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CONTENTS

Vol. 14, No.JO

October 1995

53 Years Behind the Mike ....................................... 12

By Joe Adamov
"The Voice" of Russia speaks about hi s years as
commentator for the Radio Moscow W orld Service, as it
was then known, and the c hanges both the station and the
country have experie nced in recent times. Joe is best known
to us as the host of the long-running Moscow Mailbag
program. He is also the featured speaker fo r the Gro ve
Expo, taking place this month in Atlanta.

Scanner listeners Keep Pace .................................... 16

By Alan Henney

CoverSto1y

Man vs. Static

By B.W. Battin
When an incessant buzz or a pulsating noise obliterates the signal
you're trying to hear, don 't immediately suspect Mother Nature. it's
probably man-made, and there's
probably something you can do
about it.
Your best ally when going to
war with static is the power company. They can help you track
down the potential sources, and
steer you toward a solution. That's
what B.W. did, and the fix has
held-so far.
Static is a problem not limited
to the city: it's universal, even in
the pastoral setting ofJohn Bailey's
cover photo. See page 8 for the
story.

Trunking was first introduced in M iami in the mid-I 980's. Ten yea rs and
hundreds of trunked systems later, how have scanner listeners kept pace with
technology? Henney examines the techniques of those hobbyists who have
used trunking technology against itself to monitor the radio waves.

Propagation Modes ................................................ 22

By Jacques D'Avignon
Radio signals have diffe rent ways of getting
from here to there, depending on factors such as
frequency, time o f day, season, etc. If yo u' ve a lways
wondered why radio reception isn' t as predictable as
turning on a light sw itc h, for example, yo u'll find this
article helps clear up the myste ry.

History and Mystery in Equatorial Guinea .................. 28

By Jerry Berg
October is the time for Halloween stories. From the land of voodoo and
witchcraft, Jerry Berg brings us an intriguing tale of shortwave broadcast
li stene rs loggings a station that never existed.

To ID or not to ID? ................................................. 31

By Frank Orcutt
That is the question . When do you decide that you have amassed enough
evidence to post a positive ID o f your long-sought DX catch in the logging
section of your favorite SW publication?

Reviews:

DEPARTMENTS

This month s rave review is from

John Catalano talking ahout the Collins
PropMan propagation software (page
104). You ' ll ti nd more on propagation
topics in our feature article on page
22. and in the Experimenter's
Workshop on page 108.
October' s receiver reviews
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incl ude the Chinese-made
Aroma shortwave portable
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receiver (p.102). and the AR2700 handheld scanner (p. I 00).
shown at left. Both are less
than they could be-one a
little, and one by a lot.
Also reviewed arc the Ali nco DRM06 six-meter transceiver (p.90). and
an inexpensive Wefax converter from
Logic Limited (p.95) that wi ll show you
weather maps and more in a j iffy.

Letters ................................................. 4
Communications .................................. 6
Utility World ...................................... 32

USSTRA TCOM Frequencies

Scanning Report ................................ 36

On the Ham Bands ......... .................... 90

6 Meter FM; Alinco DR-M06

Outer limits ....................................... 92
What's New ...................................... 94
Scanner Equipment .......................... l 00

Trunking

AR 2700

Beginner's Corner .............................. 40

Magne Tests ..... .......................... ..... 102

Radio Hobby's Not Dead

Aroma SED-EDLBBC

Shortwave Broadcasting ..................... 42

QSL Report ........................................ 46
Shortwave Guide ............................... 47
Propagation Charts ............................ 76
Digital Digest ..................................... 78

French Forces Message Headers

American Bandscan/DX Tes ts ............. 80

Computers & Radio .......................... l 04

Collins PropMon
DeMaw's Workbench ....................... 106

Tuned Antenna Feeders

Experimenter's Workshop ................. l 08

Antenna Switching; Prop. Analysis

Antenna Topics ................................ 110

Mobile DXing

Easy-Up Antennas

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

Ask Bob .......................................... 112

Who's where, and who's moving?

Plane Talk ......................................... 84

Brush Up on the Basics

Satellite TV ........................................ 86

Ethnic Broadcasts

Full Coverage on ARBOOO, PR0-46

Club Circuit ...................................... 116
Special Events .................................. 117
Stock Exchange ............................... 118
Closing Comments ............................ 120

Below 500 kHz .................................. 88

Flim Flam Audio

A Trip to Newington

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Frequency Manager ...

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Communications .... Larry Miller
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What's New? .... Lorry Miller
Jim Frimmel
Scanning Equipment .... Bob Parness, AJ9S
T.J. Arey, WB2GHA
Satellite TV .... Ken Reitz, KS4ZR
Jeon Baker, KIN9DD
Antenna Topics .... W. Clem Small, KR6A
John Catalano
Americon Bandscon/ DX Tests .... Doug Smith, W9WI
Kevin Corey, WB2QMY
SW Broadcast Logs .... Goyle Van Horn
Bill Cheek
QSL Corner .... Goyle Von Horn
Doug DeMow, Wl FB
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Bob Evens
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" ISeveral months ago] I purchased a Yacht
Boy shortwave radio and started to enjoy_ it
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We gel letters like this all the lime. with
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External Affairs for the lnt'I Broadcasting
Bureau (which ovcr~ccs the vari ous U.S .
broadcastin g outlets). writes. "Mo11 itori11g
Times pick~d up an earlier Miami H erald
item I in the August shortwave Broadcasting
G lobal Fonu11 1 which stated that the head of
the U.S . lmcrcsts Sect ion in Havana 'had
protested to the State Depanmenl that.Rad io
Marti had placed an employee al nsk by
broadca~tin g allegati ons he wa~ a security
agent for the Cuban government."
- The f-l erald later publ ished a retraction.
plus a ~ late m e nt from Joseph Bruns. Acting
Director of the !BB. who sa id. ''Radio Marti
never broadcast s uch an allegation.., Since
1\1/T picked up the story at face value. we are
al so glad to set the record ~trai g ht by pas~ in g
al ong the subsequent correction.

Man vs. Static

Our lead story on static wi ll have special
meaning for Larry Fowler of Falmouth. MA.
Larry also struggled with an interference problem he thought was coming from the primary
power lines and step-down transforme r in
front of the house. He \\TOlt: about his probk m to publisher Bob Grove. whose reply
arri ved. j ust as Larry had hi ~ saw all sharpened up ready to cul down the li ght pole.
"' l did take your advice and contacted my
local power company. and bccau ~t: I had the
bcne lit or your knowkdgc. real ly impressed
the hell out of the radi o repairman. corona
discharge proble m?' he asked. 'Yes. that' s
what I hclievt: is the prob lem: you DO know
what corona discharge is. don't you?' I asked
matt er-of-factly. o nly having read the term
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using it in its condition.'

... I did thi nk it was awfull y fu nny
that a !Ouch lamp would be on when
I come in and thcres been nobody in
the house all day. I gues~ I should
throw it away? she asked . 'That
wou ld mak e every bod y VERY
happy. Ma'am. includingyourneighbor across the street who <:alled us
about it. he replied.
And so ends my saga of interference. I' ve put up with it since September 1994: fillers. tuners. grounding systems. digital signal processors-NOTH ING would make it go
away. Thanks. Bob. fo r taki ng the
time. You made a difference."

Trunking~NotaHbad

news

Correction

E R S

October 1995

Ron Bruckman. cditorofthc Radio Monitors of Maryland newsletter. sent a news clipping heralding
how di sappointing the new Carroll
County communicati o ns system was
going to be for scanner monitors.
"On the theory tit at som e may benefit from the
"They try to make it like it' s the end
mistakes of a few, I am enclosing a picture
of
the \\orld for 1110!-e who monitor
illustrating the dubious virtu es of PVC pipe
the local police/fi re/~ h c rill. e tc. In a
masts. Yours Truly, " ... and I wouldn 't siKn tit is
way it is. for those who do not own a
f or a 111illio11 dollars!"
scanner capable of receiving 800
-Gooding, Idaho
MHz signals. So many agenc ies arc
heading- in thi s direction: Baltimore
for the first time in yo ur leller. l described
Co. swi tched th~i r lo w-band channels about
how I had tracked the problem do wn using
eight years ago.
.
my DX-390 on ballt:ries.
"'Howt:vcr. if the syste m works li ke Balti" I came home from work that very 111ght.
more Coullly' s docs. ii wi II be a good move fo r
and tht: wi k ~avs . T II bet you' 11never guess
sca nner listeners. As that system works. if
what ( \\0 line l~ck~ and a ~upervisor round!
eit her part y doesn 1 pause for at least three
The woman across the ~ ln.:c t ha~ a lamp that
seconds, they remain on the same channel and
come~ on when you touch it. and IT wa~
do not switch to another open one. Be lieve me.
c.tu).i ng all your intcrfert: ncc '.
they don ' t pause. Who is going to think about
.. She said they shut the power off to the
pausing for three seconds. especially during
whole street and di sconnected the l ran s former
an emerge ncy')
to test it. Well .. . the hum w a~ ~ !i l l there . She
" I can monitor Baltimore Co s police/fire
said they all pulled up in front of the house
bell er than ever since their move Ii ve years
acro~s the ~tree! with ye llow lights !lashing
ago. Before they left their low-band channe ls
like a SW/\ T team on a drug bu ~l and stancd
iJ9 MH1.) I could only hear dispatchers from
\\"tl kino around her yard with mete r~ . and
various locatio ns. and occa~ i ona ll y cars refir~ally ~vent up and rang the bell !
lllrning calb. Now 1 can monitor a ponable
.. With in a few minut e~ in ~ idt: the house.
un it in-the basement or an apartment co mplex
they trackt:d the source to the hand touc h light
30 miles from my location. I would say 90% of
fix ture. 'Do you know what kind of electrical
the calb remain on the same channe l. too ...
intc rfrrencc problems you' re crt:ating using
Tha l ~ good news. Ron. Readers should file
that lamp. Mr~. r the repairman told me late r
a\\'ay that piece of informati on with the other
he a).kcd her. well. it" s enough to get t\\'o line
tip). on scanning trunked syste ms provided by
truch and my supervisor out hcrt: to shut the
th is 1110111h s "'Scanning Report'' and in our
power down 10 the whole ~tree ! just H~ fi~?
featu re art ic le by Alan Henney.
th at lamp' Nowwccan11cll you to turn ll oll .
but tcdmical ly you arc breaki ng the law by
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Fugitive Radio
Tee-llee-llee,
you can't find

me-over!

Randall Waggoner. a trusty at the Boone

County Jail in Harrison. Arkansas, learned
w hat every Mo11itori11g Times readers alread y
knows- radio is fun. In Waggoner's case.
however. his inability to res ist the draw of the
hobby cost him more ti me in the slammer.
Waggoner had just escaped from jail w hen
he stole a patrol vehi c.:le and headed fo r the
w ide open spaces. Once in the vehi c le, however. listen ing to the police radio installed in
the dash was more than the <.:an could bear. He
picked up the mic ropho ne and began a lengthy
conversatio n with the deputies who were hunting him.
Freedom was elusive becau se Wagonner
apparentl y was not. He was arres ted three
hours later. Waggoner had been saving time
for the ft and would have been released in six
months. After his crui se in the patrol truck. he
now faces fe lony escape a nd vehicle theft
c harges. mo re time behind hars and. worst of
all. no radio.

Radio Modifier Convicted

In what may be cons idered a grou nd-breaking case. a federal jury in Tulsa. Oklahoma.
convicted Larry Nathan Gass of illegally
mod ify ing two-way radios to monitor Tu lsa
Pol ice De partment Communicatio ns . The
radios were used by Gass. his sec urity company. and the media to mon itor police commu nications.
After the ve rdict came down of g uilty on
17 counts. Gass said ... Whatever it takes and
a~ long as it takes. thi s ddinitely wil l be
appealed. beca use we think the peop le have a
rig ht to know what their poli ce are doing:
Tulsa Po lice Internal Affairs Sgt. Ro d
Humme l. who handled the invest igatio n alo ng
with the FBI. said .. thi s ca~c is not about us
wanting to keep thi ngs from people. We want
to maintain the security of our radio system:
Police Ch ief Ron Palmer says that the privacy
o r the radio system is es~c ntia l to protect
o ffi cers and the public. Under the ehi ers

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October 1995

current pol icy. the public and rn.:ws media

may mo nito r three of the syste m s twenty
channels. Gass' atto rneys arg ued in court that
the radio frequenc ies are public, but the court
didn' t agree. Gass faces up to 85 years in
pri son and $4.25 millio n in lines.
Say. is someone 1rying to send a message
to radio hobby ists w ho cross the line?

in that it use s tiny antennas to detect bursts o r

e lectromagnetic radiation in the form of low
frequency rad io s ig nals. The bu rsts of white
noise occur be low I MHz and can alert users
to the presence of lightning before it becomes
a threat. T he dev ice is being marketed to
boaters. golfers, and others involved in o utdoo r activities.

England Works on the Spectrum

The Terminators

The 28-4 70 M Hz band is o ne of the most

crowded in the UK. and Britis h users are
how ling about how best to al locate it. The
govcrnmcn1 s Radio Spectru m Re\"iew Committee made 28 recommendations. 24of which
were accepted. coverin g defe nse and ci vi I use
o f the spectrum.
Th e Mini stry o f De fen se has already released the 225- 230 MHz band for terre strial
di gita l broad rnsting and is considering a recom me ndatio n to seek the rclca~e of the 380399.9 MHz band for civil systems. NATO has
already agreed to give access to two 5 MHz
band sections in the 380-400 MHz band by
1997 for e mergency services. S pec trum effic ie ncy a nd harmon ization with the rest of
Europe is the goa l, according to govern me nt
spokesmen.

In '.'Jigcria. a radio stud io belong ing to

central Nigeria's state rad io station has been
to tally destroyed by termit es. The pesky c reatures ate the enti re statio n. accordi ng to w itnesses. who sa id 'it was an amazing sight. '.

Cutting Edge Police Technology

Taxi!

T he Nationa l Law Enforcement Technology Center (N LETC) is committed to develo ping new techno logy to assist police. O n the
drawing boards is a Fleeing Vehicle Tagg ing
System (FVTS), a way in whic h to mark a
vehicle for later locating. T he system consists
of a project ii..: launc her. wh ich allows police
office rs to fire a tagging projectile at an escaping vehi c.:le. The project ile is equipped
w ith a tiny radio transm ille r which allows
po lice to fo llow the car fro m a di~tance.
A lso unde rgoing lesting is a personne l
mo nit oring system. Originally deve loped for
the A nny, the syste m incl udes a min iature
video camera to transmi t video of the scene.
w ircle~s networks to carry communicat ion
and data t ran ~m i ss i ons. GPS for location informa ti on. and a personal status monitor to
track the offi cer"s vital signs.

Radio saved the day-and Mike Houde"s

life . The 37-yearold Canadian was caught in
a n avalanche o n 9 .500 foo t Wedge Mounlain.
Houde and his hi king group had a VHF radio
and called for help.
Miles away. taxi d river Kelly Harrison
heard the call on the ham radi o band and
im mediately phoned the RCMPs Whistler
Detachment. A rescue was launched and
Houde and his fo ur companio ns were found.
Houde suffered a broken arm. leg, and interna l injuries. Whistler Search and Rescue offi c ial Brad Sill sa id that ''if it had been delayed by five hours. I think the injuries were
serious enough that he would have expi red ...
Who says you can never hail a taxi when
you need one?

Tracking
Lightning

Six Southampton Eng li shmen who he ld

up a security van thought that they had committed the perfect crime. T he robbers radioed
the driver. sayi ng they had pla nted a bo mb in
the vehicle that wou ld be set off if they didn "t
cooperate. They cooperated.
In a backwoods c learing. the robbers
erected lead sheeti ng around the truck to
prevent rad io signal s from escapi ng and went

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American Eagle Flight 4 127 lost the door
about three minutes into its fl ight, and a fli ght
attendant narrow ly escaped begin sucked out
the openi ng.

ARRL's Wilson Resigns

to work on the am1ored doors with acetyle ne
torches. Unfortu nately. the heat fro m the process ignited the 11 .4 million in bank notes
inside the van.
Not only that, but the lead sheeting didn 't
work. The police arrived just in time to watch
the van erupt in flames. All but 1.5 million
was saved. Police decided to charge the men
with conspiracy to commit a robbery. since
they e nded up making such a fa rce of the
escap<)dc.

How to Speak Australian

The Australian Broadcasting Authority has
released new standards calling for an increase
in Australian content on Aussie TY. Beginning in 1998. television featu ring Australian
content will rise from 50 to 55 percent of total
transmission time. Proposals fo r 100% of
c hildren's programming to be Australian and
I 0 hours annually of Australian documentaries was also proposed.

Honoring the Language

The South African Broadcasting Corporati on (SA BC) has promised the public that as
long as "at least two Africans speak it'' they
will continue to broadcast in Afrikaans. Dr.
Pallo Jordan. mi nister of posts, te lecom munications and broadcasti ng assured parliament
that the people needn't worry about the fu ture
of the language.

Beacon Hunt
Paul F. Masching li kes mysteries. The 54year-old unemployed electronics technician
took it upon himself to hu nt down an airplane
door that flew off in-flight. The 400-pound
door departed an American Eagle ATR-72,
leading teams of av iation in vestigators on a
search through Chicago.
Masching used his ham radi o to pick up
the glideslope beacons that identify a fi vemi lc path to each of the run ways at Chicago's
o Hare Airport. He said the signals led him
right to the airplane's door. " I surveyed the
area from the edge to about five miles off the
runway. I was walking in the woods and I saw
it. ..

Citing the effects of a stroke, the American

Radio Relay League President George S.
Wilson Ill. W40Y I, submined his resignation. Wilson had held the office since I992.
but felt that his medical condi tion prevented
hi m from travell ing and devoting the energy
requ ired to perform his duties. Rodney J.
Stafford. KB6ZV, has been appoi nted to succeed Wilson. Stafford will be the ARRL's
12th president, having serwd as First Vice
Pres ident si nce 1992. Rod and his wife
Patricia, N6KLI , are life members of the
League.

eryonc was watch ing. The fi rst story was

about India's economic reform. which began
by showing cows roami ng on a busy Bombay
street. CNN, knowing that cows are considered holy in India, wanted to begin their
programmi ng by showing the bovines. Suddenly th ings got hot in New Delhi. CNN. they
said. was making fu n of India, showing the
cows to make the country look bad.

Inventor Honored
Al Gross. W8PAL, self-confessed addict
toMT, was honored by Dr. PekkaJ. Tarjanne.
Secretary General of the International Telecommunications Union. with an honorary.
permanent membership to ITU and a special
medallion in recognition of his pioneering
contributions to mobile, personal. wireless
telecommunications now in use worldwide.

Young Ham of the Year

Adam Weyhaupt. N9MEZ. has been
named J995' s Young Ham of the Year.
Wey haupt. 15, was selected fo r the annual
honor fro m a pool of three final ists. The
competiti on honors America's outstand ing
young amateur radio operator.
Weyhaupl, who lives in Alton, Tllino is.
was honored for his role in organ izing and
providi ng amateur rad io communications
du ring the Midwest floods of 1993 and the
1994 US Olympic Festival in St. Louis, Missouri. The runners-up for the award were 18year-old Bryce Duncan, NOY Dl,ofRed Wing,
Minnesota. and 14-year-old Toby Metz,
KB7UIM. of Meridian, Idaho.

Leave Our Cows Alone

Cable News Network and India s national
TV network Doordarshan recently signed an
agree ment to telecast CNN' s round-the-clock
news program on one of Doordarshan ' s channels. India has been somewhat touchy about
openi ng the door to the western media so
negoti ations were delicate. Many in India felt
that the agreement
,...------...._
as "a blatant in..________....,
vitat ion to the
Western med ia to project
th eir stereotype image of
India."
F in a ll y .
the day for the
CNN sign-on
arrived . Ev-

"Communications" is wri tten by Larry

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Rachel Baughn, and the follow ing readers
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Alexandria, VA: Harold Eads. Fincastle.
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Zzzzzzzzzzk! Hiss! Buzz!

Static.
Don't you just hate it!
It can wipe out just about any
AM signal-from the bottom of
the frequency barrel all the way
through the short wave bands.
It can be a distant hiss or
lightning's powerful bursts. At its
most intense it can cover the
strongest local stations with an
ear-splitting roar.

Story by B.W. Battin

Photos by B.W. Battin except as indicated

vc n hi g her frequen c ies like the televisio n c hanneb. though

less susceptibl e to static. arc not immu ne to it. T hose
aggravating bands o f li nes o r squigg les that occasionally
s hoot across the TV screen arc visua l forms o f static . The problem is
usually confined to the video porti on of the program because it's
broadcast in AM. TY a udio is transmitted in FM . which is less likely
to be affected by static .
It' s a lo t like po litical attack ads, right? Annoy ing. but you've got
to live with it. Well. not always.
Static is caused by electrical distu rbances. wh ic h ca n be prod u<.:cd
by all sorts
things. even the water droplets in clouds . whid1 carry
small c le<.:tri<.: c harges. Like lightning. that' s the son o f natu ra l
e lectrical a<.: tiv ity you can' t do anyth ing about. The o ther kind . the
kind you may 1101 have to li ve with. is man- made.

or

I Looking for Help

My first experience w ith eliminating this sort of static came in
Septembe r 199 1. One morning I tried to tune in an AM radio station
fro m A lbuq ue rque. 30 miles away. What I got was :::::.::.::.:kssss.u !
The stat ion s signal was gone. obliterated. I tried other statio ns. getting
the same result.
I presumed the problem was te mporary. After a ll the static hadn 1
bee n there the d ay before. so it was probab ly safe to assume it would
go away as myst c riou~ l y as it appeared. No ~uc h luc k.
The nex t day it was the same. Z::.::.::.::.::.::.ksssss.u, and no radio
stations. At the time . I was mo nito ring shortwave broadcasts for
M o11i1ori11K Tim es, and the constant static would ha ve made the tas k all
but impossible. So I cal led the FCC. he ld the phone next to the radio.

October 1995

MONITORING TIMES

said he would dispatch a crew. but be fore it

and let the man on the o ther e nd
got he re. the static vanished. I called him
of the line lis te n to my problem .
back. to ld him no t to come.
" lt"s the power lines: he said .
The next day: .:.:.:.:.::::::.::.kss.usss.'
The power lin1.:s? I'd imagI call ed Jameson again. And o nce more
ined o ne of my neig hbors operatthe static went away before anyone from the
ing a giant electric plane t-smashpower company could get here. It d id not
ing machine or something. r d
augur well for gelling rid of my proble m.
never even conside red the e leclntermiuent troubles can be tric ky.
tric lines.
That nig ht I turned on the Grundig porI asked the man at the FCC
table bes ide my bed, planning to listen to
w hat I could do to get the probBBC World Service as I drifted o ff to sleep.
le m fix ed.
Bu.:.:.' Buz::..' 811.:.:.1 The noise was so annoy ing
" Call the power company:
that I had to turn the radio off. In the mo rning.
he repl ied.
the buzzing was gone . For days the static
I pho ned the Pu blic Service
came and went. mov ing from one time of day
Company of New Mexico( PNM)
and was re ferred to a fri e ndl y
to ano ther. roaring on one o ccasion. whispe ring o n the next.
employee na med C lara Stei ner.
Jameson came o ut w ith a PNM crew to
She said the first thing I needed
to do was de termine whether the
~cc w hat he cou ld accomplish. Although the
source o f the problem was somestatic that morning wasn't strong enough to
thing rig ht there in my house. All
w ipe out the local AM broadcasters, its ceasesorts of things commonly found
less growl was eas ily discerni ble between
in the home are po tential static
:.tat ions.
make rs- swit ches. au to mati c
As before. only thing the PNM crew could
controls, he;lling clements-just
do was start syste matically tightening thin gs
abo ut anything e lectric. Fault y
and sec what happened.
doorbell transformers arc always
near the top of the suspect li st.
I Why a Loose Bolt Can Be Such a Bad
Steiner asked me to turn o n a Across the street frnm the author's home (background)
Thing
battery-operated A M radio and workers from the Public Service Company of New
The problem. Jameson explained. is e lecthe n begi n switching off the c ir- Mexico search for the source static interfering with the
tri
cal
arcing- but not the big buzzing arcs of
cuit breake rs in my servi<.:e panel reception of amplitude-modulated radio signals.
the
mad
scien1is1s laboratory as depic ted in
o ne at a time . If the static went
o
ld
ho
rror
films. Despite the havoc they cause
any nut o r bolt o n a ny pole in the vicini ty of
away. I'd know no t o nl y that the problem
originated with in the house. but l"d learn
my home.
The c rew moved from po le 10
w hi ch c irc uit the c ulprit was o n. narrowing
pole. ti ghte ning evcrything that could
the search considerably.
he tig htened. while Jameson li stened
I followed her instructi ons. T he proble m
to the radio in hi :, car. wa iting for the
was not in the house.
Steiner had also s uggested that the static
static to sto p. It took most of the
morning. But they fou nd the probcould o rigi nate at a neighbor ~ house. but a
lem . A loose bolt o n an anchor bracket.
quick trip outside w ith a portable radi o conAhhhhhh . Re li ef.
vinced me thi s wasn 1 the case. The closer I
I could again hear AM radio stagot to the powe r lines. the more int ense the
tions.
static.
I could again monitor shortwave
And because I live o n a corner. I have
broadcasts for Mo11irori11g Ti11ws.
power lines running alo ng two ide' of my
property. They' re connected . /\nd they were
both emitting stati c.
I ... Time Passes
I rea li zed that all those meta l cables were.
And then o ne day not 100 long
in e ffect. a n e normous anten na - for the
ago-three years and a l.'ouple of
static.
mo nths after the power company made
the static go away-I lllrned o n my
I Help Arrives
radio in the mo rning. and ...
When I reported my fin di ngs to Clara
Z.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:ksss.1.~.1ss.'
Gene Ja111eson, division engineer for the Public
It was worse than before. Not even Service Co111pany of New Mexico, watches as
Steiner. she dispatched a PNM crew headed
the sta tion \\'ith a tower a mere two workers in a cherry picker look for loose hardware
by Gene Jameson. the division engineer for
miles away could get through the that could be arcing and causing radio
this area ... Loose hardware" is usua lly the
no ise. I called Gene Jameson. who interference.
problem. he exp lained. And that can mean

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October 1995

It 's unavo idab le.

Jameson said. As the system ages, it' s exposed to
heat and cold and
weather. Things shrink
and expa nd . Things
loosen.
He said static complain ts a re rare: he
hand les about five a year.
And. as Clara Steiner indicated. the fault doesn't
always lie with the power
lines. He's seen doorbell
transformers cause the
Workers from the Public Service Company of New Mexico try to proble m. and once it
eliminate the power-line caused static that's been interfering
lllmcd out to be the photowith the author's radio reception.
electric cell on a security
light. "The most in terestfo r radio liste ners. these discharges are usu- ing one turned out to be the heater on a guy's
ally too small to be seen, and they normal ly fi sh aquarium." he said.
occ ur in the parts of the system that don't
I Imponderables
actually de li ver electric power.
"All it takes is a very small arc to make a
Jameson and his crew spent about an hour
lot of noise (on a rad io) ... Jameson said. 'A n
and a half tighte ning everything they could
actual short (in the system ) would bu rn (it )
find to tighten. but the static persisted. This
out."
time they d failed to fi nd the prob lem.
Simply put. the problem occurs because
The next day it went away all by itself.
power lines create their ow n electromagnetic
If it comes back. Jameson said he' ll have
fie lds. "A bolt or a washer may not be enerto call in someone fro m Albuq uerque. where
gized." Jameson said. "but if it' s in that field.
they have radio direction find ing eq uipment
it can pick up a charge and it can spark."
that can he lp locate the source of the interferFor there to be a spark. there has to be a
ence. But for now the static is gone.
gap for it to trn,cl across. which is why loose
The first cold blast of winter h a~ j ust hit.
hardware is so oflen the root of the problem.
Outside. the 7200-volt power lines serving my neighborhood spend the night in be-

low freezing temperatures. In the morning.

they're warmed by the sun. As the days pas~.
the poles and cross arms and guy cables and
even the lines themselves shrink and expand.
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By Joe Adamov
Commentator
Voice of Russia World Service

was bo rn in Batumi. Georgia. on the

shore o f the Black Sea. in a ba nk over
which n ew the Unio n Jack (the British
llag). The building was g uarded by Indian
soldiers in turbans . My clad was manager and
had an apartment o n the second fl oor. The
area was under British occupation. J"m o ne
hu ndred percent Armenian . a natio n whid1
adopted C hristi a nity in the year 303.
Father worked in the Mini stry for Fore ign
Tracie a nd was sent to Lo ndo n for several
yea rs. w here I picked up my Eng li sh in a
boarding school.
On ret urning to Mosco w in 193 1. I entered an Americ an school for c hi ldren of
United States specialists working in Moscow. Both teachers and children were American. and my accent changed overn ight.
They say li fe i ~ a g reat thing if you do n' t

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October 1995

weaken. I g u e~s I did no t weaken when both

my pare nts suffered under Stalin s rc pre ~
sio ns. Whe n entering the North A merica n
Service of Radio Moscow the boss told me
that to work at the mike I had to be born in the
Un ited States. I ""meekly"" answered. Why
do n "t you record me and let someone li sten?'
They d id. and an American member of the
Com ime rn was c hosen for the auditio n. Whe n
he heard the tape , all he sa id was. 'What state
docs he come from ?"
That began my career al the mike .

53 Years Later ...

The edito r of Mo11i10ri11g Times has asked
me w hat the cha nges o f the past years in
Ru !-.sia have meant to o ur staff on a personal
leve l. O ne thing WC all reel is that the buying
power o f our pay has dropped drasticall y. If
be fore I could buy twelve pairs of good shoe:-.
o n one mo nth 's pay. today l can buy o nly one.
O n the money I had in the bank after working
fo r half a century. I could buy 22 Sovie t cars.
Today that money buys three sil k neckties.

If you still don' t understand w hat inflatio n is. perhaps th is w ill explain it: I boug ht
my first car in 1950 for 900 rubles. Today.
accordi ng to the rate o f exchange. 900 rubles
is 20 cent s. Di d you ever see a brand ne w car
for 20 cents? I drove it for three years without
a hitch.
Perhaps the biggest rise is in the cost o f
real estate. My apartme nt- three rooms and a
ki tche n-went up in price 54 tho usand times '
That 's 45 years' pay.
No. we arc not hung ry. W e have enough
to cat. But to buy some thing besides food is
to ugh fo r most of us. Neverthe less. the re are
mo re casinos in Moscow tha n in all of W este rn Europe. And, more e xpens ive models of
Mercedes cars were sold in o ne year than in
all of Western Europe. T he gap between the
rich and the a verage is e no rmous.

The Price of Liberty

Perhaps the biggest gain in recent years is
freedom of speech. Yo u' ll never unde rstand
thi s. because yo u"ve always enjoyed it. Yes.

LIBERTY is the sweetest thing in life. In the

In the past few mon ths I' ve been called
had in mind when he said that'!" The censor
past four years I haven c had a single word
"Radio Moscow's priceless trcasure"--even
!urned green. "A ll right. let ic go.'' was his
deleted from my program. Thac makes you
"nature's miracle"-but these are only a few
verdict.
forget all the hardships of life. Yes. we are
ou t of a collection of 300 suc h superlatives. I
free to say whac we think.
keep them for se lf-defense. and bel ieve you
I Side Benefit-A Worldwide Reputation
Under the o ld system, we had to go through
me. they've bee n needed.
What makes me continue the show and
ce nsorship. I've answered approximate ly 23
According to a Radio Moscow's letters
no! seek other. more lucrati ve pastures. is che
thousand questions in the 38 years I've been
department poll. "Mailbag beat all the feafamast ic response. It acts Ii ke a spur. Lawrence
doing Moscow Mailbag. There was hardly a
tures of Radio Moscow Engli sh Service by
Mag ne. Editor-in-Chief of the Pa.uporl to
program where something wou ld not be de350 per cent." Dr. Kim Andrew Ell iot of the
leted , e ither by the editor or
Voice of America. w hen he
the censor. (Oft en they had
was st ill Assistant Professor
to prove they were doing
at hi s University. wrote to
"No, we are not hungry.
something.)
me chat. according to a poll
We have enough to eat.
I once got a s imple queshe took. not counting the DX
But to buy something
tion from a student: "Who is
programs, Moscow Mailbag
besides food is tough for
ric her-the US or the Sowas the top-rated shortwave
most of us ...
viet Union?" At that time.
program from che non-English-speaki ng worl d. With
Khrushchev had promised a
land of..milk-and-honcy" in
the English-speaking coun20 years -chat is. by 1980.
tri es included it took fifth
Reali zing that we had to " toe
place!
the line." I answered that,
In 1986 I was guest a nNevertheless, there are
cho rman on the M i ke
yes, you are richer today,
more casinos in Moscow
Willesee TV show in Ausbut the day will come when
than in all of Western
we wi ll surpass Uncle Sam.
tralia. In ten days "down unEurope ... The gap
The censor deleted both the
der" I appeared 12 times on
between
the rich and
TV and 14 times on rad io.
question and the answer. I
the average is
got mad and went for an
The next year I vis ited them
enormous."
they made an hour- long
explanation.
''Where did you get the
documentary ca lled ' 'The
Man from Moscow.'' In the
idea that they' re ric her?" the
censor wanted to know. '' It 's
past years. I' ve been doi ng
common knowledge," I a na n average of I00 li ve interswered. ' 'I' ve never heard
views a year from my home
it." he countered. " But Mr.
to stations around the world.
The peak came at the showKhrushchev said it on sevdown at the Russian White
era l occasions during his trip
House in 1993. during whi ch
to the States." " But he said it
1 did 3 1 live interviews in
there, not here." "But our
papers pri nted every word
one day.
he uttered in the States:
I had him pressed to the
I The Lighter Side of
ropes. The on ly thing he
Broadcasting
could blurt out was: "Well,
Before I started doing
then my Party consciousMailbag.
I used to inccrview
ness does not allow me to
some
of
the
celebrities that
pass this." 'Tomorrow I' ll
came
to
Moscow.
a mong
show you something that
them Gene ral Eisenhower
w ill make you fo rget your
whe n he came to Moscow
Party consc iousness."
Meet Joe Adamov in person this month in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Grove Expo.
with Marshal Zhukov. Gen" I'd love to see you do
Joe is pictured here wearing his Aussie hat while visiting the land down under.
eral
Eisenhower asked one
it.'' he retorted.
of his aides, "Do I have to
Next day I showed him
make a speech?" "No. S ir, you just lake the
World Band R(l(/io callcd Joe Adamov "someKhrushchev's "Let's Live in Peace a nd Friendsa lute: "That's good." said the General. " I
what
of
a
legend.''
V
lad
Li
styev.
the
top
ship''-a collection of his speec hes and press
Russian TV anchorman, on whose program 1 hale making speeches."
conferences. I pointed to the quotation 'only
At the airport I tried interviewing Adlai
was a g uest a couple of months before he was
a foo l can fai l to see that A merica is rich and
Stevenson. twice Democrat ic president ial
introduced
me
as
che
"legendary"
shot.
also
powerful."
candidate and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
Joe Adamov.
I asked, ''Whom cou ld Khrushchev have

October 1995

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13

The planes warmi ng up their engines made

such a noise that we could not find a quiet spot
anywhere. Finally I interviewed him _i n the
men 's washroom. ls this one for the G umness

...._

Book of World Records?

In Eleanor Rooscvclt s au tobiograph y
there is a picture of a young a nd thin Joe
Adamov interviewing the First Lady. Our
tape recorders were primitive at that time. I
discovered the tape had gotte n all to rn and
tw isted. I caugh t up w ith her in the V IP room
and to ld her there was too muc h background
no ise, and would she be so kind as to do the
interview o nce again? ce rtain ly." she replied. -rm ready." About t\venty American
and Sov iet offic ials stood by as I d id the
whole thing o ver again.
The seco nd time I im e rviewed Mrs .
Roosevelt was al the National Ho te l where
she was staying. l showed her about 12 questio ns I had prepared and asked her to please
delete any she did no t want to answer. She
sa id, "That' s very democrat ii.: of you." And
struck out two questions. Al"icr reading he r
autobiography I reali zed that she did not like
us. l don' l blame he r. I felt she was proud
whe n I told her that he r husband had gone
down in o ur histo ry books as the Great American Pres ide nt.
I met Walte r Cronkite whe n he was a w ire
correspondent in Moscow after the war. before he became the Walter Cronkite. After he
ret ired I interv iewed him in Moscow and
re marke d that A merica w itho ut Wa lt e r
Cronkite would be like America w ithout the
Empire State Building or the Niagara Falls .
He nat urall y pro tested. but I insisted it was a
fact.
Vicc.:- President Hu bert Humphrey had
so m e thin g in com m on w ith Mikha il
Gorbac hev. You just couldn't slop him from
talking. I asked Humphrey for a five- minute
interview. and he spoke for 40 minutes!
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fte n co nsidered a trend-se tte r in the

field of public sa fety, the C ity of
Miami was o ne of the first to de velop
an amphibious fire e ng ine and to transmi t
electrocardiog rams using two-way radios. But
in Octo be r I 985. the C ity of Miam i stunned
scanner e nthus iasts whe n the c it y's agencies
started communicating o n an 800 M Hz
trunked rad io system- a revolut io nary communicat io ns syste m, whic h sou nded ideal
in theory. bu t had never been bu ilt o n the large
scale required to meet the de mands of a munic ipa l government.
Business radio users had leased trunked
systems for years. but it wasn't until M iami
insta lled its trunked syste m that scanner e nth usiasts began to look toward the future w ith
increasing pessimi sm.
Since Miami 's trunked system went online, hundreds of munic ipalities across the

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October 1995

country have ins tall ed s imila r syste ms. In a

few cases. members of the press who are
willing to spend the mo ney arc the o nly " o utsiders" to offi c ially rece ive pe rmissio n to
own a radi o o n a muni c ipal trunked syste m.
Tax paying scanne r e nthus iasts. unfortunatel y,
are rarely provided an opportunity to offic ia ll y purchase a radio w hi c h will trac k conversati o ns on the same syste m .
Effi cie ntly mo nito ring the rad io traffi c on
Miam i's trunked radio system w ith a me re
scanner is di ffi c ult. and d uring peak pe riods.
almost impossible. So me sk illed scanner e nthusiasts . who go t fed u p with tryin g to mo nito r trunked systems li ke Mi a mi 's o n a scanner. (whic h inc luded the 1.:ho rc of lock ing out
the dai ly data channe l). pio neered their ow n
crusade to keep pace w ith the new techno logy. I Ed. Note: See thi.1' 1110111/i 's Sca1111i11g
Report for some tip.1 011 how to 111011itor

trunking systems 11si11g 011e or 1110 scanners. I

As cab le TV hackers learned. the best way

to beat a syste m is to use the same eq ui pment

the syste m itself uses a nd mod ify it a~ necessary. The process starts with the pu rchase or
an appropriate Mo toro la radio. programming
sofhvare. and cables-the same (o r sim ilar)
equipment as used by the C ity of Mi ami. A ll
o r th is c.:an be purc.:hased o pe nl y and legally.
O ne necessary ing redie nt which hac.:kers
cannot purc.:hase from Mo to ro la is the cove ted informatio n required to program the radio. Pers iste nt hacke rs have. however. been
a bl e to obtain thi s in formatio n from vario us
sources.
Some fi ve years ago. afte r spe nding about
$'.l.000 fo r equipme nt. a few di e-hard scanner
li stene rs became the first o utsiders to mo ni tor
the fl edg ling public safety trunked systems
just as a fi refig hter o r police o ffi cer would
do-except w ith mo re capabi li ty . Using
Mo torola radios such as the STX . S yntor.
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8000. these scanner buffs can monitor both

police and fire talkgroups (or subneets) on
the same radio. select scan lists. and customize radio opt ions as they desire. Scanner buffs
with such radios monitor talkgroups on public safety trunked systems as if they were
conventi onal (non-trunked) radi o frequencies.
After losing numerous jurisdictions to
trunked radio systems across the nation, many
loyal scanner listeners are, li ke their colleagues in South Florida. keeping pace with
the technology. Since the late 1980s (when
reports of hackers programming phantom STX
radios first surfaced), equipment, software.
and the tec hnology have become more affordable and more ava ilable to hackers and
other outsiders. Now. if they have the money
and access to the technology, die-hard police
and tin: listeners across the nation can possess Motorola trunked radios solely for moni toring purposes. (We'll discuss the legal
issues later.)
I How do they do it?
The process st ar!~ with procuring th e ri ght 800 MH z radio.
Hamfcs ts offer good oppor1unities
lo purchase used Motorola equipment al reasonable prices. Until recently Motorola's STX was the radio of c hoice, because it was the
most common portable radio used
by Motorol a public safety. trunked
systems.
The price for a used worki ng
STX usuall y ranges from $400 to
S900. although some have been purchased for as low as $ 150. The biggest drawback of the STX is that it only scans fi ve
talkgroups. all of which must be within the
same system.
Not just any Motorola STX radio will
work. however. Motorola produced numer-

ous models of the popular STX portablceach designed fora specific trun king protocol
and version (Privacy Plus or Smart net). Some
STX radio~ are designed for conventional
operation on ly. For the purpose of monitoring
public safety systems. the ideal STX radio lo
obtain is the 82 1 enhanced, which supports
Smartnel I. 11 . and Ili (in addition to conventional operation).
Motorola trun ked systems fall into two
broad categories: Privacy Plus for the private sector. and Smartncl for public sa!Cty
u ser~. Whi le similar to Privacy Plus.
Smannct offers several featu res which are
geared toward pu blic safety. such as fas ter
access. dynamic regrouping. emergency
call. mu ltiple priority acces~ levels. and
others.
The original Smannet system. known
as SmanNel I. was popular in the late
1980s and early 1990s. SmanNct II is the
current system. Smar1 Ne1 Iii is a hybrid
between the two. System Iii allows radios in the trunk to use talkgroups (or
subflects) fro m eit her system I or II.
Now that STX radios arc out of
production and used STX radios arc in
short supply. finding an appropriate
radio with usable softwa re may bt: a
difficult task. Especially with numerous digital radi o systems in the planning stages. a used digital Saber Astro
might make a good candidate for monitoring both digital and analog systems
in the future. assuming the software is

The MTX 8000, which is only

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public safety trunked .\ystems. S111art11et is
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systems. although the programming is more
in volved. The Astro Saber may he one of a
few viable alternati ves fo r scanning until a
digi tal scanner hits the market. if it ever does.
I How they make the software work
Motorola sells the STX software for$350.
Virtually anyone can purchase the software
from Motorola. Programming the radio. however. is a different story. The STX software
can read conventional and trunking data from
an STX . But as the program comes. it can only
program the radio for conventional channels
or modify any ex isting trunking data current ly in the STX (i.e .. onl y for the trunked
system for which it was previously programmed). Data for other trunked systems
cannot he entered. nor can the soft ware (by
itself) be used to copy the existing trunk ing
data into a different radio.
Using the STX software. new trun ki ng
data can offi ciall y be programmed into the
radio in only one of two ways. (The programming process for the STX radio is fairly
typical of Motorola' s other 800 MHz radios.)
In the first method the person doing the trunked
system programmin g downloads what is
known as the TCM S'' (trunking control
manage me nt system) fil e direc tl y from
Motorola. The TCMS fil e contains th e
tru nking data for one specific o;ystcm and
only allows programming of that one system
through the STX software. Conventional channels can be programmed at any time.
The second method makes use of a 'system key... The system key auaches to a PC's
se rial port and permi ts the programmer to
program trunking (and of course conventional) data into a radio for any system for
which the key allows. System keys arc ava ilable exclusive ly th rough "inside sales" of
Motorola and are usuall y onl y sold to owners
of Motorola trun ked syste ms. Hackers reportedly modify the soft ware or hardware to
bypass the system key and thus gain full
programming pri vileges.
Especially coveted by hacke rs arc copies
of the in-house "lab" soft ware Motorola itself
uses to create TCMS files and program trunked
radios. Using the lab software. no system key
or TCMS file is req uired 10 program trunked
data into a radio.
I How the radio is programmed
Once a hacker h a~ the radio. cable. interface box and usabl e programm ing software,

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gett ing the trunking data remains the final

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However, to monitor both police and fire
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When programming. the radio hackers
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itself to the ~ ystem wh ich it is monitoring. An
unknown or du plicate radio ID would eas ily
tip-off an alert di spatcher that a phantom
radio i~ monitoring the trun ked syste m.
To pre\'cnt an accidental keying of the
rad io some h acker~ tape popsiclc sticks around
the radio, P"TT switch. But thi s may not be
enough to avoid detection by the ~ ystem.
Depending upon how the system is configured. a di spatcher can query a particular
talkgrou p and attempt to force all radios to
ident ify. Again. a duplicate or unknown radio
ID would stick out-especiall y if the ID belonged to a pub lic works vehi cle whi ch was
monitori ng a poli ce chan nel 1
Through a procedure intenck:d for cmergencie, . ' ome Smart nl!l system s can re motely
turn on the transm itter of an ind ividual radio
so th<tt the agency can monitor what s happe ning in its vic in ity. So hackl!rs may find
that di sabl ing the transmitter is essential to
ma intai ning anonymity.
Once lhl! sy ~ lClll operator learns o r a du plicate or fake radio designation. the phantom
radio can he 'put to sleep" by the system
operator. "Waking up" the radio is a di fficu lt
task for hackers and gl!nerall y req uires the
replacement of a SJOO controlk:r board. The
system opl!rator. however. can eas il y wake
up the radio by send ing a command through
the system controller.
In Mi ami. where unauthori zed cloning o r
the city' s trun ked radi os i ~ a common occurrence. the system operator rou tinely queries
the ~ ys tem for sec urity breachl!s. Techni cians
reportedly discover several fake or duplicate
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October 1995

Even di, abling the radio s transmitter may

not be enough to protect a phantom radio.
Broward County. Florida. one source warn~.
is in the proces ~ of implementing a complex
syste m to ucactivatt.! phantom radios. Over a
peri od of ~ evc ral days Broward County plans
to "put to sleep" all invalid (unused ) radio
IDs. This procedure will su pposedly he re-

Programming a trunked radio is much

different fro m programming a conventional
synthesized two-way radio. Trunked radios
have personaliti es: th!.! ST X allow!> for as
many as 96. Each pcrsonality can contain a
singl e conventional channe l (n;peater or si mplex). or a trunked system lleet with up to 16
subfleets. The personality num ber often corresponds to the designation referenced on the
radio. In Arlington County. Virginia. for example, talkgroup " I-Adam" is the fire di spatch channel (al so si mulcast on 154.1 ]).
The .. , .. is the personality/neet number and
th!.! "Adam" i' the subfleet (talkgroup).
In lieu of a frequenc y. each sublleet is
assigned a unique three-digit hexadecimal
(base 16J number. A fai lsof'l frequency. however. may be assigned to eac h subfleet (or the
entire fleet) for emergency use. should a
central site contro ller malfunction. While in
fail soft mode. frequencies of th e trunked system revert to co nventional repeater ehanne ls.
Herc is an example of a generic fire personality (fleet # I wit h I'.2 subfleets). Each
agency on the trunkt.!d system. like the !'ire
departrm.:nl. \\'Ould likely have at least one
pcrsonalityltlel!t conll gured for its own needs.
Additional per, onalitics could contain a conventional repeater or simplex channel or additional llcets for the same department.
Hypothetical Fire Personality #1
Tlk Grp
A ... 300
B ... 303
C ... 306
D ... 309
E .. 30C
F ... 30F
G .. 312
H ... 315
I ... . 318
J.. .. 31 B
K ... 31E
L .... 321
M ...... X
N ...... X
0 ...... X
P ....... X

Foilsok
859.9875
859.9875
859.9875
858.5875
858.5875
858.5875
857.9875
857.9875
857.9875
856.5875
856.5875
856.5875
[unused]
[unused]
[unused]
[unused]

Sub Nome
DISP(AKA " l-A" )
OPSl
OPS2
OPS3
CMDl
CMD2
CMD3
ADMN
FPRV
FINV
EMSl
EMS2

ll1e fir~t column i ~ the subflcet (talkgroup)

letter dc~ i g nation. which is followed by the
~ uhfl ee t ~ uniqu...: hexadecimal code. T he
hexadeci mal codes usl!d in the above example appear in incremcnts of three. start ing
with 300- although nearly any hexadecimal
number l'rom 0 (;,ero) to FFF could have been
c hose n in any order as long as each was

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unique. In the th ird column is the fail soft
frequency. followed by the subtlcct"s name
w hich appears on the radio" s L CD .
Individual voice frequencies used by the
trunked system arc not program med into the
radios-onl y the four data chan neb are. In
theory. the central contro ller can dy namically
assign virtually any of several hundred 800
M Hz frequencies to a tal kgroup as requi red.
In thi s manner new trun ked voice channels
may be added or removed w i thout recall ing
the radios for reprogramm ing.

I Legal Ramifications
Motoro la' s Master Radio Serv ice Software license agreemen t states that i ts software and arc hi ve (data) fi les contain valuable propr ietary informatio n.. as wd l a~
M otorola trade sec rets. The license prohibits
unauthor ized dissem inati on. distri bution.
modificatio n. reverse engineering. and disassembly of Motorola software or archi ve fi les.
Federal copyright statutes prov ide Motorola
w ith additi onal protection against unauthorized distribution or modification to it), soft ware and archive fi les.
The legal action Motorola has pursued
against Francis J. Harri s (sec MT. Nov 199-1)
de mo nst r at es how serio usly
Motorola views abuse of its software and equipment. Harri s told
the cou rt he programmed th e
trunked radius to research his book

of radio frequencies and communications techniques used by various law enforcement agencies. The data. codes. and eq uipment he used
to program the trunked radios arc avai Iable on
the open market, Harris sa id ...The trade secrets: he stated ...arc not as secret as Motorola
claims they are.'"
Motorola charged that Harri s di stributed
reprogrammed trunked radi os and that he
threatened to publi ~ h proprietary trunking
informatio n which would allow other radio
hackers lo tune in to law enforcement radio
communicati ons w hich Motorola indicated
are otherwise sec ure. Motorola atto rneys also
told the j udge that Harris could use hi s reprogrammed radios to cut into emergency commun i cati on~ networ ks, endangering publi c
safety.
M otorola ass ures local governments that
its safeguards make the company" s trunked
radio systems secure and res istant from hackers such as Harris. Motorola also oilers rewards of up to $ I 0.000 for the successfu l
prosec utio n of anyone caught copy ing. modifying orotherw i se illegal ly using its software
or hardware.
So far. Motorola s tight safeguards and
various federal laws have been unable to stop
determined hackers from obtaining the data
and techno logy necessary to program their
own trunked rad ios. As secure as the process
appears. i t is vulnerable to clever hackers.
espec ially those who are proficient i n assembly language programming. and indi viduals
w ith good connections.

I What's the Future for Scanning?

What has become the inexpensi ve and
versatile scanning recei ver may soon be a
treasu red antique. A s we approach the turn of
the century w i th both trunking and digi tal
com municat ions systems threatening the future of sca nner li stening. d ie-h ard hobby i sts
continue to aggressive ly pursue thcir hobbyw hic h is becoming both more expensi ve and
ever more challenging. Change. ha ve occurred so rapidly that many scanner buffs
wonder w hat the future coul d possibl y have
in store. While no o ne knows for sure. one
thing is for certain : on ly time will tel l.

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You can hear it

just about anytime,
anywhere in the
world: 'This is London
calling. You are tuned
to the Pacific Service of
Radio Australia. " So,
given the distances
involved and the
earth 's curvature,
how do they do that?

~~ur shortwa~e r~,c.eiver

ny time you tune

across _the various
sho rtwave ba nds. Lo ndon callmg 1s the type ol anno uncement that you w ill hear o n the hour and the half hour.
Occasio na ll y you will al so hear some mo re exotic a nnouncement in
unusual lang uages. S ince rad io waves trave l in a strai ght line and the
Earth is ro und. how do these transmiss io ns reach you halfway around
the Earth?
Rad io waves travel through the air (propagate) in several different
ways. Typically. a pro pagatio n mode that works very we ll in o ne pa rt
of the radio freque ncy spectru m will not necessaril y work we ll. if at all.
for othe r freq uenc ies. Let's make a list of the mai n modes a nd then we
w ill disc uss their uses and lim ita ti o ns. The fo ll owing arc the most
commo n modes of propagation.

Line Of S ight (L OS ) propagation: the preferred mode of pro pagation for very high frequency (V HF). ult ra-hig h freque m.:y ( UHF).
:-.uper-high freq uency (S HF). and extra-hig h freque ncy (EHF) bands.
Ionospheric refraction (reflection): the ''normal " propagati o n mode
for the hig h frequent:y (HF) part of the spec rrum . In certa in very
specific c irc ums ranccs. this moue can functio n as hi gh as 50 M Hz.
Nea r Vertical Incidence Skywave (NVIS): spec ial io nosphe ric
propagario n mode used in the lower HF band. 2 10 6 MHz (called the
T ropical Band~) . uti lizing rhe ionosphere 10 rellect an HF signal for
comm unicatio n purposes inside rhe "skip zone ...

Ground Wave Propagation

Ground Wave Propagation: mostly e ncountered in rhe low frequency (LF) beacon and in the medium freque ncy (MF) broadcast
band area of the spectru m.

22

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October 1995

The mode that the AM broadcast stations use to reach the ir

audience. the ground wave w ill hug the grou nd and reach o ut from the

,/_...---GROUND WAVE PROPAGATION

/

\., little skywave present.

--- ..............

,, .. ' '

..........

-''

"" l

,'

.........

, , //~he

main pattern of the antenna o;,

the broadcast station covers
\,',
the city. A minor lobe covers
the countryside. The water
\
area is not covered.
\

j\
\
\

This type of pattern can be

obtained by feeding the
\
antenna towers different
--~~~se and/or current.

.......

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

FIGURE 1: Ground Wave Propogation

............ _...

. ..... ---' .

"

/
, '
,/ /
,

.. ........

..'

also use thi s type of propagation. Their signals arc designed to be used close to the
station. But even with the spec ial antenna
system used by these stations, it is practically
impossib le to remove all the sky-wave components of these signal s. Thu s. LF beacon
signals are occasionall y heard very far from
their intended target.
A nother major user of ground waves is the
GWEN system (Ground W ave Emergency
Network). installed and operated by the USA
armed forces in the event the ionosphere
shou ld be disrupted by a force such as a
nuclear bomb. This system operates
~ .
in the vicinity of 160 kH z area of the
~I
I
400KM
spectrum.
~i
i "F" LAYER
transmitter site. especially in the daytime. The
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more than one tower so that the waves wi ll
trave l further in certain directions and be
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night patterns are different in order to protect
other stations on the same frequency but geographically far removed. Broadcast stations
try to have the least amount of skywave component in their signal s: their market is close by
and most o f the power should be directed in
the ground wave component. (Figure I )
The marine and/or aero beacon stations

'"F2'" LAYER '.'F2'"

LAYER :~

.;i=F1:iveii;~i3(ici.KM.
:.. F1" LAYER :
I

I
I
I

I
j . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . .

200 KM

I
I

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"E" L

Ai

YER

FP""'l:.. .......................... 1.oo'i<M

"D" L ~YER
SUMMER
DAY

WINTER
DAY

WINTER
SUMMER
NIGHT

FIGURE 2: Ionospheric layers, simplified

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FIGURE 3:
Unusual Modes

.. .. ------

F Layer

......
,,
,

~-

...

---

~ - -- - ...

...........

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

..

.......

1F/1 E
mode
E Layer

1-~-/(_:_~~-1-Fy----t.--~'

easier to use this mirror system to turn comers

than to build additional sites in very rugged
terrain!
Th is type of propagation is normall y immune fro m the weather problems at the low
end of the range. but as you move up in
freque ncy. you wi ll encounter absorption by
rain. fog, and snow. As you reach the upper
limit of the microwave spectru m. most of
your power wi ll be absorbed by the water
vapor in the atmosphere in the same manner
as your broadcast ground wave signal will be
absorbed by jungle vegetation.

- ~." --

/ ............../ \\\

will be a difference in altitude for each layer

between winter and summer. At night. no
matter what the season. the D layer di sappears. the E layer becomes very weak, and the
FI and F2 layers combi ne into one sing le F
layer located between 300 and 400 kilometers. (Figure 2)
Refracti on by the nightt ime F layer is
responsible fo r most of the signals that we
hear from around the world. and that incl udes
the signals received from the AM broadcasting stations and from aero/marine beacons
that have very little skywave components in
their signals. Obviously, thi s layer is the mir-

ror that lets us hear the international broadcasters' message on shortwave. However.
because of the geometry of the signal path in
th is type of propagation. a "skip zone" extends between transmiller site and the fi rst
bounce back to earth. There is a mode (NYIS )
that wi ll fil l this void. which we will examine
later.
During the day. the D. E. an<l Fl /F2 laycrs
arc responsible fo r the refraction, hut it is
difficult to diffe rentiate exactly wh ich layer
does the actual refracti ng on a specific path. It
is possi ble that the signal is reaching you by
refraction by more than one layer; this will
cause some unusual audio efk<.:ts. for which
there is no easy fix.
Simple refraction schemes such as 2F. 2E.
IF. etc. are common. Some most interesting" schemes such as I Fil Ell F. I F/(E)/I F
can also be present. (Figure 3) The amount of
refraction and how the wave is refracted does
have a great influence on the quality of the
sig nal that wi II reach you. A good example of
th e effect of such w mpositc refraction
schemes is fading.
I Fixes for Fading

Among many possible causes. fadi ng can

be the result of the same signal arriving by
two different routes: an F and an E layer
refraction. fo r example. Or, the signal may be
refracted by one layer. but take two diffe rent
paths. such as IF and 2F. thereby phasing
itself in and out. This can be caused by the
transmitting antenna's wide beam width where

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I HF ionospheric refraction.
This is the normal propagat ion mode th at
wi II carry shortwave transmissions to far
places. Around the globe we have a few
ioni zed layers that can refract the HF frequencies. The nature of these layers and how we ll
we can use them to refract the HF waves arc
inOuenccd by ( I) the dai ly state of the sun. (2)
where we arc located in the suns 11 year
cycle. and (3) the time of day. p lu ~ a few other
variables. The number of layers and their
respective a lt itude vary according to the time
of day and season of the year. Incidentally.
the ti me of day referred to is the time of day
halfway between the transmitte r and the receiver. as it is here that the signals will normally be refracted on the way between the
transmitter and you!
During the dayli ght hours, the ionosphere
is comprised of four layers: D and E located
below 100 kilometers. F l and F2 between
I 50and approxi mately 300 kilometers. There

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FIGURE 4: Fading

Both signals will sometime add and

sometime subsfract. This will cause
fading of the signal at the receiver.

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some of the energy is broadIn space diversity one

cast at a low ang le, givi ng a
FIGURE 5:
limitation is the space reIF path. while some enquirement for the installaChordal
ergy is radiated at a high
tion. You need a lot of real
Propagation
angle for a 2F route. (Figestate to install all your anure 4)
tennae. This could he very
The first type of' fading
expcnsivc. especiall y if you
is very di fficuIt to a void at
are using rhombic antennae
Ionosphere
either the receiving ortransthat could already measure
mitting site. The second
5 to I0 wave lengths 1
situation could be he lped at
the transmitter site by us Divergent Paths
ing an antenna with a very
;\s a subset of the iononarrow beamwidth. thu s
spheric propagation mode.
concc ntrat ing the maxithree types of "unusual"'
mum energy at a specified
The signal transmitted from "T" can be received at " R1" w ithout a single bounce
propagation geometry are
radiation angle. But one of
off the earth . The same signal can also be received at "R2" after a trip around the
worth
our attention. These
the most effecti vc cures to
world . At "R2", the reception delay was measured at 138 milliseconds. If there
three modes are: chordal
fading is diversity recephad been 36 hops, the delay would have been measured at 160 milliseconds.
propagation. ducted ionotion .
spheric propagation. a nd
Diversity reception is an
near vert ical incidence skywave (NV IS ).
separated by j ust a few MHz. While the signal
old techn ique used to reu uce the problems of
In my listing at the beginning of th is
level is dropping on one freque ncy. it is rising
fad ing on shortwave. This technique was
article. I have ~pec i fi c al l y separated NV IS
on the other frequency. Space diversity uses
used on a large scale whe n many of the
because it is a mode that is much used and
two antennae separated by l 0 to 20 waveoverseas telephone calb were made on HF
we
ll unde rstood . The two ot he r subset
le ngth s. anu operates on the pri nciple that the
circuit. (Now. don't say : "That was way beand ducted-are not as well
modes-chordal
freq
uency
wi
II
not
fade
at
the
same
same
fore my time!" because this technique is still
understood and do not appear to have any
instant in both antennae.
being used today!) Two of the most interestspecial use.
There are limitati ons to the frequency
ing di versit y tec hn iques are frequency di verThe chordal mode is graphically described
diversity system when it is used for high
sity and space diversity reception.
in
Figure
5. We know that the re are no ground
speed
RTTY
or
facsim
ile.
There
may
be
In both types of diversity reception. it is
renections along the path. as the delay is only
enough time differern.:e between the two signecessary to feed the output of two receivers
138 mill iseconds between transmission and
nals (if one is a IF and the other is a 2F signal.
into a pollingde,ice that wil l feed the speaker/
reception after the signal has made a full trip
for instance). to cause major distortion probline the best signal. The freq ue ncy diversity
around the world. If there were multiple hops
lems in the signal bei ng fed to the decoding
technique relics on the fact that fading does
along the way. as expected in a normal ionodevice.
not occur si multaneously on two frequencies
spheric propagation mode. the delay would
be at least 160 milliseconds.
This type of propagation is very similar to
FIGURE 6: Ducted Propagation
sound propagation along the vau lted ceili ng
of certain cathedrals. You speak facing the
wall. and across the church a person can hear
The signal will bounce
IONOSPHERIC
what you arc whispering by listening to the
between various
L YERS
wall 1 Your voice is carried along the vaulted
layers of the
~
ceil ing. because no one under that ceil ing can
ionosophe re and
hear what you are saying.
within the layers.
The ducted mode. Figure 6. appare ntly
No know n
occurs most often at freq uenci es between 13
commercial use
and 18 MHz. and the conditions for insertion
for this type
and extraction oft he signal to utilize the mode
of propagation.
arc fairly stringent. Some research was done
on this mode in the 1970~. but it does not
Difficult to
appear as if there is any viable use for this
achieve and to
mode nor even a good explanation of how it
predict, but does
occurs.
occur regularly.
Figure 7 describes graphically how the
Near Vertical Incidence Skywave (NV IS)
Little attenuation
measured between
works in practice. This mode carries other
"T" and " R".
names also: showe rhcad mode. district mode.
and the trop ical mode. The origin of the name
"showerhead i~ obvious: the signal is sent
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straight up and comes back dow n to earth like

the water from a showerhead. scauering in a
tight circle around the transmission suurce.
The name ..di strict'' is used to describe the
mock in Austra lia. and comes from thi.: fact
that it can be used tu communicate on HF
within an admin istrative district. which is
smaller than a province but bigger than a state
in the US (excluding Texas and Alaska!). The
Australians outside the larger populated centers depe nd greatly on HF communications in
their daily life and much of the research on
this mode was done "down under:
NV IS is also called the tropical mode. as
it used for broadcasting in the "Tropical
Bands" of the HF spectrum . It is virtually
impossible lo use ground wave propagation
broadcasting in a tropical environment. The
vegetat ion wou ld absorb most of the radiated
power within a few miles of the transmitter,
so the only recourse is 10 use HF in the NV!S
mode to reach the audience, whi ch is usually
scallcred over a fairl y large geugraphical area.
However. the NV IS signal is not necessarily confined to the immediate vicinity of
the tran smi11er. The signal will. at times. be
heard halfway around the world. Fur example.just think of the African. South American. and Austral ian stations in the tropical
bands that can be heard in Eastern North
America. especially du ring the northern hemisphere winter'
NV IS has many uses besides bei ng utili zed for tropical broadcasting. but it also has
some limitations. The main limitation is that
the frequency has to be fairl y low: normally
the frequenc i e~ used are in the 2 to 6 MHz
area of the spectrum . Any frequency higher
than this will result in the signal be ing lost in
space. as the ionosphere would be transparent

at such high angle of incidence.

The very high angle of radiation required
of the anten na is another limitation. Without
it. the signal will be directed too far away
from the vertical and will behave as a normal
HF transmission. An ante nna designed for
DX- fo r example. a vertical quarter wavelength- will not produce the proper pattern
for NV IS operation. The si mplest antenna for
thi s propagation mode is a horizontal dipole
erected about I/4 wave length above the
ground.
One uf the princ ipal uses of NVIS is for
commu nicat ion with ships, helicopters. or
aircraft working within the "skip zone" of HF
but ou tside the VHF/U HF line-of-sight path
of the coastal ur base station. Providing reliable commun ication with te mporary survey
camps in remote areas is another use.
There are other exotic propagation modes
that have not been discussed here. such as
meteor scatler. au roral backscatter, sporadic
E. VHF ducting caused by meteorological
condi tions. and a few more bizarre modes. It
should also be remembered that there are no
~ tri c t barriers between the various propagation modes and at times there wi ll be some
overlap between them. The best example of
this is when you hear 50 MHz transmissions
on your scanni.:r coming from South America.
and sometimes from Africa. This should not
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the low end of the VHF range in the spectrum
where propagati on should be line-of-sight
only. Yet, we still hear those transmissions!
So. enjoy yuur hobby, and do not question
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in Equatorial Gllinea

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By Jerry Berg

kulls li e in the ocean here, o ld bones

remembered by sons and daughters.
Men and women were taken to the
isla nd' s edge during the re ig n of Fra nc isco
Macias. and pushed over. Their shadows
li cked the waves. then vanished. With weig hts
tied to the ir ankles. the plunge was sw ift."
So began a 1993 newspaper report on a
large ly fo rgotten A fri can outpost of the Spanis h co lonial e mpire known as Equatorial
Gu inea. For the first 11 years of independence- 1968 to 1979- the country was ruled
by Macias. who was !.aid to have murdered an
estimated 40.000 people . including 21 of hi ~
own cabinet ministers. Eventually overthrown
in a rnup. Mac ias went into the jung le with
S 150 milli o n which he burned when pursuers
started closing in. When they caug ht him.
they had to bring in Moroccan soldiers for the

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firing ~quad because Macias vowed he would

return from the dead to haunt all those connected with hi s demise. and no o ne doubted
him.
Ruling Eq uatorial G ui nea si nce 1979 has
been T eodoro Obiang. who has fa mil y connec ti on~ to Macias. Although the human rights
situatio n has improved somewhat as a result
of the collapse of two o f S pani sh G uinea's
benefacto rs. C uba and the Soviet Unio n. plus
the collapse uf world cocoa prices. Obiang
has himse lf been cha rged w ith widespread
human right s v i olat i o n ~. These have not been
on the scale of Macias. hut thousands have
disappeared or been jailed and the reg ime is
suspected of a threat on the life of the U.S.
ambassador. T he country survives o n fore ign
aid.
Spain came to thi~ African backwater in
1778 and remai ns the majo r intluence in its
life. T he country consists of three parts: the

jungle-covered mainland enc lave of Rio Muni.

whose main c ity is Bata: the relat ive ly ferti le
island of Bioko (fom1erly called Fernando
Poo). some 20 miles south o f the Cameroon
coast and I 00 m iles northwest of the Ri o
M uni ma inland: and the smaller island o f
Annobon. a distant 400 mi !es to the southwest
(on the far side of Sao T ome). The country's
capital. Malabo. form erl y called Santa Isabe l.
i ~ on the is land o r Bioko. The population of
the co untry is about 375.000.

