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CONTENTS

Vol. 17, No.7

July 1998

c:1"~f' EnC"lIntf'T ~tlJ I Jr..,i~tf'T 1~

By Steve Douglass
..I have lived in We st Te xas nearly 30 years and
have seen more than my share of sto rms. I' ve held in
my hands hai l the size of gra pefruit and felt winds so
wild they cou ld tie a knot in a wind soc k. but I never
really ex perienced the pu re hum bling power. the
amaz ing atmos phe ric es se nce of a dead ly tornado
until last sp ring ." Here is the story and a frequ en cy
list for sto rm spotting in the Texas Panh andl e .

Mother; Jugs, and Speed?

18

By Les Butler
The modern . urban ambu lance sys tem is no
longer your " mom and pop" shoestring opera-

tio n. The Ame rica n Medical Response co mpa ny

serves four counties in Michigan -

Cover Story

Monitoring FENIA
By Larry Van Horn
A major reason for the existence
of federal government is for the pro-

tions in all four counties.

Antf'nnl~ ("T Emf'rgf'ncy Opf'rlti"n~ 22

ByJoseph Carr

tection and defense of its citizens -

and that includes defense from the

natural disasters as well as against
enemy nations. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is the
leadagencythatcoordinates response
and recovery efforts following any

\Vhen the power is out over an entire region. you are often

depe ndent on mobil e or handheld radios 10 pull in news rep orts from
outside your local region. T he effectiveness of your antenna may

make all the difference betw een hearing the news and hearing nothing,
T hese tricks of the hobby can be ap plied in all kind s of circ umstances
- why wait for an emergency '?

catastrophic disaster o n U.S. soil.

and that includes restoring commu-

nications for the areahard hit

The first half of 1998 has already
seenice. floods. fire. and killertornadoes such as pictured on our cover.
The picture is a composite by John
Bailey of a storm cloud under a
weather watch (courtesy of Richard
Barnell) and an actual funnel cloud.
caught by noted photographer Warren Faidley (WeatherStock).
To learn about FEMA's role in a
crisis. and to tune in their frequencies. tum to page 8.

including

the city of Detroit - an d must inte rface with

hospit al and pub lic safety age ncy com mu nica -

REVIEWS:
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reasonable price (p.SS). For receptio n whe n neither
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able. the Bayflen radios come

thro ugh in a pinch (sec p.S5) .
Th e C herokee single sideband CB is a pound of punch
in a pint-sized package: sec p. 71. If intermod' s yo ur
reception probl em . PAR intermod filters pro vide a high
qual ity so lutio n (p.86).

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Washington Whispers ,
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s<:anning Report
Twisfer Search '98
UtilityWorld
30
Hurricane Frequencies
Digital Digest
,
33
Decoding Third ShihCyrillic
Global Forum
34
Mil'on Keynes, new WRTH HO
QSL Report
,., ,., ,........... 38
OSling in TV land
English Lang SW Guide
39
Propogation Conditions ,....,
60
Snow Static!
Programming Sporlight
61
Which Way VOA?
Beginner's Corner
,
62
Mobile Emergency Preparedness
Ask Bob
,.,..,
64
Listening to Your Remote Control
Below SOO kHz,.................................. 6 6
Closer to Geffing on the Air
America n Bandscan ...................... 67

DX Safely
Outer limits
Clandestine Internet N ews Service

EDITORIAL STAFF

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On the Hom Bonds

,
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Conlesting 101
And More!
,.,.,.......... 71
Cherokee's C8 Sideband HT
Antenna Topics
72
TDR on a 8udget
Experimenters Workshop ................... 74
Digilol Dolo Inlerface Revisited
KIS Radio
,...,..,.. 76
Survival Communications
Federal File ,.,
, , ,.,
78
Executive Branch Travels
Plane Talk
,...,.....,
,. 80
The Role of a Flight 5eNice Stotion
WhoYs New
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Review
,.,.,
85
80yGen rodios
s<:anning Equipment.
,.,.,
86
Coax stub; PAR Electronics fillers
Mogne Tests
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Grundig Yacht Boy 400 PE
Computers & Radio
90
Fixing Win9S System Problems
Letters ." .".",." ." .." " " ." ." ." " .,.. 92
Glossary of Tenns
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Stock Exchange ""..,.,., .., " ,.,.,..." ". " 94
Closing Comments ,." ." .,..""."".,.... 96
Storm Tracking - It could saveyour lile

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T he Fede ra l Cnnu n untcatlo ns Cum mission
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States. Ove r the paSII,:cIl IUI)'. our nation ha.. been
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w ire and radio com munic atio ns was hand led by
various age nc ies. incl ud ing the post office . rRadio" includes any wir ele ss use of the radio spectrum : " wi re " includes telephone and cable TV .)
If soon 1~(,:;IIll C apparen t tha t technological devel o p me nts and interfere nce ncce ssit atcd coo rdiuation by a si ng le fe d eral age ncy . Th e Communicutio ns Act. vigncd J une 19 . I 9 3-l. created th e Fed eral Communicat ions Co m m ission as an ind e pendent age ncy . It was cre ated by Co ng ress. a nd
us such. re port s direct ly to Con gr e ss. T he Com municutions Act applie s to the 50 ...nuc s. G uam.
Puert o Rico . the Virgi n Islan d s and o the r island
U.S . pos se ssio ns.
Th e major fu ncti on o f the Comm iss io n is the
allocation of rad io freq ue nc ies to non -gove rnme r uconuuunicanon s w rvices . Iiccn ving sta tion s
and operators. anti regu lat ing interstate an d for e ign wircline and radi o com m unicat ion s . Radio
o pe ratio ns o f the l-cdc ra l Govern ment and till.'
mi litary ar c 110t regulated hy the FCC. however.
A ll allocations o f radi o frequencies must he
within the framework of internat ion al agreements
cstabli...hcd by the Inte rnation al Tclcconunu nica tio n Un ion (ITU) for the var iou s radi o ...ervicex.
T he lT V. no w nearly 200 co untries stro ng. is a
speci alized age ncy of the United Nat ions .
Th e re arc five FCC Co mmissio ners (pre viou sly seve n ) appointed by the Presiden t w hic h
m ust be con fi rmed by the Senate . Th ei r five -year
term s a rc stagge red. No mor e th an th rce Commiss io ners can ~ ll1elll tx' r~ o f Ihe sallle politica l
pa rty .TIle CllITeJl[FCCCnlllmi s..i n llt.' r~ are Chairma n Will ia m E. Kenn ard, Su san ;-.;c s ~ . Ham ill
f urc htJ;(){l -Rnth, lvlic hacl PtWi e ll mlJ Gl or ia
T riSl:.ln i. T he Co m Tl1 is~ i o nc rs sllpl,,' rvise a ll FCC
activitie s. de le gat ing n: spollsib iIitil's 1\) sta ff u nits
and hUrl,,',llls.
A lkr a maj or reorgan izal ion o f the r:CC in
1995 . lhe age ncy no w h.. ~ six hure au... and se vera l
o ffice s. The six operati ng hu n: mlS reneet six
hroad d ivi sion s of Co m m iss io n responsih ililY.
The ~ l11SS Media Bureau is the part o f tht:
FCC tha i deals w ilh hrnadcasli ng lIc1e \isio n and
AM / FM radio ). as wel l as Multi po int I)istributio n
Se rvic e a nd Inst ruc tiollal Te le visiul\ Fi xed Sl' rvice . T he Bureau ~l.'is ig ns fn:q ue ncies and ca ll

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lc uc rs. issue s broadcast licenses. perfor ms po licy

and rulcmak ing fun ction s. a mi ad m inis te rs the
enforce ment program fo r all mass med ia scrvice s.
Most recently . the ~I a ...s Medi a Burea u forma lly la id 11K' g rou ndwork for the transition to
d igi ta l. high defin ition tcl c vi... ion by adoptin g :'1
d ig ita l b roaden... 1 tele vision (DTV) standa rd. se rvice po licie s and rul es for DT V, and by award ing
a seco nd ch an ucl to ea ch (If the 1.7()(llJ .S . telcvi sion broad casters.
Th e C m11 I1lUn Ca r r ie r Bu re a u has re sponsi bi lity fo r FCC policies concerning ta riffe d wire
and radi o -ba -ed telephone co mpa nies tha i pro vide imcrs uuc telecommunications se rv ices to
the pu blic . Th ese co mp anies. called co mmo n
c urriers . pro vide voice . d ata . and oth er tra nsm issio n se rvices . As the industr y ev olves fro m an
integrated monopol y to an inte nse ly com petitive
ind us try . th e FCC and the Co m mo n Carr ier Bu reau str ive to adapt the Conuu unic nt ions Act to a
rapid ly c hang ing ind ustry .
The Wirel ess Telecmnm un ications Bu r ea u
I WT B ) over-e cs the u...e o f radi o spectrum to
ful fill the co mm u nica tions needs of busi nesses.
loc al and state gove rn me nts. public safety se rvice
pro vid er s. .. ircruf't am i sh ip o perat o rs. and individ ual s. In uddi tion to licensin g comme rcia l pro vide rs of wir el ess serv ices. \VTB mo nit o rs the
more rhun tWtland a half m ill ion licensees thai usc
pri va te wi rclc ...s radio. \VTB is re...po nsible for ull

domestic wirelcs... telcconuuunicutions program s.

e xcept tho se invol ving sate lli te communicat ion s.
Th e pr incipal funcuon s o fWl' B includc evalu ating new technologies (with the O ffice of Eng ineering and Tech no log y ). asse ssing utilization
le ve ls o f the spectrum am i the competit ive ness of
m ar ke ts. identifying and a llocati ng spec tru m upp roprintc fo r lice nsin g. deve loping throu gh
rulc m aking the o perating rules for rad io-basel!
services. assig n ing licenses th ro ugh co mpetitive
bidd ing (a uct ion s) . de veh Iping methodologi es for
co nd ucting co m plex au ction s o f rad io spectrum,
ma inl ai nin t! all ante nna structure rcg istnll ion pro gr:..1111. lit.en 'iing person al , am ateur antll,,'o llllllert.' i~d ra dio op er:lIo rs . and enforc in g Ihe
Co m lllis... io n... rules. T he spectru m auctiolls rU1 1
hy WTB 1\(I\,e alrea dy ra isl,,' d mor e tha n $ 20
hi llion (o r Ihc U .S. trea su ry.
Rec elll WT B rulel1wking includes the authori zatio n (If :1 ne w Dig iti.1 Aud io Rad in Se rvice
(DA RS ). Ami WTB now pen11its d om e stic opc rati(m of ret.re:ltional sh ip und aircr aft rad i{lsta tio ns
\\ il ho ut indi \ id ual lice nses.
Th e C u m pli:'lIlce IUld Info rma tio n Bureau
(C IB ) ~IS S llres co m pliance willl ctHl1m unicatio ns
law an d is the FCC' s primary po int o f t'tHltact
w ith th e publiC' . c m. throug h its headqu a rte rs

staff and vario us fiel d offices. informs and ed ucate s licensee s o f important o r new regulat ion s. It
advises co nsu mers about me asures they can tak e
to comba t fra ud anti ot he r ille gal practices in the
p ro vision of commu nicatio n se rvices. Its new
Em e rgen cy Al ert Sy ste m (E AS) rece ntl y replaced
the o ld e mergenc y broadcast sy ste m (E BS).
T he Co m plia nce Div isio n in vestig ates unlicensed o r u naut horized operation o f radio statio ns, reso lves inte rfe ren ce pro ble ms whe re appro priate and pro vide s co m municatio ns assistance to public sa fely and law e nfo rce me nt age nc ies.
Th e Bure au ca rries o ut its p rog rams to serve
the pu bli c a nd th e Co m m ission th rou gh 16distri ct
offices . nin e res ide nt agent facilit ies, a toll -f ree
Nationa l Ca ll Ce nter ( 18S8-CA LLFCC), and
l-l remote ly contr ol led monitoring and radio d irection -fin d ing sites loc rued through ou tthe Unite d
States .
Established in 1994. the In te rnational Hu r CI' lIdevelops. reco mmend s a nd adm inisters poli cie s. stand ard s. proc edu res and pro gram s for the
au thorizat ion and regulatio n o fi mematio nul te leco mmun ica tions facili tie s and services a nd the
licen sin g o f domestic and inte rnationa l sate llite
sy...tern s. The Burea u also represen ts the Comm issio n in intern at ion a l confere nce s invo lving tete comm un icatio ns matte rs .
Th e Ca ble Se rv ices Bure a u wa s created in
199 3 a nti ha s worked sinc e thai time o n iss ues
refuted to the cable tel evi sio n ind ustry and o the r
m ult i-channel video pro g ra mm ing pro vide rs. Jncreasi ng competition in the markets for the d eliver)' o f mult i-channel video programmi ng co nt inues 10 be a major obje ctive of the Cable Serv ice s
Bureau.
T he O ffic e o f E n ginee r in g lind Tech no logy
is re spon sib le for managi ng the no n-Go vernment
use of th e spec tru m. It is the FCC s tec hn ica l
ad viso r o n e ng ineer ing and sc ie ntific ma ile rs .
OET mak es recommendati on s to the Commi ssio n o n how the radio spe ctru m ...hould be ulloC~l1ed and establishe !> the techn ical ..tanda rds to be
fo llowed by use rs . OET recelllly issue d g uidelines fore xp(lsur e hy the pub lic ttl rad io frcquen cy
rad iation .
The FCC cu rre ntly has approx imatel y 1.750
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A Hard Lesson - More to
Come?
Seems to me Aeso p had something to say
about put ting all you r eggs in on e ba sk et ... or

all your communications systems on one repealer'!

W hen the Pan AmSat Gala xy 4 (G 4 ) geostationary co m municatio n sate llite fail ed o n

May 19 it caused a huge communication

nigh tmare . Th e pu blic SOOI1 learned what a
wi de variety o f dome stic co m municatio ns
services \\'ere served by Ga la xy -to

Th e sate llite initially ex perie nced an

ano maly within its on-boa rd spacecraft co ntrol pro cessor (SC P). the pri mary sys te m re spo nsib le for pointi ng th e spacec ra ft at earth.

But when the automatic switch to a hackup

uni t fai led as we ll. th e sate llite began to
ro tate. losing its fi xed orientatio n. Since cu stom ers could no lo nger acce ss it. the co mm unicat io n package wa s sh ut do wn .
T he Na tio na l Weather Se rvice lost its ubility to se nd certain pro ducts (incl uded radar
mosaic and sate llite imag er y ) 10 the ir four
maj or stor m labo rato rie s. Eve n mor e c ritical .
all Air Rou te Traffic Con tro l Cent ers lost
their wea the r SCfViL'C net a nd had to revert to

July 4: Dillsburg, PA
Firecracker Ham fest spo nsored by Harrisburg Radio Amateur Club at Monagahan Fire
Hall. 245 W . Siddo nsburgh Rd, Dillsburg .
Talk-in 146.1 6176 MHz. Sa.rn.. $4 general
admission. VE testing, indoo r airco nditioned
tables. tailgating. Contact 7 17-232-60 87 or
fabinfo @fab ral.com or n3njb @juno.com .
July II: Oak Creek, WI
South Milwaukee ARC 29th Annual Swapfest
at the Ame rica n Legion Post #434 at 9327 S.
S hepard Ave . Cont act Rob ert Ka ste lic
WB9TIK, S MARC. P.O. Box 102, Sout h
Mil waukee, WI 53 172-0 102. Ta lk-in 146.52
simplex. Free parkin g. free ove rnight camp ing. free beer and soda. 7a.m. - 2p.m.; admission $5.
July 12: No rth land (near Pittsbur gb) , PA
"A real o ld- fashio ned ham fest!" by North
Hills ARC at the Northland Pub lic Library .
300 Cumberland Road ( 10 mi. north of Pittsburgh). Co ntac t Bob Ferre y, Jr. N3DOK. 87 1
Rosalind Rd. Pittsb urgh, PA 15237. (4 12)
367 -23 93 . IIJdo k @pgh .ll er; hllp:1I

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July /998

a land line sys tem .

Th e list of co mm unicatio n se rvice s that
suffered se rvice d isrup tions was ex tensive .
So me of the TV se rv ice s affected incl ud e:
C BS Radi o a nd Tele vision . C NN Airport
N etwo rk . th e Ch in e se T V ne two rk .
Tclemundo/Telenot icias. UPN and \Varner
Broth ers T V ne tworks . and World Harv est
TV/Rad io .
A large number of rad io networks suffered o utage s and req uired relocation including the Geo rg ia . Illi noi s, Io wa, Mich igan .
T ennesse e . West Virgi nia. \ Visco nsin News
Ne tworks ; the In-T ouch. Kan sa s. and Minneso ta readin g ne two rks fo r the blind ; Agrinet:
the AP Radio Ne twork . Muza k Aud io Ser. . ices; NAS C AR' s Mot or Raci ng Ne twor k:
n umero us gro ce ry/depa rtme nt/spe cia lty instore radi o networks ; S po rts By line USA;
T al k Ame rica Rad io Ne tw or k; Tri bu ne Rad io
Network; United Bro adcasting and the USA
Radi o Ne tworks.
Maj or leagu e baseball radi o netw ork s
which had to re locate incl uded the At lanta
Brave s. C a lifo rnia Angel s. Ch ica go C ubs and
W hite So x. C o lorado Rockies, Detroit Tige rs. Mil waukee Bre wer s, Seattle Mariners.
a nd T e xas Ran gers.

Oth er major serv ice providers using Gal4 that re q uired reloca tio n include d
Accuw ea ther , most of the nati on wide pager
co mpan ies (40-45 mill io n pager ow ners lost
se rv ice ). se veral sate llite interne t se rvice provide rs. UPI and Re uters news ag encie s. a nd a
numbe r of c red it and debit card verification
net work s affec ting business es such as W a lMart . C he vro n Co rp. auto ma tic tell er mac hines and fast pay at the ga s pum p.
E ven pub lic safety agencies suffered co m m unica tio ns outag es. We we re surp ris ed to
di scover the Los Angeles Fi re Dep artment .
Ne w Hamp shire S tale Police. an d San Frunc isco Poli ce and Fire De part men ts com m unications were affected whe n Ga laxy4 spun o ut
of control.
At prcssttme mo st co mm unications ci rc uits are be ing re rout ed to othe r satellite sys tems . Ga la xy 4 ' s ow ne r. Pan AmSat. is in the
pro cess of moving a spa re sate llite into G<l Iaxy 4' s or bita l slot. Final wo rd on the future
o f G alax y 4 had not been relea sed as we we nt
to press.
Th e failure is made even mo re tro ubling
by the fact o ur ga laxy of satellites has yet to
run the m inefi eld of the Leo nid meteo r sho we r
this fa ll and bombardm ent by lethal so lar

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J uly 31 - Aug 2: Special E vent Station W9ZL

Th e Fo x C ities ARC (Appleto n. WI) spec ial
event station from the EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association ) Fly-In at Oshkosh, WI. SS BHF operation in the Ge nera l portio ns of the
phone bands (8a m to 4pm daily). RTIY operation mostly on 7085 and 14085. Cert ificate
offered for co ntac ts with proper QSL s to Wayne
Pennings, WD 9RJ. 9 13 N. Mason, Appleton.
WI 54914.

sion and parking.

July 19: S pec ia l Event Station W2ZZJ
Stra tford. NY - The Fulton Co unty Dr. Mahlon
Loomi s Co mmi ttee co mme mora tes the 172nd
anniversary of the birth of Dr. Loom is. 13002000 UTe on General Cla ss phon e portio n of
75 . 40. and 20 meters. and on the Nov ice 10
meter phone band . Also on 2 meter FM repeaters. For ce rtificate and literatu re. send
QSL. contact #. and a # 10 SASE (55 ce nts) to:
George Sadlon W 2'lZJ. 5738 St Hwy 29A,
Stra tford. NY 1347 0.
J uly 26: Timonium, M D
Baltimore Radio Amateur and TV Socie ty
(BRAT S) ham and co mputer fest at Timonium
Fairg round s. York Rd offl-695, 1-83. Free VE
exam s; call 4 I0-467 -4634 to prereg ister. Talkin 147.03+. 224.96, 44 8.325. Tail gatingfia.m.
indoo rs 8a.m.; admission $5. Con tact BRATS.
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July 31-Aug 2: Rock City, NY

Worldwide TV-FM DX Association (WfFDA)
con venti o n.
For
det a il s
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at 12284 Nice Rd, Akron. NY 14001- 9408.
WTFDA ' s new club address is: P.O. Box 50 1.
Some rsville, cr 06072.
Aug 14-16: M isso ula , MT
International Radio Club of Am erica (l RCA)
co nventio n. Location 4B' s Inn South. $25 registration deadline Aug 3 to Larry Godwin , 2390
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storms as our sun enters a poten tiall y record-

breaking cycle of activity. (Courtesy of the

Sate llite Times staff)

Hello? This is your Emergency

Alert System
The digital Emergency Alert System now
auto matically activates warnin gs of floods,
tornadoe s, etc. via televis ion and radio stations in the affec ted area, but what if you
are n't listening to rad io or television, and
don't possess a weather alert radio?

A group which calls itself the Cellular

Emerge ncy Alert System Associati on is lobbyi ng for the EAS warnin g system to be
extend ed to user s of wireless phones as well.
The assoc iation says the tech nology already
ex ists to send text mes sages to every phon e
that is turned on or sitting in a charger .

Word to the Weatherman

Forecasters may be able to blame EI Nino
for occ asio nal embarra ssm ent s, but weather
predic tion always has been a bit of a crap
shoot. Experiment s currently underway as

part of NASA' s New Millennium program

could com e to the weath erm an' s rescue in
abo ut five yea rs.
Using the world' s only laser telescope
with a holographi c optical element, David

Guerraat WesternMarylandCollegeis bouncing reflected laser light into the atmosphere

to detect wind speed and direction as well as
clo ud bo undaries and concentrations of particles.
According to the telescope ' s inventor,
NASA engineer Geary Schwemmer. atmo spheric winds drive the wea ther. "If we had a
better knowled ge of wind s, that would give
us an impro vement in weather forecasting,"
The ultima te goa l is to moun t the holographic
telescope in space for better weather predic tion and disaster preparation .

"The Asteroid that Stopped the

Lottery"
Don ' t bet on this movie com ing out ! The
O rego n Lotte ry Commission awarde d a
$ 124,OOO contract to ac ompany charged with
devisi ng a plan to ensure immediate restoration o f ga mbling ga mes in the event of such
a cat astrophic event as an earthquake or asteroid collision.O ne might wonder who would
be think ing abo ut gambling at such a time,
but the co mmissio n pointed out that ga mbling generates $ 1 million per day for the
state.

A "Black Box" for cars

Living in the mountains of North Carolina, I can' t rid myse lf of the memory of
several fatal accident s that might have been
prevented - the co llege student on his way
horne whose car rolled do wn a mou ntain side
and wasn't found until many days later; the
driver whose car too k a corner too fast at night
and was found the next mo rn ing upsid e down
in the river ... These are classic examples of
lives that migh t have been saved , had they
been fou nd in time.
"Over half the fatal crashes are single
vehicles and the majo rity of them occur in a
ru ra l e n v iro nme nt :' s ays Dr. Ri ca rdo

Martinez, head of the National HighwayTraf-

flc Sa fety Adm inistr ation . The agency is

working with the Calspan SVL Corporation
and others to deve lop an autom ated collision
notificati on system which is currently bein g
tested in Erie Count y. New York .
According to the report , the electronic
" black bo x," located under the back seat, is
ac tivate d by a collisi on . Its signal is transmitted via the car ' s ce llular phone to a satellite
and contai ns informat ion rega rding the location of the car. the severity of the crash. and
even whether the car was hit in the front . side,
or rear, or rolled over. The satellite alerts the
appropriate 9 11 center wh ich is then able to
establi sh a phone cha nne l so the dispatche r
can di scover whet her anyone was injured.
The system is anticipated to cost the con-

sumer $200-300 and the technology may be

readil y available in as little as five years.
However, the nation al netw ork is not. and
many procedural que stions are j ust emerging.

Shortwave on NPR
Beginning in Augu st, many of yo u should
be ab le to hea r a num ber of inte rnational

broadcasters o ver your local public radio stations. For some time now the \Vorld Rad io
Netwo rk( WR N). which relay s some 20 international broadca sters on satellite (see p.39 ),
has been carried in the middle of the night on
AM across Ca nada on CSC Overn ight. and
more recentl y there have been similar arrangements in South Africa and Israel. No w
NPR is planning on launchi ng a similar a llnight service in cooperation wi th \VRN.

Business Covets Amateur Band

The Land Mob ile Co mmunications Coun -

cil(LMCC)petitioned the FCC for additional

com mercial spec trum by " immediate .... real-

location of 420-430 MHz, paired with 440450 MHz, from Federal use to PMRS [Private
Mobile Radio Service]." Petition RM-9267
was filed for public comment until June 1st.

The 440 band is currently used by radio

amateurs on a seco ndary basis with repeater

use in 440-450 MHz, and satellite links and

amateur television in 430 -440 MHz . The primary allocation is to the federal gove rnment
which uses it for telemetry. long-range surve illance. carly warn ing systems, satellite
tracki ng. etc.
" Communications" is wri tten by Rac hel
Baug hn based on news stories gleaned by the
following reporters: Anonymous. NY; David

Alpert, NJ; George Appleton. NV; Robert

Brossell. WI; Kelly Davis. NC; Ed Diamond.
IN; David De an. FL; Allan Henney. VA; Kevin
Klein. WI ; Newtons at Fruitlands; Ira Paul. MI;
Doug Robertson. CA; Brian Rogers. M I: Steven
Rogovi ch . VA: Ed Sch wanz. IL; Walter
Szczepaniak. PA: Richard Sklar. \V A: Robert
Thomas. CT: Larry Van Horn, NC; George
Wood. Satellite Times; CDT Policy Post and
WSYI Report. We welcome news from your
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isast~r!

It can strike a nytime. a nyw here.

II takes man y forms-a hurricane, an

earthquake. a tornado. a flood. a fire or a

hazardous spill. an act of nat ure or an ac t of
terr orism . It bu ilds o ver days or wee ks. o r hits
sudde nly. wi thou t warn ing. Every yea r. millions of Ame rica ns face disaster a nd its te rrifying co nsequences .
The lead go vernme nt agency that handles
disasters in th is co untry is the Fede ral Emergenc y Man agem ent Agen cy (FEM A ). It is a n
independent age ncy o f the federa l gove rnment . reporting direct ly to the Preside nt. Since
its fou ndi ng in 1979. FEMA's mission has
been clear :
To redu ce loss o f life a nd prop ert y and

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July 1998

protect our natio n' s c ritica l infrastructur e from all typ es of hazard s throu gh a
comprehe nsiv e. risk-based . em erg enc y
man agement pro gram of miti gat ion .
preparedn ess. resp onse a nd recov ery.
When disaster strikes. FEi\'1A is the first
agen cy to arri ve 011 sce ne and you cun monit or
the ac tion on HF, VHF a nd U HF communicatio ns freq uencies.

Federal Emergency Support

Capa bility IFESC)
T he FESC is (he sys te m that pro vides eme rgem:y management ; its task is to keep infor mat ion flowin g when a federa l respon se is
requi red in any disaster or emergency. Th e

FESC supports Fede ral. Sta te. and local respo nse efforts by pro vidi ng co mmunications
of all kind s on the scene of a di saster. and is a
link to the FEM A National Emerg ency Manage ment System .
Th e FESC co nsists of the Mob ile Emerge ncy Respon se Suppo rt (M ERS ) det ach ment s. the Mobile Air Tr ansportabl e Te leco mm unica tions System (MATIS), the 111formation Displ ay Sy stem (ID S) , and the portab le. pr iva te a utoma tic branch ex c hange
(PA BX) sy ste ms from the National Netwo rk

Operations Center (NWOC). These FESC

resource s may be deployed as a comple te
package or as stand-a lone sys tems. We will
only discus s the MERS and MATIS system s
in this articl e.

FE M A 's HF radio mod er niza tion program

has been o ngoing a nd now includes the upgrad ing of ma ny stations to add a uto matic
link estab lishment (A LE) in compliance with
Federal Standa rd 1045 .
Tabl es I a nd 2 provide u complete profile
of FE MA stations an d thei r Hlt . VHF. and
UHF freq uencies.

FEMA Mobile Emergency Response

Support
Th e MERS ca pability is the mobile cx ten sian of the fixed FE MA switched net work
(FSN) an d is provided by five MERS detach-

ments located at Bothell, Washington;Denton,

T exas; Denver,Colorado ; Th o masville. Gear-

gia. and Maynard. Massachusetts. Each MERS

detachment has a transportabl e disas ter communic ations system composed o f modul ar
eleme nts that can prov ide a Disaster Field
Office (DFO) with voice . facsimile. message.
an d data commun ication s over a varie ty of
media in both secure and clear message network s; HF. VHF. UH F rad ios(See Ta blc I for
a co m plete listing ); microwa ve line-or-sight
tran sm ission sys te ms ; Ku-b and sate llitecommunications sy stems; and se lf-c ontained

SHARES
SHAred RES ources - Presidenti al Exec utive Order 12472 es tahlished na tiona l
policy guidance in SUpp0l1 of National Sec urity and Eme rge ncy Preparedness (N S/EP )
objectives . Thi s gu ida nce manda ted that action be ta ken to ".; ensu re that a nation al
telecommunications infrastruct ure is dc veloped..:'
Con sistent with the Executive Ord er. function ally simi lar gove rnme nt telccornmunications netwo rks were designed to inte rc ha nge
tra ffic in support of nati on a l lead ership require me nts. Th e Nationa l Co mm unicat ions
Sy stem (NC S) was respon sibl e for the im plemen tation o f thi s Exec utive O rde r. A segment of (his effort addre ssed the sha ring of
fede rally contro lled HF radio resources to
estab lish a robust na tio nal emerge ncy HF
com m unications infrastruct ure . Thi s evolved
into the S HA RES HF radi o prog ram (sec
Ta ble 3 for frequenci es) .
There are five objective s to the S HARES
progra m:
Provide participating age ncies with e xtend ed high frequ ency coverage a nd en-

power generation and distribution systems.

FEMA Mobile Air Transportable

Telecommunications System
MATIS is an a ir mobil e sys te m designed
to provide communications for any e mergency requirement. MATIS communications
ca pa bilities inclu de voice a nd data landline,
HFIVH FlUH F rad io. and a varie ty o fs atellite
sys tems in the secure and cle ar modes .
An integral part of M ATTS is the te lephone switchbo ard wh ich is ca pab le o f providing 4 8 trunks und a T-I link to 88 subsc ribers. M AITS can also pro vide voice , data. and
video co mm unica tions whe n used in conjunction with its T- I via a Ku-band sate llite link .
MAlTS is sel f-conta ined. pro vides its own
po wer source . a nd is air transportable on either C-130 or C- 141 aircraft

FEMA National Radio System fFNARS/

T he FNARS is the nat ion wide HF rad io
network tha t links FEMA Headquarters. the
region s, and State EOCs (Emergency O ffice
of Com munication s). (See Table 1 for a co mplete listing .) The sys tem. approx ima tel y 75
percen t co mplete, co nsists of Harris IO-kilowatt tra nsmitters at the networ k co ntrol station s (Se e Table 2) and FEMA reg iona l facilities. and Harri s I-k ilowatt tran smitters at primary Sta te Eocs. The FNARS is the primary
HF network used to coord inate disaster response and recove ry activit ies in the United
States an d oth er e mergency man ageme nt ac tiviti es invo lving Sta tes and the Federa l Government. Th is networ k a lso se rves as a back up
network for (he FS N.
FEMA also sponsors State Eoc sdesi ring to
part icipate in the Nation al Commun icat ion s
System (NCSj SHA RES program (see the

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modes.
Mar ch 1994 Utili ty Wo rld column) . The
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MONITORING TIMES

Table I . Federal Emergency Management Agency IFEMAJ Frequencies

FEMA NATIONAL RADIO SYSTEM fFNARSj HF FREQUENCIES
Poxtrot t
Foxtrot 2
FoxtrOlJ
Foxtrol4

Foxtrot S
FOXlrol 6
Foxtrot 7
Foxtrot 8

Foxlrol9
Foxtrot 10
Foxtrot 11
Foxtrot 12
Foxtrot 13
Foxtrot 14

FoxtrOl15
Foxtrot t s
Foxtrot 17
Foxtrot 18

Foxtrot 19
Foxtrot 20
Foxlrol 21

Foxtrot 22
Foxtrot 23

Foxtrot 24

2320.0
2360.0
2327.0
2445.0
2658 0
3341,0

3379 0
33880
4603.0
47800
5211.0
5378.0
54020
5821.0
5961.0
61).190
6106.0
610B.0

6151.0
6176 0
6809.0
7348.0
7428.0
9' 620

Foxtrot 25
FoXlrot 26
Foxtrot 27
Foxtrot 31
Foxtrot 32
Foxtrot 35
Foxtrot 28
Foxtrol29
Foxtrot 30
rcnrot33
Foxtrol34
Foxlrot36
Foxtrot 39
Foxtrot 38
Foxtrot 37
Foxtrot 48
Foxtrot at
FoxtrOl40
foxtrot 42
Foxtrot 43
fo xtrot 47
Foxtrot44
Foxtrot 45
FOXlrot 46

10194 0
10493.0
10588.0

10899 0
11108 0
11545.0
11 721.0
11 801.0
11957.0

12129 0
122190
13446.0

Foxlrol50
Foxlrol49
Foxtrot51
Foxtrol 52
Foxtrot S3
Foxtrot S4

Foxtrot 55
Foxtrot 57
Foxtrot 58
Foxtrot 59
Foxtrot 56
Foxtrot 60

137800

Foxtrol6 1

138904 0
13935 0

Foxtrot 62

13956 0
14450.0

14567.0
14776 0
14836.0
14871.0
14885.0
14899 0
14908.0

Foxtrol63
Foxtrol64
Foxtrol65
Foxtrol 66
Foxlrol67
Foxtrot 68
Foxtrot 69

Fo:d rol 70
Foxtrot 71

15708.0

15840.0
16201 .0
162380
17519 0
18483 0
187440

19969.0
20027.0
20063.0
20361.0
21866.0
219190
229830
23028.0
23390.0
23451.0
23550.0
238140
24008,0

24282.0
24526.0
24819.0

OTHER FEMA HF ASSIGNMENTS

2220.0 2258.0 2280.0 2317.5 2652.0 3206.5 3224.0 3342.5 4018 5 4023 5 4031.5 4441,5 4598.5 4608.5 48835
4886.5 5303.5 5379.5 5935.0 6804.5 69965 7361.5 8051 .5 8161.5 9122.5 10871.5 11995.5 12250.5 13451.0
1631 5,517461.5 17481 5 17501.5 204140 20444.5 20447524060,0 241050 24135.0 24160,0 24191.0

VHFIUHF FEMA ASSIGNMENTS

138.225
138.575

139.450
139.775
139.825

139.925
139.950
140.025
140.900
140.925
141.725
141.850
141.875
141950

142.350
142.375
142,400
142.425
142.925
142.975

"3.000
143.050
143.225
H 3.250
143.475
143.600
143.625

" 3 850
164.8625
165.6625

1737 875
408.400

417 600
417.700
418.050
418.075
418.575

10

Nahonwide primarydisasterresponse repeater (in 141.875)

Emergency Managemenl Support Regions 518 repeater (in 141.950)
Emergency Management Support Region 4 repeater (in 142.425)
Emergency Management Support RegIon 4,'6 repeater (in 143.4751
Emergency Managemenl Support Region 219 repeater (in 143.000)
Emergency Management Support RegIon2 repeater(in 143.000)
Emergency Management Support Region6 repeater (ttl 142.975)
EmergencyManagement Support Region 3/10 repealer (in 143,250)
Emergency Management Support Region tn repeater (in 143.000)
Disaster Response Simplex Net Regions 1(1
Disaster ResponseSimplex Nel Regions5/8
Disaster ResponseSimplex Net Nanonwide
Emergency Management Support RegIOn 4;6 repeater (in 143.8501
Simplex/Repeater mputtc 138,225
SimpleJ<:'Repeater mput to 138575
Emergency Management Support repealer mput to 142,975(Region 9)JSimp'ex
DIsaster Response Simplex Net Regions 9/10
Disaster Response SimplexNet Region 4
Simplex/Repeater input to 139.450
Disaster Response Simplex NetRegions 2 and3
Simplex/Repeater input to 139,950
Simplex/Repeater mout tc 139.825. 139,925. and140.025
DIsaster Response Simplex NetRegion 10
Mobiles
SimplexlRepeater input to 139.950
Simplex/Repeater input to 139.775
DIsaster Response Simplex NetRegion 1
Disaster ResponseSimplex NetRegIon 6
Simplevaepeater mputto 141.850
National Radio System-Simplex(Channel 2)
National Radio System-Repeate r inputlor 165,6625 (Channel l)
National Radio System-Simplex and repeater output (in164.8625)
Nationwide low power simplex
Nationwide low power simplex
Nationwide low power simplex
Nationwidelow power simplex
Nationwidelow power simplex
Nancnwoe low power simplex
NaltOnwide 10'0'1 power simplex

MON ITORING TIMES

July 1998

han ccd eme rge ncy HF rad io co m rnunicatio ns at 110 adde d cost.
Provide an e nd ur ing backu p 10 vulnerable
leased teleco m mu nicatio ns.
Provide the flagword SHA RES to expe d ite
iden tification and processing of em ergency
Federa l govern me nt tra ffic .
S tanda rd ize me ssage pre paration and proce d ures to sim plify inte rage ncy han din g of
NSfE P tra ffic .
Provide possible work-around 10 j ammi ng
by perm ittin g in terage ncy o pe ratio n o n <11located freq uen c ies identified for S HA R ES
usc .
The last objective menti on ed above is the
key to the S HA RES pu n ic . There are no
S HARES freq uen c ies pe r sc. Eac h agen cy
subm its frequencies to the S HA RES poo l o n
which they ' vill permit Sl fA RES o pera tio ns.
Yo u c an recognize if a particula r go vern me nt HF freq ue ncy i ~ being used for thi s
purp ose by the sys tem flag wo rd : S HA RES . If
you hear SHA RES me ntio ned then yo u <Ire
dea ling w ith a S HA RES exercise or- operation
- no t the no rm a l day-to-day co mmunicatio ns
yo u m ight be used to hear ing fro III that pani cu lar gove rn me nt ag e nc y 0 11 that frequ e ncy.
Based o n o ver-the-a ir intercepts. it no w
ap pears that three SHA RES o perationa l rcadi ness ex ercises a rc co nd ucted d uring each calendar yeilr. T hese have trad itio na lly occ urred
in M uy. Augu st and December. O ther typ e s o f
S HARES tra ining e xerci se s <Ire believed to he
co nd ucted in Janu ary, May and Sept em be r (If
eac h ye ar. T hese e xerc ises stre tch o ve r a twoda y period a nd run continuously during th e
exerc ise peri od . Past exe rcis es we re o nly cond uctcd d ur ing no rmal go ve rnme nt work ing
hou rs.
T he fo llo wing is a Ii ~t o f the member age nc ies fo r the S HAR ES co m municat io ns sy~

tern:
AT& T , Bcflcorc . C ivil Air Patro l. Dru g
Enfo rcem en t Administration, De fen se Logistics Agency. Defen se Mapping Agency ,
Dep art men t of Energy, De pa rtmen t of Interior . De partm en t of Ju stice , Dircc tor of M ilitary Support, Enviro nme nta l Prot ect ion
Agency, Fede ra l Aviation Ad mi ni stration,
Federa l Bu rcau o f Investigation . Federal
Comm un ica t io ns Co m m ission , Fe de ra l
Emergency Management Agency. vario us
state e me rgenc y ope ratio ns centers (EOCS l,
American Red Cross. Federal Highway Adm inistr ation , Immigration and Nat uralization Service. Marit ime Adm in istratio n, i\'11TR E Corp. U.S. Mar ine Corps/Mo unta in
Warfar e T raining Ce nter, Na tio na l Aerona utics a nd Space Ad mi nistration, vario us
Arm y Nat ion a l G uard un i ts. Natio na l Co or -

dinau ng Ce nter for Tel eco m , Nat io na l

Comm unicat ions Syste m. Nat iona l Te leco m m unicatio ns and Info rmation Adm inistra tio n. Office of Emergency Tranvpor ration. U.S. Air Force ~I A R S . Air Force
Reserve , U.S . Army - W A R46 ( 111 1th
Signa l Battal io n )/ 2nd U,S. Ar my (GA l
SC). U.S. Ar my Mat eria l Co rum..HlJ. U.S.
C oa s t Guard . Cu st o m s Sc r vi ce.
U.S .De pa rt me nt o f Ag ric u lture. U.S .
Navy , U.S. Nav y MARS. U.S. Transportati on Co m ma nd. Vetera ns Adm inistratio n. -+4 lh Mcd Brigade . Dep artmen t of
He alth and Hum an Se rvice s, an d the Gene ra l Se rvice s Adm inis tration .

FEDERAL EME RGENCY MANAGEMENT AGE NCY

REGIONAL BOUND ARIE S W ITHIN THE CONTERM I NOUS UNITED STATES

NECN
Na tio na l Eme rge ncy Coordi nation Net
- Thi s ex e rc ise has similar part icip a nts to
the SHA RES exe rc ises. but the se exerc ises
ha ve o nly been m onitored on FEt\ IA' s prima ry frequ en cies of 521 1 and 1O..l.J3 kHz
using uppe r anti lo we r side ba nd . Message
traffi c co ns ists of relays of ca llsig n. agen cy
name. and loc al zip code.
No tmuch more is kno wn ab out the NEC N
and any informa tio n thai reade rs Ilwy w ish
10 share is we lcom ed .

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Table 2: FEMA Station Information

Stations WGY900WGV9f9 are used by FEMA onc esandle\llonallleadlluarters
suncnsWGY920WGY998 arestaneo by state-level andiocarcnc es
Region
Heodquorten

Colls;gn
wGY9(l()

NTMSINTCN
T wo new ac ronyms that ute listen ers may
ha ve nOI see n before arc NTt"IS ( Nati o nal
Tel ecommu nicati o ns Mana ge ment Structur e ) and NTC N (N at iona l Te lecom mu nication s Coordinating Netwo rk). T he first of
these acronyms de sc ribes an orga nizat io n
withi n the governme nt and ind ustry Ihat is
re spon sible fo r the COUfUr)" S telecommu nicatio ns resou rces. T he NT MS team prov ide s
a co m pre he ns ive. survivable. and end ur ing
man age men t ca pa bil ity for initial ing. coordi na ting. re sto rin g a nd reconstituting the
tele com mun icatio ns networks ofthe United
States.
The Nationa l Tel ecommun ication s Coordinati ng Netwo rk (;\TCN) is the primary
tclecormuunicutions capability des ig ned to
suppo rt the o pe ra tio ns und functi o ns oj"the
NTMS. T h~ NTCN provide s physica l support for telecom muni catio ns management
by ens uring at least the m inim um co rmcct ivity for essentia l com mu nica tio ns.
T he NTCN re lic s o n ex isting mult imedia
tele co mmunicat ion s sys tems and capabilities that cun be rea dily accessed to support
the NT MS mission . HF radios deployed by
the NT MS progra m office se rve in if co ntingency role as a mea ns of co rnr nun!c..uion s if
othe r sys tems or net work segments arc di srupted or unacce ssible ,

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Dislrict I :
WGY901
WGY92 1
WGY931
WGY9.t 1
WGY951
WGY961
WGY971
Dj, triet 2:
WG"902
WG" 93 2
WGY9.t 2
WGY982
WGY992
Di ~triet 3:
WG" 90J
WG V923
WGY9JJ
WGY9.t3
WGY95J
WGY96J
WGY973
WGY983
WGY993
District4:
WGY904
WGY9 14
WGY924
WGY934
WGY944
WGY954
WGY964
WGY974
WGY984
WGY99 4
District 5:
WGY905
WGY925
WGY9J5
WGY945
WGY955
WGY965

Loco tion
FEMAOpera tions/ECC.
Wern ing and Suppa1 Division.
f EMA Heodquorters, 500 C St.
N W , Woshington, 0 C

JW . McCormick Posl oHice ond Court House, 4th

Floor, Bo~Ion. MA 20 109
Maynard, MA (FEMAJ
Concord, NH (NH EOC)
Montpel,er, VT jvr EOC) IWotemlJry)
Avgu~lo, ME (Mf f OCI
Hortford,
(0 f OC)
Far mingloo, MA (MAEOC)
Pfovid.-n<e. RI(RI EOCI
26 Federal P1 o: a , !"Jeow Yo<k, NY 10287
New Yoo , NY IFEMA)
St, Thoma~. VI (VI EOCI
Albany, NY (NY EOC)
North Trenton, NJ (NJ EOC)
Son Juun, PII: (PR EOCI
CU r1 I~ Bldg, 7th Floor, Si~th cod Walnul 51,
Philadelphio, PA 19106
PI'IIlodelph,o. PA (FEMAI Olney. MD (Primory N~
ConlrolStcrion 0< NCSj
Harrisburg, PA (PA EOCI
Pikewille. MO11.'10 EOC)
Chorle~Ion , wv jwv EOCI
DeIoworeCity. DE(DEf OCI
Richmond, VA(VA EOC)
Emmihburg, MD
WOlhington, D,C. llorton, VA)
WoJ, "'glon,D,C.
137 \ Peccl ereeSt, N E" Suite 700. Atlonla, GA
30309
ThomasYllle, GA (3rd alternate r-.K:S UFEMAI
Bolboo Heights. Canol Zone
Nau.Yille, TNITN EOCI (WII'che~terl
Columbio. SC ISC EOCI
Atlonlo, GA (GA EOC)
Monlgorn"ry, At tAL EOC)
Jackmn, MS (MS EOCl
TolluhmloCe, Fl (Fl EOC)
RoleiL NC (NC EOCI
Fron~
. KY (KY f OCI
300 S Wa ~ er 51., 24th Floor, Chicogo, 1160606
Bortle Cr~ . MlIAth oIterno!f:' NCSI(FEMAj
MotJiKlfl. VII (WI EOC)
51 Poul. MN IMN EOCI
Columbus. OH (00 EOCI
Springfield, It III f OC)
rndiooopcle. IN (IN EOC)

WGY975
District 6:
WGY906
WGY926
WGY936
WGY946
WGY956
WGY966
WGY9B6
District 7:
WGY907
WGY947
WGY957
WGY'ln
WGY997
District 8:
WGY908
WGY928
WGY938
WGY9.t8
WGY958
WGY968
WGY998
Di~trict 9:

WGY9Q9
WGY929
WGY939
WGY949
WGY959
WGY969
WGY999
District 10:
WGY910
WGY920
WGY930
WGY94Q
WGY950
WGY960
WGY970
WGY91I
WGY912
WGY913
WGY9!A
WGY915
WGY916
WGY917
WGY9 18
WGY919

J,

lOlu in M L (Ml EOC)

Federo Regional Center, BOO N loop 2, Dcnlon, TX
7620 1
Denlon, TX 12nd ollemole NCSI IFEMAI
Oklohomo. City, OK(OK fOCI
Sonia Fe, NM INM EOC)
Beton Rouge. LA (LA EOCI
Auslin, TX(TX EOCI
Conway, AR(All: EOCI
Olney, MD IfEMA)
Old FederalOffice 8lJild"'g, 9 11 Wolnut St , Kcosc s
City. M0 64106
Kcnscs City, MoO (fEMAI
De~ /II'ooines, IA llA EOCI
lincoln, NE INE EOCI
,leflerKlfl City, NO (t.\O roc)
Topeko, KS(KS rocl
Denver F~oI Centet. 8uikJ,ng 7, Denvel'. CO
802 25
Denver, CO (1~t oltetnote NCS) {FEMA}
Pierre, SO(SOEOCI
Cheyenne, 'NY (WYf OCI
Bismark. NO (NO EOC)
Heleno. MY (MT EOCI
Golden. CO ICO EOCI
Soil to ke C,ty, UT (UT f OCI
2 11 Moin SI . Room 220 , a.",lding205 . Son
Froncisco, CA 94 129
Son Frooc;;sco, CA IFEMA) $on to Rosa, CA
COfKlfl City, NY (NY EOCI
Sacromento, CA (CA EOCI
Phoeni!t, Al. (AI EOC)
Honolulu, HI (HI EOC)
Borrigodo, Guam lGuam EOC)
American Samoa(EOCI
Federal Regionol Cenler, Bothell. WA 980 11
8oIhell, WA (FEMA)
Boise. 10 (10 EOCI
~ia , WA rN A EOCI
So . O RlOR EOC)
MEII:S Bolhell, WA (FEJMI
Scldctoo, AK
Jcncou, AI((AI( EOC)
MERS Moyncrd, MA
Berryville. VA (Winche~rer , VA)
W;nc~ , VA

MfR5 Thomasville, GA
Notional Commtln icution ~ Sy~em, M iogton, VA
(May use FI. Myer- 0< Worrenton/Remi"9'O" lociliti~1
MERS Denton , TX
Berryville, VA
MEII:S Denver, CO
FEMA, Unknown

July 1998

MONITORING TIMES

11

FEMrl comm unity

relations worker
consoles disaster
victim ill Rio Nido.
,-, CA.

syste ms usi ng the [co m R7000/R 7 100/R 8500

co m m un ica tio ns rece ive rs are no w available
to the hobby ist from II company in W iscon sin,
Swagur Enterpri se s. You ca n get more infe rIllat io n by wri ting Bo x 6 200 35. Midd leton .

WI 53562-0035 or calling 608-592 7409.

Canyo n Three,
where the mu d is
flowing . Plw to
by Dave Gatley.

As we ge t deeper into hur ricane seaso n

du ring these s um mer months, ute mo nitors

sho uld at least keep FE MA ' s two nat ionwide
G.1 I1 ing cha nnel s in yo ur rece ive r's memory
channels. No o ne kn o ws w he n or w he re the
nex t di saster will strike . hut you ca n bet that
FEMA and num ero us o ther gov e rn me nt an d
c iv ilia n ag enc ies will be therc .

Table Three: United States Federal Government HF Hot list

AT&T

Participants in the NT MS/NTCN sys te m

include six Fede ra l reg io nal ce nte rs and 4~
ind ustry o perati ng cen ters scattered throug hou t the U.S . Fo rty- two lI F rad io fre q uenci es
have been dedica ted to the NTCN a nd an
automa tic link es tablis hme nt (A I. E) system is
used by the NTCN using the Harri s RF-3 200l :
rad io sys tem .
FEt\.1A. FCC a nd NCS ( KN'" callsigns r
have been the o nly participants noted during
NTCN exercises to dat e . Frequ enci es mo n ito red during NTCN exercises Include 5211 .0.
1049 .3 .0 k l-lz a nd freq ue nc ies not ed below
w ith the NC de sign ato rs.
M ajor part icipan ts know n to be part o f the
NTCN sys te m i ncl ud e : AI. A SCO~\'t.
Arneritech, AT&T . Bel l Atlantic. Bellcore.

GE. GT E. Hughes. McCaw. MCI. NYNEX ,

Bencore
Civil Air Patrol (CAP)
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
DefenseLogistics Agency (DLA)
Defense MappingAgency (DMA)
Department 01Energy (DOE )
Department otlntencr (001)
Department 01Justice (OOJ)
Directorof MIlitary Support lOOMS)
Enviromenlal Protection Agency (EPA)
Federal AViation Admmistration (FAA}

The Feds and Inmarsat

On area that has no t been fully explored by
most monitor s is fede ra l gove rn me nt age ncy
usc of the In marsal geosta tionary sa te llite
co mm unications systc ms. In mn rs.u downl ink
co mm un icat ion s cun be mon ito red in thc 15.3()1545 Mil l, range w i t h a s uitably eq uip ped
gro und s uuio n. Turnk ey ln nu us .u receiving

17

MONITORING TIMES

July / 9 98

6870.0 74750 7611.0(lJ" 8125.0 11288.0 11637.0 13312.0

13457 0 15851.0 19410.0 24550.0Il )

5087.0 5203.5" 5205.0 5215.5 54325 5821.5 6010.0 6766.0

69105 69920 7361 .0(l) 80385 80470 ' 8056.0 8057.5 8158 5
8161.5 8180.0(10 8622.0 93570 13722.0' 14350.5 14450.0

to red on the fo llo wing H F frequ enci es : 22XJ

emergencies.

7672.0' 10401.5 14541.0 18220.0

13722 0 14350.0 14402.0 20906.0
3360.0 4990.0 6821,0'

4520 0 4555.0 4580.0 4607.0 4608.5' 4610.0 4653.0 4780.0'

4785.0Il ) 4860.0 4867 0' 4927.5 4960.0' 5045.0(l ) 5062.0

em Bell. US West. GS A. FCC. and FE:'I A.

Possibl e NTCN activi ty has been mo ni-

Known des ign ato rs (NC)/frl,.q llr:nc ie~ for

the NTCN incl ude :
NC02
4458.0
NC04
Unknown
NClO or NC12 9052.0
NC11
Unknown
NC?
9065.5
A ll o f these go vernmen t syste ms sho uld
provide the utilit y listener vv ith intere sting
listen ing du ring times o f nat io nal disa ster and

32530 4863.0(l) 5380.0 5287.5 6766.0 7880 0

Federal Bureau 01 Investigation (FBI)

5058.5 7903.5 14493.5
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
4481.5 7788,5 10653.5 14969,5
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
5211.0 10493.0"
Other agenciesto watch on these FEMA cha nnels includethe various slate EOCs (Emergency Office of Communications) and the
American Red Cross.
Federal Higllway Administration (FHVlA)
52550 7419.0 9197.0 ' 0891.0'
Immigration anu Naturalization (INS}
59' 2.5Il) 9435.0Il) 14585.0Il) 24838.5
5255,0 7419.5 9197.0 10891.0
MaritimeAdministration (MARAD)
4952,0 12165,0' 20873.0
MITRE Corp
USMC Mountain wartare Training Center (MWTCl
5031 ,5' 10179,5
3385,0 6982.5 14455.0'
NASA
3277.0(l) 4001.5 4035.0 4240.0 4244.5 4250.0 4296.0 4441.5
Nalional Guard (NG)

Pac Bell , PT!. S p rint. Bell'South. Southwest-

2302235323824458452245 3846 184623

6765 678 1 6845 7320 905 1 9054 9064 9067
9070 9276 11428 11432 11448 11474
13S00 13804 13854 156 13 15642 15989
18938 18946 22864 22867 25344 25347
27550

6803.1 7480.1" 14360.0 20095,0

5099 1 7552.1 11451.0 18063.0 (Bell Commumcancns Research)
4466,04469.0' 4506.0' 4582.04585 .0 ' 4601.0 ' 4602.0"
4604,0' 4627.0' 4630.0 7635.0' 7682.0 14902.0
7657 .0 11076,0 14686.0' 18171.0
5063.5 11576.5' 17458,524740.0
7726.5 7812.5 13550.0 17520.0
6803.0' 7428.0 1841 6.0

NatiOnal Coordinating Center lor Telecom (NCG)

National Communications System (NCS)

14653.0 20906.0
5236,0 10586,5# 14396.5" 18932.0

2302.4 46' 9.4 6766 4 67684 9051.0 9054.0 9065 4 9067.0

9070.0 11428.0 11449.4 13801.4 13805.4 13809.4 13854.0
15614 4 18938.0 18946.0 25344.0 25347.0

National Iectnuca: and Intonnatron Administration (NTlA) 99730 ' 13423.0 18178.5
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wh ose purpme it is (0 issue lake cover warning s

in time 10 save th ousan ds o f lives.
It was w ith suc h a dedi cated vo luntee r stor m
spotte r th at I recei ved my real ed ucatio n on the
inner wo rkin gs and majest y ofto mados. Terry
Wh ita ke r is one o f the d ed ica ted weather spotti ng vo lunt eer s fo r th e local weath er serv ice
and has bee n part o f an amate ur rad io severe
weat her netw or k for ma ny years. If o ne W , IS
loo king fo r the perfect person to tag alo ng wi th
o n storm spo tti ng fo ray s. it would be Terry .
Tod ays vo lunteer s po tters are hi gh-tech
hunters. Th e tools o f th e trade ha ve co me a lon g
way from just a pa ir o f binoc ular s. a two -w ay
ra d io and a map . Th e ham spotters in the Te xas
Pan handle are so me o f th e bu siest and the best.

