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Vol. 17, No.9

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September 1998

Zambia's Christian Voice ....................................... 12

By Colin Miller

The fi rst independent radio station in Zambia u he formerNorthern Rhodesia) beganbroadcasting on shortw ave at the end of 199 4 . Rad io

Christian Voice is the project of Chri stian Vision. a nondenominational and international
cha rily board based in Britain. Rad io C hris tian
V oice demonstrates a rather unusual degree of cooperation between government

and relig ion. but Zambia is a rather unusual country.

ChinaRadioInternational

Everything Chinadocs is done in a big way, says the author.and

China Radio International is no exception. In an era whe n other
govern ments are cutting back on broadcasting, China is just now
reapi ng the frui t of a decade of investment into its "bridge to the

Cover Story

wo rld," Th e a utho r wa s privileged to visit C R t's ne w facilities firsthand .

11re Happy Hobbyist

By Ron Perron
As the shortwave bands are
o pening up , so ar e the eyes of this
fairl y recent co nv ert to shortwave
li st ening. This is not a n HF
band scan in the strict se nse o f the
word, bu t more like a sca n of the
aut hor' s journ ey into the shortwa ve spectrum. If you're not into
sho rtw ave liste ning already, the
au thor's e nth usiasm will make
you anx io us to start - and co nditions were never better! Story
starts on page 8.
O ur cover photo is of two 12year-o lds from Stockho lm, Sweden, Sonja and Gabriel, "lis te n-

ing to shortwave broadcast transmissions using the general coverage receive r built in the IC OM
IC751 A tran sceiv er," says photo g rap he r Henry k Ko to visk i,
SMOJHF. (' T hey ar e tempted to
use the microp hone - but they
a re not allowed ," )
Cover by John Ba iley

16

Take aShortwave DXpedition

20

By Hans Johnson

In the never-ending search for more distant signals (DX), the hobbyist will
rind it of benefit to change his base of operations - in other words, go on a
DXpedi tio n.

The Ten-Tee Shortwave Receiver Kit

22

By Mike Bryson

II' you thought nothi ng serious could come in a

kit. th ink again. The Ten-Tee SSB-CW AM receiver
kit is about a 25-hour project, divided into logical
phases whichcan be tested everystepof thc way. The
result is a decent receiver at a real bargain - if you know what you're doing.

Reviews:
T he Motorol a TulkAbout Plu s FR S tra nsceiver del ive rs first-rate
. . pe rformance and exce ptio na lly loud aud io says Ellio tt (p .7 1): plus it' fun:

"Truly a sight forsore eyes !" says Skip Are)' of the

M FJ G iani Display clock (1'.85) M agn e says AOR

clearly tried to make the AR5000+3 a stronger

contender on shortwave than most DC-tn-daylight
receivers ... with partial success (p.89),

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On Jun e 16. U.S. Distri ct Cou rt Judge
Claudia W ilke n (Northern District. California ) issued a perman ent inj unc tion aga inst
Stephen P. Dunifcr fro m broadcastin g witho ut a licen se. Th e 18-p age deci sio n rea ffirm s
the Federa l Com municat ions Co mmiss io n's
aut hority to req uir e a licen se be fore any perso n can bro adca st on the publi c airwaves.
Dunifcr. a broadcast e ngineer . had o pe rated the co m m unity FM statio n Free Radi o
Bcrkele y (FRB I on 104. 1 MHz since 1993.
witho ut payi ng a $:20.00 0 fine imposed by th e
FCC for unlicensed operat ion. The station
len the air after the judge issue d her injunction.
Dunifcr suppo rts himself by assembling

and shipping hackpack-sized radio kits around

the globe . T he kits ena ble peop le to broadcast
for as little as 5 1.000 plus the mon thly power
bi ll -witho ut a license. of course. One of his
cu sto mer s is the United Nations. Dun ifer
foster ed a " m ic ro rad io" mo vem ent of una utho rize d statio ns. mo re tha n 200 of whic h
ha ve been shut down by the FCC in the last
two years .
FCC C ha irman W illiam Kennard . who
has publicly con ceded so me sym pathy for
small. lo w- po we r broadcas ters . ha iled the
"d eci si ve co urt ac tion" that " puts to rest any
do ubts abo ut th e FCC's auth o rity to man age
the publi c a irwa ves to prevent interference
and pro tec t the publi c ' s safcty.t' T he inj unc tion . he sa id. " sho uld send a me ssage to all
pi rate bro adcasters: obey the law - an d join
the FCC in our- efforts to expand the legal uses
of the pu bl ic airwaves : '
(His latter comment is peculi ar . bec ause
the FCC ha s not pro pos ed to expand micro
radio broadcasting nor to m ake it legal. It has
expanded the flexibility of licen sees in other
ser vices . but they have paid billi ons of do llars
a t spec tru m auc tions . The FCC has pro posed
to also auc tion rad io und TV broadcast licc nscs.)
T he Com mission so ught a n inj unc tion
again st Dunifer in 1995. Judge Wi lke n denied the FC C request at that tim e so th at the
co urt co uld latera ddress Dum ler ' s co mpla ints
that the FCC ' s licensing policies arc unconstitution ul. FRB con tinued to broadca st until
the injuncti on wa s issued. Dunifcr has defi ed
the FCC bec ause he c laims their reg ulat ion s

MONITORING TIMES

September 1998

ag ai nst micro-power radi o broad ca stin g de ny

citize ns access to a resource they arc supposed to own - the airwaves.
"P sych ologicall y. her denial of a n injun ction at th at time W <lS seen as an umbre lla that
protected micro statio ns and permitted them
to co ntinue:' according to Phil ip Tymon of
the Co m m ittee on Democratic Co m munication s of the Nationa l Law yers G uild . "That
umbrell a is no lon ger there. But I dou bt that
th e m icro statio ns ha ve go ne away fo rever."
he said . His co m mittee has supported legal
work on behalf of FRB .
Mu ch of Duuifc r' s case co nce rned the
FCC ' s so-c alled "Class D reg ulatio ns." whic h
for merly recogni zed a legal class o f l o w ~
po we r ( 1O W ) no n-commercia l ed ucatio nal
FM statio ns .
Many unive rsity rad io stat io ns held the se
lice nses. but the FC C later sto pped granting
a nd rene wing the licenses wh en it dec ide d
that the)' inhibited fu ll-power FM frequency
assignmen ts.T he lo w-po wer statio ns. the FCC
sa id. co uld not he allowed to "function in a
manner which de feats the opport un ity for
oth er more efficient operation s which co uld
se rve large r areas . a nd brin g e ffec tive noncom mercial edu ca tional radio se rv ice 10 man y
wh o no w lack it."
Th e j udge ' s deci sion turned o n se vera l
intricate lega l arg ume nts. For e xam ple. she
conc lude d that because Dunifcr had no t asked
the FCC for <I lice nse, or a waiver of the
reg ulatio ns against a C lass D license. that the
FCC ' s reg ula tio ns had not been appl ied to
him and therefore " he docs not hav e sta nd ing
to c halle nge those regul ati on s: ' The judg e
found that the FCC 's reg ulatory schc mc vwithstan ds. constitu tiona l scrutiny" because it
speci fies procedures for the FCC to follo w
a nd pro vides for j ud ic ial revi ew o f an y impro per FCC rul ing.
T he ordering c lause of the j udge'x opinio n states: "T he United States moti on for
sum mary ju dgme nt m ust be GRA NTED.
Acc o rdi ngly. Mr. Duni fcr . and all per son s in
ac tive co nce rt or participation with him . arc
hereby ENJO INED :
(a) From m aki ng radi o transm ission s
within the United State s unless a nd
until they first obta in a licen se fro m

the FCC:
(b) From doing any act . wheth er direct
or indi rec t. to ca use unli cen sed ra dio
transm issions or to en able such radio
transmissious to occ ur:'
Stephen Dunifers reacti on was defi ant.

"My atto rneys. Luke Hi ken and Alan Hoppe r. will be filin g a moti on to challenge this

extremely flawe d ruling whi ch insists that

o ne must.fi rst. take part in an obv iou sly fut ile
pro cess be fore constitution a l standing can be
establ ished ," he said. " For 64 years, the FCC
ha s stood fo r th e protecLionofcorporate intere sts and profit . not the First Amend me nt. To
he ll with the FCC. Na tiona l Association of
Bro adcasters. a nd corp orat e con trol. We are
goi ng to rec lai m o ur rig hts and resources
thro ugh an e ver-increasi ng campaign of c lectro nic civ il disob edien ce a nd d irect act ion.
Free speech by a ny mea ns necessary. No
retreat, no surre nder."
Mean while. the FCC conti nues to shut
down un lice nsed broad cast statio ns. On June
22nd. FCC agent s and U.S. Ma rsha ls se ized
the equipment of WPPR (West Philadelph ia
Pirat e Radi o ) after se vera l atte mpts to have
the statio n operator vo luntarily di scontinue
tran sm issi on . Ab o ut 112 m ic robroadcaste rs
still remain o n the air. More than 40 of those
arc ope rating in South Flo rid a.

T h e Price o f Vanity
In a stunning re versa l ofprevious pol icy.
the FCC is in the proce ss o f redu ci ng the
Regul atory Fcc assoc iated with the issuanc e
of" "Vanity"amaLeur stati onca ll sig n. In MD
Docket No. 98 -36 . the FCC' s Offi ce o f Manag ing Director sa id that it would be reduci ng
the cost 01'.111 a mateur Vanity station ca ll sig n
from a n a nnua l charge of 55 to S 1.2 9~ That
mean s the c urre nt $50 co st for <I full ten year
licen se te rm Vanity c all sig n will be reduced
to S I2.90.
Hist oricall y. the new fees for vanity ca ll
sig ns go into e ffec t in Sept ember . Un less
so mething changes - und we doubt that it
wi ll - amateu rs will W.II1 Lto co nside r wailing unt il Septembe r to get tha t spanking new
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COMMUNICATIONS
ARRL Proposes Sweeping
Changes
During the annual Amateur Radio Relay
Lea gue (A RRL) Boar d of Directors meeting
hel d Jul y 1 6 ~ IS in Roc ky Hill. Connec tic ut. the
d irecto rs agreed to prop ose a simplified amate ur
license struc ture with only fo ur cl asses. Under
the League pro posal the re would only he fo ur
w ritten exam inat io n cle me nts instea d o f the
presen t five. and (\,,.0 Mors e co de exa mination
cleme nts (5 and 12 wp m ) instead of the prese nt
three .
Unde r the ne w plan. the e ntry le vel licen se
fo r ham rad io \vould he kno wn as Cl ass D and
wo uld co nvey the sa me priv ileges as the c urre nt
no- code Te chni cian licen se. A ll no-cod e ham s
would be conv erted 10 C lass D licen ses.
A ll ama teurs now lice nsed as Ge ne ral. Technician Plus, and Nov ice wo uld be converted 10
the Class C licen se. ca rryin g the same privi leges
as the current Ge nera l cla ss licen se. To upgrade
fro m Cl ass D to Class C an amate ur would ha ve
to pa ss a written exam and li ve word per minute
Morse code ex am ination. Expanded phon e band
privileges in the 80. 40. and 15 meter bands
wo uld be av ai lable si nce Nov ice C\V ban ds
would Il O lon ger be required .
T he third step wo uld be known as Cl ass B.
equal to the prese nt Adv anced c lass lice nse. To

Sept 12: Monroe. NC

Unio n Co ARC Hamfest & Co mpu ter Fair at
the Na tiona l G uard Armory. Monroe. Talk-in

145.39(-) and 444.425(+), Ba.m-ap .m. $4 adm ission. Walk-in VE testing . Peggy Kn ight
N4 MMM , (704) 764-7279 , l'eggy33@
Iw rmail.com

move fro m Class C to Cl ass 8. an amateur

would pass a more ad va nced written exam and
a 11 word pe r minute Morse code exam inatio n.
Th e final license grade wo uld be C lass A and
it wo uld convey the full privileges of the presen t
Amateu r Extra Class. To upgra de from Cl ass 13
to C lass A. a ham woul d be requ ired to pa ss the
mo st difficult wr itten ex am of the licen se elements. But the Mors e code requi rement wo uld
he ca pped at 12 word s per m inute. co ns iste nt
w ith the practice ob served in man y othe r COUll
tries aro und the wor ld.
Fol lowing the meeting. ARRI, President Rod
Sta fford, W6R O D. sa id. "The deba te was at
times co ntentious and the res ult was nut unnnimou s. Some Board memb ers pre ferred greater
simplific ation: others were uncom fortabl e wi th
so me o f the changes being proposed . Howe ver.
eve ry Boa rd mem ber. w ithout exc ep tion. left
the meetin g kno wi ng tha t eac h of his or her
colleag ues did wha t they bel ieve d was in till:
best interest for the futu re of am ate ur rad io ,"
Nine o f the 1.5 League Directo rs voted in
favor o f the plan. with six op posed. Th e new
cha nges mu st sti ll be appro ved by the Fed eral
Commu nic ation s Co mm ission .

Electra going, going, gone

Doug Robertson spied this no tice in the
cluss ificds: " In the US District Co urt for the

Southe rn District of Geo rgia. Sa vanna h Divis ion... Notice of Marshal ' s Sale of Tu g Electra.
Vessel Parti cular s: O ffs hore Radio Broudcust
Station T ug ' Electra' ... T he T ug 'Electra ' is [a]
tow boat fined wi th a co mplete radio broa dcast
station, includ ing radio tower ... Will he so ld
' As Is. Whe re Is ' . . at public auction o n the 15th
da y of July 1998 ... to the hig hes t bidder ..."
The Electra v.. as o ut fitted as a radi o ship by
Alan We iner fo r Sco tt Bed el' of Lightwave
Mission Broa dcasting . Acc ordi ng to the on line
Pirate Pa ges it left Boston in Murch head ed for
the Caribbean but was force d to stop in Savannah for re pai rs. Information from the Numero
Un o DX g roup says the re pairs were neccssitatcd by a collision with an other vessel. and
between repairs and lavvsuits. the preacher funding the project ran out o f mon ey . We ine r and
Becker had alr ead y moved o n to other proj ect s,
when yet ano ther broadcastin g ship wen t dow n
to history .

Sept 19-20: Albuquerque ar ea, NM

1998 Duke City Harnfcst will be held at the

Sept 20: Newtown, CT

Nat ional Guard Arm ory in Rio Ra ncho , in the

gre ater Albuq uerq ue area . Sa l. Sam - Spm: Sun.
Bern - Jpm. Web site: ht tp.www.qsl.ner/dchr,
ddlj@ q.'lf,ner. Contact: Richie Allen KC5 NZR

Weith-KD I DD. Box 344 1, Danbury, CT

06813-3441 (203) 743-9 181. Talk-in 147.121

Western CT Humfest. Candlewoo d A RN Ken

,72. Set-up 7a .m. public sa.m-zp.m. Ad mission $4. ta bles S J O. tailgating $6.

SOS-242-020S E-Mail: KCSNZR @rt66.com

Sept 26: T re nton, NJ. area

Sept 19 - 20: Air For ce Anniversa ry QSO
On -air ga the ring of acti ve and fann er mcm be rs o f th e Air Force, See h ttp :/ /
ourworl d. compuserve .c om/hom epagesl
k5xs. Enco urages o perution on frequ enci es
en ding in "47 " to celebrate 1947. th e year of
the form atio n of the Air Force as a se parate
se rvice. Spo nso red by Razorback Rad io Club,
604 Ju lian Av enue. Hon ol ulu, H I 968 18. email k51IOg@ao/.com or k5xs@compusen'e.

Sept 20: Lenawec, I\U

Adri an ARC 01" Ad rian. 26th Annual Hamfe st
and Co mputer S how at the Len awee Co unty
Fa irgro unds. VE Te sting. hou rly pri zes. Ca m ping availabl e. Star ts at 8 a.m . Contact Br ian .
KGSCO at kg8c o@f" i.net or visit the AA RC
we b page at: www.tnl.net/ -wstqe

Sept 20: HlI. lel. NJ

com

Gar den State Hamfest at Vete ran' s Par k (GS P

ex it 117, Rt 36 eas t. right onto M idd le Rd . right
o n to G ree nac rc Rd.). T a lk -i n 14 5 .4 85

Sept 19-20: Anchorage, AK

(-6), 224.96 (-1.6). $5 admission, Sam. VE

Ala ska State Conve ntion, spo nso red by Anchora ge A RC , PO Bo x 101 987. Anc horage,
AK 99510 1987 rlmelll @afaska.ll et. $3 ad mission,

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MONITORING TIMES

September 1998

Fall Fest 98 at the Tall Cedars of Lebanon

picnic grove. Sa wm ill Rd . Ham ilton Tw p. NJ.
Talk-in 146.67(-) 8a.m. ad mission 55. More
i n fo c a ll 60 9 8 8 2 2240 o r www.s lac .

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Sept 27: Sp r lngfl eld , OH
T he Independent Radi o Assoc is ho lding the
16th annual harn fe st and co mputer sho w at the
Clark Co unty Fairground s. 1-70 to Ex it 59 .
north 1/4 mil e on S R 4 1. Talk-i n 145.4 5
(.). 8a.m.-3p .m. $5 admiss ion, All indoor s.

COMMUNICATIONS
Radio Free Asia buys KHBI
Th e govern me nt-funded sho rtwave broad cast station Radi o Free Asia has anno unced an
ag ree me nt ( 0 buy broadcast faci lities in Sai pan
be lo ngi ng to the f lerald Broadca sting Sy nd icute (3 subsidiary ofThe Fi rst Churc h nfChris t.
Scien tist ). T he agreement includes broadcasting time for so me HB S pro grams 10 continue.
Richard Richter, Presiden t ()fR FA. stressed.
" KH BI is u wel l-ru n. e ffective ly located stat io n.
II will serv e us wel l , IS we undertake 10 expand
our broadcast ing to help meet the pent- up demand for unbiased re poning o f ev ents in As ia: '
Her ald Broadcast ing still retains its So uth
Carol ina station. \\'S HB . and says the sale will
e nable the c hurc h to foc us o n the editorial side
o f programmi ng instead o f dist ribution .

VOA's Africa Service Gears Up

Call it Rad in De moc racy for Africa or a
beefed -up African d ivision o f the Voice o f
Ame rica. thc service to Afri ca proposed by
President Clinton last April is beginning 10 lake
shape. Prog ramm ing w ill be ge ared toward ci vic
issues such as co nflict reso lution . democrac y.
pol itics. and hum an rights in A frica, and the
nu mber o f languages will he e xpanded for some
"under-served" areas o f the contine nt.
Programs wi ll be del ivered in the same way
<IS VOA broadcasts: to Africa by satellite and
re broadca st by shor tw ave a mi mcd ium wa vc
networks. and the num ber of hours beefed up
fro m VOA"s currc ur tj( ) hours to more than I(K)
hours per week o ver a thn..c- year pe riod .

RNZI Experiences Drastic Cuts

Th e New Zealand M inistry of f oreign Affairs has mandated c utbac ks in Radio New
Zea land lm emat ional ' v broadca stin g OUIPUt.
RNZl's even ing broadcast s wi ll he dropped and
re placed by the domest ic prograru - Dail y broadca sting output prepared for audiences in the
So uth Pacific will he reduced from I I 10 5
hours. A ll Paci fic bland ind ige nous languages
will be cut . Th e ~ I a t i o n's per sonnel have been
cut ttl a staff filling nine full-t ime po sition s.
The Chief Exe cutive of Radi o New Zealand,
Sharon Crosbie. says she is sad and frus trated
by the cuts to suc h a valuab le service. She says
RNZ I' s cove rage of region al issue s ha s co ntributed much to New Zealand ' s increased understand ing o f its part o f the wo rld.

Catholic Radio Network

Father Jose ph Fessio say s
that o ut of pe rhap s I.XOO rcligio us stat ions in the U.S.,
"o nly IOor l Sut thcm ost urc
C ntholi c.rThcrc have been a
few e fforts to establish indcpenden t Catho lic rad io stu- '--

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Angelica ' s Ete rnal Word Networ k, but Fathe r
Fcssio co nclu ded u sig nificant airt ime prese nce
could not he establ i...hcd thr ou gh don at ion s.
"Why not set up a for -p rofit com pa ny and ge t
inve stor s to put up mo ney to purchase statio ns
and have a voice'!" he asked .., and he has done
ju st that. Catholic Rudin Ne two rks has an agreement to pu rcha se ten statio ns from Chi ldre n' s
Broadcasting Corp.. hu t C RN still need s $70
millio n in inve stments before Ca tholic ta lk rad io call become rea lity this September.

T he American Auto mo bi le Assoc iation ha s

petitio ned the FCC 10 at least retain control over
the gro up of 43 channel s it has bee n using for
o ver 40 years . " We do a read-service ca ll every
ti v e seco nds:' said Gary Ruar k, AAA ' s frequency coordinator . "We don 't have the capac ity to share with anyone else."
According 10 the \Vtu hillgtnll Post story, th e
FCC isn't anx ious to open Pand ora ' s box, s ince
taxis, truc kers and o thers have also asked for
reconsid eratio n.

Taking the Smart Bus to School

B <IU~ hn

"Communications" is comp iled b)' Rach el

For ru ra l chi ldren headed bac k to schoo l a

probl em is th ai they can ofte n he exposed 10
incle ment or dangerous cond itions while wa iling fo r the schoo l bus . A new so lution to this
probl em i... Bu-Cull.
"Bu sf 'nll marks the first loc ution ap plicat io n
that uses cellula r co ntro l chan nel messaging: '
say s Ed Co mer o f Bc llSouth . Bel fSou ths
Ccllc rnetry Data Se rvice enables a va riety of
eq uipment to be remo tely monitored using the
existing network' s control channels. In th is ca se,
G lobal Posit ioning System satell ites estab lish
the locution ofcach SClH10 I bus, Ccllcme try Data
monito rs the bus' pro grcss, and BusCall' s Ill CSsagi ng sys temnot ifies the fam ily by ringi ng the
horn e tele pho ne wi th a di stinctive ring . W hen
answe red. the parent or chi ld hears, " Sc hoo l bus
num be r-i-t will he ar riving at YOllr bus sto p in 5
minu tes and 21 secon ds."
BlIsCall (deve loped by Global Resea rch
Sy ..tcmsj had its firxt lest last year in Bimidji .
Minn esot a.

FCC Sits on Pandora's Box

Last year the FCC carved the lan d- mobile
scrvice into 1\\"0 po ol s o f freq uencies: one for
pub lic safe ty and governme nt age ncie s and
ambulance se rvices . and th e othe r for business
and ind ustria l usc .The laucr pool incl udes arou nd
5, 140 frequenc ies to he assigned on a firstcom e. fir st-served ba sis.

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MONITORING TIMES

By Ronald A. Perron

)U cou ld say tha t I go t into sho rtwa ve

listening throug h the side d oo r.

For a while now I' ve been into

VHF sca nning -c- or pcrha ps I shoul d S;'IY l' ve

been HO OK E D into VHF sca nning. I bought
a Rad io Shack PR O-2().J5 and used the tele sco ping anten na that came wi th it. I had so
mu ch fun wit h this scan ner and I wa nted to
find o ut mo re abo ut the ho bby. So I subsc ribed lO Monitoring Times and started surfing somcot'thc scanner groups on the Inte rNe t.

W ith m y inte res t no w piq ued . I co nvince d

wife that a llhoug h m)' eq uipment wa s o nly
a few mo nths old it W ;'IS t ime to upgr ade . I
bo ug h I a Diamo nd Disco nc a nten na and pu t
that up in 111)' attic . Thai has rea lly ex pa nde d
my VHFIUHF world .

111)'

While learning mo re about scan ne rs. etc.. J

started read ing some of the articl es on shortW:I\'C listening and rea lized that there is a lot
or ac tivit y out there in th e Hf- spe ctru m . I was
und er the impre ss ion that th is activi ty had
d ried lip wi th the adve nt of ne w technologi es.
satel lites. etc . I wa s wrong.

The cautious approach

Need less to say . afte r a few da ys of searching around the bands I w as hoo ked for good.
I used that little wi re a ntenna fur a cou ple o f
mo nths. stringi ng it o ut every time I wa nted to
listen a nd ree lin g it buck in whe n I was done .
Leavi ng the wi re pe rma nently strung o ut o ve r
the boo kcase and curtain rod s in my " radi o
roo m: ' wh ich is als o the fam ily co mputer
room. w;:ISI1 ' t <1 11 optio n. Ju st a little too UI1 sightly.

I figu red I' d start OUI econo mically j ust in

ca se it wa sn't as interesting fo r me as the
sc anne r world, I bou gh t a Sangcun AT S 909
and used the wire ro llou t ant en na they provide d. Boy. was I sur prised ! Th at little an tenna pro vided so me ve ry go od recept ion .

I kn ew that I ju st had to ex pa nd my list ening ran ge so I started loo kin g into more eq ui pmc nt. I started usin g that d read ed wo rd "upgrade" uguin . (Yo u can see there ' s a patte rn
deve loping he re. isn' t there" ) I wanted to sta rt
w ith the ante nna . reali zing thai this was the

I wo ndered what wa s o ut the re in the S W

world? Wo uld it be as inte resting. as the V HF
wo rld? I sta rted look ing into some of the
eq uipme nt.

The aut hor's "co zyvIistening post of a

PRO-2IJ.15, A TS 909 and "the eva -

present WRTII . "

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MONITORING TIMES

Sepfember 1998

On e oft he firs t statio ns I fou nd right o ut of

the pac kage was the US Coast G uard 's Co mm u ni cation s M a ster Sta t ion A t la nt ic
(CA MS l. ANT) Chesapeake o n 5.696 MH z.
He wa s boo mi ng in. As luc k wo uld ha ve it I
caugh t him in the middle of a rescue o peration
involv ing an HC- U O. an HH-60 helicopter.
und ac uttcr. So me pretty exci ting stuff right in
the mid d le of one of o ur winter Nor'castcrs
here o n the East Coast.

most imp o rtant aspect of a ny ra d io system .

Stringi ng a large dipole outside wasn 't a n
o ptio n, So I did a littl e researc h, talked wi th
so me of the tech nical fo lks at G rove and
dec ided to go w it h a Sky wi re, which I st ru ng
in my attic , Th e wire wa s lon ger tha n my attic
sp ace so I had to im provise a co nfig uratio n.
No t being a techni cal type, I fig ured that a
para llelo g ram , ro ugh ly box sha ped, wo uld
give me the best o vera ll recepti on coverag e . It
may or ma y not be (he o pt imu m shape, but it
sure ha s ex pa nde d the wo rld of sho rtwave fo r

me.
Looking from above the ante nna loo ks like
th e ske tch below, It ' s orie nted ro ugh ly east to
wes t. T he lo ng port ion is about 34 n. Iong. thc
end port io ns abo ut 9 ft. lon g and the sho rt
sides ab out 10 It. eac h, It ' s located abo ut 25 1'1.
above the g ro und on a ho rizonta l plane.
Using thi s ante nna, I' ve logged the US Air

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5.277
5.696
5.7 17
6.501
6.694
6.697
6.761
8.764
8.968
8.983
8.992
8.97 1
10.780
11.175
11.214
11.232
13.257
14.686

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Canad ian Fa rces (Sear ch & Rescuel

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US Coast Guard CAMSlANTAir ta Ground / Search & Rescue O ps
Canadia n Farces (Sear ch & Rescuel
US Coast Guard stotions (vessels an 6.2001
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US Navy - Emergency Action Messages
US Air Force {Airtoair refueling, common]
US Coast Gua rd stctions (vessels an 8 .2401
US Air Force GHFS {Various}
US Coast Guard CAMSlANTAir ta Ground / Search & Rescue O ps
US Air Farce GHFS (Various)
US NavySafety af Flight / Drug Interdiction Voice Coa rdination Net
US Air Farce Cape Radio-Cope Canaveral
US Air Force GHFS Primary (Various)
NORADConadion Forces-Trenton Military AWACS (Charlie 61
Canad ian Forces-Trenton Military
Canadia n Forces-Trenton Military
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Zambia 's
Christian
Voice
By Colin Miller

The Radio Christian Voice broadcast building ill Zambia .

c last time Monitoring Times looked at

the Africancountry of Zambia was March

of 199 0. in which we focussed on its

histor y and the de velop ment of broa dcas ting

there. Since then. a number of changes have

taken place . amon g them the setting up of the
co untry's first independent radio statio n. Radio
C hristian Voice. Three peo ple in part icu lar.

directly or indirectly. had an inlluencc on the

es tab lishment of the statio n: Dr. Livin gsto ne.
President C hiluha. and Bo b Ed minston.

The seed is planted

O f Zambia's po pula tio n of over 9 million .
between 50 - 75 g arc Chri stian s. The Scott ish
mi ss iona ry . doctor, a nd ex p lo re r David

Livingstone ( IX13-1X73Ijo urneyedex tensivcly

in Central and South Af rica. He bel ieved in
ending the slave trade and establ ish ing Chris-

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tianit y andlegi tima te comme rce in its place . In

his travels he d isco vered the mighty Victoria
Falls. Zambezi River. and Lake Nyasa (now
La ke Malawi ). Th e Victoria Falls is regarded as
one of the seven won de rs of the wo rld.
In '1866 Livi ngston e set out to discover the
source of the Nile. He trave led along the Rovuma
River towa rd Lake Tanga nyika, During. this
ex pedition at Uj ij i he W'IS met by Henry Morton
Sta nley . ajouruulist wi th thc N('w Yo rk Herald.
w ho a s ke d th e fa mous q ue s ti o n : " D r.
Livin gsto ne. I presume?" They became good
frien ds and explored part s of E.lsl Af rica toge ther. Livingstone is co nsidered to he one of
the most important explorers of Africa : a Zumbian town ncar the Victo ria Falls is nam ed afte r
him.
T hrou g h exploration Livin gston e changed
We stern attitudes about Africa . People becam e
mo re invol ved in the tight to abo lish slave ry
and saw the val ue in African land. The first
Europea n settlers arr ived and the country wa s
admi nistered by the British South Africa Co mpany. Th e slave trade was finall y suppresse d in
1903.
T hen called Nort her n Rhode sia . the co untry
remained under British rule un til it recei ved its
independence in 1961-, changing its narnc to
Za mb ia. For more tha n 27 yea rs. the co untry
wa s ru led by Kenneth Kau nda . His C hrist ian
or iented. socialist human ism becam e go vern ment ph ilosop hy. T his wa s a pe riod of soc ia l
c risis, graphicall y portrayed by po vert y and
econo mic stag nation us a resu lt of alm ost three
de cades of po litic ally- insp ired decli ne . In October 1991 , the Mo vem ent for Multi part y Democracy (MMD) defeated the United Na tiona l
Indep end ence Party (UN IP) with a major ity of

4: I in the nati on' s first dem oc ratic election.

Frederick Chiluba, 54, was elected the new
Presid e-nt.
Since Chilubu ca me to pow er the nat ion' s
econo my has progressed. inflation has dec rease d
and exc hange co ntro ls ha ve been relax ed .
Privatizati on ha s uccc lenuc d and c hanges have
bee n introduce-d in legislation rela ted to mining. ind irect taxa tion and land.
A "bc rn-ag ain't Chrisnau. Presidcnt Chiluba
belongs to the mainline and ofte n co nservative
Un ited Ch urch nf Zambi a. whe re he is an cide r
and very act ive in religious ob se rvances. Every
Ca bi net meeting starts with .1 wo rd of prayer.
To nearly everyon e ' s surp rise. in 1992 Chil uba
declared Zam bia a Chri...tian nation under the
leudcrchip of Jesus Christ.

Ripe for a Christian Voice

Bo b Edmin ston . a succe ss ful British businc ssman who used his succe ss to found Christian Vision . an internatio nal ch ari ty bo ard. recogni zed a potenti al for partnership when he
hea rd of Chilubas Christian stance . Christ ian
Vision UK tu...ked Ch rist ian Visio n 'i..a mbia
with the follo wing projects: a radio station.
mixed farm. and a Bib le Co llege . Ch ristian
Vo ice wa s launched as the first private station
in Zambia on Dece mber I. 1994 . by Preside nt
Ch iluba .
T he statio n i... located o n an 8.000-acr c farm.
35 kill (22 miles] so uthwes t of Lusa ka. the
capital ci ty of Zan tbia. off Kufue Road. the road
linki ng Lusaka to Livingsto ne. Th e buildi ngs
ho use the trunxmittcr. ge nerator, stud io. produ ct ion . techn ical serv ices. canteen, adm inistrati on and mult i-trac k recordi ng stud io. The
farm is full of mango and jacaranda trees. and

lines at the top 01" the hou r. and news bull eti ns
at 111111. 16110. and 2000 UTC (I :011 p.m.. 6:00
p.m.. and 10:00 p.m. local time) .
T here an: severa l hours o f live broadc asting
durin g eac h broad cast day. From 0400 to 0700
UTC (6:00 u.rn. to 9 :00 a.l11 . local) ther e is the
Morning Sho ll'. a un ique \vay to start the da y.
w ith news. health. Sc ripture read ings. a thou ght
fo r the d ay. and of co urse music. From 0900 to

11311 UTC ( 11:(X lto 2:00 p.nl.)Gibbs Mwcemba

Ac ting station manager Charles Maboshe shows a reporter th e SOW transmitter.

construction is nearing co mp letion. From the
site , one looks d O W Il o ver the farm to the Kafuc
River. w hich flows into the Zam bcz i River and
into the vast. ma n-made Lake Kar iha .
T he sh ortwa ve trans mitter is a 100 kilowat t
Co ntinenta l 4 18 E wi th a Tel 6 15-2 high ga in
omnidirect ional an tenna .
T he shortwa ve broadcasts cover So uthe rn
and Central Africa from Ka mpal a ( Uga nd a) to
Cape Town (So uth Africa) and from Mada ga scar to A ngol a - a pot entia l listening aud ience
o f over 100 millio n pe op le.
Accordi ng to the C hrist ian Voice web site
(http:// www.ch r tstt an- vtst on .o r u/ j. las t
winter' s sc he dule was as follo ws:
0400-1600 UTe on 6065 kHz
1600-2200 UTe on 3330 kHz
Rea ders ma y be interested to know C hristian
Visio n has also j ust launched Voz Cristiuna thi s
year fro m the fo rmer Vo ice o f Chile facil ities.

Radio Christian Voice is proud oJ its 16

multi-track recording studio.

Local service as we ll
T he FM service for Lusa ka wa s lau nch ed hy
V ice- P res iden t Br igad ier G en eral G odfrey
Miyanda O il Augus t 14. 1996. T he FM tra nsmissio n is o n the air 24 hou rs a day on 106.2
M Hz stereo. Th e tran smi tter is loca ted on the
roof of the y-stur Pumodzi Ho tel. and cov ers u
rad ius of 120 km.
As o f Janu ary I , 1996. the station laun ch ed
a 16 track recording con sole w ith Q -base facilities at its stud ios . Th e sta ff are pro ud to say that
this fa ci lity is the fi rst of its kin d in Zamb ia. an d
it has so far recorded over 15 alb ums .
Ac cord ing to The Post. Za mb ia' s leadin g
inde pe ndent news pap er . Radi o C hristian Vo ice
became the first radio station in Za mbia to pay
roya lties to the writ ers o f music played 0 11 thei r
sta tion when the)' prese nted the Za mb ian Cop yrights Socie ty (Z A MCO PS) wi th a s ubs tantia l
chec k in 1996. Zam bia National Broad casting
Corpor atio n (ZNB C ) so far had not recogn ized
the art ists whos e music they p layed o n rad io
and te levis ion by wa y of payi ng royuhic s.

Prog ramm ing

Progr amm ing incl udes G os pel
mus ic. Bible teaching . ge nera l inte rest pro gram s s uch as tra ve l. health
and ag ricult ure. Nine ty percen t of
the programs o n Christian Voice ar c
prod uced locall y. altho ugh they do
broad cast some prog ra ms prod uce d
by Christian ministri es abro ad . Th e
p ro g ram s ra nge fro m C hr isti an
teach ing to ed ucatio n. agr icultu re.
health and children' s interests. In
add itio n. the s tation run s ne ws head-

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September 1998

present s Foc us . Panj i Chipctu ho sts Afternoon

MaM a ~ill e bet ween 1230 an d 1430 UTC (2: 30
and 4:30 p. rn.) . guid ing listen ers th rou gh a
va ried program . incl ud ing new s reports. Christian World new s. recipes and enterta ining facts.
As the day hegins to co me to an end. CeI
eb rute incl u d e s t he G o o d Ne w s . the
Not ice board. and the A-Z of C hristia n m usic.
making the eve ning sta rt in a wo nderfully up lifting way. AI 2000 UTC ( 10 :00 p.m .) in Late
N ig ht Extra Dennis Sham boko hel ps listeners
re fl ect o n the Wo rd of God - the pe rfec t way
to end a bu sy J ay.

MoJya Phiri sits at the Studio One

console.

Becau se Christia n Voice is a charity. it has

a small staff. Th ey all ge t excited when they
rece ive lette rs fro m listeners and DXe rs from
o verseas. T here has bee n a trem en dous respo nse from listeners. some o f them from E uro pe and as far as Austra lia and New Zealand .
A t times. they arc overw hel med by the amount
of responses req ui red. and apo logi ze fo r any
del ays in repl y ing to letters.
Testimonies of all kinds keep on po uti ng in
and Christian Vo ice is very thankfu l for thi s
ove rwhel ming response . Add ress:
Radi o Chris t ian Vo ice
Pri vate Bag E606. Lu saka . Za m bia
Tel: + 260 1 27425 1 & Fax: + 260 32 302 82
T he best time to hear the statio n in No rth
A merica is duri ng our local evening. before
sig n-off at 2200 and fro m sig n-on at 04 00 UT C,
o n 6065 k Hz. Yo u will ha ve to usc s ideband
mo de . as the frequ en cy is dom ina ted by the
Ca nad ian ti me station C HV . But give it a try .
espe cially on the East C oa st. Further we st it
may he more o f a ch alle nge . Go od luck !

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lendi ng p rod uce r -orric e. w heat. so y and suga r.
Th e C hinese prese nce in manu fac tur ing and
ex port CUll he no ticed in e ve ry corne r of the
wor ld, S uc h a large and im port ant cou nt ry
co uld be ex pect ed to have a corre spo nd ing

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C hi nese radi o is fully owned by the C ommu n isl g ove rn me nt . as a n important mea ns to
maint ain the co untry' s unit y. T he first broadcas ling stat io n ill C hina was ina ug urated in
Decem ber 30. 1940: XNC R. Nev.' C hina Radio . wa s the firsl name o f the c urrent Ce ntra l
Peop le ' s Broadcasti ng Station (C P BS ).
In Dece mb er 3. 19~ 1. No rthe rn Shaanxi
New C hina Broa dcastin g S tation made its
first appearan ce 011 s ho rtwav e for inte rna tio na l aud ienc es , It wa s the time of the Pacific
War bet ween C hina and Jap an . j ust afte r the
Japanese invasion o fMan ch uri a and prog ress-

The auth or presents a listener's leiter

program ill Portugu ese, with
Portugu ese departm ent vice-director
Als. Wei Lin,

The old gray building that first housed

CRI.

Ms. Wei Lin presenting daily 20-minulc programs from the cave studio in Hcbei province.
T wo years later. when Mao Tse-T ung fou ndcd
the Peop le' s Repub lic of China. the station

was 1ll00'cJ to the new capital. Peking. and

then re named Radio Peking (w hich beca me
Radio Beij ing in the 1980s ).
Radi o Beij ing has never sto pped its dev elopmen t towards beco ming one of the world's
large st intern ational broad ca sters. In !()SO.
standa rd Chinese and ot he r Asian language s
wer e added to its tran smi ssions. Furt her la nguage s ha ve subse q uently bee n add ed , and
now they arc 43. inc ludi ng four local C hinese
dialects and also Esperanto. Dr. Zamc nhoff

would surely be proud 10 hear daily Esperanto

broadcasts from C hina. whi c h started in IlJ64
and arc now avai lable to listeners in As ia.
Europe and Lat in America.
Radi o Beiji ng beca me well known to shortwa ve listeners for three ma in reasons. First .
the Chinese go ve rnm ent propaga nda, es pecially in its early day s. Second, the c ultural
prog ram s which gradually re placed propagand a as time passed. Thi s inclu des typical
Chinese music. program s 011 Chinese histo ry
and tales. cooking shows and eve n Chinese
lan gu age lesso ns. if yo u an: patien t e nough to
learn what is probably the 1ll 0 !\1 diffi cult language in the world.
T he third reason is the beautifu l souveni r
packa ge offered by the station: nice Q SL
ca rds, beautiful pe nna nts. sticke rs, bags a nd
the like. Chinese pupcr cuts a rc es pec ially apprec iated by the listeners and mak e them
mar vel at ho w these wo nde rful so uvenirs (a
200 ycar craft trad ition in China) can be mad e.
(If you have n' t go tten your so uve nirs. don ' t
lose mor e time : the station addre ss is at the
bot to m of this arti cle .)
If yo u are espec ially luc ky, yo u can e ven
win a free trip to China in one of the var ious
contests sponsored by the station from time to

CRI's mode", llew home took tell

years to build.

time. It is indeed a deep emotion 10 walk

downtown Be ijing . hearin g the chimes of the
clock at the Beij ing Telecom build ing j ust a
few quarters away from Tiana nmcn Squ are
- the same ones used as the station ' s interval
signa l! In Beijing you wi ll al so be able to hear
the Cap ita l Service - foreign lan guage pro grams prod uced for loca l sta tion s in China.
T his service. started in IlJ84 only in Beiji ng,
is now bro adcast by thirtee n loc al statio ns in
ten foreign languag es.

Non-stop development of
shortwave
Whi le ot he r shortwave broadca sters wer e
reducing their on-air time a nd languages. the
1990s have bee n ve ry spec ial yea rs for Rad io
Beij ing. In Ma y 1990, the Eng lish de partment
started to pub lish The Messenger , a bimonth ly
guide to broadcasts in Engl ish and other Ian guages .
At that ti me. the na me Radio Beiji ng was
causing a bit of co nfu sion among local radi o
listeners in China. Th is is because the local
radio in the ca pital is also ca lled Radio Beijing.

Sometimes eve n the post o ffice mixed up

letter de live ry between the stations.
To avoid confus ion. the ov erseas ser vice
cha nged its name to Chinn Radio Interne tionul (CRI) o n Ja nuary I. 1993. In rea lity. it
was ju st a tra nslati on of the officia l nam e
alr ead y used by the Ch inese department since
1975. T his is now the station's officialname.
all ho ugh some o ld-lime listeners (like the
author) still like to ca ll it Radi o Be ijing as in
old times.
B UI the changes did not stop. Until rccc mly . China Rad io International occ upied
the bu ilding of the Min istry of Radio , Film
and Te lev ision. built in 1958. In the same
address. local C PBS and CCTV (China Ce ntra l Tel e visio n) also had their offi ces and
stud ios . Ch ina Rad io Intern ationa l wasn't the
only that had grown over the years. CCT V,
which in 1992 inaugu ra ted its internatio nal
channel (CCTV-4 ). was now a vailable to TV
viewe rs wor ldw ide by sat ellite, with Chi nese
a nd En gli sh lan guage pro gram s.
Th e o ld bui ld ing had therefore become too
sma ll for all of them. Also. it presen ted technica l obstacles which wer e difficu lt to correct.
To meet these prob lem s. CCTV mo ved to a
brand -new build ing do wntown Beij ing. while
ne w faci lities for China Radi o International
wer e co nstructed in the Wester n d istr ict of
Lugu.

The Ilew CRJ newsroom.

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The Eng lish departm ent replies to letters (and e-mail) - a high priority at CRI

To No rth America

0 300 -0400
04 00-0500
0500-0600
1400-1600

on 9690 kHz
on 9560 an d 9730 kHz
on 9560 kHz
on 7405 kHz

To Europe

2000- 2200 on 6950 a nd 9920 kHz

2200- 2230 on 3985 kHz
2200-2300 on 7170 kHz
To South East Asia

1200-1400 on 1341 , 971 5 a nd 11660 kHz

To South Asia

1400-1500 an 953 5 and 11825 kHz

1500-1600 on 7 160 and 9785 kHz

The inauguration of the new building in

1996also marked the first usc of d igi tal equipment for CRI. Computers arc now used to
write news and programs. translate the m into
each language. tape and edit each program.
and send them to the tran sm itter sites inChina

and overseas. The new building has fifty

studios and facilities to broadcast 17 different
programs simultaneously. China Radio international is finally a modem broadcaster, after
all the investment in worldwide shortwave
radio made by the country' sgovernment over
a "decade o f decadence: '
Not that CRI is opposed to new broadcast-

new technologies. especially ill the less dc vc loped countries. This includes large port ions of
Asia. where Ch ina Radio International has a
large number of listeners. Many of them have
joined CRI listeners' d ubs ~ today. according to the station, over 2,000 wo rldw ide. especially in Asian countries like Pakistan.

Visitors can view some of the ancient

broad cast equipment!

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To Africa

1600-1700 on 956 5 and 9620 kHz

1700-1800 on 7 150 , 7405 and 9750 kHz
1900-2000 on 6955 and 944 0 kHz
2000-2 100 a n 7 160, 7 170 , 7 175 an d
9440 kHz
2 100-2130 a n 7 170 , 7 180 and 953 5 kHz

CHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL

BROADCAST SCHEDULE IN
ESPERANTO

ing techno lo gies : Ag reeme nts fo rretransmi s-

sion of CRI programs by local radio stations

are being signed worldwide. thus making
them audible to a vastly larger number or
listeners. A Web site was put into operation
by year-end 1997. and Real Audio transm issions may come soon o ver the Intern et.
Howeve r, CRI knows that shortwave
broadcasts still have a long time to go before
(if ever) being completely substituted by the

To South Pacific

0900-1100 on 97 85 and 11755 kHz

1200-1 300 a n 6950 kHz
1200-1400 an 7385 kHz

tALL TIMES UTq

To East Asia:

CRI is proud to display souvenirs from

its listeners all over tire world.
And the station is really proud of its listeners ! More than 600.000 leiters arc received
yearly. All of them are duly answe red and
comments arc sent to the programs' producers. Now they have e-mail as well. and messages to all lang uage departments can be sent
to the same address at the end of this arti cle.
Nearly every publication issued by CR! includes comments received by listeners.
In the new building. there arc three corridors where cabinets display a few souvenirs
received from worldwide lis ten er s. There is
one case foreach language department, COIll prising a worldwide exhibition of souvenirs
from all countries.

1100- 1127 on 7170 , 95 35 and 11575 kHz

To South East Asia'

1300-1327 on 11600 an d 11840 kHz

To Europe:

2000-202 7 a n 4960 , 7405, 9900 a nd

9965 kHz
To Europe and l atin America:

2230-2257 on 695 0 an d 9860 kHz

China Rad io International Addresses:
China Radio International
Beijing 100039
People's Repub lic of China
E-mail crieng@p ublic.bta.net.cn
Officia l W eb site hltp: / /www.cn.cngb.com

Constantly growing
C hi na Rad io Internat io nal program s total 190 hours dai ly and arc
broad cas t worldwide by 26 trans mitter ce nters throughout the country.
CR I also has ,I rela y of its own in Ma li,
and hol ds ag reements for pro gra m retransmissions with Rad io Fran ce Internat ional (us ing tran s mitt ers in
Fran ce and Frenc h Gu yana), Vo ice of
Russia. Sp a nish Forei gn Radi o. Radio
Canada Inte rnation al and Rad iobras
(Brazil). T his is why CRI signa ls can
be heard at good condi tion s nearly
Recording ill a CRI studio.
wo rldwide.even in unfavorable propaga tion cond itions.
Its 40 local offi ces in Ch ina and 23 interna- thi ng China undertakes. Howe ver , the main
tiona l corresponden ts supply C RI wit h local
reaso n for Ck fs pop ular ity is its peop le. Mos t
and international ne ws. Over the pas t few
of its announcer s ar c from Mainland Ch ina
years. China Radi o Internatio nal' s fore ign
and have Chinese (or local dialect s) as their
correspondent tea m has a lso become a source
mot her tongue . Even so. they arc able to
of internat ion al ne ws for the Chinese med ia produ ce good quality programs and read thcm
itself. T he station proudly sta tes that the ir on the air in foreign languages co nsiderably
corres pondents se nd faster an d more acc urate we ll, thank s to [hei r academic forma tion in
report s than the offi ci al Chi nese new s agency forei gn languages.
Xin hua.
Besides the langu age ability of its staff.
Figu res arc real ly impressive. as in e very- Ch ina Rad io Intern ation al has learned how 10

dea l with listen er s in a uni q ue way

and brin g them closer 10 the station.
Thi s is do ne by means of its spec ial
attention pa id to liste ne rs, both by
ma il a nd on the air.
It is true that po litica l prop aganda
ca n be found in a ll govern me ntow ned statio ns throu gh out the world.
But C hina is also a un iq ue co untry .
Its tradition o f mill enniu m s ha ve
forme d a country's his to ry that perhap s ca nno t be fou nd in any o the r
place in the worl d. C hinese people
norma lly live in a happy and friend ly
environment, des pite al l the d ifficul ties the co untry has faced . Th ey we lcome foreig ner s. j ust like CR I doe s
with its list en er s.
T he only wa y for western people to understand Ch inese history. heritage. culture and
way of living is visiting China. If this is not
poss ible. the next possible a lterna tive is, of
cours e... China Rad io Intern ational !

The author wishes to thank Ms. Yu Huiiuan, Ms.

Wei Lin (somenome of the First Eng/isli announcer
is iust a coincidence) and the stoff of eRrs
Portuguese Depcrtment for their help in the
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Take a

Shortwave
DXpedition
By Hans Johnson

ith sum mer ou t o f the way. the sho rtwave DX ing seas o n
(the season of listening for di sta nt rad io statio ns ) can now
beg in . What better way to kick things off tha n wi th a

Dxpcdltion?'

A D'Xpcditi on is a listen ing se ssio n aw ay from ho me that ca n last

an y where fro m a few hours to wee ks . No ma tte r whe re yo u live .
c hances arc that yo u do n ' I have a lot o f roo m for outdo or antenn as. A nd
J' II bet thaI most o f you arc suffering fro m no ise proh lem s of o ne so n
or a nothe r. Most Dxpcdi non s ar e d ri ve n by the fa ct that listen ers wan t
to impro ve their rece ption.
Wh ile yo u can' , change the limit atio ns at hom e. yo u ca n leave hom e
- and tak e yo ur rad io with yo u. DXp editi o ns ha ve these characteristics : A ch a nge in listening location . mo re space for antenn as. less
no ise , liste ning with ot he rs. and lon g O Xin g sessio ns. The more o f
these c leme nts that yo u cun co mbine on yo ur DXpcd ition . the bet ter
reception will be .
C hang ing yo ur location ca n be us simp le as DXin g fro m a frien d ' s
hou se . W ith a bi t of po king a ro un d, you ca n a lso di sco ve r suitable sites
w ithin a few hours ' d rive . Th ese sites mig ht ei ther be a par k c ubin. u

A typical D'Xpedition set-lip. This is fro m the Mahala

IrXpedition in Maul, Hawaii,

IJXpeditiollS bring hobbyists together. Here is the crew at

Gifford Pinchot State Park (Front l-r) Rich U 'Angelo.Llans
I ohnson, Dave Valko, Fred Kohlbrenner; (Rear l-r] Kris
Field, TOllY Orr tcourtsy of Fred Kohlbrenner)
hom e for re nt in a resort area . or a tent in the wildern ess. If po ssible,
choose a site near the se acoas t for the e nha nced reception suc h sites
offe r.
T he bottom line is that by mer e ly c ha ng ing yo ur loc atio n yo u ar c
getti ng a d iffere nt loo k at the band s and prov id ing yo urse lf with the
oppo rtu nit y to hear so me new things.
C alling ah ead to the loca tion to ask a fe w qu esti on s wi ll all o w yo u
to ma ke a ro ugh gu ess as to how suitahle the site wi ll be: What is the
ter ra in like (c lear. or full o f thick bru sh )? Arc yo u a llo wed to string
antenn as there ? In what directiorus) is the re room for ant en nas? Is
po wer av ai lable , and if so, ho w (o ve rhead or underground ut ilitie s )? If
the sill' pa sses the " pho ne lest," (i.c .. there arc none! ) then give it a try .

