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Moy 1998
12
By Ronald Perron
Most people hate livin g close to a major airpo rt. but for a scanner buff, it' s
nirva na. Baltimore Washington International (pronounced "BccWee") airport is
host to a fascinating varie ty of civilian and military aircraft. and MTprovides the
frequencies to plug into your scanner for some good aero listening.
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By Nick Grace
Whenever a military build-up draws
world atte ntion once ag ain to this n ash
point in the Middle East. o ne can be sure
that before weap on s tire. the waro f words
is alread y well underway. The US has had
an ongoing presence on the airwa ves for
Cover Story
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The New Bandin Town
Utility World ..............................__. .. 30
We 've Got Your Numbers
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The First DigitalMode - RITY
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BBC Commits ta Digital 5W
QSL Report
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Horns on Longwave?
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May 1998
June 7: Queens, NY
Hall of Science ARC Hamfe st held at the
NY Hall o r Science parking lot. Flushing
Meadow Coro na Park, 47-0 1 111th St. Contact Stephen Greenbau m WB2KDG 718-8985599, WB2KDG @bigfoot.com. Free parking : pr izes, food . 9a.m. - 3p.m . $5 do nation.
Ta lk-in 444.2 00+ PL 136.5.
June 7: Ilutler, PA
44th Brcezeshooter s' Hamfc st (l arge st
sw itch off the ir ph on es. but how many recognizc the d iffere nce be tween sw itc hing offthe
ph on e and just no t ta lking on it? And d id the
cc llph on c rea lly d o it?
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don ' t vio late the mandates of the 1996 T elecomm unications A ct.
Vermont is eve n attempting to mount a
challen ge to the Te lecom munication s Act ,
Vermont Sens. Pat rick Leahy and Ja mes
Jefford s and Rep. Hernard Sa nders are sponsoring Icgishuic n (S 1350 and HR30 16) that
would return the powe r 10 the towns.
Is your tow nsh ip prepared '! Yo u' ll only be
a llowed a limited a mo unt of ti me to place a
moratorium on ne w construction wh ile yo ur
to wnshi p. county. or state addresses the question . \Vaiting until the ce llsite s begin to spro ut
up may be too late !
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"T he abili ty to mo unt ne w ante nn as in an
unobt rusive man ne r on la s lllallY us! 10.000
Communications is compiled by Ra ch e l
Baughn with hel p fro m this month ' s reporting
team : Anonymous. New York; David Alpert. New
Jersey; Roy Bea vers. e-mail; Jean Foley. email ;
Will . Hearty. O hio ; Ste ve Kaatz, Michiga n;
Mar yan ne Kehoe, Georgi a; Kevin Kle in, Wisconsin; Sergey Kolcsov. Ukraine; Kenneth Lensin g.
Arizona; Cla udio Mo ra les. A rgentina via Larry
Va n Horn; Dale Newton. VT ; Rya n. Long Island;
Bob Mills. Ca lifornia ; Doug Robert son. California; Richard Sklar. Washington. We welcome clipping s from your world of radio : send to MTheadquarters or emai l 11/h'di ror @g rme.1Iel .
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iberal, Kansas. is Ilaucr (han the pro vcrbial pancake. In fact. Liberal is
ma in street. Lovely maidens brandishing ski1lets. llipping fl apjacks and galloping for all
they' re worth is a majort ouri st d raw . butth m
is not w hy we arc here .
Airshow 97 kicks off. Frank Murphy. II pbotographer for an Amarillo television station.
is her e III sho ot so me video fo r the loc alne ws.
MONITORING TIMES
May 1998
The Hornets
Outside. the beautiful blue and ye llow
FI A-I S Hornets gli ste n in the bright Kansas
sunlight. bu t make no mi stake: the se gli tzy
showbirds can he tran sfo rm ed into warbirds
in sho rt orde r.
T he FI A-I M is now the pri mary fighter/
attack airc raft in use by the U.S . Nav y. An
imp ro ved versio n cu lled thc F/A- 18E Supe r
Horn et will be protecting carrier hattie groups
we ll into the ne xt ce ntury. Altho ugh the Supe r
Hornet is faster . stea lthie r a nd hilled as more
let hal than the F/A - IS the Blue Ange ls fly .
looking a t these stu nni ng am bassadors in blue
warming up on the tarmac it' s hard to thi nk
they co uld eve r become obso lete.
011
Showtime
The eng ines spool up and the jets taxi out
the active ru nway. the pilot s giv ing the ir
gro und cr ewme n a jaun ty salute for a jo b we ll
do ne.
For the next forty-five min utes we we re
treated to an ama zing ex hibition of milita ry
air power.
Like homesick a ngels the Blues streak up
in to the dee p blue with astonishi ng spee d.
pow er a nd grace. Roll s a nd loo ps thrill our
ey es an d afterbu rners shake us to the marro w.
T o borrow a we ll-kno wn Navy ae ronautica l
phrase. bot h Frank and I are "glad to be her e: '
Th e Blue A nge ls Flig ht De mo nstra tion
to
May 1998
MONITORING TIMES
LIBERAL
AIRSHOW
BLUE ANGELS
"BOSS" : 307.00
OPPOSING SOLO : 390.100
GROUND SUPPORT & MAINT.
142.025, 143.600,142.625
10
MONITORING TIMES
May 1998
25-26
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MAY:
23
910
15-17
20
22
24
30-31
67
13-14
20-21
27-2B
JULY:
11
1B-19
25-26
JUNE:
solo Oil 39 1. 10 0. G round suppor t and mai ntenance used the foll owin g frequ en cies: 142.()2.",
45
SEPTEMBER:
5-7
Chesterfield . MO. St.Louis County AirShow
1213 Halifax, Canada NovaScotiaAir Show
19-20 Warner Robbins AFB. GA, Open House
26-27 Reading. PA, Redding Aerofeast
OCTOBER:
3-4
Stockton, CA, Air Show
10-11 San Francisco. CA, Fleet Week
17-18 Houston, TX, Air Show
24-25 NASJacksonville, Fl, Open House
31-10/1 NASNew Orleans. LA, Air Show
NOVEMBER:
Fl. Open House HOMECOM ING
JUNE:
6-7
13-14
20-21
27-2B
JULY :
45
11 -12
18-19
22
2526
AUGUST:
1-2
Hanscom AfB, MA, Air Show
8-9
Seattle. WA. Seatair Air Show
1416 r.1CAS Miramar, CA. AirShow
2223
Chicago, Il , Air-Water Show
29-30 Onutt AFB, NE, Open House
AUGUST:
1-2
Vandenberg AFB. CA, Air and SpaceShow
8-9
Abbotsford, Canada, Air Show
1516
Big Flats, NY, Wings of EaglesAir Show
29
Minot AFB, NO. Open House
30
Grand ForksAFB, NO. Open House
SEPTEMB ER:
5-7
Cleveland,OH, Air Show
12-13
WestoverARB, MA,Open House
19-20
Durango, CO, Air Show
26-27
Salinas. CA, Air Show
OCTOBER:
3-4
Sioux City,lA, Mid-America Air Show
10-1 1
EI Paso. TX. Amigo Air Show
17-18
Muskogee, OK, Air Show
Columbus AFB, MS. Open House
24
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littl e RockAFB. AR, AirShow
NOVEMBER:
31(Oct)-1Victorville, CA, GeorgeAir Show
7-8
l akeCharles, LA Air Show
14-15
l akeCity, FL Air Show
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BeeWee in My Backyard
View of the termina l entrance and
the cont rol towe r wit h a nt en nas.
By Ronald A Perron
Photos by Dan Breitenbach,
provided courtesy of the Maryland
Aviation Administration
metropolitan airportis areal pain. However, for an aviation and scanner buff
like myself it's like being thrown into the
briar patch.
I live abo ut six miles from BaltimoreWashington International (S WI) Airport"Bee Wee" as it' s sometimes pronounced on
the air. My house lies in between the approache s to runways 33 Right/ 33 Left. The
location gives me the best of both worlds. I
can hear both the aircraft and the controllers
and then go out in my back yard and wa tch the
aircraft.
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304.11.
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127.8
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120.2
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(CIA), and overt military intervention. incl ud ing the 1994 campa ign in Haiti.
Since 1990. the US has waged a war with
Saddam, bo ld after his victory ove r neighbor ing Iran, ruth lessly invaded Kuwa it on
August 2, 1990. promp ting Am erican president George Bush to take decisive action. At
stake was the world' s oil supply and regional
stability in the Middle East. Before the bombing bega n. Bush and his advisers orde red the
C IA and US military into action. Th ese soldiers weren't armed with bullet s. however.
The)' were armed with a plane and a radio
station: Th e Voice of the Gulf.
The Voiceof thcGu lfpremiered onTha nksgiv ing Day 1990 on medium w ave aboard the
Saudi Arabia.l l ]
The Voice o ft he Gulfs purpose was two fold. First. it ai red broadcas ts to undermine
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Conclusion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Psywarr ior
ibid
Atkinson
Bush speech to U.S. Congress asquoted byJennings
Washington Post, March1, 1998, A17
Washington Post, June26, 1997, A2 1
Jennings
Chalabi testimony before theUS Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, March 2. 1998
9. Steams
10. Issues, April 1996
11 . Accord press release. December 1997
12. San Diego Daily. April 23, 1996
13. New York TImes. September 11, 1996
14. Washington Post. March1, 1998, A17
15. Chalabi testimony beforethe US SenateForeign
Relations Committee, March2. 1998
16. Philipps. p.23
17. Associated Press, February 20. 1998
18. WashingtonPost. March 1, 1998, A17
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Atkinson, Mark. "Propagandist for Hire." ABCNews, June
26. 1997.
Jennings,Peter, "Unfinished Business- TheCIAand
Saddam Hussein." ABC News, June 26. 1997.
Philipps. James andJames Anderson, NAir Strikes Are
Necessary To Weaken,Discredit. and Punish Saddam
Hussein," HeritageFoundation. February 5, 1998.
Stearns, Randy, "Iraqi National Accord," ABCNews,June
26, 1997.
"Ar-M usta q ba l, ~
1997,
"Forbes: Radio Could Helpin Iraq, Associated Press.
M
February20. 1998.
"How CIA's Secret War OnSaddam Collapsed."
Washington Post. June26, 1997.
"Iraqi Opposition Group Launches Radio Service," San
DiegoDaily, April 23. 1996.
"Jordan's Strategy: aFriendTurned Enemy," /ssues, April
1996.
"Radio Free Iraq Proposal GainsMomentum. Support in
Congress," WashingtonPost, March 1, 1998, A17.
"Yet Again,Saddam's Foes Pay Price for Foiled U.S. Plot,"
NewYork Times, September 11, 1996.
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Mo st VO RTA C tran sm itters ha ve the d istinguish ing "c one" vhupcd struc ture 011 the
to p, a lthou gh no t a ll d o , Inside the L'O Il L' an: a
se t of antenna which construc t the d ist inct
signa l ill cnch direction. The cone itsel f is
ab o ut 15-20 teet ta ll.
T h i... uni quel y s haped building is ofte n
sigh ted in the mid dl e
major airport s, Yo u
call sec it a t Washing to n's Nutio nul Airpor t,
Oak la nd. Hn s ton , and in the m id dl e o f
C hicago ' s O ' l lar t'.
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combined with T ACAN-laclic<.I1 air navigation sys te m) tra nsmi tte rs sca ttered across the
United States. Almo st a ll o f the m arc op era ted
b y th e Fed e ra l Av ia tio n Adm iui su'ation
(FAA), and they ge nera lly transmit a COIll plc x rad io sign a l on a ba se freq uency som ewhe re between l OX and II X Ml lz.
The sig na l is slig. htl y di ffe ren t in eac h
d irection. thus allovving elec tron ics in the
cockpit to d eterm ine in w ha t direction (or
"radial" ) fro m that beacon the aircra ft is loca ted. Addi tio nal eq uipment al lows the plane
to interroga te the site to dete rmin e its di stance
from the site. With this co mb inati on of direction and di stance . the pi lot can kno w e xactl y
w here he is in three-dime nsion al spacc.
VO R stations ha ve ;1 d istin ct shape, and
beca use they are gene rall y away From tre e s o r
ot her build ing s. they art": easy 10 spo t. The
mo st o bv ious co nfigura tio n is a sma ll bui lding in a clea ring loo king like the \J IH..' ab o ve .
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Ae ronautical flight pa ths often rad iate off
from the VO RTAC, and ind eed . man y fli ght
pat hs go from VO RTAC to VO RT AC.
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localizers. Th ese an: 1l;i 1T0\\ ' hcutu-, a radio
vignal guiding ai rcraft duw n the ce nter line Il l'
a runwa y. Th e ant enn ae the mse lves urc gcncr<Illy locat ed at the fur end o f the ru n w a ~ t IlL'~
serve. Oth er ante nnae near by provide divumcc-mcu-uring ~ ig ll a b.
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Vlulhollund Drive which
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the Sant,1 ~It utica ~ It urnw ins betw ee n 11 (11)'.
W I rod ; l l ll l ' I '\) IXll1 ~ ; 1 Can ynll. The pl..' ak- or ig: inally a radar site I'll'Nikc
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Thi... W:l '" O lle..' of till' tina sites I llsed. and il
prowd fruitful wit h nine: VOl{... audi hlt:.
I co uld 110 1 pid up (he Vel1l ura VO R: too
llI a n~ hig h mou nlains ( :-- lK h as Ca... lro I'eilk )
we re hl'twcen u.... I did , howcver, pid up
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Onyx Peak
Thi ... 1),1 1..J. fl. llllHlnt ..lin dU l\linales thl' ca.. t
ern end 0 1' Ihl' S,tn Ik rnan lino range. To Ihe
ea sl o r Ilo rt hl.'a... t IItllhing comes d n ...e 10 ib
heigh!. It ha:-- a l:lear \ ic w m -er Illud l or Ihc
:\tojaw Ik ..erl. BUllising thl' VO R sign'lb. I
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receiver to be sufficiently sensitive.
Wha t surp rised me ab out thi s peak wa s
being ab le to pick upthe sig na ls of the Dag ge tt
(DAG) and Hector ( HEC) VO RTACs far to
the north. I q uestio n w hether this is tru e line
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Mt. Diablo
Mt . Diablo is a co ns pic uo us land ma rk in
northern C aliforn ia. partly be ca use it sta nds
a lo ne. Th ere arc no other hill s ncar it of its
he igh t. and the land uro un d it is relat ivel y low.
It ca n he seen fro m so man y places in th e Bay
area and the Sac rame nto valley .
Early on a Frida y morning. I d rov e the
narr o w. wind ing (hut paved ) road tothe top of
thi s mo untai n cas t of Walnut C ree k. It was
clear a nd w indy . und the view was spec tac ular.
T o the cas t. above a laye r of haze covering
the Sun Joaq uin Va lley. I co uld see peak s o f
the high S ierr a moun tains aro und Yose m ite
National Park. I co uld see ubuu t hal f way up
the Sac ra me nto River to the c ity of Sa c ramento. lost in thai haze .
To the nort h. so uth. a nd we st, it wa s
sparkling ly cl ca r. 1cou ld sec Mt . S1.He len a to
th e nort h . To th e we st. the Go lde n Ga te Bridg e
int er ference fr om
FM broadcast station s. ulth u ugh not as
seve re as th a t e nc o un te re d 0 11 Mt.
Diablo to the nort h.
Th er e a ppear to he
no suc h FM or TV
bro ad cast tran sm itter s on this peak . although there are a
few utility stat ions at
the east e nd o f the
ridge .
I wa s ve ry
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tion al six runway loca lize r signa ls. Airan d every house in Marin Co unt y . T o the
po rts with locali zers incl uded San Francisco
southwes t. the giant blimp han gar at Moffett
International (bo th run ways 28-left und 28Field. and the peak of Lorn a Prieta so uth of
right). the San Jose runw ays . Hayw ard. a nd
San Jose. To the due south. I co uld see the
Oa kland .
dom es on M t. Hamilton . (See M ap 6) .
As expec ted . I succe ssful ly heard a number
I hea rd a number o f VOR ' s from the top. 11tH
of VO R signal s in the Bay area. S imilarly.
W,I S surp rised not 10 hear some fro m the
some VO R' s in the ce ntral va lley were to be
nort hern Sac rame nto va lle y. I cou ldn' t get
e xpec te d) . Ha ngtu wn (th e VOR a t th e
Wi lliams. M a xwe ll. or Marysvill e. T his may
Place rville a irpo rt) was a pleasa nt surprise.
be pa rtly because there is so mu ch RF interAnd Sa linas was to be expec ted .
fere nce fro m the FM broa dca st sta tions on the
To the south. I ha d hoped 10 hear the Big
peak.
Sur VORTAC which is a good d istan ce dow n
But I wa s ple ased to pick up the PI. Reye s
the coast. bu t ato p a ridge ove rloo king the
VOR wh ich is on the top o f a ridge . I cou ld
Pac ific . It ca me th rough quite cle a rly. as did
not. howev er. hear EINido. or Panoc he (which
the Pa noch e VOR down the Diab lo range to
had a ridge between us ).
the southeast.
I wa s surprised and quite
A ll in all. e ve n with fo urtee n log s. the
ple ased to hear the Friant VO RTAC located
radio recepti on at M L Diablo wa s a hit of a
on a ridge no rth of Fresno . I had hea rd this one
disappoi ntment, prima rily because of the rafru rn Mt . Abe l to the so uth.
diu interferen ce. Visually . it wa s spec tac ular!
I wa s. howev er. to ta lly surprised to hear a
weak but di scernable signa l fro m the Squaw
Mt. Hamilto n is a Winner
Va lle y VORTAC up in the high S ierra, near
Lake Tahoe . Indeed . not thinki ng I co uld hear
I sus pected thi s mountain peak would give
that far . when I noted the freq ue ncy ( 113.2
me the most VOR signals, This 4.2 09 fl. peak
M Hz.) and the last two cha racters of the
is about 15 miles east of San Jose. and the
Morse Code ide ntifier (some what ob scu red
white dome o f the famou s Lick Ob servatory
by the voi ce HIW AS broadcas t rid ing on the
is clearly visib le fro m much of the west San
sa me c arrier). I in itia lly d idn' t look that far
Fra nc isco ba y area .
cast on my uercnautical churt to find it.
T he road to the top is not for the fa intI ex pec ted to pic k up Pt. Reyes, becau se
hearted. It is narrow and wind ing. in places
two years ago. I co uld e learly sec Mt. Hamilton
reduce d to a 30-ft. turn ing rad ius. It is pa ved
from the PI. Reye s lightho use 0 11an unusua lly
a ll the way. hut m ust be dr iven qui te slo w ly in
clear day . But while the Pt. Reyes VOR is up
place s beca use of the tightness of the turn s.
una ridge, it may be shielded by Mt. T ama lpais.
(Se e Map 6 ).
Similarly. I didn 't hea r the Sca ggs bland
At thc tcp of Mt . Hamilton are a num bcr uf
VORTAC as I expected to . Aga in. it may have
telescope faci litie s. The origina l obse rvato ry
been shie lded by the Oakland hills. But then .
building is ope n to the pub lic fro m 1;00 to
I co uld hea r the Concord VO R. whic h was a
5:00 most aft erno ons . and conta ins the origi to tal surprise give n the terrain be twee n.
nal 24-inc h refractor telescope built in 1888.
I tried for sev eral VORs whic h I had ho ped
Fro m the top of the peak. I go t so me
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s we all kno w, the fede ral gove rn ment has direct ed the FCC to
auctio n off po rtion s of the spec tru m to help ba la nce the budget
a nd prov ide additional mon ies to fund Social Secu rity and
o the r programs. Th e fac t that man y high -bidders for spectru m have
rece ntly defaulted on their obligations to Wash ington h.IS not, app are ntly. dissuad ed legislators from tak ing the po sition that the sale of
the ethe r ca n be the ir manna from heaven .
Durin g the New York City Worl d Trade Center tragedy. in which
a terrorist gro up bo mbed the gar age of the buildin g in an attempt to
top ple one of the to wers. po lice. fire. and EM S units fou nd tha t they
could not co mmunicate w ith offi c ials fro m ot he r agencies such as the
Port Aut hority as well as the state and federa l authorities that
re spo nded . Re presentatives from the vario us groups argued to Cong ress and the Co mm issio n that there was not e noug h spectru m
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spect rum . So. where di d the FCC look for more spec trum . spec tru m
tha t had to he ncar ex isting pu blic safety cha nne ls in ord er not to
requ ire ma ture systems to 1110Vl: and sa ve the expe nse o r dual-band
equipmen t? Natura lly at th c top -end ofthe UHFTV c hannel plan .j ust
bel ow the inpu t side to 800 M l lz conv enti o nal a nd trun kcd sys tems:
TV ch ann e ls 60-69.
Tel evi si o n broad ca ster s. who ha ve had a free rid e up until now.
ha ve fo ug ht to re tain their mamm oth amount of spectru m (5 12 to 80 6
MH z for UHF alone") and . despite their mega-profit s, ha ve naturally
been d isin c line d to pay for the ultimate bandwidth. Thi s I:CC action
moves broadcust crs c loscr to the da y when. if they ex pec t to keep their
specia l statu s. wi ll at least ha ve to trade off a good deal of thei r
spectru m. Th e follow ing arc a few br ief, and mos t important. snippets
from the FCC report o n thi s new sc anne r band we ' IIca ll "700 Ml-lz."
You ca n re ad the full re port a t http v/www.fcc.gov/Burcau s/
E nginee ring,T ee h no log,-/O rde rs/ 1997/fcc97 42 1.lx l
I NT RODUCT IO N. B,- th is ac tio n. we (the FCC ) arc rca lloeating the 74 6-8 06 M Hz ba nd, c urren tly co mp rising television
(T V ) channe ls 60-69. As mandat ed by the Ba lanced Budget Ac t
of 1997. we are allocating 24 MH z, at 764 -77 6 ~ I H z an d 794-806
MH z. on a prim a ry basis to the fixed and mobile serv ices. a nd
des ignatin g thi s spec tru m for publ ic sa fe ty usc , Thi s alloc a tio n
wil l hel p me et the need of public safety to e nsure interoperab le
co mm unications a mon g va riou s publ ic safety or ga nizations. provide for g ro wth o f e xistin g systems . and accommodate new type s
of serv ice s that wi ll streng the n an d en hance pu bl ic sa fet y.
