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CONTENTS

Vo!.17, No. 12

December 1998

Ramo Difusora tie Pocos

tie Caltlas
,

12

By Valter Aguiar
Rad io Difu sor a fits the ste reo type of a "tropical band " station,
broadcas ting Brizilian co untry music from its locatio n in a lush ,
tropical parad ise favored by Brazilian honeymooners. Th e statio n is
also kno wn to " roll out the red carp et" to listen ers w ho vis it their
fac ilities.

DigitalAlternatives in SatelDte Television ................. 16

By Ken Reitz

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T he transition of sate llite bro adc asters to
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digital modes is not all bad news for the C1Ku
band viewer. For examp le, digit al tran smission s
allow many No rth Ame rican viewers ne w acce ss to Intelsat satellites whose
signals arc 100 wea k for optima l analog recepti on .
So me dom estic networks are also using digital modes as a way of offering the

Co yer StQry

consumercost-effective alternatives to major network programming via satellite

Tropical Bantl DXing

and cable. (Sec sidebar o n p. 19, "P AX Nel: A Wh ole som e View ing Altern ative"
by Steve n Handler. )

By Don Moore
To most peopl e, the phras e
"tropica l bands" brings a pretty
clear picture to mind - a bun ch
of shirtless guys playing calypso
music. Bu t, to the hobbyists who
delight in catchin g the most distant or elusive sig nals (OXers),
those two litt le words express the
most chal leng ing and enjoyable
part of the radio hobby. If you
haven't OXed the bands between
2000 to 5900 kHz ye t. it' s time to
join the fun !
OX pert Don Mo ore gives yo u
the where, whe n, why , wha t and
how to ge t start ed, beginning o n
page 8.

Challenges in IDing Trunketl Ramo Systems............ 20

By David Stark
Unless yo u have all the sys tem freq ue ncies programmed int o yo ur trunk-track ing sca nne r o r soft ware,
yo u won ' t fo llow all the co nversatio n. Here are a
varie ty of way s - from the elementary to the co mp lex
- 10 find and fo llow trun ked com munica tions .

1998Monitoring Times Intlex .......................... 94

Reviews:

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... _. -- -:.= - - - . Weather rad ios are a hot gift ite m these days,
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and we offer foor qu ite d ifferent models for your
co nsidera tion : Joc k Elliott looks at two fro m Or- . .
....
ego n Scie ntific and Midland (p. 87),
Bob Grove elab orates on one mad e
by Rad io Shack (p. 101 ), and "W hat' s
New " repo rts o n the EA R sys tem from MTS (p . 97) .
M T also takes its first look at the AO R AR7000 o n page IOJ.
Kevin Carey review s the book Radioscience Observing by Joe Carr
(p. 78), and Ike Kerschner finds "More Nea t Stuff ' for the amateur's
stocking (p.86 ). "Magn e Te sts" is on hiatus this month .

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Statewide Systems
Utility World ." ..,..,...,
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Is /here life in MARS?
Digitol Digest......,." ,
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DigitalReflections
Global Forum
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Norway Cancels English
QSL Report ,
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Ala,ka Calling
English Lang SWGuide
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Propogation Conditions
60
How 10 Spal Sonlo Clou,!
Progra mming Spodight
61
Holiday Gifts via Shortwave
Satellite Radio Guide
62
The Launching Pad .............................. 66
Tuning in Shortwave via Sate/fite
Beginner's Comer ............................... 68
Listening Tips for the Beginner
View from Abave,." .........................." 70
Keeping Up wilh /he [alest
Federal File ,.,...,.,.""" ....,............,." .., 72
Who Controls Government Frequencies?
Plane Talk " ..""."",." ., ,
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American Bondscan ". " " " .""""""."" 76

eHabla Espanol?
Outer limits."..." ." " ,.,........................ 77
Vaice of /he Pig', Ear
Below 500 kHz.................." ." ,,,.,,.,,. 78
Review of "Radioscience Observing"
PeS Front line ........... .......,." ."" """,. 80
Consumer Choices in /heCellular Markel
Experimenters Workshop ." " """ " .. 82
AIIPurpose OpAmps
AntennaTopics
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Christmas Tree Antennas
On the Ham Bonds .." ."". ",. " " ,." " " 86
More Good Sluff!
And More! ,."" .""" ." ." .""" " ,." " " " " 87
Wea/herradios From Oregon Scientific and
Midland
Ask Bob " " " """ ,." " .""", ." ." .,..", ..." 88
Using Grove's FCC Database on Windows 98
Sca nning Equipment""",."", ....,..,.", 90
Radio Shack PRO 91 Trunking POriable
Computers & Rad io "."" ". " " " " " " " ,. 92
TenTec's Under$300 DSP SW receiver
What', New " " """ ." """",.""", "" 97
101
Review."""""""." ,.". ", "
AR7000 Preview I RS NWR5AME rodio
Stock Excha nge "."",. ,,,
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Advertisers Index ., " ,."
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Closing Comments
104
Christma' Greeting' From /he Staff

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Freq uency Monito rs
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Dig ital Digest
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will be used for video . And loc al pho ne calls
mig ht be made by satellite.
Th e objec tiv e is to co nsolida te tasks th at are
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oversee co nverging markets and the emergence of ne w tec hnologies.One ofthe first new
offices to surface is a com bine d effort: a new
enforce ment division that will oversee all rule
co mpliance.
O ne of th e major com pla ints of ham ope ra tors is th e lack of radio wave enforcem ent. T his will be c ha nging ! T he Federa l
Co mmunications Commission announc ed on
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Mail Stop 1500 EI. Washin gton. DC 205 54 .

Tele phone calls sho uld be di rected to: (202)
4 18- 1184.
The long disputed, long resisted and long
delayed move by the FCC's Washington DC
headquarters is under way. It beg an o n October 23rd and will be completed by March 1999.
T he objective is to co nsolida te se veral FCC
office s scattered around the do wntow n area
ju st nort h of the Wh ile House. T he new head quarters will be located o n the waterfront at the
"Portals II" in so uthwes t Washin gton, DC.
A major controve rsy erupted when it was
discovered that the develope r of [he complex
paid aS I million legal fee to President Clinton' s
1996 campa ign manager for wo rk that includ ed
amending the FCC' s lease. T he annual lease
will cost about o ne-third more than is currently
bei ng pa id. Unless Co ngress can co me up with
an addi tional $9 mill ion in rent which is not in
the FCC' s bud get. commission staffers could
be furl oughed .
T wo-way high spee d wireless Internet
a ccess fro m th e home will ev en tua lly be a
reality. The FCC has cleared the wa y for
wi reless companies to provide high- speed
Internet and othe r services to-and-from homes
and business es. Up until now. wi reless tec hnology could o nly be pro vided in one direction.
Customers had to use slo wer te lephone lines to
move data from the home or busine ss . Th e
FCC ' s action mea ns wire less comp an ies will
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peop le would need an outside antenna and a
cable mod em .
Do you understand a ll those line-item
cha rges on you r phone bill ? We ll. yo u are not
alone.The FCC has a new rulcmaking proposal
out that would make them easie r to read and
co mprehend. Th e age ncy hope s it will put a
sto p to two g row ing problems - slamming
and cramming (unautho rized switching of your
long distance phone se rvice and addi ng services yo u don ' t ask for) . One of the co ntro versial billing pract ices is the listing of governmen t-o rdered subsidies as separate line item s
on a pho ne bill. Phone companies do this so
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wiring th e nati on's schools a nd libraries to
the Internet. Th e up to 90% redu ction in the
price they pay for Intern et service is being
tacked onto phone bills. The agency co ntends
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that long di stance com pan ies pay more than
offsets the cos t of the "e -rate" (ed ucation rate )
plan. Still . MCI, AT&T and Spri nt are cha rging busi ness cu stomer s an addi tiona l 4 - 5%
" Universal Service" charge without e xplanation to pay fo r the Internet co nnectio ns.
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Teachers and principals ranked havin g cell ular
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Internet."
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b usinesses o pposed lo sing their mo st va luab le asse t - and so did a nu mber o f C o ng ressme n. inc ludi ng Rep. Bi lly Tauzin (RLa ). Cha irm an o f the sub-co mm ittee o n
Telecommunications, Trade and Con sum er
Prot ect ion, Th e mea sure was dropped from
the spe nd ing bill.

T ropical ba nd - tha t pa rt of the specIrum at the bottom o f the shor tw ave ba nds
- is 011 its way o ut, accordi ng to an arti cle
by Han s Johnso n in Radio World which
quoted extens ive ly fro m DXer s Don Moore

and Harald Kuhl. The decline is largely due

to the g rowth of FM netwo rks. S hortwave
was used by big stations to get their broadcast into the cou ntrysi de. But. as short wave
broadcasters to Africa have discove red.
whe n au di en ces are offe red a ch o ice they
w ill genera lly choose the be tter fide lity o f
FM .

1\:100l"c also pointed out that in rural

areas of Ec uador. rad io a lso serves as a way
to get per sonal me ssages to ind ivid uals in
rem o te villages. As teleph one se rvice ex pan d s. th is maj o r so urce o f stat ion revenue
a lso d isappears.
Th e ob st acl es to building such infrastruct ure in remote sec tions o f the Am azon
a nd Andes, ho wever. arc so dau nt ing th at
tro pical band radio ma y be a force th ere
un til hi -tec h satc llite sy ste ms becom e cost effec tive .

MDT Monitoring - is it legal?

A Hou sto n. T exas, ma n wa s rece nt ly
cha rged with illegal intercept ion o f mob ile
data ter mina ls. Jose Mo ral es is a co m pute r
pro grammer who wa s arrested for interce pting po lice MOT com m unications.converting the di g ital sig nal into text. and se lling the inform ation to tow tru ck dri vers so
they wo uld he present wh en an o ffic e r
ca lled for a lo w truck.
MTi s attempt ing to di sco ver mor e ab out
the cascoWh ile fed eral law c learly pro hibits lise o f intcrc cp ted co mm unica tio ns for
fin an cial gai n. it docs allow interception o f
pu bl ic s a fety age ncy com m unic at io ns
"r eadi ly acc ess ible to the ge neral pub lic:'
A numb er of par am eter s defin e the latter
ph ra se. hut case law has not ye t determined
whether MDTs fall wi thin or witho ut th at

definition.
Accord ing to the rep ort in the

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Chronicle, the c harge of intercepting wire

co m mun icatio ns is a sec ond -degree felon y
und er T exas state law .

One Step Closer to Heaven

Angel T ech no logies Co rporatio n is one
step clo se r to th ei r goa l of encirc ling urban
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December /998

areas w ith a HA LO - a relay station in the

sky called the Hig h Altitude Lon g Op eration ( HA Lo n') Networ k. Th e Pro teu s aircra ft that \vo uld pro vid e this se rvice is
ba sed upo n Ui.1l1 Ruta n' s Voyager, the first
air craft to Ill' non- stop aro und the g lobe
witho ut refu e ling. Th e new aircraft desig ned by Rutan and built by Sc aled Co mpo site s. wa s unveil ed Se ptem be r 23 in a
dem on stration above th e Mojave desert .
Ange l hopes to be read y to dep lo y the
fi rst netvvork 50.00 0 feet abo ve a maj or
urban area by the ye ar 2000 , Th e sys te m
will allo w wire less broadband, mult i-m egabit pe r seco nd tr an sac tions at gr eat er
strength and spee d th an sate llite -de live red
s ignals. bu t it casts a foo tprint (or a halo ?)
o nly 75 mi les in d iam eter. (Sketch co urtesy
Sca led C o mpos ites )

Your lobbying dollars at work?

Re me m ber tho se huge reven ues th at the
FC C suppo sed ly racked up with spec trum
auctio ns ab ou t ( \\0 years ago'? Th e th ree
highest bidd ers have de fault ed on the debt
and ha ve fi led for bankruptcy protection . A
pro vis ion in the recent budget bi ll wou ld
have restored PCS licen ses wh ich end up in
bankruptcy co urt to the pool of avai lab le
freq uenci es. Not surprisingly, the three

The days 01 Mom and Pop are

over
Ea rly last yea r we reported a victor y for
Ze bulon Lee. o wn erofWZL S in Ashevi lle,
NC. who has been fightin g for I I year s for
the rig ht to broa dc ast on 9 6.5 FM . Th e
victory was o nly temporary : Th e FCC has
no w dec ide d the on ly fair way to settle the
matter perma nen tly is by an auct ion between the five contenders, to be held in a
year or less.
Most of the part ies seem to ag ree that it
wi ll be d ifficult for th e winner to avoid
becom ing part of a chain or selling o ut to a
maj or broadcaster in o rde r to reco up the
purcha se pr ice. "T he da ys of mom and pop
op er ator s in market s like Asheville are
o ve r." sa id one attorney. Accord ing to the
Ashe ville Citizen. a second atto rney said
the FCC deci sion is the government "j ust
dec iding that the public inter est is just ge tting however much mon ey (it) ca n get,"
Zebulo n Lee died in Aug us t at the age of
~O. His so n Brian Lee is pro gram manager
of W ZLS . the area ' s on ly rock station.

Thanks to Inmarsat, still in school

After buildi ng the ir ow n 56.000-foot
yac ht. the Edington fami ly is taking a 15.(XXl

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M onthly DXpedilions:
Over the winter a gro up o fDX aficionados will be co nd ucting a DXpedition

e ve ry month. A web page is now avail a b le wh ere the r e s ults of the se

DXpeditio ns will be posted. Photos and
probably sound file s will also be av ai lab le from this sit e . Ken A lexander from
O ntario OX As sociation is the main en gine be hi nd the se expeditions and page.
Ken would welcome reports from other
DXpeditions and they will po sted on th is
site : www.interlog.coml-auroradxl
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mile. 14 month journey aro und the glob e.
However , the Edingt on ' s two teen -aged
daughters won' t be missin g any school.
Th ey will be continuing thei r schooling as
pall of a project of the Cranford Co mmunity School in Hounslow, West London made possibl e usin g an Inmarsat-C messaging termi nal integrated with GPS (Global Positioning System ) and an Inma rsat
mini-M satellite phone.
Th e ad venture bega n in August in Plymouth and will end-if a ll goes well-in
Nc v.. So uth \Vales. Australia. Along the
way the fam ily is deliveri ng more than 200
artific ial lenses to eye surgery camps and
learnin g toys to a blind childre n's school in
Th e Gamb ia. Then the ir path take s them to
the Caribbean. th rough the Pan ama Can al.
and on to the Sout h Pacifi c to de liver aid for
islands in that region as we ll.

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Tropical
Band
Where, When, Why, What, and How

By Don Moore

o 1110st peopl e. the ph rase " tropica l band s" brings a pre tty
clear pict ure to mind - a hunch of shirtless guys playing
calypso music , But. to experienced shortw ave DXers, tho se
two little word s ex press the mos t challenging and enj oy able part of the
radio hobby. Th e phra se kindles memori es of a DXers best catches
an d favori te QSL s. of ex otic music, and of ea rly mo rning liste ning
sess ions. For Illany DXcrs, the trop ica l band s are what this hobby is all
aho ut. And. ify ou haven 't DXcd the tropi cal bano s yet . it' s timetojo in
the fun!

WHERE
...arc the tropi ca l hand s'? Accordin g to the rules. ther e are three
distinct ranges: 2300 2495.3200 - 3400. and 4750 - 5060 kilohertz.
Long-stand ing internat iona l agreeme nts ha ve set aside these frequcn cics for broad casting stations located betw een the Tropi cs of Caprico rn and Can cer. Most. but not all, countries strictly adhere to these
guide lines.
Th e most com mo n exception is "o ut of band" broad casting where
statio ns usc adjacent frequ enc ies allocated to other types of radi o
servi ces. For exa mple, there arc seve ral do zen tropi ca l band stations in
the 52005700 kHz range. In some co untries, such as Vietnam and
Indonesia, these arc officia l gov ernment stations. In others, Peru and
Bolivia es pecia lly, private broadc asters in remote areas simply ignore
the regul ations and the go vernmen t does not have the manpo wer,
funding, or interest to sto p them.
Th us, for all practical purpo ses. the tropi cal band s may be tho ugh t
o f as anyth ing between 2000 to 5900 kHz . Furth ermo re. there are
man y smaller stations throu gh 7500 kHz that ca n j ust as well be
conside red trop ical band broadc asters.
The second exc eption is that not all tropi ca l band stations arc in the
tropi cs. For- decades. C hina and Russia have had numerous stations in
the trop ical band s. One old Sov iet tropical band statio n was actually
locate d in Murmansk. nort h of the Arctic C ircle ! Mor e recentl y, some
US- based shortwave broad caster s have used loopho les to get FCC
permi ssion 10 broadcast in or j ust out side the tropi cal bands. So,
trop ical band stations arc not necessarily tropical.

WHEN
,., can the tropica l ba nds be DXcd? Th e key word here is d a r kness.

MONITORINGTIMES

December / 998

T he lo wer shortwave freq uencies on ly propagate long distances when

most or all of the recep tion path is in darkness. For the listener, that
means from about Iwo hours be fore loca l sun set to about two hours
afte r local sunrise. (The station heard mu st also be in or ncar dark ness.)
Right now , in mid -wi nter, there are few er hours of daylight than at
any time o f year, which mean s more hou rs when trop ical band DX ca n
be heard. Co nversely. June pro vides the fewest hours o f listeni ng.
Nicely enough. static levels are also at their lowest in mid-wi nter (and
highest in June). which mean s we are at the beg inning of the best
tropical band DX time o f the year.
Becau se of the need for darkness, there arc parti cular time per iods,
or window s, each day to listen to tropical band ers fro m d ifferent
reg ions. Becau se Lat in America is so uth of North America. it is the
simplest. Any time it is dark or ncar dark at your location yo u ca n
probably hear some Latin Amer ica n stations. However, most stations
sign 01'1' by 0400 UTe and few sign-ons beg in befo re 0900, so there
isn 't much to be heard in the midd le of the nigh t.
There arc two wind ow s for hear ing African stations. The first
begin s an hour or two before sunset at the DXcrs North American
location and lasts until abo ut 2400 UTC, at which point alm ost all

Manager Carlos Rumb as (right) and other staff ill the Radio
Valera studio,

Modesto Marchetta, ownertmana ger of

Venezuela 's Radio Frontera on 4760
kHz.

te nds to be best du ring gm yline e nha nce me nt.

\Vhat' s that? Ju st a fancy word for sunrise
or sun set. We 'll skip the techni cal backgro und.
but the iono sphere gets extra-exc ited when it
is c hanging from light to dark or vice-versa. If
eit her the listener or the station is a t sunset or
sunrise. rece ption is enhanced. If both the
liste ner and the statio n are on the gray line at
the same tim e. WOW !
Howe ver, betwee n any two specific poi nts ,
gray line enhance me nt docs not happen very
often . For ex ample, Iowa a nd Bolivia arc both
on the grayline at about 1100 UTC in midJu ne and abo ut 2230 UTe in mid -December.
T he when and when' of gray lin ing can be
det ermin ed throu gh softw a re s uc h a s
G EOCLO CK' . pape r map s which so me DX
club s sell. or other tool s such as the slide-rulelike DX Edge' .

African sta tions ha ve signed off for the night.

(Eastern Africa ns beg in the sign-o ff parade
about 2000 UTe.) T he further west the listener is loc ated . the sho rte r and later this
wind ow is. On the West Coast. there is no first
window at all.
The seco nd window starts at 0300 whe n
... do DXer s go aft er stations on the tropi cal
the East African s begi n to co me back on a nd
it lasts unt il sunrise at the transm itter site. As bands? Th e bigge st reason is the cha llenge.
morning move s across Africa from ea st to Bec ause most tropical band sta tions are broadwe st. more stations sign o n. T hey may be casting j ust for listeners in their own co untry.
tran smitt er powers arc usu ally low. Fe w are
heard for an hour or so unt il their local dawn
ca tches up with the m. Th e last stations, in over ten kilowatt s - ma ny running und cr one
West Africa. fade out arou nd 0700 to 0800, kilow att . Internat ional broadca sters with 500
depending on the time of year. Wh ile this kW j ust don 't present that kind of c hallenge !
A nd. unli ke the big guy s. few tropi cal band
second wind ow is open to all North America,
signals are usuall y wea ker as one mo ves to- stations have ante nna s that ma ximi ze low
ang le distant propagation. Ant ennas arc either
wards the West Coast.
T he third main target area is East and South design ed for high-angle. rel ativel y local cov Asia and the Paci fic, for whic h there is one erage or are haphaza rdly put up without a ny
main window in the morning . After darkness plan a t all. Many small And ean sta tions ju st
co vers the West Coast, it graduall y mo ves string a wire between two trees and don't even
across the Pacifi c. creating da rkne ss recep- both er to match it to the transmitter ! Th ro w in
some sta tic and fading, and yo u have the
tion paths as it goes. Thi s target area exte nds
fro m Australia to Mongolia, and from Pa ki- biggest DX ch allen ge the shortwav e broadstan to Vanuatu, so there is a lot of variation cast bands have to offer.
both geographically and sea sonall y. But ge nThe othe r reason to OX the tropi cal band s
era lly spea king. so me part of the region is within the darkn ess path to
No rth Amer ica bet ween 0800 to 1500
UTe.
Of course. because of the North
American su nrise. East Coasters have
the shortes t window , e ndi ng about
1200 UTC, and West Coasters have
the lon gest (a nd stro ngest signals).
During the winte r mon ths, howeve r.
East Coasters (a nd, to a lesser e xtent.
Mid westerners) do ge t the be nefit of
a late aft ern oon window to parts of
Eas t and South Asia at around 2 100 to
2200 UTe.
Of co urse , noth ing is quite that
simple as j ust listening du ring those
windows. Trop ica l band reception Costa Rica's Faro del Caribe can be heard ,If! 5055

is who ca n be heard. Fo r a vari ety of reasons.

the tropical bands a re not the best place for
lon g-distance propagation of radio signals.
T hat' s no t to say you can' t hear distant station s on the tropic al bands- far from it! But,
if you are a major interna tiona l broadcaster
and yo u want to get a good so lid consistent
sign al int o yo ur target area e very day, the
higher freq uencies work better. So the re is
very little internation al broadca sting in the
tropi cal bands.

WHY

Radio Luz y Vida, 3250 kllz.from

Honduras is olle of the mor e regular
stations ill the 90 meter band.
Most of the wor ld ' s co untries do not have
an inte rnationa l bro adca sting voice with English programs for o ve rseas liste ners . Howeve r. most do ha ve some sort of dom estic
broa dca sting o n shortwa ve, usually in the
tropi cal band s. It is impossible to log more
than about se venty or eight y co untries without DX ing tropical band stations. Addi ng the
trop ical bands. ho wever , many DXcrs have
hea rd ove r 200 co untrie s and ove r 1000 station s.
Finally. there is the pro gramming. which
is a lot different from inte rna tio na l broadcasters . Because most trop ical ban d station s bro adca st to their own co untry ,
this is a c hance to hear rea l loea l radio
from around the world. It may not
al way s be pro fessional, but it has an
authentic qual ity that has di sappeared
from mu ch of the homogeni zed US.
radio di al.
Of co urse, most broadca sts will
be in a lang uage otherthan English . If
you know a little Sp ani sh or French.
tha t will be help. However. many
thin gs to be heard on the tropi cal
bands tran scend the language barrier . Fo r e xa mple, the re' s not hing
like the exci teme nt of a Brazilian
[utb ol (soccer) announcer - it's ea sy
10 fee l the atm osp here eve n witho ut
k.Hz.

December 1998

MONITORING TIMES

La Voz del Rio Tarqui, 3285 kHz. is one

of Ecuador 's many irregular tropical
band stations .

knowing a word o r Por tu guese. (An d wa it ti ll

hear yo ur first "g (' - (' ~ inser t OIl C thousand
here - oul" scorcd 'I
O f co ursc.nuedcu vcrccmcs ,IllY lan gu age
d ifference. and for good internat ional mu sic
the tropical band s ca n' t be bea t.
Yl Hl

(l ' S

WHAT
... equipment is nee de d? Any rece iver that
incl udes th e tro pic al freq ue ncy runge wi ll

pick up at lea st a few sta tio ns if co ndition s arc

righ t. A few year:'. ago. I picked up se veral
Latin Arncri cun sta tio ns on a c he ap th reehan d po rtab le cos ting less tha n $30.
Hut real DXing does ta ke a bet te r recei ver.
Th e m ini mum is a good por table. like the
So ny IC F-201 0 or Sangca ATS -9 09 ; a go od
tablet op rece ive r like the Drake R-8 series or
the AOR AR-70JO is eve n better.
Th e keys 10 recei ver ch oi ce are se nsitivity
and se lec tivity . The receive r mu st be se nsitive
eno ug h to mak e usable audio o ut of sig nals
that arc so metimes very weak .
Se lec tivity - the abi lity to c ut o ut nearby
inter fering sig nals. or QRM - is j usL 'I S
important. Like the internatio nal band s. the
trop ical ha nds can a lso be conges ted at time s.
On the internatio na l hands. at lea st the interference is al most a lways 5 k f-lz away. since
statio ns arc un frequ ency. B UI. so me tro pical
hand statio ns drift in freq uency . so the QRM
rnay onlybc rwoor th rcc kil oh ert z awa y! And .
besides QRM from ot he r broadcasti ng stutions. d igita l utili ty stations (RlTY. Morse
code. FA X. ctc.) a lso usc sonic oft he trop ical
spectrum.
Good se lec tivity is j ust the first 10 0 1 that
DX cr s ca ll usc in cutting do wn interfere nce o n
the tropi ca l ba nds. Man y DXe rs do m uc h of
thei r trop ica l ba nd DXing in sing le side band
(SS B) mode. even though the sig na ls are Af\..I.
not SSB . The reason is simple. If yo u ar c
listen ing in upper sideb a nd ( US B ) mode. yo u
hear o nly what is above. not he low. the freque ncy yo u arc tuned to. wh ich eli minates or
at least red uces QRM from alower frequ en cy.
Usc lo we r side hand (LS A) mode to redu ce

Q RM on a higher freque ncy .

Eithe r way. wi th SSB yo u hav e to tun e in
the statio n precisely. If yo u arc off by e ve n a
hun dred He rtz. the signal will be di stort ed a nd
the re will be a sharp to ne. Thi s type of tuning
ta kes practi ce, but it ' s well wo rth it. Try it o n
so me stro ng signa ls first , 10 develo p yo ur
to uc h for the weak o nes .
Ot he r tric ks include use of receiv er fea tures such a s the ton e co ntro l. no tch filt ers.
sync hrono us dete ction. and passband tu ning.
if yo ur recei ve r has them . Contro ls which are
no t often needed for the big broadca ste rs
co me in very ha ndy o n the trop ica l bands.
Of co urse . a rece iver is no bett er tha n the
an te nna it is attach ed to , An o utdoor wire
ante nna is a ncar -must fo r trop ica l band DXing.
Beverage anten nas - se vera l hu ndred feet of
wire strung in a straight lin e ab out eight feet
<above the ground - are DX " nirvana:' bu t for
most people they are impra cti cal except on
DXpeditions. However, sm all ac tive antenna s and indoor loops ca n be almost as good. if
they arc located in a q uiet e nvironme nt. I
co ntinue 10 have ve ry good resu lts with m y
twen ty-year-ol d ferrite bar loo p. which easily
sits on top of my desk.
lndep th info rmatio n about buying receivers and using spec ific anten na s is beyond the
sco pe of this an icle. For mo re spec ific fact s
about recei ver s. check Larry Magne' s reviews
in MT and Passpon to World Band Rad io' ,
Th ere arc se vera l good a ntenna books on the
market: I especia lly like the ones by Ed No ll
and by Joe Carr'.
And rem e mber . while eq uipme nt is grea t.
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recei ver doesn ' t make a nyo ne a good tro pical

band DXcr. An experie nced DXer w ith a ICF20 10 will outhcur a no vicc with a n R- XB any
day.

HOW
... can you bec o me .1 good trop ica l ha nd
OX er? Learn the band s. That' s why an experie nce d DXer with minimum eq uipment will
outhear a no vice w ith the be st.
Th e ex perienced DXer kno ws what is usual
and what is unu sual. Wh en tun ing the bands.
he will sto p for a few seconds with each
statio n fo und . Based on the frequen cy. language. prog ra mmin g. signa l qu alit y.1I1d time
of day he will know who 1110st stations arc the usual s. I f so mething is di ffere nt that wi ll
stic k o ut to o ne fami liar with the band .
Pe rhap s the re is a new o r rare statio n on a
usua lly empty frequency . Maybe Spanish la ng uage and G ua tema lan mu sic is heard on a
freq uen cy that had be en oc cupied by a Brazi lian bro adcaster . Maybe a usually weak but
re gul ar Afri c an sta tio n is boo mi ng in. indica ting enhan ced cond itions 10 that re gion and a
chance 10 go aft er less com mo n statio ns.
T here is no magic 10 succ essful tro pical
ba nd DX ing. Th e longer o ne purs ues the
hob by. the more e xpe rie nce is gai ned a nd the
bcucr thc Dx cr bccom cs. G radu all y. the DXer
lea rns to recogn ize major DX langu age s suc h
.IS Spanish. Po rtu gue se. Indo ne sian. Russian.
and Fren ch . T he n he lea rns typica l phra ses
that are used wi th statio n IDs, tim e c hec ks,
and oth er import ant a nno unce men ts.
Recog nizing mu sic types is j ust as im por tant . Few statio ns o utside Indo nesia play
game/all m us ic. T o the no vi ce , A frica n
rhythm s and Lati n A meri can tro pic a l m usic
may so und much the same. as mi gh t C hinese
an d Andea n mu sic. Yet. eac h arc ve ry disti nc-

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2325

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4725
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Bolivia
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China
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Per uvian huavnos.
J ust as important is the Dx cr' s ge nera l
bac kg round kno wledge of the OX tar get area.
Kno wing the nam es o f cou ntries. citi e s, rive rs. and othe r geographic features may help .
Some Dx crs can list from mem ory the na mes
o f ma ny of the internal states or depart me nts
of Peru . Boli via, .1I1d Brazil. Other impo rta nt
cl ues include the nam es of the loca l curre ncy.
the pre sid ent a nd pro mine nt leaders. and maj or co nsume r products . (B eer and ba nks are
two o f the mo st wide ly advertised produ cts on
Latin America n rad io . Th e co mpa ny name
c an na rrow do wn which cou ntry is be ing
heurd . t All th is is learned o ver tim e.
On e part of the road to experienc e is
sim ply putt ing in the tim e at th e di al s. T he
other is using re feren ce s and resources.
Regularly reading OX bull etins and radi o
wcbsites is a mus t. as is ha vin g a goo d
ul as. Borro win g library book s and vid eo s
o n a fa vo rite DX target area can no t o nly
be interesting. bu t ca n help the DXer lea rn
he lpful background kno wledge. Ma ny librari es ha ve C Ds of internatio na l mu sic
as we ll, A lso. try find ing so undc lips from
wo rld mu sic vendors on the Inte rne t. In
the e nd wha t the DX er knows or kno ws
wh er e to find is wha t cou nts.
So. isn' t it lime to begi n yo ur o wn
Staff members at Radio Popular ill Ecuador, tropical ba nd memories of best catc hes,
fav o rite Q SL s, and early mo rning listen The station 's -1800 kHz shortwave
tran smitter has been inactive fo r several
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J ean while waiting a replacement tube.

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Radio Tezulutlcn
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Rodio Cora

Radia Ghana

Radio Quito
Radio Sen MiSuel
Radio Intemahonal
Ecos del Torbes

All India Radio

S.l.B.C.
Radia Rebelde

Radio lira
Radiodiffusion Tcqclclse

CARACOl
China Ncfioncl Radia
Voice of the Tigrey Revolution

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1 . GeoClock sharewarecan be downloaded
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2 . DXEdge, developed by Xontec, Inc., P.O.
Box 834, Madison Square Station, New
York, NY 10159.
3 . Possport to World Bond Radio is published

by Intemational BroadcastingServices, ltd.,

and is available fromGrove Enteprises. Ca ll
1-800 -438 -8155 to request information or a
catalog.
4 . Joe Carr's Receiving Antenna Handbook,

1993, is published by Hightext. Ed Noll's

book, Easy-Up Antennas, was published by
Howa rd W . Sams in 1988 , but is now out of
print.
Don Moore has ball DXi".lI. f or m 't'T 25 Je an and lias
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The Bddal Ve;1waterfall

By Valter Aguiar

//E

la trem boo. .wi.'" Wh at docs this

mean '? We ll. if you tran sla te it

literally from Portuguese (forgettin g the gramm atica l errors ), the result will be
"o b. what a goo d train sir!" But "trern" here
doest not mea n "train: ' It can mean everything you arc tal king about. A "trent bao"
co uld the n be better tra ns lated as... "3 nice
th ing:'
Too compli cat ed ? Perh a ps. but you should
get used to it if yo u e ver visit Minas Gerais. a
very importa nt state in the countryside of
Brazi l. H istoric ally , 1110 st gold and precious
stone min es were locat ed in the state and

giant Chess, the Bridal Veil waterfa ll, and the

Love rs ' Fo untai n. T he tropic al band DXer,
though. mig ht wa nt to put Radio Difusora de
Pecos de Ca lda s on his list o f stops! Radi o
Difu sora is a very interesting tropi ca l wave
station in the heart of Brazilian cou ntrys ide.
Being such an imp ortant town in its region.
Pecos de Ca ldas has a number o f rad io broad cas ters on both med iumwave and FM . There
are also relays o f the natio nal T V networks
and a local TV station. Radio Difusora is,
howeve r. ofspecial intere st due to the fact tha t

explored whenBrazilwasa Portuguese colony.

Today, Min as Ge rais is we ll known for its
agriculture. mil k and chose production, historica l places. love ly peopl e and very bea utiful towns to visit.
Minas Gerai s' capital is Belo Horizonte, a
ci ty located in the middl e of the state. If yo u go
towards the south (near the bord er w ith Sao
Paulo), yo u will find a very beaut iful and
important town w ith 150.000 inhabitants. In
fact , it is so important in the region that it is
called " the cap ital of southern Mina s Ge rais."
We are talking of Pocos de Caldas (the accent
und er the c give s it the pro nu ncia tio n of an "s'
as in superb )!
And it is indeed a supe rb town! Besid es its
metal production and mineral water springs,
Pocos de Caldas is a ve ry we ll-know n tourist
ci ty. trad itionall y chose n by Brazilian co uples
for honeymoonin g. Th ere yo u ca n find lovely
place s to visit, such as the Flower C lock , the

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December 1998

Tile Ilew building of Radio Difusora,

right ill tile center of PO f OS de Caldas,

its daily MW progr ams are also relayed by a I

kW shortwave tra nsmitter.

Listeners Abroad Encouraged

Radio Difusora de PO 'fO S de Caldas started
its broa dcasts on January I, J 964 , broadcasting on medium wave ( 1250 kH z). tropical
wave (4945 kHz) and FM (104 .1 MH z). Onl y
thre e other broadcasters in Min as Ge rais c urrently bro ad cast on three ban ds . Rad io
Difusora' s tropi cal wave broadcasts ca n be
heard nearl y wo rldw ide . Abo ut 100 letters
co me each yea r from liste ners abroa d. ma ny
of them with interesting stories.
In Norway, a Brazilian citi zen has become
a loyal listener to Radio Difusora since he
mo ved to that coumry a few yea rs ago. Report s from another Brazi lian citize n, who live s
in Finland w ith her Finn ish husband, arc a
regu lar pre sence am ong the letters received
by the station . Members of the Rad io Nuevo
Mundo club in Japan also regul arly se nd their
recepti on re ports, along w ith shortwave listeners all over Braz il.
A ll letters from out side Pecos de Calda s
are replied to by the station. In fact. they are of
special interest to Radio Difusor a, who (like
most stations in the Braz ilian co untryside) use
them for adv erti sing pu rpo ses. Wh en a major
Minas Gerais ret ailer netw ork opened a store
in Pocos de Ca ldas last yea r, the station's
co mmer cia l managem ent deli vered a num ber
of lett ers fro m distant places with their adve rtisem ent offer - and even a co py of Monitoring Times' March 1995 issue. in whic h a
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ident ification doc ument s we re found an d delive red to the statio n. He had lost them on his
way from hom e 10 wor k , and Radio Difu sora
is helpin g 10 discover if a nyo ne found his
doc ument s .
Th ere is also the story of the man who lived
in Bclo Hori zonte with his wife . until she le ft
hom e with his two childre n. About a year
leatcr. he di scovered she had moved 1O Pec os
de Caldas. He thc n visit ed Radi o Difusora for
a n on-air announcement. which the station
did . Did he li nd his fami ly'? No one at the
statio n know s...

Communi cation is a tw o-way street

Rad io Ditusora has its ow n offices a nd
stud ios at the very center of Pocos de Ca lda s.
Th ese are litcrally ope n for a ll listen e rs in

Brazil and abrnad. The station staff will roll

Radio Difu sora's ,\ .11 studio.

A varie ty of domest ic programming
Programs broadca st on med ium and tropi-

cal wave have a popular appeal. Music played

is from all genres (their 1996 Christmas message. for instance. was taken from the Carpenters' beautiful "Christmas Portrait" album),
Brazilian county music, though. receives specia l attentio n.
FM broadcasts arc mainly Brazilian coun-

try music. This is quite unusual even in rural

Radio Dill/sora ',\' medium wave antenna

is th e high est ill southern Minas Gerais.

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December 1998

Brazil.The station owner. Mr. Orlando Cioffi.

is a former country music singer. He had a duo
with his brother under the name "R iachao
(Big River) and Riachi nho" (Small River). He
was the Small River. Under Mr. Cioffi's administration . the station decided to bro adca st
100 percent country musk on FM, an d audience reaction has show n that this deci sion was
the right one,
News co ve rage is anot he r import ant part of
Radio Difusoru' s broadcasts. T he ma in focus
is on regional news. The station has a car of its
ow n. wi th equipment to bro adca st live from
any part of the town . Pe cos de Ca ldas is q uite
an active ci ty, a nd this facil ity al low s the
station to repo rt wha t is happening in the tow n
over its da ily programs.
Po<;os de Ca ldas nat ura lly has its loc al
socce r tea m. ca lled Cnldcnsc. On weekend s.
Radio Difu so ra br oa dc ast s live a ll th e
Culdcu scs matc hes for the soccer championship of the state o f Minas Gerais.
" With Cal dense. whereveri t may be," says
Rad io Difusora ' s sports staff.
In Latin America, radio ' lations prov ide a
real public service. Eve ry day . listeners visit
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Like the rest of us. they like to ge t new s from
DigfCiph cr II s ig nals ar e ba sed on th e back hom e. and nothing del iver s it like satell ite
MP EGII (M ot ion Picture E xpert s Group ) stun - T V . As we' ve alr eady di sco vered . d ig ital delivdard . T his sta ndard ca me a bout as a way to
er y cuts the costs of broadca sting and ma kes
es ta b lish the sam e video quality throughout the
this typ e o f nich e programming financially
internationa l broadcast industry . particularl y
fea sib le.
thro ug h sa te llite de livery . It was a lesson learn ed
Anotherbig ad van tage is th at DVB sate llite
fro m the early da ys of T V which left the U.S. rec ei vers te nd to be cons ide rab ly chea pe r than
w ith the NTSC standard; th e U.K. and other
their DC f l-equi ppcd co mpe tition. Th is is beco un trie s w ith the PAL sta ndard; and France
ca use DVB receiver s ca n tunc o nly DVB digital
and still other co untries with the SECAM stansig na ls. arc not co mpa tib le w ith DCII . and
dard .
ca nno t tunc ana log s ignals. In fact. most DVB
Th e whole po int 10 th e intr od uct ion o f any
rec eiver s ha ve no pro vision s. memory. or volt d ig ital sta nda rd is to save tran sp onder space by
age output fo r moving a di sh an d mu st be used
upl inki ng five or ten d igita l channels on a
in a "s lave" configurat ion (sec d iagram on p .
tran spond er which prev iou sly cou ld carry only
18).
one an alog channe l. Thi s brin gs do wn the cos t
T he resul t o f all th is cos t c utt ing is th e
of transponde r s pace and enables niche broadintrod uction of rel ati vel y inexp en sive sate ll ite
cast ing , th e trans miss ion of pro gram mi ng o f systems de sig ned to rec eive a particular nich e
inte rest to a nar row audience .
programmi ng serv ice. Satell ite deal er s across
Eve ntually G .!. hopes to switc h all curre nt the U .S. are beg innin g to reali ze the impo rtan ce
VC l! ch annel s to DC II. but they realize th is is
of thi s large and nearl y unt apped source of
a lon g term proj ect. Me anw h ile , fo lks w ith income. DVB reccivcr manufacturershave seen
4 DTVs arc enjoy ing an ev er widening vie wing
record sa les in the past 12 mo nt hs. Sales in thi s
un iver se . much o f it une ncrypted and free for
segme nt of the sate llite TV ind ustry is es tithe viewi ng .
ma ted to be seve ral thousand uni ts pe r mo nth

CBAND'S DIGITAL SOLUTION

DVB AN D THE ETHNIC CONNECTION

T he Gen eral Instrum en t Co rporation (G .I. ).

m a kers o f the C -b and ind us try s ta nd ard
V ideuC ip her II (Ve il) e nc ry ptio n sys tem .
feared th e \vo rst. but wa s s low to reac t to th e
di gita l challen ge. It took nea rly two yea rs for
G. !. to co unte r w ith a di git al system of its own .
known as Digi Cipher II (DCl I). Foll ow ing an
in itia lly lacklu ster promotiona l ca mpa ign and
meeting cuutankc rous oppos ition from a substant ial port ion o f retail sa tell ite deal er s who
arc not pleased with any th ing. G .!. docs . G .I: s
De ll eq u ippe d 4DTV recei ver s fina lly started
ma kin g.sa les head way th is year.

Sa tellite broad cast ing is a highl y eo mpetirive world. And. it turnSOUI. G.I.s DC II MPEG II
standard is not the only player in tow n . A goo d
po rtion of the wo rld uses what ' s referred to as
the Di g ita l V ideo Broadcast (DVB ) standard .
DVB . w hich is also based on the MP EG II
stand ard . has don e exceedi ngly wel l in Europe
an d. in the last two ye ars. ha s enj oyed a surg e of
popu larity wi th sate llite programmers in the
western hem isp here.
On e area ex pe rie nc ing the mo st g row th in
use of the D VB system is ethnic progra mmi ng .
T he U.S. in parti cular has a lar ge (and gro w-

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and gro wing .