I DXpeditious antenna s
Rigging antennas on a DXped ition take s a bit of coo rdin atio n
amon g the partici pants. It is best to wor k as a tea m and string a se t of
antennas th at can be sha re d. Do n' t rig antennas too cl ose together ;
they 'll end llP inte rfering vvith one anot her.
T wo o r three rece ive rs can easily use the same ant e nna wit h no ill
e ffec ts thro ug h the usc of sho rt "j ump er " w ires - a shor t len g th of w ire
wi th an all iga tor c lip o n on e e nd . Using the d ip make s it easy to switch
from on e antenna to ano ther. Split ter bo xes can e ither be bou g ht or
mad e for antennas that use coax fee ds. Be ver age ante nn as are a
D Xpediti on favo rite . Fa vorites are mult i-band dipol es. Bring two and
string o ne nort h-so ut h an d the o the r eas t-wes t.
DXe rs w ill often co m men t on ho w stro ng signa ls arc on thei r first
DXpedi tion . Wh at is rea lly go ing o n is that sig na ls seem stro ng er
beca use yo u've decr eased the noi se le ve ls. If yo ur si te has wo rked o ut
o kay. then the re will be a lo/less noi se . M ake sure that yo u wo rk the
2 and 3 MH z ran ge , a n area that is o ften partic uarl y noi se -p lagued at
ho me .

I You are not alone

Listening wi th o the rs is pro ba bly the best pa rt of DX ped ilio ns.
DXing is oft e n a so litary hob by, bUI it d oesn' t hav e to he that way. A
DXpcdit ion is an o ppo rt unity to O X w ith o the r peo ple who arc a lso
sc..trchi ng the spectrum . A bit of q uic k c oordi na tio n will have e ve rybod y searc hing a di ffe ren t ha nd. Need less to say, this leads to a 101 of

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tipo ff's going hac k and fort h and the time ca n

be qu ite p ro d uc tive if yo u wor k ux a team.
Equ all y exciting i... ho w mu ch you can
learn from ot he r D XL'rs an d thei r eq uip me nt.
Ver y fe w of us arc lucky enough 10 try o ut ~l
rece ive r before we hu y it: here is a ch an ce to
try o ut se vera l receivers a nd compare the m W
yo ur o\'..n. Want to test out that ho t new piece
o fpc ripheral gear? Here may he your cha nce .
The same is true fo r antenn as and va rio us
tu nin g guides . But the great opportunities lie
in learn ing fro m yo ur colleagues.

he is j ust cruis ing th e

hand s. ho w doc s it d o it'!
A(o. I or side ban d , ho w fast
docs he tU IlC and whe re
doc s he start? Ho w docs
he det ermi ne what a signal
of intere st is '! Wh at signals are 100 weak and need
to be le ft for another day ?
Watch. as k. and lea rn .

Buffalo Road is an oth er [a mn us

D'Xpedition site ill western Pennsylvania

No
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0 11
DXpc dit iuu s wo ul d be
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Larry )'lI l11rOIl sets up th e sha ck: ..during (l Ruffalo Road
words o n ex te nde d liste n[)Xpeditioll.
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The SSB-CW-AM Receiver

I<it from Ten-Tee
By Mik e Bryson

f yo u arc loo king for an ine xpe nsive

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shortwave receive r.
If you have ever built a kit and thought it
wa s no t vcry chal lengi ng. or ifth e end prod uc t
seemed j ust a fancy bl inky toy. be pre pared '
Th e Te n-Tee kit is the rea l Mcf'oy. Afte r yo u
co m plete this project. yo u wi ll ha ve a vcry
ca pable sho rtwave receiver 011 yo ur hands .
WHATTO DD FIRST.
We ll, of co urse you sho uld read the manu a l
and any ad dcndum s. That sho uld go witho ut
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instru ct ion manual, power supply. de tailed
c irc uit diagram s. a nd ev e n a Silo!"! Wan ' Listening Hints book - and a buc ket toad of
com ponent s.
Yo u sho uld make sure that ~11 1 thc co mpone nts a nd ca bine t parts are the re before yo u
start assembling the kit. T his w ill take a whi le
bu t there is a hand y inve ntory ch eck list in the

Separating the parts by type and value is II real time-saver.

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manu al to help you determine wha t' s w hat. I

fou nd that the components we re we ll orga nized w ith sep ara te bags of e ac h ty pe of co mponent s .. ,capac itors . resisto rs. in tegrated circuits (ICs) , ind uctor s and the like . Afte r spe nding so me tim e goi ng thou gh the part s, I was
impressed that all the co m po ne nts. screw s.
and miscell aneo us ite ms were accounted fo r.
Con side ring ho w man y pa rts there we re. I felt
much enco urage d that thi s was an ind ica tion
of the o ver -a ll q ua lity of the proj ect.
Wh ile I wa s taki ng stoc k of the kit. I also
se parated out the differen t va lues of eac h ty pe
ofcomponen t and assign ed them to their ow n.
smalle r. part s ba gs. T his wo uld ease so rting
thou gh the par ts eac h time I nee de d to find a
spec ific value componen t. Later on in the
project thi s tu rn ed o ut to be a really big time
save r. A ttcr yo u d rudge through the invcnlor y. the fun beg ins, But if yo u skip thi s step
yo u are ask ing for a heap o ' trou ble ,
SOME ASS EMBLY REQUIRED
T en -Tee wisely split the assembly of its
rece ive r into seve n d iffere nt phases. Wh en
yo u first took a t the num ber of parts that
comprise thi s project. it is q uite da unti ng, But
like an y ove rwhel m ing project. split into
sma ller tas ks it becom e s mo re manageab le ,
A lso. 011 co mpl etion of eac h pha se of this
proj ect yo u get a wo rking c irc uit that is eas ily
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Yo u don ' t need a whole lot of test eq uip men t beca use Te n-T ee tho ught of that for you
in their desi gn . Th e receiver is designed to
ha ve built -in test fu nctions (ha t arc ea si ly used
by ev en a novice. Agai n, this shows so me
fo ret hou ght in the Ten-Tee design . Th e onl y
requ ired piece of test eq uipment is a di rct
c urrent (DC) vo ltage meter. Som e hand tool s
are neede d. hut the main requi rem ent is that
yo u kno w ho w to solde r.
Though the kit is well thou ght out. I do n't
think it is for a beginner . Th ere arc a lot of
parts and a lot o f solde ring . The re are good
descript ions for each co mpo ne nt so. if yo u
read care fully. a bcg inn er coftldassemble thi s
kit. But if this is yo ur fir st kit. yo u may want
to get some help (preferably psycholog ical
hel p!).
Pa tience is the tool yoult nccd most.This
proj ect is split into several different pha ses for
a reason. Don 't try to assemble a ll the ph ases
at o ne sitti ng. I sugges t tha t yo u try to co mple te the fir st pha se and then sec ho w it goe s
fro m there. Th ere arc a lot of parts and thc on ly
way to kee p from messing up (a nd spe nd ing
many. many ho urs trou bleshooting a non fu ncti o nin g c ircuit) is to asse mble one phase
at a time.
If yo u take yo ur time. yo u w ill co me o ut o f
thi s wit h mini ma l headach es a nd a good sho rtwave rece ive r. Yo u should spread the assembly of each pha se o ut over a few day s if
pos sible. I built this kit in about 25 ho urs
spread ove r a week or so.

and c uts dow n on movi ng part s when yo u tum

the boa rd over to so lde r it. I a lso mo unted a ll
the resist ors in all pha ses with the same o rien tation . Thi s makes it ea sie r to read the va lues
and a lso will help yo u tro ub leshoot later if you
put a resistor in the wrong place (!).

Phase olle is the simplest - and

provides the test platform fo r the rest oj
the stages.
plied wor kshee t (recom mended in all phase s )
which also has compo ne nt placement marked .
It turns o ut tha t the re sistor markin gs th at
<Ire co vered up arc all th e same val ue. But the
diode s arc not we ll mark ed o n the hoard for
the IN4 14 H's so yo u wil l need to refer to the
add itiona l assemb ly diag ram . T his d iagram is
ve ry use fu l in all phases so hang o nto it. You
will handle it so mu ch that it' ll look like a used
nap kin by the time yo u arc thro ug h with th is
projec t,

PHASE TWO
Pha se two of the assem bly moves to the
ma in board of the receiver. Specifica lly. the
pha se loc k loo p (PLL) sy nthe size r and its
suppo rting circu itry arc insta lled . T he q uick
refere nce summary g ives <I brief descript ion
of what ea ch part is used for. so try to make use
of th is. I used mask ing tape to ho ld the part s
do wn wh ile I soldered. It makes a neuter board

PHASE THREE
Pha se thr ee involves assembling the volt age con trolled osci llato r (VCO)circuitry. Thi s
rece iver uses two veo's to tu ne the wh ole
range of the rece ive r. Be sure to usc caution
when installing the se parts . As usual. keep the
lead leng ths as sho rt as possibl e to avoid
pa ra sitic induc tance ,
This section uses se veral different di od es
and transistors a nd there is a handy part s
iden tific at io n sec tion in the manual for he lp
o n this. I fou nd that a fter co mp letion of th is
ph ase. the align men t of the VCOs was off
so mewhat. No t to worry: fine tuning afte rthe
who le project is com plete wi ll tak e care of th is
problem.
PHASE FOUR
Phase fo ur dea ls with th e aud io o utput and
op eration o f the volume co ntro l. A lso after
yo u co mple te this phase the rece iver can de tec t a 455 kl Iz sig nal in AM or single side band
(SS B). You have to be cautio us abo ut so lde ring the aud io a mp lifier: o ne solde r brid ge
co uld toast the chi p for good . T here are no
spares. so wa tc h o ut.

PHAS E FIVE
PHASE ONE
Phase five deal s with the assem bly of the
Phase o ne is the asse mb ly of the disp lay
seco nd mixer and the 45 MHz first inte nncdiboard . Thi s board is the simate frequ en cy stage ( IF). Thi s
ples t part o f the proj ect and is
sectio n is no t written as preThe main board of the receiver with assemb ly nearly completed.
used as a wa rm- up for the as c isely as the previous secse mbler. Also. a fte rco mplet ion.
tion s. It look s as though the
the displ ay board is used to te st
manu al m ight have been writprogress on all of the following
ten by more than o ne pe rson.
phases!
It is still very usab le; it just
I can' t wal k you through each
took so me menta l adjustment
phase step by step. but I can
o n my part .
sha re so me ass e mbly tip s for
After completion of thi s
each pha se. Ot her th an taking
section. the rcceivcr has a bui It
care not to sc a r up the light
in 45 ~'1 Hz test signal capae m itt ing di od e (LED ) segbi lity. You ca n use th is to test
men tcd d isp lay s with the so lthe ne xt phase.
dering iron, there are not too
ma ny thi ngs that cou ld go wrong
PHASE 51X
for yo u 0 11 phase o ne.
Phase six dea ls wi th the
I notice d in as sem bli ng this
assemb ly of the radio fresec tion that the LED di sp lays
q uency (R F ) input stage a nd
cover up the hoard mark ings for
the first mi xer cir cuit. After
some of the resistor s. You co uld
the co m pletion of phase six.
wa it unti l last to put the displ ays
the rece iver will be co rnplete.
in or rel y instead 0 11 the supA ll th at is left now is so me

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Septemoer 1998

serio us tweaki ng of the var ious circu its

have a working shortwave recei ver .

10

PHASE SEVEN
Phase se ve n is simply the asse mbly of the
rece iver ca bine try and ass oc iate d hardware.
T his also invo lves moun ting the di sp lay board
and the main hoard into the enclos ure. Now it
ev e n looks like a rece iver. T his also inc ludes
fi na l twe aking and tuning o f the ci rcuitry .

WRTH.;. Business as Usual

By Hans Johnson

PERFORMANCE AND FEATURES

No w that we hav e svv cured throu gh the
se ve n-stage assem bly. we G.1Il c hec k out our
ne wl y co nst ructed sho rtw a ve recei ver. No te
that it took me about 25 ho urs to co m ple te
assembl y o n thi s proj ect . I didn 't ha ve a ny
problems to tro uble shoot. d ue. I fee l. to ve ry
wel l wri tte n in struct ions and my taki ng the
lim e to plan ou t ea ch pha se of co nstruct io n
ahead of assem bly. I co uld have asse mbled
thi s faster but I' m a lso sure th at I wou ld ha ve
spe nt a large c hun k of time looki ng for thc
misp laced co m po ne nt or so lde r bridge :
Th e rece ive r has a frequ e ncy co ve rage
fro m 100 kHz to 30 MHz wi th the ch o ice of
nor mal or fas t tuni ng. Step size is 2.5 kHz in
SSB. 5 kHz Aivl or 100 kHi'. in e ither mod e.
There is e xce lle nt SSG and CW selec tivity
d ue to the of kl-lz fi lter bandwidth . which also
gives a fairly go od A!\-1 audi o res po nse . It has
fine luning of SSB and C W using a c larifie r
ci rc uitry that wo rks rather we ll.
T he recei ver has d irect tu nin g using a 1'0tar y enco de r. which gives a smooth tu ning
mo tio n. or me mor y tun ing wit h 15 pro g ram mable memories with a de fault memory at 15
M Hz (W V\'V ). Of co urse. it has a45 MHz first
IF an d a455 kH z sec o nd IF wit h a synthesized
45-75 MHz local osci llator for m in ima l dr ift.
Th er e is an o ptio n to supply a DC vo ltage for
a n acti ve ant e nna . T ha i cou ld be han d y. T he
audio o utp ut is 1.5 wa us with a built -in spea ker
and head phone jack .
If yo u like to bu ild kits. or a rc thi nking
ab out ge tting a low cost sho rtwave rece iver.
yo u sho uld give the Te n-T ee 1254 SSB-CWAM rece iver kit a try. rtf say that half the fun
is asse mbling it. It is great fun 10 bu ild and it' s
a dec e nt recei ver for the pricc . l think the fo lks
at Ten -Tee gave thi s de sign a lot of tho ught .
no t o nly for co nstruc ting a c ha lleng ing kit. bUI
for de signin g a nice little sho rtwa ve recei ver.
I am kind o f sad no w that it's toget her. I
wo nder if Ten -Tee make s a bigger kit. ..... ?
Mod el 1254 is ava ilable from Ten -Tee
(ca ll 800 -833-7 373 or write 1185 Dolly Parto n Park wa y. Se vierville. T N 378 (2 ) for S 195
plus shipping.

The World Radio TV Handbook, perhaps

better known as the WRTH, is on annual
publication detailingthe world's radio a nd
televisionstations. Enthusiasts hove relied upon
the book for over halfa centUry as a reference
guide in their listening or 'watching. So the
listening communitywas quite sha ken when it
learned of the resigna tions of the main editorial
teem lost fall, particular lywhen rumors of the ,
book's demise started to circulate. Thankfully, the
rumor proved to be just that. The WRTH is olive
and welland has a new editor, David Bobbett.
Bobbett willbe editing the WRTH from offices
near his home in Milton Keynes, Engla nd, which
is abo ut 60 miles north of london. Bobbett is a
longtime shortwave listener and he is a lso on
amateur radio operator. He is a lso wellexperienced in writing a nd editing, havingonce
been editor for Hom Radio Todayand Rodio
Communicafio n. He comes to the WRTH from
work as a telecommunications joumalist.
One of the Arst things Bobbett did when he
was hired losl April 2 ("Ididn't wont to risk
sta rting something on April 1sl/' Bobbett says.)
was to visit the WRTHs former editor in chief,
Andy Sennitt. Thevisit to Amsterdam launChed
on ongoing cooperativeeffort between the old
learn and the new. Sen nif will probably be the
one to creotethe planned WRTHwebpoge.
A new company known as WRTH Publica tions Ltd has purchased the license to to produce
the book from BPI. Theformer North American
publisher, Watson-Guptill, will continue to
publish and distribute the book in the US and
Canad a .
Ifone phrase could describe the upcoming
1999 WRTH, it would be "business as usual." In
spite of the close cooperationwith Sennitt,
BobbeR has his work cut out for him. Not only is
he new to the position, he is else having to
prepa re the book in half the time while hiring
-,
additiona l staffalong the way. Bobbett does
expect the WRTH to be available at its usual time
of ius!prior to Christmas in North America .
Readersshould look for ad justments in the
book, rother than wholesale chonges, as Bobbett
needs to get on edition under his belt first. That is

not to say that large changes will or will not be

coming: only thot WRTH fans should not expect
them in 1999 simply because a new editor is in
place.
Adjustments for 1999 will include a change
in the na me. The book will now be known
simplyas WRTH, to be reRected in a new cover
design incorporating the acronym. Alsolookfor
some changes in the features section of the book
and perhaps a slightchange in the page count.
The WRTH has had problems in the post with
slowdistribution of the book, pa rticula rlyoutside
North America, where some areas have wa ited
months for the book to a rrive in their locale.
Bobbett hopes that a new and simplified
publishing and distribution arrangement will end
this problem. Everyone will welcome one thing
that won't be changing - the price, which will
rema in at $2A.95.
While the book could appear on CD-ROM
post 1999, Bobbett is not convinced that this is
the way to go. "I don't wont 10 give crwcry the
fa mily silver," he explains. He is also skeptica l
that such on offering would be profitable. A
more likely scena rio is a CD with informotion
that supplements the printed WRTH.
Another long-term change tha t Bobbett
hinted at is a reorganization of the country
listings. These a re listed by continent now, but
they may be listed olphobeficolly in the luture.
The WRTH has else published a numberof
other publicotions over the years. While someof
these, suchas the WRTH Sotellile/ TV Handbook, may reoppear down the rood, don't look
for them right away. "The WRTH is our first
priority and remains our core business,"
expla ins Bobbett.
The WRTH will continue to use monitors a nd
collaborators in preparing the book. Bobbett has
a n open door policy and he welcomes
suggestions, constructive comments, and
information from readers. You can reach him at:
P.O Box 7373, Milton Keynes, MK12 SZl,
United Kingdom. His email is
editor@wrlh.demon .co.ukor fax him at AA
1908 32 1030. "I a m open to any suggestion
except resign," stresses Bobbett, laughing.

September 1998

MON ITORING TIMES

7S

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The World Above 30 MHz

Richard Barnett
5ranMast,r@aal.cam

The Digital Invasion

ublic safety radi o sys tems utilizing fu ll-time di git a l vo ice

tech no logy arc grad ua lly bec om ing mo re prevalen t aro und
the United States. Up until last yea r. we had see n digit al
syste m s co nstructed in C leve land and Akron. O hio (Akron wa s
per haps the first). the Florida High wa y Pat ro l (and othe r state
age nc ies) in th e sou thern and east ce ntral portions ofthe state. and
ce rtai n troops ofthe New Hampshire S tate Po lice. Th er e ma y ha ve

been other sys tems. hut these were the most notabl e.
Now, in the last four month s alon e, we ' ve com e to und er stand
th at fou r com m un ities in New Eng la nd alo ne have gone a ll di g ita l:
Go ffsto wn. Ne w Hampshi re : West Warwi ck . Rhode Is land ; and
Branford and M ilford , Co nnec tic ut. T hese are aver age- si zed
co m muni ties. But the di gital cloud docs no t stop at suburban
Am er ica or at a few hig city sy stems. T he e ntire state of De laware
is switch ing o ver to an A PC O (Assoc iatio n o f Pub lic Safe ty
Communicatio ns Officials ) 25 co mp liant digital sys te m .
Public safety di g ita l ma kes sense in that it allows user s to
employ fort hcom ing co m m unica tio ns techno logie s such as fingerpr int tran smittals and all man ner o f ad vance d gee-wh iz gear. It
also pro vid es for spec tru m efficiency . In th is da y of crowde d
airwaves , d igital transm iss ion s require a narrower ba nd width.
So me publi c sa fety ag enc ies a lso tout the idea that di g ital provid es
pri vacy. but th ey reco gn ize true privacy o nly co me s wi th encry ption , whi ch wou ld render all efforts to mo nitor their co m munication s use less. Encrypt io n on d igita l s ignals is not that d iffi cu lt. A
law enfo rceme nt agen cy whic h claims it' s o nly go ing to dig ital
because they can' t find freq uen cies w ill show its tru e co lor s if they
actually spend the mon ey for fu ll enc ry ption.
An A pril2 1articl e in the Providen ce Journal Bullet in revea led
an interest ing case stu dy regardi ng the di gital d ichotom y ... or
ambivalence, as it we re . O n the nn e hand the ci ty of We st
Warwick. Rh od e Island . wa s proc laim ing the d awn of the sile nt
age for sc a nner listeners as they we re sw itching toadi gita l syste m .
Th e local po lice were unhapp y that crim inals had been using
scanners to track their wh ereab outs. West W ar wick was spendi ng
a ha lf-mi llio n do llars on their sys te m, which is no small chunk o f
change for a co mm unity of the ir s ize .
Upon hear ing thi s news. poli ce offic ials fro m other Rhode
Island c ities and town s were apparen tly aghast. Th e poli ce ch ief
in Warw ick, right ne xt doo r. co mme nted in the arti cle . " O ften. it' s
those citizens who are o ur eyes and car s. Th ey ' ll hear we ' re a fter
so meone on the sca nner - say a drunk dri ver - and th ey'l l ca ll
in and g ive us a locatio n. So there are pro s and CO ilS . "
Si nce A PCO is ove rseei ng a na tio na l standard for d igit a l
publi c safe ty sys tems to allo w fnrco mpetitive pric ing of two -way

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September 1998

eq uipmen t and for the pur poses of intero pcr ubili ry. d igita l does
not mean that scann ing w ill o ne da y co me to an end . Even witho ut
a natio nal sta ndard. trunk ing certa inly didn't mean the end of
scanner s - to the contrary, whi le late in com ing, tru nking
sc anne rs have cause d a resurgence of intere st.
As more co mm unities dip their toe into the di g ital wa ters and
switch to the se new syste ms. co m munica tions offi cials aro und the
country sho uld be mo nito ring the plu ses and mi nuse s o f digital
ami wei gh ing their deci sion to switc h. Ultimately , we sho uld
eventually see eno ug h critical mass o f di gital sy stems for scanner
man ufacturer s to tak e note of the situatio n and respond ,
Ju st as tru nking sc anne rs pro ved esse ntial to firefighters o n
Cap e C od who need ed to mo nitor th ei r new co unty trun ked
sy stem . d igit a l scanners wil l one day pro ve vita l to volunteers and
othe r publi c safety o fficia ls in Delaw are who need a low -cost
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We shou ld tak e it upon o urs elves to tra ck th e de ve lopment and
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to raise or spen d funds o n a di gital system. become invo lved and
rai se the issue of whether the sys te m is intended for features or for
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the publ ic mon itor no n- sen sit ive co m municatio ns . inclu di ng routine pub lic sa fety traffic . As k wh eth er low-co st eq uipme nt (two way radi o s with tran smit disab led . mo st likely) wi ll be made
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least be met.
Please se nd me e-m ail (sca1l11las ter@(lol.com ) or w rite to me
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know the details. Which system ha s been cho sen? Who is the
manu factu rer ? \V ill enc ry ption be used ? W ill radios be made
avail abl e to the public? W hat agen cies will use the system? W ill
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othe r informat ion yo u ha ve 0 11 the sys te ms as wel l. We 'l l try to pu t
togethe r a listin g o f the d igit al buil d -out s around the country and
keep all of o ur read ers infor med . T ha nk s!
Lm Radio - Who 's Using It?
Th e rece nt Inte rnatio nal W ireless C om m unicatio ns Expo
(I WC Ej in Las Veg as showed us quite clearl y th at SOO M Hz and
U HF log ic trunking rad io (LT R ) com municatio ns is the curre nt
wave in co m merc ial radio sys tems. At lea st it is for those prov iders who wish to battle with . or offer an alternati ve to , NEX T EL.
NEX TEI.. w ith their iDEN rad ios . is gro w ing expo nentially as

they have purchased hu nd red s of two-way bus iness tru nking

systems aro und the natio n. have snapped up spectrum. and have
chan ged the entire natu re o f the mob ile rad io busi ness in A merica .
Yo u can hardl y go to wo rk a rgo o ut shopping tod ay w itho ut seeing
a sma ll co ntracto r or landscaper talki ng o n their NEX TE L radios.
Many sma ll two -way deal e rs have ba iled out of the busi ness in the
face o f NEXT E L's multi -m illion dolla r adver tisi ng bud ge t and
feature-rich pla tfo rm.
O n (he o ther hand. many cla im that NEX TE L is ex pe nsive and
actually does not offer all the disp atch fun ction a lity found o n
traditi on a l analog rad io sys te ms. Th is is why man y two -way firm s
offer LTR trunking as an alternative . Many radio manu facture rs
prod uce LTR eq uipment and prices are the refore q uite rea son ab le.
LTR decoders arc o n the market . but no scanner manu facturer has
prod uced an L TR -capable receiver. \V hy not?
T he primary reason is that there arc ac tually very few L T R
public sa fety rad io sys tems o n the air. There arc a few Jo hnson
Mu lti-net sys tems. hu t this is a mo re ad va nced version of LTR .
Th ere arc. however. a grea t many businesses which usc LTR that
many of us wo uld find interesti ng to monitor . incl uding co llege s,
to w truck outfits. sec urity ti rms, and oth ers.
I' d like to as k yo u to do so me more work in the name of the
scanner ca use. If you kno w of LTR sys te ms in yo ur area . and
yo u' re fam iliar w ith so me of the more interesting users of these
sys te ms. plea se co ntact me at the add ress ab ove so that all of our
read ers ca n kno w who's using the old ori ginal. nut still viable.
trunk ing protocol. If we ca n dem o nstrat e enoug h interest in LTR ,
and pro vide exa mples of very co mpe lling sys tem use rs. we may be
able to affect the future of sca nner desig n. These are important
issues and I urge yo u all to take part.
Oklahoma Trunk ing Update

A contributor. who wishes to be known as RDW. sent the following material ( 0 us a few months back in regard 10 the Oklahoma
Highway Patrol trunking radio system.
" During the Christmas holidays. the Troup A syste m was convertcd from Type I to Type Ih ..Here arc the talkgroups as I understand
them ...

Oklahoma Department of Public Safety Frequencies

[Troop A . O klahoma G tyl: 86 1.2 125, 862 .2125 ,863.2 125, 86 4.2125,
865 .2 125
TG
3 1760
4 1616
41648
41680
4 1712
4 174 4
4 1776
4 1808

OHP ID

USAGE

RMA

4 1840
4 1904
4 1936

CH 4

Tom Units
Oklahoma State Capitol Petrol
Executive Security
AM 1 Troop A Metro (Oklahoma County) Prima ry
AM 2 Troop A Metro (Okla homa County) Secondary
Paul, Union, a nd Victor Units (Minimal Traffic)
AR 1 Troop A Rural (outsideOkla homa County) Primary
AR2 Troop A Rurcl loutside Okla homa County) Secondmy
Cha nnel A for unknown a gency
Capitol Patrol or Governor Uni ts Channel 2?
Treap A Supervisors

CH 1
CH 5
CH I
CH 2
CH 1
CH 2

42000

CH 2

DPS 2

.:1 2064
.:12128
. :1 2 160
43408

RADIO

Radio Technicia ns (Paul Units)

Tumer a nd Ki lpatrick Turnpike Units
Turner and Kilpa trick Turnpike Chonnel2?
"Centra l Control"

CH 2

45360

Trcnsport [Deltc Un;t,)

.:1 5..:188
Mabel Bossett Prison
{Edi tor's Note: This materia l is somewhat old and limited. Ifyou hove further
details on this system and its tolkgroups, please be sure to pass it along to us.
Thanh .}

New York, New York; It's a'Changin' Around

Th ere ' s bee n a resurgen ce in New York . T he Mayo r has

cleaned up the image of the city and crime is down significantly.
As part oft he effo rt to beef- up enforceme nt, the New York Police
Depart ment (N YPD) has revamped their freque ncy plan and
acqu ired (and inte nds to put into o peratio n) new 480 MHz cha nnel s.
Ne w York is, alo ng with Washin gton .. D.C . and Los A nge les ,
o ne of the 1I1()st fascinating regions of the natio n to mon itor (write
me if yo u q uibble with my assessment"). It' s also o ne of the most
co mplex . Be lo w is a port ion of the information prov ided by
Scanner Master edi tor Warren Silve rman on the new plan fo r the
NYP D and o n othe r Big Apple agenci es. inc lud ing so me very
co mplete dat a on the ci ty tr unking radio system.

Scanner Master New York Metro/Northern New Jersey Guide 6th Editio n

New York Police Department Frequency Update

~

470 .6875R
470 .7 125R
470.8625R
470.8875R
470.7375R
470.7875R
470 1625R
471.0125
471.1 375
470.8125R
470 .6625 R

CTCSS/ Ou'l>ul
136.5
110.9
136.5
114.8
167.9
100.0
110.9
151. 4
123.0
186.2
100.0
151.4
167.9
186.21
123.0
167.9

Planned
482.6875R
482.4625R
482.4875R
482.662 5R
482.6375R
470 .862 5R
482.4375R
482.4125R
482.7 125
482.7375
482.7875

110 .9
123.0
136.5
100 .0
110 .9
15 1.4
15 1.4
123.0
123.0
136.5
151.4

Citywide Interoperobility
5.1. Troffic
5.1. 5.0 .0 .

~~

470 .8375R
482.3875R
470 .6375
470 .6625R

5eptember / 998

SOD

5.1. Citywide Interoperobility

Intelligence/C ommand
SCU
SPI N
CW I

ON 2 Wa rra nt Checks only

CW3
CW4

Detective 1 WIF 56.:1?

Detective 2
OCCB 1 WI F563
OCCB 2 W IF569

AB/Command
Traffic
SPIN

S.I.CW I
SICW 2
CW 3
SICW3
SICW4

Ma nhatta n Interopera bility

Bronx lnteroperability
Brooklyn Inlerope rability

MO NITORING TIMES

27

482.8 125
482.8375
482 .53 75
47 1.0875R
47 1.0625R
47 1.0375R
470 .9875R
470 .9625R
470.9375R
470.9125R
482 .8625R
482.5625R

Parking Enl.

u....

167.9
186.2
186.2
100.0
110.9
123.0
136.5
151.4
167.9
186 .2
100 0
100.0

Qu ee ns Inlerope robility
Sta ten Island N. lnlerope robility
Stoten Island S. lnteroperobility
Palrol BoroManhattan South

ooo - 12(l ) Man hattan Bore President' s Office

ooo - 13{M} M.oyor's Office of Emergency Management-Operations
000 0 (I S) Mayor' s Office of Emergency Management Interagency

Petrel Bore M anhattan North

Pe trol Boro Bro nx

200A(0 l)
200-B(02}
200((03}
200DI04)
200 5IEj
200 F{06j
200G(07)
200H(08j
200911)
200-J(1 0)
200K(11)
200 NI 14j

Palrol Bora Brooklyn South

Patrol Bore Brooklyn North
Patrol Boro Q ueen s South
Petrel Boro Quee ns North

Petrol Boro SI North

Patrol Boro 51 South

District

i:KSS U1<

d53.250R 151.d

Q,gn!l.<!.llimo
Bronx Operc ncns. some Ons Trc ffic Enf 3

!J.ni.!1...l,Itilizing

n o1,202.dOl ,

3P

Flee' 2
Ta xi & Limo Commission Channel Ada m

2A

Chonnel Boy

2B

Channel Cha rlie

2C
20

T&LC Administra tion

T&lCmmO-

Correction - Radio Shop

Correction - ERU - Emergency Response Unit
Correction - Support Services/Constuction
Department of Paries a nd Recrecficn Commissioner's Sta ff
Dept. of Juvenile Justice/Transportation
Deportment of Consumer Affairs/ Enforcement
The Center for Anima l Care ond Control

2F
2G
2H
21
2J
2K
2N

A01A ,A02, .s03,

453.825R 151.4
453.9S0R 15 1.4

Brooklyn Opercticos

Traffic Enf 3A
Traffic Enf 38

.471.1 62SR 15L4

Manhollan/Oueens/ Br'klyn

Traffic Enf.4

471.1875R 15 1..4

Manhattan Tow Pound

Treffie Enft 5

471.2125R 15 1.4

Highway/ TIUf fOD/ TOPS

Traffic Enf 6

47 1.2375R 15 1.4

Highway Response

DOT 7

dOd, 801, 802,

803
1720. 730. 7dO
1301. 302, 303.
30d, 30dA, 305,
802, 80d
1101,102, 103,
10d. 105, 107 ,
108, 109, 110
11 06, 10M ,
108, TI U

150 1, 502, 503.

50d, 505. 800
DOT units

FDNY Bureau 01 EMS Radio Usage

Fr~

l&ag~

crcss

478.0125R
478.0 125
477.9125R
483.6 125R
478.2625R
477.8625R
484 .2375R
484 .4875R
483.3625R
483.4875R
483.2375R
477.8375R
478.2 125R
477.8625
487.4875
MED 110

Citywide
Command
Q uee ns 1

85 .4
85 .4
85 .4
85.4
85 .4
85 .4
85.4
85 .4
85.4
85.4
85.4
85.4
85.4
85.4
85.4
167.9

Q ueens 2
Brooklyn North

Brooklyn Centrol
Brooklyn South
Richmond
Manhatta n South
Manhattan Centra l
Manhattan North
Bronx South
Bronx North
TAC 1
TAC 2

AlS Cccrdidc fion

28

MO NITORING TIMES

Sep tember 19 98

400HI08)
400 1109)
400Jl l 0)
400 K(111
400 l (12)
400 M(13j
400 N (14)
400-0(1 5}

Wf/ N+S
Wf/PlN
AIR
WfR RG
HAZMAT
HC/ SEW
FlT/ OP
DOITT

Bureau of Air Policy a nd Programs

Wa ler Trea tment
Bureau of Ha za rdous Materia ls
Fleet/ Ope rations
(Potched 10000 "0 " ond 200"0" and ???)

Type II Fleet

8224
8256
8288
8304
8320
8352

Specia l Na rcotics Prosecutor

La w Enforcement Kings/ New York County DA?
FDNYCha nnel 6 Adom-Administra tion
FDNY Channel 6 Boy-Ope rations
FDNY Cha nnel 6 Cha rlie-Communica tions Offices (CO)
FDNY Channel 6 Dcvid-Ccmmunicoficns Administrative

8371
8384
8388

DP&R
DP&R'

8432
8448
8464
8512
8528
8544

Department of Information, Technology and

Telecommunications Trunked Radio System
Uniclen Trunk"acker Fle e' Map bO:54; b 1:S-O; b2:S-12; b4 :513
Because of the sizes there a re no b3,b5,b6,b7
Sub-f lee tlTolkgroup ldentjficction s
Fleet 3
(Cha nnel numbers in 3 series)
000-1(A)
Mayor's O ffice of Emergency Ma nagement ALERT
000 -2IB)
Department of Heolth
0OO-3(CI
HPD????Kate come in please; 239
000-4{ DI
New York Bota nical Ga rdens
000-5{ E)
NYC Mayor's Office Community Assistance Unit
0001IG)
NYPD Chiel of De port ment
ODD-8[H)
Dept. of Business Services; Security & Enforcement Section
000 10(J) Deportment 01Buildinqs
000 11(K) NYC Sher;ff/G v;1Process

(Cha nnel numbers in I series)

Description
400-A(01} EXEC
Executive (DEP I=Commissioner)
IA
Ma nha ttan Repairs Water Supply and Was te400B(02) WS/MAN
water Collection
IB
Bronx
IC
400 -((03) WS/ BX
400-D(04) WS/B Kl
Brooklyn
1D
400E(051 WS/ QNS
Queens
Sta ten Isla nd
400-FI061 WS/S I
Administration Wa ter Trea tment/ Wa ste Wa ter
400-G1071 Wf/ADM
Pollution Control
Fleet 1

s.Ilb.!!:!

8576
8592
8608
862A
86 40
3A
3B

3C
3D
3E
3G

3H
3J

8656
8688
8704
8720
8736
8752
8784
8BOO

6-A
6 B
6 -C
6 -0

FDNY
FDNY BEMS inspections
FDNY BEMS inspections
DOl! FDNY/ BEMS Inspections
HPD
HPD
HPD

DOC/ DTC (Dept. ofDesignan d Ccnstrucfion l "Sub Surface Bose"

Mayor's Office, Office of Specia l Projects and CommunityEvents
FDNY Fire Marshals
Deportment of Correction
HRA: Office of Revenue Investigation IPRI) Eligibilty Verifica tion
Review; Froud Investigators
Crosswalk TV
Computer,& DOlO Communications Agency
Office of the Chief Medical Exa miner
NYCHA-Citywide Maintenance
NYCHA Emergency Crew
DOH LAB

MOEM Executive;
DOH Security

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The HF Communications Spectrum

Hugh Stegman, NV6H
driver8@nefcom.com

US Air Force, MacDiII: The last Signoff

e w shortw ave O fF ) utility statio ns we re

better known than Macl.iill Global. the

U.S . Air Force Global High Frequency

Sy stem tG H FS) station at histor ic M acl j ill
A ir Force Ba se. loc alcd o n a pen insu la ju st
sou th of Ta mp a. Florid" . For many years it
suppo rted co untle ss military and c ivil ia n o perations in the C aribbe an and Gu lf' of Mexico .
not the least of these being anti -dr ug o peratio ns and hurri ca ne weat he r reco nnais sance.
Though both mi ssion s no w have primary data
lin ks o n oth er freq uencie s. the HF cir cuit s

were and arc still in daily usc.

Well. when June ended. so d id J\:lal'Dill
Global . surprising almos t eve ryo ne. For yea rs.
I'd been wo nde ring abo ut this station's status.
T he base was dow n to om: air re fueling missio n. and the G loba l's fut ure was prett y much
in limbo. Apparently. DISA. the U.S. mi litary's
ow n De fen se Infor matio n Sys te ms Ag ency .
ha d been as king the same quest ion s. Now we
a ll know the an sw er.
MacD ill's ex it co uld hard ly have been any
mo re d ram atic. At 2400 UTC (Coordina ted
U n iversal Time. or "Z ulu " ). they c ulled
Andrews Global o n the b usy ami w ide ly monito red frequ en cy o f 11175 kHz US B. And re ws.
the Ma ryl an d base probably be tter known to
utility listen ers for its V IP ("Very Impo rtant
Pe rMIIl ") communi cat ion s o n a d iffere nt se t o f
freque ncie s.:mxwered . Mac ljill then reques ted
permission to secure from the net. A ndrew s
chal lenged the req uest . and Muc lj ill authcn ticared . W ith thi s procedure nut of the way.
~ l a eDili gnv c the short me-sage. "T his is
M aeDill. Mac Dill. sign ing off afte r fifty years
of service . at 01 0000 Zulu July 1995. Mal.'Dill
nUL"

And that wa s tha t.

The End of GHFS?

We HF utilit y fans cun he a g loomy bunch.
wat ching on e use r a fter ano ther move their
commun ica tion s to satelli tes . The initial q llesuon. then . wus w he the r the A ir Force was al so
goi ng aWily. After all. th is is the third G loh al
statio n to van ish .
Fortuna tel y. the an swer is no. G J-I FS is
ind el'd pha sing nut. hu t Ih<: A ir Force is already huilliing its re phu:elllt:llt. It's called Sco pe

Cl)ll1 rnand.
Sco pc s tands for "Sys tt:1ll Capab lc or
Plan lled Expa nsion ." A fter all. il \....ou IJ n't he

30

MONITORING TIMES

September 1998

the U.S. military withou t a ca tc hy acronym.

This one refer s to the fuct that Scope Command is thei r fir ..t comprehen sive approach to
HF radio in well ove r a ge nerat io n.
Let' s loo k at so me history. T he present
G HFS is so me thing of a hodgep odge . It was
pieced toget her at the en d of the Col d War.
whe n the A ir Force reorgani zed . Most of its
cle men ts came: fro m two o the r ne tworks.
First wa s the G lobal Com man d and Co ntrol Syste m (GCes ). at thilt time u rad io sys tem used hy tact ica l and supply ai rcraft. though
it co mp letely d iffere nt project has more reccntly take n o ver the name. Th e o the r wa..
"G iant Tal k." a gfobal nct used hy the Strat eg ic
Air Comman d to Sll P P( lJ"( its nucle ar deterr en t.
W hen S AC went away to becom e pa n o f the
U.S. Strat egic Co mmand. most of G iant Talk
was merged into GCes. Th e ult imate com hination . using some freq ue nc ies fro m one and
..o mc from the: other . evol ved qu ickl y into

G HFS.
Ju st about e ve ryo ne already kno ws the se
frequen c ies. They're 47 21.. 67 12. 6739 . S96S.

X992. 11175. JJ2 00. 15016. and 17976 H I,.

" II US B. Mo st o ffici a l sources also list 10780 .
a G H FS bac kup usuall y COll i ro lled by Cape
Rad io. Cape Canaveral. Flo rida . I0 7S()is good
for roc kct luuncbcs OIl the Easte rn Te st Ran ge .
incl udi ng the s pace shuttle. This makes 10
frequenc ies to monitor. much be tter than the
old 25 or 30. and these an.' SO IllC o f the be..t
listen ing o n HE
G H FS works. hut it's clunk y. W ha t with
the U. S. Navy and even the Anny mo ving
much of their traffi c there. operat ing proce dures get co nfusi ng . So do cs frequen cy sele ction. with users mov ing two or three times
tryi ng to ge t <I clean link for a pho ne pauch .
Finally. the furflung net i.. a logi:-otieal cha llenge to main tain .
So e nte r SI.:t1llC Cunun nnd . Exit Bayonn e
and Al bruok Glo bal . and . as we've j ust heard .
exi t ~ 1 'll' D i J I.

In with the New

Scope Co mmand. <I.. noted in its mi ssion
state me nt. replal'cs o r co ntrol s j ust about ev cry !-I F radio over 1000 walts in thl' e ntire Ai r
Force. It will l.:o l1t inue ltl usc the ex isting
rrclJlIelll.' ies. hut wit h q uile a few d langes.
T he mo st obviolls o ne is the "l.ig hts Qut "
(,:apah ilily. It speci fics that all 14 g ro und faci Ii-

ties will be remotely o perated from a Central

Network Control Stat ion (CNCS) at A nd rews
AFB . Everything else. the wo rld ove r. w ill be
unat tended .
T he Defen se Depart ment has d irect ed all
services to inve stigate whether thei r highpowe r H F circuit s can he made pa n of Scope
Co mmand . At a minimu m. we'l l see the huge.
"Mystic Sta r" net (o ffi cial ly called SA MCOM.
for S pecial A ir 7\1i s..ion s Com m unicatio ns)
ge t iuco rporutcd . Even thoug h Mystic Star is
already co ntrolled from And rews. I'll be intercstcd to sec ju st how Scope Com ma nd hand les
SA MC O M's awesome global respons ibilities .
Am ong the se 'Ire HF com m unic atio ns fo r the
U.S. President and Vice - Presi de nt.
Actually. Sc o pe C ommand was supposed
III be finished by now . hut a request from the
A ir Mobility Co mmand . a heav y G HF S use r.
sen t the m hack to the draw ing board . Th e
A MC want ed full Auto matic Link Estab lis hmcnt t A l.Ej capabili ty. A LE attempts to ma ke
H F ci rcu its IIlOTe transpare nt to users by rcpcatcdl y op timiz ing suc h pa ramete rs as freque ncy. po wer. and an ten na . The ide al s uuation resembles the telepho ne. w here the e nd
user never has to think " bo ut how much realtime grunt wo rk is goi ng into the co nnec tion.
It's becoming popu lar 0111 over HF, and you
may ha ve heard its link-o ptimi zin g data bursts.
As for Macl.Iill . some of its communication mi ssions will move to Puert o Rico. Ot hers
arc sim ply being termi nated . Ex panded statiun s at Andrews .1I1d O ffutt AFB. Ncbrusks.
will take up so me o f the slac k. Me anwhile. the
199 5 hurr icane season j ust go t a little mo re
interesting. So long. MacDil!. and good job !

Scope Command Ground Stations

Anders,cn AFB
Andrew'$ AFB
Ascension Island
Croughton AB
DiegoGarcia Island
Elmendorf AFB
Hickam AFB
Incirlik AB
~j~ s Field
Ottutt AFB
Salinos
Thule AB
Wesl Coa sf
Yokota AB

..

Guam
tIlorykmd
Atlantic,offAfrica
United Kingdom
Indion Ocean
Alaska
Hawaii
Tur1l:ey
Azores Island's
Nebraska
Puerto Rico
". Greenland
N. California
Japan

DiegaGarcia isa NASAsite and Salina sisMystic.Sta r.

West Coast is McClellan Globa l, near Sacramento,
Calif., but base closures forced a new name.

Utility Loggings
Hugh Stegman

Ahhr- evi atj ous us ed in th is co lum n

Af6
AM
ARO

Air Force Base

Am plitude Modulation
Error-correctingteleprinter

system
AR0690 Singlechannel6-character
ARQ telepnntinq system
AROE3 Single channel ARQ teleASW
Baud

printer system
Anti-Subma rine Warfare
Unitofdigital transmission

speed

CG
CW
EAM
fax
fEC
f .S.
GHfS

Coast Guard
Morsecodetelegraphy
Emergency Action Message
Facsimile
Forward error correction
teleprinter system
French Ship
GlobalHigh FrequencySystern (US Air Force)

HMS
[0
LOOC
mlv

Packet
Pactor
PIT
RnY
RYs
UK
UN

unto

US
VIP

Identilication

l ong Distance Operational

Control
Motor Vessel
Telepnntinq system that
sendsdata inpackets
Packet teleprtntinq over radie
Post. Telegraph. and Iele phone Administration
Radioteletype

RnYteststong RYRYRY...
United Kingdom
United Nations
Unidentified
United Stales
Very Important Person
(distmguished visitor)

All transmissions are USB (upper sideband) unless otherwise indicated. All
frequenciesarein kH z(kilohertz)andall limesareUTC(Coordinated Universal
Time).
111 .0
2391.0

2591.0
2598.0
2626.0
2670.0
2806.0
3840.0
4041.0
41 65.0
4460.0
4467.0

4665.0
4690.0
4880.0
5178.0

5206.0
5347.5
5598.0
5705.0

5717.0

Her Malesly's Ship (UK)

SOA2 t t -w arsaw Metecroloqical, Poland.weather reports in RTTY

at 001 3. (Ary Boender-Netherlands)
PH FS ml vRil nborg.at 2348. PIMT-mlv Wa lerman.at 2350. PHCX
ml v Roetot, at 2351. PEFA-ml v Gaastborg. at 2352. PORF' mlv
Ooggersbank. at 2355. (Boender-Netherlands)
Arcltitect-Boyal Air Force, UK. weainer at 2325. (Boender-Netherlands)
Canadian CG, Stephenville. Newfoundland, with weather at 0214 .
(Ron Perron MO)
FTJMossad, Israel. numbers. also 4460 kHz. a12300. (Boen derNetherlands)
US Coasl Guard. Moriclles. NY. with Iishinq vessel Ocean Gem.
regarding sighting ot a life ring in tile water, al 011 1. (Perron-Mn)
IGJ41-1talian IJavy. Augusta. Italy. RTTYat 2318. (BoenderNetherla nds)
YHF Mossad. Israel. numbers at 2300. (Boender-Netherlands)
Unid-Station broadcasts nonstop clicki ng sound, signal never
fades. first at 1803. (Boender-Netherlands)
MIW2Mossad.lsrael. numbers at 2218. (BoenderNetherlands)
FTJ Mossad.lsrael. numbers.also2626kHz.AMat 2300. (BoenderNetherlands)
ELFM7EIf/Soekor 011 Rlg .wllh message. "Good morning' Please
send repo rt by e-mail." 1I1300-baudpacket.a t 0519. (Bob HallRSA)
KPA2Mossad. Israel . numbers at 2220. (BoenderNetherlands)
Ur ud-Anotner clicking sound, at 11 37. [Boender-Nethertan ds)
ULX2Mossad Israel.numbersin AM. at 2301and 2203. (BoenderNetherlands)
Unin-BackwardsMusicStation."mysterious odditythatproduces
weird tones. at 2156. (Boender-Netherlands) Name apparently
comes from similarity to the backward noises in rock songs.
though it's nospecilictune. -Hugh
"Conlrol" Royal Navy training net. UK. at 0720. (Boender-Netherlands)
"Al "Conlrolling Dutch military tactical net. voice and RTTY. at
2134. (Boenuer-Ne therlandsl
Gander-Ai r routecontrol,Canada, with Reach6303(aUSAir Force
Air Mobility Command transport), at 0202. (Perron-MO)
Implicate-US Strategic Com mand, wo rk ing Nightwatch 01, airborne CPoat 0333. (Jeff Haverlah, TX) Zotu-145. -Hugh

5760.0
5788 0
58000

6485.0
6501.0
6577.0
6637.0
6683.0
6694 .0

6695.0

6706.0
6730 0

6738.0
6739.0

6757.0
6761 0
6870.0
6980.0

7337.0
7550.0
7831.0
7912.7
8231.0
84500
8600.0
8650.0
8660.0
8670.0
8690.0

Coast Guard Rescue 1503USCG HC 130. telling Canadian Forces.