As furt her mandated by the Budget Act , we a re a llocati ng the
rema ini ng 36 ~I H z at 746-764 M Hz and 77 6-7 94 M Hz o n a
primary basis to the fixed . mob ile, and new broadca stin g se rvice s
for co m me rc ial use. Lice nses in th is 36 MHz of spectrum wi ll be
assig ned throu gh co mp et itive bidd ing in accor da nce w ith pro ced ures that wi ll be dete rm ined in a later pro ceedi ng. Thi s 36 MH z
of spec trum ca n be used to make ne w technolo gie s a nd se rv ices
avai lable to the America n pub lic. Th ese pro posa ls arc an o utg row th of o ur d igital te le vision (DTV) tra nsitio n pl an .
D ISC USSIO N. In the No tice. we ob served that increased
depend e nce upo n radi o co mmunica tio ns by public safety agenc ies ha s led to a shortage of spectru m avai lable for pu blic safety
co mm unications . Because the 79-l--806 MH z ba nd is subj ace nt to
existing public safe ty o pe ra tio ns in the 806-8 2'+ MH z band. it
ho lds the be st pot enti al for ex pa nsio n of and intcropc rabi lity wit h
e xisting sys te ms. The close proximity to ex is ting spectru m used
for public sa fety cou ld a lso red uce the d iflicu lty a nd cost of
de sign ing equ ipme nt. Furt he r. most public sa fety com m un icalio ns syste ms req uire som e min imu m se para tio n bet wee n the
recei ve and transm it freq ue ncies. for technical reason s. We ten tative ly found that a separa tio n o f 30 M Hz is adequ ate for publ ic
safety syste ms.
cics. radio equipment manu facturer s. and man y sta tes . co unties.
and municipali ties strong ly sup po rte d reall ocati ng 24 M Hz of
channcl s 6 0 -69 forpuhlic sa fety usc . For example. the A ssociat io n
of Pub lic-Safety Communications Offic iuls- Intcrnatlonal (APeO)
sta tes that Congress. the Ad mi nistra tio n. and the Com mission
itselfha ve recogn ized the subs tantia l nced to reallocate add itiona l
s pectru m to public safety. APeo stresse s tha t the rea llocation of
24 MH z from the 746-S06 MH z ba nd wil l add ress a signi fica nt
portion of publi c sa fety s pectrum needs.
The Suuc o f'Califo m in ap plau ds the speed wi th w hic h we ha ve
mo ved to sa tisfy pu bl ic sa fe ty spectru m need s. ci ting its o w n
re po rt w hic h idemifi cs severa l spec tru m relat ed d efi ci en ci e s in its
ab ility to meet the need s of state agenc ies.
T he Lan d M ob ile Com munication s Cou nci l ( LM CC ) co nc urs
wi th our proposa l 10 allocate s pec tru m for pub lic safe ty serv ices.
stating that additiona l public sa fety s pec tru m wo uld help m itigate
current s pectru m o verc ro wd ing. enha nce ime roperabi lity among
public sa fe ly ag en cie s. and allow thc dev e lopment o f co st effective advanced commu nicati on s sys te ms .
Wha t d ocs thi s all mean for scan ncr man ufactu rer s? It' s very
simple: C ustome rs w ho had p urcha sed very wi de-band high-end
sca nners, suc h as th e IC O M se ries . with full s pectru m co verag e fro m
25 - 130 0 MH z (less ce llular. or course). sho uld be okay. A ll other
hobb yists will be out of luck ira nearby ag en cy happen s to licen se th is
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record with Rep . Mar key (D. MA ) w ho co- spo nsored it.
If there was a "d ebat e," it was like ly more of a pat won-the back
sess ion between the two. as well as a "colloquy" in which state me nts
are read into the record co nce rning the purported goa ls and conse qu ences of the Ac t. We und erstand this language can be used in co urt
cases to demonstrate, for one side or the other. the actua l desired
effects of the bill the legislators had in mind it was penned. (Thiseditor
has ordered a co py of the tap e of the House debate and of Billy
Tauzi n' s C-S PAN roundtable discus sio n the morning of the vote. If
there is a nythin g interesting to report, you ' ll read about it later this
year. )
As we' ve d isc ussed many times in these pages. H.R . 2369 is not
a bill we wa nted. Th ere are still deleterious issues that the legislation
rai ses. most partic ularly the mat ter of decoding pu blic safe ty digita l
transm issions. Many also co nti nue to argue that there should be no
monitoring restricti on s whatsoever. Th ey beli eve that, if Congress
wishes to write a law, it should be one tha t requires cellular and PCS
pro vid ers to e ncrypt. and guarantee the security of. their c ustome rs'
transmissions.Thi s editor won 't bore yo u with the co unter-arg ume nts
agai n ot her than to say it' s not poli tica l realit y .
H.R. 2369 passed the Hou se 4 14 to l. (T he one di ssen ting voice
ca me from Ron Pau l, a Te xas Republican representa tive from Texas,
perh aps the Fl. Worth are a... You can fig ure tha t one oUL)
Those who vo iced the opinion that the airwaves should remain
complete ly free we re dismissed as laughin gstocks or who had no
understandin g of how Washingto n works. H.R. 2369 requires sca nner
manufacturers to re move ce llular and PCS frequ encies from their
scanners. Thi s may mean that we' ll lose narrowband PCS freq uencies
fro m 90 1-902 M Hz, from 930-93 1 or 932 MH z. and from 940-941
MH z, as we ll as w ide- band pes from 1850- 1990 MH z. All in all. this
is no t much of a loss, especi ally con sid eri ng the orig ina l langu age o f
the bill whic h would have mea nt the e nd of our hobby. man y jobs, and
a te rrible loss of freedo m.
A "Section-by-Sectio n Analysis of the Legi slat io n," provided to
me by atto rneys work ing for the House Co mme rce Staf f. sheds
increased ligh t on the intenti on s of H.R. 2369 . Here are some of the
more critica l passages of thi s Re port, whic h may not have represented
the final vers ion to be read into the record:
"Section 2(a ) ex tends the pro hibitio n in section 302(b) of the
Co mmunications Ac t of 1934 o n ma nufact uring, se lling , etc., scanning de vices to modifying as well. While the Committee be lieve s tha i
this is already covered hy existing law, it has decided to mak e the
pro h ibitio n e xplicit to prevent an y mis rea ding of the statute." (No
co mme nt ncccssar y.)
Thi s sec tio n is perhap s the most interesting and controve rs ial:
"Section 2(b) makes ame ndme nt to section 302(d) o f the Co mmunications Ac t of 1934 . Sec tio n 2(b ) am ends sec tion 302( d)( 1) to ex pand
the scope to ne w co mmu nications technologies such as perso nal
co mmunicatio ns serv ices (PCS), and protec ted spec ialized mobi le
rad io and pag ing services. It also requires the Commission to den y
equ ipme nt authoriza tion to scanners that are capable of bein g equipped
w ith ce rta in decod ers.
"B y this language, the Committee does not intend to ham per the
inclusion of co ns umer -friendly fea tures on radio sca nners such as ea rplu g jacks or othe r port s. But the Committee inte nds manu facturers
now to design scanners with port s that can no t be used to eq uip the
sca nne r wi th a decoder that can con vert digital ce llula r, personal
co mmun ications services, protected speciali zed mo bile radio services to analog voice audio ; or convert protected pagin g services to
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alphanume ric te xt; or othe rwise dec rypt radi o transmi ssions for the
purposes of unauthori zed tran smission s. (Ed itor: Rec eption mu st be
the inte nded last word instead of ' trans miss ion .') T hus , manufac ture rs, after the enactme nt of the Wireless Pri vacy Enhance me nt Act,
will be under an obl igati on to e nsure that consumer-friendly fea tures
cannot be used to equip scanners with such prohibited deco ders."
T he document then goes on to discu ss how the FCC, wit h the
pas sage of this Act, now has the aut hority to prescri be ru les to en hance
the privacy of " user s of frequ encies shared by co mmercial serv ice s
and the public safety community."
T he FCC w ill also cons ider rules and regulat ions requ iring " that
scanning rece ive rs be manufactured in a manner that prevents any
tampering or alte ration by the user that would pe rmi t the devic e to be
use d un lawfully for interception or di vulgence of radio communications." \Ve may ac tua lly see wa rning label s on scanners in the future.
T he manufactu rers are prov ided suffic ient time to se ll off theircurrc nt
inventory.
While the entire Rep ort is of grea t interest, the last bit of langu age
whic h di rec tly affect s ou r ability to sca n legally is fou nd in sectio n
three: "Sec tion 3(a )(4) preser ves the auth ori zatio n of ce rta in interceptions or disclosur es provided in C hapter 119 of Title 18. T hat chapter
governs wir e a nd electronic com munications interception and int erce ption of oral co mmu nicatio ns. Section 25 11(g) provides a num ber
of exce ptio ns for the intercept io n to the chapter' s prohibitio ns on
intercepti on . Th e majorit y of these exce ptions relate to govern me nt
interception s. Howe ve r, Section 25 11(g) pro vide s a number of broa d
e xceptio n s .fo r th e in terce p tio n by p r ivate p a rt ie s of
radioco mmu nica tio ns, inclu ding those that are transmitted over a) a
syste m that is co nfigured for ready acc ess by the ge ner al public; b) by
an y statio n for the use of the ge neral pu blic, or that relate s to ships,
aircraft , vehicle s or persons in distress; (c) any go vern men tal, law
enforce me nt. civil defense, priv ate land mobi le, or public safety
comm unications sys tem that is readily acce ssib le to the ge neral
public; d) by a statio n op erating in the ama teur, citize n's band (CB);
and e) by a ny marine or aero nautical communicati ons system.
"B ec ause the Committee prese rved the Chapter 119 e xceptions in
its ame ndme nt of Section 705 (a ) of the Co mmunications Act , the
Com mitt ee doe s not intend for the Commiss ion or any other enforceme nt agency to investigate or fi ne parties for the in tercep tion s
autho rized by Chapter 119. T herefore. the Committee does not in tend
for uses of scanning receivers and receiving radios such as shortwave
rad ios , tha t are co ns iste nt with the Section 25 J I(g) exceptions to be
investigated or fined under Sectio n 705(a)."
We shouldn' t need to spend too much more tim e discussin g H.R.
2369 . Although the Se nate has ye t to ac t upon the Bill, it is ge nerally
considered noncon tro versial and is likel y to be voted on without
discussion . Th e ne xt time yo u' IIprobably read abo ut it on these pages
is when Pre siden t C linton sig ns it into law. I'll lea ve yo u with this: It
all co uld have been a helluva lot worse.
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ecc nt
in
.ap pa re nt]?:
ca use d all inc rease 111 III "numbe rs
broadca sts. Now he re is th is more dramati c than o n th o se thr ce-Icuc r-ll ) statio ns
reputedly ope rated hy lsracfs co ntro versial
Prime Minister David Ben Gurion. !rs Direclor G eneral . somet imes kno wn as "S:' st ill
report s on ly to the Pi"l and def en se sec re tary .
Th ey' ve been in the ne ws o f late. followin g
a bo tched assassin ation plot, and ;11I uproar
which nearly brough t do wn Israel' s gm"C rn-
ment.
For some yea rs, ~10 S S<l d has been linked
to an es pecia lly loud and bizarr e set of HF
"numbers" trunsmi xsious. "N umbe rs." in
radioxpea k. arc sialions that broadcast long
stringsofd igih and letters in gro ups. perhaps
.1'0 coded mcs...age .... At any time of J ay.
thcrcv prob ably a numbe rs transmission
go ing ...omc whcrc .
Modern numbers. as we know them,
started during the Co ld War. ~ l ,lI1Y ..rssumcd
that they'd end with it. Th ey d idn 't. In their
utte r stra ngen ess, they remain ..IS compelling
as eve r.
For a ge neration, these signals have been
trucked. located , and ana lyzed for any technical clues at all. Traffi c has been cru nched.
co rrelated. and attacke d with cvc ry statistical tool known. Authors , o ften with entertaining pseudo nyms such as" Havana Moon."
have co me and gone.
What is the result of all this work '! Abso lutely nothing. We have suspicions, some
cvi de nce, some ...py ...tone s. hut no h"lrd l~lct S .
The people who kno\\' arc ...till not tcUing.
It' s espel.' ially intcre st ing that numbers
stations go out o f their way to get noticed. No
spy-movie stc..lIth for these gllY :-'. They' re
running scrimls p()wer, hanul lerd tl\,-n pt)wer .
grah-the-c hanne l power. wattage to your
cottage. Some. in addition . send hours
or
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Quick corrections
In th(' ~'ta re h Utility World,l he freq uency
ftll" marine hulletins fnlm Coast Gllanlgroups
10
2270 SVN 2
MIW 2
2743 ULX
2953 KPA2
3150 PCD
3150 PCD
3152 PCD
3270 MIW 2
2626
Iime
By Simulcasts orComments
2200
2215
V
V
2300
1815 V
1800 B
1800 B
1BOO
4270
141 5
3270 SVN2 1745
3417 ART
1930
3640 MIW2 0119
3840 Unk
2245
6370
3840
4270
4360
4360
4":63
4463
4665
V
V
V
V
R
8
VHF
1730 V
1800 V
' CO
SVN2 1945 V
SYfl2 2145 V
FTJ
1730 B
FTJ
2158 8
VL82 1545 V
4880 ULX
2200
JSR
1831
CID2 1848
SVN2 1745
5,137 ART 1930
5629 SVN2 1945
5630 SVN2 2145
5820 VHF
1400
6270 ULX 1440
5091
5230
5267
El l
1800
8
R
R
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
8
8
V
V
B
8
V
V
5267
5437
Joined in progress
3152
5630
5629
Heavylamming
Interference to Pacific air
control
3270
341 7: tree isusually 5435
4360
7918
Very strong
Again at2000
9130
5629
5820
11 565
Utility Loggings
Hugh Stegman
A b b reviuf inns used in t h is
751150
AB
Af
Af B
AM
ANOVT
ARO
ARRS
GG
GP
GO
GW
000
OSN
EAM
f EG
GHf S
MfA
NASA
NORAO
PAGTOR
("U( U III II
75.0
77 5
28407
2941.0
3084.0
31969
37560
4077 0
4398.0
4482.0
4485.0
4507.0
4594 0
4601.5
4745.0
5190.0
5266.0
5391.0
5422.0
5429. 5
55980
combining cnaracteusucs
RAf
RTTY
RY
SAM
VIPs ,
SHARES
SI TOR
Untt::
USAf
VIP
VNA
VOLMET
5G87.0
59141
Government /
Simclec Telex Over Radio
Unidentified transn ussmn
U.S. Air Force
Very Important Pe rson
Vietnam News Agency
"Flying Weather" {from
Frenc h)
All transmissions are USB (upper sideband) unless otherwise Indicated. All
frequ en cies are In kHz (kilohertz) and au nmcs are UTC (Coordina ted Universal
Time).
60 0
5403.0
MSF-I eddmqtcn time siqnats hom UKin CWoat 12J5 rAry soenoer.
Netherlands)
HBG-Swlss Observatoire Neuchatel lime signa ls 10 CW at 1246.
[Boender. Netherlands)
DCF 77. Ge rman PTB time Signals in CW a11232. (Suender. Netherlands)
DLVK -I B Hiddensee, Germancustoms launchwith position report tor
Coast Gua rd Neustadt. SITOR-A (100 baud) at 1639 rsoencer Netherlands)
Moscow votrnet. llying weathe r at 22.t.t ( BCende r-N~ lller!a r;dS I
Unid-Female 5-ligure numbers in Crunese, LSB al 1.t35 .raeasnr
Yamaquchi-Japan]
Orange 400 and 430-Possiblc US Navy, workmq sornet nmq soundi ng
like, "Superior Valley Tower.rmennoncu "Alameda" and "taxi runway
090." at 01J5. (Pau l Bunyan-Ma l
llnid-"ThePIp." station thatma kes CWpips in 80 meter amate ur bane.
around tor years. at 004B (Boender-Netnerlands!
RMP-Russlan Navy. Kahmnqrad. CW weather at 1719. (BoenderNetherlands)
YOI-ConstantaRadio. Romania . \'JorkingumuvessetaI1 728. (BoenderNetherlands)
Unid-Russian Man "numbers" III AM at 2210. (Boenuat -Nethertands)
Umd-Czech l ady "numbers." also 5027,severaldays at 1355. {BoenderNetherlands)
UnidSpanish 5-ligure "numbers" In AM. Jl 1102 {Bunvan -MOI
Golf Kilo-German language. 5-flgure "numbers broadcast at 2230.
(Bcender-Netherlands]
OA-Dublin. Navy station With routine messages in SITOR-A at 1732.
(Boend er-Netberlands)
Teardrop-USAf , calling Nlglll wate h 01 at 1625 Also 5026 (Jeff
Havertah-Texas)
Liberty Star-NASA Booster Recovery Ve ssel. ',':oril.lng Cape RadIO at
2308. went to 3365. (Bunyan-MO) Usually recovery of spent space
shuttle boosters. -Hugh
HEP5-KantonspolizetZuerich. withCWVW ma rker, al 11 44_(Boender.
Netherlands)
BBO-Royal Navy, UK. In exercise witn C-O-P, at 1424. (Boen derNetherlands)
6255.0
64850
6493.5
6502 0
67120
67390
6751.0
67790
6802.0
6817.0
6826 0
6871.0
69150
6959.0
6984.0
6993.0
7325.0
7337.0
7600. 0
783 10
80320
8375.0
8496.0
8636.0
8688.5
9016.0
"1ay 1998
MONITORING TIMES
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~~~~~~~~ Utility World Loggings (continued)
Nightwalch01. and Double Up. advised that working treqs are Z175
and l 130. at 0135. (Havertah-Texas)
Void-Spa nish 5figure nu mbers in AM . at 1113. (Bu nyan-MO)
9094.0
9132.0
KingOneworking 000 Cape.tnld."T minus53." at014B.(Bunyan-MO )
Atlantic Missile Range op.-Hugh
9219.0
Void -Engli sh female numbers. 3/2 figure code groups inAM. at2024.
(Oix-NY)
9220.0
Void-Spanish 5-figure numbers inAM , at 11 06. (Bunyan-MOl
10204.0 Nightwatch ui -afrbome CPowo rki ng Valoro us. clear and ANDVT , at
1502. (Haverlah-Texas)
10600.0 XVN37-VNA. Hanoi. with news in English. RTTY (50/495). at 1518.
(Hall-RSA)
1091 7.9 RFFIC-Marine Sirpa Pans. witn news in French, mode ARQE3 (48/
436). at 0725. (Bob Hall-RSA)
11043.7 RFTJ -French embassy. Dakar, In RTTY (AROE3, 192/400). at 0631.
(HallRSA)
11175.0 Hickam-USAFGH FS. Hawaii. with patch trom U.S. Navy XO0310OSN
number tor"Naval Air l abs"in HI.Told aircraft. "Your pa rty ison the
line. requestingtheshade,"Reptyw3s. "Exohas landedand beentaken
home." (Al lan Stern) Unid-USAF C-141 with patchthro ugh Ascension
GHFS to Newark. for landingarangements and meteorologi cal report ,
Ihenpirep(44Nby 54W),at0050.(EdMura-NY) Teal28-USAF weather
reeon . patch to Miami Monitor (Natio nal Hurricane Cente r) through
MacD ili Global. with coded data , saying satcorn was down , at
1828.(Bunyan-MO) Unld -"German Air Force Calling Andrews (AFB].
can yo u hea r me T answered by Off utGHFS, patch to German offic er
in Washington , DC, inbo und for Dulles, heard at 2000. (Alden WiresGA)
111 81.0 King 33USAF Rescue 33. ARRS . with patch 10 Resc ueOps Via DlIull.
(Bunyan -MO )
11244.0 Reputabl e-USAF . with test co unt. at comm on lime for these, 0123.
OlluttUSAF GHFS, with 6 character EAM "l or Hailstorm" at 2340.
Olfutt Wit h EAM "for Bell Pepper" at 2245. (Haverlah-I exas)
11 270.0 Unid-Ru ssian man, numbers in AM at 0820, and again at 1600.
(Boend er-Nethenanos)
11470.0 llnid- English female "counter" numbers in 3/2 groups, AM at 1600.
Also 121 68. (Yamaguchi-Japan)
11494.0 Nightwalch 01Airborne CP, working Valorous at 1507. [HavertanTexas)
11545.0 UnidLincolnshire Poacher, 5lelter "numbers" a11400. Same, simulcasting 13375. at 1500. simulcasting 14487. also at 1500. simulcasting 13375. at 1600. and 6900 at 2000. Also at 2100. (Boender
Netherlands) Wonder if this traffic picked up in the Iraq crisis. The
Poacher seems prettybusy. -Hugh
11570.0 UnidCherry Ripe . 5-figure numbers formatlike the Poacher. twic e at
1300. (Boe nder-Netherlands)
12056.0 Unid-Cherry Ripenumbers at 1200. Also 8320and 13866. (YamaguchiJapan)
12204 4 ZSO Durban, South Atnca, with Navarea VII warnings in ATTY (75/
150) at 0950. (Hall-RSA)
12270.0 Shark n -aircran ove r Texas. in radio check with l obo (Howard AS
Ops] . (Bunyan-MO)
12831.0 3BM- Port l ou is Radio. Mauritius, with CO and an nouncement, "SOD
kHzis offthe air until further notice." CW at 1806. (Oix-NY)
13207.0 DarkStarMike-USAF. worki ng Dragnet Sierra, at 2141 . (Bunyan -MO)
13242.0 KGD34-SHAAESma stercontrol station. workingstations In voiceand
data (PACTOR ). at 1950. (Bunyan-MO)
13375.0 Unidl incolnshire Poacher, numbersat 1700. (Boender-Netherlands)
13467.0 SNN 299-MFA. Warsaw. Poland. CW cha nnel marker a11442. (Dix-NY)
13650.0 Unid-Spanish female voice with 5-figure "numbers." at 0303. (Sue
Wilden-IN)
13996.4 STK-Khartou m Air. test slipwith RY and ca llsi gn in ATTY (50/400)at
051 6. (Bob Hall-RSAj
14405.0 UNHCA-United Nations. Bujumbu ra. withFren ch messages about staff
movemen ts, in RTTY (Pactor), at 1550. (Hall-RSA) UN High Commissian for Refugees aid ops. -Hugh
14406.0 Unid"Counter" 3/2 Engli sh numbers in AM at 1100. Also 13555.
(Yamaquchi-Japan )
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May 1998
14487.0
14B90.0
14995.0
1501 6.0
15821.7
16335.0
16357.0
16661.7
16668.0
17050.0
17105.0
17113.0
17416.8
17417.3
174320
17441.5
17521.0
18064.0
18183.5
18183.5
18258.5
18276.7
18360.0
18538.0
18661.7
18760.0
19721.0
19860 0
20518.2
20699.7
22108.0
26150.0
26810.0
Bob Evans
revans@tatal.nel
WIVIV.latalnetl -revans!
ilID&flale
45
50
57
75
100
W!'M
60
66/67
76
100
132
arrv
SITOR
AROM
53.7%
20.4%
11.1%
AROE3
AROE
FECA
9.4%
4.5%
0.7%
0.2%
AllOthers
May 1998
4271.0,6496 .4.