Th e lar gest sales curre ntly ar e to the Thai
co m mu nit y which itsel f buy s ov er a thou sand
suc h systems a m onth nati on wid e. Th e rea son
for all this action is the existence of the national
net work kno wn as T hai T V-5 (tra nsm itted on
Tcl stur-f Ku-band ). Second. and probably cat ch ing up fast. is the C hinese co m munity whi ch
has more th an a do ze n cha nnels to choose fro m .
Th er e arc numerou s Arabi c channel s as wel l as
indi vid ual channels from Germany. the U K.
Ita ly. Spa in. Fra nce . and Lati n A me rica.
Many ot he r cha nnels ha ve s igned up with
the DVB deliver y sys tem. ag ai n most ly fo r the
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C~ll(l n d "s lave"

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di gital s ig nals wh ich we re marg ina l co me in
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10 add all of thei r audi o se rvices 10 ge t up to the
100 channe l co unt . On the bi g di sh there ar c
ab out ISO fu ll -l ime analog video channels:
over 100 analog aud io se rvices: over 100 dig ita l
audio serv ices; over ISOd igital vide o serv ice s;
and th ere are dozen s more aud io and vide o
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PAX Net: A Wholesome Viewing Alternative

By Steven Handler
Looking for shows that your whole family
canwatchtogether?Anew nationwide television
network, Paxson Communications Corporation Of
West Palm Beach Florida, launched their new 24
hour aday network, PAXNet, this past August.
UsingGE-" s C-Band channel on transponder
7, PAXNetrelaysits programming to PaxsonownedlV stati onsandtheir affiliated stations
around thecountry, as well astocablesystems,
GE-l is oneof thenewer geostatationary
satellites located above North America. It is one
of 11 satellites operated byGE American
Communications (GEAmericom), awhollyowned subsidiary of General Electric Company's
GECapital Services, based in Stamford,
Connecticut.
By using aC-Band satellite, they would have
made thei r programming also availableto more
than 2 millionlarge dish owners, if it weren't
digitally encoded using MPEGII. Even so,using a
DVBorGI 4DlV receiver (see accompanying
article), PAX Net's programming can provide an
accessible alternative.
PAXNet, billed by Paxson as thenation's
seventhbroadcast televisionnetwork, will air a
line-up of day-time andprime-time network
programming seven days per week, They appear
to haveselected programming that shouldappeal
to viewe rs looking for quality shows that you
wouldn't hesitate to watch with your children.
"All of our major prog rams are wholesome
andfocus on values,"said DeanGoodman.
President of PAX Net. Further commenting,
Goodman said, ' Wehave observed the strength
of some of the best first-run series on television
today and have invested carefully inprograms
that have developed a significant and loyal
audience and also reflect our high network
standards."
PAX Net is offeringviewers a choice.
Programming includes off-network runsofthe
hit series Touched By An Angel, Promised Land
and Dr. Duinn, Medicine Woman. Other quality
shows include I'iI Fly Away, Christy, New Land,
RoadHome, Neon Rider an d Dave's Worid.
Daytime programming will Include lu nch
with Lucy, two back-to-back Here's Lucy halt
hour programs, as well as Love Boat, The Hogan
Family, Dave's World, Eight Is Enough. Highway
ToHeaven and l ite Goes On.
For mysterybuffs, one of my all-firne favorite
programs. Diagnosis Murder, airs at 10:00 p.rn

find a haven onSunday evenings.

From7:00 p.m. to9:00p.m.,
movies with strong, emotional
content. suchas Terms of
Endearment, Heaven Can Wait,
Cross Creek, Almost An Angel,
The Butcher's Wife and On A Clear
Day You Can See Foreverwiil air.
Accordi ng toJeffSagansky,
president and chietexecutive
officer of PaxsonCommunications, "This schedule embodies
the eiements that Villi make the
network a success - a line up of
high quality entertainment that
inspires and touches. that speaks tothe values of
the community, friendship and giving back. PAX Net
will be a safe haven for familyviewing."

. ". heard about it on the radlc"

Paxson isnosmall time operator. They have
assembled a formidable cadre of stations carrying
the ir programming, PAX Net's debut onto the
televi sion networkscene is nothing lessthan the
launchIng of a new powerhouse. Inadditiontotheir
C-Band broadcasts, Ihere are 71 full power and six
lowpowerover-the-air broadcast television stations

carrying their programming.

Theseinclude stations inall 20
of thetop 20 domestic
markets and stations in 43 of
the top 50 markets.
How will PAXNet get the
word out about their new
network? In part, they will rely
on radioadvertising. They
announced plans tobecome
one ofthe largest users of
radio advertising time inthe
US. Not surprisingly, they
indicated their marketing and
advertising plan will focus on
radio formats targeted toa female demographic
ineach market whe re they havea station or
affiliate.
Paxson doesn't appear tobe resting ontheir
laurels. According toJay Hoker, President of
PaxsonTelevision Station Group, "The acquisition program Is not over. Before PAX Net is
launched, more stations wlll beacquired. Paxson
Communications plans thelargest group of
network owned or controlled. full power
broadcast television stations ever amassed by
one companyIn thehistory ot broadcast
television,"

Movie Fare
Inaddition. programming isalso slated to
include theatrical and mace-tcr-tetevtslon
movies. Almost all programming will be offnetwork, exclusive to PAX Net. Inaddition to
airing old favorites. PAX Net announcedits plans
forat least two originalshows. Live Link, hosted

by Dan Stuecher, and Hearl ot Goid.

Those looking for quality feature movies wln

December 19 98

MONITORING TIMES

19

Challenges in Identifying
Trunked
Systems
By David T. Stark

uch information and adv ice has bee n

wri tten about figuring ou t subflee t
or ta lkgro up ide ntificatio ns on
Motorola-type tro ll ked radio systems. There

has not been much guidance offered lately

abo ut finding the ul:lu al!requf'nc ies on which
those syste ms operate .
It is not possib le 10 trac k or identify use rs
of a rrunked syste m unless the listen er has all
of rhe sys re m' s frcquencies a vuiluble. Finding
(ronked freq uencies is not as simple as locat-

ing an agency' s singlc- or multiple-channel

conventional rad io system.
SMR (Spe cia lized Mobile Radio ) is the
FCC ' s designation for most trunk ed systems.

Some workers inthe radio business pronounce

SM R as "sm ur." T his designat ion should a lso
be recognizable in other co untrie s.
T here are several me thod s available to the
ers twh ile SMR resea rcher. So me arc trieda nd-true met hod s that ha ve se rved us wel l
whe n dea ling with co nventiona l(non-t runked)
rad io net wor ks. O thers have become available only rec ently. We will dis c uss them genera lly in order of incr easing effec ti ve ness
w ith respect to find ing trunked freque ncies .

Method # 1: Ask Someone

Ju st about a nyo ne can sim ply ask some one
wh at freq uencies arc in usc by a particular
service or agency. Th is requires no spec ia l
too ls or access , Aski ng may yield an e xact
listing and all so rts of deta ils. or nothing at all .
E nd use rs of most rad io systems . es pecia lly tech nically complica ted networks. ge nerall y know nex t to noth ing about the equipme nt they hav e. Th e y ca n give a ll so rts of
bizarre ans we rs to the question. " W hat frequ en cy are yo u using; " Use rs who have bee n
e xposed to sys te m sa les representatives ca n
give ve ry silly answe rs indeed . T he following
are some exa mp les of wha t yo u might hear
fro m an end user. alon g with a more accurate
tran slation,

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MONITORING TIMES

December 1998

" Wf,'re 011 Channel l . "

Use r has no idea wha t son of radio is be ing
used .

tures, such as mobile data terminals or a lphanumeric pag ing . The vo ice tra ffic can still be
ana log ill so me case s.

"Our radios Cllll '1Iu' monitored. "

" II's

Use r has been ta lking 10 a sa les re p. It is

still ve ry ra re for a two-way radio sys te m 10 be
trul y unmo nito rablc . Digital sys te ms are cu rre ntly sca nner-proo f. but that situa tio n is like ly
to change, Also. people arc some times told
thai a sy stem is "d ig ital" whe n it is only
co m puter-co ntrol led or has some di gital te a-

T h'111k you. CT IA (Ce llular Teleco m municario ns Indu stry Associatio n). If it doesn' t
have w ires, it' s a radi o. T rust me.
"II'S lllegu l to monitor our radios."
Unlcss the radi o is actua lly a mob ile or
portable tele phone, thi s is prob ab ly untrue.
Th ere <Ire ot he r services tha t are ille gal to

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Method #4: Use a Trunk Tracking

Scanner

monitor . bu t since we arc ma inly co ncerned

with find ing trunk ed freq ue ncie s her e, that
point is nut relevant to our d isc ussion .
T he re is a com mo n m isco nception that it is
illega l to moni tor digital rad io sys te ms. Th e
trut h is, under U nited S tates law, it is onl y
illegal to moni to r d igital ce llular. cord less ,
a nd PCS (pe rso nal co m municatio ns serv ice)
ph o ne s. Any thing el se di g ita l is legal unless it
is encry pted or scramble d ( 1g USC 25 10 (16 )
and 2511 (2 . In C anada, th ou g h. o ne must
have a special per mi t 10 posse ss a di gi tal
scan ne r rece iver (RSS 135).

A scanner tha t is capable of track ing SMR

tra ffic is a ve ry effec tive \v"y o f findi ng and
ve rifyi ng tru nk cd freq ue nci es. The a vai lable
mod els have operating mod e s that can sho w
yo u whic h program med freq ue nc ies a rc being
used <It any g ive n tim e . Th is a llows yo u to
det ermin e whet he r or no t licen sed channe ls
are act ua lly in usc , h ut wi ll no t re ve al a ny new
or m issing freque nc ies. Your be st ind ica tio n
of m issing c hanne ls is the occasional loss of
co m munica tio n while tracki ng a group th at is
se nt to a freq uen c y not programmed into your
sc an ner. T hc scanner ca n' t te ll yo u where they
we nt . so a ll yo u know is that a freq ue ncy is
missin g.
Th e current generation o f tru nk track ing

"Our frequencies an' proprieturv ."

This res po nse ma y (.'orne from a rad io
technician o r sa les pe rson . Radio systems
have to be licensed. and if the I:C C or Ind ust ry
C a nada is the lice nsing bod y. the freq uen c ie s
and calls igns arc a mat ter of pu bl ic record.
Ho we ve r. a rg uing the po int wit h the tech or
sale s rep wi ll probab ly ge t yo u no whe re . YOLI
mig ht as we ll move o n 10 M et hod # 2 o r #3 "

Method #2 : Search and Scan

Ano ther tim e honored research tacti c is to
use the Sea rc h feat ure of yo ur scan ne r. In
time . yo u wi ll accumulate a list of active
frequencies in yo ur listening urea. Th e catc h
is, ther e ma y be m ultiple trunkc d sys tem s ill
use aro und yo u.
Yo ur ne xt task w ill be to e xtc nvively mo nito r those frequ en ci es and try to assoc iate freq uenci es that arc part of't he S.IIll C sys te m . Th is
is do ne by fo llo wi ng parti cul ar user s fro m
c hannel to chan ne l and require s a good ear fo r
voices and a fast lin ge r on the Sca n button.

Method #3 : Look it Up
The next step up is to check the FCC

da tabase (or that o f the radi o lice nsing bod y in

yo ur country). M an y pub lished scanner Irequency g uide s are based on lice nse da ta . Th is
includes th e boo klet that is di str ibuted with
th e Unide n lin e of Tru nk'Truc kc rtv sc an-

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radios. Chalices are th ey 'll he trunked.
(Photo by Mar k Swa rbrick )

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scannersare only ublc to truck Motorola SMRs

that operate o n the gOO Mil l. hand. On ly the

.U lllti.agency trunked systems

pr esent a challenge f ur the mo nitor.
(I'h% hy Hask ell Moore)
ncrs. Unfortunately. license inform atio n IS
j ust ra w data to the sc anne r use r. T he fact tha t
so meo ne ha s been issue d II licen se docs nut
de fin ite ly ind icate that the ac tua l transm itte r
is on the air ye t.
A county or large c ity m ight hav e lice nses
o n ma ny more freq uen cie s tha n can possibly
be incl uded in a sing le S MR . Mo torola sys te ms cuu have IlO more than 30 repeale r freq ue ncie s. T he mo bile freq uen cies (re peater
inputs ) 1ll ;'IY a lso be listed. hut yo u d o n't need
those in yo ur rece iver to fo llo w tru nkcd co mrnunica tio ns. In the SOO i\H lz ba nd, input
freq ue ncie s arc exact ly ..5 :vIH z lowe r in
freq ue ncy tha n the re pe ater o utput. If yo u
encounter a list that co nta ins frequ en cy pairs
th at arc .. 5 ~l H l upart, you sho uld a lwa ys
disregard the lo wer se t.
\Vh;.11 if yo u lind a list o f more than 30
re peater o utpu ts licen sed to the same e ntity?
T her e b a way 10 inclu de several separate
system .. into a ..orr of rn cta- Sx tk . Thi s is
ca lled S marlZo ne l~ l . Use rs o n th is system
m ay " ro am" o r m ig rate amo ng a g ro up of
networked S ~ I R s . eac h d ifferent sys te m having its o wn co nt ro l ch an ne l and Sy ste m ID .
T rack ing a sy..tc m like this ma y req uir e the
use o f 'Ill actua l bran d -nam e trunking radi o
with the co rrect ..y..te rn informatio n pro granuu cd in hy the radi o sho p.
On ce yo u have a list of licen sed frcq ucncic s. yo u call go hack In man ua lly trac king
user s in co nvc nuon a l mo dc . Il l' advance to on e
o f the newer method s.

Optoelect ro nics' O ptoC o m " blac k box" is

cur re ntly cap ab le o f tr ack ing .. 00 M Hz
trunking (comm o n in th e U.S . mi litar y and in
Ca nada) and l)O() Mli z tnm ki ng (used mainl y
by businesses}.
A trunk track ing scanner will fo llow the
indi vid ua l S M Rs that arc part o f a Sma rtZone
ne twork, b ut suc h radi os ar e no t ye t ca pable of
automat ically mo nitoring traffic ac ross the
e ntire net wor k. T he USCI' of a tru nk trac king
scan ner may nut a lwa ys he able to tell tha t a
S nmrtZo ne sys te m is in usc .

Method #5 : Computer-Assisted
Scanning
The most effe c tive trunking re search tool
is a com puter that is co nnected to a sca nne r
and ru nni ng suitable so ftwa re . Thi s is where a
pro g ram like Trunke r co me s in. Tru nker
grew o ut of the inde pe nde nt research o f a few
e xperimenter s who be gun post ing protocols
and so urce co de in Usenct ncwsg roups. T he
dc velop rncn t rtcum" ev e ntuall y came up with
a shareware platform over whic h programs
ca n he run tha t 1..'0111 analyze an d track Motorola
a nd G EJEric sso n trunkin g syste ms a nd de co de mobi le datu termina ls usin g the Motorola

MDC-lgOO protocol.
T run kcr i.. th e o nly me thod tha t uu to ma t icall y inform s the scannis t of the Sys te m ID
being used. Jtc un ul so track Mo to rol a trunking
o n o ther bands beside SOO M Hz.
Wh ile this suite of prog ra ms is probably
the mo st effective and inexp e nsi ve way to
have trucking capabi lities O il all of the syste m s it co ve rs. it is limited by the fact th at it
uses the co m puter's serial po rt (the sa me typ e
of port used by a modern ) to pro cess the da ta

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co ming from the scanner. Seria l comm unications under the current flavor s of \Vindows do
not have eno ugh system priority to allow realtime decodi ng of a datastream. So these programs must be run after the computer is boo ted
up in DOS mode .Th iselirni nates multitasking
while trunk-tracking,
Another obstacle for some hobbyists is the
need for a hardware interface to the scanner.
Such an interface can be huilt from plans that
ca n he found in many places on the Internet,

including within the Trunkcr documentation.

The scunnist must also locate and tap into the
d iscr imi nator output of the scan ner for
baseband audio. Using a speaker or recording
jack does not work because by the time the
signal reaches the aud io amplifier. the part
that carries the digital inform atio n has bccn
filtered out.
If you wish to use the program to actually
monitor trunked commu nications, you need a
supported second scanner and thc hardware
control interface. too.
\Vith these cavea ts in mind. it is well worth
the effort to acquire and install a co mputer
interface to your scanner. The Trun kcr program can eve n indicate the presence of a
SmartZo ne network of trunked systems. T he
followi ng is a relatively simple exam ple of the
strengths and weaknesse s of the aforeme ntioncd research methods.

An Exa mp le
Here in Rochester. New York. there is a 12channe l single-site Motorola Type I SMR that
used to he operat ed by Flower City Communications, Like all other Motorola systems in
the co untry, it now belongs to NexTel - (a

whole feature topic in itself if someone wants

to write it). The SysID is 1812 and the Ire-

queucy list. based on Tr unker' s output and the

FCC database. is this:
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853.2375
863.9375
864.0375
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864.9375
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865.3875
865.7375
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WNCE581
WNMD357
WNCE581
WNM D357
WNCE581
WNMD357
WNCE581
WNMD357
WNCE581

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Motorola. Inc.
ESMR, Inc.
Motorola, Inc.
ES MR, Inc.
Motorola, Inc.
ESMR, Inc.
Motorola, Inc.
ESMR, Inc.
Motorola, Inc.
ESMR, Inc.
Motorola, Inc.

For those unfa miliar with T runker. the

small letters before the frequenc ies indicate
channel usage ob served by the program over
time. A "c" indicates that a Morse callsign
ident ification is sent on this channel. In the
ca se of the system illustrated here, the callsign
that is broadcast is \VNCE-58 I. matching the
license information for Motorola, Inc. Whcn
listening in conve ntiona l mode. the scannist
will never hear the othcr cal lsign .
The "d" shows a channel that has carried
digital information, normally the system con-

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Hardware configuration fo r using the Trunker tracki ng software.

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Voice
Scanner
Im1 channel. As yo u can see , co ntrol rot ates
amo ng three o f the sys te m' s frequ encies. You
might also noti ce that only the Mot oro lalicensed frequencies have been co ntrol channels. If the scannist were to prog ram a trunk
tracking scanner with ju st the ESMR. Inc.,
frequenc ies and assum e they we re a separate
system, the scanner would never track anythin g because none of these freq uenci es ever
carry the contro l signal.
Fin ally. the lett er "v" indicates that this
chan nel ha s carr ied voice traffi c . In th is particular S M R. a ll 12 c ha nne ls can be voice
channe ls. T hat is not always the case, and it is
impossible to associate a contro l signal with
the correc t network whi le sca nning or searching in conventional mode without a decoder.
It takes a litt le tim e to ge nerate a co mp lete
list. T he sys tem has to be bu sy enoug h to fully
"load up" without annou ncing any more frequ encies before yo u can be sure that you have
the m all. Som e licensed frequ encies may not
be announced by the co ntro ller. They may be
intend ed for future e xpansion. If that is the
case, Trunker wi ll automatically add them to
the list whe n the controller announces that
they are in use.
To recap , Trunker has generated a complete list of all of the c hanne ls that are inclu ded in this trunk ed system . Th e FCC dat abase shows what wou ld ap pea r to be two
separate sy ste ms because they arc lice nsed to
different e ntities. Co nventional sea rching and
scanning is not likely to revea l tha t all of these
frequencies are associated with each othe r.

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RS232
Commands

A trunk trac king scanner canno t tell you

what freq uenci es are missing when it is unabl e to follow a user to a channel that is not
programmed. It can tell yo u when you have
frequenc ies progr ammed that are not part of
the sys te m, but on ly if yo u carefully watch the
display indicators for a per iod of time.

The Next Step

Any listings for trunked radio system frequencies that hav e not been validated by direc t monitoring . preferably with a tru nk tracking scanner (at least) or a computerize d analysis progra m like T ru nker. should be treated as
suspect. It is ve ry ea sy to inad vert e ntly list
invalid frequ encies or to omit chan nels that
are part of a large sys tem.
On ce the scannist has co llec ted all of the
correct frequenci es inclu ded in the Mot oro la
SMR to be monitored, he or she is ready to
begin the process of differentiatin g between
Type I, Type Iii. Type I I, and Hybrid systems.
T his requi res ex tensive monitori ng and tracking and possib ly a little hexadecimal math .
T he proc ess is beyond the scope of this article.
Trunker will spot a T ype II syste m automatically, but you still ha ve to do the bu lk of the
work to figur e out the correc t fleet map settings for the other typ es.

Where to Find More Information

At the prese nt time there are few . if any,
printed book s that co ver tru nk tracking in any

detai l. Most of the research is being conducted

a nd docum e nted via the Inte rnet. Each of the
five research methods described in this article
can be faci litat ed if you have acc ess to the
Internet.
You c a n as k for h elp via th e
rec.raato.scanner Use net new sgroup , Mo st
o f the basic trunking question s have alrea dy
been asked and answe red at least on ce. so I
g o ing
to
Deja New s
recommend
(www.dejanews.co m) and searching the databa se of Usc net posting s for trunking related
art icles.
Another good way to conve rse with other
trunki ng e nthusiasts is via the TRU NK COM
mailing list. You can join TR UNKCOM by
se nd i ng
an
e -m ai l
me s sa ge
to
mojordomo csqth. net with the words "s ubscribe iru nkcom" (no quotation marks) in the
te xt.
Na turall y. there arc seve ral e xce llent
wc bsltes that co ntain trunking informat ion.
Frequencies for man y SMRs around the co untry . including non-Motorola sy stems, ha ve
been collected by many scannists and submitted to Warr e n Whitby 's " Trunked Radio System Use r Li st " ( m e m b e r s .a o l. e o m/
wwh ith y2/t rs.h tml ).
Ge neral information about trunk ing and
trunk ing -capablc sca nners is availab le from :
T runk tracker .co m ( www.t ru nktracker.com )
Motoro la (www.mot .co m/ L M PS/ R NSG/
t ru nkingia lt. htm)
Lindsay Blant on ' s website (webz.air ma il.net/
Iblan tl/t run ked .hlm)
You can download the latest version o f
Trunker fro m:
we b 2,a i r m a i l. n e ti l b la n 1 I Id fw I
digital.htrn
and read det ailed documentation at:
www.geocl ties.corn/Ca p eC a n a ve ra il
La b/I 060Iheta,ht m.
I also invite you to visit my own web site .
Th e NF2G Scannist Pages contain frcq uencies.codes, unit numbe rs. CrCS S/DCS informarion , trunking details, laws and regu lations
pertaining to Upstate New York , w estern
Vermont. a nd so uthern Ontario Pro vin ce. It is
also the hom e o f NYSI NG - Ne w York Statewid e Incide nt Notific ation Grou p. T he address is www .nf2g.com .

David Stark, NF2G. NYSING-O 1, got his first

tunable receiver in 1972 and hisham radio
license in 1981. and has about 20 years'
experience in various aspects of public
safety. He has nearly completed a Bachelor
of Science in Criminal Justice and Sociology.

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we stern porti ons of the Com monwe a lth.
So me agencies mai ntain a very e ffici ent commun ication s struc ture to co ndu ct o peratio ns
am on g a va rie ty of depart ment s. A good
example of thi s is the single tru nkcd system
with separa te talk groups for local co mm unities a s wel l as for the cou nty se rvices. as
fo und in San Bern ard ino County . Ca lifornia.
Ot he rs, suc h as the Massachu setts State
Police ce nte r in New Bra intree. co ntrol di stinct VHF -low hand , high -hand , UHF and
800 M Hz sys tems in order to dispatch their
own unit s as we ll as the loc al towns. II' s
cumbersome and cos tly. but it still provide s
fo r an e ffecti ve dispatch o perat ion.
Massach usetts. like othe r states. would
pre fer tha i the small to wns m ig rate 10 the ir
state wide tr un kin g system. Th e pric e of ra d ios, ho we ver , ca n be a lmo st as muc h as the
schoo l budget for so me of these tin y communlti cs. Do re me mb er , howe ver , that if a small
tow n suddenly disappe ars fro m the a ir, o ne
sho uld check the cou nty or state w ide sys tem
first. then lo ok for the creati on of a regional
d ispatch am o ngst a number of small co m muniti es.
Efforts to co nstruc t statew ide syste ms
that can be ut ilized by state, co unty, loca l a nd
fede ral officials hav e spru ng up over th c last
decade. Some syste ms, suc h as Michi gan ' s
di gital tru nked net wo rk. a re partial ly o perational and still und er co nstruc tion. Other s
have not rea lly gotte n off the gro und.
Here ' s a partial description o f two statewide sys tem s that we re on the d raw ing board

26

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State of Michigan
T he S ture o f Michigan is building a statewide di git a l tru nked ra dio system ba sed on
Moto rola Astro technolog y. The syste m will
incl ude 16N sites, includi ng uppe r and lo wer
pe ninsulas, with an estima ted cos t of S I87
m illio n. Thi s will provide mobile coverage
for 97 9c of the are a o f the state. Operatio n of
the syste m was sc he d uled for Oc to ber 1996 .
A total of 66 frequ en cy pair s in the 82 1
S24 MH z and S66-S69 MH z han d w ill be
used in the sys tem. T he first impl e ment a tion
W 'I S to inc lude 1500 radi os for state functio ns
und 3000 radios for local gove rn me nt function s.
Users on this syste m inclu de State Poli ce.
91 1. and a ll othe r state public safety fun ctio ns. M un icipal go vern me nts are be ing invitcd to j o in. T he C ity of Lansing (the State
c apitol ) w ill he part of the syste m,
Radi o users m ust buy the ir O W II radio,
pay .1 S250 entrance fee . an d pay 5300 pe r
ye ar for se rvice . Some fed era l law enforcemen t age ncies have asked for so me 'lCl'CSS to
the syste m, thou gh thi s is c urre ntly not inte nded to rep lace an y ex isti ng fed era l ne tworks.

Sta te of Colorado
Th e State of C Dlorado is planning a statewide dig jtnl trun kcd radi o sys te m ( DT RS ),
ba sed on A PC O -~5 standards . Plannin g be ga n in 1991 wi thin th e Div isi on ofTc lcccmmun ication s. stud ying ad vanced designs fo r
an im proved statew ide sys te m for the State
Pat rol . Eve ntually , compo ne nts ofthc High wa y Mai nten an ce a nd Na tura l Re sources
De partme nts we re inc luded .
Beginning in 1992 . an ex te nded se ries of
info nnationa l mee tings were und ertak en to
gather pu blic suppo rt o f this sys te m. A sixphase sched ule of im plementati o n has been
proposed fo r D'TRx . beg inni ng with the Den-

ve r Metro pol itan a rea in 1996. Th e sta te

legi slature would he expected to prov ide
mu ch of the fu nd ing. with so me ex pe nses
recovered from mo nthly fees an d so me reimburse d co ns truc tio n cos ts. T he syste m is ex peered to co st som e where ncar $ 120 m illi on ,
no t co unting th e micro wave backb one which
is alread y mostly in place . It is ant icipated
that th e sys te m wi ll be built using the 800
MHz puhlic safety bands.
T he: Division o fTele corn mu nicati ons will
o wn and operate DT RS , but loc al go vernments and federal age nci es have bee n inv ited
to partic ipa te. A stru ng use r' s gro up is expec ted to be se t lip to he lp go vern the syste m.
Se vern! mun icipa lities a rc in co nversatio n
w ith the Division o f Te leco mmu nications
rcgardin g coo rd inatio n of thei r mu nic ipal
rad io improvement plans with the DTRS .
O the r state wide syste ms have heen announ ced , but will thei r future be like: tha t of
Mi c higan or tha t of Co lorad o? Wc"Il just
hav e to wa it a nd see . T he state o f Ohi o
a nnounced the ir M ulti-Agen cy Radio C om mu nication Sy ste m (M ARCS) syste m man y
ye ars ago, but the latest we' ve heard is that
the fina l pr ice tag just ca me in 10 0 high ,
Pen nsylv ani a and Ne w Yo rk both recentl y
a nno unce d statew ide sys te ms. bu t they ha ve
<I lon g way to go he fo re you ' ll eve r hear unit s
tran smit ting fm m o ne e nd of those state s to
the o ther.
Wh ile skyroc keting costs have stopped
more than a few grandi ose plan s in their
track s, the fac t that thousands of cel lular,
PCS , Nex tcl and othe r to we rs a rc spro uting
in ev ery state mcun s that in frastruct u re and
co ve rage are no longe r o ve rw hel ming o bstee les. Public surety age nci es arc leasin g
space fro m the co mmerc ial pro vid er s or they
arc granting to wer rights o n state lan ds in
e xchange fo r to we r space.
( By the way, wh ile this edito r lov es to we rs as muc h as the: nex t radio nut , it' s becoming rathe r d isco nce rting watching the number of the se be hem ot hs go ing up ac ross the
co unt ry. Th er e a rc see m ing ly fe w vistas le ft
any more tha t do n' t have the intru sive sights
of Rohn. poles. yagis. collin curs and m icrowa ve di she s. Some par ts o f Flo rida , for ex -

ample, look like a porcup ine from the air and

just plain ugly from the gro und. And, don 't
forget the RF and intennod that these towers
spew .)
Statewide systems do not have to be
viewed with allgs1 if they opera te analog or
even if they are now digital but witho ut
encryption, One day we hope to see an APeO25 capable scanner (call your scanner manufacturer and ask him to build one !). There are
some systems, however, such as the Southern Line network (that is akin to NEXTEL),
which utilize a comm ercial digital scheme
and thus can not be easily or legally moni tored . It has been report ed that the Geo rgia
State Patrol. at least in the Atlanta area . is
running Southern Line radios for their co mmunications. Th is trend is certainly troublesome to the scanner hobbyist.
If you know of other statewide efforts in
your area. or if you know of other public
safety agenc ies ope rating on com mercial radio systems. please write and tell us about it
at the Grove HQ address or send e-mail to
scanmastertipaol.com.

The Gotcha Department

John Griffin, KB2SGJ. sent us the following email recent ly:" Rich: Regarding your
pet peeve comments in the October col umn,
did you know that there IS a radio which ca n
scan AND search at the same time'!The Ico m
R7100 has a window scan feat ure which
allows the user to alternate between scanning
memory channels and programmed search
ranges. The duty cycle betvveen the two windows is adjustable. Too bad this feature is
found o nly on a recei ver that comes at such
hefty price which is beyond the budget of
most monitorin g hob byists: '
Thanks for catching me on that one. John .
Having owned an R-7 100 for many years, I
should've knovvn. The problem this editor
has with the radio is that. unless you use it all
the time as your primary receiver. there' s no
way to remem ber how to operate the prod uct
beyond its most basic functions . That' s the
proble m with a lot of high-e nd gear . You
have to have that owner's manual always at
the ready.
The radio also scans painfully slowly, but
on the other hand, it has excellent sensitivity
and selectivity (in particular) and can, acco rding to John. scan and search at the same
time.
Rich Carlson. our good friend from the
very popular Chicago Area Radio Monit ors
Association (CARMA), took issue with us
on another recent point:
"I think you made an error in your Octo-

bcr column. As far as I know there is no law

agai nst monitoring MDT' s or ot her data service as long as it is not enc rypted. When the
MDT program first ca me out and utter I tried
it on our MDTs (it worked). I co ntacted our
J\lDT Servic e provider which is an agency of
the State of Illinois (Illinois C riminal Ju stice
Inform ation Authority ). They were made
aware of the program , and they said they
knew it was available, but that they were
unable to do anything about it. as it was legal
to mo nitor unencryp ted da ta signals .
" It is illegal to monitor encrypted communicatio ns. voice or data. as well as the
services specifie d in ECP A. It is illegal to
divul ge co ntent or even the existence of a
co mmunication that you are not a party to in
most services (CB. Ham, GMRS. broadcast.
and messages intended for [he general public
arc exce pted)."
Thanks, Rich. but don' t forget that if you
dissemina te or in any way make use of what
you hear (or rcad) off the airwaves you might
be in for some serio us trouble. Take the case
of the notification service in New Jersey
which was caught reading the pager messages of officials with the city of New York
and alleged ly alerting the news med ia to
what they had read. The)' were in for some
serious headaches and legal bills.
MDT programs arc avai lable 0 11 the net,
but I wou ld only trust a court to say for
certain that il is legal to monitor these nonencryp ted transmissions. Encrypted MDT
transmissions arc too diffic ult to decrypt to
even worry about.

Frequency File

esting businesses (to be completed in a later

column). We urge our readers to send similar
detailed informatio n for thcir localarea whenever they can. It' s a benefit to all MT subscribers. If poss ible, please email any such
da ta to me at scanmosterei aot.com.

Massachusetts Monitoring
~

SeM:.

Tono \fuI

453.175

Fire

[}{)74

Town AmbJIonce

107.2

Fire-Repeate"
Fire-Fireground

100.0

Adon

Adam.
155.220

~os5k
154.235

Amhem
461.175
461.675
462.1 25
463450

UMos.s SeaJrity
UMos.s Opeoreos
UMoss Operations

.:182..:125

Police-Future use

159.0975
464475

PoIice-MOT's

Andow<

A.hland
.:172.975

~Monioll

PoIice-NDfs

AJhoI
158.775
464.375

cso

oo

tl09

CSO
127.3

Attiobon>
151.445R

156.015
I59.BB5
464 575
Aubom
153.770
453.BB75
Avon
.:182.750

~7J'725

Police-Dispatch
Pclice-Repecter input

H igh~ DepartmentF2
Shr.dy/.'emo<iol Ho.p; ~1

15.:1.830
.:13.80

Bodfonl
.:151.850

21B.l
21B.l

Fire-Mure repeo!ef input

Hou.ng Authooty
Fire

203.5

Police

453.275 De-ens Security

4536375 Devens Security
453 025
Devens Fire
Barnstable
15.:1.355
Fire-Cenlervitle Pagers
151.355
weedsHole Sloomship
_Toro
151.B35
463.375 S<hooI Dopa_
463.B50
S<hooI [),ponmonI

Bane

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frequency and trunking talkgrou p/subtleet
infor matio n in the co ming months. Th is
mont h we' ll present new cha nnels and tone
codes for Massachusetts agencies and inter-

UMass Security

tl B8
tl 8.B
11 .:1.8

[}465
tl O.9
()..:I 11

Police-future use

Elder Vans

79.7

Reooisscrce Hotel

Bokhem>wn
151.715
153.965

Pine Volley PIont Security

State Building Cps

100.0

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(continued)

8eL>gham
159.675
Police-MDTs
F....
33.86

DaI10n
153 815
150.905

153.770
153.890
158 880R
155.145
Berldey
453.0625
453.3125

Berlin
33.64
463.575

Fire-F2 fire Alarm

Fire-Fireground
Emergency Nlanogernent
~Mo_1

Fire-Future use
Fire-Future use

f....

Spooky Wo<!d

203.5
1 14 .8 /
100.0
( SO

Fire-Repeoh 482.4375

CSQ

Hig>way Dopm>nont

154.600

100.0
100.0

e.-Iy
45.48
<64.550

No<lh Sho... """"_

Blloriro
154.995
Bohon
155. 130
482.850
453.125

250.3

Police/ FireAuxiliary

85.4

Police-MOTs

CSQ

Bown
fbJ>ingAuthon~ Pol""
Ilo>lon EMHA( 161nfo:M:>.

453.AOQ

H~hway Dopom.ont

Broi_

471.775
CSQ
CSQ
CSQ

Ho>pitJ Soani1y

107.2

fire-Di sp:ttch
Fire-Repeoter input
fire-fireground

203.5
203 5
203.5

8roddon Ho>pilol

HoNard University-F10

CIulIon

a..-

PotK:e-Future use
Fire-Future use

16O.D65R
153.775
155.2200
150.790
a-...o..iidd
154.115
0.
__

""-"icipol Sevces

1862
CSQ

Fire-Ftrtvre u~
Sf Rogionol High S<hooI

154310
<64.325

fire

131 .8
11 4.8
186.2
1148
1318
1148

Dopt/ Emo<g Mgt.

192.8

F.t<hlxng
155.355
453.0125R
<64.675
Foxboro
154600
<62.55OR
<64.100
<64.325R
<64A5OR
<64.625R
<64.950R

fire-EMS Dispotch
"''J'O'l 0p0r0ti0n,

203.5

( SO
D-754
192.8
136.5
74.4

sJlMm Stodit.m-Poricing Ops

186 2
225.7
203.5
210.7
210.7
203.5
D-132

Sunr.on Stadium
SuRr.on Slodium-()pero!ions
Sunr.on Slcxlium-Security
Sullivan Stadium.()perotions
Sullivan Stodium.()perolions
Sullivan Stadium

127.3

FnmkIin
465 4875 PoIice-M:>bi~ Rp> (& <65 53751
482.650
Police-Futureuse
472.700
Fire-Fvrure use

Fire-Future use

114.8

Police-futureRepealer

Police-Future Repealer inp.sl

Fronidin Or 1.'e3<d Cere-

Franldin OyNe::lirol Center

Coun~ """'" d Conodion,

GnNeIond
483.51 25 Police
Hadley
155<60
Police-CH2
154.100 H~hway/W_ Doportmen"
Hampden
Fire-f2 Primary
33 <6

CSQ

"""'A8A7625

203 5

Police

451,475
Haverhil

H~hway Dopo1mont

MONITORING TIMES

Decembe, 1998

11 8 8
118.8

Water Deportment

167.9
127.3

V\'1,ilIier Reg vsx: School

167.9

No<lh E_ Comn CdI.go

CSQ

Boy 5... Go>R_

100.0

453.9625

Fire-J'vlobile Repealer

155040
HoIdeo
159.675
45.08
HoIIond
33.<6

H ~hway

"'"

Doportmen,

CSQ

Police-MOT's
H~hwoy DopI/EIociri, "ght

CSQ

Fire/ Ambulance Primary

131.8

<65 5625 Fire-Nobile Repealer

=~Hamo

CSQ

465.5375

Fire-,vOO;1c repeater

136.5

159.15OR

156.7
156.7
192.8

Fire-F3 Fireground

94.8

151.1 90

Fire

91.5
1<6.2

. " gi,,1 Codod Sqc<kh IDCSI

., . Conie, Sqo<J<h ICSQI

154.010

118.8
1000

159.39OR

Cope Ann Tramit Authority

11 0.9

Police-Operatioos
Pclice-Repeoter in,r;:;
Police-Secondary /J.rea tie
Highway Deportment

131.8

MARTTronsit Buses
MARTS<hooI Bu=

fbJ>ing~

74.4

Hubbonhton

Fire

Go.dn<.
154055
453.850
453.850

100.0

HoIyo/<e
159.795
Fire- Firegrou~
<60.7375
173.7125
HopodoIo
<605125 Fire-tv\obile rcpeoler
HopIOntoo

110.9

CSQ

S<hooI Dopt.B1dg,. &Ground, 1&<67.9001

471.5125 Framingham $tote College- Future use

154.160
472.7625

127.3

1230

159 0225 Police-Future U~

154.010 f ire
153860 S<hooI Dopomnont
155.760
Wcter Department
154515 E!der Vons

Heo1h

146.2

Police
PoIice-fu1Ufe lM
Fire-Ftrtvreuse

151.4

S<hooI Doportmen,
S<hooI Dopomnont
S<hooI Dop<>1m<rl
WoI" ""

CSQ

Fire

203.5

fire
Fire-Repeater input

91.5
91.5

G\ouce,,,,,

Pdice-Furure use

na.a

21 8.1
D-134

Police-hsure U5f!
Grob-i-Dunstoble School District

155.790
155.730
156 225
Hud>on
46.36
151655
154570
154.600
154600
Hu!
154 265
1pM<!>

framingham
159.420
Police-MOTs

--

483.150
151 685

158.760
158.145

""""""'" OpportunityCoo.l

Pot.".f2/ff~ Dopt.

131.8
131.8

Fire f I

Holliston

<64.600

CSQ
141.3

461475

Fire-Future usc

Hil.:::r: Dopomnont
Fo
Ho>pitol

155.520
158.940
151.1 15
155.340
4585875

203.5
203.5
131.8

FallRiver
Falmouth
37.94

100.0

Highway OopH""'", R _

Haow<!>
<6O.55OR Fire-f 3
<605505 f ire-F4 Simplex
460 5125 fire-Mobile Repealer

Scbool Doportment
H~hwoy

167.9

Police
Police-Future Repeater
Police-Future R~ input
Fire/Police/Hig

123.0

Fairhaven

452.325

PoIice-M:lbile repeater

483 3875
483.625
A8AAOQ
Hanonl
151.010

186.2

167.9
167.9
203.5
203.5

Colrain

28

123.0

203.5
192.8

PoIice-DisfXItch
PoIice-Repeotcr i~
Huntington Ambu nee
Ii.Jnt .tvnb-Repeoter input

853.5625 PotICe'",v,oTs
158.805 &no..g Mgt/Au>< PO/! nil<
et.nIon
33.94
Fire-Fireground Por1cbIe
153.830 Fire-Repeater !or 33.94
33.92
Cona>nl
482.550

Police
f ire

Whi""" Rogionol HighS<hooI

Whi""" Rogionol H~h S<hooI

462.075

Police-Futureuse

Police-Futureuse
Police-Future Regioool
Fire-Fl
Fire-f2

Cou"""""'Se<uri~

<61.150
<62.150

867.7375
203.5

Combridge

482.975
A8A.425
33.76
33.66

4836875
Em"'"
471.1 75
151.715

School Di!>trid FI -Nr:JiMn:Jnce

S<hooI ~""" F2Se<urily

<65.1875
Grnnby
155.250
155.250R
153 815
155.04OR
151 040R
Granville
3352
~

jssex

Fire

.v.os!oOsoit Corrvnunity College

D-lA3

453.31 25R fire-Ocerctces [olso: 453.6375, 453.8875,

4588875 Fe)
Droah
483.750 PotlCe"Fvture U5e
<656375 Fire-link for 154.400
186.2

172.8

Burlingk>n

Yankee Condie Retail Cps

Yankee Condie Retail Cps
Yankee Candle Simplex
Hi!Joric Decrtield

Sheraton Bo~

BrocIdon

471.725
33.58
155.835

o...li<Id Acodomy
Yankee CondIe Security
YankeeCandle Porlcing
vcokee Condie Noaintenarrce

Duxhu<y
33.48
Fire-Tone Alert/ Mobiles
460575
fire-FD Bo:.e/Portobles
155.385 Fire-AmbJlclllce10 FD
EmtBridgewoto<

Bridgewoto<

A8A.0875

Fire-Greenfield tie

<64.525
<64.675
453.575

Fire-flAJre use

482.875

3370
151 925
<62.3OOR
<62.350
<61.1875
<69.550
466.1 875
467.400
<64 975

o..dIey

Recreation Depor1fnel1t

127.3
127.3
127.3

Police-Fuue use

CSQ
74.4
D-1I4

453.075

154.31OR
151.160
153.830
<64.675
<643125R

Fire-Adminislrotion
lJIhm Su<ily
lMm

Ilo>lon EMS
Ilo>lon EMS
Ilo>lon "edII ~ht
Ilo>lon "edII ~ht
R"""",,, Comnu>ity CdI.go
Mou CoIIoge 01Art
lJ.o\4.a!>S Boston

Highway Dopo"",,"'
.v.ori~me=n
F<Xby 0u1I~ Mo

<60.525

Police
Police-Repecsee input
Police-F2
Police-MDTs

D-351
156.7
192.8
192.8

<64.n5
Bourne
151.295
150.995R
<60.6625
154.570
Brointree
158.880
<67.850

107.2
Regional Schcd District (& 158.1A5. 158.1 75)

DoemeId

o;ghlon

Police-Futureuse
Fire-Futureuse

453 350
453.775
<60.525
<60.550
130.575
<6O.8OOR
<64 550
453425

Dartmouth
I55.25OR
155.595
155.025
159.675
155.025
453.35R
451.700
Ded-oam
471 .375

Grofton
fire/Amb/Municipal Sva

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Is There Life in MARS?

ast mont h. we descri bed evolution ary

c hanges to the United States go vernme nt's
S HARES. an eme rge ncy rad io sys te m
whose highly de sc riptive acronym me an s
" Sh ared Reso urces." In pas sing. we also men -

tioncd the Military Affiliate Radio System.

MARS (said all in o ne word like the plane! o r
the anc ient god o f war).
M AR S, with almost 9000 volun teer radio
ope rators. all of them FCCli cc llsed ham s.
accounts for the vast maj ority o f S HARES
chec k-ins . In fact. when so meo ne in the Na tional Communi ca tion s System recentl y hecame worried that it was takin g ov er alto ge the r. MAR S was limit ed to forty perce nt of

SHARES- still around 400 statio ns.

We've had years of rumors that ~'1 A RS
cannot sustainlife. As m ilita ry usc of HF (u ur
shortwave spe ctrum between 3 an ti 30 mcguhert z) dec lined-c-cspecial ly for "m orale' phone
pa tches anti troo p "MARSGrams" - many
ass ume d that MA RS wou ld be expendab le at
budget ti me . Instead. we ' ve been re min ded by
eve ryo ne fro m the Secretary of Defe nse on
down that the sys te m' s primary mi ssion remai ns emergency read ine ss. w hich it' s do ing
ve ry well at a min im um co st.
W hile M AR S is cha ng ing a bit. 1 rea lly
don' t think it' s go ing aw ay any time soo n.

