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March 1991
by Larry
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Now into its first month, the onslaught of military activity in the Persian Gulf has brought with
it an entirely new set of monitoring frequencies. Experienced broadcast and utility listeners alike
have been deluged with inquiries from friends, neighbors, the press, and even from soldiers in
the field -- "Where can I listen to find out what's going on?"
In this e xc lusive report from columnist Larry Van Horn, MT leaves no base uncovered in a
complete, up-to-date summation of monitorin g the Persian Gulf conflict.
DRUG WAR
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LETTERS
"This morning, while in the Red
,Sea aboard the USS Seattle (AOE-3),
'we had a little problem. The ship's radio
officer was .trying . to get new-s of the
previous night's attacks on Iraq.
Unfortunately, he could not seem to
bring in any stations.
"When I heard about this I offered
him my .copy of lv,fonitqrjng Times. Well,
he used it and now we are receiving
great news reports froin the . BBC and
other stations around the world -thanks to your magazine.
"Yes," says John .DesJardins,
"Monitoring Times is on the front lines
of Operation Desert Storm.''
Thanks, John. That's a really neat
story.
PSl Patrick Kerrigan is another
reader now doing duty in the Middle
East He says that .he didn't have room
in his bags for a shortwave receiver
when he shipped. out to Saudi Arabia.
Pat is assigned tci port securify for Navy
ships and cargo vessels but i.s currently
filling out the duties of radio officer.
"I do have a small Sony radio and
.listen to 'Shield 107 FM,'l also.hear the
Voiee of Ameriea oii 'AM, frequency
unknown, . and several bubbler-type
jammers." :'
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COMMUNICATIONS
Middle East
Sparks Radio Rumors
It's amazing what neuroses spring
forth during conflicts; Operation Desert
Storm is no exception. The FCC is
getting deluged with inquiries from
hams asking about speciill oerat ing
conditions. ln fact it's business as usual
for hams--they can : even talk to Iraqi
hams if they find any!
Concerning a computer bulletin
board rum or, Tom Kneitcl, editor of
Popular Commw1ica1io11s, is not dead,
nor has he been arrested fo r passing out
federal and military frequencies on a
local amateur repeater! Tom tells us he
has never been on a repeater, hasn't
operated his SSl3 ham equipment (call
sign K2AES) since last September, well
before the Middle East crisis bloomed,
and has not been contacted by
authorities about any Middle East
monitoring infractions.
Further grist for the rumor mill:
FCC attorneys have informed us that
there is no mandate to crack clown on
shortwave or scanner listeners who
discuss fre quencies they have monitored rel ated to American and All ied
communications (these are well
known).
Finally. a "stop the war" coC:1 lition
which has invaded computer bulleti n
boards, urging loggers-in to call a profitgenerating 900 number, is be ing
investigated by the rec for this
unlawful method of revenue solici ting.
On the other hand , it docs appear to
be true that production of the newlyintroduced AOR scanner models
AR3000 and AH2500 have been totally
committed to tactical intercept applications in je t fighters for monitoring
enemy radio. I3y law, national defense
has .f irst priority.
Public Fight
The very public year-long feud
be t\veen the Voice of America's
Richard Carlson and the head of its
parent organization, the U.S. Information Agency's Bruce Gelb, has
apparently come to a head.
Gelb. whose tenure the Washington
Posr says was "marked by almost
conti nuous controversy," has accepted
a White !:-louse offer to become
ambassador to Belgium. According to
some sources, Gelb's decision to accept
the dipl omatic position is tied to a
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Search and Rescue operations in the Gulf can be heard on 5680 USB.
monitoring of shortwave broadcasters.
warning was broadcast to members of the
The focus of shortwave broadcast listeners American armed forces:
initially was to hear Radio Baghdad
"While you are here, your wives and gill
transm issions. This was evidently the focus of fliends are dating Ameiican m ovie stars. Movie
coalition air forces as well. By knocking out stars like Tom Selleck, Paul Newman and Bait
power plants, the transmissions from the Simpson!"
power hungry transmitLcrs of Iraq were
According to informed sources, Radio
reduced in signal strength duri ng the opening Baghdad's SW transmincr site within Iraq
had 16 500 kW transminers and its own
days of the war.
Shortwave listeners also chased Radio electrical generating plant. Prior to the allied
Baghdad's weak signa l all over the shortwave attack on Iraq, DOD sources confirm this site
spectrum. It appears that the shortwave was reportedly operating at only 60% of its
broadcaster was trying to outrun jamming, capacity. Based on the above information, the
interference and allied military aircraft trying on-site electrical plant has now probably been
to disrupt the shortwave broadcast.
damaged or destroyed.
BBC Monitoring Service reports also
The latest information on Iraqi broadcasting comes from the BDC Monitoring Service. indicate that Iraqi Radio's Home Service has
Radio Baghdad, the external service, and the been combined with the Voice of the
Voice of Peace (directed Lo the Allied troops) Homeland program and is being transmitted
are both apparently off the air as of this over four or five MW Lransmillers from
writing. The last time Radio Baghdad was within Iraq and via the captured Radio
heard in Europe was the 2100 UTC Engl ish Kuwait transmiuers on 6055 and 11990 kHz.
broadcast on January 19.
It is also being transm iu ed on 17940 and
For th ose listeners who arc not aware, 15600 kHz when the Allied clandest ine
"The Voice of Peace" is the clandestine station station, Voice of Free Iraq, is off the air.
put on the air by Saddam Hussein, beamed to Baghdad's Home service programming can
the U.S. troops in the Middle East. In one also be heard on 8350 kHz. This is apparently
recent broadcast from Baghdad Belly, Iraq's a feeder to the Radio Kuwait transmitter site.
equivalent to World War H's Tokyo Rose, this
Tonight, as I type this article, the 6055 and
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UAE
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UAE
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Iran
Jordan
Egypt
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Jordan
Lebanon
S Arabia
UAE
Egypt
Iraq
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Libya
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9435 .
15435
15320
15650
9705
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15320
15320
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7465
9435
9445
March 1991
USAF GLOBAL
COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM
Table Two
Al brook AB, Panama
Andersen AB, Guam
Ascerision A ux AF
Clark AB, Philippines
Croughton AB, En gland
Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
Hickam AFB, Hawaii
lncirlik AB, Turkey
Lajes Field, Azores
Loring AFB , Maine
Macom . AFB, Florida
.McClellan AFB, Cal if.
Thule AB, Greenland
Yokota AB / Japan
18019
18002
15015>
23227
13214
13201
18002
23227
13244
13214
18019
18002
13201
18002
15015 11 176
13201 111 76
13244 111 76
18002 13201
11176 9011
11176 8989
13201 11179
150 15 13214
11271 8967
11179 8964
13244 11246
13201 11239
8967
6738
1320 1 11236
8993
8967
8993
n 176
6750
6738
8964
11 176
6750
6738
8993
8989
6683
6738
6750
8993
5703
3081
6738
6738
4746
3074
6750
6738
8967
6738
3137
4721
6738
3067
4729
3137
3081
4746
3067
4747
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11175
11275
13260
13600
14000
14990
15100
18030 .
21000
23200
23350
28000
30005
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The British RAF (Royal Air Force) can be heard operating in the Gulf on
9.011 MHz USB.
stands for A ssigned Off-Route. In effect, the
announcement is clearing these civilian planes
(using MAC callsigns) to their assigned
military destinations after they confirm same
with MAC Command & Control prior to
departure and again just prior to entering
their military area.
The procedure serves two purposes: first,
it helps control and monitor a/c flyino0 into a
military zone, and secondly, it can be uscd to
warn CRAF fligh ts of danger (missile alert s,
etc).
Monitors have heard most of the USAF
GCCS stations making this announcement on
many GCCS freqs. Listen closely on a
particular freq and you may hear many
stations making the same announcement over
a 1-2 minute period.
A lot of interest has been generated since
the start of the invasion about fo llowino0 the
MAC flights. Roger Pcctengill offcrs the
following suggestions to aid you in learning
aircraft destinations.
As. you follow the MAC fligh ts to/ from
the M iddle East on ll.176, 13.214 MHz, etc.,
you may hear a type of code in the pilot 's
conversations with ground stations.
Exa mple: "We are estimatino arrival at
Lima Echo Zulu Alpha [LEZA J a~timc 0330."
Or "Re qu est weathe r fo r Echo Delta Alph a
Foxtrot at 2100."
Those 4-lcttcr codes arc non-classified
internationa lly recognized location identifier~
established by ICAO (I nternationa l Civil
Aviation Organization) for use by the world's
meteorological and aviation organizations to
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Iran
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
United Arab
Emirates
00 Oman
OR Iraq
OS Syria
TO Qata r
OY Yemen
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8.090 MHz, CW)
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The military has found anti-drug
operations to be excellent training. Their
E-2C Hawkcyes provide airborne radar
surveillance, the P-3 Orions long-range antiship patrol, and the S-3 Viking anti-submarine
warfare aircraft shorter range sea surveillance.
When working Customs, Navy aircraft
identify with a word, often combined with
numbers and, like the Coast Guard, will
CUSTOMS FREQUENCIES
The
following
frequencies
and
accompanying phonetic designators have
been employed by the US Customs Service.
Cu rremly the Xray freq series does not
appear to be in use. All fr equencies are USB.
XA-2808.5
VK-3369
YA-3428
ZA-4500
XB-4991
XC-5058.5
YB-5571
ZB-7527
xD-7778.5
YC-8912
XE-9238.5
ZC-9802
TA-10242
XF-11073.5
YD-11288
VF-11494
ZD-12222
YE-13312
TB-13907
'??-14493.5
ZE-15867
XG-15953.5
VD-15964
XH-17601
YF-17972
VC-18594
XI-19131
VB-20631
TC-20890
TD-23214
TE-25350
VA-27870
3265
4048.5
4495
4850
5026
5243
5313
5422.5
5684
5745
5765
5912
5987
6680
CUSTOMS SELSCAN
6712
6757
This has been referred to as the Admin 6826
Net or Conference Line, and consists of 6840
cha1mels 1 through 10: 7527, 8912, 10242, 6870
11 494, 13907, 15867, 18594, 20890, 23214 and 6914
25350 kHz.
7330
There are no solid indications that freqs
below 7527 or above 25350 kHz are currently
p:irt of the auto Selscan network. From a
logical point of view there shou ld be at least
one or two freqs below 7527 and one above
25350 kHz for full HF coverage.
Unfortu nately, 7527 has been IDed on three
occasions as Channe l 1.
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1530
7657
7983
8083.5
8101
9017
9073
9125.6
9220
9234
9278.5
10136.6
10153
12287.5
,13205
13547
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14716
. 14744
14955
15044
15544
15548.6
16375 ..
18005
18046
' 18196:1
1872Ll
20348.5
20737
21815
23419
25378
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11118
11408
11434.6
11513.5
11607
12150
13658.5
16376
20348.5
21931
23403.5
23675
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Aero stats
Within a short time, the US Customs
Service will have all of its aerostats in
operation. All arc operated and maintained
by a civilian contractor. They arc located at
Yuma, Arizona; Fort Huachuca, Arizona;
Deming, New Mexico; Marfa, Texas; Eagle
Pass, Texas; Rio Grande City, Texas;
Matagorda, Texas; Morgan City, Louisiana;
Alabama Port, Alabama; Horseshow Beach,
Florida; and Puerto Rico. Two Air Force
aerostats at C udj oe Key, Florida, and Patrick
AFB, Florida, complete the chain.
In the Bahamas the US Coast Guard has
one at High Rock on Grand Bahama Island
(Cariball 1), one near Georgetown on Great
Exuma Island (Cariball 2) and a third to be
located on Great Inagua Island (Cariball 3).
Long range ground-based radars are at
various Caribbean locations including
Guant anamo Bay, Cuba; the Dominican
R epublic; Providcnciales, Caicos Islands;
Jamaica; Honduras; Panama and other sites.
New aerostat range has increased to about
200 miles and they can stay aloft for 30 days
without refueling the generators. It would
take 25 USAF Sentry A WACS flying 24 hours
per day to provide the same coverage. At over
$20 million each, the acrostats are a good
investment.
Basically a blimp 230 feet long and 70 feet
in diameter, the aerostat carries a ton and a
half of electronics in a pod under its belly. It
can be raised to an altitude of nearly 15,000
feet via a steel mooring cable anchored to a
ground support. Radar data arc sent by secure
means to the appropriate C3I center.
The aerostats do have a weak link: bad
weat her. Cudjoe Key lost two within a year;
Although aerostat balloons, such as this one at Cudjoe Key, have been
vulnerable -- especially to weather -- they have made a significant
difference in airborne drug traffic.
Sea Radar
with Coast Guard Commstas.
Land Radar
Several tactical USAF mobile radar units
in the Bahamas with call signs li ke "Boat Sail",
"Gangster", "Coffee Table", "Alley Cat",
"Chastise", "Free Mason", "Pyramid" and
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AERO STATS
AIR FACILITIES
AEROSTATS AND AIR FACILITIES - The small dots indicate locations of Customs, USAF and USCG aerostats. Surrounding
each is a 1SO mile radius circle which depicts the typical radar detection range to spot a small single-engine aircraft. The small dotted circle in
the Yucatan Peninsula depicts the SO mile radar coverage of a Coast Guard shipboard aerostat.
Triangles represent the locations of Customs air facilities; the three Xs arc the Customs C3I centers.
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US Navy
The Navy presence in drug interdiction
has been minimal; you don't need an Ar.gis
cruiser to tackle a smuggler's yacht ! The
Navy's contributions are destroyers, frigates
and amphibious warfare ships. For certain
missions in the Florida Keys area, the Navy
has employed its Pegasus hydrofoils.
Atlas
Atlas is the Rock."Well-Collins communications complex at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with
remote radio facilities at Richardson, Texas,
and Newport Beach, California. It is
contracted by the US government as a
communication interface, but is not a DEA
nor Customs facility. Atlas is basically an
answering, message relay and phone patch
Drug Enforcement
Administration
In the war on drugs, the DEA remains
purposely covert , but what they accomplish is
just as important as their more visible
counterparts. Outside of the U.S., DEA's
main areas of operation are Mexico,
Caribbean, Central and South America. Herc
they infiltrate and gather intelligence as well
as participate in strike operat ions against the
drug cartels' operations.
DEA call signs include "Flint" plus two
numbers (aircraft) or plus three numbers (air
agen ts) . Foreign locations include "Panther"
(described earlier), "Condor", "Jaguar", "Sea
Breeze" and "Sundance"; there are also U.S.
air facilities like 'Tropic Air" and "Flint Base".
Liule is known about DEA's HF radio
communications or even their aircraft, said to
be vintage single and twin engine types and
some old commercial airline models.
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Figure 2
chann els on transmit; a separate antenna is
for receive. Directional antennas will have
wings (rcncctors) adjusted between 90 and
270 degrees. The wider the spread the wider
'-=-=-~ the pattern. NYNEX's MTSO is pointed east
to protect Ontario. Buffalo Telephone's south
C heektowaga cell with three sectors have
adjustable arms to change the patterns of
each sector, a most interesting design.
If the cell has only one sector, great. If
J ~~~~;f::.:J not, expect problems isolating each one. It's
r:
not as easy as it sounds. If it is out in the
open, it shouldn't be too bad, but if it is
downtown or any semi-urban area, rcnections
and frequ e ncy can cause a real problem.
Herc is where a scanner with a meter
comes into play. Some of this I couldn't have
...__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___. done without the signal strengt h meter on my
Figures 4 a nd 5 arc the channel groups for 2004. Go one-quarter mile or less away from
the basic systems. Figure 4 is what the the site and in line with the sector antenna for
nonwirc system uses and that is whe re I'll a search of the following groups, depending
reference the Buffalo system. F igure S is what on whe the r it is wire or nonwirc:
the wire system uses (NYNEX).
I got lucky with NYNEX si nce they
Nonwire
Wire
provided a summary, giving channe l numbers
Basic
;md frequency grou ps for each sector. Also,
880.65-889.98
870.03-879.36
NYNEX has only 12 cells and a ll si ngle
312 channels
312 channels
sect ors, mostly omni-directional. Not so with
Buffalo Telephone. To make matters worse,
Expanded
Buffalo Telephone, with more locations and
891.51-893.97
869.04-869.99
multiple sectors, has about two or three ti mes
33 channels
83 channels
the ch annel loading activity. I'm glad I didn't
890.0 1-891.48
t ry this in C hicago or Cleveland!
SO channels
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An Historical Perspective
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27
Short~ave
Broadcasting
Glenn Hauser
Box 1684-MT
Enid, OK 73702
March 1991
COLOMBIA CARACOL coverage of the Gulf war at 01300400 was heard on 3270, as well as 4865, 6075, 6150; though the third
harmonic of Cucuta on 1090, tape of a previous reception mentioned
3270, so perhaps deliberate shortwave transmission (Don Moore,
MI)
CONGO Brazzaville on 5985 and 4765 had news in English
at 2200-2218 (Ernie Behr, Ont., RCI SWLD)
COSTA RICA Radio for Peace International now
schedules our World of Radio: Friday 2100, Saturday 0130, 0600,
1930, Sunday 0200, 0830, 2230, Monday 0500, 2030, Tuesday 0100,
0530, 2330, Wednesday 0400, 0830. Besides direct transmissions from
Switzerland, Red Cross is also on RFPI some weeks, alternating with
other programs, Wednesdays around 2230, Thursdays 0300, 0730.
Check 21565, 13630, 7375. RFPI's new QSL policy: reports including
$1 or 3 IRCs get a quick reply; others get a slow, eventual reply
thanks to underwriting from a local sponsor.