10546.0, 13510.0
7423.0
7461.0,9041.0,
10384,6, 17441.5
4570.0, 7510.0,
10215.0,111 25.0.
17592.1
3228.0,5904,0
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Shorlwave Broadcasting
Glenn Hauser, P.O. Box16B4MT, fnid,OK13102
frnoil:<ghouser@hotmoi/.com>; lox:15BO) 233-2948, ATT:HouSlJr
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MONITORING TIMES
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/r..>. . .
DX Listening Digest
More broadcasting information bycountry compiled
byGlenn Hauser
MONITORING TIMES
35
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NIGERIA V. of Nigeria resumed 15120 in early March around 1900 (Ron Trotto, IL,
World of Radio) External servi ce is on 7255 and 151 20 daily continuously from
0500 to 2300, with English at 05000700, 1000, 11 00, 1500-1700, 1900-21 00:
also French. Hausa, Swahili, Arabic; and a language you might not recognize,
futlulde, at 09001000,1300-1400,21002200(BBCM)
[non] With the help 01 bearings from several other European monitoring
stations, wearenowable toconfirm that V. of FreeNigeria is com ingIromJOIich.
Germany.ralherthanAfrica.SignalsfromGermanyhit theionosphere over Africa.
the n bounce back towards Europe from a southerly direction, hence the false
southerly bearings in theUK(Dave Kenny, BBCM, World of Radio) So. watchout
lor backscatter! (gh) VOf N is Sal 19002000 on 11 645 in English and others.
alternate 1201 5(BBCM)Z98 reg istrationis1201 5, 170, 100kW Julien (Wolfgang
Buschel, BC-OX) But on11645 mentioned newfQ 011 1985 (Nikolay Pashkevic h,
Russia , Gumbre DX)
R. Kudiral on new 11540 at 1913-2001 , lengthy anli-Abacha com mentary.
soliCiting demograph ic info (Jay Novello. NC, NASWA Journa ~ New 11540 is
synchron ized with old 6205 at 1900-2000, definitely also via South Africa
(Wolfgang Buscher. Germany, BCOX)
R. NAOECO plans to expand totwo hoursa day whenfundsbecomeavailable
(Hans Johnson. Cumbre OX)
NORWAY RNI Z-98 shows lots 01 out-of-band trequences on 15MHz: 15625, 15640,
15650,15675,15695, 15705, 15735. And 18950at 1000, 1600and l BOO. Times
for English on Sundays had not been decided in early versions (via JoeHanlon,
Richard Lemke)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Drought and hydroelectric power shortage may account for
absence01Ihesestations:3205, 3235, 3290, 3335,3355, 3375 (Anker Peterson,
Fj ji and New Zealand. DSWCI OX Window)
PERU R. Origen.Huancavelica.11401215 huaynos,lOon4700.6(Pedro F.Arrunategui.
Lima) R. Origenusedtobeon5323.6.celebrated7thanniversaryin Feb (Takayuki
Inoue N.. ReMmpago OX) Then heard on 5323.7 was t a Voz de Anta. in Anta,
Acooamba. Huancavelica, at 0055-0140 and 11 05-1150 with 10. folk music
(Arrunategui) Probably bought the transmitter from Origen (gh)
R. JSV. Huanucoon6060 at1028 withpe ntacostal service;had to use USB to
avoid Argentina on same frequency (Fernando Viloria , Venezuela)
PORTUGAL R. Portugal
..
announced in midMarch that its for- ' II _
eign - Ianguage
A
broadcasts,English,
RDP R 010 PORTUGAL
French and Tetum.
would beterminated anneend of Ma rch : theexisting Portugueseserviceswould
continue on SWan a restructured schedule. English had been on the air since
1954. and was knownas Voice 01the West in the 60s and early 70s (Roy Baker.
viaMike Barraclough , World OX Club) What a shame (gh)
RDP Lisbon put distorted signal in ham band on21351.85. peaking weekends
at 1650 on fundamental 21515, matched by 21678.15. German Amateu r Radio
Club banowatch department found the spur (Wolfgang Buscher, BCOX)
OATAROBS Doha on new 9520 ex-72lOat ' 0245-0705' 119570, abad choicewithR.
Liberty, Iran and V. 01 Sudannearby (Mikhail Timoleyev. Russia)
ROMANIA RRI has 36 etterent OSls(f rederica, RRI V13 Gigi l ytle) l oud roar, Iiardly
any modulationaudibleon 17850around1330(gh) Ir s Romania's homeservice
(Kai l udwig, BC-OX)
RUSSIA R. Basnkcrtostan. uta. 4485at2300-2100 for summertiming, carries music
channel of Russia's Radio when not carrying itsownlocal programs; in Russian,
Bashkir, Tatar (BBCM )
R. RegionTyumen, 2300-2100 on 4895, 4B20 (BBCM)
VOR's new7100withamegawatt at 0000-0600replacing71 05,was pressured
by German and IARU ham banowatch organizations to quit intruding on the
hamband (BC-OX)
SA'UOIARABIA BSKSA vanant frequencies noted at 03000600: 9553.56, 957B.70,
9619.42, 971B.36: at 1600 on 1170823, 11833.51 , 12038.48 = 2 x 6019.24
(Wolfgan g Buschel. Germany, BC-OX)
SIERRA LEONE SlBS, 3316. back on SW. now reflecting views 01 the civilian
government instead 01the Revolutionary Council (Sl websiteviaHans Johnson.
Cumbre OX)
SINGAPORE The Merlin SW relay here, once allfor BBC, in M-98added DWat 2200
Indonesian, 2300 English on 5975. Z9B adds Switzerland, 11001330 on 9810,
14001615 on 9575: and Netherlands 2230 Indonesian 6120, 2330Dutch9590,
1130-1 330 Indo 11690 (Hf CCvia Bob Padula, Electronic OX Press)
SOMALIA V. of Ihe People on 7035 ex6870 at 1610 in Arabic, 1700 10 in English
(Mahendra Vaghjee. Mauritius, OSWCI OXWindol'.1
SYRIA SyrianArab NewsAgency. RnY serviceF1B50baud all on11080, 3560 daily:
Arabic 10 ME/Af 0800-1000, 11001400on specialoccasions only, 1500-1BOO:
french/Eng lish to Eu 10001100. 14001500, 18001900 (BBCM )
TAHITI AFO noted with greally improvedsignals on 15170.0, not drifting, excellent
during daytime, maybe on 24h: in Tah itian and French until 0600, then FranceInterrelay fromParis, notthe same program ason AFI which is Radio-Monde-1.
Suspect newtransmitter. unlikeprevious erratic, weakand driftingsignal around
IiiIDI_ INTERNACIONAL
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37
98-the Tran smitter Documentation Projecrno w spo rt ing a co lor co ve r and adv er tising .
TDP is an 80 page book let listin g bro adcast transm itters wo rldwide, arra nged by COUIltry. Eac h listing indi cates the na me of the
statio n. transmincr site . geograp hical coordina tes and ca llsign. TO P a lso lists the num ber of tran smitter s at the site. thei r power.
man ufacturer. typ e number. year of insta l-
ASCE:'IlSIO N ISLANU
RBC Atlan tic Relay Station. I5400n325 kHz. Full data verification letter signed
by Nico la Nicholls-Trans mitte r Eng mecr. plus pers onallener and info sheer about
the island. Received in 123 days for a taped report . Station addre ss: ARC Atla ntic
Relay Station. Ascen sion Island, Sout h Atlantic Ocean. (Waller Szczepania k.
Phila delphia . PA; William R. Wilkins , Springfiel d. MO l
Voice of America relay. 15225 kHz. Full data Hawaii scene ry card unsigncd .
Received in 2 I day s for an En glish report . Station address: 330 Independence Avc.,
SW . Washington. DC 20547 (Darren R. Wh ile, Hattiesburg, MS)
Ludo Maes. P.O. Box I. B-2310 Rijkevorsel. Belg ium. Additional inform ation is avuli able at their
we bs ite at: <h tt p ://www.ping.be/td p>
CKTA AM 1570 . Full data prepared card and verification lette r signed by Ty ler
Everitt-Engineer. Rcccivcd in 60 days for an English A~1 report and mint stamps.
Station addre ss: 401 Mayo r Magrath Dr.. Lethb ridge..J\B Canada TIJ 3L8. (Terry
Jones. Plankinton. SD )
RUSS IA
Voice of Russia, 5940 kl l r, ftulldurn QS L card. ext ra Moscow postcards and leite r
signed by Eugenia Stcpanova. Received in 47 days for an Eng jlsh report . Station
addres s: ul. Pyatn itskaya 25, Moscow. (Ed Lumley. Port land. ME)
SAO TO:\IE
FI Nl. AND
Rad io Finland. 11735 kHz. Fu ll data verification letter signed by Raimo Makela .
plus stat ion stic ker s. Receiv ed in 47 da ys for a taped re-port. Sta tio n address : PL
113, 28 10 1 Pori. Finland . (Szczepaniak. PAl
v oice (If America rela y, 6(B ; kH1.. Fu ll data Hawaii scenery card unsigned.
Received in 24 da ys for a raped report and onc U.S. dollar (both returned) Station
add ress: (sa me as Ascen sion Isl:md l [Szczepania k. PAl
SATEI.IJTE S ER VICE.C;;
FM! n '
WJBR -H.I 99 .5. Full data verification letter sig ne-dby Dave Banks. plus perso nal
letter and statio n bumper stickers. Received in 25 day s for an FM repo rt. Station
address: 300 I Philadelphi a Pike, Claymon t. DE 19703 . (Jose Moura. Washington.
DC )
KTXN FM 98.7. Full data prepared QSL card signed by Peter R. Hocbjcna-Chic f
Engineer. Received in IWO months for an H.1 report and mint stamps. Stat ion
address: Wi ther s Broadcasting Co mpany of Texa s. 3808 N. Navarro. Victoria. TX
77904 . (Robert S. Ross, London, O N Ca nadalAmFmTlD.t )
W KO ITV Ch. 43. Full data prepared QSL sig ned by Harry J. Mo nroe-Chief
Engi neer. Recei ved in two months for a TV report and mint stamps. Station
address : Tr inity Broadcasting of Indiana, 1702South 9lh St.. Richm ond, IN 473 74 .
(Ross. CAN )
CHCH-TV Ch . 3. Full data prepared QSL card and per sonalletter sig ned by Peter
Blcc klund . plus comp lete SCi o f color contour maps for all uf all 'TV's Onta rio
tra nsmiuers. Received for a TV report and mint slamps. Statio n address: O n TV.
P.O. Box 2230 Sta tion A. Hamihon. ON Canada U N 3A6 . (Ross. CAN )
KENYA
KBC. 49 35 kHz. Full da ta prepa red card signed by Manin Ou ma Ojwach-Eng inecr
in Ch arge. Person al letter on KBC letterhead enclosed . Received in 87 days for an
English report, SA E (used for rep ly) and one U.S. dollar. Report seru to tra nsmitter
sitc and not to Nairobi office. Sta tion address: KBC Maralal Transm itting Statio n,
P.O. Box 38. Maralal, Kcnya . (Ra ndy Stewart. Spri ng field . MO )
MEDIU:\I WAV E
WPHG-AM 1620. Frequency only form letter/folde r unsigned . Rece ived in 16
days for an English AM report faxed 10 334-3 68-9495 . Mailing add ress: Maranarha
Ministrics lnc.. 805 N. Main SI.. Atmo re. AL 36502 . {Stewart. MO )
C KDMA M 730 . Station QSL card unsigned. Received in 17 days for an En glish
AM report and one U.S. dollar. Station address : 273rd Ave .. N.E. , Daup hin, MB
Canada R7N OYS (Patrick Griffi th. Federal Heights, CO)
38
MONITORING TIMES
May 1998
Radi o Netherland s via U.K.' s World Radio Network One . C-han d se rvice-domestic
satellite Ga laxy 5/tran s.ponder 6. audio subcarrier 6.80 MI lL. Full data Radi o
Netherl and ' s station card unsigned. souv en ir stic kers. two cloth pennants and
so uvenir postcard. Rec eived in 48 days for one IRC and derails of satelli te broadcast
via WRN's broadcast monito red 00 home C-ban d dish. Station addre ss: Radio
Netherlands , P.o. Box 222. 1200 JG Hil versum . Thc Nctherlands. (Gayle Van
Horn . Brassto wn, NC l
SIIII'TRAFFIC
Kyc!tm ia-P3GB2. 156.600 M Hl (Bulk Carrier). Full data prepared QSL card
verified and stamped with ship' .. seal. Received for an Eng lish report. une IRe ,
SAE, mint stumps and une U.S. dollar . Sh ip address: Marmaras Nav igatio n Ltd.. 4 6 Filc1inon 51.. 185 36 Pirucus . Greec e. (Russ Hill . Oa k Park. Mil
Zit'lIliCl TllrfUJII',\"ku-5QND, 156.600 M Hz (Bulk Carri er). FuJI data prepared QSL
card verified and stamped with ship' s seal. Receive d for an Engli sh report. one IRC,
SAE, mint stamps and onc U.S. dollar. Ship add ress: Polish Steams hip Co., Wolska
Zc gluga Morska ] Ptac ROOka 8, P.O. Box 527, 70-419 Szcze ctn. Poland. (Hill, M I)
U:"'IT ED ST AT F~fii
KA IJ, 5810 kHz. Full da la Tim If By Sec logo card signed by Fred Buhe ll. Received
in 275 days for an English repo rt and a SASE . Statio n addre..s: Two if by Sea
Broadcasting Corp. 22 720 S.E. 410th St., Enumcl aw. WA 98022 . (While, MS)
USCG CA MSL\ NTIN MN , 650 1 kHz USB. Full dat a statio n QSL signed by TCC
Th omas F. Sherwood . Receiv ed in 16 day s for an English report . mint stamps and
add ress labe l ( bo th used ) Stat ion addre ss: Co mma nding Officer, USCG
CA~tSLANT. 4720 Mi lepost Rd.. Chesapeake. VA 23322. (Wilkins, MO )
Voicc of Ameri ca-Delano 13740 kHz. Fu ll data Yello wstone sce nery card unsigne d.
Received in 24 days for an Engl ish report. Station address : (same as Asce nsio n
Islands) (w hite, MS)
2:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .
station name. lrreqular broadcasts are indicated "tent" and programming
which includes languages besides English are coded "vI" (various languages).
The Americas
North America
Central America
South America
Europe
at; Africa
me: Middle East
as:
au:
pa:
va:
do:
am:
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.
SWL PROGRAMS
Sundays
0024
0030
0109
0124
0200
0234
0258
0200
0305
0323
0330
0409
Q44i
0500
0524
0530
tumore"
0530 Auslralla, Rad lo- "Mell~l RellOfC
0508 Vahcan aenc "On-tlle"A,r"
0634 RadiOHavana Cuba ' DxersUnlimited"
0730 KWHR IAngel 4 Hawau] -OXlng ~:'tn
Cum:lre0630 W...... CR #3 [Iennesseej World of Radio"
0735 RadIO Vlaanderen inn "RadIOWorlll"
0836 RadIOKorea -MIiUmave seencace"
0900 RadiOFor Peace inn: "World ot Radio'
0905 BBC (al/am/as/ell) "Wlilc On"
0930 WHRI (Angel 2 Inlllal1ol) '"OXlIlg l'llth
Cumbre"
11 00 A.WR latin Amenca "'Na','escarl"
1\15 IVWCRI1 (Tennessee l "As~WWCR 1138 RadIO Korea "Mult,\';aVe feea:lack"
1147 =lad'o Bulgarlo1. -RadIO Bulgarta Callmg*
t205 3BC (am/eu): "" /nte On"
1205 3BC (as)" "Wille On""
1207 =tadio VlaandelenInU: ~Radio World"
1236 itadioKorea " M uillwav~ f eedback"
1300 KWHR (Angel 4 HawaII) OXlng wllh
Cumbre-
Asia
Australia
Pacific
various
domestic broadcast
omnidirectional
1515
1630
1635
1636
1705
1735
1830
1830
1936
2030
2105
2105
2130
2130
2135
2136
2300
2300
2330
Cumbre"
Radio viaanoeren Inll ""R,ldIOWorldRadiOKorea: "MullJwave Feedback"
BBC (as): "WriteOn"
RadiO vaanoeren IntI: ' naoo WorldKWHR lAngei3 HawaII): "OXlng With
cumcre"
WHRI {Am; eI2 Indlanaj -OXmg wnn
Cumbre '
RadiOKorea : ""Multlwave f eed:>ackWRMI (Flomla): ' wavescan"
BBC(Milieu): -wree On"'
BBC (as): 'wnte On"
KWHR (Angel 4 HawaII) ""OXing willi
Cumbre"
WHRA (AngelSMa1ne) -OXlRg witll
Cum:lre
BBClah ....'IoteOnRalJlo I<olea -',lultlwa'/i! Fffi3lldCk"
KSDA(GuamI: ' wavescan"
neue For Peace InU -'WOIld o' Bacrc"
Acsuana. RadiO -Media Report"
Mondays
0106
0230
0305
0330
0430
0400
~oo
0430
0700
1040
Tuesdays
0030
0900
1246
1230
1346
1355
\746
190:)
200)
2111
2311
2340
Wednesdays
0140
0146
0246
0300
0335
0346
0535
073D
0730
0930
1000
131 5
1720
1820
1930
21Of:
2300
Thursdays
0130
0236
0239
()43O
0545
0700
0730
0754
0830
0953
1153
1220
1352
1753
1954
2030
2115
Fridays
0053
0253
0345
0453
0730
0915
1()45
1930
1930
1947
2000
200ll
2105
2238
2344
Saturdays
0010
OHIO
0230
0330
0338
0400
0600
May 1998
Austraha"Radio: "Feedback"
WRMI(FIOrllla): -Wavescan"
KWHR (Anoet 3 Hawaii): "QXlng WIth
Cumbre"
RadIO For Peace Inti: "ConllRent 01Medla"
Voice of Turkey: ~OX Corner- (biweekly)
RadIO For Peace Inti: -W0l1d01RadiO"
WHRI (Angel l fZ Indiana): "OXmgwith
Cumbre"
(Co nt inued
Oil I~
oJ2)
MONITORING TIMES
39
FREQUENCIES .
OO-0 1 00
0000-0100
0000-0100 vi
0000-0100 vi
00000100
0000-0100
0000-0100
coeo-otoo
... .
Anguilla.Carlbbean Beacon
Australia saoo
Auslraha. Vl8K Ka therine
Australia. Vl8T Tent erk
Canada. CSCN Quebec Svc
Canada.CfRXToronto
5025do
603Odo
6130110
616Odo
616Odo
Canada. CHNXHalifax
OO-0100
OO-0100
oo-0029
ooO(HXl27
eoeooroo
oo-0030
0000-0100
OOOO0015 vl
00000045
0000-0015
OO-0 100
OO-0030
0000-0100
OO-0100
eoee-croc
00000100
6090am
9660pa
15510pa
0000-0100
120aOpa
1775035
13605pa
17795pa
0000-01 00
0000-0059
607Odo
OO-0030
""0",
9535na
9755na
r.... hla
eoce-oreo
00000030 a
0000-0100
0000-0059 1111"/1
0000-0059 stnwta
0000-0100
0000,0100
00150100
0029-0'359
00300100
0030-0100
0030-0100
0030-0100
0030-{]100
0030-0100
00450100
USA. WYFROkeechobee Fl
Ila!y, RAI Inti
oo-0 100
7345na
21455am
0000-0100
OO-0 100
OO-0100
4915dQ
9705as
6180eu
13650as
6165na
13650sa
9950a5
9665al
11620as
117050a
9845na
1523003
7115na
96S03!
61953S
119451S
153601S
5975am
11 750sa
11905al
7110as
11955as
9';10as
15280as
6175na
9590am
0o-o 100
9900",
58400a
3366do
7410as
6155eu
11815a5
510Odo
7295do
6020na
17675pa
11845ca
9675<10
6195na
616Qdo
502Odo
6055am
9655af
3915as
9580as
15310as
5970sa
99155a
USA.KAIJ DallasTX
USA. KHBI N Mariana Is
USA. KTBN Sail Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Voice 01America
0000-0100
0000-01 00
0000-0100
9625do
11865am
59300a
9745na
13755pa
4910do
5""'""
. .. . .
. . .. .
rwnta
DOSOmOO
59150a
5!J.lQeu
6020eu
6050eu
6080eu
71500a
72050a
7290eu
742Qeu
9560eu
1176Gas
178203S
15185a5
7405am
13740am
9455am
7435am
15440na
9665al
13845am
S81Dam
15665a5
7510am
17510a5
7215as
l S29Qas
5995am
9775am
5825eu
5085am
5745am
11950am
7490na
9955am
9955am
7355am
9430am
7535na
3215am
60850a
6155eu
5960na
6055eu
59500a
6020na
116553s
9730as
9655as
59653S
11955as
7520na
6010na
17555pa
9BWas
17735as
613Dca
l1E95am
731 5am
50l0am
9505ca
618Geu
9755na
9022eu
11705na
9685eu
61651'13
12090as
15-t25as
135951\3
60303s
15310as
9845na
9855na
15395as
6195as
153603s
94103s
9675na
11800na
SELECTED PROGRAMS.
