiskey.
Their friends. Charlie, Mike. and Oscar. had been playing golf in the afternoon. Mike.
a member of the Zulu Nation in Southeastern Africa. had a good round and was declared
the victor. Oscar, the Canadian from Quebec. came in second. Charlie. a rather shady
character. broke his arm trying to get out of the rough. He went to the hospital to have an
x-ray.
Meanwhile, a Yankee in uniform was in the ball room dancing the fox trot and tango.
He had j ust received a tip on a drug shipment that probably weighed a kilo.
Papa finally arrived after a long trip from India. Papa was a nuclear physicist
specializing in alpha particles. He announced he was going to the United States and wou ld
Oy Delta Airlines to vacation in the Sierra Nevada Mount ains.
The story ends happil y as the Yankee in uniform caught Charl ie trying to smuggle the
kilo of drugs in his arm cast. The resoundi ng echo, as all said bravo, coul d be heard
throughout the hotel..,
Th e End
76
MONITORING TIMES
June 1996
VHF
What reall y prompted thi s column was

coming across several pieces of VHF AM gear
at a ham fest. For example. a Gonset Commu nicator for two meters was on sale for 20
dollars: the owner assured me the unit worked
fine (and it docs).
Several Heath VHF rigs were at the same
ham fe st. asking a whopping fi vc buc ks for a
six meter Shawnee and I 0 do llars for a two
meter Pawnee . They. too. work fine'
The Heath ri gs also run CW. The Gonset
uses only crystal cont rol fo rt he tran smiller but
the Heath rigs do have VFO' s. The VFO's arc
acceptable. but if you want a trul y stable signal
I adv ise usi ng crystals in these units. too.
The Point
Wh ile AM ac ti \'ity on HF is a bit difficult

due to bandwidth problems. the same does not
hold true at VHF. In fact. seeing a bunch of
AM acti vity on two or six meters would be a
rt:al shot in the arm for those hands. All e lse
aside. AM operation is worth it simply fo r the
reason that it docs sound good.
On VHF there is ple nt y of room for the
broader sig nal and a lot of run can be had using
eq ui pme nt purc hased at bargain basement
prices. There may be a bit more fi nesse requi red to u~e these older ri gs. but that' s all part
of the fun . Why not pick up one of these older
VHF rigs and get some activity started in your
area? Anyone interested in bui lding gear can
find lots or c ircuits in older handbooks and
magazines.
Let s hear from some of the AM addicts out
there: tel l u ~ what is going on in your area.
Sec you on the last wee kend in June 22-23
on Field Day. or maybe the VHF contest June
8- 10 ( ... on AM)? 73 de Ike. N31K
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Kootenai AAS I Hal Larson, N6DOI, PO Box 5222, Coeur d' Alene. ID 83814, 208-773-0863
ForsY1h ARC I Bill Patterson KD4RGB, PO Box 11361, Winston-Salem, NC 27116-1361; 910-723-7388
Split Rock, West Morris Wireless ARAs, Bernie Brownstein, WB2YOK, PO Box 251, Flanders, NJ 07836, 201-584-5399
C hamplain Valley ARC, Les Schmarder, WA21QJ, RR 1, Box 236, Elizabethtown , NY 12932. 5 18873-2189
GA State Conv I Marty Reynolds AA4RM, 960 Li ndridge Dr, Atlanta, GA 30324; 404-365-9280
Apple C ity ARC I Greg Johnson, WA?TSP, PO Box 5283, Wenatchee, WA 98807, 509-884-63 14
Six Meter Club of Chic I Joseph Gutwein WA9RU. 7 109 Blackburn Ave, Downers Grove, IL 605 16-3925; 708-963-4922
Cook Co Hamfest I 91 st and Wolf Rd, McHenry County Fairgrounds
Lancaster ARC I Charles Koester, WD2AIK, 11495 Cary Rd .. Alden, NY 14004, 716-937-3592
Hall of Science ARC I Arnie Schiffman WB2YXB, 47-01 111 St. Flushing Meadow, Queens. NY; 718-343-0 172. Talk-in 444.200
rptr, 146.52s. 9am-3pm. $5 adm.
Hanove r Area Hamming Assn I Ralph Stoffel. N3KZS, PO Box 381, Manchester. MD 21102, 410-239-8451. Location: Pleasant
Hill Fi re Co, 5 mi. S Hanover on Rte 94. T alk-in 146.895-. Sam-?, $5 adm.
Susquehana Valley & Milton ARCs I David Welker AA3BO, 229 Ridge Ave. Sunbury, PA 17801; 717-286-0787
Albany, GA
Albany GA ARC /Terry Lewis KD4KVY. 3821 Slade Ave. Albany, GA 31707; 912-432-0437
Raritan Valley ARC I Robert Pearson WB2CVL. 149 Emerson Rd , Somerset. NJ 08873; 908-846-2056. Location Columbia Park
near Rt 259 & 28. 7am-2pm. $5 adm. T alk-in 146.625(r), 146.520(s)
Milford ARC I Gerry Reisert K F8YB, 6464 Wardwood Dr, Loveland, OH 45140; 513-677-9255
Bluefield Hamfest Assn I Benjamin Mills, N8XXA,
100 Backwoods Ave., Princeton, WV 24740, 304-425-6273
Satellite A RC I Eric Lemmon, WB6FLY, PO Box 51 17, Vandenberg AFB , CA 93437, 805-733-4416
MIT RS & Harvard Wireless Club I Steve Finberg W1GSL, PO Box 397082. MIT Branch , Cambridge, MA 02 139; 6 17-253-3776
Frederick ARC I Eric Gammeter. N8AAY, 10494 Bal moral Place. New Market, MD 2 1774-6947, 301 -865-0865
Monroe Co RCA I Fred Van Daele. 4 Carl Dr, Monroe, Ml 48162; 313-242-9487. Location: Monroe Co Fairgrounds on M50 at
Raisinville Rd. Talk-in 146.72, 442.825. 8am-2pm $5 adm.
C uyahoga AAS I Rich J ames, N8FIL, 7620 C restwood Ln., Northfield Center, OH 44067, 216-468-2035 or 800-404-2282
Washington , DC
Talk Radio '96, Nat'I Assoc of Radio Talk Show Hosts, Omni Shoreham Hotel , 6 17-437-9757
Mayland ARC I David Biddix, KD4PXS , RR 3. Box 687, Spruce Pine. NC 28777, 704-765-4223
Field Day
Asheville, NC
DERA Workshops on Community Emergency Preparedness and Response T eam Mgt. Contact 414 -5873636
Rapid City, SD
Blac k Hills ARC I Gary Peterson, KOCX, PO Box 294. Rapid City, SD 57709, 605-343-6739
North Bay ARA I Joseph Thompson, KE6FCH , 925 Tennessee St., Vallejo , CA 94590, 707-644-8129
Paducah ARA I David Fraser, KQ41U, 230 Jason Dr., Kevil, KY 42053, 502-488-2031
Six Meter Club of Chicago I Joseph Gutwein, WA9RIJ , 7 109 Blackburn Ave ., Downers G rove. IL, 708-963-4922
Harrisburg RAC I T om Hale, WU3X, PO Box 418, Halifax, PA 17032, 717-896-8087
Jackson C ounty ARC I Charles Kimmerly, N5XGI, 19000 Busby Rd., Vancleave, MS 39565, 601-826-5811
Cass Hubbard ARC operating NOSFJ , WFOQ, KO VBM 1400-2000 UTC to celebrate Centennial of Walke r, Minnesota. Op on
lower 80, 40, and 20 meters . For certificate send QSL and SASE to Cass Hubbard Amateur Radio Club, Gen Delivery, Walker,
MN 56484 .
NC Alligators Group I Walter Bastow, N4KVF. 3045 High Rock Rd. , Gold Hill. NC 28071 , 704-279-339 1
Murgas ARC I James Post, KA3A, 15 Monarch Rd., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702, 717-825-3940
YL Radio League Conv I Second Area Young Ladies ARC , Wanda Traver, N2JBK, 48 Carroll St.. West Henrietta, NY 14586
So Berkshire ARC I Robert Schoenfeld, KA 1ARR, Spring Hollow Rd ., Sheffield , MA 01257, 413-229-8695
M E Council of ARC I Robin Walls , N1 NFK, 34 Tufton St., Brunswick, ME 040 11 , 207-4429405
Tidelands AAS I Carl W . (Bill) Steele, WA5WVP, PO Box 73, Texas City, T X 77592 , 409-948-0308
S M ilwaukee ARC I P.O. Box 102, South Milwaukee , WI 531 72-0 102, 414-762-3235. Location: Am Legion Post #434 grounds.
9327 S. Shepard Ave. 7am-2pm CDT. Talk-in 146.52s. Free parking, picnic, and camping. $5 adm (incl free refreshments).
Central Div Conv I Rick Ogan, N9LRR, 5329 Lester St., Indianapolis, IN 46208. 317-251 -4407
Fox River Radio League I Diana Skube, WD9API , 4 N 21 O Locust Ave., West Chicago, IL 60185, 708-293-7485
Wood County ARC I John Lagger, N8XKR, 7234 Latcha Rd., Perrysburg, OH 43557, 4 19-666-5939
Mid-Atlantic ARC I Bob Haase, W3SA, 674 Valley View Rd. , Wayne, PA 19087, 610-293-1919
North Hills ARC I John Sibenac, KE3PI, 216 Kinvara Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15237 , 4 12-487-2740. Location: Northland Public Library
(10 mi Nor Pitt. on McKnight Rd). Talk-in 149.69/.09. Free adm. 8am-3pm.
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77
DEMAW'S WORKBENCH
Dou Demaw, WI FB
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND TIPS
How to Tune Random-Length Antennas
wi ll be fa irl y low-25 to60ohms, typically .

o me sho rt wave listene rs do nt have
Th
is wi ll improve receptio n. It is worth notthe lux ury of ample s pace for large
ing that 1/4- or 3/4-waveleng th (or mu ltiple s
o utd oo r ante nnas. Ha vin g bee n
RCVR
thereof) end-fed w ires present a low im pedth rough that ordeal as an apartment-d we ller A
ance at the feed point. Converse ly. antennas
S WL. I am keenl y aware o f the need to
that are 1/2 wave leng th. o r m ultiples thereof.
.. make do" with random-le ng th pieces of
present a high impedance ( I0 00 to 2000
wire for use as indoor, or hidden outdoor
o hms. fo r exam ple) al the feed po int. Antenante nnas. Somct imes it is necessary to simnas of that vari ety cause a seri ous mi smatc h
pl y strin g 20 o r 30 feet of no . 24 magnet B
RCVR (0>------=~~{:~-----0 ANT
to ex ist at the receiver input port .
wire aro und th..: ceil ing or mo ld ings near
Cl
the floor.
Hanks of w ire of that ty pe arc se ldom
I General-Purpose Tuning Network
good performe rs fo r SWLing. especially
A combinati o n of capaci ta nce and induco n the lower frequencies. Antenna effita
nce, used in series. works well fo r dealing
RCVR
c iency is poor because there is to o littl e c
w ith nearly all rando m le ngths of w ire. This
wi re to pick up weak s ig na ls. Furthermore.
is becau se variable capac itance and induca casualy chose n length of wire wi 11 seldom
tance is avail able to the user. Some co mbinapresent a n impedance that matches recei vtion of the settings oft he two series e le ments
e rs which arc designed fo r 50-o hm anten- FIGURE 1: Examples of networks that are used to
w il l resonate the w ire and provide a close
nas . The impedance mi smatc h furt her de- cancel the reacta11ce i11 end-fed wire antennas in
matc h to 5 0 ohms. Figure IC sho ws the
g rades the overall performance o f the sys- order to achieve resonance at the operating
hookup for a general -purpose tuning syste m.
frequency.
Circuit
A
cancels
capacitive
reactance.
tem. The long-standing rul e that " maxiIf th is arra ngeme nt is used w ith a transm itmum power (s ig nal) tran sfer occurs on ly Capacitor CI at B cancels inductive reacta11ce. The
co111bi11atio11 of CJ and Li at C ca11 be used to
ter it can be adj usted precisely by inserting
when unlike impedances are matc hed ..
cancel either type of reactance.
an SWR meter between the transmitter and
holds true in this situati on. too.
LI in Figure IC. T he coil and capac ito r are
Simp le tec hniques may be applied to
adjusted to o btain a n S WR of I: I . A perfect
e xtract maximum signal e nerg y from sho rt
tion becomes apparent when a weak signal
matc h in th is s ituat ion does no t mean that the
wire antennas. Making the m resonant at the
from your receiver ri ses lo a peak reading. as
antenna is exactly resonant at the operating
receive freque ncy is an important step fo rnoted by ear or via your S meter. LI in Figu re
freque ncy. but it w iII accept transmitte r power
ward. Creating a reasonable im pedance match
I is called " lumped inductance." A coil w ith
and will work fine on receive.
lo the rece iver is simila rl y beneficial. But,
taps may be used with a clip lead to change the
even if you have a long piece of wire erected
coi l inductance.
I Resonant Tuner Method
What if the antenna is too long to be resoo ut of doors. it may no t perform o ptimally
w itho ut m atching it to you r receiver. Thi s
nant as a quarter wave on a partic ular freeiu e ncy? Thi s
mo nth's column add re sses some simple and
inex pensive circuit s that you can imple me nt
mean s th a t th e
ANT
for use with random leng th s ing le-wire anantenna has too
te nnas.
much XL. and it
needs to be canRCVR
cel led by adding
I Too Short or Too long?
Xe Thi s can be
Cl
It is use ful to unde rstand some basi cs
ac hi e ved e a s ily
regarding wire length versus the receiving or
Ll
by mere ly adding
tran smitting frequency. If an antenna is too
a wning capaci365 pF
short (l ess than 1/4 wave leng th ) it ex hibits
to r in series with
what is known a ~ capac iti ve reactance (Xe).
the wire. as illu sThi s mean s that it needs more inductance
trated in Fig ure
(\ ) . Whe n the amount o f \ . is equal to the
IB.
ex isting Xr. the reactance is cance lled and the
EARTH AND CHASSIS
Ne ithe r o f the
antenna is resonant.
foregoing proceGROUND
More ind uctance can be obtained by leng th dure s en sures a FIGURE 2: Parallel tu11ed resonant matching circuit for ra11do111ening the antenna wire, o r you can add a coil
50-ohm matc h to length wires of any size. CJ and L2 form a tuned circuit that is adjusted
in series with the wire. Fi gure I A shows how
the rece iver. but for tlte operati11g frequency. The tap 011 L2 is used to short out part of
this is do ne . LI is adjusted until the amenna
t he i mp eda n ce the coil to permit operation at higher frequ encies. See text.
becomes a n electrical I/4 wave . This condi -
;h
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MONITORING TIMES
June 1996
FIGURE 3: Pictorial diagram showing

how the circuit i11 Figure 2 is assembled.
L I has 10 turns of 110. 22 enamel wire
wound 01er the grounded end of L2. There
are 104 turns of close-wound no. 22
enamel wire (60 j,IH) used fo r L2. The coil
form is I inch OD X 5 in ches long. L2 may
be tapped every 5 turns, starting at the 15th
tum up from th e grounded end. A short
flexible wire with a small alligator clip can
be used to select the coil flips. Alternatively,
the taps can be chosen by means of a
single-pole, multiposition rotary wafer
switch.
Perhaps o ne o f the o ldest methods fortunin g
random lengths of an tenna wire is the o ne
shown in Fig ure 2. A tuned c irc uit is adjusted
fo r resonan<.:c at the o perat ing frequency (C I
and L2) w ith th e w ire antenna connec ted to the
to p of the co il. The w ire the n becomes a part of
the tu ned circuit and is e ffectively resona nt.
The n:ceiver is coupled to the tu ned c in.:uit by
means o f a low-impedance link ( LI ) that is
wound over the grounded e nd of L2. Coil L2
may be tap ped. as s how n. to perm it its use o ver
a wide range o f freq uencies. such as 1500 kHz
to 30 MHz. The hig he r the frequency the smalle r
the induc tance o f the coil. This c irc uit is adj usted for maxi mum rece ived sig nal. If used
w ith a tra nsm itte r it is ~c t for an SWR o f I : I.
T here will be situati o ns whe n the a nte nna
w ire can be matched more e ffecti vely by tappi ng it toward the grounded e nd o f L2. Th is is
parti cu larly true if the w ire presenrs a low
im pedance to the tuner. It m ight tu ne best w he n
it is attached. say, midway down the co il.
I used th is syste m w ith m y transmitter many
years ago w hen I had o nly a 60-foot piece o f
wire strung between my apartme nt w indow
a nd a tree. It was an .. in visibl e .. antenna made
fro m no. 26 ena meled w ire. Rub ber band s
served a~ insul ato rs . The apartment complex
had a covenent against outdoor ante nnas . I
o pe rated in th is ma nner for two years w itho ut
be ing sent to .. radi o prison !.. I made the wire
mo re in vi!>i ble by spraying succeeding twofoot sectio ns o f it wit h beige. blue . gree n. a nd
black pai nt.
for use with receivers o nly. the cardboard tube

fro m a roll of toi let ti ssue w ill s uffice. In the
ol d d ay~ we experi menters used all manner of
available it e m ~ for coil forms. suc h as cornmeal boxes. to ile t ti ssue tubes. a nd wooden
d owe l rods. The cardboard form!> were coated
wi th ~he ll a<.: to , tiffe n the m . We bo iled 1he
dowe l rods in canning wa x be fore us ing the m.
However, fo rtransmitti ng purposes you shoul d
use rig id. low- loss coil fo rms such as phe no lic.
fiberg lass o r polysty re ne to preserve the co il Q
{fi g ure o f merit ) a nd to minimize d ie lec tric
losses.
The coil taps an: made by tw isting the
ename l wire at each tap po int while w indi ng
the coil. Sec Fig ure 3. T he wire is tw isted into
a s mall loop which extends o utward fro m the
coil. The ins ulat io n is re moved fro m the small
loop and the bare wire is tinned w ith solder.
Exerc ise care when remo,ing the w ire insul ati o n. No two co il tu rns sho uld be allowed to
sho rt circuit. That would spoil the Q of the coil
and rui n the pe rfo rma nce. A small piece of
ho useho ld waxed paper a round tht.: turn whe re
the tap is made wi ll he lp to preve nt an unwanted sho rted turn .
T he tu ning capa<.: ito r shou ld have at least
YAESU
200 pF o f capac itance to ensure ample tuni ng

range. A 365-pF variable <.:apaci tor from a
d iscarded tube-typt.: BC band radio woul d be
ideal. Alternative ly. a two-sectio n mi niature
variab le capacitor from a tra nsistor rad io can
be used if the two sectio ns a re wi red in pa rallel. T his w ill prov ide roughly 200 pF of capac itance.
Yo u can assem ble your tuner o n a piece of
wood. No ex pensive meta l c hassis o r proj ect
box is necessary. Your tune r can look ugly as
lo ng as it perform s its task. A short cl ip lead
may be used fo r se lec ti ng the coil tap yo u
need . If yo u wan t to ge t fa ncy. u se a
mul tiposi tion sing le-po le wa fe r switch for
accessing the coil taps.
Closing Comments
Weak-signal reception can be enhanced
great ly by resonating and ma t<.:h ing that random-l ength wire you are using for shortwave
reception. The Figu re 2 c ircuit will hel p to
reject near-in-frequency strong signa ls that
c an overload your receiver. T his may he a
blessing if you li ve near commerc ial broadcast stat io ns o r a ham-radi o operato r.
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Construction Tips
T he co ils required for the c ircuits in thi s
a rtic le c an be wound o n PVC tubing. If they a rc
June 1996
MONITORING TIMES
79
PiLANE TALK
MAKING SENSE OF CIVILIAN AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS
Jean Baker, KIN9DD
Readers' Corner
elcomc aboard. This month the