MARS Evclution
Instead , MA RS is about to go digital in a
big wa y. A lready the A ir Force req uire s that
sta tion s have Packet. A mto r. Pactor. or G TOR . "Packet" lets your co mputer do a few of
the sa me thin gs over a rad io tha t it alre ady
does on a ph on e modem . Armor is " Amate ur
Tel eprinting Ov er Rad io ," an ad aptati on o f
the system used for marit ime tclcprinti ng .
Pact or is sor t of a com bina tion of packet anti
Amtor. and it' s the moJe used by S HARES for
its bulletin bo ard sy stem on 6ROO and 1324 2
k ilohertz (k Hz) . Finall y. G- TOR ref ers to
"Go lay Tel ep rintin g Ov er Radio," using a
digi ta l mode be tter known fro m ce rtain mcssage pag ing syste ms. I wo u ld gues s that wc ' H
start see ing CL OV ER.
robu st mod e de signeJ for HF. as well .
So me M AR S statio ns wil l probably a lso
be interfacing with the Automated Link Est ah lisbme nt (A LE) capab ility that is taking over

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MONITORING TIMES

December /998

militar y HF. Since d igital mo des ar e recommended on S HA RES Al. Echan ne ls. the resul t
is likel y to be a supe r da ta sys te m. allow ing
~l AR S to tran sfer pictures or lon g. logi stica l
documen ts ju st as eas ily as straight packet
handles messages.

MARS Operaticns
Tradit ionally . f\.lARS used Ircquencics j ust
o uts ide the amateur band s using slig htly modi fied ham ge ar. Ho we ver. man y stat io ns 110 W
have full capability from 3 to .10 Ml-lz. So me
statio ns arc attache d to militar y un its. w hile
othe rs arc pla in old ham rad ios ope rated "outof-band" by individu als using speci al call sigus.
Th ese "funny" ca lls arc di stincti ve . Ask
anyo ne w ho' s had to d rawl a mo uthfu l suc h as,
" Novem be r November November Zero Uniform Sierra Alpha (NNNOUSA ):' a few hund red times a da y. Howe ver.t here are still a few
o f the "old- time" call letters k it suc h as W AR
(A rm y t\-1A RS headquart ers) and A IR (A ir
Force). I' ve listed mo st of these spec ial statio ns in Ta ble I . T hey co nduc t a great exe rcise
e ver y Arm ed Forces Day (as seen in the Utility
L(Jgg ill g.~ ). w ith se veral cer tificates and verifications ava ilable for so me rea lly unique "wallpap er ."
Th e \IARS net wor k struc ture is far too
co m plicate d to co ve r in o ne column. and in
fact it fill s seve ra l ope rating manu als wit h
nation al. state. local . and ga te way routing s.
W e can all learn a lot about good radio operating by liste ning in on all these we ll-dr illed
net s.
You 'll often see ~\'lA RS frequ en cies listed
as "Window ," "D ial. " or "Assigned." This
ca uses great co nfusi on. "Wi ndo w" and " Dial"
are w he re mos t radi os wil l tun c to recei ve a
utility sig nal , while "A ssigned" is the standard
"carrier" frequen cy show n by interna tiona l
allocation s. A ll yo u need to remembe r for
voic e is that the USB " W indo w" is 1.5 kHz
below the " Ass ig ne d," and LSB is 1.5 kH7.
higher.
Tab le 2 lists a few eme rgency frequ encie s
that ha ve been heard rece ntly.

The Twilight Zone

Hurricane Georges showed some new players in th e S H A RES C oo rdin at in g Ne t.

AA R I DD . Army MARS . is now S HA RES

Coord inat ing S tation. Ea st. AFA3 H Y, A ir
Force MAR S , is the cen tra l US sta tion.
Our Se ptember log had a com me nt I mad e
which ident ified US Air Force " Razo r 85" as,
"An FB- I l l o ut of Pea se A ir Force Base," I
am still not sure why I wou ld ever s ~I Y such a
thing : Even I know that the Razor callword' x
current ow ners arc the E-SC, "Jo int STA RS,"
observatio n planes. The acrony m me ans Joint
Surve illa nce and Tactical Radar Syste m.
We ll. no matt er. We ' lI lly again next month .

Table I: MARS Headquarters

Stations
Station
AAE
AAH

AAZ
AEMI
AIR
AIR-2
MCl
MQU
NAV

NAY-1
NAY-2
NAV3

NAY-A
NAY-5
NAV7
NAVB

NMH
WAR

Location
USArmy, Ft. Sam Houston, TX
US Army, Ft. lewis, WA
USArmySignal Command, Ft. Huachuca , AZ
USArmy Co rps of Engineers, TN
USAir Force, Andrews AFB, DC
US Air Force, Los Angele~ AFB, CA
Navy/Marine Corps, Camp Le jeune, NC
Navy/ Morine Corps, Qua ntico,VA
Navy/Ma rine Corps MARS Hecdqucrters. DC
Navy/Ma rine Corps Region 1, a
Navy/Marine Corps Region 2, SC
Navy/Marine Corps Region 3, TX
Navy/ Morine Corps Region 4, IL
Navy/Morine Corps Region 5, CA
Navy/Mor ine Corps Region 7, WA
Navy/Ma rine Corps Region a, HI
USCGTelecommunication, Alexandria , YA
USArmy, Ft. Detrick, MD

Table 2: MARS Emergency

Frequencies (USB unless noted]
Window U"

illkl

33 11.0
A04\'0
4590 .0
521 1.0
5236 .0
6B26.0
6999 0

7317.0
7381.0
7498,5
7540.0
10493.0
13506.5
13910.5
13993.0
13996.0
14383.5
14389,0
14390.5
14396.5

Air Force Colling

Navy CommonEmerg.
Air Force CaHing
NECN Night Primary
SHARES Coordination
Army fv\ARS
Army Emerg, Guard

Pooled with SHARES

Pooled with SHARES
licisc n with FEMA

W;~

NCS/ NCC

6997.5 Assigned
(lSB}; pooled with
SHARES
Army Inter-Regional {LSBI 7315.5 Assigned
7382 .5 Assigned;
Navy/Morine common
pooled w;~ SHARES
Pooled with SHARES
Navy/ Morine Corps
Pooled with SHARES
Air Force fv\ARS
liciscnwith FEfv\A
NECN Day Primary
13508.0 Assigned
Army Inler-Regionol
Army Emergency
PooledwithSHARES
Air Force Colling
13997.5 Assigned;
Army/ JointGuard
pooledwith SHARES
Pooled withSHARES.
NavyCalling/Emerg.
Air Force fv\ARS
Army MARS
W;~N CS /NCC
SHARES Coordination

Utility Loggings
Hugh Stegman
Ab b r cvlut lons used in this co lumn
AB
AFB
AM
AMTOR
ARO
AROE3
AR0690
ASECNA

cee-a
CP
CW
OSN
OupARO
EAM
FAPSI
FEC
FECA
FEMA
GHFS
GMOSS
HF
10

Air Base
Air Force Base
Amplitude Modulation
Amateur Teleprinting Over
Radio
Synchronous tra nsmission
an d automatic re petition
teleprinter system
Single cha nnel ARQ teleprinter system
6-character-block simplex
ARQ teleprintersystem
Aeronautical SafetyAgency
lor Africa and Madagascar
(loose, from French)
8-tone multi-frequency teleprinter system
Command Post
Morse code telegrap hy
( ~Cont in uo us Wave ")
DefenseSwitching Network
Hungarian diplomatic stmplexARC teleprintersystem
EmergencyActionMessage
FederalAgency forCommunlcato ns and Intelligence ,
Russia
Forward Error Correcting
teleprintersystem
One-way traffic FEC teteprinter system
USFederalEmergencyMa nage ment AgenC~
US Air Force lobal High
Frequency System
Global Maritime Distress
and SafetySystem

High Frequency(3-30MHz)
Identification

lSB
MARS
METAR
Meteo

MFA
MI6
Minrex
Navrad

NCC

NCS
NECN
PETRA
PolAR O
RSA
RnY
SAM

6757.0

l owerSideband
Military AffiliateRadioSys-

tem, US

Meteorological Aviation
Routine report
Meteorological; weather
stations
Ministry of Foreign Affai rs
Military Intelligence, group
6.UK spy agency

MFA, Cuba
Naval Radio

NationalCoordinatingCen-

ler

National Communications
System
National Emergency ceordinatio n Network
Jordan News Agency
PolishARC teteprinting sys-

lem

Republic of South Africa

Radio Tele'Ue
Special Air rssion, US Air
Force VIP flight
SAN
South African Na)(;
System Capable0 Planned
SCOPE
Expansion, US Air Force
Selective Calling tones
Selcal
SHARES SharedResources,USgovernment traffic network
Stratcom US StrategicCommand
Swed-ARQ Swedish diplomatic ARQ
teleprinter system
United Kingdom
UK
Unid
Unidentified
United States
US
United States CoastGuard
USCG
VI P
Very Important Person

6797.0
6830.0
6830.0
6959.0
6980.0
6988.0
75290
8010.0
8167.0
8167.0
8303.0
9016.0

noises, not parallel with others, at 21 49. (Boender-Netnerlands)

Nightwateh 01-US Air Force, checking Jury Mast into a net With
Trillion,also usingZ190 (10204 kHz)andZ165 (6757 kHz), at 0140.
(Haverlah-TX)
Unid-Cuban 'Atenci6n' numbers, loudcarrierstarted at 04445, two
beepsat 0449, then latestart of AMcallup and 5-number Spanish
groups at OSlO, (StegmanCA)
PETRA-Jorda nianNewsAgency, Amman,withArabi cnewsin RnY
at 1638. PETRAEnglish news in RTI Y al 1704 and 1707. (HallRSA)
PETRA Arn rnan -Enplish language news in RTIY, at 1712. (HallRSA)
Lincolnshire Poacher, British MI6, tune and numbers at 2200.
(Boend er-Netheriands)
Unid-Cuban 'Atenci6n' Spanish numbers in AM, at 0200. (Camillo
Castillo-Panama)
AAH-US Army MARS, WA, with Secretary of Defense's Armed
Forces Day message, in AMToR at 0140. (Paul Bunyan,Mol
The Russian Man-Russian intelligence, weird voice with 5-figure
numbers in AM, at 0500. (Boend er-Nelherlands)
Unid-Cuban 'Alenci6n' Spanish AM numbers, in progress at 022 8.
(Castillo-Panama)
The Russian Man-Russian intelligence, weird voice with 5-figure
numbers in AM, at 0500. (Boender-Netherlands)
The Russian Man-Russian intelligence, weird voice with S-tiqure
numbers in AM, repealed 0500 trans mission at 0520. (BoenderNetherlands)
LOR-ArgentineNavy, Puerto Belgrano, with s-iener code groups in
RnY at 0541. (Hall-RSA)
WAR 46US JOint Allernate CP, PA, working Nightwalch 01 (US
joint airborne CP, an E4B), with signal checks, at0306. Repudiale
working Nightwatch 01 at 1249. ottultUS Air Force, NE, calling
WAR46 and Auxiliary. then WAR 46 moved Nighlwatch0110 Z21 1
(12070 kHZ), a1 1534. Net with Splendid, Residence, unwanted.

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All transmissions are USB (upper sideband unless otherwise indicated . All
frequen ciesare in kH z(kilohertz)and all timesareUTC (Coordinaled Universal
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4025.0
4041.0
4214.0
5002.0
5178.0
5211.0
5472.0
5680.0
5711.0
5800.0
6342.2
6494.7
6495.0
6695.0
6753 .0

UnidCW numbers in 5leller groups, at 2209. (Ary soencerNelherlands)

UnidRep eated CW messag e "TETINSITEEAEMNL" tor 3 minutes,
at 1940. (Boender-Netherlands)
ZSC-Cape Town Radio, RSA, wilh marine weather in FEC at 171 3.
(Bob Hall-RSA)
Unid-Ticking Station, just sendsgroups01ticks, modeunknown, at
1947. (Boender-Netherlands)
llnid-Backward music station , with we ird , whale-like groans and
noises, nol parallel with others, at 2149. (BoenderNetherlands)
WGY912FEMA Special Facility, VA, working KG A 93, FCC, Washington, DC, at 0614. (Jett Haverlah-TX)
Unid-CW numbers in 5tigure groups, at 1703. (Boender-Netherland s)
Kinloss RescueGermany, working Alpha 91 at 0703. (BoenderNetherlands)
Mottell Rescue-US Air Force Aerospace Rescue and Recovery
Command, telling unheard aircraft that"Jolly 18has asurvivor," at
0335. (Hugh SlegmanCA)
Syndrome working Nighlwalch 01 (E-4 B, US [oint airborne CP) at
0035 . Moustache.t old byNightwatchIhal Z150 (5800 kHz) was the
primary treq uency, at 0253. (HaverlahTX)
WLoMobile Rad io, Al , wilh highseas Irattic rates, GMoSS operator courseannouncement. tropical advisory forhurricane Bonnie,
Ihen trattic list. all in FEC, al 0436. (Sue Wilden -IN)
Unid-METAR weamerobservation codesin RnY,at 0449. (WildenIN)
SANSilvermine,RSA, wilh RTTY news in Atrikaans at 1800. (Hall
RSA)
Unid-Backward music station , with weird , whale-like groans and
noises, not parallelwilh others, a12149. (Boen der-Netnerta ndsl
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101 60.4
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10299.4
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111 75.0

111 81.0

11244.0
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Brushwood and Nightwatch, also using Z175 (9016 kHz), Z205

(11494 kHz), and Z21 1, at1611 . Windpipe working Nightwatch01
regard ing comms with Cotler Pin. whoNightwatch could not hear.
Went to Z190 (10204 kHz) at 1922. (Haverlah-TX/
SPAR 06-USAir Force VIP, with OSN patch to Mi denhall through
Andrews, at 0433 waverlah -TX)
The Russian Man- ussian intellig ence, we ird vo ice with 5-figure
numbers in AM. at 0520. (BOender-Netherlands
TNL-ASECNA, Brazzaville,withaeroweatherinR Yat1625. (HallRSA)
DOR -MFA, Sofia, Bulgaria. with traffic, either encrypted or in
Bulgarian , nrrv at 1652. (Hall-RSA)
Abruptiontelling Nightwatch01that he had notrafficand thatWAR
46 was in the net, somethingthey don't usually talkabout, at0001.
Red Fern telling Nightwatch 01 that he was going monitor only.
Royal GemwithEAM at0037. MoverVanca lling Nightwatch, nojoy,
at 0516. Deer Meat wo rking Nightwatch 01 at 1439. Nightwatch
moving Ruth less to Z2 11 (12070 kHz) where they were weakreadab le, at161 2. FireShip with net check-in for Nightwatch 01 at
1615. the n several 26-character EAMs. asking Nightwatch for
acknowledgment each time, starting at 1732. WAR 46-US Joint
Alternate CP, PA, testing "secondary antenna" with Nightwatch 01,
at1852. King PinworkingNightwatch01 withnet check-in,at1955.
NightlVatch01calling Nightwatch02, nojoy, at 2325. (Jeff HaverlahTX)
SW62-Bangkok Meteorologi cal, RTTY synoptic charts at 1450.
(Hall- RSA)
The Russia n Man-Russian intelligence, we ird voice with 5-figure
numbers in AM , at 0540. (Boender-Netherlands)
Th e Russian Man-Russian intelligen ce, we ird voice with 5-figure
numbers in AM , at 0540. (Boender-Netherlands)
Loft Hay. given Nightwatch 01 (airborne comm and post) freq uencles Z190primaryand Z175 secondary, byThuleAB at 0002. M4NUSmilitary unit, with patchvia Hickamto W8R, hand ling"Exercise
Beard Iron" message traffic, at 0532. Tempo 83-US Air Force,
calling any station, no joy. Road Race in patch through Andrews,
then "Sky King" EAM. Andrews-US Air Force GHFS, Andrews AFB
control station, keying multiple sites for EAM, also making a loud
ca rrieron 11 176 kHz, at1417. McClellan has alsocaused spurious
carriers on 6739 and 11245, possibly a current technical fault in
GHFS/SCOPECommand. (Haverlah-TX) SAM 201-US AirForceVIP
flight, general ca ll, at 1740. (Wilden-IN) Teal 39-US Air Force
Reserve, WC-130 "Hurricane Hunter," in patch via And rews to
"Channel 6" for live news interviewfrom eye of Georges, at 2242.
(Stegma n-CA)
Nightwatch 01-US Air Force, radio check with WAR 46 at 1540.
Nightwatch 01 . in netwith Rain Cell and Landfall [During hurricane
Georges. for whatever that's worth -Hughl. also using Z211 and
Z200 b11 181 kHZ), at 1631. Rain Cell tried comm with Nightwatch
on 12 70 kHz at 1632, and 10204 at 1635. (Haverlah-TX)
Playtime with EAM, simu lcast on 8992 and 10204 kHz, at 1749.
(Haverlah -TX)
J2H -US Navy, with several EAM broadcasts at 0342 (Haverlah-TX)
MFA, Cairo, with selcals for QQTX (Prague) and XBVG (Paris), at
1634. ~Ha ll-RSA)
IMB3- ome Meteorological, Italy, Rny weather at 1650 (HallRSA)
IMB3-RomeMeteorological, Italy, coded weatherin RTTYat 1758.
(Hall-RSA)
Nightwatch 01-US AirForce. working Ruth less at1612. (HaverlahTX)
Unid-FAPSI, Ru ssia, with 5-letler code grou ps in Rny at 1641.
(Hall-RSA)
FYI -French Forces. Le Port, idling arq-e3 at 1650. (Hall-RSA)
PWX33 -Possible callsign, Brasil Navrad, with number groups for
"HI NAVE" from "POTRIN:' in RTTY at 1649. ~ all -R S A )
GMOSS Oigital Selective Calling channel, wit 27 data mes sag es
(18 routine , 2 safety, 6 errors, and 1 test) filed in 6.5 hour period
starting at 11 00. (Hall-RSA)
Copenhagen Rad io, with Danish news and weathe r, not listed and
new this frequen cy, at 1637. (Hall-RSA)
American ForcesNetwork-US Navydownlink feed via HFtransmitter in Key West, FL, with news broadcast at 0621. (BoenderNetherlands)
MFA. Islamabad. with 5-letlercode groups in ARQat 1630. (HallRSA)

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1354 2.0 ZR03-Pretoria Meteo rolog ical, RSA. with forecast and warning
relay for "TEMPETE:' in Rny at 0910. (Hall-RSA)
13551 .8 RFGW-MFA. Paris, France, withmany pages ots-tettercode groups
for embassies, in FECat 1726..f\Iall-RSA)
141 11.0 Ru ssian Navy-cannot decode R Y, butsignal presentnearlyevery
day, at 1656. (H all-RSA)
14325.0 N4Q8F-Amateurin Puerto Rico, telling WC20EM (New Yo rk state
Olf ice of Emergency Management) that he was in the eye of
hurricane Georges, had recently measured a 11 3 mile-per-hour
gust,butcouldnotdo damag eassessment becau se nobodywanted
to go outside yet, at 2349. ~ teg man-CA)
14396.5 WGY-91O-FEMA Regio n10 antral Station,WA,callingWGY 9901,
Pu ertoRico Red Cross headquarters, in hurricane Georges , but no
joy, at 1625. KGD 34-SHARES Master Control Station, Arling ton,
VA, takin g Georges checkins for 2300 UTC "window:' many stations heard. (Stegman -CA)
14481.0 Unid-Russian Navy, very strong RTTY at 1701 . (Hall - RSA)
14486.0 RFGW-MFA. Paris, France, with coded circularto embassies inteea at 0530. (Hall-RSA)
14996.0 RWM-Moscow, Russia. with CW time signals an d ID at 0743.
fBoen der-Netherlandif
16235.B APSI numbers in R Y at 0743. ~all - RSA)
16235.8 FAPSI station with text, sounded Ii e operator training, in RTTY at
0800. (Hall - RSA)
1631 7.0 Polish Embassy, Kinshasa, Zaire, testing in Pol-ARQ with MFA,
Wa rsaw, Polandat 0950. (Hall-RSA)
16317.0 PolishEmbassy, Kinshasa, calling SNN299 (MFA, Warsaw) ,in PolARQat 1030. (Hall-RSAh
16357.0 LZ-MFA, Pragu e, Czech epublic, with news in RTTY at0751. (Hall
- RSA)
16386.7 Possibly MFA Islamabad, callingMBKCinARQ, nojoy at 1501.(Hall
- RSA)
16453.5 HGX 21-M FA, BUdapest, Hungary,idlingin Dup-ARQ at1613.(HallRSA/v
16804.5 UHL -Bussianvesse l LeonidNovopassiW MB- 0015) withweather
observations for UDK2, Murmansk, in R Y at 1015. (Hall-RSA)
16814.5 HEC17-Bern e Radio, Switze rland, with administrative messages
and traffic list in FEC at 1630. (Hall-RSA)
16816.0 ZSC-Cap e Town Rad io, with weather warnings, now including
Meteo France/Reunion10rareaACK(Amsterdam,Crozet, Kergue len),
in FEC at 1005. ( Hall - RS~
17430.0 Unid-Russian FAPSIRn with s-tetter groups at0544.(Hall-RSA)
17461 .5 Minrex-Cuban MFA, Havana, withSpanish news in RTTY, not listed
and new this frequency, at 0901. (Hall -RSAd
18064,0 MFA, Warsaw, with news in Polish, Pol-AR at 1652. (Hall- RSA)
18064.0 MFA, Warsaw, Poland, with news in Pol-ARQat 1704. fHa ll-RSA)
181 83.5 Am balgRabat-Algerian embassy, withArabictrafficforM A, Algiers,
cop ies to other Arab embassies, in ecc-e at 091 2. tHall-RSA)
18183.5 MFA, Algiers, with FrenchtraffiC to Ambalg Lagos in oq-8 at0845.
(Hall-RSA)
18183.5 MFA, Algiers, with French langu age traffic to and trom Riyadh,
Yaounde, N'Djamena, Addis, and Dakar, at 0810. (Hall-RSA)
18211.0 AAH- US Army MARS, WA, listening for Armed Forces Day ham
contacts on 18155 kHz, at 1745. (Bunyan-MO)
18242.0 ZR04-Pretoria Meteorological, high seas weather for Area VII in
RTTY at 0905. ( Ha l l -RSA~
18308.5 P6Z-MFA, Paris, call ing 9L, Pretoria in FEC-A, no joy at 1529.
(Hall-RSAj
18597.5 MFA, Ma rid, with encrypted Spanish, possibly for Kinshasa, in
ARQ at 0841. tHall-RSA)
18669.0 Kdakrtr-MFA, airo, Egypt, with Arab ic language traffic to Madrid,
Spain, in ARQ, at 1623. (Hall-RSA)
18760.0 P6Z-MFA, Paris, calling Y9L in Pretoria, FEC-Aat 1815. \Hall-RSA)
19724.5 UIW-Kaliningrad Radio, Russia, with RTTY messages or remote
stations, at 1643. (Hall-RSAd
19730.5 P6Z-MFA, Paris, ca lling N2 in Damascus, FEC -A at 0730. (Hall RSA)
20556.5 RFGW-MFA, Paris, Fra nce, with s-ietter code groups in RTTY tor
TJN, Beijing, L4N. Sofia.J5W, Rabat, and K4X. Tunis at 1315. (HallRSA~
20925.0 NDJ -French Embassy, N'Djam ena, s-letter code groups for MFA,
Paris, chan ged callsign to NDJA, then back again, in ARQ6-90 at
0938. (Hall-RSA)
23053.7 Portuguese embassy, Ki nshasa, Zaire , wo rking station that was
proba bly MFA, Lisbon , Portugal, in ARQ at 11 05. Portuguese
embassy, Lu anda. with urgent coded message for MFA, Lisbon, in
ARQ at 1116. (Hall-RSA)

Baudot and Beyond

...L...-

Bob Evons
,..valll@;nl,rlog.rom
hnpj / www.inlerlog.com/-ree vons

Digital Reflections

s the yea r 1998 rapidly winds dow n to

a close. we find o ursel ves poised with
little preparationtime for the Ycar 2000.
some 365 days hence. Th e New Year has also
typically bee n a time to take stoc k of the past
year' s events and plan for the future.
In keeping with this theme. this month
we ' ll reflect on wha t has gone before. on what
we have lost and wha t we have gained, and I
sha ll offe r a few per sonal progno stications o n
what the futu re has in store regarding monitoring the digital signal spectrum.
But first. let us co nside r a few basic facts.
FACT I: Th ere are fewer digital stations o n
the bands than there were five years ago.
FACT 2: More dig ital stations now use some
form of encryption.

FACT 3: Propagation conditions over the past

few ye ars have not been as favorable as they
were 10 or 20 years ago.
FACT 4 : The plethora of digital modes has
g rown exponentially in the past decade.
FACT 5: T here is more man -made noise on
the HF band s than e ver be fore.
FACT 6: We have witnessed a transfor mat ion
fro m a "wireless" society (via rad io waves) to
a " wired" o ne.
With almost instant access and 100% readability. the Internet and the Worl d Wide \Veb
have replaced many radio receiv ers and tran sce ivers . No longe r arc we dependent on propaga tion co nditions to get o ur message o ut o r
recei ve our tran smissions. Th ank s to program s
like RealAudi o we can actually listen to fore ign shortwave broadcasters' transmissions o n
their Web sites.
FACT 7: Pol itician s and law makers are beco ming mo re para noid regardi ng third part y
ea vesdropping on priv ate co mmunication s.

A Digital Transformation
Durin g the past decade, se ve ral major
change s have taken place on the digital airwave s.
Overall, press stations have dec lined . Gone
are the giants. Voice of America and TA SS.
On ly a smattering of third wor ld press agencies
rem ain. Sim ilarly . Assoc iated Press news photos broadcast fro m Buenos Aires have also
disapp eared. Less and less Japanese and North
Korean FAX is no w being tran sm itted in the
HF spectrum.
Morse Code (C W ). once the stalwart ofthe

maritime co mmunity. has been pha sed out fo r

com mercia l use. Digita l Se lect ive Ca ll Pagi ng
(DSC) has replaced th is o utdate d code , and a
mo re so phisticated versio n has been implemented for the Global Ma ritime Distress Sysle m (G MDS ).
Th e French military continues to dom inate
the bands . Originally broadcasting in ARQ M2, they shifted 10 ARQ-E and ARQ- E3 se veral
years ago. During the past few year s they have
gene rally increase d thei r baud rates to 192 and
200 for many of their signals. T ra ffi c mon itored from New Cal edonia and Tahiti has de creased dram atica lly and a numbe r of French
base s in Africa arc in the process of being
clos ed.
Th e pleth ora of United Nations naval stalions transmitting FAX has decli ned. W ith the
America n base closures in the Philippin es.
Subic Bay and other s arc no w silent o n the
band s.
Ama teur radi o tra nsmi ss ion s uti lizing
RTTY and SITa R are o n the declin c. PALl OR
is fas t beco m ing the pre ferred code of the ham
co mmunity.
Th e dcrnis e ofthe So viet Union has bro ught
about a dra matic decrease in So viet Ma ritime
ship/sho re fl eet traffic .
On the other hand. the wo rld o r VHF digita l
modes has grow n and eq uipment is no w available at reaso nable prices to mon itor this face t
of the hobby. ACA RS (A ircraft Comm unications Addressing and Repo rting Sy stem) is
no w util ized worldwide , and much of the old
aeroband voice traffic transmissio ns now utilize th is new dig ital mode. Pagers and ce llular
phones have likewise go ne digital as wel l. You
can no w usc your pho neset to make a voice
call. o r you can use it 10 send and recei ve email
messa ges via sate llite.
Dependable and economica l sate llite co mmunicati o ns have encouraged many facilities
to desert the HF bands: Fro m press 10 military
to tran soceanic airliners - they h :'IVC all foun d
new hom es in the Clarke Belt.

Into the Future

What the n, doe s the futu re hold in store for
digital co mmunicatio ns as far as the HF /V HF
spectrum is co ncerned '! Will there be any traffic to mo nitor in the years to co me'!
Th e answe r. of co urse. is that. yes . there
still will be signals ou t there to decod e. Howe ver. we must learn to ada pt by changing our

listening huhits.j ust ;1.\ wc did when R'Ff' Y first

emerged. Facilit ies in third world cou ntries
will continue to be unabl e to afford sate llite
co mmunicatio ns technology. Marit ime shi pping is a thriving indu st ry - per haps iI' s time
you explored this facet of the hohhy.

Personal Changes
On a more personal no te. 1999 also has
severa l ch anges in store for mysel f - not the
least of which is my retirement from (he AI T
family as yo ur " Digital Digest" editor. Th is
will be 111)' last column. so I wo uld like to thank
Bob Grove a nd Rachel Baughn for the opportunity to share my intere sts and insights with
you through th is magazine. Their encourage ment and professionalism were very much
appreciated. Partic ipation in the MT Annual
Conventions was alway s one of the highlights
of eac h yea r for me.
I would espec ially like 10 than k you. the AfT
Readers. for yo ur interest in and feedback to
the "Digital Digest" colu mn o ver the ),cars thai
I ha ve been privileged to serve as ynur editor.
Rob ert E.(Bob) Evans

Editor's Note: Bob Evans has been keeping MT

readers apprised of the world of digital
communications for the post five yea rs. It ;s with
deep regrel we see him mo ve on 10 other things,
bu t we wish him good heafth and happiness in
his ' retirement.' In the mean time, MT will
continue its coverage of all modes- including
digilol.

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Shortwave Broadcasting
Glenn Houser, P.O.Box16B4MT, Enid, OK 73702
E;oo~: <ghouser@holmoil.com>; lox:(5BO) 233-2948, ArT: Houser

Norway Cancels English

NRK (Norsk Rikskring Kast ingv is planning 10 pull the plug on the
onc e-a-week English half-hour from RN I (R ad io Nor way Intern ationa l). Norwegian would also be largel y re placed with relays from
the domestic service (Rudiotidningen via Sweden Calling IJXers/
MediaScan )
And so they did. with the fina l English broadcast Se pt 27 (gh)
RNl' s five English broadcas ters go t little notice: had bee n o n the air
since 1952 . cos ting abo ut 566.000 a yea r. NRK manage ment dec ided
that Norwegian TV lice nse-payers should not ha ve to support an
internation al English radio service (Kim Andre w Ellio tt, VOA Com munications World)
NRK says it is the respon sibi lity of the Foreign Ministry to
pro vide fundi ng. Seems to have been an abrupt decision with little
chance of reversa l. ] will be sad to see Norway Now go becau se it gave
news yo u could find nowhere e lse (Marti n Ga llas. IL)
II' s a shame that the gove rn ment doe sn't sec the value of this
ser vice and that no bod y wants to take the responsibilit y. So me of us
will try to fig ure out so me altern ative s in orde r to rescue the English
service (Grete Bre ie , RN I via C hris Brand. Br itish DX Club)
Thanks to a three-wa y call arranged by Joe Hanlon, we had a

chance to spea k with Olav Mo Gri rndalen . the frequency manager for
NRK , He as ked us to pub lic ize his need for more technical monitors
along the west Co ast , such as Seattle, San Franci sco, Sa n Diego, and
also in South east Asia . who can co mmunicate with him by E-mai l for
qu ick feedback on frequ ency monitoring at Otov.Grtmdateni enpt.no.
He feel s as we do that it is <I terrible mistake to terminate English.
Not hing definite had been a rranged yet, but there was talk of producing an English program at P4. a nationa l do mestic netwo rk, instead of
NRK. and then presum ably broadcasting it on the same SW facilities.
He plans to use more 2 1 MH z frequ encies next summer. and even 25
MH z (gh)
Amon g NRK's B-98 freq uency usage plans: 18950 kHz from
Svcio expanded for the Americas. all in Norwegian no w: 1000 and
1100 UTC 235 deg rees . 1200 280' , 1300 and 1400 300' , 1700 28 0'.
IROO 300 ' ; also 18950 kH z at 0700 UTC 180 ' 10 Eu/SM. Other NAm
Ireqs: 1500 UTC o n 13790 kHz; 1600 UTC on 15705. bo th 3 15' to
WNAm : 2300 , 0000, 010 0, 0200 UTC a ll 9945 kH z 280' ; 0100 and
0 21X) UTC 7465 kHz 300' ; 0300 UTC on 9945 kHz and 0400 UTC
o n 75 60 kHz 3 15 ; pe r info fro m O lav Mo Grim da lcn (Joe Hanlon.

PAl

kHZ; 1600-1 630 on11910: 2100-2130 on9800: 2100-2259 on 9510: 2300-2459 on

AFRICA [non ) Radio Democracyfor Atrica(RDA). aVoice ot America project to create a
surrogate radio operation throughout Africa to promote democracy and human
5905: 01 00-0259 on9585: 0300-0459 on 6125. Sat and Sunalso0500-0559 6175:
rights, will hit the air within twoto six months, U.S. government sources have told
1900-20591 1B3513B55 10TK viaAndreas von . BC-OX)
But this sched ulemay never go into effect: Radio AsiaCanadahas disappeared;
ClandestineRadio Watch (CRW).
House Resolution 415, written by representatives Ed Royce (D-CA) and Robert
this should be satislying to our reporter Ernie Behr. who first exposed their
connections to theLiberation Tigers 01Tamil Eelam. considered aterroristorganizaMenendez (D-NJ) was passed unanimously on September 14. The service's linal
tion in SriLanka. In UADX viaBC-DX, Victor Goonetil1eke. a Sinhalese, says "Finally
obstacle remains its budget. which will be passed for the fY99- that is, next year.
MCongress is very enthusiastic about RDA,MCRW was told SO there won't be a
the LTIE showed its head in their program. We were about to expose them to the
German qcvemrnent." Harold Sellers, Toronto, tare-core-ex also notes their -neproblem if wemovefunds around after Octoberfirst:
quencies empty. websitenot connecting, telephone number unanswered." ViahardU.S. Information Agency (USIA) spokeswoman Mary Ellen Glynn says that the
core-ox. Paul Drmandy. NZ. says RAC was last heard on 15245 around the end of
personnel and resources are already in place for Hausa and French-language
September.
broadcasts. She alsonoted thattheVOA has stepped up itstransmissions to Africa.
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Alter some delays, Radio Minurca was expected on the
now in 10 languagesover 87.5hours aweek. Radio Democracy lor Alrica. if funding
air in October, using9900kHz - yes. ltold them it wasa badfrequency.The election
is indeed moved around. shouldtherefore begin broadcasting bythe endof theyear
promptingit was scheduled for late Novembe r (Slig Hartvig Nielsen. Denmark)
(Nick Grace . Clandestine Radio Watch)
CHINA I'm99.44% sure that the voice heard onChinaRadio International's new open ing
ANGUILLA Has one windbag silenced another? Since HurricaneGeorges blewthroughon
announcement is that of Mindy Ratne r, who got a big send-off by MinnesotaPublic
Se pt 21, Ca ribbean Beacon missing from 11 775. 6090 kHz (gh)
Radio fora one-year exchange program (Max Swanson,MN. RevielVOlln rernational
BELGIUM RVI'snew relayviaRNBonaire inEnglish to North America at2230-2300 is on
Broadcasting)
13670 kHz (RVI viaAlex Draper, Edwin Southwell)
COS TA RICA Visit to the Limon transmitter site of R. Casino found the 5955 TID SW
BRAZIL Rad ioBras, 15265 at 1630-2050 in Portuguese , English and German to Europe
transmitter to have bee n off the air for two years. and no plans to retu rn (Adrian
accompanied by FM-like spurs every 82.5 khz, on 15017.5. 15100, 151 82.5,
Peterson, Costa Rica. T1AWR Wavescan)
15347.5.1 5430.1 551 2.5 kHz(Wolfgang Busche! Germany, BC-OX)
Within the next few months, exact date not set, AWR will discontinue SW lrom
R. Transmundiat, Santa Maria, RGS, has a new DX program, Amigos do Radio
Catnnta. andmoveallSWBC to theDOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Will continueproducing
fromtheOXClubePaulista. Sat 1445 and 2345, Wed 1445. Thu0145 on 5965, 9530.
programs at Alajuelafor tneir satellitenetwork(AllenGraham.HCJB OXPartyJine after
11705 kHz (Carlos Felipe da Silva, host) We heard it at 2345. lair signal but
a visit to CR in late September)
underrncdulated (gh)
CUBA RadioHavanaisaudible "down under" onwhat is assumed10 bethethirdharmonic
BURMA (non) DemocraticVoice of Burmatested viaKHBN , Palau . 1300-1400on15725
of 9550 '" 28650 at2345and 0000. Weak but clear signal, apartfrom occasional CW
or 13840 (Ludo Maes. Belgium)
beacon.(BryanClark. New Zealand. Cumbre OX) Thiswasanott-heardRHCharmonic
CANADA RCI started a new prog ram in late September First Edition. morning showfor
during thelastsunspot peak.Despite hisenthusiasm
Europe. Africa, Mideast, weekdays 0500-0530.
for HF openings, to-meter OX. etc., I don't think
Forthose 01youwithaccess totheWWW.lhe RCI
A ll lim es UTe; Ai/ f requencies kHz; before IIr::: sign
ArnieCoro ever acknowledged on OXers Unlimited
website has a button for the latest program, so
all, after IIr :::sign off; II ::: para llel program ming;
that RHCSWBCharmonicscanbeheardworldwide,
you can listen to us anytime, day or night hUp:/
or anywhere. Tsk tsk (gh)
/WWW .reinet.ca/en/program/emissionlfirs t.htm
+ = continuing bUI not monitored; 2 xfreq::: 2nd
For reasons beyond my will, and very
(WojtekGwiazda. Host and Producer) Winter timing:
harm onic; J- 98=:,-Ia)'~Sept; Z-98=SllInmer season ; W.
spite of me. I will beawayfrom themicro0600-0629M-f on 6090 9750
98=Winter season; [non] :::; Broadcast to or fo r the listed muchin
phones and the programs [ customarily present for
[non)R. AsiaCanada , B98viaDTK (Deutsche
coun try, bu t n ot necessarily originating th ere.
an indefinite time . I shall continue answeringcorreTelekom) Germany: Daily 1400-1600 UTe 15370
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spondence asbestI can. Best wishes.and 73(Manalo deIaRosa,Radio Habana Cuba,

via Ruben Guillermo Margenet)
[non] Two new ctandesunes lor Cu ba via WRM I: "La Voz de los Plantadcs."
produced by Ptantacos Until Freedom and Democracy in Cuba, and "La Voz de la
Oisidencia," produced by Grupo de Apoyo a la Disidencia (GAD) (Armando F.
Mastrapa. ClandestineRadio Watch)
The President's Advisory Board for Cuba Broadcasting demanded theouster of
Herminia San Roman. directorof theOffice of Cuba Broadcasting, charginghimwith
"multiple management failures. refusingto cooperate" atRadio Marti. Thestation's
aucience was reponed to have dropped sharply alter it started carrying Miami
talksncw hosts, losingcredibility (Miami Herald viaMikeCooper)
CZECH REPUBLIC R. Pragueannounced somechanges to theformal aftertaking into
account listeners' comments. Featureswill besevenminutes long.andcurrent affairs
extended to 20 minutes with more interviews. Bill Bathu rst will feature some
literature. Deleted from the schedules are I'd Like You To Meet and Media Czech
(Edwin Southwe ll, World OX Club Contact)
[non] Alter lengthy negotiations, WRMI is relaying R. Prague on its new NAm
antenna experimentally from Oct 25 daily in English at 0400-0430 on 9955. 317
degrees. and stays onttns beam untilsign-off, including Viva Miami in English UT Fri
and Sun0430. Wavescan UT Sat 0430, and Frank Zappa Show, Sun 0500-0600

(WRMI)
DOOECANESE ISLANDS The SW portionof theUS International BroadcastingBureau's
(IBB) relay stationonRhodes,Greece, ceased to operate in August. It had opened in
1964 and ended with two 50 kW transmitters. Two relocated 250 kW are being
installed at Kavala to replaceRhodes. A new 600kWMWon Rhodes is replacingthe
500 kW on 1260, to be automatically controlled from kavata. The portion of the
Rhodes sitebeing vacated will bereturned to theGreek Government ( VOA Guide via
Dr. JurgenKubiak, Electronic OXPress)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2700.09, Ondas delYuna. sonao. not heard September 23-26
alter Hurricane Georges' visit. R. cme. 4890.1 and R Cristal. 5014v also noted
missing (JayNovello, NC)
ECUADOR Quito has been under whitealert for a long time, the lowestlevel. due to the
proximity of Picnincha volcano.Now theale rt status has gone upastep toyellow. and
HCJBhas been working on acontingency plan if it goes furtherupto orange,with a
possible eru ption . Shortwave site atPifo is far enough away not to bein danger. But
studios and offices in Quito would get ash. Worst case scenario: shut down Quito
operation, putannouncers at Pifn transmitter site. If phone lines to transmitte r lost.
could use HFfeed; heavy ash coulddisruptVHFlinks.
l anguage/servicepriorities10 getbackontheair: 1) AM690in Spanish, but may
also add English. German. Ouecnua; 2) l ocal Quechua service : 3) International
English; 4) InternationalSpanish: 5) Everyth ingelse (John Beck, HCJ B OXPartylinc)
[non] HCJB relays viaUKoG BaN llor B-98: 1700-1800 Russian and Central Asian
languages on 9870 kHz; 1800-1900 Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian, Tatar on 7265:
21002200 Arabicto NAt on 6085IHCJ6 via BeOX)
FINLAND As 01October 25th, YLE Radio Finland returns to morning broadcasts also
during the week. YLE will air daily at 1330 UTC on 15400 and 17660 kHz (Juhani
Niinlsto. YLE , rec.radio.stlOrtwave)
IRAN 7180 kHz: Voice of Islamic Republic 01Iran (VO IRI) fromMashhad. capital city01
Khorasan province innonn east 01Iran. It covers CentralAsiaand its goal istospread
thetranianqovemment'sviews. Theirproductionislocal with direction fromTehran.
Recently this station has been moreactivebecauseof theconflict between Iran and
Taleban 01Afghanistan. They haveprogram s in Dan. Ta jik. uztee. Pasntu andother
languages inCentral ASia. I can hear this stationpretty well between 1000-1600 UTC
(Menrdad Sahba, Sweden, Cumbre OX) In nan. Uzbek. Tajik, Urdu, Pashto. 01000500, 1230-1730 on 7180kHz (BBCMonitoring)
9022 kHz: VOIRI has been putting agreat signal with its Eng lish service at 0030.
Koran, first in Arabic and then translated into English: I usually tune in about 0038
when thenewsstarts , read by aman and woman , both easy tounderstand . There has
beengoodcoverageoftherowbetweenAfghanistanandIran(HansJohnson,Florida,
ReviewOI International Broadcasling)Agraed .except at0030alsoon7260 kHz; 2130
on 6025 kHz, not 6165(BBCMonit oring)
VOIRl's Englishschedule asmonitored inearly October: 0030-01 30on60559022

9665 kHz; 11001230 on 9565 11830 11 875 13605 15260v kHz; 15301630 on
11775 1360515130kHz: 19302030 on ;160 72609022kHz; 21 302230 on6165
6175 kHz (Mikhail Timotevev, Russia)
(nonI Voice of Mojahedis heardbetween 14001800 on anumber of frequencies
including: 6850, 7050, 6650, and 5110. This is an anti-Iranian government station
and belong s to a guerrilla group with Islamic ideology based in Iraq. You can listen
to their radio on the Internet at: htlp://www.iran.mojahedin.org(Mehrdad sanca.
Sweden, Cumbre Ox,
IRAQ "Bepublic 01 iraqRadio" (Arabic: idha'atjumhuriyat af-iraqminBaghdad). Voice01
theMasses: (sawt aljamahit'). (All programs one hourlaterin winter limein Iraq. All
frequency use SUbject to vanation.l Main Program in Arabic: 01552315on 9715v
and 716Ov, both irregular; includes daily Quotes from ssaasms Thoughts at 2015-