I Radio Atlantica.
Spanish Guinea. as it was known before
1968. doc~ have the redeeming val ue of having long been the source of good shortwave
broadcast DX. And as be fits a place whe re
vood oo and wi tchcraft play a big part. it has
a lso been ho me to some interesti ng shortwave mysteri es. The biggest o ne was a project
known a~ Radio Atlantica.

tion and the home office. The 200 kW transThe story started authoritati ve ly enough.
mitter would also be ordered from the U.S ..
with a news item in 7'l1e Ne w York Times of
whic h was at that time the o nl y source fo r
June 13. 1947. "The world s most powerful
senders o f such power.
commercia l radio station" had been under
construction since February 1947 on the is Atlantica on the air?
land of Fernando Poo. said the artic le. The
200 kW station would be used largely for
The 19.+8 and 1949 editions of the World
advertisi ng, and one beam would he to the
Radio l-la11dhook gave possi ble frequencies
United States. The programs would be diand a possible futu re schedu le of Radio
rected from Madrid. and time wou ld be sold
At lant ica. and it wasn't long before loggings
to any com mercial user. Programming was
o f the statio n began appearing in the DX
expected to co nsist large ly o r recordings. and
pres~. Newark News Radio Club Shortwave
the station would commence operation with a
Section Editor James J. Hart o f Irvington.
library of 55.000 records. The economic
New Jersey. reported in the February 1949
struggle between nations is beginning. and a
directional station or 200 kW puts at the
dis position of Spain and her commerc ial firms
the greatest instru ment or propaganda: it
was prodaimed.
The news was published again. along with
some new in fo rmat ion. in Ken Boord's "In- government s ro le in the venternational Shon-Wave.. column in the Octoture "could not be more enber 1947 edition of l?adio Ne11.1. wherein it
thu~iastic . Under!>tanding the
wa. confirmed that work had begun on the
international interest in such
station early in the year. It would be operated
an enterpri se and the prestige
hy the Sociedad de Radi odifusion Intercon ti - o r the Spanish nat ion which
nental. a company which ope rated mai nl y
will bring under such form,
low-powered medium wave stations in Spain.
at the disposal o f all the naand it would be known as Radio Atlantica.
tions. a powerful instrument
Transmi ssions would be in Spani sh. Engli sh.
of e xchange. the government Two 111111sual QSL 's from Radio Santa Isabel.
German. Ponu2uese. lt alian and French. with
oranted a concession to build
beams toward Europe. Africa. the U.S.A. and
RC Bulletin that the new Rad io Atlantica
:nd operate the statio n. The Governor GenSouth America. plus Spain.
was testing irregularly on 14402 kHz. and had
eral o r Guinea. S r. Bonelli. took a very impor"The Voice o f Spain will be heard in all
been heard with good s ignals unti l 2300GMT.
tant part in establi shing the cond iti ons under
part s o r the world,'' continued the artide.
The
nex t mo nth he reported having heard the
whi ch the station is go ing to be bu ilt and will
"This wi II be. in the first place. a de monstras tation hi mself. I Ding as " Radio Atlantica."
have to be operated. up to the poi nt that he
tion of our progn:ss techn icall y. and of our authori Led the construction in a large area o f
Seve n month s later. however. Ke n
high ambitions. and. in the second place. no
Dobcson. the British re prese ntati ve of Radio
60 acres located al Musola:
less imponant. Spain will he able to speak in
Nacional de Espana. reported that the station
"The Compa n ia de Ra d iod ifu s io n
a strong voice to peopk in every spot in the
wa. ~till under constructi on and that the stuJntercontinetal. to which the con ces~i on ha~
wo rld. directly and defin ite ly. without ncce:-.dios were completed but that start-up would
been granted .. . will create o ffices every~ it y o f intermediaries:
have to await the arri val of high-power tubes,
where in the pri ncipal economic centers such
More detai led inform ati on appeared in
probably from the U.S. Two mo nths later he
as New York. Buenos Aire s. Bruss els.
Ken Board ' s column two mon ths late r in the
Lausanne. Milan. Lisbon. Paris. and so on."
form of an interview by Eddy Copper- Royer.
he continued. "There wi ll be a delay ol' 18 to
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rcponedthat the mai n statio n would be operational in 1950 and that a small lransmillc r,
which would ultimately be used fo r point- topoint service between the statio n and the
ho me office in Madrid. would soon be o perational.
In May 195 1, Ken Boord reported that he
had been re liably in formed that a low-powered transmitter had been o perating fro m Santa
Isabe l (as Malabo was then known ). on the
is land of Fernando Poo. for four years. In
Novem ber, we ll-k nown Michigan DXer John
DeMyer reported th at Emi sora de
Radiodifusio n de Santa Isabel had been heard
in African countries, and that it was o pe rating
with low power o n 7200 kHz al 0630-0730.
1200- 1400 and 1700- 1900 GMT. A higherpowered transmitter was expected to come
into service around December 5. 195 1, when
an inte rnatio nal meeting of West A fr ican
colo nies was to be held in Span ish G uinea .
In 1952, the World Radio Handbook listed
Emisora de Radiodi ff us io n de Santa Isabel o n
7 200 kH z wit h 500 watts of po we r. DXer
John J. Oskay ofNcw Jersey. who thought he
had heard the statio n w ith menti o ns o f
"Atlantica ," received a non-verification le tter in which stati o n offic ial Ange l Margall o
said that the statio n was in fact o n the air o n
7200 kHzat0630-0 730. 1200- 1400and 18002030 GMT. T heir most distant report had
bee n fro m Germany. and they planned lo
increase their power tO 750 watts. with a new
antenna. by January 15. 1952.
In a lette r to the NNRC Amateur Sectio n
in February 1952. Marga llo provided some
interesti ng o bservatio ns o n a S pa ni sh G uinea
that was very d ifferent from the land of the
future. "It is very hot here, but health conditions arc muc h better than in some of the
nearby colo nies. M any married people o f
European stock and the ir chi ldren live here.
Also, many fore ign people from the French
and Engli sh colo nies come here by plane for
the weeke nd. T hi s week. 15 Frenc h people
arrived and the plane leaving for Doual a
ICamerounl carried five Eng lishmen w ho
had spent their vacation here."
Margallo, who was EAOAB. no ted that
his DXC C was stuck al 93. but that he

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October 1995

I 00 mark before returning to

S pain o n ex tende d leave.
"Much o f my time is spcnt o n
official work connected wi th
the operation of the government radio stati o n on the 40
meter band.'' he said .
The exact seq ue nce and
re lation ship of the fo regoing
events has never been establi shed w ith prec isi o n. In my The Radio and Television Statios of Santa Isabel.
opin io n, either Margall o had
1975. and it is now the Malabo branch o f
a separate amateur tran smiue r, o r the early.
Rad io Nac io nal de Guinea Equato ri al. It is
low-powered Radio Atl antica transmille r to
fa irly well heard on 6250 kHz at 0530 UTC
which Mess r. Dobeson had made refere nce
s ig n on and until 2200 UTC sig n off. " Radio
in 1949 had in fac t arri ved. and whatever
Africa" English-language religio us programs
transm iller was at hand had been put to work
arc also heard intermittently over the Ma labo
by Margallo for combined amateur and broadse nde r on varying freque ncies aro und 7 190
casting purposes- a no t uncommo n practice
or 15 190 kHz. closing at 2300 UTC. A sepain the early clays of sho rtwave broadcasting.
The 14400 kH z signa l may have been an
rate 10 kW stat ion. Radio Africa 2000. was
a lso o n theair fro m Malabo o n 69 10 kHz fro m
harmonic o f this transmiucr, pc rha ps even
1989 until a d ispute over Spanish aid forced
emi tted intcntio nall y. Early me ntio ns of
''Atlantica" may have bee n the product of
its c loscdown in 1993.
ovcrenthusiasm. ei ther in DXers imaginaRadio Ecuatorial in Bata went on the ai r in
tions or in the broadcasting practices of Sr.
1956 with 400 walls. It was heard on 7850
Margallo. who may have made some inforkH z. It is now the Bala sender of Radio
Nacional o n 5005 kHz (and occasionally
mal "'Radio Atlantica" anno uncements in order to accelerate the station 's place in history.
4926). and is also heard often at 0500 UT C
sign on and until 2200 UTC sign off.
T his is all speculation , however.
In January 1952. Ken Boord reported that
construc t io n of super-power Ralli o At la ntica
II Radio Calatrava.
had been delayed indefinitely. but that a n
A final shortwave mystery connected w ith
improved transm iller for 7200 kHz was imSpanish Guinea was a station callcd Radio
mine nt. Oskay no ted in the February 1952
Calatrava. which was heard from time to time
NN RC Bulle tin (witho ut c iting any part icuin 1958-59 in the 6668-82 kH z ra nge. It
lar source) that ''al the present time !Radio
closed down at 2100 UTC. usually after a
Atlanticaj seems years away as the transmitclassical music program and the playi ng of
ter for that onc is being bui lt in the U.S.A. and
Ave Maria."
due to o ur de fe nse program it has been side Althoug h the station was commonly
tracked indefinitely."
thought to be in Spani sh G uinea. the location
Whatever the reason . Radio /\tlantica
was never established with certainty. There
never made it o n the air. As most DXers
was a Calat rava in Rio Mun i. bu t Rad io Bala
know. however. Spani sh G uinea has over the
told o ne DXcr that Ca latrava was in South
years been home to se veral soug ht-a ft er sho rtAmeri<:a (a lthough the Na1io11al Geographic
wave stat ions. The ori g ins of thcsc sho rt wave
was unable to come up w ith a South Ameribroadcasting efforts may well have been the
can tow n hy that name). Many towns in
lo ng-forgott e n Radio Atlantica proj cct.
Spain. whi ch were lo<:atcd in w hat was once
a S pan ish poli ti cal su bdi vision known as
Equatorial Guinea on shortwave
Campo de Calatrava. added "de Calatrava" to
today.
the ir na mes . but there was no s u gge~ tion that
the stati o n was in Spain.
T he stati ons that have been o n the air from
Radio Calatrava was heard by respected
Spanish Gu inea have been exotic e no ug h to
DXers both o n the East Coast and in Europe.
be inte resti ng. and powerful eno ug h to be
and a lthough it meri ted a brief entry in the
decen tly heard, especia ll y in eastern North
1960 and 196 1 ed iti o ns of the World R(/dio
A merica. Emisora de Radi odi fu sion de Santa
TV Handbook, it was last heard in late 1959,
Isabel, o n 7200 kHz. was the fi rst. It was
d isappearing thereafter into the mi~ t s of DX
heard often in the United States from 1952
history that have e nveloped thi s faraway place
onwa rd.
fro m the beg inning .
It became known as Radio Malabo in

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cians in the control room. Both times.
nothing-not so much as a hint of a doubletake, no ..What the Hell did you say!?" was
heard from her PL head set. Not one of the
e ve all wrestled with this
crew had caught it and they were astondi lemma before: after months
ished upon reviewi ng the tape of t he show.
(sometimes years) of dragGABER EAU is heard by tens of thouging yourself out of bed in the middle of
sands of fai thful listeners five days a week:
the night. night after night. fueled by tmsurely the CBC would be flooded with
told gallons of coffee and ri sking the wrath
mai l conl:eming the ineident... .. NOT! Not
of one s abruptly awakened spouse. you.
even a post card from Vicki's mother
the intrepid DXer. trip over the cat and
inquiring as to why her daughter had
down the stairs groping your way to the
changed her name.
shac k to once agai n cont inue your quest
The DX adventure we've j ust been
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for whatever DX target has been Number
,,'
through begs the question: "How shou ld
One With a Bullet on top of your hit list for
t
~
one report the loggi ng in this case?"" Posilonger than you'd care to adm it.
111e author pulls the tricky IDs out of the ether
tive? [If you can sleep and face yoursel f in
Still half asleep you slip on the head with a flallicrafters SX- 100, which is the same age
the morning. go for it.] Tentative? [You
phones and fire up the rig. Suddenly. you he is.
run the chance of having to '"correct" yourfeel a prot uberance in your throat. Sweaty
self in the hobby publications where the
dary. let"s consider the following:
hands carefully tweak the controls of the
log ran. lest someone else docs it for you. I
Jay Ingram. former host and producer of Embarrassi ng? Somewhat. [But it shouldn't
radio. Then. a~ if possessed. you shout .. PAY
the CBC s sl:ience program Quirks & Quarks,
DAY! ..
be fatal to your reputation unless you make a
has written a book titled, Talk. Tai/.:. Tai/.:,
You detect a moderately strong. open
habi t out of it.I UNID? !You can always play
published by Viking. The book deals with all
carrier on the frequency where you' ve spent
it safe, but you' ll never hear Glenn Hauser
conl:civable aspects of human speech, how announcing to the world that you were the fi rst
more time lately than you've spent with your
we learn it and use it. as well as how we
kids (ask your wife!). Five minutes until signto log an unidentified station']
on. your pulse races as audio rises from the
assimilate it.
The experiment poses another question.
As pa11 of the research for his book, Ingram
background noise. Like a trophy marlin fish" If someone wanls to hear something badly
conducted a most interesting experiment. He
erman who just set the hook. you've still gotta
enough, Or if a person is SO GCCllS/Ollled lO
enlisted the help of CBC colleague Vicki hearing the same words, said the same way. at
land that sul:ker! So rid ing that signal like a
Gabereau, host of the weekday afternoon about the same time most days, could a person
wave. you stay ri ght 0 11 top of it unti l it fades
show.
GAIJL'REAU. (which airs on CBC's (i n thi s case a DXer). given the right ci rcumout.
dome stic MW servil:e). On 25 May 1992
You ex pedi tiously cross check all the
stances, hear something that wasn't said?'"
duri ng an interview of Ingram by Gabereau.
pertinent data. Fade-out time is in complete
Well. like those movies with ambiguous
the latter mispronounced her name a couple endings that my wife hates so much. rm not
agreement wi th your DX Edge gray line preof ti mes. This was done deliberately and at
dic tions. language, program format. and evhere to offer any answers. Just some food fo r
Jay"s request. Hopefully. this ex periment
erything else checks out against the reams of
thought.
would illustrate if what someone 1rw11ed to.
reference material at your finger-tips. The
As for myself. I' ve no time to pondcrthese
or expected to hear had any correlation with
only thing left to do is review you r tape and
imponderable questions. 1 m off to transcribe
what was actually heard.
transcribe the ID that you re sure you heard at
a tape of a DX catch. bagged this morning by
At the e nd of the first hour of her show.
the top of the hour.
yours trul y.
right before going into network news and in
Hours later. you find yourself slumped
Hmmm ... now what was that the announcer
her openi ng remarks fo r the show's second
over your tape deck. Befuddled. you slip off
mentioned" 1 " Tez ulutlan ... " ? Or
hour. Vicki Gabereau. speaking with her northe sweaty headphones. The right side of your
" ...T ristan ..." ? Guess I'll have to report this
mal intonation, clearl y mispronounced her as tentative. But I could swear I heard him
brain hears a defini te ID; the port side isn "t so
name as "Figgy" Gabereau. Each time she
sure. Everything else fits. Listen to the tape
say ....
watched for any hi nt of a reaction to the
one more time... did the announcer say
erratum from the production staff and techni"N ibi-Nibi .. or not'! Faced with thi s quan-

By Frank F. Orcutt

October 1995

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..__...

Larry VanHom, NSFPW

mt@grove.net

USSTRATCOM Frequencies

s promi sed in last mo nth' s Ute World. I ha ve included a

compre hen sive U .S. S trateg ic Command (USSTRATC OM )
freque ncy lis t (T able O ne) in th is mo nth ' s col umn . As most
lo ng time readers of this column know, MT s Urili1y Wor ld column has
been tracking these desig nato rs and thei r assoc iated freque ncies since
they were fi rst repo rted in thi~ magazine in May 1989.
O ne o f the major questio ns regarding these frequency des ignato rs
that has gone unan swered up until thi s point was the s ig nificance o f the
S ie rra . Papa. X-ray, and Whiskey ch aracters in the des ig nato rs. A fter
six years o f inten sive moni toring and the analysis of tho usands of logs
sent to thi s c.:olumn. an educated g uess can now be re nde red.
The Papa d esignator appe ars to be associated w ith the Pos t A ttack
Command and Co ntro l Syste m ( P ACCS). Normall y we associate the
PACCS w ith the w ideband s ig nals we hear in the 225-400 M H z
milit a ry airc raft band . Based o n intercep ts. it would ap pear that these
frequenc ies arc used as a b ack- up, vo ice coo rdinatio n net for the
PACCS a ircraft. If you check the Jul y 1988 issue o f MT. for e xample .
you can sec thi s co nnectio n by cross-checking the Papa frequenc ies in
Table One with the ir assoc iat ed li st ings in the S trategic A ir Command
(SAC) freq uency li ~ l we ran in that mo nth ' s Util ity W o rld column .
For a num ber o f y ears uti lity liste ners mo ni tored aircraft as~oc i
ated w ith the form er Strateg ic A ir Command o n the freque ncies we
no \\' kno w as Sierra d es ignato rs. The o ld SAC com municatio ns
system was know n as G ian t T a lk. T he old Glo ba l Command and
C o ntrol S ys tem (GCCS) and G iant Talk frequenc ies were combined
in 1992. In a se nse. G iant T alk went away-but not its frequencies.
S ince 1992. se\'eral ute mo nito rs have reported o n-the-a ir con versatio ns w ith military pe rso nnel re fe rring to these o ld G iant Talk
cha nne ls as SCACS (Strategic Com ma nd and Con trol Systc mprono unced ..SAC KS .. ) frequenc ies. Aircraft mi!>!>io ns heard o n these
frequen cies have ranged fro m bo mbe rs performing ordnance training
m issions to aircraft cond uc ting in- fli g ht refue ling.
Sound a lilt le familiar? I now be lieve that these S ie rra o r SC AC S
freque ncies arc used w hen Air Combat Command ( ACC ) aircraft arc
perfo rming a US STR A TC OM missio n.
The X-ray channels were a littl e mo re difficult to analyze. It
was n ' t until we com pared the known X-ray freq ue nc ie s w ith an old li st
of Mys tic S ta r freque nc ies . th at the relati o ns hip became apparent.
Each o ne of these frequenc ies is a lso used by A nd rews A ir Fo rce Base,
Mary land. for M ys tic S tar su pport. S ince A irbo rne Natio n al Command Post (A BNCP ) ai rcraft can a lso be cons idered .. Executi ve ..
airc raft like those of the 89 th A ir Wing. l now be lieve th e primary
purpose o f these frequ e nc ies is to serve as a voice coordinatio n link
w hc n certain VIP a ircraft arc airbo rne and need command pos t
s upport. Aga in. like thc Papa freque nc ies. the X -ray channe ls are
\'Oice coo rd inatio n freque nc ies.
The last o f these d es ignato rs was the mos t ~tubborn n ut to crack.
Based o n your log s and an a lmost daily watch of a ll the USSTRATCOM
frequenc ie s. it h as been no ted that tra ffi c o n the Whiskey c ha nnels
w as s ignifica mly less than thc o ther SCA CS frequenc ies previo usly

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mentio ned. Based on the July 1988 SAC li st and a detailed anal ysis of
rece nt inte rcept s. it wo uld appear the se frequenc ies have been set
as ide as a warning network. I now believe these freque ncies are used
to warn the US A F Natio na l A irborne O peratio ns Center ( N A OCform erly NEAC P-see A ug ust 1995 column ) aircra ft o f important
mil itary activity w hich w ill invo lve them . The se freq uenc ies o nly
seem to be acti ve during majo r exerci ses that are cond ucted abo ut
o nce a mo nth. These exerc ises a ll in volve the NAOC aircraft.
In conclu sion. the b as ic fun ctio ns connected w ith the se frequencies as noted in our 1988 freque ncy list has not changed. The only
c hange from seven years ago appe ars Lo be the de sig n ato rs .
If you have any in fo rmation that updates our freq uency table o r the
info rmation presented above , l would like to hear from you. You c an
write thi s column care o f o ur Brassto w n ad dress o r the above e -mail
add ress via the Inte rnet.

I Ute World Pot Luci<

A U.S. Air Fo rce communicati o ns syste m that hasn ' t gotten a lot
of coverage in the ho bby p ress is the Inter-Ame rica n Air Forces
Te lecommu nicatio ns System . o r S ITFA . T his voice net ties s tatio ns
in Latin A merica w ith U.S . A ir Force statio ns stateside. Trans miss io ns arc US B (some pac ket has been noted ) and the fo ll owing
freque nc ies h ave been repo rted:
4503.5 4764 5743 .5 7317 7320 7729 7932 7935 8059 8061
8064 8067 9043.5 1 1547 13217 13897 13918 13921 14640
14643 14646 14649 15675 18367.5 18370.5 18373.5 18376.5
19497 19500 20597 20600 20860 23066.5 24860

Finally. the U.S. Army also appears to be running an inte rArne rican , military, comm un ication s network. Thi s o ne uses USB .
C W. and S ITOR-A/B modes o f trans mi ssion. Yo u can catc h activ ity
o n the fo ll owing frequenc ies :
7525.5 9080 10322.5 11 61 4.5 14434.5 15484.5 16233. 5
18708.5 19 253.5 19568.5 20144.5 23384.5 2421 6. 5

Stations in rhis net include:

ACA 5
AAC65
ACL
CAW ZJ
CPEM
CVL5D
DECA2
DECA 3
HCE24
HIR4
HK3BIM

Corozol, Ponomo
Ft. Dietrick, MD, USA
Son Jose, Cosio Rico
Santiago, Chile
Lo Paz, Bolivia
Montevideo, Uruguay
Guotemolo City, Guatemala
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Quito, Ecuador
Santo Domingo, D. R.
Bogota, Colombia

HK3EJC Bogota, Colombia

HK3EMC Bogota, Colombia
HPGN
Panama City, Panama
HR2
Tegucigolpo, Honduras
HTGN 1 Managua, Nicaragua
LTR46
Buenos A ires, Argentina
PRU65 Limo, Peru
Brasilia, Brazil
PT02
SALl
Son Salvador, El Salvador
YWH3 Corocus, Venezuela
ZPQ5
Asuncion, Paraguay

Report s o n thi s U.S . A rmy/ Latin A merica communicatio n s ne t

and S IT FA are requested.

TABLE 1: USSTRATCOM Network

Frequencies

This list is the most complete list of USSTRATCOM frequencies

and designators available at presstime. For a number of reasons,
this list is dynamic and changing. The complete switch-over to 3
kHz spacing in the OR segment of the bandplan has not been
completed as of this time. Also, we are at sunspot minimum, and
higher frequencies ore not being used or heard. #-indicates
that this designator/ frequency has not been confirmed through
monitoring.
Papa (PACCS/ABNCP) Nets

Note: Another possible frequency that might be a ssociated with

this net is 15035 kHz (designator unknown).
P-380
P-381
P-382
P-383

5684
5700
11408
15044

Sierra (SCACS) Nets

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pulling duty as the Grove Enterprises electroni c postmaster !
Cyberspace has come to Brasstown and w e now have a full -time email address for the Utility Wo rld colu mn- m t@grovc.net.
For the last two year . I have had to call out to a dial-up serv ice
in Raleigh in order to access the infor mation superhighway and your
e-mail messages, but those days arc now gone. W e finall y have our
T 1 computer line d irect into the In ternet and an automated sy stem
to act as postmaster instead of your UW edi tor.
I hope that you take advantage of our new techno logy and the
Internet to commun icate wi th the staff of Monitoring Times and
Satellite Times. We shoul d be able to respond w i th more speed and
ease to our readers. Y ou can also send your logs v ia the Internet at
the address noted i n the masthead. Please do not uuencode your logs.
Send the logs as an e-mail message or an attached fi le usi ng Ml ME.
For those of you w ho sent mail to the old mercury.interpath .net
address. please note that o ld mailbox has been cl osed .
T hat does i t for th i s month: now i t i s time to see what you have
been hearing this month in the world of utili ty communi cations.

Note: Other possible frequencies tho! might be associated with this net
include: 3369 5026 6828 15964 18046 20890 27870
S-302
S-303
S-304
S-307
S-308
S-309
S-310

31 13
3295
4495
7330
8 101
9057
11220

S-311
S-312
S-313
S-314
S-315

11494
13211
14955
15041
15962

S-390

4725

S-391
S-392
S-393
S-394
S-395
S-396
S-397

6761
9027
11 244
13241
17975
20631#
23337#

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X-ray (Executive) Nets

X-201
X-202
X-203
X-204
X-205
X-206
X-207
X-208
X-209
X-210
X-211

3078#
3074#
3064
3060#
3057#
3046
Unknown
31 34
4742
11 229
15038

Whiskey (Warning) Nets

W- 100
W- 101
W-102
W-103
W -104
W- 105
W -106
W-107
W -108
W -109
W -110

3032
5800
6683?/5875?
6757
7475
7831
Unknown
10204
12070
13247
15499

X-212
X-213

15048
18023

X-901
X-902
X-903
X-904
X-905
X-906
X-907
X-908
X-909

3144#
5710#
6730
901 7
11226
13217
15094#
17992
23265

W -111
W -11 2
W -1 13
W -114
W -11 5
W -116
W -11 7
W -118
W -119
W -120
W- 121
W -122

17972
18387
18623#
19665
19755#
20167
20407
23872#
24828#
24978#
26532#
26859#

Other possible USSTRATCOM frequencies to monitor include:

2334 6828 11405 11408 11445 11607 13907

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A bb reviations used in this column
5303.5
AFB
AM
ARO

ARO-E
ARO-E3
AROM2
ARW
Canforce
Com ms

cw

EAM
FAA
FAF
Fax
FEC
FECA
FF
GHFS
HF
LDOC
MARS
Meteo/Meteo

Air Force Base

Amplitude Modulation
Synchronous !rans
mission and automatic
repetition teleprinter
system
Single-channel ARO
teleprinter system
Single-channel ARD
leleprinter system
Multiplex ARO teleprinter system with
two data channels
Air Refueling Wing
Canadian Forces
Communications
Continuous Wave
Emergency Actio n
Message
Federal Aviation Ad
ministration
French Air Force
Facsimile
Forward Error Correcti on
One-VJay traffic FEC
teleprinter system
French Forces
Global HF System
High Frequency
Long Distance Operational Control
Military Affiliate Radio
System
Meteorology

MFA
MHz
MOD
MN
NORAD
NW
Packet
POL-ARO
ROUFEC
Rm
SAM
SCACS
Selscan
SITORA
SITOR-8

so cc
SWBC
Tanjug
Un id
U.S.
USAF
USB
USN
WFM

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Megahertz
Ministry of Defense
Motor Vessel
North American Aerospace
Defense Command
Nightwatch
Teleprinter system commonly
used by amateur radio opera
tors
Polish diplomatic ARO tele
printer system
Romanian diplomatic version
of the FEC teleprinter system
Radioteletype
Special Air Mission
Strategic Command and Control System
Selective scan
Simplex teleprinting over radio syslem, mode A
Simplex teleprinting over radio system, mode B
Sector Operations Control Center
Shortwave Broadcast
Telegrafska Agencija Nove
Jugoslavija
Unidentified
United States
U.S. Air Force
Upper Sideband
U.S. Navy
Wideband Frequency Modulalion

All freq11e11c ies i11 kiloher1:. (kf-1:.). all 1i111es i11 UTC. All rnice

5359.5
5371 .0
5419.0
5456.7
5687.0
5710.0
5711 .0
6287.5
6382.2
6442.4
6462.1
6502.0
6730.0
6734.0
6735.0
6739.0

1rw1.m1issio11.1 i11 E11glish 1111/e.\"S otherll'ise 1101ed.

6750.0
6751 .0

2357 .7

6754.0

2474.0
2893.0
3064.0
3067.0
3282.0
3390.0
3693.2
3824 .0
3831.0
3832.0
4050.0
4540.0
460 1.0
4602.5
4739.0
4742.0
4780.0
5097.4
5255.0
5267.0

34

OUA32Dan1sh Naval Radio. Stevns. wilh V CW marker al 2343. (Ary

Bocnder-Ne1herlands)
PBCDulch Navy Goeree Island, Netherlands. with 75 baud ATTY channel
checks at 1740. (Oman-UK)
MTO-Royal Navy Rosyth , Scotland. with 75 baud ATTY channel checks al
1659. (Oman-UK)
Umd stalion KDPO with 5-letter groups in CW at 2215. (Boender-Neth)
Unid stalion NT7R V10rk111g GR10 with coded CW messages at 2130. E68W
working 5USW with CW traffic at 2135. (BoenderNelh)
Un id station LHMD working 50EM with 5-letter CW groups at 2200. (Boender
Neth)
MGJ-Royal Navy Glasgow. Scotland. with 75 baud ATTY transmissions at
1707. (Oman-UK)
RFLl-FF Fort de France. Martinique, (IGE) to St. Jean Ou Maroni using ARO
E at 0100, recently upgraded to 192 baud. (Fred Helhenngton-Ormond
Beach. FL)
German lemale 5-digil number station (Swedish Rapsody) in AM at 2300
(Wednesday). (Boender-Neth)
Unid station V58J working HJ9U with CW traffic at 2245. (Boender-Nelh)
FOC-FAF Metz. France. 111th V CW marker al 2245 (Boender-Neth)
Mice 5t at 0241 calling Mice 96, no joy. (Rick Baker-Austintown. OH)
SZVYMN Ionian Wmd workrng Boulogne Radio in CW at 2155. (Robin
Hood-UK)
Umd slalion RGC7 working Z4C5 on 4602.5 with CW at 2315. (Boender-Neth)
Un id station ESUP sending "VVV XXXXXX ESUP ESUP 06365 Barwinok 570"
repeated 3 times in CW at 2210. 5E9S working many slalions with 5-letter
groups at 2232. (Boender-Neth)
RAF Volmel broadcast heard several times. New frequency replaces 4722.
(Hood-UK)
Nightwalch al 1121 working WAR46 w1th commumcallons checks. (BakerOH)
KFA2-lsraell Mossad number slal1on from 02000220. (Ed Rausch-Cedar
Grove. NJ)
CFH-Canforce Halifax. NS. Canada. 111lh 75 baud RTTY 1rafflc at 1100.
(Hetherington-Fl)
Unid station UBVV call mg 0550 with 50 baud RnY RYs then encrypted traffic
al 1640. (Oman-UK)
RFFA-MOD Paris. France. with AROE transmission at 1715. (Oman-UK)

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6761.0

6762.5
6786.0
6814 .0
6829.0
6830.0
6835.0
6993.0
7635 0

7643.3
7646.0
7765 .0
7801.0

7827.0
7862.0
8050.2

006 working T06. '\val! for 2406 to feed ARCOM for party line. F45 working
145 ...percenl complele at Fairhaven." Very strong, Army Corps of Engineers
at Fairhaven. NY? (Harry Riddell-Rochester. NY) I believe this is a army
reserve channel rather than ACOELarry.
W73 working W45, Ratrig/Ratvan/NCS mentioned at 1410. Also heard administrative messages passed from Sgt to Sgt. (Riddell-NY) Another U.S. Army
frequency pops up on the air-Larry.
CIAUnid slalion with msg for 568 in AM at 2100. (Boender-Nelh) Ary is this
a Mossad station?-Larry.
Spanish female 5-digit number slalion in AM at 0700 (Sunday/Monday UTC).
(Tom Mazanec-Maple Heights. OH)
RFHHF Papeete. Tah1li. with AROE3 lrattic ro RFU-Fort de France al 1000.
(HetheringlonFL)
Wise 81 working Plan1auon (Hurlburt). both very strong here discussing
cancelled fueling of Cowbow 22 at 0140. (Jeff Haverlah-Houslon. TX)
SAM 29000 working Andrews (Mystic Star) at 0050. (Baker-OH)
DoO Cape at 1909 working King 1 for shuttle launch. (Baker-OH)
ORJHBelgian Naval vessel Godetiaworking OSNOstend Naval Radio rn CW
al 07 45. (Hood-UK)
EA02-Madrid Radio. Spain. with CW marker al 0224 . (Sue Wilden-Columbus.
IN)
FUM-French Navy, Papeete. Tahiti. with 72 baud RnY test lape at 1610.
(Robert HallCapelown. RSA)
FUM-French Navy Papeele. Tahili. with 75 baud RTTY RYs at 0950.
(Hetherington-FL)
TBB6-Turkish Naval Radio. Anakara. Turkey. wilh extensive CW marker al
0050. (Roger Parmenler Cape Cod. MA)
NWOl working Admirable here and on 5700 (S-381) passing 'lraffic' - a 26
character EAM al 0448. (Haverlah TX)
Portishead LDOC working Speedbird 2740 at 1828. moved 10 561 0 due to bad
conditions. (Boender-Nelh)
Mike calling India on lhe USN Foxlrol Tango nel at 0429. Mike had what
sounded like a Dulch accent. (Haverlah TX)
Offutt GHFS wilh a 339 character EAM-Preamble SLVOCK al 0056. MacDill
and olhers with a 197 characler EAM - Preamble SLVCKA at 0322. Sentry
34 working Lajes GHFS looking for working frequencies for Croughton GHFS
at 0512. The frequencies given out by Lajes were 6739. 11175. and 8992.
(Haverlah TX)
Foxtrot Tango working Golf al 0308. (HaverlahTX)
Sidecar working V9A at 2109. having problems with data link setup. (Baker
OH)
VXAEdmonton military. Alberta. Canada. at 0525 w1lh weather broadcast.
(Baker-OH)
Whiteman AFB radio maintenance at 02 16 for a radio check. no response.
Mash 84 (KC-135 tanker) working Mash Control (3051h ARW. Grissom AFB.
IN) al 0217. Heard Mash 84 just prior to HF com ms on 252.1 MHz in refueling
ops. (J.L. Melcalfe-KY)
Aeronautical weather al 0230. British or Canadian? (Melcalle-KY) Not really
sure. I l1aven t heard this one before and and my last listing /or this one in my
database l'las 11193. 66n5 ID'ed this frequency as Papa Kilo-Larry.
Spanish female 5-digit number slation in AM at 0700 (Wednesday). 0500
(Thursday) and 0800 (Friday). (Mazanec-OH)
English female 5-digil number slation in AM at 19t7 (Monday). (Wilden-IN)
Spanish female 5-digil number stalion in AM at 0400 (Monday). (Don Storck
Hemlock, Ml)
Andrews (Mystic Star) working SAM 300 and SAM 200 with phone patch
lraffic at 1320 and 1500 respectively. (Storck-Ml)
Repairman 67 working unid stalion. Results of various tesl performed on
presumed new USN ship at 1308. (Riddell-NY)
Andrews (Mystic Star) working Air Force Two at 011 0. (HaverlahTX)
Shark 19 working Barracuda 04 with position/speed conlact informalion then
11110 Spanish with switch to possible canal Seis" al 1215. Heard again next
day wilh call signs 17/19. (Riddell-NY) Doesn"t sound like the CAP to me.
H,1rry-Larry.
RFLIRT-Cayenne. French Guiana. with AROE3 (RTI) to RFU at 0130. Used 10
be AROE. (Helhcringlon-FL)
OOH7Hamburg. Germany. with 50 baud RTTY wealher broadcasl at 1702.
(Oman-UK)
Clearance 1at1824 working OoO Cape working shuttle launch . (Baker-OH)
Nightstar 1 and 2 changed lo Delta 4/5after1200. Olher weak slalions heard.
ATTY test. (Riddell-NY) I believe this is an Air Force channel. unknoivn use
Larry. 9BC22 1RNA Teheran. Iran. wilh 50 baud RnY English news bulletins
at 1655. (Oman-UK)
FAA-type selscan heard here in USB or 7830 in LSB at 0244 . (Melcalfe-KY)
The only thmg I shOl'l IS SCACS W105 on 7831-Larry.
Spanish female 5dig1t number station in AM at 0300 (Saturday). (MazanecOH)
RFOP-FF Jibout1 apparently having difficulty in conversion from ARO-M2 to
AROE3. Unable to snyc either mode. (HelheringtonFL)

8127.0
8136.0
8178.0
8356.5
8367.0
8473.5
8570.0
8968.0
9013.0
9016.0

9017.0

9043.0
9057.0
9320.0
10001 .3
10045.9
10393.7
10470.2
10780.0
10815.7
11034.8
11059.0
11125.3
11175.0

11178.0

11181 .0
112 14.0
11217.0

11226.5
11229.0
11244.0

Israeli Forces Radio 'Galei Zahal" with USB broadcast for Israeli military
forces at 2315. (Boender-Neth)
Spanish female 5-digit number station in AM at 0500 (Sunday). (MazanecOH)
P7X with 5-letter groups (120 groups) in CW at 1430. Group heading Vias
"'ORA DE P7X llPll 1014302 GR120 BT.'" P7X operates here quite often.
(Metcalfe-KY)
IBJE-MN Tuscania working UUl-Odessa Radio in CW at 0747 in English.
(Hood-UK)
FBOA-French aircraft carrier Foch calling St. Lys Radio several times in CW.
but didn't seem to get a reply at 0750. (Hood-UK)
WLO-Mobile Radio. AL. with CW marker at 0632. (Wilden-IN)
WNU43-Slidell radio. LA. with CW marker at 1931. (Wilden-IN)
Sidecar working various units at 0551. (Haverlah-TX) Cal/sign conflfmed as
Canadian NORAD Region, Eastern SOCC by Canadian NORAD officials during
our recent trip to Cl1eyenne Mountain-Larry.
Chalice Alpha working Trenton military with a phone patch to Raymond 24
(Tinker AFB) Radar Maintenance at 2246. (Haverlah-TX) Sidecar working
7MS with Link 11 voice coordination net at 050 I. (Baker-OH)
McClellan GHFS working MacOilt GHFS at 0452. (Haverlah-TX) Sailsmith
with a test call. 'when your command is called. answer with audibity of the
conference.'" Then called Pacific. Satcom. Ucom . NightV1atch, Atlantic. and
Special Operations. Replies not heard_Then MacOill worked McClellan; again
a mention of the conference at I 950. (Riddell-NY)
NW01 working WAR46 and Washtub working Protrude at 1503. Question
was asked between the tactical calls which crypto they were using, USN or
USAF: answer was USAF. Lifebouy working NW01 for data check. but NW01
begs off because he is working on higher precedence traffic at 0527.
(Haverlah-TX) NW01 calling Mandatory at 2 t 20 about a wide band transmission. NW01 up at the same time on 230.650 MHz WFM with a very strong
signal. Identified on WFM as 01 . WFM signal dropped at 2150. (Metcalfe-KY)
Ft. Bragg Metro working Dragon Metro. Victory Metro. then electronic
comms followed at 1250. Mention of mode 1/ 3. (Riddell-NY)
Ballpark working Errand Boy, and Rasputin working NW01 here and on 6730.
They also tried frequency W-102 . but were unsuccessful at 1708. (HaverlahTX) Join! Star 02 working NWOl at 1930 for comm check. (Riddell-NY)
SAM 677 working Andrews (Mystic Star) at 0304. Who is 677? (HavertahTX) German female 5-digit number station at 2100. (Rausch-NJ)
MacDill GHFS with an EAM message at 2118. Could a frequency this accurate
be a punch up error? (Rausch-NJ) Most USAF aircraft have WWV 10 MHz as
a preset in thelf HF radios so I guess anything is possible. but bizarre-Larry.
4XZ-lsraeli Navy. Haifa. with V CW marker at 1734. (Hall-RSA)
RFFVA-FF Paris. France. with ARO-E3 traffic to RFFVAT at 2100. Recently
changed from ARO-M2 . (Hetherington-FL)
RFFA-FF Paris using ARO-E3 (FOX) to RFFVAE at 2148. Used to be ARO-M2.
(Hetherington-FL)
King 64 at 1834 working Cape Radio for radio check. (Baker-OH)
AAA6USA-U.S. Army MARS station, Ft. Sam Houston, TX. and AAA3USA-Ft.
Meade, MO. using packet mode. May be a BBS operation. (Metcalfe-KY)
Egyptian Embassy. Amman, Jordan. with SITOR-A Arabic traffic at 1620.
(Hall-RSA)
Andrews working SAM 26000 here and on 6730 with various phone patches
at 0112. (Haverlah-TX)
Jeddah Meleo. Saudi Arabia. with 100 baud RTTY weather codes at 1550.
(Hall-RSA)
Offutt GHFS mth "Enlist. Enlist, Request you echo the following - Foxtrot
message "GLO time 49 authentication JV." Like the Fairley broadcast, no
echo of the message noted at 2149. Look 80 working NW01 through a
MacOill phone patch. trying to work Seymour Johnson by "'burning" RF17.
He told the ground party he could burn RFl through RF10 and t 7. He was
asked if he could burn RF24 and the reply was no. at 1833. (Haverlah-TX)
Paccom 01 working McClellan/Hickam GHFS. Moved to 11181 discrete.
During flight was advised that Sierra Pete is no longer in service. tha1 Big Foot
had assumed control. (Roop-CA) This is true. NORAD has combined both
western SOCCs into one with McChord staying open-Larry.
Architect-RAF weather VOLMET now on this frequency (ex-11200). Nored at
0533 and this should be a good propagation indicator for Europe when
listening to 11175. (Haverlah-TX) Noted same at 1436. (Hood-UK) NN363possible Dutch Navy at 0152 calling P2E. no joy_ (Baker-OH)
Hickam GHFS workmg McClellan GHFS in voice and da1a at 0446. (HaverlahTX)
SAM 203 working Andrews (Mystic Star) at 2236. (Baker-OH)
NASA-2 talking 11ith NASA-832 (NASA SR-71 aircraft) at 1636. 832 said he
was going subsonic south of Boise. (Rick Roop-Sacramento. CA) In the
future also check 6712 and 9023 lor NASA SR-71activity. according to Rick
8,1ker at WUN-Larry.
Link 11 data transmission noted here at 05 17. (Haverlah-TX)
NW01 working Parsonage with EAMs. etc at 0116. (Haverlah-TX)
Washtub working Offutt GHFS 11uh phone patch to common 339-3944
(Station IO"ed as Neon Gas) looking for TACAMO Ops at 1914. Offutt GHFS
calling and working NW03 at 1657. NW03 wants a phone patch to NW01
(OSN 939-1857). Offutt GHFS also called Generic. Pinon 99 (muffled and
heavy whine in background) working Mac01ll GHFS with various phone
patches. Three hours out of Beale AFB. (Haverlah-TX) Mice 51 at 0238
working McClellan GHFS with phone patch to Victor Ops requesting status of
tanker Mice 96. Requested frequency, advised 4050.0. said 96 was up on that

11450.3
11466.0
12067.0

12136.0
12212.7
12469.8
12569.0
12664.5
12806.0
13242.0
13341.8
13339.0
13372.0
13375.0
13480.0
13500.3
13521.0
14476.0
14502.0
14665.0
14846.7
14926.9
14975.5
15016.0
15043.0
15043.6
15673. 1
15858.0
16300.0
16692.6
16799.5
16802.1
16912.0
16915.4
16928.0
17024.0
17590.3
17976.0
18046.1
18303.0
18441.2
18504.0
18506.5
18561.3
18751.7
18760.2
19049.0
19978.0
20148.2
20157.2

frequency. (Baker-OH)
R0077-Moscow Meteo. Russia, with 50 baud RTIY weather codes. (HallRSA)
Very active Mystic Starnet with SAM 26000. AF1/SAM 29000. AF2. SAM 677.
SAM 970 and SAM 403 on frequencies such as 11466. 11460. 11220. 8026.
6993. 6830. and 6717 at various times. (Haverlah-TX)
Wolfman and Venom 21 concerning pr1mary air control frequencies for a
weekend exercise. Also heard Cougar 24 and Venom 01-04/11/22/30 in ne1
over several days. May have passed 10133.0 as an alternate. but nothing
heard there. (Metcalfe-KY) Interesting. I shol'I nothing for 10133 and the
Army on 12068.5-Larry.
Unid station with 5-number groups in CW at 1400. (Metcalfe-KY)
YZl234-Tan1ug. Belgrade. Serbia. with 50 baud RTTY French news bulletin at
1707. (Hall-RSA)
690SB with quick brown fox. counting and RY SG test tape using 100 baud
RTTY at 0047. (Metcalfe-KY)
KYJI-Fishing vessel Okainiaiworking LYL-Klaipeda Harbour Radio using 50
baud RTIY at 1012. (Hood-UK)
FUM-French Navy Papeete, Tahiti. with 75 baud RTIY RYs at 1250.
(Hetherington-FL)
NKW-USN Diego Garcia. with fax chart at 1452. (Hall-RSA)
Hickam GHFS wi1h an all frequency request for Paccom 01 at 0326. Note the
frequency. (Haverlah-TX) Yes sir. one of the new OR bandplan frequenciesLarry_
MFA Cairo. Egypt, with SITOR-A Arabic traffic at 1515. (Hall-RSA)
Jeddah LOOC, Saudi Arabia. working Saudi 532 at 1459. (Hood-UK)
SYD-Nairobi, Kenya. with 50 baud RTTY test tape at 1625. (Oman-UK)
English female 5-digit number station (Lincolnshire Poacher) at 1630 and
1700. (Rausch-NJ)
RPTl-Portuguese Naval Radio with foxes/RY test tape using 50 baud RnY
at 1506. (Hood-UK)
VSG-MFA Bucharest. Bulgaria. with ROU-FEC transmissions at 1655.
(Hetherington-FL)
MFAWarsaw. Poland. requesting unid station to move to 11125. That station
sent a 5-digit group message on that frequency. All in 100 baud POL ARO at
1628. (Hood-UK)
OOHS-Hamburg, Germany, with 50 baud Rm weather transmission at
1720. (Oman-UK)
MFA Cairo. Egypt. with SITOR-A message in Arabic at 1727. (Oman-UK)
SPW-Warsaw. Poland. with SITOR-B traffic list al 1300. (Oman-UK)
Zaire Banking Circuit with 48 baud RTIY transmission at 1150. (Hall-RSA)
RFTJ-FF Dakar. Senegal, with idling ARO-E3 signal at 1158. (Hall-RSA)
P6Z-MFA Paris. France. with idling FEC-A transmission at 1617. (Hall-RSA)
McClellan GHFS working Fairchild Mobile at 2040. (Gordon Levine-Anaheim.
CA)
Mac Dill working Geranium in voice and data on this frequency and 13242.0
at 1607. (Haverlah-TX)
MFA Cairo. Egypt. with SITOR-A Arabic traffic at 1636. (Hall-RSA)
UMS-Moscow. Russia. with 50 baud RTTY traffic at 1515. (Hetherington-FL)
German Embassy in Madrid. Spain. with ARO-E message to Bonn at 1705.
(Oman-UK)
Radio Moscow SWBC feeder 10 Russian at 1800. (Hall-RSA)
UTHZ-MT Antares with SITOR-A traffic at 1156. (Hall-RSA)
UUIV-Russian ship RKTS General Petrov with 50 baud RTTY traffic at 1207.
(Hall-RSA)
UUUB-Russ1an ship RKTMS Marshall Suders with 50 baud RTTY traffic at
1205. (Hall-RSA)
GYA-Royal Navy London. wit11 fax chart at 1218. (Hall-RSA)
FUX-French Navy. Le Pon. Reunion. with 75 baud RTTY test tape at 1212.
(Hall-RSA)
UJY-Kaliningrad Radio. Russia with 50 baud RnYtralfic listat 1003. (OmanUK)
SAB83-Gothenburg Radio. Sweden. with SITOR-B shipping messages at
1712. (Oman-UK)
HZN49-Jeddah Meteo. Saudi Arabia. with 96 baud RTIY weather codes at
1326. (Hall-RSA)
King 88 with phone patch thru Thule GHFS to Rescue Ops at 1925. (RiddellNY)
SNN299-MFA Warsaw. Poland. with POL-ARO transmission at 1255. (Hall
RSA)
English female number station in AM at 1200. (Hall-RSA)
JMJ5-Tokyo Meteo. Japan, with fax chart at 1147. (Hall-RSA)
RFFA-MOD Paris. France. with ARO-E3 traffic at 0945. (Oman-UK)
MFA-Jakarta. Indonesia. with SI TOR-A and RTIY diplo traffic al 1128. (HsllRSA)
9BC31 -IRNA Teheran. Iran. with 50 baud RnY news bulletins in Arabic at
1135. (Hall-RSA)
Egyptian Embassy-Rabat. Morocco. v1ith 4-letter groups and Arabic SI TORA traffic at 1300. (Hall-RSA)
P6Z-MFA Paris, France. with FEC-A idling transmission at 1550. (Hall-RSA)
RFFA-MOO Paris, France. with ARO-E3 traffic at 0940. (Oman-UK)
CLP67-Cuban Embassy Baghdad. Iraq. with 100 baud RTIY Iraqi news in
Spanish at 151 Othen Spanish messages to Habana. (Hetherington-FL)
U.S. Army Inter-Americas military communications net with various stations
from South America using FEC transmissions. (Hether1ngton-FL)
Another U.S. Army sponsored Inter-Americas military communications net
using FEC at 1315 and 1731 . (Hetherington-FL)

October 1995

MONITORING TIMES

35

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The World Above 30 MHz

-f.l-!lillll ~ [ctmeJ;~ 1~----------Bo-b_K_ay_1_c~-o-M-T,-P-.-O.-Bo-x-9-8,-B-ra-ss-town-,-N.-C-. 2_8_90_2

Trunking
_... ..

paging freq uency. To solve the mystery, store

ention the word Trun king to a group
the unused frequencies in your scanner radio
of scanning hobbyists and you' II hear a
and be sure to note the type of transmission that
lot of moani ng and complaining. As we
finally breaks the silence.
al l know, the new trunked radio systems are
In the above scenario. r ve described a
computer-controlled and utili ze dotens or frebasic trunked system. There are large trunked
quencies. Frequencies are selected by random
systems that are far more complicated. There
and the freq uency can change several times
could be more than 40 freq uencies, divided in to
wi th in a single conversati on. To make matters
several groups and the same frequency could
worse, there can be several different agencies
be used at several locations. The frequenc y
on a single trunked syste m. It isn' t uncommon
groups may be assigned to different areas and
fo r a trunked radio system to include the hi gheach group may have its own control channel.
way department, the police, and the dogcatcher!
Mon itoring a trunked system becomes esDiscovering the group frequency assignments
and the communit ies that they serve is not
pecially problematic because the frequencies
impossible. It may take several weeks of mon iand freq uency ass ignments change at random.
toring m1d some skill ful note taking. but it can
You may overhear a police officer calling for
assistance and in the next instant. youre listenbe done.
ing to the street cleaning department.
Scanning trunked systems in th is fashion
won"t guarantee that you' ll hear every word,
At first glance. fol lowing a trunked system
but you wi ll be able to follow and understand
docs seem impossible. Heck. we've all seen the
individual conversations. Again, the method
newspaper artic les that predict the demise of
isn"t foolproof. but until the fi rst trunked
scanning. Sure. a trunked system does present a
special chal lenge. but I' ve yet to see a single
scanner rad io .. hits the market, it's the best
scan ner radi o sitting on the curb on trash day!
method for keeping yourself tuned in to all the
The impon ant point to remember is that trunked
action. [Ed. Note: See this molllh 'sfea111re 011
tru11ki11gfor111ore 011 how sophisticated trunking
systems ca n be monitored. There arc thousands
- ' I
systems work. and lr011 some hackers have
of scanner buffs out there who do it. and so can
Trunked radio systems ca11 be 111011itored
you.
taken 011 the tech11ical- a11d juristic-clralbreaking a11y laws-though not
without
The ideal way to ta<.:klc a trunked radi o
/enge. I
fur pea1111ts.
system is to use two scanner rad ios with lightning-fast scan rates- the faste r the hetter. In the first scanner radio.
I Treasure Hunt
program all the tru nked frequencies in ascending order. In the second
The weakest lin k between you and the world of radio communiscanner radio. program the same frequencies in descend ing order.
cat ions is your coax cable. If you improperly install a connector, your
Turn on both scanner radios and deacti vate the delay fea tu re. If you re
abi lity to hear all of the action will be comprom ised. The use of
trying to fol low a specific conversation. it may be necessary to
adapters is another problem area that can frustrate both neophytes and
manuall y .. step.. one of the rad ios to the nex t frequency. It"s a little
experi enced hobbyists.
tricky, but it works.
To help solve the problems. J"m offering a custom length of RG6Another way to beat the system is to schedule your monitoring
U with your choice of connectors and/or adaptors already installed.
sessions during speci fic time periods. If the dog catc her and hi ghway
Herc are the clues:
department for example. go home at 5pm. schedule your public
service monitorin g for the evening hours. Another ideal time period
I
If you monitored 35.02 MHz. what wou ld you probably hear?
is late night when the onl y active transmi ssions arc from the local
2. Images on your scanner arc offset by 21.40. 2 1.60. or 2 1.70.
police.
True or false?
Although each trunked system varies. look fo r at least one
3. I ordered at cTR-s from Grove Enterprises. What cl id I get?
'"comrol"' data channel that will need to be locked out. The control
4. If rm listening to 121.90 MHz, what is the correct mode?
channe l can change hourly or dai ly. so you' ll need to re view them
5. The Radio Shack PR0-60 has a dimmer switch. Yes or No'>
regularly.
As you monitor a trunked syste m. note the frequ encies th at are
The cable length that you choose cannot exceed I00 fee t. Speci fy
never used for control purposes or for voice communications. These
on your entry card the type of connectors and adaptors that are
freq uencies may be re crvcd for a special purpose. They may be
needed. If you are our lucky winner. you wi ll receive a custom length
tacti cal frequencies, telephone patch frequencies. or an emergenc y
or coaxial cahle that will instamly connect between your scanner

36

MONITORING TIMES

October 1995

radio and antenna. Send your answers 10 lhe Treasure Hunl. P.O. Box
98. Brasslown, NC 28902. Posl cards are recommended.

I Frequency Exchange
If you don "t li ke lhe summer crowds. lhe monlh of Oclober may
be lhe ideal time 10 visil the beach. An anonymous reader has senl
in the following frequencies fo r Ocean City,
New J ersey.
46.36
460. 60

Primary fire
Bethany Beach fi re

Police--tru11ked
853.9625
855.2375

856.7375
857.7375
858.7375

859.7375
859.9875
860.7375

860.9875

Since Philadelphia, Pennsylvan ia, is on ly an hour drive from

Ocean Cily. lei" s slop and v i ~il with another anonymous contributor.
Hereare the drug enfo rcemen1 frequencies for 1heci1y of Philadelphia.
418.625
4 18.675
418.75
4 18.825

418.90
418.95
453.375
460.25

460.475
154.95
155.445
155.490

Readers should take note !hat DEA acli vi ty on 418 MHz is

primarily encrypted. Howeve r. some clear voice is occasionally
monitored.
Our final anony mous contributor has invited us to Mobile County,
Alabama. I f we promise not to reveal his identity. he wi ll share lhe
following:

154.16
154.25
154.28
155.265

Weber fire
Ogden fire
Statewide fire
Paramedics

Weber Co. Sheriff

Ogden PD car to car
Ogden PD

155.79
460.25
460.50

According to Michael Burgess. Hendricks County, Indiana, is

very scenic during October. Mike li ves on the weslem side of Marion
Co., l n dianapoli~. As Indianapolis expands, Mike will keep us
updated with new frequencies.
153.845
154.1 3
154.19
154.28
154.815
154.785
154.89
155.13
155.16

155.31
155.475
155.61
155.79
155.85
158.97
460.3125
465.3125

Hendricks Sheriff
Fire
Fire
Fire
Hendricks Sheriff
Sheriff
Police, mobile
Police, base
Lifeline helicopter medevac

Plainfield PD
Sheriff
Police, base
Plainfield PD
Police, mobile
Plainfield PD
Hendricks PD
Hendricks PD

For our last slop. we ve been in vited to .. Garys.. house in

Oakland, California. Gary doesn ' t want us to use his last name so
pay no allen ti on lo the name on lhe mail box.
153.845
154.37
154.92
155.130
155.79
460.05
460.175
460.225
460.275

Fresno Police
Fresno Police
Selma Police
Selma Police
Reedley Police
Fresno Police
Clevis Police
Fresno Police
Fresno Police

460.325
460.40
460.45
460.425
460.475
858.7125
859.7125
860.7125

Fresno Police
Fresno Police
State Police
Fresno Police
Fresno Police
Sanger Police
Sanger Police
Sanger Police

857.7625
858.2375
858.7625
859.2375

859.7625
860.2375
860.7625

If you want to sec your name and favorite frequencies in print.

send them to the Freqm:ncy Exchange. P.O. Box 98. Brasstown. C
28902.

Site B

Site C

Site D

Briefcase Satellite

856.2625
857/2625
858.2625
859.2625
860.2625

856.4625
857.4625
858.4625
859.4625

856.9875
857.9875
858.9875
859.9875

Site E

S ite F

866.4125
866.9125
867.4125
868.4125

854.9625
855.4625
855.7125
855.9625
856.9625

Site A frequencies
856.2375
856.7625
857.2375

Site ASpringhill
Site B--Bayou Lo Batre
Site (--Citronelle

In my June 1995 column I a ked if an yone could identi fy a

briefcase device that u1 il ized salelli te communications. Bill Jackson
sent me a fax that descri bed the uni t as a .. Saturn Min iphone." The unit
is a ligh1weigh1. ponable M station. with the handsel coniained inside
the briefcase. The anlenna is built in10 the briefcase lid and is
detachable. A coax cable umbilical cord is supplied.
The Saiurn Mini phone is manufacwred by Mackay Communicati ons in Raleigh. North Caroli na. The lransrnil frequency range is
between 1626.50 and 1660.50 MHz. Channel spacing is 10 kHz. The
Saturn Mini phone is in use by the mililary, law enforcement, and
pri vate communities. The stale of Flori da. fo r example. is spending
S3 million dollars to purchase 67 miniphones for use during natural
disasters.

857.9625
858.9625
859.9625
860.4625
860.9625

Site D--Wilmer
Site EGopher Hill
Site F--Sponish Port

The lrunked radio frequenc ies fo r Dade County, Florida. have

been provided by Jim Essler.
821.1125
821.1375
821.362
821.3875
821.6125
821.6375

821.8625
821.8875
822.1 375
822.2875
822.3875
822.5375

822.5625
822.6625
822. 8 125
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I Scanning and Radar Guns
This column tracked the development of radar gun s and radar
jammcrs fo r many years. Even though these devices ha ve moved from
radio waves to light waves. the interest still seems to be there. so here is
some background on laser guns used to clock speeders. and the defensive
measures bei ng taken by motorists.
Laser gun radar units fire a pulse of infrared light at the target and
wai t for the reflection of the pulse to return . The laser beam (infrared
li ght ). is approximately 1.5 feet wide at 500 feet. The pulses arc very
short and arc fired at nearl y four hundred times a second. The speed of
the car is determined by the gun' s abili ty to time each return pul se. It
takes less than one second for a police officer to cloc k a car that is
approx imately a half-mi le away.
The obvious way to beat laser radar guns is to prevent or distort the
returning pu lse of light. And that's exactly what many of you arc doing.
My mai l bag contains numerous letters from readers who have mounted
off-road driving lights on the fron t of their vehicles. Driving li ght s emi t
infrared light. which will distort the laser gun infrared li ght and prevent
the gun from obta ining a reading.
Rear lights and side lights arc also recommended. Now. I know what
you're thinking ... yourcar will look like a Christrnas tree and it wi ll blind
other motori sts. To solve that problem. entrepreneurs have been install ing infrared-pass filters on the lights. With the filters installed. the lights
appear to be off. but their abi lity to scatter return laser pulses is not
affec ted.

The Scout will an nounce new frequencies with a double beep and a
freque ncy al ready recorded with a single beep. Take the Scout and your
scanner radio to the mall or to a hotel room and you won t need to search
for the acti ve freq uencies. As soon as a nearby transmitter is keyed.
you'll not only have the frequency. your scanner radio will be tu ned to
it and you wi ll hear the action!
For more information. check out Groves Catalog or con tact Optoelectronics. (305) 77 1-2050.
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Looking for an inside project duri ng the fall and winter season? Why
not try your hand at converting a te levision antenna into u VHF/U HF
beam antenna" All that s needed are a few basic hand tools and an
assortment of nuts and holts.
To walk you through the conversion process. 1111 offering a ten page
instruction manual that everyone can read and use. The drawings arc nontechnical and include everyth ing that you will need including a parts and
hard ware list.
You can use an old. di scarded television antenna or you can convert
a new antenna to receive the scanni ng bands. It 's easy, it will save you
money and you will ree l a sense of accomplishment. Best of all. the
conversion really worb. With a beam antenna you "ll hear more of the
action and weak s ignals will come in loud and strong.
To receive the conversion package. via first class mail to your door
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I Scanner Tips
A scanner buff in Brown Deer, Wi sconsin. spotted two bank robbery
suspects and began to follow them in his vehicle. The two men and their
car matc hed an earlier police bulletin that the c iti zen had heard on his
scanner radio.
The citizen followed the two robbers in his car and used hi; cell ular
phone to alert the police. The poli ce arrested the robbers and also
recovered the stolen money. The Brown Deer Police Captain credited
the citizen with the apprehension and said that 1t was like havi ng an
ex tra police officer on the road." (News clipping fro m Dav id Zantow).
I Antenna Repair
Ir you' re beginni ng to question the performance of your roof top
scanning antenna. it may be time to rebuild it. Antennas that have been
exposed to the weather for more than three years shou ld be checked for
rust and corrosion. The obvious places to look are the connection points
on the indi vidual clements. Ru sty ri vets should be drilled out and
replaced with stainless or brass hardware. Before reinstalling the clements. clean the metal around the contact point and after assembly. seal
wi th a light coat of outdoor urethane.
Your antenna repairs should not be limited to the hobby of scanning.
Telev ision an t enna~ can also be repaired and restored in the same
manner. A11 you need is a dri 11. new hardware. a sheet of fine sand paper
and sealer. When an old antenna is restored. you 11 be amazed by the
improvement in reception.

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Uncle Skip's Guide to Monitoring

Skip Arey, WB2GHA
TJAREY@AOL. COM

Rumors of Monitorings Death are

Greatly Exaggerated

must admit I found Kirk Kleinsch111idt's art icle in the

July 1995 MT entitled PROJECT 25: Will Scanners Be
Locked Out of the Action"!" to be intri guing from the
perspect ive of writing for the beginners in our hobby. Since
it is my role to get folks excited about the radio monitoring.
hobby. you'd thi nk I would be upset at the prospect of
Project 25 or any other regulation or technology that would
pose a challenge to monitoring opportunities. Maybe it' s
becau ~e rm wi red a bit differently. hut I am more excited
than disappoi nted.
Herc are ~omc co111monly-h<!ld "facts"
for you:
I) Mediumwavc monitoring wiII be destroyed and become impo~sible due to overcrowdin!.! on the AM broadcast band.
2) Sl~ortwave moni toring will become an
exercise in futi lity becau ~e so 111any broadcast stat ions arc moving to sate llites and
other modes.
]) Amateur radio is an archaic hobby
which hasn' t kqJt pace with the advances in
communication~ tec hnology.
4) VHF/U HF monitoring will become
im practical clue to such practices as encryption and the movement to higher and higher frequenc i e~.
Sounds real ly had. huh1 It maJ..e~ you wonder if you
should fi nd some other way to occupy you r time. Do you get
the !'.:cling that you should let your /\/T s ub~cription lap~e in
favor nf somethi ng more permanent''?
We ll. before you give up and break ou t the neeclh:point
hoop instead of the medium wave loop. let me tel l you
another fact: I fir~t heard al l the dire predictions li ~ tecl aho\'e
over twenty-five years ago! Had I taken any of them to heart
and found a more stable.. hobby. I would have mi s~ed an
awful lot of fun. Under the shadow of the~e dire predictions
I have Jogged thousands of si!.!nals. heard hi,tory being
made sev~;al dozen times over.-;md have amassed enough
radio lore and legend to 1111 a hook or two.
Every sn orten I hearthese same four predict ion ~ 111umbled
in some new form and a feel the collective sigh or many
111011it1>rs. Ijust turn back to my rad io> and keep havi ng fun.
I do have to admit one thin!! to all th me doomsayer,. In most
rnse~ I am not monitoring the same things I did >O many
yea r~ ago when they fir~t tried to convince me that the hobby
was clvin2. Chan!.!e is one of the constants of th is hobby. But
change alwa) s b;ing> about new challenge~ and the opportunity tu log new and different signals. If you wan t to listen
to the 'a111e half dozen station' every day for the next t\1'cntyfivc ycars. you can sticJ.. to your car radio. But if you want
to hcar the exciting signals that the futurc of radi o ha, to
offer. stick with me and. or eoursc. MT.
J.ct' s pick these notion s apart one b) one and you 11 ill

sec that there is still plenty of reason to stick with the

radio monitoring hobby.

111 AM Radio is Dead

Predictions of the death of AM radio have been
around ever since Edwin Armstrong deve loped Frequency Modulation (FM) in 1933. Well , here we are
over sixty years later and AM radio is going strong.
Medium wave 111onitorin2 still remains the most ine xpens ive way to get sta;ed in the radio monitoring
hobby. Any standard AM broadcast band radio wi ll
yie ld hundreds of signals to the tenacious mo nitor. ff
you look at the bulletins of the Nati onal Radio Club
and the International Rad io C lub of America (the two
major mediumwave groups). you will see that folks
arc still happi ly logging stati ons and adding to their
total s.
Tracking the chan2es in AM broadcast band programming ;vcr the y;ars makes a great study of the
s hifts in Ame rican society. And guess what? The
popularity of putti ng stations on thi s "dying" band of
freq uencies is so great that the Federal Comm unications Commission has taken steps to expand the band
up through 1700 kH z. So I thin k you wi ll find that
there wi ll sti ll be plenty of station:. to acid to your
mcdiumwave log books for the forcseeablt.: future.

II Shortwave Broadcasting is Dead

As for the demi >e or short wave broadcasting. I really
wi,h I had a ni<.:kel for eve1)' time I' ve heard rh{ll fear
ra ised . I coulcl easil y afford a Watkins-Johnson HF I 000
recci1er by now. The notion that satellite transmis>ion
wou ld sound the death knell for shortwave broadcasting
ha~ been around since the fi rst TELSTAR bird ll'en t up
in the early sixties. It 's thirt y years later and it's still
cheaper to ~e t up a shortwa\'e station than it is to put up
a ~ atel lit e. Shortwave radio is still a very efficient means
or !.!ettin!! 1our mes~ a!!e acro~ s to a wide audience.
- As I ~u;1e around tl~e bands I do not hear any ~hortage
of ~ h o rt wave broadcast signals. If anything. I wish the
high -powered ~ uper~tat i on~ 1rn11/d shift their ~igna l s to
space so I could hear their lower-powered cousins without so much interference.
The ~ame thinking can he appl ied to those point-topnint. utilit y. and military signals. A cull ing of the more
co111111onl y- heard stuff wou ld open up a whole new world
tO lllOSt 111onitor~. r m not planning Oil turning Ill)' shortwave recei vers into doorstops just yet.

Ham Radio is Dead

When I was first licensed as WN2GHA. m<>st of what

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you heard on the air was CW. SSB, and maybe a little RlTY. Fol ks were
just beginning to jump into VHF/FM with bot h fee t. If you real ly hunted
around you could fi nd a handful of folks playing with SSTV and ATV.
Even back then people we re worried about ham radio disappearing. losi ng
band width, and becoming irrelevant.
Since that time amateur radio gai ned three HF bands and new modes
such as packet rad io. The recent development of the .. No-Code"
Techn ician's Class license has brought thousands of new fo lks into the
world of amateur radio. Many of these fo lks are already twea king the
technology and getting us moving in new and exc iting directions- All nf
this. and you can still have a good old-fas hioned rag chew on 75 meters
if you want to.
Taking the if you can't beat cm.join em.. perspectiw. we now have
hams in space thanks to the MIR and SA REX programs. New doors open
daily in the world of amateur radio. Anybody who thinks amateur radio
is dead needs to have his or her own pulse checked.

I Scanner Listening is Dead

Folks who do their bus iness in the VHF/UHF spectrum have been
feeling the need for pri vacy in their radio activities. Regardless of whether
the moti ves behind th is are profit or paranoia. some fo lks are spending a
lot of money, brain power, and legal effo rt to make it hard fo r hobbyists
like you and me to listen in on what' s going on.
Actual ly. this is nothing new: the ll:ehnology to provide privacy has
been around in vari ous forms since before the inception of high band
monitoring. Encrypti on devices and tec hniques have always introduced
one more opportunity for Murphy's Law to wreak havoc. as today's users
are discovering. Simil ar thi ngs can be sa id for .. moving up the band.. to
higher freq uency equ ipment. More than one public safety organization
has moved up above 800 MHz. only to discover coverage problems that
they did not experience with more traditional lower frequencies. All of
this new technology buys new headaches.
As the case again st sophisticated encryption a<.:cu mu lates. and the
good citi zens of every hamlet keep a vigi lant eye on the town fat her' s
spending practices. you arc li ke ly to see the movement away from
"scannablc" frequencies take place very slowly. if at all.
Do you ever wonder what they do with their old li ce n ~es and radios'!
Since many of my local constabularies have moved the ir day-to-day
practices up the band. 1 find all kinds of exc iti ng th ings going on on the
"old" frequen<.: ies. Things such as drug enforcement and interdiction.
stake-outs. and undowmented mutual aid acti vities. All of this communication is occurring "in the clear."
Don't fo rget that scann ing receiver technology nnd practices are also
movi ng along quite nicely. thank you. Folks have already figured out
ways to scan "trunked" radio systems. ISee tru11ki11g featu re u11d this
111011th 's Sca1111i11g Report- Ed. I One of the selling points of trunked
communications was that it was unscannablc. Nothing is unscannable.
because scann ing technology itself will always advance.especiall y coupled
with the personal computer.
When folks worry about losing scanning opportun ities. they often
fo rget that there are thousand of signals to log that ha ve nothing to do with
the potentially-protected public safety freq uencies. Radio is everywhere.
My loca l hardware store uses itinerant freq uency comm unications to
communicate within the store. and believe it or not. you can hear some
interesti ng things.
As you have probably figured out by now. I'm not sold on all thi s doom
and gloom. 1 ve even come up with a few answers of rny own to those who
would drive fo lks away from the radio monitoring hobby with tales of
disappearing signals.

Uncle Skip's Radio Monitoring Axioms

I) There will always be signals to monitor.

2) No usable frequ ency ever goes unused.

3) For every lock there is a key.
4 ) Any law can be changed.

Radio - Alive and Kicking!

Radio i~ in wider use today than at any point in history. If you hit the
lottery and could qu it your job and devote your whole life to the radio
monitoring art. you still couldn 't log everything that there i ~ to hear. And
every day more signals are popping up for your monitoring pleasure.
Oh, it would no doubt be a safe bet that what you will be monitoring in
ten or twenty years will be quite different from what you tune in to today.
r d even place a side bet that the eq uipment and technology you will use at
that future time will also be unl ike anythi ng you could imagine today. After
all , in the span of a si ngle li feti me. we have already passed through the ages
of the vacuum tube. the transistor. and the integrated circuit.
A~ I said above. as old frequencies arc vacated for one purpose. another
will rise in its place. There arc few receivers-maybe none- that became
obsolete because there were no longer any signals they cou ld receive.
Someone will always covet any unused port ion of the radio spectrum. My
old Bearcat IV. 8-<.:hannel. scanni ng receiver doesn't cover 1.2 G Hz. but
there are pil: nty of signals around worth plugging in crystals to hear.
Practical en<.: ryption may limit our access to some signals. But even the
mili tary docs not encrypt every signal. As a matter of fact. anyone who
tunes around the military frequencies will be surprised at how much stuff
remains .. in the d ear: Some encryption systems will likely be defcatedradio hobbyists being the tenacious bunch they are. Likewise. transmitting
techniques that make signals "unscannablc"j ust throw down a gauntlet that
more than a few hobby ists will pick up.
Laws like the ECPA rule the land today. Prohibition and the 55 mile an
hour speed limit once did. too. The State of New Jersey had a strangle hold
on mobile-operated s<.:anncrs for decades. But a group of dedicated hobbyists kept after their legislators and. after many defeats and failed attempts,
a hobbyist-frie ndly law was passed. It is no longer a cri me in New Jersey
for me to carry my Pro-43 in my bri efcase. Sure. things can change for the
worse- if you aren't wi lling to make them change for the better.
So. do not fear. my friends. I look forwa rd to enjoying monitoring right
along with you for many years to come.

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Glenn Hauser, P.O. Box 1684-MT, Enid, OK 73702
fax: (405) 233-2948 ATT: Hauser

Americas Newest SW Station

WGTG, McCaysville. GA. was first heard testing July 29 on 7355
until 2200* with a one-mi nute tape loop ask ing for reports to Box 1131 ,
Copperhill, TN 375 17: phone 706-492-5944. The s ignal is 50 kW with
900-foot-long rhombic aimed toward Mex ico, authorized to test Fri/Sat/
Sun 1300-2200. Regular programming is expected to start in 2-3 months
(J. D. Stephens. AL. W.0.R.) First day transmissions were also caught
by Rob Keeney, KS. and Chri s Lobdell. MA (Ed Rausch and Hans
Johnson) Not heard here until one week later, fo ll owing Saturday at
* 1800-2200* with same comi nuous loop ID. fair to good signal (gh.
OK) Was on 7354.95. so l called and helped him tune it up to 7355.00
(Dave Valko. PA. HCJB DXPL)
We interviewed David Frants ofWGTG ("With Glory To God"). fo r
World of Radio. WGTG is on the Georgia side of the border. close to

Tennessee and Mis North Carolina HQ. Their test authorization has
been expanded to 7 days a week at above times; later they will try 15.1 15.4 MHz, but ultimately expect to operate on 9 or 11 MHz. Frants has
built the station. including the transmitter, himself. It is capable of
compatible SSB but is testing AM only at first. Rhombic has JO dB gain,
is 90 feet high. aimed NE/SW. He is also installing a yagi.
The station is a ..mom-and-pop" first broadcasting venture, with no
previous involvement in AM, FM or SW. and no consult ing engineer (gh)
Programming wil l be Christian. non-denominational. but fundamentalist. Will origi nate some programming from KJV Bible, also satellite
downlink. phones. and tapes. (HCJB TLC) May include some radio
hobby, and ham programs: they plan two more transmitters (RNMIV)
( \Vatch for <111 11pco111i11g .feature 011 WGTG by l.D. Stephen~- ed.)

