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CONTENTS

~nitpring
Times
Vol. 15, No.8

August 1996

HF Fax on a Shoestring......................................... 13
By Brian Webb
If you a lready have a computer
and a short wave receiver w ith single
sideba nd reception. the acq uisition
of J V-FAX software and constructio n or a simpl e $7 circuit is all yo u
need to view stunning weather facsimile transm issions. If you like the
idea o f the shoestri ng investment,
but arc deterred by the do-it-yourself approac h, W ebb walks you through it.

Scanning Galveston Island ..................................... 20

By John Frazier
Co ver Story

Wireless Weather
Information Network

This city o n an isla nd is a popu lar vacation and retire ment community.
provid ing plent y of acti vity fo r an avid scanner listener. Frazier gives good
ad vice for any visitor to a new location on how to get up and scanning in the
sho rtest possible time.

By Ken Reitz

Onedrama tic way to import

Fast Food Smorgasbord ................... 22

high-techno logy into your home

compute r is to access the same
datastream used by the National
Weathe r Service. T he Emergency M anagers Weathe r Informatio n Network (EMWIN)
is available by several diffe rent
means, de pending upon your
location and type of equipme nt. Once you' re connected ,
though, the sky's the limit ! The
story begins o n page 9.
Cover photo copyright 1993
W arre n Faidley / Weatherstock.

By Bob Grove

If yo u're DXing these freque ncies, a good catch is

me asured in feet rat her than miles! Bob Grove, together
with Bob E isner and severa l othe rs. has put togethe r the
largest list we've seen of frequencies used fo r two- way
communications by the nati on's fast food cha ins.

Broadcasting Bedfellows ....................................... 25

By Richard A. Seifert
Drake has been in the fo re front more
tha n once whe n it comes to designing a no nintimidating shortwave receiver for the beg inne r. The ir first e ffort was the SW-4A ,
c usto m-des ig ned to be marketed to the audie nce of Radio New York Worl dwide.
That" s what this tale is about.
For a more mode rn story, turn the page.

Reviews:

DEPARTMENTS

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"How can an everyday guy justify

spending a thousand buch on a radioT
asks sales. ""How about offering an
allernali ve? ... a receiver that offers
wort hy performance at a competiti ve
price.''
"You mean kind of a volksrad io"? A
good basic circuit in a decent cabinet,
with none of the fri lls?" says engineering. And so they did. and you can read
the rest of the ~tory on the Drake SW I in
Magne Tests.
In other reviews this month. Scanning
Equipment's Bob Parnass talks about
audi o recording for unattended monitoring. fealll rin g a look under the hood of
BM l's Nitelogger. Meanwhile. Bob
Grove struggles with assembly of the
GAP "Titan DX." a 3.5-30 MHz vertical
with nu radials. grounds. or guy wires.
He pronounces the effort worth it, on
page 97.

Letters ................................................ 4
Communications ................................. 6
Grove Expo Update .......................... 18
Beginner's Comer ............................. 28

$100 Hom Station

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

Bunking with Trunking

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

It's Zulu Time

Shortwave Broadcasting .................... 38
QSL Report ....................................... 42
English Lang SW Guide .................... 43
Club Circuit ....................................... 67
Propagation Conditions ..................... 68
Below 500 kHz ................................. 70

Is it Sound or Radio?
American Bandscan .......................... 72
DX Hints & Tidbits
Outer Limits ...................................... 74

Pirates Heard in Eur & Asia

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

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

One Feedline - Three Antennas

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

What Towers?
Satellite TV ....................................... 84

Repairing TYRO Gear

Experimenters Workshop .................. 86

LED Voltmeter
Skylink ............................................. 88

Wireless Web allocations & news

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

AEA Pokrott and Log Windows

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

Review: GAP Titan DX antenna

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

Drake SW/
Scanning Equipment ........... ............. l 00

Scanner I Tape Recorder Control

Antenna Topics ............................ ... 102

EME: Ultimate Weak Signal DX

Radio Reflections ........... .................. l 06

SWLing in the Early 40s

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

Solar Batteries
Stock Exchange .............................. 110
Closing Comments .......................... 112

Random Reflections

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

Airport Ground Control

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DeMow's Workbench ...
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On the Hom Bonds ...
Mogne Tests ...
Communications ...

Gayle Von Horn

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Jim Frimmel
T.J. Arey, WB2GHA
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Richard Bornett
John Catalano
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Bill Cheek
Jacques d'Avignon
Doug DeMow, WI FB
Bob Evans
John Fulford, WA4VPY
Glenn Houser
Ike Kerschner, N31K
Lawrence Mogne
Lorry Miller

What's New? .... Lorry Miller

Skylink ... .Wayne Mishler, KG5BI
Scanning Equipment .... Bob Parness, AJ9S
Satellite TV .... Ken Reitz, KS4ZR
Antenna Topics .... W. Clem Small, KR6A
American Bondscon .... Doug Smith, W9WI
SW Broadcast Logs .... Gayle Von Horn
QSLCorner .... Gayle Von Horn
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LETTERS
The Promises of Fall
I wek o me August with a mixture of
With all th e weather
regret for 1he last days of summer. and
tools at your disposal
anl icipal ion of the fall. which ~ h ould
bri ng-i f Jat:ques d" Avignon s calculain this issue of MT,
ti o ns an.: t:orTet:t- not onl y a pick-up in
you can be like the
ret:cption due tu the usual change in seachap in this cartoon
sonal conditions. but also the begi nning of
by}. Worthington of
the new solar cycle. It also means 1he
North Wales, UK.
October Grove Com111u niea1 ions Ex po is
almost upon us- whid1 is also an encrgi1.ing pick-me- up.
It' s difficult to see how RCMA s closure (assumi ng no last-mi nute rescue is
forthcomi ng- sec obit in What" s New'!)
could be conm:cted to sunspots. but the
... My "Seen all 1111rrica11es" certificate lws just arrived!! ... '
new cycle will be none too soon if S1ewart
Mac Kenzie s fo recast turns out 10 be corh t t p : I I w w w. gr o v c . n ct : 8 0 doc s I
life 10 spend money on)
rect. Stewart. who is Ge neral Manager of the
"Look back twenty years ago: the thought
American SW Listene rs Cl ub. wrote in relocalpages.html location. Grovelink also
at that time of a programmable scanner was
currently hosb the Wo rld Utilit y Club (WUN )
sponse to 1he on-going disc u ~~i on of editorial
merely one o f those items on our wish list. It
di reelio n (computers'? internet'? pcr~o nal comand C11111hre DX electronic newsle11crs.
wil l take a great deal of time and money to
munications? rad io past. present. and future?).
"'Even though magazines like MT may
switd1this entire country overto tighter channel ~ pac in g, digital tec hnology. and trun ked
take away some members from radio clubs. I
"In eve ry iss ue of MT vari o us readers
radi o sysll.: ms. Don' t g ive up: put your headbeli eve. fro m 111y past experi ences in the
complai n that 1heir fa vori te public safety
phone ' on and search around fo r something
hobby since 195-L that the s 1111.l'/ HJ/.1 have
agency has gone to a trun ked syste m and I or
new to monitor until that new pie<.:c or eq uipmore power 01er a club s mcmbi.:rship ro lls
switched 01er 10 a digital ~y~ tcm. thus makment on your wish list becomes a reality."
than 111 aga1.i n e~ do. Each time the s u n ~po l
ing their fa vorite pastime a thing of the past.
- Lou Olcs1ay - East Brunswick. NJ
count d rop ~ to a minimum. we lose m e m ber~.
Many of the~c n; adcr~ appear 10 blame the
L1111. I rhi11k y nu 11111.11 ha1e /Jee11 wfki11g w
When they go up we gain m em ber~ 1ill the
variou!> d cpartm e nt ~ and appear to ha1e givcn
Bill Edll'ards. 11'110 11Tote this 1110111h s "Radio
~ u n s pot cycle peaks. The only time thi ~
up on the hobby because of lhe frustration.
Rej7ectio11s. " Like you. he\ 1e1y philosophic h a nge~ i ~ when a war breaks out somewhe re
we cannot solely blame our local govcal alm11t the process of progres.1-.
o n the plani.:t and everyone wants to lllne in
ern ments: Iwe can blame I the overwhelming
the action.
rise or cri me which has inspired an increased
In reference 10 the June '"Closing Com"'Due 10 the above. a number of c lubs have
need
for security for law enforcement personme n t~.. o n the State of the Un ion. 1 feel that
closed down in the US and overseas. When
nel: the m..:dia. which has continued negatil'e
the s un s pot ~ are high. you also ~ee a rash of
somehow the consumer got left out of the
reporting on ~ca n n e r~ (and the people who
CB 111aga L in c~ come on the ~cc ne. and \\'hen
equation. It would appear that in the world of
use them): an d new technology. which has
the cycle ends. they go away till the next high
scanners the consumer is dclin itely not getaffected al most everything in our lives ting a fai r shake. Thi s lield is dominated by
cyc h:.
why shoul d it not affect 1hc communications
Accordin g to what I hav..: r..:ad. t hi~ upom; company ( Unidcn). Technology is bei ng
industry a ~ we ll '!
pa,scd along piecemeal' 10 the consumers in
coming sunspot cycle i ~ going 10 b..: the..: hi gh'"While th..: rc arc maybe hints. tips. and
order to ensure that the buyer must continuest one lo dale. Thi s makes the year 2002 AD
tricks to monitoring a trunked system. let' s
ally upgrade. or pay fo r modificat ions/ima most promising one for our hobby. I hope
face it: the pcopk us ing the trun ked systems
provements after payi ng $600 for hi s o r her
that ASWLC wi ll be around to celebrate the
spe nd more money with the major communi new scanner.
CVCnl.
cat ion manufactu rers. so that is where the
we know of che diffic ult ies in achieving
1 want to thank the folks at MT for the
priorities of the manufacturer!> reside. This
good dynam ic range when using ~e mi c on
..:xposure for the ASWLC via the Cl ub Ciral~o allo11 ~ the manufacturers to ... sell techductor fro nt end~. As Bob himself pnillls out.
cuit. and hope that the column will cont inue.
n olog~ that probably will al\\'ays be steps
We hope to become involved in the Gro1eLi nk
no 'canner i ~ partic.:ularly good in th is regard.
ahead or any ~ca nne r manufacwrer.
and that i ~ why you need a11cnuators and
in the near fu tu re ...
As wi th anything in life. things ll'i ll
S t ewa rt ~ final reference is 10 Grm e Enamp lilier~.
changc. I lopcfully ~c an ner manufacturers will
11 is po~~ i bl..: we arc going 10 get a li11le
te rp ri ~c~ olkr to provide free ~pace on our
~oon employ -.om..: ncw tl'chnology to lbenhelp fro m our European fr i end ~. The EEC has
intern..:! ~e r v..: r to nonprofit radio. ~ at e Ilite. or
c fitl all of us. If wi.: al l throw away our
int roduced strict EMC regul ations which came
astronom y related cl ubs. We arc pleased 1ha1
scanners now and give up. so wi ll scanner
a Jew groups ha ve taken ad vantage o r thi s
intoc tTcct Jan I. 1996. However. the AR8000
manufacturers. Why put money into develophas not yet been approved as meeting these
addi tional support to the hobby. You can sec
ing product~ . when th..: people who wanted
who has ho111..:pagcs by ch..:cki ng th..:
them in the fir~ I pla..:e found olher interests in
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Hello, Mi.rn'! Rem ember when you
told m e that my bo;friend was too
I emperm e 11 ta I?

I
Radio to the Rescue!
Cellular phones lllrn up in the most unusual place ~. When a 27 year old woman in
Japan told her boyfriend that ~he wanted to
break up with him. the boyfriend locked the
woman in the trunk of hi ~ car.
Afte r strugg ling unsuccessfull y for hours
to get out whi le the boyfriend drove around.
she n:rncmbercd the cellular phone in her
pocket book. She pulled it out. dialed up a
friend and told her that she was in the trunk of
a car somewhere in the city of Hamamatsu.
The car was evenlllally found in a parking
lot. Poli ce arrested the boyfriend. The anonymous reader who submitted thi s had to wonder if the phone was an 800 MHz trunked
system. Booo.

Family Frequencies
The FCC has officially established the
new low-powered. unlicensed radio senice
called the Famil y Radi o Senice. The senice
was e st abli~hcd in re~ pon s e to a petition fi led
by the Radio Shac k di vision ofTandy Corporation. The obj t.:ct of the new service is to
provide smal l groups or peopk with affordable and convenient means of direct. shortrange (up to one-half mi le ) two-way voice
communications. The channel plan is as follows:
Channel 1 ....... 462.5625
Channel 2 ....... 462.5875
Channel 3 ....... 462.61 25
Channel 4 ....... 462.6375
Channel 5 ....... 462.662
Channel 6 ....... 462.6875
Channel 7 ....... 462.7125

Channel 8 ....... 467.5625

Channel 9 ....... 467.5875
Channel 10 ..... 467.6125
Channel 11 ..... 467.6375
Channel 12 ..... 467.6625
Channel 13 ..... 467.6875
Channel 14 ..... 467.7125

Channels one through ~eve n are current

GMRS frt.:quencit.:s and channels 8 through
14 arc positioned bt.:twcen the current GMRS
repeater input channel s.

X Files on AM
Drivers w ho find themsel ve s on
Hollywood's famous Sunset Strip can now
tune the ir radios to an 'X Files" billboard.
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Fox TV. which produces the TV show. has

attached a IOO-milli watt AM transmitter to
tht.: billboard. broadcasting a ~hon loop of
~o und b itc ~. mu ~ i c and "hidden messages...
cul led from tht.: show' s ~o undtrac k. It is reported that the sig na l. on 1610 AM. can be
heard for a half-m ill.! radius.
we thought thert.: wa ~ so mething very
X-Filian about taking over underground
airwaves not rt.:gul ated by the FCC to spread
the show' S llll.!Ssages of 'thi.: truth is Out there'
and trust no one .... says Ci ndy Hauser. Fox' s
senior vici.: president for prin t. special projects
and on-line entertainme nt.

Chilly Reception
American sci enti ~t s at work in the 50degree -below-7.ero-celsius Antarctica now
feel a little mo re "connected: The U.S. has
installed the most e x t e n ~ i vc TV system in
what is perhap ~ the most isolated spot on the
planet. While the base at McMu rdo has always had some lim ited TV broadcast over
low-powered tran smittt.:rs. National Science
Foundation scientists di scovered that they
could pu ll signal s from the Armed Forces
Radio and Tdcvision Service.
Already. TV has brought c hanges to
McMurdo culture. "The c lu bs are awfully
dead and no one 's out hi king." said one contractor who retu rned to the base after a year' s
absence.") gut.:ss tht.:y' n:: all watching TV."
The Briti ~h Anan:tic Survey scoffs quietly
at the Americans. The UK staff has no plans
for regular TV service. "Instead. our science
and suppo11 staff enjoy watching ,ideos in
their leisure ti me and freq ue ntl y listen to the
BBC world service on HF radios." says BAS
spokeswoman Linda Capper.
The French, says Christopher Terrasse.
spokesman for the French Institute for Polar
Research and Technology, prefer tapes on
Antarct ica. "Something about penguins, for
example."

TV Threat
In the wake of at least one liq uor store' s
decision to ad vertise on TV. the FBI announced that it rece ived an anonymous letter

"Hey, kids, it's

your friend,
Oscar, again
with the
breakfast of
clw111pio11s ... "

threatening to homb an y station that airs the

commerc ial. . The letter blames broadcasters
for the fact that "hundreds" of children are
ki lled each year in accidents involving alcohol. The letter also threatens to target breweries and deli very trucks.

The New FCC

The FCC continu t.:s to downsize. By the
time you read this, the FCC wi ll have closed
more than half of its field offices. downsizing
fro m 35 to just 16. The number of e mpl oyees
wi ll also drop rrom 374 to 254.
The FCC is currt.:ntly trying to shift many
of its functions to the private sector. specifical ly compl aints such as interference. Instead. the FCC wants to get out into the field
more often to visit radi o stati ons.
Of particular inte rest is EEO. The FCC
will want to ~cc detailed records on each job
opening, comacts with recruitment sources.
and the number o r minorities and women that
appl y for and arc interviewed for each job
opening.

CBer Tangles with Law

A Florida CBer wit h a 250 watt amplifier
has run afoul of the law - because of hi s
mouth. Accord ing to the Sr. Petersburg Times .
Dean Schumacher was hauled off to jail, hi s
home searched. and about $575 in radio equipment seized. During the search. police turned
up a small quant ity of marijuana. He was
charged with di sorderly conduct and possession.
Pat ri c ia Kn eppe r. a ne ighbor of
Schumacher. said she endured constant interrupt ions on her radio and telephone from the
CBer. Much of it was profane and sex ually
explicit. she says. Knepper says she telephoned the FCC. hut the FCC does n't remember the call. In any case. says an FCC
spokesman, such complaints are so common
that the FCC doesn' t even in vestigate unless
it recei ves a written complaint.
She eve nlll all y went to police who overheard the foul language. Schumacher is unapologetic. "Whether I te ll you to go fyo ur~e lr or whether I tt.: 11 you hello. it doesn t
matter. Th a t ~ the First Amendment.
The police are holding Schumacher' s
equipment pending a decision hy the state
attorney genera l on wht.:ther to prosecute the
CBer on disordt.:rl y condm;t charges. Meanwhile. he' s back on the air using a rig loaned
to him by a friend .

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Jammer Loses License for Life

In Passing

The FCC threw the book at a ham operator.

Charged with intentio nal inte rfere nce. Irvin
J . Foret of Meta irie. Lo uisiana. has been fin ed
$500. He also must subm it his T echnician
plu s license for cancellatio n and refrain from
apply ing for a ny FCC license for the rest of
his life. He is also forbidd en to participate in
any ham or C B communi catio ns . even as a
third party and has forfeited his rights to seek
recons ideration, rev iew, appeal o r c hallenge
o f the settlement.
Foret. KB5UJD. was mo nito red during
April initiating transmissio ns described by
FCC eng ineers as "willful o r ma lic ious imerfere nce to the com munications of other amateur radio statio ns." Some o f Foret 's transmi ssions were tc m1ed "obscene or indecent''
a nd included mu sic.

We recentl y learned of the death of two

colleag ues. Jerry Freeman was the Enginccrln-Chi ef of the Norfolk FCC fie ld office. He
was ex traord inarily dedicated to enforcement.
leading many raids on CB linear amplifi er
manufac tu re rs a nd deal e rs. a s wel l as
uncertified compute r equipment. An act ive
ham and reliable informati onal source to MT.
Jerry wi ll be sorely mi ssed by the co mmuni cation s com mu nity .
Ray Co le was an invete rate expe rimenter
with se ismi c electromagnetic events; an article publ ished several years ago in MT detailed his o bscrvations regarding apparcnt
frequency shi !'ts among medium wave broadcasters prior to earthquakes. Ray's empirica l
approach to collecting evidence to corroborate hi s theories were re freshing. and hi s
cooperati ve atti tude in sharing hi s findin gs
were appreciated.

Scanner Rogues in Britain

The li ves of the royal fam ily and seni or

po litic ians are be ing put al ri sk by scanne r
li steners in the Un ited Kingdom. or so says
the S1111day Times. At issue is the impending
publ icatio n o f a I 00 page di rectory of freque ncies, includ in g those used by spec ialist
poli ce age nc ies s uch as the royal a nd diplomat ic protecti o n sq uads. Other frequencies
listed included those for anti -terro ri st squads.
and nuclear a nd biological weapons cemers .
T he list is to be published by the Profess ional Radio O perator Monito ring Association (PROM A) and pul on the internet.
It is legal to o wn a scanne r in E ngland but
it is forbidde n to use it to eavesdrop o n channe ls used by the mi litary o r e me rgency services. Offic ials al the Radio Communicatio ns
Agency have indicated that the pub lication of
the li st is not. in it se lf. an il legal act.

"Communications" is written by Larry

M iller w ith help from Rache l Baughn and the
following members of the Monitoring Times
Monitoring Team: Dave A lpert. New York.
NY: A le x Bl aha. Joliet. IL: Ha rry Baughn.
Brasstown. NC: Bob Coburn . Londerry. NH;
And rei Do les, Wond e r La ke , IL; Lo u
Gabrie lson, A mityvi lle, NY ; Bob Grove,
Brasstown. NC: Je ffrey Jones. CA; Geo rge.
Kaelin. Lo usv il le. KY : Ma ryanne Kehoe.
At lanta. G A; Kevin John Kle in. Ap pleton.
W I; R. McBride , Philade lphi a , PA: Paul
Mc Dono ug h. Somervi lle. MA: Dave Page.
Brewer. N E: Ira Paul. Roya l Oak, M l: Fred
Pie rce. S he rman Oaks. CA: Ke ith Russe ll.
Kansas C ity. MO: Ro bert S tewart. Fo n Wonh.
TC: Robt Thomas. Bridgeport, CT; James
Tunnell. El Sobrante, CA; Dave Simpson,

UK ; Ri chard Sk lar. Seattle WA. and Joe

Wilkenson. At lanta, GA. We also consulted
the fo llow ing publications and organizatio ns
and list their names in appreciation: ARRL

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Wireless
Weather
Information
Networl<
What would you like to track? It's
all here!

Phillip Weigant, Natio11al Field

Coordi11ator for EMWIN, operates
a Zephyrus data system in the field.
The complete system is a small Ku
band dish and the data receiver.
Here Weigant uses his laptop to
complete this highly portable
system. (Photo by John David
Heckel courtesy Zephyrus
Electronics, Ltd.)

Bringing the National Weather Service to Your PC

By
Ken Reitz
KS4ZR

ow many times have you tuned in to The Weather Channel only to see an unending stream
of commercials for video tapes of weather fiascos and tips on waterproofing your house?
Half an hour later you ' re finally getting to the report you' re interested in, but the presenter
is al ways standing in front of your part of the country. If you' re hungry for more than what The
Weather Channel gives you but don't want to shell out thousands for weather satellite receiving
equipment, the Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN) is for you.

August 1996

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Originally known as Wireless Weather In for mat ion

Network (WW IN). EMW IN
was started in 1994 as the
brainchild of Jim Doherty.
N3KHJ. EMW IN Proj ec t
Manager in the Sil ver Spring.
Maryland. office of the Nal iona l Wea th e r Se rv ice.
Dohen y, an elect ri cal engineer and computer scienti st.
was asked Lo put together a
weathe r information data
stream which could be set up
in Federal offices in nearby
Washington. D.C. so that tourists could sec what the weather
was like back home. It was a
fairl y crude set-up using touch
screens. but it found favor with
officials and tourists alike.
NWS maps let you be your own weather forecaster.
Realizing that he wa~ transW xDemod r~ 1 One entl of the Wx De mod plugs
mitting far more informa tion than was being
into a Com Port on your computer: the other
used, he sought lo have a modem built which.
end plugs into one of three sources: (I) a
when used with a modestl y outfitted personal
scanne r or weather radio receiver. (2) the
computer. could provide an impressive stream
audio output of a special Weather Info-Net
of data nearl y identical to information reReceivt:r lllnt:d lo an FM Squared Ku band
ceived at Weather Service Forecast Offices.
transmission. or {3) the audi o output of a
carrier on the GOES 8/9 wt:alht:r satell ite.
I The Maryland Radio Center
After pcrf.:cting tht: demodulator design
Connection
and gell ing the software glitc hes taken care
Doherty went to hi ~ friend and fellow ham of. Doherty and Johnson bt:gan lo sec a wide
Jerry Johnson. WA3WZF. of Maryland Ra- range of applications. The lirst was a project
dio Center (M RC ). and asked him to des ign a in which EMWI s ys tem~ were used in Dismodem which would allow personal comput- trict of Columbia public schools. Teachers
ers to capture the myriad forecasts. climato- and ~ 1ude111s alike were exci ted about the
logical data. and satellite imagery collected project.
By January of this year EM WIN was unby the National Weather Service ( WS) and
disse minated 10 the e111ire U.S. What Johnson dergoing a fu ll scale test in the Si lver Spring
came up with was a small interface called the area. In fact. two MT readers. Mike Agner.

KA3JJZ. and David Alpert.

both sent E-mai l messages
within days ofeach other alerti ng us to the existence of
EMWIN. Finally, in May of
th is year-one year after the
operat io na l begin ning of
EMW IN-the service could
be found in these locations:
on a number of VHF-FM
transm ille rs around the
country:
on a subcarrier of the digital PBS service on the Ku
band side of Tel star 40 I;
on an FM Squared
subcarrieron the Ku side of
Galaxy 4: and
on a subcarrieron the GOES
8 geostationary weather satellite.

I How To Receive EMWIN

There arc onl y three VHF-FM transmissions currently broadcastin g EMW IN data.
though it is expected that this number will
mushroom shortly. In Sil ver Spring. Maryland. lllne 163.350 MHz.: in Norman. Oklahoma. 169.025 MHL.: and in Tulsa. Oklahoma. 165.0125 MHz.
EMW IN data is also being broadcast on an
expcrimc111al ba~ i s on the PBS digital Ku
band savice on Telstar -WI. Unfortunatel y.
reception for this method requirt:s a General
Instrument Digicipht:r receiver. which is not
available to consumers at th is time.
Zcp h yru~ Electronics. Ltd. of Tulsa. Oklahoma. i.., a commercial vc nlllre which provides weather data to pri vate and comme rcial
interests. Ed Covington. Zephyrus founder,

Do you want the global picture or the local? With the EM WIN system, it's your choice.
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August 1996

says that . " ... bundling MRC soft ware w ith

Zephyrus hardware was a natural. We were
able to do a 24 hour turn-around whe n we
hooked up w ith Maryland Radio Center. "
Zephyrus se lls complete EMWI N packages for recepti on of the ir FM Squared data
service on Galaxy 4 Ku band (see photo). T he
co mple te system, using a Ku band dish, LNB/
feed horn. a nd data receive r is e xLieme ly
compact. This system is designed to lite rally
work out in the fi eld powe red by a belt-pack
batte ry. The receiver uses a variable-pitch
tone coupled with an adjustable meter for
easy peaking of the signa l strength. Zephyrus
also se lls a small EMW IN data receiver to use
with a VHF-FM configuration. In addition,
Zephyru s has available a comple te GOES/
Weather Info-Net Receivernt.

I How It Works
The main purpose of EM W IN is to provide
the pu blic w ith severe wea the r warnings, but,
since such severe weathe r is a relati ve ly rare
event, the rest of the transmi ssion time is
given over to broadcasting routine weathe r
re port s, graphi cs, and sa te lli te ima ge ry .
Weathe r Service Forecast Offices (WSFO)
receive reports fro m th e natio n ' s ma ny
Weather Service Offices (WSO ) and a re a ll
inte rconnected via computers. G raphics fro m
the Nationa l Meteorological Center (NMC)
are added to the data, a long w ith hourly reports from GTE' s WeathcrWi re. Sate llite
imagery from GOES is added to the mix, and
the whole thing is sent on a regular schedu le
on the EMW IN data stream.
At the consume r' s home, the data stream is
received via any o f the above-mentioned
methods and demodulated . The data is moni tored by a software program called '"The Data
E ngine" whic h processes the information,
keeps what you ask it to. dumps the rest, and
makes the data available for your convenie nce. The program is des igned to run " in the
bac kground" on your computer so that yo u
can use your com puter for other pu rposes
until you have time to revie w the data . Since
it is fed at 1200 ba ud (a very slow rate these
days) it takes quite a while for the data to
mount in the hard drive .

I How To Use EMWIN

With the program ru nning in the background you can se t aud io alarms whic h sound
whe n in formation you ve asked for comes in.
You can keep abreast of such in formation as
severe weathe r warnings in any stale you
c hoose, while you use your co mputer for
othe r tasks. The Data Engine c hecks the ala rm

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HF Fax on a
Shoestring
Most SWLs
with a PC
can see the
world for
something
less than $20

By Brian Webb

nyone who s done much shortwave

listen ing has heard them: odd. repetitive sounds similar to a dragging chain or squeaking wheel. These noises
arc the hallmark of facsimi le (fax) transmissions. Every day numerous HF stations broadcast an interesting variety of weather charts,
satel lite pictures. and news photos.
HF fax reception has intrigued many shortwave enthusiasts. but they' vc been put off by
the prit:c. Most commercial HF fax demodulators cost at least $300. with some units
priced at we ll over $ 1,000. Luckily, there 's an
incx pcnsi ve al tern at ivc.
For less than $20, most SWLs wi th an HF
receiver and an IBM compatible PC can recei ve shortwave fax transmissions. lt"s done
wi th a simple-to-build demodulator and some

sophisticated free software. Don' t let the low

cost of thi s project fool you; although the cost
is next to nothing. you gel fax reception equal
to or better than the expensive commercial
units. Sometimes. the results can be impressive. as shown in Figure I.
Receiving System

The HF fa x rece iving system described in

th is article consists of an antenna. communications rece iver, demodul ator, an IBM-compatible 286 or later PC with VGA graphics.
and JV-FAX soft ware (Figure 2).
Any good shortwave antenna should suffice. However, ii should be located away from
TV sets, computers. and other electronic devices lo minimize pick-up of the interference
they generate. I' ve had good results using an
end-fed. horizontal long wire 75 feel (22.7
meters) in length.
Fax image quality largely depends on the
receiver. Best results will be had with a sensitive, stable. selecti ve communications receiver
such as a Kenwood R-5000. Good fax reception is possible with many mid-range mode ls
such as the Sangcan ATS-8 18CS . I've even
seen faxes received on an old Radio Shat:k
DX-302. Howcv'cr. any receiver intended fo r
fax recept ion must be capable of CW and SS B
reception.
The demodu lator is a simple analog-todigital converter. It takes the ana log audio
signal from the receiver's headphone jack.
converts it to a digital signal. and feeds it into
the computer's communications pol'l. The
demodulator circuit (Figu re 3) is based on a
75 1 op amp IC. uses few components. and is
easy to build. The required components are
listed in Table I.
The final system componem is an IBMcompatiblc 286 or later personal computer
TABLE 1
Demodulator Parts List

This HF fax image of Hurricane Felix was received using the demodulator and
software described in tlti.v article.

Radio Shack
Part Number

Code

Description

C-1
C-2
C-3
D-1
D-2
D3
D-4
J-1
P-1
R-1
R-2
U-1
W-1

Capacitor. 0.1 uF
Capacitor, 1.0 uF tantalum
Capacitor, 1.0 uf tantalum
Diode, 1N4148
Diode, 1N4148
Diode, 1N4148
Diode, 1N4148
Connector. female DB-25
Audio plug, 1/4- or 1/8-inch
Resistor, 100k Ohm. 1/4-watt
Resistor, 100-k Ohm. 1/4-watt
DpAmp, LM-741
Cable, shielded audio
Circuit Board, perforated
Socket. IC

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272-1069
272-1434
272-1434
276-1122
2761122
276-1122
276-1122
276-1548
271-1347
271-1347
276007
278-512
276-159
276-1995

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*
*

FIGURE 2: HF fax receiving system

*
*

*
Receiver

Audio

Personal

Demodulator

1--~S=e=ri=al~__, .......... ~.?.~.~~~~~

*
*

JV-FAX Software

*
with VGA or S VGA graphics. Residing withi n
the PC is the sophisticated JV-f-AX software.
Two versions of the soft ware- J V-FAX 7.0
and 7. 1-are c urrently in use. T he two are
vi rtually ide ntical, except that 7.0 saves faxes
as GIF files, and 7.1 saves them as TIFs. The
so ftware is available free of charge from numerous sources (Table 2). Thi s article will
assume that you' ll be install ing and usingJVFAX 7.0.

MS Diagnostics Menu

*
*

Type c
The Com Port Summary screen appears

*
*

.JV-FAX Configuration Screen

Press Shift+ Print Scrn

T ype ok <Return>
The MS Diagnostics menu reappears

MS Diagnostics Menu

*
*

T ype q
The IRQ Status screen appears

IRQ Status Screen

Software installat ion is fairly simple, but
since I had to di scove r how to install and
operate the program by pure tria l and error.
thi s article will lead you through the procedure. It involves gathering com port address
and IRQ informat ion regarding your PC. creati ng places on the hard drive for the program
and received faxes. loading the JV-FAX program. decompressing the fi les, and configu ring the program 's Mode and Configuration
screens.
Areas on the C drive for the program and
faxes are created as fo llows:

PC

Go 10 the DOS prompt.

Verify that the C drive has been selected.
* Type mkd ir JVFAX <Return>
* Type mkdir HFFAX< Retu rn>
To obtain com port address and IRQ in formation regarding your PC. do the follow ing:
* Turn the printe r ON.
* Go to the DOS prompt.
* Verify that the C dri ve has been se lected
* Type msd < Return>
* The MS Diagnostics menu appears.

Press Shift+ Pri nt Scrn

* T ype ok <Return>

The MS Diagnostics me nu reappears

MS Diagnostics Menu

*
*

Press F3
The DOS prompt appears

To install the JV-FAX program, you will

need to obtain the JV-FAX so ftware from a
BBS or other source a nd load it to the path
C:\JVFAX as fo llows:
* Go to the DOS prompt.
* Verify that the C drive has been selected.
* Type cd\JVFAX < Return>
* T ype PK UNZ IP JVFAX .Z IP <Return>
* The screen should begin li sting files that
have been decompressed.
* ff the computer asks you tooverwritea fi le,
type Y <Return>.
* In stallation should now be complete.
* T ype cd\ <Return>
Configure the software by following the
procedure outlined below:

PC Main Screen

*
*
*
*

Go to the DOS C:\ prompt.

Type cd\JVfax < Return>
T ype JV fax < Return>
The J V-FAX Main screen appears.

TABLE 2

JV-FAX Software Sources

ARRL BBS :
860-594-0306
Compuserve Ham Net Forum Library

JV-FAX Main Scr een

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Type m
T he Mode screen appears.

JV-FAX Mode Screen

*
14

JV-FAX Main Screen

Com Port Summary Screen

I Software Installation

IOC: 576
LPM: 120
Dev iat io n: 500
ATC: on
Intensity levels: 64
Dis play width
usage (o/c ): I 00
Receive pictures
in verted: on
Press Ct r! +
<Return>.
The JV -FAX Main
screen reappears

Change the e ntries to the fo llowing:

Mode: I Wefax576

Type c
The JV-FAX Configuration screen appears

Change the entries in the following fie lds

to read as indicated:
* Demodulator: 6 bits HAM COMM
* addr: Set as appropriate (refer to the address infonnation on the msd printout)
* IRQ: Set as appropriate (refer to the IRQ
information on the msd printout)
* LSB-SSTY-sync: yes
* Bclrate: 9600
* Dtarate: 9600
* Graphics: Set as appropriate
* T-C graph: Set as appropriate
* Max inte rrupt freque ncy: 7500
* Default picture directory: C:\HFFAX
* Press Ctr! + < Return>
* The JV-FAX Main screen reappears

I Receiving faxes
To receive a n HF fax, do the fo llowing:

Receiver

*
*

*
*
*

Tune to an acti ve HF fax frequency (8,080.0

kHz is a good bet. or select an active
frequency from Table 3)
Tune the receiver 1.750 kHz above the
listed carrier freq ue ncy (for example, to
tune in NMN on 8,080.0 kHz, tune to
8.08 1.75 kHz).
Go to LSB mode
Select Narrow se lectivity (about I kHz)
Set the audio level lo the I 0 o'clock position.

PC Main Scr een

*
*

At
th e
DOS
prompt ,
cd\JVFAX<Return>
Type JV FAX < Return>

type

.JV-FAX Main Screen

*
*

Veri fy that the fax option is hi ghlighted

Press <Return>

JV-FAX Receive Screen

*
*

Verify that the M): field is set to Wefax576

Veri fy that the A)PT: fi e ld is set to " wailing"

*
*

Ty pe a
Th e A) PT : fi e ld
sho ul d read " running"

J-1

FIGURE 3: HF fax demodulator schematic diagram

D-1
.----~--!~-+--~-----

Pin20

A n i mage s ho ul d
slowly begi n building up
D-2
o n the screen. If the fax is
too dark, ltme the rece iver
Center Conductor
P-1
dow n in 0 . I kH z steps; if
Pin 6
the image is too Iight, tune
D-3
upwards li ke inc re ments.
The fax will probably be
Audio Input
split the left s ide on the
D-4
t - - -- - t -..._r-..--t-_._ _ _ __ _ Pin 4
right a nd the rig ht on the
left. T his is no rmal a nd is
+
R-2
R-1
C-3
C-2
easily fixed later. Afte r a
Shield
+
fax has been received,
-----------~----_.------1>-----_._----------~ Pin7
save it w ith the follo wing
key strokes:
* T ype a
* Press F2
Alt hough must images are sent at 120 LPM
* Enter a fil e name with a .G IF extensio n I Fax Reception Hints
with
an IOC of 576. some pictures are sent
(i.e., fax I .GIF)
If your receiver has programmable memory
using
60 LPM and an IOC of 288 . T hi s is
* Press <Return>
c hanne ls. you can save yourself a lo t of work
espec ially true of stations in the former Soviet
* Ex it the fax receive scree n by typi ng q
by loading the freq ue ncies of the stronger fa x
Union and East A sia . North Ko rea n press
statio ns and group the frequenc ies used by
photos are sent at 6 0 LPM with an IOC of 325 .
I Editing faxes
each stati o n together. T hese technique s make
Fa xes w ith these parameters can be received
fi nding and tuning in transmi ss ion s ea sier and
T he soft ware allows you to edit images in
by going lo the Mode screen and setti ng the
all ows you to select the best freq ue ncy for a
vario us ways inc lud ing cropping. enhanc ing
IO C and LPM accord ing ly.
selected statio n.
contrast, and changing their o rientation. T he
The q uali ty of the fa xes received from a
most frequent ly used editing featu re is roll
g iven statio n varies. Excellent recept ion o ne Conclusion
correctio n. V irtually a ll faxes are received
day may be fo llowed by poor copy the next.
Fax reception opens up a ne w dime ns io n to
with a roll error which results in an image
Recepti
o
n
also
varies
w
ith
the
time
of
day.
It's
short
wave listen ing. allow ing DXers to see
being split with the le ft portio n sho w ing u p o n
worth
whil
e
to
c
heck
a
station
's
sig
nal
quality
rad
io
as we ll as hear it. The co mbin atio n of a
the rig ht s ide of the screen and vice versa. T o
on d iffe re nt freque ncies at di ffe rent times.
low cost. sim ple fa x de modulator, and sophi srepair a fa x wi th thi s problem. go to the J VA no ther piece of adv ice is lo ignore the ticate d shareware puts this exc iting capab ili ty
FAX Main Screen and do the fol lowing:
tuning
d isp lay o n the soft ware 's fax rece ive within reach of virtually all SWLs. T hi s nifty
* Move the highlig ht bar to the ''Show and
The best tuni ng indication is fax soft ware combinatio n also decodes Morse
wi
ndow.
Send Pictures" optio n
image q ua li ty. Most faxes a re best received code and RTTY trans missio ns, so we encour* Press <Return>
I. 750 kHz above the statio n s carrier fre- age you lo built it and you wi ll see. For less
'~ The Fax Library Screen appears
quency.
If the image is too da rk, lune down- than $20. ho w can you lose?!
Fax Library Screen
0.
1 kHz steps: if it' s too lig ht, tune
ward
in
* Move the hig hlig ht bar over the na me of
upwards in like increments .
the file lo be edited

Press <Re turn>

The Fax Viewing Screen with the saved
1mage appears

Fax Viewing Screen

Press R
Move the vertical line to the center of the
g utter
* Press <Re turn>
* Press F2
::: Type in a new file name for the i1nage ( i.e.
FAXO l.G l F)
* Press < Return>
* The Fax L ibrary Screen reappears
C o ng ratulations: you have now rece ived ,
saved, a nd edited your fi rst HF fa x.

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TABLE 3

HF Fax Stations
Transmit
(kHz)

Receive
(kHz)

3.233.0

3.234.75

00:15, 01:00-01:45,
02:15, 03:00, 03:30
07.00, 07:3007:45

3.300 0

3.301.75

07 4508:00

3.357.0

3.358 75

3,359.0

3.360.75

04.4505:00, 06:45

4,272.75

00:15. 02:15. 03:15

03:30, 04:00-04:15,
05:0005:30, 06:0006.30, 07:00

Slallon

N~?

Time Heard/
Comments

oooo.0230-04:00.

043006:00. 06:3006"45, 07:1508:00

3,365.0
4,271.0

4.298.0

4.299.75

NOJ

04.0005:15 sloff

4.316.0

4,31775

JJC. Tokyo

0615-08:00, 14:15
16"15, 17"00. 17:30

4,346.0

4,347 75

NMC

02 45 slon-04:30.
1415-16:30 sloff,
20:15 slon-22:15

4.516.7

4.518.45

4,853.0

4,854 75

4.855.0

4,856.75

4.857.0

4.858.75

RXl372

UPM?

06.0007.00, 12:30
12:45, 14:0014:15,
14:45-15:45

5.258.0

5.259.75

06:4507: 15, 08:00,

14:t5 16:15. 16:45
17:00

6,340.7

6.453.0

6.496 0

5.263 75

6,853.75

6.9060

6,907 75

6,9185

6.920.25

7.305.0

USAF.
Elk Horn.
llE

NPG. USN,
Slockton. CA

6,497.75

6,852.0

8.459.0

8.460 75

NOJ

04"1505:15, 18:00
t8:30. 19:15. 22:00
23:00

8.467.5

8.469.25

JJC

00: I 5, 03:30-04:00,
04:3005: 15, 05:45
08:00, 14:1516:15.
16.45-17:30, 18:30,
I9I 5 I 9:30, 20:30
20 45, 22:1523:15.
2345

8.504 2

8.505.75

USCG?

00 15. 05:00, 07:45

08.00. 14:30. 15:00
15.15, 17.00. 19:15.
20.30. 21 :00-21 :15,
21 45, 23:15-23:45

8.682 0

8.683.75

NMC, USCG.
Poin1 Reyes.
CA

02:45-04:15. v08:15
1020. 14:15-16:15,
v20:1522:19. v23:00
23:46
Satellite WX pholo @
09.08, 09.44, 14:49.
21.08
Sea surface temperature chart@ 23:04

9.090 0

9,091 75

9. I t0.3

9, tll.85

00.1501:00, 01 :15
02.15, 03.00, 03:30.
04:30. 06:00, 12:30
12:45, 14:00-14:15.
14:4516:30, 18:30
18:45, 19:15, 19:45,
2t :1523:30
USCG

02:30-04:30. 08:00.
t43014:45. 22:15
2230

0000-00.15. 05:15.
t5 00, 19:15, 20:00,
21 15, 21:45. 22:15,
23.45

9.230.4

9,232.15

06:0006:15, 13:45.
15:00. 16:00, 16:45

9.3t80

9,319 75

oo3o. o7:3o. t4:00.

15:00, 22:00. 22:3022:45, 23:45

9.458.6

9.460.35

04.45. 06:15. 08:00

00 t5, 02:30. 05:15,

15 00. 21:45, 23:15.
23:45

10.257 0
10.536 0

7.306.75

OO:t5. 0100. 04:00.

0500. 05:45. 01:00.
07.30. 22:45
04.00-04:15. 04:45
08:00, 12:30-12:45,
15:30. 16:00-16:15,
1645 1800. 19:15

10.537.75

10.555 0

10,556 75

10.865 0

10.866 75

CFH

7.399.75

oooo-os:oo. 11:00.

7.582.0

7.583.75

00.tS. 01 :1501:45.
07 45. 14 t516-15

7,870 0

7,871.75

00:00-07:30, 08:00

8.080.0

8,081.75

NAM

MONITORING TIMES

00.0001 :00, 01 :30

02:00, 02:30-05:t 5,
05:45-06:45, 13:45
14:15, 15:00, 16:00
16:t5, 18:15. 19:15.

August 1996

00:00, 02.00. 05:00,

04 30, 06:00-06:15.
0800. 12:3012:45.
t50015.30. 16:00
t630

11.032.05

11.0900

11 .091 65

11.122.1

11 . t23.85

KVM70.
Honolulu,

0500

NAM

11.476.1

USAF?

00:00-00: I 5. 03: I5,

12.3012:45. 14:0017:00. 17:30-18:00.
t830. 19:15. 19:30,
2000-21 :00-22:30.
23:00-23:15

12.730 0

12.731 75

llMC

02:4503.45, 04:15.
14.1516:15. 20:15
2215. 23:00-23:45

12.745 5

12,747.25

JJC

00.0001 :00. 02:15.

03:3003:45. 04:30,
05:15. 06:15-06:30,
15:0017:00, 17:30.
19:45, 20:1521:15.
22 1523:45

t2.7500

t2,75t.75

NIK, USCG.
Boston

02:30-0345. 04:30.
t4:t515:45. t7:30
t800. t 9:00-22:30
Good WX maps

12.753 2

12.754.80

Canada

03.30 slofl. 15:3015 45. 21. 1522.35

sloff
Good WX maps

13.5100

13.511.75

13.5800

13,581 75

13.597.0

13.598.75

00.00. 14:15, 15:0015:30. 16:0016:15,

17:00. 18:15-18:30.
19:00-19:30, 20:00
20:30, 21:00-21:30.
2200
KCNA

11.477.85

00 00-03"15. 03"45.
05 30. 0600-06:45.
t345. 17"30-19:15.
23 30-2345
00.0000.15, 00:45,
02:15, 03:15-03:30.
04:00. 04:30. 13:45
2400

KCNA,

~ong~ano.

orlh orea

00:0000:30. 01:15.
23:30-24:00

00:00-00:30. 01 :00
01 30. 23 30-23:45
00 00-00:30. 010001 30, 03:30. 05:15
0530. 06:15. 12:30
12:45, 16:00. 16:45
17.00. 17:30. 20:30.
21:30. 22:0022:15.
22:4523:45

15.780.0

15,782.75

t3:4523:15, 23:45

16.027 5

16.029.25

00:15. 03:3003:45,
04:1504:45. 21:15
2330

16.135.0

16,136 75

KVM70

00.0001.00. 01 :45
03:15, 06:00. t7:30
19:15. 22:15. 23:30
23:45

tS.3400

t6.341 75

Zl<lf

01.00. 0300-03. 15,

04:00. 04:45. 06:00
06.15, 08:00. 16:45.
17"45. 20:00
22:15. 23:00-23:15,
23:45

17.069.6

17.071 35

JMG

00 00-00.45, 04:30,
05:15. 20:15, 21:002115. 22:15-23:45

t7,t46 8

17,148 55

Chilean Navy

19.10 slon-19:45.
22'15. 23:15-23:30
S.E. Pacific surtace
chart @19:15
WX satellite photo@
t9:30

17,t48.0

t7,149.95

17.151.0

17.152.85

18,220 0

18,221.75

00 0000:30. 01 :15.
22:002215. 22:4523:15, 23:45

18.441 0

18.442.75

00:00-00:30, 22:00
23:t5, 23:45

18.62 t 5

t8 623 25

1930

t9.328.0

19.329.70

t5:30. 16:15. 18:00

18.15. 19.0019:15.
2000-21.00, 21:30,
2200-22.30

t9.363 0

19.364 75

14"15-15:00 15:15,
15.30 17:00. 17:30
19:30. 2000-23:15

08 00. t400, 14:30,

t5.30, 19:t5, 21 :30.
22.00. 22.30

t7 30

7.670 0

0000-00:15. 02:000215. 03:0003:3o.

05:1505:30, 06:15
06:30, 07:30-07:45,
14:0014:15. 15:00
15:30. 16:00 16:15,
17:00-17:15, 18:00
21:30. 22:0022:15,
23 00-23"15

13:45t4:15. t4:45
17"00. t 7:30. 18:00
23:15. 23:45
1t,030.3

I 1,623.85

07"00

00 45. 14"15-14:45
ECA7

04:00, 04:30, 08:00,

14:3015:15. 15:45,
17:3017:45. 19:15.
20:00, 21.0021:45,
22:30
NWS 1rx maps of w.
Allantic &Caribbean

9, 159.75

00.0003:45. 04:15
04.30, 05.4507:00.
12.3012:45, 14:00
1415. t4:4516:3o.
18Jo-1555 s1011.
211523"30

11.622.3

04.30, 05.00, 18:15.

22 45

9.t580

00 0000.15, 03.0003:30. 04:00-04:15,

05.00-05:30, 06:00
06:30. 07:00. 07:30
08:00, 14:0014:15.
15:15, 21:15-21:30.
23:00-23:15
WLO

07 30. 14:15. 15:0015 t5, 16"00-16:15

00 00-00:30. 01:00
02 30. 03:00. 03:30
08:00. 12:30. 16:30
16:45

7.398 0

16

8,459 75

06:45. 07:0007: 15.

0500. 1415-1s:15.
1545

6,342 45

6,454.35

8.458.0

00.00-0015. 01:00
0800

07:15. 08:00. 12:30.

13:45. 14:15-15:30.
160016:15

5 909.75

8.141.75

13:00 13:45

5.10225

5.908.0

9Vf44.
Singapore

8.140.0

06:00-07:00. 12:45.
14:00-15:45

5.100.5

5.262 0

19:4520.00, 20:4522:45. 23:1523:30

Thermal IR satellile
Image @ 04:00

14:30. 1500, 17:00

17:15. 19:15. 21:00
2t:15. 21 :45. 23:15
NMC

024503:30. 04:15,
14:4515"15. 15:45
t6t5, 20.15-22:15.
23.00-23.15. 23:45
Very good satell~e
photos

NOTES
1. Rcccrvc frequencies are lhe actual lrcquenclcs to use to receive FAX
transmissions in LSB mode.

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Scanning
Galves...on
Island
Univ. of Texas
Med. Branch
at Galveston
p.,

-' \

"

'I

Galveston 's 32 miles of beaches are usually awash with swimmers and fishermen,
but keep your ear 011 th e radio during hurricane season.
By John Frazier, KB5WCW

alveston. Texas-it" s both a c ity a nd an is land, with some 32 miles ofbeaeh. and
more than two dozen other tourist attractions. including antique car~ . Worl d W ar
T wo aircraft. historic homes, parks. and more. Galvesto n was the first c ity in
Texas to have e lectric lig hts and was home to the fi rst med ical college in Texas. In 18 l 7 pirate
Jean La ffi te e~ tab li sh ed a settle ment there.
Its G ulfs idc locati on also makes it vulnerable to hurricanes. however. In 1900 the e ntire
is land was destroyed by a hurricane whic h clai med over 6.000 lives, an d in 1969 it took a
devastat ing blow fro m Hurricane Ca m il le. Substantial advance warn ing of a storm 's approach
is essenti al if the island is to be evacuated over a lim ited number or bridges.
T he island is a regul ar hotbed of scanner activity. Police and other public service radio
services are busy with acti vity year around. As soon as the su mmer vacatio ners leave, the n
retirees and o thers fro m the cold No rth (kno wn by the locals as 'W inte r T exans"), move into
the area for the w inter months . Abo ut the time they leave the a rea in the spring, Gal vesto n is

20

MONITORING TIMES

A ugust 1996

list. I compared the local list to

what I had entered from Police
Call. l have found that the published books often list all frequencies licensed to different
depanments-man y of which
I Doing the Tourist Thing
may not be used. So the local list
" I need some he lp over here! .. 'Man down
saves you ti me and gets you
at 64th Street pier." .. He's shooting up the first
started wi th the most active frefloor!' " He' s comi ng in on me! ..
quencies in the area. My final
These are just a few sound bites from
list is shown in Table I.
dispatchers and patrol units heard on my base
Another good ~ource of acscanner that I brought wi th me on my Gulf
tive local frequencies is the loCoast vacati on. In the >ecurity of my rented.
cal scanner club. Ir there is one
beach front house, I tuned into the action of
in the area where you plan to
the Sheriff Department. Volunteer Fi re Devisit you mi ght write them a
partments. Beach Patrol. Coast Guard. and
month or so in ad vance and rethree City Police Departments.
quest a list from them. If they
With a programmable scanner. one of the
arc meeting while you are in
many freq uency books avai lable. as well as
town you might enjoy attending
locally complied frequency lists usually availone of their meetings.
able from scanner rctai lers at little or no cost,
If your scanner has a search
you can be on top of the action just abou t
feature you can use it to search
anywhere you go. If you have a portable
various freque ncy assignments
scanner or mobile scanner you can follow the
that interest you. I generally am
action as you go. Just punch in the local
interested in public scrvicefreque ncies that you want to li sten to and you
police. fire, ambu lance. etc. Usarc ready for action.
ing the search feature enables
Not having a portab le or mobi le, I had to
you to search freque ncy blocks,
wa it un til I could plug mine in at the house. I
such as business. military. madid my homework before I left and got a li st of
The Stra11d i11 Galveston is a renovated historical
rine. paging. etc. for action.
likely frequencies from the police frequenc y
district
whose shops, clubs, restaurants, etc., attract
Another advantage of takbook I purchased from Radio Shack. When I
both
tourist
and local traffic year-round.
ing your scanner with you is
got to my destination I stopped at a local
being able to tune local weather
Radi o Shack store and a!-.ked for a list of local
service stations. The National Oceanic and is no rea~on why it can t go on vacation with
frequem:ies. This has become my usual pracAtmospheric Ad ministration (NOAA) pub- you. With a little bit of advance plan ning it
tice whenever I am in a new city. and it has
lishes a brochure giving the locations or all can be a fun experience. There's no telling
resulted in acquiring several good lists.
their radio stations and frequencies. Very fe w what you might hear. especially during hurri This particular store did not give the list places are out of r:inge of one of these stations. cane season.
away. but let me copy frequenc ies off of the
When I decide what frequencies I am going to listen to I ..:nter
TABLE t
them on a simple freGalveston Area Frequencies fMHz)
qu ency list. By each
channel number I ..:nter
the frequency and the
460.200
Galveston Police
Galveston Beach Patrol
145.800
~talion so I can te ll who
Galveston EMS
155.115
I am listening to al a
Galveston Sheriff's Ole.
155.565
glance. When you are
Galveston Sheriffs Ole.
155.875
Galveston Sheriff's Ole.
155.870
ou t of town wit h a lot of
155.800
GalvestonSheriff's Ole.
new freque ncies to deal
453.975
Texas City Police
157.050
U.S. Coast Guard
with. this channel list is
Friendswood Police
453.775
very handy. When you
Friendswood Police
453.325
check the c hannels that
Friendswood Vol. Fire Dept.
159.225
Webster Police
453.300
proved to be acti,e. it
Webster Police
453.575
provides a written list
154.235
Webster/Forest Bend VFD
of verified frequenc ies
453.475
Nassau Bay Police
Seabrook Police
153.830
you can take home and
155.520
Alvin Police
A u emergency operatio11s center at the Galvesto11 District,
share with your friends .
154.845
Alvin Vol. Fire Dept.
U.S. Army Corps of E11gi11eers, is activated during times of
If you e njoy your
League City Police
856.9875
League City Vol. Fire Dept.
154.175
crisis - flooding, hurricanes and oth er man-made or
scan ner at home. there
natural disasters.

overrun by thousands of inland college students from all over the country celebrating
spring Break: Shon ly after Spring Break
the cycle begins all over again.

August 1996

MONITORING TIMES

21

Fast Food
s 0 g sbor
Scanning the fa st food windows can
be pretty routine, but it's a fun catch
anyway-and sometimes
you get a surprise.

By Bob Grove

II

c lcomc to McDona ld's. May I

take your order?'" How many tho usands of times every day is th is friendly
g ree ting parroted across the country? And how ma ny sca nner
enthus iasts tune in 154.600 and 35.02 M Hz as they drive past interchanges on o ur nation s highway syste m'.1
But the big arc hes arc not the o nl y architecture 10 house friend ly
fast-food frequenc ies. Just about every c hain w ith a drive- by ki osk has
two-way intercommunicatio ns wi th it.s customers, using frequenc ies
in low band . high band. U HF, and even 900 MHz.
While the be lt-wo rn transce ivers are low power. the fixed repeater
can usuall y be heard for a half mi le or more . A lm:al McDo nald 's
restaurant uses a Panasoni c system known as the Order Taker ... a
likely name. indeed. A nearby Hardees' system is made by H.M
Electronics. Whi le the radios arc usually sub-aud ibl y to ne encoded to
avoi d inte rfere nce (sec Tablc4 ): some cases ofi mcn tional interference
have led to substantial lines and sus pension of FCC licenses when
hams have abused their radi o pri vileges.
Some uni ntentio na l inte rferences have proved amu ~ in g. A church
reportedly instal led a wire less publi c address syst..:111 o n the . amc
frequency as an adjoin ing fa st-food restaurant. A~ the mini ster raised
his eyes skyward and requested d ivi ne guidance. his parishio ne rs
he ard the e lectronic reply: "Cheeseburger. all the \\'ay. ho ld the
mayo!"
Cl erks frequently switc h to internal intercom wi tho ut n:ali zing thal.
while the c usto mers can' t hear the ir comme nts. stalwart scanning

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e nthusiasts can. Commo n fare includes d iscussions of dates . working conditio ns. o ther employees-and the ir employers. and remarks about c ustom e rs. When the scanner listener happens to be the customer. he
reaps a particular del ight in catching the employee o ff g uard by
re~po nding to what was s u ppo~edly a private re mark.
/\ sho rt time ago wc learned of o ne resourcefu l- and highly
unl awful- prank pulled by a ham with a cross band-capablc transce iver. Po ised between two prominent fa st food restaurants, he tuned
in the c ustomer frequ encies fro m o ne restaurant and re transmitted it
to the competiti ve restaurants' o rder takers. We ndy's o rder take rs
we re understandably m iffed when they were getting o rde rs fo r B ig
Macs. while McDonald' s clerks were scratchi ng the ir heads fi guring
out ho w to serve up a Frosty! It may seem li ke ha rmless fun. but don ' t
do it'
This month M T takes a look at the vasl. largely unrecognized
sp..:ctrum s hared by these harbingers of hamburgers. We owe a s pecial
d..:bt of gratitude to Bob Eisner for sharing the largest and most-up-Iodate li ~t of fast food freque ncies ever publi shed.
The li st was last updated in May 1996. It was compiled from
numerou~ posts on the Interne t news groups alt.radio.scanner and
rec. radio.scanner fro m many posters. among the m:
1.
2.
3.
3.

Robert H. Eisner <beisner@erols.com>

Jospeh E. Hayes Ill <jhayes3rd@nmaa .org>
Bob Grave <bob@grove. net>
Keith A Monohan <kamst39+@pitt.edu>

4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Todd Penney <tpenn@otcon .com>

Brion E. Davis <bedovis@ix.netcom .com>
Brion Graham <briong@informp.ne!>
Brion Vorine <Vorineb@ucs.orst.edu>
Myles Barkman <kg5oi@cy-net.ne1>
Burke Howorth
<ab313@freenet.toronto.on.ca>
10. Joe Simon
<74270.2227@compuserve.com>
11. LOCKSMITHING@hamlet.planet.net
12. Brad Steinman
<csconO 151 @uoft02.utoledo.edu>
13. mcneill@salem .enet.dec.com
14. Bob Parnass <pornass@ihlpm.att.com>
15. stretch 1@aol.com
16. Berton Carson <g9153402@huey.csun.edu>
17. ekholm@skypoint.com
18. Steve Karolek <skarolek@execpc.com>
19. Robert Barker <robert@eden.com>
20. DennyRB@ool.com

TABLE 2
Fast Food & Gas Station Frequency Pairing by Company
lllll.aJira.nl
Ar bys

457.5375
Bobs Big Boy

Boston Market
Brau ms

Burger King

VHF-high:

151.6250151 .6550151.6850 151.7150151.7450

151 .7750151.8050151.8350
151 .86501 51.89501 51.9250 151.9550 154.5150
154.5400 154.5700 154.6000
169.4450169.5050170.2450170.3050 171.0450
171 .1050 171.8450 171 .9050

460.6625 460.6875 460.7125 460.7375 460.7625

460.7875 460.8125 460.8375
460.8625 460.8875 460.9125 460.9375 460.9625
460.9875
462.7625 462.7875 462.8125 462.8375 462.8625
462.8875 462.9125

Burgerville
Carls Jr

Chick Fil A

467.7625

30.8400
457.6000

154.5700
467.8250

469 01 25
469.0375
469.0625
469.0875
469.1 t25
469.1375
469.1625
469.1875
469.2125
469.2375
469.2625
469.2875
469.3125
469.3375
469.3625
469.3875

464.0125
464.0375
464.0625
464.0875
464 1125
464.1375
464.1625
464.1875
464.2125
464.2375
464.2625
464.2875
464.3125
464.3375
464.3625
464.3875

33.1600
33.4000

154.5150
154.5400

31.0000
- 457.6000
461.0875
461.5375
462.1625

170.3050
467.7500
466.0875
466.5375
467. 1625

30.8400
31 .0000
33.4000
457.5500
457.5625
457.5750
457.6000
460.8875
461.2875
461 .5375
469.0125

154.5700
170.3050
154.5400
467.7750
467.7875
467.8000
467.8250
465.8875
466.2875
466.5375
464.0125

30.8400

154.5700

30.8400
457.5375
457.5500
461.0875

154.5700
468.3875
467.7750
466.0875

31.0000

170.3050

920.7375 WFM
Coullers BBQ

Dunkin Donuts

30.8400
33.1600
33.4000
457.5500

154.5700
154.5150
154.5400
467.7750

El Mexicano

464.9625

469.9625

El Pollo Loco

457.5500

467.7750

Foster Freeze

31.0000

170.3050

GO Ritzys

35.1000

UNKNOWN

Hardees

30 8400
31 .0000
35.0200
457.5375
460.8875
461.0875
461. 1125
462. 1625
469.0125

154.5700
170.3050
154.6000
467.7625
465.8875
466.0875
466.11 25
467.1625
464.0125

30.8400
31.0000
33.1400

154.5700
170.3050
151.8950

33.4000
35.0200
457.5750
469.0250

154.5400
154.6000
467.8000
464.0250

463.9875

468.9875

467.9750

Coffee Time(Canada)

Hot Dog Etc

Jack in the Box

James Coney Island

Kenny Rogers Roasters Chicken
469.0125
920.2875 WFM
Kentucky F11ed
Chicken

154.5700
170.3050
151.8950
154.5150
154.5400
154.6000
468.3875
467.8125
467.8250
465.8875
466.0875
467. 1625
467.8875
469.0875

Long John Silvers

33.1600
33.4000

154.5150
154.5400

McDonalds(Canada)

30.5800
30.8400
30.8400

154.4900
151.6700
154.1 450

30.8400
31.0000
33.1400
33.1400
33.4000
. 33.4000
35.0200
35.0200
35.0200
151.7150
151.7450
151 7750
151 8650
154 5700
154.6000
457.5375
457.5500
457.6000
460.8875
461.0375
461 0875
461 .3125
462.1625
463.2875
464.5125
469.0125

154.5700
170.3050
151.8950
170.3050
154.5400
154.5700
151.8950
154.4900
154.6000
169.4450
UNKNOWN
171 9050
UNKNOWN
170.2450
171.1050
461 .0875
467.7750
467.8250
465.8875
466.0375
466.0875
466.3125
467.1625
468.2875
469.5 125
464.0125

UNKNOWN

31.0000

170.3050

457.5750

467.8000

Dairy Queen

30.8400
460.8875
461.0875
461 .5375
462.1625

154.5700
465.8875
466.0875
466.5375
467.1625

Oa ry Queen(Ganada)
920.2625 WFM

464.0125
903.2875 WFM

30.8400
31.0000
33.1400
33.1600
33.4000
35.0200
- 457.5375
457 5875
457.6000
460.8875
461.0875
462.1625
462.7625
464.0875

McDonalds

Country Style(Canada)

461 .0000 thru 462.1875 with 12.5 kHz step

463.2000 thru 464.9875 with 12.5 kHz step
465.6625 465.6875 465.7125 465.7375 465.7625
465.7875 465.8125 465.8375
465.8625 465.8875 465.9125 465.9375 465.9625
465.9875

154.5700
170.3050
467.7750
465.8875
466.0375
903.7250 WFM

Bobs Burger Express

VHF-low:

UHF:

.cim..w

Bess Eaton Donut

TABLE 1
Frequencies to Checl< for Fast Food
Restaurants & Gas Stations

457.5125 457.5250 457.5375 457.5500 457.5625

457.5750 457.5875 457.6000
457.6125 467.7375 467.7500 467.7625 467.7750
467.7875 467.8000 467.8125
467.8375 467.8500 467.8625 467.8750 467.8875
467.9000 467.9125 467.9250

30.8400
31.0000
457.5500
460.8875
461.0375
920.7250 WFM

Bakers Dozen Donuts (Ganada)

457.5750

Tha nk s for sharing the in formatio n !