CUBA Since Fidel was one of Saddam's few friends, Radio
Havana Cuba predictably devoted much coverage to the U.S. antiwar movement; however, this is not to imply such people are
comsymps (gh) Even before this, despite having to take a shortwave
rather than satellite feed, C-SPAN Audio 1 started devoting two
hours of prime time to RHC, at the expense of other stations such as
Radio Netherlands (via Malcolm Kaufman)
RHC plans to move one of its 9 MHz transmitters to 13, and try
SSB (DXers Unlimited)
ECUADOR Several stations I visited said they have great
problems with the mail. One of them, Radio Centinela del Sur, Loja,
has such problems with outgoing mail that they have given up
answering reports (Pau l Edwards, HCJB DX Partyline)
Radio Nacional Espejo, Quito, celebrating its 50th anniversary
this year, has reactivated shortwave after a Jong absence, around
4679; listen between 2200 and 0400 (DXPL)
At least on two New Year's Eves in a row, Radio Francisco
Orellana, 1030 kHz, has put out a deliberate(?) harmonic on 2059.9,
heard at 0545-0610 (Don Moore, MI)
FINL.AND As the war began, Radio Finland expanded
broadcasts in Finnish and Swedish to the Middle East from 5-1/2 to
19 hours per day, at the expense of some parallel frequencies beamed
elsewhere (BBCM)
GERMANY Deutsche Welle has been issuing specific-site
QSLs for the five sites in Germany since reunification; not clear how
long this will last, whether it applies to German language only, and
whether external relays will also be cited (Australian DX News)
GREECE Voice of Greece on 17525 ex-17535 to North
America at 1200-1250, 1500-1550 (John Babbis, MD, RCI SWLD)
GUATEMALA La Voz de Atitlan, 2390, is audible after
Huayacocotla, Mexico clcses ~he same frequency at 0110, until its
sign-off at 0230; except UTC Mondays when the Mexican is off and
Atitlan can be heard earlier (Carl Huffaker, Mexico, SPEEDX)
HA/11 French-Creole station on 1790 at 0510-0710 at least on
New Year's Eve is tentatively Radio Trans-Artibonite, second
harmonic of 895 (Don Moore, MI) Same on 1789.6 at 0636 (Paul
Routenburg, Michael Bolitho, Neil Wolfish, Ont., RCI SWLD)
HONG KONG BBC relay is threatened by new airport, as
would interfere with ILS before 1996; denies there is a verbal
agreement with Beijing to keep the relay on (London Sunday Times,
via RNMN)
/RAN To expand external broadcasts, three shortwave
MONITORING TIMES
W.O.R.)
March 1991
29
Shortw-ave Broadcasting
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Rebel victory over pre- '
OM Al
vious regime no doubt affects Mogadishu
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and Hargeisa broadcasts. Radio SNM, the
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Somali National Movement station, was
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previously obseived around 1600 on different
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frequencies one day to the next: 6525, 6330,
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6305, 6303 (BBCM)
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hour: African Tapestry, Wed. 1600, Thu. 0400,
_ ;~e~:___
Fri. 1500, Sun. 1700. Clinic of the Air, Mon.
0400, 1600. Down Our Way (entertainment BRO ADCA srniG sER v c E
scene), Sat. 1500. Let's Speak English (ESL),
Wed. 0400, Thu. 1600, Sun. 1100. Our Wild
Heritage & Earlh Rise Africa, Tue. 1600, Thu. 1500, Fri. 0400, Sat.
1600, Sun. 1500, 1700. PO Box 91313, Sat. 1100, 1500, 1700. Science &
Technology, Sun. 1100, 1600. Sporl RSA, Mon. 1100, 1700. Touring
RSA, Sat. 1300, Sun. 1100, 1700. Women in Africa, Mon. 1500, Tue.
0400, Fri. 1600. Your.I' and Mine (greetings and requests), daily except
Sat. 1600 (via John Carson, OK)
SPAIN Radio Exterior started a new seivice in Spanish to
Equatorial Guinea, 1600-1800 on 17890 (BBCM)
SRI LANKA Deutsche Welle reactivated Trincomalee relay
again: English 0900-0950 on 17820, 11740; other languages 0700-1000
21640, 1000-1400 15350, 1200-1320 15185, 9535, 1330-1420 15360
(Peter Senger, DW, via ADXN)
Radio Japan's new Ekala relay: English 0100-0200 11840, 14001500 9535, 1600-1700 15210; other languages: 0200-0330 11840, 03300500 17820, 1300-1500 9535, 1530-1700 9535, 1700-1800 and 19302000 on 15210 (BBCM)
As soon as the war started, Mideast transmissions were
expanded: English 0100-0200 on 15210, 0500-0600 on 17820, 21002200 & 2300-2400 on 15210; other languages 0000-0100 15210, 06000700 17820, 1200-1230 17820, 2000-2100 & 2200-2300 15210 (Radio
Japan DX Comer)
SWfTZERLAND SRI announced new Middle East
transmission on 9650, 0310-0530 (RCI SWLD)
SOMALIA
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March 1991
MONITORING TIMES
Broadcast Loggings
Thanks to our co111ribu1ors -- flaw: you se11t in YOUR logs?
Send to Gay/1: Van Ilom, c/o Monitoring Tim es.
English broadcast unless otherwise noted.
0003 UTC on 15 11 5
NORTH KOREA: Radio Pyongyang. Edllorlal on the United States and chat on
South Korean peasants. More programming on the "Socialist Works of the
USA Monitored to 0030 UTC. {Balley. AR) Audible on 15340 kHz at 0657
UTC. (Carson, OK)
0030 U TC on 9630
SPAIN: Spanish Foreign Radio. Press Review on politics and the housing
market. Parallel frequency 11880 kHz heard. (Fraser, MA)
0053 UTC on 17690
USSR: Radio Kiev. Closing program IDs. frequency schedules and Ukrainian
language program. (Carson, OK)
0102 UTC on 11800
JTALY: RAI. News coverage o n Ille Middle East. Audible on parallel frequency
9575 kHz. (Fraser, MA) (Cavanaugh, LA)
0200 UTC o n 5975
UNITED KINGDOM: BBC. lnternatlonal news coverage of German, USSR,
USA. followed by wortd of Music show. Programming monitored to 0230
UTC with excellent signal quality. (Balley, AR)
0212 UTC on 11745
VATICAN STATE: Vatican Radio. Spanish. Interval signal and bells at tune-In.
Talk on South American missionaries' work. (Carson, OK)
0 300 UTC on 5930
CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Radio Prague International. National news and economic
report. (Landau. NJ) (Wright, MS) Monllored from 04000415 sign-off. (Balley,
AR) (Carson, OK) (Law.LA)
0302 UTC on 9965
GUATEMALA: Radio Calman. Spanish. Rock music to station ID and political
speech. (Carson. OK) (Law, LA)
0315 UTC on 49 15 . 5
PERU: Radio Cora. Spanish. Older Latin American tunes until station ID at
0330 UTC. Brief comments to music selections. (Witham, HI)
0330 UTC on 13675
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: UAE Radio-Dubai. National news and readings
from Islamic literature. Monitored on 21605 kHz at 1329 UTC. (Carson, OK)
(Bagwell. MO) (Law. LA) (Johnson, VA)
0400 UTC on 9445
TURKEY: Voice or Turkey. Frequency schedule, national news. Turkish press
reviews. Good signal quality to tune-out al 0430 UTC. (Balley, AR) Monitored
al 2303 UTC on 9445 kHz. (Landau, NJ) (Wilson, IN) (Cunningham, PA)
0607 UTC on 9765
MALTA: Voice of the Mediterranean. listeners' letters and Instrumental opera
selections. (Carson, OK) (Bagwell. MO)
06 15 UTC on 4990.9
PERU: Radio Ancash. Spanish. Beautiful Peruvian Instrumentals. Occasional
chat from anncwncer Including an ID and lime check. (Davis, AL) (Law, LA)
0637 UT C o n 96,5
POLAND: Radio Polonia. Focus program discusses film awards and
interview with a Polish painter. Polish service commences at 0700 UTC.
(Carson, OK) (Wright, MS) (Wiison, IN)
0730 UT C on 9535
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Radio International. National and world newscast,
followed by "Grapevine program. Station ID/frequency schedule to sign-off at
0800 UTC. AUdlble on 12035(9885 kHz at 0203 UTC. (Balley, AA) (Landau,
NJ) (Davis, AL) (Wright, MS
081 5 UTC on 3 930
REP. of KOREA: Korean Broadcasting Service. Korean. DJ format with call-Ins
and Korean music. weak signal with fading. (Wiiham, HI)
0825 UTC on 9645
BRAZIL: Radio Bandelrantes. Portuguese. Easy Brazilian station to work with
plenty of ads, musical jingles. Braz pops, IDs and lively DJ chatter. Parallel
frequency 6090 and 11925 audible, however, somewhat weaker. (Davis, AL)
0835 UTC on 4050 USB
USSR: Radio Tihly Okean. Russian. Excerpts from political speeches with
studio commentary, Russian pop music at 0842 UTC. (Witham, HI)
0850 UTC on 3 355
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: (New Guinea) Radio Simbu. Pidgin. Island music lo
New Guinea/ Pacific news coverage at 0900 UTC. Continued news from New
Zealand and BBC relays. (Wilham, HI)
0950 UTC o n 3310.3
BOLIVIA: Radio San Miguel. Spanish. Fair/ poor signal quality tor local
Bolivian music, and announcer chat lo lime check. Station ID and more lalk. A
real tough one lo copy. (Wrighl. MS)
111 0 UTC o n 9595
JAPAN: Radio Tanpa. Music instrumentals to stalion ID, fair signal quality with
fading. Parallel frequency 6055 fair also. (Westbrook, OH) (Wilson, IN)
1113 UTC o n 6075
UNITED STATES: Voice of America. "Focus program featuring talks on sulfur
dioxide pollutlon, and planned programs lo reduce the effects of chemicals on
Iha environment. (Young, MA) {Wiiiiams, NH)
MONITORING TIMES
March 1991
31
Utility World
Larry Van Horn
c/o MT, P.O. Box 98
Brasstown, NC 28902
32
March 1991
AOK
Deihl. India
Darwin. Australia
ATA
AXI..
Melbourne, Australia
MONITORING T IM ES
Belling, China
Valparaiso, Chile
Santiago, Chile (Navy)
Halifax, NS Canada
Esqulmall, BC Canada
Hamburg, Germany
Madrid, Spain
Bracknell, England
London, England (Navy)
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Rome, Italy
Tokyo, Japan
Honolulu, HI
Lewes, CA
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Norfolk, VA (USN)
Totsuka, Japan (USN)
Kalo Soll, Greece (USN)
Diego Garcia (USN)
San Francisco, CA (CG)
Boston, MA (CG)
Kodiak, AK (CG)
San Francisco, CA (USN)
Pearl Harbor, HI (USN)
Apra Harbor, Guam (USN)
Adak, AK (USN)
H.C. Holl, AUstralla
Copenhagen, Denmark
Moscow, USSR
Novosibirsk, USSR
Tashkent, USSR
Khabarovsk, USSR
Cairo, Egypt
Mobile, AL
AUckland. New Zealand
Pretoria, South Africa
Nairobi, Kenya
MONITORING T IMES
March 1991
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Utility Loggings
4462.0
cw
FAX
FEC
ID
Amplitude modulation
SITOR
Morse code
Facslmlle
Forward error correction
Identification
!SB
LSB
ATTY
UNID
USB
NOB
Independent sideband
Lower sideband
Radloteletype
Unldenllfled
Upper sideband
Nondlrecllonat beacon
4700.0
4746.0
5186.0
5289.0
274.0
281 .0
328.0
338.0
338.0
379.0
380.0
394.0
401.0
404.0
428.0
432.0
518.0
521.0
526.0
2069.0
2586.2
2716.0
3037.0
3060.0
3067.0
3087.0
3253.0
3307.0
3456.7
4125.0
4369.8
4373.0
4400.0
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5320.0
5555.5
5566.0
5696.0
5762.0
5772.0
5775.0
6200.0
6215.5
6218.6
6221 .6
6224.0
6666.0
6735.0
6738.0
6785.0
MONITORING TIMES
7832.5
7884.0
8291.0
8496.5
8768.5
8855.0
8912.0
8975.0
8989.0
9006.0
9023.0
904 1.0
9121.5
10478.0
10562.0
11108.0
11129.0
11176.0
111 89.0
111 91.0
11 209.0 Musket control, Muskel ground, Star 1/22/23/ 24/ 32. Tankers and
bombers mentioned near Cold Lake. Canadian military-Cold Lake Is
south ot Primrose Lake weapons area. Alberta at 1315 in USB. (Frantz.
GA) /l's real pretty up there, Bill-Larry
11 266.0 Pre-recorded college foolball scores being played for Trout 99 (C- 135?)
and SAM 205 by Andrews AFB then made a patch to Hickam saying he
was a code "B' aircraft and SAM 205 had a DV3 aboard at 0156 In USB.
(Brinkley, CA)
11 271 .0 MAC 7798 (C-141) wllh phone patch via Trenton Military to McGuire AFB
at 2220 In USB. (Brown, MA)
11420.0 Alpha Oscar Kilo calling All American wllll no reply on frequency Oscar
Klingenfuss Publications
Hagenloer Str. 14
D-7400 Tuebingen
Germany
MONITORING TIMES
Ma1th 1991
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36
March 1991
Treasure Hunt
Scanning and photography seem to go hand in hand. Go to
any air show and just about every person who has a scan ner
hanging from his belt will a lso have a 35 mm camera strung
about his neck. In some of our reader's radio rooms, beautiful
framed prints of local police, fire or other emergency services
adorn the walls. Perhaps it's a desi re to capture some of the
excitement on film that binds the two hobb ies together.
Shopping for that 35mm camera can be, however, a unique
experience. In the display case, the camera and lens are
together. But the price tag usually only represents the camera
body--the le ns is extra.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Frequency Exchange
300Di
Maxwell AFB
Taxi Cabs
164.175 Security
173.4375 Hospital
152.270/157.530
152.360/157.620
152.390/157.650
"White" cabs
"Dependable"
cabs
"Yell ow" cabs
Grab your rruuens and hats, our next stop is Fort Wayne,
Indiana. Jack Forbing lives in thls neck of the woods, and
here are a few of his favorite frequencies.
47.580
156.225
160.320
160.80
463.875
464.025
464.40
464.575
947.375
School buses
Street department
N&W railroad
Conrail
Canterbury security
Citizens cable
D&L Communications
Glcnbrook secu rity
Westinghouse
State Police
Forestry
154.920
155.445
155.505
159.420
159.450
159.330
159.315
159.465 Game Warden
Utilities
TV /Radio Stations
450.250
450.450
450.550
461.350
462.60
WLWI Radio
WACV Radio
WDAM Radio
WKAD TV
WSFA TV
MONITORING TIMES
March 1991
37
Fire
City
City
City
Dept.
Police
Police
Police
Misc. Frequencies
453.10
453.45
453.60
453.775
453.90
151.115
155.940
453.175
453.675
453.825
856.4375
858.4375
859.4375
by Mike Lynn.
but I'm afraid
enthu siasts will
to Den\'er,
Public works
Denver General H ospital
Housing Authority
County Sheriff
Airport Operations
Airport Maintenance
Airport Parking
Scanning Test
We'd like to thank everyone for the incredible response
they've given the Scanning Test. In the J anuary issue of
Mo11i~01i11g Times we introduced the first official scan ning test -a scnous examination of scanning skill.
H erc's a sampling of so me of the mail we've been getting.
Eugene D ouglas, Jr., of Junction City, Kansas, says that "I think
that what you're doing is great." "Great idea," writes Ron Gallo
of Wyoming, Delaware. Charles Schill ing of Garland, Texas,
says t~a t while he is "relatively new to scann ing," feels that "the
test will help me to focus on essentials and help monitor my
progress." A nd Clive Merrick Morel of Playa de! Rey,
Cali.fornia, is already looking forward to progressing beyond
novice. Says Mr. Morel, "I hope to pass all three of you r exams
throughout the course of this ycar... and I am looking forward
to the challe nge!"
We shou ld be able to announce the names of the first
successful candidates in the next issue. If you haven't send fo r
the test yet, start boning up on your monitoring sk ills and send
for the test. A non-refundable $10.00 administration fee covers
the t e~t bookl.ct, answer shee t, grading, and, if you pass, the
Sca nning Achievement Award Novice Certificate. You can get
38
March 1991
Next Month
As most of you already know, I recently promised to
provide you with a "No B.S. Guide to Frequency Counters."
Well , keep your shirts on, it's in the making.
Sec you next month.
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New Full-Size
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here are lots of shortwave antennas on the
market today. Most are
designed to function in as
little space as possible and
most of these work well,
considering their size limitation. Listeners who have the
room are almost certain to
do better with a full-size
antenna, however.
Electron Processing's new
Multiwire-4 is a full-size
receive-only antenna designed
for the shortwave enthusiast
who wants to wring every last
bit of signal out of the air.
Comprised of four wire
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box, the antenna covers all
shortwave bands from .5 to
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The Multiwire-4 retails for
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radio dealer.
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Computers
and Monitoring
our years ago, it would
have b een nearly
suicidal to suggest that
a radio monitor use a
computer. Few topics seemed
to generate such venomous
replies.
Now, with some industry
estimates saying that fifty
percent of monitors use
computers in their hobby, it's
a different story. Today, there
are programs available that
do everything from predicting
the best time to listen for a
particular station, to others
that will give you a schedule,
tell you the local time in the
target area, or even teach
you about the g eography of
the broadcaster's country.
In The Radio Communications Software Directory,
author Jim Pogue surveys
many of the major radio
The Radio
Communications
Software Directory
27 MHz FM
Walkie Talkie
Marine Radios
by Panasonic
hether on the open
seas, Inter-Coastal
Waterways or a placid
local lake, the ability to
communicate is vital -sometimes life-saving. Panasonic, whose name seldom
leaps to mind when speaking
about two-way radios, has
introduced a high performance, handheld marine radio.
The KX-G1500 is a VHF
radio that receives all U.S.,
Canadian and International
marine channels as well as
ten weather frequencies. And
unlike most marine radios
that automatically start at
Channel 16 -- the emergency
channel -- the KX-G 1500 can
light up with either Channel
16 or the last frequency
tuned before the radio was
turned off.
The 1.2 pound radio
1\IONITORING Tlf\I ES
Euro Radio
Convention
etting o ff to Europe in mid-May.
Lounging at the luxurious fou r-st~r
Hotel Terramar in Barcelona Spain.
And evenings filled with all manner of
radio seminars and hobbyists from
around the world . It could be a radio
dream come true .