Th ey also lake ad vantage o f ev ery poss ib le

tec hno log ical advance me nt to im prove th e odd s
of the ir be ing in the right p lace at the right tim e.
we ll ahead of for min g s to rms.
W henever s torms threate n th e Texas Pa nhandle. the spotters activate an urea-wid e UHF
rad io net wo rk co nsisti ng of h igh powered ra di o
repeater s that link spo tte rs instant ly to eac h
othe r and th e Natio na l W eather Service offices
in Am ari llo . Us ing G PS (g lobal pos itio ning
satelli te } rece ive rs slaved to la p top co mp ute rs
and em ploy ing a loc atio n techno logy called
A ut om ated Packet Rep ort ing System (A P RS ).
weat her spo tters ca n. at a gla nce . co nsult a
mo ving map d isp lay show ing the ir positi on as
we ll as oth e r hams in the fie ld. th us aiding in the

coord inatio n of ob serv ers.

Ne ar rea l-time rad ar information in the field
is a tremendou s hel p. A ded icated spotter can
e ither tap into Intern et radar sites via a laptop
co mputer co nnected to a cellular phone , or an
ex per ie nce d rad ar re ader at th e c lose st
NEXRA D (next ge nerati o n doppler radar ) site
can relay informati on directly ov er the ham
radio netwo rk.
Mobi le weather sensing devices that record
vital measu rem ents such as ba rometric pres sure, wind speed. humidity, and dew po ints
now help spotters ob serv e the c urre nt weat her
co nditions at thei r assig ned obse rva tio n loc ation . Th is ca n also warn of adva ncing se vere
weather: for example. a sud den drop in barometric pressure ma y indicate a torna do is fann ing.
So me spotters go the extra mi le by usi ng
po rtable direct broadcast sate llite receive rs and
dishe s so they can recei ve current storm watches .
warnings, and radar obse rvatio ns broadcast
co nstantly by the Weather Channel.
Scannin g radi os programmed with the frequ enci es o f area la w enfo rceme nt and civil
defense em ergenc y netw orks keep spotters informed of what offi cial age ncies are observing.
Fav or ite freq uenc ies to mo nitor include those
of the Nat ional Se vere Storm Laboratory ' s
Vorte x scie ntists. If you mon itor these guys in
your to wn, yo u know you are in for torn ados ...
and plenty of them . The purpo se of Proje ct
Vorte x is to hel p develop beuer tornado prediction models so that com mun ities can be warned
further in ad vance of the cond ition s that form
killer tornados.
Althoug h I was we ll acq ua inted with the

NEXRA D radar dome located in

Ama rillo, Teras. (Photo by Steve
Douglass)

way s of we ath er in the Texas Panhandle and

have chased storms be fo re, I decided this seaso n to start o ut righ t by tak ing storm spott e r
cla sses g iven eac h year by the local branch o f
the National We ath er Servi ce. Not o nly are
these class es fasc inati ng look s into the mechanics behind tornado formation, but they ea rn
spotters the ir Skywarn advance storm spotter
certificat ion for the year.

An unforgettable field trip

One Proj ect Vort ex reve latio n wou ld serve
us we ll later in the season. An interestin g weather
phenomen on had bee n observed in J995 that
may expl ain why so me storms, relativel y weak
at first. can rapidly inten sify and grow tomadic.
When several se ve re storms in Okl ahoma collapsed. they sent an " outflow" wa ve of co ld air
across the Texas Panh andl e. Whe n this wave
collided with moderately strong storms de veloping on the Te xas- New Mexico bor der , the
resulting turbul ence added grea tly to the ir power
and internal mesocyclo nic spin. spaw ning larg e
tornado s. As storm spotters. we we re asked to
wa tch for this pheno mena in an attempt to
verify the Vortex d ata .
On June 12, 1997. Terry and I headed out
into the fra y. The National Weather Servi ce
was predicting a record severe weat her day.
Th e area was be ing flood ed with lo w level
mo isture collidin g with cool dry a ir from the
we st. Uppe r, lowe r. and mid-level winds were
all mo ving in oppos ite directio ns. creating the
shear needed to prod uce rotating supe r ce ll
thunderstorm s: so me of these SIOrl115 would be
tornado bearing.
Terr y checked in with the National Wea ther
Service (NWS) and the local TV wea ther broadcasters. All recommended that we proceed to an
area j ust we st o f Perr yt on , Te xas, whe re the
wea ther systems we re predi cted to co llide.
When we arrived . the National Severe Storms
Laboratory' s da ta showed a "cap" wa s in place .
Otherw ise known as the Mexican Plume. the
cap is a th in layer of d ry warm air capable of
suppress ing thund erstorm de velo pm ent. Like a
lid o n a si mmering po t, rising war m air (the
stuff thunderstorms are ma de of) co uld cras h
into the cap and go nowh ere but down. But if
there is a weakness in the cap or the risi ng warm
moist air is halter than the ca p, it can pun ch
throu gh a hole like the lid blo wing off a bo ilin g
pot.
If that happened toda y, thunderheads could
ex plode up and thro ugh the ho le. form ing severe storms and torn ados in just a matter of
minutes.
\Ve we re ca mped right o n the volatile "d ryline ," the bat tle zon e between two o pposing
wea ther sys tems. Just aft er lunch the atmospheric collision of warm moist Gulf air with
coo l d ry mountai n air wo uld break the cap .

Hu ge cumulonim bus tow ers bega n to shoo t up

ju st outside of Perryton on ly a mile from where
we we re statio ned. We wou ld have a fro nt row
seat for the ac tio n.
Th ere are two major co mpo nents that exi st
in a thunde rstorm . the Updraft and the downdra ft.
Usua lly, the upd raft or " inflow" can be found at
the back of the storm. Since the winds are bein g
dr awn up int o the sto rm there is no rain or hail
in the infl ow .
A storm draws its pow er from the inflow .
Althou gh from a spo tte r's po int o f view the
infl ow is the best pla ce to ob serve the storm.
o ne still has to be careful. Lig htning is a major
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and downdraft meet, torn ados form.
There is ano ther weathe r co mponen t that
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We not iced oth e r storms w ere build ing to
the so uth. It loo ked like the c ity of Pamp a wa s
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spotters re por ting fro m that storm area.
Our stor m inte nsified and began to move .

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In record time we were under the tra iling

edge of the storm. which was moving very
slow ly. The ent ire xupercell rhundcrstorm was
spinning in on itself like a huge top. Th is type
of storrn is very da ngerou s for spotters. Usually
spotters place them selves on the west or southwest side in the inflo w. but this storm rotated .
as would the points of inflow and outflow.
makin g it hard to stay behind the storm. Spotters would literally have to circle the storm .
runn ing the risk of encountering e ither a rain
\vrap ped torn ado or the mass ive downdra ft and
having their vehicles beaten by softball-sized
hail.
As we topped a hill Terry and I could sec a
ma ssive. spinning. wall cloud 10 miles in diamet er. Ahead the road disappeared in a haze of
white. Thi s was the downdraft. We would have
to punch throu gh to the core to sec anything.
What awaited us on the ot her side was anyone 's
guess .
As we penetrated the core we ran into small
Storm spotter Terry ~Vhitaker watches a developing wallcloud that could produce a
hail but surprisingly it was not falling. It was
tornado. (Photo by Terry Whitaker.)
fly ing horizontally through the sky. The winds
We followed it as it headed into the Ok lahoma way in the Te xas Panhandle.
and mcsocyclonc was so strong in this stonn
Panhand le. At one point we stopped on a hill to
Th is collision of three strong weath er forces that it propelled the hai l sideways like marbles
observ e a wa ll clo ud fa nn ing. A wall cloud is a - the war m dry air from the west. warm moist caught in a monster rouleue whee l.
promine nt lowerin g of the clo ud that can spin air from the south. and the cool moist air from
Th irty seconds later we left the hail behi nd
out tornados with little notice. Just above it the our storm in the north - mixed in .1 violent and punc hed through into relati vely clear air.
updraft towe rs bloomed and twisted.clear signs vortex that was alread y produci ng multiple The wind-whipped wheat pointed into the storm.
of a form ing mesocyclone. the violent rotat ion tornados. A ll ava ilable storm spotters were indicatin g clearl y that we were in the inflow . I
neede d 10 spaw n tornados.
called dow n south.
chec ked the map . we were only five miles from
Terry and I quickl y grabbed our photoWe raced at " faster than prude nt" speeds on Interstate 40 . I looked up to plot the position of
graph ic gea r. If we were to see a torna do it narrow rural highways with emergen cy lights the wall cloud.
wo uld happen very soon. The wall clo ud thic k- flas hing and our Skywarn placard in place.
And then I saw it. A long V-shaped funnel
ened. lowered and swirled. Te n minutes later it Consultin g a mo ving map on Terry' s lap- top. I snaking out ofthe sky onl y a fe w miles away . It
navigated while Terry drove. My hear t leapt as was the cla ssic co ne-shaped funnel. gro wing in
dissipated. produ cing not hing.
Alt hough our scientific knowled ge abo ut I glimpsed a state troop er. lights flashing. in our seco nds from a me re wisp into a mena cing
what causes tornados has inc reased measurably rearvi cw mirror. To our surprise. he didn ' t pull tornado, kick ing up dirt and debri s as it touc hed
in the last few years , why some severe storms us over. instead he flashed by at a speed that down. Very scary. yet quite beautiful.
produce tornados and ot hers don 't is still a made our pace look slow. T he scann ing radio
Terry slammed on the brake s and radio ed
re vealed why: Tornados were skipping across ou r tornado sighting on the radio networ k.
mystery.
To the south we could see better ga me. a 1-40.
Wh ile I shot video. Terry estimated the
hugethunderslorm.s tillgoi ngg rcatguns NEXRAD image of 1-40 Tornado. (Image courtesy
size, posit ion. and speed of the tornado .
abo ut a hundred rniles away. Te rry and Douglass Crowley, Amarillo National Weather Service
Th e base was a couple hundred yards
I pondered whether we should try to office.)
wide and moving west at about 15 miles
play "catch up" and chase that storm
an hour. which in itself was qu ite undown. If it was like our storm. c hances
usua l beca use the storm itself was
were that it would collapse before we
headed ca st.
co uld get into position .
In fact. this was one of the most
unusual tornados I had eve r seen. T he
Too close fo r comfort
classic co ne-shaped tornado turned into
a wild twisting elep han t trunk sucking
Stoppin g for gas and grub . Terry
up the cou ntryside. Shooting out of the
took the time out to check back in with
wall
c loud almost horizontally. the base
the Natio nal Weather Se rvice. They
of the twister tore west. picking up
gave us the bad news.
speed. It rem inded me vividly of the
Just as in the scenario noted by
classic twister in the Wh ard of Oz. It
Project Vortex. as our storm died it sent
stayed on the ground almost 10 minan outflow wave of co ld wet air rolling
utes. became a long skinny rope and
across the plains that co llided with the
then dissipated.
storm now sitting squarely on Inter\Ve brok e down our gea r and sped
state 40 , the most heaviIy traveled high.

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July' 998

to the scene. Dama ge assessment is part of the

job and we we re sure there wa s plent y of it. Th e
scanner revealed the extent.
Th e torn ado had run directly do wn Interstate 40, tossi ng se mi-truc ks a nd ca rs like toys.
Fifteen trucks were tom apart. O ne truck was
ripped ope n like a can of sardines . The TV s it
was carrying were sucked up and thro wn for
miles. The wo rst inju ries were to a cou ple who
were sucked through the roo f of their Mercedes
and we re fo und lyin g at the side of the road a
half a mile away. T he couple was bei ng rushed
by ambulance to a nearby hosp ital.
When we arrived at the 1-40 junc tion. we
found it a mass ofconfusion . Th o usand s ofcars
and truck s we re back ed up for miles. Troope rs
wor ked despe ratel y to o pen a lane for em ergency vehicle s. Th ere wa s no hope for us to
tra vel any furthe r o n 1-40 . which was tin e with
us. beca use we no w had more pressing busi ness. Anot her wa ll cloud had for med and an other torn ado touchdo wn was im minent.
\Ve cro ssed 1-40 and headed south to find a
high viewpo int from where to watch the storm.
Following a winding road on a hill we fo und
oursel ves ov erlooking a foul sm elling cattle
feedya rd. Althoug h noxiou s, it wa s the best
vie wpoint. Just a mil e to the eas t the huge
rotating wa ll clo ud swirled and d ipped down
low. From o ur positio n o n the hill it looked
prac ticall y eye level.
Th ere are rare moments in o ne' s life tha t arc
so intense they de fine the way we view the
wo rld from that po int o n. I had a sudde n realization that this was o ne of those moment s.
As 1 stood on that hill, the stor m ru mbl ed
like a great mach ine o ver my head . S trange
metalli c so und ing th under cl aps. which are
now thought to be a recogn izable co mponent of
tomadic storms. echoed thro ugh the boiling
churn ing sky. Sudd enly a wave of e xcitement
and fea r swept o ver me. I felt incred ibly small
and vulnerab le tothe mon ster sto rm rhat swirled
aro und us. yet thrilled to be her e. I fou ght to
suppress my inst inctive impu lse to flee .
As thc stor m rotated . a wall of rai n and hail
that had been o n the fro nt of the sturm now
revo lved aro und to [he back . effectivel y cu tting
off the inflow . wh ich slammed a door on the
e nergy need ed (0 sustai n the wa ll clo ud ' s rotation. \Vhat was o nce an o mino us. potential
prod uce r of tornados qu ickly d ied. suffocated.
Altho ugh this g ranled the area a stay of
execution. it was sho rt-lived and wc knew it.
Looki ng fo r o ther so urces of inflow. the stor m
"back-built" and set up another area of rotation
j ust a mile to our west Terry and I suddenly
rea lized we were now in the wro ng place:
potent ially in the pat h where the next torn ado
wo uld strike .
Gett ing o n 1-40 we head ed back wes t in
search of a bett er viewp oint from behind the

HP Super Cell graph. (Inf ormation

source: NOAA.)
stonn. Our lane was emp ty. the tornado damage
blocking any tra ffic coming from the east. The
eas tbo und lane wa s bumpe r-to-b umpe r with
traffic block ed by the highway pat rol .
As we searched for another high vantage
point the stor m dro pped another tornado, practicall y on top of us. Beh ind us and to the so uth
ofthe highway another rope-like twister touched
down . It also sped bac k wes t; we the chase rs
quic kly became the chased . In o ur rear view
mirror we watched as the tornado spun in our
d irecti o n. hu t as it gained on us. it sudde nly
lifted hack into the cloud.

As the sun set the storm we akened. bu t not

before spawning a total of nine twisters. causing m illions of do llars of damage . and inju ring
12 people. Ho we ver . beca use of the picture
Project Vorte x had put together with its <ICCU rnulated data. spo tters were better able to recognize the condition s that breed torn ados and gi ve
adva nce warn ing to the co mmunities in their
pat hs.
Beca use of those warni ngs. most peo ple in
the damaged area were able 10 take she lle r. T he
on ly inju ries that occ urred were tot hosc trapped
by thc twister o n 1-40 - many of whom admi tted the y had not been listening to their car
radi os for we ath er reports.
With the current state of techno logy and the
data gleaned by projects like Vo rte x. the wa rn ing time has g rown the last few years from 5 to
as much as 20 mi nutes in advance of a to rnado.
If we fo llow our prese nt co urse and contin ue to
fund research into sto rm mech anics. it is possiblc that in the ncar future we cou ld expand the
warning time s to almost an hour before a to rnado fonns. Even then. storm spotters will still
be needed to verify and wa rn res ide nts that
there ' s a "torn ado o n the gro und."

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Description
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Curry Co. Civil Defense
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46.10
DeafSmith/HerefordCo. Fire
Dept of Public Safety Intercity
155.370
Randall Col Canyon Fire
46.12
155.460
Amarillo Deptof PublicSalety (Base)
122.000
Amarillo Radio (Aircraft WeatherAdvisories)
155.475
New Mexico State Police(Statewide)
FAA WeatherWatch(Aircraft)
122.650
155.490
Clovis NM P.O.
Plainview Ham Storm Spotters
146.720
155.520
New MexicoState Police(Special Emerg.)
146.760
AbernathyHamStormSpotters
155.520
HaleCo. 5.0.
146.760
Elk City Okla. Ham StormSpotters
155.565 Childress Co. S.D.
Perryton Ham StormSpotters
146.820
155.565
NewMexicoStall! PoliCe(East N.M.)
146.900
Pampa Ham Storm Spotters
155.580
New MexicoStatePolite (East N.M.)
146.920
Amarillo Ham Severe Weather Watch (Races
BaileyCo. S.D.
155.595
VHF)
155.625
Lamb Co. 5.0.
146.960
Childress Ham StormSpotters
HutchinsonCo. S.D.
155.655
147.000
Spearman HamStorm Spotters
Okla Hwy Patrol (Statewide)
155.670
BorgerHam
Storm
Spotters
147.060
155.730
ParmerCo. S.D.
147.150
Gruver HamStormSpotters
155.775
DeafSmith Co. S.D.
147.300
Fritch HamStann Spotters
OchiltreeCo. S.D.
155.775
Tulia Ham StormSpotters
147.360
lipscomp Co. S.D.
155.790
147.380
White Deer HamStormSpotters
Armstrong Co. S.D.
155.880
154.055
Potter Co. Rre
155.895
Swisher Co. S.O.
Amarillo
Fire
DeptPrimary
154.340
155.995
Ha~ ey Co. S.D.
Dept of Public SafetyMobiles ToBase
154.680
155.025
Oldham Co. S.D.
154.710
Garson Co. S.D.
158.865
AmarilloDepartmentof Emergency
154.725
Randall Co. S.D.
Management
154.740
Lamb Co. S.D.
181.640
KVII TV. Amarillo Ch 7 Storm Search7
154.n o
ChildressCo. S.D.
TeamslRemotes
154.800
Potter Co. 5.0.
161 .670
KAMR TV. AmarilloCh 4 StormChase
154.805
MooreCo. 5.0.
TeamslRemotes
Upscomp Co. S.D.
154.815
NO
M WeatherRadio (ClOVis, NM)
162.475
154.845
Hall Co. S.D.
NOAA Weather Radio (AmarilloArea)
162.550
154.865
Carson Co. S.D.
Gruver Ham StormSpottersUHF
442.000
New Mexico State Police (S1atewide.)
154.920
444.100
Altus Okla. Ham StormSpottersUHF
154.950
Dept01 Public Safet)'lPoliceMutual Aid
444200
RACES/ARES Ham Storm Spotters (UHF)
154.995
Roberts Co. S.D.
Plainview Ham StormSpotters
444.800
155.010
WheelerCo. S.D.
444.875
Woodward Okla. HamStorm sooners
155.070
Gray Co. S.D.
450.0375 KFOA TV. Amarillo Ch 10 Storm Interceptl
155.130
Hemphill Co. S.D.
Remotes
t55.145
AmarilloTornado Siren Activation
453.325
AmarilloEmergencyService

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17

Mothe~

Jugs, and
Speed?
Not even
close!
Profile of a Modern
Ambulance System
By Les Butler KB8WKE

''U'it

like A i\. IR (Ame rica n Medical Response ) on

155.28 ~ I H z . Rem e mber the mo vie Mother.
Jugs, am } Sfl('('d? Starring Bill Co sby and
Ruquc l Welch . it' s a great comedy about an
am bula nce co mpany run on a shoes tring budstage and Southfield on chest pains. Yu"r ge t. But. toda y"s amb ulance com pa nies opc rin cident number is 677 at 20:51."
me at a much d iHerem le ve l.
Th is is the kind of co mm unication s you' Il
In large metropolitan arC.IS. all of the
hear when mo nito ring an ambulance freq uency
small " mom and pop" ope ration s have been
bough I oU I or me rged
into o ne of todays
me gacompani es. O ne
of these is A!\1R. which
is itselfnow owned and
oper ated 'I S a d ivision
of Laid law. although it
has retaine d its name.
A M R. is lo c a te d in
Co u nty .
O akl an d
M ich igan .and services
fo ur c o un ti e s
Oak lan d .
W a yn e .
Monroe and Gen esee.
Thi s mo de rn- day
am bula nce c om pa ny
bo asts nearly gOOem Int erior view ofpatient transport AMR ambulance.
ployccs. .15 dispatch -

671 prioritn Olle, ( 67 100

a head} , For So u t hfield
you 're makinq 18353 We st
13 m ile Rd. the Vi llage apartments a partment I , map pa,qe3grid 9 cross street ofo ld

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c rs. and 180 ve hic les. Du ring the avera ge day

a ppro ximately 550 ca lls arc rece ived and 450
pati en ts arc tra nsported. Th e differ ence of 100
represent s c ance llations by fire fig hters a nd or
pat ie nts who refu se tra nsp ort ... Yes. some
people refuse medi ca l treatme nt and tran sportat ion.
Af\.1 R s ve hicles are as signe d posts w ithin
each of its county borders - bas ica lly a
par king place. Veh icles park in strategic toe alions thro ughout their se rvice ar ea. Durin g a
slow night in one co unt y. ve hicles wi ll be
shuffled into a busier co unty. A ~lR currently
has 100 A LS (Adva nce d Life Support). 55
IlI.S (Basic Li tc S upport), a nd 45 Wheelchair
ve hicles. T he whee lchair ve hicles pro vide a
service to the han dicapped five days a wee k
during normal busines s ho urs and have a
de dicated dispatch er.
Withi n Wa yne Co unty ' s borde r lies the
cit)' o f Det roit : pop ula tio n approximate ly I
mill ion . A M R supplies th ree am bulances to
suppleme nt Detroit' s n ect of EM S units.Th ese
three uni ts ha ve a radio code of Medic 5 1. 52.
and :'3 . Th ey are dispat ch ed d irect ly by Detroit dispat ch ers 0 11 155.16 MH z. T he AM R
or Un ited units (th e resu lt or anothe r buyo ut)

Tc lctrac A VL s (Automali c Vehi cle Loc ator s). Dispatch ca n see

preci sely where each

vehicle is at a ny give n
momen t a nd even guide
the units 10 the sce ne by
telling the m w hat turns
to make or correc ting
wron g turn s as they occ u r. Also di sp at ched
fro m AMR's command
ce nte r are the fire departments of Frank lin

Vill age and Brand on

Each dispatcher has five monitors ill front oj him displaying

runs waiting, run status, and working TUII S, plus maps.

Townsh ip.
T he usual day shift
in disp atch consists of

ting e labo rate when dealin g with four differ ent co unties. Tabl e I is a cha rt of frequencies
used . Al l frequ encies arc in megah ertz (M Hz) .
Th e radios used are as follow s: Oak land
Co unty uses Symor 9000s (64 channels). Spectra ( I28 channels) and Oak land County tru nked
pre ps (MTSX 2000. leased from the co unty) .
Ge nesse Co unty uses Syntor 9000' s (64 cha nne ls). Spectr a (128 c hanne ls), and Wayne
Co unty uses Motoro la Spec Ira ( 128 c hanne ls)
a nd Ma xtrac ( 16 c ha nne ls). Mon roe County
uses Motorola Radiu s G M 300s.
All the radios hav e a sta tus butt on on them
so the med ics ca n keep dispatch adv ised of
the ir status. Think of this feat ure as a kind of
one-way MDT (mob ile da ta te rmin al ). T he
dispa tcher recei ves the text inform ation on
the com pute r sc reen, but the a mbulances ha ve

five calltakthen call AM R base on 155.205 to kee p the m

ad vised of the ir status.
On busy eve ning s when Detroit need s additional units A!\.l R will supply them, when eve r possible. from w ayne or Oa kland counties. and they will be assig ned the radi o code
of United I, 2. 3 e tc , Th ey will the n be dispatched via 155.205 and the dispat che rs will
then ca ll De troit to ad vise the m of the uni ts"
status.
A ll vehicles are dispatc hed and tracke d via

ers and five dispatchers. Eac h dispatcher has five monitor s in fro nt

of him displaying runs waiting,

Radio
systems
fo und inside
llewAMR
ambulan ces.

run status . a nd work ing run s, plus

maps of whatever cou nty the dispatch er se lects (0 display the loca-

tion of the ambulance units.

Tricky Coordination
Th e rad io sys te ms start get-

Table One
Oakland County

Genesse County

WayneCounty

Monroe County

155.28 Primary
155.235 Secondary

151.355
155.16

155.205

155.235

155.34H.EA R.
463.075Med 4
463.175 Med 8
463.15Med 7
Ix. PL 156.7
Rx. PL 97.4

155.34H.E.A.R.
463.05 Med 3
463.075 Med 8
463.0 Med 1
463.175 Med 8
I x. PL151.4
Rx. PL97.4

155.34 H.EAR.

Ambulance 10 Hospital Comms.

155.34H.E.A.R.
851.0625
851.4625
852.0625
852.2125
852.4625
853.4625
854.0625
854.4625
855.0625
855.4625
852.1125
853.5375
854.5375
856.0625

Denotes H.EAR . (HospitalEmergency Access Radio)

Uniden TrunkTrackel ldentlficalions
Oakland CountyAdvanced LifeSupport ambulances

10416
10448
10480
10512
10544
10576
10608
10640
10672
10704
10736
10768
10800

2880
2800
28FO
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2930
2950
2970
2990
2960
2900
29FO
2A1 0
2A30

All Hospitals
EMS toHospital BeaumonlRoyal Oak
EMSto Hospital Beaumont Troy

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EMS toHospital Botslord

EMStoHospitalCrittenton
EMSto Hospital HuronValley

and Vertical
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Distorted Video

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EMS toHospitalOaklandGeneral
EMStoHospitalPontiac Osteopathic
EMSto Hospital Providence Novi
EMS to HospitalProvidence Southfield
EMSto HospitalSinai
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no mon itor to receive te xt me ssages from

dispatch. Th e co mputer sy stem serve r uses
Win dow s NT to opera te the new Baker Radio
Co mmunica tio n Syste m. T his sys te m con nect s ,III of their radi os a nd telephones into
one "comm unication syste m:' T hey ne ver
have to worry abo ut miss ing a radio tra nsmi ssio n because A M R also uses abo ut ROO alphanum eric pagers.

I
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The J\fcDollllel Douglas mainfr ame

(above) was replaced by two Pentium
pe s (below) a y ear ago.

The Course of a Call

A typic a l ca ll w ill go as foll ows: the phon e
rings. it' s im med iate ly answ ered hy a call
take r. The enha nced 9- 1- 1- add ress is verifi ed
a nd is sim ultaneous ly typed into the system.
Q uestion s are asked to asce rta in the problem
and immediatel y look ed up o n the cue cards.
T he ca ll take r then fe lloe..-s the procedure on
the ca rd . As he works 10 ca lm the patie nt.. the
dispatcher rece ives the information on the
screen and . in turn . dispa tches a un it or uni ts
to thc sce ne.

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Th e units arc the n put into serv ice . They

infonn d ispatc h whe n they arr ive at the hospita l a nd aga in whe n they leave so thcy can be
put buck into service.
Th is is now a ll con tro lled via two PC ' s by
Digital \..'hich ha ve two Pe ntium 133 MH z
CPU "s on board and act as the se rve r. All of
the indiv idual units are also Pentium s and one
mo use handles the three scree ns in
front of the d ispatc he r. T his ne w systcm is ulso running Windows 95 ,
Infor mation Techno logy Tec hnicia n
T im Tec r tell s me the sys tem is very
fast and a pleasure to use.
As seen in the picture . the old
syste m (rep lace d a yea r ago) ra n a
McDonn cl Douglas mai nfra me. The
ne w dispatch area (a lso upda ted in

the las t few mo nths to tw ice its original size )

is des igned to hel p streamline the ope ratio n.
Eve n the sea ting is do ne county by county .
Even Mother, Jugs and Spa t! made it clear
the ambulance bu siness isn' t for the wcak at
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Effective Antennas
For Emergency
Operation
By Joseph J. Carr

or days you followed the new s report s on TV as a hurricane

mo ved across the A tlantic . Yeste rda y afte rnoo n yo u too k the
usual preca ution s: board lip window s; ga s the car and light
plant generator; lay in supplies of gro cer ies. batteries. and med ic ines; and chec k you r radios. For hou rs the wind howled as 120+
mph winds blew away or des tro yed eve rything that was not tied
down. You were real happy that you had remo ved or ba ttened down
everything in the yard that co uld be blow n away. T he wind ceased
for awhile when the eye passed over, but soon it ca me with a
vengeance fro m the other dire ct ion . Afte r what seemed like an
eternity you e merged from your hou se - or what' s left of it - to
survey the destruction.
If yo u are a ham operator. then you might wa nI to c heck into an
emergency traffic network to he lp pass "health and we lfare"
message s, or send one to your own loved ones. If yo u are a
shortwave listene r or scanner buff. then you might wan t to tum on
the rece iver to keep up with what' s happ en ing. The local TV and
AM/FM broadcast band stations are off the air because of the
storm, and won ' t be back on for hours, In the meantime, you migh t
want to grab a distant station to hear how bad it really was.
Th e prob lem that you face is how 10 make port able and mob ile
radio systems more effecti ve. If the princip al attribute is immediate
port ab ility , then one is pretty much stuck with the antennas that
co me with the rig. But if you are goi ng to stay put for awhile , then
there is qu ite bit that can bedone to ma ke impromptu antennas work
better.

Improving VHFIUHF Reception

One of the things that can be done to imp rove VHF/U HF

f operation is to gain as much height for the ante nna as possible (in
." fact. this hel ps at a ll freque ncies ). Coupling the rig to an antenna on
~ top of'u mast. in a high tree. or on a high hill will result in increasi ng
1 the co mmunicatio ns ran ge. VHF/U HF signals trav e l rad io line-ofsight. whic h is a bit further than the opti cal line-of-sigh t - equa l
" 10 4/3 of the Earth' s curva ture. or in other wo rds, a bit beyo nd the

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Rover. Because antennas for

these freq uencies are 60- 70 feet
lo ng, the short an ten na req uired

FIG. 1A. Usual mobile antenna

instailation for HF bands,

a loading coil to make it resonant. A short antenna for shortwave is an inefficient antenna,
no matterhow you make it. But
there are some things that can

be don e,
Fig ure IA sho ws the us ua l

configurationonanautomobile.
A whip antenna is mounted ona
horizon. Increasing the height of the antenna increases the line-of-s ight distance.
Of course, if you can possibly rig up a
repeater, then that' s even better ,

Improving HF Reception
Heig ht will a lso he lp H F cum munication s. Being on top of a mountain makes it

easier for both skip and local communications. I recall one time participating in an
Amateur Radio Relay League (A RRL) Field
Da y co nte st (he ld every June). O ur 7.5-watt
two-meter band ( 144- 148 MH z) tran smit-

ter worked from a mountain top in Virginia

all the way into Pennsylvania...a distance
of more than IlXl miles.

During the same weekend. I was working the 25-watt 40- mete r (7 .0 ' 7.3 MH z)
CW transmitter. rac king up contacts in Hawaii , Alaska, Califo rnia, Oregon and all

it
was noticed that the antenna transmission
line had parted from the antenna, and we

ov er the West. After about three hours

we re essentially usin g abo ut 40-feet of3 00-

ohm twin-lead transmission line for an antenna (no wonderthe antennatuner settings
we re od d )!Th e mo untain top height and the

skip co nditions helped us make those contac ts.

table and mob ile o peratio ns that I w ill share

with you.
T he Suda nese desert is mile afte r mile of
nothing but trouble . It is so harsh that dead
ca mels are found alon g the trails they ca ll
roads . If the heat doesn't kill yo u, then the
snake s and other wild life will do it qu ite
nicely. And if Nature fai ls, then there are
plenty of arm ed bandits ava ilable to do the

job. As a result of these situations, communications were very important.

Th e missi on ary to ld me that he put his
faith in God and an HF SSB tran sce iver.

The model that he had comes in two varieties. one for the ham bands and one for the
commercial and maritime bands (the internal circuitrydifferences were nil - lifting
a single connection converted the frequency
limited ham version into the commercial
version). His organization required him to
check in twice a day, once in the morning
and once in the evening. If he missed two

base -mo unt bolt ed to the rear of

the car. The only "ground" ava ilab le to this
ante nna is the body of the car, and that ' s a
prett y poor excuse for a ground. The Sw ede
told me thei r solution to increasin g the

efficiency of the antenna: install two or

more q uarter wa velength radi als (Fig . I B).

The radials form an artificial or "counterpoise" ground, making the performance of

the antenna much more effective.
When I first moved into a new house I
used a Hustler HF mobile antenna and two
radials hanging out of an upstairs bedroom
window to get me on the ham bands in the
weeks before I found time to erect a proper
antenna. It worked quite well. Not as well as
a properly desig ned and insta lled dipo le .
Th e radials are attached to the body of
the vehicle at the sa me point as the shielded
braid of the coaxial cabl e. In other wo rds, at

one of the mounting bolts o f the antenna

moun t. Th e Swede had installed a five- way
bind ing post in place of one of the bolts in

radio chec ks, the fo ur-wheelers and heli -

order to facilitate quick connection and

copterswentoutto find himandhis medical

team.

disconn ection of the antenna (Fi g. IC) .

Th e freq uencies that they used we re 3,880

kHz (3.88 M Hz) in the ham band, and
aro und 4 ,500 kHz (4.5 MHz) in the cu m-

and are q uarter wave length lo ng. Th e le ngth

(L) in feet is fou nd from L = 246/F, where
F is the desi red ope rat ing frequen cy in MH z.
For the Sw ede ' s case, he wo rked on both
4 .5 and 3.88 M Hz, so cut four radials, two

mercial bands.The antenna was a nine-foot

stainless steel whip mounted on the Land

The rad ials are made of ordinary wire,

The Swedish Missionary

Some years ago I attended a
week-long writer's conference at
a Christian co llege in the mid west. One of the people sharing
the do rmito ry w ith us was a Swed -

FIG. 1B, Modified portable

installation for greater effi ciency,

ish pentecos tal missionary who

had j us t return ed fro m the Sudan ,

where he worked at a medical

missionary station. He was also a
ham radio operator. as well as

be ing a medical doctor. He gave

me some interesting advice on por-

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for eac h freque ncy. These were 54 .7 feet

and 63.4 feet. respective ly.
When he made camp each eveni ng or
when he arrived at a village where the
mobile medical team would be operating
for awh ile. he would gel the co iled-up radi a ls ou t of the back of the ve hicle. unroll
them and connect one e nd 10 the bindi ng
post at the base of the antenna. The rad ials
were then laid out O il the ground. spread out
as much as circum sta nces perm itted. It' s
a lright if the radials touch the ground .
Anothe r trick used by the Swe de was to
carry a 50-fOOl slip-up mast in one of the
Land Rove rs. along with an ample supply of
guy ropes and a cinder bloc k base. If they
were going to be at a locatio n for a longer
pcriod oft imc. then they rigged the mast. At
the top of the mast. they put a VHF antenna
cut for a ha nd close to the ham two-m eter
band . Also ncar the top was the ce nter
insulator for an inverted-vee dipole antenna
(sec Fig. 2).
The inve rted- vee dipole is a half wave len gth . cente r fed dipole ante nna made of
wire. and fed with e ither 52-ohm or 75-ohl11
coax ial cable. The lower ends of eac h qua rtcr wavelength clement is insulated from
ground by tying it offon a tcnt stake. Alternatively. e nd insulators can be used. which
arc then connected to the stakes with rope.
Th e nonnal ovcra ll iength of a half wave
dipole is found from Ltfeet ) 468/F (each
cleme nt is half this length ). hut for the
inve rted vee var iety it must he about 6
percent longer to accoun t for the drooped
rad ials and their proxim ity to the ground.
The overa ll length of the inverted vee is
therefore Lffeet ) = 496/F.
The invert ed vee dipo le offers a single
point of mou nting installation . and that can
he important in portable applications. But

FIG. 1C. ,l ll tenll a mob ile 11I01lllt

with binding post for radials.

RADIA LS

where two moun ting point s are available.

then a regul ar horizontal. half wave length
dipole is ge nerally preferred.
Thc le ngths of these ante nnas ca n be
culculntcd from the formulas. However. it
must be rea lized that the loca l installation
MAST

determines. to so me degree . the actual necessary length. As a result, the antenna should
be trimmed to the actual proper length using
either an ante nna imped ance rueter or a
Voltage Stand ing Wave Rati o (VSWR)
meier (look for the minimum value in eac h
ca se ). Both instrum ents arc ava ilable from
ham and C B shops.

FIG. 2 . In verted 'ee dipole

antenn a. Mast call also he used

fo r moun ting a \' I/F or UH F

antenna.

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Although the ex ample above wa s for

antennas in the lower end of the HF band s,
they a lso wo rk in the upper bands as we ll. A
CB rig, or a lO-meler ham rig, will work a
101 better whe n a mobile anten na (operated
stationary . of co urse) is fitted with two or
more quarter wave length radials.
In my experime nts, and the experience
of the Swe de. two radials were used. Thes e
increased signal strength considerably, The
best situatio n is to have as many radia ls as
possible. The traditional number for vert ical AM broadcast lowers is 120 radial s,
although a dis tinct dimi nishing retu rns effect is see n when more than 15 or 16 are
used. As a practical matter. two to six radials
per band are optimum, How ever , if all you
can use is one, then use it...it ' s still better
than none.
The radial co ncepl works we ll in portable situations, but is also useful in base
station cases inside a bui lding. For several
years I ope rated 40 -meterCW bands from a
boardin ghou se room at co llege . The rig was
a 50-wall 1950s vintage transmitter bui lt
from a kit. I worked all over the wor ld with
that rig and an ante nna similar to Fig. 3. The
coaxia l cable from the rig was connected to
an antenna tuner. which in tum was connec ted to a random length wire antenna ru n
out the windo w. The form of the antenna
tuner depend s on wheth er the wire radiator
element is less than qu arter wave length,
right on quarter wavelength or greater than
quarter wave length (my hom ebrew luner,

like most commercial tun ers, co uld accommodale all three cases) ,
For awhi le, when the landlad y was concerned over neighbo rs' reac tion s, the radiator element was in the attic. Durin g most of
the time this ante nna was used the radials
were ru n ou t the window to distant poi nts in
the ya rd, But for aw hile (agai n the neighbors) two radials were stapled to the baseboard o f my roo m (warning: high RF voltage s exist at the end of the rad ial. so make
sure they don ' t to uch anything ...and are not
touched ). It still wo rked well, but was a mite
touchie r to tune .
T he ground rod in Fig. 3 is a de sirable
option. If you use one anyw here but a brackish marshland, get one that' s at least 6 to 8
feet long. Anything shorter is less effec tive.
Of co urse, those long gro und rods are usually stuck once they 'Ire in that deep, so
don' t use one in a site that you want to
aba ndo n in short order.

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The World Above 30 MHz

Richard Barnett
ScanMasler@ool.com

Scanners at the Ready: Twister Search '98

s I write th is article frantic preparations aTC underway - r III a

storm cha se r and there is a 101 to do to get read y for a week in
Tornado Alley . Th is will be my third year as Co mm unication s
Manager for Wa rren Faidley ' s Intern at ion al Severe Sto rm Intercepto r
(l SSI) tea m. Warren is the natio n' s for emo st wea ther pho tographer. He
leads an eli te g rou p of chase rs across the southe rn Grea t Plai ns eac h
spring in search o f natu re ' s most viole nt we ather: supcrccll thundc r-

storms and tornad oes. It' s one or the most chall enging. adventurous.
thri llin g, and j ust pla in fun lime a perso n can have.

Th is year I' m also serving as the team leader for the Lycos T wister
Search ' 98. In th is role. I' ll he re porting. wi th Warren . 0 11co nditions in
the field for Lycos. the Inte rnet company. du ring the wee k o f May 13th
through 19th. at www.Iycos.com/twlster. Our content wi ll also be
d istri buted by Th e w eather C hann el' s web site. Wcathcr.nmL By the
lime yo u read this report thou gh. the e vent will have passed . Unfortunatel y, co ntrac ts were not fin alized in time to provide you with adva nce
noti ce.
How docs this relate to scanning '! Wel l, it' s becau se scanners arc so
c ritica l to the mi ssion o f thc Co mmunicat ions M anager that 1' 111 a ready.
willing and ab le mem be r of the teum. Th e chase co mbines so ma ny
things that I' m fascinated by: weather . dr iving. ca rs and trucks. explorat ion. the great camaraderie of the team . and . perhap s best o f all. the
radio s.
My Lyco s Tw ister Search '98 Chase Truck .
dubbed " C HASE 3 - Communicat ions: ' is a 199X
Ford Ex plo rer XLT eq uipped with the follow ing:
Da vi s W e at he r S tat io n ( a ne m o me te r.
wi ndvan e . baro meter. etc. )
Ali nco D R- Il l) Ham Tran sce iver (2 mete r)
Unidc n-Bcu r'Truckc r BCT- 7
Unidc n-Bca r'I racke r BCf-1 2 with weather
alert and news medi a sca n
Unide n-Bcarcat BC-895 TrunkTr ackcr (advanced scanne r with uunking j

Emerg ency ove rnig ht hag

First <tid kit
Hereford A nti-o dor masks (the sme ll o f the ca ttle -pe n town s can be

hrutaI!)
How we use the Equip ment
Fo llow ing is a sampling of so me of the equipment w hich may be
usc'd in one or more o f the truc ks and their functio n:

Ham Radios
AI least o ne member in each chase truck is alicensed Am ateu r Rad io
Cham) ope rator. ho lding a Te chnic ian Class lice nse o r higher. We utilize
ham rad io si mplex {low- po wer . d irect) for co mmunicating between
trucks w hile driving to our destinati on . We use ham repealers if the
trucks get separated by lon g di stan ces and to chec k wi th the National
Weath er Se rv ice (NO A A) offi ce s. local weather spo tte rs and other
ha ms abou t cond itio ns wh ile out on the twi ster search. Sho uld we see
cl oud rotat ion and/or a torna do . we can usc the ham rigs to co ntac t the
Weather Service and 10c.1I authoritie s to warn tho se w ho may soo n be
af fected .

CB Radi os

---.....:

Radio Shack TRC-487 CB with

weather and weather alert
AOR AR-8000
O ptoEl ect ronics Scout .1..0 Frequcncy Co un te r
Va lentine Radar Det ect or
Acti on -Sport vision TV with
scan capabilities
Ce llular Pho nes (2) for vo ice
and dat a
Laptop co mputer wit h:

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BearTracker BCT-7 Scanner

Delorme GPS
Delo rme Mapping So ft
ware
Percon C D-RO M
BC-895 So ftware
Ce llular mod em
Internet Access

We usc the se low- tech radios as

.1 back up to our ham gea r. If our
am ate ur communicatio ns go OUl .
wc"ll have anothe r mean s to CO I11municat c. Also . we usc the C H to
talk (and ha ve a little run with ) the
truckers w ho oftentimes arc the o nly
o ther motori sts ou t o n so me very
lo ne ly stretches o f h ighways.T rucke rs al mo st a lwa ys hav e C Bs. md if
they're co ming o ut o f a storm that
yo u' re headi ng to wa rds, yo u can
fi nd o ut \\ hcth er it co ntai ned any

,-

Th e Bcar'Trackcr BCT -7 is a
ver satile and \:ery ea sy-to- use scanncr .f t'v fully pre- prog rammed with
Highway Patrol agencies for each
state in the nat ion . Just press o ne
butt on to scro ll throug h all the twolette r state codes, T N, TX . VT. and
the like . a nd the rad io automaticall y
gets set to scan the High way Patrol
and /or co unty and loca l po lice frequ encic s in the designated slate.
T he rad io also scans Depart-

meri t of Transporta tion (DOT) channels (great

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for heari ng about road and weather co ndi- -~ -- .-. -e e - " ..
tions), the news media (you can monitor the
assign men t desk editors and traffic report ers
also chasing the storms). fire and EMS. CB. and weather. You can a lso
program up to 100 of your own freq uenci es into the preprogramm ed
mix. For to r nado chasing acro ss multiple states. this scan ner is essent ial.
BearTracker Bcr12 Scanner
Similar 10 the BCT7, this unit is the size of a radar detector and is
visor or winds hield mountable. You ca nnot program your own frequen d es for this radio. but iI' s great for using as a weather alert monitor .

Bearcat TrunkTracker BC895

Thi s sca nner allow s you to follow the new communicatio ns sys te m
of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. the Kansas Highway Patrol. as well
as radio traf fic in Wich ita and Sedgcwic k co unties. With grea t sensitivity and case of usc, this radio is a lillie large for mobile use, but it Can be
a cr itical clem ent in any success ful chase. We also like the weather alert
mode (as <I backup to the BCT- 12). Th e BC 895 is also co mputer
programm ab le and co ntrollable. We
use a laptop to program and back up the
programming in the radio and we can
control it from the PC if we wish .

DSS Satellite TV
We use Direc tTV whe n we have a moment to stop and check the
radar from the Weather Channel. The DATRON satellite dish on Cha se
2 auto matically elev ates undlocks onto the satellite sign al. Wecan have
the rada r images up within minutes.

GPS Equipment
The Glo bal Position ing Satellite (G PS) gear allows us to know
e xactly where we are at all times. As a stand-alo ne unit (Lowrance ) or
tied to software that runs on laptops. the G PS da ta also enables us to
rev iew all our road options well in advance of when we need to tum .
Need a southwesterly option that may be a dirt farm -to-market road '!
T he GPS equipment will te ll us all about it.

Frequency Counter
Th e frequency co unter allow s us to read the radio frequ ency of a
nearby transmiuer (such as a localemer gency managem e nt offic ial) and
" reaction tune" the AOR 8(X}() scanner to auto matica lly receive the
broadca st. T hus, if someo ne is nearby and is transmitting on an unknown
frequency. this equ ipment will not
only te ll us the freq uency, it will instantly tune a radio to receive the
broadcast.

Future Equipment

Cellular Phones
Ou r final. and most ex pensive.
means of backup communications a lso
allows us to kee p in touch with the
Weather Service. local telev ision meteorologists. any support staff that is
not tra velling with us. and ou r frie nds
and fam ily hack home while on the
road .
We use two ce ll phones for the
chase: a phone for norma l voice co rnmuni cation s and a phone ded icated as a
data link with the Internet. T he Weather Channe l and Lycos.

We' re always kicking around ideas

for equipment that we might use in
future years. Here are some ideas we
have. We would be very interested to
hear if you have ideas on additional
gear that we might find helpfu l.

Salellite Phone
We looked into using a satphone to feed live video to the ' Net at
56K (cun you image a tornado live on
Lycos" ). lr' s un expensivc and somewhat complicated unde rtaking, but
it' s something we' ll consider for the next go around.

Radar DetectorslECM
You all know what [hat' s for. We take care to drive safely. Most of
the roads arc straight with hardly any und ulations. The biggest danger
ca n becattle that have wandered out in the middle of a road. \Ve are very
thorough abou t our care for the truck s, insurin g that the tire pressure is
always up, windshield-washer fluid is tilled. and all mec hanical component s are in prim e shape. With that said. we do huvc 10 drive. shall we
say. "s piritedly" to chase down a tornado which may form hundreds of
miles away and only last a few minutes. Th is is why radar and electronic
co untermeas ures (EC M) are so important.

Television
Scan ning TV ' s are used constantly to check for local weather reports
which may cont ain Doppler and othe r rada r images . When you ge t
outside a " metro" area such as Amarillo, the signal from local network
affiliates drops off fairly quick ly (des pite the Oat terrain) so that you
must monitor UHF low- power TV transl ator stations that cover very
small popu lation ce nters.

w eather Rad ar
We' re not sure if there is anythi ng commercially available in
weather radar, at a reasonab le price. that can be mounted on a spa n utili ty vehicle. but we wo uld love to have it. The federal government
sponsored a meteorological team nam ed Vortex which had a mob ile
Doppl er weathe r radar. but that' s an e normous. multi-million dollar
device. We were thinking more on the lines of some sort of marine or
aircra ft radar. Of course. our ide a is to watch a storm build by eyes ight
and get a se nse of what ' s go ing on inside a supc rcell with the rada r.
Rad io Direction Find ing Equi pment
Occasionally you will hear a report on the scanner such as "rot ation
in the clouds" or "to rnado on the ground" from a loca l co unty sheriff or
e merge ncy man ageme nt age ncy. Wh ile frequency guides and lists will
help identify the transmi tting agency. we have co nside red using dir ection findin g (OF) equipment as a mea ns to insure that we' re head ing in
[he direction of the rep orting aut hority.
We' ve identified a source for advanced DF equipment (Doppler
System s of Arizona), but the problem is that part of the gear is comp rised
of four anten nas whic h need to be mounted on the corners of yo ur

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vehicle roo f. Th ere can be no othe r antennas or other ob struc tio ns on the
roof o r the pattern will be d istorted . O bviou sly. we have to load up the
SUVs with scanner. ham . CS. cell. tele vision and othe r antennas. so this
syste m is not pract ical.

More on the Scanners

T his will be o ur first year with the 8 C- 895 Tru nktracker and it's a
go dse nd. Not on ly docs the rad io have CTeSS prog ram and search
capability, for the first lime we can develop multiple program lisls for
chas ing in various region s of Tornado Alley and down load them to the
radio on the fl y. We use the Scanner Master 8 C- 895 softw are, hUIot her
fine software is a lso available.
Fo r the e vent we' ll pro hably end up with the follo wing sets of
programs:

T r ip Lists
I. Arizona
Thi s set of frequencie s and tone s are for use d uring our ride from Las
Vegas (w here we pick up ou r trucks thai I previou sly ou tfitted with
my chase part ners Phil Henry and Jeff Be rnard ) IU Amarillo. Th e
program will include freque nc ies fo r the majo r cities that we 'l l pass
through such as Flag staff. Ac tually. that"s the only " major" city thai
wc pi:ISS thro ugh.

2. New Mexico
Th is pro gram will be for the balance of the ride which occ urs thro ugh
this so uthwe stern state. As during o ur ride th rough Arizo na , we ' ll
focus. of co urse. o n State High way Patrol. co unty sheriffs. Bureau
of Ind ian Affa irs. Na tio nal Parks. Fo rests and other govern mental
age ncies. We do also pass through a tru ly large city. Albu querque .
but it run s an Ericsson trunking sys tem.
C hase Lists
Stor m chasing lists are co mprised of the following primary elemen ts
(yo u com set up yo ur ten BC-895 hanks in the fo llowing manner as we ll):
A. Stale Poli celH igh way Pat rol
B. Slate Emergency Manageme nt/Ham Radi o Repealers (if not using
ham rig for thesc Ireqs. )
C. Sta le Fore st and Park Serv ices (the re ma y not bc many forests. but
there arc grass lands)
D. Nationa l Forest and Park Se rv ices
E. Co unty She riffs
F. Inter-agency/I nter-system /M utual Aid channels
G . Local Police
H. Local Fire/C o unty Fire
I. Loca l Emergency Managem ent/Civil Defe nse
J. News Med ia
O ther age ncies we may mo nitor include utility co mpanies fo r storm
dam age re ports and railroa ds, ju st beca use they criss-cross the cou ntryside and. wel l. we 're tra in nuts too.

C hase Lists by Regio n

T he foll ow ing list of chase regi o n progr am s was not finalized at the
tim e of this wri ting. but represe nts how we m ight organize the di fferent
c hase zones. Each lone co vers a ten to twenty county urea .
I. Amarillo Pro per
(Amarillo is o ur home ba se fo r the trip. although we always take an
o vernight bag with us in case we chase far fro m the city and need to

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spe nd a nig ht awa y fro m "ho rne .")

2. WestINorthwest Panhand le
(We ofte n chase to thc west of Amari llo. incl ud ing places like
Dalh art and coun ties such as Dcuf Sm ith. )
J . Northeast Panhandle
4. Lubboc k
5. Wich ita Falls
6. Big S prings

7. Abilene
K. O k1:.1110 l11a Panhandle
9. No rthwes tern Ok laho ma (excl ud ing panha ndle )
10. So uthwe stern Okl aho ma
I I . Ok laho ma C ity
12. New Me xico
(One list co vers our Ncw Mexico chase zone. the no rt heastern and
cas t central portio n of the state .)
I J. So utheastern Co lor ado
14. Gard en CilylDodge City. Kansas
15. Great Be nd. Kansas
16. Wichita
Th at' s about the e xten t of our c hase region. althoug h we are capable
of makin g it as far north as Ne braska if nee d be . You ca n sec how having
the freq uencies (and tones in so me case s) programmed for eac h region
in advance of the eve nt is a huge tim esaver . WI; like to use Pol ice Calf .
Monitor America (both of which this editor has co-written) and the
Pcrcon Regio nal CD -ROM s to create the da tabases.
If we enco unter scrnc exciting co mmunications and dramatic storms.
we' t! report o n how the radi os and programs perfo rmed du ring the trip.
S tay tuned.