Readers ' Corner takes over lhc
column with some of the inte resting informatio n and frequencies o ur readers
have contributed over the pasl few months.
T he stage is all yours, fo lks 1
I Citified Codes
Gary M ishler ( IA). a corporate pi lot who
fl ies a Learjet Mode l 55 out of Des Moines,
IA. provides anothe r slant on city codes (sec
Jan '96 issue). He says. "Many people don't
rea lize it, but all a irports technicall y use fourletter identifiers . This is so Ai r Traffic Control
and the planes' on-board nav igat ion com put ers can di fferenliate them from the three-le tter
na vigational a ids that share the same name.
For example . Des Moines. IA. has a VOR
about fi ve mil es south of the ai rpo rt. The VOR
is called Des Moines and has the idc nt DS M.
The ai rport is also call ed 'Des Mo ines bu t has
the ide nt KDSM . Being cleared by ATC 'Di rect DSM ' means something differe nt from
being cleared 'Direct KDSM. as they arc five
miles or so apart.
" Every a irport in the 48 states is assigned
lo begi n w ith K fo llowed by three characters.
w hile all the g round-based en route radi o aids
are three -lette r (i.e .. O'Hare VO R is O RD.
w hile the a irport is KORD). Ai rports in Canada
start with C--. the Pacific a rea is P-- (Honolul u
is PHNL). most of the Caribbean slarls wit h
M--, much of Europe is E--, etc.
To make things even mo re interesting. the
last three characters don' t have to be al l leth::rs. S ince the re arc o nly so many combinatio ns of the 26 le ttc rs. combinati o ns of letters
and n umbers are also used for ma ny of the
sm all er airpo rts that are not served by commerc ial airlines. For exam ple Fayetteville.
North Carolina's main a irport. would be entered as KFA Y, bul the smaller Grays Creek
Fie ld. also in Fayetteville. is K2GC."
B Aloft in Seattle
Keonc Wi 11iams (Washingto n) contri butcd
the freq uencies li sted in Table I for SeaTac
(Seattle-T acoma) Internatio nal Airpo11.That
m ust have taken hours o f monitori ng ' Thank s.
Keo ne .
I Special Priority Passengers

Barbara E. (AZ), a Fi rst O ffi ce r for a maj o r
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airl ine. informs us that any time we hear a

pilot announce his callsig n with the word
"Lifeg uard" included , it means that the pla ne
is e ithe r transporting human organs (which
can deteriorate rapidly unless specially prepared for the interval between the time that
they' re harvested and the actual transp lant).
o r a very ill passenger. Consequently. prio rity
handl ing for takeoff, enroute, and approach.
is g iven to an y fl ig ht with thi s designation .
The flight can be a commercial airliner, mi litary, o r a general aviation aircraft.
Coincidentally, just a few clays after receiving her letter. I mo nitored a TWA pi lo t on
approach w ho adv ised the controller that hi s
calls ig n was TWA 243, Li feguard. He mentioned that in additi o n to the routine load of
passengers, he was al so carryi ng human eyes
and other o rgans for transplants here in Indy.
I Knotty Subjects
How ard Ragan K7ATU (Oregon) elaborates o n o ur defi nitio n ofa knot (March 1998):
"A knot is I nautical mile pe r ho ur o r 1.152
statute miles per ho ur. To find ai rspeed in
mph, whe n g iven knots. multiply kno ts by
1. 152. A knot is never re ferred to as ''knots per
hour" - o nly as "x knots." Howard is a
Reti red A ir Force Technica l Sergeant.
James Ney ( PA) says that the answer I
FIGURE 1
SEA-TAC FREQUENCIES
App/Dep
119.200/338.200
11 9.500/263 .100
Twr
119.900
Grnd Cntrl
l 21 .700
ATIS
118.000
Clearance
128.000
Boeing Company Flight Test Stations: l 23.200,
123 .225, 123.250, 123.275,
123.325
ELT Locator Test (Mountain Rescue Council):
121 .600, 121.650, 121.700,
121.750
Airline Company and G round Support:
Alaska Airlines -460.750, 460.775, 460.825,
465.700, 465.775, 465.800
American A irlines 129.200, 460.650,
460.675
Continental Airlines 460.850; Delta 460.750
Hawaiian Airlines - 460.800
Northwest Airlines 131.700, 460.750,
460.875, 462.762
United Airlines 129.500, 130.325 460.725
gave regarding the question o n airway intersections in the March issue was correct, but
too brief. He s uggests that anyone who's
interested in the subject sho uld go lo the ir
nearest Fixed Base Operator (AM R Combs,
Rayct ho n. e tc .) at thei r local airport and buy a
copy of the NOAA IFR Enroutc Low Alti tude
c hart and/or the U.S . Terminal Procedures for
their area . Those c hans show the a irway intersec tions in detail.
Gary Arman (O HJ has noted that Dakar
(Senegal) Aeradio must have acq uired some
powerfu l transmi tters/rece ivers as their transmi ss ions have been rece ived very clearly in
hi s part of the country for the past several
months. Qui te a few other mon itors in the
midwest have mentioned that they've heard
Dakar exceptionally we ll o n various frequ encies bot h day and night.
You wi ll find Dakar Acrad io o n the Major
World A ir Ro ute Areas of South Atlantic
(SAT- I): 3452. 6535. 8861. 13357 , 17955,
(SAT- 2): 2854. 5565. 1129 1. 133 15, 1795;
also o n Afri ca Area I (AFl- 1) which uses the
same freq ue nc ies as SAT- I . Remember, how ever. th at each of these M WAR As are s hared
by many g round sta tions and sometimes they
all seem to be trying to contact o ne another
simu ltaneously. resu lti ng in no ne of them
be in g heard d istinc li y 1
I recently attended a large ham/computer
fe st and was almost overwhelmed by all oft he
good stuff that was offered fo r sale. trade, etc ..
in c lu d ing some marvelous old rece ivers
(Halli craft ers. Heath kit. Regency. Transoceanic) in ti p-top shape. Then. while looking
through some radio-re lated computer soft ware, I spotted a d is kette ca lled "Aero." It
contain s around I 0 text programs wi th val id
frequenc ies and data fo r VHF. HF, and UHF
mo nitors.
Thi s is a rare find for us aero moni to rs and
needless to say. I lwd to buy it. When I got
ho me and loaded it into the computer. I fo und
that a lo t of the in fo on it had been c redited to
MT. Thi s is a "frceware" produc t. wh ich means
that you d o no t have to send the author a fee.
Send a 3-1/2 inch di skette (sorry , I can't
ha ndle 5-1 /4") a nd a self-addressed stamped
d isk ma il er to Plane Talk. o r send $5.00 and
I'l l prov ide the di skette and mailer.
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MONITORING TIMES
81
fEDERAL FILE
John Fulford, WA4VPY
A GUIDE TO GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS
Government Surveillance Frequencies:

To Publish or Not to Publish?
very once in a whil e. I come upon

some federal fn.::quenc ies that l
do not publish. generall y fo r one
of two reasons. The first is that the
frequency and/or the agency can not be
\e rillctl. The second i ~ that the active
frequency is just a litt le too sensitive to
be pu bli ~hed at that ti me. Ofte n the
age ncy using the frequency is one o r
those inte ll igence agencies who would
prefer th at I not publish them at all. or
there is a cun-ent operation usin g that
frequency <luring the ti me of my publication.
Though I try not to abuse it. I am a
great believer in the First /\ mcnd ment.
After a ll. try publishing a column like
mine in a country that has its vers ion of
the Official Sec rets Ac t. or in a country
where the mere possession of a scanne r
or a federal government frequency list would
he pri111a facae ev idence of spy ing.
The frequenc ies arc out there. just the
sa me. If they do not show up in my list, they
wi ll show up in someone el~es list. o r a~ a
po~ t i n g on the Internet. No frequency is sacred. If one k n ow~ when.: to look or in whic h
pu bli cati on to searc h. the tat:tical and operatio nal frequ en c i c~ of such agenc ies as the
Central Intelligence Agency or the National
Security Agency can he located and entered
into your scanner for your own curiosity.
Herc s a case in poi nt ... During the Waco
~tandoff. I obtai ned the frequencies used by
the FB I and the ATr for their electronic
surve illance of the acti vit ies inside the now
infamous Compo und. It was an in terestin g
moral dile mma whether or not to pub lish
them. Sure. it would lit the kind of sensation:il i~ t report ing that someti mes sells maga1. inc~. but it would ha\'C done no good except
to put ~o mc agent"~ life in da nger during the
~ t a n doff. Besides. they we re up in the microwave region where radio propagati on is pretty
we ll limi ted to line of sight.
When the Waco standoff cndetl. the freq uencies went into my data hase. Now. as thi s
i ~ he ing written. t h e n~ i ~ a :-.tandoff goi ng on in
the State of Montana involving the Freemen.
It woultl be foo lish to a ~~umc that there i ~ not
some fo rm of elect ronic ~u rvc i l l a n cc going on
there a~ well.
lnt1.:rcstingly, as I was ..surfing the net.. the
other night. I located a posting which had
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most of the Waco surve illance frequenc ies.

pl u~ a few others. Since they have now been
put into the publi c arerrn. here is an updated
list of federal survei llance freque ncies.
I Cooking with Microwaves
A~ has been pre viously pu bl i~hcd . age ncies s uch as DEA have routi nely used body
transmitters in the 150-174 MHzreg ion. These
will continue. There is too much mo ney ti ed
up in the equipment. The Postal Service even
hatl a photograph of some of their equi pment
pub li ~hed in this column . These freq u e n c i c~
have been published before . so I \\Ont repeat
them here.
The new frequencies that arc turning up are
in the microwave regio n. (f-or our pu rposes.
the microwave region starts at approximately
900 MHz and conti nue:-. upward.)
The freque ncy range of 902-926 MHz b
tu rn ing up some in tere~ti n g commercial devices that are available to the public. in addirion ro the government. This is a very popular
new commercial range.
The range o r 1710 MHz-1755 MHz has
hce n in demand by rhc Department of Justice.
Both audio and video ~u r ve i ll a n cc transmitt er~ have been purchased b) the DOJ. In 1995
alone. the DOJ purcha~ed over I-WO of t he~e
devices. which have a power output of I/.'+ to
1/2 watt.
T he Department or the Treasury o perates
the ir own T reasury Video Surve il lan ce Sys-
tem (as they call it) in the 1710-1850

MHz range. The Treasury Department also has a corresponding frequency band they use in the 46354660 MHz band they also use for
tactical video surveillance.
Commercial devices intended for
the .. non-law enforceme nt public.. arc
ava ilable in th e 2400-2500 MHz
range.
The government also has freque ncy
spec trum ass igned to them in the 7/8
G igahertz range (7000/8000 MH z).
The government has an interesting
satellite band hidden there with a 8
GHz uplink to the birds and a 7 G Hz
downlin k to the earth stations. T his
might be an interesting target band for
which to bui ld an ean h stati on. The
Departme nt of State Diplomatic Communi cations Service is hidden in there. but it"s all
encrypted.
Why me ntion this relati vely obscure band?
Because with today"s technology. nothing
can be considered obsc ure. One day there will
probably be scanners and com me rcially available receivers fo r t hi ~ port ion of the spec trum
ava ilable off the shelf. According to a recently obtained Department o f Ju ~ ti ce electronic ~ ur vei llan cc training manual. the gove rn ment is beginn ing to use surveil lance syst em ~ in the 7/8 GHz region. but the majority
of them arc in the 900 MHz to 5 GH1. region.
The DOJ manual went on to recomme nd
that frequency modu lated devices should ope rate on the po11ion of the spectrum below 3
G Hz and frequency hopping and spread spcctn rrn devices should operate above 1.5 GH z.
Keep in mind that the professionals also
operate using very low power devices which
use the power and/or the te lephone lines for a
transmi!>sion antenna. These can be fo und in
the region of 9 kHz to 300 MHz (yes. 300
MHz). I personall y ~aw a government unit in
operat ion on 160 MH z using the telephone
li nes bac k in 1982.
Verified Surveillance Frequencies
The freque ncie~ fo ll owing arc all based on

hard documentation. T his means that I have
either seen the un its or have knowledge of
their use.
Listening Devices
I Other Sneaky Tricks
Frequency
3050 MHz
Use
Telephone line transmitters; Power
outlet transmitters
44-50MHz
"Baby room monitors"
72.1 75.4 MHz Hearing a ssistance transmitters
8088 MHz
In and out of band FM transmit
ters
88108 MHz
1081 12 MHz
The "Watergate" transmitters
were on 11 2 MHz
110140 MHz
Digital professional transmitters
seen here
136-144 MHz
DECO transmitters and a lot of
European transmitters
162 174 MHz
Typical law enforcement body
transmitters
1742 16 MHz
Com merc ial wireless microphones
220530 MHz
English UHF wireless microphones
395410 MHz
DECO transmitters operate on
400 MHz; PK Electronics operate
on 395-410 MHz. PK is a Ger
man surveillance company
470608 MHz
Commercia l wireless micro
phones
700-800 MHz
Commercial wireless micro
phones
880-970 MHz
Modified cord less telephones;
Spread spectrum and frequency
hopping
700900 MHz
Use
U.S. non-government
Popular French video surv. sys
tern
Popular Italian surveillance sys
tern
902-928 MHz very hot
809960 MHz
9502500 MHz
11 00- 1400 MHz European video surveillance using PAL format
1700-1950 MHz Government use
2400 2500 M Hz Government use; These are very
popular in England/France
Tactical Surveillance Equipment

Frequency
225400 MHz
290330 MHz
1700 1900 MHz
Threat
Frequencies
100450 kHz
1
3 kHz3 MHz
2
5 MHz-32 MHz
3
3 kHz 200 MHz

15 kHz-75 M Hz
Video Bugs
frequency
380480 MHz
430-450 MHz
Hardwire microphones can be dropped on

a cable TY system on an y unused frequ ency .
Most syste ms use the range of 30 kHz to 300
kHz. There have been "devices" found transmitting video and audio back clown the T Y
cable. T he first reported device was supposedly fou nd in a n Eastern Bloc embassy in the
Washington. D.C., area. It must have been
some good video for a whi le! While you are
pondering this thought , how many of you
have T Y cab le boxes in your bedrooms? Just
a thought...
While we are discussing the carrier c urrent
and hard w ired trans mitters, here is a list of
frequen c ies and their threat levels (fro m those
frequencies least subject to electronic survei llance to those w hich are most vulnerable).
Use
Throw away un its. These are
10 microwatt-300 milliwatt
power levels. Often found in
"thrown away" beer cans.
Same idea, except in cigarette
butts
Cigarette butts and most re
cently in pieces of broken off
wood. These were the types
used at Waco. They transmitted to a repeater buried outside
the compound and were sent in
doily with the food shipments.
Very Low Frequency and Carrier Current

Transmitters
Frequency
Use
3200 kHz
100-200 kHz
120-200 kHz
200300 kHz
300400 kHz
High grade professional