30.7600 30.8000 30.8400 30.8800 30.9200 30.9600

31.0000 31.0400 31.1600
31 .2000 31.2400 33.1400 33.1600 33.4000 35.0200
35.0400 35.0600 35.0800
35.1000 35.1200 35.1400 35.1800 35.7000 35.7200
35.8800 35.9000 35.9200
35.9400 35.9600 35.9800 42.9600 42.9800 43.0000
49.8300 49.8450 49.8600
49.8750 49.8900

Customer !Bl

UNKNOWN

466.0000 thru 467.1875 with 12.5 kHz step

468.2000 thru 469.9875 with 12.5 kHz step
Special lndus1rial (GM Style headsets)

920.0000 - 921.0000 with 12.5 kHz step WIDE FM

(Speaker)
903.0000 - 904.0000 with 12.5 kHz step WIDE FM
(Headset)

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469.1125
469.1375
469.1625
469.1875
469.3125
469.3375
469 3875
920.5000 WFM

464. 1125
464.1375
464.1625
464.1875
464.3125
464.3375
464.3875
903.5000 WFM

Mrs Winners Drive-up

Pop eyes
Rallys

Roy Rogers

Sheetz Gas Station

30.8400

154.5700

33 4000
469.0125

154.5400
464.0125

30 8400
33.1600
457.5375
461.0875
461.5375
469.0 125

154.5700
154.5150
468.3875
466.0875
462.1625
464.0125

30.8400
33 1600
33 4000
457 5375
4690125
469 9250

154.5700
154.5150
154.5400
467.7625
464.0125
464.9250

NONE
469.0125

49.8300
464.0125

Some

33.1600

154.StSO

Taco Bell(Canada)

304000

UNKNOWN

30 8400
31 0000
33 t600
33 4000
457 5375
457 5500
460 8875
46 1 0375
461.0875
46 1 5375
464 9625
4690125
469 2125

154 5700
170.3050
154.5150
154.5400
468.3875
467.7750
465.8875
466.0375
466.0875
466.5375
469.9625
464.0125
464.2125

Taco Bueno

30.8400
461.3 125

154.5700
466.3125

Taco Cabana

33 4000

154.5400

TCBY

457 5500

467.7750

Tim Honons Donuls

(Canada)

305800
457 5750

UNKNOWN
467.9750

Wendys

31 0000
33.1600
33.4000
35.0200
49.8300
4575125
457.5357
457.5375
457.6125
460.8875
461.0875
461.8 125
462. 1625
464.9875
469.0125
469.2125

171.3050
154.5150
154.5400
154.6000
49.8900
467.7375
467.7625
468.3875
467.8375
465.8875
466.0875
466.8125
467. 1625
469.9875
464.0125
464.2125

30.8400
457 5250
457 5500
. 457 6000
457 6125
469.0t25
469.0375
469.0625
469.0875
469 1125
469 1375
469 ~625
469.1875
469.2125
469.2375
469.2625
469.2875
469.3125
469.3375
469 3625
469.3875

154.5700
467.8250
467 7750
467.7500
467.7500
464.0125
464.0375
464.0625
464 0875
464.1125
464.1375
464 1625
464 1875
464.2125
464.2375
464.2625
464.2875
464.3 125
464.3375
464.3625
464.3875

457 6000
461.8125

467.8250
466.8125

33.1600

154.5150

Taco Be I

Whataburger

While Castle
We1nersctrnitzel

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TABLE 3
Fast Food & Gas Station Frequency Pairing by Frequency
Cuslomer -Ctet1<

Restaurant Chains

NONE - 49.8300
30.4000 - UNKNOWN
30.5800 - UNKNOWN
30.5800 - 154.4900
30.8400 - 151 .6700
30 8400- 154 1450
30.8400 - 154.5700

Sheetz (Gas S1a11on)

Taco Bell(Canada)
Tim Hortons Donuts(Canada)
McDonalds!Canada main freq)
McDonatds Canada aux. freq)
McDonalds Canada aux. freq)
Arbys. Bobs Big Boy. Burger King.
Burgerville. Carts Jr, Dairy Oueen.
Dunkin Donuls, Hardees. Hot Dog
Elc. Kenlucky Fned Chicken. Mrs
Winners Dnve-up, McDonalds.
Rallys. Roy Rogers, Taco Bell. Taco
Bueno. Whalaburger
Arbys. Braums. Burger King, Chick Fil
A. Coullers BBQ, Fosler Freeze.
Hardees. Ho! Dog Elc. Kenluc~y Fned
Chicken. McDonalds. Taco Bell.
Wendys
Hot Dog Etc. Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Mc Donalds
Mc Donalds
Boslon MJrkel, Dunkin Oonuts.
Kentucky Fncd Chicken. Long John
Silvers. llallys. Roy Rogers. Sonic,
Taco Bell, Wendys. Wienerschni!Zel
Boston Markel. Burger King. Dunkin
Donuls. Jack m !he Box. Kenlucky
F11ed Chicken. long John Silvers.
McDonalds. Popeyes. Roy Rogers.
Taco Bell. Taco Cabana. Wendys
McDonalds
Mc Donalds
McDonalds
Hardees. Jack in the Box, Kenlucky
Fried Chicken. McDonalds
G.D. Ritzys
Wendys
McDonalds
McDonalds (Mos1 ltkely paired with
t69.505. i71.045, or 171.845)
McDonalds
McDonalds {Mos! hkely paired with
169.505. 171.045, or 171.845)
Mc Donalds
McDonalds
Wendys
PROBABLE FREQUENCY none lound
ye!
Whalaburger
McDonalds
Bess Eaton Donu1s. Hardees. Roy
Rogers. Wendys
Carls Jr. Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Rallys, Taco Bell, Wendys

31.0000 - 170.3050

33.1400-151 .8950
33.1400 - 170.3050
33. 1600- 154.5150

33.4000 - 154.5400

33.4000 35.0200 35.0200 35.0200 -

154.5700 .
151.8950.
154.4900
154.6000

35. 1000 - UNKNOWN

49.8300 - 49.8900
151.7150 - 169.4450
151.7450- UNKNOWN
151.7750 - 171 9050
151.8650 - UNKNOWN
154.5700 - 170.2450
154.6000-1 71.1050
457.5125 - 467.7375
457.5250- 467 7500
457.5250 - 467 8250 .
457.5375 - 461 0875
457 5375 - 467 7625
457.5375 - 468.3875

457.5500 - 467 7750

Arbys. Burger K111g, Carls Jr. Dunkin

Donuts. El Pollo loco, McDonalds.
Taco Bell. TCBY. Whalaburger
457.5625 -467.7875
Burger King
457.5750 -467.8000
Counlry Style(Canada). Jack in the
Box. Burger King
457.5750 - 467.9750
Bakers Dozen Donuts{Canada). Tim
Hortons Donuls(Canada)
457.5875-467.8125
Kenlucky Fried Chicken
457.6000 - 467.7500 Braums. Whalaburger
457.6000 - 467.8250
Arbys, Bobs Big Boy, Burger King.
Kenlucky Fried Chicken. McDonalds,
Whil e Castle
457.6125-467.7500 Whataburger
457.6125 - 467.8375
Wendys
460.8875 - 465.8875
Burger King, Carls Jr, Dairy Queen.
Hardees. Kenlucky Fned Chicken.
McDonalds. Taco Bell. Wendys
461.0375 - 466 0375
Arbys. McDonalds. Taco Bell
461.0875 - 466 0875
Braums. Carls Jr. Dairy Queen.
Hardees. Kentucky Fried Chicken.
McDonalds Rallys. Taco Bell.
Wendys
461.1125-466.1125
Hardees
461 .2875 - 466.2875
Burger King
46 1.3125 -466.3125
McDonalds. Taco Bueno
461.5375 - 462. t625 '
Rallys
461.5375 - 466 5375
Braums. Dairy Queen, Burger King,
Taco Bell
461.8125 - 466.8125
Wendys. White Castle
462.1625-467. 1625
Braums. Diary Queen. Hardees.
Ken1ucky Fried Chicken. McDonalds.
Wendys
462.7625 - 467.8875 Kentucky Fried Chicken
463.2875 - 468.2875
McDonalds
463.9875 - 468.9875
James Coney Island
464.0875 - 469.0875
Kenlucky Fried Chicken
464.5125-469.5125
McDonalds. Wendys
464.9625 - 469.9625
El Mexicano. Taco Bell
464.9875 - 469.9875
Wendys
469.0125 - 464.0125
Bobs Burger Express, Hardees. Kenny
Rogers Roaslers Chicken.
McDonalds. Popeyes. Rallys, Roy
Rogers. SheelZ (Gas Station). Taco
Bell. Wendys
469.0250 - 464.0250
Jack in the Box
469.0375 - 464.0375
Bobs Burger Express. Whalaburger
469.0625 - 464.0625
Bobs Burger Express Whataburger
469.0875 - 464.0875
Bobs Burger Express Whataburger
469. 1125 -464.1125
Bobs Burger Express McDonalds.
\Vhataburger
469.1375 -464.1375
Bobs Burger Express McDonalds.
\Vhalaburger
469.1625 -464.1625
Bobs Burger Express McDonalds,
Whalaburger
469.1875-464.1875
Bobs Burger Express. McDonalds,
Whataburger
469.2125-464.2125
Bobs Burger Express. Taco Bell,
Wendys. Whataburger
469.2375 - 464 2375
Bobs Burger Express. Whataburger
469.2625 - 464.2625
Bobs Burger Express. Whalaburger
469.2875 - 464.2875
Bobs Burger Express. Whalaburger
469.3125 - 464.3125
Bobs Burger Express. McDonalds.
Whalaburger
Bobs Burger Express. McDonalds.
469.3375 - 464.3375
Whalaburger
469.3625 - 464.3625
Bobs Burger Express. Whalaburger
Bobs Burger Express, McDonalds,
469.3875 - 464.3875
Whalaburger
469.2125 -464.2 125
Wendys
469.9250 - 464.9250
Roy Rogers
920.2625 WFM UNKNN Dairy Oueen(Canada)
920.2875 WFM - 903.2875 Kenny Rogers Roas1ers Chicken
920.5000 WFM - 903.5000 McOonalds
920.7250 WFM 903.7250 Arbys
920.7375 WFM UNKNN Coffee T1me{Canada)
Odd frequencies pamng

TABLE 4
fCTCSSJ PL Tones used

.!l..l!ru!l.e. lMill.e.

.!l..l!ru!l.e.

77.0
88.5
100.0
162.2
107.2

114.8
114.8
156.7
162.2
114.8

107.2
127.3

162.2
123.0
131 .8
141.3

173.8
127.3

Br~adcasting
Recalling the
Unusual Alliance
between
Radio New York
Worldwide
and the Drake
SW-4(A)
By Richard A. Seifert

Bedfellows

WRUL transmitter site,

Scituate, Massachusetts,
in 1940.

ing Foundation and began transmitting lecll1res via W I XA L fro m noted professors fro m
Harvard, Tufts. Boston Uni ve rsity. and other
nearby institutions. All programming was noncomme rcial. and educational or cultural in
nature.
In 1939 the Federal Communicati ons Commission assigned standard call letters to United
States shortwave stations. removing them from
..experimental.. stallls. WI XAL was assigned
the call letters WRU L, which stood for ..World
Radio Uni versity... with the " L., impl ying
listeners. Radio courses in e ngineering. aviation, languages. and music were broadcast to
Europe and South America.

WR UL continued its broadcasts to Europe

and South America in eight languages until
1942. The programs were also rebroadcast in
the United States over an informal network of
over 300 stations. including WNYC in New
York City. Programs were picked up via shortwave by these stations. and then rebroadcast
over their local facilities. During this peri od,
the station expanded its transmitter installation in Scituate. Massachusetts. add ing new
antenna systems and transmitters.
WRUL was turned over to the United
States governme nt in November of 1942. as
were all United States shortwave stations,
un der a lease agreement. This lease sti pulated
that all programming would be
supplied by the govern ment. who
wou ld pay for the station's time
and operating expenses.

ne of international broadcastings
most int~rest ing stories in volves a
cooperative agreeme nt between a
receiver manufacturer, the R.L. Drake Company, and commercial short wave station
WR UL-WNYW, Radio New York Worldwide. This agreement led directly to the introduction of a new recei\'er in 1966, and is fairl y
unique in the annals of independent broadcaster/manufacturer cooperation and collaboration.
The story begins in 193 1. It was during this
year that a young engineer named Walter S.
Le mmon saw his dream come to
fruition. Lemmon, a radio enthusiast
and inventor who had served as a
radio officer to President Wilson in
Versailles in 19 19. had a vision o f an
in ternational broadcast station whose
purpose was to promote international
goodwi ll. His invention and sale or a
'single dial tuning control.. to RCA
in 193 1prov ided the funds to see his
dream become a reality.
Lemmo n began expe rime nt al
shortwave stat ion WI XAL in Boston. short ly after che sale of his invention in 193 1. Four years later. he R.L.Drake SW-4A receiver was custom ordered by WRUL
founded the World Wide Broadcast- to build an audience.

I Post-War Programming

After the war. Lemmon and

WRUL fought for and won limited
return ofcheir station from the governmenc. The fiscal appropriation
act of 1947 allowed shortwave
broadcasters to again program their
scat ions. but only for 25 per cent of
the time. WRUL was the only US
shortwave operati on th at took advantage of this opportunity.

August 1996

MONITORING TIMES

25

In 1954 the governme nt lease

w ith WRUL ended. and the statio n was all owed to resume o ne
hundred per cent independent programming. These e ffo rts contin ued unti l 1960 w hen Le mmo n.
now in his 60 ' s, so ld the statio n to
group medi a owner Metro Med ia.
Metro Media co ntinued to o ffer
similar prog ramming. but found
little commerc ial success. and divested itself of WR UL in 1962.
Enterthe Internatio nal Educatio nal
Broadcasting C orpo ratio n. a di vision of the LOS (Mormo n) churc h.
When the c hurch purc hased
WRUL inJune of 1962 from Metro
Media (during the he ig ht of the
cold war). its inte nt was to promo te and exemplify the American
free enterpri se syste m as well as
internat io nal good will. Under the
vis io nary leadersh ip and di rection WR ULfounder Walter S. Lemmon (seco11dfro111 left).
of general manager Arch Madsen.
WRUL in vested heavil y in proI) provide prog ramming that the gene ra l
amo ng o thers . were hi ghl y valued in the a mamo ting and deve loping the statio n.
world wide public would want to tune in for
teur rad io communi ty. Madsen approached
M adsen realized that the s u cces~ of the
exte
nded
peri
ods:
Bob Drake about produc ing thi s rece iver reoperatio n hin ged o n c ulti vating a worl dwi de
2 ) provide the means to easily recei ve it. and
q
uiring little technical knowled ge to o perate.
shortwave aud ience. Unde r Walter Lemmon s
having
done
that:
It was to be a lo w-cost unit (at or a round
World Wide Broadcasting Foundatio n. and
3 ) ad vertise both the statio n and the receiver.
$200
US) . AM mode onl y . capab le of rece ivlater. under Metro Media. WR UL had estabFor the progra mmi ng. WRU L ado pted a
ing all internat ional broadcast bands. as well
lished an excellent reputatio n for educ ati o nal/
form at featuring popul ar Ame rican mus ic of
as med ium and lo ng wave. It would have an
cultural prog ramming. but the audience was
by
air
personalities
,
a
lo
ng
the
time
presented
AGC circ uit , adeq uate select iv ity a nd sensism all and mig rating to o ther media.
w ith info rmatio nal prog rams desc ri bin g li fe
ti vity. and a min imum number of fro nt pane l
kno bs'' requi ring user adj ustment. Imporin the United States. Listene rs to the stati on
I Equipping the Audience
heard such curre ntly po pu lar art ists and groups
tantl y. the rece ive r should a lso provide pl easThe new o wne rs of WR UL wanted to
as The Fifth Dime nsio n. and Do novan. A
ant aud io quality. In sho rt. it was to be as
o pe rate the statio n as a commercial e nterprogram called Mel in Ma11lw111111 prov ided
sim ple to operate as poss ible. Drake cons idprise. T hi s meant that the established but
sni ppets of American life. 15.440 kH z was
ered the proposal and agreed to proceed. sensd w indling aud ience needed to be ex panded .
beco ming a popul ar freque ncy thro ug ho ut
ing a poss ible new wo rldw ide marke t o pporMadsen o pined that. while the interest in
North and South A merica and Europe . WR UL
tunity.
s ho rt wave was th ere and th e potentia l
was rece iving over 3.000 letters a mo nth fro m
Drake eng ineers. kd by chief e ngineer
li stenership was larger. the appa ratu s fo r easy
Milt Sulli van . worked with Madsen in the
li ste ne rs around the world . A n aud ience base
gene ral reception was no t. That is to say.
was beginning to build.
develo pment and c reation o f the recei ver. It
gene ral coverage rece ivers we re difficult to
The second step. an easy-to-use rece iver.
woul d be Drake's fi rst e ntry into the general
o perate. For exam ple . a Collins R-390 A would
coverage. no n-ham marke t. The result was
then became pri ori ty number o ne . WR UL's
make programming today's VC Rs c hi ld 's
general manager Arch Madse n. himse lf an
the S W -4. a tube receiver featuring a " pushplay for the techni call y c hallenged. A lso,
pull" aud io stage for pleasant audio. fi tting
e lectronics eng ineer, decided to define the
these receivers te nded to be primarily in the
parameters for a s hort wave rccei ver that would
the spec ificatio ns prescribed by WR UL.
do main of DXers. ha m radio operators. o r
be easy to use . as we ll as inexpensive. Further
Because the receiver was made to WR UL s
hobby ists. Furthe r. w ith the po pu larity o f AM
si m pli fyi ng operatio n. Madsen came up with
speci ticati o ns and request. Drake agreed to
rad io throu ghout the 50 's and 6lf s. receiver
the idea of color coding . All the li stener would
include the statio n' s logo o n the front pane l.
manufac turers concentrated their e ffo rts in
The agreeme nt would be bene fi cial to bo th
have to do is 'matc h colo rs" to operate the
thi s are na. all but abandoning sho rtwa ve. T he
compani es. R.L. Drake compa ny and the S Wrece ive r.
days of the grand o ld AM/SW conso le radi os
The next ste p was fin d ing so meone to
4 were to be pro moted over the air by W RUL.
o f the 40's and 50' s were gone.
bu i ld it. The R . L. Drake co mpa n y o f
WR UL. o n the other hand. would ha ve its
The chall enge then fo r establi shing a suclogo o n the receiver as a constant reminder to
Mi amisburg. Ohio. had a we ll -established
cessful commerc ial sho rt wave stat ion was
reputation as a leading man ufacturer of amathe sho rtwave audi e nce. as we ll as the added
three-fo ld:
teur rad io receiving a nd transm itting equipbonus of hav ing its call lette rs appear in
Drake 's print advertising, th us ex posing it to
me nt. The 2- B and the R-4fT4 X combinati on.
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a whole new market of shortwave

The story concludes in 1973 wi th
listeners who may not have been
the sale ofWNYW, Rad io New York
aware of the statio n.
Worldw ide, to Fam ily Radio Inc .. a
1966 was an important year in
group religious broadcas ter. Th e
the S W-4/W RUL story. As the
WNYW cal l was changed to WYFR
Drake company progressed wi th
("you r fa mi ly radio"). WYFR continfinal assembl y of the SW-4, WRUL
ues broad casti ng today from thei r
was busy as wel l. The call lerters
transm irter s ite in Flo ri da.
W R UL had been in existence since
1939. and were inexorably tied to
I Postscript
Walter Lemmons Wor ldw ide Radio New York WorldWide (WNYW) logo as it
Last year. 1 had an o pportun ity to
Broadcasting Corporati on. Tha t appeared 011 the front of the SW-4.
tour
the new faci lities o f National
meant that li ste ners still associated the ca ll
and since: the difficulty of measuring the size
Pub
lic
Radio
here in Wash in gton, D.C. Lole tters wit h educational/cultural no n-commerof the listening audience. Therefore, even
cated
in
the
District'
s "Chi natown" neighborc ia l programm ing.
though the station was popu laramong DXers,
NPR
features
state-of-the -an digita l
hood,
To promote the new sound of the station. in
hobby ists, and liste ners worldwide, it wasn't
workstations. mixing faci lities, and impresable to make a case fo r the size of its audience.
conj unct ion wit h the debut of the SW-4. the
sive studio layouts.
WR UL call was dropped in favo r ofWNYW.
Without thi s in fo rmation. com me rcial sponAs we walked through the severa l-story
Radio New Yo rk Worldwide. The slogan
sorsh ip was diffi cu lt to obta in. The stati on
bui
lding. we eventually made ou r way to the
"Radio t\ew York Worldwide" had been used
a lso met with resistance from fore ign comtechnical area filled with satell ite downlinks.
since 1962 when the station was purc hased by
mercial enterprises who complained that the
dig ital swi tc hing matrixes. rows of neatly
the LD S c hurch. Also. WNYW received a
station was taking advertis ing business away
bund led cable . Then , somethi ng caught my
const ruction permit from the Federa l Comfrom the m .
eye. There. located on a shelf which was rackmunications Comm ission to c hange its transIn addition. WNYW e ncou ntered a " lack
mountcd about three fee t off the tloor. sat the
of understandi ng.. arnong po te ntial advertismirter location fro m Scituate, Massachusetts.
glow ing face of a familiarold friend . Tu ned to
to C hatsworth, New Jersey. Inc luded in the
e rs as to just what the station was try ing to do
WWV at 10 M Hz, was an SW-4A.
perm it was authori zat ion to instal l two 250
with internationa l shortwave radio. A fi re al
kW.one I 00 kW. and two SO kW transmirters.
the transm itter fac ility in Massachusetts in
Th e SW-4 hit the market in I 966. Each
1972. followed by the ex pense o f rebu ilding
rece iver was hand made at the Drake facil ity.
the site, proved to be mo re than the station
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Uncle Skip's Guide to Monitoring

Skip Arey, WB2GHA
tjarey@mosquito.com

The $ 100 Ham Station

Fine old crystal

controlled receivers
m ch as this Regency
unit are an
inexpensive route to
two-meters.

kay. you've finall y listened to al l my periodic

tirades about the j oys of amateur radio. You 've
followed my direc ti o ns about studying a nd
testing. You've received that magic piece of paper
from the FCC that authorizes you to hit the ai rwaves
wi th all the other ham s. Congratulations. you ve worked
hard and you ve earned your pri vileges.
Now what? Oh. yeah ; you need equ ipment.
If you look at the ads in the back of any popu lar
amateur radio magazi ne you wi ll quick ly discover that
some ham gear can be a bit on the pricey side. Th is goes
espec iall y for all those "be ll and whistle" laden handheld
transce ivers geared to the new ham market. Can you
drop a couple of grand o n a ham station ? You bet. Do
you need to spend that much
money? No way ! It is possible
to enjoy amateur radio fo r very
littl e mo ney. Let me also quote
another of Uncle Skip's laws:
The Less Mon ey You Spend. The
More You are Likely 10 Leam.
The reason for this is that
some aspects of lower cost operating can involve building
your own equipment. Don't let
thi s scare you off, Compadre.
but I won' t steer you down that
road just yet. F irst I'm going to
give you some hints that any beginner can use to get on
the air on the c heap. We' II take a look at both VHF and
HF possibi lities. depend in g o n which class of amat eur
Iiccnsc you started off your ham career with.

I The Cheap Technician

The "No Code" Technic ian' s class li cense is by far
the most popular route into the world of amateur radio
today . It' s a neat way to go. giving the operator the
whole VHF amateur spectrum to play with. But as I
al luded to earl ier. you may have the desire and drive to
be a ham , but you may not have the bucks to buy that
$400- $600 class transceiver to get on the a ir. This is
not a pro blem ; it s real ly an opportunity. You see, in the
world or a mateur radio, a lot of folks sell off o lder
equipment because they cannot resist the latest hi g h
tec h toys on the market. The ir addiction is the beg inning ha m s opportunity.
A trip to any amate ur radi o fl ea market o r swap
meet is going to turn up some good deals on used VHF
transcei vers . Di gita l sy nthesis frequency systems for
amateur radio V HF gear reall y came heavily into the

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market in the mid-seventies. VHF operatio n before this

ti me depended on crystal controlled" transceivers.
Instead of punching a few buttons to put a radio on a
frequency you had to plug in the appropriate crystals.
Admittedly. th is may sound a bit primiti ve compared to the latest and g reate st gear. However. these
crystal age rigs can be fou nd at hamfests for as little as
$50. All you need to do to take ad vantage of such
equipment is to adjust your thinking a bit. Ask yourse lf
the question: How many 2 meter repeaters arc wi thin
range at my location? Practically speaking. it w ill be less
than I 0 systems.
Now move that thinking a little furt her. You probably will initially settle in o n one or two local systems
where you find fo lks who share your interests . Perhaps
you o btained your license by taking classes at your local
ham cl ub. Obvi o us ly the club repeate r wou ld be your
base of operat ions once you get on the air. So wi th these
parameters established. a rig with positi o ns for 6 o r 8
crystals should meet your needs. Of course some of
these older rock bound" transce ivers have twenty or
more crystal pos itio ns. so you can expand your operatio n quite a bit.
Now its time to go shopping. Rigs to watc h for
include the Drake TR-22 and TR-33C. !COM IC-2 1A
and TC- 22A , Spectrum Communications SPEC COMM
5 12 and SPEC COMM 560. Regency Electroni cs HR-6,
and HR-2 12, Standard Communications " Horizon 2,"
Henry Radio' s TEMPO C L I 46A. and the Ge nave GTX2. GTX- 10. I sti ll use a Drake TR-33C as my main shack
transceiver for net and packet o perations. It's been in
continuous use since 1976 and I wou ldn't trade it for
anything.
However, many ha ms are more than willing to let go
of their older gear, so c ruisi ng the ha mfests in your area
should turn up a few c hoice rigs. Picki ng up a transceiver
in this class from a hamfest near where you live m ight
even turn up a unit that has crystals for local re peaters
alre ady installed. That saves you making any additio nal
purc hases. even though crystal s are re latively inexpens ive devices.
You would think that crystals would be hard to come
by these days. Not so. At least half a dozen sources are
o ut there ad vertisi ng their wares in amate ur radio magaz ines. Two that have a good history arc In ternationa l
C rysta l Manufacturing Co .. Inc. PO Box 26330, I 0
North Lee. Okl ahoma City. OK 73 126 (800) 725- 1426;
a nd J an Crystals. PO Box 06017. Ft. Meyers. FL 33906
(800) 526-9825. You may be interested to know that
these folks can also supply you with crystals for older

scanners. I keep an o ld Bearcat IV in my kitchen to keep an eye on local

public safety operations .
Remember the basic rules of hamfesting. Check the unit over
carefull y. Try to hear it on 1J1e air. With older gear. alwms get a manual
or know where to locate one. On these older 2 merer ri gs. don' t let a
rough looking outer case turn you o ff. Many of these rigs spent a lot
of time ''in the field" or getting swapped in and o ut of cars. Under that
rough exterior may lurk a real prize o nce you tum the unit o n.
Cheap transceivers almost beg fo r equal ly cheap antenna ideas.
Most repeaters wi thin a ten or fi fteen mile radius wi ll no t require an
expensive or compl icated antenna. A simple dipole cut to freque ncy
and h ung vertically at the second story leve l s hould work.
Dozens of inex pensive antenna desig ns can be found for the 2meter band. A recent book entitled Vertical Antenna Classics, edited
by Robert Schetgen KU7G, publi shed by the American Radio Relay
League, 225 Main Street, New ington. C T 06 I I 1-1494 (860) 5940200, ISBN 0-87259-52 1-8,co ntai ns many VHF antenna desig ns that
can be assembled o ut of simple w ire and inexpensive metals.
Within these boundaries. a station can easily be assemb led fo r
under $ I00 by any e nte rpris ing new Technic ian Class ha m . You may
not have the newest rig o n the block, but you' II be on the air and that's
what this aspect of the radio hobby is really all about.

Poor Person's HF Station

Now here I' ll turn to a bit of personal expe rience. I' ve taken an
interest in low power operation lately. QRP HF kits are all over the
page s of most amateur radio magazines these days. We'll talk more
about these kits in a few m inutes, but sin<.:c we ' re already at the
hamfest. let's look around . At a nearby ham fest I recently di scovered
a Heathkit HW-8 QRP transceiver. This fine little ri g gives the
operato r low power CW access to the I 5, 20, 40 and 80 meters amateur
radio bands. I' d owned o ne of these rigs in my earl y ha m years a nd
e njoyed it thoroug hly. My only mi stake was selling it. Now I had a
c hance to get ano ther one.
I've seen thi s rig go for as hi g h as$ I 50 dol lars, as it is somewhat
sought aft er by low power e nthusiasts. Well , th is day I was lucky. The
seller initially wanted $ 100 but l tri ed not to look too int erested and
walked away for about half an hour (one of the harder things I' ve ever
done). 1 came back and offered him $75. He agreed and the deal was
done . I now had the low power rig T wanted.
A little bit further down the lot. I spotted a small random w ire
antenna tuner for S I 0. Another table revealed an inexpens ive 'C B"
SWR bridge for $5 . I had plenty of w ire and connectors at ho me in my
junk box. so l still had $ I 0 to purchase some new coax ial cable to
connect the transceiver. the tune r, and the SWR bridge together. Now
I have a complete ham station to take along o n my fam il y campi ng
trips. So you see,$ I 00<.:an go pretty far if you pay attention to the swap
meet tables and are a bi t shrewd in your dealings .
If you' re no t interested in low power. you may st ill be ab le to get
an HF ham station going for under S I 00. The difference here. tho ug h.
is that we must ass ume you already have a receiver capable of covering
the amateur radio bands. Hig her wattage CW transmitt ers designed
for Nov ice c lass use in the I 960s can be fo und fo r we ll under S I 00.
Two units to keep an eye out for are the Heathkit DX I 00 and the
Viking Ranger. I'm in the process of restorin g a c lass ic DX- I00 and
I' m having a ball. I pi cked the unit up in working cond itio n fo r S25 as
part of ano ther deal. You' re no t going to find 140 watts CW for that
price everyday. True. you' ll have to scrounge tubes and maybe melt
a little so lder alo ng the way to keep these o ld rigs humm ing, bu t you' II
never find a better way to learn the basi cs of transmitters.

I me ntioned earlier that there are kits available to allow a ham to

get o n the air fo r fai rly low cost. Kit bui lding has experienced a real
resurgence in the last year o r so. particularly in the area of low power
amateur radio HF trans<.:eivcrs. Several of these designs meet the
under-$ I 00 criteria I have set for this arti cle. Small Wonder Labs, 80
E Robbi ns Ave. Newi ng ton, CT06 1I 1 (860)-667-3536, makes a kit
called the Green Mountain 20. This unit is available in either 40. 30,
20 or I 5 meter versi o ns. It costs just S75 dol lars postpaid. Since it is
what is known as a "board o nly kit, you have to sup ply the case a nd
a few sma ll parts that can be found at any Rad io S hack or in a ny
reasonably stocked j unk box. You shou ld still have no trouble getti ng
thi s rig on the air fo r under the SI 00 budget I' ve set for this col umn .
By the way. if you're a lready an acti ve ham but don't own a
transceiver that covers the 30 meter WARC band. a ki t such as this
will get you o nto one of the hottest CW bands goi ng. If you already
own a shortwave receiver that covers the amateur radio bands. you
can get on the a ir for even less money. Sescom, Inc., 2 100 Ward
Dri ve. Henderson. Nevada 890 I 5-4248 (800) 634-3457 sells a low
power transmitter kit called the M icronaut. This uni t can be built for
the 80, 40, 30 or 20 meter bands and can be purchased forthe prin<.:c ly
sum o f $ 15 complete wi th case and connectors. No, I didn 1 leave out
any zeros . T his kit gives you access to HF amateur operation fo r less
than the cost of a trip to the movies with your sign ificant other,
incl uding a large popcorn.
If you really want to experi ence ham radio in the raw , you can go
the "'ho me-brew.. route. Thousands of construction articles have been
published over the years in magazines and books suc h as the ARRL
Handbook that chronicle how to bui ld transmitters , receivers and
transceivers. Many of these rnnstruct ion projects are even geared
spec ifi call y to get beginners to try thei r hand at bui lding rheir first
ham station. There is no greater pride than tell ing the ham on the other
end of a QSO that the rig on your end is 'something I bui lt myself. "
Have fun. This is a ho bby. and a chance to learn someth ing along
the way. I'll be liste ning fo r you in the QRP portions of the ham bands.
Keep an eye o ut down there fo r Rich Arland, K7YHA. and Ike
Kerschner, N3 IK , too, whi le you.. re at it.

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Bunl<ing with Trunl<ing - Again

"B

unking with Trunking may likely become a monthly

top ic here in the Scanning Report. New trunking systems
arc constantly being established. and trunking-along
with some early imph.:mcntation of digital-is undeniably the most
critical topic amongst scanner hobbyists today.
Once your city. county. or state has gone trunked , the monitoring
chall enge certainly increases. However. we ve stated it before and
we' ll state it again: T runked systems can be monitored with kn owledge and patience. You will not hear every bit of particul ar conversations. but you will hear the gist or any import ant goings-on. Don't
let trunking get you down and deter you from yo ur hobby. If you are
hoth a hobbyist and a responsible cit izen who helps the police by
mon itoring their transmiss ions. try not to give up an honorable
pastime simply becau se your local PD madi.: the sw itch to 800
trun ked.
Trun king doesn't have to wipe out scanner listeni ng. And let' s
hope that sca nner manufacturers will one day be able to help us
overcomi.: those inheri.:nt problems that trunking presents.
Other arti cles have delved into the best way to monitor trunked
systems. Ge ne Hughes excellent int roducti on to Police Call also
prov ides a very understandab le and straight- fo rward report on ho w
trun king systems work and how bes t to monitor them.
While wi.: do not want to take up a lot of space explaining how
trunked systems work. here are some basic tenets of monitoring a
trunked system that you may find helprul:
Monitor at Night and on Weekends

If all publ ic safety and public se rvice agencies of a cit y or county

use a trunked syste m. thi s wil l ma ki.: it very di fficult to fo ll ow the
communications you most want to hear: thosi.: o r the police. fi re or
emergency medical service departments. Monitoring at ni ght and on
the weekend can help. After the regul ar workday. the garbagemen,
sewer workers. bui lding inspectors. school admin istrators. van drivers fort he elderly. and other city workers that you're probably not that
interested in monitoring will be off the air. Police. fire and EMS
acti vity wil l dominate the airwaves.
Delete the Control Channel

On both GE/Ericsson and Motorola trunked radi o systems. a

single con trol channel wi ll command a mu ltitude or voice channels.
On Motoro la systems. control. or data. channels typically change
once a day. but may chan ge more or less often (although ge nerally not
more than once every 12 hours). You can lock out these data channels.
but once the data channel changes. you must be sure to unl ock the
previous data chan nel. whi ch wi ll now be used for voice communicati ons. Data c hannels arc changed so that repeaters that broadcast the
conti nuous streams of data do not burn out.
In thi.: past. it had appeared to us that on the GE/Ericsson systems
the data channe ls changed rather infrequent ly. Now we see the data
channel s constantly changing. mak ing monitoring GE systems trickier.

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New trooper cars await i11slallatio11 of radios al Motorola.

High-to-Low or Low-to-High Channel Plans

Often trunked system voice acti vity will occur in logical steps.
Take the example of a small fi ve-chan nel trunked system with the
followi ng frequencies: 856.9875, 857.9875. 858.9875, 859.9875,
860.9875. On Motorola systems. one of the frequencies on the higher
end of the scale will almost always be used for the cont rol channel.
If 860.9875 is used for cont rol. voice traffic may be ass igned first to
859.9875 . then to 858.9875 if 859.9875 is busy. and soon. Freque ncy
assignment may al so work in reverse. with the fi rst ass igned voice
channel being 856.9875. And. ortcntimes. voice channel assignment
can appear to be completely rando m.

I Other Data Activity

As trunking syste ms become more entrenched, new ways to take
advantage of talkgroup ID' s are becoming ev ident. Mobile data
terminal transmiss ions are no longer exclusively the domain of a
disti nct freq uency. On some systems. MDT communicatio ns are now
broadcast over the trunk. Herc in Massachusetts, water-meter dat a
fro m the state Water Resources Authority (MWRA) is transmitted
over the State Police tru nked system.
These data transmissions. whic h are tota lly unintell igible and
meani ngless to the listener, muck-up the works when you try foll owing conversations. Other data sounds include encrypted, digital- voice
com mun icat ions (usually employed only by special entry and detective units).
Last. but certai nl y not least, arc those apparently anti-scan noises
on the GE/Ericsson systems, inc lu ding buzzsaws and beeps, which
can make listening unbearable. Two aftermarket boards which we
have me ntioned in the past are available to help the scanner recognize
and skip over non-voice transmi ss ions in GE/Eri csson and Motorola
systcms.1
Another way to e liminate much of the data is to only monitor the
input chan nels of a trunked system: however. thi s method will allow

you to hear only one side of conversations. (You wi ll almost never

hear the di spatche r. anyway. as that side of the communications is
generall y always hard-wired to the transmitter site. ) You wi ll also
have to be very close to the mobiles or portables to hear them.

I Trunking Mail
An anonymous reader from Alabama sent us the following eyeopening. jaw-dropping. and thought-provok ing letter:
Jn response to your inquiry in the May issue ofM011itori11g Ti111e.1
regarding the use of trun ked ~yst em s around the country. below is
some information and obse rvations on Huntsville. Alabama:
I) The system is a Motorola Type 2 system. It currentl y uses (has
lice nsed) 41 frequencies. I Editor's note: These 4 1 freq uencies arc
compri sed of 20 input and 20 output frequenci es. The input side to an
800 MHl trunked system is always exactl y 45 MH z below the output.
It is unclear what the 41 st frequency is used fo r. I
809.0125 809.0625 809.5375 809.9625 8 10.2125
8 10.2375 8 10. 7125 8 10.9625 8 11.2375 8 11.4375
81 2.2375 8 12.7375 8 13.4375 814.2625 8 14.7125
8 15.9875 854.0 125 854.0625 854.5375 854.9625
855.2125 855.2375 855.7 125 856.2375 856.4375
857.2375 857.7375 858.4375 859.2625 859.7 125
860.2625 860.4375 860.4875 860.7 125 860.9375
860.9875
2) The Huntsvi lle Police Department , Fire Department, and the
city's Animal Control Department are currentl y on the system.

monitoring a bank robbery situation in Huntsville. he caustically

remarked . .. Negati ve, I am no longer equi pped to monitor their radio
traffic.
HPD"s move to a trunked radio system has also further alienated
the depart me nt from the public. 1 ow. the few people that were left
that reall y wanted to he lp the department cannot do it anymore. One
dispatcher confided that. under the old radi o system. whe n they gave
out a 'BOLO'" (Be on Look-out ) over the air fo r a person or vehicle,
they would sometimes get thirty or forty calls from scanner listeners.
or fro m office rs fro m other agencies who we re monitorin g. Under the
new 800 sy~te m. they (the Huntsville PD) get nothing. The public's
perception of the new 800 system is that the department is trying to
hide something.
The reaction of city admin istrators has bee n total silcm:c and a
total unwillingness 0 11 the part of anybody to disc uss the problem.
I t:.:ditor's 1101e: We were able 10 speak 1r i1/J someone m H11111.w ille
Pulice 011-t/Je- record about the prub/e111s. I The switch to trunking
was totally unnecessary. The old VHF system (in the 154 and 155
MHz range) worked great up until the very day that it was abandoned.
Units would often trave l to Birmingham (about 90 miles away) and
call the dispatcher on the rad io to let the m know that they were
checki ng out down there !
Sure, radio traffic had increased on the three frequencies as the
HPD grew. but that could have been easil y (and cheaply) solved by
their just requesting a couple more frequencies from the FCC.
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3) The plans arc to includt: all of the city departments on the system
after the system becomes a little more stable.
4) Onl y two tower sites arc used. with one on the north end of the ci ty
and one on the south end .
5) No di gital communications have been heard on any of the channels (except. of course. the control channe l). The control channel
changes on a week ly basis. usually on Sunday night.
6) The problems with the system have been unbelievable. The
system ..crashes: result ing in a complete loss of co mmunications.
Police units frequently-and. unfo rtunately. unintentionally-get to
talk to the fire di spatcher. One unit often cannot talk directly with
another unit. with the result being that the poor di spatcher has to 105.. (relay) all of the rad io tra ffic between un i t ~. This gives everybody.
especiall y the di spatchers. what I call a wet hornet"" att itude about
two hours into the shi ft.
The range of the radios is severely li mited. The police department
and the sherifrs departme nt have a .. mutual aid"" agreement, and
police units often travel way out into the county to assist deputi es.
When they do this. their radi os are totally useless.
The mutual aid program has also suffered because the deputies. in
additi on to the airport police. local uni v c r~ it y police. FBI, Secret
Service, and the like. all used to monitor HPD"s radio traffic in order
to be able to offer assistance and to follow the progress of certain
situati ons. Now. all of thi s coordination has to be handled by phone.
When a local FB I agent was recentl y asked by his dispatcher ifhc was

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{continued)
[t:ditor's note: Finding new V/-IF and UHF.freq11e11cies thal are
availahle.for licensi11g ca11 l>e sometimes be the problem that initimes
the shift to 800 M H::. - although frequencies are 11m1 hard to find 011
800 as 11el/. I
8) There is no simul cast in g going on in H untsville. However. here is
an interesting note: Since the police officers were having such a hard
time with the new system and could not talk to each other. they came
up with a solution . Bei ng the resourcefu l and imagi nati ve indi viduals
that they arc. they all wen t to Radi o S hack and bought C B radios (with
their own personal money. I should add). Radio S hack. being the
communit y-minded company that it i. . did gi\'e them a discount when
it discov..:rcd what was goi ng on.
Isn' t that incredibl e'? The ci ty spent 4.5 mill io n dollars o n an
un needed radio system a nd our police department is using CB radios.
So now. if you want to monitor the local po lice. you don ' t need a fancy
800 MHz scanner. j ust dig o ut that o ld CB radio. But please show
so me Mv11iwri11g Times cour1csy and just listen amknjoy. Do n't keyup o n them o r bother them in any way. because if you do. you' II ruin
it for the rest of us.
Act ually. the loca l CBcrs have handled it pretty well and they stay
o il the two C B freq uenc ies that HPD uses (hey. there's 38 o ther
c han nels). IEdilor 's note: If anyone knoll's the tll'o CB channels.
please II'rile in. The author of'1his le11erfailed to 111e111io11 them. ] They
(the HPD ) arc also bringi ng a level of professio nali sm to the CB
c hannels which seems to be spil li ng over onto the o ther channels (with
exception of channel 19. which is as redneck as ever).
Sorry I can 't sign my name to thi s. but I ha\'e to work with these
people and I don't want the Mayor or the Police Chie f mad at me:
While th is letter may co ntain certain facts. other aspects o f the
l..:llcr arc clearly this subscriber' s o pinions. We did no t want to print
accusations. particularl y not from an anonymous reader. witho ut
allowing the Huntsv ille Police an opportu nity to respond. On Ju ne
13th. we called the Public Informati o n office o f the Huntsville Police
Department. Officer G il bert was open and courteous-something we
don 1 always experience when we approach a pol ice departme nt as a
scanner hobby ist.
After we confirmed w ilh Officer G ilbert that. yes . Huntsville had
switched to a trunked 800 MHz system last September/October. we
j ust had to verify. or dispel. the myth that beat officers had actual ly
purchased CB radios fo r communicat ions. oh. yes . that s right." was
Gilbe11 s mailer-of-fact response. Accord in g to th is offi cer, because
the po lice must monitor th e "pat ro l gro up" on the trunked system. they
have no way of communicati ng with one anoth..:r o n an individual
basis. Therefore, the offi cers did go o ut and purchase C B's for unitto-u nit communications.
We did no t follow-up 10 find o ut if the offi ce rs actual ly do no t want
to leave the patrol group channel. have been ordered not to. o r whether
their radio~ do not allo\\' them this capability.
When we asked if the police were having an y d iffi culties with the
syste m, Officer G ilberl answered that, yes. they could use " mo r..:
repeaters." The c ity has low spots. valleys. and o ther terrain issues. he
reported. a nd belier coverage wou ld im prove the situation. G ilbert
confirmed !hat the new syste m has caused prob l e m ~ wi th coord inati o n o n the "North Alabama Net." as stated above by o ur reader.
Gi lbert also told us that al l ci ty agencies arc using the system. but he
knows of no plans for o ther ~ u burban or county agencies to sign-on.
Officer G ilbert as~ u rcd us th at the Huntsv ille Po lice have nothi ng
to hide and he, personal ly, has no problem w ith the public li ste ni ng in

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August 1996

o n their radio traffic. He also assurrcd us that. in time. the new system
would outperform the radios that the city had replaced.

Reality Check
T runking systems provide a very valuabl e function: They offer
users the chance tu load more radios onto a s maller number of
channels than previously required (spectrum management). and they
offer incredi ble communications llexibility as far as group ing users
1ogcther. These arc o nl y two of 1he my riad other ways trunking is
important and valuable.
Problems occur in the installation of al most any new radio system.
Trunking may be more complex than a srnndard V HF simplex or
duplex system . but ki nks can be worked out. Whi le scanner hob byists
would sometimes like to bel ieve that all trunked systems arc boo ndoggles. in actuality. for trunked syste ms that have been full y tested
a nd tweaked. radio us..:rs are usuall y very pleased with the results and
very comfortable with the investment that they have m ade. It is true.
o r course. that the "investment'' was made with taxpayer dollars and
some taxpayers might feel that the mo ney would have been better
spent upgradi ng ex isting systems.
We have rece ntl y heard about proble ms with new trun king systems in Po rtl and. Oregon. and in Kansas Ci1y. Mi ssouri. We will look
at these situations in corning months.

The Digital Dilemma

We have ~pen t a lo t of time di scussing trun ki ng system ~. but o f
course the future portends narrow-band. d igita l, a nd trunked digital
sys1c111s . We have learned that Akron. O hio. has gone d ig ital a nd
C leve land will fo llow s ho rtl y. Dig it a l tests arc occurring in New
Hampshire (one Slate Po lice troop) and in South Florida. [f you arc
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made a signi fica nt change to the aeronautiZ200
11181.0
Z1 50
5800.0
cal OR frequencies. WARC 92 fin ally
it comes to monitoring mil itary frequencies.
Z205
11494.0
Z165
6757.0
channeli zed the one remaining aeron auti Be prepared for change 1
11229.0
Z21 0
Z170
7831.0
As mentioned in last month's column,
cal sub- band not previously addressed in
13242.0
Z215
Z175
9016.0
previous IT U confere nces.
the U.S. mili tary has apparently abandoned
13245.0
Z220
the ir old Papa. Sierra. Whiskey. and Xray
Stratcom Zulu Designators mentioned on the
frequency labels in favo r of a new set of
Backing Up Further
air, but not found:
des i!rnators - Zul u.
For MT readers new to the Lii iIity world.
On May 30, UW regular reporter Jeff
Z120/ Zl24/ Zl 25/ Z160/Z1 85/ Z21 1/ Z235Z61
the aeronautical frequencies located in the
l-l avc rlah noted a di scuss ion between a Glohigh frequency (HF) spectrum are divided
bal HF System (GI-I FS) station and an operainto 1wo distinct sub-bands. The fi rst subtor on one of the airborne command post regarding the frequency
band is most familiar to HF aviati on buffs - the ' R' or routed
tables that were Zulu designated. By June I. another UW regular, Bob
frequencies. This sub-band carries commun ications associated with
Lcwall yn. was reporting that Nightwatch 0 1 was discuss ing their net
aircraft (c ivil ian and military) that are fl ying on establi shed aeronauaeti vity on the new Zul u designated frequencies. The old Papa. Sierra,
tical routes worldwide. Communi cati ons on these frequencies consist
Wh iskey. and Xray designators have not been mentioned on any of the
of air tra ffic control. weather in formation. and private airline comNinht
watch or GHFS nets since June 2.
0
pany traffi c. The ' routed s ub-band was re-channeli zed by WARC 79
Whilc the reason for these new designators is shrouded in military
with the c hanges goin g into effect in February 1982.
secrecy. we can offer a hypothes is 1ha1 coul d ex pla in why it happened
The other aeronautical mobile sub-band trad itio nally has been
and where to loo k for these new frequencies/de signators.
more obscure to all but military monitors. Dedi cated readers to the
We need to step back a bit in time to the February 1995 issue of MT.
yearl y Klingenfuss Guide to Utility Stations books will recognize the
Jn the UW column that mo nth. we reported tha1the military had staned
term ' OR'. Military liste ners have prowled the OR sub-bands for
1he c hange over 10 3 kHz spacing in the aeronautical off-route (OR)
years listening to the heavy concentration of mil itary aeronau tical
ba nds. What cau sed some of 1hese military departments to change
traffic that occurs the re. The milit ary does a lot more off-route fl ying
over to this new spaci ng? A World Administrative Radi o Conference
than the ir civilian aviati on counterparts.
In the fi nal acts of W ARC 92. Append ix 26. the aeronautical
mobile OR band was channelized and standard ized to a frequency
TABLE 2: Routed and Off-Routed Frequency Ranges
s pac ing of 3 kHz like its cousin, the routed frequencies. Admin istrations worldwide have until December 15. 1997, to implement the new
Spacing between frequencies is 3 kHz
..
spacing in the aero OR bands.
In our 1995 column. we also noted that some of the military
Routed Allocations
services- not all- had made the changeover to the new bandplan.
3900 - 3950
Region l only
2850 - 3025
(shored service)
Thi s is where we stand as of presstime: The U.S . Coast Guard. Royal
3400 - 3500
4700- 4750
Air Force in the UK. and the Canadian Forces have apparently
4650 . 4700
4750 - 4850
Region 1 only
ed with the new regulations. The U.S. Navy and the Air Force
compli
5450 . 5480
Region 2 only
(shored service)
5480 - 5680
Mystic Star systems have not. It would appear. based on the very earl y
5450 - 5480
Region 1 and 3
6525 - 6685
(shored service)
research we have done into the new Z ulu designators. th at they were
88 15 - 8965
5680 - 5730
instituted by Department o f Defense (DoD) to bring the ir strategic
10005 - 10 100
6685 - 6765
frequency
tables in compliance wit h the W ARC 92 final _acts. _
11275 . 11400
8965- 9040
These new desi!!.nators a lso have been discovered on frequenc ies
13260 . 13360
11 175-1 1275
17900 . 17970
outside 1he OR ba~ds. It now appears that some of the old Sierra,
13200 - 13260
21924 . 22000
15010 - 15 100
Whiskey. and Xray frequencies outside of the aero OR bands have
17970 - 18030
new names. Again, I will remind our readers that thi s is very prelimiOff-Routed Allocations
23200 - 23350 (shored service)
nary based on the hand ful of these new designators we have discov3026 - 3152
ered. You' ll find the latest list in Table I.

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Some other interesting ohscrvations about the frequencies discovered so fa r include:

Not ice that Z2 I5 ( 13242) and Z220 ( 13245) arc right nex t to each
other in the 13 MH z ba nd separated by only 3 kHz. Also. Z205
(l 1494.0) is the first frequency that does not fal l in numerical
designator sequence with the rest of the list.
Zulu 150 (5800). Zulu 175 (783 1). Zulu 180 (9057). Zulu 190
( I0204 ). and Zulu 205 ( 11 494) arc outside the OR bands. These
frequencies are the old Stratcom W- 101. W- 105. S-309. W- 107.
and S-3 11 channels, res pecti vely.
Zulu 2 10 ( 11229) is the old X-2 10 designator frequency. Thi s
means that combined wi th the above. three of the four letler
designators (Sierra. Whiskey. and Xray frequencies) frequencies
are probably part of the new Zulu frequency tables. one of the
Papa channels have yet to be identified as part of the new
freq uency tables.
The frequencies 4745. 5705 . 90 16, 111 8 1, 13242. and 13245 are
new government freq uency authorizations. They were not used
prior to the start of the 1994 3 kHz band reali gnment.
All of the new Zulu freq uencies fo und so far have been on U.S.
Ai r Force allocated freq ue ncies. At presstime. no Navy or Coast
Guard frequency has bee n discovered with a Zu lu designator tag.

characteri stic ALE pul ses about every three to four minutes on the
following frequenc ies:
5732.0
15867.0

7527.0
18594.0

8912.0
20890.0

10242.0
23214.0

11494.0 13907.0
25350.0

In recent times. clear voice is seldom reported on these frequencies and readers that real ly know their HF uti lity listening will
recognize that the majority of the freque ncies in the above list are
USA F allocations. The lone exception to thi s is 89 12. That one is the
property of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) .
There are other frequencies that bear watching fo r Customs
ac ti vities. These do not appear to he pa11 or the ALE network. Watch
fo r activity on:

Shared with the U.S. Air Force

311 6.0
9014.0
14955.0
23227.0

3134.0 3292.0 3369.0 4729.0 5700.0 6716.0

9023.0 11 217.0 11408.0 13204.0 13247.0
15048.0 15964.0 18027.0 2063 1.0 232 17.0
23271.0

Shared with the FAA

3428.0

5571.0

11288.0 13312.0 17952.0

Other Freq uencies to Watch

I Best Guess - Where to Look

4500.0

12138.5 12222.0 19 131.0 20348.5

Obviously, the new OR frequencies are a good place to start

looki ng for new designators. Listeners should also check the old Papa.
Sierra, Whiskey. and Xray freque ncies for Zulu frequency labe ls. We
also recommend checking frequencies on Navy OR chan nels that
have had TACAMO activity reported on them.
At the Grove Com munications Expo in October. we will be
talking about these new Zulu designators and a lot more duri ng the
DXi11g the HF Utility Bands on Sunday morning. October 20. If you
have never atlcnded a Grove Ex po. it is an excellent learning ex peri ence, especiall y for the new ute listener. I hope to see qu ite a few of
you in the audience on Sunday morn ing at the Hilton in At lanta.
I would like to thank Jeff Havcrlah. Jeff Jones. and Bob Lewallyn
for all their help in pulling together this first look al the new Zulu
designators. The e ntire listening community owes one to you fellows
for your hard work. How about the rest of you out the re? We want to
hear from you as well. You can report your new designators/freq uencies via email at: steditor@grove. net or through our snai l mai l
address: P.O. Box 98, Brasstown, NC 28902.

I Just the Faes on Bluestar

FACSFAC Jax (Jacksonville)/ Callsign: Sealord

I Listening to Customs

FACSFAC Pearl Harbor/ Callsign: Hula Dancer

We have recently had a couple of requests aski ng for frequencies

used by the U.S. Customs service on HF. Several years ago. Customs
had an extremely active presence on uti lity frequencies. As the war on
drugs escalated. commun ications were scrambled and freq uencies
changed. For a number or years, the FAA shared several or their
inspec tion freq ue ncies in the aeronauti cal routed bands with Customs. In 1992. Customs reached an agreement to share some U.S. Ajr
Force freq ue ncies. ow the Customs Service uses an automatic link
establishment (ALE) network called Cothen (Customs Over-theHorizon Enfo rcement Network).
We have been able to identi fy several of the acti ve freq uencies in
the Cothen network. Based on monitoring. there arc probably several
frequencies that are missi ng fro m the list be low. Listen for the

FACSFAC Pensacola / Callsign: Seabreeze

A station that is commonly heard on the U.S. Navy Safety ofFli ght
channel 897 1.0 kHz is callsign Bluestar. Several reporters have
indicated that the location or Bluestar is the naval station in Roosevelt
Roads. Puerto Rico. One reporter also believes that Bluestar has
attai ned the status of Navy FACSFAC (Fleet Area Control and
Surve illance Facili ty).
What does a FACSFAC do? They provide scheduling, communicat ions links. control. containmt.!nt. coordination. search and rescue.
and a variety or other services to all military and civilian ai rcraft
operatin g in Warn ing Areas a nd off-s hore Ope rating Areas
(OPA REAS). These FACSFAC use radar, processing equipment.
displays, and various communications links to control platforms in
the ir OPAREAS.
Herc is a list of the known avy FACSFAC units and their HF
freq uencies (A ll freque ncies use US B):
3130.0
3379.0
6835.0

6723.0

6742.0

11252.0

6723.0
8771.0

FACSFAC San Diego I Callsign: Beaver

6723.0
FACSFAC Vacapes {Norfolk)/ Callsign: Giant Killer

2252.0

4372.0

FACSFAC Whidbey I Callsign: Down Rigger

No known HF frequencies

We wou ld appreciate any new FACSFAC frequencies you might

have discovered recently and also information on whether Bluestar
should be added to the list or Navy FACSFAC activi ties.
Now it is time to see what you have been hearing this month in the
Utility World.
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35

Utility Loggings
Larry Von Hom
Abbreviati ons us ed in this colum n
AM
ARO

ARO-E3
ASECNA

AWS

co
cw

Fax
GHFS
HF
ID
INA
JAB
LDOC
MARS
MFA

Amplitude Modulation
Synchronous transmission and automatic
repetition teleprinter
system
Single-channel ARO
teleprinter system
Agence pour la Securite
de la Navigation Aerienne
en Afrique et a
Madagascar
Air Weather Service
General call for any
station
Continuous Wave (Morse
code)
Facsimile
Global HF System
High Frequency
Identification
Iraqi New Agency
Joint Reserve Base
Long Distance Operational Control
Military Affiliate Radio
System
Ministry of Foreign
Affairs

MOI
MWARA

Ministry of Information
Major World Air Route
Area
NAS
Naval Air Station
NAT-A
North Atlantic-A MWARA
NAH
North Atlantic-E MWARA
NCS
Net Control Station
POL-ARO Polish diplomatic ARO
teleprinter system
ATTY
Rad ioteletype
SESEF
Ships Electronic
Systems Evaluation
Facility
SI TOR-A Simplex teleprinting over
radio system. mode A
Unid
Unidentified
U.S.
United States
USAF
U.S. Air Force
USB
Upper Sideband
USCG
U.S. Coast Guard
USCGC
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter
USMC
U.S. Marine Corps
USN
U.S. Navy
UTC
Coordinated Universal
Time
Vol met
Aviation weather
broadcasts station

All rimes are i11 UTC. all.freq11encies i11 kH~. and all 11w1.1missio11.1 are in
USB 1111/ess otherwise indicated

4495.0

4520.0
4545.0

4580.0
4660.0
4672.0
4745 .0
4880.0
4930.0
4932.0
5320.0
5385.0
5422.0
5460.0
5530 0

3134.0
3195.2
3270.0
3273.0
3295.0
3390.0
3434.9
3485.0
3825 0
3840.0
3940.0
4035.0

41 16.0
4130.0
4160.5
4165.0
4270.0
4417.0
4463.0
4481 .0

36

At 0657. (within seconds of hearing them on 3295) Nightwatch .01 and

War 46 are found working each other on this frequency. No designator
heard. but strongly sus pect Zulu 110. (Jeff Haverlah-Houston. TX)
'R'-Si ngle letter CW HF marker station in Russia at 2125. (Ary BoenderThe Netherland s)
KPA-lsraeli Mossad numbers station in AM at 1904. (Boe nder-Neth )
GSP Dusseldorf with an ARO-E message to MOI Nordrhein-Westfalen
(PHVNW) at 2130. (Boender-Neth)
.
At 0656. (within seconds of hearing them on 4495.0) N1ghwatch 01 and
War 46 are found each other here. No designator ID heard. but strongly
suspect Zulu 120. NW 01 then moved War 46 to Zulu 110. (Haverlah-TX)
MGJ-Royal Navy Faslane. England. with 75 baud ATTY ava1lab1ilty messages at 2135. (Boender-Neth)
Royal Navy (England) fleet broadcasts at 2137 using 100 baud ATTY.
(Boender-Neth)
New York Radio with aviation weather at 0245. (Dave Kanter-IL) Welcome
to the column Dave. please check in often-Larry
German female 5-digit Swedish Rhapsody number station at 2000.
(Boender-Neth)
VHF-Israeli Mossad number station in AM at 1903. (Boender-Neth)
Hong Kong Telecom at 1015 with Tubular Bells interval signal and
weather for the China Sea yacht race. Weather broadcasts began at 1030.
(Ed Rausch-NJ )
.
AAA5DIL-US Army MARS. District 5 net NCS at 0131 . closing net. (RD
Baker-Austintown. OH) AAR2JE net control for a hurricane exercise at
2128 in LSB Closed the net at 2200. (Keith Stein-Woodbridge. VA)
T/1a11ks. Keith, for checking i11-Larry.
IAER-Unid Italian warship in tracking net at 2246. (Boender-Neth)
NAS numbers station with a Mike Susan Adam broadcasts in USS at 2100.
Susan Adam Robert broadcasts at 1900. (Boender-Neth)
RSO working BFC requesting serial numbers reported by Hopper at 0010.
(Fowler-MA) T/1is is a USCG/USN freque11cy-Larry.
SYN2-lsraeli Mossad number station in AM at 1906. (Boender-Nelh)
PCD2-lsrael i Mossad numbers station in AM at 1930. (Boender-Neth)
890 working Group Sandy Hook in clear and green at 0035. 6516 is the
USCG fisheries patrol primary in the day: this may be their night primary.
(Fowler-MA)
FTJ2-lsraeli Mossad number station in AM at 2300. (Boender-Neth)
Three note oddity numbers station (Hungarian intelligence?) in AM at
2035. Repeat of the 2005 broadcasts on 4580. (Boender-Neth)

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5598.0
5630.0
5688.0

5705.0

5800.0
5844.0
6269.0
6496.4
6604.0
6628.0
6660.0
6712.0
6754.9
6757.0
7536.5
7720.0
7765.0

At 0655. (within seconds of hearing them on 5705.0) Nightwatch 01 and

War 46 are found working each other here. No designator heard. but
strongly suspect Zulu 125. Units then moved to Zulu 120 (see 3295.0).
(Haverlah-TX )
.
English female number station in AM at 0215. (Merritt Ashmore-St.
Petersburg. FL) Welcome aboard, Merritt, please check in often-Larry.
Numerous one and two letter tactical callsigns at 0245 with comm unications regarding target tracks and aircraft launches. At 0300. JYgave a time
check and listed units in the playground. (Ed Rausch-NJ ) Noted same at
2231. (Fowler-MA)
.
. .
.
.
Three note oddity numbers station (Hungarian intelligence?) in AM at
2005. Three note rising scale interval signal then 5-digit groups in
German. (Boender-Neth)
Jammer transmissions. hops to 4672 and back. Stays on each frequency
between 1.5 and 7 minutes. Active all night long, every night. (BoenderNeth)
Jammer transm issions. hops to 4660 and back. Stays on each frequency
between 1.5 and 7 minules. Active all night long. every night. (BoenderNeth)
Nightwatch 01 working Syllabus for a signal check on self ID'ed Zulu 135
at 0254. (Haverlah-TX)
ULX-lsraeli Mossad number station in AM at 2100. (Boender-Neth)
SPW-Warsaw Radio. Poland, sending a SITOR-A traffic list at 2102.
(Boender-Neth)
.
. .
SPW-Warsaw Radio. Poland, sending a SITOR-A traffic list at 2107. Note
that the station moved up 2 kHz from previous log. (Boender-Neth)
NOO-USCG Group Mobile, AL. at 0532 working ZIZ regarding a station in
Venice. LA. having their UTB (utility) boat at Southwest Pass at 0930.
(Baker-OH)
Secu re communications t11en the following in the clear at 2234. then the
units switched to HF4. (Fowler-MA) This is a USN/USMC tacticatltrai11i11g
and exercise support freque11cy-Larry.
. .
English female 5-dig it Lincolnshire Poacher number station in AM at
2200. (Boender-Neth)
Jammer transmissions. hops to 5472 and back. Same setup as the 4660/
4672 intercepts above. (Boender-Neth)
NAS numbers station with a Nancy Susan Adam broadcasts at 2100.
(Boender-Neth)
New York aeradio working various flights including American 56 at 0326.
(Sue Wilden -Indianapolis, IN) This is the NAT-A MWARA-Larry.
SYN2- lsraeli Mossad numbers station in AM at 1859. (Boender-Neth)
Unid. possible vessel at 0544. male with Spanish accent working weaker
unid station on 101 .Word command used. passed lube oils report and
message from the cook for items needed. Possible naval vessel ... ID?
(Baker-OH ) Rick. I have 11othi11g here at all-Larry.
Browbeat working Nightwatch 01 and ID's this frequency as Zulu 145.
Browbeat was immediately followed by Noontime ca lling NW 01. also
ID'ing freq uency as Zulu 145. Both Noontime and NW01 then moved to
Zulu 205. not found. At 0654. Nightwatch 01 working WAR 46 and moved
to Zulu 125 (see 4495.0). (Haverlah-TX)
Nightwatcl1 01calling WAR46 on self ID'ed Zulu 150 at 0128. (Have rlahTX)
Unid tracking net. Net control is P90. Others included: 4SF. 09F. B1W
using English with French accents passing traffic reports at 1937. (BoenderNeth)
WGZK-US flagged tanker Chesapeake Trader at 0630 using SITOR-A.
(Baker-OH)
.
.
VCS-Hailfax. NS, Canada. with weather charts using fax at 0213. (W1ldenIN)
..
New York Rad io wit11 aviation weather for east coast c1t1es at 0215.
(Kanter-IL) This is a volmet statio11, Dave. They tra11smit aviation weat/1er
for pilots i11bound to the US co11tinuousty-Larry.
.
.
.
Un id station mentioned CFL and flight level 270 at 2211. Possiblea1rtraff1c
control. (Wilden-IN) This is the NAT- MWARA-Larry
SYN2- lsraeli Mossad numbers station in AM at 1901. (Boender-Neth )
Offutt GHFS, NE, with an EAM broadcasts using preamble AYUX DX at
2052. (Boender-Neth)
Trenton military (Canadian Forces) with aviation weather at 0338. (KanterIL) Like the NY Radio. Dave. this a votmet statio11 of the Ca11ad1a11 m1/JtaryLarry.
Goatpan working NW01 on primary Z-165 for a radio-check at 0755. (Jeff
Jones-San Francisco. CA)
SESEF Norfolk, Ft. Story. VA at 1524 using RTTY (850/75) with 10 minutes
of foxes for the USS Ticonderoga (CG-47). (Baker-OH) A11other Navy
cha1111el tl1at is usi11g window i11stead of carrier-Larry.
Extremely loud jammer noted here in USS at 1608. (Boender-Neth)
NL TT-USS Joh11 Hancock at 1044 working DoD Cape. At 1103, Orio11 4
(USN P-3C from NAS Jax) working DoD Cape. (Baker-OH)

7784.0

7831 .0
7918.0
8143.0
8207.0
8381 .5
8385.5
8455.0
8494.9
8495.0
8589.0
9016.0
9057.0

9160.0
9809.0
10057.0
10075.0

10204.0
10387.9
10454.0
10524.0
11052.0
11053.5
11153.6
11118.0
11170.0
11175.0

111 81.0

11212.4

11217.0

KAWN aviation weather information in various formats at 0108 using 75

baud Rm. (Wilden-IN) Sue. this is a USAF AWS station in Ceiba, Puerto
Rico. They carry products that originate from KAWN Ft. Worth NASIJRB.
TX (the old Carswell AFB)-Larry.
Nightwatch 01 working Syllabus for a signal check on self IO'ed Zulu 170
at 0254. Then moved to Zulu 135. (Haverlah-TX)
FYH-lsraeli Mossad number station in AM at 1600. (Boender-Neth)
MD-BND Germany in USB with 3/2-digit groups message at 1520.
(Boender-Neth)
VRUE8-merchant vessel Tai Yuen at 0242 working KMI (on 8728) for
radiotelephone traffic. (Baker-OH )
YLBG-TKH Ivans Polzunovsat 2254 in SITOR-A. Latvian reefer with crew
telegrams to Riga. (Baker-OH)
TC KO-Motor vessel Omer Kaptanogluat 0302 in SITORA. Turkish vessel
with telex via Berne Radio reporti ng passing the Straits of Gilbrallar.
(Baker-OH)
UVAGelendzhik Radio. Ukraine. with CO CW marker at 2001. (Jack Dix
Yonkers, NY)
'S'-Single letter CW HF marker at 1923. (Boender-Neth)
'C'Single letter CW HF marker at 1923. (Boender-Neth)
HPP-Panama lntelmar Radio. PAN at 0500 in CW with Vand OSX marker.
(Baker-OH)
Nightwatch 01 calls and works War 46 on self ID'ed Zulu 175. At 0037,
Nightwatch 01 is working a good level Noontime and NW 01 again ID'ed
9016.0 as Zulu 175. with their secondary as Zulu 190 (HaverlahTX)
Night watch Ot works Tinhorn on self ID'ed Zulu 180at 1339. They moved
here from 9016.0 to get away from the strong Andrews/SAM 206
interterence on 9017.0. They then moved to Zulu 190 (10204.0) and
Tin horn entered the net. with Tinhorn immediately going monitor only for
1.5 hours. Secondary frequency said to be Zulu 210. (Haverlah-TX)
Numbers station at 0700 with 10-count and message for 257. (BoenderNeth)
Based on some last minute monitoring prior to presstime, this frequency
is believed to be Zulu 185 (tentative). (Haverlah-TX)
ASECNA Brazzaville volmet. Congo, with French aviation weather at
171 3. (Robert Hall-Capetown. South Africa)
Houston (Universal Radio) at 2216 working Connie 809 with phone patch
to Connie Ops. At 2217 New York AR INGworking OHL 530 with phone
patch to company. At 2255 Cedar Rapids LDOC. IA. working United 942,
(Baker-OH)
Landfall calling any station this net on Zulu 190 (no joy) and gone.
(Jones-CA)
Polish embassy Rome. Italy, with Polish traffic for MFA Warsaw using
POL-ARO at t730. Unable to decode. (Hall-RSA)
VOA broadcast feeder in LSB at 2108. (Fowler-MA)
HMF45KCNA Pyongyang, North Korea. with French RTIY (510/50)
news bulletins at 1148. (Dix-NY)
Paccom Ot working Andrews on F-561 with signal checks at 1845.
(Jones-CA)
Andrews working unid SAM flight at 1805. (Jones-CA)
Goll or could have been Gulf calling any station this net for a radio check
at 1905 (no joy). (Jones-CA) I have only seen Mystic Star activity reported
around here Jeff. Interesting intercept-Larry.
SAM 201 here asking lncirlik for another discrete frequency. They
switched to 7961.0. Late the same evening heard them also use 11445.
(Gerbrand Diebels SCMAC-Helmod. Netherlands)
NAS numbers station with a Mike Susan Adam broadcasts at 1230.
(Boender-Neth)
Neon Sign working Nightwatch 01 via McClellan GHFS patch at 2015
After a lengthy series of authentications. Neon Sign entered the net and
received a series of EAMs from Nightwatch 01. NW01 also advised Neon
Sign that "station Sizeable is also in the net. working Zulu 185". NWOl
instructed Neon Sign to try "Zul u 215"; Neon Sign replied "I thought Zulu
211 was primary. are you now working Zulu 215?". NW01 responded in
the affirmative. and the patch was terminated. (Bob Lewallyn-Houston,
TX) SAM 60201 working tncirlik GHFS requesting a discrete frequency.
passed 102 (no F). but SAM said he didn't have a list of lncirtik
frequencies. Passed 11118.0 in the clear. This demonstrates that GHFS
stations are using Mystic Star frequencies for their own discrete use.
(DiebelsNeth)
Heard NW 01 calling Oeadman on Zulu 200 self IO'ed requesting him to
acknowledge current traffic. Heard a new EAM passed a few minutes
earlier. When he didn't get a reply. he passed same EAM here on Zulu 200.
(l. Van Horn-NC)
19S calling Habitat several times at 0031. (Fowler-MA) This is a USN
Pacific ASW net. Anyone know for sure wl1at command Habitat is? 19S
dialed in their mode offset (window) frequency instead of their carrier
(112 11)-Larry. Habitat (NAS Whidbey Island) working Magic Carpet and
Foxtrot 1 with alligator traffic at 0100. Also heard on 9011.4 and 6719.4.
(Jones-CA) More of frequency stuff-Larry
Reach 0030 working Dixie Control with their inbound status at 2259.
These were direct comms and not a phone patch. (Fowler-MA)