The 25th Annual Meeting of the
European DX Counci l w ill be from May
17th to the 20th and is being hosted
by the Asociacion DX Barcelona (ADXB)
and the magazine Nuevo Mat Internacional.
Rooms are a reasonable PTAS 7 .000
per night and convention fees, which
include all conference activities, cocktail,
two lunches, one dinner, tourist tours
and visits, is PTAS 10.000.
Deadline for registration is April 15th.
For more information, write EDXC-91,
Apartado 1275, 08080 Barcelona, Spain.
If
NRc
FM Radio
Loa
b
1991 Edition
New FM Logbook
M listeners and DXers will want to
have a copy of the all-new 1991
NRG FM Log Book. Produced by
the National Radio Club, the FM Log
Book weighs in at nearly 2 and a half
pounds with over 300 8-1 /2 x 11 inch
pages full of information. Divided into
three sections, the main body of the
book is sorted by frequency. Other
sections are arranged by call letters and
city /state.
Other information includes network
and format, station construction permit
activity and room for personal notes.
The 1991 NRG FM Log Book is
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All five manuals: S26.95 postpaid.
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send it to Editor, 140 Dog Branch Road, Brasstown, NC 28902.
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PC SWL contai ns the hardware, software, instructions and frequency lists needed to allow
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80 Page Tutorial Reference Manual
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PC SWL automatically decodes Morse code,
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Guide to Old
Radios
oaded with full-color
photographs, The Collectors Guide to Antique
Radios by Marty and Sue
Bunis is a nostalgia buffs
dream come true. The
introduction to this pricing
guide to antique radios
explains the criteria for
judging the condition of a
radio as well as the rationale
for pricing used in the guide.
Each listing contains a
model number, basic description and key features which
identify the particular radio.
Printing quality is first class,
using heavy, glossy paper.
Lots of memories on first
reading, and a great reference for the collector's shelf.
The Collectors Guide is
$16.95 postpaid from Marty
Bunis, RR1, Box 36, Bradford, NH 03221.
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enerable MT columnist
Doug DeMaw has
assembled a marvelous
1\/mt'/1
1991
Ace
Scan Hawaii
aying that it has taken
"almost 10 years to
research and six months
to put together," Darrell R.
Meacham is now offering his
extensive Hawaii Scanner
Frequency Guide for sale.
The Guide, which is
computer generated and
some 40 full-size pages long,
has both local and national
listings, from CB channels to
local police and fire to Navy
ships docked in paradise.
Mr. Meacham, who sub-
Industry News
ell known ham booster
Gordon West has
introduced a new
concept at his Radio School.
Radio School U is designed
to help people get their ham
radio licenses. Now, according to Gordon, there will be
up to five different classes
going on at the same time
so that while dad and mom
are working on their Extra
license, the kids can be
downstairs learning the stuff
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a Beginner's Guide to batteries
This month it was the aftermath of
Christmas that gave me a useful topic for
beginners (and some old-timers who realize
they need to be reminded of a thing or two).
You remember Christmas -- that is why a ll of
your credit cards arc run up to the limit as you
enter the second quarter of 1991.
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45
federal file
Rod Pearson
'MYSTIC STAR
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Mode
voice nbfm
voice nbfm
voice data
voice nbfm
voice nbfm
voice nbfm
voice wbfm
voice data
voice wbfm
voice wbfm
Description
MARISAT
FLTSATCOM
FLTSATCOM
FLTSATCOM
MARI SAT
AFSATCOM
AFSATCOM
FLTSATCOM
AFSATCOM
AFSATCOM
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sorriethlrig.
I had an automatic scanner recorder
tap ing it all. I decided to play t he tape back
a nd see what I might have missed. I rewound
the tape, played it back and the evidence was
all too clear. Something extraordinary was
happening, .
. .
A big; boon1ing, slightly distorted voice
shook me . to attention. "This is Lima Alpha
Charlie with priority traffic for all SAC, MAC
and TAC forces, sta nd by to copy." T he
p ower of the transmitter was overwhelming
and the same voice could be heard
simulcasting on several frequencies.
"All stat ions do not answer, message
follows in 52 parts." A short pause a nd then
the 52 phonetic letters thai: represented the
message did indeed follow. The same
booming voice transmitted on many channels
at once. It was even on a UHF AFSATCOM
channel!
Itsounded weird, a slight echo as it was
delayed on some of the. frequencies. My hair
end. This was
the convincing I
stood
needed. I stayed glLted to the radios turning
a nd punching knobs and buttons, checking
the other bands. The military channels were
jammed with traffic. I flipped on the T V as
well. The national news was coming on.
I list_e ned intently to the live report from
Baghdad. The reporter said it was a quiet
night with nothing il1Uch going on. I started to
doubt what I had heard. Was it just some
massive exercise?
In mid report the Baghdad correspondent
stopped talking. Suddenly it was appa rent by
the change in his voice that something was
wrong. You could hear the explosions in the
background and from the report it was clear.
Baghdad was under attack. The war had
begun.
on
all_
...
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I
Cobra ll<!lo 100 Mission Shirl Packed wilh oovesdrcppfig goM, lhe men
of tie 55ti SRWwho Hy tiese dangous missims call it "Tocking lhe Boas
t>r and is tie nspralion fer !his cololod hand slksaaonod shrL
Giant Talk Shirl S.1, B2. BS2 Bcmb11s surrD<Mld tiis c:clorod
hand slksaeonod design & even tie Giant Talk hequoncios aio
listed.
IE!]
Frequencies
Radio Baghdad
7.207, 9.570,
11.755 , 11.810, 1 1.830, 11.990,
13.660, 21.585
Voice of Israel
7.465, 9.435,
11.585, 11.605, 11.655, 12.077,
15.090, 15.485, 15.640, 17.575
Voice of Saudia Arabia 9.870 ,
21.505
Voice of Turkey (ANKARA)
9.445, 17. 785, 17 .880
MONlTORING TIMES
M arr.:h 1991
47
high seas
James R. Hay
VHF Channel 13
on the Great Lakes
Books
There arc three books which may be useful
in keeping track of Great Lakes ships: The
TABLE 1
Freq. kHz
U.S.A.
Canada
2065.0
Not used
2079.0
Not used
2082.5
*1. Intership
safety (not
Great Lakes)
+ Ship-shore
Mississippi R.
Intershi p
Commercial
Fishing (not
Great Lakes)
Ship-shore
not Great Lakes
Government
Government
2088.0
2093.0
2096.5
2100.0
2103.5
Not used
Commercial
East and west coasts
St. Lawrence River
East of Montreal
Not" used
Government
Government
secondary use is commercial operation communications providing that it docs not interfere
with the primary use of the frequency
+Secondary use on east, west and gulf coasts subject to noninterference to primary use. Not
available on the Great Lakes.
48
Ma rch 1991
Rachel Baughn
AIRLINERS
american bandscan
50
Mnrch 1991
Karl Zuk
K4YN
THE HOT FM
oa.3
CHANNEL CLEANER
Be an American
BandScan Reporte~
For Sale
An excellent first station for someone who
wants to get started in radio is being offered in
Danville, Kentucky. This 1000 watt AM facility
International Bandscan
Bugged by interference?
Two stations o n one fre quency and you can't understand
either one? Splatter? Hetero
dynes?
Channel Cleaner solves
these problems. Simply place
your radio on Channel Clean
er's platform. Tune Channel
Cleaner and rotate it to null
out t he interference.
Channel Cleaner'M makes
a directional radio f requency
shadow that shades your ra
dlo' s anten na f rom the Interference. Reception i n all oth
er directi ons Is normal.
--..i
PALOMAR
ENGINEERS
Credits
Thanks to the New York Times, TheM Street
MONITORING TIMES
March 1991
51
Demise:
Announced and unannounced
Satellite hopping
In a move that showed an unusual sense of
the fu ture, GE Americom, the company that
launched FlR (139 degrees W.), had stowed
away on the ground another copy of that
satellite which it called Cl. The "advanced
Satcom" satellites, built by RCA, are welldesigned birds which have given excellent
service. Problem is that GE Americom has
some really powerful birds in the offmg and it
seemed that if they were to get any use out of
their sp are Cl, they had better get it out of
mothballs and into the Clarke Belt.
___________________
Merged
After nearly two years in a very unfunny
sniping war, Time Warner's The Comedy
Channel and Viacom Inc.'s HA! will cut their
losses and merge, possibly this month. It's not
that there weren't enough ad dollars to
support bot h, it's more that channel space on
the nati on's cable systems is filled up. It 's a
52
March 1991
Channel hopping
As mentioned, th e PBS network feeds
which had been on Westar 4 since its launch
have moved to Spacenet 1. Other residents on
W4 appear to be staying. Happily, the BBC
Six O'Clock news is st ill on W4, but has
moved two cha nnels up to transponder 12.
Look for this excellent live national news
program from Great Britain at 1 p.m. ET. It is
an excellent news source especially in this
time of world tension. All SCPC audio
services have also stayed with W4 including
NPR radio network feeds.
Turner Network Television (TNT)
currently on F3,l8 will swap transponders with
The New Inspirational Network which is
currently on Galaxy 1,17. The changeover will
MONITORING TfMES
Features:
PC GOES/WEFAX $250
Designed to receive images directly from
U.S. and Soviet meteorological satellites.
Includes all of the above feature plus
a complete orbital track.i.og sytem and
.-esolution or up to 256 gray revels.
THERE IS NO EXCUSE
Only $2
GU
MONITORfNG TIMES
March 1991
53
AIRCRAFT TRAFFIC
ANTIGUA
Deutsche Welle Relay, 6040 kHz. No data QSL card,
without verification signer. Received in two mo nths
Mr. RUAPEHU
New Zealand
BELGIUM
f!RT International, 9925 kHz. Full data QSL, witho ut
verification signer. Received in 178 days for two
English repo11s. Station address: P.O . Box 26, IOOO
llru,sels, Belgium. (Nicho las Adams, Newark, NJ .)
CYPRUS
C}1lrus Telecommunications Authority, 87375 kllz.
Full data QSL letter, verified by manager engineering
reso urces and technical services. Also received a two
page station infonnalion enclosure. Received in four
months for an English utility repo11 and two Cyprus
mint stamps. Station address: Telecommunications
St.. P.O. Box 4929, Nicosia, 142. Cyprus. (Lany V;111
I-lo rn. New Orleans, LA)
GREECE
ERT Voice o f G reece. 9~20 kllz. Full data scene1y
c"rd, without verificatio n signer. Received in 30 days
for an English report and one U.S. dollar. Station
address: ERT S.A., Director o f Technical Services.
l'.O.D. 60019, 153 10 Aghia l'arnskevi Aplikis, Al hens,
G reece. (Robc11 Landau, Secaucus, KJ)
INO LA
All India Radio, I 1620 kHz. Full data c;ird, with
illegible signer. Received in 81 days for an E nglish
repo11 and one IRC. Statio n address: The Director
External Sc1vices Division, P.O. Box 500. New Delhi
1100 1, India. (Adams. NJ)
NEW ZEALAND
l~adio New Zealand lnlern.ilional, 17675 kHz. Partial
data QSL card, verified by Rudi Hill. Received in 18
days for an Engli>h report and three IRCs. Station
address: P.O. Ilox 2092. Wellington, New Z ealand.
(llo nnelt, Oil)
PIRATES
Radio Free Oz. 7~10 USl3. Full dal3 canoon card and
pape r pennant, verified by Howard E. Lyon. Received
in 21 days for three U.S. mini stamps. Station address:
P.O. Box 452, Wellsville. NY 14895. (Harold Frodge.
Midland, Ml)
Radio free :>.la!.Sachusells, 15050 kHz. Full data QSL
and lcuer verified by 11.V. Short. Received in 25 days
fo r :in English rcpo 11 and U.S. mini stamps. Stat ion
TwoColor Prirtlng
Rcinb:Ji-yCardstcx::k
100
200
300
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Antennas West I
Summit,
PORTUGAL
Radio Portugal, 9705 kHz. Full data QSL card,
without verification signer. Received in 35 days fo r on
English report, two IRCs, and mint stamps. Station
address: Radiodifusao , Portugesa, Rua S. Marga! 1,
1200 Lisboa. Po11ugal, (Norman P. /\nder.;on, Santa
Ana, CA)
SEYCHELLES
FEBA, 15325 kHz. Full data map c..1rd, verified by M.
Asba-QSL secretary. Also received slicker and
program schedule. Received in 63 days for a n English
report and three IRCs. Station address: Box 234.
Seychelles, Indian Ocean. (Landau. NJ)
SHIP T RAFFIC
HARVEY
GA!'v!AGE-WYS-295 1
(95'mtxilia1y
schooner), 156.8/156.45 Ml lz. Full data prepared
card. Received in 21 days for an English utility rcpo11
and U.S. mint stamps. Ship address: c/o Dirigo
Cruises, 39 Water.;ide L...1ne. C linto n. Connecticut,
O<Hl3. (I lolbrook. i\ID)
USCGC CO:\FIDE!\'CEWMEC619 l"HKW. 156.8
MHz. f ull c.lata prepared card. Received in 10 days
for an English utility repo11 and U.S. mini stamps.
Ship address: c/o Patrick AFB, Coco. Flo rida, 32925
5000. (I lolbrook. MD)
Sl"AR LOUISIA:-IAC6BK (lanker). 500 kl lz. Full
data prepared card. Received in 37 days for an
English utility repo rt and U.S. mini stamps. Ship
address: c/o Texaco Inc., 2000 Weslchc;ter Ave..
While Plains. NY 10650 (llolbrook, MD)
SWEDEN
Radio Sweden, 11705 kl-lz. Full data scenery card,
verified b y Wilam Von Amaed. Received in 32 days
for an English repo11. Station address: S-105 10
Stockholm, Sweden (Adams, , NJ)
UNITED STATES
USCG COMM. STA . Miami, Florida 5696.0 ktlz.
Full data station logo card and slicker verified by
RMC Thomas L Chirhort, and pcr.;onal note.
Received in eight weeks for an English utility report.
Station address: 16001 SW 117 A Ve., Miami, Florida,
33177. (Jeff Mullowney, Richardson, TX) (Russ Hill,
Oak Park, Ml)
WBLL 1390-AM Bellefontaine, Ohio. Partial data
lellcrhead report, signed by Bill Appel, program
d irector. Received in five days for an English report
a nd a self-addressed envelope. Station address: 1501
Rd. 235, Bellefontaine, O hio, 43311. (Frodge. Ml)
Wl\'IS 850-AM Norfolk. Virginia, Part ial data
letterhead report. verified by Pal Murphy, operations
manager. Also received slnlion souvenir.;. Station
address: 500 Dominion Tower, 999 Waler.;ide Drive.
No rfo lk. Virginia, 23510. (frodge, Ml)
WDOC 1310-AM P restonsburg. Kentucky No data
memo. signed by Gormon Collins. Also received a
pa11 ial data letterhead repo rt from Bob Williams,
C.E.. a nd station souvenirs. Statio n address: P.O. Box
309. Prestonsburg. Ke nt uck}'. 4 1653. (Frodge, Ml)
VATICAN STATE
V:itican Radio. 11725 kl lz. Full data QSL card,
without verificat ion signer. Received in 92 days for an
English report and two mes. Station address:
Vatican Radio, Vatican City. (Ander.;on, CA)
reading rtty
Jack Albert
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oscilloscope on his computer monitor. The
only problem is, the Basic program can't run
in real time (real tin1c means it runs fast
enough to keep up with the RTfY signal). If
the program works, he then converts it to the
DSP language and then it runs in real time.
If you could see the DSP in operation you
would be amazed. I already have one installed
in my PC. I can, for example, load in a filter
program from a floppy disk. Once it's loaded,
the DSP does its job. There arc connectors in
back of the computer on the DSP board that
connect to my ICOM R71A's audio out jack.
The audio is processed and then sent to the
data out jack that is also on the rear of the
computer.
I can connect the data leads to my
Universal M7000 which by-passes the internal
filters. The DSP can replace the audio circuits
in the M7000 with ones that arc not available
such as a Piccolo or multi-tone modes.
It will also work with a Kantronics KAM,
a PK.232 or any packet TNC. ll can replace
the filtering in most units wiLh one that is
optimized for any baud rate or shift. For
example, when 45 baud RTIY is used, the
filters can adjust to 170 Hz shift. When 300
baud HF packet is selected, you can load in a
new filter with optimum performance. The
DSP can improve the otherwise sluggish
filteri ng in the KAM or take care of the
distortion p;oblcm in the PK 232.
If you are trying to copy an AMTOR
station on the ham bands and a CW station is
close in frequen cy, you can add a notch filter
to the DSP and knock out the interference.
It 's all possible because the DSP is
software driven; if the programs arc
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We don't know if Voice of E urope will be
one of the fortunate few stations to receive a
license o r not, but in the meantime you have a
good chance to hear it. Supposedly it is going
to go to 24 hours a day on 13710 with
increased power.
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Oklahoma
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''"Y
Sho11wave, o r " world band" lransmissions nrc oflen l argctcd 10 speci fi c arcns
of lhc world. Followi ng each f requenc')' is a code i ndicaling lhc area of 1he g lobe
1<1 which l hc frequency is "officially" directed. While such a scheme often gives
l isteners a fair idea or lhc likelihood or receiving a particular broadcast,
remember lhal in short wave, there arc no hard and fast rules. Voice of America
shows senl 10 A frica in our !ale evening. for example. arc easi ly heard in 1'orth
Americ a. Do nol hesilalc to lry and hear any lransmission !isl ed in this scclio n.
newsline
"Newsline" is your guide to news broadcasts on the air. I All broadcasts are world news reports
unless followed by an asterisk, which means the broadcast is primarily national news.
I All
broadcasts are daily unless otherwise noted by brackets enclosing the day codes.