International Severe Storm Interceptors

Th e International Severe Storm Intercepto rs (lSS I) is a private .
voluntee r o rganization comprised of internation al stor m chas ers.
meteorol ogi sts. journalists and suppo rt team profession als who
forecast and chase severe weather. includ ing tornadoe s. hurri canes
and lightning. The events are record ed on film (still and moti on
picture ), and video tape. Data and foo tage acqu ired by ISSI is uscd
for a variety of purpo ses: o ver 50% of a ll ch ase related ma terials are
used fo r educational purp oses. and they are often used in scientific
and sa fety program s. including those of the Ameri ca n Red C ross.
f EMA and the National Weathe r Serv ice .
The often dramat ic footage is also used for ed ito rial and co mmercial purpo ses such as news and feature stor ies . co mmerc ial
adve rtising. cable television and in motion picture production s.
During storm chase operatio ns. ISSI often relays critica l we ather
data to the Natio na l Weat her Service and Eme rgency Management
spotter netwo rks utilized by man y ru ral communities . All ISSI
perso nnel are (rai ned in first aid and C PR.
ISSI still images. video footage and motion pictu re fil m are
marketed by the Weutherst ock Inc . News and Photo Age ncy in
T ucson. Arizo na. and e igh t wo rldw ide agents .
ISSI operations begin in the spring with to rnado chases in the
ce ntra l United States. Ligh tning storm s arc pu rsued in the So uthwest
during the summer mo nths and hurri cane chases alo ng the eastern
US. Mex ico and Gulf Coast region s are cond ucted in the late
summer and early fall.
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Latest and Greatest Hurricane Frequencies

ount yo urse lves luck y - AlT reade rs

are first ( 0 see the fuJI rewrite of a
hurricane frequency list that' s kick ed
around the radi o sce ne longer than I wa nt to
remem ber. My or iginal list has late ly bee n
kept up by Bill Snyder. AA6 KC. but now I'm
returning the favor.

1998 Hurricane Frequency List

Mode is upper sideband unless otherwise indicated
476.0
4780

KFS'San Francisco. CA. Pacific weather ICW)

WNUSlidell. LA.Gulf and Canbbeanat 0350.

500.0
518.0

MaritimeCW calling and distress lphasing out)

U.S. Coast Guardand others. navqanonattelex

Hurricane Tracking

2052.0

U.S. Coast Guard. Kodiak. AK. lax charts at 0400.

Fl orida' s Na tional H u rrica ne Ce nte r

(NHC) issue s tropical cyclo ne wa rnings for
the No rth Atlan tic. Cari bbea n. Gu lf of Mexico.
and Eas t Pac ific . Th ey ide ntify o n-ai r as KJ Y
74. " Miami Mon itor." NHC's lettered. HF
frequ encies arc backups. If satell ite link s fail.
you ' ll hear them working the " Hurricane
Hu nter" planes. Lat ely. da tu ha s also been
heard on the US Air Fo rce' s G loba l High
Freq uency Sys te m (G HFS).
Usually. these aircra ft go by "G ull" or
"Teal." plus a number. T hey' re most ofte n
heard on thc GH FS with phone patches through
MacDill in Florida or Ascensio n Island in the
mid -Atlan tic. So meti mes you' lI also catc h
NO AA 42 . 43 . and -t6. operated by the "weather
bu reau " - America ' s Nati o nal Atmospheric
and Oc ean ic Administrat ion (NO AA). Cablc
Ne ws Net wo rk and Th e Weat her Channe l
love to inter view all these ni g ht c rews over
d isc rete channels s uch as 11226 kilohert z.

2182.0

Maritimevoicecallmg and distress (guarded until

' 999)
Federal Aviation Administration. Canbbean
hurricane net
U.S. Coast Guard groups. local ouneuns.
announced on 2182
Canadian Forces. Victoria. BC. lax chartsat 0245,
1025, 15t5. 2115
U,S. Coast Guard . safety of IIight
U,S. Department OfTransportation. evacuation F1
SHARES-Federal AviationAdministration.
southwest region emergency and maintenance

0950. 1550. 2150 1CW)

INAVTEXISITOR-B)
1000. 1BOO. 2200

Rad io ta the Rescue!

Wh en hurricanes hit iso lated islands , hams
us ually ge t the first wo rd out. A stor m within
300 miles of land act ivates the NHC's National Hurricane Watc h Net on 14325 kHz .
They take obse rvat ions fro m affec ted areas
and repea t NfiC's latest e me rge ncy info rmulion .
New s media lo ve th is freq uenc y. as it' s
unbeatable for nail -bitin g drama. Hams will
send wind readings until the last min ute. They 'l l
vani sh . omi nou sly , then reappear, wit h wobbly signals from wires throw n over uproot ed
trees. o r from airc raft as they co unt missin g
roo fs. I even heard the rescue of a sinking bo at
o nce .
Also tunc 3800 to 4000 kl-lz, lo wer sidehand (LS B). for all the local e mergency nets.
T hey move arou nd so mu ch 1d id not incl ude
thcm in the list. hut so me oft hem will be in the

30

MONITORING TIMES

July 1998

2196.0

Wefax of Hurricane Andrew

2670.0
2754.0

net d irectory pub lished by the Ame rican Radio Relay League in Newington. Connec ticut.
Pollo win g a hurri ca nc.check the U.S. Fed
eral Emergency Management Age ncy (FEMA )
freq uenc ies. Phones wi ll likely be down and
ini t ia l d isast er traffi c wi ll go by rad io.
"Nightwatc h" fans might eve n catc h o ne of
these command pos t ai rcraft on loa n to FEf\.l A
from the Ai r Force .

How to Read the Ust

In US net works. ~lA RS is the amateur
Mil itary Affi liate Radi o Service. S HA RES
s tands for Shared Resource s. a Fede ral
disaste r net with around 23 age ncies . SE
CU RE is Sta te Emergency Ca pab ility Using Radio Effecti vely.
All US Navy rad iofacsimile (fax) is gone.
e xce pt on fleet request, but the US Coast
G uard has expanded its sched ule. Fa x carrie r frequ enc ies are 1.9 k Hz be low the
freq uency listed w hen yo u' re tuning in the
upper sideband (US B) mode .
WO O. WOM . and KM I are the pub lic
high seas teleph o ne station s ope rated by
AT&T. the long-d istance co mpany.
C W stands for Mo rse teleg raphy. and all
listed stations except WLO are now part of
G lobe Wirele ss. S ITaR is Si mplex Te lex
(telepri nting) O ver Radio, types A and 8 ,
both error-co rrec ting radio telet ype . Simplex is when bot h stations usc the same
freq ue ncy .
I ho pe all this is helpful. Plea se repor t the
inev itable add itions and cor rec tions. Ma y you
enjoy good liste ning - far away fro m any
hurr icanes ~

3122 .0
3303.0
3331.0

net
3341 .0 FEMA "Foxtrot-S."secondarynighttimechannel
3407.0 Hurricane aircraft. arr-te-crouoo ~At p h a"
3622.5 JMH-Tokyo. Japan. lax weather charts at0110
and 1910
4055.0 SHARES-Federal Aviation Administration.
southern region emergency net
4081 .5 British military, relief use in Bahamas
4209.5 International NAVTEXlSITORB. like518kHz
421 0,5 International manne safetyintormancn (SITORB)

41 25.0 Mafllimecalling anddistress frequency, some

weather info
41 46.0 Maritimesimplexchannel 4A
4149,0 Maritimesimplex channel 4B
42680 CanadianForces. Victoria. BC. lax charts at 0245.
1025,1515.2115
4310.0 WNU-Slidell, LA. Gulf and Caribbean at 0350.

0950. 1550. 21501CW)

4298,0 U.S.Coast Guard. Kodiak. AK, faxcharts at 0400,

' 000. , 800. 2200

431 7.9 U,S. Coast Guard . New Orleans. LA, continuous
tax weather charts
4343.0 WLO-Mobile. Al. hourly weather oounc Gull
storms (CW)
4346.0 U.S. Coast Guard. San Francisco. CA. night fax
weather charts
4363.0 WOM-Mobile. Al . Gulf al 1300and 2300
4387.0 WOOOceangate. NJ. Atlantic at 1200 and 2200
4402.0 KMI-pt. Reyes. CA Pacific at 0000and 1200
441 1.0 WLO-Mobile. Al. Gulf at

0500
4426.0 U.S. Coast Guard.
Portsmouth, VA. Atlantic
at 0330. 0500. 0930
4426.0 U.S. Coast Guard. San
Francisco. CA. Paone at
0430 and 1030
4466,0 Civil Air Parrot,Northeast

US
4469,0
4582 .0
4585,0
4721.0

Civil Air Patrol. Gulf Coast Hurricane Net

Civil Air Patrol. emergencies
Civil Air Patrol. Pacific and mid-Atlantic coasts
Canadian Forces. Halitax, NS. continuous fax

weather charts

4724 .0 U.S. Air Force. Global High FrequencySystem

5008.0 U.S. Department 01 Transportation. evacuationF2
5135.0 SECURE Gulf Coast net
5140.0 SECURE Florida net
521 1.0 National EmergencyCoordination Net night
primary, also FEMA"Foxtrot 11" and SHARES
5302.0 FEMA, possibly urban search and rescue
5320.0 U.S. Coast Guard. Miami, Fl . and Portsmouth, VA
5562.0 Hurricaneaircraft air-to-ground "Bravo"
5610.0 Hurricaneaircraft air-to-ground "Charlie"
5680.0 Maritimecalling ano distress frequency
5693.0 u.S. Coast Guan1 andNavy (aviation)
5696.0 U.S. Coast Guard. search and rescue (busy
channel)
571 0.0 U.S. Air Force. MacDill, weatherrecon heard here
5821.0 FEMA "Foxtrot 14" channel, northeast region
heard here
6215 0 Maritimecallingand distress frequency
6224.0 Maritime simplex channel Ch. 6A
6227.0 Maritimesimplex channel Ch. 6B
6230.0 Maritimesimplex channel Ch. 6C
6314.0 U.S. Coast Guard , Boston. MA, Atlantic at 0140

(SITOR-8)
6340.5 U.S. Coast Guard. Boston. MA. continuous fax
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63417 WLO-Mobile. At . weather at 0345 (SITOR-B)
6416.0 WLO-Mobile. AL. h:lurty weather duringGulf
storms (CW)
6456.0 Canadian Forces, Victoria. BC. laxchartsat 0245.

1025.1 515, 2115

6496.4 Canadian Forces, Halifax, NS, continuous tax
weather charts

6501.0 U.S. Coast Guard, Guam. Pacific at 0930and

1530
6501.0 U. S. Coast Guard, Honolulu, HI. Pacific at 0600
and 1200
6501.0 U.S.Coast Guard, Kodiak, AK. Pacific at 0203 and
1645
6501.0 U.S. Coast Guard. Portsmouth, VA, Atlantic at

0330. 0500, 0930, 1130, 1600, 2200, 2330

6673.0
6739.0
6785.0
6809.0
7305.0
7373.5

7382.5
7475.0
7507.0
7540.0
7554.0
7582.0

Hurricane aircraft air-to-ground "Delta"

U.S. Air Force. GlobalHighFrequency System
U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers
FEMA"Foxtrol-21~ channel, urban search and
rescue
JMH. TokyO, fax weathercharts at 0110and 1910
U.S. Department at Transportation, evacuation F3
SHARES-US. Navy MARS
SHARES-Federal AviationAdministration.
southernregion
U.S. Coast Guard and Navy Hurricane Warning
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SHARES-Air ForceMARS
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U.S. Department OfTransportation. evacuation F-

7635.0 SHARE5-Civil Air Patrol CommandNet

7773.5 U.S. Coast Guard, Caribbean use
8125.0 SHARES-Federal Aviation Administration. eastern
8291.0
8294 .0
8297.0
8416.5
8416.5

regIon
Maritimecalling and distressfrequency
Maritime simplex channel 8A
Maritime simplexcname aa
U.S. Coast Guard, Boston. MA, Atlantic at 0140
and 1630 (SITOR-B)
U.S. Coast Guard, Honolulu, HI, Pacific at 0130,

1330, 2030 (SITOR-B)

8416.5 U.S. Coast Guard. San Francisco. Pacinc at 0000
and 1800 (SITOR-B)
8459.0 U.S. Coast Guard. Kodiak. AK. faxchartsat 0400.
1000. 1800, 2200
8503.9 U.S. Coast Guard. New Orleans, LA. continuous
lax weather charts
8558.4 KFS-San Francisco. CA, Pacific at 0450, 1050,

U.S. Coast Guard. San Francisco. continuous fax

weather charts
8722.0 WOM-Fl. Lauderdale. Fl . Gulf at 1300. 2300
8749.0 WOO-Oceangate, NJ. Atlantic at 1200, 2200
8764.0 U.S . Coast Guard , Honolulu, HI. Pacific at 0000.

86820

0600, 1200, 1800

8764.0 U.S. Coast Guard. San Francisco, CA, Pacific at

0430, 1030, 1630,2230

8764.0 U.S. Coast Guard. Portsmouth, VA, Atlantic at
0330 ,0500,0930, 1130, 1600, 1730, 2200, 2330
8806.0 WLQ-Mobile. AL. Gulf warnings at 0500
8876.0 Hurricaneaircraft air-to-ground "Echo"
8968.0 U.S. Air Force.Global High Frequency System
8983.0 U.S. Coast Guard. search and rescue. busy
channel

8992.0 U.S. Air Force. MacDili Global

9074.5 U.S. Department OfTransportation. evacuation F5
9110.0 U.S. Coast Guard. Boston. MA, continuous fax
weather charts

9197.0 SHARES-Federal Highway Administration

9380.0 U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy Hu rricane
Warning Net. Puerto Rico

99700 JMH. Tokyo, fax weather charts at 0110 and 191 0

10015.0 Hurricaneaircraft air-to-ground "Foxtrot"
10195.0 FEMA " Fo Kt roI 2 5 ~
10493.0 National EmergencyCoordination Net day
primary. also FEMA ~ Foxt rot-2 6." andSHARES
10536.0 Canadian Forces. Hautax, NS. continuous tax
weather charts
10588.0 FEMA "Foxtrot
10780.0 U.S. Air Force. cape Radio. fL, andGHFS backup
frequency
10891.0 SHARES-Federal Highway Administration
10935.0 US Coast Guard. Caribbean disastercps
11028.0 U.S. Departmentof Transportation evacuation F-6
111 75.0 U.S. Air Force, Global High Frequency System
11 226.0 U.S. Air Force, MacDill, weather aircraft heard
here
11230.0 British military, relief use in Bahamas
12290.0 Ma ritimecalling and distress freq uency
12353.0 Maritimesimplex channel 12A
12356.0 Maritime simplex channel 128
12359.0 Maritime simplex channel 12C
12362.0 Ma ritimeSimplexchannel 120
12365.0 Maritimesimplexchannel 12E
12579.0 U.S. Coast Guard, Boston. MA, Atlantic at 01 40
and 1630(SITOR-B)
12579.0 U.S. Coast Guard, Honolulu, HI. Pacmc at 0130.

zr

1330. 2030 (SITOR-B)

12730.0 U.S. Coast Guard, San Francisco, continuous fax
weathercharts

12750.0 U.S. CoastGuard, Boston, MA, continuous fax

weather charts
12753.0 Canad ian Forces. Victoria, BC. faxcharts at 0245,

1025, 1515, 2115

12789.9 U.S. Coast Guard. New Orleans. LA, continuous
12826.5
12844.5
12847.0

12886.5

(CW)
13002.0 KPH-San Francisco, CA, Pacific at 0500and 1900
(CW)
13033.5 WCC-Chatham. MA, Gulf. Caribbean , Atlantic at
1250 and 1650 (CW)
13083.0 KMI-Pt. Reyes, CA. Pacific at 0000 and 1200
13089.0 U.S. Coast Guard. Guam, Pacific at 0300 and
2130
13089.0 U.S. Coast Guard. Honolulu. HI. Pacmc al 0000
and 1800
13089.0 U.S. Coast Guard. San Francisco. CA. Pacific at

0430.1030, 1630,2 230

13089.0 U.S. Coast Guard. Portsmouth, VA. Atlantic at

1650,2250 ICW)
8570.0 WNUSlidell. LA, Gull and Caribbean at 0350.

0950. 1550, 2150(CW)

8586.0 WCC-Chatham, MA, GUll, Caribbean, Atlantic at
1250 and 1650 (CW)
8618.0 KPH-San Francisco, CA. Pacific at 0500 and 1900

faxweather charts
WNU-Slidell.LA. Gulf and Caribbeanat 0350,
0950, 1550, 2150(ew)
KFS-$an Francisco. CA, Pacuicat 0450. 1050,
1650. 2250
WeC-Chatham, MA. Gulf. Caribbean . Atlantic at
1250and 1650 (CW)
Wl O-MO:lile. Al . hourly weather in Gulf storms

13092.0
13200.0
13245.0
13267.0
13354.0

1130, 1600, 1730, 2200. 2330

WOM-Mobile, AL. Gulf at 1300and 2300
U.S. Air Force. Global High Frequency System
Antigua andAntilles inter-islandnet
Hu rricane aircraftair-tc-qround "Golf"
National Hurricane Center "Miami Monitor"

13432.5 U.S. Department OfTransportation. evacuation F-

7
13457.0 SHARES-Federal AviationAdministration
13448.2 FEMA "Foxtrot 36~ radioteletype (straight Baudot)
copied here
1351 0.0 CanadianForces. Halifax. NS, continuous fax
weather charts
13626.0 Federal Aviation Administration, southern/eastern
regions emergency nets
13630.0 Federal Aviation Administration. southern/eastern
and inter-regionsemergencynets
13993.0 SHARES-Air ForceMARS
13997.0 JMH. Tokyo, laxweather charts at 0110and 191 0
14325.0 National Hurricane Watch Net amateur and
government
14383.5 SHARES-U.S. NavyMARS
14390.5 MARS disaster operations
14391.5 U.S. NavyMARS
14396.5 SHARES-NationalCoordinatingCenter lor
Telecom
14450.0 FEMA"Foxtrot at " evacuations heard here
14493.5 SHARES-Federal Bureau of Investigation
14837.5 FEMA "Foxtrot 43"
14902.0 SHARE5-Civil Air Patrol. rescueandrelief
14905.0 Air ForceContingency channel
15016.0 U.S. Air Force, Global High Frequency System
16348.0 Federal Aviation Administration. various regional
nels
16420.0 Maritimecalling and distress frequency
16528.0 Maritime simplex channel 16A
16531.0 Maritimesimplex channel 16B
16534.0 Marilime simplex channel 16C
16806.5 U.S. Coast Guard. Boston. MA, Atlantic al 1630

(SITOR-B)
16806.5 U.S. Coast Guard, Kodiak, AK. Pacific at 1500

(SITOR-8)
16806.5 U.S. Coast Guard , San Francisco. Pacnicat 0000
and 1800 (SITOR-B)
16933.2 WCC-Chatham, MA, GUlf. Caribbean , Atlantic at
1250 and 1650(CW)
1701 6.8 KPH-San Francisco. CA. Pacific at 0500 and 1900

(CW)
17022.5 WLO-Mobile. AL. half-hourly weather in Gulf
storms(CW)
17026.0 KFS-SanFrancisco. CA. Pacific at 0450.1050.

1650, 2250 (CW)

171 51 .2 U.S. CoastGuard. San Francisco. CA continuous
fax weather charts
17117.6 WNUStidel. LA, Gull and Caribbean at 0350,

0950, 1550,2 150 (CW)

17242.0 WOM-FI. Lauderdale, FL, Gulf at 1300and 2300
17314.0 U.S. Coast Guard. San Francisco, CA, Pacific at
1630 and 2230
1731 4.0 U.S. Coast Guard, Portsmouth. VA, Atlantic at
1730
17421 .0 U.S. Department Of Transportation. evacuation F-

8
17901.0 Hurricaneaircral1 air-to-ground "Boter"
17976.0
18220.0
18825.0
18828.0
18831 .0
18834.0
18837.0
18840.0
18843.0
19680.5

U.S. Air Force. Global High FreQuenc'! System

JMH, Tokyo. faxweather chartsat 0110and 191 0
Maritime simplexchannel 18A
Maritime Simplex channel 18B
Maritime simplex channel 18C
MaritimeSimplexcnannet ta n
Maritime simplex channel 18E
Maritime simplex channel 18F
Maritime simplex channel 18G
International marine safety information(SITOR-

8)
20361.0 FEMA "FoxtroI56 " replaced 19757.0
21937.0 Hurricaneaircraft air-to-ground"India"
22159.0
22162.0
22165.0
22168.0
22171 .0
22487.0

Maritime simplexchannel22A
Maritime simplexchannel228
Maritime simplex channel 22C
Maritimesimplex channel 220
Maritime simplex channel 22E
WLO-Mobile. AL. hourly weather in Gulf storms

(CW)
22527.0 U.S. Coast Guard. San Francisco, daylimelax
weather charts
225755 WNU-Slidell. LA, Gull and Caribbean at 0350.

0950. 1550.2150 (CW)

22581.5 KFS-San Francisco, CA, Pacific at 0450, 1050,
1650, 2250
22783.0 WOM-FI. Lauderdale, FL, Gulf at 1300and 2300

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Utility Loggings
Hugh Siegman
Abbreviations used in this column
AM
ARO
ARO-E3
AR06-90
CW
EAM
FAX
FEC
FEC-A
FEMA

Amplitude Modulation
Synchronous transmission
and automatic repetition
teleprintersystem
Single channel ARQ teteprinter system
Six-cha racter blocks simplexARQteleprintersyste m
Continuous Wave (Morse
code)

EmergencyActionMessage

Facsimile
Forward error correction
teleprinter system
One-way tral1it FEe teteprinter system
FederalEmergency Management Agency

FM
MARS

Global High Freq uency svstem

Frequency Modulation
Military Alliliale Radio Ser-

MFA

Ministryof Foreign Affairs

GHFS

arrv

SAM

Simplex
Unid
US
USS
VIP
VOLMET

vice

R ad i otel ety~e

Special Air ission(USAir

Force VIP llights)
All stations on same Irequency
Unidentified transmission
United States
United States Ship
VeryImportantPerson
"Flying weather," an aviation broadca st. nam e
loosely from French

All transmissions are USB (upper sideband) unless otherwise indicated. All

trequencies are in kHz (kilohertz) and all times are UTC (Coordinated Universal
Time)_
2592.0

2656.0
3413.0
4295.0
4560.0
4665.0
4982.0

5211.0
5240.5
5275.0
541 1.0
5435.0
60BO,0

6516.0
6697.0
6712.0
6757.0

6761.0
6850.0
6959.0

6971. 0
6980.0
6993.0

32

IPL-Livorno Radio, ltaly.withnavigationwarning,a12156.(AryBoe nderNetherlands)

IPA-A ncona Rad iO. ltaly. with navigationwa rning. at 2151. (BoenderNetherlands)
Shannon-Irish VOLMET, flying weather at 1241 . (Ray Carmen-OH)
HWN- Fre nch Navy, Paris, with tests to FAAA, in RTTY at 2129.
(Boe nder-Netherlands) FAM is a group call formessages toallFrench
warships-Hugh
YH F-Mossad, Israel, new frequency, AM numbers at 0400. (John
Maky-AR)
MIW 2-Mossad, Israel, numbers in AM, at 0017. (Jack Oi,-NY)
SAM 56973-US Air Force, with Secretary at State aboard. calling
Andrews at 0915. (Paul Bunyan-MO)
Nightwatch-USAir Force airborneco mmand post.callingWGY912 on
FEMA "Fo, -I I ," at 1559. (Bunyan-MO) Mighthave beentheperiodic
National Emergency Coordination Net drill -Hugh
FOG- French Air Force, Bordeaux, with standard voice test loop of days
and months in French , plus uncopyable addition, at 0800. (BoenderNetherlands )
Unid-French Canadian fishing boat net. using firstnamesascallsigns.
discussing weatherat 0000. (Ron Perron-MOl
Many US Navy stations, in long-lastingnet, probably datalinkcoordination, first heard at 0348. (Bunyan-MO)
Unid-Mossad numbers format, AM numbers at 0300. (Maky-AR)ART
2-Mossad , AM numbers at 1900. [Boencer-Netherlands)
Unid-Spanlsh female 5-digit numbers, in AM at 0754. (Cam CastilloPanama)
Unid-Comme rcialli sh ing boatsdiscussing catch and dredg ing methods at 1506. (Perro n-MD) This is a legal frequency, intemstionst
channel #606. There's a lot of coastalactivity here -Hugh
Griswald-US military unitonNavy channel,working Male Plug.went to
secure mode at0256. (Perro n-MOl
Possible French Air Force . in French. aero weather at 0145. (PerronMO)
Nightwatch 01-US Air Force, challenging traffic from Scorecard. who
had been logged out forinactivity. then went tosecure mode, at0240.
WAR 46-USAir Force. several radio checks withNightwatch 01 on Z165 (this frequency), then went to Z-150 (5800 kHz) at 0600. (Jeff
Haverta h-TX)
Blue 01-USAir Force, schedulinginflight refueling forsix with similar
caustqns, at 1250. (Perron-MO)
Spanish female 5-digit numbers, in AM at 0227. (Castillo-Panama)
li ncolnshire Poacher. Cyprus. numbers at 1900. (Boender-Netherlands)
Counting station,with 5-number groups at 2000. [Bcender-Netherlands)
Spanish female 5digit numbe rs, in AM at 0813. (Castillo-Pana ma)
Ai rForceTwo, reporti ng bad cryptographicgear toAnd rews Com mand
Ce nterat0042. (Perro n-MD) Ai rForceTwo,working Andrews, enroute
10 Charle ston, SC. (BunyanMO) Last VIP mission for this aircraft,

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good old SAM 26000 -Hugh

AAR3 USA-US Army MARS, Ft.Belvoir, VA, seve ral radio checks, also
mentioned that this was a new frequency, at 1600. (Perron-MD)
Unid-CW "cut" numbers in 5-figuregroups at0700 (Boender-Nether7583.0
lands)
7860.0
Spanish female 5-digit numbers, in AM, at 1007. (Castillo-Panama)
Spanish female 5-digit numbers, in AM, at 0232. (Castillo-Panama)
7885.0
7918.0
YHF-Mossad, Israel, replaces 4560 at 0400, AM numbers at 0200
(Maky-AR)
8971 .0
Rockfish02-USCustoms,calling Blue Starat0009. U4C-US Joint Task
Force , likely drug interdiction with helicopter 20 Charlie, guiding
Buzzsaw55 to contact pointat 0047. Alpha Whiskey, asking BlueStar
if Cutter Dallas had heard King 01, at 0227_ABO , with Shot Rock,
requesting halfhourly cps-normal re ports from Shadow 31. a C-130
trom Special Operations Wing, FL_at 0330. (Perron-MO)
Spar 65-US Air f orce VIP aucratt, working Spar 67, tried to call
9006.0
Andrews Ai r Force Base on "565." Realized that they we re really on
Mystic Star frequency "Fox-505,"and so decided to tryAndy on Fox639 (7469). Raised him there. (Bunyan-MO)
Mulberry-US AirForce,withvoiceand unsuccessfuldata toNightwatch
9016.0
01, made joke about "new tancy computer," at 0505. (Haverlah-TX)
5YE-Nairobi Meterological, good copy of fax weather chart for Africa.
9045.0
at 2202 (Di, -NY)
SAM 26000-US Air ForceVIP VC-137C, working Andrews and Cactus
9120.0
on frequency "Fox-DOS," enroutetoChampaign-Urbana, ll. to pick up
the President, after thefirst Air Force One (SAM 27000) became stuck
in the mudthere. (Bunyan -MO) Nice catch! -Hugh
"l ynx"-GW identification . otherwise all noise, at 0026. (Edward
9968.0
Oe Freitas-Cl )
111 57.0 Papa -US Navy, possib le data link coord ination with Foxtrot and
Lima.(Bunyan-MO)
11175.0 Coast Guard 2135-US Coast Guardhelicopter, Miami, withphonepatch
via MacOill . FL, toMiam i Air regarding penetration of local Air Defense
Identificat ion Zone, at 1415. Teal 53-US AirForce53rd Weather Recon
WC-130,withpatch toMiam iMonitor(NationalHurricaneCenter),then
weather data. (Perron-MO) vukla 23-US Air Force E"3, phone patch to
Tinker Air Force Base , for weather. then to Raymond 24. re rad ar
maintenance . given 11214 kHz working frequency. at 1803. (Allan
Stern-FL)
11244.0 80w Legged-US Air Force, beinggivenZ145 (5705), Z160 (6715), and
Z175(9016) by McClellanGlobal_CA, for Nightwatch 01, at 1326. Lost
Shoe, with EAM "for USS Asheville," simulcast on 17976 (GHFS) and
perhaps 9016 (Z-175), at 1949. (Haverlah-TX)
12270.0 Lobo Control-USAir Force. Howard Air Force Base, working Shark 16
and 18 at 1944. (Perron-MO)
12610.5 VCT-Globe Wireless, Tors Cove . Canada, English news in FECat 061 7.
(BobHall-RSA)
13907.0 Nightwatch 01US Air Force airborne command center, making patch
to Raymond 21 via WAR 46, on "Zulu-225," at 2242. (Bunyan -MO)
14686.0 Atlas-US Customs, working US Coast Guard aircraft 37 Charlie. (Pe rron-MO l
14920.0 Russian Man,5-figurenumbers,inAM at1400. (Boender-Netherlands)
15475.0 Spanish female 3/2 numbers, heard for two minutes at 0140. (Gary
Neal -TX )
16404 .5 English female numbers. with carriers,at 1721 . (Bunyan-MO)
17441 .3 5YE-Nairobi Meteorological, withcyclone warni ng for Re union Island,
RnY at 0070. (Hall-RSAj
17982.0 Ant House-US military. calling Top Spot, called freq uency "channel
CC," at 2105. (Bunyan-MO )
18318.0 OMS-BratislavaMFA, Slovakia, RnY newsinSlovak,at 1447. (Oi, -NY)
18320.7 RFFI C- Marine Oipe rmil Paris, bu lletin to all personnel in Arq-e3 at
1340. RFTJ-French Navy, Dakar. in ARO-E3 at 1633. (Hall-RSA)
18645.0 CLP1?-MFA. Havana, possibly newfrequency. Spanish news in RnY
at 0709. (Hall-RSA)
19204.7 RFHI-French military, Noumea, in ARQ-E3 at 0852. (Hall-RSA)
19747.5 6VU79-Dakar. Senegal meteorological office, withweather bulletin in
RnY at 171 3. (Hail-RSAI
2051 8.0 KSHA-French embassy, Kinshasa.codedtraffic toMFA. Pa ris. inARQ690 at 0953. (Hall-RSA)
24370.0 RFGW-French MFA, Paris, coded traffic toL4 N, Sofia. Bu lgaria in FECA at 1701. (Hall-RSA)
26470.0 WJFP-Narrowband FM simulcast of Ft. Pierce, FL, co mmercial FM
station,mu sic at 1845. (Bunyan-MO) Legal broadcastcueing channel.
The skip is back! -Hugh
7357.0

Baudot and Beyond

-~--------'-Bob Evans
revum@lu'uln,'
WIVW.lotol.nei/- revom/

Decoding Third Shift Cyrillic

rior to the break-up of the former

Soviet Unio n. their mari time fleet was
the largest single uscr of rad ioteletype
( RTI'y) on the shortwave band s. Although
not as plentifu l as before. traffic is sti ll
exc hanged betv..'een vesse ls o f the ne w
Co mmon wea lth of Inde pendent States and
thei r res pective shore stations.
All baud ot RlTY is tran sm itted in upper case (cap ital letters). Each character is
se nt as a combination of five zeros and
ones. or marks and spaces. \Vith only five
bits per charac ter. tran smission of more

than 32 charac ters is impossible. To acco mmoda te letters, numbers and special
characte rs, two shifts are used. A letter s
shift is utiliz ed for the letters of the alphabet
from A to Z. A figur es shift accommodates
both numera ls and punctuation. The twoshift syste m permits the tra nsmi ssion of all
the required "L atin " chara cters.
The Russian language, however . has
man y add itiona l nati ve characters (33 in
number). A spec ial third shift for Cyrillic
(the Russian cha racter a lphabet) was deve loped and is known as Third Shift Cyri llic.
Even though mos t dec oding equipme nt
cannot repre sent Cyri llic cha racters. the
Cy rillic characters do yield IOO'7c Latin
transl iterations. So me decoders can actually display Cyri llic characters on the video
monitor or computer. Decoding in Cyri llic
provides far more re liable translation s of
vessel call signs and names than decoding
using the international alpha bet.
Sov iet RlTY (norma lly 50 Baudl! 70
Shift ) is now most active bet ween the fo llowi ng frequencies (500 kHz spacing). Th is
table represent s the lowest and highest band
frequencies logged since the Jul y 1st. 199 1.
World Administrat ive Radi o Co nference
(W ARC) 87 maritime cha nge s went into
effect.
FROM
6263.0
8373.0
12553.5
16796.0
22350.5
25t93 .0

TO

63t 4.0
BA12.5

12575.0
16804.5
22373.0
25208.0

How to Decode
Soviet RTIY is usually sent at 50 Baud.
170 Shift. Th e proper polarity - reverse or
nor mal - will depend on the recei ver you
arc using.
Se lect a goo d signa l. (T he reg ion between 12560 .0 and 12575.0 kHz is a goo d
place to look for one). To display the tra nsmission in Cyri llic ( if yo ur decod er/com pute r program supports this option), e nsure
that the alphabet se lected is Cyri llic and
that " unshift on space" (VOS) is off. To
display the transmission in Latinized characters. se lect the internation al a lphabet and
ensure that UOS is on.
Ifth e transmi ssion see ms unintel ligib le,
reverse the polarit y. Yo u wi ll find that
abo ut 95 percent of all traffi c is se nt at one
polarity. (Again. po larity depen ds on your
receive r. For exa mple. a signa l that decodes in normal using I CO ~'l receivers or
the JR C NRD-525. must be decoded in
reverse if an NRD-535D is used .)

The Problem with Printers

Decoding Cyri llic RTIY on a video/
co mputer monitor is alm ost foo lproof. but
printi ng it is an enti rely different kett le of
rvba (fish ).
First of all. most printers can not print
Cyrillic characters. All char acters are automatica lly "Latinized ." To further co mplicate matters, all printers arc not created
equa l. Each make/m ode l ass igns its own
special cha racter codes. Since the Cyri llic
alphabet uses these specia l codes in transliteration . the ou tput from two different
makes of printers ca n prove to be quite
dissim ilar.
Do n't despair. All is not lost. Tu ne in to
u strong Soviet RTIY signal. Decode a full
sc ree n o f traffic in Cyrillic. Allow your
printer to run as we ll. or usc the scree n print
functio n once the scree n is full . Rem ove the
output from the printer. Compare each
Cy rillic ch arac ter on the scree n with its
printed cou nterpart until you have verified
eve ry single character in the Cyrillic alphabet. T hen ma ke a tabl e for yo urse lf. Some
Cy rillic characters are rarely used and you

may have to repeat thi s pro ces s with several

sc reens before you capture them LlII. But
when you are do ne. you will ha ve a transliterati on cha rt that is persona lized for your
printer.
Next. learn the Cyrillic alphabet and get
into the habit ofalway s decodin g in Cy rillic
o n the screen. T his advice is not simply
puris t in inten tion. Unless you decode in
Cyrillic. you will be pro ne to decoding
errors. Decoding in Cyri llic ge nerally results in 100 perc ent message accuracy.
Decoding using the International (Latinized)
alphabet is subj ect to 10 to 30 percent
errors. These errors always seem to occ ur at
the start of each new line of transm ission,
and they wi II ensure that you never ge t the
cor rect sending vesse l's nam e. (The deco der see ms to go to num bers be fore it
recovers).
Th is app lies to messages you wish to
print as we ll. Printed output from Cyri llic
screen characters yie lds 100 percent errorfree transliterati on based on the table constructed for your prin ter . Printed out put
from an Intern ational (Latinizcd ) scree n
also yields 10 to 30 percent gar bage. Yoor
editor made this di scovery by tupiug and
redeco ding signa ls in both character sets.
T he problem . I suspect. has something
to do with the three shift codes bein g se nt to
a printer de signed to handl e on ly two . Your
prin ted output, as well, will be a strange
mixtu re of upp er and lowe r ca se word s and
characters. often changing case in the middle
of a word. Th is is normal.
No te the special characters that ha ve
bee n substituted for the ir Cyri llic counterpart s in the sa mple below:
pcrcdadu polu4ilaspasibo U mcnq wsc
horolc l-bl- celu-e nutala-"

Eve ry once in a wh ile a surprise may be

in sto re for you. Your editor ha s decoded
traffi c from Sovie t vesse ls using 75 or 100
Baud instead of the standard 50.
In next mon th ' s co lumn weIl exam ine
the typ ical message con ten t and co mposition o f Sov iet maritim e vesse l traffic to
the ir coastal stations.
Jvly 1998

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33

Shortwave Broadcasting
Glenn Hauser, P.O.Box 16B4MT, fnirl, OK 73702
fmaJ: <ghalllel@!ol1ooi!.cOIll>; {ox: {SBO}233-294B, ATT:Houser

"Keen" on

Broadcasting

David Bobb ett has been appointed new editor of the World
Radio-TV Handbook, now based in Milt on Keynes, Eng land. (In this
case , Keynes is pro nounced to rhyme with "means.")
Milto n Keynes. about 45 miles northwest of London. is the
largest of the so-ca lled "ne w town s" built in the south of Engla nd
o ver the last 50 years. II has so me intere sting rad io conn ections. Th e
c ity area inclu des Bletchle y Park. the wartime headqu arter s of the
Government Code and Cyphe r School (late r renamed Government

Communications HQ-GCHQ-the British equivalent of the US

National Security Agen cy) where the Genna" Enigma code s were

broken. (See Dec '95 MT. )

Qu ite separate ly. various places aro und what is now Milt on
Keynes were used as studio and tran smitter sites by British cland estine broadcasters during the war (Chris Greenway. BBC Mon itoring .
World of Radio )

Va. Cristiana Powers Up

Andrew Flynn. CE of VOl Cristiana,
T
Sa ntiago, Chile, was visiting Quit o and
interviewed by Ken Mac Harg on HCJ B
DX Partyl ine. Besides tests to Mexico on
2 1550. a second freq uency has started testing. 11890 morni ngs to Brazil. The site is "-= -""'-'= = "-"
in a fruit-growing area west of Santiago.Test tapes were played from
Santiago, not yet Miam i. which they hope 10 have operational by
August. License was granted at Marchend, Will broadcast only in
Spanish. Fly nn said in the interview, but website con firms Spanish
and Portuguese.

As soon as mo re transmitters are refu rbished , and crystals,

synthesizers are work ing. pan s of this sc hedule will star t appearing:
Mexico/CAnt 13000 100 on 2 1550, 0100-0600 on 11690

NSAm/Carib 11001400 on 15375, 14002100on 176BO. 21000600 on9630

Brazil OBOOl100 on l 1B90. 1100-2100 on21500, 21000500 on I I ?
(11890seems to beworking though has VOA up 5 kHz)
SSAm 09001200 on6070,1200,2000on 9635,2000,0400 on 6070
(6070 is being vacated by Cuba)

Minor frequency ch anges may be necessary. VC wants to occ upy

the chosen freque ncies as soon as possible. Of the e ight transmitters,
the final two co uld be sent to some other location or used to broker
time for other Chri stian broadcaste rs. It may take up to six month s to
get up and running. Will have a mix of music and teaching like
Chri stia n Voice in Zambia. some program s in-hou se productions.
others from outside. Now replying by whateve r means is convenient,
such as E-mai l. fax. but plans eventually to have new QSL cards.
T he site cove rs abou t 7 hectares, has five tower s of73m supporting curtains, and four towers of 50m with log-periodics. Working on
a hom emade 49mb antenna which will also work on 3 1m once
match ed. Power is from co mmercial source, but expensive, and
durin g test period is not on air in eve nings at peak-power times.
Possibly hydro-el ectric later, but is 30-40 km from Andes up to 6 km
high, in a dry area. Will see how costs go the first year and then
decide.
CV wants to reach the whole wor ld, including English to Africa,
Spa nish to LAm. Arabic to MFJNAf, Russian, Manda rin, Hind i.
Lookin g for a new site to se rve Asia , including one in Sri Lanka
already establi shed . Plans to add local radio. but not TV. and has no

plans fordigital.Simpler URLwillget 10 them:http ://www.christi anvisien .org (via gh)

Thai border, has goneof! the air in the past lor brief periods. apparently due to
ANTARCTICA l RA36. 15476.operates MIWIFonly at 19002100 (Gabriel IvanBarrera,
technicalproblems(Reuters viaDavidAlpert) Was11001200and 2330-2430 daily
Argentina)
BELGIUM RTBF,theBelgian Frenchlanguagenetwork thatceased SWope rationin1992,
to As on5407v (BBCM)
CANAOA [non] R. Asia Canada, the Tamil station in Toronto denied MW 1670 there.
is thinking about joining the community of inte rnat ional broadcasters again atthe
expanded its SW broadcasts to cover NAm in mid-May (gh) Ear-busting level on
insistenceofFrenchcommunitypolit icians. Three possibilities:thefirst is that RTBF
9815//11845 around 2220 in Tamil (Jay Novello, NC) FromMerlin UK sites, 2200will rent airtime on RVINRT's shortwave transmitters or on Deutsche Telekom
0200 (Dan Ferguson , swftafk) Goodbutnot ear-bustingsignals on 11845and 9815
Juelich. Second is rentingan audio subcarrier onthe French languageTV5andthe
un1il2400' , immediatelyswitchingat "OOOOto 11925and 7325. until about0157".
third is broadcastingviathe Worldspace satellite. Willtakeseveral months untila
Website says there is also a morning transmission at 1000-1400 UT weekdays,
decisionismade andmoney found. (GuidoScnotrnans, RVIGoffgids, OX-Antwerp)
vagueaboutthefrequencies,butnot heard onanyoftheabove:and tobecontinuous
BOUGAINVILLE Radio FleeBougainvillecu rrently uses 3865 at09001100. in English
and local languages. 80 Watts from Central Bougainville. loc al community still
from0400 UTSal to0400 UTMonday. Alsosaystheyplanto start SAm service. and
they havesomething for every continent, even if it isa 170MHzband transmission
refers to region as ' The Republic of Bouqainville." OSl s and general info for five
in Australia. Frequent IDs in passing spoken in English. Just how many TamilIRCs. fromSam voron. 2 Griffith Avenue. Roseville. NSW, Australia2069. Tel: +61
speakersarethere around theworld, especially in Canadaand USA. to makethis a
2 9417 1066. (Mick Ogrizek. Electronic OX Press)
viableservice? (gh)
BULGARIA R. Bu lgaria's 0200 is audible here on 9485 tho clobbered by utility QRM.
COSTA RICA AWR resched uled W,iVeSc.1n to UT Monday at 0000. on 9725. and
11720 also audible but variable: times given for BulgariaCallingas beingattheend
seemingly morerapidly deliveredthanbefore,by satellitev-e-rather thanlour weeks
01these hours: Fri 1900. 2300. Sat 1100, 21 00. Sun 0200. On occasion, OX tips
old. Bill Manhews does both theglobal OXnews segment and theNorth American
concentrate on SWBC rather than amateur(John Norfolk. OK, Reviewof Interna (gh)
tional Broadcasting)
CAMBODIA Clandestine Khmer Rouge radio, for
RFPl converted 15050USB low power 24h
years the Cambodian guerrillas' propaganda
to 15049AMhighpower30kW16000300and
A
ll
tim
es
UTe;
Allfrequencies
kH1.j

befor
e
hr
=
sign
mouthpiece. did not comeon theairandbroadtried leaving it on until 0800 with excellent
on, after hr sign off; /I = parallel programming;
cast at its regular time May 13. Reason not
results; and 21465AM shifted to 21460 to
+ continuing but 1I0tmonitored; 2 x freq 2nd
immediately clear but government troops were
avoid HCJB around 1BOO2400 (gh)
attacking the last remnants 01the once-feared
harmonic; J-98=May-Sept; Z-98=Summer season ; WR. 88 Estereo. 6071.1, Pe rez Zeled6n. heard at
guerrilla army on northern Cambodia's border
2258 with sports, 0000-0106+ music (Henrik
98=Wi"ter season; [non} = Broadcast to or for the listed
with Thailand. The radio, which is believed to
Klemetz, Colombia, NUvia OSWCI OX Window)
country, but not nec essarily originating there.
broadcast from a mobile transmitter near the
tentatively the weak signal on6070.98 at 1140-

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11 51 one day. 1055-1100 thenext [Iakayuki Inoue. Japan) Bought the transmitter
of R. Rumba (U1iS Fleming.Costa Rica . Cumbre OX)
CUBA RHC in English at 2230-2330 on new 9550 again clashes with Ukraine this
summer. when checked before and after 2300 in anticipation of hearing tners
Unlimitedaround 2305.1nfact. RHCwaswayunder RUI inUkrainian.Thisfrequency
conllict has gone on for years . Back at 2100, 13715 was barely propagating and
supposed newUSB 13740 was actuallyon13750. At0130 checktheUSBfrequency
was 13605, not 13660 asArnie Cora once predicted(gh)
Not only is RHC a spur-producer, butCuban utilitytransmitter CLA puts spurs
even in the broadcast bands. Oneday at 2210. wefound a QRA marker from CLA
on21510.6-not animage from22 MHz. and nofundamental could befound (gh,
OK)
ECUADOR HCJB started using 21470 to Europe at 181 71900', then expandedit to
2228 , after wehad asked them to moveat least 5 kHz to avoidclashing with RFPI
Costa Ricaon 21466. ButHCJB refused, despite all the open spaces on the 13m
band. so RFPl had to move to 21460, really too close to HCJB's USB frequency
21455. At 0000-0700 10 NAm. 12015ex-1 5295.
Ken MacHargannounced that after 7.5 years. heand Polly were Quitting HCJB
as of July 1, and moving to South Florida to beinvolved in ministriesfor thepoor;
succeeding himas OXPartyfine host is AllanGraham (gh)
EGYPT Cairo comes clean . At0300 I found Radio Cai rowithamuch improved signal on
9475.I haven't heardsuch aclearsiqnaltrom Cairosince thedays of theUnitedArab
Republic back in the late 60's (Peter Hallam. N.lreland , World of Radio)
EOUATORfAL GUINEA Personnel atR. Nacional earn about$75 permonthonaverage.
Money receivedis thoughtagift, andkept. They get overseas mail onceaweek, and
lettersaddressedtoadirectoror program directorareopened lor anything01value.
Don't address anything to a specificperson: they changepositions in the qcvernment otten (EugeneR. Bemald. PanAmerican Broadcasting. Cupertino, CA,viaDan
Henderson, NUvia DSWCI OX Window)
ETHIOPIA [non] Voice01Oromo uoeranon; A spokesperson of SBO. theorganization
behind this station, told mein a telephoneconversation that their offices in Berlin
were"visited" duringtheEaster weekendand searchedby an unknown group. They
broke intotherooms atnight,and left them in a mess: seemingly nothing hadbeen
stolen. SBO believes thatthis was a political ope ration carried outby some sort of
secret service . During ourconversation, theSBO spokespe rson also mentioned a
possible broadcasting activity towards Somalia, backed by an unnamed Ogaden
organ ization (Harald Kuhl, Germany, BCDX)
FRANCE SinceJ98 began, RFl's English at 1200 via French Guiana has been missing
from 13625. tho 13640 in French is still there. At 1255 I found the apparent
replacement. 15530. carrying aninterview with Fr. Roy Bourgeois who is heading
theenort to closedown theSchool of theAmericas. 15530 had thattypical Guiana
whine onit. and much weaker 15540 wasin parallel. almost synchronized and not
a satellite-hop apart-so could that be some other relay? There was there no
advancenoticeof these changes: Notthe wayto run an international radio station
(gh) 15530 is French Guiana and 15540 Gabon (RFI sked viaWolfgang Buschel)
YoulikeRFI? YoulikeSW? In 1999. AFI will endalot of frequenciesalloverthe
world,preferringFM local broadcasting. So if this real information displeases you,
letthem knowyour disappointment (Denis,France, rec.radio.shortwaveviaGeorge
Thurman)
GERMANY OW has mailed a Questionnaire to subscribers to its English-lang uage
program guidewhich was cancelledat the beginning of 1998 in favor of program
infoviaInternet only. Now they are offeringabiannual EnglishProgrammebypostal
mail to replace theQuarterly tuneirr, peoplewanting a free subscription mustsend
back a request by June30 (via Gigi Lytle, Review of International Broadcasting)
Brother Stair startedusing3945 in May viaDTKJulichat 20000600, outsidethe
75mband in Europe in anticipation of overcrowding in the3950-4000 band this
coming winter (Kai Ludwig. Germany, World of Radio)
The Deutsche Ierekom site at Nauen will provide guided tours to visitors on
Sunday, Sept13atnoon-2pmlocal.It's4kmnorthof NauenontheB273motorway.
west of Berlin (BCOX)
IRAN (non] V. of SouthernAzerbaijan. clandestinebelieved from Israel in Azeri. hostile
to Iranian government, daily 0515-0615on 11935, 15301630 on 13645 (BBCM)
l ater moved 0515 broadcast to 13645 too (Wolfgang Buschel, BC-OX)
Democratic V. of Iran , believed viaCentral Asia, says it has noparticularpolitical
affiliation: 1730-t 800 On 6210. 5835; and irregularly around 03100340 on 6210
(BBCM)
IRELAND {non] Emerald Radio carried out a weekof special broadcasts via WWCR in
lateApril. I couldonly stand a fewminutesof it. asit was almost unintelligibledue
to backg round percussive "music'tsc loud as to be in foreground. This was
compoundedbylew-quality phonefeed .Whal wassourgentthatthishadtobedone
live rather than a few days delayed by high-Quality tape? The first rule 01 SW
broadcasting: don't do anything to impai r intelligibility (gh)
JORDAN R.Jordan has introduced anewprogramme in English on Sundayat 1430 on
11690, Arabak~not sureabout spelling. It is devoted to themusicandsongs 01
Arabic lands. Nice to see such programmes devoted to cu'tureand national music.
instead of a constant dietof modern popmusic which wecan hear on local radio
(Edwin Southwell, England, World of Radio)
KOREA NORTH A. Pyongyang, 2100English to Europe on new 9335. Strong signal in

london butmodulationalmost as distortedastheideology!They have dropped The

Songof General KimIISungat thebeg inningoftransmission. Butthe"news" doesn't
seemto havechanged much- thetopstorybeing the85thbirthanniversary of the
late"Great t eacer" and thefact that peoplethroughout theworld havebeenholding
meetings to mark theearth-shatteringevent (Roger Tidy, England, Worldof Radio)
KOREA SOUTH KBS isre-organizingitsexternal services.TheInternational Broadcasting
Division (Kukche Pangsonggu k) a.k.a. Radio Korea International and the lib erty
Program (SahoeKyoyukPangsongguk) (prog rams for Koreans in NorthKoreaand
other neighboring countries) aremerging to form Tae-oePangsongguk or literally
"External BroadcastingStation." This isa majorchange. It would beakin to AFEIAL
andVOAmerging to formone broadcastingorganization with thesame name (Toru
Yamashita. Asia Broadcasting Institute via BillHarms) I think it is becausethenew
South Korean Presidentis taking a softer approach towards NorthKorea (Harms)
LAOS Khaosan Pathet Lao, KPL news agency on Fl B50 baud RTTY: daily 0930-1000
in English to As on XWK01A 14640. or atternate XWK01B 10114 (BBCM)
LIBYA R.Jamahiriyahas been providingstrong reception allday longandall theway to
their sign-oNaround 03450350ontheir 15-MHz frequencies; 1541 5usuallyhas the
cleanest audio, with 15235 nextbest. 15435 was buried under louder co-channel
Arabic station (Jordan.I guess).ButallthreeLibyatransmitterssuffe r fromthesame
problems: humand lowaudiolevels.Don'ttheybelieveinaud ioprocessing? Dothei r
engineers lack training? (RandyStewart, MO)
MAlt RTM Bamako, 1730-17,59:33*, French, ID befores-oft. No /I v9633. Noted here
for thefirsttimeonexactly 11960.00agai n.Hadbeen silentat least twoorthreeyears
on this channel. Modulation is crystal clear now, so it's seemingly new and
overhauled equipment in use (Wolfgang Buschel)
MONACO (nonI R.Monte Carlo.ArabicviaSackville0300-0320 on 9755 was rumored
10 beQu ittingbut 1/ has changed from5960 to 6040(Bill wesrennever. RC1)
NfGERIA (non) Clandestine. 11540/6205. Radio Kudirat.The UnitedDemocratic Front
ofNigeria's(UDFN)US representativehad this to say about his station: It's truethat
theUDFN isrunning thisstation. NAUCON(NalionalliberationCoalition),thegroup
previously running the station. was perceived as too militant. This made getting
grants for thestationdifficull. This is notto say thatwearenotputtingup our own
money, but we do rely heavily on grants for funding, After all, getting money for
broadcasts isone of theleast threatening things anexi legroup can do. Our address
is: P.O. Box 9663, l ondon, UK, SEl 3ZD(via Hans Johnson, Cumtxe OX) Notethat
thepostal codeis different, which may exp lain whysome listeners have had their
reports returned (Johnson)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Radio West New Britain is located at Kimbe. West New Britain
Province, anduses one 10 kW HFtransmitter on 3235, at 1930-2200 and 07001200; therearenodaytimebroadcasts. Stationproposes toceaseallSW broadcasts
soon, in favourof mediumwaveand FM (Mick Dgrizek, Electronic OX Press)
PERU 6115, RadioUnion, myfavoriteprogram TierraFecunda with great folk musicand
niceclear signal, apparently runsfrom 1000 to 1055, and isoneof thebest sources
for great Andean music (Don Moore, IA)
R. Chaski, 5981.6at 231 5-2340 withhymns, evangelicalcourse in Ouechua, 10
says 5970 from Cuzco (Rafael Rodriguez R.. Colombia)
R.LaVozde Bolivar,5460 .5v,newstation0909-1005fade (Mark Mohrmann.VT.
Cumbre OX) Alsoheard 0928-1014+, in provincia deBolivar, departamento de La
libertad(He nrik Klemetz, Colombia. ibid.)
PHILIPPINES DZMM heard on 13170USB around 2300 in Tagalog and English:
probablyfor fisherman. Samefrequency has ship-to-shorelater inday (AlanDavies,
Man ila, BC-OX)
PORTUGAL Hams were hopping one Friday night due to a noisy intruder on 14245,
extremely distorted broadcast station
including music. George McClintock r--:;~-====::::7:::;~;'
found il to be 1/9570. which I then
~
Ciontll
identified as ROP lnlernatlOnal.lnthe (1'111"
_ internaaciontll
2300-0330 period, theothercurrently
intern
schedu led frequencies are 11770.
Rep
PAoo fU1Tl....G\l
11840. 13640 (or maybe testing
13635) and 13760. Noneof these work out to be2ABmixing products on14245,