ANDAMAN ISLANDS Do not send a greenback for return postage

18540. 18500, 190 I0. 28515 (John I I. Cobb, Jr.. GA) [non] R. Man i, sec
Hot Spots. page 47.
lo AIR Pon Blair: apparentl y violates foreig n cu rrency regs as
mine was returned (Roland Hiilkr. Germany. DSWCI SW
CZECH REPUBLIC RFE/Ractio Liberty. now headqua11ered
Ne11".1) 4760 heard at *2323-2336 with IS. ID. vocal anthem.
here. has this address: Vinohradsk-EI. 120 00 Prague 2: tel: +422335 new~ in English ( 'SSF' . ibid.)
2-2422-7520 (BBC MonilOring) Radio Ropa mars BBC Antigua
AUSTRALIA Clarifying item in June MT. p. 42. R.
2 100-2300. but Ropa audihle in clear as earl y as 20 15 (A lan
Aust ralia' s one and only E-mail add re ss i'
Roberts. PQ. IV. O.R.)
roust3@ozemoil.com.ou. We wi ll al so have a Web page very
ECUADOR Due to budget res1ri1:1ions. HCJB <.:ulling daysoon but meantime try: http://www.oussiemusic.com.ou (Arie
time English serv ice on 6080. and both SSB frequencies. 21455
Schcllears. RA Tram.mission Manager)
and 15540 as of Sepl. I (HCJB DX Partyli11e) Euro service at
BOLIVIA ID of (>I 42.0 stati on Inst month revised 10 R.
0700-0830 planned 10
Bando Negro. 0930- 1115+. at Vi lla Se rrano (Emi lio Pedro
rep lace 11615 from
76011ftz 482011ftz
Povr1enic. Argentina. Lati11oa111hirn DX via Radio Nue\'O
Sep!. I. either 5930.
LA VOZ DE LA CAPfTAL
M1111do) 6142 QSLed as R. Mauro Nti iicz. Cedce. Casilla 196.
6050. 6055 or 61 I0
Sucre, signed by Dir. Gen. Dr. Vladimir Gut ierrez: owned by Centro de
(DXPL via Blischel via Jihad
Est udio para cl Desarro ll o de l Chuquisaca (L. E. Svcnsson. SW IJ11//eti11
DX) The Oct. Radio Stamps
1ia Pla.1-f)X)
program on HCJB DXPL will be my 50th and last (Neil Carleton l'ia Tom
On 4702.27 is new R. Eco Amor. San Borja. Beni, nom. 4700 heard
Kuca) Bill Rapley. 64. EDXC reporter on DXPL and host of popular
at 0211 (Hcrmod Pedersen via Rippel. Jihad DX) Station name i' just R.
Blues. l?ags a11d All 'f1wt la~~. died July 14 of apparent hean anack
Eco (Pedersen, Internet via HCJB Latest Catch)
(DXPL via Joh n Norfo lk )
CANADA CFCX Montreal. 6005 seems off. as usually audible in
FINLAND YLE 1en1ati\e W-95 schedule-24 Sept to 30 Mardaytime but missing in August (Kevin Hecht. PA)
includes 13645 to l\. America al 1500-1600 (via Rumen Pankov. via
CHINA [nonl CRI on new 11655 al lea't for 0000 Engli..,h. 0100
Blischel) This and many other services to and from Europe appear one
Chin..:se. //Mal i I 1715 & 9710. but 11 655 with awful rumble reminding
UT hour later from Sept. 24. so Engli sh should be at 1230. 1330. 1430,
me of Albania (Kevin Hechl. PA \Vorld of Radio)
1630'? (oh)
COSTA RICA R. r:or Peace International now has WWW si te at this
FRANCE In retaliation for Au~tralian opposition to French nuclear
URL: http://www.clork.net/pub/cwilkins/rfpi (Brad Heavner. RFPI)
testing in the Pacific. David Page vowed lo boycotl Aussie music for a
My Sm111d Currents of the Spirit has been replaced by SiJiri111al A1rnke11few \\eeks on Club 9516. RFI Sundays (gh)
i11gs. Sun. 2030. Mon. 0430. 1230: also on WWCR Mon.-Fri. 15 10- 15 15
GABON Africa Number One. in French at 0500-2300on 9580: also
on 15685 (James Bean. ME)
I 7630al 0759-1559. 15475 al 1559- 1900: fax +241- 742133 <BBCM ) No
AWR-Pan America has new series of QSL card~. six feat uring repros
mention of English new~ capsules here: overlooked?
in full color of watercolor painting> of volcanoe' in CR: report with rewrn
GOA AIR. Panaji. testing daily on 15290 :it 0228 with Vilidh
postage 10 Box 11 77. Alajuela 4050 (David Gregory. TIA WR via Adrian
13/wrati program. QRM de Jordan from 0259 (David Foster. Australia,
Petero.;on) 5030. 6150. 7375. 9725. 13750. 15460
NU1ia HCJB TLC) Tc,tspan is0055-0430 ( \Vm e.1ct111. WRM I)// 10330
CUBA Arnie Corn. C02KK. of RHC's DXers U11/i111ited. visit..:d
India (Rich McV icar. HCJB DXPLl
USA again this summer. for VHF conference in Colorado. and to appear
GREECE VOG QSLcd my report in just 16 day~ contrary to typical
on Jay Marvins WLS talk show. weeknights
150 days: have four designs this yeareon-e10 pm-2 am CT on 890. 94.7. after Marvin
spond ing 10 D. M. J and S frequency seahad visited him in Cuba. Arni e desc ribed how
sons show ing classica l architecture: adAll times UTC; All frequencies kflz; * before hr=
he had ah110\t been di,appeared" whcn caught
drcs' U\ed was: ERT S.A .. Direction of
sign 0111 * after hr =sign off; II = parallel
buying pan~ for rebel radio transminer!> as a
Engineering and Dcvelopmenl. P.O. Box
programming; + = co11tin11i11g hut not 111011itored;
teenager during the Revolution (gh) RHC is
600 19. 153 I0 Aghia Paraskevi Allikis.
2 x freq =2nd harmonic; W-95 = Winter seaso11
harmonic-rich. at vari ous times on 12000.
At hens (Kevin Hechl. PA. World ofNadio)
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HONDURAS Ernst Zundel is on HRJ A. I567~.6.

Reno. V. \V.0.R.) May or may not shift a UT hour
at 2000. Saturday in Ge rman. Sunday in Engl ish.
earlier fo r DST from Oct (g h)
bare ly audible . perhaps using o ld I00-watt standhy
PALAU By spli tt ing two 100 kW, KHBN plans to
(Ernie Behr. Ont.. \.V. O.R.) Hi s Nazi message may be:
have fou r 50 kW ( Ware.1"Ca11 via T IA W R) W-95 regisback next on WRM I (gh)
trations account for up lO three at once, effective 24
HUNGARY 6025 Kossuth Radio relay was to
Sept to 3 1 Mar (gh) 9730 at 0800-1300. 9965 at 0900cease August I clue to costs (Kai Ludwig via ORF via PRESIDENCIA DE LA REPUBLICA 1800 & 2200-2400. 9985 at 1100- 1800 & 2200-2400.
Honzik. DX Rl'l'lle: Biischcl viaJihad DX) R. Budapest
ZP1 Y ZPAi
I 1775 at 2 100-2300. 151 40 at 0000-0200 & 0800revamped DX segment s in Ju ly. re placing three 3- llAl>IO NACIONAL DEL PAR.A.QUAY 1100 (George Jacobs & Associ ates)
minute weekly items as given last month w ith weekly
MonteYl4eo Y E al r ellll
PARAGUAY R. Nacional. news and typical music
DX Shmr, UT Mon 0230. Thu 0 I 00 (Tom Kuca. NY)
-
1130- 1155. nutter on 9737.03 (Chuck Bolland. FL)
Conli rmed Mon 0236 on 9835 with heavy USB QRM from Cuba 9830
That' s Cuen/as maravillosas. weekdays (sked via Nabeshima. Radio
(gh ) Replaced with two shows now called DX Qui~ and DX Catches
Nuero M1,111do)
(Lijos Horvath. RB DX editor via DX Ontario)
PERU Juan Carlos Codina. Argentine expert on LA DX. latest livi ng
ICELAND RUV on 7870at * 1854//1 1402 ( Frank Baldw in. Ipswich,
in Holland. has passed away. We wi ll mi ss you! (Fi nn Krone. DSWCI SW
BDXC. WDXC. DSWC I)
Ne1rs) We too. JCC orig inated the "immersion" tech niq ue. discovering
INDIA A IR has dropped these frequencies: 3295 Jaipur. 3355
many new SW stations while living in Peru in the 80s (gh) I d on 't believe
Kurseong. 5990 Bhopal. 60 10 Calcutta. 6 120 Hyderabad. S hill ong new
Codina is reall y dead (Dario Monferini. Italy)
sked: 0030-0400 4970. 0700-0930 7 130. 1100-1600 4970 (A lok Das
R. A tla ntida. Iquitos. for many years has had a Spanish/English
Gupta. India. A WR Wmesca11 ) . ce also
program for tourists. weekdays 2300Kashmir. Hot Spots, p .47; ANDAMAN
2330. Troclw 111rf.Hica " in this en igISL AN DS. and GOA here
mat ic and majes tic and beaut ifu l
INDONESIA RR I Fak2. lrian Jaya.
jungle:" outside production at Jr. Arica
ARICA 441 IQUITOS PERU
stays on 723 1 eves, such as 1200Jakarta
441. Iquitos; on 4790. R. Oriente.
news. stronger late ly (Craig Seager. NS W. Jihad DX via HCJB DXPL)
Yurimaguas. 6 188.2. has been putting spurs on 620 1.2 or .3. as we ll as
INTERNATIONAL VACUUM Wo rld ofRadio experimented w ith
6227.2: the 620 1.2 is part icularly strong from * I 000. Not to be confused
no n-delayed airing on Tech Talk Network, Fridays 2330 UT. 7:30 pm ET .
with R. La Voz de Hu a manga. which was o n 6200.5 in mid-93, bu t last
in August. thanks to cooperation o f George Thurman. Gary Burgois.
heard here in Aug. 94 on 6070.3 (Henrik Klemetz. Colombia)
Skyvis ion: check to hear if it continues now on Telstar 302. 85. 1 W.
T he station on 5770 last month has been identified as Estacion
Soritor , a town near Rioj a, with job notices. IDs. on 5766.5. New o n
transponder 2 1. 5.8 MHz aud io (gh)
7559.44 is R. Altura. Huamarca. good Sunday from 201 1. excellent at
IRELAND A group promoting SWBC from here s ays a serv ice could
be establi shed for less than 6 megapounds (BBC Wmeg11ide)
0044 (Rich Mc Vicar. HCJB TLC) Al so here at 0 11 5-0 145 o n 7559.45 (Ed
ISRAEL 8127 re layofGaleyTzahal- notespc ll ing- is not fi rst time;
Rausch. NJ . ibid.) R. San Ign acio on new 8364.77v, di ffe rent programprevious ly in Dec. 1980 was o n 390 I. 589 3. 6420. 18 128 (BBCM) Israeli
ming from station of same name also heard o n 6571: heard Sat 2 128sources ~ay it' s the diplom atic trans mitter VLB inadvertent ly energ ized
2225*. back on until 0052 * on 8364.58: very strong but CW QRM, and
by nearby MW 1287 trans mitter (Danie l Rosenzweig, Internet via HCJB
t00 much reverb on ID (Rich Mc Vicar. HCJB TLC) R. La Voz de San ta
TLC via BBCM ) Don't you believe this "spur story'' for outside consumpC ruz. Cajamarca prov ince. heard at 2330 on 7050.3 giving s ked as 23 15tion: it' s really o n SW for no n-technical reasons ( Larry Magne. PA. HCJB
0430 on "49 metros." S9 at first but faded by 0030 as hams objected (Jim
Head land . Macu ma, Ecuad or. ibid.) Sti ll at 0153 wi th IDs over pop music
TLC) 8 127 heard in early July but gone in late Jul y (Beppe Gornati and
on 7050. 33 (Mc Vicar. ibid.) Rd if. Jua ncabamb a !sic]. 6535.78 ex-3370
Finn Kro ne. DSWC I SW Neil's)
JAPAN R. Japan s Crosscurrelll.1. Thursdays in Oc1.. wi ll broadcast
at 11 4 1 and very good to excellent all day. testing with I000 watts.
listener essays on "'The Book That Sticks in Your Memory" (Kevin Hecht .
"cruzanclo fronteras" (McVicar, HCJB DXPL) Two weeks later on
PA . W.0.R)
6545.78 at 0055 (Dave Valko. PA, DXPL) unlD on 4750.12 unti l 0200*
JORDAN R. Jordan in E nglish at 1100-1 200 and 1400- 1630 moved
(Bj orn --- via Finn Krone via Herk imer. DXPL) It 's new R. San Franto 11970 (Carl ---, England. R. Netherlands M edia Nelll'ork) 15 MHz
cisco d e (2 sy llables, very fas t and unintell igible), mentio ns FM and SW
channels were good in summer: sho uld not have
on ly. places in northern Peru such as Huamarca. San Ignacio. Cajamarca.
changed in Aug us t. b ut
Jaen. Huancabamba: 0 159 piano IS, 021 O* without formal signmaybe will be good on 11
off: next night mentioned Parroqu ia de San Miguel (de Tum bes?),
M Hz fo r w inter ( Kev in
Rio San Francisco, not o n my map. R. Victoria, Lim a, on new
Hecht. PA)
9720 at 1920. announcing this and 6020 (Mc Vicar. DXPL)
KUWAIT R . Kuwai1. RADIO KUWAIT'S TRANSMISSIONS
PHILIPPINES R. P ilipinas at 0230 on 17760. 2 1580 both
good but ovcnnodulated: 17840 no longer in use: V. Of Democracy
Eng lis h at 1800-2 100 on I 1990. instead of its own select io n of programs
program Mo n-Fri (David Norcross. Barricada. GU) R. Ver itas Asia on
as on other days. relays '" FM Super Station 99.T' on Thursdays (June s ked
via Ke vin Hec ht )
LITHUANIA Closure of97 I 0 trans mitter ment ioned here last month
o nly lasted a week or so. as the Prime Minister ordered it back on ( BBCM)
DX Listening Digest
Engl ish at 2300 moved Aug. I from 9530 to 7360 (Kevin Hecht, PA)
Should be at 0000 now. perhaps same freq uency (gh)
More broadcasting information by country compiled
MONGOLIA RUB. Engli sh at 0300-0330. usua l muddy modul ation
by Glenn Hauser
o n 12000 (Mike Ryan. ASWA Journal) At least you can hear it. in
Ban!!kok (oh )
Review of International Broadcasting
MOZAMBIQUE Em. lnterprov. Maputo o n 5135.7v. 1650 local
language. m usic. news. very good //fai r 6323 .5 (V ashek Korzinek. RSA.
SW Programm ing , opinion , equipment, satellite monitoring.
NU via HCJB TLC)
Samples $2.50 each (outside North America US $3 or ?IRCs)
NEW ZEALAND You mig ht enjoy Cade11:a. classica l music with
10 issue subscriptions $26 in USA, or both for $49
news o n the hour. UT Tue-Sat 0 130-0230 on RNZ I 15 115; comes in
Glenn Hauser, Box 1684-MT, Enid , OK 73702
night ly whil e I" m still sipping my a fter-dinner wine (Don Rasmussen,
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the Global Forum {continued}

new 117 15 in Pili pino 1500-1 525 Mon-Fri. lo 1555 on Sat. Sun. Wed (Bob
Padu la. DX Press) Service to Mideast. including Sunday mass with much
Eng li sh (Victor Goonetille ke. Sri La nka, RNMN via W DXC Contact)
Blocked a t ti mes in N. America by two other Catholic stations. KJ ES a nd
WE\VN ' (gh)
FEBCs DX Secretary. T om Brook>. and h is wife had lo leave in May
due to serious illness. and I inherited his e normous work-load. including
an e ight-month back log o f reception reports whic h it will be impossib le
for me lo a nswer: fro m now on.
please send in no more than one
frc~1uc n cy- ~eport pi:r. month. Em ail : engl1 sh @febq mf.org .ph:
D Xcr s
u se
t hi s:
d x@fe bc .jmf.org .p h (via Robert
J. Foyle. FEBC J une-Sept)
RUSSIA !See Aug. p. 441
15470 Is lamic program in Bengali
a t 1330-1 400 is ca lled M11k ro
Prolw lzo whic h w..: translate as
'Free Flow" ( BBCM) On a Moscoll' Mail bag Joe Adamov said R.
Moscow peaked a t 70 1ra nsmit1e rs. now Y. o f Russ ia uses 30 (Tom
Sundstrom. NJ,.Jiluul DX. via Biischcl. WDXC Contact) Squawks Stewart
me ntioned last mo nth are not unusual on YOR- Grigoriopol' . Moldova
on 11750 and 9620 always has a rumble: 9665 sometimes groans a nd d ies
for 5-10 min before they can get it back on. 15400 fo r English 1500-2000.
11 730 at 2030-0000. Span ish -0 100 from Grigoriopol' o fte n fai ls for
several m inutes to hou rs at a lime ( Kevin Hecht. PA)
SIERRA LEONE Full na me of Islamic station on 9630. sec Aug p43.
is Radio A l-Koran /\ I-Karim. and it has not been confi rmed by BBC M
(BB CM ) Re marka ble tha t a 250 kW statio n in use for a sesq uidccadc has
never been reliably monitored in the DX ing community' Gabon u ~ cd
9630 for some years in eveni ng incl ud ing A WR re ligion : no trace of a ny
IT U registratio n fo r a Muslim station (Bob Pad ula. OX Press)
SOUTH AFRICA Channel Africa is one of best ~ourt:c' for African
news. 0500 011 9695 . Unlike the late R. RSA. Channel Africa is ~t! ri o u s in
covering A f ne ws. with free la ncers from a round lht! contine nt. mostly
sounding every bit a~ good as BBC or VOA counterpart,. and have an
in,ight inlO 'ome stories lacking elsewhe re (Larry Shewchuk. Manitoba.
C IDX Mes.1ent:er)
SRI LANKA Protesters led by Buddhi st monks and Catholic priests
burnt the US llag on J uly 4 in front o f the US Embassy in a peaceful
de monstration aga inst setting up the VOA sta tion al lrnnaw ila. Placards
read "Get 0 11 1. VOA" and Down With America ( Irania n news agency
quoting United New' of India. via BBCM)
TAIWAN Y. of As ia' s prev iousacldri::ssat Kaohsiung is invalid: now
PO Box 24-777. T aipei: fax +886-2-75 19277: 0500-0700 on 7285. 07001100 on 9280. 0900- 1000 on 7285. 11 00-1700 on 7445 starting with an
hour of E nglish ( BBC M)
THAILAND R. T hailand to N. Am. J\t 0030 in English on 15390. b ut
0300 still 15370 (Roland Schul1.e. Philippines. via Wolfga ng Biischcl)
USA Fa mily Rad io has bee n runn ing a defic it of S3 millio n per year,
so has sold KECR-FM near San Diego fo r $9 m illio n. to keep WY FR a nd
other stations goi ng three more years. ( \\1.0.R.) KECR FM-93.3 sold for
$ 12.5 m illion. but Family keeps AM 910 (FMedi")
On a Sabbath broad cast, Pastor Jo hn Osborne re po rted tha t W VJ-I A
had been granted the tax exemption they wanted in Mai ne. but substa ntial
budget cul~ were necessary. delaying in,tallation of log-periodic anten na
toward T ijuana. a nd reducing sc hed ule to: Mon-Fri 1700-2 100 o n 15745 .
Wed also 2200-2400 on 9852. Sat 1300- 1445 on 11695. 1445- 1700 on
15665. 1700-2 100 on 15745: Sun 1100- 1200 on 13770. 1300-1400 on
15745, 1700-2 100 on 15745. 2 100-2 130. On 13720 . Not in English: Sat
1700 - 1900. Sun 1100- 1130. 1300-1400. 1700- 1800 (J im Moats. O H.
\\1.0.R.) DXTl?A is no longer broadcast. but may start up again later
(Gordon Si m kin . WY HA via Diane Maue r)
Pastor Pe te Peter~ Script11rc.1ji1r A111erica. bumped from W HRI and
rhcn from WJC R. next showed up on WRNO. UT Mon 0300-0400 o n

7395 (Tim Hendel. FL. \V.0.R.)

WWCR hope~ IO have a fourth
transminer on by yeare nd . a nd authori 1.ation to use a freque ncy a round 3.3
MHz.
\Vorld of Radio on WWCR: Friday 2 11 5 on 9475, Sat 1300 on 15685.
UT Sun Ol30 and 0600 o n 7435. 0930 on 5065. T ue 1230 on 156 85.
Subject lo change. o ne ho ur late r from Novem ber. WHR I and KWHR
were canceled in lat..: July at't..:r the stations started editing items out o f the
tapes and insert ing the ir own commerc ials (gh ) see also INTERNAT IO NA L VACUU M.
W HRI new alternate freque ncies
available for W-95: 6055 a t 05000 700. 6 185 al I000- 1300 . 73 15
at 0000- I 000 (Geo Jacobs &
Assoc)
W INB. if a nd whe n it returns.
W-95 reg istrations: 1600 - 1900
on 157 15. 1900-2200 on 11 740.
2200-0600 o n 11 950 (GJ&A)
KJ ES. NM . a uthorized by FCC
to operate al only 20 kW : a precedent'! (Wme.1-can via T IA WR )
W RM I wants re ports on ti mes increased Cuban j amm ing is no ted on
9955: new. si mpler e-mail addr is: RadioMiami @aol.eom (Jeff White .
WRMI. .Jihad DX)
La Yoz de la Espe ranza. location unknown. on 17628 a t 1400- 1600.
versus Gabon on 17630 (David C rawford via T e rry Krueger. HC JB
UXPL) Sou nds like a Latin . but at 1400 broke for a q uic k English ID as
K YOH. 17775. so th is a spur matc hed by a clearer one on 17922 (gh. OK)
K YOH now has th ree transm itter,. and will soon add 'ccond freque ncy
such as 5 MHz for Ca liforni a co verage (Wm'<'.1ca11 via T IA WR)
Calvary Satellite Network. Tw in Fall s. ID. boug ht the KGEI transmit ter. but getti ng tha t back on SW is lower priority than expandi ng their
KA WZ sate ll ite/trans lator ne twork. CSN is not orie nted to the far right a nd
I a m affi liating my Maine FM station with them (Jim Bean. W. O. R.)
I non I I shall soon be on SW covering all of Southe rn Africa twice a
week on a powerful station on the East African coasl. We are at present
covering all the UK and Eastern Eu rope fro m a SW station in Ire land.
Sunday night ( Bro. Stair. Orercomer via Mauer) No details but Ireland
would be R. Fax. not reported lately: also. we asked WGTG and they were
no ncommilla l on whe ther B.S. would be a clie nt (gh)
VOA-Europe heard on SW for fiN time in two years. strong at 14 151700+ on 6165. must be Greenville testi ng ( Kevin Hecht, PA) With
consolidation of VOA a nd RFE/RL the re is no longer any barrie r to any
of them u~ing a ny relay site (gh) Wooffcrton. England . has been carrying
RFE/RL 'i nec J uly. a nd Bibl i, . Germany. is being mothballed; RL also via
Morocco (Chris Evans. W DXC C11111ac1) VOA via l-lolzkircl1en and
Lampcrthei m . Germany. now and RL via Ti nang. Philippines (Bob
Padula. DX Press) Detai ls w..:re for summer seaso n, probably outdated
now (gh)
VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH Heard in Holland o n 7850. the Pa n
Caribbean Disaster Preparedness Prog ra m. which is occas ionally active
fro m Road T own. r m o n the way to visit the re. hoping to pic k up a QS L
fo r my 2491h count ry (Maart..:n van Delft. visi ting HCJB . DXPL) This is
SWBC>
La Yoix du Za'i rc. heard again aft..:r 25 years. on 15244 .0 8.
al 1600. 1850 a nd 0500. alwa ys weak . a nd b locked by VOA 1630 - 1700.
abo VOA splash from 15255 1700- 1800 (Vladimir Titarev. Ukraine.
DSWCI S\ V Ne1rs) Fre nc h un lD al 1900 on same freq (Finn Krone.
De nma rk. ihid.) 15244. l reactivated al 1730. poor-fair with Afro mus ic.
French news 1800-1824 . then Afro language till 2000. heard unt il 20 18
(Eugene Gchreurs. RY I Radio \Vorld via Steven C li ne. Diane Maue r)
unl D 011 7295 could be Ml>uji-Mayi rea~t i vated. possible o nly in !minute R. Liberty break al 1759 (T itarev. op. cir.) R. B u ka vu on 3278.0
c,, -3276 at 1844-1900 (God frey Clcwi,IOn. RSA. DSWC I S\V Ne 11'.1)
ZAMBIA Christia n Yoit:e on sl ig ht ly new 4968.0 at 15 10, relig io n in
E ng lish (Gerhard Wcrdin. Z imbabwe. DSWC I SW Nein) Ex-4965
Until rlw Ne.rt. /Jest of DX a11d 73 de Gle1111.1

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ZAiRE

Gayle_Bn_oo_van-~-~-s_t_log....._..g__in..,;;g__s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __.f'fa.fai.,jfollt}0000 UTC on 9540

SPAIN: Radio Exterior Espana. Station ID and program preview. Visitor's
Logbook feature to national news and weather updates. (Tom Banks, Dallas,
TX)
0012 UTC on 9580
YUGOSLAVIA: Radio Yugoslavia. Story of Yugo basketball team winning
European Nationals. Frequency quote to 0025. (Sue Wilden, Columbus. IN)
0100 UTC on 6040
GERMANY: Deutsche Welle. World news and mailbag show. (Wilden, IN)
Jazz Corner heard on 17800 at 1648. (John Hanz, Old Bridge. NJ) German
audio for DW heard via satellite (Satcom C4 transponder 5) at 1547 with
European pop vocals to national market report. Station ID at 1600 into world
news. DW in English also noted on the Anik E1 satellite transponder 10 at
1600. (GVH, NC)
0102 UTC on 9835
HUNGARY: Radio Budapest. Frequency/ time schedule quote, to national
news topics. (Wilden, IN)
0130 UTC on 6175
PORTUGAL: Radio Portugal International. 11 9570 to North America fair with
sign-on ID and frequency schedule. National and world news to sports
roundup. National. weather update to Visitor's Notebook program, a travelogue to southern Portugal. Time tones to Portuguese ID, national anthem
and 0202. (Frank Hillton. Charleston, SC)
0144 UTC on 9655
AUSTRIA: Radio Austria International. News feature story on the female
head of United Nations forces in Angola. Sign-off 0 155 into Spanish service.
(Wilden, IN)
0213 UTC on 11740
USA: Voice of Free China relay (via Okeechobee, FL). Newscast and national
current affairs locus. (Wilden, IN) Economic news heard for same relay on
9680 at 0305. (William McGuire, Cheverly, MD; Edward Griffin, San Francisco, CA)
0230 UTC on 6145
ALBANIA: Radio Tirana International. JI 7160 to North America with audio
hum. Melody interval signal to sign-on ID. National news to easy listening folk
vocals. Update on Albania's educational system, and text on the struggle of
the people since 1600's. Sign-off at 0300. (Hillton, SC)
0230 UTC on 9850
SWEDEN: Radio Sweden. 60 Degrees North program. Media Scan program
at 0247 featuring news of World Radio Network's expansion plans. Good
signal. (Jim Moats, Ravenna, OH)
0320 UTC on 9690
SPAIN: China Radio International via Noblejas relay. Moderately strong
signal with some lading noted. Program on a charity event in Beijing to assist
the handicapped in China. Sign-off 0355. (Wilden, IN)
0344 UTC on 3306
ZIMBABWE: ZBC. Vernacular. Pop music show by male DJ host. Children
chattering to mentions of city Harare. Alropop music from Sade. (Giovanni
Serra, Anzio, Italy)
0354 UTC on 3220
SOUTH AFRICA: Channel Africa. ID break during regional newscast. Pop
song, time tips at 0400, into African news. Program preview for educational
forum. (Serra, Italy)
0429 UTC on 4930.6
HONDURAS: Radio Internacional. Spanish. Romanlic Lalin American music. ID as, "internacional su radio Honduras," to local time check.(Serra, Italy)
0451 UTC on 4904.5
CHAD: Radiodiflusion Nationale Tchadienna. French. Afropops to ID and tat
tam sound with announcement. Brief children's choral chant into program.
(Serra, Italy)
061 5 UTC on 12080
BOTSWANA: VOA relay. Daybreak program to wealher updal e for Africa.
Report on refugees conference in Washington, DC, to 0630. (Hanz, NJ)
0710 UTC on 7110
MONACO: T rans World Radio. Religious text at tune-in. U.S. and European
address quote to IDs. Religious music and frequency quotes. (Hillton, SC)
0950 UTC on 6100
NEW ZEALAND: Radio New Zealand International. Pop music program to
1000 ID. Regional news from male/female team. Distorted audio as Monitor
Radio lnt'I signed on at 1000 on 6095. (Bob Fraser, Cohasset, MA)
1005 UTC on 9735
PARAGUAY: Radio Nacional del Paraguay. Spanish. Station ID to sunrise
prayer service. Good signal. (Hanz, NJ)
1012 UTC on 15400
ASCENSION ISLANDS: BBC relay. Newsdesk segment on Haiti and Israel.
(Hanz, NJ)
1029 UTC on 9505
CZECH R EPUBLIC: Radio Prague. Interval signal to station ID. National
news to cultural segment on Czech composers. (Hanz. NJ)

1300 UTC on 13760

NORTH KOREA: Radio Pyongyang. Interval signal to station ID and program
preview. Usual text on the Great Leader, fair to good signal quality. (Moats,
OH; Claude Turner, Chicago, IL)
1335 UTC on 15008.5
VIETNAM: Voice of Vietnam. Female's newscast to ID and local music
pause. Featured program on Ho Chi Minh. News updates on the economy
and U.S.Nietnam relations. followed by patriotic hymns and current affairs.
(Serra, Italy)
1350 UTC on 15400
FINLAND: Radio Finland. Compass North program reports on movie stars
advertising, and the return of 1950's fads. (Fraser, MA; Hanz, NJ; Wiiden, IN)
1530 UTC on 15345
MOROCCO: ATV Marocaine. Arabic. Very weak signal (S2) for Arabic music
program of vocals and instrumenlal tunes. Signal peaked to SS at 1552. ID
at 1600 to newscast. Signal audible to 1715. Morocco's Medi I heard in
French on 9575 at 1835. Very weak news update at 1850. (GVH, NC)
1645 UTC on 4335
ETHIOPIA: (Clandestine) Radio Torch. Amharic. Male/female announcers
with presumed news report, very weak. (Jerry Witham, Keaau. HI) Radio
Torch is operated by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front,
the ruling coalition, and was inaugurated on Nov. 7, 1994. The broadcasts of
Radio Torch echo the line taken by Radio Ethiopia, the government station
in Addis Ababa. (GVH, NC)
1735 UTC on 6420.8
IRAN: (Clandestine) Voice of the Communist Party of Iran. Persian. Lady
announcer's text and regional music. (Witham, HI) Broadcasls from this
station, were first monitored on Aug. 26, 1984. The station broadcast in
Persian and in the past has also carried programs in Azeri. It is believed to
be associated with the Voice of the Iranian Revolution. (GVH, NC)
1735 UTC on 15475
GABON: Afrique Numero Un. French. Reggae rap to U.S. hip hop tunes.
Parallel signal on 9580 very weak. Music from Michael Jackson and Mariah
Carey. Time tips at 1800 to ID and national news. (Hillton. SC; Serra, Italy)
1805 UTC on 9950
INDIA: All India Radio (via Aligarh). English national news to 18 10. Station
ID to editorial on Pakistan. II heard on 11620 (via Bangalore) very weak, no
other II audible. (Sam Wright, Biloxi, MS)
1820 UTC on 11990
KUWAIT: Radio Kuwait. Easy-listening instrumentals to world newscast at
1830 on U.S., Greece and Bangladesh .. ID break at 1840. Headline news
review to 1843, fanfare and U.S. pop music program. (Wright, MS; Serra,
Italy)
1830 UTC on 12095
UNITED KINGDOM: BBC World Service. Omnibus on the history of photography. Seeing Stars noted on 99 15 at 2330, featuring double stars, and the
planets of Uranus and Neptune. (Fraser, MA)
1855 UTC on 11402 USS
ICELAND: Icelandic National Broadcasting Service-Rikisutvarpid. Icelandic.
Sign-on with melody interval signal and station ID (repeated twice) to
kilohertz quote. Male announcer's newscast at 1900. Bell chimes to "National" ID. Lady announcer's interview segments. Good signal quality. (GVH ,
NC)
1956 UTC on 7430
GREECE: E.R.A. Thessaloniki (HS). Greek. Local pop songs to male/female
announcer. Musical bridge into female's newscast on the war in former
Yugoslavia. (Serra, Italy)
2004 UTC on 9445
TU RKEY: Voice of Turkey. Newscast to musical bridge. Press review to
economic news update. (Serra, Italy)
2035 UTC on 11920
ARMENIA: Voice of Armenia. Interval signal to station ID. Newscast into folk
music program. Fair signal. (Darren White, Hattisburg, MS: Brian Bagwell,
St. Louis, MO)
2100 UTC on 11950
UKRAINE: Radio Ukraine International. Interval signal to ID and news
bulletin. Ukraine Today at 2108, with report on upcoming presidential visit to
Germany. (Moats, OH)
2110 UTC on 11750
RUSSIA: Voice of Russia. Mailbag program on crime, lighthouses. cartoons,
Zhukov, and superstitions. VOR noted on 11675 at 2015 with This is Russia.
(Fraser, MA)
2120 UTC on 13840
MARIANA ISLANDS: Monitor Radio International. Daily Edition in progress
at tune-in. Reports on Bosnia and Serbia's president Slobodan Milosevich.
Fair to poor signal. (Moats, OH)

Tlumks to our comributors - Ha ve you sem i11 YOUR logs?

Se11d to Gayle Van Hom, clo Monitoring Times.
E11glish broadcast 1111/ess otlzen vise noted.

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_Th_e_Q_S_L_R_e.L..:po_rt
__________
Gayle Van Hom

All Fired Up !
Thai s right... the AM bands are
all fired up! Medium wave DX is
back and burning up the dials!
Mediumwa vc DX clubs play an
integral pan in the hobby by enabling AM enthusiasts to exchange
information. IRCA and NRC clubs
publish week ly bulleti ns (bi-weekly/

mon thly in the off season) chock full of

station ope rating schedu les, DX Test information. QSL data. musings. receiving
equipment, antennas, and othe r topi cs of
interest. Radio stati ons often con tribute
fea ture anicles as wel l.
For more informat ion se nd S 1.00 or 3
JRCs to; The International Radio Club of

BELGI UM
Radio Vlaandcrcn Internacional. 9925
kHz. Full data color map/scenery QSL
card unsigned. Received in 30 days for
an Engli sh taped cassette report, and one
U.S. dollar. Station address: P.O. Box
26. B- 1000 Brussels. Belgium. (Walter
Sicrepaniak. Philadelphia. PA)
CANADA
Radio Canada International. Full data
SOth Anniversary card signed. Pennant,
stickers. and schedules enclosed. Received in 13 days for an Engl ish report.
Station address: P.O. Box 6000. Montreal
PQ, H3C 3A B Canada. (Jennifer Hull.
New York. NY)
CUBA
Radio Ha\:tna Cuba. No data verification letter signed by Lourdes Lopez. Souvenir key chain and station logo card
enclosed. Received in 145 days for an
Englis h report and souvenirs. Station address: P.O. Box 6140. Havana, Cuba.
(Mark Redfox. Seattle, WA)
MEDIUM WAVE
CJSB/CKQB. 540 AM kHz. Full data
station s heet signed by Jeff Ruck-Chief
Engi neer. Received in I 5 days for an
English AM report from their "Farewell''
DX Test. Station address: I 504 Meri vale
Rd., Ottawa ONT K2E 6ZE Canada.
(Mark Spat, West Swanzey. NH)
WBZY. 1200 AM kHz. Full data QSL card
signed by Bill King. Received in 39 days
for an English AM report for a DX Test.
mi nt stamps e nclosed. Station address:
1906 Wilmington Rd., New Castle. PA
16105. (Hank Holbrook. Dunkirk. MD)
WSUI. 9 10 AM kHi. Full data QSL card
signed by Dennis Reese-Program Director. Personal letter. program schedule
and coverage map. Received in 25 days
fora n English AM report and mint s tamps.
Station address: 3300 Engineering Bldg ..

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October 1995

America. P.O. Box 70223. Ri verside. CA 92513-0223. Send a 32 cent

mint stamp for a sample issue to:
Nat iona l Rad io C lub , c/o Pau l
Swearinge n- Publis her. P.O. Box
57 11 , Topeka, KS 66605-0711. Don1
miss ou t on th is year's AM season I
Ii's going to be a sizzler 1

RUSSIA
Voice of Russia, 15105/11 675 kHz. Full
data SCl!nery card signed by E lena
Frolovskaya. Received in 44 days for an
English report und one !RC. Station address: c/o TV & Radio Agency "Astra... ul.
3326 Moscow, Russia. (Claude Turner, Chicago, IL: Waters. Singapore)

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University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1 597.

(Holbrook, M D)
WGVL. 1440 AM kHz. Full data prepared QSL
signed by Ricky Childress-Program Director.
(station forme rly ~im u lcast with WSSL FM)
Received in 14 days for an English AM report
and mint stamps. Station address: P.O. Box 100,
Greenville. SC 29602. (Loyd Yan Horn ,
Brasstown. NC)
WECO. 940 AM kHz. Full data prepared QSL signed
by Curl E. Stump-President/Engineer. Received
in 12 days for an English AM repon and mi nt
stamps. Station address: P.O. Box I00, Wartburg,
TN 37887. (Van Horn. NC)
NEW ZEALAND
Radio New Zealand International. 6100 kHz.
Full data QSL card unsigned. Map of New
Zealand. frequency booklet. mail order product
list. and NZ tourist brochure. Received in 13 days
foran English repon and 3 IRCs. Station address:
P.O. Box 123. Wellington. New Zealand. (Paul
Jablonowski. G reenfie ld. W I)
ROM ANI A
Radio Romania International, 11940 kHz. Full
data "studio building card. unsigned. Received
in I07 days for an Englis h report. Stat ion address:
General Berthelot 62-64. sectoru l l. P.O. Box
111 , 70756 Buc hares t. Romania. (Charlie
Was hburn. North Perry. ME; Hugh Waters.
Singapore)

SHIP TRAFFIC
Lake Charles V7AB4. 156.500 MH,; USB
(Bu lk Carrier). Full data prepared QSL card
stamped with ship' s seal and personal letter
enclosed from Leszek Haberko SP I NQWRadio Officer. Received in 27 days for an
English utility report. one IRC, one U.S.
dollar, mims s tamps. and a self-addressedenvelopc. Ship address: c/o Bay Ocean Management, Suite 100, 270 Sylvan Ave.,
Englewood Cliffs, Englewood. NJ 07632.
(Russ Hill, Oak Park, Ml)

Marjorie Lykes KAXP, 8207 kHz USB (Container/Cargo). Full data prepared QSL card
stamped with ship's seal, unsigned. Received in 19 days fo r an English utility
report. one U.S. dollar, and a stamped selfaddressed-envclope. Ship address: c/o Lykes
Bros. Steamship Co .. 300 Poydras St., P.O.
Box 50998. New Orleans. LA 70 130. (Hill.
Ml)

SICILY
RAl-Ca ltanissetta. 6060 kHz. Full data
Giovanni Omiccioli'' card unsigned. Received in 80 days for an English report. and
casse tte tape. Station address: c/o
Radiotelcvisionc ltaliana, Casella Postale
320. Centro Correspondenza. 00 I00 Rome.
Italy. (Washburn. ME)
SWEDEN
Radio Sweden. 15240 kHz. Full data card,
unsigned. Program schedule enclosed. Received in 13/9 days for an English report and
one !RC. Station address: S I OS- I 0
Stockholm. Sweden. (Turner. IL; Hull. NY)

How to Use the Shortwave Guide

1:

Convert your time to UTC.

Eastern and Pacific Times are already converted to Coordinated Uni

versal Time (UTC) at the top of each page. The rule is: convert your local time
to 24-hour format; add (during Daylight Savings Time) 4, 5, 6 or 7 hours for
Eastern , Central, Mountain or Pacific Time, respectively.
Note that all dates, as well as times, are in UTC; for example, the BBC's
"John Dunn Show" (0030 UTC Sunday) will be heard on Saturday evening
(8:30 pm Eastern. 5:30 PM Pacific) in North America, not on Sunday .

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 programs content. The letter stands for a day of the week.
as indicated below, and the four digits represent a time in UTC.
S: Sunday
T: Tuesday
H: Thursday A: Saturday
M: Monday
W: Wednesday F: Friday

3: Find the frequencies for the program or station you

want to hear.
Look at the page which corresponds to the time you will be listening.
Comprehensive frequency information for English broadcasts can be found
at the top half of the page. All frequencies are in kHz.
The frequency listing uses the same day codes as the program listings;
if a broadcast is not daily. those day codes will appear before the station

name. Irregular broadcasts are indicated "tent" and programm ing which
includes languages besides English are coded "vi" (various languages).

4:

Choose the most promising frequencies for the time,

location and conditions.

Not all stations can be heard and none all the time on all frequencies.
To help you find the most promising frequency, we've included information
on the target area of each broadcast. Frequencies beamed toward your area
will generally be easier to hear than those beamed elsewhere, even though
the latter will often still be audible. Every frequency is followed by one of
these target codes:
am: The Americas
as: Asia
na: North America
au: Australia
pa: Pacific
ca: Central America
sa: South America
va: various
eu : Europe
do: domestic broadcast
af: Africa
om: omnidirectional
me: Middle East
Consult the propagation charts. To further help you find the right
frequency, we've included charts at the back of this section which take into
account conditions affecting the audibility of shortwave broadcasts. Simply
pick out the region in which you live and find the chart for the region in which
the station you want to hear is located. The chart indicates the optim um
frequencies for a given time in UTC.

Hot NEws AND Hot SPots

More SW News Compiled by Glenn Hauser
Radio Marti extended its
relay via WHRI. 9495 to fiscal
yearend at least. Sept. 30. and
added a night so it's UT TucSun 0 I00-0400. Although
jammed in Havana, USIA
bel ieves 9495 is well received
elsewhere in Cuba. says Mark
Seife11 via Ul is Fleming. Jihad
DX. Bilschel. Joseph D.
O'Connell of the International
Broadcasting Bureau corrects
the item here in August. that R.
Mani had placed an employee at
risk ( sec '"Letters to the
Editor").
As a result of a US IA
Inspector General report that he
interfered in objectivity of news
and tried to dismiss his critics at
Rad io Marti. Jorge Mas Canosa.
chairman of the Mai1f advisory
board. may be replaced by the
CLinton Administration. perhaps
with former Rep. Dante Fascell
of Florida. says Mark Matthews,
Baltimore 51111 via Mike Agner.
Before this, in late July. Kevin
Hecht happened upon C-SPAN
coverage of a House vote to
eliminate R. Marti. saying its
board was corrupt. but it was

resoundingly defeated by a voice

vote allying Republicans and
Democrats.
Southern Sudan may be getting
a clandestine; the National
Democratic Alliance of opposition
groups planned to start broadcasting by the end of July. Reuter
reported via Kropf. Contact via
Jihad DX. BBCM also heard R.
Monte Carlo report such plan~
without details. V. of Sudan,
opposition station. was then heard
by BBCM at 1300-1500 on 9024.2,
as Omdurman moved its 9200
transmitter down to 9024 to jam it
during these two hours only. says
HCJB" s Lntest. Carril.
KBC. Kenya. reported that
another R. Mogadishu had been
set up on the south side of the city
by Uthman Ali Ato, former ally of
Aydid. subtitled V. of the Somali
Pacification. on the same frc
quency as Aydid"s. in Somali with
English and Arabic to be added
later. BBCM confirmed it on 6722
at 1710-1800* to return at *0300.
R. Hargeisa is gone. the equipment
having been sold to Ethiopia. but
the di rector of R. Free Somalia at
Galkayo used to work at Hargeisa

and might QSL an old Hargeisa

report with the assistance of Sam
Voron, says Ed Kusalik. Alta., NU
via Chuck Rippel. Jihad DX.
R. of the Saudi Opposition
from Najd and Hijaz (Arabic:
fr/ha 'at alM11 'aradah al
Sa'udiyahji Najd 1ra al-Hija~) was
heard on 11 785 at 1300 in early
July but not since. assumed to
originate from Iraq. says BBCM.
But be careful : 11785 also carries
Qatar from *0243 to 0707 and
1700-2 130 with 15345v in
between, per BBCM via Fin n
Krone, Wa vescan. Subsequently
BBCM fou nd 11785 carrying
another anti-Saudi station at I035,
Holy Medina Radio. In early
August, INA news agency from
Iraq via BBCM said Mother of
Battles Radio would broadcast
2000-2300 on 7 150. 13650. I5340
in Arabic as Umm al-Ma 'arik. An
exclusive report by the Jordanian
newspaper Smvt-al-Mar-ah says
following Gulf War and opposition
attacks on Iraqi transmitter sites, a
large number of emergency mobile
transmitting units have been put in
use, constantly on the move with
locations known only to Saddam

and a few technicians: via BBCM.

V. of the Islamic Rep. of Iran
appeared on new 7070 at many
hours. including end of English at
abrupt sign-on 0121 past 0130 in
Spanish. as heard by Brian
Alexander, PA. It appears this is
to cover an opposition station on
7070, with a similar clash on
6175/6177. says Finn Krone,
A WR Wmescan. That is believed
to be V. ofMojahed with a
second program at * 1500 on 6020
and 6175. while at 1600-1700
three stati ons were on 6 175:
VOM-2, IRIB in Persian. and
Iranian jammer. say Goonetilleke.
Pankov. via Biischel. Jihad DX.
V. of Human Rights and
Freedom for Iran is in Persian at
0230-0425, 0600-0635, 15451625, 1630- 1825 on variable
15150, 11 470. 9255. 9270. per
BBCM.
Croatian Radio, Zagreb. had
news in English twice an hour
after 2200 on 13830, 11635. 7370.
5895, not only at the top of the
hour. but also at :50 past, except
11635 is off after 2259. reports
Marie Lamb. NY, on HCJB Lntest
Catch.

October 1995

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MT Monitoring Team
Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager
North Carolina

Dave Datko

Jeff Demers

California

New Hampshire

Next Reporting Deadline

October 20, 1995

Jim Frimmel , Program Manager

Texas

Jacques d'Avignon
Propagation Forecasts
Ontario, Canada

news line
"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
(!l;QQ EM EDI, 5:QQ PM EDD
Australia. Radio
Bulgaria, Radio
Canada. N Quebec Svc
China, China Radio Intl
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Lithuania. Radio V1ln1us
New Zealand. Radio NZ Intl
Russia. Voice of
Spain, R Exterior de Espana
Thailand. Radio
United Kingdom. BBC London
(am) (Newsdesk)
United Kingdom, BBC London (as
pac) (Newsdesk)
United Kingdom, BBC London
(soulh as)
USA. Monitor Radio lnll [TAI
USA, VOA Washington DC (am)
USA. VOA Washington DC (as
pac)
USA. VOA Washington DC (ca)
0003
North Korea. R Pyongyang
0010
China. China Radio Intl'
USA, VOA Washington DC (ca)
[TAJ"
0015
Egypt. Radio Cairo
0030
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl
India. All India Radio
Netherlands. Radio
Netherlands. Radio (am)
New Zealand. Radio NZ Intl (M-F(
Russia. Voice of
Sweden, Radio [TAl
Thailand, Radio [T-SJ
USA, VOA Washington DC (am)
[TSJ (Special English)
USA. VOA Washing ton DC (as
pac) (Special English)
0045
Uniled Kingdom. BBC London
(am)'
United Kingdom. BBC London (as
pac)'
United Kingdom, BBC London
(south as)
0050
llaly, RAI
0100 UTC
(9;!!!! EM !;DI !iQQ EM EDD
Australia. Radio
Canada, N Quebec Svc [SJ
Canada. RGI Montreal
Croatia, Croatian Radio
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba [T -SJ
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am)
Germany. Deutsche Welle
Indonesia. Voice of
Japan. Radio
New Zealand. Radio NZ Intl
Norway. Radio Norway lnll (Ml

48

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Russia. Voice of
Slovakia. R Slovakia Intl (A]'
Slovakia. R Slovakia Intl [SITF]
South Korea. Radio Korea Intl
Spain. R Exterior de Espana
Switzerland. Swiss Radio Intl
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl
Uniled Kingdom. BBC London
(am) (Newsdesk)
United Kingdom, BBC London (as
pac)
United Kingdom, BBC London
(south as) (Newsdesk)
USA. Monitor Radio Intl [TAl
USA. VOA Washington DC (am)
USA, VOA Washington DC (as)
USA, VOA Washington DC (ca)
Vietnam. Voice of Vietnam
Yugoslavia. Radio [M-AJ
0110
Aus1ral1a. Radio [MF]'
0113
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ"
0130
Austria, R Austria Intl
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba (TSJ
Greece. Voice of
Netherlands. Radio
Russia , Voice of
Sweden. Radio [TAI
Vietnam. Voice of Vietnam
0145
Albania, Radio Tirana
0151
Vatican State. Vatican Radio [A]
0155
Canada. RGI Montreal [T-A]
Indonesia, Voice of
Vatican State. Vatican Radio (W/FI
0200 UTC
Cl!!;!!!! EM EDT, 7 ;!!Q PM PD!)
Argentina. RAE [TAJ
Australia. Radio
Canada. N Quebec Svc
Canada. RCI Montreal
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba [T-S]
Germany. Deutsche Welle
Hungary. Radio Budapesl
Myanmar. Radio
New Zealand. Radio NZ Intl [M-A]
Romania. Radio Romania lnll
Russia. Voice of
United Kingdom. BBC London (af)
(Newsday)
United Kingdom. BBC London
(am) (Newsday)
United Kingdom. BBC London (as
pac) (Newsday)
United Kingdom, BBC London (eu)
(Newsday)
Uniled Kingdom. BBC London
(soulh as) (Newsday)
USA. Monitor Radio lnll [T-A]
USA. VOA Washington DC (as)
USA, WHAi Noblesville IN [TAJ
USA, WWCR #3 Nashville TN (T
AJ

October 1995

Vietnam. Voice of V1e1nam

0203
Taiwan, Voice of Free China
0212
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba [TSJ"
0215
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Nepal. Radio
0228
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba (SJ
0230
Albania. Radio Tirana
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba [T-A]
Netherlands, Radio
Pakistan. Radio
Portugal, Radio Portugal Intl [TA]
Russia. Voice of [T -Al
Sweden. Radio [TAJ
Vietnam. Voice of Vietnam
0300 UTC
(l l ;Q!! EM EDI, !!;QQ PM ED!)
Australia. Radio
Canada. N Quebec Svc
China. China Radio lnll
Croatia, Croatian Radio
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba [TSI
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Germany. Deutsche Welle
Japan. Radio
New Zealand, Radio NZ tntl (MAl
Russia. Voice of
South Africa. Channel Afnca
Thailand, Radio
United Kingdom, BBC London (af)
United Kingdom, BBC London
(am)
United Kingdom. BBC London (as
pac)
United Kingdom, BBC London (eu)
[S-F]
United Kingdom, BBC London
(south as)
USA. Monitor Radio Intl [TA)
USA. VOA Washington DC (af) (A
SJ
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN [T-AJ
USA. WWCR #3 Nashville TN [T
A]
030t
USA. VOA Washington DC (af)
[M-Fj"
0303
Taiwan. Voice of Free China
0310
China. China Radio Intl'
0313
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ"
03 15
Egypl. Radio Cairo
0320
Philippines. Radio Philipinas [MAJ
Vatican Slate. Vatican Radio
0330
Austria. R Austria lnll
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba [TSJ
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Hungary. Radio Budapest
Russia. Voice of

Sweden. Radio [TAl

UAE. Radio Dubai
United Kingdom. BBC London (eu)
[AJ
USA, VOA Washington DC (af) (M
F] (Special English)
0340
Greece. Voice of
United Kingdom. BBC London (af)'
0355
Japan, Radio (WMI
0400 UTC
(12;Q!! AM !;QI, ~;QQ EM El:m
Australia, Radio
Canada. N Quebec Svc
Canada. RCI Montreal
China. China Radio Intl
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba (T -SJ
Germany, Deutsche Welle
New Zealand. Radio NZ Intl (A]
New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl (MFJ"
Norway, Radio Norway Intl (Ml
Romania. Radio Romania lnll
Russia. Voice of
South Africa, Channel Africa
Switzerland. Swiss Radio lnll
Tanzania. Radio
Turkey. Voice of
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl
United Kingdom. BBC London (af)
(Newsdesk)
United Kingdom. BBC London (am)
(Newsdesk)
United Kingdom, BBC London (as
pac)
United Kingdom. BBC London (eu)
(S-F] (Newsdesk)
United Kingd om. BBC London
(south as) (Newsdesk)
USA. Monitor Radio Intl [T-Fl
USA, VOA Washington DC (af)
USA, VOA Washington DC (me)
USA. WYFR Satellite Network [Al
Zimbabwe. ZBC
0403
North Korea. R Pyongyang
0410
China, China Radio Intl'
0412
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba [T
0425
Italy. RAI
0430
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba [TAJ
Finland. Radio
Netherlands. Radio (am)
Russia. Voice of
United Kingdom. BBC London (af)'
Uniled Kingdom. BBC London (eu)
[AJ
0431
USA. VOA Washington DC (af) (M
FJ"

-sr

0500 UTC
(l ;!!O AM !;DI, l!!:QQ EM POI)
Australia. Radio

Bulgaria, Radio
Cameroon. Radio
Canada. N Quebec Svc
Canada. RC! Montreal [MFl
China. China Radio Intl
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
Ecuador. HCJB Quilo (am)
Germany. Deutsche Welle
Israel. Kol Israel
Japan. Radio
New Zealand. Radio NZ Intl (S-F]
Russia. Voice of
South Africa. Channel Africa
Spain. R Exterior de Espana
Unned Kingdom. BBC London (af)
(Newsday)
United Kingdom. BBC London
(am) (Newsday)
United Kingdom. BBC London (as
pac) (Newsday)
United Kingdom, BBC London (eu)
(Newsday)
United Kingdom, BBC London
(soul h as)
USA. Monitor Radio Intl [TFl
USA. VOA Washington DC (af)
USA. VOA Washington DC (me)
USA. WWCR #1 Nashville TN fT
AJ
Vatican State. Vatican Radio [T/F]
0510
Australia. Radio (M-F]'
China. China Radio Intl'
0513
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ"
0530
Austria. R Austria Intl
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba [TAI
Nigeria. Voice of
Romania. Radio Romania Intl
Russia. Voice of
United Kingdom, BBC Lo ndon (at)"
Yugoslavia. Radio
0555
Japan. Radio (Al
0600 UTC
(2;00 AM EDT, l l '!!!! EM PQD
Australia. Radio
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba [T -SJ
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Germany. Deutsche Welle
Japan. Radio
Kenya. Voice of
Malaysia. Voice of
New Zealand. Radio NZ lnll [M-AJ
Norway. Radio Norway lnll [SJ
Russia. Voice of
Soulh Korea, Radio Korea lnll
Switzerland. Swiss R lnll (eu)
Switzerland. Swiss Radio Intl
United Kingdom. BBC London (af)
United Kingdom. BBC London
(am)
United Kingdom. BBC London (as
pac)
Uniled Kingdom. BBC London (eu)
United Kingdom. BBC London

(south as)
USA. Monnor Radio Intl [TFJ
USA. VOA Washington DC (af) [A
SJ
USA, VOA Washington DC (me)
0601
USA. VOA Washington DC (al) [M
F]'
0603
North Korea, R Pyongyang
0612
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba [TSJ'
0628
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba [SJ
0630
Austria, R Austria Intl [TSJ
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba [TAJ
Nigeria. Voice of (MFJ
Russia. Voice o f
United Kingdom, BBC London (al)'
Vatican State, Vatican Radio (HJ
0632
Romania. Radio Romania Intl
0645
Nigeria, Voice of [MFJ'
Romania, Radio Romania Intl
0655
Japan, Radio (WMJ
Malta. V ol Mediterranean [MFJ
0700 UTC
(;j;QQ AM EQ!, l 2;QQ AM PD!)
Australia. Radio
Japan, Radio
Myanmar. Radio
New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl [AJ
New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl [M-FJ'
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Russia. Voice of
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl (eu)
United Kingdom, BBC London (af)
United Kingdom, BBC London (am)
United Kingdom , BBC London (as
pac)
United Kingdom, BBC London (eu)
United Kingdom, BBC London
(south as)
USA, KWHR Naalehu Hf [MFJ
USA, Monitor Radio Intl [TF]
USA. WWCR #1 Nashville TN [MJ
USA, WWCR #3 Nashville TN [SJ
0703
North Korea, R Pyongyang
Taiwan, Voice o f Free China
07t0
Australia, Radio [MFJ'
0730
Austria, R Austria Intl [T SJ
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (eu)
Greece, Voice of
Netherlands, Radio
Russia, Voice of
0745
Finland, Radio
0750
New Zealand. Radio NZ Intl [MF]'
0755
Japan. Radio
Malta. V of Mediterranean [MFJ
0800 UTC

(!l;!!Q AM El:!! l ;!!!! AM e1m

Australia, Radio
Indonesia. Voice of (AHJ
Malaysia. Voice of
New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl
Pakistan. Radio
Russia. Voice of
South Korea. Radio Korea Intl
United Kingdom. BBC London (af)
United Kingdom , BBC London (am)
United Kingdom , BBC London (as
pac)
United Kingdom. BBC London (eu)
United Kingdom. BBC London
(sou th as)
USA, KNLS Anchor Point AK
USA, Monitor Radio Intl [M A)
USA, WWCR # 1 Nashvill e TN [M

FJ
0803
North Korea, R Pyongyang
0810
New Zealand. Radio NZ Intl [MF]'
0830
Netherlands. Radio
Russia. Voice ol [MAJ
Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl
0855
Indonesia, Voice of [AH[
0900 UTC
(S;QQ AM J;QI , 2:0Q AM El:l!l
Australia, Radio
China, China Radio Intl
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (pac)
Finland. Radio
Germany. Deutsche Welle
Japan, Radio
New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl [MAJ
Papua New Guinea. NBC (MJ'
Russia. Voice ol
Switzerland, Swiss Radio Intl
United Kingdom, BBC London (af)
United Kingdom, BBC London (am)
United Kingdom, BBC London (as
pac)
United Kingdom. BBC London (eu)
United Kingdom , BBC London
(south as)
USA, Monitor Radio Intl [MAJ
USA, WWCR # 1 Nashville TN [H
FJ
USA, WWCR #3 Nashville TN [AJ
0910
Australia, Radio [MFJ'
China. China Radio Intl'
0930
Armenia, Voice of [SJ
Austria, R Austria Intl [MAI
Netherlands, Radio
Philippines. FEBC [MAJ
Russia, Voice of
0945
Germany. Deutsche Welle [MFJ
0950
Russia. Radio Pacific Ocean [A[
0955
Japan. Radio
1000 UTC
(;QQ AM EQI. J ;Q!! AM EQD
Australia. Radio
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Intl [MAJ
China. China Radio Intl
India, All India Radio
Ken ya, Voice of
New Zealand. Radio NZ Intl [S-FJ
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia. Voice of
Tanzania, Radio
United Kingdom. BBC London (af)
(Newsdesk)
United Kingdom. BBC London (am)
(Newsdesk)
United Kingdom, BBC London (as
pac) (Newsdesk)
United Kingdom, BBC Lo ndon (eu)
(Newsdesk)
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA, VOA Washington DC (as
pac)
USA, VOA Washington DC (ca)
USA, WYFR Satellite Network [M
AJ
Vietnam. Voice of Vietnam
1010
China. China Radio Intl'
New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl [MFJ
t020
New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl (HJ'
1030
Netherlands. Radio
Nigeria. Voice of
Philippines. FEBC [MF]'
Russia. Voice of
UAE, Radio Dubai
USA, WYFR Satellite Network [M
FJ
1045
Nigeria, Voice o f [ASJ'

1100 UTC
(Z;Q.Q AM EDI, !!!!!!AM e1m
Australia, Radio
Canada. N Quebec Svc [ASi
Germany. Deutsche Welle
Ghana, Radio (ASJ
Japan. Radio
Jordan. Radio
M ozambique. Radio
New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl
(Newsdesk)
Pakistan. Radi o
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Ru ssia, Voice of
Singapore. R Singapore Intl
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl (eu)
Switzerland. Swiss Radio Intl
United Kingdom. BBC London (af)
(Newsdesk)
United Kingdom, BBC London
(am) (Newsdesk)
United Kingdom. BBC London (as
pac) (Newsdesk)
United Kingdom. BBC London
(eu) (Newsdesk)
United Kingdom. BBC London
(south as) [HTJ (Newsdesk)
USA, Monitor Radio Intl [MAJ
USA, VOA Washington DC (as
pac)
USA, VOA Washington DC (ca)
USA, WHAi Noblesville IN [AJ
USA, WWCR #1 Nashville TN [M
Al
USA, WYFR Satellite Network [M
FJ
t t03
North Korea. R Pyongyang
1110
Au stra lia, Radio'
11 20
Vatican State, Vatican Radio [M
Al
1130
Austria, R Austria Intl
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Russia, Voice o f
Singapore. R Singapore Intl
South Korea. Radio Korea Intl
Taiwan, Voice of Asia
USA, WYFR Satellite Network [M
FJ
1145
Germany. Deutsche Welle [MFJ
1155
Japan, Radio [SFJ
1200 UTC
(!!;!!!! AM El:!!. 5;!2.Q AM e1m
Australia, Radio
Canada. N Q uebec Svc [ASJ
Canada. RCI Montreal [MFJ
China, China Radio Intl
France, Radio France Intl
New Zealand. Radio NZ Intl [HT]
Norway, Radio Norway Intl [SJ
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Russia, Voice o f
Singapore. R Singapore Intl
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl (eu)
United Kingdom, BBC London (af)
[MAJ
United Kingdom. BBC London
(am)
United Kingdom, BBC London (as
pac) [MAJ
United Kingdom, BBC London
(eu)
United Kingdom. BBC London
(south as)
USA. Monitor Radio Intl [MAJ
USA, VOA Washington DC (as
pac)
USA, WYFR Satellite Network [M
FJ
Uzbekistan. Radio Tashkent
1203
South Korea, Radio Korea Intl
Taiwan. Voice o f Free China
t 204
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am) [MFJ

1210
China, China Radio Intl'
1215
United Kingdom. BBC London (af)
[MAJ'
United Kingdom, BBC London
(eur
United Kingdom, BBC London
(south as) [MAJ'
1230
Austria, R Austria Intl
Bangladesh. Radio (SMJ
Bulgaria, Radi o
Canada, RCI Montreal (as)
Ecuador, HCJB Quito (am) [MFJ'
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Finland, Radio [M -FJ
Netherlands. Radio
Russia, Voice ol
Singapore, R Singapore Intl
Sweden, Radio [MFJ
USA, WYFR Satellite Network [M
Fl
Vietnam, Voice of Vietnam
1231
France, Radio France Intl [T]'
1240
Greece. Voice ol
1300 UTC
AM EQ!l
Austra lia, Radio
Canada, N Quebec Svc [SI
Canada, RCI Montreal [SJ
China, China Radio Intl
Ghana, Radio
Kenya, Voice of
Norway, Radi o Norway Intl [Si
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Poland, Polish Radio Warsaw (Al
Poland, Polish Radio Warsaw [M
F)'
Romania. Radio Romania Intl [M
AJ
Russia, Voice of
Singapore, R Singapore Intl
Switzerland, Swiss Radio Intl
Tanzania. Radio [ASJ
United Kingdom. BBC London (al)
(Newshour)
United Kingdom. BBC London
(am) (Newshour)
United Kingdom. BBC London (as
pac) (Newshour)
United Kingdom. BBC London (eu)
(Newshour)
United Kingdom, BBC London
(south as) (Newshour)
USA, KNLS Anchor Point AK
USA. Monilor Radio Intl (MAJ
USA, VOA Washington DC (as
pac)
USA, WYFR Satellite Network [M
FJ
130 1
Romania, Radio Romania Intl [SJ
1303
North Korea. R Pyongyang
13 10
Brazil, R adiobras [M F]'
China. China Radio Intl'
1324
Ecuador, HCJB Ouito (am) [MFJ
1328
Egypt, Radio Cairo
t 330
Austria. R Austria Intl
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Intl [SJ
Canada, RCI Montreal (as)
Finland. Radio (MAJ
India, All India Radio
Nethertands, Radio
Philippines, FEBC [MAI
Russia. Voice of [MAJ
Singapore, R Singapore Intl
Sweden. Radio [MFJ
Turkey, Voice of
UAE, Radio Dubai
USA, VOA Wa shington DC (as
pac) (Special English)
Uzbekistan, Radio Tashkent
Vi etnam. Voice of Vietnam
(~:!!!! AM E!U, !i;!!Q

October 1995

1355
Singapore. R Singapore Intl
1400 UTC

(l!l;!Ul AM EQI

Z;QQ AM EDI)
Australia. Radio
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Intl [MAI
Cameroon. Radio
Canada, N Q uebec Svc [ASJ
Canada, RCI Montreal [SJ
China. China Radio Intl
France. Radio France Intl
Ghana. Radio
Japan. Radio
Russia. Voice of
South Korea. Radio Korea Intl [M
Al
United Kingdom. BBC London (al)
United Kingdom. BBC London
(am)
United Kingdom. BBC London (as
pac)
United Kingdom. BBC London (eu)
Unhed Kingdom, BBC London
(south as)
USA, Monitor Radio Intl [MAJ
USA. VOA Washington DC (as
pac)
USA. VOA Washington DC (as)
USA, WWCR #1 Nashville TN [M
Al
1410
China. China Radio Intl'
14t5
Nepal, Radio
1424
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (am) [MFI
t4 30
Canada, RCI Montreal
Finland, Radio
Morocco, ATV Marocaine [SJ
Myanmar, Radio
Netherlands. Radio
Philippines. FEBC [MAJ
Romania, Radio Romania Intl [TSJ
Russia. Voice of
Sweden, Radio [MF]
USA, WYFR Satellite Network [M
FJ
1431
France, Radio France Intl [T]'
Romania. Radio Romania Intl [MJ
1435
Greece. Voice of
t 440
Philippines. FEBC [MF)'
1445
India. All India Radio
Myanmar. Radio
1455
Japan, Radio [AJ
Malta, V of Mediterranean (M-FJ
1500 UTC
(l J QQ AM El:!! !!;!!!!AM eon
Australia. Radio
Canada, N Quebec Svc [ASJ
Canada, RCI Montreal [SJ
China, China Radio Intl
Japan, Radio
Jordan, Radio
Russia, Voice o f
South Africa. Channel Africa
Sudan, Radio Omdurman
Switzerland. Swiss Radio Intl
United Kingdom. BBC London (al)
United Kingdom. BBC London
(am)
United Kingdom. BBC London (as
pac) (ASJ
United Kingdom. BBC London (eu)
United Kingdom. BBC London
(south as)
USA, M onitor Radio Intl (MAJ
USA. VOA Washington DC (as
pac)
USA, VOA Washington DC (as)
USA. VOA Washington DC (me)
U SA, WWCR #1 N ashville TN [M
Fl
USA, WYFR Satellite Network (A)
1503

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49

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Newsline
North Korea. R Pyongyang
1510
China. China Radio Intl'
1525
Philippines, Radio Veritas [TF]
t528
United Kingdom. BBC London (al)

(Mj'
1530
Austria, A Austria Intl
India. All India Radio'
Netherlands. Radio
Nigeria. Voice of (MH J
Philippines, FEBC (MAJ
Portugal. Radio Portugal Intl (M Fl
Russia, Voice of
Seychelles. FEBA Radio
1540
Philippines. Radio Ventas (AMJ
1550
Malla. V of Mediterranean [FJ
1555
Japan, Radio (Al
Malta. V of Mediterranean [MHJ
Philippines. Radio Veritas [AMJ
1600 UTC
112:00 PM EDT. 9:00 M1E.! ill
Australia, Radio
Canada. N Quebec Svc [Al
China. China Radio Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Estonia. Estonian Radio (MF]
Ethiopia. V of Ethiopia
France, Radio F rance Intl
Germany, Deutsche Welle
Jordan, Radio
Kenya, Voice of
Norway, Radio Norway Intl [SJ
Pakistan, Radio
Russia, Voice of
South Africa, Channel Africa
South Korea. Radio Korea Intl
Switzerland, Swiss A Intl (eu)
Tanzania, Radio
United Kingdom, BBC London (af)
United Kingdom, BBC London
(am)
United Kingdom, BBC London (as
pac)
United Kingdom, BBC London (eu)
United Kingdom. BBC London
(south as)
USA. Monitor Radio Intl (MAJ
USA. VOA Washington DC (af) (A
SJ
USA, VOA Washington DC (as)
USA, VOA Washington DC (me)
USA. WWCR #3 Nashville TN [Al
USA, W YFR Satellite Network (M

A]
Vietnam, Voice of Vietnam
1604
Ecuador, HCJB Quito (do) [M F]
16 10
China, China Radio Intl'
1612
Vatican State . Vatican Radio (MF]
1630
Canada. ACI Montreal (as)
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (do) [MFr
Ethiopia, V of Ethiopia
Finland. Radio
Russia, Voice of
South Africa. Channel Africa (FJ'
UAE, Radio Dubai
USA, VOA Washington DC (af) (M

Fj'
USA. VOA Washington DC (as)
(Special English)
USA. VOA Washington DC (me)
(Special English)
1638
Germany, Deutsche Welle (MFJ'
1645
United Kingdom, BBC London
(am)(MFr
United Kingdom. BBC London (as
pac) {MF]'