0000 lJTC
BBC
Chrlsllan Science Mo nitor
Kol Israel
Radio Aus1ralla
Radio Beijing
Radio Canada lnl'I
Radio Finland [T-A)
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SI
Radio Kiev
Radio Korea
Radio Luxembourg
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnl'I (M-AJ
Radio Prague lnl'I
Radio Sofia
Radio Thailand
Spanish Foreign Radio
Voice of America
WWCR (USA Radio News) [TAJ
Radio Beijing
0030
BRT, Brussels (T-AJ
Christian Science Monitor
(Asia) [ M]
Christian Science Monitor (T-F)
HCJB
Radio Budapesl (T-S)
Radio Canada l nl'I (SMJ
Radio Havana Cuba (T-S)
Radio Jamahiriya, Libya
Raalo Moscow (World Service)
Radio Netherlands [T-S]
Voice of America (Americas,
East Asia) (Special English) [TS]
Voice of America (Easl Asia)
(Special English) [MJ
0100 UTC
Radio Pyongyang
0010
S)
0005
0045
Radio Korea (News Service)
0055
WRNO (ABC News) [H, A)
0115
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S)
MONITORING T IMES
l\laffh 1991
59
l_
l~~iitilECi~ilii_ _ _
newsline
0245
Radio for Peace lnl'I (UN
Radio) [TA)
Radio Korea (News Service)
0300 UTC
BBC
Chrlsllan Science Monitor
Deulsch e Welle
Radio Auslralla
Radio Beijing
Radio Belize
Radio Havana Cuba [TSJ
Radio Japan
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnl'I [M FJ
Radio Prague lnt'I
Radio Thailand
Voice of America
Voice of Free China
WWCR (USA Radio News) [T
SJ
0309
BBC
0310
Radio Beijing
0315
Radio Cairo
Radio Havana Cuba [TS)
0325
HCJB
0330
BBC (Africa)*
Cl1rlst1an Science Monitor
(Africa, Europe) [M)
Christian Science Monitor (T-F)
Radio Havana Cuba [TS)
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Radio Nelherlands [TS)
Radio Tirana. Albania
UAE Radio, Dubai
0340
Voice of Greece [MAJ
0350
Radio Yerevan
Radiolelevisione llaliana
0355
Radio Japan (MFJ
0450
Radio RSA
0455
WYFR (Network) [TA)
0500 lfTC
BBC
Christian Science Monitor
Deulsche Welle
HCJB
Kol Israel
Radio AUstralia
Radio Beijing
Radio Havana Cuba [TSJ
Radio Japan
Radio Leso tho
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [MAJ
Radio Thailand
Spanish Foreign Radio
Voice of America
WWCR (USA Radio News) [T
A)
BBC
Christian Science Monitor
Deursche Welle
Radio Australia
Radio Beijing
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Havana Cuba [TSJ
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnl'I [MF)
Radio Prague lnl'I
Radio Romani!" l nt'I
Radio RSA
Radio Sofia
Radio Tanzania
Radio Thailand
Swiss Radio l nt'I
Voice of America
voice of Turkey
WANO (ABC News) [F)
WWCR (USA Radio News) [M
Aj
0405
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [ MF)
Radio Pyongyang
0410
Radio Beijing
0425
Radiol elevlsione llaliana
0430
March 1991
0955
0645
1000 UTC
0700 lJTC
0715
1000
0730
BBC
Christian Science Monitor
Radio Au slralla
Radio Havana Cuba [TSJ
Radio Japan
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnl'I [MF)
Radio Tirana, Albania
Voice of Free China
BBC (Africa)*
BRT, Bru ssels [ MFJ
Chrlsl lan Science Monllor [M
F]
HCJB
Radio AUstria Int'!
Radio Finland [TAJ
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S)
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Radio Netherlands [MA)
Radio Prague lnl'I
Radio Sofia
Swiss Radio lnl'I
0555
HCJB
0600 lfTC
BBC
Cl1rlst1an Science Monitor
Deutsche Welle
Radio Auslralia
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S)
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnl'I (MFJ
Voice of America
0605
Radio New Zeal and lnl'I [M FJ
Radio Pyongyang
0610
Voice of Malaysia
0618
Radio Canada lnl'I [MFJ
0630
BBC (Africa)
Chr isllan Science Monitor [MF)
Radio Havana Cuba [TS]
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Radio Polonia
Radio Tirana. Albania
Swiss Radio l nl'I
1100 UTC
Voice of Malaysia
1105
0825
0800 lfTC
Voice of Nigeria
1055
0810
Radio Beijing
Radio Botswana
Radio Havana Cuba [TS)
0530
Christian Science Monitor
(Africa, Europe, NE Asia) [M)
Chrlsllan Science Monllor [T-F)
Radio Auslria Int'!
Radio Havana Cuba [TSJ
Radio Jordan
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Radio Romania l nl'I
Radio Thailand
UAE Radio, Dubai
Voice of Nigeria
1040
Voice of Greece [ MAJ
BBC
Christian Science Monitor
Deutsche Welle
Kol Israel
Radio AUstralla
Radio Beijing
Radio Japan
Radio Jordan
Radio Korea
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Radio RSA
Swiss Radio lnl'I
Trans World Radio. Bonalre
(M-F)
Voice of America
0755
Radio Jap an [MFJ
0515
Radio Beijing
0640
Radio Prague lnt'I
0510
0545
0400 lfTC
60
BBC (Africa)
Christian Science Monitor
(Africa, Europe, NE Asia) [ M)
Christian Science Monllor [T F)
Radio Botswana
Radio Ganada lnl'I [TAJ
Radio Havan a Cuba [T SJ
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Radio Ti ran a. Albania
BBC
Chrlsl ian Science Monitor
Radio AUstralla
Radio Jordan
Radio Korea
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Voice of Indonesia
OBOS
Radio Pyongyang
HCJB
0830
Christian Scien ce Monitor [M
F)
Radio Beijing
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Radio Netherlands [MA)
Swiss Radio lnl'I
0640
Radio Beijing
Voice o f Greece [ MAJ
0855
Voice of Indonesia
1109
sec
1110
BBC
Chrlsllan Science Monitor
Deulsche Welle
Radio Australia
Radio Finland [TA)
Radio Japan
Radio Moscow (World Service)
0915
Radio Korea (News Service)
0930
Chrislian Science Monitor [M
F)
Deutsche Welle (Africa) [MFJ
Radio Beijing
Radio Finland [TA)
Radio Moscow (Worli;I Service)
0940
1210
Radio Beijing
1215
Radio Korea
1230
Christian Science Monitor [M
F)
Radio Cairo
Radio France lnt'I
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Trans World Radio, Bon alre
[ MAJ
1235
Voice of Greece
1300 lfTC
BBC
Christian Science Monitor
Radio AUstralia
Radio Beijing
Radio Belize
Radio Canada lnt'I (Asia)
Radio Can ada lnl'I (North
America) [M F)
Radio Fi nland [TFJ
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Radio Romania lnl'I
Radio Tanzania [ASJ
Radio Tirana, Albania
Radio Yugoslavia
Swiss Radio l nl'I
Trans World Radio, Bonalre
[ SJ
Voice of America
WWCR (USA Radio News) [SF]
1305
Radio Pyongyang
1310
Radio Beijing
1325
HCJB [MFJ
Radio Beijing
Radio Belize (TAJ
Radio Botswana [MF)
1328
1115
1125
Radio Belize (MJ
Radio Botswan a [AS J
1130
0900 lfTC
1135
Radio Thailand
1150
Radio Finland [T FJ
Radio RSA
1 155
Radio Japan [MFJ
1200 lfTC
BBC
Radio Cairo
1330
1346
All India Radio (UN News) [A)
1355
WYFR (Nelwork) [ MFJ
1400 lfTC
BBC
BRT, Brussels (M-F)
Christian Science Monllor
Radio Auslralla
Radio Beijing
1 .~.~~~i:~liliilflit1:iJJISil,~:.; gg:[t!:t11tiiiilifll
newsline
Radio Belize [MF]
Radio Canada lnt'I [SJ
Radio Finland (TAJ
Radio France lnt'I
Radio Japan
Radio Jordan
Radio Korea
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Radio Peace and Progress
Voice or America
WWCR (USA Radio News) [ M
F)
1405
Radio Pyongyan g
1410
Radio Be11ing
1425
HCJB [M FJ
1430
Christian Science Monitor [ M
F)
Radio Austria lnt'I (MF)
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Radio Netherlands (MAJ
Radio Polonia
1455
All India Radio
1500 lJTC
BBC
C11rlstlan Science Monitor
Deutsche Welle
Radio Au stralia
Radio Bel)lng
Radio Belize (MA]
Radio Finland (TAJ
Radio Japan
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Radio Romania lnl'I
Radio RSA
Voice or America
WWCR (USA Radio News)
1505
Radio Pyongyang
15 10
Radio Beijing
15 15
Radio Canada lnl'I (Europe)
1525
Radio Finland
1530
Christian Science Monitor [M
F]
Deutsc11e Welle [ MF)
FEBA. Seychelles
Radio Moscow (World Service)
RaOlo Tirana. Alb ania
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of Greece (MAJ
1545
Radio Korea (News Service)
1600 lJTC
BBC
Ct1nstian Science Monitor
Deutscl1e Welle
Radio Australia
Radio Belling
Radio France lnl'I
Radio Jordan
Radio Korea
Radio Lesotho
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Radio Polonia
Radio Por1uga1 (MFJ
Radio RSA
Radio Tanzania
Voice of America
WWCR (USA Rac!lo News) (M
F]
1609
BBC
1610
Radio Bell ing
Radio Botswana [MF]
1630
Christian Science Monitor (M
F]
Radio Aus tria lnl'I
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Radio Netherlands (MAJ
Radio Polonia
UAE Radio, Dubai
Voice of Amer ica (except
Alrlca) (Special English)
1655
WYFR (Network) (A)
1700 UTC
BBC
Christian Science Monitor
Radio Australia
Radio Beijing
Radio Belize [MFl
Radio Japan
Radio Jordan (SH)
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Radio New Zealand lnl'I (MFJ
Radio RSA
Voice of America
1705
Radio New Zealand Inn [MFJ
Radio Pyon gyang
1709
BBC (Alrica) (AS]
1710
Radio Beijing
1715
Radio Canada Inn
Radio Korea (News Service)
1730
Christian Science Monitor (MF]
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Radio Peace and Progress
Radio Romania tnl'I
1735
WYFR (Networ k) [MF]
1740
BBC (Alrlca)
1750
Raoio RSA
1800 UTC
All India Radio
BBC
Christian Scien ce Monllor
Kol Israel
KVOH (UPI News)
Radio Australia
Radio Belize (MFJ
Radio Bras. Brasilia [MAJ
Raolo Canada lnl'I
Radro Korea
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Radio New Zealand l nl'I [ SF]
Radio Prague lnt'I
Ra<lio Tanzania
RAE. Buenos Aires [MF)
Voice of America
WWCR (USA Radio News) (A)
1625
WYFR (Network) [A]
1630
BRT, Brussels (MFJ
Christian Science Monitor [ M
FJ
Radio Belize
1900 UTC
All India Radio
BOC
Christian Science Monitor (M
A)
Deutsche Welle
HCJB
1947
Radio Jamahiriya. Libya
1955
HCJB
Radio Finland
WYFR (Network) [MA)
2200 lJTC
2000 UTC
BBC
Christian Science Monitor
Kol Israel
KVOH (UPI News)
Radio Australia
Radio Bel)lng
Radio Belize [MFJ
Radio Havana Cuba (MA]
Radio Jordan [ SH)
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Radio New Zealand lnl'I (SF)
Radio Polonia
Radio Porlugal (MFJ
Swiss Radio lnl'I
Voice of America
Voice of Indonesia
2005
Radio New Zealand lnl'I* (SH]
Radio Pyongyang
2010
Radio Beijing
2025
Mohamed G/11111ei111 of
the Voice of Ame1ica's
A111111a11 Bureau.
KVOH (UPI News)
Radio Australia
Radio Beijing
Radio Canada lnl'I (MF]
Radio Havana Cub a (MA)
Radio Japan
Radio Jordan (S-H]
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [ SFJ
Radio Tanzania
Spanish Foreign Radio
Voice of America
WWCR (USA Ra<lio News) [M
F]
1903
Aa<lio Jamahiriya, Libya
1910
Radio Beijing
Radio Botswan a
1920
Voice of Greece
1930
Ct1r1s11an Science Monitor (M
F]
Dcu1scl1e Welle* [MF]
n actro Aus tria lnl'I
Radio Budapest
Radio Canada lnl'I (MFJ
Radio Finland [MFJ
Radio Havana Cuba (MA)
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Radio Prague lnt'I
Radio Romania lnt'I
Radio Sofia
Radio Yugoslavia
1935
Radlotelevisione ltaliana
1945
Radio Korea (News Service)
2245
Voice of Greece
2255
WYFR (Networ k) [MA]
2100 UTC
All India Radio
BBC
Christian Science Monitor (MA]
Deutsche Welle
KVOH (UPI News)
Ra<llo Australia
Radio Beijing
Radio Belize (MF)
Radio Japan
Radio Jordan (SH)
Radio Kiev
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Radio New Zealand lnl'I (SFJ
Radio Portugal (M F)
Radio Prague tnl'I
Radio Romania lnt'I
Spanish Foreign Radio
SWISS Radio l nl'I
Voice of America
Voice of Turkey
2110
Radio Beijing
2 125
WYFR (Networ k) [MF]
2130
Christian Science Monitor [ M
F)
Radio Budapest
Radio Cairo
Radio Canada lnf'I
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Radio Sofia
MONITORING T l f\ IES
2300 UTC
BBC
Christian Science Monitor (M
A)
Radio Australia
Radio Belize [MFJ
Aa<lio Canada tnl'I
Radio Japan
Radio Moscow
Radio New Zealand lnl'I (SFJ
Radio Vilnius
Voice of America
Voice of Turkey
2305
Radio Polonia
Radio Pyongyang
2315
All Indra Radio
Radio tor Peace tnl'I (UN
Radio) [MF]
2320
Radio Th ailand
Chri stian Science Monitor (M
F)
Radio Moscow (World Service)
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [SH]
Radio Tirana. Albania
2333
Radio Jamah1nya. Libya
2355
Radio Japan (MFJ
March 1991
61
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0000 UTC
FREQUENCIES
Voice of the People of
CambOdla. Phnom-Penh
Radio Australia. Melbourne
00000015
00000030
00000030
0000-0030
00000030
00000035
00000100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
00000100
0000-0100
0000-0100
00000100
00000100
000001oo
000001 oo
0000-01oo
9695as 11938as
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
00000100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
0000-0100
00000100
0015-0030
0030-0100
0030-0100
00300100
0030-0100
0030-0100
0030-0100
0050-0100
IThursdays
PROGRAMS
Sundays
Mondays
001o Kol Israel: Calling All Listeners. A mailbag
program.
0015 Radio Beijing: China Anthology. See s 111 5.
0025 Kol Israel: DX Corner. Ben Dallen presents DX
news.
0025 Radio Beijing: Music Album. See S 1125.
0030 BBC: In Praise of God. A hatfhour program of
worship.
0030 Radio Netherlands: Happy Station. See S 11 30.
0040 Radio Beijing: Listeners' Letterbox. See S 11 40.
0050 Valican Radio: The Pope, the Church, and lhe
World. See S 0600.
Tuesdays
62
March 1991
Fridays
Amv n 0 1i111ian 1w1s the Eastem E urope
division of Kol Israel.
Saturdays
MONITORING TIM ES
0100 UTC
FREQUENCIES
01000105
010001 15
01000120
0 1000125
01000125
01 00-0130
01 000130
01 0001 30
01000130
01000145
01000150
01 000200
01000200
01000200
01000200
01000200
01000200
01000200
01000200
01000200
01000200
01000200
01000200
01000200
01000200
6150na 9605na
9535as 9910as 11715as
11 745as 15110as
RAI. Rome. llaly
9575am 11800am
Kol Israel. Jerusalem
7495na 9435na 11605na
Radio Netherlands, Hllversum
6020am 6165am 15560am
Nal'I Radio of Laos. Vientiane
71 12as
Radio Australia, Melbourne
11880va 15240va 15530va
17630va 17750va 17795va
17855va 21525va 21740va
21775va
Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia
5930na 7345na 9540na
Radio Sweden, Stockholm
9770as
Radio Yugoslavia. Belgrade
9620na 11735na
Deutsche Welle, Koln, Germany 6040na 6085na 6145na
6155na 9565na 11865na
11890na 13610na 13770na
15440na
15490as
FEBC Radio lnl'I. Philippines
Radio Moscow World Service
7370va 17655va 17890va
Radio Moscow N. American Svc 6000na 6045na 7 115na
7150na 7310na 9765na
9685na 17605na
Radio Havana Cuba
11820am
Radio Luxembourg
60900 m 153500 m
smtwhr Radio New Zealand Int'!
17770pa
Radio Thailand. Bangkok
4830as 9655as 11905as
smtwh RTV Malaysla, Radio 4
7295do
SBC Radio 1. Singapore
5052do 11940do
WANO New Orleans, Louisiana
7355na
KVOH Los Angeles, Califirnla
17775na
KTBN Salt Lake City, Utah
15590na
Christian Science World Service 7395na 9850na13760na
WYFR Okeechobee. Florida
6065n
9505n
9660na
PROGRAMS
Sundays
01000200
0100-0200
01000200
01000200
01000200
01000200
0100-0200
0100-0200
01000200
0100-0200
01000200
01300140
0130-0200
01300200
0130-0200
0130-0200
01300200
01450200
15440na
15145na
7520na
5965va 5975va 6175va
7325va 9560va 9590va
9915va 11750va 11955va
15260va 15260va 15360va
21715va
Radio Canada lnl'I. Montreal
9535ca 11645sa 11940sa
13720ca
Spanish Foreign Radio, Madrid 9630na 11860na
HCJ B Quito, Ecuador
9745am 15155am21455am
25950am
SLBS. Freetown. Sierra Leone 3316do
Sri Lanka B'casllng Corp.