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..JD...~J1..~'i'Jill~ _

~)ii
iiiiiiii~~~~~~ the Global Forum (continued)
so what I suspect happened was AD P failing miserably to tune up a
transmitter on 13 MHz,whichis newtothe m, andwhere J couldnot find
themat all. Remains to be seen if this will happen again , or onthesame
frequency. But the 14245 blob wasnot 10beheard thenextnight.Thanks
10 William R. Wilkins lor the new ADPsked (gh)
SAHARA (non?) R. Nacional delSaha ra. 9605 at 1800-0100. needs reception reports (Arsef Etxequren. Spain, via xart teae. radio-escutas)
SA'UOI ARABIA Radio Riyadh, 15170. 1400-1 600 , newFrench relay 01
home serviceon MW. Thanks to a tip Irom Noel Green. ID as "Radio
Riyadh" before signing-off at 1600. listed by WRTH as Foreign l anguage Programmes within the domestic services. They briefly announced their
Englishservicetoo at 1600 butthencut all and noother frequencyon15 MHz could
beheard.Enqlishand Frenchwere listed until early1990's bythe WRTHasusingtwo
9 MHz channels (9705/9720) though not easy to hear here in Europe (Wolfgang
Buschel)
ST. KITTS(?)I heard WA3PUN.Ed.fromhereinHarrisburg talkingon75meterstoScan
Becker in SI. Kitts. According to Ed , Scotttold him the radio ship was supposed to
startsailingfrom Bostonto St.Kitts shortly. This is the rest timeI heard anything
about wheretheshipmight begoing. Ed was onYesterday USAwith Bill Bragg until
Ed had a dispute with Bill and Bill discontinued Ed's program. At that time Scott
Becker contacted Ed and asked if some 01 Ed's prog rams could be put on Scott's
website, Seal! also promised Ed somelimeontheshortwaveradioship. That ishow
Ed has corne to bein contact withScott (Tom Dimeo, K3DDL, PA, World of Radio)
SOMALIA Radio Free Somalia: uses 71 00, 1000-1200 daily, in Somali, from a site at
Galkaya . NESomalia.NE Somalia was to be renamedas"Republic of Puhtiland" on
Apr151998 by the local people. Uses800Watts, with a5 Waltrelay station set up
700km 10 the north at Bossusso. on 9420or 9425, 1000-1200. ustsavailablefrom
Sam voron - see RadioFree Bougainvilleitem. (MickOg riZek, Electronic DXPress)
TAIWA N Where is NewStar Broadcasting Stationlocated? On May 10, 1998, I tookmy
scooterandrodesome30kmtothecoast. InWuKu I stopped foraquick radiocheck,
but noextremely strong signalscouldbedetectedon shortwave. BothNewStarand
CBSiRTIwereratherweakandhadnoisysignals.I went totheutmostnorthern point
of Pafi. where the Tanshui river runs into the Taiwan Strait. There was anarmy
checkpost thereandsomenoisy powerunes. so I went south a littleandsal on the
beach with my trusty Panasonic RFB65l and a Walkman. with the short- and
mediumwave towers in Tanshuidirectly in sight. The following observationswere
made...
Frequencies: 8300, 9725, 11430. Time: 0407-0430 UT. Station: New Star
BroadcastingStation Details: numbers read by lady in Chinese, but with different
messages on each channel. In the background the audio of CBS! Radio Taipei
International could beheard 11 9280 and 961O. 11430kHzhadtransmitter problems
and was frequently of! air lor a coupleof seconds. SINPO: onall channels 55555 !
But 13750 at the same lime was weak and noisy, SINPO 35333. Draw your own
conclusions.
I haveto add thaton other channels I could also hear CBS/RTI programs in the
background (e.q. 15 MHz or 6185 kHz unde r Huayi Be from China ), but not as
pronouncedas onNew Star. EvenonCBS/RTI frequencies I could hear other CBSI
All programsin thebackground, e.g. theChinese entertainment programunderthe
news program on 9610after 0430. (Hans van den Boogert, DSWCI DX Window)
TANZANIA Radio Tanzan ia's Taha Usi, Chief Engineer, had this to say about his station:
Our shortwaveope rationis limit edto just onefrequency and transmitter tight now:
505002002100+ with all services- General, Regional, and External in Swahili and
English. Power is just 5kW. Has used100kWtransmittersin thepast on5985 and
7285 but they are grounded (translate: they are broken -Johnson) Our 50 kW
transmillers are nolonger inservice, either. We donothaveany 10kWtransmillers
here (an updateto '98 WRTH) (via Hans Johnson, Cumbre OX)
TIBET [non] Voiceof Tibet - Internet Edition India.Supplied note: "Voice01Tibet, the
Tibetanbroadcasting stationin Dbaramsala. has launchedaweb site. Wecan listen
to the Tibetanprogram every day on lineby real-audio." Self description: "Voiceof
Tibet (VaT) broadcastsadaily30minuteserviceeverydayonshortwave.Programme
production is carried out by Tibetan journalists stationed in several countries,
includmg Europe and the US. All VaT programmes are produced in Tibetan
language, and focusmainlyon Tibet related issues.The programmesareairedinthe
eveninginthe targetarea,andVaTisnowintheprocessofraisingmoneylor starting
upamorningservice. " URL: http://Www .vot. org~ O sa d a Yukiya.OEVMEDIAviaDon
Moore)
TIMOR EAST [non ] Th e East Timor International SupportGroup in Darwin, Australia.
planstobuild astation calledR. Free EastTimor, tobroadcast1houradayinTetum.
Bahasa Indonesia: and to link up with Indonesian pro-democracy movement
RealAudioat http://www .easttimor.com(ClandestineRadioWatchviaBill Matthews,
T1AWR Wavescan) Why build a station for such little airtime? Why not rent time
somewhere? (gh)
TURKEY TRT is experimenting to change modulation characteristics, most likely at
Qakirlarsite.OftenTAT isblowingtremendouscarriersignalsonair,bul theirsignals
sutlerbyonly30to60%modulation.Alsothe500kWoutletsareoftenovermoouateo;
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Intoabout Cakirla ris,thatallthetransmittersthereoperate withamodulation

level 015060%. Em irler is onlya bit better (Wolfgang Buescher, BCOX)
Station says: ~ ..westarted receivingcomplaints about modu lationmore
and more. All thetubes completed theireconomical lives and should have
been replaced long ago. Thereare many otherparts that need be replaced;
however, nonew parts arrive; and most probably, this will nol change until
weget the transmitters. etc. back fromtheTurkishTelecom(whiChwehope
issoon).Atthemoment, it istheTurkish Telecom thatownsand operatesthe
transrnnters and antennas thaI broadcast TRT programs. In this situation
engineers andteens in chargeof our HF sites ... are a bit over-cautious. At
present , the9445 outletat 1730-1930 in German and English, alsoTurkishat21000700 carrya finepeak level modulation signal.Fromlistenerreports weunderstood
that the modulation problems arise in the programs emitted mainly from one
transmitter in ((akirlar (TRT International Technical Relations Service, Turkish
Radio-TV Corporation , t-mau uusetumet.neur in BC-DX)
UGANDA RadioUganda's l eopold B. lubega, Principal Broadcasting Engineer, hadthis
tosay abouthis station: Forour Home Service,weare concentratingonMWandFM.
We really don't haveany domestic listeners 10 this serviceon shortwave, but we
maintain it for listeners in neighboring and overseas countries. We did have an
External Serviceatonetime, but those250 kW transmitters weredestroyed in the
warwithldiAmin ( 1918, I teueve -Johnson). Theonlyworkingtransmitters wehave
leftare a pair of 10kWand they operate as follows:
Red Channel
Blue Channel
4976 0300-0545
50260300-0545
71960600-1230
71100600-1230
4976 1300-2100
50261300-2100
We have used 3340 in thepast for testingtransmitters. Although it is one of our
frequencies, we are not using it or any other frequency at tne moment (via Hans
Johnson, Cumbre DX)
UK 0 GB A N I Transmission sites for Merlin NetworkOne:
9645
2200-0100
Woofferton
9780
11915
11985

22002400

Rampisham

21002300

Woofferton

21000 100

Rampisham

13690
19000 100
Skelton
15200
1700-1900
Woofferton
15590
19002100
Woofferton
Address for QSls fortheMerlinNetwork Oneprograms aired onWednesdaysis:
Mertm Network One,P.O. Box 76, BushHouse' 724NE Wing, l ondonWC 2B4PH,
U.K. (Dan Ferguson, VOA, Cumbre DX)
It'snice tohavethisinfoat last,but this doesnot explain why Rampisham 11985
and Skelton13690arefar fromsynchronized at2100. lsoneofthem usingamultiple
satelliteleed"within" Britain?Or isthedelay introduced for someother reason? (gh)
One is closer to London and may use microwave link (Wolfgang Buschel) These
MNObroadcastsareaslx-month experiment lromApril (SDXC-UKCommunication)
USA From May 29, VOA's WorldwideEng lish made atotal format change, eliminating
most block programs in favor of a 2-hourNews Nowcyclewith specific topics at
certain times during each block, repeated overand over (gh) (See Programming
Spotligh~

Wilh theformat change, CommunicationsWorldwilt cease to existin its present

29-minute format. The program will be reduced to three segments, each nine
minutes long. TheAsegmentwill usuallyconsist ofmedia news. The Bsegment will
havelonger reports and interviews. The Csegment will contain audienceleedback
or more reports. Each will bebroadcast four times, for a total 01 twelveSaturday
broadcasts. These will beat0136 UT Sat and every two hou rs through 2345.
Thethree nine' minute seg mentswill be reassembledinto a half hour showfor
World Radio Network in London who will continue 10 rebroadcast the half hour
segm entonits satellite network andin RealAudio formatviatheInternet.
' These changes will change thenature of CW Previously, asa half-hour block
program, CW was the domain 01 those of us interested in broadcasting and
electronic media ...talking our special language. But. in the News Nowformat, CW
will be broadcast to general audiences. As SUCh, CWis going to have to become
respectable. Thereare certain things ontheold CWthatyou'renot goingto heat on
thenew CW~ (Kim Elliott, on VOA Communications World)
WORLD OF RAOlOon WWCR: Thu 2030 on15685, Sal0600 on3210and5070,
Sun 0630 on 5070, Tue 1230 on 15685: WGTG Sat 2330,on5085- USB. Thereare
many moretimestohear it onRFPI, CostaRica: Fri 2000, 5at 0400, 1100, 1800, Sun
0200.0900,2300, Mon 0700, Tue 1900, Wed 0300, 1000. See our website below
for latest details (gh)
USSR I gal E-mailfromVORconfirming therecent death of lunq-tirneRadio Moscow
announcerAnabelte Bucar. "Manythanks lor your note of sympathy in connection
withthedeathof AnabelleBucar.Shewaslovedand respected byeveryonehere.It's
a great loss lor all of us, and we'll certainly miss her." (Olga Trusnina. Voice of
Russia, via Maryanne Kehoe, CumbreDX)
Unti' the Next, Bestof DXand 73 deGlenn!
http://www.angelfire.com/ok!worldolradio

0005 UTe on 6535.8

PERU: Radiodilusora Huancabamba. Station ID/promotional to listener's
letters from USA, lta ly and Australia. Peru's Radio L1bert ad de Junin
audible 0 145-0200 on 5039.4 with station slogans , chat and frequency
quotes. (Ralael Rodriguez A., Santate de Bogota D.C.. Colombia/ The
Four Winds)
0005 UTe on 9485
BULGARIA: Radio Bulgaria. World and regional news. Station 10 and
items covering Serbia. (William McGu ire, Cheverly, MD) Lell erbo x
program 1140 on 15175: 1915 on 11720 with report on Albania . (Bob
Fraser, Cohasset. MA)
0014 UTe o n 5013
DOMINICAN REP: Radio Cristal lnti. Spanish. Local music to announcer's
10 . Fair signal with moderate interference from 50 15. (Lee Silvi, Mentor,
OH; Harold Sellers, Coe Hill , Ont., Canada/TFW; Harold Frodge.
Midland , MI)
0020 UTe on 5930
CZECH REP: Radio Prague. Talking Point on the Czec h-German
Discussion Forum, /n 345 . (Fraser, MA)
0035 UTe on 6055
SPAIN: Radio Exterior Espana. Euro Forum discussing retations with
France. (Fraser, MA)
0100 UTe on 7250
VIETNAM: Voice 01. Station's sign-on anthem. Five minutes 01 world
news to locu s on the nation's hospitality to tourist. Asian music to 0127" .
(John Marko, Collingdale. PA) VOV noted on 7260 at 0344 with militaryl
anthem style music of mostly poor signal quality to 0356". (Mark J. Fine.
Remington, VA)

0105 UTe on 7150

UKRAIN E: Radio Ukraine. Politi cal and economic news, talk 01NATO.
(McGuire, MD)
0123 UTe on 6725 .5
PERU: Radio Satelite. Spanish. "Atencion Santa Cruz" announcements
including space gun sound ell ects between items. Peru's Ondas del
Rio Mayo on 681 1.7, 0132-02 03+. (Frodge, MI)
0128 UTe o n 15170
TAHITI: Radio TahiIilAFO. French service with Engli sh pop tunes to
0200, news and "Radio Outre Mer" identification. Fair signal in the clear
to WYFR interference at 0358. (Selle rs. CANI TFW; Silvi, OH)
0129 UTe on 11735
URUGUAY: Radio Oriental. Audible unde r unknown Russian station
with soccer match Naclonal vs. Bolivar using slogan, "Oriental la radio
del Mundia!"; 6140 simulcasting Radio Oriental with coverage of Vue/ta
Ciclis ta de Urug uay bicycle race. (Horaclo A. Nigro, Montevideo, Uruguay/H ard Core OX)
0200 UTe on 15575
SOUTH KO REA: Radio Korea Inll. English broadcast to North America,
now audible in Ohio during summer evenings. (Sitvi, OH) 11715, II
1 J8 70 to South America should also be audible -ed .
0212 UTe on 11965
SRI LANKA : Deutsche Welle retay via Trinc omalee. News by malel
female duo on German politics to station 10. Poor-fair signal. (Sellers.
CAN /T FW)
0257 UTe on 6550
LEBANON : Voice 01Lebanon. Musical interval signal and River Kwai
march music to 0300, national anthem by choru s and band ; 0303:30
classical music to announcer's Arabic text. Fair signal in the clear .
(Sellers, CANlTFl'\1
0330 UTe on 7160
ALBANIA: Radio Tirana. Interval signal. 10to national econom ic update .
(McGuire. MD)
0432 UTe on 6025
NIGERIA: FRCN-Radio Nigeri a. Time check to 10 follow ed by religious
text and hymns in English. Poor signal quality. (Piet Pijpers, Alphen a/
d Rijn, NetherlandslTFW) Voic e of Nigeria 60 Minutes magazine
program audib le on 15120 at 1910. (Fraser, MA; Frodge , MI)
0530 UTe o n 7270
GABON: Radiodiffusion Gabonalse. Weak signal with exuberant OJ in
French discussing Gabo n and briefs on Libreville. Noted heavy QRM
(interference) from adjacent station. (Pijpers, NLD/TFl'\1
0815 UTe o n 15295
MALAYSI A: Voice of. Easy-listening vocals to announcer duo's chat.
Intermittent signal fading , too weak to be sure of English; however,
noted definite parallels on 9750 of slightly better qua lity. (David Clark,

Thorn hill, Onl. , Canad a/TF1I\I)

0821 UTe on 4800
MEXICO: Radio XERTA, Spanish. Sleepy Mexican music to 10 , "esta
es Radio Transcontinental de America X-E-R-TA can 50,000 watts de
potencia ." Frequency, meter band and station location quote. Weak but
clea r signal quality. (AI Quaglieri, Alban y, NY; Fredge, MI) Mexico's
XERMX heard on 9705 at 0105 in Spanish. (Francesco Clemente ,
Udine, ltaly/ TA'Y)
1006 UTe on 4990.9
PERU: Radio Anca sh. Spanish. Andean voca ls to canned lOs and time
check . Peru's Radio Sudamerica 5522.2 at 1105; Tentative 10 on
Peru's Radio Taw anllnsuyo 6173.9 at 1115, monitored in LSB (lower
side band) due to low and muddled poor audio. Vocals, tentative 10 at

0029 . (Frodge . Mil

1120 UTe on 6120
CANADA: Radio Japan relay via Sackville. Report on the Second
Interna tional Dolph in Welfare Conference . BBe World Serv ic e's Canadian reray via Sackville noted on 5965 at 1230; Radio Canada IntI
5995 at 2115. (Fraser, MA; Frodge, MI)
1129 UTe on 15235
SWED EN: Radio Sweden. English to North America. good signa l
quality 1/ 17870 very weak , lading and inaudib le at times with learn 737
receiver and longwire antenna; 15235 ex 15240. (Silvi , OH)
1227 UTe on 15444.93
SEYCHELLES : FEBA . Tibe tianiN epali. Announcer's text and 10 in
Tlbetian . ~ F E BA Radio," music pause, chat to inte rval signal at 1229 .
Station 10, musical pausetotalk in Nepali. (Giovanni Serra, Rome.ltalyl
TFW)
1227 UTe on 9675
PAPUA GUINEA: NBC. Announce r in Pidgin plays hos t to musical
variety of oldies disco and hymns. No station break at 1300. bette r
signal qua lity in LSB (lower side band) . (Frodge, MI)
1302 UTe on 17870
SOUT H AFRICA: Channe l Africa. English service (II 17675 under
strong signal). Musical pause to text of African topics and correspondents report s. Intervie wlta lk on politics to 10 pause. (Serra, Italy/TFW)
1330 UTe on 13650
CANADA: Radio Canada Inti. Excellent signal for discussion on US TV
sitcoms. RCI website <htt p: //www.rc lnet.ca> (George Peek/email)
1600 on 21455
ECUADOR: HCJB. Presumed Spanish program fairly clea r in USB
(upper side band). (Silvi, OH) 2259 -2330 on 21455. (Frodge, MI)

1601 UTe on 21605

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Radio Dubai.Arabic service to Europe with
very good signal. (Silvi. OH) English service to north America noted as;
0330-0355: 11945. 12005. 13675, 15400 , 21485 kHz. - ed .

1615 UTe on 13805

NORWAY: Radio Norway IntI. Feature on Int ern ational Woman 's Day.
(Fraser. MA) Report on national energy progr am. (McGuire, MD)
1630 UTe on 9465
NORTHERN MARIANAS: Radio Zerkow (via KFBS) in Russian. Religious programming to 10 (including Zerkow and KFBS identi fications ,
time/frequency and address in Moscow). (Martin Schoech, Merseburg,
GermanylTFW)
1920 UTe on 11675
RUSSIA: Voice of. Science & Eng ineering show discusses other life in
the universe. (Fraser, MA)
1930 UTe on 12015
ECUADOR : HCJB. Ham Radio Today program amid very poor signal;
Audibl e 2003 on 2 1455. (Fraser, MA)
2110 UTe on 9575
MOROCCO : Radio Mediteranee Inll . French/English. Madonna pop
tunes to French pops, minimal text from announcer. (Frodge, MI)
2325 UTe on 7300
TU RKEY: Voice 01. That Magnificent Sult an , Suleyman series, 1I6135.
Lenerbox on summer vacation s 22 15 on 9655 , /n 190 . (Fraser, MA)
2358 UTe on 21550
CHILE: Voz Christiana. Test broadcast with 15 minute segments of
Spanish music with interval signal and Spanish and Spanish IDs at
0000 and 0032. English IDs at 0014 and 0047. (Silvi, OH; Frodge, MI)
Thanks ro our contri butors -

11(1\'(' you

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in )"OUR logs?

Send to Gayle Van Horn, d o MOllitorin g Times (or e-mail gayle@gnJlt'. netJ
Eng lish broadcas t IIllle.\.\ otherwise noted.

July 1998

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TheQSLRepo_rt

Gayle Van Horn, gayle@grove.nel

aSUng in lV Land
July rema ins one of the best mon ths of the year for T V
DXin g . especi ally nea r the end of the month. With
nor mal home: receiv ing equ ipme nt. an indoor or
ou tdo or antenna, a nd a basic und ersta nding of
VHF-U HF propaga tion. distant te lev isio n signals
ca n he viewed witho ut a microwave link or a
sate llite earth station .
Chec k e very day on cha nnels 2-6 for televis ion ' s
sporadic E-skip signa ls; and on rare occasions cha nnels 7 or 8 may be enha nced .
Afte r seeing or hearin g a station. se nd a frie ndl y reception
report to the station's chief enginee r. wi th program inform ation
they ca n verify throu gh their station log.
Details may include co mmerc ials , pro gra m na mes. or pub lic service a nnounce ments . As with a ny re port. keep yours

friendly with a n ex pla nation of your TV hobby

and wh at a verificat ion (o r QSL ) is. A prepared

QSL card is helpful. as is return postage. Don'I be

di scouraged if yo u ha ve no t recei ved a reply
with in a few mo nths. A ca ll to the statio n ha s
pro ven to be benefi ci al wi th a polite foll o w up o n
your report .
Dedicated TV Dxers ph otograph ident ificati on slides
or prog ramming to include within the report . A tripod is your
best so lut ion 10 decrea se mo vement. Film of400 ASA is best and
do nor lise yo ur flash !
T he Vhf/Uhf Digest of the World wide T V-FM OX Associa-

tion offers in-depth monthly columns 0 11 FM DXing. TV news,

Western T V-DX . and screen photos. Fo r more info rma tion send
you rqoery 10 : WTFOA. P.O . Box 501. Som ersvi lle. CT 06072 .

AR.\tENIA

in 90 days for an Engli sh repo rt one U.S. do llar and a NC so uvenir postcard
Statio n address : Bu ick 51. Fairview Park , Quezo n Cit)'. Philipp ines. Email
addr ess: <n ri tas@ m nl.seq ueJ.net>Fax # (63 2) 93!l- 19m. (Gay le Van Hom . .
Brasstown . NC)

Voice of Armen ia.9965 kHz. Full da ta QS lcard signed by Mr Leven Anan ikian Foreign Programme Editor-in Chief. plus lett er , sched ule and slickers. Received
in 75 days fo r an Engl ish report and one U.S. dollar. Sta tion addre ss: Alex
Manu kian 5. Yerevan 25. Rep . o f Armenia. (Ran dy Stewart. Spri ngfield. MO)

CZ ECH REI' UBI,IC

Radio Pragu e. 13580 kldz , Fu ll da la QSl unsigned . plu s souvenir statio n Tcshin,
schedule. sticke rs and poc ke t calendar. Rece ived in 25 day s fora taped report and
one U.S. dollar. Station addre ss: vin ohradska-tz, 120. 99 Prague , Czech Rep .
(Wa lt Sz czepan iak. Phil adel ph ia. PA) 7J..l5 kHz. recei ved in 90 days for a
Span ish repo rt. {Jose Mou ra. Washin gton . DC ) 6200 kHz. received in 18 day s for
an English report. (Char lie Wash burn . North Perry . ME )

l' O I-A NI>

Polish Radio Wars aw. 7285 kHz. Full datu QSl card unsigne d. plu s scbc dulc.
postcard and letter from Rafa l Kiepuszewski. Receive d in 84 da ys for an Eng lish
report. Station addre ss: Polskie Rad io S.A., AI. Nrcpodlcgrosc i 77/ 85, SKR
Peen. 46, 00 -977 Warsaw , Poland . (Szczcpaniak, I'A)

TAJ IKISTAN
Rad io Neth erlands relay via Du shan be. 4695 kHz. Full data tulip sce nery card
unsigned . Rec eived in IXda ys for an Englis h report . no return postage . Statio n
address: P.O. Box 222. 1200 JG Hdversum. The Net herla nd s. ( Washburn. ME )

n O DECANESE ISI. A:"DS

Voice of Ameri ca relay via Rhod es, 7 115 kHz. Full data Wa ikiki Bench
unsigned. Receiv ed in ]6 da ys for an Engli sh report . Statio n address: B/ K.
G759A Cohen, Washin gton. DC 20547 . (Wi lliam R. Wilkins, Springfield. MO)

DOMINICAN REI' UBLIC

Radio Crista! Inn, 5012 kHz. Full da ta logo/ map card signed by Fern ando
Herman Gr os s-Program Direc tor. Recei ved in 60 day s for an En glish report and
two U.S. doll ars. Stat ion address : Apan ado Postal 894, San to Domingo, Do min ica n Rep . Stat ion websi te: <h tt p :// www.dom inica na. com>(Haro ldSellers. ON
Canadalf{ard Con: OX)
GUI NE A
Rudiodiffusion-T cle vision Gui neer me. 7 125/9650 kHz. Three no data thank ),ou
cards from Sen)' Camara-Dfl k. Received in 28 day s for a French repo rt of lest
tran sm ission (po wer 50 k W ) Station addre ss: Bone Poslal 391 . Conakry, Guine a
(Bill Harm s. MOIH CDX)P ost ca rd QSl, 153 10 kHz for test tran sm ission .
Address: B.P. 33- 22. Conakry. Gu inea. (Jari Savclai nen. Kuu sunkoski, Finland!
HCDX )

ISRA EL
Ko l lsrael. 120XO kHz. Part ial data QS l card unsigned. Received in 42 day s for
a taped ca ssett e (not ret urned). Station address: External Servic e. P.O. Box 1082.
9 1 010 Jeru sale m. Israel . (Szc zepania k. PM 7465 kHz, received in 39 days for
an Engli sh report . (Washburn . ME)

NORT H KO REA
Radio Pyong yan g. 15 1] 0 kHz. Full da ta card unsigned . Rec eived in 90 da ys for
a Spa nish report . Sta tion add ress : Ex ternal Servi ce , Korean Central Broadcasting
Station. Pyon gyang. Dem ocrati c People's Republ ic of Korea . (Moura. DC )

PHILlPI'INES
Rad io v ertt as Asia. 9670 kHz. Fu ll data verification on station leuerhead signed
by Ms. Regie De Ju an-G alindez, plus colo r cale ndcrrphoio mini poste r. Received

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TV
CKX-TV Ch. 5 Brand on. Manitoba. Fu ll data pre pa red QSl ca rd signed hy Paul
Weger-Chief Enginee r, plus statio n Slickers. Received in three week s for a T V
repo rt and mi nt stamps. Station addres s: Craig Broadcastin g Sys tems Inc . 2940
Victori a Ave.. Brand on . Ca nada R78 3Y3. (Robert S. Ross . london . ON Canada!

AmFmT\"Dx)
WKMRTV Ch. 38 Morehead . KY. Full da ta prepared Q Sl card signed by C.
Stu art T albot-Di rector of Tran spo rtation Sy stems. Received in two mon ths for
a T V repo rt and min I stam ps. Stat ion address : do The Ken tuck y Network . 600
Cooper Dr.. Le xington . KY 40502-2296 . (Ross , CA N)
WNP AT V Ch. 19 Jeane tte, PA . Full dat a prepare d QS l card signed by Francis
M. Belin-Ch ief Engin eer. Recei ved in on e month for a TV repo rt. Station
addre ss: 50 Seco Rd.-Sui le D. Monroeville, PA 15 146 . (Ross , CA N)
WPBYTV Ch. 33 Huntington, W VA . Full da ta prep ared QSL card signed by
Peter Stark-Tec h. Supervisor, plus sta tion Slickers. business card and co ntou r
map. Rec eived in three weeks for a TV repo rt and mini stamps (returned with
reply ) Station addres ..: P.O . Box 7366. Hunti ngton . W VA 25776 -7366 . (Ross,
CA N)
WUCX-TV Bad Axe. M I. Fu ll data prepared QSl ca rd signed by Th oma s G.
Ga rnett-C hief Engineer. plus business card. C.E . says slation call recen tly
changed to WDCR-TV . Re cei ved in I WO months for a TV re port and mint stamps.
Station address : d o De lta Co llege . Univers ity Ce nter, ~IJ 487 10. (Ross. CA I')

URUGUAY
Emi sora Ciudad de ~f onte,ideo. 9650 kHz. Postcard .....irh full data verie
statemen t hand w ritten on the back and stamped with station seal, signed by
Arama zd Yjkmeyi an -Director Gen eral . plus station Slicker. Receive d in 3 1days
fora Spanish report. cassene tape and o ne U.S. dollar. Statio n address: Cane lones
206 1, Montevideo. Uruguay . (Stewart, MO)

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1:

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station name. Irregular broadcasts are indicated "tent" and programming

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Universal Time (UTe) at the top of each pag e. Th e ru le is: con vert
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4. 5.6.or 7 hour s for Eastern , Central, Mountai n or Pacific Tim es,
respectively.

Note that all dates. as well as times, are in UTe ; for example, a show
which might air at 0030 UTe Sunday will be heard on Saturday evening in
America (8:30 pm Eastern, 5:30 pm Pacific).

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Choose a program or station you wa nt to hear.

Some selected programs appear on the lower half of the page tor
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which includes languages besides English are code d "vl" (various lan-

guages).
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location and con ditions.
Not all stations can be hea rd 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
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occasionally program listings will be followed by "See X oo." This

am: The Americas

na: North America
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information indicates that the program is a rerun, and refers to a previous

summary of the program's content. The letter stands for a day of the week,
as indicated below, and the four digits represent a time in UTC.
S: Sunday
T: Tuesday
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Friday

as:

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au:
pa:
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do :
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Australia
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Find th e freque nc ies for the program or st ation you

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

HOT NEWS .
World Radio Network via
Sale IIi tc In No rth A me rica
Ga la xy Five. 125 de grees West.
Tran sp ond er 6, (T BS ), 3.820
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Rad io Sweden
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Radio (5)
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Radi o France Intern ationa!
CA NA R<ldio. C aribbean
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Vatican Rad io. World
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Radio Finland . Ne ws in
Finnish (S-F)
Radio Finla nd.
C hildren's Phon e- in.
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listening. EElF inni sh
(M A)
Radio Finland .
Childre n's Phon e-in.
Finnish (5)
Radio Fin land . OO(:umen tarics/D rama in
Finnish (T-S )
Radio Finland . C lass ical
Music . EElFin nish (A )
Radio Fin land. Engl ish
Rad io Finland.
Nc ws round up in Finni sh
W RN Ann oun ceme nts
Radio Austria Inti in
Ge rman

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Ruidio na Gueltachta
(News in Irish )
Rudie Pra gue in Cz ech
WR N Announcem ent s
Finland . Re giona l
broadcasts in Fin nish
Radio Finl and . News in
Finni!ooh
Radi o Finland. Variable
p rogramming in Finnish
Rad io Net herla nds in

Dutch
1700
1800

July 1998

Voice o f Russia in
Russian
Radi o Vlaund cren lrul in

Dutch

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fREQUENCIES .
0000-0100

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Australia. Radio

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Australia. VLBT Tent elk
Canada. eBC N Quebec Svc
Canada.CFR XToronto

Canada. CFVP Calgary

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Canada. CKZUVancouver
Costa RICa, Mv World R
Costa RiCa.RF Peace Inll
Croalla, Croatian R.1 dlO
Clech Rep, R.1dio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypl, Radio Cairo
Germany,Overcome, Minislr
Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp
India, All India Radio
Ireland, Unt Christian BC
Japan, RJapanlNHK World

0o-o '00
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Malaysia. Radio
t'elherlands. Radio
t,ewZealand, R NZ tnll
Ncrtn Korea, R Pyongyang
Papua New Gumea, NBC
Phihppmes. FEBCIR InU
serbia. Radio Yugoslavia
SinQapore.RCorp Singapo'e
Spain. R Exterior Espana
Thailand, Radio
UK, BBC AsianService

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1375Spa
17795pa

5025do
491Odo
9625do
6070da
603Odo
613Odo
616Odo
616Odo

5",,"m
7385am
9925am
5930na
9745na
9900",
3945va
3366do
7410as
62oodo
6155eu
tt815as
5100do
7295do

"""'"

17675pa
11845ca
9675do
15450as

9511""

UK. SBC World service

0000-Ol00w
00l00100
oo -0 100

OOO(HUOO
OOOIHl100
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lYlhla

eooe-eroo
0o-o100

21455am

eooceroo
OO -0100

4915do
9705as
6180eu
13650as

9950as

116203S

9665al

11705na

0000-0100
00000100
0000-0100
0000-0100
OO-0100

OO-010 0
OO-0030

6165na

13650..

1523On.a

0030-{)'OO

1I87Ona

605"m
3915as
11945as
15360as

"'"""

6195as
11955as
17790as

15395na
71103s
152803s

94103S
153103S

0030-0100
0030-0100
0030-6100
0045-0100
0050 0100

61750a

959Dam

11750sa
11985na
5915eu
944503

12095sa
1369Ov3
6020eu

7180n3

955003

1204003

721Sas
15290as

17555pa
97703s
1773Sas

11760as
17820as

15185as

5995am

61_
11695ca

"""'"

9'55<3

9775am
5825eu
S08Sam
574Sam
11950am
7490na
9955am
7355am
7535am
5070am
6085na
50403s
1205as
61S5eu
965503

9475am

13845am

SB IQam
156653S
15590am

USA. KWHR NaalehuHI

USA. Voice 01 America

17510as

USA. Voice 01Arnelica

USA. WWN Birmingham Al
USA. WGTG McCaysvilleGA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINBRed lion PA
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WRMI/R Miami Inti
USA, WRNONew Orleans tA
USA, WSHBCypress Cr\( SC
USA. WWCR NashvilleTN
USA.WYFR Okeechobee Fl
Uzbekislan. R Tashkefll
Japan, RJapanINHKWortd
Austria. RAustria Inti
Iran. VOIRI
lithuama, RadIO Vilnit.S
Netherlands, Radio

9022"
9855am

"""'"

11&55as
97303s
9655as
94103s
6115na
601 0na

615Odo

965",

5975.lm

USA. KlBN Saltlk City UT

9845na
0015-0100
0030-0100
0030-0100
0030-0100

5970sa

9915sa
9645eu
5905eu
724Qeu
1205QIIJ

15460am

/345",
12015na

UK. Merlin NelWark One

Ukraine. R UkraineInU

USA, KAIJ Dallas rx

USA. KHBI N MarianaIs

OOOO.()(]S9

coco-aroo
9125am
15050am

Srila nka, Sri la nkaBC

Thall<lnd, Radio
UK.BBCAsianService
Albania, RTirana Inll
ltaly, RAllnll

137.;Cam

13595n3

15285sa
7435am
9505na
5955as

5975as

7105as

6180eu

9665"

1170503

96""'.

9685<.

616503

9M5na

11905as
11955as
7160na
9675na

15395na

954oa,

'20903,
15425as

985Sas

11800na

SELEaED PROGRAMS.
Sundays
lIOOO
0001
0006
0010
001 4
001 8
0022
0030
0031
0036
0045
0049
0053

USA, VOA Washinglon DC (as): Preview_

USA, VOA WaShil'lQlon DC (as): WOIIll News
USA, VOAWashil'lQlOn DC (as): WOJIlI News in necm.
USA, VOA Washinqlon DC (as): ReQio03I News.
USA, VDAWashinglon DC(as): U.S. New5.
USA, VDA WashlJ'IQlon DC (as): Sports
USA. VDA Washington DC(as): US. Feature
USA. VOA Washinglon DC (as): Preview
USA, VOA wasnmcton DC (as): World News
USA. VDA Washington DC (as): Encounter.
USA, VOA WashingtonDC (as): ScienceJMedicinel
Environment.
USA, VOA WashlAglon DC (as): Business New5.
USA. VDAWashinglon DC (as): Features

Mondays
oo

0001
0006
0010
0014
0018
0030
0031
0045
0049
0053

USA, VQA Washinglon DC (as): Preview

USA, VQA WashingtonDC(as): World tl !WS_
USA, VOA Washington DC(as): World News in Depth.
USA. VOA WashmgtonDC(as): Reqional News.
USA. VOA Washlnglon DC (as): U,S. News.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Spurts
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Preview
USA. VOA WashinglonDC (as): World News in Depth.
USA, VOA WashingIon DC(as): SCienceiMedlcinei
Environment.
USA, VOA Washinglon DC(as): Business andEconomic
News.
USA, VOA Washinglon DC (as): Music Feature.

Tuesdays

oo

USA. VOA WashingIon DC (as): Prevew

USA, VOA WashiOQlon DC (as): World News_
0006 USA. VOAWashmglon DC(as): World News in Depth.
0010 USA,VOAWashlAgton DC(as): ReglOfl3l News.
0014 USA, VOA Washj ~ton DC (asl: US. News
0018 USA. VOA WashlfIlIIon DC (as): SPOilS
0030 USA. VQA WashIngton DC (as): PleYltw
0031 USA, VOA Washington DC (as): World News in Depth
0045 USA, VOA Washington DC(as): SCience.'Medicinei
Environment
0049 USA, VOA Washington DC (as): Business andEconomic
News.
0053 USA. VOA Washlnglon OC (as): Music Feature
0001

40

MONITORING TIMES

Jv/y 1998

Wednesdays

Saturdays

0001

0001
0006
0010
001 4
0018
0022
0030
0036

oo

0006
0010
0014
0018

0030
0031
0045
0049
~

USA. VOA Washington DC las): Preview

USA. VOA Washington DC (as): WOJld News.
USA, VOA WashtOQlon DC (as):WorldNews in Depth.
USA. VOA WashingIon DC (as): Regional tlews.
USA. VOA Washinglon DC (as): u.s. flews,
USA.VOA Washington DC (as): Sports.
USA. VOA WashingIon DC(as): Preview
USA, VOAWashinglon DC (as): World Newsin Depth
USA,VOA Washinglon DC (as): SClencen.1edicinel
Enwonr nent
USA. VDA WashinQ!on DC {as}: Business and Economic
News.
USA. VDA WashlAQton DC(as):Music Feature

mU~s:g Washinglon DC(as): Prevrew

0001

0006
0010
0014
001 8
0030
0031
0045
0049
0053

USA, VOl. WashingIon DC(as): WorldNews.

USA. VQA WashingtonDC(as):World Newsin teem
USA, VOA WashingIon DC(as): Regional News.
USA, VOAWashington DC {asl: U.S. News
USA, VOAWashinQton DC (asl:Sports
USA. VQA Washington DC (as): PrevIeW.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Wortd News in Depth.
USA, VOA Washmglon DC (as): SCienceJMedicinei
Environment
USA,VDA WashingIon DC(as) Business andEconomic
News.
USA. VOA Washin!llon DC(as) Music Feature.

Fridavs

oo
0001
0006
0010
0014
0018
0030
0031
0045
0049
0053

USA. VQA Washinglon DC(as)' Preview.

USA,VOA WashinQlon DC (as). World News.
USA. VOA Washinglon DClas): Wofld Newsin Depth.
USA. VOAWashinglon DC {as} Regional News
USA, VOA WashiOQlooDC (as): U.S. News
USA. VDA Washing10n DC (as): Sports.
USA. VDA Washing10n DC (as): Pteeew.
USA. VOA Washmglon DC (as): WorldNewsIn Deplll.
USA. YO). Washlnglon DC (as): SCienulMechCind
Envilonmenl
USA. VOA WashiOQlon DC(as): Business and Economic
News.
USA, VOA WashlAgton DC (as): Music Feature.

oo

USA. VDAWashington DC(as): Preview

USA. VOA Washington DC(as): WorldNews.
USA, VOA Washlnglon DC (as): World News in Depth.
USA.VOA WashingtonDC (as): Regional News
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): U,S. News.
USA. VQA Washington DC (as): Sports
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): U.S. Feature
USA. VDA wasunctcn DC (asl: World News
USA, VOA waemnutcn DC (as): PressConlerence USA.

RADIO ROMANIA CONTEST

Answe r [he: fo llowin g quest ions und yo u
co uld win a 7 or IO-d ay trip through (bu t
not TO) Roman ia: "W hich are: Rom ania 's
neighbo ring co untries'! "Which building
in Bucharest is Znd in size to the
Pentagon? " O wi ng It> its su rface . the
Danube: ranks 2nd in the wo rld; wha t
place doe s it ho ld in Euro pe'! "Th e NE
part of Ro mania is known for the
mona steries which have bee n protected
by UN ESCO ; name 3 o f these famou s
places o f worsh ip. " Name 3 Ro ma nians
who ha ve made brcuthro ughs in 20lh
centu ry cultu re and civi lization.
Sen d your entry 10 - Con test: Do you
know Ro mania. RR I Engli sh Dep artment.
PO Box. I II. 60-62 Ge nera l Bcnh ck u St.
70 747 Buc harest. Romania: o r call 4()-1303 - 13-57 ph/fax or 40- 1-30 J - 13-57 for
more informat ion . Dead line is Ju ly 29 :
\vinncrs an nou nced Au g. 2.

FREQUENCIES.
Dl00-02ClO

0100-02JO
0100-0200 vi
0100-0200 vi
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200

0100-02)0
0100(02)0
0IClO-02JO
0100-0129
01Q0-0200
01ClO-0105
0100(02)0
0100-0127
0100-0200
0100-0150
0100-0200
0100-011 5
0100-0130
0100-0200
0100-0130
0IClO-02JO
0100-0110
0l0lHl200

Anouilla.Caribbean Beacon
Australia. Radio
Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8TTent erk
Canada.cac N Quebec SVt
Canada. CfAX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada CHNX Hahtax
Canada. CKZN SI John's
Canada. CKZU Vaocouvt'r
Canada, R Canada Inll
Costa Rica,Rf Peace Inti
Croatl3, CroatianRadIO
Cuba. Radio Havana
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador, HCJB
Germany, DeutscheWelle
Germany,Overcomer Minislr
Ghana, Ghana Brnadc COIP
Hungary, Radio Budapest
Indonesia, Voice or
Iran. VOIRI
Ireland. unt Chrishan BC
Italy, RAllntl
Jaoan. RJaparvNHK World

.. . .. .

. .... . . . . .

... .
609Il.;m
9660"

15415a5
5025do
4910do

0100-0200

12030as
1551 0pa

13605pa
17750a5

1524Dpa
17795pa

9625do
607Odo

0100-0200
0100-01 30
0100-0200
0100,0200
0100,0130

0100,0200

aussa.vcce 01Russia WS
SingapOIe,RCorp Singapore
Slovakia. R Slovakia Inll
Spain, R Exterior Espana
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Be
Switzerland. Swiss R Inll
UK. BBC Asiafl Service

603Odo
613Odo
616Odo
616Odo

596O<>m

953"m

13670am
738_

15050am

992"m
6000"
6200na
9745na
6040na
11810am
3945va
3366do
6120na
952535
9022eu
6200do
60100a
6150.11
15590as
21670p:!
5100do
9855am
7295do

01OQ-02X1
0100-013Q
0100-02::10
0100-0125

lIt>erl3.LCNlRLiberia tnt
Lithuania. Radio VilnIUS
MalaySil . Radio
Netherlands, Radio

6Q2('",

01000200
01000200 vI
01000200

New Zealand, RNZInti

Papua New Guinea, NBC
Philippines. FEBC/R Inti

11655.1s
17675pa
9675do
15450as

98'' ' '

7345na
1201 5na
6085na

4915do
9580na
11765as
96500,

,,-.

9675113

1781Qas

6165na
12090.15

9i55am

11715am

0100-0200

UK. BBC World Service

01000200
0100-0200
01000200
0100-0200
01000200

USA, KAU Dallas TX

USA, KJES MesqUIte NM
USA. Kl BN Salt LkCity UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Voice 01 America

0100-0200 IWlll a

USA, Voice of America

01000200
01000200
01000200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
01000200
0100,0127
0125-D200
0129-0159
01290159sm
013<Hl200
01300150
01300200
01380143
01400200

USA, WE WNBilminghamAL
USA, WGTGMcCaysvilleGA
USA,WHRI Noblesville IN
USA,WINBRed Lion PA
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WRMVRMl3mlInti
USA, WRNO'l ew OrleansLA
USA, WSHBCypress CrkSC
USA, WWCRNashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vietnam. Voice 01
Nel~,erlands , RadIO
Canada, R Canada Inti
Canada. R Canada lntt
Albania, A TiranaInti
Greece,Voice ot
Sweden, Radio
Croatia, Croatian RadIO
Vatican Slate, vancan R

9830na
21455am
6145na

9640n3

9685eu
11800113
1187031
17835sa

9845na

15570<15
21610pa

9855.15

9665"

t5050na

15520na

615Odo
59300a

7300al

9440S3

6055301
973035
98850a

15425a5

5965as
11955<15
S970sa
9915sa
5810am
75553m
7510am
1751035
711535
11725.15
178203s
5995am
9775am
5825eu
5085am
5745am
11950am
7490113
9955am
7355am
7535am
3215am
6065"
5940am
9855as

596O<>m
9535am
6218na
7450na
9435as
9925na
5980as

9905c3
6195a5
1528035
59i5am

9410a5

9605as
15360a5

15310.15
6175na

9590am

963",
152503s

1170535
1774Das

7405am

9445am

5935am

7435am

12095sa
9815am

17555pa
72000s
1182035
61303m
13740am

7315am
13595na

15285sa
507Qam
9505",
7250am
11655as
9755am
11715am
7160na
9375na
11985au
7335as

115503s
1209035
13670am
9420na

11645na

9650as

SELECTED PROGRAMS. . .
Sundays
0100
0101
0106
0110
0114
0118
0122
0130
0131
0136

USA, VOAWashington DC (as): Preview.

USA, VOA Wastllnglon DC (as): World News.
USA. VOAWastllllQton DC(as): WOl1d News in aeetn
USA, VOAWashington DC (as): ReglOOal NtwS
USA, VOAWashll'lgton DC (as): U.S. News
USA. VOAWashington DC(asl: SpoilS
USA, VOA WashingtonDC (as): U,S. Feature.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): Preview.
USA, VOA Washington DC(as): WorldNews.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): Issues in meNews,

Mondays
0100
0101
0106
0110
0114
0118
0130
0131
0136
0145

USA,VDAWashington DC (as): Preview

USA.VDA WashinglonDC(as): World News.
USA,VOA WashinglonDC (as): WorldNewsin Depth.
USA. VOAWashinglon DC (as): Regional News
USA, VOAWashingtonDC (as): U.S. News.
USA, VOA WashingtonDC (as): Sports.
USA. VOA WashingfonDC (as): Preview.
USA.VOA Washmglon DC (as): World News
USA, VOAWashinglon DC(as): Dateline.
USA,VOA WaShington DC (as): SCience!MedIClne/
EnvirOllment.
0149 USA, VOA Washington DC(as):Business and Economic
Nel'lS.
0153 USA, VOA Washinglon DC (as): Women's Business Minute.
0154 USA, VOA WashingtonDC (as): Feature.

Tuesdays
0100
0101
0106
0110
0114
0118
0130
0131
0136
0145
0149
0153
0154

USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Preview

USA. VOA Washington DC (as): World News
USA. VOA WashingtonDC (as): World News in Depth.
USA, VOAWashinglonDC (as): RegiOnal News.
USA. VOA WashingtonDC (as): U,S. News.
USA. VOA WashingtonDC (as):Sporls.
USA, VOA WashinglonDC (as): Preview.
USA, VOA WashingtonDC (as): WortdNews.
USA. VOA WastNnalonDC (as): Dateline
USA, VOA WashmgtonDC (as): SCienceiMe:llCintJ
Environment.
USA. VOA Washinglon DC (as):Busmess and Economic
News.
USA, VOA Washinglon DC (as): Women's Business Minute.
USA, VOA WashingtonDC (as): Feature.

Wednesdays

USA, VOA WashingtonDC (as):Preaew.

USA,VDA Washinglon DC(as):World News.
USA, VQA Washington DC(as): World News in Depth
USA, VOA Washington DC(as): Regional News
USA,VOA Washington DC(as): U.S. News
USA, VOA Washinglon DC (as): Sports.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): Preview.
USA,VOA Washington DC(as): World News
USA,VDAWashington DC(as): Dateline.
USA, VOA Wasllington DC (as):Science!Medicinel
Environment
0149 USA, VOA Washington DC(as): Businessand Economic
News.
0153 USA, VOA WasllingtonDC(as): Womens Business Minute.
0154 USA. VOAWashingtonDC(as):Feature
gloo
0101
0106
0110
0114
011 8
0130
01 31
0136
0145

Thursdays
OHIO
0101
0106
0110
0114
0118
01 30
0131
0136
0145
0149
0153
0154

USA, VOA Washington DC (as): Preview.

USA, VOA Washington DC (as):WorldNews.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): World News InDepth.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): ReglOOJl News
USA. VOA WashlJ1gton DC (as):U.S. News.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as):Sports
USA, VOA wasnmctcn DC (as): Preview.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as):World News,
USA, VOA WashinatonDC (as): Dateline
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): Science!Medicine/
Environment
USA, VOA WashinglonDC(as):Busmess and Economic
N"",.
USA, VQA Washinglon DC (as): Women's aus eess Minute.
USA, VOA Washinolon DC (as): Fealure.

Fridays

0100
0101
0106
0110
011 4
0118
0130
0131
0136

USA, VOA Wash,nglon DC (as): Pre-iI'iew

USA. VOA WashingtonDC(as): WorldNews.
USA, VOA WashinOlonDC (as):Wo1d News in Depth.
USA. VOA Washinglon DC(asl: A~ional News.
USA, VOA Washingfon DC (as): U.S. News
USA, VOA Washinglon DC (as): Sports.
USA, VOA WashinglonDC (as):Preview.
USA, VOA Washlnglon DC (as): WorrdNews.
USA, VOA Washing tonDC (as): Dateline.

USA. VOA Washington DC (as): SdencelMedlone/

Environment.
USA. VOAWashington DC (as) : Business andEcooomic

0145
0149

NI!'NS.

0153
0154

USA. VOA WashlAllton DC (as): Women's Business

Minute.
USA, VOA WashlflgtonDC (0151: Feature.

Saturdays

USA, VOA wasnmctcn DC (as): Preview.

USA, VOA waenmcton OC(as): World News
USA, VOA Washington DC (as):World News in
USA. VOA WashlnOlon DC (as): Regional News
USA. VOAWashinglon DC (as): U.S. News.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): Sports.
USA, VOA Washinglon DC (as): U.S. Feature.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): Preview.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as):WorldNews,
USA, VDAWashinolon DC (as):CommunicationsWorld.
USA. VOAWashington DC (as): Science/Medicine!
EnvironmenL
0149 USA. VOAWasllington DC (as): Business News.
0153 USA, VOAWashlnglonDC (as): Feanse.

0100
0101
0106
0110
0114
0118
0122
0130
0131
0136
0145

necm.

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS
POLAND: POLISH R. WARSAW
English until 2-l Oct. all one hour 10
Europe:

urc
1200

1700
1930

lliL

II H20. 9525. 7270. (~~)5

n H5.6095
9525. 7285.6095. 6035

IBBCM)
Noll: the shift from 11815 to 11820 at
1200. perhaps o ur best cha nce in NAill
Igh)

July / 998

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. . . . . . ..

. . .

02()()-{)JCO

AngUiIIa.caribbean Beacon

0200-0300 twnta
0200-0ooo

Argentinl. RAE

li<l9Ibm
11710am

-.. '''''''''

Australia. Radio

154 15a5

0200-0300 vi

0200-0ooo_

Auslralra, VL8K Katherine

Australia. VL8T tent erk

0200{)21Q

Bangladesh. BangIa Betar

0200-0Jto
0200-0300

Bu[gana, Radio
Canada, cac NQuebec Svc
tanana. CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada,CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada, RCanada Inll
Costa Rica.RFPeace imr
crcaua. crcenanRadIO
Cuba. RadiO Havana
Ecuador, HCJB
Egypl, Radio cairo
Frnland. YlEJR Finland
Germany. Deutscte Welle

020003CO
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0229
0200-0300
0200-0205

0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0230
0200-0250
02(l(}0JOO

0200-0300
02000300 aslvl
02000300
02000300
02000225
0200-0300
02000230m
02000300 'II
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000300
0200-0300
0200-0300

Germarl}',OvercomerMrnlstr
Irelanll, Unt Chrlstl3n Be
Italy, lRRS
Kenya, Kenya Bmadc Corp
Malaysia.Radio
Netherlands, RadIO
New Zealand. RNZ Inll
tloN/ay. Radm Norway IntI
Papua NewGumea. tl SC
Romania, R Romania Inti

aessa.voce01Russia WS
Singapore,RCorp Singapore
South Korea. R Korea Inti
SriLanka, Sri LankaBC
rnwan. Radio Taipei Inll

15510pa

'3605"

17750as

15240pa
17795p.a

5025do
491Odo
488Odo
~85na

6<lOOM
9745na
9475na
978Qna
7285as
119653s
3945va
6200II0
7120va
4885do
7295do
9855as
17675pa
99353.s
9675do
6155na
119403s
9665na
6150do
1171 5sa
97303s
5950na
11825pa

9755am
150SOam

11715am

9a2Ona
12015na

13605na
21455am

I 3670am

l1!lOOn.>
96153s
120453.s

4935110
116553.5

9690Js

119453.s

,,-

11990n3

9570na

9690"

I 53803s
12040na

15520na

I 1810S<l
I 5425as
71303s
15345as

117403s

15575na
9680na

.. . .

.. ..

0200-0300 vi
0200-0300
0200-0300

Tanzania. Radio
UK. BBC Alncansevce
UK, BBC Asian Service

02()().O300

UK, BBCWork! ServiCe

0200-0300
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USA, KlBN Sall l kCItyUT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Voice ot America

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0230-0300
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USA, WG TG McCaysville GA
USA,WHRt Noblesville IN
USA, WltlS Red LionPA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMJlR M13mi Inti
USA. WRNONew Orleans LA
USA. WSHB CypressCrk SC
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WVFR Okeechobee FL
Nepal. RadiO
Netherlands, RadiO
canada. Rcanada Inti
Austria. R AUSIlI3 Inti
Hungary. Radio Budapest
Pakistan, Radio

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02300300
02300300
0238-0243
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0250-0300

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Sweden. RadiO
UK. BBC World Service
Vietnam. VOice or
Croatia. CroatianRadiO
Zambia. RZambiallNBC 2
Zambia. RZambiallNBC 1
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Vatican State, Vatican R

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SELECTED PROGRAMS.
Sundays
0200
0201
0206
0210
0214
0218

0222
0230
0231
0236
0245
0249
0253

USA. VDA Washington DC (as): Preview.

USA. VOA Washington DC (as):Wor1Cl flews.
USA. VOA WashingtonDC (as): World Newsin nentn.
lJSA. YDA Washington DC (as): RegIOnal New1i.
USA, YOA WashingtonDC(as): US. tlews.
USA. VOAWashington DC (as): Sports
USA. VOAWashingtonDC(as): U.S. Feature.
USA. VOA Washington DC(as): Preview
USA. VOA washington DC (as): World flews.
USA. VDA Washington DC(as): Encounler.
USA. VOA WashingIon DC(as): SCiencelMedicinet
Environment.
USA, VOA WashinglonDC(as): Business News.
USA. VOAWashingIon OC(as): Features.

Mondays

0200
0201
0206
0210
0214
0218
0230
0231
0245
0249

USA.VDA Washington DC(as): Preview.

USA.VDAWashinllton DC(as): World News
USA. VDAWashingtonDC (as): World Newsin Depth.
USA. VDAWashingtonDC (as): Regional News.
USA. VOA Washinglon DC (as): U.S. News
USA.VOA Washington DC (as): Sports
USA. VOA WashingtonDC(as): Preview.
USA. VOA WashingtonDC (as): World News InDepth
liSA. VDA WashingtonDC (as): SdencelMedicinel
Envi/onmellt
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): acsmess and Economic
~ews.