2045.
Broadcasts by Radio Iraq International (Arabic: idha'al al-'Iraq al-dul'laJiyah min
Baghdad) havebeenhighly erratic lor several years. Byrecent monitoringobserva-

lions (all timesvariable; all broadcastsonehour laterin winter): 11785v is theonly

frequency: 0100-0200 Arabic, 0200-0230 German, 02300300 French, 0300-0400
English (repeat of 2100); 1900-2000Arabic, 2000-2030German,2030-2100French,
21002200 English. Add ress: 8th February Post Ollice, PO Box 8145, Baghdad
12222. Iraq. (BBC Monitoring)
(non] R. FreeIraq wastheSUbject of much controversy in Prag ue. dueto fears it
woulddrawterroristattacks to theCzech capital. It was given thego-aheadif it would
operate from aremotelocationawayfromschools. subu rbs(APviaDaveAlpert,Mike
Cooper) V. of theIslamic Revolution in Iraq, in Arabic and Kurdish on frequencies
which atother timescarryIran's external serviceinArabic:0330-0530on961O. 7295,
7115, 6195; unconfirmedat 1430-1 630 on 9670, 71 15 (BBC Monitoring)
KUWAIT R. Kuwaitheard withnew Englishbroadcast at0600 on15110, excellent signal.
news and music (Alok Das Gupta, India, cumore OX) Starts at 0500 , target see ms
Australasia, very goodand strong (John Kecskes. Australia, DSWCI OX Window)
LEBANON High Adventure Ministries -I just signed a contract for the delivery of a new
10kWdual-frequency shortwave transmitter. Will beinstalled in JanualYto replace
the unit thatburnedout in June1997(lu do Maes. Cumbre OX)
LIBERIA StarRadio,5880, was hit bylightningwhich reduced transmitter powerfrom10

kWto3 (or1.3). at 05000800.1700-2100 (GeorgeBennet, Star Radio, and Philippe

Neyround. Hirondelle Foundation. via Tarmo Kontro. Finland, hard-core-dx)
MONGOLIA 4790 ? I asked l udo Maes about the transmitter that he had sold to this
country. Here is his reply. (Johnson)
Unlortunately, we didn't hear anything yet from the people in Mongolia who
bought the shortwave transmitter last year, We contacted them several times, but
never got a reply. We didn'tgetany complaints either so weare not even sure the
transmitter has been installed yet. It's a pity because it would have been a real
challenge to logit herein Europe (lud o Maes, Cumbre OX)
During my travels in Asia. nolistedMongolian SW home service frequencieswere
heard morning or evening (Bob Padula, Electronic OXPress)
4850, Hadiostaticn Khekn r ancar. 0107-0145, is ontheair again.noted withnonstop western popand rock music, advertisinq at 0140-0145 followedbyjingle with
IDin Mongolian and English("BlueSky") and moremusic. 4850 is onlySWtree, for
Mongolia - Radiostation Khekh Tanghar (BlueSky), 2200-1500, broadcasting here
sinceApril 15,1994, in Mongolian, I have OSllelter from this statio n. vis Director,
A. Buidakhrnel. But at 1350-1 455 there was domestic service-Raadio Ulaanbaatar
withclear10 at1400,/ILW227kHz. cccnenneraRMduetoUzbek R.and CNR (Feodor
Brazhn'kov. Russia, DSWCI OX Window)
NEWZEALAND RNZIaireda50th-anniversaryspecial Sept 25and Oct 2. Rudi Hill isvery
ill, having been diagnosedwithcancershortly afterhis programs endedin thelatest
cutback.
Real Audio stream on http://WWw.rnzLcomcarnes the 5 hr per day of RNZI
programs only, since RNZdomestic is already streamed elsewhere.Any chance01
getting thelundingcut restored? Yes, RNZI has challenged thisand an audit is under
way; hope togetback to previoustevel at least, but this would not beuntil next year,
maybe (Ad rian Sainsbury, RNZI)

RNZI B98: Mf 16501751 6145: sun-rnu 17521951 and f riSal 17521958

11675: SunThu 19520705 and friSat 19590705 17675; daily 07061015 9700;
occasional lor sports: 101512059700. 120516506105 IRNZI)

NIGERIA (non) 15460. OgeneNdigbo. BenAkpa tells CumbreOX thatlhey are not being
well heard in NigeriaviaWHRA and thatthey arelooking for another transmitter site
(Hans Johnson, Cumbre OX)
SNBS R.I.P.: After hearingWGTGannounce for thethird week that SNBS wasn't
on, I thinkit is timeto writetheobituary onthis one. SNBS.the product01 Maureen
Gold'sNigerianAdvocacyGroupforDemocracyHumanRights(NAGDHR), was even
moreshort-lived thanherpreviouseffort, Radio New Nigeria; it didn't evenlastthree
months. Gold was once the US represe ntative of NAUCON (then behind Rad io
Kudirat). Radio New Nigeriaand SNBS seem to havebeen unsuccessful attempts by
Gold to compete with Radio Kudirat. Gold may yetrevive SNBS or come back with

DX Listening Digest
More broadcasting information bycountry compiled
by Glenn Hauser

Review of International Broadcasting

SW Programming, opinion, equipment, satellite mon itoring.
Samples S2.50 each (outside North America USS3 or 6 IRCs)
10issue subscriptionsS26 in USA, or both for S49
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the Global Forum (continued)

anotherprogram , butany future effort will also beshort-lived until NAGOHRobtains

funding and some semblance01 organization (Hans Johnson. CumbreOX)
PALEST/NElnon) V. of thePalestinianIslamicRevolution. onuecueneeswhich at other

limes carry Iran's external service in Arabic: 0400-0500 on9670. 6020; 1830-2030
on9695, 7190, 6145, 6025(BBCMonitoring )
PERU Thestationon 3172.7is R. Municipal, Panao. Pachitea. Huanuco, notaharmonic
butannouncing3173 and 95.5 FM. thebrainchild of Panaomayor Oriol AlinaPerez,
heard at0040-0130 (Rafael Rodriguez. Colombia)
OATAR ass: During Ramadan the mainArabic service isontheair 24hours aday. When
ashortwavefrequency change occurs. there may beagapof up to30minutesbefore
thestation appearsonthenew frequency. SWfrequency usage: 0245-0707 on9570,
7210: 07071305on17895 , 9570: 13051705 on 11750, 9570: 1705-2130on 9570.
7210 or alternate 11 750(BBCMonitoring)
RUSSIA Lettersfrom Voice of Russia replying to its listeners arenot being sent because
thestationcannot affordthepostage. Thelettersare accumulating untilthey can one
day be sent, as PanchoRodriguezexplainedasbest hecouldontheSpanishprogram
Frecuencia RM(Jorge Aloy. Argentina, Mundo Radia~
SA'UDI ARABIA BSKSA HolyDur'anat 0300-0600 was observedon: 9553,69619.49715
9718.311785(instead of 71 50) 11 870 17895 kHz (Mikhail I lmoteyev. Russia, BCOX)
TANNU TUVA 5550.4 Radio Kyzyl, RespublikaTuva[Sibenal- new on shortwave and

possibly a teener. 22202359' , local program moslly in I uviman butalsoin Russian

till 2300 and between 2310 and 2359 and Radio Rossii news at 2300, 10 andtime in
Russian at 2310, weather reports in Tuvinian/Russtan at 2255. 2311 , 2355: 2359
closing "Pereasctu iz Kyzyla okonchena" (Mikhail Ttmoteyev. Russia , DSWCI DX
Window) Also hadR. Kyzyl 1010-1042" in Oct (Pavel Miroshnikov, Irkutsk, BC-DX)
U K 0 GBaN I 'Modernizers' Move In On World Se rvice: BBC World Se rviceis to be
rebranded inlinewithRobi nCook'scommitmentas ForeignSecretarytopromotethe
nation's "modern identity" abroad. Research has found that listeners believe its
"bowler hat and umbrella" imageto bean outdated"colonial irrelevance." Changes
recommended to BBC executives by Panel 2000 - the Foreign Office's so-called
committee forcool- includemorepopularmusic,modern jingles,livelierprogrammes
and presenters with regional accents. (Joe Jenkins, Electronic Telegraph viaJoel
Rubin)
It appears asif the"modernized" soundof BBC wouldjustbeclanky. noisy, kitchy
and pseudo-modern. while losing all the dignity, poise and perspectivewhich we
serious BBClistenershavealways valued, Just when BBCbecomes moreaccessible
than ever, via Internet. satellite, and rebroadcast. it will become less worth listening
to (Tim Hendel. AL, World Of Radio)
Replacing SamYoungerasChief Executive, BBC WorldService byyearendisMark
Byford (BBCWorld ServiceviaBritish OX Club) Byfo rdhad been director of regional
broadcasting (Caret Midgley, The Times viaJoel Rubin) Sam Younge r, the man in
chargeof devising asurvivalstrategy, was forced toquit bySir JohnBirt. thedirector
general. Mark Byford. his successor, has no experience in foreign broadcasting
(NicholasHellen. Sunday Times via Joel Rubin)
BBCWSis consideringgoing to a24-hour all-news lormat starting nextOctober;
thepresent news blockat 0430-0700 Ito Europe). might expand to 2200-0730 from
January 10 (RadiOMagazine via Mike Terry. British OX Club Communication)
Merlin NetVlorkOnewas scheduled togoIullttme onsatellite, SW, inmid-October.
rather than a leVi hours a week (Eric Wiltsher, MNO) Merlin Network One has
registered these freq uenciesfrom 25th October (IanSaunders, Oct WDXC Contact) :
occo-osoo
9560
6 110
0600,OBOO
0600,0900
13720
0700- 1600
9915 17630
0700-1900
21550
OBOO-1200
13660
1200-1400
13645
1400,1600
136BO
6 1B5
1600-1BOO
1700-1900
3965
6125
1BOO-2000
2030-0600
39B5
2200,2400
7170 9B35
2300,0200
7325
Notspecified here, but this will presumably become daily. Note some ex-BBC
frequencies, or umesharec with BBC; and 21550 will bea big clash with Chile(gh)
UNITED NA TIONS UN Radio, whichonce had anextensive broadcast schedule onVDA
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broadcast schedule via DTK, Germany. 10 start Oct. 12; however, we did not
immediately hear it. The subseque nt schedule lor B-98: 0400-0430and 0500-0530
11795: 0600-0630 11 675 5990: 1700-1730 13800: 1800-1830 11840: 1900-1930
11735 6025 5970 (DTK via And reas Volk via Wolfgang Buschel) l anguages not
specified
USA On hisWBCOshowAIWeiner Worldwide. AI said thestation made it toair bysome
lucky breaks: getting alotof usedequipment,anew antenna designthatworkedeven
better than calculated , and money from personal loans. John Gorski, engineering
consultant, explained that his company provided the antenna, and because of a
problem intheisolationtransformer thepowerwas initiallyonly15kW. He explained
thaton the7 MHzband. 14.14dBigain amounts to anERP of 1.3 megawatts. At 13
MHz(thatmust bethedaytimebandcontemplated. not exactly harmonically related
10 7), would be1.6 MW. AIthankedJohn lorturning himon to theantenna they are
using, whichisnotlabor-intensive. and looksgood, incontrasttocurtains, It hasnice
smooth bandpass and perfectly matchestransmitter (gh)
From our part, weare proud to be a part01 this project and introduce this new
antennato theSW community. This antenna with its low cost and superior pertermance should enable those that previously could not afford to build a shortwave
station to now doso. We certain lyarelooking for abreath of freshair onshortwave,
which WBCO seems certain to provide. For moreinfo, contact usat (319) 472-5102
voiceor fax (John L. Gorskiand Associates Consultants, Vinton, lA)
Theantenna isona60foottower. and theelementsalsoextend60feet out. WBCO
broadcastslromasmall mobilehome on BrittonRoadinMonticello, previouslyused
by WREM-AM710(WayneBrown, Bangor Daily News via Anita McCormick)
WBCO cancelled AmericanDissident Voices aftertwobroadcasts,duetopressure
fromvarioussourcesnot happyabouttneanti-Sermticcontent(George Thurman, TX)
ADVcould haveviolatedhate-speech laws in Canada. a target 01 WBCO (AI Weiner.
WBCO) AIWeineralsotoldCumbreOXthat they weretryingtogetprogramsfromthe
Left. but the Leftdoesn't havemuch money. They hadtriedto carry pacnca News,
but Pacifica insisted on being paid $2,500a year for carrying their news (Hans
Johnson, comore OX) For latest WBCO program schedule see http://
theplanet.wbcq.net(gh) We assumeWBCOprogram times shiftedone UThour later
for winter (gh)
t spoke with Charles Josey and learned the following: WWBS, Macon, GA, is
causing interferenceto a nearby studio and they are working together to solve the
problem. For this reason and otherinterferenceconcerns, Josey has gotten perm'ssion1romTomPolzin01theFCCtooperate USB +carrier, power 12.SkWwith 50kW
peaks. Broadcasts wereexpectedtostartattheendof October, 2300-0000on11910.
then0000-0400 on 11905. Hewill beusing aa-element Yagi mounted 137 ft in the
air; iI'Sontopofthebuilding,andaimed at330degrees.WWBSalready has 30hours
01ChristianprogramtapesfromCanadaand this seems to betheir targetasCanada
does not allow such programming (Hans Johnson. CumbreDX)
WGTG, Copper Hill. TN, wastesting9505 againonUSB.DaveFrantztoldme9505
is onlyatest frequency, willnot beused forregularprogramming, but instead6890,
and at night only. During two months of burn-in period, will operate 6890-USB /I
508S-lull AM withcommercial programs. Religious programs Sat andSun daytime
will be on 9400-AM. Dave fedup with listeners using cheap unselective radiosand
plans 10 promote SSB by se llingSangeans818and 909; running SS Bwil1 alsosave
2/3 ofthe$4000 power bill.However, weheardlater that abuyer forWGTG had been
found (gh)
WRN O~ Informed sources whodidnotwishtoidentifythemselveshavethisto say
about thestation: Look forthingstoreallychangeatthestationinabout threemonths.
The websiteisbeingupdatedandshouldbebacksoon.Thesagawiththetransmitters
also continues. WhenWRNO purchased theirnew transmittera lew years ago, they
actuallygot twotransmitters. Unfortunately,they arebothlemonsandit ishardtofind
parts for them. Themanufacturer is in the process of declaring bankruptcyandis in
nohurryto fixthem. (Thetransmitterthestationwentontheairwithin1982wassold
at this time, fate unknown.) Because of the transmitter problems, WRNO often
operates at lower powers estimated to be between25 and 50 kW (HansJohnson,
CumbreOX)
"Patriot" leader and WWCR talkshow host "Bo" Gritz shot himself in the chest,
reportedly in despair over his pending divorce, but survived (Enid News andEagle)
WRMI: see CZECH REPUB LIC
K1RO , Seattle WA, is thelatestAmerican station relayed on25950 khz. talktormat
and CBSnews at0000 (Bryan Clark, New Zealand, CumbreDX) Sincethen weheard
~ 94 - 7 NR K~ fromPortland, OR. alsoon25950 in sametimeperiod; thetwo may not
interfere ongroundwavebutcouldbeconfusingat adistance. KIRO has atalkformat,
KNRK music (gh)
Thanks to BobGrove, VOA Communications World is now heard in one piecevia
I/NtICR, Sat 2300 on 5070. Sun 0630 on321 0, accompanied by World of Radio Sat
2330. Sun 0600, as timeshiftedtor winter. Otheranticipated World of Radio times
effectivetromDecember: Thu 2130on 9475, Sun 0730,1030on5070. rue 13300n
15685. For thelatestsee http://www.ang elfire.com/ok/WorldolradloWWCRadded
WorldwidePunjabi Radio, mostly music, whichshould nowbe Thu 2200-2240+ on
9475 (gh)
Until the Next, Best of DXand 13 de Glenn!

0000 UTe on 4777.8

BOLIVIA: Radio Andes. Spanish. Clear 10 by male OJ, followed by short
piece of instrumental music. Bolivians heard: Radio Norte noted at 00 10
on 4939.2 in Spanish with commercials and 10 . Radio Santa Cruz de la
Sierr a on 6135, 2245-2300. Spanish text on economics, station jingles
and 10. (Michael Schnitzer, Hassturt. Germany/Hard Core OX)
0003 UTC on 13690
UK: Rock Radio Network via Merlin Network One. Several lOs and promo,
"the past, the present, the music." Station audible on 9560 at 0100-0200.
Radio Carolina heard via MNO a11641 on 13690,2205 on 13690 with
lOs, pop/rock music, heard on /I 11985, 11915, 9780, 7 170 kHz. Radi o
Lon don via MNO on 13690 at 2220. (Enrique Alejandro Wembagher,
Buenos Aires, Argentina)
0030 UTC on 9022
IRAN: VOIR!. Station sign-on attune-in. Paraltel noted on 9685. Signal
noted better on 9022, while better on 9685 other days. (Lee Silvi, Mentor,
O H)

0035 UTC on 17795

AUSTRALIA: Radio Australia. Sports report. Text on aboriginal land rights
on 17795 at 0 150; country music program on 15510 at 06 10; program on
PNG orchids on 9660 at 1230; ABC report on 9580 at 1230. (Eric Walton,
Vancouver, BC Canada)
0045 UTC on 6055
SPAIN: Radio Exterior Espana. Mailbag program. (Bob Fraser, Cohasset,
MA) Stanon noted on 11815 at 2339 with classical music and Amigo to
Amigo program . (Sue Wilden. Indianapo lis, IN; Walton, CAN)
0050 UTC on 6010
ITALY: RAI. Italy's foreign minister wants Russia's debts put on hold to
help economy. (Fraser. MA)
0102 UTC on 5770
NICARAGUA: Radio Misku!. Spanish. MosUy English lite pop/rock from
Elton John and Sweden's ABBA. Brief station break for "Radio Miskur 10.
(Harold Frodge, Midland, MI)
0103 UTC on 15410
NETHERLANDSANTILLES: Deutsche Welle via Antigua. Germans newscast, English newscast on 6975 at 0352. (Wilden, IN)
0112 UTe on 4955
COLOMBIA: Radio Nacional. Long lite Spanish vocals. 10 spots and
station promos. (Frodge, MI)
0124 UTC on 9440
SLOVAK IA: Radio Slovakia Inn Newscast at lune-in to IDs, interval
signal and sign-ott, /17300 . 5930. (David Ross, Hamilton, Ont, Canada!
The Four Winds)
0130 UTe on 4779.7
ECUADOR: Radio Oriental. Tentative logging for station to 0 150+. Lite
Spanish vocals to commentary on Pope John Paul. (Frodge, MI)
0202 UTC on 4799.76
GUATEMALA: Radio Buenas Nuevas. Religious scriptures quote at tunein to sermon text. Station 10 break at 0230, 0232' . (Gianni Serra , Rome.
Italy, Trn.)
0230 UTC on 9840
HUNGARY: Radio Budapest. Local news and current attairs . (Wallon.
CAN) English broadcast to Europe on 11700 at 210 1-2128. (Sltvi. OH;
Frank Hiliton, Charleston , SCI
0230 UTC on 9495
SWEDEN: Radio Sweden. Newscast and economic report. Station noted
on 9475 at 0340; 15240 at 1330. (Walton, CAN)
0300 UTC on 6040
CYPRUS: (non) Radio Monte Carlo . Arabic. Saturday evening newscast
with discussion on the Hamas and Israel, to update on Bill Clinton and his
gal pal Monica. Abruptly left the air at 0320 . (Marcia Head. Boston. MA)
0300 UTC on 9820
CUBA: Radio Havana. Evening newscast 10 Making Ne ws in Cuba
program. Station audible past 0400. (Walton, CAN) Cuba's Radio Rebeld e
noted on 5025 at 0115. (Francesco Clemente, Udine, Italyl TFlt\?
0351 UTC on 6975
COSTA RICA: Radio lor Peace lntl. Ma king Con tact program discussing
nuclear waste. (Wilden, IN)
0405 UTe on 9885
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Radio Inn evening newscast. (Wilden. IN) SRI
audible on 9905 at 0400, 9575 at 1430 (Walton, CAN)
0500 UTC on 9721.70
PERU: Radio victoria. Religious program to station 10 . Music from Jean
Michael Jarre with Oxygene. (Ruud Vas, FinlandlHCOX)
0500 UTC on 4960
SAO TOME: VOA relay. English 10 to newscast in Haussa covering item
on Nigeria. (Klaus Elsebusch, Marienthal, Germany/HCDX)

0528 UTe on 9934.5

GRE ECE : ERT Theaeatoniki . G re ek phone-In prog ram to 10,
Radiophonikos Stathmos Make don ias." Safonlkl and Elias mentioned
during phone chats. (Etsebusch. Ge rma ny/HCOX)
0918 UTC on 6089.95
CHILE: Radio Esperanza. Long Spanish talk Irom male OJ with mentions
about Fidel Castro. Several mentions of Christiano and address given
followed by music at 0942. Choral music 10 0959, mentions of "esperanza
Cat o/ica " and "sintonia de Esperanza." Fairly good and slowly fading.
(Dave Valko, PAlTFWlWeekly DX News)
0947 UTC on 5927
BOLIVIA: Radio Difusora Mineria (Ireq varies). Nothing heard while
luning, bul Peruvian noted on 5926.83 at 0947 recheck while campo
music popped up. Frequency then drifted to 5927.2 and drifted again
while tuning. Brief canned 10 at 0950, dead air noled 0952-0953 then
more campo music at 0954. Very weak and lucky to catch the 10. (Valko.

PNTFWIWDXN)
1206 UTC on 17775
UZBEKISTAN: Radio Tashkent. Station 10 Irom announcer duo as "this
is Tashkent," 10 local music at 1216. 10 repeat barely audible with deep
fading. Slightly lesser but clearer signal found on 1/ 15295 . (Mark Fine,
Remington, VA; Wallon, CAN)
1230 UTe on 15545
BELGIUM: Radio Vlaanderan. English to North America with fair signal
quality. (Silvi, OH)
1235 UTC on 13625
FRENCH GUINEA. Radio France Inti. Club 95 16 program, 1/ 17575.
(Fraser. MA)
1300 UTC on 6150
SINGAPORE: Radio Singapore Inti. National newscast and Indonesia
Today feature. (Walton, CAN)
1915 UTe on 17735
ECUADOR: HCJB. Studio 9 show on jungle hiking. (Fraser, MA)
1920 UTC on 17605
NETHE RLANDS ANTILLES: Radio Netherlands Bonaire relay. Feature
on diamond mining. (Fraser, MA)
2015 UTC on 9435
ISRAEL: Kol Israel. Report on the 5th anniversary of the lsraeli-Patesnnian agreement-the Oslo Accord. (Fraser, MA)
2042 UTC on 11960
BELARUS: Radio Minsk. Discussion alternating between man and woman
to 2048, then music. Station 10 at 2058 accompanied by frequency
schedules and address. Signal very good and intelligible despite low
modulation, QRM from 11965, and some fading. (Fine, VA)
2133 UTC on 9575
MOROCCO: Radio Mediterranean lntl. French. Fair signal due to 9580
interference. English rock music to French 10 . Newscast at2 159 followed
lor editorials. (Frodge, MI)
2200 UTC on 6060.08
ARGENTINA: RAE. National program and 10 as, "'N acionaf la radio de
todo 8/ pais. " interfe rence from Italy's RAI on frequency. (Vas, FNU
HCDX) Station noted on 11710 at 0240. (Wallon, CAN)
2215 UTC on 9655
TURKEY: Voice 01. I Am Anatofia program with interview of America n
tourist. (Fraser, MA) VOT noted 9655 at 0300. (Walton, CAN)
2304 UTC on 6811
PERU: Ondas del Rio Mayo. Spanish. Regional music. IDs, ads and
evening communicados. Peru's Radio Quillabamb a audible 2304 on
5025. (Wembagher, ARG)
2315 UTC on 6155
BOLIVIA: Radio Fides. Spanish. Slow instrumentals to station jingles and
10 . (Tom Banks. Dallas. TX) Station audible on 6024 .9 at 0030. (Vos,
NLDI HCDX)
2325 UTC on 6014.8
BOLlVlA: Radio El Mundo. Spanish. Music 10 10 at 2330. Signal very
weak. Bolivians noted: Radio Panamerlcan a 6 105.5, 2335-2345; Radio
Illimanl on 6025Irom 2345-0000. tp es. "Radio Jllimani delestado, la Voz
de Bolivia." (Schnitzer. Germ anylHCDX)
2328 UTC on 4649
BOLIVIA: Radio Santa Ana . Station 10 , sports report and time check in
Spanish . (Wembagher, ARG)

Thanks 10 our contributors - Have yon .~f'''' in YOUR logs?

Send 10 Gay le Van H orn, do Monitoring Times (or e-ma il gUJ.e@g r Ole.Il I:.I)
English broadcast unless otherwise noted.

December 1998

MONITORING TIMES

37

The QSL Repo_rl

Gayle Van Hom, gay/e@grovanel

Alaska Calling!
From Mike Osborne. English Ser vice Host o f KNLS .
comes wo rd of n C\I. developments at the stalion, of Interest 10 the DX world of listeners.
..I

KNLS IS now uttering free station pennants

he fou nd in Monitoring Times. Oct.

1996. \Vho 's Playin g Hell \Vith llAA RP, by
Wayne
. Mishler. and at the HAARP Hom e Page:

C.

~"(
"... ~..
, ;."'"

~~l."::

agam. A small. white felt pennant with blue

........
lettering is yours for the asking. DX T11H fo r
Ih'ginners and Radio Propagation for Beginners
pamp hlets are also availab le free of charge 10 anyone requ esting copies.
Mike also informs us that KNLS operates both a stamp and
postcard exc hange. with a maximum o f ten stamps and or five
postcards per mailin g.
An intervi ew with the director of Alaska' s HAARP Project
on audio cassette is still avai lable free of charge. too. Thi s
intervi ew about Aluska' s rothcr" shortwave faci lity has prove n
popular with many hobbyists. (Additiona l info on HA ARP can
RENIN
ORTB. 4 870 kHz . Date on ly snuion logo QS L ca rd unsigned . Receiv ed in 206 days
for a Fren ch report. cassette rape and one U.S. dolla r. Station address: Holte Postal
366. Cc tonou. Repu bliqu c de Benin . (Randy Stew un . Sp ringfield, MO )
C AN ADA
C HNX Halifax, 6130 kil l . Full d ata letter on Mar itimt' Broadcasting Sysl('m
letterhead. signed by Wayne S. llarvey C hief Eng ineer. plu s C IlNS bumper sticker.
Receiv ed in sill.mont h.. fur an Eng lh h report and two IRe s. SrarionadJres..: Box ..wo.
Hal ifax , NS Canada B3J 2R2. (Bi ll Wi lkins. Sp ring field . MO )
E C UADO R
HD210 A. 38 10 k Hz. Fu \I data blue shield and sund ial card unsigned. Encl ose d station
info sheet and kiter signed by Capt . Jose Ol medo Moran -D irec tor del In..utut c
Oceanograph jcc . Station address : Institute Oceenogranco de la Armada, Casnra
5940 . Gua yaq uil. Ecuador. (W ilkins . MO )

<h t t p://se r vc r 55SU.itd .nr l.na v)'.m il/ p r oj ect s/

huarp/haarplndex.html>

KNLS can now be visited anytime online at <htt p://

www.kuls.org> Email: <K NLS@ aol.com > Visitors to the site
can down load program transcripts. peru se the free item s the
station offers. take a virt ual tou r of the facilities. listen to
program samples. and brow se the Alaskan photo gallery .
Mike and his staff can heard during the curre nt English
broadcasting schedule on 7365 kHz at 08000900 and 13001400 UTe.
Send your reports and return pos tage to International Rad io
Stat ion KNLS. Anchor Point . AK 99556 USA. Te ll Mike :'vfT
se nt you !
W~ID~l 1690 kHz AM. Full data letter signed by Stacy Reynolds-Pro gra m Director .
Recei ved for an Engli sh AM report. Station add ress: P,O. Box. 600. Lexington Park . MD
206 53. w eb sue : <h tt p :// www.977 t hcbuy.co m>(Slephens.AIJAmF mTvDx)

WI' S!' 1590 kHl l\ M . Fu ll data letter sig ned by Greg w yau-G encm l Mana ge r. Rece ived
in 2JK days fu r an Engli sh A M report. Sunlona ddrcss: 8 2~5 Busine ss Park Dr., Lucie . FL
]N 52. (Martin, OR )
WTDY 16 70 UI l AM . Part ia l data leuer signed by Ma rk Gran tin. Recei ved in 55 days
for an Eng lish AM report. Station address : P.O . Bo ll. 2058 . Madi son . WI 53701-2058.
(I'umck M . Griffith. Fede ra l Hei ghts. CO )
WV NA 151Xl kHz AM . Full daraleuer signed b)' Chuck Millet -C hief En ginttr, Received
in 2~5 da ys for an English AM report. Statio n addres s: 509 N. Main, Tuscu mbia , AL
.15674. (Marti n, OR ,
SA~I IUIA

GEO RGtA
Georgian Rad iolRarl ioThilisi. 11805 kHz. Transmiuer TIIII"l'r ca rd signet! by Helen
Ap khadze-Editor. Postcard and frequency schedule encl osed . Receiv ed in 5 ~ days
after third fcllcwop report sent as reg istered mail . plu v o ne U.S . dollar. Station
address: ul. M. Kcstcva 68 .Tb ilisi 3800 7 1. Re publi c of Georgia. (J.D. Stevens.
Mad iso n. AUCfl/nbre IJX)
IRAQ
Radio Iraq Intern ation al . 11785 kHz . Full data veri ficat ion written on oversized
station certificate signed as, Jnnula. Armounc er . Rece ived in three mourn s for :10
English report. Station address: P.O. Box. 8 145. Bagh dad. Iraq . (Do nald Mich ael
Choleva. Easllake. 0 11)

MEDI UM W AV E
KAYK 1690 kH z AM. Pani al data verifi cat ion nn auon lette rhead sig ned hy Julia
A . Newton-Adrrunistrati ve A ssistant to Genera! Manager . Received in six days for a n
AM repo rt. two m int stamps and address labe l. Sranon address: 73 0 west Hampto n
Ave , # 300 . Eng le wood. CO 80 110. (Wilkins. MO )
KOSX 1700 kH z AM. Full data lette r signed Hubert Bea vers -Ch ie f Operato r KPLXI
KLI F. Receiv ed in 90 da ys for a taped report. Stat ion addre"s: 36 32 Btoccom Tree .
Plano. TX 7507~. (Patric k Martin . Seaside. OR )
Talk Rad io England 1089 k Hz A ~ 1. Pan ia l da ta statio n ca rd sig ned as. Technical
Manager -Engineeri ng Dept. Recei ved in nin e mon ths for an A ~f report and o ne U.S.
do llar. Station address: 76 Oxford SI. Lo ndon . UK. WIXOTR. ( Robert S. Ross.
London. O ntario . CanadalAm FmTI'Od
WK SH Itw O kH z AM Su !>!'ell.. W I. Hand writte n ve rification note o n ye llow lined
no le paper . sig ned by TOll Xar agon.S lalio n Ma nager. plus pm gr am sched ule.
Received in !'eve n day s for an Engli sh AM repon and an SAS E (use d f(Jr rep ly ).
Stat ion address: 325 1 Shady Lane , Pcwuukee, W I 53072. (1l aml d Frod gc. ~Iidland .
MI)

38

MONITORING TIMES

December 1998

Radio S am ibiall'BC. 3~90 kHz. Full data salellite dish card signed by P.Schachtschneider
and two sched ules. Receiverd in 126days for an Englbh report and o ne U.S. do llar, Sta tio n
address: P.O . Bu x 32 1. WindhUl'k 9000. Namibi a. (Manin Sc hoec h. Genna ny/Cumbre
IJX )

PIRAH:
Radiu 5 10. 9955 kHz via W Rr..lI . Full data lItlt Annual \Vim.., S WL Fer/il'lll ca rd
unsigne d . Suc kers a nd pamphlet enclosed . Received in 46 days for an English pirate
report and two IRCs. QSL maildrup: P.O . Box 5 10. ~0 10 Base l. Sw itze rland. (W ilkins.
MO ) Website : < hl lp:ll www. rud luSIO.II!1V>
Rndiu Ken ny . 695 5 kh z. Full da ta QSL # 1 South Ca rolina Pirate card . Recei ved in 10K
da ys for an English pir ate rer un and three mint slamps. QS L ma ildrup: P.O . Box 2841 3.
Pro vidence . RI 02908 , IFrodge, M i l Pirate website : <h n p :llww wJ r n.nel1sta lions!

Irentdoo.ht m
WLIQ . 695 5 kH z. Fu ll dat a guitar sheet sig ned by Jimmy Hix . Rece ived in 69 days for
an Engli sh pirate report. thre e mini slamps and an address label. QS L maildrop: P,O. Bo x
Hl9. Blue Rid ge Sum mit. I'A 17214 .(W ilk in. MO )
With G lory 10 Gu mby. 6955 kH z lI SB. Fu ll data reli giou s personage s card signed by
Stele Man n. Received in 35 day s for an Englis h pirate report, three mint slamps and an
uddre...... label. Q SL maildrop.Pmvidence, RI. (Wilkins. MO )
SJIIP TRAFFIC
Ft'dt'rlll \!ihd:t'- LACA~ . 156.600 ,,1Hz ( Bulk Carri er ), Full data prepared QS L card
signed by Aung Kyi-Radi o O fficer . ...tam ped w ith ship's sea l. Recei ved in 31 days for an
Engl ish repo rt. one IRC. one U.S . do llar and mint stamps. Ship addre ss: NS Eids iva ,
Vika . P.O . B o.~ 1590 . O slo . Norway. ( Rus!'> Hill . Oak Park . ~U)

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Convert your ti me to UTe .
Eastern and Pacific Times are already converted to Coordinated
Universal Time (UTe) at the top of each page. The rule is: convert

1:

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

which includes languages besides English are coded "vl" (various languages).

your local tim e to 24 -hour forma t; add (d uring Stan dard Time) 5.6,7 ,

or 8 hours for Eastern, Central, Mountain or Pacific Times, respectively.

Note that all dates, as well as times, are in UTe ; for example, a show
which might air at 0030 UTe Sunday will be heard on Saturday evening in
America (7:30 pm Eastern. 4:30 pm Pacific).
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.
Occasionally program lislings 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.

2:

S: Sunday
M: Monday

T: Tuesday
H: Thursday A: Saturday
W: Wednesday F: Friday

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

4: Choose the most promising fr equ encies for the tim e,

location and co nditions.
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
na: North America
ca: Central America
sa : South America
eu: Europe
at; Africa
me: Middle East

as:
au:
pa:
va:
do:
am:

Asia
Australia
Pacific
various
domestic broadcast
omnidirectional

3:

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 condition s 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.

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SE L ECT E D I'ROGRMIS.
Th e B BC is fea tured in o ur
centerfo ld page s this mo nth . All
listings identify the BB C stream
( AE= A me rica/ l ~u ro pe .

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spec ia l C hrist mas/ho lida y
prog rams for WEWN and
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M aking its debut in October.
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presen ts five c ha nne ls of
differe nt mu sic themes w ith a
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Howeve r. accordi ng to MeJi ;'1
Metrix in New York . only ab o ut
25'k of all PC user s a rc
eq uipped with the hardware a nd
software req uired to view we b
vide o.

Ro se. Art an nounced Ih;'11 his

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70.5 m illion Americans. nea rly
35'7c of the po pulat io n. were
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we re 17c/(. As fo r shopping
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o nline purchase s. Canad ian s
acco unt for an o ther 9.5 m illiun
ne t user s. (Nielse n Medi a
Research )

CZEC H RADIO VIA WRMI.

Radi o Pragu e ca n no w be heard
o n sho rtwave statio n W RMI in
Mi ami da ily at (J40()-04 30 UTe.

VOL CANO T H REATENS

H CJB. Ecuador' s Mount
Pich inch a began sig ns of
eru pt ing in October. c ausing the
c ity of Qu ito to be o n a lert. If
the erupt io n has no t alr ead y
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December 1998

ART IIEL L Q UTS RAIlI O!

W Ell TH RE ATEiIOS RAmO.

Th e late nigh t radio host of

"Coast to Co as t" and
"Dreamland" abruptl y all nou nced "What yo u arc
listen ing 10 is my fina l broad cast" at th e end of hi s sho w o n
Octobe r l J rh. Art mys teri ou sly
cited co mple x fam ily problems
for his ac tio n. Ame rica's most
popu lar ov ernight rad io sho w
W ;.lS in re ru ns for a week , By
Octob er l vt h. with the show
bein g run by g ues t host Hilly

Arbit ron NewMe d ia told

attendee s at the Nationa l
Associat ion of Broadca ster
meet ing in Seattle that the
ave rage listen er wh o is no t
o nli ne listens to radio 22 ho urs
a nd -l5 minutes a week. whi le
Inte rnet users tu nc in to rad io
three fewer ho urs. A full 13ck of
th ose who are o nline report
spe nd ing less time w ith radio
du e to Intern et usage ,

FREQUENCIES.
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Australia. RadiO

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AusTralia., Vl8T Tent erk
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Canada. CFRX rcrcntc

Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHNXHalifax
Canada.CKZN $1John's
Canada. CKZU Vancouver
Canada. R Canada InU
Canada. R Canada Inll
Costa Rica.RF Peace tmt
Czech Rep. Radio Pracue
Ecuador. HCJB
Egypt Radio Cairo
~rmany.Qveftomer Ministr
Ghana. Ghana Broadc Corp
India. All lnd13 Radio
Ireland. Unt Chrisllan BC
Japan. RadioiNHK
Liberia.lCNtRliberia lnt
Lithuania. Radio Vilnius
Malaysia. RadiO
N MarianaIs. KHBI Saipan
Namibia. NBC
Netherlands, Ra diO
New Zealand. R NZInti
North Korea, R Pyongyang
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Philippines, FEBClR Inti
Sierra leone, SLBS
Singapore,RCorp Singapore
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USA. WWN Birmingham Al
USA. WG TG McCaysville GA
USA,WHRA Greenbush ME
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WHRI tloblesville IN
USA. WINBRed lion PA
USA. WJCRUpton KY
USA. WRMIIR Miami Inll
USA. WRND New Orleans LA
USA. WSHB CypressCrk SC
USA. WWBS Macon GA
USA. WWCR NashvilleTtl
USA, WYFR Okeechobee FL
Kyrgyzslan, Kyrgyz Radio
Japan. RadiOlNHK
Austria, R AustnaInti
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SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0000 BBC (AElAS): Newsdesk.World newsanddispatches Irom
overseasand UKcorrespondents.

0030
0030

0030

0000 canada. RCI Montreal: CSC Radio News. News, sports,

and weatherIrom thecanadianBroadcastingCorporabon.
0000 USA. wecoMonticello ME: Worldwide Rock & RDII Party.

0045

0007

0000
0000

0D30
0030

0030
0040
0045

Canada.RCI Monlreal: GlobatVillage. Vignettes about

musiCin me littlecomers 01 the world.
BBC(AE): Letter IromAmerica. Alistair Cooke. who
celebrated his 90th birthdaylastmonth, shareshis
inimitable view01contemporary American me.
BBC (AS): Write On. AiryQur viewsaboutWorld Service;
writeto POBox76. Bush House, Sirand, l ondonWC2B
4PH.
USA, WBCO MonticellO ME:Khaos A.D.
BBC (AS): SCience VI8W. A lookOil complex issues al'lll the
mplicabons 01 thelateslresearchfindings.
BBC (AElAS): BritainToday. News about Britain.

Mondays
0000 BBC (AE): Chimes 01 BigBen (7Ih). Hearthelamous bells
0lI0lI
0lI0lI

0000
0000

0005
0030
0030

0030
0045

at this timeonIhe firstMonday01each month.

BBC (AEJAS): Newsdesk. ~ S0000.
Canada.RCI Montreal: CBC Radio News. SeeS 0000.
USA. wecoMonticello ME: te ShOw.
USA, WEWN BirrniOllIWn At: Holiday Program(Advenl
RefleCtions) 11th). SeeF0000.
Canada, RCI Montreal: Roots and Wings. Philly Markowitz
playstherare, the beautilul and theunexpectedmusic
Irom thelourcomers 01 our world.
BSC (AE): Westway Access. Explainingthesoap operaas
anEnglish leamingtool.
BBC (AS): Variable seanse. See S0130.
UK.BBC London (AS): To BeContinued (7th.14th). seeA
0130.
BBC (AElAS): Britain Today. See S0045.

Tuesdays

0000 BBC (W AS): Newsdesk. See S 0000.

0000 Canada, RCI Montreal: As It Happens. SeeM 2330.

0000
0000

Canada, RCI Montreal: The Worldat Six. See M2300.

USA, w aco Monticello ME: The Margo Sierra Show.

BBC (AE): WeslWay. S~ M 0430.

BBC(AS): VariableFeature. See S 01 30.
BBC (AS): WaYe9uide (22nd). S~ S 1515.
BBC (AEIASI: Bntain Today. See S0045.

BBC (AEI~) : rlewsdesk. See S 0000.

canada. RCI Montreal: As11 Happens. SeeM 2330.
0000 Canada. RCI Montreal: TheWorldat Six.
M 2300.
0000 USA, waco Manticello ME: The Margo SierraShow.
0030 BBC (AE): Varlabie Feature. See S 0130.
0030 BBC(AE): Waveguide (23rd). See S 1515.
0030 BBC(AS): VariableFeature. seeS 0130.
0030 UK.BBC london (AS): On Your Behall. S~ S0130.
0045 BBC (AElAS): Britain Today. See S 0045.

see

Thursdays
0000 BBC(AElAS): Newsdesk.see S 0000

0000
0000
0000
0030
0045

BBC(AS): Chimes 01BigBen (1), See M 0000.

Canada, RCI Montreat: As IIHappens See M2330.
Canada, RCI Montreal:TheWond at Sot See M 2300.
USA. waco Monticello ME: The Margo SierraShow.
BBC(AElAS): From Our Own Correspondent see S0330.
BBC (W AS): Britain Today. S~ S 0045.

Fridays
0CXl0 BlIc (W AS): Newsdesk. See S 0000.
0000 canada. RCI Montreal: As IIHappens. See M2330.
0000 canada.RCI Montreal: The World Oil Six. See M 2300.
lIOOO
0000
0000
0030

0030
0045

USA. WBCOMonticello ME: TheMargo Sierra Show.

USA, WEWN BirmingllamAt: Holiday Preuram (Advent
Reflections) (1llh) . SeeF0000.
USA. WEWN Birmingham Al : Holiday Program(Advent
Rellec!ions) (411\). Special programlor the Christmasseasce.
BBC(AE): Westway. See M 0430.
BBC(AS): Poems by Post See S 1615.
BBC(AElAS): BntainToday. See S 0045.

Saturdays
0000
0000
0000

0045

0045

Wednesdays

0000

0000
0030

BBC(AErAS): Newsoesk. See S0000.

Canada, RCI Montreal: As It Happens. See M 2330.
Canada.RCI Montreal: The World at Six. SeeM 2300.

USA. weco Monticello ME: The Margo SierraShow.

BBC (AEtAS): Fromthe Weeklies. Review 01 theBrilish
weekly press.
BBC(AEtAS): Bntalfl TOday. See S0045.
Canada., RCI Montreal: c'esua VI!. Anjneverentand
rMalingcur/enl a"airs program onFrancophone

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS

CANADA: RCI
B-98 from Sac h ilie in English includes:
0600-0629 M-e
(,()90 9750
1300 - 1359 daily
9(>-10 13650 177 15
1-l(M
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same
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2200 -2219
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5960 60..l 0 9535 9755
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some
2330-2359 Sal. Sun
5%0 9755
2330-2459 M -F
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6()-W 9535 11855
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6 155 9535 9755 97HO
0200-0259
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(Re i via Bi ll w csten havcr)
(another version shows 11 865 also at ()()()().
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December / 998

MONITORING TIMES

41

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Canada. CFRX Toronto
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Canada. CHUX Halifax
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Canada. CKZUVancouver
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Croatia. CrOJII,m Radio
Cuba. RadioHavana
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador, HCJB
Germany, Deutsche Welle

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USA.WHRI NoblesvilleIn
USA.WINB Red lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA.WRMIIR Miami inn
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USA. WSHBCypress Crt SC
USA. ~Wo'B S Macon GA
USA. WNCR tlashvitle TN
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SELECTED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
0100
01 00
0100
01 00
0110
01 15
0130

BBC (AE): New.'Sdesk. see S oo

BBC (AS): World 'jews. Broadcast onthehour 015. 10. or
15 moores mlen\lth.
USA, waco Monlicello ME: HalWacker.
USA, WEWN BinningtlamAt HolidayPrOQram (CatholiC
University of ltleAmericas) (27th). Christmasconcert
encore.
BBC(AS): Pause for Though!. Spiritual reaecuon.
BBC (AS): Health Mailers, Keepstrack 01new
developments in theworld 01medical science. as....eu as
ways01 keeping fit.
BBC(AE): Variable Feature. sceceueatcres and new
series .