11229.0
11270.0

WAR46 working NW1 for radio check on Z-210 at 0130. (Jones-CA)

Russian male number station at 0820 with message for 615: 81563.
84903. 00000. On the next day, same time another message for 615:
07918, 03458, and 00000. (Boender-Neth)
11494.0 At 1800. Opalring is working Roughgem on 11494 .0 in voice and data
after getting permission from Nightwatch 01 to move off the primary
frequency, and ID'ing the frequency as Zulu 205. This frequency is
definitely "out of sequence". (Haverlah-TX)
11545.0 English female 5-digit Lincolnshire Poacher number station at 1908.
(Boender-Neth)
12482.5 PESF-TR Holland Clipper at 1946 in SITORA with telex for Port of
Daytona, Port Canaveral. (Baker-OH)
12490.5 9VHL Singapore-flagged car carrier Medeaat 0037 in SITORA. (BakerOH)
12496.5 BOPU-Chinese-flagged motor vessel Ou Yuan al 1516 in SITORA.
(Baker-OH)
1251 2.5 UTJK-TKH Katya Zelenko at 2238 in SITORA. (Bake r-OH)
12523.0 YLBY Latvian refrigerated fish carrier TR Akademikis Artobolevskis at
1515 in SITORA with telex to Riga Chart via Riga Radio. (Baker-OH)
12566.5 UNMJ-Russian long range/endurance large autonomous trawler/freezer
vessel BATM Dzhaparidze at 2111 using 170/50 RTIY. (Baker-OH)
15567.0 UFXL-Russian refrigerated fish carrier TR Novorossiyskiy Rabochin at
2059 using 170/50 RTIY to UGW-Novorossiyskiy Radio. (Baker-OH)
12571 .5 LYBALithuanian stern ramped medium fishing trawler/freezer vessel
SRTMK Seduva at 2120 using 170/50 Rm. (Baker-OH)
12576.5 C4TW-flagged out or Russian crewed reefer TR Frio Argentina at 2140
sending 170/50 RTIY crew telegrams. (Baker-OH)
12603.0 English female5-digit Lincolnshire Poacher num ber station at 1900 with
parallel broadcasts on 7337 and 9251 kHz. (Boender-Neth)
12646.0 LPD-General Pachecho Radio. Argentina. at 0425 with SITORA free
signal and CW ID. (Baker-OH)
12674.0 HMZ-Pyongyang Radio. North Korea. with CO CW marker at 1203. (DixNY)
12677.0 HMZ-Pyongyang Radio. North Korea, with CO CW marker at 1348. (DixNY)
12710.0 XSZDalian Radio, China. with CW CO marker at 1208. (Dix-NY)
12906.00 DZJBulacan Radio. Philippines, witha CO CW marker at 1046. (Dix-NY)
12912.5 FFL6-St. Lys Radio, France, with CW weather from Metro France at
1233. (Hall-RSA)
12932.9 UFZVladivostok Radio. Russia. with crypto RTIY traffic (835R/96). not
cyrillic at 1237. (Hall-RSA)
12950.0 SYN2-lsraeli Mossad number station in AM at 1324. (Dix-NY)
13242.0 Nightwatch 01 noted here on self ID'ed Z215 at 1559. (Jones-CA)
13245.0 Caught Narration calling Nightwatch 01 on this frequency and self ID'ed
as Zulu 220 at 0011. No answer from NW01 . (l. Van Horn-NC)
13282.0 Honolulu Volmet, HI, at 0438 with aviation weather. (Baker-OH)
13330.0 New York ARING at 0047 working Continental 4 with selcal check CMBE (DC 10 N87070). (Baker-OH)
13354.0 San Francisco ARING, CA, at 0133 working Air France 071. (Baker-OH)
13375.0 English female 5-digit LincolnshirePoacher number station at 1500 with
parallel broadcasts on 11 545 and 15682 kHz. (Boender-Neth)
14441.5 US Navy MARS NNNOCVP-USS Conoley (00-979) at 0156 calling for
any stateside station, then routine phone patch traffic. NNNONZUUnid
airborne unit also on the t 4 MHz calling frequency. At 0255, NNNOCOD
USCGC Jarvis (WHEC-725) calling with traffic. (Baker-OH)
14699.2 YIX70-INA Baghdad, Iraq. with RTIY (406R/50) press bulletins at 161 o.
(Hall-RSA)
14890.0 Russian male number station at 0800 with message for 615: 89513
82403. On the next day, same lime another message for 615: 08188
82403. (Boender-Neth)
15964.0 Portishead LDOC working unid flight at 171 6. (Baker-OH)
16080.0 Bookshelf worki ng Cookhouse with tactical training type comm at 2030.
Other players mentioned: Draiper 41 . Okie 13. Grizzly, Castro 43 and
others. (Jones-CA)
16084.0 English female 5-digit Lincolnshire Poacher number station at 1000,
1100. 1200 and 1300 with parallel broadcasts on 14487 and 15682 kHz.
(Boender-Neth)
16262.0 French Forces Paris. France, with code de voie using AROE3 (390/192)
at 1313. (Hall-RSA)
167t6.5 UICJRussian lanker TK Pobeda at 2024 in SITOR-A with service
message to Novorossiysk Radio. (Balker-OH)
16920.0 9GX-Tema Radio. Ghana. with DE CW marker at 1415. (Dix-NY) Nice
catch. Jack, I haven't seen this one reported in the States before-Larry.
16929.8 9HR-Malaysia naval radio. Johore Bahru, with Rm (853R/50) 5-letter
groups at 1234. (Hall-RSA)
16987.0 VRX81 Cape D'Aguilar Radio. Hong Kong, with CO CW marker at 1257.
(OxiNY)
17037.0 YO I-Constanta Radio, Romania, with hand sent CO CW marker at 1259.
(Dix-NY)
17239.7 PKX-Jakarta Radi o, Indonesia. with CO CW marker at 1308. (Dix-NY)
18027.0 Surprise worki ng Classical for signal checks at 1657. (Jones-CA)

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The Global Forum

Glenn Hauser, P.O.Box 1684-MT, Enid, OK 73702
fox: (405) 233-2948, or (704) 837-2216 ATT: Houser

ALGERIA RTA Engl ish not heard al 2000. just at 1800- 1900 on
567-9 107 {via Uli s Fl eming. C11111bre DX via /JC-DX via Thurman) Sked
15204.95 only (Brian Alexander. PA. World of l<adio)
2100-0300. plans DX program <Fleming. CDX via DXPL)
ANGOLA VORGA 1 heard \\ Cll on 7090 al *0-l-19-0630+ (Brian
ECUADOR HCJB made sudden switch from 5900 to 9.+45 to S Pac al
0700- 11 30 (Chris Hambley. IV.0.R.) To avoid PNG med ical net on 5895
Alex ander, PA. World of Radio) V. of Resistance of the Black Cocken:l
{Rich Me Vicar. 711e La rest Ca1<11) Much better here- no Manf sp l a~h (gh.
announced shtl: 0450-0900 and 1650-2 100 on 7090. I050- 1430 on new
9775 (BBCM )
OK ) Clayton & Helen Howard are now al a retirement home in Tahlequah.
BOLIVIA G reat mortal ity of community radio stations ex pected for
OK. in volved in closed-circu it T V (DX Pamli11e)
GABON Rainy sea 011 lasted longer tl{;111 normal cm1sing floodi ng
those who did not conv ince government of legality (Jorge Mato Esquive l.
RN Radio-11/ace) Rdi f. Mi nerfa. Oruro on new 5927.2 ex-4985.4 from
especially in so u thea~I where Africa 1umber One is: and ma) continue
* 1045v (Emili o Pedro PovrLen ic. Argent ina, Lmi11oa111erica DX via
through usual dry season in to August. An ANO 1ransmi t1er wa~ severely
Radio N11e10 M1111do)
damaged. disrupting these broadcasts: 0300-0500 9580. 0600-0700 &
0800- 1000 17630. 1500-1800 15475. Wou ld fix ASA P (BBCM)
BULGARIA Bulgarian heard al 0320-0400* on 9052.44 (Brian
GREECE USIA signed agreement with Greek Ambassador in WashAlex ander, PA. World of Radio) See ms 10 be Plovd iv 9700 min us MW
648 (Wolfgang Blischcl. BC-DX)
ington to renew VOA relays in Kavala. Rhode~: goes to parl iament for
ratification (USIA via BBCM )
CANADA C B C ~ Nm1 tire De/(/i/s on summer break till mid-Sept.
replaced by half-hour version of new Clohal Village.rnn musical euhun.:s.
V. of Greece airsZ011ra11i Cm111111edaily at 2000-2 I 50on 7450. 93 75live phone-in fro m Greeks worldw ide and ships al sea. To NAm 1200-1350
(So also on RC I Sun 223 1, Mon 0230.-gh) Also on RCI Sun 223 1. Mon
on I 5630cx- I 5650 due to Israel: English news 1335 . Maccdoninn station:
0230. Co1111ectio11s. be~ l of pub Iic radio from around the world. Mon 2329
on 5960, 9755. 13670. Al 0205-0300 UT RCI carries CBC summer
0500-0800 7430. 0500-2155 11 595. 0500-2205 9935. 1700-2205 7430
(John Babhis. MD) VOG has addi tional week ly English segments: Fri
lineup: Tue. Quirks & Quarks: Wed. S1111day Mom i11g 011 7i1esdar Night.
etc. (CBC Radio Guide via Ti m rlanncry). RCI i~ broadcasting live from
0 115-0130 7448. 9420. 9935; Sun 03 15-0330 on same: Sun 0730-0745
Ottawa two days a month. for increa~ed public expo~ure. such as July 207450, 9425. 11 645: Sat 2145-2200 9425 {Gayle Van Horn via Thurman)
2 1 (VOA Co1111111111ica1im1.1 World)
These ure Greek lessons in English (Babbis)
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC National Radio destroyed in clashes
GUATEMALA URNG has includcd negotiat ions for a liegal I radio
freq uency for La Voz Popul ar in the peace process. prime means of
between mut inee rs and French armed forces. RFI reponed. 5034 and
7220 subsequentl y silent (BBC Monitoring) Undestroyed. 5033.9 he;m.I
com mun ication lo illiterate audience (Pre11m Lihrc via BBCM)
again mid-June al 18 15 {Fin n Krone. Denmark. DX \Vi11do11 via The
GUYANA GBC reactivated SW in late May, heard at 0220 and 0900
Lmesr Carclr>
on 3290 (Ed Rausch. NJ. \V.O.R.) 0900-2100 5950. 2 100-0900 3290:
COSTA RICA Once 10 kW transmitter eompl.::1ed. 15050 daytime
overnight fill er" from 0300 is Niglttrid'1' (Jerry Berg. Ct1111bre DX via
EDXP)
wil l conven from USB to AM (RrPI Mai/hag) l<epor1Ji'0111 tire Des'1't.
Wed 1840. Thu 0240. 0940. now oilers special QSL for reports with
HONDURAS R. Copan wasn1 happy with IC>I. on 7460. expected to
return postage to RFPI (Richard F. McCarthy. AL)
relllrn to 15675 (Jeff White. WRMI via Hans Johnson. C11111hre DX via DX
Wi1uloll')
CUBA RHC to Europe al 2 100 supposed to be in English on 137 15.
Spanish on 13680. but on one oi.:casion 13715 abo in Spani,h (Roger
Tidy. London) 137 15 is 100 kW. I 3dl3 gain rhombic. JOdegree departure
MihrMJ Ad~r ua
8 ~00 SW 11 Sueel, Sun 751. J.A1111t11t, Flor d-' 'JJ I H USA
angle. azimuth 4 1 degrees; also on SSB 13725 20 kW PEP. similar
hlcphOne (JO~J 781 t , 21
, . ,. ( J O') ' 0 1 9 2 '3
Comp uSer ve 1 oJ,11J'
rhombic slightly more nort hward: at 0500-0700 9830 SS B is 30 kW PEP
on same antenna a~ 13715 but le~s gain here. RH C also recen tly added
HONGKONG RT HK yacht weather speeial on 3940 in April was not
audio process ing. almost 4: I compression (A rnie Coro. RHC. Elec1ro11il'
from old 2 kW transmiuer. but 10 kW Cape o Aguilar station. per fu ll-data
card (Takayuk i Inoue. C11111/Jre DX via [)X 011/(/rio)
DX Press)
CYPRUS BBC relay 0000-0200 to SAs on 94 10 is fro m hi.: re. then
HUNGARY Visited R. Budapest: Charles Coutts. head of F.nglish
from 0200 UK site (Randy Stewart . MO) Unusual for a relay to use out sc<.:t ion. read MT cover to cover. but dismayed station not mentioned
of-band channel
despite earl y skeds sen1 to Hauser. Also >aid paying transmission company
for run power but not gelling it {Gigi Lytle. Hungary vin Frimmcl) We
DENMARK I non I R. A BC/De nmark. successful com~
never get their program info earl y enough to be timely. and freq skcds were
mercial station ~ince 1990. has hired time on 120 kW ~ -.=:- ~
FU BAR (gh)
Kaliningrad SW clear channel 7570 Su n' 0800- 1200: ((( -~-~ ))\
~ ~
ITU HFCC lists Hungari an Rad io domestic relays on SW forZ96: 100
English program inc ludes Danislt Top 30 a1 I000- 11 00.
DX Report al 1130. s ince J une 23: should be heard well in
~
kW 6025 al 0320-23 10: 20 kW : 0500-0WO 7 155. 1630- 1700 7250. 17001730 7220. 1930-2000 71 25 (Bob Padula. EDXP) 6025 previously real l of Europe. poss ibly beyond. Report to P.O. Box 174 . .... ~dio_..
DK- 8900 Randc rs . Denma rk: info at http :// ucuirnau1.
ported closed down (gh) None listed by BBCM or WRTH (Padula.
www.radioabc.dk (St ig Hart vig Nielsen. Radio ABC)
ARDXC Ne1rsP/11s) Confirmed on 7155 at 0540. rarely audible {Padula.
I non I R. Denmark lnt" I via orway. English al :38 pas1every hour on
ARDXC O:Trai/-all via Thurman)
Ist and 3rd Suns/UT Mon' made so me changes: 1638 WNAm 13800 cx/CELANO lnonl Alpha & Omega leased DW Hi lich 6 11 0 Sun 19002000 Engli sh (Paul Brems, Belgi um via RKI SW Feedback)
11 840: 0438 7520 ex-7465 (Erie K~i i e . RD!. DX Wi11d1111)
INTERNATIONAL WATERS /\ llan Weiner
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC New on 50 12.3
was R. Pueblo. Santo Domi ngo. but shortly
has teamed up again with Scoll Becker for
All times UTC; Al/frequencies kHz;* before hr=
changed name to R. Cristal Internacional
another try at offshore radio. bu1 this release
sign on, * after hr= sign off; II = parallel
gives no hi111 as to where it"' being built or
(M ichael Schnit1er. Germany. DSWC I DX
programming; + = co11tinuing but not monitored;
Wi11dm r via Thu rman) Home made I kW.
where it wi ll sail (gh) Ligh1wave Mission
2 x freq= 2nd harmonic; Z-96 =Summer season
Broadcasting and Becker Broadcast Systems
half-w ave hori1.0111al. Ap. Postal 894. fa x 809

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are outfitting a ship for international SW and MW. lo be named Electra

in honorof Marconi' s experimental radio ship. on by summer's end. Will
promote environmental issues. lease time (Anita McCormick. Internet
via Dan Henderson. DSWCI DX Window )
R. Libera\:iio !sic-shou ld be Liberta9aoj is pirate from a boat off Rio
Grande do Sul . Brazil. on 17 10. 12040. 21865 0900-0300 in Port uguese.
Spanish. English (rcc.radio.sw via Mick Ogrizek. ARDXC Ne1rsPl11.1via
Thurman) Doubtful item. but. .. ?
IRAN I non J Alarm about Tehran's Jbroadcast I capabilities kd Sen.
D' Amato to introduce leg islation last year to establish R. Free Iran. Bi ll
now being reworked (Robin Wright. L.A. Times via Tom Risher)
IRAQ It was mislead ing for you lo list an Iraqi stati on in June under
Saudi Arabia. since it was anti-Sauui (Dave Kaiser. HZ I AB. ARAMCO.
Dhahran) You misunderstood: it was headed .. JnonJ .. which means not
.fro111 but clandestine abo111 or for Saudi Arabia (ghl
ITALY Rock-It Radio. via IR RS. 3950 heard at 2000 on a Sunday,
QSLcd for E-mail. Studi os at Ventura, California. trying IRRS and may
add other SW outlets. Focuses on good sounding ~ongs, rockabilly and
doo-wop which had regional or minor success. original rock of fun. life
and music rather than negative themes today (Francis Mougencz. France.
DSWCI DX \Vindmr ,ia Thurman) See also USA- WRM I (gh) Moved
to 3955 (Bob Padula. AR DXC Ne11sP/11s)
R. Italia 1111 1. Spoleto sold its SW 10 R. Maria. heard on 7140 al 09001530. 15 kW 24 hours. Address: R. Maria. via Turati 7. 1-22036 Erba.
Italy (Plar DX via EDXP)
IVORY COAST RTYI back on SW. 7215 at 2100-2400*. cla~sical
music first hour. then African (Eugene Gebreurs. Antwerp. RY I Radio
World via Steven Cline) Strong but undennodulatcd. also 0600 after
TWR South Africa goes off; no sign of 60 15 or 4940 (Bob Hill. MA.
C11111bre DX via EDXP)
JAPAN R. Japan new program is Tow11 & Around featuring different
towns on a chosen theme each mo111h-Wed 1521. 1721. 1921. 2 12 1.
232 1 (R. Japan via World DX Club Conwct)
KOREAS All three frequencies of KBS' Liberty home service to N
Korea are jammed at 1715. ench with a different style-6 135 warble.
3930 pulse. 60 15 buzzsaw: different si tes? (John Fiil1er. Korea. C11111hre
DX via BC-DX>
KURDISTAN Jnon ?I Y. of the Iraqi Communist Workers Party
(Arabic: Sall't al-S/111y11 'i al-U111111ali al-Iraqi) fiN observed May 20.
maybe replacing silent Y. of the Iraqi People. sayi ng it broadcasts for
..ci tizens of Sulaynrnniyah (in Iraqi Kurdistan). 1530- 1630 Kurdi sh.
1630-1730 Arabic on -WOO. also announces 0300-0500 on 4000 ( BBCM )
KUWAIT An Iranian official visited Kuwait. said America's use of
VOA relay here against Iran was .. intolerable: Now MW 600 kW but
1992 agreement call s for 10 SW transmitters (BBCM)
LEBANON Several Y. of Hope staff had very close call s when rockets
landed on their paths momellls before or after they passed impact points
(Gary Hull. YOH via Hans John son. C11111bre DX via DX Windmr ) Whal
do they expect. selling up a station in a war zone? But then the Adventure
would not have been so High (gh)

VOICE OF HO PE INT ERNATIONA L RADIO NETWORK

LIBERIA ELWA 1ransmi t1ers lirst reported 10 have escaped damage.

then to have been destroyed again in civil war: may rebuild hospital. not
radio (S IM International via HCJB TLC)
LJTHUANIA R. Vilnius added new morning repeat of previous night' s
English program. 0830-0900 on 9710. on trial basis (BBCM) 9710 is 50
kW. 259degrces from Sitkunai (Sigitas Zi lionis. DSWCI DX Windmr via
Thurman)
MALTA I non J Y. of the Medi terranean tested in June at 1900-2 100 on
9765. 12060. preceded and fo ll owed by V. of Ru ssia on its 1ransm it1ers.
with Engli sh 1900-1921. 1958-2020: other times. French. German.
Arabic (Eugene Gebreurs. RY ! Radio World via Cline) Also Sun 0 I00-

0400 15480 to Australia where lots of Maltese live (Bob Padula. EDXP)
Russia confirmed by station. maybe St. Petersburg: most likely to continue: 12060 (Hans Johnson. C11111bre DX via EDX P) Both 9765. 12060
inaudible here (gh)
MEXICO XERMX planned 10 retime programs in July; already in
June. E11rne111ro DX moved from 1800 10 1900 Sat on 9705 ( W. O.R.)
MOLDOVA Mail to both stati ons is unreliable, so Rumen Pankov
offers 10 act as QSL bureau for R. Moldova International and R. Dnestr
I111erna1ional. both asking for 4 IRCs or USS I and I IRC. via Rumen: P
0 Box 199. IOOO Sotia-C, Bulgaria (Bob Padula, EDXP)
NEPAL R. Nepal al 00 15-0300 made seasonal changt: from 3229.8 10
7 165 about May 13 (V ictor Goonetilleke. Sri Lanka. DX Wi11dow)
NETHERLANDS RN documentary. Wed & Fri: Aug 14-30. Wake of"
the /-la(/" Moon on New Netherland colony 1609-1664 (On Target via
Mauer. Thomas. Cline, Moats)
NICARAGUA R. Zinica I formerly on 6121 Jhad its MW 830transmi11er destroyed by men with machetes who also cul cables: 10 kW unit
wou ld cost $40K 10 replace. Director Arturo Valdez called ii criminal
sabotage in the electoral campaign: this FSLN outlet still on FM (Barricada
via BBCM: Nicaragua etwork Hotline via Peacenel via Patrick
Crum horn )
NIGERIA [non I R. Democrat I111erna1ional igeria heard at 1515 on
15120. band music and test announcements. schedule 1500 on 15120.
0600 on 11900: came in qu ite well (Dave Jeffery. NY. W.O.R.) New
clandestine obviously using RSA 1ransmi11ers (gh) Planned 10 adjust time
of afternoon airing (Jerry Berg. NU via 1-ICJB TLC) e-mail co111ac1 in
Eng land is nalicon@postlin..demon.co.uk. un verified address PO Box
9663. London SE I 3LZ. England. Programming is in English and thus
unusua lly interesting for a clandestine (George Ze ller, OH) After July Ist.
planned \o broadcast 2100-2200 only on 7 195 (Roger Tidy. UK)
PERU R. America. 6010.7. test ing morn ings on ly with channel 4 TY
news relay. heard at I 145-1218 (Pedro F. Arrunategui. Lima. DSWCI DX
Wi11d111r via Thurman ) R. Los Andes. 6479.8. uses fuel-generated power,
goes off fo r 30-45 mins around 0000 to refuel (as does R. Altura, 7 143).
Mighty signal at night. Has really pompous canned ID harangues. giving
elevation. coordinates. area (Henrik Klcmetz. Dateline 80;:01<i)
POLAND Polish Radio's new flagship show is Europe East with
correspondcms from Estonia to Moldova on politics. business. lifestyles.
Sat 1210. This and other programs offer lots of monthly prizes-T-shirts.
CDs. videos: winners an nounced on first Postbag of each month, Sun
1230 on I I 815 (PR via WDXC Co11wc1) Among other times. but thi s the
best chance in NAm.
PORTUGAL Gloria site for 18B services [VOA. RFE/ RL] closed
down al May-end. transferred to other 18B relays (Dan Ferguson, 18B.
ARDXC Ne1rsPl11s via Thurman)
R. Portugal moved English 10 us one hour later. 0330-0400 Tu-Sa on
9570. 6095. remedying clash with Vati can (Ben McKinney. Ont.. DXing
1d1'1 C11111bre via Diane Mauer) When we checked. nothing on 6095 (gh)
RUSSIA R.Stalllsiya Medetsina dlya Vas is new- Medicine for You.
I 1630 at 0300-1 300. seems I00 kW Noginsk site near Moscow (Nikolai
Rudnev, WWDXC via NU via HCJB TLC)
SAIPAN KFBS tries 10 reach Europe. since it has added Polish on Day

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

Review of International Broadcasting

SW Programming , opinion , equipment, satellite monitoring.
Samples $2.50 each (outside North America US $3 or 6 IRCs)
10 issue subscriptions $26 in USA, or both for $49
Glenn Hauser, Box 1684-MT, Enid , OK 73702
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the Global Forum {continued}

3 I Wed?I at 1915-1930. Ro111anian Day 2 1830- 1900: German is for
Kazakhstan I which is part ly in Europe I 1545-1600 Days I. 3. -1: 18301900 Day I. 1845-1900 Day 7: other times in the I 130-1930 period in
Russian or Ukrain ian. all on 9465. In the "World by 2000" drive to reach
as many ethnic groups as poss ible. KFBS also broadcasts in such exotic
minority languages as Banjar. Bugis. Jarai. Kolm. Makasar. Rosetin.
Sundanese (via FEBC www page via Christoph Rat zer. BC-DX ,ia
DXP:, updated py Nikolay Pa~hkevie h. Russia. BC- DX both vi;i Thur111an)
SAO TOME VOA relay acti vated 3rd transmitter: 5970 0430-0700,
I 1765 1630- 1830. 12080 1830-2 130 (VOA CW)
SOUTH AFRICA Foreign Affairs Min istry deleted funding for Channel Africa. It might have to cJrn,e shortl y unless SA BC can come up with
another way to pay for it (Mail & Guardian ,ia BBCM) Maybe coi ncidental. but: (gh) Head of Channel Africa. Lebona Mosca was dismissed in
early May after being fou nd guilty of misusing a company credit card on
a vi sit to Amsterdam (SAPA via BBCM) After twoweek night111are. cabi net decided to keep Channel
Africa. but under SA BC: saved only thanks lo internati onal support' (Flame Nieuwenhause n. Ch Af Exec
Ed. RNMN: AFP via Alpert) 17 SW transmitters also
relay many other station s, a facto r in reprieve so
Channel Africa would not lose out to them (VOA C W) Needs $30 mi llion
for 3 years (Marie Lamb. DXi11g 1rith Cumbre)
SRI LANKA In Late Ylay. strike against electric company completely
cul off power here. putting TWR off air. but fate of SW stations SLBC.
R. Japan. DW unknown. Local time changed to UTC+6:30 from May 25,
per press reports. no doubt due to power shortages (David M. Clark.
C11111hre DX via BC-DX) More like Burmese nonsense instead of India.
Trincomalec previously reported to be diesel-powered (gh) R. Japan
quickly leased more time in Britain (Wolfgang Blischel. BC- DX)
SWEDEN R. Sweden 0230 on 6090 ex-7290. hut then heard on both;
at 1330. 13740 cx - 11650 1115240 (Larry Shewchuk. Man.)
TIBET!non I V. of Tibet began in mid-May. from Oslo. transmitted via
f-EBA Seychelles. 15-1-15 M-F 1145- 1200: initiated by World view International, which also started Democratic V. of Burma. It' s the voice of a
voiceless people (VOA Co1111111111icatio11s \Vor/d) Fax: +4 7-22 11-4988:
address: World view International. Wclhavensgt. I. 0 166 Oslo I. Norway
(BBCM) Occupies former DVOB offices which has moved. For.:uses on
Tibetan cullllre. education. hunian rights, news. in three dialects: not
Dalai Lama mouthpiece. but with journalistic freedom . Budget S300K.
hopes to ex pand time in near fut ure (Bernt Erfjord. DX News. Norway via
DX Windmr) VOT agreed not to counter FEB A s Christian ~ tandards
(l-ICJ B DXPL)
UK 0 GB AN I BBC World Service is losing powerto create it s own
programming. in BBC reorgani zation. Must buy shows from other BBC
units or contract with companies: I sense this will reduce BBC WS to a
tran smi ss ion organ ization (Chris Hansen. rec.radi o.short wave via
Thurman) Shocking thi s might even happen with news. but many features
already handled thusly (gh) Several hundred BBC employees demonstrated against downsizing the WS (UPI via David Alpert) Radio as a
medium with its own identi ty appears to ha,e been ~wall owed up a~ just
part of the larger terrri tory for di gi tal TV and new media via Internet
(RNMN via Diane Mauer) BBC te~t of ID Logic reported last month on
13680 was from Skelton site (BBCM)
UKRAINE Ukrai nian Radio First Progra m *0300-2300* but exact
span not established. on 7245. 6 105. news and info partly in Russian
(BBCM)
URUGUAY Em isora Ciudad de Montevideo. fi rst heard mid-May
wi th tests on 9650.0 varying to 9650.2. * 1500 varies to * 1600. heard as
late as 2300 fade (Tony Jones, Paraguay. NU via DSWCI DX Wi111/oll' via
Thurman) halfwave dipole. 1.5 kW. tho authori Led 10 kW (Horacio
Nigro. NU via l-I CJ B TLC ) Dec 95 I BRA sked has th i~ strange entry under
Uruguay: 6370 M-F 1930-2000. Wed 1900- 1930. Sat 0805-0900. dail y
2200-2430 (Jerry Berg. ibid. )
US A WORLD OF RADIO via WWCR: 15685: Thu 2030. Fri 2 115.

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Mon 2030. Tue 1230. Wed 11 30. 12 160: Sun 1730. 9-175: Fri 22 15. Sat
1600. Sun 2130. 7435: Sun 0 I00 & 0800. 5065: Sun 0900. 32 15: Mon
0-130. Due to Alaskan fish & wildlife net. WWCR curtailed 32 15. went
back to 7435 at 0500-1000: affects World of Radio Sun 0800. Spectrum
Mon 0800, Ham Radio & More Mon 0900 (gh ) NAm 60mb station hrd for
fir>t time via long-path ! WWCR 5065 at 2325. possibly because there
\\"Cren 't any in the past (Bob Padula. ARDXC 0::.Trail via Thurman) Pam
B ce~ ley. popular .. patriot .. talk host for American Freedom Net work. was
fi red after her boss in South Dakota was accused of bei ng an FB I
informant. After death threats. they both went underground (Valerie
Richardson. Wa<;hington Times via Chet Copeland ) Was on WWCR at
noon weekdays. WWCR opened website. simply: www.wwcr.com (gh)
Sec abo Hauser's Highlights.
KVOH plans to go on 5085 by August (Hans Johnson. Cwnbre DX)
5085 had been on George Jacobs & Associates ma, ler schedule. but
revised in late May lacking it but with 9975 also to be
avai lable morn ings 1-100-1 600 (v ia George Thurman)
9975 heard wit h Farsi UT Mon 0 I00-0 130 from Christian Joy Center. Tustin CA; wonder how many listen in
lran 'I (Hans Johnson. C11111bre DX via BC-DX)
Futurc ofW INB is grim: still no plans to repair 50 kW
SW that broke down in April 1995 (Hans Johnson. C11111hre DX via EDXP)
AM & FM stations at least. off for 12 months will l o~e their licenses. per
new Telecomms Law (Radio World )
WRM I. 9955. foll owing v i ~ i t to Jerusalem by Jeff White. relays Kol
Israel news in Spanish. recorded at 1950, played at 02 15 except UT Mon.
Also carries anti-Semiti c Herald of Truth dumped by WWCR. Tue-Sat
0000. Rock-It Radio !sec ITALY I was lo begin Jul y 7. Suns 1900-2000.
u1 0/1(/a M1111dial no longer on sked. but another DX program is Con
F/"l'rne11cia UT Sat 0230-0300 (WRM I June sked via George Thurman)
711e Space Scene wit h Bill Ne lson is new on WRM I. third Sats 2030spacc news and shuttle mission pre views (Nelson. IV.0. R.) WRMl's
highe't priority is getting application completed and approved for new
antenna to Canada and Mexico (White via Johnson. C11111hre DX via DX
\Vi111/1111")

WGTG. 9400 heard Sun 2 100-2200 with Baker Brigade program

the '"Vampire New World Order'". describing Sen. Robert Byrd as
a mind-control agent. Loretta Lynn and Barbara Mandrell his "mind
slaves'" (Timothy B. Gunter. AR)
VOA had scheduled programs oft he late Willi s Conover. and perhaps
is >ti ll ru nning his tape,, regionally and not on all listed English frequencies: Music USA-l a::.:. Mon-Sat 201 0. Sat 14 10:
Music USA-Standards. Sun 1930. Mon 1130, 1530.
1930. 2200. 2430. Sat 1130 (VOA Guide) Conover s
jazz show will become weekly retrospective. VOA
VOICE OF AM ERI CA
Di xon site purchased by Globe Wireless. con vened to non-voice maritime comms (VOA CIV)
For a report on charges of corruption and infl uence peddling at Radio
Marti. sec US Ne1rs & World Report. June 3. p. 36 (gh)
UZBEKISTAN R. Vatandosh. *02 30-0330* on 9530. 9545. 7 190.
9715. in Uzbek wit h ID. sked. music. news. talk (Valery Ostroverkh.
Ka1.akh ~t an. DSWCI DX Window)
VIETNAM VOV adjusted 15008.2. now on exactly 150 I0.0 with
English at 1600 (Thomas Mueller. Germany. DSWCI DX Windolt' via
Thurman)
ZAMBIA Christian Voice on new 3330 under CHU at *0358 with ID.
takeoff on Jefjer.wns theme. not easy but best on LS Bas CHU is on USB:
fad t.: by 0410 (Randy Stewart. MO) Peaks 0-120. fade 0-140 (Larry
Shewchuuk. Man.) Schedule 0-100-0700 3330. 0700- 1600 6065. 16002200 3330 (A ndrew Flynn. RCV via Zacharias Liangas. BC-DX)
ZN !JC much stronger than before on 4910: must be new I 00 kw
tran, mi1ter. Also heard daytime on 7220 (BBCM ) -1909.6 was hardly
audible. now armchai r quality evenings (Finn Krone. Denmark. DX
\Vi11dm1")
U111il the Ne.rt, Best 1l DX and 73 de G/en11!
agai n ~t

Ga-B~-~-van-~-~:-s_t_Log_g_in__g_s_________...,.~fa.UMflJttBiiii@0001 UTC on 9770

USA: Voice of America. Story on pirate radio broadcaster creating havoc
with Spain's ATC system.(Sue Wilden, Columbus, IN) VOA transmitter site
via Philippines. -ed.
0014 UTC on 3289.91
NAMIBIA: NBC. (tent.) Continuous fine lite music, pop songs and afro
pops. no announcer comments heard. Interferences noted to 0028. (Giovanni
Serra, Rome, Italy)
0150 UTC on 6235.3
DOMINICAN REP.: Radio Quisqueya. Spanish. Lively salsa music. Recheck at 021Owith 50's remake of tune Little Bitty Pretty One by Huey Lewis
& the News. Station ID to music from the Beatles, Elton John and the Beach
Boys. (GVH-NC)
0235 UTC on 3324.8
GUATEMALA: Radio Maya de Barillas (TGBA). Spanish. Haunting flutes
playing Amazing Grace. Male announcer's ID and station promotional.
Religious vocals and scripture readings. (GVH, NC)
0313 UTC on 7345
'
VATICAN STATE: Vatican Radio. Story on Galileo and Kepler, followed by
Saints Alive program. (Wilden. IN) Station monitored in French on 11625 at
0559. English at 0630 on 11625//15570, 13765. (Serra, Italy)
0345 UTC on 7269.9
ALBANIA: Radio Tirana. Albanian. Ethnic music and comments by female
host. News at 0350 to 0400 ID. (Jerry Witham, Keaau, HI)
0420 UTC on 3330
ZAMBIA: Radio Christian Voice. English religious program to hymns and
ID. Station heard under CHU time/frequency station with signal peaks
0415-0420. (Larry Shewchuk, Seven Sisters Falls, Manitoba, Canada via
e-mail)
0420 UTC on 6045
BURKINA FASO: Ethnic language. Female announcer having a lot of fun
airing announcements and spinning regional music! "Radio Burkina Faso"
ID at 0430. Wiped out by Germany's Deutsche Welle at 0500. (Witham, HI)
0425 UTC on 4800
LESOTHO. Radio Lesotho. Sesotho. In progress with call-in phone calls
past 0430. News in English at 0500. (Witham, Hf)
0655 UTC on 5020
SOLOMON ISLANDS: SIBC. English/Pidgin. Musical standards with a mix
of public service and commercial announcements. ID and news at 07000713. (Witham, HI)
0720 UTC on 3945
VANUATU: Radio Vanuatu. French dialogue to conch shell interval signal
and ID at 0726. New-age music to ads for FAS (detergent?) and Fig
Newtons. IS repeated at 0732 followed by newscast. (Witham, HI)
0740 UTC on 5950
USA: Voice of Free China relay via WYFR. Program segment on the history
and evolution of Taiwan's tea houses. (John Hanz, Old Bridge, NJ)
0802 UTC on 17895.14
PAKISTAN: Radio Pakistan. Pakistan Calling program including news
0800-0804. Station ID, announcements and music pauses. Holy Koran
recitations with English translations 0806-0811 to ID/frequency quote, II
15470.05. (Serra, Italy}.
0904 UTC on 9606.4
INDONESIA: (Java) ARI-Semi. Indonesian. Prayers and recitations to
regional music with female vocalists. (Witham. HI)
0910 UTC on 5900
ECUADOR: HCJB. DX Partyline show celeb_rating their 35th anniversary.
(Hanz, NJ)
0945 UTC on 6100
NEW ZEALAND: Radio NZ lnt'I. Easy-listening music program. (Bob
Fraser, Cohasset, MA) Station noted on 15115 at 2220 with good signal.
(Vern Breitkoph , North Vancouver BC, Canada)
1241 UTC on 11890
OMAN: Radio Sultanate of Oman. Arabic. Male talk to pop music. Brief
announcements with chat alternating between pop and Arabic songs.
Parallel noted 15375v, observing signal splash at 1259 on 11885. (Serra,
Italy}
1243 UTC on 15445
BRAZIL: Radio Nacional do Brasil. Report on a tour of the Brazilian Navy
Museum and restoring military vessels. (Fraser, MA; Elmer W. Walleseri,
La Grange Park, IL)
1345 UTC on 15240
SWEDEN: Radio Sweden. Sounds Nordic program with report on a hot rod
show in Stockholm. (Fraser, MA) Program noted on 6065 at 1935 with Sixty
Degrees North program, pop music breaks and IDs. (Serra, Italy)
1428 UTC on 13620
KUWAIT: Radio Kuwait. Arabic music program to announcer's Arabic text.
(Howard Moser, Lincolnshire, IL) Kuwait can also be heard in English from
1800-21 oo on 11990. -ed.
1451 UTC on 7370v
TURKEY: Turkiye Polis Aadyosu (tent). Local song to female host. Regional music with brief announcer comment between tunes, no ID noted.
(Serra, Italy)
1600 UTC on 15520.27
BANGLADESH: Radio Bangladesh. Time pips at 1600 to male time check,

ID. news from 1600-1610, including closing news round-up of main points.
Some interference splatter observed. (Serra, Italy)
1620 UTC on 7445
TAIWAN: Voice of Asia. Presumed Thai. News text to easy-listening
vocals. Additional text referring to Indonesia and Hong Kong to 1630.
(Witham, HI)
1650 UTC on 13830
CROATIA: Croatian Radio. Piano music to 1700 ID and national news in
presumed Croatian. (Moser, IL) Ten minutes of Croatian news heard on
7165 at 2205. "Hrvatska Radio" ID, excellent signal on //5895. (Hanz, NJ)
Audible on 5920 at 0758-0805 in Croatian and English, //9830, 13830.
(Serra, Italy)
1650 UTC on 17775
SAU DI ARABIA: BSKSA. Presumed Swahili. Rapid monologue to regional music at 1652. Closing national anthem at 1655, revealing KVOHLos Angeles underneath! (Witham, HI)
1710 UTC on 7295
MALAYSIA: (Peninsular Malaysia) ATM-Radio 4. Pop vocals from George
Michael. Excerpts f rom the album Words, including the cut Radio Moments. ID to comments that Radio 4 is being heard in market places, public
parks and medical clinics. (Witham, HI)
1752 UTC on 13845
USA: WWCR. Dr. Gene Scott's University Network ID/info, monitored to
1600. (Breitkopf, Canada)
1820 UTC on 7170
RUSSIA: Golos Rossii. Russian. Emotional telephone conversations
handled very well by a female announcer. Russian music past 1830 with
ID at 1832. (Witham, HI)
1832 UTC on 7270
ALBANIA: Radio Tirana. Newscast lo 1835 and brief musical pause. ID,
political commentary about situation in Kossovo to 1838. Interviews. talk
and pop music. ID and info for closing English service at 1856, heard on
// 9739.87. (Serra, Italy)
1906 UTC on 15665
USA: Monitor Radio lnt'I. Station ID into Middle Eastern news to religious
text. Station information and address. (Breitkopf, CAN)
1915 UTC on 11605
ISAAEL: Kol Israel. Report on the various Holocaust memorials. (Fraser,
MA) //7465, 9435, 15615, 15640-ed.
1920 UTC on 11675
RUSSIA: Voice of Russia WS. Moscow Mailbag- FAQ's (Frequently
Asked Questions reviewed). (Fraser, MA) Fine signal noted on 12010 at
0420. (Moser, IL) Focus on Asia heard on 7115 at 0027. (Wilden, IN)
1931 UTC on 5015
TURKMENISTAN: Turkmen Radio. Turkmen. Local chant to presumed
political talk mentioning Asgabat to 1940. Some ORM static noted. Serra,
Italy)
1945 UTC on 9670
ITALY: AAI. Survey finds job security the top requirement of workers.
(Fraser, MA) Italian service noted on 11810 at 2320. (Moser, IL) 117235,
11905-ed.
2005 UTC on 12085
SYRIA: Radio Damascus. Arabic vocals mixed with program preview to
' this is Radio Damascus". National anthem to news in brief, Arabic pop
songs. IDs and News and Views show. Press Review program and lite
music. End of English service noted with frequency quote. ID and closing
national anthem, //15095. (Serra, Italy)
2035 UTC on 11980
USA: KWHA-Hawaii. Pop music to female announcer's religious programming of prayers and bible passages. QSL request from listeners to ID.
(Breitkopf, CAN)
.
2056 UTC on 7230
SERBIA: Radio Yugoslavia. Weak signal with frequency quote to station
interval signal and sign-off. (Hanz, NJ) Station is targeted to Australia at
this time, check out North America's target at 0000-0030 on 95801111870. ed
2135 UTC on 11720
BULGARIA: Radio Bulgaria. Report on the evolution of Bulgaria's national
character. (Fraser, MA) 11 9700-ed.
2159 UTC on 17860
AUSTRALIA: Radio Australia. Station ID/frequency info to features.
(Breitkopf. CAN) Chinese service noted on 13605 at 13415. (Moser. IL)
2230 UTC on 11935
JORDAN: Radio Jordan. Arabic. Middle Eastern news briefs to big band
music. (Moser. IL) Jordan can also be heard in English from 1100-1200,
1400- 1500, 1500-1600, 1600-1630on 11970. -ed.
2240 UTC on 9655
TURKEY: Voice ofTurkey. Report on sharing the Euphrates River waters
among Turkey, Syria and Iraq. //11810. (Fraser, MA)

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English hroadcast 1111less othenl'ise noted.

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BRAZIL
Radio Cancao Nova. 9675 kHz. Full data f Ho ra
de Ewmgeli:ar QSL card unsigned plus k11e r and
Cocav Nova Joma/ new,Ic11er. Heceiveu in 77
days for a Portuguese report and one U.S. dollar.
Station add re,,: Caixa Postal 15. l 2630Cachodra
Paulista. Sao Paulo SP. Bra1.il. (Darre n White.
Ha11iesburg. MSJ
COSTA RICA
Ratlio For Peace International. 7385 kl-11.. Full
data QSLcard signed by James Latham. Rccciwd
in -15 J ays for an English report and tw1> U.S.
d11lhtr>. Station address: l'.0. Box 88. Santa /\ na.
Costa Hica. (Terry Jones. Plankinton. SD)
ECUAl.>OR
Escuelas Radiofonicas Populares clel Ecuador.
5010 kHz. Partial data wrilkation lettcr on >tation
lencrhcad. signed by Juan Peret. Sarmic1110. plus
station sticker. Received in 54 days for a Spanish
report and one U.S. dollar. Stat ion address: Casi Ila
06-01-693. Hiohamha. Ecuador. (White. MS)
La Voz de Im. Caras. 4795 kHz. Partial data
vcrification lcncr on station lc11erhcad s igned by
Ing. Marcelo Nevarez Faggioui. Received in 64
day> for a Span i'h report and one U.S. dollar.
Station addre,s: Casill:t 1.1-0 1-629. Bahiade
Caraquez, Manahi, Ecuador. (White. MS).
GREECE
Voice of Greece. 15650 kHz. Full data QSL card
unsigned and frequency schedule enclosed. Received in 53 day' for an Eng lish repwt and one
U.S. dollar. Station addre,s: ERT S.A .. Direction
of Engineering & De,elopmcnt. P.O. Box 60019
J 5:l I0 Aghia Para, kcvi A11iki,, Athen,, Greece.
(Walter Szczepaniak. Phi1'1delphia. PA)
HON(; KO NG
Hong Kong Tckcom. '.19-10 kHz. Full uat:t QSL
folder with tran"ni ner site. and photo signed by
Lu i Karn Chucn -/\s>t. Engineer. Rcccivl!d in I
momh for an English report. Station address: HF
Radio Transmitting Station. P.O. Box 9896. GPO
Hong Kong. (Ed Rausch. Cedar Grove. NJ)

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ICELAND
Rikism"arpid. 1380 kHz. full data QS L postcard
unsigned. Received i11 35 days for a taped Icelandic
report and one fRC. Swtion addrc;.s: Icelandic National Broadcasting Service. Efstalct I I, 150
Reykjavik. Iceland. (Szczepaniak. P/\l
MEDIUMWAVE
Radio Progreso (CM BBJ. 6-10-AM kHz. Full dalll
verification on station lellcrhcad signed by Manuel E.
/\ndrcs Mawrra-Director General. stamped with
station'> seal. Received for a Span ish report. Station
address: lnfa nta 105. Apartado 3042. Ciudad De La
Habana. Cuh.i (Philip E. Gala,;,n. West Creek. NJ)
WCTJ. 1580 (cx-WWOF)/ WLOJ 1490 AM kHz
(Camp Lejeune. NC). Data/frequency lc11er. returned
both reports. and e nclosed bumper stickers for each
station. Hcceived in 4-1 days for report of testing on 23
April. Enc.:loscd both a a(ll!rcss label and mint stamps
(neither used on reply). Station address: WCTJ. c/o
Leann Wibon-Offic e Manager. Light 1490 WLOJ,
P.O. Box 15062. New lk rn. NC 28561 . This report
was sent via WLOJ as noted WC l'J broadcast II with
WLOJ" s programming. (Mike Hardester, Jacksonville. NC)
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
Radio Netherlands Bunairc relay 't:ltion, 5995 kH1..
Full data QSL card un, igncd plus three calender,.
Received in 30 days for an English report and two
IRCs. S1a1ion address: P.O. Box 222. 1200 JG
Hilversum. The Netherlands. (Jones. SD; Eric M.
Walton. Vancouver BC. Canada I
DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Radio Pyongyang. 6576 kHz. Full data Lily of 1he
Vu/fey nower picture pm-tcard, vcrificu with initiab.
Station pennant, calendar card. program schedule,
picture leallctoft heir CtJllral Broadcasting complex.
and a copy of Pyv11gya11g Times. The catch is. that I
had to mail my report from outside the United States.
I was in I-lav:urn in January and mailed the n:po11 from
there. Station address: do External Service. Korean
Central Broadcasting Station. Pyongyang. Democratic People' s Republic of Korea. (not ""North Korea" or1 envelope please' ) (Galasso. NJ) K11dos, Philip'

R USSIA
Voice of Russia, 9955 kHz. Full data scencrv
l'ard veri licd by Elena. Trans millcr silc noted
as Lvov-U kr~1ine. Received in 59 day for an
English repon S1ation address: ul. Pymnitskaya
25. Moscow 11 3326. Russia. (John Hanz. Old
Brisge. NJ)
SHIP TRAFFIC
SIS Keys1011t' Ca11yo11 KSFK. 12487.5 kHz
USB (Steam Tanker). Full data prepared QSL
card signed and stamped with ship' s seal. Received in 2 1 clays for a utility report of R'n'Y
traffi c. Ship address: c/o Keystone Shipping
Co .. 3 13 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. PA 19 106.
(Steve Mc Donald. Pon Coquitlam, BC. Canada)

MN S1e1rart J. Cort WYZ393 l , 4077 kHz

USB (Ore Carrier). Full data prepared QSL
<:ard stamped with ship's seal and signed. Personal note and two color photos of ship enclosed. Received in 55 days for an English
utility report. Ship addres-: c/o Canal Station.
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.49783. (McDonald.
C/\N)
MN Pacific Ki11g 3FJN4. 12439 kHz USB
(Bulk Carrier). Full data prepared QSL card
stamped with ship's sc:1l and signed. Received
in 59days for 11 111ility report of CW traflic. Ship
address: c/o Hyundai Merchant Marine Co.. 410th Floor. Mukyo Hyundai Bldg.. 96. MukyoDong Chung-Ku. Seoul. South Korea. (Mc
Donald. CAN)
UN ITEI.> STATES
KTRK-K-Trnck. 1670 kHz. Full dat:1 green/
while 8x I0 U.S. Army Broadcasting ScrviceVeritication Certificate, si ~ ncd by Mr. Donald
S. l.lrowne-Project Manager. Col. Thomas A,
I-lanscn-Director-Anny Broadcasting Service.
Very nice cenificate and ;uitablc for framing'
Rcc.:ived in I06/9 1/\16 days for an English
report. (Hardester, NC via e-mail: Richard
Daker. OH via e-mail: Loyd Van Horn.
Brnsstown. NC)

How TO UsE THE SHORTWAVE GUIDE .

1:

Convert your time to UTC.

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

Choose a program or station you want to hear.

Some selected programs appear on the lower half of the page for
prime listening hours-space does not permit 24-hour listings except for
the "Newsline" listing, which begins on the next page.
Occasionally program listings will be followed by "See X 0000."This
information indicates that the program is a rerun, and refers to a previous
summary of the program's content. The letter stands for a day of the week,
as indicated below, and the four digits represent a time in UTC.
S: Sunday
T: Tuesday
H: Thursday A: Saturday
W: Wednesday F: Friday
M: Monday
3: Find the frequencies for the program or station you
want to hear.
Look at the page which corresponds to the time you will be listening.
Comprehensive frequency information for English broadcasts can be found
at the top half of the page. All frequencies are in kHz.
The frequency listing uses the same day codes as the program listings; if a broadcast is not daily, those day codes will appear before the

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .
station name. Irregular broadcasts are indicated "tent" and programming
which includes languages besides English are coded ''vi" (various languages).

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

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

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

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

RADIO PROGRAMS.
Sundays
0024 Radio Exte11or de Espana "Distance
Unknown"
0030 Voice of America (ca) "Communications
World''
0030 WRMI (Florrda): "Wavescan"
0100 WRMI (Florrda). "Wavescan"
0109 HCJB (am): "OX Partyhne"
0124 Radio Exterior de Espana: "Distance
Unknown"
0200 WWCR *3 (Tennessee): spectrum"
0200 WWCR ,4 (Tennessee): spectrum ..
0200 Ramo For Peace Intl world ot Radio"
0234 Radio Havana Cuba: "OXers Unlimited"
0249 Radio Romania Intl: "DX Mailbag"
0258 Vatcan Radio: "OntheAir"
0300 WH Ai (Angel 2): "DXing with Curnbre"
0300 WV/CR !"4 (Tennessee) World of Radio
0315 Voice of Turkey: -ox Corner (biweekly)"
0410 Australia. Radio: "Feedback"
0434 Radio Havana Cuba: "DXers Unlimited"
0508 Vatican Radio: on-theAir''
0509 HCJB (am): "OX Partytine
0524 Radio Exterior de Espana: "Distance
Unknown"
0525 Radio Japan: "Media Roundup"
0610 Australia. Radio: 'Feedback"
0630 Radio Korea: "Shortwave Feedback"
0634 Radio Havana Cuba: oxers Unlimited"
0635 Radio Vlaanderen Intl: "Radio World"
0725 Radio Japan: "Media Roundup"
0800 WWCR #1 (Tennessee) world ot Radio"
0830 Radio Korea: "Shortwave Feedback"
0900 Radio For Peace Intl "World of Radio
0900 WWCR 3 (Tennessee) "World of Radio"
t 040 Ra,110 Korea: "Short11ave Feedback"
t 100 AWR Latin America: "Wavescan"
11 30 Radio ABC Denmark "ABCDX-Report"
t 230 Radio Korea "ShOrtwave Feedback"
1235 Radio Vlaanderen Intl Radio World"
1240 Radio Korea. "Shortwave Feedback"
t 352 Valican Radio: "On-the-Air"
1425 Radio Japan: "Media Roundup"
1630 Radio Korea: "Shonwave Feedback"
1725 Rajio Japan: "Media Roundup
1730 W\VCR 3 (Tennessee) "World of Radio"

Asia
Australia
Pacific
various
domestic broadcast
omnidirectional

(OMPILED BY JIM fRIMMEL

1805
1830
1840
1930
201 0
2105
21 i5
2125
2130
2130
2149
2206
2206
221 5
2300
2300
2300
2325
2335

Radio Vlaanderen Intl: "Radio World"

KWHR (Hawaii): "DXmg with Curnbre"
Radio Korea: "Shortwave Feedbac<"
Radio Korea: "Shortwave Feedback"
Radio Korea: "Shortwave Feedbac<"
Radio Vlaanderen Intl: "Radio World"
Radio Budapest Intl: "Radio Budapesl DX
Show"
Radio Japan: "Media Roundup"
Radio Korea: "Shortwave Feedback"
WWCR H4 (Tennessee): w orld of Radio"
Radio Bulgaria: "Radio Bulgaria Calling"
WWCR 13 (Tennessee): "Ham Radio and
More"
WWCR H4 (Tennessee): "Ham Radio and
More"
AWREurope (Slovakia) wavescan"
AWR Latin America: "Wavescan ..
KSDA (Guam): "Wavescan"
Radio For Peace Intl: "World of Radio"
Radio Japan: "Media Roundup"
Radio Vlaanderen Intl: "Radio World"

Mondays
0030 WRMI (Florida): "Wavescan"
0125 Radio Japan: "Media Roundup"
0200 WHAi (Angel 2): "OXing with Cumbre"
0230 Radio Korea: "Shortwave Feedback"
0245 Radio Budapest Intl: "Radio Budapest DX
Show"
0330 KWHR (Hawaii): "OXing with Cumbre"
0405 WWCR #3 (Tennessee): "Ham Radio and
More"
0430 Radio New Zealand Intl: "Mailbox
(biweekly)"
0430 WWCR #1 (Tennessee): "World of Radio"
0445 Radio Bulgarra: "Ractio Bulgaria Calling"
0700 Radio For Peace Intl: "World of Radio"
0800 WWCR ~1 (Tennessee): "Spectrum"
0905 WWCR 11 (Tennessee): "Ham Radio and
More"
1040 All lmlia Radio: "OX-ers Corner (214)"
1215 Radio Bulgaria: "Radio Bulgaria Calling"
..
1355 Radio Romania Intl: "For Radio Ama teurs
1435 All India Radio: "DXers Corner (214)"
1525 Radio Romania Intl: "For Radio Amateurs

1615
1840
1915
1920
1955
2030
2045
2130
2130
2155
2355

KTWR (Guam): "Pacific DX Report"

All India Radio: "DXers Corner (214)"
Radio Tallinn: "Radio Estonia OX Program"
AWA Latin America: "Wavescan"
Radio Romania Intl: "For Radio Amateurs"
WWCR #1 (Tennessee): "World of Radio
Radio Onestr: "OX Herald (3)"
All India Radio: "DX-ers Corner (2/4)"
WRMI (Florida): "Wavescan"
Radio Romania Intl "For Radio Amateurs"
Radio Romania Intl. "For Radio Amateurs"

Tuesdays
0030 WRMI (Florida): wa1escan"
0255 Radio Romania Intl: "For Radio Amateurs"
1146 Radio Sweden: "Med1aScan (1/3)"
1210 AWR Latin Amerrca: "Wavescan"
1230 WWCR tl (Tennessee): world of Radio..
1246 Radio Sweden: "Med1aScan (1/3)"
1846 Radio Sweden: "Med1aScan (1/3)"
1900 Radio For Peace Intl: world of Radio"
1946 Radio Sweden: "MediaScan (113)"
1950 Polish Radio: "Polish Radio DX Club"
2130 WRMI (Florida): wavescan"
2139 Radio Havana Cuba: "DXers Unlimited"
2146 Radio Sweden: "MediaScan (1/3)"'
2239 Radio Havana Cuba: oxers Unlimited"
2340 All India Radio. "OXers Corner (214)"
Wednesdays
0030 WRMI (Florida): "Wavescan"
0046 Radio Sweden: "MediaScan (1/3)"
0116 Radio Sweden: "MediaScan (113)"
0135 Radio Havana Cuba: "DXers Unlimited"
0146 Radio Sweden. "MediaScan (1/3)"
0246 Radio Sweden: "MediaScan ( 113)"
0300 Radio For Peace Intl: "World of Radio"
0335 Radio Havana Cuba: "DXers Unlimited"
0346 Radio Sweden: "MediaScan (1/3)''
0535 Radio Havana Cuba. axers Unlimited"
0700 HCJB (eu): "The Latest Catch"
0800 HCJB (eu): "Ham Radio Today"
0930 HCJB (pac): "Ham Radio Today"
1000 Radio For Peace Intl: "World of Radio"
1030 HCJB (pac): "The Latest Catch"

1130
1315
1720
1915
1920
1930
2000
2130

WWCR 1 (Tennessee): "World of Radio"

FEBC (Philippines): "DX Dial"
Polish Radio: "Polish Radio OX Club"
Radio Budapest Intl: "Radio Budapest DX
Show"
Argentina. RAE: "DX'ers Special"
HCJB (eu): "Ham Radio Today"
HCJB (eu): "The Latest Catch'
WRMI (Florida): "Wavescan"

Thursdays
0030 WRMI (Florida): wavescan
0115 Radio Budapest Intl: "Radio Budapest DX
Show"
0130 HCJB (am): "Ham Radio Toda(
Ot53 Radio Netherlands Intl: "Media Network"
0200 HCJB (am): "The Latest Catch"
0235 Argentina . RAE: "DX'ers Special"
0530 HCJB (am): "flam Radio Today"
0600 HCJB (am): "The Latest Catch"
0752 Radio Netherlands Intl: "Media Network"
0830 Radio New Zealand Intl: "Mailbox
(biweekly)"
0953 Radio Netherlands Intl: "Media Ne~'lork"
1153 Radio Netherlands Intl: "Media Network"
1220 Polish Radio: "Polish Radio DX Club"
1315 WRMI (Florida): "Wavescan"
1352 Radio Netherlands Intl: "Media Network"
1553 Radio Nether lands Intl: "Media Network"
1753 Radio Netherlands Intl: "Media Network"
1952 Radio Netherlands Intl: "Medk1 Network"
2030 WWCR #1 (Tennessee): world of Radio"
2130 WRMI (Florida): "Wavescan"
Fridays
0030 WRMI (Florida): wavescan"
0053 Radio Netherlands Intl: "Media Network"
0053 Radio Netherlands Intl: "Media Network"
0253 Radio Netherlands Intl: "Media Network"
0453 Radio Netherlands Intl. "Meda Network"
1315 WRMI (Florida): "Wavescan"
1446 Radio Portugal Intl: "Radio Portugal DX
(triweekly)"

August 1996

(Co11ri1111ed 011 p. 56)

MO NITORING TIMES

43

Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager

North Carolina

swbcsked@grove.net

Dave Datko

Loyd Van Horn

California

Brasstown, N.C.