Older units
Pre 1990 intercoms
Post 1990 intercoms
Telephone line transmitters
4
5
Use
Most CC units
Progrode units
WatkinsJohnson makes
a very nice device for
use here
CC on telephone wires
Audio/video microwire
systems
The neatest little device looks li ke a pi ece of

throw n away coaxial cable. There is a tiny
mic rophone and transmitter inside o r it. No
ballcry is required. It develops electricity from
the sound waves and the w ire inside of the
cab le . ... Say. how long has that unusued piece
of cable been lying bd1ind your sofa? ... And
you thought the cab le installer was j ust lazy
and clidn ' t wan t to reach clown to pi ck up that
piece he "cut off' and left behi nd .
To fini sh up for this month, here is a list of
some other reported surveillance frequencies (M Hz) that I have not published before .
Enjoy ...
149.3500
167.4875
169.5050
171.1050
171.8450
172.2000
172.2875
172.3875
165.0125
168.0115
170.2450
171.4500
17 1.8500
172.2125
172.3125
172.5500
167.3375
169.2000
170.3050
171.6000
171.9050
172.2375
172.3375
173.3375
167.3500
169.4450
171.0450
171.7500
172.0000
172.2625
172.3625
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MONITORIN G TIMES
83
SATELLITE TV
Ken Reitz, KS4ZR
ADVENTURES IN THE CLARKE BELT
1996 Satellite Broadcasting Guide
nvolvement with any hobby includes the

constant pursui t of info rmation. In thc
early I98()'s satdlitc TY wa~ an up-andrnming hobby with book ~ on th e subject
wide ly ava ilab le at chain booksto re~ in mo ~ t
ci ties and satellite TV maga1.ines available in
even in the smallest towns. Another sou rce of
info rmation was thc TYRO ct. which
operated on the 20 meter hand
every Sunday afternoon.
T here were so man y
amateur radi o operators
who were in vo lved in satellite TY that several dozen
would check in to the net
each week.
Since thc
early days. technological adva nces and the drastic drop in
prices has made satellite TY more
read il y availab le than ever before.
Indeed. industry sources report that
there are a total of nearl y 5 mill ion
households watching TV via DBS or
"full view" (foh in the U.S. (Approximately 2.3 million via "full view: I .J
million via DSS 18" dish. and I. I milli on
via Primestar-'s 3 foot di sh. ) lnrnically. wi th
more and more viewers thi.:rc arc fewer and
fewer places to find in formation. The former
hobby maga1.incs turned imo trade journab
and the hobby books were replaced with enormously th ick trade reference hooks with hefty
price tags. Hobbyists interested in learn ing
more about satel lite technology withou t investing a fo rtune are left with two inexpensi\e
alternatives. T he first is Smellite Time.v publ ished bi-mon thly at $ 19.95/ycar - the
sister publi cation to Mo11itori11g Ti111es whi ch
seeks to bring up-lo-date information and
interesting articles on this subject to the hobby
market. The second is the Smdlite Broadcasting Guide - published yearly by Bi llboard
books at $24.95.
I Deja Vu
I last reviewed the Satellite lfroadcasting
Guide in the May 1994 issue of MT. My chict'
complaints then were the forty-some pages
devoted to European TYRO receivers and the
lack of an index. r Ill happy lo report that the
chapter on out-dated Euro-receivers is gone
(along with the half-page photo of G11ide
edi tor Bart Kuperus). Unhappily. the 1996
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June
1996
edi tion i~ ~t ill without an index and readers arc

agai n a~ k cd 10 spend time getting to know the
book in the intimate way in which we arc sure
Mr. Kuperus has done.
To their credit. the publishers have ~ccn fit
to keep the handy 5-.\/-t hy 9 inch format
which sets it directl y apart from the
much more expensive industry
tomes usi ng the 8-112 x 11 format.
and it fits neatly on the bookshe lves of mo~t h ome~.
But. if' it see ms to you that
the mate rial is vag uely fa111 iliar. it i ~ . In 1994 thc book ran
366 page~: the 1ri111111er
model ror 1996 features
352.Butthefirst IOO pagcs
arc virtuall y iden ti ca l
wo rd for word and
graphic for graph ic.
Th:11 should ce rtainly
have cul down on production expenses.
Additionally. the Sa1ellite
Broadcasti11g Guide. taking it~ cue
from the much larger trade references. now
f'eatures adve rtising (i ncluding a half page ad
from Grove En terprises pitching Satellite
Times and the Grove Internet Link). Surely.
that too could have he lped offset production
co. ts. hut apparently not. One notices that the
retail price has actuall y gone up. The Satellite
Brnadrnsti11g Guide is $5 more than it was
two year~ ago.
This i~ not to say the fiN 100 pagc~ arcn' t
use ful. The newcomer to the TYRO fie ld wi ll
f'ind it informative, but the old hand. who
perhaps bought thi s boo k two years ago and
now hoped to add an updated wea lth of information to their TYRO reference library. will
be sadly di~appointed.
Still. the descr ipti on ~ of basic satellite information involving tran ~ mi s~io n and reception. an explanation of international broadcasting ~ tanclarcls. and ad\'ice on installation
and compi lati on of charts and li. t~offreque n
cics. provide ample int roduct ion to the hobby.
It" s a great way for those just getting started in
the ~atcll it c T V hobby 10 learn how it all
\\Orb.
I What Went Right

One great feature or this hook is the next 75
pages: a chapter entitled .. Satel lite Cmeragc
Zone~:
Here. presented in alphabetical order

from An ik to Turksat. arc the foot print maps
for 1111.: world's sate ll ites. These maps indicate
the area of the Earth covered each sate llite s
bea111- often an oblong shape re~emb li ng a
foo tprint.
Because of the curvature of the su rface of
the planet. the satcllitcs signa l strength is
greatest at the centerofthe foo tprint and drops
off a~ the signal spreads out. Each gradient is
indicated by a number showing the Effective
Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) given in
deci bel waus (d BW).
The Guide thoughtfully provide~ a chart
on the first page of th i ~ chapter which shows
what siLe dish one would have to have in order
to receive decent signals from a given satellite. Th us. by the maps. we learn that Anik E I
at 111 .1 degree~ west has a 38 dBW coverage
over virt uall y all of Canada and that the signal
drops to 30 dBW by the time it reaches the
sout he rn tier of the U.S. from central California to central Florida. The chart shows us that
sparkle-free signals can be obtained in those
region~ with a 5 meter dish (about 15 feet in
diameter). A standard 3 meter dish (abou t JO
fee t) provides excellent result s throughout
the northern tier of the U.S.
The value of these charts is particularly
great to those who arc anticipati ng installing
a Chand system but want to ascertai n wh ich
si1.c di~h which wou ld best sui t thei r purpose.
They al~o demonstrate the significant changes
between the older and the newer sate ll ites.
For instance. the older Telstar 300 series
satelli tes show 36 dBW in the ce nter of thei r
foo tprints. whil e the ncwcr400 series indicate
39 dBW. T he res ult ing difference in recommended dish size. according to the chart, is
about 3 feet.
Experience has proven these measurements
to be accurate: 6.5 foot dishes arc now adequ ate in the central U.S .. whereas a 10 foot
di sh used to be the recommended size.
lncidcntly. the best place to live in the U.S.
for optimum satellite signals is the cast coast
from Virginia to South Carol ina and west to
the ce ntral states of Missouri. southern Iowa
and northern Arkan~a~. Herc dBW ~ i gna l s are
3 dB more than in any other place. How docs
DirccTY's signal stack up? According to the
charts. a whopping 55.8 dBw!
I Who's On First
~.'
The 01hcr major section to this book is fou nd in

chapters 9. I 0. and I I concerning ITU regions I. 2.
a nd 3. Herc satell ites in
each reg ion arc listed ind ividually and each c hanne l
is described as to band. freque ncy. polarity. tran sponder. beam. program. cOlmtry o r o rig in. lang uage.
trans mi ssio n mode . encryption system used, and
audio subcarricrs. Thi s is
va lu able information.
w hich. w hen used wi th the
footpri111 c harts. can indicate w hat you may or may
no t be able 10 ~cc o r hear
from your location.
Fo r in ~ta n cc. the c harts
indicatc that Panamsat I at 45 deg rees wc~t
should he visible with a 45 dBW signa l
throug ho ut the cente r o f the U.S. (assuming
no tree s. buildi ngs o r mo untai ns arc in thi..:
way). The transpo nde r load ing ri..:port te lls us
that most of the channe ls are spot beami..:d to
Lalin America and/o r e ncrypted and 1hat rece ivab le programming will be sparse.
The next 50 or so pages apparently d upli cates the li s1 o f radi o and TV se r v i ce~ for all
three ITU regions. th is time in a lphabe1ical
o rder. And the remaining pages incl ude a
more o r less up-to-date list of addressc~ a nd
phone num be rs for broadcast serv ices and a
standard glo~s ary of terms used in the satellite
industry.
I Recommendations
As I stated at the to p of th is piece. in formatio n o n satdli1es can be an expens ive propositio n. The only o ther books which o ffe r simi lar footprint c hans are ones costing four times
the price of thi s book. T hese footprint maps.
plus 1hc tran sponder load ing c h~111 s. and the
exce lle nt introduction to the hohhy. makes
the Sa1e!lite /Jroadcas1i11g Guide a worthwhile buy at $25.
Sti ll . there's room for im proveme nt. A
di scussion of European and Ame rican DBS
services wou ld be u ~c ful. Co mpari son~ between DB S and full view.. systems could
help consume rs know w here they might wanl
to pul the ir money. And. there s no excuse for
not ha ving an index. Any re fe re nce book
covering lhis much informatio n stands to save
its rende rs valuable time by makin g it easy lo
find what they arc looking fo r.
T he Satellile BroadcaS1 i11g Guide is sold
Problems wi th Canada's Anik El con1inuc. Several years ago ground conirollers

throug h most electronics lost the satellite due to a momentum wheel
oriented mail o rde r com- fai lure. They later regained use of the bird but
pani es including the Grove no t until a panic amo ng transponder lessees
)
catalog.
had precipi tated a w ide-spread s huflling o f
channels. The c urrent problem has to do w ith
I Transponder Notes
the fa ilurc of one of the solar panel s which has
reduced the output to the trans po nde rs by
T he FCC has fi nally
half. Again. lessees have been forced to shuffle.
dec ided to go to bat for the
most going lO An ik E2. whi ch has continued
home dish owne r. After
10 perform nawlessly. Two adult movie c hanye a r~ of seemin gly di snels have taken continuous use o f two of the
jointed decisions and dichannels and lhcre is quite a bit of CBC radio
vided atte ntion the Comactivity o n several of the othe r c hanmi ss ion has issued a rulne ls.
ing. dated February 29 of
The nu mber of channe ls which arc digilhi s year. regardi ng Cband
tall y transmitted has greatly increased. Using
and D BS antennas. The
either General Instruments DigiC ipher or
new regulntio ns allow the
Scienti fic Atlanta's digital compression syscon~ umcr lo petition the
tem. I I channe ls on the four traditional cable
FCC directly fo r su pport
satell ites arc transmitted digitally. However,
in the case of unnecessary
53 channels o n those same satellites arc still
delays in pcrrniuing the conslruction of a d ish.
usi ng the VideoC ipher llRS system and 24
In additio n. the Commi ss io n w ill make it more
channel s arc still une ncrypted.
difficult for munic ipalities to restric t the use of
DBS dishes of o ne melcr o r less. It is said tha1
now 1hc burden will be o n the municipality to
Satellite TV
dclCrrninc w hy a d is h sho uld 1101 be erected.
~~
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Thi s is virtuall y the oppos it e o f how things
have gone in the decadcs before. T he irony is
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New c hannels up and running inc lude the
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85
EXPERIMENTER'S WORKSHOP
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Cool Ways to Design Circuits-Part 3
to ..create .. a pertboard grid with .042" diamwesome. Cool. Cosmic'

Do I sound excited'' I am. I' vc run
eter holes spaced exactly 0. 1" apart. See my
amok with desktop publishi ng. deskApri l and May columns and Fig-2.
top manufacturing. and "midnight engineer3. Use the Draw program to .. place" compoing .. (a term coined by Don Lancaster in his nents. traces. and holes on the vi rtual pe1tboard
.. Hardware Hacker magazine columns). Us- as shown in Figs 3-4. You need draw only one
ing these techniques I' ve developed an effi- of these figures. and when clone. use the Draw
cient, cost effective way to apply them to the
program 's Rotate fea ture to make a mirror
image copy (not a negati ve) of the fi rst fig ure.
des ign. fabricat ion. and production of electron ic circuits. r Ill excited because you can Fig-4 is a mirror image of Fig-3. The Draw
do it. too.
program "sends obMa ny hobby ists
jects to the rear"
ha vc no prcssi ng need
(components ) and
FIG-1: SAMPLE CIRCUIT
brings objects to
to produce printed cirRF Detector/Demodulator
the fro nt .. (w iring
cui ts. but the same
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principles app ly
trac es and holes).
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oc.ou1
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and
an economical
printed <.;ircuit board.
In
If you only need an
use of board space.
occasional. one-of-a4. Copy (to the
k i nd c irc uit. the n
clipboard ) just the
perfboard with pointwiring traces AND
to-point wiring is line.
active board hol es
requiring lower cost
of one of the drawand less time. While perfboard circu its may ings. but leave the original drawings intact.
look temporary or prototyp ical. they G iil be 5. Paste the wiri ng trace and hole pattern into
a new drawi ng (Fig 5). Then paste a second
reliable an d du rable.
My last two columns showed how to de- copy, and use the Draw Rotate feat ure to
sign and make perfboard ci rc uits. and intromake a mirror image of the first pasted image.
duced ideas for pri nted circuits. The pe1fooard
Armed with the two drawings in Fig 5. you're
ci rc ui t is an interim step in my methodology ready to make a printed ci r<.;uit. depending on
to produce pri nted circ uit s. even though you which process is best suited to your needs.
may never actllally build the perlboard. I
often skip the prototype perfboa rd simply Printed Circuit Processes
because 1 know it wi ll work.
There are two PCB processes suited for
Printed ci rcuits require more time and arc
midnight engineering and hobbyist applica costl ier to prepare. but are relati ve ly crrorti ons. One is what I call the photorcsist proproof and eas ier to assemble. And, you can t
cess. I don' t know much about thi s process
beat 'cm fur mul tiple productions. T he rest of
this seri es presents the process of roll ing your because it see ms too costly and cumbersome.
It may offer certai n qualitative value. but I
own pro-q uality printed ci rcuits. but just rewent over to the other side .. to employ the
member that perfboarding is sti ll a part of the
Toner-Tran
sfer System that offers better conprocess. so read on. McDuff.
trol and value for small scal e operatio ns.
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circuit.
3. Use a hairline rectangle to define the borders/edges of the PC B per desired proportions. Acc uracy and exact dimensions are
not important in this step - proporti on is
important. Ir the finished product is supposed to be I" x 3", then so long as one
dimension is three times the other. you re
all set. Exactness comes later.
4. Study Fig-6 and your version ofi t. Now is
the time to touch up the hole and pad
diameters. as we ll as the width of the
wiring traces. In general. traces should be
no wider than one-half the space between
hole pads. but thi s isn t critical unless a
trace is routed between two adjace nt IC
pins where the spacing is 0. 1", ce nter to
center. Hole and pad diameter subtract
from the available .. real estate.. between
pins. Otherwise_trace widths can be or any
practical width. and the wider. the better, if
you want to leave as much copper on the
board as possible. The more copper left on
FIG-3: COMPONENT SIDE
Recap of Parts 1 & 2
I Toner-Transfer System
I. Choos<.: a c ircuit project. Thi~ month s

exampk in Fig- I is a simple Detector/Demodulator that converts radio and even audi o
frequenc ies into proporti onal DC le ve ls. Th is
c ircu it is used in RF Detectors. osc il loscope
demodu lators. S-Meters. and AGC c ircuits.
and is profoundl y simple for thi s exercise.
2. Use a word processor and a Draw pr<igram
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I. Create a mirror-image of your PCB wiring

traces. holes. and letteri ng. (Fig-5).
2. Copy and paste 1hat mirror image into a
new drawing (Fig-6). Cus tomi ze it with a
solid. blac k area fo r as much of the ground
trace a~ poss ible. If you have lettered labels. make sure they are a mirror image of
DETl~CTOR/ OEMOOULAT OR
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per until it is bright and shiny. Use #320 o r

finer wet e mery paper to " rough" up the
copper surface a li ttle. Dry the bare board
with a clean cotton rag and use isopropyl
alcohol to cleanse it of any residue, fi lm, or
partic les.
8. Cut the printed image from the Toner Transfer paper and overlay it. image down. onto
the copper side of the board. Position it
wft\g tJace Vp~ under bod
exactly. and apply an e ven heat (350-400F)
0 '"'l'lo!9s unci tt11 OMh irlpb, o~
,. t.nnd
holes;:
and pressure on the paper for 1-2 minutes.
A steam iron (w ithout the steam ') o r even
an e lectric ski llet can do the job, though
the board, the le ss work req uired of the
you will have to e xperi ment w ith home
etc hant solutio n. and the longer it w ill last.
processes to get things right."
In gene ral , ground and DC power traces
The heat must always be applied to the
s ho uld be as wide as poss ible: signal traces
pape r w ith the image in direct contact with
reasonably narrow. Digital and DC c irthe coppe r side of the board. The principle
c uits are less c riti cal with respect to layout
here is that the toner image fu ses to the
and pattern than RF c ircuits.
copperunderthe cor5. Wh e n sa ti s fied
rect heat and preswith your version
sure.
ofFig-6, export or
FIG-5: PRINTED CIRCUIT PATTERNS
9. Soak the board
copy the drawing
POSITIVE IMAGE LIFTED FROM FIG-4
and attached paper
into your wo rd
in wate r until the
process or p roT oner-Transfer pagram. and sca le it
0 0
0 0
0 0
0
per floats away from
(drag by a corner)
the
board. Do NOT
so that it is resized
MIRROR IMAGE LIFTED FROM FIG-3
peel
it off! This takes
close to the actual
a couple of minutes.
de s ired dim e nI 0. Process the board
0-0
s ion s. Use tri a l0
00
i
n yo ur fa vorit e
and -e rror
( by
NOt: Not fO sccle, but Ytrt 1ccl afld hor'rzontal pc.cing C"'C
etchant
solution (fer?'"0Porf1onol
and
can
be
resix.ed
to
tht
tondcrd
1/
10''
on
centers.
resizing and print ric chloride, ammoing) or the built- in
nium persulfate, or
rul er if your word
sodium persulfate ). I like the persulfates
processor has o ne. Whe n the printed image
because they' re safer, cl eaner, water-clear,
is exac tly the des ired size, ensure that TC
a lot cheaper ! You can get ammo nium
and
pin spac ings are 0.1 ", and you' re a ll set.
or sod ium persulfate at a chemical supply
Save the word processor doc ument to a
for maybe $5/lb. which makes a gall on of
hard or llo ppy disk.
soluti o n!
6 . Insert a spec ially treated Toner-Transfer
Do n' t make up more solution at a time
sheet into the laser printe r and print the
than
you need, because the shelf li fe is
image a fin al time .
about 4-6 weeks after the crystals are dis7. Prepare your bla nk printed c ircuit board by
solved in water. Ferric chl oride has a long
c utting it to size ; then steel-wool the co ps helf life, but it's nasty stuff.
FIG-4: SOLDERJWIRING SIDE
~1fbo 1 0
, FIG-6: FINISHED PRODUCTS

POSITIVE PATTERN FROM FIG-4
Positiv e patterns may be required for ph oto resist processes
. .
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.
.
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MIRROR PATTERN FROM FIG-3

Mirror patterns are required for offset toner proc es ses
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MONITORING TIMES
87
EXPLORING WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
Wayne Mishler, KGSBI
Computer LANs are going wireless

