Beam Me Up,

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Talking with the Astronauts

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Vol. 14, No.3

March 1995

BraziHan Voices on Shortwave .................................. 16

by Valter Aguiar
To cove r the enormous expanse of the Brazilian countryside, many
domestic broadcast stations have resorted to shortwave radio to increase
their audience. The side effect of thi s is a delightful challenge for the North
American liste ner to pick up the local sports and music programming of our
neighbor to the south.

Recollections ol the Big Blast .................................... 20

by Louis Shirley

Cover Story

Beaming the
Astronauts into the
aassroom
by Philip Chien

"H

ow do astronauts go to the bathroom in space?" It's one of those

questions we all have, but only children have the courage to ask. This
interaction with children is one of
the reasons the SAREX (Shuttle
Amateur Radio EXperiment) has become so popular with the astronauts;
almost J/4 of them have now obtained their amateur radio licenses.
The capability fo r amateur radio
has also meant the astronauts are
available for amateur contacts-as
time permits-worldwide. This article will show you how to set up a
contact for your local school, or how
to listen in on your scanner to the
shuttle amateurs as they pass overhead. See page 9.

One year ago this month, a gas main in

Edison, Ne w Jersey, ruptured. The ensuing
explosion and fire destroyed not only an apartment complex, but the peace of mind of the
entire nation. With so many agencies invo lved
and the origin of the blast initially unknown , it
resulted in a scanning experience unlike any
other the author has experie nced.

Antenna Season Kick-off:

Elements al Antenna Selection ................................... 26

by Bob Grove
Bob Grove lays to rest some common misconceptions about antenna
theory and perfo rmance.

Put Backbone in Your Dipole ..................................... 28

by Wayne Mishler
ln a dipole, the center connection is the key to it all; he re's how to
construct a connector that is electrically and mechanically sound.

Sixty Minutes in Cairo ............................................ 30

by Chuck Hodell
What would a true DXer do with sixty minutes
to spare in an Egypti an hotel? Check out the
shortwave bands, of course!

DEPARTMENTS

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" Move over, Radio Shack PR02035," says reviewer Bob Parnass,
''the Bearcat BC9000X LT, Uni den s
top of the line base scanner, is here
a nd it's a winner." Check ou1 the
performance of this sensibly designed
base scanner on page I 00.
On the other hand , the shortwave
rece iver reviewed this month by Larry
Magne doesn't siand up nearly as well.
Though Sangean receivers have
enjoyed a fine repu1a1ion. Magne says
in recent years they' ve been fall ing
fa r1her behind in term s of perfo rmance, and the SG 789A is no
exce p1ion.

Letters ................................................. 4
Communications .................................. 6
Utility World ...................................... 32
Scanning Report ................................ 36

Beyond UHF

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

Three Short Antennas

Outer Limits ....................................... 92
What's New ...................................... 94
Scanner Equipment .......................... 100

Uniden BC9000XLT

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

Parts Procurement

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

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

QSL Report ........................................ 46
Shortwave Guide ............................... 47
Propagation Charts ............................ 76
Programming Spotlight ....................... 78

Sangean 789A
Computers & Radio .......................... 104

Mouse Power

Understanding Transmitters

VOA' s Talk Radio

Experimenter's Workshop ................. 108

American Bandscan ........................... 80

Books for the DXer

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

PostScripts
High Seas .......................................... 84

KFS Adds VCT

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

Sat-TV for News Hounds

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

DeMaw's Workbench ....................... 106

Tape Recording Volume Control

Antenna Topics ................................ 11 0

Selecting an Antenna

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

SW on a Scanner Antenna
Club Circuit ...................................... 116
Special Events .................................. 117
DX Tests .......................................... 117
Stock Exchange ............................... 118

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LETTERS

The Forgotten Americans

"Thanks for the January issue's feature article on Argentina. It's interesting that the first radio station was probably in Argentina, not in the USA," says
Victor Garcia-Rivera of Fairfield, Ohio.
"As a Latin American, I agree with the
author that too frequently people in the
USA ignore their Latin neighbors and
are more concerned with events in Europe and Asia. United States natives
shou ld note that when they refer to
themselves as 'Americans,' they exclude the millions of people who are also
'Americans.' such as Brazilians, Cubans, and
anyone else who comes from this hemisphere.
"Here are the current winter times and
freque ncies for Radio Marti that you may find
o f interest."
0600- 1200 UTC
6030 kHz
1200- 1400 UTC
9565 kHz
1400-2300 UTC
11930 kHz
1500- 1800 UTC
11740, 11815 kHz
2300-0200 UTC
6010, 9525 kHz
0200-0400 UTC
6030 kHz
0400-0600 UTC
6004 kHz
Thanks, Victor. Since you expressed an
interest in seeing more articles on broadcasting in the "Americas," I know you 'llbe pleased
with the article on Brazil in this issue.

Super-Scanner from the Frozen

North
It' s always a pleasure to hear from John
Musgrove, wintered in Knight Inlet in British
Columbia, Canada (pictured). In the winter
John leaves the cramped quarters of his sailboat for a cabin built on a log raft in a small
tidal-lagoon. A nearby lake is the head-pond
for his 120 watt l 2vdc hydro plant. Last
summer we asked John about his "survival"
gear. Here is what he listed: Lowe HF 150,
PR02006, Realistic CTR-76 tape recorder,
two 6AH gel-cells, a 4-watt solar panel. The
"home-base" has a Larsen 1/4 wave (with
which he says he 's not sati sfi ed) with RG2 l 4
cable for the PR02006. A longwire for SW. A
heavy (transmitting) 1: 1 balun used fo r various dipoles. The "Hydro," a 45 watt solar
panel, and 8D 200+ amp hour deep-cycle
battery.
S ince receiving the Scanner Modification
Handbooks I and fl , John says, "my PR02006
is a s uper-scanner now. The null-meter from
my old RDF is now the center-tuning indicator for the PRO. Sitting on top of my PRO is
my new S me ter-the movement and upper
half of an e l-cheapo 2000 Q/volt multimeter.
To its right is a pair of boxed ex-VU meters
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MONITORING TIMES

March 1995

John Musgrove's winter hideaway, near

Knight's Inlet, British Columbia (seen
from the air), is a beachcombed cabin
with homebrewed VHF and sloping
longwire antennas. His homemade hydro
"cost $18 and lots of scrounging. It 's a
bronze bilge pump from a 1944 diesel
engine-run backwards and hitched
directly to an alternator."

from an old Marantz tape recorder. The left

meter is to be a 12 vdc voltmeter; the right is
a center-tun ing meter. To the right of the readout of the PRO are red and green LEDs 'Carrier On' mod. Looks pre tty- is useful ,
but the green LED is s uperfluous. I'll add to
thi s mod by adding a set-internal on/off switch.
"To the right of the PRO is an Archer FM
preamp. The 120 vac transformer has been
removed and 12 vdc run in. The RF traps are
deleted and RF signals run, via a capacitor,
directly to the amp transistor. Works very
well below 300 MHz.
"My Lowe HF150 sits to the PRO' s le ft,
with a tape-recorder between. The PRO's 455
IF is tapped via a BNC connector on its rear
and can be hitched to the HF150's 50Q antenna jack.
"The squelch has been tightened on the
PRO as per ' Dr. Rigormortis . (Of course,
'cell ' was the firs t mod!) Also the circuitry
' tweaked' on the PRO. All my dissatisfactions with the PRO are gone. ! used to hate the
s loppy squelch; was highl y dissat isfied wi th
its sensitivity: and wanted an 'S' meter.
''M y PR02006 also has an event counter.
Thi s st arted life as a 'Step Counter' on an
exercise machine. It was triggered by a magne t/inductor sensor which reverse biased an
0.005 volt s ignal circu it. Now it 's hitched to
the PRO on a mod of Dr. Rigss 'Event
Counte r' mod. IL reads up to 9990 events.
beeps each event (can be defeated by snipping
a diode). can be sel to run backward. But it has
a flaw! If no events happen in a 5 minute

period it gets bored and shuts off. It's actually

very useful on a busy channel if set at 60 min.
After 60 minutes have passed it beeps for 5
secs and shuts down with the total events
displayed, so you get events per hour.
"The PR0-2006 is keeping me amused . I
hitched it, with the preamp, to the log-periodic yagi and listened to the police channels
from nearly the whole length of Vancouver
Jsland. Right now I'm back to my usual 1/4
wave ground plane. l pick up 'Vancouver
traffi c' (marine). So far, the record for distant
reception of a boat to the south is 104 nautical
miles - to the north 100 nautical miles. Not
bad for 24 watt transmitters."
What else does John do for amusement?
He s re reading the last twelve months of MT!
" Lots of 'meat' in them!" says John.

DXers' Aids Slipping Away?

Kevin Hecht of Devon, PA. suggests that
Harold Bower's unID on 15500 kHz (Dec
p.14) was likely a relay of Dr. Gene Scott's
program via Novosibi rsk, Russia, w hich was
mentioned in Hauser' s Sept col umn , though
not in Passport. He says such stations are
notorious for radical seasonal frequency
changes. ''Magazines and handbooks cannot
hope to be up-to-date because of the tremendous number of changes occurring all of the
time and their production schedules. The fastest way to get up-to-date info remains via DX

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COMMUNICATIONS
Britain 's Royal Mail recently awarded a
contract to CTL Radicom for a computer
based two-way radio system called P.A.T.S ..
The Personal Alarm Terrestrial System, installed in London, gives postal workers greater
safety during their daily rounds.
Unmanned computers at a central dispatch
office interrogate handheld Motorola Select 5
GP300 transceivers periodically throughout
the day. If the postal carrier fails to cli ck on or
respond when interrogated, the system tries a
second contact. If thi s fai ls to elicit the correct
response. Royal Mail security officers are
alerted. The radios also have an alarm button,
as well as voice communications. which allow field workers the ability to communicate
with the di spatch office.
Initi al tests of the system have proved
successful.

Unit 327, Will You Marry Me?

Talk to the Trees

The trees are growing well in Detroit's
Upper Peninsula-perhaps too well. And the
reason has noth ing to do with the old staples
of sun, fresh air and water. The growthsomet imes as much as 50% over normal-has
to do with radio waves. The Navy' s Extra
Low Frequency (ELF) antennas, used to chat
with submarines, apparently are stimulating
faster tree growth.
"We didn ' t really know what would happen,., said Dr. Glenn Mroz of Michigan Technological University in Houghton. "B ut we
fou nd that aspen, red maple, and red pine
grow faster when exposed to ELF' s magnetic
fields." Mroz has been examining the phenomena over a ten year period, watch ing an
area between 50 and 150 meters around the
ELF antennas. The study has collected data
both before and after the grid was installed in
the wooded area.
Mroz says that aspen show up to a 50
percent increase in diameter and red pine up to
ten percent. Scientists are stumped as lo why
the low freque ncy radio waves stimul ate tree
growth. What it' s doing to people's bodies is
unknown . The Upper Pe ninsula' s 56-miles of
ELF antennas were in stalled in 1989 amid
much concern for human health and e nvironme111al impact.

Neither Rain Nor Sleet...

Postal workers are known for
theirability to get the mail through,
no matter what the weather or the
obstacles in their path. Increasingly, the obstacles haven' t been
rain or snow, but attacks by
thieves.
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MONITORING TIMES

March 1995

In between answering emergency calls,

Be nsley-Bermuda Volunteer Rescue Squad
member Angela We lls fou nd time to answer a
call of a different type-a marriage proposal.
Fellow rescue squad member James Redmond
was following Wells in another ambulance
when he dec ided the time was right.
Motoring along State Route I 0 in Chesterfield County, Virginia, Redmond picked up
the mike: " I called Unit 327 and asked them to
switch to Tac 3A. I asked them to put Angela
on, and when she got on I said, Angela, this
is James. Will you marry me?' She didn't say
anything for the longest time."
Angela Wells recalls thinking, ''Oh. my
Lord, this is overtheairandeverybody and his
brother can hear thi s! I kind of sat there and
c ried ... I was sitting there stunned."
After a few anxious moments, Wells replied, but Redmond didn't understand her and
asked for a repeat. "She said yes."
Angela Wells and James Redmond were
married at the Second Baptist
Church in Chester. and
Redmond drove his bride
to the reception at the
Beasley-Bermuda Volunteer Rescue Squad station

in the same ambulance from which he proposed.

MurtlerScan I
The wrapping paper was hardly off Donna
McGee's new PR0-2006 scanner when the
first cordless phone conversation tumbled
from the airwaves and into her livi ng room.
"Are you sure you want to go through
with this?" asked a man 's voice. A woman
replied that she was. " Do you really love me
e nough to kill for me?" asked the woman.
"Yes, I do," said the man calmly. " Do you
have any doubts?" The couple then talked
about entry points and how the man could
best enter the home and murder the woman 's
husband.
McGee and her fami ly, who were listening, eventually recognized the identity of the
callers. Jacqueline Lee Greene, 32, and Christopher Davis, 21, were arrested and charged
with conspiracy to murder Greene 's husband. James Kenneth Greene. The Sheriff' s
Department also c harged Davis with criminal attempt to commit murder.
" It appears their moti ve was to collect the
insurance money and get out of debt. and for
them to continue their lives together," said
Sheriff s Captain Joe Ball. There was nothing illegal in McGee's interception of the
cordless conversation, according to Ball ,
"because it was a random scanning."

MurtlerScan II

COMMUNICATIONS
repeater to make calls to 1-900 sex numbers.
4 16.250 MHz has bee n heard, with users
making the phones patches by g iving the ir
name and credit card in formation to the receiver w ho is making the hook- up. Radio
Monitors of Maryland reports that a few li ste ners have taped these illic it conversations.
which are apparently taking place without
command approval.

FCC Sues for 3 Million

The FCC has noti fied Cente l Cellular of
North Carolina Limited Partnership of an
apparent liability for forfeiture in the a mount
o f $3,000.000 for vio latin g three of the
Commission's rules govern ing tower constructi on, lighting, and marking.
Reportedly, Cente l did not noti fy the FAA
before constructing an antenna structure
that pe netrated the air safety zone of
Greensboro/Piedmont Triad International Airport. Neither did it obtain
FAA approval for the tower construction nor provide the required safety
lighting on the tower.
"We conside r these violations extreme ly serious because of the potent ial
danger to aviation," says the FCC Notice.
'Our concern in thi s instance is heightened
because it appears that the licensee was negligent in preparing to construct thi s tower. We
re ly on the dil igence of our licensees and we
cannot counte nance such a fa ilure."

FCC Sued for 2. 9 Million

A Los Angeles area two-way radio dealer
and SMR operator is suing three employees
of the FCC s Private Radio Bureau for violations under the Fourth. Fift h. and Eighth
Amendments . The complaint by James A.
Kay, Jr. alleges that W. Ril ey Hollingsworth
of the Bure au 's Licensing Divis ion fai led to
act on his license appl icati ons and related
pe titions.
Kay claims that Hol lingsworth dismi ssed
22 of his applications and fai led to take timely
action on hi s petitions. while others w ith
later-fi led applications were treated sat isfactori ly. The complaint also c harges Te rry L.
Fishe l of the Land Mobile Branch w ith violation of several FCC rules involving proof of
serv ice, ex parte presentations, requi rements
for referring decisions to the full commission
and not attempting to resolve contractual disputes.
The third employee named in the s uit.
Anne Mari e Wypijewski of the Licensing
Di vision. is accused of sending copies of a
letter writte n to Kay by Hollingsworth to s ix

pri vate individuals, violating a federal law.

Kay is asking a federal District Court for
$900 ,000 in consequential damages and $2
million in puniti ve damages.

No Cucumbers Here
Minsk, the private Belarusian television
company, has begun broadcasts to Western
Europe, the European section of the Commonwealth of Independent States, a nd North
America. One of the a ims of the sate llite
broadcasting is to show that Belarus is not a
country of cucumbers. and that we also have
something of which to be proud ," according
to a Radio Minsk report. Earl y observations
showed Min sk TV tran smit ting on the
Gori zont sate llite at 11 degrees West, transponder freque ncy 1525 M Hz.

Ariane, Down in Flames

France Inte r Radio in Paris reported that an
Ariane rocket launc hed fro m Kourou crashed
a quarter of an hour after launch. The rocket,
sent up from the satellite launc hing station in
Fre nch Gui ana. was carrying PanAmSat-3,
whi c h was lost along w ith the rocket. Television Nacional de C hile was one of the services to be carried by the new sate llite, whi ch
would have covered the Americas from the
A nt arctic to Alaska w ith a digitized and encoded signal.

Government at Work
In the 1980" s, an agreeme nt was made
be tween the US and former Sov iet Union to
destroy all chemical weapon stockpiles by
the year 2004. Of course. in typical govern ment fashion, no one bothered to figure out
how or by w hom all this would get done. And
thus begins our journey.
Congress delegated the US Army to ensure that citi zens would be protected from
any hazards associated w ith the storage and
destruction of weapons at e ight US stockpi le
locations. Notifying area residents of a problem fe ll to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), who channe led fund ing ror an a lert and notifi cati on syste m 10

O regon s Emergency Management Agency.

This agency formed the Oregon Chemical
Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program
(CSEPP) in the state's north-central region
near the Umatilla Army Depot.
24,000 residents li ve in the area, a region
of steep-sided hills that pose a problem for
radio communications. TRW has recently
been awarded a contract to design a 160 MHz
UH F syste m for ale rt and notification. Should
a che mical weapo ns accident occur, s ignal s
would be transmitted from emergency dispatch centers to I 0.000 field radios--one in
each household and in schools and hospitals.
The alert would also trigger 42 sirens and
lighted road signs. The system should be
de livered within one year.

Digital Weather Service

CommPower , In corpora te d , of
Camarillo, California, has been awarded
a contract to design digital radio stations
for the National Weather Service. The
first prototype o f the system wi ll be tested
by the end of 1995 at Weather Service
headquarters located in Silver Spring, Maryland .
S ho ul d the sys te m be a ppro ved,
Com mPower holds an option to insta ll up to
two hundred additional systems nationwide
in 1997. The digital stations will include
computer-generated voices, replaced some o f
the scripts read by on-air forecasters and the
abi lity to broadcast e mergency weather information to certain regions using a code.
The new equipment is sorely needed, as
some employees of the Weathe r Service are
using twenty-year-old equipme nt for forecasting.

"Communications" is written by Larry Miller

with he lp from Laura Qaurantie llo, Rachel
Baughn. and the fo llow ing readers who are
me mbers of the Communications Media Monitoring Team: Don Bishop, KS ; Todd Bomer, N.
Baltimore, O H; James T. Brown, Carme l, CA;
Ron Bruckman. MD: Everett Eschen, North
Liberty. IA; R. Johnson, White Deer. PA; Doug
Robertson, Oxnard, CA; Brian Rogers, A llen
Park, MI: David Simpson, UK ; Richard A.
Sklar, Seattle, WA ; Lynn Snyder, Jonesborough.
TN, and Jim Turner, Colorado Springs, CO.
Our best wishes to regular contributor Dr. Ivan
Mesmer. who has accepted the post of director
at Radio Rus in Stavropol, Russia. We also
consulted the following publications and we list
their names in appreciation: BBC Monitoring

Summary ofWorld Broadcasts, National Sca11 11i11g, Radio World and W5YI Reporr.

March 1995

MONITORING TIMES

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has flown over a dozen times and is typically
flyi ng on three or fo ur missions each year .
Approximately one fo urth of the curre nt astronaut corps have obtai ned their amateur
licenses, primarily due to the efforts of astronaut ham Ke n Cameron KB5 AWP .

The Shuttle Goes to School

The popular SA REX experiment is sponsored by NASA ' s Office of Education, and
education is SAREX' s primary purpose. On
each mission several preplanned educational
contacts are schedu led within the crew's
timel ine. The astronaut will use the Motorola
300S transceiver to contact a ham radio operator at the school. S tudents at the school then
ask the astro nauts questions about their mission, experi ments they're working on, or how
they became astronauts. Typically the shuttle
is above the horizon fo r about fi ve to nine
minutes and a dozen or so questions are answered before the shuttle gets o ut of range .
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MONITORING TIMES

ham close to the school. The school is typicall y patched in via a local ham radio repeate r.

Signaling SAREX

Astronaut Bill McArthur KCSACR using the SAR EX ham radio experiment during
the STS-58 mission.
It's an inc redible experience for the students
and teachers at the school, the hams involved,
a nd the astronaut.
O ne of the questions most o ften asked to
astronauts is " How do you go to the bathroom
in space?" and they've been asked it so ofte n
that they don't even blush when they answer!
(For the record: Bob Cabana told one student
"The urine is pumped overboard and the fe cal
matter is stored in containers as part of our
waste control system. with odor and bacterial
fill ers. Whe n we fill up one container we put
another one in and they end up coming back
to Earth.")
Occasiona ll y there are proble ms w ith the
school contac ts. The most common reason
for an unsuccessfu l school contact is the astronaut being needed for some othe r duly on
the shuttle. Since SAREX is a secondary
payload it has lower priority than the mission 's

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primary payload fo r access to the astronaut 's

time. Other reasons for unsuccessfu I contacts
inc lude incorrectly configured equipme nt or
the s hut.tie in a bad attitude with the antenna's
pallern pointed away from the school. The
crew's schedule incl udes time for backup
opportunities in case things don' t go right the
first time. and virtuall y all of the school
contacts are success ful either on the first or
second attempt.
In many cases the primary pay load's orbital requirements w ill resull in a tlight profil e whic h does not make good passes over the
schoo l. The passes may be in the middle of the
night , or the school may be too far north or
south of the fli ght path. In these cases a phone
bridge is used . The shuttle contacts a prearranged ground station , typically in Hawaii.
Texas, or Florida. From there the audio is
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If you want to participate in a SA REX

contact it 's extre mely simple. Just contact a
local school and ta lk to the education coordinator or head of the sc ience de part me nL. It can
be the school you graduated from. the school
your kids go to, or just a school c lose Lo where
you li ve or work. Ask them if they'd be
interested-and it woul d be difficult to get a
negative an swer. The thrill of a successful
contact makes it worth all of the efforl. Teachers have described SAREX contacts as the
most exc iting parts of their professional careers. stude nts are incredibly e nthusiastic
a bou t Lalking to an astronaut in space. and the
hams in volved get great enjoy ment out of
helping out.
Co ntact the Amateur Ra di o Re lay
League s educat ional department and ask for
a SA REX application. T hi s is a simple twopage form w ith basic information on the
school, its location, and your eq uipment.
While you ' re waiting for your application
10 be processed you should get your sc hool
interested in amate ur radio and the space
program. Optional (perhaps ex tra c redit)
ama teu r radio courses are an excellent way to
get kids inte rested in ham radio, and NASA's
education department w ill be g lad to provide
generic materials on the shuttle and its activities. Unfortunately, the ir SAR EX infomiaLion sheet is badly out of date, but it still has
some good information.
A SA REX contact is a high visibility
proj ect which s hows how amateur radio benefi ts the public at large. something which w ill
hope full y be remembered the next Lime some
zoning board wants to restrict outdoor antennas!
Education is the most important purpose
for SA REX. but there is usually a lso time for
the astronaut s to make random contacts
(QSOs) with hams around the world. If an
astronaut has time avai lable he or she can just
pick up the radio and call CQ. For ge neral
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145.550 MHz in the two me ter amateur radio
ba nd. While the transceiver only puts out 2.3
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Making a SAREX random
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The photo shows most of the SAREX hardware in its packet
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and voice configuration during the STS-58 mission. Visible
listen to the 145.55 MHz
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shuttle is in. If you don ' t
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be asleep, the shuttle may
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ers. The public affairs officers will keep you
On missions where there is enough power
apprised of the astronauts' s wake/sleep schedand space availabl e additional amate ur radio
ule. Often the NASA Select video shows a
hardware can be carried . A small Heathkit
computer generated map with the shuttle's
HK-2 1 packet TNC is often used, wi th autolocation.
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location is to use a computer tracking program . AMSAT, the Radio Amate ur Satellite
Corporation, sell s inexpensive satellite tracking programs for many di fferent microcomputers. A set of parameters, the Keplerian
e lements, are needed for each object in orbit
which you need to track.
For some passive satellites or the space
shuttle on a microgravity research flight the
Keplerians (or keps) remain relati vely stable
over Jong periods of time and do not need to
be constantly updated. A spacecraft which
performs a lot of maneuvers-li ke the shuttle
on most missions-needs more frequent updates.
Keplerian elements are available from a
variety of sources. During shuttle missions
the latest keps are transmitted on the weekly
shortwave AMSAT nets (S unday 1800-2 100
UT (International) 14.282 MHz US B, T uesday 01 30-0300 UT (USA) 3.840 MHz LSB).
The Goddard Amateur Radio C lub station,
WA3NAN, in Greenbelt. Maryland. carries
SAREX Bulletins and Shuttle Retransmission on 3860 kHz, 7 185 kHz. 14295 kHz,
2 1395 kH z, 28650 kHz and 147.450 MHz
(FM). In addition, keps are available on packet
bulletin boards and via Internet at the anonymous ft p site archive.afit.af.mil in the directory pub/space.
If a ll else fai ls, here are three d ial-in
computer bulletin boards which usually have

TABLE 1: SAREX configurations

SAREX gels to Ayoften becouse ofits Rexibility. If the ovoiloble space is limited or there isn' t
enough spore poweravoiloble from the shuttle,
a minimal ,configurqtion can be flown . which
doesn't require any power from the shuttle: If
more space, crew lime, and other resour<:es Cire
ovoiloble then more s0phislicoted hord...,;cire con
beinduded. Thefollowingore thecurrentSAREX
configura tions.

A.
8
Cc
D
E

voice, pocket, SSTV

voiceonly
voice and pocket
voice, ~ck~t, SSTV, .and FSTV
voice, pockel, SSTV, and FSTV (slightly
different hardware)

All of the configurations use the hondheld

Motorola 3005 radio and o windowmounted
antenna. The pocket configurations odd a
Heathkit HK-21 pocket modem and shore an
IBM laptop computer with the shuttle mission's
other small payloads. SSTV and FSTV configur\llions add a video digitizer, a circuit which
coryverts the shuttle's synchronous video into
normal NTSC composite video, and a small
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TABLE 2: Typical SAREX pass printout

up-to-date ele ments: Celestial BBS, operated
by TS Kelso, can be reached at 205-409-9280.
The Johnson Space Center's BBS is 7 13-2445625. The Marshall Space Flight Center's
Spacelink BBS is 205-895-0028. The Goddard
Space Flight Center's WA 3AN amate ur radio
club opera tes a BBS at 30 1-286-4 137.
WA3AN can also be reached via packet, and
by Internet at:

WA3NAN@GSFC.NASA.GOY.
With most satelli te tracking programs you
ente r your location's lati tude and longitude
which is stored. The Keplerians for the sate llite you are interested in checki ng are either
typed in or loaded fro m a disk fil e. You then
enter a period of time and the computer determines when the spacecraft will be over your
horizon. Depending on the program you may
get a graphic representation, a table, or both.
Table 2 shows a typical set of Keplerain
e lements and a printout for an excelle nt quality pass. Olw iously the longer the shuttle stays
above the horizon and the higher the elevation, the more likely it is that you' ll be able to
make a contact.

This set of predictions was generated on a Macintosh running the shareware Orbitrok program.
Simila r programs ore available for other computers. Orbitrok lets you select which parameters you
want to display and con display the output on the screen, create o printout, or a text file which con
be transferred to a nother program.
The output was created during the STS-58 Spocelob Life Sciences-2 mission in October 1993. The
location was Titusville, Florido, next to the Kennedy Space Center. The catalog number and
International Designation ore catalog va lues assigned to this particular object in space. The period is
the length of time it tokes for the shuttle to make one orbit around the Earth. The Apogee is the highest
point in the shuttle' s orbit and Perigee is the lowest point.
The eight columns in this output show the local time, the Mission Elapsed Time (the a mount of time
since the shuttle's launch) the azimuth and eleva tion for the shuttle once each minute, the shuttle's height
above the Earth, a nd the shuttle's location above the Earth.
This particula r poss lasted eight minutes, starting at 11 :05 om on October 30th. The maximum
elevation is 71.7 degrees, ma king it on excellent overhead poss. The higher the elevation, the less
problems you will hove with objec~ in the way and the longer the satellite will remain in view. For this
poss the shuttle come over the horizon in the southwest and tracked almost overhead. It set in the
northeast.
OrbiTrack Track - 10/ 24/93 1940:34
Station: ................ ......... ....... TITUSVILLE, FL
Satellite: .............. ................ STS 58/ SLS 2
Catalog Number: ................. 22869
Int Des: ....... ..... ......... ........... 1993 065A
Period: ................ ................ 90.02 Min
Apogee: ...... ... .............. ....... 285.58 km 177.45 sm 154.20 nm
Perigee: ......................... ...... 264.75 km 164.51 sm 142.95 nm
Time
EDT
MM/DD/ YY HH:MM:SS

MET
Columbia

Az
Deg

El
Deg

Height North
km
Lat

West
Long

+12d ooh 12m 25s

+ 12d ooh 13m 25s
+ 12d ooh 14m 25s
+1 2d ooh 15m 25s
+12d ooh 16m 25s
+12d ooh 17m 25s
+12d OOh 18m 25s
+12d ooh 19m 25s
+ 12d ooh 20m 25s

300.3
301.1
302.6
306.4
349. 1
108.8
11 4.3
116.0
117.0

0.6
5.1
12.1
26.3
71.7
33.3
14.7
6.7
1.7

260.7
261.3
261.9
262.7
263.4
264.3
265.1
266.0
266.9

97.54
93.17
88.95
84.89
80.97
77.20
73.58
70.08

Equipment and Etiquette

Receiving the shuttle is easy-a simple
rubber-duckie on a handheld transceiver or
scanner can easily receive the signa l. Transmitting a signal to the shuttle is much more
diffi cult-since you' re competing with hu ndreds of other hams trying to get through at the
same time. If you have a beam antenna with a
tracking rotor system, and have experience
with the low altit ude microsats, you' II increase your chances for getting through. On
the other hand, l' vc successfully gotten through
with a 45 watt mobi le rig using a simple omni
whi p. High power is not necessary and it is
considered quite tasteless to attempt to get

10/30/ 93
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through by overpowering other stations.

If the shuttle is in voice mode then choose
one of the upl ink frequencies and transmit
your call sign. It'seasiest if your rad io can be
programmed fort he off-shift frequency combinat ions. Or as an
alt e rn a ti ve _ yo u can use a
handhe ld to liscen to the 145.55
downlink and transmit on a separate higher power radio. Use standard phonetics and state your cal 1
sign clearly. Do NOT call the
shuttle constantly.
After a couple of tries. listen- if the astronauts hear your
call sign they ' ll respond. Transcripts of the flight audio tapes
have many partial call signs or
un intell igible calls. The shutt le
The ultimate in dedication. Wh en you 're an astronaut
is a noisy environment. and statin space and don 't have a notepad handy and your tape
ing your sign clearly will make it
recorder runs out of tape this is how you keep track of
easier for the astronaut to underthe call signs of the hams 0 11 the ground you 've
stand. As a general rule the astroworked- you write them on your leg!
nauts try to talk to as many hams

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35.35
34.04
32.57
30.94
29.17
27.28
25.28
23.18
21.00

66.70

as possible, but if there' s time the astronaut

may talk to individuals for a while. If you hear
the astronaut talking to somebody else. then
wait until they' re finished before continuing
to contact the astronaut.
The shuttle's packet call sign is W5RR.Rl. Your TNC should be in half-duplex mode
(FULLD UP OFF) with CD acti ve just li ke
you do for normal VHF packet operations. If
you can compensate for doppler shi ft, it is
wort h the extra effort. The bandwidt h of the
SAR EX radio is +/-4 kHz; maximu m doppler
is around 3.3 kHz. If you can' t compensate
for doppler. your best chance for contact is
when the shuttle is at peak elevation at your
site.
You shou ld be careful with the setting of
two of your TNC's timers: DW AIT and
FR ACK. DW AIT is the ti me interval after
your Carrier Detect light goes out and before
your transmitter turns on. You want to make
sure your connect requests and AC Ks are
contained in the 3-second FUDtimer window. 1f everybody runs the same OW AIT

(like the typical 0. 1 - 0.5 second values used for terrestrial

packet). then everybody will
be transmitting at the same
time. Pan of the key to your
success when uplink QRM is
heavy is to pi ck a OW AIT that
nobody else is us ing !
FRAC K sets the time interval between your transmi ssions. After you send a fram e.
y our TNC wait s for the
FRACK time, and then waits
for the Carrier Detect signal to
drop, then waits DWAIT, and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev USMIR became the
then tries again. You should first person to fly 011 both the Russian space station Mir
make sure your FRAC K is at and space shuttle wizen h e flew 011 the STS-60 mission.
least 3 seconds so that you are He was able to use ham radio from space 011 all of his
not transm itting when the missions. Here he is using the SAREX rig aboard
robot 's FUDtimerdecides it is Discovery's STS-60 mission while adjusting a camcorder.
time for it to transmit- if you
are transmitting at the same time. you will
station. Graham Ratcliff VKSAGR, is used
miss any packets the shuttle is addressing to
to avoid taking up a pass over the continental
you and you won't have a successful QSO.
U.S. which could be used for rando m QSOs.
The astronaut 's fami ly is patched into the
ground station via a fiber optic phone call
Verifying the Contact
which is connected to the shuttle via amateur
Hams who make special contacts. esperadio. Astronaut Jeff Wi soff told hi s parents
c ially with hams in other countries or unusual
what Australia looked like from an altitude
locations. Like to trade postcards verifying
of 287 mi les during his first spaceflight.
the ir cont acts. These QS L cards are treasured
Some astronauts have commented that with
souvenirs, and ham astronauts will send QSL
SAREX fami ly conferences they have more
postcards to each of the hams they contac t
of a feeling of pri vacy and highe r quality
during the ir missions. If you've contacted an
connections than through the normal shuttle
astronaut-or if you heard a SAR EX tran saudio c ircu it s.
mission-you should send details of your
contact or reception (frequency. time heard.
Looking Ahead
call s ign , your location) to the Amateur Radio
The SA REX program is not static. Plans
Relay League with a self-addressed stamped
enve lope.
are unde rway to design an externa l antenna
wh ich would be mounted within the shuttle s
The astronauts try to keep track of the
hams they contact. but call signs don't a lways
cargo bay. NASA is obtaining a commercial
Motorola radio for communications with the
get recorded. The tape recorder may run out
Russian s pace station Mir. That radio is also
of tape or be incorrectly set up. Some astrocapable of operating within the amateur ranauts have gone to extraordinary e fforts to
dio bands. The team is also looking at a
record call signs w hen they run out of tape
battery-operated packet modem fo r m issions
during a QSO pass. When Bill McArthur
KCSACR didn ' t have a convenie nt notepad
where the amateur equipment cannot use
power from the shuttle.
available he just started writing call signs on
SA REX has been an incredibly successthe palm of hi s hand-and then on hi s leg !
Later he found a note pad to make a more
ful program whic h ha. expanded well bepe rmane nt record of the hams he talked to.
yond what its planners had originally conIt docs take several months to get your
ceived. The astronaut corps are especially
interested in SAREX ' s educational benefits,
QSL card back, so be patient. T ypically the
QSL w ill be a color photo of the astronaut in
and ama te ur radi o operators benefit by participating in the educati onal contac ts as well
orbit with his or her call sign. The QSLs are
as the random contacts. As long as schools
processed by amateur clubs which volunteer
want to use ham radio from space as pan of
their time and resources.
the ir educational programs, SAR EX will conDuring SAREX missions each astronaut
tinue to thrive.
gets a call home to their family and friendstypically via Australia. The Australian ground

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razil is quite a large country-almost half of South

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W ith such huge dimensions, it is very diffic ul t to cover the
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growth of tropical and shortwave stations all th rough its territory .
It is true that nowadays there are some traditional stations
leaving sho rtwave. Radio Nacional in Ri o de Janeiro-the most
popular Brazi lian radio station in the I 940's-has recently left
shortwave and so have some o ther broadcasters. There are
others w hich are turning to satellite. as well, like Rad io
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band, especially from the point of view of a fo reign aud ience.

The first impact on the newcomer is the regional diversity.
Local speech varies enormously from statio ns in the South to
North and Northeast regio ns. So do the program contents and
music, although some kinds of music can be heard throughout
the country.
Programs broadcast o n shortwave are usually rebroadcasts
fro m mediumwave radio, apart from a few exceptions. Radio
Cultura in Sao Paulo, for instance, retransmits its FM programs
over the 49 metre band, and MW on the other bands. Radio
Inco nfidencia in Belo Horizonte has specific programs on
shortwave. The vast majority of stati ons, however, rebroadcast
MW programs.
Radio audiences in Brazil, as in other countries, have considerable variations in taste and expectati ons. Even afterthe FM
boom, there is sti ll at least one AM station for each taste. For
example, the listener can find Brazilian MW/SW stations
specializing in each of the following broadcast topics:

 Popular

City, w hich is Radio Aparecida. It is

located in the State of Sao Paulo, in the
ci ty of A parecida, where the image of Our
Lady of Aparecida was found .
Radio A parec ida has fo ur frequencies on
shortwave and is a regular presence fo r
listeners in ma ny parts of the world. It also
has a DX program in Portuguese, called
Encontro DX. broadcast each Saturday at
2200 UTC.
During the past few years, various othe r
religions have widely grown in Brazil, reducing the numberofCatholics (still the maj ority
in the country). Religious (non-Catholic) radio s tations and programs have grown in the
same proportion and can be found all over
the country. ma ny of them on short and
tropical wave.

These are stations with programs of a

more popular appeal, to meet the taste of a
wide numbe r ofl isteners . Their characteristic
is to present light programs, with short in fo rmation content. In Brazil, it is usually said
that these stations are " targeted to the
average maid." It is a preconcei ved idea,
for sure, but these stations are the most
wide ly heard one in the ir regions.

News
Even some popular stations can be good
news sources. The re are, however, stations
speciali zed in news broadcasting, such as
C BN (Central Brasile ira de Noticias-i n
Engli sh, Brazi lian News Centre) in various
state capitals in Brazil. O wned by the Globo
network (the largest T V and radi o network in
Brazil), they broadcast only news 24
hours a day. CBN -Sao Paulo can be
hea rd o n the 3 1 short wave
mete rband.

Country Style

Soccer
Always a Brazilian passion,
soccer is present in a large number o f shortwave broadcasters.
Some people say that the very
quick style of re porting a soccer game by radio wa~ invented
in Brazil. In fact, it has been present
in Brazi lian radio s ince the I 930' s.
It is surely very diffic ult for a fore igner to
unde rstand every word that Brazil ian soccer
speakers say. Here, too, the patient liste ner
can find the regional diffe rences between
speakers in Brazil.
Differences go far beyond pronunc iation
and style ! Most radio stations transm it o ne
gameat a time. In the State of Rio Grande do
Sul. however, the re are two major socce r
teams-G re mioand Internacional. They usuall y play different games, in different places.
but at the same time. Radio Gm1cha and Radio
Guafba in Porto Alegre let us have the c hance
or hearing reports of both games simultaneous ly !
If you have some know ledge of Portuguese. it will be very interesti ng. too. to
compare Brazili a n soccer reports with those
presented on shortwave by RDP in Portugal.
They are complete ly different!

Religious
Brazil has always been a predomi nantly
Catholic count ry and has one of the largest
Catho lic radio stations outside Vatican

i ' .. ,~

Country music is present in all "'popular" radio stations, especially those fro m small
towns in the countrys ide of Sao Paulo, Minas
Gernis and other states . They have very characteristic programs with Brazilian country
music-which is of course quite distinct from
that heard in the USA.
In fact, there are two kinds of country
mus ic. The fi rst one is more traditional and
fo ll ows the same pattern o f many years ago.
Some people call it "the real Brazilian country music." To listen to thi s. tune in to Rad io
Di fu sora de P o~os d e Ca ld as . R ad io
Congonhas or to Rad io Aparec ida on Saturdays, short ly before Encontro DX. am ong
many others.
Some years ago, Brazil had a country
music "boom." It became much more
popular among the urban populatio n and
sta rted to d iffer from that heard in the
countrys ide. Instrume nts have been

Correspondence and QSL's

Arc you a QS L hunter? This is sometimes the most diffic ult part of hearing
Brazi lian radi o stations. Some stations
do have QSL cards, but most will reply to
you in non-technical, o fte n incomplete,
acknowledgeme nt lette rs in Portuguese.
Prepared cards are a good idea to get
complete verificatio ns, but this does not
have the taste of receiving a personal lette r
fro m a station, though incomple te as a QS L.
It is up to each li stene r to decide on which
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should be the preferred way of getting in

touch.
Portuguese should be used whenever possible. Spanish may be the next best option, but
avoid using English. especially outside state
capital cities. Report forms in Portuguese arc
available from man y sources and this seems to
be a good option for those who do not have a
command of the language. It is often easier to
receive a verification from smaller stations in
the countrys ide than from large broadcasters
in state capital cities, wh ich receive a huge
amount of mail every day.
As for regional stations all over the world.
technical terms should also be avoided as
much as possible. Try to be as spec ific as your
language command permits. Whi le collecting
program data for reporting. try to include as
many Portu guese words as you can.
Since most stat ions are commercial, some
advertisements can be included. In tropical
wave stat ions, it is more common to hear local
advertisements for the tow n's butcher, car
seller, and the like. But try to identify ads from
the major announcers in Brazil, li ke A ntarctica (beer), Bradesco (bank), Brahma Chopp
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venisers well-known to the A merican audience, like Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Mc Donald 's (in
larger cities), etc.
Return postage should always be inc luded
wi th reports. Brazil ian inflation rate may
sometimes be under control. but the last years
have shown frequent inc reases in postage
costs. A few months ago, posta l costs increased on a dai ly basis!
Typica ll y, a single 20 g ordinary letter
sent by airmail to any fore ign country costs
around US$ 1.00. Be careful when including
US notes with your reports. by ensuring they
cannot be seen from outside the e nvelope.
Reg istered mail is recommended.
To overcome the in flation proble m. the
Brazili an post has introduced a stam p w ith no
va lue, va li d for a 20 g airmail letter to abroad.
The Universal Postal Union had in the past

forbidden the use of such stamps. but they are

now approved and can be a good solution for
those li steners who do not wish to include US
dollar notes with the ir reports.
International Repl y Coupons are accepted
in major cities. but might be discarded in
s maller towns, as in most parts of Latin
America.
For all the above reasons-and many
more-it is indeed a very interest ing c hallenge to listen to shortwave stations from
Braz il. Table I provides a list of some of the
available stati ons. from both capital cities and
smaller towns. with their frequencies and
addresses. Identificat ion words change so
often in most stations that we decided not to
include them. bu t just thei r program styles.
So ... direct your antenna to the South, and
good listeni ng!

TABLE 1 : Brazilian Stations on the Tropical and Short Waves

RAdio Apa111clda (ieilglous, popular)
SWITW f111quencles: 5035, 5135, 9630 and 11855 lcltt
Add111u: Av. Getulio Vargas, 185
12570000 Aperecida/SP Brazil
RAdlo Bandelrantes (news, aocoer, popular)
SW lnlqueaclea: 6090, 9645and11925 kHz
Address: Rua Radlantas, 13
05699900 Slo Paulo/SP B111zil

Address: Rua Ridlo e 1V Galicha, 109

90859-900 Porto Al1;111/RS Brazll

f\tdlo Congonhes (rellglous, country music)

TW trequency: 4TI5 kHz
Address: Pra~a da Baslllca, 130
36404000 Congonhas/MG Brazil

Rildlo Gauta (popular, soccer)

SW f111quencles: 5965 and 968$ kHz Add111ss: Av. Paullsta, 900
01310100 Slo Paulo/SP Brazlt
R6dlo Gualba (news, Ona music, soccer)
SW frequen cies: 6000 and 11785 kllz
Addresi: Rua CaldH Jlinlor, 219
90019-900 Pono Aleg111/RS Brazil

RAdlo Cultura (popular, soccer)

TW flllquency: 3365 kHz
Address: Av. Eapanha, 284
14801130 Araraquara/SP Brazil

RAdlo Bare (popular, soccer)

TW l111quency: 4895 kHz
Address: Av. Santa Cruz Machado, 170
69078000 Manaus/AM Brazil

Radio Cultura (Brazilian popular music and news)

SW l111quencln: 9615 and 17815 kHz
Ra-transmlsBlon ot fM br111dcam: 6170 kHz (classical music)
Address: Rua Cenno Sbrighl, 378
05036-900 Slo Pa.ulo/SP Brazll

RAdlo B111sil (popular, soccer)

TW lraquency: 4785 kHz
Address: Av. Benjamin Constant, 1214 5.o andar
131110141 camplnaS/SP Brazil

Radio Cultura Flumlnense (soccer, popular)

TW f111quency: 4955 kHz
Address: Av. Alair Ferreira, 201
28022-000 Campos dos GollacazetJRJ Brazil

R!dlo B111sil Central (popular, socur)

SWITW t111quencles: 4985 and 11815 kHz
Addl!ISS: Av. Presldenta Cosla e Sliva Jardlm Bela Vista
74853020 GolanlaJGO Brazil

R6dlo Record (popular, soccer)

SW trequencles: 6150, 9505, 11965 and 15135 kHz
Addren: Av. Mlnlna, 713
04099900 Slo Paulo/SP Bmll

R6dlo Dlfusora (popular. soccei)

TW f111quency: 4925 kllz
Addren: Rua Dr. Souza Alves, 960
12020-030 Taubat6/SP Bra2ll

Radio Clube (popular, soccer)

TW trequency: 3235 kHz
Add111ss: Rua Paes Lema, 20
17500-150 Marilla/SP Brazil

R6dlo Reloglo Federal (time pi1J$, news, curio1Hies)

TW frequency: 4905 kHz
Address: Av. Presldente Vargas, 409 22.o andar
20071003 Rio de Janelro/RJ Brazil

R4dlo Educe~lo Rural (popular)

TW frequency: 4755 kHz
Address: Av. Malo Grosso, 530
79002906 Campo Grande/MS Brazil

R6dlo Clube (popular)

TW flllquency: 3245 kltz
Address: Caixa Poslal 102
37002-970 varvlnha/SP Brazil

R6dlo Uolverie (111llglous)

SW frequencies: 6060, 9565and11905 kllz
Address: Rua Sen. Alencar Guimaraes, 97 5.o andar
8001D-070 Curitiba/PR Brazll

R6dio Galicha (news. soccer)

SW frequencies: 6020and11915 kHz

RAdlo Clube Paranaense (soccer, popular, news)

SW trequencles: 6040, 9725 and 11935 kHz

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Ridlo Novas da Paz (religious)

SW frequency: 6080 and 9515 kHz
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82510000 Cu~tlba/PR Brazil

R4dlo Dlfusora (popular, soccer)

TW frequency: 4945 kllz
Address: Av. Francisco Sallas, 96
3TI01013 Po~os de Caldal/MG Brazll

R1dlo CBN Central Brasllelre de Notlcias (news 24 houri)

SW flllquency: 9585 kHz
Address: Rua des Palmelras, 315
01288-900 Sia Paulo/SP Brazil

R6dlo lnconfldencla (news, popular, socmt

SW frequencies: 6010and16170 kHz
Addms: Calla PllS!al 1027
3()161-970 Balo Horlzonte/MG Brazlt

Rildlo Naclonal da Anmonla (popular, soccer)

SW trequencles: 6180, 11780, 15200 and 15445 kHz
Addrass: CLAN 702/703, Bloco B 16/18
70323900 Brasllla/DF Brazil

R4dlo Dltusora (popular)

TW frequency: 4795 kHz
Address: Caixa Poslal 18
792111970 Aquldauana/MS Brazil

R!dlo Can~ao Nova (reilgloua)

SWFTW trequencles: 4825, 6105, 9675and11940 kHz
Address: Celta PoS!al 57
2630--000 Cachoeira Paullstll/SP Brazil

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Recollections of the

One year ago, a ruptured gas

main in Edison, New Jersey,
produced an explosion which
killed one person, injured more
than 100 and sent thousands
fieeing for their lives as their
apartments burned to the
ground behind them. While

l dead, 100 injured,

35 are still missing

newspapers in the area covered

the horror and the loss that
resulted from the explosion,
scanner listeners sometimes were
privy to another perspective on
the event. Because, for whatever
else it might have been, this was a
major monitoring event.

By Louis Shirley

t was Marc h 25, 1994. The fire had been so intense that IO hours
late r the Searc h and Rescue teams (SAR ) couldn' t let their dogs
searc h because of the heat sti ll radiating from the ground. I
overheard it said the te mperature had reached 2000 degree!>. O ne
e ngineer said it would take days to fi gure out how many cubic f cct of
gas was burned during the 2- 1/2 hours it took for worke rs to manually
close the valve on the 36 inch di ameter natural gas line.

20

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The bl ast left a crater 50 foot deep by 120 by 60 wide. Eight apanmcnt
buildings were prac tically vaporized. Incredibly. out of 1500 rcsidents, only one death resulted- a woman w ho s uffered a heart attack
while neeing the fire.
Soot from the fire was found I 0 miles away. People a mile away
could feel the heat. Cars parked ne arby were reduced to metal shells
with only the steel belts le ft of their tires. and ra il road tics 300 yards

away were burned. People suffered bums

from the intense heat alone. Trees weren'tjust
charred black-they were burnt to white ash
from the intense heat. Buddy, that's hot.
11 A Major Monitoring Event

I li ve only five miles from the blast site,

but as fate would have it, at midn ight when the
blast occurred I was sleepi ng so soundly that
I never even heard all the rescue vehicles
using the highway I live on to get to the blast
site.
It wasn't until !Oam that I attempted to
drive to the site. Even using a cou nty map
(you should always carry one in your glove
compartment) to find back roads to the site.
every major intersection leading to it was
blocked by police. At one roadblock, rather
The Edison FD van was used for press conferences until the OEM Command Post
than detour, I entered an industrial complex
right by the blockade. It turned out to be the
was set up closer to the site.
site that the County Office of Emergency
hear a voice signal that breaks up and perhaps
for narcotics surveillance, but they use a
Management (OEM) was using as their Comseems
overrnodulated, try switching to the
different
PL
from
the
rescue
squad
so
th
at
mand Post (CP) for the Emergency Opera(wide
band FM) mode. If the signal is
WFM
other
users
wi
ll
not
hear
them.
Another
intertions Center (EOC). I also found myself less
now very clear and covers a large section of
esting thing Edison did was call TAC I on
than a mile fro m the blast site.
bandwidth (ex: 179.715- 179.775) you have
channel I. But the PD stayed on 453.525,
Twenty-five towns in the county supplied
found a TV aud io signal.
indicating
a
different
PL
may
have
been
used
police, fire, and EMS suppo11, and 43 law
Most wireless mies wi ll be found in the
in
th
is
case.
too.
enforcement agencies provided police backVHF band (see table I for more info) but how
up. Both the size and uncertain cause of the
would one find communications on, say, the
Two Important Tools: the
blast provided a monitori ng experience I have
26
MHz remote broadcast band. if one's
Right Equipment and the Press
never encountered in emergency drills. My
scan
ner does not go that low?
hunch is that many of the procedures I witIf you arrive at the scene late and have
Try
the following. After I found a user on
nessed are a sign of thi ngs to come, which is
very little info on what has happened. try
26.150 with my PR0-2004. I wanted to walk
why I am sharing thi s story now with MT
sening up shop close to the press. The press
around and find the signal s owner. Although
readers.
was there in force and were run ning cable
my 2004 has been made portable, it was
My scanners were set to the Hazardous
feeds to the cameras. The person reporting
raining
hard and I wanted something smaller
Materials (HazMat) frequency of 155.955/
was usually cued via wi reless feeds or 450/
to
keep
under my jacket. I programmed the
153.875 MHz as I drove out there: this is the
455 radios. Some of the wireless mic frequenI st harmonic (which is double a freq) of
main OEM channel. Ch 2 is 155.955 (simcies found were: 177.000. 179.690. 180.600.
26.150 into my PR0-43: (26. I 50 + 26. 150 =
plex) for short distance comm uni cati ons.
18 1.260, 183.400. 185.200, 203.500, 208.000.
52.300 ) and I used the AM mode. Using a
Eventually the HazMat units would switch to
When you are searching the 174-2 15 band
harmonic will attenuate the signal strength to
ch 5, 155.850. But my frequency counter
for press wireless mies, you may al so encounbegin with. thereby helping you narrow the
quickly pointed out that everyone there was
ter up to seven TV audio signals. Here's one
search
area. I also closed the squelch so that
using cellular phones.
way to help you tell the difference. When you
only
a strong signal would break through.
Fire units were using 33.820 when
As
I
closed in on the WNBC van, the
possible as this is the county fire channel.
squelch broke and I could faintly hear
TABLE 1
I was surprised to hear the New Jersey
voices. Whi le this method is not a cureState Police on 155.955. The NJSP had
all
for missi ng bands on your scan ner, it
Remote pickup and wireless microphones
people from the Governor's office with
wi
ll
work to a poi nt.
them and used Troop C trunking as they
Search ranges:
While we're on the topic of equipjourneyed to the site.
25.870-26.470 (AM mode)
ment, several types of antennas are a
Edison FD (Fire Dept.) used 33.560.
174-2 15 MHz (NFM mode)
must. All that RF from everyone's radio
repeated on 460.525. They were very acPlus these 8 FCC allocated frequencies:
wi ll do your scanners in quick. Find
ti ve. The Edison Rescue Squad used
169.445
169.505
wh ich scanners work best on any given
478.7125 and it, too, was qu ite active. I
170.305
170.245
freq
uency and use them for those. Also
eventually removed it as less EMS action
171.045
171.105
don
't
fo rget to bring the old frequency
occurred, but l wouldn 't be surprised if the
171.845
171.905
nter.
It really shone during this
cou
PD (Police Dept) also used it for their
These last 8 wireless mic freqs are very popular at
disaster!
night dubs during Karaoke night.
handhelds while inside the site. For exHave extra batteries avaiIable or keep
ample. another town uses MED channels
a good charge in the NiCds that you use.

March

1995

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Td6iile

TII NEWSPAPER FOR MIOOLSEX, MONMOUTll, ANO UNION COUNTIES

35 CENTS

THE DAY AFTER

One dead; hundreds escape hellish eruption .. .

Emergency response is quick and total ... Central
Jersey worries about pipeline safety . .. Tenants face
rebuilding of lives. .. Black soot fell I0 miles away

I a lso brought a lo ng two 12-volt lead ac id

batte ries to ru n my scanners and have insta lled two extra 12- volt oullcts for my car
battery to run extra gear. Having only one
c igarette lighter outlet won' t c ut it when you
need to recharge some NiCads a nd sti ll want
lo run your scanner off the car balle ry.

8 M onit oring the Press

T he next time you sec those mega $$$
vans the TV stations use. try 10 gel a look
inside. Here's a look ins ide WNBC as an
example. These days lhe lin k to the s1udio is
via ce llul ar phone. As they raise the .. mast"
w ith its microw ave feed (usually 3 or 9 G Hz)
the studio w ill he lp them positi on the microwave antenna dead-on for reception at the N Y
studio via that cell phone.
One fe llow outside the van used 455.4 125
to ta lk with the guy inside. T he n I heard him
use 16 1.670 as he walched the mast go up.
Late that night I walked w ithin 20 feet o f the
van and m y counte r picked off 180.600 as
the ir w ireless mic freque ncy. A Philly station
used a cellphone to la lk to its TV s1a1ion whil e
1hey a lso conversed on 455.6 125.
If you are looking fo r T V press in the UHF
band. try searc hing lhc following ranges:
450.050-450.925 and 455 .050-455.925 for
re mote broadcast acti vity. I noted tha1 almost
all communications. 01her tha n that conducted
on cellular phones. occurred here. The maj ority of the communication I fo und was in the
455 MHz band and in the simplex mode.

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Action, Action Everywhere

W hile I found 1he press frequenc ies easil y. lhc counl y's Eme rgency Ma nagement
Com mand Cen1er turned up some surprises .
I' vc loured the mobile Command Post before
a nd real ized thal 1hey have radios that are
capab le o f commu nicat ing wil h j ust about
a nyone. Our Staic 's EMRAD (Emergency
Manageme nt Radio) syste m was qu iet. at
least while I monitored. The system is tested
mo nth ly. 39.760 is 1he Statewide and Mutual
Aid freq , 39.840 serves North Je rsey, 39.800
serves Cen1ral Jersey. a nd 39.920 serves South
Je rsey. Tune in a ro und 7pm on the third

TABLE 2

l ow Power and Itinerants

30.840
33.120
33. 140
33.400
35.020
35.040
42.980
43.040
151.625
154.570
154.600
457.525
457.550
457.575
457.600

462/ 467.775
462/467.800
462/467.825
462/ 467.850
462/467.875
462/467.900
462/ 467.925
464/ 469.500
464/469.550

Monday of the month to see if you can hear

the m test the system in your area.
While I expected to hear State Police
acti vity on the EMRA D ne t. they popped up
on the HazMat freq ue ncy instead. When there
are numerous agenc ies involved wi1h a disaster, you may fi nd they have a com mon frequency they use. called a " Mutual A id" c hannel. However, I have noticed the sharing of
rad ios among agencies. This c ircum vents
hav ing some users on VH F wh ile others are
usi ng UHF. I' ve fou nd the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) using a PD's radios as
they worked together. and the DEA (Drug
Enforcement Administration) loaning its radios to a county Narcotics T ask Force for a
j oint operation.
The HazMat radios weren t the only county
radios in use. The county S heriff provide
plenty of manpower inside the apartment
complex area. T he ir main channel consists of
155.6551154.71 0, called ch I, bul they also
use the 155.655 as thei r s implex talk-around
channel.
Once inside, they quick ly set up " Posts ...
These consisted of offi cers placed at numerous locations inside the apartme nl complex.
There was only one access road to lhc apartme nts wi th woods and high way surround ing
it on all s ides; closi ng it off to the o utside
world was easy to do-and close it off they
did !
Posts were instructed to switch to channel
5, 154.725 e arly on. This would free up the
ma in c hanne l. This is a lso com mon practice.
It a llows the o ffi cers short di stance communications and at the same time limits inte rference fro m distan t users. Don ' t expect to fi nd
spec ia l radios fo r occasiona l use 1hese days;
money is tight, fiscal budgets are tighter.
Having radios that operate on a ll the assigned frequencies for a lown or county a lso
allows different uni ts to communicate with
each other. A case in point was the Edison
Public Works c rews using their I 55.760s
freq uency to del iver fue l to the e me rgency
generators at lhe blast site. But I fo und o ut
they also have the SPEN channels (State
Pol ice Emerge ncy Network) as well . II was a
simple matte rof sw i1ching to 154.680 if they
wished to talk with the Com mand Posl ins ide
the compound.
Having access to microfiche or an excelle n1 freq ue ncy d irectory like Police Call (I
carry an e xtra copy in my car) wi ll allow you
10 quic kly find a town s licensed channels.
Program all of them in if you' re not sure who
uses what freque ncy, then keep notes.
Pay close alle ntion to the name assigned
to uni ts on sce ne. Some of the ID 's I heard

Don 't miss the chance to peer inside a sophisticated mobile TV van, such as this one
from WNBC.
Woodbridge PD ' s ch 2, 453.200. a nd ch 6.
453.750. I' ve noted several towns in my county
doing the same thing.

Halt, Who Goes There?

The County Sheriff provided the internal
support for the complex onct: they shut it off
to the outside world. And "shu t off' is not
s trong enough to describe it. Once the complex was secure. not even the press was allowed in. except fo r an elite few. Even the
county arson squad video crew had a hard
ti me accessing the site unti I someone said. " the

Prosecutor wants that video, let him in."

Security was so tight that a County Freeholder had to get spec ial permission and a n
"escort" before getting in . The NJSP were
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identities were kept secret for security purpo ses. T he Military. Jersey C ity PD,
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use, set up your scanner banks as fo ll ows.
Place those two portables channels into bank
I. If the base station had fi ve c hannel s. they
would go into bank 2. Perhaps another agency
I was monitoring used fo ur channels: these
would go into bank 3. Should I want to
monitor on ly the portables. all J need to do is
shut off the other two banks, thereby eli minating unwanted conversations. and avoiding m issing the ones l wanted to hear because
my scanner had locked up on someone e lse' s
radio comm. This really makes life easier for
the scannisl who has only one scanner.
Another early county response was the
County Pol ice (previously called Parks Police) using I 5 1. I60/1 51.340, and my frequency counter confirmed the 15 I .340 as
their input. But they, too, can sw itc h to simplex on the output channel. I' ll have more to
say about the Parks PD late r.
I could hear weather conditions being
reported over 153.785 whi le the fire burned.
Wind conditions can have a dire e ffect on fire
fi ghters at the scene.
Everyone I monitored switched channels.
and most more than once. The county OEM
switc hed to their ch 5, 155.850, to free up the
main channel. But I' ve found that the county
jail also uses this frequency along with their
licensed 154.650 frequen cy. This tells me
that if the county is licensed to use a frequency, then even towns within the county
can use this frequency.
One way to obtain information on your
county rad io system is to search the County
Freeholders minutes. They will allocate monies for such a purc hase. I was able 10 confirm
the purchase of new radios for the cou nty jai I.
model type, how many c hannels capable.
options purchased and the cost. You can do
the same type of search for your town or
county.
Keep the above info in mi nd as you searc h
for a ''hidde n" c han nel. It may s imply be
licensed to another user. This became apparent while I mon itored Edi son PD. Units on
duty at the site used their 453.525 freque nc y,
but would change to ch 2 and ch 6 once in a
wh il e. It turn e d o ut th ey we re us in g

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One disgruntled worker I spoke to later,
stated that you were not to take pictures of
anything, and you were not to observe the
Prosecutor's people or anyone invol ved with
evidence gathering. I would learn later that
much more evidence than mere pipe was
hauled away. Something interesting was going on inside, but what?
At night " light trucks" supplied "daylight." The litany for the changing of the
guard went as fo llows: "Unit being relieved,
turn on your overheads and proceed to the
middle of the street: stand outside your car in
the open where we can see you; all otheru nits
turn off your overheads and remain in your
cars."
The mere words cannot reproduce the
eery feeling they produced. No one was to
move around, the officer to be relieved must
remain visible. There were no res idents, everyone was evacuated. It felt like a war zone.
Once things ins ide the complex had settled
down and all nonessential personnel had left,
the Sheriff s Officers became "Posts" and
performed guard duty. Again they switched
frequencies to ch 6, 153.785. Posts would be
called by TAC I or some of the others !D's
listed earlier. Obviously SPEN 4 is a must for

your scanner, as it serves as the Statewide

Interageney Frequency.
I turned off the Sheriffs main frequency,
155 .655 , earl y o n but Central (Cou nty
Sheriff s ID) would use it to talk to its Post
inside the compound. The Sheriff also used
SPEN I - 154.680, and SPEN 2- 155.475; NJ
State Po lice also made use of both of these
frequencies. Generally all SPEN communication was low power, probably HT' s.

Complications

The State Police Emergency Network frequencies (SPEN) were extremely important
throughout the entire operation. For example,
a fire sparked off on the Conrail property was
called in on SPEN I by Woodbridge Police
Dept. Everyone in the county uses SPEN l to
talk to Conrail. All NJ PD's have SPEN
radios.
To complicate matters further there was
heating oi l from a 2000 gallon tank at the
Asphalt plant which was destroyed. The force
of the explosion caused " projectiles," as one
person called them, to perforate the walls of
the bui lding and went right through a computer and out another wall.
The DEPE (Department of En vironmental Protectio n an d Energy )
showed up and used 151.190/
159.300 and cellphones. I heard
them mention a company called
''Clean Harbors" taking care of
the spil l. Meanwhile the mobile
DEPE units ("Ai r I ") drove
)
around taking air samples to check
for contaminates.
\
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My freq counter picks off
)
151 .340 in use at the site. This is
the input for 151.160, the County
Police. County personnel played
a major role in all of this. A surprise was not hearing the County
Road Dept ( 151.0251156.060) out
there.
As the county gradually took
control of internal affairs and
safety was no longer in question,
utility companies started sending
in their personnel. The first to
arrive was New Bruns wick Electric. They used 173.250, but only
supervisors had radios and cell
phones.
Whi le I was monitoring for
activity, a friend, Rickey Stein
("Mon itorthe World" editor) had
all the info wait ing for me when
I called him. Texas Eastern TransSet up near the press area if you can- you can't
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Edison (Middlesex County)

Gas Explosion Profile
OEM ........................... 155.955/153.875
154.725
153.785
155.850
155.265
Sheriff ....................... 155.655/154.710
453.475
154.680
155.475
Cnty MDT .................................. 501.0625
County PD ................. 151.160/151.340
151.190
Cnty Jail ..................... ......... ..... 154.650
155.850
154.680
Cnty DPW .................. 151.025/156.060
Cnty Vans ................................. 857.2625
Hospitals .................................. 155.340
155.220
Cnty Fire .................................... 33.820
Edison PD ................................. 453.525
453.750
453.200
453.225
Rescue Sq ................................. 478.7125
DPW ......................................... 155.760s
Fire ............................................ 33.560
FD repeot .................................. 460.525
Red Cross .................................. 47.420
NJ DEPE ..................... 151 .190/ 159.300
EPA Edison ............................... 164.450
FEMA NYC ................. 139.825/143.000
FBI Newark ............... 169.975/162.635
PSE&G ....................................... 47.880
New Brunswick Electric ............. 173.250
Texas Eastern Pipeline Co............ 48.940
Buckeye Pipeline Co.................... 33.220

whose line exploded, used 48.940 as they

worked on the line. Plenty of communications were heard day and night as KEC-442,
their South Plainfield HQ, conversed with
them.
Buckeye Pipeline is another company with
lines nearby. They transport heating oil, diese l fuel, and jet fue l. Rick told me they were
using 33.220 as they inspected their lines for
any damaged caused by the blast.