Halifax Military. ot intent to return to basein Elizabelh City. at 0245.
(PerronMO)
Unid-Sparush tamale5ligurenumbers.in AM at 0228. (Gary NealTX)
UnldCWnumbersstation withmessage10 41 1.at 2030. (BoenderNelherlands)
ImpllcateUSStrategicCommand. calling Nightwatcli 01 at 0325.
WAR 46-US Joint Alternate CPo PA, working Nightwatch. the
airborne CP:went tolandlinealter copy wasbad.at0411. (HaverlahTX) l ulu- ISO. Hugh
Lincolnshire Poacher. British numbers. possibly Cyp ru s. also on
5422 kHz. at 2200. (BoenderNetherlands)
NMN-USCoastGuard.Chesapeake.VA. wealherat2351.(BoenderNetherlands)
New Yo rk-Air route control. NY. with Razor 65. at 0158. (PerronMO) Could bean FBl l1 ou: ot PeaseAFB. Hugh
Houston Radio-Rockwell/Collins LO OC. TX. with aircralt Cappy
103. at 021 4. (Perron-MO)
AndrewsUS Air ForceSpecial Air MissionCommnet.working SAM
300. a VIP ffighl. at 0432. (HaverlahTX)
Ori on 54US Navy anti-submarine aircralt from Oceana NAS. VA.
reporting"Spare5" in patchto 433- number. via Halifax Military. at
0013. (Perron-Mll)
Unid-"The Whales: ' a sweep-tone oddity that make s haunting ,
whale-likenoises, at 1934. (Boend er-Netherlands) There have been
"wnstes" on HF betote. Tiley always seem to pop upnearUS Navy
frequencies. Circuit noise, telemetry, or ???? -Hugh
GUYW-HMS Guern sey. UK. with Hotel 19, at 0945. (BoenderNetherlands)
Pa caf 01-Co mmander. US Pacific Air Force, in long patch via
Andrews Mystic Star. two generals conferring on upcoming exercises. Iater given F1 53 (8063), F220 (11181), f 287 (11226), and
FI 77 (unknown), a12000. (Perron-Mlr)
GUSRHMS Chaser. calling Architect (Royal Air f orce. UK). at
0826. (Boender Netherlands)
Oltut-US Air Force. OItUIt AF B. NE. controlling GHFS net for very
long EAM. at 0542. (HaverlahTX) Offutt is the first station being
converted toScope Command. butnetcontrol will eventually move
to Andrews. -Hugh
Implicate-US Strategic Command. calling Nightwatch 01 at 0326.
(Haverlah-TX) Zulu- 165. Hugh
Va riousweak air-to-air comms at 0341 and 1413. (HaverlahTX)
Unid-Spanishmale5-digitnumbers.at 0217. (CamCastillo-Panama)
llnid-Spanish female 5-digit numbers. interfering with new Radio
For Peace Internalional broadcast frequency. at 0200. (CastiuoPanama)
lincolnshirePoacher. numbers.also9251and 12603 kHz. at 2200.
(BoenderNetherlands)
Unid-Spanish female 5digit numbers. in AM at 0303. [CastinoPanama )
lmpucate-us StrategicCommand.working NightIVatch. nocopy on
response. at 0325. (HaverlahTX) l u/,, 170. Hugh)
9JZLusaka Air. traffic and weather in RTTY al 0430. (Hall-RSA)
Unid-CW numbers station. with "VW" marker. a12000. (Boender
Netherlands)
A9M-CW marker. at 0155. (Castillo-Panama)
OXZ2/0 XZ4 CW marker and Iraltic list. a12326. (Castillo-Panama)
SPE41/63-CW marker. at 0158. (Casnuo-Panama)
SPE42/61CW marker at 2318. (Castillo-Panama)
IAR-CW marker at 0201. TAH. CW marker at 2320. (CastiltoPanama)
EA03/EA044CW marker at 2325. (Castillo-Panama)

September 1998

MONITOR[NG TIMES

31

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8734.0
87430
8764 .0
8968.0

8971.0

89830

8992.0
90160

9251.0
9996.0
10000.0
10075. 0
10204 0

10900.0
11 175. 0

11 181.0

32

UtilityWorld Loggings (continued)

SVN42-Athens Radio, Greece, withvoice mirror,at2344. (BoenderNeth erlands)

SVN44-Athens Rad io,Greece, withvoice mirrorat 2339. (BoenderNetherlands)
NMN-US Coast Guard, Chesapeake,VA, weather at 2336. (BoenderNetherland s)
Reach 90532 -US Air Force Air Mobility Command C-17, in patch
throu gh Lajes, UK, to Charleston AFB, at 0155. Jaygo 42-US Air
Force, in patch to An drews VIP, given Mystic Star frequencies F752 (8047) and F-354 (1 1053), at 0220. (Perron -MD)
Bear 02-US Navy P-3, working Bluestar (US Navy anti-submarine
and drug interdiction, Puerto Rico) , regarding track of suspicious
vesse l near Haiti. at 0113. Bear 03-US Navy P-3, radio check with
Bluestar, who had relay from Shadow 01, regarding intercept of
Bear 03'scontact, at0523. Shadow 01 askingBluestarto go green
(secure voice mode), told that hiscircuit didn't have the capability,
at 0538. (Hug h Stegman-CAl Copper Pound03-Probab ly aP-3. in
Caribbeantrack ing net withBlu estar, reporting ai rbo rne withcrew
of 12. at 1137. Fighting Tiger 720-US Navy ASW, with V-1-K,
repo rting "Spare Group 2" at 1835. (Perron-MD) Thanks. everyone, for the to on Bluestar. The P-3 opsare getting intense onthis
frequency. -Hugh
Rescue 1718-US Coast Guard HC-130, Clearwater, FL, in phone
patch via Chesapeake to Miami Op eration s. regarding medical
evacuation lrom Cuban waters , at 2139. (Perron-MD)
Unknown-Possibly Portuguese Ai r Force, working Alpha 004 in
Portugu ese, at 0203. MacDili (AFB) relaying EAM to Hotshot at
2358. (Perron-M D)
WAR 46-US Joint Alternate CP, PA, worki ng Nig htwatch 01 . the n
went to Z150(5800), at 0206. Nightwatch 01 asking WAR46 for
phon e patches, which didn't con nect because the primary and
backup systems were both inoperative, at 0238. (Haverlah-TX)
Zuiu-175. -Hugh
LincolnshirePoacher,numbers. jammed, at 2200. (Boender- Netherlands)
RWM-Moscow, Russia, vlith time pips and 10, CW at 1958.
(Boender-Netherlands)
BPM-Xian,China.withtime signals and Morse ID,at2000. (BoenderNetherlands)
Cedar Rapids-Rockwell/Collin s LDOC, airpo rt weather at 0110.
(Perron-MD)
RootAlum-USStratcom,wo rkingNightwatch 01,at0046.Clean cutUSStratcom, callingNightwatch01, at0508. (Haverlah-TX) Zulu190. -Hugh
Unid Spanish male 5-figu re numbers at 0220. (Castillo -Panama)
MacDill-MacDili Global, US Air Force GHFS, FL, telling And rews
Global, Andrews AFB . the following: "Th is is MacDill, MacDil1.
signing off permanently at 2400 hou rs Zulu with over 50years of
service ," at 0000. (Lindsay C. Blanton-TX) See Utility World for
more onMacDilf. -Hugh.Lightbulb-USAirForce, given Nightwatch
net freq uencies of 2255 (unknown), Z210 (11229), and 2220
(132 45), al 0004. (Perron-MD) Z255 is most likely 17973 kHz.Hugh. AirEvac 4614-US Air Force C-141, patch Via MacD1 1i (when
there was a MacDilf -Hugh), requested billeting for two patients.
one distinguished visitor, 12 crew, and 65 passengers. Reported
position over northwest Caribbean. Sooner 85, a C-130, advisi ng
via Andrews AFB phone patch that the aircraft had toshutan engine
down, at 1844. Reach 007-US Ai r ForceAir Mobility Command C17, patch via Thule to Sigonella, Italy CP for 0300 arrival from
Bahrain, ca rgo and maintenancewriteup. at 0200. (Allan Stern-Fl.)
Sea Bass-US Strategi c Command , working Nightwatch 01 , also
using 901 6.0 (ZI75), 10204.0 (ZI90), and 13242.0 (Z215), at
1238. (Haverlah-TX) 11181 is Zulu-200. Hugh

MONITORING TIMES

Sepfembe, 1998

11187.0 Jaywalk-US Ai r Force, ca lling Boomtown , on "Charlie Bravo"

frequ ency, no response, at 1356. (Haverlah -TX)
11 21 4.0 Dark Star Mike-US Air Force, in phone patch to Okie Sam, via
Trenton Military (Canada) , at 11 35. (Perron-MO)
11244.0 Implicate-USStrategicCommand, askingThuleAirBase,Greenland,
lor Nightwatch 01 working frequ en cies. at 0330. Reputable-US
Stratcom , askingCrough ton (UK) for Nightwatch net freque ncies.
Crou ghton patchedhimto Nightwatch01 instead. Nightwatch told
himtoca llanumberat Offutt AFB, eventua llyCroughtonconnected
himto "Stratcom Command Center," who asked wh ichnet hewas
Iryin g to enter. Eventually, another patch, at which point stations
fad ed . All this started at 0506. Accompany-U S Stratcom , tried to
raise Offutt Global, then answered Mainsail (all station call) Irom
what sounded like "Log Ro ll." Tried to move "Log Ro ll" to 2175
(901 6 kHZ), but couldn't, all this starting at 1801. Big Ranch -US
Stratcom, with 26-character EAM, just before McClellan Global's
scheduled transmission of same, at 2316. (Haverlah-TX)
11 267.0 Unid-two female US Air Force operators, different stations, both
with same, unusually long, EAMan d steppingall over one another,
at 2018. (Stern-FL)
11 545.0 Lincolnshire Poacher, numbers, at 1900. (Boender-Netherland s)
13375 0 LincolnshirePoacher,numbers at1500,1600,and 1700. (B oenderNetherlands)
14000.0 "Frank You ngPeter"-Numbers at 1400 an d 1700. (Boender-Netherlands) Attention, ham band intruder watch. -Hugh
14405.0 UN High Commission for Refugees, possible Swahili message,
menti onedJoh annesberg,RSA,inpactorat1043. UNHCR,Kinhasa,
withFrenchlanguageadm inistral ive trafficin pactor at1240. (HallRSA )
14432 .0 PIT, Lumumbashi, with Fren ch language traffic to Renni es Cargo
Terminal, then several personal Telexe s, in ARQ at 0950. (HallRSA)
14487.0 Lincolnshire Poacher, numbers at 1400 and 1700. (BoenderNeth erlands)
14686.0 Atlas-US Customs Service. TX, with aircraft 19 Charlie and 20
Charlie. at 1805. (Perron-MD)
14698.0 "1-A-V" -US Navy, withcoded traffic and EAM . at 1742. (HaverlahTX)
14996 0 RWM-Moscow, Russ ia, with time pips and ID, CW at 0630.
(Boender-Nethe rla nds)
15049.0 "W-6-R ," with two EAMs. second of which was passed with note
thatitem seven was garbled, at 1427. (Larry Van Horn-NC)
15097.0 Nightwatch-USAir Force jointairborneCP, inradio checkwith High
Key, on "2240" freq uency, at 1950. (Perron-MD)
16995 0 Unid on-line encrypted traffic, RITY, at 121 0. (Boender-Netherlands)
17445.7 5YE-Nairobi Meteorological, Kenya, rebroadcastingMeteo Fran ce
weather chart, fax at 1600. (Hall-RSA)
18597.5 Spanish Embassy, Kinshasa, Zai re. with encrypted traffic in code
not seen betore, ARQ at 0747. (Hall-R SA)
18667.9 JMSFM-Egyptian Embassy. Madrid, traffic to Cairo MFA in both
FECand AR Qmodes, at 1600. (Hall-RSA)
201797 RFFI C-Marine Sirpa Paris, French language traffic tor several
routes. in arq -e3at 1142. (Hall-RSA)
20439.0 RYAD-Fre nch embassy, Riyadh , Saudi Arabia, coded arq6-90
traffic for routing via RD HX. at 1630. (Peter Thompson-UK)
20633.7 RFFINDI. French Navy, arq-e3 traffic on posi tions 01 Indian Ocean
Fleet, for RFFIC. Marine Sirpa Paris.andvia RFVIFLR (F.S. Floreal),
at 1507. (Thompson-U K)
20856.6 RFQP-French Navy, Djibouti, arq -e3 traffic for "ControledeVo le,'
with DJK routing (through Dakar, Senegal). at 131 7. (ThompsonUK)

Baudot and Beyond

~--------'-Bob Evons

reevam@inlerlog.rom
www.lololnel/ -fevoll5/

Addressing ACARS

n this month' s column we"1I take a break

fro m our exa mina tio n u f HF mo des and

foc us on one of the newer V HF modes
ins tead: ACARS - Aircraft Com municatio ns
Addressing an d Rep oning Sy ste m.
During peak air traffi c peri od s. over 1.00 0
commerc ial tl ight s may be fou nd ju st in the
skies ove r No rth Am er ica a lone. Air traffic
co ntrol cente rs o pe rated by the Federal A viation Ad mi nistrat ion (fA A) in the United S tates

and NAVCanada in Canada aTC entrusted

with the gargantuan task of air traffic command and co ntrol man agement . No less oncr -

nus an undertaking is the myriad of voice

contacts between flight deck crews and ground
control lers/flight ope rations managers tha t
keep the airb orn e fleet flyi ng sa fely and efficiently .
Much of the voice contact traffic in the
past was devoted to describing routine air c raft maneuvers suc h as push hac k from the
ga te. tuke off. landing and gate ar riva l at the
de stination . Added In this we re mess age s o n
air cra ft pe rformance, fuel con sumpt ion, po
sition reports, e tc. Voice co ntac ts general ly
requ ire that the message recei ver repeat the
message content in its e ntirety so that the
se nde r ca n co nfirm successfu l trun smi sston.
As flight e ng inee rs were elimi nated from
the [light dec ks of mar ty a ircraft. the rep ort ing
pan o f their job now fell to the pilot s and
copil ot s. making the need 10 find a method to
handle the se routine air/ground co mm unication s ev en more c ritical .
Th e ACARS sol utio n was developed and
imp lem ented for the a via tion industry by
AR INC (Ae ronautica l Radi o Inc. ) in the mid
1970 ' s. T he sys tem W :'IS designed to cu t down
on flight crew wo rk load by utilizing computcrs on board aircraft and at gro und faci lities to
ex cha nge routine reports and me ssages. Howeve r, it look nearly two de cades for computer
tec hnology a nd eq uipment cost effectivene ss
to ca tc h lip w ith the rea lity.
W hi le no t eve ry a irline c arrie r is ACARSequ ipped a nd not all a ircraft in the fleet may
be outfitte d. the number of aircra ft utilizing
the sys tem is grow ing sig nificantly. AC ARS
is now a sta ndard pack age on all new Airbus
and Boein g del ive ries.

What is ACARS?
ACARS is the acronym for Aircraft Commu nicati ons Addressing and Re porting System . Thi s system is an air/ground network
wh ich enables airc raft to functi on as mob ile
computer terminals linked to a gro und -based
comm and and control man agement sys tem.
Information co llect ed from sensors onboard
ACA RS equipped ai rcra ft is aut omatically
tra nsfe rred by VH F radio link to ACARS
ground faci litie s . It is the n relayed via the
grou nd statio ns to a centra l co m pute r processor whe re the data is co nve rted into interai rline ope ra tiona l mes sage s throu gh the
AR INC E lectro nic Swi tchi ng System (E SS).
O ver 9 million ACARS messages are
curre ntly pro cessed in any give n mo nth.

ACARS Components
T h ree maj or c le me nts c o m p rise th e
ACA RS Ne two rk.
1. T he Airborne Subsys tem (onboard the
a ircra ft). which co nsists of the Managemcn t a nd Control unit s.
2. T he AR INC Ground Sy stem, consis ting
of the ACA RS VHF Remote Ne tworks.
the ACARS Front-end Processor System
(A FE PS) and the AR INC Elec tronic
Sw itching System (ESS).
3. The Air Carrier C ~ (Co mma nd and Control) and Manage ment Subsystems which
include gro und-bas ed flight operations.
main ten ance centers. di spatch offices. etc..
of the various airlin e carriers who are
ACARS -equ ipped.

I. ACARS traffic occ urri ng immediately

after departure.
2. ACARS traffic from high a ltitude flight s
c rossing the Center' s Ri ght Infonnation
Region .
3. AC ARS traffic fro m a ircraft on a pproach
to land .
T he ge nera l rule of thumb regarding di stant ACA RS tran sm ission s is that if VHF
vo ice transmissions ca n be hea rd fro m your
locat ion. yo u \\!i11 also be ab le to receive
AC ARS traffic fro m the same location .
ACAR S transmi ssion s fro m airc raft 011
the gro und will not generally be audib le unless yo u live withi n sight of a major airpo rt.

What Equipment Do You Need?

T o mo nito r ACA RS transmission s yo u
require a VH F sca nne r/receiver capable of
tun ing the AM Airc ra ft ba nd ( 118.00 MH z to
136.00 MH z). A suitable VH F an te nna is a lso
required . Whil e tabIe top scanner/receivers
are preferred , they certainly arc IH)t necess a ry.
Th ere 'Ire seve ra l standa lone and C0l11
puterre lated decoder s available to the ACARS
monit or today. Most unit s are re latively incxpen sive (u nde r S200) and do a n adequate job
of decoding airborne traffi c.
For further information on ACA RS a nd
othe r dig ita l mod es. plea se see my web site at :
www.interlog .com/-rcc\anslradio/
4

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What Can You Monitor?

For most ACA RS mon itors (ex cept those
livin g within clo se proximity to a major ai rPOTt). tra nsmi ssion s from the aircraft ' s airbor ne subsyste m are audi ble only when the
airc ra ft is ac tually air bo rne . On good VHF
propagation days . wit h aircraft flying at Flight
Lev el s FL350 and above, yo u can ex pect to
recei ve trans miss io ns from up to 300/400
mi les a way .
Ge nera lly these tran sm issions fall into
one of thrcc broad ca teg ories :

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Shortwave Broadcasting
Glenn Hauser, P.O. Box 16B4-MT, Enid, OK 73702
Emoil:<gholJSel@ho/moilrom>; fox: (5BD}233-294B, AIT: Houser

The Problem with Digital Shortwave

Ernie Behr of Onta rio, Canada, offers the following opinion :
"l ' vc been listening to shortwave radio for nearly 45 ye ars, but I
ne ve r hea rd suc h horri ble a udio before 1996. Radio Nethe rlands ,
Radi o Can ada Intern ational and HCJ B are a mong the wors t, te rribly ovc rmo dulated. with wide splatte r and click ing sounds between
ea ch word, apparen tly due to poor audio processing. and tinnysounding d igita l pho ne lines. In fact, the audio qu a lity of RN , RCI
a nd HCJ B is so bad. one ca n bare ly understand pho ne conversations, even whe n the signa ls are 50 ove r S9 on my R ~ 5 0 00 rece iver .
"According to RN, ' the biggest differ en ce w ill co me as we
mo ve to complete ly di gital AM . It should then be possible to make
SW sound like FM -m ono .' Don ' t count on it. My pred icti on is. this
will put SW radi o back into the stone age. It will a lso be the end of
OX ing. Band wid th for these d igi tal sig nals w ill be 2 0 ~ 30 kHz, a nd
we can e xpec t a horri ble mess on the SW bands. ca using listen er s
to leave in droves.
"Can you imagine 30 kiiz wide signals on SW ? (20 kHz if only
o ne digita l side band is tran sm itted). SW Ls a nd D Xe rs should be lip
in arms about these future plans. and a massive protest should be
organ ized agai nst d igi tal SW BC . by OX cl ubs, SW L magazines,
etc.. be fore it is too late and the SW band s are rui ned forev er: '

Bob Za nott i of Swi tze rland sheds so me light on the ca se : "T he

proble m may we ll be in the aud io proce ssing now w idely in use by
SW stations. II' s a ver y sophis ticate d. state-of-the-art processor
ca lled the O rban 9 105a (they have a Web site) . T his is a modernization of the old Voice of A merica audio c lipper of theCold Wa r days.
All the ' big boys ' arc using it today, inc lud ing BBC, RN, Deutsc he
Welle (DW) . Norway. Swe den, Finland. Radi o France International , Austria. and the VOA itself.
"T he re's one big hitch: the O rba n produces an incredibl y
punch y. high-le vel au dio signal, a nd if the tra nsmitter is old or
impro pe rly adj usted. serious splatte r and /or poor-so undi ng modulation will resul t. Eve n the usually carefu l and reliable OW has had
splatter trouble bec ause of the Orb an .
" I' ve ha d a hands -o n e xpe ri e nce w ith th e 9 105a i n
Sc hwarzenburg , a nd I ca n te ll you it' s fa ntastic. But if it ' s not set up
properly, it sounds awfu l a nd is act ua lly co unterproduc tive. T he
year 1996 has been menti oned as the turn ing point in audio/
modul ation prob lem s at some stations. and thi s in ex actly the per iod
whe n the Or ba n 9 105a caught on."
I' ll bet that ex pla ins the splatte r from 2 1505 to 2 1770 put out by
RN-Bonaire 2 1590 in Dut ch for a Worl d Cup ga me at 2030 -2130.
Sec a lso N EW ZE ALAN D (gh)

two station stickers. and a schedule.

AUSTRALIA Revival of 21740 (see Shortwave Guide for revised RA schedule-ed) , used
"II t remember correctly I sent 51 US. 1 International Reply Cou pon (IRC), and one
atprevious sunspot peak. isabighelp in NAm. including Feedback UT Sat 0005-0030
postcard 01 Clevelan d. Ohio. about 60 days ago. My report was sent to him airmail.
opening with the Kookaburra call seldom heard elsewhereon RA(gh)
but not registered. Ke mstates in part that hewas pleased I enjoyed the'Khmer song
Former RadioAustraliatransmitters areupfor sale.Ase niorFederal Minister says
and music program.' The transmitters are old and they have no spare parts.so the
themajo r shortwave transmitters near Da rw in are being sold. Government leader in
'output power can not reach theoriginallevel."
theSenate. Robert Hill. says theshortwave facility at theCox Peninsula was closed
Schedule indicates 1360 kHz and 11940:
last year because it is no longe r relevant to Southeast Asia. He told theSenate that
English
000000 15 a nd 1200 -1215
Southeast Asia has myriad commu nication alternatives and there is no longer the
french
00 150030 a nd 1215-1230
need lor theRadio Australia shortwave broadcasts
Thai
00 300045 a nd 1230-1245
~ I t was our opinion that areas into Southeast Asia nolonger required shortwave
lao
00 450 I00 a nd 1245-1300
because 01 access to communications through more popular methods - normal
Vietnamese
0 10001 15 and 1300- 1315
(Lee Silvi. OH, Cumbre OX)
radio being an obvious example" (RA website via Pete Costello)
CANADA As01 theend 01June, Canadian Forces Network.as weknowit, disappearedBELARUS R. Minsk moved 0400-0600 broadcast for Eu rope to 0100-0300, so is it now
the en d of CFN programme productionat RCI . Therewasa debate inthe Depa rtment
lor NAm? On 7210, 11 670, Englishat 0200 MfWlF/S/S (Pan/view, BU lgaria)
of National Defence asto howbest tobroadcast totheForcesoverseas. It wasdecided
[non] Dueto the lack 01 aIree press in Belarus. a Radio Free Belarus will beset
to put the whole thing out to tender. DND apparently wanted about twice as much
upthisautumn in Poland to broadcast onMWIromBialystok. withapproval of Polish
government andrumored USbacking;theBelarus government objects (Polish press
programming asbefo re, and were willing to pay about halftheamountof money.
Under those terms. RCIdidn't even bother to tender. I wouldn't besurprised il they
reports via BBCM )
just cobble together some bits trom vario us commercial stations. Of course, that
BDUGAINVILLE Radio Free Bnupainvillehas been used for communications recently. not
means theend of CFN programmingnot onlyonRCl's satellite channels. butalsoon
broadcasting . but broadcasting isaboutto resume. It isknowncntheislandas simplv
shortwave.
Radio Free and it will serve asthe voice of the independence movementduring the
RC I has anewOSL ca rd.thefirst since1995.showingsome RCMP ontheir 125th
next several months, explaining and promoting its inte rests on 3865 kHz AM
anniversary (Bill Westenhaver. RCI)
modulation.09001100UTC withabout80watts.Whilethetransmiller siteisremote.
CANADA [non] Phillip P. Koneswaran. Vice Presithey are now able with the cease lire to go into
dent & Operations Manger lor Radio Asia Canada,
town to getsupplies, sotheir previous tue! probAll times UTe; AI/frequencies kH z; before hr = sign
[whodoestheEnglishnewscast at 2100himself -gh1
lemsmight ease. Lookfor RFBto stayonthrough
Oil,
af ter Irr = sign off; II = parallel programming;
gave me an extensive look at the background and
the year asthe island moves towards permanent
+ ;; continuing but not monitored; 2 x f req = 2nd
plans 01RAC. Radio Asia Canada had its origin asa
peace (Sam Voron. Australia. Cumbre OXCopylocal program airedfor half anhouronCHOW1470
right Hans Johnson)
harmonic; J.98=May. Seplj Z.98;;.Summer season; ll'CAMBODIA National Radio of Cambodia. Received a
98=lVinler season; [ noll} = Broadcastto orfo r the listed in 1990. This resulted in their application for 1670
kHz. which theCanad ian Radio-Television and Telehand- written. personalized. full page letter Irom
country, but not necessarily originating there.
com municationsCom mission(CRTC)deniedearlier
"Kern Yam. Director of International Relations."

34

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Septembe, t 998

Rad io Asia Canada

World Senlce

RAe

ONLINE
Asiatigue R ad io C an ada

'1Iringing Canada to the World"

this 'lear. tn 1995 they began making plans for an international service. Tile lirst
shortwave broadcasts took place in January of this year. with three hours 01

programming per week towards AsiafromVoiceof Russiatransmitters. Aswitchto

prog rams towards North America wasmade May 10th when transmitters operated
by Merlin Communications in theU.K. were used for one week. Coverag e was not
satisfactorybutthenacontact withDeutscheTelekomresultedinthemove toJOhch.
Germany. These transm itters are putting a verygood signal into North America.
Totalairtimeis now8 hours perday. InOctoberthis snoutc increase10 12hours
per day. The current shortwave schedule is:
Tamil
2000-2100
15560
Eng
2100 2200
15560
Tamil
2200-OO
11975
Tamil
OO-0200
9560
Tamil
02000400
9855
Radio AsiaCanadaalsohasplans toaddanumber 01 otherlanguagesinOctober.
includingRussian. German. fr ench, Spanish andanAfricanlanguage.RAC's goal is
to represent Canadato the world and if this sounds like a goal thatRCI would also
have.itshouldcomeasnosurprisethatRAC has beentalkingtoRC I. They arehoping
locooperatewithRCI inprogramming,but nothingisconclusiveyet. Mr. Koneswaran
was enthusiastic lor RAC to be aCanadian voice to the world. The North American
audie nceisgrowing .judging from listenerscontacting thestationand thepopularity
of talk showsthat areaired. In North Americathere are 250.000to 300,000 people
with Tamil roots. according to Mr. Koneswaran.
Due to aban imposed bytheSriLankan govern ment. it is not possible for news
10be obtained fromtheSLBC. Announcers come fromToronto,but RAC hasoffices
in anumber of countries. Studios in France, Germany and Switzerland contributea
small amount of local programmi ng (Harold Sellers, OXOf/tario)
Is RAG a terrorist operation? asks Ernie Behr, who points out that Radio Asia
Canada openly sym pathizes with the"Liberatron Tigers of Tamil Ham" (LTIE) , one
of the world'smost bruta l terrorist groups, responsible far horrific atrocit iesin Sri
Lanka. Co mpared to LTi E, the PlO and Hamas arelikeboyscou ts.
Says Benr. Canada has been a sale have n for Tamil terrorists since 1987 when
many at thesebogus"refugees" arrived here. Mostof themhavesernec in Toronto
and it is no secret that they finance the anti-government terror in Sri Lanka with
Canadian drug money.
Germany is another major base for I arml terronsts. who havealso attacked the
Deutsche Welle relay station in Sri Lanka. OTK in Julien. which sells shortwave
airtimeto Radio AsiaCanada. is apparently unaware of theterrorist connection, and
it is surprising that theSri Lankan government hasn't protested to theGerman and
Canadianauthorities. I suspect they don't even know about the RAC broadcasts or
theGermantransmittersite. RadioAsiaCanada. 15560. has alongEnglish newscast
at 2100-2159 (Ernie Behr. Onl .)
A few days later RAe startedcalling itself in English. "Hadio Voice 01Canada."
What righi does thisprivate immigrant staten without alicense inCanadaitself.have
to represent theenti re country vs. RCI ? (gh)
CHILE VozCristiana added moreand moretransmittersin July. heard at various times
not only on 21 550. but 11 890, 11 690. 15375. 21500. 17680. and announced
addresses in Miami (gh)
COLOMBIA LaVal de101 Resistencia. FARC clandestine, heard on aSunday t4101430
on 6259.4 with polit ical comments and revolutionary songs; says ir s operated by
FARC's Comando Conjunlo dec ccc ente andalso has stereoFM 106.9Saturdays at
5pmlocal(Rafael RodriguezR., Colombia) Also1800-1900intermittently on 6260v
(variable) (BBCMonitoring)
Rdil. Nacional. 4955. has anEng lish program. On Line with f ernando Camelc.
Tue-Sat 0200-0300. genuinely interested in reception reports, some publishedin
monthly glossy program bulletin (Henrfk Klemetz. Colombia, OSWCI OX Window)
COSTARICARfPI'smirrorsite,belonging.orgisdown,andmaybeforsometime .Please
go 10 the original Site, which includes a profile of gh from the April issue01VISTA:
hll p://www.clark,neVpub/cwilkins/rlpi (Joe Bernard. RfPI Mailbag)
More RFPI news from James Latham on another Mailbag: The supe r Quad for
6975-AM is 58 teet longand mounted180 feet high. Tried 6980first. butsignalwas
too stronq in Tasmania. RFPI plans to put all programming onlive stream Internet
byyearend (viagh)FIRE (Feminist InternationalRadioEndeavor) programmingwas
dropped by RFPIin mid-Julydue to "irreconcilabledifferences" with theproducers

(RFPII

CZECHREPUBLIC A. Pragueannounced thatan agreement has been reachedallowing it

to continue Spanish and other languages through the end 01 1999 (Jorge Aloy,
Argentina. LosGuatro Vlentos)
ERITREA(non) ClandestinefromSUDAN:9229.7, Radio volceot FreeEritrea,1535Arabic
10 Hazih Il a'at sawl Eritreaal-Hora. Sal'ltal-Shabal-EriteryalMonadel,SalVt alHak
l'Iaal-Horia IVa al-Karama. Sswt at Ahrar wa st-snoau ; SarA al-Tahatot al-Watany
alEritery(Thisis Radio Voiceof FreeEritrea,Voice cttne Eritrean People's Struggle.
Voiceof theTruth,Freedomand Dignity,Voiceof the Free andHonorableMen, Voice
of theEritrean National Alliance). f ollowed by areading of theholy Duran. schedule
given as 31 mb at 6:30-7 p.m. local Eritrea time. 1542 main news and commentary
about the Entrean-Ett nopian unresolved border dispute and renewed fighting between the1\'/0 nations. Poetryat 1557and folkchant, 1603newsbrief with 10 1605".
Thestationstartstransmissionat 1500inanEritreanvernacular till 1535where they
shift to Arabic. SINPO 33433. Immediately followedby:
Clandestinefrom SU DAN : 9229.7. Radio Voice 01The Truth. At 1605 interval
signal (IS) of machinegun fire, male 10 (Arabic) trs'stSawt alHai. Sawt Harakit al
Jehad al-Isfamy al-Eritery (Radio Voice of The Truth, Voiceof the Eritrean Islam ic
'Jenad' Movement). 1615 a bitter commentary about Afwerki but loyal to the
governorsinKhartoum . At 1620religious commentary then1627political view point
01thePeople's Armedf orcesFront. 1635' end transmission withrepeat of schedule
and 10 with IS machinegun lire. SINPO 33433 (Mahmud saladin K. Fathi, Egypt,
CumbreD.x)
IRAQBaghdadwasheard hereinl ondonon 11788(ex- 11785) withArabicat 1945.When
I checked thefrequencyagain at 2020 German was in progress, and at 2100, after
some"pips" andmusic. English. Modulationwasclear,without thedistortionthathas
previously plagued this station, but there was a noticeable transmitter hum and.
althoughmusical items were easyto listen10, speech was much weaker and difficult
to follow. Therewas aRMfrom Qatar on11785. It is not clear whether Baghdadhas
"drifted" to 11788 or deliberately moved because of Qatar (Roger Tidy, England,
WORLDOFRADIO)
KURD/STA N V. 01 the People of Kuroistan set up website: http://www.aha.ru/-said/
dang.htm(Clandestine Radio Watch)
MALTA [non]. V. of the Mediterranean, via Russia, 12060, 1900-2000 English news,
features, 10. English is on Sat-Thu only. Into Arabic at 2000 and Koran (Brian
Alexander, PAl
MA URITIUS MBChadafeasibility studyon resumi ngSWto Mau ritians abroad with 100
kW: butnewtechnologies would be cheaper: SSB digital SWBC, or radio via internet
(MBCvia Tony Vaughan. British OXClub)
MONGOLIA VOMs English to Australia. 12101240 on 12085, made it also to NAm on
certainmidsummer days; amailbagappeared oneTuesday, but not thenext, at 1225
(gh. Joe Hanlon, l arry Russell)
NEWZEALAND RNZI MailboxMan at0430 on 17675, better at 1130on 6100 included
another interview with RNZI Chief Engineer Dave Henderson by Adrian Sa insbury
about digital transmissioncomingtoSW.Saysit'sQuitetolerant01multi-pathintests
up to three hops, but no tests yet aboul short-path and long-path arriving simultaneously. ls about 23 years away from starting.
Signal level required lor high-Quality audio is significantly less with digital than
analog-l /4of thevoltageinreceiver, or 1/16 of thepower (output transmitted), so
RNZl's single 100kW transmitter should be excellent for all the Pacific. Includes
feature bywnicn receiverscanautomaticallychangefreQuencywhenastationsignals
it is about to chang e: readouts canbeused forany purpose, such as name of station,
name of recordbeing played. upco mingprog ramming, etc. RNZI will probably start
sooner rather than later. in order to ens ure a good signal for relaying by Pacific
broadcasters, preferably at firstwith acombination digital andanalogtransmission,

DX Listening Digest
More broadcasting information bycountry compiled
by Glenn Hauser

Review of International Broadcasting

SW Programming, op inion, equipment, satellite moniloring.
Samples $2 .50 each (outside North America US $3 or 6 IRCs)
10 issue SUbscriptions$26 in USA, or both for $49
Glenn Ha user, Box 1684MT, En id, OK73702

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the Global Forum (continued)

i1allowed (via gh, Review OfInternational Broadcasting)

The cuts we are to suffer from August: Ou r large stafl of 12 will reduce to 9.
Dedicated programmes for South Pacificislandsreduced from 11 to 5 hoursdaily at
breakfast. Domestic radio will fill the gap. Hours will becut by two. closing at 1010
instead of 1205. Future of Mailbox uncertain (Adrian Sainsbury, RNZI)
NICARAGUA R. Miskut. 5770. is nowputting 500 watts of RF into the ante nna; new
equ ipment has beeninstalled. Government troopsoccupied the station briefly in an
effort to prevent broadcast of news of a rebellion in Mismu na. But operationshave
been restored and there is no longe r any interference with broadcasting. Sked is
approximately 1200-0230, to be expanded in evening; reports are wanted (John
Freeman, Tech Systems . June 21)
Checked June22at1121, found weak butsteady open carrier, and programming
started1126 on USB. still audible at 1200(gh)
NIGERIA [non]. The Wednesday prog ram viaWHRA 15460 at 2100-2200 is/was Ogene
Ndigbo Radio, a projectof the Eastern Mandate Union-Ab road and theWorld Igbo
Council: P.O. Box 91425, Washington, DC 20059 (Ugo Anakwenze .
ree.radio.shortwave)
PARAGUAY Attheinauguration of anew studio, R. Nacional reported they plan afore ign
service in English, German, French (Levi Iverson, NUvia Be-OX)
POR TUGAL Due to conflict in Guinea-Bissau, ROP International expanded SW to there
with relay of Lisbon station on 101 .5, RDP Africa, on 13745 and 21655 M-F 06002400, Sat/Sun 0700-0100(Carlos L. R. de Assuncao. viaNoli! Gree n, BCOX) The
highe r channel could be heard in NAm allthe way to sign-off, a good oropacatlonal
sign (gh)
SA /PAN KHB I is beingsoldbyHerald Broadcastingto RadioFree Asia, price undisclosed,
and Herald will retain some airtime for Christian Science proTHE W0 RLD grams (Christian Science Monitor via Jim Moats) RFA had
already been buying lots of time on KH BI; when Monitoradio
quit, KHBI was for sale, thennotfor salewhilethiswas pending
(gh)
SOMALIA Sam Va ron plans at yearend to take at leasttwo5watttransmitterswithcrystalsfor3999toremote townsstarved
for informatio n so they can have radio stations of their own
(Cumbre OXCopyright Hans Johnson )
SRILANKA SlBG has anew we bsite withlotstoread and many
Rea lAud io links: http://www.infolanka.com/people/sisira/
or T11 r ell R1ST [ \ x slbc.html (Andy Sennitt. DSWCI OX Window Caught in the
SC I !: ' !: ': .\I O \" I T O R Web)
SUDAN [non] Clandestine, 6999.9, from ER ITREA? Radio
Vo ice ofFreedom and Renewal.6999.9. Ataround1545aSu danese tribal folk song
started and lasted for 15 minutes. ' 1600 IDby a female voice(Arabic) Iza'at Sawt al
Horia waal-Tagded,ashort march and Sawt allntifidah st-Stu'biaal-Mosalaha, ssw:
Nedal af-Shab a/-Sudany al-Mosalah (Radio Voice of Freedomand Renewal, Voiceof
The People's Armed Uprising, Voice of TheSudanese Armed Struggle).Then amale
voice, Sawt Kuwat al-Tahalof al-Sudanyah (Voice of The Sudan Alliance Forces) .
Schedule given as7MHz, 7pmto8 pm. local Suda nlime. Station is heavily jammed
bythe Sudanese government agents apparantly, with call sign Mahdom---there are
threeor maybe four stations. Onecan ha rdly followacompleteprog ram. Concluded
at 1703 with news briel and 10. SINP0\22332 (Mahmud Saladin K. Fat hi. Egypt,
coma e OX)
V. of Sudan, som etimes jammed byOmd urman,0400-0500 and 16001700 daily
inArabicwith occasional English on8000v; E-mail sudanvoice@um ma.org{BBCM)
SWEDENWe'reexperimentingwith saving themost
recent RealAudio file of
theprogram containing
MediaScan. This means theentire English half hour, soyou would have toscrolluntil
around 15 minutesinto theprogramtoget toMediaScan.lt will probably be available
the dayafter the broadcast. The direct URL is: http://www.sr.se/rs/media/sound s/
scdx.ram Or you can download it with FTP Irom: http://www.sr.se/ralll es/rs/
pmq ram/scdx.ra(MediaScan)
TAHITI R. Tahiti missing from 15170 again for a few weeks (Bryan Clark, New Zealand;
Randy Stewart, MO) Heard WYFR instead around0500 (gh)
TIBfT lnon] RadioFree Tibet onInterval Signals Archive. Hearaclea r recordingofthenew
clandestine station Radio Free Tibet signing -on. at the Interval Signals Archive
website. tn the External Services section,thesitealsonow incorporates links to the
web pages of thefeatured radio stations/broadcasters. Anothernew feature is the
"Vintage Clips" section. which includes interval signals and announcements from
days gone by.Thewebsite has many add itional sound clips of interval signals and IDs
at: http://www.blinlernet.com/- dkernick/index.htm(Dave Kernick)

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UK 0 GBAN I TheChancellor of theExchequer has announced he is makingavailable

an extra44megapoundsforthe BSC World Service overthenextIhreeyea rs (Roger
Tidy, England; and Ray Woodward, British DX Club)
Among thenames onthisyear's Queen's Honours List were som ebroadcasting
figures:veteranDJJohnPeel,OBE ,whosaidhe hoped itwouldget himaseasonticket
toAnfield: BBC DirectorGeneral SirJohn Birtgetsaknighthood (BBCNews webpage
via Larry Nebron)
Rad io London(Big L) will bebroadcastingontheMerlin One network (shortwave
on three wave bands) from August. 17002300 on Saturday nights only. Radio
London will be broadcasting its usual 1960s format from the studios of EAP in
Frintcn-un Sea, Essex (East AnglianProductions via Dave Kenny, British OX Club)
USA WWBS Hereiswhat CharlesJosey told CumbreOXabout thestatus of thestation
heisbuilding: Whilerunn ing aload throughthe transmitter,avacuu mcapacitor went
baa ,takingwithit several other parts.Antennahasbeen assembled andisontheroof,
butwe still need to get acrane to erect it. It is pretty hotto be working up thereright
now. We expect it to take amonth or two to have everything ready. Another reason
that we are waitingis that thecontract wehave withthepowe r company has usata
rateor 15cents akilowatt hour, but thiswill cropin afewmonths toless than 4ce nts.
Our initial tests will be with justtheexciter at750wattsonthisschedu le-11910 kHz
at2300-0000 and11905kHzat0000-0400.Weare talking withtheFCCabout getting
anotherclear freque ncy inthis band. We havequiteafewreligiousprogram cassette
tapes already hereatthe station,about 40 hours worth. Our plan to is begoingwith
reqular transmission s by Octobe r (via Hans Johnson Copyright Cumbre OX)
BrotherStair via Germanymoved from3945 to3955 and3975.I heard thathe cited
complaints from North American amateurs as the reason. It seems that the3945
usage was at the recomm endation of BrotherStair's US consultant, who has now
learned alessonintherealitiesof European frequency selection. I doubt that theFCCI
ARRL intervention had theclout thatits promoters claim or assume. Far morelikely
isthefact that the nearby utility fre quencyor 3943.5is registered for and used bythe
Frenchmilitary(Bob Zanotti, HB9ASa, Berne, Switzerland) Subsequentlymost ofthe
DTK relays of B.S. including 75m were dropped (Kai Ludwig )
I askedBrother Stair about the possibility of buying WRNO. He gave this reply,
"Will not buyWRNO andnever work with Mr Baker inhis perversion of the truth. He
will notget that station to work." (BrotherStair, Thomas Dixon) [latter refers to the
supposed Honduran setup]
After the item inlast month's column was setandupon theinsistenceof Rev. Mr.
R. Wm. Steltemeier. President of EWTN, Owen Williamson decided to retract the
statements hemadein the lead item in ourApril column.
We suggest that readers consult the National Catholic Reporterarticle which
prompted thecomments, "Mahonyappeals to Romeabout Angelica";
http://www .natcath.com/archives{013098{01309Se .htm(9h)
The June 20 Spectrum, 0200 UT Sunday on WWCR 5070 , was the final show
(GeorgeThu rman, TX) Vague plans formed to return with revampedshowin thefall
on WGTG-2. Keep an eye on their website hllp://speclrum.orn.com (Jim Wishner,
PeteCastello, Hans Johnson)
WGTGisadvertisingtime forsaleat550anhour;and Dave Frantz isalso interested
insigningup"liberal" programs such asthose carried onRFPI.Another surpriseFCC
inspection of WGTG has taken place, the fou rthin ayear, andonce againthey found
nothing wrong. Dave believes these are politically motivated, but in fact increasethe
station 's standingas techn icallyapproved bytheFCC . It may be another twomonths
before the second transmitter is on theair, and three and four are in the planning
stages. The new trans mitter is equipped to use anyof several digita l systems once
astandard is decided upon (Glenn Hauser)
WBCO, Allan Weiner'snewSW stationinMaine.'ThePlanet," planstostarttesting
the2ndor3rdweekof August ontheoldpirate frequency of741 5(Scott Becker,Free
Radio NetworkGrapevine) Abcok-in-prcqress onthe netgoesintooffshorerad ioand
Weiner: http://www.freebornjohn.nel(gh)
The "C" segment of VOA Communications World became audiblein NAm when it
was switched to 1936on Sat, 15580 with "6" moving to 21 36 (gh)
ZANZIBAR Do yourememberthemai lingof M. scnoecn informing usthathereceived a
OSL-Ietter from Voice of Tanzania Zanzibar in which they appealed to the OXcomunityto dosome printingof ost-carcsv I havetaken upthis challengeand sent
themapackage of some100colour QSL ca rds. One of thesecardsarrivedback here
after a trip of 10 weeks. It was accompanied bya kind leiter from Abdulrah'man M.
Said in which he expressed his thanksand stated that 'this will mark another erato
Radio DX Listeni ngClu bs' beca usethey will beable to supplytheneeded cards. So
if you want a OSL-card from Sa uti ya Tanzan ia Zanzibar, write now! (Gu ido
Schotmans. OXAntwerp)
...Untilthe Next. Best of OXand 13 deGlenn!
http://www.angelfire.com/ok!worldotradio

0000 UTe on 9022

IRAN: Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran. English/Arabic newscasl. Holy
Koran recit ations to 0300; English on 9685 at 011 1. (Ronald A. Perron . Glen
Burnie, MO)
0000 UTC o n 6010
ITALY: RAI. Italia n program on easy-listening music, If (parall el) 9760 ,
11800. (Bob Fraser, Cohasset. MA; Perron , MO: Micha el C. McCarty,
Galloway, OH; Frank Hillton, Cha rleston, SC)
0030 UTe o n 7115
SERBIA: Radio Yugoslav ia. Station interval signal to multillng ual news items
and features. (Howard Mo sser , Linco lnshir e, IL)
0034 UTe o n 4904.8
PERU: Radio La Oroya . Spanish with fair signal quality fOr news and
Panorama program . Identification "siempre pe r Radio La Orcya." Peru's
Rad io Tr o pic al on 4935 at 00S5. (Pedro Arrun alegui, Lima, Perul Four
Win ds)
0045 UTe o n 6060
BRAZIL: Radio Universo. Portug uese music and programming to 10. Brazil's
Rad io Br as il Central on 4985 at 2340 : Radi o Record's soccer match on
6 150 at 0055; Radi o Aparec ida on 6 135 at 01 20 with Portuguese religious
text. (Enrique Alejandro Wembagher, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
0105 UTe on 6085.2
BOLIVIA: Radio San Gabri el. Evening messages and mentions of La Paz
including station 10 in Ayma ra lang uage. Boliv ia's Radio Fid es in Spanish,
Saturday and Sunday broad cast only on 6155 at 0140. Radi odifusoras
Tr opico with Span ish 10 and soccer match on 4552 at 0 145. (Wembaghe r,
ARG )
0110 UTe o n 5047
TOGO: Radio Togo. Presum ed broadcasting late l onight, with excelle nt
signal.French news with numerous remotes to live crowd scene. Chuck
Rippel, VAlCumbre OX)
0127 UTe o n 4915
BRAZIL: Radio Anhang uera. Portuguese. News ite ms to station jing les of
"CBN Anh angu era" and cann ed 10 to 0200. Signal poor to fair . (Piet Pijpers ,
NetherlandslTHVj
0149 UTe on 6055
SPAIN: Radio Exterior de Espan a. Spanish service wit h interv iews and
music, noted on 17805 at 1710: 15110 at 2125 . (Perro n. MD; Hilllon, SC)
website: <w ww .rt ve.esl rn e/ reel>
0149 UTe on 7535
USA: WSHB Cyp ress Creek. SC. Religiou s serv ices to IDs. Additional
religio us prog ramming noted as; WRNO New Orlea ns,lA 15420 a11657 ;
WHRI Nob les vi lle, IN 13760 If 15 105 at 1650; WYFR Okeechobee, FL
15600 at 1700. (Perron. MO)
0150 UTe o n 21670
JAPAN : Radio Japan. Gene ral Serv ice ending bits of World of Triv ia
prog ram. Stati on 10, 0300 program previe w to abru pt sign off at 0200 .
{Waliace C. Treibel. WNCumbreOX;McCarty, OH)w ebsite: ewww.nbk.or.l p/
rJneU>
021 5 UTe on 15485
PAKISTAN: Radio Pakistan . Urdu broadcas t contin uing past scheduled
02 1S'; gave 10 at 0216 and ended transmissi on at 0225. Signal only fair
deteriorating very quickly, unreada ble by 0230. (Bob Hill, Littleton, MAlTF\t\1
0215 UTe on 5985
TA NZANIA: Radio Tanzania . African hilif e music with ann ouncem ent in
Swahili. strong interference Irom S980 kHz. Stat ion noted on pa rallel 5050 .
(Pijpers. NLOI TFW'J
0217 UTe o n 11900
FINLAND : YLE/Radio Finland. Discussion on pedestrian ce nters and thei r
advantages . (McCarth y, OH) website:<www _y le.flfrf inlandl>
0238 UTe o n 9655
AUSTRIA: Radio Austria Inti. English service with newspape r headlin es.
Good signal. minimal fading . (McCarty , OH) web site: <www.orf.aUro i/>
0245 UTe o n 48 20
BO TSWA NA: Radio Botswana . Station sign on at 0245 with interva l signal
lasting 14 minutes (cow bells /te rm animals) followed by national anthem. 10
in Setswan a givin g FM, SW and medium wav e frequencies. More chat to
tribal style mus ic . (Pijpers, N LOITH V)
0250 UTe on 328 1
MOZAM BIQUE: Emissao Provincial de Sofata. Station sign on with national
anthem. Announcement by woman in unknown language, interval signa l and
a presum ed news bullet in in Portuguese with "Emissao Provlnct ar' noted .
Local music followed while weak signal was fading. (Pijpers, NLDITFW'j
0306 UTe on 7450
GREECE: Voice of. Tune in to Greek language lesso ns to Greek folk music

and news brief s. (Moser, ILl VOG on 7450 . 9375, 9420 . 11645. (McCarty,
OH)
0333 UTe on 50 30
COS TA RICA: AWR (Adv entist World Radio). Battle Hymn of Republic song
to Spanish religious text, strong static noise level. (Klaus Etsebusch .
Marienthal, Germanyl Hard Core OX)
0345 UTe on 6950
PIRAT E: Star New York Club Radio. Programm ing monitored in lower
sideband , identifying as a "tree station in Germany." Station addre ss: P.O .
Box 220 342, 0 42 373 wuppertal. German y. Additi onal pirates aud ible :
Jolly Roger Radio Inti on 6980 at 2200 , address : P.O. Box 39, Waterlord,
Ireland; Radio Plr an a Inti via Radle eochlgu az in Spanish on 6980 at
230 0-addres s: P.O. Box 2571, 1000 Buenos Aires,Argentina. (Wembagher,
ARG)
0432 UTe on 5025
CUBA : Radio Rebelde. Spanish. Male/lema le hosting Rebe/de OX show
discussing Cuban TV programs . (Nicolas Eramo, Buen os Aires, Argent ina!
TFW)
0453 UTe on 3945
GERM ANY : Ove rcome r Minis tries. Brother Sta ir's serm on to closing shortwave radio oHer and 1-800 numb er. Stati on 10 and South Carol ina address.
(Elsebusch, GermanylH CDX)
0526 UTe on 4914.5
PERU: Radio Cora. Spanish ballads to rooster crow sound ettect at 0529 .
"Radio Cora en Lima, Peru ," monit ored in LSB to tune out Ghana on 4915.
(Harold B. Frodge . Midland , MI)
1000 UTe on 9580
AUST RALIA: Radio Australi a. English report on Kashmir. (Fraser, MA)
Monit ored 0315 on 17795; 0325 on 15510 . (McCarty, OH)
1041 UTe on 4599.29
BOLIVIA : Radio Emisoras Viltamonte s. Spanish. Very weak signat fo r
progra m A man ecer Cha queno w ith regional folklore. Bolivia's Rad io Andes
noted on 4777.7 at 2220; Radi o Mov lma 2330 on 4471.9 . (Hermond
Pedersen, Swedenl Cumbre OX)
1256 UTe on 6125
URUGU AY: SOORE. Heard to 1302 with strong signal. Information to
navigators in the river plate zone . Statio n 10 as. ''transmlte CX38 en 1290
kiloh ertzios, Emisoras del SOORE, Montevi deo. Uruguay, " the n program
Est am os a Tiempo. (Gab riel Ivan Barre ra, Argen tina!Cumbre OX)
1500 UTe on 15305
CANADA: Radio Canada Inll. Special lighthouse progra m in French, If
17880, 15365,17795 kHz. (Lee Silvi , Mento r, OH; McCarty, OH)
1730 UTe o n 17757
UK: BBC World Service . Seeing Stars program on how stars were named .
U.K: s Merlin Network One on 13690 at 2 130. II 15590 with Media Zoo
featu re. (Fraser, MA)
1930 UTe on 17735
ECUADOR: HCJB. Ham Radio Today. with a series discussi ng aud io qua lity
in radio. (Fraser , MA) 0437 on 9745. (McCarty, OH)
1942 UTe on 17605
NETHERLANDS ANTILLE S: Radio Netherlands relay. Newsl ine program,
repeat at 2353 on 9845. Dutch servi ce noted on 6020 116 165 (Netherlan ds
Antille s) (Perron, MD; McCart y, OH)
2020 UTe on 21550
CHILE: Voz Chri stiana. Good signal for test transmissi on in Spanis h and
English, to abrupt sign off at20S8 . (Terry Powers, La Mesa, CA; Fordge, Ml )
2025 UTe on 11625
VATICAN: Radio Vatica n. English letters to program closing at 2027 ,
"Atrtcan service" 10 to interval signal 20282030, into French service.
(Frodge , MI: McCarty , OH)
2040 UTe o n 151 20
NIGERIA: Voice of. Agri cultural program on crop growth. Slight mterterence
to signal. (Moser, IL; Frodge , MI)
204 0 UTe on 11775
ANGUILLA : Cari bbean Beacon. Or. Gene Scott pontificating a text on Adam
yieldin g his sovereignty. (Frodge.MI)
2101 UTe on 153 45
MOROCCO: RTV Marocaine . Upbeat vocal pops to Morocca n music .
Station 10 and info to 2103".(Moser, IL) Arab ic programming 17501928 on
15345. (Silvi, OH)

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English broadcas t unless otherwise noted.