Sundays
oo
0030
0030
0040
0045
0045
Mondays
oo
oo
0030
0030
0045
Tuesdays
0000
0000
0010
0010
0030
0030
0030
0030
0040
0045
see
MONITORING TIMES
May 1998
OQ.lS
Wednesdays
Fridays
oo
oo
see
Thursdays
oo
oo
oo
001 0
0010
0030
0030
0030
~O
0045
40
see
oo
0010
0010
0030
0030
0030
0030
0040
0045
0045
Saturdays
0000
0000
0010
0010
0030
0030
0030
0040
0045
0045
FREQUENCIES .
0100-0200
0100-0200
. . .
AngUilla,Caribbean Beacon
Auslralia, Radio
.... .
6090am
966011a
154153s
0100-0200 .,.1
Auslralaa, Vl 8K Katherine
0100-0200 VI
OtQO.0200
Australia. vi er TentCrt
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
Canalla. CFRXToronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0105
01000200
01000127
0100-0200
01(10-{)15Q
Canada. CHNXHalifax
Canada, CKZN st . icnns
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
costaRica,RF Peace Inll
Croatia. croauan Radio
Cuba. Radio Havana
ceen Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Germany. Deutsche Welle
0100-0200
0100-01 15
0100-0130
0100-0200
0100-0125
0100-011 0
0100-0200
Germany.Overcomer MIOISIf
Ghana. ananaercaoc Corp
Hungary. Radio Budapest
mdcresa. Voice01
Iran. VOIRI
Italy. RAI lntl
Japan, RJapanlNHKWorld
01000200
01000200
0100-{)125
01oo-G2oo
0100-0130 m
0100-0200vi
0100-0200
0100-0200
NewZealand, R NZInU
Norway, Radio Norvl3YInll
Papua fl ew GUinea. NBC
Philippines, FEBC/R mn
gusse.vciceof RUSSia WS
0100-0200 mtwhfa
01000130
01000200
aussa.voce 01Russia WS
serbia, Padre Yugos la~ia
Singapore, 5BC Radio One
12080pa
1551 0pa
13605pa
17750pa
..
1524()pa
17795pa
5025do
491 Odo
.. . ..
.
0100-0130
0100-0200vi
0100-0200
0100-0200
01Q0-0200
0100-0130
0100-0130
0100-0200
9625<10
607Odo
603lldo
613Odo
616Odo
616Odo
7385am
5840am
l5050am
9830na
6200na
974500
9820na
7345na
21455am
604O..
6085ra
6145na
6000"
1181 Qam
584"'"
3366do
""'"'
11785as
6055eu
6010na
6150.11
15590as
21670pa
5100do
7295do
602"".
1165sas
17675pa
7465na
9675do
15450as
59300.1
12030na
5920na
6180na
616Odo
9685eu
11800na
11870.11
17835sa
616503
120903s
9845na
9""""
4915<10
9580na
9022eu
9675na
11860as
17810as
0100-0200
01000200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
15570as
21 610pa
98553s
7345na
9580na
7130na
59300a
502Odo
7275as
6055am
9730as
11985as
988503
596535
15280as
7300al
9440S3
11725am
1181Clam
15575am
9410as
15360as
11955as
59705a
9915sa
5810am
7555am
7510am
175103s
7115.1s
1170sas
178was
5995am
9775.1m
5825eu
5085am
5745am
11950am
7490na
9955am
7355am
5975am
11750sa
6175na
9590am
9740as
153DOas
9850as
1774Qas
7405am
9445am
5070am
7520as
59S5eu
5935am
9505..
5975eu
9540eu
7435am
11550as
7105eu
11655as
9495am
7450na
12090as
9870am
9420na
7335au
965Qau
010Q-{)200 twbla
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
01000200
0100-0200rwbta
01000200
01oo-{)159 m
0100-0159
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0130
01()()-{)127
0115-0200 m
0125-0200
0130-0200
0130-0150
0130-D200
0140-{)200
vietnam veee01
5~oam
9955am
9855as
7325na
6260na
17645as
598Qau
7545am
71 050.1
13665na
.. . .
15425as
9905ca
61953s
1531035
17555pa
7205as
152503s
613Qam
1374Qam
7315am
~3oam
7535na
3215am
6065ria
5040eu
n OSeu
95""'"
9935na
SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0100 UK, BBCl ondon (arn/eu): Newsdesk. See 5 OO.
0100 UK, BBC l ondon (as): WorldNews. Broadcast onthe hout
or 5, 10,or 15 minutes in length.
0110 UK, BBCl ondon (as): Pause lor Thought. Spiritual
reflection
0115 UK. BBC l ondon (as): Heal1h Mailers. Keeps track 01 new
developments in ltle world01 medicalscience. aswell as
ways 01keepingfit
0130 UK. BBC london (amleu): Variable Feature. Specialleatures
and newseries.
0130 UK, BBC l ondon(as): Wolld tlews. see S0100.
0145 UK. BBC l ondon (am/ell/as): Sports Roundup. Thelatest
SPOr1s news.
Mondays
0100
0100
0110
0115
0130
Tuesdays
0100
OHIO
0110
0115
0130
0130
0145
0145
Wednesdays
0100
0100
0110
0115
0130
0130
0145
Thursdays
0100
0100
0110
0115
0130
0130
0145
Fridays
0100
0100
0110
0115
0130
0130
0145
Saturdays
0100
0100
0110
0110
0130
0130
0145
0145
Jim Frimmel
Program Manager
THANK YOU...
ADDITIONALCONTRIBUTORS TO THIS MONTH' S SHORTWAVE GUIDE:
Joe Brasicr/W HR I: Bob Fraser, Cohasset, MA; Glenn Hauser. Enid. O K!; DX Repo rt &
WO R; J im Moats, Ravenna. OH; Adrian SandsburylLa rry Van Hom, Brasstown. NCI
Satellite Times: Geo rge WoodsIR. Sweden ' s Media Scan : R NZ Iml: BB C ~-t S fWo r l d
Medi a: Cumbre DX ; DX Ontario: NAS \VA Jou rnal : Usenet newsgroups-
May /998
41
fREQUENCIES .
0200-0300
0200-0300lwhfa
0200-0300
. . . . . . .
. .
Anguilla,Caribbean Beacon
Argentina. RAE
Australia. Radio
0200,0300
6090am
11710am
-"
12080pa
15510pa
l ~l 5as
0200-0300 vi
0200-0300 vi
0200-02 10
02000J00
cec
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0259
0200-0300
0200-0205
02000J00
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0230
0200-0250
0200-0300
0200-0300as/vi
0200-0300 vi
0200-0300
0200-0225
02<XHl300
0200-0230 m
0200-0300 vi
0200-0300
0200-0256
Germany,Overcomer Ministr
Ita ~, IRRS
Kenya. KenyaBroadc Corp
MalaYSia, Radio
N:!thertallCs, Radio
New Zealal'ld. RNZ Inll
Norway, Radio Norway InU
Papua New Gui~a. NBC
Pflilrppllles, FEBCJR Inll
Romania. A Romania Inll
0200-0300
aussn.voce01Russia WS
0200-0300 mtwnta
0200-0300
02()()-{}300 vl
02<XHl300
gusse.voce 01Russia WS
Singapore. SBC Radio One
Solomon Islands, SIBC
Sri Lanka, Sri lan kaBC
5025do
J91Odo
' 880<10
9485na
9625<10
607Odo
603Odo
613Odo
6160do
616Odo
6155.1m
11865am
7385.1m
5840am
"""'"
9745na
9475na
9780na
7285as
11965as
5BBOna
7120va
48B5do
7295do
9855as
17675pa
7565am
9675<10
15450as
615511J
9690as
5930na
7175na
5920rla
6160110
502ado
9730as
1360Spa
17750as
15240pa
17795pa
02000300
02<XHl300
. .. . .
Taiwan. Radio Taipei Inti
59500a
11750as
6050,,'
94IDas
11955as
15405a5
5970sa
9915sa
0200-0230
0200-0000
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
02000300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300 mtwhla
0200-0300
0200-0259 m
0200-0259 mh
0200-0300
0200-0300
0215-0220
0225-0300
0230-0300
0230-0245
USA. WE WN Burningham Al
USA.WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI NobleSVIlle IN
USA_WINSRedl ion PA
USA. WJCRuorcnKY
USA. WRMIJR Miami Inll
USA, WRNONew Orleans l A
USA. WSHB Cypress Crk SC
USA, WSHB Cypress Crk SC
USA, WWCR N,1shville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee Fl
Nepal. Radio
Netherlnds . RadiO
Hungary RadiOBudapest
Pakistan, RadIO
02300300
0230-03C<l
Sweden, RadIO
UK. BBCWork! Service
0230-0300
0245-0300
0245-0300
0245-0300vi
0250-0300 st
0250-0300
0255-D300 vi
Vietnam.Voice 01
Albania, R Tirana Inti
UK. BBC World Service
Zambia, R ZambiatzNBC2
Greece, 'Joice 01
vatca n Stale. Vatican R
zambia, RZambw'lNBC1
11720001
0200-0300
9535arn
9755arn
978Qam
150SOam
98'ON
9830N
21455am
11900na
9615.1s
12045as
7335na
9690as
4935do
6150do
11655as
12090as
7195na
11940na
5940na
7345na
1t945as
9510na
9570na
6150na
1350na
7105na
9580na
15425<1s
S81Qam
751Qam
9975am
17510as
7115as
11705as
17820as
5825eu
5085am
5745am
11950am
7490113
9955am
7355am
5850na
7535na
3215am
6065na
323Odo
9855as
9840na
6070as
15485as
7135na
5970sa
9895am
5940am
6115na
5995am
6165do
6260na
6095am
491Odo
7130as
11825pa
6135,al
9605as
9680na
117ol0am
15345a5
15280as
7125al
982535
15310as
961DaI
11760as
1536035
5975am
6175na
9590am
17555pa
7205as
15250as
9740as
15300as
9850as
17740as
5935am
7435am
11760as
13610as
617511J
1325sa
7315am
5070.1m
9505na
5005<10
1165Sas
ll900na
7485as
9-l95na
5975am
11600a
611Dam
7450001
7305ca
6190ca
9515am
9420na
9935na
SELECTED PROGRAMS.
Wednesdays
Sundar-;
0200
0230
0230
0230
0245
0250
0258
Mondays
0200 UK, BCl ondon (aVam/as/eiJ): Newsday. SeeS0200.
UK,BBC london (af): Pop Science.seeS 1730.
0230 UK,BBC london (am/eu): Meridran. SeeS 0630.
0230 UK,BBC l ondon(as): The Worts . Ah,lO l ewisIOol<s at the
0230
0250
!~es~~lB1
london (aflalTllaS/eu): Newsday. See S 0200.
UK, BBC l ondon (al): Variable Fea ture. Sea S 0130.
0230
0230
0230
0245
0250
0200
0230
0230
0230
0245
0250
Thursdavs
0200
0230
Fridays
0200 UK, BBC l ondon (aYam/as/eu): Newsday. see S0200
0230 UK. BBCl ondon (al): Vanable Feature. See S0130.
0230
0230
0250
42
MONITORING TIMES
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Saturdays
0200
0230
0,",
0255
0250
mem.
FREQUENCIES . .
0300-0400
0300-0400
03(})-0400 vi
030)-0400 vi
030H 1400
030)-0330mlwlll
03():HJ4QO vl
03()}-{}400
03()}-{)400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0359 fwhta
0300-0329
0300-0400
0300-0400 vi
0300-0.:00
0300-0400
0300-0327
0300-0400
0300-0330
0300-0350
Angullla.Caribbean Beacon
Australia. RadiO
Australia. Vl BK Katnenne
Australia. Vl8T Tent erk
Ausualia,DefenseFofces R
Canada. RcanaoaInll
Canada. RCanada IflIt
China. Chma RadiOInti
CostaPcajaro delCarib
Costa Rica.RF Peacelnll
Cuba. RadiO Havana
Czech Rep, RadiO Prague
Ecuador, HCJB
Eg,pt.Barno Cairo
Germany. nectscne Welle
OJOO-O-HKI
Germarly.Ovefcomerr.IIOIslr
Gu~lema la . RadiOCull uf31
0300-0400
0300-0400 asrvt
nary. IRRS
0300-0400
Japan. RJaparuN HKWorld
0300-0400 vi
Kerlya, Kenya arcade Corp
0300-0400vi
rescmo. gadm Lesotho
0300-0400
MalaYSIa. RadiO
0300-0330 mrwnta MexIco. RadIOueocc 11'1:1
Netherlands. RadiO
0300-0325
03(]()-0400
"leI' Zealand. R NZJntl
0300-0310
Paostan. RadIO
0300-0400vl
Papua NewGuinea, NBC
suss.a.voice of RussiaWS
0300-0400
7125na
7175na
03OC~04 00 mtwhfa ausse.voce 01Russia WS
S Alrica. Channel Alrica
03OC-0330
Singapore. SSCRadiOOre
0300-0400
Solomon Islands. SJBC
O3OC-0400vi
Sri lanka. Sri l anka BC
0300-0400
Taiwan, Radio TaipeiInti
0300-0400
0300-0330
03()(H)400
030lJ-0315 mtwht
Thailand. Radio
Tur ~ ey. Voice 01
Uga'KIa. naco
SELEaED PROGRAMS
6090.>m
9660pa
15415a5
5025do
4910<10
156353s
6155<:a
9625do
6070<10
120BOpa
15510pa
9755ca
6030<10
6130do
6160do
616000
61553rn
61553m
96""',
5055do
9755arn
9755arn
150SOam
98201'101
7345na
21455am
614503
'&"l
<"
58B0n3
7335na
17825ea
4935do
03IXH)330
03000330
03000330
UK. BBCWorldService
7325sa
9-110eu
120953f
152BDas
Uk/alne. RUkraine Inti
USA. KAU Dallas TX
USA. KlBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KVOHlos AngelesCA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA,Voice 01Amenca
729031
7340al
USA. VOice 01Amenca
USA. VIEW'. Bitmingtlilm AL
USA. WGTG McCaYSV;lIe GA
USA. WHRA GreenbushME
USA,WHRI Noblesville IN
USA,WINBRedLion PA
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Better PA
USA. WRNO NewOrleans LA
USA. WSHBCypressCrt<. SC
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee Fl
vaucan Stale. vaucan R
Zambia , RZaml)ia!ZNBC 1
Zambia. RZambia!ZNBC 2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Vatican Stale. Vatican R
Canada. R Canada Inti
Albania. RTirana Inti
CZech Rep. Radio Prague
Moldova, R MoldovaInti
Sweden. Ra dio
Tanzania. Radio
UAE, Radio Oul)ai
UK. BBCAlricanService
9780Ca
0300,0400
0300,0400
0300-0400
03000400
0300,0400
0300,(1400
978Qam
9780am
0300.()J30 smretr
9830na
6185na
9535na
178553S
6150do
116553s
6065na
7345na
6150nJ
95801'13
7105na
0300-0400
0300,0400
0300-0400
0300,0400
0300-0400
03()').Q400
0300-0400
0300-(1359
03000400
0300.()400
03000310
03000400 vl
03000400vi
0300-0400vi
0310-0340
03290359 sm
0330,0400
03300357
03300355
0330-0400
03300400
0330,0400
03300400
11745,15
11 905mn
9685me
15460na
17705as
0345
033(} 0400
03300400
03400350
0345-0400
0345-0400
0345-0400 as
0356-0400
Vietnam, Voice 01
Greece. Voice01
Burundi. Radio Nationale
Tailkislan,Radio Dushanbe
Uganda. Radio
Zambia. ChrislianVoice
0315
0330
0330
0330
0330
0345
Wednesdays
0300
0305
0330.
0345
600531
6135.11
619031
153103s
15360as
177903s
5975am
11760me
6175r\3
11850as
6195eu
11955as
1534""
602ll"
7150na
7205eu
l1905eu
581l1am
7510am
9975am
17510.1s
6035al
7415a1
17555pa
608031
9575.11
6115al
9885al
7105a1
5935am
7435am
'96031
5825eu
50853m
"OOme
5745am
11950am
7490na
9465am
7395am
7315am
5850"
3215.1rn
6065.,
6<l95am
49Hldo
6165Clo
3396<10
736031
61551'101
6140na
7350na
75OOn.1
9475na
5050al
12oo5na
3255.11
9610a1
177903s
5975arn
9895am
5905arn
626003
6140Clo
4975as
4976<10
333031
5070am
9505na
7305ca
966031
9755na
9780r.a.
7160n3
11600as
116651'1.1
136750.1
6005.11
117303f
11955as
21660as
617503
11760me
15400na
619031
21485na
960031
152BDas
1S31Das
619Seu
12095af
9410eu
745011.1
9420na
9935na
9905as
11620as
606531
. . . . . .. .. . . .
Tuesdavs
0300
0305
3255a1
9600.11
9605.15
21660.1s
59705.1
98953m
96053s
11825015
..
Sundays
~:n~~~c
152-10pa
17795pa
0300-0400
7385am
6OO0na
593003
97453m
9.f75na
6085na
33OOd0
i1 20va
17685pa
':885do
4800do
7295do
9705na
9855as
17675pa
7270va
9675do
593003
7260n3
5920na
5955al
616000
502"" 0
973035
5950na
153453S
9655310
7300na
4976do
13605pl
17750pJ
!~U~~~~ondon
(alfamlas/eu): World News. See S 0100.
UK. BBCLondon (aflamleu): World Business Report. See M
0315
0330
0330
0330
0330
0345
0905.
UK,BBC london (atfamiasleu): SportsRouildup. See S0145.
UK,BBC l ondon (31): NetworkAlrita. See M0330.
UK, BBC l ondon (aVamleu): OIIlhe Sheff. seeM0330.
UK,BBC l ondon (amfeu):InSight. See M 1645.
UK, BBCLondon(amleu): The World TOday (Eu). See M0330.
UK. BBC London (as): Westway. See M 0330.
Fridavs
0300
0305
031 5
0330
0330
0330
0330
0345
0345
Saturdavs
0305
May 1998
MONITORING TIMES
43
. .. . . . . . . .
FREQUENCIES
0400-0500
0400-G430 as
04000500
Angllilla.Caribbean Beacon
04000500 as
04QO-{lSOO vi
04000500 vi
Australia, Radio
Australia,Vl8 K Katherine
Australia. V18TTent Crk
Australia.OefenseForces R
Belarus. R Belarus Inll
Canada. cae N Quebec Svc
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada. eM Calgary
canada. CHNX Halifax
canada. CKZN51John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
04000500
04(10.0430 a
0400-0500
04000s00
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-<>500
0400-<>500
0400-0429
0400-OS0Q
04000500
04000500
04000500
0400-0450
Armenia. Voice of
Australia. Radio
615<lme
9560na
7385am
6000na
9745na
5990af
11765af
3300do
11785eu
9435na
7120va
4885<10
4600do
Costa Rica,RFPeaceInU
CUba, Radio Havana
Ecuador, HCJB
Germany, Deutsche Welle
0400-0456
0400-0500
0400-<l500 "
0400-<>500
0400-0500 vi
0401}0430 mtwhf
l}4ClO-0458
04(1).0430 m
04000500 vi
4Bl0eu
9660pa
15510pa
17750as
502500
491000
15635as
7105eu
9625<10
6070C10
603Odo
613Odo
616Odo
61601:10
04oo-o500 lwllla
0400-0500
0400-0415
0400-0500 asM
0400-0500 vi
"""'m
120BOpa
17795pa
13505as
15240pa
7210eu
Tanzania, Radio
Thailand, Radio
Uganda, Radio
UK.BBC African Service
04000430
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-<>500
0400-0500
9505me
97303m
150503m
9B20na
21455am
601 5al
9645me
11605na
17535na
4935<10
615Odo
9830na
7225al
9565al
729500
7160do
9705na
17675pa
7520na
9675do
5990na
15335as
5905na
6150na
71 75na
5920na
5955a1
616Odo
5020<l0
97303s
3200al
9B85na
564Qeu
72453s
04000430
0400-0430
04000415
04000430
6155na
9690na
11740na
5930na
7100na
7330na
6005na
7105na
7345na
6065na
7125na
9580na
O4OQ.0500
04000500
04000500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500twhla
0400-0500
0400-0459 mw
O400-D5oo
04()(H)405as
rx
505031
9655am
4976do
3255al
9600af
3955eu
6195eu
12095al
5B103m
75103m
9975am
175103s
61lXlai
61BQeu
11760me
728lla1
717031
9575al
977531
3215am
50703m
5935am
6065,.
9505na
998500
6065<1
Zambia, AZambiaIZNBC2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe Be
Malawi. MBC
USA. WRMVRMiami Inti
Italy. RAllntl
Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
Belarus. R Belarus Inll
Moldova. RMoldova tnll
Netherlands, Radio
UK,BBCAlrican Service
5993do
9955am
601 0eu
3326do
7105eu
7500na
6165na
3255al
0430-0500
0430-<>500
0430-0s00 s
0455-0500
0459-0500
7160af
17780as
741531
0400-0500 vi
0415-0500vi
0415-0500s
0425-0440vi
0425-0500
0430-0500wi
0430-0455
0430-0500
0430-0500
6165eu
6190al
11730al
6175na
9B95am
7290al
9885al
5825eu
5085am
940Qme
5745am
11950am
7490na
9955am
7395am
98403f
2390am
32103m
3330al
491Odo
6165do
0455-<J500
6oo5a1
9610al
5975am
9410ell
15575as
60Sllal
0400-<>500
0400-<>500
0400-0500"
0400-0500 vi
0905",
15460na
6035a1
7315am
3396<10
96fJllal
15425as
477531
11905am
11955as
21660as
5875eu
12095al
3955ell
6175as
7255al
11905pa
7270na
4770do
7210eu
9590na
6005al
15420al
15280as
4990do
6190al
716Oa1
153103s
177903s
59753m
155752s
6175am
11760me
61BOe~
6195eu
9410eu
97_
15295a~
1512031
SELECTED PROGRAMS . . .