Being Prepared
There are thousands of gas. oil. natural
gas, etc. pipelines running a ll across this
country. poss ibl y in your backyard. Try
searching the these bands for maintenance
crews. 30.660-820, 31.320-760, 33.1 80-380,
4 8.560-49.500. Shell refineries in Seawaren,
NJ, use 153.200/15 8.325 for day- to -day
comms and drills. Try searching 153.035-680

and 158.145-445 in your area for acti vity, but

keep in mind that your geographical area,
together with FCC regulations, determine
whic h user can use any gi ven frequ e ncy.
A majo r e vent li ke thi s points out the need
for a good database or microfiche. Monitoring the local PD is easy, but many other
agencies will be using 2-way radios-hospital s, EMS, fire, press, gas and electric , telephone re pair, Red Cross (47.420), and businesses . (Like the tow truc k my counter caught
at the scene helping remove burnt out cars on
157 .5 15. Sea rch these bands for towing operations: 150.8 15-965 and 157.470-515 by
.015 spacing, and 45 2.5 125-6125 by .025
spacing.)
Anytime something thi s big happens, ex pect to find pri vate security firms suppl ementing local PDs. A private security fim1
helped the county patrol the perimeter. The
company is called "SOS." They also used
radios and could be mon itored on 457 .600.
Itinerant frequencies are the preferred communication channels, see table 2. A security
firm called "Allied Sec urity" also provided
guards al the e ntrance to the asphalt plant.
They used cell phones (B 18), but I did not
notice rad ios . No listing was under that name
in the fic he.
l noticed that some of those invol ved with
the clean up of debris inside the compound
used low band radios. One company on 43.100
was close enough for my counter to catch.
Here are some allocations for Special Industry comm, 3 1.280-960, 35.280-860, 43.020480, 4 7.440-680 by .040 spaci ng. Also search
the VHF bands of 151.490-595, 152.465990, 153 .005-395 by .01 5 spacing.
Another find for my counter was the
Mobile Te lephone freque ncy of 157.800: the
base uses 152.540. Together they fo rm a full
dupl ex pair called " Newark Mobile." 1would
never have looked there for communications,
but a lot of businesses still use these freque ncies.

would they onl y use the output of the county

PD cha nnel?), but a 453.475/151.160 repeater system . Nothing has ever been said
about suc h a configuration. It' s unknown if
any other configurations exist.
1 certainly would never have looked in
the VHF band for an input. The unit calling
was a county PD unit. The c hannel was called
ch 2. This certainly was a surprise, but in light
of how they handled this disaster I have
another surpri se for you.
They had handled this "incident" in an
odd fashion all along. This was no ordinary
HazMat or O EM operation. I've sat through
drills they've conducted in the past. I' ve
liste ned to many fires, chemical spills, and
responses by all the various units in volved in
thi s inc ide nt. In light of also having monitored the World Trade Center bombing incident, it leads me to make some observations
about future monitoring.
No one knew e xactly w hat had happened
at the s tart. The blast was so great and could
be seen from so far away, the apartments
were just about vaporized by the inte nse heat.
In li ght o f today's political turmoil and terrorists. we saw a completely different approach this time. They handled the incident
as a " terrori st bombing" right fro m the beginning. The FBI showed up extre mely qu ickly.
Inte nse security procedures were employed
even long afte r all danger was removed. The
press was de nied access to the site . Communications made use of a hidde n repeater syste m.
I think we all may see tighter sec urity and
some surprises at fulllre disasters . We can no
longer take things for granted; my county
didn ' 1. A nyone not getting to the location at
the start may not be allowed near lo it later.
Being close enough to monitor meant adding
certain well known federal freque ncies to my
disaste r profile scanner.
A nother harsh point is the absence of
two-way radio communications by the EPA.

National Transportation and Safety Board,

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they used cell phones and pagers! From what
I could see, the amount of cellular phone
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Saturday ni ght that someth ing different happened that shed some light.
That night there were communications on
the Hot Line but this time my counter lit up
with 15 1. 160 as the input freq. He must have
been right at the s ite and tripped my counte r.
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TABLE 4
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35.280-35.860
43.020-43.480
47.440-47.680
by .040 spacing
151.490-1 51.595
152.465-152.990
153.005-1 53.395
by .015 spacing

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31 .320-31.760
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153.035-153.680
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Of Antenna Selection, Performance And

Design: Excerpts from Antenna Factbook
By Bob Grove

n no other realm of rad io are there so

many myths and misconceptions as in
the subject of antennas. Over the next
few mon ths we will attempt to lay the
mythmakcrs asunder as we explore the fascinating worl d of antennas. For those readers
who want the complete edition, this series is
extracted from my new Antenna Factbook.
We' ll start the series this month by listing
sixteen facts in an attempt to correct some of
the most common antenna myths.
Except for very thin wires. most antennas
are efficient radiators. Vi rtually all losses
in an antenna system occur in the feedline.
2. A hi gh standi ng wave ratio (SWR of 3: I,
6: I. etc.) merely indicates the presence of
power reflections on the feedline due to
impedance mismatc h. If there are no
losses in the feedline, all reflected transmitter power will be returned to and radiated by the antenna: for receiving systems. all capLUrcd signal power wi ll be
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reLUrned to the receiver. If

there is an impedance mismatch between the receiver
and transmission line, however. reflected signal power
wi ll be returned to the ante nna where it will be rera<liatcd back into space.
3. Reflected power does not
fl ow back into the transmitter and cause damage or
overheating. If damage occurs. it is due to mistuning
the amplifier.
4. A low SWR reading only
means that the transmitter.
feedline, and antenna system are im peda ncematchcd: iLdoes not necessarily mean that everything
is working properly. Corroded or intermitte nt conne c tors.
ine ffec ti ve
grounds , lossy cable and
other resistive agents can

:I

all give a deceptively low SWR. Unless

an antenna is broadband by design. a low
impedance maintained over a wide frequency range without retuning is particularly suspect.
Neither an antenna nor the feed line needs
to be self-resonant (no inductive or capacitive reactances) Lo perform properly.
Virtually any antenn a and its feedline, no
matter how reactive. can be brought to
resonance by a transmatc h (ante nna
tuner).
Using low-loss transmission line, and at
freque ncies below 30 MHz or so, signals
experiencing an SWR of at least 3: I and
perhaps as high as 5: I will be indistinguishable from signals produced by a
perfect I: I impedance match.
Adjusting a transrnatch at the radio position does not alter the reactance or impedance of either the antenna or the
feedline; it brings the e ntire mismatched
and reactive system into resonance by
"conjugate matching."' introduc ing reactance-cancelling capacitances and inductances of its own. so that the attached
receiver or transmitter "sees" the desired
resistive load.
A large antenna does not radiate more
power than a small antenna, nor is more
power radiated from a partic ul ar configuration (dipole, vertical. beam, quad, cage,
bowtie, rhombic, loop, etc.). But a large
antenna does radiate a more concentrated,
directional field than a small antenna,
and it captures more signal energy during reception.
9. No tran smi ssion li ne
needs to be a specific
length if a transmatch is
available. Adjusti ng the
length of a feedl ine does
not alter the SWR,just the
impedance measured at
the tuner/feed Iine con nection.
10. Hig h SWR in a coax
feed linedoes not cause RF
currents to flow on the outside of the line, nor wi ll
the coax radi ate. High
SWR on an open wire
feedline wi ll not cause the
feed line to rad iate j ust so
long as the currents are
balanced, wi re spacing is
small compared to wavelength, and there are no
sharp bend s.

11. Assuming low-loss fecdline, an SWR

meter will read the same at the antenna
feedpoint, anywhere o n the fced line , a nd
at the transmitter.
12. Ra ising o r lowering an antenna to adjust
its feedpo int impedance has no significant e ffect o n power radiated. o nly the
shape of its elevation pattern.
13 A frequency meter or dip osci llato r
connected at the bottom of a feed line
canno t measure the resonant frequency of the antenna; it measures
only the combined resonance o f the
antenna plus the feedlin e.
14. A balu n transformer on a transmitting antenna w ill match impedances
correctly only if it is used wi thin its
powe r limitations; excessive c urre nt
may saturate its core, wastefull y heating the balun while giving a deceptive SWR reading.
15. A loading coil o n a short antenna
doesn t "add missing leng th by its
turns"': it adds inductive reactance to
cance l the capacitive rcacta ncc of
the short antenna.
16. A trans match doesn' t "fool" the trans-

mittcror receiver into "thinking" it

is connected to the correct impcdam:c any mo re than an AC wall
adaptor ''fool s" a radio into " thinking it is getting 12 volts DC when
it is pl ugged into 120 volts AC. In
both cases power and impedance
transformations really occur.

This month we have tackled some

of the many myths surrounding the
fascinating world of antennas for receiving and transmilling. Over the next
fell' m onths we will present more facts
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14-Gauge stranded copper antenna wire

A

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'Hot' jumper wifll !iJB6v8d with insulation /tom coax

Seal with

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wist wire & so erl

S0-239

Egg insulators
Dipole legs

Connect insulators to screw holes in opposite comers of the

S0-239 with short lengths of 14-gauge stranded antenna
wire as shown. Make twists permanent by soldering. Solder
one end ofjumper wire A lo either of the two remaining
holes in the S0-239 base (ground) and other end to dipole

leg C. Sleeve jumper wire B with insulation from coax. Solder

B ta S0-239 center terminal (positive) and the ather end to
dipole leg D. Mix small amount of quick-dry epoxy glue and
use it to seal top of S0-239. When dry, hang dipole by its ends
and connect receiver to S0-239 using SO-ohm coax.

By Wayne Mishler

ipole antennas arc favorites because they work well and are
easy and ine xpensive to make. The toughest part of making a
dipole is to des ign a good center connection. This is the
backbone of the a ntenna and should be mechanically strong,
electricall y efficient, impe rvious to weather. and eas il y connected to
coax.
Dipole centers are available com mercially. but one o f the best can
be made fro m a simple S0-239 socket which o f course connects
directly to coax.
All of the materials needed are available at Radio Shack: an S0239 c hassis-mount socke t (278-201 ), two mini-egg insulators (2781335), and a roll of 14-gauge copper antenna wire (278-1329). You' II
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S0-239. possibly two additional insulators for the antenna ends. and
nylon cord for hanging the antenna.

Construction
Refer to the illustration. Note that the S0-239 has a square base
with a hole at each corner for screws. You ' ll attach insu lators to two
of the holes on opposite corners of the S0-239, using short pieces of
antenna wire, as shown in the illustration. Loop one end of a wire
th rough a n insulato r and twi st lo secure it. Pass theotherend of the wire
through a corner ho le in the S0-239 and again twist to secure it. Trim
off excess wire and solder the twists to make them permanent. Repeat
for the other insulator. NOTE: These wires are used for support only;
it is not necessary to solder them to the S0 -239.

As heard about on WHRI,

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Cut two 12-inch lengths of antenna wire.
These will be used as jumper wires to con nect
the S0-239 to the two legs of the d ipole. Tin
one end of each jumper. Solder the tinned end
o f one jumper to the center terminal of the
S0-239. Make sure it is a good electrical
connection but don' t overheat.
Remove a 12-i nch length of insulation
from coax and slip this over the jumper wire
before connecting to a dipole leg as explained
later. Insert the tinned end of the other wire
into one of the remaining screw holes (your
choice) in the S0-239 and solder. This is an
e lectrical connection, so make sure it is a
good one. Use plenty of heat. It is easy to get
a "cold" solder joint here.

Connect the Dipole Legs

Cut the roll of antenna wire into two equal
lengths. These will be the two legs of your
dipole. Attach these wires to the insu lators as
shown in the illustration. Secure them by
twisting and solder the twists for strength.
Connect the jumper wire (w ith insulation)
from the S0-239 center terminal to one of the
dipole legs (again, your choice) and solder as
shown. Likewise connect the other jumper

wire from the S0-239 screw hole to the other

dipole leg and solder.
Mix a small amount of fast-dry epoxy
glue. Quickly and thoroughly coat the center
terminal of the S0-239. Completely cover the
solder joint and the insulation material in
which the solder termjnal is supported. This
forms a water-tight seal over the top of the
connector, essential to keep moisture out of
the coax. Do not allow any of the glue to get on
or into the socket portion (threaded end) of the
S0-239. Allow the glue to dry.

Hang and Enjoy

The two legs of the antenna can be terminated with insulators to simplify hanging.
Attach nylon cord to the ends of the antenna
and suspend it between two trees or roof
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By Chuck H odell, NSADN

t's late on a T hursday afte rnoon in Cairo

and I have a little time before jo ining a
colleague fo r di nner. Out my window, at
the Nile Hilton, I see the feluccas catch ing the
winds as they sail down the Nile, and hear the
cacophony of horns and sirens as the weeke nd starts in land of the Pharaohs. S ince 1have
about an hour to kill before di nner, I decide to
see how the shortwave bands are holding up
during what is now the summer down cycle.
One of the real j oys of being an avid
shonwave li stener is imag ining that you are
in one of the many countries you are able to
he ar on your radio. Exotic countries and cities
leap fro m the speaker as you travel the dia l.
Sadly however, most shon wave li steners only
get to hear stations from wondrous countries
around the globe. How odd that here I a m in
Cairo trying to fin d a friendly voice in English
to let me know what is happening in 'my"
world .
A s a freque nt bus iness traveler to Egy pt,
I have afforded myself the luxury of bringing
a small , portable shortwave radio with me for
entertainme nt a nd news from home. As a ham
1 had hoped to get a reciprocal license in
Egypt. But m y hopes were dashed when I

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learned that the United States does not have

an agreement allowing fo r a temporary licenses he re. It ' s probably fo r the better, anyway. Trying to pass my !COM 735 and a
dipole through Egyptian customs might have
proved to be a bit of a challenge. And , as I
have found , c hallenges are best avoided in
Egypt.
The radi o I purchased for my trave ls is a
Realistic D X-380. ft provides both excellent
reception and a sma ll appetite for AA batteries. T hat's a real sell ing point when given the
choice of packing more weight or pay ing
exorbitant prices in a foreign currency for
batteries. It also he lps that I ta lked my local
Radio Shack deale r into a discount by comparing thei r price to the nearly identica l
Sangean model ATS -808.
From my room on the seventh fl oor of the
Hi lton, I am over a hundred feel above the
street and faci ng West toward the pyram ids
a nd Sph inx at G iza. S panning more than
twenty feet from one e nd of my balcony to the
other. the portable w ire antenna I bro ught is
ready for action. It is hanging from several
eye-bo lls placed near the top of the fi fteen
foot high marble walls of the ba lcony. I have

carefully run the wire through the slid ing glass

door open ing and have actually managed to
close the door wi thout cutt ing the wi re in ha lf.
With everythi ng ready to go. and less than an
hour of free time, how much can r really hear
fro m a hotel room in Cairo? Let's find ou t.
G rabbing my latest copy of Monitoring
Times (the onl y magazine I brought) I fli p
through to the listings for 1600 UTC. Egypt is
actually three hou rs ahead of UTC so it is 7:00
pm in Cairo. T his is usually a good time to
fo ll ow the shadows and catch some DX.
T he sun is starti ng to set ovcrthe Towerof
Cairo and the Egyptian Museum as I enter my
first frequency into the DX-380. 1-2-0-9-5 -enter. W ith no hesitation the BBC j umps from
my Sony headphones wi th the world news. It
is a full scale reading on the S-meter (a seven
on the 380' s LCD panel). I guess the radi o and
ante nna are doi ng a prett y good j ob.
After several minutes oflocal and national
news. and a feature on gardening in England,
I dial up my next choice in the short wave
guide: Radio Sweden. A lmost as strong as the
BBC. the Swedes are running a feature on
windmi lls. T hat's about as far a stretch culturally as you can get from Cairo's noisy

Middleastern chaos, but it is still fun to listen

to.
Next on the hi t list is Voice of America on
15245. They are broadcasting the news in
"special English" which makes me want to try
and li nd the non-existent fast forward control
on the radio. I' m sure it is good for learning the
language. but it is a tad painfu l for those of us
just looking fo r the news. 1 wonder if they
slow down the reel to reel dec ks with the bias
control, or ifthe announcers are really able to
talk that slow. Wit h one more information age
mystery to ponder, it is on to new shortwave
horizons.
Looking East, I can see the towers of Radio Cairo less than five miles awayWishing to stay on the North American
probably too close for good reception.
continent for at least one more station, I enter
7 150 and listen for Radi o Canada International. The shortwave guide shows that freof pace from business or sightseeing duti es.
of Revelations ... I decide to try and find
quency to be aimed at Asia which probably
So wi th a few minutes to spare I head down
Vatican Radio on 6245 for the other side of
explains the rough copy. When I narrow the
the elevator to join my friend in the Itali an
the story. Whi le I have a good copy on YR.
restaurant at the Hilton. While the native
bandwidth with the slide switch on the side of
my Italian is a liule rough and I decide WCSN
Cairo residents enjoy smoking their sheeshas,
the DX-380 I am able to hear a sports feature
gets the "love gi ft."
we listen to an Egyptian folk singer doing his
on the Commonwealth Games. Not bad, conWith just a few minutes left, I punch in
rendition of John Den ver songs in broken
sidering the di stance and the transmiuer's
15530 and find Radio France International
English. all the while eating a pizza and
pattern.
full scale. Thei r "Science Notes" featu re is on
Since I'm in Egypt it seems logical and
drinking German beer. Ah. internati onal
genetic screeni ng and it is a very interesting
tra vel . . . !
neighborly to try and catch Radio Cairo on
piece, but I'm determined to find one more
15255. Need less to say, I can hear it from my
station before I run to dinner.
location less than fi ve miles away from what
I set the DX-380on the49 meter band and
1 believe to be the transmitter site (here. all
start searching for one last station to log. It
WHITE BOX "'
such things must remain guesses). But it is in
stops on 6 100. A qu ick look at the shortwave
French and the splatter is causing it to sound a
guide shows that Radio New Zealand InterI
ANTENNA
national should be al that frequency. Yet. the
liule rough. Oh well, I tri ed.
Jumping across the Mediterranean I find
music doesn't sound at all like something
that Deutsche Welle is strong on 15595. Their
from down under. so I decide to wait for an
ID. Several minstory on ho liday
trave l ma kes me
utes later I think I
New! longwlre antenna for SWl:1.
hear the female anwish my trip back
Low noise reception 500 KHz to 30 MHz.
to Washington was
nouncer say Radio
Complete reedy to go.
Belgrade in Yugomoved up a couple
Palomar's new White Box"' contains a complete
40' longwire antenna with end insulators, nylon sup
slavia. The little I
of days. r m sure
port rope, and a Magnetic Longwlre Balun. Not a
that the many Gerunderstand seems
kit-all components are connected and wires
man travelers l' ve
to be a news story
soldered. You just put it up and connect It to your
radio with nolsefree coaxial cable (not supplied).
seen in Cairo apco n ce rni n g
Unlike other longwlre and sloper antennas you can
Sarajevo-a rather
preciate being able
use coax for clearer low noise reception with no
sad e nd to m y
to copy it so easily.
signal loss: The Magnetic Balun matches the antenna
quick 60 minutes
Feeling a little
to your coax. Can be installed as a horizontal
l ongwire or as a sloper.
bold with my suco n th e inte rna Model WB1 $59.95 + $6 shi ppi ng/handling U.S. &
cesses so far, I deti onal shortwave
Canada. California residents add sales tax.
bands from Cairo.
cide to try and catch
one of the AmeriIn al l. I logged
can religious broadnine stations and
Send for FREE c.talog that sllowa our complete llne
managed to get
casters . The stronof 1ntennu, balun1, pr. . mpllllera and more.
gest is WCSN from
e nough in fo rm aScot! s Co rn ers.
tion to stem my
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The HF Communications Spectrum

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Larry Van Hom, NSFPW

RI I Y Numbers Stations

hey are known by several different names in vario us circles of the

hobby community. Some enthu siasts call them the ' 11177' stations; others have labeled them the ' KUL ' and/or 'YB U' stations.
There is even a group of Iisteners, known as the K UL brotherhood, who
specialize in monitoring these stations.
Over the Fidonet SWL echo, David Batcho. Paul Scalzo, Ary
Boender. and others have had some great discussions regarding these
mystery stations. Not muc h is known. but some characteri st ics of their
operation has been discovered, and this month M r. John Doc in the UK
wil l add his thoughts to the commentary on the KUL/YBU statio ns.
"I have spent a lot of time monitoring the I 11 77 stations over the last
couple of years. Here is what I have noted o n these mystery stations :

I. "Messages all begin with fi ve 5-fi gure groups. In most cases, the
message itself is composed of 5-letter groups, but 5-figure group
messages are occasionally seen.
2. "The first 5-figure group in the above series of number is always in
the form 1 11xx, where xx is a double fi gure li ke 22, 33 ...etc . All
possible combinatio ns from I 11 22 10 I I 199 have been seen. buc
111 77 is by far the most commo n. This g roup is not necessarily
identical in all messages transmined by any one statio n al a time .
(These are possible address indicarors, according to the KUL
brotherhood.)
3. " The second 5 -fi gure g roup is of the form nOxyz. and is the same fo r
all messages exchanged between a given pair of stations, in either
direction - i.e. it identi fi es the circuit. not the individual station.
For about half the stations heard, n is 0 and 'xyz is a number
between 001 and1 99. The significance of the ' n' is not known. but
it is observed that if there is, for example, a 20088 circuit, then there
is never a 30088 or any other 'n' that has the same last three fi gures.
The last three fi gures are sufficiem to identify the c ircuit. The only
CW station heard was an excepti on - its second group was 08325.
4. "The third figure group looks random, except that it is oft en 00000.
The sig nificance of this is not known. but the fo llowing po ints have
been noted:
(a) Only messages in whic h this group is 00000 are ever sent on more
than one circuit.
(b) When this group is 00000, the number in the coded last group of
the message (see 7 be low) is o ne less than the number of groups o therwise. it is two less.
5. "The fo urth 5-fig ure group is of the form 'dclnnn ,' where 'dd' is the
date of the message ( i.e. 05 for the fifth of the month - o nly the d ay
is given) . Thi s is not necessaril y the date of tran smiss ion, but is
usually that day or the preceding day. The 'nnn' is a serial number
ru nning from 00 I to 999 separately for each statio n. When a station
repeats a message on another frequency, it keeps the same number.
and when a message is sent o n two or more different circuits. it has
a di ffere nt number on each.
6. "The fifth 5-figure g ro up is of the form 'nnnnx where ' nnnn is a
number one greater than the number of groups following, and 'x' is
usually 9, but occas ionally I. With only one exception, o nly I and
9 have been seen - the exception may have been a misprint. (The
KULbrotherhood says that theflrst and last digits in this fifth ;:ro11p

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represent nulls. and the middle three numbers represent group

count minus one. )
7. "The last 5-letter group of the message uses o nly ten letters of the
alphabet and it appears to be a coded number, using a simple
substitutio n code:
A WER TZU IOP
8765432109
"The first two fi g ures are the date of the message and the last three
a number either one or two less than the n umber of 5-letter groups.
(If g reater than 999, on ly the last three figures are given).
8. ''Stat ions sending 'blind,' transmit a call ing tape for two minutes
before sending messages. If, in fact, there are messages to follow, it
will be in the fo llowing form:

VKX VKX VKX QTC VKX VKX VKX QTC VKX VKX VKX QTC VKX VKX VKX QTC
4646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646
"If there are no messages to follow, the calling tape is as foll ows:

VKX VKX VKX 46464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646

VKX VKX VKX 46464646464646464646464646464646464646464646464646
'This will be followed by: QRU QRU SK SK. Another type sends
'a/xyz' rather than QTC, where 'a' is the number of messages to
follow. and 'xyz' the total number of g roups.
''Stations sending d irect to another station send a 'callsign.' usually
once o nl y, in Morse code, and normally get an immediate response
(on a different frequency). Traffic may be sent in both di rections
simultaneously. and e ither end can interrupt the other to req uest
repetit io n of garbled passages. These transmiss ions end with 'pse
cfm QSL - K' or words to that effect.
9. "As noted above, one scation sent its traffic in Morse. Most use 75
baud RTTY, some with normal polarity, others always w ith reverse
sense. At least two circuits use 100 baud RTTY. At the time I write
thi s, the Morse code statio n seems to have disappeared- whether
completely or mere ly to a new and as-yet-undiscovered frequency
is not known.
I 0. "The stations use 500-Hz shift, which is common in Eastern Europe.
North Korea, Vietnam and C uba (i.e. the Communist o r ex-Communist countries), but not elsewhere. They also use some of the same
unfamiliar 'Q ' codes used by the M oscow Mi nistry of Foreign
Affairs ( MFA) station. callsign RCF."

General Comments
John Doe also makes some interesting comments about the on-theair operati on of these scations:
I. "The operatio n of the stations which send 'blind' resembles that of
RCF-MFA Moscow . The language used on the on ly two occasio ns
that I have seen any chat between operators, looked like Russian (but
it could have been Bulgarian - I speak neither and cannot d isting ui sh between them). RCF. alas. is no longer active on HF, but its 5letter group messages used to end w ith a coded grou p simi liar to the

 t J l 7T stations. The big difference is that the RCF s messages did

not have the 5-figure groups preamble. The 'callsigns' used are in
some cases obvious dummies like 'CAZ", but in other cases they
could begenui ne(e.g. UXW or EWZ42). Some, but by no means all.
were among the list of addresses used by RCF.
"Unfortunately. I did not become interested in these stations untiljust
before RCF went off the air, so I never saw any messages transmitted
by both RCF and one of the t t 177' stations, which would have been
proof positi ve. I bel ieve that the ' 111 77' stations are, in fact, some
form of communication between the Russian MFA and its embassies.
2. "Thecallsign sent by individual contact stations, and possibly also by
broadcast stations (those which send in the ' blind'), is presumed to
indicate the receiving station , 1101 the transm itting station. However,
so many monitors have reported ' KUL,' for example, as the call sign
of the transmitting station, that it is too late now to change. (And
anyway, it is much easier to refer to KUL than to the .\'fatio11 rhat
always calls KUL) .
3. " It has recently been suggested in some listening circles that these
transmissions are messages which were sent by satelli te from Moscow to central stations for retransmi ssion to embassies within their
areas. This would certainl y explain the fac t that the same message is
frequently observed to be sent by several different stations in the
course of a single day. Presumably. these arc circulars being sent to
all embassies.
4. "The ten letters used for the last 5-letter group look li ke the top row
of the keyboard of a typewriter intended for some non-English
speaking country (typewriter, not teleprinter - apparently all teleprinters use the same keyboard). The odd arrangement of figures may
merely be intended to make the letters I and 0 represent the figures
1 and O."

general rule, broadcasts are normal polarity, 100 boud RTIY. Individual contact
stations are normol polority; all other transmissions ore reversed polarity.
"These are only examples. It is obv ious that for c.:ach of these
individual contact stations, there must be another station, somewhere, in
contact. In most cases, only one end of the contact has been identified.
There are also bursts of acti vity at certain times (e.g. 1400-1430 and
1600- 1630 UTC) where many stations have been heard, but actual
starting times are uncertain. The total number of frequenc ies logged
si nce the beginning of 1993 is well over I00.
"All these transmissions take place on Monday through Friday.
Some marked s above are on Saturday and a few marked 'SS' are on
both Saturday and Sunday. The fact that a station is not marked 'S' or
'SS' does not necessarily mean that it is not active on these days, merely
that I have not heard them yet."
I would like to thank John Doe for this fi rst, indepth look at the KUU
YBU RTTY number stations, and I invite Ary Boender, Dave Batcho,
and others of the Fidonet SWL net gang to drop by and let our readers
know what you are hearing and what you have discovered.

HICOM is No More
I have been told by an extremely reliable source in the government
that the U.S. Navy HICOM (High Command) network is no more. The
enti re network has been incorporated into the U.S. Air Force Global
High Frequency System (G HFS). Look for even more interesting Navy
traffic on USAF GHFS frequenc ies in the fu ture.
And with that note, it" s time to see what you have been hearing this
month in the World of Utility listening. 73 de N5FPW from Brasstown.

Grea
on

Frequencies
John Doe has also provided this column wi th some of his intercepts
of these RTTY number stations. I would be very interested in intercepts
by other Ute World readers; you can forward them to the Brasstown
address for inclusion in this column.
( I) Broadcasts
nme
s 0715
1100
s 1410
s 141 0
1500
s 1840

Frequency
10410.0
18225.0
12193.0
14980.0
14605.0
6798.0

Callsign Used/Notes
KUL repeated on 8165.0
VKX repeated on ??????
KUL repeated on 10584.0
RAU repeated on ???????
VKX repeated on 12180.0
KUL repeated on 4873.0

(2) Indi vidual Contacts

SS
0815 17 422.0 URO in contoct with 19185.0
SS
08 15 19185.0 DCW incontoctwith 17422.0
SS
0825 16153.0 DKR
0835 20042.0 FOX
s 1005 18585.0 CAZ
1020 201 70.0 GOD 100 baud RTIY
1400 19842.0 RPR
s
1415 14736.0 WFO
1520 7538.0 DZR
l 00 baud RTIY
1605 5775.0 VKS in cantoct with 6862.0
1605 6862.0 VNB in contact with 5775.0
1810 8062.0 RJA
1835
7541.0 URO
Note 1: The collsign shown is sent many times by the broadcast stations, usually
only once by the individual contact stations. In the latter case, at least, it is
probably the callsign of the station being called, not thot of the calling station.
Note 2: Unless otlierwise stated, all transmissions are 75 baud RTIY. As a

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Abbreviations used in this column

AM
ARO
AROE3
AROM2
ATC
CAMSLANT
CAMSPAC
CANFORCE
CG
CGC
CNA
COMSTA

cw

OoO
EAM
FAF
FF
GHFS
HF
HMAS
HMCS
ID
IRNA

Amplitude Modulation
Synchronous transmission
andautomaticrepetitionteleprinter system
Single channel ARO tele
printer system
Multiplex ARO teleprinter
system with two data chan
nels
Air Traffic Control
Communications Area Mas
ter Station. Atlantic
Communications Area Mas
ter Station, Pacific
Canadian Forres
Coast Guard
Canadian Coast Guard
Central News Agency, Inc
Communications Station
Continuous Wave (Morse
Code)
Oepanment of Defense
Emergency Attion Message
French Air Force
French Forces
Global HF System (USAF)
High Frequency
Her Majesty Australian Ship
Her Majesty Canadian Ship
ldentilication
Islamic Republic News
Agency

LOOC
LOA
LSB
MARS
Meteo
MFA
MHC
m/v
NORAD
RAAF
RAF
RTTY
SAM
SAR
SELSCAN
SITOR
SITORA
SITORB

soc
U.S.
USAF
USS
USCG
USCGC

u.s.s.
WMEC

Long Distance Operational

Control
Link Quality Analysis
Lower Sideband
Military Affiliate Radio Sys
terns
Meteorology
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mine Hunter. Coastal
Motor Vessel
Nonh American Air Defense
Command
Royal Australian Air Force
Royal Air Force
Radioteletype
Special Air Mission
Search and Rescue
Selective Scanning
Simplex teleprinting over ra
dio
Simplex teleprinting over ra
dio, mode A
Simplex teleprinting over ra
dio, mode B
Space Operations Center
United States
U.S. Air Force
Upper Sideband
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter
United States Ship
Medium Endurance Cutter

All frequencies i11 kiloherr~ (kH~). all rimes i11 UTC. All voice
rrc111s111issio11s i11 English unless orhenvise 1wred.

446.0
1692.0
2048.0
2102.5
2182.0
2206.0
2670.0
2678.0
2795.0
2830.0
2832.7
2872.0
3016.0
3024.4
3029.0

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Nuevitas Radio, Cuba, working CLBR in CW at 0230. (Jim NavaryColonial Heights. VA)
La Coruna Radio, Spain. at 0723 in USB working unknown vessel
(DMHC) on 2123 (duplex) for radiotelephone traffic after hailing on
2182.0. (Richard Baker-Austintown, OH)
LAFU2 - mlv Early My Bird at 0437 in USB working FFU-Brest Radio.
France. (duplex on 1635) after hailing them on 2182.0 for radiotelephone traffic. (Baker-OH)
VX2212-Canadian CG cutter Westford working CGC Yarmouth in USB at
0155. (Navary-VA)
Noted USCG stations NMF31-Group Portland. ME, and NMN13-Group
Cape Hatteras, NC, in USB at various times with ship traffic (Baker-OH)
International Distress and Calling Channel-Larry.
CGBT-J.E. Bernier working CGC Sydney in USB at 0022, duplex with
2582. (Navary-VA)
NMF2-USCG Group Woods Hole with SAR traffic in USBat 2328. (BakerOH)
NMP9USCG Group Milwaukee with HF test on Great Lakes at 0858 in
USB. (BakerOH)
ESA-Unidentilied CW station with SITOR idler at 0337. (J.S. McDonaldBC Canada) My notes sl1ow Tai/in Radio, Estonia-Larry
NMF2-USCG Group Woods Hole with SAR traffic in USB at 0418. (BakerOH)
GNKl-Wick Radio, Scotland. with CW ID and SITOR idler at 0344.
(McDonald-BC)
Lufthansa 437 working Gander ATC in USB at 0638 (Selca! CGFJ).
(McDonald-BC)
Ascot 2314 working Shanwick ATC in USB at 0750. (Robin Hood-UK)
USCGC Seneca working various merchant vessels in USB at 0224.
(NavaryVA)
ARIA 1 (Advanced Range instrumentation Aircraft EC-18) and ARIA 2
working Abnormal 1O(Vandenberg AFB) with data transmission test at
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3134.0
3174.9
3182.5
4035.0
4165.0
4375.0
4405.0
4512.5
4520.0
4560.0
4721 .0
4724.0

5149.0
5306.0
5320.0
5342.0
5399.5

5500.0
5547.0
5574.0
5598.0
5643.0
5649.0
5661.0
5680.0
5696.0
5750.0
5861 .5
6315.2
6343.7
6532.0
6535.0
6556.0
6640.0
6675.0
6683.0
6693.0
6712.0
6715.0
6727.0
6730.0
6739.0

0543 in USB, duplex on 6889. (Baker-OH )

Glenmore working Nightwatch 01 in USB at 0718. (Jeff HaverlahHouston. TX)
'V'-Single letter HF marker in CW at 2318. (Jack Dix-Yonkers. NY) Looks
like this SLHFM might be in eastern Russia based on propagation-Larry.
CW 5-figure number station (hand sent) at 2320. (Dix-NY)
U.S. Army MARS, 9th district net at 0420 in USB. (Gordon LevineAnaheim, CA)
CI02-lsraeli Mossad number station in AM at 2149. (Dix-NY)
VLRO-HMAS Townsville (Australian Navy) working control in USB at
t 239. (Navary-VA)
Song of America working High Seas operator with phone patch traffic in
USB (duplex) at 0251. (Mike Adams-Hutto, TX)
ET03-Addis Ababa Air, Ethiopia, with50 baud RITY RY test tape at 2341 .
(OixNY)
DoD Cape working SOC, also USS Boone and King 112 in USB at 1739.
(Mike Comer-Titusville, FL)
YHF2-lsraeli Mossad number station in AM at 2101. (Dix-NY)
IOR-ltalian Naval Rome. Italy, working 3EW (probable French naval) in
USB at 1721 in English. (Hood-UK)
Steamcar working Thule GHFS at 0817 in USB regarding frequenc ies for
Nightwatch, advised X-208, X-903. (Baker-OH) Aggregate requesting
working frequencies for Nightwatch from McClellan GHFS, passed X208 (3134) and X-209 (4742). (Pihale-MN) New OR frequency, old was
4725-Larry.
CW 5-figure number station at 2257. (Dix-NY)
'C'-Moscow. Russia. Single letter HF marker in CW at 2308. (Dix-NY)
USS Heron(MHC-52) at 0458 working NOYUSCG Group Galveston with
SAR traffic in USB. (Baker-OH)
FOY-FAF Orleans. France, with V CW marker at 0006. (Dix-NY)
USCG station Foxtrot Charlie at 0332 in USB working Charlie India and
Charlie Papa. (Baker-OH) NMG-COMSTA New Orleans, LA, working
Foxtrot Charlie and Foxtrot Charlie working Charlie Alpha in USB at 1210.
(Harry Riddell-Rochester, NY)
Velda (?) 70 working 6J, U2 checking out data link in USB at 1150.
(Riddell-NY)
San Francisco ATC working Hawaiian 22 and New Zealand 6981 in USB
at 0528. (Navary-VA)
San Francisco ATC working Korean AOR 018 and Northwest 2 in USB at
1256. (Navary-VA)
Air France 594 working New York ATC in USB at 0458. (Levine-CA)
Tahiti ATC working New Zealand 1 in USB at 1058. (Navary-VA)
Ice Air 614 (B-757) working Gander ATC in USB at 0327. (Navary-VA)
Malta ATC working aircraft A6AUH in USB at 1832. (Hood-UK)
Plymouth Rescue working Rescue 51 in USB at 0158. (Navary-VA)
NMN-CAMSLANT Chesapeake. NMF-COMSTA Boston. CAMSPAC San
Francisco. and COMSTA Kodiak working various units in USB. (LevineCA)
English female 5-digit number station in AM at 0445. (Adams-TX)
LYNX-Unidentified station with CW ID and SITOR idler at 2336. (Dix-NY)
This is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Lagos, Nigeria-Larry.
KFS-San Francisco Radio, CA. with SITOR-B weather traffic at 0516.
(James Callaway-NV)
WLO-Mobile Radio, AL. with SITOR-B weather traffic at 0144. (CallawayNV)
VR-BOR with emergency communications (low fuel) working Honolulu
ATC in USB at 1050. (Navary-VA)
Aeroflot 354 and Angola 650 working Dakar ATC in USB at 0438/0154
respectively. (Navary-VA)
Cathay 261 (VR-HOR) working Calcutta ATC in USB at 1710. (McDonald
BC)
Aeromexico 449 calling Mexico (Aeromexico LDOC). no reply in USB at
2355. (NavaryVA)
Possible Russian fisl1ing fleet net, one of them sing ing in LSB at 0110.
(Rick Sumner-Olney. IL)
SPAR 84 working Andrews in USB at 0120. (Haverlah-TX)
R7P working unidentified station in USB. also Miniature. (Comer-FL)
Lajes GHFS with 26 character EAM broadcast in USB at 0630. Also heard
Croughton calling Mainsail and Offutt here with EAM broadcast. (HaverlahTX) New OR frequency, old was 6150-Larry.
HMCS Calgary working Vancouver Military in USB at 0340. (Navary-VA)
Selscan type tones then SAM 28000 with 2850 working Andrews in USB
at 1940. (Comer-FL) Mystic Star-Larry.
USAF Executive Foxtrot 1working Andrews in USB at 0352. (Navary-VA)
USAF GHFS stations noted here include: MacOill, all in USB at various

6745.0
6750.0
6779.0
6780.0
6785.0
6786.0
6795.0
6817.5

6840.0
6933.0
6993.0
7527.0
7535.0
7783.5
7959.2
8030.0
8040.0
8117.0
8120.0
8442.0
8458.0
8473.0
8480.0
8495.0
8641.0
8843.0
8855.0
8861.0
8879.0
8891.0
8896.5
8903.0
8924.0
8933.0
8942.0
8951 .0
8968.0

8971 .0
8974.0
8976.0
8983.0
9003.0
9007.0

times. (Baker-OH) Selscan activity noted here at 0000. (Haverlah-TX)

New OR frequency, old was 6738-Larry.
VLB 14-lsraeli Mossad number station in AM at 0225. transmitting
VLB14B05. (Sumner-IL)
U.S. Navy Foxtrot Tango net active on Charlie 3 in USB at 0722.
(Haverlah-TX)
German Navy ship DRAFMoelders working DHJ-59 in USB at 0556.
(Navary-VA)
Sierra 2 working Bravo 4. Echo 4, Alpha 3, Charlie 2. Latin American
accents - sounded like wargames in USS at 0255. (Navary-VA)
P7S working P7SH in USB at 1228. (Riddell-NY)
Spanish female 5-digit number station in AM at 0208. (Adams-TX)
Spanish female 5-digit number station in AM at 0210. (Sumner-IL)
Bona I (?) working Banal 6. mention of Bonal 1O. helicopter. callsign
Warrior, Del 4 and Del 12 in USB at 1315. Also Ready 1 working Bonal
6, mention of ship and shift to secondary frequency because of Spanish
station interference. JTF4? (Riddell-NY) My guess is Marines, Harry
Larry.
EZl21sraeli Mossad number station in AM at 2201. (Dix-NY)
Spanish female 5-digit number station in AM at 0200. (Sumner-IL)
SAM 200 working SAM Command via Andrews in USB at 2050. (Navary
VA) Andrews working Air Force 2 in LSB at 0633. (Comer-FL)
Spanish female 5-digit nu mber station in AM at 0010. (Sumner-IL)
NEXS-USS Emory S. Land. NGMNUSS Nitro and NDIB-Briscoeworking
Norfolk SESEF in USB at various times. (Navary-VA)
USCG station Foxtrot Charlie working Charlie Foxtrot (0204) and NMG
COMSTA New Orleans (0224) in USS. (Baker-OH)
9BC23-IRNA Tehran . Iran. with 50 baud Rm English news bulletin at
1815. (Robert Hall-Capetown. South Africa)
English female 5-digil number station in AM at 1809. (Dix-NY)
SAM 972 working Andrews in USB at 2230. (HaverlahTX)
BMBTaipei Meteo with CW weather in English at 1010. (Navary-VA)
Mike Oscar working Raider in USB (probable USCG) at 1253. (NavaryVA)
TCR- lstanbul Radio. Turkey, with Ca CW marker at 2001 . (Dix-NY)
German female 5-digit number station in AM at 121 1. (Dix-NY)
HLG-Seoul Radio. South Korea. with Ca CW marker at 2246. (Dix-NY)
HZYRas Tannurah Radio. Saudi Arabia. with Ca CW marker at 1948.
(Dix-NY)
'C'-Moscow . Russia. Single letter HF marker in CW at 1332. (Dix-NY)
MIW21sraeli Mossad number station in AM at 2149. (Dix-NY)
Gulfstream 75RP working San Francisco ATC in USB at 2105. (LevineCA)
Porto Velho ATC calling American 900, told to try 5526. Manaus ATC
working American 904, United 988 and American 924 at 0554. Brasilia
ATC working Big A heavy 661 at 2133. All in USB. (Navary-VA)
Iberia 6810 working Recife ATC in USB at 0019. Roberts ATC (Liberia)
working African Express 36 in USB at 0105. (Navary-VA)
Bei ra ATC (Mozambique) calling Dar-es-Salaam ATC in USB at 0344.
Also noted Harare (Zimbabwe). Lilongwe (Malawi) Antananarivo, and
Gander. ATCs. (Navary-VA)
Baffin ATC working Lufthansa 8391 in USB at 2251 . (Navary-VA)
Various Peruvian ATCs working each other in Spanish, no aircraft heard
in USS at 2115. (Navary-VA)
N'Djamena ATC (Chad) working Speed bird 52 and Lufthansa 569 in USB
at 0112. Also noted Kano (Nigeria), Luanda (Angola). Libreville and
Kinshasa ATCs. (Navary-VA)
Piarco LDOC working West Indian 427 in USB at 2302. (Navary-VA)
Warsaw LDOC working aircraft SPLOA in USB at 0828. (Hood-UK)
Springbok 267 working Johannesburg LDOC in USB at 0202. Ethiopean
834 working Luanda at 0240. (Navary-VA)
Singapore ATC working Dynasty 60. Aeroflot 556 in USB at 1122. Also
noted Hong Kong ATC. (NavaryVA)
Ankara ATC passing clearance and weather to unidentified aircraft in
USB at 21 14. (NavaryVA)
Badluck working McClellan GHFS with request for working frequencies
for Nightwatch. passed X-210 (11229) and S-311 (11494) in USB at
1945. Also heard Andrews and Lajes GHFS here. (Pihale-MN) New OR
frequency, old was 8967-Larry.
S4JG (U.S. Navy general ai rcraft callsign) working Bluestar in USS at
2141 . (Haverlah-TX)
PJX-Dutch Navy working Sparrow 2 in USB at 1436. (Navary-VA)
RAAF Darwin working RAAF Sydney in USB at 1310. (Navary-VA)
Rescue 171 O(HC 130) at 1805 working NMN-CAMSLANT Chesapeake
in USB. (Baker-OH) New OR frequency, old was 8984-Larry.
Royal Jordanian LDOC Amman working Jordanian 23 in USB at 2228.
(Navary-VA)
CANFORCE Trenton Military working Hunter 04 with phone patch traffic
in USB at 1756. (Baker-OH) New OR frequency, old was 9006-Larry.

9014.0
9016.0
9017.0
9027.0
9059.0
9225.0
10194.0
10780.0
10820.0
10959.9
11053.0
11 175.0
11178.0
11 181.0
11202.0
11212.0
11226.0
11229.0
11244.0
11300.0
11387.0
11396.0
11421.3
11460.0
11494.0
11565.0
12229.0
12661.5
13330.0

13354.0
14508.7
14441 .5

14585.9

16280.4
163 18.0
16355.3
16918.5
17015.8
18023.0

Darkstar working Chapter One. Speed, Sweep with lots of air-to-air

combat chatter in USS at 1730. (Have rlah-TX)
Glassjaw working McClellan with phone patches for airborne fighters in
USB at 2002. (Haverlah-TX) Bag lock working McClellan GHFS with
databurst and USB communications at 2126. (Pihale-MN)
Mash 72 (KC-135) with phone patch via Andrews on X-904 in USS at
1451 . (Pihale-MN) Interesting. afterthe GHFS switchover: wonder when
they will move this one?-Larry.
SAM 972 working Andrews in USB at 0522. (Haverlah-TX)
LOA burst noted here in USB at 0303. (Haverlah-TX)
Berne LDOC working Saudi Air Force 911 in USB at 1640. Had tried 6643
and 8936. but bad interference. (Hood-UK)
Sentry 58 working Trenton Military (CANFORCE) on sometimes common NORAD phone patch frequency, then moved to 13206. In USB at
1903. (Haverlah-TX)
Antigua Radio working Aria 2 in USB at 1857. (Navary-VA)
SYN2-lsraeli Mossad number station in AM at 1847. (Dix-NY)
3MA28-CNA Taipei. Taiwan . with 48 baud Rm English news bulletin at
0756. (Hall-RSA)
SAM 972 working Andrews with phone patches to Crossbow, Royal
Crown (Anybody know who this is?-Larry), State Department, etc. In
USB at 2308. (Haverlah-TX)
Sentry 50 working McClellan GHFS at 2000 in USS. (HaverlahTX) Also
have monitored Andrews. Ascension, Offutt GHFS. (Pihale-MN) New OR
frequency, old was 11176-Larry.
RAF MPD working 72 (aircraft) and moved to frequency Kilo Papa in USB
at 1840. (Navary-VA) My records show 'KP' as 2641.0Larry.
McClellan working Nightwatch sending data, in USB at 2123. (Haverlah
TX)
Rescue 1501 (HC-130) working NMN-CAMSLANT Chesapeake with
SAR communications in USB at 2246. (Baker-OH) New OR frequency,
old was 11201 -Larry.
MKLPitreavie Air with CW weather information at 1305. (Navary-VA)
lronweed working Birdsnest and Claybird in USB at 1753. (Haverlah-TX)
USAF Delco working Nightwatch 01 at 1747 in USB regarding status of
Tinman and Snowman . (Baker-OH) Baglock working Nightwatch on X
210 in USS at 1948. (PihaleMN)
McClellan with an 'All Frequency Request' for Hickam GHFS, answered
on 11175. in USB at 1705. (Haverlah-TX) New OR frequency. Old was
11176-Larry.
TMA 11 28 working Nairobi ATC in USB at 2216. Also heard Asmara ATC
(Eritrea) working Addis Ababa ATC. (Navary-VA)
Calcutta VOLMET with aviation weather in USB at 1237. (Navary-VA)
Perth ATC working Qantas 78 in USS at 1116. (NavaryVA)
FJY5-FF Crozet Island with ARaE3 idler at 0937. (Hall-RSA)
SAM 972 working Andrews in USB at 1653. (Haverlah-TX)
Baglock working Nightwatch in USB at 1950 on S-311. (Pihale-MN)
EZ12-lsraeli Mossad number station in AM at 1802. (Dix-NY)
MOSW called by TOSO with hand sent CW at 1444. (Dix-NY)
UHY/UHSUnidentified Russian coastal station with ca CW marker at
1503. (Dix-NY) Jack. I believe this is Murmansk, based on my observations-Larry.
Coast Guard 01 working Universal Houston in USB at 1356, moved to
17940. USCG commandant placed call to Coast Guard headquarters in
Washington. D.C. Also heard MDF 07 (Mexican Air Force) working
Universal at 1447 and Cedar Jet 224 working Cedar Base in Beirut at
1636. (Navary-VA)
Zulu Lima Lima 31 working Honolulu ATC in USB at 2335. (Levine-CA)
Zaire bank circuit with SITDR-A French traffic and some USB at 0941.
(Hall-RSA)
NNNOCNY-USCGC Campbell (WMEC-909) at 1715 in USB calling
NNNONCG-USCG Systems Command, Alexandria, VA, with routine
phone patch traffic on US Navy-Marine Corps MARS Afloat calling
channel. (Baker-OH)
RFTPAFF Comelef N'Djamena, Chad, with ARaM2 5 letter groups to
RFFHACT Montpelier at 0950. Also French traffic to RFFUGI lstres at
0959. RFTPG-COMELEF N' Djamena with Fre nch t raffic to
Aiscsoulogmatsol and lstres at 0955. (Hall-RSA)
RFFLVM-FF Ugelarm Toulon, France, with ARa-M2 French traffic to
RFFISOMSomme and others. (Hall-RSA)
MFA Cairo, Egypt, with Arabic SITOR-A traffic at 0831. (Hall-RSA)
DOR-MFA Sofia. Bulgaria. with 100 baud RTIY Bulgarian news bulletin
at 0835. First time heard. (Hall-RSA)
MTD-Royal Navy London. England. with 75 baud Rm traffic at 0914.
(Hall-RSA)
'S'-Arkhangelsk. Russia. Single letter HF marker in CW at 2002. (Dix-NY)
Springbok 6234 working Berne LDOC in USB at 1335. (Dix-NY)

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~]Jl~

The World Above 30 MHz

SCANNING REPORT

Bob Kay, c/o MT, P.O. Box 98, Brasstown, N.C. 28902

Beyond UHF

f you re a seasoned scanner buff, you probably can remember when

the upper freque ncy limit of scanner radios stopped at 512 megahertz. The Uucc basic bands were, VHF Low Band: 30 to 50 MHz,
VHF Hig h Band : 150to 174 MHz.and the UHF Band: 45010512 MHz.
A few scanner radios also offered the VHF air band, 108 to 135 MHz
(AM).
In the old days, a 20 foot length of speaker w ire thrown over a tree
limb would capture all the local radio sig nals between 30 and 512
megahertz. If you lived in a strong signal area. you didn ' t even need to
install a connector on the e nd of the wire. Just twist the strands together
and push them into the o ld motorola connector.
As some of you already know. monito ring the 800 megahertz band
isn't that easy. The higher frequen cies arc very unforgiving, and if you
don't take a few precautions, your monitoring will be compromised.
The first mi stnke that most scanner buffs make is fooling themselves
into thinking that they don't need a separate 800 megahertz antenna.
Sure, you can monitor 800 megahertz signals with a dual band antenna,
but nothing can compare to an antenna that has been specifically made
for a particular band. If you're serious about monitoring the 800
megahertz band, you ' II need a separate 800 megahertz antenna.
Installing a separate 800 megahertz antenna can be a hass le -no
argument. You' ll need to run another length of coax, drill another access
hole into your li stening area, and insta ll connectors on the cable ends.
For monitoring the 800 megahertz band. RG-6/U provides satisfactory
results. There are other coax cables that exhibit lower loss characteri stics, but they are more expensive and may be difficu lt to locate. The RG6/U can be ordered from Grove Enterprises or purchased from your local
Radio Shack store.
After the antenna and coax are installed, do not add an adapter o r
splitter to this line. The coax from your 800 megahertz antenna will feed
directly into the antenna connector on your 800 megahertz scanner
radio. It's important, so I' II say it again: Use one connector at theantenna
and one connector at your scanner radiC>-no additional adapters,
splitters or connectors of any type.
Place ment of the 800 megahertz antenna wi ll be critical. As I' ve
already mentioned, high frequency signals are easily affected by natural
and man made obstructions. You may need to experiment with several
different antenna locations. Rooftop installations can be simplified by
bringing along a small length of coax cable and a handheld scanner
radio. Connect the scanner radio to the antenna and ''test" the reception
at several different rooftop locations.
Can' t get on the roof? No problem. The same procedures can be
followed to install att ic mounted antennas or hidden indoor antennas.
Simply pic k an area, temporaril y support the antenna in the desired place
and then connect your scanner radio. If the signal quality is good. mount
U1e antenna permanently.
Listeners living in weak signal areas may need to install a preamp.
Don 1 buy an inexpensive, indoor preamp that installs at the rearof your
scanner radio. The best choice is a low-noise, mast-mounted (outdoor)
preamp. O utdoor. television anten na preamps can be uti lized, but don't
forget to c heck the fo llowing: I) The frequency range of the preamp
must e ncompass the frequen cies that you re interested in monitoring; 2)
Don't buy a television preamp that uti lizes an FM trap. Since the

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You can 110 longer expect one antenna to perform well 011 all the
bands covered by today's sca1111ers. lf you're serious about
monitoring 800 MHz signals, use a separate 800 MHz antenna,
such as this Loop Yagi.
majority of scanner radio communicatio ns are transmitted in FM, the
" trap" may prevent you from hearing specific frequencies.

IMPROVISE
Readers that arc handy with a few basic hand tools can make an
excellent 800 megahertz antenna from two metal c lothes hangers.
You 11 a lso need a standard UHF bow tie antenna ( Radio Shack Catalog
# 15-234) and four wire connectors.
The procedure is simple and straightforward. Make four cuts through
the bow tie at approximately 4 inches from the center. Bend the coat
hangers to the shape of the removed sections and attach w ith wire
connectors. The fin ished project will extend the bow tie configu ration
to 13" from center on each s ide. To rece ive a free explanati on and
detailed drawing, send a# I0 SASE to the Scanning Report, P.O. Box 98,
Brasstown, NC 28902.
The best antenna and coax cable in the world can't deliver a strong
signal if they are contaminated by moisture and din . Use a high quality
sealant at the antenna connec tion ( Radio S hack Catalog #278- 1645),
and routinely clean your inside connections. A very minimal amount of
di rt and/or moisture can adversely affect your ability to monitor the 800
megahertz band.
Monitoring the new 800 megahertz band doesn' t require expensive
equipment or complicated procedures. A ll you need is an 800 megahertz
antenna, a dedicated feed line, and a scanne r radio capable of receiving
the desired frequenci es. If you haven't tried monitoring with a dedicated
antenna and feed li ne. you' re not hearing everything that' s out there to
hear.

Treasure Hunt
The majori ty of hand held scanner radios suffer from one common
malady- low volume. The problem becomes especially troublesome
when handhelds arc used in a movi ng vehicle. Road noise. entering
through open car windows, can make your handheld nearly impossible
to hear.
The folks at Naval Electronics have the ideal solutio n. Tht: HTS-2
is an amplified speaker that can be powered from your car ballcry or

from AA batteries. The unit provides o ne full watt of audio power. With
the HTS-2 installed in your vehicle, you can o pen the windows, listen
to your FM radio, and hear your scanner radio!
To win the HTS-2, answer the follow ing clues:

I. In a 12 volt, negative ground, automotive electrical system. the

positive battery wire is connected to the frame. True or False?
2. The HTS-2 will automatically adapt itself to a negative or positi ve
ground electrical system. True or Fal se?
3. Which wire has the largest diameter,# 18 A WG o r # 16 A WG ?
4. I ordered the Grove #ACC-47. What d id I get?
5. When is the first day of Spri ng?
The HTS-2 is compact. lightweig ht. and can easily be installed in
your vehicle with Velcro. The unit has an LED light. audio level
adjustment and a tape trigger that can start and stop a tape recorder. If
you w ish to purchase o ne. the unit has recently been upgraded to the
HTS-3. For more information , contact Naval Electronics. 5417 Jet view
C irc le, Tampa, Florida 33634. (8 13)-885-609 1.

Frequency Exchange
We're in the air and flying over Brisbane International Airport in
Australia. Since o ur contributor wishes to remain anonymo us. we
won't land. But as you already know. our lofty location will help us to
hear the fo ll owing:

Brisbane lntematio11al A irport

Code: ... .......... ABBN
Elevation: .. . ..... 13 Feet ASL
Runwars: ........ 01 /19, 14/32
Specie notes: ... Frequent Bird Hazard
Flight Service
11 9.500
125.700
120.300
126.000
121. 200
126.800
123.900
379.500

Air Traffic
120.500 ..... Tower
121 .700 ..... Ground
124.700 ..... Approach/Departure
125.600 ..... Approach/Departure
269.300 ..... Approach/ Departure
281 .400 ..... Approach/ Departure
335.600 ..... Tower

The weather in Hartford, Connecticut, is cold during March, but

it sure beats circl ing above an Australian airport. Our invitation is from
Robin Phelen and she has also provided refreshments .

State Police
154.10
154.6425 ..... Vehicle extender
154.665 ..... .. Primary
154.6575 ..... Vehicle extender
154.6875 ..... Vehicle extender

154.7025 ..... Vehicle extender

154.830 ..... .. Vehicle extender
154.695 ....... Security/Governor
155.34 ......... EMS
156.21

According to R obin. the above freque ncies are used by the State
Police for specia l acti vities and troop to troop communicati ons.
Ro bin also provided the following fire frequenc ies.
153 .14 ....... Hartford
154.145 ..... Hartford
154.265 ..... Hartford

Carol Lewi ndowski Ji ves in Aberdeen, Maryland, and her invitation included the followin g:
37.18 ......... Police
37.30 ......... Police
153.815 ..... City

Aberdee11 Proving Ground (Military)

36.69 ..... ...... . Emergency
36.71 .. .......... Emergency
165.0375 ...... Ambulance
165.0625 ...... Security
165.0875 ...... Military Police

165. 1875 ......

165.5875 ..... .
170.025 ........
173.4875 ......
173.5125 ......
407.325 ........

Military Police
Military Police
Range firing
Unknown
Unknown
Fire

1f we cross over the C he sapeake Bay. we can stop at the home of

Gary Perkins in Dover, Delaware.

Dover Air Force Base

138.045 ................ ..... Flight line
163.5875 ................... Ma intenance
172.30 ............. ......... . Security
173.5625 ................... Medical
173.5875 ................... Fire/ Crash
413. 10 ............ ........... Commander
Traveling north, o ur next sto p is Smyrna, Dela ware. The contributor is anonymous. so we can ' t stop for free snacks.
47.22 .. ....... Delaware City Po lice
154.755 ..... Milton Police
154.77 ...... . Wilmington Police
154.86 ....... Delaware City Police
153.875 ..... Delaware University Police
460.025 ..... Smyrna Police

460.50 ... .... Wilmington Police

465.025 ..... Wilmington Police
465.125 ..... Wilmington Police
465.225 ..... Wilmington Police
465.475 ..... Wilmington Police
465.50 ....... Wilmington Police

Fred Neauman lives in Philade lphia, but he freque ntly travels to

rural Potter C ounty, Pennsylvania. Here are Fred's favorite Potte r
County frequencies.

DON'T PANIC ..

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Be patient and wait until the 10th: if you still don't have your MT, call
us at 1-800-438-8 155 and we will be happy 10 send a replacement.

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154.28 ....... Springfield MA

154.295 ..... South Central

Roy Banks lives in Eastern Massachusetts, and he has prov ided

the new 800 MHz frequencies for the State Police.
856.2125
857.7125
858.7325
859.9625
856.7125
857.7375
858.9625
859.9875
856.7375
857.9625
858.9875
860.2125
856.9625
857.9875
859.2125
860.7125
856.9875
858.2125
859.7125
860.7375
857.2 125
858.7125
859.7375
860.9625
860.9875

153.86 .. ..... City

453.80 ....... Police
458.80 ... .... Police

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33.78 ......... Fire
33.98 ......... Fire
37.04 ......... Coudersport Police

46.36 ......... Fire

154.815 ..... Allegheny Twp Police
155.475 ..... Hector Twp Police

Anoihcr anonymous reader from Wheeling, West Virginia, sent in

the fo llowing frequencies:
866.0125 ... Police/Fire
866.5375 ... Police/Fire

866.9875 ... Police/Fire

868.0125 ... Police/Fi re

According to the contributor. the above freq uenc ies have recently
been ass igned and operate under 1he call letters WPDW 471.
Ready for a party? Richard C ampbell li ves in Dallastown, Pennsylvania, and he has in vited everyone to a scanner party. instead of
chips and pretzels. Rich has provided a snack bowl filled with frequencies.
33.88 ..... ... . York County Fire
33.90 ......... York County Fire

154.190 ..... York City Fire

155.625 ..... York County Control
156.57 ....... York City Police

Did the Frequency Exchange pass by your home town? If so. we

apologize. but we can't stop witho u1 an invitation. To invite everyone to
your neck of the woods. and to sec your frequencies in a future issue.
send your favorite frequencies to the Frequency Exchange, P.O. Box 98,
BrasMown. NC 28902.

Scanner Tips

Ten-Code Abolished

In Hamilton. Canada, a 2 1-ycar-old college student was grabbed

from behind. Fortunalely. the studen t escaped and to ld police that she
left visible scratches and red marks on her abductor' s face and neck.
A cab driver. who was monitoring his scanner radio. recognized lhe
description and the injuries of I he wanted man. Thecabdrivertold police
1hat he had driven the man to a local bar. The suspect was arrested a few
minutes later. (News clipping fro m Stan Fracis).

Cellular Scrambling
Qualcom. a company located in San Diego. California. has received
a 1.48 million dollar government contract to develop a cellular phone
encryption system.
The company ha~ 12 mont hs to develop a cell ular phone that uses
plug-in computer cards to encrypt or scramble conversations. The Code
Di visio n Multiple Access (CDMA) cellular phone could operate on any
digital cellular phone system that uses Qualcom's technology.
With the Qualcom pho ne. spec ial encryption equ ipment won't be
necessary. The phone could be used for scrambled and unscrambled
calls on a conventional cell pho ne system. As previous ly mentioned. the
cellular carrier would only need to purchase and install Qualcom's
technology. According to Qualcom. installation will be easy and !he
price affordable.
Several cellular phone companies are expected to announce plans to
offer CDMA service by summer of ' 95. (News cli pping from H.
Struthers).

Cellular Phone Clones

Hm, your cellular phone been c lo ned? If you receive a cellular phone
bill that contains hundreds of ca lls that you didn't make. it probably was.
It s easy to clone a cellular phone. Cellular bandits use a device that
is s imilar to a frequency counter. When the instrument locks onto a
cellular s ignal. it displays the phone's ..electronic signature." The

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MONITORING TIMES

electronic information can then be transfe rred to another cellular phone.

The second phone becomes a clone that can be used to make calls that
wi ll be charged to your cellular phone number.
Capturi1;g cellular phone signals is si milar to catching radio transmissions with a frequency counter. Thieves pos ition themselves as near
as possible to the signal source and select an area that is saturated with
multiple signals. The obvious cho ices are city highways and bridges th.al
are jammed with morning and even ing commuters. A .cell ular b.a nd1t.
sitting in suc h a location. can catch hundreds ofcellular sig natures lllJUst
a few hours.
Protecting your cellu lar phone from the clones isn' t easy. Most
fo lks mistakenly believe that if they don't use their phones, the phone
can't be cloned. Few people realize that a cellular phone lransmits its
electronic signature every few minutes. The transmissions are designed
to identify where you arc and who you are. Without them. lhe cellular
phone company wouldn't know where to di rect your incoming or
outgoing ca lls.
What shou ld vou do? I have two suggestions: 1) Don'1 use your
cellular phone uniess it 's an emergency: 2) Do n't ride to o r fro m work
wi th your ce llular phone activated- tum it off! If you still wish to be
accessible. you can use a pag ing service to alert you to turn your phone
on for important calls.
Were you cloned? If so. we would like to hear about it. Send your
c lone stories to the Scanning Report. P.O. Box 98, Brasstown, NC
28902.