(and other strange tales)
neofthebi ggest arguments

of my life in volved a mythical creature called a "joi nt"
snake. As avowed in campfire talk s
this strange and wondrous snake.
when threatened, would disjoint itself into sma ll pieces to fool its attackers into thinki ng it was already
dead. The n. when the danger passed.
the snake wou ld link itself bac k up
and crawl off to safety.
It was Gramps told me the story.
so of course it had to be true. And in good fait h
I did a show and tell on the subject for my
second grade class. Eve ryone laughed. but
there was one kid in the front row twice my
size with two large upper front teeth (for
biting off ears) whose laughter continued
wel l into the 10 am recess period. Bruiser
(t hat ~ what he like to be called) and I opened
di scussions on the matterbehind the coal shed
at prec i<;ely I0:0 1. For reawns 1 don t care to
go into here. I chose not to mcnt ion the joint
snake again until now. I fi gure it' s safe to
write about it because. as I reca ll. Bruise r was
never much of a reader.
The joint snake incide nt came to mind
when I di scovered a strange and wondrou s
wireless commun ications technique called
"spread spectrum technology.'' This technique
takes a perfectly good radio tran smission.
breaks it up into tiny pieces. transmits the
pieces on a broad spectrum of different frequenc ies, and then puts them back together
agai n in the receiver as one continuous signal.
Such tran smiss ions are fairl y sec ure since ifs
not easy to tune the m in. And in one mode of
thi s tec hnol ogy. called "frequency hopping..
(more about this in a moment ). there's less
radio interference because the transmiuer
seeks out clear freque nc ies on which to transmit the pieces of data.
That. of course. is a gross
over~imp l ifi cation of a complex technology , hut it gives
you a snapshot view of the
process which is central to
the development to a m11nber of important w i re l c~s
products. The FCC and its
counterparts outside the U.S.
just recentl y set aside certain
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frequency bands fo r unlicensed use worldwide. There is special interest in the 2..+ GH z
band which engineers say is idea l for highspeed wireless use. and in fac t cou ntl ess wireless products are being prod uced commercially for use in this band.
T hese inc lude wireless compute r local area
networks (LANs). The availability of a new
license-free band enables organizations to
establish convenient and quality computer
li nks without cumbersome regulations. And
spread spectrum links in this extremely high
frequency offe r immun ity to interference. increased network capacity. consistency in perfo rmance. mobil ity. and. of course. security.
The frequency hopping method al lows st.:veral computer LANs to be in si multaneous use
in the same area without interfering with each
othe r. The technical name for thi s met hod
(oddly) is Frequency Hoppi ng Spread Spectrum (FHSS). The method i~ favo red b eca u ~c
of its superi or immunity to interference. This
is crucial on trading fl oors. in airports. and in
other e nvironments where several organizati ons may wan t to operate wireless LANs at
the same time.
or course the uses of spread spectrum
technology are not limited to computer systems. It is also used in radio communications
( .._ '<
:..
where security is e~se n tia l. as in Air

Force One and mi litary communi cations.
A co mpany called MADAH-Com,
with offices in the U. S. and in Israel.
is using spread spectrum technology
in a wireless public address system
fo r commercial and industrial purposes . The new system is called
WA YES-an acronym for wireless
audio visual emergency system. As
wi th the co mputer LANs. several
WA YES systems can be operated simultaneously in the same area without cross-interfe rence.
WA YES offers voice and visual paging,
backgrou nd and foregro und music. surround
sound. two-way site monitoring and control.
and nu merous other features. Being wireless,
it is of course portable and easil y installed j ust
about anywhere. You can even contro l it by
computc r through special Windows software
that is avai lable. And because WA YES is so
dependable and durable. it is ideal for use in
emergency s ituati on~.
Which remi nds me or Gramps and the
"hoop" snake emergency. As Gramps told it,
he was a youngn loading rocks into a mu ledrawn wagon at the foo t ofa hil l. When all of
a sudden he looked up and saw a monstrous
hoop snake (they're extinct now) at the top of
the hill ~ ta ring at him with mean, beady eyes.
Hoop snakes of course had deadly poisonous spikes on their tails. Make one mad and
he'd take that spike in his mouth and roll at
you like a hoop. T hen he'd ope n his mouth
and hit you with his tail and si nk the spike into
your llcsh. There was no antidote for the
poison.
Well. Gramps picked upa rock and chucked
it at the snake and reali zed too late that hoop
snakes don t care muc h for
rock throwi ng. That snake,
spike in mouth, came roll ing down the hill at Gramps
who with onl y seconds to
reac1j umped into the wagon.
The spike barely missed him
but buried itscl f in the wagon
tongue. That snake was so
poisonous Gramps had to
c hop off the tongue to save
the wagon.
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MO NITORING TIMES
89
(OMPUTERS & RADIO

Plumbers, Mail Carriers,
and Computer Monitoring
ow what do these three have in commo n? I can hear many of you asking.
No. this is not the lead-in to a joke. It
started with a problem that o ne o f my fri e nds,
a pl umber, brought to me.
(Now, lest you think plumbers have no
con nectio n to e lectromagnetic w aves, let me
tell you that scientists in the 18th and 19th
centuries working with the new phenome na
of e lectric ity and magneti sm ofte n used hydrodynamic analog ies to explain and e xpand
their kno w ledge . In fact, the fa mous Scot!i sh
physicist, James Cl erk Max we ll , whose equatio ns are still the basis of all of today's e lectromagnetic and electro nic equatio ns. developed them while obse rving w ater !low-the
commo n form of power at the time .)
Ho wever. my plumbe r fri end di d no t have
a Maxwe llian question for me. His request
was much less theore tic al and much more
utilitarian: Ho w docs o ne manage the flow ?
B Keeping Track
Since he has qu ite a numbe r of truc ks a nd
plumbe rs working fo r him a nd scallered a ll
ove r the area. his main method o f routing
the m. to c ustomers was via a te le pho ne paoino
b
b
service. These small wire less rece ivers have
been marke ted to anyone who needs co nstant
avail ability. For m any occ upati ons. suc h as
doc tors, co ntrac to rs, and fire me n, pagers arc
g reat. For peo ple o n the road making service
calls . like plumbers. pagers can make the
diffe re nce between walki ng or s wimmin g
around your mon ito ring roo m !
Pagers arc a lso marketed as a way to feel
important. I g uess I just don't fi t the typ ical
Ameri can consumer profi le. I fa il to see how
being summoned by a beep like a Pavlov ian
dog demo nstratio n can make one feel im portant; l Jost" three of mine hack in the
until my boss got the message.
My fri e nd . however, had a real proble m.
With ten to fifteen plumbing service truc ks o n
the road and service call s peaking at 20 per
ho ur. keeping uac k o f what page wen t o ut to
whom, and when. was a manager's ni ghtmare. " Could so me kind of compute r prog ram help?'' he asked me.
sos.
8 How Does a Pager Work?

Ever see a lo ng ante nna protrudi ng fro m a
poc ket pager? O f course not, because pager
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to be paged wi th j ust one transm ission. A far
cry from the three audi o tone pagers of the
six ties!
But how docs a plumbing business keep
trac k of these digi tal messages?
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tra nsrnillers broadcast very strong s ignals in
the 30-40 MHz and 150-1 60 MH z bands. as
we ll as in the vario us parts of the U HF spectn11n . In the earl y s ixties. tu ning around 27 to
30 MHz you could a lways hear seri es of aud io
to nes. These were the prim iti ve paging signa ls whic h used unique seque nces and freque ncies of audio to nes to se lect" and beep a
pager rece ive r. T hese receivers were qu ite
large by today's standards. and used tuned
recd re lays to decode the to nes. Most had
three reed relays in e ach receiver. Muc h the
same syste m is still used by commerc ial aircraft today in the "selcal" (selecti ve calling)
system which lets A ir Tra ffi c Controlle rs
" page" a irli ners lo give the m upda ted instructio ns.
Today 's hot pin k pagers are very differe nt
a nd very hi gh tech in compariso n.Thev are
capable o f receiving and sto ring text -messages which are transmill ed in mod ulation
forms using audio frequency shi ft keying
(AFS K). sim ilar to the Pac ket mode used by
hams .
The most commo n paging signa l modulati o ns are PO CSA G and GOLAY. POCS AG
transm issions are sent at a fixed baud rate: that
means the amo unt of time that the to nes arc
e ither o n o r off is fi xed. The format of th e
s ig na l is broke n into two major parts. The
preamb le is a lo ng to ne that you can hear. This
indi cates th at ''batches" (or pac ke ts) of data
will fo llow.
These batches also ha ve an int ernal struclllrc. The first data " word" allows the transm ille r a nd receiver to synchron ize the ir data
c locks and is ca lled the sync word. W hat
immediate ly fo ll ows arc data words which
contain the use r spec ific info such as the
address of the pager receiver to w hi ch the
message is going. and/or the caller's message.
These a ppear o n liquid c rystal dis pl ays or a rc
stored in memory for late r display . A number
B Message Tracker To the Rescue

I had seen an ad for a prod uct called Message Tracker. by K& L Technology of Garla nd. Texas. Message Trackers come in three
diffe rent models: Basic, Plus, and Pro. We
w ill look a l the Plus mode l version. The Basic
and the Pro use the same hardware and o nly
differ in thei r software capabi lities. The Pro
uses a sl ig htly diffe rent interface, but has
expanded Plus software capabi lities. The program requi res a 386 or better computer. 3.5
inch floppy dri ve, and o ne RS-232 serial po rt.
A n LCD software com mand allows its use
w ith laptop computers w ith liquid c rystal displays.
Message T rac ker consists of a 25 Pin Serial Interface Adapter, 3.5 inch HD prog ram
disk. a nd 45 page user manua l. The serial
adapter plugs into the serial port of the computer. T he o ther end- a 118 inc h (3.5 mm)
aud io plug-goes to your scan ner' s speaker
output. Adj usti ng the scanner's volume is a ll
it takes to get excellent results . T he Pro
version's adapter a llows di rect con nect to the
scanner receiver's discrim inator c irc uit and
incl udes a leve l control. Th is was no t tested
but may result in less data errors . T hose are all
the connec tio ns needed.
Insta ll ation of the so ft ware is very q uic k
and idio t-proof. The message screen is di splayed in Fig ure I . T he large top area displays
pager addresses o n the le ft. wi th the correspondi ng messages to the rig ht o f each address. As more messages are received the
screen scrolls upward . T he program saves
messages to disk for later rev iew. A lso, wi th
the Plus and Pro versio ns you can rev ie w
saved messages and search for a spec ific
string of tex t from this screen.
Please no te. Newly passed laws fo rbid the
reception of pager signals not intended for the
receiver. T he refore. fo r the fi g ures, we have
used the demo incl uded w ith the program to
show you its operatio n. The bolto m left of the
screen indicates the dat a rate of the message
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( 1200 Baud). Whe n a signal is detected, the
"Signal" prompt is highlighted. If the data
being received is not the correct a mplitude. or
the data stream his been interrupted. the 'Error'' prompt will be highlighted.
Press ing the F2 key brings up a plumber's
dream screen- the control options in Figure
2. Herc you can configure the program's
every function. At the right side of the screen
is the key to using Message Tracker in a
business dis patcher application. li ke the
plumber's. T he Address List lets the user cut
out the reception of all pager transmissions
except those which match the pager addresses
entered in this list. If these monitored pagers
are owned by yourse lf. as is the case with my
plumber fr iend. receiving messages fo r which
you are paying and are therefore authorized to
receive, is well within the law. Ifth is was not
the case it would be reminiscent of the line
from the mov ie Top G1111. " ... it' s top secret. I
could tell you, but then I would have to kill
you."
T here you have it! At the end of the day all
my fr iend has to do is to review the saved
message fi Jc which he can search by pager or
customer. using the F3 key. He did order a
Message Tracker and loves the efficient. high
tech management tool that works great. The
Message Trackers cost as follows : Basic
S 139.95. Plus S 179.95, and Pro $239.95 pl us
4 S/H. They arc avai lable from K& L Technology. P.O. Box 460883, Garland, TX 750460838. phone/fax (2 14) 414-7198. Check their
ad in MT for the latest details. And remembe r,
it comes plumber-recommended !
maker of his handheld scanner, cost a few

dollars.'' but turned in repeated read ing "accurac ies of over 99.9%." He just uses a ruler
o r straight-edge as a guide.
Robert , I' m impressed! If you send me
program detail , or belier yet have Log itech
contact me via MT. we wi ll try again with
open minds. Thank you for your kind comment s about M T and the "Compute rs and
Rad io" column. People, stay tuned fo r more
info o n Scanware 2.0. as it comes in .
We have received a second letter from
Ron Chesh ire on the same subject. Ron wrote
of hi s attempts with optical scanners a few
months back. Since that ti me and after much
experimenting with hardware and software
he has come to the concl usion" ... that while
OAR (optical character recognition) is OK
for most uses, it j ust ain't ready for doing
what we wan t to do." Ron. join the cl ub. But
between what Robert has reported above, and
the new and "dramaticall y improved and
reduced pri ce" optical scanners as reported in
professional electronic business literature.
things may be changing in the world of optical page scanners. Thanks again. Ron. for
writi ng.
And fi nally th is month. Mike Agner tells
us of yet another ACARS decoder product
from Universal called ACT- I . From the excerpt of the ACT instruction manu al that
Mike sent along it certain ly looks li ke a
product similartoLowe'sAirmasteror AEA 's
ACARS wh ich we reviewed last month. Mike,
if the people at Universal wou ld like 10 contact me with details. we wi ll give you the
lowdown on yet another ACARS decoder.
By the way, we got a bit carried away
when we reported that the ACARS programs
could work on an XT computer. We tested
both AEA ' s and Lowe' son an XT with 5 I 2K
of RAM: no dice. I guess they need a faste r
286. and/or 640K of memory.
Nex t month we will start to look al AEA 's
I In-Coming!
Now let' s "read the mail." a term used by
hams to mean monitoring without talking. In
this case, it really is reading the mail that you
have sent to me. (Ye p. now we worked in the
mai l carrier in the title. )
Robert Samenook wrote in on the subject
of a former "Computers & Rad io" column
that conti nues to draw lots of interest - The
Optical Handhc ld Page Scanner. Robert says
he had the same di sappointing results with
trying to scan in logs fro m magazines. 1111til
(drum roll , please) he upgraded his software
to Scanware 2.0 including Di rect OC R versio n 2. 1. T he upgrade from Logitech. the
new versions of PC PakRatt version 2.0. Log

Windows version :'l.O. and ~ome new firmware for the PK-232MBX decoder. What did
AEA add? Arc the upgrades worth the e ffort
and mo ney?
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up antennas. Check for muc ho clearance from
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NET NEWS
A JOURNEY THROUGH CYBERSPACE
Bill Grove
bil/@grove.net
Do You Hear What I Hear?
e have been chatting about all

the g reat sites and nifty concepts avai lable on the World
Wide W eb. but we haven't spent much
time on the issue that brought you to M o 11i1ori11f{ Tim es: audio . The Internet. the
World Wide Web. and computers every where arc brimming with audio ability and
sources . From folks sitting a t ho me recording the strange new bark their dog has
adopted o r sending audio holiday greetings, to composer hopefuls grabbing thei r
makeshift batons and directing the digi tal
signals radiating from the latest digitallysamplcd midi riles-the potential for audio sources are unlimited.
Luckily for us in the consumer market.
large corpo ratio ns like Microsoft. Net scape.
Apple have embraced the idea of audio in the
home and have launched a major push to put
a udio and video capabiliti es, also known as
multimedia. into all thecomputersbe ing manufac tured today . Tho ugh they have been offering multimedia computers for years, o nly
recently has it beco me part of the standard
package. In fact , today it' s hard to sell a ho me
PC (Persona l Compu ter) that doesn't have
multimedia ability .
The basic components of a standard multimedia co mpute r are mutuall y-compatibl e
sound card . video card. and CD-ROM drive.
pl us a mul ti media CD-ROM program . This
enables you to hear sounds and watch video
from the C D-ROM , so that your computer s
vi tal resources. like your hard drive, are not
eaten up by the mass ive files stored on the
CD-ROM .
Thi s abili ty has revolutionized the education , bus iness. and e nte rtainment marke ts by
a llow in g companies to offer in cred ibl e
amounts of info rmation for very little cost.
Yo u can buy an entire set of e ncyclopedias.
w ith pictures, sounds and movies. fo r less
than $50 1 Just a few years back, buyi ng your
child a set of e ncyc lo ped ias meant taki ng o ut
a second mortgage o n the ho use! Computers
are also fo llowing thi s trend by becoming
faster and cheaper with each new product that
ente rs the market.
So what docs this have to do with sound
and the Interne t?
W ith a ll these multimedi a add itio ns in spired by the advent of the CD-ROM. lots of
folks arc now wanting to expand thi s ability
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1996
to offer. Or you c an "tune in" to stations