MT MONITORING TEAM
Next Reporting Deadline
August 18, 1996

Jim Frimmel, Program Manager

Texas

DXComp@aol.com

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

NEWSLINE.
"Newsline" is your guide to news broadcasts on the air. All broadcasts are world news reports unless followed by an asterisk, which
means the broadcast is primarily national news. All broadcasts are daily unless otherwise noted by the day codes.
0000 UTC
(8:00 PM EDT, 5:00 PM PDT)
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (as pac) (Newsdesk)
BBC (south as)
Canada (NorthOuebec)
China Radio Intl
Monitor Radio Intl [TA]
Radio Australia
Radio Exterior de Espana
Radio New Zealand Intl
Radio Prague
Radio Thailand
Radio Ukraine Intl
Radio Yugoslavia [M-A]
Voice of America (am)
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (ca)
Voice of Russia
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) [TA]
(USA)

Radio Prague
Radio Sweden [TA]
Radio Tashkent
Swiss Radio Intl
Voice of America (am)
Voice of America (as)
Voice ol America (ca)
Voice of Indonesia [F]
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietn am

0101
Croatian Radio

0103
A Slovakia Intl [TS]

0110
Radio Australia [MF]

0113
Radio Havana Cuba [TS]'

0130

China Radio lnll"

Voice of America (ca) [TA]'

BBC (as pac)

BBC (south as)
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Havana Cuba [WS]
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio Sweden [TA]
Voice of Greece
Voice of Russia [TA]
Voice of Vietnam

0015

0132

0001
Croatian Radio

0003
Radio Pyongyang

0010

Radio Cairo

Radio Havana Cuba [T]

0030

0145

All India Radio

Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio Sweden [T-A]
Radio Thailand (TS]
Radio Vilnius [MA]
Voice of America (am) [T-S]
(Special English)
Voice of Ameri ca (as) (Special
English)
Voice of Russia

0035
Voice of Iran

0045
BBC (am) (Britain Today)
BBC (as pac) (Britain Today)
BBC (south as)" (Britain
Today)

0050
RAI Intl llaly

0100 UTC
(9;00 PM t;QL 6:00 PM PDT)
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (as pac) (Newsdesk)
BBC (south as) (Newsdesk)
Canada (NorthOuebec) [SJ
Deutsche Welle
HCJB (am)
Monitor Radio Intl [TA]
Radio Australia
Radio Budapest
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Exterior de Espana
Radio Havan a Cuba (TS]
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand Intl
Radio Norway Intl [M]

44

MONITORING TIMES

Radio Tirana

0152
Vatican Radio

0155
Radio Canada Intl [TA]
Voice of Indonesia [F)

0200 UTC
(J Q:QQ PM EDL 7:00 PM
f.!IT)
BBC (af) (Newsday)
BBC (am) (Newsday)
BBC (as pac) (Newsday)
BBC (eu) (Newsday)
BBC (south as) (Newsday)
Canada (NorthQuebec)
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl (TA]
Radio Australia
Radio Canada lnll
Radio Havana Cuba [TS)
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand Intl [TA]
Radio Romania Intl
RAE Argentina [TA]
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Myanmar (Bur ma)
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
WHRI (Angel 2) [T-A] (UPI)
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) [TA]
(USA)
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) IT-A]
(USA)

0201
Croatian Radio

0203

August 1996

Voice of Free China

0213
Radio Havana Cuba [TS]'

0215

Radio Sweden fTA]

Voice of America (al) (MF]
(Special English)
Voice of Russia

Radio Cairo
Radio Nepal

0333

0228

0340

A Slovakia Intl [TS]

Radio Havana Cuba [SJ

Voice of Greece

0230

0355

Radio Austria Intl

Radio Budapest
Radio Havana Cuba [TAI
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio Pakistan
Radio Por tugal Intl [TA]
Radio Sweden [TA]
Radio Tirana
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam

Radio Japan [WM]

0300 UTC
(1 1;QQ PM EDT, !!:QO PM
f.!IT)
BBC (af)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu) [SF]
BBC (south as)
Canada (NorthQuebec)
Channel Africa
China Radio Intl
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl [TA]
Radio Australia
Radio Havana Cuba [TS]
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand Intl [MA]
Radio Prague
Radio Thailand
Radio Ukraine Intl
Voice of America (al) [AS)
Voice of Russia
Voice of Turkey
WHAi (Angel 2) [T-A] (UPI)
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) [TA)
(USA)
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) fTA]
(USA)

0400 UTC
l12:0Q A M EDL l!;QQ EM
f.!IT)
BBC (af) (Newsdesk)
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (as pac) (Newsdesk)
BBC (eu) [SF] (Newsdesk)
BBC (south as) (Newsdesk)
Canada (NorthOuebec)
Channel Africa
China Radio Intl
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl [TA]
Radio Austral ia
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Havana Cuba [TS]
Radio New Zealand lnll [A]
Radio New Zealand Intl [MF)'
Radio Norway Intl [M]
Radio Romania Intl
Radio Tanzania
Swiss Radio Intl
Voice of America (af)
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Israel
Voice of Russia
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) [M]
(USA)
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) [TA)
(USA)
WYFR (Satellite Network) [A]
ZBC Zimbabwe

BBC (am) (Newsday)

BBC (as pac) (Newsday)
BBC (eu) (Newsday)
BBC (south as) (Newsday)
Canada (NorthOuebec)
Channel Africa
Deutsche Welle
HCJB (am)
Monitor Radio Intl [TFI
Radio Australia
Radio Cameroon
Radio Canada Intl [MF]
Radio Exterior de Espana
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand Intl [SF]
Vatican Radio [A]
Voice of America (af)
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Russia
WWCR #1 (Tennessee) [TA]
(USA)

0510
Radio Australia [MFJ'

0513
Radio Havana Cuba (T-S]'

0520
Radio Australia [M]'

0530
BBC (af) [AS)' (African News)
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Havana Cuba [T-A]
Radio Romania Intl
Voice of Nigeria
Voice of Russia

0555
Radio Japan [A)

0600 UTC
(2:QO AM EDT, 11 :QQ EM

0310

RAI lnll llaly

China Radio Intl"

0430

0313

Radio Philipinas [MA]

Vatican Radio [TS]

BBC (af) [AS)' (African News)

BBC (eu) [A) (Newsdesk)
Radio Havana Cuba [TA]
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio Yugoslavia
Voice of Russia

f.!IT)
BBC (af)
BBC (am) [MA]
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio lnll [TF]
Radio Australia
Radio Havana Cuba [TS]
Radio Japan
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand Intl [MA]
Radio Norway lnll [SJ
Swiss Radio Intl
Voice of America (af) [AS]
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Kenya
Voice o f Russia
WWCR 111 (Tennessee) [SJ
(USA)

0431

0601

0330

Voice of America (af) [MF]'

0401
Croatian Radio

0403
Radio Pyongyang

0301

0410

Croatian Radio
Voice of America (af) [M-F]"

0413

China Radio Intl"

0303

Radio Havana Cuba [T-S]"

Voice of Free China

0425

Radio Havana Cuba [TS]'

0315
Radio Cairo

0320

BBC (af) (AS]' (African News)

BBC (eu) [A]
Radio Dubai
Radio Havana Cuba [TS]
Radio Prague

Voice of America (af) [M-F]'

0603
0500 UTC
(1 :QQ llM EDT, 1Q;QQ PM
f.!IT)
AWR Latin Amer ica [T-A)'
BBC (af) (Newsday)

Radio Pyongyang

0613
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S)'

0615

Swiss Radio Intl (eu)

R Slovakia Intl [T]'

0630

0855

BBC (af) [A-S]' (African News)

Radio Austria Intl
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
Radio Vlaanderen Intl
Vatican Radio [HJ
Voice of Nigeria [M-FJ
Voice of Russi:i

Voice of Indonesia [A-HJ

0631
Radio Romania Intl

0645
Radio Romania Intl
Voice of Nigeria [T-F)"

0655
Radio Japan [W-MJ

0700 UTC
(J:OQ AM EDT, 12:QQ AM
POT)
BBC (af)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
Monitor Radio Intl [T-FJ
Papua New Guinea
Radio Australia
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand Intl [M-AJ
Radio Prague
Voice of Malaysia
Voice of Myanmar (Burm a)
Voice of Russia
WWCR 113 (Tennessee) [M-FJ
(USA)

1210

Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam

BBC (af) (Newsdesk)

BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (as pac) (Newsdesk)
BBC (eu) (Newsdesk)
BBC (south as) (Newsdesk)
Canada (North-Quebec) [A-SJ
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl [M-AJ
Papua New Guinea
Radio Australia
Radio Ghana [A-SJ
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand Intl
(Newsdesk)
Radio Pakistan
Radio Singapore Intl
Swiss Radio Intl
Swiss Radio Intl (eu)
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (ca)
Voice of Russia
WGTG (Georgia) [M-AJ (USA)
WHAi (Angel 2) [AJ (UPI)
WWCR 111 (Tennessee) [AJ
(USA)
WYFR (Satellite Network) [MFJ

China Radio Intl'

1335

1215

FEBC (Philippines) [M-F)"

Voice of Greece

11 02

1240

0930

Radio Mozambique

Voice of Greece

FEBC (Philippines) [M-AJ

Radio Austria Intl [M-A)
Radio Finland
Radio Netherlands Intl
Voice of Russia

1103

0900 UTC
(5:00 AM EDL ;?;QO AM POI)
BBC (af)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
China Radio Intl
Deutsche Welle
HCJB (pac)
Monitor Radio Intl [M-AJ
Papua New Guinea [M)'
Radio Australia
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand Intl [M-AJ
Radio Prague
Radio Vlaanderen Intl [M-AJ
Swiss Radio Intl
Voice of Russia
WWCR #1 (Tennessee) [M-FJ
(USA)

0903
Croatian Radio

0910
China Radio Intl"
Radio Australia [M-F]'

0703

0945

Croatian Radio
Radio Pyongyang
Voice of Fre e China

Deutsche Welle [M-F)" (African

News)

0955

0710

Radio Japan

Radio Australia [M-F]'

0715
Swiss Radio Intl (eu)

0717
Radio New Zealand Intl [HJ"

0720
Radio Australia [M)'

0730
HCJB (eu)
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Netherlands Intl
Voice of Greece
Voice of Russia [T-AJ

0750
Russia (Radio Pacific Ocean)
[AJ

0755
Radio Japan

0800 UTC
(4:00 AM !;OT, 1:QQ AM EDT)
BBC (al)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
KNL S (Alaska)
Monitor Radio Intl [M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand Intl
Radio Norway Intl [SJ
Radio Pakistan
Voice of Indonesia [A-HJ
Voice of Malaysia
Voice of Russia

0803
Croatian Radio
Radio Pyongyang

0810
Radio New Zealand Intl [M-F]'

1000 UTC
(;00 AM EDT, J;OQ AM PDT)
All India Radio
BBC (al) (Newsdesk}
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (as pac) (Newsdesk)
BBC (eu) (Newsdesk)
China Radio Intl
Monitor Radio Intl
Papua New Guinea
Radio Australia
Radio New Zealand Intl [S-FJ
Radio Tanzania
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (ca)
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
WHAi (Angel 1) [M-FJ (UPI)
WHAi (Angel 2) [M-AJ (UPI)
WYFR (Satellite Network) [M A)

1010
China Radio Intl'

1015
Radio New Zealand Intl [M-FJ'

1020
Radio New Zealand Intl [HJ'
Vatican Radio [M-AJ

1030
FEBC (Philippines) [M-FJ'
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Dubai
Radio Finland
Radio Korea
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio Prague
Voice of Nigeria
Voice of Russia

0830

1045

A Slovakia Intl [M-A)

Radio Netherlands Intl
Voice of Russia

Voice of Nigeria [A-S)"

0832

1100 UTC
(7:QQ AM EDI, ~;QQ AM PDT)

Radio Pyongyang

1110
Radio Australia'

11 30
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Finland [M-FJ
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio Singapore Intl
Radio Sweden [M-FJ
Voice of Asia
Voice of Russia
WYFR (Satellite Network) [MFJ

11 35
Voice of Iran

1145
Deutsche Welle [M-F]" (African
News)

1155
Radio Japan [S-FJ

1200 UTC
(8:0Q AM EDT, 5;00 AM POI)
BBC (al) [M-AJ
BBC (am )
BBC (as pac) [M-AJ
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec) [A-S)
China Radio Intl
Monitor Radio Intl JM-A)
Papua New Guinea
Polish Radio [AJ
Polish Radio [M-F]"
Radio Australia
Radio Canada Intl
Radio France Intl
Radio Jordan
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand Intl [H-T]
Radio Norway Intl [SJ
Radio Singapore Intl
Radio Tashkent
Voice o f America (as)
Voice o f Russia
WGTG (Georgia) [M-A) (USA)
WWCR 114 (Tennessee) [AJ
(UPI)
WYFR (Satellite Network) [MFJ

1203
Voice of Free China

1204

HCJB (am) [M-FJ

BBC (af) [M-A]' (Britain Today)

BBC (as pac) [M-F]' (Britain
Today)
BBC (eu)' (Britain Today)
BBC (south as) [M-A]' (Britain
Today)

1230
HCJB (am) [M-F)"
Radio Bangladesh [S-MJ
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Cairo
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Finland
Radio Korea [S-W/AJ
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio Singapore Intl
Radio Sweden [M-FJ
Radio Vlaanderen Intl [SJ
Voice of Russia [M-AJ
Voice of Turkey
Voice of Vietnam
WYFR (Satellite Network) [MFJ

1231
Radio France Intl [T)'

1300 UTC
(l!:OQ AM EDT, 6:QQ AM

eon

BBC (al) (Newshour)

BBC (am) (Newshour)
BBC (as pac) (Newshour)
BBC (eu) (Newshour)
BBC (south as) (Newshour)
Canada (North-Quebec) [A-SJ
China Radio Intl
KNLS (Alaska)
Monitor Radio Intl [M-AJ
Papua New Guinea
Radio Aus tralia
Radio Canada Intl [S-FJ
Radio Ghana
Radio Norway Intl [SJ
Radio Prague
Radio Romania Intl
Radio Singapore Intl
Radio Tanzania [A-SJ
Radio Vlaanderen Intl [M-AJ
Swiss Radio Intl
Swiss Radio Intl (eu)
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Russia
WGTG (Georgia) [S-FJ (USA)
WHAi (Angel 2) [M-FJ (UPI)
WWCR 114 (Tennessee) [AJ
(UPI)
WYFR (Satellite Network) [MFJ

1303
Croatian Radio
Radio Pyongyang

1310
China Radio Intl'
Radiobras [M-FJ'

1324
HCJB (am) [M-F]

1328
Radio Cairo

1330
All India Radio
FEBC (Philippines) [M-AJ
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Dubai
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio Singapore Intl [T-SJ
Radio Sweden [M-FJ
Radio Tashkent
Voice of America (as) (Special
English)

August 1996

1355
Radio Singapore Intl [A-SJ
Radio Singapore Intl [M-F]'

1400 UTC
(!M1Q AM !;1:2L 7:0Q AM

Ifill

BBC (af)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec) [A-SJ
China Radio Intl
Monitor Radio Intl [M-A)
Radio Australia
Radio Cameroon
Radio Canada Intl [SJ
Radio France Intl
Radio Ghana
Radio Japan
Radio Pakistan
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Israel
Voice of Russia
WGTG (Georgia) [AJ (USA)
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) [M-FJ
(USA)
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) [A-SJ
(UPI)

1410
China Radio Intl'

1415
Radio Nepal

1424
HCJB (am) [M-FJ

1430
FEBC (Philippines) [M-AJ
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio Portugal Intl [M-FJ
Radio Romania Intl
ATM Morocco [SJ
Voice of Myanmar (Burma)
Voice of Russia
WYFR (Satellite Network) [MFJ

1431
Radio France Intl [TJ'

1445
All India Radio
Voice of Myanmar (Burma)

1455
Radio Japan [AJ

1500 UTC
(l J :QQ AM !;OT, 8:00 AM

Ifill

BBC (af)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac) [A-SJ
BBC (eu)
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec) [A-SJ
Channel Africa
China Radio Intl
Estonian Radio [M-FJ
Monitor Radio Intl [M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Canada Intl [SJ
Radio Japan
Swiss Radio Intl
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Russia
WWCR 11 1 (Tennessee) [M-FJ
(USA)
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) [M-FJ
(USA)
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) [M-A)
(USA)

MONITORING TIMES

45

Newsline

SHORTWAVE GUIDE
--~--

WYFR (Satellite Network) [AJ

1503
Radio Pyongyang
1510
China Radio Intl JW-M)'
1511
China Radio Intl [T)"
1530
All India Radio
FEBA (Seychelles)
FEBC (Philippines) (M-AJ
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Netherlands Intl
Voice of Nigeria (M-FJ
Voice of Russia
1535
Voice of Iran
1555
Radio Japan [AJ
1600 UTC
(12:0Q M !;DL !):00 AM EDT)
BBC(af)
BBC(am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu) (A)
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec) (AJ
Channel Africa
China Radio Intl
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl (M-AJ
Radio Australla
Radio France Intl
Radio Jordan
Radio Korea
Radio Norway Intl (SJ
Radio Pakistan
Radio Prague
Radio Tanzania
Voice of America (af)
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Ethiopia
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
WHAi (Angel 1) (MAJ
WHAi (Angel 2) (AJ (USA)
WANO (Louisiana) (M-F)
(USA)
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) (M-A]
(USA)
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) (M-FJ
(USA)
WYFR (Satellite Network) [MAJ
1610
China Radio Intl'
1612
Vatican Radio (S-FJ
16 15
Radio Tirana
Vatican Radio
1630
Channel Alrica (F)'
R Slovakia Intl (MAJ
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Dubai
Voice of America (af) (M-F)"
Voice of America (as) (Special
English)
Voice of America (me) (Special
English)
Voice of E1h1op1a
Voice of Russia (SFJ
1632
R Slovakia Intl (M )"
1633
Deutsche Welle (Mr (Afncan
News)
R Slovakia Intl (M -AJ
1638
Deutsche Welle [TFJ' (African
News)
1645
BBC (am) (S-F)' (Britain

46

MONITORING TIMES

Today)
BBC (as pac) [M-Fr (Britain
Today)
BBC (eu) [M-F] (Britain
Today)
Radio Canada Intl [M-FJ
1700 UTC
(l;QQ PM EDI.. JQ:OO AM

fQ.Il
BBC (af)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu) (MAJ
BBC (south as)
Canada (North-Quebec) [A)
Channel Afr ica
China Radio Intl
Monitor Radio Intl [MA)
Polish Radio (AJ
Polish Radio [M-F)'
Radio Australia
Radio France Intl
Radio Japan
Radio Jordan
Radio New Zealand Intl (M-F)'
Radio Pakistan
Radio Prague
Swiss Radio Intl
Voice of America (af)
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Russia
WANO (Louisiana) (MF] (UPI)
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) (M-F]
(USA)
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) (M-FJ
(UPI)
1703
Radio Pyongyang
1710
China Radio Intl"
Radio Australia
1730
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio New Zealand Intl (M-F)"
Radio Romania Intl
Voice of Russia
WHAi (Angel 1) (M-F]
1740
BBC (at)' (African News)
1745
Voice of Armenia
1800 UTC
(2:00 PM EDT, 11 :00 AM
ED_!)
All India Radio
BBC (af) (Newsdesk)
BBC (as pac) (Newsdesk)
BBC (eu) (Newsdesk)
BBC (south as) (Newsdesk)
Monitor Radio Intl (M-AJ
Radio Aus tralia
Radio Cameroon
Radio New Zealand Intl (M-F)"
Radio Norway Intl (SJ
Radio Omdurman
Radio Tanzania
Radio Vlaanderen Intl
Radio Yemen
Swiss Radio Intl (eu)
Voice of Amenca (af) [A-SJ
Voice of America (af) (M-F)'
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Russia
Voice o f Vietnam
WHAi (Angel 1) [MFJ (USA)
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) [M-F)
(USA)
1802
Radio Mozambique
t 815
Radio Bangladesh
1830

August 1996

--

1~ ~

BBC (af) [A-SJ' (African News)

Radio Korea (S-W/AJ
Radio Kuwait
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio New Zealand Intl JM-F]
Radio Sweden [M-FJ
Radio Tirana
Radio Yemen
Radio Yugoslavia
Voice of America (af) (A-SJ
(Special English)
Voice of America (me) (Special
English)
Voice of Russia
Voice of Turkey
1832
R Slovakia Intl (M)'
1833
R Slovakia Intl (MA)
1840
Voice of Greece (M-A]
1855
Radio New Zealand Intl (M)'
1900 UTC
(3:QQ EM f;DI.. J;l;QQ M POI)
All India Radio
BBC (af)
BBC (as pac) (Newshour)
BBC (eu) (Newshour)
China Radio Intl
Deutsche Welle
Estonian Radio (M/H]
HCJB (eu)
Morntor Radio Intl [MAJ
Radio Au stralia
Radio Budapest
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Japan
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand Intl
Radio Riga Intl [A)
Radio Romania Intl
Radio Vilnius
Voice of Amenca (af)
Voice of America (as)
Voice of America (me)
Voice o f Israel
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
WH Ai (Angel 1) (MFJ (UPI)
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) (M-FJ
(USA)
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) [A-SJ
(UPI)
19t0
China Radio Intl'
Radio Australia (M-F)'
Rad1obras [M-F)"
1930
Deutsche Welle (M-F)' (African
News)
Polish Radio (A-SJ
Polish Radio (M-F)'
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio New Zealand Intl (SHJ'
Radio Sweden (M-FJ
1935
RAI Intl Italy
Voice of Iran
2000 UTC
(4:00 EM EDL JQQ EM POD
BBC (af) (Newshour)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu)
China Radio Intl
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl [M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand Intl
Radio Norway Intl [SJ
Radio Portugal Intl [MF]

.,. " - ,,
Radio Prague
Swiss Radio Intl
Swiss Radio Intl (eu)
Voice of America (af) [A-SJ
Voice of America (af) (M-Fr
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Greece (M-AJ
Voice of Indonesia
Voice of Nigeria (M-FJ
Voice of Russia
WHRI (Angel 1) [MFJ (UPI)
WHRI (Angel 2) [M-FJ (UPI)
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) [M-FJ
(USA)
2003
Radio Pyongyang
2007
Radio Damascus (S-F]
2010
China Radio Intl'
2025
RAI Intl Italy
2030
Radio Dnestr (Moldova) (M/W
H/A]
Radio Finland
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio New Zealand Intl [SHr
Radio Riga Intl (M-FJ
Radio Thailand
Radio Yugoslavia
Voice of Armenia
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
2055
Radio Canada Intl (M-FJ
Voice of Indonesia (M]
2057
Radio Kuwait
2100 UTC
(5:00 PM EDT, !i;QQ EM PDT}
All India Radio
BBC (af)
BBC (am)
BBC (as pac)
BBC (eu )
Canada (North-Quebec) (A-SJ
China Radio Intl
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Intl (M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Budapest
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Cameroon
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Exterior de Espana
Radio Havana Cuba (MAJ
Radio Japan
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand Intl (A-Mi
HJ
Radio Romania Intl
Radio Ukraine Intl
Radio Vlaanderen Intl
Radio Yugoslavia
Voice of America (af)
Voice of Am erica (as)
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Russia
WHAi (Angel 2) (W-Fff] (UPI)
WWCR #1 (Tennessee) (M-FJ
(USA)
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) (M-FJ
(USA)
2110
China Radio Intl'
2113
Radio Damascus
2115
BBC (at)' (Britain Today)
BBC (eu)' (Britain Today)
2120
Radio Cairo
2130
Radio Cai ro
Radio Havana Cuba [MAJ

Radio New Zealand Intl [S-H)'

Radio Sweden (M-FJ
Voice of Russia [MFJ
2135
Voice of Iran
2200 UTC
Ui;QQ EM t;QI.. ~:Q Q EM EDD
All India Radio
BBC (af) (Newsdesk)
BBC (am) (Newsdesk)
BBC (as pac) (Newsdesk)
BBC (eu) (Newsdesk)
Canada (North -Quebec) (SJ
China Radio Intl
Monitor Radio Intl [M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Canada Intl
Radio Havana Cuba (MAJ
Radio New Zealand Intl (A-HJ
Radio Norway Intl [SJ
RAI Intl Italy
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Russia
Voice of Turkey
WHAi (Angel 2) (M-FJ
WWCR #1 (Tennessee) (M-FJ
(USA)
WWCR #3 (Tennessee) (SF]
(USA)
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) (S-F]
(USA)
2203
Croatian Radio
Voice of Free China
2210
China Radio Intl"
2215
Radio Cairo
2230
Radio Austria Intl
Radio Havana Cuba (M-Ar
Radio Prague
Voice of America (as) (Special
English)
Voice of Russia
2240
Radio Cairo
Voice of Greece (S-F)
2300 UTC
(Z;QQ PM !;QI..1:QO PM PDT)
All India Radio
BBC (af) (S-FJ
BBC (am) (S FJ
BBC (as pac)
Canada (North-Quebec) [AJ
Deutsche Welle
KWHR (Hawaii) (M-FJ (USA)
Monitor Radio Intl (M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Canada Intl (The World
at Six)
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand Intl [F-AJ
Radio Romania Intl
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Russia
WHAi (Angel 2) (M-FJ
WWCR #4 (Tennessee) (M-FJ
(USA)
2301
Croatian Radio
2303
Radio Pyongyang
2315
Radio Cairo
2330
Radio Netherlands Intl
Radio New Zealand Intl (SHJ
Radio Vlaanderen Intl
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
2335
Voice of Greece (S FJ

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Australia. Radio
Australia VL8A Allee Spg
Australia. VLBK Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Cambodia. Natl Voice ol
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. Ch11ia Radio Intl
Costa Rica. Adv World R
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
India All India Radio

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R Alma Ata
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Malaysra. Radio
Malaysra. RTM Kuching
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
North Korea, R Pyongyang
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Philippines. FEBCIR Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

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00000100
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00000100

Serbia. Radio Yugoslavra

Spa111. R Exte11or Espana
Thailand. Raclio
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl

11855as
2310do
5025do
4910do
11940as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
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5930na
9900na
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6t65na

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United Kingdom. BBC WS

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United Kingdom. BBC WS

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

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OOOOOt OO
00000100
00000100
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USA. Voice of America

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMllR Miami Intl
USA. WRNO Nel'I Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville m

00000045
000300t0
0030-0tOO

USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL

Croatia, Croatian Radro
Australia, Radro

00300t00
Ecuador. HCJB
OC300t00
Iran, VOIRI
00300056
Lrthuania. Radio Vilnius
0030-0tOO
Netherlands. Radio
00300100
Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
00300100
Sweden, Radio
00300100
Thailand. Radio
00350040
India. All India Radio
00380055 t &3rd m Denmark. R Denmark Intl
00500100
Italy. RAI Intl

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15590am
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7535am
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9400am
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9955am
7355am
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7t65eu
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17795pa

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SELECTED PROGRAMS.
Sundays
0004
0005
0009
0010
OOt t
0016
0024
0025
0030
0030
0030
0030
0045
0051

Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Live 1n Prague.

UK. BBC London (south as): Spotlight. Focus on the theater.
Egypt, Radio Cairo: Egyptian Songs.
UK. BBC London (south as): Country Style. Wally Whyton
plays a selection ol the best in country music.
Russia. Voice ol: Moscol'I Mailbag.
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl. Hello lrom Kiev
Spam. R Extenor de Espana: Distance Unknol'ln.
UK. BBC London (soulh as): Words ol Faith. People ol an
faiths share how their scnpture gives authority and meaning
to their lives.
UK. BBC London (am) Lener lrom Ame11ca Alistair Cooke
shares his mimllable v1e11 ol contemporary Amencan lile.
UK. BBC London (as pac) Folk Routes. Ian Anderson extends
the range ol lolk music to include country. cajun and blues.
UK. BBC London (south as): Folk Routes. See S 0030.
USA. VOA Washington DC (ca): Communications World.
UK. BBC London (am/as pae/south as): Britain Today. News
about B11ta1n.
Lithuania. Radio Vilnius. Folk Music.

Mondavs

0000
0000

0005
0006
0011
00t 3
00t6
00t9
0025
0030
0030

UK. ~BC London (am): Chimes ol Big Ben (1). Hear the
famous bells at this time on the first Monday of each month.
UK. BBC London (as pac) Chimes ol Big Ben (1 ). See M
0000.
UK. BBC London (sout11as): From Our Own Correspondent.
See S 0330.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague The Week and Politics.
Russia. Voice ol: Mosco\'/ Mailbag.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague From the Weeklies
Yugoslavia. Radio. Weekly Concert
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl: Music lrom Ukraine.
UK. BBC London (south as): Words of Faith. See S 0025.
UK. BBC London (am): Development '96. See S 0615.
UK. BBC London (as pae/south as): On the Move. See S
04 ~ 5

0030
0030
0035
0045

48

USA. VOA Washington DC (am/ca). Spotlight.

USA. WRMllR Miami Intl Wavescan (MF).
Netherlands. Radio (am): Sincerely Yours.
UK. BBC London (afTVas pactsouth as): Britain Today. See s
0045.

MONITORING TIMES

August 1996

Tuesdays

0000

0005
0010
0011
0025
0030
0030
0030
0032
0045

USA. WHAi Noblesville IN (Angel 2): Jack Mclamb ShOl'I

(live) (T-A).
UK. BBC London (south as): Ne1~ Ideas. See S 2330.
USA. VOA Washinglon DC (ca): NReport to the Caribbean
(T-A).
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Magazine "96.
UK. BBC London (south as): Words ol Faith. See S 0025.
UK. BBC London (am): Global Concerns. See M 1230.
UK. BBC London (as pactsouth as): Record News. See S
0445.
USA. VOA Washington DC (ca): f..'usic USA (Standards).
Russia. Voice ol. This 1s Russra.
UK. BBC London (afTVas pae/south as). B11ta1n Today. See S
0045.

Wednesdays
0005
0010
0025
0030
0030
0030
0032
0040
0045
0055

UK. BBC London (south as): Pop Short. See S 0355.

UK. BBC London (south as): Youth. Your Questions of Faith.
See T 1145.
UK. BBC London (south as): Words ol Faith. See S 0025.
UK. BBC London (am): Folk Routes. Sec S 0030.
UK. BBC London (as pactsouth as): Variable Feature. See S
1130.
USA. VOA Washington DC (ca): Now Music USA.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today.
UK. BBC London (as pae/south as): Science View. A five
minute science program.
UK. BBC London (am/as pae/south as) Britain Today. See S
0045.
L1thuan1a. Radio Vilnius. lnforma1100 for Vis11ori;.

Thursdays
0005
0010
0013
0015
0025
0030
0030
0030

UK, BBC London (south as): Take Five. See M 23 tO.

UK. BBC London (south as): Variable Feature. See S 1130.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague. From the Archives
USA. WRMUR Miami Intl Viva Miami
UK. BBC London (south as) Words of Faith. See S 0025
UK. BBC London (am): From Our Own Correspondent. See
s 0330.
UK, BBC London (as pae/south as): Jazz Now and Then.
Sec S t 230.
USA. VOA Washington DC (ca): Now Music USA.

0032
0045
0054
0054
0054
0054
0054

Russra. Voice of: This is Russia.

UK. BBC London (afTVas pactsouth as). Britain Today. See S
0045.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Living on the Land - Part 2
( t Aug). A three part se11es. Part 2 examines crofting in the
Scon1sh Highlands.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary Lrvmg on the Land - Part 3
(8th). See VI 1154.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Wake of the Half Moon Part 1 (15th). See A 2354
Radio Netherlands Documentary Wake of the Half Moon Part 2 (22nd). See F t454.
Radio Netherlands Documentary. Wake of the Half Moon Part 3 (29th). See F2354

Fridays
0005
0015
0017
0030
0030
0045
0053

UK. BBC London (south as): The Insider's Guide. A look behind
the scenes to bring the inside story about Bush House.
UK. BBC London (south as): Write On. See S 0345.
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: I'd Lrke You to Meet.
UK. BBC London (am/as pac/south as). Good Books. See S
t 145.
USA. VOA Washington DC (ca): Nol'I Music USA (Top Teo).
UK. BBC London (am/as paC/south as). Britain Today. See S
0045.
Netherlands. Radio (am). f~ed1a Network.

Saturdays
0005
0007
0010
00t4
0025
0030
0030
0030
0032
0045

UK. BBC London (south as): Words and Music See S 2310.
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl. The Week
UK. BBC London (south as) Seven Days Roundup ol the
l'leek's news, plus sports ~1ghhghts. lmance and the \'.'eather
Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Calling All Listeners.
UK. BBC London (south as) Words ol Faith. See S 0025.
UK. BBC London (am): Seven Days. See A 0010.
UK, BBC London (as pae/south as) From the Weeklies. Review
ol th~ B111ish weekly press
USA. VOA Washington DC (ca) Country Music USA.
Russia. Voice ol: This 1s Russia.
UK. BBC London (am/as pactsouth as): Britain Today. Sec S
0045.

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

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Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl

Cuba, Radio Havana
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Germany, Deutsche Welle

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Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp

Hungary. Radio Budapest
Indonesia. Vorce of
Iran. VOIRI
Italy. RAI Intl
Japan. NHK/Radio

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Lebanon. Voice of Hope

Malaysi2. Radio
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New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Philippines. FEBC/R Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

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Slovakia. R Slovakia Intl

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Spain, R Exterior Espana

Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka BC
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
United Kingdom, BBC WS

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0100-0200

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

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

01000200
01000200
01000200
01000200
01000130
0100-0200
01000200

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

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

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1t870na
9022na
9675na
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11890as

t 1800na
1t840as
1t 910as

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01000200
01000200
01000130
0100-0200

9620na
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12010na
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01000200
USA. IVYFR Okeechobee FL
01000120
Uzbekistan. R Tashkent
01000200
Vietnam. Voice of
01030110
Croatia. Croatian Radio
01040200
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
0115-0130 f
Greece, Voice of
0 t 30-01 55
Austria. R Austria Intl
0130-0150
Greece. Voice of
0 t 300200
Netherlands. Radio
01300200
Sweden. Radio
01380155 1&3rd m Denmark. R Denmark Intl
01400200
Vatican Stale, Vatican R
01450200
Albania. R Tirana Intl

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15425as
6135na
5970sa
7265as
9590va
15360as
5810am
751 0am
9975am
17510au
7535na
5995arn
7405am
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15205as
5825eu
9400am
5745am
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7355am
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13845am
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13740am
17740as

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SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0102
0104
0109
0110
011 5
0124
0130
0130
0130
0135
0137
0145
0145

Slovakia. R Slovakia Intl: Slovakia Today (T-S).

Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Live in Prague.
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): HCJB DX Partyline.
USA, VOA Washington DC (am/ca/as): On the Line.
Switzerland. Swiss Radio Intl: Capital Leners (214).
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Distance Unknown.
Australia. Radio: The Europeans.
UK. BBC London (af/am/eu): For and Against. NEW! A
series of studio debates about negotiating with terrorists.
freedom of the Internet. and other political issues.
USA, VOA Washington DC (am/ca): Press Conference USA.
UK. BBC London (as pac/south as): SpMs Roundup. The
latest sports news.
Austria, RAustria Intl: Postbox.
UK. BBC London (as pac/sooth as): Lener from America.
See S 0030.
USA, WANO New Orleans LA: Jazz.

Mondays
0100
0107
0108
0110
0118
Of 20
0125
0130
0130
0131
Ot35
0145
0145

No1Way, Radio Norway Intl: Norway Now.

Slovakia. R Slovakia Intl: Listeners' Tribune (biweekly).
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Mailbag.
USA. VOA Washington DC (am/ca): New Horizons.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Living in Germany.
Australia. Radio: Ne~vork Asia.
Japan, Radio: Media Roundup.
UK. BBC London (am): Seeing Stars (t). See S 0430.
UK. BBC London (am): Short Story. See S 0430.
Canada, RGI Montreal: The Mailbag.
UK, BBC London (as pac/south as): Sports Roundup. See S
0135.
UK, BBC London (am): On the Move. See S0445.
UK. BBC London (as pac/south as): The Farming Wortd.
Sees t445.

Tuesdays
0100
0110
0110
01t 1
0111

0130
Ot 30
0132
Ot32
Ot35
0145
0155

UK. BBC London (am): Outlook. See M 1405.

UK. BBC London (as pac): Development '96. Sec S 0615.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: German Tribune.
Russia. Voice of: Folk Box.
UK. BBC London (as pac/south as): Sports Roundup. See S
Ot35.
UK. BBC London (south as): Development '96. See S 0615.
UK. BBC London (am): Words of Faith. See S0025.

~~d~~!~~~~ontreal : Spectrum.

0130
0130
0133
0135

Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): El Mundo Futuro.

UK, BBC London (am): Outlook. See M 1405.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Come lo Germany.
UK. BBC London (as pac/south as): Sports Roundup. See S

0145

UK. BBC London (as pac/south as): Health Matters. See M

0445.
UK, BBC London (am): Words of Faith. See S0025.

0145
0154
Ot 54

0135.
0155

Thursdavs

0100
0107
Ot30
0130
Ot32
0135
0145
Ot55

USA. WwCR14 Nashville TN: The Kurt Saxon Show (live).

Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Front Page Daily Review.
Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): Ham Radio Today.
UK. BBC London (am): Outlook. See M t405.
Russia. Voice of: The Jazz Show.
UK, BBC London (as pac/sou th as): Sports Roundup. See S
0135.
UK. BBC London (as pac/south as): From Our Own
Correspondent. See S 0330.
UK. BBC London (am): Words of Faith. See S 0025.

Fridays
0115
0130
0135

Slovakia. R Slovakia Intl: Science Feature.

UK. BBC London (am): Outlook. See M 1405.
UK, BBC London (as pac/south as): Sports Roundup. See S
Ot35.
UK. BBC London (as pac/south as): Education. The World of
Computers. See M 1230.
UK, BBC London (am): Words of Faith. See S 0025.

USA. WWCR 14 Nashville TN: The Kurt Saxon Show (live).

USA. VOA Washington DC (am): Report to the Americas.
USA. VOA Washington DC (ca): Report to the Americas (T-

0145

A).

Saturdays

Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Magazine '96.

Russia, Voice of: Commonwealth Update (TA).

0120
0125
Ot30
Ot30
0130
0130
0131
0132
0135

0155
0100
0114

USA. WWCR 14 Nashville TN: The Kurt Saxon Show (live).

Czech Rep. Radio Prague: Calling All Listeners.

0154
0154
0154
0155

Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl: Slovak Kitchen (biweekly).

Japan, Radio: Music and Book Beat.
Austria, R Austria Intl: Report from Austria.
Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): Musica del Ecuador.
UK. BBC London (am): Outlook. See M 1405.
USA. VOA Washington DC (am/ca): Press Conference USA.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Through German Eyes.
Russia, Voice of: The Jazz Show.
UK. BBC London (as pac/south as): Sports Roundup. See S
Ot35.
UK. BBC London (as pac/south as): Global Concerns. See M
t230.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Living on the Land Part 2 (3 Aug). See F 2354.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Living on the Land Part 3 (10th). See w1154.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Wake of the Half Moon Part 1 (17th). A three part series. David Swatling traces the
history of the 17th century Dutch colony New Nethertand.
Radio Nethertands: Documentary. Wake of the Hatt Moon Part 2 (24th). Sec F 1454.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Wake of tho Half Moon Part 3 (1 Sep). See F2354.
UK. BBC London (am): Words of Faith. See S 0025.

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02000300

Argen11na RAE
Australia. Radio

02000300 vi
02000300 vi
02000300 vi
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000259

Austra 1a. VL8A Alice Spg

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

02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000250

Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl

Cuba. Radio ftavana
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt. Radio Carro
Germany. Deutsche Welle

02000300 vi
02000300 smtwh
02000300
02000225
02000300
02000300 vt
02000300

Kenya Kenya Broadc Corp

Malaysia. Radio
Netherlands Radio
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Papua flew Guinea. NBC
Romania. A Romania tntl

02000300

Russia.Vorce of Russia WS

0200-0300
02000300
02000300

Slovakia. Adv World Radio

South Korea. R Korea Intl
Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC

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Taiwan. VO free China

02000300

United Kingdom. BBC WS

02000300
0200-0300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Sall Lk City uUSA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Mo111tor Radio Intl
USA, Voice of America

02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
0203J2t0
02 150225
02300300
02300259
02300300
02300245

USA. WEWN Brrrrnngham AL

USA, WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam. Voice of
Croatra. Croatian Radio
Nepa . Radio
Albania, R Tirana Intl
Austna. R Austrra Intl
Hungary. Radio Budapest
Pakistan. Radio

02300300
02300300
02380255 t &3rd m
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Philippines. R Pilipmas
Sweden. Radio
Oenmarl<. R Denmark Intl
India. All Indra Radio

02500300
02500300

Vatican State. Vatican R

Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2

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SELECTED PROGRAMS . . . . . .
Sundays
0200
0200
021O
0210
0216
021 7
0228
0230
0230
0230
0230
0235
0237
0243
0247
0249

USA. WANO New Orleans LA New Orleans Jazz Club

USA. WWCR t3&4 Nashville TN. Spectrum (WWCR) (live)
Australia. Radio Chan mg Australia.
Romania. Radio Romania Intl The Week
Germany. Deulsche Welle: Mailbag Asia.
Romania. Radio Romania Intl World of Cullure
Romania. Radio Romania Intl Radio Pictures.
Costa Rica. R for Peace Intl RFPl's Mailbag.
UK. BBC London (al/am/eu) Music Review. !Jews and views
lrom the world of music.
UK. BBC London (as pac): In Praise of God Weekly
programme of worship and meditation
UK. BBC London (sou!h as): In Praise of God See S0230.
Taiwan. Voice of Free Chma Mailbag Time.
Austria. R Austna lnll: Postbox.
Romania, Radio Romania Intl Bucharesl Along the
Centurres.
Russia. Vorce of: You Write to Moscow
Romania, Radro Romanra Intl: Radio Romania DX Mailbag.

Mondays
0200
021 t
02 t 5
0230
0231
0232
0243

USA. WHAi Noblesville IN (Angel 2): DXmg with Cumbre.

Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag.
Taiwan. Vorce ol Free China: Jade Bells and Bamboo Pipes.
UK. BBC London (aflam/as pac/culsouth as): Variable
feature. Sec S t t 30.
Canada. RCI Montreal Global Vllage.
Russia. Vorce of T1mel1nes
Albania. Radio Tirana: Music at Your Request.

Tuesdays
0205
0205
0206
0211
0230
0230
0236
0236
0240
0248

50

Costa Rica. R for Peace Intl: The Far Right Radio Review.
USA. WWCR #1 Nashville TN. Truth House.
USA. WWCR 13 Nashville TN. Radio free America (live).

MONITORING TIMES

0230
0236
0236
0240
0243
0246

August 1996

USA. WWCR14 Nashville TN: The John Bryant Show (live).

Russra Voice of Science and Engmeermg 1n the CIS.
Romania Radio Romanta Intl. Business Club.
Taiwan. Vorce of Free China: Music Box
Romania. Radio Romania Intl: Romantan Anglicists.
USA. WEWN Brrmingham AL A Homily for Today.
UK. BBC London (aUamleu)' Merrdran On Screen See T
t6t5
UK. BBC London (as pae/south as). Meridian. See S 0630.
Costa Rica. Rfor Peace Intl: Hlghtol'ler Radio.
Romania. Radio Romania Intl: Youtn Club.
Costa Rica. R for Peace Intl. Earth and Sky.
Albania. Radio Tirana: POBox Radio Tirana.
Sweden. Radio: Med1aScan (113).

Thursdays

0200
0205
021t
0230
0230

0232
0235
0236
0238
0254
0254
0254

USA. WWCR 13 llashv lie Ttl Radio Free America (lrve)

USA. WWCR 14 Nashville Tll' The John Bryant Show (hve).
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN (Angel 2): For the People (repeat).
Russia. Voice of: Newmarkei
UK BBC London (af1am1eu) Mend1an. See S 0630
UK. BBC London (as pac/south as): Youth. Pop Science See
T t 530.
Costa Rica. A lor Peace Intl Hightower Radio.
la,1an Vorce ol Free Chma Marn Roads and Byways.
Costa Rica. R lor Peace Intl. Earth and Sky
Portugal, Radio Portugal Intl V1snors Notebook.

Wednesdays
0200
0200
0205

0205
0211
02t5
0215
0226
0228
0230

0254
0254

Ecuador. HCJS Quito (am) The Latest Catch.

USA. WWCR 13 Nashville TN: Radio Free America (live).
Russia, Voice of: Moscow Mailbag.
UK. BBCLondon (af/am/ou): Meridian See S 0630.
UK. BBC London (as pac/south as): Assignment. A weekly
examination of a topical Issue.
Taiwan. Vorce of free China: Journey into Chinese Cullure.
Argentina. RAE: OX'ors Special.
Costa Rica. R for Peace Intl: Hightower Radio.
Costa Rica. R for Peace Intl Report from the Desert.
Radio Ne1hertands: Documentary. Lrvrng on the Land Part 2 ( t Aug). See F 2354.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Lrvmg on the Land Part 3 (8th) See w 1t 54.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary Wake of the Half Moon
- Part t (15th). See A 2354.
Radio Netherlands Documentary. Wake of the Half Moon
- Part 2 (22nd). See F 1454.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Wake of the Half Moon
- Part 3 (29th) See F2354

Fridays

0205
02 t 1
0215
0230
0232
0236
0240

USA. WWCR ,3 Nashville TN: Radio free America (hve).

Russia. Vorce of: Moscow Mailbag
South Korea. Radio Korea Intl Seoul Calling
UK. BBC London (af/am/as pae/eulsoulh as): 30M1nute
Orama. Sec W 1130.
Taiwan. Vorce of Free China: New Record Time.
Costa Rica. R for Peace Intl: Hightower Radio.
Costa Rica. R for Peace Intl: Eanh and Sky.

0246
0246

Albania. Radio Tirana: Tourrsm m Albania

Portugal Radio Portugal Intl. Spotlight on Portugal

Saturdays
0200
0205
02t0
02 t t
0212
0217
0230
0230
0236
0237
0240
0240
0240
0247

Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): OnLme.

USA. WWCR #3 Nashville TN Radio Free America (hve).
Vietnam. Voice of Vietnam Important Events 1n Nonh
Vietnam History
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag.
Germany, Deulsche Welle. The Week 1n Germany.
Vietnam. Vorce of Vietnam Talk of the Week.
UK. BBC London (aflamleu): Mend1an See S oon
UK. BBC London (as pae/south as). For and Aga1rst. See S
0130.
Costa Arca. A for Peace Intl. Hightower Radio.
Germany. Deutsche Welle The Jazz Corner.
Alban a. Radio Tirana Horizon.
Costa Arca. R for Peace Intl Earth and Sky.
Vietnam. Voice of Vietnam. Important Events in North
Vietnam History.
Vietnam. Voice of Vietnam. ralk of the Week.

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Australia. Radio

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0300-0400 vi
03000400 vi
0300-0400 vi
03000400
03000400
0300-0400
03000400
0300-0400
03000400
03000400
03000400 vi
0300-0400
0300-0400
03000327
0300-0400
03000330
03000350

Australia. VLBA Alice Spg

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

03000400
03000400
03000400 vi
03000320 vi
03000325
0300-0400
0300-0400 vi
0300-0330
0300-0400

Guatemala. Radio Cultural

Japan. NHK/Radio
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Mexico. Radio Mexico Intl
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Ph1l1ppines. R Pilipinas
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

0300-0400
0300-0400
03000400

S Afnca, Channel Africa

Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Taiwan. VO Free China

0300-0330
0300-0350
0300-0315 mtwhl
0300-0400

Thailand. Radio
Turkey, Voice of
Uganda. Radio
Ukraine. R Ukraine lnJI

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15415as
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5025do
4910do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
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5930na
9745am
9475na
6085na
9640na
3300do
11790na
4885do
9705na
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Uniteo Kingdom. BBC WS

0300-0400

Uniled Kingdom. BBC WS

0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
03000400
03000400
03000400

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KT8N Sall Lk City UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Momtor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

0300-0400
0300-0400
03000400
0300-0400
03000400
03000400
03000400
0300-0400
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0300-0400 mtwhta
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033B-0355 1&3rd m
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USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State. Vatican R
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Greece. Voice of
Vatican State. Vatican R
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Moldova. R Moldova Intl
Portugal. R Portugal lnll
Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Sweden. Radio
UAE. Radio Dubai
United Kingdom. BBC WS
India. All India Radio
Denmark, R Denmark Intl
Greece, Voice of
Burundi. Radio Nationale
Uganda. Radio

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15395eu
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11830do
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SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0304
0305

0310
0315
0316
0330
0330

0335
0345
0355

Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Live in Prague.

UK. BBC London (al/am/as pac/eu/south as). Atlanta Live/
Olympic Sportsworld (4th). Game highlights; (am): World
Business Review. A took back at the previous week's
business and a preview of upcoming events: (as pac):
Sports Roundup. See SOt35.
Japan. Radio: Hello from Tokyo.
UK, BBC London (af/am/eu/south as): Sports Roundup. See
s 0135.
Ukraine. R Ukraine lnll: Hello from Kiev.
Australia, Radio: At Your Request.
UK. BBCLondon (am/as pac/south as): From Our Own
Correspondent.Comment on the background to the news:
(eu): Fourth Estate. John Eidinow and team review European
press.
UK, BBC London (al ): Postmark Africa. Expert answers to
any question under lhe sun.
UK. BBC London (eu/am/as pac/south as): Write On. Air
your views about World Service; write to PO Box 76, Bush
House, Strand, London WC2B 4PH.
UK. BBC London (cu): Pop Short. A five-minute popular
music program.

Mondays

0300
0305

0306
0308
0315
031 5
0315
0319
0319
0320
0330

0335

USA. WWCR 13 Nashville TN: The Extraordinary Science

Radio Hour.
UK, BBC London (al/am/as pac/eu/south as). Atlanta Live/
Olympic Sportswortd (5th). See S 0305; (am): World
Business Brief. See S 1205.
Hew Zealand, Radio NZ Intl: In Touch with New Zealand.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Mailbag.
Japan, Radio: Radio Japan Magazine Hour (MF).
Taiwan. Voice of Free China: The Adventures of Taiwan.
UK. BBC London (al/am/as pac/eu/south as): Sports
Roundup. See S01 35.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Living in Germany.
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl: Music from Ukraine.
China. China Radio Intl: China Snapshots.
UK. BBC London (af): Network Africa. Breakfast show of
news. sport. personalities, music, and listener's comments:
1am): Brain of Britain. Panel quiz show; (as pac/south as):
Off the Shelf. Daily readings from the best of world literature;
(eu): Europe Today. See S 1600; (eu): Jazz for the Asking
!Alternative). See S 0630.
Taiwan, Voice of Free China: Mailbag Time.

0345
0345
0345

China. China Radio Intl: Listeners Letterbox.

UK. BBC London (as pac): Country Style. See S OOtO.
UK. BBC London (south as): Variable Feature. See S 1130.

0315
0330

Tuesdays

0300
0305
0305
0305
0315
0315
0330

0332
0345
0345

Ukraine, R Ukraine lnll: Ukraine Today (TA).

UK. BBC London (am): World Business Report. See M 1205.
USA, WWCR ,3 Nashville TN: Radio Free America (live) (TA).
USA. WWCR f4 Nashville rn: The John Bryant Show (live)
(TA).
Taiwan, Voice of Free China: Jade Bells and Bamboo Pipes.
UK. BBC London (al/am/as pac/eu/south as): Sports
Roundup. See S 0135.
UK. BBC London (al): Network Africa. See M 0330; (am):
The World Today. See M 1645; (as pac/soulh as): Off the
Shelf. See M 0330; (eu): Europe Today. See S 1600; (eu):
John Peel (Alternative). See M 1330.
Russia, Voiceof: Our Treasure Chest.
China, China Radio Intl: Idioms and Their Stories.
UK. BBC London (am): Off the Shell. See M 0330; (as pac'
south as): Country Style. See S 0010.

\Nednesdays

0305
0315
0315
0330
0330

0332
0335
0336
0345
0345
0345

UK, BBC London (am): World Business Report. See M 1205.

Taiwan. Voice of Free China: Kaleidoscope.
UK. BBC London (al/am/as pac/eu/south as): Sports
Roundup. See S 0135.
Costa Rica. Rfor Peace Intl: RFPl's Mailbag.
UK, BBC London (al): Network Africa. See M 0330: (am):
The World Today. See M 1645; (as pac/south as): Off the
Shelf. See M 0330: (eu): Yout11. Pop Science. (Alternative).
See T 1530: (eu): Europe Today. See S 1600.
Russia. Voice of: Our Treasure Chesl.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Current Affairs.
Taiwan. Voice of Free China: Ma111 Roads and Byways.
Ch111a. China Radio Intl: Listeners' Letterbox.
Portugal, Radio Portugal lnll: Musical Kaleidoscope.
UK. BBC London (am): 011 the Shelf. See M 0330; (as pac/
south as): Youth. Your Questions ot Faith. See T 1145.

Thursdalcs
UK, B C London (al/am/as pac/eu/south as). Atlanla Live/

0305

0305
0315

Olympic Sportsworld (t st). See S0305.

UK. BBC London (am): Wortd Business Report. See M 1205.
Taiwan. Voice of Free China: Music Box.

0345
0350

UK. BBC London (al/am/as pac/eu/south as): Sports

Roundup. See S 0135.
UK. BBC London (al): Network Africa. See M 0330: (am): The
Wortd Today. See M 1645; (as pac/south as): Off the Shelf.
See M 0330: (eu): Europe Today. See S 1600; (eu): New Ideas
(Alternative). See S 2330.
UK. BBC London (am): Off the Shelf. See M 0330; (as pac/
south as): Folk Rou tes. See S 0030.
UK. BBC London (eu): Variable Feature (Allernative). See S
1130.

FridaJS
. BBC London (al/am/as pac/eu/south as). Atlanta live/

0305
0305
0315
0330

0333
0345

Olympic Sportsworld (6th!. See S0305.

UK, BBC London (am): World Business Report. See M t 205.
UK. BBC London (al/am/as pac/eu/south as): Sports
Roundup. Sec S 0135.
UK, BBC London (al): Network Africa. See M 0330; (am): The
Wortd Today. See M t 645; (as pac/south as): Off the Shelf.
See M 0330; (eu): Europo Today. See S 1600; (eu): Focus on
Faith (Alternative). Alison Hilliard talks to church leaders about
their hopes for the future.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Science and Technology.
UK. BBC London (am): Off the Shelf. See M 0330; (as pac/
soulh as): On the Move. See S 0445.

SaturdaNi
s
0305 UK, B C London (al/am/as pac/eu/south as). Atlanta Live/
0305
0310
03t4
0315
0330
0330
0331

0332
0332
0334
0344
0345

Olympic Sportsworld (7th). See S 0305.

UK. BBC London (am): World Business Report. See M t205.
Japan, Radio: This Week.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Calling All Listeners.
UK. BBC London (al/am/as pac/eu/south as): Sports
Roundup. See S 0135.
UK. BBC London (am): The World Today. See M 1645.
UK. BBC London (as pac/eulsouth as): The Vintage Chart
Show. See W t215.
UK. BBC London (al): Afucan Quiz (1 ). A monthly test of the
listener's knowledge of Africa; (al): This Week and Africa. A
roundup of the week's pol~ical developments across the
continent.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Through German Eyes.
Taiwan. Voice of Free China: New Record Time.
China, China Radio Intl: Life in China.
Czech Rep, Radio Prague: Call111g All Listeners.
UK. BBC London (am): Off the Shelf. See M 0330.

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Aus1raha. VL8K Ka1herine
Auslraha. VL8T Tenl Crk
Bulgaria. Radio
Canada CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada CFCX Monrreal
Canada CFRX Toron10
Canada CFVP Calgary
Canada CHNX Halifax
Canada CKZN SI John's
Canada CKZU Vancouver
Canada R Canada lnll
Cluna. China Radio lnll
Cos1a Rica.RF Peace lnll
Cuba. Radio Havana
Ecuado1. HCJB
Germany. Deulsche Welle

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Israel. Kol Israel
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Mexico. Radio Mexico lnll
New Zealand. R NZ lnll
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Norway. Radio Norway lnll
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Romama. R Romania lnll

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Russia.Voice of Russia WS

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Sn Lanka. S11 Lanka BC
Sw11zerland. Swiss R lnll

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USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Momlor Radio lnll
USA. Voice ol Ame11ca

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USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WMLK Belhel PA
USA. WANO New Orl eans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia. Chris11an Voice
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Croalia. Croalran Radio
llaly.RAI lnll
Nigeria. FRCN/Rad10
Auslralia. Radio
Australia,OelenseForces R
Moldova. R Moldova lnll
Nelherlands. Radio
Serbia. Radio Yugoslavia
Swaziland, Trans World R
Sw11Zerland, Swiss R lnll
Un11ed Kingdom. BBC WS
USA. Voice of Ame11ca
Denmark. R Denmark lnll
New Zealand. R NZ lnll

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SELECTED PROGRAMS .
0445

Sundays
0400
0410
0415
0415
0430
0430
0430
0430
0430
0430
0430
0432
0435
0445
0445

Cosla Rica R lor Peace Intl The Far Righi Radio Review.
Auslralia. Radio. Feedback
Sw11Zerland. Swiss Radio lnll. Cap11a1 Leners (214).
Sw11Zerland, Swiss Radio lnll The Name Game (113/5).
Sw11Zerland. Swiss Radio 1n11 Ne1wor1< Sw11Zerland (SF).
UK. BBC London (am): Science in AC11on. The latest 1n
science and 1echnology
UK, BBC London (as paelsoulh as) Seeing Siars ( 1). A
discussion al as11onom1cal observalions and special evenls
lor lhe near fulure
UK. BBC London (as paC/soulh as): Short Story. Fi!leenminutc dramas written by lislcners from a1ound the world.
UK. BBC London (cu): Seeino Slars (1) (Allernalive). See S
0430.
UK. BBC London (cu): Short Slory (Allernalive). See S 0430.
UK. BBC London (cu): Weekend. European magazine
program co-produced by European broadcas1ers.
Russia, Voice of: Moscow Ycslerday and Today.
UK. BBC London (al): Tho Art House. No informalion
available.
UK. BBC London (as paC/soulh as): Record News. Focus on
the mosl inleresling new releases of classical recordings.
UK. BBC London (eu) On lhe Move A weekly program aboul
travel and transport 1111h Malcolm Billings

Mondays
0405
0430
0430
0430
0430
0430
0430
0432
0445

52

USA. WWCR 3 Nashville TN Ham Radio and More

New Zealand Radio NZ lnU RtW Mailbox (biweekly).
UK, BBC London (al) Nelwork Afnca See M 0330.
UK. BBC London (am): The Learning World See S 1130
UK. BBC London (as pae1sou1h as). Composer of lhe Month.
In deplh looks al classical composers and lheir music. A
d1tteren1 composer is lealured each month
UK. BBC London (cu) Europe Today See S 1600.
UK. BBC London (eu) Oil the Shell (Al1erna11ve). See M
0330.
Russia. Voice al. The Jan Show.
Sv111Zerland. Swiss Radio lnll: Capital Leners (214).

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0445

UK. BBC London (am): Heallh Matters. Keeps track of new

developments in lhe world of medical science. as well as
ways al keeping hi.
UK. BBC Lordon (eu): Counlry Style (Allerna1ive) See S
0010.

Tuesdays

0430
0430
0430
0430
0430
0430
0445
0455

UK, BBC London (al): Network Alrica See M 0330.

UK. BBC London (am): Oullook. See M 1405.
UK, BBC London (as pac): Mullilrack Hit-Lisi. See M 1615.
UK, BBC London (eu): Europe Today. See S 1600.
UK. BBC London (eu): Off lhe Shell (Allernalive). See M
0330.
UK, BBC London (south as): Mullilrack HiHisl. See M 1615.
UK, BBC London (eu): Heallh Matters (Allernative). See M
0445.
UK. BBC London (am): Press Review. A look at whal lhe
papers say.

Wednesdays
0430
0430
0430
0430
0430
0445
0445
0455

UK. BBC London (al): Network Africa. See M 0330.

UK, BBC London (am): Oullook. See M 1405.
UK, BBC London (as paelsoulh as): Educalion Legal Righls.
Legal Wrongs. See M 1215.
UK. BBC London (eu): Europe Today. See S 1600.
UK. BBC London (eu): Off lhe Shell (Alterna11ve). See M
0330.
UK. BBC London (as paelsoulh as). Educa11on. The World of
Compules. See M 1230.
UK BBC London (eu): The Farming World (Alternallve). See
s 1445.
UK. BBC London (am): Press Review. See T 0455.

Thursdays
0430
0430
0430
0430
0430

UK, BBC London (af): Network Al11ca. See M 0330

UK, BBC London (am): Oullook. See M 1405
UK, BBC London (as paelsoulh as): Mull11rack XPress. See
w1615.
UK. BBC London (eu): Europe Today See S 1600.
UK. BBC London (eu): Ott 1he Sheff (Allernauve). See M
0330.

0432
0445
0454
0454
0454
0454
0454
0455

Russia. Voice al Folk Box

UK. BBC London (eu) From Our Own Corresponcenl
(Allema11ve) See S 0330
Radio Ne1herlands: Oocumenlary. Living on lhe Land - Part
2 (1 Aug). See F 2354
Radio Nelhertands: Documentary. Living on the Land - Part
3 (81h). See W 1154
Radio Ne1herlands: Documentary. Wake of lhe Hart Moon Part 1 (151h) See A 2354.
Radio Nelherlands: Oocumenlary. Wake ol lhe Half Moon Part 2 (22nd). See F 1454.
Radio Nelherlands: Documenlary. Wake of lhe Half Moon Parl 3 (29th). See F2354.
UK. BBC London (am): Press Review. See T 0455

Fridays
0400
0430
0430
0430
0430
0430
0445
0455

Cosla Rica. R lor Peace lnll: Micro-Power Radio in lhe U.S..

UK. BBC London (al): Network Alrlca. See M 0330.
UK. BBC London (am): Oullook. See M 1405.
UK, BBC London (as pac/sou1h as): Focus on Failh. See F
0330
UK, BBC London (eu) Europe Today See S 1600.
UK. BBC London (eu) 011 lhe Shell (Allernauve). See M
0330.
UK. BBC London (eu): Folk RouleS (Allerna11ve). See S 0030.
UK. BBC London (am): Press Review. See T 0455.

Saturdays
0430
0430
0430
0430
0431
0431
0432
0445
0455

Sw11Zerland. Svnss Radio !nit Svnss Scene

UK. BBC London (am): Outlook See M 1405.
UK. BBC London (as paC/soulh as) Jazz Now and Then. See
s 1230
UK BBC London (eul Jazz Now and Then. See S 1230.
UK BBC London (al) African Quiz (1). See A 0331.
UK BBC London (af) This Week and Alnca. See A 0331.
Russia. Voice ol. Timelines
UK. BBC London (as paeleulsoulh as): Seven Days. See A
0010.
UK. BBC London (am) Press Review See T 0455.

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Australia. Radio

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Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Australia. DefenseForces R
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada lnll
China, China Radio lnll
Costa Rica. Adv World R
Costa Rica.RF Peace lnll
Cuba, Radio Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Germany, Deutsche Welle
Italy, IRAS
Japan. NHK/Radio

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05000525
05000600
05000505
05000600 vi
05000600

Japan. NHK/Rad10
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Malawi. MBC
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

05000555
05000600
05000556
05000600
0500-0515
05000600

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Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Spain. R Exterior Espana
Swaziland. Trans World A
Uganda. Radio
United Kingdom. BBC WS

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USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA, K'/OH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

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USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
USA, WRNONew Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State. Vatican R
Vatican Stale. Vatican R
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 1
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Swaziland, Trans World R
Switzerland. Swiss R lnll
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Austria. R Austria lnll
Kazakhstan, R Alma Ata
Romania. R Romama Intl

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Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Denmark. R Denmark Intl
Malaysia. Voice ot

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11965va
7425na
7315am
13595na

6080af
9i75af
15205va

7170va
9885a1

3215am
7355eu
t 1625af
7250eu

5065am
9985eu
15570af

5935am
11580a1

7165eu
5055a1
9535eu
4915do

9500af

11940al

15270at

13B05va
9750as

15295au

15340at

SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0508
0509
0524
0525
0530
0530
0530
0530
0532
0535
0537

Vatican State. Vatican Radio: OnlheAir.

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): HCJB DX Partyline
Spain. A Exterior de Espana: Distance Unknown.
Japan. Radio: Media Roundup.
Australia. Radio: The Australian Music Show.
UK. BBC London (am): Play ol the Week. A different radio
drama program each week.
UK. BBC London (as pac/south as): Anything Goes. Avari ety
of music and much more with Bob Holness.
UK. BBC London (eu): In Praise of God. See S 0230.
Russia. Voice of: This is Russia.
UK. BBC London (at): Postmark Africa. See S 0335.
Austria, RAustria Intl: Postbox.

Mondays
0508
0509
0511
0511
0515
0518
0522
0530
0530
0530
0530
0530
0530
0532
0538

Germany. Deutsche Vi elle: Mailbag.

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Saludos Amigos.
Russia. Voice ot: Moscow Mailbag.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Visitors Book.
Japan. Radio: Radio Japan Magazine Hour (MF).
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Living in Germany.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Spain's Golden Age.
Austria, A Austria Intl: Report from Austria
UK, BBC London (al): Network Africa. See M 0330
UK, BBC London (am): Anything Goes. See S0530.
UK, BBC London (as pac/south as): Popular Music. Rock
Salad. See W 1530.
UK, BBC London (eu): Composer of 1he Month (Alternative).
See M 0430.
UK. BBC London (eu): Europe Today. See S 1600.
Russia. Voice of: This is Russia.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Radio Club.

Tuesdays
0500
0500
0509
0510
0511
0517
0520
0520
0525
0530

Costa Rica. R for Peace Intl: UN Caribbean Echo.

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Studio 9 (T-A).
Germany. DeutscheWelle: European Journal (TA).
South Africa. Channel Africa: Dateline Africa.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific (TA).
Costa Rica. R tor Peace Intl: Earth and Sky.
Australia, Radio: Pacific Beat (H).
Costa Rica. A for Peace Intl: Hightower Radio (T-S).
Costa Rica. R for Peace Intl: Earthwatch Radio.
Costa Rica. R for Peace Intl: Micro-Power Radio in the U.S..

0530
0530
0530
0530
0532
0532
0533
0538
0545

UK, BBC London (at): Network Africa. See M 0330.

UK, BBC London (am/as pac/south as): Omnibus. See M
1130.
UK. BBC London (eu): Europe Today. See S 1600.
UK, BBC London (cu): Youth. Your Questions of Faith
(Alternativel. See T 1t 45.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: German Tribune.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today.
Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Press Review.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Entertainment in Spain.
UK. BBC London (eu): The Learning World (Alternative).
See S 1130.

Wednesdays
0530
0530
0530
0530
0530
0532
0533
0537
0539

Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): El Mundo Futuro.

UK. BBC London (at): Network Africa. See M 0330.
UK. BBC London (am): Composer of the Month. See M
0430.
UK. BBC London (as pac/soulh as): Brain of Brttain. Panel
quiz show.
UK. BBC London (eu): Omnibus. See M 1130.
Russia. Voice of: This is Ru ssia.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Backdrop.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Kaleidoscope.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Come 10 Germany.

Thursdays
0530
0530
0530
0530
0530
0532

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Ham Radio Today.

UK. BBC London (al ): Network Africa. See M 0330.
UK, BBC London (am): Assignment. See H 0230.
UK, BBC London (as pac/soul h as): Variable Feature. See S
1130.
UK. BBC London (cu): Assignment (Alternative). See H
0230.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today.

Fridays

0530
0530
0530
0530
0532
0534

UK. BBC London (af): Netwo1k Africa. See M 0330.

UK. BBC London (am): Focus on Faith. See F 0330.
UK. BBC London (as pac/south as): Networl< UK. See H
1430.
UK. BBC London (eu): Record News (Alternative). See S
0445.
Russia. Voice of: This is Russia.
Spam. R Exterior de Espana: Radio Club.

0545
0555

UK. BBC London (eu): The Insider's Guide (Alternative).

See F 0005.
UK. BBC London (eu): Words and Music (Alternative).
See S 2310.

Saturdays
0510
0530
0530
0530
0531
0532
0533

Japan. Radio: This Week.

Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): Musica del Ecuador.
UK. BBC London (amlas paclsouth as): Music Review.
See S 0230.
UK. BBC London (eu): Science in Action. See S0430.
UK, BBC London (al): Talkabout Africa. See W 1615.
Russia, Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Through German Eyes.

THANK YOU ...

ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS
MONTH' S SHORTWAVE GUIDE:
Daniel L. Abrahamson. Schofield.
WI: John Babbis. Silver Spring. MD:
Brian Bagwel l. St. Louis. MO (v ia email): Capt. Ken Barry, Blackpool,
England. Bob Fraser. Cohasset. MA:
Semon Hatchikian . Upper Darby. PA:
Ji m Moats, Ravenna. O H: ; Giovanni
Serra. Rome. Italy (v ia e-mail):
BBCMS: BBC World Media: BBC
S11111111t1ry of Wo rld Broadcasts; DX
011tario. lntematio11al SW League;
NASWA Joumal: New Zealand DX
Times: Internet Shortwave

Newsgroups.

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FREQUENCIES . . .
0600-0700

Australia. Radio

0600-0700 vi
0600-0700 vi
06000700 vi
0600-0630
06000700 vi
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
06000700
06000700
06000700
0600-0700
06000700
06000650

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

Austra 1ia. VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Australia.DefenseForces R
Canada. CBC N Duebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Cuba. Radio Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Ger many. Deutsche Welle

06000615
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700
06000700
06000700
0600-0630
06000700
06000630 s
0600-0700 vi
0600-0640 vi
0600-0700

Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp

Italy, IRRS
Japan. NHK/Ralf10
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Kiribati. Radro
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Malaysia. Voice ol
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCN/Radro
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Romania. R Romania Intl
Russra,Voice of Russia WS

0600-0700
0600-0610
06000630
0600-0700
06000630 vi
0600-0700
06000630

S Africa. Trans World R

Sierra Leone. SLBS
Slovakra. Adv World Radio
Slovakia, Adv World Radio
Solomon Islands. SIBC
Swaziland. Trans World R
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl

9860pa
15240pa
15530as
2310do
5025do
4910do
13525as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6205am
9820na
9745am
11915al
17875al
3366do
3985va
11 725as
4885do
9825do
9960eu
6175as
9570pa
3326do
15180as
7180au
9675do
9550eu
120t0na
13665113
17665na
11730af
3316do
13715af
5905am
5020do
11730af
9885af

11880pa
15365pa
177t5as

7385am
9830na
21455am
13790af

12080pa
15415as
17880as

13605as
155 10as

t5050am

15185af

15225af

4915do
11850au
4935do

1781Oas
6150do

9750as

t 5295au

4990do
15230as
7295af

9590au

9665eu
12040na
15470as

11815eu
12050na
15560na

13645na
t5580na

0600-0700

United Kingdom. BBC WS

0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
06000700
0600-0700
0600-0700

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

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

06000630
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700 smtwhf
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0645 vl/rnf

USA, Voice of America

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHRI Noblesvrlle It!
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashvrlle TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State. Vatican R

0600-0700
06000700
0600-0605 mtwhfa
06000630
0600-0700 vi
06030610
0605-0700
06t5-0630
06300655
0630-0700
0630-0700 as
0630-0700
06380655 1&3rd s
0645-0655 as
06450700

Yemen. Yemeni Rep Radio

Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia, ZNBC Radio 1
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Croatia, Croatian Radio
Swaziland, Trans World R
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
Austria, R Austria Intl
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Int
USA Voice ol America
Vatican State. Vatican R
Denmark. R Denmark Intl
Monaco. Trans World Radro
Romania. R Romania Intl

0655-0700 mtwhf

Monaco. Trans World Radio

9545do
11860af

3955eu
7t45pa
9640af
t 2095as
t 5420af
5810am
75 10am
9975am
t 7780as
7535eu
5970af
9630af
t 2080af
6080af
5825eu
5760am
7490na
9465eu
7395na
2390am
5985eu
4005eu
152t5me
9780do
3330af
7220do
6165do
5975do
5920eu
5055af
6t65eu
60t5na
5985eu
6080af
t t625af
7180va
7t 15eu
1t 740pa
17720pa
7t 15eu

5975va
7t60af
9740as
t5280as
15575va
98t5am

6175eu
94 tOeu
11760eu
t5310as
17640af

6195eu
9600af
11955as
15360va
17790as

6035af
11805af
15205af
9435af
7425na
73t 5am
t3595na

6140af
t 1950af

7195af
t 1965af

32t5am
7355eu
5880eu

5065am
9985af
7250eu

5935am

7165eu
6070af
9535eu

9830eu
9500at

13830eu
9650at

13765af
7295va

15570al
9590va

t3805va

t 1840pa

t 5250pa

t5270pa

9645eu

9925au

13635af

SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0600
0605
06 t 0
0610
061 t
06 t 5
06 t 5
0630
0630
0630
0630
0631
0640

0645

UK, BBC London (am): Play of the Week (from 0530). See S
0530.
USA, WWCR #1 Nashville TN: The Golden Age of Radio
Theater.
Australia. Radio: Feedback.
USA. VOA Washington DC (af): VOA Sunday
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag.
UK. BBC London (af/eu): Development '96. Aid and
development issues.
UK, BBC London (as parJsouth as): Letter from America. See
s 0030.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Brussels Calling (Daily).
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): Musical Mailbag.
UK, BBC London (amieu): Jazz for the Askin g. Record
requests with Malcolm Laylock.
UK. BBC London (as parJsouth as): Meridian. One of the
topical programs weekly about the world of the arts.
UK. BBC London (at): African Perspective. A considered view
of life and issues facing the African continent.
Austria, R Austria Intl: Postbox.