0253 USA.VOAWashingtooDC (as): Music Feature.

Tuesdays

0200
0201

0206
0210
0214
0218
0230
0231
0245

42

USA. VOA WashingtonDC (as): Pr!Vlew

USA. VOA Washington DC (as): World News
USA. VOA WaShington OC (as): Wollll New5 in Depth.
USA. VOA Washington DC (asl: Regional News.
USA. VDAWaShingtonDC (as): US. News
USA. VOAWashingtonDC (as): Sports.
USA. VOAWashingtooDC (as): Preview
USA, VOAWashington OC (as): World News in Depth.
USA, VOAWashington OC(as): SciencelMedicinel
Environment

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USA. VOA Was/llRgtonDC(as): Busmess andEconomic

0253

USA. VOA WashingtonDC las): Muslt Feature.

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USA. VOA WashingtonDC (as): World News.

0201
0206
0210
0214
0218
0230
0231
0245

USA. VOA WashingtonDC (as): World Newsin Deilltl.

USA. VOA WashingtonDClas): RegionalNews,
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): U,S News
USA.VOA Washington DC(as): Sports.
USA.VDA Washington DC(as): Preview
USA. VDA Washington OC(as):World News in Depth.
USA, VDAWashingIon DC(as): SciencelMedicine/
Environment
USA, VOAWashington DC(as): Business and Economic

0249

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0253

USA, VOAWashingtonDC(as): Music Feature.

0231
0245
0249
0253

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USA. 'lOAWashingtonDC(as): ScienwMediCine.1
EnVIronment
USA. VOAWashington DC (as): Business andEconomic
News.
USA, 'lOAWashingtonDC(as): Music Feature.

Saturdays
0200
0201
0206
0210
0214
0218
0222
0230
0236

USA.YOAWashingtonDC(as): Preview
USA.YOAWashington DC(as): World News.
USA. 'lOAWasllington DC (as): World Newsin Depth.
USA. YOA Washington DC (as): Regional News.
USA. YOA Washinglon OC(as): u.s. News
USA. YOA WashingIon OC (as): Sports.
USA. VOA Washington OC (as): U.S. Fearue.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): World News.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): Press Conference USA

Thursdays

USA, VOA Washington DC(as): Preview.

USA, VOAWashinglon DC(as): World News.
0206 USA,VOA Washington DC(as): World Newsin Depth.
0210 USA. VOAWashington DC(as): Regional News.
021 4 USA. VOA Washinglon DC(as): U.S News.
0218 USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Sports
0230 USA. VOA Washington DC (as): PrC',,;ew
0231 USA. VOA Wast\ington DC (as): World News InDepltl.
0245 USA. VDAWashington DC las): Sdenc:elMedicmel
Environment.
0249 USA. VOAWashington DC (as): BUSiness and Economic
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0253 USA. VOA Washington DC(as): MusIC seature.
0200
0201

Fridays

0200
0201
0206
0210
0214
0218
0230

USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Preview

USA, VOA wasmnctcn DC (as): WorldNews.
USA, VOA Washington DC(as): World News in Depth.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): RegionalNews.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): U,S News.
USA, VOA Washington DC(as): Sports.
USA, VOA Washington OC (as): Preaew

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0300-0400

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Australia, Radio

0300-0400 vi

Australia. Vl8 K Katherine

0300-0400 vi
OJOG-OU:O
0300-0330mlwt1l
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Canada.
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Canada. CFVP Calgary

0300-()400

Canada. CHNX Halifax

Canada, CKlN St John's
Canada, CKZUVancouver
China. China Ra dio Inti
Costa Rica,RF Peace Inll
Croatia,crcauan RadiO
Cuba, Radio Havana
Czech Rep, Radio Plague
Ecuador, HCJB
Egypt RadiOCairo
Germany, Deuiscre Welle

0300-0400

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Guatemala.RadioCultural
trau, Radio Iraq Inti
Ireland. unr ChristianBC
naly.IRRS
Japan. R JapanlNHKWorld
Kenya. Kenya arcade COIP
Lesotho. RadIO tesotrc
Malaysia, ganm
Me~ ico , Radio Me ~ico Inti
Moldova. R Moldova Inll
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand, R NZInti
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Philippines, R Pilipmas
Bussra.vcc e 01 Russia WS

S Alrica ChannelAlflca
SingapOle.RCOIp SlIlgapore
Sri Lanka. Sri LankaBe
Tar....an. RadIOTaipei Inti
Tanzania, RadiO
Thailand. Radio
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Uganda, Radio

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UK. BBG Asian Service

0300-0400
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Ukraine, R Ukraine IntI

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USA. Voice01America
USA. WEWN Birmingham Al
USA, WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRAGreenbush ME
USA. WHRI NobleSVIlle IN
USA. WltlS Red l ion PA
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMlK Bethel PA
USA, WRMIIR Miami mn
USA, WRNONewOrleans LA
USA, WSHBCypress Crk SC
USA, WWCRNashville TN
USA.'NYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican Stale, vaucan R
Zambia. RZambia/ZNBC 1
Zambia. RZambl.JI7NBC 2
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UK. BBCAsian Servrce
UK. BBC World service
UK.BBC World Service
Vietnam. Voice 01
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Sundays
0300

0330

ueere. R Ukraine In~ : News. News IromUkraine.

USA, VOAWashingtooDC(at): VQA News. Ten minutes01

'NOlldwide news on ~ hour.
'\usllalla, Radio: Feedback. Roger Broadbenl answers letters
and discusses new pfllgrams, reception problems, and
iuesncns about Australia
0308 Ukraine, R Ukraine Inti: Ukraine Diary. The mosumportant
events in Ukraine duringlhepast week
0310 USA. VOAWashington DClal): VOA Sunday, Interviewsand
'eanaes about SCience. sports. agricullure. allll business,
;Jlus thelatestAmeriCan music.
OJ18 Uk,alfle, RUkraine Inll: Hello Irom Kiev. Weeklymailbag
oroglam o/lener-leadlng, rescouses. and music
0323 Turlr.ey, VOiCe oj: VOT OX Comer (biweekly). Fllleen minutes
oi listenlllg nos. DXlmedL.1 news.allll muSIC.
0330 KWHR(AnoeI 41: DXing With Cumbre. A wnars-on-me-e
program tlosted by Mariela mb_
0300

0340

OJ05

0345

USA. VOAWashington DC(al): News (Special EngliSh). Ten

minutes 01 news in slowEngliSh.
USA. VOAWashington OC (al): Developmenl Report
(SpeclJl EngbSh). Helpful inlol matiorllOidewo ping
nations
USA. VOA Washinglon OC(al): Thisis America(Special
English), lntormanve reportson litein me UnitedSlates.

Tuesdays

Thursdays
030D

0300
0301
OJ15
0320
0330

0300
0300

Ukraine, R U~rai ne Inll: Ukraine Today. See M 0300.

USA.VOA Washington DC(al): Dayble.ak Allica. See Al

0300

0300

0301
0315
0320

USA. VQA WashingtonDC(OIl): AlricaNews. See AI 0301.

Ukraine. RlTcraine lntl: Ukraine Today. SeeM 0300
Ukrallle, R Ukraine Inll: Cwup. The most l eliable
inlOlmaltOn about life in Ukraine.
USA. VOA washington OC (al): SllIdio 38. A bright. lastpaced shOw highlighhngAmerican lifestylesand culture.

0300
0301
0315
OJ2O
0330
0345

0330

Mondays

Wednesdays

0300

0300

Ukrame. R Ukraine Inti: UkraineToday. A program 01news.

interviewsand reports.
0300 USA.VDAWa shington DC (al): Daybreak Africa Magazine
program 01 Alrican news, sports, leatures. and
cenesconoent reports
0301 USA. VOAWashington OC (al): Alrica News. NewsIromallll
aoccune A/ncan ccnteent
0305 UK. BBC London (allamleu): WriteOn. Air YOUI views aboul
WorldSeMCe; writeto PO 80~ 76. B"sh House, Strand.
LondonWC2B4PH.
0308 Ukraine, RUkraine Inti: UkrameDiary. See S0308
0319 ueame. RUkraine Inti: Music lrom tnrame. Ukraiman lolk
mUSIC.

mediumwave andshOrtwavenews 15%.

0300
0300
0301
0315
0320
0330
OJ35
0346

Costa Rica, RPeace Inti: World of Radi o

Glenn
Hauser's essential program lor the shortwave listener,
Ukraine, RUkraineInU: Ukraine Today. See M 0300.
USA, VOA Washington DC (OIl): Daybreak Alrica. See Al
0300.
USA. VOA WashingtonDC(al): Alnca News.
AI0301 .
Ukraine, RUkraineInll: UkraineToday_SeeM 0300
Ukraine, RUkraine lnll: Closeup.
T 0320.
USA. VOA Washington DC(OIl) : Stllllio 38. See At 0330.
Cuba. RadiO HavanaCuba: OXelS Unlimited. Amie Coro
discusses thetechnicalaspects 01shortwave listening and
amateur radio.
Sweden, Radio: MediaScan (1$1.15th). Satellite news 85%:

see

see

Ukraine. R ue ene InU: Ukraine Today. SeeM 0300

USA, VOA WashingtonDC(al): Daybreak Alrica. SeeAl 0300.
USA. VOAWashingtonDC(a/): Alrica News. See AI 0301.
Ukraine, R Ukraine Inti: UkraineDiary. See S0308,
Ukraine, R UkraineInti: Closeup. See TOJ20.
USA, VOAWashington DC(a/): Studio 38. St!(I AI0330.

Fridays

Ukraine. R Ukraine Inll: UkrailleToday. See M0300.

USA. VOA Washington DC (at): Daybreak Alriel. See Al 0300.
USA. VQAWashington DC (a/): AlricaNews. see AI0301.
Ukraine. R UkraineInU: UkraineToday. SeeM0300.
Ukraine. R UkraineImt; Closeup. See T 0320.
USA. VQA WashingtonDC(al): Studio 38. See AI 0330.
UK. BBC l ondon (as) : Waveguide (24th). The latest
mtcrmancnon mtemancnarbroadcasting with reviews 01
receivers and newsabout recepucn

Saturdays
0300
0300

0300
0308
OJ10

0330
0338

Ukraine. R UkraineInU: tl ews. SeeS 0300.

USA. VOAWaShingtonDC(al): VOA News. SeeAl 0300.
USA. WRMVR Miami tntl. Fl: Wavescan. AdventistWorld
RadiO'sDW ediaprogram.
Ukraine. RUkraineInU: Baroque. A program 01 Ukrainian
culture.
USA.VOA Washington DC (al): VOA SatUn1ay. See AI 0310.
Costa Rica, R Peace InU: Conlinenl01Med~ . Glenn Hauser
discusses a lull range01broadcasti09topICS,
Turkey, Voice01: VOT OXCorner (biweekly). Fifteen minutes
01 listening lips, OX/media news, and music.

July 1998

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fmslratlJ. Radio
Aus tralia , VlBKKatherine
Au stralia, VL8T rent Crk
i\ustralia,DcfenseForces R
Belarus. R Belarus II'lU
Canada,cae N Quebec Svc

Can.1da. CFRXToronlo
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada.CHtlX Halifax
Canada, CKZN 51John's
Canada. CKlUvancouver
Canada. R canadaloll
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Cosla Rica.RF Peace loll
Cuba, Radio Havana
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Germany, Deutsche Welle

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Germany.Overcumer Minis'r
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Kenya. Kenya Bmadc COIP
Malawi. MBC
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0401
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0401
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0410
0414
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0431
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HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS
MYANMAR: [NON] DEMOCRATIC V.
OF BURMA
Studio in Oslo:
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0501
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0518
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0536

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Mondays
0500
QS01
0506
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0536
0545
0549
0553
0554

VOA (alJeulme): PreVIew.

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0500
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0500
0501
0506
0510
0514
0518
0530
0531
0536
0545
0549
0553
0554
0500
0501
0506
0510
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0518
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0500
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0553
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VOA (alleulme): U.S. News.

0518
0530
0531
0536
0545
0549
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055-4

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0501
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0536
0545
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HAUSER' S HIGHUGHTS
KAZAN

RUSSIA: R. TATARSTAH,

via high-powe r transmitter in Sam ara. in

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July 1998

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SELECTED PROGRAMS.
Sundays

0600
0601
0606
0610
0614
0618
0622
0630
0631
0636
0645
0649
0653

VOA (alleutme):Preaew.
VOA (al/eutme): World News.
YOA (alleu/me): WorldNews in Depth.
YOA (alleu1me): Rf\l ic.U1 News
YOA (alleu/me): U.s. t\ews
\'OA lalleu/me): Sports.
VOA (alleu/me): U.S. Feature.
VOA (al/eu/me): Preview.
VOA (al/eu/me ): World News.
VOA (afleu/me): Encounter.
VOA (alleufme): ScienceJMedicinelEnvironmenl
VOA (afleu/me): Business News.
VOA (alleu/me): ~alufes

Mondays

0600
0601
0606
0610
0614
0618
0630
0631
0645
0649
0653

VOA (alleu/me): Preview

YOA (alleu/me): WOfld News.
VOA (alleu/me): WorldNewsin Depth.
VOA (alleu/me): Rf\lional News.
YOA (alleu/me): U.S. News
VOA (a!feu/me): Sports.
VOA (alleu/me): Preview.
VOA (alleu/me): WorldNews in Depth
VOA(alleu/me): SciencefMedicinelEnvironm!nt
VOA (al/eu/me): Business and Economic News
VOA (alleu/me): Music Feature

Tuesdays

0600
0601
0606
0610
061 4
0618
0630

46

VOA (alleulme): PrMelll.

VOA (afleulme): WorldNews
VOA (alleufme): WOfId Newsin Depth.
VOA (alleufme):RegiONI NI!WS.
VOA (al/eu/me): U.S. News.
VOA (al/eulme): scene.
VOA (alleu/me):Preview.

MONITORING TIMES

July 1998

0631
0645
0649
0653

VOA (al/eu/me). WorldNewsin Deplh.

VOA (aVeu/me):SCiencefMedicinl!lt nvironment.
VOA (alleu/me): Business and Economic News.
VOA (alleu/me): Music Feature

Wednesdays

0600
0601
0606
0610
0614
0618
0630
0631
064S
0649
0653

VOA (alleu/me): Preview.

VOA (alleu/me): World News.
VOA (affeufmel: World News in Depth.
VOA (al/eu/mel: Regional News.
VOA (alleu/mel: U,S. News.
VOA (alleu/me): Sports.
VOA (al/eu/me): Preview.
VOA (alfelllme): World tJews in Depth.
VOA (alleu/me): ScienwtledicinelEnvironmenl.
YOA (alleulme): Business ancl Economic News.
YOA (alleu/m!): MusicFeature.

Thursdays
0600
0601
0606
0610
0614
061 8
0630
0631
0645
0649
0653

VOA (alfeu/me): Preview.

YOA (allewme): World News
VOA (alfeu/me): World News In Depth.
VOA (alleu/me): RfIlional News.
VOA (al/eu/mel: U,S. News
VOA (alleulme): Sports.
YOA (alleulme): Preview.
YOA (alleu/me): World rlews in Depfh
VOA (alleu/me): SCiencefMediti nelEnvironmenl.
VOA (alleutme): Business andEconomiC News.
VOA (alleufme): MusicFeature.

Fridays
0600
0601
0606
061 0

VOA (afleutme): Preoo'iew.

YDA (allewme): World News.
VOA (al/eulme): World News in Depth.
VOA (affeulme): Regional News.

0614
0618
0630
0631
064S
0649
0653

VOA (all eu/me): US. News.

VOA (aUeu/me): Sports.
VOA(alleufme): Preview
VOA (al' eulme): WorldNews in Depth.
VOA{alleulme}: SciencelMedw;lIIe1Environmenl.
VOA(all eu/me): BUSinessandEconomic News.
VOA(alleufme): Music Feature.

Saturdays
0600
0601
0606
0610
0614
0618
0622
0630
0636

VOA (afleulme): Preview.

YOA (atleUfme): World New~
VOA (alleu/me): World News in Oepth.
VOA (alleufme): Regional News
YOA (aflewme): U.S. News
VOA (alleu/me): Sports.
VOA (all eu/me): U.S. Feature.
VOA (alJeulme): Wood NbS.
YOA (alleulme): Press Con'erence USA.

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS

BELARUS: R. MINSK,
R. BELAR US INTERNATIONAl,

A.K.A.

English program s arc now R. Minsk

programs. not religion (Dave Kenny.
BBC:-.n English schedule. all on 11960
and 72 10 is. hal f an hour each: Tue 1930 .
Tue and Thu .2030. Wed and Fri ouo,
Sal 0400 ( B BC~1)

FREQUENCIES .
0700-oaOO
0700-0800
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800

0700-0800
Q7C1l:J.0800

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Anguilla.Caribbean Beacon
Australia. Radio

9660pa

Australia. Vl8K Katherine

Australia. Vl BT Tent Crk
Canada, CFRX rcrcntc
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNXHalifax

15240pa
5025do
491Qdo
607Odo
6030do
613Odo

Canada. CKlU Vancouver

6160<10

CostaRica.Rf Peace Inll

7385am
7345as
9640pa
15186a1
15186a1
5850va

0700-0727
Q70lHl800
Q7(l(H)8OO as
07lXH)8()() mtwnt
0700-0800
070lHl8Q0
0700-0715
070(H l800
07000800
0700-0800as/vi
0700-0800
0700-0800 'II
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0715
0700-0800
07(}(H}800
0700-0800
0700-0716
07()().0800 as
07()().0730 s
0700-0800vi
0700-Q800
0700-(l800

CZech Rep. Radio Prague

07000710
07000800
0700-0730
0700-0800vi
07000735
0700-0800
0700-0800 vi
0700-0730

Sierra leone. SLBS

Singapore.RCol p Singapore
Slovakia, RSlovakia Inti
Solomon Islands. SIBC
Swaziland. TransWorld R
Taiwan. Radio TaipeiInti
Tanzania. Radio
UK. BBC Alrican Service

07()().08OQ as
0700-Q800

UK. BBCAlncan Service

UK. BBC Asian SerVICe

0700-0800

UK. BBCWorld Service

Ecuador. HCJB
Eql Guinea. REast Alnca
EqlGuinea. Radio Alrica
Germany. SunriseRadio
Germany.Overcomer Ministr
Ghana. GhanaBlOadc Corp
Guyana. GBCNoice01
Ireland. unt Chnstian BC
l1aly. IRRS
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Kiribati, Radio
liberia. Radio ventas
l iberia. Star Radio
liberia.lCWR l iberialnt
Malaysia. RadiO
Malaysia. Voice 01
Monaco. Trans World Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Inll
New Zealand. R tlZ Inll
Nor....ay. RadIO Norway Inti
Papuanew Guinea. NBC
Romania. RRomania Inti
Russia.Voice01 Russia WS

0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
07()().0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
07QlHl8oo
0700-0715 vi
0700-0800
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vI
0705-0710s
0715-0730 s

USA. KA1J Dallas TX

USA, KlBN Salilk City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHR AGreenbush ME
USA. WHRI NoblesvilleIN
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WMLKBelhelPA
USA. WRMI,R Miami Inll
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA, WSHB Cypress CrkSC
USA. 'NWCR NasbvilleTN
USA.WYFR Okeechobee Ft
Vanuatu. RadiO
Zambia, Chrisl ianVoice
Zambia. RZambia!ZNBC 1
Zambia. RZambiaflNBC2
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
crcaua. croanan Radio
Greece, Voice01

0716-0800 mtwhl
07160800as
0730-0800
0730-0755
073O-Q740 s

New Zealand. R NZ Inll

NewZealand. R NZ Inll
Auslria. RAuslria Inti
Belgium. Rv aarcerenInt
e reece. Voice01

0730-OSOO
0730-Q800
0730-0800

Netherlands. Radio
Switzerland. Swiss R Inti
UK. BBC Alrican Service

0730-0800as
0735-0800 as
0140-0800
0745-0800 s

UK. BBCWor'd Service

Swaziland. Trans World R
Guam. TWRlKTWR
Ghana. Ghana arcane Corp

0800-0820

6()9{);,m

l 1BaOpa
1541 5a5

950$eu
1196O!u

120803S
15510pa

13605pa
177503S

21455am

3366do
329Odo
6200do
7120va
4885do
981Odo
547Odo
3-l00do
5100do
7295do
6175as
9755eu
11690pa
6100pa
13800eu
9675do
17735.11
9450au
21790au
331600
6150<10
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5020do
4775.11
59500a
50SOdo
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119-1031
17685al
7145pa
15360as
5975am
941Qeu
15565eu
581aam
7510am
17555pa
5825eu
11565.11
5745am
7490na
9465am
9955am
7395am
7535eu
2390am
7355eu
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6065.11
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5975do
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9375eu
15650au
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11690pa
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9375eu
1565O.l"
973(}pa
9885a1
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0800-0900
0800-0830
0800-0900

4915do
595Odo

4935do

9750as

15295au

1564Qeu
21480.11
17495au

17665au

15460au

17550au

6100.11

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21760au

619031
1783031

96011

11835a1

97403s
17760as
6175am
11160m!
15575eu
9815am

11955pa
17790as
6195eu
12095eu
17640me

153103s
21660as
7325eu
154IJ5eu

17780as
7405na
7315am
13595na

9835a1
321Qam
9985.11

507Qam
13695va

59J5.am

4960<10

983Qeu
9425au

13820au
9755au

11645eu

13730eu

15410me

17870me

9425eu

97~au

11645eu

9820pa
1186Oa1
96011

13635.11
119-1031

15400a1

9941)4"

610Qa1
4915do

ssooat

Albania, TWR Tirana

Anguilla,Caribbean Beacon
Australia, Radio
Australia, Radio
Australia, Vl8K xarrenne
Australia. Vl8T Tenl erk
Canada.
N Quebec Svc

0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-o90O

OBOO-<l9OO

Canada CfVP Calgary

Canada, CHNXHalilax
caoaca. CKZUVancouver
Costa Aica.AFPeace Inti
Ecuador. HCJ8
ElIlGuinea. R Easl Alrica
EQI GUinea. Radio Alrlca
Germany. Sunrise Radio
Germany. umversarute
Bermanyjjvercomer Mlnistr
Ghana. GhanaBrcacc Corp
Guam. TWR/KTWR
Guyana. GBCNoice01
Indonesia, Voice01
Ireland. UntChristian BC
Italy, lARS
Kenya. Kenya Brcacc Corp
Kiribati. Radio
liberia. Radio venus
liberia.lCN'Rliberia Int
MalaYSI3. RadiO
MalaySia. vcce 01
Malta,va Mediterranean
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Nettenaros. RadiO
New Zealand. R NZ Inti
New Zealand. R NZInti
NewZealand. R NZInti
Palau. KHBNNoice 01 Hope
PapuaNew Guinea. NBC
RussiaVoice 01 RussiaWS

0800-0810
0800-0900
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900
0800-0005 as
0800-0900 yl
lJ8lJO.09OO
08()(}-l)900 as
08000900

Sierra l eone. Sl BS
Slngap\lre.RCorp Singapore
Solomon Islands. SIBC
SouthKorea. R Korea IntI
Swaziland. Trans World R
Tanzania. Radio
UK. BBCAlrican servce
UK. BBCAlIlcan Service
UK. BBCAsianService

08000900

UK. BBCWorld Service

0800-0900 as
0800-0900
0800-0900s
0800-0900
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08000!1JO
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OBoo-o9OO
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08000900
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0800-0900 vi
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0805-0810
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081 5-0900 1
0820-o8j5 as
OB3ll-09OO
fl83O.0900

UK. BBC World Service

USA. KAIJ DallasTX
USA. KHBI NManana Is
USA. KfllS AnChol Point AK
USA. KTBN Sall lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, WEWN Birmingham At
USA, V/HRI NobleSVille Ifj
USA.WJCR Upton KY
USA. WAMI/RMl3mi lnll
USA. WANO New OrleansLA
USA. WSHB Cypress Crk SC
USA. WNCR Nashville TN
vanueto. Aadio
Zambia,Chrisllan VOice
Zambia. RZambiaflNBC 1
Zambia.RZambiafl NBC 2
Zimbabwe. ZimbabweBC
Croatia. CroalianRadio
Pakistan. Radio
Nloeria, fRCNlRadio
sevcneees. FEBA RadIO
Albama, TWR Tirana
Australia. Radio
Australia. Vl8A AliceSpo
Australia.V1.8K xamenoe
Australia.V1.8T Tent Cr1I
GeorOia. Radio
SI'/ltlerland. SWISSR lr u!
Albania. TW A Tirana
Monaco, Trans World Radio
Guam. TWRlKTWR

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0800{l9OQ mlWhl
08OQ.09OQ
08OO-C830 s
0800-0900
08000805 s
08000900
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08000900
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0800-0900
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0800-0900
0800-0900
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08OlHl335 a
0800-(l820 as
0800,0900
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08000900 mlWhl
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0830-0900
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08350850s
0855-0900

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

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Canada,CfRXToronlo

968Seu

6090am
11880pa
5995pa

9580pa

154153S

15510pa

9710pa
17750as

11960eu

21455am

12080a5

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4910do
9625<10
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603Odo
613Odo
616Odo
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151 86a1
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5070am

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7510am
11565pa
5825eu
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14_
9955am
7395am
9835eu
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6065.11
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6165do
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15530eu
332600
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231Odo
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2325do
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9885au
9685eu
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July 1998

13685au

MONITORING TIMES

47

FREQUENCIES .
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900- 1000 vi
0900-1000vl
0900- 1000 vl
0900-1000
09001000
09001000
0900- 1000
09l)1} l000
0900-1000

0900-0930
09001000
09001000as
09001000nuwbt

09000950
0900-1000

Anguilla,C,Ulbbean Beacon
Australia. RadIO
Australia. VL8A AlICe Spg
Australia, VL8KK.3thenne
Austraha. Vl8TTenl elk
Canada, CFRX rcrcmc

Canada. CFVP Calgary

canada, CHNXHalilax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Inti
Costa Rica,RFPeace Inll
Czech Rep, Rarho Prague
Ecuador, tlCJB
Eqt Guinea, R East Africa
EqtGuinea, Badm Alrica
Germany, DeutscheWelle

0900-1000vi
0900-0930 5
0901}0925
09(1)-1000
0900-1 000 as
09000930 s
0900-1000 vi
0900-1000
09001000 vi
0900-1000vi
0900-1000

Germany. Sunnse Radio

Germany,Ovelcomer Minislr
snana Ghana Broacc Corp
Guam. TWRlKlWR
Guyana. GBCtvolCe 01
Ireland,lkl l ChllSILJn BC
ltaly.IRRS
Kenya. Kenya Br03dc carp
Kiribati. RadIO
libe ria. Radio veraas
liberia.lCN.-R Liberia int
Malaysra. RadIO
Malaysia. RTI.1 KuchmQ
Malta. va Medllerranean
Netherlands. Ra dio
NewZealand. R NZ inn
New Zealand. R tlZ Inti
Nor\,lay, aacc Norway Inti
Papua New Guinea, NBC
snuapore.acorp Singapore
Solomon Islands. SIBC
Tanzania, Radio
UK. BBCAlrican Service

0900-0915

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090(}1000
0900-091 5 mlwt!

0900-0915
0900-0930
0900-1000
09001000 astv1
0900-1000
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0900-1000
0900-0915
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0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1 000
0900- 1000
0900- 1000
0900- 1000
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0915-0945

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0930 1000

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0930-1000
0930-1000
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USA, KAU Dallas TX

USA. KH31 N Manana Is
USA, KTBN Salt LkCityUT
USA. KWHRNaalehu HI
USA. WEWN BuminghJm AL
USA. WHRI t'oblesville IN
USA. WJCRUptonKY
USA, WRMltR MIami InU
USA, WRrlONew cneens LA
USA, WSHBCypressC,k SC
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
Zambia, chnstan Voice
Zambia, R Zambia!ZNBC 1
Zambia, RZambtaJZNBC 2
Zimbabwe, ZimbabweBC
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp
UK,BBC Asian Service
UK. BBCAsian Service
AustriJ., R AustnaInll
Canada, CKZN SI John's
Georgia, Radio
Guam, l WRtKTWR
Italy. AWREurope
Lithuania, RadiOVilnius
Nethellands. RadIO
UK. BBCAsian sevce

6090<m

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231Odo
2485do
2325do
607Odo
6030do
6130do
6160do
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7385am
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151 86al
15186af
6160pa
1541 03!
21680as

UK. BBC Asian Service

0945-10Xlsmlwhl

UK. BBC SlowSpeed

1775Gas

11755pa

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Uzbekistan. R Tashkent
Zambia. ChristianVOICe
Zambia, RZambiall NBC 1
Zambia. RZamblaJZNBC2
crcana. crcatan RadIO
New Zealand. R NZInti
UK. BBC Caribbean Report
UK. BBC World servce
Mongolia, Voice01
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Canaja. Rcanada inn
Austria, RAustria InU
Bangladesh, Bangia Betar
Belgium. Rvtaanoeren tnt
Finland. YLEIR Finland
Guam, AWRJKSDA
nary, AWREurope
ScumKorea, R Korea Int!
Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka BC
Sweden, Radio
Thailand, Radio
Turkey. Voice 01
USA. Voice of Amellca
Vietnam, Voiceof
Greece. Voice01
UK, BBCSlowSpeed News

941 0eu
1522Dam
1764Qeu

951503

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11715a5

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15745eu

15485eu

17705eu

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soseas
11905as
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722Odo
6165do
7125eu

11565pa

9495am
13595na

11660sa
7435am

1384Sam

15685am

6015na
S3753s
15295as

177S0na
7285.15
17775as

9715as

9:lJlIeu

61 00pa

6195ca
6195am
120853u
17595.1s
9640Jm
6155eu
7185as
15545na
11900na
13720as
7230as
6055as
9730as
13740as
9655as
11995as
7768eu
98403s
17525al
7140me
15555me

15220ca
15220am

118553m
1373003
9550as

13650am

15400na

9570as
15425as
15240au
9885as
15185as

9640am

1202035

1501035

1182{)me
17585al

13660al

13670as

11 905as
15290eu

1518031

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1200
1201
1206
1210
t214
1218
1222
1230
1231
1236
1245
1249
1253

USAVOA WashingtonDC (as): Preview

USA, VOAWashingtonDC(as): WorldNews.
USA.VOA Washington OC(as): World News In Depth.
USA, VOAWashingtonDC (as): Regional News.
USA, VOA WaShington DC (as): U.S. News
USAVOA Washington OC (as): Sports
USA. VOA Washington OC (as): U,$. Feature
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): Preview
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): WorldNews
USA, VQA Washington DC (as): Encounter
USA, VQA Washington DC (as): Science/Medicine!
Environment.
USA, VQA Washington DC(as): BUSiness News.
USA, VOA Washington DC(as): Features

Mondays
1200
1201
1206
1210
1214
1218
1230
1231
1245
12-19
1253

USA. VOA Washington DC(as): PreVIew.

USA. VOAWashingtonDC(as): Wol1d Plews
USA, VOAWashington DC (as): World News In Depth.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Regional r~ews
USA. VOA WashlOgtonDC(as): US, fle'NS.
USA. VOA WashirllltonDC (as): sscns
USA, VOA WashingtonDC (as): PrfVIe'N
USA. VOAWashingtonDC (as): World News In Depth
USA. VOAWashington DC(as): StiencetMel!icmet
EnVilonmenl.
USA. VOAWashmgton DC(as): BUSiness and Econormc
News.
USA. VOAWashington DC(as): MusIC Feature

Tuesdays
1200
1201

50

USA, VOA Washington DC (as): Preview

USA. VOA Washington DC (as): World News.

MONITORING TIMES

Jv1y 1998

1206
1210
1214
1218
1230
1231
1245

USA. VOA Washinglon DC(as): World News in Depth.

USA. VOA Washington DClas): RC9lonal News.
USA. VOA WashingtonDC las): U.S. News,
USA. VOAWashingtonDC las): Sports.
USA, VOAWashingfonDC (as): Preview.
USA. VQAWashington DC(as): WOlld News in necm.
USA. VOA Washin\lton DC(as): SciencelMedicinei

1249

USA, VOA WashlnQton DC(as): Business and Economic

News.
USA, VDA Washington DC(as): Music f eature.

rrmrcnmera.
1253

Wednesdays
1200
1201
1206
1210
1214
1218
1230
1231
1245
1249
1253

USA. VOA Washington DC (as): PnJ'(iew.

USA. VOA Washinglon DC(as): World News.
USA, VOA WashingtonDC (as): World News in Depth.
USA, VOA WashingtonDC (as): Regional 14ews.
USA, VOA WashingtonDC (as): U,S, News.
USA. VQA Washin\ltonDC (as): Sports.
USA, VOA WashingtonDC(as): Preview
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): World News in Depth.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): SCienwMedlCinet
Environment.
USA. VOA Washil'lllton DC(as): Business andECOllQmlC

....

USA. VOA WashingtonDC (as): MlISlc Feature.

~~U~~~l~
WashingtonDC(as): Preview.
1201 USA, VOA WashinQtonDC(as): World News
1206
1210
121 4
1218

USA, VOA Washington DC(as): World flews in Depth.

USA, VOA Washington DC (as): Reg.onal News.
USA, VOA WashlOgton OC (as): U.S News.
USA.VOA Washington DC(as): Sports

1230
1231
1245
1249

USA. VDA WashingtonDC (as): Preview

USA.YOAWashington DC (as): Yhll1d News in Depth.
USA. VOAWashinglon DC (as): SCiencelMe<!icinet
Envifonmenl.
USA, VOAWashinglon DC(as): Business and Economic

1253

USA, VOAWashinQton OC(as): MusicFeature.

N",s

Fridays
1200
1201
1206
1210
121 4
1218
1230
1231
1245
1249
1253

USA, YDA WaShin\llon DC (as): Preview.

USA, VDA Washin\lton DC(as): World News,
USA. VOA WashinQton DC(as): World News in Depth.
USA, VOA Washington OC(as): Re\lionai News
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): U.S. News.
USA, VOA WashingtonDC(as): Sports
USA, VOA Washington DC(as): Preview
USA, VOAWashington DC(as): WorldNewsin Depth.
USA. VOA Washington DC(as): ScienwMe<!ionel
EnVIronment.
USA, VOA Washington DC l as): Business andEconomic
News
USA. VOAWashilllJtOll DC (as): MusIC Feature.

Saturdays
1200
1201
1206
1210
1214
1218
1222
1230
1236

USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Preview

USA, YOA Washillllton DC (as): WortdNews.
USA, YOA Washlllgton DC (as): World Newsin Ofpth.
USA, VOA Washington DC(as): Regional News.
USA, VOA Washington DC(as): U.S. News
USA, VOA Washington DC(as): Sports.
USA. VOA Washington DC(as): U.S. Featule
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): World News
USA, VOA Washington DC(as): Pressccoterence USA

fREQUENCIES
1300-1400
1300-1330
1300-1400 vi
13OO-14oovl

lJOO 1400 vl
1300-1320
1300-1400 vi
1300-1400

1300-1400
1300-1400
1300 1400
1300-1400
1300-14oosmtwhl
1300-1400 mtwnt
13001400
1300-1400
1300-1330
1300-1400
1300-1330
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1330 s
1300-1400
13001400
1300-1400aSl\rl
13001400
1300-lJOO
1300-1310
1300-1400
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13001400 occsnat
13001330 s
13001400
1300-14oo vl
13 00 '1~ 00

13001400
1 300 '1~ 00

13001400as
1300-1400
13001400
1300-1400
1300 1400vi
13001330

Anguilla.Caribbean Beacon
Australia. RadIO
Australia. VLSA AliceSpg
Auslfalia. VL8K xatnerme

AuSlralia. Vl8T Tent en.

BraZIl. RadIOBras
Canada. tee N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFRX TOIonlO
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNXHalifax
Canada. GKlN 51John's
Canada, CKZU vancouver
Canada, R canaoe Inti
Canada. R Canada Inti
China. cnoa RadiOInti
Costa Aica,RF Peace lntl
Czech Rep. RadiOPrague
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt.Ra:l1O Call O
Eql Guinea, REast Africa
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
German'/. SunnseRadio
Germany, Umversal Life
Gennany.OvercomerMlIllstr
Ireland, Unt cnnsten BC
Italy. lARS
Jordan. RadIO
Kenya. K~ nya Broadc Corp
Lltleria,LCNfR Liberia In!
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia.RlM KolaKlOabalu
New Zealand R fa Inti
Norway, RadiOflorway Inll
Palau, KHBNNoice 01 Hope
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Philippines, FEBClRInti
Romania. R Romania Inti
aosse.vcce01RussiaWS
S Africa. Channel Alrica

smcaoore.a smcaoore int

Sn Lanka. Sri Lanka BC
SWltzerla1d. SWIS5 R Inti
Tanzania, RadiO
Turkey. Voice01

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11775am
6020pa
231Odo
2485do
2325do
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UK. BBCAlriCan Servce

9i7Das
1300-1400
13001400

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UK. SBCAsian Service

UK. sac World servce

60lad o
6030clo
613Octo
6160do
6160do
11855am
9640am
7385pa
11 675pa
7385am
135803s
12005ca
175953s
15186a.f
953001s
585o...a
120253s
1t65Oeu

1300-1400
13001400

13650am
740503
1198Das
21460am
2174531
15115am

H 855eu

9945pa
15180as

11 660as

1300-1400
1300-1400occsnat
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
13001400
1300-1400
13OG-1400vl
1300-1400 vi
1302-1400
1315-1400 mlwhfa
1330-1359
1330-1359 mlwhfa

21455am

11920eu

62OOdo
7120'13
11 690eu
4935do
51oodo
7295do
598Odo
6100pa
9S90eu
9985as
4890do
11 995as
15250na
11655as
9445al
6150a5
9730as
72303s

15640am

15390eu
1551035
17675al

15650as

t 7770eu
17570as
17870al

17790na
217603S

15425a5
7480as
15185as

15290eu

USA, KAIJ DallasTX

USA, KHBI N Mariana Is
USA. KJESMesqUite NM
USA. KNLS Anchor POint AK
USA. KlBN SaltLk City Ul
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Voic e 01Amenca

13301400
1330,1400
1330,1400
13301400
t33014oo
1330-1400
1330-1358

USA.WEWN Birmmeharn AL
USA. WG TG M cCaYS~llIe GA
USA. WHRI Nobesnue ItI
USA.WJCRUpton KY
USA. WRMUR Miami Inll
USA. WAND NewOrleans LA
USA. WSHB Cypress erk SC
USA. WWCRNashVIlle TN
USA. WYFROkeec hobee fL
Zambia. Christian VOICe
zameu RlamblalZrlBC1
Zambia, R Zambla.-7/I BC2
USA. WYFR ueeecnccee fL
Bhutan. Bhutan BC Servc e
Canada. RCanada Inll
Canada. R Canada InU
cnma.HeilongjiangPBS
Georgia. Voice 01 Hope
Guam. AWRlKSDA
India, All India anne
Netherlands. Radio
Sweden, RadiO
UAE , RadiOOubal
UZbekistan, R Tashkent

1330-1400
1335 1345
13015-1400
1345-1400

vietna-n. Voice 01
Greece. Voice 01
Liberia. Radio ventas
vancen Slate. VaticanR

1 330-1~ 00

505"'0
11995eu

1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
13001400

619Oa1
!IB8Sa!

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15-l2Gaf

17830a1

2166Oa1
6195a5

91403S

117503s

941 Qell

9515na

1209Seu
15575eu

15220am
1764Geu

9760a5

11715as

15310as
5965na
I1760me
15485eu

6195am
11865na
15565eu

17705eu
SalOam
93553S

9385pa

9815am

1171 5am
7365as
7510am
9930as
6160as
151 60as
7425na
9400am

60""m
7490na

11565pa
9545as
t 5425as
9465na

15745eu

1510501m
13595na

995"'m
7355am
9430na
9475am
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6165do
115503s
503Odo
9535.15
17820va
484Odo
15715as
9650as
9545as
98903S
13740a5
13630eu
5060as
11905as
984Qeu
9395eu
5470do
13765au

ll 660na
12160am
11970na

13845am
13695na

15685am
1775003

117953s

11935eu

15325eu

11820as
15585a5
15240am
13675eu
5975as
15295as
12) 20as
1I 730na

1371 0as
175t 5au
1539531
7285a5
17775as
15010as
15175eu

21605al
9715;15

15630eu

15S40au

SELEmD PROGRAMS.
Sundays
1300
1301
1306
1310
1314
1318
1322
1330
1331
1336

USA. VOAWaShIngton DC (as): PreView

USA. VOA Washington DC (as): World News.
USA. VOAWashington DC (as): Work! News m Depth
U5A. VOA Washington DC (as): Regional News
USA, VOAWashington DC (as): U.S. News,
USA. VOAWashington DC (as): Sports
USA. VOAWashington DC (as): U S. Feature.
USA. VOAWa shington DC (as): Preview
USA, VOA wasnootcn DC (as): WOrld News
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): Issues in the News.

Mondays
1300
1301
1306
1310
1314
1318
1330
1331
1336
1345
13-:9
1353
1354

USA, VOA Washing ton DC(as): Preview

USA, VOA WaShington DC(as). World News
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): World flews in Depth.
USA. VOA Washington DC(as): Re9ional News
USA, VOAWashingtonDC(as): U.S. News.
USA, VOAWashington DC(as): Sports.
USA, VOA Washington DC(as):PreVIew
USA, VOAWashington DC (as)' World N!WS.
USA, VOAWashmglOn DC (as): DatelIne
USA, VOAWashington DC (as): 5ClencetMediCllle!
E1vironmenl
USA, VOA Washll'lgton DC (as): BUSlf\C$SandEconormc
News.
USA, VOA WaShington DC(as): Women's BUSInessMlOute
USA, VOA Washmgton DC(as): Feature

Tuesdays
1300
1301
13116
1310
1314
1318
1330

USA. VOA Washmgton DC(asl: Pre....ew.

USA. VOA WashingtOflDC(as): Wond News.
USA, VOA WashiogtOflDC (as)' World News mDepth.
USA,VOA WashiTlfJlonDC(as): Regional News
USA, VOA Washmgton DC(as): U S News
USA. VOA Washington DC(as): Sports
USA, VOAWashington DC (as): Preview

1331
1336
1345
1349
1353
1354

USA. VOA Washmgton DC(as): World News

USA. VOA Washington DC (as): nateune.
USA.VOA Washinglon DC (as): SdeocetJ.ledicinei
Environment.
USA.VOAWashington DC (as): aus eess and Econcme
News.
USA, VOAWashington DC (as): women's Business MlI'lute
USA,VOA Wa shington DC(as): Feature

Wednesdays

1349

USA,VOA w ashll'lglon DC(as): Pteaew

USA., VOA wasnmctonDC(as): World News.
USA, VOA Washington DC(a5): World News in Depth.
USA, VOA WashingtonDC(as); Regional News.
USA, VOAWashingtonDC(as); U.S. News.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): Sports.
USA, VOAWashingtonDC(as): Pre-,.iew.
USA, VOA WashingtooDC(as): World News.
USA., VOA Washmgton DC(as): Dateline.
USA., VOA WashingtonDC(as): ScitncttMe<!lcine/
EnVlronmenl
USA. VOAWashington DC (as): BU$lI'less and EconomIC

1353
1354

USA. VOAWashington DC (as): Women's ausmessMinute.

USA, VOA Washington DC (as): FeatUI8

1300
1301
1306
1310
1314
1318
1330
1331
t336
13-:5

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1300
1301
1306
1310
1314
1318
1330
1331
1336
1345

USA, 'lOAWashingtonDC(as): PrfVIfW.

USA, VOA WashingtonDC(as): World News.
USA, VOAWashington DC(as): WOIkl Newsin Deprn
USA, VOAWashington DC(as): Regional tle'N5.
USA. VOAWashington DC(as): U.S. News
USA, VOAWashington DC(as): Sports
USA, VOA Washington DC(as): Previec...
USA, VOAWashington DC(as): World News
USA,VOA Washmglon DC (as): Datelme
USA, VOAWashingtonDC (as): SciencerMelllclnef
Environment

1349

USA. VOA Washmgton DC(as): BUSIness andEconomiC

1353
13501

USA. VOAWashington DC (as): Womens Busmess Mmute

USA. VOAWashington DC (as): Feature

news

Fridays
1300
1301
1306
1310
1314
1318
1330
1331
1336
1345
13019
1353
1354

USA,VOAWashmgtonDC(as): Preview
USA. VOAWashingtorlDC(as): WOIld News.
USA, VOA Washin gtonDC(as): World News in Depth
USA. VOAWashingtOIl DC (as): Regional fl ews
USA. VOAwasmncton DC(as): U,S. News
USA, VOA waenmcton DC (as):Sports
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): Preview
USA. VOAWashington DC(as):World News
USA, VOAWashington OC(as): Dateline.
USA, VOAWashington DC(as): 5cterlCetMedlclne!
Environment
USA, VOA Washington DC(as): Business and Economic
News
USA VOAWashinotoo DC(as): Women's aeseess Mlnule
USA, VDAWashmgtOn DC(as): Fea ture

SaturdaYs
1300
1301
1306
1310
1314
1318
1322
1330
1331
1336
1345
1349
1353

USA VOA Washington DC(as):PreY\W

USA VOAWashington DC(as): Workl fle....'S
USA VOA Washington DC(as): World Newsin Depth
USA VOA WastUAglon DC (as): RegIonalflews
USA. VOA Washmij10n DC(as): U.S NeVIS
USA,VOA Washington DC(as): Sports
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): US Feature
USA,VOAWashlflglon DC(as): Prevew
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): World News
USA VOAWashmgton DC(as): Communications WOfld
USA,VOAWashinglon DC(as): SciencelMedicinet
Environment
USA. VOA Washmgton DC (as): Business News
USA, VOA Washington DC(as): Feature

July 1998

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FREQUENCIES.
1400-1.soo
1400-1 500
1~OO-l 500 'II
1400-1500'11

1400-1500'0'1
1400-1500vl

14001500
14001500

.. .

. .

Anguilta Caribbean Beacon

Auslralia. Radio
Auslralia. VLSA AliceSpo
Auslralia. Vl 8KKatbenne
Auslralla. VLBT Tent Crk
Canada. esc N Quebec Sve

Canada. CFRX Toronto

1400-1500
1400-15CQ s
14001500

Canada, CFVP Calgary

Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada.CKZN 51John's
Canada,CKZU Vancouver
Canada, RCanadaInti
China. Cmna Ra dio inn

14001500
14001500
14001500as
14001500
14001500
10100150(1
1400143Os
1400-1500
1400-1500
14()().1 5oo
14001430
14{)(}'1 500asIVI
14()().1 500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400,1500
14001500vi
H OO15M,Heg
1400-1430
14001500
14001500eccsner
140015())as
1400 1500vl
1400, 1500

Costa Rica,RFPeace Inti

Ecuador. HCJB
fQI Guinea. R EaSI Afllca
f rance, Radio France Inll
Georgia. Voice 01Hope
German, . Sunrise RadiO
Ge rma n~. UnlVtrsalll1e
German~.Overcome r Mmislr
India.All IndIa Radio
Ireland, unrChristl3nBC
Israel.KO/ tsraer
ltaly.IRRS
Japan. RJapaniNHKWorld
Jordan. Rad,o
Kenya. Kenya ercaoc Corp
l iberia. RadIOvenu s
Malaysia Radio
Malaysia RTM KuchinQ
MalaySia RTM KotaKlOabalu
Me~ ico , RadIOMe~lco Inti
Netherland s, Radio
NewZealand, RNZInll
Palau, KHaNNoice 01Hope
Papua NewGuinea, NBC
Philippines. FEBC/R Inti

1400 1500

1400-1500

11175am
5995pa
2310do
2485do

60"'"

. .

1400-1 500

Russla.Voice at RuSSIa WS

1400-1455 as
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500

SAfrICa. Channel Atrica

SlOgapOIe.RCorp SlIw;Japore

2325do

Sri Lanka. Sn l anka Be

Switzerland. SwissR Inll

14001500 vl

Tanzania. Radio

60JOdo
61JOdo

1400-1430
14001500

Thailand, Radio
UK, SBC Atncan Service

1400-1500

UK, BBC AsianService

1400-1500

UK. BBCWorldService

14001500
14001500
1400,1500
14()().15oo
14001500
14001500

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KHBI NMariana Is
USA. KJES MesQuile NM
USA KlBN Sall lk CIty UT
USA KWHR Naalehu HI
USA Voiceof Amelita

6160do
616Odo
11855am
7260as
11825as
7385am
12oo5ca
15186.11
11910as
15715.1s
585Qva
99550.1
11650eu
9545as
6200do
12535eu
i120va
9505na
11690eu
4935do
547000
7295do
4895do
598Odo
5985na
9890as
6100pa
9985as
4890do
11995as

13650am
7405na

9535as

21460am
15115am

21455am

15405as

17560<11

11855eu
116203s

1192Deu
1371 03s

9700as

6190.11
21660.11
5990as
15310as
9410eu
15220na
1764Qeu
13815am
9355as
1171 5.1m
7510am
9930<1s
6160as
97603s
15425as
9455na
94OO,m
604ll.>m
749003
9955am
7355am
9475am
11502as
13765au
6065.11
7220do
6165do
5005do
9500as
9385as
9720as
5986do

1381Qeu

15&1<)03
11730as

4T3Oas

11655as
9445a1
615Odo
97JOas
9575as
5050<10
9655a5

9770as

9625do
6070do

SELECTED PROGRAMS . .

1I88Oa1

716Odo
9705na
15585as

14001500
1400150(1
14{)(}.1 5O(1
14()().1500
14()(). 1500
14()O.1500
1400,1500
14001500
14001405
1400-1500
14QO-1500vl
14QO-1500 vl
1415-1425
1430-1500
1430-1500
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Sundays
1600
1601
1606
1610
1614
1618
1622
1630
1631
1636
1645
1649
1653

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VOA (ar/as/eu'mel:World News
VOA (ar/aS/ew'me): World Newsin Depth
VOA (ar/asleuJme): Regional fl ews.
VOA (al/asleuJme): U.S. News.
VDA (alias/euJme): Sports.
VOA (aflaS/euJme): U.S Feature
VOA (arras/eu/me): Preview
VOA (al/as/eu/me): World News
VOA (al/asl eulme):Encounler
VOA(atlas/eulme) ScienceiMe(llcineiEnVlfonment
VDA (alias/euime): Business News.
VOA (alfas/eulme): Features

Mondays
1600 VOA lallas/eutme): Preview
1601 VDA lallasleulme): World News
1606 VOA (al/asleutme): World News IT\
l S10 VOA (af:as/eutme): Regional N ~
1614 VOA (af/asieulme): U,S. News
1618 VOA (allas/eulme) Sports.
1630 VOA (af!asieuime): Preview
1631 VOA (allasteuimel: WorldNe....'S In Depth
1&45 VOA (allas/etJlme): ScieflCetMedlcine1nVlfonmenl
1649 VOA (aflas/eulme): BUSiness and t ccnomc News.
1653 VO A(al/asteuime): Music Fealure

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Tuesdays
1600

54

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MONITORING TIMES

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1601
1606
1610
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1618
1630
163t
1645
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VOA (al/as/eu/me): World News I[l Oeplh.
VOA (alias/eu/me):Regional NeVIS
VOA (al/aS/eulme):U.S News.
VOA (a!/as/eu/me): Sports
VOA (a!/aS/eu/me): Previ ew
VOA (a!/as/eu/rne): World News in Depth.
VOA (aTlasleu/me): Sci enCeiM ed ic,"e/E n ~i ronme nl
VOA (al/as/eu/me):BUSiness arid t ccnomc News
VOA (aflaSieulme): Music Fea ture

Wednesdays
1600
1601
1606
1610
1614
1618
1630
1631
1&45
1649
1653

VOA (altas;eulme): Prevew

VOA (allas/eume): WOIld News.
VOA lallas/eulme): World t~ews m Deplh
VOA (all as.'el.-'me):ReglonJl Il el'.'s
VOA lal/as/ewme):U.S, News
VOA (aUasleulme):Sports
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VOA (al:as,'eulme):\'/Of!d Hews In Deptll
VOA (aL'asieulmej: SClellcetMediClneiEn.,rOflmenl
VOA (alJaSleuimej: Busmess and Ecenornc IlevlS
VOA(al;asleulmej: MusIC Feature

Thursdays
1600
1601
1606
161 0
1614

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VOA lallasteu/me): World fl evlS
VOA (al/asleu1me):World tle,",'s In Depth
VDA(af/aS/eulme): Regional News
VOA (allds/eIl1me): U,S. News

1618
1630
1631
1645
1649
1653

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VOA (allasteuime): Prewew
VO A (al/asleu/me):World News m Deplh
VOA (al/.lSieuJme):Science;MedlClnelEnvltonmenl
VOA (allas,'eulme) Business and Economic News.
VOA (al/as/eulme): Music Feature.

Fridays
1600
1601
1606
1610
1614
l S1 8
1630
1631
1645
1649
1653

VOA (aliasieUlme): Prevew

VOA (a!i;ls/eulme): World News.
vel. (al'as/eulme): Worlj fl ewsm Depth
vel. lallasieutme): Regional flews
VCA lat!asteulme): US.Ne....'S
VOA faliaSleulme): Sports.
VOA lallas/eulme) Pri!'1lI!1'I
VOA lal-'asieu/me):World ~Iews m Deptn
VQA laVas/eu:me): SClerce.-Medlclne!EnVironmenl
VOA lallas/eulmel BUSiness and t cononc News.
VQA (al.'as.'eu/mel Musi: Feature

Saturdays
1600
1601
1606
1610
1614
1618
1622
1630
1636

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VO ~ (afias,'eu:me): WlNld tlews
VOIl ( a l/as'e~im e ) WOrld flews In Deplh.
VOA (at/as/ew'me): RegIonal tltws.
VOA (al/as/eulme): US, News
VOA (al/as'eu.'me) Sports
VOA (al/aSleuJme) US Feature
VOA (al/as/eu/me) World News
VOA (al/as/culme) Press conterence USA.