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The QSL Report

Gayle Van Hom, ga~e@grove. nel

China Radio International....A Bridge to the World

Look ing to add so me new COUlltrie s to yo ur ver ificat ion (QSL) collec tio n? T ha nks to C Rl's wor ldwi de rclay sites . yo u can do ju st that. Yo u c an
add Brazil. Canada, Fra nce, Fre nc h
Guiana. Ma li, Spai n and Sw itze rland .
(Do n' t for ge t to ask for notatio n o f the
site 0 11 your curd.r T he friend ly sta ff
will usuall y reply sho rt ly with cards,
pe nna nts, stic kers, ca lendars and more.
Wha t a deal! Send yo ur re port to : 16A
Shiji ngsha n Str eet, 1000:W Beijing. C hina. To lea rn more abou t
the statio n. staff. histo ry a nd mo re go to their we bs ite at: <htt p:!
www .c r l.cng b.com/
Ha ve you not iced Zambia"s C hristian vo ice we bsite <http :!
/ ww w.c b r tstia n -vislo n .c r g/>? A mo ng the links is a QSL- link.
comple te with a fi II in the blanks receptio n re po rt. and a "p ress
button " for you r cc rtific.uc ' Presto c hango...tha t' s it. Th e wa ve

AUSTRIA
Radio Aus tria IntI, 96 55 kHz. Full da ta QSL letter unsigned. Receiv ed ill 16
da ys fu r a n English taped re po rt. S ta tio n addre ss-A 1 136 Wlc n.
wurzbuggasswe 30. Vienna. Austria . (Walte r Szczepaniak. Phil adelp hia.
PA) we bsite: <https/www.o rr.at/roi/>

BRAZIL
Radio Apu rc clda. 5035 k Hz. Full data suui cn ca rd with illegi ble signature.
Recei ved in 30 days for a Port uguese report . Station add ress : Av. Gctulio
vargus. ISS, Apar ccida. Sao Paulo Bruzil 12570 000. (Jo se Moura , Was hington. DC )

CAMBODIA
Nation al Radi o of Ca mbod ia. 11940 kllz. Hand written full page letter from
Ken Yam -Director (If lr ucrnau ona l Re lati on s. plus two statio n stickers and
a prog ram sc hed ule. Recei ved in 60 days for an English repo rt. one U.S .
dollar.one IRC and a souv e nir postca rd. scnt uinnail (not registere d ). Station
add ress : Monivon g Blvd . No. 106 , Phnom Pe nh, Cambodia. (Lee Silvi.
Mcmor. 0 11 ) g re at QSU - /l of UPONI'll (!{f {'ll ! - ed.

COSTA RICA
Radio Rcloj . 4H32 kllz. Full data QS L card signed hy Franc isco Baraho na.
Rece ived in 15 days for a Spani sh rep ort. Station add ress: P.O . Box 34 1, San
Jose . 101X) Costa Rica. (Moura . DC)

GIlEECE
Vo ice of Greece . 6260 kl-lz. Fu ll da ta QSL card un sig ned. plus min t souve nir
stamps. schedule a nd stat io n h istory sheet. Rece ived in 59 da ys for a taped
report and one U.S . dollar. Stat ion address: 4 32. Mcssog fon Av.. Athens.
(S zcz epaniak .
PA )
S ta ti on
web s it e :
<h tt p ://
G ree c e .
a l ph a. ser vlccnet. url adn e-t .grlD ocsIE ra 5_ I,MrnI>

LITHUANIA
Radio Vilnius . 595 0 kHz. Full data QS L ca rd un signed. Recei ved in 37 day s
fo r an Eng lish taped repo rt. Stati on add re ss: Lie ruvo s Radij us. S . Konars k io
49. LT 26 74 Vilni us. Lithuan ia. (Szcze pan iak. PA: Ed Lind ley. Biddefo rd.
ME)
l\IEDl UJ\.1 WA VE
Ca ri bbe an Beacon 6YO Al'vt kjl z. Fu ll d ata verifi cation on station letterhead
sig ned by B. Mu nsell Hazell- C hie f En gineer. plus program sch edule sheet.
Rece ived in fo ur month s for an AM repo rt. Angu illa mint stamps and a
souve nir pos tcard . Station ad dress: P.O . Box 690 . Angu illa, West Indi es.
(Loyd Van Hom . Brasstown , NC)

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of the futu re'! T his one I' ll have 10 think

abou t. Se e ms 10 take the thr ill n u l of
wai ting for the postman. You he the

j udge. folk s.
Rad io Finland reminds us that receptio n reports arc welcom e (as we ll as
return postage) . Se nd yo ur dc tai Is di rectl y 10; Rad io Finland. Attc n: M r.
Raimo Makela. PL 11.1. 28 101 Pori.

Fi nland.

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10:

<ra lmo.m a kcla w p p.luet.fl>. Station

website: < h tt povwww. yle .fl/r fl nla ndcReception repor ts fu r the Adve ntist World Rad io o utlets in
So uth Afri ca and Madagascar should be se nt to A WR-Euro pe.
Bo x ]X3. I:or li 47 100, Ita ly . Th e co m plete sc hed ule for a ll AW R
pro g ramm ing on sho rtwa ve and mcdium wavc a nd o n the Wo rld
Radio Ne twork may he see n on the A W i{ wchpagc s at : < htt p :/

/www.awr.org
C KL Y AM lJlO k Hz. No data verification on statio n letterhead (nice large
logo) signed by Dave Illman-Prng ra m Director. Recei ved in 22 days for an
AM report and SASE (used fo r reply) . Station states they plan to leave AM
for FM 9 1.9 short ly. Statio n address: 249 Kent Str eet -We st. Lindsay O N
Ca nada K9 V 2Z3. (Harold Frodge. Midland . M I)
KA YK-AM 1690 kll z. Two partial data ve rification letters signed by Ju lia
Newton-T raffic' Man ager . Received for all Arv1 report. Statio n addre ss : 730
We st Hampden # 300. Eng lewo od . CO 80 110-2 12 1. Sig ner stat ed the stat ion
had bee n sold and would soon sign on with Rad io Disney. (Pa tric k. Martin .
Se as ide, OR )
WCMQAM 1700 kHz. No data verific ation letter signed by Ralph Chambers-Director of Engi nee ring. Received in 2 26 day s fo r an AM report and
S ASE (used for repl y). Stat ion addres s: IIXI I Ponce de Leon, Coral Gab les.
R .. (Frodgc. ~H; Lee Silvi. Mento r, 01-1)
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fREQUENCIES .
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-01 00 vi
0000-0100 vi

0000-0015
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100

0000-01 00
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-01 00
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0000-0005
0000-0027
0000-0100
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0000-0100
0000-0015vi
0000-0045
0000-0100
0000-0015

Anguilla,Caribbean Beacon
Australia, Radio
Australia. Vl8K Katherme
Australia, Vl8T Tent Crk
Cambodia, Natl Radio Ot
Canada. esc N Quebec Svc
Canada.CFRX toronto
canaoa CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZNSt John's
Canada, CKZU vancouver
Costa Rica, Adv World R
Costa Rica,RFPeace Inll
Croatia,CroatianRadio
Czech Rep, Radio Praaue
Ecuador, HCJB
EOYpt. Radio Cairo
cermaoye verccmer Mlf\istr
Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp
India, All India Radio
Ireland, unt Christian BC
Japan, RJapanlNHKWorld

0000-0100
liberia.LCNIR Liberia Int
0000-0100
Malaysia,Radio
0000-0100vi
Namibia, NBC
0000-0030
Netherlands, Radio
0000-0100
New Zealand, R NZInti
0000-0057
North Korea, R Pyongyang
Papua NeVI uumea.NBC
0000-0100vi
0000-0100
Philippines, FEBCtR Inti
0000-0030 mtwhfa Serbia, Ra dio Yugoslavia
0000-0100
SinqapureRgorp Singapore
0000-0100
Spain, R Exterior Espana
0000-0: 00
"lbailard. Radio

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. .. . . .

. .
6090am
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UK. BBC Asian Service

1771 5pa

0000-0100

UK.BBC World Service

0000-0100w

UK. Merlin Network One

Ukraine, RUkraineInti

0000-0100

6070do
603(}{1o

6130do
6160do
6160do
5030am
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9925am
5930na
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9725am
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4915do
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1546Dam

0000-0100
0000-0059
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

USA, KHBI N MarianaIs
USA, KTBNSaltLk City UT
USA, KWHR NaalehuHI
USA, Voice 01America

0000-0030twbta

USA, Voice of America

0000-0100
0000-0100 twnta
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100mw!
0000-0100 irreg
0000-0100
0000-0100
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00300100
0030-0100
0030-0100
0030-0100

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL

USA,WGTGMcCaysvilleGA
USA, WHRt NoblesvilleIN
USA, WINS Redlion PA
USA, WJCR upton KY
USA, WRMIIRMiami Inti
USA, WSHBCypress Cr~ SC
USA,WWBS Macon GA
USA, ~WlC R NashvilleTN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Japan, RJapanlNHK World
Austria, R Austria Inti
Iran, VOIRI
Lithuania, Radio Vilniu s
xeme-unos. Radio

0030-0100
0030-0100
0030-0100
0045-0100
00SO-0100

Sri Lanka.Sri Lanka BC

Thailand, Radio
UK. BBC Asian Service
Albania. RTirana Inti
Italy. RAl inli

21455am

9950as

11620as

96B5at

11705na

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SELECTED PROGRAMS. .
Sundays

0000 Australia, Radio; RA New.;, FiveOf len minutes of world_

Australian, andregional news.
0000 Egypt, Radio Cairo: Stamps.
0000 USA, WEWNBirmingham AL: TheBest 01Mother AngeliCa
Live. Repeal broadcast of a the TV simulcast.
0005 Australia, Radio: Oz Sounds fl_Twenty minutesof music
selectionsbyRadio Australiaannouncers
0009 Egypt, Radio Cairo: Egyptian Songs.
0015 Egypt, Radio Cairo: News.
0030 Aus tralia, Radio: Correspondents' Report TheABC's foreign
correspondents reporl home with HamishRobertson.
0030 VOA (Special English): News(Special English). Five or ten
minutes 01news in slow English
0040 VDA (Special English): Words and their Stories (Special
English). Theoriginand use of common words and phrases
in American English.
0045 VOA (Special English): Peoplein Amerit:a (Special English).
Stories about famous emencans.

Mondays
0000
0000
0000

Australia, Ra dio: RA News. See S0000.

EgyptRadio Cairo: Egyptian Music.
USA, WE'NN BirminghamAL: Mother Angelica Live
(encore).Down to earth (ana sometimeshumorous)
Inspiration.

0005 Egypt, Radio Cairo: Islamic Civilization.

0010 Australia, Radio: Asia Pantie. SeeS 2310.
0015 Egypt, Radio cairo: News.
0030 Australia, Radio: Innovations. Destey Blanch reports on
Australian inventions ami innovative practces.
0030 VOA (Special EllQlish): News(Special EngliSh). See S0030
0040 VOA (SpecialEngliSh): Development Report (Special
English). Helplul information 'or developing nations.
0045 VOA (SpecialEngliSh): This is America (Special English).
lnfcrmativereports on life in theUnited States.

0030 VOA (Special English): News (Special English). SeeS 0030.

0040 VOA (Special English): Agriculture Report (SpecialEnglish).
Developments andreportsonfarming andapricullure.
0045 VOA (Special English): Sciencein meNews (Special
English). Recent scientific developments

~:d~~a~a
~l~o: RA News, See S0000,
USA, WEWNBirmingham At: Mother Angelica live Family

0000

0010
001 5
0030
0030
0040

0045

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Radio: RA News. See soeco.
Merlin NetworXOne: Rock Radio Network.

0000
0000

USA,WEWNBirmingham AL: Mother Ang elica uce. See M

0000.
0010 Ausfralia, Radio: Asia Pacific. SeeS 231 0.
0015 EgyptRadio Cairo: News.
0030 Australia, Radio:Book Talk. Jill Kitson presents an
entertaining mixof l eviews and critical discussionof new
books.
0030 VOA (Special English): News (Special English)_See S0030.
0040 VOA (Special EnGlish): Science Report (Special English),
SeeW0040.
0045 VOA (Special EngliSh): The Making of a Nation (Special
EngliSh). Chapters 'rom U,S. historyin special English.

Fridays

oo

Tuesdays

0000

0010
0015
0030

0010
0015
0030

0000
0000

40

Australia, Radio: RA News. See S0000,

USA,WEWN Birmingham At: Pillars of Faith (Iive)_Bishop
D.Foley lakes telephoneQuestionsabout Ca tholic doctrine
Australia. Radio:Asia Pacilic. See S2310.
Egypt. Radio Cairo: News
Australia, Radio: ArtsAustralia.Usa Harris presents reviews
and comment oncurrent events within tileAustralian arts
scene.

MONITORING TIMES

Sep tember '998

Night. Asimulcast of the TV program.

Australia,Radio: Asia Pacific. SeeS2310
Egypt, Radio cairo: News.
Australia, Radio: Rural Reporter.flo information available.
VOA (Special English): News (SpecialEnglish). SeeS0030,
VOA (specat English): Science Report(Special English).
Developments in the wortdof science and fechnology.
VOA (Special English): Exploration (Special English). Steve
Emberand ShirleyGrilfith report onspace news.

Australia, Radio: RA News. See S oo

USA, WEWN BirfQ,ingharnAL: lifeonthe Rock (live). Join
Jeff Ca~lfls and his weekly guestas theymeet at acottee
houseto discuss mejoysandchallengesof being a young
Christian in the9Os.
Australia, Radio: Asia Pactne. See S2310.
Egypt.RadiOCairo:News.
Australia, Radio: Eannbeat.PeterJacklyn examines
envtrcnmentatissues of theregion from ascientific
perspective.

0030 VOA (Special English): News(Special English). see S0030_

0040
0045

VOA. (SpecialEnglish): Envirunrnent Report (Special

English), A live-minute reportona specific environmental
subject.
VOA (Special English): American Mosaic (SpecialEnglish).
Reports about music, books. movies, and student life in the

USk

Saturdays

0000 Australia, Radio: RANews. See S 0000,

oood" USA, WEWN Birmtnqham AL:TheJourney Home (live). See
W 1400_
0005 Australia, Radio: Feedback. See S 0305,
0015 EfMlt, Radio Cairo: News
0030 Australia,Radio:Asia Pacific. SeeS 2310.
0030 VOA (Special English): News (Special English). See S 0030.
0040 VOA (Special English): In the News (SpeCial EngliSh). Focus
onaperson, organiZiltion, or issuein newsreports.
0045 VOA (Special English): Amelican Stories (Special English).
Readings 01shortstoriesby American authors inslow
English.

HAUSER ' S HIGHLIGHTS

MALI:

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RELAY

UTC on 9770 kHz

1830 Arabic
1930 Port uguese

:!O()() Engf . . h
UT C on 7 170 k Hz
2 100 Engli xh
2 130 French

2230 C hinese
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01000200
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Canada, CHNX H a hfa~
Canada, CKZN SI John's
Canada, CKZU vancouver
Canada, R canaoa InU

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0100-0200
010(1-1)127
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0100-0150

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Croatia, Croatian Radio
cuba. Radio Havana
CzechRep, Aallio Plague
Ecuadar, HCJB
Germany. DeutscheWerle

0100-0200
0100-011 5
0100-0130
0100-0200
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01000200
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Germany.Ove/comer Mmistr
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Hungary. RadiOBudapest
IOOOflfSia. Voice 01
Iran. VOIAI
Ireland, Unt cnnsnan BC
Italy. RAI Inll
Japan. RJapantNHKWolld

01000200

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0100-0 ~30

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Papua New Guinea. NBC
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9660p,

7210eu

0100
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Mondays
0100 Australia, Rar:lio: RA News, See S 0000
0100 Croatia: NeVlS_
0100 Germany. Deutsche Welle: News. See S 0100.
0100 USA, WEWN8irminQIlam Al : Thesacraments. FatherGiles
Dimock leaches whallhe sacraments areand practical
wayS that ~erl Calholic canlivethem.
0106 Germany. DeutscheWelle: Mailbag North America. l istener
mail lrom North AmeriCa is answered
0106 Germany, OeutscheWelle: World OXMeeting (4/5).
t eutscne Welle's lasl-d3y-ol-lt\e-mOllth program lor

ShOrtwave ieteners.
Australia, Radio: Aware. l orenaAllam hosts a program 01
indloenousartsand ISSUes.
0115 Germany. Deutsche Welle: Ms on ~ Air, A program 01
reperts and interviews onwjor tullural events and
eeeeoc ments nceeo b1 Gareth E~ans .
0115 Germany. Deutsche We~e : FeatUfe 01theMorth (1). A
specetteature on important d~elopm entll issuesot our
lime

T
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0100 Australia, Radio: RA News. SeeS 0000.
0100
0100

Croatia:News
Gelmany, DeutscheWelle: fi ews. See S0100.

15415as
21740pa

11670eu

607Odo

Auslralia, Radio: RANews.

S 0000.
CI03tia: News.
Germany, Deutsche wene: News. Worldnews Irom
Deutsche Welle.
USA. WEWNBirmingllam AL: SI. Joseph Radio Presents
(encore), A diSCuSSion 01Cattlohc teuetsard practices lor
all eencmeaucns.
Auslralia, Radio: The Europeans. Maria Zi~Slra presents
reports andteannes onaspects01European politics.
culture and society.
Germany, DeutscheWelle: WeekendReview. A saturday
update 01current eventsand sports in Germany.
Germany, aeetscne W! !Ie: Spectrum. A magazine program
presenting a broad range 01newcevetcnments in science
and technology.

0110

15240pa
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9755am

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0100-0200
0100-0130

Sllgapore,RCorpSmoapore

Ql(l(H)200

scam. R Ertenor Espana

Slovakia. R SlovakiaInti

0100-0200
0100-0130
0100-0200

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SWitzerland. Swiss R Inti
UK, BBC Asian Service

01000:WO

UK. BBC World Service

01000200
0100-0200
0100-0200
0100-0200
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USA, KAIJ DallasTX

USA. KJES MesQuite NM
USA, Kl BNSallLk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
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0100-0200
0100-0130
0100-0127
0125-0200
0129-0159
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01300200
01300150
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USA, WGTGMcCaYSVilleGA
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USA. WJCRUpton KY
USA. WRMVR Miami InU
US,\, WSHB Cypress Cr. SC
USA. 'IIWBSMacon GA
USA. WIoVCR NashVille m
USA.WYFROkeechobee FL
Uzbekistan, RTashkenl
Vietnam, Voice 01
Netherlands, Radio
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Canada, RCanada InU
Albania. RTirana Inti
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CrisISMagazineandhisguests discuss relevant issues,
includingethics, charityand democracy.
0106 Germany, Deu1sdle Welle: ' jewsUnk.
M 1106.
0110 Australia, Radio: Scence Show. Robyn Williams presents lhe
world 01scerce. bothat homeandatlroad.
0130 VOA (Special English):
(Special EAQlish), SeeS 0033.
0133 Gelmany, Deutsche Welle: Manand Enyironment. Various
topicsrelating to me environment in industrial and developing
countries.
0140 VOA (Special English): AQricunureReport (Special English).
See T0040.
0145 VOA (Special EnQlish): SCiencein the News (Special EngliSh).
SeeT 0045.

0100

see

"ews

~:d~~~a~a~la~io : RANews. See S 0000.

0100
0100
0100

Croatia: News.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: News, SeeS 0100,
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: OurFalher'S Plan, 01. seen
Hahn andJeff castos leadan In-depth studyof GOd's
relationship to manthroughout Biblicalhistory,
0106 Germany, DeutscheWelle: NewsUnk. See M 1106
0110 Australia, Radio: flationall nlerest. New program- no inlo
available.
0130 Germany, Deutsche Welle: Insight. A weekly analysis 01major
developments onee international scene.
0130 'IDA (Special EngliSh): News(Special English). SeeS 0030.
0140 VOA (Special English): SCIence Report (Special Eoolish). See
W 0040.
01 45 VOA (Special English): Exploration (Special Engtish).
W
0045.

see

!~U~!~~~Radio: RAuews . SeeS0000.

0100 Croatia: News.
0100
0100
0106
0110
0130

Germany, Deutsche Welle: News. See S0100.

USA, WEWU BirmingllamAL: liveWrre (1!Ve). Livecall-in
program.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Newslink. See M 1106.
Australia. RadiO: Background Briefing,Australia's topawardwinning current affairs program.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: living in Germany. A weekly l oo~
at thesocialand political issues in it e 19905,

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0030.
0140
0145

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see W0040.

VOA(Special English): TheMaking 01a Nation [Special

English). See H 0045.

Fridays

Australia, Radio: RA Nf'NS. SeeS 0000.

Cloatia: News.
0100 Germany, DeutscheWelle:Ne....-s, SeeS 0100.
0100 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: The Abundanl tne. See W
0400.
0106 Germany, DeutscheWelle: NewsUnk. See M 111>6.
0110 Australia, Radio: Hindsight. See H 1605.
0130 Germany, DeutscheWelle: Spotlight on Sport.Weekly
magazine program wilh background stones and coverage
01important events.
0130 VOA (SpecialEnglish): News (SpeCial English). SeeS
0100

OHIO

0030.
0140 VOA (Special EngliSh): Environment Report (Special
EngliSh), seeF0040.
0145 VOA (Special EnOliSh): American Mosaic (Special English).
F0045

see

Saturdays
Australia, Radio: RA News. See S 0000

0100
0100
0100
0100

0105
0106
0130
0130
0130

Croatia:News.
Gelmany, Deutsch eWelle: ~ws .
S0100.
USA. WE\\'N BirmingllamALThe WortdOvel. OMne
Worship.
Australia, Radio: Oz Sounds 11. See S 0005.
Germany. DeutscheWelle: NevISUnk.
M 1106.
Austa lia. Radio: Ms Australl3..
T 0030.
Germany, DeutscheWelle: German by Radio. Anadvanced
German language course lor Englishspeakers.
VOA (Special EnOlish): News (Special EngliSh). See S

see

see

see

0030.
0140

0145
0150

VOA(Special EnoliSh): In theNews(SpecialEngliSh). See

A 0040.
VOA (Special English): smencan Stories(Special EngliSh).
See A 0045.
USA, WEWN BirminQham AL:Pro-Lile Update. See W

ll OO

September 1998

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41

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Austria R Austria Inti
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Hungary. Radio Budapest
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Sundays
0200
0200
0200

Australia, Radio: RA News, SeeS0000.

Germany.DeutscheWelle: News. SeeS 0100.
USA. WEWN Birminoham AL 51. Joseph Radio Presents
(encore) (Part2). Tilesecond hour 01a discussion 01
calholiCbeliefs and practicesfor all denominations.
020S CrOolIr,a: News
0206 Germany. Deutsche W~lle : Weekend Review. SeeS 0106.
0210 Australia.. Radio: Fine MUSiCAustralia. Thebest Australian
line music performances andcompOSitionsare pre5eflted by
Ivan l loyd.
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Americas i$ answered
021S EOYPI. Radio Cairo: News.
0230 Australia, RadiO: tne ReligionReport. Hostedby John Cleary.

USA, WEWN BirminQham AL: Prc-ute Issues. See M 2328

Germany, DeutscheWelle: Man and Environment. See T
0133,
0230 USA, WEWN8irmingham AL: IMRA Reporton
Missionaries. Faeer Mike Mullen reports fromSt.Jolin's
Universityin New York.
0228
0230

~d~~ia~lt:

RA fl ews, SeeS 0000.

0200 Germany, DeutscheWelle: News. SeeS 0100_
0200 USA, WEWN Birmingham At : Calhollc World Today. See M

0600
Croatia: News.
Gtnnany, DeutscheWelle: NeYlSlink. See M 1106.
Australia. RadIO: The Work! Today ~Part 1). See M 0210.
Egypt, RadIO Cairo: NevIS,
USA. WEWN Birmingham At: Parenting Children and
Teens. SIeve WoodetterspracllcalQuideli!"leS tor
SlJengtheninotamnes
G
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0230

Mondays

0205
0206
0210
0215
0228

0205
0206

0200 Australia. Radio: RA News, See S0000

0200 Germany, DtutscheWelle: flews. See S0100.
0200 USA. WEWN Birmingham Al: CathOlic Work! Today.See M

0200
0200
0200
0200

0210
02tS
0215
0225
0230

Auslralia. RadiO: RANews. See S0000.

Germany, Deutsche Welle: News. SeeS 0100.
Norway, RadioNorway Inti: Norway Now. SeeS 0600.
USA, WfWNBIrmingham At: TheTeacllinos of Jesus Christ
Father John Corapi ellllains theparables andteachingsof
Jesuscnnst
Croolla: News
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Weekend Review Two, ASunday
update 01 currentevents in Germany.
Australia, Radio: The World Today (Part 1). TonyEaslleywith
currentaNairs updates
Egypt.RadiOcairo: News.
Germany, DeutscheWerle: Marlr.s andMarkets. See S0515.
Egypt. Radio Cairo: Commentary
E ~ pt. Radio Cairo: MusiC,

Tuesdays

0200 Auslralia, Radio: RA News. See S0000.

0200 Gellnan)', DevtscneWelle: News. See S 0100
0200 USA. WEWN Birmingham Al: Catholic Work! Toda~. See M

0600
020S Croatia: News.
0206 Germany, DeutscheWelle: tl ewsUnk, See M 1106.
0210 Australia. Radio: TheWorld Today(Part 1). See M 0210.
021S Egypt, Radio Cairo:News
0225 USA, WEWNBirmingham AL: l oday'SSaint.A short
biography 01a saint whoseteastcayIs being celebrated

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Egypt Radio Cairo: t~ews .

USA, WEWNBirmingham AL: CrisiSMagazine, SeeH 1100.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Spotlight on Sport. SeeF0130.

0215
0226
0230

Saturdays

Auslralia, RadiO: RANews. SeeS 0000.

0200 Germany, DeutscheWelle: IIews. See S0100.

0200

0200

USA, WEWN Birmingham .AL: CalhetlCWorld Today. See M

0600.

0205 Auslralia. Radio: Ockham's Razor. SeeS 0605,

0205 Croalla: News.
0206 Germany, DeutscheWetle: flewslink . See M 1106.
0215 Egypt, RadiO Cairo: News.
0228 USA, WEWN Birminoham AL 2000 The Greal J ~bilee.
neme WOlSIlip
0230 Austratia, Radio: The Healtll Report SeeM 1530
0230 Gerrr.any, DeutSChe Welle: Germanby RadiO. SeeA 0130.

Thursdays
0600.

0205
D206
0210
0215
0225
0228
0230
0230

Croatia: N\'Io'S
Germany. DeutscheWelle: Newslilk. See M 11 06.
Australia, Radio: TileWorld Today Wall 11 See M 0210
EOYPI. Radio Cairo: News
USA, WEWN Bil mingham At: Teday's Saint. See T022S
USA,WEWNBirmingham Al : Pro-ute Issues. SeeM 2328.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: Uvmgin Germany. See H0130.
USA, WEW,. airrmrcnamAl : MOlal DeciSIons. Oivme
Worship.

Fridays

0200
0200
0200

Auslralia, RadiO: RA News. See S0000.

Germany, DeutscheWolte: News. See S0100.
USA, WEWNBirmingham Al : Ca tholicWorld Today. SeeM

0600.
0205 Croatia: News,
020 G e rm a n~, DeutscheWelte: NewsLink. SeeM 11 06.
02tO Aosrraua. Badio: TheWorld Today (Part 1). See M0210

HAUSER' S HIGHLIGHTS
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Sundays

Tuesdays

0300
0300
0300

Auslrall.1, RadiO: RANel'iS. see S0000.

Turkey. Voice01:News. Asummaryof wortdandregional.
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0300
0300
0300

0305

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and discusses MI'I croewns.receonoo probems,and
cuesuons about Austraha
Turkey. Voice 01: Revi ewof theDay'STurkish Press, Items 01
current interest in the Turkishnewspapers.
Turkey, VOicect Outlook Aneconomy and finance update.
Turkey, VOice ct MusiCJl ln!eflude. jurkishinstrumental.
Turkey,Voice 01: Cross Section o! Turkey'SRecentHistory
lbiweeklyl The evcsunon of modern Turkey trcm an
hiSloncal perspective
lJrkey. VOice01: VOT ex Corner (biweekly). Fifteenminutes
ollis temflgnos. OX/medIa news. andmusic
Australia. Radio:Couespondenls' Report SeeS0030
USAWfW tl Bl rmif19t:~m AI.:The lillie FlOwer A program
commemoratmg mece11enary ctme death of $alntTherese
<t. Lisleu.
Turkey. Voice of: TUlklSh Sonqs . Popular vocal music

0310
0315

Invme worsmp

031 1
0311
0319
0323
0323
0330
0330
0338

~n~~~ia.
RadiO: RAIleNS SeeS 0000
Turlley. voce ot: uews. See S0300

0300
0300

0308
0310
0318
0324
0330
0331

USA, WFI/N Birmingham At: The HOly Rosary wdh Father

Scallon, See S0300
Turkey.VOICeof: TurkIshCustomsand I radmcns AlookInlo
lime-honored ~..ays01TurkIsh life
Australia, Radio: TheWOl ld Today (Parl2). SEe M 0210.
T~ r1ley. Voice of: TUlklSh Songs SeeS 0338.
Turkey, VOice of: E~ tens . Newproqlam - no inromanon.
USA,WEWN 81rmlllllhal1 At: Salvation andGlace. See S
1500
Turkey. Voice ot As[lIeWorld Turns. Bchmd-thescenes
news bits Irorn around llieglobe,

0322
0329
0330
033B

Australia. Radio:RANews. SEe S0000

Turkey. Voice 01:News. seeS0300.
USA. WEWN Birmingham At: The Holy Rosary (Joyful). See
S 0300.
Australia,Radio: TheWorld Today(PaI1 2). See M 0210.
Turkey. Voice01: LastWeek. A recap 01 events alfecling
Turkey duringthe previous week.
Turkey. Voiceof: Turkish Songs. See S0338
Turkey, Voiceof: Science in Turkey See M 1252.
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: stanens 01 the Cross. Praying
the rouneen stances.
Turkey. Voice ct; Turkish Ponrarts. Pnrtrayals01 Ihe ute
storiesctramousTurks.

~d~~~a~a~l~io : RANf\ vs. seeS0000

0300 Turkey. Voice01:News. SEe S0300.
0300
0310
0314
0324
0330
C334
0342

USA. Wf WN Illrmingham Al : The Holy Rosary (Sorrowful).

See S 0300.
Ausltalia. Radio: TheWorld Today (Part21 SeeM 0210
Turkey,Voice of: Prormnent Turksin History. A biographital
sketch of a tamousTUlk.
Tuaey. Voicect rnat MagmllClent Sullan Sulleyman. Tales
01rte 161h century Sultan noted hiS culturalachievements.
USA, WfWN Birmingham AL: Stations01the Cross. See T

0330

Turkey, Voice01: In IheWake 01an Essay Wilting ContesL

Readingsof 1997contest winnersa:H)Ut Anatolia- The
Cradle of TurkISh Civilization
TUlkey, Voice01: Turkish Songs. See S 0338

~~U~~~'a
~Rad iO: RANews. See S0000.
TUlkey, Voice 01:News. See S0300.

OJoo
0300
0310

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: The Holy Rosary (Glorious).

See S0300
Auslralia, Radio: The World Today(Parl2) . See M 0210.

0310
OJI9
0330

Turkey, Voice 01: A Review01 theFOIeion Media. Items of

interest to Tur1leylound in themedia 01other counlries.
Turkey, Voice 01: t et ter BQ.(. The weekly mailbag program.
USA. WEWN Birminlltlam AL: Stationsol i lle Cross. seeT

0330
0334
0338

Turkey, Voice01: Tu!kiSIiMusic. ClassicalTurkish.

Turkey, Voice 01: TurkishDecorativeArts. A looks at
woodcarvingandsimilar crafts in Turkey.

Fridays

0300
0300
0300

0310
0314
0322
0330

Australia, Radio: RA News, SeeS 0000.

Turkey, Voice of: News, SeeS 0300.
USA. WfWNBirminghamAL:The Holy Rosary (Joyful).
See S0300
Australia, Radio: TheWorld Today (Parl2). See fA 0210.
Turkey, Voice ot I Am Anlolia. Theevolution 01modern
Turkeyasseen fromtheSCience 01 archeolOgy.
Turkey, Voice 01: Impressions of Turkey_Places to goand
thinos to seein Turkey_
USA. WfWNBirmingtlam At: Stations O'lhe Cross. See T

0330
0332
0337

Turkey, Voice01: Elements 01 AnatOlian Culture. The

meld;no 01 the oldand newliI~tyI~ in modern Turkey.
TUlkey, Voiceot Turkish Songs. SeeS0338.

~~tu~~s~ra
~~ Radio: RANews. SeeS 0000,
TUlkey, VOice of: News. See S 0300,

0300
0300
0305
0311
0328
0330
0330
0338

USA, WfWN Birmingham At: TheHoly Rosary (SOIrowful).

See S0300.
Australia, Radio: Book Readino. See F2305.
Turkey, Voice of: Turkish Album. See F 1245.
Turkey, Voice of: sacredSites01Turkey. A mind'seyeview
01 Turkish mosques andotherreligiousplaces.
Auslralia, Radio: Rural Reporler. SeeW0030.
USA, WEWN BirminghamAL: Thelillie Flower. See S
0330.
Turkey, Voice01: VOT OX Comer (biweekly). SeeS0323.

Seplembe, 1998

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Canada.CHNXHautax
Canada.CKZN 51John's
Canada.CKZU Va n C OII~ e r
Canada, RCanadaInll
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Costa Rica.RF Peace InU
Croatia. CroatianRadio
Cuba, Radio Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Germany. DeutscheWelle

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Italy.IRRS
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USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WINB Redlion PA
USA. WJCRUpton KY
USA. . ..MLK Bethel PA
USA. WRMlIR Miami Inti
USA. WSHBCypress Cl k SC
USA. WWCR tlashville TN
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SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0400
0400
0400
0400

Australia. Radio: RA Nco.'o'S. See S 0000.

Croalia: NevIS.
Germany. DeutscheWelle: News. See S0100.
USA. WfWl l Birmingham AL: TeachmQ01Jesus. father
arcescterhosts this seres.
0405 Australia, Radio: Pacific f ocus. CovclaQe01rssues 01
relevance to people ot the PacifiCregion.
0406 Germany. Deutschewere. weekend Review. See5 0106.
041 4 Germany. Deutscte Welle: Inside Europe. Helen seenes, a
native of Australia, hosts this radio magazine that oilersa
European perspecuce onevents 01theweek.
0430 auenaua. Radio: Week's End. No inlormation available lor
mrs newprogram.

Mondays
0400
0400
0400
0400
0400
0406

Australia. Radio: RA tJews. SeeS 0000.

Croatia: fl ews.
Germany, Deutscne Welle: News, See S 0100.
fl orway, Radio Norway Inn:Norway Now. See S 0600.
USA. WEWN BjrminchamAl : SpanishMass(encore).
S 1600.
Germany. Ck!utsche weue. Weekend Review Two. See M

see

0106
0410
0415

Australia, Radio: TheWorld Today (Part 3). See'" 0210.

Gennany. Deutsche Welle: Marts andMarlo;ets. See S
0515.

Tuesdays
0400
0400
0400
0400
0406
041 0
0430

44

Australia. Radio: RANews, SeeS0000

Croatia: N~
Germany. DeutscheWelle: News. See S0100.
USA. WEWfl BirminghamAt : TheSacraments.SeeM
0100.
Germany. DeutscheWelte: NewsUnk. See M 1106
Au stralia. Radio: TheWorldToday (Part 3). See 1.1 0210.
Germany, Deutsche Weile: Good Morning Africa, Music,
gossip and listeners' messages tor andnomAlrica

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~:d~~a~a
~~o: RA News. See S
Croatia: News.

00)3.

0430
0430

Aus:ralIJ, Radio: AsiaPacific. See S2310

Germany. Deutsche Welte: German by Radio, See A0130.

Q.tOO

0400
0400

0406
0410
0430

Germany. ~utsche Welle: New5. See S 0100

USA. WEWN BtrmlAgham At : The Abunaant tee. Johnnelle
BenkovicwithcllallenginQsueects dealingwilh improving
lamily life.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: NewsLink. SeeM 1106.
Australia. Ra~ lO : The Worlel Today (part3). See M 0210
Gelmany, DeutscheWelle: Good MorAing Alnta . See T0430.

!~U~~~af~Radio: RA News. SeeS0000.

0400
0400
0400

0406
0410
0430

Croalia: News.
Germany, Deutsche Welle: News. See S0100
USA, WE'NNBilmingham At: MotherAngelicaLive terccre).
See Pot 0000
Germany. DeutscheWelle: Newslink. See M 11 06
Australia. Radio: The Wond Tooay (Pan 3). See M 0210
Gelmany. Oeulsche Welle: Good MorningAlrica. See T 0430.

Fridays

0400 Australia. Radio: RA News. see S 0000.

0400 Croalia: News.
0400 Germany. nectscne Wetle: Ne\vs. see S OHIO
0400 USA. WEWNBirminollam AL: MotMr Atloebca LM (encore).
See M0000.
0406 Germany. eectscne Welle: PlewsLinK. See M 1106.
0410 AUSlralia.Radio: TheWorldToday {Part 3), seeM0210
0430 Germany, Deutsche Welle: GoodMorningAlrica. See T0430.

Saturdays

NEWZEALAND: RADIONEW
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!lJI

!JJl

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Sun-Tlltl

1650-175 1
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Mon-Fri
07 16-10 15
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07 16-101 5
Sat & Sun
OFFAIR
1015-1650
Occasional use for sporti ng broadcasts
1~ 06 -1 65 0 6 100

RJ'\Zr s News from NZ and the

Pacific can be heard via WorlJ Rad io
Netwo rk I twww. wm .e r g j at these

0400
0400
0400
0400

Auslratia, Radio: RA News. See S0000

CroaM : News.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: News. See S OtOO.
USA, w8Im BirminghamAL:Pillars01f aith (encore). SeeT

times UTe:

0000.

USA

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Sill

0405
0406

Australia,Radio: PacucFocus SeeS0405.

Germany. Deutsche Welle: New sll~k. SeeM 1106.

Africa/A sia

05 (X)

S Ut1

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Canada, CFRXt oronto

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Canada,CKZU Vancouver
Canada, RCanada Inti
tes ta fl lca.RF Peace Inti
create. CroatianRadiO
Cuba, RadiO Havana
Ecuador. HCJ6
Germany. Deutsche Welle
Germ)ny.Overcomer MlllIs:r
Irelaoo.Un! ChriSl lanBC
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Japan R JaparvJ.,[HKWolle

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SmaEO PROGRAMS .
Sundays

0540

Australia, gaco: RA flews. See5 0000.

Croataa: News
0500 Germany. DeutscheWelle: News. SeeS 0100.
0505 Atrslralia, Radio' Ot Sounds 11.
S 0005.
0506 Germany. Deutsche Welle: Weekend gevew See S 0106
OS15 Germany, Deutsche Welle: MarksaM Markets. Germanys
rolein worldnaue
0530 Australia. Radio: MedI3Repofl. Agnes Warren presents
the inside story on howthe communcatons industry
operates and putsmespotlight on media peopleand their
acnvities.
0500
0500

see

Mondays

Australia.RadiO: Paollcsear (At!ernoon Edlbon) (Pafl2). See

M0510

Wednesdays

osoo

AUSfrall3, Radio: RANews. See S0000.

CroaM: News
0500 Germany. Deutsche Welle: News. SeeS 0100.
0506 Germany, Deutsche Welle: NewsUnk SeeM 1106
OSlO Australia, Raclio: Pacilic Beat (Allemoon Edition) (Part 11. See
M0510.
0530 Australia,Radio: Sport See M 0530,
0530 Germany, Deutsche Welle: Insight. See W0130.
0540 Australia, Radio. Pacnc Beat(AltemoonEdition)(Part 2). See
M 0510.

0500

0500 Australia, Radio: RA News. See S0000

0500 Croalia: News
0500 German". Deutscne Welle: News. See S0100.
0506 Germany. neu tscne Welle: Mailbag. See S0214.
0510 Australia, Radio: Pacuc Beat (Al1ernoon EditiOn) (Part 1).
The anemcon magwnemat prOVides a focusonthe
people and issues ct me region.
0515 Germany. peetscne Welle: COOl. See S 111 5.
0530 Australia, RadiO: sect. Fiye or len mmctes of sports
news.
Q5.40 Australia, RacliO: Paollc Beat (Altemoon EdItion) (Part 2),
See MOSlO

OSl O Australia. RadIO: Pacdic Beat (Alternoon Eclilion){Part l }. See

MOSI O.
0530 Australl3, Radio: Sport. See M0530
0530 Gelmany, Dertscre Welle: livinginGermany. SeeH0130
0540 Australl3, Radio: PacihcBeat (Anernoon EdItion) (Part 2). See
M0510.

Tuesdays

Fridays

0500 Australia, Radio: RA ~lews . See S 0000.

0500 Cfootia: News
0500 Germany, neursct e Welle: ~lews . See S0100
0506 Germany, DeutscheWelle: NewsUnk. See M 1106.
0510 Australia,RadIO: Pacmc Beat(Alternoon Edition) (Part 1).
See M 0510.
0530 Auslralia,Radio: Sport. See M 0530.
0530 Germany, DeutscheWelle: ManandEnvuenrnent SeeT
0133.

Australia, aado . RA News. See S0000.

0500 CfOa1La: News.
0500 Germany, Deutsche Welle: News. See S 0100,
0506 Germany, DeutscheWelle: NewsUnk. See M 1106.
0510 Auslralia, Radio: Pacdic Beat (AllernoonEdItion) (Part 1). See
M 0510.
0530 Australia, Radio: Sport. See M 0530.
a530 Germany, neutscne Welle: SpOtlight on Sport. See F0130.
0540 Australia, Radio: Pacific Beat (Alternoon Edilion) (Part2). See
M 0510

Saturdays
0500

Australia, Radio: RA Nl!'WS. ~ S 0000.

0500 Crooba:News.
0500
0505
OS06

Germany, DeutscheWelle: News. See S 0100

Aastralia., RadIO: Oz Sounds12S 0005.
Germany. ueutscnewene: NewsUnk. SeeM 1106.
0530 Australia, RadiO: TheSports Factor. See M2330.
0530 Gellnany.DeutseneWelle: German by Radio. See A 0130

see

Thursdays

0500
0500
0500

Australia, Raclio: RA News. See S0000.

crcene:News.
Germany, Deutscne Welle: News. SeeS0100.

0506 Germany, Deutsche Welle: NewsUnk. See M 1106.

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0630
0630
0630

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0600

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Australia, Radio: At YourRequest Dietl: Patm an plays tavente

0630
0630

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M0630
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Fridays

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Canada, CHrJX Hahtax
Canada, CK ZU Vancouver
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USA, WRMIIR MiamiInti
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USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA.WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee Fl
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Zambia, Na1l BCCorp
Zimbabwe.Zimbabwe BC
Austria. R Austria Inti
Belgium, Rvaanoeren 11'11
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Guam, AWRlKSDA
Israel.Kol Israel
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THANK YOU

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Bob Fraser. Cohasset, MA; Glenn Hauser. Enid. OK/World of Radio

& DX Rep011; Richard Jary, AustralialH CDX; Michael McCarty.
Galloway, OH ; AI Quaglieri. Albany. NY: Lee Silvi, Mentor. OH:
George Wood sJR Sweden: BBCMSlWorld Media; Cumbre DX;
Uscnet newsgroups.

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ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS MONTH 'S SHORTWAVEGUIDE:

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Australia. RadiO
AUSlra a. Vl 8A Ahce Spg

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Auslra!ia. Vl 8T Tenl Crk
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Canada. CfRX Iorornc
Canada, CfVP Catuary
Canada. CHtiX Halifax
Canada. CKZN51John's
Canada, CKlUVancouver
Costa Rica,RF PeaceInti
Ecuador. HCJB
EqtGuinea, R East Africa
Eqt Guinea, Radio Atnca
Germany. DeutscheWelte
Germany. sennseRadio
Germany,Overcomer MmiSlr
Germany,OvercomerMmlslr
Iran. VOIRI
Ireland. Unl crmsuen Be
Italy. IRRS
Japan. il Japan:NHK World
Jordan, Radio
Kazakhstan. RAlmatyInti
Kerrj3, o(enya BroadcCorp
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Malaysia, RadiO
Mala:f$ll .RTM KOlaKmabalu
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Northxerea. R Pyongyang

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1100-1130vl
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1100-1130

Palau. KHB tW oice01Hope

Papua 1<;ew Guinea, NBC
Singapore,Rsmcaccre Inl
Solomon Islands. SIBG
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Sri la nka, Sri la nkaBG

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UK, BBCCaribbean Report

UK. BBC World Service

1100 1130

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1100-1130as
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1100-1200
1100-1200
1100,1200
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UK.BBCWorld Service
USA,KAU DallasTX
USA, KHB I NMariana IS
USA. KTBN Salt lk City UT
USA.KWHR Naalehu HI
USA.VOice 01Amenca

11001200
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USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA WJCR Upton KY
USA. WAMIJR Miami Inti
USA. WSHB Cyp,ess Crk SC
USA WI/'I'CR Nashvllle TN
USA \'o'Yf R Okett hobee fL
USA. WYf R neeecrcoee FL
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Paustan, RadiO
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Sweden, RadiO
UK,BBGASianService
UK, BBCWorld Service
USA, Voice 01America
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Kazakhstan, R Almaty Inti

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5mmD PROGRAMS . . . . .
Sundays

1100 Australia, gaoo: RANtwS. see S oo

1100 Germany, Deutsche Welle: News. SeeS 0100.
1100 USA, W[WNBirmingtlam AL RelJectionsonthe sacraments.
fltller Pavone
1105 AUS1ralia, Radio: Jazz NOles. The best 01 Australian jazzis
introduced by Ivan lJo)'d.
1106 Germany, Deutsche Welle: ReligionandSociety. News anc
developmentsconcernmg me world'smajor religions.
ms GermafIY, neutscneWelle: COOL NEW! Ayouth Magazine.
1130 Ausl ralia. RadiO: Week's End. SeeS0430.
1130 USA, WEWN Birmingham Al : The Catholic Broadcast Sandra
McDevitthostsa program 01inspirationalstories. music,
interviews. and scripture readings.

Mondays

1100 A ~st ralia. Radio: RANe'NS, See S0000

11 00 Germany, Deutsche Welle: News. See S 0100
11 00 USA, WEWNBirminghamAt: The Spinluality of thecatholic
Church. Father Paul Keenan teaches en Godand man and the
new catecnsm of tileCatholic Church.
1106 G~rmany. Deutscheweae: Newslink. Global currentaltairs
as seen Iromtile heart01 Europe
1110 Ausl,alia. RadiO: AsiaPacific (,epeat). SeeS 2310.
1130 Australia. Radio: seen. seeM0530.
1130 Ge,many, Deutsche Wel e: AIm Report Reports and
background 10 the news fromAlncaby Deutsche wene

ecrresccnoems.
1130 USA. WEWN Birmingham ALMo,nlfIQ PRyer A haJI-llourof
devotion to begin tte day.
1135 Australia. Radio: Countr(Wide. Shane Mallooy with daily
issues in primary industry.

Tuesdays
1100
1100
1100

A~slralia,

gaeo: RA News. see S OO.

Gtrmany. Deutscne Welle: Plews. see S 0100
USA. WEWtl Bi,miogham Al : You Better BelieveIt Fr. Ken
Roberts givesslraighl 'on answers10teens whowish to
share (need 10 share) their questions. doubts. friendship and
101'e.

1106
1110
1130
1130
1130
1135

Germany, DeetscneWelle: rlewslink. seeM 1106

Australia, Radio: Asia PaCifIC (repea!). See S2310.
Australia, Radio: Sport. See M 0530.
Germany, Deutsche wene: Alfica, Report. See M 1130.
USA, WEWN Birmingham AI.: Morn no Prayer- SeeM 1130.
Australia, Radio:Countrywide.
M 1135

see

~:d~~ia~~o: RA News. see S OO.

1100 Germany, DeutscheWelle: News. See S()100.

1100 USA, WEWN Birmingham Al: PIO-li le Update. Father Frank
Pavone speaks out againstaborbon.
1106 Germany, DeutscheWelle: NewsUnk. See M 1106.
1110 Australia, Radio: Asia Pacific (repeat). See S 2310.
1130 Australia,RadiO: Sport. See M 0530.
1130 Germany, Deutsche Welle: Africa Report,See M1130.
1130 USA, WEWN BirminghamAt : Morning Prayer. SeeM1130,
1135 Australia. Radio: Countrywide. See M 1135.

1130
1130
1130
1135

Auslralia, Radio: soon.see M0530

Germany. Deutsche Welle: AlriCa Report. SeeM1130.
USA. WEWN Bil mlllgham Al: Morning Prayer.
M 1130,
AustralQ, Radio: Countrywide. See M 1135.

see

Saturdays

Ausl'alia, Radio: RA News. See S OO.

Germany, peetscre Welle: News. see S 0100.
USA. WEWrl Birmll1gham Al: 51. Francis - Mirra, 01 ChriSt.
SeeW2300.
1105 Aust,alia, Radio: FineMusic Australia.
S 0210.
1106 Gennany, OelJlSct1e Welle: Talking Point Journatists
discuss major trends andevents.
1130 Australia,Radio: BookReading. SeeF2305.
1130 Germany, ueutscne Welle: arrcan Kaleidoscope. Aweekly
reviewof trends and events onIheAtrican ccntoent
1130 USA, WEWNBirminghamAl: Kids SingA-long. Adrianne
leaches. IhrouOh joYous music, abcot me Catholic tann.
1100
1100
1100

see

Thursdays

Australia. RadiO: RA News. SeeS OO.

Germany, Deutsche Welle: N!\ys.
S01(1)
USA. WEWN Birmiflgham At : Crisis MaOJllRe. NEW! Host
Deal Hudsonprobes current issues 'roma dlslinctly
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1106 Germany. Oeutsd'le Welle: Newslink.See M 1106
1110 Australia, Radio: Asia Pacific l'epeal). See S2310.
11 30 Au stralia. Radil); s port. seeM 0530.
1130 Germany. Oeutsche Welle: AlricaReport. See M 1130.
1130 USA. WEWN Birmingham Al : MomifIQ Prayer. See M 1130.
1135 Australia. Radio: Countrywide. see M 1135.
11(1)
11 00
1100

Fridays

see

11 00 Australia. Radio: RA News. SeeS OO.

11 00 Germany, nesscne Welte: News. SI!!S 0100.
1100 USA. WEWNB;rmiogham Al : Answering Common
Objections. SCott HaM explains anddefendsIhe teachmqs
01IheCatholicfaith.
1106 Germany, OeutscheWelle: NewsUnk, See M 1106.
111 0 Auslralia, Radio: Asia Pacitic (repeat). See S2310.

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Sundays
1200
1200
1200
1200
1200
1204
1205

1208
1230
1230
1237

Australia. Radio: RA Nfw5, See S 0000.

Brazit, nauoeras: Sunday Special.Focus on a specialized
topic mi~ed with Blazilianmusic.
Norway, Radio NorwayIntI: Norway flow.S!!1! S 0600.
Poland. Polish RWarsaw: News IromPoland
USA. WEWNBirminghamAL: Sunday Mass Live, From Our
Lady 01the An gels Monastery
Poland. Polish RWarsaw: weekendCommeillary,
Auslralia. Radio: CountryClub(Part 1I. ABC's program or
ccnremocrarv andtraditional country music wilh Richard
Porteous t tst Hour).
Pol.J.nd. Polish RWarsaw: Panorama
Poland.Polish RWarsaw: Postbag
TUlkey, VOiceof: News. See SOJoo
Turkey. Voice 01: Reviewal theDay's TurlriS~ Press. SeeS

63 11.