01 30
0130

0145

BBC(AS): World News. see S0100

UK. BBCl ondon (AE): On Vour Behal!. The return 01the
program lor listeners WIth akeep sense01curiosity.
Malcolm Bllllnlls lields the Questions and linds me
answers.
BBC(AElAS): Sports Roundup. The latestsports news.

Mondays
0100
01110
01 00
0110
Oi lS
0130
0130
0145

BBC(AE):NeWSdeSk. See SOOOO

BBC (AS): World News. See S 0100.
USA, VISCO Monticello ME: Radio NewVOlk International
(INe)
BBC(ASl: Pausefor Thought
SOliO.
BBC (AS): The Farming World. Reports 011 new
developmentsIrom around ue world .
BBC (AE): VariableFeature. See S 0130
BBC [AS): World News. See S 0100.
BBC(AS): SportsRoundup. See S 0145

see

Tuesdays
0100
0100
0100
0100
011 0

42

BBC(AE): Newsdesk. See S oo

BBC(AS): World News. See S0100
USA,waco MontICello ME: Scriptures lor Amenca.
USA. WEWNBirminghamAl : HolidayProglam (Pdlars 01
Faith) (22nd), On theIncarnation.
BBClAS): Pausefor Thouliht. See S0110

MONITORING TIMES

December 1998

0115
0130
0130
ot45
01 45
01 45

BBC(ASI: Insight.See M 1630.

BBC(AE): Seven Days. SeeM 0615
BBC (AS): Work!News. See S 01 00.
BBC [AE): VariableFeature, see S0130.
BBC (AS): Sports Roundup. See S0145.
UK,BBCl ondon(AE): Wood. GutsandBrass (l sl.81ll).
MiChaelOINer meetssome 01 me makers 01 musical
instruments and talks 10 tnemabout tnen crart

Wednesdays
BBC(AE): Newsdesk. See S 0000.
BBC(AS): WorldNews, See S 0100.
USA. WBCOMonticello ME: scnctcreslor America.
USA, WEWNBinnlngtlam Al: Holiday Program (Mother
AnOellC3 Live) (23rc1). cnrstmas special.
0110 BBC (AS): Pause lor Thought. See S 01 10
0115 BBC(AS): Insight. See M 1630.
0130 BBC(AE): Discovery. SeeT a230.
0130 BBC (AS): World News. See S 0100.
0145 BBC (AS): Sports Roundup. See S0145.
0100
0100
0100
01 00

Thursdays
01 00
01 00
01 00
0110
OilS
0130
0130
0145

BSC (AE): Newsdesk. See SOOOO

BSC (AS): World News. see S 01 00.
USA, WSCO Monticello ME: Scriptures lor America
BBC(AS): Pause for Thouolll see S 0110.
BBCtAS): lnsight 5ee Ml630 .
BBCtAE): Omnibus. See M0630.
BBC(AS): World News. See S 011)0.
BBC(AS): Sports Roundup,See S0\45.

Fridays

BBC (AE): Newsdesk See S oo

BBC (AS): WorldNews. SeeS 0100.
USA. waco Monticello ME: Scriptures101 America.
Germal'ly. Deutsche Welle: Christmas witllnrescen'sFamous
ChOir 01 theHoly Cross ,.i!h Harey Graullner (25th).
0100 Germany. Deutsche Welle: NewVear's concert onRadiO
DeutscheWelle (Jan1st).
0110 BBC (AS): Pauselor Thought. See S0110
OHIO
0100
0100
0100

011 5
0130
0130
0145

BBC (AS): Insight. See M 1630.

BBC (AE): Composer cune Month. see T 0630.
BBC (AS): Wood News. See S01 00
BBC(AS): Sports Roundup. see S0145.

Saturdays

0100 BBC(AE): Newsdesk See S OO.

0100 BBC(AS): World News. See S01 00.
0100 USA, WBCO Mcntceuo ME: Khaos A.D.
0100 Germany. DeutscheWelle: Boxing Day snorts Specialwith
RoyForbes (26th)
OHIO Germany. Deutsche Welle: AHome Away lromHome?
(Jan 2nd). Rlreigners' impressiOns 01lifein Germany WIth
Irene euane.
0110 BBC (AS): Insight See'" 1630.
0110 BBC (AS): Pause lor ThOu!Ihl see S 0110
0130 BBC(AE): variable FUMe. SeeS 0130
0130 BBC(AS): World News. See S 0100.
0130 UK. BBC london(AE}: To BeContinued (5th.121h).
Investigaling the popular terms 01radio and TV drama
programs.
0145 B3C (AE): Poems by Post. SeeS 161 5.
0145 BBC (AS): Sports Roundup. SeeS 01 45.

HAUSER' S HIGHLIGHTS

SWEDEN: R. SWEDEN
B-98 Englis h 10 NA m :
1230 UTe
72HO or 9455 kl- lz
I-B O
1 5 2~ () or 17K70. 218 10
0230
nROor 9~ 5 5
03 30
7 115 or 943 5
(R. Sweden via Elmer Escoto )

fREQUENCIES . .
0200-0300
020003001\'II11a
0200-0300

. . .

..

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Aq}enlinJ.. RAE

Australia. aaoro

6090am
11710alll
9660pa

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Australia, Vl 8T Tent erk
Canada, cee N Quebec Svc

020Q03CO v!
0200-0300

0200-0300

Taiwan. Radio Taipei Inti

Tanzania, Radio

21725pa

0200-0300 vi
0200-0300
0200-0300

UK, BBC African Service

UK, BBCAsian Service

5025do
49t Odo

0200-0300

UK.BBC World Service

9625<:10
607Odo

0200-0300

154153S

0200-0300 vi

11880a5
15510pa

12080as
17715pa

15240pa
1775035

02000300
02000300

Canada. CFRX1010nlo

Canada. CFVPCalgary

60J<)d0

02()().0300

02000300
02000300
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Canada. CHNXHaMal
canaua. CKZN StJohn's
canada, CKZU vancouver
Canada, R C.lnadaInti

613Odo
616()(l0
616Odo
6155Jm
11865am

02-0000

0200-03() twhla
02000300
02000205
02000300
02000300
02000300
02000250

Colomllid. Rdlf National

Costa RlCa.RFPeace Inll
create. CroatianRadIO
Cuba. RadiOHavana
rcuaeor. HCJB
Egypt. aaco Cairo
Germany, Deutsche Welle

~955va

02000300
0200-0230
0200-0300
0200-0300
02QO-03()(!
0200025(
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0200-{)225
0200-0300
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02000300
0200{)300

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Kungary. RadiO Budapest
neuoo. Unl CtmstianBC
Kenya. Kenya Breadc Corp
Malaysia. RadiO
t,1/ anmar, Radio
tlamibia. tJBC
Nelherlands. Radio
Ne-.v Zealand. R NZInll
Papua tlewGuinea. NBC
Philippines. FEBC:R Inti
Romania.R Romania Inll

02000300
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0200-0300
0200-0300

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Singapore.RCorp Sin~apor e
South korea. R Korea Inti
Sti lanka. Sri Lanka BC

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0200-0300
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0200-0300

02()().0300
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0250-0300

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USA, KJES MeSQulle tiM
USA KT8 tl Salt Lk Cit'/UT
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, VOICe 01America

USA. WBCO Monllcello ME

USA. WEWN Bltmingham AL
USA, WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRA Greenbush ME
USA.WHRI Noblesville IN
USA,WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WINS Red Lion PA
USA. WJCRUpton KY
USA.WRMI!R Miami tnt!
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA WSH8CyptessCrkSC
USA VmBS Macon GA
USA. V/INCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee fL
Nepal. RadiO
Netbertands. RadiO
czecn Rep, RadiOPla ~ue
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Philippines, R Pilipinas
Sweden, Radio
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Vietnam. Voice of
Greece, Voice of
Vatican Stale, Vatican R

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SELECTED PROGRAMS. .
Sundays

0200

BBC (AEIAf/AS): Newsday. Coverageof thebreakirt{l

stories anda back~round briefmgonthe main newsissues
ctme day.
0200 Canada, RCI Montreal: RCI News. News. weather. and
sports homRadio Canada International
0200 USA, waco Monticello ME: Khaos AD.
0207 Canada. RCIMOntreal: Ven tureCanada. A new weekly
magazinepromoting Canadian business acrievement.
0230 BBC (AE): Music Review. Newsandviews lrom theworld
01 music.
0230 BBC (AF): In Praise01 God_Weekly pl ogralT,me of wOlship
and meeunon.
0230 :IBC lAS): tetter IromAmerica. SeeS 0030.
0230 USA.
MonticeUo ME: Radio FreeNew YOlk(live).
0231 Canada. RCf MonUeal: Earth Watch. The magazine on
environment, science aflllecologymaners.
0245 BBC lAS): Vanable Feature. SeeS 0130
0245 UK. BBC l ondon (AS): Wood, Guts and Brass(6Ih), See T
0145.

waco

Mondays

0200
0200
0200
0207

0230
0230
0230
0231

BBC(AEIAFIAS): New$day, SeeS0200.

Canada. RCt Montreal: RCINews. See S 0200.
USA. WBCO Monticello ME: Radio New York International
(live).
Canada, RCI Montreal: TheArtsin Canada. A look at the
Canadian artsscene
8BC (AE): Meridian Arts. See S 0630
BBC JAF): Varlilble Feature. See S0130.
BBC(AS): TneWorks. Alun lewis looksat the impact 01
tomorro...i s technology.
canada. RCI Montreal: The Mailbag. See S 1437.

Tuesdays

0200 aBC(AEIAf/AS): Newsday. SeeS 0200.

0200 Canada. Rei Montreal: RCf NevIS. See S 0200

wsce

0200 USA.
MontlCeRo ME: The Haul 01 !tie Time (live)
0200 USA. WE\'YN BlfTningtlam AL: Holiday Program (EWTN
Radio Ctuistmas Card) (22ml ).
0211 Canada. RCI Montreal: Spectrum. See M 1439
0230 BBC(AE): Meridian 011 Screen. Tile latest cinematic
offerings are discussed.
0230 BBC(AF): Variable Feature. See S 0130.

0230
0230
0245
0255

BBC (AS):DIscovery, In-depth lOOk at scenutc research

UK. BBCl ondon (M) : Wood. Guls and Brass (lsl6th). See T
0145.
BBC(Af): Seven Oays. See M 0615
Canada, RCI Montreat: News. See S 1600.

0200

0200

Wednesdays

0211
0230

0200 Canada. RCI Montreal: RCI News. see S0200

0230
0230
0255

0200

BBC(AEIAf/AS): Newsday. SeeS 0200.

USA. waco MonliceJlo ME: The Hour 01 theTime (live).

USA, WEWNB,rmlngham Al: Holidaf Program(Catholic
University 01 tileAmericas) (23m). Chtistmas concert
0200 USA. WEWNa,Iminollam AL.: Hollda1 Program (The Joy of
Musicl l9thl . Handel's Messan.
0211 Canada. RCI Montreal: Spectrum. SeeM 1439.
0230 BBC (AE): Meri:lian. A topical prOOtam about the viOOd of ll1e
artsleatunng books, a livereport about thealer, or aspecial
0200
0200

0245
0255

BBC(M) : TheFarm;noWortd. See MOllS.

BBC (AS): One Planet. Charles Haviland andRichard Black
host this new program abotrt develoPment andme
environment.
BBC (AF): RecOliJNews. See S 1230
Canada. RCI Mon"eal: NevIS, See S 1600

un.

Saturdays
0200
0200

0200
0200

event
0230
0230

Germany, Deutsche Welle: Christmas with Oles::lens

Famous Choir 01theHoly Crosswith Hardy Gtaupner
(25th).
Germany, Deutsche Welle: New Year's Concert onRadiO
DeutscheWelle(Jan
Canada. RCI Montreal: Spectrum.See M 1439.
BBC (AE): Focus onf aith. Alison Hilliard talks to church
leaders about their hopes lor theluIure.
BBC (AF): VariableFeature. See S 0130.
BBC(AS): AsSignment. See H0230.
Canada.RCI Montreal:News. SeeS 1600.

0200

0211
0230
0255

BBC (J.EJAF/AS): Newsday. see S 0200

Canada, RCI Montreal: RCl News.
S0200.
USA. WSCOMorrticello ME: Friday Night live.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: BoxitlQ DaySpOrts Special with
Roy Forbes (26th).
Germany. Deutsche Welle: A HomeAwayIrom Home?
(Jan2ndl SeeA 0100.
Canada, RCI Monlreal: Spectrum.See M 1439.
BBC(AEJAF/ASI: People and Politics. Backgroundto tne
British political scene
Canada.RCIMontreal: News. See S 1600,

see

Thursdays

0200
0200
0200
0211

BBC tfEiAF/AS): Newsday. SeeS 0200

Canada, RCI Montreal: RCI NevIS. See S0200.
USA. WBCOMonticello ME: The Hour of the Time (live).
Canada. RCI Montteat: Spectrum. See M 1439.
0230 BBC (AE): Meridian Books. A diScussiOn of a cunent book01
note.
0230 BBC (M) : AssignmentAweekly examination01a tapical

esue.
0230
0230
0255

BBC (AS):Vaoaole Feature.See S 0130.

UK. BBC l ondon(AEtAS): The toea01 theCity (3rd.1Oth). See
T 0330.
Canada. RCI Montreal: News. See S 1600

Fridavs

0200 B1lc (AEIAf/AS): Newsday. See S 0200.

0200 Canada,RCI Montreal: RCI News, See S 0200.
0200 USA. waco Mo~ (jcell o ME: The Hour of theTime (live).
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fREQUENCIES.
0300-0-100
03000400

..

Anguilla.Canbbean Beacon
Australia. Radio

03000400vi
03001)400 vi
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0300-0330 smwla
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Australia, VlBT Ten t erk

xustrana.petenserorces R
Belarus, RBelarus InU
Bulgaria. Radio
Canada.
NQuebec Svc

cae

Canada. CFRX Toronto

Canada. CFVP calgary
caraoa. CHNX Halitax

canaca. CKZtl SIJohn's

Canada.CKlUVancouver
Canada. RCanada Inll
Canada. RCanada Inll
China. ChinaRadio Inll
CostaRica.Af Peace Inti
Croatia. CroatianRadio
Cuba. Radio Havana
Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Ecuador, HCJB
Egypt. aaoc Cairo
Germany. Deutsche Welle
Germany,OvercomerMinist,
Guatemala Radio Cultural
uaq. Radio fraq Inll
Ireland, Unl Chrisban BC
ltaly, IRRS
Japan, RadiolNHK
Kenya. Kenya BlCladcCorp
Ky'gyntan. Ky'gyz Radio
l esotho. Radio lesotho
Malaysia, RadIO
Moldova. RMoldova Inll
Namibia. NBC
Netherlands. RadiO
New Zealand. R NZ Inll
Papua New Guinea, NBC
Philippines.R Pilipinas
ausse.voce ot Russia WS
SAfnca. ChannelAfrica
Singapore.RCorp Singapo,e
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Ihauand. Radio
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USA, KAU DallasTX
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USA. KTBN $alt l k CityUT
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USA. Voice01America
USA. Voice 01America
USA. WBCaMonlicel10 ME
USA, WEWN Birmingham Al
USA, WGTG MccaysvilleGA
USA. WHRAGreenbush ME
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WHRINoblesville IN
USA, WHRI NoblesvilleIN
USA, WINB Red lion PA
USA, WJCR UptonKY
USA.WRMIIRMiami Inti
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
USA, WSHB CypressCrkSC
USA, WWBS Macon GA
USA. WWCR NashvilleTN
USA,WYFR OkeechObee FL
Vatican State, VatICan R
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Zimb.1bwe. Zimbabwe Be
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Czech Rep, Radio Prague
Finland. YlEiR Finland
Hungal)', Radio Budapest
Phili~ pines, R Pilipinas
Sweden, Radio
UAE, Radio Dubai
UK. BBC Alrican Service
UK. BBC Asian Service
UK, BBCWorld Service
UK,BBC World Service
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Tajikistan, Radio
Uganda,Radio
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SELECTED PROGRAMS ..
Sundays

0345

0300
0300
OJoo
0305

BBe (AEIAF/AS); World News. See S01 00.

Canada, RCI Montreal: CBCRadioNews. See S0000.
USA. waca Monticello ME: Radio PreeNew York(live).
BBC(AElAF): Wond Business Review. Alook back at the
previous week's business and apreview of upcoming
events.
OJ05 BBC (AEIAF/AS): Sports Roundup, See S0145.
0306 Cana~, RcrMontreal: The Vinyl Cale. Hosl StuartMcLean
with gossipand music from the neighbolhood music sicre
or witha liveCOOO!rt Iromaround Can.1da..
0330 BBC(AE): From Our Own Correspondent BBC
corresoonoents commenton Ulebackground to the news.
0330 BBC (AF): Ahic.an Quiz (1). Amonthlytest 01the listener's
knowledge of Africa
0330 BBC (AF); PostmartAtrica. Expert answers 10 any
question under tilesun.
0330 BBC (AS): Global Business. NEW! aouewnne presents
tllis weekly series 01interviews, features and discussions
wit h themovers and shakers of the nueranonat business
community.

Mondays

0300 BBC (AEIAF/AS): World News. see S 0100.

Canada, RCIMontreal: CBC Radio News. See S 0000.

0300
0300

USA, waco Monticello ME: RadioNew'l'of!( International

(live).
0305 BBC(AElAF): WriteOn. SeeS 0030
0306 caraoa RCI Monlreal: Tapestry. AlOok at thebroad rilIlge
of spintual andhuman issues facingpeopleof various
cultures and religions.
0315 BBC(AEIAF/ASI: Sports Roundup. See S0145.
0330 BBC (AE): TheWorkS. SeeM0230.
0330 BBC (AF): Network Africa, Breakfast sllowor news, sport,
personalities, music,and listener's comments.
0330 BBC (AS): 011 the Shelf Daily readingshom thebest of
world kterature.

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BBC (AS): Westway Access, see M0030.

TUesdavs

0300 BBC1AEIAf/ASj: World News. SeeS 0100.

0300
0300
0305
0311
0315

0330
0330
0330
0330
0345

GanalSa, RCl Montreal: CBe Radio News. see S0000.

USA. waca Montialilo ME:The Hour of the Time (live).
BBC (AEJAF): World Business Report seeM1205.
Canada, ReiMontreal: Spectrum. see M 1439.
BBC (WAf/AS): SPOrts Roundup. SeeS 0145.
BBC (AE): Variable Feature. See S 0130.
8BC IAr): Network Africa. See M0330.
BBC (AS): OfftheStIlll!. see M0330.
UK, BBCl ondon (AEI: The Idea of the City (lSl8th,15th). John
Pickford looks attheevolution of cit ies through history and the
impact 01 urban lile onhuman behavior.
BBC (AS): Westway. see M 0430.

Wednesdays

0300
0300
0300
0305
OJ11
0315
0330
0330

BBC(AEIAr/ASj: World News. See S 0100,

Canada, RCI Montreal: CBC RadioNews, See S 0000.
USA, WBCO MonticelloME: The Hour of theTime (live).
BBC (AElAF): Wond Business Report. See M 1205.
Canada, RCI Montreal: Spectrum. See M 1439.
BBC (AEJAF/AS): Spons Roundup. see S0145.
BBC (AE): One Planet. See W 0230.
BBC IAr): Network Alrica. See M0330
0330 BBC(AS): Off the Shell. See M0330,
0345 BBC lAS}: Science Extfj. See S 1501 .

Thursdavs

0300
0300
0300
0305
OJ11
0315
OJ30

BBC (AEIAFfAS): World News. sees 0100.

RCI Montreal: cac Radio News. See S 0000.
USA, waco Monticello ME: The Hour 01theTime(live).
BBC(AElAF): WorldBusinessReport. See M 1205.
Canada,RCI Montreal: Spectrum. SeeM 1439.
BBC(AEIAF/AS): Sports Roundup, See S0145.
BBC(AE): Variable ComedylOuizFeature. seeW1130.
Cana~ ,

0330 BBC (M): NetworkAlrica. See M 0330.

0330
0345

BBC(AS): 011 theShell.See M0330.

BBC(AS): Westway. SeeM 0430.

Frldavs

0300 etc (AEIAF/AS): WolldNews. sees 01 00.

0300 Canada. RCI Montreal: cae RadIONews. See S 0000.
0300 USA. waco Monticello ME: TheHour 01 the Time (live).
0300 Germany, Deutsche Wele: Christmas with Dresden's
FamousChoir of the Holy Cross with Hardy Graupner
(25th).
OJOO

Gennany, Deutsche Welle: New Year's ConcellonRadio

Deutsche Welle{Jan 1sli.

OJ05
0311
0315

BBC (AElAF): World Business Report. see M 1205.

Canada. RCI Montreal: Spectrum, See M 1439.
BBC (AEIAF/AS): Sports Roundup. See S0145.
BBC (AE):Assignment. See H0230.
B8C (AF): NetNQrk Alrica. SeeM 0330.
B8C (AS): QtItheShell, See M 0330.
BBC (AS): TheLearning Zone. See S1515.
BaC (AS): Waveguide(25th). see S 1515.

0330

0330
OJ3O
0345
0345

saturdays

0300 BBC (X&'AF/AS): World flews. sees 0100.

0300 Cana~, RCI Montreal: cae Radio News. SeeS 0000.
0300 USA. waco Monticello ME: Friday Night Uve
0300 Germany, Deutsctle wsne: Boxing DaySports Special with

Royscrtes (26th).
0300 Germany, Deutsche Wene: A Home Away tromHome?
(Jan 2nd). See A 01(lO.
0305 BBC (AElAF): Wolld BllSiness Report. seeM1205.
031 1 Canada, RCI Montreal: Spectrum. seeM 1439.
0315 BBC (AEIAF/AS): Sports Roundup. See S01 45.
0330 BBC(AE): SCience In Action. See F1430.
0330 BBC (AF): Focus onFaith, See F0230.
0330 BBC(AS): TIle VintageChartShow. SeeH1530.

FREQUENCIES.
0400-0500

. .

. .

0400-0500

AngJllla Calibbean Beacon

Australia. Radio

0400-0500 vi
0400-0500 vi

AU$lralta. VL8K Katherine

Australia. VLST Tent Crk

04lXHl500
0400-{)500
0400-<J500
0400-0500
0400-0500

Australla.OetensefolUsR

0400-0500
04000500
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0400,0500
04000405
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0400{)500
04 00~ 50

esc

Canada,
N Quebec Svc
Canada. CFRX Toronto

Canada. CFVP Calgary

Canada, CHNX Halifax
Canada, CKZNSI John's
Canada,CKZUVancouver
Canada, RCanada Inti
China, China Radio Inll
Costa Rica,RF Peace Inll
ooena.croatanRadio
Cuba. RadiO Havana
Ecuador. HCJB
Germany. Deutsche Welle

0400-0500
04000500

Germany.Overcomer Minislr
Guat~ ma la , Radio Cultural
Ireland. Unt cnnsuan BC
ltaly,lRRS
Kenya, Kenya Broaoc Corp
l esotho, Radio lesotho
MalaNi, MBC
Mala/ sia, Radio
Mala/Sia, RTM Kuchmg
Mence. Radio Me~ ico Inll
Moldova, R Moldova IntI
New Zealand. R NZInti
Papua NewGuinea, NBC
Romania. R Romania Inn
Russia,Voice of RussiaWS

0400').130
04000500
0400-0430
0400-1)430
0400-Q5OO vi
0400-0500
04000415

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Singapore,RCorp Singapore
Sri lanka, Sri la nka BC
SWitzerland, Swiss R Inll
Tanzania, Radio
Turkey. Voice01
Uganja. RadiO

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USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt l k City UT
USA. KVOH l os Angeles CA
USA, KWHR Naalehu HI
USA.VOice 01America

0400-0500 vi
0415-0440 vt
0425-0500
0430-0500
0430-0500
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USA. WEWN 8trmi09t1am Al
USA, WGTG McCaysvil'e GA
USA. WHRA Greenbush ME
USA, WHRI NobleSVille IN
USA,WHRINobleSVille IN
USA, WINBRed lion PA
USA. WJCR Upton KY
USA, WMlK Bethel PA
USA. WRMIIR MiamiInti
USA. WRNONewOrleans LA
USA. WSHB CypressClk SC
USA, 'MVBS Macon GA
USA,VwWCR NashVIlleTN
USA, WYFR ceeecnotee Fl
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SELECTED PROGRAMS.
Sundays
0400
0400
0400

0405
0430
0430
0430

ecoo.

BaC(AJAF/AS): Newsdesk. See S

Canada,RCI Monlreal: RCI News. See S 0200.
USA, WBCO Monticello ME: The FredAin\Stone MusiC
Show.
Canada.. RCIMontreal: Venture Canada. SeeS0207.
BBC (AE): Global Business. See S 0330.
BSC (AF): ArtBeat A newartsprogram lor Africa.
BBC (AS): From Our Own Correspondent See S 0330

Mondays
0400
0400
0400
0407
0430
0430
0430
0430

BBC \AJAF/AS): The World Today. Examinesthoroughly a

topical aspect oune international scene.
Canada. RCI Monlreal: RCI News. See S 0200.
USA. WBca MontICello ME: Radio New'1'orlt Intemallonal
(live).
Canal!.1. RCI MonIreal: TI1fMailbag. See S 1437.
BBC (AE): Westway. TheWorldService's first-everregular
drama (soap operal serial
BBC(AF): Network Alrica. SeeM 0330.
BBC(AS): VariableMusic Feature. SeeS 1130.
UK, BBCLondon(AS): Electronic Jukebox. See M 1530.

Tuesdays
0400
0400
0400
0411
0430
0430
0430
0445

BBC(AJAFIAS): Ue World Today. SeeM0400

Canada, RCI Monlreal: RCI News. SeeS0200.
USA. WBCaMonlicello ME: The Hour ol lheTime(live).
Canada, RCI Monlreal: Spectrum. SeeM 1439.
BBC(AE): IlISlOhl. SeeM 1630.
BBC (Ar): rletwOlk Atrica See M 0330.
BBC(AS): Mullitrack Hit-list. See M 1615.
BBC(AE): OIllhe Shell.
M 0330.

see

Wednesdays
0400

BBC(AJAF/AS): TheWorld Today. See M0400

0400 Canada, RCI Montreal: RCINews. See S 0200.

0400 USA, WBCOMonticello ME: TheHour01 theTime(live).
0411 Canada, RCI Montreal: Spectrum. See M 1439.
0430 BBC(AE): Insighl See M 1630.
0430 BBC(M) : Network Africa. See M 0330.
0430 BBC(AS): Megamix. SeeT 1615.
0455 BBC (AE): 00 the Stlell. See M 0330.

Thursdays
0400 BBC(AEIAFIAS): The World Today. See M0400.
0400 Canada, RCIMontreal: RCINews. See S0200.
0400 USA, WBCD Monticello ME: TheHour 01theTime (live).
0411 Canada. RCI Montreal: Spectrum. See M 1439.
0430 BBC(AE): Insight. See M 1630.
0430 BBC(AF): Network Alrica. See M 0330.
0430 BBC(AS): fl ultitrack x-Press. See W 1615.
0455 BBC(AE): 01 theShell. Ste M 0330.

0400
0400
0400
041 1

0430
0430
0430
0430
0431
0431
0445

USA, WBCO Monticello ME: Friday Night live.

Germany, DeutscheWelle: Boxing Day Sports Special with
RoyForbes (26th).
Germany, Deutsche Welle: A HomeAway fromHome?
(Jan 2net).
A 0100.
Canada, RCIMontreal: Spectrum. See M 1439.
BBC(AE): Insight See M 1630.
BBC (A): Weekend (Eu), European magazineprogram coproduced by European broadcasters.
BBC(AF): African News. News bulletins with melatest
reports Irom acrossthecontinent.
BBC(AS): MultilrackAlternative. SeeF1430.
BBC(Af) : Alrican Quiz (1). See S 033U.
BBC (M) : This Week and Africa. A roundup of theweek's
pOIibcal developmentsacross the continent.
BBC (A): OIllhe SI1fIl. See M 0330.

see

Fridays
0400 BBC (AfJAF/AS): The World Today,See M 0400.
0400 Canada, Rei MonlJeal: RCI News. See S0200.
0400 USA, waco Monticello ME:TheHClUr 01 theTime (live).
0400 Germany, Deutsche Welle: Christmas withDresden's Famous
Choir ol lhe Holy Cross with Hardy erauon er(25th),
0400 Germany, Deutsche Welle: NewYear's Concert onRadio
Deutsche Welle (jail lsi ),
0411 Canada, RCI Monlreal: Spectrum. See M 1439.
0430 sec (AE): InSight. See M 1630.
0430 BSC (Ar): Network Africa. See M 0330.
0430 BBC(AS): Jchn Peel. See M 1130
0445 BBC{AEj: OIltileShell. seeM 0330.

Saturdays
0400
0400

BBC(AEIAF/AS): Newsdesk. See S OO .

Canada, RCI Montreal: RCI News. See S0200.

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FREQUENCIES.
0500-0600

. .
60903111

0500-0600
OSOO-Q600 vi
0500-0600 vi

Australia. VLBK Katherine

Australia. VL8T rent Crk

S02Sdo

050<Hl600 '
050<Hl600
051lO-O6OO
0500-0600
051lO-O6OO

Cameroon. RadioCameroon

0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0505
0500-0600
0500-0600
050Q-(}S50

050lHl600
050<Hl600
0500-0515
0500-0600aSIVI
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05000600
0500-0530 .
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0500-0556
0500-0600
0500-0530
0500-0600vi
05000515

Canada. cac N Quebec Svc

Canada. CFRXToronto
Canada. CFVP Calgary
Canada. CHIIX Halifax
Canada.CKZUVancouver
Costa Rica.RF Peace Inti
Croatia, Croatian Ramo
Cuba, RadioHavana
Ecuador, HCJB
Germany, Deutsche Welle
Germany.Overcome!MlntStf
Ireland,unt Chris\lanBC
Israel. xcusraet
Italy, IRRS
Japan. Radl'J/NHK

Kenya, Kenya aroacc Corp

Lesotho, Radio l esotho
liberia, StarRadio
libena,lCN'Rliberia Int
Malawi, MBC
MalaYSia. RadIO
MalaYSia. RTMKuChing
Mexico, RadiO Mexico lnll
NamIbia. flBC
tremenenos. Radio
New Zealand, R NZ Inti
Nigeria, FRCNIRadio
Nigeria, Voice 01
NorthKorea, RPyongyang
Papua NewGuinea, NBC
nussta.voce 01 Russia WS
SAlrica. AWRAlrica
SAlriCa. Channel Affica
Singapore,RCorp Singapore
Spain, R E~terior Espana
Swaziland. Trans World R
Switzerland, Swiss R Inti
Tanzania, RadiO
Uganda, Radio

..

Anguilla,Caribbean Beacon
Australia, Radio

0500-0600

9660pa

1208035

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21a20pa

15240pa

15510pa
05000600

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esoe-eeco
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UK. BBC Asian Service

974035
15360as
395Seu

UK. BBCWorld service

6195eu
15575eu
UK. MerlinNetwork One
USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA, KT3N salt lk City UT
USA, KVOH l os Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA.VOice 01America

0500-0600
OSOQ-(}6QO

USA.WBCOMonticello ME
USA. WfWIl Birmingham Al
0500-060O stwhla USA. WGTG Mccaysville GA
USA. WHRAGreenbush ME
0500
0500-oseo
USA. WHRI Il oblesville IN
0500-0600 sm
USA. WHRl lloblesvll1e IN
0500-0600
USA.WINS Redlion PA
0500-0600
USA.WJCR Upton KY
0500-0600 mtwma USA, WMLK Bethel PA
0500-0600 mtwnta USA.WRM IIR Miami Inll
0500-0600
USA. WRNO New Orleans LA
0500-0600
USA. WSH BCypress Crk SC
0500-0505
USA.WWCR Nashville TN
05OCHJ505 mtwhl
USA. \IINCR NashvilleTN
05lXHJ505 as
USA. WNCR NashVll1e TN
USA. WVFR Okeechobee Fl
051lO-O6OO
0500-0530
vatcan Stale. VaticanR

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117153s
15230pa

13790as
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13810as
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497600

UK.BBC African Service

0500-0600
0500-0600
0500-0530 'II
0505-0600
05050630
0525-0600
0530-0600

Zambia. ChristianVoice
Zambia. NailBC Corp
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Swaziland, Trans World R
USA, WWCR NashvilleTN
Ghana. GhanaBroadc Corp
Austria. RAustria Inti

0530.(1600
0530-0600a
05300600
05300600
0530-0600
0530-0600 vt
0555-0600

Finland. Yl ElR Finland

Kyrgyzstan. Kyn;lYZ Radio
Serbia. Radio Yugoslavia
Thailand, Radio
UAE. Radio Dubai
Zimbabwe, ZimbabweBe
Malaysia, Voice01

60051l
, 5420al
1195 535

17760as

5975am
9410eu
17640me

7160al

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7.435va
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7395am
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17830au
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5ELEaED PROGRAMS .
Sundays

Thursdays

0500
(AEIAf/AS): Newsltay. SeeS 0200.
0500 Swil1erland, Swiss R Inll: News. fiveminutes 01world
news.
0500 USA, waco Monticello ME: The Planet.
0530 BBC (M ): Postmark Ahica. See S0330.
0530 BBC (AS): WestNay Compilation Edition. Catcll uponthe
week's episodes 01 theWorld Service's drama serial

0500

sse

0500
0500
0530
0530
0530
0555

Mondays

Fridays

0500 BBC (AElAF/AS): The World Today. See M 0.400

OSOO S....' tzerland. Swiss RInd: News. SeeS 0500.
0500 USA,WBCO Monticello ME: Keith E. Lamonica

0500
0500
0500
0500

0530

0530

esc (AElAS): Varl3ble Ftature. see S0130.

eBC (Afl : Netwol\ Alnca, seeM 0330.

0500

TUesdays

asoo
asoo
0500
0530
0530
0530
0555

EBC (AE/AF/AS): The WorldToday. see M 0400

Switzerland. Swiss Rind: News. SeeS 0500
USA, WBCO Monticello ME: Watchman ortne Night
BBC (AEj: Outlook. See M 1405.
BBC (Af): Network Alrica. See M 0330
BBC(AS): Omnibus. See M 0630
BBC(AE):Take Five. A shortseries01 human interest

stones.

Wednesdays
0500
0500
0500
0530
0530
0530

0545

46

BBC (AElAf/AS): The World Today_See M 1)400

Switzerland. Swiss R 11\11: News.
S0500
USA, waco Monbcello ME: Walchmal\ cure Nlght
BBC (AE): OuUook. See M 1405.
BBC(Af): Nelwork Alnca. See M 0330
BBC (AS): Sports International. l ivecommentaries and
interviews. leatures and discussions
BBC (AE): TakeFive, See T 0555.

see

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0530
0530
0530
0555

see
see

BBC (tUAf/AS) The Work!Today.

PA (].lOO.
Switzertand. SwissR IntL flews.
S 0500
USA, WBCOMOTlllcello ME: Watchma1 ot meNiOhl.
BBC(AE): Outlook. See M 1405.
BBC(AF): Network Alnca. see M 0330
BBC(AS): Variablef eature. SeeS 0130.
BBC(AE): Music Briel.A five -mtmne interlude
BlJC (AE/AF/AS): The Wond Today. See M(].lOO
SWitzerland. SWiSS R Il\d: News,
S 0500
USA, waco Montn:ell0 ME: Watchman 01the NJOht.
Gefmany. DeutscheWelle: Christmas Io1lh Dresden's famous
ClKlir01theHotl Crossv.ilh HardyGraupner(25Ih)
Germany. Devtscnewene: New Year'sConcert on Radro
Deutsche Welle (Jan lS11
BBC(AE): Outlook.
PA 1405.
BBC(Af): ~jetwork atnca SeeM 0330.
BBC(AS): f ocus onf aith. See F0230
BBC(AEj: ScienceView. See S0040.

0531
0555

UK, BBC london (AElAS): The Idea 01 theCity15lh,l 2th).

See T0330
BBC(Af) : Talkabout Alnca. See W 1615.
BBC(AE): SpOUlght
F1555.

see

see

see

Saturdays
0500
0500
0500
0500

0530

BBC (AEIAF/ASj: Newsday See S0200

Swrtzerland. S....issR Inti: News.
S0500.
USA.. w aco Monticello ME: Watchman of theNight
Germany, DeutSChe Welle: BoXingDay SportsSDeQal with
RoyForbes (26th).
0500 Germany, Deutsche Welle: AHomeA,vay from Home? (Jan
2nd).SeeA0100
0500 USA. WEWNBrrrnmqham Al: HolidayProqram (Pillars01
Failh)126th), OntheIncarnation.
0530 BBC(AE): Outlook See M 1405
0530 BBC(AF): AlriCJn News, See A 0430
0530 BBC (AS): Variable Feature. SeeS0130.

see

HAUSER'S HIGHLIGHTS

JAPAN: R. JApAN
English 10 Ams. 8 498:
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11705
Suckvillc
0100 -0200
17835 2 lfi70
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0300 -0-HJO
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0500 -0600
6 11 0
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0500-0600
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0600 -0700
9835
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1100-1200
6120
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1..1-00- 1600
9505
Yamata
1700-1800
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Yamata
2100-2200
13630
Yamata
(JS HK via K. Hishikawa. via Wolfgang
Busch cl )

FREQUENCIES .
0600-07J0 v1
0600-0700vi
0600-0700 vi
0600-0700

0600-0700
06()()-()700

Australia. Vl8Kxamenne
AuslrallJ. VL8TTent e,k
Canada. cae NQuebec Svc
Canada. CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVPCalgary
Camilla, CH NX Halilax

0600-0700

Canada, CKlUVancouver

0600,0629 mlwhl

Canada. R Canada Inti

0600,0700
0600-0605
0600-0700
Q6OO-{)700
0600-0650

Costa Rlca.RF Peace Inll

Croatia. Croatian Radio
Cuba RadIOHavana
Ecuador HCJB
Germany, DeutscheWelle

0600-0700
0600-Q615
0600-07(0
0600-07(0 vi
060007C{)
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700vi
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-o7lY.)
0600-070) vi

Germany.Overcomer MinlStr

snana Gtlana Broadc Corp

Ireland. untcnnsnan BC
Italy. lARS
Japan. ftldio/NHK

0600-070,) vI
0600-0700
0600-0630
0600-0700
0600-070avi
0600-0700
060Q-{}700

Kenya, Kenya Broadc Corp

Kuwart.Radi o
l esotho. RadiOle sotho
liberi a, Radio Veritas
liberia. Slar Radio
libe ria.l CNiR liberia Inl
Malaysia Radio
Malaysia RTM Kuching
MalaySia voceof
NamIbia. NBC
NewZealand, RNZInU
Nigeria, FRCNIRadio
Nigeria, Voice 01
Papua New Guinea. tlBC
Romania. R Romania Inti
nusse.vece 01Russia WS

1l6OIl-0630
0600-(1635
0600-(1610

S Africa. Channel Alnca

S AfriCa. Trans Workl R
Sierra l eone, Sl BS

0600-06 2 ~

. .

Anguilla,Caribbean Beacon
Austra!il , Radio

0600-0700
0600-07QO

0600-0700

6090<101

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1171 5pa

152ol0pa
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0600-0700 vi

0600-0100 vI
0600-0100

UK. BBCAfritan Service

0600-0700

UK. BBC Asian Service

0600-0700

UK.BBCWorld Service

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

UK, Mel lin Network One

USA, KAIJ DallasTX
USA, KTBN Saltl k City UT
USA. KVOH los Angeles CA
USA. KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Voice 01America

0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700sm
0600-0700
0600-0700mtwhta
0600-0700mtwhl
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700
0600-0700 vi
0605-0700
0630-0700
0630-0700
0630-0700

US.\.WEWN Birmingham Al
USA. WHAA GreenbuSh ME
USA,WHAI Noblesvil1e IN
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WJCR Upton KY
USA.WMl K Bethel PA
USA.WRMIIRMiami Inll
USA, WRNONew Orleans LA
USA. WSHBCypress CrkSC
USA. WWCR Nashville TN
USA. WYFR Okeechobee fl
Yemen. Radio Aden
Zambia, cnrst an Voice
zanba. Nail BC Corp
Zim:labwe. Zimbabwe BC
Swaziland. Trans World R
Austria. R Austria Inti
Switzerland, Swiss R Inti
USA. Voice 01America

0630-0700as

USA. VOice01 America

0630-0045 mtwhla

VaticanStale. VaticanR

9740al

9760\1a

15050am
9830eu
982011a
12015na
7225al
216S5me

13830au
9830na
21455va
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17665au

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6150va

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Singapore,RCorp SingapOIe
Solomon Islands. SIBG

Tanzania. Radio

21760au

Il64HI656
0645-0700

.. . .

.. .

6150110
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SELECTED PROGRAMS.
Sundays
0600
0600
0615
0615
0615
0630

0630

0630

0630

BBC(AEJAf/AS): World News. SeeS 0100.

USA, WBCOMonticello ME: The Planet
BBC (AElAS): Letter lrom AmeriCa. SeeS croO.
BBC (M) : Varia!}le feature . See S0130.
UK. BBC london fAf); OnYour Behalf. SeeS 0130.
BBC(AE): A Jolly Good Snow.Davel eeTravis presents
your record requests anddedications in his own unique
way,
B8C(AE): Play cttne Week(Am). Acnterent radio drama
pl(lgrameach week (alternativeprogramming for the
America).
BBC(Af): Al rican Perspective. A consideredview ol lile
and issues lacing theAlrican conlinent.
BBC(AS): Meridian Afts. A weeklyprogram aboul the
world 01 thearts.

Mondays
BBC (AE): The World TOlIay. See M 0400.
BBC (MIAS): World News. SeeS0100.
Canada. RCI Monlreal: RCI News. SeeS 0200.
USA, WBCO MonlicelloME: Keilh E. la monica.
Canada, RCI Montreal: f irst Edition. The best way lor
listeners in Europe. AlricaandtheMiddle t asuc get
updated on the previous day's news and what's happening
in Canada
0615 BBC (Af): Sports Roundup. SeeS 0145
0615 BBC(AS): Seven Days. Roundup ollhe week's news. plus
sportshighlights. lina'lCe and theweather.
0630 SBC (M): OmOillus. Each week a t\a1J.hour programme on
;Hactically any 10PIC under the sun.
0630 ElBC 1M): Networ1l Africa. SeeM 0330
0630 BBC lAS): Jazzmatazz The requestprogram that livesup
to ils title.
0600
0600
0600
0600
0611

Tuesdays

0630

0600 BBC(AE): TheWorld Today. See M0400.

0600 BBC(AflAS): World News. SeeS 0100.
0600 Canada. RCIMontreal: RCI News. see S0200.
ll600
061 1
0615
0615
0630
0630
0630

USA, waco Monbceno ME: Watchman 01 me NiOll1.

Canada, RCI Montreal: fi rst Edition. Set M 0611.
BBC(M) : sects Roundup. See 5 0145.
BBC(11.5): InSi!lht. SeeM 1630.
BBC(AE): Variabte Feature. 5eeS0'30
BBC(Af) : Ne\w()rk Alrica. See M 0330
BBC(AS):Composerolille Monlh. In depth looks at ciasscar
composers andtner music. A dillerenl composeris leatured
each month.

Wednesdays
0600
OGOO
OGOO
0600
0611
0615
(}515
0630
0630
0630

BBC(AE): TheWorldToday. SeeM 0400.

BBC(MIAS): World N!WS. See 5 0100.
Canada, RCI tl Ollti'eal: RCI News. seeS 0200.
USA,WB CO Monticello ME: watchman 01the Night.
Canada, RCIMontreal: f irst Edition. See M 0611.
BBC(Af) : Sports Roundup. See S0145.
BBC(A5): Insight. See M 1630.
BBC(A): Sports lmemauonat See W 0530
BBC1M ): NetworkAlrica. See M 0330.
BBC (AS): Meridian OnScreen. See T0230.