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AngUiIIa.Caribbean Beacon

11715af
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15160me

17()().1800

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1700-1800 \ 1

Canada. CBe N Quebec Sec

Canada. CFR XToronto

1700-1800
17001800

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Canada, CF'IP Calgaly

6030do
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1700-1800
17001800
17001800
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1700 1800vi
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l ebanon. Vcice 01 Hope
liberia. StarRadio
Mala)'5ia. Radio
New Zealand. R NZInti
Palau. KHBI\.'VoiCe 01Hope
Papua new Guinea. NBC
Poland, Polish RWarsaw
Romania, RPcmarna Inti
aussra.vcice 01RussiaWS

17001730
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17001800 vi
17001800

S Atrica. Channel Atrrca

Singapore,RCorp Singapore
Swaziland, Trans World R
Swaziland, Trans World R
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1700 1745

UK, BBC Asian Service

1700-1800

UK. BBC Wo~1d Service

1700-1800w
1700-1800
17001800
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USA. KAU Dallas TX
USA. Kl BNSalt lk CityUT
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1 700-18oo ~

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Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Palau, KH9NNoice 01 Hope
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Guam, AWM;SOA
Netherlands. Radio
Prnnppmes. RPllljllnaS
SAlrlta . AWF. A'nca
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VaticanSlate,vancan R
Bangladesh, Bangia aetar
India. All India Radio

17451800
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UK. BBC ASian Service

9500as

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Argent,na. RAE
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18001900 vi
1800 1900 vi

Auslra.a. VlSA Abce Spg

Auslra.a. Vl8K Katherine

1800-1900 vi
1800-1 900
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18001900
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Canada.CKZN 51John's
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China, China Radio inu
Costa Rica,RF Peace Inti
CzechRep, Radio Prague
Eqypl. Radio Cairo
EqtGuinea, Radio Atrica
France. Radio France Inll
Georgia. VOICe 01 Hope
Germany. SunriseRadiO
Germany,Overcomer MmiSlr
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1700 1800
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Costa Rica.RF Peace Inll
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Italy. IRRS
Kenya, KenyaBroad c Corp
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1800-1830s
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Papua New Guinea, NBC
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1800-1830
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1800-1900
1800-1830
1800-1900

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UK. BBC ssen Service

UK,BBCWorld Servce

1800-1900w
1800-1900
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USA. KH91 NMarl3n.a Is
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18001900
18001900
18001900
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1800 1830
18001900
18001900
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USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA, WHRA Greenbush ME
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WJCRUpton KY
USA.WMLK BelhelPA
USA, WRMI/R Miami inu
USA.WRND NewOrleans LA
USA. WWCR N ash~ ill e TN
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Algeria R Algiers inn

1000-2000
l1JOO.2000

An g uilla .Canb~an Beacon

19Q(l..2000 vi
1900-2000vl
19002000 vi
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19002000
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Australia, Vl8A AliceSpg

Australia, Vl8K Katheflne
Australia, Vl 8T Tent C,k
Brazil. Radio Bras
Bulgaria, Radio
Canada,CFRX toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHtl X Hahtax
Canada, CKZN st John's
Canada,CKZU Vancouver
China, China Radio Inll
Costa Rica,RF Peace Inti
Ecuador,HCJB
EQt Guinea, Radio Alrica
Georgia, Voice 01Hope
Germany, Deutsche Welle

19lJO.2000
19002000
19002000

19002000
19002000
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Kuwait. RadiO
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Liberia. Radio venras
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Namibia. NBC
Netherlands, Radi o

19001950smtwht
19002000
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1900-2000vi
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19002000

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Nigeria, Voice 01
Norlh Korea, R Pyongyang
PapuaNew GUinea, NBC
Phijppmes. R Pilipinas
aussa.vcce 01Russia WS

19002000
1900-1925
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1000-2000

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1900-1930
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Soulh Korea. RKorea Inll
Sri lan ka, Sn l ankaBC
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Switzerland, SwissR Inll
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UIr.. BBCWOlld Servce

1900-2000
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1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
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1900-2000 s
1900-2000
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19302000
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USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KHBI N Mariana Is

USA,KTBN Salllk City UT
USA, KWHR NaalehuHI
USA.Voice 01America
USA.Voice 01America
USA. WEWN Birmingham Al
USA, WGTG McCaysville GA
USA, WHRA Greenbush ME
USA.WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMl K Belhel PA
USA. WRMI/R Miami Inll
USA. WRtm New Orleans LA
USA. WSHBCypress Crlr. SC
USA, WNCR NashVille TN
USA. WVFR OkeechobeeFl
Vietnam. Voice 01
Zambia, ChriSlian Voice
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ZlfTIbabwe. ZlfTIbabweBC
Belarus. R Belarus Inll
GeOlgla, RadIO
Iran. VOIRI
Poland. Polish R Warsaw
Sweden. Radio
Uganda Radio
UK. BBCAsian Service
UK. BBC World service
Italy. RAllntl
Germany, unoereanue
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New Zealand, RNZtmr
vatican Stale. Vatican R
SAfrica, Voice 01Hope

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117750110
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USA. KAtJDaua s TX
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Egypt Radio Cairo
Germany, Deutsche weue
Germany.Overcomer Mlnls1r
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I,eland. Un!Christian BC
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USA. WSHB Cypress CrkSC
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Sundays
2300
230\
2306
2310
2314
2318
2322
2330
2331
2336

USA, VOA Washington DC las): Preview

USA, VOA Washinaton DC (as): World News .
USA_VOA Washinllton DC (as): World NevIS10 Depth.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Rellional News.
USA, VOA Washinoton DC (as): US. t~ews
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Sports.
USA. VOA washington DC (as): U.S. Feanne.
USA. VOAwashif\4;lton DC(as): Preview.
USA. VOAWashinq100 DC (as): World tlews
USA, VOA WashlOglonDClas): Issues 10 theNe'NS

2349
2353
2354

USA. VQA WashlOgtonDC (as): PreVlllW

USA. VOA WashinglonDC(as): World News
USA, VOA WashinglonDC(as): World Newsin Depth.
USA, VOA WashinllionDC (as): RegiOnal News_
USA, VOA WashlOglonDC (as): U.S. News.
USA, VOA Washington DC las): Sports
USA. VOA Washinllton DC(as): Preview
USA. VOA Washington DC {as}: World News
USA,VOA Washlnllton DC (as): Datenne
USA,VOA Washington DC (as) : Science/Medicine!
Environment
USA, VOA Washington DC(as): Business and Economic
News
USA.VOA WashinlltonDC (as) : Women'sBusiness Minute.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): Feature

2349
2353
2354

USA. VOA WashlOgtoo DC (as): Preview

USA, VOA WashlOglonDC(as): WorldNews
USA. VOA WashingtonDC(as): World Newsin Depth.
USA, VOA WashingtOll DC (as): RegIOnal foO ews.
USA. VOA WJshlngtooDC(as): U.S. NevIS
USA, VOA WashmgtonDC{as}:SportS
USA.VOA Washll'lgtooDC(as)' Prl!Vlew
USA, VOA WashU'lgtOl1 DC (as):WorldNews.
USA. VOAWashif\4;ltOfl DC (as): nateune
USA, VOA WaslllngtonOC (as): SCience/Mec!ICllle!
Environmenl
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Business and Economic
News.
USA. VOAWashington DC (as): Women's Business MlOute.
USA. VOA wasnmctcn OC (as): Feature

Wednesdays
2300
2301

58

USA,VOA Washington DC(as): Pre'llew.

USA, VOA Washington DC (as): WorldNews

MONITORING TIMES

1u1yl998

USA, VOAWashmgton DC(as): World News in Depth.

USA, VOA Washington DC(as): Regional News
USA.VOA Washington DC (as): US. News
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Sports
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Preaew
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): World News.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Dateline.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): SCience/Medicine!
Environment.
USA. VDA Washington DC (as): Business .lOll Economic
N,,", .
USA. VOA Washif\4;lton DC (as): Women's BuslOess MlOute.
USA. VOAWashington DC (as): Future

Thursdays
2300
2301
2306
23\0
231 4
231B
2330
2331
2336
2345
2349
2353
2354

Tuesdays

2300
2301
2306
2310
2314
2318
2330
2331
2336
2345

2349
2353
2354

Mondays
2300
2301
2306
2310
2314
2318
2330
233!
2336
2345

2306
2310
2314
2318
2330
2331
2336
2345

Fridays
2300
2301
2306
2310
231 4
2318
2330
2331
2336
2~5

2349
2353

USA, VOA WashingtonDC (as): Preview.

USA, VOA WashingtOfl OC (as): World NIl'IIS
USA, VOA WashinotonDC(as): World tl ll'llSin neom
USA,VOA Washington DC(as): Rellional News.
USA, VOA WashingtonOC(as): U,S News
USA, VOA wasnmctcn DC (as): Sports
USA,VOA wasnmctcnDC (as): Preview
USA. VOA Washington DC{as}:World News.
USA,VOA Washington DC (as): Dateline
USA, VOA Washington DC{as}: Science/Medicine!
Environment
USA, VDAWashington DC(as): Business and Economic
News
USA, VOA Washington DC(as): Women'sBusiness umute
USA, VOA WashingtonDC (as): Featcre

2354

USA. VOAWashington DC (as): Preview

USA, VOAWashington DC (as): World News.
USA, VOA wasmnctcn DC (as): World News in Depth
USA. VOA WashingtOfi DC (as): Regional News
USA. VOA WaShingtonDC (as) : U.S. News
USA, VOA WashlngtOfl DC (as): Sports.
USA. VOA WashiogtOfi DC (as): PreVIew
USA. VOA WashlngtOllDC (as): Wortd News
USA. VOA WashlOgton DC (as): Dateline
USA. VOA WashlrlQlon DC (as): SCience/Mechane!
Ertlironmem_
USA. VOA Washlnq10n DC (as): Business and Icenomc
NeIlS.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Women's BIlSI'le5s
Minute
USA. VOA Washinglon DC (as): f eature.

Saturdays
2300
2301
2306
2310
2314
2318
2322
2330
2331
2336
2345
2349
2353

USA. VOA Washington DC (as): Preview

USA, VOA Washington DC (as): World News.
USA. VOA WaShingtonDC (as): World Newsin necin.
USA, VOA WashinlltonDC (as): RegionalNews.
USA VOA waemnctcn DC (as): U,S. News.
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): Sports.
USA. VOA WashingtonDC (as): U.S. Feature.
USA. VDA Wa shington DC (as): Preview
USA. VOAWashingtonDC (as): World News
USA, VOA Washington DC (as): ccmmuncancts World.
USA. VOA Washington DC (as): SClence:MechCine/
Environment.
USA. VOA WashingtOllDC (as): Business News
USA. VOA WashingtonDC (as): Fealure.

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Snow Static!
T o heal the heat. le t' s set the stage for an
ev e n ing of go od winte r DX listen ing : Th e
wea ther has turned cool. the yard wo rk is
com pleted. and the foreca st is call ing for some
light sno w. You turn o n your ne w rec e ive r an d
the W W V IH num bers are excel lent. confirming the propag a tion forec as ts that yo u hav e
see n in MT.
T he e venin g liste nin g sess io n s ta rts o n a
ve ry posi tive noll' : the s ignals fro m oversea s
an d from all the a rea s thai you wis h to listen to
ar c com ing in at a ve ry reason a ble leve l. II
sho u ld be an eve n ing to re me m ber. But suddenl y. the sta tic s ta rts build ing up an d in a fe w
m inutes it be com es prac tically im possi ble to
liste n to a ny stati o ns. W hat is happenin g? It
so unds like hail o n a tin roof!
You chec k ar oun d the hou se 10 sec if a ny
appara tus has been tur ned o n : yo u wal k up to
the teen ager ' s roo m in sea rch of any th ing that
cou ld cuuse int e rfer en ce (you nev e r kno w w ha t
new "toys" co uld ha ve been brou ght hor nel ).
a nd after asc e rta in ing tha t the re is noth ing ne w
in the house yo u decide 10 look o ut side . No. the
next door neighbor ha s no t insta lled a ne w
a utomat ic yard lig ht: no, the stree t light is not
flic keri ng . but yo u do noti ce that s now is
falli ng a nd that the w ind is pic king up a nd
blo w ing the s now ac ross the ba re ant e nna w ire .
I\s yo u ar e looki ng you rea lize that as the wi nd
pick s up so doc s the le vel o f the static in yo ur
radio. W ha t is hap pen ing'!
Ve ry sim ply . the SIl O W - dried. or en trained . by e vapora tio n in the w ind - is caus ing elec trosta tic elect ricit y to be pro duce d on
yo ur a nte nna. c ha rg ing itwith a fairl y h igh
vo ltage. Cra sh' T he sta tic subs ide s and sta rts
buikli ng lip again . Th e e lectri c c ha rge ha s
d issi pa ted like a co nde nse r d isc ha rgi ng. bUI
the S IlO W blo wing across the a nte nna ke e ps
reb uilding th e elec tr ica l c ha rge . Aft er a while.
th e snow no lon ger ca uses a ny probl em s a nd
you can go back to DXing.
T he sante scena rio can occ ur in a sand storm. hut that' s not a problem fo r mo st ofus !
T he SIl OW bein g bl own ac ross the bare w ire
a m! produ ci ng a c ha rge is a phenomena ve ry
s im ilar to walking ac ross a ca rp et whi le dra gg ing yo ur fee t. Wh e n yo u to uch a me tal ob jec t
yo u di sch a rge the el ec trica l c ha rge . but if yo u
co nt inue to d rag yo ur feet across th e ca rpe t yo u
keep rep eat ing the pro cess.
Flyin g a pro pelle r-dr ive n ai rc ra ft at a low
a ltit ude produces a ve ry s im ila r phenom e na
called "S t. El mo ' s fire ." Th e d ry SIl O W or ju st
hea vy. dr y . ai r po llutio n rubb ing 0 11 th e sk in o f

60

MONITORING TIMES

Jvly 1998

OPTIMUM WORKING FREQUENCIES (MHz)

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"Unf a vorable conditions: Search around th e last listed freque ncy f or activity.
the airc ra ft w ill c har ge th e aircraft with a h igh
elec tro sta tic vo ltage . T he phe nomen on is esp c e ially breathtaking at night when the propelle r
turn s into a d isk of blu e fire an d the wi ng s tak e
on an ee rie blui sh tinge ! If your cargo happen s
to be ex p los ive m ate r ial. yo u feel a sm all ele ctric c urre nt go ing up yo ur spine ... (I know : I' vc
been thc rcl)
Th e SIl OW stat ic prob lem normally oc c urs
ea rly in the w inte r d uri ng the first sno w falls a nd
so me times whe n the sno w is d ry in m id-wi nte r
where te m peratur e is ve ry low . Th e vo ltage
produced 011 your an tenn a is q uite la rge. but I

ha ve ne ver he a rd of any problems being ca use d

by thi s buildup . As a sa fety me asure I know that
man y DX listen ers install a res istor of la rge
value. like I mego hm. betwee n the ir an tenna
lead-in a nd gro und to dr ain an y elec tros ta tic
c ha rg e tha t m ight bui ld lip on the a nte nna.
Usi ng insu lated w ire for the an tenna ca n al so
all e via te thi s proble m.
I hop e we ' ve he lped you co o l do wn. Reme mber : if the s ummc r weather fo recast is
call ing for thunde rstorm s. gro un d yo ur an te nna . E njoy the sum me r a nd hope for the OX
seas on to sta rt soo n!

Which Way VOA?

y now. Vo ice of America (VOA ) listeners are aware that the station im plement ed a reorganization o f its Eng lish
language program sc hed ule o n Ma y 29. Th e
cha nge was swift and sharp. Th e first public
anno unceme nt of the changes came o n April 28
and e ve n YOA staffers were large ly take n by

surprise.
VO A Ne ws Now. the umbrell a title of the
new for mat. co nsists of a rota ting two hour
block co nta ining a num ber o f sho rt news and

informa tion segments (sec adjoining chart).

Under,the new format, much of the VOA block
pro gramming that was pan of VOA World wide
Engli sh has been d iscontinued. T he prog ram s
retain ed have bee n refitte d to the new form at.
(Spec ial Engli sh pro gram s have bee n rctimcd
and placed on separate freque ncies.)
My first reaction was predictable for a lon gtime shortwave listener in the throes of midd le
age angst. I hated it. But a less emotio nal
analysis o f the VOA ' s move suggests a marc
sy mpathetic (but not uncritical ) listen er respo nse migh t be more ap prop riate : Keep in
mi nd tha t VO A program ming is not intended
for domestic US listen ers.
First of all. the cha nge is not all that radical
o r unwelco me . VOA News Now looks curio usly similar to the pop ular but di scontin ued
Mo nitor adio format used by the defunct Wo rld
Service oft he Christian Sc ience Mo nitor. VO A
New s Now also resembles a lon ge r version of
the successful magazin e-style formats in use
fo r a numbe r of yea rs by se veral stations like
Swiss Radi o Internatio nal. Rad io Austria Internatio nal and Radio Sweden.
Dr. Kim Elliott , pro ducer of VOA ' s excel lent Communications World progr am . previously served as the station' s aud ience res ea rch
office r. Dr. Elliott po ints o ut tha t analyses
goi ng back to the ea rly ' 90s co nsistently ind icate shr inking aud ie nces for the VO A' s trad itional full-length prog ram s with u co rrespo nding change in habits that show peop le are listening in shorter time seg ments and looking primarily for new s and information not ava ilable
to them via d omestic med ia so urces . T he New s
Now approach is a direct result of these find ings. In fact, in 1993 Dr. Ellio tt propo sed a
re vised program grid for the VO A that in many
respects clo sely resembles the format no w
adop ted some five yea rs later .
Fro m inside. the VOA has itself been pressured 0 11 a number o f fro nts. It is not well
understood by any level within the governme nt
that sponsor s it. An alp habe t so up of alterna tive
services whic h large ly overl ap its mission arc

bein g proposed and impl e mented usu ally with

resources that used to belon g to the VOA alone.
Therefor e. to surv ive . the VO A must both di stingui sh itsel f from these interlo ping serv ices
and de monstrate that it is se rving its aud ience,
however the latter is de fi ned.
In a more general sense . ;.my cr itiq ue of the
change s impleme nted by a broadca ster must
take note of the fac t that almost all of the
assu mp tio ns that served as the philosoph ical
underp innings for internation al bro adcasti ng
for the past half centu ry are gon e. Lac king the
o ld Cold War impe ratives and the revenues for
intern ational broadcastin g they generated. the
entire fie ld of inte rna tional broadca sting is being forced away from its lo ng-stand ing co mmitment 10 pub lic service broadca sting va lues
(howev er that migh t ha ve been de fincd by
individu al statio ns) and toward a model that is
go verned more by market-or iented. co mmerc ial va lues. Stations are forced to co me up with
new ju stification s fo r thei r existe nce .
We arc. for better o r worse. in uncharted
territory whe re trad itio n is no lo nger invio late
a nd any se nse o f stability or per manency is
el usive . Everything that to uches o ur lives today
is a " beta test: ' it see ms. and international
broadcastin g is no e xcep tion .
Yet . one cannot hel p but note that . as we
embark in this new era. there has o ften been a
yawning co ntrad ictio n between the resu lts intended and the chan ges im plemented. So mething must distingu ish o ne statio n fro m the
o the rs if liste ners a rc to be enticed to tunc in.
Yet. attempts to pur sue new and larger audi e nces usua lly re sult in se rvice s that ha ve little
to distingu ish them from their compet ito rs. if
the re sults prod uced by the domestic US com mercial model arc any g uide , T he exper ie nce of
the cubic tele visio n indu stry might arg ue that
it' s p referable to cultivate and mai nta in a loyal
but smaller aud ience than to pursue a larger but
milc h less comm itted o ne.
C hanges like these ca n be diffi cu lt to accept.
A loya l listen er can not he lp hut fee l ab ando ned
when favorite program s arc dropped . O ne key
attrac tion to shortwave programmi ng has been
that it offe rs some thing unavailable fro m other
medi a. It' s why one puts up with the med ium ' s
obvious techn ical shortco mings . But if what' s
o n sho rtwave increasingly npes what is already
available elsewhere . there' s Icss reason to listen .
In the final analysis. then. VOA New s No w
will not he the last wor d. More cha nge s will
undou btedl y ev olve within the News Now formal. And . if these cha nges don't produce the

desired result s. more changes will be forthco ming . Welc o me to the 2 1st century !

John Figliozzi is editor of Radio Shock's The

Worldwide Shortwave Lisfen;ng Guide.

VOA ENGLISH SCHEDULE

UTe Dally Every Hour
:00 Preview
:01 World News
:06 WorldNews in Depth
:10 Regional News
:14 U.S. News

:18 Sports
:22 U.S. Features
UTe Monday Through Friday
Eve n UTC Hours
:30 Preview
:31 World News in Depth
:45 SciencelMedicineJEnvironment
:49Business and Economic News
:53 Music Feature
OddUTC Hours
:30 Preview
:31World News
:36 Dateline
:45Science/MedicinelEnvironment
:49 Business and Economic News
:53 Women's Business Minute
:54 Feature
UTe Saturday
Even UTe Hours
:30 World News
:36 Press Conference USA
Odd UTe Hours
:30 Preview
:31WorldNews
:36 CommunicationsWorld "
:45 SciencelMedicineJEnvironment
:49 Business News
:53 Feature
UTe Su nday
EvenUTe Hours
:30 Preview
:3t World News
:36 Encounter
:45 Science/MedicineJEnvironment
:49 Business News
:53 Features
Odd UTeHours
:30 Preview
:31World News
:36 Issues in the News
"In threeseg ments rotated around theclock. Segment A:
0136, 1336, 1936. Segment B: 0336, 1536, 2136.
Segment C: 0536, 1136, 1736. 2336.
Exceptions: "Talk to America" M-F 1706. VOA English to
Africa prog rams(see May's Programming Spotlight
column) preempt NewsNow onVOA frequencies targeted
10 Africa. "Daybreak Africa" MF0300.0430. 0600;
"Africa World Tonight" MF1630, 1800.2000: "The
World of Music" MF 1930; "NightlineAfrica" TIS 1600,
2000; "Voices of Africa" T 1910, 5 1710; "Music Time in
Africa" 51730,1930.
(Times anddays are in UTe. For frequencies and selected
programming, referto the "Shortwave Guide" secnon.)

July / 998

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BEGINNER.S CORNER
UNCLE SKIP'S GUIDE TO MONITORING

SKIPAREY, N2EI

t;arey@mosquito ,com

Mobile Emergency Preparedness

n line with this mo nth' s (heme o f c merge ney preparedness. let's lake a practical
look at keeping read y to face e me rge nci es whi le in the mobi le mode. Thi s ca n cov er
a lot of int ere stin g gro und. For ex am ple. I a m
rou tinely mo bile in my car whe n op erat ing as
part of many A mateur Radio Em ergency Service (A RES) and Rad io Amat eur Em ergency
Serv ice (RACES) activiti es. Lik ew ise , I ha ve
come upo n accident sce nes and been ab le to
rende r co m mun ications assistan ce to ge l au thorit ie s in volv ed wit h gOOlI speed.
Further . havin g spe ll! a c hun k o f 111 )' life in
hurri cane cou ntr y. I' ve kno wn the need to use
my vehicl e (and its several radios) to "gel the
heck out of Dodge" <IS the win ds a nd wa te rs
carn e up the bea ch . I' ve also had to dig a car
o ut and kee p it mo ving du ring the wo rst snow
storm of the cen tury in the Northeast beca use
I was co nside red "essential per so nne l" at the
hospital I was working at duri ng that amazin g
time.
In all cas es and places, I was very happy
that my veh icle was we ll eq uipped with the
tools of the radio trade , bot h for listenin g and
for rece iving.
I have a lway s maintain ed that kno wledge
is power. In a rea l e mc rge ncy, thc on ly source
of true, up to the minute know ledge will be
radio co mm unicatio ns . So if you pla n to go
mobile - eit her to he lp in an eme rge ncy orto
ge l away from a n e me rgency situatio n in the
safest way poss ib le - yo u nee d to be prepar ed.

Maint ain a mean machine

Le t' s start wit h the obvious. Take all neces sary ste ps to assu re yo ur car/ truc k/ van o r
wha tever is in good working ord er. Yo u're
no t go ing to get a whol e lot of mo bile emergen cy radi o o perations don e if your vehicle
isn't running righ t. Get in the habit ofc heck ing the fluid level s, tire pressurc and co ndi lio n. hose s and belt s at le ast wee kly. Fo llow
yo ur ve hicle' s m anual for all sc he duled main tenance. Most ne w cars list a light duty and
hea vy dut y se rv ice sc hed ule. Go wi th the
heavy dut y just 10 make sure yo ur rig will
always be read y to tak e yo u e ither to or from
tha t emer gen L'Y sccne as the need req uire s.
Good mobi le eme rge ncy practice inc ludes
keepin g yo ur fu el tan k to pped off. When
th ings start to get exciting, yo u ne ve r know

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MONITORING TIMES

July 1998

wh e n youI l get a
sho t at a serv ice
station. so keep the
needl e on " F '. A
side effect of thi s
pra cti ce is yo u w ill
ge nerall y cut do wn
on residual moisture fo rmi ng i n
yo ur fuel ta nk th at
can cause fuel line
freeze- up d ur ing
w inter conditio ns.

Power to the
Radio !
Be fore you start
thi nk i ng you 're
reading Popula r
Mechanics instead
o f M on itorin g
Times. let' s mov e
cl ose r to the subj ect of radio . You
need to tak e steps
to mak e sure that your vehic le's e lec trical
sys tem is alwa ys operatin g in peak con d itio n.
Aga in, look at the be lls. Your car's alternator
syste m depends on a good belt se t a t th e
prop er tens ion, C he ck your e lec trica l sys te m
o ut according to the serv ice manu al.
If yo ur veh icle is equ ipped w ith meter s
instea d of "idiot" lig hts, lea rn how to read
them to assure yo u don' t ru n your batt ery
down wh ile ope rat ing a lew rad ios. I f yo u
do n't have adeq ua te electrica l syste m mon itoring in the form of vo ltage and ampe rage
meter s. co nside r in st allin g: them . Adding
meters fro m yo ur loca l au to supply store can
be done for under twent y- five do llars. It sho uld
o nly take a few ho urs and an ybod y wi th a little
electro nic ap tit ude (s uc h as a dedi cated rad io
monitorj ca n do it by fol low ing the di rection s.
Speaking o f auto electroni cs: Ma ny modem cars hav e mo re co mp uter gc ar in the m
than my radi o shack do c s. T his h..IS raised
so me nee..' probl em s be GIU Se o r e ither inte rference fro m the ca r's ele ctro nic sys te ms o r,
eve n worse. inter ference from yo ur radio gea r
to you r car's sy stem! I know o f more than on e
ham who was dr iv ing down the inte rstate.
keyed dow n their mic ro pho ne . and thei r car
sta lled .

fortun atel y, a ll major car ma nufact urers

ha ve had e xperi en ce w ith ge tt ing mobi le rad ios and mo to r vehic les to work together .
Ch eck with a loca l repair department for your
vehic le's bra nd and see if any service bu lletin s e xis t for your make an d mod el tha t ad dr es s the lise of add -o n rad io gear. Yo u will
find the most co mmo n problems can be rcso lved by good g rounding and keepin g cables
awa y fro m eac h other.
Most mob ile rad ios op erate be st hooked
directl y to the ve hicle's battery by the sho rte st
ro ute sa fely possible . Thi s goes a long way
towa rd cu tting down inte rfere nce. T he re are a
co uple of thin gs you need to rem embe r if
yo u' re plan ning: 10 do this. Fi rst, ma ke sure the
cab le yo u choose to route the po we r is hea vy
e nough fo r thc load. Many mod erate-powe red VHF tran scei ver s draw in exc ess of 15
amps in key do wn mode. so whe n in doubt go

heavie r.
Nex t. make sure yo u insta ll adequate fuses
in ho(1I the hot an d ground leads co ming and
go ing from the bat ter y. T hi s he lps ens ure that
a sho rt cir cui t wi ll no t fum into a bigger
pro blem if a co nne ction goes bad under the
hood . It' s a lso go od practice to keep the fuse s
as close to the battery as possible.

Fin ally, take ex tra care wh en routing the

power wires through the firew all into the
driver' s co m part me nt. Make sure that the
wire s are run along aroute that wo n' t put them
in danger of fray ing or wea ring aga inst any
surface, and that the hol e you find or drill
through the firewa ll bas a sound rubber gro mmet to pro tect the wires . I kno w this is a bit
more work than plugging an ada pter into a
cigarette ligh ter, but it is the only way to go for
a safe, interfere nce-free radio installation.
Aga in, when in do ubt, c hec k yo ur se rvice
man ual or co nsult a pro fess io nal mecha nic,
preferably one with exte nsive ex perie nce in
automot ive e lectron ic sys tems .

Get the Signal

Now let's move (Q the othe r end of the car
- the mos t likel y place to install any auxiliary a ntennas . Generally, the ideal place to
install an antenna is to drill a hard mount ho le
in the de ad center of your roof. Howe ver, few
fo lks wan t to mod ify their ca r in this way as it
c uts down on resa le value significan tly.
T he standa rd co m pro mise is a choice between magn etic mount ante nnas , trun k lip
mount antennas and thru-the-glass inductively
co upled ante nnas, O ver the yea rs I' ve used a ll
three (a nd I' ve drilled a few roo f holes, too ).
For usc day in and day out, the trun k lip style
o f a nte nna mou nting has see med to serve me
best. An added be nefit: in eme rge ncy operation s, you may be a bit too bu sy to hop out of
yo ur truck to reset a fallen ove r mag mount
ante nna .
Inductive ly coupled anten nas do work, but
tho se I have tried never see med to co m pare
favorab ly in performance to ot her types. If
you are usi ng a leased vehicle or ju st don't
want to scratch the pai nt, they are a reasonabl e
com pro mise .

If you' re a ham into HF (High Frequency)

mob ile ope ratio n, you are like ly to use a
longer rad iato r, usually mounted on the car's
bumper. If this is the ca se, you need to rem em ber tha t so me ncwer cars federa lly ma nda ted
"five-mile-an-hour-crush" bumpers are not
mec hanica lly we ll grou nded to the ve hicle' s
frame . A bit o f poking around under yo ur ca r
will confi rm if a le ngt h of hea vy ga uge wi re is
needed from the ground base side of the HF
antenna directly to hard met al.
In your search for metal. be aware that
most modern ca rs ha ve qu ite a bit of corrosion
protecti on bui lt into thei r design. You may
ha ve to dig through a bit of unde rcoating 10
get to good metal. T he resu lts wi ll be wort hwhi le, espec ially du ring those times when
radio is more tha n ju st .1 hobby.
Remember those trunk lip entennasv Well .

j ust how we ll are they e lectrically bo nded

th rou gh those trun k hing es? Not good enou gh
for me.I ran a few sho rt pieces of wire to bo nd
the tru nk lid to the fram e.
Running the a nte nna feedlin e from the
a ntenna to any mobi le mou nted radio is always a n adventure . You want to run it sa fe ly,
you wa nt 10 make sure it doesn't kink , or to
run it ,ICroSS a ny surface s that w ill ca use cuts
or abra sio ns to the oute rj acket. Often you w ill
disc over you have no choice but to cut that
nice factor y-instal led co nnec tor off ju st 10
route the ca ble in fro m the tr unk area. Suc h is

lire.
In most modern cars it is fairly easy to
route radi o antenna cables arou nd door trim .

If you usc RG-58 or RG-8X SlY Ie coax, il is

thin e nou gh to ju st squeeze into the c rac ks. I
route most of my c ables along under the lower
door ent ry gua rds. These are hard plastic or
metal in most cars and I've nev er had any
ca ble prob lem s in these areas. T he good new s
is that most cable ru ns in the length of a c ar or
truck arc not going to result in a ny excessive
signa l losses over the twenty or so feet they
arc likely to tra ve l.
Ta ke yo ur time and do a little pla nni ng.
Take a piece of spare cab le a couple of feel
long and po ke arou nd a nd see wha t routes
migh t wor k hest. If you can, take both the
front and rear seats out of your car. T his will
ope n up do zen s of prospective ca ble routes
you may not otherw ise conside r. Just re member that yo u have to be able to put the sea ls
bac k when yo u' re done. As silly as that may
sound 1 once rou ted a bundle o f cables in a
Honda Civi c that see med to make sens e at the
time until I w ent to try to put the bac k seat
back in. Cars are nonnall y very forgivi ng
with the ir to ler ances. bUI in this ca se a quarter
of an inch was just too much.

means within easy reac h and whe re peeki ng at

the display will nor di stract your view of the
roa d. Still. yo u sho uld alw ays make a point of
pull ing of f the road when yo u' re intending to
do so me se rio us fiddlin g with the d ials. Driving is hard eno ugh with out trying to catc h that
rare one on twent y meters. I' ve known of
more than on e radio operator whos e ent husiasm for the hobby has landed them in a d itch.
Lately, I' ve take n to mounti ng my ma in
transce ive r under the dash on thc left side o f
the dr iver' s position close to the dr iver ' s side
door. If your ve hicle allow s for this without
interfe re nce todriving posit ion oreasy egress,
gi ve it some co nsideration. It ' s co nven ient,
a nd it' s a location where would-be th ie ves
aren 't like ly to look.
My ca r has a bla ck interi or , With the rig in
thi s positio n I j ust toss a piece of an old black
T -shirt over it and from the outside you have
no idea tha t the ca r ha s an aux iliary rad io in it.
(O kay, I know there ' s this big a ntenna han ging off the bumper but I'm working on it !)
An yway. a lillie forethough t can kee p yo u
mobil e in an e merge ncy a nd still let you ha ve
a 101 of fun in between those times of crisis.

Use coaxlal cabJefrom antenna to receiver

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Matc hes ante nna to co ax lor mor e signal
st rengt h.
St atic charges go to ground, not through
t he radio,
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We' ve g OI the signa l and the power to
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actua l rad ios yet. Mobi le radi o insta llation
prefe re nce s see m to come in esse ntially two
flavors: " Loc ked in the tr unk" and " I do n't
care if they try to stea l it." The most pract ica l
appl icat ion is usua lly so me where in between ,
I we nt through m y para noid phase a num ber of years ago . I ins isted on inst all ing my
radi os in the glove compartment. This created
two prob lem s : I kept swe rving dow n the road
when 1 reac hed o ver to change channels, and
I kep t gelling. lost because I co uld ne ver find
my maps.
T he rad io (or radios) need to atwavs be
insta lled in a place whe re they ca n be safe ly
operated while dr iving. Ergonomically, that

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ASK BOB

ANSWERS TO YOUR RADIO QUESTIONS

Q. Is it true that alder N sets could

listen to cordless telephone frequencies? (0 .5. McCormick, Ir., Ma con,
NC)

A. No, hut they co uld listen 10 cellul ar Ircque ucics. Cordless phones operate several megahertz below T V channel 2 (54 60 M H/.). hut
cel l phones arc in the 8 24 -~ 4918 6 l) 8 Y -l- M l- lz
s pectrum. we ll w ith in the lun ing range of the
o ld HJ-c hannel sets wh ic h tuned to at least 890

Bob Grove, W8JHD

bgrove@grove.net

ex tracted fro m the m for yo u In hear through the

speake r. This is done in steps. rather limn all at

once. For example. a radio signal at 155 MHz

m ight be convert ed fir st down 104 5 MH z. then
do wn to 10 .7 M Hz. and finally 455 k Hz before
the au di o is extracted fr om it to be heard. Th ese
three s teps make it "t riple CO il ve rsion ,"
It is o ften an ad va ntage to co nvert it h ighe r
fi rst. then low er. Th is is done to red uce spurio us image signals wh ich g ive er roneous. multip le recepti on freq ue ncie s. That highe r-fre qu ency step is called " up-conve rsion:'

MHz.

Q. I often see ads for certain receiv-

ers saying "triple conversion" o r

"triple-up con version" W hat do es
this mean ? (Steve, e-mail inquiry)

A. When s ig nals in the rad io frequency hands

(lyr ically 100-1000 MHz or so ) arc received.
they must he conve rted do wn to lower frcqu cn d es (typicall y 1-10 M Hz) be fore the aud io is

Q. W ho uses the frequencies

between 512 and 760 MHz missing
from low-price scanners? (Nu merous inquiries)
UHF televis io n broad casters. A recent rul ing. ho we ve r. w ill tum ove r SO IllC o f th is spectru m to pub lic safe ty in thc next fe w years.
making it a desirable sca nning range in the

future.

MONITORING TIMES

July 1998

No. Rad io S hack success fully petitioned

the Fed e ra l Co mm unic ation s C o mm iss io n
(FCC) for au tho rization . and the FCC has j urisd iction on ly in the U.S. 1I1d po sse ssions.

Q. How can I connect a random

wire antenna to an AM/FM radio
that has only an internal ferrite rod

antenna ? (0.5. McCormick, Ir.,

Macon , NC)
You can ' t. atleast no t d irectl y. Have yo u
tried an inductive loop like the popular Sel ec tAc'Tcnua" S imp ly sell ing that al ongside thc
radio C"1Il bring barely aud ible signals up to full
room liste ning .
A no the r trid - whi ch Illay or ma y not

Listening to Your Remote

Control

ne of the most freque nt q uesti ons we receive co ncerns the

nature of the sig na l give n off by infr ar ed OR) remote
co ntrols used w ith home ente rtainme nt equ ip me nt. Tom
Marquardt , a long time M Ts ubscribe r. provided an inter esting and
preeminently sim ple wa y to listen to them talki ng to yo ur acce sso ries .
Tom po ints o ut that although all of the differe nt key s may
so und alike to the ear, they differ in the re lative spac ing of the
pul ses that make up the d igi tal seq ue nce . Fo r ex am ple . w hile there
might be a possible 1000 pulses per second (a fict itiou s example)
fro m each of them . o ne ke y co uld be fi ring pu lses at 1, 6,7. 12, 56 .
78 . etc. milliseconds for a total of300 pul ses in o ne seco nd, while
the ne xt key mig ht be emi tting pu lses at 3. 7, 11, IS, 92, etc .
milli seconds for anot her 300 pe r second.
Accord ing to To m. older remotes make a coa rse, buzzing
sound, w hile newer model s are more mu sical (" Boo p-boop') .
So how can yo u he ar these no ises (and why wo uld yo u wa nt
to)'? By as se mbl ing o ne phototra ns isto r, a resisto r (4 700 ohms, II

64

A.

A.
A..

Bob's Tip of
the Month

Q . A re the new Family Radia

Service (FRS) transceivers legal for
use in Canada? (Wm . Me wes,
O ak ville, Ont).

4 watt o r so. althoug h an ything in the se veral thou sa nd oh ms ran ge

w ill work), a DC decoup ling capacit or. and a battery. as shown
belo w. into a detector c ircu it. fcd into nil unu sed au dio in put jack
on yo ur stereo amplifier . Be sure to start wit h the vo lu me co ntro l
at mini mum!
Tom sugges ts that the nex t generatio n of hackers may be rem ote
con tro l ph reak s. inten t upo n cau sing misch ief with neighbors ' TV
se ts. Hap py buz zing !
Radio Shac k
. 276-t 45

0.1 u F

RCA phone
pl ug

50 vocc..,.---'l'h,r.;;~

4700 ohms
1/4 W

Sh ielded audio
cab le

9V
battery

work- is to wrap several turns of the close end

of the random wire a nten na around the radio
(to p to bottom. not side 10 side). finall y con nect ing the end to gro und, or eve n a metal rad io
part like an ea rphone j ac k. Th is sho uld imp ro ve
signal le vels.
O r yo u co uld buy a better radi o.

Since it only tokes 0 few milliamperes of current to stop the human

heart, why do electric executions
use such high voltage (1000 -2000
volts in two or three surges of up to
30 seconds each) and high current,
and is itAC or DC? (Mark Burns,
Terre Haute, IN)
Q.

A. Alt hough o rigi na lly dem on strated by Th o mas Edison using direc t current (DC) . George
Westinghouse pro ved that lo wer vo ltage s and
sma lle r-gauge wires wo rked eve n bet te r with
alte rna ting current (AC), eve n fo r electrocutions.
Vo lt for volt . AC is more destru ctive to the
nervou s sys tem, cau sing di sorgan ization o f the
delicate e lectrochemical balance of the ana tomy.
w hile DC d is rupts the normal e lect rochem ical
ac tion. and its po larized pulse damps the
muscle s. Th is is the reason that DC is used to
defibril late heart patients. and the clampi ng
cau ses the characteristic "kick."
Sta tic elec trici ty produced by rubbing yo ur

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printed in this column as
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feet on a carpe t ca n prod uce mo re than 30 .000

volts DC . but at \"c ry lo w current. so no damage
is ca use d to the biological syste m.
Ge nerally spea king, most o f us ca n fee l the
current forc ed through the body by the applications of a couple do zen volts or so. res ulting in
a curre nt flow of u few milliamperes. and many
have been ac cide ntal ly e lect roc uted by ho usehold app liances and wiri ng (120 YAC) . Keep
in mi nd. too. thai d ifferent people have d iffe rent resistan ces 10 electron flow .
But this doesn't mean that this voltage will
pro ve lethal. on ly that it might, and then it is
ex trem ely pa inful and ca n pro ve da magi ng.
Ob vio usly, fro m a legal. med ical, and humane
standpoi nt. the amo unt o f vo ltage applied for
execution must be mOTC than marginally adequate. it must be ce rtai n and instan taneou s.
A nd it must be nonreco verab le.Th ese are the
rea son s for the high vo ltage and curren t. and for
the du ration.

Q . I have tried unsuccessfully to

record programs on a tope recorder
from two different portable shortwave radios. I patch the earphone
iack from the radio to the mike iack
of the recorder with no respon se.
What gives? (Mel Friedman, Suffolk,

VA)

A.

Ch ance s are yo u are mi smating the plug s

and ja cks . The tape recorde r mike jack is undoubtcdl y mo naural (two wire) while the rad io s mi ght be equip ped with ste reo ear pho ne
jacks (three wire) . It is also possible 111.1t yo u arc
using an interconnect cable wit h the w rong e nd
for e ither-or both- plugs.
In <lny cas e . it' s ea sily solvab le: Look at the
manual (or the earphones ) that cumc wit h the
radio. that should tell yo u w hat is need ed the re.
and simply be sure that is the plug that you are
using in the jack. If it' s not . either repla ce the
cable or use a stereo/mo no adaptor plug o n the
exi sting cable.
If in doubt. take the rad io. tape recorde r. and
cab le to a local Radio Shac k. T he ir motto is:
" Yo u've go t que stio ns. We 'vc go t answers."
Make them live up to it.

Q. What would be a good two-way

system to use at a lake resort? I've
tried FRS walkie-talkies, but the
terrain and trees limit the range.
(LeRoy Long, Edmond, OK)

A. Sounds like C B is your best bet. The lower

frequency ran ge for terrain-follow ing (27 vs.
46 2 M l- lz}, higher pow er (5 wat ts vs. 0.5 wa tts).
and longer ante nna s ( I I feet vs. 6 inches ) ma ke
a \'cry big difference!

C.tch'. 11 01 tho
- r"exciii ment rin till':
rildio: broildc"atr.n:,
..... piratP.i, uhJlitiet , !Jam
radio. "spy" dali n ns, _
: _and mudJ mo~e!
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BELOW SOO KHZ

DXING THE BASEMENT BAND

Kevin Core , WB2QMY

!owbond@golewoy.nel

One Step Closer to Getting on Air

ast mon th we described the construelio n of a simple tran sm itter designed

by I.y l e Koehler (KO LR) tor use on the

licen se-free Lowfer hand (low freq uency

e xpe rimenter' s ban d , 160-190 kHz ). Th is

month. we"IIdiscuss powering the transmitter

power his tran smi tter . H e uses a 26 volt pow er

supply-do uble the voltage needed by the
tra nsm itter-with a 169 o hm series resis tor to
limiu hccurrcnt flo w to the transmitter. (Again ,
the ex act va lue of res ista nce will nee d to be
worked o ut for a give n in stallatio n- R = Ell.)

an d a su itable tran sm ittin g ant en na.

The transmitter requi res two volta ges for

operation. First. a reasonably stable source of

5 VDC is required at Pin 16 0f thc trunsrniners

Antenna Basics
For tran smitting on low frequency (LF),
yo u sho uld aba ndo n any thoughts of using a
horizo ntal "longwi re" type ante nna . While
the se ant ennas can so metimes work well for
rece iving , e xperi ence ha s sho wn that the y are
far too lossy for tran smitt ing (at lea st at the
po we r leve ls we' re ta lking about). T oday' s
most succ essful opera tors ag ree that a tuned
vertica l antenna wit h a top hat and gro und
radial sy stem is the best way to go.
W hat, then , is req uired for a n effective
longwave ant en na ? First, the re is the legal
issue . To co mp ly w ith FCC reg ulatio ns, th e
radi ating pa rt of the antenna mu st not e xceed
IS meter s/50 fee t in hei ght. As it turns out .
that ' s about the prac tica l limit fo r mo st home
bui lde rs anyway- spea king from a constructio n sa fety stand po int . In fact, many lowfers

div ider chip. Th is supplies power to the chip

and the crystal oscillato r circuit. The curr en t
requirement for this input is very low, and
most any power supply intended for 5 volt
log ic circuitry will do .
Powering the finalamplilier stageis slightly
more co m plicated. To meet Federal C om rnunications Co m miss ion (FCC) regul ations, the
DC input power to the stage mu st not exceed
o ne walt. Power is determi ned usin g the standa rd formul a: P = I x E, whe re P = Pow er, I =
C urre nt (in am pe res), and E = Vo ltage . In last
mo nth' s example, our circuit drew .077a mpe res at 13 VDC. T hese were the figures that
Ly le fou nd gav e th e be st effic iency with his
tra nsm itte r whe n it was co nnec ted to properl y
marched 50 ohm load . Usi ng these figures we
get an input pow er of o ne
watt - the m aximum allowable po wer .
T hese figures will vary
so mewhat fro m o ne tran sFIGURE 1,
mill er to the next and the
input vo ltage and c urre nt
Typical Lowfer
Transmittin g
dra w sho uld be measured
Antenna
to e nsure FCC co mpliance .
W hen run ning th is le st, the
tra nsm itter will need to be
co nnec ted to a proper load.
If yo u don't hav e a tun ed
a ntenna read y to conn ect 10
)'tlUr transmitter. a 47 o r 5()
o hm carbon resistor ( I w;,111
or higher power rati ng ) can
he placed acro ss the radio
freq uency (RF) o utput 10
act as a suitable d um my
load .
T o e ns ure a co nstan t

o utput from the tran smitter

u nde r va ry ing a nten na
lo ad s (w he n it rain s or
sno ws. for exa mp le ), Ly le
uses a cle ver app roac h 10

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have rep o n ed good succe ss with antennas le ss

than 30 feet tall , provided the y arc properly
tuned, with a good ground sys te m and to p hat.
Figure I shows a typi cal Lowfer station
a ntenna . T he top hat is simply a series of
co nd uc tors that ext end outw ard fro m the a nten na mast like the spokes of a wheel. Its
purpo se is to " pull" the RF current higher into
the a nte nna a nd red uce the amo unt of ind ueranee required in the loading coil. (More on
co ils later ). Th e top hat sho uld ha ve as man y
"spokes" as possibl e , and sho uld have a s large
a radiu s as is practical. A radius of 10 feet is a
dec ent start ing point for a first antenna. The
top hat' s pe rfo rmance can be furth er improved
by co nnec ting the end s o f eac h spo ke tog eth er
with a wi re to fo nn a circle around all ele ment s.
T he antenna m ast can be made from large
di am eter co pper pipe. e lec trica l co nd uit, or
even a te lescoping TV anten na mast. Th e key
is to mak e it as long as possible (w ithin
allowab le lim its) but to stay clear of power
line s! No t on ly is thi s dangerou s, but it will
a lso red uce the performa nce of th e antenna. In
any installation . be sure to properly g uy the
anten na at se ve ral points usin g a non- metallic
mat eri al suc h as UV-res istant Dacron rope .

TOP HAT

VERTICAL RAD IATOR

,/"

The Loading Coil-an

Essential Ingredient
Even if yo u' re fortu nate
eno ugh to ha ve a fu ll length
(50 foo t) an tenna, it will be
much too sho rt to act as a
se lf-reso na nt qu arter wave
on 175 k H z. Such an an-

LOADING NETWO RK

-:

GROUND SYSTEM

tenna would need to beaver

1330 feet tall ! T o co mpensate for thi s lack of length ,
we mu st in sert a loadi ng
coil at the base of the antenn a, or at some o ther point
o n the ma st.
Whil e a coi l is essential fo r tuni ng, it is also a
maj or so urce of sys te m
loss. It mu st he care fully
design ed and be protected
from the cle ment s so that

Continued 011 page 94

AMERICAN BANDSCAN
Doug Smith, W9Wl
w9wi@bell,outh.net

THE WORLD OF DOMESTIC BROADCASTING

OX Safety

e usually don 't think of domesticband DXing as a dangero us hobb y.

And in fac t, when yo u com pare it to
hobbies like mountain climbing, black -po wder
shooting. and ultrali ght flyi ng, there isn't much
to wo rry about. But there are a few steps you
sho uld take to pro tect your hea lth. yo ur hom e.
and yo ur eq uipme nt.
Th e most likely threat 10 you and your DX
shack is lightning. A bolt o f lightning is an
elect ric cu rrent of almost unima gina ble strength
- thou sands o f amperes. There are a varie ty of
lightning arresters and surge suppressors on the
mark et : these de vices are de signed to shunt
ligh tn ing currents around your equipment and
safely (0 gro und. T hey 're a good idea to prote ct
aga inst the rando m unexpec ted surge.
But none of these dev ice s can full y prot ect
yo ur eq uipme nt against a direc t hit. Any outdoor ante nnas yo u use should be wi red in such
a way that yo u can comple tely d isco nnect them
when yo u aren't OXing. If yo u have ex pe nsive
rece iving eq uipme nt, you should unplug it when
you' re aw ay. Just turn ing it o ff isn' t eno ugh.
Lig htn ing has trave led se veral miles to reac h
the ground; the term inals of a switc h, 1/4 inc h
apart , wo n' t stop it!
Even without lightning in the area . outdoo r
ante nnas can be dange rous. Befo re yo u lift an
ante nna into place, take a good lon g look at
where yo u' re p utting it. Are you abo ut to pu ll it
into a pow er line ? Does it run under a power
line ? (What happen s if a utility po le fails and
the po wer line falls onto you r antenna") Is the
ante nna high enough that peop le wo n' t wa lk
into it? Is the lead-in wir e low (or high ) enough

CALLSIGN CHANGES
The following AM stations havechanged callsigns in
thelast month:

!lIlI..tall;
KBUl 970
KNSE1510
WNlC1510
WJPY1280
WCFY1410
WARA1320
KDWG970
WLAS9 10
WDf R-1250

IllliJdl!!;

KfXX-1520
WMMZ1400
WMPS1380
KYl R-1400
KKSN910

KKSN
WKDY
WDDM
KHCH
KfXX

KANM
KMSl
WWJY
WJWK
WI\l Y
WJYT
K8Ul
WSTK
WBU8

illalilln;

Modesto. CA

Ontario, CA
New l ondon, CT
Seaford, DE
l afayette, IN
Attleboro, MA
Billings. MT
Jacksonville, NC
Washington
COUll House, OH
Oregon City, OR
Spartanburg, SC
Millington, TN
Huntsville, TX
Vanco uve r, WA

t
!

Pat Griff ith sent this shot of KOA ~850 's

tower near Parker. Colorado.
that people won' t trip over it?
Hig h vo ltage isn 't a p rob lem in a rece iving
statio n unless som ething is broken. Yo u should
regularly inspect the power cords on all yo ur
equipment . and replace any that appear to be
wo rn. If yo u succumb to the urge to take the
co vers o ff yo ur rece iver to see what' s inside ,
unp lug it first. And rem ember that capaci tors
ca n sto re a dangerous charge for a lo ng time
(that is, se vera l wee ks !). Do n' t touch any interna l con nections unless you're certa in you know
what yo u' re do ing!
I know so me of yo u arc usin g " ho llow state"
(tube ) receivers. These can ge nera te q uite a bit
o f heat. Allow plenty o f time for tubes to coo l
do wn before yo u touc h them . ( I still ha ve a scar
o n my left wris t fro m when I faile d to take this
advice and touched a very hot 5 U4GB ...) Be
sure to leave plenty o f space for a tube receiver
10 "brea the. "

Bits and Pieces

John Alter o f To ledo wrote with an AM OX
prob lem : " In trying to reach statio ns in one
d irecti o n. I tend to recei ve stations o n the same
freq ue ncy in the rec iprocal d irect ion. In trying
for KKOB in Albuque rque on 770 , I get overpowered by WABC in New Yo rk o n 770. Can

you recomm end an antenna thai is rea lly d irectional. and in only o ne direction ?"
Th is is a tough pro blem. T he most common
d irectiona l antenna for AM receptio n is a loop.
Loop antennas can be qui te small and very
d irect io nal - but they're dir ect ional in two
d irect ion s, adm itting interference fro m the bac k
side o f the anten na. Parasitic (and d riven ) array
an tennas are highl y direct ion al in o nly one
d irection - but they're very large. (If you see
an AM statio n using several lo wers. that' s a
dri ve n array .)
The 1996 ARRL Handbook f or Radio Amateurs (and possibl y subsequent ed itions) sho ws
a design for a 4 MH z loopstic k anten na with
sense whip . Thi s antenna co uld potent ially be
modifi ed for use in the AM band . To be honest,
I have n' t the time to try it; if o ne of ou r listener s
does. please let us kno w how it wor ks .
FM OXcr She ldon Remi ngton o n the Big
b land of Hawaii has totall y shattered all records
fortropospheric reception of VHF signals. Tropo
ducting between Hawaii and the West Coast a 2.500 mile palh - is an annua l event. But it' s
rare fo r the ope ning to extend north o f San
Fra ncisco or so uth o f T ijuana. O n the eve ning
of Fe brua ry 13. it did . Sheldon logged two FM
statio ns in Puerto Vallarta. Mexico, and o ne in
Manzanill o. Th ese cities are along the "bulge"
in Mexico ' s west coast, about 300 miles wes t of
Mexico Cit y. and over 3,000 mi les from Hawaii. Th e previous record for tropospheric reception. and for FM broadcast reception . was
j ust sho rt uf 2.700 miles.
Speaki ng of FM DX. the World wide TV FM OX Assoc iation ha s moved . If you' re interested in aclub forFM and T V OXcrs, write P.O.
Bo x 50 1, So mersville. CT. 060 72 .
Your DX doesn 't have to be a Ca lifornia-toHawaii duct to be new swort hy. Let us kno w
abo ut it ! Write P.O . Bo x 98, Brassto wn NC
289 0 I , o r
via
the
I n te rn e t
to
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OUTER
LIMITS
THE CLANDESTINE, THE UNUSUAL, THE UNUCENSED

George Zeller
George.Zeller@aCClink.com

New Clandestine Internet News Service

land estinc DX expert s Nick G race of

Wa shington. DC. and Martin Schocch
of Germany ha ve started Clande stine
Radi o Walch (C R W). a detailed biwee kly new slette r cov ering the late st developmen ts in clandestine radio broadcasting . Th is new informalion source is ch ock -full of break ing data including cla ndest ine rad io new s. station udd resses. prog ram for mats. groups spo nso ring
the covert po litica l broad cas ts. and ma ny o ther
subjects that arc valuable to shortwave cl andestine chasers.
Rece nt issues (.' :'111 heaccessed via the internet
us m g
http ://www . geocit ie s.com/
Ca peCa na \'Cnl V2 59~/geo - c1 a. h tm

as the tar-

get. Nick Gr ace ' s ama zing Cl andestine Radio

Intel web site at http://wWw.cls l.netlybOr m iJ
clan d.htm mirrors the CR W newsletter conte nt. Regu lar con tributors receive the ncwslct tc r free via e-mail upon req uest .