March 1995

The "I 0-Code., is dead in Des Moines, Iowa. The I0-code was
developed in the 1950' s to shorten and clarify radio communications.
Overt he years. the Des Moines police developed a total of99 individual
I 0-codes. To make life easier and much simpler. the Des Moines Chief
of Police o rdered dispatchers to use .. plain Eng li sh." Instead of using
10-35 .. to describe a robbery, the dispatcher simply says. " Robbery:
by gun. knife. etc, and then provides the address.
The police officers in the street are reporting that they like the new
system. "It's ridiculous to take perfectly clear English and encrypt it."
One officer said. "Simply tell us what's happening and we 11 respond.''

1V Scanning
Did you know that television frequencies are g rouped together into
three different bands? There 's a VHF low band. VHF high band, and
U HF band. If you have a continuous coverage scanner radio, you can
monitor the aud io freque nc ies. For the best reception. don't forget to
switch betwee n narrow and wide band FM.
Here are a few of the frequenci es that can be monitored. A complete
list can probably be found in loca l freque ncy publications.
VHF LOW BAND

VHF HIGH BAND

Channel Audio
59.75
2
3
.. .... . 61.25
4
....... 71.75
5
... .... 81.75
....... 87.75
6

Channel Audio
.. .... . 179.75
7
8
185.75
....... 191.75
9
10
197.75
11
.... ... 203.75
209.75
12
13
....... 215.75

UHF HIGH
Channel Audio
14
....... 475.75
22
....... 523.75
34
...... . 595.75
47
...... . 673.75
57
....... 733.75

C an't find the complete list? No problem. Send $2.00 dollars to the
Scanning Report. P.O. Box 98, Brasstown, NC 28902, and I'll send
you a complete li st of te levisio n a udio frequ encies.

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Parts Procurement

ack in the days when I was learn ing abo ut electronics

fro m my hi gh scho o l teacher, Co l. " Blinky" Auste ll ,
scrounging parts for projects co uldn ' t have been
easier. My friend Nick Archer and 1would ho p o n our bikes
and head for the local trash dump. A few minutes of fetid
searching would turn up an o ld T V chassis o r two.
We wo uld carry this booty back to my garage where we
would spe nd a happy afternoon stripping the chassis of
every part we could. We'd toss these resistors. transform ers, diodes, capacitors, tubes and even the occasional
transistor into shocboxes in wait for the latest crop of
schematics to show up
in magazines such as

Elec tron ics Illustrated (where I first

read the teachings of
a g uy na me d Bo b
Grove).
O ften we could
d iscover enough stuff
to build o ur projects
without needing to tap
o ur meager a ll owances (I come by being a cheapskate honestly). O nce, o ur trash
heap hunt turned up a
full size rack co ntainHamfests are one source of used parts.
ing the g uts of a computer reel to reel tape
drive-j ust like those things yo u sec in o ld science fi ction
mov ies. We had to split the loot with a couple of o ther
people because it took mo re then the two of us to drag it
away, but there was plenty to go around . I think I still have
some components from that scro ung ing mi ssion fl oating
aro und the shack some where. I know the rack is currently
mildewing in my mother-in-law's basement.
The first rule of parts procurement has remained the
same througho ut the hi story of e lectronics: NEVER
T HROW ANYTH ING OUT!
Electronics has come a long way since the sixties whe n
Nick and I went picking through trash heaps. Scrounging
parts is no t as easy as it once was. Co nsumer e lectronics, for
the most part, has become a throw away universe. Most
compone nts are relatively inexpensive whe n you know
where to shop (we' ll get to that later). Ofte n it is less
expensive, in terms of time and aggravation, to purchase a
part than it is to de o lder it off an o ld c ircuit board . T here
are some notable exceptions that are important when you
are bui ld ing up your junk box for futu re projects. Let s ta ke
a look at a typical example.
I am out wa lki ng Pogo 'The Computer Dog" one

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Morch 1995

morning. That I happen to schedule my tum to take

Pogo for his walk on trash days is no acc ident. I re main
watchful th roug hout my walk for obvio us signs of cast
off e leetroflu via. One day I find a nice Sony IC F9740 W AM/FM table radio sitting in someone's open
garbage can. Pogo has fo und a tree stump to sniff so I
have a few mi nutes . I take out my trusty Leatherman
tool and pop the back off the rig to see what l can see.
l fi nd the rig to be intact, but too bulky to lug fo r the rest
of my walk.
First the knobs po p right off. Then four screws
remove the e nti re circ uit board. including its tuning
capacitor. Two sc rews re move the six- inch speaker.
Another two screws free the power transformer a nd
line cord . Now I can toss the carcass back in the trash
can and Pogo can explo re furth er tree stumps. Meanwhi le, I have pocketed some useful componentry. Old
habits d ie hard.
At ho me , I test the speaker and fi nd it to be fine . The
circui t board pro vides a tun ing capac ito r and two
potent iometers. None of the discrete components are of
signific ant value so I' ll put the board in my pi le of other
unstri pped boards fo r future examination.
The power transformer is a sma ll line voltage to 12
volt job that will go nicely in a power supply proj ect
down the li ne. The knobs w ill fi nd their way into some
proj ect o r other. no doubt one using the tuning capacitor or potentiometers. Five minutes work and a fu rther
te n m inutes of testing has gi fted me with what Radio
S hack would charge me overtwenty dollars for. Get the
picture, Pa l? You can save a bit of your coin of the
realm by keeping your eyes open.

Safety Concerns
Part s scroung ing is a lo t of fun . but there are a few
inheren t dangers you must be aware of. First, pay
attention to what you are doi ng. Cast off electronics are
prone to having sharp edges o r such items may reside
in a pi le of trash that conta ins objects with sharp edges.
You do n' t want to mangle yourself while you are
mangling the device in q uestion.
Even dead electronics can present a few " live"
components. Electrolytic capacitors can hold their
charge for years. To uching such devices and provid ing
them with a path to g ro und through your body can
result in a trip to the emergency room where you can
view all sorts of neat electronics dev ices-if you' re
conscious at the time. Carefull y d ischarge such components by shunti ng the m to a safe g round.
Also. be careful around old te levision picture tubes.
If you c rac k or break the g lass envelope on a TV tube
it can shatter into thousands of pieces of g lass shrapnel.

I don 't mess with picture tubes unless I am wearing safety glasses.
Care and common sense go a lo ng way when chasing after "preowned"
parts.

Like the Allied catalogs of old, the Mouser book is j ust page after
page of components. I have yet 10 run across a proj ect that Mouser
couldn 1 support. If it' s not in their catalog, call them: they can probably
find it. They have no minimum order restrictions.

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Hamfests
The dedicated home brew person will a11emp1 lo frequent every
harn fesl within easy driving d istance. Springtime is usua lly a time when
hams come out of thei r shacks and congregate in parking lots and at
fairgrounds . You wi ll be totall y amazed at the wide a nd varied assortment orelectronics that wi II surface al suc h gatherings. Hamfests are full
of new and surplus electro ni c stuff g uaranteed lo get you in the mood to
me lt some so lder. Check with local ham organizations o r keep an eye on
the hamfest lists in major amateur rad io publications such as QST. CQ
and 73 magazine. Bring money and a bag to carry your swag.

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Most folks have seen JDR 's Computer catalog. They also have an
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apart is their Technical Service department. You can call them up and
brainstorm an idea, and they will help you pick the appropriate components. They also stock a small line of kits that arc of interest to the radio
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Substitutions
Keep an eye out for opportunities 10 swap component s fo r slllff you
already have o n hand. Fo r example . your project may call fo r a resistor
that is rated at 1/4 wall. Usuall y there is no reason why you can ' t swap
in a resistorthat you have lying around that has a hi gher power rating such
as I/2 or I watt.
Likewise, capacitors of the same design but with a higher voltage
rating should not represent any problem in most designs. Semiconductor
substitutions are ofte n poss ible, too. You need to c heck out a good
component substitution li st. These can be found at many electronics
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have o n hand will save you a lo t of money in the long run.

Beyond Radio Shack

I li ve in a part of the world where you can throw a rock in any direction
and hit a Rad io Shac k consumer electronics sto re. Whe n build ing up a
project. Radio Shack is a place to find many of the more common
components. There are, however, other sources that are well worth a look
if you' re building up something from any of the project columns here in
the pages of MT.
As the old Ma Bell motto goes, let your fin gers do the walking. Check
out the Yellow Pages under the heading of Electronic Equi pment &
Supplies. There you will find the same resources that your local radio.
TV, VCR service people use. By and large. these are fr iendly folks who
wi ll be more than willing to work with you. Nol a ll outfits are will ing to
deal in small quantities of pans. so make a few phone calls first. Chances
are you wi ll find a company or two that will become regul ar resources for
all of your needs.
If you li ve near a large metropoli tan area. check for a heading
something like Electronic Eq uipment & Supplies - S urplus. Surplus
stores are the Valha lla fo r electro nics hobbyists. To find a surplus o utlet
nearby is akin 10 uncovering a goldmine. You wi ll find many of your
pans needs at incredibly low prices.
If you have a little more time o n your hands, there is nothing quite like
mai I o rder for getting your proj ect pieces. Back when Nick and I were in
business, we could findourhard erto find parts in the Lafayelleand All ied
catalogs. Sadl y, these cata logs are no lo nger around. O n a brighter note,
however, there are still a few outfits out the re who li ve to serve the
e lectro nics hobbyi st. Over the years I have come lo trust a couple of
companies.

Mouser Electronics
2401 Hwy 287 N.
Mansfield. TX 76063-4827
(800) 346-6873

650 Congress Park Drive

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(80 0) 543-4330
If Mo user is the modem Allied catalog, MCM has lO be the new
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SHORT

Av{~tiAD ASnNG

The Global Forum

Glenn Hauser, P.O. Box 7684-MT, Enid, OK 73702
fox: (405) 233-2948 ATT: Hauser

2200-2300 (K le metz, HCJB DXPL)

ALBANIA R. Ti rana in Albanian at 2300 to America on 9766. 1,
COSTA RICA TIA WR Wa11esca11 ti mes were decided just a few
6121.2. 11744.7 (Wolfgang Biischel. Germany)
days before debut Jan. I-Sun
BANGLADESH R. Bangladesh.
0715 & 23 15. But it's very unAll times UTC; all frequencies kHc.. *Asterisk before/after
I 230- 1300 English very close to
reliable-some or all freq uennominal 13615-weak and low
time station sign-on/sign-off; II parallel; + means continuing
cies may be off until program
but not monitored; = 2 x indicates 2nd harmonic
modulation, and 9650-interfcrof following frequency.
over at 2330, or it starts late.
ence; home service on 4879 has I or
Best forus. when active. is 9725.
2 minutes of English news at I 250.
Program is from a script by Adrian Peterson, sent to different outlets
poor but signal improved drastically at 1300. II I 5520 also heard, poor
and read by local announcers, so may not be identical on all. Actual
(David Norcross. GU)
freq uency usage at TIA WR bears little resemblance to faxed sked, so
BELARUS Mogi lev. I 0 kW has local program Mon-Fri. 0440-0500
check them all-5030, 6150. 7375. 9725. 13750. See also GUAM,
on 61 15, 5965; 1600- 1640 on I I 840. one hour earlier during DST
SLOVAK IA, USA .
(Mart in Elbe, Funk via Biischel)
RFPI back on I9m but 15049.7 ex- 15030, sl ightly stronger than
lnonl R. Belarus Pgm I via Moscow-Balashika relay 1600-2300 on
before, distorted AM with carrier control. 1300-2400+; and back on
15175, 17805. perhaps tests to America (Biischel)
I 2 I 50-USB 0000- 1300+ but would be more useful on a lower
BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA R. B.-H.. government station in Sarajevo,
frequency at night, perhaps 3.4 MHz area; meanwhile at 0800- 1300,
missing from SW since May. was heard again in mid-Dec on 7108
12150 has been aimed at Australia. NZ. I 7905 s hifted to 179 10-USB.
USB+carrier, 24h //MW 612 (BBC Monitoring) Clear at 1525 on new
This Way Ow, militant gay/lesbian weekly newsmagazine. on trial
7108. I, religion. music (Nikolai Pashkev itch, Moscow, R. Netherlands
run heard Sat. 2000. Wed 0400; may get different permanent timings
Media Network) 7 108. I USB monitored at 0800-0930*. * 1000-. ham
from Apri l. New QSL card expected in March once old design is
equipment? (Wolfgang Biischel. Stuttgart)
exhausted (RFPI Mailbags & Diane Mauer) Programs-see SWG
BULGARIA R. Bulgaria carri es out regular bimonthly quizzes on the
Highli ghts
air; the most interesting entries wil l be awarded exc iting prizes, such as
CUBA RHC inserted residual -I 2 dB carrier to facili tate tuning
a copy of Bojidar Dimitrovs fascinating book Bulgarians-Civili:.ers of
to 9830 USB: this transmitter has 6.4 k.Hz bandwidth, so music is
the Sfrll's. a colorful R. Bulgaria T-shirt, a surprise souven ir (RB via
actually better than on our AM outlets (Arn ie Coro, RHC DXers
Dave Jeffery, NY) RB sent very colorfu l. freaky card of green alien.
Unlimited)
radio waves buzzing from fi ngers (Steve Goldman. USENET via
Thurman)
CZECH REPUBLIC R. Prague reduced
CANADA RCI' s future is stil I uncertain; 5SW sked fo r financial reasons Jan I- no
Radio Canada longer using e ither Slovak ia site, just
year mandate expires 3 I March I 996 (Andre .;~~.
Internat1onal
.
Litomyshl here, leaving one transmiuer at
Courey, RC I Mailbag) Waiting on Finance 4CC)~:
~v,,
each Slovak si te idle(Adrian Peterson, World
Minister Paul Martin to come up with budget in
~
Feb or at latest end offiscal year 3 I March I 995
of Radio) Supposed to be two at Litomyshl
(Courcy, a later Mailbag via Diane Mauer) Magg ie Ackerbloom docs
(WRTH) English to us reduced to: 00 on 7345, 5930; 0 I on 7345; 03
the work of four people. handling 2500 letters per month (Courey)
on 7345, 5930 (Eugene, RV! Radio World via Mauer)
CHILE As foretold here in Nov (gh) Ex-KGEI program director
R. Metropolis is a corporation owned by three Czech shareholdPastor Jose Holowaty has entered into an agreement to purchase the
ers. staff of 15, to provide SW programs in Czech, English, German,
Russian from early 1995, initial targets Europe and N. America; is
formerVozdeChi lesite foronly $350,000-a price so low it wou ld have
fully commercial, no subsidies. Received 50 reception reports fo r
been the same with or without the transmitters, 8 x I 00 kW Harris. but
reall y run at 50kW, last used 8 years ago. Could resume evangeli zing
first series of tests, proud of results, indicati ng thei r limi ted experience (Wolf Harrant h, ORF, FIDO-net via Benelux DX ClubviaSWL
former KGEI audience as early as mid-February as Radio America
List via Will Martin)
Internacional. but may take longer to fix up transmitters. One is in perfect
condition; two need some little things such as tubes; others need more
ECUADOR HCJB's 1995 QSL cards illustrate foods of Ecuador
(HCJB)
work as yet unknown , some needing parts due to previous cannibalism.
Nine towers support curtains covering 22 acres aimed at all of the
GERMANY R. Netherl ands added 7130, English to Europe at
Americas, Europe, Africa but wil l concentrate on Latin America at first
1130 via Nauen start ing in January ( R NMN) see MADAGASCAR
(Holowaty, intervi ewed on HCJB The Latest Catch and DX Party/ine)
f& non l OW notified dear listeners that from Jan 1, Rwanda was
Radio Esperanza. Temuco, has new 5 kW trans mitter on 6090 ex- I
back in service 0300-2200 replacing temporary S. African relay;
kW and may expand to 2.+ hours; Spanish-only Christian station (Temuco
Brazil relay was closed; as was the Konigs Wusterhausen site
caller to RN Radio-En/ace)
inherited from E. Germany (via Wendel Craighead) Was one JOO
kW.
COLOMBIA R. Coringo, 2860 = 2 x 1430. 0944 with Mex ican
music: HJZ I 15-50 on 3 100 at 1028 quoting Bible (Fernando Viloria.
GOA All India Radio, new Panaji site at same locat ions as old
Venezuela) Harmonic on 3247.0. R. Ideal, Umbita, Boyaca, new pirate
Emissora da Goa, is acti ve in Hindi at 0325-0415 on 11 855, 0430heard regu larly around 0000. an nou ncing 1650. On 5932. 7. R. Cocorna.
0530 on 11 730 (DX Grapevine. UDXL via Andy Sennitt. Internet via
Antioqu ia. harmonic of 1483.1, around 22 16-2300+ (Henrik Klemetz.
HCJB TLC) Reminds me. neighbor K7GOA is overloadi ng and
Bogota)
QRMing my SW reception (gh)
R. El Sol, pirate in Narifio area on 5873.6, heard Sat/Sun only at
GUAM Contrary to initiall y publ icized skcd, A WR Wavesca11 on

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KSDA, 11 980 heard UT Sun al 2300, not 23 15, and announced

MHz, such as 6 100 again this southern winter (gh, W.0.R.)
o nly other airing as UT Sat 2300 on same; in this version. man
NORWAY NRK on 5905 ex-6 115/6 120 at 0000 inc luding
and woman announcer took turns (gh) KSDA acti vely planning
English UT Mons (Joe Han lon, PA) Better.
fou rth transmiller, likely 100 kW, though 250 would be desirPARAGUAY La Voz del Chaco Paraguayo, Filade!fia, stil I
able (Adrian Peterson, Radio News Bulletin) see COST A RICA
plans SW, but government freq. office is in no hurry (Amie
GUATEMALA R. Cultural Coatan, 4779.77. * I IOI until
Boschmann, statio n, HCJB DXPL )
blocked by Pyongyang at 11 55; calls in canned opener sound
Rn(
PERU R. Luz Universal. Cuzco, has been on 6090 for
like TGEC orTGET. \.fay have tested ex-TGN 250-WtransmitRADIO NORWAY
several months. two hours in the morning, but no reports; has
ter in 1992 around 4800 per Wayne Berger, TGN. Patron saint
INTERNATIONAL
anybody heard us? (Dan Moot, stn, Urubamba, HCJB TLC) No
of vi llage is San Sebastian , fiesta date Jan 20. As of 1988, there
time given; try 0900- 11 00 (Rich Mc Vicar. ibid.) Heard 0920was no public transport , no hotel, no gas station, no phone; I presume
0957 , uptempo with ID 0954 (Ed Rausch, NJ , HCJB TLC) Address is
still that way (Takayuki Inoue Nozaki, Reldmpago DX Logging via
Baptist Mid-Mission, Apartado 368. C uzco (TLC)
Play-DX) Certainly more than 250 W now, booming in at 1300* lo
Estaci6n Laser, Ri oja, on 38 18 at 1043- 1 I 0 I ; R. Soledad, Parcoy(?)
return at 5:30 pm local (gh)
on 4631 al 100 1-1 11 5 (Fernando Viloria, Venezuela) Is 4632v; New
GUYANA We are thinking of restarting SW 5950, depending on
Year's Eve at 2335 called listeners in Japan, Sweden , Finland. Chic layo
funds for a new transmitter, not earlier than second quarter 1995 (S.
has new R. Latina on 4573.9-4573 .3 variabl e, 0050-0 130+, strongeron
Goodman. C.E .. GBC via Yutaka Yamada, NM)
lowe r s ideband . Since R. Paucartambo, 5894.7 has added FM 04.5,
HONDURAS R. Albatross Internatio nal. pirate show, from Feb 5
they' ll probably leave SW (Henrik Klemetz, Colombia)
is on R. Copan Im ' l 15675, Suns 2 100; $ 1 for QSL via P.O. Box 25302.
PHIUPPINES R. Pi lipinas via VOA Tinang o n new 11890 exPiusburgh, PA 15242 (Pirate Mike. RAJ)
2 1455, Engli sh 1900-1930, 250 kW // 15 190, 17840 (Bob Padula,
INDIA New AIR freque nc ies loo late for 1995 W RTH: Impha l 50
KSDA DX Asiawaves via BUschel)
kWon4775; Jaipur 3295 not 3345 or49 10, *0025 & * 1430(011e Alm.
POLAND P.R. on 6000 ex-5995 including Engli sh 1800 and 2030
Sweden via Andy Sennill, RNMN) see also GOA
(Eugene, RVI Radio World via Cline, Mauer) 2030-2 124* o n new 6000
IRELAND St ill no plans for SW. but RTE digital audio fi les are on
//6 135, 7285. all weak wi th co-channe l QRM (Brian Alexander, PA)
Internet: http://www.bess.tcd.ie/ireland/rte.html Also in US only, conQATAR QBSconfirms sked in Nov was: 0245-0700on 72 IO, 0700cise news o n phone 1-900-420-241 1; sports 1-900-420-24 12; corre1300 on 15395 both targeted on Cairo, Rabat: 1300- 1700 11 750. 1700sponding numbers in UKOGBANl are: 039- 111 -30 1 and 302(RNMN)
2 130 72 10 o n Paris, London (Han s Peter T illmann, British DX club
R. Dublin lnt ' I o n 6915.5 ex-69 10, best here at 0900- 1030, wi th 800Communication ) and by extension, Orlando, Chi apas (gh) 11 749 at
W transmiller (Eugene. Belgium, RV I Radio World via Cline. Mauer)
1630 (Adolph Schwegeler. Germany, op. cir.)
ISRAEL Israel Radio continued SW into 1995, but after several
RUSSIA Another odd religious program appears o n Moscow
delays, deleted English at 1400 and 2230. shortened 2000 to only 10
transm iller, 9480 at 1800 o n a Monday. Radio Voice ofthe Martyrs. "we
minutes. thus eliminating slots for features such as Calling All Listeners
talk about persecuted Christians," address in Germany, test anno unceand DX Corner (gh & via Cline, Mauer, Southwell, Babbis, Hano lon.
ments, English, French, German; then R. Interco nti nental mentioned in
Rosenzweig via Thurnrnn)
another language. probably Armenian where thi s originates; a couple of
ITALY R. Mariquita (of the uncensored nude mascot) in Jan was on
other programs tested until 1830 (via Tim Hendel, FL W.0.R.)
3925 around 2000-200 Fri/SallSun (Luigi Basso. QSL manager, PlayV. of Russia W.S. - Joe Adamov said on Moscow Mailbag that VOR
DX) Ofte n 19 15-2 100 o n 3924.3 (G IG, Play-DX)
English dept. is down to 80 employees: the whole VOR e mploys 1200,
IVORY COTE R. Coted' Ivoire Frequencc Deux, 24 ho urs on 11 920,
once ove r 2000 (Kevin Hecht. PA)
entertainment in French and news o n most hours or half-hours, includes
My e lectronic music fri end Sergei Tutov has a program on R.
dail y English program 1833- 1930 (BBCM) Theoretically. but has
Nadezhda, early local Sundays at 12- 1 am: takes calls and would be
anyone heard I 1920 for years?
happy to hear from N. America, 0 11+7-095-233-7849 (Bruce Atchison,
JORDAN R. Jordan, in Arabic al 2030 o n 7155 117000 and 12000.
Alta.) One possible SW frequency UT Sat at 2 100 is 11 965 (Wolfgang
both mi xes? (Fi nn Krone, Denmark. DSWCI SW News) Maybe lransBUschel)
mitler tuning defaults to even MHz when digits inadequately ente red
R. Veritas Asia, Ph ili ppines, in Russian via Sverdlovsk 15 130 at
(gh)
I 030- 11 25; via Khabarovsk 9560 al 2 130-2225 (Benelux DX Club via
KIRIBATI R. Kiribati, 9825, *0558v. 0600 BBC news, 0610 local
Doug Dine via Diane Mauer)
news. 0618 local music. Signal here varies good-poor, sometimes ule
RWANDA DW, English to W. Africa at 2 100-2 150 closes with
QRM (David Norcross, GU)
Kigali site ID in French on 15270 (gh) At this time 9615 is also Kigal i
KOREA, NORTH Jackpol: received from R. Pyongyang large 1995
calendar, hologram new year card (Bill McClintock. MN. HDJB DXPL)
LUXEMBOURG RTL closed SW 6090 & 15350 at the end of 1994
DX Listening Digest
(Wolfgang BUsche l, Germany)
MADAGASCAR In exchange for RN via Germany (q. v.), OW has
More broadcasting information by country compiled
new relay fro m here. 0500-0550 on I 1765 in Portuguese. French
by Glenn Hauser
(RNMNJ
NEW ZEALAND RNZI' s Aro1111d the World with Rudi Hill apReview of International Broadcasting
peared Jan 10 to return Feb 7, so if 4week pattern holds should recur the
SW Programming, opinion , equipment, satellite monitoring.
weeks of Mar 7. Apr 4. May 2 & 30,
Samples $2.50 each (outside North America US $3 or 71RCs)
June27, July25,Aug22.Sept 19,0ct
1Oissue subscriptions $25 in USA, or both for $47
17. Nov 14, Dec 12.T ues 0930, Fri s
Glenn Hauser, Box 1684-MT, Enid, OK 73702
0430 ; expect RNZI to descend to 6
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(Kevin Hecht, PA) Then dropped 15270; 96 15, 9670, a nd 9690 all
from here (Ed Rausch. NJ)
SA/PAN FEBC phoned appealing for donations to defray $ 175,000
for typhoon repairs to KFB S (G igi Lytle . T X) KFBS on new 58 10 at
1800- 1900 ex-9465 (Bob Padul a. Australian DX Nein')
SAN ANDRES La Voz de las Islas harmonic item last month on
2200 must result from a new transmitter, as the Bogota newspaper El
Espectadorreported prev ious installation at is land's on ly independent
station was destroyed in Oct by arson fire (Henrik Klemetz, Colombia)
SAO TOME VOA hopes to have SW relay on soon, 6, 7 and 9 MHz
for Africa (Bill Whitacre. VOA , Communications World)
SLOVAKIA A WR. English at 0900- 1000 on 9445 ex 9450 (Edwin
Southwell , UK; Adrian Peterson, A WR) T o avoid RTTY 9452
(BUschel) Includes DX programs Wavescan and World DX News
Suns, also 2100-2200 on 6055; see COSTA RICA. Wa ve.scan features
run two weeks behind COSTA RICA. GUAM ; but DX news section
ran one week be hind; confusing (gh)
SOUTH AFRICA New TWR relays me ntioned last month arc:
English to W. Afri ca 0604-0700 on 11 730: 1900-2100 95 10 in
Yoruba, Fulani , Hausa, Twi: 0332-0428 on 9500, 1804-1900 on 9525
in Swahili: plans 2 100-2200 to W. Africa. S. America (ex-Bonaire!)
(RNMN) Most confirmed but at fi rst all in English (Brian A lexande r.
PA )
TAJIKISTAN Taj ik R .. Dushanbe, English on 7245 now easy at
0345-0400 with marginal QRM by R. Libe rty; and 1645- 1700 but
from 1658 QRM by VOA Kavala opening (BUschel, Germany)
TURKMENISTAN Try 50 15. JOO kW at 0 100-2400. which now
QSLs-address is UI. Mol lanctesa 3. 744000 Ashgabat (Olle Alm via
A ndy Scn nitt, (RNMN)
UKOGBANI fnon] BBC African Alte rnative, Network Africa
originates from a different country the first Friday of each month. 0330
and 0600on 9600 via Ascension (BBC Worldwide via George Thurman)
USA World of Radio time c hanges: WHRI, 13760, Fri 2 10 I cx2 129; WWCR. add Sat 0600 on 7435. Remember, during DST, s hifts
one UT hour earlicron WWCR but not on othe r SW outlets. Also DST
shi ft on satellite, World Radio Network (gh) WRN plans to o ffer entire
output. including World of Radio on Internet (Sweden calling DXers
via Pete Costello via George Thurman) already running by mid-Jan:
htt://power.hall.org/radio/wrn.html (Media.scan)
WRMI. 9955 expanded Brother Stair lo all-day, al least Saturday
a nd Sunday; milking cash cow rather than serving S WLs (gh) Just
another WRNO. selling time to anyone (Dia ne Mauer) Inaudible at
0 I 00 UT Sun when Viva Miami supposed to be on including Wave.scan.
but faded in Sun at 1252 amid show, this time read by Jeff White (gh)
Also heard at unpreviewed time of2200 Sat, not 2300: and a week late r
on HRJA , 15675 Sat 2100 (Mauer) sec COSTA RICA . Another week
ended at 1245 (gh) First and main transmiss ion of Wa vescan always
UT Sun 0 I 00; 1230- 1300 repeat time may change: and Sat 2200 was
gap-fille r of previous week's edition (Je ff Wh ite, WRMl via Tim
Hendel)
KAIJ , Dall as, was on verge of being s hut off after Chri stmas since
tra nsmitter operato rs had not been paid for several weeks, but kept
going; later clashing with VOA during the 0000 hour on 13740
(George Thurman, LL) No Christian love lost between KCBl-FM and
new owne rs: KC BI upset about use of their name and cred it by Two
If By Sea, and insisted FCC make in voluntary call change, thus KAIJ
(Rich D' Ange lo . Fine Tunin g) Address announced fo r KA IJ is P.O.
Box 270879. Dallas. T X 75227 (N. Aoi , R. Japan Media Ro1111d11p) Cf
Feb p.44 for street and fax addresses.

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VOA fin ally heard in Jan with Com1111111icatio11s World UT Sun

0030 (Thurman) Had been running Spe-cial Eng-lish at this time
contrary to own publicity in Novembe r; confirmed on 13740,
11 695. 9775. 9455, 7405, 6 130. 5995. Surprised to find VOA on
AM 5745 in French at 0600, outdo ing private out-of-banders.
maybe weekdays only (gh) 9670 in English at 1700- 1800 is Thai land. 2 x 500 kW (John Vodenik)
Bethany-area leaders suggest the VOA 650-acrc s ite should be
a radio museum touri st attraction about VOA and Crosley; maybe
also hi gh schoo l and senior citi zens' center on site (RNMN) The
control room is dark: transmitters arc sile nced ; it is as quiet as a
tomb. What a haunting experie nce to walk around he re wi thout
those sounds that excited us with a sense of mission: the babble of
languages launc hed around the world that sowed seeds o f libe1iy.
freedom, democracy and hope in countless minds. Bethany made a
di fference that still re mains as hi story's witness (Dave Snyder.
VOA Be tha ny manager' s narrati ve re port via Vodenik) Most li kely
Bethany site will become park/ recreation cente r (Mark Meece. OH,
ANARC) Antenna towers will be costl y to demolish- lead-based
paint must be sandbl asted first, in side encapsulations. Most of staff
became unemployed in mid-Jan (John Vodcnik, OH ) Tours of VOA
Washingto n re timed to 45 mins. at I 0:40 am , I :40 and 2:40 pm Tue,
Wed, Thu cxc holidays; reservations at 202-619-3919 (George C.
Macke nzie, VOA, USENET via Thumian)
VANUATU New SW transmitter plan delayed again, waiting for
approval by Au stralian High Commi ssion; 6 100 and 3300 [sic?] sti II
scheduled for new I 0 kW supplementing 7260, 3945 (Bengt,
Norway. RNMN) SW frequencies registered for 10 kW are 2485.
3330, 4960, 6100 (DX Australia via Arthur Cushen , RNMN) Northern Territory on 2485 already
VATICAN STATE The only SW freq uency o riginat ing from
within the Vatican , 6245, has gone o ff; now all are fro m Santa Maria
di Galeria, Italy (A ndy Sennitt. RNMN) Well , 6245 is still on the
Jan-Mar sched ule fo r Europe from 0500 in Polish. Mass in Engli sh,
Sat 1600 on 9500. 11 640 (gh)
VIETNAM [non] VOV expansion program includes relays in
Russia to N. Ameri ca and they' re sparing no expense . If Russ ia
doesn' t want to relay the m. they may buy Ukraine's Simferopol'
Crimea site, off air s ince June from unpaid bills, say rumors (Ivan
Kranoskiy. Armenia via Kevin Hecht)
VOV announced new service to N. America on 5940 at 04000600(BBCM ) Obviously impossible direct, and 5940had been used
by V. of Russia to us. but bad choice next to WWCR. Only night it
was audible here. still carried VOR (gh) Began relay Jan 23, all in
English . half- hour program repeated (Ed Rausch. NJ; Larry
Shewchuk, Man. )
ZAMBIA Tex t of R. Christian Voice, 6065 j ingle: " Bringing the
people choice. breaking the chains that hold back the nation" (HCJB
DXPL)
ZIMBABWE The two new SW trans mitters at Guinea Fowl near
Gweru cost $40 million. radius o f at least a sesquimcgamete r day or
more at night. One is dedicated to Radio 2. mainl y in vernaculars;
the other educational Radio 4 0800-2000 weekdays, elsewhen
Radio 3. SW ensures coverage o f the whole country. whilst the FM
network reaches only 70%. Radio 2 is on 6045 day, 7285 night;
Radio 4 & 3. 3306 day, 4828 night. Plans are underway to install
a nother pair of transmitte rs for Radio I and 3 on SW (Th e Herald,
Harare via BBCM)

Until the next, Best of DX and 73 de Glenn!

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. . _g__in__g..s____________b[,JiirdlJ.1111!1Log of the Month
March's LOG OF THE MONTH was submitted by Nick
Terrence of Huntington, New York. Thanks, Nick !
CZECH REPUBLIC: Radio Prague. English service at
0015 on 5930 kHz. Discussion and interviews on the virtues of
0005 UTC on 6150
COLOMBIA: Caracol. Spanish. Regional news and commercials. Frequent "Caracol"
IDs to Latin vocals. (Terrence. NY)
0005 UTC on 9705
PORTUGAL: Radio Portugal International. Portuguese. National newscast to station
ID. Folk vocal music. II 9570 fair. (Stephen Rollins. Charlot1e, NC)
0011 UTC on 15130
NORTH KOREA: Radio Pyongyang. Summary of global newspaper reports on the
U.S./North Korean nuclear energy agreement. Continued news updates on thelr"dear
leader." Lecture on socialism audible 13760 at 0004. (Gerald Brookman, Kenai, AK)
0015 UTC on 9710
CHINA.: China Radio International. Weather report for six Chinese cities, to current
affairs program. (Terrance, NY) Additional weather update heard on 9730 at 0410
0415. (Claude Turner, Chicago, IL; Bill Hassig, Mt. Prospect, IL)
0030 UTC on 9455
UNITED STATES: Voice of America. Now Music program. Country Music USA show
on 9455//6130. Africa World Tonight h.eard on 15580 at 1845. (Frank Hillton, Charles
Ion, SC)
0035 UTC on 9595
URUGUAY: Radio Monte Carlo ..Spanish musical variety program Aplauso Aplauso,
a listener callin show. Station ID at 0100. (Ed Rausch. Cedar Grove, NJ)
0044 UTC on 6020
NETHERLANDS: Newsllne program discussing Pakistani spies'seek ciassified information on India's space program. (Gerry Le Strange, East Brunswick, NJ) Robert
Chesal's program Sounds Interesting, heard on 6165at0050..0125. Howard Shannon's
program Bats, Balls and Baselines, heard on 6020/6165 at 23500025. (Turner. IL)
0059 UTC on 5885
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Radio International. Interval signal to time tips at English sign
on at 0100. English world newscast. European news on Turkey and Greece audible
on 9535 at 1115, to German service at 1130.(Terrence, NY) Monitored on 9905 at
01000200 with news and program features. (Turner, IL; Brookman, AK)
0100 UTC on 9955
UNITED STATES: Radio Miami International. English programming into Spanish last
half hour. Viva Miami show featuring Miami's points of interest. Mailbag program with
worldwide letters. (Leslie Edwards, Doylestown, PA)
0120 UTC on 4810
SOUTH AFRICA: SABC. Musak music tun es from the 1940's era. Station ID at 0200.
(Terrence, NY) South Africa's Radio 2000 audible on 4810 at 0206, with easy
listening and lite pop music to "Radio 2000' ID. (Harold Frodge, Midland, Ml)
0130 UTC on 9745
ECUADOR: HCJB. Features, Ham Radio Today and The Latest Catch. (Brian
Bagwell, St. Louis, MO) Morning In the Mountains. heard on 12005at1200. (Fraser,
MA)
0159 UTC on 1 t 725
CANADA: Radio Canada International. ID/lrequency quote into news bulletins.
Spectrum magazine program at 021 o, devoted to business and economics. (Jim
Moats, Ravenna, OH)
0212 UTC on 4950
ANGOLA: Radio Nacional de Angola. Portuguese. Afro pop and Spanish tunes heard
to station ID. (Frodge, Ml) Station monitored on 3374.9 at0440 In Portuguese,// 4950
waaker quality. (Fred Houghton, Pittsburg, PA)
0225 UTC on 4960
HONDURAS: HRET. Spanish. Station ID to contemporary Christian vocals. (Frodge,
Ml)
0240 UTC on 9410
UNITED STATES: WEWN. The Family program presented by Fr. Ken Roberts, with
a discussion on the sacraments in the Roman Catholic church. Excellent signal.

(Moats, OH)
0245 UTC on 4600
BOLIVIA: Radio Pena de Acre. Spanish. Announcer's regional talk to great Bolivian
guitar ballads. Bolivia's Radio Tropical noted on 4549.6 at 0255. (Houghton, PA)
0252 UTC on 21580
PHILIPPINES: Radio Piliplnas. Speech on the national power system in the Philip
pines. Noted on 15575 at 0247.(Brookman, AK) Voice of America relay station heard
on 9760 at 1405. News and classical music program. (Moats, OH)
0315 UTC on 3396
ZIMBABWE: ZBC. English DJ with rock music format. News update briefs at 0340. No
II freqs noted. (GVH/NC)
0355 UTC on 9560
ETHIOPIA: Radio Voice of Peace for Rwanda. Interval signal ID/location In English
and French. RadioAmahoro ID in Kinyarwanda language. Station is funded by a group
of Euro charitable organizations, and uses the transmitter of Radio Amahoro.
(Rausch, NJ)
0447 UTC on 7385
COSTA RICA: Radio for Peace International. Mailbag program with fair signal quality.
Far Right Radio Review at 0255. (Brookman, AK) World of Radio program noted on
7385 at 0405' 0430. (Turner, IL)
0745 UTC on 7120
MONACO: Trans World Radio. IDs, scriptures, and religious vocals. (Don Taylor,
Green Cove Springs, Fl )
0945 UTC on 6160
GERMANY: Deutsche Welle. Wednesday's Insight program. Friday's African Servic!l
noted on 15270 at 21052112. with news and features. (Turner, IL) Heard on 7225 at
0422. (Brookman, AK)

eating fresh fruits and vegetables, which are unaffordable in the

Czech Republic. Students interview produce market workers
and consumer reactions to market prices. Station identification
at 0025 UTC.
1015 UTC on 6155
AUSTRI A: Radio Austria International. Concert by Vienna Philharmonic from Vienna's
Musihrein. (Edwards, PA)
1035 UTC on 9700
NEW ZEALAND: Radio New Zealand International. Pacific Beat show ol regional
.
news and Information. (Turner, IL)
1050 UTC on 13680
IRAO: Radio Iraq lntemati.onal. English IDs to middle eastern music. International
news program Iraq Today and Holy Koran recitations. (Rausch, NJ)
1130 UTC on 4799.8
GUATEMALA: Radio Buenas Nuevas. Spanish. Local music vocals to station ID at
1137. Excessive heterodyne interference. (Terrence, NY)
1150 UTC on 9860
AUSTRALIA: Radio Australia. Interview about new movie on Maories, Once We
Were Warriois. 1200'. (Bob Fraser, Cohasset, MA) Heard 0106 on 17795, 0201 on
17880. (Brookman, AK)
1200 UTC on 5965
CANADA: BBC relay. Play of the week. A Thurber Carnival. (Fraser, MA)
1233 UTC on 2310
AUSTRALIA: VL6A-Alice Springs. Rock music and interviews. Parallel VL8T-Tennant
Creek heard on 2325 with slightly better signal quality. (Frodge, Ml)
1435 UTC on 11 705
.
'JAPAN: Radio Japan/NHK. Media Roundup show of communications news and
data, presented by Ayumi Hoshino. (Turner, IL) Noted0501on9565, not in Passport.
(Brookman, .~K)
1610 UTC on 9550
R!JSSIA: Voice of Russia. Culture and the Arts program on training actors. Music At
Your Request show featuring the ballets ol Adolphe Adam on 7150 at 2131. (Fraser,
MA) Discussion on honoring World Warll veterans, at 2020-2030 on 9550. (Turner,
IL; Brookman, AK)
1721'UTC on 11730
INDIA: All India Radio. Regional music to news and programming commentaries, all
in Indian dialects. (Le Stra0 ge, NJ)
1802 UTC on 15385
UNITED STATES: KJES. Religious service at tunein. Bible scripture quotes with.
recitations. Station ID at 1830, with fair signal quality. (Moats, OH)
1658 UTC on 17605
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES: Radio Netherlands relay. Report on a trip on the
Eurostar train from Paris to London under the Channel.// 9605, 15315 both good to
excellent signal. (Fraser, MA)
1940 UTC on 17630
ASCEN SION ISLANDS: BBC relay. On the Move show, with report on the Middle
East Airlines of Beirut. (Fraser, MA)
1942 UTC on 9575
ITAl Y: RA!. Usual news style-including a report that the special prosecutor of a
recent political scandle has resigned. Italian soccer commentary noted on 17780 at.
1440. (Fraser, MA)
2000 UTC on 6065
ZAMBIA: Christian Voice. Station ID, "you are listening to Christian Voice program
of Celebration Praise of contemporary Christian music." (Rausch, NJ)
2007 UTC on 6070
CANADA: CFRX. Traffic and weath er update, cardealershlp commercial. Radiothon
for Toronto Children's Hospital. (Moats, OH) The World Today show noted as,
'Canada's most listened to news program, audible on 6070 at 2300. (Fraser. MA)
2050 UTC on 5882
.
'

'
VATICAN STATE: Vatican Radio. News update on the Pope's health and current
affairs. (Tom Banks, Dallas, TX)

2055 UTC on 15270

RWANDA: Deutsche Welle relay. French. Interval signal to English .relay site ID.
World news programs EuroJoumalandAfrlcan Hlghtig/lts. (Rausch, NJ;.Banks, TX)
2100 UTC on 6055
SLOVAKIA: AWR. Multilingual Identification into Lifestyle Maga.tine show, discuss
Ing substanceabuse. Medium wave DX tips presented by Gordon Bennett at 2124.
(Moats, OH)
.
2112 UTC on 11720
CU BA: Radio Havana Cuba. Interviews at a medical conference in Havana on
blindness. (Fraser, MA) Additional monitoring noted as; 0005 on 11970, (Terrence,
NY) 041204.16 on 6000/9820, 21052112 on 6000/11720. (Turner. IL) Noted on
6010 at 0426. (Brookman, AK; Banks, TX)
2130 UTC on 7455
GUAM: KSDA. Bible scripture readings to 2200. Interval signal and station identlfi
cation. (Rausch, NJ)
2218 UTC on 9850
TAIWAN: Voice of Free China. Newscast and program featu res to language program. (Turner, IL) Station via WYFR relay heard on 9680 at 0310. Classical music
program, Jada Bells and Bamboo Pipes. Fair to good signal. (Moats, OH)
2245 UTC on 9670
"
UNITED STATES: Voice of the OAS. The Americas Today program featuring news
of Central and South America. (Turner, IL)

Thanks to our contributors - Have. you sent. in YOUR logs?

Send to Gayle Van Horn, c/o Monitoring Times.
English broadcast unless othenvise noted.

March 1995

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_Th_e_Q_S_L_Re_eo_rt___________,jj[.j~ xd\jjj(ij.-

Gayle Van Hom

Get em While You Can!

Due to the AM broadcast band expansion. due in 1995,
Travelers Info rmatio n Stations on 1610 and 1620 AM wi ll
soon disappear!
TIS stations are low-powered radio transmitters broad-

BULGARIA
Radio Bulgaria, 9750n455 kHz. Full data old
Radio Sofia scenery/logo card, unsigned. Received in one year for an English report, cassette tape of programming. and I IRC. Station
address: 4 Dragan Tsankor Blvd., 1040 Sofia,
Bulgaria. (Walter Szczepaniak. Philadelphia,
PA)
COASTGUARD
NCF-USCG Station, 2670 kHz. Full data prepared QSL card s igned by T.C. Lee. plus verification letter enclosed. Received in I Odays for
an E nglis h utility report and prepared QSL
card. Station address: Commander, USCG
Group Miami, 100 MacArthur C auseway, Miami Beach, FL. 33 139. (Steve MacDonald,
Port Coquitlnm, 13.C. Canada)
NlvlC I I- USCG Station, 2670 kHz. Full data
prepared QSL card signed by T.R. Ellis-RM I,
plus personal letter enclosed. Received in 1l
days for an English utility report and prepared
QSLcard. Station address: Commander, USCG
Group Humboldt Bay, McKinleyville, CA
9552 1-9309. (McDonald. CAN)
GABON
Radio Japan Moy:ibi Rcluy Station, 1.1925 kHz.
Full data color scenery card, signed by H.
Kawamoto. Program schedule, English report
fonn. and Radiu Japan News included. Received in 22 days for an English report. Station
address: Tokyo 150-0 I Japan. (Randy Stewart.
Springfield. MO)
INDONESIA
l.rian Jaya: Radio
Republik Indoncsi a -W a m c n a ,
4 867 kHz. Full
data prepared QSL
card stamped with
station seal, and
s igned by Elia1.er
Ka tlmae rubun.
Personal letter received
from
Yoswa Kumurawak. and a color
tourist postcard of the regional Ya/i People
included. Received in 45 days after a second
Indonesian follow-up report, one U.S. dollar.
mint lndo stamps. and a preaddressed envelope
(both used for return reply). Station/country
verified in total of 2 years and fo ur months.
Station address: Stasiun Regional 11-Wanema,
Kotal Pos I I0, (Passport 94 & 95 report Kotal
Pos 10) Kodc Pos 99501 , W:unena, Irian Jaya.
Indonesia. (Gayle Van Hom. Brasstown. NC)

46

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March 1995

casting info rmation to ale rt to urists of road hazards.

avaliability of lodging, food, gasoline, and po ints of
interest.
Get' e m whi le you can ... it's later than you th ink!

MEDIUM WAVE
WSAl- 1530 AM. Confinnation letter only on
station letterhead, signed by Russ Jackson-Operations. Received in 38 days for an English
AM report. Station address: 1111 St. Gregory
St., Cincinnati, OH 45202. (Szczepaniak, PA)
CJSB/CKQB-540 AM . Full data sheet signed
by Jeff Ruck-Chief Engineer. Received in JO
days for an English AM report. Station address:
1504 Merivale Rd., Ottawa, ONT K2E 6ZE
Canada. (David A. Gasque, Orangeburg, SC)
WNST-1600 AM. Full data sheet signed by
William Hallcron-Chief Engineer. Received in
22 days for an English AM report. Station address: P.O. Box 2324. Huntington, WV 257242324. (Gasque, SC)
WDAB-1 580 AM. Partial data only in personal
letter, signed by Michael Adamson. Station
logo card. sticker, and pen included. Received
in 9 days for an English AM repmt and SASE
(not used). Station address: P.O. Box 25276,
Greenville. SC 296 16. (Harold Frodge, Midland, MI)

SHIP TRAFFIC
Bar10/ome11 Dias-CSAR , 156.65 MHz (Coal
Carrier). Full data letter and photo of vessel.
Received in 32 days for an English utility report
and one U.S. dollar. Ship QSL address: PonJine
Transporters Naritimas Intl., Rua Actor, Antonio Silva 7- 11 1600 Lisbon. Portugal. (Hank
Holbrook, Dunkirk, MD)
New Er1gla11d Sun-WYZ4652, 156.65 MHz
(Tugboat). Full data prepared QSL card verified. Received in 75 days for an English utility
repo1t, prepared QSL card, und mint stamps.
Ship QSL address: Sun Transport Inc., P.O. Box
I078. Delaware Ave. & Green St., Marc us Hook,
PA 19061- 1078. (Holbrook, MD)
MSC Rita-3FEZ4. 156.65 MHz (Container/
Cargo). Full data verification letter. Received in
56 days for an Englis h utility report and one U.S.
dollar. Ship QSL address: Mediterranean Shipping Co .. 18 Chem Rieu, C H- 1200 Geneva,
Swi1.2.erland. (Holbrook. MD)

SWITZERLAND
Swiss Radio lnte mational, 11620 kHz. Full data
city scenery card, uns igned. Received in 45 days
for an Englis h report. Station address: SSR,
G iacomeuis trasse I. CH-3000 Berne 15. Switzerland. (Edouard Provencher. Biddeford, l\1E)

THAILAND
Radio Thailand, 15370 kHz. Panial data Khon
masked players card, unsigned. Frequency
schedule and personal lcuer from Mrs. Ampom
Samosom-Chief of Exte rnal Service. Received
in 35 days for an English report, and one U.S.
dollar. Address on leucr as: c/o External Service. 236 Vibhavadi-Rangsit Rd .. Din Dang,
Kuay-Khwang, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. Report mailed to: Rajchadamnem Klang Rd.. Phra
Nakhom Region. Bangkok 10200. Thailand.
(Stewart, MO)
TRAVELERS INFORMATION STATION (TIS)
WNRB- 1610 AM kHz. Raleigh-Durham lm' I
Airport. Full data prepared QSL card signed by
Airport Director (name is illegible). Received
in I0 days for an English report. Station address: c/o Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority.
P.O. Box 80001, RDU Airport, NC 27623.
(Mike Hardester, Jacksonville, NC)
WNVY-5 10 AM kHz. Maryland Dept. ofTransportation. Full data prepared QSL card signed
with note included. Received in 8 days for an
English report and mint stamp. Station address:
clo State Highway Admin., P.O. Box 7 17, Baltimore, MD 21203-07 17. (Holbrook, MD)
KID-771 AM kHz. Deep Creek. NC. Full data
prepared QSL card signed by W. Eugene Cox.
Received in 8 duys for an English report and
mint stan1p. Station address: c/o Great Smoky
Mt. National Park, Gatlinburg, T N 37738.
(Holbrook. MD)
WCVN-597 AM kHz, New Market, VA. Full
data prepared QSLcard signed by Keith GibsonDircctor, and folder on the park. Received in 12
days for an English report and mint stamp.
Station address: c/o New Market Battlefield
Historical Park. P.O. Box 1864. New Market,
VA 22844. (Holbrook, MD)
UNITED STA TES
Voice of America-Bethany Relay Sta.. 7405/
13740117800 kHz. Full data '"final day of broadcasting" QSL curd, signed by John Vo<lenik.
Received in 5 weeks fortwo English reports and
$4.00 to cover veri s igner's printing cost. QSL
address: clo John Vodenik. 104 S. Forest Ave.,
Mason, OH 45040. (Thomas P. Risher. Whinier.
CA: Don Dacus. Russellville. AR)
VENEZUELA
Ecos del Torbcs, 4980 kHz. Full data national
map card. unsigned. Received for a Spanish
report. Station address: Apartado 152, San
Cris t oba l 500 I, Tuchi ra , Ve nezuela.
(Provencher, ME)

How to Use the Shortwave Guide

1:

Convert your time to UTC.

Eastern and Pacific Times are already converted to Coordinated Uni

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

2:

Choose a program or station you want to hear.

Some selected programs appear on the lower half of the page for prime
listening hours-space does not permit 24-hour listings except for the
"Newsline listing, which begins on the next page.
Occasionally program listings will be followed by "See X 0000." This
information indicates that the program is a rerun, and refers to a previous
summary of the program's content. The letter stands for a day of the week,
as indicated below, and the four digits represent a time in UTC.
S: Sunday
T: Tuesday
H: Thu rsday A: Saturday
M: Monday
W: Wednesday F: Friday

3: Find the frequencies for the program or station you

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

Hot NEws
Here's another roundup of
broadcasting developmems in
areas of conflict, compiled by
Glenn Hauser.

VOA continues fac ing

major obstacles in constructing
its new relay station in Chilaw,
SRI LANKA. Anti-American
area residents seem convinced
it's really a spy station or will
negatively impact the local
economy. On Media Network,
Victor Goonetilleke reports
more demonstrations and sitdown strikes both at the site
and in Colombo near the US
embassy. A security post at the
entrance was burnt down;
government electricity supply
to the site was interrupted by
damage to new transformers,
but there was no harm to the
transmitting equipment and
antennas of the station itself.
Opposition is spearheaded
by the local Catholic church.
The government wants to go
ahead, since there is no
technical reason not to, and the
deal involves a lot of American aid, garment industry

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

includes languages besides English are coded "vi" (various languages).

4:

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

AND

quotas, etc., putting the

government in a difficult
situation. Meanwhile. VOA
itself avoids discussing the
matter. John Vodenik finds
more credible info from the
VOA site manager that transminers were heavily damaged,
and project may have to be
canceled.
On the African scene: V. of
the Broad Masses of
ERITREA was on exactly
4000.0 when heard in Arabic at
16 18- 1659. says Finn Krone,
SWB. ETHIOPIA's Radio
Fana (Torch) besides 6210 is
heard on 9335 at 0330-0800,
1530-1730, no English, says
Victor Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka
on RNMN.
R. Free SOMALIA tested at
1300 on 13720, also plans to
test on 9865, 9900, 9935, says
Sam Voron via Arthur Cushen,
RNZI Mailbox. BBCM says this
station at Gaalkayco in the
northeast was heard at 1330* on
13820; said they re layed the
" national program of R.
Somalia": 1000- 12 15 on 72 15,

Choose the most promising frequencies for the time,

location and conditions.

Hot SPOTS

1600- 1715 on 3920. And the

Jamhuriya newspaper in
Hargeisa reported that the
Somaliland government has
purchased a "high-powered"
station for more than $200K.
From Bukavu, ZAIRE for
Rwanda, R. Agatashya (Swallow of Hope), used 6120 at
0600-1000, 1400-1 800, with
English programs on Wednesdays and Saturdays, but Swiss
journalists pulled out of the
project and was to close down at
the end of 1994.
Fom1er YUGOSLAVIA: R.
Yugoslavia via Bijeljina,
Bosnia, Engl ish at 0 100-0 130
on 6195 and new 7115 ex-9580,
says the German AGDX
Monitoring & Info Service via
BUschel. In mid-Jan, RY
announced it would stop
broadcasting to N. America,
because sanctions made it
impossible to get spare parts,
reports Ed Rausch, NJ, on
HCJB DXPL. Marie Lamb said
on HCJB 's TLC that the station
was subsequently missing from
7115.

Radio Bosnia-Hercegovi na,

governme nt station at Sarajevo,
had been missing from SW
since May, but heard again in
mid-December on 7 108
USB+carrier, 24 hours /fMW
6 12, per BBCM: it was clear at
1525 on new 7 108. l with
religion and music, says
Nikolai Pashkevitch, Moscow,
o n RNMN: same was monitored at 0800-0930* and after a
break again from * 1000, using
ham equipment? per Wolfgang
BUschel, Stuttgart.
Croatian Radio, Studio
Zagreb First Program, monitored o n 13830 24 hours;
13640 at 1230- 1559; I 1630 at
1559- 1959; 9830 24h; 7370 at
1959- 1230; 5920 at 0659-1559,
2059-2259; 5895 at I 5590659; English news up to 7
minutes occurs at: 0703 exc.
Sun at 0803; 0903 exc. Sun
1003: daily 1303, 2203, says
BBC Monitoring, likely one
hour earlier for DST from end
of March.