Sundays
0400
0446
news.
UK, BBClornlon (allamlasleu): Newsdesk. See S 0000.
SwitZerland. Swiss R Inti:Newsnel Analyses 01 the main
international storiesby Swiss-based specialists.
0415 SwrtZfrland. Swiss R Inti: Capita/ letters (2f4). SRI's
bimonthlymailbag and listener contact program.
0415 Switzerland.Swiss R Inti:SoundsGood (315). Music from
SwitZerland and thepeople I'momake it
0415 Switl'erland. SwissR Inti: The NameGame (1). Achance
loryou to testyour knO\vledge01 SwilZerland and win
prizes.
0430 Switzerland, Swiss R tnt! Rendez-vouswith Switl'erland.
A relaxing blend 01music and interviews.
0430 UK, BSC Landon(al): ArtBeat. A newarts program lor
Alrica.
0430 UK, BBC London (am/eu): Global Business. See S0330.
0430 UK. BBC London (as): From Our Own Correspondenl See
0400
0405
5 033'
Mondays
0400 Switzerland. Swiss Rtntl: News. See S0400.
0400 UK.BBCl ondon (at/amlaS/eu): TheWorldToday.
Examinesthoroughly atopical aspect 01theinternational
scene
0405 Switzerland. Swiss RInU: Newsnet.See S 0405.
0430 S....i1zerland. Swiss RInU: Rendez-vous with Switl'erland.
SeeS0430.
0430 UK,BBC l ondon (al): NetworkAfrica. See M 0330.
0430 UK,BBCl ondon (am/eu):Variablereetoe. SeeS0130.
0430 UK, BBClondon (as): BluesWorld. See S 1130.
0.430 UK,BBC London (eu): The World Today. See M0330.
44
MONITORING TIMES
May /998
Tuesdays
0430
0400
0400
see
see
5 043ll.
0430
0430
0430
0430
0455
Wednesdays
0400
0400
0405
0430
Thursdays
0400
0400
0405
0430
0430
0430
0430
0455
Fridays
0400
0400
0405
0430
see
5 043ll.
0430
0430
0430
0430
0455
Saturdays
see
5 043ll.
UK, BBC lon don(al): Atrk:an News. seeS 1740.
UK, BBCl ondon (am/eu): Oullook. seeM 1405.
0430 UK.BBCl ondon (as): Multitrack Alternative. SeeF 1430.
0431 UK,BBCl ondon (al): AlricanOuiz(1).seeS 0330.
0431 UK. BBClondon (al): This Week and Africa. A fOIJndup 01the
week's political developmentsacross thecontinent.
0455 UK, BBC l ondon (am/eu): SpoUight.See F1555.
0430
0430
fREQUENCIES .
. . . . . . .. .
. . .
0500,0600
Anguilla,CaribbeanBeacon
Auslralia, Radio
05000&)0 as
05OO-06'JO vi
0500-0600 vi
05OO-{)600
050CH16JOvi
Australia, Radio
Australia. Vl8K Katherine
Australia. Vl8TTent Crk
Austraha,DefenseForces R
Cameroon, Radio Cameroon
0500-06)(1
OS()().06:xJ
0500-0600
6090am
9660pa
O500-O&JO
0500-06JO
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600 as
05000600
0500,0600
05000600
05000550
0500-0600
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600
05000600 vi
05Q().060Q vi
0500-0510 'II
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-000
0500-{)510 mtwhf
05000600
05IXHJOO vi
0500OEOO
05000525
05000600
0500-0505
0500QOO
OSOOQOO
05000504
05000600 vi
05000600
15510a5
17750a5
5025do
120aOpa
17795pa
13605a5
15240pa
05000600 vl
05000600
0500-0600
05000515
OSOIH1600
4910do
15635as
485Odo
9625do
6070l10
603"'0
6130110
616Odo
956Ono>
503Dca
7375am
7385am
6180na
974Sna
6045na
5950do
3985va
611 0na
11760as
1781Qas
4885do
981Odo
0500-0530
61SOca
05000530
0500-0600
0500-o60O
1S050am
9820na
21455am
6185na
0500-0600
9830na
9615am
7230eu
11840as
9835na
11850pa
4935c10
615Odo
' 1810na
1171 5as
15230pa
05000600
05000600
05000600
OSOO-06OO
0500-0530
0500-0600
0500-OS59 w
0500-0559 mw
0500-<l600
0500-0600
0500--0520
0500-0520
051lO-O600
7160do
9750as
9590na
4770do
15120al
13790eu
5905..
6065na
59"""
615On.l
9580na
15470au
21790au
12025as
17495as
0500-0600
9725ca
48OOdo
345000
3400do
5100do
33801lo
7295do
4895do
6175as
6165na
11905pa
3326do
7255af
1174Qell
7270va
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MONITORING TIMES
47
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1000 ,11 00
1000l l0 0as
10001100
Ital)'.IRRS
Japan. R ~apa ni N H K World
Jordan, Barno
toena. RadiO ventas
MalafSla, RadiO
Malaysla,ATMKotaKlnabahl
Malta, va Mediterranean
tlelherlands. Radio
Nc'...Zealand. R tlZ lnll
tl igerla. Voice of
PapuaNew Guinea tl BC
Philippines. fEBCiR InU
smcaocre.SBCRadiOOne
Sclomonrstands. SIBC
Switzerland. SWISS R Inti
UK, BBC African Service
UK , BBC Atncan Service
UK, BBC Asian Service
1000\1 00
100011ooas
1000-1100
10001OS9 smtna
1000-1100
10001100
10001100
UK.BBCWOfld Service
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KHBI '~Mar iana Is
USA. KlBN Sall l k City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Voice 01America
10001100
USA. WEWN Birmmgtlam AL
10001100
USA. WGTG McCaYSVIlle GA
1000 \100
USA. WHAI NoblesVIlle IN
1001).1100
USA, WJCR Upton KY
100IHl 00
USA. WR"lO NewOrleans LA
1Q()().1059mwh
USA, WSHB Cypress Crk SC
1000-1059 5
USA. WSHB Cypress Crk SC
10001100
USA, WWCRNashvIlle TN
1000 1100 rntwnt
USA, WWCR NashVille TN
1000-1100 as
USA. I/'M'CR Nashville TN
1000 1100
USA. WYFR Okeechobee f L
10001030
Vie tnam. Voice 01
1000 1100
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia, RZambia/ZNBC 1
1000 11 00 vl
1000 11 00 vi
Zambia, RZambia/ZNBC 2
1030 1055
Belgium,Rvaanoeren tnt
1030-11 uurntwhl Ethiopia, Radio
1030-1100
Guam. AVlRlKSDA
1030-1035
Israel. Kolisrael
1030-1100
Netherlands. RadIO
10301100
Soulh Korea. R Korea Inll
10301100
Sri lanka, Srilanka BC
1030 1055
UAE. RadIO Dubai
10301045 mtwhta varcanState. vatcan R
H)40-0920 tw
Kazakhstan. RAlmaly 111I1
10451100mt.....hl
USA, WRML'R MIamI Inll
.
""""m
60'"',
231Odo
....
9580pa
l1SSDas
17750as
11735au
178401S
13700au
150503U
1173005
11850pa
2-l85do
2325do
9625do
6OiOdo
6031k1o
6130do
6160do
6l 60do
9785pa
69S0am
17485al
96-l0pa
15186al
\5186al
7455as
98653S
11585au
173873U
712CNa
96953S
11690eu
5UOdo
7295do
598Odo
9660e"
11755pa
15050am
21705me
21455am
12065as
9795pa
7255al
489Odo
11635015
6160do
502Odo
6165eu
6190al
15400al
61953S
15310as
9410eu
15565eu
15190sa
Sal0am
15665as
7510am
9930as
5985pa
11720pa
5825na
11565pa
6165am
154251la
7465eu
9-1llOam
6O""m
9495am
74900a
154203m
6095na
7395am
23903m
32103m
15685am
5950na
9840as
6065a!
7220do
6165do
9925eu
5990do
7455as
15640eu
6045eu
9650am
1183535
13675eu
5883eu
9505eu
9955am
137101$
15120al
9535eu
1194Dal
17830af
9740a5
153603s
11760me
1557Sas
17885al
117503S
17790as
12095eu
17G4Deu
11765as
21660as
15485eu
17705af
7405am
959Dam
15725<1s
5070am
S935am
12020as
150103S
15595eu
7110do
9530as
15650na
9B60fU
15120as
15395eu
9645eu
9."""
9705do
12065as
13710015
17850as
21605eu
11740eu
1184Qeu
13710as
1I 7503s
1176535
95803s
11 955<1s
7235as
958035
11955.ls
FREQUENCIES .
11001200
1100 1200
1100 -1200 '11
1100-1200 vi
1100 1200 '/1
Angullla.CaflblleanBeacon
Australia. Radio
Australia. VLSA Alice Spg
Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8T Tent er k
1100-1200
110().1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
11 00-1200
11 00-1200
1100-1200
Bulgaria. RadIO
Canada. CFRXIcrcrao
1100 'l~OO
ll001~OO
l l 00- 1 ~ OO as
1100-1200
1100-1150
110{H~OO
1100-1200laW
11001200
1100-1200
11001120Ia
11()(J1110
11001200
1100 1200 irreg
11oo1200 s
11001125
11001200
" 001200
ltaly. lPRS
Japan. RJailanINHKWorld
Jordan RadiO
Kazakhstan, R Almaty Inti
LlbenalCN/R liberia Int
Malaysia. RadiO
Malaysia.AiM Ko!aKinabalu
Malta, VO "l eallerranean
MozarrblQue. A Maputo
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZinn
North Korea, R Pyongyang
1100-1' 04
Pakistan. RadiO
1100 1130as
11001200'0'1
1100 1200
11001130 '0'1
11001200
11001130
11001200
1100 1200
1100 1200
1100 1130
1 100 1 ~25
. . .
. .
. ..
. . ..
11775am
soseas
231Odo
2-l85do
2325do
15175eu
607Odo
603Odo
613Odo
616Odo
1100-1130 mrwnt
9580pa
1100-1130
USA.WEWt;:Birmingham Al
USA.WHRI floblesvllle ,,,,
USA. WJCR upton KY
USA. WRNONew Orleans LA
USA WSHB CypressCrk SC
USA. WSHB Cypress Clk SC
USA WWCR NashVille TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam. voce oj
Zambia. Christian VOice
Zambia. A lamb,alZNBC 1
Zambia. R ZambialZNBC2
Pakistan. Aadio
flepal. Radio
UK. BBCWorld Service
11151130 mll'lh
11251200
11301200 vi
11 301157
1130-1200
1130-1200
1130-1 200
11 301200
11 30-1200
11301200as
1130-1200
UK.BBCAsianService
UK.BBC World Service
11301145 mtwhla
1145-1200 1
1100-1159
11(X).1159 ma
5030am
13750am
6980am
12005am
15186af
6150am
153703t
9585as
152603s
7120va
6120na
11690eu
962Qeu
5100do
7295do
59SOdo
1541031
118Joas
17765.a1
11875as
9695.15
117303s
7375am
9725am
15<l5Oam
15115am
21J55am
178OOa1
136<l5as
1184Qeu
sse"',
11835do
6045eu
9795pa
9640.11
15230sa
7110va
17835eu
9965as
4890do
6155as
5020do
7285.11
11835a5
9810as
7445as
6190.11
17885al
7235as
1175Das
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
l1001159 v.1
11001159 srta
11()().1200
110().1200
1100-1130
l 1QO.1200
11 00-1200vi
110(}.12oovi
110411 20
1115-1 145
1115 1130
11001200
1100-1200
616Odo
""",
1HXH200
11()(). 1200
11()().1 200
l100-113Oa5
17535eu
9860eu
12065as
13710as
9975me
11335'0'.1
13650va
9~5va
15530eu
17555eu
15120as
17515as
17850as
11940,11
21660.11
9580as
11765as
15400.11
17830.11
9700p.a
11955as
9740as
1531035
.. . .
17790as
6195ca
5875eu
11760me
1557535
6195am
7285113
. ..
15220Ca
5965na
12095eu
9410eu
15485eu
17640eu
17705al
1522Qam
177253U
15t9Qsa
ga70na
177_
9825eu
15565eu
S810am
9385a,
15665as
75103m
""",
5985as
11705as
5825na
6Q.l"'m
74_
11565pa
616O<1s
117203s
15745eu
9-l95am
9645"
976O<1s
15425as
7395am
7395am
6095"
5070am
5950na
7285as
6065al
722Odo
6165<10
1553Qeu
3230<10
11S05eu
17695eu
975Qeu
6045eu
6995as
15480as
7345eu
7230eu
5990do
957Qas
15240na
6195as
11750as
11750as
5965na
12095eu
15575as
15595'0',1
15595va
5935am
7355na
9730as
7435am
17555eu
5005do
13745eu
17835eu
11 97Qeu
9860eu
8660as
15685am
15325eu
1534Qeu
11445as
11700as
9505eu
9640.15
17870na
7235as
11955,15
1531 0as
6195am
15220am
1764Qeu
17550va
17550va
13670as
9580as
15310as
9740as
9410eu
15485eu
17705,1/
11760me
15565eu
SELECTED PROGRAMS.
Sundays
1100
Mondavs
1100
1100
1105
1110
1115
1130
1130
1130
1130
1145
Tuesdavs
1100
1100
1105
111 0
1)05
1115
1130
1130
1130
1130
1145
1115
see
Wednesdays
~~U~~~~ondon
(alfamlasleu): Newsdesk. See S 0000
1100 UK. BBC l ondon (aoVeu): World News (Carib). See 1100.
1105
1110
M
UK, BBC London(amteu): CaribbeanReport (Carib). See M
1105.
1130
1130
1130
1130
1130
1145
S 0330.
1145
Fridays
Saturdays
1100
1101
1130
1130
1130
May 1998
MONITORING TIMES
49
FREQUENCIES
12001300
1200 1300
12001300
.. .
12001300 vl
12001300
1200-1300 vi
1200,1300
1200-13CO
1200-13CO
1200-1300
1200-13CO
1200-1229
12001300
12001230',II
12001300
12001300
1200-1300 as
12001300
1200 1257
1200-1230
Iran. VOIRI
1200-1300 las/\ll
1200-1300
12001300
12001300 irreg
1200123,)
1200-1250
12001225
12001206
12001300
12001300vl
1200-1255
Italy. IRRS
Jordan, Radio
Malaysia Radio
Malaysia RTM KotaKiflabalu
Mon!jolia, Voiceof
Myanmar.Voiceof
Netherlands,Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Inll
Palau. KHBNNoice 01 Hope
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Poland, Polish RWarsaw
1200-1300
1200-1230
12001300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200 1300vl
120Q1300vl
11715me
11775a01
599Spa
9580pa
2310do
2485do
. .. .
12001300 as
15160me
12001215
6020pa
97703S
6080a5
12080a5
9500pa
232500
1544503
9625do
G070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
6150as
6950pa
9945as
6995as
12110as
6980am
12005am
15186al
9530as
9805eu
15195eu
9585as
t5260as
7120'1/a
11690eu
7295do
5980do
12085au
599Odo
6045eu
9795pa
9965as
4890do
609Seu
11815eu
6155as
6165eu
7130as
6190al
17885al
6195as
11 750as
11730as
7385pa
11660as
8660as
9565as
11675as
11445as
15050a01
151 15am
21455am
11600as
15540al
11830as
13625ca
17575a01
11875as
9715as
11980as
117003S
15155eu
13605as
12001300
1200-1300
1200-12593S
12001259Oll'l'
1200-1300
1200-1 300
1200-1300
USA.KAI J Dallas TX
USA. KHBI N Manana Is
USA. KHBI N MarianaIs
USA, KTaN Sall lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Voice of America
1200-1 300
1200-1300
12001300
12001300
12001300
12001259 a
1200-1259 ml'lh
1200-1300
1200-1 300
1200,1 230
t 200t3oo
1200-1300 vi
1200-1300vi
1203-1210
1207-1300 occsnet
12151300
12301255
1230-'300 s
123(}-1300
12301300
1230 1300
1230-1300
1230-1300
1230-1300
1230-1300
USA,WEWN Birmingham Al
USA, WGTGMcCaysvilleGA
USA,WHRl Noblesville IN
USA.WJCR Upton KY
USA, WRNONewOrleans LA
USA. WSHBCypress Crk SC
USA. WSHB CypressCrk SC
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Uzbekistan. R Tashkent
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia. RZa01bia!ZNBC 1
Zambia. RZamhla!ZN BC2
Croatia. Croatian Radio
New Zealand.R NZInti
Egypl, Radio Cauc
Banyladesh. Bangia setar
Belgillm, R vraauueren tnt
Finland, YlElR Finland
Guam, AWRtKSDA
Serbia, Radio Yugoslavia
Sri Lanka, Sri LankaBC
S'....eden, Radio
Thailand, Radio
Turkey. Voice of
UK, BBC World Service
12301300 a
1230,1300
12401250
12401255 snuwn
USA.voce 01 America
Vietnam, Voice ot
Greece , Voice 01
UK,BBC Slow Speed News
12451300
1 230- ~300
9860eu
7145eu
9535eu
9610au
11940al
21640al
72353S
11955as
7270eu
9525eu
15105al
21660al
9580as
17830al
9740a5
11750a5
597535
5965113
11760me
15565eu
S8l 0am
93853U
15310a5
71 35as
6195301
1209Seu
15575as
960535
9410eu
15220301
17640eu
951503
15485eu
9645as
15160as
9760as
15425as
13 8~ 5am
15685am
11970na
9715as
177Q5eu
9355as
7510301
99303S
6110as
11705as
582511a
9400am
11565pa
6160as
11715as
15745eu
60~Oam
9~95am
7490na
7395a01
9455301
6095na
5070am
5950na
5060as
6065al
7220do
616Sdo
7125eu
6105pa
17595as
7185as
15545na
11900na
13720as
11835all
9730as
13740as
9655as
9630as
5875eu
11840eu
15325eu
7768eu
9840as
11645al
7140me
15180al
15695na
7435a01
7355na
5975as
11830na
6025as
9550as
15~00na
15425a5
15240au
9810as
15290as
9635eu
11895eu
17695eu
9750eu
13670eu
17715eu
12020as
15010as
11765af
155S5me
11820me
11905as
11680eu
15225eu
13660af
SELECTED PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . .
Sundays
1200
" 00
1205
1215
1215
1230
1230
1245
Mondays
1200 UK, BBClondon(al/am/as/eu): World News. See S0100.
1200 UK. BBClo ndon (am/eu):World News(Carib). See M 1100.
1205 UK. BBCl ondon (al/am/as/eu):World Business ReportSee
M0905
1205 UK,BBCl ondon (am/eu): World Business Report (Carib).
See M 0905
1210 UK, BBC tcnocn (am/eu): Caribbean Report (carib). See M
1105.
1215 UK, BBC london (aflamiaS/eu):Britain Today. See S0045.
1230 UK, BBClondon (al): Variable Feature. See S0130
1230 UK, BBCl ondon (amteu): Seven Days. See M 0615.
1230 UK, BBC l ondon (as): Off me Shell. See M 0330.
1245 UK,BBCl ondon (arzamras'eu): Sports Roundup, See S
0145.
Tuesdays
1200 UK, BBClo ndon (alfam/as/eU): World News. See S0100.
1200 UK, BBClondon(amleu): World News(Carib).See M 1100.
1205 UK,BBCl ondon (al/am/as/eu): World Business Report. See
M 0905
1205 UK,BBC lo ndon (am/eu): WorldBusiness Report (Carib),
50
MONITORING TIMES
May 1998
1210
1215
1230
1230
"'"
1245
See M 0905.
UK, BBG lon don (am/eu): Caribbean Report (Carib). see M
1105.
UK, BBC l ondon(allam/as/eu): Britain Today, SeeS 0045
UK, BBC lon don[af): Westway, See M 0330.
UK, BBC t onccn[am/eu): Health Matlers. See S 0115.
UK, BBC l ondon (as): Off theShelf. see M 0330.
UK, BBClo ndon (allam/as/eu): Sports Roundup.See S
0145.
Wednesdays
1200
1200
1205
1205
1210
1215
1230
1230
1230
1245
Thursdays
1200
1200
1205
1205
1210
121 5
1230
1230
1230
1245
1105.
UK. BBC tcnoon (aflam/as/ell): Britain Today, See S 0045.
UK, BBC l ondon (al): From Our OwnCorrespondent See S
0330.
UK, BBC l ondon (am/eu) : Record News, See S0815.
UK. BBCl ondon (as): QfttheShelf.SeeM 0330.
UK, BBC london(affam/asleu): Sports Roundup. See S0145
Fridays
1200 UK, BBC london(aflamtasleu):World News. See S0100.
1200 UK, BBCLondon (am/eu): World News (Carib).See M 1100
1205 UK, BBC l ondon (aflam/as/ell): Wand Business Report,See
M 0905.
1205 UK, BBC l ondon (am/eu):Wand Business Report tcarib).
SeeM0905.
1210 UK, BBC l ondon (am/euj: Caribbean Report (Carib). See M
1105.
1215 UK, BBC london (al/am/aslell):Bntam Today. See S0045.
UK, BBC l ondon (al): West'Nay. SeeM 0330.
1230 UK,BBClondon (am/eu): The learningZone. See S 1515.
1230 UK, BBC l ondon(as): OtllheShet!. SeeM 0330.
12-l5 UK. BBC l ondon (aliam/as/eu): Sports Roundup.See S 0145.
"'"
Saturdays
1200
1205
1215
1215
1245
1245
1245
1255
FREQUENCIES.
1JOO-lHO
1300-1330
1300-14::10 ~I
1300-14)0 '11
13Ql}14JOv!