Radio 510 Offers Relays

D. J. Stevie. statio n manager at the Swiss
pirate Radio 510. has announce d that the stalion is offering two one hour relays of North
America n pira tes o ver transmit ters of the It alian Ra d io Rela y S en-icc. Airtime is available
for 520. which works out to S lO per hour. If
yo u' re inte rested in this service. the station's email contact point can be found on their interne I
site. which uses the http ://www.mdio51O.org
URL.

FM Pirates Protest
Thousands of Fi\.1 micropiratc ope rations
continue operations in the USA. despite a flurry
of more than a dozen 1998 FCC busts. Various
pirates picketed the La s Vegas conference of
the National Association of Broadcasters in
April. Other pickets ma rched in downtow n
Tampa on Apri l 17 in pro test of some Florida
FCC busts. A mid-April rally by supporters o f
lower Manh atta n pirate Stea l T h is Radio publici zcd a law suit filed against the FCC s alleged
violat ion of the station's first amendment rights.
There has never been as much pirule activity
in the North America n FM broadcasting band
as we have seen in 199M. If you tune through the
ban d in your own local area. you could hear one
of these fascinating low power stations.

Vo ice 01Radio Free Ind iana- Rock music and parody

ads. (Merlin)
WBNY Commander Bun ny with a clever clandestine
parody from the Rodent Freedom Fighters. (None)
WKND- Radio An imal with rockand pirate advocacy.
(BRS)

J erry Rigged Radio uses a tradit iona l

pirate togo.
American shortwave pirate bands rema in extremcly active. particularly on weekends and
holid ays. Given summer pro paga tio n. statio n
o perations are less evidentduring midday hours.
but arc increasin gly audible from a couple
hours befor e sunset 10 about three hours after
the sun goes dow n. Here' s a sample of stations
heard during the past month. all of which waf!
noted within 50() kll : oj 6 955 kt t : j ust below
the 40 meter am ate ur radio band. The station
format and its co ntac t maildrop (w hen known )
arc listed.
Anteater Radio- Rock music fro man 18 wheeler truck.
(BellaS!)

Area 51- The Gatekeeper with pirate advocacy. (None)

Deliverance Badin- Dueling banjosmusic. (None)
Earl Pttts Statio n-Funny commentaries byEarl Pitts.
(None)
Free Hope Expe rience- Major Spook with rockand
comedy. (BRS)

Howling Alth e Moon Radio- H. M. Murdochwithpirate

advocacy. (None)
Jerry Rigged Radio- Rock music: theirOSl is he re this
month. (Providence)
KBlK-The Voice ofBlack Repression with rap music.
(Providence)
KNBS Phil Muzikwith ma rijuana advocacy. (Belfas t)
MysteryRadio- The Shadow withcomplex rock
compositions. (Stoneham)
One Voice Radio- Joe withhealth lips. (nowBelfast)
Radio Azteca- BramStoker withelaborate OX parodies.
[Bettast)

Radi o Beaver- Bucky Beaver wilh Canadian rockand

comedy. (Merlin)
Radio Four- Hard rockwith ManAmi. (logs to TheACE)
Radio Kenny-Rockand falsetto-voiced pirate
commentary. (None)
Radio Metalli ca Worldwid e- Or. Tornado. a powerful 10
kW. and rock music. (BRS)
Radio Nonsense- Joe Mama withrockand comedy.
(Belfast)

Radio Three- Rock oldies with Sa lAmoniac. (logsto The

ACE)

Radio Tornado Worldwide- ARadio Metallica parody.

(None)

Shortwave Pirates Active

Dozens of our readers report that the North
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Stereo SoundRadio- Colonel Billy Bobwith rock. (email to stereosound@hotmail.com)

Voice of Juliet- Sometimes risque feminism. (Merlin)

WlIQ- Aockabilly; "Your l ow 10 Station." (BRS)

WlIS- Jack Boggan withshortwave broadcasterinterval
signals. (BAS)
WMPR- Techno dance music with goodSignals. (None)
WPAT Anewonewith pop musicand discussions 01
beer. (e-mailto Lspencer@mailexclte.com)
WREC- P. J. Sparx with rock music, comedy sketches.
and elaborate productions. (Belfast)
WSRR- TheirSolid Aock Radio slogan describes the
format. (Bellast)
WUNH A new one withrock oldies about cars.
(Providence)
3 first class sta mps go to USA maildrops. with
$2 US requ ired for mail forwarding outside the
USA. Send your letters 10 PO Box I. Belfast,

NY 147 1J. PO Box 2X4 13. Providence. RI

0290H: PO Box 109 . Blue Ridge Summit. PA
172 14: PO Bo x 146, Stoneham. MA 02 180 ;
and PO Box 293 , Merlin . Ontario NOP 1WOo

Thanks!
Reader input is always welcome via PO Box
'-JR . Brassto wn , NC 28902. or via the e-mail
address atop the column. We thank the following
radio hobbyists for material used this month:

John Arendt, Oswego. H zJohnT. Arthur. Belfast.

NY:Shawn Axelrod. Winnipeg. Manitob a: Ranier
Brandt. Hoefer, Germany: Jerry Coat swo rth.
Merlin. Ontario: Ross Comeau. Ando ver. M1\:
Joe Filipkowski. Provide nce. RI: Harold Frodge.
Midland. M l : Nick Grace. Washington. DC: Paul
Griffin. San Franc isco. CA: Paul Hampton. San
Antonio. TX: William Hassig. Mt. Prospcct. lL:
Rich and Talea Jurrens. Katy. TX: Harald Kuhl;
Hoefer. Germany: David Krause. Eastlake. OH:
Michae l Kuentz, W urc rfo rd. MI; Michael Le na ne.
Lakeland, Fl.: Robert Le wis. Greenville. l\C;
Zacha rias Liun gu s , h aly: Chris Lob de ll.
Stoneham . ~1A: Greg Majewski. Oakdale. CT:
Bill McClin tock. Minn eapol is. MN: Anita
~k Corm ac k . Parkersburg. WV; A . J. Michaels.
Pittsburgh . PA; Don Moo re. Davenport. fA: Kevin
Nauta. Grand Rapids. MI; Gary Neal. Sugar
Land. TX : Patrick Nobel. Eugene. OR; Dick
Pearce. Brattle boro. VT; Michael Prindle. New
Suffolk. NY; Al Q uagficri. Albany. NY; David
Roberts. Brook Park. Ohio: Ro bert Ross. London. Omnrio: Martin Schocch. Merseburg, Germany; Lee Silvio Mentor. OH; Keith Stein.
Brasstown. NC: Cleve Svetlik. Pepper Pike. OH:
Robert Thomas, Bridgeport. CT; Nicl Wolfish.
Toronto.Ontario;and Andrew Yoder, Blue Ridge
Summit: PA..

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ON THE HAM BANDS ...

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF AMATEUR RADIO

Ike Kerschner, N31K

Contesting 101

e rece ived a nice lett er fro m Ray

Ilurni son KA 8G LS. pict ured
he re wi th his w ife, Al ven a
KB8HJ R. Ray is concerned about his knowledge of ham radio and wants he lp uod erstanding so me basic op era ting princi pals.
Ray has beeo a ham 17 years. has bu ilt a
Heath 30 1 tran sceiver aod all of the acces so ries. but feel s he lacks adequate und erstanding of electro nics. Ray would like to
sec a series of articles o n basic ham radio in
MT.
I do try to co ver a wide rang e in this
co lumn. and to ex plain as much as possi ble
o n a give n subject. Unfo rtunate ly there is
o nly so much that ca n be covered o n one
page per month . T here arc several exce lle nt
book s availab le that ca n take yo u furth er;
the first I wo uld sugg es t to anyon e is the
ARRL Opa tl till }t Manual. Thi s book outlines op erating procedures from A to Z and
is very casy to understand.
In add itio n. the A RR L pu blishes several
excelle nt theo ry man uals: I sugges t dropping them a card or lett er to ask for a list of
the books they publish and prices. In fact. if
yo u expla in what level yo u are at , they will
make suggestions as to which manual might
be of most help . The add ress for the ARRL
is 225 Main SI. New ington, CT 0611 I.
And. of co urse. co ntacting yo ur loca l
ham clu b might yield hel p in the form of
yo ur ow n person al tutor . or an inv itatio n to
j oin their theory cla sses.
Contesting 10 1
KA8G LS also mentioned co ntesting as
an area he wo uld like to know more abo ut.
so here ' s an introd uction. Bu t be warn ed :
Co ntesting is add ictive and can be very
co mpetitive ! Co nteste rs are a varied lot.
fro m the "gotta win" types to the curio us or
those who j ust want participate for fun or
perso na l satisfac tion.
Each mo nth CQ and QST magazines
announce the da te, time and name of eac h
cont est. In addition the announce ment w ill
te ll you what the exchange should be. ho w
to sco re. where to send yo ur logs and wha t
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awa rds arc to he given. If yo u are interested

in part ic ipating in a co ntes t. write to the
add ress given in the anno unce ment and
req uest rules and log shee ts (if availab le ).
Date , time a nd co ntest name are se lf
explanator y. hut the exc hange ru les can get
a litt le confusing. For e xample. many CO Il tests simply wa nt you to give a sig nal report
and yo ur locatio n. For so me co ntests the
exchange may include yo ur state - for
exa mple, "59 PA" on phone or "599 PA" o n
C \V: o ther co ntes ts may requ ire yo ur grid
locato r, co unty. co untry. or zo ne as part of
the exc hange .
The g rid locator is no rmally used in
VHF contests, but so me HF co ntes ts are
now req uiring the grid locato r as well (a
Grid Locato r map of the US is ava ilabl e
fro m the A RRL; co ntact them for pric ing at
the addre ss abo ve ). Other excha nges ma y
req uire information abo ut yo ur station. or
num ber of yea rs licen sed . Read the rules.
Sc ori ng is usually the number of con tacts tim es the multipliers worked. Points
for co ntacts may vary: for example. a co ntact on yo ur ow n co ntinent may be worth I
poin t wh ile con tacts o n othe r co ntinents
may be 2 or 3 poi nts. So if yo u wor k 400
stations eac h wo rth 2: points in:20 co untries.
yo u wo uld ca lculate yo ur sco re by multiplying 40 0 x 2 = 800 x 20 = 16000 points.
Ver y ofte n power is also incl ude d as a
mult iplier. Go o ver this part of the rules
ca refully.
In addition, most contests have di visio ns : o nly stations in the same divisio n
co mpete again st o ne another. Fo r exa mple .
if yo u run 100 watts yo u might be in the low
po wer divisio n and co mpete on ly aga inst

othe r 100 watt sta tions. Awards are mad e

within eac h division.
It is impo rtant to log ea ch co ntact with
a ll information ; include date, time and ex cha nge and note if the co ntact is a mu ltiplier. A lon g wi th logging co mes the terrible
task of dup e check ing - logs with duplica re contacts will incur penalties and possible disqu alifi cat io n. Using a co mp uter is
the best way to kee p a log and dup e chec k
sheet. Logging by hand req uires keeping a
spec ia l dupe shee t for each band yo u wor k.
I sugg est you write the ARR L and req uest
the ir d upe shee t: co py it and use it in all of
yo ur co ntesting.
Before j umpi ng into a contest, listen for
awhile to get the feel of what is go ing o n,
then go for it. Don't worry if yo u are not a
hot shot o perator, or yo ur CW spee d is
slow: co nteste rs wa nt to work yo u and will
he glad to slow dow n. Som e will e ven lend
adv ice (yes , there are a few jerk s who don't
have time . but that is their pro blem not
yo urs) . Co ntes ting is an acq uired skill like
learning the code: the more yo u do it the
eas ier il hecomes.
It is im po rtant to reme mber a few things:
First of all. this is a hobby. so keep the
co mpetition frieodly. Altho ugh Joe Big Ham
makes the whole thing so und easy. even he
had to start so mewhere . You do not need a
kilowatt and giant antenna to cont est: QRP
and J dipole will get you ioto the game .
Thi s o nly scratches the surface of the
co ntesti ng sto ry. bu t I hop e it enco urages
so me of yo u to try yo ur hand at the game .
Six MeIer Activi ty
N8U VQ. Mark Phillips. wro te 10 adv ise
that the Tr iple States Rad io Amate ur Club
(TS RAC ) has an all mod e net o n 50 . 150
MH z that meets on Sunday night s at 9pm
Eastern time. Chec k in o n SSB A M o r C W
o n 50. 150 or I'M at 5 1.150 .
TS RAC is located near Wh eel ing. WV .
Additional inform ation can be obtained fro m
K8A N by mail at 20 II State High way 250
Ad ena, O H 4390 1-97 36 or via e-ma il at
K8AN@AOL. COM .

.. AND MOREl
RADIO FUN WITHOUT A UCENSE

Jock Ellioff, KB2GOM

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Cherokees Innovative CB Sideband

Handi-Tall<ie

f yo u' d like the ultim ate in legal. lice rise-free portab le co mmunications. the
inv enti ve folk s at \Vireless Market ing
have come up with it. Ca lled the C hero kee
A H- I00 . it ' s an A M/Single Side Band (SSB)
Citizens Band hand i-talkie . I' ve tested a
pair of these rad ios. and they pack more
wallop for communication s betwe e n hand italkies than anything else yo u ca n buy and
operate witho ut a licen se.
But first, so me basics: an AM CB signal

a nd f re q ue ncy
re ad o ut a nd re ceiv e/tran smit signal strength.
On the le ft side
of the case arc butto ns for toggling
up a nd dow n
through 40 channels. a slid ing-release for the batte ry pack {mo re
ab ou t th at in a
mom ent ), a bu tto n
f or a c tiva t ing
ba ckli g ht in g o n
the LCD. a nd a
pu s h -t o -t al k
s w itc h . O n th e
righ t side of the
ca se is an attac hment for a wrist
s trap (i ncl uded)
and , under a rub ber d ust plug. a
pan for plugging
In the
N iC d
charger that co mes
standard w ith the

consists of two sidebands. which carry the

actual voice transmission. and a carrier.
Th e ca rrie r co ntains no information and
exists only to g ive the recei vin g CB so mething to lock o nto . In addition . both the
upper and lo wer side bands co ntain ex actly
the same informa tio n (the so und of yo ur
voice. for example ). As a result. we ll o ver
ha lf the trans mitt ed po wer in an AM signal
is wasted o n the carr ier and the redu nda nt
side band .
If you eliminated the carrier and transmitted o nly o ne side band. you' d get a who le
lo t mo re oo mph in yo ur signa l. Th at"s why .
in head-to-head co mpariso ns, a side band
sig nal (which transmits j ust o ne sideband )
deli vers nearly twice the ran ge of an AMonly tra ns missio n. T he only rub is that. to
com m un icate usi ng sideband mod e. both
se nder and rece iver must use the same (either u pper or lowe r) sideband.
Before we ge t in to the specifi c perfo rmance of the A H- IOO. let' s take a guide d
tou r. T he fit and fin ish o n th is radi o is
exce ptional: the mom ent yo u pick it up. yo u
know yo u are hold in g a q ualit y piece of
gea r. T he A H- IOO is j ust 6.5 inches ta ll
(excl ud ing ante nna). and nearly hal f of that
he ig ht is ta ken up by th e s ta nd a rd
NicketCadmiu m (N iCd) battery pack . On
the front of the radio are si x butto ns for
vari o us co ntro l functi on s, a gri ll for the
spea ke r and micro phone, and a liq uid c rys tal d isplay (LC D) that g ives yo u all the
information needed to see ex actly what' s
go ing o n with the rad io, incl ud ing channe l

AH -I OO.
On the top of
as )'011 ca ll g et ill a
the case is a rubtmndi -totkie without a ber d uck ante nna
license
with a BNe co nnector , an on/offlv o lume knob. and a pair
o f co nce ntric knobs. which co ntro l the
sq uelch and the cl ari fier. Th e clarifier is
used when the transcei ver is in SSl3 mod e
to fine- tunc the receiv ing freq uency. O the rw ise , inco ming sig nals can so und like
Bah y Huey o r Donald Duck . Also on top of
the case are jacks. under a d ust cover, for
con necting a speaker micro pho ne . On the
back of the cas e is a metal belt cl ip.
Opera tion of the AH I00 ca n be as simple
as can be. J ust pick it up , turn it o n, set the
channel and ta lk. Instant channel9 access is

Tile Cherokee ,I H. / OO
packs as much punch

avai lable at the touch of a butto n. Push the

mode butto n to choo se upper or lo wer side band. use the clarifier to fine-tune the incom ing signal , and sudde nly yo u've nearl y
doubled your ra nge. For more sophisticated
o peratio n, pre ss the function button , and
now you ca n access " Dual Watch" formonitoring two cha nnels at the same time , 40cha nne l sc anning. adjust ab le high/low
powe r o utput, and five memor y presets fo r
yo ur favorite channel s.
No w. I like feat ures and nifty high-tech
good ies as m uch as any body. but they d on' t
mea n shucks if they are n' t acco mpanied by
sparkling performance , And, that' s where
the A H-IQO rea lly shines. Unde r rel atively
cru mm y co ndit io ns (the skip wa s run nin g ).
I found it was easy to co m m unica te near ly
two miles bet we en a pair of AH - IOOs in
sideband mode. Th e cl ear. pow erfu l aud io
was impressive . In my ex perie nce, it' s rare
to find hand i-talkies that can comm unica te
m uch mo re than a mile o r so wit ho ut the aid
of a mob ile ante nna o r a re pea ter, and the
AH-I OO did it w ith ease .
For the perso n who nee ds bett er tha n
norm al. lice nse-free hand i-talkie co mm unicat ions. the AH- IOO is clearl y a winner.
But here' s a surp rise : the A H- IOO also
co mes wi th a "do cking station' that turn s it
into an insta nt ail-in-the-hand mob ile rig.
Just remove the rub ber -duck y antenna and
slide off the batt ery pack . Now slide 0 0 the
docki ng statio n where the battery pack wa s.
Connec t one " pigtai l" to yo ur rooft op CB
ante nna and plu g the o ther pigtail into the
ci garett e ligh ter. Voila! Yo u' ve got a mobile C B AM /SSB rig that' s bare ly bigge r
than an o rdinary C B mobil e microph o ne. It
run s off yo ur veh icle power. req uires no
mou nting and can be turn ed bac k into a
handi-talkie in j ust seconds.
Th e sugges ted reta il price for the A H100 is $349. 95 (di scounters may have them
for cons iderably less ). For add itio nal informatio n, contac t Wirele ss Ma rketing at 1800- 259 -09 59.

July 1998

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ANTENNA TOPICS
BUYING, BUILDING AND UNDERSTANDING ANTENNAS

Clem Small, KR6A

Time-Domain Reflectometry on a Budget

or: techn ology usefu l for eva luat ing

some aspe cts of ante nna feed line is
known as " time-doma in rcfl cct o rnetry." o r 'T DR:' And. as an rid ded bonus.

cable runs on non-ante nna systems. such as

co mputer networks. ca n a lso be c hec ked o ut
with this dev ice.
The Basic TOR System

An inexpensive. triggered osc illoscope is

adequate for the basic TDR system describ ed

here in Jig. IA. T he pulse generator (fi g. IB)

generates a periodic (repetitive)direct current
(IlCI pulse (fig . IC ) which is red to the input

end of the cable under lest. I built a similar

ge nerator some time back. but I don' t recall
the source of the co nstructio n art icle . Ho we ver, it is not unli ke the o ne in the 17th editio n
of the ARR L AfIlellllll Book.
Th e tran sisto r ca lled for is a ge ne ral-purpo se N PN t nc gntivc-positivc -ncgutivc j: an y
yo u have hand y is likely 10 wo rk OK.
It' s goo d to 1110 unt the gene rato r in a sma ll
met al case; co nnec t a ll the grou nd co nnectio ns toget her. and connec t th is co mmo n

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If the far end of the cable is sho rted. or

term inated with a resistance less than the
va lue of the line' s impedance , the truce wi ll
appear depressed as in fig . ID . If the far e nd
of the line is o pe n circu ited . or is te rm inated
wit h a re sistance hig he r than the va lue of
impedance of the line, the re flection ca used
will show up o n the trace as an e levated
port io n (fig. IE). Don 't be surprised if yo ur
traces do n' tlook as neat as these fig ures. but
the sketches sho w the ge ne ra l shapes to loo k
fo r. Yo u may eve n see multi ple refl ecti on s
co mb ining with the pulse.
T her e arc o nly two co nd itio ns whe re the re
is no re flecti on re turning fro m the line to the
inpu t. On e is whe n the load co nnec ted to thc
far en d of the line is a resist ive load perfectly
match ed 10 the lincs charac teristic imp ed an ce (i.e .. a 50-o hm res isto r terminating a 50 ohm line. a 72 -o hm resistor terminatin g a 72o hm line. ctc .). In this case th e pulse remains
unc han ged as in fi g. l C . Thi s ma tched co ndition repre sents the va lue of resistan ce or irnpcdan ce at which the SWR o n the line is

or

SCOPE

INPUT~

Interpreting the TOR Trace

ground to the case . It' s a lso be st if th e resista nce ofR I is the same value as the impedance
of the cable under test (us ua lly 50 ohms).
There are two o utputs from the gen erator: on e
for the scope. and o ne for the cable under test.
C heck yo ur scope and cable to see which
co nnecto r type s yo u wi ll nee d .
The ve rtical input o f a triggered oscillosco pe is a lso co nnected to the input end of the
cable. Th e scope w ill d isp lay a statio nary
pulse pattern (fig . l C) . As a pulse travels
down the tested line. e lect rica l irre gulari ties
in the line will cau se a porti o n of the fo rwardtr ave ling pul se to be re flected back to ward the
input e nd o f the line. Th ese refl ected portio ns
of th e pul se appea r o n the osci lloscope patt ern
along with the pulse .
In other words . the sco pe co nt inuo usly
moni tor s the pulse throughout irs dur at ion as
it enters the lin e. and s imultaneo us ly monitors
an y returnin g re flec tion s th ai pul se returning fro m the line. Th e sco pe trace therefore is
a patt ern whose sha pe is determined by the
co mbini ng of the origina l pulse and the reflec tions of that pu lse caused by irreg ularities
(sho rts. o pcn circuits. etc .) o n the line.

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FIGURE 1. A basic TDH system (A), puls e generator diagram (/1), typical pulse shape (C), shape ofpulse combined with reflections from
short-cir cuited cable (D), shape ofpuls e combin ed with rejlectlous from open-ended cable (E)
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opti mum (m inimum) .

The other case o f no refl ection j..; when the
cable u nde r test i..; so lo..;..;y thai it attenuates
the sig lwl..;o much that there i..; essen tially 110
signa l to reflec t hac k!
Shorts . open -circ uits a nd othe r abnor ma lities 0 11 the te sted line s how up o n the trace , ami
thei r d istance fro m the inpu t ca n thus he
computed . Mcusuring th is distance a long the
cable will tel l yo u where a long the cub lcs
length to loo k for the cause o f the proble m.
with the sim ple system descri bed he re the
w.xuracy is not great . hU I with care you can ge t

reasonab ly clo se.

T he d islance to an ab normalit y call he
deter mined hy first read ing the travel time
fro m the osc illosco pe. Th is is the number o f
microseconds between the start o f the pulse
and the start o ft he return hlip (s hown as " C o n
rigs. I D and I E). Then co mpute the d istance
alon g the line fro m the input to the abn ormalit y using the fo rmula below. C is the ...peed o f
e le c trica l wuvcv in s pace (98.+ fo r feet!
rnicroscc. -'00 for mcterv microsccj: V F is the
line ve loc ity factor. which is th e fract ion o fC
tha i the pulse travels in the cable. (T his i..
usually ,66 for ord ina ry coaxia l cab le. .78 to
.80 fo r foam co ax ia l cable , .86 for or d ina ry
RG(i2 com puter cable and ,79 for foam RG-

62).
Distance to reRecling condition = (VF x C) 11/ 2)

Limitations of TOR
Asdi scusscd above .TOR o perates by se nding pulses o f DC d own the tested li ne . Thi s
mea ns that we mu st usc resistor s. op en ci rcuit s, or short c irc uits as loads for the te sted
lin e . All a nte nna a t the load end o f the line ,
eve n if il i.. a pe rfect matc h for the line ut its
radio freq ue ncy CRF) o f operation, wi ll not
prese nt its RF impedance to th e DC pulse . A n
untcnna' s input impedance is not DC rcsisranee and ca n o nly he measured u..ing a n RF
sig na l of the appropri at e frequency, TDR is
no t d esign ed to lise RF,
There is a technology w hich ca ll test lin es
termin ated w ith a nte n nas . T hat tech no logy is
ca lled "Freq ue ncy Dom ain Reflecto mctry" o r
" FDR ." FDR. ins tea d o f sen d ing a DC pulse
d o wn the tested line . actually sends a n RF
sig nal wh ich is swe pt across the frequ en cy
ra nge of intere st.
Unfortunatel y. alt ho ug h co mmercial systems for both TDR and FDR arc no w mu ch
less expe nsiv e limn Ihey once were, their cos t
is still beyond the mean s of almost a ll ex pe rim e n t e rs, SWLs <llld h a m s . A ltho ug h
hOllle hrcwi ng a n FDR sys te m wo uld he fa irly
d iffi cult . TOR is 'l d iffer en t story , As we havc

seen. it is possible to put togethe r a TDR

..y~t l'm ..uc h us the o ne we ha ve described for
ca ble testing at a mod e st inn:..nucnt o f time
and money.

RADIO RIDDLES

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Last Mon t h:
I said that "we' ve been ta lkin g about the
..tan d ing wave ratio (S W R ) a t the j unc tion of
an ante nna fccdpoi nt and the tcc d line . In
practice we us ua lly measure SWR at the e nd
oft he fccdline nea r the recei ver or transmitt er .
Doc s this g ive us the va lue of the S \ VR at the
ant enna feedpoin t-fccdl inc . or is il a di ITen: 1lI
th ing '! Why or w hy not?"
T he a nswe r is that it is a different thin g.
S WR is mea sured by se nd ing an RF sig na l
into a sys te m and the n com pa ring the nmou nr
or ..ig na l origina lly fed (0 the syste m to the
amou nt of returned sig na l. Wh en we do th is
hy co nnec tin g directly to the anten na we get
all accu rate measurement of a nte n na -line

S\\'R .
Wh en we fir st co nnec t a len gth o f fccdli nc
to the ant en na and then input the test signa l to
that Icc dli nc . the sig na l mu st tra ve l thro ugh
the tccd line to the ante nna-fecdlin c junction
and huc k thro ugh the fccdli nc to the S W R
tes ting dev ice. Th us. my loss o f sign a l caused
by the fccd linc reduces the a moun t of ..igna l
that reach es the ante nna and a lso reduces the
va lue of the returned sig nal a.. that ..igna l
tra vel s h.ICK fro m the antc nna- fccdlinc j une lion to the input end of the line,
Th i.. mea n.. that the va lue of returned ... igna l ha s a weaker valu e tha n when tc..ling
direc tlyat the a nte nna, and the S \VR will he
decep tivel y lo w ~IS co m pa red to the S W R
obtain ed by co nnect ing d irectl y to the antc nna. In tact. using ve ry lossy line . it is
po ssibl e to measure a I: I S \ VR at the e nd of
th e lin e when actuall y the SWR at the an tenna- tcedlinc junct ion is ve ry high !

Ne xt Mo nth:
What is the rel ati on ..hip between a matched
li ne wi th lo w S W R values and the uni -dircctio nal Beverage an tenna"

Ynu' Il find <Ill an s we r for this mo nt h' s

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EXPERIMENTER'S WORKSHOP
Bill Cheek

TWEAK, TUNE, AND MODIFY!

email: bcheek@son.rr.com

Digital Data Decoder Interface Revisited

n Mayl.J7 \VC disc ussed a basic "Radio- toCo mp uter Data Interface" circuit and a

handful of programs for receiving :.II1d

de codi ng di gital dat a inclu din g RTfY . fa x.

packet. MDT . and Morse code. I' ve since

learned that the circuit in my May-97 column

not only had an error (reversed polarity o f
C 2). but it isn ' I effec tive for a ll di git al sig nals.
includin g some popul ar tru nked and pager
con trol signals.
T his month we offe r a n im pro ved decod er
inter face. some neat ways to build and install
it md more references to ne w a nd improved
software. You don't absolut ely need the May97 article. but it is recommended for the
background material it offers. Contact AfT
di rec tly for a re print (S3 plus SA SE).

How to Access Data Signals

Th e usua l method of conveying dat a by
radio is FSK (freque ncy shift keying) . T his
month ' s de cod e r inte rface is emi nent ly ca pabl o of con verti ng an alog FSK sig nals to
d ig ital so a co mpu ter a nd so ftwa re can decode
the m.
Digita l radio da ta is sent at variou s speeds,
depe nding on the type of signal. wi th slow
pac ket at 300-1200 ba ud per second (bps) and
trunkc d co ntrol data at a much faster 96 00
bp s. If you' re only inte rested in slow e r data .
you can pipe the signals straight from the
receiver headp hone or ex terna l spea ke r jack
to the decod er interface, Unfortuna tel y, to
deco de data faster than 2400- bps with fewer
errors. you mu st tap the signa l at the point o r
FIG 1: SCANNER'S INTERNAL WIRING
J nt

Schematic
r~-;/c;';ss~-

., , .

Distrlmlnator Ch ip
P .. ",_

,n

detection, in mos t ca ses the narrow

TABLE 1
band FM (NFM) discriminator ou tIlscr
put. a lso called " base band au dio." NFll CHIP
Pfn
For AM data signa ls. you 'd tap the
KA3361
9
output of the "detector"; for SSB.
HC13371
9
HC3357P
9
the o utput o ft he "produc t dete ctor" ;
HC3359P
10
and the WR.1 discrimin ator o utput
HC3361N
9
for wide Fr\'1 signa ls.
HC33720
9
HPS5071
9
Th e predomin ant sha re of dat a
HJH335911
10
se nt by rad io, how ever, is FSK via
TA76401P
9
NFM. Table I is a list of all known
TA7761P
9
N f M discrim inator chi ps with the
TA77B7AF
9
TA7792F
B
requi site baseband audi o pin for-each
TIQ0420
9
chip. Th er e are too man y rec eiv e rs
TIQ04210
9
TKl0421H
11
to list here. but rest assured that
TKl0427
9
yours uses one of the c hips in Tab le
TKl04BSM
11
I. Any suffix lett ers in Table I or on
TKl04B7
11
TKl04B9M
11
yo ur particular c hip usually ca n he
TKl0930V
12
disregarded whe n de termi ning the
base hand aud io pin .
Yuu can down load a list of sca nne rs and
NFM c hips with base band aud io pin numbers
front my FTP site at: ftp :1/204.21l1.11.2041
mo nt ime s/Ntmchfps.t xt Ial so regularly post
thi s list on the Usene t r ec.rad io.scann er and
a lt.rad io.scan ne r new sgro ups.
Figur e I sho ws how to tap the baseba nd
audio fordeco din g NF~'I . So lde r the ( +) leg of
a I .O-J1F to 4.7-J1F tantalum ca pac itor to the
bas eba nd audio pin. Route a shielde d cable
fro m the (-) leg of the capacitor to a j ac k
mounted on the receiver (e xac t type 01" j ack
de pe nds on yo ur recei ver ). You can usc regular hookup wire instead o r shie lde d cable if
the d istance from the basehand au dio tap to
the ou tp ut jack is a couple of inch es or so.
See Figures 2and 3 for how to make ajack
and plug for rece ivers th andh c lds) that ha ve
no spac e ! Pinli ne soc ke ts are a vail able from
OigiK ey (800) 3444539 pi n A-20 8-NO:
Mouser (800) 346-6873 pin 151-5530. or
Hosfelt (800) 524-6464 pin 21-274.

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1"ly 1998

Figure 4 is a sc he matic of the de coder

inte rface. T his ci rcu it, in va rious vers ions, is
a lso know n as the "H am com Interface" and
the "data slicer." ! cul l it the decoder interface
beca use it ch anges a nalog FSK signals to
square waves for the co mp ute r and software.
T he rece iver ' s bas eba nd au dio is fed to the

input of the decoder interface, the

o utpu t of w hic h is fed to th e
computer' s ser ia l port (co mpo rt ).
T he c ircuit is pow er ed directly fro m
the computer. so it doesn ' t ge t muc h
sim pler.
You can build the decoder interface inside a DB 25 connector
shell as dep icted in Figs 5-6, or ,
with so me ingenu ity and microsur gica l techniques, insi de a D8-9
shell. I'd adv ise the 0825 shell for
all but the e xperts. and if you need
to connec t to a 9-pin seria l port , get
a D B25 -male /DB9-fc ma le adapter,
Radio Shack #26- 209 .
Construc tion o f the decod er inter face isn ' t c ritica l. but there is no
roo m for e rro r, es pecially w ith re-

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w5gh.n msu .edu/kc5ktol and at http://
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FIG-4: DECODER INTERFACE SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM

What Else?
I' vc said it before: there is less and less to
hear out there on the airwa ves, thanks to
emerging new techn ologie s, new media . and
encryption. As usual with a loss, there is also
a gain: in this case, much more 10 decode ! No.
we can't decode encrypted signals and probab ly never will. but most data is still sent " in
the clear" under co mmon ASC II protocols.
You need only a recei ver, a computer, a decoder interface , and the right software to find
more to mon itor than eve r!
Fede ral law is still heing made regarding
decodin g data signals, su I must ca ution you
to fam iliarize you rsel f with thc statutes rega rding protec ted co mmunications before
launching this adve nture.
Support for this and all my co lumns is
free ly avai lable by e-mail. Programs and files
can be downloaded from my Web and FTP
sites. If you' re not computerized, please inelude an SASE with your postal req uest. I also
invite you to tel l me about your data decoding
ex periences , includi ng the type of interfaces
and the soft ware you usc. I' ll do a follow-up
on this fascinating subject i f folks indicate an
interest.

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spee r to the po larity of the ca pac itors ami

diodes. The decoder inter face should he as

close to the PC as possible 10 minimize stray
RF emissions from the serial port. (That's
why putt ing th e inter face inside a DB25 co nnector shell is best. ) Th e cable from the interface to the scanner' s baseband audio jack
must be shielded. T he shield connects to
ground of the decod er interface at the one end
and to scan ner grou nd at the other end.
If you go by Figs 56, the pertboard is
easi ly cut and trimmed to size with a hacksuw
or a co ping saw-c-or diago nal CUlling pliers in
a pinch. JUSI make the board equal 10 or
sma ller than show n. You will have (0 "c lean"
out the cur ved plastic cable retainers in the
D8 25 she ll halves. J ust slice them in several
places with a sharp knife: then break them out.
Don't tamper with or alter any other part of
the DB25 shell.
The perfboa rd should he wedged and centered between the t\vo pin rows of the D825
connector. Do a dry run to fit the pcrtboard
into the con nec tor and shell before buildi ng
the circu it so you ca n spot [he obstacles 10 a
perfect fit. Use a rubber or vinyl gro mmet in
the hole at the back end of the she ll as a cable
gu ide.

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Connect and Operate

Doub le check your soldering and pan s
placeme nt and then load up your favorite data
decod ing software and run a lest. First. plug
the OB25 into the PC' s co mport of your
choice, consistent with whatever is supported
by the software. (So me software may only
support COM I and/or COM2; others I1l<1y
support COM 1-4, so check flrsr.) T hen plug
the other end of the cable into the baseb and
audio jack that W<l S installed in the receiver.
Fire up the so ftware and follow the instructio ns that come with it. Piece of cake!

The Software
....is anything hut a piece ofcake, due to all
the choices now. Make it easy on yourself: get
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KIS RADIO
Rich Arland, K7SZ
k7sz@juna.com

SIMPLE SOLUTIONS FOR THE FRUGAL MONITOR

Survival Communications

started shortwave listen ing and DXing at

age 10: at 17. I ob tained Illy ham radio

license. Th is changed my life forever. for

wit hin thai ho bby is a mandate 10 lend yo ur

tulcm s and am ate ur radio equipm ent

(0

hel p out

during emerge ncies. Until rccc nrly. ! thought I

was well prepared 10 do just that.
Throughout my adult lift' I have been thrust
into emerge ncy com munications scenarios .
Literall y hundreds of tornadoes ravaged the
Okl ahoma Cit y area when I wa s stationed at

Tinker AFB in mid-llJ 7-L WI; hams provided

eye s and ears for the National W eather Service .
helping track cycl on ic c1 0uJ move me nts in the
ma ssive wea ther fron ts that bla sted th rou gh

"TomadoAlley." !experienced three typhoo ns

wh ile statio ned in Japan Inot 10 men tio n IlU mcrou s eart hquakes! I. fou r hurri can es whe n
s tatio ned in Missi sxipp i and Virginia. and two
maie r 1111mb while living in northeastern Pennsy lvan ia.
~l y involvement w ith the Luzerne County
Emerge ncy M an agem en t Agency has al so pro vided me with training for nuclea r powe r plant
and aircraft di sast ers. Lcurremly hold <In A RRL
appoin tment as an OOidal Emergency S tation
(O ES): . In sho rt. I am no stranger to eme rgency
com munica tio ns .
However. reading SUI1'i\ 'llJ Comnumivations
by D<I\"C Ing ram. K-lT\\'J I. brou ght me face 1O
face w ith so me se rious de ficie nc ies in my co mmunications plan s. I reali zed that my emphasi s
had been !( IClI ...ed on \-ery sho rt term scenarios.
Am ateur Radio Emergency Service (A RES)
gu idel ines for part icipant s arc 10 he self-su ffi cie nt for a maximu m o f 72 hours. \Vhal if .1
nalura l or lIl<In -llladc d isaster occ urs ,\-' hich
requ ires us to pro vide cmc rge nl..'Y CO lll tllS fo r
tw o wee ks. a month. or longcr'} Sudth:: nly.
e me rgcncy (,.'ollll11 l1ni(,.atio ns bCl..o mc s ur\"ival
COIl1J11unicatio ns.
Surviva l L'olllm ul1i L'atil)Jl s l<lke thc rad io hohhyi st 10 the next le ve l. In our gloha l soc iety wc
facc unbelie \"ab le Ihrcal s to our c xiste nl.c .
Wh ether from EI Niiio-indw,;ed we. uher systcm s. nuclear planl meltdown. \"()ka nic eruplions. ean hq uakes. or hio lugi c.d warfare. s ituatio ns wh ich could helletit fro m such planning
ar~ not ~o fa rfe lched . Just .lsk Ihose whu lived
Ihrou gh last \,,'inlcr ' s ic~ slorm! Planning for
surviva l cOlllmunicat io ns brings loge lhcr all
Ihe I1Kljor facets of thc radi o hob by .mtl call
invo lve e ve ryo ne in yo ur fa mi ly,

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lv Jy 1998

A l'er)' compact -If} meter ew station [o r

emegency l U I' is the Wikl ern ess Radio SS T.
flanked by a Whit e Rook ew key and all
.\1 PJ 16()J(J anten na tun er. ..\ " Spa ck of ,\ A
alk ali ne cells or a .'I11w lI get-cell will pow er
this rig for a ...-eek or more.

Equipment for the long haul

We beg in w ith stundardization. wh ich is the
key 10 selec ting survival comm unicati ons hard ware . Power: long ag o Idec ided to stan dardize
o n "A A" alkali ne ba tteries for all my portable
C0 Il1 111 gea r. Recha rgeable ni-cad pad s arc
notorio us for failing j us t when you need them
1110s l. bUI there arc very few places on thi s
planet where you ca nnot fi nd AA alkali ne

batteries.
T here arc two ham band s

Oil

which you

must he able co mmunicate or utleast monitor:

IWo met ers (1+t-1-l8 fl.-t il l ) and 70 cru s (-140
-l50 MH z ). Th is is where the majority o f cmcr-

ge ncy tactical and mor ale and we lfa re traffic

w ill orig inate and he hand led .
My Icom IC -24 AT dual band VHF/UHF
hum handic- tal kie ( HT ) has se ve ral A A size
battery packs that I can re fill as necessa ry. T his
rad io has been " hroadbaIlJed" and cov crs a 101
more spect ru lll than !com had ori gi nall y inle nded . It se rves as my pr imary 2 mc ter and 70
L'1llFM tra nscc ive r anti douhl es as a hand-held
VIIF/UfIF sc'lI1 ner.
In con sidcring a n tCllnas heyo nd w hat wa s
furn i.. . hcd wilh the !com HT . I o pted for a
I.akeview dua iband2 nm nOc ms ante n n ~l am i a
Outh;lcker Outrun ne r mohile HF whip. T he
whip is the mos t rugged 1-I F moh ile ,11l tenna I
have e "c r used . J\1ade in Pert h. Au slr al ia .lIld
im po rted by Al pha-Delt .l Commu nil..'.llio ns '.
Ihese anle nnas arc t. ng ince red to surv ivc Ihe
rigor s o f the Au st rali'lIl O Ulhild . T hey o ffe r
g real i lf pc rfon nallL'e in all eXlrcmely rugged
p:lckagc Ihat call be llscd 0 11 the ve hicle or
rcmollll ted as a vcrt ical w hip with rad ial COlln-

tcrpoisc for fixed statio n usc ,

For s hortwave broadcast an d utility listen ing I have a So ny IC F-7600 W po riab le rcccivcr. II receives A M , SS B and C W and use s
A A butteries and work s very wel l o n the short
whip an tenna mounted o n the had of the radi o .
O ver the ye ars I ha ve built and used many
small. low power (QRPI HF transcei vers. O ne
o f the bes t is the SST by Wi ldern ess Rad i o ~ .
T he SST is ava ilab le for 40 . 30 and 20 mete rs.
T hese tiny sing le-bande rs offcr superheterodyne rece iver pe rformance in a packag e that is
slightly larger than a pac k of cigare ttes . T ran smiller power output is abou t 2 walls uving a 12
\"011 (X A A cell) power pack . Ea r buds. a small
hand key or padd le sci, ami 3.1 feet of wire for
an end- fed -lO meter antenna co mp lete the tin y
HF h'lI 11 sta tion. The SST call he coupled 10 the
Outbac kcr O utru nncr HI" mobile wh ip 0 11 the
cur to provide mobile IIF C \V comm uniculiolls.
I chose the -lO meier model for three reas ons:
propa gati on on -l0 mete rs cove rs mo st of the
US .11 various times of the da y. al arge num ber
o f ham s ope rate on 40. and QRP powe r level s
(5 wa lls or less ou tput) work well on thi s hand .
l\ly Garmin 38 GPS receive r also wor ks on
AA cells. Th is uni t gives me standard long/lut
bearing.....md the Maidenhead grid sq uare informarion needed when work ing V HF contest s as
a rov ing statio n. The Ga nuin ' s t:mn pass readmil . the abilit y to enter waypoints. a long wi th a
supc r accurate d oc k mak es na vigati on a s nap.
We have covered ham radi o. V Hr-IU H F
scanner. GPS and S W comm unications freq uc ncic s. Wh at els e is the re that we need to be
concerne d w ith? Ho w ab ou t Na tional Oceano g ra ph ic and A llllo sp he ric Ad m ini stra lion
(NOA A) We'llhcr Rad ill,!The Nalillllal Weathe r
SCf\ice (N WS) ope rales hund red s of V H F
we'llhcr Iran smillers in Ihe 162 MHz ran ge.
At:curd ing In N WS appruxi nmlcly 90 '7(" u r Ihe
US is w ilhin 4() miles o r a NOAA Weath e r
l{,ItJjo Ir'lIlsrn illing faL' ility . Tn tune (hese sl<llions yo u nced ~ i lhcr a sca nne r or a low co st
"weather rece iver." The \\"~<lt hertran slll iss ions
arc on NBFM .1Ild co nsisl ()f 1()(;.llil ed we<l lh~r
co nd iliolls. foreca :-its. dimalologic.11 d at<l and
se \w e we alhe r bullelin s.
I\ !ln lher o ften ove rlooked g roupof freq lle nt.' ics is Ihc a ir ha nd fro m lOXto 1.16 {\'l Hz, AM
Illode . Th ese frcqu t.: ndes mc go ing In he hu sy
w ith co ml11erL' ia l and pri va te a ir tfarti c COITl Il1 Unkati on s during an y d isasler. A ir traffi c COI1-

with APR S d ata. making th is syste m highly

desir able d uri ng sto rm
e merge ncies.

FOOTNOTES:

Informati on for
the long haul

All thi s gear docs

you no good unless you
know whe re and w hen
toli sten. Researc h Sw .
V HF/ UHF public service. aircra ft. and ham
radi o repeater freque ncies in your area . Co mpile lists of the most
My GO Br1G: Equipment includes microcassette recorder. GPS,
o ften used frequencies
air band and various other VIl FIUHF scanners, shortwave
receiver; several ham radios, spare battery packs, \'OM, antenna
and laminate them in
tuner, dipole ant enna, wire an tenna with slingshot to launch it,
plast ic . Kee p co pies
en- key. tool kit, flas hlight, calculator. Theil add change of
w it h yo u r s u r viv a l
clothes, battery po....ered lamp, clipboard with frequency lists,
com munications gear
maps, officia l Hss. first aid kit, and more!
in yo ur ca r and in the
shac k.
tro l is s pread o ver I IR 12X M Ill. . A rrival and
If you elect or arc fo rced to leave yo ur
de parture co mmunications arc ce n tered o n
hom e, plan ahead . n ip the Ame rica n Automo123.5-12.1 .7 MH z with 121 .5 M Hz designated
bile Associ atio n and ob tain maps of the area
as the co mmo n eme rge ncy frequ e ncy.
where yo u want to go and map out your route.
The C itize ns Ba nd freque ncies sho uld not Coord inate yo ur route with VHF/U HF frehe over loo ked. e ither. cn radi us co me in all
q uency informatio n and annotat e these o n yo ur
shapes and sizes. I wo uld opt fo r a co mpact 40
ma ps. T ravel the roUIC (sta ying o lTthc interstates
channel walkie-talkie (about $50) that uses A A
and using secondary roads) several times hece lls and has a BNC ante nna co nnec tor on the
fore yo u actually need to evac uate.
to p allow ing the usc of an ext ernal antenna.
If po ssi ble. d on ' t forget to network with
Many o f toda y' s C B sets also have weat her
peo ple in the area wher e you are plan ning 10
receive rs bui lt in .
reloc ate . Beco me an expe rt in s urviva l cc mrnuCo mb ine a laptop com puter . a small Te rmi nicat io ns. Th ai W'I)" yo u ha ve a bargainin g c hip
nal Node Co ntrolle r (TNC) and add a VHF!
when it co mes to II question o f why they sho uld
UHF HT . and yo u have portable packet radio
acce pt you and yo ur fami ly into already overterminal. When the loc al d ial ce ntral o ffice
crowded facili ties !
(DCO ) is dow n. no rma l Internet acccss.c-mnil.
and pho ne communicatio n d isappear. Packet
Prioritize
rad io is wi reless and is unaffect ed by problem s
I real ize that this co lu mn is fil led with lots o f
with the local tel co. and it is error free. ARES
info rmati on and o nly scratches the surface o f
chapte rs all ove r the US rei)' heavil y on po rsurviva l co mmunica tio ns. If yo u are like me.
table packet terminals d uring e merge ncies. A
yo u cannot go o ut and huy everything yo u need
6-7 a mp hou r ge l ce ll ba ttery and small 5 o r 10
10 com ple te your s urv ival co mmun ica tions
watt so lar pane l wi ll prov ide: po wer for yo ur
setup. T herefo re . you need to make a list. pripac ket station for week s.
o ritize it and plan to acq uire items as soo n as
A spin-off from pac ket radio is APRS. Aupo ssible . Follow the established Kiss Rad io
to mated Packet Report ing Sy ste m. which al pri nciples : know you r s ubject. s hop aroun d for
lows users to ac tua lly track and "s ee" who is o n
the best price and don ' t spe nd money unless
the ai r <It an y given time. APRS takes yo ur
yo u absol utel y have to.
location (provided by G PS data ) and transmits
S urv ival commun icat ion s planning (foo tth is da tu o ver 2 me ters. Anyo ne with APRS
notes
5-9) ca n be a grea t ex ercise invo lving
so ftwa re run ning o n their co mputer that is
your e nti re family in ,I very import ant p roject
lis tening on freque ncy will see yo ur callsig n
- their s urviva l d uring a large sca le d isaster.
d isplayed alo ng wi th .1 sma ll logo s uperimAnd rem ember : unde r e me rge ncy cond itio ns.
posed o n .1 map! Se arch and Rescue (SA R)
the nnly so lutions thai me success ful are the
op erat io ns, para des, wal k-a-then s. triatholo ns,
ones that Keep It Simp le .
etc . ca n really bene fit from this type o f truck-

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FEDERAL FILE
A GUIDE TO GOVERNMENT COMMUNICAnONS

John Fulford, WA4VPY

emoil: JOHNF0413@ool.com

Executive Branch Travels

s I put this column together. CNN

News for med the backg ro und commentary as o ur C hie f Exec utive and

the Vice President conduct the business of tile

peo ple. Wh ere those ( W O go . so do fed era l
co mmunica tions .
The Vice Preside nt was headed for Nav a l
A ir Station (NAS ) Ft. \ Vo rth. Texas. to vi sit
the Loc kheed plant in reg a rd to a se ve n billi on

do llar cont ract for the sale of F-16 fighter

planes to a foreign nation. The Fort Worth
Police Depart ment came alive with a fo rce of
a bo ut twenty moto rcycles and twe nty cars in
the pro tectio n details. T he fo llow ing informal ion comes to you via Brian Scou of Fr. \ Vort h
giving the communications details for that
visit.
Ft. Worth Police use s :'1 Iru nked sys tem :

yOll can find th e frequ e nc ie s o n the T runkcom

internet IlCWSgroUp. T he trunkcd identifiers
of interest in the VP Deta il are :

3536
4496
4464
4528
3952
3504
4400
4432

Traffic Detail
Traffic Talk 2
Traffic Talk 1
Traffic Supervisors
Traffic Special Detail
AirSupport
Air Support Talk 1
Air Support Talk 2

The fede ra l chan ne ls noted in use du ring this

event were:

162.6125
163.4635
163.4875
163.51 25
163.5875
165.375

NAS Ft. Worth-Military

Police channel 3
Lockheed Security
Lockheed Security
NAS Ft. Worth-Military
Police channel 2
NASFt. Worth-Military
Police channel 1
Secret Service: EOD teams
1 and 4 were also heard on
this frequency.

Brian was at a resta uran t prior to the VP 's

a rrival whe re abou t 10 Fl. Wo rth PD mo torcycle officers were ulso present Brian appa re ntly asked them a few qu estion s regardin g
the co mmunica tion s bei ng used. He was w id
10 forget tryi ng to monitor-s-th ey we re usi ng
scrambled cha nne ls and no one co uld listen to
the m. (G uess whe r-e-they weren' t.c. l)
While the VP vi site d Ft. Wort h, the Presi dent wa s in Lo ndo n for the G8 Co nfe rence .
My London correspo nden ts inform me tha t
the Wh ite Ho use Co m municatio ns Age ncy
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bro ug ht alo ng a Irl mkl'lI .JOO M Hz sys tem fo r

Presidentialprotection. (T he norm al 165 MH z
freq uencies are rare ly used o ver thcre-e-they
a re part of the co m mercia l hu siness band .)
Th e Scotland Yard moto rcyc le esco rts we re
o n 14 7.9 125 M Hz. Th e 400 M Hz trun ked
syste m was usin g the freq uencies of ..W7.075,
40 7. 125. a nd 407.1 75 M Hz. No other channel s were co nfirmed, hUIa possible freq ue ncy
co nfigu rat io n of th is syste m is presented in
T able I. Th e Sco tlan d Yard units we re pa ired
off w ith o ur Secret Ser vice detai l using freq uc uc ies of 150.150. 450 .050 . and 45 0 . 125
MHz.

TABLE 1: WHITE HOUSE

COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY
400 MHZ TRUNK SYSTEM
406.450/41 S.375
407 . 125/4 IH.275
40S.H50/4 1H.400
408.H75/4 1H.500
408.925/4 1S.5 25
Eac h parti cipatin g co untry in an inte rna tion al confere nce hopefull y coordinate s its
co mm un ications wi th the host cou ntry . AI
o ne con fere nce here in the United States several yea rs ago, o ne of the Easte rn Block countries did not want to coordi nutc with the FCCI
NT IA. As a re su lt they brou g ht wa lkie talk ies
and mobi les which operated in the 88- 108
M Hz FM co mmercia l broadcast band. T he
units were totall y unusable o ve r here. (In their
co untry the FM broadcast band is in the 66
M Hz regi on.)
A nd rews Air Force Base always has its a ir
sho w when the Presid ent return s to (Own .
W illiam With ers mad e II lin e co ntributio n to
IhL' Scun- DC list. which W ~I S ec hoed ont o th e
FcJCom list. Wa shi ng ton D.C. area frequ encic s in use were:

406.250
408.025
408.950
413.275
414.9625

406.950
408.200
409.350
413.300
415.825

407.1 50
408.750
409.725
413.375
415.950

407.425
408.7625
409.7375
414.6375

Yo u will recognize so me o f the se Ireq uen d es <IS be ing part of the trun ked sys te m at
Andre ws . T he ot he r o nes arc d isc rete operalion s o n the ba se and at other loc utio ns in the
Dist ric t urea.