Morch 1995

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SltlltT\\'A\TUI
MT Monitoring Team
Gayle Van Horn , Frequency Manager
North Carolina

Next Reporting Deadline

March 17, 1995

Jim Frimmel, Program Manager

Texas

Jacques d'Avignon
Propagation Forecasts

Dave Datko
California

Ontario, Canada

newsline
"Newsline" is your guide to news broadcasts on the air. All broadcasts are world news reports unless followed by an asterisk, which
means the broadcast is primarily national news. All broadcasts are daily unless otherwise noted by the day codes.
0000 UTC
(Z;QQ PM ESI. 1:QQ EM PSI!
BBC
Canada (North-Quebec) [SJ
China Radio Inn
Monitor Radio lnt'I [T-A]
Radio Australia
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Canada lnt'I [S-M]
Radio New Zealand Inn [M-AJ
Radio Norway lnt'I [S]
Radio Prague
Radio Thailand
Radio Vilnius
Spanish National Radio
Voice of America (am)
Voice of Russia
WYFR [T-F]

0003
Radio Pyongyang

0009

ssc

0010

Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [M-A]
Radio Prague
Radio Ukraine lnt'I
Radio Yugoslavia
Spanish National Radio
Swiss Radio l nt'I
Voice of America (am)
Voice of Indonesia
Voice of Russia
WWCR #1 [T-A]

0110
Radio Australia [M-F]'
Radio Havana Cuba [Sff-F]"
Radio Japan [A]"

0130
BBC (as)'
Radio Austria lnt'I
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio Sweden [T-AJ
Radio Tirana
Voice of Greece
Voice of Russia

China Radio Inn

Voice of America (ca) [T-A]"

0145

0015

BBC (ca) [T-A]'

Radio Cairo

0155

0030

Voice of Indonesia

All India Radio

Radio Nacional de Venezuela
[T-SJ
Radio Netherlands Inn
Radio Sweden [T-A)
Radio Thailand [T-S]
Radio Vlaanderen lnt'I
Voice of America (am) [T-AJ
(Special English)
Voice of Russia

0050
RAI Italy

0100 UTC
(!!;OQ EM ESI. S:OQ EM ESD
BBC
Canada (North-Quebec)
Deutsche Welle
FEBC (Philippines)
HCJB
KVOH[W)
Monitor Radio Int'! [T-A)
R Slovakia Int'! [A]'
R Slovakia Inn [Sff-F]
Radio Australia
Radio Havana Cuba (T-S)
Radio Japan

MONITORING TIMES

0300 UTC
(l Q;QQ PM i;sr, Z;QOEM ESil

0200 UTC
(l!:QQ EM ESI. ;QQ EM ESD
BBC ("Newsdesk")
Canada (North-Quebec) (SJ
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio Inn [T-A]
Radio Australia
Radio Budapest
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Havana Cuba (T- S)
Radio New Zealand Inf! [M-A]
Radio Norway Int'! (M]
Radio Romania Inn
Radio Yugoslavia
RAE Argentina [T-A)
Voice of America (am) [T-AJ
Voice o f Myanmar (Burma)
Voice of Russia

0203
Voice of Free China

0210
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S)'

0215
Radio Cairo
Radio Nepal

0230

March 1995

Voice of Russia

0340
Voice of Greece

0355
Radio Japan

0400 UTC
(ll;QO EM ESI, !!:QQ EM PSD

0303

BBC ("Newsdesk")
BBC (at)
Canada (North-Quebec)
Channel Africa
China Radio lnt'I
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio lnt'I [T-F]
Radio Australia
Radio Canada Inn
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [A]
Radio New Zealand Inn (MF]
Radio Romania lnt'I
Radio Tanzania
Radio Ukraine l nt'I
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of America (at)
Voice of Russia
Voice of Turkey
WHAi [T-A]
WINS [T-AJ
WWCR #1 [T-S]
WWCR #3 [T-A)

Voice of Free China

0403

BBC
Canada (North-Quebec)
Channel Africa
China Radio lnt'I
Deutsche Welle
KVOH [T-F]
Monitor Radio lnt'I [T-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand Inn [M-AJ
Radio Prague
Radio Thailand
Voice of America (at) [A-SJ
Voice of Russia
WHAi [T-SJ
WINS [T-A)
WWCR #3 (T-A]

0301

Radio Havana Cuba [T-A)

48

Radio Netherlands lnt'I

Radio Pakistan
Radio Portugal Inn [T-A)
Radio Sweden [T-A)
Radio Tirana
Voice of Russia [T-AJ

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

0309

ssc

0310
China Radio Int'!'
Radio Havana Cuba (Sff-F]"

0315
Radio Cairo
Voice of Greece [S/H]

0320

Radio Pyongyang

0410
China Radio lnt'I"
Radio Havana Cuba (T-S]'

0425
RAI Italy

0430
Radio Havana Cuba [T-AJ
Voice of Russia

Radio Philipinas [M-AJ

Vatican Radio

0431

0330

0440

BBC (at)"
Radio Austria l nt'I
Radio Budapest
Radio Dubai
Radio Havana Cuba [T-A)
Radio Nacional de Venezuela
[T-S)
Radio Netherlands Inn
Radio Prague
Radio Sweden [T-A)
Voice of America (at) [M-F)
(Special English)

Voice of America (at) [M-F]"

BBC (at) [A-M)"

0445
BBC (at) [T-F]"

0500 UTC
(l2:QQ AM EST, l!:QQ EM ESD
BBC ("Newshour")
Canada (North-Quebec)
Channel Africa
China Radio lnt'I
Deutsche Welle
HCJB

Monitor Radio l nt'I [T-F]

Radio Australia
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Cameroon
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S)
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [S-FJ
Radio Norway lnt'I [SJ
Spanish National Radio
Voice of America (at)
Voice of Israel
Voice of Russia
WHRl [AJ
WWCR #1 [T-A]

0510
China Radio Inn
Radio Australia [M-F]
Radio Havana Cuba [T-S]"

0530
Channel Africa (SFJ
Radio Austria lnt'I
Radio Dubai
Radio Finland
Radio Havana Cuba [T-AJ
Radio Romania Int'!
Voice of Nigeria
Voice of Russia

0555
Radio Japan (A]

0600 UTC
(1:OQAM i;sr. 1Q;QQPM ESD
BBC
BBC (al) [A-S]"
BBC (al) [M-F]
Canada (North-Quebec)
Channel Africa
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio lnt'I (T-F]
Radio Australia
Radio Canada Int'! [M-F]
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ
Radio Japan
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand lnt'I (M-AJ
Radio Yemen
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of America (at) [A-SJ
Voice of America (me)
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Malaysia
Voice of Russia

0601
Voice of America (at) [M-F]"

0603
Radio Pyongyang

0609
BBC
0610
Radio Havana Cuba [T-SJ"
0627
BBC (af) [M-Fr
0630
Radio Austria lnt'I [T-SJ
Radio Havana Cuba [T-AJ
Radio Yemen
Voice of Nigeria [M-F]
Voice of Russia
0632
Radio Romania lnt'I
0645
Radio Romania lnt'I
Voice of Nigeria [MFJ
0655
Voice o f Med. (Malta) [M-F]
0700 UTC
(~ ;QQ AM ESI. 1 j ;QQ eM esn
BBC
Monitor Radio l nt'I [T-F]
Papua New Guinea
Radio Australia
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand Int'I IA-SJ
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [M-F]"
Radio Prague
Swiss Radio lnt'I (eu)
Voice of Myanmar (Burma)
Voice of Russia
WWCR #3[SJ
0703
Radio Pyongyang
Voice of Free China
0710
Radio Australia [M-F]'
0730
BBC (al) [A]'
HCJB
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio Pakistan
Radio Prague
Radio Vlaanderen lnt'I
Vatican Radio [M-F]
Voice of Greece [S/H]
Voice of Russia
0750
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [M-F]"
0755
Radio Japan
Voice of Med. (Malta) [M-F]
0800 UTC
(J ;QQ AM EST, l 2:QQ AM esn
BBC
KNLS
Monitor Radio lnt'I [M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand l nt'I
Radio Pakistan
Voice of Indonesia [A-HJ
Voice of Malaysia
Voice of Russia
0803
Radio Pyongyang
0810
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [M-F]'

0830
R Slovakia lnt'I
Radio Austria lnt'I [T-SJ
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Voice of Russia [M-AJ
0845
Radio Finland
0850
[AJ
0855
Voice of Indonesia [A-HJ
0900 UTC
(1;QQ AM ESI. l ;QQ AM esn
BBC
China Radio lnt'I
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio lnt'I [M-AJ
Papua New Guinea [M]'
Radio Australia
Radio Finland
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [M-AJ
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of Russia
0910
China Radio lnt1
Radio Australia IM-F]"
0920
Voice of Greece [S/HJ
0930
[SJ
FEBC (Philippines)
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Voice of Russia
0940
Voice of Greece
0945
Deutsche Welle [M-F]'
0955
Radio Japan
1000 UTC
(5;QQ AM ES!. 2:QQ AM esn
All India Radio
BBC
China Radio l nt'I
FEBC (Philippines) [M-F]'
HCJB
Monitor Radio l nt'I
Papua New Guinea
Radio Australia
Radio Bulgaria
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [S-FJ
Radio Tanzania
Radio Vlaanderen lnt'I [M-A]
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Russia
WWCR #3[AJ
1010
China Radio lnt'I'
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [M-F]'
1030
Radio Austria lnt'I [M-AJ
Radio Dubai
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Voice of Nigeria
Voice of Russia
1045
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [M-F]"
Voice of Nigeria [A-SJ'

1100 UTC
(!!;QQ AM EST, J;QQ AM esn
BBC ("Newsdesk")
Channel Africa
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio lnt'I [M-AJ
Papua New Guinea
Radio Australia
Radio Ghana [A-SJ
Radio Japan
Radio Jordan
Radio Mozambique
Radio New Zealand lnt'I
Radio Pakistan
Radio Singapore lnt'I
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Swiss Radio lnt'I (eu)
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Israel
Voice of Russia
WHRl[AJ
WYFR [M-AJ
1103
Radio Pyongyang
1110
Radio Australia"
1120
Vatican Radio [M-AJ
1130
Radio Korea
Radio Nacional de Venezuela
[M-AJ
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio Prague
Radio Singapore lnl'I
Voice ol Asia
Voice of Russia
WYFR[M-F]
1145
Deutsche Welle [M-F]"
1155
Radio Japan [M-FJ
1200 UTC
(Z:!K! AM ESI. 1;QQ AM esn
BBC
Canada (North-Quebec) [A-SJ
China Radio lnt'I
Monitor Radio lnt'I [M-AJ
Papua New Guinea
Radio Australia
Radio France lnt'I
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [HT]
Radio Norway lnt'I [SJ
Radio Singapore lnt'I
Radio Tashkent
Swiss Radio lnt'I (eu)
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Russia
WHRl[AJ
WWCR #1 [M-F]
WYFR[M-F]
1203
Radio Korea
Voice of Free China
1204
HCJB [M-FJ
1209
BBC [WJ'
1210
China Radio lnl'I'
1230
HCJB [MFJ'

Radio Austria lnt'I

Radio Bangladesh [S-MJ
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Cairo
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Finland [M-AJ
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio Singapore lnt'I
Radio Sweden [M-F]
Voice of Russia
Voice of Vietnam
WYFR [M-F]
1231
Radio France lnt'I [Tl"
1240
Voice of Greece
1258
Africa No. 1 (Gabon)
1300 UTC
(l!;OQ AM !;SI. S;QQ AM esn
BBC ("Newshour")
Canada (North-Quebec) [A-SJ
China Radio lnt'I
KNLS
Monitor Radio lnt'I [M-AJ
Papua New Guinea
Polish Radio [AJ
Polish Radio [M-F]'
Radio Australia
Radio Canada lnt'I [M-F]
Radio Ghana
Radio Norway lnt'I [SJ
Radio Romania lnt'I [M-AJ
Radio Singapore lnt'I
Radio Tanzania [A-SJ
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Russia
WWCR# 1 [SJ
WYFR[M-F)
1301
Radio Romania lnt'I [SJ
1303
Radio Pyongyang
1310
China Radio lnt'I"
Radiobras [M-FJ
1324
HCJB [M-FJ
1328
Radio Cairo
1330
All India Radio
FEBC (Philippines)
Radio Austria lnt'I
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Dubai
Radio Finland
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio Singapore lnt'I
Radio Sweden [M-F]
Radio Tashkent
Radio Vlaanderen lnt'I [SJ
Radio Yugoslavia
Voice of America (as) (Special
English)
Voice of Russia [M-AJ
Voice of Turkey
Voice of Vietnam
1355
Radio Singapore lnt'I

Morch 1995

1400 UTC
(9:QQ AM EST , !!;QQ AM PSD
BBC
BBC (as) [MFr
Canada (North-Quebec) [SJ
China Radio lnt'I
Monitor Radio lnt'I [M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Cameroon
Radio Canada lnt'I [SJ
Radio France lnt'I
Radio Ghana
Radio Japan
Radio Jordan [AJ
Radio Korea
Radio Vlaanderen l nt'I [M-AJ
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Israel [S-HJ
Voice of Russia
WWCR #1 [M-F]
WYFR [M-FJ
1410
China Radio lnt'I'
Radio Japan [MFJ
1415
Radio Nepal
1424
HCJB [M-F]
1430
FEBC (Philippines)
Radio Canada l nt'I
Radio Finland
Radio Nacional de Venezuela
IM-AJ
Radio Netherlands l nt'I
Radio Romania lnt'I [T-SJ
Radio Sweden [M-FJ
ATM Morocco [SJ
Voice of Myanmar (Burma)
Voice of Russia
1431
Radio France lnt'I [Tl"
Radio Romania lnt'I [MJ
1435
Voice of Greece
1440
FEBC (Philippines) [S-F]'
1445
All India Radio
BBC (as) [M-F] (Special English)
Voice of Myanmar (Burma)
1455
Radio Japan [AJ
Voice of Med. (Malta) [M-FJ
1500 UTC
(lO:OQ AM EST, Z:QQ AM PSD
BBC
BBC (af) [MFJ
Canada (North-Quebec) [A- SJ
Channel Africa
China Radio lnt'I
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio lnt'I [M -AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Canada lnt'I [SJ
Radio Japan
Radio Jordan
Radio Omdurman
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Russia

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VVWCR #1 [M-A)
WYFR[A)

1700 UTC
(ll!;QQ EM ESI. !!:QQ AM PSD

1503

1540

BBC
BBC (al)
Canada (North-Quebec) [AJ
Channel Africa
China Radio Inn
HCJB
Monitor Radio lnt'I (M-A)
Radio Australia
Radio France lnt'I
Radio J apan
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [MF]"
Radio Pakistan
Radio Prague
Radio Tirana
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice ol America (af)
Voice of Russia
WRNO[M-FJ
VVWCR #3 [M-FJ

Radio Ventas [A MJ

1703

Radio Pyongyang

1510
China Radio lnr1
Radio Japan [M-FJ

1525
BBC (af) [S]'
Radio Ventas (T-FJ

1530
All India Radio
Deutsche W elle [M-F]"
FEBC (Philippines)
Radio Austria lnt'I
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio Portugal Inn (M-F]
Voice of Nigeria [MHJ
Voice of Russia
WYFR [M-F]

China Radio l nt'I"

Radio Australia

1715
Vatican Radio

1725

HCJB [M-F]

1609
BBC

1610
China Radio lnt'I.

1612
Vatican Radio

1630
HCJB [MF]'
Radio Canada l nt'I
Radio Dubai
Voice of America (af) [MF]"
Voice of America (as) (Special
English)
Voice of Ethiopia
Voice of Russia

1645
BBC (asr

so

MONITORING TIMES

Radio New Zealand lnt'I [F]"

1730
Radio Netherlands Inn
Radio Romania l nt'I
Voice of Russia (S-FJ

2010

1900 UTC

China Radio Inn

Radio New Zealand lnt'I [SH]"

1755

All India Radio [WJ

China Radio lnt'I"
Radio Australia [MF]'

1930
(] :QQ PM !;SI, 1Q;QQ AM esn
All India Radio
BBC ("Newsdesk")
Canada (North-Quebec) [AJ
Monitor Radio Inn [M-AJ
Polish Radio [AJ
Polish Radio [MFJ"
Radio Austra lia
Radio Cameroon
Radio Mozambique
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [MFJ
Radio Norway lnt'I [SJ
Radio Omdurman
Radio Prague
Radio Tanzania
Radio Yemen
Voice of America (al) [ASJ
Voice of America (af) [M-F]"
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Russia
VVWCR #3 [MFJ

1815
Radio Bangladesh

1830
Radio Kuwait
Radio Nacional de Venezuela
[M-AJ
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio Sweden (M-F]
Radio Yemen
Voice of America (af) [AS]

Morch 1995

Voice of Free China

2210
China Radio Inn

Radio Damascus [M-FJ

BBC (af) (M-F]"

Radio Romania lnt'I [M]

1800 UTC

2203

1857

1910

Radio Japan [AJ

Radio New Zealand lnt'I [M-H]'

Voice of Indonesia [MJ

2057

2007

Radio Canada lnt'I [MFJ

BBC (al) [SJ"

Deutsche Welle [T-F]"
R Slovakia lnt'I
Radio Austria lnt'I
Radio Korea
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio Yugoslavia
Voice of Russia

1933
Deutsche Welle [MJ"

2025
RAI Italy

2030
Polish Radio [A-SJ
Polish Radio [M-F]'
Radio Finland
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio Thailand
Voice of Russia [A-SJ

Radio Kuwait

2100 UTC
('1;QQ EM !;SI. ] ;QQ EM ESD
All India Radio
BBC ("Newshour")
China Radio lnt'I
Deutsche Welle
KVOH [SJ
Monitor Radio lnt'I [MA]
Radio Australia
Radio Cameroon
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Damascus [F]
Radio Havana Cuba [MAJ
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [AHJ
Radio Prague
Radio Romania lnt'I
Spanish National Radio
Voice of America (af)
Voice of Russia
Voice of Turkey
WHRI [MF]
WINB[MFJ
VVWCR #3 [SJ

1935

21 10

RAI Italy

China Radio lnt'I"

Radio Damascus [SFJ
Radio New Zealand l nt'I [SH]"

1955
Radio Japan [T-W/SJ

2000 UTC
(J;QQ PM ESI, 12:QQ PM fSD
BBC
China Radio lnt' I
Deutsche Welle
KVOH [ASJ
Monitor Radio l nt'I [M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Budapest
Radio New Zealand lnt'I
Radio Norway Inn [SJ
Radio Portugal lnt'I (MF]
Radio Tallinn [M/HJ
Swiss Radio lnt'I
Voice of America (al) [A-SJ
Voice of America (al) [MF]'
Voice of America (me)

2200 UTC
(:i:QQ EM !;ST, ~;QQ EM PSD

2055

Radio Pyongyang

Radio New Zealand lnt'I [MH]'

1745

2155
Radio Canada lnt'I [M-F]
Radio Japan [A)

All India Radio

BBC
Canada (North-Quebec) [A-SJ
China Radio l nt'I
Monitor Radio lnt'I [M-AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Budapest
Radio B ulgaria
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Havana Cuba [M-AJ
Radio Korea
Radio New Zealand lnt'I
Radio Ukraine lnt'I
Radio Vlaanderen lnt'I [M-FJ
Radio Yugoslavia
RAI Italy
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Russia

1855

1901

1555

1604

2003

Radio New Zealand lnt'I [F]'

1740

1710

BBC
Canada (North-Quebec) [AS]
Channel Africa
China Radio lnt'I
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio lnt'I [M-AJ
Polish Radio [AJ
Polish Radio [M-F]'
Radio Australia
Radio Canada Inn [SJ
Radio France Inn
Radio Jordan
Radio Korea
Radio Pakistan
Radio Tallinn [M-F]
Radio Tanzania
Voice of America (af) [ASJ
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Ethiopia
Voice of Kenya
Voice of Russia
WRNO[W]
WYFR [AJ

Voice of Greece [M-AJ

1835

BBC (af)'

Radio Pyongyang

Voice of Med. (Malta) (F]

1600 UTC
111 :QQ AM i;sI, !l;QQ AM ESD

1840

Voice of Indonesia
Voice of Israel
Voice of Nigeria [M-F]
Voice of Russia
WHRl [M-FJ
WINB[M-FJ
WWCR #3 [S-FJ

(~;QQ PM i;sI. 11 ;QQ AM ESD

All India Radio
BBC
China Radio lnt'I
Deutsche Welle
Monitor Radio lnt'I [MAJ
Radio Australia
Radio Bulgaria
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand lnt'I
Radio Portugal lnt'I [MF]
Radio Romania lnt'I [T-SJ
Radio Tirana
Radio Vlaanderen lnt'I
Spanish National Radio
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Greece [M-AJ
Voice of Russia
WHAi [MFJ
WINS [M-F]
VVWCR #1 [MFJ

1550

Radio Japan [AJ

Radio Veritas (AMJ
Voice of Med. (Malta) [MHJ

(Special English)
Voice of America (me) (Special
English)
Voice of Russia

2215
All India Radio [M/W/F]
Radio Cairo

2230
Radio Havana C uba [MA]"
Radio Sweden [MFJ
Voice of America (as) (Special
English)
Voice of Israel
Voice of Russia [M-FJ

2240
Radio Cairo
Voice of Greece (S-FJ

2300 UTC
(:QQ PM EST, J;QQEM PSD
AWR Latin America (HJ"
BBC ("Newsdesk' )
Monitor Radio lnt'I [M AJ
Radio Australia
Radio Canada lnt'I
Radio Japan
Radio New Zealand l nt'I
Radio Yerevan
Voice of America (as)
Voice of Russia
Voice o f Turkey
VVWCR #3 [SJ

2115

2303

BBC (ca) (M-F]'

Radio Pyongyang

2120

2315

Radio Cairo

Radio Cairo

2130

2330

Radio Austria lnt'I

Radio Cairo
Radio Canada lnt'I [A-SJ
Radio Havana Cuba [M-F]"
Radio Nacional de Venezuela
(M-AJ
Radio Riga lnt'I [M-F]
Radio Sweden [M F]
Voice of Russia

Radio Canada lnt'I [AJ

Radio Finland
Radio Netherlands lnt'I
Radio New Zealand lnt'I [SHJ
Radio Sweden [MFJ
Voice of Russia

2145
Radio Damascus [WJ
Radio Korea

2335
Voice of Greece [SFJ

2355
Radio Japan

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Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Canada, RCI Montreal
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela
Costa Rica, R Peace lnll
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
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Malaysia, RTM/Kota Kinab
Netherlands Radio
New Zealand. R NZ lnll
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Sundays
0030
0030
0030

0006

Radio Australia: Correspondents' Report. A roundup of

global stories with Hamish Robertson.
Voice of America (am): Press Conference USA. Reporters
interview an interesting personality on a subject in the
news.
Voice of America (ca): Press Conference USA. See S 0030.

Mondays
0010
0015
0030
0048

Radio Australia: Network Asia. See S 2330.

BBC: Special Feature. Early Versions (6th). See S 0445.
Radio Australia: International Report. Overseas and local
correspondents analyzereglonal and global issues and
events.
Radio Australia: Network Asia/Finance. Stock market and
mercantile reports and the latest regional financial news.

0006
0009
0010
0011
0015
0016
0020
0030
0030
0048

Radio Prague: Current Affairs. People and events in the

Czech Republic and editorial commentary.
Monitor Radio Int'!: Monitor Radio International. See M
1406.
Radio Prague: Press Review. News items and editorial
comment from the Czech newspapers.
Radio Australia: Network Asia. See S 2330.
Voice of Russia: News and Views. See S 0411.
Radio Bulgaria: Today. Reports and analysis of current
events In Bulgaria and the World. Press reviews tram the
weeklies on Monday.
Radio Exterior de Espana: Panorama. A magazine program
focusing on everything that's happening in Spain.
Radio Exterior de Espana: Press Review. Review of the
Spanish press.
Radio Australia: International Report. See M 0030.
Radio Bulgaria: Business and Finance. Economic news
briefs and financial developments in Bulgaria.
Radio Australia: Network Asia/Finance. See M 0048.

Wednesdays
0005

S2

Radio Prague: Current Affairs. Sec T 0004.

MONITORING TIMES

Thursdays
0006

Tuesdays
0004

Monitor Radio Int'!: Monitor Radio International. See M

1406.
001 O Radio Australia: Network Asia. See S 2330.
0012 China Radio Int'!: News Analysis. See T 1212.
0012 Radio Prague: Press Review. See T 0009.
0016 Radio Exterior de Espana: Panorama. See T 00t6.
0019 China Radio Int'!: Current Affairs. See T 1219.
0022 Radio Exterior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.
0029 Radio Exterior de Espana: Review of the Spanish Economy.
Spain's status in financial matters
0030 Radio Australia: International Repon. See M 0030.
0046 Radio Thailand: Business News. A recap of the day's
financial activity.
0048 Radio Australia: Network Asia/Finance. See M 0048.

March 1995

0006
0010
0011
0022
0030
0048

Monitor Radio Int'!: Monitor Radio International. See M

1406.
Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See T 0004.
Radio Australia: Network Asia. See S 2330.
Radio Prague: Press Review. See T 0009.
Radio Exterior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.
Radio Australia: International Report. See M 0030.
Radio Australia: Network Asia/Finance. See M 0048.

0048
0049

Radio Australia: Network Asia/Finance. See M 0048.

Radio Vlaandcren Int'!: Economics. Interview with a
person in the field of business, finance, or consumer
ism.

Saturdays
0006
0006
0010
0010
0015

0015
0016
0022
0030
0035

Monitor Radio Int'!: Monitor Radio International. See M

1406.
Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See T 0004.
Voice of America (am): Newsline. See M 0410.
Voice of America (as): Newsline. See M 0410.
BBC: Feature. The Essential Our'an (4th.11th). David
Craig explores the teachings of the Muslim holy book.
its relationship with other religions. and its words on
God.
Radio Bulgaria: Today. Reports and analysis of current
events in Bulgaria and the World. Press revie\'/s from
the weeklies on Monday.
Radio Exterior de Espana: Panorama. See T 0016.
Radio Exterior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.
BBC: From the Weeklies. Review of the British weekly
press.
Radio Radio Sweden: A Review of the Newsweek. See F
1235.

Fridays
0005
0006

Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See T 0004.

Monitor Radio Int'!: Monitor Radio International. See M
1406.
0010 Radio Australia: Network Asia. See S 2330.
00 t 2 Radio Prague: Press Reviel'I. See T 0009.
0015 Radio Bulgaria: Today. Reports and analysis of current
events in Bulgaria and the World. Press reviews from the
weeklies on Monday.
0015 Radio Prague: Economic Nel'ls. Czech financial reports.
0016 Radio Exterior de Espana: Panorama. See T 0016.
0022 Radio Exterior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.
0030 Radio Australia: International Report. See M 0030.
0034 Radio Vlaanderen Int'!: Press Review. See M 1406.
0038 Radio Netherlands: Newsllne. See S 0337.
0046 Radio Thailand: Business News. See W 0046.

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Australia, Radio

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01000200
01000130
01000200
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01000200
01000150

Australia, VL8A Allee Spg

Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tenl Crk
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada, CFCX Mon1real
Canada. CFRX Toronlo
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica, AWR Alajuela
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
Germany. Deu1sche Welle

01000200 m
01000200
01000130
01000200 vi
01000110
01000200

Gualemala, Radio Cultural

Indonesia, Voice of
Iran. VOIRI Tehran
llaly, IRRS Milan
llaly, RAI Rome
Japan. NHK/Radio

01000130
01000200 smtwh
01000200
01000125
01000200 mtwhfa
01000130 m
0100-0200 vi
01000130
01000200

Laos. Lao National Radio

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

9580pa
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7180na
9920me
17890as

7105na
7270na
13640as

5910na
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6005as
7165na
9400me
17665as

Slovakia, AWR
Slovakia, R Slovakia lnll
South Korea. RKorea Intl
Spain, R Exlerior Espana
Sri Lanka. SLBC Colombo
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
Ukraine, R Ukraine Intl

01000200

United Kingdom.BBCLondon

01000200
01000200
01000200
0100-0200
0100-0200
01000200

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

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

0100-0200
01000200
01000200
01000200
01000200
01000130 lwhfa
01000200
01000200
01000200
01000130

USA, WCSN Scotts Cor ME

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA, WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WINB Red Lion PA
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WRNO New Orleans lA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA WYFR Okeechobee FL
Uzbekistan. R Tashkent

01000130 mtwhfa
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01300200
01300150
01300200
01300200
01300200 m
01400200

Yugoslavia. Radio
Albania. R Tirana Intl
Austria. R Austria Intl
Greece, Voice of
Netherlands, Radio
Sweden, Radio
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
Valican State, Vatican R

21455eu
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5965as
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9955am
7355am
5065am
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5975eu
9740eu
6195na
9580na
9655na
7448na
9660as
9695au
9955am
5980as

9440na
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6135na
6055na
9620eu

9665na
7150na
9665na

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5975na
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13740am

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SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0108

Deutsche Welle: Inside Europe. A radio magazine offering a

European perspective on evenls of the week.
0106 Radio Ukraine lnl'I: Ukrainian Diary. The most important
events in Ukraine during lhepasl week.
01 tO Radio Japan: This Week. A weekly variety show.
01 tO Voice of America (am/ca): On the Line. A discussion of U.S.
policies and contemporary issues.
0116 Radio Ukraine lnt'I: Hello from Kiev. Weekly mailbag
program of lellerreading, responses. and music.
0130 Voice of America (am/ca): Press Conference USA. See S
0030.

Mondays
0100

Radio Havana Cuba: Sunday Edition. RHC's twohOur

magazine of fealures. reports, and music.
0100 WRNO: Ross Perot (live). The Texas billionaire and potential
third party candidale conducts interviews and takes phone
calls.
0100 WWCR #3: Full Disclosure (live). Glen Roberts.
0105 Swiss Radio lnt'I: News net. See S 0405.
0125 Radio Australia: Network Asia. See S 2330.
0130 Voice of America (am/ca): Issues in the News. See S 1130.
0145 BBC: Music Fealure. Turning a Tune (51h,12th. 19th,261h). A
musical lour of lrelandthal explores lhe island's folk music
heritage.

Tuesdays
0100

WRMI: Viva Miami! A magazine program hosled by Jeff

While from and about Miami and Florida. lhal includes DX
and international travel features and seasonal lropical
wealher updales.
0105 Swiss Radio lnt'I: Newsnel. See S 0405.
0106 Monilor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M
1406.
0109 Deu1sche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
0109 Radio Ukraine lnt'I: Ukraine Today. A program of news.
interviews, and reports.
011 O Voice of America (am/ca): Report to the Americas. The
latest news affecting the region, as well as a roundup of
sports. financial news, and the weather forecast.

0112
0115
0116
0120
0120
0125
0130
0145

Radio Yugoslavia: Commentary. Otficial state opinions

aboul current evenls.
Radio Japan: Current Views. See M 0515.
Radio Exterior de Espana: Panorama. See T 0016.
Radio Exterior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.
Radio Japan: Spectrum. See M 0520.
Radio Australia: Network Asia. See S 2330.
BBC (as): South Asia Report. See S f645.
BBC (ca): Caribbean Report. Political and economic
analysis in the Caribbean region and Caribbean affairs in
Britain and other countries.

Wednesdays
0100
0105
0106

WRMI: Viva Miami! See T 0100.

Swiss Radio lnl'I: Newsnet. See S 0405.
Monitor Radio Intl Monilor Radio International. See M
1406.
0109 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
0110 Voice of America (am/ca): Report to the Americas. See T
0110.
011 1 Voice of Russia: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T
1311.
0111 Radio Yugoslavia: Current Events. An indeplh look at the
lalest news.
0112 Radio Korea: Commentary. See M 1211.
0122 Radio Exterior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.
0125 Radio Australia: Network Asia. See S 2330.
0129 Radio Exlerior de Espana: Review of the Spanish
Economy. See W 0029.
0130 BBC (as): South Asia Report. See S 1645.
0138 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0337.
0145 BBC (ca): Caribbean Report. See T 0145.

Thursdays

0100 WRMI: Viva Miami! See T 0100.

0105 Swiss Radio lnl'I: Newsnet. See S 0405.
0106 Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M
1406.
0109 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
0110 Radio Ukraine lnt'I: Ukraine Today. See T 0109.

0110
O115
0122
0125
0125
0130
0145

Voice of America (am/ca): Report lo the Americas. See T

0110.
Radio Japan: Current Views. See M 0515.
Radio Exlerior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.
Radio Australia: Nelwork Asia. See S 2330.
Radio Ukraine lnl'I: Closeup. Focus on current national
issues.
BBC (as): South Asia Report. See S 1645.
BBC (ca): Caribbean Report. See T 0145.

Fridays
0100
0100
0106
0109
0110
0110
0110
0115
0122
0125
0130
0138
0145

HCJB (am): Sludio 9. See HCJB 0500.

WRMI: Viva Miami! See T 0100.
Monitor Radio Int'!: Monilor Radio lnternalional. See M
1406.
Deu1sche Welle: European Journal. Seo M 0224.
Radio Ukraine lnl'I: Ukraine Today. See T 0109.
Radio Yugoslavia: Current Events. See W 0111.
Voice of America (am/ca): Report to the Americas. See T
0110.
Radio Japan: Current Views. See M 0515.
Radio Exlerior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.
Radio Australia: Network Asia. See S 2330.
BBC (as): South Asia Report. See S 1645.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0337.
BBC (ca): Caribbean Report. See T 0145.

Saturdays
0106

011 O
0115
0122
0130
0130
0135
0145

Monitor Radio lnl'I: Monitor Radio lnlernational. See M

1406.
Radio Yugoslavia: Current Events. See W 0111.
Radio Japan: Current Views. See M 0515.
Radio Exlerior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.
BBC (as): South Asia Report. See S 1645.
BBC: Worldbrief. Roundup of the week's news headlines,
plus everything from sport and finance lo best-sellers and
weather.
Radio Radio Sweden: A Review of the Newsweek. See F
1235.
BBC (ca): Caribbean Report. Seo T 0145.

March 1995

MONITORING TIMES

53

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Argentina. RAE
Australia, Radio

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Australia. VL8A Allee Spg

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

02000300
0200-0300
02000300
0200-0300
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Costa Rica. RPeace Intl

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

02000230
0200-0300 vi
02000300
0200-0300 smtwh
02000230
02000230
0200-0230
0200-0300 mlwhta
0200-0230m
02000300 vi
02000300

Hungary. Radio Budapest

Italy. IRAS Milan
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Malaysia. Radio
Moldova. R Moldova Intl
Myanmar, Radio
Netherlands. Radio
Ne\'/ Zealand. R NZ Intl
Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Romania. R Romania Intl

02000300

Russia. Voice of

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

0200-0300

United Kingdom.BBC London

02000300
02000300
02000300
0200-0300
02000300
0200-0300

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

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

02000230 IVihla

USA. VOA Washington DC

02000300
0200-oJOO
02000300
0200-0300
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02000300
02000300
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USA. WCSN Scons Cor ME

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINB Red Lion PA
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Yugoslavia. Radio
Albania. R Tirana Intl
Pakistan. Radio

02300300 twhta
02300300
02300300
02500300

Portugal. Radio
Russia, Voice of
Sweden. Radio
Vatican Stale, Vatican R

13640as
17890as
7270as
15425as
5950na
1t860as
5965as
6175na
9760as
17790as
5810am
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17510as
5850na
6130sa
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5995am
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5975na
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6135at
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13740am

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9465me

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9705na
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7435am

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71 20na

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SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0200
0208
0216
0230
0230

BBC: Newsdesk. World news and dispatches trom overseas

and UK correspondents.
Deutsche Welle: Commentary. Guest commentary about a
current event.
Deutsche Welle: AsiaPacitic Mailbag. Listener mail tram
As1aPacitic region is answered.
BBC: Features. About Face (5th. 12th). Sarah Dickinson and
Philip Bacon return with the third series of lively,
informative interviews
Radio Australia: Correspondents' Report. See S 0030.

Mondays
0200
0208

BBC: Newsdesk. See S 0200.

Deutsche Welle: AsiaPacitic Report. Correspondent
reports. interviews and background news horn the Asia
Pacific region.
02 1O Radio Australia: Network Asia. See S 2330.
0224 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. A review ot major events
in Europe and Germany through interviews. analyses and
background reports.
0230 HCJB (am) The Headlines ot the Week. Happenings in
Ecuador and HCJB.
0230 Radio Australia: International Report. See M 0030.
0248 Radio Australia: Network Asia/Finance. See M 0048.

Tuesdays
0200
0206

BBC: Newsdesk. See S 0200.

Monitor Radio lnt'I: Mollllor Radio International. See M
1406.
0208 Deutsche Welle: Asia-Pacific Report. See M 0208.
0210 Radio Australia: Network Asia. See S 2330.
0210 Voice ot America (am): Focus. See M 1310.
0210 Voice ol America (as): Newsline. See M 0410.
0211 Voice of Russia: Commonwealth Update. Commonwealth of
Independent Slates (CIS) developments.
0212 Radio Yugoslavia: Commentary. See T 0112.
0213 Radio Havana Cuba: Spotlight on the Americas. Comments
by the RHC editorial desk.
0215 Voice of Free China: Kaleidoscope. Spollighl on lite in
Taiwan.

54

MONITORING TIMES

Morch 1995

0224
0230
0230
0230
0232
0248

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.

BBC: Ou1z. My Music (7th, 14th.21st.28th). See M 1215.
Radio Australia. lnlernational Report. See M 0030.
Voice ot Amenca (as): VOA Tuesday Morning. See S 0610.
Voice of Free China: Taiwan Economic Journal. Focus on a
topic dealing with business
Radio Australia: Network Asia/finance. See M 0048.

Wednesdays
0200
0206

BBC: Newsdesk. See S 0200.

Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio lnlernational. See M
1406.
0208 Deutsche Welle: Asia-Pacific Report. See M 0208.
0210 Radio Australia: Network Asia. See S 2330.
0210 Voice of America (am): Focus. See M 1310.
0211 Voice ol Russia: Commonwealth Update. See T 0211.
0224 Deulsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
0230 Radio Ausrralia: International Report. See M 0030.
0238 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0337.
0248 Radio Australia: Network Asia/Finance. See M 0048.

Thursdays
0200
0206
0208
0210
0210
0215
0224
0230
0248

BBC: Newsdesk. See S 0200.

Monitor Radio lnl'I: Monitor Radio lnternalional. See M
1406.
Deutsche Welle: Asia-Pacific Report. See M 0208.
Radio Australia: Network Asia. See S 2330.
Voice ot America (am): Focus. See M 1310.
Voice of Free China: Perspectives. Issues facing the lives
and conversations ot Taiwanese people.
Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
Radio Australia: lnternalionat Report. See M 0030.
Radio Auslraha: Network Asia/Finance. See M 0048.

Fridays
0200
0206
0208
0210
0210

BBC: Newsdesk. See S 0200.

Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M
1406.
Deutsche Welle: Asia Pacific Report. See M 0208.
Radio Australia: Network Asia. See S 2330.
Voice ot America (am): Focus. See M 1310.

0211
0224
0230
0230
0248

Voice of Russia: Commonwealth Update. See T 0211.

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
BBC: Literature Feature. A History ol the Novel in Six
Chapters (3rd.10th.17th.24th). See H 1130.
Radio Australia: lnlernational Report. See M 0030.
Radio Australia: Network Asia/Finance. See M 0048.

Saturdays
0200
0200

BBC: Newsdesk. See S 0200.

HCJB (am): On Line. A magazine program of music.
politics. arts, and science in Europe.
0208 Deutsche Welle: Commentary. See S 0208.
021 0 Radio Yugoslavia: Current Events. See W 0111.
0210 Voice of America (am): Focus. See M 1310.
0212 Deutsche Welle: The Week in Germany. A summary ot the
week's events in Germany by Deutsche Welle's Bonn
correspondents.
0222 Deutsche Welle: Economic Nolebook. See T 0332.
0230 BBC: People and Politics. Background to the British political
scene.
0235 Radio Radio Sweden: A Review ot the Newsweek. See F

1235.

This month's Selected Programming features news and in-depth news

analysis programs from stations all
across the globe.
Readers noce "Programming
Spotlight" (p.78) feature on VOA's
Talk to America live call-in airs MonFri at 1706 UTC (J 2:06 pm, EST),
repeated at I006 and 1206 UTC. The
bes! reception for North American
listeners is vfa the English to Africa
service (17895, 15445, 15410 kHz).

FREQUENCIES
0300-0400

Australia. Radio

0300-0400 vi
0300-0400 vi
0300-0400 vi
0300-0400
0300-0400 vi
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400 sm

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

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

0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400 vi
0300-0400
0300-0327
0300-0400
0300-0330
0300-0350

China, China Radio Intl

Costa Rica. RPeace Intl
Costa Rica.Faro del Carib
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Germany, Deutsche Welle

0300-0400
0300-0400 vi
0300-0400

Guatemala, Radio Cultural

Italy, IRAS Milan
Japan. NHK/Radio

0300-0400
0300-0400 s
0300-0400 smtwh
0300-0330 tw
0300-0325
0300-0400 mtwhfa
0300-0400 vi
0300-0400

Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp

Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia, Radio
Mongolia, R Ulan Bator
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia, Voice of

0300-0400

S Africa, Channel Africa

9580pa
15365pa
17860pa
4835do
5025do
4910do
60t0do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
6000ca
975Sca
9690na
7385am
5055do
6000na
5930na
9745am
9475na
6045na
9650na
3300do
7125eu
5960na
11920na
17845as
4935do
9960me
729Sdo
7290na
9860as
15115pa
4890do
4740eu
5950eu
7165na
7345na
9895as
5955af

9660pa
15415as

6120ca
1172Sca
9710na
9400am

13605pa
15510as

15240pa
17795pa

9535ca
972Sca
11845ca
t 1715na
t 2150am

9820na
7345na
1200Sam t7490eu

21455eu

6085na

9535na

9565na
t52t0as

6120na

11885na
t5230na

t 1895na
17810as

t20t5na
11655as
9675do
4940eu
6035eu
7180na
9670as
t2050na
9585af

5905na
5940na
6085eu
7t05na
7225na
7270na
9850as
9880as
15425na

0300-0400 vi
0300-0400

Slovakia. AWR
Taiwan. VO Free China

0300-0400
0300-0330

Thailand. Radio
United Kingdom.BBC London

0300-0400

United Kingdom.BBC London

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

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

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

03000400
03000400
03000400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0400
0300-0315
0308-0346
03 t 5-0330 sh
0320-0350
0330-0400
0330-0357
0330-0400
0330-0400 fas
0330-0400
0330-0400
0330-0400
03300400
0330-0357

USA, WCSN Scotts Car ME

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHRt Noblesville IN
USA, WINS Red Lion PA
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State. Vatican R
Zimbabwe, ZBC
Greece, Voice of
Vatican State, Vatican R
Austria. R Austria Intl
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Hungary. Radio Budapest
Mongolia. R Ulan Bator
Netherlands, Radio
Swaziland, Trans World R
Sweden, Radio
Tanzania. Radio
UAE, Radio Dubai

0330-0400

United Kingdom.BBC London

0340-0350
0345-0400

Greece. Voice of
Tajikistan. Radio

6050af
5950na
15345as
t1890na
5970sa
9760as
3255af
6190af
15310as
5810am
75t0am
9785am
17510as
5850na
6035af
7405af
7465am
7425na
73t5am
11 950eu
13595na
7355am
5065am
6065na
6095na
3306do
7448na
5865af
9870sa
5930as
5965na
7290na
6015na
9500af
6200na
5050af
11 945na
21485na
9610af
17790as
7448na
7245as

7270as
9680na

9765pa

11745as

6135af
9915sa
5975na
94t0me

7235me
t 5360as
6005af
9600af

7325na
15380as
6175na
11760as

7280af
9885af

7340af

13740am

9455af
710Saf
9575af
9495am

5935am
9505na
7305na
3396do
9420na
7360af
13790sa
7345af
9835na
12ooona
6165na

7435am
4828do
9935na
9725af
9440me
11910na

7120na
13675na

15400eu

17890eu

11730af

15280as

15575af

9420na

9935na

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0308
0310
0330
0337

Deutsche Welle: Inside Europe. See S Ot 08.

Radio Japan: Hello from Tokyo. The weekend magazine
program.
BBC: From Our Own Correspondent. BBC correspondents
comment on the background to the news.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. Correspondent reports,
interviews. and commentaries on current events.

Mondays
0300
0315
0325

Radio Havana Cuba: Sunday Edition. See M 0100.

Voice of Free China: East Meets West. A program about
cuttural differences.
Radio Australia: Network Asia. See S 2330.

Tuesdays
0300

Voice of America (at): Daybreak Africa. Magazine program

of African news, sports, features. and correspondent
reports.
0306 Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M
t406.
0309 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
0309 Radio Prague: Press Review. See T 0009.
03t 1 Voice of Russia: Newmarket. This program tells where and
how to invest in Russia, how to sell your product, or start a
business.
03t5 Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 1130.
0319 Radio Japan: News Commentary. See M 1519.
0325 Radio Australia: Network Asia. See S 2330.
0332 Deutsche Welle: Economic Notebook. The economic scene
in Germany and around the world.
0334 Radio Prague: Current Affairs. See T 0004.

Wednesdays

0300
0306

Voice of America (al ): Daybreak Africa. See T 0300.

Monitor Radio lnt'f: Monitor Radio International. See M
1406.

0309 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.

03 t2 China Radio lnt'I: News Analysis. See T 1212.
0315 Voice of Free China: Kaleidoscope. See T 0215.
0319 China Radio lnt'I: Current Affairs. See T 1219.
0325 Radio Australia: Network Asia. See S 2330.
0333 Deutsche Welle: Insight. A weekly analysis of major
developments on the international scene.
0333 Voice of Free China: Taiwan Economic Journal. See T
0232.
0338 Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0337.

Thursdays
0306

Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M

1406
0309 Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
031 1 Radio Prague: Press Review. See T 0009.
0315 Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 1t30.
03 19 Radio Japan: News Commentary. See M 1519.
0325 Radio Australia: Network Asia. See S 2330.

Fridays
0306

0309
0315
0319
0325

Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M

1406.
Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 1t30.
Radio Japan: News Commentary. See M 1519.
Radio Australia: Network Asia. See S 2330.

Saturdays
0308
0330
0335

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.

Radio Japan: The Week in Review. Looking back at the
events that made the news last week.
Radio Radio Sweden: A Review of the Newsweek. See F
t 235.

Budapest Spring Festival

Sandor Laczko
In this year's Budapest Spring F estival,
w hich will be held from March IO to April
2, the organizers have decided on two
themes: the music of Bart6k and the music
of countries in Northern Europe. The
choice of Bart6k is an obvious o ne, since
this year is the 50th anniversary of tile
composer's death. The choice of the
second theme, "Northern lights," is also
understandable, since the Hungarian
language shares linguistic roots with the
languages of two northern countries,
Finland and Estonia. In recent years,
Scandinavia n music has also featured more
prominently on concert programs in
Budapest, with perfonnances of two
N ielsen symphonies. The Festival program
also includes opera, ballet, theater, and
arts.
Programs from the Festival can be
heard in Matrix (0206 Sun, 0337 Sat) and
The Score (0347 Tues 14th, 28th) during
March.

March 1995

MONITORING TIMES

SS

FREQUENCIES
04000500

Australia, Radio

04000500 vi
04000500 vi
04000500 vi
04000500
04000500 vi
04000500
04000500
04000500
04000500
04000500
04000500
04000430
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0430
0400-0450

Auslralla, VL8A Alice Spg

Auslralia. VL8K Katherine
Auslralia, VL8T Ten! Crk
Bahrain, Radio
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada, CFCX Mon1real
Canada, CFRX Toronlo
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN S1 John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Canada, RCI Mon1real
Cosla Rica, R Peace Intl
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba
Ecuador. HCJB Qu1lo
Germany. Deul sche Welle

0400-0500 1Wtfa
04000500 vi
0400-0500
0400-0500 s
0400-0500 smlwh
0400-0425
04000458 mtwhfa
0400-0500 v1
04000430

Gualemala, Radio Cullural

Italy, IRRS Milan
Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia, Radio
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand, R NZ ln11
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Romania, R Romania Intl

04000500

Russia, Voice of

04000500
04000500 vi
0400-0430
04000500
04000430
0400-0430

S Africa. Channel Africa

Slovakia. AWR
Sri Lanka. SLBC Colombo
Swaziland, Swazi Radio
Swaziland. Trans World R
Swilzerland, Swiss R Intl

9580pa
15365pa
17860pa
4835do
5025do
4910do
6010do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
6150me
7385am
6000na
9745am
6015af
7265as
3300do
7125eu
4935do
9960me
7295do
6015na
15115pa
4890do
5990na
11940na
5905eu
5940na
7105na
7300na
12050na
5955af
6050as
9720as
6155af
9500af
6135eu

9660pa
15415pa

9505me
9400am
6180na
12005am
6065af
9565af

13605as
17750as

15240pa
17795pa

9670me
12150am
9820na
17490eu 21455eu
7160af
7225af
9765af

6165na
9675do
6155na
5920na
5950na
7165eu
7345na
15425na
9585af
9465af
15425as
9885na

9510na

9570na

5925eu
5965eu
7180na
9850as

5935na
6085eu
7270na
9895as

9905na

0400-0430
0400-0500
0400-0415
0400-0500

Tanzania, Radio
Turkey, Voice of
Uganda. Radio
Ukraine. R Ukraine Intl

0400-0500

United Kingdom.BBC London

0400-0415
0400-0430
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500

Uni1ed Kingdom.BBC London

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

0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0500 smtwhf
0400-0500
0400-0500
0400-0445
0400-0459
0415-0440
0425-0500
0430-0500
04300500

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WHRf Noblesville IN
USA, WINB Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Belhel PA
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
llaly, RAI Rome
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
Ecuador, HCJB Ouito
Russia. Voice of

04300500
04300500
0430-0500
0455-0500
0459-0500

Swaziland, Trans World R

Switzerland. Swiss R lnll
USA. VOA Washinglon DC
Nigeria. FRCNNoice ol
New Zealand, R NZ ln11

5050af
9445na
4976do
4780na
7405na
11870na
3255af
9410me
11760as
15575me
9610af
6175na
5810am
7510am
7415am
9930as
7535eu
5995eu
7170me
7425na
7315am
11950eu
t3595na
9465eu
7395am
5065am
6065na
9770eu
5990me
3326do
12005am
494Das
9775as
11710as
15295as
17580af
3200af
9905na
6035af
7255af
11900pa

5026do
6055na
9620na
5975na
9585eu
12095af
17790as

7150na
9685na

7180na
9810na

6005af
9600af
15280as

6190af
11730af
15310as

6140af
9885af

6873af

9815am

9840af
6040eu
7405ca

5935am
9505na

7435am

7275eu
4990do
4975as
9785eu
11765as
15360as
17610as
5055af

60DOas
9865eu
12040eu
17560as
17620as
7140af

9705as
11675as
15160as
17570au
17675as

7280af

734Qaf

9575af

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0400
0405

BBC: Newsdesk See S 0200

Swiss Radio lnl'I: Newsnel. An in-depth look al issues, events
and people.
0407 Voice of Turkey Review of !he Turkish Press. Items of
currenl inleresl in lhe Turkishnewspapers.
0408 Radio Ukraine lnl'I: Ukrainian Diary. See S 0108.
0410 Voice of Turkey: Oullook. An economy and finance update.
0410 WWCR #1: View from Europe. Harvey Thomas.
0411 Voice of Russia: News and Views. Russian views on news
developments.
0430 Radio Aus1raha: Corresponden1s' Report. See S 0030.
0445 BBC: Special Fealure. Early Versions (51h). Michael Rosen
!racks down some of lherare manuscripts in the British
Library and looks at !hem wilh the experts.

Mondays
0400
0405
0407
0408
0408
0410
0411
0430
0432
0445

BBC: Newsdesk. See S0200.

Swiss Radio lnl'I: Newsnel. See S 0405.
Voice of Turkey: Review of !he Turkish Press. See S 0407.
Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
Radio Ukraine lnf'I: Ukrainian Diary. See S 0108.
Voice of America (af/eu): Newsline. News, corresponden1
reports. interviews. and opinion.
Voice of Russia: News and Views. See S 0411.
Radio Australia: ln1erna11onal Report. See M 0030.
Deulsche Welle: Alrica in lhe German Press. Whal lhe
German newspapers and weeklies have l o say abou1Africa.
BBC: Popular Music Fealure. Replace a Disc
(6th,131h.20th.271h). A good deal for music lovers when Mike
Read plays records los1 by listeners and sends each a new
copy.

Tuesdays
0400
0406
0407
0408
0409

56

BBC: Newsdesk. See S 0200.

Monilor Radio lnt'I: Moni1or Radio lnlernalional. See M 1406.
Voice of Turkey: Review of !he Turkish Press. See S 0407.
Oeulsche Welle: Africa Report. Reports and background to
1he news from Africa by Oeulsche Welle correspondents.
Voice of Turkey: Last Week. A recap of evenl s affecting
Turkey during 1he previous week.

MONITORING TIMES

March 1995

0410
0413
0419
0424
0430

Voice of America (af/eu): Newsline. See M 0410.

Radio Havana Cuba: Spotlight on the Americas. See T
0213.
Voice of Turkey: History of the Turkish Press.
Background on media organizalions in Turkey.
Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
Radio Australia: lnternalional Report. See M 0030.

Wednesdays
0400
0405
0405
0406
0408
0410
0411
0412
0419
0424
0430
0430

BBC: Newsdesk. See S 0200.

Swiss Radio lnl'I: Newsnel. Sec S 0405.
Voice of Turkey: Review of !he Turkish Press. See S
0407.
Monilor Radio lnt'I: Monilor Radio lnlernalional. See M
1406.
Oeulsche Welle: Africa Report. See T 0408.
Voice of America (al/eu): Newsline. See M 0410.
Voice of Russia: News and Views. See S 0411.
China Radio lnl'I: News Analysis. See T 1212.
China Radio lnl'I: Curren! Affairs. See T 1219.
Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
Radio Aus1ralia: International Report. See M 0030.
Voice of Turkey: Economic Panorama (biweekty). A brief
look al 1he Turkish economy and 1ourism.

Fridays
0400 BBC: Newsdesk. See S0200.
0405 Voice of Turkey: Review of !he Turkish Press. See S 0407.
0406 Monitor Radio lnl'I: Monitor Radio International. See M
1406.
0408 Oeu1sche Welle: Africa Report. See T 0408.
0409 Channel Africa: Dateline Africa. See W 0508.
0410 Voice of America (af): Newsline. See M 0410.
0424 Deu1sche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
0430 Radio Australia: lntemalional Report. See M 0030.
0430 Swiss Radio Intl Business as Usual. Swiss economic news
and business report.

Saturdays
0400
0405
0405
0408
0411
0412
0430
0445

BBC: Newsdesk. See S 0200.

Swiss Radio lnl'I: Newsnel. See S 0405.
Voice of Turkey: Review of the Turkish Press. See S 0407.
Deutsche Welle: Commenlary. See S 0208.
Voice ol Russia: News and Views. See S 041 1.
Oeul sche Welle: Africa This Week. A weekly review of
!rends and events on 1he African continent.
Swiss Radio lnl'I: Swiss Scene. People and politics.
BBC: Worldbrief. See A 0130.

Thursdays
0400
0406
0407
0408
0408
0410
0410
0411
0424
0430
0445

BBC: Newsdesk. See S 0200.

Mon11or Radio lnl'I: Monilor Radio International. See M
1406.
Voice of Turkey: Review of 1he Turkish Press. See S
0407.
Channel Africa: His1orical Almanac. Whal happened on
!his dale in lhe past
Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. See T0408.
Voice of America (af): Newsline. See M 0410.
Voice of Turkey: Review of the Foreign Media. See W
2310.
Voice ol Russia: News and Views. See S 0411.
Deulsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
Radio Australia: lnlorn ational Report. See M 0030.
BBC: From Our Own Correspondent. See S 0330.

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FREQUENCIES
0500-0600

Australia, Radio

0500-0600 vi
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600 as
0500-0550
0500-0515
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600

Australia, VL8A Alice Spg

Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Bahrain, Radio
Bulgaria, Radio
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl 9595na
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Eqt Guinea. R East Africa
Germany, Deutsche Welle
Israel, Kol Israel
Italy. IRAS Milan
Japan, NHKJRadio

0500-0600
0500-0600 s
0500-0600 as
0500-0505
0500-0600
0500-0530 m
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600

Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp

Lebanon. Wings of Hope
New Zealand. RNZ Intl
Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
Nigeria, FRCN/Voice of
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia, Voice ot

0500-0600
0500-0553 f
0500-0600 vi
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0530

S Africa. Channel Africa

Seychelles. FEBA Radio
Slovakia, AWR
Spain, R Exterior Espana
Swaziland. Swazi Radio
Swaziland, Trans World R

9580pa
15365pa
17795as
4835do
5025do
4910do
60t0do
7335na
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
7385am
9820na
9745na
9585af
5960na
7465na
7125eu
5975eu
11740as
4935do
9960me
11900pa
3326do
7255af
5905na
4890do
5905eu
5950as
7165eu
7340na
9850na
13370as
7185af
17725me
9465af
9540na
6155af
5055at
9500al

9660pa
15415as
17860pa

13605as
17715pa
17880as

15240pa
17750as

9700na

9400am

Uganda. Radio
United Kingdom.BBC London

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

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

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

0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600 mtwhfa
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0545
0500-0530
0510-0520
0525-0600
0530-0600

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WINB Red Lion PA
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA, WRNO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican Slate, Vatican R
Botswana, Radio
Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp
Australia. Radio

0530-0600

Austria, R Austria Intl

0530-0600
0530-0600

Finland. YLE/Radio
Romania, R Romania Intl

0530-0600
05300600
0530-0600
0530-0600
0535-0600
0550-0600 vi

Russia. Voice of
Swaziland, Trans World R
UAE, Radio Dubai
United Kingdom,BBC London
Swaziland, Trans World R
Liberia. Radio ELBC

12150am

6045na
9435na

6120na
17545as

6185na

6025na
11885na

7230eu
154 lOas

9565as
17810as

4990do
5910na
9675do
5920eu
5925eu
6000eu
6065as
7175eu
7180eu
7345na
9600na
9865as
9895as
15295na 17735as
11900af

6070af

0500-0502
0500-0600

7140af

5940na
7105na
7270na
9705as
t2050na
17890as

4976do
3255al
61 BOeu
9600af
12095me
15420af
5810am
7510am
9785am
9930as
7535eu
5995eu
6873af
9665af
15205me
7425na
7315am
11950na
13595na
9465eu
7395am
5065am
5985na
9850eu
5865af
3356af
3366do
9660do
17860pa
6015na
17870me
6120eu
11940af
17790af
5930as
9500af
15435as
11735eu
6070af
7275do

3955eu
6190af
9640na
15280as
15575me
9815am

5975na
6195eu
11760as
15310as
17885af

6005af
9410af
11955as
15360as

6035af
7170me
9700eu
15600af

6040eu
6140af
7405af
9530eu
11825me 12080af

9495am

5935am

7435am

7360af
4830af
4915do
15510as
17880as
6155eu

9725af
7255af

11625af

15565as

17715as

13730eu

15410me

9635at
15250af

11755me
15380af 17745at

11710as
9650af
17830as

21700as

7200af

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
0500
0508
0550

0515

BBC: Newshour. A comprehensive look at the major topics

of the day, plus up-to-the-minu1e international and British
news.
Deutsche Welle: Inside Europe. See S 0108.
Radio Japan: Viewpoint. Opinions of a guest personality.

Mondays
0500
0500
0510
0515
0520

BBC: Newshour. See S 0500.

Radio Havana Cuba: Sunday Edition. See M 0100.
Voice of America (af/eu): VOA Business Report. News from
around the world affecting business and finance.
Radio Japan: Current Views. A Radio Japan editorial.
Radio Japan: Spectrum. Focus on a topic of interest in
Japan.

Tuesdays
0500
0500
0506
0506
0509
0510
0516
0523

BBC: Newshour. See S 0500.

HCJB (am): Studio 9. Wortd news. features and interviews
with Ralph Kurtenback and Curt Cole.
Monitor Radio Int'!: Monitor Radio International. See M
1406.
Radio New Zealand tnt'I: Checkpoint. See M 0507.
Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
Voice of America (af/eu): VOA Business Report. See M
0510.
Radio Exterior de Espana: Panorama. See T 0016.
Radio Exterior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.

0515
0519
0520
0522
0529

Radio Bulgaria: Today. Reports and analysis of current

events in Bulgaria and the World. Press reviews from the
weeklies on Monday.
Radio Japan: Current Views. See M 0515.
China Radio lnt'I: Current Affairs. See T 1219.
Radio Japan: Spectrum. See M 0520.
Radio Exterior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.
Radio Exterior de Espana: Review of the Spanish
Economy. See W 0029.

Thursdays
0500
0506
0506
0509
0510
0511
0515
0522

0508
0509
0510
0512

58

BBC: Newshour. See S 0500.

HCJB (am): Studio 9. See HCJB 0500.
Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M
1406.
Channel Africa: Dateline Africa. A news magazine program.
Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
Voice of America (af/eu): VOA Business Report. See M
0510.
China Radio lnt'I: News Analysis. See T 1212.

MONITORING TIMES

March 1995

0500
0509
0510

BBC: Newshour. See S 0500.

Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
Channel Africa: Focus on Africa. Current events on the
continent.
0510 Radio Japan: This Week. See S 0110.
0511 Voice of Russia: Commonwealth Update. See T 0211.
0515 Radio Bulgaria: Weekly Spotlight. The major political
developments of the week with talks by prominent political
figures.
0522 Radio Exterior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.
0554 Channel Africa: This Day in History. A look back on
anniversary events.

BBC: Newshour. See S 0500.

Wednesdays
0500
0500
0506

0522

HCJB (am): Studio 9. See HCJB 0500.

Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M 1406.
Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
Voice of America (af): VOA Business Report. See M 0510.
Voice of Russia: Commonwealth Update. See T 0211.
Radio Bulgaria: Today. Reports and analysis of current
events in Bulgaria and the World. Press reviel'ls from the
weeklies on Monday.
Radio Exterior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.

Saturdays

BBC: Nel'lshour. See S 0500.

Monitor Radio ln!'I: Monitor Radio International. See M
1406.
Radio New Zealand lnt'I: Checkpoint. See M 0507.
Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
Voice of America (af/eu): VOA Business Report. See M
0510.
Voice of Russia: Commonwealth Update. See T 0211 .
Radio Japan: Current Views. See M 0515.
Radio Exterior de Espana: Press Review. See T 0020.

Fridays
0500

0500
0506
0509
0510
0511
0515

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Our thanks to Donna Ellis of Spicewood,

Texas, for sharing this QSL from Radio
Australia.

FREQUENCIES
0600-0700

Australia. Radio

0600-0630
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0630 mtwhf
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700 as
0600-0650

Australia, Radio
Australia. VLSA Alice Spg
Australia, VLSK Katherine
Australia. VLST Tent Crk
Bahrain. Radio
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. RC! Montreal
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Cuba, Radio Havana Cuba
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Eqt Guinea. A East Africa
Germany. Deutsche Welle

0600-0615
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700 vi
0600-0630
0600-0700 s
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700
0600-0700 asmtwh
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700 as
0600-0630
0600-0700
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700

Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp

Italy, IRAS Milan
Japan, NHK/Radio
Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp
Kiribati, Radio
Laos, Lao National Radio
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Liberia. Radio ELBC
Liberia. Radio ELWA
Malaysia, Radio
Malaysia. Voice of
Malta. v of Mediterranean
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
Nigeria. FRCNNoice of
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia. Voice of

9660do
17715as
13605as
4835do
5025do
4910do
6010do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6050eu
7385am
9820na
9745na
9585af
6100af
15185af
3316do
7125eu
11860as
4935do
9825do
7116as
9960me
7275do
4760do
7295do
6175as
9765me
15115pa
3326do
7255af
4890do
5905eu
7270na
t1710na
17570na
17890as

11910pa
17880as
15240pa

6150eu
9400am

9565af
17820af
4915do

13755pa

15510as

15415pa

17795as

11765af
21705af

13790af

15295as

4990do
9675do
5930eu
7345na
12050na
17620as
21790as

Slovakia. AWA
Solomon Islands, SIBC
South Africa. Channel Africa
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Swaziland. Swazi Radio
Swaziland, Trans World R
Swil1erland. Swiss R Intl
Swil1erland. Swiss R Intl
Uganda. Radio
United Kingdom.BBC London

0600-0630
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700

United Kingdom.BBC London

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

0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700 smtwhf
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0620
0600-0700
0604-0700
0630-0700

USA. WHAi Noblesville IN

USA, WINS Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State. Vatican R
Yemen. Yemeni Rep Radio
S Africa. Trans World R
Australia. Radio

0630-0700
0630-0700
0645-0700

Austria. R Austria Intl

Vatican State. Vatican R
Romania. R Romania Intl

9760eu
11905me
12150am

21610as

9750as

0600-0700 vi
0600-0630 vi
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0615
0600-0630
0600-0615 s
0600-0700

6065as
9850as
13370as
17735af

7175na
9895as
15230as
17840as

13715af
5020do
15115pa
11945na
6155af
5055af
3985eu
9885af
4976do
3955eu
9410af
1t780eu
15070af
15400af
17885af
6180eu
5810am
7510am
9785am
9930as
7535eu
3980eu
6060eu
7325me
11805af
12080af
7315am
11950na
13595na
9465eu
5065am
5985na
3945eu
9780do
11730af
9580pa
21725as
6015na
5865af
15250pa

9545do

6070af
6165eu
13635af
7110do
6005af
9600af
11940af
15280as
15420af

9500af

9650af

15340af
6190af
9640na
11955as
15310as
15575af

6195eu
11760as
12095me
15360me
17790as

5995eu
6140af
7405af
11825af
15205me
9495am

6035af
6873eu
9530af
11950af
15600af

6040eu
7170me
9665af
12035af

5935am
7355eu

7435am
9680eu

9850af

9860pa

11880pa

15415as

7360af
15335pa

9660af
17720pa

11625af
17805pa

13740am

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays

Mondays

0608
0611
0615
0624
0630
0630
0640

0605
0608
0615

0600

0610
0630
0630

0630
0630
0630
0630

Voice of America (eu): VOA Sunday Morning. News

closeups in a magazine format.
Radio Australia: Correspondents' Report. See S 0030.
Radio Austria Int'!: Report from Austria. See S 0130.
Swiss Radio lnt'I: Newsnet. See S 0405.
Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
Voice of Nigeria: Nigeria and Politics. Happenings on the
Nigerian political scene.
BBC: Feature. World Service Guide to the Information
Superhighway (61h.131h.20111). See S 1401.
Radio Australia: International Report. See M 0030.
Radio Austria lnt'I: Report from Austria. See S 0130.
Radio Havana Cuba: Breakthrough. Arnie Corn's weekly
science and technology update.

Tuesdays
0600
0606
0607
0608
0610
0615
0615
0624
0630
0630
0630
0630
0640

Voice of America (at): Daybreak Africa. See T0300.

Monitor Radio Int'!: Monitor Radio International. See M
1406.
Radio New Zealand lnl'I: Checkpoint. See M 0507.
Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. See T 0408.
Voice of America (eu): Newsline. See M 0410.
BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.
Radio Havana Cuba: Spotlight on the Americas. See T 0213.
Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
BBC: Popular Music Feature. The Soul Show
(7th.14th.21st.28th). NEW! Steve Edwards plays the best of
modern soul from the USA and the UK.
Radio Australia: International Report. See M 0030.
Radio Austria Int'!: Report from Austria. See S 0130.
Voice of America (eu): VOA Tuesday Morning. See S 0610.
Radio Havana Cuba: Cuba Today. A slice of life in Havana.

Wednesdays
0606

Monrtor Radio lnl'I: Monitor Radio International. See M

1406.

Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. See T 0408.

Voice of Russia: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T t 311.
BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.
Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
Radio Australia: International Report. See M 0030.
Radio Austria lnt'I: Report from Austria. See S 0130.
Radio Havana Cuba: Cuba Today. See T 0640.

Thursdays
0606
0608
0615
0624
0630
0630
0640

Voice of Nigeria: West African Scene. A news magazine

which reflects the events in the sub-region.
Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M
1406.
Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. See T 0408.
BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.
Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
Radio Australia: International Report. See M 0030.
Radio Austria lnl'I: Report from Austria. See S 0130.
Radio Havana Cuba: Cuba Today. See T 0640.

Fridays
0600
0606
0608
0611
0615
0615
0624
0630
0630
0640

Voice of America (af): Daybreak Africa. See T 0300.

Monitor Radio Intl Monitor Radio International. See M
1406.
Deutsche Welle: Africa Report. See T 0408.
Voice of Russia: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 1311.
BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.
Radio Havana Cuba: Latin America Newsline. News from
the counlries of Central and South America.
Deutsche Welle: European Journal. See M 0224.
Radio Australia: International Report. See M 0030.
Radio Austria lnt'I: Report from Austria. See S 0130.
Radio Havana Cuba: Cuba Today. See T 0640.

Saturdays
0600
0611
0615
0630
0640

HCJB (am): On-Line. See HCJB 0200.

Voice of Russia: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 1311 .
BBC: The Wo~d Today. See M 1645.
Radio Austria Int'!: Report from Austria. See S 0130.
Radio Havana Cuba: Cuba Today. See T 0640.

THANK YOU
AoomoNAL CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS
MONTH'S SHORTWAVE GUIDE:

John Babbis, Silver Spring, MD; Gerald

R. Brookman, Kenai, AK; Carl Craig,
Shelbyville, TN; Leslie Edwards,
Doylestown, PA; Bob Fraser, Cohasset,
MA; Paul R. Donegan, Glendale, CA;
Mike Hardester, Jacksonville, NC;
Marie Lamb, Brewerton, NY;
Jim Moat~ , Ravenna, OH; E. Fred
Moore, Lavalette, WV; Kent Plourde,
Bristol, CT; W.H. Scarbrough, Knoxville, TN; Nick Terrence, Huntington,
NY; Claude Turner, Chicago, IL; Loyd
Van Hom, Brasstown, NC; NASWA
Joumal; Fine Tuning; BBC Worldwide;
BBC Summary of World Broadcasts;
Grove Enterprises BBS; Internet
Shortwave Newsgroup via Larry Van
Hom.