Mondays
1200 AustrallJ, RadIO: RAnews. SeeS 0000
1200 Braz~ . Radiobras: Brazilian Panorama. A magaline progfam
01Brwlian musicand ieatcres
1200 Poland. Polrsh RWarsaw: 'ltwS 110m Poland
1200 USA, WEWN Blrmingllam At: Daily Masslive, FromOur
lady oI lhe Angels MOfIa$tery in Alabama.
1205 Auslralia, Radio: Late Night live. Topa !. polllical. cultural
ancphilosophical eseesWIth Phillip Adams 01 RadiO
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1220 Poland. Polish RWarsaw' JazztFolk:Rockll'op lrom Poland.
1230 Turkey. VOice 01: Nev.s . See S
1237 Turkey, Voice 01:gevew 01the Day's TOlklsh Press. SeeS
0311.
1252 Turkey, Voice01: SCiencein Turkey. A umerent tOPiCin me
realm01science.technology, and languageeach week

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Tuesdays
1200
1200
1200
1200
1205
1223
1229
1230
1237

1240

Australia, RadiO: RANews. See S 0000.

Blazil, Radiobras: BrazilianPanorama.
M 1200.
Poland. Polish RWarsaw: Newsfrom Poland.
USA. WEWNBlfmingham AL: Daily Mass live SeeM 1200.
Australia, RadiO: Late Nighl Live. SeeM 1205.
Poland, Polish RWarsaw: A Day in meLileOf,
Poland, Polish RWarsaw: Request Concert.
Tur ~ey, Voiceof: News, SeeS
Turlrey. Voice01: Review 01the Day's Turkish Press.See S
0311.

see

rooo.

Wednesdays
1200
1200
1200
1200
1205
1220
1230
1237
12.10

AUSlralia, Raj io: RANews, See S0000.

Brazil. Radiobras; BrazilianPanorama. See M 1200.
Poland, Polish RWarsaw: flews l rom Poland,
USA, WEWN BirminghamAt: Daily Mass live. See M 1200.
Auslralia. Raj io: Late Nighl l ive. SeeM 1205.
POland. Polish RWarsaw: The Classics.
Turlrey. VOice 01: Nev.-'S. SeeS 0300.
Turkey, Voice 01: Review ettneDay's TurlrishPress. SeeS
0311 .
Poland. PolishR Warsaw- Flashback.

Thursdays
1200
1200
1200
1200
1205
1220
1230
1237

see

AuSlralaa. RadiO: RANews.

S0000
Bralll, Radlooras: BraZIlian Parorema. seeM 1200.
POlanll, Polish RWarsaw:Newslrom Poland.
USA, WEWNBirmingham AL: Dai ~1 MassLive. seeM 1200.
AUSlralia, Radio: tate Nighllil.-e See M 1205.
Polanll, PolishRWarsaw: PolishRadio OX Club.
Tu r ~ey, Voice01: NeWS. SeeS0300.
Turkey, Voice 01: Review 01 the Dai s Turkish Press. See S
0311

Poland, PoliSh RWarsaw: tener trcm Poland.

Fridays
1200
1200
1200
1200
1205
1220
1230
1237
1240
1245

Australia, Radio: RA News. SeeS 0000.

Brazil, Radiobras: BrazilianPanorama. See M 1200.
Poland, PolishRWarsaw: NewsIrom Poland.
USA, WEWNairrmrcnamAL: Daily Mass live. See M 1200.
Australia, Radio: Late Night uve. See M 1205.
Poland, Polish RWarsaw: Landscapellitefary Se.-iesIFeaturel
The Best 01Polish Radio Warsaw.
Turkey, Voice 01: News. See S uaeu.
Turkey, Voice01:Review 01 the Day'S Turkish Press. See S

osu.

Poland, PolishRWarsaw: BusinessWeek.

Turlrey, Voice 01:Turkish Album. Music and cullura!
intero'iew$.

Saturdays
1200
1200
1200
1200
1205
121 0
1230
1230
1237

see

Australia, Radio: RANe....'S.

S 0000
Brat,1. Ralliobras: The Best 01 araauanPapular Music. Eighty
minutes01great music.
Pola'\d, Polish R Warsaw: NewslWeekendPapers
USA. WrWN Bil mingtlamAt: Dally Mass Live. See M 1200
Australia, Radio: cmer Wands(Part 1). See S 1405
Poland. PolishRWarsaw: What We said.
Poland. PolIshRWarsaw: Focus.
Turkey. Voiceot News. seeS0300.
TUlkey. Voiceot Review01the Day's Turkish Press. See S
63 11.

1240
1245
1257

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Turkey. voce oj: VDT OXCorner (biwee~ly) , SeeSOJ23.
Turkey. Voice01: BlueVoya ge. The anracucn s 01Turkey's
coastal reccns.

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Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt. RadiOCairo
Eqt Guinea. REast AlrlCa
Eqt Guinea. Radio Afnca
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Germany. Sunrise RadIO
Germany. Universalute
Germany.OverCtlmef MlOistr
Germany.RAsia Canada
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Ilaly.IRRS
Jordan. Ra:lio
Kenya. Kenya Broade Corp
Uberia.lCN/R liberia Int
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Namibia, NBC
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Norway. Radio Norway Inti
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Sundays
1300
1300
1300
1305
1328
1330
1330
1340

Australia,Radio: RANews. see 5 OO.

NOfWaY, Radio Norway Ind: Norway Now. see S 0600.
USA,WEWNBirmingham At.:5unday Mass live(Irom
1300).
1200.
AlJStralia.Radio: Country Club (Part 2). ABC'sprogram 01
contemporary andtraditional country music withRichard
Porteous (2nd Hour).
Egypt, Radio Cairo: NewsHeadlines.
UAE, Radio Dubai: News.
USA, WEWNBirmingham AL: TheHoly Rosary (Glorious).
See S0300.
VAf, Radio Dubai: Variable Feature.

sees

Mondays
1300
1300
1301
1308
1310
1310
1315
1319
1328
1330
1330
1340

Australia, Radio:RANews See S OO.

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL TheHoly Rosary (Joyful). See
503JO.
Turkey, Voice01: Turkish Songs. see S 0338.
Turkey, Voice of: TreasuredPOllraits. A glimpse intothelile
01 a tamousTurk.
Br3Zi,RadiObras: BrazilianReporter. Focus onIde in Brazil.
Egypt. RadIO Cairo: Arabicby Radio.
Auslralia, Radio: The Planet(Part 1). l ucky oceans plays
ricl1/y variedmusic IromaroundtheWOf1d.
Turkey. VoiC1! 01: TurkiSh So~ . See S 0338.
EII'fIll-. Radio Cairo: News Hwllines.
VAf . Radio Dubai: NevIS.
USA WEWN Birmingllam AL: TheChaple1 of DMne Mercy,
See 50300.
UAf, Radio Dubai: VariableFeature.

Tuesdays
1300
1300

AuslJalia, Radio: RA News. See 5 OO.

USA.WEWN BirmingllamAt : The HolyRosary (Sorrowful).
See S 0300.

1310 Brazil, Radiobras: BrazifLJn Reporter. see M 1310.

1315 Australia, Radio: The Planet (Part1). see M t 315.
1328 Egypt. Radio Cairo: News Headlines.
1330 UAf. Radio Dubai: News.
1330 USA. WEWN Birmingham Al : The Chaplel 01Divine Mercy.

SeeS 0300.
1340

UAE, Radio Duba!: VariableFeature.

~:d~=ia
~fiO: RA News. See S0000.
1300 USA, WEWN Birmingham Al : The Holy Rosary (Glorious).
See S 0300.
1310 Brazil. Radiobras: Brazilian Reporter. See M 1310.
1315 Australia, Radio: The Planet (Part1). See M 1315.
1328 Egypt. RadioCairo: News Headlines.
1330 UAE, Radio Dubai: News.
1330 USA. WEWN Binningtwn At.:The Chaplel of Divine Mercy.

see S 0300.

1340

UAf. Radio Oubai: Variable Fut ure.

r~~
"" ,.,RA_.sees OO.
1300 USA, WEWN Birmingtwn At.:TheHoty Rosary (Joylull. see
50300.

1310
1315
1328
1330
13JD
134a

Brazil. Radiobras: BrazilianReporter. see M 1310.

Austratia, Radio: ThePlanet (Part 1).
M 1315.
Egypt.Radio Cairo: News Headlines.
UAE.Radio Dubai: News.
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL:The Chaplet of DivineMercy.
see 5 0300.
UAE. Radio Oubai: VariableFeature.

1310
1315
1319
1328
1330
1330
1340

see

Brazil. Radiobras: BrazilianReporter.

M 131D.
Australia. Radio: TheP1aoet (Part 1). see M 1315.
Turkey. Voice of: TurkishPOPUlaf Music. selectiOns 01mUSic
beingplayed in Turkey.
EOYPl RadioCairo: NI!W$ Headlines.
UAE, Radio Dubai: News.
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL TheChaplet 01 Olvine Mercy.
SeeS0300.
UAf , Radio Dubai: Variable Feature.

Saturdays
1300
1300

Australia. Radio: Radio ~tio ll3l News. see F1400.

USA, WEWN Birmingllam AL: The HolyRosary (liviOO). see

S 0300.
Australia. Radio: Other Worlds (Part 2). See5 1505.
Turkey, Voice 01: Popular Turkish Music. Turkey'smusic01
today.
1318 Turkey, Voice 01: Turkisl1 Literature(biweekly). A view 01
Tur1<ish cullure as revealed in thewritten word.
1328 EgyPl Radio Cairo:NewsHwlines.
1330 UAf, Radio Dubai: News.
1330 USA, 'HEWN Birmingham At.:TheChaplet of Divine Mercy.
1305
1313

sees 0300.

1340

UAE. Radio Oubal: Variable Feature.

see

Fridays
1300
1300

Australia. Radio: RA News. See 5 0000.

USA. WEWNBirmirH;lham AL The Holy Rosary (Sorrowful).
See S 0300.

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fREQUENCIES
1400-1500
1400-1500

Anguilla,Caribbean Beacon
Australia, RadIO

1400-1500 vi
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500vi
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400,1500
14001500s
14001500

Austraillo, VLSA Abeegpo

Australia, Vl8K KalhenOf

14001500
1401}15oo
1400-15OO as
14(1).1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-143O s
1400-1 500
14001500
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14001430
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14001500
1400-1500 vi
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1400-1430
1400-15OOvl
1400-1500
1400-1500 occsnat
14001410
1400 1500 as
1400t 5oovI

CostaRica.Rf Peace Inti

Ecuador, HCJB
Eql Guinea. R Easl Alrica
f rance. RadiOfr ance InU
Gemgia. Voice 01Hope
Germany. Sunrise Radio
Germany. UniwlrW lile
Germany.Overcomer Mlnistr
India. AI1lnelia RadiO
Ireland, UntChristian BC
Israel.KoIlsrael
Italy, lARS
Japan. RJapanINHKWoOd
Jordan. Radio
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. RTM Kuching
Malaysia.RTM KotaKlnabalu
Mexico, Radi o Mexico Inti
Namibia, NBC
Nelherlands, Radio
NewZealand. R NZ Int!
Pakistan. Radio
Palau, KHBNNoice01Hope
Papua NewGuinea. NBC

Australia. Vl8TTent e,k

Canada. cec N Quebecsvc

Canada. CFRX Toronto

Canada. CFVP Calgary

Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN SIJohn's
Canada.CKZU Vancouver
Canada. RCanada Inti
China. China Radio Inll

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9575as
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1400 1430

Thailand. Baoo
UK. BBC African Service

9655as
6190al

1400,1500

UK.BBCAsian Service

14001500

UK,BBC World Service

1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
14{)(}-1 5oo

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KHBI N Mal ianaIs
USA. KJES MeSQuile NM
USA, KlBN Salllk City UT
USA. KWHR NaalehuHI
USAVoice 01America

13710as

15640na

11995as
473Das

1400-1500

14001500
13650am
7405na

Philippines, FEBCIR Inti

ausse.vcce 01 Russia WS
S AhlCa. Channel Africa
Singapore,RCOIp SlIlgapore
Sri Lanka. Sri l anka Be
Switzerland. Swiss R lnll

1400-1500

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1400-1500

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. . ..

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1400-1 500
1400 1500
14QO1500 vl
14151425
14301500
14301500
14301500
1430-1500

USA. WEWN Birmingham Al

USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR upton ICY
USA. WRMIIR Miami Inti
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. VNFR OkeechObee f l
vatcan Stale.vancan R
zambia.Christian Voice
zambia. Natl BC Corp
Zimbabwe,Zimbabwe Be
Nepal. Radi o
Australia. Radi o
Guam. AWR/KSOA
Mongolia. Voiceof
Myanmar. Radio

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13815am
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SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1400
1400

Australia. Radio: RANews. See S oo

China. China Radio Ind: News. A ten-minute summary of

world news.
1400 USA. WEWN Biminollam At.:lite on the Roell(encore).
Jell Cavinsandhis weekly guest astheymeet ataecaee
bouseto diSCuSS thejoysanlIchallenges of being ayoung
Chris1ian in the 90's.
1405 Australia,Radio: OtherWorlds (Part 1). Brent Clough
playslateniohtIollnge music (ls i hour).
1411 China. ChinaRadio InU: News aboutChina. Ten minutes 01
nome news.
1413 China, China Radio Inti: Sports Beat. News trcm theworld
01 sports.
1420 China. China Radio Inll: China Snapshots. Alour around
eteeandtown in China wilh locuson locaIllavor and
customs.
1425 China, ChinaRadio Inti: Report on Oeve!oping Countries. A
reportonprojects in theThird World.
1435 China, China Radio Ind: Song ol lM Week. A selectionof
ltIe new popmusic: In China.
1445 China, ChinaRadio Ind: VoicesfromOtherLands. A
culturalplogram aboulthe world andits people.

Mondays
1400
1400
1400

Australia, Radio: RA News. See S OO,

China.China Radio Inll: News. See S 1400.
USA. WEWN BirminghamAt.:Teaclling of Jesus. seeS

0400.
1405
1411
1420
1425
1430
1434

52

Australia. fQ{lio: ThePlanet (Part 2). seeM 13t5.

China, ChinaRallio Inti: News aboulChina. SeeS 1411.
China. ChinaRadio Inll: Current Affaj~ . An in-depth look
at events and Ilappenings in China.
China.ChinaRadio Inn: PressClippings. several items
IromtheChinesepress.
China, China Radio InU: China's OpenWindows. Focus on
a particular area ol lnvastment in China.
China. ChinaRadio Inll: Changzhou Reports. A look atthis
industrial city in East China's Jlangsu Provinceand the

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peoplewtIoIiv! and worktnere.

1445 Chin.l. China Radio Inti: Idioms andTheir Slories. A r~la r
lealUrelor stooents studying Chinese

Tuesdays
1400
1400
1400
1405
1411
1420
1434
1439
1445

Australia.Radio: RA News. see S OO.

China. China Radio Inti: News. See S 1400.
USA. WEWH Birmingham At: Truth Talks. see T0100.
Australia. RadiO: The Planet (Part 2). see M 1315.
China, ChinaRadio Inll: Newsabout China. SeeS 1411.
China, ChinaRadio lnll: terremAffailS, See M 1420.
China, ChinaRadio Inti: Press Clillplngs. See M 1425.
China, ChInaRadio lnff: OrientArena. Focus onsportinQ
events and Chinese sportspersonalities.
China, ChinaRadio Inll: Voicesfrom OIher lands.SeeS 1445.

Wednesdays
1400
1400
1400

Australia, Radio: RANews. See S0000.

China, ChinaRadio Inti: News, SeeS 1400.
USA. WEWN Birmingham At.:The JourneyHome(encore). A
call-in show thatexamineswhysomany peopleare being
drawn home10 the catholic Church.
1405 AU5tralia,Radio: The Planel (Part 2). See M 1315.
1411 China. ChinaRadio Inll: News about China.SeeS 1411.
1420 China, ChinaRaOIO Inti: Currenl Aflajrs. Set M 1420.
1434 Chin.l, ChinaRadio Ind: Press Clippings. See M 1425.
1438 China. China Radio Inti: Profile. The activities of an In1erestino
individual are examined.
1445 China. Chin.l Radio InII: learn 10 Speak Chinese. Chinese
language lessons tor English speakers.

Thursdays
1400
1400
1400

Australia. Radio: RA rlf!W5. See S OO.

China, ChinaRadio Inll: News. See S 1400.
USA, WEWN Birmingham Al : Pillars01 Faith (encore). SeeT

1405
1411
1415

Australia, Radio: ThePlanet(Part2). See M 1315.

China, ChinaRadio Intf: News about China. SeeS 1411.
China. China Radio Inti: News Analysis. Background on

oo.

current news events.

1420 China. China Radio Inll: Currenl Altai~.
M 1420.
1434 China. China. Radio Inti:: Press Clippings. SeeM 1425.
1438 China, China RadioInlt Focus. l ookingal anissue of
signifiCance 10China's develoPment
1444 China, China Radio Inll: Cultural Spectrum. The rich
culluralheritage 01 Ctmain Iileratule, musicand art

see

Fridays
1400
1400
1400
1405
1411
1420
1433
1437
1444

Australia, Radio: RadioNational News. News from me

Australian BroadcastingNetwork (ABC).
China, China Radio 1n1!: News. See S 1400.
USA, WEWN Birmingllam Al: l tveWire (encore). Repeat of
livecall-in program.
Australia, Radio: The Planet (Part2), See M 1315.
China, China Radio Inti: News about China. SeeS 1411 .
China, China Radio InU: currentAltairs. SeeM 1420.
China.China Radio Inll: Press Clippings. See M 1425.
China., China Radio Inti: ute in ChIna. Focus onan aspect
01 everyday living.
Chin.l, ChinaRadio Inll: Global Review. Neo.w about
developinonations.

Saturdays
1400 AU5tra1i.a. Radio: Radio National News. seeF t4oo.
1400 China. China RadioInlt: News. See S 1400.
1400 USA, WEWN Birminoham At: Our f a!he( s Plan. See W

OHIO.
1411
1420

China. ChinaRadio Inti: Newsabout China. See S 1411 .

Chin.l, China. RadiO Inti: Chinese fQlktales. The lraditions,
meurvalues. etiquetteandcustomsof thisancient
counlry and slories aboutreal andlegendaryligures 01
China.
1425 China, ChinaRadio Inll: The CookingShOw. Chinese
recipesandcooking tips dirett IromBeijing
1430 China. China Radio Inti: China SCrapbook. Snippets of
facts aboutChina's pastand present.
1435 China, China Radio Inti: Music Irom China. Chinese music
from traditional to pop10 annual music festivals.

FREQUENCIES
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15O(). 1600

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Anguilla.C.lrlbbean aeaccn
Austra:ia. Radio

15001601)0.1
1500'1600 '11
1500-1600'II
1500-1600'11
1500-1600
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15001600

assuana 'ILeAAlice Spg

Australia. '1l8K Kathenne
Australia VLST Tent
Canada. cee r. Quebec Svc
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary

15001 600
1500-1600
1500 1559 5
1500-1600
1500 1600
1500-1530
1500-1600
1500-1600as
1500-1530
1500-1600
15001600
1500 1600
1500-1600
1500-1600 Otslvl
1500-1600
1500-1 600
1501H600
15O(}-15 10
15001600
15001600 lneg
15001530
1500-1600
1500,1600 \1
15001525
15001600 occsnat
1500 1600
1500-1557

Canada. CKZN St John's

Canada. CKl U Vancouver
Canada.R Canada InU
Chma.Cnma Radio Inll
Costa Rica RF Peace Inll
Costa Rica Rf Peace nur
Ecuacor. HCJB
EQI Guinea R East Alflca
Georgia, VOice 011--10pe
Bermany. Scnnse RadiO
Germany.Overcomer MmlSlr
Guam. TWR1<TWR
Ireland. Uri! Chnsfldn BC
llaly.IRRS
Japan, R Japaf\iflHK World
Jordan. RadIO
Kenya. Ken/ a sroaoc Corp
llbena.lCNIR t .cena Inl
Malaysia. RadiO
Mala,.sia.RTM KotaKmabatu
MeXICO. Raj lOMeXICOInU
Myanmar, naoc
Namibia. 'laC

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tsOO 1 600~ 1

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Canada. CHtlX Hahtax

aemenancs. Barno
New Zealand. RNZ Inll
r~ lgeria, VOice of
North Korea, R Pyongyang

Bane Norway Inti

Palau. KHBNN oice ot Hope

Papua NewGuinea NBC

.
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1500' 1600

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Seychelles. FEBARadio
Seychelles. FEBA Radio
S1flyapOle.RCorp $mgapolf
Sri Lanka. Sf! Lanka Be
Taiwan. VOice or Asia
Tanzania. RadiO
UK, BBC A/rican Service

1500 1600

UK, BSC ASian Service

15001600

UK. B8CWorld Service

15001600
15001600
15001600
15001600

USA. KAIJ Dallas rx

USA, KIStl Salt Lk Cityur
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Voiceof America

15Q('t545 sm
lS(Ml1500
1500- 1600

15001600
1500"600 vl

21'160am

151 15am

21-155am

15625na

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11775me

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153015-10
1530t 600
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1535 1550
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15451600s h
15-\51600
1550'16:)0a

USA. V/fW~l Bllmmgham At

US;' . VlGTGMcCaysVIlle GA
USA. VlHRl NobleSVIlle IN
USA. WJCR uctcn KY
USA. WR"'UiR Ml3ffil lntl
USA. \\ WCR r~ashvllle TN
USA_.....'YFR Okeechobee Fl
USA, ';I,'YFROkeechobee FL
Zambia. cnnsuan VOice
Zambia. Nat! BC Corp
Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Be
sancraeesn. Bangia Betar
Guam, AWRIKSOA
Iran, VOIRI
Vatican State. VaticanR
Albania. R Tirana Inti
Banqladesh, Banqla Betar
Israel, Kollstaet
vaacanSlate. veucan R

7325me

15470me

15540me

11860al
17830al

11940al
21470al

15400al
21490al

5990as
11750Js
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15220na
17840Jm

6195as
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11865na
1548Seu

7135as

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9760as

7215as
15205va

116OO<1s
11600as

615Odo
97303s

154253s

744535

5050do
6190al
15420al
21660al
5975as
9740as
9410eu
12095eu
17705eu
13815am
15590am
993Das
611Das

1156spa
6160as
9700me
15395as
11875na

96450s
15255va

9505'"

4975me

17580me
9-I-t5al

9455na
g.;ooam
13760am
7490113
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11550as
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4828do
-1 8803s
9385as
721 5as
13765au
11734eu
4880as
11605eu

12040eu
15575eu

15745eu

15105affi
13595113
121GOam
17750na

13845301

15685am

6265do
5012do
15520as
9780as
15500<lu
12034eu
155203s
15650na
15500va

13765va

13605me

1751 5na

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1500
1500
1500
1500
1505
1506

1530
1530
1540
1545

Au.tralia. Ra<ho: RA Nev.s. SeeS oo

Norway. Radio Norway Inti: NorwayNO'.'f. see S 0600.
USA. WE't'm BlrmlOgllam At: Salvation andGrace. No
InlOlmalion availa!lte.
VOA (Special English): VOA News. Ten n aeures 01
worldwidenews on thehour.
Ausll aha, Radio: OIlierWOfidS(Part 2). Brent Clough plays
late night lounge muse (2M hour).
VOA(Special English): All About Enallsh. A program
deSIgnedIOf those learning to speak English thatmcnces
ccnversancns about everyday htein the U San d
explaraticns 01.grammar andusage
USA. WEWN Birmingham Al: Moral' Decisions. See S 1500
VOA Is pecial English): Nsws (Special English). See S0030
VOA, Special English): WOlds and metrStones (Special
EngliSh). See S 0G40.
VOA (SpecialEnglish): People in Amenca (Special English)
See S 0045.

~n~~Na~
la. Radio: RANews seeS OO.
1500 USA.WEWN Birminghaf11 Al : The Best 01JourneyHome
1500
1505
1506
1530
1530
15-10
1545

SeeS 1500
VOA (SPetI3I Engbsh) VOA News, SeeS 1500.
AU$ltalia. RadIO: Asia Pactc. See S 2310
VOA (Special English): AllAbout English. SeeS 1506.
Australia. Radio: The Heath Report, A program tnat
esa-nmes neenn ssues and maeescomplex scentrtc data
understandable.
VOA ISpeciai English): NtwS(Special Ef'I9fish). See S 0030.
VOA sceea Enollstl): DtveIopfT\l! nl Report (Speoal
Eno:lShl. set M 0040.
VOA (Specal EnollSh): Thisis Amena (Special Enghsh).
see M 0045.

Tuesdays
1500
1500

1500
1505
1506

Australia. Radio: RA flews, seeS OO .

USA. WEVm BirminghamAL: Abiding in cnnst (encore).
MartUS Grodi takesa closer look al scncmre dunng
WEWN's newest live talkshol'l leaturmg tn-studiOguests
anda live call-In segment
VOt, (Special English): VOA News. See S 1500.
Australia. Radio: Asia Pacac. SeeS 2310.
VOA (Special EnOlishl: All AtlouT English. SeeS 1506.

1530
1530
1S-10
1545

Australl3. Rauro. The Law Report. Susanna t ooez bnngsan

Insider's perspective to thecomplexities01the law.
VOA (Special En-1Iish): flews(Special EllQlish). set S 0030.
VOA (Specla
. 1Enillish): AollCultureRecort (Special EfI9llSh).
see f 0040
VOA (Special EngliSh): SCiencein me flews(Special English).
See T0045

1545

~~tu~~s~x~
Radio: Radio NationalNews. See F1400.
1500 USA. WfWrl BirmillQham Al: TheCatholic Broadcast. See
S 1130.
VOA ISpeoalEnglish): VOANews, seeS 1500.
Australia. Radio: Melisma(Part 1). Musicalrevelations(1st
hour).
1506 VOA (Special English): All About Enqlish. See S 1506.
1530 USA.WEWN BlrmmghamAl: The urne Aower. seeS
0330
1530 VOA (Special English): News(Special English). See S
0030.
1540 x~~peCial English): In Ihe News(Special English). See

Wednesdays

1500
1505

1500
1505
1506
1530
1530
t 540

1545

1500
1500

1545

Australia.lt"al:llO: RANews. See S0000

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: The Best 01Lite on ue Rock.
See S 1-100
VOA (Special English): VOANews, SeeS 1500.
Australia.RadIO: ASia Pacitrc. See S2310.
VOA (Special English): AllAboul English. SeeS 1506.
ausnana. Radio: The ReliglonReport. See S0230.
VOA IspeCialEngliSh): fl ews(Special English). See S0030.
VOA Special English): SCience Report(Specet English). See
W00-10.
VOA (Special English): Exploration (Special Englishj. See W
()().IS.

~~U~~~Ia
~Radio: RA NelVS, See S oo
1500 USA. WEWN Birmingham AL:Our Father's Plan. seew 0100
1500
1505
t~

1530
1530
15.\0
1 ~5

VOA (Special English): VOA uews. See S 1500.

Australia. RadIO: AsiaPaclhc. see S 2310.
VOA( S~1 En\<lish): All About El19llsh. See S 1506
AUSllaUa. RadIO: Media Re~rt
S053O.
VOA( SpecJal E~lishl: News {S~al English). See S 0030
VOA (Special English : SCience Report (Special English). See
W0040
VOA(Special Enljlish): TheMakingof a Nahon (Special
EngliSh). SeeH 0045

see

Fridays
1503
ISO:l

1500
150S
t506
1530
1530
15-10

Australia. RadIO: Radio NatlOll3l News. See F 1400

USA. W.E\Vfl Birmingham Al: Abidingin Chnst (live). seeT
1500.
VOA (SpeCial English): VOA News. see S 1500
Australia. Radio: Asia Pacific. seeS 2310
VOA (Special English): All About EOl;lhsll, SeeS 1506.
Australia. RadiO: The Sports Factor, See M 2330
VOA Ispecial English): News (Special EngliSh). SeeS0030
VOA Special English} Environment neecn (Special En(llish).
Sell F0040.

VOA ISpeclal English}: Amentan Mosaic (Special English).

SeeF0045.

VOA{Special English): AmericanStories (Special English).

See A0045

HAUSER' S HIGHLIGHTS

SPAIN: RADIO EXTERIOR ESPANA

(REEl

From summer schedule. Engl ish

~ on 9855 kH /. 3K degrees
:!O()()2 JI)() ~ l- F
2 I CI()- 2 ~ OO Sa/Su
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2( )( )O ':~ I()()

M F,

21()(}-2200 Sa/S u

North Alllcrica on 6055 kflz 290 degrees

()(11 10-0:!C)(1

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( KEE Vi;l IlC-DX)

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FREQUENCIES
16001700
1601J.1 700
16001700

AI!JCI13. R Aigiels Inti

Alltluilla,Canbbean Beacon
Australia. Radio

1600-1700 vl

Australia, '1L8AAliceSpg
Aus tralia. Vl 8KKath erine
Australia, '/LST Ter'll erk
Canada.
N Quebec s-c

1600-1700 ,,1
1600-1700.,.1

16001700,,1

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. . . .

. . .

cae

Canada. CfRX Toronto

1600 1700
16001700
1600 1700
160IH 700
1600-1700
1600-1700
160017ooas
1600-1627
1600-1700
16001700

caoaoa. CtvP Calgary

Call.lIla CrltlX Halital
caoaoa. CKlN SI Jonn's
Canada. CKlUvancouver
China. Chll\J RadiOinn
Costa RICa. AdvWOl ld R
CrechRep. Radio Prague
EthIopia. RadiO
t rance. RadiO France Inti

16001650

Germany, Deutsche Welle

16001700
16001700
l GOOH OG
16001630
1600-1630
16001700
1600-1700 asM
16001630
1600-1700
16001700
1600 1700
16001700\~
1600t650occsnat
1600-1700
16001630 s
1600'1630
1600-1700 vi
1600-1700

Germany, Sunrise Rall io

Germany.Overcomer MlrJlslr
Guam. AVlRiKSOA
Guam. TV/R.iKTWR
Iran. VOIRI
Ireland. Unl cnesnan BC
IIaly.IRRS
Jordan. gene
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
le banon. Voiceof Hope
Malaysia. Radio
tlamillia NBC
NewZealand. R NZlnll
Nigeria. Voiceor
Norway. Radio NorwayInti
Pakistan.aaoo
Papua New Guinea, NBC
nussa.vmce 01 Russia WS

16001625
16001700
1600 1700 as
1600-1700
16001615
160(H 700vl
16001645
1600-1700

S Alrlca. ChannelAlflca
South Korea. R KoreaInll
SriLanka. Sri Lanl(JBC
Swaziland. trans WOIld R
SWltzerlalld. SwissR Inti
Tanzania. RadIO
UAE . RadiODu!)ai
UK. BBC Alrlcan service

11715011
11775am

15160me

5995pa

B020pa

95BOpa
2310do
2485do

9660pa

6080as
"660.15

9500.15

962Oa!
17485al
11705.11
17850011
7130al
1181 0<11

12015al

15210al

7225as
15145as

9735011
2169531

13810me

15625na

9780as

t 3605me

9960me
7295do
4930al
6100pa
7255al
13800va
965D.as
4890do
9675me
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6llOOo1
59753s
9730as
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9575as
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136~u

3255.31
17830<11

3915<15

5~75as

16001700

UK BBC World Service

7160as
9.\10eu
15575eu

9i40 as
9515n3
l i 840am

160Q 1700

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

USA, KTBN Saltlk City ur
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA,Voice01 Amerlta

16001700
16001 700
16001700

2325do
9625do
607Odo
603Odo
613Odo
6160110
6160<10
9565al
9725na
593Qeu
7165al
11615al
15640al
617D.as
9875<1s
5850va
6130eu
9355as
153303s
721Sas
6200do
3985va
11690eu
4935do

UK BBC ASian Serwce

1600, 606

496521
15120.11
15340na
11570rne

1895Qva
15170011

17720al

11775rne

11850me

12065me

9515va

987();]s

15425.1s
15265<1s
13675eu
6190at
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15395eu
15-400011
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16QO-.1700
160(H700 ml.~h la
1600-1700
16001700
1600-1700
16001700mlwhl
1600-1700 srntha
16001700
16001700

USA. WEVIN Bll mingham l\l

USA. WGTG McCaySVille GA
USA. WHRI NobleSVIlle IN
USA. WJCR upton KY
USA. WMlK setter PA
USA. WRNO NewOrleans LA
USA. WSHBcvcressClk SC
USA.WWCRNashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee Fl

1600161001
t6001630
1600-1700
1600-1 700
16001630'11
1606-1615

vatican State, VaticanR

Vietnam. voce of
Zambia. ChriSllan VOIce
Zambia. NailBC Corp
Ztmtabwe. ZenbabweBC
UK.BBC Asl.an sevce

1606161 5 mtl'ltll
161 51645as
161 5-1645
1615-1700

UK. 8BCAsian Service

UK. 8BC Alrican Servce
UK.BBC AlricanService
UK.8BC AsianService

161 51700as
1615-1630

UK, BBC World Service

Vatican State. vaucan R

1630-1700
16301655
16301657
1630-1700
1630-1700
16301700 a
16301700
16301700vi
1645-1 700
16501700

Austria, R AUsl ril Inti

Belgium. Rvtaanceren Int
Canada. RCanadaInU
Egypt. RadiOCairo
Georgia. Voice01Hope
Gernany. urwersarute
SlovaklJ.R SIO'-IaklJ Int!
ZtOlblbl'.'e. ZImbabweBe
UK. SBC Alncarl servc e
Eqt Guinea, RadIO AlrlCa
NewZealand. R NZIntt

1 650 1 700 m~Nhl

5990a5
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6195as

12095cu

15310.15
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97(lOme
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1 5 74~u

13815.1111
15590am
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6035.1'

6110as

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15255'13
17895al
11875na
9":00am
137603m
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15420am
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13765va
98l(leu
333();]1
6165110
48l ado
39153s
11 750as

5990as
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15420al
3915as
9740as
9515ml
4005eu
11810eu
6155eu
5910eu
6140as
1525531
6285eu
12015.11
592(Ru
3306<10
1186Oa1
15186Jf
61.f5pa

15105am
13595na

12160<1m
11830na
21525vo1
1550Ovo1
1201Deu
4%5.11
6265do
5:J12do
5975.1s

138453111
15695va

6195as

1531 0as

5975as
11751)as

7160as

%lO as

5883eu

7250eu

9645eu

11855me
7290eu
71 50as

1371 0,1s

13730va

15685am
17555va

15010eu

7160as

9740.1S

12125eu

'OSS"

7345eu

~ 828d o

15420.11

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1600
1600
1600

1600
1605
1606
1630
1630
164'
1645

Australia. Radio: RANews, See S 0000.

RadiONorway InU: Norway Now. See S0600
USA. WEWN Birmingham Al : scanen Mass (lI~e) . Catholic
Mass in Spamsh.
VOA (Special EngliSh): VOA Ne....'S SeeS 1500
Austraha. gado ; The Natt{ll131Imerest. Terry tanetakes an
InciSive Joolc at theweek's major events.
VOA (Special EngliSh): AllAbout ErJglish. seeS 1506
UAE, Radio Dubai: News
VOA (Special EngliSh): News (Special English). See S0030
VOA (Special English): Wordsand their Siories (Special
English). See S(1)40
VOA \SpeCI3I Erlglish): People in Amenca(SpecIal Erlglishl
See S 0045.
r~or.~ay.

Mondays
1600
1600

1600
1605
1606
163'
1630
164'
1645

Australia. Radi O: RANews, See S0000.

USA. WEWN Birmingham Al : Oaily Mass (encore). From
Our lady 01theAngels Monastery in Bilmingham, Alabama
VOA (Special EngliSh):VOA News See S 1500.
Australsa. RadiO: MUSICDeli. See M 0610.
VOA (Special EngliSh): All About English. See S 1506.
UAE. Radio Oubar Nsws
VOA tSpeoal E!l9liSt:): flews(Special Engl!Shl. See S0030.
VOA (Spect31English): Development Report (Special
Eng~sh ). seeM 0040
VOA (SpeCIJI EngllS!'): nus is Amenca (Speoal EnglISh).
See M 0045

1605
1606
1630
1630
1640
1645

~d~a~~~o:
RANews. See S OO.
1600 USA. WEWN BirminghamAL: Daily Mass (encore). See M
1600.
1600 VOA [Specal EngliSh): VOA Ney,'$ See S 1500
Auslralia.
Radio: WomenOut l oud!.Aweekly radiOorocram
1605
documenting.el ploring and challengirlg theccnomcnso!
women's lives.
1606 VOA (Special English): All Aboul English. See S 1506.
1630 UAE, Radio Dubai: News.
1630 VOA (Special English): News (Special English). See S 0030
1640 VOA (Special EngliSh): SCIence Report (Special Engllsh), See
WIJO.l'
1645 VOA (Special Em;lliSh): b ptoration(Spedal English), See W
1JO.l5

Thursdar-s
1600 Auslra e. RadiO: RA News. See S OO.
1600

Tuesdays

1600
1605

1600

1630
1630

1600
1600

S4

Aoslralla. RadiO: RA News See S0000

USA.WEWN Bi,mingham Al: Dally Mass (encore). See M
1600
VOA (Special EngliSh):VOA News. SeeS 1500

MO NITORING TIMES

Seplember 1998

Auslralia. Radio: Music Deli. See M0610

VOA (Special EngliSh): All About English. See S 1506.
UAE, Radio Dubai: News
VOA (Special English): News (Spetial EngliSh). SeeS0030.
VOA (Special EnoliSh): Aoncullule Report (Special EngliSh)
See T 0040.
VOA (Speoal English): SCience in ~he r~eW$ (Special EngliSh).
SeeT 0045

1606

USA. WEWrl Birmingtlam AL: Daiy Mass (encore). See'"

l6flll
VOA (Special English): VOA News. See S 1500
Auslralia. RadiO: Hindsight MichElle Rayner presents eunent
events Iromanhisloricalperspecnve
VOA (Special ErlgliSh): AI! Aooul English. See S 1506.
UAE. Radio Dubal: News
VOA (Special English): News (Special English), See S0030

1640

VOA (SpeCial Erlglish) Science Report (Special English), See

WfJO.lO
1645

VOA (SpetlJl EngliSh)' The Makll\9 01a N.atlon (SpeCIal

English). seeH0045

Fridays
1600
1600

1600

1605
1606
1630

1630
1640
1645

AJStrallJ, Paco: RadiOt~alional Ne....'S. See F 1400

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL: Dart')' Mass (eorore), See M
1600
VJA(SpeclJl EngliSh): 'lOA NeW'S .seeS 1500
Australia. RadiO: Awaye See MOll O.
VOA (Special English): All Aboul hgllsh. See S 1506
UAE. Radio Duba!: tlews
VOA (Special English): News (SpeCial Erlgllsn). See S0030
VO A(Special English) : Environment Report (Special
English). See F0040.
VOA (Specat EngIiSh): ll.mericao Mosaic l Special Erll;lhSh).
See F0045

Saturdays
1600
1600

1600
1605
1606
1630
1630

1630
1640
1645

Auslralla. RadIO: RadiOtlali<lrlal ftews. SeeF 1400.

USA. WEWN BltmlOgtlam Al : DallyMass (encore). SeeM
1600
VOA (Speoal Engllshl' VOA News. seeS 1500
AustrallJ. RadIO: P.lel,s~a (part2). Musical 1t\.-elalJOl'S rzr o
hour).
VOA( SpecIJI EngliSh)' NI About hgllsh SeeS 1506
EIJYPl,. Ra diOcairo: Eqo,-phan Muslt .
lIAE. RadiOOubai: Nev,s.
VOA (Speoal ErlgIISh): News (Special Erlgllsh) see S0030.
VOA(Special English): In Ute News (Special English), See A
1JO.l0
\iDA(SpecialErlghshl: Amencarl Stories(Special English).
See A 0045

fREQUENCIES

1700-1800
1700-1800

AngllIlla.Caribbean Beacon
Australia. Radio

I700-1800 v1
1700-180Ih 1

Australia. vtSAAlICe Spg

AUSllalia. Vl 8K xamerme
Ausllalia. VL8T Tent C,k
Canada. CBC Ncuebec svc
canaoa. CFAX toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNXHalifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China, China R,1(lio tnt!
Costa Rica.RF Peace Inti
Czech Rep. PaemPrague
Egypt, Radio cane
EQI Guinea. RadiOsrnca
f iance. RadiOfia nce Inll
Georgia. VOice01Hope
Germany, SunriseRadio
Germany,(h.ercomer t.!lfllslr
Ireland, unr Chllshan BC
lIaly. IRRS
Japan. RJatlaniNHKWorld

1700-1800..-1
1700-180Ih i
1700-1800

1700-1800
17001800
1700-1800
1700-1800

17001800
17001800
1700-1727
17001600
1700-1aOO

1700-1730
1700,1800
1700-1800

17001800
1700-1800
1700-1800 v:

1700-1800
1700-1800

1700-1800
1700-1800
110CH SOO
1700 1800 mt\"lhl
17001715 vi

1700-1800 vi
1700-1755
1700-1800
1700-1800

Kenya. Kenya Broeoc Corp

lebanon, Vcice 01 Hope
l iberia, Stargarno
Mala~ia, Radio
~le ....Zealand. RNZ InU
Palau. KHBl\NolCe 01Hope
PapuaNewGuinea, NBC
Poland. Polish RWarsaw
Romania,R Romania Inti
aussta.voce 01 RussiaWS

17001800 a
17001715 mtwh
1700-1800
1700-1800 vi
1700-1800

S Amca . Channel Africa

Swaziland. Commercial R
Swaziland, Trans World R
Swaziland, Trans World R
Tanzania, Radi o
UK. BBCAlri::an Service

1700-1745

UK, BBCAsian Service

17001800

UK. BBCWorld Service

17001730

1700-1800 \'i

1700-1800
17001800
1700-1800
liOO-1800

1700- 1800 mlwhl

UK. Merlin N~f\'lork One

USA. KAU Dallas TX
USA. KTBNSah lk City UT
USA. KWHRNaalehu HI
USA, Voic e of AmerICa

USA. VOIC/! 01 Amenca

1700-1800
1700-1800 mlwhfa
17001800
17001800
17001800

USA. WEWNBlrnllflgham Al
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA, WHRI ~~o b le sv lne Itl
USA, WJCR upton KY
USA, WMlK BethelPA
USA, WRNONew Orleans lA
1700-1800 mrwht
17oo-1800ha
USA. WSHB Cypress Crk SC
17001800
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
1700-1800
USA,WYFR Okeechobee Fl
1700-1800
Zambia. ChristianVOice
1700-1800
Zambia. Nail BC Corp
17oo-1aOO ..1
Zimbabwe, ZimbabweBC
17151745 ,,1
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
17151800
Swazllaod, Trans World R
1730-1755
Belgium, RV113nderen tnt
1730-1800
Guam. AWRIKSOA
1730-1800
Netherlands. RadiO
1730-1800
Philippines. RPil,pinas
1730-1800
S Al rica. AWR AhlCa
1730- 1800 5
Sweden. Radl)
1730-1800 mtenta Sweden. Radi,
1730-1800 S
UK.BBCAsian Service
1730-1800
vatcenState. Vatican R
1145-1800
Bangladesh. BangiaBelar
India. All India RadIO
1745-1800

1745-1800 ,,1

1745,1800

t l175am
5995pa
11SBOpa
231Odo
2485do
2325do
9625do
607Odo
603Odo
6130<10
6160do
6160do
7405al
7385am
5930eu
15255al
15186al
11615al
6285eu
585{lva
513Deu
6200do
3985va
6090.;,

9570al
15050am
17485al

9500"

9745al
21460am

1521031
12125eu

15460af

138 10m~

15625na

711Qeu

9535na

11910al

98253s

9960m,
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9965as
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9500al
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3255al
11 860al
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6095me
12095eu
15200eu
13815am
15590am
99303s
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9645as
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sssoas

97703s
15255as
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9400am
9-195am
7-190na
g-l6Sam
15420am
18930al
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15695eu
3330al
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3306do
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3200ai
11810me
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7285eu
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15250eu
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71603s

sst eas

6180eu
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6195eu
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1544531

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11870as

71503s
12oo5as

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13615na

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sszsas

Anguilla,Caribbean Beacon
Argenlina, RAE

11775am
15345eu

1205Jas

13760am
I 3595n3

9500al
1765531
13660me
712031
1189035

13845am

15685am

11655a1
151903s

15735va
15735va
12~5as

15565as
1755031
1552Deu

1557031
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18001900vt
18QO- l900 vt
1800-1900 vt
18001900
18001900
1800 1HlO
18oo-1HlO
1800 1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
18001900
18001830
18001900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-18305
1800-1900
18001815
180019JO

Austraba. IJlSA Alree Spg

Auslraba. 1Jl8K xamenne
Auslralia, VL8T Tent Crk
Bangladesh. Bangia Bela.
Br.llIl, Radio Bras
Canada. CFRX Toronlo
Canada.CFVP Calgary
Canada.CHNX Halilax
Canada. CKlN St John's
Canada, CKlUVancouver
Costa Rica,RF Peace Inll
Egypt Radio Cairo
EQt sumea. RadiOAfrica
Georgia, Voice 01Hope
Germany, Sunrise Radio
Germani'. Univelsal lile
Germany.Ovelcomer Mmislr
Greece. Voice01
India. A l India RadIO

1800 190)0
1800-1g.)() vi
1800-1900
ItI(lQ.1 900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1 815
18001900
180(I-1900s
1800-1830
1800-1850 mtwhl
1800 1857

Ireland, Unl cnnsuan BC

Italy. I R ~ S
Kenya. KenyaBroadc Corp
Kuwait Radio
lebanon. Voice 01 Hope
l iberia, Radio venas
liberia, Star Radio
liberia.LCN. Rl iberia Inl
MalaYSia. Radio
Morocco. RTVM Marocaine
Netherlands. Rar no
New Zealand, R NZ Inll
NorthKorea, R Pyonqyang

1800 1830 s
18001900 vi
1800-1900
18001900

Norway, Radio Norway Inll

PapuaNewGuinea, NBC
Philippu:es. R Pilipinas
aussu.voce 01Russia WS

1800 1630
1800 1830
18001900 ineg
1800-1900a
1800-1830
18001900vi
18()().1 9OO

S Atrica. AWRAfrica

9630al

6160as
9700m<
153953s

ssss as

Palau. KHBNNolt e 01Hope

UK.BBCAsian Service

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17555at
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Austraka. RadiO

958iJpa

15355al
-1935<10

1800 UTe
1800 1900
18001900mtl'lhl

18001900
60803s

1800-1830
18()(). 1900

SAlrica, Channel Africa

Sudan. Ra dio Omdurman
SW3111aod. CommercialR
Swanland . Trans World R
Tanzama Radio
UK. BBCAlrican service
UK. BBCAsian Service
UK. BBCWorld Service

180(1-1900 IV
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1801). 1903
1800 1900
18001900

UK. Merlin Network One

USA. KAU Dallas TX
USA. KHBI N Mariana Is
USA. KJES MesQuile NM
USA. KTBN SaUlk City ut
USA. KWHR t~aalehu HI
USA, Voice 01 Amellca

1B()(). 19oo
1800-1900 mtwnta
18001900
18001900
18001900
1/l 001900
18001900 rnl\'11l1
18001900
18001900
18001830
18001900
1800-1900
18Q1l1900
18001900vt
18051810
18301900
1830-1900 s
1830t900
18301900

USA,WEWN smmncnamAl
USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA.WHRAGreenbush ME
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR upton KY
USA. WMLKBethel PA
USA. WRrm New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA.wym Okeechobee n
viemam. Voice 01
Yemen. Radio Aden
Zambia. Chrislian Voice
zemoe. NailBC Corp
Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC
Croatia Croatian RadiO
GeorOI3. Ra diO
Germany. Universal ute
Mongolia. Voice 01
Nelherlanj s aaoo

18301900
1830-1900
18301900
1830-1900
18301900
18301900
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18301900 as
18401850
18501900 smlwhl

Serbia. RadiO Yugoslavia

Slovakia. ~ SlovakiaInti
Swanlano. Trans Wo.1d R
Turkey, Voice 01
UK. BBC" Irican Service
UK. BBC"sian service
USA. FEBC N Manana Is
USA, Voice 01America
Greece.Voice 01
NewZealand, R NZ Inll

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607Odo
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397Seu
7450eu
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7240pa
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21460am
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9800al
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Canada, esc N Quebec Svc
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2100-2200

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2100-2200

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6155eu
9920eu

13730va

6175au
9430al
6095me
15185as
7375al
15445al
9545eu

9535al
17735as
7415al
15580al

976Deu

1771 5pa

17795pa

21740pa

9755am

11705as

13670am

11975al
17725al

2200 UTe
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300'II
2200-2300 'II
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2229

Anguilla,Caribbean Beacon
Australia, Radio
Austratia. Vl8K Katherine
Australia,VL8T Ten t Crk
Canada, eBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFR X Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CH NXHalifax
Canada, CKZN StJohn's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Canada, R Canada Inti

22002300
2200-2300
2200-2245
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2215
2200-2230

China,ChinaRadio lnll
Costa Rica,RF Peace Inti
Egypt. Radio Cairo
EqtGuinea, Radio Africa
Germany,Overcomer Ministr
Ghana,GhanaBreece Corp
India,All IndiaRadio

2200-2230
2200-2300 irreg
2200-2300
2200-2225
22002215
2200-2300
2200-2300'II
2200-2300
2200-2215
2200-2230 s
2200-2300 'II
2200-2215
2200-2205
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300

Iran, VOIRI
Iraq,Radio Iraq Inti
Ireland. UntChnsttan BC
Italy. RAllntl
liberia,lCNIRliberia Inl
Malaysia, Rad io
Namibia,NBC
NewZealand.R NZ Inti
Nigeria, FRCNfRadio
Norway. naco Norway Inti
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Sierraleone, SlBS
Syria. Radi o Damascus
Taiwan, Radio Taipei Inti
Turkey. Voice of
UK, BBC AfricanServrce
UK,BBC Asian Service

2200-2300

UK. BBC World Service

2200-2300'11

UK, Merlin NetworkOne

2200-23GO
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300

USA, KAIJ Datlas TX

USA, KlBN Salt LkCityUT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Voice01 America

2200-2230 mtwhf

USA, Voice 01America

2200-230':1
2200-2300mtwnta
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2300 sn
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2210
2230-2300
2230-2300
2230-2257
2230-2300

USA, WrnN Birmingham Al

USA.WGTGMcCaysville GA
USA, WH RA Greenbush ME
USA,WHRI Noblesvitle IN
USA, WlflB Re d lion PA
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMIIR Miami Inti
USA, WSHB Cypress Crk SC
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee Fl
Zambia, Nail BC Corp
Canada, RCanada Inti
Cuba. RadioHavana
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
UK. BBC World Service

2240-2250
2245-2300
2245-2300
2245-2300

Greece, Voice 01
Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp
India. All India Radio
vaucan State, VaticanR

11775am
12080as
5025do
491Odo
9625do
607Odo
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
596Dam
15305am
9880eu
15050am

''''''"

15186al
3975eu
4915do
7150au
11620eu
6025au
11785eu
620Odo
6150pa
5100do
7295do
3270al
17675pa
3326do
11 635au
9675do
3316do
12085na
1560Qeu
7190cu
11835al
5965as
9890as
5975am
941 0eu
9645eu
13690na
13815am
1559Dam
17510as
7215as
15185as
1782Das
6035a!
11975al
5825na
94QOam
15460al
5745am
13790arn
7490na
9955ca
13770eu
5070am
11855na
6165do
5960arn
9550arn
9435na
5975am
12095sa
9420au
3366do
7410as
7305au

September 1998

21460am

9510as

116255a

12050sa

741Deu
1171 5au
6175au

9910au

9950eu

9675pa

11900as

3289a!
4770do

4990<10

13610na
17750eu
9655na
15400al
6195as
11955a5
6175na
9590am
9780na

7110as
12080ps
6195na
9915sa
t 1915eu

9660as

9705as
15290as

9770as
15305a5

11760as
17735as

7340al

7375al

7415al

9975eu

13615na

7325eu
12095sa
11985na

9495am
13595na
15285sa
7435am
15215va
6265do
9755am

9475am
17845va

13845am

13670am

11600na
6175na

9590na

991 5sa

11645au
4915do
9705as
9600au

9950as
11830au

11620as

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FREQUENCIES
2300-OO

AngulIla,Caribbe,Ul Beacon
Allstral'J RadIo

G"""m
9660"

2300-0000 vi

Auslral13 . Vl8KKatherine

S025do
-t91Oda
9-l85na
9625do
607Odo
603Odo
613Odo
616Odo
616Ollo

2300-OO

12080as

...
17715pa

Auslral'a './l8TTent Crk

2300- OO

BulgaflJ , RadiO
Canada.CBC N Quebec svc
Canada.CFRXt oronto
Canada. CFVPCalgary
canada. CHNXHalifax

2300OO

2300-eeoo
230lHXXXl
2300.....
230lHIOOC
23OO{)OOC
2300-2329

Canada. CKIN51John's
Canada CKl U varcower
Canada, RCanada Inti

5",,"m

11720'1<1

costa RICJ.RFPeace Inti

1505O<>m

2300-2330
2300-ceoo
23002350

Cuba.R<ldlo Havana
Egypt. naoo Callo
GeHnany. Deutsche Welle
Geunany.OvercornerMlnistr
Guam AWRlKSDA
Guam AWR'KSDA
India. All IndiaR<ldlO
Ireland, unt Chrlsll.'lrI BC
l lbefla.l Ctl,R teeua Int
MalaYSIJ, RadiO
NamIbia. NBC
New Zealand RIII Inti
Nigeria. FRCN/Radlo
North korea. R Pyongyang
~Ior\'lay, ~adlO r~or" iay Inti
Papua New GUinea, NBC
Rcmama R Romama Inti
SIIlQ;lPore.RCorp smcaccre

9550am

2300 -OO

23l1lJ.2330 as
2300-OO mtwhl
2300-0000
2300 -OO

2300-2315
2300-OO

2300-0ooo vI
23oo00()
2300-2315
23002357
2300233::1 s
2300-0000vi
2300-0000
2300-0000

391501$
711035

2300-oo

UK. 3BCWorld Service

597!)am
12095s<I

230lHlOOOw

UK. \..lerbn fjelvKll k One

USA.KAIJ Dallas TX

9645eu

2300-OO

230l).lJOOO
23()()-OOOO

USA. VOIce of Amelita

USA, KlBN Salllk CIty UT

USA. WEWN Burningham Al

mr...ntam USA.WGTGMccaysvilleGA
2300
USA. WHRA Greenbush ME
2300-oo
USA WHRI Noblesville Itl
US/., Wltl S Red lion PA
23oo.()()QO
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRML'R Miami Iml
230lHlOOO s
2300-OO s
USA.. WRNONew Orleansl A
2300-OO SID
USA.. WSHB CypressCrk SC
230lHXIOO Irreg
USA. WWBS Macon GA
2 300 -OO
USA. WlVCRNashVille Ttl
USA. WYFROkeechobee Fl
2300 -oo
2300-23 15
vatcan Slate. VaticanR
Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz RadiO
2310-2315
Canada, R Canada Inll
23292359as
Canada, R Canada hu!
23292359
2330{l()OO vi
Ghana, enana Broadc CO/P
2330-OO
Netherlands. RadiO
2330-0000
Vietnam. Voice 01
23352345
Greece. Voice ot
2335-234:'
Sierrale one, SlBS
23450000 mtwhl UK.BBC Asian Service

2JOlHlOOO
2300,OO

9755arn

11895a1l1

1367Qam

21':6OJm

""""'m
5975as
39i5eu
11775.15
llii5.1s
7410as
62l1Odo
5100do
7295do

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951Qas

7235as
11 625sa

9590as
12050sa

9705as

9950as

11 620as

3~ 70a l

3289.11

l i 675pa
3326<10
11335na
9935as
9675do
6130eu
6150do

UK.BBC Asianservice

13815am
15590am
72153S
1518535

15305am
2300 -OO

2300-OO

17795pa

217.l0pa
2300- OO ~I

477Odo
11700na
1164iJas

4990<10
13760na
11735sa

1513Qna
13805am

7195eu

95701).1

11830na

-eoco
zice-ecoo

17820as
5825na
508"m
1546Oa1
13760am
13i9Oam
7490na
9955ca
7355.1m
1377QaI
11910na
507Dam
11855na
7305au
401Odo
11895.101
596l1a01
49t 5al
60200.1
9840eu
9395sa
3316<10

5965as
t 19453s
E175na

G03<""
11955<1$
9590na

619535
17790a5

9780na

11985na

13690na

9705a5
'S29Oas

9770as
15305.15

11760as
177353S

9975eu

13615na

9915sa

13595na

15285sa
, 435am

9475am

9600au
40SOdo
15305.101
9755.101

11830au

1367Dam

6165na
12020eu
9425sa

9845na
1501 0eu
1159553

138J5am

11645sa

3 91 5 ~s

SELEaED PROGRAMS
Wednesdays

Sundays
2300
2300
2300
2300

Australia. Badto: RA News, See S0000

Egypt. RadiOtaeo Egyptian Music.
Norway. Radio Nomay Inll: Nor....ay Now SeeS 0600
USA, WEWN BirmmghamAl : Sunday Mass (encore) (from
2300). See S 1200
2305 Egypt Radio Cairo: The Holy Koran and lts Meaning
2310 Australia, RadiO: Asia Pacnc. News andanalySIS from
across the Pacific and AsraWith Di Martm.
2315 Egypt. aeoo G.1iro rle....s
2330 Australia, Radio: MediaReport. SeeS 05J0
2330 Egypt. RadIO CaIlO Egyptian Songs
2330 USA, WEWtl Brrmmgham At : TheBeatitudes, see S 06lI0
2335 Egypt. RadiOCaIro InterView
2345 Egypt. RadIOCauo Business RadiO

2300
2300
2300
2300
2303
2310
2315
2328
2330
2330
2330
2350

Mondays
2300 Australia, Radio: RANews See S OO.
2300 USA, WEWNBumlngham Al CaUlOlic History In the U.S.
ramer ChallesConner surveys thegrowth and
develo9l11enl ol lhecatholiC Church in ue umted States.
2310 AUSlrall3. RadiO: AsI3 Pacfhc See S 2310_
2315 Egypt. naeoCairo fle-.vs
2328 USA. WEWNe.rrnll'l!lllam AI.: Pro-l lle Issues. Dr.John
Wilke. prtsldent c' tre InternatIOnal RlQht to life, presents
hisVIews
2330 Australia, Radro TheSports Factor. AmandaSmrth hosts
theprogramthatdebates Australla's sportingculture
2330 Egl'Pt. RadiO CaIlO ArabIC MusIC
2330 USA. WfWNBlrfl'lll'l!lham AI.: FrallClsea1 University
ConnectIOn. FaUlef Mlchai!1Scanlonand uuesrs speak 110m
SteubenVIlle. OhIO
2350 USA. WWtl Bllmlngham At: srecocsBloodl itany
Divine Worship

Australia, RadiO: RANews, See S 0000

Egypt, Radi o Cairo:Program Preview.
Merlin Network One: News.
USA. WEWNBirmingnarnAl : Sf.Francis- Mirror 01Christ.
FatherAndrewAposloli discusses Sf. Francis andhis
leachings
Merlll1 NetvlOrk One: Rock Paoo f~etwor k
Australia, RadiO: Asia Pacific. see S 2310
Egypt,RadiOCairo: News
USA. WEWtj Birmingham Al : Pro-tueIssues. See M 2328.
Australia, Radio: The law Report. See T 1530.
ElM'l RadiO Cairo: Arabic Music
USA. WWIl Birmingham Al : fr anciscan Umvelsl1y
Connection. See M 2330
USA. WEWNBIrmingham Al : Precious BlOOd li tany. Oiline
Worship.