Thursdays
0600
0600
0600
0600
0611
0615
0615
0630
0630

BBC(AE): TheWond Today, SeeM 0400

BBC IMfAS):Work! News. See S0100.
Canada., RCI M:>ntreal: RCI 'Jews. SeeS 0200
USA.WBCO Monticeno ME: Watchman of the r~l gllt
Canada, RCI Montreal: f irst Edition. SeeM 0611.
BBC(M): scons Roundup. See S0145.
BBCl AS): Insight See M 1630
BBC(AE): Meridian Books.
H 0230.
BBC(AF): Network Afrita. SeeM 0330.

see

BBC(AS): Me ri d ~n Arts. See S0630.

Fridays
0600

0600

BBC (M): TheWorld Today. See M0400.

BBC(AF/AS): World News_
0100.

0600

USA, wacoMonticello ME: WalCllman olllle rli!lht

see s

0600 Canada, RCI Montreal: RCINews. see S 0200.

0600 Gennany, peurscne Welle: Christmaswith nresuen's

famous Choir 01 the Holy Cross with Hall!)' Graupner
(25Ih).

0600 Gelmany, DeutscheWelle: NewYear's Concert on Radio

0611
0615
0615
0615
0630
0630
0630
0645

DeutscheWelle (Jan 1st)

Canada. RCI Montreal: fi rst Edition. See M 0611.
BBC(M) ; Insioht. See M 1630.
BBC(Af): Sports Roundup. See5 0145.
BBC (AS): Insight. See M 1630.
BBC(M): VariabteFealure. See5 0130.
BBC (M) ; Networ1l AfriCa. See M 0330.
BBC (AS): Music Review. See S0230.
BBC(M): Variable f ealule. SeeS0130.

Saturdays
0600
0600
0600
0600
0600
0615
0615
0630
0630
0630
0631
0631

BBC(AE): Newsday. See S0200.

BBC(AflAS): WorldNews. See S0100.
USA, WB CO u ontcencME: Watchman otme Nil/ht.
Germany, DeutscheWelle: Boxing Day Sports S ~i a l wilh
Roy f orbes(26th).
Germany, DeutscheWelle:A Home Away fromHome?
(Jan 200). See A OICIO.
BBC1Af): t ener l romAmerica. SeeS 0030.
BBC (AS): Insight. See M 1630.
BBC(M) : Meridian Arts. seeS0630.
BBC (M): AlricanNews. See A0430.
BBC(AS): Meridian Books, See H 0230.
BBC(AF): AlricanOuiz (1), SeeS0330.
BBC(AF): This Week andAfrica. See A0431.

December 1998

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1000-1100as
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UK. Merlin NelWorll One
USA, KAU Dallas TX
USA, KTBNSalt Lk City UT
USA,KWHR Naalehu HI
USA, Voice01America

1000-1100
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USA. WJCRUpton KY
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USA. WRND NewOrleans LA
USA. WSHBCypress CrkSC
USA. WWCR NashVIlle TN
USA. 'N'YFROkeechobee Fl
Vietnam, Voiceor
Zambia. Christian Voice
Zambia. Natt BC Corp
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Croatia. CroatianRadiO
New Zealand. R NZInti
C2'eth Rep. RadiO Prague
Georgia, Radio
Guam, AWRlKSDA
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... or at least in ink within the Monitoring Times Shortwave Guide.

Please send us your "best catches" on the worldwide shortwave
bands - QSLs. that is - and we will try to use them in future
issues of MT. Ynur QSLs will be returned.
December 1998

MONITORING TIMES

49

FREQUENCIES

.. . .

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11001200
11001200

Anguilla,Canbbean Beacon

11001200'11
11001200 '11
11 00-1200'11
11001200
11001200
11001200

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Australia. VlBK Katherine

Auslralia. Radio

Australia. VlBT Tent Crk

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Canada.CFRX Toronto
Canada. CFVP Cal\lary
Canada,CHNXHalifax
Canada. CKlN51John's
Canada. CKlU Vancouver
Costa RIc.1.RFPeace Inll
Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. REast Alrica
EqlGuinea. Radio Alrica
Gem13Ry, Deuiscne Welle
Germ.any. Sunrise Radio
Germ.any.Overcomer Mlnlstr
Iran. VOIRI

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Switzerland. Swiss R InU
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UK. BBCWorld Service

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UK. Mellin fletwork One
USA. KA U Dallas TX
USA. KTBN Salt Lk CityUT
USA. KWHR r~aalehu HI
USA, voce01 America

11001130 mtl'lhl

USA. voce 01 emenca

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USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR upton KY
USA. WRt.WR Miami Inll
USA,WRND r~ew Orleans LA
USA. WSHB Cypless C,k SC
USA. ..YWCR Nashville TN
USA. 'NNCR Nashville TN
USA, Y-iWCR Nashvillt TN
USA, WYFR Okeechobee n
USA. WYFR Okeechobee fL
vemam. VOICe 01
Zambia, Chnsllan Voice
Zambia. NailBCCorp
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Netherlands. Radio
Belqum. R vraanoeren lnt
China, Dhina Radio lntl
Israel, Kollsrae'
UK, BBC Asian Service
UK, BBC World servce
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SELECTED PROGRAMS.
Sundays
1100 aBC(AEtAS): Newsdesk, See S 0000
1100 BBC (Af): News Summary, Oneminute news update.
BBC (AF): In Praise01God. See S 0230.
1101
1130 BBC (AE): Anything Goes. A variety 01 musicand much
more with BobHOlness.
1130 BBC (AFIAs): Play 01 U1e Week. Adrt1ererlt radiOdrama
proorameach week (alternative programmlllg lor East
Asia).
1130 BBC(AS): Variable Music Feature DiMerent leatures 0115.
30, and 45 minuteslerlgth with a musicaltheme.
1130 UK, BBCLondon lAS): Electronic JuketlOJ:. SeeM 1530.

1145

BBC(AE):World Newsl Canb). See M 1100.

BBC (AFIAS):Newsdesk. See S oo
BBC(AE):Canbbean Report (Carib). See M 1105.
BBC(AE): Sports lor the Caribbean (Carib). See M1110
BBC (AE): Caribbean Magazine(Carib). See M 1115.
BBC (AE): Variable Feature, See S0130
BBC(AFI:Jazzmataz:z. See M 0630
BBC(AS): Meridian OnScreen. See I 0230
BBC(AS): The learning Zone (SAs). See S 151 5.
UK. BBC l ondon(AEtAS): The Idea onneCity (1SI.8th,15Ih).
SeeT 0330
BBC (AS): BBCEnglISh (SAs). See S 1530

Mondays

Wednesdays

BBC (AE): World News (carib). A five minule news

summary lor listeners in meCaribbean.
BBC(AElAf/AS): Newsdesk. See S 0000.
BBC (AE): Caribbean Report (Carib). Weekday ccveraue 01
currentattairs in mecaribbean region withemphasis on
political and economic analysis.
111 0 BBC(AE): Sports tor theCaribbean (Carib). A roun d-up01
tile latest scores andsports news.
1115 BBC (AE): Caribbean Magazine (Carib). General newsand
featuresIrom aroundtheislands.
1130 BBC (M) :.Jmm3taz1 See M0630.
1130 BBC (M) : JOiln Peel. TraCkS nonnewlyreleased allwms
ana singles Iromtheconlemporarymusic scene.
1130 BBClAS): Mendian Ms .
S 0630.
1130 BBC lAS): The Learnng Zone (SAs).
S 151 5
1130 USA. WEWN Birmingl\am AL:HlJliday Program
(Missionariesof me HemalWord) (21SI). Chrlslmas
Special.
1145 BBC (AS): BBCEnglish ISAs). See S 1530.

11 00
1100
1100
1105
1110
11 15
1130
11 30

1100

1100
1105

see

see

Tuesdays
1100

50

1100
1100
11 05
1110
1115
1130
1130
1130
1130
1130

Thursdays
1100
1100
1100
1100
11 00

BBC (AE): Newsoesk See S0000.

MONITORING TIMES

BBC (AE):Newsdesk, SeeSooOO

BBC(M): World Ne...1S (Carib). See M 1100.
BBC (AF/AS): Hewsdesk. See S 0000
BBC (AE): Caribbean Report (Carib). See M 1105
BBC (AE):Sports lor thecaribbean (carib). See Mill O.
BBC (AE): Caribbean Magazme (Caribl. SeeM 1115
BBC (AE): Sports International. See W0530.
BBC (Af ): Variable Comedy/Quiz Feature, These programs are
panel quizes and etnerlillht entertainmenl ilia lormat heard in
America decades ago.
1130 BBC (AS): MendlJn Arts, See S 0630
1130 BBC (AS): The l earning Zone(SAsI See S 1515
11 45 BBC(AS): BBC English (SAs). see S 1530

Dec.mbe, 1998

BBC(M ): Ne'o'fSdesk. See S oo

BBC(AE): Wolld News (Calib). See \t 1100.
BBC (MI AS): Hewsdesk- SeeS oo
Germany. neurscre Welle: ChriSIm.as rracmcns 10 Northern
Germany withJohnWalker(24Ih).
Germany, DeutscheWelle: That Was 1998 - A look backo..er
theyearwith Michael Behrens (3151)

1105
1110
11 15
1130
1130
1130
1130
1145
1145
1145

BBC(AE): caribbean Report (Carib). See M 1105.

BBC(AE):Sports lor theCaribbean (Carib). See M 11 10.
BBC (AE):Caribbean Magazine (Carib).See M 1115.
BBC (AE): Re cord News. See S '230.
B8C (Af ): Variable Feature. See S 0130
B8C(AS): The LearningZone(SAs). See S 1515.
B8C(AS):VariableFeature, SeeS 0130.
BBC (AE):FromOUI Own corresecnaent. See S0330.
BBC(AF):Variable Feature. SeeS 0130.
BBC(AS): BBCEnglistl (SAs). See S 1530.

Fridays
1100 BBC (AEl WorldNeN5(Carib). See M 1100.
1100 BBC (AEIAfiAS): Newsdesk. See S oo
1100 Germany.DeutscheWelle 7501h AnOlversaryot Cologne
Ca thedral with areanoen OShea(25th).
1100 Germany, DeutscheWelle: l ()O\(ing Aheadto the vear 2000
(Jan tsnusteners aroundtheglobe share their visions
10f thenewmillenium.
1105 B8C(AE): Caribbean Report (Carib). See M 1105.
111 0 BBC(AE): Sports lor the Caribbean (Caflb). See M 1110
1115 BBC (AE): ceneeean Magazine (Carib). See M 11 15.
1130 BBC (AE): Focus onFaith. See F0230.
1130 BBCIAF): Wol1d 01Music. A selection01the best 01world

mus-e.
1130
1130
11 45

BBC(AS): BBC English (SAs). SeeS 1530

BBC(AS): Mendlan BookS. See H0230.
BBC (AS): The learninglone (SAs). See S 1515

Saturdays
1100
1100
1101
1130
1130
1130

BBC(AEtAS): Newsdesk. seeS oo

BBC(AF): NewsSummary. See S 1100
BBC(AF): Variable Feature, See S0130
BBCIAE): PeopleanaPoIrtlCS. See A0230.
BBC(AF): Atllcan Perspective.See S0630
BBC (AS): Music Re ~iew, See S 0230.

FREQUENCIES .
1200-1300
1200-1300

Angu lIa.Caribbean Beacon

Australia. Radio

1200-1300'11
1200-1300 'II

Australia,VLBA AliceSpg
Australia. VLBK Katherine
Australia. VL8T Tent C r~
Brazil R rJacional Bras
BUlga~ia . Radio
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canaoa.cae NQuebec Svt
ranaca. CfRXToronto
canaca.CFVPcakJary
tanaoa. CH I~ X Halilax
Canalla. CKZN SIJohn's
canada. CKZUVancouver
Canada. Rcanada Inti
China. ChinaRadio Inti

1200-1300'II
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1215
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1200-1300
1200- 1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200- 1229
1200-1300

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

.. .

cnma. ChinaRallio Inll

1200-1230vi
1200-1300
1200-1300 as
1200-1300
1200-1 300
1200-1300
1200-1300
1200-1230

Ecuador. HCJB
Eqt Guinea. R East Africa
Eqt Guinea.Radio Alrica
FIance. Radio FranceInti
Germany, Sunrise R.1dio
Germany.OvercomerMinistt
Iran. VOIRI

1200- 1300
1200-1 300
1200-1220 fa
12001300
1200-1230 ml\'1hl
1200-1300
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1200- 1300
1200-1300
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Ireland. Unt cnnsuan BC

Jordan. RadiO
KazakhStan. RA1maty Inti
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyz Radio
Malaysia:. Radio
Malaysia.RTMKolaKinabalu
N Mariana Is. KHBI Saipan
Namibia, NBC
Netherlands. Radio
NewZealand . R NZ Inti
Palau, KHBNNoice 01Hope
Papua NewGuinea. NBC
Singapore.RSmgapore tnt
South Korea.R KOIea Inti
Iaiwan, Radio TaipeiInti
Tanzania. Radio

11775am
6020pa
9770as
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2485do
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15445am
15700eu
11!}4Qas
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613Odo
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12001300

UK, BBC World Service

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12001300
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1200-1 300
12()(}.1300
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UK. Merlin Network One

USA, KAU Dallas I X
USA. Kl BNSalt l k CItyUT
USA KWHR Naalehu HI
USA. Voice 01Amenca

12001300
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1200-1 300
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12301300
12301300
12301300
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12301300
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USA. WGTG McCaysville GA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCRUpton KY
USA. WRMI!RMiami jntl
USA, WRNDNewOrleans LA
USA, WSHBCypress Clil SC
USA. WWCR NashvilleTN
USA. WYFROkeechobeeFl
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Uzbekistan, R Tashkent
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Z'ntbab\'Je. Zimbab.....e 3C
flewZealand. R NZInll
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Kazakhstan. RAlmatyInti
BJngladesh, Bangia Betar
Guam. AWRIKSOA
Ilaly. AWR Europe
South Korea. R Korea Int!
Sri lanka. Sri l ankaBC
Sweden. Radio
Thailand. Radio
Vietnam. Voice 01
Greece. Voice01
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SmOED PROGRAMS
Sundays
BBC(AEJ: World News. See S01 00.
8BC(AFIEAs): Play01theWeek (Irom1130). See S1130.
BBC (AS): WOIld News, See S0100.
Canada. RCI MonlJeal (Asia): RCI News. News, wea ther,
and sports fromRadio Canada International.
1205 BBC(AElAS): WnteOn. See S0030.
12Q7 canada. RCI Montreal (Asia): TheMailba~ . Uslener letters.
mllSical selections. and happeningsin Ganalla.
1215 BBC (AE): In Praise01 God. See S 0230.
1215 BBC(AS): Britain Toddy. see S0045
1230 BBC(AfIEAsI: l etter fromAmeriCa. seeS0030
1230 BBC (AS): Record Ilews. Focus on themost interesting
new releases 01classicalrecordings.
1245 BBC(AEIAF/AS): Sports Rounllup. See S0145.

1200
1200
1200
1200

Mondays
1200
1200
1200
1205
1205
1210
121 1
1215
1230
1230
1230
1230
1245

BBC (AE): World News (carib). See M 1100.

BBC (AEIAF/AS j: WorldNews. See S0100.
Canada, RCI Montreal (Asia): RCI News. See S1200.
BBC (AE): World Business Report (Carib) See M 1205.
BBC (AEIAF/AS): WJrld Business Report. la test news
from tile maneu in me Far East, Europe and theUSA.
BBC(PoE); canteeanReport (Calib). see M 1105.
Canada. RCI Montreal (Asia): SpectlUm. Aweekday
magazineplOgram 01current affairs, reatees. and a
business report
BBC (W AF/AS): Bntain Tooay. see5 0045.
BBC (Af ): Seven Days. seeM 061 5.
BBC lAF): Vallable Feature. see S01 30.
BBClAS): OIl theSl\ell. See M 0330
UK. BBCl ondoo (AF): On Your Behall. SeeS 0130.
BBC(AEIAF/AS): SportsRoundup See S0145.

Tuesdays
1200

BBC (AE): World News (Carib), See M 1100.

1200
1200
1205
1205
1210
1211
1215
1230
1230
1230
1245

BBC (AfJAF/AS): World News. SeeS0100.

Canada, RCI Montreal (Asia): RCI News. See S1200.
BBC(AE): Vlorld Business Report (Carib). See M 1205.
BBC(AEIAF/AS): WorldBusiness Report. See M 1205.
BBC(AE): Calibbean Report (Carib). See M 1105.
canada. RCI Montreal (Asia): scecnum. See M 1211.
BBC(AElAf:AS): BIi!ain Today. see S 0045.
BBC (AE): Health Mailers. SeeS 0115.
BBC(Af): Westway. See M0430.
BBC (AS): OIltt1eShelf. See M 0330.
BBC(AEIAfiA$): Sports RoundU'p _See S 0145.

WednesdaYS
1200
1200
1200
1205
1205
1210
121 1
1215
1230
1230
1230
1230
1245

BBC (AE): worktNews(Carib). SeeM 1100.

BBC (AEIAF/AS): World flews. S~ S0100.
canaea. RCI Monlreal (Asia): RCI News. see 5 1200.
BBC (AE): World BusinessReport (Carib). See M 1205.
BBC (AEIAF/AS): Worlfi Business Report. See M 1205.
BBC(AE): Caribbean Report (Calib) . See M 1105.
canada, RCI Montreal (Asia): Spectrum. See M 121 1.
BBC(AEIAf/AS): Britain Today. See S lI045.
BBC (AE): science Extra. See S 1501.
BBC (Af): Variable Feature. See S 0130.
BBC (AS): Ott the Shell. See M 0330.
UK. BBC l ondon (Af): To BeContinued (2nd,91h,16th). see A
0130.
BBC(AEIAF/AS): Sports Roundup. See S 0145

Thursdavs
1200 BBC(Ae): WOI1d News(Carib). See M 1100.
1200 BBC (AEIAf/AS): World News. See S0100.
1200 CarIJda. RCIMontreal (Asia): RCI news. See S1200.
1205 BBC (AE): World Business Report (Calib). see M 1205
1205 BBC (W AF/AS): World Business Report. See M 1205.
1210 BBC(AE); Caribbean Report (Carib). SeeM 1105.
1211 Canada, RCI Montreal (Asia): Spectrum. See M 1211 .

1215
1230
1230
1230
1230
1245

BBC (AEIAf/AS): Britain Today. See S 0045.

BBC (AE): Variable Feature. See S 0130.
BBC (AE): Waveguide(24Ih). See S1515.
8BC(AF): From Our OwnCorrespondent. See S0330.
BBC(AS): 011 theShell. See M 0330.
BBC (AEIAf/AS): SportsRoundup. see S 0145.

Fridays
1200
1200
1200
1205
1205
1210
1211
1215
1230
1230
1230
1230
1245

BBC (AE): World News (Calib). see M 1100.

aBC (AEIAf/AS): World News. See S0100.
Canada. RCI Montreal (Asia): RCINews. SeeS 1200.
SBC lAE): WorldBusinm ReportlCalib). See M 1205.
BaCIAEIAf/AS): WOrld BllSiness Report. See M 1205.
BBC IAE): Canbbean Report (Calib). See M 1105.
Canada. RCI Montreal (Asia): Spectrum, See M 1211.
BBC IAEIAF/AS): BritainTooay. See S 0045.
BBC (AE): VariableFeature. See S0130.
BBC (AF): WestoNay. See M 0430.
BBC (AS): Oll l heShelf, SeeM 0330.
UK, BBCl ondon (AE): Wood, Guts and Brass (4th,11th).
See T0145.
BaC (AEIAF/AS): SportsRoundup. See S 0145.

Saturdays
1200 BBC (AEIAF/AS): World News. See S0100.
1200 Canada. RCI Montteal (Asia): Rei News.
S1200.
1205 BBC(AElAf/AS): Wond Business Review. see S0305.
1206 Canada. RCI MCMltreal IAsia): EarthWalth. The magazine
onenvironmenl SCience and ecology matters
1215 BBC (AfJAf): A Jolly Good SlIow. See S0630
1215 BBC (AS): BritainToday. See S 0045.
1245 BBC(Af ): Poems by Post. SeeS 1615.
1245 BBC (AF): Football Extra See F1505.
1245 BBC (AS): Valiable ComedylOuiz Feature. See W1130.
1255 BBC(AF): Spolligllt.See F 1555.

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1300-1400
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Canada, CFVP Calgary
Canada, CHNXHalifax
Canada, CKlNStJohn's
Canada. CKlUVancouver
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SELEaED PROGRAMS .
Wednesdays

Sundays
1300
1300
1300
1305
1305
1330
1335

BBC (AEIAF/AS): Newshour, A comprehensivelook at Ihe

major topics of lheday, plusup-to-me-minute
international and Brilish news.
Canada. RCI Montreal: World Report.
News
Switzerland. Swiss R Inll: News. See S 0500.
Canada. RCI Montreal: QUirksandQuarks, BobMcDonald
Wllh a what's newandwtats nextin SCIence.
Switzerland. SwissR Inti: Neo.vsnel Analyses 01the main
international storiesby swss-based specialiSts and
correspondents abroad
Canada. RCI Montreal (Asia):RCI News. SeeS 1200.
canada. RCI Montreal (~): The MailbaQ, See S 1207.

cac

Mondays
1300
1300
1300
1305
1313

1330
1339

BBC(AEIAF/AS): Newshcur. See S 1300.

Canada, RCIMontreal: CBC Radio News, See S 0000.
Switzerland. Swiss R Inti: News. See 5 0500.
Switzerjand, Swiss RInti: Newsne!.See S 1305,
Canada. RCI Montreal: OntarioMorning, CBCRadio One's
wake-up program lor peQple in SouthernOntario. Hosted
by JoeCotewilh newreauer Ted Fairhurst, aoo
sportscasterBruce Oowbiggin.
Canada. RCI Montreal (Asia): RCI News SeeS 1200.
canada. RCIMonlreal lAsia): Spectrum. SeeM 121 1.

Tuesdays
1300
1300
1300
1305
1313
1330
1339

EBCtAElAFlAS): NeWS/lour. See S 1300

Canada.RCI Montreal: CBC Radio News. SeeS 0000.
Switzerland. SWISS R Inti: News. seeS0500
Switzerland. SwiSS R Inll: Newsnet See S 1305_
canada. RCI Momreal: Omario Morning See M 1313.
Canacla. RCIMontreal (AsI3): RCr News. See S 1200.
Canada.RCI Montreal(Asia): Spectrum. See M 1211.

1300
1300
1300
1305
1313
1330
1339

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cac

Thursdays
1300
1300
1300
1305
1313
1330
1339

BBC (AElAf/MJ): Newshour. see S 1300.

Canada. RCI Montreal:
RadiO~Jews. SeeS 0000.
Swi1zerIand. Swiss RInU: News. SeeS 0500.
SwilZeriand. Swiss RInll: newsnet SeeS 1305
canada. RCI Montreal: Onl3rio Morning. See M 1313.
canada. RCIMontreal(Asia): RCI Ne....s. S~ S 1200.
Canada, RCI Montreal (Asia): Spectrum, see M 1211.

1300
1300
1300
1305
1313
1330
1339

BBC(AEIAF/AS): Newsnour. See S 1300.

Canada, RCIMontreal: cac RadioNews. seeS 0000.
Swillerland. Swiss RIn!!: News. seeS0500
Swillerland. Swiss RInti: Newsne!. See S 1305.
Canada. RCI Montreal: Ontario Mornino seeM 1313.
Canada. RCI Monlreal (Asia): RCI News. See S 1200.
Canada. RCI Manlreal (Asia): Specmrn. See M 1211.

Saturdays
1300
1300
1300
1305
1311

1315
1330
1335

Swrtzerland. Swiss RInll: Sounds Good (315), Music from

SwitzerlandandIhe peoplewho makeil.
Switzerland. SwissRInti: The Name Game (1). A chance
for you10 test yourknowledge 01Switzerland andwin
prees.
canaca. RCI Montleal(Asial: RCI News. see S 1200.
canaea. RCI Montreal (Asia): Venture Canada, A new
weeklf magazine promollng Canadianbusiness
achievement.

cac

Fridays

1315

52

1315

BBC (AEIAf/ AS): Newshour. See S 1300.

Canada. RCI Montreal:
Radio News, See S 0000.
Switzerland. Swiss RInll: News. See S0500
Switzerlan d. Swiss R Inti: newsret. SeeS 1305.
Canada.RCI Montreal: Ontario Morning. see M 1313.
canada. RCI Montreal (Asia): RCIflews. See s 1200
canada. RCI Montreal (Asia): Spectrum. SeeM 1211.

BBC (AElAf/AS): Newsllour, See S 1300

Canada. RCI Montreal:
RadiO News. SeeS0000.
SwilZeriaod. Sl'oiss R Inti: News. See S0500.
Switzerl.and. Swiss RInti: Newsoel. See S 1305.
Canada. RCI MonueaI: TheHouse. A Wetlkly program mat
takesyoubehindthescenes in theworld of canadran politics
SWitzerland. Swiss RInti: cantaneners (214). SRI's
bimonthly mailbag and listener contact program.

cac

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SmaED PROGRAMS .
Sundays
1400
1400
140 1
1411
1430
1437
1445

BBe tAE/AFIAS): News Summary. See S 1100

Canada.RCI Montreal: CBC Radio News. see S OO.
BBC(AEIAF/AS): Variable Feature. See S 0130.
Canada. RCI Montreal: TM Morninll (hour I I DaVId
Ennohtand Avril BenOit cc-ncsnre SundayEdition 01tllis
CBC m3!Pll1"Ie PlOOram (houl 1 013 hOurs)
Canada. RCI Montreal RCI flews. See S0200
Canada, RCIMontreal TileMailbag. Listenerletters.
musical selections. and tlappenmlJs mCanada
gBC(ASI: HealltlMattels. see S0115.

Mondays
1400
1400
1405

BBC(AEIAFfAS): World News. See S0100

Canada. RCI Monlreal:CSC Radio News. See S 0000.
BBC (AEIAFfAS): ouucox. An up-te-tne-minute mix ct
conversation.controversy and color from aroundthe
world
1406 Canada, RCI Montreal: rtns Morning David Enright and
Avul eencn co-r est mrs cac macazme orca-am.
1430 BBC(AEfAF/AS): VariableFeature, seeS0130.
1430 Canada, RCI Montreal: RCI News See S 0200
1439 Canada. RCI Montreal: Spectrum. A weekdaymagazine
crceramot current anails, teatures. and a business report
1445 esc (AS): Vanable Feature. See S0130.

Tuesdays
1400
1400
1405
1406
1430
1430
1430
1439

esc tAEIAFrASI: Wono News. See S0100.

Canada. RCIMonlreal: CBCRa dIO News. See S OO.
BBC(AEIAFIAS): Outlook, See M 1405
Canada, RCI Montreal: This Morning See M 1.106.
BBC(AEfAF): Multrtraet Hit-lis t. See M 1615.
BSClAS): Discovery. seeT0230
Canada. RCI Montreal: '1CI News. SeeS 0200
Canada, RCI Montreal: Spectrum. See M 1439.

Wednesdays
1400
1400
1405
1406
1430
1430

SgCIAElA~fAS ) : World News. seeS0100.

Canada,RCI "lanlreal: CBC RadiO News. See S oo
BBC (AEIAF/AS): Outlook. See M 1405.
Canada. RCI Monlreal: 'lhrs Morning. SellM t406.
BBC(AEiAF), Megamix. See T 1615
BBC (AS): Sports mtenuncnat See W0530.

1430
1439

canada, RCI MOnlreal: RCINe....s. See S0200.

canada, RCI ~'Ionlreal : Spectrum. See M 1439.

Thursdays
1.100
1400
1-105
1.106
1.t3O
1430
1430
1439

SBC (AEIAF/AS): WorliJ News, See S0100.

Canada, RCI Montreal: CSC RadiONews. See S OO.
BSC(AEJAFlAS): Dullook. S~ M 1405.
canada. RCI Montreal: This Mormng. SeeM 1406.
SSC(AElAF): Multitrack x-Press. See Vi 1615
BBC(AS): AssilJnment.See H0230
Canada, RCI Mcmtreal: RCI News. See S0200
canada, RCI Montreal: Spectrum. See M 1439.

gOO

a'hc (AEIAF/AS): World News.See S0100.

Canada, RCI Montreal;CSCRadio News. See S OO.

Ga yle Van Horn

Frequ en cy Man ager
gayl('(g~ g ro l('.lIe l

1430
1430
1439

BBC(AE): Outlook.See M 1405.

sac (AF): Focus on AfriCa. SeeM 1505,
BBC(AS): Outlook.. See M 1405.
canada, RCI Montreal: This Morning. See M 1406.
BSC(AEJAF): Multitrack Alternative. Latest developments
ontheBritish music scere.
BBC(AS): Science in Action, Thelatestin scienceand
tetlinOlogy.
Canada, RCt Montreal: RCI News. See S0200.
Canada, RCI Montreal: Spectrum. See M 1439.

Saturdays
1400
1405

Fridays
1400

1405
1405
1405
1406
1430

1430
1435

BSC (AEIAF/AS): World News. See SOlDO

BBCjAEiAF/AS): Sportsworld. The weekly sports
magazine.
Canada, RCI Montreal: RCI News. See S0200.
Canada, RCI Montreal: Venture Canada,See S0207,

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fREQUENCIES
1500-1600
1500-1600

. . .. .

. . .

Angullla.Carlbbean Beacon

Ausllalia. RadIo

1500 1600 vl
1500-1600 vi
1500-1600 vi
1500-1600 vi

Ausllaha, Vl8AAlice SPlJ

Australia. Vl8K Katherine
Auslralia. Vl8TTente,k
Canada cae Nocetec Svc
Canada.CFRX rorcnto
1500-1600
1500-1600
canada. CfVPcalgary
Canada. CHNX Halifax
1500-1600
1500-1600
cana da, CKlN St John's
1500-1600
canada. CKZU Vancouver
15OO-16OO s
canada, R Canada Inti
1500-1600
China. ChinaRadiOIml
1500-1600
Ecuador. HCJB
15(XH600 as
Eqt Guinea. REast Atrica
150CH600
Germany. Sunnse Rarno
1500-1530
Germany.voce 01 Hope
1500-1601}
Germany.Overcomer Mlnistr
15O().1530
Guam. TWRlKTWR
1500-1600
Ileland. Unt cnreuan BC
1500-1530
Israel, xensraer
1500-1600
Japan, Rad;OINHK
1500-1600
Jordan. RadIO
1500-1600
Kenya. Kenya arcade Corp
1500-1510
l iberia.lCNfR liberia tnt
1500-1600
Malaysia, Radio
15001600Ir/eg
Malaysia,RTM xotakmabanr
15001530
Me~ ico , Radio Me~ lCO Inll
1500-1600
Myanmar, Radio
15OO-1 6oovt
Namillia, NBC
1500-1525
Nemertands. Radio
15OO-1600 0ccsna! NewZealand, R NZInti
Nigeria, Voice 01
1500-1600
1500-1600
NorthKorea, R Pyongyang
15OO-1530as
1500-1600vi
1500-1600

P,1Iau, KHBNN oice or Hope

Papua NeVI Guinea, NBC
Philippines, FEBC/R lnu

117i 5am
5995",
9580pa
231Odo

15/XllOO
6020pa
9660pa

6080as

9500as

1500-1530

11660as

151) ).1 530 f\...hla

1500-1545 sm
1500 1600

2485do
2325<10
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1500-1600
15001600
1500-1600 vi
15001600

607Odo

60300'
5130do
616Odo
616Odo

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7255011
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9985as
.J890do
11995as

13650am
9785va
1511sam

1500-1600

UK, BBC Asian Service

21455va

1500-1600

UK, BBC 'tiD/ill Service

9750as

1500-1600
1500-1600
15001600vl
1500-1600
1500-1600
1500-1600

UK, Merlin Netwo/k One

USA. KAIJ Dallas TX
USA. KJES Mesquite NM
USA. Kl BNS3ltlk City UT
USA, KWHR tlaalehu HI
USA. Voice 01America

1500-1600
1500-1600mtwhla
1500-'600
1500-1600
1500-1600 as
15001600
15001600
1500-1600
1500-1502
15001 600
15001600
150Q16oovl
1530-1600
1530-1545
1530-1600
1535-1550
15501600 a

USA, WEWN Birmingham Al

USA. WGlGMcCaysville GA
USA, WHRI Noblesville IN
USA, WJCRUptonKY
USA, WRMUR Miami InU
USA,WRND New Orleans LA
USA, WNCR NashvilleTN
USA, '1IYFR Okeechobee FL
USA, WYFR meecnooee FL
Zambia. cnnsuan Voice
Zambia, NailBC Corp
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe BC
Guam, AWA!KSOA
India,AI! India Ra dio
Iran,VOIR!
vatican State. Va tican R
Vatican State. vaucan R

117303s

9705na
6175al
15585as
151 20011
9640va
13650va

S Africa. ChannelAfrica
Seychelles. FEBA Radio
Seychelles. fEBARadio
Singapore, RTE RadIO
Sinoapore.RCorp SingapOIe
Sri Larva. Sri la nka Be
Tanzania. Radio
UK. BEC AfrICan Service

17715am

1381{)me

17535va
9505na

RU5sia.Yoice01RussiaWS

9975me

11 335am

4730as
"655a5
17870af
11600as
11600as
15360as
61SOdo

49-l0as
12025as

973035
5050d'

15J25a5

6190af
15420011
21660af
5975as
97403s
9HOeu
12095eu
1770Seu
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13815va
11715na
7510am
99303s
7125as
15205me
9455na
9400am
13760am
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5mas
11750as
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153103s
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21550eu

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1757035

15625a5

11565pa
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1204Deu
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15745eu

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12160na
17750na

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6265do
5012do
11925as
13605as
15500au
15500va

15130au

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays
1500

BBC (AE): World News. See S0100.

1500 BaC(AFIAS): News Summary, See S 1100.
1500 canada. RCI Montreal: cac saoo News. SeeS OO.
1561 BBC (AF/AS): SCienceEXIra. Eilher Soundbyte (virtual
gamesandthelnlernetl or Seeing stars (atook OIl the
night skies)
1561 BBC (AS): Play OftheWeek (SAs). A different radiodrama
program each week (alternativeprogramming lor South
Asia).
1505 BBC (AE): Sports Roundup. See S 0145.
1506 Canada, RCI Monlreal: ThiSMorning(hOur 2). David
Enright and AVTit Benoil co-nest theSul'lday Edition01thiS
CBC magazine program (ttour2 013 hOUB)
1515 BBC(AE): Concert HaM. Classical music concerts.
1515 aBC(M) : The learningZone. For people whO want 10
learn more about subJtttS seen as science. bearmthe
world andworkandnteratcrewhilepracticing Engli$1l
listening skillS.
1515 BBC (M) : Waveguide (27th). The iarest inlormation on
inlematlOl'lar broadcastlllg withreviews 01 recevers and
news about reception.
1515 BBC (AS): Variable Feature. See S0130
1515 UK. BBC l ondon(AS): On Your Behall. See S0130
1530 BBC (Mj: BBC English. Forlearners of English.
1530 BBC (AS) Va.iallieMusic Feature, See S 1130.
1530 UK. BBClondon (AS)' Electronic Jukellol. See M 1530.

Mondays
1500
1500
1505
1505
151 5
1530
1530

54

BBC (AEtAF/AS): World News. See S 0100

BBC (AS): East Asia Today (EAs). SeeS2300.
BBC(AEtAS): Sports Roundup. SeeS 0145.
BBC (AF): Focus onAlrica. Up-to-the-minute reports on
tile day's events Irom auover the continent
BBC (AEtAS): Weslway Access. See M 0030.
BBC(AE): Variallie Music Feature. SeeS 1130.
BBC (AF): The Learning Zone, See S 151 5.

MONITORING TIMES

Decem ber 1998

1530
1530
1530

1545

BBC (AS): MendianArts. See S 0630.

BBC(AS): Oullook (EAs). see M 1405
UK. BBCl Olldon (AEtAS): ElecllonicJukeOOx. Take a virtual
trip into '"the sound 01now" that's lillingtne seers 01 C1ubland
theworld over.
BBC(M): BBC EooliSh. SeeS 1530.

Tuesdays
1500
1500
1505
1505
1515
1515
1530

BBC (AEtAF/AS): World News. See S0100.

BBC(AS): East Asia: Today (EAs). SeeS 2300.
BBC (AEtAS). Sports Roundup. See S 0145.
aBC 1M): Focus onAlfiCa . SeeM 1505.
BBC (AE): Westway.
M 0430.
BBC (AS): Concert Hall. See S 151S.
BBC (AE): TheGreenlreld CotIection. Thisclassical music
prooram replaces Ray onRecord.
1530 BBC (M) : The leamif19 Zone, See S 1515.
1530 BBC (AS): Outlook tEAs}. See M 1405
1555 BBC(AS): Take Five (As). See T0555

see

Wednesdays
1500
1500
1500
1500
1565
1565
1505
1515
151 5
1530

1530
1530
1530
1555

BBC(AEtAF): World News. SeeS 0100.

BBC(AS): EastAsia Today (EAs). See S2300.
BBC(AS): World News. See S0100.
USA,WEWNBirminghamAl.:HobdayProgram (The Journey
Home) (23rd), Guests Dougand lani Bogart.
BBC(AE): Sports Roundup. SeeS0145.
BBC(M): focusonArlica. SeeM 1505
BBC(AS): Sports Roundup. See S0145.
BBC (AE): Pertcrmarce. See S2310.
BBC(AS): From Our Own Correspondent. See S0330
BBC(AE): Everywoman. Anna ummma and Jane Garvey
introduceteaturesandreports on Ihe activities 01women
across theglolle,
BBC(AF): The l earning Zone. See S 1515.
BBC(AS): Meridian On Screen. See T0230.
BBC(AS): Outlook (EAs). See M 1405
BBC (AS): ScienceView(EAS). SeeS 0040.

Thursdays
1500
1500
1500
1505
1505
1515
1515
1530
1530
1530
1530
1545
1555

BBC(AEtAF): World News. See S 0100.

BBC (AS): Easl Asia Today (EAs), SeeS 2300
BBC (AS): World NevIS See S 0100.
BBC(AEtAS): Sports Roundup, SeeS 0145.
BBC(AF): Focus onAIrica. See M 1505
BBC(AE):Wesmay. SeeM 043D
BBC (AS): SCience EKlI3.
1501.
BBC (AE): TheVinla!lt' Cllarl Show. Each weeka classic
Top 20 trcmtI'Ie past wr.h Paul Burnett.
BBC(AF): The learningZone. See S 1515.
BBC(AS): Compost. 01 theMonth. SeeT 0630
BBC (AS): Outlook (EAs}. See M 1405.
BBC (AF): BBC Enohsh. See S 1530.
BBC (AS): Take Five (EAs). SeeT0555.

sees

Fridays
1500
1500
1500
1505
1565
1515
1515
1515
1515
1530
1530
1530
1530
1555

BBC (AElAFJ: Worldflews See S0100.

BBC(AS): East AsiaToday (EAs). See S 2300
B3C (AS): World News. SeeS 0100.
B3C (AEtAS): Foolball Extra. A reaew01 the week's acecn
and theupcoming weekend matches.
BBC (AF): Focus onAlrca See M 1505
BBC (AEtAS): VariableFeature. seeS0130.
UK. BBC london tAE): To Be Conllnued (411l.11th). See A
0130.
UK. BBClon don(AE): To BeContinued (41Il,l 1th/18th).
SeeA 0130
UK, BBClo ndon (AS): On YOUI Bellall . See S0130.
BBC(AE): Science in Action. See F 1430.
eBC(AF): The learningZone. See S 151 5
BBC(AS): Meridian Books. See H0230,
BBC (AS): Outlook (EAs), See M 1405
BBC(AS): Spollight tEAs). Focus onthe meater

Saturdays
1500
1505

BBC (AEtAF/AS): World News See S0100

BBC (AEtAFfAS): Sporlswolld. See A 1405,

fREQUENCIES
16001700

Algeria. R Algiers Inll

Anguilla,caribbean Beacon
Aestrana Radio

1600-1700
16001700

11715a1
11775am

15160me

5995pa

6020pa

9580p:l

1600-1700 vi
160(}-1700 vi

1600-1700 vi
1600-1 700 vi

Australia. VlBAAbee Spg

Australia. Vl 8K Katherine
Australia. Vl8T Tent Crk
Canada. CBe N Quebec Svc

95(){);Js

. ..

1600-1700 vi
1600-1645
1600-1100

..

Tanzania, Radio
UAE. Radio Dubai
UK.BBC Alncan Service

11660as

231Odo

1600-1606

UK. BBC AsianService

2 ~85d o

2325do
9625<10
607Odo
603Odo
613Odo
616000
616Oll0

1600-17(0

Canada, CFRX1010nlO
Canada CFVP CaJl}ary

1600-1700
16001700
1600-1700
1600-1 6595
1600-1700
1600-1627
1600-1700
16001700

Ganad.1. CHNXHalifax
Canada , CKl N St John's
canana. CKlUvaeccuver
canada, R Canada Inti
China. China RadIO inn
Czech Rep. RaCltO Prague
Elhiopla. Radio
France. Radio France Inti

1600-165)

GemJa!IY. DeutscheWelle

16001700
160016305
1600-1700 a
1600,1700
1600-1700
16001630
1600-1630
1600,1700
1600-1700
1600,1700
1600,1 700
1600,1700
16001630 smt'.v!3
16001700 vl
16001650 occsnar
1600'1700
1600-1630

Gelmany Sunrise RadiO

Gelmany UnivefSJI Life
GeHnanyGood NevI'S World R
Gefmany.Overcomer MIOISII
Guam, AWRlKSDA
Guam, TWft1<TWR
Iran. VOIRI
freland. Unl ChfistianBe
Jordan, Radio
Kenya. Kenya Broadc Corp
Lebanon,Voice 01 Hope
Malaysia, Radio
M e~i c o , RadiOMenco Inll
Namibia, rlBC
Nel'! Zealand. R NZ Inll
Nigeria, VOice 0'
Pakistan. Radio

16oo'170Q vl
16001700

PapuaNew Guinea, NBC

Busse.voce 01RUSSia WS

1600-1630
1600-1700
16001630
1600-1700
16001615

S Alrica. Channel Africa

South Korea, R KOIeaIrlU

1600-17C<1

9660,.

60")",

. . .