Mondays
0600
0610
061t
06 1t
0615
0615
06 t 5
06t5
0630
0630
0630
0630
0632

S4

Costa Rica. R for Peace Intl: The Far Right Radio Review.
USA, VOA Washington DC (af): VOA Today (M-F).
Australia, Radio Pacific Beat (T-F).
Russia. Voice of: Science and Engineering In the CIS.
UK, BBC London (af): Sports Roundup. See S0135.
UK. BBC London (am): Variable Music Feature. See S 1430.
UK. BBC London (as pac/south as): The Learnmg World. See
st 130.
UK. BBC London (eu): Variable Feature. See S t t30.
UK. BBC London (af): Network Africa. See M 0330.
UK, BBC London (as parJsoulh as): Jazz tor the Asking. See
s 0630.
UK, BBC London (eu): Andy Kershaws World of Music. See
t 230.
USA, WWCR it Nashvrlle TN: Kens Country Classics.
Russia, Voice of: Russian by Radro.

MONITORING TIMES

August 1996

0645

UK. BBC London (am): Variable Music Feature (19th.26th).

See S t430.
UK. BBC London (am): Variable Music Feature (5th, 12th).
Music Through Stained Glass. See S 1430.

Tuesdays
06 11
06 15
0615
0615
0630
0630
0630
0632

Russia. Voice of: Newmarket.

UK. BBC London (af): Spor1s Roundup. See S 0135.
UK. BBC London (am): The Greenfield Collection. See M
t5t5.
UK. BBC London (as pac/eulsouth as): The World Today.
See M 1645.
UK. BBC London (af): Network Africa. See M 0330.
UK. BBC London (as parJsouth as): Merrdian. See S 0630.
UK. BBC London (eu): Anything Goes. See S0530.
Russia, Voice of: This is Russia.

Wednesdays
0611
06 t 5
06t5
06t5
0630
0630
0630
0632
0645
0650

Russia, Voice of: Moscow Mailbag.

UK. BBC London (al): Sports Roundup. See S0135.
UK, BBC London (am): John Peel. See M t330.
UK. BBC London (as pac/eu/south as): The World Today.
See M 1645.
UK. BBC London (at): Network Africa. See M 0330.
UK. BBC London (as parJsouth as): Meridian On Screen.
See T t61 5.
UK. BBC London (eu): Megamrx. Sec T t615.
Russia. Voice of: Mosco11 Yesterday and Today.
UK. BBC London (am): Development '96. See S 06 t 5.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Green SOc1e1y.

Thursdays
0600
061 t
0615
0615
06t5
0630

Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am): The Latest Catch.

Russra, Voice of: Newmarket.
UK. BBC London (at): Sports Roundup. See S 0135.
UK. BBC London (am): Jazz Now and Then. See S 1230.
UK. BBC London (as pac/eu/south as): The World Today.
See M t645
UK. BBC London (at): Ne ~1ork Atrica. See M 0330.

0630
0630
0632

UK, BBC London (am/eu): Sports International. Live

commentaries and mtervrews. fe atures and drscuss1ons.
UK. BBC London (as pacisouth as): 30-Minute Drama.
See W 1130.
Russia. Voice of: This is Russia

Fridays
0611
0615
0615
0615
0630
0630
0630
0630
0632
0645

Russia. Voice of: Science and Engineerrng in the CIS.

UK, BBC London (af): Sports Roundup. See S 0135.
UK, BBC London (am): Short Story. See S0430.
UK, BBC London (as parJeu/south as): The World Today.
See M 1645.
UK, BBC London (af): Network Afrrca. See M 0330.
UK, BBC London (am): Educalion. Legal Rights. Legal
Wrongs. See M 1215.
UK, BBC London (as parJsouth as): Varrable Comedy/Quiz
Feature. See S t 401.
UK. BBC London (eu): Popular Musrc Rock Salad. See W
1530.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today.
UK, BBC London (am) Educatron. The World of
Computers. See M 1230.

Saturdays
0600
0610
0611
0615

0615
0630
0630
0630
0630
0630
0631
0631
0632
0645

Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am) OnLrne.

USA, VOA Washington DC (af): VOA Saturday.
Russia. Voice of: Science and Engineering in the CIS.
UK. BBC London (al/as parJeu/south as): The World
Today. See M 1645.
UK. BBC London (am): From !he Weeklies. See A 0030.
Austria, R Au strra Intl: Report from Austria.
Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am): On Track.
UK. BBC London (am): Scrence m Actron. See S 0430.
UK. BBC London (aspac/south as). Meridran. See S0630.
UK. BBC London (eu): Fourth Estate. See S 0330.
UK. BBC London (af) African Omz (t). Sec A 0331 .
UK. BBC London (af): This Week and Africa. See A033 1.
Russra. Voice of: This is Russia.
UK, BBC London (eu): Global Concerns. See M 1230.

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UTC
3:00 AM EDT/12:00 PM PDT
FREQUENCIES .

Australia. Radio

0700-0730
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vi
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
0700-0800
07000800
07000727
07000800
07000800 as
07000800 mtwhf
07000715
0700-0730 vi
07000800

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

07000800 vi
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
07000800 vi
Kmbali. Radio
07000800
Lebanon, Voice of Hope
07000800 asmtwh Malaysia. Radio
07000800
Malaysia. Voice of
07000710
Malaysia. Voice of
07000800
Monaco. Trans World Radio
07000715 mtwhf
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
07000758 as
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
07000750
North Korea. R Pyongyang
07000800 vi
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
0700-0745
Romania. R Romania Intl

07000730
070007t5
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800 smlwhf
07000800
07000745
07000800
07000800 vi
0700-0800
07000800
07000800 vi
070307 t 0 m~:1ht
07050800
07 t 00800 vi
07160800 mt11ht
07300800
07300755
07300745 s
07300735
07300800 vi
07300800
07380755 1&3rd s
07450800 s
07450755
07550800
0758-0800 as

. ~ . ., ..

0800 UTC

~$

4:00 AM EDT/1:00 AM PDT

..

07000800

07000800
07000710
07000800 vi
07000800
07000800

Russia.Voice of Russia WS
Sierra Leone. SLBS
Solomon Islands. SIBC
Taiwan. VO Free China
United Kingdom. BBC WS

17640va
United Kingdom, BBC WS
United Kingdom. BBC WS
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA, WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vanuatu. Radio
Zambia. Cnristian Voice
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Swaziland Trans World R
Papua New Guinea. NBC
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Australia, nad10
Austria. R Austna Intl
Greece. Voice of
India. All India Radio
Italy, IRAS
Netherlands. Radio
Denmark, R Denmark Intl
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Greece. Voice of
Guam, AWR/KTWR
New Zealand. R NZ Intl

9860pa
15415as
17880as
11880as
231Odo
5025do
4910do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6205am
7345eu
9445pa
t5t85af
t5t85af
3365do
3985va
7230eu
1t920as
21610as
4885do
9825do
9950eu
7295do
9750as
6175as
7t 15eu
9570pa
9570pa
15340af
9955as
t 1740pa
t 7720pa
15470as
3316do
5020do
5950na
3955eu
7145va
964Dva
t 1955as
t5310as
t 7790as
5180eu
6005af
5810am
7510am
9975am
9930as
7535eu
5825eu
5760am
7490na
9455eu
2390am
7355eu
t3695af
3945do
6065af
6165do
5975do
5920eu
5055af
4890do
5tOOpa
9580pa
6t 55eu
7450eu
15185do
7125va
9700pa
7180va
3366do
7450eu
t 5200as
6100pa

t 2080pa
15510as

15240pa
15530as

13605as

15245as

7385am
9530eu
11615eu

15365pa
17715pa

15050am
2t 455au

4915do
11725as
15155rne

1t740as
t 781 Ova

4935do

5t 50do

t 1850pa
178t5af

t 5295au

Australia. Radio

08000900 vi
08000830 vi
08000900 vi
08000900 vi

Australia. VL8A Allee Spg

Austraha. VL8K Katherine
Austraha. VL8T Tent Crk
Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc

6020pa
9860pa
231 Odo
5025do
4910do
9625do

Canada, CFCX Montreal

Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Chile, Radio Esperanza
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Denmark. Radio ABC
Ecuador. HCJB
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. R East Alnca
Eql Guinea. Radio Africa
Ghana. Ghana B1oadc Corp
Guam. TWR/KTWR
Indonesia. Voice of
Italy. IRAS
Italy, IRAS
K11ibati. Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. Voice of
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Pakistan. Radio
Palau. KHBNJV01ce of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

08000810
08000900 vi
08000900
0800-0900

Sierra Leone. SLBS

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

080008t5
08000900
08000900
08000900
08000900
08000900
08000900
08000900
08000900
08000900 smtl'lhf
08000900
08000830 vi
08000900
08000805 mtwhla
08000900 vi
0803-081 Oas
08050835 mtwhf
08150900 mtwtl
08300900 s
08300900 vi
08300900
08300840
08300900
08300900
08300900
08380855 1&3rd s
08550900

United Kingdom. BBC WS

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KNLS Anchor Point AK
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. WEWN Birmmgham AL
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
Vanuatu, Radio
Zambia, Christian Voice
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Swaziland. Trans World R
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
Armenia. Voice ol
Austraha. VL8K Katherine
Georgia, Radio
India, All India Radio
Lithuania, Radio Vilnius
Netherlands, Radio
Slovakia. R Slovakia Intl
Denmark. R Denmark Intl
Guam. TWRIKTWR

17765me
11840pa

t 5250pa

15270pa

15560va

t 7570va

t 7665as

6t 90at
9410eu
11760as
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15400va
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6195eu
9500af
11940af
15280as
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6175eu
7325eu
9740as
12095va
15350va
17830at
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73t 5am
13595na
5065am
9985eu

5935am

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7165eu
9500al

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9650al

13830eu

971Opa
13730eu
9425eu
15260do

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11645au

t 7870me

9720au
7295va
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t t 895pa
9590va

t 3805va

t t645au

0800 UTC
0800-0900

08000900
08000900
08000900
08000900
08000900
08000830
08000900
08000900 s
08000830
08000900
08000900 as
08000900 mtwhf
08000805 s
08000900
08000900
08000900 vi
08000900 mlwhf
0800-0900 vi
08000900
08000900
08000825
08000820 mlwhf
08000805 a
08000825
08000900
08000850
08000830 s
08000850
08000900 vi
08000900 vi
08000900

6080pa
15530as

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t77t5pa

9710pa

6005do
6070do
6030do
6t30do
6160do
6090sa
6205am
7570eu
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9445pa
15186af
15186af
3366do
15200as
952Sas
7125va
3985va
9825do
6280eu
7295do
6175as
7115eu
7115eu
9700pa
6100pa
15180as
17850au
15470eu
9730as
4890do
5940va
15470as
3316do
5020do
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5190at
9740as
t 1955as
15400va
17830al
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5810am
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7510am
9930as
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5825eu
5760am
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9465eu
2390arn
3945do
6065af
5165do
5975do
5920eu
4775af
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2485do
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7250do
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11990au
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11830pa

7385am

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9750as

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5065am
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15185do

15260do

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17550au

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UTC
5:00 AM EDT/2:00 AM PDT
FREQUENCIES .

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13605as

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Australia. Radio

0900-1000 vi
0900 1000 vi
0900-1000 vi
0900-0930 mtwhfa
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
09000930
0900 1000 s
0900-1000
0900 1000 as
0900 1000 mtl'lhf
09000950

Australia. VLBA Alice Spg

Australia. VLBK Katherine
Australia. VLST Ten t Crk
Belgium. RVlaanderen lnl
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronlo
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Denmark. Radio ABC
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. R East Africa
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
Germany. Deutsche Welle

09000915 mtwtf
09000915
0900-tOOO
0900 1000 vi/as
0900-0930 mlwhf
09001000
09000930 vi
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-0925
0900-1000
0900-1000 vi
0900-1000

Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp

Guam. TWR/KTWR
Guam. TWR/KTWR
Italy. IRAS
Italy, IRRS
Japan. NHK/Rad10
Kiriba ti. Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Papua Nevi Guinea, NBC
Russia.Voice of Russia WS

0900-0930
0900-1000

S\'11tzerland. Swiss R Intl

United Kingdom. BBC WS

0900-0915

United Kingdom. BBC WS

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. Monnor Radio Intl
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zimbabwe. Zimbab11e BC
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Austna. R Austria Intl
Canada. CKZN St John's
Mongolia. R Ulan Bator
Nethe1lands, Radio
Denmark. R Denmark Intl

5995as
9860pa
2310do
2485do
4910do
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6030do
6130do
6160do
11755pa
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9825do
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7295do
9720au
6100pa
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t 5580as
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6190af
11750as
15190sa
17640va
6065as
11955as
5810am
7510am
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5760am
7490na
9465eu
13825va
2390am
6065af
5975do
5920eu
6130do
6155eu
6160do
11850as
9720au
13800va

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15440pa
7385am
17485al

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17690au

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1000-1100

Australia. Radio

1000-1100vl
1000-1100 vi
1000-llOOvl
10001100vl
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1 tOO
1000- 1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
10001100
10001100
1000-t1oos
tOOOt 100
10001100as
t 0001 t 00 mlwhf
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100 vi/as
1000-1100

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

Australia. VLBK Katherine
Au stralia, VL8T Tenl Crk
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Cluna. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Denmark, Radio ABC
Ecuado1. HCJB
Eql Guinea. R East Afnca
Eqt Guinea, Radio Afnca
Guam. AWR/KSDA
India. All India Radio
Iraq. Radio Iraq Intl
Italy, IRAS
Lebanon. Voice of Hope

MONITORING TIMES

5995as
9860pa
23 t Odo
2485do
491 Odo
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
11755pa
6205am
7570eu
9145pa
15t86af
15 t86af
9370as
13700as
13680eu
7125va
6280eu

August 1996

1000-1100
10001100 vl
10001100vl
10001025
1000-1 100
100011 00vl
1000-1100

Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. RTM Kuching
Malaysia.ATM KolaKinabalu
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia. Voice ot Russia WS

1000-1100
1000-1030
1000-1100

Singapore. SBC Radio One

Switzertand. Swiss R Intl
United Kingdom. BBC WS

1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-11 00

17885af
USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100 as
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-11 00vllm-f
1000-1030
1000-1100
1000-1005 mtwhfa
1030-1055
1030-1057
1030-1100
1030-1100
1030-1100
t0301 100
1030-1055
103810551&3rd s

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State, Vatican R
Vie tnam. Voice of
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Austria. R Austna Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Finland. YLE/R Finland
Guam, AWR/KSDA
Netherlands, Radio
South Korea. R Korea Intl
UAE. Radio Dubai
Denmark. R Denmark Intl

21455au

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17800af
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11850au

12055as
21600af

15225af
21680as

15190as

9960me
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12025as

13685pa
6195va
11940af
15280va
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7180as
15310as
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12095eu
15400va
17830va
9580as
15360as

9740as
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15575va
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17790as

7535eu
7425na
7315am
13595na

9430as

13615au

5065am

5935am

7165eu
7295do
13730eu
12085as
12065pa
17855va

7240as
13605as

15440pa
7385am

5810am
7510am
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7425na
9400am
6040am
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5065am
5950na
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7345eu
13645as
9530as
6045as
11715am
13675eu
9480eu

11895au

13700pa

9835oa
15520as

11655as
17560as

11aoopa
17775as

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11750as
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11760as
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15210af

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12065as

13705as

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RADIO PROGRAMS

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0900-1000

0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900- 1000
09001000 smtwhf
0900- 1000 as
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900 1000 vi
0903-091 Omtwhf
0915-1000
0930-0955 mtwhfa
0930-1000
0930-1000
0930-1000
0938-0955 1&3rd s

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1000 UTC

17387au

17890as

Radio New Zealand Intl: "Mailbox

(biweekly)"
AWR Latin America: "Wavescan"
Radio Bulgaria "Radio Bulgaria Calling"
Radio For Peace Intl: "Wo1ld of Radio"
Radio Portugal Intl: "Radio Portugal OX
(triweekly)"
WWCR #1 (Tennessee): "World of Radio"
WRMI (Florida): 'Wavescan"
Australia. Radio: "Feedback"
WWCR 1 1 (Tennessee): "World of Radio
WHRI (Angel 2): "DXing with Cumbre"
Radio Bulgaria: "Radio Bulgaria Calling"

Saturdays
0010 Australia, Radio: "Feedback"
0200 KWHR (Hawaii): "DXing with Cumbre"
0246 Radio Portugal Intl: "Radio Portugal OX
(triweekly)"
0400 Radio Fo1 Peace Intl: "World of Radio"
0500 KWHR (Hawaii): "DXing with Cumbre"
0500 WHRI (Angel 1): "DXing with Cumbre"
0500 WHRI (Angel 2): "DXing with Cumbre"
0739 HCJB (eu): "DX Partyline"
0815 KTWR (Guam): "Pacific ox Report"
0909 HCJB (pac): "OX Partyline"
0940 FEBC (Philippines): "DX Dial"
0940 KTWR (Guam): "Pacific OX Report"
1030 Voice of Amenca (as pac): commumcations World"
1100 Radio For Peace Intl: "World of Radio"
1215 Radio Bulgaria: "Radio Bulgaria Calling"
1230 Voice of America (as pac): "Communica
tions Wo1ld"
1245 Voice of Tu1key: "DX Corner (biweekly)"
1342 Radio Tashkent "Radio Tashkent DX
Program

1349
1519
1600
1605
1730
1730
1730
1730
1730
1800
1909
1915
1949
1958
2045
2115
2124
2130
2136
2149
2215
2230
2230
2236
2300
2300
2330

Radio Romania Intl: "DX Mailbag"

Radio Romania Intl: "OX Mailbag"
>WICR 14 (Tennessee): -world of Radio"
WWCR 13 (Tennessee): "Ham Radio and
More"
Voice of America (al): "Communications
World"
Voice of America (me): "Communications World"
Voice of America (south as):
communications World"
WHRI (Angel 1): "DXing with Cumbie"
WHRI (Angel 2): "DXing with Cumbre"
Radio For Peace Intl: -world of Radio''
HCJB (eu): "OX Partyline"
Voice of Turkey: "DX Corner (biweekly)"
Radio Romania Intl: ox Mailbag"
Vatican Radio: "Onthe-Aii"
RadlO Dnestr: "OX Herald (3)"
Radio Budapest Intl: "Radio Budapest DX
Show"
Radio Exterior de Espana: "Distance
Unknown"
Voice ol America (me): "Communications World"
Radio Havana Cuba: "DXers Unhm1ted"
Radio Romania Intl: "DX Mailbag"
Voice of Tu1key: "OX Corner (biweekly)"
WHRI (Angel 1): "OXing 111th Cumbre"
WRMI (Flm1da): "Wavescan"
Radio Havana Cuba: "DXers Unlimited"
Vatican Radio: "On-the-Air"
KSDA (Guam): "Wavescan"
WRMI (Florida ): "Wavescan"

SHORTWAVE
GUIDE

1 00
: AM EDT

4.00 AM PDT
FREQUENCIES .

~~.-

Australia. Radio

1100-1200 vi
11001200 vl
1100-1200 vl
1100-1200
1100-1 200
1100-1200
1100-1200
11001200
1100-1 200
11 00-1200
t t00-t 200
t 100- 1200 s
1100-1130
1100-12ooas
1100-1200
1100-1150

Australia. VLBA Allee Spg

Australia. VLSK Katherine
Australia. VLST Tent Crk
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica. Adv World R
Costa Rica.Rf Peace Intl
Denmark. Radio ABC
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. R East Africa
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
Germany. Deutsche Welle

1100-1 200
f 100-1200 vVas
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200 vi
1100-1200 vf
1100-1125
11001200
11 00- 1150
1100-1200vl
1100120lvl
1100-1200

Iraq. Radio Iraq Intl

Italy. fRRS
Japan. NHK/Rad10
Jordan. Radio
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. RTM Kuching
Malaysia.ATM KotaKinabalu
Ne1herfands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nonh Korea. R Pyongyang
Palau. KHBNN01ce of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia.Voice of Russia ws

1100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1 130
11001200

Singapo1e. SBC Radio One

Singapore.A Singapore Int
Switzerland. Swiss Rlnll
Taiwan. Voice of Asia

5995as
9615as
15530as
2310do
2485do
4910do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
7375am
6205arn
7570eu
9445pa
15186af
9530as
15370af
17860af
13680eu
7125va
6120na
1t970eu
7295do
7160do
5980do
6045as
6100pa
6575na
9730as
4890do
4740as
15560as
17870as
6155do
6015as
13635as
7445as

72403s
9860pa
15565as

9725arn
7385arn

11 30
1t 30
1130
1130
t 130
1130
1130
1130
1145
1105

1121
1126
1130
1130
1130
1130
1130
1132
1145

irJJ.

9580pa
15170as

1100-1200

'

... . . . ...

17715af

9610as

15350as

9650as

12065as

9975na
9985as

1I335na
15140as

11655as
16560as

15460as
17755as

6155as
15415as

UK. BBC London (am): Caribbean Report (Allernative).

Weekday coverage of current attairs In the Caribbean region
with emphasis on political and economic analysis.
Australia. 11adio: Innovations.
Japan. Radio: Radio Japan Magazine Hour (M-F)
Sweden. Radio: Suety Degrees Nonh (MF).
UK. BBC London (af): Meridmn. Sec S 0630.
UK. BBC London (am/as pac): Variable ComedylQui2 feature.
Sees 1401.
UK. BBC London (cu). Omnibus. Each week a half-hour
programme on pracllcalty any 1opic under the sun.
UK, BBC London (south as): Variable Feature. See S 1130.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as pac): Music USA (Standards).
UK. BBC London (south as): BBC English. See S 1515.
UK. BBC London (am): Caribbean Repon (Allernalive). See M
1105.
Nonh Korea, R Pyongyang: The lmmonal Story.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: Truth Idea.
New Zealand. Radio UZ lnll: On the March.
UK. BBC London (al/as pac/eu): Mendian. See S 0630.
UK. BBC London (am): Jazz Now and Then. See S 1230.
UK, BBC London (south as): BBC English. See S 1515.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as pac): Now Music USA.
Russia, Voice of: Folk Box.
UK. BBC London (am): Youlh. Your Oueslions of Faith. NEW!
Ben Cohen (of Megam1x) and young experts answer lis1eners
questions about religion.

1t00-1130
11001200
1t001200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1100- 1200

216603f
United Kingdom, BBC WS
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio ln11
USA. Voice of America

1100-1 200
1100-1200
11001200
1100-1 200
1100-12ooas
11001200
1100-1200
1100-1200
1105-1120
1115-1127
1115-1200
11301155
1130-1200
1130-1200 vf
1130-1200
1130-1200
1130-1200
11 30-1200 a
1130-11 55 s
1130-1200
1130-1200
1130-1200
11 30-1200f
11351140
1138-11551&3rds

USA. WEWN B11m1ngham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. l/NHA Greenbush ME
USA. V/WCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia. Chrisllan Voice
Pakislan. Radio
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 1
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Austria. RAuslna lnll
Bulgaria. Radio
China. China Radio lnll
Ecuador. HCJB
Finland. YLE/R Finland
Iran. VOIRI
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Myanmar. Voice of
Netherlands. Radio
Sweden. Radio
Valican s1a1e. Valican R
India. All India Radio
Denmark. R Denmark Intl

17800af

13705as

15520as
17775as

17515as

UK. BBC London (am): Variable Feature. See S 1130.

1105

1120

1130
1130
1130
1130
1130
1138

11 30
1130
1130
1130
1130
1132
11 39
1154
1154
1154
1154

UK, BBC London (am): Canbbean Repon (Atterna1r1e). S~e

M 1105.
Nonh Korea. R Pyongyang: The Reminiscences o1 the Grea1
Leader.
Australia. Radio: Science File.
UK. BBC London (al/am/as pac/eu): 30-Minul e Drama.
Variable drama programs.
UK. BBC London (soulh as): BBC English. See S 1515.
USA. VOA Washinglon OC(as pac): Now Music USA.
USA. WWCR #1 Nashville TN: Wortd of Radio.
Russia. Voice of: Folk Box.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: The Grea1 Man of !he Century.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Living on !he Land - Pan
3 (7th). A three part series. Part 3 looks at what i!s like to
live on one of the newes1 Polderds In Holland.
Radio Ne!hertands Documentary. Wake of !he Half Moon Pan 1 (14th). See A 2354.
Radio Netherlands: Documcnlary. Wake of the Half Moon Pan 2 (2 1st). See F 1454.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Wake of the Half Moon Part 3 (281h). See F 2354.

15190sa
9815am

15400eu

17790\la

7395ca
6110va
9645va
15425va
15665eu

9355as
6t65am
9760va

9430au
7405am
11720va

9475am

15685am

119~0af

1s220va
17705va

9700au
5810am
7510am
9930as
6095na
5985va
9590arn
t 5160va
7425na
9400am
6040am
7490na
13825am
5935am
5950na
6065af
15470as
7220do
6165do
13730na
13790as
8660as
151 15na
11900na
11875me
7115eu
71 15eu
5990do
6045eu
11 650na
15210as
9595do
7295eu

6185am
13595na
7435am
11830na
17900eu

11445as
21455am
15400na
11930me

7190eu
15240na
15570as
11620do
17740af

11700as

15260af

17550au
11710do

15185do

Fridays

Wednesdays
1105

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USA. VOA Washington DC (as pac): New Honzons.
USA. VOA Washington DC (ca): Cri11cs Choice.
UK. BBC London (alias pac): Play of the Week. See S 0530.
UK. BBC London (amleu): Vanable Feature. Special features
and new series.
UK. BBC London (south as): The Learning World. News and
1iews about wortdwide educa1ion.
UK. BBC London (south as): Good BookS. Recommendation
of a book 10 read.

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1130
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UK. BBC London (am): Caribbean Report (Alternative). See M

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Nonh Korea. R Pyongyang: lmmonal Ideas of !he Great
Leader.
UK. BBC London (al/eu): Me11dian. See S0630.
UK. BBC London (am): Focus on Failh. See F0330.
UK. BBC London (as pac): Music Review. See S 0230.
UK. BBC London (south as): BBC English. See S 1515.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as pac): Country Music USA.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: The Great Man of the Country.

Saturdays
11 1o
1130
1130
1130
1130
1130
1130
1130
1138

Japan. Radio: This Week.

Costa Rica. R for Peace Intl: RFPl's Mailbag.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: All People Free.
UK. BBC London (al): Focus on Failh. See F 0330.
UK. BBC London (am): For and Against. See S 0130.
UK. BBC London (as pac/eu/soulh as): Meridian. See S0630.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as pac): Press Conference USA.
USA. VOA Washinglon DC (ca): Music USA (Standards).
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Saturday Special.

Thursdays
1105

UK. BBCLondon (am): Caribbean Report (Allernative). See

M 1105.
1122 Nonh Korea. R Pyongyang: Words of the Grea t Leader.
t 130 New Zealand. Radio NZ Intl: Trading Post.
1130 UK. BBC London (al/cu): Meridian On Screen. See T 1615.
1130 UK. BBC London (am): From Our Own Correspondent. See S
0330.
1130 UK. BBC London (as pac): Meridian. See S 0630.
1130 UK. BBC London (soulh as): Education. The Wortd of
Computers. See M 1230.
1130 USA. VOA Washington DC (as pac): Now Music USA (Top
Ten).
1130 USA. WWCR #1 Nashville TN: Ken's Country Classics.
1145 UK. BBC London (am): The Learning World. See S 1130.
1145 UK. BBC London (soulh as): BBC Enollsh. See S 1515.

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Brazil. Radio Bras
Bulaaria. Radio
Cambodia Nall Voice of
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Monlreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Hatilax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada lnll
China China Radio lnll

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Myanmar, Voice of
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New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Noiway, Radio Noniay Intl
Palau. ~HBNN01ce of Hope

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S11itzertand, Swiss R lnll
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United Kingdom, BBC WS
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USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

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USA. ~WHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville l N
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Uzbekistan, R Tashken1
Zambia. Chnst1an Voice
Zambia, ZNBC Radio 2
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Egypl. Radio Cairo
Bangladesh. Radio
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
Bulgaria. Radio
Canada R Canada Intl
Fin13nd. YLEJR Finland
India. All India Radio
Indonesia. RRI Sarong
Mongolia. R Ulan Baler
South Korea, R Korea Intl
Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Sweden, Radio
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SELECTED PROGRAMS . . . . . . .
Sunda~s

Tuesdaris
1205 UK. BC London hat/am/as paeleui south as): World Business

1205

1205

1200

121 5
1216
t223
1228
1230

1230
1234
1235
1240
1245
1245

U , BBC London (al/as pac) Play ol the Week (from 1130).

See S 0530.
UK. BBC London {arnleu/south as): World Business Briel.
Focus on the market week
UK. BBC London {am): Any1hing Goes See S0530: ~eu):
Brilain Today. See S 0045 {south as): A Jolly Good how.
Dave Lee Travis presents your record requests
France. Radio France Intl: Alrican Ana~1s (biweekly)
France. Radm France Intl Paris Promenade.
France. Radio France lnll: Counterpoint (biweekly~
UK. BBC London (al): Jau Now and Then. Sarah ard
presents a mixture ot iau. (as pac) Andy Kershaws Wortd
of Music. Recordings of diverse music from a1ound the
world: (eu): Anything Goes. See S 0530
USA. VOA Washington DC ~as pacr The Writers World {3).
France. Radio France Intl: Cub 95 6.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen lnt1 Radio World.
South Korea. Radio Korea 1n11 Shonwave Feedback.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl PO Box 26.
UK. BBC London {al/am): SpMs Roundup, See S 0135.

Mondays
1205
t205
1210
1210
1215
1215

1230

UK. BC London ~I/am/as pacleu'south a~ WMd

Business Report. atest news from the ma ets in the Far
East. Europe and the USA
UK. BBC London (am). Canbbean Business Program (AIL)
Economic analysis in the region,
UK. BBC London (am): Carl bean Rc~o r1 (Alt ). See M 1105.
USA. VOA Washington DC (a~ac): lateside (MF).
UK. BBC London (at/as paele south as). Britain Today. See
s 0045.
UK, BBC London (am). Education. L~al Rights. Legal
Wrongs Rosalind English talks 10 in 1v1duals 11hose hves
have been aHected by the law and lo expens about the rights
al individuals.
UK. BBC London (al) Global Concerns Update on
enVtronmental issues. (am). Educal10n The World at
Computers. NEW! In thlS 7tian senes
hear how
compu ters r1ork: (as pac/ It the Shel See M 0330: (eu)
Andy Kersha1is World a Music See S t230. (sou1h as)
Andy Kershaws World al Music. See S 1230.
UK. BBC London (al/am/as pac): Spans Roundup. See S
Ot35.
F1ance. Radio France Intl: Alts 1n France.

rou

1245
1247

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1215
1215
1230
1230
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1239
U . BBC London {am): Caribbean Business Program (Alt).
1244
See M 1205.
1245
UK, BBC London )am): Caribbean Repon hAlt ), See M 1105.
UK. BBC London al/as paeleu/south as): ritain Today. See S
1249
0045
1249
UK. BBCLondon rm): John Peel. See M t 330
UK, BBC London ag: Folk Routes. See S 0030, (as pac): Ott
1he Shelf. See M 3 O: (eu). Bra111 al Britain. Panel quiz
show: (south as) Mul1ilrack H1t-L1st. See M 1615.
1205
USA. WWCR #1 Nashville TN: Wolld ot Radio.
Russia. Voice al: This is Russia.
UK. BBC London (at/am/as pac): Spons Roundup. See S
1210
Ot 35.
1215
France. Radio F1ance Intl: Science Probe.
1230

1205

1210
1215
12t5
12t5
1230
1230
t230
1230
1242
1245
1247

UK. BBC London \al/am/as ~Cleu/sou th as) Wortd

Business See M 205; (am : Caribbean Business Program
(Alt.li See M 1205.
UK. BC London tm): Caribbean R~on (All See M 1t05
UK. BBCLondon at): Br11a1n Today ee S 00 5.
UK. BBC London am): The Vinlage Chan Show. Each week a
classic Top 20 from the pas1 with Paul Burnett.
UK. BBC London (as paeleulsouth as) Britain Today. See S
0045.
UK. BBC London (al): Youth Your Questions ot Faith See T
1t45.
UK. BBC London
pac). OH the Shelf. See M 0330
UK. BBC London eu): Composer of !he Month. See M 0430.
UK. BBC London south av: Meganux See T 1615.
France. Radio France Intl he Bollom Line.
UK. BBCLondon (at/am/as pac): Sports Roundup. See S
0135,
France. Radio France Intl. Land ol France

Thursdalcs
1205 UK. B C London \al/am/as facleu/south as) World
1210
1210
1215

UK. BBC London jafh From Ow Own Correspondent. See S

0330. ~s pac): 0 t 1 e Shett. See M 0330: (eu): Ass1inment
See H 230; (south as~ Multitrack XPress. See IV t 15.
Finland. Radio: Media ev1ew
France. Radio France Intl: The Americas Magazine.
UK. BBC London (al/am/as pac) Spans Roundup. See S
Ot35
France. Radio France lnll NontVSouth (biweekly)
France Radio France Intl. P.anel Eanh {bveekly)

Fridatls
. BBC London (al/am/as paC.eu/south as). World Business.

Wednesdays

1215

58

1230

1235
1241
1245
1248
1254

See M 1205; {am): Caribbean Business Program (Alt). See M

1205.
UK. BBC London !am): Caribbean Repon hAlt) See M 1105.
UK. BBC London af/as paeleu/south as): ntain Today, See S
0045; (am): New deas. See S 2330.
UK. BBC London la~ : The Farming World. See S 1445; (as
pac). OH the Shel . ee M 0330, (eu): Science in Acl1on. See S
0430; (south as): Focus on Faith. See F0330.
UK. BBC London (am): The Insider's Guide. See F0005.
France Radio France Inti Film Reel
UK. BBC London (allamtas pac) Spons Roundup. See S
0135.
France. Radio France Intl: Made in France
Radio Netherlands Documentary Liv1np on the Land - Pan
2 (2 Aupl See F 2354: Wake ot 1he Hal Moon-Pan 3 (9lhJ.
See W 154; Pan 1 (16th{. See A 2354: Part 2 (23rd). See
1454: Pan 3 (30th) See 2354

Saturdaris
t205 UK. B C London (al/am/as paeleu/south as) Wo1ld Business
1210
1215
t215
t2t5
t 215
1228
1230

Business See M 205: (am : Caribbean Business Program

~Alt) See M 1205.
t 230
anada. RCI Montreal: As It Happens
1235
UK BBC London lam): Caribbean Re~on ~It .) See M 1t05.
UK, BBC London atlas paeleulsou1h as1. 111ain Today. See S 1245
1245
0045.
UK. BBC London (am): Assignment See H 0230.
1255

Re pan See M t 205.

Au stralia. Radio Ockhams Razor
South Korea, Radio Korea lnll Music Trap.
UK. BBC London tl/eu/sout~ as): Brilain Today See S 0045.
UK. BBC London am): A Jolt/ Good Show See S t2 I 5.
UK. BBC London as pac): Science in Acllon. See S0430.
France. Radio France Intl Spolhght on Atnca.
UK BBC London (al): Seven Da~s See A 0010Jeu1 Var1ab1e
Comedy10wz Feature. See S 14 1. (sou1h as): ult1track All..
See F 1330.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as pac): Communications World.
South Korea Radio Korea Inti From Us to You
UK. BBC London ~at): The Insiders Guide. See F 0005.
UK. BBC London as pac): Leiter trom America. See S 0030.
UK. BBC London (al): Book Choice See S 1525.

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Australia. Radio

1300 1330
13001355 mlwhla
1300-1320
13001330
1300-1400 vi
13001400
13001400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300- 1400
1300-1359 mlwhla
1300-1400
1300-1330
1300-1400
1300-1330
1300-1400
1300-1330
1300-1400 as
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1330 vllas
1300 1400
1300-1400 vi
1300-1400 vi
1300-1325
1300-1400 occsnal
1300-1350

Australia. Radio
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
Brazil. Radio Bras
Bulgaria Radio
Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl
China. China Radio 1n11
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador HCJB
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea. R Easr Africa
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
Iraq, Radio Iraq Intl
Italy. IRAS
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. RTM Kuclling
Malaysia.RTM KotaKinabalu
Nelherlands, Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
North Korea. R Pyongyang

1300-1330 s
1300-1400 vi

Norway. Radm Norway lnll

Palau. K'iBN.Yo1ce ol Hope

1300-1400
1300-1356
1300 1400
1300-1400
1300- 1400
1300 1400 mtwhl
1300- 1330

Philippines. FEBC/R lnll

Romania, R Romania lnll
Russia.Voice of Russia WS
Singapore, SBC Radm One
Singapore,R Singapore Int
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka BC
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl

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USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KJES Mesqu11e NM
USA. KNLS Anchor Poinl AK
USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA, Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

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USA. Voice of America

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL
USA, WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R M1am1 Intl
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. IWHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Austria. R Austria Intl
Canada. R Canada Intl
Canada. R Canada Intl
canada. R Canada Intl
Guam. AWR/KSDA
India. All India Radio
Italy. IRRS
Nelherlands. Radio
Sweden. Radio
UAE, Radio Dubai
Uzbekistan. R Tashkent
Vielnam. Voice of
Greece. Voice of
Denmark. R Denmark Intl
Vatican State. Vatican R

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13700as
9835as
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SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1300
1300
1311
1330
1330
1335

IJorth Korea. R Pyongyang: Anthem.

Norway. Radio Norway Intl: Norway Now.
Canada, RGI Montreal: Sunday Morning (1st hour).
Auslralia. Radio: The Europeans.
USA. WRMVR Miami Intl: Baltle Cry Sounding.
Ganada. RGI Montreal: The Mailbag

Mondays
1300
1300
1300
1310
1311
1311
1315
1321
1330
1332
1339

llorth Korea, R Pyongyang: Anihem.

UK. BBC London (al): Variable Feature (Alternative). See S
1130.
USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT: A New Perspective.
Australia. Radio: Asia Focus.
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Intl: Belgium Today (MF).
Russia. Voice ol: Mostow Mailbag.
UK. BBC London (af): BBC English (Alternallve). See S 1515.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Tourism.
UK. BBC London (al): John Peel Tracks from newly released
albums and singles tram the conremporary music scene.
Russia. Voice ol: Audio Book Club.
Canada. RGI Montreal: Spectrum (M-F)

Tuesdavs
t 300
1300
t310
t310
1311
1326
1330
t 330
1332
1336
1345

1359

UK. BBC London (al): BBC English (Alrernalive). See S 1515.

USA, KTBN Salt Lk Ci1y UT: A New Pe1spec1ive.
Aust1alia. Radio: Asia Focus.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as pac): Inside USA.
Russia. Voice of: Newmarket.
Romania, Radio Romania lnll: Romaman Anglicisls.
Ausrralia. Radio: Jazz tlotes.
UK, BBC London (al): Mullltrack Hil-List See M 1615.
Russia. Voice of: Kaleidoscope
Romania. Radio Romania lnll: Yourh Club
Vatican S1a1e. Vatican Radio: A Room vnt h aVoew ol lhe
Va11can.
Vatican S1a1e, Vatican Radio: Ask the Abbot

Wednesdays

1300
1300
1305
1310
1311
1316
1320
132B
1330
1339
1354
1354
1354
1354

UK. BBC London (af): BBC English (Alternalive). See S 1515.

USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT: A Now Porspeclive.
Canada. RCI Montreal: The Best of CBC.
Australia. Radio: Asia Focus.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: Living in Belgium.
Belgium. RVlaanderen lnll: Green Society.
North Korea. R Pyongyang: The Reminiscences of the Grear
Leader
UK. BBC London (al): Megamix. See T 1615.
Nonh Korea R Pyongyang: The Grear Man of !he Century.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Living on !he Land - Pan
3 (7th). See VI 1154.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Wake of the Hall Moon Part I (14th). See A 2354.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Wake of the Hall Moon Pan 2 (21st). See F 1454.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Wake of !he Hall Moon Parr 3 (281h). See F 2354.

Thursdays
1300

1310
1310
1311
1315
1330
1330
1330
1332

UK, BBC London (al): Education. The World of Computers.

(Alterna11ve). See M 1230.
Australia. Raoio Asia Focus.
USA. VOA Washingron DC (as pac): Reporter's Notebook.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag.
UK, BBC London (al): BBC English (Alternative). See S 1515.
Aus11alia. Radio: Australian Counlry Style.
Guam. AWR/KSDA: Music.
UK. BBC London (al): Multitrack XPress. See W 1615.
Russia. Voice of: Kaleidoscope.

Fridays
1300
1300
1310
1311
1319
1330
1344

UK. BBC London (al): BBC English (Allernarive). See S 1515.

USA. KTBN Salt Lk Cily UT: A New Perspective.
Australia, Rao10: Asia Focus.
Russia. Voice ot Moscow Mailbag
Belgium RVtaanderen Intl: Economics.
UK. BBC London (at): Multitrack Alternative. Latesr
dovelopments on the British music scene.
U1bekistan. Radio Tashkent: Asian Markelplace (3).

Saturdays
1310
1310
1317
1328
1332
1343
1349

Belgiurn, R Vlaanderen Intl: Music lrom Flanders.

Romania, Radio Romania Intl: The Week.
Romania. Radio Romania Intl: World of Culture.
Romania. Radio Romania Intl: Radio Pictures.
Russia. Voice of: Audio Book Club.
Romania. Radio Romania Intl: Bucharesl Along the
Cen1u11es.
Romania, Radio Romania Intl: Radio Romania DX Mailbag.

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS

USA: WWCR, NASHVILLE

Programs
l?oc!.: tire U11il'erse
Mon 0500 7435. Sun 1300 9475.
Thu 0900 7-135
Ke11 's Cou111ry Classics
'.vlon 0630 7-135. T hu 11 30 15685.
Sat 16309-175
Tir e Old l?ccord Shop
Sun 0100 :12 15. Mon 0600 7435
Selected

S1>ec1m111

Sun 0200 -livc 5065 & 2390.

Mon 0800 7435
Ham Radio & More
Sun 2206-livc 7-B5 & 12160.
Mon 0300 5065. Mon 0900 7-135.
Sm 1605 12160
Tire N('( Co1111ecrio11
Sun 1800-livc 9-175

(Co111i11ued p. 63)
August 1996

MONITORING TIMES

59

'>;--

..;;;-.

1400-1500
1400-1500

1400-1500
1400-1500

Australia. Radio
Australia. Radio
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl
China. China Radio Intl
Cos1a Rica.RF Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. R East Africa
France. Radio France Intl
India. All India Radio
Israel. Kol Israel
Italy. IRRS
Japan. NHK/Radio
Jordan. Radio
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. RTM Kuching
Malaysia.ATM KotaK1nabalu
Mexico. Radio Mexico Intl
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Palau. KrBNN01ce of Hope
Philippines. FEBCIR Intl
Russia Voice of Russia WS

Singapore. SBC Radio One

Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC

7240as
5995pa
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
11855au
7405na
6205am
21455am
12005am
15t86af
71 10as
11620as
12077va
3985va
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11970eu
7295do
7160do
5980do
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6100pa
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t5405as
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... ....

t400-1500

United Kingdom. BBC WS

1400-1500
14001500
1400-1500
14001500
1400t500

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USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KJES Mesquite NM
USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of Ame11ca

t4001500
t4001500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400 1500 as
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1415
1400-1500
1400-1405 mtwhf
14 t 5 t 500 mtwhfa
1415-1425
t 4301500

USA. WEWN Bumingt1am AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMllR M1am1 lnt1
USA, WANO New Orleans LA
USA, WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State. Vatican R
Zambia. Chris11an Voice
lambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Bhutan. Bhu1an BC Service
Nepal. Radio
Aus11aha. Radio

1430-1500 vi
1430-1440
1430-1440 mtwhf
1430-1500 mtwhf
1430-1500
1430-1500
1438-1455 1&3rd s
1440-1500
1458-1500

China. China Radio Intl

India All India Radio
Indonesia. RRI U1 Pandang
Porlugal. R Porlugal Intl
Romania, R Roma111a Intl
Uni1ed Kingdom. BBC WS
Denmark. R Den111a1k Intl
Myanmar. Voice of
Seychelles. FEBA Radio

9985as

9595me
1t985me
15540me

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FREQUENCIES .
1400-1430
t400t500
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400t459
1400-1500
1400-1500
t4001500
1400-1430
1400 1500 as
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1430
1400-1500 vi
1400-1 500
1400-1500
1400-1500
14001500vl
1400-1500 vi
14001430vl
1400-1500
1400-1500 occsnal
14001500vl

SHORTWAVE GUIDE

1400 UTC

5990as
9515na
11865am
15220am
17705va

6195as
9590va
11940af
15260na
17830af

13815am
11715na
7510am
9355as
61 tOva
9760as
9580na
9400am
6040am
7490na
9955na
15420am
t5745eu
t2160am
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9500as
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t t695pa
8660as
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4753do
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11775as
15400af
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5990do
9810as

15725am

7125as
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7205as
9740as
t2095eu
t5575va
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9410eu
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17640va
21470af

7215as
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9645as
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15105am
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13845am
11830na
11625as

15685am
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t3765au

6080as
12080pa
9880as
61 SSdo

6090me

116~u

t 1445as
9565do

15135as
9685do

15335as
15340as
11870as

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1401
1401
1406
1425
1430
1430
1445
1445
1445
1454
1455

UK. BBC London (allamleu/south as1. Variable Feature. See S

1130
UK. BBC London (as pac). Vanable Comeay/Ou1z Feature
These programs are panel qu1zes and other light enterlamment
in a lormat heard 1n Amenca decades ago.
Canada. RCI Mon1real: Sunday Morning (2nd hour)
Japan. Radio: Media Roundup.
UK. BBC London (al/as pac/eu): Classical Music Feature
(18th.25th) A variable program featuring the world of classical
music.
UK. BBC London (am1: Classical Music Feature (4th.11th).
Music Through Stained Glass A look al the history of Christian
111urg1cal music
UK. BBC London (afleu): Letter from America See S 0030.
UK. BBC London (as pac): Wn1e On See S 0345
UK. BBC London (sou1h as): The Farming World Repons on
new developments from around the world
Netherlands. Radio: Siren Song.
UK. BBC London (as pac): Vo1cebox. bpens and ordinary
people take a hghthearted look at the English language.

Mondays
1400
140t
1405
t415
1430
1430
1430
1430
1430
t 430
t 432
1445
t445
1445

USA. WWCR 11 Nashville TN: The Olympic Repon (MF).

UK. BBC London (al): Omnibus. See M 1130.
UK. BBC London (amJas pac/eu/so111h as) Outlook. An up-tothe-minute nux of conversation. controversy and color from
around the world
Japan. Radio. Radio Japan Magazine Hour (MF).
UK. BBC London (af) Ott the Shelf. See M 0330.
UK. BBC London (af): Vauab!e Feature (Allema11ve) See S
1t30
UK. BBC London (ami- Ommbus See Mt 130
UK BBC London (as pac): Health Matters. See M 0445
UK. BBC London (eu) John Peel. See M 1330
UK BBC London (south as): Record News See S 0445.
Russia. Voice of: Folk Box.
UK. BBC London (a11 BBC English (Allernallvel See S 1515.
UK. BBC London (al). The Farming World. See S 1445.
UK. BBC London (sou1h as) Development "96. See S 06 t5.

Tuesdays
1401
1405

60

UK. BOC London (af): On Screen. Film reviews and movie news
from around the world.
UK, BBC London (arnfas pac/eulsouth as): Outlook. See M

MONITORING TIMES

August 1996

1430
1430
t 430
1430
1430
1430
1445
1445
1445
1456

1405
UK. BBC London (af): BBC English (Allernallve). See S 1515.
UK. BBC London (al) Off the Sh~lf See M 0330.
UK. BBC London (am): Health Matters. See M 0445.
UK. BBC London (as pac). Youth. Pop Science. See T 1530
UK. BBC London (eu): Mult1track H11-L1st. See M 1615
UK. BBC London (sou1h as): Variable Feature. See S 1130.
UK. BBC London (al): The Learning World. See S 1130.
UK. BBC London (am): Jazz Now and Then. See S 1230.
UK. BBC London (south as): Health Matters. See M 0445.
Romama, Radio Romania Intl Romanian Anglic1sts.

Wednesdays
1401
1405
1430
1430
1430
1430
1430
1430
1432
1445

UK, BBC London (al) Yourh. Pop Science See T 1530.

UK. BBC London (am/as pac/eu/soulh as): Ou11ook. See M
1405
UK, BBC London (al): BBC English (Alternative). See S 1515.
UK. BBC London (af). Off the Shelf See M 0330.
UK. BBC London (am). Country Style. See S0010.
UK. BBC London (as pac): Ommbus. See M 1130.
UK, BBC London (eu): Megamlx. See T 1615.
UK, BBC London (south as): Variable Music Feature. See S
t430.
Russia. Voice of: The Jazz Show.
UK. BBC London (al/am/south as): Good Books. See S 1t45.

Thursdays
1401
1405
1415
1430
1430
1430
1430
1430
1430
1445
1445

UK BBC London (al): Health Ma!lers See M 0445.

UK. BBC London (anvas pac/eu/soulh as): Outlook. See M
1405.
UK. BBC London (af) Record News See S 0445.
UK. BBC London (al)" Education (Alternative). The Wortd of
Compu1ers See M 1230
UK. BBC London (al) Off the Shelf. See M 0330.
UK. BBC London (am) Network UK. Issues and events
affecting the lives of people th1oughout the UK.
UK. BBC London (as pac): Assignment. See H 0230.
UK, BBC London (eu): Mullllrack XPress. See w 1615.
UK. BBC London (south as): Sports lnternalional. See H0630.
UK. BBC London (af): BBC English (Alternative). See S 1515.
UK, BBC London (al): Coun1ry Style. See S 0010.

Fridays
1401
1405

UK, BBC London (al): Science in Action. Sees 0430.

UK. BBC London (am/as pac): Outlook. See M 1405.

1405
1430
1430
1430
1430
1430
1430
1432
t440
t445
1445
1454
1454
1454
1454

1454

UK. BBC London (eu/south as) Outlook See M 1405.

UK. BBC London (al). BBC English (Allernanve). See S
1515
UK. BBC London (al): Ott the Shelf See M 0330
UK. BBC London (am): Science in Action. See S 0430
UK. BBC London (as pac): Focus on Faith. See F0330
UK. BBC London (eu) Mult1track Alternative See F
1330.
UK. BBC London (south as): The 1ns1der"s Guide. See F
0005.
Russia. Voice of: Music at Your Request.
UK. BBC London (south as): Vo1cebox. See S 1455.
UK. BBC London (al): On the Move. See S 0445.
UK, BBC London (south as): Global Concerns. See M
1230.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary Ltv1ng on the Land Part 2 (2 Aug). See F2354.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Living on the Land Part 3 (9th). See W 1154.
Radio Ne1hcrlands: Documentary. Wake of the Half
Moon - Parl 1 (16th). See A 2354
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Wake of the Half
Moon - Part 2 (23rd). A three part series. David
Swatling 1races the history of the 171h century Outch
colony New Nelherland.
Radio Netherlands: Documen1ary. Wake of 1he Half
Moon - Part 3 (30th). See F 2354.

Saturdavs
1400
1400
1405
1405
1410
14 t 0
1410
1410
t 430
1432
1440
1447

USA. WHAi Noblesvrlle Ill (Angel 1) Home Schooling

(lrve).
USA. WWCR t3 Nashvrlle TN The Great Amencan Polka
Show
UK. BBC London (al/am/as pac/eu/south asl:
Spartsworld. The week~/ spans magazine.
USA. WWCR 14 Nashville TN. C.O P.S. (hve).
Japan. Radio: This Week
USA. VOA Washington OC (as pac): Music USA (Jazz).
USA. VOA Washington OC (as): Music USA (Jazz).
USA. VOA Washington DC (me): Music USA (Jazz).
Australia, Radio: The Health Repon.
Russia. Voice of: Timehnes.
Romania. Radio Romania lnll: The Week.
Romania. Radio Romania Intl: World of Culture.

."7

FREQUENCIES .

"-

15001600 vi
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
1500-1600
Canada. CFCX Mon1real
Canada. CFRX Toron1o
15001600
15001600
Canada. CFVP Calgary
15001600
Canada. CHNX Halifax
15001600
Canada. CKZN SI John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
15001600
15001559 s
Canada. R Canada Intl
China. China Radio Intl
15001600
15001600
Costa Rica. RF Peace Intl
15001600
Ecuador. HCJB
1500 1600 as
EQI Guinea. R East Africa
Guam, TWR!KTWR
15001600
Italy, Adv World Radio
1500t600
Italy. IRRS
15001600 v
Japan, NHKiRad10
15001600
15001600
Jordan. Radio
15001600
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
15001600
Malaysia. RTM Kuch1ng
15001600 vt
Malays1a.RTM KotaK1nabalu
15001600 vt
15001530
Mexico. Radio Mexico Intl
Mongolia. R Ulan Bator
1500 1530
15001515 s
Myanmar. Voice of
15001525
Netherlands. Radio
1500-1600 occsnal Ne\'I Zealand R NZ Intl
North Korea. R Pyongyang
15001550
I 500-1600 vi
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
15001600
Philippines. FEBCIR Intl
1500 t526
Romania. R Romania Intl
15001600
Russia.Voice ol Russia WS

5995pa
i260as
11660as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
11855am
7405na
6205am
1511 5sa
15186af
11 SSOas
7230eu
3985va
9535na
11970eu
6280eu
7295do
7160do
5980do
9705na
9745as
5990do
9895as
6100pa
9325eu
9955as
11995as
11775as
4740va
9595me
11775va
12035va
15540me

6060pa
9580pa
11695pa

13650am
9535na
7385am
21455va

11915as

15335as
4940va
9830va
11835va
15320me
15560af

4975va
9955af
11945va
15340va
17750af

7305me
9975af
12025af
15350va

i 515

(monl h~l

ondon (cu): Variable Fealurc. See S t 130.

1516
1525
1530
1530
1530
1530
1545
1545
1555
1500
1500
1505
1505

1525
1530
1530
1530

UK. BBC London as pac): East Asia Today. ee S 2310.

UK, BBC London (al): Focus on Alnca. UpIOlheminute
reports on !he days even1s from all over !he conlinent.
UK. BBC London (amleu/soufh as): Sports Roundup. See S
0135
UK. BBC London (am). The Greenfield Colleclion. This
classical music program replaces Ra~ on Record.
UK. BBC London ieu): BBC English. ee S 1515.
UK, BBC London soulh as): Concert Hall. See S 1515.
Auslraha, Radio: lnnoval 1ons.
UK. BBC London
Oullook. See M 1405
UK. BBC London as pac) BBC English. See S 1515
UK. BBC London eu): Omnibus. See M 1130.
UK, BBC London as pac): Slow-Speed Nel'ls. News reports
read slowly for lislen~rs who are learning English.
UK, BBC London (af): Words of Farth. See S 025.

r)

Tuesdaris
1500 UK. BC London (al): Mul111rack H11-List (Allernative). See

1515
1515

ts

~~ -- "

M 161 5.
UK. BBC London pac): East Asia Today. See S 2310.
UK, BBC London al): Focus on Africa. See M 1505.
UK. BBC London am/eu/soulh as): Sports Roundup. See S
0135.
UK, BBC London iam): Variable Fealure. See S 1130.
UK. BBC London eu): BBC English. See S 1515.

15001600
15001600
15001600
15001600 mlwhf
1500 1530
1500- 1600

S Africa. Channel Africa

Seychelles. FEBA Radio
Singapore. SBC Radio One
Sn Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Switzerland. Sl'liss R Intl
Uniled Kingdom. BBC WS

1500 1530

United Kingdom. BBC WS

15001600
15001600
1500-1600
15001600
1500 1600

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

USA, KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. KV/HR Naalehu HI
USA, Monitor Radio Intl
USA, Voice of America

t5001600
15001600
1500-1600
15001600
1500161.lO
150016JOas
1500-1600
15001600
1500-1600
1520 1530 mtwhf
15301555
15301545

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA, WVHA Greenbush ME
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia Christian Voice
Es1onia. Radio
Austria. R Austria Intl
India. All India Radio

15301600
15301600
15301600
1538 1555 I &3rd S
1545-1600 a

Iran. VOIRI
Netherlands. Radio
Uniled Kingdom. BBC WS
Denmark. R Denmark Intl
Vatican Slate. Vatican R

UK. BBC London (soulh as): The Greenfield Colleclion. See

M 1515.
Romania. Radio Romania Intl: Youlh Club.
UK. BBC London (am) Pop Short. See S 0355.
UK. BBC London !af): Outlook. See M 1405.
UK. BBC London am): Youl h. Pop Science. NEW! Janice
Long relurns 10 answer questions about science. medicine.
and 1echnology
UK, BBC London (as pac): BBC English. See S 1515.
UK. BBC London (eu): The Learning World. See S 1130.
UK, BBC London ias pac): Slow-Speed Ne\'ls. See M 1545.
UK, BBC London eu): Youlh. Your Oueslions of Failh. See T
1145.
UK, BBC London (at): Words of Failh. See S 0025.

Wednesdays

1505

1500
1505
1505

0"-'"""""" _,_

. ... .. ..
3220af
9810as
6155do
9720as
12075as
5990as
9410eu
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11860af
21490af
13815arn
15590am
9930as
9355as
7125as
9760as
9580na
9400am
13760am
7490na
15420am
15745eu
12160arn
11830na
6065a1
5925eu
11780as
3945do
9530do
11740do
7290as
9890as
11soas
11840va
9940as

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11s1oas
15425as
13635as
6190af
9515na
12095as
17705va

15530as
6195va
9740va
15070as
17830af

7205as
11750as
15220am
17840af

11940af

15420af

17880af

9645as
15255va
15665eu

9700va
15395as

15725am

7215as
15205as
11875na
15105am
13595na

138~5am

15685am

17750na

6185do
9565do
9635as
15150as
1112oas
13805va
11 640as

7140do
9685do

74 10do
9910do

15230va

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

Mondals
1500 UK. BC London !al): John Peel ( Allcrnallve~. See M 1330.

1555

15355af

13785me
15140as

t505
1515
1515
1515

1515
1515
1530
1530
t530
t530
1545

11930rne

9975na
9985as

UK, BB

1515

1~'

11815as

9640eu
9965as

1550

1500
1505

97B5as
t5050arn

609oas
9710pa
12osopa

15150as

1530

1530
1530
t530

6080pa
9615as
11800pa

13700as

U BBC London routn asr Play of !he Wee~. See S 0530.

UK. BBC London at): The rt House. See S 0435.
UK. BBC London am): From Our Own Correspondent. See
50330
UK, BBC London 1as pac/eu): Sports Roundup. See S 0135.
Japan. Radio Hel o from Tokyo.
USA, VOA Washing1on DC gs1me): New Horizons.
UK. BBC London (as pac) oncert Hall. Classical music
concerts.
UK. BBC London (eu): BBC English. For learners of English.
UK, BBC London (am): Book Choice. Opening a newly
published book.
UK, BBCLondon (al): BBC English See S 1515.
UK, BBCLondon iam): Variable Feal ure. See S 1130.
UK, BBC London eu): From Our Own Correspondent. See S
0330
USA, VOA Washinglon DC (me): The Wrilers World

1515
1525

-~--

12085as

Sunda~s
1505
1510
1510
1515

.. . .... .

SELECTED PROGRAMS
1501
1505
1505

..

..

Auslraha. Radio

15001600

1SOO UTC

SHORTWAVE GUIDE

11:00 AM EDT
8:00 AM PDT

1530
1530
1545
1554
1554
1554
1554
1555

UK. BBC London !at): Megamlx t ternalive). See T 1615.

UK. BBC London as pac): East sia Today. See S 2310.
UK, BBC London al): Focus on Alnca. See M 1505.
UK, BBC London (amleu/soulh as): Sports Roundup. See S
0135.
UK, BBC London rs pa~: BBC English. See S 1515.
UK. BBC London am): ariable Fealurc. See S 1130.
UK, BBC London eu): BBC English. See S 1515.
UK, BBC London soulh as): From Our Own Correspondent.
See S 0330.
Japan. Radio: Hislory and Classics.
Auslralia, Radio: Science File.
UK. BBC London (af): Outlook. See M 1405.
UK, BBC London (am~Popular Music. Rock Salad. Tommy
Vance plays !he very sl in new and classic loud guitar
music.
UK, BBC London !eu): Variable fea1ure. See S 1130
UK. BBC London south as): Meridian On Screen. See T
1615.
UK, BBC London (as pac): Slow-Speed News. See M 1545.
Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Living on the Land Part 3 (71h) See w1154.
Radio Nelherlands: Documemary. Wake of the Half Moon Part t ( 141h). See A 2354.
Radio Nelherlands: Documenlary. Wake of the Half Moon Part 2 (21s!I. See F 1454.
Radio Nelherlands: Documen1ary. Wake ot !he Half Moon Part 3 (281h). See F 2354.
UK. BBC London (al): Words of Faith. See S 0025.

Thursda1cs
1500 UK, B C London (al): Multilrack XPress (Allemalive). See
w 1615.

1500
1505
1505
1515
1515
1515
1530
1530
1530
1530
1545
1545
I 555

UK. BBC London (as pac): East Asia Today. See S 2310.
UK. BBC London !al): Focus on Africa. See M 1505.
UK, BBC London am/eu/south as): Sports Roundup. See
S0135.
UK. BBC London (am): The Farming World. See S 1445.
UK, BBC London eu): BBC English. See S 1515.
UK. BBC London soulh as): Assignment. See H 0230.
UK. BBC London al ): Outlook. See M 1405
UK. BBC London am): Meiam1x. See T 1615.
UK. BBC London as pac): BC English. See S 1515.
UK. BBC London eu): Network UK. See H 1430.
UK, BBC London (as pac) Slow-Speed News. See M
1545.
UK, BBC London (sou1h as) The Learning World. See S
1130.
UK, BBC London (al): Words ot Fa1lh. See S 0025.

FridaJS
1500
. BBC London (al): Mullllrack Allcrnative (Alternalive).
1500
1505
1505
1505
1515
1515
1515
1530
t530
1530
1545
1545
1545
1555

See F 1330.
UK. BBC London rs pac): East Asia Today, See S 2310.
UK. BBC London al): Focus on Africa. See M 1505.
UK, BBC London as pac): BBC English. See S t515.
UK. BBC London cu/soulh as): Sports Roundup. Sec S
0135.
UK, BBC London rm): Concert Hall. See S 1515.
UK, BBC London cu): BBC English. See S 1515.
UK, BBC London south as) Variable Fealure. See S
1130.
UK, BBC London (al): Outlook. See M 1405.
UK. BBC London (eu): Music Review. See S0230.
USA. VOA Wash1ng1on OC ~as/me). Counlry Music USA.
UK, BBC London (as pac): low-Speed News. See M
1545.
UK. BBC London (south as): Seeing Stars (1). See S
0430.
UK, BBC London !south as): Short Slory. See S 0430.
UK, BBC London af): Words of Failh. See S 0025.

Saturda~
1505

1513
1519
1530

UK, B C London (af/amlas pac/eu/soulh as):

Sports\'lorld. See A 1405
Romania, Radio Romania lnll: Bucharest Along the
Cenluries.
Romania. Radio Romania Intl: Radio Romania DX
Mailbag.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as/me): Press Conference
USA.

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1600-1700

Auslraha, Radio

1600-1609
1600-1700 vi
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
16001700
16001 700
1600-1627
1600-1630
1600-1700

Belarus. Rad1os1a Belarus

Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Monlreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canac1a. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Hali1ax
Canada. CKZN S1 John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio lnll
Cos1a R1ca,RF Peace lnll
Czcc11 Rep. Radio Prague
Elhiopia. Radio
F1ancc. Radio France lnll

1600-1650
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1615 ml
1600-1630 whfas
1600-1630
1600-1 700vt
1600-1630
1600-1700
16001625
1600-1650 occsnal
1600-1630 s
1600-1630

Germany. Deulsche Welle

Germany. Deu1sche Welle
Guam. AWR/KSDA
Guam. TWR/KTWR
Guam. TWR/KTWR
Iran. VOIRI
llaly, IRAS
Jordan, Radio
Malaysia. Radio
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand. R NZ lnll
Norway. Radio No1way Intl
Pak1s1an. Radio

1600-1700vl
1600-1700

Palau. KYBNN01ce of Hope

Russia.Voice of Russia WS

1600- 1655
16001 700
16001700
1600-1700

S Afnca. Channel Africa

S Africa. Trans World R
Singapore. SBC Radio One
Slovakia, Adv World Radio

5995pa
7260as
11695pa
4880eu
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
4130af
6205am
5930eu
7165af
6175eu
1521oa1
7225as
7185af
7395as
11ssoas
11580as
7290as
3985va
11970eu
7295do
9895as
6100am
11860eu
9425af
15555af
9955as
7240eu
9480eu
9975eu
11945me
17875af
9530af
9500af
6155do
13590as

6060pa
9580pa
11800pa

6080pa
9615va

11575as
15050am
17485af

15110af

11615me
15460af
9875as
9735af

11700a1
15530af
13690as
11965af

6090pa
11660pa

15130af

Soulh Korea. R Korea lnll

Sri Lanka, Sn Lanka BC
Swaziland, Trans World R
UAE. Radio Dubai
Uniled Kingdom. BBC WS

1600-1615
16001700
16001700
1600-1700
16001700
1600 1700

Uniled Kingdom. BBC VIS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monilor Radio lnll
USA. Voice of America

1600-1630 as
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1 700
1600-1700
16001700
16001700 as
16001700
1600-1700

USA. Voice of America

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WAND New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL

1600-1620 a
1600-1700
1600-1610 mlwhfa
1615-1630
1615-1700
1615-1630 a
16301659
16301700
1630-1700
1630-1700
16301700
16381655 1&3rd s
16451700 m~.vhf
1650-1700
1650 1700 mtwhf

Vatican Slate. Vatican R

Zambia. Chrislian Voice
Zambia, ZNBC Radio 2
Albania, R Tirana lnll
United Kingdom, BBC WS
Vatican Slate. Vatican R
Canada. R Canada Intl
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Slovakia. R Slovakia lnll
USA. Voice of America
Denmark, R Denmark Intl
Canada. R Canada Intl
Eql Guinea. Radio Afnca
New Zealand. R NZ Intl

1201Saf

17800af

9635as

13700as

1600-1700
1600-1630 mlwhf
1600-1700
1600-1640
1600-1700

15150as

13800eu
9515af

11570af

9965as
7325af
9830va
11630eu
12025af

9985as
7350eu
9880eu
11675eu
I 5350va

13590af

7440af
9955eu
11775me
15400eu

.....
5975eu
9720as
9500af
11795me
3915as
941 Ova
11750as
17830af
5990as
13815am
15590am
6120as
9385af
7125as
11920af
15225af
15445af
6035at
11875na
9400am
13760am
7490na
15420am
15745eu
9475am
11705na
21525af
5880as
3330af
6165do
7155eu
9510as
9645eu
7150as
I 5255af
I 5620af
5915eu
I 1765af
t t860na
9555va
15186af
6145pa

9515af
15425as

9870a'

13675eu
6190af
9515na
12095as
17840va
7180as
15725am

15395me
6195va
9590na
15070as
21470af
7205as

17825me
7135as
9740va
15400af
21505af
17705af

15715eu
7215as
12040af
15255va
17895af

17510af
9645as
13710af
15395as

9700va
15205va
15410af

136 15na

I 5665eu

15105am
13595na

12160am
11830na
21745eu
7250as

13845am
15695eu

15685am
17750eu

9740eu
11860af
11810eu
9550as

6055eu

7345eu

13800na
11935va

15540na
15325eu

17820eu

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1600
1610
1615
1615
1615
1630
1630
1634
1645
1645
1645
1645

UK. BBC London (eu): Europe Today. All the latest news.
analysis and comment.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as/me): Encounter.
UK, BBC London (al/am): Variable Comedy/Quiz Feature.
See S 1401
UK. BBC London (as pac): In Praise of God. See S 0230.
UK, BBC London (south as): Letter from America. See S
0030.
UK, BBC London (eu). Play of the Week. See S 0530.
UK, BBC London (south as): Education. Legal Rights, Legal
Wrongs. See M 1215.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Hits in Germany.
UK. BBC London (al/south as): Variable Fealure. See S 1130.
UK. BBC London (am): Britain Today. See S0045.
UK, BBC London (as pac): Seeing Stars ( 1). See S0430.
UK, BBC London (as pac): Short Story. See S 0430.