Fridays

2300 Australia, Radio: RA NeNs. SeeS 0000.

2300 USA, WEWN BirminghamAl : Momentsof Truth, Divine
Worship
2305 Australia, Radio: BookReading, Serialized readings of me
best Australian novels.
2305 EllYill , geno CairO: The Holy KoranaM Irs Meaning.
2315 E!n'pl, Radio Cairo: News.
2328 USA, WfWNBirmingham At: Pro-l ife Issues, See M
2328.
2330 Australia, RadiO: Week's End. See S0430
2330 Egypt Radio Cairo: ArabiCMusic
2330 USA. WEWN Birmingham At: Franciscan Unrversil'I
Connection. See M 2330.
2350 USA. WEWN Blrmingh.1m At: Precious Bloodlitany_
Divine Woohlp

Thursdays

Saturdays

2300
2300

2300 Australia. RadIO: RANews. See S oo

2300 USA. WEWN Blrmingtum At: Feminism and Feminity. Dr.
IJice Von Hildebrand andher guests discuss howthe
philosophyof some feministsh.1vedenigratedwomen's
femininenalurc
2310 Australia. Radio: AustraliaAllOver. Join li sle ~rs across
tileislandcontinentasIan McNamara throws ee spotlight
on lrIe111 Australra
2315 Egypt. Radio cairo: News.
2328 Egypt. RadIO Carro: Press Review.
2330 USA, WEWN Birmingham AL theShelf. SeeT 0630
2335 Egypt RadiOCairo: TtleCivilizalion 01 Islam
2344 Egypt. RadiOCairo: Faces
2356 Egypt. RadiOCairo: Egyptian Songs

2310
2315
2328
2330
2330
2330
2350

Australl3. RadIO RANt\ YS See S oo

USA. WWN BIrmingham AL: Our lady in Scriptureand
TraditIOn. Inrs seriesdrawsIromthe rich teachings lound in
scriptureandlradltionabOut Mal'f and her manyeccarmons
i Ff. AndrewApostolij
Australia. Ratlio: Asia ractc. See S 2310.
ElM't. Ra dioCairo: News
USA, 't1EWN Burningham At: Pro-lile Issues. See M 2328
Austrafia, RadIO: The Rehgion aecot. SeeS0230
Egypt. RadioCairo: ArabiC MuSiC
USA. WEWN 8lrmlngham AI.: Funcscan UnIVerSity
Connection. SeeM 2330.
USA.WEwtl Blrmll1gham At : Preoous Bloodl ilany Divine
Worstllp.

on

Tuesdays
2300
2300
2305
2310
2315
2328
2330
2330
2350

58

Auslralla, RadiO: RANt\'t's. See S 000lI

USA, WEWNBllfliingham Al cree IrI Cuhure, Father
George Rutter esammes acurrent issue
Egypt. RJdlo cane. E-Mail.
Auslfalia, Radio: Asia Pacihc. See S2310
Egypt, Radro Cairo News
USA, WEWN Bilmingham AI.: Pro-lite Issues See M
2328
Auslraha. RadiO: The Health Report See M 1530
USA, WFWN Birmingham AL Franciscan University
Connectiun. See M2330.
USA. WEWN Bnnlll1gham Al Precious Blood litany.
Divine Worsn,p

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When yo u reach the MUF yo ur cha nce s of
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As it is re lati ve ly safe to assume reciprocity in th e for ecasts, the circ uits are labeled
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have been used with succ ess by ove rsea s
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fro m a list ener in Sw itzer land who use s the
"Western Europe" circ uit to choose hi s best
frequenc y to liste n to sho rtwav e stations o n
the East Coast and m id- weste rn USA. Ama teur radio ope ra tors ha ve also used , w ith
suc cess, the va lues in the tab le for two-way
co mm unicatio ns a rou nd the wor ld.
If yo u see a "P" afte r the name of an area ,
that mean s that the sig na l o n that part icu lar
c ircuit can be influen ced by aurora l zo ne
flutter, disto rtion or ot he r phe nome na whi le
tra ve ling over the pole.
T he O WF can be ze ro at certa in tim e s. Th e
number "0" is re placed by a starred ce ll in our
table presentati on . Wh en you see thi s, do n't
give up ; kee p o n looking in th e area of the last
60

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September 1998

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freq ue ncy listed for that circ uit. You ne ver
know what is lurking o ut there! Th e reaso n
why the O WF is 0 is simply that the absorp tion frequ en cy o n th is circuit at tha t part icular
time is hig he r than the OWF , and in theor y
co mm unicatio n at th e OWF sho uld be imp ossible. But I ha ve been in the radio fiel d lo ng
eno ugh to know that so metimes the theory is
no t co mp lete ly correct. so do no t despa ir!
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in the Nort h by Malta . in the Ea st by Lebano n,

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in the So uth by a ll of No rth Africa and in the

West by Gibra ltar. " Midd le Ea st" is area
bo unded by th e Ca spian Sea to the North:
Sa ud i Ar abia in the West, Yeme n in the So ut h
and by Eas te rn [ran in the Eas t. "Sou th East
Asia" is an area thatco vers a wide area bo unded
by Sr i Lank a, Ce ntra l C hina, Vietnam a nd
Singapore. The " Fa r East" region co mprises
the broadca ster s in the Wes tern Pac ific,J apan
and the Phillippin es.
T he sunspots are rea lly cli mbin g and the
co m ing w inter sho uld be a go od DX se as o n.

Make a Resolution to Write

is cus tomary at the beg inni ng of ;'1 new

year (for explana tion. sec last mont h ' s colu mn) to set ~O Ill C goa ls and o bje ctives and.

yes. make some resolutions toward accom-

pli shing tho se ends .

M<:lY I stro ngly suggest the one that sho uld
be top on our list: II is for us. the listeners. to
prov ide regular and though tful feedback 10 the
stations wh ich bro adcast [ 0 us o n o ur favo rite
medium.
Thcre' v ns muc h to he i mpro ved :'IOOu{ Sh(H1wave radio as there is to laud- frequency us-

age. transm itter mai ntenan ce . program produ ction va lues. coord ina tion or program and tran smille r limes. quality of on- air talent. All of
these and more shou ld be grist fo r the mill. But.
as Bob Gro ve so aptly po inted out in his Ma y
199 9 edito rial. as a gro up we listeners an:
largel y up ussive and uninvo lved lut-e-w hic h in
this case is ha rd to explain. give n the fact that
listen e r co ntact progr am s reg ular ly show up
second only 10 DX pro grams in listene r po pu lar ity survey s.
W hen I' ve had the opport unity to discu ss
the state o f international broadcast ing with
shortwav e stat ion mana ge rs or pro gram produc cr s. the one message that they ask be {,:O I1ve ycd is tltt' lind jt" listen ers to UTi1{' to
51a1;01/.\

und nrovnlr

comll /{'J/t 011 programs .

Lackin g any reliable or recogn ized mean s o f

mea suring aud iences and their reactions. it' s
easy to unde rstand wh y dire ct co rrespo nden ce
wi th listene rs is so vital to international broadcas te rs.
And thut feedback is eve n more vital today.
Stati on s no lon ger au to matic ally get fundi ng as
they did w hen the Cold War pro vide d the
i mpe ratives that protected the bud ge Is of internat ional broa dcaster s. New ration ales-many
o f them not well or fully though t out -arc
bei ng applied 10 stations and are already hav ing
consequences in ma ny cases that devotees of
our ho bby wo u ld he hard -pressed to find prom isin g. T his V;l L'UU Ill cries o ut for the ac tive
invo lve ment o f the listen ing co mmunity. In
fact. circumstances are suc h rna t we . as listeners. have at thi s time a singu lar and unique
opportunity 10 have <I rea l voice in ...haping the
med ium o f internat ion al broadcasti ng for the
future.
My pe rsonal e xpe rience has bee n that whe n
yo u lake the time 10 pro vide so me thoughtful
comment s on what yo u hear. those com ments
carry a great dealmore weig ht than one mi ght
at first th ink. Chan ces arc quit e goo d that yo u
will ge t a dir ect respo nse from the statio neith er on a "mailbag" prog ram such as those sc i

out bel ow or . with the g rowing importance of

the Internet, viae -mail Irom a statio n o fficia l or
progra m producer.
Stat ion s regu larly and freque ntly give their
pos ta l mail and e-mai l ad dresses ove r the air.
And with the adve nt o f e-mail. co rrespo nd ing
with a grow ing num ber of sho rtwave broadcas ters is bec omi ng easi er and morc convenient . But. whether yo u usc e- ma il or the po stal
service. set time as idc to ge t involved for the
good oft he hohhy and thc med ium. TI1C side bar
pro vide s .1 list of programs in w hich you arc
likely III hear you r comme nts and tho se of other
liste ne rs di scussed.

Radio Jordan
Friends Abroad ~-H 1130 ' ; A1430.
Radio Korea International
"From Us to You' -Al040. 1135, 1235. 1240, 1635.

Liste ners' Progra mming

Radio Romania Inlernational

"listeners' l etterbox"- SH0725, 1325, 172S. 2125,

All India Radio

2325; MF0225. 0425. 0625.

"Faithlully Yours' - Ml 030, 1425, 1830, 2120; T2330.

Radio Singapore International

"Friends of the Airwaves'- S1305.
Radio Slovakia International
"Listeners' Tribune"-S071 5, 1645' , 1845' ; MOllS.
RadioSweden

BBC Wo rld Service

"Vlrite On'-Africa stream: S0905, 2135: M0305.
Americas/Europe stream: S0905. 1205. 210S: M0305.
As ia/Pacific stream: S0030. 090S, 1205. 1705, 2105.
China Radi o International
"Listeners' Letterbox."-S1240, 1340, 1440, 1540. 1640.

1740, 1940, 2040, 2140,2 240; M0340, 0440, 0540,

0940, 1040,
Deutsche We lle

1935. 2110' ,2 135; S0235. OB35.

Radio Mexico International (XERMX)

' Mail Box' - S1400' : T1500' : A0400', 1900' .

Radio Miami International (WRMI )
~Viva Mlamr -Hlf0330 .
Radio Netherlands

"SincerelyYours'- S0739, 0939, 1139' . 1339. 1739.

1939; M0039. 0239. 0439.
Radio New Zealand International
"Around the Wo r ld ~-T0915 ; FD430.

'Mailbox' - M0430. 1130; HOB30; F1930.

Radio Prague
"Between You and Us"-F0345, 071 5'. 0915',1045' ,

1315', 1615' . 171S' . 2015'. 2145. 2245; Aoo1 5, 0115.

0315.

"In Touch With Slockholm'-S I130 . 1230' . 1330' ,

1730' , 1930' , 2030' ,2 130' ; M01 30. 0230. 0330.
RadioTaipei International

"Mailbag Time"-S0230. 0730. 1230. 2230; M0330.

Radio Ukraine International

'Maitbag' - M0105. 0505

"Mailbaq Asia'-A2 115, 2330; S0215.

"Hello From Kiev' -S1706 . 2106' : M0006 . 0306' .

Islamic Hepubllc of Iran Broadcasting

"us teners' Special"'-F1200, 2000; A0 100.
NHK World Radio Japan

'P.O. Box 26'-S0744' . 1244' , 1644' . 1744' .

'Hello Irom Tokyo"- A0510. 1010, 2110; SOOI0. 0110.

0310. 0610. 1110, 1510, 1710.

KTBN

"Jay Jones"- M-F1600.

Polish Radio Warsaw

'Postbag' - SI230"; F2000'; A1730".

Radio Argentina al Exterior

' P.O. Box555"-HOI 40 .

Rad io Australia

' Feedback' - F2105; A0005 , 0605; S0305.

RadioAuslria International
"Listeners' Letters"-A123S. 163S . 2135": S003S ".

0235.0435 ' .0535. 0735,07 35' . 1035 109351rom

No.. .ember].
Radio Bang ladesh
"From UstoYou ~-f124S . 1830.
Radio Bu dapest
~ ...And the Gatepost"- (3rd week of the month ) A2 110' ;

Radio Vlaanderen InternaUonaal

Radyo Pilipinas
"Listeners and Friends"- W030S.
Spanish Foreign Radio

'Radio Club"-S2135: M0035, 0135. 0535.

Sw iss Radio International
"Capital Letters"- (2nd and 4th week 01the month]

A061 0. 0740. 0840, 1110, 1210.1310, 1410.2 010.

2110; S0110. 0410, 11 40. 1340, 1440: M0440.
Voice of Malaysia
"Mailbag"-H0710.
Voice of Nigeria
~ Uste n e r s ' le ne r s~-S0 6 1 5;

H1930.

Voice of Russia

"Moscow Mailbag"-S0211', 0611'. 1411 ' : M0211' ,

0511 '. 1411' . 1911": T04 11' .06 11". 0832 , 2011 ;
WI611 ;H0211", 0611 ",1411".19 11 :F0411 ,
0711'. 1611. 2011 :A0611 .
"You Write to Moscow"-S0246' , 0746'.1346 ' ;

M2046' , W0246": FI546' : A1746 .

S0240 .

Voice 01 theAndes (HCJB)

Radio Cairo
"Listeners' Mall"-HiS232S: F/S0245.
Rad io Canada International
~ T he MaiJbag"- S133S' (to Europe. theMiddle East and

"Leher,Box'-WI25S. 1655', 2055' , 2225' ; H0325".

Alrica). 1335 110 Asia). 1635. 2030' ; MOI 30 . 0405.

Radio uamascas
"Listeners Overseas" T2045; W2130.
Radio ForPeace Internati onal

'RFPI Mailbag' -S0230, 0930; T1 930. W0330. 1030.

1700; H2030; A0100 0430. 0600. 11 30, 1830.
Radio fr ance Internationale

"Musical Mailbag' - A0830, 2000: S0030. 0500.

"Saludos Amigos' - S0709, 0909, 1909: M0109,0409.
Vo ice of Turkey
Voice of Vietnam

"Lenerbox' -W041S.101 5, 111 5. 1245.1345, 1615.

1615. 1915.2045, 2345: H0115. 0145, 0245
WWCR
Ask WWCR'- M0430' , A0915' Ion 5070 khz.]:
M1630' . M2100". F2000 ' [,II on 15665 kHz,); A2030"
Ion 12160 kHz.1

"Club 9516'-SI235. 1435, 1635.

"letter From a listener'-W/H/S12S0: MffJA1450; MfTJ

F/A1 650.
Radio Habana Cuba
"Mailbag Show-S2047:M014 5, 034 5, 0545: W210S;

H0235. 0435, 0635.

[Abbreviation s are ;IS used in the MT Shortwa ve G uide section. A " *" indicates that the
broad ca st time of the program will be one hour
later starting the last Sunday in October. ]

Septemoer 1998

MONITORING TIMES

61

BEGINNER.S CORNER
UNCLE SKIP'S GUIDE TO MONITORING

SKIP AREY, N2EI

tjorey@home.com

Planning for the Shortwave Season

e ll. hen: we urc. gett ing ready to

begin anoth erseaso n ill the wo nderful world o f short wave listenin g. T hose ju st starting out in this hobby
arc go ing to reap the benefit s of a vastly
imp roved sunspot cyc le. making co nditions

for long distance listening better than they

ha ve been in rece nt memor y. In fact. yo u
call pretty much spin your d ial across the 49
meter ban d or a couple of other place s o n
the hand s 0 11 any eve ning and hear e noug h
new stuff to keep you mo re than busy.
But. soo ner or later. yo u're going to be
wh ere most folks are - so mew he re between the first twen ty-five and fifty co untries logged - and yo u' re likely to say to
yourself, "Y a know. Ljust gotta get myself
or ganized !"
A fter yo u have bee n liste ning aro und a
bit. you may detect a tre nd in yo ur listen ing
style . You may be we ll o n the way to
becomi ng a hard co re DXer, scrounging
aro und for weak signals in langu ages that
yo u can barely iden tify , much less tran slate . Or yo umay be o ne oft hose peopl e who
finds a great deal of plea sure in learnin g
about the wo rld from the pro gram co nte nt
of Englis h lang uage bro adcasts from foreign lands. Th en again. yo u could be the
kind of person who fi nds their fun in trac king do wn point-to-point utility statio ns.

Plan for success

DXer, SWL. or Ute Hunter, lack of a
so und plan wi ll lead yo u to monitori ng
frustratio n. Just like in the real world, a litt le
plannin g and selling a few goa ls ca n go a
lon g wa y in mak ing life a happy place .
For the purpo ses of thi s ar ticl e, let' s
co ncentra te on trying to log new countries.
Th is is a co mmo n goal amo ng beg inning
sho rtwa ve ho bbyists, but yo u can easily
ado pt these ideas to logging whatever target yo u choo se to shoot for. Man y beginners set rather lofty goa ls such as '" am
goi ng to log IOO co untries in a season." Ca n
it be do ne? Sure . Can it be do ne witho ut
so me so rt of plan ? Possi bly, bu t I wo uld n't
wa nt 10 try it.

62

MONITORING TIMES

Sepfember 1998

Before you e ven establish a goa l. take a

good . hard loo k at yo ur listening habits.
T here arc probably a few folk s out there
who are able to co me hom e fro m work, grab
a q uick bite to eat (right at the receiver
contro ls, of co urse) and spe nd thei r e ntire
night chas ing sig na ls across the sho rtwav e
band s. Well goo d for them! Most of us live
in a wor ld where we want to spend a rea so nab le amo unt of tim e w ith our fami lies. not
to mention cut the grass , write OUl the bills,
do the laundr y and at least a do zen ot her
necessar y life activi ties that take away time
from fillin g our log hooks w ith stations.
But that doesn' t mean yo u ca n' t get
some reui listcn ing do ne . A fter life' s var iou s resp on sibilities are all taken care of.
yo u may be able to li nd an ho ur, possibly
two , 011 any weckni g ht to fit in so me serious
listening. If yo u get all yo ur "honey do' s"
do ne, co me the weekend yo u migh t even be
able to tack an extra hour o r so on to yo ur
eve ning listening times.
Now let' s go ov er these fig ures a bit
mo re close ly. G ive n two hours for an
evening's listening sess ion and allow ing an
average time for ea ch logging of abo ut an
bourtfigure twenty o r so minutes for tuning
around to find that ne w one and a good 1'0111'
or so minutes listeni ng to gather eno ugh
informatio n to write a reall y goo d confi rma tio n requ est lett er), then, o n a goo d night
whe n everything coo perates, the best yo u
are likely to achieve is two new log entries.
Co nside ring life' s vario us respo ns ibilities and eve n a bit o r devot ion to ot her
hobbi es. you can co unt on mayb e getting
thr ee 2-ho ur nigh ts at the dials in any give n
wee k. So yo u' re looking at add ing around
five or six statio ns to yo ur log book in a
good wee k. \Ve have about 30 weeks fro m
Septe mber unti Ithe se rious static cras hes o f
sp ring and summer begin to get in the way
of yo ur listening enjoy ment. So that ' s two
statio ns per night. three nigh ts per week fo r
thirty wee ks. (2 x :3 .\ 30 = 180 loggings !)
If you ca n put in that le vel of co mmitment to mon ito ring you will be loo ked upo n
with aw e by most if not all yo ur rad io

moni tor ing co m panion s. Eve n if yo u can

ju st log one new signal in an eve ning under
th is ga me plan ( 1 x :3 x 30 =90), yo u could
very we ll be o n yo ur way to gett ing that fi rst
hund red co untries in o ne sea son , A ll yo u
wo uld need is ten "bo nus" nig hts when yo u
pic k lip an ex tra station. 50 ... ls it possible to
grab 100 co untries in a seaso n'!...Yep. Is it
like ly that yo u' ll do it'!" .No pc ,
T he real wor ld, the vag aries of propagation co nd itio ns and goo d old Murphy's
Law all wi ll chip aw ay at that ultim ate 180
num ber. So don ' t ge l 10 0 exc ited if yo ur
num bers <Ire sig nifica ntly lower . Relax, yo u
ha ve the rest of yo ur life to do this hobby.
E ven the hottest folks in the hob by w ith the
best eq uipme nt and antennas that stretc h
across a co uple of co unties run into the ve ry
same roa d bloc ks to runni ng up their totals.

I Improve your chances of success

You can do ;,1 few things by way of
planni ng that can all ow yo u to maximize
yo ur chances at gett ing all the stations yo u
can dur ing this listen ing scusou.

 Take a hin t fro m yo ur co mp a triots in the

a ma te ur radio wor ld. Build yo urself a " hit"
list o f need ed co un tries. If yo u ha ve se t
yo ur sel f the e ntirel y reason a b le goa l o f
gr a bb ing 25 - 50 ne w co untries d uring this
co ming listeni ng season, yo u need to ha ve
a goo d und er stand ing o f the " p lay ing fiel d ."
Yo u need to go to a so lid sig nal reso urce. In
the wo rld o f logg ing shortwave bro ad ca st
sta tio ns. the best tool s rem ain Passport to
Worl dhw u/ Radi o a nd The World Rt/dio TV
Handbook. Bot h bo ok s ar e av ailable fro m
seve ral of the ad ve rtise rs fo und in M T.
Eac h resource has a lot to sa y for it. If
yo u' re tryi ng to figu re o UI wh o is o n w he n
a nd on w hat freq uen c y for the purpo se of
bu ild ing a go od hit list. for the begi nne r I
wo u ld lea n mo re to wa rd Passpo rt to
Worldhm ul Radio. If you arc so meone who
has their fi rst fift y or so co untries und e r
their belts, yo u ma y find the add itio nal
informat ion on tran smitte r power le vel s
an d a nte nna or ie nt at ion fo un d in the WRTH
will hel p yo u pic k o ut the ha rde r ones.
Eit her book is go ing to give yo u good
infor mati on on wh ere to se nd for that co nfirma tion card or lcne r.
So me peop le ca n't manage the e xpe nse
of b uy ing both of these books ne w eve ry
ye a r (they are p ubl ish ed a nnua lly). My sug gestion wo uld be. buy one in e ven yea rs a nd
the ot he r in odd years. Al so. d on' t forg et
MT s own Short wa ve G uid e co lumn, It will
give yo u a goo d sho t at a num be r of co untries o n your hi t list since it ha s the added
adv a ntage o f being updated 12 time ... a year.
Now give a bit o f tho ug ht as to ho w you
wi ll se t up the information in yo ur hit list.
Se tt ing lip the dat a by co untry ma y no t be
th e most useful way to do bu siness . A be tte r
wa y to ma ke yo ur list. g iven how most
peopl e do their liste ning , wo uld be based
up on th e time the sta tions a rc on the ai r. If
Ra dio F reed onia is on ly on at 2 a.m. your
loca l tim e bu t yo u really ne ed it for your
log . yo u wil l ha ve to decide w het he r to se t
yo ur alarm cl oc k to try to g rab it.
T he ne xt mo st im portant list infor matio n
is probab ly ava ila b le freq uency . If yo u
loo k at the S hortw a ve G uide and Propagation co lumns in MT, yo u w ill q uic kl y get a
not ion o f w hic h ba nd s of fre que ncies a rc
likely to be heard in yo ur locat io n at a giv e n
tim e o f da y or night. T he re' s not muc h po int
in ge tting lip in the midd le o f the nigh t to
hear Radio Freed on ia if its o nly go ing to be

o n a freq ue nc y that doesn 't p ropa gate to

yo u.
...T hat sa id , the re is a not a ble exce ptio n
to this rul e. Propaga tio n is on ly bare ly a
sc ie nce . Strange thin gs happe n w hic h allow thing s to be hea rd th at hav e no b usiness
mak ing it to yo ur a nten na. If yo u've logged .
all yo u can nor mall y expect to hear at a
give n lime, thercs no law that says yo u
ca n ' t tune your radi o o ve r to so me o f those
unl ikel y freq uenci es o n the o ff c ha nce that
"so me th ing weird" m igh t happe n. I ha ve to
say that the re are about a doz e n ca rds in my
QS L co llec tion tha t ca me from sig nals th at
had no busi ness be ing hea rd w he n I heard
the m .
As you go throug h the season, c hec kin g
off those countries o n yo ur h it list. yo u are
bo und to ru n into a few " had" nigh ts. T here
will be nights wh e n cond it ions j ust do n' t
ho ld up. T im es w he n yo u ju st ca n' t ge t to
the di als at the sa me tim e th at you r hit list
statio ns a re go in g to show up . W hat a re you
go ing to do ?
W hy. yo u ' re goi ng to ha ve fun a nyway.
Ju st tune into a stro ng sig na l s uc h as the
BB C , sit back and listen to the pro g ram ing
for the e ve ning. In the ru sh to gra b ev ery
country that ca n be had by hu ma n effort,
yo u may forget that the re a re oth e r reaso ns
to listen to the rad io .
Le t' s ch ange tha t ma th mode l a ro und .
You ca n ea s ily sp e nd twe nty ye a rs in this
hobby . Th at mean s yo u wo u ld on ly ha ve to
log five ne w station s per yea r to ge t yo ur

hun d red c ou ntries durin g you r c are e r

(5x20= 100). Wh at' s your ru sh '>Rela x an d
ha ve fun . Th at ' s w hat thi s hohby is a ll
abou l.

Use coaxial cable from

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for less noise.
Matches antenna to coax
for more sign al strength.
Static charges go to
ground , not through the radio ,
For 500 KHz to 30 MHz.
Model MLB- 1

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20 dB gain or attenuator. Low/Highpass
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Model PS-90 AC Adapter . . . .

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THE WORLDWIDE SHORTWAVE

I.ISTENING GUIDE
Edited by John A Figliozzi

Completely revised and updated...

Over 7000 comprehensive wo rldwide listings of
shortwave programs in English .
Unique classification system to assist you in
finding the programs you wan t.
Easy orient ation section for new listeners .
Improved and expanded cross-reference to
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New section on using your PC for listening to
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112 pages w ith a w ire binding so book can lay
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ShorflVave Program listener!
September 1998

MONITORING TIMES

63

ASK BOB

ANSWERS TO YOUR RADIO QUESTIONS

Bob Grove, WBJHD

bgrove@grove.nef

Q . As a farmer New York resident,

are there any shortwave broadcasts
originating from my home state that
I can hear in Canada? (Ronald
Cohen, Toronto, Ont.)

A. No t tha t we are
were some,

b UI

aware o f. Years ago there

A.

It mean s thai yo u ha ven', consulted the

user's guide on pages 9- 15. "cp" mean s thai a

co ns tructio n prcmi t ha s bee n authorized: DA1 indi ca tes that the sta tion's d irection pa tte rn is
the sa me day and night : "J c 6c " shows that the
stations ha s changed its calllcuc rs hoth in 1993
and 1996.

all U.S . short wave statio ns

must direc t their broadca sts outsid e of the U.S .

si nce that medi um is no t recogni zed in o ur

stales. then beaming to Canada . cove ring much

Maritime VHFchannels are

number 1-28 and 60 -88; where are
the channels missing from this list?
(Norm Budd)

or the U.S. in the process- accidentally. of

co urse!

A. There

co untry as a domestic service. U.S. stations

often defeat this po licy by locat ing in so uthern

Q.

Street Radio Directory which is

ne ver we re any. T he ori g inal channel s 1-:!8 we re spaced 50 k Hz apart : the more
rece nt chan nels ()() 488 were sandwiched hetwee n the old channels. ma kin g the presen t
spacing 25 kHz.

bigger and easier to read, but / am

puzzled by the abbreviations next to
the listings, like cp, DA-l , 3c6c,
and so on. What does this mean?
(Robert Brock, Phoenix, AI)

planning to move from

sunny California to the Canadian
border of New York State. Do I

Q . I recently purchased

the latest M

Q . / am

regUla;

/
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need to take extra winter precautions for my antennas, coax, guy

wires, and rotator? Should / move at
all? (M ike Elcsisin, Lake Berryessa,
CA)
A. T he tech nical q uestio ns are easy . but the last
one go t me . While m)/ wh imsica l nat ure mo ves
me to adv ise you not to mo ve at all. I think more
tha n a few New York S tate subscribers wou ld
tak e me 10 task ! It ge ts ver y co ld up the re . w ith
mou ntainou s snow accumu lations: I ha d a ta ste
or it growing lip in C leve land.
Vert ica l ante nnas an: not a problem for
snow and ice accumu lation. no r are mos t angled
guy w ires and ve rtical coax and rotator co nt rol
cable ru ns. Horizo ntal wire an tenn as and guy
wi res sho uld he heavy gauge . stranded . wi th a
pulley-a nd- we ight mecha nism at one end recommcnded to allow the insta llat io n to sag under snow and icc load ing with out break ing.
Coaxia l cable is capable o f withsta ndi ng
very low - as we ll as high - temperatu res. hut
he sure it is we ll insulat ed at the connecto rs to
pre vent moi st ure intrusion . Icc can, indeed.

loc k up the rotator. altho ugh well-des igned

uni ts utilizing low -tem per ature grease mini m ize this. mel the co ntrol cable won't be affected by the: co ld.
Th e bottomli ne is that the wea ther will have
minimum impact 0 11 yo ur radio hobby. and the
reception of Europea n ..hort wuve broadcasters
will be improved sub..-tantially . Good thing.
too. beca use you will be inside a lot !

Does lightning trovel from cloud

to ground, or vice versa? And what
is heat lightning? (Mark Burns, Terro
Haute, IN)
Q.

A. Ro ughly xo~ of all lightnin g strokes arc

cloud -to-cloud ; the remai ning 20ge arcapproxi mately evenly dividcd betweencloud-to-ground
and g round-to -clo ud. dependin g upon the natu re of the upd rafts and the terrain.
All lightning genera tes thunder . hut the farther awa y it is. the fainter it will he heard. When
it is too distant to be heard . that's heat lightning.
so named becau se of its common oo..: urre nce 0 11
hot summe r e venings.
You can estimate the dis tance of a lightning
stroke by co unting the seconds until yo n hear
the thunder. approximately live seconds per
mile.

Quieting the Click on

the Grove SP-200 Sound Enhancer

heGroveSP-200So und Enhan cer is a

very popular act ive speaker acce sso ry for shortwave , scanner, ham radio. co untermeasure s. ami many othe r applications. W ith its adj ustable notch. peak. band width , noi se limitin g, bass and treb le control.
and tape reco rde r activa tion. as we ll as a
powerful internal amp lified speaker. the allanalog de sign improves listenin g o n virtually every receiving instrum ent.
But it doc s draw one occ asional user co mplaint: a noisy re lay whic h audibly clicks as
it opens a fter a few seco nds if there is no
audio being received. W hile most users grow
used to the small distraction. some listene rs

find it annoyin g. Fortunately, there is uneasy

remedy which requires no modi fication whatsoe ver.
The instruc tio ns ca ll fo r the rece iver' s
volume to be set so that the green "A udio
Le ver' ligh t blinks on the SP -200: this is to
assu re that the tape-activator relay will respond pro perly. But if you are n' t using the
tape activator function, simply lower the
co mpa nion receiver ' s volume slightly so that
the green light doesn ' t blink. and tum up the
SP200 volume control to co mpensate. All
other functions will co ntinue to work normally. and the re lay won' t cli ck. It' s that
simple !

BELOW SOO KHZ

Kevin Care , WB2QMY

lawband@gateway.net

DXINGTHE BASEMENT BAND

New IF Book; More on the Titanic

ver since the untimely passing of Ken

Co rne ll. W2IMB. I' ve had many inqu iries regarding the avail ability of his famous book . Tilt' Lo w lind Medium Frequ ency
Radio Scrapbook . I' ve spo ken with ;:1 clo se
fr iend of Ken' s fami ly wh o plan s to republi sh
the boo k in the future . but to date it remai ns
unavailable.
It sho uld come as welcome news then. that
the Radio Soc iety of G reat Br itai n (RSG B) has
recently published the 2nd Edition of the LF
Experimenter's SOllrn ' Book. Th e new book is
50 % bigger than the lir st and co ntains man y
artic les ne ver before pub lished . Alt hou gh it
focu ses ma inly on the JJ6 k Hz Euro pean
expe rime nter' s band. al most all of the information in the hook ca n be app lied to othe r part s of
(he longwave spectru m ;:IS wel l.
It is impor tan t to understan d tha t this is not
the sort o f boo k you're likel y read from cover
to cover. Rat her, it is <I co llection o f art icles
loosely urrungcd by subjectm uucr. T he articl es
in the book arc grouped into the foll owing six
chap ters :
General low frequency informatio n
Antennas a nd propaga tion
Low freq uency receivers
low freq uency tra nsmitters
Spec ial ist tech niq ues
Measuring a nd mod eling
In my opin ion , the pr int q ualit y of the book
lea ves something ro be desiredInstead of using
trad itional offset priming , the book has bee n
photocopied. Thi s is fine as lon g as precautions
are taken to properl y scree n pho tos and center
the text on the page . Unfortun ate ly(in my copy,
at least ) it appea rs that so me shortcuts were
taken in these areas.
For exa mple, o ne photo (page 5. lot) is virtuall y a black box that is totally uni ntelligible.
Also, the text on the left-ha nd side of page 5. 10
is cl ipped becau se the page wa s not properly
centered during copying. All of this is q uite out
of c haracter for RSGH boo ks wh ich ha ve a
reputatio n for high qua lity print ing that is crisp
and dear.
In partial defe nse of the hoo k, there is <I
passage in the fron t section stating that it is no t
inte nded to he a fancy "wo rk of art:' bur rathe r
to se rve as a re ference "s traight from those who
arc carrying out the expe rime nts." To this ex te nt, the book hits the target. and it docs co ntain
a wea lth o f usefu l informatio n, altho ugh in a
somew hat d ispersed ma nner.
Bottom Line- Althou gh the print q uality
co uld stand improveme nt, this boo k is wel l
wo rth having o n yo ur she lf if yo u arc invo lved
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--.. __

T heLF
Exp erime nters
S ource Book
(146 pa ges.
comb hound ) is
a vailable from
th e Rad io
So ciety of
G rea t Brltaln
(RSG II).

in any face t of l.F ex perimc ntation-partic ularly on the lice nse-free transm itting band s.
Th e articles inside cover the latest wor k in LF
ex pe rime ntation and contain loads o f useful
data that call he applied anyw he re in the
long wave spectrum.

Ordering information:
T he cove r price of the hoo k is 7.5 0 plus
1.25 UK post and packing (4.00 a ir post 10
the U.S . o r Ca nada ). The best way to place an
order fro m ou tside the UK is wit h a charge car d.
In this way. the currency exchange rate will be
ha nd led au toma tica lly.
For more infor ma tio n or to place an orde r
write to: Radio Society o f Grcat Britain, Lambda
Hou se , Cranbome Road. Potters Ba r, Hcrts.
UK. EN6 3JE. The RSGB can also be reached

by telephone at: +44 1707 6590 15. or FAX at:

+4-t 1707645 105. A th ird option is to use their

secure ordering site on the Worl d Wide Web at:

www.rsgb .org.uk.

Titanic Revisited
In April. we covered the sinking of the
Titan ic in 19 J 2 and the rarefy to ld story of her
brave wireless operators. Jack Ph illips and
Harold Bride. Onc thing that I (a nd ma ny
histo ria ns I spo ke with) d id not know was the
exact trans mission frequenc y of the Titan ic
dist ress call. The number of peop le alive today
w ho Illay have tun ed into the transmission is
ex tremely s mall. I knew o nly th at the transmi ssion W<l S made so mew here o n the longwa ve
band .
T hanks to a d ipping from the EWlII sv iIJe
(IN) Press sent in by Ed Diamond ( IN), we now
have a mo rt: de finite an swe r. Th e cli pping is
based on a 1992 inter view with Russel Sc hoe ne,
89, who monitored so me of the transmissions

as a yo ung boy. Acco rdin g 10 the article , M r.

Schoene had pieced toge ther a pri mitive ham
rece iver and on the morning o f April 15. 1912.
W 3 S tun ing across 600 met ers (500 kHz ). Instead of the ro utine ship traffic he norm all y
heard . thi s morning was vcry d ifferent. T here
were hastily sent QRTs (a warning for all
statio ns to cease tran smitti ng) , and then refe rc nccs to an 50S d istress cull heard. It wa s
ob viou s that a ship some wh ere o n the high sea
was in ser ious tro uble .
Alth ough Sc hoen e d idn' t c laim he heard thc
Titanic' s signals d irectly, he did moni tor muc h
o f the rescu e traffic, and he knew lon g before
mo st peo ple tha: the loss of life was far high er
[han origi nally thought. My thanks 10 Ed Dinmond fo r sharing this interesting art icle with
MT readers.
Speaki ng of the Titanic. I recei ved another
le t te r v ia e - ma il fr o m MT rea d er J o h n
McD ermott. Jo hn s<lys that he enjoyed the
Titanic arti cle and found it very accurate-with
one minor error. T he Titani c' sister s hip wa s
the Olymp ic. not Olympia , as I had mistakenl y
re ferred to it. As it turn s out , there we re three
such ships in the Titanic series- all end ing in
the letters "ic ." The Olympi c was first. the
Titanic second , and the Britannic the last.
The Britannic was sunk by German mines in
the Medit erranean Sea in 191 6. The Olym pic
had the longest ca ree r of all three ships. but her
record was not s potless. In the 19 30s she ga ined
the dubi ou s d ist inction of running down the
Nantucket Lightship wit h much lo ss of life
aboard the ligh tship. Afte r four re-fin ings. ex rcnsive wartime service, and 500 crossi ngs o f
the Atlan tic, she was retired in 1935 wit h the
nickname "O ld Rel hlble ."
M r. McDcrmo ll recommends an additional
book for those wanting to Jearn more abo ut the
Titanic. It is tit led A Night to Remember by
w alter Lord, who as a young hoy sailed aboard
the Olympic.
That ' s it forthis mo nth. See yo u in Oc tober.

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OX Predictions

ne

~f the T11or~ popular sections of any

radio magazme are the propagation

pred ictio ns. Jacques d'Avignon's
mo nthly column of prediction s can be qu ite
helpful when you' re looking for that dista nt
station on the 17 MHz shortwave band. But
how docs it apply 10 the domestic AM band ?
Propag ation predi cti on tables are, unfo rtunately. not much good for the AM band . The
table s arc bused o n ca lculations of the maximum usable freq uency (MUF) . the hig hest frequency on wh ich radio signals will skip back to
earth rather than shooting into outer space . But
the MU F is alm ost always well above 2000
kl-lz. so it' s ve ry rar e for these tab les 10 have any
beari ng o n AM DX .
So if AM broadc ast signals are always skippin g around the earth. why do n' t yo u hea r
worldwi de DX all day lo ng'! Unfortun ately fo r
the Dx er. the "s kip" process is not lossless.
Another process, ca lled "absor ptio n." literally
soaks up signals bo uncing aro und the ion osphere. Abso rptio n is worst at lo wer freq uencies, decl ining as frequ ency inc reases.
AM DXcrs should keep a c lose eyc on the A
and K indices. T hese numbers are available
fro m WWV at IX minu tes after the hour or o n
a variety of Inte rnet sites. (I use a ham-radi o
" OX Cluste r" at ohzaq. kofumbus.co m/dxs/
old loo k.htm l? ) T hese numbers indicate the
level of stor m activit)' on the sun. Higher numbe rs - g reater than 3 for the K index , greater
than 10for the A- indica te severe solar storms.
The se can cause a con siderable increase in
ab sorpt ion. especi ally in areas closer to the
North and South Poles.
In the Northe rn Hemisphere , this increase in
absorption make s station s at northe rn lat itude s
weaker ... which is both bad and good. DX
stations in ot her nort hern areas will be weaker

SKIPPING IN
John Vanderbeck af Las Vegas read my
column in the May issue of M r, an d sent in
a list of some of the sta tions he's seen by
sporc dlc-E over the yea rs; all stations
mentio ned are on Channel 2:

Q!x

Tulsa, OK
Regina , SK, Canado
Houston, TX

Grea t Bend, KS
St. Joseph, MO
St. Poul, MN
Vermillion, SD

SIa~an

KJRH
CKCKTV
KPRCTV
KSNC
KQTV
KfCATV
KUSDTV

migh t be surpri sed what yo u' ll hear during

daylight!
Tw ootherexpanded-ba nd stations have been
assigned new ca llsig ns. The 1700 kHz station
at Shennan, Texas, is now KTBK, and the one
on 1690 in John son City, Illinois, is now WHTE.

Chicago Megalower
These are f our of th e IJ Chicago TV
stations that would use the proposed new
1,000 fo ot lower ill the Willd)' Cit)'.
and harder 10 hear . Co nditio ns, in ge nera l. will
be poo rer. On the othe r hand, since many of the
powerful " pests" else where in the north will
have faded aW;'IY, you may get so me interesting
catches from the south on some of the frequencie s that have ope ned up.
For genera l informatio n o n rad io prop agation, l ca ll highly reco mmend The ARRL Handbookfor Radio Amort'lOs, available from Gro ve.
It isn 't an inexpensive boo k, but it's s f antustic
refe rence for anyo nc with a hobb y interest in
radio. Besides the propag ation info rmatio n,
there' s also data on co nstructio n of simple
antennas, o n radio theory, on sources of parts
for co nstruction projects. and ju st about everything e lse.

Expanded Band Noles

There' s been quit e a bit of activity in the
expanded band department lately. After co nsiderable delay (and some testing) WAWY1670 Madi son . Wisconsin, has com e on the air
with a new s-talk fo nn at. The y alm ost immed iately ado pted the call s of the ir old 1480 kHz
station. WTOY . chang ing the 1480 kHz operation to WTDA .
Bob Comb s KCA6 RC of New Mexico rcport s a format c hange o n one of the first ex pand ed -band stations, K G X L ~ J650 ncar Los
Angele s. The statio n is now KKT R (" K-Traffie ") with - yo u guess ed it - co ntinuous
traffic re ports.
Bob is also hearing new expanded-band
station KAYK - 1690 Arvada, Co lorado . Th is is
the expanded- band opera tion of KQ XI-1550
and has been runn ing " Radio Disney" ch ildren's
prog ramming since June 5. Both stat ions arc
do ing qu ite well into New Mexico: "The ir
signals are so loud here they manage to come in
du ring dayligh t hours! ... losin g it a litt le between noon and apm." Too many DXers shut
their radios off when the sun co mes up. You

Digita l TV is co ming, but some of the problem s it will face aren' t exactly technica l. W illiarn Hassig of suburban Chicago sen t a copy
of an article fro m the Ch icago Sun-Times reporti ng plans for a new co mmunity TV to wer in

that city. Currently. 13 of the Windy City's 16

TV stations transmit from eitherthe Sears Tower
or the John Hancoc k Cente r. But re nts on the
Sears Tower are quite high (W1TW channe l
II , a PBS station, pays $250,000 a year; co mmerc ial stations pay much more ) and station
engineers say the shorter Hancock Bu ildin g is
not tech nically suitable for digital broadca sts.
Besides, it' s report ed the Sears To we r doesn 't
have enough space fo r the addition al antennas
and transmitters that wou ld be requ ired for
digital broadc asting.
So , the statio ns pro pose to build a new 2,000
foot towe r. The structure would be used o nly
for T V broadcasts and would be on the west or
nort hwes t side of the city. Th e cos t of abo ut
$35.000.000 would be shared by all participating statio ns. Plans are sure to be co ntroversial.
While the stations are only co nsidering indus trial areas fo r the tower, it wou ld be visib le
thro ug h much of the city . The mayo r' s office
(wh ich would have to amen d zoning rules to
pcnn it the towe r) to ld the pape r it's discu ssed
the plan but has not yet reached any con cluslons.
I ' ve sta rt e d m y own we b p age a t
pe rso n a l. b n a . be 11 50 u t h. n e tl- w 9 w i l

index.h tm . My DX logs and a database af TY

stations are online at this address . I do not.
ho wever, hold this up as the mos t aurac tive
page on the ' Net! Send yo ur co mments 10 Box
98, Brasstown NC 28902-0098. or by email at
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OU
TER LIMITS
THE CLANDESTINE, THE UNUSUAL, THEUNLICENSED

George Zeller
George.leller@accfink.com

OOXA Expands Scope Outside Canada

or many yea rs, DX Onrar ioof the Ontario

ox As soci ation has been a fine mo nthly

source of radio information, mainly on

shortwave but also including DC to Dayligh t

coverage. Their pirate and clandestine material

is interesting. OD XA recentl y repealed a longstanding policy that only logs from Ontario
reside nts would he printed in thei r magazine. If
you'd like to check them out, write to ODXA,
PO Box 161, Station A, W illowd ale. Ontario
M 2 N 5 5 8, o r view t hei r http://www.

durhamradio.calodxa internet web site.