broadcasting 24 hours a day !
Two of the programs that offe r thi s incredible new technology are Real Audio (http:/
/www.realaudio.com ) and StreamWorks
http/
www.xingtech.com). These
two leading-edge programs
offer the abi li ty to hear real,
li ve aud io across the
Internet.
You wi ll require a computer
runn ingcitherWindows3 .x.
W ind ows 95,
or a
Macintosh; equipped with a
sound card (Macs have them
built in). A lmost all home
into cyberspace.
PCs so ld today have sound
Th e problem
cards in them . Yo u'll also
with this is that
need a speaker hooked up to
current pho ne
the sound card to hear the
line tec hnology,
~-:;;;;.\11biu'l'1ll111111ityl.iY,. Jl.at,balJ
audio (ste reo speakers are
for the majority
recommended) and, if you
of users, is inwan t to record sound, a m ic red i bl y s low.
More C'ool Silc1i
Fo r example, if
crophone. Once you have
th ese co mp o nent s . and
you take a picyou' re hooked up to the
ture of a dog and
Internet. then you' re ready to go '
scan it o r di gitize it into the compute r so the
Although both Rea l Aud io and Stream
pi cture is the s ize of the average computer
screen. then the size of the file is about 48k.
Worksofferdecentquality audio at both 14 .4bps
or 49, 152 bytes in size (in jpeg format). To
and 28.8bps. Stream Works al so supports ISON
bring that pi cture up on your sc reen from
and T I access to the Internet-generally affordable o nly by commerc ial users. Real Auyour hard dri ve is onl y going to take a second
o r two.
d io offers the abi lity to work in conjunction
with Netscape 2.0 and hi g her so that you can
However. to send that picture to another
hear sounds com ing from WWW pages! This
computer across no rmal pho ne lines with an
avl:rage modem (14,400 bps). that file 's gois becoming quite po pu lar, espec ially wi th rad io-related sites. so that instead of just reading
ing to take about 30 to 60 seconds to transf'er-30 times slower! Still, 30 seconds is n't
about the spy num ber stat ions, you can actually
hear them. right from you r com puter!
bad. The problem arises whe n you start a ni Many other programs are stream ing into the
mating. or show ing video . To show a cheetah
market that wi ll make computer signals faster
running across the plains on a hunt is a qui c k
and cleaner across the Internet. For now, we' re
video on a CD-ROM, but wi ll require 30 to60
in our infancy. but it 's a great time to get on and
minutes to transmit across standard phone
learn. There is a lot of info rmation on audio on
lines.
the Inte rne t, as well as equi pment that is cheap
Luckily for us . audio is casil: r. Audio uses
less bandwidth than video. Instead o f taking
and programs that are free. Once again, the
60 m inutes to transfer 30 seconds o r video.
Inte rnet is prov ing its divers ity in allow ing
you can eve n do li ve audi o! Jus t like listeni ng
people w ith myriad interests to me rge within
in to a di stant AM station, you can " tune in ..
one media.
As always, if you have any ideas or q uesradio statio ns on the Intern et. With the introduction o f what is call ed .. streaming: you
tio ns for future articles. I am available at
literall y hit the .. play .. butto n o n someone
bill @grove.net .
c lscs computer and listen 10 what they have
WHAT'S NEW?
by Larry Miller
PRODUCTS AND BOOKS OF INTEREST TO THE RADIO HOBBYIST
Guest reviewers: Bo/J Crove, A/011 Joh11so11. Wayne Mishler
Sky-High Frequencies
The Magic Band
Voice a nd data communicatio ns above 800 M Hz a re growing explosively , and fo r people

w ith the new generation o f scanners with 900 M Hz coverage and
above. the re s a who le new world
to explo re.
The problem wi th these new
scanners is the same one that o ld
scanners had, onl y multipli ed.
W hat ki nd o f antenna could possibly do a good job o n every
frequency from 30 MHz to 3
GHz'l The answer is bruta lly
short: none. Thi s is especia ll y so
when you consider that the a verage whip o r rub ber duck resonates arou nd 150 M Hz.
Max System A nte nnas has
come out wi th a new disconc
antenna especiall y designed for
use o n s ig nals 800 M Hz to 3
GHz. Looking something like the
M a x
Syste m
800 ante nna, it
fit s d ire et I y
' on your
, handheld
scan ner
o r ca n.
w ith a
little ingenu ity
and a handful o f parts from Radio
Shac k, be roof mo unted as we ll.
The Max System Di scone is
avail able fo r $49.95 from your
favorite radio sto re o r direct from
the manufacturer at 508- 28 18892 or write to Max System
An te nnas at 4 Gc rring Road ,
G lo ucester, MA 0 1930.
In many parts o f the country,

six meters (50 - 54 M Hz ) is the
last o f the ham radio' s "wide open
spaces .., For some reason, however, this ham band receives far
less attent ion than others.
Ken Neubeck. WB2AMU, has
writte n what he
calls "a guide to the
mag ic band. " A
labor of love, the
book prov ides
comprehensive
information o n
six meter equipment and modes,
along w ith a h istory of the band
and explanati o ns for the causes of
various propagation characteristics.
Six Meters: A Guide to rhe
Magic Band runs 80 pages and
costs $12.00. lt's available fro m
World radio B ooks, P .O. Box
189490, Sacramento. CA 95818.
Ad d $2.00 fo r sh ipping.
Been There, Done That

You've DXed every station
o n the AM Band . FM is no challe nge . Been there. done tha t.
Short wave lost its luster after you
QSLed every stati on in Passport
- twice. So now you're looking
for new cha Ilcnges. So start loo king up.
Your home sate ll ite di sh system also hosts the same kind or
rare you ve heard o n s ho rtwa ve :
news. music. interviews, sports,
re li g io n - yo u name it - and
mo re. If you own an lCOM R 7 I00
o r RI 00, an SC PC sp litter(Grovc
EntcrprisesS PL-2 for$79.95) will
a llow you to easil y switch between watchingyoursate ll itesystem o r li stening to the audio services.
lf you don' t have the ICOM
but do have a di sh. the Un iversal
SCPC-200 Satellite Audio Receiver (whieh replaces the SCPC100) wi ll process the audio for
you from your home satellite syste m. all ow ing you access to the
hundreds o f si ngle c hanne l per
carrier (SCPC) sate llite radio
broadcasts.
T he SCPC-200(shown above)
doesnt requ ire NASA training to
operate. Frequency tun ing is easy
and direct. A utomatic d rift compe nsation and a 50 cha nn e l
me mo ry ban k make listeni ng a
breeze. L istening to the SCPC
200 is n' t hard o n the ears. e ither.
New to the 200 is an improved
audi o section that produces hi ghquality, low di sto rtion broadcast
quality sound a t the lineoulpu l o r
8 ohm speaker. Frequency ra nge
is 950 to 1450 M Hz: all C -Band
and Ku- Band c hanne ls arc compatible with the SCPC-200.
If you're look ing to open a
whole o ther world o f moni toring.
check ou t the SC PC-200. It 's
available from Grove for$399.95.
T o order ca ll 800-438-8 155 .
Al len. of El vis and the Beatles.

It 's the radio that most of us grew
up o n and o n w hi ch most , if not
al l. DXers first cut the ir teeth .
Whether you're an old timer or a
rad io beg inner. spin thro ugh !he
AM dia l toni ght. I can almost
guarantee you a th ri ll a minute.
Fortunate ly. AM is a lso one of
the best-d oc umented radi o bands.
and most o f the best documentation comes from the venerable
Natio na l Radio C lub . The decades-old club is a storehouse o f
collective AM DXingknowledge.
and virtua lly every thing they publish is first-c lass.
For example, check ou t the
new 4th editio n of the Night Pattern Book. What you get is a set o f
compute r-ge ne rated US maps
overla id wit h the night antenna
pattern s of every b roadcaster in
the continental U nited States. You
can look up I 0 I 0 kHz, for instance. and see at a glance every
station that 's o n the a ir o n that
freq uency and where it is directing its sig nal. It 's almost like sitting in the space shuttle, looki ng
down o n the Earth and see ing
where each sta tion s signal is going . To have a tool like th is makes
ide ntifying new catches considerably easier.
You can get a copy of the
N RC's Nighr Parrem Book for
$22.95 postpai d. Send your check
o r money o rder to NRC. P.O. Box
164. Mannsv ille, OH 13661 0164. Be s ure to say ''hi" to Ken
C hatte rto n w hen you o rde r.
Night Pattern Book

In a ll or the rad io hobby. the re
are few experiences that match
the mystical thrill of pu ll ing a
d is tant. weak. sig nal o ut of the
sw irli ng ether o f the A M o r
"medium wave" band. This is th e
radio of T he S hadow. Burns and
;.. -
.,
June 1996
GSRV Knock-Off
The G5R V anten na has been
around for years . Named fo r the
British ham who invented it. it's a
known sig na l producer in the I 0
to 80 meter ba nd range. W hat 's
less we ll known is that it' s also a
solid signa l puller. We 're te lling
you about the MFJ version of this
classic antenna because it' s on ly
$29.95.
For the price, you get I 02 feel
of heavy-duty s tranded copper
wire (7 strand s of232 gauge wire
that the manu fac ture r says is
eq ui val ent to 14 gauge) and 32
fee t of high quality. low-loss 450
ohm ladclerli ne. The ladder line is
termi nated o n both ends with c ustom fi berglass ins ulators/strain
reliefs and an S0-239 coaxial
connect r.
If a l I of this seems too cheap,
MFJ says. rest assu red. The antenna comes with their "No Matter What" o ne year unconditio na l
g uarantee. So if you're in the
market for a n antenna, check o ut
the MFJ G5RV. A t $29.95 you
can hard ly go wrong. To order.
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call 800-647- 1800 or write to MFJ at

P.O. Box 49-l, Mississippi State. MS
39762.
Earl y in thi s decade. scanner mods

were all the rage. Led by the now
famous "clip-onc-diode-and-restorecellular-coverage" mod for the PR02004 series of scanners. the hobby
soon discovered that almost anyone
could soup up their scanner. Out in
front of this movement was onetime CB mod man and current MT
columnist Bill Check.
So successfu l was Check that if
there was a scanni ng "New York
Times" best seller list. his first two
books. Scanner Mods I and 2. would
probabl y have been on it. He even
put out a modification newsletter.
Overthc yea rs. however. modification fever has cooled somewhat.
The problem is that there are few
mods available for the curren t ge neration of scanners: those th at do
exist are often so complicated they
rule out all but the most ex perienced
technician. A third Cheek scanner
modification book. The Ultimate
Scanner. Cheek 3. reportedly did not
sell so well as the first two hooks.
Now comes yet another scanner
mod book fro m the publisher of The
Ultimate Scanner. this time from a
relati ve unknown. Jerry Pickard. It's
a manuscript that has passed over
my desk at least once. Scanner Modificatiom and A ntennas. says the ad
copy fort he book. "I is al remarkable
book Ithat] covers every aspect of
modifyi ng a hos t of scanners ...
gofing ] much further into the mysterious world of antennas... "
The antenna portion of the manusc ript was. quite frankl y. not all that
bad. The real 4uestion. however. is
whether there's anything more to be
said about scanner modifications.
Secondarily. is Mr. Pickard the man
to say it? The ultimate answer will
be left up to the scanning public and
whether the book jingles the cash
register at Index Publishi ng. Listed
at 164 pages, Scanner Modiflcation.1
and A11te1111as is priced at $ 19.95
plus shipping. To order. call Index at
800-546-6707 or write 3368 Gove rnor Dri ve. Suite 273. San Diego. CA
92 122. Te ll them that MT se nt you.
MONITORING TIMES
K e v i n
Ross's new
book. C B
More Scanner Mods
94
CB Mods
Modifi c ation Secrets.
shows you
how to expand . e nhance, and add to your
CB . This brand new 206-pagc
book includes instructions on frequency expansion. SSB clarifier
and voice lock mods. adding
YOX. a YFO. anti-theft tran smitter disabler. IF gain control.
mic sensiti vity control, swi tch to
change "install! channel 9" to
''instant c hannel 19." a<ld Roger
Beep. a receive pre-amp, channel display autodimmerand shutoff. and much more. Some mods
are designated for specific radi os but othe rs arc ge neri c
enough to apply to more than
200 radios from Cobra. Courier.
G.E. , Midland, Radio Shac k/
Realistic.S BE. Uniden/ Presidcnt
and Wards.
Get your copy from C RB
Research. The price is $2 1.95
plus $4.00 shipping. Use your
credit card and call 5 16-543-0560
or write CRB Research at Box
56. Commack. NY 11725. Be
sure to say ''hi" to CB Judy when
you order!
What's wireless?
You 11 find the answer and
considerabl y more in a new book
called Wireless Basics. 2nd Edition, released this year by Te lephony Books. The hook is refreshingl y concise Uust 150 7x9
inch pages) yet comprehe nsive
and complete in its survey of
wireless services.
lt givcsyou - - - - a snapshot
of
what .,,,~ ""''
wireless really is. Best
of all. the
book is enjoyable to read. It
presents a comple x technology
in plain language. a tribute to its
author. Harry E. Young.
June 1996
Rhonda L. Wickham, Editorial Director of Cellular Business and Wireless World magazines. in wri ting the book"s introduction. puts it this way: "As
the telecommunications industry continues to shift gears. it is
essential to understand the basics of wireless services, such as
cellular. SM R (specialized mobile radio), paging, 2-way. mobile sate ll ite and the new persona l co mmunications services.
and to lea rn how they interconnec t with the existi ng landline
telephone network. This book
presents all of those relationships in a straightforward and
easy-to-u nderstand fom1at."
In case you' re not a telecommunications expert (or even if
you are), the first several chapters of the book give you the
essentials you need to understand and appreciate wireless.
One of these chapters is devoted
to the basics of radio transmission and propagation. In fact, as
author Young points out earlyon in the book, wireless services
"arc radio-based offspring of the
earl y pioneers such as Gug lielmo
Marconi."
Other chapters explain our
terrestrial telephone system, 2way radio. messagi ng. paging.
cellular. air-ground communicati ons. personal communications service. satellites. wireless
data transmission. and much
more, including a look at wireless and the law that regu lates it.
Of course there s a glossary to
explain technical terms and acronyms.
This is a book you' ll want to
read and to keep handy fo r reference. It ' s $29.95 plus $4 shi pping fro m lntertech Publishing,
800-543-777 1.
-WM
On the Road with

Shortwave
The automotive listeni ng environmcnt poses particu Jar problems and challenges to the shortwave listener. Andrew Yoder,
whose numerous short wave articles and books have peppered
the radio hobby for most of a

ge nera ti on. has j ust released
Shortwave Listening 011 the Road
to he lp thi ~ niche market.

Although there are discussions about radi o wave propagation and technical specifications.
Yoder's work is by no means a
technical tome; rather, it is a nutsand-bolts beginner's approach to
gelling the most out of shortwave
liste ning while trave ling.
Whi le it may be true that his
imme nse li st of country frequencies
a nd
schedules is
subj ec t to
f r e qu en t
change. the
n um e rou s
hints for listening are
e nduring .
Variants on
random wire
antennas. suggestions for accessories, lists of vendors. recommendations fo r spec ific models,
and other helpful pages are of
help to the ne wcomer to shortwave listening who spends considerable ti me on the road and is
looking for pointers in the right
direction.
Shomrave Listening 011 the
Road is $ 17.95 fro m McGraw
Hill. 122 1 AvenueoftheAmericas. New York, NY 10020.

- BG
Essential Radio
O n th e same trip (or for
DXing), you might want to take
along a copy of Essential Radio :
The Traveler '.1 Guide to AM &
FM Stations in the United States.
This pocket-size book lists 5,000

FM and 1.000
AM stations. orby
gan izcd
state. city. format and frequency. It ret a i Is
fo r
$9 .95 a nd
can be obtained at
yo ur
local
bookstore or from the pub1isher. Peregrine Press, at 800299-AMFM .
South Asian Radio

M ayheyour taste
in
radi o
waxes a bit
more exotic.
If your interest is in South
out
D a sg up t a 's
South Asia Radio Guide. Thi s
handy liule 20 page bookle t is
spec ifica ll y designed for Sout h
Asian listeners but. says Dasgupta.
" it may be useful for those who
are interested in DXing South Asia
or to kno w more about the reception scene in South Asia ...
Want to tune in a broadcast in
Ao Naga, Assamese, Bhili or
Kuki? He re's the in formation you
need. Want to tune in English
broadcasts? T he re's an Engl ish
language section, too. You can
get a copy of South Asia Radio
G uide by sending 7 !RCS (avail able at your local post o ffi ce) to
A lok Dasg upta. 1123 . R. N.
Tagore Road. Caleutta-700 077.
Ind ia.
Ask fo r Ed itio n No. 8. Mr.
Dasgupta says it w ill conta in a
bo nus section listing a ll sho11wave, mediumwa ve, and FM freque ncies for A ll India Radio and
other countries in the Indian subcontinent as we ll.
The Tropical Bands

For 23 ye ars. the Danish Shortwave C lubs Inte rnationa l has produced some very fine refere nces
for the short wave DXer. Of partic ular note has been their Tropical Bands Sur vey. Compi led by
Anker Pete rsen. it lists a ll acti ve
broadcasting stations in the 2000
to 5900 kHz range. Lists are arranged by freque ncy. powe r, location, and transmiss ion ti me.
Each station is classified by a
code describing its current audibility.
T he Tropical Bands S111vey i ~
based on monitoring in fo rmation
com piled from DXe rs all over the
world. It" s a vailable for 10 fRCs
(or 50 Da nis h C rowns) fro m
D SW C I, c/o Be nt N ie lse n ,
Ege kroge n
14 . DK- 3500
Vae rloese. Denmark.
Low Down Classic