March 1995

MONITORING TIMES

59

FREQU ENCI ES
0700-0800

Australia. Radio

0700-0730
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0727
0700-0800

Australia. Radio
Australia. VL8A Allee Spg
Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Bahrain. Radio
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica. AWA Alajuela
Costa Rica. A Peace Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador. HCJB Quito

0700-0800 as
0700-0715
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800

Eqt Guinea. A East Africa

Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Italy. IRAS Milan
Japan. tJHK/Radio

0700-0800
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800
0700-0800 asmtwh
0700-0800
0700-0730
0700-0716 mtwhf
0700-0800 as
0700-0758 a
0700-0728 s
0700-0800 vi
0700-0745
0700-0800

Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp

Kiribati. Radio
Liberia. Radio ELBC
Liberia. Radio ELWA
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. Voice of
Myanmar. Radio
New Zealand. A NZ Intl
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
New Zealand . A NZ Intl
New Zealand. A NZ Intl
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Romania. A Romania Intl
Russia. Voice of

0700-0715
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800
0700-0735
0700-0730
0700-0800
0700-0715 mtwtfa
0700-0800

Sierra Leone. SLBS

Solomon Islands. SIBC
Swaziland, Swazi Radio
Swaziland, Trans World A
Switzerland. Swiss A Intl
Taiwan. VO Free China
Uganda. Radio
United Kingdom.BBC London

0700-0730
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800 vi
0700-0800
0700-0800
0700-0800 smtwhf
0700-0800
0700-0745
0703-0710 mtwhfa
0717-0800 mtwhf
0730-0800
0730-0800
0730-0757
0730-0800
0730-0745 sh
0730-0745 mtwhl
0730-0800
0730-0745 mtwhf

United Kingdom.BBC London

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WINB Red Lion PA
USA. WJCRUpton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Croatia. Croatian Radio
New Zealand, A NZ Intl
Australia. Radio
Belgium. A Vlaanderen Int
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Georgia. Radio
Greece. Voice of
Iceland. Natl BC Service
Netherlands. Radio
Vatican State. Vatican A

0735-0800 smtwhf
0740-0800
0745-0800
0745-0800 s

Swaziland. Trans World A

Monaco. Trans World Radio
Finland, YLE/Radio
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp

6080pa
11880pa
15565as
21715as
15415as
4835do
5025do
4910do
6010do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
5030ca
7385am
5930eu
6135as
9745pa
21455eu
9585af
3366do
7125eu
5975eu
t5335me
4935do
9825do
7275do
4760do
7295do
6175as
5990do
11900pa
9700pa
11900pa
11900pa
4890do
15250pa
5905eu
9480eu
11675eu
15385me
17890af
33t6do
5020do
6155af
5055af
3985eu
5950na
4976do
3955eu
9410af
11940af
15280as
17790as
6005eu
5810am
7510am
7415am
9930as
7535eu
7425na
7315am
11950na
13595na
9465eu
5065am
7355eu
5895eu
9700pa
9660pa
5985eu
17485as
11805eu
9425eu
9265am
9720pa
3945eu
15210eu
5055af
7115eu
6120eu
3366do

9580pa
11910pa
17695as

9860pa
13605pa
17750as

11720pa
15240pa
21595as

17795as

6150sa
9400am
7345eu
6205as
11835eu

7325am 9725am
12150am
9505eu
9420eu
9600ou
11925pa 17490eu

4915do
i230eu
15410as

9750as
9730do

9675do
15335pa
5930eu
970Qas
12050na
17560na
21790af

1t740as 15270as
17810me 2161Qau

15295as

17720pa t 7805pa
7175na
7270na
9850as
9895as
13370as 15230me
17795na 17840af

9545do
6070af
6165eu
7110do
6190af
9600af
11955as
15310as
17830af
11780eu
13740am

9500af

9650af

6195eu
9640na
12095af
15360as
17885af
11 860af

7325eu
11760me
15070af
15400af
15575me

9495am

5935am
9680eu
7370eu

7435am
9850al
9830eu

0800-0900

Australia. Radio

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

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Bahrain. Radio
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica, A Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB Quito

0800-0900 as
0800-0805 s
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900 vi
0800-0830
0800-0900
0800-0830
0800-0900
0800-0825
0800-0900
0800-0830 m
0800-0850
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900

Eqt Guinea. REast Africa

Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Guam. TWR/KTWR
Indonesia. Voice of
Italy, IRAS Milan
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Kiribati. Radio
Liberia. Radio ELBC
Liberia. Radio ELWA
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia, Voice of
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. A NZ Ind
Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Pakistan. Radio
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia. Voice of

0800-0815
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900
0800-0805 smtwhf
0800-0900

Sierra Leone. SLBS

Slovakia. AWA
Solomon Islands, SIBC
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Swaziland, Trans World A
United Kingdom.BBC London

0800-08t5

United Kingdom.BBC London

0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900 vi
0800-0900
0800-0900
0800-0900 smtwhf
0800-0900
0803-0810 s
0815-0900 mtwtf
0830-0900 vi
0830-0900 vi
0830-0900 vi
0830-0900
0830-0900
0830-0900
0830-0900
0855-0900

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Monitor Radio Intl
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
U$A, WINB Red Lion PA
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
Australia, VL8A Alice Spg
Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
Austria. A Austria Intl
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Netherlands. Radio
Slovakia. R Slovakia Intl
Guam, TWR/KTWR

5995pa
9710pa
17880as
4835do
5025do
4910do
6010do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
7385am
9600eu
21455eu
9585af
3366do
15200as
9675as
7125eu
4935do
9825do
7275do
4760do
7295do
6175as
7115eu
9720pa
9700pa
9590pa
15625eu
4890do
11675af
17620na
17890as
3316do
17630af
5020do
7550eu
5055af
6190af
11 940af
15280as
17830af
3955eu
11760me
5810am
751Qam
9930as
7535eu
9350na
7315am
11950na
13595na
9465eu
5065am
5895eu
3326do
2310do
2485do
2325do
6t 55eu
6135pa
9720pa
11 990au
11 830pa

6020pa
9860pa

6080pa
9580pa
15565pa 17715as

9400am
9745pa

t2150am
t1835eu 11 925pa

t t 752as

9750as

15295as

t 1895pa
15175as
17900eu
9675do
11 710as
17795as

9545do
13670eu
6070af
6195eu
1t955as
15360as
17885af
94t0eu
t5310as
t3740am
t36t5pa

13370as
17840as

15230me
17860as

9500af
7325eu
12095at
15400af

9650af
9740as
t5070af
17640af

9600af
t53t0eu

9640na
17790as

t5665eu

9495am

5935am
7370eu
4990do

9830eu

13730eu 15450as
9745pa
17490pa
9895pa
13700pa
17485au 21705au

MONITORING TIMES

Morch 1995

17870au

13830eu

t7880as
9925au
2t705as
9935eu
11895pa
7250eu
15570eu
6070af
9560eu
4915do

11645eu
9645eu

11740eu

9500af

9650af

11 755eu
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Australia, Radio

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0900-1000
0900-1000 as
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Australia. Vl8A Allee Spg

Aus1ralia, Vl8K Kalherine
Australia, VLSTTent Crk
Bahrain, Radio
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China, China Radio Intl
Costa Rica. AWA Alajuela
Cos1a Rica. R Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB Ouilo
Eql Guinea, A East Afnca
Finland. YLE/Rad10
Germany. Deutsche Welle

0900 1000 vi
0900 1000 vi
0900-0930
0900-1000

Slovakia, AWA
Solomon Islands. SIBC
Switzerland. Swiss R fnll
United Kingdom.BBC London

0900-0915

United Kingdom.BBC London

0900-1000
09001000
09001000
09001000
0900-1000
0900-1000 vi
0900-1000
0900-1000
0900-1000 smtwhf
0900-1000
0903-091Omtwhfa
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0915-1000
0920-0935 sh
0920-0935 as
09300945 s
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09301000
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0935-0945 s
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USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Sall lk C11y UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA, WEWN Birmingham Al
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Croatia. Croatian Radro
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Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Greece. Voice of
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Armenia. Radio Yerevan
Canada, CKZN St John's
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Philippines, FEBC/R Intl
Monaco. Trans World Radio
Greece, Voice of

2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6950as
5030ca
7385am
6135pa
9585af
15330as
6160as
15410af
21650as
3366do
15200as
11830pa
7125eu
9610as
15270au
9825do
7275do
7295do
7115eu
9720pa
9700pa
3326do
7255af
9830as
4890do
9480eu
11710me
15385eu
17795eu
9445eu
5020do
9885au
6190af
11760me
15190sa
15575me
17830as
612Qas
11955as
581Qam
7510am
9930as
7395sa
9350na
7315am
11950na
13595na
9465eu
5935am
5895eu
7290na
6130do
15650au
71 15eu
15275eu
6160do
7260pa
11690as
71t5eu
15650au

l OOO t 100
1000-1100 vi
1000-1100 vi
1000-1100 vi
1000- t 100
10001030 mlwhfa
1000-11 00
10001100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100

Australia. Radio
Australia. Vl8A Alice Spg
Australra, VL8K Katherine
Australra. VL8T Tent Crk
Bahrain. Radio
Belgium. A Vlaanderen Int
Bulga11a. Radio
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax

9580pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
6035eu
12040au
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do

09000915 mtwtf
09000915
0900-1000
0900-1000 vi
0900-1000

Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp

Guam. TWR/KTWR
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Italy, IRAS Milan
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0900-0948 vi
0900- 1000 vi
0900-1000
0900-0920
0900-0930
0900-1000
0900-1000 mlWtf
0900-1000
0900 1000 m1111fa
0900 1000 vi
09001000

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New Zealand. R NZ lnll
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
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Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia. Voice of

9580pa
21725as

9860pa

12055as
21600af

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1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1 100
1000 1100 as
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1000-1030
1000-1 100
1000-1100
1000-1100
10001100 mtwh fa
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1000- 1100
1000-1100

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Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio lnll
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Costa Rica. R Peace lnll
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Eql Guinea. REast Africa
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
India. All India Radio
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Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
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15190as

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1000-1100 vi
10001015
1000-1100

S Africa, Channel Afnca

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United Kingdom.BBC London

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1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100
1000-1100

United Kingdom.BBC London

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USA. VOA Washington DC

1000-1100
10001100 vi
10001100
1000-1100
1000-1 100
10001 100
10001030
1003-1010 s
1030-1 100 mtl'lhfa
10301100 mtwhf
1030-1055
1030-t 100
1030-1100
1030-1100
1030-1 100

USA. WEWN Birmingham Al

USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
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13605as

11755pa 15440pa
6150sa
7325am 9725am
9400am 12150am
9745pa
17490pa 21455pa
17800au
9565af
11715as
17780as 17800af
21680as
4915do

9750as

11815as

13700pa
4990do
9675do
9550eu
11975as
15580as
17840na
17630af
9545do
13685au
6195as
11940af
15280as
17640af
17885af
6t95eu
15360as
13740am
7535eu

9800pa
12015as
17670as
17860as

11675as
13370as
17765eu

17515au
94 IOeu
12095af
15310as
17705af

9740as
1507Qaf
15400eu
17790as

7345eu

9580as

9430eu

13615pa

9495am

7370eu
12000na
7295do
17525au

9830eu

13830eu

9810pa

21505pa

15370eu
9720pa
17525au

9860pa

155t0af

151 70as 2t725as

17595af

6160do
6160do
659Qas
5030ca
7385am
6135as
9585af
6130do
15050as
7 t 25eu
7295do
5980do
7260pa
9700pa
4990do
7255af
9830as
4890do
11690as
9480eu
11675na
17710af
17810af
9450eu
4976do
6t65eu
9740na
1507Qaf
15575me
17830af
15280as
9815am
7510am
9930as
6095ca
5985pa
11 915am
9350na
6040am
11950na
t3595na
5065am
5950na
10059as
5895eu
6155eu
5990af
13680as
7160do
7260pa
11835as
13675eu

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGllTS:

MONITORING TIMES

Morch 1995

15440pa
7325am 1725am
12150am
11925pa 21455pa

7295do
15180as

17387au

17895as

9720pa

9810pa

21505pa

7285do
9675do
9550eu
11 710as
17860as

9680na
9800eu
12015eu 15385na

6190af
11760me
15190sa
17640af
17885af

6195as
11940af
15310as
17705eu

94 10eu
12095af
15400eu
17790as

7395sa
9430as
7405am 9590am
15120am 15425pa

13625as
11720pa

13815am

9850am
15685am
12025as 15010as
7370eu 9830eu
13730eu 15450as
71lOaf
9705af
9810pa
15120as
15320eu

17850au
15395eu

13830eu
17870au

21605eu

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6150sa
9400am
9745pa

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Ecuador, HCJB Quito
Georgia, Radio
Germany, Deutsche Welle

1100-1110 as
1100-1200vl
11001200
1100-1130
11001200 vi
1100-1200
11001200
1100-1200
1100-1200
11001200
11001105
11001150
1100-1130 s
1100-1120
1100-1200 mtwhf
1100-1200 vi
11001200

Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp

Guatemala, AWR
Iraq, Radio Iraq Intl
Israel, Kol Israel
Italy, IRRS Milan
Japan, NHK/Radio
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia, RTM Kuching
Malaysia, RTM/Kota Kinab
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
North Korea, R Pyongyang
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Pakistan, Radio
Palau, KHBN/Voice of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia, Voice of

9510pa
13605as
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5030ca
9400am
9745pa
12005am
11815eu
15370af
21600af
3366do
5980ca
13680as
15640na
7125eu
6120na
7295do
7160do
5980do
9700pa
4990do
6576na
9590eu
15625as
9830as
4890do
7205eu
9800eu

9580pa
15170as

9710pa
15565as

9860pa

6150am 7325am
12150am
11925pa 21455pa
15115am 21455pa

9725am

15410af

17800af

17765af

4915do
15650eu

17575eu

9610as

15295as

7285do
9977na
11850eu
17900as
9675do
9470eu
11675eu

11335na

9550eu
1171 0as

9680eu
11835as

11001115
11001200
1100-1200
1100-1200
11001130
1100-1130

Rwanda. Radio
S Africa, Channel Africa
Singapore, SBC Radio One
Singapore,R Singapore Int
Sri Lanka, SLBC Colombo
Switzerland. Swiss R Intl

11001102
11001200

Uganda, Radio
United Kingdom.BBC London

11001130
1100-1200
11001200
11001200
1100-1200
1100-1200

United Kingdom.BBC London

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

1100-1200
11001200vl
1100-1200
11001200
1100-1200
1120-1130 mtwtta
1130-1200 vi
1130-t157
11301200
11301200
1130-1200
11301200
1131 -t152
11451200

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL

USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State. Vatican R
China, China Radio Intl
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Iran, VOIRf Tehran
Netherlands, Radio
South Korea, RKorea Intl
Vietnam, Voice of
Indonesia, RRI Sorong
Rwanda. Radio

11980as
15265as
17860me
6055do
9730af
6155do
9530as
11835as
6165eu
13635as
71 10do
6165eu
9515na
12095af
17640af
5965na
9815am
7510am
9930as
6095na
5985as
9590am
11915am
6000na
6040am
13595na
5065am
5950na
11740af
8660as
7345eu
11790as
6045eu
9650na
t0059as
4874do
6055do

12015eu
15495as
21600af

13370as 15190as
17755me 17765na

15120as
9535eu

17850au
9885as

7195do
6190af
9740na
15070af
17830sa
9700as
13815am

6195na
11760me
15310as
17885af
15400eu

9410eu
11940af
15575me
21660af

7395ca
61 10as
9615as
15120am

9355eu
6165am
9760as
15160as

9425au
7405am
11720as
15425as

11640as

9850am
5935am 15685am
7355na
15210af 17585me
11445as 15135as
9505eu
11930me
7130eu
12025as

15010as

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
1100
1130
1130
1132

BBC: Newsdesk. See S 0200.

Voice of America (as): Issues in the News. Members of the
Washington press corps discuss current topics.
Voice of America (ca): Studio One. Dramatized. semi
dramatized, and narrativedocumentaries.
Subjects
range from personality profiles to reviews of historic events.
Radio Korea: Weekly News in Review. A look back at the
weeks news events.

Mondays
1100
1100
1100
1130

BBC: Newsdesk. See S 0200.

Monitor Radio lnl'I: Monitor Radio Early Edition. The
morning news magazineprogram is heard from 1000 UTC to
1500 UTC weekdays.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan News Round. Thirty minutes of
world. regional, andJapanese news.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. The weekday
magazine program.

1106

Monitor Radio fnt 'I: Monitor Radio International. See M

1406.
1110 Voice of America (ca): Focus. See M t310.
1t 11 Voice of Russia: Commonwealth Update. See T 0211.
1t30 BBC: Literature Feature. A History of the Novel in Six
Chapters (2nd.9th, 16th.23rd). The last four of this series
which examines the development of the narrative book
from the 17th century to the present.
1130 Voice of Amenca (ca): VOA Thursday Morning. See S
0610.

1110
1111
1120
1130

BBC: IJewsdesk. See S 0200.

Radio Japan: Radio Japan News Round. See M 1100.
Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M
1406.
Voice of America (ca): Focus. See M 1310.
Voice of Russia: Commonwealth Update. See T 0211 .
Radio Singapore lnl'I: Business and Market Report. A
roundup of financial and business news.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 1130.

Wednesdays

1100 BBC: Newsdesk. See S 0200.

1100 Radio Japan: Radio Japan News Round. See M 1100.
1106 Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M
1406.
1111 Voice of Russia: Commonwealth Update. See T 0211 .
1130 Radio Japan: Asian Report. Current events in the AsiaPacific region.
1130 Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 1130.

Thursdays
1100

BBC: Newsdesk. See S 0200.

1100
1111

BBC: Newsdesk. See S 0200.

Voice of Russia: Commonwealth Update. See T 0211.

Fridays
1100
1100
1106
1110
1111
t 130

BBC: Newsdesk. See S 0200.

Radio Japan: Radio Japan News Round. See M t 100.
Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M
1406.
Voice of America (ca): Focus. See M 1310.
Voice of Russia: Commonwealth Update. See T 0211.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 11 30.

Tuesdays
11 00
1100
1106

Saturdays

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FREQUENCIES
12001230

Auslralia, Radio

1200 1300 vi
1200-1300 vi
1200 1300 vi
12001300
12001300
12001215
12001300
12001300
12001300
12001300
12001300
12001300
1200 1230 vi
1200t300

Auslralia, VL8A Alice Spg

Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
Bahrain. Radio
Brazil, Radiobras
Cambodia, Natl Voice of
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN Sl John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China. China Radio Intl
China. China Radio Intl

12001300
12001300
12001300

Costa Rica. R Peace Intl

Ecuador. HCJB Quito
France. Radio France Intl

12001300 vi
12001240
12001300
12001300 vi
12001300
12001300
1200-1300
12001230 mw
12001230 ha
12001300
1200-1206
12001230
12001300 mtwhf
12001230 a
1200 1300 vi
12001300

Guatemala. AWA
Iran. VOIRI Tehran
Iraq. Radio Iraq Intl
Italy, IRRS Milan
Jordan, Radio
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. RTM/Kota Kinab
Mongolia. R Ulan Bator
Mongolia, R Ulan Bator
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
Palau, KHBN/Voice of Hope
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Russia, Voice of

5995pa
96 10as
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
15445na
11940as
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
8660as
8425as
15440pa
9400am
12005am
9805eu
15155eu
5980ca
11790as
13680as
7125eu
9560eu
7295do
5980do
7290na
7290na
6045eu
9700pa
4990do
9830as
9830as
4890do
5960eu
9540eu
11655as
11980eu

6060pa
11800pa

6080pa
15565as

9580pa

11445as
9715as

15135as
11660as

12150am
15115am
11615na
15195eu

15050am
21455pa
11840as 13625af
15325af 15365na

11795pa

11930me

12015na
12000na
7130eu
7285do
9675do
7160na
9550eu
11675af
12015af

7205na
9680eu
11710as
12065me

9470eu
9800eu
11760eu
13370eu

12001300
12001300
12001300
12001230
12001300
12001300

Singapore, SBC Radio One

Singapore.A Singapore Int
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Switzerland, Swiss R Intl
Taiwan. VO Free China
United Kingdom.BBC London

1200 1300
12001300
1200 1300
12001300
t2001300

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

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

12001300
12001300 vi
12001300
12001300 s
1200 1300
1200 1300
12001230
12151300
12201229 vi
12301300

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Uzbekistan, R Tashkent
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp
Australia. Radio

12301300
12301300
12301300
12301300
12301300
12301300
12301300
12301300
12301300
12301300
12401250

Austria, R Austria Intl

Bangladesh. Radio
Bulgaria, Radio
Canada, RCI Montreal
Finland, YLE/Radio
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Russia, Voice of
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Sweden, Radio
Vietnam. Voice ol
Greece. Voice of

15190af
6155do
9530as
7180as
6165eu
7130au
5965na
9515na
11940af
15310as
17830af
5810am
751 0am
9930as
6095na
6110as
15160as
6000na
6040am
13595na
9955am
5065am
5950na
6025eu
17595as
4915do
5995pa
15565as
6155eu
9650as
9770as
6150as
11735na
6130do
6000eu
9570as
13775au
10059as
9935af

15485eu

9535eu
9610as
6190af
9740na
12095af
15575me
17885af
9815am

15495af

6195na
11750as
15070af
17640af
21660af

9410eu
11760as
15220na
17705eu

9455na
9760as

13625as
11715as

5935am
7355na
9715eu

11830na
13785eu

11970na

6060pa

7260as

11800pa

11780as
13615as
11740as
11730as
11740na
7295do
6060eu
11740as
15120as
12025as
11645af

13730eu
15520as

9425au
9645as
15425as
9850am

15400na
13670cu
15240as
15010as
15650af

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays

1230

Voice of America (as): Encounl er. A discussion program

presenting opinions on theissues lacing America and the
world.
1211 Voice of Russia: News and Views. See S 0411.
1216 Radio France lnt'I: India Today. Correspondent reports and
interviews on Indian affairs.
1227 Radio France lnt'I: Counterpoint. A specific human righls
issue is examined.
1230 Radio Australia: Report !ram Asia. A weekly roundup of Asian
events.

1210

Mondays
1200
1206

Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio Early Edition. See M 1100.

Voice of America (as): Talk to America. NEW! Live callin
program.
121 1 Radio Korea: Commentary. Opinion on developments in
Korea and worldwide.
1211 Voice of Russia: News and Views. See S 041 1.
1215 BBC: Quiz. My Music {6th.13th.20th.27th). A wide-ranging
musical quiz.
1230 HCJB {am): Latin News. Regional news summary.
1230 Radio Australia: International Report. See M 0030.

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Radio Finland: Compass North. World and Finnish news.

commentary and background reports.
1231 Radio France lnt'I: RFI Europe. European press review
focuses on current affairs in other countries ol the region.
1240 Radio Finland: Economic Comments in the Finnish Press.
Media coverage of business. finance and trade.
1245 Radio Finland: Business Monday. Summary of the previous
week's business news.

Tuesdays
1206
1206
1212
1215
1219
1230
t 230
1230
1231
1232
1233
1240

Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M

1406.
Voice ol America {as): Talk to America. See M 1206.
China Radio lnl'I: News Analysis. Background on current
news events.
Voice of Free China: Kaleidoscope. See T 0215.
China Radio lnt'I: Current Aflairs. An indeplh look al events
and happenings in China.
HCJB (am): Latin News. See HCJB 1230.
Radio Australia: International Report. See M 0030.
Radio Finland: Compass North. See M 1230.
Radio France lnt'I: France Today Current happenings in
France.
Voice of Free China: Taiwan Economic Journal. See T 0232.
Radio France lnt'I: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
Radio Finland: Finnish Press Review. Editorial opinion and
reports on Finnish and world events.

Wednesdays
1206

1206
1230
1230
1230
1231
1231
1240
1245

Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M

1406.
Voice of America {as): Talk to America. See M 1206.
HCJB {am): Latin News. See HCJB 1230.
Radio Australia: International Report. See M 0030.
Radio Finland: Compass North. See M 1230.
Radio France lnt'I: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
Radio France lnt'I: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
Radio Finland: Finnish Press Review. See T 1240.
Radio Finland: Environmental News. Weekly look al

1247

environmental issues in Finland.

Radio France Int'!: Land of France. A feature on life and
times in France.

Thursdays
1206
1206
1230
1230
1234
1244
1249

Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M

1406.
Voice ol America (as): Talk to America. See M 1206.
HCJB (am): Latin News. See HCJB 1230.
Radio Australia: International Report. See M 0030.
Radio France lnt'I: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
Radio France Int'!: The Americas Magazine. NEW! Focus on
a subject relating to a country ol the western hemisphere.
Radio France Int'!: North/South {biweekly). Focus on a
public activity in France.

Fridays
1206 Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M
1406.
1206 Voice of America (as): Talk to America. See M 1206.
1213 Radio Korea: Commentary. See M 1211.
1215 BBC: Special Feature. Russia's Runaway Revolution
{2nd.9th.16th.23rd). NEW! Tracing the reforms and
restructuring of the new Russia during the last decade.
1230 HCJB {am): Latin News. See HCJB 1230.
1230 Radio Australia: International Report. See M 0030.
1231 Radio France lnt'I: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
1235 Radio Radio Sweden: A Review of the Newsweek. Looking
back at the week's newsevents.

Saturdays
12 t 0
1211
1228
1230
1230
1242

Voice of America {as): On the Line. See S 011 O.

Radio Korea: Commentary. See M 1211.
Radio France Int'!: Spotlight on Africa. Correspondenl
reports and interviews onAfrican affairs.
Radio Australia: Background Report. In-depth reports
examining a broad range ofinfluences that shape our world.
Radio Finland: Compass North. See M 1230.
Radio Finland: Focus. A Review of Finland's top news
stories.

FREQUENCIES
t3001400
13001330
13001400vl
13001400 vi
13001400 vi
13001400
13001320
13001330
1300-1400 v1
13001400
1300-1400
13001400
13001400
1300-1400
13001400
13001400 mtwhf
1300-1400
13001400
13001400
13001330
13001330
13001400 vi
13001400 vi
13001400 mtwhfa
13001400
13001400
13001325
13001350
1300-1330 s
1300-1400 mlwhf
13001400 vi
13001400
13001355

Australia. Radio
Australia. Radio
Australia, VLBA Alice Spg
Australia. VLBK Ka1henne
Australia. VL8T Tent Crk
Bahrain. Radio
Brazil, Radiobras
Bulgaria. Radio
Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. RCI Montreal
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica. R Peace ln11
Ecuador. HCJB Ouilo
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Guatemala. AWA
Italy, IRAS Milan
Lebanon, Wings of Hope
Malaysia, Radio
Malaysia. RTM/Kota Kinab
Netherlands. Radio
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Palau. KHBNNoice of Hope
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Philippines, FEBC/R ln11
Poland, Polish R Warsaw

13001400

Romania, R Romania ln11

13001400

Russia, Voice of

13001400

Singapore. SBC Radio One

5995pa
6060pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
15445na
9770as
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
6150na
8425as
9400am
15115am
17595as
3366do
5980ca
7125eu
9960me
7295do
5980do
6045eu
9345as
1t730as
9830as
4890do
11995as
6135eu
11815eu
9690eu
15365eu
4740as
7160as
7335eu
9830eu
12065na
15265eu
15480as
6155do

7240as
6080as

9610as

11800pa

13001400
13001330
13001400

Singapore.A Singapore ln1

Swilzerland, Swiss R ln11
United Kingdom.BBC London

t3001330
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400

Untted Kingdom.BBC London

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KJES Mesquite NM
USA. KNLS Anchor Point AK
USA, KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA. Monitor Radio ln11
USA, VOA Washington DC

13001400
13001400
13001400
13001400 s
13001400
13001400

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMl/R Miami Intl
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL

9530as
7250as
5990as
7180na
11750as
15070af
t5575me
17885af
15105af
5810am
11715na
7365as
7510am
6095na
6110as
15160as
6000na
6040am
13595na
9955am
5065am
5950na
11970na
5895eu
13830eu
6100pa
15450as
13675na
6150as
6200am
11 735na
4915do
13732as
9895as
1t650na
6165eu
9675as
13675eu
6020eu
10059as
11835au
11625as
7275do

11740as

11855na 17820na
9715as
15440pa
15050am
17890am 21455eu
4915do

7130eu
11740as
13800as

t5t90as

15605as

9675do
7145eu

7270eu

9525eu

11790eu
15390eu
4795as
7205eu
9540na
11710as
13370as
15320eu
15560me

11830eu 11940eu
17745eu
6000eu
6060eu
7210eu
7295eu
9550eu
9680eu
11765as 11865me
15140eu 15150as
15460eu 15470me
17720eu

13031 310

Croatia, Croatian Radio

1307t400 occsnal
1330t400
13301400 s
1330t400
13301400
13301400
13301400 tW
13301400
13301400
13301400
13301400
13301400
13301355
13301400
13301400
13301400
13451400
13551400vl

New Zealand. R NZ Intl

Austria, R Austria 1n11
Belgium. R Vlaanderen lot
Canada, RCI Moo1real
Costa Rica, R Peace ln11
Finland. YLE/Radio
Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp
India, All India Radio
Netherlands, Radio
Sweden. Radio
Switzerland. Swiss R ln11
Turkey, Voice of
UAE. Radio Dubai
Uzbekistan. R Tashkent
Vietnam. Voice of
Yugoslavia. Radio
Vatican State. Vatican R
Liberia. Radio ELBC

7480as
6190af
9410eu
11 760me
15220na
17640af
21660af

11640as
6195na
9515na
11940af
15310as
17705eu

13635as
7110as
9740na
12095af
15420af
17830af

9815am

9355as
9455na
13625as
9645as
9760as
11805as
15425as
7425na
12160na
15105am
5935am
9705na
13695af
7370eu

11550na

11830na

9830eu

t3640eu

9535as
15400na
15120as
13700as
15240na
9535eu
15320eu
9715eu
12025as
11865au
12050as

t7740na
15150as

15395as
13785eu
15010as

21605as

15585pa

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
1300 BBC: Newshour. See S 0500.
1330 Radio Radio Sweden: In Touch with Stockholm (biweekly).
A mailbag program with on-the-air link-ups.
1330 Radio Radio Sweden: In Touch with Stockholm (biweekly).
See S 1330.

t3t 1
1330
1340
1345
1347

Voice of Russia: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 13t 1.

Radio Finland: Compass North. See M 1230.
Radio Finland: Finnish Press Review. See T 1240.
Radio Finland: Environmental News. See W 1245.
Radio Radio Sweden: Money Matters. Economic and
financial trends.

Mondays

Thursdays

1300 BBC: Newshour. See S 0500.

1300 Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio Early Edition. See M
1100.
1309 Radio Romania lnt'I: News Commentary. Official remarks
about selected events.
1310 Voice of America (as): Focus. The major figures and issues
that shape our world.
13 t 2 Radio Romania Inn: Review of the Romanian Press.
Articles appearing in the Romanian newspapers.
1330 Radio Finland: Compass North. See M 1230.
1345 Radio Finland: Business Monday. See M 1245.

1300
1305
1306

Tuesdays

Fridays

1300 BBC: Newshour. See S 0500.

1306 Monitor Radio Intl Monitor Radio International. See M
1406.
131 O Radio Canada lnt'I: As It Happens. See M 2330.
1310 Voice of America (as): Focus. See M 1310.
1311 Voice of Russia: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. News and
comments on events in the region.
1312 China Radio lnt'I: News Analysis. See T 1212.
1319 China Radio lnt'I: Current Affairs. See T 1219.
1340 Radio Finland: Finnish Press Review. See T 1240.

1300 BBC: Newshour. See S 0500.

1306 Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M
1406.
1310 Radio Canada lnt'I: As It Happens. See M 2330.
1310 Voice of America (as): Focus. See M 1310.
1311 Voice of Russia: Focus on Asia and the Pacilic. See T 1311.
1312 Radio Romania lnt'I: Review of the Romanian Press. See M
1312.
1318 Radio Romania lnt'I: World of Trade '94. Recent trade
developments with other countries.
1335 Radio Radio Sweden: A Review of 1he Newsweek. See F
1235.
1340 Radio Yugoslavia: Current Events. See W O11 1.

Wednesdays
1300
1306
1310
1310

BBC: Newshour. See S 0500.

Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M
1406.
Radio Canada lnt'I: As It Happens. See M 2330.
Voice of America (as): Focus. See M 1310.

BBC: NewshOur. See S 0500.

Swiss Radio lnt'I: Newsnet. See S 0405.
Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio lnlernational. See M
1406.
1310 Radio Canada lnl'I: As It Happens. See M 2330.
131 0 Voice of America (as): Focus. See M 1310.
1311 Voice of Russia: Focus on Asia and the Pacilic. See T 1311.
1318 China Radio Intl Current Affairs. See T 1219.
1333 China Radio lnt'I: Focus. Looking at an issue of significance
to China's development.
1340 Radio Finland: Finnish Press Review. See T 1240.

Saturdays
1300 BBC: Newshour. See S 0500.
1308 Radio Romania lnt'I: The Week. A summary of the past

week's world news events.

Voice of America (as): Focus. See M 1310.
Voice of Russia: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 1311 .
Radio Romania lnt'I: In the Spotlight. Focus on Romanian
politics.
1330 Radio Finland: Compass North. See M 1230.
1340 Radio Singapore lnt'I: Regional Press Review. A review of
editorials. comments. andheadlines in the region's papers.
1342 Radio Finland: Focus. See A 1242.
1310
1311
1314

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS:

IRAN/KURDISTAN/IRAQ
A hotbed of clandestine radio activity
For lRAN, V. of the Mojahed, of the

National Liberation Anny, announced new

frequencies at 0700: 6175. 7180, 6005, 5450,
5150, 4670, 4 150, 4250, 3850 kHz. But they
constantly change due to jamming.
BBC Monitoring also reports V. of the
Iranian Revolution heard again, in Kurdish
until 1530* on 6410-6418 variable due to
jamming, //3871 .
And, the Voice oflranian Kordestan
(Ira Dangi Irana) was heard on 4280v at
0900-1 030, 1530-1 630, repeated at 03300430, in Kurdish and Persian; later also on
3760, not in sync, both were jammed.
Continued 01t Page 68

March 1995

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14001500
14001430

Australia, ADF Radio

Australia, Radio

14001500 vi
14001500 vi
14001500 vi
14001500
14001430 mtwhfa
14001500 vi
14001500
14001500
14001500
14001500
14001500
14001500
14001500 s
1400-1500
14001500
14001430
14001500
14001420
14001500 vi
14001500
1400-1425 smtwh
1400-1500 vi
14001500

Australia, VLBA Alice Spg

Australia, VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
Bahrain, Radio
Belgium, R Vlaanderen Int
Canada, CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN SI John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Canada, RGI Montreal
China, China Radio lnll
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
France. Radio France Intl
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Guatemala, AWR
India. All India Radio
Israel, Kol Israel
Italy. IRAS Milan
Japan, NHK/Radio

14001500 mtwhfa
14001500 vi
14001500
14001500
14001500
1400-1500
14001500 s
14001500
14001500 occsnal
1400-1405
14001430 s
14001430 mtwhf
14001500
14001500

Lebanon. Wings of Hope

Liberia, Radio ELBC
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia, ATM Kuching
Malaysia. RTM/Kota Kinab
Malta, V of Mediterranean
Morocco. RTV Marocaine
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand, RNZ Intl
Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Palau, KHBNNoice of Hope
Philippines. FEBC/R Intl
Russia, Voice of

8743af
5995pa
11800pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
13675na
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
11955na
4200as
6200am
12005am
7110as
3366do
5980ca
13732as
15640na
7125eu
9535na
11915as
9960me
7275do
7295do
7160do
5980do
11925eu
17595af
9895as
6100pa
4990do
13800na
9830as
11995as
59603s
7115na

10621af
7240pa

17820na
7405na
9400am
15115am
12030as
491Sdo

9610pa

9710pa

9535as
9785as
15050am
21455eu
17560me

15120as
15650au
9750as

13700as

11705na

11840as

15150as

7285do
17795na
6000eu
7160eu

6060eu
7185eu

6065as
7210as

14001500
14001500vl
1400-1500
14001420
14001500

Singapore, SBC Radio One

Slovakia, AWA
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Turkey, Voice of
United Kingdom.BBC London

14001500
1400-1500
14001500
14001500
14001500

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

USA, KJES Mesqutte NM
USA. KTBN Sall Lk City UT
USA, Monitor Radio Intl
USA, VOA Washington DC

14001500
1400-1500 vi
1400-1500
1400-1500
14001500
14001500
14001500
14151500 mtwtfa
14301500

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL

USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WRMl/RMiami Intl
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia, R Christian Voice
Bhutan, Bhutan BC Service
Australia. Radio

14301500

Canada. RGI Montreal

1430-tSOO
14301500
14301500
t4301500 s
14301500
14301500
14301500
1430-1500
14351445
1445-1500

China. China Radio Intl

Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Finland. YLE/Radio
Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp
Moldova, R Moldova Intl
Myanmar. Radio
Romania, R Romania Intl
Sweden, Radio
Greece. Voice of
Mongolia. R Ulan Bator

7350as
98t0eu
12015as
15265na
17780af
6155do
9455af
5975as
9675as
5990as
7180na
9740na
15070af
17830af
13815am
11 715na
7510am
9355as
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6040am
13595na
9955am
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5025do
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11800pa
9555me
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11445as
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11740as
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15650na
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9830na
11760na
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15450na 15465eu
21515af

9680eu
11925na
15205na
15480as

7275as

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6190af
9410eu
11750as
15575me
17840na
15725am

6195as
9515na
119403f
176403f
21470af

71103s
96603s
12095af
17705eu
21660af

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15205as

9645as
15395as

9760as
15425as

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13845am 15685am
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9770as

6080pa
7260as
11660as 11695pa

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15325me
15135as
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15400na

11935me 15315af
178203f

7185do
11 810as
15240na
17520na
12000na

21455eu
17740na

15335as

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
1400 Israel Radio lnt'I: Israel News Magazine. The latest world and
Israel and regional news.
1401 BBC: Feature. World Service Guide to the Information
Superhighway (5th,12th,19th). NEW! Nie Newman explains
how the Internet works. its growing popularity. and how it is
being exploited.
t41 t Radio Canada lnt'I: Sunday Morning. A magazine program
covering virtually everything under the sun.
1416 Radio France lnt'I: India Today. See S 1216.
t430 Radio Australia: Report from Asia. See S 1230.

Mondays
1400

BBC (as): Da1elinc East Asia. Magazine program dealing with

polrtical an economic affairs of SE/NE Asia.
1406 Monitor Radio Intl Monitor Radio International. News.
analysis. commentary, interviews and features in a magazine
format.
1406 Radio Vlaanderen lnt'I: Press Review. Stories on the front
pages of the day's papers.
1410 Radio Japan: Today's Top News Asia. Five minutes of current
Asian news.
14f0 Voice of America (as): Asia Report. Correspondents' reports
and background on thenews. with emphasis on events in
East and South Asia.
1411 Radio Korea: Commentary. See M 1211.
1415 Radio Japan: Current Views. See M OS 15.
1419 China Radio lnt'I: The Business Show (biweekly). News on
Chinese industry or trade.
1430 Radio Australia: International Report. See M 0030.
1430 Radio Radio Sweden: Sixty Degrees North. Reports,
interviews and analysis from Stockholm and other Nordic
capitals.
143t Radio France lnt'I: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
1440 Radio Finland: Economic Comments in the Finnish Press. See
M t240.
1445 BBC: Special Feature. Early Versions (6th). See S 0445.
1445 Radio Finland: Business Monday. See M 1245.

Tuesdays
t400

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BBC (as): Dateline East Asia. See M 1400.

MONITORING TIMES

March 1995

1404
1406

Radio Vlaanderen lnt'I: Press Review. See M 1406.

Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M
1406.
1408 Radio Vlaanderen Intl Belgium Today. Current affairs in
Belgium.
1410 Radio Japan: Today's Top News Asia. See M 1410.
1410 Voice of America (as): Asia Report. See M 1410.
141 1 Voice of Russia: Newmarket. See T 0311.
1412 China Radio lnt'I: News Analysis. See T 1212.
1419 China Radio lnt'I: Current Affairs. See T 1219.
1430 Radio Australia: lnterna1ional Report. See M 0030.
1430 Radio Radio Sweden: Sixty Degrees North. See M 1430.
1431 Radio France lnt'I: France Today. See T 1231.
1433 Radio France ln1'1: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
1440 Radio Finland: Finnish Press Review. See T 1240.
1445 BBC: Music Feature. Turning a Tune (7th,14th.21st.28th).
See M 0145.

1410 Voice of America (as): Asia Report. See M 14 10.

14 t 5 Radio Japan: Current Views. See M 0515.
1420 All India Radio: Press Review. Review of the Indian press.
1430 Radio Aus1ralia: International Report. See M 0030.
1430 Radio Radio Sweden: Sixty Degrees North. See M 1430.
1435 Radio France lnt'I: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
1440 Radio Finland: Finnish Press Review. See T 1240.

Fridays

Wednesdays

BBC (as): Dateline East Asia. See M 1400.

Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M
1406.
14 tO Radio Vlaanderen lnt'I: Belgium Today. See T t408.
141 0 Voice ol America (as): Asia Report. See M 1410.
1415 Radio Japan: Current Views. See M 0515.
1420 Radio Vlaanderen lnt'I: Economics. See F 0049.
1430 Radio Australia: International Report. See M 0030.
1430 Radio Radio Sweden: Sixty Degrees North. See M 1430.
1431 Radio France lnt'I: RFI Europe. See M 1231.

1400
t 406

Saturdays

BBC (as): Dateline East Asia. See M 1400.

Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M
1406.
1406 Radio Vlaandcren lnt'I: Press Review. See M 1406.
1410 Radio Japan: Today's Top News Asia. See M 1410.
1410 Radio Vlaanderen lnt'I: Belgium Today. See T 1408.
141 O Voice of America (as): Asia Report. See M 1410.
1411 RadioKorea: Commentary. SeeM 1211.
141 5 Radio Japan: Current Views. See M 0515.
1430 Radio Australia: International Report. See M 0030.
1440 Radio Finland: Finnish Press Review. See T 1240.

Thursdays
1400
1400
1405
1406

BBC (as): Dateline East Asia. See M 1400.

Israel Radio lnt'I: Israel News Magazine. See S 1400.
Radio Vlaanderen Jnt'I: Press Review. See M 1406.
Israel Radio lnt'I: Jewish News Review. Events in the
Jewish world.
1406 Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M
1406.
1408 Radio Vlaanderen Jnt'J: Belgium Today. See T 1408.
14 tO Radio Japan: Today's Top News Asia. See M 1410.

1400
1406

1405
1410
1411
1430

Radio Vlaanderen tnt'I: Press Review. See M 1406.

Radio Japan: This Week. See S 0110.
Voice of Russia: Newmarket See T 0311.
Radio Australia: Background Report. See A 1230.

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Australia, Radio

1500 1600 vi
1500 1600 vi
t 500 1600 vi
15001603
15001600 vf
15001600
15001600
15001600
1500 t600
15001600
t5001600
t5001600 s
15001600
1500-1600
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Australia, VLBA Alice Spg

Australia, VLBK Katherine
Australia. VLBT Tent Crk
Bahrain. Radio
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
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Canada. CKZN S1John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
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China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Germany, Deutsche Welle

15001600 mt
15001600
15001600
1500 t 600 vi
15001600
15001600
t 500 1600 mtwhfa
15001600 vi
15001600
15001600
15001600
15001600
15001515
15001525
15001600 occsnal
15001530
15001600
15001550
1500t600
15001600
t5001530

Guam, TWR/KTWR
lraQ. Radio lraQ Intl
Italy, AWA Europe
Italy. IRAS Milan
Japan. NHK/Radio
Jordan, Radio
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Liberia. Radio ELBC
Malaysia. Radio
Malaysia. ATM Kuching
Malaysia. RTM/Kota Kinab
Malta. V of Mediterranean
Mongolia. R Ulan Bator
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCNIRadio
Nigeria, FRCN/Voice of
North Korea. R Pyongyang
Palau. KHBNIV01ce of Hope
Philippines. FEBC/R Intl
Romania. R Romania Intl

5995pa
9710pa
t1800pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
11955na
4200as
6200am
6080do
7195af
17800af
11580as
15250as
7230eu
7125eu
9535na
9560eu
9960me
7275do
7295do
7160do
5980do
11925eu
7290as
9895as
6100pa
4990do
7255af
9325eu
9965as
11995as
t 1740as

6060pa
9770as

6080pa
t 1660as

17820na
7405na
9400am
15115am
9735af

9750as

12000na
13700as

7260as
11 695pa

15001 600

Russia, Voice of

15001600
15001550
15001600
15001600
15001600 vi
15001600
1500 1530
15001600

SAfrica, Channel Africa

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

15001530
15001600
15001600
15001600
15001600
15001600

Uni1ed Kingdom.BBC London

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KTBN Salt Lk Cily UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Monitor Radio Intl
USA, VOA Washington DC

15001600
15001600
15001600
15001600
15001600
15001600
1500-1600
15301600
1530-1 545
15301600
15301600
1530 1600 mtwhf
1530-1 600

USA. WCSN Scotts Cor ME

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WJCR Up1on KY
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia, RChristian Voice
Austria, R Austria Intl
India. All India Radio
Iran, VOIRI Tehran
Netherlands, Radio
Portugal, Radio
Russia. Voice of

1545t600

Vatican Slate. Vatican R

9335as
15050am
17490eu 21455eu
11965af 15145af

11 955as

15150as

7285do
9977na

13785eu

1t810as

15335as

15355af

4740as
6035eu
7180eu
7360eu
9835na
12015eu
15480as
7225af
9810as
11870as
6155do
9455af
9720as
9885as
5990as
9515na
11 750as
15260na
21470af
15420af
13815am
7510am
9930as
9355as
61 10as
9700as
15665eu
6000na
13760am
13595na
12160am
11830na
6065af
6155eu
7140as
9575as
9895as
21515me
5920eu
7150af
9500as

4795as
6065as
7295eu
9575eu
9885na
12065me
21515af

4940as
7115na
7330eu
9600eu
t 1765as
15205na

5935eu
7165eu
7345na
9635eu
1t825af
15465eu

13635as
6195eu
9740na
12095me
17830af

9410eu
11705eu
15070af
17840na

11870as

15425as
12075as
61 90af
9660as
11940af
15400eu
21660af
17790af
15725am

7125as
9760as

21490af

72 15as
9645as
15205me 15395as

7425na
15105am
13845am 15685am
15215na 17i60ca
9880me
7412as
11 790as
15150as

11780as
9910as

13730eu
11670me

6005af
7205eu
11640as

6110af
9800eu

7130na

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
1505

Radio Canada lnt'f: Sunday Morning (Centerpoint). A

feature program segmen1 of theCBC Sunday Morning
program.
151 1 Voice of Russia: News and Views. See S 041 1.

Mondays
1506
1509
1510
1510
1510
151 1
1515
1519
1530

Monitor Radio lnt'f: Monitor Radio International. See M

t406.
Deutsche Welle: Newshne Cologne. Worldwide current
affairs program with a rev1ewof the German or European
press.
Radio Australia: Asia Focus. Reporting on the
commercial interrelationships of theAsia/Pacific Region.
Radio Japan: Today's Top News Asia. See M 1410.
Voice of America (as/eu): Newsline. Sec M 0410.
Voice of Russia: News and Views. See S 041 1.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour . See M 1130.
Radio Japan: Nel'1s Commentary. An editorial opinion on
the current news.
Deutsche Welle: African News. News about and for
African countries.

Tuesdays
1506
1509
151 O
1510
15t0
1511
1512
1515
1519
1519
1530
1538

Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M

1406.
Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1509.
Radio Australia: Asia Focus. See M 1510.
Radio Japan: Today's Top News Asia. See M 141 0.
Voice of America (as/eu): Newsline. See M 0410.
Voice of Russia: News and Views. See S 04 11.
China Radio lnt'I: Nel'ls Analysis. See T 1212.
Radio Japan- Radio Japan Magazine Hour See M 1130.
Cnina Radio Inn: Current Attairs. See T 1219.
Radio Japan: News Commentary See M 1519.
Deutsche Welle: African News. See M 1530.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0337.

Wednesdays
1506
1509

68

Radio Australia: Asia Focus. See M 1510.

Radio Japan: Today's Top News Asia. See M 141 0.
Voice of America (asleu): Newsline. See M 041 0.
Voice of Russia: News and Views. See S 0411.
BBC: From Our Own Correspondent. See S 0330.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 11 30.
Radio Japan: News Commentary. See M t519.
BBC: Quiz. Quote. UnQuote (1st,8th,15th,22nd.29th).
Return of the Quo1a1ion Quiz withNigel Rees.
1530 Deutsche Welle: African News. See M 1530.
1531 Radio Japan: Asian Report. See W 1130.

Thursdays
1506

Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M

1406.
1509 Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1509.
t510 Radio Australia: Asia Focus. See M 1510.
1510 Radio Japan: Today's Top News Asia. See M 1410.
t510 Voice of America (asleu): Newsline. See M 04 10.
1511 Voice of Russia: News and Views. See S 04 t 1.
1515 Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 1130.
1519 Radio Japan: News Commentary. See M t519.
1530 Deutsche Welle: African News. See M 1530.

Fridays
1506

1509
t 51 O
1510
1510
1511
1515
15 t 9
1530
t534

Morch 1995

Monitor Radio Inn: Monitor Radio lnterna1ional. See M

1406.
Deutsche Welle: Newsline Cologne. See M 1509.
Radio Australia: Asia Focus. See M 1510.
Radio Japan: Today's Top News Asia. Sec M 1410.
Voice of America (asleu): Newslinc. See M 041 0.
Voice of Russia: News and Views. See S 0411.
Radio Japan: Radio Japan Magazine Hour. See M 1130.
Radio Japan: News Commentary. See M 15 t 9.
Deutsche Welle: African News. See M 1530.
Deutsche Welle: Economic Notebook. See T 0332.

Saturdays
t 509

Monitor Radio Inn: Monitor Radio International. See M

1406.
Deutsche Welle: Newsilne Cologne. See M 1509.

MONITORING TIMES

1510
1510
1510
1511
1515
1515
1519
t530

Deutsche Welle: Africa in the German Press. Sec M

0432.
151 1 Voice of Russia: News and Views. See S 0411.
1530 Radio Japan: The Week in Review. See A 0330.

HAUSER'S llIGIIl...IGHTS:

IRAN/KURDISTAN/IRAQ
Continuedfron1Page 6S
BBC Monitoring says V. of the Struggle
of Iranian Kordestan has been heard again
after long absence at 1600- 1645 on 4345.
On Media Network, Andy Sennitt gave
new addresses for the official IRIB, received
too late for the WRTH 95: PO Box l 5875/
1575, Teheran: fax is also new: 98-2 1-2041050.
In SW Bulleti11, Finn Krone in Denmark
reports V. of the People of Kurdistan on
4050.0 in Kurdish at 1531, Arabic at 1600.
More from BBCM:
V. of the Iraqi People, Communist Party
station, at t 700- 1800+ on 5830, 7085, 3910,
and 0430-0530 on 3910, 7085- not to be confused with another station
which uses same slogan, Republic of Iraq
Radio, "from Baghdad." but believed really
based in Jiddah, Sa' udi Arabia, now carried
on Arabsat l C. Audio lags behind shortwave
119560, so satellite is not feeding shortwave.
On the air from 1300 lo 0 I 00 in Arabic and
some Kurdish, Turkmen, announcing many
other unconfirmed frequencies; 9670, 9980,
13670, 15135, 15235, 15580; and 9570 is an
alternate.

FREQUENCIES
1600-1630

Australia, Radio

1600-1700 vi
1600-1700 vi
1600-1700 vi
1600-1700
1600-1700 vi
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1 700
1600-1700
1600-1700 s
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700

Australia, VLSA Alice Spg

Australia. VLSK Katherine
Australia. VLST Tent Crk
Bahrain. Radio
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada, CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. RCI Montreal
China. China Radio Intl
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Ethiopia, Radio
France. Radio France Intl

1600-1650

Germany. Deutsche Welle

1600-1700
1600-1615 mt
1600-1630 v. htas
1600-1630
1600-1700 vi
1600-1700
1600-1630 mtwhla
1600-1700 vi
1600-t700
1600-t625
1600- t 649 occsnal
1600-1 700
1600t700
1600- 1630

Guam, AWR/KSDA
Guam. TWR/KTWR
Guam. TWR/KTWR
Iran. VOIRI Tehran
Italy, IRAS Milan
Jordan. Radio
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Liberia. Radio ELBC
Malaysia, Radio
Netherlands. Radio
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria, FRCN/Aadio
Nigeria. fRCNNoice of
Pakistan. Radio

1600-1700

Russia. Voice of

5995pa
9710pa
11800pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
61 60do
616000
11955na
4130as
6200am
6080do
7165af
6175eu
12015af
6170as
9585as
9370as
11580as
11580as
9575as
7125eu
9560eu
9960me
7275do
7295do
9895as
6100pa
4990do
7255af
9435af
15555al
4740as
5950eu
6065as
7335as
7380as
12015eu

6060pa
9770as

17820na
11575as
9400am
15350eu
9560af
9485me
15530af
7225as
11795as

6080pa
7260as
11660pa 11695pa

15110af 15130af
15050am
21455eu
11615af

11700af

7305as
13790na

9525as

11790as

15150as
7285do
9470af
15675af
4975as
5965eu
7115na
7345na
7490eu
15105af

11 570af 13590af
17660af
5935na
5905eu
6000eu
6015eu
7180as
7205na
7350eu
7370cu
9830af
9550na
15205na 15265af

1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700 vi
1600-1700
1600-1630
1600-1700
1600-1645
1600-1700

SAfrica, Channel Afnca

Singapore. SBC Radio One
Slovakia. AWR
South Korea. R Korea Intl
Sri Lanka, SLBC Colombo
Swaziland, Trans World R
UAE, Radio Dubai
United Kingdom.BBC London

1600-1615

United Kingdom.BBC London

1600-1700
16001700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

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

1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
1600-1700
16001700

USA, WCSN Scons Car ME

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINB Red Lion PA
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WANO Nel'I Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee fl

16001700
1615-1700
1620-1630 mtwtf
1630-1700

Zambia. R Christian Voice

United Kingdom.BBC London
Estonia. Estonian Radio
Australia. Radio

1630-1700
1630-1700
1630-1700
t630t700
t630-1700
1640-1650 s
1650 t 700 mtwhf

Austria, R Austria Intl

Canada. RGI Montreal
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Liberia. Radio El WA
Russia, Voice of
Rwanda. Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Intl

t5320as
7225af
6155do
9455af
5975as
9720as
9500af
11795af
3915as
9515na
12095af
17830af
5990as
21470af
t3815am
15590am
6120as
9355af
3970af
9700as
13710af
15395as
17895af
15665eu
9455na
13760am
15715eu
13595na
15420am
12160am
11830na
21525af
6065af
5975as
5925eu
6060pa
9860pa
11780as
7150as
15255af
4760do
7150na
6055do
6100pa

17780eu
15240af
11610af
9515af
15425as
t3675eu
6190af
9740as
t5070af
21660af
9660as

9870af
15435eu
6195eu
11750as
15260na

21605eu
94 10af
11940af
15400eu

17705eu

17840na

7125as
11920af
15225af
15445ar

9645as
12040af
15320af
17785af

15725am
21640af
61 lOas
9760as
15205as
15410af

15105am

12160am 13845am 15685eu

15215na 15566eu 17760na
2t745eu
9510as

9630af

t 5420af

6080pa
11 660pa

7260as
11695pa

9710pa
11800pa

9550eu

9890eu

9550as
7380as

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays

Tuesdays

1610
1615
1630
t645

1606

Voice of America (eu): Encounter. See S 1210.

BBC: features. See S 0230.
Radio Australia: Report from Asia. See S 1230.
BBC (as): South Asia Report. Regional daily current affairs
program.

Mondays
1606

Monitor Radio Inf!: Monitor Radio International. See M

1406.
1610 Voice of America (as): focus. See M 1310.
1630 Radio Aus tralia: International Report. See M 0030.
1631 Radio France lnt'I: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
1635 BBC: Classical Music Feature. What Is... ?
(6th.13th.20th.27th). NEW! Peter Paul Nashlooks at
musical terms which crop up regularly and gets down to
basics.
1645 BBC (as): South Asia Report. See S 1645.
1645 BBC: The World Today. Examines thoroughly a topical
aspect al the internationatscene.

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1610
1611
1612
1619
1630
1633
1645
1645

Monitor Radio fnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M

1406.
Voice of America (as/eu): focus. See M t310.
Voice al Russia: focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T
1311 .
China Radio fnl'I: News Analysis. See T t212.
China Radio Intl Current Affairs. See T 1219.
Radio Australia: International Report. See M 0030.
Radio France lnl'I: Rfl Europe. See M 1231.
BBC (as): South Asia Report. See S 1645.
BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.

Wednesdays
1606

Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M

1406.
161 O Channel Africa: News Watch. A magazine program of
regional news.
1610 Voice of America (as/eu): Focus. See M 1310.
1615 BBC: Popular Music feature. The Soul Show
(1st.81h.151h,22nd.29th). See M 2315.
1626 Channel Africa: Business Ne11s financial and stock
market happenings.
1630 Radio Australia: lnternat1onaf Report. See M 0030.
1645 BBC (as): South Asia Report. See S 1645.
1645 BBC: The World Today. See M t645.

Thursdays

1606 Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M

1406.
1610 Channel Africa: News Watch. See W 1610.
16t0 Voice of America (as): f ocus. See M 1310.
1615 BBC: Network UK. Issues and events attecting the lives of
people throughout the UK.
1626 Channel Alrica: Business News. See W 1626.
1630 Radio Australia: International Report. See M 0030.
1632 Radio France lnt'I: Rfl Eu1ope. See M 1231.
1645 BBC (as): South Asia Report. See S 1645.

1645

BBC: lhe World Today. See M t645.

Fridays
1606

Monitor Radio Intl Monitor Radio International. See M

1406.
1610 Voice of America (as): focus. See M t310.
161 1 Voice al Russia: Focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 131 1.
1630 Radio Australia: International Report. See M 0030.
163t Radio France lnl'I: RFI Europe. See M 1231.
t 640 Radio France lnl'I: Made in France. A review of something
very French.
1645 BBC (as): South Asia Report. See S t645.
1645 BBC: The World Today. See M 1645.

Saturdays
1611
t630
1631
1645

Voice of Russia: focus on Asia and the Pacific. See T 1311.

Radio Australia: Background Report. See A 1230.
Radio France lnl'I: Spot11ghl on Africa. See A 1228.
BBC (as): South Asia Report. See S 1645.

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MONITORING TIMES

69

FREQU ENCIES
1700-1715
1700-1800
t700-1800

Albania, R Tirana Intl

Australia. ADF Radio
Australia. Radio

1700-1800 vi
1700-1800 vi
1700-1800 vi
t 7001800
1700-1800
1700-1800 vi
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-t800
1700-1727
1700-1800
1700-1800
t 700-t 800 vi
1700-1730
1700-1800
1700-t 800 vi
1700-1800
1700-1730
1700-1713 m1whfa
1700-1730 vi
1700-1800
t700-1800 mtwhf
1700-1800
t700-1750
1700-1750
1700-t800

Australia. VL8A Alice Spg

Aus1ralia, VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8TT ent Crk
Azerbaijan, Voice of
Bahrain, Radio
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China, China Radio Intl
Costa Rica, R Peace Intl
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa
France, Radio France Intl
Iraq, Radio Iraq Intl
Italy. IRRS Milan
Japan. NHK/Radio
Jordan, Radio
Lebanon. Voice of
Liberia, Radio ELBC
Liberia, Radio ELWA
New Zealand, R NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
North Korea, R Pyongyang
Pakistan. Radio
Russia, Voice of

1700-1800
1700-1800 vi
1700-1715
1700-1730
1700-t720
t7001800

S Africa. Channel Africa

Slovakia. AWR
Swaziland. Trans World R
Switzerland. Swiss R ln11
Uganda. Radio
United Kingdom.BBC London

1700-1715
1700-1745
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-t800

United Kingdom.BBC London

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

1700-1800
t700-1 800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700-1800
1700- t 800 smtwhf
1700-1800
t7001800
1700-1800
1700- t800
1705-t800
1715-1 730 m1whf
17t5t800
1715-t730
1730-t800
1730-1800
1730t 800

USA, WCSN Scotts Car ME

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WINB Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
USA, WRNO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee Fl
Zambia, R Christian Voice
Ghana, Ghana 8roadc Corp
Swaziland, Trans World R
United Kingdom.BBC London
Vatican State. Vatican R
Netherlands, Radio
Romania. R Romania Intl
Russia. Voice of

1730-t745
1730-1800
t745-1800
1745-1800 mtwhf

Sweden, Radio
Vatican State, Vatican R
Bangladesh. Radio
Canada, RGI Montreal

1745-1800

70

India, All India Radio

MONITORING TIMES

7155eu
10375af
6060pa
9710pa
11880pa
2310do
2485do
2325do
7t60eu
6010do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
4130as
7385am
5930as
6080do
15255af
7200af
9485as
15250as
7125eu
6t50na
9560eu
6550eu
7275do
4760do
6100pa
3326do
9325eu
7485eu
5905me
7170eu
7330eu
9530na
9860na
7225af
7270as
7120af
6205af
4976do
3955eu
6190af
9630af
12095af
17830af
9515na
3915as
13815am
15590am
7425as
9355af
5990eu
72 t5as
9670af
t t895af
137t0af
15445af
1761 2af
9455na
t3760am
t5715eu
t3595na
9465eu
t5420am
t2t60am
15566eu
6065af
3366do
7t20af
7160me
7250eu
6020af
9510af
7t 05eu
9520na
6065eu
7305af
7190eu
5995me
t 7820eu
7412eu
t1935af

March 1995

9760eu
10429af
6080pa
9860pa

7405af
9400am
7345eu
t5490eu

10458af
7260as
t 1660pa

t0650af
9580pa
t t695pa

9535as
1t575af
t5050am 17905am
9420me
t7490pa

1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1900

Algeria, R Algiers Intl

Australia, ADF Radio
Australia. Radio

1800-1900 vi
1800-1900 vi
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-t900
1800-1900
t8001900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1 900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800-1827
1800- t900
1800-t830
t800-1900 vi
1800-1830
t 800-t830
t800-t900

Australia, VL8A Alice Spg

Australia. VL8TTent Crk
Bahrain, Radio
Bangladesh. Radio
Brazil, Radiobras
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Costa Rica. R Peace Intl
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador, HCJB Quito
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa
Georgia, Radio
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
India. All India Radio

t800- 1900 vi
1800-1900
1800-t900
1800-t900
1800-t830
t800-1849 mtwhf
1800- t830
t800-1830 m
t800-1855
t800-t900

Italy, IRRS Milan

Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp
Kuwait, Radio
Liberia, Radio ELWA
Netherlands, Radio
New Zealand, R NZ ln11
Nigeria, FRCN/Radio
Norway. Radio Norway ln11
Poland, Polish R Warsaw
Russia. Voice of

t800-t 900vl
t800t900 irreg
t800-1900
t8001845
t8001900

Slovakia. AWR
Sudan, Sudan Nau BC
Swaziland. Trans World R
Swaziland, Trans World R
Uni1ed Kingdom.BBC London

1800-1830
1800-1900
t8001900
t800-1900
1800-1900
t800-1900
1800t900

United Kingdom.BBC London

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KJES Mesquite NM
USA. KTBN Salt Lk City UT
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Moni1or Radio Intl
USA. VOA Washington DC

1800-1900
1800-1900
t800t900
1800-1900
1800-1900
1800- t900
1800-1900
t800-t900
1800-1845
1800- t900
t800-1900
t800-t900
t830-t900
t830-t900

USA. WCSN Scotts Car Me

USA, WEWN Birmingham AL
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINB Red Lion PA
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
USA, WRNO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR NashvilleTN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Yemen, Yemeni Rep Radio
Zambia. R Christian Voice
Moldova. R Moldova Intl
Netherlands, Radio

t830-t845
t830-1900
t830-t900
t833-t900
t8401850
t845-1900
1845-1900 irreg s
t 850-1900 mtwhfa

Rwanda, Radio
Sweden, Radio
United Kingdom.BBC London
Cote D' lvoire. RDTV
Greece, Voice of
Armenia. Radio Yerevan
Mali. RDTV Malienne
New Zealand, R NZ Intl

t 1700af

9535na

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FREQUENCIES
19001930
19002000 mtwhf
19002000

Albania, A Tirana Intl

Argentina, RAE
Australia. Radio

19002000 vi
19002000 vi
19002000 vi
19002000
19001945
19001930
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19002000
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19002000
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1900-2000
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19001930
1900-2000
19002000 vi
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Australia. VL8A Alice SPQ

Australia. VL8K Katherine
Australia, VL8T Tent Crk
Bahrain. Radio
Bangladesh. Radio
Belgium, A Vlaanderen Int
Brazil, Aadiobras
Bulgaria. Radio
Canada. CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
China, China Radio Intl
Costa Rica, A Peace Intl
Cote D" lvoire. RDTV
Ecuador. HCJB Quito
Eqt Guinea, Radio Africa
Germany, Deutsche Welle

19001910
19001945

Greece. Voice of
India, All India Radio

1900-2000 vi
1900-2000

Italy. IRAS Milan

Japan. NHK/Rad10

19002000
19002000
19002000
19001925

Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp

Kuwait Radio
Liberia, Radio ELWA
Netherlands. Radio

19002000 m1whf
19001958 a
19002000
19002000vl
19002000

New Zealand. A NZ Intl

New Zealand. A NZ ln11
Nigeria. FRCNN01ce of
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Romania. R Romania Intl

19002000

Russia. Voice ol

19001915
19002000 vi
19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
19001915
19002000

Rwanda, Radio
Slovakia, AWA
South Korea. A Korea Intl
Spain, R Exterior Espana
Swaziland. Trans World A
Thailand. Radio
Uganda. Radio
Uni1ed Kingdom.BBC London

1900-2000
19002000
19002000 as
19002000
19002000
19002000

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX

USA, KTBN Sall Lk Cily UT
USA. KVDH Los Angeles CA
USA, KWHA Naalehu HI
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. VOA Washington DC

19002000
19002000
19002000
19002000
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19002000
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19002000
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19002000
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19302000
19302000
1930-2000
19302000
19302000

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USA, WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WINS Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA, WMLK Belhel PA
USA, WRMl/R Miami lnll
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Zambia. A Chris11an Voice
Botswana, Radio
Austria. R Austria Intl
Finland. YLE/Rad10
Iran. VOIAI Tehran
Mongolia. R Ulan Balor
Nelherlands. Radio

19302000
19302000
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Soulh Korea, R Korea Intl
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USA, WRMllA Miami lnll
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Italy, AAI Rome

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Bahrain, Radio
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Canada, CKZN St John's
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China, China Radio Intl

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20002100
20002030
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Ecuador. HCJB Quito
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Germany, Deutsche Welle
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
Hungary. Radio Budapest
Indonesia, Voice ol
Iran, VOIRI Tehran
Israel. Kol Israel

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Lithuania. Radio Vilnius
Netherlands. Radio

2000 2050 mtwh

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20002100

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Nigeria, FRCN/Aadio
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North Korea. A Pyongyang
Papua New Guinea. NBC
Portugal, Radio
Russia, Voice of

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Solomon Islands. SIBC
Swaziland, Trans World A
Switzerland. Swiss A Intl

20002002
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Uganda. Radio
Uni1ed Kingdom.BBC London

20002100

Uni1ed Kingdom.BBC London

20002100
20002100
2000-2100 as
20002100
20002100

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

USA. KTBN Sall Lk C1ly UT
USA. KVOH Los Angeles CA
USA. Monitor Radio Intl
USA. VOA Washington OC

20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
20002100
2000-2100
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20002100
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20002030
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USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA, WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Vatican State. Vatican R
Zambia, A Chrislian Voice
Syria, Radio Damascus
New Zealand. A NZ Intl
Swaziland. Trans World A
Italy, RAI Rome
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Netherlands. Radio
Palau. KHBN/Voice ol Hope
Poland, Polish A Warsaw
Russia, Voice ol

20302050
20302100
20452 100

Thailand, Radio
Vietnam. Voice ol
India, All India Radio

20502100
20512100 mtwhf

Vatican State. Vatican A

New Zealand, R NZ Intl

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2100-2200

Aus1ralia. Radio

2100-2130 vi
2100-2130 vi
21002130 vi
21002115
21002200 vi
2Hl02200
21002200
2100-2200
2100-2200
21002200
2100-2200
21002200

Aus1raha. VLSA Alice Spg

Auslralia. VLBK Katherine
Auslralia, VLST Tenl Crk
Bahrain. Radio
Canada. CBC N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFCX Mon1rea1
Canada. CFRX Toronlo
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN SI John's
Canada, CKZU Vancouver
Canada. RCI Monlreal

21002200
21002130
21002200
21002200
2100-2127
21002200
2100-2 150

China. China Radio Intl

China. China Radio lnll
Costa Rica. A Peace lnll
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Egypl. Radio Cairo
Germany. Oeutsche Welle

2100-2200

India. All India Radio

21002200 vi
2100-2200

Italy. IRAS Milan

Japan, NHK/Radio

21002115
2100-2 107
21()0-2200
2100-2200
21002 125
2100-2200 mtwhfa
21002200
21002130 s
21002200 mt11hfa
2100-2200 vi
21002 125
21002200

Japan. NHK/Radio
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Liberia. Ftadio ELWA
Nelherlands, Radio
New Zealand. A NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Palau, KHBU/Voice of Hope
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Poland. Polish A Warsaw
Romania. A Romania Intl