6005as 9720as 1542585
Voice of America, Washington
6095va 6125va 711585
7205as 9740va 11705as
11805va 15225va 1525085
15405va 17740as 21550as
Voice of America. Washington
5995ca 6130ca 9455ca
9775ca 9615ca 11560ca
15205ca
Voice or Indonesia, Jakana
11752as 11785as
mtwhfa Voice or Greece. Athens
9395am 9420am 11645am
Peace & Progress,Moscow,USSR 7400na 9750na 15180na
17690na 17720na
Radio Australia, Melbourne
11880va 15160va 15240va
155JOva 176JOva 17750va
17795va 17655va 17690va
21525va 21740va 21775va
Radio Austria Int'!, Vienna
9670sa 9675na 13730na
United Arab Emirates R.. Dubai 11795na 13695eu 15320eu
15435eu
Radio Budapest. Hungary
611Oam 9520am 9565am
9635am 11910am 15160am
Vatican Radio, Vatican City
7125as 9650as 11750as
WINB Red Lion, Pennsylvania
WWCR Nashville, Tennessee
BBC London. England
Tuesdays
010 1 BBC: Oullook. See M 1405.
0 11 0 Kol Israel: Calling All Listeners. See M 0010.
0125 BBC: Financial News. See M 2310.
01 30 BBC: Personal View. See S 0445.
0130 Radio Austria lnl'I: Report from Austria. See S
. 0130.
0145 BBC: Europe's World. A magazine program
rellecling Ille in Europe and Its links with other
parts or the world.
Saturdays
Wednesdays
0 10 1 BBC: Oullook. See M 1405.
0 110 Kol Israel: Greetings From Israel. Listener record
requests.
0 125 BBC: Financial News. See M 2310.
March 1991
63
0200 UTC
FREQUENCIES
Kol Israel. Jerusalem
FEBC Radio lnt'I. Philippines
Radio Budapest, Hungary
0200-0225
0200-0230
0200-0230 fa
0200-0230
0200-0230
0200-0230
0200-0230
0200-0230
0200-0250
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
0200-0300
PROGRAMS
Sundays
0200 Radio Norway lnl'I: Norway Today. See S 0100.
0208 Swiss Radio lnl'I: Dateline. World news,
commentary. and analysis of current affairs.
0209 BBC: British Pross Review. Editorial opinion In the
British press.
0210Kot Israel: Spotlight. See S 0010.
0215 BBC: They Made Our World. Scientists who
shaped the future of mankind.
0218 Swiss Radio lnt'I: Swiss Shortwave Merry-GoRound. Bob Thomann and Bob Zanotti present DX
news and advice.
0225 BBC: Book Choice. Short reviews of current or
future best-sellers.
0230 BBC: Feature. Topical programming on various
subjects (except March 3rd: The Jews of Eastern
Europe, developments In Jewish Ille amid
Mondays
Wednesdays
Tuesdays
0208 Swiss Radio lnt'I: Dateline. See S 0208.
0209 BBC: British Press Review. See S 0209.
0210 Kol Israel: Israel Mosaic. See M 1110.
0215 BBC: Network UK. A look at the issues and events
111at affect the Jives of people throughout the UK.
0230 BBC: Sports International. Feature program on a
March 1991
Thursdays
0208 Swiss Radio lnt'I: Dateline. See S 0208.
0209 BBC: British Press Review. See S 0209.
0210Kol Israel: Living Here. See H 0010.
0215 BBC: Network UK. See T 0215.
0230 BBC: Assignment. Examinations of current topical
Issues.
Fridays
0208 Swiss Radio lnt'I: Dateline.
0209 BBC: British Press Review.
0210Kol Israel: This Land. See
0215 BBC: Seven Seas. A weekly
and the sea.
0230 BBC: Drama. See H 1130.
64
See S 0208.
See S 0209.
W 1110.
program about ships
Saturdays
0200 Radio Norway lnl'I: Norway Today. See S 0100.
0208 Swiss Radio lnl'I: Dateline. See s 0208.
0209 BBC: British Press Review. See S 0209.
0210 Kol Israel: Thank Goodness It's Friday. See F
1110.
0215 BBC: Network UK. See T 0215.
0230 BBC: People and Politics. Background to the
Brillsh polilical scene.
1~+~2~;~~,~i~iAlfll:Klm~IMiliAlll&lllllmWI
0300 UTC
FREQUENCIES
0300-0330
0300-0330
0300-0330
0300-0330
0300-0330
0300-0350
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
9475na 9675na
5960na 15325na 17825na
21610na
Radio Auslralla, Melbourne
11880pa 15160pa 15240pa
15530as 17630as 17750pa
17795as 17855va 21525va
217 40na 21775na
Radio Prague, Czechoslovakia
5930na 7345na 9540na
Voice of America. Washington
5965va 11905va 15160va
1781Ova 17895va
Deutsche Welle, Koln, Germany 6040na 6085na 6120na
9545na 9605na 11890na
13610na 13770na 15440na
Radio 2, Lusaka, zambia
6165do 7235do
WAR Radio Baghdad, Iraq
11810na 11830as
Radio Beijing, China
9690am 9770am 11715am
Radio Havana Cuba
9505am 11820am
BBC London, England
5975va 6175va 7325va
9410va 9600va 9915va
11750va 12095va 15260va
21715va
Radio Luxembourg
153500 m
M
Radio New York lnt'I, (via WWCA) 7435va
17770pa
SMTWHF Radio New Zealand lnt'I
Radio Tanzania, Oar es Salaam 5985ar 9685ar 11765at
Radio Thailand, Bangkok
4830as 9655as 11905as
HCJB Qullo, Ecuador
9745na 15155na 21545sa
25950am
WANO New Orleans, Louisiana 7355am
KTBN Sall Lake City, Utah
7510am
WHAi Noblesville, Indiana
7315na 9495sa
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0310-0325
0325-0400
0330-0400
0330-0400
0330-0400
0300-0400
0330-0400
0340-0345
0350-0400
0355-0400
PROGRAMS
Thursdays
Sundays
Mondays
Fridays
Tuesdays
Wednesdays
031 OVatican Radio: A Many-Splendored Thing (except 0310Vallcan Radio: Talking Point See T 0600.
March 261h: Letlerbox). See M 0600.
0315 BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.
0315BBC: The world TOday. See M 1645.
0315 Radio Beijing: Curren! Affairs. See M 1115.
0315 Radio Beijing: Current Affairs. See M 1115.
0330 BBC: Discovery. An ln-deplh look at scientific
research.
0330 BBC: John Peel. Tracks from newly released
albums and singles from the conlemporary music 0337 Radio Nelherlands: Newsllne. See S 0037.
scene.
0340 Radio Beijing: Listeners' Lellerbox. See S 1140.
0337 Radio Nott1erlands: Newsllne. See S 0037.
0352 Radio Nelherlands: Images. See T 11 52.
Saturdays
031 OVallcan Radio: The Church TOday. See F 0600.
0315 BBC: The World TOday. See M 1645.
0315 Radio Beijing: Curren! Affairs or The Business
Show. See F 1115.
0330 BBC: The Vintage Chart Show. Paul Burnell
presenl s top ten hlls from lhe music charts of
yesleryear.
0337 Radio Netherlands: Newsllne. See S 0037.
0340 Radio Beijing: In the Third Wortd. See F 1140.
0352 Radio Nethertands: Rembrandl Express. See A
0052.
March 1991
65
liifffifi~--iilliilUlll&G:GliiJlttlhll0400 UTC
FREQUENCIES
04000410
04000415
04000425
0400-0430
0400-0430
war
0400-0430
0400-0430
04000430
0400-0430
0400-0430
0400-0450
0400-0450
04000500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
PROGRAMS
Sundays
0408 Swiss Radio lnl'I: Dal eline. See S 0208.
04 15 Radio Beijing: Press Clippings. See s 0015.
0418 Swiss Radio lnl'I: Swiss Shortwave Merry-GoRound. See S 0218.
0420 Radio Beijing: Travel Talk. See S 0020.
0428 Radio Beijing: Cooking Show. See S 0028.
0430 BBC: A Tasi a of Soul. Robbie Vlncenl
presents the best of the Brlllsh soul and
dance scene.
0435 Radio Beijing: Music from China. See s 0035.
0445 BBC: Personal View. A personal opinion on
topical Issues In British life.
Mondays
0408 Swiss Radio lnl'I: Feature. See S 0638.
04000500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0425
0430-0500
04300500
04300500
0430-0500
0430-0500
0450-0500
Tuesdays
0408 Swiss Radio lnl'I: Dateline. See S 0208.
0415 Radio Beijing: Current Affairs. See M 1115.
0430 BBC: Off the Shelf. See M 0430.
0440 Radio Beijing: Learn to Speak Chinese. See
M 1140.
0445 BBC: Europe's World. See T 0145.
Wednesdays
0408 Swiss Radio lnl'I: Dateline. See S 0208.
041 5 Radio Beijing: Current Affairs. See M 1115.
0430 BBC: Off the Shelf. See M 0430.
0440 Radio Beijing: Listeners' Lelterbox. See S
11 40.
0445 BBC: Country Style. See W 0145.
Thursdays
0408 Swi ss Radio lnt'I: Dateline. See S 0208.
0415 Radio Beijing: Current Affairs. See M 1115.
0430 BBC: Off the Shelf. See M 0430.
0440 Radio Beijing: Learn to Speak Chinese. See
M 1140.
0445 BBC: Andy Kershaw's World of Music. See M
0215.
Fridays
0408 Swiss Radio lnl'I : Dateline. See S 0208.
0415 Radio Beijing: Current Affairs. See M 1115.
0430 BBC: Ott the Shelf. See M 0430.
0440 Radio Beijing: Culture In China. See H 1140.
0445 BBC: Jazz Now and Then or Folk In Britain.
See H 1345.
Saturdays
0408 Swiss Radio lnl'I: Daleline. See S 0208.
0415 Radio Beijing : Currenl Affairs or The Business
Show. See F 111 5.
0430 BBC: Here's Humph! See A 0145.
0440 Radio Beijing: In the Third World. See F
1140.
0445 BBC: Worldbrlef. see F 2315.
66
March 1991
MONITORING TIMES
0500 UTC
FREQUENCIES
0500-0510
0500-0510 w
0500-0515
0500-0530
0500-0530
05000545
0500-0550
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
4800do
3381do
7410na 7495na 9435na
11605na 17575as
Vallcan Radio, Vallcan City
17710af 17730af 21650af
mtwhfaZlmbabwe B'casllng. Harare
3396do
smlwl1f Radio New Zealand lnt'I
17770pa
Deutsche Welle. Koln. Germany 5960na 6120na 9760na
9700na 11890na 1361 Ona
13770na 15440na
Christian Science World Service 9455eu 9840eu 13720eu
13760eu
Radio 2, Lusaka, Zambia
6165do 7235do
Spanish Foreign Radio. Madrid 9630na
Radio Beijing, China
11 840am
sa
Radio East Africa. Equatorial Guinea 9585af
9750am 11760am 11820am
Radio Havana Cuba
Radio Luxembourg
153500 m
m
Radio New York lnt'I, (via WWCR) 7435va
Radio Nigeria. Lagos
3326do 4990do
mlwhf Radio Southwest Africa, Namibia 3270af 3290af
9745na 15155na
HCJB Quito, Ecuador
WRNO New Orleans, Louisiana 6185am
KTBN Salt Lake City, Utah
7510am
KVOH Los Angeles, California
9785am
WHRI Noblesville, Indiana
7315na 9495sa
WINB Red Lion, Pennsylvania 15145eu
WWCR Nashville, Tennessee
7520na
Radio Moscow N. American Sve15180na
Radio Australia, Melbourne
11 880va 15160va 15240va
15320va 15530va 17630va
17750va 17795va 17855va
PROGRAMS
Sundays
0509 BBC: Twenty-Four Hours. Analysis of the main
news of the day.
0515Radlo Beijing: Press Clippings. See S 0015.
0520 Radio Beijing: Travel Talk. See S 0020.
0528 Radio Beijing: Cooking Show. See S 0026.
0530 BBC: Financial Review. A look back at the
financial week.
0530 Radio AUslrla lnt'I: Report from Austria See S
0130.
0535 Radio Beijing: Music from China See S 0035.
0540 BBC: Words of Faith. People share hOw their
scripture gives meaning to their lives.
0545 BBC: Letter from America. Alistair Cooke's
dlslinclly Brillsh view of America.
Mondays
0509 BBC: Twenty-Four Hours. See S 0509.
0515 Radio Beijing: China Anthology. See S 1115.
0525 Radio Beijing: Music Album. See S 1125.
0530 BBC: Waveguide. How to hear the BBC belier.
0530 Radio AUslrla lnt'I: Report from AUstrla. See S
0130.
0540 BBC: Words of Faith. See S 0540.
0540 Radio Beijing: Listeners' Letterbox. See S 1140.
0545 BBC: Recording of the Week. A personal choice
from the latest classical m usic releases.
21525va 21775va
7130va 7150va
9505na 11915am
4830as 9655as 11905as
9505af 11880af 17895at
7295do
5052do 11940do
3316do
6035at 9575af 15350at
17715af
Voice of America, Washington
5995va 6060va 6140va
7170va 7200va 9670va
9700va 971 Sva 11825va
15205va
BBC London, England
5975va 6195va 7120va
941 Ova 9600va 9640va
9915va 12095va 17865va
Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
6075do
Voice of Nigeria, Lagos
7255af
Radio Botswana. Gaborone
w
5955af
7255af
Radio 2, tv;cra, Ghana
f
3366do
Radio 1, tv;cra. Ghana1
4915do
Cameroon Radio-TV. Yaounde 4850do
Radio AUstrla lnt'I, Vienna
6015na 6155eu 13730eu
1541Orne21490me
Radio Romania lnt'I. Bucharest 15340af 15380af 17720af
17745af 17790af 21665af
UAE Radio, Dubai,
15435as 17830as 21700as
United Asab Emirates
mtwhfaZimbabwe B'casting, Harare
3396do 7283do
Radio Buea. Cameroon 1
3970do
smtwhf Radio New Zealand lnt'I
17770pa 9700-Sat. only
Voice of Malaysia.Kuala Lumpur 6175as 9750as 15295as
0500-0600
0500-0600
05000600
05()()-.0600 s
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
05()0.0600
05()0.0600
0510-0515
05240600
0526-0600
0530-0600
0530-0600
0530-0600
0530-0600
0530-0600
0545-0600
0545-0600
0555-0600
Wednesdays
0509 BBC:
0515 Radio
0530 BBC:
0530 Radio
0130.
0540 BBC:
0540 Radio
0545 BBC:
Thursdays
0509 BBC: Twenty-Four Hours. See S 0509.
0515 Radio Beijing: Current Affairs. See M 1115.
0530 BBC: Flnanclal News. See M 2310.
0530 Radio AUstria lnt'I: Report from Austria See
0130.
0540 BBC: Words of Faith. See S 0540.
0540 Radio Beijing: Learn to Speak Chinese.
1140.
0545 BBC: The world Today. See M 1645.
'"
Fridays
"\.
.:.
Tuesdays
Saturdays
0509 BBC: Twenty-Four Hours. See S 0509.
0515 Radio Beijing: Current Affairs. See M 111 5.
0509 BBC: Twenty-Four Hours. See S 0509.
0530 BBC: Financial News. See M 231 o.
0515 Radio Beijing: Current Affairs or Tile Business
0530 Radio Austria ln1'1: Report from Austria. See S
Show. See F 1115.
0130.
0530 BBC: Financial News. See M 2310.
0540 BBC: Words of Faith. See S 0540.
0530 Radio AUslrla lnt'I: Report from AUslria. See S
0540 Radio Beijing: Learn to Speak Chinese. See M
0 130.
1140.
0540 BBC: Words of Faith. See S 0540.
0545 BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.
0540 Radio Beijing: In 1he Third World. See F 1140.
0545 BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.
MONITORING TIMES
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67
0600 UTC
0600-0700
FREQUENCIES
0600-0610 s
Malawi B'casling, Blantyre
0600-0620
Vatican Radio Vallcan Clly
Cameroon Radio-TV, Yaounde
0600-0625
0600-0625
Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
0600-0630
Nal'I Radio of Laos, Vientiane
0600-0630 sml whf Radio New Zealand ln1'1
0600-0630
Radio Auslralla, Melbourne
0600-0630
0600-0630
0600-0645
0600-0650
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
3381do
6185eu 6248eu
4850do
6075do
7112as
17770pa 9700-Sat. only
11680pa 15240pa 15320as
17630pa 17795as 17655af
21525na 21775na
s
Radio Zambia lnl'I, Lusaka 1
9505af 11880af 17695af
Voice of America, Washington
5995va 6060va 6095va
6140va 7170va 7200va
9670va 9700va 9715va
11825va 15205va
s
Radio Douala, Cameroon
4795do
Deutsche Welle. Koln, Germany 11765af 13610af 13790af
15185af 15440ar 17875af
King of Hope, Lebanon
6280me
Radio 1, Accra, Ghana1
4915do
r
Radio 2, Accra. Ghana
3366do
Radio 2, Lusaka, Zambia
6165do 7235do
sa
R. Easl Africa, Equatorial Guinea 9585af
Radio Havana Cuba
11835am
Radio Luxembourg
15350om
Radio Nigeria, Lagos
3326do 4990do
Radio Pyongyang, North Korea 15180as 15230as
sa
Radio Thailand, Bangkok
4830as 9655as 11905as
sml wha RTV Malaysia, Radio 4
7295do
SBC Radio 1, Singapore
5052do 11940do
SLBS, Freetown. Sierra Leone 3316do
BBC London, England
5975na 6195na 7120as
7150as 7230pa 9410af
9600af 9640af 12095eu
15070eu 15400af 17685af
21660as
Radio Moscow N. American Svc17720na
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
0600 Vatican Radio: The Pope, the Church, and the
World. A look at 1he Pope's weekend message
and a brief medllation.
0630 BBC: Jazz for the Asking. A Jazz music request
show.
0638 Swiss Radio lnl'I: Feature. Programs broadcast on
a rotating basis are "The Grapevine (listener
comment), supplement (news analysis), and
"Roundabout Switzerland" (travel/ discovery).