For yea rs-make th a t decades-Kcn Cornell 'scol lections
of a rt icles w hich have been assembled into books ha ve heen
considered the standard re fe re nce
for ex perimenters in the kilohertz
region of the spectrum . His latest
( I 0th) ed ition of the Loir and
Medium Frequency Scrapbook is
eve n bigger. containing ne w approaches to old problems. like
earthquake monito ring.
Whe the r the rcader s interest
is in V LF transmitting. low a nd
medium wave reception. anten na
des ig n a nd expe rime nta ti o n.
power supplies, test cqu ipme lll ,
or
eve n
cl i g i t a I
m o d es.
Cornc ll ' s
co ll ecti on has
s0 methin g
for eve ryone.
Theory. schematics, parts list. and
sources are included to make the
task easier.
I pay partic ul ar attention to
the simple receivers. active ante nnas. and vertica l antenna designs since thi s in format ion is
hard to come by for this part of
the spec trum.
$ 18.75 incl udes firs t c lass
maili ng.orSl7.50 bookrate. U.S.
funds o nly. fro m Ken Cornel l.
225 Ba ltimore A venue . Po int
Pleasant Beac h. NJ 08742.
-BG
Free Book
Want to end a ll radio interfe re nce once and fo r all? Sorry. we
can't help you. But the FCC is
wi ll ing to g ive you at le ast lead
you in the right directi on. According to the W5YI Report. you
can now get a free copy of Interf erence Handbook - if you have
a computer hooked to the world
wide web. The address is http://
www.fcc.gov/b u rca us/complia nce/w ww/t vibook.html . The
look f amiliar?
Jensen steam engines
are still in production.
This one is the Model
55 twin-cylinder
II/OTIS/er.
book cont ains information for

te lev is ion ow ne rs as well as radio
transmitte r operators. There s also
a list of e lectronic manu facturers
w here you can get he lp.
All Steamed Up
The new Grove cata log is
fi lled . as usual. with all of the tops
in communications gear. There is
also. from ti me to ti me. some really sharp st uff that has absolutely
nothing to do wi th radio. A perfect example is fo und on page 39
of the May/June cata log. Check
out the Jensen Steam Engines.
Jensen Steam Engi nes a rc not
toys. I know for a fact. I got one as
a gift ma ny. ma ny years ago as a
kid. I stil l have it. lt stil l works.
Eac h and every Jensen S team
Engine is a real. working steam
engi ne. powered by so lid pellet
fue l tablets. Each and every one is
a gleaming piece of firs t-c lass
workm anship. a reminder of the
type of craftsmanship that once
made American products the envy
of the world. Tanks are construc ted of silver-soldered stainless steel and a ll fittings are nickelplated brass. No plastic here 1
One model. the twin-cyl inder
55-G. e ven comes with an AC
generator. which puts out e nough

power to light a nashlight bulb.
(Sorry. 'fraid th is is not going to
run your radios during a power
ou tage!) T hough not a radiorelated product. I can guarantee
that the Jensen Steam Engine is a
piece of history you' II enjoy owning or building yoursel f fro m a
ki t.
G rove carries three mode ls of
the Je nsen S team Engi ne, priced
at $ 124.95 fo r the model 76 kit.
$449.95 for t he fac toryasscmbled, twin cylinder Model
55, or$574. 95 fo rthc 55-G power
plant. For more information and
shipping costs. contact Grove at
704-837-708 1 or 800-438-8155
to order.
Books and equipment

fo r m1nounceme11t or review
should be sent to
" What's Ne w?"
clo Monitoring Times,
P.O. B ox 98,
7540 H wy 64 West,
Brasstow11, N C 28902
Press releases may be

faxed to 704-837-22 16
or e-mailed to
mteditor@grove. 11et.
Th e May-J une Gro ve catalog is now

available. If you are 110/ 0 11 the Gro11e
Enterprises mailing list, call for th e f ree
catalog at 1-800-438-8155. For our
Internet c11stu111ers, Grove is offering
reduced prices and special package deals
on scanners, receivers and accessories.
Check out our new World Wide Web site:
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June 1996
MONITORING TIMES
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The Grove TUN-4A MiniTuner Plus

By Alan Johnson
his new product from Grove Enterprises is the c ulmination of a long

series of antenna enhancement accessories. The T UN-4A is primarily adverti sed
as a n amenna preselector/amplifier, but it is
in fa ct a complete a ntenna system control
uni t. It offe rs a built-in gas di scharge surge
protector for li ghtning protection, a twoposition antenna switch, a variable 20 dB attenuator. a 20 dB
preamp, a tunab le prese lector covering 400 kHz to 30 M Hz, and
outputs for two rece ivers - all in one cabine t and very reasonably
priced at $99.95 . A twelve volt power s upply is an additional $4.95.
Compact and Versatile

All these features are packaged in a 9- 1/2 x 2- 1/2 x 4- 1/2 inc h
(Wx HxD) black cabinet. The control spacing and knob size are
mo re than adequate for easy adjustme nt. The antenna input and
receiver output connectors arc S0-239 coa xial sockets. The attenuator cont rol provides up to 20 dB of signal level reduction and
works whether or not the preamp is acti vated . Thi s is very handy,
s ince atte nuation is often of more use on today's crowded shortwave bands than amplification .
The antenna switch allows for selection of eitherof two antennas
or can be switched to bypass the antennas to ground when one is not
listening to provide an additional measure of lightning protection.
The fu nc tion knob selects between "Bypass," 'Preselection," or
"Amplifi cation" (w ith preselection). The remaining two knobs are
for the passive preselector: a fou r position band switch and tuning.
The TUN-4A is very sturdily constmctcd and all the compone nts other than the variable capacitor and the coaxial connectors
are mounted on a high-quality printed circuit board.
On some frequencies (although not

many). there was a small signal loss when
the passive preselector mode was compared to the bypass mode. This is normal
insertion loss for a passive device and is
more than offset by the additional frontc nd selectivity that is gained by use or the
pre-selector. The signal peaking a nd the
signal rej ection that is present o f o ut-of-band signal s seems
greater with the TUN-4A than with other sing le-tuned L-C
preselcctors that I have used in the past. Feedback from Bob
Grove indicates that thi s is due to proprietary impedance matching transforme rs incorporated in the design for a high-Q or
narrow bandwidth response.
In general, [ a m not an ad vocate o f preamps, but I found that
when using the TUN-4A with a Sony ICF-20 10, that the preamp
allowed me to copy hams on the 160 meter band that were
inaudible without it switched in. On the communications receive rs that l used with the TUN-4A, the preamp made signals louder,
but the signal s were still audible without the preamp.
Summary
I was very favorab ly impressed with the Grove TUN-4A. It

o ffers a broad variety o f useful functions in a single box at a very
attracti ve price. It not only allows for signal level peaking, but
allows comrol of two ante nn as. static protection. a nd permits use
of two receivers from a single ante nna without mutual interaction. The only addition that I would suggest fo r the T UN-4A
would be a more convenient connection for a n earth ground - a
solder lug beneath one of the coaxial connectors is provided. but
a binding post or bolt and nut would be easier Lo use. Thi s wo uld
be a simple addition for a TUN-4A owner to make on hi s own.
I think the TUN-4A would be very
SW AHTE!INA, SUCH AS
OPTIONAL
useful
for those hobbyists who are using
GROVE SKYWIRE ANT 2 OR
SECOND ANTENNA
a portable receiver for their main station
MINl-SKYWIRE ANT 3
receiver or are using a less than optimal
outdoor wire ante nna. For those li stene rs
with premium receivers, the ante nna control and dual receiver outputs may be the
most attractive features of the T UN-4A,
since
suc h receivers should already have
TUN 4A
adequate front-end selectivity and sensitivity.
Grove Enterprises can be reached at
P.O. Box 98. Brasstown. NC 289020098: 1-800-438-8 155 (orders) or 1-704837-708 1 (technical in formation).
Operation
Operating the T UN-4A is strai ghtforward. O nce the ante nna(s). recciver(s) and
12 volt power are connected , the unit is ready
to use. The attenua tor is in-line at all times,
so it should be reset to its maximum strength
pos itio n afte r us ing the preamp. The
prcselector tuning is relatively sharp, but
normally does nol require re tuning within a
given meter band.
The preamp is very quiet in operation ,
although it will amplify any noise or interfere nce that is already present in the receiving
e nvironment. What I thought was hum in the
T UN-4A turned out to be noise fro m my
compute r, whic h was also prese nt with the
uni t o ut of line. I did not notice a ny spurious
responses fro m local MW stations in the
range below 5 MHz when the preamp was
YOUR SW RECEIVER
activated , indicating good dynamic range. (GREAT WITH PORTABLESI)
T~;
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MONITORING TIMES
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OPTIONAL SECOND RECEIVER
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SHORTWAVE EQUIPMENT REVIEW
Radio Shacl<s DX-394 Tabletop Receiver
ho among us doesn't
lust after a great bargain. especially with
tabletop recei vers go ing for upwards of a thousand bucks? So,
when the tabletop-model DX-394
Com munications Receiver appeared on Radi o Shack's shelves.
ti ed to a thrifty price tag of
$399.95. it was enough to make
us droo l!
The last time something li ke
th is came along was the legendary Philips/Magnavox D-2999.
That was the original digital
portatop. but it's been out of production for some years. now. It
was a passable DX receiver, but
mainly it was excellent for listening to programs- on shortwave, as well as AM and
FM-and was conveni ent. to boot.
So. has Radio Shack replicated Philips'
former success?
The straight answer is that the 394 is an
attracti ve little tabletop radio that does several
things well. but also does some things terribl y.
Unfortunately. our tests show that the intersection of the "goods" and "bads" means it
doesn' t fully realize its promise.
I Positive first looks

Slip the 394 out of its packaging. and one
thought immediately pops 10 mind: scanner.
With its plastic case. plastic knobs, and soft
rubber pushbuttons, the '394 looks like a close
relative of any number of top-of-the-line scanners. This receiver is compact, too. measurin g
just 3- 11/16.. H x 9-3116" W x 9" D. and light:
just over4-l /2 lbs. It tu nes in precise 10 Hz
increments from 150 kHz to 29.9999 MHz in
the AM. LSB. USB. and CW modes. No FM.
though.
On the front panel is a little 1/8" headphone
jack. plastic knobs for volume. RF gain, mode.
and line tuning: a plastic main-tuning knob
ju ~ t over an inch in diameter and with a speed
dimple, and thirty soft -rubber pushbuttons
that perform a variety of useful functions.
The green illuminated liquid-crystal display serves as Information Central for the
receiver. It includes indicators for frequency
to the nearest I0 Hz: a 30- or 60-minute sleep
timer: one of two 24-hour clocks (which can
he see n when the receiver is turned off and-
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MONITORING TIMES
June 1996
I Tuning only okay
hu rrah !- when the frequency is displayed);

the status of five programmable timers: a
novel signal strength "meter" that looks amtlog. but is actually digital: search limits; band
selection: frequency; memory channel: noise
blanker activation ; tuning step; shortwave
meter band selection; and receiver lock.
There are no less than 160 tunable memory
presets, although they' re divided up oddly:
ten memories fo r each "band"-LW. MW.
and SW- plus 130 more di vided among 13
interna1i onal broadcasting seg ments. In addition, there is a handy monitor memory, which
serves as an electroni c scratch pad where a
freque ncy can be parked while you're trying
to decide whether to assign it to a memory
preset. Too. there's a 'signal-seek" scan function for finding the next strong station in a
band.
On the rear panel there are plugs fo r highand low- impedance outboard antennas. tape
output. external speaker. DC power (handy
for mobile operation), and a switch for engaging an attenuator. Another pl us is that the AC
power supply is built in. so you don' t have to
cope wit h the safety and performance disadvantages oran outboard AC adaptor.
Atop the cabinet is a socket for a whip
antenna supplied with the rig- handy if. say,
you want to listen to the radio in another room
or ou1 on the patio. On the bottom. two substantial rubber-tipped plastic feet can be nipped
down to poise the receiver for comfortable
tab le1op operation.
At first blush, the n. the 394 see ms decidedly we ll equipped fo r the ta sk at hand.
Keypad tuning of the 394 is fairly straightforward. too. To enter a frequency. for example, you just press FREQ, enler the digits
for the frequency. then press ENT. There is,
however. a timeout function. So. if you fail to
press a key for more than ten seconds during
the process. the receiver reverts to the previous freque ncy. But the ten-second timeout is
well chosen, giving you enough of a breather
to steal a glance at your freq uency reference
while punching in the numbers.
Presets. though. are another matter. To
program a memory preset. you tune to the
frequency you wish to store. press PGM, enter
the number of the desired preset (from I to
I 0-the presets are tied to bands, remember).
then press ENT. The only real drawback is that
the 394 uses a non-standard keypad configuration: 3 x 3. with the zero placed to the left.
under the 7.
This sounds fine. until you try to call up a
stored freq uency. Unlike normal radios. you
first have to choose the meter band of the
station you're trying to call up. 1/te11 push one
of the ten presets available for that band. It's
weird, clunky. and definitely a tl!chnological
step backward.
The tuning knob uses variab le-rate incremental tuning (VRlT) circuitry. so the faster
you turn the knob. the more rapid ly the frequencies zip by. Whether you like or dislike
thi s is a matter of personal preference. but the
3945 VR lT works wel l.
As to the " fine tuning" knob, we had rather
hoped thi s would be analog, to allow fo r fine
tuning of SSB signals betwee n 10 Hz increments. Alas. it s digital. tuning no more finely
than the tun ing knob.
So. overall. the 394 s tuning 111od11s oper011dicomes off as be ing only okay. but nothing
more.
I Mixed-bag performance
Performance. though. is the 900-pound
gori lla enuinecrs have to wrest!l! with whil e
keeping within budget-especiall y one as tight
as thi s.
In many measurements. the 394 performs
admirably. Sensiti vity is good-to-excellent;
blocking is good: and image rejection is excellent. There are seemingly four bandwidths.
too: one fo r AM . one fo r SSS.and two for CW.
All enjoy excellent ultimate rejection and ex-
cellenl slope factors. So fa r, it would seem

that the '394 is striding purposefull y toward
the winner s circle of Great Radi o Bargains.
But along the way. the '394 sllllnbles no
less than three times.
The first is with dynamic range. Simply
put. the 39-l has the worst dynamic range
measurement of any tabletop receiver we've
tested in recent years. Dynamic range and the
related third-order intercept point measured
at both 20 kHz and 5 kHz spacing are poor. Jn
principle, this means the radio should be prone
to overloadi ng-particu larl y when connected
lo a large outdoor antenna, suc h as the Eavesdropper.
In practice, though, we found overloading,
even along the East Coast with heft y outdoor
antennas, to be a relatively minor problem,
even though there have been reports here and
there suggesting otherwise. The nice thi no
with Radio Shack products is that if you don ~
like them for any reason. you can bring them
back to any Radio Shack store within 30 days
for a complete, no-hassle refund . And there's
no "re-stocking" charge, as there are al many
other outlets.
So the best bet is to try it at your location
and sec how it goes. If you find the relati ve
freedo m from overloading we did, great. If
not, send it back to the orphanage for a refund
or exchange. h 's not inconceivable that a
second sample wi ll work differently-maybe
better. maybe worse.
Second, the fo ur apparent bandwidths on
the 394 arc so similar that they arc, for all
practical purposes. virtuall y identi cal. The
widest bandw idth (for AM) measures 7.2 kH z:
the nex t (ostensibly for SSB). 6 kHz. Incredibly. both CW hand widths arc an identical and
ultra-wide (for CW) 5.7 kHz. although for
whatever reason each has a di ffere nt BFO
o ffset.
In addi tion, bandwidths C(/11/1 01 be selected
indepcndent Jy of mode. Of COLI rse, l hat hard) y
mailers, as all the bandwidths arc so wide as 10
he esse ntially the same. Whal the 394 clearly
needs is a second voice bandwidth of perhaps
4 kHz, with a third around 2.2 kHz-each
selectable independent of mode. CW. of
course. should be somewhere around 500 Hz.
although most 394 buyers probably won't be
tunin g in CW signals, anyway.
Third, the audio of the 394, both through
the top-mounted speaker and the headphone
j.m:k. is plag ued by distortion- as high as
lrom 12-30'7c al lower freq uencies- in both
AM and SSB modes. Whi le the audio sounds
acceptable at first, these leve ls of distortion
ca n produce high levels of aural fati gue over
lime. This is not a receiver that lends itself to
extended listening sessions for most folks.
Overall: an underachiever
As a tabletop mode l. the Rad io Shack DX394 is a classic underachiever: It offers great
promise. but fail s to li ve up to its polcnlial.
That' s loo bad. because we all love a bargain.
But al thi s price. the real competiti on isn't
reall y so much tabletop models as it is portables- models like the venerable Sony ICF20 I 0, whic h goes for the same price. He rc. the
'394 s dynamic range , sensiti vity and some
other performance characteristics come off
relatively wel l. in part because portables are
designed lo work off balleries. and thus have
to compromise performance slightly in order
to keep ballery consumption down.
Yet. even viewed thi s way, the ' 394 lacks
the 201os synchronous detecti on. and its
bandwidths aren't qui le up to those of the
'2010. Given a choice between the two. our
panelists opted for the 20 I 0. hands down.
In all. this is a decent receiver for the
money. and it 's widely avai lable. But it isn't
eq ual lo what the competi tion has lo offer in
the way of quality portables al comparable
prices. And it clearly isn' t in the same league
as the port atop or tabletop models-all much
more costl y than the '394- ratecl highly in the
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SCANNER EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES FOR YOUR MONITORING POST
Bob Parnass, AJ95
Tips & Mods for Uniden/Bearcat BC9000XLT
has been well over a year since I tested

th e 500 c hannel Unid e n/ Bearcat
BC9000XLT in the March 1995 Monitoring Times. I was so impressed with the
rev iew unit, I bought two BC9000XLTs and
have been using the m ever since. The
BC9000XLT, equipped wit h the optional
CTCSS decoder module, is sim pl y dynamite.
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I Buy the Service Manual
If you are interested in maintaining your

scanner or in designing modifications, order
a BC9000XLT Service Informati on Manual
from Uniden.
My manual is poorly bound and several
pages have fallen out. The fold-out schematic
diagram is blurred. making some component
values illegible. It's as good as the !COM
R7 IOOA and Radio Shack PR0-2006 service
manuals in content or constructi on. but the
Uniden service manual is nonetheless capti
vating and contains the circuit and parts placeme nt informatio n requ ired for servicing and
experimentation.
I Trick or Treat
The BC9000X LT service manual lists

many keyboard tricks, most of which are used
for testing the display. LED indicators, keypad. and clearing memory.
Here s a trick not mentioned in the manual:
1) Turn power off.