Radio Free Berkeley

Federal Judge Claudia Wilken' s third ruling, this time agai nst the long-ru nn ing Ca lifo rnia microp irate Ra d io Free Berkeley, shut the
station do wn in Jul y. Thi s impo rtant news is
co vered elsewhere in MT, but it' s worth not ing
tha t the Steve Dunifer of the station says he and
his lawyers have " lOIS of creative ideas to fight
this thin g." Fo r the latest updates, che ck o ut
their web site at http://www.free radio.org on
the internet.

SWRS
Short Wav e Relay Se r vice has been widely
reported in North America with tests and relays
fro m thei r European location. Saturday night
and earl y Sunday aro und sunse t are yo ur best
bet. They have been usi ng 11470 kl-lz, but
13960 kHz sometimes gets out, with reports via
Wup pertal (be low) or via swrs @usa.net email. Other Europiratcs are being heard o n
frequenc ies such as 5800, 6950, and 15200
kHz; it pays to tune around !

American relays. (Blue Ridge Summ it)

Free Hope experience- Major Spook plays rock or
transmits in CW Morse code. (Blue Ridge Summit)
Indira Calling- They specializein East Indianmusic.
(Providence)
JerryRigged Radio- Rock music, sometimes
supplemented by bagpipes, is heardhere. (Providence)
KIRK- The news here is that they now have anaddress.
(Blue Ridge Summit)
laser Radio- This Europirate announces a regular
frequency of 7145 kHz. (Merlin)
lounge Lizard Radio- For their first anniversary show
they played multiple arrangements of 'volare."
(Providence)
MysteryRadio- The Shadow's distinctive sound:
progressive rock instrumental music. (Stoneham)
RadIo Beaver- Bucky Beaver's falsetto voiceofferssly
Canadian humor. (Merlin)
Radio Clandestlne- R. F. Burns is backfor a third
decade 01pirate mayhem, at least on tape. (None)
Radio Doomsday- Nemesis' rock, rap, parody, and
pirate radio advocacy is back. (Providence)
Radio Ecllpse- Steve Mann plays hard rock. (Providence)
Radio Free Speech- Bill O. Rights mixes satire and
support for individual freedoms. (Belfast)
Radio Free Vinyl- This new one discusses freedom and
the constitution. (Providence)
Radio Joystick- European rock in German, French, and
English is heard here viaNorth American relays.
(Wuppertal)
Radio Nonsense- Comedy and rock fromJoeMama.
(Belfast)
Radio Three- Sal Amoniac QSL's only via logsprinted in
TheACE. (None)
Radio Four- Pictured here, they feature satire about
licensed USA shortwave broadcasters. (None, verifying
logs in TheACE)

Action Radio- They changed their e-mat address to

awturdfesler@hotmail.com (Pittsburgh)
AlanMasyga Prolect- The Alanstation; Parsons for rock
and Masyga for OX commentary. (Providence)
Brllaln's BetterMusic Station- A Euro with North
Ame rican relays of its rock music. (London)
Caribbean Sound System-Count Whip plays Caribbean
music or Bob Dylantunes. (Stoneham)
Crazy Wave Radio- Another European rocker with North

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Reception rep orts to pira te stat ions req uire 3

first cla ss sta mps for USA ma iJdrops or $2 US
to add resses out side the USA. Send yo ur letters
to PO Box I. Belfast. NY 147 11, PO Bo x
284 13, Providence , RI 0290 8; PO Bo x 109.
Blue Ridge Sum mit. PA 17214 ; PO Box 146 .
Stoneh am. MA 02 180; PO Box 2530 2. Pittsburgh, PA 15242; PO Box 293. Merlin. Ontario
NOP IWO; 55 D C heste r Road , l ondon N 19
5 DF, England; and PO Box 22034 2. Wuppertal,
Ge rmany.

YOtAVE ?O(( iY?lya(lEb f2AbjO uco.:

Thanks!

YOtA,."ic;nHAI/E Q{l.E"'b f2AbfO 7HI2EE...

Reader input is always welco me via PO Box

98, Brassto wn, NC 28902, or via the e-m ai l
address ato p the column. We tha nk the following radio hobb yists for material used this month:

8 tA71JOW, YOtAVE C Ef2.7AiIJlY a(lEh..

H ..

f2A biO FOW2II11

Shortwave Pirate Activity

North American shortwave pirate activity
rem ains robust. With Ihe end of summer ap
pre ach ing, pirate s appea r earlier in the day
before and after sundo wn. Pirates heard by our
reade rs last month all used frequen cies within
500 kHz of 6955 kHz on you r di al. Starion
formats and contact maild rops (whe n known)
are listed .

WBIG- Big Mike spins rock tunes and discusses the

pirate sce ne. (Belfast)
WBLK- Rap music, mixed with parodies of pirate
listeners. (Providence)
WUQ- Oldies from the 1940's through the 1960s are
heard here. (Providence)
WLlS- Jack Bogganplays shortwave broadcast station
interval signals. (BlueRidge Summit)
WMFQ- They playrock music, but mainly promote the
idea of OSL's. (Providence)
WMPR- Their techno dance music is mysterious; they
nevercontact listeners. (None)
WPIG- Tapes of Ira's imaginary land of pigs,listener
calls, and the Bundymobile have resurfaced. (None)
WREC- P. J. Sparx blends rock music,comedy, and
nove lty tunes. (Belfast)
WRKD Shortwave- This recreation of an oldrock station
uses 6950 kHz anda wrkosw@hotmall.come-mail
address. (BlueRidge Summit)
WSRR- Soul music predominates here; try Dr.Love's
web site at http://Www.lrn .neVstationsIWSRR/
index.hlml(Belfast)
WUNH- Ranier Brandt heard their oldies music in
Germany! (Providence)

#4 in the numbered pirate station series!

Radio USA- Mr. Blue Sky's punk rock hasbee n with us
for almost three decades. (Belfast)
Radio USA (lake)- A pirate broadcasting parody; the real
station usesan address. (None)
Reefer Madness Radio- HarryAnsli nger attacks
marijuana, but in a clumsy parody fashion. (Belfast)
RFM- H. V. Short's rock music and original parodies are
entertaining. (Belfast)
Scream ollhe Butterfly- Their format is classic rock and
rock novelty songs. (Providence)
Take It EasyRadio- Rock songs are always heard on
this one. (Belfast)
WACK- Live shows feature a toll-free 800number rock
req uest line. (Use announced telephone number)

John T . Arthur, Belfast. N Y ; Shawn Ax elrod .

Winnipeg, Manitoba; Ranier Brandt. Hoefer. Gcrmany; Jerry Coatswort h. Merl in , Ontario; Ross
Comeau.Andover, MA; Cumbre lJX; Joe Filipkowski .
Providence, RI; Jesse Finrelsrein. Media, PA; Viis
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ON THE HAM BANDS ...

THEFUNDAMENTALS OF AMATEUR RADIO

Ike Kerschner, N3/K

The Cherokee 6 Meter Hand-held

he major problem getting hams on six

meter FM ha s been a lack of rigs for the

ba nd . Recentl y seve ra lcompanies ha ve
introdu ced hand held un its fo r th e hand . O ne
o f the most intri gui ng is the C herokee (A H-

50 ) from Wirclc s.. Marketin g Co rp. The

Ch erokee is dedicat ed 10 six meter FM. is
reaso nably priced . easy 10 usc. rugged. rel i-

The radio is easy to ha ndle , Th er e <Ire six

b uttons on the face o f the C herokee . Fi ve of
them do do ub le d uty tha nks to a fu nction
button .
A fter rece ivi ng my Ch ero kee and c harg ing the battery pac k it too k o nly a few min ute s
till I bud the un it 0 11 the ai r than ks to a well
written illustrated instruction manu al .

abl e and d arn ed good loo king.

While the Cherokee is strictly an FM tran sceivcr. it doe s co ve r the e nt ire band fro m 50 10

I How Does It Work?

My first co ntac t wa s with a ha m ubo ut tc n

m iles <I\\'.IY Oil 52 .525 M Hz sim plex. The
re port wa s e xcellent co ns idering I W<lS using
the rubber du ck a nte nna that ca rne with the
unit. Se vera l 10C<11 re peaters were e asily ac cessed usin g the rubber duck y .
A hand op en ing later in th e we ek allo wed
me to work se ve ra l midwe stern states while
running on ly one wat llO a ha lf wave vertical.
I put a two cle me nt, six
meter qu ad on the roo fo f my
Cherokee A ll-50
house (about 20 feet above
ground) and fo und I could
work sim plex as far as 75
mi les w ithout a pro blem ,
Us in g th e qu ad wit h th e
C herokee hils a llow ed me to
wor k 63 grids o n simple x as
o f thi s writing.
C he ro kee ha s several acccsso rics av ai lable the user
might fi nd useful. for exa mp le. a 2:Sinc h su per fle x
a ntenna(5 A 5) whi ch sho uld
a llo w mu ch greater ra nge for
po rta ble usc. And the M A'27 mobile kit a llo ws the
Cherokee 10 be powered by
the cigarette ligh ter in yo u r
car. and d irec t conne ction 10
the mo bile a ntenna . Se vera l
batterylcharg ing o ptio ns a rc
a lso avai lable .
llikc my C he ro kee a 101.
and tak e it w ith me everywhe re . For the price (arou nd
$2 -19.(5) this lillie rig: c anno t he beat. To lin d o ut where
yo u C ~1Il sec/purc hase a Ch ero kee andla test pr ici ng infor marion cull- 1 800-259-0959
or visit the ir web site at:

54 M Hz . Thi s wo rth while feature will alert

yo u 10 other activ ity o n the band e ven if you
ca nft understan d the sig nal bein g received:
se ve ral times I was a lert ed to single side band
(SS B) O X openings wh ile run ning the A H-50

in the scan mode.

I Features
In transmit the Cherokee
has switc hable po wer output

of I or 5 watts. The receiver is

vcry se nsiti ve; the manufac-

turer claims .3 uv, but my

unit has considerabl y grea ter
sensitivity (less than . IIlV will
open the squelch), Tuning is
by means of up/dow n buttons
above the push-to-talk switch.
And4 00m \Vofaudiois more
(han adequat e for normal usc .
A power sa ve option can sav e

up to 80 % of the bau er)'

power.
There arc five memories
ava ilable and each mem ory

can store tonc frequency. tone

on/off. repeater on/offand +5
kHz of information,
A speaker Imike jack :.1 1lows use of a speaker mike
(works we ll with my Radio
Shack 19-310).
Physica lly the C he ro kee is
2- 1/8 inches by 5 1/8 by 13/8 inches. wei gh s less th an a
po und . antllit s the ha nd vcry
comfortably. Th e a ntenna is
co nnected to a BNC ti tl ing o n
the top len side; the sq uelc h
co n tro l is next to the an te nna
co nnector; and o nllllT/vollime
is o n the far right.
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GM f) m iniature straight key (Milestone

Technologies }

6 Meters in CT
From G las ton bu ry . Connecticut. Mike
Roberts. N IRFM writes to te ll us about the
K IJC L six me ter AM rcpeutcrin Ve rnon. CT.
T he transm itter site is located on Bo x Mo un ta in at an ele vation 01" 1000 fcc ! above sea
level. T he receive site is in Coventry. CT. a t
SOO feet e levatio n.
Input freq ue nc y is j0.40{) M Hz. out put is
50 .S00 r.'l Hz . T his is a n op en repeat er and
serves New York. Connec ticu t. Massachusc tts. a nd Rh od e Isla nd on a reg ular basis .
T hank s for the info. M ike .

I Milestone Technologies
Morse code keys manu factu red by LT A in
Sp a in a re now ava ilable from Milestone T echnolog ies. Th e key s arc ha nd as se mbled o n
poli shed wood bases wi th so lid brass me cha nica ! parts (option al gold plat ing available) .
Included in the LT A o ffering arc th ree
strai ght key s. a semi -auto matic bu g:. a co m bination stra ig ht key a nd padd le, and a side swi per o r cootie key.
Prices a rc qui te reason able : for examp le.
the G MP mi niature stra ight key is pr iced <II
S49.lX) a nd can be gold pl ated fo r o nly ten
dollars more. T he mo st e xpe ns ive uni t is a
co mbina tio n du a l paddle/strai g ht ke y fo r
S I 19.(XJ in brass or 5 139.0 0 in go ld.
For more in fo contact Mi lesto ne Te ch no log ies at ~ 140 Pco riu 5 1. Unit K 156 . Au ror a . CO SOil 14-31 -'5. ph on e 3 03-7 5 ~ - 3 3 8 ~.
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htt p :// www.m lcdlll ologics.com. Tcll thcm

MT sellt yo u.
Kee p the lett e rs and info corni ng. ga ng.
Rem ember DX season is j ust beginn ing: check
out the an ten na sys te m a nd ge l ready for som e
great band open ing s this yea r.

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Motorolas TalkAbout+ FRSTransceiver

f all the co mpan ies that have e nter ed

the pote ntial ly lucrative Family Rudiu Service market, none has done
so with powe r of Motorola. Already known as
a manufacturer of high-quality communicatio ns gea r. Mot o rol a is bac king the launch o f
its TalkA hou l two-way radi os w ith a conside rab le war chest. For exa mple. Motoro la
ha s hi red a pub lic relati o ns firm to publici ze
the T alkAb out rad ios. To my knowledg e. no

Th e Motorola
TalkA hmll + delivers first-

rate performance and

exceptionally loud audio.

othercompany in the FRS market has done so.

In addition. ad vertis ing for Motoro la' s FRS
radios is popping up in all kind s of places.
Open a co py of Family Fun maga zine . and
you' ll find the TalkAhoul.
So it wa s with more than a lill ie interest
th at I beg an the te st of Motorola' s top of the
line TalkAbout Plus. T he first thing that struck
me: about the TalkAbout-e is its appearance : it
doesn' t look like a reg ular, stra ight. coo l hand ital kie ; it looks. we ll, FUN . M y w ife: too k o ne
loo k at the: ye llow -a nd -black tran sce iver a nd
sa id. 'Thi s radio is mine!"
Wit h its rounded case (which can be: park ed
uprig ht o n a Oat surface), ch unky 1()Ok, striking co lo r sche me (it co mes in five differen t
co lors), and o nly six controls . the TalkAbout+
loo ks very nnin timidating, At the upper righ t
of the front panel is an ora nge Po we r but ton ;
slig htly to the left, Up and Down butt on s;
about an inch belo w them, .1 Mo nitor button
for defeati ng the a uto- sq ue lch. At the top left
corner ofthe front panel is a volume whee l; to
its rig ht. a liqui d c rys ta l display tha t shows
channel. code, and battery co ndi tio n: below
that, a Co de butt on for setting what Mo torol a
ca lls Interfere nce Elim ina tor C odes. and next
to it , an opening for the mic rop ho ne . At the
bo ttom o f the fro nt pan e l is a grill fo r the
speake r.
Surpri singl y. in the dead cc rncr o f the rad io
yo u' ll lind the push-to-talk swi tch. On e of
Mot orol a ' s publ icist s says the button was
plac ed there to make o pera tion equ all y dex te rou s for left a nd righ t hand ers.
On top of the radi o is a ch unky ru bber
duck y antenna . On the left side of the case , a
pl astic O;'IP lift s to reveal jacks for a wh o le
slew of spea ke r a nd mic rophone acc essories.
On the back of the case. yo u' ll lind a large
plastic be lt cl ip and a blac k plast ic pa ne l that
slides off to provid e access to the batte ry
compartme nt. T he tra nsce ive r is po wered by
three AA bat teries that. accord ing to Moto rola .

provide up 10 30 ho urs o f use - three ho urs

of talk time. 27 ho urs of standby tim e .
With the rad io off , pre ss the power hu tto n
and hol d it for two seconds , and the transcei ve r will a nno unce . in a fun ky robe -voice.
the curre nt cha nne l and co de to whic h the
rad io is set. To tum the tra nsceive r o n without
the announce me nt. press the po wer button
unt il th e radi o beeps o nce. then release . When
the radi o is powe red up, a smal l lig ht e mitting
d iotic (LE D ) ind icator next to the ante nna
blink s to re m ind yo u tha t the TalkAbout-e is
ac tiva ted. To turn it o ff. press the power
button until the radio beeps once, then rele ase
the button .

To change chan ne ls. si mp ly press the Up

o r Dow n button. To se t a n Interference Elim ina tor Co de (rea lly a Co ntin uo us T one Contro lled Sq ue lch S ystem or CTCSS co de) , press
the Code button, the n use the Up an d Do wn
button s to selec t the co de of yo ur choice. T his
is. hands down, the eas iest code-setting sche me
I have seen yet. With the co de set, all o ther
tran smissi o ns, except those o n the sa me c hannel using the same code. arc blocked. Th is
makes it ea sy for members of a gro up to
co m municate with each o ther while elim ina ting a lot of interference.
Whe n a code is se t for one cha nnel on the
TalkAb out+, it is applied to all channels.
Unlike so me FRS tran scei ve rs. it is not possible 10 set a code fo r on e channe l and no t fo r
ano the r, or to se t d iffer ent co des for different
channels. In add itio n, there is, as nea rly as I
ca n tell , no means of locking thc rad io to
prevent inad verte nt cha ng ing of cha nnel s or
co des .
T he performance of the TalkA bo ut+ is
e xceptio nal. T ra nsmi t ran ge is eq ua l with
ot her FR S tran scei ve rs tha t prod uce a full
ha lf-watt of power. T he receive a ud io is clear
a nd is the loudest of any FRS transceiver
tested to date . That can beexceptionally ha ndy
if yo u're in a noisy environme nt and so meone
is trying to rea ch you .
Motorol a offers a nu mber of accessories
th at make the TalkAbout+ very attractive fo r
specia lized applica tio ns. Th ese include a remo te speaker m icrophone ; a voice-operated
tran sm it (VOX) headset; a VOX ea rbud with
in- line m icro pho ne; ann . sho ulde r and fann y
pac ks; a waterproof ba g. a 12- \'0 It vehicle
ada pter, and m ore .
S uggested retai l pri ce of the T al kAbout+ is
$ 179 per rad io. For re tailer locatio ns. call 1800 -353-2729 or vis it www.mot or ola.com/
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71

ANTENNA TOPICS
Clem Small, KR6A

BUYING, BUILDING AND UNDERSTANDING ANTENNAS

The Right Antenna for the Frequency

reque ncy of operat ion is an important

co nside ration in determi ning wh ich
antenna design you choose for your
monitoring. Th e main fact or de termined by
frequency is the ante nna ' s size. Other co nsiderations related to size include weig ht,
diffi culty oferec ting. ma gnitude of maintenance problem s. and cost. T his month let' s
take a look at how these factors vary with
some common antenna designs.

Beam Antennas
Antenna element size decrease s as antenna operating frequency inc rease s. T hus
an antenna de sig ned for use on the ultra
high freque ncy (U HF) band appears to be
but a tiny toy co mpare d to the sa me design
when used on high frequency lH F) - the
HF beam will be on the order of 100 times
larger than the UHF beam ! Becau se of thi s
freque ncy differe ntial we fi nd that. from
perhaps 50 MHz or so and higher in frequency, antenna designs such lIS the Vag i or
quad are ofa practical size . weig ht and cost.
On the othe r hand. such antenna de signs
- even if used on the HF band with many
fewer el emen ts than at VH F or UHF - will
still be large and hard to handle. If you have
the pro per resou rces they can still be a
practica l cho ice, but even then an HF beam
is usuall y no more than four cleme nts for
the Vagi and three for the quad .
Beam ante nnas ca n have excellen t ga in
and directi vity. If equ ippe d with a rotor
they can be pointed to any compass direction you wish. Their gain in the favored
directio n. coupled with the ir reject ion of
noise and interference in non-favo red directions. improves co mmunications co nsidera bly over antennas lacking such features.

Wire Ante nnas

Becau se of the problem s mentioned
above, beam antennas are not so comm on
on HF and low er ba nds as on very-hi gh
freq uency (V HF) and higher. Anten nas ofa
more practical size . weig ht. and ease of
installatio n are therefore needed - which
(a long with lowe r cos t) acc ounts for the
popularity of wire antennas on the I-IF bands.
T he hor izon tal halfwa vc dipo le. horizo ntal random -len gth long wire. inve rtedV. sloper. and hori zom al trap or coi l-loadcd
dipo les are probably the most popu lar ofthe
HF wire ant ennas . Longwire-bearn desig ns
offering gain. such as the rhom bic. vee. and
longwire. are se ldom used today due 10
thei r very large size. Nevertheless they are
good performers.
Th e directional characte ristics of recep tion patternin g of the various wire-antenna
de s ig ns var ies fr o m mo d e rat e ly
nondirectiona l for hor izon tal d ipoles (practica l dipoles have shallow nulls). to fairly
nondirectional for invencd-vees, to moderately directional for slopers, to very directional for the longwire beam s. Direct ionality of the random -len gth wire will vary as
the length varies ,
In general these anten nas will have better low-angle pattern ing as they are erected
higher abo ve the gro und. As the low-angle
rad iation increases, DX (long dista nce) performa nce generally improves. W hen closer
to the gro und these ante nna s usuall y have
more high-angle vertical-rece ptivity pattern ing, leadi ng to bett er short di stance recept ion .
Wire antenna designs ca n also be utilized on the higher frequencies. but there
they are usual ly constructed of tubing . Ncvcrtheless . because the popu lar tubu lar-con -

TABLE ONE

3-ELEMENT YAGI
HLEMENT QUAD
HALfWAVED1PLOLE
HALfWAVE INVERTED-V
HALfWAVESLOPER
1/4 WAVE GND PLANE
TABLE-TOPLOOP
WHIP

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COMMON BANDS

IR EcnONAl

VERTICAL ANGLE

UPPER Hf . VHf . UHf

UPPER Hf. VHf . UHf
Mf . Hf. VHf . UHf
Mf. Hf
Mf. Hf
u , Mf. Hf . VHf . UHf
u, Mf. Hf
ALLBAN DS

HIGHLY
HIGHLY
RELATIVElY LITTLE
NO
MODERATELY
NO
NULLS
NO

RELATIVELYlOW
RElATlVELYl OW
HIGH TO MOOERATE
MODERATE TO LOW
MODERATE TOLOW
MODE RAT ETO VERY LOW
MODERATE
MODERAT ETO LOW

MO NITORING TIMES

September 1998

struc t io n be am a nte n na de si gns a nd

grou ndp lane designs are rel atively easy to
implement at VHF and UHF. there is little
incentive 10 utiliz e wire antenna design s on
the VHF or higher bands.

Vertical Antennas
At VHF and higher freq uencies. vertica l-whip and groundplane antennas are of
quite reasonable size eve n for designs with
lengths grea te r than the basic quarte rwave
co nfiguration. As we move into the HF
ba nd quarterwave whips and groun dp lanes
arc still practical for many inst allations.
But. as we move lower dow n that band
both inductive and ca pac itive loading (add ing an inductor in series with the antenna. or
a wire "top-hat" as a ca pac itor ) often become nece ssary to keep the ante nna ' s height
practical. For HF usc. pop ular vert ical anten nas includ e gro und pla ne a nte nnas ,
gro undcd-quan erwave. and the pop ular allband vertica ls sold by vario us ham-equ ipmen t manu facturers. All of the vert ica l antennas de scribed above are nondi recti onal .
and have predom inately low-angle vertical
reception pauerni ng.

Special Size Constraints

Some rad io-recei ving sites leave little
room for antennas. One example of thi s is
w here the operator lives in an apart me nt
with se vere antenn a restrictions; usc of a
receiver in a hote l roo m whi le travelin g is
another. Receiv ing antennas whic h oft en
give good service in such situat ions include
activ e antennas. desktop loops. and short
whips and short ra ndom- length wires.
Ac t ive a nte n na s are ge nera lly
nondircctional and have good am plifie rgain.
A few have co il ante nna e leme nts. and
therefore ha ve use ful nulls in their receptio n patterns . Th ey are use ful from low
frequency (LF) to UHF. but are subject to
intermodu lation distortio n and descn sitization problems if used near a powerful transmitter. Desktop loop s are popu lar on LF ,
medium frequency (M F). the AM broadcas t ba nd. and even into the low-freq uency
end of the HF band at times. They have very
low gain. but can null -out inte rference in
man y cas es. and often have low recei ved-

noi se. For short whips and short random length wires se e the note o n s ignal-to-no ise
ratio (s/n) bel ow,

In Closing
T his survey has been o rie nted to ward
ge neral cons ideratio ns usefu l in choos ing
yo ur ante nna for the desired freq ue ncy or
frequ en cies o f o peratio n. Th ere are man y
book s av ailab le wh ich cover the ante nnas
d iscu ssed . as we ll as other po pula r antenna
desi gns. T wo good book s arc The ARRL
Antenna Book. and Bill Orr' sA11lellJla Handhook. In a less orga nized fashi on the ARRL
Antenna Compendium ser ies covers a large
amo unt of interesting material ab out ant en nas and their usc .
A final not e on a so metimes puzzl ing
occurrence which ofte n ten d s to equa liz e
performan ce be twee n some antenna designs,
regardl ess of the ir size: O n the o ne han d. in
m an y app lications , ther e is co nsidera ble
di fferen ce bet ween the perfo rman ce of va rio us antenna design s utili zed for receptio n.
O utstanding perfor mers incl ude anten nas
featuring desirab le d irectivit y, or desirab le
vert ical-an g le recepti vity patt ern ing consiste nt with their appli catio n. O n the othe r
hand . particu larl y whe n co m paring these
with the simp le r w ire antenna desig ns used
for HF or lo wer-freq uen cy rec eption. man y
oper ator s not ice that signals receive d on
one antenna can usually also be rece ived o n
their ant enna s o f o ther desi gn s as j ust we ll.
T he reaso n for th is " leve ling of perfor ma nce" bet ween so me ant enna d esig ns is
that rece ived -no ise leve l is oft en s izab le at
HF and lowe r frequ en cies. T he result ant
high signal-to -no ise level (sI n) essentia lly
de termines q ualit y of rece ptio n. Often the
sIn doesn ' t cha nge w ith greater sig nal inp ut
fro m a "b etter" ante nna because rece ivednoi se increa ses alo ng wit h the signal. Thus
the sIn is not s ig nificantly improved , and
qua lity o f reception is not improved .
~

RADIO RIDDLES

~I

Last Month:
I said "Wh at is th e rela tio nsh ip between
the 'k nife-e dg e ' phe nom en on , the eart h 's
c ur vature, and gro und wave s bel ow abo ut 3
M Hz'>"
We ll. the kn ife edge phen om eno n, or
knife-ed ge diffrac tion. is the effect that RF
signals und ergo when pro pagating past an
ob stacle in their path with a "s harp" top,
T hi s a llows VHF com municatio ns beyond
th e oft -m entio ned line-of-sight propagation

path: for these freq uenc ies, For inst ance,

whe n a VHF sig nal pro pagates across th e
top of a ridge, so me po rtion o f the signal is
o fte n d iffracted do wn ward in the direction
o f wa ve tra vel s uc h th at the signal can be
rec e ived in the va lley be low the rid ge.
Be lo w abo ut 3 M Hz the curvat ure o ft he
earth is sufficiently like a "knife edge" in
rel at io n to the lo nger wave leng ths p rod uced
by th ese freque nc ies suc h that th e sig nals
arc d iffr ac ted do wnwa rd along th e surface
of the earth. T his co ntinua l bend ing o f the
wave pa th give s us wha t is know n as a
"g ro und wave ." T hese gro und wa ves can
propagat e far beyo nd the hori zo n. Th ey ca n
even suppor t com m unication co mple tely
aro und the wor ld if su ffic ient sig na l power
is utilized.

rid dl e, and mu ch mor e, in next mon th' s

issu e of Monito ring Time s, 'T il then Peace .

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EXPERIMENTER'S WORKSHOP
Bill Cheek

TWEAK, TUNE, AND MODIFY!

em ail: bchee k@son.rr.com

Update on Computer Networking

y J une -o x co lu m n pr esented the

simple mech anic s of local area net works (LA Ns ) for tho se who have
two or mor e com pute rs. You r o verw helming ly
fa vorable respo nse to thai articl e pro mpt s me to

offer (in the immortal words of Paul Harvey).

the rest of the story. Tha t co lumn is fairly vital
to this mont h' s article , as wel l as for the backgro und mate rial and ref ere nces. You s hou ld
save it or co ntact ,HT direct ly for a repri nt or the
back iss ue.
First, a word for tho se who aren't inter ested
in computer s: beli eve me. I empathize. I still
re me mber when I had no desire 10 mi x rad io
and com pute rs. E ve n aft er cosmi c force s
change d my mind, J want ed to mi x radio only
wi th my ancient Apple lie co mputers. I loathed
tho ugh ts of learn ing MS- DO S. and Wi ndow s
Z.x. So. the cos mic bill y clubs thu mp ed me
again .
Co smic c udgel s might not disturb yo ur equilibri um. but the tidal forces of the rad io indu stry
and market surely will. soo ne r or later. Radios
and co mputers arc married . pro bably until dea th
do them part . So if com pute rs don ' t interest yo u
yet. that' s okay. Sa ve my "computer" columns
for poste rity ....the day may come whe n you
will cherish the m.

IOBase-2 Networks Revisited

Th e simple . low cos t. IOHuse-l coa xial cabl e
ethe me t networ k d iscu ssed in the Jun e-9S col u mn tremendousl y increa se s the pml,'er and
flex ibility of the person al computer wh en tw o
or more arc networ ked togethe r. Th is kind of
LAN requires on ly a low cost Netwo rk
Inter face Ca rd (NIC ) per computer;
one BNC "tee" adapter per N IC; a
leng th of RG -58 co ax between eac h
N IC; and a 50-ohm termi natio n l:ap on
the BNC "tee" of eac h of the tw o end
co mpute rs.
Though the IO-Base -2 net work
probably remains the be st c ho ice for
th e cas ua l hobby ist and neoph yte
nctwo rkcr (coax cabl e net wo rks are
cheap and uncom plicated >. they can he
trouble-prone, cranky. and pcrxnickety whe n e ve rything' s not perfe ct. Not
o nly that , but so me thing s ca n' t be
done with a IO- Rase-2 LAN that on a
IOBas e-T net wor k are a piece of cake.
If yo u've set up a simple Hl-B uxe2 LAN, study the better 1OBase-T Variet y. As you will see ahea d. the two
types o f LAN s can coe xist - you
74

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\.. . on't hav e to imm edi ately rep lace the forme r
with the latter, sho uld you want to upgrade .

I a Base-T Networks
Sl igh tly less simple, so mewhat cost lier , but
more re liabl e and fle xibl e. a IOB as e ~T cthernc t
"s tar" network is show n in Figure 1. D isregard
the "c able modem" port ion of Fig ure I unti l
you've read ahead. For-now .just "s ec" the three
PC s and {he hub .
A di ffe rent type of cabl e and an e xterna l
de vice called an Ethernet Hu b chara cterize the
I DBase-T. Th e cable. called UTP (u niversa l
twisted pair) . co ns ists of four tw iste d conductor pair s inside an insulated jacket. T he "star"
topo logy of IOBase-T starkly co ntrasts with the
end-to-e nd seriall ayo ut of 1OBase- 2 network s.
O ther than the physi cal difference s, the two
type s o f ne tworks arc functi onally the same.
If you took my previou s advi ce fo r "co mbo"
NlCs, then you won 't nee d new car d s. You ' ll
ju st need Cate gory 5 UT P cab le, an RJ-45
modu lar plu g o n each en d of the UT P cab les.
and one cthe mc t hub.
If yo u hav en 't networked your co mputers
ye t. re view my June -S'Sarticle and this month ' s.
side by side. If you take a leap of faith for the
bett er I Ouusc- T networ k, first abso rb both articles in fu ll before yo u dec ide . Either on e ca n
ope n ham doors for yo u.

UTP Cable
T he correct type of cable is "C ategory 5
UTP," exa mp les of w hich incl ude Belden

FIG-1: 10BASE-T NETWORK

15 R3 A and Belki n A7 L504 . bu t there are many

others.
The UTP cable te rmi nates at each end with
an RJ-45 modular plug, similar to , but larger
tha n the co mmon RJ-I I modu lar telep ho ne
plug. A spec ial cri mp ing tool is requ ired to
instal l RJ-45 mod ula r p lugs onto the ends of the
UTP cab le . Th is tool adds to the cos t, but not
prohib itively . Cat 5 UT Pcable cos ts abou t 7-15
cents per fo ot in bu lk - more if yo u buy it cut
to length wi th RJ-45 p lugs alrea dy attac hed.
You decide .
Unlike coax ial cable in IOBase-2 networ ks
(7-ft, min ), UTP cables can be of an y length 10
a maximum o f 323- fee l. Figures 2 and 3 sho w
the necessary w irin g and connec tion schem es
fo r UT P cables and RJ-45 plugs. Figu re4 might
prove helpful.
The T IA/EIA 568 ind ustry s tandard spccifies e ither of two w iring sche mes to be e mplo yed in Category 5 UT P installation s. Th e
only d iffer en ce betw een the T 56 8A and T568B
schemes is that pair s 2 and 3 are rev ersed .
A lthoug h IOBase-T only need s two pai r. all
fo ur pairs must he ter minated in ei ther the
T568A or T 56 8B sche me . Th e T568B sche me
is the most popular. On e co lor-c ode sche me
shou ld be cons istent througho ut a sys te m, bu t
parti cularly end -to -end of anyone cabl e. The
importan t th ing for yo u is not so much the
sche me . but the act ual pair connec tions . St ick
to the sc heme in upper half of Figure 3 ~Ul(J
yo u' ll not go wrong.
The wi ring sc he me for ready -made or preexisting cab les ca n be determ ined by comparing wir e co lor s in plug s held side by
side. Yo u can see th rough the clear
plastic RJ45 p lugs. In worst ca ses ,
usc an ohmmeter I'Of end-to- end cont inui ty chec ks.

The Hub

CABLE MOOEM

Et he rne t hub s used to sca re me .

Not no w ! Rela x and th ink of it as a
" black bo x." with a pla ce to p lug in a
DC wa ll cube and se ve ral UTP cables
with RJ-45 mod ular plugs. Th at' s it!
Yo u don ' t need to know wha t' s insid e
a hub or how it wor ks.
Hubs arc chea p, if you shop. I' ve
seen basic 5-port etheme t hubs for as
low as S 19, and X-port hub s for $41)S89. An idea l hub for the ho bby ist
probab ly has 5 (0 8 ports: a specia l
separate port desig nated as an " Uplink
Port" (see ahead ): and one BNCportto

Standard T568 Wiring Schemes

frd

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Cat 5

Usee to connect a PC to a hub

RJ-45

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RJ-45

UTP
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SPECIAL UPLINK OR CROSSOVER WIRING

U6ed lo connect OM tw b 10 another hub. or
a hub 10a router, brkJge orceoe-irooem

interfaces to the ou tside

wo rld.
On e upcomin g and
low cos t means of high
speed. full time co nnection to the Internet is a
"c a ble mod em " (see
Dec-97 co lumn). Figure
I shows how you can
connect the vas t trea suretro ve o f th e Int ernet
straight toyourhome network . The "ca ble modem" (not really a mo-

dem ), func tion s as a

router or a bridge between a LAN and the lo-

T568A Plug Wiring

Less common

ca l ca ble TV ethern et
network .

Standard UTP Color Codes

More and morecable

Pair 1 ; While-Blue (W-BL) and Blue (BLI

Pair 2; White -Orange (W-O) and Orange (0)
Pai r3 ; While-Green (W-G) and Green (G)
Pair 4 ; Whil e-Brown (W-BR) and Bro wn (BR)
accommod ate IOBasc -2 network co nnec tions.
Lin kSys, Inc . makes a variety of low-cost hubs:
htlp:/Iwww.linksys.cnmi
If yo u' ll ne ver connect to a coaxial cab le
network, the n you can di spen se wi th the BNC
po rt on the hu b, hut you reall y shou ld req uire
that your hu b have either an " Uplink Port" o r a
loose Upl ink Adap ter; or an Uplink Ca ble. Any
of the three will do.

Odds 'N Ends

An Uplink po rt, ca ble, or adapter is a rough
equivalent of a "null mode m" cable or adapter
in RS-232 and ser ial port app lications. If yo u
don ' t know what that is, do n't worry : ju st see
the lower half of Figur e 3 that shows how
the two ac tive pa irs arc crisscrossed to
make an Uplink connect ion . You can
make an Uplink ca ble fro m the lower half
of Figure 3. An Uplink adap te r is a short
cable seg ment wi th a male RJ-45 on one
end and a fema le RJ-45 on the other.
So long as your network is sma ll and
is never conn ected to the out side wo rld,
yo u may never need an Uplink port. cable,
or ada pter. But let' s suppose yo u ge t a 5 ~
port Hub fo r you r 3- node network. and a
few mo nths later. yo u add three more
PC' s. Yo ur first incl ination mig ht be to
ju nk the S-port huh for a new 8-port
mode l. You reall y need on ly anothe r 5
port hub and an Uplink connec tion betwee n the two to effec tively bind them
into one Hub ! The docs that co me with
thc hub will explai n this.
Figurc4 po rtrays RJ-45 modular plugs.
a typical modular plug crimping too l; and
an RJ-45 in-line co upler for j uining two
sho rter VTP cables into a lo nger one .
You ju st never know .....
A mai l o rder source for low- co st net-

TV companies are brin gin g hi gh spee d ( 10

Usually short, can be a cahle, an adapter plug, or an Uptink jackon !he hub
Mbps), full-time (24m
365) Internet connecti vwo rk supp lies is Miles'Tek: 1506 1-35W;
ity to the home. The thing is. you can not conDenton. TX 76207 -2402 ;(800)524-7444; Web:
www.rmlestek.com and E-mai l: milestek@ neet a home IOBase-2 (coax) LA N to a cable
modem. but it' s easy with a IObase-T netwo rk
milestek.com
and a hub.
Wi ndow s 95 /98/NT simplify IOBasc-T setImagine the Intern et in eac h roo m of your
ups. If you don't have a "co mbo" NIC, yo u' ll
hom e and shack ! Imagine on-line, real-tim e
need one with a fem a le RJ-45 port for each PC,
co llaborat ion w ith yo ur rad io buddies, even to
but they' re cheap.
thc e xtent of using "Netwo rk DOE" to cont rol
and operate eac h othe r' s computer-controll ed
Going Wild
rad ios (like W iNRADi O) for benefi ts of space
If yo u ever gel a wi ld hair to con nect your
and freque ncy divers ity reception! You might
home and shuck to the Intern et. the simplest
be in New Jersey and yo ur budd y in Ne w
way is with a IOBase-T netw or k and a hub.
Zealand; but thanks to the Internet and a IObaseObviously, your co mputers connec t to the hu b,
T network , yo u j ust might be able to run each
hut it then connects to whate ver devi ce that
ot her's radio stations.....and a whole lot mor e!
Yo u SCC, W indo ws 95/9 8/ NT offer a
slick co ncept ca lled VP N (virtua l private
net working) where yo u and friends can
sec urely co nnec t yo ur LANs as one via
the Intern et. So if you think this is a
computer art icle , perish the th ought. It' s
got radio pasted all ove r it. Let yo ur
imagination run amok. Open up yo ur
mind and let yo ur fant asies unw ind. Rad io can take on a whole new dimension
with a IDbase-T net wo rk co nnected to
the Intern et
S upport for this and all my columns
is free ly ava ila ble by e- mail. Program s
and files can be do wnloaded from my
Web and FrP sites. If you' re not co mputerized, please include an SAS E with
any postal request s.

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KIS RADIO

Rich Ar/and, K7SZ

k7sz@juna.com

SIMPLE SOlUTIONS FOR THE FRUGAL MONITOR

A Simple Antenna for Shortwave

UgUSl iSagOod time to cheCk

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FIGURE I

out your antenna farm and

plan for the upcoming contest and OX season . This month we

-,

will take a clo se look at a mu lti-band

antenna and explore why some HF
antenna s work so well while others
fail to perform as exp ected .
Although Il ive in a city, my property allows me to experiment with

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some rather large wireantennas.Since

my main interest on HF is shortwave
DXing and low power operatin g

we ll on harm onic ally related ba nds

(i.e., 160-80-40-20-1 0 meters).
However , if we mak e the element
length s nonresonant on the various
bands (i.e., our EDZ with its 90 foot
legs) we can then present reasona ble
impeda nces to the antenna tuning
unit that it can easily match from 160
through 10 meters which also inel udes the SW bands. We are not
feed ing the EDZ at a RF voltage
peak ; instead it is bei ng fed so mewhere in between the voltage and
curre nt peak .
It' s no secret that by using a
bala nced feedline antenn a tun er
(ATU) and open wi re feedlineor450

1(.,0 1-1\ liz. u.:A'4( o;f'citt.

(QRP) I am alw ay s on the alert for
some new wire antenna that might
1.8 1-1 1,11' .
give me the edge on 80, 40 aod 30
- - - -- - Volf",,'fc.
meters and that I can press into service on the SW bands. as well.
ohm ladder line you ca n take a no nresonant dipo le antenna and tum it
Last year, I read an article in a
.... ...
FIGURE 2
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into
a mu ltiband antenna. T he ATU
radio magazin e about an extended
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d isgu ises the feedline impedance ex doubl e Zepp antenna for 40 meters.
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cursions at the transm itter end of the
My current HF wire workh orse an..,,,~
I
,
antenna syste m so the transm itte r
tenna was a full size 80 meter doubl e
t!~...d ':"
"se es" a 50 ohm source . Using this
Zepp, a 134 foot long dipole, fed with
k---c- ,s<>'
150'
idea, it is relative ly easy to see how
450 ohm ladd er line via an antenna
Yz " ,I
" \Yz..,\
the EDZ ca n be made to reso nate on
tuner . Thi s antenna worked well on
/
,,
.:
80 meters, since eac h leg is longer
40 and 30 meters, but only mar gin... _. _ _ " ~H""\ to. than a quarte r wave length for that
ally on 80 and not at all on 160
band . O n 80 meters the EDZ permeters.
form s like the plain vanilla dipo le
Enterthe 40 meter extended double
t loa K+. 1z W." l);f< 1e.
with litt le ga in. On 40 meters the
Zepp (henceforth called the EDZ)
fo'
EDZ behaves like it is sup pose d 10
ante nna. Thi s dipole type antenna
and pro vides almo st 3 dB of gain
has an overall length of 180 feet (90
over a dipo le (d Bd).
mu ltiband antenna on 160 through 10meters?
feet per leg) and is fed with either open wire
Lookin g at the EDZ per formance on 160,
The theory has to do wit h nonresonant wire
feedline or450 ohm ladder line. Accord ing to
the 90 foot legs of the E DZ are much too short
lengt hs. Look at the 160 meter half wa ve
computer modeling, this ED Z should provide
for eve n half wa ve dipole per form ance on this
about 3 dBd gain on 40 mete rs and resonate dipole antenna in Fig I. Each leg is 1/4
wavelength long . Notic e the RF curre nt and
band. Howe ve r, since the leg len gth is
on 160 through 10 meters, incloding the SW
voltage distributi on along the element legs.
nonresonant on any od d or eve n multiple of a
broad cast band s. My intere st was piqued, and
1/4 wave length on 160 meters, the ante nna
At the feedpoint, the impedan ce is low and
I just had to investigate.
the RF current is high while the RF voltage is
will operate as a short dipole with a slight loss
The ARRL Antenno Book describ es the
o f ga in on this ban d. I have been able to make
EDZ as a fonn of collinear arra y antenna, low . Th is is an ideal condition for feedin g the
dipol e correctly.
this antenna work successfully on 160 using
where the two 1/2 wave length elements are
If you take this dipole and tune up on 80
the ATU. although the bandw idth on 160 is
operated in phase which , in tum , produces a
meters (a multipl e of 160 meters) the feed
extremel y narrow and requires retu ning the
gain over a common dipole. The idea behind
point impedance would be extremely high .
AT U if moving more than 30 kHz. At least I
the EDZ is to mak e both legs of the antenna
can tune this antenna on 160 ...something I
slightly longer than a half wave length (about Thi s is due to the 1/4 wave element lengths
for 160 meters bein g a 1/2 wavelength long
was not able to do with my old ~ o meter Zep p.
.64 wavelength , to be exa ct) at the op erating
on 80 meters (Fig 2). Since you arc now
I have included so me plots from \V7E L' s
frequency . Thi s move s the actu al half wavetryin g to feed an 80 meter foil wavelength
EZNEC antenna mode ling software to show
length seg men ts slightly farther apart (electrianten na in the center, yo u will encounter an
curre nt distribu tion and free space rad iation
ca lly) and increases the gain of the array. Each
extr emely high feedpoint impedance. This
pattern s on the 40 meter EDZ for 160 , 80. 40,
leg of the EDZ is 90 feet long. Thi s is j ust
results in a huge amount ofRF voltag e present
30 and 20 meter ham ba nds. Using antenna
slightly longer than the .64 wavelength remode ling softwa re makes it much eas ier to
at the feed point, conditions that are exactly
qui red for a true 40 meter EDZ array , which
ge t a feel for ho w antennas wor k and wheth er
oppos ite that of a 1/2 wave ante nna. Thi s is
fits the model in the ARRL Antenna Book.
or not they will be able to perform as predic ted
the main reason resonant dipoles do not work
Wh y does the EDZ antenna work as a

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antenna. rest assu red this ant enna wo rks great Oil the S\V bro adc ast and
utilit y OX bands. too . I use it co nstantly with my Heath ki t 58-303 5 W
rece ive r and it works like gangbu stcr s: W hile most SW and utility
OXers are not lou wo rried abou t anten na impedance s and the ability
of an antenna 10 radiate a signa l, the shee r size of the EDZ ante nna
makes it a real signa l grubber for the S\V enthus iast.
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ana ly zer hooked into the antenn a tu ner. On 160, 80 and 40 mete rs. I
usuall y ma ke three to four mea sur em ents at the low . middl e and high
e nd of eac h hand.Th ese tuner se ttings are not ed on a piece ofcardboard
a nd arc used as a reference for rapi d ha nd cha nges, Th e same goes for
the SW bands. Pic k your fav or ite frequenc ies on the 90. 60. 49 a nd 4 1
meter han ds . and usc an ant e nna ana lyze r or an tenna no ise bridg e to
cor rectly adju st the tu ner. Record these setting s for qu ick band
c ha nges.
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do ing so. Rem e mber: wire ante nnas provide the biggest bang for the
huck in rad io. arc ultra inex pe nsive to con struct . and ar c much lower
profil e than a large rotatable array .
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mu st be taken when erecting this antenna to assure proper
position ing .
Septembe r 1998

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MILCOM
A GUIDE TO MJUTARY COMMUNICAnONS

La

Van Ham , N5FPW

emai l: larry@g rove.net

Welcome to Military Monitoring

so me o ft he mos t exciting m ilitary co rnmunica tiou s ava ilabl e inthe rad io spectru m on m ilitar y frequenci es. Ag ain.
taxies his E-2C Hawkeye off
Ta ble One ha s an ex te nsive list ing of
the ship's e leva to r in pre par ation fo r
band s a nd mo de s o n whi ch to se arc h fo r
launch. From his privileged position in
activity. A good omni-directional a nthe cockpit. he scans the flig ht dec k. A
te nn a. q ua lity co ax and scanner receive r
crew of multi-co lored jerseys scurry
wi ll afford the mo nitor a lo t of inte res tabo ut below. As he moves his aircraft
ing mil itary traffic .
tow a rds the catapults and his lau nch
You do n't need to live nea r a mil ifrom the ship. flig ht deck activity ucceltary ba se 10 hear mi lita ry aircraft traffi c.
cra tes.
llivc more th an 90 mile s from the nea rA sailor with a ye llow je rsey uses
est military ba se with ai rcraft. but I
ha nd signals to guide the pilot 10 the
regularly hear air to g ro und co m m uniright posi tion. Ano the r one wit h a blue
catio ns from all so rts of US mi litary
j e rsey moves to within inc hes o f the
aircraft tha t transit this area o f ru ra l
turn ing propell ers and attac hes the ca ble
that will link hi s airc raft 10 the ship's # I Standby It' launch... A VA WI 12 2C Hawk eye is
No rth Ca rolin a.
We live at the so uthwes t edge of the
fo rward catap ul t.
directed onto o ll e off our catapults 0 11 board th e carrier
S nowb ird M OA (M ilitary Operating
The pilot throttles his engines for USS Nim it z (C VN 6X). (U. S. Nm'Y photo by
takeoff. Human se nses reel at the ex plo- Pltotogrupher 's Male Znd Class J am es U'al.\'On )
Area) und we get regul ar vis its by aircra ft fro m all bran ch es of the Dep art sio n of noi se as th e twin turboprop e nind icated in Ta ble On e offer the ne wcom er a
gi nes pour o ut wave s o f thund er and sc ari ng
men t o f De fense . \ Ve can hea r everything
concentrated area to search for military com- from Marine and Navy 1:/ A- IX a ircra ft dogheat . "N imitz co ntro l. G hos t 11 rea dy fo r
municutio ns ac tivity. Most voi ce hig h Ire lau nch o n Ca t ) . r sc rc nms the UHFrad io in air
lig hting to lo w level run s at night by Air For ce
qucncy
( UF) m ilitary commun ications uti lize
opera tio ns . "Ghost I I has pe rmi ssion to
BI anti B-2 bombers .
u ppe r side band (US B) mode . with onl y a n
la unch ." a nswers the ai r boss.
But the secre t to be ing succes sful at V HF/
occas io nal smanering oflowe r side ba nd (LS B )
Hand signa ls arc pas sed . dec k c rew men
UHF rnilcom listen ing is knowing where to
vo ice commu nica tion s.
sc ramble fro m the aircraft' s pa th . A nd then
liste n. being in the right place at the right time.
If you do n't live close to a military ba se. . md being very. ve ry patient. Case in poi nt : I
it's off. The ca ta pult slams forward. shooting
HF o ffers o ne of the few wny s to hea r a high
the 52.000 po un d ai rc ra ft from zero to 150
have had the frequen cy of 225.--150 ~ I Hz in
volume of mi litary com munications. There
mi les pe r hour in less tha n two seconds. NGmy scanner for two or th ree yea rs IH I \\' . And it
a re literall y thousand s of such frequenci es in
600 a.k.a . G host I I is o n its way to ho rne base .
has been a ver y q uiet frequency un til rece ntly .
usc hy m ilitary or gun izurio ns a ll over the
Imagine Ill y sur prise in the last mo nth to
S hort ly after take -off. G ho st I I co ntact s
wo rld . Prot ecting one 's natio n is a 2...J- hour a
Gbo st O ps (ho me ha se ) using the G lobal High
no t onl y bear a n Air Force E-8 Jo int Stars
day o pe ration . so there is ne ve r a sho rtage of
(1St:.lrs) using 22 5.450 M Hz for ai r-to -a ir
Frequ en cy System (G HrS ) primary frequency
m ilitary co mm unicatio ns.
co m municatio ns . but Lock heed Mart in used
of 11. 175 MHz to repo rt that they arc no w
it as an air-to- a ir freq ue ncy for the sec o nd rest
" feet dr y," mean ing they arc o ver lan d.
Scanner Owners Welcome
of the F-2 2 Raptor lig hter a ircr a ft. Y ou ju st
T his is ju st o ne ex am ple of the many typ e s
ne ver know whe n o ne of these freq ue ncies
of co m m unica tio ns that ca n he mon ito red o n
Mil ita ry com munica tio ns arc j ust not lim will beco me active! Hut. you ha ve to have it in
U.S . m ilitary frequ encies. Listeners who pro wl
ited to HF. If yo u ha ve a sc anner. you ca n hear
the se frequ enc ies regul arly ge t a birdsc yc
vie w of day-to-day m ilitary operatio ns.

s the USS Nimir: pokes her

bow into the w ind.u navy pilot

TABLE ONE: MAJOR MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS BANDS

Where do you hear the mil itary?
This is a more co mmo n question [ha n you
migh t think. Old hands know. but ne wcom er s
to the radi o hobby strugg le to hear thei r first
m ilitary com mu nicatio ns. Table O ne g ive s
the mil mo nito r so me of the ge ne ral areas in
which to loo k for m ilita ry co m munic ations.
In the sho rtwave spectru m. m ilit ary co mmun ication s can he hear d j ust about any
where . hut the aero nau t ica l o ff-ro ute band s

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Shortwave (frequencieskHz: lor transmission mode. see text)

3026-3152
4700-4745
5684-5726
6685-6760
13200-1 3257
1501 0-15097
17970-18027
23200-23250
VHF/UH F
30.00-30.55MHzIAMIfM -l0 kHz spacing)
32.00-32.99 MHz (AM/FM-l0 kHz spacing)
34.00-34.99 MHz (AMIfM-l 0 kHz spacing)
36.00-36 99MHz (AMIf M-l0 kHz spacing)
38.00-38.99 MHz (AM/FM-l 0 kHz spacing)
40.00-41 .99MHz (AM/FM- l0 kHz spacing)
46.60-47.00 MHz (AM/FM1Q kHz spacing)

8965-9037

11175-11271

49.61-49.99MHz IAMIfM l 0 kHz spacing)

118.000-138.000 rl.Hz (AM-25 kHz spacing)
138.000-144000MHz (AM/FM-12.5 kHz spacing)
148.000-150.750 MHz (AMIfM-12.5 kHz spacing)
162.0125-174.000 MHz (FM-12 .5 kHzspacing)
225.000-400.000 MHz (AM/FM-25kHz spacing)
406. 125-419.975 MHz (FM-12.5 kHzspacing)

your scanner and be there or rec ord it whe n it

is in use .