1300-1320
1300-14Jl) 'II
1300-1400
esc
1300-1400
Canada. CfVPCalgary
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1330
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1330
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400 vi
Ecuador.HCJB
fgypt. Radio Cairo
EQI Gunea. R East Alrica
EQt Guinea, aaco Africa
Gemgia.VOice of Hope
t300-1:?30s
German)', UOIversal l ile
1300-1400 las/vi
llalV, lARS
130(H 400
Jordan. RadiO
IJOO-IS10
libe lia.lCWRLiberia Inl
l JOO-l~OO
Malays a Radio
lJDO-l.:QO lrreg
Malays.a.RTM KotaKinabalu
1300- 1~ cccsnar New zeatano. RNZInti
1300-13305
Norwa)'. RadiONorway inn
1300-1.:00
Palau. KHBNNoiceof Hope
Papua 'lew Guinea. flaC
1300-1 .:00 vi
1300-1':00
Phlhpp,nes. f EBC:R Inll
1300-1356
Romania, RRomania Inll
1300-1400
Russia Voice 01 Russia WS
13001400 as
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1330
1300-1400
117i5am
5995pa
9770as
2310do
2485do
2325do
154451la
962510
607Odo
603Odo
613Odo
616Odo
616Oll0
964"'"
614035
116753s
6980am
12005am
17595as
15186a1
9530as
9310as
971Qeu
712lNa
1I 69Oeu
5100do
7295<10
598Odo
6105pa
9590eu
9985as
489Odo
11995as
15250eu
7130me
9840me
9440al
6155as
9730as
7230as
963"'
,
619031
1161031
2166Oa1
6020pa
6080as
13001400
1300-1400
UK,BBC WorldService
1300 1400
1300 1359
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300,10100
1300-1 0100
1300-1400
130010100
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001359lf
13001359 smtwha
13001 400
130010100
1300-1 400
1300-10100'It
13001 0100'11
13151-l00mtwhla
13301400
1330-1355
1330-1359
1330-1400
13301400
1330-1400
1330-1400
13301400
13301355
1330-1400
1330-1400
uzbeusun. R Tashkent
vemam Voice 01
Greece, VOice 01
liberia, RadiOventas
Vatican Stile , Vatican R
95BOP3
1300-1400
I 1BS5na
738Spa
9945as
11660as
1 19~Oas
15O)03m
15115am
21455am
12oo03s
9905a,
13790am
13BlXNa
15390eu
7390as
116953S
1767531
17735eu
9450as
17745eu
~1470me
17870al
15~25as
74803s
152903s
l1~03f
1783Oa1
15105al
17885al
15420al
2164031
1 33~-1 3J5
1345-1400
1345-1400
6195as
9740as
1175035
6195am
11760me
15565eu
9410eu
12095eu
15575as
9515na
15220am
17640eu
9'6Qas
1170Sas
5990as
15310as
5965na
9590na
15485eu
17705eu
13815arn
9355as
1171 5am
7365as
7510am
9930as
6160as
11715as
9455na
11565pa
$l5as
15425as
11875na
"''''''m
15105am
9385as
W40am
7490na
9955am
7395am
9455am
9430na
9475am
5950na
15695na
6065al
15745eu
12160am
, 1830na
13845am
11970na
15685am
13695na
6080as
120803s
13730'la
9535as
9580pa
977035
9640"a
ll B55na
n 2!k1o
6165<10
503""0
6020pa
11660as
6'5~iJ
6150as
4840do
9650as
9545as
9890as
13740as
13630eu
2t605eu
5060as
984Deu
93' 5eu
547Odo
13765au
13720as
11620as
15585as
I 5240na
13675eu
5975as
1202035
>S,"'"
13710as
17515au
15395eu
6025as
15010as
15175na
17825eu
971535
15630na
15540au
SELECTED PROGRAMS.
Sundays
1300
1300
1300
1305
1315
uoo
Mondays
1300
1300
1300
1305
131 5
1340
1352
Tuesdays
1300
1300
1300
1305
1315
1325
1331
1341
~:d~~ia
~r~omania IntI:Radio Newsreet See S 1300.
1300 Switzerland, Swiss R Inll : News. Set' S0400.
1300 UK. BBC l ondon (altamlas.leu): Newshour. See S 1300.
1305 Switzerland, Swiss Rind: Neesnet. see S 0405
1315 R':lmania. RRomania Inlt: Societ}. Evel'{dayee. crassrcct
people, "w~y mer frame of minCoshe and he, the Ihirdage.
andpoinHounlerpoint
1325 Romania.RRomaniaInti: Youltl Club. lively topicslor
younger jeteners. muse. and Ie:terbol,
1353 Romania. R RomaniaInU: Spans Roundup. See M 1352.
Thursdays
1300
1300
1300
1305
1315
1325
1335
Fridays
1300
1300
1300
1305
1315
1325
1335
1352
1354
Saturdays
1300
1300
1300
1305
1315
1315
1315
1315
1337
1348
D ISTRI8U TOR
ASAPS
E - MAil : ...ONITOR@RAC.CA
Moy 1998
MONITORING TIMES
SI
fREQUENCIES
Angullla.Carlbbean Beacon
Australia, Radiu
14001500
14001430
14001500 vi
1400-1500
1400-1500
14001500
1400-1500
1400-1500smtwnt
1400-1500
14001500
1400 1430
1400-1500
14001500as
1400-1457
Costa Rica.RFPeaceInti
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuaoor. HCJB
EqtGuinea, R East Atnca
France, Rad io France Inti
14001430vl
1400-1500
14001430
1400-1500 tas.vr
1400-1500
14001500
14001500
14001500
, 4001500'II
14001500ine9
14001430
1400-1500
1400-1500occsnat
1400-1-130 s
14oo-1500as
14001500 'II
14001500
14001500
1400- 1500v l
1400-1500vl
1400-1500v l
1.1001500
esc
Malaysia, naco
Malaysia, RTM Kuching
Malaysia,RTM KotaKinaoalu
MeXICO. aeno Mexico Inti
Netherlands, Radro
New Zealand, R NZ Inll
~Jof '.'lay, aeco Norway Inti
Palau. KHBrjN olce ct Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Philippines, FEBC/R Inti
Russia.voice of Russia WS
1400-~ 455 as
11775am
5995p3
. .
6020pa
11660as
231 0do
2485do
13080a5
97703S
12080.5
2325do
9625do
6070do
6030da
6130(10
6160do
6160do
9640na
7160as
9700va
7385am
13580na
12oo5am
15186.11
5220as
15405as
9310as
9545.1$
15650na
7120va
9505na
11690eu
5470do
7295do
4895do
5980do
9705na
9890as
6105pa
138003S
9985as
4890do
11995as
4730as
7115al
7390as
9830me
11855na
7260as
11825as
15050am
21700af
15115am
7405na
9535.1s
21455arn
7110as
17560me
11910as
11620as
17535na
13710as
11730;;5
11880.11
15585as
4975as
7235as
9635rne
11500as
S Alri:a. ChannelAtrica
Singapore, SSCRadio One
Singaoore,R Singapore Int
SriLanka, Sri la nka Be
1400-1500
1400-1430
1400-1500
14001500
9440al
9575as
9530as
1400-1500
1400 1500
14001500
14001459
1400, 1500
14001500
14001500
USA,KAIJ Dallas TX
US,'\. KHBI N Mariana Is
USA, K1BNSaltLk CityUT
USA KWHRNaalehu HI
USA Voiceof America
14001500
14001 500
14001500
1400 1500
1-100-1430 s
1400-1500
1400-1500
14001500
1400-1500
1400-1405
1400-1500
1400-1500 'II
14001500'II
14151420
14301500
14301500smtwlll
1430 1500 vi
14301500
1430 1445 rnlwhl
1440-1500
14501500
5925me
7245me
9725as
17675al
17870al
6155do
6155as
9730as
15425as
15265as
11905as
6190a!
965535
11860al
17830al
17885a!
11940al
21470al
6195as
9515na
154B5eu
17705eu
9740as
9590na
15565eu
17B40am
11750as
12095eu
15575as
11565pa
7125as
11705as
7215as
15205as
9645as
15395as
11B75na
15745eu
21660.11
5990.1s
941 0eu
15220na
17640eu
1381 5am
9355as
7510am
9930as
6160as
9760as
15425.1s
9455na
9400am
6040arn
7490na
9955arn
9955am
7395am
9475am
5950na
13765au
6065al
4910do
6165do
3230do
5995pa
9770as
9640na
6995as
7400as
9955arn
5990do
9875au
12030.1s
7160(/0
1940as
7130me
9470af
9B40rne
14001500
1400-1500
15420al
21490a!
15105am
12160am
11830na
155403U
5005do
6020pa
11 660as
11855na
8660as
13845arn
17760ca
15685am
6080as
9500as
9880as
11445.1$
11640au
SElECTED PROGRAMS . . . . . . . .
Sundays
onzes
1430
1430
1445
1445
1445
Mondays
1400
1400
1400
1405
1405
1430
1430
52
May 1998
1430
1430
Tuesdays
1400
1400
1400
1405
1405
1430
1430
1430
Wednesdays
1400
1400
1400
1405
1405
1430
1430
1430
Thursdays
1400
1400
1400
1405
1405
1430
1430
1430
Fridays
1400
1400
14(Y.)
1405
1405
1405
1430
1430
1430
saturdays
1400
1400
1405
1405
1415
1415
1415
1430
Macintosh Software
SHORTWAV E NAVIGATOR
FREQUEN CY V ALET UT CLOCK
FREOUENCIES/ PROGRAMS/ COMPUTE R CONTROL
(D RAKE
KENWOOD JRC
232
FREQUENCIES
1500-1600
15001600
. .
Anguilla,Caribbeall Beacon
Australia, Radio
15001600 vi
15001600 vi
1500-1600vi
1500-1600 vi
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500,1 600
15001 600
15001600s
1500-1600
15001600
15001600
15oo16OOas
1500 1530 vi
1500-1600
1500-1600 tavv!
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1510
15001 600
1500-1600 irreg
15001530
1500-1530
15001515s
1500-1525
1500-1 600occsnat
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1530as
1500-1600 vi
1500-1600
1500-1600
Palau. KHBNNoice01Hope
Papua NewGuinea. NBC
Philippines, FEBC/R Inti
gussn.voice 01 Russia WS
15001600 sm
15001530
Russia.voice 01 Russia WS
SAfrica, Channel A'rica
Australia,VlBAAlice SP\I
Australia, Vl8K Ka therine
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6020pa
6080as
11660a5
12080a5
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2485do
2325do
9625do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9640na
7160as
7385am
12oo5am
1518631
12120as
151 05as
3985va
7200as
11690eu
5100do
7295do
5980do
9705na
9720as
5990do
9890as
6105pa
7255al
9640a1
13650va
9985as
4890do
11995as
4730me
71 15al
9505af
6005al
944Qal
11855na
7405na
15050am
15115am
9505na
21455am
9750as
1500
1500
1501
1501
1501
1505
1515
1515
1515
1515
1530
1530
Mondavs
1500
1500
1505
1505
1515
1530
1530
1530
1530
1545
1555
Tuesdavs
1500
1500
1505
6190al
1500,1600
UK,BBCAsianService
15001 600
15001600
1500-1600
15001600
1500-1600
15001600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
15001600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1530
1500-1600
1500-1600 vi
1500-1600vi
1530-1600 vi
1530-1600
1530-1 600
11335ca
4975me
7275al
9635a'
11735sa
6175al
9470al
1530-1545
15451600 sf
15451600
1550.1600 a
15420al
21680al
5975as
11750as
5875eu
9590na
15485eu
13815am
15590am
7560pa
6110as
9575as
15395as
11875na
9400am
13760am
7490na
154203m
9475am
11830na
9875au
6065al
491Odo
6165do
6290eu
6095as
6190al
21470al
7135as
4880do
11605eu
9875'13
9515a1
15425as
9870al
11860al
17830al
1194QaI
21470a'
5990as
11780as
6195eu
12040eu
15575eu
97403S
9815as
9410eu
12095eu
17705eu
9515na
15220na
178403m
99303S
61603s
9645as
7125as
97603s
7215as
15205as
13615na
15745eu
15400al
21490al
15105am
12160am
17760Ca
11640au
13845am
15685am
7215as
11940al
21660al
11685as
9780as
15400al
17830a1
15650va
11640va
17535va
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SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
11600as
11600a5
981Das
615500
6155as
5975as
9730as
11730as
15585as
4940me
721031
9585al
15001530 twnta
15001545 sm
9785as
12085as
15120al
9975me
... .... . . ..
1505
1515
1515
1530
15JO
1530
1555
Wednesdays
1500
1500
1505
1505
1515
151 5
1530
1530
1530
1530
1545
1555
Thursdavs
1500
1500
1505
1505
1515
1515
15JO
15JO
1530
1530
1545
1555
1505
1505
1515
1530
1530
1530
1530
1545
1555
saturdays
1500
1505
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HUNGARY: R. BUDAPEST
2 -98 Eng lish to Euro pe
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kHz
1900
3975,7 170
2100
3975, 11700
To No rth Ame rica
0 100
6120,9580
0230
9840, 11900
(And reas Yolk, BCDX)
Ano the r vers ion shows 11910. nor
11900, at 0230
(Yolk, EDXP)
Fridavs
1500
1500
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9560al
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16001700
16001700
16001700
1600-1700
1600 1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
16001700
1600-1700
16001700
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1600-1700
1600-1700
16001610a
16001630
16001700
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16101615
1610-1700
16151700
15151545 as
16151700
16151700as
16151530
16151530
1630 1655
16301659 s
16301700
16301700
16301700
16451 700
1650-1700
1650-1700 mtwht
7135as
61 95eu
15485eu
1381 5am
15590am
i 56{)pa
6035al
9575as
12040al
15225al
17895al
11875na
9400am
13760am
13790al
7490na
9465am
15420.1m
18930.11
9475am
11830na
17760eu
9875va
9840eu
3330al
4910do
6165do
488Odo
11550as
6190al
17830al
11860al
3915as
9740as
9515na
6010eu
4005eu
11810eu
5910eu
9640na
15255al
6180eu
5915eu
7245as
15186al
6145pa
61 05pa
~ 255a f
I38QOva
7230va
15l95me
4890do
4920eu
61 75al
- 180eu
-2i 5af
9585me
12065me
5955al
9730as
9500af
9575as
15120a!
13805 n ~
9650llle
17i2 0a!
11570mc
5940eu
7115af
7185al
7305al
9765eu
15~00eu
S965eu
71 25eu
7210a!
7355a!
9880eu
151i Oal
6130eu
7175al
7255a!
9560a!
9890eu
15425as
15265as
13675eu
9740a5
941 0eu
155i5eu
1539Seu
5990as
11750as
9515na
17705eu
9930as
6110as
9645as
13600a!
15395as
7125as
9760as
13710al
15410al
13615fla
15745eu
5975a5
21605eu
6195a5
12095eu
17840am
7215as
11920al
15205as
15445a!
151 05am
12160am
15215na
21525.11
1164Ov-a
12010eu
4965al
13845.1m
15695eu
,,940al
21470al
t 54QOaI
21660al
15420al
5975as
11750as
7135as
9510as
7250eu
9645eu
9915cu
588Jeu
15685am
17555eu
15010cu
729Jeu
11855na
6055eu
11620as
7345eu
SELECTED P ROGRAMS
Sundays
1600
1600
1605
1605
1605
~Jel'is
See S0400
Mondays
1600
1600
1600
1605
1615
1615
1G30
1615
1545
Tuesdays
16UO
1600
16uD
1605
1615
161S
16:11)
S4
MONITORING TIMES
May 1998
16-t5
16-t5
Wednesdays
16DO
1600
lG{JO
1605
1615
1615
1630
1645
1645
1605
1615
1615
1630
0905
1645
1645
Saturdays
1600
1500
1605
1605
HAUSER'SHIGHLIGHTS
ISRAEL: ISRAEL RADIO
Thursdays
1600
1600
1600
1605
1615
1615
1630
1645
1645
Fridays
1600
1600
1600
Z*98 in English:
!.lTI:
kH z
0400-04 15
1030-1035
1400-1430
1545-1557
1545-1600
19(K}- 1925
17535. 11605.9435
15650.1 5640
17535. 15650
17535. 15650
11605
15650. 15640. 11605.
9435
fREQUENCIES
1700-1800
1700 1800
... .
Anguilla.Caribbean Beacon
Australia, Radio
.
11775am
5995pa
9770a5
1700-1800vi
1700 1800 vi
1700-1800 vi
17001800'.'1
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
17001800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1727
17001800
1700-1800
1700-1730
1700-1800'II
1700-1800
1700-1800'/1
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
17QO-18oomtwhl
1700-1730 s
1700-1715vi
1700-1800vi
1700-1800
1700-1756
1700-1800
1700-1730
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1745
1700-1800
1700-1aOO
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
USA, KAIJDallasTX
USA, KJES Mesquite NM
USA. Kl BN Salt l k City Ul
USA, K'NHRNaalehu HI
USA, Voice 01America
1700-1800mlWhl
1700-1800
1700-1aoo
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1aOO
1700-1759 tha
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800vi
1700-1800vi
1700-1800vi
171 5-1745 vi
1715-18,)os
1730-1755
1730-1755
1730-1800
1730-1800
1730-1800
1730-1745 mtwh
1730-1800 s
1730-1800mtwhfa
1730-1 745
1730-1500
1745-1800
1745-1800
1745-1800
1745-1800
1745-1800
Palau, KH BNNoice01Hope
Swaziland, Trans World R
UK.BSCAsian Service
6020pa
11880P3
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6080pa
12080a5
9500a5
1800-1900 vi
18001900vl
18001900vi
2325do
11730me
3200al
13855va
6065va
3390al
11625af
7190as
741Qeu
11935af
9965as
3200al
5975as
1800-1900
18001900 mtwh!
1800 1900
2310do
2485do
9625do
6070do
6030do
613Odo
6160do
6160do
5220af
9570at
15050am
5930eu
15255al
15186a1
9485al
6290eu
6175eu
3985va
6090as
15355al
9960me
5880do
7295do
6145pa
756Qeu
9965as
4890do
6000eu
7195eu
6130eu
721Dva
9890eu
1524Qal
950Qal
6005af
15400al
391 5as
9740as
3955eu
7210eu
15485eu
13815am
15385am
15590am
7560pa
5955as
7215as
12040al
1541 0al
5990as
9795as
15255as
11875na
9400am
13760am
1379DaI
7490na
9465am
15420am
18930al
9475am
11550as
3330al
4910do
61 65do
4828do
9965as
9955am
6155eu
11810me
7510as
6020al
7150al
9700al
7160af
7405al
9430al
11615al
11985eu
7110eu
6095eu
9690eu
7115a1
7275al
6190al
15420al
5975as
1175Das
6095me
941Qeu
17640na
993025
6040al
9645as
1512Qeu
15445al
6045as
11955as
13615na
9535na
7285eu
11940eu
7175al
7305al
9825as
7180eu
7440eu
9630al
17830al
7135as
9510as
6180eu
9530eu
6195eu
12095eu
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Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp
Kuwail, Radio
Lebanon, Voice01Hope
Liberia, Star Radio
Malaysia, Radio
Morocco, RTVM Marocain e
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand, R NZ tntl
North Korea, R Pyongyang
PapuaNewGuinea, NBC
Philippines, R Pilipinas
Bussa.voce01 Russia WS
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Sudan, Radio Omdurman
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1800-1815
1800-1900
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UK, BBC Asian Service
UK,BBC World Service
1800-1900
1800-1859 smmra
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1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
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USA, KHBI N MarianaIs
USA, KHBI NMariana Is
USA,KJES Mesquite NM
USA, KTBN Salt l k City UT
USA, KWHRNaalehu HI
USA, Voice01 America
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1 900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1 859s
1800-1 859 sw
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1830
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900 vi
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1805-1830
1830-1900
1830-1900 s
1830-1900
1830-1900
1830-1900w
1830-1900 a
1830-1900
1830-1835
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1830-1900
1830-1 845 m w
1830-1900 as
1840-1850
1845-1900irreg s
1852-1900
Saipan. FEBC/KFBS
Serbia, Radio Yugoslavia
Slovakia,R Slovakia Inti
Somalia, RadiOMogadishu
Turkey, Voice 01
UK.BBC Asian Service
UK. BBC World Service
USA, Voice01America
Greece, Voiceof
Mali, ROTV Malienne
New Zealand, RNZIfill
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15345eu
5995pa
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15315al
9465as
6100eu
5915eu
6732do
5960eu
9740pa
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7150al
11 645al
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6190af
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9760eu
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17695eu
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13845am
15685am
12020eu
15010eu
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11655al
6195eu
13760am
121SGam
17555eu
984Deu
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17605al
9720al
6055eu
7345eu
9540na
7325eu
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1900-2000
1900-2000
Anguilla,CaribbeanBeacon
Australia. Radio
1900-2000vi
1900-2000
19002000
19002000
1900-2000
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1900-2000
19002000
1900-2000
19002000
1900-2000 vi
1900-1950
1900-2000
19001930
1900-1945
Guatemala, AdvWorldR
Hungary,Radio Budapest
India, All India Radio
1900-1925
1900-2000vi
19002000 vi
1900-2000
1900-1930a
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-1915
19002000
1900-1930
19002000
Israel, xousraer
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Kenya, Kenya aroacc Corp
Kuwait, Radio
Latvia, Radio
lebanon, Voice 01Hope
liberia, Radio Veritas
liberia, Star Radio
liberia.lCN/Rlibe ria Int
Malaysia. Ra dio
Mexico, Radio Mexico Inti
Netherlands, Radio
1900-2000
19002000
1900-1930 s
19002000 'II
1900-\930
1900-2000
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North Korea, RPyongyang
Norway, Radio Norway Inti
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Philippines, R Pilipinas
Russia, Voice 01Russia WS
1900-2000 vi
1900-2000a
1900-2000
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19002000
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Sri lanka. Sri LankaBC
Swaziland , Trans World R
swazenano. Swiss R Inti
Thailand, Radio
Turkey, Voice 01
UK. BBC AlricanService
1900-2000vi
1900-2000 vi
1900-1920
1900-2000
9700eu
6070do
1900-2000
1900-2000s
19002000
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UK,BBCAsian Service
Uk. BBC World Service
1900-2000
19002000
1900-1959
19002000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-1930s
1900-2000
1900-2000
19002000
1900-2000
19002000
1900-2000
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19002000
1900-1959 slh
1900-2000
1900-2000
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19002000
1900-2000vi
1900-2000 'II
1900-2000vi
19302000t
1930-2000
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1930-2000
19302000
1930-2000 mtvtra
19302000
1930-2000
1935-1955
1940-2000'II
19452000
1950-2000
1956-2000
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USA, WEWN BirminghamAL
USA, WGTGMcCaysville GA
USA, WHRAGreenbush ME
USA, WHRINoblesville IN
USA, WINSRed lion PA
USA,WJCR Upton KY
USA, WRMI/R Miami Inti
USA, WRNO New Orleans LA
USA, W5HB CypressCrk SC
USA, WNCR NashvilleTN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee Fl
Vietnam, Voice 01
Zambia, Christian Voice
Zambia, RZambialZNBC 1
Zambia. RZambialZNBC2
Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC
Belarus, RBelarus rnn
Georgia, GeorgianRadio
Iran, VOIRI
Mongolia, Voice at
Poland, Polish RWarsaw
Sweden. Radio
Uganda. Radio
USA, Voice ot America
Italy, RAl ln!1
Antarctica. LRA36 R Nac
Albania. RTirana Inti
VaticanSlate,Vatican R
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11775am
5995pa
9770pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
15265eu
603Odo
6130do
6160do
6160do
6955al
15050a01
12015eu
15186al
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13790al
5980am
3975eu
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11990eu
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7255al
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9355eu
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13625as
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11875na
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13790eu
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15665eu
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17555pa
9840eu
3330al
491Odo
6165do
4328do
7105eu
6230eu
7160f u
9720eu
6035eu
6065eu
4976a1
4950al
6015eu
15476do
6025eu
4005eu
6290al
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6080pa
11880pa
7240pa
9500as
120aDas
1172Deu
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15390al
11785al
15425al
1181Qal
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11890me
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7305al
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156SOva
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6130eu
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9820eu
11 905eu
6190al
15105al
6180eu
6195eu
6150eu
7210eu
9630af
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941 0eu
9385al
17555pa
9525pa
11975al
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1361 5am
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11870pa
151 80pa
13760am
121 60am
13845am
12020eu
4965al
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2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100 vi
2000-2100 vi
2000-2100vi
2000-2100
2000-2100
20002100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
20002100
2000-2100
2000-2100
20002030
20002100vi
20002050
20002030
2000-2010
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2030
20002100'II
2000-2100vi
2000-2100
2000-2100
20002100
20002100
2000-2100
2000-2030
2000-2025
2000-2051 smtwh
2000-21001a
2000-2005
20002100
20002030 s
2000-2 100'11
2000-2025
2000-2 100
2000-2005
2000-2015
2000-2100'II
2000-2015ineg
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2000-2030
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2000-2100
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2000-2100
2000-2100
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2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2010
2000-2010
2000-2100
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2000-2100vi
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2015-2030
2025-2045
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2030-2 100
2030-2H10
20302035 rntwht
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21002200
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Australia, Radio
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6130do
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61 6Odo
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71 15as
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2100-2200'11
2107-22(0Ia
2115-2145 mtwbta
2115-2200
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211 5-2130 as
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11775am
5995pa
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9700eu
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607000
603000
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2200-2300
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2200-2300 vi
2200-2300'II
2200-2300
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11705as
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2200-2300
2200-2230
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2200-2215
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Malaysia. Radio
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Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
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Papua NewGuinea, NBC
Sierra Leone, SLBS
Solomon Islands,SIBC
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Syria. Radio Damascus
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2200-221 0
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2200-2230 mtwhl
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2200-2300
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2200-2300 a
2200-2300
2200-2259 sf
2200-22595w
2200-2300
2200-2300
22002300vi
2200-2210vi
2230-2255
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2230-2257
2240-2250
2245-2300
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7170eu
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11620eu
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9475am
11580al
496531
13845am
15565eu
15685am
9965eu
15390ca
9500as
17795pa
1771 5ca
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12080pa
7 4 1 0a ~
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FREQUENCIES
Angullla,Caribbean Beacon
Australia. Radio
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000 vi
2300-0000 vi
230Q();)OQ
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2300-0000
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9755am
2300-0000
6150am
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13750am
2300-0000
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5030arn
15460am
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15050am
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9845na
15010eu
9935sa
15510pa
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2305
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2330
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2300
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SWEDEN: R. SWEDEN
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(v ia Andreas Volk. IJC-IJX)
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2300
2305
2330
2330
2345
Tuesdavs
2300
2300
2305
2330
2330
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Wednesdays
2300
2300
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2345
Thursdays
2300
2300
2305
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HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS
1845 -2015
1200 -1300
1400 - 1445
2300-2345
1200- I3(Xl
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1930-2015
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1400-1445
15640
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truck record o f not adher ing 10 it (gh)
Fridays
2300
2300
2305
2305
2310
2325
2330
2330
2345
Saturdays
2300
2300
2301
2330
2330
UK. B~C tendon (am/eu): Play of tne Week (tram 2230). See
S 1130
UK, BBClondon (as): News Summary. See S 1100
UK, BSCl ondon (as):From OurOwn Correspondent. See S
0330.