1700 UTC
(1 :00 PM EPT. 10:00 AM
Albania, Radio Tirana
Australia. Radio
Canada. N Quebec Svc [AJ
China. China Radio Intl
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB Quito (eu)
France. Radio France Intl
Japan. Radio
New Zealand. Radio NZ Intl [MFJ"
Pakistan. Radio
Russia. Voice of
Switzerland, Swiss Radio Intl
United Kingdom, BBC London (al)
United Kingdom. BBC London
(am)
United Kingdom, BBC London (as
pac)
United Kingdom. BBC London (eu)
U nited Kingdom. BBC London
(south as)
U SA, Monitor Radio Intl [MA]
U SA. VOA Washington DC (al)
USA, VOA Washington DC (as
pac)
USA, VOA Washington DC (as)
USA, VOA Washington DC (me)
U SA, WANO New Orleans LA [M
FJ
1703
North Korea. R Pyongyang
1710
Australia. Radio'
China. China Radio Intl'
1715
Sweden, Radio
Vatican State, Vatican Radio
1725
New Zealand. Radio NZ Intl [F]'
1730
Austria, R Austria Intl
Netherlands. Radio
Romania. Radio Romania Intl
Russia. Voice of (SFJ
Vatican State. Vatican Radio [F]
1740
United Kingdom , BBC London (af)
[W-Mj"
1745
Canada. RGI Montreal (MF]
1755
New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl (MWJ"

eon

1800 UTC
(2:00 PM EDT. 11 :00 AM
Australia. Radio
Cameroon, Radio
Ind ia, All India Radio
Kenya. Voice of
Mozambique. Radio
New Zealand. Radio NZ Intl (MFJ'
Norway. Radio Norway Intl [SJ
Poland, Polish Radio W arsaw IAJ
Poland. Polish Radio W arsaw IM

eon

Fj'
Russia. Voice of
Sudan, Radio Omdurman
Tanzania. Radio
United Kingdom. BBC London (al)
(Newsdesk)
United Kingdom. BBC London (as
pac) (Newsdesk)
United Kingdom. BBC London (eu)
(Newsdesk)
United Kingdom. BBC London
(south as) (Newsdesk)
USA, Monitor Radio Intl [MA]
USA. VOA Washington DC (al) [A
SJ
USA. VOA Washington DC (af) [M

Fj'
USA. VOA Washington DC (me)
U SA , WHRI Noblesville IN [MF]
USA. WWCR #1 Nashville TN [S
FJ
USA. 'WWCR #3 Nashville TN [M

F]
Vietnam. Voice of Vietnam
Yemen, Yemeni Rep Radio

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MONITORING TIMES

October 1995

1830
Bangladesh. Radio
Kuwait. Radio
Netherlands. Radio
Russia. Voice of
Sweden. Radio (MF]
United Kingdom. BBC London (al)
(ASJ'
USA. VOA Washington DC (af) [A
SJ (Special English)
USA, VOA Washington DC (me)
(SpeC1al English)
Yemen. Yemeni Rep Radio
1840
Greece. Voice o f [MA]
1845
Armenia. Voice of [MF]
1855
New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl [MHJ'
1858
United Kingdom, BBC London (af)
[MFJ'
1900 UTC
C3:00 PM EPT.1 2:00 PM PPTl
Australia. Radio
Belgium. A Vlaanderen Intl
China. China Radio Intl
Germany. Deutsche Welle
India. All India Radio
Japan. Radio
New Zealand. Radio NZ Intl
Portugal. Radio Portugal Intl [MFJ
Romania. Radio Romania Intl (TS]
Russia. Voice of
South Korea, Radio Korea Intl
United Kingdom. BBC London (al )
United Kingdom. BBC London (as
pac) (Newshour)
United Kingdom . BBC London (ou)
(Newshour)
USA. Monitor Radio Intl [MA]
USA, VOA Washington DC (al )
USA, VOA Washington DC (as
pac)
USA. VOA Washington DC (me)
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN (MF]
USA, WWCR #3 Nashville TN [M
FJ
Vi etnam , Voice of Vietnam
1901
Romania. Radio Romania Intl (M J
1910
Austraha. Radio {MFJ'
Brazil, Radiobras (MFJ'
China. China Radio Intl'
1925
Germany. Deutsche Welle (Mr
1930
Albania. Radio Tirana
Austria. A Austria Intl
Finland. Radio
Germany. Deutsche Welle [TF]'
Netherlands, Radio
Russia, Voice of
Slovakia. R Slovakia Intl
Yugoslavia. Radio
1935
Italy. RAI
2000 UTC
14:00 PM EDT 1 00 PM
Australia. Radio
Bulgaria. Radio
China. China Radio Intl
Czeeh Rep. Radio Prague
Estonia. Estonian Radio [M/H]
Germany. Deutsche Welle
Hungary. Radio Budapest
Indonesia. Voice of
Israel. Kol Israel
New Zealand. Radio NZ Intl
Nigeria, Voice of [M F]
Russia, Voice o f
Switzerland, Swiss A Intl (eu)
Switzerland, Swiss Radio Intl
United Kingdom. BBC London (af)
(Newshour)
United Kingdom. BBC London
(am)

eon

United Kingdom. BBC London (as

pac) (A]
United Kingdom . BBC London (eu)
United Kingdom. BBC London (eu)
(SF]'
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA [AS J
USA. Monitor Radio Intl (MA]
USA, VOA Washington DC (al) [A
SJ
USA. VOA W ashington DC (al) (M
F]'
USA. VOA Washington DC (me)
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN (MFJ
2003
North Korea, R Pyongyang
2007
Syna. Radio Damascus (M F]
2010
China. China Radio lnll'
New Zealand. Radio NZ Intl (SHJ'
2025
Italy, RAI
2030
N etherl ands, Radio
Poland. Polish Radio W arsaw [A
SJ
Poland. Polish Radio Warsaw (M
F]'
Thailand. Radio
Vietnam. Voice o f Vietnam
2055
Indonesia, Voice of JM]
2057
Kuwait. Radio
2100 UTC
15:00 PM EDT soo PM POD
Australia. Radio
Cameroon, Radio
Canada. N Q uebec Svc JAS]
Canada. RCI Montreal
China. China Radio Intl
C uba, Radio Havana Cuba (MAJ
Germany. Deutsche Welle
G reece, Voice of (MA)
India. All India Radio
Japan. Radio
New Zealand. Radio NZ Intl (AH)
Romania. Radio Romania Intl
Russia, Voice of
Spain, A Exterior de Espana
Syria. Radio D amascus (F]
Turkey. Voice of
U nited Kingdom, BBC London (al)
United Kingdom . BBC London
(am)
United Kingdom. BBC London (as
pac)
U nited Kingdom, BBC London (eu)
USA . KVOH Los Angeles CA JS)
U SA. Monitor Radio Intl (MA)
U SA . VOA Washington DC (af)
USA. VOA Washington DC (as
pac)
USA, VOA Washington DC (me)
USA. WWCR #1 Nashville TN JM
FJ
2 1 to
China. China Radio l nll'
New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl [MH]'
Syria , Radio Damascus [SM J
2112
Syria, Radio Damascus [F]
2 1t 5
Syria , Radio D amascus [TJ
United Kingdom . BBC London (af)'
U nited Kingdom, BBC London
(eu)'
2120
Egypt, Radio Cairo

2 130
Cuba. Radio Havana C uba (MA]'
Egypt, Radio Cairo
F inland. Radio
Latvia, Latvian Rad io [MF]
R ussia. Voice of
Sweden. Radio (MF )
Sweden. Radio (MF]
2 145
South Korea. Radio Korea Intl

Syria. Radio Damascus [WI

2155
Canada. RCI Montreal (MF]
2200 UTC

(;.QQ PM EDT. 3 :00 PM

eon

Australia. Radio
Belgium. A Vlaanderen Intl (SFI
Bulgana. Radio
Canada, N Quebec Svc (SJ
Canada. RCI Montreal
Canada. RCI Montreal
Canada, RGI Montreal (as)
China. China Radio Intl
Croatia, C roatian Radio
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba [M AI
Hungary, Radio Budapest
India. All India Radio
llaly, RAI
New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl (AHI
Russia. Voice of
South Korea. Radio Korea Intl
Spain. A Exterior de Espana
Ukraine . A Ukraine Intl
United Kingdom, BBC London (al )
(Newsdesk)
United Kingdom. BBC Uindon
(am) (Newsdesk)
United Kingdom. BBC London (as
pac) (Newsdesk)
United Kingdom. BBC London (eu)
(Newsdesk)
USA. Monitor Radio Intl (MA]
USA, VOA W ashington DC (as
pac)
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN (MF )
Yugoslavia. Radio
2203
Taiwan. Voice of Free China
2210
China. China Radio lnll'
2215
Egypt. Radio Ca\fO

2230
Canada. RCI Montreal (A]
Finland. Radio
Russia, Voice of [MF]
USA, VOA Washington DC (as
pac) (Special English)
2240
Egypt. Radio C airo
Greece. Voice of JSFJ
2245
USA, Voice of the OAS (MF]'
2300 UTC

(7;00 PM EDT. 4:00 PM eon

Armenia. Voice o f [Daily]
Australia, Radio
Canada, N Quebec Svc (SJ
Canada. RCI Montreal (ASI
Croatia, Croatian Radio
Germany, Deutsche Welle
India, All India Radio
Japan, Radio
New Zealand, Radio NZ Intl [AHJ
Russia. Voice of
Turkey. Voice of
United Kingdom, BBC London (al)
United Kingdom, BBC London
(am) (SF]
United Kingdom. BBC London (as
pac)
United Kin gdom, BBC London (eu)
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI (MFJ
USA. Monitor Radio Intl (M A]
USA. VOA Washington DC (as
pac)
USA, WHRI N oblesville IN (MF J
2303
North Korea. A Pyongyang
23 15
Egypt, Radio Calfo
2330
Netherlands, Radio (am )
Russia. Voice of
Vietnam. Voice of Vietnam
2335
Greece. Voice of (SFJ

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own sc~a mble.d commun1cat10n system over the phone or radio. Latest 3rd
genera.hon IC 1s used for fantastic audio quality-equivalent to over 30 op-amps
and mixers! Crystal controlled for crystal clear sound with a built-in 2 watt
audio amp for direct radio hook-up. For scramble systems. each user has a
unit for full duplex operation. Communicate in privacy with the SS-70. Add our
case set for a fin e professional finish.
SS-70 Scrambler/Descrambler kit
CSSD Matching case set
SS-70WT Fully assembled SS-70 and case set

DSP FILTER
What i s DSP? DSP allows
the "construction" ol various filters of great complexity by using computer code.
This allows us to have easy
access to a variety of filters,
each perfectly optimized for
whatever modeweareoperating. The DSP 11 has been
\ \
designed to operate in 10
different modes. Four filters
are optimized for reducing
;
interference to SSB phone
. .
signals from CW. heterodynes
and random noise interference. Four more filters operate as "brick-wall" CW
bandpass filters. the remaining two filters are designed for reliable recovery
of ATTY and HF packet radi o i nformation signals. A single front panel switch
selects any of these filters. Easy hookup to rigs speaker jack.
W9GR DSP Filter
12V DC Power Supply

STEREO TRANSMITTER

FM10A Stereo transmitter kit

CFM Case. whip ant set

$34. 95
$14.95

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INTERCEPTOR

SHORTWAVE
CONVERTER

The SC-1 converter brings

the sounds of the world
ri ght Into your car radio
or home stereo (set to AM
broadcast band). Front
panel push switches let
you choose easily between
regu lar AM radio and the
shortwave bands. A.n additional switch allows the selection
of any t ~o bands of 1~terest , each I MHz wide. Set one range
for .daytime frequencies and one fo r n1g htt1m~ when propagat1on 1s different. choose any two frequencies between 3
and 22 MHz. Frequencies are tuned on your AM radio.
making it easy to log stations or set presets. A bulltin
antenna switch automat ically switches the existing AM antenna to either t he radio or converter. making hook-up easy
and fast. As with many of our kits, a handsome matching
case and knob set is available to put the finishing touches
on your kit.
SC-I Shortwave Converter Kit
$27 .95
CSC Matchin Case and Knob Set
$14.95

$39.95
$14.95
$79.95

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Run your own Stereo FM radio station!

Transmits a stable signal in the 88- 108
MHz FM broadcast band up to 1 mile. Detailed manual provi des helpful info on FCC
reg s, antenna ideas and range to expect.
Latest design features ad justable line level
inputs, pre emphasis and crystal controlled
subcarrier. Connects to any CD or tape
player, mike mixer or radio. Includes free tuning tool too! For a pro
look add our matching case set with on-board whip antenna.

The Interceptor will lock on instantly to

PR-2 Specifications: Gain: 25dB , Noise Figure: 2.5 dB, lnpuVOutput the nearest transmitter and allow you to
Impedance: 50-75 ohms, Compression point: +18 dBm
listen with perfect audio quality. Since the
Interceptor does not have to search through
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_ ir_ed_an_d_T_e_s_
te_d_ _ _ __S_5_9_.9_5--1 all frequencies, those quick transmissions
that are hopelessly lost on scanners are
Tune into the exciting world of captured easily. The Interceptor does not
AIRCRAFT RECEIVER aviation.
Listen to the airlines. need tuning, making it ideal for handsbig business corporate jets, hot free surreptitious monitoring of nearby
shot military pilots. local private pilots. control towers, approach and transmissions. The Interceptor is comdeparture radar control and other interesting and fascinating air-band plete self-contained with internal speaker
communications. Yo u'll hear planes up to a hundred miles away as well and earphone jack for private listening.
as all local traffic. The AR- I feature s smooth varactor tuning of the entire Included are: Nicad battery pack, AC/adaptor
air band from I t 8 to 136 MHz, effective AGC. superheterodyne circuitry, charg er, antenna and earphone. Increase
squelch. convenient 9 volt operations and plenty of speaker volume. your security and awareness-intercept the
Don't forget to add our matching case and kn ob set for a fin e looking comm unication s around you with the
project you'll love to show. Our detailed Instru ction manual makes the Interceptor. Fully wired with 1 year warARt an ideal introduction to two life-long , fascinating hobbies at once- ranty. Covers302000 MHz frequency range,
electronics and aviation! See Kit Plan es magazine (January 199t) or FM deviations from 5 kHz to 200 kHz.
Popular Electronics (January 1993) for excellent product reviews of the
RIO Interceptor ,
AR-I .
AR 1 Aircraft Receiver Kit
$29 .95
Fully Wired 1 year warranty $349.95
CAR Case and Knobset for AR-1
$14.95
Locate hidden
FOXHOUND DIRECTION or unknown
transmitters
FINDER
fast. The Foxhound direction fi nder connects to theantenna and speaker
jack on any radio receiver. AM or FM from 1 MHz to t
GHz. The antenna (a pair of dipole telescopic whip s) is
rotated until the Null meter shows a minimum. A pair
of LEDs Indicate to turn Left or Right. The Foxhound is
ideal to use with a walkie-talkie. if you wish to transmit.
go ahead. a bulldin TIA switch senses any transmitted
RF and switches itself out of circuit while you ta lk. It
doesn't get any easier than this! We provide all parts
except for a few feet of 1/2 inch PVC pipe available at
any hardware store for adollar or two. Add our matching
case set for a comp lete finished unit. Be the one with
the answers. win tho se transmitter hunts and track
down those jammers, you'll do it all with your Foxhound.

$34.95
(6M),

SCRAMBLER/DESCRAMBLER

AM BROADCAST
TRANSMITTER

$299.95
$11 .95

llR

Cramped for space? Get

longwire performance
with this desktop an
tenna. Properly designed
unit has dual HF and
VHF circuitry and built
in whip antenna, as well
as external jack. RF gain
control and 9V operation makes unit ideal for
SWLs, traveling hams
or scanner buffs wh o
need hotter reception.
The matching case and knob set gives the unit a hundred
dollar look!

High quality, true AM broad- AA-7 Kit

$28.95
cast band transmitter is CAA Matching case & knobset
$14.95
designed exactly like the big ~-------------------l
commercial rigs. Power of
100 mW, legal range of up to 1/4 mile.
Accepts line level inputs from tape and
CD players and mike mixers, tunable
550-1750 kHz. Complete manual explains circuitry, help with FCC regs and
even antenna ideas. Be your own Rush
Limbaugh or Rick Dees with the AM-1 1
Add our case set for a true station look.
AM-1 Transmitter kit
CAM Matching case set

$29.95
$14.95

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Here's a complete shortwave radio guaranteed to inspire
SHORTWAVE
awe in any listener. Imagine tuning In the BBC. Radio
RECEIVER
Moscow, Radio Baghdad and other services with just a
.
.
.
couple of feet of antenna. This very sensitive (about a
microvolt! ) receiver 1s a true superhet design with AGC, RF gain control and plenty of
speaker vol ume. Smooth varactor diode tuning allows you to tune any 2 MHz portion of
the 4 to 11 MHz frequency range, and the kit conveniently run s on a 9 volt battery. Add
our matching custom case and knob set to give your radioa finished. polished, look. Amaze
yourself-and others-see how you can listen to the world on a receiver you built in an
evening.
SR 1 Shortwave Radio Kit
$34.95
CSR Case and Knob Set
$14.95

0000 UTC
FREQUENCIES
0000-0030
0000-0tOO vi
00000100 ,1
00000 t 00 vi
0000-0100
0000-0015
00000100 vi
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0tOO
0000-0100
0000-0100

Australia. Radio
Australia. VLSA Ahce Spg
Austraha. VLSK Katherine
Austraha. VLST Tent Crk
Bulgaria. Radio
Cambodia. Natl Voice of
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela

0000-0010
0000-0027
0000-0030
0000-00t 5
0000-0045

Croatia. Croatian Radio

Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp
India, All India Radio

0000-0100 Uvl
00000100
00000100
00000030 as
00000005 mtwhf
0000-0 tOO
0000-0100
00000100
0000-0100
0000-0050
00000100
0000-0100
0000-0100

Italy, IRRS Milan

Lebanon, Voice of Hope
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Lithuania Radio Vilnius
Lithuania Radio Vilnius
Malaysia, Radio
Malaysia, RTM Kuching
Ne1herlands. Radio
Nel'I Zealand, RNZ Intl
North Korea, R Pyongyang
Palau. KHBN/Voice of Hope
Philippines. FEBC/R Intl
Russia. Voice of

961Qas
4835do
5025do
4910do
9700na
11940as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9710na
5030am
13750am
5895eu
5930na
9900na
3366do
9705as
15145as
7125va
6280me
9960va
7360na
7360na
7295do
7160do
6020na
15115pa
11 335na
9965as
15450as
7125na

13605pa

13745as

17750as

0000-0030
0000-0100
0000-0100

Thailand. Radio
Spain. R Exterior Espana
United Kingdom.BBC London

0000-0030
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0tOO
0000-0100

United Kingdom.BBC London

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio lnll
USA. VDA Washington DC

0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0tOO
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0045
0030-0100

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Australia. Radio

00300055
0030-0 tOO
0030-0100
0030-0100
0030-0100
0030-0100
0030-0100
0045-0100
00500100

Belgium. R Vlaanderen lnl

Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Iran. VOIRI Tehran
Netherlands. Radio
Sri Lanka. SLBC Colombo
Sweden, Radio
Thailand, Radio
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Italy, RAI Rome

11720na

11655na
61 50am

11715na
7375am 9725am

7370eu
7345na

13830eu

4915do
9950as

11745as

6165na

9845na

13760na

15130na

7260na

9620na

13750as

9720na

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9655as
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5965as
6195as
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lt 1oas
5810am
15590am
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7535am
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9455am
11695am
15205am
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5745am
7490na
9955am
7355am
5065am
6085na
9580pa
13755as
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6030na
9745am
61 75na
5905as
15425as
6065sa
9655as
6065na
9645na

t t730na
9690af

t t 730na
11905af

t 1750na

5970sa
7325va
1t750sa

5975va
9410as
11955as

6175na
9590va
15280as

7180as

9580as

11945as

9430ca
6130am
9770va
I 1760va
15290va

7215va
7405na
9775na
t3740am 15185va
t7735va 17820va

13595na
7435am

13845am

9660pa
15240pa
t7795pa
13800na

1t 795as
15365pa
17860pa

13605pa
15415as

7180na
7305as

7260na
9860as

9022na
11655as

9810sa
11905as

15370as

11800na

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0010 Australia. Radio: Char11ng Australia. A program intended to
strenglhen Australia's links with lhe Indian subcontinent.
0011 Russia. Voice of: News and Viel'ls. Russian views on news
developments.
0011 Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Spanish Hall ol Fame.
Recordings of great Spanish opera singers and descriptions
of !heir careers.
0024 Spain. RExterior de Espana: Drstance Unknown. A program
for shortl'lave hsleners and DXers.
0030 Australia, Radio: Correspondents' Report. A round-up of
global stories w11h Hamish Robertson.
0032 Russia. Voice of: Folk Box. One of the top ten enlerlainment
programs (Passport 10 World Band Radio).
0033 Spain. R Exlerior de Espana: Whal's Cooking Today?.
Discover the food specialties of a particular region of Spain.
0056 Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Program Announcements.
Descriptions of Spanish National Radio's programs and
schedule information.

Mondays
0011 Australia, Radio: Nelwork Asia. See S 2320.
001 1 Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S OOt 1.
0012 Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Visitors Book. Who's visiting
Spain this week.
0022 Spain. RExterior de Espana: Spain Step-by-Slep. A journey
lo all corners of Spain. both presenl and future.
0032 Russia. Voice of: Yours for the Asking. A 30minute musical
request program.
0045 Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Radio Club. Listener letters are
answered and music requests played.
0056 Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Program Announcements. See
s 0056.

0036
0049
0057

Wednesdays
0011
OOt t
0016
0022
0029

Australia. Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.

Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0011.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Panorama. See T 0015.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.
Spain. R Exlerior de Espana: Review of lhe Spanish
Economy. Spain's status in financial mailers.
0032 Russia. Voice of: Music at Your Request. See M 1232.
0036 Spain. R Exterior de Espana: En1ertainment in Spain.
Current favorites from the world of stage and screen.
0049 Spain. R Exlerior de Espana: Spanish Course by Radio. See
T 0049.
0056 Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Program Announcemenls.
See S 0056.

Thursdays
OOt 1
001t
0016
0022
0029
0032
0039

Tuesdays

0041

0011 Australia. Radio: Nelwork Asia. See S 2320.

0011 Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0011.
0015 Spain. R Exlerior de Espana: Panorama. A magazine
program focusing on everything !hat's happening in Spain.
0020 Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Press Review. Review of lhe
Spanish press.
0026 Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Sporls Spotlight Summary of
the weekend's sports resulls.
0032 Russia. Voice of: The Jau Show. Sec M 0532.

0049

52

MONITORING TIMES

October 1995

Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Cultural Encounlers.

Highlighling cullural 1111eract1on between Spain and North
America.
Spain. R Ex1erior de Espana: Spanish Course by Radio. A
course in Spanish \'11th English commentary.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Program Announcements.
See S 0056.

0055

Australia. Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.

Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S OOt 1.
Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Panorama. See T 0015.
Spain. RExterior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: As Olhers See Us. Review of
the foreign press.
Russia. Voice of: The Jazz Show. See M 0532.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: The Nalural World (biweekly).
Ecological and environmental news and developments.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Science Desk (biweekly).
Developments in science and technology.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Spanish Course by Radio. See
T 0049.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Program Announcements.
See S 0056.

Fridays
001 t
001 t
00t6

Australia, Radio: Network Asia. Sec S 2320.

Russia. Voice of: News and Views See S OOt 1.
Spain. R Exlerior de Espana: Panorama. See T 0015.

0022
0029
0032
0038
0049
0057

Spain. R Exterior de Espana Press Review. See T 0020.

Spam. R Exterior de Espana: People of Today. Focus on a
Spaniard of note.
Russia. Voice of: Folk Box. See S 0032.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana Cultural Clippings. What's
going on in Spain
Spain. RExterior de Espana: Spanish Course by Radio. See
T 0049.
Spam. R Exterior de Espana Program Announcements.
See S 0056.

Saturdays
00 t O
001 t
0016
0022
0029
0030
0032
0039
0049
0056

Australia. Radio Feedback. See S 0410.

Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S OOt 1.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Panorama. Sec T 0015.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Window on Spain. A different
region of Spain 1s described each week.
Australia. Radio: Indian Pacific. Peter Mares with news and
analysis from across the Pacific and Asia.
Russia. Voice of: Kaleidoscope. See S 0532.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Arts in Spain. A review of
cullural activities.
Spain. RExterior de Espana Spanish Course by Radio. See
T0049.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Program Announcemen1s.
See S 0056.

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS

PHILlPPINES: FEBC
English is now dai ly:
0000-0200
15450 to India
0930- 1100
11 635 (new) to C hina, SE As ia
1300- 1600
11 995 to India. SE Asia
Programs:
DX Dial: Sun 1330. Wed 13 15 approx .. Sm 0940
Life in the Cities. Sun 0930
Far East Forn111, Fri 0945. Sat 14 15
Mailbag, Sat 0945 and 1540, Sun 1340
Asian Ne ll's Update, Mon-Fri 1030
Ne wsfro111 the Philippines, Mon-Fri 1440
Computer Comer. Mon-Fri 0940. 1345, Sun
1335

FREQUENCIES
0100-0200 IVlhfa
0100-0200
0100-0200

Argentina. RAE
Australia, AF Radio
Australia. Radio

0100-0200 vi
0100-0200 vi
0100-0200 vi
0100-0200 vi
Ot00-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200

Australia, VLSA 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. RCI Montreal

0100-0t30 vi
0100-0200
0100-0t tO
0100-0200
0100-0t27
0100-0200
01000t50

Costa Rica. AWR Alajucla

Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Germany. Deutsche Welle

0100-0 t 15
0100-0200
0100-0t30
OtOO-Ot 15 f/vl
0100-ot to
0100-0200

Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp

Guatemala. Radio Cultural
Iran, VOIRI Tehran
Italy, IRAS Milan
Italy, RAI Rome
Japan. NHK/Radio

0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200 smtwh
0100-0200

Lebanon. Voice of Hope

Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Netherlands, Radio

11710am
13535as
9580pa
13755as
15415as
17795pa
4835do
5025do
4910do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6t60do
6t60do
6t20am
13670am
5030ca
7385am
5895eu
6000na
7345na
9745am
6040na
9555na
3366do
3300do
6175na
7125va
9645na
5960na
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6280me
9960Va
7295do
5905as

9660pa
15240pa
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17860pa

t 3605pa
15245as
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17880as

137 45as
t 5365pa
17750as

9535am

9755am

11940am

6150sa
9400am
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9830na
9405na

7375am

13750am

6085na
9640na
4915do

61 lOna
11 740na

6145na
11865na

7t80na

7260na

9022na

11800na
9680as
1t910as

01000t25
01000200
01000200
0100-0200

Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Philippines. FEBC/R Intl
Russia. Voice of

01000127
0100-0200
Ot00-0200
0100-0200
0100-0130
01000200

Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl

South Korea. R Korea Intl
Spam, R Exterior Espana
Sn Lanka. SLBC Colombo
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
Ukraine, R Ukraine Intl

0100-0200

United Kingdom.BBC London

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

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Monitor Radio Intl
USA, VOA Washington DC

Ot00-0200
0100-0200
Ot 00-0200
0100-0t30
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
Ot00-0130
0100-0130 m1whfa
Ot30-0200
Ot300150
0130-0200
0130-0200
0140-0200
0145-0200

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCRUpton KY
USA, WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA, WANONew Orleans LA
USA, WWCR NasllVille TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam, Voice of
Yugoslavia, Radio
Austria, R Austria Intl
Greece. Voice of
Netherlands, Radio
Sweden, Radio
Vatican State. Vatican R
Albania, R Tirana Intl

13830eu

11840as
17810as

7305as

11860as
17845as

6020na
15115pa
15450as
9620na
13665na
5930na
7550eu
9540na
15425as
5890na
9750na
11875na
5970sa
7325va
9915sa
5810am
7510am
17510au
7535na
5995na
9775na
15250na
7425na
5745am
7490na
9955am
7355am
5065am
6065na
7250na
9580na
9655na
7450na
9860as
9695au
9650as
6145na

6165na

9845na

11750na
15180na
7300na
11810na

12050na
15425na
9440sa
15575sa

13645na
15580as

6135na
9835na
11950na
5975va
941 Oas
11750sa

9885na
1t720na

9905na
11780na

6175na
9590va
1I955as

6195as
9605as
15360as

7405na
15170na
17820na

9455na
15205na

9430am
6t30na
13740na
17740na
13595na
5935am
9505na
9840na
9720af

7435am

9420na

9935na

15010na
11870na

11935as
7160na

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0108
0110
0111
0111
01 24
0130
0132
0133
0137
0144
0156

Germany, Deutsche Welle: Inside Europe. A radio

magazine offering a European perspective on events of the
week.
Australia. Radio: Book Reading. Serialized readings of the
best Australian novels.
Russia, Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. Joe Adamov answers
listener questions.
Spain, RExterior de Espana: Spanish Hall of Fame. See S
001 1.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Distance Unknown. Sec S
0024.
Australia, Radio: The Europeans. Maria Zijlstra presents
reports and features on aspects of European politics.
culture and society.
Russra. Voice of: Audio Book Club. The best of Russian
classic and contemporary literature.
Spam. R Exterior de Espana: What's Cooking Today?. See
s 0033.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Religion and Society. News
and developments concerning the world's major religions.
Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Getting lo Know Spanish
Wine. Learn about the \'lines of Spain.
Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Program Announcements.
See S 0056.

Mondays

0108

0110
01 11
0112
0118
01 18
0120
0122
0132
0133
0145
0156

Germany. Deutsche Welle: Mailbag. Listener marl from the

Americas 1s answered.
Australia. Radio: Sports Headlines. A one-minute sports
update.
Russia, Voice of: World Viar II (1939-1945). Russia's
participation in the second world war - a 50th anniversary
program.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Visitors Book. See M 00t2.
Australia, Radio: Sports Summary. A two-minute wrap-up
ol Australian sport.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Living in Germany. A weekly
look at the social and political issues in the 1990s.
Australia. Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.
Spam. R Exterror de Espana: Spam Stepby-Step. See M
0022.
Russ a. Voice of: Russian by Radio. See S 1532.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: German by Radio. See S 1134.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Radio Club. See M 0045.
Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Program Announcements.
See S 0056.

Tuesdays

0109 Germany. Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.

011 0 Australia. Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110.
0111 Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. News and
comments on events in the region.
0115 Spam. R Exterror de Espana: Panorama. See T 0015.
0118 Australia, Radio: Sports Summary. See M 0118.
Ot20 Australia, Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.
Ot20 Spain, RExterior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.
0126 Spain. RExterior de Espana: Sports Spotlight. See T 0026.
0132 Germany. Deutsche Welle: German Tribune. News and
views from the Federal Republic.
Ot32 Russia. Voice of: Music. See S 0432.
0138 Spam. R Exterror de Espana: Cultural Encounters. See T
0036.
Ot49 Spam. R Exterior de Espana: Span.sh Course by Radio.
Sec T 0049.
Ot 57 Spam. R Exterior de Espana: Program Announcements.
See S 0056.

Wednesdays

0109 Germany. Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.

Ot 10 Australia. Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 01 10.
01 11 Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T
Ot t 1.
01t6 Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Panorama. See T 0015.
0118 Australia. Rado: Sports Summary See M 0118.
0120 Australia. Rado: Network Asia. See S 2320.
0122 Spam. R Exterior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.
0129 Spain. R Exterior de Espana Review of the Spanish
Economy. See W 0029.
0132 Russia. Voice of: Music. Sec S 0432.
0133 Germany. Deutsche Welle: Backdrop. A program of culture
and the arts in Germany.
0136 Spain. RExterior de Espana: Entertainment in Spain. See
w 0036.
0149 Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Spanish Course by Radio.
See T 0049.
Ot56 Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Program Announcements
See S 0056.

Thursdays

0109 Germany. Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.

01 tO Australia. Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110.
0111 Russia. Voice ol: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T
Ott 1.
Ot 16 Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Panorama. Sec T 0015.
Ot 18 Australia. Radio: Sports Summary. See M Ot 18.
0120 Australia. Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.

0122
O129
0132
Ot33
0139
0141
O149

Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.

Spam. R Exterior de Espana: As Others See Us. See H 0029.
Russia. Voice of: Music. See S 0432.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: German Tribune. See T 0132.
Spain. RExterior de Espana: The Natural World (biweekly).
See H 0039.
Spam. R Exterior de Espana: Science Desk (biweekly). See
H 0041.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Spanish Course by Radio. See
T 0049.

Fridays

Ot09
0110
01t1
Ot 16
Ot t8
0120
0122
Ot29
0132
Ot33
Ot 38
0139
0149
0157

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

Australia. Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 011 0.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 011 1.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Panorama. See T 0015.
Australia. Radio: Sports Summary. See M Ot18.
Australia. Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.
Spam. R Exterior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: People of Today. See F 0029.
Russia. Voice of: This is Russia. See S 1111.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Come to Germany. Focus on a
seasonal event festival, or attraction.
Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Cultural Clippings. See F 0038.
Russia. Voice of: Music. See S 0432.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Spanish Course by Radio. See
T 0049.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Program Announcements. See
s 0056.

Saturdays
0108
01 tO
011t
0116
Ot 22
Ot29
Ot 30

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

Australia, Radio: Oz Sounds. See S 1310.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pac1lic. See T Ot 1t .
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Panorama. See T 0015.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Window on Spain. See A 0029.
Australia. Radio: The Australian Scene. A state by state look
at life in Australia presented by Denis Gibbons.
Ot3t Germany. Deutsche Welle: Through German Eyes. See S
1629.
0132 Russia. Voice of: Interview. See S 0347.
O132 Russia. Voice of: Music. See S 0432.
O139 Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Arts in Spain. See A 0039.
0149 Spam. R Exterior de Espana: Spanish Course by Radio. See
T 0049.
0156 Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Program Announcements. See
s 0056.

October 1995

MONITORING TIMES

53

FREQUENCIES
02000300

Australia. Radio

02000300 vi
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300

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. RCI Montreal

02000300
02000210
02000300
02000300
02000300
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Costa Rica. R Peace Intl

Croatia. Croatian Radio
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Germany. Deutsche Welle

02000230
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02000230
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02000300

Hungary. Radio Budapest

Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Moldova. R Moldova Intl
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. RNZ Intl
Norway. Radio Nomay Intl
Romania. R Romania Intl

02000300

Russia. Voice of

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Slovakia. AWR
Sri Lanka. SLBC Colombo
Taiwan. VO Free China

02000300

United Kingdom.BBCLondon

0200-0300
02000300
02000230
02000300
02000300
02000300

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. VOA Washington DC

02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000230
02300300
02300300
02300245

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam. Voice of
Albania. R Tirana Intl
Austria. R Austria Intl
Pakistan. Radio

0230-0300
02300300 mtwhl
0230-0300
02500300

Philippines. R Pilip1nas
Portugal. R Portugal Intl
Sweden. Radio
Vatican State. Vatican R

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15425as
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5970sa
6195eu
9605as
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SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays

0252

0200

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Bible Lesson. Lesson-sermons

from the King James Version of the Bible and Mary Baker
Eddy's textbook.
0208 Germany, Deutsche Welle: Commentary. Guest commentary
about a current event
0210 Australia. Radio: Chartrng Australia. See S 0010.
0211 Russia. Voice of: Music and Mus1c1ans. Worfdfamous
performers and composers play for you.
0212 Germany. Deutsche Welle: Sports Report. The latest news
from the world of sports.
0216 Germany. Deutsche Welle: Mailbag Asia. Listener mail from
Asia is answered.
0230 Australia. Radio: Corresponden1s' Report. See S 0030.

Mondays
0200

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Sunday from the Mother Church.

From the Firs1 Church of Christ. Scientist. in Boston. MA.
USA.
0208 Germany, Deutsche We le. As1aPac1hc Report. See S 2309.
0210 Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110.
021 1 Australia. Radio: Netv1ork Asia. See S 2320.
0211 Russia. Voice of: Music and Musicians. See S 0211 .
0224 Germany. Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.

Tuesdays
0200
0206

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M 1t00.

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. See M

11 06.
0208
0210
0211
0211
0224
0232
0249
0252

Germany. Deutsche Welle: Asia-Pacific Report. See S 2309.

Australia, Radio: Sports Headhnes. See M 0110.
Australia. Radio. Network Asia See S 2320
Russia. Voice of: Commonwealth Update. See M 231 1.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
Russia. Voice of: Folk Box. See S 0032.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Lellerbox. See M 1149.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM.
See M 11 52.

Wednesdays
0200
0206
0208
0210
0211
0211
0224
0232
0249

54

USA. Mom1or Radio ln11: Monitor Radro News. See M 1100.

USA. Monitor Radio ln11: Monitor Radio International. See M
1 t06.
Germany. Deutsche Welle As1aPacihc Report. See S 2309.
Austraha. Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110.
Australia. Radio: Network Asia See S 2320
Russia. Voice of: Commonwealth Update. See M 2311 .
Germany. Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
Russia. Voice of: Yours for the Asking. See M 0032.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 11 49.

MONITORING TIMES

October 1995

USA. Mon11or Radio Intl: Religious Article lrom the CSM.

See M 1152.

Thursdays
0200

USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS

TAIWAN:

1100.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. See
M 1106.
0208 Germany. Deu1sche Welle: Asia-Pacific Report. See S
2309.
0210 Australia. Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110.
0211 Australia, Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.
0211 Russia. Voice of: Commonwealth Update. See M 2311.
0224 Germany, Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
0232 Russia. Voice of: The Jazz Show. See M 0532.
0249 USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1149.
0252 USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM.
See Mt 152.

S YSTEM

0206

Fridays
0200

CBS is operated by Ministry of Defense,

broadcasts to mainland (and usually heavily
jammed). has five networks targeted at
different interest groups, most also on MW.
CBS Network I in Standard Chi nese, news on
the hour:
0000-0 100
0355-0700
0700-0955
0955- 1630
1630-1 900
3335
1900-2050
2050-2200
2200-2400

USA. Moni1or Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M

1100.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monito1 Radio International. See
M 1106.
0208 Germany, Deutsche Welle: Asia-Pacific Report. See S
2309.
0210 Australia. Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 01 10.
0211 Ausualia. Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.
0211 Russia, Voice of: Commonwealth Update. See M 2311.
0224 Germany. Deu1sche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
0232 Russia. Voice of: Music at Your Request. See M 1232.
0249 USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1149.
0252 USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM.
See M 1152.

0000-0955
0955-2 155
2 155-2400
6 180

Saturdays

0955-2400

0206

0200

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M

1100.
0206 USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Christian Science Sentinel Radio
Edilton. See S 1129.
0208 Germany. Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0208.
0210 Australia. Radio: Feedback. See S 0410.
0211 Russia. Voice of: Commonwealth Update. See M 231 1.
0212 Germany, Deutsche Welle: The Week in Germany. See S
1609
0222 Germany. Deu1sche Welle: Economic Notebook See T

0332.
0230
0232
0237

Aus1ralia. Radio: Indian Pacific. See A 0030.

Russia. Voice of: The Jazz Show. See M 0532.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: The Jazz Corner. See F 2333.

C E:"ITRAL B ROADCASTING

11905
15320, 11905 , 7250
15320. 11 905
15320, 7250,3335
15320, 11905, 7250,
3335
11 905, 3335
11 905

CBS Network 2, Std. Chinese, news on hour:

I 1970. 7105
11 775, 6180
11 970, 11775, 71 05,

CBS Network 3, Std. Chinese:

9630, 6087

CBS Network 4, Cantonese:

0955-2400

9690, 6040

CBS Network 5. all on 11905:

1000-1140
1140- 13 10
131 0-1330

Mongolian

Tibetan
Std. Chinese special

messages
1330-1500
Uighur
(BBC Mo nitoring)

FREQUENCIES
0300-0400
0300-0400 vi
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400 vi
0300-0310
0300-0400
0300-032i
0300-0400
0300-0330
03000350
0300-0400
0300-0400
03000330
0300-0400 vi
03000330
03000325
03000400
03000330
0300-0400
03000400
03000400

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
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Costa Rica.Faro def Carib
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Germany. Deutsche Welle
Guatemala. Radio Cultural
Japan, NHK/Radio
Japan. t>.HK/Rad10
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Mongolia. R Ulan Bator
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Philippines. R Pilipinas
Russia. Voice of
S Africa. Channel Africa
Taiwan, VO Free China

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0300-0330
0300-0330

Thailand, Radio
United Kingdom.BBC London

0300-0400

United Kingdom.BBC London

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

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Monitor Radio Intl
USA. VOA Washington DC

0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
03000315
03000400
03150330 s
0320-0350
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03300400
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03300400
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USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State. Vatican R
Zimbabwe. ZBC/Radio 3
Greece. Voice of
Vatican State. Vatican R
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Hungary, Radio Budapest
Sweden, Radio
Tanzania, Radio
UAE. Radio Dubai
United Kingdom.BBC London
Greece. Voice of
Burundi. Radio Nationale

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SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0300 USI., Monitor Radio Intl Bible Lesson. See S 0200.
0308 Germany, Deutsche Welle: Inside Europe. See S 0108.
0310 Australia. Radio: Book Reading. See S 0110.
0311 Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See S 01 11.
0330 Australia, Radio: At Your Request. Dick Paterson plays
favorite music.
0332 Russra, Voice of: Your Top Tune. Win a prize by
guessing which song of the three is the most popular.
0337 Germany, Deutsche Welle: Religion and Society. See S
0137.
0347 Russia. Voice of: Interview. Talks with individuals about
various subjects of current interest.

Mondays
0300

USA Monitor Radio Intl: Sunday from the Mother

Church. See M 0200.
0308 Germany, Deutsche Welle: Mailbag. See M 0108.
0310 Australia. Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120.
0311 Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See S 0111 .
0318 Germany. Deutsche Welle. Living in Germany. See M

0118.
0320
0332
0333

Australia. Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.

Russia. Voice of: Timelines. A variety program with an
upbeat flair and an insight into Moscow life.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: German by Radio. See S
1134.

Tuesdays
0300

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M

1100.
0306 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International.
See M 1106.
0309 Germany, Deutsche Welle. European Journal. See S
2324.
0310 Aus1ralia. Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120.
0311 Russia, Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See S 01 11 .
0320 Australia. Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320
0330 Russia. Voice of: Audio Book Club. See S 0132.
0332 Germany. Deutsche Welle Economic Noteboo~. The
economic scene in Germany and around the world.
0349 USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1149.
0352 USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM.
See M 1152.

Wednesdays

0300

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M

1100.

0306
0309
0310
0311
0320
0332
0333
0349
0352

USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. See

M 1106.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: European Journal. Sec S 2324.
Australia. Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 11 20.
Russia. Voice of: Science and Engineering in the CIS. See
s 06t 1.
Australia. Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.
Russia, Vorce of: Russian by Radio. See S 1532.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Insight. A weekly analysis of
major developments on the international scene.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1149.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM.
See M 1152.

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Christian Science Sent111el Radio

Edition. See S 1129.
Germany,
Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
0308
0310 Australia. Radio: Soundabout. Kim Taylor and friends bring
top new releases. a weekly chart counldownm. and rock
news from around the world.
0311 Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See S 011 1.
0332 Germany. Deutsche Welle: Through German Eyes. See S
1629.
0332 Russia. Voice of: Audio Book Ctub. See S 0132.
0306

Thursdays
0300
0306
0309
0310
0311
0320
0332
0333
0349
0352

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M

1100.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. See
M 1 t06.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
Australia, Rad'o: Sports Bulletin. See St 120.
Russia. Voice of: Moscow Mailbag. See S 0111.
Australia. Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.
Russia. Voice of: Audio Book Club. See S 0132.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: German by Radio. See S 1134.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1149.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM.
See M t152.

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Fridays
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M
11 00.
0306 USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. See
M 1106.
0309 Germany, Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
03 to Australia. Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120.
0311 Russia, Voice of: World War II (I 939 1945). See M 0111 .
0320 Australia. Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.
0332 Russia. Voice of: Russian by Radio. See S 1532.
0333 Germany. Deutsche Welle: Science and Technology. See M
1634.
0349 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Leuerbox. See M 1149.
0352 USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM.
See M 11 52.

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Australia. Radio

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04000500
04000500
04000500
04000500
04000500
04000500
04000430
04000500
04000500
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04000500
04000430
04000450

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Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. RCI Montreal
China. China Radio ln11
Costa Rica. RPeace ln11
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Germany. Deutsche Welle

04000500 twlla
04000500 vi
04000458
04000450
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04000430

Guatemala, Radio Cultural

Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp
New Zealand. RNZ ln11
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Romania. R Romania ln11

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04000500
04000427
04000430
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S Africa, Trans World R
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
Tanzania. Radio
Turkey, Voice of
Uganda, Radio

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04000500
04000500

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United Kingdom.BBC London

04000500
04000500
04000500
04000500
04000500
04000500

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KVQH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. VOA Washington DC

04000500 vi
04000500
04000500
04000500 smtwhf
04000500
04000500
04000445
04000459
04000500
04250500
04300500
04300500
04300500
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USA. WEWNBirmingham AL
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
lJSA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zimbabwe. ZBC/Radio 3
Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
Australia, AF Radio
Finland. YLE/Radio
Netherlands. Radio
Swaziland. Trans World R
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
Tajikistan. Tajik Radio
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SELECTED PROGRAM S

Sundays
0408
04 t 0
04 t t
0412
04 t6
04t6
0430
0432
0436

Germany. Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0208.

Australia. Radio: Feedback. Dennis Gibbons answers letters
and discusses new programs. recepllon problems. and
questions about Australia.
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S OOt t
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Sports Report. See S 0212.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Feature of the Month (1). A
special feature on important developmental issues of our
time.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: International Talking Point.
Journalists discuss major trends and events.
Australia. Radio: Correspondents' Report. See S 0030.
Russia, Voice of: Music. Music as selected by Radio
Moscow staff.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: People and Places. Interviews,
stories and music for Africa listeners.

Mondays
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Africa Highlight. A weekly
leature on an important topic concerning Africa.
Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines. See M Ot1 0.
Australia, Radio: Pacific Beat. A magazine which provides a
focus on the people and issues of the region.
0411 Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0011 .
0424 Germany, Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
0430 Australia. Radio: International Report. Overseas and local
correspondents analyze regional and global issues and
events.
0432 Russia. Voice or: Music. See S 0432.

0430
0432

Tuesdays
0408

Germany, Deutsche Welle. Atrrca Repon. Reports and

background to the news from Africa by Deutsche Welle
correspondents.
04 10 Australia. Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110.
04 t t Australia, Radio: Pacific Beat. See M 041 t.
04 1t Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0011 .
0424 Germany. Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
0430 Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
0432 Russia, Voice of: Music. See S 0432.

Wednesdays
0408
04 tO
0411
04 t t
0424

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Germany, Deutsche Welle: Alrica Report. See T 0408.

Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 01 10.
Australia, Radio: Pacific Beat. See M 0411
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 001 t.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.

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HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS

v. OF THE MEDITERRANEAN

Thursdays

MALTA:

0408
0410
04 t 1
041 t
0424

English at 1400-1500 on I I925,

repeated next day at 0600-0700 on 9765, has
some new programs:
Mon!Tue
"The Lie'' -readings from
a Maltese novel
Wed!Thu
Journey Around the

0430
0432

Germany, Deutsche Welle: Alrica Report. See T 0408.

Australia. Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110.
Australia. Radio: Pacific Beat. See M 04 t 1.
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S OOt t.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S
2324.
Australia. Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
Russia, Voice ot: Music. See S 0432.

Fridays
0408
04 tO
04 t 1
0411
0424

0408

04t0
0411

Australia. Radio: International Report. See M 0430.

Russia. Voice of: Music. See S 0432.

0430
0432

Germany, Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. See T 0408.

Australia. Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 011 0.
Australia. Radio: Pacilic Beat. See M 04 t 1.
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S OOt 1.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S
2324.
Australia. Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
Russia. Voice of: Music. See S 0432.

Saturdays
0408
04 t 0
04 t 1
04 t 2
0430
0432
0432

Germany. Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0208.

Australia. Radio: Book Reading. See S 0110.
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0011.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Africa This Week. A weekly
review of trends and events on the African continent.
Australia, Radio: Indian Pacific. See A 0030.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Man and Environment. See T
1634.
Russia. Voice of: Music. See S 0432

Mediterranean-

started with Tripoli, Libya

Fri/Sat

Maltese Parliamentary
Procedures

Wed!Thu

(Via Edwin Southwell,

WDXC Contact)
DX Corner follows

Mon!fue

Journey
Mailbag near end of hour

(Wolfgang Blischel,
WDXC Contact)
Reported on I 1905, not 11 925
(Frank Baldwin, BDXC Communication)

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05000530
0500-0600

Australia, AF Radio
Australia. Radio

0500-0600
05000600
05000600
0500-0600
0500-0600
05000600
05000530 mtwhf
0500-0600
0500-0510
0500-0600
0500-0600
05000600 as
0500-0550

Bulgaria. Radio
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Canada. RCI Montreal
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Eqt Guinea. R East Africa
Germany, Deutsche Welle

05000515
0500-0600

Israel. Kol Israel

Japan. NHK/Rad10

05000600 vi
0500-0600
0500-0525
0500-0600 mtwhf
0500-0505
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600

Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp

Lebanon, Wings of Hope
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
Nigeria. FRCNNoice of
Russia. AWR
Russia. Voice of

05000600

S Africa. Channel Africa

13535as
9580pa
t5245as
17795pa
9700na
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6050eu
7385am
5895eu
9820na
9745am
9585af
5960na
t 1705na
5900na
5975eu
t 1725as
11955as
4885do
9960va
6165na
11900pa
3326do
7255af
9895me
12010na
13370as
15580na
5955af

9660pa
15365pa
17860pa
11720na

13605as
15415as

7295eu
9400am
7370eu
9830na

15430af

6t75na

6185na

7465na
61 10na
11740as
17810as
4935do

9435na
7230eu
11790na

15240pa
17715pa

17840af

13830eu

9680na
t 1885na

6150do

4990do
12040na
13665na

Slovakia. AWR
Spain. R Exterior Espana
United Kingdom.BBC London

0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600

17640af
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. VOA Washington DC

05000600
05000600
05000600 mtwhfa
05000600
05000600
0500-0600
0500-0530
05000600
05050600
0525-0600
05300600
0530-0600
05300600

USA, WHRI Noblesville IN

USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRND New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State, Vatican R
Zimbabwe. ZBC/Rad10 3
Swaziland. Trans World R
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Australia. Radio
Austria. R Austria Intl
Romania. R Romania Intl

05300557

Yugoslavia. Radio

95t5na

9590na

12030na
13645na

0500-0600
05000600
0500-0600

12050na
15425na

9455af
95-IOna
3255af
6190af
9600af
11955as
1531 0va
17885af
5810am
7510am
9975am
17780as
7535eu
3985va
6140va
7405af
15205va
5745am
7490na
9465eu
7395am
5065am
5985na
9660af
3306do
3200af
3366do
15510as
6015na
11810af
1779031
9580na

13715me
5975va
6195va
9640va
12095va
15360as

6005af
7160af
9740as
15070me
15420af

6180eu
94 10va
11760af
15280as
15575me

5995va
6873va
9630af

6035af
7170va
11965va

6040va
7200va
12080af

9495am
13595na
5935am
9985eu
11625af
3396do
5055af
4915do
15565as

7435am
11580eu
13765af

15250af

15340af

6070af

9500af

17880as
17745af

11870na

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SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0508
0510

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

Australia. Radio Beat of the Pacific. Conversations with
and music by indigenous Pacific music-makers.
05t 1 Russia. Voice of: Top Priority. A weekly panel discussion
of key events.
051 t Spain. R Ex1er1or de Espana: Spanish Hall of Fame. See S
0011.
0524 Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Distance Unknown. See S
0024.
0530 Australia. Radio The Australian Music Show. Kim Taylor
presents the music. people. and issues of the Australian
contemporary music industry.
0532 Russia. Voice of Kaleidoscope. A va11ety o' topics ranging
from science and ecology to cultural matters.
0533 Spain. R Exterior de Espana: What's Cooking Today?. See
s 0033.
0537 Germany, Deutsche Welle: Religion and Society. See S
0137.
0544 Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Getting lo Know Spanish
Wine. See S 0144.

0520
0522
0532
0533
0545

Germany. Deutsche Welle: Mailbag . Sec M 0108.

Russia. Voice of: World Wai II (1939-1945). See M 0111 .
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Visitors Book. See M 0012.
Australia, Radio: Sports Summary. See M 0118.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Living in Germany. See M
01 t8.
Australia, Radio: Pacific Beat. See M 0411.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana. Spam Step-by-Step. See M
0022.
Russia, Voice of: The Jazz Show. The world of Russian
jazz.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: German by Radio. See S 1134.
Spain. RExterior de Espana: Radio Club. Sec M 0045.

Tuesdays
0509
0511
0515
0518
0520
0523
0526
0530
0532

58

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

Russia. Voice of: Commonwealth Update. See M 2311.
Spain, RExterio1 de Espana: Panorama. See T 0015.
Australia. Radio: Sports Summary. See M 0118.
Australia. Radio: Pacific Beat. See M 0411
Spain. RExterior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.
Spain. RExterior de Espana: Sports Spollight. See T 0026.
Australia. Radio Indigenous News. News for and about the
aboriginal people of Australia.
Germany. Deulsche Welle: German Tribune. See T 0132.

MONITORING TIMES

0549

October 1995

Russia. Voice of: Yours for the Asking . See M 0032.

Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Cultural Encounlers. See T
0036.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Spanish Course by Rado.
See T0049.

Wednesdays
0509
0511
0516
0518
0520
0522
0529
0530
0532
0533
0536
0549

Mondays
0508
051 t
0512
0518
0518

0532
0538

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

Russia. Voice of: Commonwealth Update. See M 2311.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Panorama. See T 0015.
Australia. Radio: Sports Summary. See M 0118.
Auslralia. Radio: Pacific Beat. See M 04 t 1.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Review of the Spanish
Economy. See W 0029.
Australia. Radio: Pacific Women. Patti Orofino looks at
issues of concern to women of the Pacific.
Russia. Voice of: Music al Your Requesl . See M 1232.
Germany. Deulsche Welle: Backdrop. See W 0133.
Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Enlertainment in Spain. See
W0036.
Spam, R Extenor de Espana: Spanish Course by Radio.
See T 0049.

Thursdays
0509
0511
0516
05t8
0520
0522
0529
0530
0532
0533
0539
0541
0549

Germany. Deulschc Welle: European Journ al. See S 2324.

Russia. Voice of: Commonv1ealth Update. See M 2311.
Spain. R Exte11or de Espana: Panorama See T 0015.
Australia. Radio. Sports Summary. See M 0118.
Australia. Radio: Pacific Beat. See M 041 1.
Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: As Olhers See Us. See H
0029.
Auslralia. Radio: Pacific Religion. Coverage of religious
issues of relevance 10 people of the Pacific region.
Russia. Voice of: Folk Box. See S 0032
Germany. Deutsche Welle: German Tnbune. See T Ot 32.
Spain. R Exte11or de Espana: The Natu1 al World
(biweekly). See H 0039.
Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Science Desk (biweekly). See
H 0041.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Spanish Course by Radio.
See T 0049.

Fridays
0509
05 t t
05t6

Germany, Deu1sche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.

Russia. Voice ot: Commonweallh Update. See M 23 t 1.
Spain. RExterior de Espana: Panorama. See T 001 5.

0518
0520
0522
0528
0530
0532
0533
0538
0549

Australia. Radio: Sports Summary. See M Ot 18.

Australia. Radio: Pacific Beat. See M 04 11.
Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: People of Today. See F 0029.
Australia. Radio: Beat of l he Pac1f1c. See S 0510.
Russia, Voice of: Music. See S 0432.
Germany. Deul sche Welle: Come lo Germany. See F 0133.
Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Cultural Clippings. See F 0038.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Spanish Course by Radio. See
T 0049.

Saturdays
0509
0510
05 t 1
0516
0522
0529
0530
0532
0533
0535
0541
0541
0546
0547
0539
0549

Germany, Deulsche Welle: European Journal See S 2324.

Australia. Radio: Oz SoJnds. See S 1310
Russia. Voice of: Commonwealth Update. See M 2311.
Spain, R Exterior de Espana: Panorama. See T 0015.
Spain. R Exterior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.
Spain. R Exte11or de Espana: Wmdow on Spain. See A 0029.
Australia, Radio: One World. Carolyn Court reports on
cnvironmenlal issues importanl to the Pacilic.
Russia. Voice of: T1melines. See M 0332.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Through German Eyes. See S
1629.
Radio Havana Cuba: Feature Report. See SOl 19.
China Radio lnl'I: Chma in Action {biweeklyI. See F 1241.
China Radio lnl'I: World in Action (biweekly). See F 124 1.
WYFR: The Radio Reading Circle. See M 1246.
China Radio lnt'I: In the Third World. See F 1247.
Spam. R Exterior de Espana: Arts in Spain. See A 0039.
Spam. R Exterior de Espana: Spanish Course by Radio. See
T 0049.

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FREQUENCIES
06000700

Australia. Radio

06000630
06000700 vi
06000700 vi
06000700
06000700
06000700
0600-0700
06000700
06000700
06000610
06000700
06000700
06000700 as
06000650

Australia. Radio
Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Hahfax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Cos1a Rica. R Peace l n11
Croal ia, Croalian Radio
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Eqt Guinea. R East Africa
Germany, Deu1sche Welle

06000615
06000700 mtwh/vl
06000700
06000700 vl
06000700 vi
06000700
06000700 v
06000700
06000700 mtwhfa
06000635 s
06000700 mtwhf
0600-0630
06000700
06000700
0600-0630 m
06000700

Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp

Italy. IRRS Milan
Japan, NHK/Rad10
Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp
Kiribali. Radio
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Liberia, Radio ELBC
Liberia, Radio ELWA
Malla.Val Mediterranean
Malla, V ol Mediterranean
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
Nigeria, FRCNN01ce of
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Russia, Vmce of

06000630 vi

Solomon Islands. SIBC

11910pa
15365pa
9580pa
9625do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
7385am
5895eu
9820na
9745am
9585af
11915af
15225al
3316do
7125va
11955as
4885do
9825do
9960va
7275do
4760do
9765me
9765me
11900pa
3326do
7255af
15180as
7295pa
12010na
13370as
15560as
5020do

13605as
15510as
9660pa

9400am
7370eu
9830na
11960al
17820al
4915do
17810as
4935do

13755pa
17715as
1541 5pa

15240pa
17795pa

13830eu

13790af
17875af

6150do

15230as
120-IOna
13665na
17570as

South Korea. RKorea ln11

Switzerland, Swiss R lnll
Uniled Kingdom.BBC London

06000700
06000700
06000700
06000700
06000700
06000700

17640af
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Sal1 Lk Cily UT
USA, KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. VOA Washington DC

06000700
06000700
06000700
06000700 smtwhf
06000700
06000700
06000620
06000700 irreg
0600-0700
0605-0700
0630-0700

USA. WEWN Burningham Al

USA. WHRI Noblesville !ti
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican Stale, Vatican R
Yemen. Yemeni Rep Radio
Zimbabwe. ZBC/Radio 3
Swaziland. Trans World R
Aus1ralia. Radio

0630-0700
06300700
0630-0700
0631-0640
0645-0700
0645-0700

Auslria, R Austria ln11

Georgia, Georgian Radio
Vatican State. Vatican R
Romania. RRomania Intl
Finland, YLE/Radio
Romania, RRomania Intl

15185af
21680af

4990do

12030na
13645na
15580as
9545do

06000700
060006 15
06000700

12050na
15425na

7205na
6165eu
6005af
7160af
9740as
12095va
15360va
17790as
5810am
7510am
9975am
17780as
7535eu
3985va
6060va
7325va
11950al
15205va
7425na
5745am
7490na
9465eu
5065am
5985na
4005eu
9780as
5975do
5055af
5995as
15245as
6015na
11805eu
11625af
7225eu
6120eu
11775pa
17805pa

11945na
9535eu
6180eu
9410va
11760me
15070va
15400al
17885af
9815am

6190af
9600af
11940al
15280as
15420af

6195va
9640va
11955as
15310as
15575va

5995va
6140va
7405af
11965va

6035af
6873va
9630af
12035af

6040va
7170va
11805va
12080af

9495am
13595na
5935am
7355eu
5860eu

7435am
9985eu

6045do
6070af
6020pa

9500at
6080pa

13765al
9550eu
9560eu
15250pa

15570af
9665eu
11755af
15335pa

9650af
9860pa

11810eu
17720pa

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0608
0610
0611

Germany. Deutsche Welle Commentary. See S 0208.

Aus1ralia, Radio. Feedback. See S 0410.
Russia. Voice al: Science and Engineering 1n 1he CIS. The
1a1es1 devetopmenls in science and technology.
0612 Germany, Deutsche Welle. Sports Report. See S 0212.
0616 Germany. Deutsche Welle Feature of the Month (1 ). See
0416.
0616 Germany. Deulsche Welle: ln1erna1ional Talking Point
See S 0416.
0630 Australia. Radio: Correspondents' Report. See S 0030.
0632 Russia. Voice of: Music. See S 0432.
0636 Germany. Deutsche Welle People and Places. See S
0436.

Mondays
0608
0610
0611
0611
0624
0628
0630
0632

Germany, Deutsche Welle Africa Highlight See M 0408.

Australia. Radio: Sports Headlines. See M O110.
Australia. Radio: Pacific Beat See M 0411 .
Russia. Voice of: Mailbag. Answering lisl ener queslions.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
Aus1ralia. Radio: Pacific Weather. The latest weather on
the conlinent and in the region.
Australia. Radio: lnlernational Report. See M 0430.
Russia, Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today. See S
1632

Tuesdays
0608
0610
0611
0611
0624
0628
0630
0632
0639

Germany, Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. See T0408.

Australia. Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110.
Australia, Radio: Pacific Beal. See M 0411.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T
01 11.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S 2324.
Australia, Radio: Pacific Weather. See M 0628.
Auslralia. Radio: ln1erna1ional Report. See M 0430.
Russia, Voice of: Interview. See S 0347.
Russia. Voice of: Music. See S 0432.

0611
0611
0624
0628
0630
0632
0639

0630
0630
0632
0639

Australia, Radio: Indian Pacific. See A 0030.

Germany, Deutsche Welle: Man and Environment.
See T 1634.
Russia. Voice of: lnlerview. See S 0347.
Russia. Voice of: Music. See S 0432.

Thursdays
0608
0610
0611
0611
0624
0628
0630
0632
0639

Germany. Deulsche Welle: Africa Report. See T 0408.

Australia. Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110.
Australia. Radio: Pacific Beat See M 0411 .
Russia, Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T
0111 .
Germany. Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S
2324.
Aus1ralia. Radio: Pacific Weather. See M 0628.
Australia. Radio: lnternalional Report See M 0430.
Russia. Voice of: lnlerview. See S 0347.
Russia. Voice of: Music. See S 0432.

Fridays

0608
0610
061 t
0611
0624
0628
0630
0632
0639

Germany, Deulsche Welle: Africa Report. See T 0408.

Australia. Radio: Sports Headlines See M 0110.
Aus1ralia. Radio: Pacific Beat See M 0411 .
Russia, Voice al: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T
01 11.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S
2324.
Auslralia. Radio: Pacific Weather. See M 0628.
Auslralla. Radio: lnternalional Report. See M 0430.
Russia. Voice of: Interview. See S 0347.
Russia. Voice of: Music. See S 0432.

Saturdays

Wednesdays

0608
0610
0611

0608
0610

06 12

Germany. Deulsche Welle: Alrica Report. See T 0408.

Australia, Radio: Sports Headlines. See M 0110.

Aus1ralia. Radio: Pacific Beal. See M 0411.

Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T
0111.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S
2324.
Australia. Radio: Pacific Weather. See M 0628.
Australia. Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
Russia. Voice of: Interview. See S 0347.
Russia. Voice of: Music. See S 0432.

Germany. Deutsche Welle: Commen1ary. See S 0208.

Ausualia, Rado: Book Reading. See S 0110.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T
0111.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Africa This Week. See A 0412.

This QSLfrom Radio Praha was

sent to MT by Jolzn C. Wells, of
New York, and f eatures beautiful
church architecture am/ decor.

October 1995

MONITORING TIMES

59

FREQUENCIES
07000800

Australia. Radio

07000730
07000800 vi
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000727
07000800
07000800 as
07000715
07000800 mtwh/vl
07000800

Australia. Radio
Australia. VL8A Alice Spg
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Eqt Guinea. R East Alnca
Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp
Italy, IRAS Milan
Japan. NHK/Radio

07000800 vi
07000800vl
07000800
07000800 vi
07000800
07000800 asmtl'lh
07000716 mtwhl
07000757 as
07000750
07000800

Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp

Kiribati. Radio
Lebanon. Wings ol Hope
Liberia. Radio ELBC
Liberia. Radio ELWA
Malaysia. Radio
Nel'I Zealand. RNZ Intl
New Zealand. RNZ Intl
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Russia, Voice ol

07000800
07000800 vi
07000730

Slovakia. AWR
Solomon Islands. SIBC
Swilzerland. Swiss R Intl

07000800
07000800

Taiwan. VO Free China

Uniled Kingdom.BBC London

07000730
07000715
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800
07000800 smtwhl
07000800
07000745
07000759
070007 45 mlwhf
07000800
07050800
07170800
07300800
07300800
07300800 mtwhla
0730-0755
07300745 s
07300800
07400800
07450800 s
07450755
0745-0800
07550800

United Kingdom.BBC London

United Kingdom.BBC London
USA. KAIJ Dallas T)(
USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KV/HR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican Slate. Vatican R
Zimbabwe. ZBC/Rad10 3
Swaziland. Trans World R
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Australia, Radio
Austria. R Austria Intl
Auslria, R Austria Intl
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
Greece. Voice ol
Netherlands. Radio
Monaco, Trans World Radio
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Greece. Voice of
USA. WRMl/R M1am1 Intl
Guam, AWR/KTWR

5995pa
9710pa
17695as
13605as
4835do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
7385am
7345eu
5900pa
9585af
3366do
7125va
5975eu
11850as
17815eu
4885do
9825do
9960va
7275do
4760do
7295do
11900pa
11900pa
15340af
13370as
17695as
7215eu
5020do
6165eu
15340af
5950na
6190al
9740as
12095va
15400va
17830af
6005al
7160al
5810am
7510am
9785am
17780as
7535eu
7425na
5745am
7490na
9465eu
5065am
5985na
13695af
4005va
5975do
5055af
9700pa
9660pa
6155eu
15410me
6015eu
9425eu
9700pa
7115eu
3366do
9425eu
9955am
15200as

6020pa
9860pa

6080pa
15240pa

15415as

17795as

9580pa
15565as

9400am
15640eu
11615as
4915do
7230eu
11955as
21610au
4935do

11725as 11740as
15335me 17810me

9600al
11940af
15280as
17640al

17590as

13635af
9640va
11955as
15360va
17790as

6195eu

9495am
13595na
5935am
7355eu

7435am
9985eu

5860va
6045do
6070al

9500af

Sierra Leone. SLBS

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

08000815
08000900
0800-0900
08000900
08000900
08000900
0800-0900
08000900
08000900
08000900 smtwhl
08000900
08000900
08000900
0805-0835
08150900 mtwtf
0830-0900 s
0830-0900 vi
08300900 vi
08300900 vi
08300900
0830-0857
08550900

United Kingdom.BBC London

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KNLS Anchor Point AK
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio lnil
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WMLK Belhel PA
USA, WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
Zimbabwe. ZBC/Radio 4
Swaziland. Trans World R
Nigeria, FRCN/Rad10
Armenia. Voice ol
Auslralia, VL8A Alice Spg
Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Netherlands. Radio
Slovakia, R Slovakia Intl
Guam. TWR/KTWR

9585af
15115au
11910eu
3366do
15200as
7125va
9825do
9960va
4760do
7295do
15295as
7115eu
9700pa
9700pa
15180as
15220me
15625eu
4890do
9835as
15560as
17870as
3316do
5020do
7550eu
6190af
11940al
15280as
17640va
9640va
5810am
6150as
7510am
9930as
7535eu
7425na
5745am
7490na
9465eu
9955am
5065am
5975do
5055al
3326do
151 70eu
2310do
2485do
2325do
9720pa
11990au
11830pa

17820as

9720au
15230as
17900eu
9675do
11800as
17590as

11900as
17695as

13370as
17765as

9545do
13670me
94 lOva
11955as
153 lOas
17830al

9740as
12095va
15400va
17885al

11760me
15070va
15575me

9425pa

15665eu

9495am
13595na
5935am
6045do
6070al
4990do
15270eu

7435am
7285do
9500al

12065pa
15640au

13700pa
17485au

9650af

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS

USA: WWCR
- is carrying Lyndon Larouche's show. Executive /111ellige11ce Review,
Sun 2 100 on 12 160 (Fred Waterer. DX Ontario)
- August programming changes at WWCR, perhaps some still in
effect:
The Curb Records b u'/ Cow111y

Mon-Fri 1800-2000 on 12160. repeated at 0700-0900

on 5065

15650eu

Rock the Universe

Mon 0500-0600 on 7435

0800 UTC

Ken Berry/ii/l's Coumry Classics

08000900
08000900

Australia. AF Radio
Australia. Radio

0800-0830 vi
0800-0830 vi
08000830 vi
08000900 vi
08000900 vi
0800-0900
08000900
08000900
08000900
08000900
0800-0900
08000830

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tenl Crk
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB Quito

60

08000815
08000900 vi
08000900
08000900

9650al

17880as
13730eu
17870me
9925au
11645eu 15650eu
9720au
4915do
11645eu

Eqt Guinea. REast Africa

Finland. YLE/Radio
Georgia, Georgian Radio
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Guam. TWR/KTWR
l!aly, IRRS Milan
Kiribati. Radio
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Liberia. Radio ELWA
Malaysia, Radio
Malaysia, Voice ol
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. RNZ Intl
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Pakistan. Radio
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia. Voice ol

6150do

17765me
15560as 17570as
17870as
13715af
9545do
9535al
9885al
9410va
11760me
15070va
15575me
17885al
6180eu
11860af

08000900 as
0800-0830
08000830
08000805 s
08000900
08000900 mtwh/vl
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900
08000830
08000900
08000825
08000900
08000825
08000900
0800-0850
08000830 m
0800-0850
08000900 vi
08000900

MONITORING TIMES

15605af
5995pa
9710pa
4835do
5025do
4910do
9625do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
9400am
5900pa

October 1995

18191al
6020pa
9860pa

Sun 0630 on 5065. Mon 0600 on 7435, 2030 on 15685

6080pa
17715as

9580pa
21725as

The Old Record Shop

Tue 2030 on I5685. Sat I030 on 5065

Forever Health, Fernando Fogundez

Mon-Fri 2 100-2200 on 12 160

Weekday strip at 1000 on 15685 moved up to 0800 on 7435 including
Spectnun repeat Mon
Tempered Steel Tue
Ham Radio & More
Mon 0905 on 7435. Sat 1605 on
12160
(Adam Lock, WWCR)
11615eu

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0900-1 000
0900-1000

Australia. AF Radio
Australia, Radio

0900-1000 vi
0900-1000 vi
0900-1 000 vi
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1 000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-0950

Australia, VLBA Alice Spg

Australia, VLBK Katherine
Auslralia. VLBT Tenl Crk
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China, China Radio Intl
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB Ouilo
Germany, Deulsche Welle

0900-0915 mtwtf
0900-1000
0900-0915
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-0948 vi
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-0905
0900-0930
0900-1000
0900-1000 vi
0900-1000

Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp

Guam. AWR/KSDA
Guam. TWR/KTWR
Guam. TWR/KTWR
Japan. NHK/Radio
Kiribati. Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia, Radio
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Russia. Voice of

0900-0930
0900-1000

Switzerland. Swiss R Intl

United Kingdom.BBC London

0900-0915

United Kingdom.BBC London

0900-0930
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000 smlwhf
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000
0905-0920 smtwhf
0910-0940
0915-1000
0930-1000 mtwhfa
0930-1000
0930-1000

United Kingdom.BBC London

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Monitor Radio Intl
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Belhel PA
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
Zimbabl'le. ZBC/Radio 4
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Mongolia, R Ulan Bator
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Austria. R Auslria Intl
Canada. CKZN Sl John's
Nelherlands, Radio

0930-1000

Philippines. FEBC/R lnll

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1000-1100
1000-t 100 vi
1000-1 100
1000-1100

New Zealand. R NZ Intl

Papua New Guinea. NBC
Philippines, FEBC/R lnll
Russia. Voice of

1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1030
1000-1100

Singapore. SBC Radio One

Slovakia, AWA
Sweden. Radio
United Kingdom.BBC London

1000-1 030
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100

United Kingdom.BBC London

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. Monitor Raclio Intl
USA. VOA Washington DC

1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1030
1030-11 00
1030-1100

USA, WHRI Noblesville IN

USA, WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam, Voice of
Auslria. R Austria Intl
UAE, Radio Dubai

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9410va
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11 765as

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1000-11 00

Australia, Radio

1000-1100vl
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1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1 100
1000-11 00
1000-11 00
1000-1100
1000-1100 vi
1000-1100 vi
1000-1100

Australia. VLBA Alice Spg

Australia, VLBK Katherine
Auslralia, VLBTT enl Crk
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Int
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
India. All India Radio
Iraq. Radio Iraq Intl
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia, Radio
Malaysia, ATM Kuching
Malaysia.ATM KotaKinabalu
Netherlands. Radio

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21505pa

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9810pa

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12065pa

This classic QSLfrom Belgium Radio & Television (now called

Radio Vlaanderen International) was sent to MT by Donald
M ichael Choleva, of Euclid, OH.