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0615-0630
0618-0700
0625-0700
0630-0700
06300700
06300700
0600-0700
06000700
0630-0700
0630-0700
0630-0700
0645-0700
7310na
15280va
15560va
17600va
Chrlslian Science World Service 9455eu
13720eu
WYFR Okeechobee, Florida
5985na
13695eu
WHRI Noblesville, Indiana
7315eu
WWCR Nashville, Tennessee
7520na
sml whf WMLK Bethel, Pennsylvania
9465eu
KTBN Sall Lake Cily. Utah
7510na
R. For Peace tnl'I, Costa Rica 731sna
Voice of America, Washington
6035af
15350af
Voice of Malaysia.Kuala Lumpur 6175as
Zimbabwe B'casling, Harare
3396do
s
Radio Berloua, Cameroon
4750do
mlwhf Radio Canada ln1'1. Montreal
6050eu
9740eu
17840eu
Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
7140do
mtwhf RTV Congolalse, Brazzaville
3265do
mtwhf Radio New Zealand lnl'I
9700pa
Radio Polonia, Warsaw
6135eu
15120eu
Radio Tirana, Albania
7205eu
Swiss Radio tnl'I, Bern
15430af
Vatican Radio, Vatican City
11 710af
Radio Australia, Melbourne
11 880va
15320va
17855va
3980va
Voice of America. Washington
6095va
7325va
15205va
Ghana B'casllng Corp., Accra
6130af
12055va
15295va
17570va
17610va
9840eu
13705va
15455va
17590va
17675va
11 705na
7355eu
9680na
949sa
13630na
6125af 9530af
17715af
9750as 15295 85
7283do
6150eu 7155eu
9760eu 11840eu
4765do
7270eu
9675eu
9500eu
17570af
17730af
13705va
17630va
21525va
5995va
6140va
11805va
21770af
21650af
15240va
17795va
21775va
6060va
7170va
11825va
Mondays
0600 Valican Radio: A Many-Splendored Thing. A took
at cullure, history, splrilualily, and the past (except
March 25th: Letlerbox, replies to listeners'
questions wllh Veronica Scarlsbrlck).
0630 BBC: Feature. See S 1401.
0638 Swiss Radio lnt'I: Dateline. See S 0208.
music, drama, and books.
0638 Swiss Radio lnl'I: Dateline. See S 0208.
Tuesdays
0600 Vatican Radio: Talking Point. A roundlable
discussion on both religious and secular topics.
0630 BBC: On Stage. Live rock music performances
staged for radio.
0638 Swiss Radio lnl'I: Dateline. See S 0208.
Wednesdays
0600 Vatican Radio: Vatican Week. A look at 1he Pope's
weekly general audience.
0630 BBC: Meridian. The world of 1he arts, Including
.. arch 1991
Thursdays
0600 Vatican Radio: Vatican Viewpoint. An examlnalion
of t11e elhlcal and moral Issues of Catholicism.
0630 BBC: As we Forgive. See M 2315.
0638 Swiss Radio lnl'I: Dalellne. See S 0208.
0645 BBC: Tl1e Farming World. See H 0145.
Fridays
0600Vatlcan Radio: The Churc11 Today. The Catholic
Saturdays
0600 Vatican Radio: With Hearl and Mind. See S 0050.
0630 BBC: Meridian. See W 0630.
0638 Swiss Radio lnt'I: Daleline. See S 0208.
0648 Swiss Radio lnl'I: Swiss Shortwave Merry-GoRound. See S 0218.
0700 UTC
FREQUENCIES
Malawi B'casllng. Blantyre
3381do 5995do
Radio Bafoussam. Cameroon1
4000do
Radio Romania lnl'I. Bucharest 11810au 11940au 15250au
15365au 17720au 17805au
21665au
mlwhf Vall can Radio, Vatican Cllyml
6185eu 6248eu 9645eu
11740eu
s
Radio Riga ln1'1, Latvia. USSR
5935eu
Ghana B'casllng Corp.. Accra
6130af
King of Hope. Lebanon
6280me
Radio 1. Accra. Ghana1
491500
f
Radio 2, Accra. Ghana
3366do
Radio 2. Lusaka. Zambia
616500 7235do
sa
R. East Africa. Equatorial Guinea 9585af
Radio Havana Cuba
11835am
Radio Luxembourg
153500 m
R. for Peace Int'!, Costa Rica
7375na 13630na
mlwhf Radio New Zealand lnl'I
9700pa
Radio Nigeria. Lagos
3326do 4990do
Radio Pyongyang. North Korea 15340as 17765as
sa
Radio Thailand. Bangkok
4830as 9655as 11905as
smtwha RTV Malaysia, Radio 4
7295do
SBC Radio 1. Singapore
5052do 11940do
KVOH Los Angeles, California
9785
Radio Moscow World Service 15280va 17600va 17615va
17710va 17790va 17810na
0700-0710 w
0700-0710
0700-0715
0700-0710
0700-0730
0700-0800
07000800
07000800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
07()()..0800
0800 UTC
FREQUENCIES
Malawi B'castlng. Blantyre
3381do
4000do
Radio Bafoussam. Cameroon 1
Tristan Radio, Tlrstan da Cunha 3290do
9630au 15560au
Radio Netherlands. Hllversum
Voice of Malaysla,Kuala Lumpur 617585 9750as
Voice of America. Washington 15195va 21570va
Radio Tirana, Albania
9500as 11835as
Voice of Amercla. Washington 11735va 15160va
21570va
Radio AUslralia. Melbourne
13705va 15160va
17630va 17750va
21775va
Voice of Islam. Bangladesh
1519585 1781585
King of Hope, Lebanon
6280me
Radio 1. Accra, Ghana 1
491 Sdo
f
Radio 2. Accra. Ghana
3366do
Radio 2. Lusaka. Zambia
6165do 7235do
a
Radio Douala, Cameroon
4795do
sa
R. East Africa, Equatorial Guinea 9585af
Radio Korea, Seoul, South Korea7550eu 13670eu
Radio Luxembourg
15350om
mtwhf Radio New Zealand lnl'I
9700pa
Radio Nigeria, Lagos
3326do 4990do
Radio Pyongyang. North Korea 151 80as 1523085
smlwha RTV Malaysia. Radio 4
7295do
0800-0810 w
0800-0810
0800-0815 mtwhf
0800-0825
0800-0825
0800-0830
0800-0830
0800-0830
0800-0830
0800-0830
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
08000900
0800-0900
0800-0900
08000900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
15295as
21700va
151 95va
15240vs
21525va
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
08000900
0800-0900
0830-0900
0830-0855
0830-0900
0830-0900
0830-0900
0830-0900
0840-0850
0840-0900
5052do
3316do
5975na
6190va
Christian Science World Service 9455va
WYFR OkeechObee. Florida
5985na
WHRI Noblesvllle, Indiana
7315eu
VOA Europe, Washington
11735eu
21570eu
1175285
Voice of Indonesia. Jakarla
Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
7140do
Voice of Nigeria. Lagos
7255at
Zimbabwe B'casting, Harare
3396do
Radio Austria Int'!. Vienna
6155eu
21490va
Radio Netherlands, Hllversum
15560au
Radio Netherlands, Hllversum
1757585
Swiss Radio ln1'1, Bern
956085
21695as
Radio Auslralla, Melbourne
9580Va
15160Va
17750Va
Voice of Amercia, Washington 11735va
21570va
mtwhfa Voice of Greece, Alhens
15650au
Radio Prague Inter-Program
6055eu
MONITORING TIMES
March 1991
11940do
5980do
6180na 6190na
7150va 6190va
9495sa
15160eu 15195eu
21700eu
11785as
7283do
13730eu 15450au
2148585
1368585 1767085
13705va
17630Va
21525va
15160va
21700va
17535au
7345eu
15240va
17715va
21775va
15195va
9505eu
69
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[4:00 AM EST/1 :00 AM PST]
0900 UTC
FREQUENCIES
Radio 1, Accra. Ghana1
Radio 2, Accra. Ghana
Malawi B'casltng, Btanlyre
Radio Voice of Lebanon, Betrul
Radio Nelherlands, Hilversum
Radio Auslralla, Melbourne
09000905
09000905 f
09000910
09000915
09000925
09000930
09000950
0900-0950
09001000 s
09001000
09001000
09001000
09001000
0900 1ooo sa
09001 000
09001000
09001 000
09001000
09001000
4915do
3366do
5995do
6549.5me
17575as 21485as
9580na 13705va
15240va 17630va
17750va 2 1775va
Deulsche Welle, Koln, Germany 9565af 15410af
Deulsche Welle, Koln, Germany 6160as 11 740as
17820as 21465as
21650as 21680as
5023do
BBS. Thimphu, Bhulan
FEBC Radio lnl'I. Phihpplnes
9800as 11845as
King of Hope, Lebanon
6280me
6165do 7235do
Radio 2. Lusaka, Zambia
Radio Beijing. China
11755au 15440au
R. Easl Africa, Equalorial Guinea 9585ar
Radio Japan. Tokyo
15270pa 17890pa
Radio Luxembourg
15350om
Radio Nigeria, Lagos
3326do 4990do
Radio Tanzania, Dar es Salaam 5985af 9685af
RTV Malaysia, Radio 4
7295do
09001000
09001000
09001000
0900-1000
09001000
15160va
17715va
21600af
11 780as
2 1540as
17710au
0900-1000
09001 000
09051000
0905-1000
0905-1000
09051000
09100940
09201 000
09300940
0930 1ooo
09301000
11765ar
1000 UTC
09401000
5052do 11940do
3316do
11 735eu 15160eu 15195eu
7140do
5975va 6045va 6190va
7180va 6195va 7180va
11 760va 12095va
15070va 21470va 21660va
Voice of Nigeria, Lagos
7255af
Zimbabwe B'castlng, Harare
3396do 7283do
Cameroon RadloTV, Yaounde 4850do
sa
Radio 1, Accra, Ghana1
4915do
sa
Radio 2, Accra, Ghana
3366do
mlwhf Radio 2 (Schools Program), Ghana 7295do
smwha Ulaanbaalar Radio, Mongolia
11 BSOpa 12015pa
BFBS (Brlllsh Forces), London 15245me 17830me21745me
RTV Togo, Lome
7265do
Radio Auslralla. Melbourne
9580na 15240va 17630va
1771 Sva 17750va 21775va
21825va
Radio Alghanislan, Kabul
494085 9635as 17655as
21600as
Radio Prague tnlerProgram
6055eu 7345eu 9505eu
FREQUENCIES
1000-1025 mlwhf BAT, Brussels, Belgium
6035eu 13675eu 21810af
10001030
Radio Tanzania, Dar es Salaam 5985af 9685af 11765af
10001030
Radio Auslralla, Melbourne
6080va 9580na 9760va
15240va 17715va21775va
10001030
Radio Alghanlslan, Kabul
494085 9635as 1765585
21600as
1000-1030
Voice of Vlelnam, Hanoi
984085 1202085 1501085
All India Radio, Delhi
100011 00
1505085 15335as 1738785
17865as 21735as
10001100
Cameroon RadioTV, Yaounde
4850do
100011 oo sa
Radio 1, Accra. Ghana1
4915do
10001100 Sa
Radio 2, Accra, Gl1ana
3366do
100011 00 m1whf Radio 2 (Schools Program), Ghana 7295do
10001100
Radio 2, Lusaka, Zambia
6165do 7235do
Radio Beijing, China
100011 00
11755au 15440au 17710au
1000.11 00 sa
R. Easl Africa, Equa1orta1 Guinea 9585af
100011 00
Radio Luxembourg
15350orn
10001100
Radio Nigeria. Lagos
4990do 7285do
1000-1100
BBC London, England
5975eu 7325eu 11750sa
11 940a 15070eu 15310as
17640af 21470af 21660af
1000-1100
RTV Malaysia, Radio 4
7295do
SBC Radio 1, Singapore
10001100
5010do 5052do 11940do
SLBS. Free1own. Sierra Leone
10001100
3316do
70
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10001100 s
10001100
10001100
100011 00
10001100
10001100
10001015
1030 1040
10301045
103011 00
10301100
1030-11 00
10301100
103()-1100
1030-1100
1030-1100
10401050
10401100
10451100
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11 001200 s
1100-1200
FREQUENCIES
1100-1130
1100-1 130
110011 30
9525af 11 818af
11 835as 15120as
13635as 15570as
2 1770as
1100-1130
Voice of Vietnam, Hanoi
7416as 9732as
1100-1150
Deutsche Welle. Koln, Germany 11 890af 154 10af
17800af 21600af
11001200
Radio Australia, Melbourne
6080va 7240va
9710va 9760va
15160va 17715va
21825va
Radio 1, Accra, Ghana1
11001200
4915do
1100-1200 sa
Radio 2. Accra, Ghana
3366do
1100-1200
Radio 2, Lusaka, Zambia
6165do 7235do
1100-1200 mtwhf Radio Douala, Cameroon
4795do
1100-1 200
BBC London, England
5975va 7325va
9750va 11940va
17640va 17790va
11 00-1200. sa
R. East Africa, Equatorial Guinea 9585at
11001200
R. Korea, Seoul. South Korea
15575af
1100-1200
Radio Luxembourg
15350om
1100-1200
Radio Nigeria, Lagos
4990do 7285do
11001200
Radio Pyongyang, North Korea 6576na 9977na
11001200
Radio RSA. Soull1 Africa
9555af 11 805at
17835af
1100-1200 sa
Radio Tanzania, Oar es Salaam 5985at 9685af
1100-1200
Radio Zambia tnt'I, Lusaka 1
9505af 11 880af
11001200
RTV Malaysia, Radio 4
7295do
11001200
SBC Radio 1, Singapore
5010do 5052do
1100-1200
SLBS, Freetown, Sierra Leone 3316do
SELECTED PROGRAMS
11835af
17850as
17830as
17765af
9580na
11930va
21775va
9410va
15590va
21660va
11335na
11900.af
11765af
17895af
11 940do
Tuesdays
72
March 1991
1200 UTC
FREQUE NCIES
1200-1210 w
1200-1215
1200-1225 sa
1200-1225
1200-1225
12001230
12001230
12001230
1200-1 230
1200-1230
12001 230
12001230
12001300
12001300
12001300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
3381do 5995do
9695as 11938as
3366do
5955eu 9715eu 17575eu
21480eu 21520eu
Voice of the Islam ic Republic
9525va 9685va 9705va
of Iran. Tehran
11 745va 11790va
Radio Mogadishu, Somalia
6095af
Radio Romania Int'!, Bucharest 15365as 15380as 17720as
Radio Thailand, Bangkok
4830as 9655as 11905as
s
Radio Zambia lnt'I, Lusaka 1
9505af 11880af 17695af
smwha Ulaanbaal ar Radio, Mongolia
11 BSOas 12015as
mtwhf Vatican Radio. Vatican City
17665as 21515as
Voice of America. Washlnglon
6110as 9760as 11715as
15155as 15425as
Radio 1, Accra. Gllana1
4915do
Radio Beijing. China
15 1lOam17715am
Radio Beijing, China
8425as 11660as
mtwhf Radio Douala. Cameroon
4795do
sa
Radio East Africa. Equatorial Guinea 9585af
13655??
Radio Jordan. Amman
Radio Luxembourg
15350om
Radio Nigeria. Lagos
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1200 Radio
1201 BBC:
121 5 Radio
1225 Radio
1240 Radio
Mondays
1200 Vatican Radio: A ManySplendored Thing (excepl
March 25th: Letterbox). See M 0600.
1215 BBC: Ned Sherrin's Counterpoint. The wideranging m usical game snow.
1215 Radio Beijing: Current Al1alrs. See M 1115.
1240 Radio Beijing: Learn to Speak Cl1fnese. See M
1140.
1245 BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 1345.
Tuesd ays
1200Vallcan Radio: Talking Point. See T 0600.
1215 BBC: Multitrack 1: Top 20. See M 2330.
1215 Radio Beijing: Current Al1alrs. See M 111 s.
1240 Radio Beijing: Listeners' Letterbox. See S 1140.
1240 Radio Beijing: Llsleners Letterbox. See S 1140.
1245 BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 1345.
Reading tellers from lis1e11ers 10 Ifie VOA 's Farsi se1vice are Nader Afshm; Ahmad Balwrfoo, and
Bill Royce.
Wednesdays
1200 Vatican Radio: Vatican Week. See w 0600.
1215BBC: New Ideas. See M 1615.
1215 Radio Beijing: Current Affairs. See M 111 5.
1235 BBC: Give Us Our Dally Bread. See M 1635.
1240 Radio Beijing: Learn to Speak Chinese. See M
1140.
1245 BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 1345.
Thursdays
1200 Val1can Radio: Vatican V1ewpoin1. See H 0600.
1215 BBC: Mullilrack 2. See W 2330.
1215 Radio Beijing: Curren! Affairs. See M 1115.
1240 Radio Beijing: Culture In China. See H 1140.
Fridays
1200 Vatican Radio: The Church Today. See F 0600.
1215 BBC: The Re1fh Lectures. Jonathan Sacks. chief
rabbi of the UK, gives lhe annual series of BBC
lectures (except March 281h: Feature, topical
programming on various subjects).
1215 Radio Beijing: Current Al1alrs or The Business
Show. See F 111 5.
1240 Radio Beijing: In lhe Third World. See F 11 40.
1245 BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 1345.
Saturdays
1200 Radio Norway lnl'I: Norway TOday. See S 0100.
121 5 BBC: Mullilrack 3. See F 2330.
1215 Radio Beijing: Press Clippings. See S 0015.
1220 Radio Beijing: Travel Talk. See S 0020.
1228 Radio Beijing: Cooking Show. See S 0028.
1235 Radio Beijing: Music from China. See S 0035.
1245 BBC: Sports Roundup. See S 1345.
Aforc/z 1991
73
1300 UTC
FREQUENCIES
1300-1315
A. Korea. Seoul. South Korea
1300-1325
Voice ot Kenya, Nairobi
1300-1330
Radio Cairo. Egypt
1300-1330
Radio Beijing, China
1300-1330 mlwhl Radio Douala. Cameroon
1300-1330
Voice ot America. Washington
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400 sa
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400
1300-1400 sa
1300-1400
1300-1400
9750na
7140do
1759585
1160085 11 660as
4795do
6110as 9760as
15155as 1524585
FEBC Radio lnl'I. Philippines
11850as
Radio 1, Accra. Ghana1
4915do
Radio 2, Accra. Ghana
7295do
A. East Africa. Equatorial Guinea 9585at
Radio Jordan. Amman
1365577
Radio Luxembourg
15350om
Radio Nigeria. Lagos
4990do 7285do
Radio Pyongyang, North Korea 9325eu 9345eu
13650as 15230as
Radio Romania lnl'I, Bucharest 11 940eu 15365eu
21665eu
Radio Tanzania. Oar es Salaam 5985at 9684at
BBC London, England
5975va 7325va
12095va 15070va
ATV Malaysia. Radio 4
7295do
SELECTED PROGRAMS
1330-1400
1330-1400 a
1330-1400
9640as
17720eu
11765at
941Clva
1330-1400
1330-1400
1330-1400
1330-1400
Mondays
1308 Swiss Radio lnl'I: Dateline. See S 0208.
1309 BBC: Twenty-Four Hours. See S 0509.
1315Radlo Beijing: Current Affairs. See M 1115.