UK, BBCl ondon (am/eu): AndyKershaw'sWorld of Music
SeeM 1830.
UK. SBClondon (as): Science In Action. See M 0930.
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kHz
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JAPAN: NHK
Z-9X re lays via Canada
Enulis h 10 l"\A m
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0500-0600
6 1 10
1100-1200
6 120 (new)
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11705
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17825
0500-0700
9835
1400-1500
9505
1700-I XOO
9535
2100 -220D
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\Vh cn No rth Am cr iL:a W <lS L:risscrosscLi by
typ cs o f co ils and Ch(lkc s whe n go ing fro m
fir m this.
numerous lanLi line te k g ra ph sys te ms (before
b uild ing to buildin g.
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thl: ~I Li \' e nt o f microwan.'>, o ne pai r o f wirl.' s on the SUhjlx t of "carri er-c um: nt pro pagaIn the effort 10 n:'H.:h cv e ry co m cr o f C<.l mwas malic to carry m or~ tha n o nl: message by lion" C ~ln be fou nd in ARRL hand boo ks and
p us, vcry o fte n thc n\.ig hb orh ood is un intc nmultiple x ing the mCSS<lg l.'S Oil the sa me linl.' . QST iss ues of thl: W WII e ra, A t a time when
tion:llly \vithin the hro<u.k:lst a n~ a . In mo s t
O ne method \\'as [ 0 usc <l larg\.' nu mber o f low [he h<.Jlll s we re not all o wed to o pe rate on air,
l:ascs. thcsc lo w po wc r st ati on s w ill c hoos e a
power r<ld io freq ue nc il:s o n thl: same pair. If some co nstnJc tion projects we rc d esign ed so
s plit c han nd (for e x'llllple 675 k Hz ) in an
you uscd o nc set o f freq ucilcie s fro m po int that ham s d id no t l o ~ e int cre st in b uild ing
area o f the A~l band \\ her e there is vcry Iittk
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dil Ter cll t set ( )f frcquc lll:ics ftlr ' R to " A " and
In o rder to n:ce i\'c Ihe broadc:lst it is o nly
ml:nt ati on for wh ich ha ms ha ve hl.'co me faha \'c a fu ll d uple x c irc uit.
necessary to plug yo ur AC o pcnlted receive r
nu)us.
Stlllll: ()f lhe largl:sI USl.'rS(Jf car rie r (,.' u rre nt
inlo the e lec trical di st rihu tio n netv,'ork o f the
We ll. now yo u have in a nut sh ell the ex plain the LF part o f the md il) spec trum \.... c r~ la nd nation of a " 1ll:W" method o f radio propagauni \'c rsity, or if yo u usc a hatte ry Jlow ered
in so ml: pl'l\.'cs slill an::) lill: power p ro duction
re\.'civer. you ha n~ to he located wilh in the
tion . I haw to agree that it is <.I n u nusual
n lllli ne of lhe ca mpus.
and d istrih ut io n co mpa nil.'s . l.et"s faCt..' it. yo u llll:thod . hu t it is still bein g uSl:d tod ay a fter
o ver 60 Yl:ars o r ob sc ure h isto ry.
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as t mo nth, we profil ed the program min g o f the 1\...0 Afri can broadc as te rs
w ith adequate po wer to project beyo nd
conti nen tal border s. Th is month we look at five
prominen t broadca sters outs ide A fric a wit h
prog ram min g spec ifica lly geared to the co ntinent . Everyone has their o wn inter est s in the
ar ea, and listeners woul d he wi se to criticic ally
comp are both external and interna l broa dcasters in order to assess the issues and eve nts
shap ing the reg ion .
Britai n 's historical relat ion shi p wi th Africa
is centered in two reg ions: we ste rn and southern Africa. Th e mo st co mp rehensive ran ge of
pro gr amming to and about A frica on the inter-
sa.
0530 Sun .
0530 MF
0531 Sal.
0630 Sun.
0630 M-F
0631 Sal.
0631 Sat.
1615 Thu.
1615 Fri.
1705 Daily
1740 Daily
1830 MF
1901 Sun.
1901 Mon.
1901 Tue.
1901 Wed.
personalities, music)
Afria n Quiz(monthlycurrentevents testj]t st
Sat..)
This Week in Africa(regionalevents
reviewlfexc. tst Sat.)
Postmark Africa(expert answersto any
Question)
NetvlorkAfria (breakfast show w/news, sport,
personalities, music)
Tafk3tJout Africa(discussion of African events
and issues)
African Perspective(opmion. comment and
discussion)
Network AfriCJ (breakfast show w/news. sport.
personalities, music)
AfricanQuiz (monthlycurrent events test)[l st
Sat..)
This Week in Africa(regional events
review)[ exc. 15t sat.j
The Art House(theartsin Africa)
Focus on Africa(correspondents' reportsfrom
around thecontinent)
Fast Track(weekly reviewof Afncansport)
Money Focus(African business magazine)
Talkabout Africa(discussion of African events
and issues)
Jive Zone(contemporaryAfrican music)
African Perspective(opinion. commentand
discussion)
Focus onAfrica. Icorrespcncents' reports from
around thecontinent)
AfriCan News
Focus on Africa(correspondents' reports trom
around the continent)
Postmark Africa(expert answers to any
question)
Fast Track (weekly reviewof African sport)
Money Focus (African businessmagazine)
TalkaboutAfrica (discussion or African events
and issues)
1901 Fri.
1730 block.
The Net he rla nds ' tics to Africa stem from
the Dut ch Emit Ind ia Company ' s settle ment of
so uthe rn Africa, w here Capetown was develo ped during the seve ntee nth and eig htee nth
centuries as an important port in the s pice trade.
Th eir descendents came [0 regar d themse lves
more as A frican s than Eur ope an s. They are
responsib le for the deve lopment of a stro ng
agricultural economy and the Afri kaan s lan guage . but also bear so me o f the respo ns ibility
for the creati on and enforcemen t of ap art heid
pol icies only recently repud iat ed .
Rad io Netherlands does not produce any
spec ial fe atu re programs for Afri ca. Ho we ver ,
its new s bulleti ns and Newsline ana lysis pro-
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B EGINNER.S CORNER
UNCLE SKIP'S GUIDE TOMONITORING
'jarey@mosquito.com
nearby
W n lllgway Pl':ld1t'U/ I Air Force Bit.,,\.' i... holdillg a , hll\\ in a k\\ \\LI.:' I... , . I h m dll )O Ll go
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, illl;llillil. It ";loud \\ Il rl d . a nd 110 1 all >;1."<111 li LT'" :.I rL' L" 1\,; t1l'd Lq u a l. I-I r' l Y" U 1I11 1";' l! l.'Il.'I"minI.' i f Yl1ur "CIIHle-1" L'al1 rL'l'l' i\'L' ai rc ra ft freq lll' I1C il'''' :llld tIll' al l illlpl 1rta n t ..\ :-' l llllllk . Air
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thi... Ilwd t' dil L" Illlt h;1\ L' th.: "ca ptuft:
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... i~n: lk Thi , i.. ~ rl' al for ;1 c al rad iI! hut not
g lll)d \dwll )llI l'l"l ' In llll' air ho ping Y\llll
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120.450
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Operations
Airto Air
Air toAir
Airt oAir
Air to Air
Air to Air
Air to Air
Air 10Air
Air to Air
Air to AirTactical
Air to Air Tactical
Ground Support
Operations
Team l eader
32,300
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123.000
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Airto groundsupport
Air 10 ground support
Air to ground support
Air to ground support
Okay. so where do you unearth these frequencies? If the air show in question has been
held for more than a year or two. head first for
the intern et. A quick search on the air show
name co upled with the word " frequencies" is
bound to tum up a list ofso meone else ' s prior
successes. Don' t forget to cruise some of the
other columns in MT before any trip to an air
show. especially Jean Baker' s Plane Talk.
Other resources include books such as Bob
Evan' s The Worldwide Aermw utical Communication s Fr equ en cy Directo ry, Tom
Kneitel' sA l,Scan or Robert A.Coburn ' sA eronautical Frequency Directory (Grove carries
most of these).
Personally, I also like to go to the origi nal
sources, 1 use the United State Government
Flight Inf orma tion Publications, A irpon / jacilitv Directo ry for my area, The se are updat~d eve ry eight week s andean be purchased
most anywhe re that pro vides service to private pilots, such as loca l airport s or chart and
map stores . Not only will you get a look at
impo rtant local frequencies with this publication, but you will also get a grea t deal of
information about the airport itself. Unfortunately, this publication does not co ver military air fields, but it still is useful for air shows
and air monitoring that occu rs beyo nd the
government installations. Some larger libraries may also carry the local area books.
Remembe r, digging arou nd for frequencies is half the fun of the radio hobby . And
don 't forget. if you com e up with something
new, please share it with the rest of us.
Okay now , you 've got a scanner or two and
you 've loaded them up with frequencies.
You 're abou t to head outtothe air show. What
else is there?
Smart moves
Well, you may be ready to monitor all
May 1998
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ASK BOB
A.
Certai nly. The Scanner Beam is custommade for Grove under contract with Anten na
Craft, a leading manufacturcr o fT V antennas,
usin g convention al TV an te nna hardware a nd
e leme nts, and those are made to w ithsta nd
self-supported. horizontal mounting .
A. A n AC motor is a transform er with a shortcircuited seco ndary wind ing (arma ture ) whic h
spins because of the elec tro mag netic attraction/repulsion ef fects of the 60 Hz alterna ting
curre nt. T he spinning of the armatu re winding in the e lec tro mag ne tic field o fthe pri mary
(fie ld) w inding genera les "counter EMF:' a
voltage which o pposes the pri mary c urre nt.
Whe n the arma ture is spinning freely (no
load ). sync hronized with the 60 Hz field. the
relative position o f the arm ature at any instant
in time produces maximum counte r EMF . so
very little current Flows. But when a load is
placed on the motor. ca using the arma ture to
slip (slow down), it is no longer synchronized . so it deve lops less counLe r-E MF. This
means that more c urre nt fl ows. increasing the
stre ngth of the magnetic field. forcing the
armatu re back toward its sy nchronized pos ition.
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req uires surgery and sho uld not be atte mpte d by anyo ne inexpe rienced in electronics and soldering.
Th e de vice is avail able in twoform s: a parts kit which incl udes
all co mpo ne nts and a ci rcuit board for $49.95. and a fac tory wired
unit in a cabinet. ready to attach to the receiver' s osci llator stage.
for $ 169 plus 56 shipping . For more information contact the
builder : Ron Hankins. KK4PK . 555 Seminole Woods Blvd..
Geneva, FL 3273 2; ph . (40 7) 349-915 0.
We know nothin g abo ut this individu al or his prod uct, so
rea ders are advised to visit his Web site (ww w.aad e.com ) or call
or write him for more infonnation- and to reco mm end that he
advertise his produ cts in Mn
enclosed: a convenient replacement appliance plug from W ul-Ma n . yo ur frien dl y hard ware. or snipped off an o ld app liance. is ideal
for th is. Any visible AC w ir ing must be cov ered by u layer of PVC e lectrical tape .
Th e upsid e of th e AC line ante nna is that
it' s alr eady ther e a nd prob abl y interce pts
plenty of sig nal vo ltage: th e do wnside is that
ev eryo ne' s e lectrical and e lec tro nic appll -
anccs (inc lud ing fluorescent lights, hcat crt hcrmos ta ts, and SC R d im me r corur ols-c-y uk t)
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Skip Time
Expanded-Band News
Two more stations appeared with little
not ice in Febr uary. and a third is expected any
day now, WPH G is on 1620 from Atmore.
Alabam a. a nd carries a pro gram of So uthern
Gosp el m usic . This sta tion has already bee n
heard in Euro pe and is now the loudest Xba nd operation at my loca tion ncar NashviIll'.
KRIZ is also on 1620 in suburban Seatt le with
light urhan music. Internet report s sugges t
KR IZ isn' t all that strong and may he using I
kW full time. instead oft he 10 kW da y po wer
authorized for all expanded-band stations,
Finally. KKSL-1640 is expec ted III come
on the arir in suburban Port land. Orego n. hy
the tim e you read this. Oregon and Washingto n arc tough states to log here in th e East.
KKSL and KRIZ should be popular loggings.
WTD I-1670 in Wiscon sin has not ye t appeared on the air.
There have been changes to each of the two
original X-band stations . too . I J 10k Hz in
Oakland was the longtime home to soul station KDIA. In February. 1310 change d calls
to KMKY.The legendary KDIA calls are now
on the former KXBT-16-l0,
In the I\YC area, the first X-band station.
WJD~\'1- 166 0 . had hccn carrying the Radio
Aahs children's network. Radio Aahs wen t
OUI of busine ss in February. WJDlvl (and the
other former Aah s uff'lli.ucs j has been carrying a rather exotic variety o f mus ic from the
forme r Anh s headqua rters in Minneapoli s.
Overnight tcpm -oam Cc mr..il Tim e] . they've
been carrying the programmi ng of "B eat Ruclio.' Beat Radio was originally a pirate ope rating 011 97,7F1'\'1 in Min neapolis. They were
"b usted" by the FCC. hut have now found a
legitimate way onto the air. Beat Radio progr.. rms a dan ce m usic fo rmat.
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Six Meter AM
Rememb er the column a few months back,
encouraging six meier operators to usc AM
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A M 01150.4 M Hz almost daily and am happy
to report hearing several AM contacts each
wee k since Feb ruary. Happily. they are rag
chew cont act s - some lasting over an hour.
Most stations were located in the northeas tern part of the USA. alth ough I did hear
several stations in the fourth call area one
night. Th is is so mething I hope catches on big
time . AM is a nice mode . sort of relaxing after
runn ing SSB with the vox kicki ng in and o ut.
Springt ime and the E skip season will soon
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ANTENNA TOPICS
BUYING, BUILDING AND UNDERSTANDING ANTENNAS
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TABLE ONE
Typical Gain Rgures For Some Popular Antennas
ANTENNA
ISOTROPIC
OUARTERWAVE
GROUNO PLANE
OIPOLE
SI8 WAVE
GROUNDPLANE
2-ELEMENT OUAO
3-ELEMENT YAGI
GAIN dB;
0.0
GAINdBd
-2.1
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2.1
-1.8
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3.3
9.0
10.1
1.2
7.0
8.0
Antenna Gain
"Gain" is <I term used to indica te the relative response of a rece iving antenna to an
incoming signal, or the relati ve strength of the
field created when a signal is transmitted by
that antenna. Gain ind icates how the antenna
under test compares to another antenn a rece iving or transm itting the same signa l in the
same direction, and ut the same vertical angle.
T wo standard antenna designs arc generally used for co mparison to measure antenna
gain. One standard is o ur o ld friend the
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Buyer Beware
Tab le On e gi ves some typical valu es of
gain for sev era lcom mon a nten na designs. It is
im portant to understand that these ga in figures are typ ica l va lues . a nd that in eac h
ind ividual insta llation the ant e nna' s ga in may
he so mew hat differ ent tha n the value give n in
the tab le. But the va lues do pro vide an indication of the re lative performance of the a ntenna
designs listed .
One thing to keep in mind whe n ev aluating
ga in figures is that they represent the ante nna. s
per form ance in the dir ection, and at the ver tica lelevatio n ang le. at which the antenna giv es
the best per forman ce . So gain for beam ant en nas is gi ve n for their perform ance in the dire ction. and at the verti ca l angle. at which they
have the highest gai n. It is up to the ope rator
to orient the ante nna to utilize tha t gain as they
desire. The be am radiati on and reception pat tern ma y hav e thi s gain only at thi s one ori en tat ion , and may ha ve very low ga in, or e ven
nega tive gain, in ot he r dir ecti on s. On the ot he r
hand. a non dire ct ional anten na has essential ly
the same gain in all directio ns.
As shown in Table On e the d ipole has 2. 1
dBi gai n as compared to the isot ropic antenna.
Ob vious ly the n. the dipo le has more ga in tha n
.1Il isotropic a ntenna. Ma ny ope rators fec i that
using the dip ole as the standard for comparison is more useful because they have a goo d
idea of the dipo le "s typica l perfor mance. Howev er. in engin ee ring it is oft e n preferable to
usc the iso trop ic re fere nce ant enna .
For ourpurpo ses suffice it to say that . whe n
buy ing an ant enn a. you should be ca reful to
notice wh ich refere nce ant e nna is indicated in
its cla imed gai n figure s. Rem em ber that report ed gain figu res give n in dBi are 2.1 dB
high er than ga in for the sa me ant enn a reported in dgd . T hus, if an ant e nna' s gain is
stated in dBi it " loo ks" 2. 1 dB better on pa pe r
RADIO RIDDLES
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Last Month :
I sa id that "the term ' propag atio n' refe rs to
the trav e ling ofa rad io sig na l fro m a tran smi tting anten na to a rec e iving ant enna. Does
eithe r o f these ante nnas he lp in de term ining
the propagation path wh ich the signa l takes
betw ee n the tw o ante nnas?"
We ll, different ant en na designs can ha ve
diffe re n t ve rt ical s ig na l- la u nc h a ng le s
(YSLA s). With tra nsmitting an tennas the
VSLA at which the signa l is launched affects
the an gle at whic h the signal strikes the Flaye rs of the ionos phe re . Obviously the n. the
VS LA is instrume ntal in determ in ing the
lengt h o f the hop the signa l mak es. Anten nas
wit h hig h VSLAs giv e good short- sk ip per form an ce wherea s a ntennas wit h low VSLAs
favor long skip dista nces.