21002200

21002150
21002115
21002200 vi
21002200 vi
21002200
21002200
21002105
2100-2200
2100-2110
21002200

Russia. Voice of
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5995eu
7180na
7205na
7350as
7380eu
9795na
9865af
S Africa. Channel Africa
Sierra Leone, SLBS
Slovakia. AWA
Solomon Islands. SIBC
Soulh Korea, A Korea Intl
Spain, A Exlerior Espana
Syria. Radio Damascus
Turkey. Voice of
Uganda. Radio
Uniled Kingdom.BBC London

21002200
21002200
21002200 s
21002200
21002200

USA, KAIJ Dallas TX

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

21002200
21002200
21002200
21002200
21002200
21002200
2100-2200
21002200
21102200
211 52200
21152130
21302200

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA, WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WINS Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WMLK Bethel PA
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Syria, Radio Damascus
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Unil ed Kingdom.BBC London
Australia, Radio

21302200 vi
2130-2200 vi
21302200 vi
2130-2200 mt
21302200
21302200 as
21302200 asmtwh
21302200
21332145

Australia. VLBA Alice Spg

Australia. VLSK Katherine
AuSlralia, VLST Tent Crk
Estonia. Estonian Radio
Iran. VOIRI Tehran
Latvia. Radio
Moldova. R Dnestr Intl
Sweden. Radio
Zimbabwe, ZBC

6060pa
11855as
2310do
2485do
2325do
6010do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5995eu
13650eu
17820eu
4130as
11715af
7385am
11720eu
5930eu
15375af
6185as
9690af
15270af
7412eu
11715au
7125eu
6035eu
11925eu
9660as
4935do
9960me
4760do
9860af
151 15pa
3326do
6015eu
11980as
4890do
6000eu
5990eu
7195eu
4055as
6055eu
7230eu
7400eu
9890eu
5960eu
3316do
6055eu
5020do
6480eu
6125eu
12085eu
9400eu
4976do
3255af
5990as
6195eu
11750sa
13815am
15590am
17775am
7510eu
6040eu
11870pa
154103f
17735pa
7435na
9495am
11915eu
13595na
9465eu
15420am
12160eu
7355eu
12085na
9900eu
6110am
9580pa
11695pa
4835do
5025do
4910do
5925eu
9670au
5935eu
9620eu
6065eu
4828do

6080pa
11880pa

7240pa
I 1955pa

7260as

7260eu
13690eu

9725eu
15140eu

11945eu
t5325eu

6950eu
151103f
9400am

8260as

9920eu

15050am

17905am

7345eu

9420eu

7225al
9765as

9615af
11785as

9670as
118103f

9910eu
15225au

9950eu

11620au

9560as

9580af

11800eu

11915as

9895af
4990do
9590eu
9675do
61 35eu
6105eu
9690eu
5905eu
7135as
7300eu
9550eu
13670na
7285eu

7285eu
6190eu

7105eu

5920eu
7150na
7320eu
9620as
15290na

5965eu
7170eu
7330as
9750eu
15580na

72703f
9545do
15575eu

2200-2300

Auslralia. Radio

2200-2300 vi
2200-2300 vi
2200-2300 vi
2200-2230
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2300
22002230

Auslralia. VLSA Alice Spg

Australia, VLSK Kalherine
Australia, VLST Tem Crk
Belgium, A Vlaanderen lnl
Bulgaria, Radio
Canada. CFCX Monlreal
Canada, CFRX Toronlo
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. RCI Montreal

2200-2230
2200-2300
2200-2300
22002227
22002245
2200-2300 vi
22002230
22002300

China. China Radio Intl

Cosla Rica. A Peace lnll
Cuba. Radio Havana Cuba
Czech Rep. Radio Prague
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Eqt Guinea. Radio Africa
Hungary. Radio Budapesl
India. All India Radio

2200-2230
22002300 vi
22002225
22002300
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2300 mtwhfa
22002205
22002230 s
22002300 mtwhfa
2200 2300 vi
22002300

Iran. VOIRI Tehran

Italy. IRAS Milan
Italy, RAI Rome
Lebanon. Wings of Hope
Malaysia, Radio
Malaysia, RTM/Kota Kinab
New Zealand, A NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCN!Radio
Norway. Radio Norway Intl
Palau. KHBNN01ce of Hope
Papua Nevi Guinea. NBC
Russia, Voice of

22002215
22002300 vi
22002235 vi
22002205
22002300
2200-2300
2200-2300

Sierra Leone. SLBS

Slovakia. AWA
Solomon Islands. SIBC
Syria, Radio Damascus
Taiwan, VO Free China
UAE. Radio Abu Dhabi
Ukraine. A Ukraine lnll

2200-2300

United Kingdom.BBC London

22002215
2200-2300
22002300
22002300
2200-2300

United Kingdom.BBC London

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

22002300
22002300
2200-2300
22002300
2200-2300 a
22002300
2200-2300
22002245
2200-2230
22032210
2230-2300
2230-2300

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL

USA. VIHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINB Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA. WRMllR Miami Intl
USA. WANO New Orleans LA
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee FL
Yugoslavia, Radio
Croatia. Croatian Radio
Belgium, A Vlaanderen Int
Israel. Kol Israel

2230-2300
22302300
22402250
2245-2300
22452300

Lithuania. Radio Vilnius

Sweden, Radio
Greece, Voice of
Ghana, Ghana Broadc Corp
India. All India Radio

2245-2300 mtwhf
2245-2300

USA. Voice of the OAS

Vatican State. Vatican A

15095na
5026do
3915as
6005al
7325eu
11955as
15725am

3955eu
6160as
9410eu
15400eu

9355na
61 25eu
1371031
15445af
17800af
9455na
13760am

138403u
7415af
15185pa
1558031
21485af

13845am
11580af
15095na

15685am
13695af

5975na
61 80eu
9740as

9760eu
15205me
17725af

t5390am 17715am
96103s
9645as
9660pa
15365pa 17860pa

9580pa
11695pa
13755as
4835do
5025do
4910do
5910eu
7105eu
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
5995eu
13650eu
17820eu
3985eu
7385am
6180na
5930eu
9900eu
15190af
3955eu
7412eu
11715au
9670au
7125eu
9710as
9960me
7295do
5980do
15115pa
3326do
5905sa
11980as
4890do
5920eu
6055eu
7300eu
7380as
9750na
3316do
7270af
5020do
12085na
5810eu
9605na
4820eu
7180eu
9685na
3955eu
9590na
11955as
6180eu
13815am
15590am
7510eu
6035as
9890as
15185au
17820as
7425na
7315am
11915eu
13595na
9955am
15420am
12160am
11580af
6100na
5920eu
9935sa
7405na
15640sa
9710eu
6065eu
9375au
3366do
9705as
15145as
9670na
6150as

9610as
11855as
15365pa

9645as
11880pa
17795pa

9660pa
11955pa
17860pa

7260eu
13690eu

11705as
15140eu

11 945eu
15325eu

7170eu
9400am

15050am

17905am

7345af

9420eu

61 lOeu
9910eu
15225au

7220eu
9950eu

11sooas

15330as

6030eu
9700eu

I 1620au

4990do
6120sa
9675do
5965eu
7135as
7320eu
7400na
9865af

5975na
7150na
7330eu
9550eu
9890as

9545do
15095na
9850eu
9770na
11885na
5940eu
6020eu
7240eu
7405na
11870eu
9810eu
5975na
6195eu
9915sa
11695as
15400eu
9410me
15725am
9430as
7215as
11760as
15290as

13625eu
9705as
12080a1
15305as

5995eu
71 80eu
7350eu
9620na

7150na
96203s
7110as
11750sa

13770sa
9770as
13710af
17735as

9455na

13845am 15685am
13695af
6185eu
7370eu
9890eu
13830eu
7465eu
15650sa

9435sa

11603na

9425au
4915do
99503s

11745as

13750as

11835na
7305as

15155na
9600au

11830pa

9655eu

March 1995

MONITORING TIMES

73

FREQUENCIES
2300-2315
2300-0000

Armenia, Radio Yerevan

Auslralia. Radio

2300-0000 vi
2300-0000 vi
2300-0000 vi
2300-0000 vi
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000 as

Australia, VLBA Alice Spg

Australia, VLBK Katherine
Australia, VLBT Tent Crk
Canada. CBC NQuebec Svc
Canada, CFCX Montreal
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada. CKZN St John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. RCI Montreal

2300-2330 mtwhf

Canada, RCI Montreal

2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000 vi
2300-0000

Costa Rica, R Peace Intl

Ecuador. HCJB Oui1o
Egypt, Radio Cairo
Guam. AWR/KSDA
Guatemala. AWA
India. All India Radio

2300-0000 vi
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000 mtwhfa
2300-2305
2300-2350
2300-2330s
2300-0000 mtwhfa

Italy, IRRS Milan

Japan. NHK/Radio
Lebanon, Wings of Hope
Malaysia, Radio
Malaysia, RTM/Kota Kinab
New Zealand. R NZ Intl
Nigeria. FRCN/Radio
Nonh Korea. R Pyongyang
Norway, Radio Norway Intl
Palau. KHBN/Voice of Hope

9480eu
9580pa
9850as
15365pa
4835do
5025do
4910do
9625do
6005do
6070do
6030do
6130do
6160do
6160do
9535am
11940na
5960na
11940na
7385am
6080do
9900na
11980as
5980ca
9705as
15145as
7125eu
6055eu
9960me
7295do
5980do
15115pa
3326do
11700na
6030as
11980as

11960eu
9660pa
961 0as 9645as
11695as 11855as 13755as
17795pa 17860pa

9755na

11845na

11920na

9535na

9755na

11845na

9400am

15050am 17905am

9950as
6155eu

11 745as
9560as

13750as
9580as

4990do
13650na
6120as

2300-0000 vi
2300-0000

Papua New Guinea. NBC

Russia, Voice of

2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000

Turkey, Voice of
UAE. Radio Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom.BBC London

2300-2315
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000

United Kingdom,BBC London

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

2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000
2300-0000 mtwtf
2300-0000
2330-2345
2330-0000
2330-0000 mtwhf
2330-0000
2330-0000
2330-0000
2330-0000
2335-2345

USA. WCSN Scotts Cor ME

USA. WEWN Birmingham AL
USA. WHAi Noblesville IN
USA. WINB Red Lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WRMl/RMiami Intl
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
Armenia. Radio Yerevan
Austria, R Austria Intl
Canada. RCI Montreal
Finland. YLE/Radio
Netherlands. Radio
Sweden. Radio
Vietnam. Voice of
Greece. Voice of

4890do
7125as
12065na
17890as
7185me
9605na
5975na
7180as
9915sa
15340as
15400eu
13740am
15590am
11980as
7510eu
6035as
9890as
15305as
9855eu
7425na
7315am
11915eu
13595na
9955am
5065am
9685na
9870sa
5960na
5990na
6020na
11910as
12025as
9375sa

9675do
9620na
13640as

9685na 9750na
15425na 17570as

9445na
9770na
6175na
7325na
11750sa

11710eu
13605na
6195as
9580as
11945as

71 10as
9590na
11955as

13815am
9430as
13625as
7215as
9705as
11760as 151B5au
17735as 17820as

13770sa
9770as
15290as

9455na

13845am
11920na 11970na
13730sa
9755na
6015na 9680as
6165na
15010as
9425sa

11595sa

SELECTED PROGRAMS

Sundays
2300
2330
2330

2330

BBC: Newsdesk. See S0200.

BBC: Feature. World Service Guide to the Information
Superhighway (5th, 121h,19th) See S 1401.
Radio Australia: Network Asia. John Westland hosts this
program of in-depth interviews and information about
world, regional and Australian Issues.

Mondays
2300
2300
2306
2330
2330

BBC: Newsdesk. See S 0200.

Radio Canada lnt'I: The World at Six. Hall hour news
magazine from the CBC domestic radio network.
Monitor Radio lnt'I: Monitor Radio International. See M
1406.
Radio Australia: Network Asia. See S 2330.
Radio Canada lnt'I: As It Happens. Live telephone
interviews with newsmakers around the world.

2311
2330
2330
2330
2338

BBC: Newsdesk. See S 0200.

Radio Canada lnt'I: The World at Six. See M 2300.
Monitor Radio ln1'1: Monilor Radio International. See M
1406.
Voice of Russia: Commonwealth Update. See T 0211.
Radio Australia: Network Asia. See S 2330.
Radio Canada lnt'I: As It Happens. See M 2330.
Voice of America (as): VOA Wednesday Morning. See S
0610.
Radio Netherlands: Newsline. See S 0337.

Wednesdays
2300
2300
2306
2310
2330
2330

BBC: Newsdesk. See S 0200.

.
Radio Canada lnt'I: The World at Six. See M 2300.
Monilor Radio lnt'I: Monilor Radio International. See M
1406.
Voice of Turkey: Review of the Foreign Media. Items of
inlerest 10 Turkey found in 1he media of olher countries.
Radio Australia: Network Asia. See S 2330.
Radio Canada lnt'J: As It Happens. See M 2330.

Thursdays
2300 BBC: Newsdesk. See S 0200.
2300 Radio Canada lnt'I: The World at Six. See M 2300.
2305 Voice of Turkey: Review of 1he Turkish Press. See S 0407.
2306 Monilor Radio lnJ'I: Monitor Radio lnlernational. See M
1406.

74

MONITORING TIMES

Radio Australia: Network Asia. See S 2330.

Radio Canada lnt'I: As It Happens. See M 2330.

2310
2330
2335

Radio Australia: Asia Focus. See M 1510.

Radio Canada lnt'I: As 11 Happens. See M 2330.
Radio Radio Sweden: A Review of the Newsweek. See F
1235.

Fridays

Saturdays

2300 BBC: Newsdesk. See S 0200.

2300 Radio Canada lnt'I: The World at Six. See M 2300.
2306 Monitor Radio Int'!: Monitor Radio International. See M
1406.

2300
23t0
2345

HAUSER'S HIGIIl..IGHTS:

BBC: Newsdesk. See S 0200.

Voice of America (as): VOA Sunday Morning. See S 0610.
WWCR #1: Weekly Presidenlial Radio Address. Bill
Clinton's weekly reporl to the nalion.

COSTA RICA

Radio for Peace International programs on

17910-USB, 15050-AM, 12150-USB, 9400-USB, 7385 include:
Proeram

Tuesdays
2300
2300
2306

2330
2330

BBC: Quiz. Quote. Unquote (2nd.9th.16th.23rd.30th). See

w 1530.

March 1995

Days and Times

Tue 1900, Wed 0300, I JOO, Fri 2000, Sat 0400, 1200,
1800, Sun 0200, 1000, 2300, Mon 0700
RFPl's Mailbag
Tue 1930, Wed 0330, 1130, Fri 2030, Sat 0430, 1230,
1930, Sun 0330, 11 30
Radio Democracy
Tue 2000, Wed 0300, 1200, Sat 2030, Sun 0430, 1230
Tue 2030, Wed 0430, 1230, Sat2100, Sun 0500, 1300
Focus on Haiti
WINGS
Tue 2130, Wed 0530, Thu 2030, Fri 0430, 1230
Tue 2200, Wed 0600
Common Ground
University of the Air
Tue, Wed, Thu 2230, Wed, Thu, Fri 0630, Fri, Sat 2300,
Sat, Sun 0700, 1500
Second Opinion
Wed 1800, Thu 0200, 1000, Fri 2130, Sat 0530, 1330
0600World of Radio

Vietnam Veterans Radio

Network
Dialogue--UPAZ News
Uving Enrichment Center
My Green Earth
Making Contact
World Citizens Weekly
Commentary
Wisdom School of the Air or
Science & Spirit
Sound Currents ofthe Spirit

Wed 2130, Thu 0530, Sat 2230, Sun 0630, 1430

Wed 2330, Thu 0730
Thu 1800, Fri 0200, 1000, Sun 2000, Mon 0400, 1200
Thu 2200, Fri 0600, Sun 1830, Mon 0230, 1030
Fri 1800, Sat 0200, 1000, 2000, Sun 0400, 1200
Fri 2330, Sat 0730, 1530
Sat 2130, Sun 0530, 1330
Sun 2030, Mon 0430, 1230

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Once you've located the co rrect charts, look along th e horizo ntal a xis of the graph for the time you ore listening. The lop line of
the graph shows th e maxim um usable frequ ency (MUF), the he a vy middl e lin e is the freque ncy for be st reception , or o ptimum working
fre quency (OWF), a nd finally, the botto m line is th e lowest usabl e fre q ue ncy (LUF). You wi ll find the best receptio n along the heavy
m iddl e line. Circuits labeled (P) c ross the po la r auroral zo ne . Expect poor reception o n thes e circuits d u ring ionospheric d isturbances .
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P.ROGRAMMING SPOTLIGHT
TOPICS OF INTEREST TO PROGRAM LISTENERS

VOA Inaugurates Tall< Radio

at the e nd o f eac h program. This is

By Jim Frimmel

understandable, cons ide ring that

the program is li ve and includes
spec ial guests . (Even Larry King
has his problems with scheduling
due to breakin g news events.) Perhaps VOA will cons ider announceme nts via the Inte rnet at some futu re date.

alk radio programm ing hit the

shortwave bands bi g time on
Novembe r 28, 1994. w ith the
advent of the Voice of America's
new Talk lo America program. The
popularity of th is fo rmat on the AM
band (mediurnwave) seems to have
convinced VOA's management that
it could also work on shortwave radio. "The World 's fi rst and onl y
dail y radio ta lk show" as VOA calls
itself, is ''your direct con nection to
the United States."
The w inning formul a that the
VOA concocted is a combination of

On the Technical Side

Co-hosts Barbara Klein and Meredith Buel.

a tremendous variety of talk topics,

an offer to receive collect call s from around
the world , and expert guests to fie ld questions
from listeners. Besides the collect call s, Talk
ro America accepts listener questions by fax
and via the Internet. But. in keep ing with
VOA 's charter which prohibits broadcasting
exclusively to American listeners. calls from
the Unite d States are not accepted.
The55-minute broadcast is a ired li ve MonFri at 1706 UTC (1 2:06 pm. EST ). a nd is
repeated at I 006 and 1206 UT C. T he best
reception for North American listeners is via
the English to Africa service ( 17895. 15445.
154 10 kHz).
The program is ably hosted by Barbara
Kle in and M eredith Bue l. W he n a controversia l issue is being covered. such as one dealing wi th U.S. fore ign aid programs, guests
may be of opposing views so as to present
both sides of the argume nt.

Program Topics
Health issues have been a major topic of
discussion to date. appropri ately starting on
D ecember 1st w ith AIDS, the world 's most
serious health problem, and followed the next
day by the subject of disabled people. A most
inte resting program on Alzhe imer's Disease
was aired on December 7th, a nd another health
program on world diseases in general was
heard on December 20th.
Programs on huma n rights issues, world
culture, and the coverage of immigration to
the U.S. and Cal iforn ia's Proposition 187
were also heard duri ng December.

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In ternationa l peace issues were discussed

in a program devoted to the resoluti on o f
world conn icts. and a program about charities rounded out the global topic agenda during December.
On the home front, Talk lo America 's
coverage of things exclusive to the U.S. added
a c hange of pace to the program s subject
matter. An hi storical look at the roaring twenties and a conversation wi th Trudy Pete rson
of the National Arc hives in Washington provided some prerecorded holiday fare without
calls from listeners.
More A merican programs ushered in the
new year. One devoted to the political scene
covered the subject o f the future leaders of
A merica. and the issue of multinational enterprises in the U.S. aired in earl y January. A
most entertaining program was broadcast on
January 6th to commemorate the birthday of
the King of Rock and Roll- Elvis Presley.
In a program on the fate of the world's
e ndangered species, the dec line of A fri ca's
wildlife (and other c reatures worldwide), and
efforts to save the m. were discussed with the
Director of Washington 's National Zoo

Upcoming Programs
Unfortunately. there is no program guide
to the mult itude of topics covered by Talk to
America. If you want to know the subject of
a program you will have to tune in. However,
on-the-air announceme nts of the fo llowi ng
day' s program content may be heard on the
ha lf hour (foll owing a short news break) and

Te lephone connections arc via

sate IIi te to e nable conversations to
be transmitted w ith che c larity of a
local te lephone call. This is stric tly
an English language broadcast and
calls arc accepted only in Engli sh.
Most call ers can be easily understood : however. there are occasions whe n a
caller's accent gets in the way of the questi on.
The Voice of America is the internationa l
radio service of the U.S. lnformalion Agency,
broadcasting almost 1,000 hours a week in 45
la nguages. VO A s direct shortwa ve and medium wave broadcasts reac h approx imate ly
92 million listeners. T hi s estimate does not
inc lude liste ners w ho tune in VO A programs
rebroadcast by over 1, I 00 affili ated rad io
stations around the world . greatly expanding
VOA 's li ste ning aud ience. One in fi ve listene rs tun es in VOA Wo rl dw ide E ng li sh .
according to VOA.
VOA's te lephone number for liste ners to
call in is 202-6 19-3 111 (voice line).

Other Changes at VOA

VOA s Co111m1111ica1iu11s World has expanded from 20 to 30 minutes and has a lso
been re tirned to begin on the half-hour to
satis fy the grow ing interest in the latest developments in computers and in te lecommu nications.
During Co1111111111icatio11s World's a nnual
New Year's program. host Gene Reich and
guest Kim Ell iott, VOA 's Director of A udie nce Researc h, speculated about the possibility of additional c hanges in the upcoming
year. Both seemed to agree that additiona l
c hanges might be made during 1995 to meet
VOA 'scontinuing effort to satis fy its internationa l audience's e nd less demand for news
and information. As they say on the radio,
"Stay cuned ... ".

It's time you found out ...

.

A Summary of Talk to America" Topics

1

Topic
World Wide Refugee Situation
Making it in Nashville
Alzheimers Disease
Cultural Potpourri
US Immigration Controversy
Human Rights
Conflict Resolution
Foreign Press Perception
of US Politics
A Vision of the Human Future
in Space
Media in US Courtrooms
Charity and Volunteerism
in the US
Diseases of the Future
New Wisdom from the Vatican
Marital Conflict
Holiday Music
Other Thon Christmas

Opera in Washington the US

The Al Capone Ero and
A Trip to the Notional Archives
Provocative new play Otabenga
Looking Toword Tomorrow
The New Congress
US Leaders of the Future

Global Economy and

Multi-National Enterprises
American Youth Icon Tums 60
Saving Endangered Species
Changing US Foreign Aid Policies
Expanding World Food Supplies
through Biotechnology
Life of a Superstar
The Threats of Radiation

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Lionel Rosenblatt - Refugees, Inc.
Sylvona Foo UNHCR
Trisha Yearwood country music star
Lisa Gubernick author
Erin Conners -American Health Assistance Foundation
Dr. Don Price Johns Hopkins Hospital
Peter Menzel photographer and author
Bela Fleck - musician and jazz and bluegrass pioneer
John Miller Manhattan Project
John "Jock* Martin Center for Immigration Studies
Holly Berkhalter - DC Director of Human Rights Watch
John O 'Deo - DC Director of Amnesty International
Vamik Volkan psychiatrist
Joseph Montville former US career diplomat
A panel of Washington-based journalists,describe their
coverage of issues stemming from the November elections.
Corl Sagon - distinguished astronomer and author
discussing his latest book Pale Blue Dot
Ephraim Margolin attorney and lecturer
Timothy Dyk attorney for national broadcasters
Saro Melendez - The Independent Sector .
. ,
Colonel Leon Ferraez - The Salvation Anny
Lourie Garrett author of The Coming Plague
Prof. Philip K. Russell - Epidemiologist, NIH
Deacon Chris Baumann discusses Pope John Poul II's
book Crossing the Threshold of Hope
Dr. Clifford Notarius - author
Dr. Concita Espino - marriaQe specialist
VOA music personalities Judy Masso, Rich Kleinfeld!,
and Ray McDonald discuss new holiday music releases
Fr. Victor Potapov Eastern Orthodox Priest
Ayon Handy Clary African American Holiday Foundation
Mary Hermann Washington Ethical Society
Mortin Feinstein discusses his 15 seasons as Director
of the Washington Opera
Lawrence Bergreen - Capone biographer
Trudy Peterson - Deputy Archivist of the US
John Strand - playwright
Michael Kohn play director
Dr. Gerold Barney- The Millennium Institute
Walter Corson Global Tomorrow Colotion
Two political analysts examine the beginning of a new
political order in the Republican-controlled US Congress
Barry Seamans editor of Time magazine
Choko Fattah Pennsylvania Congressman
Nancy Ann Minn White House Budget Official
Dr. William Keller - Cong. Ofc of Tech. Assessment
Fred Bergsten Institute for lnt'I Economics
Prof. Michael O'Leary Maxwell School of Citizenship
Jose Esposito author of new Elvis Presley book
Todd Morgan of Presley's Graceland mansion
Richard Block World Wildlife Fund
Nicholas Geogiadis - Washington University
Michael Robinson - Deputy Director of the National Zoo
Carol Lancaster - Deputy Administrator, AID
Lorry DiRida Heritage Foundation
Dr. Margaret Mellon Union of Concerned Scientists
Dr. Richard Herrett - EnvirAg Associates_
Greg Simon - Office of the V.P., The White House
Garth Brooks country music recording artist discusses
his career and rise to stardom
Steve Kloidmon US Advisory Commitee on Radiation
Daryl Kimbell Physicians for Social Responsibility

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Books for the Domestic DXer

ast month. I covered some of the hints

and kinks of getting QSLs from AM/
FMffY stations. What I didn ' t cover
was how to fi gure out where to send your
re ports. Those of you who DX shortwave
probably a lready have a copy o f the World
Radio-TV Handbook or Passport to World
Band Radio. You've probabl y a lso found that
those publications, while excellent for shortwave DXing, aren't nearly as usefu l for the
domestic bands. There are, however, several
publications avai lable to cover domestic AM/
FMffY stati ons.

Station lists

(USA). IRCA also publishes a Mexican AM

log. especially useful for those in Texas and
the Southwest.
M Street Journal also prints a n A M/FM
directory. lt comes free to those who subscribe to their week ly newsle tter, or can be
purc hased separate ly fo r $30-40.
The standard reference for the FM DXer
is Bruce Elving' s FM Atlas. ($ 14.95 USA)
While it doesn' t inc lude mailing addresses, it
does have all the othe r information in the
IRCA and M Street publicati ons. The FM
Atlas also includes maps of all 50 states and
I 0 Canadian provinces, showing the locations of FM stati ons; it also prov ides estimates of the coverage areas of stations.

use Rand McNally's, avai lable at most convenience stores and bookstores. Other atlases
(Gousha, AAA, etc.) are j ust as good. You ' ll
often hear a short snippet of a commerc iallet s say you're li ste ning on I 150kHz and
hear "Ac me Plumbing, M on tgomery
County's Best. 1-64 Ex it 113: With an atlas,
you can trace 1-64, looking at each Ex it 113
for a town wi th a station on 1150. It won "t
take long to find Mount Sterl ing, Kentucky,
home of WMST-l 150AM and Lhc seat of
Montgomery County.
During an FMrrY open ing. a road atlas is
a lso helpful for pinpointing other potential
DX targets . If I'm receiv ing Cincinnati TV
stations here in Nashville. my atlas tells me I
should also be looking fo r Dayton and
I AM A FAN OF RADIO CADIAN Col umbus.
You should keep a copy of your local
Wh ite Pages telephone directory near your
DXing posi tion. It' s not unusual to hear
88.9 l'H
91 .11 I'll
1011.3 l'H
1111111 JUI
full phone numbers with area code in ads.
Catch Radio Cayman 0 11 AM while you can. Their
The area code map in the front of your
transmitter on 1205 kHz has already gone off the
phone book wi ll give at least a rough idea
air, and the 1555 kHz transmitter will not be
of where your DX target is located.

Only one refere nce I' m aware o f covers all three domestic bands in one book.
The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook is
publi shed annually for station executi ves .
It lists all U.S. a nd Canadian AM/FMffY
stations, including their frequen cy. power.
programming format, ma iIi ng address. and
other information. There s a wealth of
other information in there as well-listings ofcable syste ms, directories of equiprepaired when it fails. lf you miss them 011 AM,
you do still have another chance: their FM
me nt supplie rs. e tc. Of course. such a
transmitters have been heard in the south eastern
comprehensive li sting comes at a priceU.S. via E-skip.
in this case. several hundred dollars. If
you' re really that serious about DXing, you
A ll three domestic bands are covered by
can write the address in the sidebar for more
separate publicat ions from Dajja Ente rprises.
information. If you're not that serious, visit
T hese logs are simil ar in appearance to the
your local li brary. Many publi c libraries have
NRC Log (indeed, Dajja' s ow ner once coma recent copy of the Yearbook in the ir referpiled the NRC Log) but cover FM and TY as
ence section.
we ll.
The National Radio Cl ub s AM Radio Log
The o nl y TY-on ly database I' 111 aware of
is probably the best reasonably-priced DXer's
is the Television and Cable Factbook. This
re fe rence. The I 5th Edition is rough ly 320
book is s imilar in size (and price !) to the
pages; it lists U.S . and Canadi an AM stations,
Broadcasting and Cable Yearbo ok. but s ince
with freque ncy. power, programming. mailit only covers TY , it can go into much greater
ing addresses, and slogans. Li stings are updetail. Indeed, eac h U.S. commercial station
dated by users of the Log and membe rs of the
has its own page, including a coverage map.
NRC, so they refl ect what 's actually on the
As w ith the Yearbook, onl y the most serious
air. Best of all , the price is only $ 19.95 in the
(and wealthy !) D Xcr will want to purchase
USA. (NRC members get a di scount.) The
one. but many public libraries have copies.
address is e lsewhere in this a rticl e. Send a 32cent stamp for the NRC Information Catalog.
Other books
whic h lists other DX-re lated publ ications of
The li brary of a serious DXer should inthi s organi zat ion.
clude a few books that don ' t immedi ately
A similar publication w hi ch covers both
appear to be related to the hobby. T hese
AM and FM is the International Radio Club of
A me rica's AM-FM Almanac. As of thi s writbooks should assist in identifying those
catc hes that don 1 provide quite e nough ining, the I 994edition was not yet ready, though
formation for an im mediate ID.
it may be by the time you read thi s. Reprints
You should sta rt wi th a good road atlas. I
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Clubs and monthly

publications
Last. but certai nly not least, are the regular
monthly publications. Of course. if you're
readi ng th is article , you' re a lready getting the
most important magazi ne fo r the DXer! But if
you decide to become acti ve in the domestic
bands, you may want to consider membership in one of the specia lized clubs for those
who share your interest. C lub bullet in s keep
you up to date with newly- licensed stations ,
cha nges in frequency and callsign, e tc., as
well as letting you know what other DXe rs in
your area are hearing. Of course, they also
he lp you meet others with whom you may
want to discuss your hobby.
For AM DXers, there are two national
cl ubs: the National Radio Club and the Inter-

Here's one that's too late to log. CFTR

(680kHz) in Toronto, Ontario is still on the
air, but it's no longer "A ll-Hits CFTR."
The station now broadcasts an all-news
format.

national Radio Club of America. Annual NRC

membership is $24 for new members in the
USA, and incl udes an excellent "Introduction
to Medium Wave DX ing." IRCA annual
membership is $25. The two clubs are quite
s imilar. with the !RCA having a slight West
Coast emphasis, and the NRC slightly featuring the East.
The Worldwide TV-FM DX Association,
as its name implies, serves both FM and TV
DXers throughout North America. Ann ual
membership is $20 in the USA.
Don' t forget your local DX club! Many
local and regional clubs are listed in Club
Circuit , near the back of each month 's issue
o f Monitoring Times. T hese groups can be
especially helpful with advice on local conditions and stations.

Publishers of Referenced Works

For the Domenstic DXer
Broadcasting and Coble Yearbook
1705 DeSales Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Doiia Enterprises
P.O. Box 24
Cambridge, WI 535230024
FM Atlas
Box 24
Adolph, MN 557010024

Othe r suggestions?
Did I miss your favorite DXing reference?
I'd li ke to know about it. Write at the Brass town
add ress, or by email at 72777.3143 @
compuserve.com. (Compuserve s ubscribers
can address simply to 72777,3 143)

Stra nge sounds

Reader H. Ke lley in New Mexico sent in an
article from the Albuquerque Tribune, regarding some very unu sual programm ing on
KAMX ( I520kHz) and their FM station on
107.9 MHz. The stations adopted an all-sound
effects format for several days, complete with
commercials and req uests! Sounds heard included sirens, dentist's drills, crowing roosters. and more.
No, this wasn't their permane nt fo rmat.
T he station told the Tribune they would be
adopting a new, hopefu lly more traditional,
format later in the week. DXers should know
that thi s is a common stunt fo r stations about
to change programming. I've heard other stati ons air ticking clocks, construction noi ses,

and even covers of the 60' s song Louie, Louie

continuously fo r days!

Bits and Pieces

Two Caribbean stations frequent ly heard
by U.S. DXers have made technical changes.
The Caribbean Beacon on Anguilla (16 10
kHz) has increased power from 50 kW to 200
kW and installed a directional antenna. DXers
in my area report its s ignal has improved
considerably. And Radio Vi sion Cristiana in
the Turks and Caicos Islands has changed
frequency from 535 kH z to 532 kHz. Speculation is that the new freq uency will allow the
station to be heard better on digital radios
which won ' t tune to " non-standard" frequencies.
Long Island thieves have taken to a new
target. illside Radio reports that the excitersa critical part of the transmitter- have been
stolen from two radio stations while they were
on the air. Obviously, the stations didn't stay
on the air long after the theft! TV fie ld crews
have also been suffering a rash of camera
thefts, throughout the U. S ..

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A GUIDE TO GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS

Jolin Fulford, WA4VPY

Postscripts

s we reported in last month's column, the United States hosted the

Summit of the Americas in Miami ,
Fla., during December of 1994. I have finally
compiled the monitoring reports that were
submitted and here is a fi nal summary of the
radio traffic.
UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

Channel
165.375

Frequency
Charlies

166.700
165.7875
166.5125
164.400
164.650
165.2 125

November
Baker
Sierra
Papa
Tango
Mike

Use
Main channel DVP
traffic
Peru Main Base
Security Roam
All DVP Traffic
"Broadside"
All DVP Traffic
Security Roam

"Alpha Braio" - Aircraft C/ia1111els

366.00
407.850

Sl S3
Yankee

Uplink to AFl

UHF Secret Service Repeater

415.650
4 19 .700

Repeater Output
Repeater Input 103.5 HZ tone

matic protection traffic in both the clear and

the encrypted modes. The subaudable tone
used was 156.7 Hz.
The City of Miami Beach uses its own
trunked syste m. They added a special police
fleet for this event. There were four subfleets
used. They were:
1-f (11 F)
2-f (1 lM)
3-f (12B)
2-e (11 L)

Toe 1 detail
Special event
X-ray channel
Motorcade passage

The State of Florida used its ASTRO system to supplement the federal and local communications. This presented an interesting
problem. The State of Florida uses the
Motorola ASTRO system of technology for
its trunked system. Dade County and its affiliated cities use the General Electric system,
and the federal agencies use conventional
formats.
You could tell the really important security people at the Summit. They were the ones
with three or more radios hanging from their
belts-none of which could talk to the otherl

Liaison with Civilian A ircraft

118.300
11 9.450
135. 175

Miami Tower working AF 1/ AF2

Same
Miami Center working AF 1/ AF2/
SAM28000

Feds Hide Behind Locals

DadeCounty,ofwhich Miami is the county

scat. uses the General Electric EDACS trunked
system. EDACS stands for Enhanced Digital
Access Co1111111111icatio11s System. This is the
General Electric version of trunked radio. As
has been mentioned in earlier columns, the
federal agencies in some cities across the
United States are starting to show up on 800
MHz trun ked channels. Some are using business fronts. others are using sub-fleets on
local government channels.
Dade County is using the following frequencies for their trunked system:
867.9125 866.3625 867.7625 866.3875
867. 1375 867.3875 867.6625 866.6125
866.6375 866.1375 866.8875 866.8625
868.6125-Control channel
866. 1125-Control channel

For the sum mit meeting there were two

sta nd-a lone repeaters on 868.3625 and
868.4 125 MHz. These were running diplo-

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C31 Data Links

No one has written in to help me with what
is going on at the Salt Lake City Airport. It
seems that this facility is going to be used as
a Command, Co111rol, Co111municatio11s, and
/11tellige11ce Center (C3 1). What is not known
is who is the C3 1infomation goi ng to be used
for (or against)
The C31 center in southern Florida is located in southwest Dade County, as has been
disc ussed in previous issues. lt is located next
on the same property as NMA- the Coast
Guard communications station. Next door is
the receive site fort he old KKN39 station, run
by our old fri ends at the CIA. It sits on the old
prope rty of Ze nith Technical Enterprises,
wh ich was the CIA company that ran the Bay
of Pigs invasion.
I was down visiting the site a few weeks
ago. The antennas have all been replaced
since Hurricane Andrew. There are several
data links going in down there. These will
provide up and down links to data platform s
in the sky. These data platforms could be
airplanes or even satellites. The messages are
employed in the various Tactical Digital Links
(T AOL). These incorporate the new data links
that are being employed down there.

T ADL ALPHA (Link 11 ). This is a duplex,

real time, encrypted data transmission in either the UHFor the HF bands. These can be
heard in the HF bands every day. The Link 11
equipped aircraft/warships can relay secure
tactical sensor info rmation in addit ion to
weapon deployment and engagement status.
If it is coupled with a central memory and
processi ng unit, multiple stati ons can receive
information or actively enter the network and
send updated information.
TADL BRAVO. This highly directional, line
of sight, microwave transmission is similar to
microwave telephone communications links.
The units must have very directional antennas
pointed at each other. This method is used by
ground based systems only.
TADL CHARLI E (Link 4). Link 4 is a
simplex or duplex link used to exchange info rmation with and control specially configured fighter aircraft. This enables the console
operator at a surface or aircraft C31 complex
to direct the aircraft remotely. In addition,
data on target location and identity can be
transferred fro m the fighter to the controlling
uni t who, in tum. can di stribute that information on other T ADL links.
TADL DELTA (Link 14). Link 14 is a simplex data transmission system prov iding nondigital TADLequipped surface platforms with
data made avai lable from T ADL platfom1s.
T ADL Link 11 platforms can transmit this
information in non-encrypted fo mrnt. This
raw data is then transcribed manually and
presented to non-digital TADL platfonns.
Stay Tuned for More Changes
The Clinton Administration has recently
un veiled a plan to streamline and reinvent the
federal governme nt. This plan, led by VicePresident Gore, has called fo r the significant
realignment and changes in the infrastructure
of the federal government, specifically fort he
federal market for rad io communications.
This plan call s forthe mergerofthc Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF),
the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
into the Federal Bureau ofln vestigation (FBI).
Congressional approval will be required if
this plan is to be implemented. If it is passed,
there could be a substanti al impact on the

requirements and configurations of federal

government radio systems.
First, there could be a reduction in the
number of agents requiri ng radios. if the
efforts of the three agencies are consolidated
in terms ofdrug interdiction, organized crime.
and high techno logy trafficking.
Second, a merger would have a very strong
impact on the federal radio system and configuration. The DEA and the FB I arc already
at fu ll capacity in their ca pabilities.
Tak ing into consideration the fact that this
plan has not yet been presented to Congress,
and the time needed for Congressional review, it is unl ikely there will be any activity
in the next two years. To merge the ATF andl
or the FBI with the DEA will require the
consent of several key congressional committees and broad legislation regarding this
sensitive matter.

As previously reported. the FBI repeaters

are still being keyed up in the early morning
hours. It is noted from 0030 to about 0400
hrs .. EST. Monitoring the spectrum analyzer,
all fou r of the South Florida FB I repeater
outputs are being keyed at once. It is easy to
find all of the frequencies-They are:
167.2625, 167.4375, 167.6625 and 169.750
MHz. No evidence of any input frequencies
is being seen.
The mysterious data channels being heard
in the Orlando. Fla., area are the control
channels for the new 220 MHz trunking systems. Thanks to the Grove CD-ROM for
confi rming thi s. Systems have been licensed
throughout the State of Florida and California, and being installed through the United
States. The only thing being heard is the
control channels. No evidence of any mobi le
or portables are being heard. This would be a
great place to hide a covert system.

Logging the Feds

Scott Eckert. a loyal reader from Hickory.
North Carolina. sent in the following intercepts from the Charlol!c/Hickory. North CaroIi na area.

More Secret Service Freqs

Let's finish up this month with a look at
some of the lesser known elements of the
Secret Service. The main channel of their

tra111111g divi sion at Beltsv ille, Md., is

414.8000 MH z. The Secret Service has an
excellent techn ical security division. This
translates into the electronic surveillance division. That' s it for this month. 73's. John
WA4VPY

SECRET SERVICE ELECTRONIC

SURVEILLANCE DIV
Channel Use
Primary Channel
Electronic Tracking Units
Electronic Tracking Units
Radio Alarms
Radio Alarms
Electronic Surveillance
Electronic Surveillance

Frequency
164.4000
408.5000
408.9750
408.0000
411.0000
407.8000
406.2750

SECRET SERVICE UNIFORMED

WHITE HOUSE DETAIL
Designator Chan No.
Protection One
Com.
Two
Training
Three
Tactical
Four
Bookstore Communications Cntr.
Protection Backup
Exec. Branch Backup

Call sign
Bandbox

Frequency
414.9500
414.6750
415.8750
414.9750
415.8000
406.4250
417.7500

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Channel Designator
Alpha 5 RptrCharlotte
Alpha 7 Same
Unk
Same
Same
Unk

Input
Output
167.3875 162.6375
167.2875 162.6375
167.4125 Unknown
167.7875 Unknown

The call sign is KEV220. Charlotte Base is

referred to as "220". The subaudable tone is
167.9 Hz. The 167.3875 and 167.2875 repeaters appear to be simulcast and share the
same input frequency of 162.6375. Radio
technicians have been monitored in the clear
using the callsigns of "Clingman" and
"Linville." Both of these arc in the western
North Carolina area. with Clingman being
Clingman's Dome. the highest point in the
Smoky Mountains.
Other frequencies he monitored are:
Frequency
167. 1750
167. 150
163.200
165.375
166.5875
165.7875
165.2375
418.625
165.2875
166.5375
414.750
415.700

Use
Blue Ridge Parkway Law
Enforcement Repeaters
Smoky Mountains - Repeater
Output
U.S. Marshalls Service
Secret Service Charlotte Field
Office Primary
Secret Service Charlotte
Secondary
Same
U.S. Customs
DEA Charlotte
ATF - Chrlotte Rptr Out
ATF Charlotte Rptr In
Postal Inspectors - Charlotte
Air Force l Phone Patch
Downlink

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83

HIGH SEAS
EMBARKING ON MARITIME LISTENING

Jomes R. Ho

l<FS World Communications adds VCT

s promi sed, we'll start

been able to verify thi s, so give the m
this mo nth by looking
a try and let us know what you fin d.
a t. th e new s ta tion
opened by KFS World Commu8671 .0 MHz
nicat ions in Newfoundland . Un12669.0
17214.4
til recently , the company oper19718.4
ated two stations, one in Cali26128.4
fornia (KFS) and the other in
Loui siana (WNU). These staFinally. while diggi ng through
tions offer service using CW
the licens ing infornrntion. I also found
and RTIY modes of operation.
~ some single s ideband frequencies
KFS World Communications
j
which are not currently in use, bu t
has been spending money on
whi ch may show up one of these
improving their fac ilities, includdays.
ing new transm itters and ampl ifiers from Henry Radio and the
KFS
addition of the new station at ls RTTY 011 the way out? Not at the KFS Super-Station TM
2565.9 kHz
network, which just added a third station to facilitate Telex a11d eTors Cove, Newfoundl a nd, usmail maritime traffic in the Western Hemisphere.
WNU
ing the callsign VCT.
2558.0 ssb
17238.3 ssb
KFS offers an interest ing
4435.0 ssb
19764.0 ssb
radi oteletype service through its three staradiote letype services remotely controlled
13185.0 ssb
26105. 1 ssb
tions. Their main computer is connected by
from KFS . New East takes care of the technileased lines to the three sta tions and there fore
cal operation of the sta tion. Unlike the other
Visual Morse
messages are avai lable to ships through any of
two stations, no CW service is offered from
It would seem that radiocommun ication s
the three stations. In most other systems, mesTors Cove.
is
not
the on ly method used by the folks at
sages must be relayed from one station to
The fo llowi ng are the freque ncies to try for
KFS . D uring the return voyage of the SS
another if the ship calls into a station other
the radioteletype service of KFS W orld ComJeremiah 0 'Brien from the fiftieth a nniverthan that holding the message. The fact that all
munications.
sary of D-Day celebrations in Normandy, the
messages are available th rough the three staaldus lamp was given some exercise. On the
tions offers to make communicating with ships
KFS
VCT
WNU
final
leg of the O'Brien's trip back to San
4211.5
kHz
4217.5
more effi cient, since the sender of the mes42 10.5
6315.5
6329.5
Francisco she passed within sight of the KFS
6327.0
sage need not know which of KFS 's stations
841 7.5
8422.0
8425.5
receiving station south of Half Moon Bay. A
the ship would be monitori ng.
12580.5
12610.5
12588.5
KFS employee who was aboard the 0 'Brien
Each station transmits an ide ntical traffic
16829.5
16827.5
12607.5
decided
wi th Walter Kane, an operator on
22377.5
list giving the caUsigns o f all ships for whom
16384.5
duty at KFS , to atte mpt a nashing light conmessages are being held. The ship may then
tact.
M orse telegraphy (CW) service is al so
call one of the three stations to retrieve their
Aboard the liberty ship this was not a
provided on the follow ing freque ncies
messages.
proble
m since her aldus lamp had been mainThe original KFS sta tion is located at Half
WNU
tained
in working order over the years. For
KFS
Moon Bay in California a nd is the location of
0463.0 8570.0
436.0 kHz
Kane things weren' t so easy. KFS had no
the compute r which holds the messages wait0500.0 8688.0
2037.5
faci lity for light signali ng-how was he going for ships. Leased lines connect it to WNU
2048.0 12826.5
2061.5
ing to accomplish this? The solution was fo r
4294.0 12869.0
in Louisiana and WNU is controlled remotely
4228.0
Kane lo drive his car across H ighway 1 into
4310.0
13011.0
4274.0
from Half Moon Bay, except for the technical
6389.65 17038.0
6365.5
the coastal range east o f Half Moon Bay. A
operators w ho are required to be on duty at the
6499.9 1711 7.6
8444.5
hilltop wi th a clear view provided a place fo r
WNU transmitter site. These two stations
8525.0 22575.5
8558.4
Kane
to park. When the 0 'Brien hove into
offe r coverage of the U.S . West Coast, Pacific
22829.4
12695.5
view
Kane
began flashing his headlights to
12844.5
Ocean, the Panama Canal, the Caribbean Sea.
17026.0
gain the ship's a ttention. Rod Deakin, KFS
the Gulf of Mex ico and the m id-Atlantic
17184.5
Manager of Special Projects. who was aboard
Ocean.
22515.0
the 0 'Brien , establis hed contact with Kane
The new station at Tors Cove is operated
2258 1.5
and
the n sent the message "Greetings Half
by NewEast W ire less T elecom Inc.- the
According to their licensing in forma tion,
Moon Bay, SS Jeremiah O'Brien - Happy
former Sea Link Ltd. It is also connected to
to be home."
there are some facs imile freque ncies w hi ch
Ha lf Moon Bay a nd offers th e sa me
may be in use at WNU: however, I haven ' t
As for the code from the shore, Kane d id

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his best with the headl ights and succeeded,

e ven though his dots and dashes "were kind of
funky." Not bad for a fellow who just wanted
to prove that it could be done.
What did the company think of thi s? Here's
what KFS Station Manager Dino Martins had
to say. "We believe this to be the first commercial, peacetime use of signal lights to
communicate between a ship and a publi c
coast station. It was an interesting experiment. If other ships want to do it we may have
to install a perma nent signa l lamp."

The final call .. .

On November 20, 1994, a fire broke out
aboard the M/V Polydoros (P3QT4), a 900
foot. 57000 gross ton Cypriot bulk carrier
laden with coal. Many lis tene rs may have
heard the traffic on 8 and 12 MHz Coast
Guard frequencies. Several aircraft were involved in the search and rescue operation as
well as a number of U.S. Coast Guard and
other ships, incl uding the tanker Irvin g
Canada . Spread over several hours . the traffic was quite interesting to monitor.
Twenty five crew members were rescued
from the ship and flown to Hyanni s. Ma. ,
where eight were treated for smoke inhalati on. On the 21st four crewme mbers we re
take n aboard a U.S. Coast Guard cutter, including the captain, whi le the c utter's crew
fought the fire.
One aspect of the fire of which I was not
aware was brought to my attention by a November 22 newspaper clipping sent in by
Harry Baughn. The only fata lity was that of
the radio officer. His body was found slumped
over the radiotelex equipment where he had
succumbed to the smoke from the fire burning below. Before he died, the radioman managed to send a distress message by telex to
Gote borg Radio (SAB) in Swede n. This message was relayed by the Swedish authorities
to the U.S. Coast Guard in New York who
launched the search for the disabled vessel.
The Polydoros is not equipped for satellite
communications. Had there been no radio
offi cer aboard the vessel - which would be
perm issable under the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)- would
the ships officers have been able to coord inate fire fighting activities and also communicate with search and rescue authorities?
Whi le we can only ponder that question, I
know for s ure that 29 men owe their lives to
the late Hipolito Elanga, their heroic radioman .
That HF frequencies can be reliable over
long distances is shown by the Polydoros'
radio officer sending hi s distress message to
Sweden when his ship was only 225 miles off
the American coast. Likewise, the SS Jeremiah
O 'Brien used KFS and WNU for communi-

cations throughout muc h, if not all, of her

voyage.
While satellite com munications offer a
degree of privacy o f communications hitherto unknown, one has to wonder about its
reliability. Anik E- 1 and E-2 were temporarily out of commission earlier this year,
disrupting communications for up to a week
as channels were shi fted to other satellites
and Anik E-1 restored to operation.
What if the s ame happe n s to a n
INMARSAT satell ite? The possibility o f
pressing the "SOS" button on theJNMARSAT
equipment and having your position extracted
fro m the ship's navigation equipment and
transmitted directly to search and rescue authorities is attractive. Under test conditions
the system has worked well; however, early
experiences have shown that proble ms in
aim ing the satellite antenna o n a dead ship
can make rescue impossible. Until thi s type
of problem is ironed out, and the cost of

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redu ndant satellite stations is brought down,

men like Elanga will be needed for a while
yet.
T he world ' s tanker fleets are many and
varied; plans are to have a look at the petroleum industry in May. We ' ll profile the tankers and the stations w hic h talk to them.
Until next time, enjoy the winter, keep
listening, and don ' t fo rget to share the good
loggings ; other maritime mon itors will be
interested to know what is heard where.

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SATELLITE TV
ADVENTURES IN THE CLARKE BELT

Ken Reitz, KC4GQA

World Television for News-Hounds

hether these times are tru ly more

troubled than ever. or it only appears that way because 24 hour
news channe ls have time to till is a debate for
the academics. It remains undebatable that
Americans now have more access to more
news sources than ever before.
Those connected to the world via satellite
have sources which span the electron ic gamut.
From the e lectronic news service X*Press,
whi ch serves up its wares digitally via 9600
baud packet bursts, to the old familiar rad io
networks which helped usher in the news-age
revolution seventy years ago, Americans appear to have an insatiable appetite for news.
Via sate llite at any g iven moment of the
day. news is available. From the twenty w ire
services of X*Press. to the dozen or more
radio net works. to the world's televis ion news
services. TYRO users have an abu ndance of
choices. Here we ' ll concentrate on the visual:
World Telev ision News for info-gluttons or
the merely insonmiac.

Newsgathering While You

Sleep
The real news-hound hates to waste prec ious news-watching time sleeping. Yet, sleep
one must. What to do? Set your VCR to record
the '' BBC News from London" on the Canadian satellite El channel 13 at 3:00 AM Eastern or the "BBC Breakfast News" at the same
time on Galaxy 4 channel 9. Already we're
having to make difficult decisions.
Now, when you get up in the morning,
instead of tuning into our dreary American
ne twork morning fare with its gaggle of babbling ce lebrit ies, you can tune into England s
twittering nattere rs.

The View From The East

For years NHK Tokyo has nm its daily
program of news from Japan called Today's
Japan at I0:30 am on PBS. However, this fall
PBS moved to its new home on Telstar 40 1
(97 degrees West) and is providing on ly one
analog C-band channel for the TYRO set.
Today s Japan was moved to the Ku side of
T40 1 where viewers may glimpse a more indepth, if sanitized, view of daily life in Japan.
The regular viewer becomes accustomed
not on ly to the lovely face and voice of the
show 's anchor, but learns. through the news

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Billboard for TFI from Moscow. Tiie

colorf11! 111i11arets make the color bars at the
bottom superfluous. (Courtesy John Locker)

stories, of the people, geography. and cultural

customs of this ancient land. I am forced to
admit that through years of watching I can
actually recognize the names (and profiles) of
Japan's leading Sumo wrestlers.

How About Those Rough

Riders, Eh?
At 11 :00 a m it' s time to switc h back to the
C-band LNB and run the dish over to Anik El
( 111. I degrees West) for CBC Te lev ision s
Midday. Canada, America's brother separated at binh. has a bountiful media garden
growing on it s two satellites. Anik (Inuit for
" littl e brother") E I is a text book on uti lizing
sate llite c hannel capacity. Here are 18 Chand video c hannels, 25 Ku band video c hannels. 39 C-band FM audio subcarriers, 22 Kuband FM audio subcarriers and 17 C and Ku
band SCPC services. Whew!
Right now we're interested in the hour
long Midday, a national news and featu res
program dealing with issues of ne ws, arts,
entertainment and sports. Again, Americans
get the opportunity to peer over the fence to
watch Canadians be Canadians. What we see
is a cou ntry very nearly as vast as our own
with as complex and rich a cultural heritage as
ours. On Midday, Americans discover the
long lost relative was living nex t door all
along.

of the European news. This provides a n interesting contrast, not only to the British view.
but to our own as we ll.
While no t overly introspective. t he
Deutsche Welle repon s even the less flattering events in that sto lid count ry. Frequent
viewers wi ll see that absorbing Eastern Germany has been a difficult task. one which w ill
take many years to get right : that ethnic
dive rsi ty is still not an easy concept for Germans; that even a great financial powerhou se
harbors a poor and homeless class.

Auntie Beeb's Final Words

At 6:00 pm we wrap up the European view
of our daily dose with the last word from the
BBC. Once again we fire up the Ku LNB for
the onl y presentation of The Seven 0 c1ock
News. This national newscast is destined for
Australia and we are prov ided a pri vileged
view as it "bounces" across the North American continent on its way down under.
Now on Galaxy 7, Channel JO, of Te lstar
40 I (97 degrees West) this venerable news
show is as dependable as Big Ben. Even the
faces of the "presenters," as they're called in
England, haven't changed in years; in fact,
some wou ld say their expressions haven't either!

MacNeil/Lehrer News Orgy

It 's thoughtful. it's one hour but it seems
like two (no commercials), it's in-depth, it"s
talking heads-in short it" s everything you
want to put the fi nal glaze on your newssoaked brain: it's The MacNeil/Lehrer News
Hour. You can leave the half-hour (it 's really

Achtung, America!
The next stop on our world te levis ion
junket is Germany. Direct from the Deutsche
Welle' s 24 hour service on Satcom C4 ( 135
degrees West) we have Nell's From Germany
In E11glis/1 at 2:00 pm. Herc, not only do we
get the news, business and sports reports
about Germany, we also get the German view

The end of the Orion launch feed seen via

Intelsat K by way of A11ik 2. (Courtesy
John Locker)

only 20 minutes with the commercials taken

out). sound-bite-crazy, spin-docto red commercial network newscasts to the faint -hearted. On
those newscasts you can't te ll the news- making celebrities from the new-casting celebrities
( they' re all millionaires).
Instead we have Robin and Jim and a number of o ther "usual suspects'' pro bing the wellfed and highly polished politicos and captains
of industry. Here we get video essays from
writers who appare ntly haven' t been to uched
by the sound-bite virus and you won't catch
yourse lf recogn izing the footage of Bosnia
from earlier in the day o n Midday and The
Se11e11 O'clock Ne1rs.

But Wait, There's More!

All of these newscasts have o ne thing in
common. They are all in the clear: unscrambled.
No fees. If you are mu lti-lingual there are even
mo re programs fro m far more exotic reg io ns:
France's Antennae 2, Brazilian T V Network,
RA I Italy, and RTP Internacional (Portugal) all with native language newscasts. And don't
fo rget the entire line-up of SCOLA programming which has been detailed in earlier colum ns.
T hi s schedule of news presentatio ns is designed to help make you a g lobal c it izen. A
couple of weeks of this and you' II notice how
little attention the rest of the world g ives o ur
po litical bickering and petty wrangli ng. You' ll
also no tice that, by and large, most countries
are in the same condition: we're a ll tax-weary,
cash poor, intolerant. and eager to blame the
c urre nt administratio n. England, Germany.
America. Canada. and Japan- we're all eeri ly
ali ke.

MAILBAG
First to John Locker, our eyes on European
sk ies. He was busy watch ing the new O rion
sate llite launch via Inte lsat K and, sadly,
watched the dem ise of PAS 3 o n PAS I. He
writes . ..... Mean whi le, Astra I D launched on
the I st overnber and I caught it testi ng on the
18th about 5 pegs off statio n ...just under three
weeks to geostatio nary positi on-not bad going, that' " (See John 's latest photo contri butio ns.)
Bob Swe tt o f Mu skego n.
Ml.
writes ... "Recentl y I purchased a used STS
Model MBS-LSR receiver. 8 ft. fiberglass dish,
mount . actuator, LNA and d ownconverter for
$250 ... " Theonly problem, Bob says, is that the
downconverter doesn' t work. ''. ..I called STS
and th ey no lo nger have replaceme nt
downconverters for thi s mode l. It' s an STS
model I002; the o utput frequency is 950- 14 10
MHz. My quest ion is. why can't I use any LNB
that has an o utput of 950- 1450 MHz?"

There are two solutions to this pro blem. The

first may be the cheapest and it is defin itely
preferred. There is o ne company which specializes in repairing defective TYRO components:
PTS Electronics in Blooming to n, IN (800-844PTS I). They say the only equipment they don't
repair is Amplica and Birdv iew. If they can
repair your downconverter you should have
years of viewing left in your system.
The second solution is to convert the current
LN A/downconverter set-up to a modern LNB
syste m. T ypically these o lder syste ms featured
an LNA attached to the feedhorn. The output of
the LNA (at 3 GHz) was fed to the nearby
downconverter via an RG-2 13 cable with "N"
connectors. The output of the downconverter
(in this case 950- 14 10 MH z) was sent to the
house and into the back of the receiver. The
"receiver" is reall y just a tuning device which
tunes through the output of the downconverter.
To convert to a modern syste m: take the
LNA off the feedhorn and replace it with any
c heap. used. LNB (iflhis works. you can buy a
nice new expe nsive one). Run a separate RG-6
cable from the receiver to the LNB. Providing
that the voltage which powe rs the o ld LNB is
the same that powers the new LNB, I believe
th is sho uld work.
Dennis Eksten. W9SS. of Loves Park, IL.
writes . " .. .I have a C-band system using an old
Drake ESR 240A 70 MHz system. Recently I
tried to receive SCPC with no luck ...Also want
to add Ku band ... Please recommend a used
receiver havi ng Ku ... will the mesh on my 8'
Beech C raft Electronics Fibe rglass dish be suitable for 12 G Hz Ku?"
OK. Dennis; getti ng SCPC fro m a 70 MHz
syste m is to ugh to do. I was able to receive
SCPC from an Amplica system by feeding the
baseband output of the receiver into the ante nna of a TV band radio. I got lots of signals.
but there was an oppressive hum across the
who le band.
Since it sounds as if you're headed toward
" modernizing" your syste m let's pursue that
instead. As with the previo us reader all you
need to do at the dish is replace the old 70 MHz
LNA/Downconverter wi th a nice new LNB
($50-80): the proper length of RG-8 coax from
the LNB to the receiver ($ 15-25); and a nice
used receiver ($50-150) and you' re in business! Loo k for a receiver with a 70 MHz loop o n
the back (for cheap' n'easy SCPC). a C/Ku
switch and two coax inputs.
Lac king that. look for o ne that has a "video
inversion" switch. Ku is transmitted inverted to
that of C-band. That's what the C/Ku switc h
does. It 's a little more bo ther to have to shut off
the set, unplug the C-band LNB and plug in the
Ku LNB. and then flip the inversion switc h and
tum the receiver back on. but it works . Call al I
the dealers in your phone book and get q uotes.
Vi rtuall y any d ish wi ll "work" on the Ku
band- it just won' t be very e ffi cient. That's

why a nice sol id al uminum dish is so great for

Ku reception- nothing gets past the reflecto r !
Dennis, you seem like an adve nturo us guywhy not replace the old reflecto r with a nice 7 .5
foot spun aluminum dish that will bring in
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BELOW SOO KHZ

DXING THE BASEMENT BAND

Kevin Care, WB2QMY

The Survey Says ...

he prime goal at Below 500 kHz is to

keep the colum n geared toward the
interests and needs of the readership. I
enj oy receiving mail fro m ma ny of you, and
that helps a great deal in pointing me in the
right direction. I am sure there are also many
others w ith additional thoughts and suggestio ns that would make thi s column even better.
Th is month, T' m asking that you take the
ti me to fill in a brief survey about Below 500
kHz and what you do and don ' t like. Of
course, it's impossib le to please everyone,
but l promise to give serious cons ideration to
a ll responses, and to use the information to
keep the coverage of topics aimed at what
most would like to see, along with a sprinkling of "fringe" topics now and then.
l appreciate your conti nuing interest in
this column , and your responses w ill help to
keep it the best longwave column around. To
participate in the survey, j ust photocopy the
survey, fill in your answers, and mail it to me
at Below 500 kHz. P.O. Box 98, Brasstown.
NC 28902. If you wish, you can use a separate
sheet for additional comments and suggestions.

Perry Crabi ll (VA) is we ll known in

longwave circles for his DX ing achieveme nts
with beacons. Recently. Perry sent me an
update on his latest progress. He has logged
over 40 new stations since November- the
best catc h being BUN (375 kHz) from
Buenaventura, Colombia (2442 miles). See
T able I for a sampling of hi s intercepts.
Perry gives much of the credit for his new
loggi ngs to his Timewave DSP-59+ digital
fi lter, wh ich he uses in conjunction with a
Drake RS receiver and a loop antenna. T he
di gita l fil ter he lps him to foc us only on the
desired s ignals and e liminate unwanted inte rference and noise.
Digital fi lters are really starting to catch on
for longwave DXing. If you would like to get
information on the Timewave unit, you can
write the factory at 240 I Pilot Knob Road, St.
Paul, M N 55 120. Another popular manu facturer of digita l filt ers is Ramsey Electronics.
Their jCOM division makes the popular
W9GR DSP 11 Filter. To request in formation
on thi s unit, write the m at 793 Canning Parkway, V ictor, NY 14564.

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4) Have you ever operated a tra nsmitter in the
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Across the Pond

Station GBZ Transmitting Towers ill Wales.

It was my pleasure to meet several MT

readers at the MT Conve ntion in Atlanta
last October. One attendee, John H. Cobb
Jr. (GA), was kind enough to share several photos he took of station GBZ in
Criggion, Wales. This station is operated
by the Royal Navy and transmits frequency-shift keying (FSK) data on a frequency of 19.6 kHz.
Figure I shows a few of the six 800foot towers used to support the station 's
kite-shaped wire array. Three of the towers are se lf-supporting and three are
guyed-with one corner of the array being anchored to a 1200-foot hill. Thanks,
John, for sharing your photos.

ELF Anxiety
Ever since the Navy announced plans to
construc t their huge 76 Hz ELF transmitting
s ite in Michi gan's Upper Pe ninsula, concerns
have been raised about the effects of the radio
waves on human health and the environme nt.
Indeed, the entire subject of electromagnetic
radiation has received lots of auention as it
relates to cellular phones, two-way radios,
and even household electric wiring.
Zack Schi ndler (Ml ) sent along a clipping
from the Detroit Free Press that announced
the results of a I 0 year study o n tree growth
near the 56 mile long ELF antenna. The
study, led by Dr. G lenn Mroz of Michigan
Technological Uni versity. found that aspen
trees showed a 50% increase in diameter and
red pine trees showed a more modest 10
percent increase. Mroz said he cannot explain
why the ELF e nergy wou ld cause the trees to
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Assorted Tesla Topics

Wherever longwave enthusiasts can be
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time." "a prodigal genius," and ..the man who
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documented. yet the general public has very
little direct know ledge of him.
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TABLE 1:
Beacon Loggings
FREQ.