2) Turn power on while pressing the DELAY, 2,
and 9 keys simultaneously, then release them.
3) Press the LOCK and PROGRAM keys simulta
neously, then release them.
You wi II be serenaded by a se ries of beeps.

accompanied by thi s message scrolling on the
di splay in Ti mes Sq uan; style: "U nide n
America**** 1994 **** Presents You a New
Bearcat BC9000XLT, Specifically Designed
for Profes. ional Scaner Users." (Note the
misspe lling of the word sca nner.) You can
turn the power o ff to stop the show and the
scanner will revert to normal operat ion whe n
powered back on, memories intact.
I Add a Jack for CTCSS Reader
TP3
J1 (ADDED)
BASEBAND AUDIO
OUTPUT
Pin 9
ICB
MC3361BD
NFM MIXER. OSC. DETECTOR
Although it will
vo id your warranty,
it 's easy to add a
baseband audio output jack to connect
the BC9000XLT to
a CTCSS or DTMF
reader. such as the
CS! CD- I. You only
need to drill a hole
on the rear panel.
mount a phonojack.
and wire it to the appropriate point on
the main printed c ircuit board (Figure
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FIGURE 1 - BASEBAND AUDIO OUTPUT JACK ADDED

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Dri 11and de burr

a 1/4" hole through
th e BC9000X LT
rear panel. in the vicinity or the jack labeled

DC I 3.8Y. Mount an RCA-type phono jac k
(Radio Shack #274-346) through the hole and
fasten with the supplied hard ware. On the top
of the main board. find the test point labeled
TP3. located about 3 inches behind the AUX
jack. You can choose to solder a wire to TP3
from either the top or bottom of the printed
circuit board. but it's easier to solder it to the
bottom because the bottom solder pad is larger.
Connect a wire from TP3 to the center pin
oft he newly added jack. It's a good idea to use
very small diameter coax ial cable. e.g. RG 174/
U, but ordin ary hookup wire will suffi ce. If
you use hookup wire. connect anothe r wire
from the ground lug of the new jack to a
ground pad on the printed circuit board. or
place a solder lug under the nearest screw
which holds the board to the chassis and
solder the ground wire to the solder lug.
I Expand 800 MHz Coverage
The BC9000XLT sometimes hears images

of 820 I059 MHz stati ons when tuning the
3 11 - 550 MHz range. Steve Donnell published a modification to increase image sensiti vity in theoldcrBC8500XLT(Sept/Oct 1994
Na 1io11al Sca1111i11g magazi ne. Box 360.
Wagontown. PA 19376). It's simpler to do
this in the BC9000XLT and requires onl y one
part - a DPDT toggle switch.
Wh e n tun ing 3 11 550 M Hz. th e
BC9000XLT's lirst IF is 254.4 MHz. The
images heard in this range arc twice the IF
higher (508.8 MHz) than the displayed frequency. To make the BC9000XLT more sensiti ve to these images and less sensitive to
mili tary air signals, you can add a switch
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820- 1059 MHZ IMAGES IN THE 311 - 550 MHZ TUNING RANGE
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which turns off the 31 1 - 550 MHz filter and

turns on the 760- 1300 MHz filter in the front
end.
I drilled a 1/4" hole in the rear panel and
mounted a small DPDT toggle switch. I broke
the foil traces going to the bases of surface
mount transistors Q4 and Q5 and wired one
pole of the new switch to each base (Figure 2).
The modification is conceptuall y simple, but
physically difficu lt due to the tiny size of the
components and foil traces. It should be performed only by a skilled techni cian with the
aid of the service manual. Therefore, I wi II not
provide step-by-step instructions.
When the switch is set to the Enhanced
positi on. tune the 3 I I - 550 MHz range and
you' ll hear strong 760 - 1300 MHz signals
This month 's Collector's Com er features a

1969 vintage Knight KG-22/A VHF-high
band, 5-tube monitor receiver. Photo by Pam
Pama.~s, N9HRZ.
instead. The LCD panel will still di splay the

31 I - 550 frequencies. so you must add 508. 8
MH z to the display to determine the actual
freq uency. Don't forget to put the switch back
in the Normal posi tion for "stock.. operation.
throup1 OIK:t~a\C 1tK'luJin~ pohl'e. fire. llul:ir phone ' llt'S. l"'~M~.
1ndulm"I. "it\Mdo.:a~ta ind ..c~tr'd ..AA 11;i.n~m1ucr 'UC\ Calt.1gM,
frc~tJC'1"-") a"tinn\C:nb. and n:unc' prQ\ idcJ lbm r~ho stattoru not
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I Auto-Store Strategy
The Auto Store mode searches between
mo limits and stores new, active frequencies
into memory chan nels. Whi le in operati on.
the audi o is muted so you cannot hear the
traffic nor see what frequency is being saved
un iii after you stop the Auto Store and revi ew
the frequencies channel by channel.
Jeff Zeman uses his two BC9000XLTs to
hunt fo r federal government frequencies and
devi sed a way to control the Auto Store interactively. Jefrs technique is:
1) Establish a memory bank, soy Bonk A, which
is programmed with 24 channels and one
empty channel (contains 0.0000).
2) Program the upper and lower search limits
with the range of interest.
3) Start on Auto Store operation, specifying
bank A as the destination.
4) When the BC9000XLT finds a new active
frequency, the display Rashes "Store A end"
and the audio us unmuted. This gives you the
opportunity to hear the activity. If the traffic is
a bore, i.e., a birdie or pager, press LOCK
OUT so tha t frequency is never revisi ted.
5) If the traffic sounds interesting, press ENTER,
and the frequency is displayed and stored in
the empty channel.
6) Now that the frequency is visible, you con
transfer it to another bank using the SEND key
or erase it by pressing 0 ENTER.
I Consider the Possibilities

The BC9000XLT is a great scanner as is,
but its size and circuitry make it ripe for
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ANTENNA TOPICS
BUYING, BUILDING AND UNDERSTANDING ANTENNAS
Clem Small, KR6A, CET
Getting High as a l<ite Antenna

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FIGURE 1: Crawley's ante111ut-rnpporting kite (A), and a kite-supported antenna 5)stem representation for Gibilisco (8), and/or Wilson (C).
en Franklin wa' probably the first to

utilize a kite-supported anten na. His
antenna received energy transmitted
by natu re s giant. broad-!>pectru m. spark-gap
t ran s mi tt er~: lightning bo lt ~. His receiver.
like the.: first o nes usc.:d by Hertz. was a spark
gap. one elec trode or which was a metal key
ti ed 10 the kite ant enna down lead. The other
electrode. if we arc.: 10 believe.: what we sec in
some port raits representing thi s experiment,
wa~ Franklin' s finge r!
Whateve r the facts or those early experiments. Franklin wrote a very serious warning
to ot her ex peri menters saying that it was
extreme ly dan gerou' to re pc.:at his lightn ing
experiment. e \" e rthek ~~. a few dari ng soul s
repeated it. and two actually were elect roc uted in the proce!>~ 1
Mah Ion Loomis u ~c.:d kite.:~ a~ aeriab in the
famou:. demo n strati o n ~ of his wire l es~ communication syste m. In fact. Loo m i~ i!> n:puted
to have bee n the.: first per~un to use the term
"ac.:rial" to dc ~cribc.: the antt:nna or a wi reless
co111111unicati on system.
Since long antennas elevated by kites arc
reported to provide exce ll ent support for ra-
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dio reception as well as transmission. let's

take a look at a few of the studi es that have
explored their possiblit ies. The May 73 issue
of 73 magazine carried a one-page article by
M. 8. Crawley. El4R. on making an enlarged
version of a child' s kite fro m bamboo poles
and some old bed sheets (fig. I A). Volume
two of the ARRLA11te1111a Co111pe11diu111 has an
article hy Stan Gibilisco. WIGV, on using
kites as eh:vated supports for very-long. wire
antennas (fig. I 8). In thi s April' s issue of the
Brit ish Radi o journal. Prac1ical Wireless, Ron
Wilso n. G3DSV. has an inte re~ tin g article in
wh ich he also <lisc u s~es the use of kites as a
means of temporarily elevating an anten na
(fig. IC).
I System Components
Wi l ~o n uses a Conync.: kite design: Gibilisco
report s usi ng a 7-foot delta wing "ultralight"
fo r winds from 5 to 25 mph. and a smaller
"Ferrari ram kite'' for winds in excess of 25
mph. but he is also considering a Conyne kite
~ u ch as Wil so n ~: and the kite depicted in
Crawley's artic le ap pc.:ar ~ l o be the same de sign as Wi lson's Conyne kite. Such large kites
can pull wit h a lot of force. and both Wilson

and Gibi lisco used a strong cord tether which
could hold the kite from n ying away if the
antenna wire broke.
Wilso n advi ses against th e use of a
monofi lame nt tether. urg ing the use of a
proper kite line of at least 50 kg ( 110 lbs)
break ing strain for safety." If a kite trail ing an
antenna wire got loose it could be could be
dangerous. especially if it drifted toward highvoltage power lines.
Gibilisco used 555 ft of hard-drawn, .035
in. aluminum-all oy welding wire (fig. I A) as
hi s antenna. As his RF ground he used a
combinati on of a cold water pipe, the utility
ground at a power socket. and a quarterwave
radial for the band he was working.
Wilson' s antenna was multistrand. PVC
covered copper wire 26.5 meters (87 ft) long.
His antenna also uti lized a 5.2 m ( 17 ft)
counterpoi se connected to the ground terminal of his antenna tuner. and then strung out
al ong the ground (direct ly beneath the antc.:n na wire.:. I would guess). He suggests that
an actual earth -ground rnnnccti on mi ght substit ute for the counterpoise if necessary.
Crawley"s tether-antenna was 260 ft of

braided copper wire; he would have used
some kind of ground connection also.
I Safety
With large ki tes it is recommended that
you take some time and learn how to fl y them
well before attempting to use them as antenna
supports. And keep in mind that fl ying kites
near airports can be dangerous. and probably
agai nst local laws.
Of course. you never fl y your kite when
weather is likely to produce lightning. or eve n
when bad weather is forecast. And you must
avoid fl ying the kite where there is even a
small chance of contacting high-voltage power
lines. In addition, there is a likelihood of static
electricity discharge from these elevated longwi rc antennas. Stati c e lectrical charges can
accumulate on your antenna, and sparks up to
three inches long have been observed from
some of them. even in sunny weather! Wilson
recommends that we avoid flying antenna
kites during very hot weather when the air is
dry.
To avoid the static electric it y buildup from
becoming dangerous. an antenna should be
grounded mall times. This can be done during
operation through the inductor or your tuner.
if that ci rcuit provides a path to ground. At idle
times, and when reeling the kite out or in. you
could useGibi lisco s technique of running the
antenna wire through a small loop of bare wi re
which is earth-grounded. To prote<.:t your rig s
front-end c ircuitry. as well as to provide a bit
of protection for yourself. it wou ld also mak e
sense to use a gas-discharge EMP-protection
de vice and a spark gap on these antennas.
I Results
An interesting result of using wires as long
as those reported here is that they ex hibit
reduced fading during rece ption due to a space
diversity effect. When a signal aniving at a
relative ly long antenna wanders around a bit
from time to time. it is still likely to be within
the effecti ve aperture of the long wire. This is
due to the relati \ely greater space occ upied by
a larger antenna. The same movement by the
incoming wave might place it outside the
effecti ve aperture of a smaller antenna.
Gibilisco s very-long. sloping wire produces a directional pattern which. despite its
directional properties. ex hibi ts fair recepti on
in all directions due to a multiplicity of converging sidelobes.
Wi lson's antennas can be positioned veni<.:ally. although he recommends a slant of 45
degrees for the antenna he used. With such a
slant Wi lson's ante nnas would be somewhat
directi onal. but with less maximum directi onal-gain than Gibilisco's very long wires.
The Wilson antenna can be oriented verticall y
to produce a nondi rectional horizontal directi vity pattern. The vertical patterning of the
ante nnas from all of the studies herein di scussed tend to have fair- to-excellent amounts
of both high-angle and low-angle gai n.
These antennas arc all end-fed with an
ante nna tuner. and can be used fo r receiving or
tra nsmitting on any frequency in the HF, MF.
or LF bands if you use an ant enna tuner that
wi ll cover the desired freq uencies. Kite supported anten nas are often desirable for ham
USC Oil the lower HF frequencies because or
the difficulty of raising one or more wavelengths of wire high enough above ground to
have low angle radiati on at these frequencies.
For the SWL. BC DXer. and general monitoring enthusiast. these antennas should be excellent fo r receiving from HF on down through
MF and LF.
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I Last Month:
I as ked yo u 'W ho deve lo ped th e
quarterwave groundplane antenna ... , and why
docs it usually have three or four radials rather
than just two?"
Well, this antenna was developed by George
Brown and his co-workers. They presen ted
their company with a two-radial version. The
marketing di vision. on seeing the ir two-radial
design, suggested that the anten na wou ld look
more like an effective antenna if it had more
radials. According to Brown. the marketing
argument carried the day , and. even though
the performance of these designs is very little
different fro m that of the two-radial design.
groundplane antennas still consistentl y have
three to four radials.
I This Month:
Marconi. ofte n
called "the Father of Radio.'' someti mes used kites
for antenna supports. In fact
he used a large kite to support
the antenna which received the
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first trans-atlantic wireless transmission. What was the message that
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was received on that occasion, and
why did reception of that message ultimatel y
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LETTERS
Tropical Transmitting
On page 11 7 of the February issue. Jacq ues
d' Avigno n. Mr s propagatio n forecaster, contributed a sho rt ex pl anatio n of Near Verti cal
lncide nceSkywave(NV IS). Ronald Erickson.
A KON, of Essex. Iowa. requested some c lari fi catio n of Jacques sentence. By transmit ting o n a frequency in thl.! trop ical bands and
loading an antenna that direc t ~ the ene rgy
mostl y in the vertical pla ne (suc h as a Shirley
or a Jamaica or simply a half-wa ve dipole).
the local tropical statio n can cover its marke t
w ith very low power and good rdiabil ity ...
Erichon also ask!>. "What is a Shirley
antenna o r a Jamaica antenna. anyway? Th is
form er broadcaster would like to know ''"
Jacques d' Av igno n submitted these illustrations or the Jamaica a nd Shi rley antennas.
He says. "The drawings have been conve ned
and docto red. and I cannot te ll you w here they
came from at this point. They were conceived
for jungle warfa re operatio ns over 50 years
ago.
"The diffe rence bctw1.:en the Jamai ca and
the half Jamaica is the le ngth o r the di poles. In
one casl.! they arc nearl y a ful l wave length.
and in the other they are hair a wavdength to
sa ve space.
'What I meant by 'direc ting energy in the
vertical plane ' is an ante nn a that radiates
Jamaica Antenna
...!..: ~
2
r
3'
11
F(MHz)
.I
most of the energy t owa rd ~ the zenith. Thi s

can be a s imple wire like the corr1.:spondent
m e nti on~ in his letter. o r a specialized antenna
like the Shirley or the Jamaica. In South
Ame rica a nd Africa many small stati o ns use
a s imple dipole when trans mitting in the tropical band. and if you look at the drawings you
wi ll sec that these antennae arc s imply sophi sticat ed ' half-wave dipoles ...
but I th ink of the rules that gove rn o ur radio

wa ves as the applicabl e laws of physics. The
rules (laws of phys ics) for different wavele ngt hs arc the same for HF o r VHF-UHF; it's
just that when we plug in different wavele ngths to o ur equat io ns. they give diffe rent
answers."
Jn Defense of Franklin
This le tte r from Kevin Ho ult of Seattle.

Washingto n. was an espec ially enjoyable o ne.
Kevin says. "Afte r reading your admonitions
about responding to MT feature s and columns
we readers find useful. I wanted to give praise
to Doug DcMaw. and ' De Maws Workbench. '
'My radio hobby roots go back to when my
fat her bui It a crystal radio set for me fur my 7 th
Birthday ( 1962). Shortwave fo llowed. then
sc.:anning. One rainy day lunch break about
two years ago. I picked up my first copy o f MT.
Needless to say. I was very late getting back to
the office after lunch. I reall y couldn't pull my
nose o ut of that magazine.
" Do ug's Tape Recorder Interface ' (Jan
1995) con struc ti o n art ic le la ter caug ht my eye ,
and for the first time since 1974. I fi red up the
soldering iron a nd tried it. I broug ht the completed un it into the office the nex t day. along
with the issue of MT. Several of my co-workers were immediately taken by both my project
and MT. Fort unately. an MT o utlet is right
around the corner.
'' A maj o r re birth o f radio hobbies has hit
o ur o ffi ce. Our purchas in g manage r has gone
kit crazy. ordering from several MT advertisers: one of o ur di strict managers j umped back
into scanning. a nothe r started aero-scanning
(we arc j ust blocks from Seattle's Boeing
licld) . two other em p l oye e ~ arc looking at a
ham tic ket. my brother is a new scanning fan.
my father is back into shortwave and is startin g
out in C B. and I have embarked o n a new
adventure as a Part 15 broadcaster. A LL of this
was due to that fi rst issue of Mo11irori11g Times
I brought to the o ffice .
ooug s 1995 series of art icles and projects
in o cMaw s Workbench' were respons ible
for my new pass io n. KFIR - 790 A M. r m
broadcasting with a crystal controlled version
of Do ug s 'U nderstanding Transmitters Witho ut a Lice nse proj ect. I am currentl y building
hi s 'Un iversal Ampl ifier fo r KFJR' s new
ante nna . Please fee l free to call o ur KFIR
Voice Mai l line at (206) 789-8733 (789TR EE) ...
May you a ll be as s uccess ful as Kevin in
spreading e nthu siasm for the ho bby: and may
all your best times be monitoring times !
- Rachel Baugh11
mtcdi tor @go ve. net
MT writer C le m Sma ll comes to the defense of Benjamin FrankJin . in respo nse to an

'"Ask Bob'" item in April' s issue. S mall says.
"To call Franklin a 'ti nkerer' and no t a lso a
scienti st' overloo ks the fact that he made
sig nificant co ntributions to sc ien ce.
"Clwmher '.1 Biographical Dictio11arr I ists
not only his research in electric ity. which
made him a Fe ll ow of the Royal Soc ie ty. but
lists work in meteorology: 'discovering the
course of :-.torms over the North American
continent. the course of the Gulf Stream. its
high temperature. and the use o r the thermomete r in navi gating it; and the vario us
powers o r different colors to absorb solar
heat.
'' Isaac Asimov. in hi s rev ised Biuxraphical 1w1c!opedia ofScie11ce and Technology.
says. 'Franklin al so performed a n inestimable
theoretica l service lO the science of e lectricity. with o ne accidental n aw ... He describes
Franklin's naw in relation to positi ve and
negati ve e lectrodes be ing an excess or de fi c ie ncy of e lectric al substance. Then he
goc~ o n to vindicate Franklin 's work
by pointing out that: ' However. if static
e lectric ity is cons ide red as an accumulation of electrons or a defi c iency of
them. the situation as we unde rstand it
i - ~ lt.
FiMHzJ
today is ex actly what Frankl in proposed .... For more di sc ussion o n whi ch
directio n e lectric it y n ows, turn to this
month ' s Ask Bob" column.
Cle m S mall adds. with respect to
a nothe r q uestio n in the same column.
-r II arg ue a bit in favor of the statement that
the rules for 'skip reception and propagation
are the same for shortwave as for scanner
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(Co11ti1111ed from Page 4)
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CB - The Ultimate Frugal Radio
his month we will address what is sometimes an emotionally charged topic:

Ci tizens' Band Radio. better known as
CB.
Why wou ld any self-respecting ham radio
operator " lower' him/herself to discuss CB
radio? Frankly. CB has gotten a bu m rap for
quite a few years and it s time to set the record
straight. I first became involved in CB radio in
1959 when Dave Walker. a close friend of the
family who li ved on a ranch outside Potlatch.
Idaho, made me his "Unit Two." Dave s ori ginal callsign (yes. we had callsigns back in the
early days of CB) was 14Q0387. Soon. my
father became in volved and we received our
own call sign. KFJ-0879. Ourneighbors. Dick
and Sho11y McCrory and their son Bill (my
lifelo ng friend and tcchno-buddy) soon became KFJ-0945 .
Both Bill and Dick laterwcnl on to get the ir
ham radio licenses (WB7NLR & WD4HSE.
respectively). Their exposure to CB radio
undoubtedly provided the initial "push" to get
involved in ham radio. There is no doubt that
my involvement with CB radio also paved the
way for me to start my ham radio career in
1963 at the tender age of 16.
As you can see. CB has one outstandi ng
good point: it gets people. espec ially young
people, in volved with the radio hobby and can
lead to ca reers in electronics. All too often.
radio amateurs tend to di smi!'.!'. CB as a vast
wasteland of stupidity: all too often they are
correct. However. these sclf-:.ame operators
fai l to acknowledge the mindless drivel o n 2
meter repeaters. the unbridled stupidity on 80
meters (try listening to 3895. 3898 and 3950
kHz for a whi le 10 experience how really
obnoxious ham radio can become), or the
maritime mobile wars on

14. 313 MHz. About 2000
years ago. someone of some
import said something about
casting the first stone .. ... ..
My rcinvolvcment with
CB radio occurred almost
by acc ident. One of my Idlow empl oyees needed his
CB fi xed. so I offered to
he lp hi m out. After replacing a reverse polarity diode,
the hash filter. and rewi ri ng
his power cord. I was listening around and came across
someone calling fo r assistance on channel 9. the national di stress/emergency
frequency for CB. The CBer
calling fo r he lp had just witnessed ;1 hit and run accident abou t three bloc ks
away from my home and
wanted someone to call the
Wilkes- Barre police and
ambu lance for the two injured pedestri ans.
I immediately took down
all his informatio n and
called the police dispatcher.
J radioed 1heotherCBer1hat
his emergency traffic had
been pa~sed and help was on the wa). My
scanne rs lit up like a Ch r i~tmas tree and I
follo wed the action on the pol ice and EMS
frequencies. Thankfull y. the two pcdcst1ians
struck by the car were later pronounced in
good condition al a local hospital.
I fc It a great deal of pridt.: in what I had just
done. Had I not been tuning
around. the cop!> and ambulance
woul d have undoubtedly had arrived. but po~~ihly much later.
I' d like to think that the other CB
operator and I made a di !Terence
in two people's lives.
I An army of volunteers ...

with ears on
This leads me into the second
positive point about CB radio:
it' s the world s largest 'help
li ne: Across tht.: Uni tt.:d States
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and many places in Canada. thousands of

volunteers listen regularly to channe l 9, the
emergency CB frequency. REACT lntema1ional 1 maintains emergency response teams,
and REACT monitors (all vol unteer help)
listen to channel 9 twe nt y-four hours a day.
This ensures that a quick call on channel 9
wi ll mobilize emergency help in virtually
any area of the country.
Having tried. many times in vain. to solicit help on several of the local 2 meter
repeaters during traffic.: emergenc ies. I can
say. with some authority. I can get more
action faster on CB channel 9 than I can on
any of the 2 meter repeaters in my area. This
may not be true in all areas of the country but
it" s ce rtainl y true in Northeastern Pennsylvania. That's why. after my involvement in
reporting the recent hit and run accident I
have installed a CB set in my car and house
and I cont in uously monitor channel 9 both at
home and on the road .
I Ham radio for the masses?

The third positi"e aspect of CB radio is that
it offers low cost local communications to
almost everyone. New CB radios are available fro m various sources for around $50 to
$75. While these sets are not ''high end"
models. they wi ll allow almost everyone to
become active on the Citizens' Band frequenc ies. Mobile antennas cost from $ I 0 to $50,
and base station antennas cost from $50 upward. There is something to fit everyone's
budget.
Instructions that come wit h CB rigs give
enough information for s imple hook ups . This
gets you on lhe air quickly. Caution: It is
prudent 10 listen , listen. then listen some more
prior to jumping ri ght into a conversation on
CB. There are some unique "rules of the road ..
regarding C B radio (just as there are in ham
radio). So listen and get acclimated first. before announcing your presence on a frequency.
Remember. you want to make a posifive impression on CB radio.
Whi le new, low end CB rigs are quite
inexpensive. used high end model s are rcadi ly
avail able at a frac tion of the ir original cost. If
you develop more than a passive interest in
CB radio, sooner or later you wi ll want to
upgrade your radio gear. There is no better
way to do th is than to recycle a pre-owned rig.
Often, you can pick up used CB rigs at
swapmeets. ha mfest fleamarkets. "trader papers.'' or over the air on CB for pennies on the
dollar. One word of caution: there are a lot of
'Screwdriver Technicians" out there who think
they know what they are doing when they go
into a CB rig and modify it fo r higher power.
additional channels. etc. Most of these people
haven ' t a clue as to what they arc doing. Their
efforts may or may not yie ld desired results.
Always thoroughly c heck any CB rig to
see that it has not been modified. or, in the
event it has been. that the mods have been
performed by a quali fied techn ic ian and fully
documented! Otherwise. you will be inheriting someone e lse's problems.
I A tinkerer's dream
Lou Franklin, K6NH ,2 publishes three
books that are "mus t" reading for anyone who
has more than a passing interest in CB radio.
Tire Screwdriver Expert 's Guide. Do it YourselfCB Repair and Modifications is an excellent way to become familiar with CB radios in
general and how to properly peak and tweak
CB rigs (no, you no longer have to have an
FCC license to do thi s work).
If you own a CB ri g and don ' t have a copy
of this book, go get it today' Almost all (about
75 %) of the problems that occur with your rig
are not inte rnal to the rig at a ll. Lou shows you
ham frequencies . Nothing beats recycling

some oftheoldergcarand giving it a new life.
How about taking one of the older, 23 channel
s ideband rigs . and modifying it to work on I 0
~1' meters? These three volu~es by L~u Franklin
.& w ill help you keep your ngs running at peak
t efficiency for years to come.
As you can see. applying K.I.S. Radio

princ iples to CB radio can result in some
rather surprising and dramatic ideas. What
how to deal with all but the really tough
belter way to get into I 0 meter SSB or FM
problems. The chapters on antennas and power
than to recycle a CB radio? Not only will you
mikes alone are wort h the cost of the book.
learn a lot in the process. the pride in accomLou di spe ls common C B myths with facts and
plishment when you tell others of your sucexperience. not manufacture r hype. If nothing
cess will be self evident.
else, this book will make you an informed
The radio hobby is all about experime ntabuyer of CB equipme nt and accessories.
tion. In the early days of radio, when everyone
Lou's second book. Unde rstanding and
was an "amateur.'' the only way to get on the
Repairing CB Radios. is geared for the profes- air was to experiment. Trial and error played
sional technician. These are ve1y in-depth
a large part in the development of early radio.
disc ussions of the inner workings o f a ll porThe same can be true today. Amateur radio is
tion s of CB cts. You must know advanced
unique in that it allows you to bui ld and
operate your own transmitti ng equipment.
elec tronic theory (solid state and RF technology) 10 make any sense of thi s book, so
Using newly acqu ired knowledge and skills to
beginners, save your money. This is for the
pursue other face ts of the radio hobby is not
profess ional technician who wants to make a
on ly challenging but fun. too.
buck ortwo repairing and modifying CB rigs.
Ex act ly what can you do w ith old CB sets ?
It 's an outstandi ng text. In five nights. I
Here is a laundry lis t: convert a 23 channel rig
repaired fou r of the five CB se ts that had been
to 40 channe ls a nd modify it to transmit and
receive FM on the I 0 me ter band (29.6 MHz);
laying around the shack. using the information contained in thi s book. In one session
convert a 23 or 40 channel SSB rig to operate
a lone. I made enough from the repair to pay
on I 0 me ters (28.0 to 29.7 MHz): take the
for the cost o f the three books I received from
aforementioned rig and add CW capabilities
Lou.
along with an ex tra 160 channels ! That's just
One thing that is extre me ly ev ident is that
for starters. You can a lways do the mundane
there are very few qualified C B repair techniand fix CB ri gs fo r fri ends or start a business.
c ians working in the fi e ld. The maj or CB radio
The possibi lities are limitless.
outlets (Radio Shack. REX. Circuit City, etc)
Until next time. have fun and Keep It
S imple.
would much rat he r sell you another rig than
fix the one you own. This throw-away mental1
REACT International, Inc., P.O.Box 998,
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offer quality repair work at reasonable cost, Wichita, KS 67201TEL: 1316) 263-2100
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you can make money hand over fist in this
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ASK BOB
ANSWERS TO YOUR RADIO QUESTIONS
Bob Grove, WA4PYQ
bob@grove.net
Where can I get a list of international broadcast feeders? (Lubos
Rendek, NSW, Australia)
Q.
A. You can't. With the possible rare exception of the VOA and Deutsche Welle, these
old point-to-point HF SSB relays have virtually disappeared from the spectrum. favori ng the vastly superior satellite relays.
We have not had any loggings submitted in
recent memory.
The last remaining frequency lists are in
my Sho r/wave Direuory a nd the
K/i11genji1ss Utili1y Guide. both available
from Grove Enterprises and other MT adve11isers.
First. the radio itself is nothing special.

more like an over-the-counter portable. so
you could wi nd up paying around $75 fo r
an inferior novelty.
Second. while batteries in Africa arc
hard to find. in the U.S. they" re everywhcn.:.
Third. i r you are looking for free power.
try a solar panel on a rechargeable battery,
then you wont have to crank it every few
minutes.
Fourth. the minimum quantity quoted
fo r import is qu ite large. discouraging deal ers from carrying the radi o o n a trial basis.
Where can I monitor packet on

the HF frequencies, and what
equipment will I need? Can I use
this same equipment to monitor CW
with a Sony ICF7600G portable
radio? (Chris Desio, Deer Park, NY)
antenna. and inflexible "tweaking fo r best

copy as compared to more expensive desktop receivers.
If you have a computer. you can get a
simple decoder and software program li ke
the MFJ- 1278 fro m MFJ Enterprises or the
PK232A from AEA. available from most
ham radio dealers. Without a computer you
will need a stand-alone demodulator like
the popular Un iversal M-400.
Frequencies used by hams for packet on
shortwave will be found in the following
subbands: 3590-3635. 7080-7 100, 101 4010 150. 14095- 14 1 I 0, 18 105-181 10. 2 109021 100. 24925-24930. and 28 100-28 190
kHz.
Q.
Is the African-made BayGen

windup radio available in the U.S.?
{Nolan Lee)
Q.
A. Not to my knowledge. While the idea of

a wi ndup spring-drive generator is a cute
idea for a radio. there arc a lot of things
going agai nst it.
A. You can use an inexpensive radio like

the little Sony. but it wi ll be mo re vulnerab le to environmental electrical interference. low signal strengt hs with the whip
I see ads for rechargeable NiCd

cells as 1.25 volts, but series batteries-like six-at 7. 2 volts; since six
times 1.25 is 7.50, where did the
other 0.30 volts go? {Robert Bender,
Arlington Heights, IL)
Q.
A. While a freshly charged
iCd might
present a reading of 1.25 volts to a voll me-
Bob's Tips of the Month

More on
Current Flow
In our Apri l 1996 column, Mark Bums

asked which way current flow goesfrom negative to positive or positive to
negative. I pointed out that Franklin arbitrarily pontificated that current flowed from
positive to negati ve. while I defined current flow as a movement of electrons. in
which case they go from negati ve to positi ve.
Reader Gerald Park, PhD. took umbrage, saying that my definition was "in
opposition to nearl y every electrical engineering professor in the world,.. and that
conventional current flows from a more
positive to a less positive (therefore nega-
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ti ve) terminal. Since our resident engineer

also was taught my negati ve- to-positi ve
approach, we decided to sec what other
authorities proffer.
Stan Gibilisco. noted author and Editorin-Chief of the Ama1e11r Radio E11cyclopedia. and co-author of the ll/11s/rated Dic1io11ary of/ee1ronics, says. ;current is a now
of electric charge carriers past a point. or
from one point to another. The charge carriers can be electrons, holes, or ions.' He
goes on to say. 'The direction of current
flow is theoretically the direction of the
positi ve charge transfer. .. from the positi ve
termina l. .. to the negati ve terminal. This is a
matter of convention. The electron movement is actually in opposition to the current
flow. Physicists use this interpretation of
current flow purely as a mathematical convcnil!nce.
Similarly. the ARRL Handbook for Radio A111a1e11rs, written by engi neers, says,
;.... electric current (usually electrons) will
flow ... and ''Electrons move from the negati vc to the positive side of the voltage...''
"Co11ve111io11al c11rre111 has the opposite direction. from positi ve to negative. This
comes from an arbitrary decision made by
Benjamin Franklin in the 18th century:
In other words, physicists continue the
Franklin tradition of defl11i111? current as
going from positive to negative, even though
it 's the electrons which actuall y do the
moving. shifti ng from atom Lo atom, flowing from negati ve to positive.
Whether you choose the conventional
definition or the actual movement. the same
formulas apply since the same current density is present.
ter. as soon as it is ' loaded (being discharged). it drops to a nominal voltage near
1.2 volts.
Correction
In my Apri l column l overgeneralized
concerning world wide FM broadcasting
bandplans . A letter from Benjamin
Dawson, a consulting engineer, was most
infonnati ve and we extract the follow ing
information.
Europe and Asia use I 00 kHz intervals, as opposed to Nonh America' s 200
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Electronic Distributors ................ ...... 33
Electronic Equip. Bonk .. ... .. .... ... ...... 47
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Firestyk Antennas .......... .... ..... ........ 91
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LOSING
OMMENTS
By Bob Grove,
Publisher
The State of the Union
o hear lhc glowing reports from Washi ng!On. one

might get the impress ion that our economy is getting
belier. Perhaps in some segments it is, but not in the
hobby electronics marketplace. Wh ile our fellow Ameri can s
must have !O have food and housing. they don' t have to have
new scanners and shortwave radios. When the economy
slows. so does discretionary spending. Non-essential items
arc the first to go by the wayside. and may be the last to be
restored when better times return.
The shrinking profit margin is not always easy fo r a
merchant to detect at fi rst. He may sec litt le or no substanti al
decrease in the numbcrof sales, lulling him into a false se nse
of securit y. but upon examination of hi s monthl y profits, he
notes a decrease in the bottom li ne. Upon furt her examination he reali zes what has happened: His customers arc
bu ying sma ller items. and they arc shopping fo r the best
bargains. so his profi t margins arc less.
Thi s economic conditi on produces a self-destructive.
downward spiral. When the marketplace is profitable. wide
margins between dea ler cost and resale a llow reasonab le.
comfortable profits, but when times arc bad. dealers begin to
cut their margins to remain competitive. Eventually. the
profit margin is so small it docsn't pay to remain in business.
In rece nt months several amateur radio dealers closed their
doors permanentl y; a number of small mail order firms
simil arly called it quits. Corporations merge. cutting jobs to
reduce overhead. the new mega-magnates forcing smaller
busi ncsses out of the market.
Publishers of magazines and books face additional adversities. Over the past year. printing and mai ling costs have
soared. yet desktop publishing and the Internet arc spawning
ever greater competit ion. Look over the commercial hobby
magazines and see the resuhs-reduccd writing staff and
page count. larger type. more white space, reprints of
previously-published articles. gene ric fillers. fewer ad s,
poorer editing-the consequences of reduced profits and
downsizing.
So how does a depressed economy affect equipment
avai lability? The quantity and qualit y of merchandise suffers. Fewer new scanners and shon wave rad ios emerge from
the drawing boards; older models pe rsist for longer li fetimes: product models arc dropped bu t not replaced: foreign
competit ion edges out domestic models. Apathy and di senchantment set in and marketplace begins to atrophy. Once
the fl ywheel effect slows down, it' s hard to get it rolling

again.
Much of the foregoi ng may seem speculative, but dealers
and manufacturers privately admit their sales are down
anywhe re fro m 2 0 % -40~ . depending upon whom you ask
and how much they arc willing to admit. While giant
pageants like the Dayton Hanwention beat the drum for
massive sa le~. the truth is that many-perhaps mostvendors harely make enough to pay their way, and often lose
money. They are there to make a presence. to clear in ventory. to introduce new products. and to make contacts. Profi t
is not a consideration at Dayton.
Will the economy get better? Yes. Soon? Probably not.
Periodic swings in prosperit y are a normal cycle for capitalism. but the downswings are hard to take. Business is
economic Darwinism. a struggle fo r su rvival in which only
the fittest survive. "Fi ttest." in th is case. is defined by
strength in the marketplace. This period of austeri ty wi ll
produce some needed cleansing of dead wood and infe rior
products, but some small companies with superior products
will also fall to ex tinction. No one said the process was fair.
I What can we do?

We all have a responsibil ity to perpetuate the hobby if it
is to survive. As a co nsumer, you have a vested interest in the
outcome. Your conli nucd financial support drives thi s tiny
segment of the economy. If there is a perception of waning
interest. manufac turers and dealers look fo r other venues for
the ir in vestments. This is already happe ning.
Commercial enterprises who are normally competiti ve
need to freely exchange ideas fo r their mutual surv ival.
While it is tempting to pull in and let the other guy fend for
hi mself ("let the chips fall where they may"). the fac t is that
if hal f of the companies go down. the other half wi ll NOT
have twice as much business.
In fac t. thi s is true of al l players in the rad io hobbyconsumers, hobby groups. merchan ts, advertisers. and manufac ture rs all need to be sharing ideas abou t new ways to adapt
to modern realities. Meanwhile. it is important fo r us !O
support each other' s best efforts. Whe ther we do it for love
or fo r li veli hood. we rise or fa ll together. Only time wi ll
reveal the su rvivors. In the end. the rea l winner will be the
radio hobby itself-whatever new form it may take.
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