Tuesdays
1600
1615
1615
1615

1630
1645
1645

Wednesdays
1600
1615

Mondays
1600
1604
1606
1615
1615
1615
1615
1630
1635
1639
1643
1645
1645

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UK, BBC London (eu): Europe Today. See S 1600.

Jordan. Radio. On the Air 11 You Dare.
USA, WRNO New Orleans LA: Rush Limbaugh Program (M

1G15
1615

F).

1615
1630
1645
1645

UK, BBC London (al): Fast Track. The latest African sports
news and acllOn.
UK. BBC London (am): Mendian. See S 0630.
UK. BBC London (as pac) Multitrack H11-L1sl The UK Top
20.
UK, BBC London (south as): Omnibus. See M 1130.
UK, BBC London (eu). World Business Report. See M 1205.
USA. WWCR 13 Nashville TN: World Wide Country Radio
(live) (MF).
Russia. Voice of: Science and Eng1neenng in the CIS (MW).
Germany. Deulsche Welle: Science and Technology.
UK, BBC London (af) The World Today. Examines
thoroughly a topical aspec1of lhe inlernational scene.
UK. BBC London (am/as pac/eu/south as): B1itain Today. See
S0045.

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UK, BBC London (eu): Europe Today. See S 1600.

UK. BBC London (al): Money Focus. African business
magazine.
UK. BBC London (am): Meridian On Screen. The latest
cinematic offenngs are discussed
UK, BBC London (as pae/south as): Megamix. A youth
magazine series which covers new trends, entertainment
sport and other issues.
UK. BBC London (eu): World Business Report. See M 1205.
UK. BBC London (al/am/as pac/eu): The World Today. See M
1645.
UK. BBC London (south as): The World Today. See M 1645.
UK, BBC London (eu): Europe Today. See S 1600.
UK. BBC London (af): Talkabout Africa. Telephone
conversations 111th BBC correspondents on latebreak1ng
African events.
UK. BBC London (am): Meridian. See S0630.
UK, BBC London (as pac): Multitrack X-Press. New pop
records, interviews. news and competitions.
UK. BBC London (south as): Youth. Pop Science. See T 1530.
UK. BBC London (eu): World Business Report. See M 1205.
UK. BBC London (al): The World Today. See M 1645.
UK, BBC London (am/as pac/eu/south as): Britain Today. See
S0045.

1630
1643
t 645
1645
1645

UK, BBC London (eu): \Vorld Business Report. See M

1205.
Germany, Deutsche we.le: Living in Germany.
UK, BBC London (al): The World Today. See M 1645.
UK, BBC London (am/as pae/eu): Bntain Today. See S
0045.
UK, BBC London (south as): The World Today. See M
1645.

Fridays
1600
1604
1615
1615
1615
1615
1630
1630
1632
1645
1645
1645

UK, BBC London (eu): Europe Today. See S 1600.

Jordan. Radio: Country Music.
UK, BBC London (al): African Perspective. See S 063 t.
UK, BBC London (am): Meridian. See S 0630.
UK, BBC London (as pac): Multitrack Allernative. See F
1330.
UK, BBC London (south as): Science In Action See S
0430.
UK, BBC London (eu): World Business Report. See M
t205.
USA. VOA Washinglon DC (al): NAfrlca World Tonight.
Russia, Voice of: Your Top Tune.
UK. BBC London (al): The World Today. See M 1645.
UK. BBC London (am/as pac/eu): Britain Today See S
0045.
UK, BBC London (south as). The World Today. See M
1645.
Russia. Voice of: You Vlnte to Moscow.

Thursdays

1647

1600
t605
1611
1615

Saturdays

16t 5
t615

UK, BBC London (eu): Europe Today. See S 1600.

Jordan. Radio: Radio Jordan's Top 20.
Russia. Voice of Moscow Mailbag.
UK, BBC London (al): Jive Zone. Get in the groove with all the
latest sounds on the Afro music scene.
UK, BBC London (am/as pac): Sports International. See H
0630.
UK. BBC London (south as): Network UK. See H 1430.

1600
1600
1605
161 O
1615
1630

USA. VOA Washington DC (af): Nighthne Africa

USA. WWCR #4 Nashville TN: World ol Radio.
USA, WWCR 13 Nashville TN: Ham Radio and More.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as/me): On the Line.
UK, BBC London (al/am/as pac/eu/south as): Sportsworld.
See A 1405.
USA, WWCR #4 Nashville TN. Ken's Country Classics.

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FREQUENCIES . . . .
1700-1800

Australia. Radio

1700-1800 vi
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800

Canada CBC N Quebec Svc

Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada CFVP Calgary
Canada CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. Ch1ra Radio Intl

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

Costa Rica. Adv World R

Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt. Rado Cairo
Eqt Guinea Radio Al11ca
France Radio France Intl

1700-1800 11
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800 mlV/hf
1700-1750
1700-1750
1700-1800 I
1700-1755
1700-1800

Italy, IRAS
Japan. NHK/Rad10
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nonh Korea. R P.1ongyang
Pakistan, Radio
Palau. KHBNN01ce ol Hope
Polanct. Polish R Warsal'I
Russia.Voice 01 Russia ws

1700-1755
1700-1730
1700-1800
1700-1730

S Afnca. Channel Alnca

Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
Swaziland. Trans World R
Sl'l1fzerland. Swiss R Intl

1700-1800

Uniled K111gct om. BBC WS

1700-1745
17001715
17001800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800 mtwhf

United Kingdom. BBC WS

United Kingctom. BBC WS
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Momlor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of Amenca
9700va
9760va
15255va
15395as
USA. Voice of Amenca

1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800 smtwhf
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800a
1700 1800 vi
1715-1800
1730-1755
1730-1800
1730-1800
1730-1756
1730-1800
1730-1800
1738-1755 1&3rd s
1745-1800 mlwhf
1745-1800
1745-1800

USA WEWN Birmingham Al

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WANO Nel'I Orleans LA
USA WWCR Nashville TN
USA WYFR Okeechobee fl
Zambia Christian Voice
Zambia. ZtlBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe BC
United Kingdom. BBC WS
Austna. RAustna Intl
Guam. AWRIKSDA
Netherlands. Ractio
Romania. R Romania Intl
United Kingdom. BBC WS
Vatican State. Va tican R
Denmark. R Denma1k Intl
Armenia. Voice of
Bangladesh. Radio
lnct1a. All lnct1a Radio

1745-1800 mtwhf

Swaziland , Trans World R

6060pa
9580pa
11695pa
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6t60do
6 t 60do
5220af
II 575al
t3750am
6205am
5835eu
t5540eu
t 5255al
15186al
6175eu
t5210al
3985va
6035na
6280eu
6145pa
9325eu
9400eu
9955as
6095eu
74403f
9955af
t2065me
3220af
t5425as
9500af
9505cu
t3635al
3955eu
9410va
11760as
15420al
3915as
9515va
13815am
15590am
6120as
9385af
6035as
11765af
15410af
5990va
71703s
t 1875na
94003m
13760am
7490na
9465eu
t5420am
9475am
t5695eu
3330af
6t 65do
4828do
7160va
6155eu
9370as
6020af
9550al
6180eu
9660af
7485va
4810eu
7190as
74 lOeu
11935af
3200at

6080pa
9615as
11880pa

6090pa
9860pa

7405af

7150af
11910al

7260as
11660pa

1800-1900
1800-1900

Algeria. R Algiers Intl

Australia. Radio

9535as

1800-1900
1800-1825
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1830
1800-1900
1800-1900

Bangladesh. Radio
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
Brazil. Radio Bras
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt. Radio Cairo
EQt Guinea. Radio Afnca
India. All India Radio

1800-1900 vi
1800-1900
1800-1830 mtwhfa
1800-1900
1800-1900 s
1800-1825
1800-1900 mlwhf
1800-1830 s
1800-1900

Italy. IRAS
Kuwait Radio
Lebanon. Voice of
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Morocco. RTVM Marocaine
Ne1hertands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ ln11
Norway. Radio Nol\'lay Intl
Russia.Voice of Russia WS
9665va
9830va
11675eu
11765af
Sudan. Radio Omdurman
Swaziland. Trans World R
Swaziland. Trans World R
Uniled Kingdom. BBC WS

15050am
15640al
21455eu
11615me
15365al

11 700af
15460af

12015al
15530af

9535na

9580as

118803s

9640af
11570eu
9965as
7270eu
9480eu
9975af
t5400eu
7155af

9975af

13785me

9885me

9905eu

12075af

6190af
9710as
11860af
17830af
7135as
9590na
f5725am

6195eu
9740as
15070al
17840af
9630al

7150eu
t1750as
15400af

15715eu
7125as
t 1920af
15445af
6045va
9550as
13615na

17510af
7215as
12040af
17895af
7125as
9770va
15665eu

9985as
7285eu
9830va
11 775va
t7875af

9880eu
11960va
1800-1900
1800-1830
1800-1900
1800-1900

12095va

9645as
13710af
7150va
11870va

15105ca
13595na
12160am
17555eu

13845am

9665me

t 1780as

7120al
9750al

t 1655af
11830al

11625af
11860va
4990eu
9568as
9650eu
13750as

15570af
15220va
7490eu
9950af
15075me

15685am

13730eu
11940af

9965eu
1162031

1800-1830
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900 mtwhf
1800-1900
1800-1900 mtwhf
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1810
1800-1857
1800-1900 vi
1803-1810
1830-1900
1830-1900

Uniled Kingdom. BBCWS

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KJES Mesquite NM
USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA, Voice of America
12040af
13710af
USA. Voice of America
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. IVGTG McCaysville GA
USA. IVHRI Noblesville IN
USA. IVJCR Upton KY
USA. IVMLK Bethel PA
USA. IVRMllR Miami Intl
USA, IVRNO New Orleans LA
USA. IWHA Greenbush ME
USA. \VI-VCR Nashville TN
USA. \VYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 1
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Albania. R nrana Intl
Netherlands, Radio

1830-1857
1830-1900
1830-1900
1830-1855 irreg
1830-1900
18301900
1830-1900
1830-1900
1830-1900
1833-1900
1838-18551&3rd s
1840-1850
1845-1900 t
1845-1900 ureg s

S Alrica, Trans World R

Serbia. Radio Yugoslavia
Slovakia. R Slovakia Intl
Somalia, Radio Mogadishu
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Sweden. Radio
Turkey. Voice of
United Kingdom. BBC WS
USA. Voice of America
Cole D' lvoire. RDTV
Denmark. R Denmark Intl
Greece. Voice of
Belarus. Radiosta Belarus
Mah. RDTV Malienne

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

11715me
6060pa
9580pa
11880pa
7190eu
5910eu
15265eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
6205am
15550eu
t 5255af
15186al
741 Oeu
11935me
3985va
11990na
6550eu
6280eu
17815af
6020al
6t45pa
7485af
7240eu
988tlva
11945al
9026af
9500af
3200af
3255af
6195eu
15400al
7150eu
13815am
15385na
15590am
13625au
9385af
6035va
15410al
11 765al
11 875na
9400am
9495am
7490na
9465eu
9955am
15420am
993031
9475am
15695eu
3330af
7220do
6165do
4828do
5920eu
7270eu
6020af
13700al
9525af
6100eu
5915eu
6710af
3955eu
6065eu
9445na
6005af
12080af
11920do
7485eu
11 645al
7180eu
4783do

15160eu
6080pa
9860pa

15205eu
6090pa
11660as

9568as
13645af

t5520as

7260eu
11695pa

15050am

9650eu
13750as

9950af
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1t620af

9960me
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9955af
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13805af
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6180eu
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17510af
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13760cu
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121603m
17555eu

13845am

7t65eu
9740eu
7120al
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9630eu

9720eu
6055eu

9860af
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15685am

11655af

7345eu
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9655eu
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9630af

9740va

9590eu
15150af
7210eu
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13805va

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12160: M -F 0900. Sat/S un I 000 5065
Sat 05'.10-0630 5065, Sat 2000 9475

Op1:1 Nonh/Ted's Boys

S un 0800 5065
Extrnordi11ary Science
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MONITORING TIMES

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3:00 PM EDT/12:00 M PDT

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FREQUENCIES .
1900200J mtwhl
1900200J

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Argenuna. RAE
Australia Radio

19001930
19001920
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19001930
19002000
19002000
1900 1930 mt
19001950

Azerba11an. Voice of
Brazil. Radio Bras
B11lga11a. Radio
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX To1onto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Hal1lax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. Cl1111a Radio Intl
Costa Rica. Adv World R
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Cote D' lvoire. RDTV
Ecuador. HCJB
EQI Guinea. Radio Alnca
Estonia. Radio
Germany. Deutsche Welle

19002000
19001930
19001945

Guatemala. Adv World R

Hungary. Radio Budapest
India. All India Radio

19001930
19002000 v1
19002000
19002000 vi
19002000
1900 1930 as
19002000
19001930 vi
19002000

Israel. Kol Israel

Italy. IRAS
Japan. NHK/Rad10
Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp
Kuwait. Radio
Latvia. Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Mexico. Radio Mexico Intl
Netherlands. Radio

19001952 mtwhl
19001956
19002000

Nm Zealand. R NZ Intl
Rornar11a. R Romania Intl
R11ss1a.Vo1ce of Russia WS

19002000
t9002000
19001930
19002000
19001930
19002000

South Korea. R Korea Intl

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

19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of Ame11ca

19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000 mtwhl
19002000
19002000 smtwhl
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000 vi
19301955
19302000
19302000
19302000 vi
19302000
19302000
19351955
19381955 1&3rd s
19502000
19532000 smtwh

USA. WEWN Burningham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee Fl
Zambia. Chnsllan Voice
Zimbabwe. Zunbabwe BC
Austria. R Austria Intl
Iran. VOIRI
Mongoha. R Ulan Bator
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Poland. Pohsh R Warsaw
S11eden. Radio
Italy. RAI Intl
Denmark. R Denmark Intl
Vatican State. Vatican R
New Zealand. R NZ Intl

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.... ......... ..
t5345eu
6060pa
7260as
11660pa
4957eu
15265eu
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6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
6955af
13750am
6205am
11920do
15550eu
t5186af
5925eu
9735al
13790al
5980am
3975eu
7410eu
11935af
7465na
3985va
6035as
4885do
11990eu
5935eu
6280eu
9705na
6020al
11655al
6145pa
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11675eu
17875al
5975eu
3200af
6165eu
7210eu
9445na
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6180eu
9630al
17830af
13815al
15590am
13625au
9385al
6035al
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12080al
15445al
11875na
9400am
9495am
7490na
9465eu
9955am
15420am
9930al
9475am
17555eu
3330al
4828do
9655me
7260al
9745as
4890do
6035eu
6065eu
9670eu
7520af
4005eu
9810pa

August 1996

6080pa
9560as
11695pa

6t50as
9580pa
1t880pa

7240pa
9860pa

11720eu

9440af
15460am
15050am

11515me

11740af

I 1785al

t3690al

6140eu
9650eu
13750as
9435eu

7130eu
9950me
15075as
11605na

9835eu
11620eu

7140pa
4935do

9535na
6150do

9580as

15&40sa

9960me
7120al
13700al

9860af
15315al

9895at
17605al

9690eu
9480eu
11765al

118t0eu
9665eu
11785al

11940eu
11630al
11945al

7275as

9535na
3955eu
6190al
9740al

5975me
6195va
15070al

6005al
9410al
15400al

15725am

13770me
7415af
11870va
13710af
1558031
13615na

15665eu
9525va
11920al
15180va

17510al
9760va
12040al
154t0al

15745eu

13760eu
13595na

12160am
21745eu

2000 utc

13845am

t5685am

13730al
9022eu
12085as
6095eu

7285eu

97t0eu
1186031
5880eu

11905eu
13805eu
7250eu

15220au

2000-2t00
2000-2100
2000-2100

4:00 PM EDT/ 1:00 PM PDT

. .. . ....

20002100
20002100
20002t00
20002t00
20002100
20002100
20002059

Algena. R Algiers Intl

Angola. Radio Nacional
Australia. Radio
9580pa
9860pa
12080pa
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl

20002100

China. China Radio Intl

20002 100
20002027
20002100
20002100
20002050
20002030
20002010
20002100
20002100
20002030
20002100 vVlas
2000 2100 v1
20002100
20002100
2000 2030 vi
20002025

Costa Rica.Rf Peace Intl

Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
Germany. Deutsche Welle
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Greece. Voice of
Guatemala. Adv World R
Indonesia. Voice of
Iran. VOIRI
Italy. IRAS
Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp
KUW31t, Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Mexico. Radio Mexico Intl
Nethertands. Radro

20002006 la
20002048 smtwh
20002005
20002050
20002030 s
20002100 vi
20002025
20002030 mtwhl
20002100

New Zealand, R NZ Intl

New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Poland. Polish R Warsaw
Portugal. R Portugal Intl
Russia.Voice ol Russia WS

20002015
20002015
20002030

Sierra Leone. SLBS

Swaziland. Trans World R
Swilzerland. Swiss R Intl

20002015
20002100

20002100
20002100
20002100 s
20002100
20002100
20002100

Uganda. Radio
United Kingdom. BBC WS
6180eu
6190al
11750sa
11835va
17830al
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. Voice of America

20002100
20002100
200021 00
20002100
20002100
20002100 m~.vhl
20002100 as
20002100
20002100
20002030
20002100
20002005
20002100 vi
20052100
20072300 la
20152045 as
20252045
20302100
20302100
20302100
20302035 mtwhl
20302100 mwh
20302100
20302100
20302100
20302100
20302100 as
20302045
20382055 1&3rd s
20452100

USA. WEWN Birmingham Al

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WH Ai Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee fl
Vatican Slate. Valican R
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Sy11a. Radio Damascus
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Swaziland. Trans World R
Italy. RAI Intl
Armenta. Voice of
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Finland. YLE/R Finland
Latvia. Radio
Moldova. R Dniester Intl
Netherlands. Radio
Russia.Voice of Russia WS
Serbia. Radio Yugoslavia
Slovakia. Adv World Radio
Sweden. Radio
Thailand. Radio
Denmark. R Denmark Intl
India. All India Radio

20492100 srntwh

New Zealand. R NZ Intl

. ......
1t715me
3355do
6060pa
11660pa
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5995va
13670eu
17870eu
5220eu
11715af
6205am
5930va
I 5550eu
15186af
7170eu
3366do
9420eu
5980am
9525as
7260al
3980va
4885do
11990eu
9960eu
9705na
7120al
11655al
9810pa
9810pa
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6035eu
6130eu
7070eu
11675eu
3316do
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11640al
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6195eu
11955as
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15590am
17775am
15405as
9845pa
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1208031
17755al
7425na
9400am
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7490na
9465eu
9955am
9930al
9475am
17555eu
7365eu
3330al
6165do
4828do
12085na
1t735pa
3200al
7110af
9965eu
15375al
9855al
5935eu
11 750na
9860al
7240eu
7230au
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6065eu
9555eu
7485eu
7410eu
11 715pa
11 735pa

5160eu
9535do
6080pa
11695pa

6t50pa
1t855as

7260as
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11690va
15325eu

t3650eu
17820eu

6950eu
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9615eu
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9022eu
4935do

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7895al
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9780eu
9480eu

7285eu
98t5eu
9880eu

15515al
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3955eu
7325eu
12095eu

5975me
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6005al
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15400al

13770eu
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15410al

t5665eu
9760va
t5580al

9770va
17725af

13615na

13695eu

15725na

13760eu
13595na

12160am
17750eu
9645eu

13845am
21525a1
11625eu

15685am

15095na
97 10al
11615eu

11840at
11665eu

15440al
9895al
9665eu

11655al

9430eu

9655al

9590me
9910au
15225pa

9950eu

11620eu

.. .... .

FREQUENCIES . . .. .
2100-2200

Aus1ralia. Radio

2100-2110
2100-2125
2100-2200
2100-2200 vi
2100-2200 vi
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
21002200
21002200
21002200

Bahrain. Radio
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Int
Bulgaria. Radio
Cameroon. Radio Garoua
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toron1o
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Canada, R Canada Intl

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

China. China Radio Intl

Ch111a. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.RF Peace Intl
Cuba, Radio Havana
Ecuador, HCJB
Egypt, Radio Cairo
EQt Guinea Radio Africa
Germany, Deutsche Welle

2100-2130
2100-2200

Hungary, Radio Budapest

India, All India Radio

2100-2200 vVfas
21002200
21002110
21002105vl
21002200
21002125
2100-2200 smtwh
2100-2200
2100-2200 vi
2100-2156
21002200

Italy. IRAS
Japan, NHK/Radio
Japan, NHK/Radio
Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon, Voice of Hope
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. A NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCNIRad10
Papua New Gumea. NBC
Romania. A Romania Intl
Russia, Voice of Russia WS

21002130
21002200
2100-2130
21002200
2100-2157
2100-2110
2100-2200

Serbia. Radio Yugoslavia

Slovakia, Adv World Radio
Slovakia, Adv World Radio
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Spain, A Exterior Espana
Uganda. Radio
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl

2100-2200

United Kingd om. BBC WS

21002130
21002200
21002200
2100-2200
2100-2200

United Kingdom. BBC WS

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

2100-2130
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
2100-2200
21002200
21002200 m1whf
21002200 s
21002200
2100-2200
21002200
21002105
2100-2200 vi
2103-2110
21052200
21152200
21152130
21302200

USA. Voic: of America

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRrAl/R Miami Intl
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC
Croatia, Croatian Radio
Syria. Radio Damascus
Egypt, Radio Cairo
United Kingdom. BBC WS
Australia, Radio

2130-2200
2130-2200

Guam. AWR/KSDA
Iran, VOIRI

6060pa
9580pa
11880pa
6010do
591 Ona
9700eu
5010do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
7235eu
15150eu
5220eu
3985eu
6205am
13715eu
15550eu
15375af
15186af
7115as
11755af
3975cu
74 10eu
11715au
3980va
6035as
9570as
4885do
6280eu
9860af
11735pa
3326do
4890do
5990eu
7240eu
9665eu
11750eu
6100eu
6055eu
9455af
6480eu
6125eu
3340do
5905eu
9560eu
3255af
6005af
6195va
11 750sa
15070eu
9630af
13815am
15590am
13770na
6035af
11965va
15445af
11855af
7425na
9400am
9495am
7490na
9465eu
9955am
9930eu
9930af
9475am
17555cu
3330al
6165do
4828do
5895eu
12085na
9900eu
t5390am
9610as
17860pa
15310as
6175au

6080pa
9660pa
11955pa

7240pa
11660pa
13745pa

7260as
11855as

11720eu

21302200
21302200
21302145
2138-2155 1&3rd s
21452200 a
2145-2200

Russia.Voice of Russia WS
Sweden, Radio
Uniled Kingdom, BBC WS
Denmark. R Denmark Intl
Greece. Voice of
U111ted Kmgdom. BBC WS

.
7250eu
6065eu
11680sa
7205na
9425au
5990as

.... .... .
9430na

9655va

9495na

9590au

7160as

9580as

2200 UTC

11690eu
15325eu
6950eu
11715af
15050am
13715eu
21455eu

13650eu
17820eu
9920eu
15110af

13670eu

9670as
15135af
5935eu
991 Oeu
15225au

9735af

9765as

7250eu
9950eu

9835eu
11620au

9535as
11685as
4935do
9960me
9895af

9560as

11850pa

11655af

7195eu
9480eu
9880eu

9690eu
9580eu
11630eu

6185eu

15575eu
11775af
6010eu
9735eu
3915as
6120as
7325eu
11835va

6020eu
9875eu
3955eu
6180eu
9410va
11955as

6080eu
5975va
6190af
9740au
12095eu

15725am
13840au
7415a1
13710af
15580af
12080af
13615na

15665eu
9760na
15185va
17725af

11870na
154 lOat

13695eu

13760am
13595na

12160am
17845eu

13845am
21525af

15685am

7165eu
15095na
1771 5am
9645as

22002300

Australia. Radio

22002300
22002300
22002300
22002300
22002300
22002300
22002300
2200-2300
22002230
22002300
22002300
22002300
22002230
22002245
22002300
2200-2215
22002230

Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc

Canada, CFCX Mon1real
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl
Canada. A Canada Intl
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica.RF Peace ln11
Cuba, Radio Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt. Radio Cairo
EQt Guinea. Radio Africa
Ghana Ghana Broadc Corp
India. All India Radio

22002230
22002225
2200-2300
22002300
22002225 mtwhf
2200 2300 srntwh
220022t5
22002230 s
22002300 vi
22002208 vi
2200-2300
22002215
2200-2300
22002205
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2300
22002300

Iran. VOIRI
Italy, RAI Intl
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Moldova. R Moldova Intl
New Zealand. A NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
Norway, Radio Nomay Intl
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia.Voice of Russia WS
Sierra Leone. SLBS
Slovakia, Adv World Radio
Syna. Radio Damascus
Taiwan. VO Free China
Turkey, Voice of
UAE, Radio Abu Dhabi
Unitea Kingdom. BBC WS

22002230
2200-2300
22002300
22002300
22002300

United Kingdom. BBC WS

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

2200-2230 mtwhf
22002300
2200-2300
2200-2300
22002300
22002300
2200-2300
22002300 mtwhf
2200-2300 s
22002300
2200-2245
2200-2210
22032210
22102300 vi
22302255
22302257
22302300
22302300
2238-2255 1&3rd s
22402250
22452300
22452300

USA. Voice of America

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA, WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Greenbush ME
USA, WVHA Greenbush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia. ZNBC Radio 2
Croatia, Croatian Radio
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Austna. R Auslria Intl
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Russia.Voice of Russia WS
United Kingdom. BBC WS
Denmark. R Denmark Intl
Greece, Voice of
Gllana, Ghana Broadc Corp
India. All India Radio

22452300

Valican State. Vatican R

6150do

4990do
7105eu
7350eu
971 Oeu

15365pa

17795pa

9475as
9660pa
11880pa
15365pa
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5960am
5960am
7110eu
6205am
6180na
15550eu
9900eu
15186af
4915do
7410eu
11715au
6175au
5975as
6280eu
7295do
7520eu
11735pa
3326do
9485au
9985as
4890do
7070na
3316do
9455af
12085na
15600eu
9560va
9605na
3955eu
6195va
11835va
9410eu
13815am
15590am
13770eu
7215va
15290va
6035af
7425na
9400am
9495am
7490na
9955am
15420am
5850eu
5850eu
7435am
17845af
6165do
5985eu
9675do
5945eu
9430na
7125na
7325va
9495na
9425au
3366do
7155as
11660as
7305as

A ugust 1996

9580pa
11660pa
11955pa
17795pa

9610as
11695pa
13745pa
17860pa

9645as
11855as
13755pa

9755va
11705as
9880eu
7385am

13650va
13670am

13740va
15305am

991Oeu
f5225au

9950eu

11620au

9710as
9960me

11s15as

4990do
11735as

13615as

7250na

9665na

11750na

t5095na
17750eu
9655va
9695na
5905as
9590va
11955as

9770na
5975va
9915va
12095eu

6175va
11750sa

15725am
13840as
9705va
15305va
7415af
11820eu

15405as
11 760va
17735va
12080af
13615na

15665sa
15185va
17820va
13710af

12160am

13845am

13595na

9475am
21525eu
7165eu

13830am

6155eu
11600af

9880eu

1t840au
4915do
9705as

9950as

9600as

11830au

11620as

MONITORING TIMES

65

FREQUENCIES .

.. .

... .. ..

2300-0000

Australia Radio

2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-2359

Bulgaria. Radio
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Mon1real
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada Intl

2300-0000

Costa Arca. Ad v World R

2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-2350
2300-0000
2300-0000

Costa Rica Rf Peace Intl

Egypt. Radio Cairo
Germany Deutsche Welle
Guatemala. Adv World R
India. All Indra Radio

2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-2325 mll'lhf
2300-2306
2300-2315
2300-2350
2300-0000 vi
2300-0000 vi
2300-2356
2300-0000
2300-0000

Japan, NHK/Radro
Malaysia Radio
Moldova. R Moldova Intl
New Zealand R NZ Intl
Nigeria FRCNRad10
No11h Korea R Pyongyang
Palau KHBNN01ce of Hope
Papua Nel'I Guinea. NBC
Romania. R Romania Intl
Russia.Voice 01Russia ws
UAE. Radio Abu Dhabi

9610as
11695as
15365pa
74S0na
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5960am
15305am
5030am
13750am
6205am
9900na
7235as
11775am
9705as
151 45as
5965eu
7295do
7520eu
11735pa
3326do
11700na
99S5as
9675do
7105na
7125na
9605na

9660pa
11sssas
t 7795pa
9700na

t 1645as
13745pa
17S60pa

11660pa
13755as

9755arn

11940am

13670am

6150am
15460am
7385am

7375am

9725am

9690as

12045as

9950as

11620as

13700as

9535eu

9560as

11S50pa

4990do
13650na
11735as

13615as

9570na
7240na
9695na

9625na
9665na
9770na

11940na
11 750na

2300-0000

United Kingdom BBC IVS

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

United Kmgdom, BBC WS

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

2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000 vi
2300-0000
2300-0000 twhla
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-2315
2303-2310
2307-0000
2310-2315
2325 2336 mtl'lhfa
2330-0000
2330-2355
2330-2359
2330-0000
2335-2345
233S2355 1&3rd S
2355-0000

USA. WEWN Burningham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA, WHRI Noblesvrlle IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMllR Mramr Intl
USA. WANO Nel'I Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashvrlle TN
Vatrcan State. va11can R
Croa1ra. Croatian Radro
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Kyrgystan. Kygyz Radio
Lebanon. Voice of
Australia. Radio
Belg um. R Vlaanderen Int
Netherlands Radio
Vietnam. Voice of
Greece. Voice of
Denmark. R Denmark Intl
Japan. NHK/Rad10

3955eu
7295as
11750sa
3915as
11 S35va
13740am
15590am
11510as
13625as
7215va
151S5va
17S20va
7425na
9400am
5745am
7490na
9955am
7355am
5065am
7305as
5S95eu
15115pa
4010eu
6550eu
9645as
9925na
6020na
9840eu
9395sa
7275va
9570as

5975va
95SOas
11945as

6175va
9590na
11955as

6195va
9915va

13770af
9705va
15290va

t 5405as
9770va
15305va

15665sa
11760va
17735va

11S20eu

13615na

13S15am

9495am
13595na

i435arn
9600as
i165eu

9475am
11S30na

13S45am

9S50as
11690sa
6165na
12010eu
9425sa
7490va
11GS5au

13605as

15240pa

9S45na
11595sa
94S5va

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays

Wednesdays

2300
2300
2300
2305
2310

2310
2310
2315
2330
2330

2310
2315
2315
2330
2330
2330
2330
2332
2335
2345
2350
2354

Costa Rica. R for Peace 111t1 World of Radio

Egypt, Radio Cairo Egyptian Music
USA. WWCR 4 Nashville TN Nashville Songwriter's Night
Canada RGI Montreal Random Sampling
UK BBC London (af/am) Words and Music. Mal1in Hendley 1ells
the story of a song
UK. BBC London (as pac). East Asia Today. News analysis. press
reviews and repo11s from BBCcorrespondents.
Bulgaria. Radio Answeung Your Leners
UK. BBC London (al/am) The Learning Wond See S 1130
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl Brussels Calling
Egypt. Radio Cairo Egypltan Songs
UK, BBC London (am) In Praise of God. Sec S 0230.
UK. BBC London (as pac) Nel'l Ideas Window on the world of
technology, innovation and new products
Russia. Voice of: Folk Sox
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl Radio World.
Belgium. R Vlaandercn Intl PO Box 26.
UK. BBC London (as pac): Write On. See S 0345.
Nutherfands, Radio (am): S11en Song.

Mondays
2300
2310

2310
2315
2330
2330
2332
2339
2344
2345
2353

Canada. RCI Montreat The World at S,.

UK. BBC London (al/arn): Take Five. A shon selies of human
Interest stones.
UK, BBC London (as pac): East Asia Today. See S 2310.
UK. BBC London (al/am) Record News See S 0445.
UK. BBC London (am) Mullllrack Hit-Lisi See M 1615.
UK. BBC London (as pac) The Wortd Today. See M 1645.
Russia. Voice of. Yours for the Asking
Belgium. R Vtaanderen Intl Belgium Today (MF).
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl. Focus on Europe.
UK. BBC London (as pac). Variable Feature. See S 1130.
Netherlands. Radio (am) A Good Life

Tuesdays
2305
2310
231 0
2315
2330
2330
2332
2345
2345
2349

66

Egypt, Radio Cairo E-Mail

UK, BBC London (af/arn) Vo1cebox. Sec S 1455.
UK. BSC London (as pac): East Asia Today Sees 2310.
UK. BBC London (aflam) Youth. Your Oues1ions of Faith See T
1145
UK BBC London (am): Megam1x. See T 161 5
UK. BBC London (as pac). The World Today See M 1645.
Russia. Voice of: The Jazz Show.
Belgium. R Vlaandcrcn Intl Living in Belgium.
UK. BBC London (as pac) Development '96. See S 0615.
Belgium. R Vlaande1en Intl: Green Society

MONITORING TIMES

August 1996

2345
23-l9

UK. BBC London (af/am): Science View. See W 0040.

UK. BBC London (as pac): East Asia Today. See S2310
UK. SBC London (al/am) Country Style. See S 0010.
UK. BBC London (am): Mu1t11rack X-Press See W 1615
UK. BBC London (as pac): The World Today. See M
1645
UK. BBC London (as pac) From Our 01'1n Correspon
dem See S 0330.
Belgium. RVlaanderen lnU. The Al1s

Thursdays
2310
23 10
23 15
2330
2330
2330
2332
2344
2345
2349

UK. BBC London (aflam): Take Five. See M 2310.

UK, BBC London (as pac): East Asia Today. See S 2310.
UK, BBC London (al/am): Variable Feature. See S 1130.
Egypt, Radio Cairo Arabic MUSIC.
UK. BSC London (af/amleu): Popular Music. Roe~ Salad
See w 1530
UK, BBC London (as pac): The World Today See M
1645.
Russia. Voice of: Tl1e Jazz Show.
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl: International Report.
UK. BBC London (as pac): The Farming World. See S
1445.
Belgium. R Vlaandercn Intl: Economics

2354
2354

Moon- Pa11 1 (16th). See A 2354

Radio Netherlands: Oocurnentary. Wake of the Half
Moon - Pa11 2 (23rd) See F 1454.
Radio Netherlands Documentary. Wake of tne Half
Moon - Pan 3 (301hi. A three part senes David
Swathng traces the history of tne 17th cen1Lry Dutch
colony llew Nethe1land

Saturdavs
2300
2308
2310
2310
2330
2339
2343
2349
2356

UK BBC London (af/a11). Plat of the Week (from 2230).

See S 0530.
Canada, RCI Montreal. Ou11ks and Quarks.
Romania. Radio Romania Intl. The Week
UK. BBC London (as pac) From Qui Own
Correspondent. See S 0330
UK. BBC London (as pac). Va11able Feature. See S 1130
Selg1um. RVlaanderen Intl Music from Flanders
Romania. Radio Romama Intl: Bucha1es1 Along the
Cenlunes.
Romania. Radio Romania Intl: Radio Romania OX
Mailbag.
Egypt. Radio Cairo: Egypltan Songs

Fridays

231 O UK. BBC London (al/am/as pac): SpotIlght. See S0005.

23 15 UK SBC London (af/amlas pac) The Insider's Gulde
See F0005.
2325 Japan Radio Music and Book Beat
2325 UK. BBC London (al/am): Book Choice See S 1525.
2325 UK. BBC London (as pac) Words and Music. See S
2310.
2330 Austraha. Radio: Al Your Request
2330 UK. BSC London (am). Mulntrack Allernauve. See F
1330.
2330 UK. BSC London (as pac): The World Today. See M
1645.
2332 Russia. Voice of: Folk Box.
2345 UK. BBC London (as pac): Seeing Stars (1). See S 0430
2345 UK. BSC London (as pac). Shon S1oiy. See S 0430.
2349 Belgium. R Vtaanderen Intl: Tounsm
2354 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Living on the Land Pa11 2 (2 Aug). Sec F 2354.
2354 Radio Netherlands: Documentary. Living on the Land Part 3 (9th). See W 11 54.
2354 Radro Netherlands: Documentary. Wake of the Half

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Unless some unanticipated rescue effort achieves a last-minute reprieve, the
Radio Communications Club of America (RCMA) will be shutting down its
publication, Scanner Journal. The club found itself with insuffic ient funds to
publish any more issues. It had been trying to increase the magazine's exposure by
newsstand sales, but the investment may have proved too much of a strai n.
Richard Barnett will be covering a little of the history of this influential club in
an upcoming "Scanning Repon'" column.

MONITORING CLUBS OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA

Associazione ltaliana Radioascioto (AIR):
C.P. 873, 34100 Trieste, Italy. Broadcasting all
bands, utilities. pirates. Radiorama (Italian)
70,000 lira. April 25 annual mtg.
Au stralian Radio DX Club Inc: P.O. Box 227.
Box Hill . Victoria 3128. Australia. SW. MW,
Utilities. Australian DX News. Sample 2 IRCs or
S2US cash.
Briti sh DX Club: Colin Wright, 126 Bargery
Road, Calford. London. SE6 2LR, United
Kingdom. UK and international. SW. MW. AM .
FM DXing, pirate and clandestine. Communication. L 10 UK, L 12 Eur. L 16 ww. Sample 3 IRCs
or $2 US cash. Meets monthly in Twickenham
(London).
Club d' ondes courtes du Quebec: Denis
Pronovost. C.P. 61, Anjou. Quebec, Canada H1K
4G5. E-mail: papineau @msn.com. Exclusively
shortwave. Annual 540 Canadian. L'Onde,
monthly (French). Sample USS2.
Danish Shortwave Clubs International
(DSWCI): Travleager 31. DK-2670 Greve,
Denmark. SW. MW. Utilities. Shortwave News
monthly (English). D.kr.225/45 IRCs Nordic
countries. Sample 4 IRCs.
DX Australia: P.O. Box 422, Moonee Ponds,
Victoria 3039, Australia. MW, SW. DXers Calling.
DX Club of India: Navin Patel. 1-Dutt Niwas,
809 - M.G. Road. Mulund, Bombay-400 080,
India. India : MW/ SW/ Ham. DX World (quarterl y)
Rs 50/-. 30 IRCs outside India. 3 IRCs sample.
DX Club Paulista: Marcelo Toniolo Dos Anjos.
C. Postal 592, Sao Carlos - SP (Brasil), 13560970. Soulh America. Shortwave. including
utilities. Actividade OX (in Portuguese).
Finnish DX Association: Mr. Heikki Aarrevaara.
Suomen DX-Liillo. P.O. Box 454. FIN-00101
Helsinki, Finland; +358-0-6949017 fax. Finland
and worldwide. SW and BCB. Radiomaailma.
Friendship DXers Club : Ing. Santiago San Gil
Gonzalez. C.DX.A - International, P.O. Box 202 .
Barinas 5201-a. Estado Barinas. Venezuela.
Venezuela and Caribbean. DXing all bands.
Cadena DX , YV-2-FSW. Sunday 11 30-1330 UTC
on 7113 kHz. Venezuelan membership free.
International DX Associat ion: Bedanta Oas. 1
- No. Galiahati. Near Night School. Barpela 78130 1, Assam. India.
International DX Organization : Radio Juel
Club, c/o Ranjit Kr. Nath, G.C. Lana Galiahali.
Barpeta, India. Ham/DX/ SWL. Annual 60/-rs or
22 IRCs. DX Around (quarterl y) sample plus
club info 14 IRCs.
International Listeners Organization : Kalab
Abbas, St. No. 1. H. No.231 Waris Rd.
Sheikhupura. Pakistan 39350 South Asia.
Broadcasting. Listener Times.
International Radio Youth Club: G.M. Mostafa
Kamal. Amla Wapda Colony- 1, Kushtia-7032.
Bangladesh
National Society of Pa kistani DXers: Mr.
Liaqal Ali, E- 161/ 1, Iqbal Park, Opposite Adil
Hospital Defence Housing Society Road, Lahore
Gantt .. Pakistan. Worldwide. All wave. Has

library, meets fortnightly 1400-1800 UTC at library. 4

IRCs for more info.
New Zealand Radio DX League: P.O. Box 301 1,
Auckland, New Zealand. MW. SW, FM , TV. utilities.
New Zealand DX Times. Sample 2 IRCs. Branches
meet monthly.
New Zealand DX Radio Association: Mr. R.
Dickson, 88 Cockerell St. , Brookville, Dunedin, New
Zealand . MW. SW, amateur and utilities. Tune-In.
North Ontago Radio List ener's Club: P.O. Box
179, Oamaru. New Zealand.
Pakistan SW Listeners Club: Mrs. Fatima Naseem.
Sultanpura. Sheikhupura , 39350 Pakistan; Pakistan:
SWBC.
QSL Club de France: Patrick Frigerio. 40 Rue de
Haguenau. 67700 Saverne. France. SWBC. pirates,
CB-DX, hams, etc. Courrier (in French). 6 bulletins,
72 FF, EEC=16 IRCs. elsewhere 20 IRCs.
Shortwave Radio Communications Club: Atiqur
Rehman, Dawood Street. Khalid Road.
Sheikhupura, P.C. 39350 Pakistan. South Asia: MW/
SW. The Amateur(Urdu language). Meets 1st Fri on
SW Complex. S.K.P.
South African DX Club (SADXC): P.O. Box 18008,
Hillbrow 2038. South Africa: MW, SW. utilities. 560
annual airmail to US: The South African Shortwave
Listener.
Southern Cross DX Club Inc.: Stephen Newlyn,
G.P.O. Box 1487, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
Worldwide and Pacific. All bands. DX Post. $25
annual in Australia. Meets last Fridays, 8pm,
Thebarton.
Swedish DX Federation (SDXF): Box 3108, S-103
62 Stockholm. Sweden. 10 issues Eter-Aktuellt.
Membership in Sweden 160 SC annual. SweDX
BBS +46-(0)8-53034727: Fidonet 2:201 /339:
Internet sysop@swedx.ct.se
Stichting ScanSearch Military Aircraft Co mmunications (SC-MAC): Gerbrand Oiebels, Postbus 644,
5700 AP Helmond , Netherlands. Military aviation
NW Eur (VHF/UHF) and worldwide (HF). Airlift
(Dutch) bi-monthly. FL40 +FL 10 enrollment.
Universa l DX League: Mr. Kanwarjit Sandhu, 408,
Krishna nagar, Ludhiana 141 001 . India. Jndia and
lnt'I; SW/MW/AM/FMfTV DXing/ Pirate and
Clandesline. DX Post bi-monthly, sample 4 IRCs.
Annual 24 IRCs or US$10. SWL net: Sun 0300 UTC
on 7080 I 1600 on 14150 SSB. VU3SIO net control.
Viamiio DX-C lub: Alencar Aldo Fossa, P.O. Box
101, Cunhas Road t286. Jaguaribe Residential
Park, 94400-970 Viamao, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil ,
South America. SWBC. Meets occasionally: multilingual.
Wonderful World of Shortwave: Baber Shehzad.
43 - Habib Colony. Bahawalpur, 63108 Pakistan.
Asia and worldwide. SW listening: mail forwarding
service. Annual 5 IRCs Asia & Middle East, 10 IRCs
elsewhere. WAVES (quarterly).
Worldwide DX Club: Michael Bethge, Poslfach
1214. D-61282 Bad Hamburg. FRG . E-mail
100657.2376 @compuserve.com. Worldwide
membership. SW/MW/Utilities. Annual OM 30.00 or
15 IRC's. DX Magazine, monthly (English. some
German) Sample OM 1.75 or 2 IRCs.

DecalcoManla: Paul Richards, P.O. Box 126,

Lincrof1, NJ 07738, (908)591-2522 . Worldwide AM,
FM and collecting radio related items.
DecalcoMania. $10 US, $1 1 Can/Mex, $16 Eur,
$17 .50 Asia/Pac.
DX Audio Service (National Radio Club): Ken
Chatterton. P.O. Box 164, Mannsville. NY 136610164. (315) 387-3583; http://wcoil.com:80/ -gnbc/
Worldwide. North American Broadcasters. OXAudio Service (90-min.tape). Sample $3.
Fire Net: Tom Kravitz, Box 1307, Culver City, CA
90232, 310-838-1436, internet
mpage @nelcom.com. All of California; fire. EMS,
tied in with nationwide notification net.
Hou ston Area Scanners & Monitoring Club:
Glen Dingley. 909 Michael, Alvin , T X 77511 , (713)
388-1 94 1. 75 mile radius of Houston, TX; scanning
& SW. Paging network. HASMC Newsletter. Meets
Jan & June.
Hudson Valley Monitors Association (HVMA):
Patrick Libretti, P.O. Box 706, Highland, NY 12528.
Mid-Hudson valley and surrounding counties; VHF/
UHF, public safety. The Hudson Valley Monitor.
International 11 Meter Alliance: Allen Newton, Rt.
1 Box 187-A, Whitney. T X 76692, (817) 694-4047.
Public safety. traffic handling, all bands, esp. 11
meters.
lnl'I Radio Club of America (IRCA): Ralph
Sanserino, P.O. Box 1831 . Perris, CA 92572-1831.
Worldwide: BCB/AM DX. DX Monitor (34 X) $25
US, $27 Can/Mex, S28.50 ww. First-class stamp or
2 IRCs for sample.
Longwave Club of America: Bill Oliver. 45
Wildflower Rd., Levil1own. PA 19057, (2 15) 9450543. Worldwide; Longwave only. The Lowdown.
518 US. $19 Can/Mex. 526 ww.
Metro Radio System: Julian Olansky, P.O. Box 26,
Newton Highlands, MA 02 161, (6 17) 969-3000.
New England states; Public Safety. M.R.S.
Newsletter.
Michigan Area Radio Enthusiasts: P.O. Box
530933, Livonia. Ml 48153-0933. E-mail
xx024 @detroit.freenet.org. Great Lakes Region. All
bands. Great Lakes Monitor. 59.50 annual US &
Canada. $1 sample.
Minnesota DX Club: Greg Renner. 16330
Germane Court, Rosem ount, MN 55068, for
meeting info. Minnesota. All bands. M DXC
Newsletter. $10 annual.
Monitoring the Long Island Sounds: Ed, 2134
Decker Ave. North Merrick. NY 11 566. Primarily
scanner. some SWL. 50 mi. radius of LI. Net Tues
8pm 146.805. Monitoring the Long Island Sounds.
MON IX (Cincinnati/Dayton Area Monitoring
Exchange): Mark Meece. 7917 Third St.. West
Chester. OH 45069-2212. (513)777-2909. SW
Ohio, SE Ind., N Ken; All bands. Meets 2nd Sais
7pm . Net Thurs 9:30 145.210/4.610. No dues.
Mountain NewsNet : James Richardson, P.O. Box
4488. Estes Park, CO 80517-4488, (970) 5864325vx: 4357fax ; Internet jimfun @aol.com.
Colorado statewide. Public Safety notification
group. Mile High Pages.
National Radio Club: Paul Swearingen , Publisher.
P.O. Box 5711, Topeka, KS 66605-0711 ,
(913)266-5707; http://wcoil.com/-gnbc/ Worldwide:
AM DXing. DX News 30 times yearly, sample for a
first c lass stamp. Annual Labor Day convention.
New England Scanner Group: P.O. Box 1024,
Derry, NH 03038. CT, ME, MA, NH, RI , VT. $29.95
annual.
North American SW Assoc: Bill Oliver, 45
Wildflower Lane. Levillown, PA 19057.
naswa 1@aol.com (215) 945-0543. Worldwide;
Shortwave broadcast only. The Journal. Web site:
http://www.mcs.com/-ralph/html/naswa/. Regional
meetings. S26 annual in NA.
North Central Texas SWL Club: Allon Coffey,
1830 Wildwood Drive. Grand Prairie. TX 75050.
North Central TX area: All bands.
Northeast Ohio SWUDXers: Donald J. Weber.
P.O. Box 652 , Westlake, OH 44145-0652. NE Ohio;
SWBC and utilities. Check for new meeting sked.

June 1996

MONITORING TIMES

67

Propagation Conditions: Eastern United States

How to use the propagation charts: Propagation cha rts can be an invaluable aid to the DXer in determining
which frequencies are likely to be open at a given time. To use the propagation charts, choose those for your location. Then look
for the one most closely describing the geographic location of the station you want to hear. The Sun Spot Number used this month
for forecasting purposes is 6.
CENTRAL AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

Costa Rj~a

Brasilia

30

30

25

WESTERN EUROPE
London
30
2S I

2S

20

20

20 .

~IS'\
10

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working frequency (OWF), and finally, the bottom line i s the lowest usable frequency (LUF). You wi ll find the best reception a long
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69

Is it Sound or Radio?

a~ked

t's a valid question

by many listeners at o ne time or another: why can' t
whis tl er~. submari 111: comms. Omega. and
other signals occurring below 20 kHz be
detected by the human car? After all the se
signa ls do fall with in the range of audio
freq u e rn.: i c~ don ' t they'!"
Well. yes. they do. But there are important
differences in the IY//(' of energy be ing radiated. With the diffe rence~ clearl y understood.
it can be seen that sound and low freq uency
radio arc separate entiti es requirin g a differl!nt means of detection.
Radi o waves fa ll into the electromagnetic
spectrum- and. as the name implies. are composed of both electrical and magm:tic fields.
We capture a des ired radi o signal wit h the
tuned front end of a receiver. Through amplification. demodulation. and connection to a
loudspeaker. we fin;.ill y get an audibl e signal.
Sound is an entirely different form of
e nergy. It is the result of compress ion and
expansio n o f the ;.iir molecules around us.
which produce mecha nical \'ibrations in the
eardru m. T hese vibratio ns stimul ate the audi tory nerves to create the se nsation of hearing.
Sound. in its original form. is not electrical
energy.
WHY THE CONFUSION?

marine communications often tak<: place al

much lower frequencies. The gigantic Navy
transminer in Clam Lake. Wisconsin. for
example. operates at 76 Hertz- less than I
kHz! Tht:s<: are true d ectromag nl!tic emi s~ i o n s which happen to occur in a freque ncy
rang<: normally associated wi th the measurement of aud io freq uenc ies.

I Longwave Near and Far

The February '96 column o n European
longwave stimulated a lot or interest in overseas monitorin g. In that column I asked if
there had been any s ucce~sful loggings of
European beacons in North America. Although such in tercepts are exceedingly rare. a
kw Ea~ t Coast read<:rs stepped forward to
report i ~o l ated s ucces~.
One such listener was Bi ll Hepburn
(Ontari o. Canada). Bill managed to snag beacon LMC in Jan Maye n. Norway while DXing
several years ago from Niagara Fal ls. That
beacon i ~ no longer operating. but it was a
spec ial "Consolan stati on that provided a
DF bearing by counting th<: number of dashes
versu dots and then consult ing a conversion
table. By triangul ati ng with two or more
stati ons, an accurate fix t.:ould be obtai ned.
Stan Andrews (Dunt:clin, New Zealand)
chec ked in via T he Intl!rnet with a report on
LF ex perimenting in his country. Stan reports
1hat Full Call Amateur Radio Operators can
apply for perm ission to operate in the band
165 to 190 k.Hz. subject to the fol low ing
conditions: (a) users mu ~t put up wit h any

interfe rence that may occur. and (b). they

mu ~ t ex it the band im mediate ly if the legiti111atl! hokkr of the freq uencies requests thei r
r<: turn.
Ju dging from Stan s co mm e nt ~ . there is a
fai ramoun1 ofL F acti ,it y in New Zealand. He
reports that signals hav<: been heard as far
away as Mdbourne. Australia. and Cromwell.
New Zealand. The u ~ ual transmilling frequency in cw Zealand is 18 1.4 kHz. but
the ~e operators also gather on the 80 meter
ham band (3850 kH z) eve ry Thursday evening
fur an informal net.
MT s own J acq ue~ cl' Avignon forwarded
news of a new LF band in the United Kingdom. The report ann ounced that the UK
Radiocommunications Agen<:y has al located
7 1.6 kHz to 74.4 kHz for amateur use following req u es t ~ from the Amateur Radi o Community. The band will be available to all UK
amateurs holding a Class A lice nse. It certainly appears that inte rest in the low freque nc i e~ is pick ing up worldwide.

I End Notes
We all know that summer is not known for
qui<:t radio cond itions. However. it s not a
time to give up on th e low frequencil!s. Try
listening in the morning hours before noise
levels build up. Also. you might wan t to place
more emphasis on local anti regional moni toring. (Its easy to lose ~ i g ht of th<: local scene
if most of your listening has been clone at
night when the band i ~ fi lled wit h "dueling"

I believe the mi x-up between sound waves

and ELF/V LF radio stems fro m the fact that
both types of energy arc measured in Hertz. a
term meaning 'cycles-per-second." Its therefo re u nd e r~ tandable for ~o m con e to conclude
~ i g. n a l s.)
that "freq uency is frequency" anti wonder
why these signal s can 1 be detected
by ear.
TABLE 1: Sound and Radio Comparison
It must be remembered that "frequency" is simply a m c a ~ ure m e nt
of the number of ti ml!s an event
Electromagnetic Field Vibration of air
occurs in a given period. whatever
Type of energy
molecules
that event may be. In the case of
~o und and radio wav<:s. the ori giRadio Receiver
Human Ear
How detected
nating event s are qui1 e different.
Speed {through a ir)
300,000 km per sec. 335 meters per sec.
Table I lists some kt:y prop<:rties
or sound and radio wave~.
Wa velength limils
33 km lo 1 mm
l 7 meters to l .7
centimeters

WHERE DOES "RADIO" BEGIN?

Most frequency c harts show 9

or 10 kH z as the lower li mit for
u ~du l rad io transmissio n. Nevatheless, rad io signal s such as whi stle rs. tweaks , and some ELF sub70

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Frequency limits
{os shown on most charts) 9 kHz to 300 GHz

20 Hz to 20 kHz

Typical Intensity
Measurement Unit

Decibel

August 1996

Watts

When all d se fai ls. summer is

the perfect time to ch<:c k out local
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hidden longwave treas ure~. You
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My own flea market trave ls
have nelled mo.: a Real istic DX- 160
recei ver whic h in clu de~ longwave
coverage. Altho ugh it pl!rforms
adeq uately. I would like to ali gn
the set to its original spet.:ifications.
rd appreciate hearing from any
reader who mi ght be able to providt: a serric<' manual (or photocopy) for thi s '70s classic.
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DX Tips and Tricl<s

he bas ics of domesticcontact. but the con nection of the

ba nd DXi ng are prelly
ou ler shell should be broken. T his
removes the cablc "s capacitance
simpl e. Buy a radi o . turn
ii on, fi gure out who you're lisfro m the c ircui t. and prevents it
tening to. and write it down. But
from robbing your DX s ig nals.
after you have maybe 50- 75 sta( It also makes the coax part of the
antenna. If the cabl e runs near a
tio ns in your log. some strategy
source of interference, such as a
becomes necessary. I' ve bee n
trying to pass alo ng my (and
computer, you may have no ise
problems.)
your !) be st strategies in this column . This mo nth. I deci ded 10
You should a lso use the lo ngest antenna possi ble when DX ing
ded icate space to some of th e
liule things that may improve
AM wi th thi s kind of rece iver.
your total s.
He ig ht is n" t as i mportanl as
length. Some of my best DX
Put the null to good use: Do
you use a portab le receiver with
catches were logged wi th a
Ke nwood TS-680 ham rig and
built-in a ntenn a? If so, youve
probably no ticed you can make
400' of #14 stranded e lectri ca l
wire (insu lated . black .. ) lying of/
a stati on stronger by rotatin g the Robert E. Thomas of Bridgeport, C1~ received this verification
1he ground.
antenna. The opposite effect- certificate from the Army 's test station KTRK- 1670. Though the
the null , whe re the station be- certificate doesn 't say so, th e station operated from Fort Meade,
Respect lightni ng! Many
newcomers to the radio hobbies
comes ireaker-is probabl y Maryland.
ask about lightn ing protection.
mo re valuable when DX ing .
Nothing can save you if Mother Natu re deYou can use thi s null in two ways . First. if filter reduces the amount or noise and intercides you deserve a direct hit. But some simple
ano ther station is in terfering wi th your poten- fe rence let through. T he abi lity to se lect (w ith
and inexpens ive steps can he lp in the muc h
tia l DX catch. rotate the radio to null the the USB/LSB switch) wh ich side of the carmo re Ii ke Iy event of a nearby sl ri ke.
inte1fering station. You can o ften make the rier you re li stening to can be immensely
There s one foo lproof method of lightning
interference to tally disappear. and even if you helpful in rcuuc ing interfe rence.
And final ly. the same carrier osci llator that
can 't, you can still increase the chance of
protection. Di scon nect everything! Serious ly.
generates those awful beat notes as you tu ne
getting an ID.
ifyou r equ ipment isnt hooked up. there' s no
way for lightning to damage it. Disconnecti ng
Second. you can use the null 10 find the across the band a lso guaran tees a steady.
the anten na isnt enough: li ght ning is more
di rection from whi c h an unidentified station is strong carrier for the station you"re li stening
broadcasting . You first need to figure o ut to. A steady carrier greatly reduces selective
likely to hit a power po le than your antenna. If
you have underground e lectrical service, do n t
whic h way the null points o n you r radio. The fad ing-the severe uistorti on orte n fo und on
sides of the radio usual ly po int to the null. Bui DX signals.
cons ider yourse lr immune 10 this problem.
Use the right antenna: Many o f us have
you should test by trying to " null out"' a nearby
Even a strike hitti ng the grou nd near your
power line can damage equ ipment.
stati o n whose tower site you know. Once been very di sappointed when trying to DX the
If a compu ter is pan of your DX shack. be
you've figured thi s o ut. you can rotate the AM band with o ne of these ham rigs or
sure to d iscon nect the telephone line fro m
rad io to weaken an unidentified stat io n: your communicatio ns receivers. The sets j ust don' t
have the sensitiv ity they have in the shortyour mode m . ( My spare mode m was derad io is now poi nting at that station.
Select a sideband: He re's ano ther hint for wave bands . As w ith so many othe r areas or stroyed by a st ri ke about a m ile away in late
those who DX with a ham rig o r modern rauio ... it" s the a ntenna. T hese rece ivers exMay.l
co mmunications receiver. Do mestic-band pect a 1ow impedance antenna. The typical
broadcasts may be in AM mode, but try DX in g wire antenna used by most SW Ls is low
Expanded Band Notes
impedance on shortwave-but at AM . its
the m in SSB. T uning your receiver prec isely
T he FCC hasn't been doing anything new
to th e stati o n 's frequen cy ( 1430.00. not impedance is 1ei:i1 hig h. If you use coaxial
in this area. But the KTRK-1670 verificati o ns
1430.17) will e lim inate the lo ud squeal fro m cable to bring the s ig na ls from the ante nn a
(and those for the ir other calls. ARMY. ABS .
the carrier oscillator. If the des ired statio n is into the listening post. the capacitance of the
etc.) are oul. Program Director Donald Browne
suffe ring interfere nce from another station o n coax wi ll oft en bypass a ll the AM sig nals
reports 312 listeners in 37 states . and 36 more
a lo wer frequ e ncy. select US B: if the interfe r- right to ground. There's nothing left to rein I 0 o ther countries, sent reception reports.
ce ive !
ence is coming fro m above, select LSB.
A standard cert ifica te has been issued. and
If you re using coax , try pu ll ing the plug
SS B mode has several advantages. Many
ni ne e ndorse me nts for such feats as logging
receivers use a narrower filte r. about 1/3 the partially o ut o f the antenna socket when DXing
the station on a car radio, heari ng the fi rst
bandw idth, in SS B than in AM . T his narrower AM . You want the center pin to keep making

72

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August 1996

LOOP ANTENNA
official sig n-o n, o r logging spec ial tests before official sign-o n. Browne also than ks
DXers for their reports.
Robert Thomas 's certificate appears on
this page. Others who' ve received the cert ifica tes include Edouard Prove nche r of
Bidde ford, Maine: Mike King of Mary land;
and yours truly.

Bits and Pieces

It 's been a lo ng time since this has happened, but in e arly June the FCC approved a
new AM stati o n. No call letters have been
assigned yet. but the statio n will broadcast o n
1340 kHz from Elko, Nevada. Don't expect
10 DX thi s one yet; most new stations require
at least two years to complete constructio n.
One new DX target that is ready is KLDC670 kHz Denver. The statio n completed tests
and applied for a permanent operating license
in late May. I believe this is a religious
stati on.
Barry Stone G6SRE in England wrote to
comment on 'T V's Most Exotic ox: in June
MT. If the supposed KLEE-TV ID was, in
fact. a Kleenex ad , it couldn ' t have come
from a British TV station. Commercial te levision w ith adverti singdid n 1come to Britain
until 1955, two years afterthc incident. Barry
does report some other rather exotic DX o n
his parents' TV in the 195 0s: they used to
hear the Boston Po lice Departmcm' s twoway radio cal ls over local TV programs !
Until the UK dropped V HF TV about I 0
years ago, the ir c hanne l 1 operated in the
same 40 MH z area where early US poli ce
radi o o perated.
The Fox T V network has bui lt a rather
exoti c bi llboard alo ng Sunset Strip in Ho llywood. The bill board, promoting the "X-Files"
program, contain s a 0.1- wall radio tran smitter o n 1610 kHz. This Ilea-powered stati o n
plays a continu ous loop of various sounds
from the TV program. Fox c laims a coverage

of about a hal f- mile . but a si mil ar billboard

erec ted o n Nashvi ll e's Music Row (hy MCA
Records) last year was lucky to cover three
city blocks .
In Chicago, another exotic situation on the
AM band is likely to disappear. Three AM
statio ns in that city (WCRW, W E DC. and
WSBC) share the use of the 1240 kH z frequency: thi s is the on ly place where more than
two statio ns share a channel. In late May,
WCRW sold their stat ion to WSBC for about
$700,000. I ex pect the WCRW license to be
returned to the FCC for cancellation ; WSBC
w ill take over WCRW's ho urs.
Well. that didn't take long! In February.
the new Telecom Act lifted the 20-station
limit o n how many radio station s one company could own. In early June, C lear C hannel
Communications
purcha sed
Hefte l
Broadcasting s 18 stations. If approved by
the FCC, C lear Channel would control I 12
radio stations throughout the country.
Did this month 's tips yield any new DX?
Do you have any special hint s that have
improved your totals'! Let us know' Write me
at Box 98. Brasstow n NC 28902-0098, or by
email at 72777 .3 I43@compuscrve.com .

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OUTER
LIMITS
THE CLANDESTINE, THE UNUSUAL, THE UNLICENSED

George Zeller
George.Zeller@acclink.com

North American Pirates Heard in Europe & Asia

iven the current low point of thc s unspot cycle. man y DXe r~ have complained about propagatio n conditions
011 short wave. The complai111 s sho uld be restricted to high band s above 19 mete rs. s ince
North American pirate reception has been
widely reported d uring 1996 from Europe
and Asia!
N ick Grace. former ed itor of the The !\ CE
Dialogs logg ings column. checks in from hi s
temporary ho me in Jakarta. Indones ia. Nick
heard the May 25 broadcast of R adio Fusion
Radio on 6955 kHz fro m 2006 UTC unt il the
broadcast ' s sign-off at 2017. The receptio n
coinc ided wi th sunrise in Indonesia. so N ick
was taking advantage of grey line s ig nal enhancement. Congratulations go to Nick for
o ne o f the best pirate logs in DX ing histo ry!
Jakarta was not the on ly spot w he re thi s
broadcast was heard . Ra nier Brandt and clandestine ex pe rt Harald Kuhl. both of Ge rmany.
recently logged about a dozen North A meri1.:an pirate broadcasts fro m Western Europe.
including the Rad io Fusion transmission.
Some of Rani er s and Harald "s catc hes are
li sted in MT s pirate loggi ngs. T he best may
have been a Radi o Free Speech show tran smilled by o ne of Radio Animals portable I 0
watt Grenadc .. transmillcrs. O ther European
DXers have reported rece n1 reception of Nonh
American stati o ns. inc luding John Ca mpbell
in the UK.
Nick Grace no tes that since he has arrived
in Jakarta. he hears at least a half dozen amatir
Indonesian se mi -pirates every day be tween
2400 and 3400 kH z. Since signal s arc gett ing
fro m North Ame rica to Indones ia. lh1: reverse
shoul d be true. espec iall y during the fa ll and
winter. N i ck~ tip give:-. us a rea l DX challe nge to shoot for.

Israel and UK Busts

The FCCs closing of nearly al l of it s field
mo nitoring :-. ilcs has been corre lated with a
sharp decline in North American pirate busts.
Thi s has not been true in Israel and Eng land.
Israeli autho rities shut down more 1ha n a ha lf
dozen FM pi rates during the spring. mostl y in
the Tel Aviv area. British police and the
Radio ln\estigalion Service have raided11earfr
200 loca l pirate stati o n ~ alr1:ady in 1996.
Thanks go lo several MT readers who sent in
material on scores of overseas pirate busts,
inc lud ing Uli s F lem ing of Mary land: Pe ter

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Zera fa of Lo ndo n. U K: and o ffshore pirate

Arutz-7 from the Mediterranean off Israel.

Kusalik Verifies Bougainville

Veteran DX er Ed Ku-;alik or Coaldale.
Albena received an o utstanding QSL fro m
Radio United Bougainvillc. T his station is
operated by the government as a counte r lo the
rebe ls' Radio Free Bougainville. Both stations use 3880 kH z variable: Ed heard them at
I 000 UTC. The dispute between Bougai nvi ll e
rebels a nd Papua cw Guinea continues. although it gets little press allent ion in North
America. The address that worked for Ed was
Admini stration o fB o ugain ville. Radio Uni ted
Bougai nvi lle Operations. PO Box 268. Buka.
Bougainville Province, Papua New Guinea.