208
220
221
230
233
234
236
244

255
260
263
267

ID

WN
IHM
BO
BES
HEM
RYD
VJ
BA
FYE
BNL
BGF

HET

272
272
278

CB

279
281

OZL
IL
POW
G
HBZ

284

287
296
299
304
305
308
308
317

319
329
338
339

341
353
375
382

392
400
400

PIM
HOC

AVZ

DZM

HIL
MC
R
CH
TAD
UMP
OP
CKM
LWT
BUN
DER
AGZ
MOS
HIV

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ON THE HAM BANDS

Ike Kerschner, N31K

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF AMATEUR RADIO

Three Short Antennas

ast summer at a local hamfcst. several

other hams and I had a rather lively
conversation concern ing antennas for
the lower frequencies. My feeling was-and
is-that anyone who can put up an antenna
can operate any band.
The truth is, if you can get a conductor to
accept a load (by using a transmatch or other
loading method), you absolutely can operate
any of the lower ham bands! True. it will be a
compromise. and as such you cannot expect
to work everything on the band whenever you
like. But the important thing is that you will
have fun .
For years the largest antenna I could put up
was a 40 meter dipole. It did work on 80 and
160; all that had to be done was to tie the coax
feed line (i.e., the inner and outer conductors)
together and feed it via my tran ~matc h to
produce a ni ce top loaded vertical for the
lower bands. In fact, I worked all continents
on 80 wh ile running only 50 watts. The ground
system was a wire tacked under the rain gutter
and run completely around the house.
For some reason, many hams resist using
a transmatch- why. I don ' t know. But for
those of you who want to work the lower
bands withou t using a transmatch. here are
some antenna ideas. Remember: short antennas have limited bandwidth, so you will need
to trim the ante nna to the center of the band
you are interested in . As an examp le, the 30
foot long 3.9 MH z dipole will have 2: I SWR
only over about 25 kHz of the band. (This can
be increased by use of a transmatch!)
These short anten nas do perform very well
and will give nearl y equal performance. across
their given bandw idth, to a full size antenna.
Keep power level to 250 watts or so. using the
coil information given. If you must run higher
power you wi ll need to use larger wire that is
space wou nd (that is. the distance between the
wires on the coil will be wider).
All of the antennas in tables I. 2. 3, and 4

(sec next page) wi ll work.

but you wi II need to carcfull y adj ust the length of
the end wi res to put the
reso nant point wi thin
your desired portion of
the band. To prune properly it is important to either measure the SWR at
the antenna. or use a multiple of a half wavelength
of 50 ohm coax to get an
accurate reading at the
transmitter end.
Jn order to calculate a Fred N7MQC and his yf KB8QWL stopped by my home 011 their
halfwave of coax. you way to Georgia. The photo is a shot of them, th eir pickup, home
must take the velocity made camper, and chief op a11d biggest ham of all, Bernie the
factor (VF) into account pup. Fred is a first class homebrew artist, a11d I hope to show off
(V F is the speed a signal some of his creations i11 future issues.
will travel in a particul ar
accept higher powers by increasing the spacconductor). The formula to calculate a half
ing between turns and using a larger diameter
wavelength of coax is 49 1.8/f x VF. For
example. to calculate a half wave of coax at coil and wire. Frequency can be changed by
changing the length of the end wire or the
7. 15 MH z using the popular RG8x coax, we
number of turn s on the coil. Try changing the
would use a VF of .75. (A list of the VF of
e nd wire fi rst.
most popular coax cables is available in the
ARRL A111e1111n Ma1111al.) The length of our
Explanation of tables
line would be 49 1.817. 15 x .75=5 1.587 .
rounded offto5 I .5 ft. lfthis is not enough line
Freq is, of course. the frequency of operaLo reach the rig, simply multiply by 2 or 3. or
tion: length is the overall le ngth "A": 'B" is
whatever it takes.
the distance from the center of the antenna to
If you choose to put the an t e n na~ up as an
the coil; and "C" is the dista nce from the end
inverted vee, remember the freq uency will be
of the coil to the e nd of the antenna. Ind is the
lower than stated. It is a good idea to add
inductance of each coil (two coils are required
about 5 percent to the end wire length to allow
as shown in dwg. I). and turns is the number
exact pruning. The antennas were designed
of close wound tu rns of 18 gauge enamel wire
using the K5QY loaded dipole program and
requ ired to achieve the necessary inductance.
the ARRL single-laye r coil winding calcul aFeed the antenna wi th 50 ohm coax: if you
tor. Elemelll wire is assumed to be 14 gauge.
wish, a I-to- I balun may be used at the feed
and coil wire is 18 gau ge enamel (close
point.
spaced).
Eac h table gives several antenna dimenThese antennas should work fine with rigs
sions to allow you to customize an antenna for
up to 250 watts CW. I have given the inducyour particularsituation. Use the longest length
tance so you can calculate coils that will
possible.

As you mi ght expect there is a great

deal more that could be said about building
a short antenna. But this will get you started
and allow you to build a decent loaded
DRAWING 1
dipole.
Yes. you can use loaded dipoles to
build yagi and other (for example. phased)
gain antennas. How about a t wo element 40
'Q000~
,...______
~
meteryagiwith onl y20foot elements? lti s
. . . ., __ _ _ _....J
_ _ _ _ ___,
..__ _ _ __.'a.;::A.I something to experiment with.

- c-

B-

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MONITORING TIMES

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'QQOQ-Q'

 Gadget of the Month

Is the re a ham anywhere who does not li ke
gadgets? ! At Christmas a co-worker received
a neat calculator. No, it does not do all kinds
of scientific fu nctions automatically, or turn
you into Mr. Wi zard : it only adds. subtracts.
multiplies. divides, and extracts square roots-

which is plenty for the average ham. It does

have a clock. though. and that is the neat part.
l like to go on mini -DXpeditions. and
keeping time fo r the log was always a problem. (I hate wrist watches and their funny
little buttons you need to mess with to change
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Ham DX Tips
This is a month of change. Winter changes into spring, and likewise low band DX changes
to openings on the higher frequencies. If you are an SWL. why not change to DXing some
of the amateur frequencies? It can be quite rewarding. Here are a few tips to help you and
longtime ham band DXers along the way:
DX CONTESTS O n March 4th and 5th the ARRL DX Phone contest takes place to open
the month, while the month closes with the CQ World Wide Prefi x SS B Contest on 25 and 26
March. NEW DX NETS A new DX net with many DX stations fro m around the Pacific (as
propagation allows), meets dail y on 7230 kHz Lower Side Band at 11 00 UTC. G AZA An
amateur station using the call sign ZC6B has been active fro m Gaza, the area Israel has
negotiated for Palesti nian Self Rule. Though the call sign prefi x block ZC has been assigned
by the International Telecommunications Union to the United Kingdom. amateurs were
granted the useof the ZC6 prefi x when the UK administered Palestine from the I 920' s to 1948.
It is believed that this is why the prefix is now being used by an amateur located here. The
Palestinian government has requested help in establishing amateur radio operations. Two
Japanese amateurs JA I UT and JA3UB should have recently operated fro m here as JA I UT/
GAZA. The two were asked to help establish a government sponsored amateur radio club
station and train interested individuals in CW and international amateur radio rules and
procedures. Meanwhile, ZC6B has been appearing regul arly on 14234 kHz SS B around 1430
to 1600 UTC. The operator has given two QS L routes: either. Dr. Sami Tarazi c/o 7 162 E.
Kendall Drive, East Syracuse. NY 13057. or direct to, Dr. Sarni Tarazi. Box 1008, Gaza,
Palestine via Israel. At present. though, Gaza is not recognized as a DXCC official country.
The most important thing is to log it, now! HAWAII Archie Chatterly, KH6CF, whose
address is 1372 UilaSt., Honolulu, HI 968 18. appears on 3502 to 3504 kH z CW daily at 1045
UTC. MALI TZ6YY has been on 2 1270 kHz SSB daily, when the propagation is good.
starting at 1500 UTC. His QSL manager is AAOGL, Marshall Reece. 583 1 SE 53rd St. ,
Tecumseh, KS 66542. ST HELENA ISLAND Napoleon had to be exiled to travel to this
remote South Atlantic Island, but luckil y you can travel there via amateur radio! To do so look
for ZD7JP on 2 1340 kHz SS B, when that band is open. start ing at 1900 UTC. QSL requests
go to QS L manager: N5 FTR, Will iam Loe Schman. 7 17 Milton, Angleton, TX 775 15.
SPRATLEY ISLAND DU9RG and several other Philippi ne amateurs have been making
plans to possibly operate from the Philippine-controlled area of these remote reefs and islands
starting around April I 0th to 15th. The call sign assigned is DU OUK. If the Philippine military
okays the operations from an island they control, check the DX nets fo r more reports on their
plans. SWEDEN To promote Sweden s bid to host the 2002 winter Ol ympics. the Jcmtland
Amateur Radio Clu b of Sweden will be operating special events station 7S30WG until June.
Whil e the station has operated on all modes and HF bands. when possible, it has been
frequent ing 140 I 0 to 14030 kHz CW starting at 1300 UTC. QS L requests should be sent to:
SM3CY M Lars, Aronsson, Lill tjell v 62, S-8 137 1 Osterdund, Sweden. USA Late March is
the start of the VHF DX ing season, and once again yours tru ly, N9LAG. will be acti ve on or
above 50. 125 MH z when six meters propagation is favorable. If we arc fortunate enough to
make contact please send yourQS L requests to PO Box 9 1. Benton. IL 628 12 ONL Y. no other
address! ZAIR E Part of the UN relief effo rt is 9Q5 IY whose home call sign is LA91Y. He
will be here till the end of March. active on the bands 40 to 10 meters SSB and CW. He also
hopes to be acti ve from Rwanda if possible. QS Ls would be sent to the Academic Radio Club,
LA I K , Studpost 250. N-7034 Trondheim, Norway. 9Q5EXV is on 14083 kHz RTTY starting
at 1530 UTC most days. QS L to: F2VX, Gerard Debelle. 4 Le Haut d'yvrac, F-33370Tresscs.
France.
Heres a hope that March winds find you and your antenna faring well. 73 de Rob N90AG.

clock buill in and wi ll display time in 24 hour

format- perfect for log keeping. In addition,
the unit has a built-in timer, to remind you to
change bands, eat, go to s leep, or whatever.
The plus for me is the calculator which will let
me add up my scores for all those contests I
enter in a portable or mobile mode.
Best of all , this handy gadget costs under
ten bucks at most d iscount stores. Look fort he
Casio T ime Face, QA-700. Try it, and I bet
you' ll like it !
The four tables mentioned earlier in this
column fo ll ow.
73 de Ike. N3IK
TABLE 1
~

1.850 120'
1.850 80'
1.850 60'
1.850 40'

_A

..B.

J.n.d.

Tums

120'
80'
60'
40'

35'
25'
15'
10'

25'
15"
15'
10'

108
191
198
288

47
75
81
106

TABLE 2
~

_A

..B.

J.n.d.

Il.!m.s

3.9
3.9
3.9

80'
60'
30'

80'
60'
30'

25'
15'
8'

15'
15'

7'

29
36
85

41
47
73

TABLE 3

fulL IDruh ....A

..B.

J.n.d.

Il.!m.s

3.6
3.6
3.6

25'
15'
8'

15'
15'

7'

38
44
100

38
44
100

80 '
60'
30'

80'
60'
30'

TABLE 4

fulL IDruh ....A

..B.

J.n.d.

Il.!m.s

7.15
7.15
7.15

15'
10'

5'
5'
5

26
30
32

39
42
45

40'
30'
20'

40'
30'
20

Note: Table 1 coils wound on 2"1.0. PVC pipe with

18Awg enamel closewound. Tables 2-4 wound on
1"1.0. PVC pipe with 18Awg enamel closewound.

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OUTER LIMITS
THE CLANDESTINE, THE UNUSUAL, THE UNLICENSED

George Zeller

Pirate Activity Record Brol<en Again in 1994

ichard T. Pistek, operator of the very

active North American Pirate Radio
Service, recently asked me to identify the
"golden age" o f pirate broadcasting. Dick was
thinking about the first half o f the 1980' s, when
North American pirate radio began to evolve
into what we see to day. In response to Ric hard,
J think that there are more creative pirate radio
stations on the air rig ht now than at any prior
time in the histo ry of shortwave radio.
At least in terms of volume, there is no
question that pirate activ ity has never been as
high as it has been during the last several months.
Although the exact tabulation is still in progress,
Monitoring Times has found that at least 2 15
d ifferent North American sho rtwave pirate stations were heard by DXers during 1994. and
were published as logs in D X bulletins or magazines. This was the first time that the annual
station count has exceeded 200.
As we see in logs subm itted by o ur readers
this month c/o PO Box 98, Brasstown, NC
28902, a majority of acti ve pirates have moved
down to the 43 meter pirate band. The main
frequency in use has been 6955 kHz, but it pays
to tune around +/- 40 kH z or so when you are
tuning for unlicensed broadcas ts. There still is
acti vity in the traditional 41 mete r band on 7
MHz frequencies, but this increasing ly is heard
during daylight ho urs when powerful international broadcasters are silent in thi s range.

Trummel's Little Black Book

Kirk Trummel of Springfield , MO, has created several detailed databases that contain very
useful information for pirate and clandestine
DXers. His latest o ne, the little Black Book, is
a comprehensive 29 page li sting of maildrop
correspondence addresses used by hund reds of
acti ve pirate and clandestine stations worldwide. Kirk al so maintains detailed and updated
bandscans of the 41, 43 , and 49 meter pirate
bands. These scans inc lude all known broadcast
and utility stat.ions that operate o n frequ encies
that are commonly utilized by pirates.
Kirk' s databases and lists can be downloaded directly fro m the ACE section of the
AN ARC computer BBS at (9 13) 345- 1978. He
offers hard copies fo r sufficient return postage.
If you ' re interested in these services, Kirk can
be reached c/o ACE, PO Box 1120 I, Shawnee
Mission, KS 66207. $2.00 in a different envelope to the same address wi ll get you a sample
copy of The ACE bulletin. where Kirk o ften
prints news about updates to his lists.

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March 1995

The Three Radio USAs

Iran Clandestine OSL

Despite a February 1992 bust of the

station's a lleged operator, the veteran Radio
USA remains on the air for a second decade
o f operations. Regu lar MT readers wi ll be
familiar with a phony version of the station,
Radio USA (fake). The bogus station has

Longtime MT reader Robert Ross of London, Ontario, repo rts that he s nagged a recent
QS L fro m the Voice of Human Rights and
Freedoms for Iran. It took 15 months for his
verie to arrive. but it came with a statio n flag,
sticker, and d etailed information sheet fro m
Manou Chehr Ganj i, the Secretary General.
Rob was astonished to find two 20 franc notes
in the envelope!
The station is obviously well financed. Their
articulate propaganda enclosures with QSL s
have Jed man y to suspect that USA intelligence
agenc ies are associated with this operation.
Rob used their traditional address of 18 Bis
Rue Vio let , 750 15 Paris. France.
Thanks also go to Michael Csontos of Lima.
NY, who sends in an article from The Free
China Journal on the conti nuing pirate statio n
controversy in Taiwan . Numerous political opposition pirate stations are still struggling with
the Taiwanese government. Oddly enough,
Taipei' s taxicab drivers arc among the pirates'
biggest supporters.

The Real Radio USA

This wiD QSL yotir m00gging of

the Reol Radio USA, shitheod.
Get our name right! We ore not
' Andrew Yoder. Andrew Yoder is
not RadioUSA. George Zener is
not Radio USA. Radio USA is not
Goorge Zeller. John Arthur is not
Radio USA. Radio USA is no!
Andrew Yoder.

Of the three Radio USAs, here's the real

(fake) one.
often been a nuisance januner in the past. but
lately it has been producing regular shows.
Plus, many surprised DXers recently received
the fake station's "Rea1 QSL that we picture
thi s month , whic h arrived in response to logs
printed in The ACE bulletin.
ACE pirate loggings editor Kirk Trummel
(see above) pulled a switcheroo on the phony
station in December, chang ing their name in
his column to Radio Is Not Radio. Kirk ' s
un usual move did not go unnoticed among
pirate stations. A genuine Radio Is Not Radio has now appeared (see log below). No,
there is nothing wrong with your radio. We
currently have three versions of Radio USA:
Mr. Blue Sky's original version, the (fake)
versio n that calls itself"T he Real Radio USA,"
and the new parody Radio l s Not Radio
versio n that pokes fun al both.

Best OSL7
Regu lar MT contributor Barry Williams of
Enterprise, AL, asks about the best pirate QS L
that I have ever recei ved. Actually, all of them
are very welcome collectors items. But, my
most unique unlicensed broad cast verificat ion
came directly from the FCC'
I was lucky enough to be listening to WHBH
(Hillbilly Heaven) o n February 23 , 1990, at the
prec ise moment w hen the station was busted
by FCC. Agent Ell ington of the feds turned on
the transmitter to announce that the statio n was
being closed down by the authorities. My reception report to FCC head quaners in Washington for the bust broad cast was verified by
Dennis J. Everett of the Field Operatio ns Bureau'
How about you? Do you have a fav orite
unusual pirate verificati on QSL? Let us k now
so that we can cover the most interesting ones
in future columns.

What We Are Hearing

Maildrop addresses used by North American pirates reported by our readers this month
include PO Box 452, We ll svi lle, NY 14895;
PO Box 605, Huntsville, AL 35804; PO Box
109, Blue R idge Summit. PA 17214; PO Box
28413, Providence, RI 02908: PO Box 2024,

ments from this station that publicized the event.

Addr: None. (Williams)
Radio Airplane 6960 a t 0400. Captain Eddy
broadcasts rock music from an aircraft in Right,
complete with sound effects. His request for racy
pictures instead of 32 stamps with letters was
amusing. Addr: Wellsville. (Pearce)
Radio Albatross 15675 at 2100. Jeff White of
Radio Copan International advises that the relays
of this new pirate are being aired on UTC
Sundays in February, not Tuesdays as advertised
Black Rider Radio- 7473 at 0230. This station
in press notices from Albatross. (Jeff White,
features a very diverse ploylist including rock,
Miami, FL)
world revolutionary music, and Desi Arnoz
Radio Azteca 6955 a t 2330.
songs. So far it has normally been relayed by
Bram Stoker seems to produce
KDED. Addr: Wellsville. (Dick Pearce,
about one new DX parody
Brattleboro, VT; Williams)
'
show per month, and he
Caribbean Sound Systemnever runs out of hilarious
6955 at 1800. Count
creativity. He also solicits
Whip transmits his music
jokes through the mail from
from a cruise ship sailing
listeners. Addr: Wellsville.
through the tropics. Addr:
(Hassig, Williams,
Stoneham. (Pearce)
Pearce)
CFBN- 7375 at 2230.
Radio Beaver 7375 at
Although "Fly By Night Radio"
2330. The squeakyadvertises itself as "Canada's
voiced Bucky Beaver
Worst Pirate," its return with a
recently parodied
rock music show and a loon
Halloween station
interval signal was welcome after a
WBST around the
long dormant period. Addr:
New Years
Wellsville. (Ross)
holiday, oddly
CUMM 6955 at 2300. Unfortunately
enough. They
we are still waiting for information on
are an overtly
how to contact this relatively new
Canadian
operation that advocates self-gratificastation. Addr:
tion. Addr: None. (Wi lliams)
,
.

Merlin. (Rossi
Heavy Dude Radio 6955 at 0130. Mr.
.
C.1 rC.lre
Radio City
Heavy Dude operates a Eurapirate heard
, shC.lres
7415 at 1700.
5
here via o North American relay. They claim
. tf\C.ltthe'~
This is one of the more
to be the heaviest rock station on Earth. Addr: 13 1\l \.,.
entertaining Europirates that uses
Lund. (Williams)
QS
North American relays, featuring an odd
KDEO- 7 470 at 2345. You never have to worry
mix of novelty music, comedy, and unexpected
about which musical artists you will hear on the
segments like old Studebaker car ads. Addr:
Voice of the Grateful Dead. Addr: Wellsville.
Wuppertal. (Rose)
(William Hassig, Mt. Prospect, IL)
Radio Doomsday 6955 at 0400. Nemesis' selfKICK 6955 at 1615. Last month when we
reparted 1994 suicide turned out to be greatly
pictured the KICK QSL, nobody logged the
exaggerated. His 1995 shows mix rock, pirate
station. This month we have no picture, but Pete
radio discussions, and relays of other stations.
Moss' holiday show with a Jacques Cousteau
Addr: Wellsville. (Gigi Lytle, Lubbock, TX,
parody was widely heard. Addr: Huntsville.
Williamsl
(Ross)
Radio Garbanzo 6955 at 2345. Longtime pirate
KlVI 7470at0145. Emanuel Goldstein
Fearless Fred and sidekick Harry P. Ness are
normally programs rock music, but a recent show
active again . Barry said that their Drunks Against
featured commentary on the situation in Haiti.
Meddling Mothers and Jeffrey Dahmer Barbecue
Addr: Faribault. !Pearce)
Sauce ads were hila rious. Addr: Wellsville.
loser Hot Hits 74 15 at 1630. This Europirate
(Williams I
rocker has been heard via a North American
Radio Is Not Radio 6955 at 0330. I guess we
relay on numerous occasions. They use distinctive
hove seen everything now. They parody the
laser sound effects during recorded promo jingle
imposter who claims to be the "Real" Radio USA.
identifications. Addr: Merlin. (Ross)
Addr: Providence. (Zeller)
North American Pira te Relay Service 6955 at
Radio Lollipop 7415 at 1700. This strange
2300. Aside from numerous relays of other
Europirate produces shows of pop and rock music
pirates, Richard T. Pistek's holiday shows
for an audience of small children. Their ansomehow featured an interview with the Outer
nouncer talks in English, but with a Germon
limits columnist in Monitoring Times. Where did
accent. Addr: Wuppertal. (Ross)
they get that? Addr: Wellsville. (Pearce, Williams)
Radio Perfekt 6955 at 1730. Here' s another
One Voice Radio 74 l 4 at l 500. Joe's approach
European pirate that has established a relay
to pirate radio is a calm magazine digest
relationship with North American transmitters. A
discussion of helpful medical tips. Jesse heard
male announcer with a thick German accent
advice on how to lose body fat. Addr: Merlin.
programs a country music format. Addr: Venlo.
(Jesse Rose, Hampton, VA)
(George Zeller, Cleveland, OH)
Pirate Radio Insanity 6955 at 2045. A
Radio USA 6956 at 0100. Mr. Blue Sky hos
marathon pirate fest using this name operated
mode it on the air in 1995, the sta tion's eleventh
during summer 1994 and New Years 1995,
year of operations. Addr: Wellsville. (Zeller!
including some canned promotional announceRadio USA (fakel 7375 a t 2 145. Their "Nazi

Faribault, MN 5502 1; PO Box 293, Merlin.

Ontario NOP I WO; PO Box 386. 5900AJ Ven lo.
Netherlands; SW Kamnarsvagen 130:220. S22646 Lund, Swede n: and PO Box 220342.
42373 Wuppertal , Germany. Reports to USA
addresses should include three 32 stamps
inside the envelope for forwarding. Foreign
maildrops need $ I US for return postage.

Christmas" show of martial music was hasted by

an imposter posing as the editor of this column.
We'll stick with this station name for a while to
avoid confusion, despite their logo QSL that we
picture this month. Addr: None, but verifies logs
in The ACE bulletin. (Zellerl
Solid Rock Radio 7 415 at 1645. Dr. Love has
developed quite a few fans among pirate DXers.
He mixes his own rock and soul music shows
with radio discussions and relays of other pirate
stations. Addr: Wellsville. (Ross)
Up Against the Wall Radio 7 414 at 2245.
They still emphasize l 960's lefti st rock music
and opinion, but they have been adding more
comedy to the lineup la tely. Addr: Wellsville.
(Pearce)
Voice of Bono 6955 at 01 15. Gory Daniels
has emerged from hibernation with his rock
music programming. However, he needs to
replace his now defunct maildrop. Addr:
Baltimore no longer valid. (Nick Terrence,
Huntington, NY, Pearce)
Voice of laryngitis 6957 at 0630. Genghis,
Stanley, and all the Huxleys ore back with new
1995 shows. Gigi says that every one of their
broadcasts has a t least one bit that makes her
laugh so hard that she hos to hold her sides.
Addr: Wellsville. (Lytle)
WKLX/WRQI Relay 1620 at 0345. Somebody
hos been putting out a pretty good medium
wave pirate signal that features live relays of
two Rochester, NY, oldies rock commercial
stations. The identity of the pirate transmitter is
unknown. Addr: None. (Ross)
WLIS 6955 at 1615. Jack Boggan still cranks
out shortwave station interval signal music in a
hit tunes format, sometimes assisted by
verification signer Charles Paltz. All of his many
QSL designs include at least one picture of
famous shortwave broadcast personality Ian
Macfarland. Addr: Blue Ridge Summit. (Ross)
WMPR 7 414 a t 2300. Well known Radio
Korea personality Bill Matthews snagged the
rare QSL from the station that we print this
month. Addr: Wellsville. (Bill Matthews,
Columbus, OH)

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WHAT'S NEW?

by Larry Miller

BOOK REVIEWS AND NEW PRODUCTS

G11esr reviewers: llob Grove. Laura Qrwra111iello. Lei' Reynolds

Audio Booster for

Handhelds

Undoubtedly you've seen the

ads for Naval Electronics' HTS-2
Audio Booster. There is now a
new version, the HTS-3.
The HTS-2-and presumably
the HTS-3-is primarily designed
for use by hams, thus the prefi x
"HT." It's supposed to plug into
the handheld a udio output jac k
and amplify the output to punc h
through noisy e nvironments suc h
as inside a vehicle. Also adverti sed is the included 'T ape Trigger" that automatically turns a
tape recorder on and off whenever there' s audio.
So now there 's a new HTS out.
What 's the difference between
the two models? Whe n we called
the company , we were told that
there was no difference in the
product and no di fference in the
price. But there was a change in
price.
So how about the differe nces
between the two models? We' ll
find out soon when we put togethe r the results of a hands-on
comparison. Meanwhile, you can
do your own review by orde ring
an HTS-3 from your favorite scanner or amateur dealer. Grove lists
it at $29.95 plus $5.50 shipping.

Yacht Boy 400 Mod

Worldcom Technology a nnounced a new high-performance
modification/enhanceme nt service for owners of the Grundig
Yacht Boy 400 rece iver. The
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to separate closely-spaced stations. true SS B reception. and an

inte rnal antenna booster. Any or
all of the mods may be chosen.
The package starts with a basic service charge of $24.95 which
covers c heck-out, opening and
clos ing of the radio, freque ncydisplay alignment. peak-tuning
of the radio for best sensiti vity,
post-service bum-in and insured
return shipping a nywhere in the
US. Add to this the cost of the
desired option(s).
The first option is an extranarrow AM/SS B filter to replace
the narrow filter that is standard
on the radio. With a bandwidth of
2.5 to 2.7 kHz. this filter is muc h
narrower than the present narrow
filter, which is typically 4.4 kHz
wide. The filte r also provides true
SSB reception, since it is only
wide enough lo accept one SSB
signal at a time. Accommodating
the new power of this function
requires mod ifyi ng the to ne
switch so that it will also func tion
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For more mods and information call 407-466-4640 or write
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Trucker Antenna
Eve rhardt A nte nn as, w h o
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has recently released a truc ker's
version des igned espec ially to
match the four-foot C B antenna
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Retail price is$ 14.99 plus shipping. For more information or to
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- 8.C.

March 1995

Free Classifieds!
Like most of you, we like anything that's free, so when Bill
Bly leven, preside nt of Th e Trading CIRC-" IT " told us about hi s
no-cost classified advertise ments
for electronic equipment, we were
intrigued. Thi s free serv ice c urrently has over one hundred subscribers, with the list growing
daily.
Each issue runs about three
pages so far, and is sent out every
two weeks . Ad categories include
scanners, ha m equipment , shortwave so lid state, shortwave tube,
CB. marine, wanted, help wanted ,
help needed, Hi-Fi Stereo, parts,
compute rs, video . books and
more. Subscriptions to The Trading CIRC- "IT" cost $5 for two
issues, $ I0 for 4 issues, $25 for
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As always, the c lassified s
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be accepting photo ads starting
January Isl. If you're intrigued,
too, contact Th e Tradin g C/RC" IT '". 86 Victoria St reet. S.
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Police Call Detail

Edition
Each year, Police Call publisher Gene Hughes puts out a
special directory for Southern
Cal iforn ia scanner listeners. Hiding in the shadow of Police Call
Volum e 9 is the So111hem Califomia Detail Edition- l 12 pages

o f rock-sol id in formation on fire

and e me rgency services in the
southern half of the left coast.
This companion volume takes
mere li stings and explodes them
into detai led facts on serv ices in
the counties of Los Angeles, Imperi al, Orange. Rivers ide, San
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Open to page 68, for instance.
and you see Riverside County's
trunked system broken down into
usage areas, plus the sheriff s unit
numbering system. Right on its
hee ls are frequen c ies for the
county 's fl ood control. hospital,
local government. medical net,
parks, roads. and transit agencies. That's followed by a breakdown of county fire stations: numbering system, location, and frequencies.
The local community section
is nex t. an alphabetical li sting of
communities within the county
a nd the ir frequencies. Eac h
county is treated this way, packing everything you need to know
about an area into a few pages,
elimin ating the need to hunt
through an entire directory for
relevant freque ncies.
As always with Gene Hughes,
the infomiation is cutting-edge
c urrent and the book contains an
indispensable guide simi larto that
fo und in its big brothers, the nationwide volumes. The onl y negati ves to be found in this directory
arc small indeed: neve rthe less,
we wish the local community listings contained unit numbering
in fo li ke that provided for the
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came pocket-s ized, so it could be
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- L.Q.

Traveler's Guide to
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The best frequenc ies come
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His 1995 edition of the Traveler 's
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Covering police, fire, and aircraft, the Iist also gives zones and
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Tho ugh it's bas ic and not your
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The 1995 WRTH remains a
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Whe n you 've been doing a

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lo ng as I have-some fourtee n
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rhythm, as you know, can lull
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It 's the World Radio TV
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s ho rtwa ve radio s ta t io n s ,
adresses, pe rsonnel, a nd fre quencies. The second major part
covers world television in muc h
the same manner. At the back
are a couple of articles, a frequency cross-reference, a couple
of equi pme nt reviews. and slam.
bang, the book is done .
There's no major complaint
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predic table. despite the technological ad vances heral ded by the
editor in the fro nt of the book.
("We are gathering," says Andy
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Mobile Cellular
Systems
No question about it-<:ellular telephones are here to stay.
Now a m u lti - b i llion -d o lla r
industry, cell phones permeate
the automotive aftermarket industry, and the airwaves as well.
They are a c ultural phe nomenon
and a boon to business.
But fo r the technically-i ncl ined a nd the engineer, a single
source of detailed information
has been hard to fi nd. Willia m
C. Y. Lee, vice president of technology at Pac-Tel Cellular, has
tilled this void with Mobile Cellular Telecommunications Systems, a solid, infom1 ation-packed
encyclopedia o f cellular design
data.

Vintage Manuals
Like many experienced radio
hobbyists, Pete Markavage was
frustrated by the Jack of manual s
for used eq uipment and accessories he fo und at yard s a les,
ha mfes1s and fl ea markets, so he
started collecting-wi th a vengeance!
With a collection of thousands
March 1995

MONITORING TIMES

95

Not for the mathematicallyqucasy, this tome is much more

than a superficial, descripti ve
glance at the industry; rather, it is
an intense and comprehensi ve
refe rence work covering every
aspect of cellular te lecommu nicati ons.
Cell-site planning. loading and
hand-off design, complete specificatio ns for mobile a nd base insta llations, freq uency utilization.
CDMA standards. range computation, antenna design, interfere nce, digital control and speec h
systems, even a specifications li st
for the various ce ll systems used
arou nd the world, includ ing
microcells. And all solidly-mathematicall y bas ed for des ign ,
analysis and maintenance of cellular systems .
For the te lecommun ications
planner or system eng ineer, th is
is the one book lo have on the
reference shelf. The book is $60
plus approximately $7 shipping
and handling from McGraw Hill,
Blue Ridge S ummit, PA 17294070 I; 800-722-4726.

p lus one touch dia li ng. The

EXP90 1. a lower cost 900 MHz
model , is also available with
monitor, intercom, and 20 number memory.
For more information contact
Unidcn America. 4700 Amon
Carter Blvd. , Ft Worth, Texas
76155, or call 8 17-858-3300.

Learn From the Master." If you

have auended one of Mac 's countless lectures or read some of his
articles. you already know how
the master teaches.
Lew McCoy 011 An1e111w.1 is
publ ished by CQ Commu nications and retail s for $ 15.95. Orde r from your local ham dealer or
direc t from the pubIis her 1-800853-9797 or write CQ , 76 North
Broadway , Hic ksv ille, NY
1180 1.

Scrambled Phones
from Uniden

- 8.G.

Antennas from the

Master
They say that Lew McCoy.
W I ICP. is a li ving legend in
amate ur rad io. After fou r decades
in the hobby, includi ng more than
thirty years with the American
Radio Relay League, Lew more
than deserves the title. This veteran has written about all facets
of amateur radio for years, but his
fi rst book is about one of his
favori te topics: antennas. Lew
M<"Coy 011 A111e1111as takes the
reader through the basics about
antennas, fro m standing wave
ratio, antenna gain, line loss, and
transmatches, thro ugh the various types of antennas like dipoles, mult iba nd beams, and
quads.
Mac's book doesn ' t come
ac ross li ke a college text; instead
the technical material is presented
casually. in a way designed to be
non-intimidating. The subtit le
te ll s it all: "Pull Up a Chair and

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Uniden America Corporation

of Forth Worth. Texas. recently
announced seven new mu lti channel cord less models of its
resurgelll Extend A Phone line of
products. The shining fea ture of
the line is voice scrambling, available on the high security models
known as the DX419, DX 355,
and DX424.
Uniden is al so ex panding its
I 0-channe l line- up with the addition of the XC302 and XC305
compander units. The XC345. al
the lop of the line. will be available wit h dual keypads. spcakerphone, and au to chan nel scan.

Morch 1995

Laser Radar
Detectors
We've all been there: out on
the highway, trucking along, letting the speed edge over 55 ...
whe n all of a sudden red and blue
lights are flashing in the rcarview. Zapped by highway patrol
radar, we're another statistic for
the ticket book.
Appare ntly, Unidcn America
also knows the fee li ng. because
they have expanded their laser/
radar detector line with two new
un its for 1995 . The LRD 1995 is
a compact 3-band, X. Kand laser
detector. I! offers many features
such as signal strength meter.
three distinct audio tones a nd
three separate LED' s that are usua ll y on ly avai lable in higher
priced models. The LED' s serve
a dual purpose, also functioni ng
as warning lamps to indicate the
strength o f the recei ved signal.
The alarm rate increases as the
radar approac hes.
Also availab le is the LRD
2 150-a fou r-band radar/ laser
de tector that alerts drivers to the
searching beams of X, K, Ka
SuperWideband, and laser. Four
different audio tones help lo identify the detected band, accompanied by four LED 's for visual
warning. The LRD 2150 features
the Unide n Phantom Systems
Tec hno log y to help protect
again st the Radar Detector Detection de vices being used in
some slates. Signal streng th
meter. automatic mule, city/highway selli ngs and more are standard on the 2 150.

The LRD 1995 and LRD 2150

list for $ 129.95 and $ 199.95. respecti vely, from Uniden America
Corporation, 4700 Amon Carter
Blvd .. Ft. Worth. Texas 76155 or
call 8 17-858-3300.

Amateur Radio
Scholarships
The Fou ndati on for Amateur
Radio. Inc.-a nonprofit organization from Washington, DChas announced plans to administe r 56 scholarships to assist licensed radio amateurs. The Foundation is composed of over 75
local area amateur radio clubs
and fully funds fi veofthcsescholarships with the income from
grants and its annual Hamfest.
The re mai ning fifty-one arc provided by the Foundatio n without
cost 10 the donors.
If you re a licensed radio amateur you may compete for these
awards if you plan to pursue a
full-t ime course of studies beyond high school, or arc enrolled
at a n accredited university, college. on echnical school. According lo the Foundation, the awards
range from $500 to $2000, with
preference given in some cases
lo residents of specified geographical areas or the pursuit of
certain study programs.
For additional informat ion and
an appl ication form, write prior
to Apri I 30. 1995 to FAR Scholarships. 6903 Rhode Is land Avenue, College Park. MD 20740.

Follow-Ups
We have a new phone number
fo r Autek Research, manufacturer
of the RF- I SWR meter men1ioned in the January issue: 1813-886-95 15.
For free 'Towers 10 Eternity"
book from TransWorld Radio
(see February). the number lo
call is 9 19-460-3700.

Books and equipmelllfor announcement or review should

be sent to " What's New?" c/o Monitoring Times, P.O.
Box 98, 300 S. Hwy 64 West, Brasstown, NC 289202.

 Covers .5-1900MHz*
Ferrite Rod antenna below 2MHz
Only portable scanner on U.S. market
to have true SSB, both LSB & USB.
Others attempt SSB using a BFO, but
are difficult to tune and produce poor
SSB audio.
4 level alpha numeric LCD read out
frequency, mode, signal strength , band
scope spectral display, battery low,
remote and more
Computer control up/down load data,
will add a new dimens ion to the world
of scanning.
C lone you r memory banks with a friend,
load 1000 memory channels in seconds

The New Concept AR8000 shocks t he market.

AOR made every effort to incorporate the latest technology in
to this new scanner.
S P ECIF/CATIONS
Range: .5 - 1900MHz usable to
100kHz
Modes: AM/NFM/WFM/USB/LSB/CW
Stepsize: 50Mz to 999.995kHz
Sensitivity(V): 30 to 1OOOMHz
SSB .2 AM 1 .0 NFM .35 WFM 1.0
Filters: (kHz) SSB 4 AM/NFM 12
WFM 180
Memories: 50 ch. x 20 banks=1000 total
Size/Wt.: 6.1 x 2.8 x 1.6 inch.
20 oz. batt. incl.
* Cell blocked for all , but Approved agencies.

The Spectral Display

Unit add s a n ew
dimen s ion to the
signal interception
hobby .
Im agin e
seeing stations above
below
y o ur
and
receiving frequency. Usually the transmissions are short,
perhaps 1 or 2 seconds. What are the chances o f you being
tuned to the exact frequency at the instant o f transmiss ion?
Very slim. With an SOU you can watch for stations to pop up
over a 10MHz window, then zero In. The SOU 5000 offers
features unheard of only a year ago.
6 Frequency coverage up to I OM Hz 6 Display 3. 1" HQM Simple matrix color LCD 6 Resolution : 5 or 30kHz selectable 6 Input: I0. 7MH7. 6
50dB Dynamic range 6 Screen refresh 2/s 6
Composite video o ut 6 Full computer control 6
Video output NTSC or Pal display. on TV or record
on VCR6 RS232 9600bps 6 Instant receiver 'et from cursor via RS232
6 Store image on disc or your video recorder 6 Menu driven system
makes SDU5000 simple to operate 6 SDU5000 is designed to work with
the AR3000A (modified with a I 0.7M Hz o utput) using RS232 link with
or without a computer. Other recei vers with I0.7 MHz IF output but
digital linking may not be straight forwa rd.

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6 Low Power, powered by your serial port

6 No Drain on the batteries in the radio
6 Light weight, perfect for Laptop use
6 As small as a DB-25 Connector
6 Hi-Tech Surface mount design for reliability
100% Shielded cable to receiver for reduced
interference
PC Software included for Windows and DOS
Manual included
Detailed Programers documentation available I ~ ,
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Designed and Manufactured in the USA
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Optional 100% shield computer cable f rom
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ARSOOOINF to computer for reduced interference

U n l ike some o r the E uropea n dev ices so ld today, this un it

is s m a ll e r, li gh te r, a nd m a kes no power dem a nds on you r
rece iver. W it h th e ex t ra sh ie lding and sma ll e r si1.e t here
i s le s s c ha nce o r add iti onal inte r ference leaking into
yo ur rad io. The A R8 0 00 JNF is a lso t he on ly i nterfac e t ha t is upgradeabl e for use wi th the op ti ona l
Tape reco rde r contro lle r d ue fi rs t q ua rter ' 95.

M,_ REVIEW

OptoElectronics DC440 decoder

Review by Lee Reynolds, l<Dt SQ
Over the last few years, OptoElectronics has been busily
building a growing range of frequency counters, test bench
equipment and signal interception devices. With all these devices on the scanner listener's plate it's easy to overlook some
less obv ious items, such as the OptoElectronics DC440 decoder.
This li ttle box claims to decode PL (CTCSS) tones, touch
(DTMF) tones, and digitally controlled squelch (DCS)* signals, and
to even make the data available to
your favorite scanner control program. Does it? The answer is an
emphatic .. Yes"!
The DC440 is a small box
(4.S"W x 2"H x 4"D) that sits next
to your scanner. The front panel
sports a small electroluminescent
(EL) di splay capable of showing
two lines of up to 16 characters and
three pushbuttons controlling unit
power, decoder mode and display
data recall. The rear panel has j acks for power. audio input and
data. Con nection to your scanner is a fa irly simple task if you
have a moderate level of abi lity with a soldering iron. A stereo
headphone jack and a couple of resistors and capacitors have to
be added to the scanner to provide the proper squelch signal and
discriminator audio outputs for the DC440.
The manual is well written, easily understandable. and explains clearly how to modify a number of the more popular
scanners foruse with the DC440. As a side note, OptoElectronics'
techn ical support has been consistently helpful and know ledgeable whenever cal led upon with a question or a problem concerning the DC440.
In operation, the DC440 is easy to use and has a number of
selectable modes of operation. These are: DECODE ALL in
which the DC440 will decode and display all signals received,
CTCSS DECODE fo r PL decoding only, CTCSS PERIOD
MODE which causes the DC440 to accurately measure the
frequency of a CTCSS tone (you can tell your local police
department iftheirtone is off by a Hertz or two!), DCS DECODE
in which DCS codes only are monitored and, lastly, DTMF
DECODE mode for displaying any touch tone signals being sent.
In practice. the user will usually select the catch-all mode of
DECODE ALL in which the DC440 will display and decode all
signals that it can interpret. Of particular use to the scanner
listener is the '440's rapid lock-up and display of CTCSS
freq uencies-having this data available is extremely valuable
when try ing to identify a particular transmitter or make sense of
a busy trunking system' s user pattern.
Your reviewer has been using the DC440 at his Iistcning post
for the past six months and has had time to really put the box
through its paces. So far, the DC440 bas performed flawlessly in
conjunction with an !COM R-7000 receiver. Initial setup was
fairly easy requiring a care fu l reading of the modification in-

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structions and a quick visit to the local Radio Shack fo r the

required components. Modification time itself was on the order
of30 minutes. Connection of the DC440 and setting of DCS code
polarity and squelch detect polarity (via jumpers inside the
DC440) took another ten minutes.
T hat was the beginning of a beautiful frie ndship-since then
it has proven to be one of the
most useful scanner accessories
in the shack when it comes to
trying to identify a transmitter
or to perfonn signal traffic analysis. One nice trick is to see which
un identified stations share PL
tone or DCS code systems in
common with known stations,
or similarly, to match base and
mobile stations on multi-user
repeaters. Decoding ability is
consistently reliable on all but
the weakest signals.
T he DC440 also has the ability to communicate with other
devices via a built-in CI-V** inte rface. Decode modes, squelch
open/closed, decoded data, DC440 status-all can be controlled
or interpreted via this port. You can even tum the display
backlight on and off under software control!
A number of software packages are available that work with
the DC440: OptoE!cctronics' own TONELOG software is one,
Sam Dunhams' Scan*Star software line is another. Please noteif you intend to use the CI-V interface of your DC440 wi th a PC
you will need to have available e ither the ICOM CT- 17 or the
OptoElcctronics CX 12 level converter to connect between your
PC's COM port and the DC440.
To summarize-the DC440 is an extremely useful add-on fo r
any scanner if you want to be able to easily decode any of the
signalling systems present on many radio systems. The only
negative thing about the DC440 is that the EL display is bard to
read un less viewed directly on.
Insta ll ation and setup are not quite as easy as just plugging in
the supplied 9vdc power cube and turn ing it on, but thi s should
not deter you from considering purchase of it. l t performs very
well. Should you choose to use the DC440 in conjunction with
a computer you will have a scanning tool that is hard to improve
upon.
The DC440 lists for $259 from OptoElectronics, 582 L NE
14th Ave, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33334; 800-327-5912.
*PL(CTCSS). DTMF (Touch Tones) and DCS are all commonly
used 111e1hods of signalling between, identifying, or com rolling
stalions.
**Cl-Vis a communica1ions me/hod, developed by rite /COM
company, 1ha1 enables receivers, transmitlers and transceivers
10 exchange dma betwee111hemse/ves and other devices, including complllers.

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EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES FOR YOUR MONITORING POST

The Uniden Bearcat BC9000XLT Scanner

ove over, Radio Shac k PR0-2035:

the Bearcat BC9000XLT, Unide n' s
top of the line base scanner, is here
and it's a winner.
The BC9000XLT has 500 channels divided into 20 banks of 25 channels. Uniden
literature bills the BC9000XLT as a continuous coverage scanner, but the 25 - 1300 MHz
frequency coverage excludes 550 - 760 MHz
and the cellular phone bands. Users may
choose a tuning step size of 5, 12.5, 25, or 50
kHz. AM, NFM. and WFM modes are selectable.
Frequencies or memories can be selected
using a large, ribbed tuning knob, which is
easier to grip than the knob on the Radio
Shack PR0-2035.

Memory Organization:
Unusual But Effective
The follo wing parameters can be selected
for each of the BC9000XLT 's 500 channels:
frequency
lockout
2 second rescan de lay
mode (AM , NFM , WFM)
0 - 99 activity counter
attenuator
aux . device (tape recorde r) control
CTCSS tone (if fitted with the BC005
option)
Channels programmed with a frequency
of0.0000 are considered "empty" and, unlike
the PR0-2035, are automati cally locked out
so no time is wasted scanning them.
The BC9000XLT' s bank arrangement is
unconventional because there are two types
of memory banks: lette red banks and numbered banks.
Lettered banks, labeled A through J , are
full featured and contain c hannels 1 - 250. A
16 character alphanume ric tag (e.g., "O swego PD fl ") can be programmed with each
channel. One priority channel can be designated for each lettered bank. N umbered banks
I - 0 (i.e., I - I0) contain channels 251 - 500
and do not support alpha tags or priority
channe ls .
The small bank size of25 channels is much
more suitable for scanning than the PR02035' s banks o f 100 channels, especiall y for

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monitoring trunked systems. If you want to

scan a 10 channel trunked system, you can
dedicate one bank to the purpose, program the
I0 repeateroutput frequencies into 10 memory
c hannels, and lock out the remaining memories in that bank. Fewer channels are wasted in
a smaller bank.
You can step through the memory channels one by one to see whic h ones are locked
out, or press two keys and the large LCD
(liquid crystal display) shows the status of all
25 channels in the current hank. For example :
Bank E P** _ *L*_L
LL*_******* **** L
A single character is used to represent each
channel, " *" for each programmed channel,
'_" for an empty channel , " L" for a locked out
channel, and " P" for the priority c hannel.
Although we couldn't verify it, the Twi n
Turborn feature allows the BC9000XLT to
scan at I 00 channe ls per second- twice as
fast as the PR0-2035. The older BC8500XLT
has two scan speeds, but the new model has
only one. To attain such a high scan rate, the
BC9000XLT scans the channels within each
bank in order of frequency. not channel number. You can see the effect by enabling a
single ba nk, opening the squelch, and pressing the SCAN key repeatedly. Thi s may frustrate li ste ners who program trunked system
frequ e ncies in descend ing order- a tric k
which makes it easie rto foll ow conversations
on some Motorol a syste ms .

Search Features
The BC9000XLT has hut a single searc h
bank compared with the I 0 search banks in

the PR0-2006 and PR0-2035. Up to 50 frequencies can be locked out duri ng a searcha very desi rable feature, useful fo r skipping
birdi es and unwanted pagi ng frequencies
within a targeted search range.
There are no pre programmed Weathe r or
Service Search facilities. features better suited
for mobile and portable scanners.
Searc h speed is specified al a zippy 300
steps per second when the 5 kHz step size is
se lected and I 00 steps per second when us ing
larger steps.
One of the best featu res of the BC9000XLT
is Au to Store. which allows one to spec ify
sea rch limits and destination me mory ba nks.
A frequency fo und acti ve during the search
will be stored into the next e mpty memory
channel (i.e., a cha nne l set lo 0.0 MHz).
un less the same frequency is al ready programmed into any o f the 500 chan ne ls. No
du pli cates will be stored , in contrast the PR02035. w hose Auto Store w rites the same
frequencies over and over agai n into several
chan nels.

II Performance
The BC9000XL T tested (serial number
4500006 1), is s lightly more se nsi tive tha n our
Radio S hack PR0-2006 e xcept in the 460
M Hz range, a nd does not exhibit the dynamic
range problems oft he PR0-2035 we reviewed.
Some owners of the o lder BC8500XL T
model fo und that digi tal c irc uitry withi n the
BC8500XL T interfered with recepti on whe n
usi ng an indoor a nte nna. Our BC9000 hears
an in ternally generated noise near even MHz
boundaries between about I I0 and 440 MHz
(e.g ., 110, 112, I 14, ... M Hz) whe n us ing an
indoor antenna located in the same room.

This was not a problem when using an outdoor antenn a.

Other 8500XL T complaints include poor
sensitivity, " hi ssy" audio. and inability to
se lec t reception modes inde pendent of the
freq ue ncy. Good news! The BC9000XLT
has fixed these shortcomings.
Our BC9000XLr s image rejection is not
quite as good as the old Radio Shack PR02004, and to a lesser extent , the PR0-2006.
Us ing an Antenna Spec ialists AY-80 1 antenna mounted at 20 feet, the BC9000XLT
hears strong cellul ar phone signals in the 360
- 385 MHz section of the military a ir band.
Steve Donne ll noticed and wrote about the
same phenomenon in the earlier BC8500XLT
(see Steve 's "Mod House .. column in the
Sept/Oct 1994 National Sca1111i11g Report).
It's a good bet that the BC9000XLT ci rcuitry
is s imil ar a nd uses the same loca l osci llator
frequen cies for both the high portion of the
military air and 800 MHz bands , merely
switching in a differe nt front end filter. Weak
cellular phone s ignals appear near I 005 MHz.
too.
Setting the step size to 12.5 kJ-lz. we used
the powerful Auto Store to find allocations in
the 163 - 174 MHz range. Bes ides catching
interesting FB I and DOE frequencies, we
heard images from strong fire, police, and
business signals in the lower part of the VHFhigh ba nd . The sum of the image plus acLUal
frequ ency is approx imately 322.6 MHz for
the ha lf dozen images heard.
image proble m is
Still. the BC9000XL
mi Id in comparison to simpl er receivers using
10.7 or 10.8 MHz first IF. Those rece ivers
experience strong images throughout their
tuning range.
The priority feature works we ll anddoesn "t
chop up trans missions on the non-priority
c hannels quite as much as on the PR0-2006.
Audi o output is good. but as wi th most base
scanners. an ex ternal speaker aimed at the
operator works bette r than the top mounted
speaker w hich points at the cei ling. The
BC9000XLT includes a switc hable high-cut
(i.e .. low pass) audio filter. We prcferto leave
it off.
Our BC9000XLTi s not equipped with the
CTCSS option so we couldn"t test it.

rs

Defects and Omissions

The squelch has to be set muc h hi gher
when tuning the 800 MH z range on our scanner. By opening the squelch. it was clear that
the white noise on this band is at a much lower
level than other bands and we hope the uneven gain di stribution is due only to poor
alignment. Luckily . there is no annoying ' pop"'

sound when the sq uelch c loses, as some

BC8500X LT owners report.
How much current does the BC9000XLT
require whe n operating from 12 YDC? What
arc the IF freq uenc ies? Sensiti vity specs? We
don 1 know because the s upplied English)
Spanish operating guide fa iled to include
meaningful speci fications.
A m istake in the guides Auto Store section (pg. 18. step 7) caused 15 minutes of
fumblin g to get the Auto Store fe ature working. It instructs us to press the wrong key,
w hereas it should have read " Press SRC to
begin the Auto Store." Except fo r the missing
specifications, the operating guide is adequate.
A small freque ncy guide is supplied with
the BC9000XLT and other new Uniden models. We didn '1 find the minimalist listings for
Illino is useful. although they may be of value
to a newcomer or traveler.
The selec table atte nuator-a great ideais rated at 15 dB, but the amount of atte nuation
varies greatl y at different frequencies. Using
a calibrated atlenuator for comparison, we
found the BC9000XLT 's attenuator dim inished signals by 15 dB at 155 MHz, but only
3 dB at 460 MHz a nd 7 dB at 858 MHz. The
3 dB fi gure means the attenuator has almost
no affect in the 460 MH z range. There is no
way to disable atlenuation o n a ll c hannels at
the same time with a sing le keystroke- something you ' d want to do if you took the scanner
mobile or changed antennas.
S trong birdies on 147 .09and 147. 11 MHz
wi ll interfere w ith ham radio repeaters on or
near those freq uenci es.

External Design a Strong

Point
Alt hough it wasn t built in Texas. just
about everything on the BC9000X LTis big. It
is housed in a steel cabinet and has a plastic
front panel. Two mass ive, flip-dow n feet are
rubhcr padded and allow the scanner to tilt.
The prominent tuning knob is easy to grip and
tum.
Controls arc grouped logicall y. Most of
the fro nt panel real estate is used for controls
instead of squeezi ng dozens of identica lly
shaped gray keys close together as in the
PR0-2006. T he BC9000X LT' s keys are sized
generously. and different shapes and colors
distingui sh keys of differe nt fu nc ti ons.
Co lored LEDs (light e miuing d iodes) are
recessed into nine of the keys and light up
when the assoc iated functi o n is active. If the
BC9000XLT stops on a signa l while scanning. a yel low LED fl ashes for the duration of
the transmi ssion-very useful for te lling at a
g lance which receiver is hearing a signal

when using several receivers concurrently.

The large amber display has three l.,<1ckligh1 settings: bright, dim, and off. To prolong
its life. we recommend users rurn the backlight off when the BC9000XLT is operated
unatte nded for long periods of ti me.
It can be ope rated from 117 V AC using the
supplied .. wall wart" power supply. or mobile
using the MBOOI mobile mounting bracket
and PSOO I or PS002 DC power cord options .

Conclusion
If you want a new, premium grade scanner
and don "t require a computer inte rface. consider the BC9000X LT. Image reception is
about the only blemish on this otherwi se great
scanner and the othertechnical problems were
minor. The BC9000XL Ti s arguably the most
feature rich and sensibly designed base scanner of the current crop.
Its strongest points include several ri ghtsized memory banks. excellent Auto Store
feature. availabil ity of a CTCSS decoder.
alphanumeric tags, and ease of use. The most
difficult part of this review is reLLirning the
BC9000XLT.
Hopefu lly, a future model w ill include the
ability to follow conversations in trunked
systems, more alpha-taggable searc h banks,
an S-meter, and a computer interface. Instead
of the high c ut audio fil te r, a more useful
feature would be a switchable audio compressor or automatic audio volume control ci rcuit
to eq ualize the volume betwee n soft spoken
dispatchers and louder stations. At a minimum, Uniden should include detailed specifications. Owners and potenti al owne rs want to
read the m.
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MAGNETESTS
owrence

SHORTWAVE EQUIPMENT REVIEW

ogne

Editor-in-Chief
Passport to World Bond Radio

Sangean SG 789A Compact Portable

he year was I 985. T he place. Paris . The

weather, ideal.
And there I was. strolling hand-i nhand w ith my wife along the Seine River.
when the romant ic bubble popped. I had just
spotted a new model of shortwave radio in a
nearby sto re window.
It was called the Sangea n ATS-803. and
I'd never seen it before. In fact. I'd nevereven
heard of the manufac tu rer. So I bought it and
went strai ght back to the hote l. It turned out to
be quite a radio, even if it rui ned o ur little
roman tic interlude.

Good Radio Quickly Made

Better
When I got back to the States, I fo und that
nobody e lse had heard o f Sangean. e ithe r. So
when I reviewed the ATS-803. it was real
ne ws. And good news. too.
l gave it hig h marks , but found a couple of
things wrong w ith its performance. Never
mind. because Sangean paid allcntion and
immediate ly corrected them. then renamed
the rad io the ATS -803A. Ten years later. that
radio is still the best o ne Sangean makes. and
the com pany te lls me that it continues lo se ll
well. Nex t to the Sony ICF-20 IO. that's probably the lo ngest product cycle for a sho rt wave
portab le. A nd no wonder. They re both great
radios.

Sangean Expands into China

Sangean has si nce grow n from a small
operation along a Taipe i street into the world s
largest ma nufacturer of shortwave radios.
They now have three factories in Taiwan. and
they"ve o nly just recently opened a no ther
plant in the People's Republi c of C hina.
They 're reported ly planni ng to inaugurate a
fifth factory, a lso in C hina.
Sho rt wave is still thei r stock in trade, a ltho ugh most o f what they make is so ld under
o ther brand names. such as Radio Shack. But
they now manufacture other types of radios.
as well. and they're a lso under contract to
produce sate ll ite gear for S iemens.
We've tested a ny number of Sangcan products made in Taiwan. but this time we decided
to take a look at their firs t shortwave rad io o ut
of Chi na. It 's thecom pacl SG 789A portable.

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which we just got fresh out of the first shipment. and it lists for S69.95.

Dated Technology,
Incomplete Shortwave Coverage
It has need le-and-dial a nalog frequenc y
readout. and on ly has single conversion. It
cove r~ FM. expanded-band AM, and shortwave. plus it a llows for stereo reception
through headphones. Incredi bly. though. its
shortwave coverage doesn't include the 13
MHz (22 meter) band. That impo rtant band
has been in ex istence for some 15 years. now!
However. operation is straig htforward. T he
only controls are a couple ofbandswitches. an
on -off switc h. a stereo switc h. volume control. and tu ning knob. Basically. you just turn
it o n and dial to what you want to hear. so you
can hardl y go wrong. But as it doesn't have a
di g ital reado ut . it's someth ing of a hit-andmiss propositio n.

Pedestrian Performance
T he res ul ts are pretty basic, too. Se nsitivity
to weak s ignals is about what youd expect.
but all sons of unwanted gibberish and squeals
tend to come in to make s hortwave sou nd
like... well. li ke what shortwave used to sou nd
like in the old days.
t\djaccn1-c hannel rejection (selecti vity) is

mediocre . And there are images. o r "ghosts,"

of stations 900 kHz away. All this means that
the station you want to hear has a good chance
of bei ng bothe red by voices and music from
other stations.
The audio quality is o kay for voice. but for
music it docsn' t have muc h bass respo nse.

Build Quality Seems Good

More importantly, the real concern we
have w ith Chinese-made products is how
well they'll hold up. As we've pointed out in
past issues of MT, many shortwave radios
madl.! in Chi na have been poorly made. Yet,
recently there have been some hi g h-quality
rad ios coming o ut of that country. Grundig's
Yacht Boy 400 is a n outstanding case in
point.
It 's too early to be cert a in how well
Sangcan's Ch inese-made products w ill hold
up. However. it's not an academ ic po in t, as
Sangcan reported ly expects to move most of
its sho rt wave productio n to C hi na in the near
fu tu re. But o ur un it worked wi tho ut a hicc up.
and eyeballing the radio's innards didn't reveal any potential problems, e ither.
Indeed. while Sangean s products from a ll
its plants arc increasingly in the technological
backwater. its quality control has a lways been
above average. If anyone would be able to
turn o ut a well-built C hi nese radio. you would

think it would be Sangean, and very possibly

this is what's happeni ng.

II "Made in China" not

Necessarily Drawback
From this and other observations, a pattern
appears to be forming. For now, at any rate,
what we're fi nding is that non-name-brand
radios made in Ch ina are almost invariably
poorly made. But Ch inese radios with major
brand names, suc h as Grundig and Sangean,
are coming o ut quite well. One-Radio
Shack's DX-375- seems to be somewhe re in
the middle.
The botlom line is that Chinese consu me r
e lectronics is evolving into a serious industry,
with produc ts of much better quality than in
the past. For consumers, that's great news.
... For Sangean, too. Thi s mean s that it can
tum out products w ith good bu ild quality at a
low production cost. Unfortunately, it doesn' t
do a thing for the fact that most Sangean
shortwave radios are technologicall y wanting, and don ' t perfom1 as well as they could.
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Not long after those carefree days in Paris.
Sangean models were among the best to be
found, and that's how it made its reputation.
But in recent years they ' ve been falli ng farther and fa rther behind in tem1s of performance. and the SG 789A is no exception. Its
performance and tec hnology are straight out
of the 1960s, and isn ' t worth buying at any
price.
After all, you can gel any of a number of
passable off-brand C hinese anal og portables
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(OMPUTERS & RADIO

John Catalano PhD

RADIO-RELATED SOFTWARE REVIEWS

Words into Actions-Mouse Power

me, the bus mouse is sti ll one of the

best, use ful and inexpens ive accessories I have added to my computer sys-

tem.
Rece ntly a reader, David D. of Pennsylvania, wrote a very nice letter expressing how
muc h he enj oyed this column , but rem inding
me that although I have been lauding the
merits of bus m ice a nd how they free up serial
ports, I have not given any in fo rmation on
the ir install ati o n. We ll, Dav id, and all the
other readers for whom he speaks. th is month
we w ill c hange that situation .

Getting a Mouse into

Windows
Let's look at install ing a bus mo use in both
W indows and DOS environments . A driver
program sho uld have been inc luded with your
mo use and in terface card. Use this disk fo r the
fo llo w ing instruc tions. If you did not get o ne ,
contact the manufacture r. A lte rn ati vely. if
the mouse is M ic rosoft bus mo use com patible (most are) the n you can use the bus d river
incl uded in your W indows program and avai lable fo r DOS in most M icrosoft (and m any
others) DOS programs whic h use a mo use.
O K. For Windows you can do this a number of ways. I thin k the easiest is the fo llowing:
0 . S hut off computer. U nplug from wall.
O pen and insta ll bus mo use interface card.

FIGURE 1

Connec t mo use to FIGURE 2

card. C lose computer
and plug in.
I. From DOS, using the
C D com m and , get
into the Windows d irectory .
2. Run the"SETUP" program. See Figure I .
3. C hange the mo use selection to a bus mo use
com patible d river as
in Fig ure 2. Or c hoose
the ''OTHER - M anu>L~<lli!'!l!!l!!!""-"""""""""'-""""""""....,.~...._-"i~
fac t ure rs
S o ft - MOUSE driver selectio11 screen from SETUP program.
ware ..." selectio n to
copy the driver which ca me wit h your
al low you to chose the type of mouse you are
mouse into W indows.
using. In this case, changing fro m a serial
4. C hoose "Accept ..." o n the first setup
mo use to a bus mo use is as easy as running the
screen. This as your new W indows setup
" INSTAL L" o r ''SETUP'' program o n your
fil e.
mo use d river d isk, or hard drive directory. and
5. To make sure your mouse test is valid.
choosing the bus mo use option.
change to root d irectory and shut o ff your
If your mo use d rive in sta ll program does
computer.
not have th is featu re. the n try the procedure
6 . A fte r wai ting abo ut 15-20 seconds, turn
be low:
on the compute r and go into Windows as
0. Using the DOS COPY command make a
you norma lly do . Then your bus mouse
copy of yo ur AUT OEXEC. B AT a nd
sho uld be o peratio na l.
CONFIG.SYS files o n a floppy . Having
fil e copies of your last working vers io n
II A Role Reversal: DOS May Be
(before you try any upgrade o r change) is a
Trick ie r!
good habit to c ult ivate.
I . Make a directory called BUSMOUS E o n
Some install driver programs will also
your C hard drive using the MD com mand.
(C:MD BUS MOUSE)
2. Copy your bus mo use driver software , inc luded with bus mouse, into this directory.
Note - Some times by ru nni ng the ''I NST ALL" program o n the bus mouse dr iver
disk a ll this is do ne for you. However, the
program may name the directo ry something d iffe rent. No proble m. Just write
clown the name of the di rectory which
contac ts the mouse driver, and the d river' s
program name which actua ll y starts the
driver.

MS Windows 3.1 SETUP program. Main Menu. Notice MOUSE selection option.