1330 BBC: Andy Kershaw's World ot Music. See M
0215.
1330 Radio Austria lnl'I: Report from Austria. See S
0 130.
1338 Swiss Radio lnt'I: Dateline. See S 0208.
1340 Radio Beijing: Learn to Speak Chinese. See M
1140.
1345 BBC: Personal View. See S 0445.
March 1991
Thursdays
Wednesdays
Fridays
Saturdays
1300 Radio Norway lnt'I: Norway Today. See S 01 00.
1308 Swiss Radio lnt'I: Dateline. See S 0208.
1309 BBC: Twen ty-Four Hours. See S 0509.
1315Aadlo Beijing: Press Clippings. See S 0015.
1318 Swiss Radio lnt'I : Swiss Shortwave Merry-GoRound. See S 0218.
1320 Radio Beijing: Travel Tall<. See S 0020.
1328 Radio Beijing: Cooking Show. See S 0028.
1330 BBC: Network UK. See T 0215.
1330 Radio Austria lnl'I: Report from Austria. See S
0130.
1335 Radio Beijing: Music from China. See S 0035.
1338 Swiss Radio lnl'I: Dateline. See S 0208.
1345 BBC: Good Bool<S. See M 0315.
1348 Swiss Radio lnl'I: Swiss Shortwave Merry-GoRound. See S 0218.
74
Tuesdays
Sundays
1300 Radio
1308 Swiss
13 15 Radio
1325 Radio
1330 Radio
0130.
1338 Swiss
1340 Radio
1345 BBC:
11715as
1300-1400
SBC Radio 1, Singapore
1300-1400
SLBS, Freetown, Sierra Leone
1300-1400
Sri Lanka B'castlng Corp.
1300-1400
Voice of Nigeria, Lagos
1300-1400 war Voice ot Peace, Baghdad, Iraq
1300-1330
Swiss Radio lnt'I, Bern
1315-1330
Radio Voice ot Lebanon. Beirut
1325-1400 mtwht Voice of Kenya, Nairobi
1330-1400
All India Radio. Deihl
133C-1400
BFBS (British Forces), London
Nal'I Radio ot Laos, Vientiane
1330-1400
1330-1400
Radio Austria lnl'I. Vienna
MONITORING TIMES
1400 UTC
FREQUENCIES
14001410
Malawi B'casling, Blantyre
3381do
1400-1410
Radio Juba, Sudan
9540do 9550do
1400-1415
Radio Jordan. Amman
1365577
14001425 mtwhf BRT, Brussels. Belgium
21810na
14001430
Radio Douala, Cameroon
4795do
1400-1430
Radio Sweden, Stockholm
9765as 17740as 2157085
1400-1430
Radio Tirana, Albania
9500as 11985as
14001500
All India Radio, Delhi
9565as 1176085 1533585
Cameroon Radio-TV, Yaounde 4850na
1400-1500
FEBC Radio lnl'I, Philippines
14001500
11850as
King of Hope, Lebanon
14001500
6280me
Radio 1, Accra. Ghana1
14001500
4915do
1400-1500
Radio 2, Accra. Ghana
7295do
Radio Beijing, China
14001500
7405am
Radio Beijing, China
420085 11815as 151 3585
14001500
15165as
1400-1500
BBC London, England
12095va 15070va
1400-1500
R. Korea, Seoul, South Korea 9570as
14001500
Radio Luxembourg
15350om
1400-1500
Radio Nigeria, Lagos
4990do 7285do
14001500 sa
Radio Tanzania, Dar es Salaam 5985af 9684af 11765ar
SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1401 BBC: Feature. Topical programming on various
subjects.
1415 Radio Beijing: China Anthology. See S 11 15.
1425 Radio Beijing: Music Album. See S 1125.
1430 BBC: Anything Goes. Bob Holness presents a
variety of odd recordings.
1430 Radio Austria lnl'I: Austrian Shortwave Panorama.
See S 11 30.
1430 Radio Netherlands: Happy Station. See S 11 30.
1440 Radio Beijing: listeners Letterbox. See S 1140.
Mondays
1405 BBC: Outlook. Conversation, controversy, and
color from Brllaln and the rest or the world.
1415 Radio Beijing: Current Affairs. See M 1115.
1430 BBC: Off the Shelt. See M 0430.
1430 Radio Austria lnt'I: Report from Austria. See S
0130.
1437 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
1440 Radio Beijing: Learn to Speak Chinese. See M
1140.
1445 BBC: They Made Our World. See S 0215.
1452 Radio Netherlands: The Research Fiie. See M
1152.
1455 BBC: Book Choice. See S 0225.
Tuesdays
1400-1500
1400-1500
14001500
1400-1500
1400-1500
1400-1500
14001500
14151500
1420-1500
14301500
1430-1500
1430-1500
1435-1450
1445-1500
1445-1500
7295do
5010do
3316do
607585
611085
9760as
15205as
15425as
21700va
mtwhf Voice ol Kenya, Nairobi
4934do
Voice of Nigeria, Lagos
7255af
BBS, Thimphu. Bhutan
5023do
Radio Jordan. Amman
956077
Radio Austr1a lnl'I. Vienna
6 155eu
mtwhla Radio Douala, Cameroon
4795do
Radio Netherlands, Hllversum
5955eu
21480eu
Nel Mongol People's B'casllng 3970do
Slallon, Hohol, China
smwha Ulaanbaalar Radio. Mongolia
9575as
Vatican Radio. Vatican Clly
6248eu
5052do
5980do
972085
7125as
11905va
15300va
17885va
11 940do
964585
15160as
1539585
21540va
13730eu 21490va
9715eu 17575eu
21520eu
7105do
13780as
9645eu 11740eu
Saturdays
Thursdays
Fridays
1405 BBC: Outlook. See M 1405.
1415 Radio Beijing: Current Affairs or The Business
Show. See F 1115.
1430 BBC: Off the Shelf. See M 0430.
1430 Radio Austr1a lnt'I: Report from Auslria. See S
0130.
Wednesdays
1405 BBC: Oullook. See M 1405.
141 5 Radio Beijing: Current Affairs. See M 1115.
1430 BBC: Off the Shelf. See M 0430.
1430 Radio Austria lnt'I: Report from Austria See
0130.
1437 Radio Netherlands: Newsllne. See S 0037.
March 199 I
75
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1500 UTC
FREQUENCIES
15001515 smwha Ulaanbaatar Radio. Mongolia
15001525
Radio Netherlands. Hitversum
9575as 13780as
5955eu 9715eu
21480eu 21520eu
Radio Romania lnt'I, Bucharest 11 775as 11940as
15335as 17720as
Radio Tanzania, Dar es Salaam 59B5af 9684af
Voice of America, Washington
6110as 7125as
9700va 15205va
Deutsche Welle, Koln, Germany 9735af 9760af
136 t0af 17765af
Cameroon Radio-TV. Yaounde
4850do
FEBC Radio tnt'I, Philippines
11 850as
FEBA. Mahe, Seychelles
9590as 11865as
491500
Radio 1, Accra. Ghana 1
Radio 2, Accra. Ghana
7295do
Radio Beijing, China
7405am
BBC London, England
5975va 7325va
12095va 15070va
Radio Beijing, China
4200as 11815as
Radio Jordan. Amman
956071
15350om
Radio Luxembourg
Radio Nigeria, Lagos
4990do 7285do
1500-1530
15001530 sa
15001530
15001550
15001600
15001600
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600
15001600
1500-1600
1500-1600
15001600
15001600
1500-1600
SELECTED PROGRAMS
17575eu
15250as
17745as
11765af
9645as
15395as
11965af
21600af
15330as
9410va
15165as
15001600
15001600
1500-1600
15001600
1500-1600
15001600
15001600
15001600
1530-1540
15301600
1530-1600
1530-1600
1530-1600
1530 1600
1530-1600
1530-1600
15301600
15301600
1545-1600
1545-1600
Fridays
Sundays
1140.
Tuesdays
1515
BBC: A Jolly Good Show. Dave Lee Travis
presents requests. the Record of the Month, and ~.....,..!'""'l'~I
the album char1s.
1515 Radio Beijing: Current Affairs. See M 1115.
1538 Swiss Radio lnt'I: Oaleline. See S 0208.
1540 Radio Beijing: Usleners' LetlerbOx. See S 11 40.
Wednesdays
1515 BBC: As We Forgive (except March 271h: Talk).
See M 2315.
1515 Radio Beijing: Current Affairs. See M 1115.
1530 BBC: Comedy. A series of you guessed It .
comedy programs (except March 27th: Two
Cheers for March, a satlrlcal look at the month Just
past).
1538 Swiss Radio lnt'I: Dateline. See S 0208.
1540 Radio Beijing: Learn lo Speak Chinese. See M
1140.
Thursdays
1515 BBC: Music for a While with Richard Baker.
Classical music with the well-known broadcaster.
1515 Radio Belling: Current Affairs. See M 1115.
1538 Swiss Radio lnl'I: Dateline. See S 0208.
1540 Radio Beijing: Culture In China. See H 1140.
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li@lillf~t11~11im&J111i1tGllimllE:llllll1rMI
1600 UTC
FREQUENCIES
SBC Radio 1, Singapore
5052do 11940do
Malawt B'castlng, Blantyre
3381do
Radio Lesotho, Maseru
4600do
Vatican Radio, Vatican Clly
11715as 15090as 17670as
Radlodlllusion Nalionale de la
6140af
Republlque du Burundi, Bujum bura
Radio Pakistan, Islamabad
1600-1630
13665me 15605me 17555me
17B95af 214BOaf 21530me
16001630
Radio Sofia. Bulgaria
11735af 11640af 15370af
16001630 mtwhf Vatican Radio, Vatican Cllyml
624Beu 7250eu 9645eu
11740eu 1521 Oeu
16001630
Voice of America, Washington
611085 7125as 9645as
9700va 15205va 15395as
1600 1630
Voice of Vietnam, Hanoi
9640eu 12020eu 15010eu
1600-1640
UAE Radio, Dubai,
15320af 15435eu 21605eu
Unlled Arab Emirates
16001650
Deutsche Welle, Koln, Germany 6170as 7225as 9615as
11 785as 15105as 15240as
15595as 1 7995as
1600-1700
BSKSA Saudi Arabia
9705eu 9720eu
1600-1700
Radio 1. Accra. Ghana1
4915do
Radio 2, Accra, Ghana
1600-1700
7295do
Radio Beijing, China
1600-1700
4130at 9570at 1511Oat
15130af
1600-1700
BBC London, England
5975va 7325va 9410va
12095va 1 5070va
1600-1700
Radio Jordan. Amman
9560??
16001605
16001610
16001610
16001610
1600-1615 sa
PROGRAMS
Sundays
1600 Radio Norway lnl'I: Norway TOday. See S
0100.
1615 BBC: Feature (except March 3rd : The Jews of
Eastern Europe). See S 0230.
1615 Radio Beijing: China Anthology. See s 1115.
1625 Radio Beijing: Music Album. See S 11 25.
1630 Radio Netherlands: Happy Station. See S
1130.
1640 Radio Beijing: Listeners' Letterbox. See S
1140.
1645 BBC: Leiter from America. See S 0545.
1600-1700
R. Korea, Seoul, South Korea
59750 m 9870af
1600-1700
Radio Luxembourg
15350om
1600-1700
Radio Nigeria, Lagos
4990do
1600-1700
Radio RSA. South Alrlca
7230at 1521 Oaf
16001700
Radio Tanzania. Dar es Salaam 5985af 9684af
16001 700
Radio Zambia lnl'I. Lusaka1
9505af 11880af
1600-1700
SLBS, Freetown. Sierra Leone 3316do 5960do
1600-1700
Sri Lanka B'casling Corp.
6075as 9720as
1600-1700 mlwhf Tristan Radio, Tristan da Cunha 3290do
1600-1700
Voice of America. Washington
9575af 11920af
155BOaf 17BOOar
1600-1700 mtwhf Voice of Kenya. Nairobi
4934do
1600-1700
Voice of Nigeria. Lagos
7255af
1610-1615 mtwhf Radio Botswana. Gaborone
7255a1
5955af
1615-1630 s
RadiOdllluslon Nationate de ta 6140af
Republique du Burundi, Bujumbura
1615-1630 mh
Radio Budapest. Hungary
7220eu 9585eu
11910eu 15160eu
1615-1700
Swiss Radio lnl'I, Bern 1
11955eu
1630-1700
Radio Cairo, Egypt
15255af
1630-1700 mtwhf RTV Morocco. Rabal
15335af 15360a1
1630-1 700
Voice of America, Washington
6110as 7125as
9700va 9760va
15205va 15245va
Tuesdays
1615 BBC: Omnibus. A half-hour program on
practically any topic.
1615 Radio Beijing: Current AHairs. See M 1115.
1637 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
15410at
21625af
9835eu
15220eu
17595af
9645as
11710va
1539585
Thursdays
1615 BBC: Assignment. See H 0230.
1615Radlo Beijing: Current AHairs. See M 1115.
1637 Radio Netherlands: Newsllne. See S 0037.
1640 Radio Beijing: Cullure in China See H 1140.
1645 BBC: The World TOday. See M 1645.
1652 Radio Netherlands: Media Network. See H
1152.
Fridays
Mondays
1615 BBC: New Ideas. A look at new prOducts and
technological developments.
1615 Radio Beijing: Current Attalrs. See M 1115.
1635 BBC: Give Us Our Daily Bread. Program
details not available at press time.
1637 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
1640 Radio Beijing: Loam to Speak Chinese. See M
1140.
1645 BBC: The World TOday. News analysis on a
selected location or event in the news.
1652 Radio Netherlands: The Research File. See M
1152.
15270af
11765af
17B95af
Saturdays
Wed nesdays
1615 BBC: On Stage. See T 0630.
1615 Radio Beijing: Current AHalrs. See M 1115.
1637 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0037.
1640 Radio Beijing: Learn to Speak Chinese. See
M 1140.
1645 BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.
1652 Radio Netherlands: Fealure. See W 1152.
March 1991
77
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1700 UTC
FREQUENCIES
1700-1705
1700-17 10
1700-1725
1700-1728
1700-1730
1700-1730
1700-1730
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1600
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
7295do
4000do
6020af 15570af
3316do 5980do
9560??
6075as 9720as
3980va 6040va 6110as
712585 964585 9700va
9760va 15205va 15395as
9705eu 9720eu
8260af
15270at
11 765af
17895at
17815at
9977va
1700-1600
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1600
1700-1 600
1706-1800
1715-1730
1715-1800
1728-1800
1730-1745
1730-1745
1730-1800
1730-1800
1730-1800
1730-1800
1740-1800
1745-1800
1745-1800
1800 UTC
FREQUENCIES
1800-1810
Malawi B'casttng, Blantyre
3381do
1600-1830
Radio Cairo, Egypt
15255af
1800- 1830
Radio Sweden, Stockholm
6065va 9655va
RTV Congolalse, Brazzaville 1
1800- 1830
3265af 4765at
1800-1830
Voice of Vietnam. Hanoi
98409 u 12020eu
1800-1840 w
Radio Bertoua, Cameroon
4750do
1800-1645 mtwhra Radio Douala. Cameroon
4795do
1800-1900
All India Radio. Deihl
11935af
1800-1900
B'casllng Service of the
9705eu 9720eu
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Riyad
1600-1900
Cameroon Radio-TV, Yaounde 4850do
Radio 1, Accra. Ghana 1
1800-1900
4915do
1800-1900
Radio 2, Accra. Gnana
7295do
1600-1900
Radio Africa. Equatorial Guinea 7190af
Radio Luxem bourg
1600-1900
153500 m
1800-1900
Ra<lio Mozambique. Maputo
3265af 4855af
1800-1900
BBC London. England
5975va 7325va
12095va 15070va
1800-1900 srntwhf Radio New Zealand lnt'I
15130pa
18001900
Radio Nigeria, Lagos
3326do 4990do
Radio Tanzania, oar es Salaam 5985af 9684af
1800- 1900
Radio Zambia lnt'I. Lusaka 1
1800-1900
9505af 11880af
1600-1900
SLBS, Freetown, Sierra Leone 3316do
1800-1900
Voice of America, Washinglon
9575ar 11920af
15580ar 17800af
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1800-1900
11900va
15010eu
9618at
94 10va
17885va
11765af
17895af
15410af
21625af
1900 UTC
FREQUENCIES
1900-1915
1900-1925
1900-1930
1900-1930
1900-1930
1900-1930
1900-1945
1900-1950
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
11765af
17605ar
9520eu
11910eu
15370at
1501 Oeu
1181 Oar
15390ar
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1900-2000
1910-1915
1920-1930
1930-1940
1930-1940
1930-2000
11515af
17895ar
1930-2000
1930-2000
1930-2000
1930-2000
1935.1955
1935-1945
1940-2000
1945-2000
1950-2000
9720eu
9575af
15580af
BBC London, England
5975va
12095va
Voice or America, Washington
6040va
9700va
11870as
mtwhr Voice or Kenya, Nairobi
4934do
Voice or Nigeria, Lagos
7255af
Radio Bol swana, Gaborone
33568 r
Radio Buea, Cameroon 1
3970do
Radio Austria lnt'I, Vienna
5945eu
13708 r
irr
Radio Burkina. Burkina Faso
4815af
Radio Budapest, Hungary
6110eu
9585eu
Radio Romania lnl'I, Bucharest 5990eu
Radio Sofia, Bulgaria
6070eu
Radio Sweden, Stockholm
6065va
Voice or the Islamic Republic
6030eu
or Iran, Tehran
RAI, Rome, llaly
7275eu
ATV Togo, lome
5047 8 r
smwha Ulaanbaator Radio, Mongolia
11850eu
mwf
Tristan Radio, Tristan da Cunha 3290do
Sudan Nat'I B'castlng Corp.