A Mystery in North Carolina

For thosc of you that live in or near C hatha m
Co unty. No rth Caro lina , there is a big mystery
hrewing surro unding the " Big Hole" located
off Ml. G ilea d Road .
T hc fo llowi ng info rma tio n co me s from the
Jan uary. 1998. Chatham Jou rnal. It may be
vie wed o n t he web a t: http: //
w w w c h 3 t h am j u u r n a I , c o m I
o198discussg r o up.hlml
II seem s th at o ne of the local townspeople
wa s traveling do wn Mt. G ilead C hurc h road
whe n he cam e in to contact wi th signs that had
the me aning of "Tum back or we wi ll shoot:'
Being a cautious person. o ur visitor immed iutcty lctt rbc area . Upo n a rriving back in town.
hc inq uired what o the rs knew abo ut the area .
I( see ms tha t the re is a myste ry surro unding a
" big hole" in the area, that is o perated by the
U.S. Govern me nt.
Onc of the pe op le to wh om he spo ke wa s
:.111 old frie nd, who ad vis ed that it was a go vernment fac ility . It see m s hi s fa ther did so me
of the co nstructio n work ther e whe n the big
hole was co nstructed . Th is father wa s nev er
al lo wed to say whe re he worked. If asked , he
was to say he ran a vending ro ute . T he most he
e ve r told hi s so n. which was re layed to o ur
observe r. was there we re a lot o f co mputers
and co m munica tions eq ui pme nt there .
Ano ther person to ld o ur visito r that the big
hol e was indeed a U.S. Govern ment co m munic atio ns faci lity . Th is pe rson wo rked for a
loca l o il co mpa ny. T hi s oi l com pany had a
cont rac t to pro vide a pprox imate ly 100,000
gall on s ofk e rosi ne to he sto red the re in under g ro und ta nks. Th is kerosine wa s to ru n th e
bac kup generato rs if the need ever arose .
Two oth er people came for ward to provide
inform at ion to o ur friend , The first ag reed that
it W' IS a gov e rn me nt co m munica tions faci lity.
II see ms th e fac ility is bu ried unde rground
and is th irtee n stories deep; appare ntly it ha s
been there for o ve r twc11IY yea rs.
T he oth er info rm a nt told o ur visito r tha t
the U.S . Go vernment and AT &T ope rate thi s
co mmunica tio ns faci lity for de fense pu rposes.
It see ms that thi s fac ility is co mp lete ly und erg ro und and has tota l wo rldw ide co m munica tio ns capabilities. Apparently no o ne in the
C hatham Co unty govern me nt knows exac tly
what the fac ility is . Th ey ha ve all been assured that the re arc no missiles o r weap o ns

stored the re. The road into the facility has an

anti -tank barric ade at its entrance.
. The one person who might shed some
inform ation on the site. but probably isn't
talking. b the mayor of Pittsboro. North
Ca rolina. It seem s His Honor ju st retired
from work ing at the site.
Visit the above web site for deta ils.

erected which can be see n in the picture. From

outward appe arances. this base had the look s
of a forward air co ntrol base with the radar.
John notes that the people he saw the re definitely were not military . Any guesses . anybody?

Just as a footnote. the Dcpanment of Stare

ran a high freque ncy monitoring location on
Old Carde Sound Road south of Miami many
years ago. The Department of State Teleco mmun ications Division has always provided
cover for the C IA communications facilities.
You might remember that the o ld KKN50 and
other KKNxx stations operated under Department of State cove r for many years-and
some still do . These stations have been tied
back to the boys at Longley many times.

An Update on Nextel

More Strange Site.?

In a widely d istributed posting to the
"Spooks" and "Fedcom" list servers. John
Maky reported a rather sinister monitoring
site in California at Black Mountain. He sent
a photo showing the top o f the mountain.
looking toward Mexico . which is approximate ly 30 miles away through the haze. It
shows a typical private/governmen t repeat er
site: Some of the users nrc AT&T . State of
California. Federal gov ernment and some
private repeater sites. includ ing three television trans mitters. The mysterious mon itoring site is located along the road whic h leads
up to these repeater sites.
He took a photo of the monit ori ng site
itselftnot shown). Jo hn advi ses that seconds
after he took the photo. he was approached
and told in no uncert ain terms to qu it taki ng
pictures and leave the area immedi ately.John
says this property is owned by the Bureau o f
Land Management and is by defini tion. public propcrty. (So isthe land aro und Arca5 1but I wo uld not try to argue the finer points of
the trespass law with the armed patrols there")
Joh n notes that behind the mon itoring site
is an area which contains several rented portable toilets and portable living facilities.
There arc multiple high frequency antennas

\Ve have frequently speculated as to where

the Feds have gone. We finally have deter mined that a majorit y o f the individua l agent s
and agencies are going over to the new digital
trunked sys tem opera ted by Nextel.
In the past coup le of month s. I have begun
to understand how this system wor ks. Let' s
look at this system and what it ho lds for all of
us. This information is provided from press
releases o f Motorola. Inc.. manufacturer of
the units which arc sold to Nextel and a few
others.
The system is called the Motoro la iDEN i600 series. T he iDEN stands for Integrated
Digital Enhan ced Netwo rk. This is a high
capacity digital trunkin g radio system which
provid es integrated voice and da ta services to
the end user. The iDEN system uses M 16QAM digital modulation and VSLEP (Vcctor
Sum Excited Linear Predic tor }speech codi ng
techniq ues co upled with T ime Domai n Multiple Access (TDMA) methods to enhance
channel capa city and system service s.
Conve ntional trunking systems define a
control chan nel by spccifying a sct of inbound

and outbound freq uenc ies to the user . In the

iDEN system . which operates in the norm al
800 MHz trunking ch annels. the use of a
single frequency pair (separated by 45 MHz)
is shared among six users by d ividin g the
frequenc y into time slots . Each time slot is 15
milli seconds in length.
In the case of the iDEN voice traffic channel. eac h mobile unit transmits and receives
on one of the six slots assigned to each user
frequency. Therefore, the mobile radio transmission is a pulsed RF signal with a 1/6 duty
cycle . The base transmits and receives o n all
slots from six dif feren t mobi les using the
same frequency .
The iDEN system uses M 16-QAM whic h
is a digital modu latio n format containing 16
QAM modu lation on four subca rriers, This
proprietary Motorola modu lation con tains
both amplitude and phase modulation. The
audio must be digitized and then comp ressed
using a VSLEP vocode r prior to transmission
for efficient use of the chan nel.
The iDEN system uses an approach similar
to ce llular teleph one networks. Each radio is
assigned a unique identifier. When the radio
transmit s, the sys tem checks to see if the radio
is reg istered to the sys tem. There is also a
d ispatch identifier ass igned to the radio. A
radio that has not been placed in serv ice or
whic h has bee n reset remotely docs not co ntain any o f this informa tion. For this reaso n.
cloni ng from an exis ting radio is rega rded as
practically impossible at this time.
The scanners whic h hear the output signal
from the towe r will hear a chan nel containing
six individual users on each frequency . This
will make monitoring a little more inte resting .
The peop le at Motorola have also come up
with a coup le of addit ional security tricks
which will nor be discussed here. But be
aware that ju st purch asing a radio at the local
flea market or from Ne xtel will not allow you
to mon itor someone else' s conversations.

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MAKING SENSE OF CIVIUAN AERONAUTICALCOMMUNICATIONS

Jean Baker, KIN9DD

The Role of a Flight Service Station

e lcome: ab oa rd! Today we"t l

take you on a tou r of Flight
Service Sta tion s ( FS S) .
\Vhereas Air Traffic Con trol Cen ters
serve mostly instrument flight rules (IFR)
aircraft. Flight Service Stations prima rily se rve general aviation aircraft opcra ting und er visual flig ht ru les (VF R).
General aviatio n pilots. as we ll as some
military ni ghts. also usc these stations ( 0

for conve nien ce. the tcrrn is shortened

to "clearance."
Controllers issue clearances based
on know n traffic and know n phys ica l
airport condi tion s. An air traffic con tro l
clearance. au tho rized by air traffic co ntro l for the purpose of preventing co llision between aircraft, al lows an aircraft
to proceed under spec ified co nditions
w ithin controlled airspace.
obtain information thai is pertinent ( 0
T he se paration of respo nsib iliry that
operating alo ng the ir rout es or withi n
exi sts betwee n the pilot and the co ntrol200 mi les of the station . Howe ver. co mler is one that on the surface see ms
mercial aviatio n pilots can and do use Cleuroncr mainta ins a snfe distance between aircraft .
almost unwor kable . but in oper ation
flight service stations when necessary.
has funct ione d well for man y years.
T he pilot in co mma nd (P IC) of an aircraft
infor mat ion in the ni ght plan will be used for
Fede ral Air Regu lations 9 1.3(a ) sta tes :
is responsible for obtaining all pertinent in- searc h anti rescu e opera tio ns.
"T he pilot in command of an aircraft is
format ion affec ting his or her flight before
Ju st as air tra ffic co ntro llers do. fligh t ser- d irect ly responsible for . a nd is the fina l
taki ng off. Th e fligh t se rvice station is a
vice speci alists a lso tra in at the academy in aut hor ity as to, the operation of that aircraft." In ot he r wo rds, if the co ntroller issues
pr imary source for suc h inform ati on whic h
Ok laho ma City. T he spec ia list on dut y at the
wi ll inclu de factua l data pertain ing to terrain
Flight Servi ce Sta tion is also a trained pre ni gh t a clearance that wou ld ca use a pilot to devi or wea lher pec uliaritie s. pre-flight and in
briefer, who provides pilots w ith pert ine nt fac ts ate from a rule or regulation or , in the pilot' s
flight weathe r informat ion , suggested routes.
nece ssar y for a particular ni gh t. A specia list opinio n, wou ld place the a ircraft in da nger,
a ltitud es, pirep s (p ilot report s ) radioed hy
it is the pilot ' s res po nsib ility to request an
cannot pre vent a VFR pilot from tak ing off.
pilots rep orti ng signiIican tco nd itions encouna mend ed clearan ce.
How ever. if weathe r condit ion s di ctate. a pilot
ter ed in-fli ght (suc h as tur bulence o r po tential
Pilot s may not deviate from a n a ir traffic
w iII he advi sed that VFR lli ght is not rccornicin g), any unu sual co ndi tions ut thc dcs tinamended . A prud ent pilot w ill a lways heed this control c learance or instru ct ion witho ut first
tio n airport, a nd other information im port ant
noti fyin g the controller. If the situation is
adv ice .
10 n ight safely.
In the past. r-SSs we re found at airports . such that the pilot has to ac t immed iate ly. he
Th e FSS is a dir ect de sce nda nt of the
However. because of imp rovem ent s in tec h- has to not ify the co ntro ller as soon as poso riginal commu nica tio ns statio ns es tablis hed
nol ogy, this is no lon ger always the ca se nor is sible.
in the I920s. They also serve as terminals for
In practice. air traffic co ntrollers are in
it necessmy . Mo st ex isting FSSs have bee n
one of the FAA ' s te letype com mu nications
re placed with fully au tomated fl igh t services cha rge of the move me nt of a ll lF R a ircra ft.
networks . Thi s network carries se ve ra l types
sta tio ns (AFSSs) . T he au toma ted fligh t service T heir deci sion s are guided by an und erof mes sag es. incl udin g not ices to a irme n
sta tions are eq uipped with the mo st mod ern standing of the physical lim itati on s of the
(NOT AMs ). NOTA Ms advise pilots of na vida ta processing and communica tions equip- ai rcraft . the Federal Air Regulation s. and
gational aid s that a re out of operation . any
opera tional pro cedures that have been deme nt.
un usual airp ort condition s. and othe r nec esTh ese new stations can be expected to serve ve lopcd th roughout many yea rs. T he co nsary safely information.
troller has the total picture of the truffle
larger areas than they did prev iou sly. and at the
Ge ne ral a viation pilots al so use the FSS to
sa me time requ ire fewer co ntro l specialists. It situatio n under his jurisd iction: the pilot
file thei r fl ight plans. The night plan is just
also means tha t pilo ts mus t place a greater does not.
what the name implies: the pilot' s plan for a
Only since the deve lopment of traffic
relia nce on lung-distance tele pho ne ca lls and
co
llision
avoidance systems (TCAS). does
particular fl igh t. " Filing" a flight plan means
co mpute rs to obtain the informat ion from the
e nte ring the information into the air tra ffic
the pilot have a ny idea o f what othe r ai rc raft
A FSS net .....crk . T he project to a utomate night
control system co mpu te rs . Altho ugh pilots
may be in his immedi ate vicinity. Th e pilot
service stations is ex pec ted to be co mp leted in
flying under visua illight rules arc not legally
knows
wha t the airc raft ca n do. and act s
this decade .
requi red to tile flight pla ns. prud ent pilot s do
according ly.
so.
If either the pilot or the co ntro ller de vi Clearances
ates from this worki ng fram e work . there had
A flight pla n is like a free insuran ce po licy .
Co ntro llers issue ai r traffic co ntrol c lear - better be a good rea son ! Us ually . the divi If something goe s wro ng durin g the llight . or
an ce s to provide se parat ion between aircraft.
if the flight docs not arrive at the plan ned
sion of respon si bility is not a problem. If a
An air traffi c clea ra nce is defined as " an aut ho - cleara nce is re layed by a third pa rty - for
destination w ithin a reas onable time aft er the
rizatio n hy air truffl e control. for the purpose of ex am ple, by a flight se rvice station - the
pilot ' s inte nded arr iva l. the a ir tra ffic contro l
pre ven ting co llision be twee n know n aircraft":
instructi on is preceded by " ATC cl ears."
sys tem will be alerted. In a n e me rge ncy. (he
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esta te on top of the '8200 for
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and sq ue lch knobs !The other
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plugg ing fir mly into a slot behind the
knobs.
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an RS232 port for computer control
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battery). The AR8200 has extended
its wide frequency coverage even fur the r to cover 500 k Hz to 2()..t0 MH z.
and search speed ha s bee n inc reased
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slot on the botto m o f the receivere nables ex te nded memory 10 4000

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Th e ' 250 also features one -to uch
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trovcrsy. expos
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irs licensees arc ge nerating. and
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Sta rting with a historical perspective on the issue. including a

co urse in brief on antenna radia tion. and continui ng with several
re prints from the Federal Co mmun ica tion s Co mmissio n, the
hook incl udes math. theory , and
work sheets. along with easy -tofoll ow tables for the less expe rienced ham 10 determin e his level
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RF Exposure and You is S I5

During an emerge ncy is no

time to begin the search for an upto-dale. easy-to-access source for
frequencies. Th e G rove FCC Database ver. 6 .1 is now shipping.
and it' s a rem ar ka bl y fast, fle xihie, and com prehensive database
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Co m m is s io n .
Listings include
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rail road, broadcasting (A M ,
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more.
Fiel d s inc lude fr eq ue nc y.
callsign. licen see name. c ity .
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Books and equipment

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Press releases may be
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BayGen - A radio headed for disaster

By H an s Johnson

ayGc ll radios arc no strange rs to disnsrer. whethe r here or ab road . Humanitarian organ ization s are ab le to
purc hase radios from Buyflcn ar cost for use
in rcliefproject s. T he British Red Cross. for
instance. purchased o ver 5.000 BayGen radios for use in the form er Yugoslavia. Here
in the United States, BayGen . in co nj unction
with General Elec tric. donated over 250 radios th rou gh the Red Cross to victims of last
winter' s crippling ice sto rm in the Northeas t.
Projects such as the se bring information
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With .111 that experience in the field. the
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generator that in tum po wer s the radio. So as

t1 relief team i ll the f ormer Yugoslavia

instructs a BayCen radio recipient 0 11 how
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The AMIFMISIV BayG en Freeplay 1 radio

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BayGe n' s first radio. the Free play I (FPR I)
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is an analog se t whose coverage includes AM
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("A" model 3.J -12 MHz, " B" model, 5.8 to 18
MHz). Buye rs can spec ify which model they
want. Th e radio weig hs almost 7 pounds and its
dim ension s <Ire 14 inches w ide. 10 inches high.
and 5.5 deep .
Use rs are pleased with the number of station s this set is able to pu ll in and the 4-watt
so und delivered throu gh the large (3.5 inch ).
fron t-mo unted speaker. T he case of the se t is
made of ABS plastic and has a very ro bust fee l
to it. T his is BayGe n' s workho rse and it has
bee n used all ove r the world. The FPR I is
availa ble through BayGe n directly or from a
numbe r of rad io spec ialty ou tlets.
B;'l yGen introduced the Freep lay 2 (F PR 2)
in 1997. It is ligh ter than the FP R I at 5.5 lbs.
BayG en a lso made improvements to the spri ng
mechan ism. Wind up the FPR 2 and it can play
for nearly <In hour. The FPR 2 is a lso smaller at
10 inche s wide . 8 inches tall. and 8 inches dee p.
It is AMIFM only-no sho rtwave co verage.
Th e tuning on this set is also analog.
The FPR 2 is a bit cheaper than the FPR I.
thou gh. and it is more widel y di stributed . It is
ava ilable not only thro ug h specialty outlets. but
through ;'1 number of spo rting goods stores as
we ll. The FPR 2 ma intains the style of the FPR
I in its Front-mo unted speaker. Both se ts are

fin ished in black . T hey eac h stand up eas ily

on their base.
An improve men t to the FPR 2 is slated for
later this yea r: T he FPR 2 will inco rpora te a
solarcell. Located next to the windi ng hand le,
the solar ce ll can pow er the radio if it is
exposed to direct sunlig ht. A combination of
so lar and spring power are used in lesser
light. This will extend the life of the radio by
saving o n wea r and tear on the spring.
For tho se non-emergency times. an optional AC adap ter is avai lable. Depend ing o n
whe re yo u live . recept ion may be improved
with an o ptio nal externa l antenna. One end
plugs into the radio and up to 20 ft of wi re can
be reeled out. Anot her handy o ptio n is he adphones. Listening through headphones, rath er
than a spe ake r, will extent the playing time of
the radio.

Tire AMIFM BayG en Freeplay 2 radio

BayGe n will also introd uce an entirely
new pro duc t this year that those interested in
e mergency prepa red nes s sho uld co nsider.
Thi s product is a digital wea ther radio. It will
cover AM/F M and will be ab le to receive
e mergency alerts fro m the wea ther ba nd.
Whi le this radio will usually be plugge d into
the wall like co nven tional radios. the wi nd up
generator can be use d fo r those time s when
power is no t available.
Th ere is a lot to choose from . but the time
to buy th is prod ucts is before disaster strikes.
BayG en radios are good value for the money .
They will keep yo ur fam ily infonned and
entertai ned when yo u need it most. If yo u
would like to learn mo re abo ut BayGen, give
them a ca ll at 1-800 -WIND- 234 , Ema il them
at-frt!('play @pai r.com. Or visitthei rwebsite
at: http://www.Freeplay.pair .com
July 1998

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85

SCANNER EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES FOR YOUR MONITORING POST

Bob Pornoss, AJ9S

Coax Stub and PAR Electronics Filters

ntcr modul ation interfere nce is like the

weather. Everyone talks about it hut few

do much abo ut it. lnt ermod is cause d

w he n two or more sig nals m ix to get he r a nd

gen e rate sig nals o n o the r frequ en cie s. T he

mixing can occur in many places. e.g.. in rusty

rain g utter join ts. in o ne o f'the transmitter s, or
in .1 ne ighboring transm itte r 100;;.lIcd in cl ose
pro ximity .

More often. however. the mixi ng take s

place with in ou r ow n receiv ers. J\ 10 st o f LIS are
using co nsume r grade . wide hand radios w ho se

front -cndx are eas ily overloaded by strong

signa ls from paging tran smitter s in th e 15 2.

15S. and -t5-t MHz ranges.

O ne weapon to com bat intermod is a no tch
fi lle r w hich atte nua te s sig na ls tran sm itted in
the pagin g hand . In this co lum n. I describe the
simple , hut overrated 1/4 wave stub filt er and
w hy it is a poor filt er for reje cting pagi ng
intenn od. Lat er, yo u will sec ho w we ll a $60
com me rc ia l notch filter per form s co mpa red
to the stub filter .

The 1/4 Wave Stub Filter

OIJ timers hav e co ns truc ted 1/4 wave co ax
o r twin lead stub filters for yea rs to rej ect
am at eu r or com mercial FM broadcast sig na ls
w hic h inte rfe re wit h TV recept ion . A few
people o n the Internet s ugges t a simple (.'O<l X
stub filter will so lve scan ning irue nuod problem s cause d by pagi ng tran smi tte rs. Is th at
good ad vice" In bri ef - no . It' s a poor c ho ice
for mo d ern da y sc anning .
Yo u ca n make a 1/4 wa ve s tu b filte r by
co nnect ing a sho rt leng th o f co ax cab le, o r
stub, to a T- conncctor plac ed at the ant e nna
jack o f yo ur recei ver. T he far e nd or the stub
is len uncon nected . The le ngth o f the stub is

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critica l and it is determined

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wave stub filte r repeats its per form ance at odd the UH F mod el att enu ates 454 - 45 5 MH z
multiples o f its desi g n frequ en cy.
sig na ls by 25 dB .
Th ey are made in USA o f rugg ed . a ll met al
PAR Electron ics Intermod Filters
con struc tio n and ar e fitt ed with hi gh q ual ity
mal e a nd fem ale BNe connec to rs. They arc
Ok. so the $3 stub filter isn' t ver y go od, b ut
intend ed to be placed inli nc bet ween you r
yo u c an pa y more and d o much bett er . Yo u
ca n b uy a co mme rc ia l cavi ty nut ch filter for
se veral hu ndred doll ars o r it PAR filter fo r
abou t 560. PAR Electro nic s (68 69 Bays hu re
Dr.. Lan tan a , Flo rida 3346 2, tel ep hone 56 15868 278 ), manu facture s a new series o f
intermod filte rs de sign ed fo r sc a nner enthusi as ts. {Des pite my lasl nam c .! am not related to
PAR Electronic s")
PA R ca n furn is h im cnuod no tch fi lter s
custo m tun ed to yo ur fre q uency . Iorde red two
fi lters for te sting: 15H and 4S-l MH z fill er s,
model s VHFDN 158HT and UHFDN454 HT
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adj ustments and appe ar to be glued. Tinkerers. heed this warning: Don 't adj ust these
screws !

PAR vs. Stub Filter

I measu red the performance of bo th the
15X and -t5-t !\IH z PAR filters usin g u spec tru m a nal yzer a nd tra cki ng generato r. bu t we
will di sc uss the 15X MHz filler in d epth. T he
close- in performance o f the 158 ~'l Hz PAR
fi lte r is mu ch better than my homcbrcw I /-t
wuvc CO;.lX stub. Th e PAR filter is de ep er (-tlJ
H . .3X dB ) a nd sha rper. att enuating 155 ~ H z
signals by a mere I dB. for instance . T he PAR
rtucrs wide spectrum performan ce is much
bet te r. too.
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the switch whe n listeni ng o n di ffer ent band s.

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passed sig na ls out-ide the 156 - 16 1 ~IH z
ra nge wel l if the swi tc h is kept in the () - IS6
MHz se lling .
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MAGNE TESTS
SHORTWAVE EQUIPMENT REVIEW

l awrence Mogne

Editor-in-Chief, Possporlto World BondRadio

Grundig Yacht Boy 400 Professional Edition

bout a year ago. Gru ndig decided it

was time to close the door on its
popul ar Yacht Boy 400 portab le,
which it had introduced in 1993. After all,
the reasoning we nt, the y had a number of
new digit al models coming out in the under-S200 category. W hy have similar models that are co mpeting with each othe r?
But none of these models performed
anything like the 400, which for years Passport to World Band Radio has tied with the
Sony ICF- SW7600G for first place among
co mpact portabl es. We grumb led. as othe rs
surely did , so Gru ndig relented. The result
is the new Yac ht Boy 400 Profession al
Edition, or " PE" for short. It' s priced the
same as the old 400 : under $200, street.

Improvements include AC adaptor

The 400 PE stands out as another example of Gru ndig trying to make their
produc ts more attra ctive as a way to e ntice
newcomer s to world band radio. It is the
same radio cabinet as before in all respects
but one: color. Whereas the old 400 was
sheathed in dark plastic, the 400 PE has a
light plastic cabinet with an alumi numcolored finish. It looks great, although it
remains to be seen how we ll that finish will
hold up over years of use.
The other obvious impro vement is that
the 400 PE comes standard with a 120 VAC
power supply. Thi s is not ju st a money
issue-it' s usually better to use an adaptor
made for a radio by the same manu facturer
than to pick one up from someplace like
Radio Shac k. However , given how much
world band rad ios are used by travelers, a
rnultivo ltage AC adaptor would have made
more sense.
The last obvious imp rovement is in the
owne r' s manu al. It' s utterly un-Teutonic,
being to-the- point and written in everyday
English that' s comfo rtable for newcomers.

Flexible tuning alternatives, but no

t uning knob
Beyond that, this is the same ex cellent
400 that we've co me to know ove r the

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year s. It covers longwave, the AM band to

1710 kHz, and the usual FM band-in
stereo throu gh headphone s (not supplied ).
Shortwave is co mpletely covered, co ntinuously from 1.72- 30.0 MHz. Th ere are the
same two major drawbacks, as before: no
main tunin g knob and no synchronous selectable side band.
Tuning is accompli shed by up/d own
slewing buttons which ca n ch ang e frequency in I kHz orS kHzi ncreme nts,as the
operator prefers. There is the usua l keypad
to allow for direct access of station frequencies. It works easily enough, althou gh the
"0" isn 't ce ntered under the "8" as on te lephones. There are also 40 channel presets,
which can be accessed by the keypad. along
with two separate slewi ng buttons to sequen tially scan or manu ally chug thro ugh
the memory bank . Add to that the presence
of "s ignal-see k" scanning and meter-band
se lection, and it' s a solid roster of tun ing
choices.

Superior LCD is "Information Central"

Th e LCD shows useful informa tion without being confu sing, as it can be on some of
the newer mod els from other manufacturers . There's the digital freq uen cy readout ,
of co urse, plus a dual-zone 24-hour clock
that shows the time even when the radio is
on. Additionally, the '400 ' s cloc k also displays seconds numeri call y when the radi o
is off. Thi s is handy if you're trying to catch
the news headlin es or a station 10 at exact ly
the top of the hour.
More good news is that the LCD is
illuminated. Tha t light goes out automaticall y after 10 seconds , but you ca n switch it
off earlier by pressing the light button a
second time.
The re' s a signal-strength indi cator that
shows many increments, but in realit y it is
only a simple, but adequ ate, five-step read out. And if the batteri es are low , "Battery
Check" is displayed . About the only shortcomings are that the 24-hour time lacks
leading zeroes--QSOO. say. shows merel y

Anot her nice thi ng abou t the ' 400 is that

FM is a pleasure to listen to. It has a s upe rio r
capture ratio. adjac ent-c hannel rejec tio n and
adjace nt-c han ne l se lectivi ty. The aud io
through the speaker is prett y good. but it
reall y s hines throug h stereo headphones.
Bott om line is that the Yach t Bo y 400
has alway s been a to p-notch co mpac t portable . Th e 400 PE is just as good now , but
fo r the same mo ney yo u ge t an AC powe r
s upply th ro wn in.
as live hu ndred-and ther e is no stationnam e disp lay for the presets.

Worthy overall pe rforman ce

Si ng le side band reception isn' t no rmall y
used for hearing wo rld band statio ns. but it
is needed for liste ni ng to specialized radio
sig nals. On the 400PE. sing le-sideband
lac ks an LSB fUS B switc h. So to tunc upper
or lo wer side ba nd separatel y. yo u have to
tu ne the rad io down---or up-s-frequency 1
kHz. then adjust the fine-tuning knob for
zero beat . T hat knob. by the way . ha s a
ce nte r detent : altho ugh it' s bar ely perceptible . it is a rea l co nve nience .
Selectivit y, or adjace nt-ch ann e l rej ectio n, is qu ite good. in part because there are
two bandwidths. "Wide" pro vides eno ugh
audi o fidelit y to mak e fo r plea san t listen ing, yet is narro w e nough to kee p most
adjacent-chan ne l interference at bay. If interference is more ex treme, or if yo u' re
listeni ng to sing le -sideband signa ls. the
narrow po sitio n does the job nicely, Bo th
bandwid ths are well chose n. more so than
tho se o n ma ny other rece ivers.
Se nsitivity to wea k signals is qui te good.
es peci ally for a radio of thi s size. Another
help is that the rad io co mes sta ndard with a
tape-m easure-typ e reel -in outboar d ae rial
to supplement the usual te lescopic antenna.
Image reje ction is more than adeq uate, too.
Ho wever, there is the occ asiona l "bird ie,"
and dependin g on your local FM situation
yo u may find so me di sto rted FM sig nals
break ing through into the sho rtwave spectrum.

Superio r a udio quality

All too ofte n. a sho rtwave portable that
performs we ll so unds mediocr e because of
ped estri an audio qu ali ty. Here. even though
there is only a high- lo w ton e sw itc h. the
' 400 sou nds at lea st as good as an y othe r
co mpac t port abl e we have co me ac ros s. For
best result s. place the to ne con tro l o n low
for FM , high for everythi ng el se .

Japan Radio Making Fix to NRD545

As we ind icated in the May MT, initial
effusive write ups o n the Japan Radi o NRD545 were limited to certain sources. ma inl y
in the United Kingdom . and didn 't co nform
to our initi al observa tions of this rig at a
Japanese ex hibi tio n aw hile back .
Now. we ha ve laid hand s on a unit , and
un fortunatel y o ur co ncems have bee n co nfirmed. Altho ugh in man y respect s thi s is
an excell ent fully di git al tablet op recei ver.
we have found in the lab and during initial
hands-o n testing that there are certain charact eri stics which are clearly not appropri ate to a receiver in this pri ce range-indeed, in so mc respects not eve n a good
portable .
For exa mple. ultimate se lec tivity almost
ne ver rea ches ev en -60 dB . and the audio
qu alit y in the AM mod e is significantly
de graded by the actio n of the AGC, which
can not be adj usted in the A M mo de .Th ere ' s
no IF outpu t. ei the r-not eve n a way for
one to be insta lled-so certain perfo rma ncee nhanci ng acc es so ries ca nnot be used .
\\'hen we find a new recei ver that tests
"off the c urve" in this manner. we try to
contact the manufacturer to sec whether
th is is a production anomaly or, if no t. a
design flaw which they w ill be fixin g in
short ord er. A fter all. there ' s no poi nt in
repo rting on a produ ct ' s cha racteristics if
they wi ll ha ve been changed by the time the
co nsuming public read s abo ut it.
Japan Radi o' s eng ineering department.
ho wever . has been most cooperative. and
after runn ing its ow n chec ks has co nfi nned
our findings . So . as we go to pre ss. we are
air shipp ing the un it bac k to the '545' s
e ngineer for a design modification which
JR C feel s sho uld hel p resolv e matte rs.
O ne positi ve note is that we did not find
the 545 ' s dynamic ran ge 10 be subs tandard.
Bes t gu ess is that rep ort s surfaci ng from
Europe co nce rning "overload ing" actually
rel ate to the receiver' s e xceptio nally poo r
ultim ate se lectiv ity, which allow s powerful

sig nals on nearby frequencies to "slip in

under the skirts: ' If JRC s fix works, thi s
problem sho uld be remedied.
Stay tuned-well kee p yo u abreast of
how thi s interes ting saga unfold s.

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co lleagues in accordance with the po licies
an d procedures of tntern otionul Broadcas ting Se rvices. Ltd. It is completely independent of th e policies and procedures of
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COMPUTERS &RADIO
John Cotolono, phD

RADIO-RELATED SOFTWARE REVIEWS

Lcata'ono@~onknet. com

How Do You Spell Relief? Fixing Win95 System Problems

topic which has been in the news

lately is Microsoft' s introduction of

program will give yo u ex plicit instructions.

In some cas es So lu tio n I will not solve the
prob le m. For this situation you must highlig ht
Solution 2 and repeat the procedure. First Aid
97' s ma nual gives you an interactive resour ce,
called Adv isor , if the AutoFix doe s not solve
the probl em and you have to d ig deeper.
Now le t' s check out the other Wi ndow s
"fixer" prog ram, N uts& Vo lts.

Windows 98. Wh eth er yo u use co m-

puters for work, radio monitoring or happen

to wor k for the U.S . Depa rtment of Ju stice.
you may be int erested in Win98 . Heck, ma ny
of us are still tryin g to tame W indows 3. 1 and!

or95 !
Well. this month we' ll look at two pro grams. First Aid 97 and Nuts& Bolts. which
ju st could be what the doctor ordered when it
co mes to fru strat ing Win dows pro ble ms.
M aybe if I had one of these pro gram s I' d have

high er, requires a mini mum of 17 megaby tes

more hair on my head and Bill Gates would be

thought of more kindly.

of hard drive space and 8 Meg of RAM.

We'll use the CD ROM version which

Opening Window s

After all the joking and jibing, Windows

95 is a pretty powerfu l prog ram. Rem em ber
back to the first time yo u saw Windows operate and I' m sure you 'll ag ree. But there is a big
difference bet ween a dem o and daily use. In

the rapidly changing computer industry hardware and so ftwa re, lives are measured in
month s and wee ks. We are co nstantly upgrading and addi ng to our sys tems.
In this non -dem o e nviro nment Win dows
ca n be a real pro ble m. Windows 3. 1 was (a nd
still is) less of a problem than the new er
Windows 95. lt seems Win95 dec ides on new
hardware co nfig uratio ns every time you turn
on yo ur computer. ..and in some cases the
confi guration s are not valid or eve n real.
That' s when prob lem s ca n start. For those of
you who ne ver change yo ur hard ware or software perhaps you are thinking, "Just what is
John babb lin g abou t now? !" All I ca n say is
give it time . For those of you who "feel my

FIG 1 First A id 97 Maill Screen

loads the install ation program au tomatically.

Th e co mplete insta llation takes about 40 Meg
of hard drive space. If yo u are Iow an hard
drive space, a minim um insta llation is pos-

sible. But then you will need the CD loaded to

run the progra m.

Say "Aaah"
First Aid 97's ma in scree n, see Figure I,
has three sect ions: Se lection Panel (rig ht),
Wor kspace (centerlleft) and Sy ste m Status

(bottom). To start, we'll click on the CheckUp bu tton in the Selection Pane l and then
click the Start button which ap pears at the
bo ttom of the Wor kspace.
We are now on autopilo t and the program
is chec king our system au toma tica lly. It wi ll

found any problems they will be displayed on

'" First Aid may be on the way

Got Problems? Now What?

CyberMedia has bee n in the bu siness of

fixing W indow s problems for a few yea rs.
T heir First Aid 95 program made quite a stir
in the indu stry a few years ago when it becam e
the first " fix-it" Wi ndows program available
by reta il.

If we now se lect a proble m line and click

on Fix Problems we are presen ted wit h a
number of fix methods: AutoFix, Man ual a nd
Ignore. Also a list of possible so lutio ns is

Aid 97, is for Win95 only, runs on a 386 or

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FIG 2 . Nu ts&Bolts Main Screen

ing and its detai ls in the Sta tus section. T he

pro gram continues unti l it has co mpleted all
check s. If it has found no prob lem s you' ll see
a Passed report ca rd on the scree n. But if it has
a Proble ms Found scree n.

First Aid 95 could be used for both Win-

Nuts&Vo Its is man ufac tured by McAfee ,

the we ll known virus killer company . It has
similar system requirem ent s to First Aid 97 ,
but Nu ts& Vo lts ca n be used in both Window s
3.1 and 95 ; a definit e benefit if you run mac hines with bot h. Th e Discover Pro feature
e valuates hardware and soft ware via diagnostic and bench mark tests.
The ma in scree n, Figure 2, has three main
areas. (So und fami liar? ) Th e utilities are broken int o four grou ps : Repai r and Recovery ,
Clean a nd O ptimi ze , Pre vent and Protect . and
Sec ure and Manage. For this compariso n we
will be in the Disco ver Pro ' s Re pair and
Recov er gro up and Reg istry Wizard in C lean
and Op timize.
I ca n hear yo u thinking 'This one sou nds
mor e co mp lica ted." Don 't j um p to concl usions until we see the res ults ...

display the part of the system that it is check-

(Win95) pain" ...

dows 3. 1 and 95. T heir curre nt produ ct, First

And in Lane Two " ,

displayed in order of probability. In the spirit

ofeas e-of- use we will try theAutoFix. If it can
fix the pro blem all by itself you 're horne free
- in theory. So me prob lems require the user
to pe rfo rm so me ac tio ns. In that case , the

What Me Worry ?!
Eve rybody' s com puter syste m is perfect
-at least that's what we think until it crashes.
Computer syste ms are like car s. No matter
how well yo u treat them , if you use them they
will deve lop proble ms. T he question is not

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"if," it' s "when."
For example. constant writin g and era sing
files of various size (exactly what happens
when you use a web brow ser) cau ses your
hard dri ve to become fragmented , This means
that pieces of data arc not physicall y contiguous: they are not next to each other. This
affe cts the time it take s the magnetic head in
the drive to read the data since it has to do a
read. search. move. read group o f operations.
Let' sj ust run the two program s on a Pentium
133 system and see what they find .

paired. Auto repair by eit her of these programs will surely save a clu mp of hair .
The two Dev ice Configuration prob lem s
that First Aid 97 uncovered were not mentioncd anywhere in the Nuts&Bo lts resu lts.
But quite frankly, on thi s o ne, I'm not sure
which program ' s result is correct! One 50called prob lem was caused by not havin g my
external Zip dri ve connected , Th is bord ers on
a problem since it is a user ' s operating choice.

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The Winner by

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First Aid 97's ease of use is a very big

factor. One summary screen, from which problem s are tested . displayed. detai led and fixed .
is a winning co mbination that' s hard to beat.
Nuts&Volts is a close seco nd. losing only duc
to its lack of summary scree n methodology.

Rogaine by a Hair

Figure 3 is the resultin g First Aid 97 problem screen which lists eight problems. Let me
rem ind yo u that all we had to do to ge t this list
is clic k on the Check- Up Start butt on. Using
Nuts& Bolts Disco ver command
in the Repa ir and Recover sec- FIG 4 . ShortCut Problems: One of a Fe w NUlS& Volts
tion, indicated hard drive frag- Problem Screens
mentati on problems. as did First mWJ166'.',q,fi!
xl
Aid 97. But Nuts&Bolts required
Ths ~ bt ~ 'orpI\led'A~ entriea. Ci:k g'l 8el)ei1 Al ta"h"ye the R~
vrlZ~d Rsch you' MI lt dive to tryto repaII the ~ StIec:t.-"l~em ~ tid g'l Fltpai to
additional screens to be acce ssed
file the emy~. l;I" cid<. on 'CaneeI' to Qtat.
in order to get details and start a
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repair p r~edure .
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Howe ver. for the big-time computer maven Nuts&Vohs provides the very co mprehensive and detailed system hard ware testing
and reporting usually on ly found in expensive
professional PC diagnostic suites. Although
[00 detailed and complex for most, it's there
for those who know what to do with it. Also,
keep in mind. Nut& Bolts can be used in a
limited . but very usefu l form with Windows
3.1 as well as Win95.
Nuts&Vo lts also has a few added modules
with novel functions. WinG auge give a rea ltime grap hical represe ntation of system hard ware utilization; for example CPU acti vity .
It's a marvel to watch your system' s "vital
signs" as you ask it to perfonn print and save
tasks. Bomb Shelter catches your system before it crashes and allows you to continue
without a reboot. Zip Manager does exact ly
what it says for ZippinglU nzipping filcs and
whole folders. T hese. plus a few more like
Stron ghold which we will be talking about
whe n we are together next. can be accessed
via the Lau nchpad menu.
The powerful featu res that both of these
programs contain arc truly impressive. But
the cli ncher is the fact that First Aid 97 and
Nuts&80 lts can be purchased for aroun d
twenty do llars each ! If you have Windows 95
you should not be without one of these. They
are available at Computer C ity. Co mpUSA
and even clubs such as Sam ' s and 81's. First
Aid 97' s web site is www .cybermed la.cc m.
You ca n find Nut&Bolts at www. m cafee.

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Next time we 'll look at programs which

make you r files and e-mails unreadable to
"prying eye s" - file enc ryption programs. I
hope these "fixer" prog rams help you stay
sane. At least I may have saved Bill from a few
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

NEWS AND VIEWS FROM OUR READERS

Expetting the Unexpected

In thi s issue oLHcmilOrillg Tim es we ha ve
focu sed 011 mo nito ring in limes of natural or
manm.ulc crises. Wh e the r it' s a pile-up o n the
inte rstate.1 tornado warn ing. or a sate llite
failure. the re is no foo lproof way 10 he e lltirely prepared. But we must think ahead if we
are 10 he o f help to ou r fa mi ly and ne ighbo rs.
A bas ic understa ndin g o f'thc world arou nd
us is a go od place ( 0 begi n, When Ga laxy -+
lost its at titude co nt rol. Satellite Times colurnnt st Sieve Handle r called his pag ing co mpany to find out why it wa ... out of service. T he
exp lanat ion he was give n goes somethi ng like
this: " Lig htning struc k the satellite. Th ey 're
try ing to gel the parts to repair it and it sho uld
be buck lip by Friday:'

From Lcs Butle r. author of this mont h' s

sto ry on the AMR am bulance se rvice:
"Last July a had to rnado hi t Oa kland
Co unty Mic higan. Th e co unty we nt to work
righ t aw ay an d helped resc ue th e resid ents
and orga nize a re( o ve ry plan . At the next
ARPSC( Amateur Radio Public Se rvice Corp.)
mee ting the main topic of discu ssion wus that

incident.
"T he hams missed the boa t part ially by not
calling ull thc mem bers fo r he lp. but the few
that were at the weather statio n manning the
Sky warn POSI proved 10 be in valuable. \ Ve
we re to ld that the phone co mpa ny do nated a
few doze n ce ll phone s hUI they we re usele ss .
You co uld ne ve r ge l u line - e ve ry body in
the wo rld was us ing them - so 99 .5 percent
of the com muni ca tion W.IS bundled by the
ham s. Th e co unty is ' NY pro amat eur radio
no w. Ac tual ly they were al ways prett y suppor tive hut really unde rstan d th e va lue no w.
"A lso. the cou nty tried to ge l vide o foo tage
of the stor m damage fro m a local TV station
to usc for tra ining a nd we re turn ed do wn. I
used a few med ia contact s ga ined fro m our
paging notification ne two rk and th ey arc ge lting a video. Nice to sec the med ia give
so methi ng back after al l the help we provide
them ."

9"

"1 W.111I1O e:w;: press to yo u my appreciation

for a brief ne ws ite m lhat W <lS carried in the
Co m munica tio ns ' co lumn, Unde r the head ing of 'FCC Se al of Appro va l.' it stated thai
ce llular te lephon e co m pa nies mu st accept

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Rachel Bau hn, Editor

A Rat's Nest of Wires?

he r ho usc as well as whe n Bob Grove ope ned th is late I 930s table top radio and f ound a real
disas ter !
d riv ing .
"B ul ce llular pho ncs
whe n purc hased wit hout a n ac tivation co ntract ca n he expe nsive. Ho we ve r. chec king
O ur apolog ies for not ca tching so me o bvi aro und the internet. I came across a co mpany
o
us
typos in the May Bluc Angel s art icle: a
that is se lling recon dit ion ed ce llphones for
serio
us illne ss in the fam ily may e xcuse the
S40. Phones co me w ith a 30- day muncy-b ack
g ua rant ee and a six- mo nth warranty. T his au thor but not us for the ovcrsiglu!
Stev e Do ug lass say s the frequency given as
so unds like an attractive deal.
42.35
sho uld have read 142.35 . " We mon i" I am very ap prec iative of the ne ws item in
to
rcd
sev
eral lo w-powered BA wal kie tal kies
you r magaz ine which in itially alert ed me to
using th is freq uency for parts req uest a nd
th is FCC reg ulation . I wo uld no t have heard
servic ing o n the C- 130. T he correct Kan sas
of it otherw ise...
- POll / Crisry Ci ty freq uenc y is 125.200 (instead of 125
given in the sidebar), Op po sing so lo sho uld
Mind you-I'm not saying it' s go ing to be
auto matic or easy-a-j ust th at the FCC intends have bee n 39 1.I(Xl: And the Boss freq uen cy
to req uire it. Th e req uireme nt may no t be is 3D7.7 as in the text. not 307.0 as in the
universally acce pted yet. but I do n't th ink the sidebar .
T ha nks to Jo hn Co ke r o f Peo ria. Illinois.
ce ll co mpa nies arc going to ha ve a c ho ice.
a
nd
Mik c Ag ner of G len Burnie. Mary lan d.
T hey a rc a lso be ing requi red to establish the
locatio n of the 9 11 ce llpho ne c aller. bu t they who wrote in abo ut these d iscre panc ies . We
have a co uple of yems ye t be for e that beco mes als o o we an apo logy to Fran k Murph y, the
Am ari llo pho tog rap her Do uglass acco m pamandatory - ed .
nied . who sho t the pictur es o n pagc s 9 and 10
but was not c redited .

Blue Angels Blues

Final/y, Some Respect!

eel/phone

and forw ard a ll9 11c rnergc ncy ca lls. regardle ss of

wh e ther the ca lle r subsc ribe s to a ny se rvic e.
'T his d irectly re lates
to a perso nal note with
me. My sister has ca ncer
an d lives a lone . She is
doi ng we ll but her bo nes
arc britt le and she can fall
eas ily suffering possible
injuries. Ha ving <lCCCSS
to a cell phon e with 9 1 I
emerge ncy service would
be: a sa fety en hance me nt
whe n she is away from

July 1998

Great Emergency Antenna!

Her e ' s a rem inder abo ut one o f the untenBas featu red in (he April'9R issue. suitable for
sto ring in yo ur glove co mpa rt me nt or in yo ur
back pock et: the VH F/ UH FTwi nleadJ -Pole :
"Thank Ja me s A. Wi lliam s for his very
ea sy-t o- fol low inst ructio ns on building the
du al-hand twinlead f- Pol c antenna. , built it
for Illy scanner liste ning post. a nd it wor ked so
smoo thly. I built a nothe r o ne to give to a
frie nd. J had so mu ch fun that I think "11bu ild
<I few more j ust to have a ro und . 3 t0 4 d B ga in?
I thin k much more !"
- Gary J. Cohen. Registered Monitor
KMAlKG

If the re ' s o ne thin g a sudde n oppo rtunity

for o nce-i n-a-life time listeni ng will teac h a
rad io mo nitor. iCs the value of accurate a mi
well-orga nized records . Examples abo und:
When a strange aircra ft n ew low ov e rhead a nd
woke up eve ryo ne in two states (as o ne did
here rece ntly) a lot of us saw the lights, but
on ly Bob Gro ve tuned in the rig ht frequ e ncy
fast e no ugh to de termine th at <I B- 1 had j ust
flo wn o ver C lay County. Is that the time to say .
"hey, what's o ne megahert z mor e or le ss? !"
Here ' s hoping yo ur summe r proves more
une vent fu l th an the spring has been . but eve n
so- be prep ar ed !
- Rache l Bau ghn. nued itorergrov e.net

GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN MT

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS
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ABU
AC
ACARS
ACE
AWR
AIR
AM
AP
APRS
ARRL
ASCII
ATC
AT&T
BBC
BBCM
BNC

Indicatesa paratleltrequency
Best Regards
Microfarad
Microhenry
Asia Broadcast Union
AlternatingCurrent
Aircraft Communications Addressing
and Reporting System
Associationof ClandestineEnthusiasts
Adventist World RadiO
All IndiaRadio
Amplitude Modulation
Associated Press
Automatic Packet Reporting System
AmericanRadio Relay league
AmencanStandard Codefor Information
Interchange
Air Traffic Control
AmericanTelephone and Telegraph
British Broadcasting Corporation
British BroadcastingCorporation
Monitoring Service
Coax connector commonly used with

VHf/UHf equipmenl
CB
Cilizen Band
CBC
Canadian Broadcasting Company
CBS
Columbia Broadcasting Company
CD
Compact Disc
CD-ROM Co mpact Disc, Read Only Memory
Chief Eng ineer
CE
CIA
Central IntelligenceAgency
CLA
Cuban Coastal Radio Station
CNN
Cable Network News
CPU
Central Processing Unit
Croatia Radio
CR
CTCSS
Continuous Tone Contro lled Squelch
CW
DC
dB
DEA
OJ

DPS
DSS
DSWCI
OW
OX
DXe,
DXmg

EMS
EOD
fAA
fax
fCC
fEMA
fM
FTP
Golay

GHz
GPS
Hf
HO
Hz
10

IRC
KBC
KBS
kHz

km

kW
LCD
LSB

M
mb

System
Continuous Wave (Morsecode)
DirectCurrent
Decibel s
Drug Enforcement Admlllistration
Disc Jockey
Department 01Public Safety
Digital Satellile System
Danish Shortwave Clubs International
DeutscheWelle
Distant reception of radio or television
signals
A personwho engages in the hobby of
distant radio/l elevision reception
The hObby01 listening to distant radio or
television signals
Emerg ency Medical Service
Explosive OrdnanceDisposal
Federal Aviation Ad~inistralion
Facsimile
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Emergency ManagementAgency
Freq uency Modulation
FileTransfer Protocol
GolaySequential Pager Signaling
System
Gigahertz
Global Postlcmnu System
High Frequency
Headquarters
Hertz
tdenuficaticn
International Reply Coupon
KenyaBroadcast Corporallon
Korean BroadcastingSystem
kiloHertz
Kilometer
kilowatt
Liquid Crystal DISplay
lower Sideband
Meter
meter band

MDT
Med
MHz
MNO
Ml
MW
NAS
NATO
Nexrad

NfM
NiCd
NPR
NOAA

NSW
NU
NWS
PC
PO
POCSAG
ORA
ORM
ORP
OSL
R.

RAM
RDP
REP
Rf
RfE
Rfl
RfPI
RHC
RL
RlBf
RTM

arrv

RVI
SASE
SBO
SINPO
SO.
SSB
SW
SWBC
SWL
SWR
TRl
TV

UHf
UK
UPI
URL
USor USA
US B
UT orUTC
UV

VAC
VC
VDC
VHf
VOA
VOR
VOV
VP
VRT
VSWR
WfM

wwv

WWVH
WWW

Mobile Data Terminal

Medical

Megahertz

Merlin Network One

Monitoring Times
Medium Wave
Naval Air Station
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Next Generation Doppler Radar
Narrowband Frequency Modulation
Nickel Cadm iumBattery
National Public Radio
National Oceanographicand Atmospheric
Administration
NewSouth Wales
Numero Uno
National Weather Service
Personal Computer
Police Department
Digital Pager Code
The nameof mystation is
Man-madeinterference
l ow power transmit operation
Acard or letter confirming reception of a
radio station
Radio
Random Access Memory
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Storm Tracl<ing...lt Could Save Your Life

Th is spr ing brou ght ca sua lties and de vastation 10 co mm unities
across the co untry fro m storm -spawned tornadoes. with many of these
areas having no adv anc e sto rm alerting sys te m. NOAA Natio na l
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Can direction be determined?

Assuming you 've had a T V se t co nnected to a VHF/ UHF anten na ,

have yo u eve r not iced ho w near by lightn ing d isc harges mak e Hashe s
on yo ur TV scree n? T his is d ue , of co urse , 10 the widc band e lec tric al
signa l radiated by the e lec trica l stroke. T he lo wer the freq ue ncy
(cha nnel num ber ), the stronger the d isc harge pu lse. Wh en stor ms
beco me intense, as they do d urin g torn ado for mati on, the rad io
e ma natio ns are nea rly co nsta nt.
During the 1950s this phen o me non was used as a n ad hoc storm
detector. In th is sc he me , the ante nna was disconnected from the rea r
of the T V se t. a nd c ha nne l 2 wa s tun ed in. Th e bri ghtness cont rol was
adj ustedj ust to the point of threshhold , so that the raster co uld not quite
be seen . Then the antenna cab le was rec onn ecte d.
As a storm moved in, the flashes across the scree n were quite
appa rent, and when the sc ree n re mained lighted for lon ger pe riods, the
sto rm was c lose r and mo re inten se. Th is was the warn ing to take cover
or, at least, rem ain ale rt.
Worl d wide, the collective lightning-d isc harge noise is hea rd o n
sho rtwa ve rece ive rs as static , the stead y backgrou nd hiss whe n neither
signal no r elec trica l appli ance noise interfere nce is presen t. As the
sto rm s co me c loser. th e indi vidu al lightn ing "c ras hes " beco me more
d istinct.
You can determi ne what is static a nd what is recei ver (the rma l)
circui t no ise by disco nnec ting the an te nna: If th e noise goes away, it ' s
co m ing in o n the a ntenna line: if it stay s, it' s bei ng ge nerated by th e
rad io .

Most times, yo u c an si mply loo k o ut the win do w to de termi ne the

direction of the sto rm: that doe sn 't take acollege d iplom a! But ho w far
a way is it, and which way is it go ing? Th at tak es tria ng ulatio n, a
re lative ly e a~ y task fo r the ex pe rime nter. but impossible to assess fro m
o ne loc ati o n.
Two o bservers can coordinate visual as we ll as radio observatio ns
q ui te handily. If th ey arc se veral mi le s apart, and eac h ha s a mag ne tic
com pass, it is a simple ma tter to combi ne the two beari ngs on a map to
see where the lines c ross . Th at's the storm 's c urrent ce nter. \ Ve can also
use inexpen sive po rtable radios to assist in th e tracki ng.
Le i' s take a pra ctice sho t usin g se vera l kno wn , local , AM broadca sting stations. St art by findin g no rth w ith a mag net ic co mpass in the
ce nter o f a fairly o pen roo m (no t near walls with wiring ). Adj ust a state
o r regio nal map o n the floor or o n a table so that it is in pro per co m pass
align me nt.
T une in a moderate- stren gt h broadcaster o n a batt ery-operated
port ab le Ar-..'1IFMo r shcn wnve radio, and set it o n yo ur loc ation o n the
map . Ro tate the rad io slow ly aro und its ce nter (be tte r yet, put it o n a
la zy Su san !) and listen for a sharp red uction in sig nal stre ngth of the
station. That is the " null ," produced whe n th e internal ferri te rod
ante nna is pointed tow ard the statio n; it will most like ly be off e ither
e nd of the radi o.
T ry th is with se vera l statio ns until yo u fee l com fortable using the
radio as a di rection finder. You wi ll be using th at sa me techniqu e to
listen for redu ction s in static c rashes d uring an advancing lightning
sto rm. Naturally , it wo uld be best if yo ur portable had a signa l strength
me ter. bu t even witho ut one, yo u ca n listen for the sig na l streng th to
grow weaker as the rad io is turn ed .
W ith a large or ve ry close sto rm, the "ce nter" is bro ad , a nd th e clos er
it co mes, the bro ader it ge ts. Bu t while the storm is still di stant enough
to plan safety measur es is whcn yo u need to do the plott ing. And with
severa l storm spo tters plott ing their bearing s fro m d iffere nt locati ons,
acc uracy is inc rea sed .

So, will a radio work just as well as a TV?

But which way is it going, and how fast?

The radio equiva len t o f the TV sce na rio wo uld be to listen to a

vac ant lo w freq ue ncy (typica lly 100~900 kl-l z ): the lo wer the freq uen cy , the more loc al the signal s.
Th e rad io equivalent of the bri ght ening TV ras ter wo uld be, of
co urse , the increase in inten sity and nu mbers of static crashe s hea rd .
If the back grou nd staticcras he s ascen d to a raucus, pro mine nt d in, it
ma y we ll be time to tak e cover !

By ca lculating visua l and radi o beari ngs o n the map e very few
m inut e s. yo u can determin e the loc ati on. path, and the spee d of the
sto rm as we ll. A loc a l Sky wa m ham rad io network and/or Citizen s
Band REACf (Ra dio E mergency Assoc iated Comm unica tion s Te am )
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urc n' t suitably eq uipped with sc anners or CB rad ios.
So why are n' t we doing it?

able updates; I know- l live in such an area.

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