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Auslralia. Radio

1t00-1200 vi
t100 t 200vl
1t00-t200vl
t 100-t 200
t 100-t200
t 100-1200
1100-1200
1100-1200
t 100-1200
1100-1200
t 100-1200
1100-1130
tl 00- 1200
11001 150

Auslralia. VL8A Alice Spg

Auslralia. VL8K Kalherme
Australia. VL8TTenl Crk
Canada. CFCX Monlreal
Canada. CFRX Toron10
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN Si John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica. AWA Alajuela
Costa Rica. A Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB Ouilo
Ecuador. HCJB Ouilo
Germany, Oeu1sche Welle

t 100-1200
1100 t200
t 100-t200
1100-1200
1100t200
t 100-1200 vi
t 1001200vl
1100-1200
11001200
1100-1150
1100-1120
1100-1200vl
1100-1200

Iraq. Radio Iraq Intl

Japan. NHK/Radio
Lebanon. Voice of Hope
Lebanon, Wings of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia, ATM Kuclung
Malaysia.ATM Ko1aKinabalu
Nepal. Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
North Korea. A Pyongyang
Pakislan. Radio
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia. Voice of

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15530as
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2485do
2325do
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6160do
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5900pa
12005am
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17800al
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6120na
6280me
9960va
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9700pa
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15625as
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13370as
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7240as
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15565as

7375am

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17870as

11 335na

11900as
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17675as
t7775as

11940as
15510eu
17685as
t7795as

1100- t200
1100- t200
t t00-t1 30
t 100-t130

Singapore. SBC Radio One

Singapore.A Singapore Int
Sri Lanka. SLBC Colombo
Switzerland. Swiss A Intl

1100-1200
t 100-t200

Taiwan, Voice ol Asia

Uniled Kingdom.BBC London

t 100-t 130
11 00-1200
11 00- 1200
1100-t200
1100-1200
t 100-1200

Unil ed Kingdom.BBC London

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monilor Radio Intl
USA. VOA Washinglon OC

1100-1200
t 100-t200
1IOO-t200
t 1001200 s
11001200
1100-1200
11001130
1130 I 200 vi
t 130-1 157
1130-1200

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WJCR Uplon KY
USA. l/WHA G1een Bush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam. Voice of
China. China Radio Intl
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Iran. VOIRI Tehran

1130-1200
1t30t200
t t30t200
t t451200

Myanmar. Voice of
Netherlands, Radio
South Korea. R Korea Intl
USA, WRMl/R M1am1 Intl

6155do
9530as
11835as
6165eu
17515as
7445as
5965na
9515na
11760me
12095va
t 5575me
6100au
5810am
7510am
9930as
6095na
5985va
9590am
15160va
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6040am
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13770al
5935am
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t17t5na
9955am

15t 20as
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t 7850au
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15545as

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11 765as
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15t 90sa
98t 5am

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15400eu

94t0va
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9645va
15425va

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6165am
9760va

9425au
7405am
t 1720va

9495am
13595na
7435am
11830na
9840as
I t4 45as
9505eu
t 1790as
17750me

15685am

7130eu

7160eu

15010as
15135as
11875me 11930me

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays

t 106

1100
1t09

1109

t tt t
t t 20
t t 29

1t30

1132
1134

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Bible Lesson. See S 0200.

Germany, Deulsche Welle: Arts on the Air. Reports and
m1erviews on ma1or cu1tural events and developments.
Russia. Voice of: This is Russia NEW! A program which
helps you lo get to know Russia and the Russians better.
Austraha. Radio: Sports Bulletin. Ten-minute reports on
Australian. regional and inlernational sport.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Christian Science Sentinel Radio
Edil1on. Discussions on how lhe Bible addresses lhe
Irends of though! ol today.
Australia. Radio: Fine Music Auslraha. The best
Australian fine music performances and compositions
are presented by Ivan Lloyd.
Russia. Voice of: Audio Book Club. See S 0132.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: German by Radio. An
advanced German language course for English speakers.

Mondays
1100

t t06

1109
1t 11
1t 20
1130
1t32
t 133
1149
1152

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. Five

minutes of the latest world news at the beginning of the
hour.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International.
News, analysis. commentary, interviews and features in a
magazine format.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. Worldl'lide
current affairs program with a review of the German or
European press.
Russia, Voice of: Science and Engineering in the CIS. See
S0611.
Australia. Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S t t 20.
Australia, Radio: Innovations. Desley Blanch reports on
Australian inventions and innovative practices.
Russia, Voice of: Music. See S 0432.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Hallo Africa. A program with
musical requests and greetings to friends.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. Listeners make their
views known by telephone or letter to host Lisa Dale.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM.
As published in the chrishan Science Monitor.

Tuesdays
1100

1111
1120
1130

1132
1133
1149
1152

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. See

M 1t06.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M
t109.
Russia, Voice of: Commonwealth Update. See M 23 t 1.
Australia. Radio: Sports Bulletin See S 1t 20.
Australia, Radio: Arts Australia. Amanda Smith presents
reviews ana comment on current events within the
Australian arts scene.
Russia. Voice of: Russian by Radio. See S 1532.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Hallo Africa. See M 1t33.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1149.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM.
See M 1152.

Wednesdays
1too
t 106
t 109
1111
t 120
1130
t32
1133
1149
1152

USA. Monitor Radio Intl Monitor Radio News. See M

1100
USA. Momtcr Radio Intl: Monito1 Radio International. See
M 1106.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M
1109.
Russia. Voice of: Commonwealth Update. See M 23 t t.
Australia. Radio: Sporls Bulletin. See S 1120.
Australia. Radio: Science File. Ian Wood examines the
world of science. medicine and technology.
Russia. Voice of: Audio Book Club. See S 0132.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Hallo Africa. See M 1133.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1149.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM
See M 1152.

Thursdays
1t00
1t06
1109
111 t
t t20
t 124

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M

t tOO.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. See
M 11 06.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M
t 109.
Russia. Voice of: Commonweallh Update. See M 23 t 1.
Australia. Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: DXers World Meeting (4/5). A

1130
1t 32
t 133
t 149
t 152

program for listeners in Africa.

Australia. Radio: Couchman. Peter Couchman 111
conversation with people from all walks of hie.
Russia. Vorce of: Russian by Radio. Sec S t 532.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Hallo Alnca. See M 1t 33.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox See M t 149.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM.
See M t 152.

Fridays
1t 00
t 106
t t09
It 11
1t 20
t 130
I t 32
t t 33
t 149
t 152

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M

1100.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. See
M t106.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Ncwsline Cologne. See M 1109.
Russia. Voice of: Commonwealth Update. See M 2311.
Australia, Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S t 120.
Australia. Radio: The Parliament Program A roundup of
events rn the Australian Parliament.
Russia. Voice of: Audio Book Club. See S 0132.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Hallo Africa. See M 1t33.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1149.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM.
See Mt 152.

Saturdays
1100
t t 06
t t09
1t1 t
It 20
t t 20
t 130
1t32
t t 34

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M

1100.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Chnsuan Science Sentinel Radio
Ea1t1on. See S 1129.
Germany. Deutsche Welle The Week in Germany. See S
t 609.
Russia, Voice of: Commonwealth Update. See M 2311.
Australia, Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S t 120.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Mailbag Africa. Listener mail
from Alnca is answered.
Australia. Radio: Business Weekly. See S 1610.
Russia. Voice of: Timehnes. See M 0332.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Saturday Special. Information
unavailable.

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio Nel'ls. See M

1100.

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63

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12001300

Australia. Radio

12001 300 vi
12001300 vi
1200 1300 vi
12001300
12001215
1200 1300 vi
12001300 vi
12001300
12001300
12001300
12001300
1200-1300
12001300
1200 1300 mtwhf
12001300

Australia. VLSA Alice Spg

Australia, VLSK Katherine
Australia. VLST Tent Crk
Brazil. Radiobras
Cambodia. Natl Voice of
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada, RGI Montreal
China. China Radio Intl

1200 1230 vi
12001300
12001300
12001300
12001300

China, China Radio Intl

Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
France. Radio France Intl

1200-1230

Iran, VOIRI Tehran

1200-1300
1200 1300
12001300
1200 1300 vi
12001250
1200 1300
12001206
1200-1230 s
12001300 vi
1200-1300 vi
12001300

Iraq. Radio Iraq Intl

Jordan. Radio
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia.RTM KotaKinabalu
Myanmar. Voice of
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Russia. Voice of

5995pa
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2485do
2325do
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9625do
6005do
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6030do
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6160do
9635am
8425na
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8660as
5030am
6200am
12005am
9805eu
15195eu
11745as
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11970na
7295do
5980do
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9700pa
13800as
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11880as
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6060pa
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6080pa
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11855am
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11445as
7375am
9400am
15115am
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15325af
11790as
17750me

7130eu

7260as

13650am
9715as
11660as
12110as 15135as
9725am 13750am
15050am
13625na 15155eu
15530na
11875me 11930me

7160eu

15170as
9675do
4975as
9800pa
13370as
15435as

5960as
9895as
15105as
15510eu

7150as
11820as
151 lOas
15560as

12001 300
12001300
1200 1300
1200 1230
12001300
12001300

17755as
17795as
Singapore. SBC Radio One
Singapore.A Singapore Int
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
Taiwan. VO Free China
Unil ed Kingdom.BBC London

12001300
12001300
12001300
12001 300
12001300

17830af
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. VOA Washington DC

12001300
12001300
12001 300
12001300
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12151300
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1230 1300
1230 1300
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12301255 s
12301300
12301300
12301 300
12401 250
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USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA, WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WRMllR Miami Intl
USA, WVHA Green Bush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Austria. R Austria Intl
Bangladesh. Radio
Bulgaria, Radio
Canada. RCI Montreal
Finland. YLE/Radio
Indonesia, ARI Sarong
Monaco. Trans World Radio
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Sweden. Radio
Vietnam. Voice of
Greece, Voice of
Monaco. Trans World Radio

15570as
17765as
17835as
6155do
9530as
7285as
6165eu
7130au
6190af
9575as
11760me
11955as
15360as
17885af
5810am
7510am
9930as
6095na
61lOva
t5160va
7425na
6040am
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9955am
11695af
7435am
5950na
17595as
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15635as
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9570as
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17590as
17775as
17890as

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6195va
9740va
11765as
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2t660af
981 Sam

9355as
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17600as
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153t0as
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9760va

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11715va

9495am
13595na

13845am 15685am
6015na
11830na t 7750na
t5450as
13615as
t 7625as
11855na
15400na
9640as
15240na
9840as
t5630af

15195as

13670eu
1501 0as
15650af

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
1210
1211
t216
1216
1223
1228
1228
t 230
1232
1234

Australia. Radio: Charting Australia. See S 0010.

Russia, Voice of: News and Views. Sec S 0011.
France. R France Intl: African Analysis (biweekly). An in
depth analysis of African current affairs.
France. R France Intl: Asian Analysis (biweekly). An in
deptn analysis of Asian current affairs.
France. R France Intl: Paris Promenade. Spotlight on a
city bistro or restaurant.
France. R France Intl: Counterpoint (biweekly). A specific
human rights issue is examined.
France. R France Intl: Everywoman (biweekly). A program
for and about women.
Australia. Radio: Report from Asia. A weekly roundup of
Asian events.
Russia. Voice of: Kaleidoscope. See S 0532.
France. R France Intl: Club 9516. Listener letters are read
in this mailbag program.

Mondays
1210

Australia. Radio: Australiana. A variety of Australian

lop:cs are discussed in these 20minute segments.
1211 Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0011.
1230 Australia. Radio: International Repon See M 0430.
1231 France. R France Intl: RFI Europe. European press review
focuses on current affairs in other countries of the region.
1232 Russia. Voice of: Music at Your Request. Music as
requested by listeners.
1241 France. R France Intl: Sports. A summary of the seasonal
matches from around the continent.
1247 France. R France Intl: Ans in France. Profile on the work
of a French artist or a cultural activity such as music.

Tuesdays
1210
1211
t 230
123 1
1232

64

Australia. Radio: Australiana. See M 1210.

Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0011 .
Australia. Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
France. R France Intl: France Today. Current happenings
in France.
Russia. Voice of: Folk Box. See S 0032.

MONITORING TIMES

October 1995

1233
1242
1249

France. R France Intl: RFI Europe. See M 1231.

France. R France Intl: Books. New books. publishing
trends. and authors.
France. R France Intl: Science Probe. Developments in
the world of science. technology, and health.

Wednesdays
121O
1211
1230
1231
1232
1242

Australia. Radio: Charting Australia. See S 0010.

Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 001 1.
Australia. Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
France. R France Intl: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
Russia, Voice of: Music. See S 0432.
France. R France Intl: The Bottom Line. Focus on
financial matters.
1247 France, R France Intl: Land of France. A feature on life
and times in France.

1248

France. R France Intl: Made in France. See H 1448.

Saturdays
1210 Australia. Radio: Ockham's Razor. Robyn Williams witl1
straight. sharp talk about science.
1211 Russia, Voice of: News and Views. See S 0011.
1228 France. R France Intl: Spotlight on Africa. Correspondent
reports and interviews on African affairs.
1230 Australia. Radio: Background Report. lndepth reports
examining a broad range of influences that shape our world.
1232 Russia. Voice of: Music at Your Request. See M 1232.
1247 France. R France Intl: French Lesson. Learn French by radio.

Thursdays
t210
t211
1230
1231
t232
1234
1244

Australia. Radio: Australiana. See M 1210

Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 001 1.
Australia. Radio: lnlernational Report. See M 0430.
France. R France Intl: Sports. See M 1241.
Russia. Voice of: The Jau Show. See M 0532.
France. R France Intl: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
France. R France Intl: The Americas Magazine. Focus
on a subject relating to a country of the western
hemisphere.
1249 France. R France Intl: Nonh/Sout11(biweekly). Focus on
a public activity in France.
1249 France. R France Intl: Planet Earth (biweekly). An
interview wi th an expert on ecological matters.

Fridays
1210
1211
1230
1231
1232
1241

Australia, Radio: Ausl raliana. See M 1210.

Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0011 .
Australia. Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
France. R France Intl: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
Russia. Voice of: Yours for the Asking. See M 0032.
France. R France Intl: Film Reel. Interview with an
performer or film maker.

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FREQUENCIES
1300-1400

Australia. Radio

1300-1330
1300-1320
1300-1330
1300-1400 vi
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
t300-1400
1300-1400 s
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1 400
1300-1330
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400 vi
1300-1400 vi
1300-1325
1300-1350

Australia. Radio
Brazil, Radiobras
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. RCI Montreal
China, China Radio Intl
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB Ouilo
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Iraq, Radio Iraq Intl
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia, RTM Kuching
Malaysia.RTM KotaKinabalu
Netherlands. Radio
North Korea, R Pyongyang

1300-1330 s
1300-1400 vi
1300-1400 vi
1300-1400
1300-1400

Norway. Radio Norway Intl

Palau, KHBNNoice of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Philippines, FEBC/R Intl
Poland, Polish R Warsaw

1300-1400
1300-1400

Romania, R Romania Intl

Russia. Voice of

1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1330
1300-1400

Singapore. SBC Radio One

Singapore.A Singapore Int
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
United Kingdom.BBC London

5995pa
11800pa
6060pa
15445na
15635as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6t30do
6160do
6160do
11955na
7405na
6200am
12005am
17595as
13680as
7295do
7160do
5980do
6045eu
9345as
15430as
9590eu
9965as
4890do
11995as
6135eu
11815eu
11945eu
9540na
13370as
17755as
6155do
9530as
7230as
6190af

7240as

9560pa

6080as

951 Opa

9610as

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

21470af
USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KJES Mesquite NM
USA. KNLS Anchor Poin1 AK
USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. VOA Washington DC

1300-1400
1300-1400 irreg
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400 a
1300-t400
1300-1400

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA, WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WVHA Green Bush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL

1300-1330
1307-1400 occsnal
1330-1400
1330-1355 s
1330-t357
1330-1400

Uzbekistan, R Tashkent
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Austria, R Austria Intl
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
Canada, RGI Montreal
Canada. RGI Montreal

1330-1400
1330-1400
1330-1355
1330-1400
1330-1400
1330-1400
1330-1400
1330-1400
1330-1400
1345-1400

Finland, YLE/Radio
India. All India Radio
Moldova. R Moldova Intl
Netherlands. Radio
Sweden, Radio
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
Turkey, Voice of
UAE, Radio Dubai
Vietnam. Voice of
Vatican State. Vatican R

17625as

17820na
971 Sas
11660pa 15440pa
9400am 15050am
15115am

7130eu
9640eu

7160eu
11740as

15230as

15340as
9675do
7145eu

7270eu

9525eu

15365eu
9800pa
17675as
17780as

17720eu
9895as
17685as
17795as

11940as
17725as
17835as

7480as
6195va

13635as
7180as

15545as
9410va

9515na
11760me
12095va
17640va
21660af
5810am
11715na
7365as
7510am
6095na
6110va
15160va
7425na
7355am
6040am
7490na
9955am
11695af
7435am
5950na
17750na
7285eu
9655pa
6155eu
13670na
9535as
15315eu
21455eu
11900na
13732as
1531 Sna
9890as
11650na
6165eu
9675as
13675eu
7250as
11625as

9740va
11860af
15070va
17705va

11365am
11865va
15310as
17830af

9355as
9455na
9645va
9760va
15425va
11875na
11760am
15105am
13595na

11750as
11940af
15575me
17885a1

13625as
11715va

13845am 15685am
6015na
11 830na 13695na
9715eu

15295eu

13730eu

15450as

11795as
15325eu

17820eu

17815eu

17895eu

15400na
15120as
13700as
15240na
9535eu

15150as

15320eu
9840as
13765as

15395eu
15010as
15585as

21605me

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
1300 USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Bible Lesson. See S 0200.
131 O Australia, Radio: Oz Sounds. Twenty minutes of music
selections by Radio Australia announcers.
1311 Russia, Voice of: Music and Musicians. See S 0211.
1329 USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Christian Science Sentinel
Radio Edition. See S 1129.
1330 Australia. Radio: The Europeans. See S0130.

Mondays
1300
1306
1310
1311
1330
1332
1349
1352

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M

1100.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International.
See M 1106.
Australia, Radio: Asia Focus. Reporting on the
commercial interrelationships of the Asia/Pacific
Region.
Russia. Voice of: World War II (1939-1945). See M
0111 .
Australia, Radio: The Australian Music Show. See S
0530.
Russia. Voice of: Russian by Radio. See S 1532.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1149.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the
CSM. See M 1152.

Tuesdays
1300
1306
1310
1311
1330
1332
1349
1352

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M

1100.
.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International.
See M 1106.
Australia. Radio: Asia Focus. See M 1310.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T
01 11.
Australia, Radio: Jazz Notes. The best of Australian jazz
introduced by Ivan Lloyd.
Russia. Voice of: Music. See S 0432.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 11 49.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the
CSM. See M 1152.

Wednesdays
1300

t306
1310
1311
1330
1332
1339
1349
1352

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International.

See M 1106.
Australia, Radio: Asia Focus. See M 1310.
Russia, Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. Sec T
01t1.
Australia. Radio: Blacktracker. Mal Honess with
traditional and contemporary aboriginal music.
Russia. Voice of: Interview. See S 0347.
Russia. Voice of: Music. See S 0432.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1149.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM.
SeeM1152.

Thursdays
1300

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M

1100.
1306 USA. Moni1or Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International.
See M 1106.
1310 Australia. Radio: Asia Focus. See M 1310.
131 1 Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T
0111.
1330 Australia. Radio: Australian Country Style. Graham Bell
goes up country.
1332 Russia, Voice of: Music. See S 0432.
1349 USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1149.
1352 USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM.
See M 1152.

Fridays
1300
1306
1310
1311
1330
1332
1349
1352

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. Sec M

1100.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International.
See M 1106.
Australia. Radio: Asia Focus. See M 1310.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T
0111.
Australia. Radio: Music Deli. Paul Petran present music
from a variety of cultures.
Russia. Voice of: Music. See S 0432.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1149.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM.
See M 1152.

Saturdays
1300
1306
t310
1311
1330
1332

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M

1100.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Christian Science Sentinel
Radio Edition. See S 1129.
Australia. Radio: Business Weekly. See S 1610.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T
0111.
Australia, Radio: The Australian Scene. See A 0130.
Russia. Voice of: Your Top Tune. See S 0332.

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FREQUENCIES
1400-1500
1400-1430
t400-1500
1400-1435 mtwl1fa
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500
1400-1 500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
t4001500
t400-t500 s
1400-1 500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1 500
1400-1 500
1400-1 500
1400-1500
1400-1 500 vi
1400-1 500 vi
1400-1500 mtwhfa
1400-1435 s
1400-1500 s
1400-1 500
1400-1500 occsnal
1400-1 500 vi
1400 1500
1400-1500

Australia. AF Radio
Australia. Radio
Australia. Radio
Belgium, R Vlaandcren Int
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN S1 John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. RC! Monlreal
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica. R Peace lnl l
France. Radio France Intl
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
India. All India Radio
Japan. NHK/Radio
11 915as
Lebanon. Wings al Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. RTM Kuching
Malaysia.RTM KotaKinabalu
Malta. v of Mediterranean
Malta. V of Mediterranean
Morocco. RTV Marocaine
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Philippines. FEBCIR Intl
Russia. Voice of

1400-1500

Singapore. SBC Radio One

8743af
7240pa
5995pa
13670na
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
t 1955na
7405na
6200am
71lOas
12005am
13732as
9535na
9960va
7295do
7160do
5980do
f 1925me
11925me
17575at
9890as
6100pa
9965as
11995as
9595as
11 945sa
15320me
17710me
6155do

10621at
9560as
11800pa

961 Opa

17820na
11815as
9400am 15050am 140015405as 17560as 17695as
15115am
15120as
961Oas
11 705na 1t895as

13700as

1400-1 500

United Kingdom.BBC London

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

USA. KJES Mesquite NM

USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. VOA Washington DC

1400-1500
1400-1500 irrcg
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1445 a
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1415
1415-1500 mt11tta
14301500

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA, WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRND New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Green Bush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State. Va tican R
Bhutan. Bhutan BC Service
Australia. Radio

1430 1500 vi
1430-1500
1430 1440 mtwht
1430-1500 mtwl1t
1430-1500
1430-1500
1430-1458
1435-1445
1440- 1500
1445-1500
1458-1500 mt11hta
1458-1500 s

China. China Radio Intl

Finland. YLE/Radio
Indonesia. RRI Ut Pandang
Portugal. R Portugal Intl
Romania. R Romania Intl
Sweden. Radio
Uzbekistan. R Tashkent
Greece. Voice of
Myanmar. Voice ot
Mongolia. R Ulan Bator
Seychelles. FEBA Radio
Sevchelles. FEBA Radio

11695pa

I 5150as

11835as 119 lOas 1t 935as

11985me 12025as 13770as
15425me 15540me 17570af
17780as

6190af
9515na
1t865va
15310as
17830at
11715na
7510am
9355as
61lOva
9760va
15425va
7425na
7355am
6040am
7490na
15420am
11695at
12160am
6015na
11625as
5025do
6060pa
11660as
8660as
11900na
4753do
21515me
11775as
13740au
7285eu
15630na
5990do
7290as
9810as
11870as

6195as
9740va
11940at
15575me
21470at

7180as
11365am
12095va
17640va
21660at

9410va
11750as
15070va
17705va

7125va
15160va

7215va
15255va

9645va
15395va

11875na
11760am
15105am
13595na

13845am 15685am
11550as 11830na 17750na
13765as 15585au
6080pa
11695pa
11445as
15400na

7260as

15335as
15120as
9715eu
17525na
7185do
9950as

17720as
15240as
15295eu

971 Opa

15135as

17815eu

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
1410
141 1
1416
1416
1422
t 427
1430
1432
1433

Australia. Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120.

Russia. Voice ot: Science and Engineering in the CIS. See S
061 1.
France. R France Intl: African Analysis (biweekly). See S
1216.
France, R France Intl: Asian Analysrs (biweekly). See S
1216.
France. R France Intl: Paris Promenade. See S 1223.
France. R France Intl: E'leryv1oman. See S 1228.
Australia. Radio: Report from Asia. See S 1230.
Russia. Voice of: Music. See S 0432.
France. R France Intl: Club 9516. See S 1234.

1443
1446
1450

Thursdays
1410
1411
1430
1431
1432
1435
1443

Mondays

1443

141O Australia, Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120.

141 1 Russia. Voice of: Science and Engineering in the CIS. See S
0611.
1430 Australia. Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
t431 France. R France Intl: RFI Europe. See M 1231 .
1432 Russia, Voice of: Audio Book Club. See S 0132.
1440 France. R France Intl: Sports. See M 1241.
1447 France. R France Intl: Arts in France. See M 1247.
1450 Austraha. Radio: Stock Exchange Report. Financial news
from Sydney and olher exchanges.

1443

Tuesdays
1410
1411

1430
1431
1432
1433
1442
1449
1450

Australia. Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S 1120.

Russia. Voice at: Newmarket This program tells where and
ho'l1 to invest in Russia. how to sell your product or start a
business.
Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
France. R France Intl: France Today. See T 1231.
Russia. Voice ot: Music. See S 0432.
France. R France Intl: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
France. R France Intl: Books. Sec T 1242.
France. R France Intl: Science Probe. See T 1249.
Aus1ralia. Radio: Stock Exchange Report. See M 1450.

Wednesdays
1410 Australia. Radio: Sports Bulletin. Sec S 1120.
1411 Russia. Voice ot: Moscow Mailbag. See S 0111.
t430 Australia. Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
1431 France. R France Intl: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
1432 Russia. Voice of: Russian by Radio. See S 1532.

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France. R France Intl: The Botlom Line. See W 1242.

France. R France Intl: Land of France. See W 1247.
Australia. Radio: Slack Exchange Report. See M 1450.

1448
1450

Auslralia. Radio: Sports Bulletin. See St 120.

Russia, Voice of: This is Russia. Sec S 11 11.
Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
France. R France Intl: Sports. See M 1241 .
Russia. Voice of: Audra Book Club. See S 0132.
France. R France Intl: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
France. R France Intl: North/South (biweekly). See H
1249.
France. R France Intl: Planet Earth (bi11eckly). See H
1249.
France, R France Intl: The Americas Magazine (5). See
H 1244.
France, R France Intl: Made in France. A review of
something very French.
Australia. Radio: Stock Exchange Report. See M 1450.

Fridays
1410
1411
1430
1431
1432
1441
1446
1446
1450

Australia. Radio: Sports Bulletm. See S 1120.

Russia. Voice of: World War II (1939-1945). See M
01 11.
Australia, Radio: International Report. Sec M 0430.
France, R France Intl: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
Russia. Voice at: Russian by Radio. See S 1532.
France. R France Intl: Film Reel. See F 1241.
France. R France Intl: Counterpoint (brwcckly). See S
1228.
France. R France Intl: Silk Roads (biweekly). Focus on
South Asia
Australia. Radio: Stock Exchange Report See M 1450.

Saturdays
1410
141 t
1425
1430
1432
1432
1440

Australia. Radio: Sports Bullclin. See S 1t20.

Russia. Voice of: Newmarket See T 1411.
France. R France Intl: Focus on France. Zooming in on
a French news item.
Australia, Radio: Background Report. Sec A 1230.
France. R France Intl: Asia File. Correspondent reports
and interv1e\'IS on Asian attaus.
Russia. Voice ot: Audio Book Club See S 0132.
France. R France Intl: French Lesson. Sec A 1247.

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1500 UTC
FREQUENCIES
1500-1600

Auslralia, Radio

1500-1600 vi
1500-1600
15001600
1500-1600
15001600
1500-1600
15001600
1500-1600 s
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
15001600
1500-1600
15001600
1500-1600
1500 t 600 vi
1500-1600 vi
1500-1525 mtwhfa
1500-1515
1500-1525
1500-1600 occsnal
1500-1550
1500-1600 vi
1500-1600
15001530
1500-1600

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, RCI Montreal
China. China Radio Intl
Cosla Rica. R Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB Ouilo
Guam. TWR/KTWR
Japan. NHK/Radio
Jordan, Radio
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. ATM Kuching
Malaysia.ATM KotaKinabalu
Moldova, R Moldova Intl
Mongolia. R Ulan Bator
Ne1l1erlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Philippines, FEBC/R Intl
Romania. R Romania Intl
Russia. Voice of

5995pa
9615as
11800pa
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
11955na
11815as
6200am
12005am
11580as
9535na
l 1970na
9960va
7295do
7160do
5980do
11580eu
7290as
9890as
6100pa
9325eu
9965as
11995as
11775as
4940as
11 775as
12025as

6060pa
9710pa

6080pa
11660as

7260as
11695pa

17820na
15165as
9400am 15050am
15115am
11915as

11955as

9950as
13700as

15150as

9640eu

9977na

15335as
4975as
11890as
12035me

15355af

13785me

17720as
7305me 9595as
11910as 11945sa
15320me 15400af

1500-1600 mtwhfa
1500-1530 s
15001600
15001600
15001600
15001530
1500-1 600

Seychelles. FEBA Radio

Seychelles. FEBA Radio
Singapore. SBC Radio One
Slovakia. AWR
Sri Lanka. SLBC Colombo
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
United Kingdom.BBC London

15001530
1500-1 600
15001600
15001600
1500-1600

United Kingdom.BBC London

USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio lnl l
USA. VOA Washington DC

1500-1 600
1500-1600 irreg
15001600
15001600
1500-1600
15001600 a
1500-1 600
15001600
15301 600
1530-1600
1530-1600
1545-1600

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Green Bush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Iran. VOIRI Tehran
Netherlands. Radio
United Kingdom.BBC London
Vatican Slate. Vatican R

15480as
21740af
9810as
11870as
6155do
13595am
9720as
12075as
5965as
71BOas
11365am
11940af
17830af
11860af
15590am
9930as
9355as
6040me
9645as
15255as
7425na
7355am
9930am
7490na
15420am
15665af
12160am
11705na
11 875as
9890as
11765as
11640as

15540me 1i570af

17750me

15425as
13635as 1554Sas
5975as
6190af
9410va
9515na
11750as 11775va
12095va 15070va
21470af 21660af
15400eu 17880af

6195as
9740va
11 865va
17705va
21490af

6110as
7125as 72 15as
9700as
9760va
15205as
15395as
11875na
11760am
13760am 151 05am
13595na
13845am 15685am
11830na 17750na
15260as 17750as
15150as
15585as

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays

1506

1500 USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Bible Lesson. See S 0200.

1510 Auslralia. Radio: Oz Sounds. See S 1310.
151 1 Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0011 .
1529 USA. Monitor Radio lnll: Christian Science Sentinel Radio
Edition. See S 1129.
1530 Auslralia, Radio: Fine Music Australia. See S 1130.
1532 Russia. Voice of: Russian by Radio. A course in the Russian
language.

t510
1511
1530
t 532
1549
1552

Mondays

Fridays

t 500
1506

1500

1510
1511
1530
1532
1549
1552

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio Ne .vs. See M 1100.

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monilo1Radio ln1ernational. See M
1106.
Australia. Radio: Asia Focus See M 131 0.
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0011
Australia, Radio: Innovations. See M 1130.
Russia. Voice of: Folk Box. See S 0032.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1149.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article irom the CSM. See
M 1152

Tuesdays
1500
1506
151 0
1511
1530
1532
1549
1552

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M 1100.

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. See M
1106.
Australia. Radio: Asia Focus. See M 1310.
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 001 1.
Australia. Radio: Arts Ausiralia. See T 1130.
Russia. Voice of: Music. See S 0432.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Le1terbox. See M 1149.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM. See
M 1152.

Wednesdays
1500 USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M 11 00.
1506 USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International. See M
1106.
1510 Australia. Radio: Asia Focus. See M 1310.
1511 Russia, Voice of: News and Views. See S 0011.
1530 Australia. Radio: Science File. See W 1130.
1532 Russia. Voice of: The Jazz Show. See M 0532.
1549 USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Let1erbox. See M 1149.
1552 USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the CSM. See
M t152.

Thursdays
1500 USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M 1100.

68

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International.

See M 1106.
Australia. Radio: Asia Focus. See M 1310.
Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0011.
Australia. Radio: Couchman. See H 1130.
Russia, Voice of: Yours for the Asking. See M 0032.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 1149
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the
CSM. See M 1152.

MONITORING TIMES

October 1995

1506
1510
1511
1530
1532
1549
1552

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M

11 00.
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio International.
See M 1106.
Australia. Radio: Asia Focus. See M 1310.
Russia. Voice of: News and Views See S 0011 .
Australia. Radio: The Parliament Program. See F
1130.
Russia. Voice of: Music at Your Request. See M 1232.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Letterbox. See M 11 49
USA, Monitor Radio Intl: Religious Article from the
CSM. See M 1152.

THANKYOU ...
Additional contributors to this
month's Shortwave Guide:
John Babbis, Si lver Spring, MD; Bob
Fraser, Cohasset, MA; Ken Loh,
Portland, OR; Jim Moats, Ravenna,
OH; Adrian Sainsbury Radio New
Zealand International; Loyd Yan Horn,
Brasstown, NC; Jeff White Radio
Miami International; NASW A Journal;
BBCMS ; BBC Worldwide; BBC
Summary of World Broadcasts; Grove
Enterprises BBS; Internet Shortwave
Newsgroup via Larry Yan Horn.

Saturdays
1500

USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Monitor Radio News. See M

11 00.
USA. Monitor Radio Intl: Chrislian Science Sentinel
Radio Edition. See S 1129.
1510 Australia. Radio: Oz Sounds. See S 1310.
1511 Russia. Voice of: News and Views. See S 0011.
1530 Australia, Radio: Business Weekly. See S 1610.
t 532 Russia, Voice of: T1melines. See M 0332.
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- New 4960 from * 1900 and +0500-11 15 *;
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Pidgin (Arthur Cushen, RNZI Mailbox)
- Very good at 0900 on both 4960 and 3945
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1000 without English (David Norcross, GU)
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FREQUENCIES
1600-1700

Australia, Radio

1600-1613
1600 t 700 vi
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-t700
1600-t700
1600-t 700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1630
1600-1700

Bangladesh, Radio
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgaiy
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
China, China Radio Intl
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Ethiopia. Radio
France. Radio France Intl

1600-1650

Germany, Deutsche Welle

t6001700
1600-1615 mt
1600-1630 whfas
1600-t630
1600-t 700
1600-1700
t600-t625
1600-1649 occsnal
1600-t630

Guam. AWR/KSDA
Guam. TWR/KTWR
Guam. TWR/KTWR
Iran. VOIRI Tehran
Italy, AWA Europe
Malaysia. Radio
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Pakistan. Radio

t600-t700 vi
1600-t700

Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope

Russia. Voice of

1600-t?OO
t600-t 700
1600-t700

S Africa, Channel Africa

S Africa, Trans World R
Singapore, SBC Radio One

5995pa
9710pa
11695pa
15520as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
4t30af
6200am
12005am
7165af
6175eu
t5210al
6t 70as
11695af
17810as
9370as
11580as
11580as
11875as
7230eu
7295do
9810as
9655pa
7425af
13590at
9965as
7350eu
t 1630eu
11890as
12025as
15540me
9695af
9500af
6155do

6060pa
9770as
11800pa

6080pa
9860pa

7260as
11660pa

11575as 151 tOaf

9400am 15050am
15115am
11615af
15460af
7225as
13690as

15260as

11700af
t5530af
9735af
15595as

12015af

15t50as
11570al

9480eu
11675eu
t 1910as
15385as
17570af

9820af
t 1775as
t t 945sa
15400af
17875af

South Korea. R Korea lnll

Sri Lanka. SLBC Colombo
UAE, Radio Dubai

1600-1700

United Kingdom.BBC London

1600-t615

United Kingdom.BBCLondon

t600-t630
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700

United Kingdom.BBC London

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt lk City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. VOA Washington DC

1600-1700
1600-1700 irreg
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700 a
1600-t 700
1600-1 700

USA. WEWN Birmingham Al

USA, WGTG McCaysville GA
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Green Bush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL

1600-1630
t6151700
1630-1700
1630-1657
1630-1700
1630-1700
t630-1645
1630- t 700 mtwhfa
1645-1700 mtwhf
1650 t 700 mtwhf

Vietnam. Voice ol
United Kingdom.BBC London
Austria. R Austria Intl
Canada. RGI Montreal
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Finland, YLE/Radio
Sweden. Radio
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
Canada. RGI Montreal
New Zealand. R NZ Intl

9875as
17800af

17750as

9485af
15555af

1600-i 700
1600-1630
1600-1640

11710al
9880af
11860af
1t990af
t5480as
21740af

5975as
9720as
13675eu
21605me
3915as
7180as
9740va
15070va
5965as
17705va
1t860af
t3815am
15590am
6120as
9355af
3970af
72t 5as
t 1920al
15225af
15445af
7425na
7355am
6t 20am
7490na
15420am
15665eu
t2160am
11705na
21525af
7250eu
3255al
11780as
7150as
15255af
11900na
6065eu
9925am
9555eu
5960pa

6480eu
15425as
15320eu

95t5af

5975as
9410va
11750as
15400eu
6195as
21470af
t t940af

6190af
951Oas
11775va
17830va
11365am

17510va
6040mc
9645as
12040af
15255as
17895af
13615na
11760am
13760am
t3595na

21640al
61 10va
9700as
1371Gal
15395as

9870af

15395me 17825me
6195va
9515na
11795va
21660af
11865va

12095va

7125as
9760va
15205as
15410al

15105am

!3845am 15685am
11830na 17750na 21500eu
21745eu
15010eu
9840eu
9630af
9550as
15400na
11935eu

t5325eu

t 7820eu

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
1609
1609

Germany, Deutsche Welle: Arts on the Air. See S 1109.

Germany, Deutsche Welle: The Week in Germany. A
summaiy of the week's events in Germany by Deutsche
Welle's Bonn correspondents.
t6t0 Australia. Radio: Business Weekly. Business and !inance
developments in !he Asia/Pacific region.
161 t Russia. Voice of: Top Priority. See S 051 t .
1618 France. R France Intl: Ever1woman (biweekly). See S
1228.
16t8 France. R France Intl: Health Concerns (biweekly). Reports
on medicine. fitness. and ecology.
16t9 Germany. Deutsche Welle: Religion and Society. See S
0137.
t 622 France. R France Intl: Paris Promenade. See S t223.
1626 France. R France Intl: African Analysis (biweekly). See S
1216.
1626 France. R France Intl: Echoes !rom Africa (biweekly). An
African music program.
1629 Germany, Deutsche Welle: Through German Eyes. Indepth interviews with prominent German journalists.
1630 Australia. Radio: Report from Asia. See S 1230.
1632 France. R France Intl: Club9516. See S t234.
1632 Russia. Voice of: Moscow Yesterday and Today. Sit back
and enjoy a great program about Russian histoiy with
magnificent sound effects.
1634 Germany. Deutsche Welle: German by Radio. See S t 134.
t634 Germany, Deutsche Welle: Hits in Germany. The German
pop scene for listeners in Africa.

Mondays

1609 Germany. Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See Mt 109.

1610 Australia. Radio: Australiana. See M t210.
1611 Russia. Voice of: This is Russia. See St t 11.
t630 Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
t63t France. R France Intl: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
1632 Russia, Voice of: Interview. See S 0347.
1634 Germany, Deutsche Welle: Science and Technology.
Magazine program presenting new developments in
science and technology.
1639 Russia. Voice of: Music. See S 0432.
1640 France. R France Intl: Sports. See M t241.
1643 Germany, Deutsche Welle: Science and Technology. See M
1634.
t647 France. R France Intl: Arts in France. See M t247.

Tuesdays
1609

Germany. Deutsche Welle: Ncwsline Cologne. Sec M 1109.

16t0 Australia. Radio: Australiana. See M t210.

16t 1 Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T
Ot11 .
1630 Australia. Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
1632 Russia. Voice of: Interview. See S 0347.
1633 France. R France Intl: AFI Europe. See M 1231.
1634 Germany, Deutsche Welle: Man and Environment.
Various topics relating to the environment in industrial
and developing countries.
1639 Russia, Voice of: Music. See S 0432.
1642 France, R France Intl: Books. See T t242.
t644 Germany, Deutsche Welle: Man and Environment. See T
1634.
t647 France. R France Intl: Drumbeat. Ahican feature.

Wednesdavs
1609

1610
16t t
1630
t631
1632
t 633
t 639
164t
t 643
1646

Germany, Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M

1109.
Australia. Radio: Australiana. See M 1210.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and !he Pacific. See T
0111.
Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430.
France. R France Intl: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
Russia, Voice of: Interview. See S 0347
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Insight. See W 0333.
Russia. Voice ol: Music. See S 0432.
France, R France Intl: The Bottom Linc. See W t242.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Insight. See W 0333.
France. R France Intl: Land of France. See W t 247.

Thursdays
1609

1610
16tt

Germany, Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M

1109.
Australia, Radio: Australiana. See M t210.
Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T

0111.
1630
t 630
1632
1632
1634
t639
1641
t64 I
t643

Australia. Radio: International Report. See M 0430.

France. R France Intl: Sports. See M t 241.
France. R France Intl: RFI Europe. Sec M 123t.
Russia, Voice of: Interview. See S 0347.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Living in Germany. See M
0118.
Russia. Voice of: Music. See S 0432.
France, R France Intl: North/South (biweekly). See H
1249.
France. R France 1011: Planet Earth (biweekly). See H
1249.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Living in Germany. See M
0118.

1646

France. R France Intl: Science Probe. See T t249.

Fridavs
1609
1610
161 t

Germany. Deutsche Welle: Newslinc Cologne. See M 1t09.

Australia, Radio: Austral1ana. See M 1210.
Russia. Voice ol: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T
0111.

t630
t63t
t632
t634
t639
1641
t643
t646

Australia, Radio: International Report. See M 0430.

France. R France Intl: RFI Europe. See M 123t .
Russia. Voice of: Interview. See S 0347.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Spotlight on Sport. Weekly
magazine program with background stories and coverage
of important events.
Russia. Voice of: Music. See S 0432.
France, A France Intl: Film Reel. See F 1241 .
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Spotlight on Sport. See F t634.
France. R France Intl: Made in France. See H t448.

Saturdays
t 609

Germany. Deutsche Welle: Africa in the German Press.

What the German newspapers and weeklies have to say
about Africa.
t609 Germany, Deutsche Welle: Feature of the Month (t). See S
041 6.
1609 Germany. Deutsche Welle: International Talking Point. See
s 0416.
t 610 Australia. Radio: Asia Focus. See M t310.
t 6t t Russia. Voice of: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T
Ott t.
1614 France. R France Intl: Focus on France. See A t 425.
1618 Germany, Deutsche Welle: Focus on Development
(biweekly). Reports and interviews on projects and
progress in Africa and Asia.
t 6 t 8 Germany. Deutsche Welle: Women on the Move
(biweekly). A magazine promoting intercultural
understanding and portraying the role of women in
society.
t623 Germany. Deutsche Welle: Development Forum. Reports
and interviews on projects and progress in Africa and Asia.
1630 Australia, Radio: Background Report. See A 1230.
t631 France. R France Intl: Spotlight on Africa. See A 1228.
1632 Russia, Voice of: Music. See S 0432.
1633 Germany, Deutsche Welle: Economic Notebook. Sec T
0332.
1640 Germany, Deutsche Welle: Religion and Society. See S
0137.
1645 France, R France Intl: French Lesson. See A 1247.
1648 Germany. Deutsche Welle: The Jazz Corner. See F 2333.

69

1700-1715
1700-1800

Albania. R Tirana Intl

Australia. Radio

1700-1800 vt
1700-1800
1700-1800
17001800
1700t800
17001800
17001800
17001800
1700-1800 as
17001800
1700-1727
17001800
1700-1730
17001800
1700-t730
1700-t800

Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc

Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX HalifaJ<
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Churn. China Radio lnll
Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
France, Radio France lnll
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Georgia. Georgian Radio
Japan, NHK/Radio

1700-1730
1700-1800
1700-1730
1700-1800 mtwhf
1700- 1750
1700- 1800
17001800 vi
17001800

Jordan. Radio
Lebanon. Vorce of Hope
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
New Zealand. R NZ lnll
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Pakistan. Radio
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Russia. Voice of

1700-1800
1700-1800

S Alnca, Trans World R

United Kingdom.BBC London

1700-1715
17001745
17001730
17001800
17001800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800

United Kingdom.BBC London

United Kingdom.BBC London
United Kingdom.BBC London
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. VOA Washington DC

1700 1800 mtwhl

1700-1800
1700 t 800 irreg
1700-1800
17001800
1700-1800 smtwhf
1700-1800
1700-1800
17001800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1715- 1800
1715-1730
1730-1800
17301800
1730-1800
1730-1800
1730-1800
1745-1800 mt1"1hf
17451800

17895al
USA. VOA Washington DC
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA, WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Green Bush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
United Kingdom.BBC London
Vatican State. Vatican R
Austria, R Austria lnll
Netherlands. Radio
Romania, R Romania Intl
S11eden. Radio
Va tican State. Vatican R
Armenia. Voice of
India. All India Radio

'

1800 UTC
18001900
1800-1900 mtwhf
1800 1900

Algeria. R Algiers Intl

A1gentma. RAE
Australia. Radio

18001900
1800- 1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
18001900
1800 1900
1800- 1900
1800-1900
1800 1827

Brazil. Rad1obras
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague

70

7155eu
6060pa
9580pa
11695pa
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6t30do
6160do
6t60do
7405al
t3750am
6200am
5930eu
t2005am
15210af
15255al
11910eu
6150na
11930as
11970na
6280me
9960va
5960pa
9325eu
7485eu
9965as
9480eu
11890as
15400af
21740af
9500af
3255af
6195eu
9740as
15070va
9515na
3915as
6005af
13815am
15590am
6120as
9355af
3980va
7150va
9700as
11920af
15255as
19379va
5990va
7425na
7355am
6120am
7490na
9465eu
9955am
15420am
15745af
12160am
21500eu
7160me
6245eu
9665me
6020al
11830af
6065eu
11625al
481 Oeu
7412eu

MONITORING TIMES

'

11715me
15345eu
6060pa
9860pa
15265eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
6200am
5930eu

October 1995

9760eu
6080pa
9710pa
11880pa

9535as

6090pa
9860pa

7260as
t t660pa

11575al

9400am 15050am
17485af
151 t5am
15460af

9535na

9580as

1t840as

9640af
11570eu

9977af

t3785me

9880af
11960af
15480as

11630eu
11990eu
17570af

11715me
12065me
17875af

5965as
7180as
1t750as
15400va
11775va
9630af

21640af
6040va
7170va
9760va
12040af
15395as

6180eu
9410va
1t860al
17830al

6110as
7215as
9770va
13710af
15410af

6190af
9510as
12095va

7125as
9645as
11 870va
15205va
15445af

6045va
9550va
13615na
11760am
13760am 15105am
13595na

1800-1900
1800-1830
1800-1845

Ecuador. HCJB Quito

Egypt. Radio Cairo
India. All India Radio

1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1830
t800-1849 mtwhf
1800-1830 s
t 800-1900 vi
1800-t900
1800-1900

Ku\'.a11. Radio
Lebanon. Voice ol Hope
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Poland. Polish R Warsaw
Russia. Voice of

1800-t830
1800-1900
1800-t 900 irreg
1800t830
t8001900

S Africa. Trans World R

Slovakia. AWA
Sudan. Sudan Nall BC
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl
United Kingdom.BBC London

t800-1830
1800-1815
18001900
1800t900
18001900
1800-1900
1800-1900

Uni1ed Kingdom.BBC London

United Kingdom.BBC London
USA. KJES Mesquite NM
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Monitor Radio Intl
USA. VOA Washington QC

1800 1900 mtwhf

1800-1900
1800 1900 irreg
18001900
18001900
1800-1900
1800-1900
18001900
t800-1900
1800-1900
18001900
18001830
1800 1900 irreg
18001900
18151900
1830-1900

USA. VOA Washington OC

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRMl/R Miami lnll
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Green Bush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam. Voice ol
Yemen. Yemeni Rep Radio
Zambia. Christian Voice
Bangladesh. Radio
Netherlands. Radio

1830-1857
1830-1900
1833 1900
1840-1850
1845-1900 rrreg s
1850-1900

S Africa. Trans World R

United Kingdom.BBC London
Cote D' lvoire. ROTV
Greece, Voice of
Mali. ROTV Malienne
New Zealand. R NZ Intl

12005am
15255af
7412eu
11935af
11990na
6280me
6020af
5960pa
5960eu
9965as
6095eu
6590eu
9880eu
11890as
15400af
9500al
13595am
9200af
9885af
3255af
94t0va
t2095va
5965as
7180as
15385na
15590am
13625au
9355pa
3980va
11920af
154t0af
4875af
7425eu
7355am
9495am
7490na
9465eu
9955am
15420am
15745al
12160am
21500eu
7250eu
9780as
4965af
7190eu
6020af
13700af
9525af
6005al
11920do
15650af
4783do
I 1735pa

15115am
9650me
13750as

9950me

11620eu

7120af

11655af

13805af

15220af

7270eu
7350eu
t 1675eu
11910as
15480as

7285eu
9480eu
9755as
11715me 11775as
11945sa 11960af

t 5620arn
9905eu
6t80eu
9740as
15070va
7160me

t2075me
6190al
11860af
15400va
9410as

13635me
6195eu
11955au
17830af
9510as

13770me
6040va
12040al
15580al

17510af
9760va
13710af
17895af

9770va
15205va
19379va

13615na
11760am
13625am 13760eu
13595na

t3845am 15685am
21745eu
9840eu
15010eu

9647as
7120af
15315af

15520as
9860af
17605af

9895af

9630al
17525af
4835do

5995do

13845am 15685am
21745eu
7250eu
11780as
7120af
15340af
13605me
13765af
7480eu
9650me

9645eu
11 655al
15365af
15600af
15570af
9675eu
9950me

1t8t0eu

17805af

11960me
11620eu

15160eu
6080pa
11660as

6090pa
11695pa

9400am
15640af

15050am

9580pa
11 880pa

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t900-2000

Ausualra. Radro

t900-t930
t9001945
t900 t925
t900-1920
t900-2000
19002000
t900-2000
19002000
t9002000
1900-2000
1900-2000 vi
1900-2000
1900-2000
t9001930
1900-2000
t9001930
t900-1950

Azerbaijan. Voice ol
Bangladesh. Radio
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
Brazil. Radiobras
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. AWR Alajuela
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Cote D' lvoire. RDTV
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Finland. YLE/Rad10
Germany. Deutsche Welle

t900-19t 0
19002000
1900-1945

Greece. Voice ol
Guatemala, AWA
India. All Indra Radio

t9002000 mlwh/Vl
1900-2000

llaly. IRRS Milan

Japan. NHK/Radio

t 900-2000 vi
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
t900-1925

Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp

Kuwait. Radio
Lebanon. Voice ol Hope
Liberia. Radio ELBC
Liberia. Radio ELWA
Nerherlands. Radio

t9002000
t900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000

New Zealand. RNZ Intl

Nigeria. FRCNNoice ol
Romania. R Romania Intl
Russia. Voice ol

1900-2000
t900-2000
t9002000
1900-2000

South Korea. R Korea Intl

Swaziland. Trans World R
Thailand. Radio
Uniled Kingdom.BBC London

t900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000 as
t900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA, KTBN Salt Lk CiJy UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. K\VHR Naalehu HJ
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. VOA Washrnglon DC

1900-2000
t9002000 11reg
t900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-1930
t9002000
1900-2000
t 930-2000
1930-2000
t930-2000
1930-2000

USA. WEWN B11mrngham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WAMllA Miami Intl
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Green Bush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam. Voice ol
Zambra. Christian Voice
Zimbabwe, ZBC/Aadio 4
Albania. A Tirana Intl
Iran. VOIAI Tehran
Mongolra. A Ulan Bator
Netherlands. Radio

1930-2000
t930-2000
t9302000

Slovakia. A Slovakia Intl

Unired Kingdom.BBC London
Yugoslavra. Aadro

6060pa
7260as
t t660pa
4957eu
7t90eu
59t0eu
t5265eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9440al
t3750am
6200am
11 920do
12005am
9730eu
7t70af
11785al
7450eu
5980am
7412eu
t3750as
7125va
6150as
t 1850au
4885do
1t990eu
6280me
7275do
4760do
6020al
13700al
11735pa
7255al
9550eu
7230eu
9865al
11890as
15400al
5975eu
3200al
7200eu
3255al
7160va
t 1955au
t38t5am
t5590am
17775am
13625au
9355me
3980va
9760va
t2040al
15445al
7425eu
7355am
9495am
7490na
9465eu
9955am
15420am
15745al
12160am
21745eu
7250eu
4965al
3306do
7260eu
7260al
4080as
7120al
t1655al
5915eu
t1835al
6t00eu

6150as
7240pa
6080pa
9560as
9580pa
9860pa
11695pa 11880pa
9647as

15520as

11515me
15460am
9400am 15050am
1511 5am t 5490eu
15440al
9670al
9735al
t3690al 13790al
9380eu

1t740al

9950me

1t620eu

t t935al

7t40au

9535na

9580au

4935do

6150do

7120al
15315al

9860al
17605al

9895al

9690eu
7350eu
9880eu
11910as
t5480as
6480eu

11 8t0eu
9480eu
11675eu
11945sa
t 7570al
7275as

11 940eu
9755as
1t775as
11990al
17875al

9655eu
6005al
9410va
t2095va

t t905eu
6t90al
9630al
15070va

t3770me
7375al
9770va
t5180va
15580al
t3615na
t t760am
t3635am
13595na

t7510al
74 t5al
t 1870va
t5205va
t9379va

9525va
t t920al
t 54 t0al

13845am t 5685am
t50t0eu

3396do
9730eu
9022eu
7530as
7205al
t5315al
6055eu

4828do

9860al
17605al
7345eu

9895al

9720al

2000 UTC
2000-2t00
2000-2 t 00 vi
2000-2100
20002t00 vi
20002 t 00 vi

72

Algeria. A Algiers Intl

Angola. Radio Nacional
Australia. Ra1lio
Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk

MONITORING TIMES

t 1715me
9535do
6060pa
9580pa
t t 855as
2485do
2325do

October I 995

t5t60eu
6080pa
9860pa
t t 880pa

6150pa
t 1660pa

Bulgaria. Radio
Canada. CFCX Monrreal
Canada. CFRX Toronlo
Canada. CFVP Galgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Ganada. CKZN S1John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada, RC! Mon1rea1

2000-2100
2000-2 100
20002 t00
2000-2 100
20002050
2000-2030
20002100
20002030
20002100
2000-2030
2000-2030

China. China Radio Intl

Costa Rica, RPeace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
EQt Guinea. Radio Africa
Germany. Deu1sche Welle
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Guatemala, AWR
Hungary, Radio Budapest
Indonesia. Voice ol
Iran. VOIRI Tehran
Israel, Kol Israel

2000-2015 mtwh/vl
20002100 vi
2000-2t00
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2030
2000-2010
2000-2025

Italy, IRRS Milan

Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp
Ku,.1a1t. Radio
Lebanon. Wings ol Hope
Liberia, Radio ELBC
Liberia, Radio ELWA
Lithuania. Radio Vilnius
Mongolia. R Ulan Baror
Netherlands, Radio

2000-2100
20002005
2000-2100
2000-2050
20002 100

New Zealand. R NZ Intl

Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
Nigeria. FRCNNoice ol
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Russia. Voice ol

20002100
20002015
2000-2030

Slovakia. AWA
Swaziland. Trans World R
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl

2000-20t5
2000-2030
20002t00

Uoanda. Radio
United Kingdom.BBC London
United Kingdom.BBC London

20002t00
2000-2100
2000-2100 as
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2t00

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Salt Lk C11y UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHA Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. VOA Washington DC

2000-2100
2000-2t00 1rreg
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2 t00
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2030
2000-2010
2000-2030
2000-2100
2005-2100
20t52100 I/vi
2015-2045 s
2025-2045
20302t00
2030-2t00
20302t00 mtwhla
20302t00
2030-2055
2030-2100

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA, WJCA Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Green Bush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State. Vatican A
Vatican Srate. Vatican A
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zimbabwe. ZBC/Radio 3
Syria. Radio Damascus
Italy. JARS Milan
Swaziland. Trans World R
Italy. RA! Rome
Armenia. Voice ol
Austria. A Austria Intl
AJstria. A Austna Intl
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Moldova, A Moldova Intl
Netherlands. Radio

2030-2t00
20302045
2030-2100
2030-2 t00
2045-2100

Poland. Polish A Warsaw

Thailand. Radio
United Kingdom.BBC London
Vietnam. Voice ol
India. All India Radio

2050-2 t00

Vatican State. Vatican R

6t95eu
9740au
t7830al

t3760eu

9840eu

2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2 100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2100
2000-2 100

7260as
1t695pa

9700eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6t60do
5995eu
t3670eu
17870eu
6950eu
6200am
t2005am
15t86al
7t 70eu
3366do
5980am
3955eu
9675as
7260al
7465na
t t685na
7t25va
4885do
1t990eu
9960va
7275do
4760do
9710eu
t t790as
7120al
t t 655al
t t 735pa
3326do
7255al
6576eu
7230eu
9880eu
t5620am
3200al
6t65eu
13635al
4976do
94t0va
3255al
6t95eu
9630al
t 1955au
t38t5am
t5590am
t 7775am
t5405as
9355eu
6040va
9770va
15445al
7425na
7355am
9495am
7490na
9465eu
9955am
t5420am
t 5745eu
t2t60am
17845al
9645al
4055eu
4965al
3306do
t2085eu
7t 25va
3200al
t t800me
t 1920na
5945eu
9665me
t5375al
t t580eu
7t20al
t5315al
6095eu
9555eu
t 5400eu
7250as
74 12eu
t 1715pa
4055eu

t t720eu

7235eu
15t 50eu

t t985eu
15325eu

13650eu
17820eu

9440al
9400am

9920eu
t5t t0al
15050am

96t 5eu
49t5do
6t40eu

7t30eu

9835eu

9022eu
9435eu
13750sa

9845ca
15640al

11603na

4935do

6150do

t20t5as
7205al
t5315al

9860al
17605al

9895al

9345as
9480eu
t1675eu

9640af
9600eu
1t730na

9977as
9755as

9770al

9885al

11640al

5026do
15070va
6005al
7t60al
9740au
t2095va

6t80eu
6190al
7325va
94t0va
1t 750sa 11835va
t5070al t7830al

4990do

t3770eu
7375al
t t855al
t5580al
136t5na
1t 760am
t3760eu
t3595na

t 5665eu
74t5al
t 5205va
t 7755al

13845am
21525al
1t625al
5885eu

15685am
21 745eu
13765al
7250eu

3396do
t5095na

4828do

9760va
154t 0al
19379va

15405am

t 1960na
6155eu
t3730al
9860al
17605al
6t35eu
9655eu
9840eu
99t Oau
15225pa
5885eu

9895al

11 655al

7285eu
t t905eu
15010eu
9950eu
7250eu

11620eu

FREQUENCIES
21002200

Australia. Radio

21002130vl
21002130vl
21002130 vi
21002110
21002200 vi
21002200
21002200
21002200
21 002200
21002200
21002200
21002130

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
Bahrain. 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, RGI Montreal

2t002200
21002t30
21002200
21002200
21002127
21 002200
21002200
2t002150

China. China Radio Intl

China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba
Czech ReD. Radio Prague
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
Germany. Deutsche Welle

2t002200
21 002200
117t5au
21002200 mtvihlvl
21002200

Guatemala, AWR
India, All India Radio
15225au
Italy, IRRS Milan
Japan. NHK/Radio

21002115
21002t 10 vi
21002200
2 t 002200 n twhfa
21002t25

Japan, NHK/Radio
Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Liberia. Radio ELWA
Netherlands, Radio

21002200
21002200
21002130
21002130 mtwhf
21002200
21002200

New Zealand. R NZ Intl

Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
Poland, Polish R Warsaw
Portugal, R Portu gal Intl
Romania, R Romania Intl
Russia. Voice of

21 002115
21002200
21002200
21002200
21002110
21 002200

Sierra Leone. SLBS

South Korea. R Korea Intl
Syria. Radio Damascus
Turkey, Voice of
Uganda. Radio
United Kingdom.BBC London

21 002130
21002200
2t 002200
21002200 s
21002200
21002200

United Kingdom.BBC London

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA, Monitor Radio Intl
USA. VOA Washington DC

21002200
21002200 irreg
2t002200
21002200
2t002200
2t002200
21002200
21002200 a
2100-2200
21002200
21002145
21002 t30
21002200
21 t 52200
2t202130 mw
2130-2200
21302200 vi
21302200 vi
21302200 vi
21302200
2130-2200

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA, WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Green Bush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Yugoslavia. Radio
Zimbabwe. ZBC/Radio 3
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Estonia, Estonian Radio
Australia. Radio
Australia. VL8A Alice Spg
Australia. l/L8K Katherine
Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
Finland. YLE/Radio
Iran. VOIRI Tehran

6060pa
9580pa
11880pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5995cu
13670eu
6950eu
15110af
6200am
11705eu
5930eu
15375af
15186af
71 15as
11765af
5980am
7412eu
7t25va
6035eu
11865as
9660as
4885do
9960va
4760do
7t20af
t5315af
t 1735pa
3326do
6095eu
6130eu
7195eu
7350eu
9755as
11980eu
3316do
6480eu
12085eu
9445eu
4976do
3255af
6005af
7325va
11750sa
12095va
9630af
13815am
t5590am
17775am
9355na
6040va
9535va
15205va
17735va
7425na
7355am
9495am
7490na
9465eu
9955am
15420am
t5745eu
12160eu
17845af
2t745eu
6100eu
3306do
9900eu
5925eu
9610as
4835do
5025do
4910do
6120eu
6t75au

6080pa
9660pa
1t 955pa

7240pa
7260as
11660pa 11855as

21302200 as
2130-2200
21302200 asmtwh
2145-2200 a

Latvia, Radio
Liberia. Radio ELWA
Moldova, R Dniester Intl
Greece. Voice of

5935eu
4760do
9620na
9425au

2200-2300

Australia, Radio

22002300 vi
2200-2300 vi
22002300 vi
2200-2225
2200-2300
2200-2300 vi
22002300
22002300
22002300
22002300
22002300
22002300
2200-2230

Australia, VL8A Alice Spg

Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
Belgium. R Vlaanderen Int
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, RCI Montreal

22002230
22002300
22002300
22002300
22002245
2200-2300
2200221 5
2200-2300
22002230
2200-2230

China. China Radio Intl

China. China Radio lnl l
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Guatemala. AWR
Hungary, Radio Budapest
India, All India Radio

22002230
2200-2215 as/vi
2200-2225
2200-2300
2200-2205
22002300
22002205
2200-2205
22002300
2200-2215
22002300
2200-2230
22002300
22002205
22002300
22002300
22002300

Iran. VOIRI Tehran

Italy. IRRS Milan
Italy. RA! Rome
Lebanon, Voice of Hope
Lithuania, Radio Vilnius
Malaysia. Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
Russia. Voice of
Sierra Leone, SLBS
Slovakia. AWR
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Spain. R Exterior Espana
Syria, Radio Damascus
Taiwan, VO Free China
UAE. Radio Abu Dhabi
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl

2200-2300

United Kingdom .BBC London

22002230
2200-2300
22002300
22002300
2200-2300

United Kingdom.BBC London

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. VOA Washington DC

22002300
22002300
2200-2300
22002300
22002300
22002300 VI
22002300
2200-2245
22062300
22302300
22302300
22302300
2240-2250
2245-2300
2245-2300

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL

USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Green Bush ME
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Finland. YLE/Radio
Lithuania. Radio Vilnius
Sweden, Radio
Greece, Voice of
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
India. All India Radio

22452300

Vatican State. Vatican R

9580pa
1t660pa
1t955pa
17860pa
4835do
5025do
4910do
5910eu
9700eu
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5960am
13670am
3985eu
9880eu
7385am
61BOna
9900eu
15186af
4915do
5980am
3955eu
7412eu
11715au
6175au
7125va
9710as
6280me
9710eu
7295do
11735pa
3326do
9720af
3316do
11610am
5965eu
9675af
12085na
17750eu
11 885na
5905eu
6090eu
11825eu
6195eu
9890as
11955va
6180eu
13815am
15590am
75 lOeu
7215va
9705va
15290va
7425na
9495am
7490na
9955am
15420am
9852eu
12160am
17845af
151 15pa
9650na
9710eu
6065eu
9425au
3366do
9705as
15145as
9600au

t 1750na
9935au

2200 UTC

7235eu
15150eu
9920eu

11690eu
15325eu

9400am

15050am

13650eu
17820eu

11640pa

9670as
11785as

9735af
15135af

9765as

9910eu

9950eu

11620au

7140eu

9580af

11850as

11915as
4935do

6150do

9860af
17605af
4990do
6135eu
9780cu
9550eu
7360eu
9820eu
12070na

9895af

11655af

7285eu
9815eu
9690eu
9480eu
11680eu
13615as

t5515af
11940eu
9530af
t 1750as

5026do
3915as
61 80eu
9410va
11835va

3915as
6190af
9580as
11945as

5975na
6195va
9740va
11955va

15070af

15400eu

13770eu
6160va
9760va
15410af
19379va
13615na
11760am
13760am
13595na

15665pa
7375af
11870va
15445af

15575eu
15095na

7415af
15185va
15580af

15405am

13845am 15685am
21515af
6185eu
3396do

4828do

9645as

15365pa

9730eu

11755af

17860pa

9610as
9645as
11695pa 11 855as
13755as 15365pa

9660pa
11 880pa
17795pa

11720eu

9755am 11705as 11895am

13740am 15305am
9400am
11960na

15050am

5935eu
9910eu
15225au

7250eu
9950eu

9835eu
11620au

11800as

4990do
t 1730na

11750as

15095na
21750eu
11970na
6010eu
7240eu

13605na
6020eu
7285eu

6080eu
9560eu

71 l Oas
11695au

7325va
11 750sa

9590va
11835af

9410va

12095eu

13625eu
7340af
9770va
15305va
13615na
13760am
13595na

13770sa
7375af
11760va
17735va

15405as
741 5af
t5185va
17820va

13845am
21525af
9665na

11845na

9935au
4915do
9950as

11745as

13750as

t 1830pa

15400af

October 1995

MONITORING TIMES

73

FREQUENCIES
2300-0000

Australia. Radio

2300-0000 vi
2300-0000 ~I
2300-0000 vi
2300-0000 vi
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
23000000
2300-0000

Auslraha. Vl8A Allee Spg

Australia. Vl8K Katherine
Auslraha. 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. RCI Montreal

2300-0000
2300-0000
23002310
23000000
2300-0000
23000000
2300-0000
23000000

Costa Rica. AWR Alajuela

Costa Rica. R Peace lnll
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Germany. Deutsche Welle
Guam. AWR/KSDA
Guatemala. AWR
India. All India Radio

23000000 I/vi
23000000

llaly, IRRS Milan

Japan. N~K/Rad10

2300-0000
23000000
23000000
23002305
23002350
23000000

Lebanon. Wings of Hope

Malaysia. Radio
New Zea and. R NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Russia. Voice of

23002317
2300-0000

Sierra Leone. SLBS

Slovakia. AWR

9610as
I 1695as
t7795pa
4835do
5025do
49t0do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6t60do
6t60do
5960am
t5305am
5030am
7385am
5895eu
9900na
7235as
t t980as
5980am
9705as
15t45as
7t25va
5965eu
t 1850as
9960va
7295do
15115pa
3326do
t 1700na
7300na
1t730na
33t6do
9965eu

9660pa
t t855as
t7860pa

1t645as
13755as

t 1660pa
t5365pa

9755am

t t940am t3670am

7375am
9400am
7370eu

9725am t3750am
15050am
t1635eu t3830eu

9690as

t t705as

2300-0000
23000000
23000000
23000000

Spa n. R Exterior Espana

Turkey. Voice of
UAE. Radio Abu Dhabi
Uniled Kingdom.BBC London

6t25eu
7185me
t t885na
5975na

9445na
t t970na
6t75na

t t7t0eu
t3605na
6195va

7t 10as

725Das

7325va

9580as

9590va

t 1945as
11835eu

11 955va

t3625as

13770sa
7375af

23002330
23002330
23000000
23000000
23000000
15405as

United Kingdom.BBC London

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl

t t 750sa
39t5as
t38t5am
15590am
t 7510as
75 tOeu

2300-0000

USA. VOA Washington DC

t7555sa
72t5va

7340at

9705va

9770va

It 760va

15290va

t5305va

t 7735va

USA. WEWN Birmingham Al

USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WVHA Green Bush ME
USA, WWCR Nashville TN

7425na
5745am
7490na
9955am
7355am
9852eu
5065am

t36t5na
9495am
t3595na

9475am

12160am

Australia. Radio

9645as

9850as

13605as

Netherlands. Radio
Palau. KHBNNoice ot Hope
Vietnam. Voice of
Greece. Voice of

6020na
t5140as
7250eu
9935sa

6165na

9845na

9840eu
t t 595sa

t50t0eu
1t645sa

7415at

t5185va

9950as

t 1745as

t3750as

6155eu

7t40eu

9580as

4990do
13650na
9620na
9530na
1t750as

9720af

t 7820va
2300-0000
2300-0000
23000000
2300-0000
23000000
23000000 \'I
23000000
t3845am
23300000
t5240pa
23300000
23300000
23300000
23352345

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays

2330

2300

Guam. AWR/KSDA Wavescan. A program tor DXers

and shortwave listeners produced al AWR's British
studio.
2309 Germany. Deutsche Welle: Asia-Pacific Report.
Correspondent reports. interviews and background
news fr om lhe As1a-Pac1f1c region.
23 t O Australia. Radio. Sports Bultehn. See S t t 20.
231 t Russia. Voice of Top Prionly. See S 05 t 1.
23t5 Guam. AWR/KSDA Pacific Island Journal. news and
stones about the Pac1f1c Islands.
2320 Australia. Radio: Network Asia John Westland hosts
lhis p1ogram of rndeplh 1nterv1ews and information
aboul world. regional and Australian issues (Sun-Thu).
The besl from the broadcast week and the domestic
network on Sat-Sun.
2324 Germany. Deutsche Welle European Journal. A review
of major events in Europe and Germany t111ough
interviews. analyses and background reports.
2330 Guam. AWR/KSDA: AWR Magazine. News and
interviews on Asian topics.
2332 Russia, Voice of: Audio Book Club. See S Ot 32.
2345 Guam. AWR/KSDA: Digging Up the Past. A look at
archeologrcal discoveries and research.