So yes, the VSLA of the propagation path
can be affected by the tra nsmi ttin g a nte nna.
But ca n the tran smittin g an tenna affect the
compass direction utilized to rea ch the receiving a nte nna?
Ord inar ily we thin k ofcomrnunicution over
only the shortest grea t-c ircle route be tween
statio ns becau se this is the most direct straight
line be twee n the transmitting and rec ei ving
ant enn as. But with a d irectional ant enn a it is
possible to turn the launch direct ion 180 degrees from the d irect route, and com municate
via the long- path. great -c ircle route whe n that
path is op en to propagation.
Anot he r app licat ion in whic h an ant enna
can affe ct compass directi on of a propagation
pat h is when we aim our signa ls north to
utilize aurora reflectio n. and then work signals cast or west of us. We ca n also so metimes
point a UHF or VHF beam at a large building
This Month:
Sca tter propagat ion might we ll hav e been
me ntioned abov e as an app lication whe re the
transmitting ant e nna affect s the rou te
the
sign a l to the rece iving ant e nna . Why? What is
scatter propagation'!
Yo u'll find all answer for this mont h's
ridd le. and much more. in ncxr mon ths issue
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have ne ver bee n lowe r und infor ma tion has never been eas ier to get. and
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I sho ws ho w my ant enna s a re arra nged. For HF l usc three prim ary
a nten nas: a Il yGai n T H7D X 7 c ling ('.ractly what is in the shack in an
cmcnt Yugi-Uda ty pe bcum a nengineering manual .
ten na for 20/ 15/ 10 met er s. a nd a n
T he idea o f co mpiling all the techniex tended douhlc-Zepp for 1601SOI
Gil data for- everything in a facility is not
-tOIJO met ers. ,\ th ree element 6
new . In the US Air Force . we had Facilmeter beam by ~ l FJ sits abov e the
ity Train ing Manuals that detailed e vT H7 10 giv e me directional capae rythi ng abou t ou r technical co ntro l fuhilit ies on th e " magic hand : '
cifity. Microwa ve and g rou nd radio
Noti ce that I have a b o included
maint enance . flight fucilhics. inside!
an en d-fed wi re ( my clothesline
o utsi de p la nt m a int en an c e a nd
an te nna . ac tua lly) alo ng with omA UTOVON/AUTODI N mai ntenance
nid irection a l ante nnas for 2. a nd
Th e curre nt line -up at K7SZ, l~-R from th e top: Denton
1.75 met ers. In addition. the re is a
all had their F-TMs.
,\11'3000:\ tuner, Drak e ,\lS-.J speaker, Drake TR.JC /I F
Bro adca st statio ns whe re I' ve worked
Lak e \"iewV HFlUHFdi "colll.:omni
had similar vo lume s ded ica ted to ho w S SB IC\\, transceiver. 2nd shelf: amp lified speake r.
attached to the J5 too t poi nt on my
U"ildertu'x.\' Radio Siam. Ten-Tee Ccntury-Ti and rlll'.m
the statio n was wired . what cable pairs
Lo wer whic h is used by the sca nFT301/J /IF trans ceivers. Th e Tell-1't'(' 12086111 is oil"
we nt whe re. ho w to tun c the transmitter , camera. Note th e Alpha Delta fo ur-posi tion RF s....itch which
ner s. Thi s mak es a total o r seve n
and e ven how to turn it Oil and po wer it controls tilt' antennas.
antennas in usc at K7S Z. The exdown. Why sho uld an SWLlham shack
tended doubl c-Zc pp doc s dou ble
tho se ensuing yt:ars. My wife s a ~ s that I
he a ny diffe rent?
d uty a ~ a S W ant enna .
chang e rad io ge ar faster than mos t wo me n
Organizatio n is one major rea son for crcatCoaxial cables from the a nte nnas ar c sechange shoes !
ing a statio n e ngi nee ring manual. A re fere nce
q ue ntially numbered a nd no ted in thc e ngiI enj oy buying a nd/or tradin g gea r. I have
so urce o n how ev e ryth ing in the shack is
nccring manu al . Notice that the Zepp antenna
a ...pccia l place in my heart for tube-type
interco nnec ted can help you so lve probl em s
is fed wit h -t50 ohm lad der line wh ich is not
t -bo.uunchor" or BA I gea r. Rcxroring BA s
qu ickly wh en they arise. I kno w for a fact that
eas ily co nfused with coux iul cublc. Wh ile the
ha s become on e 01" the tru e pleasure s o f my
big gun co ntes te rs a nd DXer s all have stat ion
coax (abies enter the shac k th rough a J ineh
rad io pastime. I a lso like low pmwr (QRPI
e ngi neering manu als whe re the ope rator can
pipc/tccdthrou gh near the ce iling , the Zcpp's
equi pm ent a nd selec ted sho rtwave gea r.
go to find ou t ho w the ant enn a ro tor s are
ladder line and the end-fed "cl oth e sli ne" wire
Th e re for e. Ill y chuck ten d s to c hange a lot as
wi red. coaxial cab le ro ut ing s. mic/head sct
anten na come in at the bott om of the shac k
I resto re a piece. usc it fur a few month s, and
pi no uts. rig sche matics/man ua ls, etc .
wi ndo w. Th e e nd-fed wi re is co nnec ted ditrade it offfor ano the r piece. S till. th is is no
Th is mo nth. we arc go ing to e mbark o n the
rcct ty to the Heathk it SB -J II) sho rtwa ve ree xcuse for not havin g a n u p-to-date engineer techni ca l doc umentat ion of my statio n at
ce ivcr.
ing manual.
K7S Z . to giv e yo u an idea of how to ho w
T he 'n I71) X trib and hcum ante nn a c able is
co mp ile a statio n en g ineeri ng manual. T his
conn ecte d [0 a dual posit ion Alpha- De lta an Start at the signal
will be a good exerc ise for me a s well. since it
tcnnu switch . Th e oth er pusiti o n of th is swi tch
ha s been ov er thr ee years SilH:C I have updated
Where do yo u start" Start at the ante nn a
is lett untermina tcd. T he o utput of th is switch
my documentation. and a lot has changed in
and wor k back ward to the AC nutlet. Figu re
is rou ted to a Dcnt ron MT ] OOOA ante nna
tun ing unit. Th is AT U ha s ~I built in .300 watt
Clol1'a s hne
w"e llnlenn a
' !,ITR An!
TH1DXAni
Dill Za pp Ani
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dummy load. forwa rd/ re flec ted power metcring and a nte nna switc hing for 3 coaxi a l
lines. o ne e nd-fed w ire. a nd balanced fccdl inc.
In add itio n. it is a big tune r. capable of ha ndli ng .3 kilo watt s ! Th e ladder line from the
Zcpp a ntcnnu i... al so connected to the Dentron
ATU tu the "Bala nced Line" inp ut port.
The o ut put of the Dc nrron MT-3000A is
ro uted toano ther Alpha-De lta coaxia l sw itch.
th is o ne ha vi ng four ou tput s. Each o ut put port
is co nnected III an HF rad io in the fo llo wing
or der : Rad io I - Wil de rn ess Sierra multi FIGURE 1
band QR P CW tra nsce ive r: Rad io 2. - Te nmake life a little easier
arou nd th e shack by do cu me ntW.I VS 10
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No te the Ten-Tee Model 1208 6 meter
tra nsvert er in line with port four of the .10tenna switch. Th e 6 meter beam ante nna is
connected directly 10 the transvertcr. Switching betw een the HF and 6 meier ante nnas is
do ne at the transverte r.
T his antenna swi tching arran gem ent al-
Power Sources
So muc h for the RF end of things. Now we
proceed to the powe rdisttibution for the shack.
Figure 2 shows the variou s power connec tion s available at K7SZ .
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FEDERAL FILE
A GUIDE TO GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS
408.978125
409.865625
409.878125
416.790625
409.803125
419.990625
408.981250
409.868750
409.881250
416.793750
409.806250
419.993750
408.984375
409.871875
409.884375
409.796875
409.809375
419.996875
This is the we b page of the Na tional Tel ecommuni cation s a nd Informat ion Adminis tration
(NT IA ) whi ch perform s the sa me funct ion for
the federa l gov e rnment that the FCC does for
vide s a lot of information on federa l government freq uen cies an d the latest deci sio ns of
the gove rnme nt rega rding telecommu nication s usc.
On e interesting item of note on the above
website is the 1996 ed ition of the NT IAMllllual
ofReg/IIutiomand Procedures/ or Radio Frequency Manag ement, whic h is the bible for
federal frequen cy management, fede ral communi cution s syste ms plan ning and co nstruetion . Chapter 4 in thi s manual has a list o f the
"spl inter" frequen cies in the 162-174 a nd
406-420 MH z ran ge. Th er e a rc c urre ntly 78
such freq ue ncie s now ava ilab le for a ll federal
government agencies to use with an absol ute
minimum of coordination.
T hese arc dat a c hannels only and no voice
is author ized on a ny of these frequ enc ies.
Also note these frequenci es ha ve very low
powered de vices on them that arc only ca -
162.596875
162.808375
163.396875
163.609375
163.796875
164009375
164 846875
165.809375
166.421875
166 658375
1671 96875
1678 09375
171 2 21875
171 409375
1731 96875
406271875
406284375
408.496875
408509375
408971875
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The splinter freq ue nc ies mentioned previou sly aren 't the on ly shared freq uencie s in the
gove rnment spec trum. Ju st as in the civili an
VH FIUHF spectrum, the government has eight
itinerant or multi-user frequ en cies that variou s age nc ies share.
27.575 and 27.585 MHz. These two allocation s are used for interm ittent . sha n dista nce.
low power radio comm unications. signalling,
and the radi o control of objec ts and othe r
devices by a variety of go vernme nt agencies .
f ed er a ll y
ow ned lands, ..- - - - - - - - -. .
such as nat ion al parks and national forests.
Thi s mission has now been ex pa nded to inelu de ti res an ywhere in the country: hen ce the
rcdcsi gna tion of the ~ I FC name.
He re' s an example of what ca n happen
wit h a commo n cache-s-a nd 01" the kind of
acti vity you Illay be able to monitor . A few
years ago du ring an extremely high fire seaSOil in New Hamp shi re, the NIPC se nt a large
tank er a irplan e to stand by in Ma nc hes ter.
A lthou gh it was nev er used in the New Ham pshire urea. it did see serv ice in Massachu sett s.
In addition. par t of the rad io freq ue ncy cac he
that W ;'IS located in Maine had been requested
to a lire in southern New Hampshire. Although the fire had been expected to last q uite
a whi le, it w as contained qui cker than ex pec ted and the radios arri ved aft er the fires
were e xting uished.
Here are some of the reponed freq uenc ies
for the NIFC :
F-l 166.725
Simplex
F-2166.775
Simplex
F-3168.250
Simplex
Simplex
F4168.4oo
F5168.4oo
Inputto 166.6125
Command net
c-i
C2
C3
C4
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C5
170.975
168.700
170.450
1681 00
170 425
168.075
172.250
169.875
171.500
169.175
c-i
Repeater in
Repeaterout
Repealer in
Repealerout
Repealer in
Repealerout
Repealer in
Repeater out
Repealer in
Repealer out
Repeater in
Repeater out
Repeater in
Repealer out
Repeater in
Repeater out
Repeater in
Repeater out
llio.n.eJ
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
166.675
169.150
169.200
167.950
172.600
170.050
166.725
Salety
Command Repeater input
Command Repeater out
168.525/169.400
169.325/168.425
167.825/168.225
169.025/169.775
168.300/166.750
168.475/168.975
167.900/168.425
169.225/168.300
169.775/167.175
167.000/166.2625
408.425
408.775
412.225
414.875
41 5.150
41 9.675
thermonuclear weapons.
One of our loyal contributors. Chris Parris
of Texas, happened lo be in the vicinity of the
Paruc x plant for a few day s rec ently . He re is
a list of his intercepts:
164.225
164.250
164275
164.325
164.350
167.825
173.2375
41 6.250
Simplex
Simplex
Main Security, both simplexand
repeater operations. Many alarm checks
Simplex
Tone and voice plant paging
Simplex
Oataltelemetry. l ots 01sensorsaround
the plant.
Simplexwith telephone access
163.725 TAC 1
163.775 TAC2
163.650 Simplex
163.750
Simplex
164 6500
FBI
OEA
OEA
Repeater out
Repeater out
Simplex
Customs
166.9500
164.5000
176.4125
The U.S . C ustom s O ffice o f Export Control has a repeater at Miam i lntcrnational
Airport .Traffic has been noted o n it. They use
these frequ en c ies:
410.875
41 6.1 75
Repeater out
Re peater input
Tyler, Texas :
167.7625
41 8.9500
41 8.6750
418.2250
1632000
163.4125
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418.075
418.775
418.925
419.200
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exotic looking than the tower cab we discussed last month. but docs offer esse ntially
to
dicators: the altimeter setting: the RVR indicator; and curren t weather infonnation hookups. The major difference between the tower
and tracon is the presence o f the radar scopes.
T er m ina l Rad ar - T his system has a range
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rotation (that is. it updates the picture) about
every five seconds.
T ra nspond er a nd Interrogator- The nunsponde r is the part of the radar system that is
carried on board the aircraft. The othe r half is
an interrogator. which is usually attac hed to
the radar antenna on the grou nd. The gro und
equipment interrogates the transponder on
board the aircra ft, whic h responds with a
signal that is set to one of 4.096 poss ible
codes. For example. if a pilot is told to dial in
(squawk) 2016 on his transponder. the equipment will rep ly to the interrogator with a
signal that will be interpreted as 20 16.ln most
operational transponders, part of the signal to
the ground will includ e the aircraft's altitude
in hundreds of feet as well.
Comp uter Data Blocks - The target derived from the transponder signal overlies the
primary target so that they arc almost indistin guishable. The com puter identifi es the discrete transpond er code 20 16 as one ass igned
to a specific aircraft (say. Della 124 ). and
ge nerales a data block for DL 124. The
aircraft's position is ident ified by a position
symbo l indicating which controller is working the plane. A short leader line connects the
data block with the position symbol. The full
da ta block contains the aircraft identification.
irs altitude, and its ground speed . which is
ca lculated by the computer based on target
mo vemen t.
Trackball Co ntrollers have a co mputer
input device known as a trackb all at each
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address to co ntac t
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Specifications:
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Continuous or
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Hit Co unter:
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Signal Level:
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Display:
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Dynamic Range: 30 dB minimum
Power:
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" meat and potatoes" trunk trucking and con ventional scanning witho ut frills or a lot o f
intermod .
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May 1998
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MAGNE TESTS
SHORTWAVE EQUIPMENT REVIEW
Lawrence Mogne
Editor-in-Chief, Passport to World Bond Radio
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This equipment review is performed independenuv by Lawrence Magne and his colleagues
in accordan ce with the policies and procedures ofInternational Broadcasting Services,
Ltd. It is completely independent of the policies and procedures of Grove Enterprises,
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'Wnen.scanning/ skip :,-,.:"=='
Resume scan
J7Silent channel
J7 Noise
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voice. Alth ough not co m pletely unnoti ceable. the e xcl uded s igna ls we re
smoothly passed over. Th ink of the
future sc a nne r re cei vcr: No more
sque lch c ircu its which remove weak.
but desired. signals along with the
noi se : voi ce print acc ess rep lacing
tone . ICt:CSS. . The possibilities surpass scie nce fiction .
Voice or other
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May 1998
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Nigerian Scam?
S ue Wild en of Co lum bus. Indiana. sends a
ca utionary note abo ut a scam ring based in
Indi anapol is as king for investors in "excess"
o il profi ts in N igeria.
"Lette rs arc bei ng se nt to various busin esses
in the stale and they arc be ing signed by T ude
Davie s. Tome Alla h. Peter Zik. Aliv Paw az.
Taribo Jaj a. Dcgba Udch. God win Uzo ka and
Oahu Ju bril . Anyone who receiv es such a letter
is asked to imm ediately contact the United
Sta tes Secret Service.
'" am sending this because Voic e of Free
Nige ria is using a n Ind ianapolis ad dress for
QSL requ ests and this may be a fro nt for the
sca mmcrs. Th ose who QSL thi s sta tio n need 10
be care ful ."
- Bob Grove
methodology
Dave White of Hermitage. T N, wrote John
Catalano asking fo r some cla rifica tion on his
rev iew of the ICO M PCRl OOO in the Ma rch
issue of Al T. Foll owing is an .ema il ro und
robi n" between Da ve. Joh n. and Bob G rove:
" I. ) Is this unit designed , or marketed. as a
portable'!...ls th is really the way the typical
po tential user of the device is going to use it"?
"2.) Joh n see ms surprised to find that ' the
signa ls abo ve lOS Ml-i z we re nowhere to be
fo und using the HF tuned d ipole .' I'm at a loss
to unde rstand wh y a recei ver ' s inab ility to
rece ive sig nals in o ne frequen cy range with an
anten na desi gned for anothe r-can be conside red
the fau lt of the recei ver.
"3. ) Afte r much glo be hopping , an tenna
experi mentation and side- by-side co mparison ,
John fina lly co ncl udes that the ICPCRI OOO
works better with an ex ternal antenna de signed
for the frequ encies one wi shes 10 mo nitor tha n
with the supplied ' whip' an tenna. - Th e sam e
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Ro b Grove adds:
"Good dialogue. But the re are tw o mo re
iss ues in defen se of Dave ' s postulates:
..( I) High S W R fro m usin g the HI' d ipole a!
VHF and U HF w ill re sult in sig ni ficant line
losse s, especially at th e high er freq uenci es a nd
with lon g coax leads.
"(2) Directi vity at VHFIU HF with an HF
di pol e favors the e nds of the wire. and rad iate s
up a nd down a s we ll, plus it is hori zont ally
polarized in a ve rtica lly-po larize d VHFIUHF
e nviro nment. A ll of th ese will pro d uce co nse que ntia l red uct io ns in reception."
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criminal purposes. but was used to assist me in
my freelance videography and storm spotting....
Need less to say. I was subjected to severe
humili ation, and trea ted like a criminal by
local authorities. including being interrogated
regarding my personal activities ...and forfelting my scanner... After exp laining my
situat ion to the local prosecutor. all charges
were dropped . I was also thank ed for my
public service that {had perfo rmed before my
arrest with the help of my scanner. incl uding
the se vere weather spotting. and reporting
several dru nk drivers to police via C B radio as
a member of REACT . a local volunteer C B
grou p...
My concerns with the law. in its present
unclear form. is that other law-abiding citizen s may be harassed. arrested. and humiliated for pro viding a public service to their
comm unity . all because they simply possess a
police sca nner ... If the law is loosely inter preted, eve n a citizen working with a neig hborhood watc h patrol walking or driving do wn
the ir own street co uld be break ing the law.
Severe weather spotters in mobile vehicles,
monitor ing local law enforce ment, ham radio.
and weather service report s, arc definitely
breaki ng the law.
[Law rence wisely outlines what he considers reaso nable restrictions on scanners. o mitted for space constraints.]
I believe that the incidents of po lice scanners bei ng used for criminal activities is far
less than the incident s of such radios being
used for the good of the co mmun ity by lawabidi ng citizens such as myself. Bob Grove.
author o f Monitoring Times magazine. summarized this poi nt best by say ing. "Neighborhood patrols. crime watch teams. REAC T
chapters. and othe r scanner listeners-s-often
in their cars-commo nly provide critical informa tion to public safety age ncies o f road
hazards, accidents. locations of crime scenes
and suspects. tires. and severe storms about
which they hear over police broadcas ts."
I beli eve that these issues were nut consulered by the authors of this statute. and that
they only co nsidered the cri mina l eleme nt in
their decision-maki ng. I hope you will continue the pledge of Senator Kathy Smith to
look into this issue, and try and chan ge this
outdated and needlessly prohibitive law .
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By Bob Grove.
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experienced and success fully opposed last year. Had it not been
for the concerted effort of thousands of irate radio hobb yists,
hams, engineers. and manufacturers, Markey' s original HR 1984
and Tauzin' s HR2369 bills, as choreog raphed with the ce llular
lobby, would have effective ly shut down the scanner industry and
deprived scanner listeners their legitimate access to the airwa ves.
But would listening hobbyists rally to suppo rt such an umbrel la organization the way a sizab le numbcrof hams support the
ARRL? T he Association of North American Radi o C lubs
(ANARC) attempt ed to med iate the needs of shortwave and
scanner club s for many years, even spo nsoring annual con ventions aroun d the U.S. and in Ca nada, but never grew to an
impressive membership . ANARC still exists, has their weekly
ham radio net, and helps correlate member-club activities, but
meets quietly at the SWL Wintcrfest in Kulpsville, Pen nsyl vani a.
Probably the main difference between radio amateurs and
SWUscannists is that the ham s have more of a fraternity , a
history . They go back to the ear liest day s of radio, ha ve invented
countless electronic technologies and produ cts, have a co mmon
licensing requirement, are tested to pro ve their skill levels, and
prov ide emergency com munications durin g disasters. And perhaps most import ant, they use their common interest to co mm unicate with one another over the airwaves, break ing dow n cultura l and social barriers, exchanging informati on .
Hobb y listeners have no such co mmon grou nd; they buy their
radios from Wal-M art, Rad io Shack, or some catalog discounte r
(and, hopefully, MTad vert isers !), and sit back , passively listening without intercommunicating. They don' t have to show their
mettle to anyone. Thu s, they are largely uninspired to become
involved in movements since they don 't feel they are part of a
gro up and, therefo re, have no larger loyalties.
There are approximately 600 .000 hams. and some 171,000 of
them belong to the ARRL and receive QST magazine. There are
more than ten million scanner listeners, but the co mbined subscriptions to MTand PopCom arc on ly in the tens of thousands.
Who co uld do the wor k. and ho w would they be paid'?
Our listen ing hobby, as enjoyable as it is, will rema in secondary to other, more pressing activities. Future co nflicts will arise,
and motivated mem bers will take action. But a concerted lobby
is unlikely. Fortunately . the immed iate alert cap ab ilities o f the
Internet are on our side. For the first time, this exquisite tool of
technology saved us from being swept under the rug by powerfu l
spec ial interests. It will do it again.
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