Europirate Web Sites

Increasing numbers or European pirate
stati o ns are opening a presence o n the World
W ide Web. A couple of major o nes to try are
t h1: http://www.geoeities .com/Paris/2343/
indcx.htm site of Radio Caro line and the
http://www.imaginet.fr/-rwavcs/indcx.htm
sit1: of Radio Waves Inte rnational. Fresh in fo rmati o n on Europiratc inte rnet activity is
regularly feat ured at http://www.arpnct.iU
- air/welcome.htm from A IR, the
Assoc iazione lt alian a Radioascolto.

I What We Are Hearing

Your pirate logs are welcome via PO Box
98. Brasstown. NC 28902. o r via the e -mail
address at the top of the column . All frequencies are in kHz. wi th times in UT C.
Pirate station s listed he re u ~1: the fo ll owing
addresses: PO Box 452, Wellsville. NY 14895:
PO Box 109. Bl ue Ridge Sum mit. PA 172 14:
PO Box 28413. Prov ide nce. RI 02908; PO
Box 146, Stone ham. MA 02 180: PO Box 605.
Huntsville, Alabama 35804: and Postfach
220Jn. D-~2373 Wuppertal. German y. For
re turn postage. e nc lose three 32c stamps in
the envelope to USA ad d re:-.~e~. S2 US or 1wo
International Reply Coupons go to foreign
maildrops.
Altered Stoles Radio- 6955 at 2015. Eclectic
music is the normal fore on William Hurt's station.
Addr: Merlin. (Jerry Coatsworth, Merlin, Ontario;
Rich and Toleo Jurrens, Katy, TX)
Dirty Dog Radio- 6955 at 0200. Veteran pirate
Howard E. Lyon heard thi s new station with o

program of blues music and a whopping signal.

Addr: None. (Howard E. Lyon, Oz)
East Coast Beer Drinker- 6955 ot 0 130. After o
couple of years off the air, this one blew the dust
off its transmitter, sayi ng that they were not even
drunk yet. Astonishingly, the broadcast was
widely heard in both North America and Europe!
Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. (Pot Murphy,
Chesapeake, VA; Brandt; Kuhl; Wolfish )
Free Hope Experience- 6955 at 0500. Major
Spook, who also uses o n ID of FHX in Morse
code, started off the summer with a marathon
sequence of rock music and mailbag shows that
were heard all over North America. Addr: Blue
Ridge Summit. (Cathy Zylka , North Tonawanda,
NY; Barry Williams, Enterprise, AL; Gigi Lylte;
Lubbock, TX; John C. Mello, Scituate, RI; Ike
Kelly, Houston, TX; Jurrens; Lyon)
Friday Radio- 6955 ot 231 5. They only operate
on Fridays, always on hour or two before the
UTC dote changes to Saturday. Every broadcast
promotes the beginning of the weekend. Addr:
Providence. (Evon Wiley, Suwanee, GA; Kenny
Love, Columbia, SC; Michael Prindle, New
Suffolk, NY)
K-2000. 6955 at 0000. The unanimous winner
of all the 1995 pirate radio popularity polls is
extremely entertaining. Most of their elaborate
original productions hove themes relating to
DXin9 and pirate radio. Addr: Stoneham.
(Prindle; Williams; Wolfish; Jurrens)
KDED- 6950 at 0300. About half of the shows on
the Voice of the Grateful Dead now feature rock
music by artists other than Jerry Garcia. They
liberally sprinkle their programs with advice for
other pirates. Addr: Providence. (Rondy Ruger,
North Hollywood, CA; Rev. Dennis Myhand,
Mercedes, TX; Don Putnick, ColTech, CA; Jurrens;
Wolfish; Williams; Kelly; Mello; Love; direct from
the station)
KMCR- 6955 at 0400. Magic Mike and Wonda
hove added Morse code identifications to their
longtime fore of rock music and comedy at Magic
Carpet Radio. Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. (Ruger)
KNBS- 6955 at 1800. Phil Muzik's operation,
"The Station with Your Mind in Mind," hos been
operated for eleven years by the California
Marijuana Cooperative. Addr: Wellsville.
(Murphy; Lyon)
Let's Kill JTA Radio- 6955 ot 0000. Some
unlicensed broadcasters ore just not entertaini ng.
This one's physical threats against other DXers
suggests that some pirates were lost in line when
good taste a nd common sense were distributed.
Addr: None. (William Hassig, Mt. Prospect, IL;
David Chopchuk, Scranton, PA; Wolfish;
Murphy; Williams)
Montono Audio Relay Service 6955 ot 0045.
Before the surrender of the Freemen and the
capture of the Unobomber, this new pirate
parodied Montana's right wing extremists. Addr:
Merlin. (Gorie Halstead, St. Albans, VN; Lee
Silvi, Mentor, OH; Coatsworth; Murphy;
Chopchuk; Prindle; Williams; Wiley; Hassig)
Mystery Radio- 6950 at 0300. "The Shadow"
hosts programs of electronic and jazz music that
ore spiced with on odd mix of technical

discussions and loughing children. Addr:

Stoneham. (Neil Wolfish, Toronto, Ontario;
Ruger; Hassig; Williams; Coatsworth;
Jurrens Chapckuk)
North Jersey Coast Radio- 6955 at 2300.
Bruce DeVito transmits from the Boardwalk
in Asbury Pork, NJ. A recent show mixed
Donovan folk music with discussions of nude
beaches. Addr: Merlin. (Jesse Rose,
Hampton, VA; Silvi; Murphy; Wolfish)
#s- 11660 at l 530. Ken points out that the
numbers stations a re still with us. He noted a
5 digit xxx-xx station with a solid signal.
Addr: You're kidding. (Ken Dowst, Hartford,

Up Against the Woll Radio 6955 at 0045.

Owsley commemorated the death of
Timothy Leary by ploying about a dozen
repeats of "Timothy Leary's Dead" by the
Moody Blues. (Campbell, Devon, UK;
Williams; Wolfish; Wiley; Lyon; Love;
Jurrens)
Voice of Juliet 6955 at 2145. Their
feminist slant is somewhat rougher than
historic pirates such as WYMN. Addr:
Merlin. (Williams; Chapchuk; Wiley; Silvi)
DA
CONFIRMING YOUR RECEPTIOll Of OUR STATIOtl
Ml)fO NE DATE '.3-31-Pk. TIME o;;ie/ fREQ: 6,9SO KHZ
Voice of Laryngitis- 6955 at 2000. Now in
their 13th year of broodcosting, Genghis
and Stanley Huxley's hilarious original
CT)
comedy productions have always had a
huge positive influence on other pirate
Omega Radio 695 1 at 0 115. Dick Tator is
back with his programs of rock music with a
stations. All shows are sponsored by
Christian slant. Aodr: Wellsville. (Prindle;
Friendly Freddie's Budget Burials, where
Mello)
1
death is cheap. Addr: Wellsville.
(Coatsworth)
Ourlow Radio 6955 at 2030. Rock music,
'
~ ..
WLJS- 6955 at 0200. Charles Pohz is
comedy, parody sketches, a female
announcer, and an air raid siren interval
celebrating his fiflh anniversary on the
signal ore the defining elements of this
pirate bands. His consistent format is a
station. Addr: Providence. (Jurrens;
playlist of genuine shortwave broadcast
Chapchuk; Coatsworth; Wolfish; Kelly;
station interval signals, using a ''We Love
IVJf
Hassig; Silvi; Murphy; Williams)
Interval Signals" slogan. Addr: Blue Ridge
Partial Indio Radio 6955 at 0045. Harold
Summit. (Cootsworth; Murphy; Williams;
CONFIRMING ,YOUR REC!PllOll OF OUR SIMIOH
Krishna and Sanjay hove returned with their
Jurrens; Lyon; Hassig; Silvi; Chapchuk)
OATE s l'M'l '\b TIME 2.'3:50 FREQ: 6,955 Kill
delightful parody of DXing, particularly All
WKRS- 6955 at 0045. Jesse' s May 30 log
India Radio. Addr: Stonehom. (Wolfish)
was one of the few that I hove seen for this
Radio Angeline- 6955 at 0115. Jo Jo
new operation, which uses the sloga n of
The original fladio One QSL (top) and the parody
Kafew's ode to his lost love Angeline was a
"World's Koolest Radio Station." They
"Radio Two" QSL.
frequent visitor to the pirate bonds during
feature novelty tunes, some of which are
risque. Addr: None. (Rose)
the 1980' s. Somebody has been dusting off old
"Monty Python" theme at signoff. Addr: Now
tapes of the show, which has a distinctive "Send
WMOM 6955 at 2330. Here's a strange one
using Wellsville. (Paul Demsky, South Portland,
in the Clowns" interval signal on a music box.
that programs instrumental easy listening and
ME; Myhand; Prindle; Silvi; Wolfish; Hassig;
Addr: Washington box has dosed . (Coatsworth)
dance music, with only occasionol ID's. I finally
Chopckuk; Ruger; Jurrens; Rose; Williams; Kelly;
heard this one; others have picked them up for a
Radio Azteco 6955 of 0230. Bram Stoker's DX
Murphy)
parody is always funny. He's easily identified by
couple of months. Addr: None. (George Zeller,
Radio Marabu- 6955 at 0000. Thi s veteran
sound effects from the old Bullwinkle cartoon.
Cleveland, OH; Prindle; Coatsworth; Wolfish)
Europirate has a relay relationship with North
Addr: Wellsville. (Lyon)
WMPR- 6955 at 1500. They hove appeared
American transmitters. Addr: Blue Ridge Summit
rarely during the last three years, and ore
Radio Communication International- 6955 at
and Wuppertal. (Mello; Coatsworth; Prindle; Silvi)
therefore somewhat mysterious. The station
23 15. This Europirote, which programs German
Radio One 6950 at 0230. Boboloo's professionbroadcasts electronic music with a "Missing
rock music, now produces broadcasts specifically
ally produced mix of jingles ond oncient rock
for relay in North America via NAPRS. Addr:
Persons Radio" slogan. Addr: None, verifies some
oldies sounds just as good as the best commercial
logs in The ACE. (Coatsworth)
Wuppertol. (Jurrens; Silvi; Prindle; Wolfish; Rose)
stations in large cities that offer this format. Addr:
Radio Free Berkeley Steven Dunifer' s famous
WPN, World Parody Network 6955 at 0330.
Wellsvi lle. (Scott Krauss, Cleveland, OH; Prindle;
Bay Area micropirate prints a bimonthly
Rock music is their main program content, but
Jurrens; Williams; Murphy; Coatsworth; Wolfish;
they mix in parodies as the station name
newsletter, Reclaiming the Airwaves. A modest
Wiley; Kelly; Silvi)
indicates. Addr: Huntsville. (Jurrens; Kelly)
donation will get a copy for you. Addr: Free
Radio Two 6954 at 2115. Parody is a staple
WRAY 6955 at 1430. Their announcer "Link"
Communications Coalition, 1442 A Walnut St.
forma l in pirate radio. This low budget station
uses a format entirely made up of electric guitar
#406, Berkeley, CA 94709. (Douglas Smith,
parodies the slick Radio One. Note the simi larity
Pleasant View, TN)
instrumental music, with "Dixie" played a s the
in their OSL' s; Scott's come in only 18 days.
Radio Free Salvation 6954 at 2330. Pastor Billy
National Anthem at their dose. Addr: None.
Addr: Providence. (Alon Povuk, North
(Murphy)
D'Young cynically blisters the airwaves with his
Huntingdon , PA; Krauss; Silvi; Coatsworth;
sermon decrying (or promoting) pornography on
WREC 7465 at 2330. P. J. Sparx is among the
Prindle; direct from the station)
the internet. {Brandt; Zylka; Mello; Kuhl; Lyon;
few pirates who still try to operate on 41 meters.
Radio USA- 6955 ot 0045. Mr. Blue Sky is
Williams; Wolfish; Murphy; Jurrens)
Radio Denmark wiped him out at 2358, showing
celebrating 13 years of in pirate radio. The
why most stations have moved down to 39
Radio Free Speech 6955 at 1800. Bill 0. Rights
programming fore on this classic station is still
meters. Addr: Wellsville. (Williams; Zeller;
has on extremel{ realistic Rush Limbaugh parody
punk rock, pirate radio commentary, and comedy
Jurrens; Mello; Lyon)
with the voice o Rush himself explaining why
skits. Addr: Wellsville. (Murphy; Jurrens; Mello;
conservatives ore greedy, which I think is the
WRRN 6955 at 0015. Also known as the World
Rose; Silvi)
Republican Radio Network, this new operation
funniest thing I've heard on shortwave all year.
RFM 6955 at 0200. H. V. (as in Victor) Short sti ll
broadcasts Republican Party trivia from Mont
He promises a similar feature with O liver North
plugs away with mellow rock and comedy from
at the microphone. Addr: Wellsville. (Kuhl;
gomery, AL, with a nice selection of rock music.
Massachusetts. Addr: Wellsville. (Wolfish)
Brandt; Williams; Cootsworth; Mello; Jurrens;
Addr: Wellsville. (Brandt; Zylka; Wolfish)
Storshine Radio- 6955 at 0200. Announcer Kim
Wolfish; Lyon; Rose; Murphy; Love; Will iams;
WRY, The Radio Virus 6955 at 0200. Pete the
Howk' s tone deaf voice "sings" along with the
Pirate has been mixing discussions of ecology in
Chopchuk; Silvi; Prindle; direct from the station)
rock music on this Europirate, which we hear vio
with his normal rock music fore. Addr: Wellsville.
Radio Fusion Radio- 6955 at 2330. Rap music
relays. Addr: Wuppertol. (Silvi; Prindle; Williams;
(Wolfish)
from North America heard in Europe and
Wolfish)
WTNT- 6955 at 2145. Kid Dynamite has fea tured
Indonesia: WOW! Addr: Providence. (Brandt,
The Spectator 6955 at 0245. This 1980's
Kuhl, Groce; Lyon; Wolfish; Murphy; Williams;
rock music and a contest for a free trip to Hawaii
phenomenon hos returned with its guile unusual
Prindle; Mello)
on his new pirate, using a "Dynamite Radio"
Gregorian Chant music. You don't hear things
Radio KAOS- 6955 at 0000. Joe Moma has
slogan. Addr: Providence. (Kuhl; Wolfish;
like this every day on the radio! Addr: None,
Murphy; Coatsworth; Williams; Wolfish)
been a frequent occupant of the pirate bands thi s
OSL' s some logs in The ACE. (Wolfish; Lyon)
year. Rock music and parodies precede the

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August 1996

MONITORING TIMES

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ON THE HAM BANDS

Ike Kerschner, N3/K

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF AMATEUR RADIO

Building ORP

nyonc who has tried to homebrcw a

rig is famil iar with the problem of
finding parts and building a decent
qual ity ri g at a price that. s less than the cost or
a new commercial unit. Nevertheless. many
hams still roll their own. and a lot of us wou ld
Ii/.;' lo be able to say "rig here is homcbrcw."
While ki ts an: fun. they are also fairly
ex pensive and may still not bcq uitc what we
fee l up to call ing ho1m:brcw. However. if you
arc comfortable running lower power. plenty
of bu ilding is avai lable to you.
The April and May issues of CQ magazine
had an article on building a QRP rig called the
Micronaut. The Micrunaut runs in the milli watt range and goes together in an hour or two
(my firs t one was built in 35 minutes on a
Radio Shack universal PC board. The second
took a bit longe r as I wanted it to look good.)
The first was built for 40 meters. the secom.1 fo r 30 meters. Both run abolll 80 milliwatt s. My first QSO o n 40 was nearly 500
miles with a449 report. Now that s what I call
ji111. Total eo~t to build a Micronaut was about
five bucks. Even more enjoyable is the fact
that the artic le tc lb )OU how to homcbrcw a
batt ery fo r the rig.
Wh ilc the M icronaut is a snap to home brew.
kits for the unit arc also available. Write or
call for prices and information to Sescom.
2 100 Ward Drive. Henderson. V 890 154249. or phone 1-800-634-3457.

Circuits and Info

Material on building low power rigs is
fairl y plcnti ful. Three books I particularly li ke
arc the WI FB QRP Nme /foo/.; ($ I 0.00 from
ARRL). This manual ha ~ loads of great info
with many circuits for both transmitters and
receivers. by MT s Doug DeMaw. PCB
(printed circuit board) layout s arc included.
Numbertwoon my hit parade is Solid S101e
Design For lh' Rodio 1\ 11101e11r. T his was the
first trul y outstanding book available to hams
o n designi ng and building your own gear. The
book guides you through all of the steps
required to design a piece of equipment and
le nds a hand when you run into problems.
Several years ago. I built a rig out of thi s
handbook. and since then have worked over
I00 countries with it. It 's one of my regu lar
ri gs. Solid Stale Oesig11 also is an AR RL
publication, priced at $ 12.00.

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August 1996

Over the years many rigs have appeared in

QST that appealed to me but I never got
around to build ing for one reason or another.
Natu rall y. the va rious articles and ci rcuits
were lost or thrown out. Well, seems the guys
up at ARRL knew I did that: so they came out
with a great hook call ed QRP C/ossics just for
folks li ke me.
Tran s mitt e r~. receivers. building ideas. and
practices make thi s a super handbook. Of
particul ar interest is a circu it fo r a receiver
called the Neophyte. This sim ple little receiver is a real knockout for the first time
builder. I bu ilt several of these sim ple receivers back when the article first appeared and
rea ll y li ked them. So. when I saw the manual
included the complete Neophyte artic le I had
to buy it.
Another feature of QRP Cl{/.\s io is a section on alte rnati ve power that I find very
interesting. Several tran sceiver des igns are
also included (the Optimjzed tran sceiver fo r 7
MHz is current ly on the N31K work bench).
The section on ante nnas alone is worth the
price of the book. Agai n. it's avai lable from
the ARRL for $ 12.00 (if you order from ARRL
there is a shipping and handling charge of
54.50). Their address is 225 Main St.
Newington. CT 061 11.

I The Bug
Back in the May col umn I included a photo
of one of the code ..bugs.. in my co llection.
and asked if anyone could identify it for me.
Boy. was I s urp ri~cd at the response on that
one: it seems like there arc a lot of key ent husiasts out there. I still do not have specifics on
the key , but I was refe rred to a source which

might. so 111 let you know what I discoverthank~. folks!

I Sunspots, Anyone?
In case you were wondering. we are still in
a declining mode fo r the sunspot cycle. Numbers arc approachi ng si ngle digits per month.
We cannot expect to sec an upswing till late
thi~ year or early next. Consequently. the
lower bancb will continue to be the best to use
for most operations (sec ya on 160).
That' s all gang: take care cs 73 de N3 1K.
Ike Ke rschner

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TX State Conv I Joe Makeever. W5EBJ. 8609 Tallwood Or.. Austin, TX 78759. 512-345-0800
Rocky Mt Div Conv I Duane Anderson. KJ7HO. 443 East Brandl Ct. #30. Sall Lake City. UT 84 107. 801-2881859
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lnt'I EME Conv I Willie Mank, Wl ZX. 7620 Bensville Rd. , Waldorf, MD 20603. 301 64555B4
Bowie, MO
So Cal Area DXers (SCADS) annual picnic I Bill Fisher 714-522-6434. Location: Huntington Central Park (Central Park Dr. E. entrance)
Huntington Bch, CA
OB00-1700. Bring food. colas, radios and antennas.
Oakland, NJ
Ramapo Mt ARC I Steven Oliphant. N2KBD. 10 Glen Rd .. Ringwood, NJ 07456-2331, 201 962-45B4
Lwr Columbia ARA I Bob Morehouse. KB7ADO. LCARA. PO Box 906, Longview. WA 98632. 360425 6076.KB7AOO@aol.com.
Longview, WA
Location: Cowlitz Co Fairgrounds, 9am-3pm. Talk-in 147.26+, pl 114.8Adm S3
Huntsville. AL
AL Sect Conv I Steve Jones. KT4AY, 823 Baylor Or., Huntsville, AL 35802, 205-8B35479
Albuquerque. NM
Albuquerque ARC I Judy Kirby, KC5HZE, 278 Trinity Dr. NE, Rio Rancho. NM B7124. 505891 9132
Hilltop, Keystone. York I Louis Wawro. N3DYT , 374 Greendale Rd.. York, PA 17403, 717-B43-192 1
York, PA
Santa Barbara ARC I Marvin Johnston. KE6HTS. 408 Grove Ln.. Santa Barbara. CA 93105, 805682-1405
Goleta. CA
CO State Conv I Guy Reed. W5GR. 29875 Troutdale Scenic Or .. Evergreen. CO 80439-7737. 303-674-5389
Golden. CO
Georgetown. DE
Sussex ARA. Delmarva Hist Assn I Tom McDugall. N3JRB. RD 6, Box 64A. Georgetown. DE 19947. 3028562938
DuPage ARC I Ed Weinstein. W09AYR. 7511 Walnut Ave .. Woodridge. IL 60517, 7089859256
Stickney, IL
Central Kansas ARC I Dan Cook. AAOTT, PO Box 134. Enterprise, KS 6744 1 . 913-263-8540
Salina. KS
MIT RS; Harvard Wireless Club I Steve Fineberg. Wl GSL. PO Box 3970B2. MIT Branch, Cambridge, MA 02139, Nick Allernburnd.
Cambridge. MA
KAlMOX. 617-253-3776
Spec Event Stn
Ft Herkimer ARC will op KB2UYI. 14001900 UTC to commemorate Herkimer Co Fair in Frankfort. NY. Op ion 20m gen phone. 40m
novice CW , 40m gen. 2m 145.110. Send QSL and SASE to N2WTF, John Reed, 617 Jeffrey St. Herkimer. NY 13350 for certificate.
Westchester Emerg Comm Assoc I P.O. Box 831 , N Tarrytown. NY 1059 1-0831, Tom (WB2NHC) or Jeanne (N2NQY) Rattaelli 914
Yonkers, NY
9629666. Location: Yonkers Raceway, 187. Central & Yonkers Ave, 9am-2pm. Talk-in 147.06/66. $6 admission.
Broadway, OH
Union Co ARC I Gene Moore. NBYRF, 24461 Claibourne Rd .. Marysville. OH 43040, 5132465943
Warren ARA I Al Van Slyke , N81KX, 3931 County Line Tpke Rd., Southington, OH 44470, 2168893378
Warren. OH
WV State Conv I L. Ann Rinehart, KA8ZGY. 1256 Ridge Dr . South Charleston, WV 25309-2434, 304-768-9534
Weston, WV
Somerset Co ARS (SCARS) I Pele WA20CN. PO Box 742, Manville. NJ 08835, 908-429-9093. Location: Somerset Co 4H Center,
Bridgewater, NJ
Milltown Rd. Talk-in 44B.175-.
Pioneer
Radio Op Soc I Ml. Gail I. Lewis, W2CRY. 9765 S. Protection Rd .. Holland, NY 14080, 716537-9570
Chaffee. NY
Gainesville. TX
Cooke Co ARC I Doug Covington. KB5VKJ, RR 3. Box 753. Gainesville. TX 76240, 8176654924
Onalaska, WI
Riverland ARC I Dick Low. KOJYB, 1520 Nakomis Ave., Lacrosse, WI 54603. 608-784-9176
Vermilion Co ARA I Gary Denison. KA9SKS, 14704 East 2750 North Rd.. Danville, IL 61834-56 10, 217759-7389
Danville, IL
Ml State Conv I Jan LaBrenz, N8NSE, 1214 McKinley Ave .. Bay City, Ml 4870B. 517B933475
Corunna, Ml
Yonkers ARC I John Costa, WB2AUL, 195 Woodland Ave., Yonkers, NY 10703. 914-969654B; Jim N20NM 914-969-51B2. Location:
Yonkers. NY
Yonkers Municipal Parking Garage, Main St. 9am3pm. Talk-in 146.B65. 440. 150. SS gen adm
New Orleans Inn DX Conv I Michael Mayer. W5ZPA. 5B36 Marcia Ave .. New Orleans. LA 70124, 5044B66739
New Orleans. LA
Alamogordo ARC I Larry Moore. WA5UNO, tB30 Corte Del Ranchero. Alamogordo. NM 8B31. 505-437-0145
Alamogordo. NM
Hayward, WI
Namekagon Vly Wireless I Mary Lindberg, KB9LFF, 93t6 East Evergreen Ave., Solon Springs, WI 54B73. 715-37B-2368
Austin. TX
Park City. UT
Escanaba. Ml
Springfield, MO
Clayton. NY
High Point. NC
Jacksonville. FL

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MONITORING TIMES

77

DEMAW'SWORKBENCH
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND TIPS

Dou Demaw, WI FB

One Feed Lin...-e-Three Antennas

oaxial cable see ms to ge t more expens ive by the day. An SWL o r a radio
amate ur can invest a s ubstantia l a mo ul1l
of mo ney in RG-58 o r RG-8 coaxia l line if he
o r she has mo re than o ne antenna. T he prac tical solut io n to thi s proble m is lo use o ne
feed li ne and a manual o r remote sw itc hing
c irc uit that permits antenna selection at the
site where the antennas are located.
Altho ug h com me rc ia lly made devices for
d o ing th is arc ava ilable. they aren't within tht:
budgets of some rad io e nthus iasts. A ho memade swi tc h bo x is easy to construct and
sho uld not be expe nsive. Th is month we will
explo re s imple ways to use three o r more
antennas w ith a single coaxial feede r.

ml Manual Antenna Selection

It is not unusual for a ham o r an SW L to
have two o r three di poles o r ve11ica ls to
e nsure o pti mu m recepti on fo r vario us parts
of the radio spectrum . such as med ium frequency. hig h freque ncy, and VHF. In a worstcase situati o n these antennas may be I 00 o r
more fee t fro m the radio room. T hi s wo uld
require 300- plus feet of costl y feed line . It
would a lso nece ssitate bring ing th ree cab les
into the ho use. None o f us are anx io us to d rill
ho les in the walls of the fa mil y d we ll ing ! O ne
small ho le wo uld be a more appeali ng so lu ti o n to the proble m. Manua l o r relay-co ntrolled re mo te ante nna swi tc hing enable s us
to use o ne fe ed line, and he nce drill but o ne
e ntry ho le in a wall o f the ho use.
Fig ure I shows a circuit fo r manual remote an te nna switching . It can. o f c ourse , be
used for antenna selectio n inside the rad io
room . if you a lready have separate feede rs
ro uted into your ho use . A manual re mo te
switc h imposes an inconvenie nce. because

the operator must go o ut

o f d oors to change antennas . This princ iple is
acc eptab le if a nte nn a
swi tc hing is no t a dai ly
necessity.
O rdinary single-po le.
mul tipos it io n rot a ry
wafer switches are o kay
for receiving a nte nnas.
T he switch insul ati o n
may be pheno lic or cera mi c .
H oweve r,
switc hes used fo r transm it t in g app l ic a ti o ns
need heavie r co ntacts
and ceramic insulation .
An exce llent unit to use
for R F power sw itc hing
is a n O hmi te po wer- tap
sw itch. These can so meti mes be purchased as
surplu s fo r as little as
$2. RF power sw itc hes
s hou ld be mounted o n a
plastic bl ock, suc h as
P le xig la ss . T his preve nts RF vo ltages fro m
arc ing to g round via the
fra me of the sw itch .
Switc hes for rece iving
ante nnas need no t be in sul ated from g round.

FIGURE 2

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Circuit for a re/ay -co11trolled remote al/fe1111a s witch that permits

selection of three coax-fed antennas. CI and C2 are 0. I F, 100V disc ceramic. DI and D2 are JN914 diodes. For Kl and K2
use DPVT 16-pin DIP mini relays (see text). S J is use</ inside
th e radio room, and is a double-pole, three-position rotary wafer
switch.

ii Switching with
Relays

Two do uble-pole . do uble- throw min iatu re re lays c an be utili zed to re mote ly selec t
up to three antennas. A practic al circuit is
presen ted in fig ure 2 . K I and K2 arc surplus
16-pin DIP relays . I chose I 2-vo lt units
because I have a 12-vo lt de wall tran sFIGURE 1
ANT 1
former which suppli es a mp le eu1Tent
for my c ircuit. DI P re lays o f thi s ty pe
ANT 2
are a vail able for o ther popu lar de vo ltRCVR
ages.
ANT 3
KI a nd K2 of fig ure 2 a re suitable
ANT 4
for use w ith receiving a nte nnas. They
may be used for transmitting applicati o ns up lo 75 watts, provided the SWR
d oes no t exceed 2: I .
Example of a rotary s witch type of a11te1111aThe relay log ic allo ws se lecti o n of
selector circuit. S J is a si11gle-pole, multipositio11
ANT ENN A I when both relays are dewafer switch. See text.

78

C l. C2 -

ANT 2

energized . ANTEN'.'JA 2 is se lec ted when K I

is energ ized. with K2 id le . Whe n KI is de ene rgized and K2 is activated , ANTENNA 3
is connec ted to the receiver o r transmitter.
T he de po wer supp ly is located inside the
ho use. alo ng with relay cont rol sw itch S I. A
dou ble- po le . three-pos iti o n rotary wafe r
switch is used fo r S I. If yo u use the PC -board
pattern in fi g ure 3. make certain that the relay
you purc hase has the sa me pin -o ut sho w n at
the lo we r ri g ht in fi gure 2 .
Othe r styles of re lays are suitab le fo r use in
the fi gure 2 control circuit. It is not necessary
to build yo ur assembly o n a PC board. Po intto- po int wiring may be used if the leads are
kept reasonably sho rt . Re lays with larger
contacts arc be st for RF power switching.
Re lays for the la tter appli catio n sho uld be

'Shortwave PreAmp
dered in place. lf you use a removable
lid. seal the seams w ith Coax Seal or
caulking com pound. Likewise for the
coaxial connectors. after the feed lines
have been attached tu them.
Y ou may want to reduce the cost of
this proj ect by using RCA phone j ac ks
(recei ve antennas on ly) for the connectors shown in figure 2. However. S0239 standard coax ial jacks w ill ensure
greater reliability and longevity. and are
necessary for transmitting applications.
T ypt.: F C ATV connectors are tine for
recei v ing antennas, too. BNC connectors may be used with recei ving and low
power transmitting antennas.
The control cable between the house
and the relay box should be desi gned for
Scale etching template for th e circuit in fig ure 2,
underground service if you bury it. Cable
as 11iewed from the etched side of the board.
that i s not buried should have a UVEtched, drilled and plated boards are available
from FAR Circuits, 18N640 Field Court, Dundee,
res istantjacket. The conductors need to
IL 60118. Phone: (708) 426-2431. Price: $2.55
be nu. 22 or larger to prevent a voltage
plus $1.50 s/h.
drop al ong the line if a long run o f
control cable is necessary.
mount ed on pl astic holders to preve nt RF
Figure 4 shows the pans layout for the
volt age fro m arcing to grou nd across the relay
fig ure 2 circuit. as vi ewed from the compoframes. A l so. an RF choke made by w inding
nent side of the PC board.
16 turns o f no. 26 enamel wi re on an Am idon
Various brands o f DPDT 16-pin DIP reAssoc. FT-50-6 1 toroid core. or equi valent.
l ays arc manufactured. C lare. GE and Ormon
should be install ed al each relay +de term inal.
are among them. Check the A ll E lectronics
C I and C2 of figure 2 wou Id then be conCorp. catalog for bargain-price relays. 1 New
nected to ground at the junction of each RF
surplus relays often cost $2.50 or less per unit.
choke and its +de control line (not at relay
terminal 16). These cho kes further i solate the
relays from RF ground.
The figure 2 ci rcuit can be enhanced furNole I - All Eleuronics Corp .. 905 S. Verther by adding two L ED s and two c urrent1110/1/ Ave.. Los Angeles. CA 90006. Phone: 1limit i ng res i stors. Th e LEDs wo uld be
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mounted on the panel of the indoor control
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Parts placem ent g11ide. This is
i s energi zed. Simply conFIGURE 4 TO Sl
an xray view, 1101 to scale, as
nect a 680-ohm. I /2 watt
+12 v
viewed from the co111po11ent
resistor( for 12-V operation)
side
of the board.
to termi nal 16 of each relay
in fi gure 2. An LED is then
connected between the remaining end of each re~is
tor and de ground . Selec t an
LED color of your choice.

Construction Tips
Yourrelayci rcuit should
be assembled in a weatherproof box. A n enclosure can
be made inexpensively from
sec tions of PC board that
have been soldered together
to form a small box. A fter
the circuit is tested and ready
to use. the lid may be so l-

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MONITORING TIMES

79

PiLANE TALK
MAKING SENSE OF CIVILIAN AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Jean Boker, K/N9DD

Airport Ground Control

elcome aboard. I hope everyone is

having a great monitoring summer! Since the HF bands ge t a bit
freaky (to put it mildl y) with storms and the
like messing up good reception thi s time of
year, I spend more time listening to the VHF
aero band. However. don't cancel out HF
entirely: you occasional will fi nd a good 'wi ndow where some excellent reception may
surpri se you.
The look at the ne w ARTCC equipment
and other topics promised for thi s issue had to
he postponed. However, yours trul y is go ing
be able to see it in action in a few weeks. so
ha ve patience !
If someone were to ask me whic h area of
airport ai r traffic cont rol was the most fascinati ng and varied. 1 d have to say that Ground
Control would win, hands down. There s never
a du ll moment there! Take the following, for
example. This all took place at Indianapolis
International Ai rport on Ground Control freque ncy 121.900 MH z.
(Ground Controlle r) "Good morning. Sun ~hi ne Air 42, tax i to your gate. but first give
way to the American 727 crossing in front of
you. By the way, what gate arc you assigned
today?"
(Sunshine Air 42) 'U h. we re not sure.
This is our first time here. We're a charter
from Port land , Oregon, here for the 500 :
(Ground Cont roller) "You don't know
who's handling you? Well, who's your handler at other airports? Stand by one. - Break.
TW A 3. you may start your push back: let me
know when you're ready to taxi...
(TWA 3) 'Roger. Ground. TW A 3's starting push back now ...
(G round Controller) "Sunshine Air. I say
again, who handles you at other ai rports?"
(S un shine Air 42) "Uh. well. we have
contracts with different airl ines at various
airport s."
(Grou nd Cont rol) "Why don't you call
you r company in Port land and ask your disf1Clll'lrer which airline you contract with here?
In the meantime, you're blocking that taxiway: pull over to the runup area just ahead of
you while you're sorting things out. Let m..:
know when you do."
(Sunshine Air ~2 ) " Roger. Sunshine Air
42."
(De lta 58) "Ground, this is Delta58: the re's
a st uck mike on clearance deli very 128.750.
Do they have anot her rrequencyr
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MONITORING TIMES

August 1996

(Ground Controller) "Try the m on 121 .800.

Delta 58." "Break, USA ir I0. did you call?"
(USAir 10) 'Affirmati ve. We have to go
back to the gate and oflload a passenger who
decided that he didn't want to fl y today. But.
uh. company says there s no gate avai lable
right now. ~o we've got to wait unti l one frees
up. Where do you want us to put our aircraft
in the meantime?"
(Ground Controller, admirabl y stilling the
first answer that comes to mind.) "US Air LO,
taxi straight ahead on Alfa I to Romeo. Turn
left on Romeo and then into the Penalty Box
whi le you re waiting fo r your gate. Advise
when your di spatcher g i ve~ you a gate."
(USA ir I0) Roger, straight ahead on Alfa
I to Romeo and the turn right on Romeo to the
Penalt y Box:
(Ground Controller) "Negative, Negative,
USA ir 10! When you get to Romeo, tum left!
There's a FedEx MD-I I who will be coming
fro m the right and I don' t think you want to
have a ground incursion with him."
(USAir I0) "Sorry for the misunderstanding. USA ir I0 is about to make our turn to the
left on Romeo now."
(Ground Controller) " Roger. Break, TWA
3, did you say you' re ready to taxi?"
(TWA 3) "We' re pushed back. but we're
still waiting fo r our numbers (1reiglr1. bal<mce. ere. -jh )''.

(Ground Controller) "TWA 3. clearance

de livery just infom1ed me that you have a
re lease time of 1440. void if you ' re not wheels
up by I 445. ls there going to be any problem
with that''"
(TWA 3) 'No. we'vegot nurnumbers now
and arc ready to tax i now."
(Ground Controller) "Roger that. Taxi to
runway 23R via taxiway Sierra 10 Mike. turn
right on Mike and then contact Tower on
I : W.900. Have a good tri p."
(TWA 3) "Roger. TWA 1 ia xing Sierra to
Mike: contact Towe r on 120.900. Good day."

We could go on and on. but you' ve probabl y gotten the idea by now.
Remember. if you li ve within I0- 12 miles
of an airport with tower and ground faci lities.
you can probably hear them on your home
scanner. However. if you li ve further away,
you might want to take your hand held scanner
and spend a few hours at the airport.
Grou nd control is usuall y found in the
freque ncy range of 12 1.600 - 121.975 MHz.
That 's not a hard and fast rule fo r eve ry
airport: some ground cont ro l facilities may
use other freq. ranges. If you don' t know what
freq uency ground control uses in your area.
cal l the Air Traffic Control Tower and ask, or
write to me and I'll find out for you.
I Murphy's Law in Action

A few months ago. an airliner flying from

Chicago to St. Petersburg, Florida. was about
40 minutes out of Mid way when it suddenly
lost cabin pressure. The captain made an
emergency descent from flight level 330 to
somewhere between I0.000 and 14.000 feet
(also called a "slam-dunk" by ai rline personne l). and then radioed Indianapol is requesting
an t.!mcrgcncy landing. The landing was uneve ntful. no one was seriously injured, and
most passengers transferred to another aircraft.
I .ater that same evening. the disabled 727' s
..: ngincs and cockpit w1icc recorder remained
running while mechanics inspected the aircraft. A spokesperson for the airline said " We
have some very interesting conversations between the mechanics - because they taped
ri ght over the loop'" The spokesperson added
that the mechanics could have pu lled a ci rcuit
breaker to stop the recorder from taping.
The cockpit voice recorder (CV R). which
runs on a continuous 30-minute loop. and the
ni ght data recorder had been quarantined by
the NTS B (National Transport ati on Safety
Board ). which is in vest igating the cause of the
decompression incident. The mishap unfortunate ly negated one of the in vestigati ve tools
they would have had to work with. Also. the
FAA has a policy which says "After accidents. preservation or the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder (also known as
the 'black box' ) is a priority."
That' s all fo rtoday. Join us nex t month for
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fEDERAL FILE

ERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS

Jo n Fu or ,

email: ;ohnf@emi.net

Towers? I don't see any towers ...

ou all know how I enjoy a mystery.

and we seem to have another one
grow ing up under our noses here in the
southeastern Un ited States. The mystery involves the tower you sec in the allached photograph. The tower is a couple of hundred feet
tall-not much fur a land-based structure. but
this tower sits on top of a poured waterproof
concrete pedesta l approximately one hundred
feet tall. The boll om o f thi s pedestal is firmly
embedded in the Gulf of Mexico far from any
land--exccpt Cuba.
A friend of mine. who has reason to k.now
about such thin g~ . discovered this site. He
discovered three towe rs. in fac t. located right
out in the Gulf of Mex ico midway between
Key West and Fort Jefferson (the site of a
Conft!derate prison camp). There is a Civi l
War cemetery there and until recentl y. a couple
o f very interestin g remote rece ive r si tes fo r
hi gh frequency monitoring. It is unimpo1tant
who operated them. With the recent budget
cutbacks. they arc gone now.
My friend. who had to make ""official ..
trips out that way. came aero~~ the towers
about 30-35 miks from Key West. They sit
about a mile apart. Tbcy are all equipped with
Ii11 lc houses at the base o f the tower~. which is
approximate ly one hundred feet above the
water line. On the towers is a nest of antennas.
with microwave antennas pointing between
the towers and hack to Key West.
Inquiries into who built the towers turned
up nothing. Finall y. a fis herman who is constantly in those waters told a story of a rather
large U.S. Navy vesse l which dropped anchor
one day in the vici nity. Shortly thereafter, the
th ree concrete pedestals were "growi ng" out
o f the Gulf o f Mex ico. The nex t fi shing trip
(no pun inte nded ) revealed the radio towers
built on top of the pedestals. The two way
antennas and the microwave dishes soon followed.
All allcmpts- ""quas i-official"" and otherwise- have drawn a blank as to who. what.
etc .. the towers arc for. It is known that a U.S.
Air Force launch (the boat. not the rocket)
goes out to them once a week for maintenance. The Air ror<.:e has no com ment o n this.
I contacted a friend of mine in the Coast Guard
who would know about such things. He to ld
me th at they were aware o f them. but they
were a hands-off operation." He did let it
slip. intentionall y orotherwisc. that there is an

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identical set of these towe rs

in the Gulf of Mexico south
o f Eg lin Air Force Base at
Panama City. Florida. They.
too. are "hands o ff.""
Arc the se remote receiver sites. operated by the
Nava l Security Group at
Key West? Are they remote
two-way bases for co mmunications with the military
over the southeast Gulf o f
Mexico? I don"t know. Another trip is planned down
that way with a little belier
photographic interception
equ ipment. If the antennas
can be identified. then perhaps the frequen<.:y range.
agency. use, ct<.: .. can be
determined.

I More Grist for the

Mill
It ha ~ been rumored that the a val Intercept Group at Key West is closing. This Naval
Intercept Group is located on the south end o f
the southernmost is land on a government compound. It has nothing on it except a lot (and I
mean a lot) of antennas looking straight at
Cuba. I have seen a good number of intercept
anten nas in my time. but there are some down
there that I have never seen before. The antennas range fro m the low VHF (30 M Hl range)
up to microwave dishes.
I hate to give Fidel Castro cred it for anything, but one thing he effecti vely did was to
brino0 communications to the is land. Fidel
discovered the power of radio back in the days
when he was in the mou ntains of Oriente
Province with an o ld amateur transm itter.
broadcasting to his revolutionaries in the
mountains. His ta<.:tic worked. as evidenced
by the outcome.
Once in power. Castro made sure that any
state business (i.e .. any business) that needed
it had radios. If you live in the southern United
States. you can hear the C uban farms. with
their repeaters in the 30/40 MHz band. harvesting the crops.
Another successful project was Cuba"s
estab lishment o f a nationwide microwave radio relay system. There is practicall y no point

on the island that is not covered by the terrestri al mi crowave system. One would
assume that a lot of gove rn mcn t co mmuni c ati o ns
travel on the mi crowave
link ~ as well. Can you see
where th is is lead ing?
Monitoring a mi c rowave link 90 miles beyond
i t ~ intended receiver is no
major feat-especia ll y
when that 90 mi les is across
warm water. Are we monitorin g C uban microwave
transm issions?

it

a.
'

I Is there a Remote
Connection?

One of the most public.

but lca~t known aspects of
the Ce ntral Intelligence
Agency is the Fo reig n
Broadcast Informat ion Service <FBIS). Like the BBC Monitoring Service. this agcn<.:y monitors the publ ic broadcasts of othercountric~ on long. medium. and
short waves (and publi~hcs reports to whi ch
the public may s ub~ c ribe ) .
What has th is to do with govern me nt radio
monitoring? Well. the FBIS is closing its Key
West office . The Nava l Sec urity Group is
rumored to be closing its Key West offi ce.
The FCC already closed its offices.
The eq uipment at the FCC flagshi p station
in Vero Beach is gone. However. the equipment at the FB IS office at Key West wi ll be
le ft in place and wi ll be remotely operated
from a thousand miles away in Panama City.
U.S. Coast Guard Com mStation Miami is
rernoted from CommStation CAMS LANT at
Chesapeake. Virginia. Arc we moving lo a big
remote operations center at Master Control? I
dont know. but it sure looks li kes a trend is
fo rm in!!.
Can provide frequenc ies of ope rat ions fo r
you to mon itor at some of these locations?
Unfort unate ly. no. You won't be hearing any
o f the classified operations be ing d iscussed
on the two-way. The most you will hear is the
sho re patrol, military po lice, or a few other
unit s at these areas. The FBIS used to bc an
cx<.:eption to this- they h;1d C B radi os in thei r

cars the first time I saw them in Key West

twenty years ago. I guess now 1hey are all
using ce llph o n e~ .

I Use it so we don't lose it

And now-in 1hc words of Mon1y Python-fo r something completely different.
Let's turn to the ca~e of our British scan ning cousins. I had an inie resting piece of
email from one who wishes to re main nameless. He passed along the sa me story told by
Larry Mi ller in this month 's '"Communications'' (see page6). The article. entitled " Hackers Hand Out Royal Radio Codes: was written by Johnathon Leaks and John Davidson
for the Sunday Times. and it starts out with the
statement that the li ves of the Royals and
senior politicians are being put in jeopardy by
radio hackers. It seems these ''hackers'" are
people who have purchased scanners from
radio shops and have gone as far as publishing
lists of frequencies used by the ~ecre t police
operations of those protecting the lives of the
Royal Family and se nior political officials.
Two groups of thought come to light here.
Mr. Bill Hughes. a sen ior Yorkshire police
offic ial and a mem ber of thc 1echnical and
research commit tee of the Assoc iation of Chief
Police Officers. made a statement that information was being provided to criminals and
terrorists. By monitoring these freq uencies.
terrorists can predict every move of protected
persons. The Monarchy and perhaps even the
entire United Kingdom is in peri l by allowi ng
people to monitor official broadcasts.
The members of PROMA (Professional
Radio Operators Monitoring Assm:iation) take
a differem viewpoint. They slated that secure
radio systems have been availab le for years
but have not been used by the authorities for
several reasons. uch as co~t cutting measures
and the inertia to make the move. Instead. the
Wireless and Te legraphy Act of 1949 makes
it illegal 10 li sten to anything involving military or emergency services.
Here' s an example or 1ht: futility of such
legislation: The first time that I was in the
United Kingdom I made an interesting di scovery. The car radios tuned up to 108 MHz
on the FM band, even though the FM broadcast band in the Un ited Kingdom stopped al
104 MH z. Whal was in 1he other 4 MH z?
The first thing I fou nd was the London Fire
Brigade at 106 MHz. However. the most
surpri sing transmi ssions were found on approximately I 08.5 MHz. There I could listen
to MIS (1hc British equi valent of the FBI),
tai ling Sovie1 Bloc agenb through Greater
London! (They have moved the ir operations
into the 140 MH z band now. so I am not
giving away any "state sec rets.'")

That could never happen here, you say?

Just as in the U. K.. 1he technology fo r extremely sec ure communications has been
ava ilab le fo r years. Now c hannel hopping
radios and spread spcclrum arc even becoming available to the public. However. our
government has often eit her neglected to pu rchase the equipment or has purchased it and
does not use it. How man y limes do we
monitor DEA. Secret Service. Customs. e tc ..
running very sensitive traffic with the speech
encryption turned off? The best joke is when
one side has the speech encryption tu rned on
and the other unit has it turned o ff.
With all of the heightened awareness in
this cou nt ry regarding terrorist groups and
act ivities. it sconccivable some of ou r elected
officials might try to have monitoring made
illegal here. as it is in the Uni ted Kingdom.
Such legislat ion is not onl y futile. it"s unnecessary. If we want to keep somethin g private
we have that capability. So do ou r British
Cousins-but one has to operate the little
switches on the radio.

the si tes which I listed in the June 1996 article

on electronic surveillance is maintained by
James Atkinson at http://www.tscm.com
(sorry, it was misspelled in 1he art icle). As I
mentioned at the end of the article. this was
the source of a good portion of the information in the col umn.
I did not mention that thi s site {and most
other commercial sites), has copy right protection on its materia l. I wish to apologize to
James fornot making it clear that the information came directly from his site and must be
used with permission. This attrat:tivc site
contain s an e normo us amou nt o f
countersurveillance information. and I encourage you to check it out.
Remember. freq uencies are public domain.
The way that they arc presen ted is the copyrighted information. All the frequenc ies at the
Grove si te are public information-the site
itself and the material on ii is copyrighted.
Than ks to James Atkinson for being a good
sport about it and call ing thi s to my attention.
The Communications Expo is coming up
soon in Atlan ta. Hope to see all of you there.

I Sites in the Open

A web si te that was brought lo my attention is on the National Securi1y Agency. the
result o f' an excellent in vestigati on by the
Baltimore S1111 newspaper. It can be fo und at
http://www.suns torc.co m/s u nsou rec/
nsag4.htm. lt is entitled " lntdl igenceSources
On the Web.'' Full reprints of the Baltimore
Sun's entire NSA series are available at $6.95
from the Bal!imore S1111 Information Store at
(800) 829-8000. ext. 6800.
Informat ion comes to me every month
from various sources. Some of it is sna il mai l
and email. some of it is fax. and some of it I
have to go out and find. I am constantly
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SATELLITE TV
Ken Reitz, KS4ZR

ADVENTURES IN THE CLARKE BELT

Repairing lVRO Gear

o a mount or careful planning can

preve nt it happening .. Sooneror later
your sate lllle TY equ ipment, regardless or how well it' s made and maintained,
wil l be in need of repair. T his month we'll
look into damage. how to e lTecl repairs. who
to call when you haven! gut a clue. a nd who
should pay.

I Damage Assessment
First we have to distinguish between component fa ilure (which i~ a wa rranty issue
between you . your dealer. and the manufaclllrcr) and genu ine damage (for which the
manufaclllrer cannot be blamed. but the component. while st ill po!.sihly under warranty.
need to be replaced).
In the case of component failure. hunt for
you r warrant y card and ~ al es s li p~ a nd dete rmi ne if it' s unde r warranty. If il is. the usual
procedure is to ret urn il 10 the deale r for
replacement. If the dealer is a mai l o rder firm,
cal l the ir tol l free number and ask for warranty
replacement ins tructio ns. Usua lly. you' ll be
a ss igned a Return Authorizati o n number
(RA#) a nd told how to ship the defective part.
TY RO gear can be tlamaged any numbe r
o r ways. However. the most common source
of damage is weather related. Falling trees
can dest roy a di sh. mount. feed assembly. or.
depending on the se,erit y of the wind. all
ou tdoor components. Lightning can damage
ou tdoor component~ bu t usually only the LNB
is at risk. Most such damage occurs when
lightning su rges through the household AC
power lines. When this happe ns. a ll manner or
damage can occu r. In addition 10 you r TYRO
gear. you may al so lose your VC R. TV S.
stereo. and anythi ng e lse which is connected .
If you can. asses~ the apparent amount of
damage. For instance. if a tree falls o n your
dish. there ' s no way you'regoing 10 be able to
bang it back into a true parabo la: il needs to be
re placed. T hat will like ly be more than the
deductible for a claim 0 11 your ho meowne1.. s
ins uram.:c. so a call lo your loca l insurance
agent is your firs! ~tcp.

I Do-It-Yourself Repairs
In the case of oul-of-\\'arranty repairs. you
may be ab le to avoid big bills b) doing the
work yoursel f. Now. 1' 111 not talking about
gelling o ut the soldering iron and opening u p
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you rLNB . lf yourticldof cxpcni~e

includes such work . be my guesl.
But. if you're like thi:: rest or us.
you'l l be lucky to be able lo just
swap o ut defecti ve pans. T his is no l
a hard job. Satell ite dealers often
charge $50 per ho ur pl us transpor
tation 10 and from you r location. so
becoming famil iar with such basic
procedures as re placing a defective
LNB wil l reall y pay off. Read all
manual s !
If your system fails and it coinc ides with a weather related eve nt. anythi ng is
possible. Troubleshooti ng should he routine:
Check 10 see that C\'crything i~ plugged in
where it shou ld be and that all connections are
good. C heck to sec there is power on the
~lectric ci rc uit you're u~ing. C heck lo see if
power-off dcfauh s need lo be rescl. For example. w ith my system the VCR. on which I
view the satel lite sig na l. automatically defa ults to channel 2 in the event of a powe r
inte rruption. This mea ns that foll owing a
power outage there is no a pparent satellite
signal on the T Y. The pi cture is restored
mere ly by retuning the VCR lo c hannel 4 . the
output of the satellite receiver.
O ne really c heap but useful too l for testing
your system is a smal l voll mcler. The handiest of these arc the d igi tal readi ng meters such
as the Radio Shack catal og number 22-179.
which is a small auloranging meter sometimes on sale fo r less than $20. A smal l
number of hand tools arc required for doing
most dish related repairs: a socket wrench scl.
an adjustable crcscenl wrenc h. an assort me nt
of Phillips and s lotted screwdri vers. wire cutters. and cable fi tting cri mpers ( I recommend
RS catalog #278-243).
Testing the voltage o n the feed line fro m
the receiver ou t to the LNB or o n the w ire lo
the servo moto r o n the feed ho rn can help
determine if a compone nt or a cable is at faull.
Look al your eq uipment manua ls to determine proper volt age amounts for ei ther. Test
for shorted coax by putting the meter across
eithe r end of the cable between the conductor
and the ground.

I When All Else Fails

Sometimes you may f1.:cl you have no
recourse. Yo u may have inherited a T YRO
system in the house you j ust bought: your

dealer or even the man ufacturer of your system components may have gone ou t o f business: you may have picked up an irresist ible
component at a hamfest only lo find il doesn 1
function. Whatever your reason. help is avai 1able.
T here arc dea lers in every city who specialize in warranty and out-of-warranty repairs. These shops o ft en have ex te nsive files
of schematics fo r hundreds of receivers and
LNBs. many o f which haven't been in production in ten years. If the parts forthc necessary repairs can be found. vi rtuall y any TYRO
component can be repaired. Sometimes, manufacturers used spec ial ch ips or l .C.s which are
no lo noer made and w ithou t which a repair
can't b; made. In these instances you re out of
luck.
If you don ' t live near enough to reputable
repair facilities. there arc mail order repair
shops which may be able lo hdp. I have
compiled a list of such companies (whic h is
neither complete nor intended as an endorseme lll of their services). Ca ll o ne~ closest lo
you fi rst. since you 11 be pay ing the shipping
both ways on a repair. Call as many as you can
and gel estimates: you may be surprised at the
differences in price. Some companies even
offer DSS system repairs as well as fixing
broken remote controls.
Compan ies doing ou l of warran ty repair
work usua lly have a !'lat tee schedu le fo r all
components. for instance. LN Bs mig ht be a
flat $50. receivers may be a Il a! $80 plus parts.
Each company has its own pol icy and may o r
may not include return shipping in the c harge.
All of these factors shou ld be calculated to
determine the cheapest. Of course. the cheapest may not be the best. so cmear emptor.
Sometimes manufacturers w ill take o ld
equipmen t in trade fo r fac tory serv iced mod-

els and charge considerab ly less than full

price for a new one. You' ll al so typically get
a 90 day warranty. Call the manufacturer. if
they're st ill in bu siness and ask.
For the d ie-hard do-it-yourse lfer there are
two books which should be of interest. Bay Iin
Publ icat ions offers Home Satellite TV Imwllatio11 and Tm11b/eslwo1i11g Mw11w/. This 325
page. 8.5 x 11 inch book has over 300 illustratio ns. photographs. tables. and ap pendices
and is also available in Spani sh and Po rtug uese editions . Retai l price is $30 plu s shipping. You may order it directly from the
publisher at 1905 Mari posa, Boulder. CO
80302 (phone: 303-449-455 I) o r from the
Grove Cawlog and Buyer's Guide (order line:
800-438-8 155).
The othe r book is a techni cal repair manual
called Nepairing Satellite Eq11ipme11t (The
Insider's Notebook) by Brian Hoopsick a nd
R ich Ford. Published by Brich & Associates.
thi s is a technician's repair manual for many
makes of sate ll ite TV equipment. includ ing
those no lo nger in production. This 120 page
book is the result of more than I 0 years of
doing repair work in the fie ld. Published in
1994. there are two annual updates available
for 95 and '96. each 60 pages and available
separate ly. T he book is $79.95 plu s SlO shipping and the annual u pdates arc $29.95 plus
$5 shipping .
Thi s is not an installation manual. but
intended fo rthe professiona l tech nic ian or the
ad vanced hobbyist w ith an interest in re pairing equi pment. Look for a review of th is book
in next mo nth 's column.

I Who Picks Up the Tab?

In the case of insurance claims, the insurance company wi ll call all the shots. Typicall y. they have an arrangeme nt with a 4ualitied dealer who does their claims work. Th is
sometimes becomes a proble m . I've known
instances w here the preferred dealer is e ither
no t competent or e ntirely overworked. The
result is that repairs may be done improperly

TABLE 1:

Satellite Repair Services

Advanced Entertainment Systems

All Systems
Best Reception
Birdview Satellite Services
Centennial South
Digicomm Electronics, Inc.
Houston Tracker Systems, Inc.
Pacific Satellite
Professional Satellite Repair
PTS Corporation
Receiver Repair Corp.
Satellite & Sound
Satellite Technologies, Inc.
Satellite TV Service Center
West Coast Satellite Repair Center

209-2515 111
7 17272-7300
4 23 5236700
816 252 2030
305634-8800
800-3444911
303-790-4445
707-226-7714
8 143425635
812824-9331
3 14-4283330
2 14-226-1865
800872-1683
704-298-1448
805-831 -7653

and/or take an inordin ate amount of time.

This is especiall y true when. in the wake of a
viole nt thunderstom1. dozens of systems go
down at o nce and the one repair o utfi t has lo
fix them all.
In the case of no n-insurance compone nt
fai lure, the dealer usually absorbs al l costs.
This is because they arc be ing reimbursed by
the orig in al manufacturer. In the case of a
dealer going out of business before the component fail s. the manufac turer will still honor
the warrant y but you have to deal di rectly with
them.
If you ve boug ht a used system or ha ve had
your system for many yea rs, you will have to
pi ck up the tab yourself. At this point it might
be worthwhile to determine if it' s worth repai ring the part or buying a new one. If. for
insta nce. you have an o lder 80 degree LNB it
is probably worth buy ing a new one. s ince the
newer models have much lower no ise figures
and will be unde r warranty. The cost of repai ring an o lder less e ffi cient LNB will be about
half the cost of a newer. better LNB with a
warranty. It' s your mo ney.

I Transponder Notes
Hughes Communications had a s uccessful
launch o n May 23 of its Galaxy 9 satellite and
deploy me nt of it s solar panels o n Ju ne 5.
Following a shaky la unch schedule which had
many cable interests more than a li ttle nervous, the new bird has taken up its new
position at 123 degrees west. IL replaced the
aging Telstar 303 satellite on June 15 and adds
to the bulging " cable neighborhood" of Satcom
CI at 137 degrees. Satcom C4 at 135 degrees.
Galaxy I at 133 degrees. Satcom C3 at 131
degrees, Galaxy 5 at 125 degrees and Galaxy
9 at 123 degrees.
Note that w ith the exception of GS a nd C3
all conform to the 2 degrees spac ing . That
means that there is still room for two more
cable birds in thi s neighborhood. Galaxy 9
has o n-board 5 channe ls of pay-per-view
movies. The S undance Channe l, S howtime
West, Nicke lodeon West, Mov ie Channel
West. MTV West. N HK. T he Computer Network. and twelve other c hannels yet to be
anno unced.
Lates t indmtry analysis indi cates that
DirecTV leads the DBS race with 1.4 millio n
subscribers compared to Primcstar's 1. 1 mil li on and Full View C-ba nd with 2.3 million
subscribers. or course. that doesn ' 1 count the
number of systems in use w hic h d o not su bscribe to any scrambled channels . Total su bscriptio n satel lite uni verse is at 5 mil lion.
Poised to join the DBS fray is A lphaStar
which hopes to be counted in the tal ly by the
end of summe r.

W ith USS B, D ISH , Prim estar, and

Di recTV already billing custo mers, the DBS
playing fiel d is beginning to get crowded. It
remain s to be seen if a price war w ill cau se
unit prices o r subscription fees to fal l. At
present there appears to be an unwrinen agreement to ho ld the line o n equipment and subscripti o n services.

TABLE 2: Component Manufacturers

Actuator Manufacturers
Ajok Industries
Pro Brand International
Prosot of America, Inc.
SRS
Thomson Saginaw
Venture Mfg. Co.

719-784-630 1
4044237072
714-261-2204
517-6973624
517-776-511 1
513 2338792

Feed Horns
Astrotel Communications
California Amplifier
Chaparral Communications
Notional ADL Enterprise
Pico Mocom

310-403-7036
805-9879000
408-435 1530
805-526-5249
800421 651 1

LNA/ LNB
Aspen
Astrotel Communications
California Amplifier
Chaparral Communications
DX Communications
Gardiner Communications
Houston Tracker Systems, Inc.
Norsot International, Inc.
Pro Brand International
R. L. Droke Co.

415543-8282
31 0-403-7036
805987-9000
408-435-1530
914347 4040
214-3484747
3037904445
604-597-6200
404-423-7072
513746-6990

Receivers
Channel Master
Chaparral Communications
DX Communications
EchoStor Com., Inc.
Fujitsu General
General Instrument
Houston Tracker Systems, Inc.
NextWove Communications
Norsot International, Inc.
Ponorex Electronics
Panasonic Communications
Tee-Comm
Toshiba America
Uniden Corp. Of America
Zenith Electronics

919-934-9711
408-435-1530
914-347 4040
800521 9282
201-57 50380
6 l 9455-1500
303-790-4445
800785-NEXT
604-5976200
818-7685161
201348-7846
305-477-3298
708541 9400
817-8583300
847391 8805

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Mal<e Your Own LED Voltmeter

ave you priced out pa nel voltmeters and indicat.ors recentl y' 1 You
probabl y won l wheeze or develop a case of hives. but al those prices.
you won' t incorporate them into very many
of your projects around shop and shack.
You can build your own digital voltmeter'' a lot cheaper. thoug h. and the one I
have in mind can be used in a wide variet y
of applications as a fai rly prec ise indicator
or as a "smart idiot Iight. ..
The September 1993 Experi111ente1" s
Workshop column feat ured an LED SMeter circuit, the basics of whi ch becomes thi s month 's project. except that it
can meter almost anything. from the electrical system in your car to any criti cal or
variable DC volt age. It can even serve as
a "smart" controller to turn things on or
off. depe nding on input ~ i g nal voltage.
This means alarms. lights. machi nery. etc.
The primary focus thi s month will be on usi ng
the LED Voltmeter to monitor a vehi cular
electrical system in term s of Low-OK-High.

I Battery Status Monitor

Battery powered eq uipmL:nl is a prime
candi date for the LED Voltmeter. but a fantastic use for it is as an electrical system
monitor for your car. truck . motorcyc le. or
boat, where battery condition can be vital to
li fe, limb, welfare. and security ! When you
depend on a vehicular battery. three possible
conditions are important to you: low charge:
normal charge: and overcharge. The LED
Voltmeter offe rs "idiot li ght'' simplicity with
three colors of LEDs as follows:
Green= normal (good !)
Yellow = caution
Red = danger

The below array of T- 1 size LEDs (3-mm

or I/8" dia) can be mounted (2/1 O" apart on
center) almost anywhere in a dashboard. pane l.
or equipment chassis:
Red

Yellow Green Yellow

Red

O
11.2 11.9 12.6 13.3 14.0
This array of LEDs can display a range of
14+ volts on the high side to I 1.2 \'Olts on the
low side with 12.6 volts lighting the gree n or
normal LED. The yellow LEDs indicate 11.9
and 13.3 volts. respective ly. Not to worry.
though. if you prefer some other range of

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FIG-1: SCHEMATIC

adjusted from about 7- 13 mA. The c hip

safely di ss ipates up 10 a max of I .3-watts so
long as it is operated at normal room temperatures.

I About the Circuit

&tt tJAai Wi6

indication because the calibration adjustments

in the ci rcuit allow almost any combination of
display values. The normal. healthy statu s of
lead-ac id batteries is I 2.6v for most vehicular
batteries. The normal non-destructive recharge
voltage or ' uch batte ries i' I 3.8v and hi gh
charge is 14.4v .
A battery is in danger of discharge whe n it
falls below 12v . You can design your own
indicator fo r any application with this idea in
mind.

Our circuit is more complex than necessary in order to afford the hobbyist the
ability to adjust it for a wi de variety of
siimal ranges and power supply voltages.
Fi~ - I s l10\~S the full capabil it y circu it. Fig2 :hows the compo ne nt layout for ei ther a
pertboard construction or a printed circuit
board. Fi g-3 depicts the wiring side of the
board. Figs 4-5 are printed ci rcuit patterns.
mirror and normal. re specti ve ly. Figs 4-5
arc not to scale. but can be proportionally
enlarged or reduced for standard IC pin
s pacing or I/10th inch.
Fig-6 shows a pattern for a perfboard or
PCB strip on whie h to mount up to ten
LEDs. Like Figs 2-5. it is not to scale. but
vertical hole sp;cing is I/ IO" whi le horizontal
hole spac ing is 2/10" to a llow the LEDs to fit
com fortably. side by side. to form a row. You
need not use thi s enti re strip if less than ten
LEDs are to be used. Just cut off what you
don ' t need.

FIG-2: COMPONENT LAYOUT

I About the Chip

The LM-39 14 Dot/BarDisplay Driver IC
is the heart of our ci rcuit. and rt:quires only a
few external components to make a full nedged
"digital" voltmeter. The LM -39 14 senscsanalog~vo ltagc leve ls and dri ves up to ten LEDs.
LCDs. or fl uorescents. It operates from a
+Vee of less than 3v to 25v. The chi p has ten
output pins. each turned "on ... in seq uence. as
voltage ri,es. The increment from one ou tput
10 th; next is about I0% of full indication.
which is extre mel y scalable by the proper
choice of input and cali brat ion resistors.
Any single LED output. or a combi nation
of two or more. up to the fu ll ten outputs can
he used. each independent of all others. The
LM-391-1 offers a dual (sw itchable) mode
display of ei ther"spot" (movin g dot-one LED
on at a ti me) orcontinuous "bar graph." Brightness or current through each LE D can be

Oro

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VR I adjusts brightness of the LEDs.R I. a

fi xed resistor. limits max imum LED current
whe n VR I is turned all the way up. VR 2
adjusts the "full scale" va lue for the point at
which the I0th LED is to be lit. VR3 adjusts
a relat ive zero value. above which the Ist
LED just comes on.
Nore: VR4 is optional and is not needed in

I Auto Battery Indicator

FIG-3: SOLDER-WIRING SIDE .

High-

- L ow

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normal cases where the input signal is 7v or

less. The input fo r normal signals ofO-7v is at
Point A in Fig- I. Ifsignal levels arc 7-14v. use
VR4. with signal input at Point B. the output
of which connects to Point A. VR4 is not
required all that often. so the perlboan.l and
PCB designs do not account for it. If you need
VR-4. supcrgl ue it to a handy place on the
board and hardwire it to the circuit as shown
in Fig- I.
C2 filters the supply voltage line to prc.:vcnt
oscillation and flickering. C I filters the signal
line for much the same purpose. R2 helps
prevent overvoltage or out of range signal
level condit ions. S I allows switch ing from
dot to bar-graph mode.
Note: Dot.. mode is more conserving of
power. since only one LED is on al a time.
This can be vital when the circ uit monitors
NiCd cells or ot her low energy sources. Fig1A shows a +8v regulator circuit that can
power the circuit for special requirements.
Otherwi-;e. most any DC source of 5v to 24v
is fine.