Mondays
2300
2309
2310
2311
23t5
2320
2324

Guam. AWR/KSDA Sounds of Inspiration An adull

Christian music program
Germany, Deutsche Welte: Asia-Pacific Report. See S
2309
Auslraha. Radio: Sports Bultelin. See S 1120.
Russia. Voice of Commonweallh Update.
Commonwealth ot lndependenl Stales (CIS)
developments.
Guam. AWR/KSOA Discovering the Bible Recitation of
scnplure in story form.
Australia. Radio: Network Asia See S 2320.
Germany. Deutsche Welte European Journal. See S
2324.

2332
2345

Guam. AWR/KSDA: The Bible in Living Sound. A

dramatic look al the bible.
Russia. Voice of: Russian by Radio. See S 1532.
Guam. AWR/KSDA: Voice of Prophecy An adull bible
study program.

Tuesdays
2300
2309
23t0
231 t
2315
2320
2324
2330
2332
2345

Guam. AWR/KSDA: Sounds ol lnsp11at1on. See M 2300.

Germany. Deutsche Welle: Asia-Pacific Report. See S
2309.
Australia. Radio: Sports Bulle1111. See S t 120.
Russia. Voice of: Commonweallh Updale. See M 2311.
Guam. AWR/KSDA D1scove11ng the Bible See M 2315.
Ausiraha. Radio: Network Asia See S 2320.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See S
2324.
Guam. AWR/KSDA: The Bible 111 Living Sound. See M
2330.
Russia. Voice of: Audio Book Club. See S Ot32.
Guam. AWR/KSDA: Voice of Prophecy See M 2345

Wednesdays
2300
2309

231O
2311
23 t 5
2320
2324
2330
2332
2345

Guam. AWR/KSDA: Sounds of Inspiration See M 2300.

Germany. Deutsche Welle: As1a-Pacif1c Report. See S
2309.
Australia. Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S t 120.
Russia. Voice of Commonwealth Updale See M 2311 .
Guam. AWR/KSDA D1scovenng the Brble See M 2315.
Australia. Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.
Germany. Deutsche Welte European Journal. See S
2324.
Guam. AWR/KSOA. The Bible "' Living Sound. See M
2330.
Russia. Voice of: Russian by Radio See S t 532
Guam. AWR/KSDA. Voice of Prophecy See M 2345.

Thursdays
2300

2309
2310
2311
23 15
2320
2324
2330
2332
2345

Ge1many. Deutsche Welle: Asia-Pacific Report. See S 2309.

Australia. Radio: Sports Bulletin. See S t 120.
Russia. Voice of: Commonweallh Update. See M 2311 .
Guam. AWR/KSDA: Discovering lhe Bible. See M 23t5.
Australia. Radio: Network Asia. See S 2320.
Germany. Deutsche Welte: European Journal. See S 2324.
Guam. AWR/KSDA: The Bible in Living Sound. See M 2330.
Russia. Voice of: Audio Book Club. See S Ot32.
Guam. AWR/KSDA: Voice of Prophecy. See M 2345.

Fridays
2300
2309
2310
23t 1
2312
23t5
2323
2330
2330
2332
2333
2345

Guam. AWR/KSDA: Sounds of Inspiration. See M 2300.

Germany. Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0208.
Australia. Radio: Asia Focus. See M t310.
Russia. Voice of: Commonweallh Update. See M 23 t t .
Germany. Deutsche Welle: The Week in Ge1many. See S
t609.
Guam. AWR/KSDA: Discovering lhe Bible. See M 2315.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Economic Notebook. See T
0332.
Australia. Radio: Al Your Request. See S 0330.
Guam, AWR/KSOA: The Bible in Living Sound. See M 2330.
Russia. Voice of: Timelines. See M 0332.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: The Jazz Corner. A musical
change-of-pace from lhe world of 1azz.
Guam. AWR/KSDA: Voice of Prophecy. See M 2345.

Saturdays
2300
2309
2310
2311
23t2
2315
2323
2332

Guam, AWR/KSDA: Wavescan. See S 2300.

Germany, Deutsche Welte: Commentary. See S 0208.
Australia. Radio: That's History. lnterpre1at1ons of pas1
evenls by 8111 Sunbury/Steven Rapley.
Russia. Voice of: World War II (1939-1945). See M 0111.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Sports Report. See S 0212.
Guam. AWR/KSDA Pacific Island Journal See S 23t5
Germany. Deutsche Welte: Mailbag Asia. See S 0216.
Russia. Voice of: Timelrnes. See M 0332.

Guam. AWR/KSDA Sounds ot 1nsp11at1on. See M 2300.

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Propagation conditions: Eastern United States

How to use the propagation charts: Propagation charts con be o n 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 descr ibing the geographic location of the station you want to hear. The Sun Spot Number used th is month
for forecasting purposes is 8.
CENTRAL AMERICA

Costa Rica

30 -

SOUTH AMERICA
Brasilia

30

25

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Johannesburg

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Once you've located the correct charts, look along the horizontal axis of the graph fo r the time you ore listeni ng. The top line
of the graph shows the maximum usable frequency (MUF), the heavy middle line is the frequency for best rece ption, or optimum
working frequency (OWF), and finally, the bottom line is the lowest usable frequency (LUF). You w ill find the best reception along
the heavy middle line. Circuits labeled (P) cross the polar auroral zone. Expect poor reception on these ci rcuits duri ng ionospheric
disturbances.
CENTRAL AMERICA
lo

Costa Rica

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30

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20

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DIGITAL
DIGEST
BAUDOT AND BEYOND

B Bob Evans
revans@astral.magic. ca

Whats in a Name?
Plenty, if You're the French Military

n Jul y, we looked at the formation of the

RF NAT O Routing Indicators (ca ll sig ns)
used in French mi li tary digital communications. This month we' II examine the naming conventi o ns used in message addresses.
Consider the following French Forces (FF)
transmission from Cayen ne on I 0798.2 in
ARQ-E3 96/400
ZCZC IZW 465
PP RFLIGC
DE RFLIF 0002132215
ZNR UUUUU
FM GROUPGEND FORT DE FRANCE
TO RFFAAX/GENDARMERIE PARIS
RFFAAX/INSPEGEND PARIS
RFFAAX/COMGENDOM ARCUEIL
ZEN/LEGEND FORT DE FRANCE
INFO RFLIDA/GROUPGEND ST CLAUDE
RFLIGC/GROUPGEND CAYENNE
ZEN/CIGEND FORT DE FRANCE
ZEN//GROUPMOBGEND TRINITE
ZEN/ESRONGENDMOBIL 15 DEPLACE
FORT DE FRANCE
BT
NON PROTEGE
.... ...... actual message starts here ....

You w ill note th at each Ro uting Indicator

(RFFAAX in the above example) is generall y
fo ll owed hy an addressee designator. In th is
example. the o ne RF callsign refers to three
distinct addressees:
GENDARMER IE PAR IS
INS PEG EN D PARIS
COMGENDOM A RCUEIL
It is no t unusual for o ne Ro utin g Indicator
to have multiple addressees. R FLI C. fo r example. usuall y refers to M ARfNE FORT DE
FRANCE. However. some o ther addressees
that ha ve used thi s same ca lls ig n are:
COMAR FORT DE FRANCE
COMSUP FORT DE FRANCE
MA IN FORT DE FR ANCE
MARINE SERTI M FORT DE FRANCE
SERNA V FO RT DE F RANCE
BATIMENT J ULES VE RNE"
UN IMAR FORT DE FRAN CE
It is log ical to assume. the n, that the mai n
communications ce nter at the naval base also
hand les traffi c for other unit s stationed there
as we ll.
At first g lance these addressee names seem

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uni ntelligible, hut you w ill soon realize th at

they are actually a contract ion o f several
words (in French, o f cou rse). The pract ice of
combining parts of words to form military
acronyms is by no means reserved to the
Frenc h. Cons ider the U.S. Coast G uard' s
designator CAMSATLANT (Communications Area Master S tati on-Atlantic). or the
U.S. Navy' s CINCPAC (Comma nder-i nChicf- Pacific ), as examples of thi s practice .
More exampl es from the Frenc h:
CECLANT
Com mandc Et Controle ,
atLANTique (Command
and Contro l Atlantic)
REGARTIMA
REGiment ARTllleri edc
MARine (Marine
A rlc illery Regiment)
RFFLCS YR B A TIMEN T S CECMED
SYRACUSE''
where
BATIMENTS = the French word fo r
"Sh ips"
CEC MED =
Commande Et Controlc.
MED iterannee
SY RACUS E =
Systeme de Radi o Communicati on Uti lisant un Sate llite
Syracusi: is the des ignati o n for the French
M inistry of Defence satel lite system . The
space segment of the syste m employs transpo nc.lers carried o n French Telecom satellites. The ground segment compri ses fix ed
statio ns w ithin France. together with mobile.
transpo rtable and shipbo rne statio ns. Data is
enc rypted for link sec urity and the satelli te is
accessed using the code-di vis io n multiple
access technique .

II French Naval Vessels

One o f the more c halleng ing aspects of
monitoring Frenc h Military di gita l traffic is
to correctly ide ntify the NATO Routing Indi cators and names of vesse ls of the French
Navy.
Fortu nately. the formati o n of their addresses follows a prescribed formul a. The
maj or Frenc h nava l ports located in France
are as fo llows:
RFFl
C H ERBOURG
RFFK
BREST
RFFL
TOULON
LORI ENT
R FFN
R FFO
ROC HEFO RT
By way of examp le. while stati o ned at its

home port in LORIENT. the address for the

vessel LA R IEUSE is fo rmec.I by usi ng the
four-letter port prefix ( RFFN in this case)
together w ith a three-letter suffix that is an
official abbrev iation of the vessel 's namcR FFNRES.
On many occasions . French traffic actually contains the word BATIMENT (ship in
French) before the name of the vessel. If
several vessels are c ited in the message, the
plural BATIM ENTS may be used. Transm issions o rig inati ng from Fort de France or Cayenne often use the follow ing phrase: TOUS
BATIMENTS E:"J ZONE PET ITES
ANTILLES (A ll vessels in the zone of the
Lesser Antilles).
By the ir very nature, however. ships do not
remain anchored at their home port forever.
You can often fo llow a voyage by intercepting traffic addressed to a vesse l at various
d iffere nt French outposts. For example, the
vessel LA R IEUSE did a tour of duty in the
Indian Ocean. On its voyage . it passed the
coast of West Africa and called in at the
French base at Djibouti . The vesse l address
was given as RFQPMRES where RFQPM is
MA RI NE TR ANSPO RT DJIBOUTI.
When it reached the French base at LE
PORT in the Re union Islands. traffic was
addressed to the vessel as R FV IRES where
RFVI is the des ig nator for LE PORT MAR INE .
So much for the general ru les: now for the
exceptions. M any ti mes when a vesse l is
a ncho red at an overseas base. only the actual
designator of the base addre ss is used si nce
the traffic is actually being passed th rough the
base to the ship. Fo r example. while ancho red
at Dji bouti. the address indicator may also
read RFQMP LA RIEUSE and at Le Port.
RFV I LA RIEUSE. Th is is o ne reason that
many monitor s logs (i ncl udingyourcditor' s)
often contain multiple addresses fo r the same
vessel.
Another common pract ice whcn se nding
traffic to more than o ne vesse l. is to spec ify
the address indicator for the first ship on ly .
For example : RFILIGJVN JU L ES VERNE
FRA:"JC !S GARNIE R MARNE ORAGE.
(RF LIG is Cayenne).
Although unconfirmed . there is evidence
that whe n a vesse l is operating on the hi g h

seas. the prefix RFFM (M for .. mer"= 'sea" in

French) is used. See Table I for a listing of
confirmed vesse l suffi xes.
A common misconception among many
mon itors i ~ that .. ALI NDIE is the name of
a French naval vessel. Actual ly. it is a contraction used to identify French Forces in the
Indian Ocean. He nce the phrase .. BATlMENT(s) ALI ND IEN" is intended as a general routing message to all French naval vessels operating in the Indian Ocean.

I Government Maritime Forces Police

Police forces of the GENDARMERIE

MARITIME (GM)andtheGENDARMERIE
DEPARTEMENT ALE(GT) man patrol craft
that are operated and maintained by the French
na vy. Their mandate is to protect naval bases
and establ ishments ashore-in effect. they
fu nction as mi litary police. You will often
encounter addressees such as COMGEN D.
GROUPGEND, LEGEND and the like. espe-

cially in Cayenne/Fort de France traffic. When

you spot the word "GENO'' in an address. you
can be sure it has someth ing to tlo with the
GENDA RMER IE. Some common ones you
may encounter are:
COMGENDAR Compagnie Gendarmarie
RFLI F GROU PGEND
FORT DE FR ANCE
Group Gendarmerie (Po
lice Group - Fort de
Frant:e)

TABLE 1 French Naval Vessel Suffixes

HULl#
D609
P682
F 782
M647
P681
M612
S605
M643
F 786
M623
P683
l 9077
F 729
F 793
M620
M613
F 797
F 796
F 726
M712
M716
F 727
C611
R 98
M 7 14
M713
M615
P684
l 9030
M737
M715
M642
D614
M646
F 795
D630
F 728
F 781
D61 2
D 61 1
l 9032
D633
D 625
D641
D603
A629
F 783
A757
F 784
A766
M64l
R 99
l 9011
l 9031
P685
P687
M61 7
D640
D638
P671
P679
A617
P686
F 791

VESSEL NAME
Aconit
l' Audocieuse
Amfiot d'lnville
Air:
Al tros
ALENCON
Amethyste
Andromede
Ouor. Moil. An
BACCARAT
lo Boudeuse
Bougainville
BALNY
Commandant Bloison
BERLAIMONT
BERNEVAL
Commandant Bouon
Commandant Birot
Commandant Bory
Cybele
Ceres
ADMIRAL CHARNER
COLBERT
Clemenceau
Clio

Col~

CA
0
lo Copricieuse
Chamfclain
CAPRCORNE
Circe
Cossiopee
Cassard
Croix du Sud
Commandant Ducuing
DUCHAYLA
DOUDART DE LAGREE
D' Estienne d'Orves
De Grosse
Duguoy-Trouin
Dumont D'Urville
DUPERRE
DUPETIT THOUARS
Dupleix
Duquesne
Duronce
Drogou
D'Entrecosteoux
Detroyot
l'ESTAFETTE
Eridon
Foch
Foudre
Francis Garnier
lo Fougueuse
lo Grocieuse
GARIGLIANO
Georges ~ues
LA GAUS NNIERE
GloiveGM
Grebe
Goronne
lo Glorieuse
Commandant
l' Herminier

SUFFIX
ACT
ADC
ADV
AGE
ALB
ALN
AMT
AND
.ANO
SAC
BDS
BGV
BLN
BLS
BLT
BNL
BOU
BRT
BRY
CSL
CER
CHR
CLB
CLM
CLO
CLP
CNO
CPC
CPL
CPR
CRC
CSP
CSR

cxs

DCG
DCH
DDL
DDO
DGS
DGT
DMT
DPR
DPT
DPX
DQN
DRC
DRG
DTX
DTY
EFF
ERD
FCH
FDR
FGR
FGS
GCS

GGO

GLG
GLS
GLV
GRB
GRN
GRS
HMN

VESSEL TYPE
Destrr,;er
Li!;Jht orces
Fngote
Mine Warfare Forces/Minehunter
Light Forces
Deleted 1993
Submarine
Mine Warfare Forces/Minehunter
Fritote
De eted 1993
light Forces
Amphibious Forces
Deleted 1992
Frigate
Mine Warfare Forces
Mine Warfare Forces
Frigate
Frigate
Frigate
Mine Warfare Forces/Minehunter
Mine Warfare Forces/Minehunter
Fri tote
Deeted 1992
Aircroh/Helico~ter Carrier
Mine Warfare orces/Minehunter
Mine Warfare Forces/Minehunter
Mine Warfare Forces
light Forces
Amphibious Forces
Mine Warfare Forces
Mine Warfare Forces/Minehunter
Mine Warfare Forces/Minehunter
Destroyer
Mine Warfare Forces/Minehunter
Fritote
Deeted 1992
Deleted 1991
Frigate
Destroyer
Destro~e r

Amphi ious Forces

Deleted 1992
Destroyer
Destroyer
Destroyer
Aux/ Underway Replenish. Tanker
Frigate
Survey and Research Vessel
Fri tote
Deeted 1991
Mine Warfare Forces/Minehunter
Aircroh/Helicopter Carrier
Amphibious Forces
Amphibious Forces
liglit Forces
Light Forces
Mine Warfare Forces
Destroyer
Destroyer
Government Maritime Forces
light Forces
Aux/Depot & Support Ship
li!;Jht Forces
Frigate

F749 EV HENRY
A603 Henri Poincore
A610 lie d'Oleron
D615 Jeon Bort
F 794 Enseigne
de Voisseou Jocoubet
l 9033 Jacques Cartier
R 97
Jeanne d' Arc
D643 Jeon de Vienne
F 785 Jeon Moulin
A620 Jules Verne
F 788 Second Moitre le Bihan
F 710 lo Fayette (bldg)
l 9034 lo Grandiere
F 792 Premier Moitre l' Her
D645 lo Motte-Picquet
F 789 Lieutenant de
Voisseou le Henoff
A615 Loire
D646 lotouche-T reville
F 790 lieutenant
de Voisseou Lavallee
M648 Lyre
D627 MAILLE BREZE
0642 Montcalm
P688 lo Moqueuse
A630 Marne
A607 Meuse
M618 MYTHO
l 9022 Orage
M645 Orion
M610 Ouistrehom
L9021 O urogon
p 760 Petulonte (GM)
M644 Pe~ose
M749 PH NIX
F 787 Commandant
de Pimodon
Primouguet
A625 PAPENOO
M 649 Persee
F 748 PROTET
p 673 Pertuisone GM
A632 Punoruu
p 690 lo Rieuse
A621 Rhin
A622 Rhone
p 689 lo Roilleuse
A618 Rance
A733 CDT RIVIERE
D602 Suffren
A631 Somme
P680 Sterne
A785 Thetis
A669 Tenoce
l 9007 TRIEUX
A646 TRITON
D610 Tourville
A608 Var
F 725 VICTOR SCHOELCHER
M619 VINH LONG
F 733 Ventose
M757 VERSEAU

HNR
HPC
IDl

JBT
JCB
JCR
JDA
JDV
JML
JVN
LBN
lFY

LGD
LHR
LMP
LNF
LRE

Deleted 1992
Deleted 1992
Survey ond Research Vessel
Destroyer
Frigate
Amphibious Forces
Aircroh/ Helicopter Carrier
Destroyer
Frigate
Aux/Maintenance & Repair
Frigate
Frigate
Amphibious Forces
Frigate
Destroyer
Frigate

LVL

Aux/ Depot & Support Ship

Destroyer
Frigate

lYR
MBZ
MCL
MQS
MRN
MSE
MTH
ORG
ORN
OTH
OUR
PCW
PEG
PHX
PMD

Mine Warfare Forces/Minehunter

Destroyer
Destroyer
light Forces
Aux/Underway Replenish. Tanker
Aux/ Underway Replenish. Tanker
Mine Warfare Forces
Amphibious Forces
Mine Worfore Forces/Minehunter
Mine Warfare Forces/Minesweeper
Amphibious Forces
Government Maritime Forces
Mine Warfare Forces/Minehunter
Deleted 1992
FrigoteD 644

PMG
POO
PRS
PRT
PSN
PUU
RES
RHN
RHO
Rll
RNC
RVR
SFN
SOM
STE
THT
TNC
TRX
TTN
TVL
VAR
VCH
VLG
VNS
VRS

Destroyer
Deleted 1993
Mine Warfare Forces/Minehunter
Deleted 1992
Government Maritime Forces
Auxiliaries Survey and Support Ship
light Forces
Auxiliaries/Depot & Support Ship
Auxiliaries/Depot & Support Ship
light Forces
Auxiliaries/Depot & Support Ship
Deleted 1992
Destnrr,er
Aux/ nderwoy Replenish. Tanker
transferred to Novy, Brest
Su~ and Research Vessel
Auxiliaries Survey and Support Ship
Amphibious Forces
deleted 1993
Destr0,er
Aux/ nderwoy Replenish. Tanker
Frigate
Mine Warfare Forces
Frigate
Mine Warfare Forces

NOTE: Vessels whose names a'{;:::,r in uphtr case ore identified

os "lnocfive in the latest issue o Jone's Fig t Ships.

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AMERICAN BANDSCAN
THE WORLD OF DOMESTIC BROADCASTING

Mobile DXing

m sure many of you have experienced

towers. For AM. try to get as fa r from busy
bri ef bouts with e lectrical noi se I Ed. Note:
roads as possibl e: you don't want ig nitio n
See this month's lead.feature story. ]. Denoise from a poorly-maintained veh icle to
fective insu lators on high-voltage power lines.
w ipe o ut th at long-sought statio n ID.
Nonnally, you'd think you'd want to be o n
powertools o n construct io n si tes, and failing
Ouo rescent lig hts are just a few of the possible
high ground fo r FM car radio DXing. And
usuall y, you'd be right. But if you li ve in hil ly
causes. These can sure make AM D Xing
country. you can use the hills to assist your
miserable-imag ine li ving in a place whe re
thi s noi se is present a ll the time'
Many of us have also heard two
o r more statio ns mixing and fillin g
most of the dial as we drive past a
radio tower. In many cases. some
unfortunate soul s Iive near the
tower and have to deal with that
continuo usly. (Just be grateful you
don't li ve in o ne apartment complex in Schaumburg. Illino is it' s between the towers of 50.000
watt stations W GN 720 kH z and
WBBM 780kHz!)Thi s latter problem also affects FM.
That' s one excuse: time is al so a KWNO 1230, KAGE 1380, and KAGE FM 95.3 are all
proble m for many of us. W e just part of a commercial LMA in Wi11011a, Mi1111esota.
don t have time to si t down in front
of a radio a nd DX. O r, we just don t have the
spare cash to buy a decent radi o for DXing.
DX ing. Drive to a place as c lose to a hi gh hill
If you 're in o ne of these situati o ns . you
o r bluff as poss ible, us ing th e hill to shie ld you
may have decided it' s futile to get into domesfrom some of the stati ons you normal ly hear.
tic-band DXi ng .
If you' re lucky, you' II knock clown the s ignals
of the 'pests.'' and something new wi ll come
But there 'san answer, accessible to almost
a ll of us: mobile DX ing 1 Most peo ple have
in. In some pl aces. it may be possible to d ri ve
already DXed from the car witho ut even
around a hill and receive seve ra l different
trying. W hile o n vacati on and looking for a
stations o n the same frequen cy'
news broadcast, we've stumbled across a
station 300-400 miles away. Or we've been
Safety first
changi ng stati ons and stu mbled across ChiSafety is always first prio rity. If you re not
cago, New York, Cincinnat i. or some other
sure you can tune the radio w itho ut tak ing
distant s tation.
your eyes off the road , you should park before
Car radio DXing is an excellent sol utio n
DXing. Do n ' tjust pull off to the side of a busy
for the would-be DXer in a noisy loc ation;
h ighway-pic k a safe parking spot. City/
you simpl y d ri ve somewhere qui e t. It 's a lso
county parks arc probably the best places to
the solution for the time-limited indi vidual:
go; they're usually safe, and you can watch
you can use the time spe nt d riving to/from
nature wh ile you DX.
work to do somet hi ng productive wit h the
Writing w hile driving is a lmost neve r a
radio. Fina ll y. most car radios are of espegood idea. Some hams who operate mobil e
cia ll y hi gh quality; you do n' t even need to
carry a small tape recorder in the car. T hey
buy anot her rad io.
read the ir log information onto tape, writing
the informatio n into the ir paper log when they
Where to go
get home. This is an excellent idea for the
If you have the lu xury of parki ng for
domestic-band mobi le DXer, too. And there s
awhile to DX, you also have to decide where
an added advantage: you have a recorder
to park. Obviously, you wa nt to stay away
ha ndy to preserve those DX catc hes for posfro m hig h-voltage power lines and rad io/TV
terity.

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DOUG SMITH, W9WI

MONITORING TIMES

October 1995

What to take
Again. a small tape recorder is a good
thing to car ry if you plan to DX while driving.
If you plan to do your DXing from a parking
space. you may want to carry the same refere nce books you use at home. The FM Atlas
(see March 1995 American Banclscan) is
especially handy, as it fits ni cely in the glove
compartment or the pockets in the
doors of many cars. Unfortunately,
I know of no AM guide of similar
size.
Some drugstores and office supply stores sell no tepads that stick to
the dashboard or windshield w ith a
suction cup. These are very handy
for logging your DX. (Bu t again ,
only while parked, please)

Bits and Pieces

lf you're willi ng to drive your
mobile DX station a few hu ndred
m iles. John Ballard of Richmond,
Virgin ia, suggests a part icul a rl y
good place to take it. Joh n recently d id some
DXing fro m Cape Hatteras, North Caroli na.
He writes, "Being o ut o n the poi nt, where
many people surf fis h. the enti re AM band o n
an ord inary car radio is filled. 880 WCBS in
NYC comes in at noon j ust like o n a crisp. fall
night.''
Cape Hatteras is also an excellent location
fo r FM and TV DX : serious DXers have been
known to spend their vacations the re si mply
watching for DX. 400-mi le reception into the
NYC area o r northern Florida is quite com-

Sl<IPPING IN
This month, we hove some of Harold
Frodge's DX from eastern Michigan. Harold
logged a number of Caribbean stations; other
DXers in the East stand a good chance of
hearing these, too.
ZIZ-555
St. Kitts
DBC-595
Dominica
Rebelde-600
Cuba
WHGH-840
Thomasville, Ga.
WMAZ-940
Macon, Ga.
YVNR-1080
Maracay, Venezuela
WFBC-1330
Greenville, S.C.
"WDAB" -1660 Chicago
We're quickly entering the AM DX season;
send your catches lo me at Box 98, Brasslown
NC 28902.

a1Tival in a strange city. press a few good shape. and your station references are
up to date. And don ' t forget 10 send me your
buttons. and your radi o would automaticall y switch to the strongest cow1- DX catches!
try mu sic station.
The Electron ic lndu tries Association is spending over $500.000 to insta ll
RBDS eq uipment at radio stations in
'
the 25 largest U.S. c it ies. Stations
MAGNETIC LONGWIRE
equipped so fa r inc lude WNYC.
lI
WNEW. and WHTZ in New York.
KTWY in Los Ange les. and KYXY in
San Diego. At thi s ti me. onl y FM stations ca n transmit RBDS data. but a
scheme for AM RBDS is hc.: ing dcvelopcd.
Local Markc.:ting Agrcements.:pl
LMA ~-fo r separately-owned stations
~. ..;~ v
:
,c
to carry each other's program ming have
This impressive tower belongs lo WSM 650. If
N ow! For SWL' s usirig longwire antennas.
become quite popular. These agreeyou come to Middle Tenn essee, you can see it
Use coa xial cable lrom antenna to receiver.
Low noise receplion lrom 500 KHz lo 30 MHz.
ment s almost always invo lve commeralong Interstate 65 i11 llre11twood. As there's
Your longwire may be up 1n the clear but the w ire
cial stations. Now. an agreement be011/y one to wer 0 11 the site, you can tell WSM is a
to lhe radio cornes down near the compu ters, light
11011-directional station (see September 1995
dimmers. TV sets. fluorescent l1gh1s and other
tween two non-commercial stations is
sources of noise This noise 1s added to the signals
American 8a11dsca11 ).
proposed in Winona. Minnesota. Alan
you are trying to hear.
Masiga sent information on a proposal
Add Palomar's MLB-1 balun lo your anl enna and
use coaxial cable l o your radio. Coax doesn't pick
mon there. Indeed. John placed a cellular for KQAL 89.5 to receive ~orne of its proup noise. Reception is clearer and quiel er. The
phone call- and di scovered he was working gramming fro m WLSU 88.9 in La Crosse.
anl enna impedance match is improved so your
radro gels a sl ronger signal. S1a1ic charges go to
th rough a cell in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Wisconsin.
ground, not through the radio
almost 300 miles away!
Under the proposal. WLSU would provide
Model MLBl $39.95 + S6sh1pp1ng/handling 1n U.S
& Canada. Calllorn1a res1den1 s add sales tax
A Florida FM DX target is increasi ng Nat ional Public Radi o programming to KQAL
power. Martin Theil forwarded an item from in return fo r KQAL's transmiss ion of WLSU
VISA
the Tam pa Tribune regarding the former big- fund-raising drives. KQAL would receive 25%
Send lor FREE catalog lhat shows our complete line
of antennas. preamplifiers. filte rs end more.
band stat ion WGUL 105.5. In March. WGU L of money raised in the Winona area. The
moved to 96. I and sold the I05.5 frequency to overall types of programming ca1Ticd on KQAL
Ci ticastcrs. ownersofWXTB 97.9 "98 Rock.''
wouldn't c hange much: the station currently
who changed the format to c lass ic rock and airs news. classical music. and jaz;r during the
the call lcllers to WTBT. Now. the station' s day. and alternative rock al night.
BOX 462222, ESCONDIDO, CA 92046
program director tells the paper WTBT has
As October continues. AM DX condi tions
Phone (619) 747.3343
applied to increase power from 6.000 wall s to will improve considerably. This is a good time
FAX (619) 747.3345
100.000. The statio n will also move its an - to make sure your antenna and radio are in
tenna to the WXTB tower.
Among Harold Frodge's DX hee Skipping In) is a "WDAB'' Chicago. Harold heard
DX TEST BULLETIN
this station in late February re laying WFRL
These special test broadcasts provide a unique opportunity to hear and identify the following
1570 kH z from Freeport. Illinois. If you heard
stations. If you hear their broadcasts. please let the engineer know at the address provided.
th is experimental digital radio station. Harold
says you can write Jeff Andrews. :B2 South
Monday Oct2- KLZ-560. 2 150 West 29th Avenue, Denver. CO 80222, will conduct a DX test
Michi gan AYenue, Suite 605. Chicago IL
2-2:30am EDT. The Lest will include voice IDs, contemporary Christian music, and Morse
60604 fo r a QSL.
code. Send receptions re pons to: Mr. K.C. o Brien. Chief Operator.
A new technology blurs the distinction
Thursday, Oct 2- WOBL-1 320, P.O. Box 277, Oberlin, OH44074, will conduct a DX test 12l 2:30am EDT. The test will i1u.:ludc test tones and Morse code IDs. Send reception reports to:
betwee n radi o and tele vision. RBDS stands
Mr. Tracey Liston, Chief Engi neer.
for "Radio Broadcast Data Sy~ t e m ," a sy~ tem
Saturday, Oct7 - WZEP- 1460. P.O. Box 627, Defuniak Springs. FL 32433 will conduct a DX
that transmits data along wi th an FM rad io
rest 5-6:00am EDT. The test will include voice IDs. test tones. and Morse code IDs.Send
sig nal. Th is system has been in place in Eurece ption reports to Mr. Art Dees. General Manager.
rope for years. where it' s known as RDS. A
Monday, Ocl 30- KFA Y-1030. P.O. Box 878, Fayetteville, AR 72702, will conduct a DX test
variety o r text can be transmitted-traffic
3-4:00am EST. The test will include Morse code IDs. Send reception reports to Mr. Andrew
informa tion. weather. emergency info rmaSrephens (K B5ZSY). Chief Engineer.
tion. progra m schedules. even adverti sing.
Car radius can be set up to automati cally
The c tests were <UTanged by J.D. Stephens for the l111ernational Radio Club of America
turn on when e mergency bulletins are transCourtesy Program Commi ttee (P.O. Bux 1831, Perris, CA 92572- 183 1. USA: 32 cent stamp
(US$ I or I IRC overseas) for sample bulletin.
mi11ed. Also. stati ons can transmit a code for
the type of music playetl. You could. upon

BALUN

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PALOMAR
ENGINEERS

October 1995

MONITORING TIMES

81

fEDERAL FILE

John Fulford, WA4VPY

A GUIDE TO GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS

Whos on What and Where ...

he federal governme nt radio frequencies arc not e nforced by the

Federal Communication s C o mmiss ion: They are allocated and e nforced by
the National Telecommuni cati o ns and ln for111ation Admini strati o n. a branch of the
Department of Commerce . The NTIA enforces the federal po rti on o r the radio spectrum and also develops te lecommunications pol icy fo rihc executi ve branch of the
govern1m:n1.
In 1993. Cong ress passed the Omnibus
Budget Reconc iliation Act. Title V I of this
Act required the govern ment to turn over 200
MHz of the pectrum- all be low 6 GHz- to
the pri vate ~cctor. With the development of
new and e me rging technologies. it was fe lt
that mon: spectrum would be needed.
Three req uire me nts were to be met before
any frequ enc ies could be reall ocated. They
were:

I.

3.

The frequenc ies mu st be a ll ocated

c urrent ly to the federal gove rnme nt.
The frequenc ies a re not needed fo r
prese nt or immedi ate future needs.
The freq u enc i e~ must be made available over the next 15 years

Whe n the re po rt was made avaiIable to the

public o n the fin al decis ions of reallocation of
frequencies. no mc nt io n was made of the 7
M l-l l used by th..: govern111e nt bctwec n 30 and
50 MHz. T here arc some fede ral land mobile
a ll ocatio ns in this range, particularly be tween
40 and 42 Ml lz. Most o f the allocations are
made to the milita ry. Some of these are for
land mo bile military base and mo bile units.
O thers arc tactical military freque ncies. As
was mentioned in a previo us col umn. the
mili tary uses backpack radios in the 30 to 75
MH l range. The c are ge nerally lo w pmver
allocations. with mobile un its running less
tha n 50 wall~ and the backpack units running
l es~ tha n 5 watts.
The NTIA decided that the best port io n of
the spectru m to carve up would be abo\e 75
MHz. It was decided that any spec trum had to
b..: at l ea~t 2 M Hz wide for any new service.
They further went on to say that a small slice
of the spec trum would be useless for new
techno logy. but if th is 2 MH z was next to an
ex isting fed eral assig nme nt. it would allow
this expansio n to ha ppe n.

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MONITORING TIMES

October 1995

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And who's going to move ...

The fi rst segme nt of spcc lrum which is
elig ible under the above cri teria would appl y
to the 74.8 to 75.2 MHz range used for Instrume nt La nd ing Syste ms. However, these fre quencies arc used worldwide and arc crit ical
to aeronautical navigatio n.
The sa me is true of the 108 to 118 MHz
range. whi ch is used by ILS ( Instrument Landing Systems) and VOR (V HF Omnidi rectional Range) systems. The range from 118 to
137 MHz is used by governme nt and private
users for world wide aeronauti cal voice communicatio ns. Therefore. any reallocatio n of
thi s portio n o f the spectrum is o ut of the
question.
A number of mcleorolog ical sate llites ope rate in the 137 to 138 MHz band. Thi s
po rtio n of the band had been previo usly a ll ocated for navi gation satellites, and is safe
fro m reallocati o n.
The band from 138 to 150.7625 MHz is
used extensively fo r land mobi le and fi xed
base statio n use. T his range is used almost
exc lusively by the military. except fo r 144.0
to 148.0 MH z whi ch is allocated to the 1womcte r amate ur band . As reported in previo us
co lu mns. in the New York Ci ty area the FBI
has al so been heard in thi s porti o n of the
spectrum using freq uencies in the I50-15 1
MHz range.
Forty-eight Federal agencies are allocated
to the 162 to 174 MHz porti o n of the spectrum . The Department of Justi ce is the largest
user of this range. wit h over 17 .000 allocatio ns. fo llowed by Agriculture with over9000.
Treasury with 5000, FAA with 4000. and the
Army wi th 3300.
As was stated in the repo rt. the Federal
go vernme nt use of thi s band is essential. It
meets a w ide range of law e nforcement and
administrati ve two-way radio needs . With a

hi gh investme nt in thi s band. and w ith no

alternati ve portio ns of the spectrum available. thi s portio n of the band is safe.
The range of 216 to 220 MHz is
shared by the Government a nd c ivilians
for low powerte lcmetry and wildli re trac king. In the Southeast and Southwest there
is an exte ns ive fence radiating upward,
looking for anything coming from space
back into o ur atmosphe re. T his fence was
d.:sig n.:d for trac king incomi ng rockets in
the event of a hostile auack . but now it is also
used for looking for o bjects" coming in fro m
o uter space.
Also in use in th is range is no n-Government marine usc a lo ng the Mississippi ri ver.
plus some broadcast services.
As mentioned in previo us colum ns, the
Federal government has access to the private
land mobile channe ls in the 220 to 222 MHz
band. The Fede ral government will fit in rig ht
alo ngside the c ivili an. two-way users o f thi s
new band.
225 to 400 MHz is used widel y by the
mil itary. The segment of 328.6 to 335.4 M Hz
is used for !LS g lide slo pe transmitters . The
FAA ope rat e~ over 1000 transmiuc rs in thi s
ba nd. umcrous m ilitary fun c tio ns, such as
airborne. sea. and la nd-based exerc ises use
thi s band. Most military satelli te downlinks
are in the 240-270 MHz range .
The De partment o f Defense calls the 225-WO MHz band the most critic al part of the
rad io spec trum . The re arc over 23,000 allocatio ns. so any reallocati o n o f any portion of thi s
band would cau se maj or di sruption. Scratch
thi s fro m the li ~ t.
The range of 400 to 402 MHz is used for
space research. with the range of 400.15 to
-W 1.0 allocated to the sate llite service . The
range of 402 to 406 MHz will see increased
use. inc luding ~o m e wind profi le radar. which
is c urre ntl y all ocated to the 449 MH z range.
The 406.1 to 420 MHz range is Federal
Government land mobile. with 47 federal
agenc ies using this range. No potential for
reall ocation here.
The range of 420-450 MHz is allocated to
the Federa l Government for rad iolocation use
a nd for some hig h power. long range. radar
systems critical to national defense. This porti on is a lso shared w ith the Amateur Service .
Cong ress thoug ht it best to leave thi s range
alone.

The range of 902 to 928 MHz is a catc hal I range, shared by a number of services.
These include Part 18 industrial. sc ientific
and medica l (ISM). diathermy machines.
industrial ovens. cordless phones, and many
others. The FCC has allocated the Au1omo1i ve Vehicle Monitoring Systems there. The
Tcletrac Company uses a number of frequenc ies in major metro areas. The Amate ur
Radio Serv ice is also fo und there. along w ith
the Federal Gove rnment. The U.S. Navy is
the biggest user. w ith shi pboard radar in the
890-960 MH z range. Congress w ill leave
this band a lone. also.
The range of 932 to 935 and 941 to 944
MHz is shared with the Pri vate Radio service. The FAA and the Department of Agric ul ture are major users. a long with the Department of Energy. The la test CD-ROMs
that provide frequency range in formation
show new allocations for the Federal Gove rnment in this range. Congress will leave
thi s ba nd alone . The range of 960-1215
MHz is used for airborne transponders and
distance-measuring YOR stations. It al so is
used by the military for TACAN operations
and the AW ACS military frequency hoppin g systems . ll is le ft al one al so.
The band of 12 15 to 1240 MHz is used
fo r G lobal Positi o ning Systems. The e nti re
range of 1240 lo 1400 MHz is used for long
range radars o f various types. The band of
1240- 1300 MHz is a llocated to the Amateur
Radio Service.
T hree freque ncy ranges were determined
to be c ritical for national defense. They arc:
A. 1240-1400 MHz
B. 3100-3600 MHz
C. 1240- 1350 MHz
In the range o f 1240- 1350 MHz, the Ai r
Force and FAA operate long range survei1lance rad ar syste ms. The freq uency of
138 1.05 is used by the Department of Defe nse for downlinks from the Nuc lear Detonati on Detcetion Syste m satellites.
The range of 1370 to 1400 MHz wi ll be
rea llocated to the private sector, but nol unti I
January I. 1999. This will give lime lo provide protection to adjacent bands. incl uding
the 1400-1427 MHz radio astronom y band.
The reall ocation of this radio astronomy
band w ill not occur- the worldwide scientifi c community would be in an uproar.
The range of 1427-1435 MHz is used by
the military. both for tactical
rad io re lay systems and airborne
tele me try. generall y al test
ranges. The range o f 1427- 14 32
MHz w il l be given to the private
sector in 1999. reserv ing 14321435 MHz for use at cert ain
mi litary bases.

T he bands of 1435-1525 and 2360-2390

MHz are used by Govern menI agencies and

the ir contractors for flight test te le metry.
The segments from 1525-1530 and 23102360 MHz wi ll be rea llocated 10 the private
sector.
The range of 1670 to 1710 MHz is for
meteorological aids. w ith GOES operating
al 1680. The range of 1670 lo 1675 MHz will
be given to pri vate use.
The range or 1710 to 1990 MHz is used
for a multitude of po int-lo-poi nt fi xed links
of Government agenc ies. The range of 176 11842 is for Space use. The Department of
Justice has some interesting point-to-po int
links in the above region: look/listen fo r
them in large cities. Reallocation of this
band 10 highe r frequen cy ranges would be
cost-prohibitive. T here w ill be mi xed use
from 17 10-1 755 MHz. but not until the year
2004.
The range of 2200 to 2300 MHz is critical for Space operations and Federal Space
programs. The range of 2300 to 2310 MHz
is fo r low power radar test systems. NASA
has deep space operations in the range of
2290-2300. Thi > band is safe.
The range of 2390 to 2400 MHz is also
used for radar test systems. The Budget Ac t
requires the fi rs t 50 MH z be turned over 10
publ ic use immed iately. T he same for 2402241 7 M H:t. also.
The band of 2400 to 2450 MHz is shared
with Amateur and IS M service, w ith amateur sate lli te use al 2400-2402. Microwave
ovens operate al 2450 M Hz. and this is the
greatest obstacle 10 the rea llocation of thi s
section of the band .
The band of2700 to 3100 MHz is used by
aircraft and mariti me radars. T he range of
4200 to 4400 MHz is used by a irborne radar
a ltimete rs. T hese bands arc safe.
The range of 3 100 to 3600 MHz is used
by a wide assortment of radar systems. including A WACS and tethe red balloon, drug
i111erdic1ion systems.
The 3600-3700 MHz range is used fo r
shipboard rada r. However. the 3650-3700
range w ill be given to public use. 4400-4990
MHz is used for everything from troposcatter
systems lo point-to-point aeronautical telemetry. Worldwide military lactical users
are numerous. The Navy LAMPS wideband
ship-helicopter duplex syste m uses this range.
The Department of Energy uses
it for fi xed links, and the Treasury Departme nt makes use of
these frequencies for the ir tethe red balloon radar syste ms for
drug interd icti on.
T he range of4635-4685 MHz
range wi ll be wrned over to the

public in 1997. The range of 4660-4685 M Hz

range is to be turned over to pub lic use immediately.
So. what" s lcfl ? Eliminat ing the protected
ranges, it looks like the major reall ocations
will be in the 2390-2400. 2-102-2-117. and
4660-4685 MHz ranges.

I Intercepts
We only have room for a few thi s monlh.
A reader from Pon land, Oregon. w ho wishes
10 re main ano nymous. sends in the fo llowi ng
FB I allocations :
FBI, Portland A rea
Rptr Out
167.2125
167.2875
167.5125
167.6125
167.7625

Rptr In
163.6375
162.7375
167.6375
163.8375
163.9625

Channel
BRAVO 1&2
MAIN CHANNEL
also 167.2125 out
ALPHA 1&2 (TAC OPS)
MAIN CHANNEL

Portland Area, Miscella11eous

Frequency
170. 925 and 170.875
168.125 rptr out
169.900 rptr in
169.625
165.850 rptr out
172.700 rptr in
419.975
167.3375 simplex
163.8625 Delta-6

Comments
Sheridon Correctional
Facility
APHIS--onimal
damage control
Air-to-air APHIS use
Bonneville Power
Admin
Veterans Hospital
maintenance
FBI, Vancouver
FBI Channel- -used
SWAT Teams

by

If you li ve on the East Coast and wanl a

little thrill for Halloween. li sten 10 the spooky
sounds on 17 11 kHz. I found it one night
dri ving down a deserted 1-95. l 1hough1 the
mother ship was landing ! The signal is part of
the diffe rential G PS system-probably in the
vic ini ty of Mob ile. A labama, according lo
ou r direction-fi ndi ng fix.
See you al the Grove Expo!

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PiLANE TALK
Jean Baker K/N9D

MAKING SENSE OF CIVILIAN AERONAUTICALCOMMUNICATIONS

Brush Up Your Basics

elcomc aboard! Thi~ momh we arc
going to do an overview of our
hobby for the begi nning scanner
(V HF) and shortwave (HF) monitors. We ' ll
catch up with the intermediate and experi enced liste ners in fu ture columns.

I "Gearing" Up
Let" s start off hy going back to the very
your fi rst short wave receive r
or ~c ann e r. It s not a wise choice 10 buy an
expensive piece of eq uipme nt if you're just
starting out as a monitor. Suppose you find
out that thi s hobby isn1 for you and youre
rea lly not interested in mon itoring the ai r
bands-or any type of radi o transmissions for
that matter: you ve blown a lot of money for
someth ing you're not going 10 use.
For the beginning monitor. $ 150 to $375
wi ll buy a very nice scanm:r or shortwave
unit. Nowadays. most scanners and HF receivers come equipped with di git al readouts.
direct frequency ent ry. and anywhere fro m I0
to I000 memories ! There are many manu facturers that produce HF receivers and scanner!>
that arc ideal for newco m e r~ to our hobby.
Radio Shack. Bean.:at. Sangean. and Sony arc
j ust a few of these. The Sony 20 I0 is distinctive because it receives both the VHF and HF
aero bands!
When purchasi ng an HF receiver. re member that if you're going to monitor the aero
ba n d~. your eq uipment 11111s t be able to recei vc
sid eba nd t ran smiss ions. Almo st a l l
air\ground\ai r tran ~ mi ss ion~ are in upper sideband (US B) on HF. So make sure that the set
you purchase has sideband reception capabi lities. You can check this by looking for a
button or knob that says BFO (beat freq uency
oscill ator) or SS B on the receiver. Without it.
cverything that' s said will sound as if Alvin
and the Chipmunh arc talking.
There arc only a few compa nies that make
scanners which receive the VHF aero band
exc lusiw ly: one of them is Sony (a handheld
model). Most scanners that have the aero
band al~o include other bands such as fire.
pol ice. ambulance. and other public services.
So if your interest lies in monitori ng the aero
band only. you' re going 10 have a bunch of
other hands that you may neve r listen 10.
However. it wouldn 1hurt to give some of the
other hand s a listen occasionall y. Many moni ba ~ i cs- buy ing

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Th e Newark Air Traffic C1111trol Tower.

cn11trib11ted by Bill Wolf

tors arc also interested in other transmissions

outside of the VHF aero hand.
I am not goi ng to say too much ahout
outdoor antennas as that's not my area of
experti se. Ir you have questi ons about anlennas, please write lo MT s amcnn a columnist
Clem Small (A ntenna Topics). or "Uncle"
Skip Arey who writes The Beginners Corner. I wi ll mention that indoor antennas. ampl ifiers. and prearnps l'or thc apartment d weller
arc easy to use. and Grove Enterprises. o ur
parclll company. has a great ~e l ec tion to choose
from. In some instance s.just a plai n old length
of win: wil l do. Some monitors are fortunate
not to need any ante nna except the ex tendable
whip that comes with the scanner or HF ri g!
This will depend on where you li ve. howev;...

I Finding the Frequencies

Well. now that you've gotten your receiver
out or the box and pluggcd in- what nex t?
r:or the VHF aero band. the savvy monitor
will fi rst contact hi ~ or he r local ai r tra ffic
facil ity (tower. tracon. center. or night service
~ ta t ion) and ask the air traffic manager for a
list o r frequencies u:-.cd in their area. If you
don' t li ve close to an air traffic control (ATC)
facility. please let me know and I'll locate the
nearest one for you.

What wi ll you hear on the VHF aero bands?

Pilots communicating with ATC or their
companie s (frequen c ies from 128.850
th rough I:n .ooo megahertz are all ocated to
airli nes and AR INC-a company providing
phone patches and additional typcs of support for the airlines.). Depending on the location and di stance from the ground transmitters. you may also hear the pilots and the
controllers tal king. Another interesting portion of the band is that used by flight service
station s ( 122 . I00- 123.000 MHz). Although
FSSs arc mostl y utilized by pri vate pilots,
you' ll hear comme rcial flights talking to
them also.
Incidentally. the controllers at the tower
handle !lights taking off and landing; the
Tracon (Ierminal Radar Cont rol) controllers
take care of approach and departure; the Air
Route Traffic Control Centers work the flights
en route. Flight Service Stat ion personnel
give weat her brie fings, file !li ght plans. assist in fi nding mj ssing ai rcraft . keep navaids
in working order. etc. So if you' re just starting out and al ready have obtained the local
freq uenc ies. enter them in to your station's
memories and listen up!
Of course. you can always do a search scan
on the VHF aero communications band which
run s from 118.000 through 135.750 megahert z. but that can be frustrating if you don' t
know what facilities use which frequencies
and have to stop scanning to wait until you
hear either a pilot or controll er ide nti fy it!
Mai l order catalogs and electroni c outlets
al so se ll freq uency guides. The onl y problem
with using VHF frequency guides is that
freq uenc ies arc changed so often these guides
would have lo be publ ished every six months
to keep current freq uencies in pri nt. Consequently. freq uencies will sometimes be listed
that arc no longer in use. and their replacements will not be found.
Transmissions on the HF aero bands can be
heard from 2.8 through 26 megahertz. As a
new HF aero monitor. the best ass istance you
can have is a friend or acqu aintance who
already has some experience with monitoring
HF aero transmissions. If you don ' t have
s?mconc who can walk you through the basics. remember. that's what Plane Talk is here
for' Wri te lo me with your questions any time.
There arc also frequency guides for HF aero
monitoring (G rove's Slwmrnve Directorv is

Aero co1111111micatio11s operators on HF,

contributed by David Eason.
one that comes to mind), and these may be
eas ier to use than their VHF counterparts. as
the freqson the HF bands don ' t c hange half as
often as do the ones oo the VHF band.
A lot o f fac tors come into play regarding
monjtoring the HF aero bands because how
well you hear air/ground tra nsmissions will
de pe nd on weather. sunspots . interference
from electrical appliances, and other variables. When conditions are idea l and transmissions come in c learly. sometimes you'll
mon itor pilots talking wi th ground stations
half a worl d away! They' II g ive posi tion reports giving exact ly where they are at that
time, weather condition s aloft. location and
time for the next position report , and other
information. J ust as you' ll find on the VHF
aero comms band. the re arc also frequen c ies
that are allocated for airc raft to communicate
with the ir companies. eithe r directly or wi th
the assis1ance of AR INC and ot her communication carriers.
To end this chapter on tips for monitors.
remember that mon itoring is a hobby and
hobbies should be fun a nd interesting, not
frustrating; it" s the quality. not the quantity o f
monitoring. that makes it exci ting .

I Readers' Corner
Jack T ilson sends us a report on Baltimore/
Washjngton Inte rnati o nal Airport's new observation deck. He says that it' s a two-story
indoor observation gallery in the cente r of the
terminal . The ga lle ry has a 147-foot wide wal l
of windows that look directly out onto the
airfie ld. Comfortable lounge chairs and a restaurant face the w indows on the second fl oor.
and a children' s play area faces them on the
first level.
While the kidd ies are c heck ing out the
airplane theme toys. adults can cl imb inside a
fli ght simulator to do a mock landing of a
plane at BWI. They can a lso touc h the threefoot high wheels, nose cone. first class seats.
tai l fin. and other parts of a 737 that once
be longed to the Baltimore Orio les.

Around an 88-foot c urving wall are

displays on the history of aviation. interac ti ve computer screens give up-Iodate weather and air traffic information. Last. but not least. a three-dimens iona l acry lic-and-glass model illustrates how the airspace around BWI is
di vided fo r various types of n y ing .
Natural ly, there's also a place to
shop. The Smithsonian Institute has
1,000 square feet for its first pe rmane nt
gift shop out side its Washington museums. The shop sell s aviation related
items. including many of the same products featured in its Air and Space Museum gift shop. Baltimore, here I come!
Othe r a irports are also starting to bring
back the observation deck or lounge. Philadelphia International Airport has a n architect
looking at the feasibility of adding a viewing
area to an e xpanded and re novated bu ilding
that wi ll connect Tcm1ina ls Band C. used by
USAir. The renovations arc scheduled for
completion in about two years.
One of the most recent-and dramaticobservation decks is in Frankfort (Germany)
A irport ' s Termin al 2, used by Delta. USAir
and British Ai rways among ot hers. The outdoor dec k run s most of the length of the I 0gate building. Frankfort" s origina l bu ilding.
now ca lled Terminal 1. also has a large observation deck on its roof. as does Amsterdam s
Schipol Airport.

Monitoring the Comics

Bob Bell. our corresponde nt from Australia. writes a column called "On the A irbands"'
for Australian A Piario11 MaK<izine. Bob says
Dr. S tephen Downes contributed the fo ll owing two stories:
Afte r departing Sydney. Qantas Airlines
# 153 had just been passed to Brisbane Control. CONTROL: Qantas 153, transmission
check. Could you do a quick count for me?"
QANTAS 153: "' Ecnie mccni e minie mo, can
you hear my radio? If it squea ls, please let me
know. Eenie meenic min ie mo.""CONTROL:
(making absolutel y no comment) ... "'Qantas
153. read ing you li ves."' (Five by fi ve-perfect reception. )
Overheard at Houston Intercontine nta l
Ai rport one mo rning some yea rs back:
TOWER: "'Eastern 702. clear for takeoff.'"
T he a ircraft commences its takeoff rol l. gathe rs speed. reaches VI and V2 and rotates out
of the airfi eld. The pilot speaks with the
Tower again. EASTERN 702: 'Er... Tower,
Eastern 702. We're sw itc hing to Departure
ri ght now, but thought you' d like to know. by
the way ... as we lifted off. wc saw some kind

of dead animal on the far e nd of the runway!"'

TOWER: 'National 63. you "re clear fo r takeoff, and did you copy those remarks fro m
Eas te rn 702 9 "" NAT IONAL 63: '' Roger.
T ower, we're cleared fo r takeo ff, a nd
yes ... wevc a lready notified our caterers !""
S ick, ... but funn y! Herc ' s one fro m my
own collection. One morning o n my scanner
I overheard this exchange: CONTROLLER:
"United 41, can you increase your airspeed as
muc h as possi ble?'" UNITED 43: ''Affi rmati ve- we' ll flog the beast!"'
Th is old story has been around for years :
'From the guy in the plane to the gal in the
tower. I' m ready to go--can I g ive er the
power?'" CONTROLLER: To the guy in the
plane from the gal in the g lass. you have my
permission, now give er the gas!'"
T hat 's all for now. If you have any funni es
you ' d like to contribute, send em in to Plane
Talk. Next time we' ll vis it the San Franc isco
Air Traffic Control Tower. share more contribut ions from readers. and look at some HF
and VHF aero frequencies.
Until then, 73 a nd out.

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SATELLITE TV
Ken Reitz, KS4ZR

ADVENTURES IN THE CLARKE BELT

The Ethnic Face of Satellite TV

ver si.nce Mo ngo l nomads scampe red

across the froze n Bearing Strait and
Norse sail o rs braved the bl ack flies of
the nort heastern edge o r thi s cont ine nt , we
have been a nati o n of immig rants.
As always. for all o f us, there' s nothing
like a le tter from home to cheer things up-unless. of course. it' s a te levisio n beam from
ho me. O ve r the last few years ethnic prog ramming has been w idely available on virtually eve ry satellite in o ur nook of the C larke
Belt.

11 An Early Start
Prior to the advent of cab le and satellite
techno logy, folk s a lo ng way from ho me had
to rely on shortwave broadcasts, local lowpowcr radi o statio ns (if they were lucky). o r
reading week-old newspapers from the ho meland.
Ag lanceata 198 1 WcstsatSatell iteChannel Chart shows that even thoug h the re were
o nly nine sate ll ites in our skies-most with
o nly a few c hanne ls-ethnic programming
already abounded.
Among the first to transmit suc h programming we re the Inuit of Canada 's First Nation
and Mexico's XEW-TY fro m Mexico C ity .
Programmers such as Spani sh International
Netwo rk (S IN) . Galavision. Natio nal Jewi sh
Te lev ision (NJT). and Blac k Ente rta inment
Network ( BET) served a narrow audience
niche large ly ig nored by the conventional
entertainme nt networks .

The Current View

Today's technology has kept up with the
grow ing audi ence of immig rants, and now
dozen s of channels prov ide an abundance of
programming in many lang uages. Some of
these services arc subscriptio n regulars o n bi g
city cable system,. while others arc hoping to
reach their target directly via satellite .
Continuo us feeds from Russia. Po rtugal,
the Philippines. Dubai. and South Ame rica
are found o n both C and Ku bands. Daily
feeds of progra mming for America's burgeoning Asian populati o n can be fo und as
we ll. Eng li sh-speaking viewers w ill be delig hted with the c hance to watch mov ies from
these variou s cu ltures w ith Eng li sh subtitl es.
It' s a g reat way to learn abo ut the histo ry and
custo ms of recent arrival s.

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I Marketing Choices
Programmers are eager to provide native language programming to today's immigrants because it re pre se nt s a s ubstantial marke ting o pportunity. Ads o n these
services will he lp pave the way for expanded future services.
Ri ght now. programmers are experimenting with various ways to reach the
target audience. The first is cable TY.
Pockets of particular ethnic peoples can be
reached re lati vely c heaply by convincing
An example of info-glut from Bloomberg
cable companies in c iti es or such populaBusiness Report
tions to carry the prog ramming.
Others are hoping to re ach individual
Here the screen is divided into odd-shaped
house holds directly via small dish Ku band
s lices. and in forma tio n scrolls. fl ashes. o r
systems. Programming may or may not be
crawls to your attention. We even get a n in set
e ncrypted de pending o n estimates of purncwsprogram with its own captions a nd inc hasing abil ity.
sets. In this pi cture. a n earnest news presenter
At this point e thnic prog ramming is not a
is g ivi ng us the scoop o n an underwear thi e f.
part of ei ther DirecTV or Primestar s line-up
BBC Wo rld should be running scared.
and there is no indi cation that either will
Those of you with sharp memories o r who
pursue th is audience. It s c lear that the first
keep your back issues of MT w ill recall that.
o ne up w ith the prog ramming w ill sec a surge
in the June 1994 issue of this column. I said,
in new subscribe rs.
" ...General Instru ment is said to be paci ng the
Di giC iphcr I techno logy to be incorpo rated
&1 Transponder Notes
into TYRO receivers by thesummcrof 1995."
DigiC ipher is the sys tem PBS uses to com For many years the BBC has mainta ined
press its vario us educati o nal feeds and is used
a feed intended fo r Australia. and throughout
by a wide variety of o ther programme rs in
the years I' ve followed them dutifull y fro m
these times o f dwindl ing transpo nde r space.
bird to bird and transponde r to transponder,
A report o n T YRO receivers in a recent
always le tt ing my readers in o n the fun. Thi s
trade j o urnal states. " ... The trans it ion from
past w inter they were also reeding the BBC
YidcoCipherto Dig iC iphercould take years ...
Breakfast News on two channels and. again,
Once aga in. the real pace of progress is conI dutiful ly set my VCR to record the prog ram
s iderably longer than the pace of the press
at 3 :00 am to watch the fo llowing mo rning.
re lease. Meanwhile. you may look ahead to a
At the encl of June both reeds appare ntly
new breed of receivers which have DBS re di sappeared. Just as my agony had reached
ception c irc uitry built-in. Accord ing to anits depths I stumbled upon a feed of the BBC
o ther industry report. Un ide n is now marketWorld . T his 45- minutc feed is fo und o n Ani k
ing its SQ-590 IR D whi ch. in addition to
E2 ( I 07 .3 deg rees West) c hannel 15 from
being a ful l fe atured receiver. has a built-in
about 8:50 am (ET) to 9:30 am (ET ). This is
SCPC receiver.
a direct feed fo r Fuji TY from Panamsat with
NASA is putting more than S I 00 million
the English at 6.20 MHz and a Japanese
into a project whic h wi ll create two new
translation on 6.80 MHz.
sate ll ites in its Small Satellite Technology
Those who have watched the Bloomberg
Initiati ve. The two. which will forge ahead
Business Re po rt mo rnings o n PBS (wh ich
into the frontie r of new space technology wi ll
replaced AM Weathe r after a 17 year run )
be call ed. appropri ate ly e no ug h, Lew is and
wi ll be thrilled to catc h the ir afterno on act on
Clark . Launch date w ill be mid-1996.
the Ku side of T40 1. The photo o n this page
of " Bloo mbe rg In fo rmatio n Te levision" is
It was the best kept secre t in the sate lli te
industry: when would RCA s DSS D irecTV
the best example I' ve ever seen of in fo- g lut.

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looks the same! Here a coach explains the
outcome of a Russian rnccer match as
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hit the one million uni t mark? Even if sales

never reached a mi llion. 18 months after the
introduction of DSS. Sony woul d be able to
market its own version of the system. But. it
was a rip-roaring success. and now Sony is
poised to enter the fray.
I'll bet you thought this ki nd of capitalist
competition woul d mean these DSS systems
wou ld become so cheap tht:y'd be giving
them away as premiums wi th the purchase of
a TV. No chance! Sony plans to sell their units
from $750-950. (Thanks to Richard Sklar of
Seattle, WA. for that little tidbi t.)
The replacement dish for the Nati onal Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank.
WV , is nearing completion. The original 300foot telescope collapsed in 1988. The new
one. whi le the same size. wi ll be considerably
more sensiti ve. Why? Well. it "s the same old
cliche J" ve babbled about in this column for
the last seven years: it" s not the size but the

accuracy of the surface that counts. The new

dish surface will be comprised of 2.204 collecti on panels which wi ll all be adjustable by
laser-guided sensors.
So. hows DX'! Accord ing to a newspaper report se nt in by Rick Robinson.
KB 8J UI. ... it should be ab le to
detcct...molcculcs of water half-way across
the known uni verse." Yeah. we ll, how about
another example? Site director Jay Lockman
is quoted as saying, "' ...The total amount of
radio ene rgy that's been collected by all radio
telescopes wouldn ' t even light a tiny light
bulb." Now that's QRP!
Phase 3-D update: Accordi ng to AMSAT
... the launch of Ariane 502, the mission on
which Phase 30 is manifested, is now set for
May 29. 1996. So. you hams start boning up
on your AMSAT operating ski lls and you
SWLers stand by fo r some new listening
experi ences. lt"sjust six months away!

I Mailbag
Bi ll Perrelli . of Hamden. CT, notes that
CNN Airport channel has been missing for
some time from its longti me berth on GST AR
2. 13. Well, Bill , weve said good bye to the
Airport Channel in its analog form. Its new
incarnation is fo und on Galaxy 4 c hannel JO
(Ku ) in a dig ital mode via Scientific-Atlanta
gear.
Gran t Man ni ng. a TYRO dea ler in
Smi thvi lle. TN. wrote to correct my instructions on peaking in the July 95 issue. I meant
to say " ... adj ust the declination (instead of
inclinati on).
If youre mi ~sing a channe l or mystified by
my inarticu lat ion or just have something you' d
like to know about this subject. I have a

TABLE 1: Chart of Ethnic Programming

Service

Satellite

Channel

Notes

The International Channel

Deutsche Welle TV
Russian American TV
JSotellite
The Filipino Channel
Asionet
RAI USA
Antenna Satellite
EDTV (Emirates Dubai TV)
l o CoJ:
l o Co eno Del Milagro
AATV (Asian American TV)
TAN (The Asia Network)
MTA (Muslim TV Ahmodiyyo)
Univision
RTP Internacional
CCC !Chinese Com. Channel)
ANA (Arab Network of Am.)
TV Asia
Gems Television
SUR

Cl
C4
G4
G4
G4
SBS 6
G3
G3
G7
G7
G7
G7
G7
G7
S3
T302
K2
G6
G6
S2
S2

20
5
12(Ku)
lB{Ku)
24
13
7
9
10
11
21
12
15
16
5
9
8
10
12
2
4

VCll encrypted
VCll encrypted
not encrypted
Hon~ Kong not encrypted
live ram Manila encrypted
Indio not encrypted
live from Rome unencrypted
Greece VCll encrypted
live from Dubai unencrypted
Religious from Puerto Rico unencrypted
Spanish religious & variety
Taiwan, Hong Kong, s:ropare
South Korea unencrypt
From London unencrypted
Spanish variety ond news VCll encrypted
From Portugal unencrypted
Taiwan encrypted
Arabic unencrypted
Variety programming from Asian VCll encrypted
Entertainment for Hispanic women VCll
live from Argentina, Chile, & Peru VCll encrypted

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DXING THE BASEMENT BAND

Kevin Care

W82QMY

A Trip to Newington

adio wasn't always a game where

you could order a brand new set from
the fac tory. hook up an antenna and
go on the air. There was a ti me when ex perimenters built every bit of the ir stations from
sc ratch usin g huge spark coils. storage batteries. and as much wi re as they could possibl y get into the air. At that time. the shortwa vcs were considered useless for long range
communication. so most serious work was
being done on the longwavcs.
Even the longwaves offered no guarantee of success. however. A spark station Photo of Spark Xmtr al ARRL.
sc reaming along at a full kilowall could
achieve a range of only 100 mi les or so. and skills: "Do you obtai n your power from batthat was when conditions were good . Some- teries or city current'!" "'ls your spark gap
thing different had to he done if ranges were Rotary, Fixed Gap. or Quenched?" 'What
tone is your spark?" "What is your approx ito be increased.
Hiram Percy Maxim. a Hartford inventor mat e wavele ngth ?" How many words-perand pioneer ham ope rator. knew about the minute can you receive witheertainty ? " How
problem first hand. In the Spring of 19 14 he long is your Aerial''" and so on. Over 200
allempted to reach a fellow ham in Spring- Relay Stations we re appointed by the sumfield. MA, but was unsuccessful becau se of mer of 19 14. Though sti ll in its infancy. the
poor radi o conditions. This panicular contact League was clearly a success.
was very important to him because the Springfi eld ham had a rare Auction tube fo r sale that The League Today
Maxi m needed to complete a receiver project.
T he League is still going ~tron g from its
AIt hough Springfield was out of reach that
headq uarters in Newi ngton. CT. just outside
ni ght. he was able to rai se a station halfway
of Hanford. It is the large~t organi zation
between Hanford and Springfie ld who could
represe nting the legislati ve. technical. and
hear both cities well and offered to re lay
publishing in terests of amateur radio operaMaxim' s message on to Springfield.
tors.
Now keep in mind. there was nothing new
In June, I visited the League in personabout relaying messages: it had been done
something I'd bee n wanting to do since first
before. especiall y among commercial stations.
becoming a ham in 1977. Upon arriving I
But there was no fo rmal procedure in place to
was g ree ted by S tati on Operator Al
ensure that a given message wou ld reach its
Alvareztorrcs (AA I DO). He explained a
destination in a timely manne r. The next day
little bi t of history about the League and then
Max im thought about his contact and pongave me a complete tour of the ARR L stadered how amateur stati ons might be orgation. He showed me the Harris radios that are
ni zed to form a nat ionwide network of relay
used to broadcast the League bulletins. the
stati ons. That day the idea for the American
operating swdios where visiting hams can
Radio Relay League (A RRL) was born.
go on the ai r. and then the best pan (for me
Maxi m organiLcd his thoughts and took
at lcast )-a view of Hiram Percy Maxim's
his idea stra ight to the Radio Club of Hartford.
personal long wave trans miller which is nickwhich agreed to oversee the formation of the
named 01d Betsy ... (See Photo I.)
new League. T he fir~t officer~ of the ARRL
O ld Betsy is on di splay in the lobby of the
were: Hiram Pe rcy Maxim (C ha irman).
building and is accompanied by a framed
Clarence D. Tu ska (Secretary). and Lawrence
QST write-up describing its construction. It
A. Howad (Counsel).
is a beautiful example of early wireless gear.
Rigid guide lines had to be met before a
According to Al. the transmitter used to be
ham could he appointed as an Official Relay
fired up from time to time, but its powerful
station. Applicants were asked several quesspark signals wiped out some computers in
tions about their stations and their operating

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the bui lding and the practice had to be

stopped !
As I gazed at the transmiuer. I imagined
the excitement that must have been present
on the night that Max im set out to contact
Springfield.
I ended my visi t as a guest operator of
WI AW. the League's station. Withjustone
CQ call, th ree stations responded, and I had
one of the most enjoyable operating sess i o n ~ I can remember. If you're in the
Hartford area. be sure to stop by the League.
It' s a trip you won ' t regret.

If You Go ...
The American Radio Re lay League is
located at 225 Main Street. Newington, CT.
Visiting hours for the W I AW station are as
follows: Mondays Ipm to Iam, Tuesday
through Friday 9am to Iam. Saturday Ipm to
Iam. and Sunday from 3:30pm lo I am. FCC
licensed amateurs may operate the station
from I to 4pm Monday through Saturday. If
you wish to operate. be sure to brin g your
current FCC license (or a photocopy).
The headquarters building is di rectl y
across from the WI AW station. and includes
ARRL admin istrat ive offices. technical operations. and an amateur radi o museum. Tours

ARRL S1a1io11 Operator, Al A/11arezlorres

(AA 1DO) d e111011strati11g Hiram Percy

Maxim 's Personal Tra nsmitter.

of the headquarters building arc avai lable on

weekdays during hu ~ i nes~ hour~ .