Searching for Activity

So how do you find ne w freq uencies to
mo nitor? T he first sugges tion l ' 111 going to
make is tha i you get a subscription to Monitoring Times. You're go ing to gct a boa t load
of frequ enci es in each a nd e ve ry issue . Look
not onl y in this co lumn every othe r month , bUI
also check out Hugh Stegman ' s Utility World
column and le gging s for new HF frequencies.
A sub to AfT is wo rth every penn y o f the
$2 3.95 yo u' ll spend and yo u won 't miss an
issue if the ne wsstand sells out.
Second, learn to usc the searc h button on
yo ur scanne r. Yo u wo uld he surprised how
many new frequenc ies I have found o n my
BC-895 trun k tracke r in the 225-400 M Hz
band . (Just a hint 1O those looking for a ne w
sca nne r for milita ry air, the 895 is more tha n
j ust a trunk tracker. It' s a grea t co nventiona l
sca nner at a grea t price. It is an exce llent
perfor mer in the milit a ry co mmun ications
bands.)
But the big sec ret in sea rching the mi litary
frequencies is to kee p the search limits small.

For inst ance. don't try to cover the e ntire 225400 MHz range in o ne search. Th at ' s 7,000
25-k Hz channels: Mo st scanners are not fast
enoug h to make un effective sea rch of a range
that wide . Keep yo ur search ranges to within
one or two megah ert z.
You shou ld also search each range for
more than ju st a J ay: Let it run for a week or
mor e. Also rem ember that you will find more
milcorn activity during daylight hours (norma l working hours for military fo lks ) than at
night. You should also do a mo nth of week ends in eac h search ran ge you try (US military
reser vists only drill one weekend a mont h).
Hopefully. the information above wi ll get
you started in one of the most exci ting aspec ts
in all the radio hobby - mili tary cornmunications mon ito ring .

True Stor ies

" 1 live in Ridgecrest . Ca lifornia. which is
the Hom e of the Naval Air Weapons Ce nter.
China Lake. where they test bombs a nd other
weap ons on the ranges 0 11 a daily bas is."
write s DP (a. k.a. Dr. Pepp e r), one o f the top
milc om listeners in the co untry. ...Th is convers ation descri bing a wea pon drop took place

one day:"
" Range con tro ller: ' Inbound hot from the
So uth, with a reta rded weapon.' (Mea ning the
weapon had eit her a para chute or air brakes .)
" Znd voic e: 'Th is iS llol a retarded weapon.
It is merely ae rody namica lly challenged ...

Milcom Frequency Spotlight

In eac h edition o f Ali/com I will target two
milcom frequencies (HF and VHFfUHFj that
sho uld affo rd the mon itor a lot of inte resting
activ ity regardless of his or her location .
Th e HF spotlight frequency for this issue is
11.175 kHz (US B): Glob al HF System primary . And the VHF/U HF spo tlight frequency
is 255.40 MHz (AM): the Federal Avia tion
Ad ministra tion flight service station nat ionwide frequency (w here the pilots file their
flig ht plans while flying).
And Finally
If you have a milc om freq ue ncy or call sign
list. we wa nt to hear from you. Send it to our
Brasstown mailing address or ema il me at the
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~LANE TALK

MAKING SENSE OF CIVIUAN AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Jean Boker, KIN9DD

Curious about the Concorde?

ClcomCabOard!TOd3YWChi.l vc ror
you intere sti ng fact s abo ut the
Concorde supe rso nic transport.

OB TAIN A PReFL IGHT weATH eR BRIEFltlG

FLIG HT PLAN

REME MBE R TO CLOSE 'l'OUR VFR f LIGH T PUll

, . t:I'1JlS>f'olG

AlllfUD

and a topic for which we have received man y

request s: airlincrcallsigns ! \Ve also include a

copy of a general aviation night plan. since

mos t folks have n't had an op portunity to see
one .

Facts and Statistics for Concorde

Did you know that ... '?
Concord c is the only supersonic passenger
airliner in the wo rld : Briti sh Airways a nd Air
Fra nce are the on ly two a irlines operating this
flagship of the wo rld's ci vil av iation fleet.

. ,~

Nu ... 9 FA
Aa OAll!!

More than 1.3 million passengers have

flow n superso nica lly on British Airways tleet
of Co ncordcs alone since they e ntered commerc ial se rvice in 1976 .
With many regu lar tra ve lers, on e of the
most freque nt passengers mad e 68 round-trip
transatlantic crossings in one year alone .
Today' s typical Concorde passen ger is a
business exe cutive, who apprec iates the uniq ue
adv antag es thai come with supersonic fli ght.
Pri ncip al among these adva ntages is time
sav ing. Cruising at 1.350 m ph. or bene r than
tw ice the spee d o f sound. a typical tran satlantic cross ing takes lill ie more tha n thre e and a
ha lf hou rs . T rave ling wes tward, the fi ve hou r
tim e differe nce mean s Co nco rde arrives before she has ta ke n off- in local time . at least.
For a growi ng ban d of businessmen. day
tri ps fro m London to Ne w York an d back are
scheduled regularly into thei r d iaries . Aro und
o ne fifth of a ll those on boa rd the daily BA
mornin g flight (BAOOl) from Heathrow to
Kenn ed y w ill be tucked up in bed bac k home
in the U K by the end of the day .
Some of the above do not eve n leave the
a irport building at Kennedy. using the spec ial
conference rooms Briti sh Airways make s
avai lable at its JFK termina l for thei r busi ness
mee tings . By reg ular sub son ic airc raft. such a
j ourne y would tak e two wo rking days at least.
Th e sav ings this ca n re presen t in a top co nsultant or lawyer' s fee s more than covers the
price d ivide nd c harged for fly ing Co nco rde .
Qui te a pa rt fro m th is tim e- sa v in g s ,
Concordc ' s passenge r cabi n is pressurized to
a more co mfortab le le vel than on subsonic
aircraft. reduc ing fligh t fatigue still furt he r.
Today. Briti sh Airw ays opera tes Conco n.1e

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Sep fembe, ' 998

SPECIAl
EOUIP"' EN'
SUFF1.ES

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,,,. RNAV. " e n,pon d e' A!lllu de [ nc od 'n ll

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iN l ACAN. l ll "'POnde . n o

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IP . l ACA,... T.onlponder All1tU<l.f n(<><Ilno

Flight Plans : FOT readers who have never had a chance t O I, e t ' what a fli ght pianlook s like,
here is a .\C(l U of the general aviation fo rm.
sc heduled services twice a day to New York .
on e ni gh t leaving in the morni ng and one in the
eve ning from Heath row. BOIh Air Fra nce and
British Airways ' Co nco rdcsalsoopcra rc a range
of c harter flights, which have take n the aircraft
to more tha n 150 de stinations wo rldw ide.

Airline Callsigns
ABEX Airborne Express
AEROMEXICO- Aerovias deMexicoSA OECV
AIR FORCE ONE- US Presidential Flight
AIR FO RCE
US Vice Presidential Flight
AIRFRANS - AirFrance
AIR VAN- AirVanuatu
AIRZAIRE - Ai r Zaire Societe
ALASKA AlaskaAirlines. Inc.
ALLNIPPON - All Nippon Airways. Co., Ltd.
ALOHA Aloha Airlines. Inc.
AMER ICAN CH ECK - Flighl line. Inc.
AMERIJET - Amenjet International
AMTRAN - American Trans-Air. Inc.
ANKGASA - Royal MalaysianAir Force
ANK AIR Air Nippon Company. ltd.
ANSETI Ansen Airlines of Australia
ANZA - Ansell New Zealand
ARGENTINAAerolineas Argentinas
ARPA - Air Panama Internacional
ASCOT Air Support CommandOperations Task (RAF
Air Transport)
ASIANA - Asiana Airlines
AS PEN AIR Aspen Airways
AUSSIE RoyalAustralianAir Force
AVIANCA Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia SA
BANG LAOESH - Banglad esh Biman
BEECH TEST- Beech Aircraft Corp.
BIG "A" Arrow Airways, Inc.

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BLUE STR EAK - USAirways Commuter

BLUERIDGE - United Airlines Commuter
BIZEX- Business Express
BRUNEI - Royal Brunei Airlines
CACTUS America West Airlines
CANFORCE Canadian Forces Aircraft
CANFORCE1 - Canadian Prime Minister Flight
CARGOLUX CargoluxAirlines International
CARNIVAL AIR- Subsidiaryof Carnival CruiseLines
CATHAY Cathay Pacific Airways. Ltd.
CAYMAN Cayman Airways. ltd.
CHAUTAUQUA USAlrways Commuter
COMAIR- Comair. Inc.
CONNIE Connie Kalina Services. Inc.
DAHL - DHL Airways. Inc.
OEHAVI LLND - Boeing-Dehavilland Canada
DU BAI Dubai Airv/ing
OOVE- Oanube Air ltd
EGYPTAIR- Egypt Air
EL AL- EI AIIsr,,1Airlines. ltd.
EXAM - CAA Flight Examiners
EXECJET - Executive JetAviation. Inc.
EX ECUTIVE 1 FOXTROT US President's Family
Flight
FEDEX Federal Express
FtRST AIR First Air Courier. Inc.
FltGHT CHECK FAA FINFO FlightInspeclion Aircrah
FORD Ford Molor Company
FRANCE AIRFORCE - Force Aerienne Fra ncaise
GREAT AM ERICAN- Great American Airways
GULFFLIGHT - Gullstream International Airlines. Inc.
GUY AIR Guyana Airways Corp.
GENERAL MOTORS General Molors Corp.
HAPAG-LLOYD - Hapag-lloyd Fluggesellschah MBH
HAWKER - DunstoldBAE
HUSTLER - Exec Express. Inc.
ICEAI R Icelandair
INDONESIA Ga ruda Indonesian P. T.

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Radio Amateur's
Satellite Handbook
l rrAlol Q~'

first-time listener started.

PC Radio requires access to a
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September 1998

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MFJ Giant Display 24/12 Hour Calendar Clock

By Skip Arey

hen I first approached Rac he l

Baugh n about do ing this re view.
her response wa s "How much
can you say about a c lock?" We ll as it tu rns
o ut, the new MF J- 119 is not your everyday
c loc k and it has qu ite a fe w features that
make it the ideal timep iece for many mon itorin g posts.
Let' s heg in with the mo st sa lie nt po int:
T his c lock is BIG! Th e liq uid crystal display (LC D) mai n time characte rs o n the
fa ce of this 8- 1/2 inch hy 9 inch clock are a
full 2- (/4 inches ta ll. maki ng them eas ily
vi sib le acros s e ven a twenty fo ot room.
Back in the di gital early days, I bu ilt a lig ht
e mitt ing d iod e (LED ) clo ck with a readout
of less than 1/4 inch. and co st ing well ove r
$75 - all for a c lock that I had to squint to
read :
We ll, I can eve n tak e offmy bifocals and
read the new MFJ - 119. T he size of the time
readou t alone is eno ug h to make thi s clock
an ex tre me ly pra cti cal item for any shac k,
but it has a few more fea tu res thai I didn 't
ha ve on Illy o ld ho me-bre wed "squ inty "
c lock ,
Below the time reado ut we find thre e
s maller, J/4 inch readouts that list month
and dat e. da y. and tempe rature. T he time
can be set to read o ut in eithe r the 12 hour
or 24 hou r for mat , so local tim e or UTe
time ar e poss ible. T em peratu re can be
sw itch ed with a touch of a button betw ee n
Fahrenhe it and Celsi us read ings.
Th e clock co mes with excellent d irec tio ns that I never reall y needed . A li I had to
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on the back o f the clo ck and I wa s up and
runnin g in less than five minute s. Ju st set it
and for get it.
All yo u need do is fin d a nice place on the
wa ll to hang it. usi ng the moun ting hole on
the ba ck. T he reado ut ap pears to have
slig htly improved co ntra st when the un it is
placed slightly abo ve eye level , but that
may be m y bifocal s kicki ng in. However , I
have mi ne on a she lf as opposed to han ging
it o n the wa ll. for rea so ns I'll ex plain.
As men tioned earlie r. the MFJ-1 19 is

controlled by a series of buttons and a

sw itch on the back of the un it. One of these
buttons allow s yo u 10 change the temperature readout betwe e n Fa hren heit and Ce lsius with a single tou ch . Well , as a dedicated CW op erator, it is common " rag che wing" practice in an in ternatio nal Morse code
co nvcrsatios to swap local weathe r condilions a nd temperature. Since we live in a
wor ld that goes by two different te mpe ra-

tu re record ing sys tems. the M FJ-l 19 makes

it very easy to give my local temperature in
Fa hren he it or , with a touc h of a butt on, in
Celsi us for ma t fo r o perators in mo st forei gn
co untries. No more co nvers io n formulas
for the sake of keeping the co nve rsation
go ing .
Ye s. I know thi s o nly wo rks while I have
the win dows ope n: mayb e the nice folk s at
M FJ will co me up with an ind oor/outdoor
d igita l therm om eter befor e the co ld sea so n
sets in.
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SCANNER EQUIPMENT
Bob Pornoss, AJ95

EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES FOR YOUR MONITORING POST

Orange Book of Scanner Repair

euina the technical information rcquired to repair scanners became more

di fficult this year with news that

Unidcn and Radio Shack are not going 10 sell
schematics or serv ice manual s for new sca n-

Oran!!e Book
of
SCanner
Repair

ne r mod el s. Th ou gh I ca nnot su pp ly sc he matic s or se rvici ng data . this co lu mn w ill poin t

yo u in th e right di recti on if yo u arc intere sted

in finding the data needed

10

restore older

sc a nners.
Serv ice ma n ua ls for o lde r Radi o Shack

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models may be ordered through Tand y Nation al Part s, tel e ph o ne (800) 4 42-24 25 or
(8 17)fnO-5600. or through your local Radio
S hac k store. Parts lists fo r recent and man y
o lde r Radio Shack mo de ls are ava ilab le o n
line at: http://support.tandy,eom/supporC
clectronicsl2S49.html Sche ma tic d iag ra ms
a nd se rv ice manu a ls for so me mod els may be
obtai ned fro m Uniden! Bea rcat' s pa rts depa rt.
ment, (8 00) 297- 1023. It ' s more d iffic ult to
li nd information about the o lde r Bcarcat scanner s made by Elect ra. T he re -incorporated
Elec tra Corporation ( 119 15 E. Wash ing ton
St., C um be rla nd. IN 46229, ph on e 3 17-8943 229) se lls ow ne r's manuals. but no t se rvice
m anu al s.
Ho ward Sams Publi shin g d ivi si on of
Prentice - Ha ll publishes a 15 vo lu me set of
Scanner.Monitor Servicing Data bo o ks.
kn own as th e S Dsc ries. Each vo lume co nta ins
sc he ma tics and serv icing inform ation for a
half dozen or m or e mod els. up throug h 19 79.
Sams publishes an an nual index of service
doc ume ntation. over 300 pages lon g. Co ntac t
Sa ms at 264 7 Waterfron t Park way. East Drive ,
Indi anapoli s, IN 462 14-204 1, tel. (80 0)428 7 26 7 . o r v isi t th ei r w e b s i te http: //

www.al.com/hwsams.
David F. Norma n' s 250 page book , VHFI

UHF Fire, Police, Ham Scanners - Schematic/Servicing Manual, is a great co llec tion
of sc hematics and parts plac ement di agr am s
for o ld crysta l sc anners. It was published by
Tab Books (TA B Boo ks, Blue Ridge S ummi t,
PA 172 94-( 850 ) in Ju ne 19 76 (ISBN 0-83065835 1) a nd is no w o ut of print. but o ld cop ies
oft en ap pear at ham fcst s.
I use a 12 inch he at seal po uch lam inato r to
protect m y mo re valued sche matic s in 7 mil
plas tic. My laminator is ma de by Banner
America (4 238 1 Rio Ncdo. Temecu la. CA
9 259 0, USA , te l. HOO-572-2 144 , http://

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www.lnland.net/banner/rn a il.htrnl ), and is

o ne of the hand iest g ifts I' ve ever rec e ived . It
se lls as m odel PL 12 A fo r un der $ 260 by Th e
Lamination S tatio n (837 Mira ma r St reet. Ca pe
Coral, FL USA 339()4, 1-800-419-0247, http:!
/www.lamlnatlonstatlon.com). Yo ur local
Kink os or office su pply store w ill also lami nate docume nts for a cou ple of doll ars per
page .

I Orange Book of Scanner Repair

Ken To uhey provided a 4t h edit io n copy of
hi s Orang e Book ofScann er Repair. It is a 61
page co mpilatio n of Ken ' s servicing notes
an d m odifi cati on information . T he first II
pa ges co ntain scanner re pai r ad vic e app licable to severa l models. T he re arc list ings of
th e po pul ar IF/squ elch and audio a mp lifie r
IC s alo ng with pin ass ignments.

Th e rem ainder of the Orang e Book IS a

listing of scores of scanner mod e ls, Some
models arc listed w ith re pai r no tes fro m customer radios. c.g .. "Un ide n Bearca t XOOXLT :
... Di storted sou nd: C75 = 47uF 16V bad ; usc
22 0u F 25V. Als o replace C 73 = 47uF 10V
with 47 uF 25V ..... Man y models arc listed for
which there is 110 information pro vided. e .g .
" Roby n 4000: 55 D 14" which mean s repair
informat ion for the Robyn 400() sca nner ma y
be found in Sa ms Sca nner- Mo nitor Servicing
Da ta volume SD- 14 .
T his bo ok is ro ugh . It co ntai ns few dia g ra ms an d many of the notes arc mer el y refe re nces to o ther boo ks an d mo d ificati on s already published on the Intern et.
Th at sa id . the re arc va luable nugge ts of
info rmati o n her e that arc d ifficult to li nd elsew her e - the kind of lips tech nic ian s sha re
amon gst the m selves o ver a beer. II is be st
suite d to e lectronics techn ic ian s and c xpc rlmentors a lrea dy fami liar with electronics,
Th e Orangl' Book is avuilublc for $ 25 plu s
$3 shippi ng fro m Ken' s Elect ronics. 2825
Lake St reet Kalamazoo . M I 4900 I (te l. (6 16 )
345-4609. email kt?l/@kells.1ectronics .com ).

I Tone Out Testing

In the 1970s and 80 s. Motoro la, AlE (Auto ma tcd Ind ustrial Elec troni cs Corp.). He lper
Inst rumcnts. and o ther co mpan ies so ld d igital
tone ge ne rat ing test eq uipmen t desig ned to
troubleshoot receiver to ne sq ue lch c ircuitry. I
use to ne ge ne rato rs to lest CTeSS decod ers
and two-t o ne Plectron and Motorola Ale rt
Mo nitor rece ive rs. Th ey ca n be used to test
ton e-con troll ed base stations and two-tone
seq ue ntia l pag er s. as we ll. You ca n connect
the ton e ge ne rator to the tone decod er input
inside the receiver or to the external modulu-

Motorola, left , and A l E 2TSG - J. right, digital

tone gene rators, $20 tunnfest harguins.

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short data burst can be heard every 10 seco nds
on eac h of the idle trunkcd channe ls.
Lest you think there' s noth ing to be heard
but " boring" business co mmunication s, the
FCC recentl y allocated 15 new frequency
pairs in the 220 - 222 MHz hand 10 public
safety. The systems will be narr ow band , as
arc the SMR trunk ed systems already licensed
there.

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tion input jack of an RF signal ge nerator .

Pro fessional tone generators arc now appearing athamfexts and electronics swap mccts.
Shown are the Motorola S- I.133A and AlE
2TS G- 1 two-tone ge ne rators 1 boug ht at
ha mfests for $20 each. The two mo dels arc so
similar that AIEco uld have made the Motorola
model. tOO.
Both generate stable toiles from 10 HI:- 10
kHz. Th e ton e frequ encies are programmed
by tbumbwhccl sw itches and the o utput level
is adj ustable via potentiometers, You ca n ge nerate a single tOIlC or a seque nce o rt wo Innes.
Tone duration and intcrtouc delay are adj ustable. You can eve n connect two or more
ge nerators in tandem to prod uce lo nger tone
seq uences.

Monitori ng ACSB
Readers are already awa re of trunking radio sys tems which employ nar rowhand FM
(N FM) in the 400 and SOO MHz ranges, Did
yo u know there ' s ano ther type of trunkin g
system in lise nat ionwide which Unidcn and
Rad io Shac k trunk tracking scanners won't
receive?
I' m talking about ACSB . wh ich stands for
arnplitude co mpandorcd sideband, If you have
a VHf</UHF receiver wit h SS B capability
(e.g., an lCOM IC RX500, R7 100. R7000, or
AOR AR-50(0 ), yo u ca n use the US B mode
to mon itor ACS B rad io systems, I' ve monitored ACS B simp lex transmission s befor e.
and now there arc new ACS B trunkcd syste ms
in use in the Chicago area. T hree SMR (specialized mobile radio ) trunke d business systems wi th transmi tter sites in Chicago and
Cook Co unty suburbs ca n he heard 50 miles
fro m the city.
Each trun ked system co nsists of fi vc repeater outpu ts in the 220 - 22 1 Mll z range.
In pu ts are I MH z hi gh e r. T he se ar c
narrowband. LTR (logic trunking radio) sys-

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arc ACS B and the cha nne l spaci ng is 5 kH z.
I use an IC-R8500 10 monitor them. but
tuning requires prac tice . Like other single
sideband modes. tuning ASC B requi res more
precision than FM signals. which arc intclligiblc even when mistuned a few kHz off
frequency . l usc a 10 I-I z tuning ste p size and
my R8500 displays frequ encies about 1.75
kHz abo ve the FCC assig ned center frcqucn cics .
Comm ercial AC S B tra nsce iver s. man y
made by SEA Inc. (7030 220lh Street S.W..
Mountlake Ter race. W A 9X04 3. we b page
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to automaticall y tunc the receiver to the same
frequ ency as the transm itter. akin to a hi-fi
Automa tic Fine Tuning Co ntrol. Unless you
arc using a real ACS B rad io. an annoy ing
warbl ing pilot tone is heard durin g tran sm issions.

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MAGNE TESTS
Lawrence Mogne
Edifor-in-Chief, Passport 10 World Bond Radio

SHORTWAVE EQUIPMENT REVIEW

AORs ARSOOO+3 "DC-to-Daylight" Receiver

n the world of pe rso nal co mputers ( pes),

there is a vigorous debate und erwa y. On e
camp fee ls that the long-term nonn will be
the all- pow erfu l PC which does every thinglike what we ' ve seen for so me years, now.
Another, ne wer, group forecasts that co mpu ter
powe r will beco me balk ani zed . with eac h product having lim ited but spec ialized ca pabilities.
T hese folks feel the do-it -al l PC will fade into
relati ve insigni ficance . much as have mainframes vis-a-vis pes.
So it is with communications recei vers, but
in re verse. Until recentl y, if you wanted a
tablet op shortwa ve rece iver, you purch ased a
radio which could pick up shortwave, plus the
band s lowe r down, such as mediu rnwave AM
and longwave. If yo u wa nted a receiver co vering VHF , UHF and above, you got a scanner.
But with impro ved circuit design. it has
becom e possible to manufact ure receivers that
can do it all, co vering every thing from VLF
(very long wave ) to the periphery of the light
spectru m. Kno wn as "DC -to-daylight recei ver s," these ha ve gott en bette r over time, but
have not lit any sales fires thus far.
The problem is not o ne of techno logy so
much as co st. Th e requ irements of a sho rtw ave
rad io and a scanner are d iffere nt eno ugh that
while much is common to both types of reception , so me is not. In principl e , synt hesized
design should help im prove upo n this, but thus
far synthesi zed receivers themsel ve s have bee n
co stly, whic h brin gs the issue full c ircle: Ho w
ma ny folks are going to pay this kind of money
for a radio recei ver ?
Compo unding this are market realities. The
vast majori ty of sho rtwa ve listeners are not
interested in scanning, and many scanner buffs
aren' t interested in shortwave . Thi s leaves a
thin market for DC-to-daylight rigs-plus ma ny
o f those who are interested in both sho rtwave
and scanning see m to prefer separate un its,
notwithstand ing the ava ilab ility of alI-cov erage model s.

Optional filter excruciating to install

Take AOR' s latest do -it-all offering, the
AR5000+3 (" Plus 3-' ). Unlike AOR's high ly
rate d AR 70 30, it has been designed and ma nufactured in Jap an . Sugge sted retail in the United
States is $2. 895, a ltho ugh street price is expected to settle in aro und $2 ,600, g ive or tak e.
O ur unit has an op tional 6 kHz Co llins mechanical filter. which adds $ 150 to the price .

88

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September 1998

plus the $ 140 AS 5000 antenna

selector. Botto m line, a three
kilobuck recei ver.
No surp rise, that. What was
unexpected was to find that the
opt ional6 kHz Co llins filter was
not installed at the factory. instea d. the user has to rem ove the
standa rd ceramic filter and replace it with the Co llins Ml-.
The supplied instruction s we re
wro ng. and it took over two
hours to c o mp lete for Ro b
Sherwoo d, of all people , who ha s done thousands of thi ngs like this over the years.
We not ified AOR o r the prob lem . and to
thei r cred it they re vised the instr uctions in a
matter of days. T hat' s a big help. hut e ve n wi th
these we don' t reco mme nd th at anybod y other
than a thorou ghIy ex perienced elec tronics technician und erta ke this task.
More to the po int: wh y. at this price. make
peo ple ant e up S I5 0 for a filter that requir es a
Han)' Hou dini to install? Fo r three Big On es
AOR ought to install the Co llins MF as standard at the factory . per iod.

The new " +3"' version add s synchrono us

AM recept ion, autom atic freq uency contro l
(A FC) and a no ise blanker to the feature ros ter
of the standard AR50nO-which, by the way,
co ntinue s to be made available . Interestingly,
whereas AFC ci rcuits arc norm ally on ly for
FM. that on the '5 000+3 also works on AM mode signals. Few shortwave broadcast signals
drift appreciably, but pan elist Geo rge Ze ller
wa s pleased to find the ' 5000+3 nicely bird doggi ng. pirate Rad io Metalli ca Worldw ide as
it d rifted do wn the band.

Many featu res included, but not all

Disappo inting synchronous detector

Th e AR5 00 0, in all versio ns, covers 10 kH z

thro ugh 2600 MHz. with the appropr iate "hol es"
in the ve rsion for the United States which ,
along with such enlightened soc ieties as the
Democrat ic Peo ple' s Repub lic of Korea. fo rbid s the publi c fro m tun ing to certai n frcqucn cie s.
Th ere are all manner oftun ing good ies , such
as 2,000 presets that store just abo ut everything
but the ope rator's finge rprints, kn ob tuni ng. a
small keypad (not in te lephon e format) for
d irect-frequency acce ss and. of co urse. scan ning. But there is no pa ssband offset control.
nor is there a tunable notch for heterody ne
rejec tio n. The World T ime dock ca nnot be
read while the frequ ency is be ing d isplayed.
Here, we look at the '5000+3 strictly as a
non-scanner: that is, for recei ving signals be low 30 MHz. In the pas t, o thers at M T have
re viewed the reg ular '5000 as it sc anner (sec
Dec ' 96 " Scanner Equipme nt" ), so we wo n' t
try to reinvent the whee l here . Afte r all. exce pt
for additional presets. the enhanceme nts in the
+3 version arc reall y for non scanning rcccp-

Less fortu nate is the pe rfo rma nce of the

sync hronous det ector. T he good news is that it
acts both as sy nchronous dou ble side band and
synchrono us sele ctable side band. al tho ug h its
reje ction ofth e unwanted sideband is not equ al
to that of many other mod els (on the '50 nO+3,
manu al " ECSS"' tuning wor ks bet ter at adjacent-chan ne l rejectio n).
Th e had ne ws is that it loses lock faster tha n
my wire misplaces key s. T hc co nstant "brrrrp.
br rrrp' as it loses. the n tries to regai n lock is so
ann oying that man y will skip using this pote ntia lly useful fea tu re altogether. We did.

tion.

AFC works on shortwa ve

Super b skirt selectivity; mediocre

ultimate rejection a nd dyna mic range
For shortwave listen ing ami DXing, two
vo ice bandwidt hs are offe red : no minally J kHz
and 6 kl-lz. bot h using ce ramic filters . We
insta lled the o ptio nal 6 kH z C o llins mech an ical
filter. but not before measuring performance of
the standard 6 kHz filte r.
The standard filters measure 7.6 kHz and 2.7
kHz at -6 dB. Th e optional Co llins wide filter
measures a much bcn cr 6.0 kHz (5.95 k l-lz.

act ua lly) . hut that ' s only half the story. T he

Co llins filter a nd standard 2.7 kHz filter bot h
have supe rb sk irt selectivity. as we ll.
Wh at abou t the standard wide (7.6 kH z)
fi Iter? Read o n . ..
Wh at reall y threw us for ;,1 loop was tha t. fo r
an unpreced ented second tabletop receiver in a
row (see lust month ' s review of the Japan Radio
NR D-S4S). the ultimat e rejectio n was SOdB for
the sta nda rd wide filter .Th is is so poor that s kirt
select ivity (-6/-60 dB ) cannot he co mputed.
Thi s is virtu all y unacceptab le in any serio us
piece of hard ware . but fortunatel y the ultimate
impro ves to 60 dB wit h the Coll ins filler installed. Ultima te for the 2.7 k Hz filter routinely
mea sured 60 dB .
Whi le -60 dB is acc eptable. it is not the stuff
of u serio uscommunica tions rece iver.The Drake
R8 B. for-e xample. co sts less than hal f the price
of the '5000 +3. and its ultima te rejection is 80
dB. Ultimates of SOdB and 60 dB a re what you
e xpec t fro m simple portab les. not pr icey

superscts.
Sti ll. for ma ny--cspe cia lly in such place s as
Nort h America wher e signal strengths tend not
to be great-60 dB can he acceptable. Fift y
decibels is beyond the Pale. though . so the
o ptio nal 6 kH z Co llins filter, with its 60 dB
ultimate. is stro ngly recomm ended.
Dynam ic range also disap poi nts. Excess ive
phase noise ma kes it unm eas urable at the customary S k Hz and 20 kH z separatio n poin ts. But
eve n at a rela tive ly no-strain 50 k Hz separatio n.
w here phase noise is less of a prob lem. the
'5000+3 has dy namic range of o nly S8 dB and
a third-order inte rce pt poi nt of -37 d Bm-both
poor.
Again. this is go ing to he .1 problem mainl y
in such parts o f the worl d as Euro pe. Nort h
Africa und the Near East. In North Am erica.
parti cularly west of the East Coast-not to
ment ion such weak-signal locales as A ustra lia
and Israel-ulti mate rejecti on and dynam ic
range are nowhere: as im portant.

Other measurements worthy

Thi s is especi all y relevant with the ' SOOO+3.
because in ot her respect s its shortwave performanc e is quite respect able . Its front -e nd selectivit y and image rejecti on are both exce llent.
and second IF reject ion is simply super b. Sensitivity with the pre amp on is e xcel le nt. and
a lmos t as good with the pre am p off. The related
mea su re ment o f blocking is goo d.
AGC threshol d and stabi lity are also of a
high ca liber. although the noise blanker is o nly
fa ir and is surprising ly co mp lex to o perate .
O vera ll distort ion in the AM mode is minimal.
slightly higher but still wo rthy in the sing lesideb and mode . and good but higher ye t with
thc synchro nous det ect or in usc . Wi tha l. aud io
qua lity using the interna l speaker is o nly okay.
but it imp roves to ple asant with a suitable

ex ternal spea ker.

Best receiver ever t ested in two

respects
The ' S000+3 is un beatable in two unusual
areas : freque ncy readout acc uracy and no ise
rad iat ion . On most receivers. as you tune up or
dow n the radio spectrum. a certain degree of
inaccuracy shows up in the frequency readout.
Not so the ' SOOO+3. which on our unit reads out
with ab solute. unfailing acc ura cy to the neare st
Hert z . WW V o n 5000 k Hz read s oUl5000.000
k Hz; on 10.000 kHz it' s 10000.000 kHz. and sn
on . This is the M ichael Jordan of receiver
frequen cy readouts !
Broadcast ban d (mediurnwave AM) DX ers
will also be pleased 10 find tha t the '5000+3
emits no detect able noise from its com ple x
dig ital ci rcuitry . Thi s is the qui et est rad iat or
a mo ng all digital recei vers we have tes ted.
eve r. Wh at thi s mea ns : lon g wave an d
med iu mwave loop antennas wo n' t pick up a
single ato m of nois e from the '5OOO+3' s whis per-quie t cir cuitry.

Poor ergonomics encumber op eration

Dea lers who carry the AOR AR7030. the

software menus whic h usu ally ac t up on instruc tion s from the key pad . Add ed to thi s are default
settings and ot her so ftware spec ifics that are
un handy . inappropriate o r both.
Hel ping o verco me the vari ou s operating
hurdles is an unusually tho rou gh opera ting
manual. whic h is " must" rea d ing . G iven its
imp ortance and complexity. an index wou ld
have been helpful. though,
The history ofOC-to-day light recei vers reads
pretty muc h the same. By and large. these rigs
are V HF+ scanne rs that also pick up sho rtwave
and below. rather tha n sho rtwave recei vers that
also happen to be scanners. The A RSOOO fit s
into this pattern like a g love. although AO R has
clea rly tried to make (he +3 a stro nger co ntender as a shortwave rece ive r.
Th is is a recei ver that o ught to be purchased
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Observing Cassiopeia - Hand PCs & Windows CE

or a min ute, I bet yo u tho ught you
we re rea di ng Sate llite Times. lm not
tal king abo ut the co nste llation Cassiopeia, b ut the Hand Co mputer fro m C as io
whi ch run s Wi ndow s C E o W e first spo ke
abou t this produ ct after the W inter 98 Consume r Elec tro nics S how (CES). But q uestio ns still lingered in m y min d. Is it a toy. o r
a real co mp ute r? Ca n it run rad io mo nitoring prog ram s? A nd " Is it wort h the mon ey?"
Hol d yo ur wa llet closed w hile we try to
answer these qu estio ns.
After a recent trip to Hon g Kon g o ne o f
these little bab ies is now at my di s posal.
Th e A- I IA S uper model comes with 6

megabytes of Random Access Memory

(RAM ) in a 7 x 3.5 inch case thai' s tr uly
hand-he ld (F ig ure 1). It is po wered by two
alkaline AA batt eri es and aCR2032 lithiu m
battery. T he lithium is for data backup si nce
the un it does not co ntai n a ha rd dr ive. Th e
AA batt er y life is typ icall y 18 hours o f
co ntinuo us usc, wh ile th e back up w ill last
five years. But add a 33 .4 kbs mod em in th e
miniature PC card slot of the Cassiopeia,
and the buttery life tumbles to j ust a few
ho urs. An AC adapter. rec hargeab le hatt er ies and ex pa nsi on port arc a lso avai lable .

Navigating in a small space

T he di sp lay of the A- I IA is a mo nochrome liquid crystaldi splay which is backl it
for lo w ambient light viewing. T he d isplay
has a transpare nt. p ressure sens itive. sw itc h
m atr ix overlay . T his a llo ws th e user 10
invoke co mm ands by to uch ing the des ired
task w ith a pen-like sty lus (inc lude d and
stored in the fro nt o f the un it). Al ternntivel y, if yo u hav e sm all finge rs, yo u ca n
usc them o n the screen in place of the sty lus .
Th e Ca ssiopeia can also be co ntro lled via a
m iniatu re . bu t trad itio na l, keyboard. T yping here is strictly "o ne finger."

Windows who?
\Vindo ws C E (cons ume r electroni cs ) was
develo ped by M icrosoft for the ap pl ian ce

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mar ket. It ca n even be found

sc ree n was j ust begg ing to be
in car radi os. It co mes loaded
fi lled . T his req ui red lo adin g
in Read O nly Mem o ry (ROM )
CE App lica tio ns o n m y deskand its desktop sc ree n look s
to p W indo ws 95 Pent iu m via
ve ry fam iliar to W indo ws 95
the inetuded C D RO M .A " Mousers. Bu t what so ftware will
bile Devi ce" ico n th en ap it run? Wi ndows 3. 1'? \Vinpe a red o n th e d e s k to p
dows 95 '!O r neither'!That was FIGURE 1: Cosio's
co mputer"s sc ree n. Using this
software , we can now co nnec t
the biggest q uestion in my H and PC Run nin g
mind. Anothe r nagg ing ques- Microsoft's Windows CE
the Cassiope ia to the desk top
tion wa s. "H ow do I co nnec t to the o utside via their se rial ports and transfe r files and
world?" Th e C ass iopeia's entire side was programs...mayb e.
no t mu ch larger than a 9 pin serial connecSure eno ugh. the Ca ssio peia and the
tor. T rad itional connectors we re no where deskto p star ted " talk ing" to eac h othe r. Startto be round.
ing s low ly. I Hi ed copying an E xcel spreadFurther inspectio n o f the left side of the she et file from the desktop to the CassieA- I IA ind icated n sma ll fl ip- up doo r, which
pcia. A fte r a mystery sc ree n announcin g
ex posed a tiny co nnector. Casio prov ides a " Valid File C on vers ion" wa s d isplayed , the
"tiny co nnecto r" to standard 9 pin se ria l Exce l file app ea red on the Ca ssiopeia and
loaded witho ut p roblem s into the CE Exce l
ca ble. Flimsy , b ut ade q uate.
S preads heet. Great! Now let' s try filling the
My Program s folder with so me radi o -re Light years, ahead or away
lated so ftwa re. S tarti ng s low, let' s try tra nsAlso o n the s ide is a dark red len s whic h
ferri ng a DO S based program. Ham Commay hold the fu ture o f data com m unicapanio n, that we have reviewed in a pre viou s
tion s, T his is Cassiope ia' s Ir DA port. lrDA ,
co lumn.
Infr ared Data Assoc iatio n. is a g roup o f
m ajo r co m p ute r co mpanies who have
Hey! What is that screen?
fo rmed a co nsort iu m and pro d uced a wireT he inst ruction files. whic h are plai n text
less da ta tran smi ssion stand ard usi ng infra red beams. The fir st standa rd , (rDA vers io n files (.txt) tra nsfe rred w itho ut a probl em .
] .0. has a ra nge o f 3 mete rs and a d ata rate T hen it happened. W he n the main " HC.ex e
o f up to J 17 kbs, W indo ws CE provides a file wa s attemp ted to he co pied. the mystery
q uick and easy infra red (Ir) dat a port tr an s- sc ree n ag ain ap pea red, hu t it wo uld no t go
fer program included o n the Cassiopeia. awa y. Instead , it anno unced "No File Co nve rsion Fo und" (F ig ure 2). W ha t does it
Th e who le concep t is ve ry use r friendly and
makes portable co mputi ng ea sily tra nsfer- mea n? Trouble .
able hac k to yo ur deskt op . As it turn s o ut,
T he file was tra nsfe rred fro m the deskth is may be the o nly shining view o f the to p to the C as siope ia. Ho wever. cl icking 0 11
future that we saw.

Lift off (maybe)

A number o f standalo ne "a pplicatio ns"
pro gram s are pre lo aded into the C assiopeia. T hese incl ude W indow s CE vers ions
of W o rd . Exce l. M icroso ft ' s Intern e t
Browser and Sc hed uler. Rut the empty fo lder
labeled "My Progra ms" o n the C assio peia

CD ~C31 '

FIGURE 2 .

No convertet ~ been ffied~ 101' tm fie type The fie .....be

l/mmerredmh outconvertion.

Toview <w~ble tkl eonverler$. ieleel ~ conveifion homthe

ToOlr menu

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r ,D O JlOl ~ ~ mem'}e i'llhe h.ttre.

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The " Beginning ofthe End" Screen

it brings up a sc reen that I couldn' t believe .

It bas ically said that since HC.exe was not
a Windows CE program it would be tra nsferred . but wou ld not run! Uh. oh. I qu ickly
(and nervous ly) repeated the process with
Windows 3.1 and 95 programs. The same
message and no working program. Windows CE 2.00 does incl ude a number of
conversion tools. But these are primaril y
for text conversion . I'm still angry just
thinking abou t the "experts" that had written all those glow ing Hand PC articles.

Fooled again by a name

After readin g and heari ng all the hype
abou t the wonde rful Hand PCs and Window s CE o all I can say is. what garbage!
Well peop le. we (I) have been fooled. Thi s
crop of Hand PCs are little more than a
wordprocessor, spreadsheet and an internet
e-ma il retriever. That' s it. Not quite a Hand
Personal Co mputer. As for Windows CE
2.00 . at best it is a misnoma. At worst ...
WELL!
Windows CE 2.00 is not compatible with
Windows 3. 1, 95 nor 98. It ca nnot eve n run
DOS program s. I tried in vain for a numb er
of days. Reading the entire manual cover to
cover I thought I was missing something.
So I ca lled Casio's Cassiopeia' s Tech Service s. They confirmed what should have
been put in all the misleading adve rtisements and articles concerning Windows
CE o
" Only Windows CE programs can be
run . Es se ntia lly on ly th e Wo rd CE
Wordprocessor, CE Excel Spreadshee t and
CE Scheduler can be run." the Casio representative patiently rep lied . Th inking] most
have misunderstood I said . " Windows 3.1
programs? Windows 95/98'1 DOS'!" "No"
to all, Iwas firmly told . With that. I slammed
the phone down and thought about the hundreds of dollars I had wasted on the Hand
PC con sum er joke.
Yes, ne w Windows CE 2.00 programs
are bei ng written. But I was told by anothe r
industry source that it' s at a rate of one per
week. I hope radio software people take
notice and join in. But for now, there are
very few program applications that have
been co nve rted to CEoWithout bei ng downward co mpatihle with anything. how co uld
they name it Windows? By the time a useful

base of CE programs are available, the

curre nt Hand PCs will have as much value
as a 80286 mac hine has today : almo st nothing.
If yo u have to have the latest techn ical
gadget to impress you r friends and make
you feel special the n ... get a life. but don ' t
get this . or any other Window s CE Hand
Computer. In my opin ion . at this time you
are just throwing away money. Someday
the Hand PC will be a reality. Just not yet.
Perhap s Wind ows CE ZOO3 will be what its
name implies. Just think of all those exciting pub licity campaigns and product release fanfa res that lie ahead . I can 't wait.

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com plete tour of its comm unications, co mputer and radar va ns. If you lived thro ugh
the Co ld War it will bring back me mor ies.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Rachel Bau hn, Editor

NEWS AND VIEWS FROM OUR READERS

from the Editor's Desk

RFenergyin a lightningstroke occursin the

Readers will note there's no Grove

Buy er ' s Guide enclosed in this issue . No ,
your postal carrier has not tak en a s udden
interest in radi os; ju st watch for the Grove
Christmas catalog in your mailbox in late
October instead of the insert, andas always,

visit www.grove -ent.com forthelatest on

G rove products and publications.
I'm very pleased to welcom e Assistant
Edit or Larry Va n Hom back to the pages of
MT as editor of a new column on military
co m munications : " M iICo m." The co lumn
w ill be bi-monthly, alternating with John
Fu lford ' s " Fed File."
We wish to acknowled ge the legacy of
John Bail ey-our art director for the past
se veral years, and the person resp onsi ble
for the clean desi gn and high standa rds the
magazine has ac hieved. He ' s been producing covers for Monito ring Times for even

longer. designing ourearliest covers under

the name "Owassa Graphics." John was
recently forced to resign as art director
wh en a maj or illn ess prevented him fro m
doing the work he loves. But, as this month,
he 'll be keeping his hand in, still doin g MT
covers from time to time!
Ihave some corrections from readers on
items in the Jul y " What' s New" co lum n:
the webs ite address for BayG en radi os is
now www.Freeplay.net. A reader tried to
co ntac t Cutting Edge Enterprises in Santa
Cruz and was unab le to fi nd them; we ha ve
also been unable to locate the com pany
which so ld portable power supplies . If anyone has information, please let us know .
Colin Leath was interested in the
Sk yScan lightn ing dete ctor, but whe n he
called Eq uity Indu stri es, they quo ted a price
of$ 199.50 instea d of the $99.50 told us for
" W ha t 's New ." ( T he ir we bsi te www.eiesafety.eom/order/index.htmlquotes $ 149. 95!) Co lin says, " I pa ssed . It
looked like a good unit. M aybe lightning
detection or a built-in yourself detector
might be a good subject for an article ."
Read o n. Colin ...

Homebrew storm tratking

In res po nse to Jul y' s "C los ing Co m-

ments" on alternate means of storm detection:"Ihave been using a home-brew lightning det ect or that wo rks prett y we ll. Mo st

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ELFIV LF spec trum. I co nnec t my 80-foo t

Windom to a series L-C network (500 mHI
2000 pF), resonan t at 5 kH z. Thi s is fed to
the input of a Radio Shack battery ope rated
audi o amp. I co nnec t a VU meter to the
external speake r jack, and adj ust the gain
for a -10 background noise reading, which

short vortex danglin g from the clouds. In

resignation, he ' ha rru mphed' and we both

ran out to watch the show. It was brief and

soon vanished into the overcast. Several
such funnels were an estimated 30 miles or
more distant , but the broa d bands of white

screen persisted in most cases. Plenty of

time to take cover.
" What bu gs me is why this phenom en on

is mostly power line hum.

"Li ghtning strokes produ ce sharp deflecti on s. At a radius up to abo ut 100 mile s,

hasn't been developed and put in general

use . It has bee n known for almos t half

storms produce spikes up to around 7. As

ce nt ury and is available to ali with T V. If I

they approach, they rea ch up to abou t -3

be fore I hear thunder. Loca l storms send the
needl e abo ve 0 V U. Th ere is no dir ecti vit y
to this, but that cou ld be acc om plished with

develop a si mple circuit ind ependent of TV,

ca pable of so und ing a rau co us no ise. T esting co uld prove a probl em, unl ess a random

a loop. It ain't radar, but it's something to

watch."
-John H. Cobb, Jr., Roswell, GA

were younger,an attempt would be made to

noise generator is created to produce snow

bands with their widths and duration s also

being random. Tuned between channel 2

and 3, a lot of lives could be sa ved . "

Bo b Grove's re ply: " Regarding the storm

detector , that' s cert ainly a cute idea. I
woul dn 't be surprise d that a small active-

antenna module could be made to sit on a

de sktop , hi-Q tun ed to the ELF ran ge to
hear and display strokes .
"T he NOA A Hurricane Center in Miami
had (and possibly still has) a co nso le with a
giant, flashing neon bulb to visually register nearb y lightning strokes. It was neat to
wa tch, kinda like a Franken stein movie !"

-Bob Grove
"By coincidenc e I also used TV for twister

detection. The ones we have around the

Phoen ix area ro tate too slow ly and ge nerally ne ver tou ch do wn . During the spa n
be tween 1950 and the present, half do zen
wer e spotted on C hanne l 3. Until video
ca me ras supplied funn els as proof, the typi-

cal official government attitude here was,

'No to rna does form in this region, what yo u

experienced was a straight wind.'

"M y brother-in -law and I were watching
C ha nne l 3 news. It wa s late afternoon and
suddenly broa d bands of steady snow began

obliterating the program, increasing until

the channel faded int o the background .
" I told my gu est it ind icated we have a
tornado, probably bet ween us and the tra ns-

mitter 10 miles south. Being in his best

redneck mode he delivered a put-down.
Being certainit wouldn'tdo any damage we
continued watching for a minute orso, then
the screen changed back to TV showing a

- Will Rhodes, W7KLA. AZ

Sobering Numbers
JIBoon e passed along (via email) the

news that the American ShortWave Listeners Club (A SW LC) may be faci ng its demise. He reported thathis membershipcheck

was returned and that a letter from general

man ager Stewart McK en zie indicated that
ther e wo uld be no more mo nthl y bull etins
[SWL], due to lack of operatin g funds . He

opened up the floor to other remedies, but

cited the fact that long time members were
not renewing in sufficient enough numbers
to ju stify the cl ub's o ngo ing existence.
Boone asks , " Is this trend go ing to co n-

tinue do you think? Are there no major

clubs left ? Can' t SPEED X and AS WLC
merge, or so me thing? Or have we old tim ers j ust go tten tired of figh ting the fight and
given in to the siren song of the Internet and
(dare I say it) 'Scanning' ? Has SWL listening go ne the way of the CB radi o? Fe liow
hobbyists, if we are go ing to co ntinue, per-

haps we'd better circle the wagons and

come up with some solutions."
T ho ugh the recent proposal by the ARRL

to significantly lower the CW requirement

and simplify the license classes is a welcome one (see "Communications"), Robert
Homuth makes a point no hobb yist should
forge t:
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By Bob Gro ve,

Publisher

Media Muddles
A recent manhunt in the mountains points
out how not to start a tactical maneuver. "Well,

The re porter went on to advise his readers

just how easy it is to convert a (presumably

we ' re go ing to be here T hursd ay with abo ut 50

men; we' ll begin ahouse-to-house search in the
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q uot ed in all the regi on al ne wspapers. Oddly
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As technology moves for ward, another kind
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get fanher and farther behind . Admitted ly, it' s
difficult to keep pace with progress, but it's
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sources, andcopy the uncorroboratedreport sof
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mor e yo u know abo ut a spec ia lized subject like
radio communications, the more you spot the
pitfall s of ignorant rep oning . A recent a rtic le
from a wes tern newspaper come s to mind. I'll
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envisioned the escapees dragging anenormous

extension cord or carrying a car battery with
them .

But communications ignorance didn't stop

with the re porter; it cont inued with public safety
office rs. A SW AT team comma nde r wa s quoted

as saying that he expected every communication wo uld be compro mised becau se the)' didn't

have scrambling. Now that ' s inexcusable.

If I didn 't want anyone to know what I was
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are probably one mile ahead; watch the right

side of the trail."

Reporting on theescapades offugitivesroam-

Competent teams have learned how to secure thcircommunications without using scrambling. Local maps are divided into grids C'AIpha one:' etc.): team mem bers are issued tacti-

ing a remote area, presumably armed with a

cal calls (" 106" ). T he co de list is ret ain ed hy the

scanner, the writer expressed his astonishment

members and may he changed at any time.

Radio frequencies can he changed at prearranged. erratic intervals so as not to lip off
anyone who might be listening in.
But perhaps the worsl gaffe of all was sug-

that. along with maps. bombs. survivalist instructions. andextremist propaganda. there was
also a list of po lice frequ en cies. A ppare ntly he
has never visited the FCC Web site wh ere these

are available to anyone-no charge-noris he

aware of the asso rtment of CD- RO Ms , Police
Call andotherscanner frequency directories, or
the scanners that come pre programmed with
pol ice (and othe r) freq uen cie s!

ge sting tha t if the culprits had pocket sate llitetracking GPS units. they could monitor the

keypad presses of their pursuers to find out

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