9540do
15120eu
11920at
17800at
7325va
15070va
6180va
9760va
15180as
1541081
21625at
9410va
17885v8
9525as
1171Ova
15205va
6155eu 1201Orne
7230af
7220eu 9520eu
9835eu 11910eu
7195eu 9690eu
7155eu 15370eu
7265va
9022eu
971Oeu 11BOOeu
1201 Seu
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2000 UTC
FREQUENCIES
Malawi B'casllng, Blantyre
20002010 w
2000-2010 mlwhf Voice of Kenya. Nairobi
20002010 smwha Ulaanbaalar Radio. Mongolia
Kol Israel, Jerusalem
20002030
20002030
20002030
20002030
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002 100
20002100
2000-2100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
3381do
4934do
11850eu 12015eu
7465na 9435na
11630af
Radio Romania lnl'I. Bucharest 5990eu 7195eu
Swiss Radio lnl'I, Bern 1
3985eu 6165eu
Voice of Nigeria, Lagos
7255af
B'casting Service of the
9705eu 9720eu
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Riyad
King of Hope, Lebanon
6280me
Radio 1. Accra. Ghana1
4915do
Radio 2. Accra. Ghana
7295do
Radio Africa. Equatorial Guinea 7190af
Radio Beijing. China
9440af 11715af
Radio Beijing, China
4130eu 8260eu
11500eu
BBC London, England
5975va 7325va
12095va 15070va
Radio Havana Cuba
11850eu 15435eu
Radio Luxembourg
153500 m
sm1whf Radio New Zealand lnl'I
15130pa
Radio Nigeria, Lagos
3326do 4990do
Radio Pyongyang, North Korea 9345va 9640va
Radio Zambia lnl'I, Lusaka 1
s
9505af 11880af
11605na
9690eu
9535eu
20002100
2000-2100 mwf
20002100
20002100
20002100
20052100
20102100 sa
2015-2030
20152045 sth
1511 0af
9920eu
94Hlva
17885va
20252045
20302100
20302100
20302100
20302100
20452100
20502100
9977va
17895af
2100 UTC
FREQUENCIES
2 1002 105
Radio Damascus. Syria
2 1002 110
Malawi B'castlng, Blantyre
2 1002110
Valican Radio, Vatican Clly
21002 111 smtwhf Radio New Zealand lnl'I
21002125
Radio Netherlands, Hllversum
21002130
King of Hope, Lebanon
2100-2130
Radio Budapest, Hungary
21002130
21002130
21002130
21002150
2100-2200
21002200
2100-2200
2100-2200
21002200
21002200
21002200
21002200
21002200
21002200
21002200
21002200 mwf
80
12085na 15095na
3381do
6248eu 7250eu
15130pa
9895ar 11 660af
6280me
611 Oeu 7220eu
9585eu 9835eu
Radio Romania lnl'I. Bucharest 5990eu 61050 u
7195eu 9690eu
Swiss Radio lnl'I. Bern
12035af 13635af
Valican Radio. Vatican Clly
17710af 17730af
Deutsche Welle, Koln, Germany 9760as 9765as
13780as 15350as
Radio 1. Accra, Ghana1
4915do
Radio 2. Accra. Ghana
7295do
Radio Africa, Equatorial Guinea 7190af
Radio Baghdad, Iraq
13660eu
Radio Beijing, China
4130eu 9920eu
Radio Cairo, Egypt
15375af
Radio Luxembourg
153500 m
Radio Naclonal de Angola, Luanda 3355a~535af
Radio Nigeria, Lagos
3326do 4990do
Radio Zambia lnl'I. Lusaka1
9505af 11880ar
SLBS, Freetown. Sierra Leone 3316do
Tristan Radio, Tristan da Cunha 3290do
March 1991
13700af
9520eu
11910eu
7105eu
155258 f
21650af
11785as
11 500eu
21002200
2100-2200
21002200
21002200
21002200
21102200
2111 2200
21152200
21152130
21302145
2130-2200
21302200
21452200
17895af
MONITORING TIMES
1~~2111~-,~~.1
2200 UTC
FREQUENCIES
2200-2210
2200-2210
2200-2215
2200-221 5
2200-2225
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2200-2230
2200-2230
2200-2245
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
4000do
12085na 15095na
4850na
9505at 11 880at 17895ar
5910eu 9925eu 15515af
5990as 9710as 1180085
741 2eu 9665eu 9910eu
11620eu 11715eu 15265eu
3985eu
Radio Beijing, China
Radio Republlk Indonesia Kupang 3385do
4805do
a
6065va
Radio Sweden, Stockholm
Voice of the UAE, Abu Dhabi
9600?? 11 985?? 13605??
United Arab Emirates
Radio Cairo, Egypt
9900eu
DZAS, Metro-Manila, Philippines1 6030do
Radio 1, Accra, Ghana1
491 5do
Radio 2, Accra, Ghana
7295do
sa
Radio Alrtca, Equatorial Guinea 7190at
Radio Baghdad, Iraq
13660eu
Radio Havana Cuba
7215eu
Radio Luxembourg
153500 m
smtwhf Radio New Zealand lnt'I
17770pa
Radio Nigeria, Lagos
3326do 4990do
smtwha RTV Malaysia, Radio 4
7295do
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2205-2300
2230-2300
2230-2300
2230-2300
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Lawrence Magne
Editor-in- Ch ief
Passport to World Ban d Radio
Grundig's COSMOPOLIT
Worldband Cassette Recorder
Not so. T here a rc a
number of "boom box"
recorders a nd the like out
there with some crude
coverage of the shortwave
spectrum. But there's
hardly any halfway serious
world band radios available with recorders bu ilt
in.
Grundig Alleviates
Receiver Shortage
Rudio Shack says it will be a nother three
months befo re they will have restocked their
stores, and it will probably be anothe r couple
of months before Sangeans begin to reappear,
as well. Sony hasn't a nswered ou r calls or
faxes, but presumably their models will be a
while in coming, too.
H owever, in all this there arc some
solutions. Gru ndig has announced that they're
importing all models except their Satcllit 650
via Emery A ir Express, so they arc able to
keep dealers well stocked with radios.
Only Worldband
Cassette Recorder Available
O ne of these models is the Gru ndig
Cosmopolit, a S249.95 worldband cassette
recorder (WCR). Over half Nort h American
households own a video cassette recorder
(VC R). So you 'd think th at wit h world band
radio sa les tnking off like a rocket there wou ld
be a nu mber of worldbun d cassette recorders
fr om which to choose.
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Scanner Boosters:
The Trap
The best way to make a weak signu l
stronger is with a preamp, right? WRONG -unless you arc located way out in the boonies
and the strongest signal is a McDonald's
o rder window. If you arc like the majority of
scanner owners, you have a number of loca l
repeaters, and prcamps can cause more
headaches than they can cure.
Start by select ing the best antenna and
coaxial cable you can find a nd mo unt th ;it
antenna high and clear. lf signals arc still
weak, then consider a preamp. If most signnls
are very st rong, you do n't want a preamp!
You may a lready be suffering from strong
signal overload and hnven't recognized the
symptoms.
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sa me time on one frequency'! Do you hear
TV or broadcast Fl'vl voices or music where
you should be hearing two-way r.idio? Do
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We have all heard that the best place to
pu t a preamp is right at the anten na, not at
the scanner. Th is is theoretically true, but is
not always necessary. The advantage of such
placement is that it helps to overcome signalabsorbing losses in the coax line by boosting
the weak signa ls above the level at wh ich the
coax loss would make them unintelligible.
But if we use low-loss cable, especially in
short runs, mast mounting is unnecessary.
For example, even at 900 MHz, Belden 99 13
coax offers only 2 dB loss a nd the popular
TV RG-6/U only 3.S dB for SO feet of cable;
only the most barely-perceptible signals
would experience some audible loss. At
lower frequencies the loss is substantially
less; no signal degradation would be heard.
Wit h lossier cables or longer lengths, a
mast-mounted preamp makes sense, but they
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MONITORING Tl1'v!ES
March 1991
91
demaw-'s w-orkbench
Doug DeMaw
Build a Multipurpose
Broadband Amplifier
It is said that good things come in small
packages. Certai nly, this can be a
misstatement in some cases. When it comes
to small broadband RF preamplifiers, for
example, it's not necessarily true. Have you
been unable to test a particular circu it when
using a scope, only to discover that the signal
level at the circuit sampling point was too low
to provide a meaningful reading on the scope
display? H ow about th ose mini signals that
won't trigger your frequency counter? The
list of these examples is extensive if you arc a
workshop inhabitant.
This <Jrt icle describes a simple, inexpensive preamp that provides 20 dB of gain from
below the standard broadcast band (540-1600
kHz) band through the lower end of the VHF
spectrum. In fact, it exhibits useful gain well
into the VHF region, but the output leve l is
less than across the Oat portion of the normal
3-dB response curve.
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Our 20-dB preamplifier is shown
schematically in Figure l. The circuit at A
may be used if yo u wish to simplify this
project. It differs from circuit B only because
RF chokes arc used in place of broadband
toroidal transforme rs. The RF chokes limit
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March 1991
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Sophisticated Monitoring
UNIVERSAL M-7000
You will observe that the ci rcuits in Figure 1 have shunt and
degenerative feedback . The shu nt feedback is between the collector
and base of each transistor. Some of the energy is fed back lo the
amplifier input. This output energy is 180 degrees out of phase with
the signal applied to the inpu t of the transistor. Self-oscilla tion would
occur if the input and output signals were of the same phase.
The required negative feedback reduces the amplifier gain
somewhat, since part of the output power is used for feedback energy.
Shunt feedback helps to keep the amplifier gain constant across the
design operating range. The lower the operating frequency in MHz,
the lower the stage gain. This also enhances amplifier stability.
The unbypassed 10-ohm emitter resistors at Ql and 02 provide
degenerative feedback. This is done to cause the inputs of O l and 02
to exh ibit a 50-ohm characteristic. Degenerative feedback also causes
a small loss in stage gain -- a worthwhile tradeoff for the good effects
it causes.
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You may cascade four of the Figure 1 amplifier stages to create a
40-dB broadband amplifier. An amplifier gain cont rol may be
included if you wish to vary the gain. This can be done by replacing
the 100-ohm fixed-value emitter resistor for 02 with a 500-ohm
potentiometer.
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If you are monitoring only voice shortwave stations, you are missing
half the action! Thousands of shortwave stations transmit in nonvoice modes such as Morse code, various forms of radio teletype and
FAX. The Universal M-7000 w ill permit you to easily intercept and
decode these transmissions. This is the most sophisticated surveil
lance decoder available. No computer is required. ~the world of
shortwave excitement you have been missing.
UNIVERSAL M-900
For those desiring to copy the basic modes (Morse code, Baudot,
Sitor AJB and FAX), we suggestthe affordable M-900. From $499.95
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2. Installation of RF attenuators on
A crystal calibrator is an absolute necessity
the receiver input
4. Addition of an active AF filter with a ny version of the A rgonaut. YFO tuning
It is absolut ely amazing what lO dl3 and 20 inside the receiver
ca libration shifts several kHz between ba nds,
dB attenuators ca n do on a crowdcd band like
40 meters. Unu sual ly high signal levels c:1n
actua lly degrade receiver performance
dramatically. A1tenuat ion of these signals will
allow the receiver to perform ,c ry well under
crowded band conditions and restore a bit of
dynamic range to the receiver.
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111odijied Argo11m11 509 that will Ii old its 011111 i11 a
chip inside the radio.
Referring to thcARRL I la11dbook, Ch 29, pg
29-4, shows a quick a nd dirty hook-up for the
famous Curtis 8044 keyer-on-a-chip. T his is an
ideal chip for use in t he Argo. It can be powered
from the regu lated 9 VDC source inside the
radio. C onnections are straight forwa rd with
the normal keyingjack replaced by a ste reo jack
wired for dot a nd dash paddle contacts. Output
is taken (via a keying transistor and/ or relay
combo) to the keying li ne inside the Argo.
A nother possibility is the Super CMOS
memory keyer detailed in t he Nov. '90 issue of
QST. This is a one-chip contest keycr that uses
digital input fro m the paddles to control a ll
fu nct ions of the keyer inclu ding speed, tune-up,
sidetone, etc. Either keyer can be mount ed on
the underside of the chassis and wired into the
necessa ry voltages.
MONITORIN G T IM ES
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antenna topics
Ma Bell's Contribution:
Another piece of "bait" for your alligator
which is reported to be a good "easy" antenna
is connecting to the metal finger-stop on your
telephone dial. I don't know if Ma Bell would
approve, but I expect she wouldn't mind.
However, don't connect directly to the
telephone wires: this is dangerous from a
couple of electrical perspectives, could cause
problems on the phone line, and is probably
illegal.
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A All receivers-scanner, shortwave, TV, CB, A Years ago there were such devices, dimple A Using AM mode, all unclassified Space
mobile telephone or hi-fi-operatc on the
basic supcrheterodyne principle: an incoming
radio signal is mixed with a signal generated
by the receiver's own osci llator for further
processing.
According to Cincinnati Microwave,
manufacturer of the famous Passport and
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Questions or tips ~nl to Ask Bob, c/o M1: are printed in this column as spaa permits. If
you desm a prompt, pusonaJ rt!ply, mail your question along with a ~lf~d. stamped
envelope (no telephone c.alls, pk~) in care of M1:
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Most major international broa dcasters-VOA, BBC, Radio !'vioscow and so forth--still
maint ain their old sho rtwave SSB feeder links
for backup, but rely primarily on satellite for
their news and featu re feeds.
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and Shortwave Answerbook." $12.95 plus $3 shipping from Grove Enterprises, P.O. Box 98. Brasstown, NC
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LETTERS
cont inued from page 3
years. I mean, no kidding. Raise your hands.
How many or you were fooled? How many
booked flights lo the "worker's paradise" after
hearing a Radio Tirana broadcast?
The bottom line is this: we'll continue to
report on radio. And we'll do the best job we
can. That's been our promise for nearly a
decade. It still is.
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Club/Contact Person
Mar 22-24
Mar 22-24
Apr 57
Apr 6
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Apr 67
Apr 1214
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Apr 13
Apr 14
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Apr 21
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ACE Communications
17
Adva nced Electronic T e chnologies
Airliners
49
9,29,54
Antennas West
57
A sht on ITC
C.Crane Company
11
Cellular Security Group
5
Com mu nicat ions Electronics
21
CO Communications
89
CSRA
23
Datametrics
43
DX Computing
11
DX Radio Supply
3
Eagle's View
91
99
E lectron Process ing
Electronic Equipment Da nk
13
11-Meter Communica tions
99
Excellent Technology
23
Frank lin Video
57
Future Scanning Systems
9
Galaxy Electronics
97
GRE America
79
Grove Ent e rprises
25
Hunt e rdon Aero Publis he rs
45
ICOM America
Cover IV
J & J Enterprises
5
Japan Radfo Company
83
Just Tees'n
47
Kl ingenfuss Publications
35
MilSpec Communica tions
43
M o nitoring Times
91
OPTOclectronics
Cover II, IlI
Pa loma r Engineering
51
Rad io Electronics
71
Softwa re Systems Consulting
41,53
Somerset Engineering
27
Spec-Com
89
Sta n e k
39
The W5YI Group
9,41
17
Tia re Publica t io ns
93
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Closing Comments
Eavesdropping
Recently, MT has been getting considerable press. Associated Press picked up stories
from the Raleigh and Charlotte Obse1ver
where they were followed in rapid progression
by USA Today, the Miami Herald, the Boston
Globe, Londo11 Times and many othe rs. T here
has been a flood of interviews from radio
news and talk shows and even TV magazine
programs like E11te11ainment Tonight, A111e1ica
Tonight, 20/20, Hair/ Copy, PJime Time and
CNN.
The front-page featu re in the Wall Street
Jo11111al piqued the most interest by the press
and the public in monitoring and the issue of
privacy. But it was the intensive interview by
CNN which caused me to review my feelings
about the whole privacy issue.
I am not, by the way, an eavesdropper, a
snoop who spends my idle hours hunting for
titillating telephone conversations. In fact, I
don't; I value the privacy of my neighbors and
know that they honor mine as welJ. Still, the
mail poured in from inquisitive readers.
What are the most vulnerable targets, the
"private" devices which may be overheard by
scanners? Cordless and cellular telephones
and wireless baby monitors head the list,
followed by walkie-talkies, wireless microphones, wireless intercoms, RF intrusion
alarms, radio(fV oscillators and computer
local area networks (IANs).
Crimes as minor as receiving unauthorized
stock tips and credit card numbers a nd as
malignant as murder a nd rape could be
abetted by overhearing the appropriate
conversation. Blackmail, kidnapping, burglary,
assault -- most crimes could have a n
advantage given such readily-accessible information.
One sleazy business called "competitive
intelligence" sells its eavesdropping services to
the highest bidder. Want some information on
a business? T hey know how and where to
listen in. But there are laws.
In 1934 Congress enactcu the Communications Act, a remarkably farsighted piece of
legislation which created the Federal Communications Commission and anticipated monitoring, warning those who do so not to reveal
the cont ents of the messages nor use the
information for personal gain. The law is a
good one; it recognizes the right to private
communications as well as the impossibility of
policing listeners, and it has resulted in
numerous prosecutions of flagran t violators.
On the ot her hand, the Electronic
Commun ications Privacy Act (EC PA) of 1986
is an embarrassing piece of legislation, filled
with contradict ions and inconsistencies,
defying constitu tiona l rights, begging for its
first test case in court. Several attorneys have
offered their services to get this law changed
or even stru ck down.
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