I No GPS Required
.. Beacons Led Man to Plane Door was
the ti tle of a Chicago S1111 -Ti111es article sent
in by Bill Hassig (IL). Acrnrding to the
article, when the 400 pou nd door blew off an
American Eagle jet shortl y after takeoff.
nobody knew where it had landed: that is.
until Paul Maschi ng showed up with his
beacon receiver.
Masching loca11.:d the door in less than 90
minutes. He used beacon signals marking
the air routes around the airport to trace the
path of the plane. Then he conducted a
ground search. While wa lk ing through the
woods. he spotted the whi te door sticking
out of the Des Plaines River. The National
Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) credited Masching with the find, and is continuing to in vestigate the incident.

TABLE 1: Selected Loggings

FREQ. ID
LOCATION
BY
198
DIW Dixon, NC
A.H. (RI)
216
CLB
Wilmington, N C A.H. (RI)
227
SJY
San Jacinto, CA D.T. (CA)
289
MR
Marina del Ray, CA
D.T. (CA)
292
DP
Dana Point, CA D.T. (CA)
300
UGT Guantanamo, Cuba
A. H. (RI)
305
ONO Ontario, OR
D.T. (CA)
323
BSD
David's Head, Bermuda A. H. (RI)
326
MCY Desert Rock, NV D.T. (CA)
338
DE
Detroit, Ml
A.H. (RI)
356
PB
West Palm Beach, FL
A.H. (RI)
360
KIN
Kingston, Jamaica A.H. (RI)
365
FT
Ft. Warth, TX
D.T. (CA)
Hao Atoll, Fr. Polenesia D.T. (CA)
367
HA
368
ZP
Moresby Island, BC
D.T. (CA)
370
UCM Camaguey, Cuba A.H. (RI)
382
UPA
Punta Algre, CubaA.H. (RI)
394
ENZ
Nogales, AZ
D.T. (CA)
397
LU
Challis, ID
D.T. (CA)
400
PTD
Pottsdam, NY
A.H. (RI)
403
R
Toronto, ONT
A.H. (RI)
406
FLR
Foll River, MA
A.H. (RI)
407
ISS
Wiscassett, ME A.H. (RI)
411
RD
Redmond, OR
D.T. (CA)
412
CTZ
Clinton, NC
A.H. (RI)
413
OEG Eagle, AZ
D.T. (CA)
414
PYD' Unidentified Beacon
D.T. (CA)
415
IEE
Platform Irene, CAD.T. (CA)
416
BKL
Cleveland, O H
A.H. (RI)
41 7
HOT Coats, NC
A.H. (RI)
423
OC
Ocala, FL
A.H . (RI)
426
FTP
Ft. Payne, AL
A.H. (RI)
428
EEJ
Sanford, NC
A.H. (RI)
521
INE
Missoula, MT
D.T. (CA)
526
RWE Camp Roberts, CAD.T. (CA)
526
ZLS
Stella Maris, Bahamas A.H. (RI)
Reception reports or directional bearings on this
beacon can be sent to Below 500 kHz, P.O. Box
98, Brasstown, NC 28902.

I Notes and Loggings

This month's l ogg in g~ are fro m two veteran DXcrs: Don Tomkinson (CA ) and Al
Hcmmalin (RI). There wasn't room to include
all o f their loggings. but Table I shows a
representati ve sample of the best DX and stateside catches. PYO (4 14 kH z) is sti ll an unidentified catch. Man y listeners on or ncarthe West
Coast have reported this beacon over the past
year. but so fa r its location has eluded everyone.
I would be interested in receiving an y reception reports or directional bearings (no
matter how coarse) on PYD. By plotti ng the
signal strength information from several liste ners, and any directional coordinates. we
may be able to pin thi s one down.
If you cut back on your monitoring because
of sunune r noise. now might be a good time to
take another spin through the band. Also. the
coole r weather generall y brings more activity
among experimenters in the 160 to 190 kHz
license-free band. so be sure to include these
frequencies in your plan.
As always. I would e njoy hearing from you
with your news. loggings. or questions. You

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ON THE HAM BANDS

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF AMATEUR RADIO

Ike Kerschner, NJIK

Six Meter FM

he summer of 1995 saw a tremendous

up-surge of interest in six meter FM
acti vity. It was pos~ible to turn up a
contact on a simplex channe l nearl y at will.
For the most part. contacts wen.: solid with
many openings lasting several hours.
This renewed interest in six meter FM was
sparked by the large number of o Code
Technicians com ing into our ranks and looking fo r new and interesting areas of the hobby.
Several manufacturers recognized the pote nti al of this interest and began
producing gear fo r six meter FM
(at last 1).

date as wel l). Of course. DXing. award hunting. and rag chewing are all here . too. Just for
ki cks. why not try SIX?!

I The ALINCO DR-M06

In the spring of 1995. I purchased an
ALI NCO DR-M06 six meter FM transceiver.
My desi re for thi s particular piece of eq uipme nt was spurred by the unit" s I 00 memory
channels. pl us my prior expcrie nce;:s with
ALINCO equipment.

I Operation

My initial operating test was wi th the 25

foot high. grou nd plane antenna. Si mplex
stations were easily worked locally (25 to 35
miles). Subsequent test peri ods with the same
antenna produced co111acts out to 2000 miles
wi th excellent signal reports. When mobile
with a Lakc\iew quanerwave mobi le ante nna. both local and DX stat ions were
worked. all reporting excellent reception.
I am very pleased with the perfo rm ance of

Having Fun on Six FM

You do not need a lot of power

or large antennas 10 have a good
time wi th six meter FM; a ~ imple
5 to I 0 watt rig and quarte rwavc
vi.:rtical will provide you wi th
many eontacls and lots of fun
whe n the band is open. A vcragc
simplex range will be on the order of 50 to 75 miles. and repeater ranges of 200 mil e~ or
mon.: are poss ible.
I mprovcd result s can he had
by using directional gain anten- The Alinco
nas. Use o r a two elcmcm quad
enables me to regularl y work simplex ~ t a ti o n s well ove r a hundred miles fro m
a ve ry average QTH.
An aeti vity I enjoy a lot is mountain topping. horn a hi gh loeati on. using my reg ular
mobile rig. I search the band for comacts. A
good, high location will greatly ex tend your
normal operating ran ge even wi th a simple
antenna. When I have the time I take my twoe lernent. portable. six meter 4uad (a forthcoming construetion project in this eolumn).
and mount it on two I0-foot T V masts and
DX from my fa vorite mountai ntop QTH.
What a blast- usuall y I become the rare DX
that everyone is trying to work '
After becomi ng acti ve on six FM. you will
find many a<.:tivities worth look ing into. For
i.:xamplc. packet radio is becoming a lot more
common o n the band. and a few hardy souls
arc exchangi ng photos via slow sean T V
(SSTV ) on six FM. SSTV is a really great
activ ity that does not cost a lot of money to get
into (50 bucks o r so-more o n th is at a later

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DR-M0 6

100 memories all ows me to eheck all of

the simplex freq uencies and a large number
of repeaters in short order. Wi th I00 memories you C<lll program frequcneies popular in
various pa11s of the country. thus increasi ng
your e hanees or ?eing alcr1ccl of an opening.
The receiver section in thi s rig is excellent: sensiti vity is claimed to be I 2dB SINAD.
which seems to be verified by its performance. The receiver did outperform a very
expe nsive. mult i-mode. six mete r ri g in every
case on FM. hearing s t a ti o n ~ that thi.: multikilobuck rig was un able to receive. The ante nn a used fo r the ti.:st was a quarterwavc
Lakeview ground plane mounted at 25 feet.
T ransmi tter power at 52 MHz into 50
ohms was exactly one watt on low power and
12.8 watt' on high. when mcasure<l with a
Bird watt meter. Audio output is 2.5 watts and
more than adeq uate even fur my tin ears.
Frcque ney resolution is switehab le from 5.
I0, 12.5 . 15. 20 or 25 kH z steps.

the DR-M06 and recommend this ri g to anyone searehing for a top qual ity FM transceiver fo r six meters. The DR-M06 is avai lable from most ham dealers. T he price is in
the $450.00 range.
HF Activity

The last few mont h ~ have been very interesting when it comes to propagation. Aetivi ty
on 1he higher bands has been rather brisk.
with lot~ of good DX on 20. 15. and I 0. II
appears we may be pulling out of the terrible
eond itions of early summe r (sure hope so).
Drop me a eard or note and let me know
what has been happening at yourQTH. Please
address all corrc~po nd e n cc to me at PO Box
98 in Brasstown, 1C 28902. Please 1101e: Do
NOT use my call book QTH: it is no longer
correct and mail addressed there will take
longer to reach me. CU next mon th. 73 de Ike.
N31K .

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Ham DX Tips

DXing is quite a bit like fishing. There is a peak season for it-though you can
do it anytime-and that peak begins now ! I hope you have checked all your
equipment and are ready to throw your line in those DX waters. Like aJJ good
fishermen you' ll need to know where "they are biting," and that's where we come

m.
AUSTRALIA Special events station VI50PEACE will be active till October
3 lst to celebrate the end of World War II in the Pacific, using the following
frequencies. CW: 1820, 3615 , and 10150, as well as unannounced frequencies on
20,17,15,12,and lOmeters. SSB: 7058, 14215, 18120, 21195, 24945, and 28588
kHz. QSL requests should be sent to: Hervery Bay ARC, PO Box 829, Hervery
Bay 4655, Queensland, Australia. A special commemorative certificate is available fo r $5 US to cover postage and printing fees. BAHRAIN A92MM (Adam,
Box 116, Manama, Bahrain, Persian Gulf) has been active on 141 80 to 14230 kHz
SSB between 2100 and 0100 UTC daily. BURKINA FASO XTICH has been
on 141 60 kHz SSB at 1930 UTC. QSL c/o American Embassy Burkina Faso,
Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-2440. COCOS ISLAND Tl9JJP
(Jose Pastora, PO Box 330, 1000 San Jose, Costa Rica) plans to operate from here
4 to 20 October mostly SSB. Check the usual DX frequencies. CONTESTS The
28th and 29th will see the annual CQ (magazine) World Wide SSB DX contest.
Hams everywhere work hams everywhere, though the object is also to work as
many different countries and zones per band as possible. The bands are 160, 80,
40, 20, 15 and 10 meters only! The exchange is callsign, signal report, and CQ
Zone number. INDONESIA YB2ARW is acti ve daily on 20 meters (the exact
frequency varies) starting at 1200 UTC. QSL to his manager, John Spoat Jr, PO
Box 7009, Pasadena, CA 91109. MONACO II YRL will operate 3A2/ in
October, possibly neartheCQ World Wide SSB contest. QSL to his homecallsign
Luc Glarey, Via San Martino 11 , I-10091 Alpignano, Italy. NETS "The Central
Alabama 2 meters Side Band Net" meets every Monday night at 9:30 pm Eastern
Time (regardless of time changes) on 144.215 MHz. Net control is N4ION, Bill,
in Grid SquareEM-62. NORTH KOREA has been added to the DXCC countries
list because of the July "demonstration" operation of P5/0H2AM, which, while
only making 16 contacts, was the first legitimate amateur operation from this
country. Noted DXer Marti Lane, OH2BH, has stated that a much longer
operation has been scheduled for October and will probably be centered around
the 15th of the month.
I hope you enjoy your "DX fishing," and remember: you don't have to throw
the little ones back, you can keep each and every one you "catch." 73 de Rob

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OUTER LIMITS
Geor e Zeller

THE CLANDESTINE, THE UNUSUAL, THE UNLICENSED

Is Chiapas Libre Active?

Chiapa~

a Vol de
Libre ha' probably
bee n the strangest clande 1inc radio story
of 1995 . Their maildrop operator and
Peso y
pu blic advocate. Jay Murl ey. sends in some
addit ional information on the station. Mul,.,. :. 35~
EE.L;lJ.
tipk Chia pas Libre postage stamp' have been
issued. wh ich we piclllrc this month. A first
Corrros
a .llC.ruo
day cover issue for these stamps arri ved at .'. .
Mo11i10ri11g Times. As ~ ta mpcol lcctors kno\\'.
Francisco Villa
rebe l groups often issue their own postage CH IA.PAS LIBRE
stamp. as they a11empt to increase their political leg itimacy.
Mexican rebels
Murley indicates th at there arc two mean s
issue Chiapas
for contact ing th is anti-Mexican gove rnment
l.ibre postage
stamp.v.
station. Their full postal maildrop address is
Pesos
MexUios
PO Box 434106. San Ysidro. CA 92143-4106.
Corrrru
Alternati vely. Jay s jaymurley@aol.com c-111ail
n
add ress works as a poin t of contact. As we
Chiapns
Li/ire
pointed out in the May Outer Limits. Murky
T hank s go to
says that fo ur recepti on reports have been veri Emiliano Zapata
Dave Sc hmidt of
fied for the stations irregu lar 41 meter operaClllAPAS LIBRE DE and Margaret
tions fro m sout hern Me xico and north western
Wendall of San
Guatemala.
Jo:-,e.
CA
who
forwarded
pre ~s c li ppings on
l lowc,er. nobody (includ ing Murley) has
Duni fer from the Radio TffhChec/.: news fax
ye t prov ided precise logg ing details for an
and
San Jose Mercury Ne11.v.
actual shortwave hroadca,t that ha' been trans111i11ed by Chiapas Li bre. Th i' has led some
I SIO Codes
DXcrs to wonder if the station is reall y active.
MT inquiries to Murl ey about actual stati on
Basil Shell ey or Blythe. CA. asks about
loggi ng detai ls have not yet been successful.
the mysterious set of three numbe r ~ that
Has anybody else heard this clandesti ne'! Let
appear with in loggings printed by various
us know.
pirate radio publicatiom. The!->e figures arc
the "S IO" code. an abbreviated ve rsion of
Radio Free Berkeley Fined
the SI ' PO scheme. s ' tand, for ~ i g nal
strength.
r for interference. and o is an
Radio Free Berkeley, a longtime Bay Arca
overall
signal
qual ity C\'aluatio n. Al l arc
FM pirate. was fined $ 10.000 by the FCC on
listed on a I to 5 scale. with I be ing a weak
August 3 fnr uni icensed broadcasting. As noted
un readable signal and 5 being a local quality
in the Apri l issue of MT. U.S. Di strict Judge
powerhouse signa l. A 333 readi ng wou ld
Claudi a Wilken had previously n.:fu scd to grant
he
average signal qualit y with moderate
the FCC, request for an injunction prohibiting
interfereni:e. for instance. The numbers arc
future broadca~ts fro m the ' tation. The FCC
useful for evaluati ng reception qual ity at a
uti lized Sections 30 I and 303 of the Communi part ic ular location.
cations Act as its authorit y to is,ue the fine. as

.l

it usuall y docs with busted pirates.

Stati on operator Steven Duni fcrcom plaim:d
that he did not receive ei ther a citation or
warning he fore the FCC issued its $ I0.000
Notice or Apparent Liability. He al so clai1m
that the FCC violates hi s First Amend ment free
~pi:cch rights and various international agreements.
Nevert heless. the FCC issued a maximum
fine in thi.: incident. ci ti ng the "intt.:ntional
nature" o r Dunirer" s unli censed broadcasting.

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I Pirana Moves
Radi o Pirafia International Director Jorge
R. Garc ia writes in to report that thi s station
h a~ rno,ed from it' former European location to South America. Jorge reports that
they plan to be acti ve in lower sideband on
their tradi tional 13950kl11. frequency. but
he intends toexperimcnt on 11410kHz. 19
mete rs around 150 13 or 15040 kHz. and
pe rhaps other frequcnc i e~ on 4 I. 48. and 60

meters. South American pirate acti vity

has been fai rly sparse in the past. but the
400 wall Piraiia tran smitter mig ht make
this continent more wide ly heard on the
pirat e bands. They use th..: Wuppen al
rnai Idrop address.

I Black Book Address

We often have reeommended Kirk
Trummel" s Black /Jook address list of
hundreds of pirate and c landest ine stati ons from throughout the world. However. the e- mail address to order a copy of
this excellent list has changed s uddenl y
since we printed it in August. A new
ktrummel@mail.orion .org address can be
used to order a copy of thi s ex tremely
useful tabulation.

I New ACE Publishers

A release fro m the Assoc iation of Clandestine radi o Enthusiasts has announct.:d that
Yolanda Lewi~ and Scott Gentry of Illinois
have as,umed the publ ishing duties for The
!ICE. rep lacing Rob Kt.:e ney. However. the
c l ub~ correspondence and subscription address remains wit h club Pres ident Kirk Baxter
at PO Box 11 20 1. Shawnee l'vlissio n. KS
66207.
For thirteen years 1/re AC/:" has been the
largest North American hobby club bulleti n
devoted to pirate and clandestine rad io. Current annual s ub~cripti o n rate' are $20 to the
USA. $2 1 to Canada or Mex ico, and $27
airmai l e lsewhere.

I What We Are Hearing

Your pirate loggings arc a lways welcome
via PO Box 98. Brasstown. C 28902.
Maildrop addre~ses u ~ed by pirates reported
thi s month include PO Box 452. Wellsville.
Y 14895:P0 Box 109. BlueR idgeSummit.
PA 17214: PO Box 146. Stoneha m. MA
02 180: PO Box 2841 3. Proviclcnce. RI 02908:
PO Box 293 . Merlin. Ontari o NOP I WO: c/o
JRR. PO Box 39. Waterford Cit y. Republic of
Ireland : Postfac h 220342. D-42 373.
Wuppe rtal. Gi.:nnany: and 95 Ostra Porten
29. S-44254 Yllerby. Sweden. USA pirates
requ ire three mint stamps tu defra y return
postage. with $ 1 US necessary for fo re ign
add rcs~es. Frequencies are in kHz. with times
in UT C.

Altered States Radio 6956 at 0045. William

Key West Radio 6955 al 0315. This new one
Hurt's odd shows produce QSL's in the "Dead
was widely heard with tests d uring the late
Rock Stars" series, all of which picture deceased
summer, which were long sketches from Firesign
Theatre a lbums. Their bilingual announcer (English
rock and roll musicians. Addr: Merlin. (Michael
Prindle, New Suffolk, NY; J. C. Mello, North
and Spanish) promised that they would return later
Scituate, RI; Dick Pearce, Brattleboro, VT)
this year. Addr: None, but said they would verify
Black Rider Radio 6955 at 0030. Their music
logs in The ACE. (George
selections vary from rock to bluegrass to Louis
Zeller, Cleveland, OH)
Armstrong, and their signal seems to
KMCR 6955 at 03 15.
West Coast DXers
gel out very well. Addr:
Wellsville. (Jesse Rose,
sometimes hove trouble
Hampton, VA;
~

' hearing pirates on the

Barry Williams,
, ..
east coast, but Magic
Enterprise, AL;
' . w'li' 1
Mike of Magic Carpet
Prindle; Mello;
S. "\ _
Radio is heard much
Pearce)
"Iii ,:,'
easier out west than
Bullfrog Radio 7 41 6
., '- " "
it is in the rest of
at 0215. Dick submitted
~ ~
the country.
this one as unidentified,
Sometimes he
but this rocker proves that
provides
1..~o\
identifications
some stations ore still using
41 meters for pirate
\~"' Q\6C\
in CW Morse
transmissions, even in the
.;;;~. ~evJ 0~ ~ "'s QS\,,
code. Addr: Blue Ridge
evening . Addr: Wellsville.
.' '.so\\\\C \\,e 0'\ e
Summit. (Shelley)
r:,o\U\ei o\ce o~
KTLA 7415 at 1400. Here's a relative
(Pearce)
CSIC 7413 at 0000. Longtime
:\ \\,e \J
newcomer that always features on oldies rock
0
vetera n broadcaster Pirate
formal, spiced with genuine commercial odvertis
'
Rambo puts a Canadian spin on unlicensed
ing oldies from decodes ago. Addr: Providence.
broadcasting. He always uses the song "Psycho
(Prindle)
Chicken" at the beginning and end of shows, and
Northern Music Radio 6955 at 0200. The
Scandinavian teenage announcer on this
every 50th correct reception report receives a
genuine Rubber Chicken QSL. Addr: Blue Ridge
Europirote hos established a transmitting
Summit a nd Merlin. (Chris Lobdell, Tewksbury,
arrangement with Dick Pistek of the North
MA; Mello; Pearce)
American Pirate Relay Service. Addr: Ytterby.
Down East Radio 6956 at 2330. Oscar Guggins
(Lobdell; Pearce)
hos a very consistent format. A stondup comic
Outlaw Radio 6957 at 2330. Their 70's rock
with a New England accent always tells corny
programming is supposed to be coming from high
jokes with regional content before a laughing
atop the FCC building in Washington , but the FCC
audience. Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. (Mello)
hos foiled to confirm this. Addr: Providence.
East Coast Music Radio 6959 al 0100. This
{Williams; Rose; Mello}
mi scellaneous music station hos been more active
Radio Doomsday 6957at0100. Basil heard
lately, often with a low power AM transmitter that
Nemesis give on emoil contact address that
supplements this station's moildrop. Try
makes it a good DX catch. Addr: Wellsvi lle.
(Lobdell)
"on2603 1O@onon.penet.fi" that was announced
Freedom 40 6956 at 2345. We're still getting
as on a nonymous means of message forwarding.
loggings from this one's mid-summer commemo
Look at this log list; is there anybody who didn't
rotive broadcast that celebrated 1994' s
hear them? Addr: Ytterby announced; Wellsville
"Shortwave Liberation" pirate marathon event.
should work. (William Hassig, Mt. Prospect, IL;
But, be advised that the station announced that it
Rose; Shelley; Mello; Lobdell; Prindle; Mauer;
would not return to the air until July 1996, if then.
Williams)
Addr: Stoneha m. (Rose; Pearce; Mello)
Radio Lollipop 7 415. Rob' s report to this unusual
He Man Radio 6956 at 0030. He Mon's mole
children' s programming pirate produced a "baby
advocacy format in upper sideband, "the
screaming into microphone: cord signed by Boy
manliest of all modes," hos recently included
Lollipop for o North American relay. Addr:
Wuppertol. (Robert Ross, London, Ontario)
rather frequent relays of commercial oldies rock
Radio Mindwebs- 7415 at 0 100. Scott heard
station WMJI in Cleveland, O H. Addr: Blue Ridge
Summit. (Mello; Prindle; Pearce)
"radio from the 21st century" from thi s on multiple
JAZZ 6956 a t 0015. The programming on this
occasions recently. Addr: Wellsville. (Gentry)
Radio Mirage International 6955 at 2315. North
one is a ccurately summarized in the coll letters. If
you like jazz music, then you'll like the station .
American relays of Europirate stations ore
increasingly common. The rock songs on this one
Addr: Wellsville. (Scott Gentry, Matteson, IL)
Jolly Roger Radio International 6955 at 0000.
come from the United Kingdom, but the announcer
This Irish country-western Europirole should not
is Germon. Addr: Wuppertol. (Pearce; Prindle)
be confused with the USA pirate that uses the
RBCN 6955 at 0045. Radio Bob, perhaps tuning
some name, except that the North American
up for the October Grove Communications Expo in
Atlanta, hos been airing his elaborately produced
station omits "Radio" from its name. Addr:
Waterford City. (Mello)
and very funny comedy broadcasts. When this one
KDED 6955 at 0415. The "Voice of the Gratefu l
is on, you' re in for a treat. Addr: Atlanta. (Zeller)
Dead" always ploys long rock tunes by this bond,
Revolution Radio- 6954 at 0330. Voice onnouncements by this rock music station's mole
but lately they hove mixed some comedy and
sketches among the songs. They offer a new QSL
announcer ore sometimes difficu lt to understa nd
cord for correct reports. Addr: Wellsville. (Dione
because of o heavy reverb effect in his voice. Basil
Mauer, Pulaski, WI; Rev. Dennis Myha nd,
hod a good catch with on infrequent test from
them . Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. (Shelley)
Mercedes, TX; Mello; Williams; Rose; Prindle;
direct from the sta tion)
The Asylum 6955 at 0400. Their announcer

,' t

claims that his mental instability forces him to

transmit pirate broadcasts. We just report the
news in MT; we don't necessarily endorse it, hi.
Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. (Shelley; Pearce)
The Free Hope Experience 6956 at 0315.
After a flurry of mid-summer broadcasts, this
one hos been less a ctive lately. They feature
strange programming including coverage of the
aliens invading from spoce. Addr: None; said
would verify logs in The ACE and PiPo. (Shelley;
Myhand; Mello; Prindle; Pearce)
Up Against the Wall Radio- 6956 at 0115.
Owlsley still programs 60's and 70's political
protest rock music with a distinctive "oogoh"
horn interva l signal, but he throws in satire
material such as the "Newt (Gingrich) in Space"
sketch, where NASA budget cuts mean that Mr.
Speaker' s oxygen supply is insufficient. Addr:
Providence. (Prindle; Mauer; Pearce; Mello;
Rose)
Voice of the Doleks 6955 at 0100. Many
DXers hove now received the unusual QSLthat
we picture this month, showing soldiers of the
"New Dolek Order." In case yo u missed the
correction, this station was misidentified in the
June MT as "Garlic," not the correct "Delek."
Addr: Wellsville. (Mello; Pearce; direct from the
station)
WPMS 7375. Rob reports that it took five
months, but he received QSL #4 on a toilet
paper roll from She-Woman' s station for a
report to Merlin. Addr: Obviously Merlin. {Ross}
WREC 6956 at 0000. P. J. Span<, now a
veteran pirate broadcaster, usually programs a
mix of rock music and comedy material. But,
sometimes he relays shows from other pirate
stations. Addr: Wellsville. (Pearce; Prindle;
Mello)
WRFW 6957 at 0245. Radio Free Wisconsin is
active again with rock a nd reggae music
combined with commentary on the current
pirate scene. Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. (Pearce)

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WHAT'S NEW?

by Larry Mi er

BOOK REVIEWS AND NEW PRODUCTS

G11es1 re l'i ell'ers:

Radio Power
Po w e r.
E ve ry bod y
want s it. In the case of rad ios, everybody needs ito r the radio does n't work.
Sure. you've got a wall
soc ket. but what happens
when the power goes off?
Or what happe ns whe n
you' re o ut at the airshow
and the batteries in your handhe ld
arc drained') The action won' t
stop so you can go out to the drug
store and pick up a fn: sh hatch of
dou bl e-A 's.
Two different compani es have
come up w ith two diffe rent answers.

I Power Pocket
Po wer Pocket is a small (1.5''
x I" x 6.5") rechargeable. 12
vo lt, sealed-cell. lead-ac id bat te ry. The "pocket" re fers to the
case in whic h the batte ry is held,
not to where you carTy it. The
unit is wo rn o n the belt nex t to
your scanner. (The Power Poc ket
comes w ith a sho ulde r strap as
we ll : at 30 ounces. some may
find the weig ht s lig htl y unco111fo11 able.) A ll you need to do is to
get a c igare tte li g hter adapter
cord- the kind used lo plug you r
radio into the car dashboardand plug one end into the powe r
pocket and the o ther e ncl into
your radio.
The Power Poc ket comes w ith
a charger. Plug it into the wall fo r
about s ix ho urs and in the morning you ' ll have 2.0 amp hours o f
back- up power. In most cases.
that can work o ut to as much as

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six ti mes the normal power of

your scanner. According to the
manufacture r, the life expectancy
of the batte ry is three to fi ve
years and it's good for up to
1.200 cycles (at 30 % rate of discharge).
The Power Pocket is available from Grove ( 1-800-4388155), DX RadioSupply(l-800753-2060, and other MT advertisers.

I Mini Generator
On ce a year. ham radio operato rs test their e mergency communicatio ns read iness by cond ucti ng an event called "fie ld
day.'' During fie ld day. ham s
leave behind the conveniences
of home and ro ugh it. tryi ng to
simulate conditions d uring an
emergency. It's too bad that the
radio monitoring hobby does no t
do the same th ing. W e could
learn a lo t.
Ham s- and a nyon e w h o
wan ts a re liabl e source of e mergency power- no w have access
to w hat was once exc lusive Defen se Departme nt technology. A
compan y ea llccl Active Tec hno log ie s Inc. ( A Tl ) of
Al amogordo. New Mex ico. that
once produced power systems
for drone pla nes. has now unve iled a civ ilian sector product
that 11 find w ide use in the hobby
radio community.
The Lightning Emerge nc y
Power Generator is a I 15 V AC/
12 and 24Y DC unit that' s abo ut
the same size and we ight as a
bowli ng ball. (By comparison
the O nan generator that bac ks up
my offi ce is 800 po unds and
about 1/4 the size of a Dodge

October 1995

Neon.) Power can he taken fro m

the fro nt panel of the unit by
simply pluggi ng appl iances into
a regu lar wall -type socket. The
entire unit is powered by a 2 HP
Tecum seh eng ine. Best of all, the
Li g htnin g Eme rge ncy Power
Generator is affo rdable , ju st
$489.85 (again. compare it to o ur
Onan, whic h rings in at $4.000).
Check one of these units out.
We've alread y had the unit cranking but w e' ll need more time for
a formal evaluation. In the meantime, you can calI A T I and request a free brochure. Thei r m11nber is 800-545-5348. Be sure to
men tion Mo11itori11g Time.I'.

Computer Control
from Opto
Proud owners of the PR02035 scanner can now co mputer
control the ir radio with the Optoelectronics OptoScan 535 board.
According to the manu facturer. a
PR0-2035 equipped w ith the
PS535 scans fa ste r than an ICOM
R7 IOO. AOR 8000. or an y other
scanner using computer control.
It also makes operating the scanner a bree1.e , al lowing unattended
search and record.
The OS5 35 provides sig nal
decod ing of CTCSS tones. DCS
codes. and DTMF characters. Its
supported by soft ware programs
li ke Probe. ScanStar. Scancat,
Scan ne r Ware for Windows, Radio Manager for Windows, and
Wave for Mac. S uggested retail
price is $299.
Opto has a lso anno unced the
CX12AR interface for the AOR
8000. !COM R 7000. and R7 100
recei vers . The interface is the

Bob Grove. Charles Lowrance. Lee Rcynnlds

o nly converter with two operating modes. sw itchab le between

fu ll and half duplex. Dedicated
sq ue lch status input is wi red for
high speed scanning and a soft ware controlled tape recorder
output lets you record what you
hear.
The CX I 2AR converts TTL
serial interface sig nal levels co mpatible with most personal computers. and allows up to four
di ffercnt Opto devices equipped
w ith serial ports to be connected
to o ne computer port . You can
al so do w nl oad Opt o Scout
memo ry into a PC with thi s device. In RS2 32 mod e. the
C X I2 AR can be used as a logg ing dev ice for the MI Freque ncy Coun ter. Suggested retai I price is S99.
Both prod ucts arc carried by
Grove Ente rprises Call 1-800438-8 155. or call (704) 837-708 1
for more inform ation.

Black Box Antenna

A few issue s ago, Mo11itori11g
Tim es featured a "ha nds-on"
comparison between two competing broadcast band loop antennas . The match-u p pitted the
long-time favorit e. the Sc lcctA - T e nn a.
against a new
cha I l e n ger.
Th e
Black
Box Antenna.
Both fi g hters
were given a
thoroug h
work -out by
DXer Stephen

Price. When the be ll sounded,

the Sclect-A-Tenna had won the
bout-though not by muc h.
Last week. w ithout fanfare.
the all-new and im proved Black
Box A menna appeared at o ur
door. S leeker than it was in the
past. it now weighs in at a pou nd
a nd a ha lf, and measures 12- 1/2 x
IO x 1- 1/4 inches. And it does
drag in those signals.
The actua l Select-A-T e nna vs .
Black Box rematch isn't schedul ed fo r another few issues but
we d id have a c hance to see The
Black Box work out solo. We
can te ll you thi s : thi s is go ing to
be a close one! Stay tuned!
T he all-new B lack Box A ntenna for broadcast band DX ing
is available from Black Box Antenna, 14624 Deon Dr., Sonora.
CA 95370 or call l -800-99RADIO. The price is $63.95 plu s
$6.00 ship ping.

O ne
lat e
no te:
Ron
M cCli ntock tells me that if you
have o ne of his o ld B lack Box
A nt ennas. he' II upgrade you to a
new vers ion for just $35.00. All
you have to do is se nd back the
o ld antenna. Con tact Ron for
more in fo rmation.

Computer-Aided
Antennas
Sooner o r later someone had
fi nd a way 10 design antennas
witho ut goi ng throug h laborious,
hand drawn calculations . Now.
Paragon Technology has created
a soft ware package using modeling techn iques deve loped by a
Pennsylvania State U niversit y
e ngineer. Ca ll ed NEC-W IN, the
so ft ware promises 10 replace tri al
and error methods o f calc ul ation

10

wi th quick, easy, point and c lick

precision.
NEC-W I N work s in three
modes: expert, intermediate. o r
nov ice. Users can input the ir requ irements and sec a 3-D graphic
v iew of the selected an tenna.
O u tput pattern s can also be d isplayed, m aki ng a ntenna design
an art. not an experime nt. NECW IN is a W indows versio n of the
company's NEC-O PT soft ware
re leased in 1994. For more inl'ormat ion contact Pe nn S tate Department of Publi c In fo rmation.
3 12 O ld Main, U ni versity Park,
PA 16802- 1504.

BIG Law Book

If you really, really wanted to
know w hat was going on the in
the new w ireless techno logies, it
would probably take you a lifeti me. Wireless has pe netrated just
about eve ry serv ice imaginable,
from tracking to specia li zed mobile radio systems and radio pag ing. And with the new persona l
co mmunication s syste ms just
arou nd the comer. you can expect to hear about thi s more and
more.
Th e Spectru111 Reg 11/atio11
Ha11dbook is a professio nal pub1icatio n nearl y two inches thick.
In add ition to an excellent introductio n to the wi re less services,
the book is divided into fi ve major sectio ns: Cellul ar Radiote leph o ne . Personal Com muni cations. Specia lized Mob ile, Radio
Pag ing, and Spect rum A uctions
and Regulatory T reatment. Each
subject receives ex hau st ive but
easy-to- unde rsta nd treatment.
Nothing-absol ute ly no thingis left o ut. Read thi s book and
you w ill truly be on the cutting
edge of wire less regulat ion.
For those who have a need to
know. th is book offers unparalleled coverage of this new techno logy. foc using o n the regulatory. T o get your copy. call Business Researc h Publications at
800-822-6338. The pri ce wi II
keep the casual away: $695 postpaid. BRP' s address is Box 675
Cooper Statio n, New York. NY
10276.

Inventor's Bulletin
Board
Each year, over I 00,000 new
patents are granted to United
S tates in vento rs. U nfortunately,
as Jerry Widawsky . President of
Fontel Foundation says, " there is
presently no natio nal forum w here
inventors o n limited budgets can
bring their invent ions fro m incepti on to the marketplace."
Dr. Kazuo Hashimoto, father
o f the telepho ne an sweri ng system and ho lder o f more than I000
patents. has chan ged all that.
Searchi ng for a way to pay back
the benefits given to him by the
US patent system, Ha s h imo to
teamed with W idaws ky to fo und

. / '-

J erry Widawsky, President of

Fonte/ Fou11datio11; Dr.
Hashimoto, holder of 1042
patents; and two studeuts from
NJIT.

Franklin Converter:
AWefax Converter Plus
By Charles Lowrance WA4MCK
Logic Limited has a g reat, low-cost converte r that decodes the
modes of most inte rest to hobbyists: weather facsimj le (Wefax),
slow scan TV (SSTV), radio te letype (RTIY), Morse code (CW),
plus AMTOR ARQ/FEC, SITOR A/B , NA VTEX. and Packet.
T he conve1ter comes in three configuratio ns : the RWC l receive
o nl y, the RTC I Transmit only whic h plugs into the RWC I, and
the RTB I fo r both transmit and receive.
The syste m comes s uppli ed with many different software
programs , full instructions, and an easy-to-understand manual ,
frequency lis t, and set-up g uide.
With your PC and a s hortwave radio you can receive and
transmit most of the above signals. T he con verter plugs between
an audio output of your receiver and a serial port o n your PC, and
the software set-up .is just as easy. The system will also work with
other commercial software programs that deal w ith Wefax .
In o ur test the Franklin converter did produce excel lent We fax
pictures from the HF Wefax sig na ls, (tho ug h d irect from the
GEOS satellites was poor). It also copies RITY, CW, and SST Y
ve ry well. The programs tha t come with the Converter make
tun ing a breeze w ith the built-in tuning scope.
Inrny o pinion , this isa very good buy. I have not seen any other
unit that wi ll <lo a ll that this o ne w ill , at these prices.
RWCl
$24.95
Receive only
RTC l
$24.95
Transmit plug-in unit for RCWl
RTB 1
$49. 95
Both receive and transmit with PTT
{press to transmit)
For more information call Logic Limited ( 11 3 Cascade S t. ,
Morganton, NC 28655) O rder line 800-439-8898; BBS/fax/ and
tec h support (704) 437- 1833.

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the Fonte) Foundation. Linked

with the New Jersey Institute of
Technology. the Fonte l Foundati on has started an Inventor' s Bulletin Board to assist inventors with
technical, administrati ve. manufactu ring, and marketing problems associated with deve loping
new inventions.
The BBS can be reached by
setting your modem at 8 data bi ts.
I stop bit, and no parity. and
dialing(20 I ) 643-72 19 or (908)
463-5434. The BBS support s
modem speeds from 2400 to 9600
and is onlinc con ti nuously.

Gordon West's Radio

School

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Searching for a radio telegraph

course that will prepare you to
pass the commercial first. second.
or third class radiotelegraph test
or any level of amateur radio
exa m? Gordon West" s Radi o
School has what you need. West
is now offering hi gh-fidclity. longplay code cassettes on everything
from learning the code to CW
speed-buildi ng. West says "the
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Each course is $29.95 pl us S5
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In addition. if you're teaching
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For more information or to order any of these courses. contact
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Where is help when you need

it? That is a que~ ti on we all ask
while we struggle with a computer or soft ware problem. 7/1e
Computer Support Directon". by
Bill Ad ler. Jr.. and Kristy Fraser.
is an attempt to provide fax . voice,
and on-line support for computer
users. Arranged alphabetically by
company name. the book claims
to contain listings "for vi rtu all y
every major DOS and Windows
application and hardware company." But when we attempted to
Ii nd our fi rst three choices-Gateway 2000. Western Digital. and
Intel- they were all mi ssing.
Nonet heless. the soft -cover
directory does contain listings for
a good 200 rnmpanies. making it
a useful accessory for the computer library. The Co111p111er Support J)irecwry is $12.95 from
book dealers and is published by
McGraw-I-Ii II.
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BG

made the jump and is itself going

online. The program launched
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Wide Web and bills itself as the
first. on Ii nc, ''desktop broadcast. ..
The program s foc us is the online
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from the Internet and major on line
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MetroWest Catalog

Radio Talk Online

Log On USA, a radio talk show
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Metro West has a catal og that

caters primarily to handheld scanner enthusiasts. If you own a
handhcld. you owe it to yourself
to get a copy. In its pages you ' ll
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NiCds, shoulder speakers. scanners. antennas. ex ternal speak-

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co ntac t MetroWest a t 8 22
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fri ends at MT sent you!

More Catalogs
If your interest lies in an tique
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deals with ori gi nal vol umes from
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early experime nters. wi reless.
television. telegraphy. telephony.
rad io. light bulbs. high voltage.
and much more. Fun reading and
\'ery informative. Original copies ru n $ 10 to near $ I000 depending upon rarity and condition. Write for 'New Wireless
Pioneers ... Box 398. Elma. NY
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On another subject altogether.
the " Di rectory of Electronic Surve illance Equipment Suppliers"
is a 57-page sourccbook which
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suppliers of privacy and security-related equipment, from audio and visual surveillance to
cou ntermeasures devices. Addresses and phone numbers are
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Grove TUN-5
By Lee Reynolds

the three receivers at frequen c ies rangw isc man once said "There are
ing from 500 kHz up to l 7 MHz (not
Iies, damned lies, and then there
are benchmarks!" I'd li ke to
too much to receive above that freThe author tests the TUN-5
with the sunspot cycle at its
quency
change that last line to-"ancl then there
with three different receivers are acti ve antennas!"
present low!) and by switchi ng antena Sony I CF-2003, SW-2010,
nas and observing the results. The other
Active ante nnas are muc h hyped ,
and JR C NRD-525.
muc h maligned, and much misunderAA was also tested on the same signa ls
to get a n idea of how well the TUN-5
stood. An active antenna wi ll not replace a halfway decent. random length
device performed in comparison.
wire, nor pull in those tiny South PaAs could have been predicted, the
ICF-2003 benefi tted most from the
cific stations under most conditions. If
you use an actj ve antenna incorrectly it
AA, the N RD-525, least. The gain of
the T UN-5 was good across the entire
w ill produce all kinds of exotic (and
unwanted) effects on your recept ion.
range of its operations; some rolloff
That said, an active antenna can be a
was noticed (as is to be expec ted) above
godsend to the apartme nt dwelle r or
20 M Hz. Tuning of the unit fo r max imum gain was simple and quite broad
anyone else that cannot erect any kind
of real outside antenna. Run it with a
at lower frequenc ies, but became very
short whip antenna or a short le ngth of wire and it' II perform more
sharp at the high end of the range. As is usual w ith a device of this
than adequately fo r the broadcast band li stener and reasonably we ll
type some fa lse peaks were noticed when adjusting for best s igna l.
for the ham ba nd a nd utility affic ionados. Used with an inexpensive
but these can easily be ide ntified w ith a little practice.
shortwave portab le it w ill acid an extra stage of selectivity to the
T he TUN-5 di d a very nice job of bringing s ignal levels up on
a ll the freque nc ies it was used on. The no ise level also increased
front encl of the radio, which helps block out strong signals that will
otherwise overl oad the receiver. - In other words, if used w isely,
but was offset by the improvement in signal audibility.
the acti ve ante nna can be o f great use to the lis te ne r.
Using the telescopic w hip the unit performed quite well on both
Grove has a new e ntry in the AA fie ld - the TUN-5. Measuring
broadcast and amateur bands . When connected to the 7 MHz
approx imate ly 6" by 6-1 /2" by 2- 1/2", the TUN-5 is a modest and
antenna results were what you would expect - a tendency to
workmanli ke device for the li ste ning shack. T he unit covers .29 to
overload unl ess gain was kept down to a reasonable level. O nce
30 MHz in fi ve ranges with variable gain , runs on a 9Y internal
that was done, the unit again did a credible j ob of ampl ifying the
transistor battery or an external power supply (provided) and comes
weaker signals. A t the lower end. in the mcdiumwave broadcas t
with a te lescoping whip anten na. S0-239 connectors are provided
band, carefu l use had to be made of the gain control whether using
for both the receiver and an external antenna. The front pane l sports
the whip or the 7 MHz antenna. Very strong s ignals at various
a bypass/power-on sw itch, power LED, gain control, band selector,
po ints on the band would be ampl ified and mixed in w ith the signa l
and tuning control. Claimed gai n is a maximum of 20dB (that's
that you were lis tening to if you used too much gain.
roughly 3 to 6 S-poi nts, depending on how your receiver's S- metcr
Some testing was made of the unit 's ability to act as a prese lector
is cali brated).
for lower e nd rece ivers by usi ng it to suppress interference to weak
T he spec ificati ons look good. but how did the device pe rform?
signals by relati vely close, muc h stronger s ignals. With very
The author tested the TUN-5 with three different receivers - a
careful tweaking, a moderate improvement was possible which
Sony ICF-2003, SW-20 I0, and JRC NRD-525. These three radios
can be of great he lp whe n you're usin g an inexpensive radio w ith,
represent the low to high performance range. For fun, two ante nnas
say. 8 kHz wide ceramic filte rs.
were used w ith the T UN-5 - the unit' s own telescopic whi p and a
Overall , the T UN-5 performed well, di splaying the common
7 MHz fo lded vec antenna. Another ma nu facturer' s AA was al so
strengths and weaknesses of thi s type o f dev ice . It offered s li ghtl y
used for purposes of bench marking.
less gain than the comparison AA , but this is probably an advanThe review unit arrived nicely packaged hut lacking doc ume ntage rathe r than disadvantage, partic ul arly if you're a ny kind of
tation (an oversight only). This was not a major issue. as setup and
broadcast band liste ner. As stated before. the plastic case compooperation o f the unit were easy to deduce. The TUN-5 has a case
nent s detract from the overall quality of the device but sho uld not
which is mostl y metal but has plastic end plates. Cosmetically. these
be viewed as a serious defect.
end plates look okay, but reduce the overall mechanical stre ngth o f
The TU N-5 perfo rms wel l and is genera.ll y we ll designed. For
the case and allow stray RF to more easily get into the a mplifier's
the a nte nna-impa ired individua l it could be a very useful add iti on
circuitry. Thi s may be of concern to the hams amongst us. That
to the shack. At the recommended price of $99.95 it represents
resonable value; if Grove were to drop the price a little it could
aside, the unit looks good and the controls are well laid out and
easily accessible.
represent excellent value.
Actu a l testing was carried out by comparing reception results on

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SCANNER EQUIPMENT
Bob Pornass, AJ9S

EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES FOR YOUR MONITORING POST

The AOR AR2700 Portable Scanner

he AOR AR2700 handheld

scanner is about the sarne size
as the deluxe ARSOOO but covers 500 kHz - 1300 MHz. AO R' s US
irnporter lent us a fu ll -coverage
AR'.2700. SIN 5 1143. for evaluation.
although the cell phone band frequencies are deleted on the version
marketed in the USA . Our AR2700
was delivered slightly mi sali gncdahou t 5 kHz olT frequ ency at 900
MHz.
We tested it aga inst a portabl e
Unitkn/ Bearcat BC3000XL T. S/N
45000433. Sec April 1995 MT for a
complete BC3000XL T review.
I lots of Features

The AR2700 has more features

than we have s pace to ex plain . It is
supplied with fou r NiCd AA batteries and a wa ll charger- a lineup
many appreciate.
Users may selec t among AM.
NFM. and WFM modes independent or rrequency. Step sit.cs o r 5.
6.25. 9. I 0, 12.5. 20. 25. 30. 50. and I00 kHz
arc available in AM and NFM modes. but are
restricted to 50 or I00 kH z in WFM mode.
The AR2700 contain> 500 channels divided into I0 banks of 50 channe ls each. An
adjustab le rescan delay is global to all channels. A better scheme wou ld be to have the
delay selectable on a per-c hannel basis so one
could scan a mi xture of conventional si mplex.
two-freq uency simp lex, trun ked. and ot her
systems.
An adjustab le pause tim er is also global
and can be enabl ed to force scanni ng to resume on busy channe ls after a I - 99 second
paus..:.
One can key a freq uency into the A R2700" s
VFO (variable frequency osci ll ator) without
using an ordinary memory channel. Frequencies can be written from the VFO to any
memory channci and vice-versa.
The top-mou nted tuning knob is very conven ient and mi ssing on the BC3000XLT. It
helped us uncover new frequencies on a recen t dining/scanning trip to a riverboat casino
operation. The tunin g knob and UP and
DOWN arrow keys can be used in several
ways: to change the VFO frequency. to select
a channel. to choose tunin g step size. reccp-

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tion mode. and delay/pause times when used

in conj unction with the assoc iated keys.
There arc I0 search banks and they can he
lin ked together. pc1111itting sequential ~ca rc h cs
of disparate freq uency ranges-very impressive for a portable. As in the BCJOOOXLT. a
total of 50 frequencies may be locked out of
the AR2 700 search.
A swi tchabk auc nuator rnay
be programmed on or off wi th eac h
mc rnory c hannel. Although the
attenuator is rated at I0 dB. we
rneasured between 8 and 13 dB
attenuation in the 72 - 940 MHz
spectrum. which is more consistent than the BC3000XLT attenuator.
A built-in sleep tirncr can be
used to turn off the AR2700 up to
120 minutes later. Internal YOice
recorde r and -;peech inve rsion
descramb ler options are avai lable.
as arc computer cont rol and the
ability to clone one AR2700 from
another. but none of these options
were furni shed with our rev iew
un it.
Despite the large number of features. the
AR2700 lacks Auto Store and Data Skip facilities.
Keypad and Display

Among the AR2700" s stron gest assets is

the ri ch LCD display. which is large and fairly
easy to reacl. Not only docs it contain a ninesegment S-meter. but a three-segment battery
\'Oltmetcr'
The rubberized keypad is translucent. Most
keys ha ve two labe ls: one printed on the
keytop and another printed below the ke y.
Placing the second label below rather than
above the key is opposite to the keys on other
scanners and computer k eyboard~ . and makes
hunting fo r the right key needlessly confus-

and second IFs (intermed iate frequencies)

are differe nt from the upscal e AOR ARSOOO.
Unfortunately. the AR2700 uses a carrieroperated squelch rather than the more sensitive noise-operated squelch found in other
scanners.
Most AR2700 c ircuit ry is distri buted
among three large PCBs (printed ci rc uit
boards): one fo r keypad/display/logic. a second for RF and synthesizer. and a third for IF
and AF circuit s. A small board holds two
side-mou nted keys and a keypad lock sw itch.
Layout is very clean, but there isn't much
shielding. Surface-mount components are
wi del y used. save for several coils in the fro nt
end.
The AR2700 has a simp le, yet strong,
metal belt clip whic h shames the breakable
plastic clips on Unide n and Radio Shack
counterpa11s.

II Difficult to Use and Program

The programm ing keystroke sequences
are complex and confusing. especiall y fo r
those comfortable with Bearcat and Radio
Shack models. By way o f example. the SCAN
key has fi ve fu ncti ons, depending on how
man y ti mes it is pressed. whether it is held
down. whether the side-mounted second F
key (second fu nction) is pressed fi rst. and the
whether the AR2700 is in search mode'
The 6-l-page user manual orni ts several
spccificati ons hut does a commendabl e job of
tryi ng to exp lain AR2700 operation.

I Heard Signals We Didn't Want

Our AR2700 had several birdies of the
..dead carrier'" variety. and the digital circuitry withi n the scanner interfered wi th reception in too many parts of the spectrum.
The raspy. buzz ing sounds. often 200 kH z
wide. were especially troublesome in the 30
- 50 MHz range.

in g.

Both display and keypad can be lit by

gree n LEDs (li ght emitting diodes) fo r night
viewing. It takes some work. though. as enabling the light is a two keystroke sequence.
Iii Circuitry and Construction
T he AR2700 employs triple-up conversion ci rcuitry. but as Table I shows. the first

TABLE 1
Intermediate Frequencies (in MHz)
1st IF

2nd IF
3rd IF

AR2700

ARSOOO

287.55
749.25
58.05
10.7 (AM/WFM)
.455 (NFM)

275.45
736.25
45.05
10.7 (AM/WFM)
.455 (NFM)

Here is a sampling of birdies in the 30 - 50 MHz range

strong enough 10 n:gistert wo
or more segments on the S1965 vintage Hallicrafters CRX-4 Civic Patrol
meter: 30.3. 30.45. 3 1.0 monitor receiver tuned 30 - 50 megacycles FM.
3 1.2. 34.2 1. 36.0. 36. 53 Tran sform er/ess, it contained se11en tubes and
36.8. 37.8. 39. 1, 41.51 could
be po we red from I 17 volts A C or DC.
4 1.79. H2. 46.:n - 46.5 1.
(Photos by Pam !'amass, N9HRZ)
48.0 . 48.88. Consul1a1i on
with another AR2700owner
confim1cd 1ha1 bird i e ~ we re
a problem in hi s scanner.
100.
To explore the interference problem further. we
used a small Scncore PL207
pickup loop probt.: connected
10 the antenna jack of an
ICOM R71 00 rect.: i ver.
Moving the sni ffer.. probe
ove r vari ous pans of tht.:
AR 2700case. we found radio frequency emis- VHF-low hand. the AR2700 squelch required
sions leaking th rough the keypad. the stron- a stronger !-> ignal 10 ope n than di d the
BC3000XLT.
gest producing readings of S7 on the R7 I00 SWe chei.:k..:d the ~ qu e lch sensiti vity of both
metcr. We tried the same procedure on the
BC3000XLT and the c mi s~ i o n s were much s<.:anners usin g an FM signal generator. In the
160 MH z ra nge. the BC3000XLT squelch
weaker. S I al most.
All hough we rcs1ric1cd the emission lest to opened on signals of 0. 3 microvolts. but the
the 30 - 50 MHz range. the internally-gener- AR2700 would n l open unless signals we re at
leas! 0.4 mierovolls. The /\R 2700 squelch
ated noise was a problem up through the
VHF-high band . Also. our AR2700 heard beeamt.: even sti ngit.:r al hi gher frequenc ies. In
television audio where it shouldn i: channels the 460 MHz range. the BC3000XLT squelch
35, 20, and 66 audio were heard on 853.4, opened on signals of 0.4 microvolts. but the
AR2700 refused 10 open unless signals were
857.35. and 863.9 1 MHz. respectively.
at least 0.7 microvolts.
Once the squek:h ope ned. our AR2700
I Missed Signals We Wanted
heard the same signals with lc ~s noise than the
Scanning with the AR2700 was a frustratBC3000X LT. Thal s consistent with our earing experience. The squelch had 10 be set lier sensiti vity tests using an OLHdnor antenna.
1igh1cr on several VHF-high band freque ncies
The bonom line? Although our AR2700
lo avoid hav ing the scan interrupted by the was sensiti ve lo \Vt.:akcr signab under lab
broadband birdies. The tighter selling. in com- conditions with squelch open, il skipped them
bination with the stingy squelch action de- during ord inary use- while scanning. searchscribed later. forced the AR2700 lo mi ss sig- ing. or silting on a channel with the squelch
nals during a scan unless they were fairly closed. Thi s is a consequence of usin g a
strong.
carrier-operated squ..:lch instead of a noiseEven after locki ng out the birdie frequen- operaled sq uelch as menti ont.:d earlier.
cies and i.:arcfully rt.:adj usting th<.: squelch to
We spent little tim..: using the AR2700
ils most sensiti ve posit ion. our AR2700 still
below 30 MH1.. It was sen!-> ili ve on shortwave
skipped weaker signals.
freque nc ies. but !ht.: !-> pec trum was overloaded
We swi tch..:d an outdoor Ante nn a Spei.:ial- by local broadcast !->lat ions when connected to
ists A V-80 I antenna back and fo rth betw..:en a 132" dipole.
the AR2700 and our BC3000XLT while in
manual mode. With the squelch completely I Decent Audio
open. our AR2700 was more sensiti ve in the
The AR2700 aud io wa!-> cri sp and clear
90, 162. and 460 M H:t. ranges. and slight ly
mor..: sen ~ ili v..: in the 43 and 120 MH :t ranges. except for ~om e di, 1oni o11 above 800 MH1..
Our BC3000XLT was more sensiti ve in the due. we bc lie\'t.:. lo b..: ing sligh tl y off frcqut.:ncy. The spcakcr t.:millccl a hi gh frequency
855 MHz range.
hiss e ven when the receiver was squelched.
We then set the squelch control on both
The top pan..:I i ~ l"ill t.:d with an old fashscanners 10 the threshold point 10 silence the
audi o with no signal present. Except on the ioned I/8" monaura l earphone jack which

will feed audio lo only one side o r light weight

stereo headphones.

Current Consumption
The current consumption of our AR2700
was high bu t within reason. While scanning
or stopped quietl y. it drew about I 00 mA. the
same a!-> the Rad io Shack PR0 -60 reviewed in
September 1995 MT. We measured 75 mA
drawn by the BC3000XLT and 88 mA by the
PR0-62 reviewed in February. While receiving signals. consumption rose 10 the I00 - 130
mA range . Th..: keypad and display li ght drew
an aclditional 60 mA. Wt.: found no evidence
of a ballery saver circui t as contained in the
PR0-62 and BC3000X LT. While turned off,
our AR2700 consumed onl y 0.04 mA.

I Summary
The AR-2700 incorporatt.:!-> a good ~el of
features and opt ions. bu t we found it difficult
to program and manipu late. More importantl y.
our A R-2700 scanned and ~ c arc hed poorly
because there was so much internall y-generated noise. and the squelch opened only on
moderately strong signals, mi ssing transmissions we wanted to hear.

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Editor-in-Chief
Passport to World Band Radio

Aroma SED-ECL88C-A Real Little Stinl<er

caf throueh back issues of MT. and

you 11 fi nd that we vc bee n keepmg a
close eye o n the progress of the Chinese world band radio industry fo r some time,
now. The co st of productio n is so low in China
relative to ot her countries. and the work force
so industri ous. that if they would go about it
right , they could redefine the world band
radio marke t by p roducing high-quality radios at genu inely affordable prices.
A las. thei r initi al e ffo rts have no t been
inspiring. Yet. gray beards w ill reca ll that the
first manu factu red items from Japan after
World War II. a nd eve n we ll into the Sixties.
o ft en \11cre no thing more than cheap imitations o f Western products. (Yes. their c ars.
too.) A nd you don't have to be all that long in
the tooth to recall w hen "Made in Hong Kong"
and " Made in Taiwan'' were synon y mo us
w ith shoddi nes s. Of course . a ll three places
arc now noted fo r the s uperior q ual ity of their
manufactured goods .
But in C hina. things we re complicated by
the Cold War and Mao Zedong ' s variou s
u pheavals. whic h se t the C hinese econo my
back at least a gene ration . Now. though. "Mad e
in Ch ina" is appearing. like mus hroo ms a fte r
a spring rain. o n goods of all sort s. So me are
s ho ddy, some okay. hut the overall picture is
of a country s ti ll in the early ~ ta ges o f industrial g ro wth. Y ct. whe reas five years ago
nearly nothing see med to come o ut o f C hin a.
a nd two years ago nearly everyth ing was of
poor quality. now we arc beg inning to see
o ccasional seri o us products approachin g
world -c lass quality. CD players and computerdi skette d rives. for example. and-ycsworld band radios.

I Two worthy models from China

But thus fa r. the o nly quali ty worl d band
radi os we have tested out o f C hina have been
under the Gru nd ig labe l: fir st. the Yacht Boy
400. and more recentl y the Yac ht Boy 305.
A ltho ugh the small num ber of rad ios we test
is hardly a soli d sampling of the vast numbe rs
o f world band receivers produced each year.
the fac t is that we ve had no prob lems with
any tested Grundig mod els o ut o f C hin a.
w hereas we have had occasional problems
w ith. for example. Grundi g products o ut of
Po rtug al. and Sony products o ut o f Japan. (In

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all fairness. the Sony products in ques tion

ha ve been techno log ically advanced , and thu s
mo re likely to have things wh ich can act up.)
But whi le C hinese factori es u nde r c lose
supervis ion by Western firms are now c learly
abl e to prod uce radi os with good e ng ineeri ng
and build q ua lity. those made by C hi nese
man ufac turers o n the ir own have left muc h to
be desi red. None have performed well , a nd
some ha vc amounted to litt le mo re than throwaways.

D Improvements in Shenzhen
Electronic's latest model
In recent years. we ve tested various
analog and digital portables. sometimes
unde r the " Precisio n Wo rld " name.
from S henzhe n Electronic Display
Ltd. ( fa x 0 1 186755
7474) .
We've found them to be cons iste ntly medioc re. but
by the abys mal standards o f C hinese portabl es to bl: relati ve ly
o ka y fo r the price.
Now. Shen zhe n has introduced a new mode l.
t he Aro m a SEDEC L88C. a com pac t
po rt able w ith dig it a l
tuning.
The re art: some obv io us improve me nts
ov er th e last s uc h
mode l from Shenzhen.
T o beg in wit h. you
d o n t ha vc to use a
bandswitch to go fro m the
uppe r to the lower reac hes of the s hortwave
spectrum. o r v ice versa. A nd se nsiti vity to
weak sig nals has also been im proved.
Too. the 22 mctc r seg me nt is covered. T hi s
is nothin g new for S hen zhe n. but it is someth ing that firm has led C hinese manufacturers
in d o ing. FM is a lso in stereo throug h carphom:s. That pre tt y well wraps up the good
news.

:ns

Great Leap Backward: Where are the

stations?
But from then on it' s a ll dow nhill. By

deleti n g the two-pos ition

s ho rt wave band sw it ch .
th ey al so hal ved th e
number of available
presets from ten to
fi ve . T hat make s
tuning muc h
less con venient. inasmuc h
as there is neither a keypad
for direct-frequency entry. nor
a tuning knob. However. the up/
d own sle w buttons work very e ffecti vely. thus partiall y overcoming
the paucity of tuning features.
But the re al z inger. and poss ibly related to the band sw itch issue. is shortwave
frequency coverage: 7 100-2 1850 kHz. Yes.
you read that ri ght: Th ere 's 110 49 merer hand
cmemRe! Thi s is al ways a vital band in the
evening, d uring prime li ste ning time. Tha t' s

espec ially true now. w hile the so lar system is

inthe troug h o f an 11-year s unspoteyc le. and
recept ion concentrates in bands so mewh at
lower than at other stages in the sunspot
cyc le .
So e venings. whe n mos t peop le li sten, 49
mete rs is by far the most important seg ment
to be fo und. Indeed , during w inter in the
Americas it is sometimes the 011/y band wi th
much to recei ve in the way of internat ional
broadcasts. Desig ni ng a radi o w ith no 49
meter coverage in the depths of the s unspot
cycle is like o ffering bikinis d uring the Ice
Age. Yet. so mehow Shen zhen has managed

to pull it off.
Otha shortcomings pale, but are real: poor
image rejection: a weird readout (e.g., 5910
kHz reads 5.91 MH z): mediocre dynamic
ran ge; an antenna that docs not rotate and
which is inclined to snap: no signal-strength
indicator: and no travel power lock. AM coverage and channel spacing are fine for many
parts of the world, but not for the Americas
(however. they might correct this in any version sold in the Americas. if and when that
comes about).
The Aroma, a real little stinker, sells forthe
equi valent of abou t $40 in Chi na. Nobody
expects the sun. the moon and the stars for
$40. but they do ex pect that it will receive
signals.
Although we picked up our lest unit in
China, thanks to Passport to World Band
Radio collaborator Prof. Harlan Seyfcr, other
Shenzhen models have been sold in North
America by such catalog houses as Heartland
America. Perhaps before Shenzhen's latest
plastic wonder works its way lo our shores.
somebody will have the good sense to redesign it for sensible frequency coverage. In the
meantime, though, thi s is one model to steer
clear of unless you listen mai nly by day, when
the hi gher bands are active.

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in accordance 11i1h the policies a11d procedures oflllfematio11al Broadcasting Sen'ices.

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(OMPUTERS & RADIO

RADIO-RELATED SOFTWARE REVIEWS

John Catalano, PhD

Collins' PropMan

hen we started th is col umn a

that the nine-page qu ick reference guide
which co m e~ with the program is supe rfew years ago the price of a
fl uous. No matter whic h sc reen you wish
typica l mon itoring program
to ex plore. you ca nno t get lost with
ranged between $50 and $ 150. One trend
Propman s format. Jn addi tion. press ing
we ' re seeing in 1995 is monitoring soft "H" at any time brings up a very exte nsive
ware companies now offering a basic
help fi le. Even the help fi ll.! was easy to
software package. plus a profess ional or
use. not something that can be 'aid for all
go ld version. However. the typi cal price
programs.
range has d rifted upwards toward the $75
to $ 175 range.
Back to the \!lain Menu. The screen is
divided into six boxes or windows. T he
We ll, we cannot expect prices to stay
user customi zes the data in each of the six
constant- or can we? This month we 11
boxes via the keys at the bottom.
take a look at a propagation program
which not onl y bucks the tre nd. but is
I Trying An Actual Skywave
produced and sold by a company that can FIGURE 1: Propman Main Menu Screen
only be described as a world leader in
Pred iction
communications. That company is Collins. a answer via a number of well-k nown approx iLet's say you arc in Boston. MA, using a
di vision o r Rockwell Intern ational Corpora- mati on methods. In most cases the rc,ult is
dipole
a ntenn a and you wan t to know what is
tion. At $49.95. Propman-PROPagation still valid for use in our everyday lives. But
the
best
freque ncy to receive w w v s time
Resource MA Nager-beats the pants off any maki ng predicti ons is really trying to say what
are broadcast on 2.5. 5. I0, 15,
signals.
which
propagati on program r ve seen. in price and the futu re is go in g to be by looki ng at what
and
20
MHz
fro
m Boul der. CO. At the bottom
trends
happened
in
the
past.
Where
history
performance. To find out why. read on.
repeats itself exac tl y. this method works wel l. of the Mai n Menu (Fig I ) we see that pressi ng
But when a tota ll y new revolutionary situatio n the "S" key wi ll bring up the stat ion menu
II Gazing into the Ionic Soup
occurs. never before ex pcricnccd in our knowl- (Figure 2 ). The trans mitter station. T X. can be
Propagation program s try to pred ic t the edge of the past. all hindsight pred icti on met h- changed by pressing the Enter key when TX is
interaction of many geophysical parameters
hi ghlighted via the arrow keys.
ods go badly wrong.
and their resultan t effect on the propagati on of
You are then prese nted with a database of
One method of minimi zing thi s "revolue lectromagnetic waves through the charged tionary" sit uation effect is to gather real-time c ity locat ions all over the world . For e xamp le,
medium called the ionosphe re. These prodata prior to prediction and adapt the past over onc hundred and fo rt y c ities in England
grams re ly on mathe mati cal models of thi s tr..:nds to include th is new data in futur..: pre- are included. Again. highl ighting the desired
"soup" of charged particles. One of the most
di ctions. T his is called an adapti ve. or sclf- transmi tter ci ty and pressing Ente r docs it all.
common models is the IONCAP model (now
learning system. Propman. although not be ing A si milar procedure is done for the receiving
a program, PC.25 ). The main parameters o f
strictly an adapti ve system. docs inc luc!t.: some (RX) station. New stat ions can be added to the
IONCAP are sunspot number. geographical
important real-ti me data capture methods. database via the "Database" screen.
location of stations relati ve to the earth 's Before we get ahead of ourse lves. let's look at
Now. to get a more accurate view of our
magnetic field and each ot he r. and calendar
exact situation we should input equipment
the basic program format.
date.
detai ls. This is done by pressing the ''Q" key
Propman uses IONCAP. but so do some or
as
show n at the bot tom of the screen (fig ure 3 ).
II Screening Propman
the others we have reviewed. So where is the
Propman version 3. 1 comes on
difference'' Well. fo r one thing. Propman incl udes a built-in 11 -ycartypical sunspot cycle two 3.5 high density disk s and has
the following minimum system rein the S49.95 pri ce. But let' s k..:ep goi ng.
qu irements: IB M PC 286 (486DX
recom me nded). 2M B hard dri vc
I Too Many Parameters Confuse The
s pace. 490 K conventio nal RAM
Broth
memory. EGA o r VG A moni tor. and
The validity of any "predicti on" is always DOS 3.2 or high..:r.
questionable. In contrast to publi c opinion.
Hard drive installation is easy and
science is only able to solve a very few prob- fast. Runn ing Propman bri ng s up the
lems in ou r real world without the use of a Main Me nu (Figure I). wh ich is one
fudge factor. When I say .. , olve" I mean of the ten primary menus. All menu
exac tl y. to the last decimal place. and un iver- screens are accessed by press ing the
sall y, at any place in space and time. What we. desired key listed at the botto m of
as scienti sts. do all the time is come to a final each sc reen. Th is fo rmat is so easy FIGURE 2: Station Menu

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~UftREltT ~ STAT IOM : EQU lrncnt. rn nnJ:TERS

PRRnMETl'.HS
rt Luu frrq11cm:.t1 llll--- - - -- -
r;::: lllgh frcqucur:!J 1 lnlt Lt Transnillcr lllluer ti Site 1 1i.otroph: <111lennt1 y4l11

z.o

nu~

100.0 nnz.