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CAUTION !!!!
Make sure you know how 10 use EDLIN, or
a similar program before you go any.f11r1her. ONL Y change enlries hal'ing 10 do
11i1h 1he MOUSE. If you do anything else
you could find a nasty surprise when you
lly to use a prog ram ar a la1er date, or
1rorse. !fyou run into a major problem wirh
your sy.Hem qfrer you try installing your

bus mouse, all is 1101 FIGURE 3

lost if you are willing
go back to yo11r origi11a/, 11011-bus mouse
config11ratio11. We 'II
cover this at the end.
3. Now using a program
like EDLIN. whic h
comes with DOS and
whose simple commands are listed in
your DOS manua l,
perform the followDOS EDLIN list of AUTOE XEC. BA T file. Statement numbers
ing:
J J through 14 are of interest for bus mouse installers (see text).
a. Get a listofyour
AU T OEXEC. BAT
using entering "E" at the"*'' prompt if you
file by typing EDLI N AUTOEXEC.BAT
are
us ing
EDLI N.
Yo ur o ld
and then hit the enter key.
AUTOEXEC. BAT fi le will be saved as
b. At the " *" prompt enter the letter L
AUTOEXEC. BAK and your changes will
and hit enter. This wi ll give you a list of
become the new AUTOEXEC. BAT fi le.
your AUTOEXEC file. which the comg. After you are sure that the changes
puter uses to determi ne what hardware and
are saved, shut off, or re-boot your comsoftware accessories you have installed.
puter. I always make sure with a cold (shut
and where. Take a look at Figure 3. T his is
oft) start. This is necessary so that the
a n ac tu a l EDLI N li st in g of my
changes you have just made are recognized
AUTOEXEC. BAT fi le.
by the computer, whi ch only happens when
c. Usually you will find a li ne that
it is started up.
starts with the word "SET". This sets the
location of a device or software driver. For
this applica tion we shoul d see SET Disaster Control
MOUSE=. After the equal sign will be the
Sometimes the CONFIG.SYS fi le is used
hard drive and the directory where the fo r doing the same thi ngs as we have done in
mouse driver can be found . In our example the AUTOEXEC. BAT file. So if your serial
weshould change itto read. SETMOUSE= mouse works. but your bus mouse docs not,
C:\BUS MOUSE. This is statement num- re pe at the ab ove procedure o n your
ber 12 in Figure 3.
CONFIG.S YS file.
d. We must the n fi nd a line whic h te lls
With the best will in the world. things can
the computer which program to run for still go .. .. sha ll we say. CllVf ) ' (how's that for
driving the mouse. In our case this mu st be self control ?)! If the unth inkablc happens after
c hanged to C:\BUS MOUSE\MO USE. you try 1he above. stay cool. We can get back
COM , where MOUSE.COM is the actual to where we started. without a bus mouse. if
bus mouse driver program . See Figure 3, you followed my advice and made a copy of
statement 13. T he original se ri al mouse yo ur ori g ina l AUTO EXEC .BAT a nd
driver statement can be seen in statement CONFIG .SYS fi les. Using the COPY com11 . The REM. at the beginning of the mand or a program like PC TOOLS. just copy
state ment tells the computer to treat the the original files on n oppy disk into the direcstate me nt as a comment and not a com- tory where they existed on the hard dri vemand. This REM method takes very little usually drive C's root di rectory. T his will
memory , but is a handy way of keeping replace the ones we put the bus mouse part icuyour serial mouse dri ver info in place in lars into wit h the originals. Re-boot the syste m
case you ever want to return to it in the and everyt hing should be where we started.
future. Again, substitute your software's (Except for our frustration level!)
names where appropriate.
If enough of you write to me with your
e. Sometimes there is also a PATH computer system mod ification horror stories
statement which gives the computer the we might start a contest! However, using these
location of files. If you arc replacing a me1hods I have added bus mice to two of my
serial mouse, replace its PATH informa- computers without a problem.
tion with your new bus mouse drive and
In the coming months we will be back to
directory infonna tion. See Figure 3, state- looking at radio monitoring soft ware and rement number 14. Again. DO NOT change lated computer products. My spies tell me the
anythi ng else in this file'
guys who have brought us some landmark
f. Save the changes you have made by monitoring software have been very busy get-

ting their next generation products bug-free

and ready for release. Meanwhile, if you see
an y that you think we would be interested in
discussing in this column, send me the details.
On rencction. freeing up the second serial
port by usi ng my bus mouse has made my life
much easier. FAX decoders, Hoka Code 3 and
other important monitoring devices now have
a home port (sorry!). That old saying. "You
can never be too thin or have too much money,"
needs to be updated to add, "or have too many
serial ports."

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DEMAW'S WORKBENCH
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND TIPS

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Understanding Transmitters (without a license)

tis he lpful to have a basic understanding

of how tran smitters operate. Not only is
the subject interesting , but basic know ledge of the c irc uit functions w ill help you to
troubleshoot equipment you may own.
Thi s article provides a stage-by-stage description of a s imple AM transmitter for use
under Part 15 of the FCC Ru les and Regulations . No license is requ ired provided the de
input power to the final ampl ifier does not
exceed 100 mW (I /I 0th watt). The antenna
must be no lo nger than 3 me ters ( I 0 feet) in
order to comply with the regulations. The
short antenna and low power restrict the reliable signal distance to one half mile or less.
typ icall y.

II Transmitter Circuit
Figure I shows the circ uit for a simple AM
transmitter. QI and Q2 compri se what is
known as a MOPA (master oscillator. power
amplifier ) transmitter. In thi s example QI
fun ctions as a VFO (vari ab le frequency oscil-

lator) to establish the operating frequency

over a range of 1400 to l 600 kHz. C I is used
to select the frequency (one on wh ich no
broadcast station is operating).
The signal from QI is routed to amplifie r
Q2 which uses an L network (C2 a nd L2) to
match the 720-ohm Q2 collector impedance
to a 50-ohm ante nna. C2 is adjusted for maximum output signal with the antenna connected to the transmitter. RFC2 prevents the
RF curre nt from flowin g to ground via the
+ 12-V supply line.
Q2 operates essenti ally as a Class C RF
amplifier for highest efficiency. A slight
amount of forward bias (positive voltage) is
appli ed to the Q2 base through TI. The bias
makes the tran sistor easier to excite with the
low output energy fro m QI. RFC I prevents
the RF energy at the base of Q2 from being
lost to ground along the supply line from Tl .

II Applying Tone Modulation

U I of Figure I operates as a multi vibrator.

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Schematic diagram of an MCW AM transmitter for the standard broadcast band. Cl and
C4 are ceramic, plastic or air variable trimmers. C2 and CJ are polystyrene or NPO
ceramic capacitors. CS determines the tone frequency. Polarized capacitors are
electrolytic or tantalum, 16 volts or greater. All other capacitors are disc ceramic. LI is a
51-H inductor co11sisti11g of 2 7 tu ms of no. 28 enam. wire 011 an Amidon FT-50-61
ferrite toroid. L2 is an 18-pH inductor that has 16 turns of no. 24 e11a111. wire 011 an
Amidon FT-50-61 toroid core. All resistors are 114-watt carbon composition or carbo11
film types. RFCJ and RFC2 are miniature 500-H RF chokes. Tl is a miniature
transistor radio output transformer (use 011/y the primary wi11di11g), 500 or I 000 ohms to
voice coil type. Transistors such as 2N4400 or 2N4401 may be also be used at QI and Q2.

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It generates an 850-Hz tone that modulates

the transmitte r signal. The RF portion of the
transmitter operates continuously. but U I is
keyed on and off to provide an MCW (modu lated continuous wave) transmitted signal.
This technique eliminates the need to have a
BFO (beat frequency osci llator) in the AM
receiver that is used to receive the MCW
s ignal. A BFO would be needed to obtain a
beat note for regular CW signals .
Diode D 1 all ows only the positive ha lf of
the modu lating signal to reach the baseofQ2.
Thi s ensures an upward swing of the tran smitted signal because it increases the e ffecti ve forward bias at Q 2. A more linear and
better sounding output sig nal results because
of DI.
The me thod shown in Figure I for applying an audio tone to the transmitted s ignal is
known as "base modu lation," which can be
equated to grid modulation in a vacuum-tube
transmitter. A more efficient transmitter would
have the modulation applied to the Q2 coll ector. Base modulation is used in this transmitterto minimize the parts count and to si mpli fy
the c ircuit. The tone frequency generated by
U 1 may be cha nged by a lteri ng the va lue of
the 0.1-F capacitor at pi n 2.
Voice modulati on may be appli ed to th is
transmi tter by replaci ng U I with a two-trans istor audio amplifier (e.g .. two 2N2222s) or
a s ingle 741 op amp. No other changes would
be necessary to accomplish this.

Ill Construction Tips

The Figure I c irc uit can be built on a piece
of perforated c ircuit board. It is important to
keep all compone nt leads and con nection
w ires as short a nd direct as practicable. This
w ill help to prevent unwanted spurious osci llation s. Short, direct leads also minimize stray
indU<.:tance, whi ch can reduce the gai n of an
RF amplifier by causing what is known as
"degeneration."

II What About an Antenna?

I'll take the liberty of momentari ly invading Clem Small's territory to desc ribe a suitable ante nna for the Figure I transmitter.
Keep in mind that the radiating portion of the
antenna mu st not exceed I0 feet. The radiator
can be made from wire, me tal downspout or
a luminum tub ing.

FIGURE 2

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Details for a 3-meter-lo11g legal a11te1111a for

use with the circuit in Figure J. CJ is a 365pF variable capacitor. A 600-pF mica
compressio11 trimmer may be used. Cl is
tu11edfor maximum radiated sig11al as
observed by mea/lS of a receiver S meter. LI
is a 56-H coil. Wind 52 tums of 110. 14
insulated wire 011 a 2-inch OD coil f orm.
Allow 6 inclies for coil-form le11gth. PVC
pipe is suitable for use as a coil form. The
coil requires 341 inches of wire f or the
dime11Sio11s given here. The illput link for the
coil consists of 6 to 8 tums of no. J4
insulated wire over the grounded end of the
main winding. See tex t f or details about the
ground system.
Figure 2 contains details for the ante nna. A
hi gh-Q tuned circuit is used at the base of the
antenna. It is tuned to the chosen operating
freque ncy by means of C 1. The trans mitte r is
connected to the tuning network with RG -58
coaxial cable (50 ohms). A quality earth ground
is needed for best results.
A few wire radial s (4 to 16 o f them) can be
laid on the ground to improve the antenna
effici ency. The radials should be as long as
possible, consistent with the avail able s pace
in your yard . A permanent install ation can be
made by burying the radial wires 2 to 3 inches
in the soil. If you can' t install radials, try using
your metal fence and cold-water pipes for a
ground system.

You may be wonde ring what you might do

with this tra nsmitter after you build it and get
it percolating. One useful application would
be a Morse code practice set. Simply monitor
the transmitter signal with your standard AM
radio. Groups within a 1/2 m ile radius can
practi ce code (or simply commun icate with
code) by sending messages to one another.
Al so, some experimenters use this type of
transmitter as a beacon for othe rs to liste n for
in the standard AM broadcast band. They
assign non-amateur radio call le tters to their
beacons (using a code wheel or diode matrix).
such as their initials. l have used DOM as an
ide ntifier, fo r example.
Two of these transmitters may be used to
se t up an inte rcom between buildi ngs on your
property if you replace the tone generator
with a microphone and speech a mplifier. You
may al so want to see what kind of DX you can
work by communicating with othe r experimenters who are using the broadcast band
under the Part 15 rules. But if nothing more ,
building and testing the Figure I circuit will
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EXPERIMENTER'S WORKSHOP
Bill Cheek

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Tape Recording and Volume Controls

ipe dreams - it seems like there is

always something c i.rcul ating the grapevine that'seithe rplumb wei rd or downright impossible or both. A fell ow approached
me not long ago asking why didn't f design a
modification for VCR' s to record the radio
spectrum from LF through UHF so that he
could later connect the VCR to his favorite
receiver and tune around to see what he' d
mi ssed. Nice idea. Perpetua l motion mac hines
are very nice, too. So a re Brooklyn Bridges,
beachfront property in Nevada , and no taxes.
It's true. though, that a VCR is a wideband recorder, and might be pressed into
service with the right add-on front-end to
record and store a few hundred ki lohertz or
maybe a couple of megahertz for later playback. Assuming the VCR can record and play
back a spec trum o f I 00-kH z to I or 2-MH z,
you sure could ru n amok with AM Broadcast
to your heart's content. But wait a minute:
Le t's dispense with the pipe-dreams and take
a quick analysis of rea lity .
S uppose you wanted to record the spectrum of DC to I 000-MHz for one minute. If
we loosely consider each he rt z to be one bit,
a nd 8-bits to the byte . the n we' re looking at a
volume of data eq ual to 1-gigabit or 125megabytes per second! M ul tipl ied by 60 seconds, you' d need storage capability of 7.5g igabytes to ho ld meaningless data . [ say
'"meaningless"' because that' s the space requi red to hold just freque ncy data . If it' s
inte lligent signals you want, too, then the
s torage requiremen t increases by several orders of magnitude . No hard di sk, CD-ROM.
nor record ing tape in the world can handle
that s ize o f a j ob. Aside from very tiny s li ces,
the RF spectrum is not recordable and storab le with the tools available today.

II Audio Taping
It 's hard enough to manage recording and
playing back the a11dio spectrum. wh ich is
where we' ll focus this month. Many receivcrs nowcome wi th bui lt- in TAPE RECord ing
fac ilities, but you'd be surprised at those
which do not, including most handhe ld radios
of all types, consume r broadcast receivers.
TV 's. budget scanner and shortwave receivers. No matter: the popu lar TAPE REC feature. which probably adds $ 10 to the retai I
price of some rece ivers, can be added to your

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FIGURE 1
Resister Combinations
A. Wloer arm set anywhere between 2 & 3

3~1
B. Wiper arm set exireme clockwise

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Wiper arm set eJtreme counterclockwise

ccw

* As viewed and adjusted from the front

output jack. Shie lded cable minimi zes pickup

of stray noise and inte rfe rence, and ensures a
clean signal for the recorder.
Note for Handhelds: RCA j acks don't fit
on handheld radios very readily. Use either a
1
3
/ " ora 1 " phone jack where space comes at
8
12
a premium.
Proper grounding minimizes hum and other
obnoxious side effects. If the jack is installed
in the meta l chassis, the shie ld of the mic
cable or coax from the capacitor should be
grounded to the she ll of the jack, but n ot at the
Volume Control. On the other hand, if the
jack is installed in a plastic case, then the
ground lug of the volume control must be
connected to the ground lug of the jack, ei ther
by a wire or preferably via the shield of a coax
or mic cable.

What You N eed to Know

Many of you dear readers can just g lance
at the schematic diagram and quickly impleme nt the T APE REC modi fi cation to most
a ny receiver. I am going to use this opportunity, however, to explain a related subject fo r
those not so astute in e lectronics: potentiometers and audio gain control. Study the physi cal diagram (figure 2) for a moment to get an
idea of the construction and operation of a
potentiome ter, sometimes incorrectly called
a va riable resistor. You' ll see a shaft, sl ip
ring, w iper arm, resistive coati ng and tcnninals- one for each end of the res ist ive layer
and one fo r the w iper arm. This arrangeme nt
permits a variety of resistor combinations,
simplified in Figure I, above.

own for less than a buck-or maybe fo r free if

you have a capac itor and an RCA phono jack
lay ing around.
See the diagram for how to do the job: it s
incred ibly easy. The hardest part may be drill ing the " hole for the RCA jack. T he specified
l-F/35-v capacitorisn ' t terribly critical. Most
anyth ing between 0.0 1-F and 10-F will do,
w ith larger values offering better treble (highfreque ncy) response than lower values. I suspect there is a point of diminishing re turns
with values large r than 0. 1-F, but I use 1-F/
35-v to be consiste nt.
fn a word, just find the Volume C ontrol;
identi fy the three lugs as shown ; ide ntify the
one of two e nd lugs that's gro11nded and then
connect a coupli ng capacitor to the opposite Explanation
end /11g . If you' re not sure whic h lug is
The e xamples at (B) and (C) are unique
grounded, connect one lead of an ohmmeter to (one position ofeach), but the example at (A)
c irc uit or chass is ground and the other-one at has almost unlimi ted combinations where Ra
a time- to the e nd lugs. The ohmmeter w ill and Rb each vary inversely from zero to
indicate a s hort c irc uit w he n you hit the maximum oh ms as the shaft is rota ted. The
grounded one . Route the (-) output of the max CW rotation of (B) depicts a short c irc uit
capac itor to an RCA phone jack installed between pins 1 & 2 (Rb = OQ) w hile (C)
somewhe re out of the way.
shows the short circ uit of the CCW rotation
If the dista nce be tween the capac itor a nd between pins 2 & 3 (Ra = OQ) . At (B), R a
the RCA j ack is more than 3" (give or take an between e ither or both of pins I & 2 and 3 is
inc h), then use a mini shie lded coax such as maximum while at (C), Rb between either or
RG -1 77/u or even microphone cable (Radio both of pins 2 & 3 and I is maximum.
Shack #278-5 12) wit h the shie ld grounded to
If a weak audio s ignal from the receiver's
carry the signa l from the capacitor to the detector is feel to Lug I with Lug 3 grounded,

FIGURE 3
as is usually the case, then (8) adm its maximum signal into the audio amplifier. On the
other hand, (C) allows no signal into the aud io
amplifier by virtue of the short ci rcuit between 2 & 3. In thi s manner. a constant signal
into Lug I can be continuously varied from
zero to maxi mum at Lug 2. (A) is representati ve of all other settings of the potentiometer,
from very low output at Lug 2 to almost
maximum.

Back to Tape Recording

Ever wonder how recorded signals are
independent of the Volume Control? Now
you know - The signal for recording is
tapped at some point before the variable part
of the Vol ume Control.
Some receivers employ dedicated preamplifiers for feeding the TAPE REC jack, but
this reall y isn' t as necessary to the hobbyist as
it is to the consumer who might stick something in the jack. A dedicated preamplifier
isolates the sig nal at the jack from the main
receiver circuitry. We can do just fine without
that extra goodie, because signals straight out
of the detector or discriminator stages are just
right for most tape recorders anyway . So one
of the easiest and most recognizable places to
access a recordable signal is at the ungrounded
end lug of a Volume Control.
Don't just take the signal from the wiper
arm , where its strength wi ll vary with the
setting. You don' t want a situation where the
phone rings. so you tum down the volume and
vaporize the rest of the recording. The "high"
lug of the Volume Control offers a stable,
non- variable signal that's ideal for recording.

More About Pots

I said earlier that "pots" (potentiometers)
were incon-ectly called "variable resistors,"
but that depends on how they' re wired. Indeed, a pot is a vari able resistor if, and only if,
one end lug is not used in the circ uit. Then,
indeed, the acti ve end lug and wiper arm

FIGURE 2

function as a variable rerot at io n depe nd s on

Schematic
sistor. It's al ways safest
whether you're viewing
to call them potentiomthe dang thing from the
eters to avoid embarrassfront or the rear, see?
ment.
If in doubt, connect
There are many kinds
one lead of an ohmmeter
of potentio meters, of
to an end lug and the other
course, but the hobbyist
lead to the midd le lug:
is mostly concerned wi th
then rotate the pot, observing the effect. To
two: the larger kind normally used as Volume and
measure a pot of unknown value, always
3
Squelch controls, and a
much smaller variety usucon nect the ohmmeter
across the end lugs and
alI y fo und on c irc u it
boards. These generall y
you won't have to worry
require a small screwabout the position of the
dri ver foradjustment, and are called "trimpots"
wiperarm. Keep in mind. however. the va lue
or "trimmers." You wi ll occasionally find
of a pot can be accurate ly measured ONLY
when at least two of its three lugs are out of
two- legged varieties of trimpots, properly
called variable resistors, but most are the
circuit....not connected to anything. In-cirthree-legged type with the same pinout as
cuit resistance paralleled with the pot will
shown for the larger sty le.
cause inaccurate measurements.
Trimmers are extremely useful to the experimenter for detem1ining the best resistorto
We can dig deeper into recording. gain,
use in a given circuit. A design may call for a
gain co11trols. etc. if you guys 11w1t. Let me
resistor of 4.7-kQ to 10-kQ, depending on a
know. Meanwhile, take cheer: Spring 's just
desired effect. Temporarily wire in a trimaround the corner!
mer; adjust it for the desired result: and then
re move it: measure its resistance; and substitute a5 fixed resistor. Save the $ I trimpot for
another use.

D Confusion Factors
Naturally, Murphy's Law will suike. Remember: as a potentiometer is rotated, resistance decreases between one end lug and the
midd le lug, at the same time as it increases
between the middle lug and the other end lug.
Which direction of rotation does what can be
a massive confu sion fac tor. The physical diagram shows you what's what, if you collect
your wits and orientation. The view of the
potentiometer is from the rear to show as
much detai l as possible, but most of the time
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ANTENNA TOPICS
BUYING BUILDING AND UNDERSTANDING ANTENNAS

W. Clem Smal, KR6A, CET

Selecting an Antenna, Part 1

simple wire antenna. mounted as

high and in-the-clear as you can
manage. wi ll often do a re markably
good job of bringi ng in shortwave s ignals that
you want to monitor. For VHF and UHF
reception. a simple w hip ante nna attached
direc tly to your receiver will be satisfactory
in many cases. On the othe r hand. the re are
times whe n we want to pull an elusive signal
out o f the no ise, or to bring almost-inte lligi ble
s ignals up to so lid-copy levels.
If you know a bit about antennas you may
be able to accomplish these goa ls eas ier than
you think . So thi s month we e mbark o n a
three-part series wh ich covers things you
need to know in orde r to se lec t the best
antenna for your communications job.

Some Important Antenna

Characteristics
GAIN : Antenna gain re fers to the amount
of signal output a receiving antenna produces
as compared to the output produced by a
..standard refe rence antenna" receiving the
same s ignal. There are two commonly used
standard reference antennas: the isotropic
antenna. and the halfwave dipole ante nna.
The result of the comparison between the
antenna be ing evaluated and e ither one of the
standard refe re nce antennas i ~ reported in
decibe ls (dB). Reporting ga in values as ~o
many ..dBi .. indicates the isotropic anten na
was used as the standard. and reporting gain
in ''d Bd'' indicates that the halfwave dipole
standard was used.
For the same amount of antenna gain , dBi
values arc a lways 2. I dB higher than dBd
values. so don "t be fooled by high dB i val ues;
j ust subtract 2. 1 from them to com pare them
to <lBd values. For interpreting dB values in
genera l, remember that a difference in antenna gain o f one d R is almost unnoticeable ;
3 dB is easi ly noticeable. and is half o f an Sun it: 6 dB is a full S-unit and ind icates a very
s izable difference be tween antennas.
Please note that gain is not a cure-all for
weak-signa l problems. When we d iscuss signal-to-noise ratio next month you w ill see that
going to a n anten na w ith higher gain, yet w ith
no change in directiona lity compared to your
present antenna. may not improve your wcaksigna l reception.
DIRECTIONALITY: Directionality and
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B
SlOE VIEW

TOP VIEW

'"

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FIGURE 1 : Horizonal directiviry pattern for horizontally oriented halfwave

d ipole (A) . vertical directiviry pattern for the same antenna as in A (8).
horizontal radiation pattern for a beam composed of two horizontally
oriented halfwave elements.
ga in are intimate ly re lated in most antenna
designs . Directi onal ity is gene rall y achi eved
by configuring an a nte nna s e leme nts to form
directional characte ristics (for both transmitting and receiving). such that it foc uses its
responsiveness in a specific direction or directions.
Notice in fig. IC that, w he n two halfwave
dipoles are arranged in a beam-ante nna config uration. the ir pattern is quite d iffe rent than
that for a sing le halfwave dipole (fi g. IA).
Notice a lso that. not only does the beam
antenna fo cus its response toward certain
direct io ns. it reduces its response in othe r
directions.
T his reduction of responding in off-beam
directi ons means that inte rfere nce (electrica l
noi se, unwan ted s ignals. etc.:.) from those
direc ti ons is attenuated. With thi s reduction
in no ise input the beam a ntenna receives the
des ired signa l w ith a much improved signalto-noise ratio (except in unusual situations
where received noi se is received predominately from the same direc tion as the desired
signal ). This po int w ill be discussed further
next month.
DIRECTIVITY PATTERNS: Directivity patterns are fi gures that graphically show
the responsiveness of an antenna in different
directions from that antenna. Conveniently,

these patterns are identical whethe r the antenna is receivi ng or transmitting. Some exa mples o f direct ivity patterns are shown in fig.
I.
The farthe r out from the antenna (the center of the figure ) that we find the outline of the
di recti vity patte rn . the more responsive is the
a ntenna in that particular direction. Directi vity patterns are ofte n given for both the horizontal (fig. 1A) and vertical responsiveness of
anan tenna (fi g. I B).
POLARIZATION: "Signal polarization"
refers to the orientati on of a radio signal' s
e lec trical fie ld wi th respect to the earth. Because the signal' s electrical fie ld is determined by electron n ow in the antenna's elements we generally find that an antenna with
its main e lements oriented vertically w ith
respect to the earth produces vertically polarized signals and that the ante nna itself is
described as .. verticall y polarized." S imilarly,
an anten na with its main e lements horizontally orie nted w ill produce horizon tall y polarized waves and is itself described as " horizontally polarized." Of course, signal s may a lso
be polari zed at any angle between horizontal
a nd vertical.
Po larization of signals or antennas may be
classified as " linear," "circular," or a variant
o f ci rcular polarization called "ell iptical."

Examples of linearly polarized ante nnas are

the stra ight wire, halfwave dipole, and the
quarterwave groundplane. Circ ul arl y polarized antennas include the helical beam and the
crossed-dipole design.
When a linearly polarized antenna is used
to receive a linearly polarized signal it is
important that they be of somewhat the same
angle of polarization. If the antennas are complete ly "cross polarized," as would be true
when receiving a horizontally polarized signal with a vertically polarized antenna, the
received signal is greatly attenu ated. Antennas with circul ar and e lliptical polarizations
respond reasonably well to signals with any
linear polarization (vertical, horizontal or
angles in between). Thus, circularly-po larized antennas are useful for reception in situations where received-signal polari zation varies across time as it does in satellite work and
skywave HF reception. The he lical beam or
crossed-dipole design are often chosen for
satell ite work at VHF and higher frequencies.
At HF, circularly-polarized antennas tend
to be too large to be practical, and so on that
band a technique called "antenna-polarizati on diversity" is more li kely to be utilized
than is circular polarization for reception of
signals whose polarization vari es over time.
Di versity reception will be covered in an
upcoming "Antenna Topics" column .
Next month we will di scuss some additional concepts, such as antenna bandwidth
and signal-to- noise ratio, which are useful in
working wi th antennas. In May, we wi ll discuss how to evaluate antennas for various
applications in terms of the characteristics
which we've covered.

Certification as an Antenna
Technician
Did you know that, if you are suffic iently
knowledgeable in antenna technology, you
can be certified as an antenna technician? The
International Society of Electronic Technicians (ISCET) offers certificatio n in antenna
technology as well as many other electro nic
and communication specializations, s uch as
radio communications, consumer electronics, medical electronics, appliance repair, and
more.
They are even authorized to award their
embodime nt of the old FCC Fi rst-Class Radiotelephone Operator's License; you oldtimcrs o ut there thought that license was gone
fo rever. didn' t you? You can even use your
expired FCC First Class as the basis of qualifying for their current First-Class License.
For more info rmation write or call: ISCET,
2708 West Berry St., FT. Worth, T X 76 1092356 (8 17-921 -3741 )

New Phone/Address for

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Readers trying to follo w up on January's
review of the Autek Resescarch RF Analyst

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longer valid. Here is the new phone number
and address to contact: Autek Research, P .O.
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phone orders, 813-886-951 5.

RIDDLES

Last Month:
I said that, in the Radio Soc iety of Great Britain 's Radio Communication Handbook,
4th edition, one may find the s tatement: "There are two bas ic types of aeri als ... the
Hertzian ... and the Marcon i.. . ." Then I asked you: " Are most antennas really just
variations on these two types?" and "What are He rtz and Marconi antennas, anyhow?"
The answer to the first question is " ye s, sort of. " As a rule we can say that a Hertzian
ante nna is any halfwave dipole antenna and a Marconi is any quarterwave vertical ante nna
using an earth ground at its base . His torically most antenna des igns have evolved from
some vari atio n on one of the se two des igns. There are exceptions to this ge neralizationloop antennas being an obvio us example.
But if you look at most antenna designs you will find one or more Hertzian ha lfwave
e leme nts (as in the commo n Yagi antenna), or a vertical, quarterwa ve Marconi e le ment
using an earth or conductive "ground," as in ma ny rooftop-mounted VHF a nd UHF
mobi le ante nnas.
A further interesting fac t fro m radio history is that the M arconi ante nna design was
itself evolved by Marconi from the Hertzian design; thus most antennas to day can trace
the ir heritage all the way back to Heinrick Hertz and hi s wonderful halfwave dipole
ante nna !

Last Month:
Speaking of aerials, what three fie lds are present near a radiating a ntenna-two of them
being q uite strong very near the antenna?
We ' ll have the answer to this mo nth ' s ridd le and much more in next month ' s issue o f
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ASK BOB

ANSWERS TO YOUR RADIO QUESTIONS

Bob Grove, WA4PYQ

Q. Why are 5-meters so "optimis-

Q. Are NEXRAD weather maps

A. Originally consisting of 23 channels be-

tic" in their readings? (Jack Be/ck,

Glen Carbon, IL)

received from shortwave or satellites? What frequencies? (Lou

Homes, Bridgeport, CT)

tween 26.965 and 27 .235 MHz, there are now

40 channels extending Lo 27.405 MHz. They
are as fo ll ows:

A. The debate over what const itutes an ..S9

signal"' has raged for decades. Years ago.
several manufacturers chose a signal leve l of
50 microvolts for S9. with 6 dB intervals
between S units.
Keep in mind. however. that when you
turn on your receiver and wne in a signal, you
want to see a strong indi cation. It 's to the
manu fac turer's advantage for the meter to
swi ng upward, giving the erroneous impression that the receiver is doing a terrific job.
Not only that , but in amate ur radio and CB.
it is traditional to provide an exaggerated
signal report to the recipient on the air. After
all, it makes him feel better and makes you the
good guy. With an opti mi stic S-mcter, you
can do it with a clear conscience !
Q. After installing a new thermo-

stat, my shortwave reception on

some frequencies is terrible. What
can I do? (Peter Krochmaluk, North
York, Ont.)
A thermostat i~ nothing more than a
sw itch: there is no reason it should co nti nue to make noise after it
closes or opens it contacts. Even that noise is
easily s ubdued by con necting a small capacitor (0 .05-0. 1 mfd. I 00 volts or more) across
the switch contacts or across the two cont rol
wires.

A.

temperature- se n~ iti ve

A. NEXRAD is an acronym for .. next generation radar," the latest weat her-forecasting
radar maps shown on TV by your local weather
man.
S ince it is terrestrial radar. neither satellite
imagery nor shortwave transmission is involved. The digital information is cond ucted
by telepho ne line to the broadcasting station.

Q. After a reviewer points out

deficiencies in a set, why don't they

correct it? (Jack Be/ck, Glen Carbon, IL)

A.

The des ign and production of a hi ghvol ume, price-competitive radio is a lengthy,
costl y process. After the prototype is tested in
the lab, dec isions are made regarding costc utti ng compromises.
O rdering parts is tricky; pricing points are
typically at 100, 250, IOOO, 5000. 10 ,000
parts and multiples on up. When you stock
I0.000 filte rs and an independem reviewer
decides he doesn't li ke your choice. you sometimes have to bite your tongue and hope that
not everyone agrees with him !

Q. What are the actual frequencies

assigned to the CB channels?
(W7BMI)

Ch
I
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

Freq kHz
26965
26975
26985
27005
27015
27025
27035
27055
27065
27075
27085
27105
271 15
27125
271 35
27 155
27 165
27 175
27 185
27205

Ch
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40

Freq kHz
272 15
27225
27255
27235
27245
27265
27275
27285
27295
27305
273 15
27325
27335
27345
27355
27365
23775
27385
27395
27405

(Source: Bob Grove's Shortwal'e Directory,

8th edition)

Q. Right after your "cellular restoration" for the Realistic PR0-23

and PR0-51 was printed (July
1996 MT}, Radio Shack recalled
the radios. About that time the
price of the PRO-2006 went down
to $359. 99, the same as Grove

Shortwave Reception on a Scanner Antenna

Many scanner listeners would like to sample the shortwave
frequencies without having to erect an additional outside
antenna; it can be done easi ly as suggested by Walter Brown of
Waikiki, Hono lulu.
By connecting the s hortwave radio to the disconnected coax
from the outside scanner antenna, the e ntire coax becomes a

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random-length shortwave antenna.

The disadvantages of such an ante nna are that it is vulnerable to electrical noise pickup from household appliances, and
it is shielded by the dwelling from some arriving signal paths.
But for a makeshift ante nna, it works; and, in some cases, it
works well.

Questions or tips sent to "Ask

Bob," c/o MT, are printed in
this column as space permits. If
you desire a prompt, personal
reply, mail your questions along
with a self-addressed stamped
envelope (no telephone calls,
please) in care of MT.

Enterprises.
Are MT, Grove Enterprises, and
Radio Shack squabbling about
something and we customers are
the beneficiaries? Who is the
"mystery buyer" in California who
purchased the remaining inventory

of PR0-2006s? (Ken Ballweg,

Denver, CO)

Do You Have Questions?

A. Looks suspicious, doesn' t it? The truth is

that Grove Enterprises and MT both have an
excellent relationship with Radio Shack. They
know our reputation for integrity and accuracy, so when we published the cellular restoration procedure. which rendered the radios to
be in violation of the FCC proscription against
cellular-capab le and cellular-restorable scanners, they we re forced to recall them.
So far as the eellular-rcstorable PR0-2006
goes, it is one of the most successful scanners
of all time. but it was discontinued and bquidated by Radio Shack in time to introduce the
non-cellular-restorable PR0-2035 . I don ' t
know of any ''mystery buyer" in California,
but 1 do know that Grove Enterprises purchased every remaining 2006 it could find
nationwide and they arc nearly gone.

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What is the sun up to?

By Jacques d'Avignon, MT Propagation columnist

n the past few months the sun has decided to become very
quiet and clear its face of those " ugly'' sunspots! This
is not very good news fo r the short wave
listeners around the world. We depend on the
/
sun's activity and the act ion on the ionosphere to be ab le to hear the international
broadcasters. The sunspot number is
steadily dropping and broadcasters are
scurrying to find the proper freq uency
to get thei r message to the listeners.
Presently it is a circus (or a zoo) on
the 49 meter band (6.0 MHz) where
everyone is trying to find a clear spot to
broadcast to North America in the 0000
to 0500 UTC time slot. It is interesting to
"--""'
note that many broadcasters actuall y changed
~ r7
frequencies at the first of the year-beriveen the
normal frequency change times of March/April and
September/October.
However. there arc only so many frequencies available in
the 4 1 and 49 meter bands. Some European broadcasters are
now broadcasting on the 41 meter band. j ust above the
amateur band in Europe and in the ham band in North
America. which is causing some interfe rence. This situation
will continue for another yea r at least.
The minimum of cycle 22 is now fo rccaste<l to occur
between December 1995 and Jul y 1996, so the broadcasters
will have another winter season to li ve under the e conditions
of very bad radio propagation conditions. With the renewal of
interest in HF by many users on a worldwide scale. we should
be seeing some interesting situations develop of interference

/!!,

between the vari ous users.

We have to real ize that a band that is strictly
allocated to one service in one area of the
world may be allocated to a totally different
service somewhere else. The best example of this si tuati on is the use of the
41 meter band: in Europe it is legall y
used fo r broadcasting. In North
America we use it, also legally, fo r
~ amateur operations. We are bound to
see some interference on many frequencies in these bands over the next
18 to 24 months.
Another area where we shou ld
be expecting some interference is at the
top end of the 75 meter band. In Europe it is
used for "domestic" broadcasting; in North
America it is the top end of the 80 meter amateur
band. In the late evening hours in Eastern North America, it
is not unusual to hear the BBC or the Deutsche Welle
coming in '"loud and clear" in that part of the spectrum.
For the next few months. before the noise starts again
with the onset of summer in the northern hemisphere, you
should try and concentrate your listening to the lower
frequencies, especially at night. This low sunspot period
should also be used by all DXers to hone their skills in
pulling the e lusive stati on fro m the noise. It is also a good
Lime to try out various antennae and ensure that your
equipment is in top shape. There are always two sides to a
coin !
Good DX, no matter what!

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L E T T
(Continued from page 4)
prog rams like M edia N e two rk, Media
Roundup. World ofRadio, and DX Party Line.
' 'Many stations, such as Radio Australi a,
have dropped their communicatio ns programs,
because of 'lack of general inte rest. ,,. Kevin
is ri g ht that to keep these exce lle nt resources

E R

fo r SWLs and DXers, we sho uld write to

e xpress our appreciation for them to avoid
their cance llation.
He makes o ne final suggestion: "If you
want your local sunri se and sunset data, buy
the 1995 World Almanac or simi lar refere nce
which lists sunrise and s unset info that can be
converted to your local time ."

Solutions to Pesky Pagers

Robert Wa llen burg of Metairic, Louisiana, responded to Bob Grove's call (in his Dec 94
''Ask Bob" column) for input on the proble m of receiver intermod in metro areas. Robert
says, "as you pointed o ut, the hig h-power, nearly cont inuo us duty, pag ing stations o n
frequencie s like 152.24 , 152.48, 157.74, 158. 100 , and 158.700 MHz on VHF, the eight
pagi ng channels at UHF (462.750-462.925 MH z), and the 40 channels at 929 MHz
(929.0125-929.9875 MHz) arc major causes of intcnnod problems.
" I've tried various methods to deal with the proble m, such as:
1. LC filters
2. Helical resonator filters
3. 1/4 wave and 3/4 wave cavity fi lters
4. 2 pole and 4 pole monolithic crystal filte rs at VHF
5. Various types of directio nal antennas
6. Various receivers
" None of these alternatives have proven to be a satisfactory solut ion. Filters typically
narrow the receiver front end bandwidth which defeats the purpose of a multi-band, wideband scanner, and a directiona l antenna in mobile service is not very pract ical.
"There is a co ntinuing problem in New Orleans (and o ther major port cities) that may be
of interest to you and your readers. The high power paging transmitters in the 157- 158 MHz
range are causing serious in1erf erence to marine stations operating in this same range.
Vesse l-to-vessel communications on marine channe l 67 ( I56.375 MHz , designated fo r use
in New Orleans instead of the usual channel 13) has been so disrupted that the Mississippi
R iver Pilots Associatio ns and other marine interests have co ntacted their congressional
representati ves, resulting in the local FCC office conducting field investigations and a
recent meeting between marine interests, the Coast Guard, pag ing operators, and several
radio dealers. I question the commission' s wisdom in having increased authorized power
leve ls for paging stations. The Business Radio Service 's 157.740 MHz went from 75 watts
to 350 walls, and the Pub lic Mobile Service' s authorized power leve ls increased to 1400
walls ERP.
" My best suggestion is to have the scanner manufacturers (and marine radio manufacturers) do what so me commercial manufacturers d id o n certain models many years agoget rid of the rece iver RF amplifier. If the IF gain is increased by a like amount and a doublebalanced mi xer is used in conjunction w ith track-tuning of the front end co ils, the intermod
rejection capacity of the receive r can be improved dramatically.
"The R7 l 00 uses four switched track-tuned front end filters and a double-balanced mixer
below I 0 25 MHz, whereas the PR0-2006 uses seven switched front end filters (not tracktuncd) and a double balanced mixer to cover its entire range. Both receivers, however, use
multiple active ampli fie rs before the first mixer and even tho ugh the amplifiers may be
especially selected for best d ynamic range (GaAS-FET in the R7001) it docs result in
increased susceptibility to mixer overload (which itse lf is inherently non-linear by design).
" l don' t know if my suggestion is practical in a wide-band receiver that has lots of L.O.
spurious but I know it worked well for the older c rysta l contro lled commercial receivers.
The sensiti vity/noise figure may suffer somewhat, but the ambient noise level at most
frequ encies below 174 MH z (and even below 470 MHz in me tro areas, especia lly in the
mobi le env ironment) o ft entimes negates the bene fits of a hig hly sensitive rece iver with a
low inte rnal noise figure.
''On the other hand, I'd be g lad to see someone come out with a re latively inexpe nsive
multi-stage he lical resonator of LC circuit (or ?) of sma ll size that can be manually tuned
with a sing le knob. I' ve used multi-stage filters before but individual tuning of each stage
(typically three) was required , which is an inconvenience at best. A signa l generator of the
L.O. of another receiver may be needed to align the filter.
'Tm of course, interested in any sol utions that o thers may be using," adds Robert.

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Short Shorts
PaulJus tnaes, "EX-hostage," wrote after we
published his account of being trapped in Kuwait City (Dec 94),
"T he story in Kuwait and Iraq taught me
about friendship, despair, and love, and about
being 'disposable' -not worth an ything in the
great political war game. Four months in that
hostile environment was eno ugh.
"I still have some emotional problems reading about it. There is more to be told, such as
communication with Sweden by shortwave
through the guerilla organizations. There are
peo ple sti ll living in Iraq that will lose their
lives if we talk about it. It is one thing to be in
the middle of it, another to sit in front of your
TY watching a 'Nintendo war.' You could turn
the TY off- we could .not turn things off!
Paul J11stnaes, Nonvay
I am looking for someone that has an ICOM
IC-R9000 Communication Receiver to come
over to my house and show me how to work it.
Contact:
Tim Hughes, 277 Field St.,
Rochester, NY 14620-1953.
The o nly problem with January's cover story
on scanning in Bennuda, is that scanner frequencies are off-limits in Bennuda, according
to Satellite Times' columnist Todd Dokey, a
frequent visitor to the island.
The Georgia Radio Reading Service reads
portions of Monitoring Times for broadcast on
radio and sate llite services. Robert Rowlelle,
station manager at GRRS , has expressed his
willingness to make these tapes available to
sight-impaired and other interested hobbyists.
For availability and cost, please call Robert at
9 12-233-2822.
Paul Rehn of Marion, IA , sent in this item
from the Ceda r Rapids Gazette:

Scanner listeners needed

"The Gazette is looking for a good set of
ears. The newspaper is looking fo r people who
monitor police and fire scanner traffic at night
and who would be willing to ale rt the paper to
developing news stories. If that sounds like
somethi ng you might be interested in , please
call."
It' s nice to know someone still recognizes
the co ntri butio n scanner lis teners can make.
Now if the local law enforcement agencies
would just catch on ...

* * * * *
Open your magazi ne and, gentlemen and
ladies, start your radios for yet ano ther month of
great monitoring times .. .
Rachel Baughn, Editor

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All Ohio Scanner Club: Dave Marshall, 50

Villa Rd., Springfield, OH 45503-1036. U.S.
northeast of the Mississippi; VHF/UHF/HF
utilities. Net Mon 9 :30pm 146.940. American
Scannergram. $18 U.S. $21 Can/Mex, $28 ww.
$3 sample. Annual summer meeting.
American SW Listener's Club: Stewart
MacKenzie, WDX6AA, 16182 Ballad Lane,
Huntington Beach, CA 92649, (714) 846-1685.
Western US, Pacific, Asia. SWBC, utilities,
longwave, clandestine.SWL.$20 US, $22 Can/
Mex. $1 sample ($2 ww). Meets1st Sais 10am
address above.
Association of Clandestine Enthusiasts
(A.C.E.) : Kirk Bax1er, P.O. Box 11201,
Shawnee Mission, KS 66207. US, Europe and
Middle East; Pirate and clandestine. The
A.C.E. $18 US, $1 9 Can/Mex, $25 WW .
Association of DX Reporters (ADXR) :
Reuben Dagold, 7008 Plymouth Rd.,
Baltimore, MD 21208. International; Utilities,
ham band, QSUng, MW, LW, and SWBC. DX
Reporter. $19 US, $29 Can/Mex, $22ww. $1 or
5 IRC's sample.
Association of Manitoba DX'ers (AMANDX):
Shawn Axelrod, 30 Becontree Bay, Winnipeg,
Manitoba, R2N 2X9 Canada, (204) 253-8644.
Manitoba; LW, MW, SW, and VHF/UHF. Meets
monthly. $2.
Bay Area Scanner Enthusiasts: Bruce Ames,
P.A.O., 105 Serra Way #363, Milpitas, CA
95035, (408)267-3244. Western U.S.; 25+

North American Club Listings A-L

MHz. Listening Post (bi-monthly). Meets 2nd

Mons. 7:30 Milpitas Police Admin Bldg. $25 US,
$2 sample, or SASE for info.
Bayonne Emergency Radio Network (BERN):
Ray Baron/ Bob Frasca, P.O. Box 1203, Bayonne,
NJ 07002-6203, 1-800-286-2876. Metro NJ, NY;
Fire/ disaster, pub safety.
Bearcat Radio Club: Larry Miller, Box 360,
Wagontown, PA 19376, 1-800-4231331 .
National. Scanning only. National Scanning
Report (bi-monthly). $17.50 or $29.90, $5 more
Can. $3 sample.
Boston Area DXers: Paul Graveline, 9 Stirling
St., Andover, MA 01810-1408, (508)470-1971, 50
mile radius Boston; 3-30 MHz. Meets 3rd Fris
7:30pm, The Lexington Club, Rte 4/ 225 1/4 mi W
of Rte 128.
British Columbia Shortwave Listening Club
(BCDX): Box 500, 2245 Eton St., Vancouver, BC
Canada V5L 1C9, (604) 255-8987 fax. Shortwave.
LOGJAM. Meets 3rd Thurs. 7pm at 920 Davie St.
Canadian lnt'I DX Club: Sheldon Harvey, 79
Kipps St., Greenfield Park., Quebec, Canada J4V
3B 1, (514)462-1459. Canada nationwide/
membership open to all; General coverage. The
Messenger. $26 Can, $25 US, $US28 or $Can35
ww. $2 sample. Meets 2nd Tues 7pm Montreal;
several annual events.
Capitol Hiii Monitors: Alan Henney, 6912 Prince
Georges Ave, Takoma Park, MD 209125414,
(301) 270-2531 /5774 fax. DC, MD, No.VA, So.DE.
Scanner bands. Frequency Forum BBS 703207

Listeners' Nets
You are invited to post your North American
amateur radio net in this bi-monthly listing if its
primary emphasis is devoted to the radio
monitoring hobby (not amateur radio).
Capitol Hiii Monitors
146.91 MHz 1st & 3rd Mon 7:30pm ET, DC,
Md, N.Va, S.Del; Scanning and amateur radio
Frequency Forum BBS 703-207-9622 [8-N-1]
Net Mgr: N3RDC, John Korman
Call Alan Henney 301-270-2531 or John
Korman 301-299-5455 for info
Newsletter $8; 6912 Prince George's Ave,
Takoma Park, MD 20912-5414
Central Florida Listeners Group
146.730 MHz, Sun 8pm ET, Central Florida;
any radio communications outside amateur
bands Net Mgr: N4EF
Telephone gateways announced; CFLG BBS
conference on LASER BBS 407-647-0031
Call Mark Kuziv, KC4ZVK, 407-933-7163 for
info
Larkfleld's ARC SW-Scanner Net
147.210 MHz, Fri 8pm ET, Long Island, NYC,
NJ, Conn; Shortwave BCers & utes, MW,
amateur radio, scanning
Net Mgr: Hank Lukas, N2GCN
Open to all amateurs on air; by letter for
scanner listeners
Contact: P.0.Box 115, Plainview, NY 11803
0115
Montreal DX listeners Net
146.910 MHz, Sun 8:15 pm ET, Montreal PQ
area; MW SW, & Scanner
Net Mgr: Sheldon Harvey VE2SHW
Telephone gateways announced
Monitoring the Long Island Sounds Net
146.805 Tues 8pm ET, Long Island, NY;
Primarily scanning
Net Mgr: WB2RVA, 2134 Decker Ave, North
Merrick, NY 11566

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146.835 MHz, Thurs. 9:30 pm ET; Cincinnati/
Tri-State Area; All band
Net Mgr: Mark Meece, N81CW, (513) 777-2909
(no collect calls)
Open to all amateurs; Telephone gateways to
net mgr up to 1/2 hr before net; The Listening
Post BBS (513) 474-3719
New York DX Association
146.880 Mon 9pm ET, NYC area; "DC to Light"
Net Mgr: Charles Hargrove N2NOV, 723 Port
Richmond Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10302
1736
Voice mail 1/2 hr before net: 212-978-3375;
Compuserve 73167,312
Northeast SW Listeners and Scanners Net;
Rip Van Winkle Society
147.21 MHz (WB2UEB) Wed 8pm, Albany, NY,
area.
Net Mgr: Ray Loeper N2RAD
Rocky Mountain Monitoring Net
147.225, 224.980 Denver; 145.460 Boulder;
145.160 Colorado Springs Sun 20:00;
communications monitoring
Brian Gould, KBOMEP, Mt. News Net
Shortwave Listeners Net, Association of North
American Radio Clubs
7.240 MHz LSB, Sun 10am ET, Eastern US;
Shortwave broadcasts and utilities
Net Mgr: KW3F, 238 Cricklewood Circle,
Lansdale, PA 19446
Telephone gateways announced
Southern Wisconsin SW Listeners Net;
MARA
147.1 50 MHz, alt 146.760 MHz. Madison, WI,
area
First Sun 8pm CT. Shortwave, scanning, de to
daylight , equipment notes and comments.
Net Mgrs: N9LTD, KA9SRU, N9EWO
Contact: N9EWO, Dave Zantow, 1609 Ontario
Drive, Janesville, WI 53545

9622 (8N 1) Net 1st & 3rd Mons 7:30pm 146.91.

Capitol Hill Monitor. $8. Meets irregularly.
Central Florida Listeners Group: David Grubbs
N4EF, 956 Woodrose Court, Altamonte Springs,
FL 327141261 ; (407) 296-2055 Andy Fountain.
Central Florida; All bands. Net on 146.73 MHz
Sun 8 pm. Meets 2nd Sats 12 noon. Conf#10 on
Laser BBS (407)647--0031.
Central Indiana Shortwave Club: Steve
Hammer, 2517 E. DePauw Road, Indianapolis, IN
46227-4404. Central Indiana; SW broadcasting,
pirates, and the offbeat. Shortwave Oddities.
Central VA Radio Enthusiasts: Richard
Rowland, POB 34832, Richmond, VA 23234
0832. Metro Richmond and vicinity. VHF/UHF.
SASE. No newsletter, no dues. Meets quarterly in
Richmond.
Chicago Area DX Club: Edward G. Stroh, 53
Arrowhead Dr., Thornton, IL 60476. 300 mile
radius of Chicago; DXing all bands. DX Chicago.
$17, $1 sample. Meets irregularly.
Chicago Area Radio Monitoring Association
(CARMA): Ted & Kim Moran, 6219 N. Greenview,
Chicago, IL 60660-1815. Chicago & midwest.
Public safety & general coverage. SCUG/CARMA
BBS (708)852-1292. CARMA Newsletter.
Meetings (Sats) and newsletter bi-monthly on
alternate months.
Colorado Shortwave Listeners Club: Rob
Harrington NONNI, P.O. Box 370593, Denver, CO
80237-0593, 303-756-9455. Longwave,
shortwave. Colorado Shortwave Listener (4x) 35
cents each. Meets 1st Sundays.
Communications Research Group: Scott Miller,
122, Greenbriar Drive, Sun Prairie, WI 53590
1706. Wisconsin area. Scanning.
DecalcoManla: Paul Richards, P.O. Box 126,
Uncroft, NJ 07738, (908)591 -2522. Worldwide
AM, FM and collecting radio related items.
DecalcoMania. $10 US, $11 Can/Mex, $16 Eur,
$17 .50 Asia/Pac.
Drake SPR4 lnt'I Club: Bill Swiger, Route 1, Box
142A, Bridgeport, WV 26330. Worldwide; Drake
SPR4 owners.
Fire Net: Tom Kravitz, Box 1307, Culver City, CA
90232, 310-838-1436, internet
mpage@netcom.com. All of California; fire, EMS,
tied in with nationwide notification net.
Global DX Club : David Williams, P.O. Box
1176, Pinson, AL 351261176; Internet:
XYVD51A@Prod igy.Com. Worldwide; all
b ands. Radio Waves (bi-monthly). $ 1 sample.
Meets monthly.
Houston Area Scanners & Monitoring Club:
Glen Dingley, 909 Michael, Alvin, TX 7751 1, (71 3)
388-1941 . 75 mile radius of Houston, TX;
scanning & SW. Paging network. HASMC
Newsletter. Meets Jan & June.
Hudson Valley Monitors Association (HVMA):
Patrick Libretti, P.O. Box 706, Highland, NY
12528. Mid-Hudson valley and surrounding
counties; VHF/ UHF, public safety. The Hudson
Valley Monitor.
International 11 Meter Alliance: Allen Newton,
Rt. 1 Box 187-A, Whitney, TX 76692, (817) 694
4047. Public safety, traffic handling, all bands,
esp. 11 meters.
lnt'I Radio Club of America (IRCA): Ralph
Sanserino, P.O. Box 1831 , Perris, CA 92572
1831. Worldwide; BCB/AM DX. DX Monitor {34 x)
$25 US, $27 Can/Mex, $28.50 ww. $.29 or 2 IRCs
sample.
Longwave Club of America: Bill Oliver, 45
Wildflower Rd., Levittown, PA 19057, (215) 945
0543. Worldwide; Longwave only. The Lowdown.
$18 US, $19 Can/ Mex, $26 ww.

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Date
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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS

Location
Absecon, NJ

Club/ Contact Person

Shore Points ARC "Springiest '95/SPARC, P.O. Box 142, Absecon,
NJ 08201. Location: Holy Spirit High School, Rte 9 approx 3/4 m i
south of Rte 30. Sam. Talk-in 146.385/.985. $5 general admission.
Mar4
West Central OK ARC I Rt 1 Box 66, Hammon, OK 73650,
Elk City, OK
Mar4
Tuscaloosa, AL
Black Warrior Swap / WD4DAT, P.O. Box 032171 , Tuscaloosa, AL
35403,
Mar 10-12 Lafayette, LA
Acadiana ARA / KESFZ, Rt 2 Box 625, Sunset, LA 70584,
FARE, ARCA I KD6XH, 8741 N. Hollybrook Ave, Tucson, AZ. 85741,
Mar 11
Scottsdale, AZ.
Mar 11
Wichita Flis ARS I WBSLCN, 5100 Edgecliff, Wichita Falls, TX 76302.
Wichita, TX
Mar 11
Puyallup, WA
Mike & Key ARC I WA7UVJ , 637 2nd Ave, Kent, WA 98032,
Roanoke Div / KA4EXP, 3213 Bridgemere Terr, Matthews, NC 28105,
Mar 11-12 Charlotte, NC
Circleville, OH
Teays ARC I WBSPPH, 895 1 SR 188, Circleville, OH 43113,
Mar 12
Conneaut, OH
Conneaut ARC I N8QBP, 5 Biscoff Ave, Conneaut, OH 44030,
Mar 12
York, PA
York, Hilltop, Penn-Mar, Keystone I N3JKY, 3291 Hoff Rd, RD 3,
Mar 12
Spring Grove, PA 17362,
8th Annual Winter SWLFest /P.O. Box 591, Colmar, PA 18915.
Mar 16-1 8 Kulpsville, PA
Location, Holiday Inn, Sumneytown Pike, Kulpsville. $35 registration
and m eals. Ian McFarland, guest speaker.
Mar17-19 Norfolk, NE
Nebraska State Conv / Jr WBOYWO, Box 113, Hoskins, NE 68740,
Mar 18
Marietta, GA
Kennehoochee ARC / K4JGK, 3564 Raymond Dr, Doraville, GA
30340.
Colby, KS
Trojan ARC I NOXNJ, 1872 County Rd 15, Colby, KS 67701,
Mar 18
Mar 18-19 Ft Walton Bch,FL Playground ARC I W4RH, 323 Elliott Rd SE, Ft Walton Bch, FL
32548,
Mar 18-19 Midland, TX
Midland ARC I KCSBNT, P.O. Box 4401, Midland, TX 79704,
(915)686-1841. Location: Midland Co. Exhibit Bldg, Bus 20 east, Sat
9am-5pm , Sun 8am-2:30pm.
Maumee, OH
Mar 19
Toledo Mobile I KB8KLK, 4901 Douglas St, Toledo, OH 43613,
Mar 19 Milton-Freewater,OR Walla Walla Valley I WASZAY, P.O. Box 951, Walla Walla, WA 99362,
Mar 19
Sterling, IL
Sterling-Rockfalls ARS I KB9APW, 25873 Capp Rd, Sterling, IL
61081,
Mar 25
T exarl<ana, TX
Four States ARC I NSTC, 1700 Dominik, College Station, TX 77840,
Mar 25-26 Timonium, MD
Gtr Baltimore & MD State Conn / WB3DJU, P.O. Box 95, Timonium,
MD 21094-0095, 410HAM-FEST, 800-HAM FEST. Location:
Timonium Fairgrounds, 8am-4pm both days, $5 per day
Mar26
Grayslake, IL
Libertyville & Mundelein ARS, N Shore RC / Francis Avellone
W9GLO, 650 Green Bay Rd, Lake Bluff, IL 60044, 708-234-4124.
Mar 26
Kinston, NC
Down East Ham Assoc / KB40HZ, 212 E. Capitola Ave, Kinston, NC
28501,
Mar 26
Madison , OH
Lake County ARA I NBLXS, 9310 Little Mt Rd, Kirtland Hills, OH
44060-7951 '
Mar 26
Monroeville, PA
Two Rivers ARC I KC3ET, 2748 Glenny Ln., W Mifflin, PA 15122,
Mar 26
Charleston, WV
Charleston Hamfest / K8WMX, P.O. Box 916, St. Albans, WV 25177,
Mar 31-Apr1 Little Rock, AR
Arkansas State Conv I Dale Temple WSRXU, 5200 Timber Creek, N
Little Rock, AR 72116, 501-771-111 1. Location: Litle Rock Expo
Center, 1-30 Exit 126; Fri 1600-2100; Sat 0800-1700.
Monitoring Times is happy to run brief announcements of radio events open to our readers.
Send our announcements at least 60 days before the event to: Monitoring Times Special Events
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DX Radio Tests
These special test broadcasts provide a unique opportlllity to hear and Identify the following stations. If you hear their
broadcasts, please let the engineer know at the address provided. More infonnation on DXlng the broadcast band can be found
In DX Monitor, the publication of the International Radio Club of America (IRCA, P.O. Box 1831, Perris, CA 92572-1831, USA)
and DX News, the publication of the National Radio Club (NRC, P.O. Box 5711, Topeka, KS 66605-0711). For a sample of either
publication. send one 32 cent stamp ($1 US or 1 IRC overseas) to the addresses above. The following te~ts were arranged by
J.D. Stephens for IRCA unless otherwise noted.
Saturday, Mar 4 KFDF-1580, P.O. Box 573, Fort
Smith, AR 72902, will conduct a test between 2-3:00
em EST. The test will include Morse code IDs, voice
IDs, and possibly some special music. KFDF will
use a nondirectional antenna pattern, and the first
30 minutes of the test will be run at a power of 52
watts. The last 30 minutes will be at a power of
1,000 watts. Reception reports may be sent to Mr.
Stuart Rowtand (KISS)(), Chief Engineer.
Monday, Mar 6 WKBR-1250, P.O. Box 3822,
Manchester, NH 03105, will conduct a DX test
between 1 1:30 em EST. The test wlll Include Morse
code IDs, test tones, voice IDs, and beautiful
music." Reception reports may be sent to Mr. Peter
George (N1GGP), Chief Engineer.
Monday, Mar 6 KZJM-960, P.O. Box 1610, Cape
Girardeau, MO 63702, will conduct a DX test
between 22:30 am EST. The test wlll include Morse
code IDs, voice IDs, and possibly some special
. music. The first 15 minutes of the test will be

conducted on a 5 kW daytime pattam, and the last

15 minutes of the t est will be conducted on a 5 kW
nighttime pattern. Reception reports may be sent to
Mr. Dave Obergoenner, Director of Engineering.
Monday, Mar 13 KWOC-930, Poplar Bluff, MO, will
conduct a DX test between 2-2:30 am EST. The test
Will include Morse code IDs, voice IDs, and possibly
some special music." The first 15 m inutes wtU be
conducted on a 5 kW daytime pattern, and the last
15 minutes of the test will be conducted on a 5 kW
nighttime pattern. Reception reports may be sent to
Mr. Dave Obergoenner, Director of Engineering, c/o
KZiM-AM Radio (address above).
Monday, Mar 20 KSIM-1400, Sikeston, MO, will
conduct a DX test between 1-1 :30 am EST. The test
will Include Morse code IDs, voice IDs, and possibly
some special music." Reception reports may be
sent to Mr. Dave Obergoenner, Director of
Engineering, c/o KZIM-AM Radio (address above)

Advanced Electronics Applications .. 3

Advanced RF Design .................... 85
AIE Corporation .. ......................... 19
Alpha Delta ......... ...... .... .. ............ 81
Amsoft ..................... ........ .......... l 09
Antique Radio Classified ............... 91
ARRL ............................................ 79
Atlantic Ham Radio .................... l 03
Austin Antenna ............................. 99
Buckmaster Publishing .......... ........ 93
Cellular Security Group ...... .. ........ 29
Communications Electronics ......... 11
Computer Aided Technologies ........ ..
.. .......... ...... .............. .... .... 10, 67, 9 9
Dallas Remote Imaging ...... .......... 83
Data metrics ......................... ........ 71
Delta Research .. ........................... 6 1
Drake ........... .................... ........... 51
DWM Enterprises .......................... 29
DX Computing ............................ . 63
Electronic Distributors ................... 97
Electronic Equipment Bank ....... .... 57
G il fe r Shortwave .......................... 61
G lenn Hauser .............................. 43
G rove Enterprises .............. 8, 13, 27,
............................................ 71,1 15
ICOM America .................... Cover IV
Index Publishing ........................... 33
Jacques d'Avignon ......... ............... 57
Jade Products ............................... 25
Javiation .................................... l 07
KC4ZGL Ham Software ................ 19
KIWA Electronics ................ l 03, l 07
Klingenfuss ......................... ......... 67
Lenti ni Communications .... ........... 15
Marymac Industries ...................... 85
Microcraft ........................ .......... l 07
MilSpec Communications ........... l 01
Monitoring Times .......... .. ... l 03, 118
M otron Electronics ................ 23, 111
National Scanning Report .. ........... 37
OptoElectronics ........... .... Cover II, Ill
O rchid City Software .................. l 05
Palomar Engineering ........ 18, 31 , 89
Pioneer Data ................................ 25
Radio Accessories ............. ............ 69
Radiomap ............... .. ................... 69
Radioware Corp ..................... .. .... 85
Ramsey Electronics ....................... 39
R.C. Distributing ...... ............. 87, 107
R.D.I. White Papers .................... 103
RMA ............................................ 87
Satellite Times ............ .... ....... ... .... 67
Signal Intelligence ........ ................ 71
Skyvision ...................... ...... .......... 87
C lem Small .................................. 53
Software Systems Consulting ........ 61
Startek lnt' I ................... ........ ....... 75
Universal Radio .......... ..... ....... 89, 99
U.S. Radio .................. ............... l 05
U.S. Scanner Publications ......... 5, 29
Viking International .................... l 09
Worldcom Technology ........ l 03, l 07

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Get the facts straight: A recent article in

the Denver Post was most misinformative.
Writer Peter G. Chronis cautioned his readers, " ... the new federal legislation that took
effect Oct. 25 ... makes it unlawful to have
and use a scanner that picks up (cordless)
phone conversations. You could be fined if
caught and convicted." Wrong.
Chronis goes on to compound the fiction by quoting another oracle of misinformation, Jarvis Seccombe of U.S. West, a
cellular provider: " ... the new act also makes
it illegal to possess ... scanners that can pick
up the conversations." Wrong again. You
can possess a radio that picks up anything-just don't listen in on telephone conversations.
Stop blaming the new hams: Hard to
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complaining that the no-code licensees will
be the ruination of ham radio. Their shortterm memories don't recall that it was the
code-driven "incentive licensing" mistake
promoted by these curmudgeons that caused
the disintegration of ham radio; no-code
has brought a resurgence of interest and
fresh perspectives not seen in decades.
Interestingly enough, back in the early
1900s, when Morse was the dominant mode,
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their profanity. It's nothing new; the nuts
are still with us. We don't need to impose a
code test, we need to administer psychological evaluation.
FCC abandons enforcement: Congressional budget-cutting has taken its toll. The

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Federal Communications Commission is

phasing out of the enforcement business,
ignoring volumes ofinterferencecomplaints
except in public safety situations. Is vigilantism an answer?
AccordingtoL.A. Times(May27, 1992),
Van Williams, who formerly thrilled youngsters in the 1960s as the Green Hornet, now
operates a business repeater. Williams grew
tired of hearing unlicensed abusers access
his repeater; he lost customers who were
disgusted with the incessant interference.
When he asked the intruders to stop, they
threatened to bomb Williams's home, business and repeater site. The Green Hornet had
enough.
With a radio-equipped van, Williams used
direction-finding equipment to locate the
culprits who were then apprehended by police; their equipment was confiscated and
they were convicted. Good ending to the
story. Perhaps more civil or criminal action
needs to taken against abusers of the spectrum when the FCC won't help.
And finally , a new, two-way radio service has been proposed by Radio Shack's
parent company, Tandy Corporation. The
"Family Radio Service" would provide an
effective UHF alternative to interferenceplagued CB, taking its channels from the
General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS), the
members of which are understandably opposed to the move. At this writing the FCC
has not yet rejected the proposal which was
petitioned last July; while this does not mean
that it will be accepted, it may indicate that
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