FIG-4: PCB - MIRROR

Uso this pattern for Toner Transfer

or other offset recesses

FIG-5:

The LED Voltmeter makes a great electrical system monitor for a vehicle. Radio hobbyists and pros alike routinely use mobile
communi cation ~ . often without the motor running. Radios don 1 normally drain the ballery
at a high rate. but over time. a ballery can be
discharged enough that it can t start the motor. A status monitor like this one can be an
asset to emerge ncy communicat ions or when
DXing fro m your car.
Build the cin;uit as shown in Figs 1-3.
including Fig IA. VR4is required sinceyou ' ll
be monitoring a I2v electrical system. The
+8v regulator
can
be
FIG-1A: OPTIONAL
mounted on
+Vee POWER SUPPLY
the board with
a little ingenuity and an
ad diti o n al
holeortwo. lf
the regulator
7808
3\l rie~fJlor
1s
th en
OlglKeypfn
mounted to a
NJM7808FA-ND
g r o und ed
plate somewhere under
the das h. cverythi ng can
- :luFfJ":;,,
T
be out of sight
(;roorl(]
I l
I
and o ut o f
mind, with a
good heat
sink for the regulator at the same time!
Connect the input of the 7808 regulator
and Point Bof Fig- I together. and toa switched
side ofthc I2v electrical system, or go through
your own switch to an unswitched side of the
l 2v system. S I (Figs- 1-3) is not required.
since the Spot function is required. Use fi ve
LEDs as previously
di
scussed. connected
PCB - NORMAL
LO LM3914 Pins 151 I (Outp uts 5-9).
Mount the LED strip
in a visible location
a nd run a 6-w ire
cable bundle from the
strip bac k to the
board.
~-+----...,_ I

-n s pattern may be required ror pho1ores1st

or o:"er 0\-erlay

proces~s

FIG-6: PCB - LED STRIP

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

I I I I I I I I I I

I Setup and
Adjustment
Preset YR lVR4 to the middle of
their range. With a
regu la r voltmeter
connected to the I 2v
power line and th e

battery at a normal I 2.6v. adjust VR2 so that

only the middle LED is lit. Adjust YR I for
desired brilliancy. Then it wi ll req uire a repeated series of adjustments of VR4, VR3.
and VR2 to establish the min -max range of the
live LEDs for 1 I .2v - 14 .0v. It wou ld help to
be able to do thi s on your test bench with a
variable power ~upp l y ~o as to get it right"
before installing the circuit in your vehicle.

I Hints - Tips - Kinks

The LM-39 14. and its sister chi p. the LM39 15, are we ll worth getting to know. I have
data sheets fo r the curious fo r the $ 1.00 (ea)
cost of mailing and reproduction. A lillle
experi menting before using the LED Voltmeter in a seriou application will increase
your understanding of how it works and how
to adjust it. "Play" with it a while so you can
"open up your mind and let your fantasies
unwind." quoth the Phantom of the Opera. a
well -known radioisl of the 19th century.

I Computer Upgrade Update

Nov-95 to Feb-96 we featured a series on
upgrading or "rolling your own" personal
computer. A number of readers have since
inquired about a source of the versatile R407e
486 motherboard, saying that the original
outlet I specified clid n1 carry them anymore.
Here' s one that has the R407c with an AMD
486 DX4/I 00 CPU for ahout $ 150:
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San Diego. CA 921 1 I
(619) 573-0040 (619) 735-320 1
The 486 CPU is rapidly becoming an outdated technology. but in my opinion, the
486DX4/ 100 in the rob ust R407e VLB
motherboard has more power than the hobbyist will ever extract. The low cost and the
simplicity of upgradi ng or building arou nd
this board and CPU are unmatched. even
though Penti um upgrades are very attracti ve
now. I still use three of these boards and
C PUs, and it really doesn' t bother me as I
alternate among them and the Pentiums in my
work center. Yes. the Pentiums arc better but the 486's sti ll plca~antl y do everything I
ask of them.

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SKYLINK

EXPLORING WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY

Wayne Mishler, KG5BI

e-mail: mish/er@aol.com

Wireless Web Access Requires Allocation

he Federal Commu nications Comm ission has proposed rul es for allocating
a freque ncy band for unlicensed usage
to bring the Internet via radi o to li brari es.
other public fac ilities. businesses. and inclividual s. T his new "Nil Band" woul d ex tend
the National Information Infrastructure to
people who curre ntly cannot access it.
The idea was first proposed in May 1995
by Apple Computer. who asked the FCC to
all ocate 300 MHz fo r unli censed wireless
devices. "Thi!-. woul d revolutionize the way in
whic h many Americans work. learn and commu nicate." ~ ay s Dr. Gi lbert F. Amelio. chairman and CEO of Apple. T he proposed band
would enab le the public to establish low-cost
links to each other and to info rmati onal resources via the Internet.
"NII Band operations won't replace licensed wireless tec hno logies," says Jim
Burger of Apple, "becau se the physics of
radio (limit) distance and coverage." The NII
Band, he says. would complement existi ng
carriers and ~ti mu lat c traffic for them by
introducing more people to wi re less communication.

A perfect marriage: cellular phones

and laptop computers
Soon you' ll be able to plug your laptop
compute r in to your cellular phone and surf
the Interne t. do email and faxes. and access
other computers includ ing yours at home
from anywhere. including a client' s office.
your hotel room. the golf course. or the beach.
One such . ervice. provided by Cell ular
One. is already available in the San Franc isco
area. and is ex pec ted to migrate quickl y to
other part s of the nation. There is no charge to
customers beyond regular air time rates.
Cellular One is a partnersh ip or AirTouch
Communicati ons. of San Fra nc isco. and
AT&T Wireless Services of Ki rkland. Wash.
Their new service is called AirWorks. a trademark of AirTouch.
B a~ i e a ll y. here is how it works. You plug
your laptop into a connector on the phone.
which has a bui lt-in modem. You then dial a
special prefix plus the number of the target
modem or on line service. The prefi x connects
the modem in your cellular handset with a
local cellular " modem gateway" which in
turn links your computer to the target.
It 's done th rough a Cellular C irc uit

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Switched Data (CCS D) service. "Circuit

switched" refers to the method of connecting
modems.
Right now AirWorks is available onl y in
the Greater San Francisco reg ion where its
gateways are located. But customers who
ventu re outside of 1hat local call ing area will
probabl y still be able 10 tran smit data without
going through the gateways, because many
cell ular carriers support CCSD technology.
Cellular One is developing another wireless data service based on "packet" technology. That term is fa mili ar to ham radio operators who use it to send digital messages via
radio tran sceiver~. The cell ular phone version
is called Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD)
technology. Similar to its amateur radio cousin,
CDPD enables cellular users to send highspeed pulses of data from th eir computers via
phone connections. It is useful for sending
and receiving email. credit authorization. and
simi lar message traffic.

Cellular phones are going digital

AirTouch Com muni cati o n ~ has introduced
a new digital cellular phone service wh ich
prom ises improved quality. increased privacy.
and longer battery life.
Their new Powcrband service converts
analog telephone signals to digital, which
allows the m to be transmitted moreeffieiently.
'This is a fundame nt al shi ft in the way people
co mmun icate ." says Ir win J acobs of
Q ualCo m m who ma ke s ha ndse ts fo r
Powerband use. The new service is ideal for
telephonic data transmission.
Powerband uses Code Di vision Multipl e
Access(CDM A) technology. It supports voice
mail, digital paging and tex t messaging, but
soon will add other features including email
via the Internet.
The se rv ice is being provided fi rst to
Ai rTouch customers in Cali fo rni a's San
Fernando Valley nort hward to Ventura. It is to
be expanded throughout most of Los Angeles
by year' s end. and ult imately to other major
cities nat ionwide.

American Airlines adds seat phones

By the encl or th is year. more than 600
American airliners will be eq uipped with digital phone consoles in passenger seats. Installati on has already begun . and in fact has been

completed in many of American's passenger

jets. These AT&T systems give passengers
full digi tal air-to-ground voice and data communi cations while a irborne, including fa x
and co mputer data transmission capabilities.
The systems were installed a few at a time
on airli ners experiencing eight-hour layovers,
says Bruce Wri ght of AT &T's aviation communi cations di vi sion which did the installations.
'"Scats were taken off the planes. The scats
were modified and installed wi th handsets.
Distri bution cabling had to be run throughout
the aircraft. Radio and telephone electronics
were installed in the belly. Anten nae were
attached to the undersides or the aircra ft.
Electrical breakers and more circuitry had to
be added to the cockpi ts to support the syste ms." he explains.
AT&T Wire less Services says its air-toground digital telephone ne1work is the largest such system in North Ame rica with 140
ground stations. and wit h commercial contracts wi th every aviation satellite service
suppl ier in the world.

European firm makes phones for

people with impaired hearing
Nok ia Mobile Phones. of Finland. says its
product line now incl udcscc llular phones that
arc compati ble with HATIS adapters which
allow hearing aids to be pl ugged into telephone handsets.
HATIS is an acronym for hearing aid telephone interconnect system. It fits behind the
ear and enables people with 99 perce nt hearing loss to hear nornial voice via wireless
phones. The ear piece contains a coil that
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(OMPUTERS & RADIO

RADIO-RELATED SOFTWARE REVIEWS

John Catalano, PhD

Lcatalano@conknel.com

AEP:.s New Software Versions

hcthcr you arc an old hand at radio

co mmuni cations or new to the
scene. one company name should
be familiar to you: AEA. Advanced Electronic Applications. These people have been
in the computer and radi o business since the
Commodore 64 wa~ ju s t a babe! Their current
line of decode rs includes the venerable PK132. PK-900. DSP- 1232. and the DSP-2232.
The PK-232 dominated the ham rad io
market during the I980' s and into the l 990's,
and we will use it for our di scussions today. II
has undergone a number of "firmware,. (plug
in ROM chips) revision which have added
many new features and modes over the years.
These include Pactor and an automatic station
position mode wh ich can be connected to a
Global Positioning Satelli te (G PS) system
giving real-time posi tions of mobile stati ons.
This is also useful for fixed stati ons. since it
gives instant location mappi ng of the transmitting stati on. (More on thi s in a future
colu mn.) But AEJ\ has also produced a number of software packages to ru n their decoders
and make logging of stations computerized.
(Now there's a te rm you don't hear much
anymore.)
To run all this hardware AEA produced
two programs: PC Pakrall for Windows and
Log Windows. We looked at the first versions
of these programs in this column many months
ago and were fa vorably impressed with the
slick packages that had been produced. Pakrau
is a point and click decoder program which
allows you to take full ad vantage of the extensive capabilities of the AEA decoders. With
all of the PK-212 firmware revisions, keeping
lrnck of its command set is a nearly impossible human memory task. This is made much.
much easie r wi th Pakrau.
Previous ver!--iorn. of Log Windows were
indcpcnde111 reccivcrcontrol and logging programs. Both programs worked we ll. In my
opinion. if I could on ly use one program at a
time. Pakratt was my choice. Enter the new
versions.
Now - No Need To Choose

PC Pakrall fo r Windows. version 2.0. and

Log Windows. version 3.0. now work togethe r' Pakratl acts as the engine" and feeds
dat a to and from Log Windows. What hardware is needed for these new versions? Good
question.

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Comparing the instruction manuals. I found

no difference. IBM AT. Windows3. l , mouse.
4MB RAM , 3MB free disk space, VGA card/
monitor and an AEA decoder for Pakratt. Log
Windows wi ll work with just about any decoder. not necessaril y an AEA. All versions
req uire that the AEA decoder firmware must
be dated 199 1 or later. We will run them on a
Pentium 100 and a PK-212MB X with the
latest firm ware.
What's Pakratt Packed On?

Pakratt comes on one high density disk.

Both 5- 1/4 and 3-1 /2 inch di sks are included
with each package. Log Windows comes on
two. 1- 1/2 inch, high density di sks. Installati on of the program- or in this case. upgrading-is easy and quick: le's than fi ve minutes. All Pakratt Windows ,crsion 1.0 files
that you have previously saved are compatible wi th version 2.0, a we lcome relief. The
pro fessionall y written and bound manuals arc
well clone and easy to use. Howeve r. the
Pakratt manual does not have an index, which
makes it a bit more cumbersome. The threepage index in Log Windows makes it much
more user fri endly.
Many of the new features have to do with
monitorin g two te rminal node controller
(T C) ports simultaneously-well. almost.
Pakratt can be used with advanced digital
sig nal processing (DSP) TNCs which have

the capabi lities of communicati ng with two

different TNCs on different freq uency bands:
fo r example. shortwave (HF) and 2 meter
packet. Unfortunate ly. we could not try out
these options since the PK-232 docs not support these new DSP operating methods. Still,
PC Pakrall remains one of the easiest to use
programs for the PK-232 seri es of decoders.
See Figure I .
Al though there arc a number of new and
very nicely implemented feat ures in Pakratt
2.0. to me. the most important new feature is
its ab ilit y to comrol and communicate with
Log Windows 3.0. Now the two programs
work together as one. the way it should be in
th is age of E- mail communications. Data received in Pakratt can be sent to Log Windows
fo r logging. For hams, data typed into the
transmit fi le of Log Windows is sent to Pakratt
fo r transmission.
Once you have both programs loaded and
runn ing under Windows. it is simply a matter
of telling each that the other ex ists. They work
perfectly-(/'you have the right equipment. as
I found out.
Log Windows 3.0 is a very different program from its older versions. AEA has adopted
the Pakratt screen layout for Log Wi ndows.
Pul l down menus and lots of color coding
makes worki ng wi th Log Windows a nice
experience. It does a lot automatically: for
example. lin ki ng to a CDROM callsign data

base, keeping track of countries logged.printing out QSL labels, and lots more.

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I The Internet Validates a Rumor

Before you eager monitors run out and buy

it. wait one second. It does control radios as
claimed. But the number is very limited and
it only includes ham transceivers.
Sorry: I was so excited by the prospects
and the box that said "'!COM and others" that
I thought we could try it on an R- 7 1. r\o way 1
A box indicating ''data overrun "' hit the sc reen
when I tried to set the radio interface. The
stand-alone features of each of these programs are very powerful. and the hams among
us can utili ze them as their wri ters envisioned. We monitors will just have to wail for
AEA to make a monitor version or modification of Log Windows.
I suggest you make lots of noise to AEA
whi le you wait. This might help them formulate a decision. Till then. Log Windows will
have to remain a nice, but bland and costly.
without-radio-control logging program, not
for shortwave monitoring applications.

Last month we touched on the rumor that

a full spectrum. 0.5 to 1300 MHz. PC card
receiver was on its way to the market. The
cellular 800 MHz band will be blocked as
required by the FCC. This in formation came
via the UK radio di stribu tor Lowe.
I'm sure many remember the groundbreaking Softwave product from the now
defunct ComFocus. This was the first PC
based receiver to hit the market a few years
ago. It covered 0.5 to 30 MH z and I08 to 178
MH z, if I remember correctl y. Its use of
digital signal processing (DSP) circuitry was
a tribute to its very knowledgeable and creative des igner and was of the highest professional quality. The software configurable
bandpass filters are still quite an achievement. From the publicity I have seen on
WinRadio ii builds on this DSP technology
using the latest chi ps and expanding the frequency range to 1300 MHz.
Now. via the Lowe Web page (http://
www.lowe.co.uk) we found the manufacturcrofthi s receive r, Rosetta Labs, in Australia. The ir product is called Win Radio-not to
be con fused wi th the FM broadcas1freq ue ncy
PC radi o of the same name which was introduced about 18 months ago. This Win Radio
is adverti sed as a true monitori ng receiver
with a number of modulation modes: USB.
AM , FM wide and FM narrow and a WIDE
freq uency range. Rosetta's Web page (hhtp:/
/www.kiss.eom.au/winradio/) allows you to
download a screen demo of the radio where
you can click on acti ve switches and '"t une
the dial. See Figure 2. Of course. it is not
functional. but it ga,e me a good feel for the
product.

I Well?
Both programs are very we ll presented
and represent professional software products. PC Pakratt ranks as one of my fa vorite
TNC cont rollers for util ity monitoring using
the PK-232. Log Windows is a line program
for hams. but not useful for ge neral monitoring. Prices vary, so check with your AEA
di stributor for the best price and latest versions. AEA can be reached at (800) 432-88 73
for literature requests. or at CompuServe at
76702. 101 3 to download files, or on the Web
at
http://www. m va n gc l.com/aea/
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perfo rmance as yet. To be fair to all products,
I give them time to grow on me and give my
learning curve a chance to get up to speed. So
look fo r a hands-on fu ll discussion of
Win Radio in the very near future in 1his column.

I Okay, just a quick peek!

WinRadio comes on a medium-sized PC
expansion card which is dominated by a large
metal rectangul ar box. The antenn a and
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PRODUCTS AND BOOKS OF INTEREST TO THE RADIO HOBBYIST

G11e.~1

Get On The Air

It all started with the FM-10,
an unstable little novelty transmitter that was advert ised as
..your own stereo IFM] radio
stat ion." It was inexpensive and
putting it together was a snap.
Unfortunately, it drifted so badl y
that tuning it in was like trying to
hit a moving target. thus making
it less of a radio station and more
of a, we ll, novelty. Sold by
Ramsey (800-446-2295), it's a
mere $34.95 pl us $ 14.95 for the
optional case.
Next came the FM-25. another kit but one that took a
monster leap in the right direction . The FM-25 was designed
fo r use as a FM radio station
transmitter and is actually used
in the Caribbean to cover an
entire island. It, too. is easy to
assemble and thi s one works
great. Frequencies arc set by dip
switches. lt's rock solid stable
- no frequency drift here and there's a little modification
that you can make that pushes
the power a wee bit over the
FCC's limits for those folk in
the Caribbean. you know.
DX Radio Suppl y (610-2737823) sells the FM-25 at a 15%
discount, for $ I I0.46 plus $6.00
UPS, and it comes with case,
antenna, and even a wa ll power
adapter.
Clearly, there is a great deal
of interest in these micro-power
FM broadcast band transmitters.
In fact, a recent newspaper story
estimated the number of illegal
micropower stations on the air
in the U.S. at over 10.000 - a
fact not lost on the folk at Ramsey
who have just introduced yet
another in their line of"personal
radio broadcasters ..,
The FM-100 is specia ll y designed fo r the micro-power
broadcasting market. It features
up-down tuning of freque ncy.
low-pass filtering fo r great sound
and peak limiters for maximum
audio punch.
The FM- I00 is a kit and it

rings in at $249.95. But wait.

there' s more. You can also buy
- if you include a writte n statement promising that the unit will
be exported - a special hi gh
power' version oft he FM- I00 kit
called the FM- IOOEX. It costs
$329.95, but the powerofthe un it
is not revealed.You can also buy
a fully assembled vers ion of the
FM- IOOEX th at's already assembled for$399.95 . A statement
promising to immediate ly export
the unit is also required.
For more information on the
entire line of Ramsey kits, contact the compan y a1 7 I6-92-l4560.
It's apparent that the world
has chosen to thumb its nose at
the FCC when it comes to micropower broadcasting. With the
number of transmitters on the air,
can anyone rea listicall y expect
the gen ie to be put back in the
bottle?

ProtectODrake
If you bought one of those new
Drake SW8 shortwave receivers,
you know that they' re a pretty
fin e receiver. The fact that it's a
portable makes it just right for
taki ng al ong on trips. but the very
thought of putting a $700 radio in
an overhead compartment makes
one cringe. That's why the folks
ai Drake have come up with a
carrying case for the SW8.
Made of rugged woven nylon.

re1ie11ers: Bob Gron'. Gayle Van Hom

it enab les users to tote their SW8

wherever they go and do so wi th
reduced fear of dents and dings.
The carrying case has an adjustab le strap for comfortable carrying and closes with a vclcro llap .
The SWS carrying case is yours
for just 49.00 and you can get it
from your favo rite authorized
Drake dealer or by calling Drake
directly at l -800-9DRAKE4. You
can also contact Drake by postal
se rvice at P.O. Box 3006.
Miamisburg. Ohio 45343. or on
the
inte rn et
at
http://
www.rldrake.com.
Incidentall y. Drake has announced some changes in the
SW8. An improved selectable
sideband sy nchronous detector
greatly reduces the severe audio
di stortion that can occur due to
signal fading. The detector permits selectabl e tuning of either
the upper or lower sideband porti on of an AM signal.
"The synchronous sideband
detector improves signal qualit y
immensely." says Rich Renken.
national sales manager for Drake.
'The improvement is markedly
noticeable when listeni ng to the

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Premium Filter
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Ki wa Electronics has released
a new premium filte r modul e for
radios with an IF of 455 k.H z. It
provides improved pe1fom1ance
co mpared to the standard fi Iler
modu le found in most receivers.
Kiwa s premium filter module
is the ideal replacement for Lowe
receive rs and th e new AOR
AR7030 receiver.
The shape factor is
typically 1.65. but
the most impressive
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The new premium filter module allows the serious rad io enthusiast the opportunity to obtain
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Math for Electronics

For the first time since nocode was int roduced. applications
fo r the hi gher levels of hamming
ha ve stopped growing. Could it
he that younger people just aren' t
that int e rested? Or is
Easy
it the math?
Calculator
Eve n with
the anyoncc a n - d o - it
m LI It i p l e Electronics
choice tests.
there is still
"'c
lots of math.
In his new book. Easy Ca!CLtlaror Ma1h for Elee1ronics, Larry
Luchi teaches you how to make
quick work of all those nasty numbers. You' II learn each step for
over 30 electron ic formulas from
Ohm 's Law to phase angles to
component values for resonance
to transistor characteristic s. Each
one is carefully explained with
one or mo re step-by-step examples presented in an easy-view,
easy-to-follow format. Tem1inology and theory explanations are
also included. along with diagrams to aid in understanding the
material.
Luchi's new book probably
won' t turn the ham radio hobby
around but it should help make
the journey up through the classes
less intimidating. Easy Calc11la10r Math for Electronics is$ I 7. 95
fro m Limelight Books, P.O. Box
493, Lake Geneva, WI 53 147 or
call 4 14-248-4845.

Math

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CyberHam
CyberHam magazine is a new (or
proposed) magaLinc that its publishers say will .. put together what the
ha m rad io o f today needs - how
ham rad io and computers conm:ct."
.. Some articles are be !sic:! just
amateur radio related and some just
computer oriented. but the majority
wi ll tic the two hobbies together. ..
Top ics are to include ham radi o on
the internet. packet radio and APRS.
reviews of various software programs. comp ut er programm in g.
SST V and ATV. RTTY. AMTOR.
satellite commun ications and a YL
(young lad ies) column on computer/
ham radio entitled ... Not for Maks
onl y!''
You may want to check out this
new magazine: single issues of
()'berHa111 are $3.95 from Harlan
Technologies. 593 1 Alma Drive.
Roc kford. lll inois 61 108. We' re not
sure of the maga1.ine's publishi ng
status. since we onl y received an

advertisi ng rate card that also

looked for aut hors, but it sounds
like it plans to move in the direction of ham radio' s fu ture. Mention "Cy/JerMT' when you writc!

Obits
Jn the cycle of births and
deaths we have some sad news in
other areas of our hobby. RCM A,
the venerable old scanning club.
has announced that it is ceasing
publicati on. According to c lub
officials. membership decl ined
to the point where the club wa!-.
unable to publish another issue.
Ma ny of the hobby's .. big
names" got their start in the Radio Communications Monitoring
Club of America. and the cl ub
will be great ly missed. We especiall y salute the many volunteer!-.
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lockpic ks, even special vehicles,

aircraft and vessels: they' re all
here in th is unusual collection.
along with historical insights.
The Visua l Dict iona ry is
$ 16.95 plus shipping from Grove
Ente rpri ses (800-B8-8 155): it's
also available from the publishe r.
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Monitoring the Feds

Liste ning in on federal government communications is a
popular spon among short wave
and scan ner listeners alike. Since
the Grove Federal Freq11e11cy Directory first publi ~ hed such a list
in the earl y 1980s. a host of other
publications have appeared on the
market.
Monitoring the Feds by John
C. McColman is the latest work.
and it presents qu ite a mix. The
good news is that the table of
VHF/U HF federal frequency al-

locations is quite good. wit h very

few omissions. There is a reasonably rece nt (though not up-Iodate) listi ng of NOAA weather
broadcasters by state: the anecdotal chapters provide tips on
hunt ing freq u e n c i c~
and recognizing users: and a by-frequency tab le will allow beginners to idcn t ify the more-co mmonly-used frequencies.
But there is a down
side in addit ion to the
usual misspellings: some
freq uen c ies
a rc
misidentified as to user: the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization is listed separately from
the Border Patrol even though
they are the same agency (even
the frequencies shown are the
same! ): massive spectrum users
like NASA and FEMA arc onl y
given a half dozen or so frcquc n-

cics each, while the Army, Navy.

and Air Force are omitted entirely: although the book's cover
recomme nds the work for shortwave listeners. there arc so few
shortwave listings that
~uc h a n ap plica ti o n
would be fu tile.
The utility of this
book is puzzling: rm
not sure just where it
fit s in. Several books
currently on the market are infinite ly superior in content.
Perhaps the scan ning novice would find
this book a good start before he
moves on to more productive listening.
Monitoring the Feds is S 17 .95
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J urey documents her Ii fe at
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late r. anxious to get into hard news.
she applied at the VOA. By 197 1.
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1

The GAP Antenna Products Tltan DX"

By Bob Grove

ust about everyone dreams o f a high perfo nna nce HF

antenna for shortwave liste ning or ham radio that takes up
a minimum of space. Low cost, ease of insta llation. and
inconspicuous construction are a lso prized c haracteristics on
the w ish li st. With these thoughts in mind, I ordered the ''Titan
DX," a 3.5-30 MH z vertical wi th no radial s. grounds. or guy
wires. Sound too good to be Lrue? Let' s ta ke a look.
Aptly named. the fu ll y assembled Titan is 25 fee t in le ngth
and weighs a hefty 25 pounds. It can be mounted on a 1- l/4"
O.D. pipe, c himney, tower. or roof.
Designed for wideband performance on 75. 40. 30. 20, 17,
15, 12, and I 0 meters, with an SWR under 2: I and a power
rating of 1500 watts. the Titan uses no lossy loading coils and
utili zes an e levated cente r fcedpoint, so ground losses are
mi ni mal compared with competitive bottom-fed verticals, even
w ith the antenna mounted close to the earth.

8 Inside the packing box: good news and bad news

The GAP Titan DX arri ves in an oversized box a nd consists
o f a semi-kit of alum inum pipes, PVC insulators, associated
hardware, a nd even a nut dri ver wh ic h fits nearly a ll of the
screw heads. A step-by-ste p assemb ly manual is included (and
even a ball-point pen for checking o ff the steps as
they are completed-nice touch). All hardware is
pre-drilled w ith good a lignment tolerances. but the
heavy-gauge, seamless aluminum usually required
an end wrench or socket set to start the tap before the
nut driver could be used comfortably.
The assembly experie nce had its ups and downs;
I wouldn't reconunend this product to the mechan ically inept.
or to indi viduals who lack strength and stamina. But my frustration was mixed wi tl1 admiration for the quality of materials. It is
easy to critic ize the work of others; this critique is intended to be

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construc tive, to make a good product even better, and to assist

the builde r to avoid the problems I encounte red.
I have always maintained that e ngineers should never be
a llowed to write instructions. The GAP assembly procedure is
a case in point! J'm an experienced kit and antenna bui lder, but
it took me more than four hours to assemble my Titan D X,
largely due to wasted time caused by omitted a nd out-o f-order
s teps.
The builder would be well adv ised to have a tool kit on
hand. To assist with the hardware you wi ll need pliers, tape
measure, and e nd wrenches or a socket set. Jnstall ing the PL-259
coax connector w ill additionally require w ire cutters, pliers,
pocket knife, tape measure, solder, and solderi ng iron.
A lso unmentioned is the fact that many parts are packed
inside the tubing for shipment and must be removed before
assembly. I discovered that the hard way, si nce the illustrations
are rather crude and not drawn to scale, maki ng some identifications diffic ult.
Most exasperaLi ng of al I is that some out-of-sequence steps
required disassembly of previous steps to continue. For example, the manual takes you through assembly of mast secti ons. fo llowed by feeding the coax down through them (which
must actually be done first, since you must thread the coax
through the smaller sections).
There were other inconsistencies which should
have been caught and corrected: "Locate the ...section
with 2 screws attached" (there were no screws); " .. .factory has placed a screw ... " (Still no screw, just holes
and rivets): "S lide [the assembled mount] over the
base of the antenna" (It can't be done; the coax cable
is in the way, so a previously assembled subsyste m had to be
disassembled, then reassembled).
The in structions say that an open area is required for
assembly. but fail to mention that it wi ll be necessary to lift and

ing over 20.000 pubthe new 800 MHz na.-.-.o

J Mi tJt"'1,i 1m,
li c safety frequencies ,...
r. ... -t!<..... ..,..
tional plan for public.:
for Connecticut.
safety agcnc.:ics.
Ma ine. Massac huPart two is orgase tts , New Hampnized on a state-byshire, Rhode Island.
state basis. each with
and Vermont. it's remaps plus a by-comally six books in one.
mun ity listing of freEdited by Bob ......................
quencies
that includes
........... ..... ,. ........ ........
Coburn with co-edic ity. service. license.
tors John Bolduc and
call sig n. PL. an d
Sc.:ott Rice. th..: book sports a new more.
8- 1/2" x 11 " siL<.:. organ iLccl into
The team is at ful I readiness on
three sections.
this ed ition, starrin g former caPart one inc ludes basic infor- reer firefi ghter Keith Victor in
mat ion and frequency a~s i gn Connecticut. Bill Dunn in Massaments. incl uding the new pro- chuse tt s. John Bo ldu c. Paul
posed low-power frequencies and Bolieau. and Scott Ri ce in New
\lo: It.~.
1'1.1 \~ . ~,;,

>t.....

.h . . . . . . . . . . . .,

. . ~-

-.~

Hampshi re, 25-year public safety

veteran Elmer Stanley and Denis
Dandeneau in Rhode Island.
fo rm er N ESN wri te r Jim
Lawrence in Vermont. and D.
Loren Fields in Maine.
The third section of the book
is a complete by-frequency listing of all New England public
safety agencies.
Priced at $24.95 postpaid. th is
is an excellent book for an yone
scanning the bands in New England . You c.:an order your Guide
at 800-351-7226 or by writing to
Box 525. Londonderry. New
Hampshi re 03053. Ment ion MT
when you cal l.

Books and equipment

for a11110unceme11t nr
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- - - - -- - - :( ! 'i,tq;1J$()~-------support the mast at each end during assembly to accommodate the

various c lements wh ich stick out about a foo t in all fo ur directions.
The coax cable is of the highest qual ity, as is the U.S. made PL259 connec tor, but they aren 1 attached. so the builder should be an
experienced solderer as well; no instructions are given- just a
reference to theARRLHa11dhook fo r ass istance. It wou ld have been
nice if an inexpensive double-female ban-el connector had been
included. since all coax lines are terminated in male con nectors, but
the GAP user will have to provide his own. And no advice was
provided to weather-seal that union.

So does it work?

harmonicall y-re lated VHF/UHF bands. But because or its physical

length, the radial ion pattern (" 'takeoff ang le) is very high. reducing
its effectiveness on these higher freque nc.:ics. Nonetheless. if only
one antenna is allowed. the Ti tan can be used for local VHF/UHF
applications. Just don't expect much.

Vertical or horizontal?
An on-going debate among communicators argues the relative
advantages of vertical or horizontal polarization. The most common indictment against the vertical is that it is inherentl y vulnerable
to electrical interference because the noise radiated by house wiring
is verticall y polarized. Apparently that"s not true in my home: I' ve
never heard a quieterantenna than my new GAP Titan. Background
noise was well below S- 1. barely audi ble until a signal comes
booming in, disrupting the quiet.

After erecti ng the ante nna on the specified mast pipe. it was time
to see if the effort was worth it. Usi ng a Kenwood TS440S
transceiver and an MFJ tuner with a cross-need le SWR meter, I
went to work. All bands were wel l within the specified 2: I. but 40
meters showed resonance too low in frequency. and te n meters a I The bottom line:
little high. Since the manual contai ns no adv ice on how to tune the
Until now, the majority of'all-band" HF verticals req uired lossy
antenna, f had to call the fac tory. It turned out that both adju stments
could be made with the bottom hoop wires: easy enough . After traps, long rad ials, massive counterpoise structu res. and other
some pruning and measuring, all bands were in resonance: f was ungainly and unsightly con tri vances. The GAP design is a true
vertical dipole cluster using efficient conductors. stainless steel
ready to put the antenna on the air.
lt was approximately noon, so 75 and 40 meters were lousy. hardwaie. heavy gauge alumi num, and strong insulators to assure
Nonetheless. I had no problem work ing stat ions in Birmingham on dependability, long life, and hi gh perfonna nce.
Antennas are not magic; they behave accord75 meters ( 150 miles) or Houston on 40 ( 1200
ing
to well understood physical and electrical
mi les). Colorado came right back on 20 (2000
Table
1
laws.
Even so, some antenna innovations conmiles). so I was feeli ng pretty frisky.
ti nue to amaze me: the GAP is one of them. I have
l ' cl never worked 17 meters before. so I tuned
2:1 SWR BAND EDGES
been assured by the man ufacturer that my assemup on a DX contest pileup- and im mediately
75 M
3830-3950 kHz
bly complain ts have been corrected in the new
snagged the quarry: Paraguay-and got a 5-9
40 M
7040 7300 kHz
assembly manuals. making the job easier and
report! Not bad. Next was a surprise: The Titan
30 M
9870-10135 kHz
faster. The GAP is a strong contender in the
works beautifully on 27 MHz CB: a distant, weak
20 M
l 2850 14880 kHz
amateur antenna market and rm convinced it's
station complained that I was blowing his speaker
17 M
17960 18480 kHz
here to stay. I know mine is.
1
off his table
15 M
21200-22500 kHz
12 M
24300 25360 kHz
One might be tempted to use the Ti tan on VHF
(Titan DX vertical antenna. $289 from GAP
l 0/ 11 M 27000-30000+ kHz
or UHF as well, but l would advise against it if
{NOTE: Bond edges con be adjusted)
Antenna Products. 60 10 N. Old Dixie Highway,
you have any kind of option. Yes, it does hear
Yero Beach, FL 32967; ph. 407-778-3728)
signals and. yes, it will radiate on some of the
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MAGNETESTS
Lowrence Ma n
Editor-in-Chief, Passport to World Bond Radio

VE EQUIPMENT REVIEW

Dral<e SW1

- a Beginners Tabletop

hl.! n eyes ri.rst light upon

thl! Drake SW I. the brain
fl ashes up a weird message, 'This is what a young Drake R8
looks like. When they grow up. they
get bigger and have morl! knobs:
And it"s true-the famil y resemblance is unmi stakable. T he SW I has
the same matte black color scheme.
basic layout. soft rubber pushbuttons
and overall appearance of its wort hy older
brother.
The SW I measures I0-7/8 inches wide. 43/8 inches high (including soft ru bber feet)
and 7-5/8 inches deep. including front knobs
and rear panel connectors. In all. it's just a
little bit bigger than a large scanner. The left
side of the front panel is dominated by a threeinch front firing speaker. (Hooray. no topfiring speaker!) To the right of the speaker are
two knobs- one fo r volume, the other fo r RF
gain. That RF gain con trol is really the only
nonesse ntial item on the receiver.
The upper right quadrant of the front panel
houses a bright . highly legible green LCD that
has just two fu nctions: to display the frequency in numerals that arc close to 3/-f' high.
and to display a pai r of LCD dots that indicate
when the memory mode has been acti vated
and power has been supplied to the receiver.
In terms of rl!adabi li ty. th is display is simply
outstanding and a welcome sight for "over
40" eyes.
Below the display is a 16-button keypad.
featuring numerals in thl! standard three-overthree-over-zcro telephone-style confi guration.
On either siuc of the zero are CLEAR and
ENTER buttons. The right-hand column of
the keypad is ucvoted to ancillary functions:
memory recall. memory !-.tore. display brightn cs~. and power on/off. Move to the right
agam, and there arc the various tuning controls: a pa ir or buttons that slew the freq uency
up or down in 5 kHz increments. as well as a
regular tuning knob. replete with "speed"
dimple. that changes the frequency in I kHz
steps.
That s it for the fro nt panel- j ust 3 knobs
and I 8 pushbuttons. On the left side of the
cabinet is a 1/8" socket that accepts stereo or
monaural heauphones (reception is monaural
only). On the back or the recei ver is an S0239 connector for coaxial cables and a pair of
c li ps fo r wire antennas. Finally. there is a

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which is curi ous. as the SW I is clearly

not a portable. There is no whip antenna- nor is it offered as an optionand therc is no preamp to boost signal
strength on a whip if one were attached.
It ma ke~ one wonder why a c<mying
handle wou ld be desirable. since this
radio 11111.11 be attached to a Ji stencrsupplied external ante nn a. Clearly. this
is a volks-tabletop. not a portable.
socket for thl! ex ternal transformer that supp l i c~ power to the receiver. So far. so good.
Another plus is that. inherent in the-desi!!:ll
and construction ethos of the SW I. is Drak;s
reputati on for superior constructi on. quality
control, anu service. Drake is legendary for
building high-grade gear. and espec ially for
giving top-notch service eve n years after a
model has hecn disconti nued. If you're looking to keep a receiver fo r the long haul, the
SW I has a signifi cant advantage over plastic
portables. whose manufacturers almost invariably provide mediocre repai rs. or treat them as
disposable items.

I What It Doesn't Have

I How the SWt Handles

Frequency entry is straigh tforward: if you

want the BBC World Sen ice on 6 175, pres~6.
I. 7. 5. and ENTER. Bingo! You're there.
T he only wrinkle is that if you hesitate
more than about 3 seconds. the receiver wi ll
execute whatever is on the di splay. So. if you
press 6. I. 7. and then stop to scratch your
nose. the SW I will take it upon itself to tu ne
the c ircuits to 6 17 kHz in the AM ba nd. In
sho11. he who hl!s itatcs find himself on an
unwanted frequency. On the other hand. ir you
manage to punch in 6. I. 7. 5 really fast and
then dont feel like pressing the enter button,
just hang out for a mome nt. and the recei vcr
will do it for you.
Memory operations are similarly uncomplicated. To store a frequency in memory. tune
to the desired station freque ncy. press MEM
STORE. select a memory channel (00 throuoh
~
e
.) I ). then press ENTER. Or. dont press ENTER. and after a short de lay the SW I wi ll
automatically store the freque ncy in the designated memory.
To recall a memory. press MEM RCL,
enter the number of the memory channel you
want. and press ENTER. If you do not press
ENTER. the reccivcr wi ll automaticall y recall
the memory after a short delay. Once in
memory mode. a small LCD dot lights on the
display. and you l:an use the UP and DOWN
slewing buttons to step through the memory
channels. starting with the last recalled memory
channel.
The only rub in all this is that at no time
docs the SW I te ll you what memory channel
you arc acces~ i ng. So. if you meant to recall
memory channel 22. but you pressed 23 by
mistake. you have no way of knowing it.

The SW I offers frequency coverage from

I00 to 30,000 kH z and 32 memory presets. Not
bad. But onl! can almost imagine a hypothetical co n ve r~ati on between the marketin g manager and the chi ef engineer discussing how to
produce a quality re~civcr at an cn~y level
price by leaving out everything the entry level
listener doesn' t need. Result: one of the things
that makes the SWI re markable is al l the
things it doe.m r have.
To begin with the SW I offe rs only one
mode: AM. T here is no BFO: therefore. reception of si ngle ~ i dcba nd or CW sig nals is impossible. In addit ion. there i~ no fade-busting
synchronous detection mode. There is onl;
one bandwidth: nominall y 5.5 kHz at -6 dB.
and 12 kH1. at -60 dB . There is no signal
strength ml!ter. e ither. and no tone control.
And. with this kind of bare-bones approach.
there arc none or the more exotic controls that
those who hunt faint signals have come to
know anu lovc: no notch filter. no passband
offset. no preamp Ii fier. no at h~nu a to r. no noise
blanker c ircuits. There arc also no fl ip-down
feet or wire bai l to e levate the fro nt of the
I How the SWt Performs
receiver when it is sitting on a desktop.
The on ly option is a plastil: carrying handle.
Sensi ti vity is quite good and, unlike plastic

portables, the SW I has dynamic range that is

well-suited to connecting thi s receive rtohighperformance antennas. such as the Eavesdropper and the Alpha-Delta DX Ultra. w ithout overloading . The audio from the frontfirin g speaker sounds pleasant. indeed.
So, at first blu sh, the SW I seems wellsuited to the intended task: an inexpensive
tabletop receiver des igned fo r the pe rson who
simply wants to li sten to the offerings of
internat ional broadcasters.
Unfortu nately. there arc several fli es in the
o intment. First, whi le the si ngle bandwidth
offers ni ce-fide lity reception with stations " in
the clear ... the bandwidth is simply too wide,
and the skirt slopes not steep enough, fo r
li sten ing to stati o ns at typical internationalbroadcast spacing. The result is that if there is
stronger station broadcasting o nly 5 kHz away
from a station you want to hear. your ears are
treated to a howling heterodyne.
Since the SW I offers no second bandwidth
or selec table-sideband receptio n, there is no
possibility of escaping fro m the din of heterodynes caused by adjacent stations. except
throug h the use o f an external notch filter o r
some other post-processor.
Second, the SW l , wh ich tunes and displays in I kHz increments, c hugs bad ly when
tuning by knob. So, if you want to tune by
knob, every time the rece iver advances I kHz.
you hear a "pop" through the speaker o r
headphones. Tune fast, and all you hear is a
series of pops. leav ing you clue less as to what
o therwise would be audib le in the background.
The on ly alternative is to tune Y-E-R-Y-SL-0-W-L-Y . For the dedicated bandcruiser.
this is a pain in the cheeks.
Finally. the SW I offers no synchronous
detection. a feature that is readily available on
portable receivers in the $200-$500 range.
Synchronous detect ion helps to tame the fading that occurs in world band signals by replacing the broadcast carrier with a loca ll y
generated carrier. The end result is that the
received signal distorts less. and the listening
experience is considerably more pleasant.
On receivers that offer sideband-selectable synchronous detection. there is the added
bonus that the listener can se lect o ne sideband
over another as a means of escapi ng from
adjacent-channel interference-another technique that helps to make lis tening nicer. But
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SCANNER EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES FOR YOUR MONITORING POST

Bob Parnass, AJ9S

Control a Tape Recorder with your Scanner

ape record ing transmiss ions is the

most effecti ve technique you can use
lo identify voice signals you hear on
your ~can ne r. A scan ner connected to a carrier
or voice acti vated tape recorder works tirelessly. hour after hour. trapping signal s whil e
you are away at work or as leep in bed. The
ideal setu p records the action and ignores the
time in between.
This month. we discuss two common methods of tape recorder control : carrier activated
and sound activated. and I review the BM I
NiteLogger II. a commercial tape recorder
controller.

A carrier activated system detects whe n

the scanner receives a signal. Better scanners
provide a recorder con trol terminal which is
pulled to ground whe n a radio signal is detected. They are designed to be used with a
tape recorder equipped with a remote control
jack.
The 1980 Regency Touch K500 and the
old Electra/Bearcat BC250 and BC300 use a
transistor to trigger a recorder when an FM
carrier is detected. The current Uniden/ Bearcat
I
BC9000XLT uses a re lay instead.
The surge current required to start a tape
recorder motor can be too much for a transistor switch to bear. My KSOO used a simple
. P transistor which wasn' t up to th e task.
I' ve had to replace the National 92PU45A
Darlington recorder control transistors in a
handful of BC250s and BC300s. too. Therefore . I prefer to add a good qualit y electromechanical relay which. in turn. controls the
recorder (Figure I).
Even if yo ur scanner lacks a recorder control circuit. you can build one inside you r
scanner if you have a schematic diagram and
enjoy electronics tinkering. It' s a relati vely
simple job. usually requiring one transistor. a
diode, a resistor, a relay, and jack.
Look for the logic level signal used to
trigger the sque lch gate. Feed that signal into
the base of a transistor, and use the tran sistor
to activate the relay. Add a diode across the
relay coil to protect the tran sistor from n:: verse
voltage spi kes produced across the relay coil.
The exact configurati o n will vary dependin g
on whether the carrier present signal is acti ve
low or hi gh. Be sure to use a relay with
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RECORDER)

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CONTACTS
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Switch defeats
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use to avoid
kerchunk noise
and prolong relay
life

aud io inpu t. The best

scheme uses a low level
ta pe out co nn ec ti o n
which isn' t affected by
the vol ume control settin g, as fo und in the Radi o Shack PR0-2006and
!COM R7 IOOA. The specifics of matching the
output level of your scanner to the input level of
your recorder varies with
your equipment. Doug
DeMaw cove red th e
topi c in hi s e xcellent
Jan uary 1995 MT column.
I BMI N itelogger II

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Whal if your scanner

lacks a recorder control
and your favorite tape
Relay, diode and switch added to Regency Touch
recorder lacks voice ac KSOO recorder control circuitry.
ti vation circuitry? You
rnu ld modify both your
scanner and re corder. o r simply use a
contacts wh ich can handle at least 2 amps.
The carrier activated record ing scheme has NiteLogger II instead. The NiteLogge r II is a
a lot going fo r it. The recorder traps a soft well designed recorder acti vator. assembled
spoken dispatcher just as reliably as a fully in the USA by Benjam in Michael Industries.
mod ul ated loud mouth. A minor disadvantage Inc .. of Caledon ia. WI . Street price is about
$70.
is that dead carriers will be recorded. too.
The NiteLogger solves all the issues of
coupli ng the audi o from scanner to recorder.
ll'J Sound Activated Recording
as it si mply plugs into the external speaker
A sound activated system detects a voice or
jack of your scanner. It work s when connected
noise em itted by the scanner to start the reto the earphone jack of a Un idcn BC3000XLT
cording. Voice acti vated recorders. more acportahle. too. but the scanner's volume concurately described as sound acti vated. can be
trol mu st be set hi ghe r. The NiteLogger 11
connected to virtuall y any scanner without
contains a small speaker so you can hear the
modification.
radi o traffic. An internal vo lume control alI use two older Radio Shack CTR-75 VOX
lows you to tape silentl y, save for the clic king
recorders, mod ified to shorten the post detecof the NiteLogger's relay.
tion delay. The mai n disadvantage of sound
One red LED fli ckers with the scanner's
activated recording is that it often fails to
audio. whil e another LED sho ws whether the
record the first word while the detection gets control relay is closed or open. A three posiunder way and the tape is getting up to speed.
tion slide switch all ows you to control your
Perhaps a sharp experime nter will publ ish a
recorder manua lly or via sound acti vation.
circuit using the newer "bucket brigade" !Cs
to de lay the audio whil e the recorder motor
reaches full speed.
I Coupling the Audio to Your Recorder

So far. I haven't mentioned how to connect

your scanner's aud io output to your recorder's

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The switch in o ur Nite Loggc r is a bi t fu ssy.
requiring c are when moving it e xactly into the
dete nt. A rheostat adjusts the tape hang de lay
between .25 a nd 2.5 seco nds .
T he NiteLogger.. s re lay has s il ve r-nickel
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BM I c la ims the re lay w il l last fo r a minimum
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A o ne page instructio n sheet is provided
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provided, so I opened the NiteLogger II,
studied its c ircuitry, and drew my o wn schematic (Fig ure 2). The constructio n is clean,
with components neatl y laid o ut and clearly
ma rked o n two printed c ircuit boards.
I'm impressed with the Nite Logge r I l. For
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ANTENNA TOPICS
BUYING, BUILDING AND UNDERSTANDING ANTENNAS

Clem Small, KR6A, CET

EME Communications: "Moonbounce"

his mont h we take a look at

an tenna req uireme nt s for
"moon bounce'' (\!art h-moonearth or EM E) communications. Military and amateur stations use EME to
communicate via Morse code. voice,
and digital modes. For thi s. one must
employ an antenna which can focus
signals into a highly directional beam.
and accurately aim that beam at the
moon.
About one quarter of one percent
~
of that signal actually reaches the
.\
moon. The n about 6 percent of this
..
one quarter perce nt is reflected back
W7HA H's six-meter, /011g-bou111 Yagi-Uda a11re1111a.
in the direction of the earth. As you
can see. a very. very small portion of
gain. you can sec that antenna requirements
the original signal sent towards the moon is
actually returned to eart h. And. of course. for EM E work arc demanding indeed.
On VHF, and even on UHF. the very hi gh
your antenna can' t possibly capt ure more
gai ns needed in EME work arc usually atthan a very small fraction of that returning
energy. Obviously. returning EME signals tained wit h large arrays consisting of many
long-boom. mu lti -clement Yagi- Udas (figs.
are extremely weak 1
I. 2. & 3). These antenna arrays sometimes
Another way of expressing the problems
to be overcome by EME antennas. transmit- contain 40 or more long boom Yagi- Uda
te rs and receivers i ~ to point out that path
beams connected by low-loss feeders . These
arrays often reach the size of a large bedroom!
losses in EME work average somewhere between a whopping big 250 and 300 dB. No On UHF. and particularly on microwave. dish
wonder moonbouncc is one of the acti vi ties antennas arc also used.
Although Shep's six-me ter beam (fig. I) is
referred to as "weak signal work" 1
To get an insider's view of EME antenna
requirements I recently visited the station of
Francis (S hep) Shephard. W7HAH. Shep is a
FIGURE 2
long-time ham with many honors tohiscredit.
including ranking number e ight in the world
in a recent EME contest. Drawi ng on his
considerable experience in ham radio he says:
"The antenna is the most important compone nt in any communi cation system. especiall y in weak signal work."

,,
..

Antennas for EME Work:

It is actually possible to do EME work
with a single-boom. long Yagi-Uda beam.
Conditions mu ~ t be right. and high power is
required. but it can be done. But for something approaching reliab le operation and depending on the band utilized. gains of something like 20 to 30 dBd arc considered mini m\1111 for re liable operation. When you consider that our Yagi-Uda beams for HF work
typ icall y give us something like 6 to 12 clBd

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\V7HAH 's two-merer, weak-signal array.

capable of bare-bones type EME

contacts. it is used main ly for tropoduct. aurora, and sporadic-E work.
Its eleven clements give it 12.5 dBd
of ga in. It i~ aimed at the horizon.
and is equipped with a rotator which
can point it to any direction of the
compass. By mounting the beam 52
ft. high. Shep takes advantage of
approximately four dB of "grou nd
gain." (due to ground reflections
adding to the beam s pattern). giving the installation a total of about
16 dBd-the minimum for EME
work on that band.
Using this beam Shep has earned
WAS (worked all states). WAC
(worked all continents). 56 DXCC (DX Cenlllry Cl ub) co untrie~. and 602 grids to earn
VUCC (VHF/UHF Century Clu b) # 134. In
addi tion he was the first station to work Europe via EME on 6 mctcrs single Yagi-Uda to
si ngle-Yagi-Uda!
Shep's two-meter array (fig. 2) wh ich is
mounted 30 feet above ground. has four individual Yag i- Udas. with 19 elements each,
givi ng it 2 1.5 dBd gain. This array gives
excellent service with tropo ducting. sporadic-E. aurora. and EME work. With this
antenna Shep has worked WAS (he was #67 to

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To faci litate aiming the ante nna at the
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LETTERS
new requ irements. The Yupileru MVT -7 100
does nol pass either, norclocs the 7'.WO. whi ch
was introduced in lhc UK in the fall of 1995 .
The 7200 is a mod ified 7100. The only differt.:nccs are:
I) Flexible rubber anlt.:nn a instead of metal
te lescopi ng type
2) Built in ferrite rod
3) 2.-i kHz filler for SSB
-i) Narrow AM tuning step addition
5) Wide FM tun ing step add ition.
"As wt.: know. Yupiterus havt.: been excluded from lhe US. bul are available elsewhere. including Canada. Yupileru is expected 10 introduce new model s thi s year. but
'o far this h a~ not happened. ll is conceivable
that if they con tinue to be excluded from the
large U.S. markcl they may give up and leave
the pick ings lo Uniden (or their licensees) .
"We need a Ralph Nader of the scanner
world: the technology is here today to make a
handheld scanner with proper selecti vity and
shape for SS B. AM t wide and na rrow). FM
(w ide and narrow). belier internal shi e lding.
va,tly ' upcrior dynami c range. etc. So what if
it is a Iill le bigger. a lill lc heavier. and a liltk
more expen, ive' Tht.: AR 8000 is already
expensive: add lo th at the cost of restori ng
cellular. computer readiness. etc.:. and replacing crystab. filt er~. and where ar..: we' These
mods ' arc 111ud1 belier done in lhe factory.
Who is going lo cham pion this cause?"
- Brian M. Moyse. Seabrook. T X

Fast Food Down Under

No. nol kan garoo~ ' Harry o Grady compiled some of the fast food window frequencies ust.:d in Australi a. In li ght of thi s month's
fast food bonanza. we thought we cl s hare
them with you.
30.48
35.02
154.570
457.525
460.8875
467.775

3058
40.41
154.600
457 5375
467.7375
467.7875

30 82
40.49
170.240
457.55
467.75
467.825

30.84
51.8950
171 .105
457.5625
467.7625

33.14
154.490
457.5125
457.6

He adds. " I have heard Hungry Jack' and

Red Rooster on those frequencies: wi reless
rni c~ o n 36.7. 37.6 MH z; baby monitors on
30.4. 30.6. and 36. 7 MHz. T he cordless phone
base freq uenc ies here are: 3<).075. 30. I00.
30.1 25. 30.150. 30. 175. 30.200. 30.225.
30. 250. 30.275 .30.300M 1-1 z. The corresponding hand~e t frequenci c, are: 39.775. JlJ.800.
39 .825. 39.850. 39.875. 39.900. 39.925 .
39.950. W975. 40.000 MHz.
"There arc also five olde r channe ls: 1.725.
1.740, 1.755. 1.770. 1.785 Base: 40.025,
-i0.075. 40.1 25. 40.225 handset.

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(Co11ti1111ed jiom Page 4)

"The corresponding channels in the U.S.

are: 1.600. 1.700. 1.735. 1.760. 1.795 base:
-19.830. 49.845. -19.875. 49.890 hand set."
The above information w a~ fo rwarded lO
u' by Robert Eisner. one or the major contributors to thi s mon th' s mass ive co llee1ion
of fast food freq uencies!

Same Sfam; New Twist?

In February and aga in thi s month. Bob
Grove c loses out the issue wi th "The Scam
Thal Wouldn't Die." G reg Doersc hlcr
(gkd @wpi.edu) se nt anot he r one whi ch
sounds uncanni ly like a rewording of tht.:
pitch for u'ing your houst.: wiring as a T V
antenna.
"Instead of 'Turn your house wiring into a
giant T V anten na.' this o ne reads 'Turn Your
Car into a G iant All -Band Antenna!' Rather
than claiming Your TV wi ll suddenly display a shaiv focused piclllre ..., it boasts 1magine : strong. clear continuow, frequency CO\'crage of shon wave and scanner signals...
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RADIO REFLECTIONS
THE PEOPLE, PIACES AND TECHNOLOGY OF YESTERYEAR

SWLing in the Early Forties

By A.W. Edwards, K5CN

hi lt.: idly tuning across some

short wave frequencies rece ntly.
ide nt ify ing most. wondering at
other signals. I was sudue nl y overcome by
a realizat ion of how. long ago. some kind of
magical "age of innocence had come and
gone.
To begin wi th. today ' s ~ ho rtwa v e receivers are such fine electronic marvels! Tube-type receil'ers such as this National HR0-60
Unless one lived in the era that we old- were state of the art for the times..
timers <lid. the contrast and comparisons are
impossible. That is why I wanted to write this servil:es. As ide from a few earl y radioteletypc
piece. What really brought this home to me and facsimile ~ i g na l s. these were about all the
was a qu ick recollel:tion of the signal en viron- transmission classes you might find in the 3 ment in the two eras. Then.: just is hardly an y 30 MH z range.
These few types of signal s were uncrowded
basis for comparison- I know! Progress is
progress. and 1 have no regrets. But nostalgia along the dial. You could hear HCJB. Quito.
is also nostalgia. and in that 1 found a rnmpe l- Ecuador. as wel l as if it were a local broadcast
ling reason to set some things down for you stat ion. for example, and of course the mysterious ti cks and tones of WWV.
fortunate hobbyists of today.
The amateur bands offered a variety of
inte resting monitoring possibilities. Twe ntyI The stuff listening was made of ...
mete r radiote lephone con ve rsa ti on ~ were fasGi ven normal propagati on on any gi ven
cinating in day~ when a landlocked kid in
day. the shortwave band!> today are alive.
Kansas could l i ~ t e n to a Floridian ham who
writhing with signal ac ti vity. It is like looking
was talking to a Canadian. for example. What
into a big can of foiling worms-so many. so
a thrill!
intert wined. The number and type of services
In the evenings. conversations were al carried is high. and many are very complex
ways easy to find and hear on 70- and 260and di verse.
mete r amateur radiote lephone. I remember
In the period 1 am writing of- 1935 to
once copying down a cookie recipe that one
1942. to give it a time bracket- two main
ham's wife was passing along to another' s. 1
communications classes dominated the airgave them 10 my own mom. and we named
waves: amplitude modu lation signals for voice
them "Radio Cookies." Now and then, mom
transmissions. most ly commercial or internawould make me a batch of them.
ti onal broadcast: and telegraphic Morse sigWhe n World War II began. all the hams
nals for marine. press. and other business
were ordered off the air. Listening could
be interesting if you lived in range of a
military or an air base and could tune in
to the operational traffic. Once l intercepted a ~ tron g signal sending Morse
code in Ge rman. I was onl y 15 at the
time. and while I did not know what it
said. I knew it was German . From its
strength it was not very far away from
my home on the coast of the Gulf of
Mex ico. I be lieve it was from a U-Boat.
Torpedoing of ships had happened uncomfortably near to the United States
Hallicrajiers "Sky Buddy'' photo courtesy of
coastlines in these desperate earl y days
Co1111111111iw tio11s Receiver.1 by Raymond S.
of the war.
Moore.
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I A few steps above a tin can ...

Quality receivers dedicated to shortwave reception were far too expensive
for the ord inary person. The beginning
SWLer usually either relied upon the
famil y broad cast radio "s shortwave
bands-and some had quite good shortwave sections built in--0r he might just
build his own vacuum tube type recei ver
to get started. Almost in variably these
were of the regenerati ve type. for their
~ imp l i c it y of construction. Building your
own superheterodyne receiver was unthinkable. And all of them needed the longest. highest wire antenna you could manage
to erect.
Hallicrafters entered the popular shortwave recei ver market with a couple of relati vel y inexpensive entries. One was the "Sky
Buddy." and the other. "Sky Champion."
These were pretty good performers of the
superhcterodync type. Hallicrafters also built
expensive recei vers. mostly for the military
services. then.
A noth e r pop ul ar o ld s ta ndby was
Nati onal' s SW- 3. It was a regenerati ve recei ver. well built. and came with a box ful l o f
coils to cover all the bands. One of them went
to the South Pole with Admi ral Byrd, and
helped to provide communications back to
the U.S.
To give you an idea of calibration problems: the SW-3 ' s main tuning dial was a
logging type. indicating onl y the numbers 0
-100. from one end of the lllning range to the
other. This scale applied to all th e coils you
had to plug in. so you had to do some astute
record ket:ping and fi nagling with each set of
coils to have any idea where you were. in
terms of the radio frequency.
Especially by today' s standards, all of
these sets wen: unstable until after warmu p.
Even then. a shock or vi bration of any kind
would send the m wandering off freq uency.
especially in the higher bands. In some of the
models mentioned. vibrations gene rated interesting sounds ("microphonics") in the
loud ~ peake r. Th i~ happe ned when a vacuum
tu be whose innards were not rigidly fastened
acted as a mi crophone. If you tapped it. it
would sort of ring. or chime. Sometimes. if
you spoke loud ly right over the defective

rube. your voice would come amplilied o ut of

the loudspeaker.
Frequency d ri ft. calibration uncertaint y.
and sensiti vities were al ways a concern. and
were the kind or things we learned to deal
w ith. the stale o f the art being what ii was. But
if the equipment had its shortcomjngs. guess
w hat ? II matched the avai labl e s ignal e nviro nment pretty well . a nyway 1The receivers, with
thei r B FO and " bandspread (fin e tuning)
control s could pretty well ha ndle the broad
sig nal s o n the air. So. not knowi ng we d id not
have sophi sticated stuff. we copied unsophi sticated stuff and had a hal l 1

I You call this portable ... ?!

If you wanted a portable radio. you had to
lug three to fi ve po unds (more in larger mode ls) of dry cell batteries along with the weight
of the set itsel f. The "A" battery lig hted the
tube filaments, and the " B" battery furnish ed

operating voltage. You could depe nd u pon

one o r both o f them lo run down at some
crit ical listening point. and always 100 soon.
Replacement s were not cheap.
Today's marketplace for shortwa ve receivers is c hoc k fu ll of c hoices. II is aclllally hard
10 find a bad rad io rece iver. whether it is a true
portable o r for home use onl y. All of them arc
incredibl y stable . acc urate, sensi ti ve (you get
the world on a small rod antenna!) with special features like memories and built-in clocks
that keep excel le nt ti me over month s. They
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impervious to damage. and arc easy on batteries-whic h are not the monsters of those
anc ient days.
The best reason I can thin k of for treasuring
those olden days is that the experience permits
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ASK BOB

Bob Grove, WA4PYQ

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ANSWERS TO YOUR RADIO QUESTIONS

Q.

Does anyone manufacture

preprogrammed memory chips for
communications receivers?
{Terrynce Ondo/a, Norwood, OH)

Would an aircraft antenna work

better on aircraft monitoring than a
standard scanner antenna? (Chris
Fix, Stevens Point, W I}

A. No.

A. Marginally. In most cases. you probab ly

Broadcasting frequ enc ies and schedules change too often. and there are ten~ of
thousands of utilities communicators . so preprogramming those whould be no hctter than
simply lllrning the tuning dial on the radio.

wont hear any improvement over a wellmadc. mu ltiband. scanner anten na like the
Grove ScanTcnna.

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in warfare instead of bombs and
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Q.

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"basketballs" I see hanging from
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{Mark Burns}
Q.

A.

That' s because they have nothing to do

w ith electricity . At one time I ponde red
whether these were used to kee p squirrels
away, to keep the lines from shorting out in
the wind. or to keep the lines rrom vibrating
loose. I was wrong. They are used to kee p
pi lots from running into them'

Revisiting
Solar
Batteries
It has been a while s ince the photovoltaic (solar battery) craze of the ' 70s and
'80s, but the technology is still with us and
improving constantly. Efficie ncy and durability are moving upward whi le size and
cost are moving downward. A t the Dayton
Hamvention we decided to acqu ire a low
cost solar battery to do some measureme nts. A 12 volt package seemed the most
logica l due to the variety of eq ui pment and
accessories available at that voltage.
Devices which would benefit from suc h
an emergency, free power source inc lude
handy-talkies, hand-he ld scanne rs, QRP
ham rigs, portable radio receivers, re mote
surveillance eq uipment, C Bs. a nd survival
transceivers.
An examination of the nea market area
revealed that solar power pane ls were going fo r about $5-$7 per watt-the larger the
panel. the better the dea l. We decided to

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I recently purchased a scanner

with CTCSS; what does that mean?
(Chris Fix, Stevens Point, WI}

Q.

AZ)

A. For several reasons. First. the the smoke of

a skirm ish would diffuse their effecti veness:
second. they requ ire enormous powe r supplies making them impractical as tac tica l
weapons: third, they arc limited to line of
sight: fourth. an obv ious d cfe n ~c is a s imple
refl ec tor.

Q.

A. Continu ous Tone Controll ed Sque lch Syste m. In large radio systems where several
de partments share the same freque ncy, listening to each othe r's commun ication s would be
very disruptive. CTCSS. sometimes called
subaud ible tone. or PL (after Motorola's "Private Linc .. ). is a method of sort ing out the
players .
In a CT CSS system. each set of common
users-the members of one de panment w ho
need to hear each other-are given a common
tone which activates only their squelch. When
other departments are o n freque ncy. they have
a diffe ren t sque lch tone whi ch responds on ly
to their members. Thus, the departments don't
interfere w ith each other.

I have an old shortwave receiver

with a strip of three screws on the

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Heav ier curre nt would be de li vered at proportionate ly lower voltages . Simple math
(waifs = vof/S x amps), quickly revealed
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A ll practi cal photovoltaic panels are

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LOSING
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By Bob Grove,
Publisher

Random Reflections
The Peter Principle revisited: A working group preparing for the next World Admin istrative Radio Confere nce (W ARC
97 ) has already heard from thousands of irate radio amateurs who learned that the group was considering turn ing
over the signal-saturated 2 meter ( 144- 148 MHz) and 70ccntimeter(420-450 MHz) bands to low earth orbiting (little
LEO) satellite investors. Removed from consideration was 175 megahertz of largely neglected spectrum between
225-400 MHz. Were the re no technical qualifications for this team?
For more details. sec my editorial in the Ju ly-A ugust issue of Satellite Times and the ARRL web page. Comments
by e- mail may be sent to: wrc97 @fcc.gov. Wri tten comments, with an original plus one copy. should be sent to:
Office of the Secretary. Federal Communications Com mission, Washington, DC 20554. Each comment shoul d
include at the top ... Refere nce No. ISP-96-005 .. and .. Ad visory Comm ittee in formal Work ing Group 2A."
Key/es.\ Entry Systems: It occurs to me that, in spit.e of the theoreticall y large number of poss ible codes for key lcss
auto mobile door locks. odds are favorable that you could dri ve around a large shopping mall. pressing your own keyring remote. listening for the tel l-tale .. beep.. of a respond ing parked vehicle. ripe for ripoff. Garage door openers.
too. have a fin ite number of settings.
Since all of these devices operat e in the 300-400 MHz range. why couldn ' t a thi ef stake out a house or car. using
a wideband detector to record the encoded pul se audio. and a storage spect rum analyzer to spot the brief radio
frequency when the owner presses his remote control? When the owner is away. the interloper could transmit on that
frequency usi ng a small oscillator or signal generator modulated by the recorded pu lse tone to gain ent ry.
I think r II go back to a manual key lock.
Quackery Redux: MT reade rs know by now that I am fascin ated by tech no-quackery: I collect quack medical devices
and am writ ing a book on th em. l also uncharitably expose ve ndors who. whether through ignorance. intent. or apathy.
promote hucksterism in the ir adverti sing. You frequently send me grist for the mill.
It see ms from the weight of mail that the current king of bog us contraptions is the
.. Power Tip: a mythical signal-enhancing scheme "Battle proven in Desert Storm ... I've
neve r seen suc h a concent ration of deception in one ad:
The crooked contri vance " Revolutionizes reception or radios. TVs and portable
phones: .. intensifies radio signals... increases reception range and clarity by phasing out
annoying and interrupting static" while giving "older equipment new life." And it needs
no electri city or batteries!. The plastic pea contai ns a piece of copper that does all thi s and
more. accord ing to the unconscionable pitc hsters.
Finally. the humbug that won' t go away is the .. turn your house wiring into a giant
antenna" hoa x. Consisting of nothing more than vo ltage-blocking capacitors. these
ni ghtmare devices invite all the electrical noise in your home to visit your rad io or TY by
direct connection. while denying the successful reception which comes from a real
anti.;nna.
o r course. they require no batteries or other source of power, but then nei ther does a paper clip.
High Court Rejects Decency Act: A federal court has rejected the proposed Communications Decency Act. an effort
by Congress to regulated the contents of the electronic media wi th spec ial emphasis on the Internet. The court c ited
the proposal as being unduly restricti ve on the Consti tutional Fi rst Amendment guarantee of the Ri ght to Free Speech.
This is a bittersweet defeat. Whi le few would deny the inalienablt: ri ght of Americans to express thei r views. many
feel that this right implies an open invitation to abuse. The matterboilsdown to the endless debate between ci.; nsorship
and good taste. The issue wi ll now be appealed to the Supreme Court.

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