10000 .0 U<lll 'Looking in the WRT V Handbook we

Of course a receiver with an outQ,Q dDI
O .0 dBi
l'.i Site 7. lsotruplc 11ntc1111" g.,i11 can find that most WWV transmitters
put for its AGC voltage. an analogue
t't1 n11te1111n clc\rnllon .abov1: tcrr.,ln:
' 1.0 dcyrr:e!:
r.. ftl11ln11n .111lr.t1n'1 loli.enrr 4\ll!Jlr.--:
have an output of I 0,000 watts. This
to digital (A/ D) conve rter, and a secflJ rrr.quc111:y re:;olut Ion -- ----- lflGtl
1>1G1tn1. ontn
f'I Cht1nnt:I nctlulllJ ----- - - - def nu It
:-:11r1 i'l S11mo11ot 1m..
info rmation plus any antenna data (we
ond computer to encode the data and
f l D1te UT tnu i11j-tJc11rJ- l.1.:05
Shfl l' J Tine IJT <hr:nnl- - - -- ----assumed our rcl:eivcr antenna was a
then se nd it to the computer Propman
---- - -----is running are required. Let me clearly
dipole and therefore 0 dB gain ). type
of signal we wish to monitor (in this
state that I did not try this AGC feaIHSTRllCtlOrtS
1 1 ~;,~i~~ ~
I lllyhl lghl lten
l:asc analog-voice) and the actual sunture. However Propman includes hardrt
:.:ltr t l'J nodlfy lten
tH nudUIJ llllJhll!Jhlrd llen
nu Ex it
spot number is entered on this Equipware detai ls using commercially avai l-- - - ment crcen. For the ~ un sp ot nu mber
able A/D convener PC cards and inyou have the choice of using a pro- FIGURE 3: Equipment Menu Screen-Note
cludes all the software requ ired fo rthe
gram-generated default value which Sunspot Input Line
second computer. With the price of
used 286/386s today thi s is cheaper th an it
is based on the model. or entering a
number from another sourl:c. such as WW Y.
a satellite downlink- and therefore real-ex- sounds.
The s u n ~ pot number is estimated to be the
pense (a new. but common. technoterm). For
solarflux value reported by WWV mi nus 50.
$2000 you can have the equipment to receive Now, What Didn't You Like?
this digital data via the Spacenet 4 satellite.
Only one thing that comes tu mind here.
This data is updated each min ute. Thals pretty
Looking Into The Crystal Ball
The program makes you change your comclose lo real-time '
So where is the prediction of which WWY
puter system 's clock to UTC time. I think the
For those of us with less stringent rea l-time
very creative people at Coll ins could include a
frequcm:y will provide the hcst reception?
requi rement s. a nd less rea l-t ime money .
Propman can present this information in sevfield in the station database that would incl ude
Propman is equipped with an SESC bulletin
loca l time information relati ve to UTC (GMT).
eral forms. The two 1 find mo~t useful are the
board data capture feature. using your modem
By reading the system calendar. even the sumPlot screen and the Main Menu. Looking
and phone lines. This board inputs the US
mer and day li ght saving ti me could be autohack at Figure I. on the left side we can see a
Airforce~ six-hour HF propagat ion report.
matically taken into account without manually
horizontal bar screen in the current ChanPropman wi 11automaticall y modi fy its predicsetting the computer system clock to UTC.
ne ls window. The lunger the bar. the be tter
tion lo inc lude th is data. It wi ll even sound an
Waiting for more? Sorry. that's the onl y
your chance of hearing signals on that freaudible alarm if a solaror ionospheric "event:
com plaint. Either in its re lative simple formquency . In Figure I the barnext to 14 MHz is
that will affc.::ct propagation. begins or e nds. As
whic h is better than any other propagat ion
largest, and there fore the best fo r this situathis in formation comes in it is integrated into
program we have tested--0r in its all singing
ti on and time.
Propmans forecasting data and displ ayed in
and dancing SESC and AGC real-time conThe PLOT screen. Figure 4 . is a more
the first two windows on the right side of
figurat ions. Propman is a real-time" bargain
sophisticated graphic representation prov idFigure I.
in my opinion. Propman is available from
ing eve n more information. T he primary disCollins Avionics and Comms Division for
play shows the propagati on conditions for the
I Can It Do The Lawn?
$49.95 plus tax. shipping and handlin g. Credit
whol.c shortwave range of freq uencies and
how they will c hange with time. The solid
No. Keep mowing. But Propman does have card orders and furtherordcring informat ion is
line within the hori zontal band is the best
another conneuion to the real world- one available at (800) 32 1-2223 or (3 19) )95frequency as a function of time of day.
that could be the best. al the least ex pense for 5 100.
In the coming months we ' JI look at software
Using Propman in this simple way will
hams and listeners. The AGC (automat i<.: ga in
yield results as good as any propagation procontrol = ~ i g na l strength) se nsor fcawre con- available from the Grove cat alog, AEA' s
gram on the market but fo r much less effort
stantl y checks the relati ve signal strength of FAX lll. the ever-important reader's letters.
known stations, or beacons. This provides and the latest equipment and software for usand less cost.
some of the most accurate real-time propaga- ing comput ers and radios . .. . Sec you on the
tion dat a possible to Propman. By monitoring 13th at the Grove Expo!
Let's Get Professional
signals on given frequencies Propman adapts
As we have just seen. getting a simpl e
its forecast to lit with realit y. The AGC staprediction from Propman can be done withi n
'
tion/beacon data is displayed in Figure I in the
The MODEL 930 is
ten minutes of install ing the program. But
.
a
cost
effective
window
at
the
lower
right.
lltOOl.lUO
what about all this real-time stuff, John'1 ( !
i
instrument tha t can
detect,
decode,
I
knew you wouldn' t forget.) Take a look bac k
l
display, and store
AIECORP
at the Main Menu in Figure 1. Do you see the
all of the signaling
I
"' '"'
'f' oo ""
three windows on the right side of the sc reen?
formats used in the
L!......:___
telephony
industry.
There you ha ve the power which has made a
When detected, the
version of Propman thc program of choice for
signal is identified as DTMF, MF or DP, and
tagged as to mode on the display and in the
many professional and mil itary communicamemory. This unit is PC compatible such that
tions agencies. Here is where Propman brings
data can be transferred to disk or hard drive
reality into the equation.
when on board s torage is not large enough.
At $ t 18.45 for the DTMFIDP unit or $308.40
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DEMAW'S WORKBENCH
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND TIPS

Doug Demaw, WI FB

Multiband Reception
with Tuned Antenna Feeders

clling qu;ility multib;ind reception

wit h a single antenna is not difficult if
we adopt some simple. established
procedures. ll is not uncommon to find an
SWL using coax ial cable to lccu a dipole that
has been dimensioned for a particular frequency in the 1.6 to 30 MHz range. The
operator uti liLCS this less-than-optimum system for monitoring all of the freque ncies
within the 1.6 to 30 MHz spectrum. whe n in
fact the performance is best at only the resonant frequency of the antenna.
At other frequc ncie the feed line is not
matched to the anten na feed-point impedance. T his reduces the signal-e nergy transfer
from the antenna to the rece iver because of
the severe mismatch (maximum power transfer occurs only when unli ke impedances are
matched). The standing waves (SWR) on the
feed line can cause decibe ls of signal loss at
the hi gh end or the freq uency range. espec ially if RG -58 coax or old. lossy line is used.
Some SWLs u ~e only a random length of
wire (wrongly referred to as a "long wire." the
latter of wh ich is defined as one wavelength
or greater at the operating frequency) that is
connecteu directly to the antenna jack of the
receiver. Again. a mis match exists between
the wire and the 50-ohm input circui t of the
receiver, even though signals can be copied
over a wide range of freq uencies. Weak signals. especially. will be enhanced ifthe feeder
is matched to the an tenna. or it' the end-fed
wire is matched to the receive r (normally 50
ohms).

I A Better Multiband Antenna

There is nothing wrong wi th the dipole
concept for use over a wide frequency range.
The ante nna can be a \e11ical. sloping. or
hori zonta l dipole. or you might prefer the
invertcd-V (drooping dipole) fom1at. Rather
than using coax as the feeder. you wi ll feed
the antenna with balanced li ne. For this you
may use ordinary 300-oh m T V ribbon. 450ohm ladder linc. 1 or homemade open-wire
line. The impedance of the feed line is not
important for this appl ication.
Ideall y. the dipole wou ld be cut for the
lowest frequency of intercst. such as 1.8 MH z.
The fcedt.:rs arc tuned by means of an antenna
106

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coupler th at matches the recd line to the

receiver or transmitter. The tuner or some
external device. suc h as a balun transformer.
must also convert the balanced condition to
50 ohms unbalanced. More on th is later.
Actually. the dipole can be any convenient
length. but the longerthe better. For example.
a I0-M HLdipole can be used al 3 MHz if the
overall system is tuned to 3 MHz. Figure I
shows a system that uses tuned feeders. a
tuner and an RF isolation device. The feed
line can he any convenient length. but the
shorter it is the lower the losses.

I Matching and Balancing

A convenient hut " iffy" method for interfacing ba lanced feeders to a 50-ohm unbalanced system is to place a I: I or 4: 1 balun
transformer between the output of an unba l;mced antenn a tu ner and the balanced feede rs. However. at many frequencies the transformer is fo rced to look into some very hi gh
impedances (such as 1500 ohms). and thi s
prevents the balu n from perform ing effecti ve ly (baluns arc designed to operate at impedances below approx imate ly 600 ohms).
A preferred technique calls for "noating
the antenna tuner at radio frequencies (no
earth ground connec ted to it) and using an
isolation choke. I: I balun or broadband I: I
tran sformer between the tuner input port and
the rest of the station gear (sec Figure I). The
receivcrand/ortransmi ttcr do, howeve r. have
an earth ground connected to them.
Whe n placing the balun or isolation choke
before the tuner it is then possible to make a
single-ended tu ner operate as a balanced one.
One conductor of the balanced feed line connects to the normal single-wire 1cm1inal of
the tuner. and the re maining feeder wire is
attached to the chassis of the tuner.
Figure 2 provides details for constructing
your own balun or broadband isolation transformer. Each device is wound on a ferrite
toroid core. 1 Parallel or twisted (e ight twi sts
per inch) l e n g th ~ of wire are placed on the T I
core at the same time. An ohmmeter can be
used to identify the co1Tect e nds of the windings. or two wires of different colors may be
used to simpli fy the job. An isolation choke
can be used in place of the I: I balun. It is

constructed by windi ng a 7- 1/2 x 0.5 inch 125mu ferrite rod fu ll of RG-58 coax cabk. Electrical tape may be used to hold the wi nding in
place.

I Adjustment and Use

Any conventional antenna tuner is suitable
for use with a multi band antenna of the type
seen in Figure I. It can be a L network. T
network or pi network. provided it will match
a wide range of impedances.
T une in a weak signal and adjust the tuner
cont rols fo r a peak signal response while
observing the S meter. If you own a noise
bridge or an MFJ-259 SWR analyzer you wi ll
be able to set the tuner con trol s for a I: I SWR
condi tion. which wil l indkate a pe rfec t match.
If you are an amate ur operator. and are
inte rested in only the ham bands. you may use
your transmi t1er and an SWR bridge to adjust
the system for a I: I SWR. The isolation
devices described in Figu re 3 are suitable for
RF power levels up to I00 walls. Substantially larger toroid cores are required for higher
power in order to prevent overheating and

FIGURE 1

DIPOLE ANTEN NA

BAt..ANCED FEED LINE

,,''
,,

REC EIVER

:r

(ANY LENGTH)

''

COAX

CONN ECT TO CASE

TUNER
(NOTOROUHDED)

GROUND

T1 ORT2

Example of a multiband dipole that is fed

with balanced transmission line, a tuner
and a tuner-isolating device. The dipole is
cut for 3.5 MHz and is rnitahlefor use
through 30 MHz. Note that the t1111er is not
grounded, but that th e receiver is connected
to an earth ground. The RF isolation device
may he Tl or T2 of Figure 2, or you may
11.~ e a Radio Works .JK-Ll isolation choke
in place of T1 or Tl. See note 1.

r----------,
I
I
SMARTER
FIGURE 2
T1 (1 :1)

RCVR

TUNER
T2 (1:1)

TUNER

RCVR

@;__
4

TOROID

core satu ration . Co mme rc ia ll y m ade I: I

ba luns are available for power leve ls as great
as 1.5 kW, as are ferrite-rod isolation choke s.'

Details for building and using RFisolatio11 tra11sformers between the

receiver a11d the tuner i11p11t. T1 is a 1: 1
phase-reversal "u11-1m" (1111bala11ced to
1111bala11ced) tra11smissio11-/i11e
transformer. it uses 16 t11ms of twisted
or parallel 110. 22 enamel two-wire
co11d11ctor (see text) wo1111d 011 an
Amidon Assoc. FT-140-61 ferrite toroid
(125 mu). T2 is a conventional
transformer that has two identical
windings of no. 22 enamel wire on an
FT-140-61 toroid core. The secondary
winding is wound over the primary
winding. Be sure to use clockwise or
co1111ter-clockwise rotation f or both
windings.

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If there is a sho rtcoming assoc iated with
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EXPERIMENTER'S WORKSHOP
TWEAK, TUNE, AND MODIFY!

Bill Cheek
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Optimizing Your Scanners Performance

ark A. Cobbl edick o f Ft. Payne,

AL , is the rec ipient of our first Ultimate Sca1111er book award for submitt ing an idea so absolutely elegant , I can1
imagine why I overlooked it all these years.
The only thought I gave it was as a related. but
more complex. idea in my Sca1111er Modificatio11 Handbook, Vol-2. pg 2 17. My idea w as to
use a PR0-2004/5/6 scanne r's ba ndswitc hing
signal s to electronically sw itch ante nnas so
that an optimum antenna is always on line for
a given frequency band.
T rouble is, who has time or space for up to
seven antennas? Apparently not many. because I a m aware of no one following up on
my idea. Well. ma ny o f you w ill fo llow up on
Mark 's idea. because it is so s imple a nd yet so
effecti ve. I'll open with Mark's words :
r was impressed with the c irc uits and
ideas you presented in your Sca1111er Modijlcatio11 Handbooks. One o f spec ia l appeal was
the antenna switching sche me that used the
scanne r's bandswitchi ng IC to switc h ante nnas. Afte r reading th is. I wanted to tell you of
my solution fo r an optimum antenna in line
for every band in the scanner. Yo u need o nl y
a little mechanica l ski ll and two or three
antennas : one for VHF-Lo, one for VHF-Hi ,
a nd one for UHF. My application was for
mobile use, but the principles read ily apply to
base stations as well , because whips. di poles.
and Yagi ante nnas for these bands are easily
avail able ."
" ln a word. I disconnected the BNC antenna input on the inside o f my PR0-48
scanne r and mounted two more, ide ntical
BNC c.:onnectors. I rewired the first one to the
VH F- Lo RF-Amp-M ixe r input: the second to

the VHF-Hi RF-Amp-Mixe r input, and the third to the UHF RFA mp-Mi xe r input. (Bl oc k diagrams and schematics e nc losed)."
M a rk 's so lution is o n th e
money. and it applies to the majority of all scan ners. This princ iple
can be appli ed to the PR0-2004/5/
6 and PR0-2035. but it is best to
wa it for a special artic le on these
top end sca nners.

I A Few Cuts, A Few Holes ...

FIGURE 2:
Typical Modification fPR0-48)

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The block diagram and schemat ics shown are for the PR0-48.
bu t can be considered typical fo r
most scanners. In fac t. most scanners have only two or three RF
front-e nds-one for VH F a nd o ne
for U HF-but sometimes VHF is
broke n up into V HF-Lo and V HFHi . Newer scanners m ight a lso
New for @!..tl)
have a UHF-Lo and
HF- Hi.
UHF ,l ~P
giving fou r RF front-ends.
T he idea is to isolate each s pcc i fi c RF Amp/Mi xer front-end
from the factory-stock BNC a nte nna connector. except for the
one closest to the ori ginal ante nna
j ac k. Leave it connected to the
BNC. but c ut and isolate the rema ining front as 30-138 MH z while VHF-Hi is 138-300
ends as shown in Figures I a nd 2. Install new M Hz. U HF is 300 MHz and up. but if UHF is
BNC jacks o n the rear o f the scanner. and divided into Lo and Hi bands. then it's loosely
connect the cente r lug o f each to a di ffere nt RF 300-520 MHz. a nd 760 MHz and up.
Amp/Mixer front end. Labe l a ll BNCjacks fo r
O ptimi zed antennas ca n be as s imple as
their specific bands . It may be a good idea to d ipoles and groundplanes or as complex as
run a common ground wire from the outer lug yag i and log-period ics. T he benefits of this
or she ll of each BNC con- interesti ng modification to your scan ner innectar to the nex t. and then c lude greater range and hettcr performance
FIGURE 1 : General Approach
to a c ircuit ground trace. The across the bands of interes t by virtue of better
FR0 -4 8 1echn que sho"'- ., bvt opphes to most sconr>t" /'\
important thing is that the perform ing antennas.
Antenna
VHF-lo
ground she ll of each BNC
RF AMP MIXER
IS! IF AMP
Md
g
oes s trai g ht to c ircu it I Caveats
Bandswitmng
ground.
: "Cut
Warni ngs arc few fo r th is simple hack. Just
NOTE M~1 sconnt '1 hove f"" o r
Add
VHF-HI
keep trac k of your work and make a note of
three RF A mp1M1M1 r front end s
I Connect Antennas
RF AMP M IXER
....~.: ...
everything you do in case you need to go back
MC
lsolale ecch one orxf odd o new
Bandsw11chtfl9
BNC 1n:>U1 connect0t for eoch
Acqui re or make an a n- and reverse the process. Isolate the diffe rent
_c.,.
Con-iec onlennas o pt1m zed~,
..
tenna that' s optimized for RF Amp/Mixer front ends by cu tt ing c ircuit
each bond to the BNC 1ock:'
Add
UHF
the center o f each ban d or traces where possible. a nd leave a 118" gap in
RF AMP MIXER
:/ .:...
AAO
RF Amp/Mi xer front e nd. the cuts. If reversal is ever required. you can
Bandsw1tch1ng
VlfF-Lo is general ly defin ed bridge the c uts with soldered copper jumpe rs.

108

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October 1995

VHF-UHF Propagation Analysis, Continued

In J une/95. I presented a spreadsheet method
for calcul ating distances between two points.
In August. I showed how to calculate or model
the Free Space Loss ofa VHF-U HF radio wave
between two po ints. as lo ng as those two poi nts
were high enough above the surface of the
grou nd lo communicate via the space wave:
i.e .. mo unta intop lo mo untai ntop. air-to-air. o r
air-to-ground, etc. Linc-of-sight was one characteristic of free space propagation. with the
quali fie r being that sig nals are never c loser 10
the g round than 2-3 wavele ngths.
Radio sig nals do not always propagate by
the free space wave. however. The ground
wave is a common medium of propagati ng
rad io signals . but its loss is calcul ated somewhat d iffe rently from the free space wave. This
Plane Earth propagation is another line-ofsig hl mode. and is just as easy to mo del when
you know the pert inent c haracteristics.

I Plane Earth Loss

Free space rad io sig nals weaken at predictable rates. But, when radio waves come within
that nebulo us "frezne l zone." they take o n
d ifferent characteristics. Linc-of-sight remains
a cond ition for Plane Earth propagatio n, but
pro ximity to the earth introduces two new
variables- the d istance and re lat ive heights of
the transmit (Tx) and receive ( Rx) antennas.
Mathematically. Plane Earth propagation
behaves as if the earth were a fl at surface
(hence the name ). w ith a fixed influence. The
cond itio ns of val idity for Plane Earth analysis
are that the Tx and R x ante nnas must be within
rad io line-of-sight of each other and that line
must pass with in 0-3 wavelengths of the earth 's
surface al o ne or more point s a long the path.
Incidentally. obstacles between the two antennas may obstruct the line-of-sig ht. O bstacles
introd uce addi tional loss, addi tive 10 the Plane
Earth Loss. I'll show you how to calc ulate
Shadow or Obstac le Loss in a future col umn .
but for now. we will assume there are no
obstructions in the line-of-sig ht path. Trees.
shrubbery. foli age. and light build ing materials
do not count as obstac les. and do not normally
affect VHF-UHF propagatio n wi thin scanner
considerations.

I The Calculations
a..= 10 Log., ~ = 10 Log,, [ 3.45 x 10 " [R x T,
~

w here: adb
P,
P,

attenuation, decibels
power transmitted, watts
power received, watts
d istance between antenna s,
miles

)' )

8.5
Log 10 ( 1 + Pr)
height of receiving a ntenna
3 16,227
I + Pr
a bove ground, ft
Pr
1 + 316227
Th
height of tra nsmitting a ntenna
above ground, ft
Pr
3. 16x 109 watts
Let' s do a n example to ensure that we' re
Fig uring your ante nna is a no minal 50-o hms.
we use O hms Law lo calcul ate the RSL
play ing 10 the same sheet of music. Find the
(received sig nal level) in m icrovo lts as fol Plane Earth Loss of a sig nal thirty miles away.
lows:
where the a nte nna is I 00-ft a bove g ro und, and
your mo nito r ante nna is 40-fl a bove ground
P =E1.;. R
level. and where there is radio line-of-sight to
E =~
that dista nt source.
a db
10Log 10 (3.45x l 015(1 00x40+30)2)
E
=
3.16 x 10 9 x 50
10 Log 10 (3.45 x 10 ' 5 ){ 133.3 )2
E=
1.58 x 101
10 Log 10 (3.45 x 101S)( l 7,777.8)
11
10 Log 10 (6.133x 10 )
E= 0.0004 volts or 400V
10 (- 10.2 1230)
-102.1 dB
T his 400-V is a very healthy signal,
C larify ing, le t's d rop the (-) sign and j ust
equal to abo ut I 0 o r 20 d B over S-9 if your
refer 10 the Plane Eart h Path Loss as I 0 2 dB .
receiver has an S-metcr. Rarely wi ll this
Fro m he rc. thc actual sig nal strength into your
ana
lysis be comple te , because not o nly must
scan ner is calculated j ust like that in Aug ust
the a forementioned Shado w Loss( if any) be
fo r free space wa ves. The path loss is I 02 dB ,
added 10 the Plane Earth Loss to get the
so we modify 1ha1 loss by facto ring in o ther
overall Path Loss, but there is o ne o ther loss
path gain s and losses. includ ing: transmiller
10 be considered that we
power. dBW (d B relative
have not di scussed yet:
SPREADSHEET CALCUL.ATIONS
to I wall): transmitter anDiffractio n Loss. Thi s
/lemember the Great Circle spreadsheet from
tenna gain , dBi ; receive
June-95? It has a lot of blanks. We fl/led In some
smaller, but potent, loss
a nte n na ga in. dBi : and
In the August issue, and now more as follows:
is added to Plane Earth
trans m itte r a nd rece iver
Plane Eorth loss. d8. Anolvsis
Loss as the radio waves
s ite losses. d B. S uppose
Enter the Frequency (MHz) into Cell E16. Enter
bend alo ng the surface
distance (mi), AB, in Cell E4 7 or let the Greot
the 1rans mi11 er is I 00of the earth. Real world
wau s: the n I 0 Log 10 I 00/ 1 Cirde spreadsheet in MT, June95, do it for you.
sig nal loss analysis conPlane Earth Recejved Signal Love! fRSU. uV
( 10)(2)
20 dB W of
Enter Tx Power (watts) into Cell E23
sists
o f an assessme nt
powe r gain.
Enter Rx Antenna height (h) into Cell E17
P
lane
Earth Loss.
of
You probably use a 0
Enter Rx Antenna Goin (dB) into Cell E18
Di ffractio n Loss, and
Enter Rx Site Loss (dB) into Cell E19
dBi gain d iscone antenna.
Enter Tx Antenna height (It) into Cell E20
S hadow Loss. T he rebut the 1ransmit1er ante nn a
Enter Tx Antenna Goin (dB) into Cell E2 l
sult can be a very acculike ly has 5 d Bi gain . so
Enrer Tx Site Loss (dB) into Cell E22
rate model of a VHFCells
E24-26,E29,E30
Qeove
blonk
for
now)
add the path gains: 20 + 0
+ 5 = 25 dB gain. Now Enter the bel<iw fgrroylg exactly as shown into UHF radio path, and a
Cell E31 :
very interesting and fun
subtract site losses. The T x
~- l' !O'LOG!3 15E-!5'(1Ell'f20!/IW " 211 "21
challe
nge for the halfsite is a professio na l inCell E31 calculotcs and displays the Plane Earth
seri
ous
ho bbyist.
stallatio n with a 2 d B loss , l oss, dB, of the rodio wove. Enter the ~
S
pr eads h ee t
b ut yo u're us ing so m e
~exactly os shown:
buffs can refer to the
E27 = I 0LOG!E231
r, Po-. dBW
lossy coax. ~o fi g ure 6 d B
E28 = ElBE2l+E27
S..m clGalns
sidebar for g uidance to
loss at your end. fo r a tota l E36 ~ 1 tE30tE33f! 9E22 Sumo/1.o.,.,
incorporating the Pl a ne
of 8 d B loss. Su btract that
E39 f34-F28
Plano Eonh R.oiwd Power
Eart h Loss model into
E~2 =smuwomo A !f39/! m1u-1o A 6
fro m the 25 d B gain for a
o u r o n-go in g V HFE42 displays Plane Earth RSL in microvolts (V}.
net gain of I 7 dB to be
UHF
pro pa ga t io n
combined with the I 02 d B
The complete Gr~ Circk and VHF-UHF
heel.
spreads
Pl ane Earth path loss. Alllllysil SpreiU/slrt is available for free
Rh

V
V

Therefore. ne t recei vcd

power al your scanner w i 11
be I 0 2 - 17 = 85 dB below
I-wall .
Remem ber:
a .., = 10 Log,0 ~
P,
So:

85

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ANTENNA TOPICS
BUYING, BUILDING AND UNDERSTANDING ANTENNAS

11

W. Clem Small, KR6A, CET

Easy-Up" Antennas

n August we discussed a number of sin.1ple

antennas th at can be made by utiliz ing
familiar objects around the ho me or o ffic e
as antennas. S ince these antennas are made
by utilizi ng fami li ar objects. they are called
.. UFO" antennas. T his month we discuss a
differe nt. easy-to-make category of antennas
call ed "easy-up" antennas.
Like UFO antennas most of these easy-u p
antennas take littl e space. but unlike UFO
antennas they are made fro m wire or some
other conductor. not from familiar objects.
Also unlike UFO a ntennas. you must fi nd a
place lo mo unt easy-up an tennas. but usual ly
thi s is really easy; thus the name 'easy-up ...

it is not in use . Make sure such an antenna

doesn' l come too close to the ground or o the r
lower windows. as it could be a problem to
othe r persons. The space under the eaves of
the roof is another good place fo r an easy-up
antenna: you can run s uch an a nte nna compl etely arou nd the ho use for maximum pickup.
Ante nnas strung under the floor (i.e .. the
ce iling of you r baseme nt ) will someti mes
provide fa ir reception, although they canno t
be expected to work as we ll as elevated
antennas . Another unus ual location is to lay
the antenna o ut o n the g round. Thi s location
is not ideal. but if it 's the only o ption you have
it may be worth a try.

Ill Easy-up space savers

Iii General Rules

Some easy-up antennas mi ght be called

" space saver ante nnas'' because they do n' t
requi re a spec ial mounting space, they fit int o
the existing environme nt witho ut needi ng a
special space of thei r own. One common
form o r easy-up space saver antenna is made
by running a lo ng wire under a rug o r around
the baseboard in a room and attaching its e nd
to the ante nna input conn ecto r o n your rece iver.
Anten nas usuall y work better the hig her
they are mounted. and so anothe r fa vorite
locatio n is in the attic o r crawlspace above
your ceilin g; run the wire for the max imum
distance the space allows. If you can' t get into
the att ic o r crawlspace. a sma ll wire can be
run inside the room where the wall meets the
ce iling; running the wire along this junction
o l'the ceiling and wal l makes the anten na less
visible than it wou ld be if you ran it direct ly
ac ross the ce iling. The antenna may work
better if you string the w ire all the way around
the room.
One reall y useful locatio n whic h puts the
top end of the antenna up hi gh is in side a n
unused chimney. l o nce had a vertical ante nna in a chimney and it worked o ut really
wel l. Unfortunately the janitor began using
the furnace again to burn trash, and I lost my
antenna'

As with other antennas. easy-u p antennas

sho uld genera ll y be mounted as high and
cl ear of o ther conductors as possible. For
receive-only antennas. s uch as we use in
m o nito ring or shortwave listening. the size of
the w ire is se ldom of impo rtance . Any wire
that is stron g enough to stand the usage it will
get, will work fi ne. An alternati ve to w ire can
be had wi th aluminum foil-sometimes useful for an " under the rug antenna as the foil
w ill not cause a ridge in the rug as some larger
size w ires will do.
Usually we don ' t want an easy-u p antenna
contacting metallic obj ects suc h as gutters o r
me tal roofing. An exceptio n to this is when

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Many easy-up antennas are no t well insulated from their env ironment: usually just the
insulation on the ante nn a w ire itself satisfacto rily in sulates them from objects in thei r
e nvironment for rece ivi ng purposes. But fo r
transm itt ing . except for reall y low power leve ls. an antenna should be well in sul ated from
objects in its environment to avoid power loss,
arc-over and e lectrical shock. Actual ly, indoor antennas should probably not be used for
transmitting above a few watts power in any
case, due to the concern abo ut the effect of R F
radiation o n humans and pets .
If your easy- up an te nna is located on an
upper story it may be impractical to have an
earth ground connecti o n avai lable for your
antenna system. T his is usually no problem for

ANTENNA

Total length of the

quarterwave radial
In feet is 234
divided by the
frequency In megahertz.

as

Length(ft)

TRANSMITIER

= 234/freq(MHz)
or

Length(meters) = 71.32/freq(MHz)

110

Transmitting with Easy-Up Antennas

FIGURE 1

I Other Easy-Up Antennas

H your mo nitoring post is located on an
upper level you can somet imes make a really
easy-up anten na by dropping a w ire o ut a
windo w and letting it hang down whi le you
operate, retrieving it and putting it away when

we want the meta llic object to be part or o ur

anten na. in which case we sho uld make a good
electrical connection between the wi re of o ur
antenna and the metallic object. An a nte nna
w ire which crosses a metal lic o bject and makes
poor or inte rmittent contact w ith it can cause
interference to recept io n with lo ud, di stracting, static -like popping sounds.
For safety keep the ante nna well away from
e lec trical power lines. and the fa rther you arc
fro m e lectrical wiring the less inte rference
your receiver will receive from the e lectrica l
no ise which that line carries.

GROUND CONNECTION/,

AITTENNA
CONNECTION

RADIAL

Length equations and connection di.agramfor using quarter wavelength radials

with a11 antenna.

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a ground connection will often cure the problem: just connect one end of the radial to the
ground connection of your tran smitt er. Understand. however, that radi als are not to be
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WILL.f!Ql OVERCHARGE!.

I This month:

SWTQ-W!LE CUlRENT.

What fa mous tower was saved from destructi on by the fac t that it proved to be a great
ante nna platform fo r intercepting enemy radio messages'l By the way. it wasn' t built to be
a radio to wer.
We' ll have the answer lo thi s mon th's
riddle and muc h more in next mon th's issue of
Monitoring Times. 'Til then, Peace, DX. and
73.

And So ...
What we've covered here should gi ve you
the idea of what's in vol ved in making an
'easy-up" antenna. Most likely now you can
think of several other easy-up antennas which
you can chec k out in your own location.
Happy monitoring !

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ASK BOB

Bob Grove, WA4PYQ

ANSWERS TO YOUR RADIO QUESTIONS

Q . Haverhills TM recently advertised

an "Antenna Multiplier" in the Wall
Street Journal for $29. 95. What
does it do? (Tom Newman,
Doylestown, PA)

A. In a word. nothing. T his classical quackery

has been around since snake oil was being
hmvked in medicine shows. The ad states that
it contains '"an array of electronic compone nts
that li teral ly multiplies the reception powerof
your TV .. and that it "stabilizes your TV
picture, eliminates 'ghosts' and static. and
brings in station s that wcre ... only visible as
flickers and annoy ing shadows." More preposterous. 'you will be able to eliminate any
outdoor antenna completely ... you can bid your
messy and ineffecti ve rabbit cars, loop, rod. or
dish antennas good-bye." and it wi ll vastly
improve AM/FM radio reception and bring in
new stations on shortwave receivers 1

We tested one of these several years ago

and reported our findings-or lack thereofin the pages of MT. It fa il ed mi ,erably. Since
it has small aperture (s mall signal-capture
area) it doesn't recei ve much signal at all . and
sin ce it is unpowcred, it can ' t amplify what
little it docs receive. Even the patelll was
granted in the early 1900s. way before TV.
This is huckstcrism al its finest. Havcrhills
should know better than to try to 'ca m thei r
customers with this fraud.

Q . If digital radio becomes the

norm in the futu re for shortwave

and ham bands, will we need new
digital receivers to receive it, or will
some kind of adaptor allow reception of these new modes? (Donald
Kidder, A shland, ME)

A.

Digital-capab le recei vers could become

the norm. but any conve ntional rece iver will
work on these modes when connected to an
adaptor.

Q. Since silver is so much better at

conducting electricity than copper,
why isn't it used more for antennas,
thus improving radiation efficiency?
{Hugh Waters, Singapore}

A. The difference in e ffi cienc y translates to

an im perceptibl e improvement in signal
strength.
Q. I have one of the old Electra

Bearcats. Could you reprint the

frequency-extension routines for

Full-Frequency Coverage on the ARSOOO and PR046

Although it is illegal to impon to or manufacture in the United
States a cellu lar-capable or cell ular-restorable scanner. it is lawful to
own such a device. There are even full-frequency-coverage restoration procedures avai lable for some currently-manufactured, cellularcensored scanners. It is against the law, however, to listen to conversations in tJ1e cellular freq uency range (or any other telephone calls.
including cordless).

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The AR8000, its optional computer interface plugged into the
Scancat Gold computer program, can be permanently cell ular-restored.
( I) Press FUNCTION, then LOCAL key. Set radio to EXPERT
mode.
(2) Press the down arrow key until you reach the REMOTE setting.
Set BPS to 9600.
(3) Press the down arrow key to access DELI mode. Set to CR ONLY.
Press ENTER.
(4) Press FUNCTION. then 0 key to access SET COPY mode. Press
arrow down key to access SEND/RECEIVE mode. Set to RCV mode.
(5) Press arrow down key to select ALL-DATA mode. Switch to
SYS-DATA.
(6) Insert the interface uni t into the radio with exposed connections
down in preparation for receiving ScanCat Gold commands.
(7) In the first main directory, select R.
(8) In the Radio Select pop-up menu, enter D (A OR 8000).
(9) In the Main Directory select B.
( 10) ln the Disk File Utilities select A.
(I I) In the AOR 8000 Directory select 5.
( 12) In the next directory choose Corn Port # I, then C.

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( 13) Follow the instructions at the bottom of the screen to load the
program. After 3-4 minutes the display wi ll signal it is fi ni shed loading;
disconnect the interface, press the CLEAR key and return to 2 VFO
mode. The scanner is now fully restored.

I The PR0-46
I. Remove the battery cover and battery holder, then remove the
four Phillips head screws inside the battery compartment and the back
cover: carefull y remove the back cover.
2. Locate the gold-colored shield covering the microprocessor and
unsolder the two bottom lugs: bend the shield upward to reveal the
subcircuit beneath.
3. Locate the small circuit board gl ued above the microprocessor:
cut any or all of the fi ve wires to disable it.
4. Reassemble the radio. carefull y plugging the boards back together.
5. With the rad io off. press and hold 2. 9. and LOCKOUT; turn the
radio on. then release the keys. It should now be scanning the first three
banks.
6. Select channel 23 (888.960 MHz) by pressing MANUA L, 23.
MANUAL. Use the UP or DOWN SEARCH key to step through the
ent ire cellular telephone band. Pressing MONITOR stops the search
seque nce on an acti ve freque ncy. To store the frequency, manually
select any channel as above (other than 23) and press PROGRAM .
MONITOR, ENTER.
I Where Credit's Due

We wish to thank Jim Condon of Stockholm. NJ. for the R7000 l F

signal improvement procedure published in the Augu st "Hints."

Questions or tips sent to "Ask Bob,"

c/ o MT, are printed in this column as
sp ace permits. If you desire a prompt,
p ersonal reply, mail your questions
along with a self-addressed stamp ed
envelope (no telephone calls, please)
in care of MT.
some of these? {Jeff Hooper,
Gainesville, GA)

A.

Sure. but remember. these radios used

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orde r: 49. LIMIT. 50. LIM IT. SEARCH.
HOLD. MANUAL.406. LIMJT.405. LI MIT
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LIM IT. SEARCH (dow n).
BC-300: To search 136- 144 MHz, first
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again.
BC-250: To search upward from the highest frequem:y on any band (we'll use 174
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L E T T
(Co11ti11ued from Page 4)

Amateur Radio vs. Internet

We rece ived man y. wonderfu l responses
to Bob Grove s August ..Closing Comment s:
in which he shared the strugg le between hi s
feelings toward an older technology vs. an
emerging o ne. The follo wing arc some representati ve responses.
From Steve n Jo hn so n. WD 8DAS.
sbjohnston@aol.co m. or York. PA: 'Ham
Radio fo r many folks i a much broader
hobby than described in your editorial. I see it
more as Hobby Radio. cncompass ing a much
wider variety of experiences- I-IF. VHF/
UHr. VLF. both mo nitoring a11d talking. as
wel l as building. collecting. fixing, and experimenting wi th radio eq uipment. Your
magazines re flect a similar view. covering all
~Orts of rad io eommunication and experimentation. But the key feature these activit ies all
have in common is radio.
The magic of ham radi o is the combi nation of a free. nalllral phenomenon (electromagnetic waves) with m a n ~ tec hnology
(transmiuers. recei vers, ant ennas) to talk at a
distanee. You cannot experience this on the
Internet. ... I cxpeet that the free-whee ling.
frontier nature of the Internet will not last ...
Being wired it will be eontrollcd. And metered for bi ll ing. (You.II note that hamming is
free or u ~agc costs.)
..The n;w form~ of digital communications (text. audio. video) arc extremely useful
and arc certai nly exci ting. but they do not
replace ha mm ing-they arc separate and diffcn.:nt means of communi cati ons. Diel early
ham radi o di e when telephone became commonplace in homes? No. There is room for
both ham radio a11d the Internet.
Similarl y. fro m Joseph Sabutis. NWOA.
Gh.:ndalc. CA: .. Let me pass on a personal
experience: a couple of days ago. I phoned an
old fri end in Pennsylvani a. After about an
hour we said our goodbyes. But last eve ning
I 1alkcd to a ni ce gentleman in North Carolina on 20 mete r CW. Everything went wrong
after we connected. The QSO lasted about I0
minutes.
.. I felt a se nse of accompfohment after my
CW chat. I looked up my new acquaintance s
callsign to see if I com.:ctly copied it th rough
the noise: I got out a CD-ROM atl as to locate
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during the Sun s current quietness.
.. Contrast my reacti on after the phone call
to that of the radio contact. As a radio operator. I had control of nearly all a~ p ec t s of thi s

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conversation until the time it left my antenna.

At that point.lam at Nature s mercy. After
e ight years as a ham and having a PhD in
ph ysics, I am still awed by the process. What
is truly amazing is that I can do this with a
handfu Iof parts to generate radio osci Ilat ions.
another handful to clean up the signal. and I
send it out th rough a wire hanging in a tree.
'As you mention, some hams have become appliance operators. willing to demand
and pay for the bells and whi stles on a new rig.
and ultimately never use 80'7<' of these features. I feel that Internet phone is just a
computer bell or whi stle that will appeal to
pt:oplc because they can get similar results as
an amateur radio operator without having to
put in the time and effort to acq uire a license ...
But at thi s time. I cannot sec something as
rou tine and techn ologicall y removed as
internet phone ever replacing the pride and
sati sfaction of a successful amateur rad io
con1ac1.
Harold Eads. KE4APO. Fi ncastle.VA: 1
love the diversity of opinion in Mo11itori11g
Ti111e.1. Havingjust recei ved the August issue,
I find Bob Grove stating that Internet phone is
the worthy successor to ham radio, Skip Arey
trying to sign everyone up for a ham ticket.
and Ike Kerschner re viewing two new ham
rigs as though ham radio has a future !
'A cou ple of years ago. at age 5 1. I followed Skip Arcy's advice and got my ticket.
entering. the amateur service as a novice. a
few weeks later as a technician. and hope
short ly 10 pass my 13 WPM for the general
ticket. I am voting with Skip and Ike on thi s
issue.
.. Internet phone has its place. r m sure. and
I probably will give it a try. but I' m not tossi ng
my rig away just yet. Two months after getting my ticket. a two-meter rig helped me
steer my way through three tornadoes; several mo nrhs after that I was reporting for
weeks on road ici ng conditions in the Virgi nia mountains: and most recently, l was
standing by. relaying traffic concerning flood
conditions in the Shenandoah Valley. I really
don' t believe that Internet phone to South
Africa would have he lped in these situations.
..As well as being useful. rm hav ing a lot
of fun with ham radio and e nough excitement
to keep from having my midlife crisis. P.S.:
Ask Bob to tell us a little more about this
Internet phone business ... I )1011 'I/ he hea ring
more aho111 ii and 01/ter in1ere.11ing del'e/op111e111s i11 /111eme1 in a 11e11 co/1111111. co111i11g
soon - ed. I

Fro m Kenneth Blair. KCOGL. Lawrence.

KS : .. I too ha ve had my peaks and va lleys of
interest in amateur radio over the years. I
doubt that I wi ll ever achieve the thrill expe-

ricncecl as a novice over 25 years ago on

contacti ng an amateur on the USS Th11r111an.
Your editorial really stopped me cold and
made me think about amateur radio and where
it is today. I still get a thrill out of operat ing
contests. but many of the things you mention
are true." (Kennet h asked permission to reproduce the thought -provoking editorial in
hi s ham club s newsleller. )
From Harry He lm ~. VP and Editorial Dire c tor o f HighTex t publi c ations,
hightext@clelphi .com at Solana Beach. CA:
" Yo ur closing Comments were right on the
money. I saw a demonstration or internet
radio last November at Comdex. Like you. I
felt I was witnessing the beginning. of the encl
for ham radio as we know it. ( In fact, several
ham s are already holding osos over the
internet).
"There s already a fo rm or internet
DXing.' especially on the Web. in which
people try to find interesting stu ff. People
brag about cool stu ff they lincl and even
download copies of files to prove' they located an interesting site. ls this internet
QSLing?
.. For us radio weeni es. there's still hope.
We II see less QRM and maybe even a relaxati on of rules to allow greater ex perimentatio n. Maybe radio hobbyists wi ll eventually
find themsel ves back in the good o ld days
when the only people on the air were dedicated experimenters. Everyone e lse will be
on the Web! ..

Changes
The above discuss ion notwithstanding.
times and technology do change. In the next
few months. we wi ll be maki ng room fo r
covering some of the new wireless technology and. yes-the Internet. Sadly. a couple of
long-standing regulars will be making way
for these new topics: Rob Gcrardi' s "DX
Tips" is the first one to wh ich we say farewell.
Fo r fi ve years. Rob has sifted through the
many DX contests. DXpcclitions, and unusual contacts reported in the amateur radio
magazines and elsewhere, to bring MT reader!> a tantali zing taste of what's to be heard o n
the amateu r bands. Please accept our heartfelt
thank s. Rob. for a job well and faithfully
done. Rob can sti ll be fou nd as editor of the
"Ham Radio Report" in the Canadian International DX c lub s Messenger.
If you haven! already clone it, make your
plans to atlcncl the Grove Expo in Atlanta
October 13-15. It's as bigas a boost as a high
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North American Club Listings M-Z

Memphis Area Shortwave Hobbyists (MASH): P.O.

Box 3888. Memphis. TN 38173. Jim Pogue (901)8734291 or Brandon Jordan 373-8046. Memphis area;
SW. MW. FM , TV. utilities, pirates, etc.
Metro Radio System: Julian Olansky, P.O. Box 26,
Newton Highlands. MA 02161. (617) 969-3000. New
England states; Public Safety. M.R.S. Newsletter.
Michigan Area Radio Enthusiasts: Bob Walker. P.O.
Box 81621, Rochester. Ml 48308. E-mail via Internet
MARE/Ken Zichi ab4 15@leo.nmc.edu. Great Lakes
Region. All bands. Great Lakes Monitor. S9.50 annual
US & Canada. $1 sample.
Minnesota DX Club: Greg Renner. P.O. Box 10703,
White Bear Lake. MN 55 110. 612-822-1186 for
meeting info. Minnesota. All bands. MDXC Newsletter.
$10 annual.
Monitoring the Long Island Sounds: Ed. 2134
Decker Ave, North Merrick, NY 11566. Primarily
scanner. some SWL. 50 mi. radius of LI . Net Tues 8pm
146.805. Monitoring the Long Island Sounds.
MONIX (Cincinnati/Dayton Area Monitoring
Exchange): Mark Meece, 7917 Third St., West
Chester, OH 45069-2212. (513)777-2909. SW Ohio.
SE Ind .. N Ken: All bands. Meets 2nd Sats 7pm. Net
Thurs 9:30 145.210/4.610. No dues.
Mountain NewsNet: James Richardson. P.O. Box

621124, Littleton, CO 80162-1124, (303) 933-2195.

Colorado statewide. Public Safety nolification group.
Mile High Pages.
National Radio Club: Paul Swearingen. Publisher.
P.O. Box 5711. Topeka, KS 66605-0711, (913)266
5707. Worldwide: AM/FM. DX Ne1vs 30 times yearly,
sample for a 29 cent stamp. Annual Labor Day
convention.
National Radio Club - DX Audio Service: Ken
Chatterton, P.O. Box 164. Mannsville, NY 13661
0164, (315) 387-3583. Worldwide. North American
Broadcasters. OX-Audio Service (90-min.tape).
Sample S3.
North American SW Assoc.: Bob Brown, 45
Wildflower Lane. Levittown, PA 19057. (215) 9450543. Worldwide; Shortwave broadcast only. The
NASWA Journal. Regional meetings.
North Central Texas SWL Club: Alton 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.
Northeast Scanner Club: Les Mattson. P.O. Box
458, Rio Grande, NJ 08242. (609) 423-1603
evenings. Maine thru Virginia; UHFNHF, public

Monitoring Clubs Outside North America

Associazione ltaliana Radioascioto (AIR): C.P.
873. 34100 Tries te, Italy. Broadcasting all bands.
utilities. pirates. Radiorama (I talian) 70.000 lira .
April 25 annual mtg.
Australian Radio DX Club Inc: P.O . Box 227, Box
Hill . Victoria 3128. Australia. SW, MW. Utilities.
Australia n DX News. Sample 2 IRCs or S2US cash.
British DX Club: Colin Wright, 126 Bargery Road.
Galford, London, SE6 2LR. United Kingdom. UK
and international. SW. MW, AM, FM DXing, pirate
and clandestine. Communication. L 10 UK. L 12 Eur.
Lt 6 ww. Sample 3 IRCs or S2 US cash. Meets
monthly in Twickenham (London).
DX Australia: P.O. Box 422. Moonee Ponds,
Victoria 3039. Australia. MW. SW. DXers Calling.
DX Club of India: Navin Patel, t-Dutt Niwas. 809 M.G Road, Mulund, Bombay-400 080. India. India;
MW/SW/Ham. DX World (quarterly) Rs 50/-. 30
IRCs outside India. 3 IRCs sample.
DX Club Paulista: Marcelo Toniolo Dos Anjos. C.
Postal 592. Sao Carlos - SP (Brasil). 13560-970.
South America. Shortwave. including utilities.
Actividade DX (in Portuguese).
Finnish DX Association : Mr. Arto Mujunen.
Suomen DX-Liitto, P 0. Box 454. FIN00101
Helsinki, Finland: +358-0-842 146 fax. Finland and
worldwide. SW and BCB. Radiomaailma.
Friendshi p DXers Club: Ing. Santiago San Gil
Gonzalez. C.DX.A - International, P.O. Box 202.
Barinas 5201 -a, Estado Barinas. Venezuela.
Venezuela and Caribbean. DX1ng all bands.
Cadena DX, YV-2-FSW. Sunday 1130-1330 UTC
on 7113 kHz. Venezuelan membership free.
International DX Association : Bedanta Das, 1 No. Galiahati. Near Night School. Barpeta - 781301.
Assam. India.
International Listener s 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. Kushlia-7032,
Bangladesh
National Society of Pakistani DXers: Mr. Liaqat
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 Zeal and Radio DX League: P.O. Box 3011,
Auckland. New Zealand. MW. SW. FM. TV. New
Zealand DX Times.
New Zealand DX Radio Association: Mr. R.
Dickson. 88 Cockerell St., Brookville, Dunedin. New
Zealand. MW. SW, amateur and utilities. Tun e-In.

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October

1995

North Ontago Radio Listener's Club: P.O. Box 179,

Oamaru. New Zealand.
Pakistan SW Listeners Club: Mrs. Fatima Naseem.
Sultanpura, Sheikhupura . 39350 Pakislan: 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/S W. 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. S60
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 Pos t. S25
annual in Australia. Meets last Fridays, 8pm.
Thebarton.
Swedish DX Federation (SDXF): Box 3108, S-103
62 Stockholm, Sweden. 10 issues Eter-Aktue/11.
Membership in Sweden 160 SC annual. SweDX BBS
+46-(0)8-53034727: Fidonet 2:201 1339; Internet
sysop@swedx.ct.se
Stichting ScanSearch Military Aircraft Communications (SC-MAC): Gerbrand Diebels. Roer 29. 5751
TJ Deurne. Netherlands. Military aviation NW Eur
(VHF/UH F) and worldwide (HF). Airlift (Dutch) bimonthly. FL 35, up to FL 45 outside Netherlands.
Universal DX League: Mr. Kanwarjit Sandhu, 408.
Krishna nagar. Ludhiana 141 001 . India. India and
Intl SW/MW/AM/FM/TV DXing/Pirate and Clandestine. DX Post bi-monthly, sample 4 IRCs . Annual 24
IRCs or USS10. SWL net: Sun 0300 UTC on 7080 I
1600 on 14150 SSS. VU3SIO net control.
Viamao DX-Club: Alencar Aldo Fossa. P.O. Box 101 .
Cunhas Road 1286. Jaguaribe Residential Park,
94400-970 Viamiio, Rio Grande Do Sul. Brazil. South
America. SWBC. Meets occasionally: multi-lingual.
Umbrella Organizations (no individual memberships)
Associ ation of North American Radio Clubs
(ANARC): Richard d'Angelo. 2216. Burkey Drive.
Wyomissing, PA 19610. 18 member clubs across
North America.
European DX Council (EDXC): Michael Murray.
P.O. Box 4. St. Ives, Huntingdon, Cambs PE17 4FE,
England. 16 member clubs across Europe.
South Pacific Assoc iation of Radio Clubs
(SPARC): Arthur Cushen, 212 Earn Street.
lnvercargill, New Zealand.

safety, aircraft. military. Northeast Scanning News

(NESN). S29 annual.
Ontario DX Association: Harold Sellers, General Mgr..
P.O. Box 161. Station A. Willowdale, Ontario M2N SSS.
Canada, (416) 853-3 169 voice & fax, (416) 444-3526
DX-Change information svce: (905) 84 1-6490 BBS.
Predominantly Province of Ontario; All bands. DX
Ontario. Meet 3rd Wednesdays. Toronto; bi-monthly,
Ottawa.
Pacific NW/BC DX Club: Phil Bytheway. 9705 Mary
NW, Seatlle. WA 98117. (206) 356-3927. Pacifi c NW
and BC Canada. DXing all bands. PNBCOXC
Newsletter. Irregular meetings.
Pitt Co SW/ Scanner Li steners Club: L. Neal Sumrell,
P.O. Box 1818. Winterville, NC 28590-18 18. Eastern
NC; All bands. The DX Listener. Irregular meetings.
Puna DX Club: Jerry Witham . P.O. Box 596, Keaau , HI
96749. (808) 982-9444; Puna. HI; SW and MW. Meet 1st
Tuesdays. No dues.
Radio Monitors of Maryland: Ron Bruckman, P.O. Box
394. Hampstead, MD 21074. Maryland, (4 10) 239-7366;
VHF/ UHF/HF utilities. Radio Monitors Newsletter of MD.
Meet irregularly.
RCMA (Radio Communications Monitoring Assn.):
Carol Ruth, Gen'I Mgr .. P.O . Box 542, Silverado, CA
92676. North America. Europe. Australia: All modes
above 30 MHz. Scanning Journal.
Regional Communications Network (RCN): Jay
Delgado or Public Information Unit, Box 83-M, Carlstadt.
NJ 07072-0083. 50 mile radius of NY City: 2-way Radio
Public safety notification group.#10 SASE for info.
Rocky Mountain Radio Listeners : Mike Curta, P.O.
Box 470776, Aurora, CO 80047-0776. Metro Denver,
Colorado. All bands. Meets monthly 2nd or 3rd Sundays
1-4pm, Aurora Central Library.
Sandy River SW Radio DXers Assoc: Duncan or
Brenda Steele. R.R . 1, P.O. Box 1560, Norridgewock.
ME 04957. Worldwide. The QSL - irregular. No dues.
Scanning Wisconsin: Ken Bitter, Dept. MT, S. 67 W.
179 12 Pearl Dr.. Muskego, WI 53150-9608, (414) 6799442. Wisconsin. VHF/ UHF. Scanning Wisconsin ($2 for
sample)
Si gnal Surfer DX Club: Darcy Jabs. RR2. Burns Lake,
BC, Canada. VOJ 1EO: (604) 694-3760. Canada and
worldwide. MW and SW DXing.
Southern California Area DXers (S.C.A.D.S.): Don R.
Schmid!, 3809 Rose Ave., Long Beach, CA 90807-4334,
(310) 424-4634. California area: AM. FM , TV, scanner
and shortwave broadcasting.
Susquehanna Co Scanner Club: Alan D. Grick. P.O.
Box 23. Prospect St., Montrose, PA 1880 1-0023. PA
area: Scanning. Meets irregularly.
Toledo Area Radio Enthusiasts: Ernie Dellinger.
N8PFA. 6629 Sue Lane. Maumee. OH 43537 . NW Ohio
and SE Michigan: Shortwave, scanning, amateur. Meets
3rd Thursdays 7pm Holland Big Boy.
Triangle Area ScannerfSW Listening Group: Curt
Phillips , KD4YU , P.O. Box 28587, Raleigh, NC 276 11.
Central NC.
Vancouver Shortwave Association (previously British
Columbia Shortwave Listening Club): Box 500, 2245
Eton St .. Vancouver, BC Canada V5L 1C9, (604) 2558987 fax. Shortwave. LOGJAM. Meets 3rd Thurs. 7pm at
920 Davie St.
World DX Club: Arthur Ward. 17 Motspur Drive,
Northampton, England NN2 6L Y (in USA-Richard
D'Angelo. 2216 Burkey Drive. Wyomissing, PA 19610).
Worldwide.
All bands with emphasis on SW. Contact. $20 overseas
airmail. Meets every 6 weeks in Reading, UK.
Worldwide TV/FM DXer s Association (WTFDA): P.O .
Box 514 . Buffalo, NY 14205-0514. Worldwide
membership: TV DX . FM BC, VHF utilities. VHF-UHF
Digest. Annual convention. $24 annual in U.S. S2 for
sample.
Worldwide Ute News: Rick Baker, ae411 @yfn.ysu.edu
for info - worldwide membership; non-broadcast under
30 MHz. Free electronic newsletter WUNNEWS. join by
sending e-mail to majordomo @phoque.info.uqam.ca
with following in e-mail message: "subscribe wunnews."
Through World Wide Web: http://sungabriel.aero.org:8800/. For paper version: $14.50fyr to
Tim Braun. 15915 Smithey Dr.. Haymarket. VA 22069.

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Location
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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS

Club/Contact Person
American Red Cross AR Service I Darryl Smith, KABUKO, 2817 16th
Ave. Port Huron, Ml 48060, 810-987-3818
Oct 1
Ashland, OH
Ashland Area ARC I Doyle Braun, KIBL. 1084 Township Rd 553, RD #2,
Ashland. OH 44805, 419-281-2757
Oct 1
Huntington, IN
Huntington County ARS I Ray Tackett KC9DZ, PO Box 284, Huntington.
IN 46750. 219-786-0029
Oct 1
Queens, NY
Hall of Science ARC I Arnie Schiffman WB2YXB. (night) 718-343-0172.
Location: New York Hall of Science, Flushing Meadow Park, Talk-in
444.200 WB2ZZO rptr, 146.52 splx, 9am. Adm $5
Oct 1
Lima, OH
Northwest Ohio ARC I Greg Schwark NBWBD. 600 Sunset Dr,
Spencerville. OH 45887. 419-647-6321
Oct 1
Warrington, PA
Ml. Airy VHF RC I Paul Drexler WB3JYO, 24 Main Blvd. Trenton. NJ
08618. 609-538-1687
Oct 7
Bullhead City, AZ AZ Counci l, London Bridge. Hualapai. Dolan Springs ARC/ Charles Ellis,
W6PNM, 1935 Devlin Ave, Kingman, AZ 86501, 520-757-7553
Oct 7-8
Pittsburgh, PA
Breezeshooters ARC I Bob Ferrey, Jr, N3DOK. 412-367-2393 Spec
Event Station W3XX 1400Z-2100Z from submarine U.S.S. Requin.
Vintage CW in lower half of novice sub-bands . Phone op in general
class segment of 20M and 40M. OSL and 8-1 /2 x 11 inch SASE to Ron
Berry. WB3LHD. 326 Sunset Dr. Bethel Park, PA 15102
Oct 7-8
Biloxi, MS
Delta Division Convention I Donna Alexander KA50ER, 22 Yorkshire
Pkwy, Gulfport. MS 39503. 601-896-4984
Oct 7-8
Durham, CT
Nutmeg Hamfest & Conn State Conv I Bill Wawrzeniak W1 KKF. 5 Shire
Dr. Wallingford. CT 06492, 203-269-8252, Location: Fairgrounds, Enter
from Rt 17. Talk-in 145.29 MHz repealer. 9am-3pm. Adm $5
Oct 8
Springfield. OH
Independent R Assoc I Ron Chapman KBBJTD. POB 523, Springfield,
OH 45501 . 513-964-8618. Clark Co Fairgrounds. 145.45 MHz Barn. $5
Ocl 8
Lincroft. NJ
NJ State Conv & Shore Area I Al Allen K2LG, PO Box 129. Belford. NJ
07718. 908-495-3246. Brookdale Community College, Barn, Adm $6
Oct 14
Lebanon. TN
So Mega Radio Swap Meet I Larry Chambers. 615-833-2448, Location:
Ward Agricultural & Community Ctr (Fairgrounds), 6am
Oct 14-15 Louisville. KY
Kentucky State Convention I Herbert Rowe W4WOD, 5612 Highway
160, Charlestown, IN 47111, 8 12-294-4905
Oct 14-15 Memphis. TN
Mid-South ARA I Mary Moore AC4GF. 5140 Woods Landing Cove,
Memphis, TN 38125, 901-758-0661
Oct 15
Centralia. IL
Centralia Wireless Association I Alva King WA9U. 776 Bethel Rd,
Sandoval, IL 62882. 618-532-6606
Oct 15
Cambridge, MA
MIT Radio Soc & MIT Electronics Research I Sieve Fineberg W1 GSL,
PO Box 397082 MIT Branch. Cambridge, MA 02139-7082. Electronics.
computer, amateur FLEA MARKET - 9am-2pm . Albany & Main SI.Talkin 146.52, 449.725/444.725 - pl 2A. $2. Free parking.
Oct 15
W. Friendship, MD Columbia ARA I Richard Frank W9RZ. 12933 Kentbury Dr, Clarksville,
MD 2 1029, 410-531-2933
Oct 20-22 Concord. CA
Pacific Division Convention I Lauren Styles WA6CIE . 1910 Sunshine Dr.
Concord, CA 94520, 510-676-2186
Oct 21
Medford, OR
Rogue Valley ARC I Van Sias WA7FAB, 641 Sunrise Av. Medford. OR
97504, 503-779-0723
Oct 21
Sumter, SC
South Carolina State Convention I Mike Dunlap KC4HUT. 2763 Tindal
Rd, Sumter. SC 29150, 803-481-4611
Oct 21-22 W Palm Bch. FL
Palm Beach Repeater Asociat1on I James Schoech WD4LHF. 129
Dayton Rd, Lake Worth. FL 33467, 407-439-0569
Oct 22
Golden , CO
Colorado Stale Convention I Joe Dickinson WTOC , PO Box 3821,
Littleton. CO 80161 -3821 . 303-771-9577
Oct 22
Sellersville, PA
RF Hill ARC I Linda Erdman KA3T JZ, 2220 Hill Rd, Perkiomenville, PA
18074. 2 15-679-5764. Sellersville Fire House. Talk-in 145.31, 9am . $5
Texoma Hamarama Assoc I Charles Bilbay K15CG, Rt 2 Box 301.
Oct 27-29 Kingston, OK
Bokchito. OK 74726, 405-924-0687
Oct 28
Franklin, KY
So Ky AR Group I Edmond V Schwab KA4REF, PO Box 9656, Bowling
Green, KY 42102, 502-843-4389. Talk-in 146.055/.655, 146.52/.52,
Open Barn, Adm $5
Oct 28
SI. Paul, MN
Twin City FM Club I Clyde Green NODVP. 5406 Zealand Av N. New
Hope. MN 55428. 612-535-33 11
Oct 28
Port SI. Lucie, FL Port St. Lucie ARA I John Fernandez KC4ZHH. 1830 SE Gaskins Circle,
Port St. Lucie. FL 34952. 407-335-4951
Oct 29
Westminster, MD Carroll County & Penn-Mar ARCs I Larry Martin N3DGK. 3240 Charmil
Dr. Manchester, MD 21102. 410-374-4544
Oct 29
Lindenhurst. NY
Suffolk County RC & Great South Bay ARC I Andrew Feldman
WB2FXN. 3 Walton Way, Coram, NY 11727, 516-928-3868
Oct 29
Newtown. PA
Penn Wireless Association I Stephen Ewall WB31RC. 3090 Bogle Rd.
Bensalem, PA 19020. 215-752-1202
Oct 29
Lebanon. IN
Boone Cty & Clinton Cly ARCs I Don West KF90E, 6719 North 800
East, Sheridan, IN 46069-8860. 317-325-2764
Oct 29
Marion. OH
Marion ARC I Karen Eckard NBJDH. 6583 South Street Meeker. Marion.
OH 43302, 614-499-3565

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Antique Radio Classified .............. 83
ARRL .................................. ...... .. 21
Atlantic Ham Radio .............. ... .. l l 3
Buckmaster Publishing ............. ..... 93
Cellular Security Group ............. l 15
Communications Electronics ............ 3
Computer Aided Tec hnologies ....... 5,

..................... ............. .... ... 67, 115

CTP ............................................ l l
Dallas Remote Imag ing .... ...... ...... 11
Dotametrics ............................. .... 7 1
Delta Research ... ........ ... .... ........ .. 71
Drake ...................... ... .. ......... ..... 39
DWM Enterprises ........................ 89
DX Computing ..... .. ........ ...... ....... 66
Electronics Book Club ........... ...... . 25
Electronic Distributors ................... 57
Electronic Equipment Bank ........... 15
Erie Aviation ............................. l 13
Gilfer Shortwave ..................... .... 67
Glenn Hauser ............................. 43
Grove Enterprises ....... 8, 17, 19, 75

....... ... ................................. 97, 99

ICOM America ......... ......... Cover IV
Index Publishing ..................... .. .. ... 5
Jacques d 'Avignon ...................... 65
Jade Products ................ ............ 11 l
J. Martin Systems ...................... l 03
JPS ... .. ... ... .................. ... ...... ...... . 6 1
K&L Technology .. .... .................. 11 3
KIWA Electron ics .......... .... .... 27, 89
Klingenfuss ... ... .... .... ....... .... ...... .. 6 1
Lentini Communications .................. 5
Logic Ltd ..................................... 61
Monitoring Times ...... ...... ............ 4 1
Matron Electronics .. ............. 18, l 03
National Scanning Report ........... . 37
OptoElectronics .. .. ........ ... Cover II, Ill
Orchid City Softwa re ............. ...... 29
Palomar Engineering .... 23, 81, l 03
Pioneer Data ......... ... ................... 89
Radio Accessories ....................... 55
Radio Control Systems ............... l 13
Radiomap ..................... .. .. .......... 55
Radioware Corp . .............. .. .... .. .. 20
Ramsey Electron ics ........... ........... 51
R. C. Distributing ......... .... ..... 27, 87
R.D.I. White Papers .............. .. ... 103
RMA .......... .... ...... .............. .. .. .. .. 87
Sheffield Electronics ....................... 7
Satellite Times ....................... 41 , 91
Signal Intelligence ....................... 33
Skyvision .. ...... ... ... ...................... 87
Clem Small ........... .. .. .... .... .. .... .... 68
Software Systems Consulting .. .... .. 67
Tiare ............ .. ... ..... .............. .... 107
Ten-Tec ............... ..... .......... ....... 115
Timestep ........... .. ........ .. ............ 11 1
Transel Technologies ....... .. .... .. ..... 85
Universal Radio ..................... 23, 97
U.S. Radio ....... ....... .. .... ........ .... 101
U. S. Scanner Publica tions ........... . 38
Viking International ................... l l l
World com Technology ...... ... .. 11, 27

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85 this issue.
R-390-A SALES -SERVICE. Information SASE Miltronix, P.O . Box
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with up to four noise-free SCA channels. Performance guaranteed. Credit
Card orders accepted. (800) 944-0630.
FM BROADCASTING. Excellent
sound. Transmit many miles. 80-108
MHz. Kit or assembled. Not a bug. For
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Scott Communications.
SURVEILLANCE/PRIVACY SECURITY PROTECTION. Catalog$5. Spy
Emporium, 6065 Hillcroft, Suite 414,
Houston, TX 77081. (713) 774-1000.
EXPERT RADIO REPAIR! $30/hour.
Worldcom Technology, (407) 466-4640.
R-390 POWER INPUT CABLES
$25.00; Antenna Connectors $12.50
PPD. Have Quantity. (419) 255-6220.
WANTED: 5-NB noise blanker a nd
DCPC 12 volt power cord. Both for Drake
SPR-4 receiver. C all Bill (3 13) 676-5161
after 6 pm E.D.T..
WANTED: Realistic PR0-43 scanner.
Gerry. (7 18) 332-0030. evenings.
WANTED: Sq uires-Sanders SS I BS.
SS IRS. SS IR. SS I V. Weber 4845 W.
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Ads for Stock Excha nge 111us1 be received 45 days

prior 10 publication date. All ads must be paid in
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Ad copy must be typed for legibility.
NON-COMMERCIAL SUBSCRIBER RATES:
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All merchandise must be personal and radio-related.

COMMERCIAL RATES: $ 1.00 per wor<l.

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1-3/4" SQUARE OISPLAY AD: $50 per
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typc>el. Pholo-reduction S5 additional charge.
For more information on co111111crcial a<ls, cont<Kt
Beth Leinbach. 70-l-389--Hl07 .

Yupiteru MVT-7100: I ,OOOchannels. fu ll

coverage excellenl , both hard and soft
cases. $500 firm . (5 l6) 484-42 18. 9-11
pm. Eastern time.

Uniden MR8 l OOprofessional scanner with

computer program, as new with box and
manual $225 plus shippi ng. Victor (503)
235-7052.

FORSALE: ICOM R7 I00-2 receiver with

GRE converter (800 MHz) & UT36 voice
synthesizer, 1 month old S 1325. Call Bob
(607) 785-3420 afte r 4 pm.

SELL: AOR model AR2002. 25-550/800 1300 MH z Scanner. $350 new condi tion. in
box. Call John (305) 341-1 111 work. (305)
755-8725 home. Florida.

Multi fax 5, weather sate llite hardware

decoder, software, all manuals. $ l 15;
Voicegate 1 noi se reduction system , $75:
MAR 6 mi crowave amplifier IC' s. new.
$5 . Jeff Brown, 1596 1 W. Bethe l, Alexandria. IN 4600 1.

Kenwood R-5000 rece iver. mint condition. box. manual. S625. 1 ship and insure.
Nick Lang (614) 864-2270.

Seekin g a partner/investor to join our

project in refitting our ship for use as an
offshore shortwave broadcasting statio n
that wo uld be able to sail anywhere a radio
voice is neeeded. If you are 1his indi vidual
or organization. please contact Lightwave
Mission Broadcasting. (7 18) 853-430 I.
Drake R-8. Absolute ly mint! Less than I
year old. Box. manuals. and shipping. $750.
Victor (503) 235-7052.
FOR SAL E: Kenwood R5000. $650:
SP430 s peaker. $45: R2000 with VCLO,
$395: Radio Shack Pro-43, $ 195: PR02022. $ 150: Uniden BC890XLT, $ 175 ;
Drake R4A. S 145, Doug (206) 472-3478.
ICOM R7000, mini condi tion. full coverage, $ 1350 shipped. (7 12) 322-3496.
SELL: Watkins Johnson model RS 160. 21000 MHz scanning receiver system, complete, $900. Call John (305) 34 1-1 111
work, (305) 755-8725 home . Flori da.
WANTED: Grundig Satelli t 2000 or 2 100
in mint or good condition. M. Horn (708)
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FOR SALE: Universal M7000V7 decoder,

EpsonFX85 Printer. Goldstar 9" amber
monitor. Low Hours. S950. Call Carl Days
(516) 427-7782.
WANTED: Realistic CB. Any of TRC40, 55. 57. 426, 458, 459. 490, or C.B .
phone base stati on. Preferably mint and
manua l. Larry (409) 299-1 897.
PR0-2006 and non-eel Iu la r PR 0-43. $300
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So ny l C F-20 10. $225: collector item: CB
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IOOw, cove rs 26.000-29.995 MHz, display 40 ch. CB at the nick of switch. $425;
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$75; Sp-150 s peaker fo r Realistic DX150, DX- 160. $40; two color Computers
II. two disk dri ves. one back-up tape. $80 .
Pho ne/FAX (709) 944-5268.
Complete set of Monitoring Times magazines from the very first issue . If you are
interested please call Bill at (409) 96222 13.
FOR SALE: ICOM R- 1 full coverage.
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Bob Grove

Publisher

Spectacular Sound or
Flim Flam Fidelity?
No sooner had I fini shed writing
September's edito rial on qu ack medical devices
than I came across w hat I might consider the
modern-day equivalent: high-end audio. T he re
is no question that good audio sounds better
than bad audio. but how good does it have to be
before it is perfection'? T he answer see ms lo be,
how much are you w illing to pay?
My initial curi os it y regarding thi s tech nopheno menon was aroused a couple o f years ago
whe n I discovered a variety of g igantic speaker
cables on the market.. S ince it was inte nded for
the auto motive industry. I thought al first that
these were ballery cables. S illy me ! So how
man y pounds o f wire does it take to carry a few
watts of audio to a speake r ten feet away'>
At the auto a udio show. pitchmen haw ked
the virtues o f cables the s ize of Kansas, noting
the remarkable bene fit s these s peaker cables
could provide. pres umably on the ir off ho urs
when they weren't delive ring the e ntire power
load to New York C ity.
I heard glow ing terms like ''lower ohmic
resistance" and "reduced distributed capacitance" with reverential tones us uall y rese rved
for mirac le c ures. Possess ing a flair for the
theatrica l myself, I am particularly sensiti ve to a
sales pitch. lis te ning inte ntly to weasel words
and bu zz words. Just how like ly would it be
that. driving along a busy thoroughfare, road
noises swathing me in "su rround sound." I
cou ld actua ll y note improved audio on my car
stereo by switch ing to these behemoth speaker
w ires'? It was time to take out a pocket ca lcul a\or and do some figuring.
A 12-foot pair of# 14 s tranded copper
speaker wire has a resistance o f a mere 0.06
oh ms. more tha n 99% e ffi cient whe n co nn ected
to a typ ical 8-ohm system. Capacitive atte nua-

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tion is a tiny fractio n of a dB. undetectable by the

human ear. And what wou ld be the conseq uences
of an ineffic ie nt speaker c able? Barely noticeable
reduction in volume. How could you cope wi th
this min uscu le s ide effect? Turn up the volume. of
course!
Bu t th is is n' t a good enough answer to the
audiophile; he needs perfec tio n- and the n some.
Like a fine wine, his system needs ambie nce ... a
bouq uet ... shaken. not stirred. S nuggled in hi s
overstuffed chair a nd loungi ng robe, reading a
recent issue of Stereophi/e magazine, ou r audio
superph ile flips through the pages, making hi s
se lection. What does he see that v ies for hi s
affection?
A half-ton, 65.000 s peaker system (appare ntly a concess ion to those ind igent wretches who
can't afford the fu ll-size $130.000 system !). a
$ I00.000 power amplifie r (preamp extra, of
cou rse: what did you expect'J), a set of $2000
headphones, a $ 20,000 turntable (would you also
like a to ne arm and cartridge to go with that?), a
$5000 CD player and. to set the components on, a
$500 eq uipment stand. Naturall y, he wi ll want
BIG speake r cable-at nearl y $20 a foot! But will
he hear the difference? (I f he has worked long
enough to have saved thi s much money, it would
be surprising if he can hear much at all! )
But with his self-indulgence satiated. he scans
a fe w more pages. discovering an artic le inst ruc ting hi m o n how to des ign a house around hi s hi- fi.
I fee l so in adeq uate in the midst o f s uc h splendor
and largesse. I spent on ly about$ I 000 on my
system. and my house is a lready bu i It.
Then there s the tube-versus-trans istor debate.
with a n ent ire cu lt waving the banner for the type
21 I that was abando ned in the 1930s when really
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