"'' 'm

9565<11
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716501'
1161 5.01
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6110va
1184031
118-lOva
601 5eu
11980as
15330as
l1i75.3s
6200do
11690eu
4935do
9960me
7295do
5985na
6060al
6105p3
7255011
9650:ls
1546geu
489Odo

,m Ome
7325me
1S4 70me
600001
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9730.1s
9S00a1
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Sri Lanka. Sli l ankaBC

Swazuand Trans wcrro R

SWltzer1an::!. Swiss R Inll

13650am
962031

1771 5<1m

16001700

UK, BBGWorld sevce

160)-1700
16()- 1700
161)).1 700 vi
161)).1700
1600-1700
1600-1700

UK.Merlin Net....orKOne
US~. KAU Dallas TX
USA. KJES MesQuile Nt.!
U54.. Kl BNsatl lk City UT
USA. KWHRNaalehu HI
USA. Voice 0' America

1600-1700
1600-1700 mtwhla
1600-1700
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16QO.1 7ooas
1600 1700
1600 1700
1600-1700
1600 1700

USA. WEWN Birmingham Al

USA. WGTG McCaysvilleGA
USA. WHRI Noblesville IN
USA. WJCR Uplon KY
USA. WRMIiR Miami Inti
USA. WRND New Orleans LA
USA. WSHB Cypress Crk SC
USI.. V'IWCRNashville TN
USA. WYFR OkeechobeeFl

1600-1610 01
16()l}1 630
1600-1 700
1600-1700
16001630 vi
1606,1615

Vatican State. Vatican R

Vietnam. Voice 01
Zambia, ChristianVoice
Zambia, NailBCCorp
Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC
UK, BBCAsian Service

16061615 mtwnt
16151 645as
161 5,1645
16151700

UK, BBC Asian Service

UK, BBCAlricanService
UK. BBC AfricanService
UK, BBC Asian Service

161 51700as
16301657
16301700
16301700 vl
16451700
1645-1700
1645-1700
1645-1700
1650-1 700
1650-1700 mlwhl

UK, BBC wono Service

Canada, R canaca Inll
Egypt. Radio Cairo
Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe BC
Albania. RTirana Inll
Israel, xousraer
Tajikislan, Radio
UK. BBC African Service
Eq1 Guinea. RadiOAfrica
NewZealand, RNZ Inti

17o~ asal

5050do
13630eu
3255011
17830a1
3915a5

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1181031

15210al
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151015011

13810me

13605as

15130au

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15120al
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1772031

151703'

4940me
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15540me

4975me
11775me
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9870as

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15265as

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15-100af

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5""'"

9740as
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17840am
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15725am

9410eu

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619535
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7125015
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157-l5eu

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18930011
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11 7503S
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15420011
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7245as
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12160m
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71603S

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15010eL

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95103S

7150as
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15-l2Qal

SELECTED PROGRAMS
Sundays

1600

BBCfAElAF/AS}; \Volld News. See S0100

canaca RCI Montreal: flews '.jewsIrom emer me
canadian BroadcastingCorporation (CBC) or RadiO
canada International (RCI).
1605 BBC (M): Concert Hall. SeeS 1515.
1606 canada. RCI Montreal: This Morning(hour 3). DaYld
Enrighl andAvril Benoll co-rest theSunday Editionof this
CBCmaOUlneprogram (hour 3 013 hours).
1615 BBC (AE): vaoaete Feature. SeeS 0130.
1615 BBC (AS): Poems by Post Listeners request the poems
and they are read by some of Bntams finest actors.
1630 BBC (M): Varl3ble Future. See S0130
1630 BBC (AS): Anythmg Goes. SeeS 1130
1630 canada. RCIMontreal (Asia): RCI News.
S 1200.
1637 canada, RCI Montleoll (Asia) : The Mailbag. SeeS 1207.
1600
1600

see

Mondays
1600
1615
1615

1615
1630
1630
1641
1645
1645
1645

BBC (AEiAF/AS): Workl flews SeeS 0100

BBC iAE): seven Days. See M 0615
BBC(AF): Fast Tlack. Thelatest Ahicansports news and
action.
~B C lASt: Multltlack ua-ust. TheUKTop 20.
BBC(AE): Insi1;!ht An e_ammahon 01 a10PIcai aspect 01
meinternJlional scene.
canada, RCI Montreal (Asia): RCI News. See S 1200
Canada, RCI Mcr ureat (Asia): Spectrum. SeeM 1211.
8BC (AEj: Britain Today, See 5 0045.
BBC(AF): Insigh!. SeeM 1630
BBC(AS)' Britain Today. See S0045

Tuesdays
1600

8BC (AEtAFIAS): World News, See 5 0100

1615
161 5
1615
1630
1530
1541
1645
1645

USA. WEWN Birmingham Al: HolidayPlOlIram (The Abundant

life) (22nd). Christmas special
BBC(AE): Science En ra. SeeS 1501.
Bat (M): Alrican Perspectiw. seeS 0630.
Bat (AS): Megami~ , A youth magazine seres wtIich covers
newtrerd s. entertainment sport amiother issues
BBC (AEI: Insight See M 1630.
canaeta, RCIMontreal(Asia): RCINews. See S 1200.
canada, RCI Montreal (Asia): Spectrum. See '-1 1211.
BBC(AEtAS): Bntain Today. SeeS00015
BBC (AF): Insight See M 1630.

Wednesdays
1600
1600
1615
1615
1630
1630
1641
1645
1645

BBC (AEtM/AS): World News. See S0100.

USA, WEWNBrmillOham AL: Holida-/ PrOllram (Lile on the
Rock) (23rd). Christmasspecial.
BBC(AF): t anabout Alrica. TelephOOl! conversanoos with BBC
cc ressceeenrs onlatl!"breakingAfrican events.
BBC(AS): Multitrack x-press Newpop receres. interviews.
newsandcompetitions.
BBC JAE): Insight. SeeM 1630
canada. RCI Monlreal (Asia): RCI News. SeeS 1200.
canada, RCIMonlreal(Asl3): Spectrum. See M 1211.
BBC(AEtAS): Britain Today. SeeS 0045.
BBC(AF): Insight. See M 1630

Thursdays
1600
1600

BBC (AEIAF/AS): World News See S0100

Germany, Deutsche Welle: Christmas r radnlons in Nonnem
Germany l'llthJOhn Walker (241h).
1600 Germany. DeutscheWelle:Tholl Was 1998- A lookback over
lheyear with Michael Behrens (31st)
161 5 BBC (AEI: neccro News. See S 1230

1615
1615
1630
1630
1641
1645
1645

BBC(AF): Postmar1l AlriCa. See S 0330.

BBC(AS): Vanabli!Feature. See S0130.
BBC(Af) : Insight SeeM 1630.
canada,RCI Montrea' (Asia): RCI News. SeeS 1200
canada. RCI Montreal(Asia): Spectrum.
M 1211.
BBC(AElAS): Britain TOlby. SeeS 0045.
BBC (M): Insight See M 1630.

see

Fridavs
1600
1600

1600
1615
1615
1615
1615
1630
1630
1641
1645
1645

see

BllC(AF/AS): World flews.

S0100.
Germany, DeutscheWelle: 750th Anniversary 01 CoIOllne
caUledral with arearcam O'Shea (25th).
Germany. Deutsche Welle: LOOlting Ahead to the Year
2000 (JanlsI). See F 1100.
Bat (Af): Variable Feature. seeS 0130.
BBC (M): Fasl Track. See M 1615.
BBC(AS): Multitrack AlIemative. see F1430.
UK. BBC London fAf): On YourBehall. See S0130
BBC(Af ): Insight.
M 1630.
canada, RCIMontleal (Asia): RCI News, See S 1200.
Canada, RCI Montreal(Asia): Spectrum. See M 1211.
BBC (AEtAS): BritainToday. SeeS 0045.
BBC(M) : Insight SeeM 1630.

see

Saturdays
1600
1605
1630
1630
1636

BBC(AEIAF/AS): World News. see S0100.

BBC(AEIAF/AS): Sportsworld. See A 1405.
Canada, RCIMontreal (Asia): RCI News. See S 1200.
USA, WEWN Birmingham AL: Holiday PrOllram (The Joy
01Music) (12Ih). cnnennas- Pari 1.
Canada, RCI Montreal (Asia): VenlUfe Canada, See A
1335.

December 1998

MONITORING TIMES

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Sundays

BB~ lAE): World News. See S 0100.

BBC (AS): East Asia Today. News. analysis. pressreviews
and reports from BBC correspondents.
2300 Canada. RCIMontreal: TheWorld This Weekend. Han-hour
of up-Io-th!- minule news and business reports. a feature
documentary, artsand emerlalRment stories with Michael
Crabb, sports with nantarscers. aM a news quil.
2300 USA. waco Monbcello ME: American VIeWPOint.
2305 BBC(AE): SCience Vtew. See S0040
2310 eBC(AE): PerlorlT'\,lla. John Stearne explores each week
one ollhegreat VOiCeS ollhe century
2325 BBC (AE):Pop Short A!ive-mlnutepopularmusiC
prOllrcrm.
2330 BaC (AE): In Praise01God. seeS0230
2330 BeC (AS): Anylhing Goes. See S1130.
2330 Canada. RCI Montreat: CBCRadiONews, SeeS 0000.
2335 cal'l3da. RCI Montreal: The Insille Track. An aNilrdwinning
prOllrcrm of sports journalism, examiningtheimpact 01
ssorts on me lives 01 canadians.
2300
2300

Mondays
2300

2300
2300
2300
2305
2330
2330
2330

2345

BBC (AE): World News. see S0100

B8C (AS): East AsiaToday, See S2300.
Canada, RCI Monlreal: The World at Six. CBC radio's major
newscast ot theday. presenting tne importantstories in
depth and in context
USA. WBCO Monticello ME: World Nel Christian Radio.
BBC (AE): Oullook. See M 1405.
BBC (AE): Multitrack Hl!-liSl See M 1615.
BBC IASI: inscnt. See M1630.
CWda. RCI Mootreal: Ash Happens Mary l ou Finlay and
BarbaraBudd hostthiSdallyphone-in showthat
introduceslisteners to the newsmakers et rne dayand
~ whose stories mi';)hl otherwise notbet:>ld.
BBC (AS): Seven Oays. see M 0615.

Tuesdays

BBC (AE): World NeIYS, see S0100.

BBC lAS): East Asia Today. SeeS2300
2300 Canada.. Rct Montreal: Tile World at Six. see M 2300.
2300 US4.. waco Monticello ME: WorldNelChris1ianRadio.
2305 BBC(M:):OullOOk. seeM1405.
2330 BBC(AE): Megamix. SeeT 1615.
2330 BBC(AS): Insi'lht. SeeM 1630.
2330 Canada. RCI Montreal: AsIt Happens. See M 2330.
2345 BBC (AS): Pertormance. See S2310.

2300
2300

Wednesdays

2300
2300
2300
2300
2305
2330
2330
2330
2345

BBC (AE): Worle! News. See S 01 00.

BBC (AS): East Asia Today. S~ S 2300.
Canada. ACI Montreal: TileWorld at Six, See M 2300.
USA. WBCOMonticello ME: WorldNetChnslianRadio.
BBC(Af ): Oullook. SeeM1405.
BBC (AE): Mult1:rackX-Press. 5eeW1615.
BBC (AS): Insight. SeeM 1630
Canada. RCI Montreal: As II Happens. seeM 23:Ul.
BBC (AS): scerceExIra. see S 1501.

2300
2300
2301
2330
2330
2330
2335

USA, WBCQ Monticello ME: WorldwideRock & Roll Party.

USA WEWN Birmin'lham Al : Holfday PrOQram (U,bi et Orbi)
(26th). PopeJohn Paui ll's Christmas message
BBC(AS): From Our Own Corre5pond!ll1. SellS 0330
BBC (AE): World 01Music. see F1130.
BBC {AS): Science in Action. seeF1430
CarJaja, RCI Montreal: CBC Radio News. See S 0000.
Canada. ACI Montreal: TheMystery Project Anail-hour seres
01detective mystery dramas created by Canadian wolers.

Thursdavs
2300
2300
2300
2300
2300
2300
2305
2330
2330
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2345

BBC (tEl : Wor1cl News. see S0100.

BBC (AS): East Asia: Today, See S 2300.
Canada. RCI M01treal: TheWorld atSIX. see M 2300.
USA,WBCO Monticello ME: World Net Christian Radio.
Germany. Deutsche Welle: Christmas WIth Dresden's Famous
Choir ctme Ho~ Crosswrth HardyGraupner(241h).
Germany, Deutsche Welle: New Year'sConcerton Radio
Deutsche Welte (3t sl).
BBC (AE): OuUook, SeeM 1405.
BBC(AE): John Peel. S~ M 1130.
BBC (AS): Insight. See M 1630.
Canada, RCI Montreal: As It Happens. SeeM 2330.
BBC (AS): Health Matters, See S0115

Fridays
2300
2300
2300
2300
2300
2305
2305
2310
2310
2325
2330
2330
2330
2345

BSC(AElAS): World News. See S 0100

Canada. RCI Montreal: TheWorld at Six. SellM 2300.
USA. WBCOMonticello ME: WO/ld Nel ChrislianRadio.
Germany, neetscne Welle: 750th Annwersary 01COIOQne
Cathedral WIth BreandainO'Shea (25Ih).
Germany. Oeutsche Welle: loo king Ahead 10 Ihe Year 2000
(Jan 1st). See F 1100.
BBC (M ): Outloo~. See M 1405.
BBC (AS): Spotlight. SeeF 1555.
BBC(AS): VariableFeature. seeS0130
UK, BBCl onllon lAS): Wood, Guts aRdBrass (4th,lllh). see
T 0145
BBC (AS): Pap Ston SellS 2325
BBC(AE): Multitrack A1ternallVe. See F1430.
BBC (AS): Insight. See M 1630.
CarJacla. RCIMontreal: As II Happens. See M 2330.
BBC (AS): Record News. See S 1230

Saturdays
2300
2300
2300
2300

BBC(AE): Play ofthe Week(from 2230). See S1130

BBC(AS): News Summary S~ S 1100.
canaca, RCI Montreal: TheWorld This Weekend, See S2300
USA. WBCQMonticelloME: AOillerenl Kind01Oldies Show

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How to Spot Santa Claus!

The var ious layers of the ionosphere
have been used for many decades to direct
back to earth the signals tran smitt ed by
thousan ds of shortwave o f stations worldwide .
If the layers arc so good at redi rect ing to
earth the variou s shortwave signals. is it
possib le to lI SC the ionosphere to return
some of the signal to the tra nsmitter site'?
For nearly 40 years now. resear ch has been
co nducted in this area. Many co untriesAustralia, the U.S.. and possib ly Ca nada
and many others - have been involved in
such research. and the systems have now
reac hed the operational stage.
\Vhat was origina lly designe d to be a
wa rtime tool has evolved into a secondary
use as a peaceful weat her forecasting tool.
In the US . at lea st two installntio ns of the
OTHR (O ver The Horizo n Radar> were set
up on the Eas t Co ast to mo nito r transp orta tion ac tivi ties in the At lant ic an d the G ulf of
Me xico. O n the We st Coast. at least one
sys tem was in operation a few years ago.
The pri ncip le of operatio n is very simple:
se nd a pul se at various freq uenc ies and wai t
for the ec ho to co me back. Chance s are tha t
the retu rn signa l wi ll co ntai n not o nly in formation ab ou t the presen ce o f m issiles.
bombers. o r airl iners. but if yOll study carefully the "s ig na tures " being returned you
might ge t a g limpse at the state of the oc ea n
from whic h the signal was retu rned , If you
ca n co rre late the sig natures rCl.c ivcd with
so me actual weat he r infomla tion. you might
be able to "read" the wind speed and the
wa ve he ight at va rious points o n the ocean.
This is not the sc ience fiction story it
so unds : OTHR installation s are no w being
used by the Na tiona l Ocean ographi c and
Atmos p heric Ad ministration (NO AA ) to
study what happens o ut there in the Nort h
Atlantic ocea n. The US Air Force (U SAF)
has given NOAA permission to use their
OT HR install atio n in northern Maine . from
wh ich it is possi ble to monitor most of the
Nonh At lan tic Ocean and the Gu lf of
Mexico . If yOLl have access to the Ne t. yo u
wi ll tind so me..: interesting information o n
th is tech niqu e.
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the crew was d irected back to a safe landin g
in Gander. Newfoundland.
Now with C hristma s co ming. I a m positive..: that the sleig h co ming down from lhe
Nort h Pole wi ll be de tected and trucked till
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To all a Happy Hanukkah and Merry
C hristmas, Happy Ne w Yea r and go od
DX ing in 199Y.

~ROGRAMMING SPOTLIGHT
GOOD LISTENING FOR BUSINESS OR PLEASURE

John Fig/iozz i
;Fig/io l @nycop.rr.com

Holiday Gifts via Shortwave

he holiday seaso n is a special time of

year for all of us - per hap s eve n more
so for tho se shortwave listeners, like
myself. who received their first radio as a
Chri stma s or Hanukkah git). To borrow a
fam iliar phrase. sho rtwa ve rad io really is " the
gift that kee ps on giving." Ju st a suggestion mayb e someone you know would like to see
a new shortwave radio under their tree this
year.
Pub lication dead lines precl ude the preparation of a definitive list of holiday progra mming for this column. Nonetheless, it is possib le 10 pro vide you with some listening clues
based on the past practices of some stations.
But part of the fun is ju st luning around and
liste ning for the sounds of the season around
the world.
In the wee ks leading up to Christmas and
Hanukkah. Radi o Austria Intern ation al uses
its nightl y Report fro m Austria to pro vide
liste ners with glimpses of how Austrians ce leb rate, share and wors hip. Check espec ially
arou nd December 8th - the Fea st of the
Imm acul at e Co nception, Ch ristmas Eve.
Christma s Day. New Year's Eve ,New Year' s
Day and January 6th - the Fea st of the
Epi phany.
Rad io Austria Internationa l also annua lly
bro adcasts the traditional New Year ' s Day
concert o f beautiful Strauss waltzes by the
Vien na Philharmoni c Orchestra . Whil e this
wo nderful and fe stive e vent ca n be seen and
heard on public television and rad io in the
Uni ted Sta tes, there ' s so me thing reall y specia l about hearin g it live and d irec t on shortwave with commentary in German . The con cert starts at 10 15 UTC and can co ntinue to
1200. Frequencies in use last year we re 6 155.
13730. 15455 a nd 17870 kHz. I had the best
luc k with 13730. es pecially after 1100 when
the bea m to No rth Ame rica ca me into use.
As a missionary station. yo u would ex pect
HCJ B, the Voice of the Andes, to celebrate
Christmas in a big way and the Q uito, Ecuador. broadcaster doe sn ' t disapp oint. Special
seasonal programs, as we ll as specia l editions
of regular prog rams . can be expected . Jorge
Zambrano annually presents a program of
Ec uado rian carols both in a special edition of
Studio Nine (w hich airs wee knights a t 0 110
and 0410 ) and in at lea st on e of his weekly
Musica del Ecuador program s (Saturdays
UTC at 0130 and 04 30).

Spe cia l classical mu sic for the season has

been on offe r in the pas t from Inspirational
Classics (F ridays UTC at 0 230) and a full
pcrfonnance of Handel ' s Messiah is a regular
annuale vent on HCJ B. Some broadca sts from
C hristmases past usually turn up as well. And.
of co urse. there are numerou s op po rtu nities to
hear sacred hymns, mu sic of prai se and insp irational passages appropriate to the season.
Th e BSC World Service ann ually has a
nice bal ance of ne w and tradition al prog rams
for Chri stmas. T here's the Queen 's Annuu!
Christmas Message and A Festival of Nine
Lessons and Carols. T he latte r. carried live
fro m King ' s Co llege Cambridge, is a
quintes sentially British celebration and institutio n. Biblical passages presaging and de scribing the birth of Jesus are interspersed
with traditional Briti sh caro ls and hymn s and
result in a pro gram that full y captures the
joyful a nd holy ten or o f the " ho ly day."
From the BBC, listeners ca n also ex pect to
hea r several Christmas and Han ukkah storie s
on Off the Shelf {wee knights ut 0445 UTC)
and at least one play appropriate to the season
on Play of the Week (Fridays at 2330 and
Saturday s at 06 30 UTC). The BS C also takes
the opport unity to review the ne ws a nd sports
of the yea r go ne by in spec ial progrums that
appe ar during the last wee k of the month.
Radio Canada Internation al has traditi on ally bro adca st stories read by " Firesi de AI,"
an alter-ego of one of As If Happens ' past
presente rs. Th ese have inclu ded suc h cl assics
as O. He nry' s Gift ofthe Magi. In addi tion. As
It Happens (weekdays between 2330 and
0 100) annually bro adcasts message s between
Cana dia n troops. stationed overseas at Ca nadia n base s or as peace keepers in the wor ld' s
trouble spots. and their families back home in
Canada.
Lesser known 10 many listeners. the 24
hour Germ an langu age service of Deutsche
Well e ann ually suspends its regul ar progra mming on Christmas Eve . Christmas Day a nd
the day after Christmas to broa dca st a wide
selec tion of sea son al mu sic. pe rformances
and rel igiou s services throughout each day.
T his program ming is made eve n more enjoyable by the fac t that DW de live rs a stro ng
signal to stateside (and wo rldwide, for that
ma tter ) recei vers virtua lly around the clo ck .
Thi s improves the listen abil ity of music on
shortwave to the poi nt that the rad io can be

left on in the back ground during the

fumily celebruri ons.
add ing an internati onal dimen sion
wit ho ut assa ulting
the ears of less "e xperi e ncc d" listen ers.
Additionally. apart from meditation s on
Ch ristma s on Vatic an Rad io ' s and WE\VN' s
regul ar programs. both stations can be expected to broadcast Midni ght Mass. T he US
based rel ig io us sho rtwa ve broad ca ste rs
(W YFR. WEWN. WH RI. c tc.) will likely
have their own form s o f celebration as well.
Indeed. it wo uld be fair 10 say that most, ifn ot
all. stations aro und the wo rld will hav e some
programmi ng ap propriate to the season.
Most of these wi ll lake the form o f special
features. reports and mu sic broadcast within
regular magazine-style pro grams. highl ighting aspec ts of celeb rations and ob servances
with in (heir hom e co untries. Kol Israel. in
beth its Eng lish and Hebre w language scrvices. will do the same for the Hanukkah
seaso n. And the Voice of Russia. originating
as it doe s from a Chri stian Orthod ox traditi on.
wi ll undoub ted ly offer progra ms and music
refl ecting Russian Orthodox tradit ions for
Christmas. which falls on or aroun d January
7.
Speak ing o f January. a grea t (and safe )
wa y to spe nd New Yeur ' s Eve is to grab yo ur
time charts. propagation forecasts and shortwa ve radio and tune arou nd the worl d as eac h
nation and time zone ring s in the New Year.
Cham pagne or a nothe r form of yo ur favorite
"luning oil" is opt ion al.
Howe ver you choo se to ce lebnuc, please
acce pt my heart felt wishes for a happy and
safe Holi day Sea son for yo u and yo urs. And,
of co urse. good listenin g!

The Worldwide Shortwave Listening

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By larry Van Horn, MT Assistant Edito r
WRNOne English to North America
Galaxy 5.1 25 degrees West. transponder 6 {TSS} 3.820 GHz. v-Pol.audio subcamer 6.80 MHz.
WRN programdetails can beheard at 0625.1525 and 1955 Eastern. Program informationis also
available on TSS Text page 204. You can reach WRN byemail at online@wm.orgor through their
websiteon the internet at htlp://Www.wrn.org Many programs can also beheard in Canada on
CBe EnglishOvernight. WRN is relayed24 hours a day onmany cable systems via theCSPAN
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Swiss Radio lntematlonat- Berne. Switzerland
Monday-FridJ.Y: Radio vraanderen Intemanonat-Brussels. Belgium (Brussels Callmg)
Saturday:United Nations Radio - New York. NY USA
Sunday: Glenn Hauser's World of RMio
Polish Radio - Warsaw, Poland
Radio Canada International- Montreal, Canada
Radio Australia- Melbourne.Australia
Voice01Russia - Moscow. Russia
Radio Prague- Prague. Czech Republic
Radio Netherlands- Hilversum . Netherlands
YLE Radio Finland - Helsinki, Finland
Radio Australia- Melbourne, Australia
Radio Telefis Eireann (RTE)- Dublin . Ireland
Radio Prague - Prague. Czech Republic
MondaySaturday: Channel Africa- Auckland Park. South Africa
Sunday: United Nations Radio - New York. NY USA
Monday-Saturday: YLE Radio Finland - Helsinki.Finland
Sunday: Voice of America Communications World - Washington. DC USA
Radio Vlaanderen International - Brussels. Belgium (Brussels Calling)
Radio France International - Paris. France
Monday-Friday: Caribbean Tempo fromCANA Rad io
Saturday: Glenn Hauser's World of Radio
Sunday: Norden tne Week and Health Watch
Monday-Friday: VaticanRadio - Vatican City (World News )
Radio Austria International - Vienna. Austria
Monday-Friday: British BroadcastingCorporation- London, England (Europe Today)
Saturday: Rad io New Zealand Inte rnational, Wellington
Sunday: Radio Denmark - Copenhagen, Denmark (Copenhagen Calling)
Radio Telelis Eireann (RTE) - Dublin. Ireland
Radio Vlaanderen International - Brussels. Belgium (Brussels Calling)
Radio Netherlands- Hilversum. Netherlands
Radio Sweden - Stockholm. Sweden
Swiss Radio International - Berne,Switzerland
Polish Radio - Warsaw. Poland
Radio Ielefis Eireann (RTE) - Dublin. Ireland
Rad io Netherlands - Hilversum, Netherlands
Radio Australia - Melbourne. Australia
MondayFriday: Radio Slovakia International- Bratislava, Slovakia
Saturday:NetworkAlrica - Johannesburg. South Africa
Sunday: RadioDenmark - Cophenhagen. Denmark (Copenhagen Calling)
YlE Rad io Finland - Helsinki.Finland
Radio Sweden - Stockholm, Sweden
Radio Prague - Prague, Czech Republic
Radio Austria Intemational- Vienna. Austria
Polish Radio - Warsaw, Poland
Radio Budapest- Budapest. Hungary

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Galaxy 5, 125degrees West, transponder 6 (TBS) 3.820GHz, v-Polanzation . Audio subcamer 6.2
MHz. Note thatsome programs listed below aresubject to pre-emption Without notice. All times
areU.S.Eastern Time

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0000
0600

0630

World Radio Network from National Public Radio

YLE Radio Finland - Helsinki. Finland (News in Finnish). On Saturdays a phone-in tor
childrenin Finnishuntil0630
YLE Radio Finland- Helsinki. Finland (Easylistening music with announcements in
Finnishand English)
YLERadio Finland- Helsinki, Finland (News otthe past 24 hours in Finnish)

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Interval signal
Raidio naGaeltachta (News in Irish)
Radio Prague- Prague. Czech Republic (Programming in Czech )
Interval signal
YlE Radio Flnrano - Helsinki, Finland (Regional broadcasts fromvariouspartsof
Finland in Finnish )
YlE Radio Finland- Helsinki.Finland (News in Finnish)
YlE Radio Finland - Helsinki, Finland (Variable programmingin Finnish-etten light
music)
Interval signal
Voiceof Russia- Moscow. Russia (RussianProgramming)
Radio vlaanderenInternalional - Brussels. Belgium(Brussels CallingWith Dutch
programming )
Identification tone
Radio Austria International - Vienna, Austria (German Programming )
Radio Budapest - Budapest. Hungary(Hungarian Programming)
Polish Radio - Warsaw. Poland (POlishprogramming)
YlE Radio Finland - Helsinki. Pmtand(Devotional programming in Finnish)
Yl ERadio Finland - Helsinki. Finland (News in Finnish)
YLERadio Finland - Helsinki. Finland(News of thepast 24 hours in Finnish)
YlE Radio Finland - Helsinki. Finland(News in Swedish)
YLE Radio Finland - Helsinki, Finland (French programming)
YLERad io Finland - Helsinki,Finland (light music in Finnish)
YLERadio Finland - Helsinki. Finland (Easy listening music), Announcements partially
in English. Saturdays a phone-in lor children in Finnish
Yl ERadio Finland- Helsinki. Finland (Documentariesand Theater of theAir in Finnish).
Sunday: Classical music with a preview in English.
YLE Radio Finland - Helsinki, Finland (Englishprogramming)
YLERadio Finland - Helsinki. Finland (Newsrounduc in Finnish)
Interval signal
Radio Austria International- Vienna. Austria (German programming)

WRNOne English to Europe

Astra 1B, 19 degrees East. transponder 22 (VH' 1) 11.538GHz, V-Polarization.audiosubcartter
7.38MHz. All programs in English and WRN program intormation canbeheard dail,' at 0125and
2025 UTC. Program mtorrnaton is also available on VH-1 Text page 222.223. 224, All times 8ST/
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Radio Budapest - Budapest. Hungary
0030
RadioNetherlands - Haversum. Netherlands
0127
Earth & Sky (Daily Science Series)
0130
Radio Sweden - Stockholm. Sweden
0200
National Public Radio All ThingsConsidered (repeat)
0300
Tuesday-Saturday: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation As It Happens
Sunday-Monday: Radio Canada International- Montreal , Canada (World News and Features)
0400
Polish Radio - Warsaw. Poland
0430
Monday-Frida,: Radio Budapest - Budapest. Hungary
Saturday: Glenn Hauser's World of Radio
Sunday: United Nations Radio - New York. NY USA
0500
Tuesday-Saturday: Public Radio International Market Place
Sunday: Channel Africa- AucklandPark, South Africa
Monday: Radio Denmark - Connenhacen . Denmark (Copenhagen CallingI
0530
Radio AustriaInternational- Vienna.Austria
0600
Swiss Radio International - Berne. Switzerland
0700
National Public Radio All Things Considered (repeat)
0800
Radio Australia - Melbourne. Australia
0900
Monday-Friday: Radio Budapest- Budapest. Hungary
Saturday: Radio New Zealand Internatronal. Wellington
Sunday: Adventist World Radio
0930
Monday-Friday: Radio Canada lr nemauonat- Montreal, Canada
Saturday: United Nations Rad io - New York, NY USA
Sunday: Voice of America Communications World - Washington. DC USA
Radio Prague- Prague. Czech Republic
1000
1030
Monday-Saturday: Channel Africa - Auckland Park. South Africa
Sunday: Glenn Hauser's Worldof Radio
1100
Monday-Friday: Radio Australia- Melbourne, Australia
Saturday: National Public Radio Car Talk
Sunday: Public Radio International Prairie Home Companion unlil1300UTC/1400 CET

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SalurdaytSunday: National Public Radio Weekend
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Radio France Internalional- Paris, France
Monday-Friday: Voice of Russia - Moscow, Russia
Saturday: Radio New Zealand rntemanonatWellington
Sunday:Voice of America Communications World Washington. DCUSA

1400
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1530

Adventist World Radio

1600
1700

Radio Australia - Meloourne. Australia

\ londayFriday: Caribbean Tempo from CANA Radio
Saturday: Glenn Hauser's World of RadIO
Sunday: RadioDenmark - Cophenhagen. Denmark
ICopenhagen Calling )
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1800

Bratislava, Slovakia
Saiuroay; Network Africa - Johannesburg. South
Alrica
Sunday: Norden This Week and Health Watch
Radio Terens Eireann (RTE) - Dublin. Ireland (News
and Sports)
Radio Vlaanderen lntemationat- Brussels, Belgium
(Brussels Calling)
Radio Netherlands - Hnversum. Netherlands
Eanh & Shy(Daily Science Series)
Radio Sweden- Stockholm, Sweden
'1LE Radio Finland - Helsinki, Finland
Polish Radio - Warsaw. Poland
Voiceof America- Washington, DCUSA
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2300

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1443.80 (56.2)

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Radio Prague - Prague, Czech Republic
WRNl European schedule
Vatican Radio - Vatican City
WRNl European schedule
Sunday: Vatican Radio - Vatican City until 1130
Monday-Saturday: Vatican Radio - Vatican City until
1130. except Wednesday to 1200
WRN1 European scheduleexcept Wednesday
Monday-Friday: Radio StudiODelta
SaturdaylSunday: WRN1
Vatican Radio - Vatican City
Monday-Friday: Radio Studio Delta
Saturday!Sunday: WRN1 European schedule
Vatican Radio - Vatican City
WRNl Eu ropean schedule
Monday-Friday: Radio StudioDelta
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1130
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1300
1530
1630
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WRN3 German 10 Europe

Astra l B. 19 GradOst. Transponder 16(Sky Movies). 11 .436
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Radio Marti-U.S. lntormatlcn Agency

Spanish language radio service to Cuba

GE-2 Transponder-Vertical 13 IC-band)

1178.70(81.3)

1207.90 (52.1)

1204 ,45 (55 55)

1443.60(56.4)

1443.40(56.6)
1438.30 (61.7)

NASA space shuttleaudio

GE-3 Transponder-Horizonlal13 fC-band)

WisconsinVoice01Chrislian Youth (VCY)
AmericaRadio Network-religious
programming
KJAV-FM (104.9) Alamo, lex-Spanish
languagerehurcus programming! Nuevo
Radio ChristlanJNetwork

WisconsinVoiceof Christian Youth (VCY)

America Radio Network- religious
programming
SRN (Salem Radio Network) News
WisconsinVoice 01Christian Youlh (VCY)
AmericaRadio Network-r eligious
programming
WisconsinVoice of Chrislian Youth (VCY)
America RadiO Netwon -reuurous
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Galaxy 6 Transponder l -Horizonlal (C-band)

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Hotblrd-4, 13degrees East. transponder 121 (Quantum TV)

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140460 (55.4)

WGN-AM (720) ChiCago, it-news and talk

140440 (55.6)

radiolNorthweslem college sports/Chicago

Bears NFL radio network
IllinoisNews Nerwork-networx news

1383.10 (76.9)
1382.90 (77.1 )
1382 60(77.4)

1402.20 (57.8)

NorthWesl AgNews Network Agriculture

1402.00 158.0)

info for Ihe Pacific Northwest

Occasional 3udioJClemson college sports
USARadio Network

1381.40 (78.61
1381 20(78.8)

1402.70 (57.3)

l~O l .50

(58.51

1399.50160.5)
139920 160.8)
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1398.30 (61.7)

1398.00 (62.0)
1397.80 (62.2)
1397.50(62.5)
1397.10 162.9)

1396.90 163.1)
1396.701633)
1396.40 (63.4)

1396.00(64.0)

1395.80(64 2)

1395.60(64.4)

1395.40 (64.6)
1395.00 165.0)
1394.70165.3)
1394.50(65.5)
1394.30 (65.7)
1385.40 (74.6)

138460175.4)
1384.40 (75.6)

1384.20 (75.8)
1383.70 (76.3)

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SoldiersRadio Satellite (SRSJ networkU.S.Armyinformation andentertainment

radio/Army college sports

1382.00 (78.01

Westwood OneCollege Sports feedS/

138160 (784 1

KE X-AM (1190) Portland. OR- newsand

Anik El Transponder 21-HorizonlaIICband)

1036,70(63.3)

In-store music

1037.00 (63.0)

In-store music

1037.50 (62.5)

In-store music

101360 (80.4)

1013.201808)

Wal-Martin-storenetwork

101 28 0 (81.2)

Sam's Wholesale Clubin-store network

100450 189.5)
100400 (900)
1003 60 190 4)
100320 19081

WaJ-Mart in-store network

radiOlWashington State college sports

1376.00184 0)

Kansas Audio Reader Nel\'Jork-readlng

Occasional aucc
Sports BylineUSA/Sports Byline Weekend

1375 40 184 6)

service
USA Badm Network,iAgtinel Agriculture

Occasional audio
WSBAM(750) Anania. GA- newsllalk/

news service

Galaxy 6 Transponder 4VerticaIIC-band)

1376.00 (64.0)

Data Transmissions

Galaxy 6 Transponder 6-Verllcal (C-band)

1347.00 (53.0)

SBSS Transponder 2-HorizonlaIIKu-band)

Occasional audio
KJR-AM (950)Seane. WA- sports talk

Occasional audio

December 1998

XEMZA-AM 560. Manzanillo. Mexico

talk radio

In-Toucb-readirq service

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LaGtande Cadena Raza

1447.00(530)

Occasional audio

1377.10(82.9)

Georgiacollege sports
Occasionalaudio
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radio network
MinnesotaTalking Book Radio Networkreading servicelor theblind
Wisconsin Radio NetworkJGreenBay
Packers NFL radio networkJVolisconsin
collegesports
Occasional audio
Radio AmericaNetwork
Georgia News Network (GNN}-iletwork
newsfeeds
WHO-AM (1040) DesMoines. lA-talk
radiollowaNewsNetwork-o etworknews
leedSllowa college sports
WTMJ-AM (620)Milwaukee. WI-t alk radial
Green Bay Packers NFL radio network!
w scoosm college sports
WG$T-AMlFM (640/105.7) Atlanta. GA ID
PlanetRadio-nel'/S andtalk radio/Alfanta
Falcons NFL radio network
Michigan News Net\'J ork-network news
feeds/Michigancollege sports
Occasional audio
WJR-AM (760) Denoit. Mt-newsand talk
radiolMichigan News NetwOrk
XEPR$-AM(1090) Tijuana. MexicoSpanish language programming
Michigan NewsNetwork/Michigan State
college sports
WOUQ-FM (90.5) Pittsburgh. PA - Jazz
termer
WOUQFM (90.51Pmsburan. PA- Jazz
format
KOA-AM (850)/KTl KAM (7601 Denver,
C(}-newsand talk radiolColorado college
spcrtsznenver Broncos NFL radio net\'Jork
W$B-AM (750) Atlanta. GA- newsltalk/
Georgia college sports
Motor Racing Network (occasional audio)
NASCAR racing

1447.20 (52.8)

MichiganNews Network-netl'lork news

leeds

leedSiWMVP-AM (l OCO) Chicago, ll-talkl

Chicago Blackhawks NHl radio network
Tribune Radio NetworksJINlsconsinRadio
Network
WLAC-AM (1510)Nashville. TN-news and
talk/Road Gang trucker program
(overnight)J7ennessee college sports

1404.20(55.8)

KIRD-AM (7101 Seattle. WA-ne\'/Sand talk

radiOlSeanle SeanawcsNFL radio network

1095.00(91.0)

1326.00(54,0)

Canadian BroadcasllngCorporation (CBC)

Wal-Mart n-store network

Russian-American Radio Network

RCA CS Transponder 3-Vertical (C-band)

1404,80 (55.2)

RFD Radio Service

1404,60{55.4)

Wyoming News Network- network news

leeds/Northern Sports NetworklWyoming
collegesports

140060159.4)

Leartield Dommunicato nsnndlana college

sports

1400 40 159 6)

l eartield CommunicalionslMissoufiNetlSt.
louis Rams NFL radio network

Radio-North(Que ~ec) service

Anik E2 Transponder 7-Horizontal (C-band)

Wal-Martin-store network
Sam's Wholesale Club in-store network

SBSS Transponder 12-Verlical (Ku-band)

WCRpFM(88.1) Guayama. PR-Spanish

languagereligious prog ramming

Anik E2 Transponder l-Horizonlal (C-band)

1446,00(540)
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (cac)

Wal-Mart in-store net won

1400.20 (59.8)

OCcasional audlolData transmissions

140000 (60.0)

Leartield CommunicallOnSlPurduecollege
sports

139660 (634)

Kansas In/ormalion Net\'iQrk,/Kansas

Agnet-nE:lworknews leedS/Southwest

Radio-North (Eastern ArctIC) service

Missouri Stale college sports

Anik E2 Transponder 13-HorlzonlaIIC-band)

1206.00 (54,0)

Canadian BroadcastingCorporation (CBC)

1205,00 (54.5)

Radio-North (MacKenZie) service

Canadian BroadcastingCorporation (CBS)

139620 163.8)
1396.101639)
1395.90(6411

college sports

Western Montana Radio NetworklRed

River Farm Network/Montana college
sports

Radio-Occasionalfeeds/events

Anik E2 Transponder 17-Horizonlal (C-band)

Missou n~ etilll i n ois

Occasional audio/Illinois collegesports

1395.70 (64.31

MissouriNet/Kansas State collegp. sports

1386.40 (73,6)

Learfield Oommuntcatlonexansas City

Chiefs NFL radio network

1126.00 (54.0)

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation(CBC)

1386.20 /73.81

Radio lowaqowacollege sports

1386.00 (74.0)

United brOadcastingNetwork-talk radio

1125.50 (54.5)

Radio-North (WesternArChCj servce

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

1384.60 (75.4)

Capitol Radio Networwremessee Oilers

NFLradio networkINorthCarolina Stale
college sports

138400(76.0)

Occasional audiO/ABC DirectionNetworknetwork news feeds

Radio-North (Newtoundland and l abrador)

service

Anik E2 Transponder 23-Horlzonlal (C-band)

1006.00(54.0)

Societe Radio-Canada (SRC)Radio-AM

1005.50(54.5)

Nel\'J ork
Canadian BroadcastingCorporation(CBC)
Radio-North (Yukon) service

Solidarldad 1 Transponderl -Vertical (C-band)

1447.90 (52.1)

AntennaRadio Nonclas

1447.60 (52.4)

Antenna Radio Noucae

1383,80(76 2)

Occasional audc 'Syracuse college sports

1383.40(76 6)

Capitol Radio NetworklNorth Carolina

college sports

1382.90(77. 1)
1382.50 (77.5)

MlssouriNetiMlssouri college sports

VirginiaNews Network-fl etwork news
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1382.10(77.9)

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ami in the U .S. mill ions tun c in via their local
ca ble -T V syste ms. WR N also tran smits via Cba nd sate llite on no fe we r than three location s.
T he ir varied sc hed ule of international broadcas te rs is like hav ing a scanning sho rtwave
radi o th at jumps from country to co untry
througho ut the da y bri ng ing the vo ices o f the
world to yo ur ho me, static and fade free . e very
day o f the year.
WR N I is the Engli sh schedule to North
America (sec pa ge 62 ) and is found o n Ga laxy
S ( 125 0 W ). Here you"l l lin d broad casts in
Engli sh from no few er than 16 countries incl ud in a.I rcland . Sw itzerl and , Po lan d . Canada .
Aus tral i<l . T he Net he rla nds . Fin land and that ' s
j ust the fir st s ix ho urs! The WR N 1 sc he dule is
also rela yed 24 ho urs a da y on CS PA N ' s Aud io
O ne service on Sarco m C3 ( 13 10 W ).
WR N2 is th e m ulti-l ingual se rvic e to No rth
Am er ica whi ch is also foun d on Galaxy 5 . Here
yo u'll find m ost o fthe sumo internation al broad-

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ca ste rs, bu t, this time in thei r native lang uag es .

Both services may also be hea rd on th e Intern et
at their web s ite (www.wrn.nru ). You C' 1Il also
find a co m pIetc listing o f both WRN sched ules
there. And . if yo u look closely at the sched ule
yo u' ll not ice Glenn Hauser' s World of Radio is
tran smi tted ev ery S unda y at I:30 p rn ET on

WRNI.
On e o f the reasons mo st (If us ha ve short-

wave radi os is to tu ne into th e BBC World

Se rvice, th e venerable o ld voice of nevvs respectabi lity . The World Service is tran sm itted
24 hours a day o n another CS PAN audio
subc arricr. If yo u 've ev er s pent hou rs chasing
down the BB C on di ffere nt ha nds tryi ng to fi nd
a freq ue nc y that you ca n actually enjoy listen ing to . yo u' ll he th rilled to tu nc in via satellite
and listen to those g rea t news present ers and the
wo rld cl ass music in high fidelity. No fad ing,
static or adja ce nt channel interference all day
lon g .
Among th e ma ny international broadcasters
found on satelli te (see chart) an: CBC fro m
Ca nad a, De utsche Well e fro m Germany . An te nna Satell ite from Greece. and RA I fro m
Italy. Y ou'H also be able to tunc in World
Harvest Radi o Intern ation al. th e Arab Rad io
Ne twork , Hin du prog ra m ming. and more. All
thi s is possible usin g a sta nda rd C/ Ku- ban d
satelli te T V recei ver. Wi th the addi tion of a Kuban d LNB . an SC PC rece iver and a digital
satelli te rece ive r yo u Can pick up radio pro" ram mi ng in Chi nese , Ru ssian. Spa nish. and
F renc h. You 'll eve n be ab le to tunc into Rad io
Mart i and VOA Expre ss !

How You Can Tune In

lmen tion cd ea rlier th ai it' s never bee n ea sie r
or che a per 10 tunc in to these wo rld service
broadcasts and here' s why: T he new dome stic
broadca st sate llites arc con siderabl y more pow erful than th eir p red ec esso rs often ye ars ago . In
addi tion . the rec eivi ng equipment is far more
ca pab le than wa s previou sly uvuil uhle. Th at
com bi natio n. coup led with the fact that the
entire hie di sh sate lli te indu stry ha s been in a
ta il spin for the last four ye ars. ha s made re cciving equipmen t extraordin arily chea p.
Yo u ca n tak e ad vun ta uc o f this current cnvin uu ucn t by checking out yo ur loc al area fo r
barcai ns. Fir st. check aro und your tow n. c ity or
coun tv. M illions of pe opl e ac ross America are
g iving awa y the ir big di sh satell ite sys tems to
get in on the s mal l d i.. . h fad . Many de alers arc
taking big d ish systems aW<lY in trade for the
little ones. the ir hack room shelves arc packed
wi th stufft hey ca n't sel l. Mak e an offe r! Take
ad van tage o f m anu factu rer cl ose-out s on product s no lon ger be ing prod uced hut wh ich are
still in the factory scaled cano ns and un der
war ra nty .
Even if yo u orde r brand new produc ts you 'll
find s ubstant ial savings by do ing a litt le price
shopping. Look on the Inte rnet. I foun d pri ces
o n the new ..tDT V d igital receiver to vary as
m uch as $-tOO on that one item alone ! Get a
catalog from Skyv ision (800- S-D-3025 o r
ww w.; k n ision .co m ) and sec what's availa ble . If you ha ven 't pri ced big d ish satell ite
gear in a whi le . you migh t be pleasant ly surpri sed .

INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTERS ON SATELLITE

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World Radio Network 1

BBC World Service
World Radio Network 1
World Radio Network2
Russian -American Radio Network
AM & FM service in French and English
Yukon. Arctic. NWT Service
Radio Red National (Mexico)
Radio Tropical (Caribbean)
Apna Sangeet (Hindu)
Radio Deutsche Welle (Stereo)
AntennaSatellite Radio (Greek)
Asia Radio Network (Korean)
RAI Radio (lialy)
Radio Marti
VQA Express
' Ku-band
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Satcom C3 1JlOW
Galaxy 5 125' W
Galaxy S125' w
sass ' 123 'W
Anik E2 107.3' W
Anik E2 107.3 ' W
Solidaridad 1 109.2"W
GE-l103' W
GE-11 03' W
GE-l103' W
Spacenet41010 W
Galaxy 6" 99' W
Galaxy 7 910 W
GE-285'W "
GE2 85' W (OVa Oigilal)

C.ba11JW
channel 7 5.22 MHz
channel 7 5.40 MHz
channel 6 6.20 MHz
channel 6 6.80MHz
channel 126.20 MHz

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channel 4 7.60MHz
channel 16 7.40 MHz
channel 227.38n .56 MHz
channel 167.80 MHz
channel t
channel 147.38MHz
channel 12
channel3502

Wh ate ver yo u do . don' t ma ke exc uses abo ut

why you' re not enj oy ing satellite delivered
sho rtwa ve rad io. "B ut. Ken . I don 't have enough
room at my place ." Baloney! I' ve heard fro m
o ne reader who doe sn' t even have a back yar d.
He ' s got o nly a balcony and he ' s got three
dis hes on it! I' ve had exce lle nt results usi ng
dish es as small as Sot" to tune into satellite
rad io. bUL the bigger your d ish. the better yo ur
listeni ng pleas ure. A we llde signed , black mesh.
6 foot di sh will be adeq uate for most all bu r (he
frin ges of the co ntinental U.S. Best result s wi ll
be with a to foot di sh .

Uberating Entertainment
All these radio services arc fun 10 tu ne in to
and o nce you haw your sys te m up and running
yo u' ll wonder why you waited so long. But,
yo u' ll find o ut so me thing e lse. too. In add ition
to s hortwave bro adcasters there are doze ns
more rad io sta tio ns fro m all over the U.S . and
Cana da with mo re music and talk than yo u can
imag ine. You tu ne them in the same way you do
the inte rna tional broadcasters . and the best
new s is (hal it doesn' t co st a dime .
Oh . by the way. yo u may also d iscove r that
the same equ ipment that lets you tunc in to
shortwave o n satel lite also brings yo u do zens
o f chan nels of free television prog ramm ing.
includ ing so me channels avail able now he re
else . PBS. NAS A. UPN. Wa rne r Bros. CB CTV . Am er ica I. CS PAN . sho pping channels.
sy nd icated program feeds . sports fee ds. news
feeds . and internatio na l broadc asters arc all up
there in the cle ar . When all o f your friend s w ho
suffer with limi ted ca ble-T V service or small
d ish satelli te gripe about the ir con tinually rising mo nthly rates. yo u"Il j ust ha ve to laugh .

Good questions. Mar k! ( I) Yes,

yo u ca n get CSC and sse Wo rld
\,...here yo u live. bUI you ' II need a
d ish with an actua tor molo r to view
channels o n Panamsa t 5 and A nik
E2, and (2) It' s po ssible that the
tree s would be in the way . II depends entirel y on ho w ta ll they arc
and whet he r or not they are co nifers or decid uou s. W ith deciduou s
tree s at least they' II lose thei r leaves
fo r abo ut half the year. What you're
lookin g forisan unobstruc ted view
to the south and west. (3) A lot o f
dealers have an infla ted view o f Tuning in on th e cheap! Here's 115-/" dish with a -/0
what so me o f thei r j unk is wo rth. I..NBF and a receiver. selvaged fro m a dealer's j unk
My ad vice is 10 drag out the phone shelf, tun ing into Deutsche Welle TV, The DW Radio
book and loo k throu gh the Yellow services are on subcarriers which can be tuned-in t! l'e n by
Pages unde r Satel lite TV. Cull as this 15 year old analog recei ver. ( Photo by Ken Rt'it: )
many dea lers as yo u can; you' Jl be
surp rised at the price d iscre panc ies. Agai n.
Howe ver. there are a couple of good sources:
look to the Internet and catalog dea lers for more
Try www.di ~ i c ar. eom. Th i s is an Interneto nly retaile r w hich has all excellen t di sh in the
compari so ns.
5ot-inc h range made by Jonsu. Those not o n the
Net call reac h them at P~\'1 E Smallear/ Digiear
A ngu s More fro m Ill ino is has a similar
question. "Ove r the last few yea rs. I' ve oft en 66HO Linco ln Aven ue. Lockport . NJ 14094 o r
call 7 16-639- 777 8 .
wonde red if it would be po ssible to rec eive Cband fro m a d ish under 5 feet in d iam eter. Then.
Th e afore me ntioned Sky vi sio n com pany
whe n I read th is mon th' s (Septcmbcr Sr ) issue.
also has sma ll di shes and po lar mounts. Th e
best small dis hes arc so lid, no! mesh . as you
yo u confi rmed my sus pic ions with the picture
wa nt (0 have as much refl ect ive s urface as
o f a 54-i nc h d is h...Ho we ver. after searc hing the
net and loca l satellite d istributors. I ha ve ye t 10
po ss ible.
find this size d ish available..:
Tom Deal w rites via E-mai l: " Do you know
[Photo ]
w here TNN and ES PN feed their mo tor sport
Yes. you can ge t decent recep tion wi th di sh
coverage ?"
as sma ll as Sot inches (sec photo) and yes . it' s
Tom. I can usua lly find the m o n SHS 6 Kutrue that sm aller dish es with polar mOUJ1(S (for
band iii 74 0 West.
sca nning the sk ies ) are harder 10 come by.

Mailbag
Ralph Siebert, K 1T V. fro m Georgia wrot e
to let me kno w that his fa vo rite channe l.
Deut sche Well e. (GE-I cha nnel 22 ) has live
aud io on their Internet site (www .d we lle.d e ).
and they are also found in Digital Vid eo Broad cast ( DVB) sta ndard on Panamsat 5 (5 8 0 W ).
Rig ht yo u are Ralph. and my favorite Euro pea n news magazine. Euro pean Journa l, ai rs in
German. English and Spanish at d ifferent limes
on OW . Ralph abo po ints out thai OW pub lishes a mon th ly prog ram guide for DW program ming which inclu des so me interest ing nrtid e s and ca n be ordered for free . Det ails are o n
the ir we b site .
Mark Harmer from Pennsy lvania liked our
idea o f the "Poo r Man ' s DBS " in the September
issue of ST and has three q uestio ns: ..( I ) Can I
rea lly get C BC and Il BC World w here I am? (2)
Wou ld trees abou t 50-7 5 feet away kill the
signal. A nd.( J ) Any sugges tions as (Q how I
co uld hook up with a cheaper 10(,:<11 deale r?"

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BEGINNER.S CORNER
Skip Arey, N2EI
t/orey@home.com

UNCLE SKIP'S GUIDE TOMONITORING

Listening Tips for the Beginner

vc ry co mmon piece of mail (bo th

electronic and snail) recei ved by O ld
Uncle Skip often heg ins something
like this: " 1 j ust bo ught my firs t sho rtwa ve
rece ive r and I ca n 't hear (/ill ill allY COl' '' try or
station you choose ). What' s the prob lem?"
The lam en t is a common one, bro ught
abo ut by the fact that . here in the US. we are
used to dialin g in dozen s of locally stro ng
signa ls on our regu lar AM/ FM broadcast rcceivers in our homes and cars.
One of the things that makes shortwave
listenin g such a c halle nge is that the sig nals
ofte n take a little extra effort 10 track down
and monitor. Atmospheric conditio ns c ha nge
the d ista nce a nd qu ality of sho rtwave signals.
Stat ions regularly change their freque nci es.
bro adcast times. power le vels a nd ante nna
d irections .
Learn ing to live with the se challenges is
reall y nor that difficult . It' s mo stly a matt er of
chang ing hO\I,.' you think abo ut radio signals.
Let' s go over a Ic wbusics to help you get a fair
shot at tho se stations yo u long to hear.

Know Your Equipment

On e of the ti rst things you need to do is get
a good hand le on your hardware, Take some
time to learn a bout your receiver . O ld Uncle
Skip is a prime propone nt of the term " \Vhen
in doubt , rea d the man ual." Poring over the
documentation that ca me in the box with yo ur
recei ver g ives you ma xim um access to all of
your rig' s a bilities. Since modem receive rs
seem to have more button s than m o ld maid ' s
shoes, rev ie w of the rec eiv er manual from
tim e 10 time wi ll refres h your mem ory on how
to keep e ve rythi ng fly ing . Most man uals will
also make suggestions co nce rning antennas
and acce sso ries that will furthe r impro ve your
listening.
Spea king of accessories. these ma y also
come with docum ent ati on thut may exp lain
ce rtain quir ks in ope ration that must be dea lt
with to ge t rhingv hum mi ng along in your
listenin g post.
If yo u have been readin g Al T for any
length oftime. yo u have prob abl y co me across
a few hard wa re tips from tim e to time that
may app ly to you r mo nitoring met hods and
madness. Wh en I come ac ross some thing
wort h tryin g out, I simply ma rk it off with .1
" highlight er" pe n for fut ure refe rence. So me

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folks prefer 10 make a clipping file . Any

stude nt of the scie nces ca n tell you the value
nf mainta ining a notebo ok. Whate ver meth od
yo u may c hoo sc, ify ou don ' t take time to kee p
track of helpful hints. they won't be ve ry
helpful.

Know the spectrum

Once you' ve go t yo ur hardware grokked.
it' s time to ge t a handle o n what there is to
liste n to. Thi s is so much more than simply
bei ng able to reel off a list of frequencies .
Knowin g the frequ encies that va rious signals
are broadcast on is not even half the battle.
Sure, knowing where to liste n for <1 xignul will
get you an e ntry or two in yo ur log honk. bUI
kno wing how to liste n for stuff that is une xpee red willalso gi ve you unexpected rewards.
For starters. get to know the propa gation
co nd itio ns that are reported in Jacqu es
d ' Avignons co lumn in ...11: Knowin g which
porti ons of the han ds a rc " hot" wi ll alway s
po int you to new liste ning op port unities. Once
you zen>in on the hands that arc go ing: to bear

the most fruit. tune aro und

a nd ge t a noti on o f what is
out there.
Ofcou rse yo u willi ng
<I II the stations you hea r.
hut you will <11:\0 wa nt 10
keep trac k o f .111 the other
signals that frequent the
hand . Thi s column has
often refl ected the noti on
that ge tting to know a few
meg ahertz of the ba nds at
a time is the key to long
te rm lis teni ng s k ills.
Ag ain . yo ur log s a nd
note s will serve to refresh
yo ur mem or y and turn
you iruo a rea l DXpen .
Reme mber. there is no
subs titute for liste ning,
listen ing and more listenin g ! A begin ne r w ith
modest equ ipme nt who
keeps his or her ea r to the
s p ea ke r is goi ng to
progress furth er in the
hobby than the "expert"
with a multi-thou sa nddollar liste ning post who
o nly twists the dia ls for a n hou r or two on
wee kends. Te nacity is the watchword Ior succe ss ful rad io mo nitoring.

Know What Time It Is

Since you are starti ng up a noteboo k. you
might want to set aside a few pages de voted to
ti me. As we kno w from both ph ilosop hy and
scie nce. time is an abstrac t conce pt. For rcasons far beyond the scope of this co lumn. time
is recorded in ma ny differe nt ways. Whether
yo u arc listening around the world or down
the stree t, yo u will e ncounte r time zones ,
loca l time, Coord inated Un ive rsa l Time
(UTC). military time (Zulu). Gree nwich MC<1n
T ime (G MTl - l1lilybe e ve n Grego ria n and
J ulian cale nda rvM aguzin cs such as M T rcgularl y provide c ha rts and hints to help mon itor s
make se nse: out of time systems. Make good
usc of these tools. And while we ' re at it.
hcrcs O ld Uncle Skip ' s short co urse on common time problems:
First ge t used to converting your local
time intothe 24 ho ur format. Midnight is zero

hour (Ju st like in all those old wa r mov ies ).

1:00 a.m. through 12:00 noo n rem ain the
sa me as always. When you ge t to 1:00 p.m.
yo u add twelve to each a ppo inted hour. 1:00

p.m. becomes 13:00. 2:00p.m. becomes 14:00

and so on until yo u reac h midnight a nd zero
hou r again . Ge tting this notion down prepares
you for a qu ick and din)' sys tem of learn ing
Coo rdinated Universal Time (a lso kn own as
UTC ), the sys tem used by mos t internationa l
bro adca sters.
To find UTe, first con vert yo ur local time
to 24-h our format. If you live in the Easte rn
Time zone add 5 hours to ge t the c urre nt UTC
for your area . If your are a is in Dayli ght
Saving Time subtract I hour from you r a nswer (or just add 4 hou rs in the first place) .
Central Time folks will add 6 ho urs. Mountain T ime rs add 7 hou rs and Pacifi c Ti me
Zoners wi lladd 8 hours. Aga in, don't forget to
sub tra ct I hour from your answe r du ring Dayligh t Saving T ime.
The othe r casy a nswer to kee ping track of
UTe time is to simply keep yo ur subsc ription
to MT curre nt and follow the top s of the pages
of" T he Sh ort wa ve Guide " section. \Ve can ' t
make it any eas ier than that, fo lks!

Know Where Your Notes Are

Th e shortwave monit ori ng hobby oft en
co mes down to keeping lists. Even in this
modern Information Manage ment age, sometimes the "old ways " arc the best ways. Th ey
arc also the easiest and least ex pensive ways
for beginners in the radio hobby. Old Uncle
Skip' s shack is popu lated with no less than
five computers; howeve r. it also includes a
good old fashioned log book and card file .
A traditi onal log book serves as a history of
wha t I have heard ove r time. My file box
se rves as my frequen cy and station hit list.
S ure, I have all this data entered into a co mputer sy ste m and I do use that system for
ongoing trend s and analysis. Still. the tradi tionaltools ofthe trad e. log book a nd file bo x.
are often faster for basic record keeping whi le
actua lly listen ing. Besides. ha ve you eve r
heard the noi ses that co mpu ters can ge nerate
right in the middl e of the bands we all enjoy
mo nitoring'!
While you ca n purc hase comme rcially
produced log book s from many of the suppliers listed in the page s of M on ito ring Tim es.
yo u migh t find it fu n to de velop your own
logging syste m. Agai n, a plain old noteboo k
will do . Just reme mber to keep trac k of all the
basic data. I - Date. 2 - T ime (UTe and
Local). 3 . Frequ e ncy. 4 - Station , 5 . Program
data, 6 - Signal qua lity da ta, 7 - Verificat ion
(QS L) inform ation.

Some people find it useful to keep track of

other in formation such as local we ather co nditi ons or the propagation inde xes thai are
give n ove r W\VV and \V\VVH . It' s yo ur log
book . You can write what yo u wan t to !
Th e good old file box can serve as a master
frequency ca talog . not only of thin gs you
have heard but also thin gs you arc tryin g to
hear. Let' s say you' ve been trying to catch the
Lower S lobov ian relay of Radi o Frecdonia.
You mi ght make up a file card wit h all the
da ys, times and frequencies this statio n may
app ear. If you' re rea lly ho t on the trail you ca n
ma ke mu ltip le cards that are c ross -refe rence d
by time and frequ enc y. Th is way . when you
sit down to OX. yo u know exa ctly what is the
best place to go hunting for that rare cat ch.
3" x 5" file cards are the mo st commo n.
but do yo ur eyes a favor and inve st in the 5" x
7" size instead . I know th is ma y so und like a
silly issu e. but make sure you usc good quality
writing instru ments when you arc record keeping . If yo u take down information with a
smudgy ballpo int pen or a felt tipped marker
that bleeds throu gh o nto the ne xt page. ove r
time, yo ur data collection wi ll he useless. And
write BIG! You 're no t going to stay young
forever and I have the b ifocals to pro ve it !

add ict. Ju st like those melodram atic anti -drug

co mmercia ls on TV say: add ictions are lifc
destroyin g. not life e nhancing. Try to kee p
your perspecti ve clea r on this point because
we all hope that your interest in moni to rin g
will be lifelong. Heck. our ad vertisers arc
bett ing on it !
While yo u are workin g: so hard 10 keep
your perspec tive on yo ur moni torin g practices. you might as well take a crack at keeping yo ur pcrspecti ve on yo ur mon itori ng goals
and achi e veme nts. Eve n wit h super equipmcm . fot s of pract ice, a nd a n ad vanced degree
in the sc ie nce of propagati on . a go od c hunk of
what happen s is still pure luck. Don 't be
overly impressed with the successes of othe rs.
T hey we re in the right place at the right time
to hear so me things. You will be in the right
place at the righ t time for others.
In term s of total stations heard . the only
thing most so-called expens have over yo u as
a beg inner is more time at the dia ls. Don't
wo rry . ove r tim e you' Il gel there too. Rel a x.
this is supposed to be fun. re member'! Never
forget tha t the on ly perso n yo u have to impress is yo urself!

Know Yourself

Pocket Loop

Now alo ng w ith the dir ect know ledg e

you ' ve rec eived in the above few paragraphs.
it' s time to take a good. lon g look at yo urself
as we ll. T ry to judge hon estly how much of
your whole life yo u plan to devote to your
rad io hob by . Radi o monit ori ng ca n be the
spice o f life, but I hav e found that. for most
people. it makes a pretty poor meal three
times a day .
T he basic guide lines for a health y pasti me
are usu ally ea sy to see. If yo ur listen ing habits
arc di sturbing your wor k. yo ur schooling, or
you r relation ship s with yo ur frie nds and family, you are no longer a hobbyist, yo u are an

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WATCHING THE WEATHER SATEWTES

Lawrence Harris
lawrenceh@peverell.deman.ca.uk
hHp:l/ www.peverell.deman.ca.uk!

Keeping Up with the Latest

oo king aro und the Inter net, o ne must

be im pressed with the effort that ind ividuals and o rganization s make in or -

der to provide timely information on their

chosen subjects, Officia l organizat ions. such
as departments of National Oceanographic
an d Atmosp her ic Ad m inis trat ion (N O AA)
an d Nat io na l Ae ro na utics a nd Spac e Ad ministration (NA S A ). operate sites for the virtu.IIIy im medi ate d issemi na tio n o f sate llite imagery. and the se are e xcel le ntly su pple me nted
bY.1Il increasing number of sites operated by
weather sate llite enthu sia sts around the world .
Hobbyi st s Jiving in those co untries thai

have high telephone ca ll charges arc somewhat di sad van taged in th is field. Here in Britain . d ayti me c harges for ind ivid ua ls. even for
loc a l ca lls that inc lude Inte rne t access. arc
q uite high - the eq uiva le nt o f sev e ra l ce nts
pe r mi nu te . d e sp ite a co m plex di scou nt
sc heme . O nly ed uca tional es ta blish me nts
have "free" o nline access, und er a governme nt direc tive . T hi s mea ns that hobbyi st s in
Brita in who hav e set up automated im age
cap tu re mus t up load the ima ges <It individu a l
cost. and this effectively limits th e nu mber o f
peo ple who fee l a ble to perform this vol untary
service.
I have had a look at se ve ra l "per son al" sites
arou nd the wo rld. whe re peo ple whose na me s
app ear reg ularly 0 11 the WX S AT (weathe r
satellit e ) fo ru m o n the Internet. p rov ide ti mel y
im ages fro m their \v XSAT recei ving equipme nt. At the time (If checking. the fo llowing
sites were active and up -to-dale:

http:/ / hom epo g es.ihug .co.nz / .. rob/la test.htm

Robe rt Rea d 's site in Christchurch, New
Zea land: When I checked on October 7, Robert
had o n a rtificially colored NO AA-14 ima ge
showing a wea ther system a pproac hing New
Zealan d - an d had bra vely included his own
wea ther foreca st!

http:/ / www.costroprouxel.netsurf.de/
..mar ku s.bryl ko /wxsat /
Markus Brylka ha s his rece iving station in
Essen, Germany, where he maintains a web
site ca rrying a selectio n of ima ges from NOAA ,
METEOSAT and OKEAN spo cecrc h. The
METEO SAT (European) image was just a few
hours o ld, and there wer e links to curren t
NOAA ima ge s, and to other p rivate sites.
http: / /ourworld .compu serv e.com/homepage s/

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Milo n_Konecny/Weother.hhn
Milan Konecny has a lso provid ed an automatic
facility to receive, process a nd upload WXSAT
images to his web site. These include artificia l
color that very much enha nce the effect. I
frequen~ y receive le iters from begin ners to
WXSAT reception who ar e convinced thot
W XSATS tra nsmit colo r picture s.
I
http: / / www.drdale.com
Anothe r a dd ress that a lso carries WXSAT
ima ges upda ted reg ula rly is Dale Irela nd 's site:
Da le is 0 receiver o f the coveted "Cool site of
the Dey" award, c pporernly for the a stronomical information also pro vided on his site . The
c bove address includes links to his WXSAT
page, and a live camera showing Silverdale ,
Seattle . Here in Britain we ca n only d ream of
such facilities!

If an y readers are aware of other sites that

mer it me ntion plea se e mail me .
Operational WXSATS
Th e Ru ssian Meteor 2-21 W XS AT was
operating from mid -September. tho ug h m y
expecta tion is that by late Octo ber. Meteor 35 w ill have been reac tivated . Meteor 1-::! I is
not in the bc st o f'heult h. Launch ed in 1993. a n
a ntenna depl o ym ent pro ble m see ms to have
lim ited the qu ality of its a uto ma tic pictu re
t ran sm issi on s (APT). Si g nal stre ng th o n
137.85 M Hz is ve ry varia ble du ring a ll passe s.
with o nly a few m inute s o f int ermit tent tcle r netry prov id ing suila b Ie data fo r im age produ c tio n. Deep fades arc th e norm. an d eve n an
occ asio na l loss o f the 2A k Hz subc arricr has
been observed. A study of the o rbital planes o f
both Meteor sate llites sho ws thai in late Oc tober Meteor 3-5's orbit wi ll have mo ved to a
more favora bly illu minated pla ne with rcspeer 10 the S UIl .
Th e pass:.Igc o f autumn sees a co nt inuing
redu cti on in the su n's d aytim e illumin ati on
for the nort hern he m isph ere - mean ing that
visible-li g ht APT ima g es fro m all the NO AA
WX S ATS have sig nificantly lost their sparkle.
If you use the U'x .ml prog ram to pro d uce
images fed from yo ur recei ver . yo u call in crease the Basic/vnp parameter slightly to
imp rov e image contrast. By e xperimenti ng
- in co nj unc tion with using the ex tensive
notes pro vided in the help faci lity - a sett ing
fo r the midd ay NOA A- 14 pass ca n be fou nd
tha t p rod uce s brighter image s.

\
FIG 1: NO?\ ?\- J.J image from

cJ.
October 7

r ecei ved (ami enhanced } ill Plymouth, UK.

Geos tat iona ry WXSAT sta tus: FENGYUN2B partly reactiva ted
Und e r the au spices o f the Wo rld Met eo ro lo gica l O rga niza tion ( W ~l O ). the co nstel latio n of geostatio na ry weather satellites has
been launc hed and operate d - wi th reg ula r
replace ments. Am er ica con trols the GOES
fl eet. Europe controls the Mc teo sut satel lites.
Jap an co ntro ls G MS. Russia co ntro ls GO~1S
and Chi na is d eveloping the FE NG - YUN-1B

system,

FIG 2: GOES co verage

In this co ntex t. the INS AT seri e s o f th reea xis stabilized. geosy nc h ro no us sate llites,
operated b y the Ind ian gov ernm en t as co mmu nic atio ns bi rds . are not techni cal ly weather
satellites. Ho we ver , they do ca rry o ut me teoro log ica l im ag ing (o ne o f their sc ie ntists se nt
me an INS AT whole-disc image). so they arc
inc luded in the info rmation o n W XS AT s provid cd by the W i\10.

Background to t he INSATs
Th ese Ind ian sate llite s were de signed a nd
bu ill as a g rou p of sim ilar satel lites : INS AT -

2s have been operated during the I990s. and

INSAT-3s are sc heduled for launch du ring
the ne xt decade . Satellit es arc sequentially
designated A. B. C. etc. and the later series
carry a mete orologica l ima ge r.
INSAT-I D is a three-axis stabilized communi cation s bird ca rrying a Very High Resolution Radiom eter rv f-l g R) . a nd positioned a t
74 East longitude. This radiometer has two
spectral c hannels - one operating in the
visib lc with 2 km spatial resol ution. a nd a
therma l infrared cha nne l with 8 km spatial
resol ution.
Th e next in the se ries. INSAT-2E. is schcduled for lau nch thi s No vembe r, ca rrying a
meteorologi ca l pa yload . T he new sate llite
will replace the c urre ntly ope ratio nal lN SAT I D a nd will hav e an additiona l water vap or
window . Fro m 1999 to 2003 , India expec ts to
bu ild and laun ch INSAT -3A. -3 B. -3C and 3D. INSAT-3A will carry an ima ger and is
scheduled for laun ch in 2000 AD .

FENG-YUN2B breathes
Ch ina' s first geostationary meteorological
satellite. FEN G- YUN-1A. failed when the
rocket blew up during a fuelin g acc ide nt in the
spring of 1994 . T hree years later. the Chi nese
M e te o rol og ical Ad mi nistrat io n (C M A)
laun ch ed FENG-YUN-1B . in a second uttempt. It was position ed at 105 deg rees East
longitude on Jun e 10. 1997.
T he FEl'\G -YUN -2 ser ies o f geo statio nary
WXSATs is built by the Sha nghai Institu te o f
Satell ite Engin ee ring . a nd is very similar to
the J apa nese G MS-5 satellite. originally bui lt
by the Ame rican Hughes Co rpora tion.
FE NG -Y UN-1B is spin-sta bilized. and
began regular se rvice late in 1997. NASA
arra nged to recei ve the da ta in Ade laide at the
University of So uthe rn Au stralia . and planned
to make so me full-resolution data ava ilable
ove r the Interne t thro ugh Hawaii to NASA' s
Am es Resear ch Ce nter and Godda rd Space
Flight Ce nter. There. the da ta j oined similar
data a lready bei ng provided for GOES-8/9
an d G MS-5 .
In au tumn 19971 contacted Dr Jam es Dodge
ofN ASA concerning the ava ilability ofFENG YUN images . So me test image s we re qui ckl y
mad e ava ilab le. and then regu la r images we re
placed on the Internet by NASA staff:
http :/ / rsd .gsfc.nasa.gov/ goesb/ chesters /
pub/goes/970621.fy2.forstvis.gif
Chinese web site: http:/ /www.cma .go.cn/
fy2/fy2.hhn

O n April 8. 1998. FENG -Y UN-1B ce ased

transmission of Very High Resol ution Infrared Spin Scan Radiome ter (V ISS R) images .
du e to a prob lem with the S-ba nd antenna on

the spacecraft: but l W O days later res umed

transmi ssion s for a few ho urs. Th e China
Me teo rologica l Age ncy sa tel lite contro llers
ma naged to rega in earth lock a nd ra nging
with the S-band a nte nna for 12 hou rs on April
14. 1998. but the re ha ve been no S-VISSR
ret ransm issions until abo ut mid-Sept em ber
1998 . Howe ver. CM A ca n still ge t raw image
do wnli nks a few limes per day. and they ca n
make (me dail y full-ea rth picture on the ground .
M ike Ken ny of the Bureau of Meteo rology. Me lbourne. Australia. recentl y re ported
that they (the Bureau ) had con tinued to monitor Fen g- Yon -1B and that the 1701.5 M Hz
tele me try sig nal is stable from 00 30 to 0700
UTC da ily. indi ca ting that the spacec raft has
rega ined a nte nna po intin g capa bility duri ng
this time. T o da te. there has bee n no SV or
WE FAX tran smi ssions rece ived in Au stralia.
but there have bee n reports of VISSR da ta
bei ng rece ived fro m the spacecraft.

Basic FENGYUN2 Spacecraft system

data

be ing announced on UK tele vision. I receiv ed

an emailcd pic ture of its latest position from
Ste ve Pad ar. I had br iefl y met SIeve a t the UK
Remme Imaging Group co nfe rence last May.
Ste ve uses a -t foo t d iame ter sol id aluminu m
roto r driven dish . A Q uoru m rece ive r.
T lmcstcp bit-synch card and the Windows
Hi gh Re so l ut ion Pic tu re T ran s mi ssi o n
(HRPT J program from T irncstep complete
his SC I-Up. and he produ ced this picture - a
mu lti-spectra l image with Cha nnel I red.
Cha nnel 2 gree n, and C hannel 4 blue.

FIG 4: Hurricane Georges/rom Steve

Padar September 22. 0901 UTe

America's OSEI
FIG 3

/:

~,
~tN \

FENG I'UN 28 ., alel/it e

Attitude Sta bility: Spin stabilized (100 rotation/
min)
Orbital A ltifude: 35800 km
Services pla nned : S-VISSR, l -Pcx, etc.

T he Op er ational Significant Event Imagery program is pro vided by the Nat iona l Oc eani c a nd A t mo sp he ric Adm ini st rat ion
(NO AA). Na tio na l Enviro nme nta l Satellite.
Data. and Information Se rvice (NESDlS ). 11
provides e xtens ive satellite ima gery origi nati ng fr om GO ES- 8 . GOES - IO, G MS .
MET EO SA T . NO AA - 11 (A V H R R) an d
NO AA-14 .
Ju st before press-time. I checke d the curre nt o fferings and as well :'1S flood . fire and
volcani c ima ges: the re was one ide ntifyi ng a
tropi ca l wa ve in the Atlantic ocean that wa s
being mon itore d in case it stre ngthe ned into a
dep ressio n.
T he OSEI homepage o ffers a mailing list
for dail y upd ates. a nd ca n be found at: hllp:/
Iwww.osei.noa a.go.ld up d a tcr ccen t.htm l

Scan Rad iometer

wov ebond Nodir Resolution Temporo l ll:ewIu hon
!km x kml
125 x 1.25
1 hour
VI~ible
Water Vapor 62 - 7.6
5<5
1 ..... r
InfraRed
10.5-12.5 5 <5

FREQUENCIES

Channel

lmicro nl
0.55-1.05

11"""

M y thanks to Denni s Chcstcrs (w ho humorously descri bes him sel f as " one irresponsi ble e m ployee o f NASA" ). a nd Donald
Hinsman of the WMO - ho th of who m
pro vide d new s 0 11 the status of the various
intern ational weat her sate llite progra ms.

Hurricane Georges
With in an hou r or two of the approa ch o f
Hurrican e Georges to continenta l A me rica

NOAA-14 frcnsmits APT an 137.62 MHz

NOAA12 and 15 tronsrni!APT an 137.50
MHz
NOAAs tran smit beacon data on 137.77 or

136.77 MHz
METEOR 2-21 ar 3-5 tra nsmit APT on
137.85 MHz when in sunlight

RESURS-01-4 may tmramit APT an 137.30

MHz occas ionally.
OKEAN4 a nd SICH 1 sometimes tra nsmit
APT brieRy an 137.40 MHz

GOES-8 and GOES-9 use 1691 MHz for

VVEFAX
.

Oe<:ember 1998

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FEDERAL FILE

A GUIDE TOGOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS

Lor

Van Ham, N5FPW

email: lar ry@grove-ent.com

Who Controls Government

Frequencies?

very tim e we issue a ne w Feue ral

Co m m un ica t io ns Co m m iss io n
(FCC) database here at Grove Enterpri ses, a co mmo n co mp laint heard from
custome rs is that there are n' t any federal
govern me nt, military o r air traffic con tro l
frequencies in the database. It is, in fac t, one
of the more co mmon misconceptions among
radio hob byists that the FCC mana ges the
entire radi o spec trum here in the United
States (including the federal gove rn me nt
freq uenc ies) . This ju st isn 't true.

The FCC regul ates the private sector's

use of the spec trum largel y by develo ping
and enforcing rule s mandat ed by legislation , and by licen sin g pri vate co mpanies'
use of the radi o spec tru m. Regulation s are
on a case-by-case bas is in respon se to indu stry and pri vate need s and accordin g to
the votes of the FCC's five co mmissio ners.
It is the National Telecommunication s and
Inform ati on Ad ministration (NT IA) which,
o perating under the Com merce Departm ent .
act ually man ages the fede ral govern me nt' s
use of the spect rum.
NT IA is the prin cipal federal voice for
executive bran ch position s o n cruc ial domestic and intern ation al telec ommunication s and information issues, including rep res enting the administr at ion' s positi on s
before the FCC. In co ntrast to NT IA, the
FCC is an independe nt age ncy. It neith er
represent s nor reports to the exec ut ive
branch .
Gov ernment frequ ency spectru m usage
- oft en invo lving safe ty of life (air tra ffic
contro l) and nation al sec urity conce rns - is
bes t managed throu gh the exec utive branch .
Bec ause commercial co nsiderations co uld
potentiall y dominate in a co nflict of interest, spec tru m allocatio n dec isions for critica l gove rn me nt function s are kept separate
from the co mme rcial alloca tion deci sion s
mad e by the FCC.
Th e U.S. govern me nt is allocated exclusi ve use o f a very sma ll porti o n of the
spec tru m. T he rema inder is co ntro lled e ither by the FCC (represe nting pri vate sec tor
use) or is mutuall y handled bet ween the
FCC and NT IA (federa l gov ernme nt). Th e
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gove rnme nt has no spec trum reser ves per

se, it only uses what it needs to provid e
critical serv ices to the publi c, suc h as natio nal defen se, law enforce me nt. and air
traffic con tro l.
Th ere is a nati on al plan for spectru m usc
ca lled an alloca tio n tabl e . Thi s tabl e spec ifies the radio services, service priorit y (e.g ..
prim ary or seco ndar y), and whether the
service is for nongo vern ment . or gove rnmen t, or bo th (shared) . T he table is divided
int o approx imate ly 800 frequ en cy band s
from 0 to 300 ,000 MH z. Of the 300,000
MHz allocated. the go vernmen t has exclusive use of 1.4% (4 ,27 1 M Hz ), non go vern mcnt users have excl usive use of 5.5%
( 16,56 1 MH z), and the rem ainin g 93.1 ')f
(279. 168 MH z) is shared betw ee n governmen t and nongovern ment users.
In actua l practi ce, the vast majori ty of
spec tru m bein g used by both the pri vate
sec tor and the fede ral gove rnme nt is below
30 ,000 MH z (or 30 G Hz ), Fro m an allocation poin t of view, in the to 30,000 MHz
ran ge the govern ment's exc lusive alloca tion is 7% (2.27 1 MH z ), non go vernm ent
users have 30% (X,96 1 M Hz) , and the rema ining 63 % (18,768 M Hz ) is shared.
Since 1984, the entire Governm ent Mas ter Freljuencytilc has been class ified. Therefore . cu rrent and detail ed discrete gove rnment freq uency informat ion is not available to the rad io hobb yist.
If yo u would like an ove rview of fede ral
and nonfed eral s pec trum use and have
intern et access . point you r web browser to
URL: http://w,,,.\'t'.ntia.doc.go\,/osmhomcl
nebbia.html. In order to serve its purpo se
as a qui ck reference. the am ount of information on this wcbpage has heen limit ed .
Federal systems and missio ns whic h wo uld
have nece ssitated c lassifica tio n of the SUIllma ry ha ve been o mitted. tho ugh they represe nt a sig nifica nt portion of federal requ irement s. A lso, a ltho ugh fede ral age ncie s lease
many servi ces from privat e sec tor provi ders. those freque ncie s are of co urse sti ll
indi cated as non government. T herefore, the
summary is not e ntirely acc urate in its por trayal of U.S. spec trum requ ire me nts or its

representat ion of the allocation tab le.

Uses arc stated in term s of ge neral function and actual equipment nam es arc usu ally not spec ified, nor is there any indi cation of the level of finan cial investm ent in
eac h system.
Ano the r useful sec tion of the NT IA
we bsite co nta ins the NTIA Manua l ofRegulations and Proceduresfor Federal Radio
Frequency Manag ement (ed ition 9/95 . wi th
revision s for Sep tembe r 1996, Janua ry and
May 1997 ). You will find this useful publi ca tio n at:
htt p: / /www . n tia.do c .govl os m h o m el

r edbook/redbook.htrnl
Mrs Government Master File
We have been work ing o n a project for
several years now to doc ument the U.S.
governmen t's usage of the more popular
federal radio bands. Star ting with this issue
of Feci File . we will present that infonnation to MT reade rs. \Ve begi n o ur ex plora tion of the federal freque ncie s wi th a
bandscan of 16 2-16 2.9875 MH z (Table I).
Inform atio n for this bandscan has been co mpiled fro m hundreds o f moni tor report s
fro m aro und the count ry and we are deeply
indeb ted to a ll the rad io hobb yists who have
help ed us o n this project.
So set those scanners into the sea rch
mode and let us know what yo u are hearin g !
.. Goodbye to John
It is my pri vilege to lake a moment to
thank my dear frie nd John Fulford for penning this co lumn the last 4- 1/2 yea rs. Joh n,
yo u did a mar velou s job with a tou gh topic,
and your regular presence in these pages
will be missed. v..'e look forw ard to see ing
your by line fro m time to tim e in feature
article s.
In a way. I feel this is a hom ecoming for
me ; unb ekn own st to man y. I wrote thi s
column fo roverayear and a halfb ack in the
1980s. T hose of yo u who remember Rod
Pea rson wi ll know what I'm talking abo ut.
See yo u in two mon ths; until then , good
hunting!

TABLE ONE: FEDERAL FREQUENCY ALLOCATIONS: 162-162.9875 MHZ

162.0000
162.0125
162.0250

162.0375
162.0500 .

162.0625
162.0750
162.0875
162.1000
162.1 125
162.1250

162.1 375
162.1 500
162.1 625
162.1 750

162.1875
162.2000
162.21 25
162.2250

162.2375
162.2500
162.2625
162.2750
162.2875
162.3000
162.31 25
162.3250
162.3375
162.3500
162.3625
162.3750
162.3B75
162.4000
162.4125
162.4250
162.4375
162.4500
162.4625
162.4750
162.4875
162.5000
162.5125
162.5250
162.5375

Army and National Science Foundation

AirForce and NASA
Air Force. Bureau ofIndian Affairs, Bureau of Prisons, Coast
Guard. Corps ofEngineers. Energy Department, Environmental
Research Labs (Commerce), FAA, FBI, FISh and WildlifeService,
Forest Service (Region 4/6), International Boundary and Water
Commission, Labor Department, NASA, National Radio
Astronomy Observatory, Navy, Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
TVA, Veterans Administration
(No reported actiVity)
Army, Coast Guard, Corps of Engineers, Customs, Energy
Department, FAA, FBI, Geological Survey (Interior), National
Marine Fisheries Se rvice, National Weather Service
(No Reported Activity)
Environmental Research Labsand National Weather Service
(Nationvnde)
(No ReportedActivity)
Army, Energy Department. National Marine Fisheries Service.
National Weather Service
NASA (Nationwide)
Air Force, Coast Guard (Nationwide), Energy Department,
Environmental Research l abs, GeneralServices Administration.
Geological Survey. Maritime Ad ministration. NASA, Veterans
Administration
(No Reported Activity)
FBI. Interior Department (Nationwide). NationalWeather Service
(Nationwide)
(No Reported Activity)
Commerce Department (NationWide), Energy Department,
Geological Su rvey, International Boundary andWater Cornrnission, National Bureau ot Standards (NationWide), National
Science Foundation
(No Reported Activity)
Environmental Research Labs, FAA, Geological Survey, Navy
(No Reported ActiVity)
Agriculture Department, Air Force, Army, Coast Guard (NationWide), Corps of Engineers, Energy Department, Forest Service
(Region 1/4), Labor Department, Navy, Post Office, Veterans
Administration
Interior Department (Nationwide)
Air Force. Army, Capitol Police. Coast Guard, Corps01 Engineers.
FAA, FBt, Navy, Post Office
(No Reported ActiVity)
Corps ofEngineers, FAA, Smithsonian Institute, Veterans
Administration
(No Reported ActiVity)
Energy Department, FAA
(No ReportedActivity)
Coasl Guard (Nationwide), FAA
(No Reported ActiVity)
Army, Coast Guard, Corps of Engineers, FAA, FBI
National Weather Service (future NOAA weather assignment)
National Weather Service (NOAA weather assignment)
(No Reported Activity)
NationalWeatherService (NOAA weather assignment)
(No Reported Activity)
National Weather Service (NOAA weather assignment)
National WeatherService (future NOAA weather assignment)
National WeatherService (NOAA weather assignment)
(No Reported Activity)
National Weather Service (NOAA weather assignment)
(No Reported ActiVity)
FAA, National WeatherService (NOAA weather assignment)
National Weather Service (futureNOAA weatherassignment)
National Weather Service (NOAA weather assignment)
(No Reported Activity)

162.5500
162.5625
162.5750
162.5875
162.5906
162.5937
162.5968
162.6000
162.6031
162.61 25

162.6250
162.6375
162.6500
162.6625
162.6750
162.6875
162.7000
162.7125
162.7250
162.7375
162.7500
162.7625
162.7750
162.7875
162.7968
162.8000
162.8031
162.8062
162.8083
162.8093
162.8125
162.8156
162.8250
162.8375
162.8500
162.B625
162.8750
162.8875
162.9000
162.9125
162.9250
162.9375
162.9500
162.9625
162.9750
162.9875

National Weather Service (N OAA weather assignment)

(No Reported Activity)
National Weather Service (NOAA weather assignment)
Army and Post Office
Low power. non-voice 5 kHz bandwidth splinter frequency (until
January 1, 2005)
l ow power. non-voice5-10 kHz bandwidth splinter frequency
(until January 1, 2005)
l owpower. non-voice 5 kHzbandwidth splinter frequency
Air Force: low power, non-voice up to11 kHz bandwidthsplinter
frequency (arter January 1, 2005)
Low power, non-voice 5 kHz bandwidthsplinter frequency (atter
January 1, 2005)
Air Force. Army. Coast Guard (District 5). Corps ofEngineers
(lowerMississippi River), Capitol Police, Customs. Energy
Department (Nationwide), FBI. FishandWildlife Service, Forest
Service (Region 4/6), l abor Department, Maritime Ad m i nist ra ~
non, NASA, Nalional Park Service, Post Oftice
FAA and Navy
FBI (nationwide)
(No Reported Activity)
Army, Commerce Department (Nalionwide). Energy Department
(No Reported Activity)
WhiteHouse Communications Agency (r~ationwide~Yankee)
(No Reported Activity)
Air Force, FBI, US Marshalls Service (nationwide)
(N o Reported Activity)
FBI (nationwi de)
(No Reported Activity)
FAA and FBI (nationwide)
(No Reported Activity)
DEA (Nationwide), FBI, Marshalls Service (Nationwide)
l ow power. non-voice 5 kHz bandwidth splinter frequency (atter
January 1, 2005)
(No ReportedActiVity); low power, non-voice up to 11kHz
bandwidth splinterfrequency (atter January 1, 2005)
l ow power, non-votce 5 kHzbandwidth splinte r frequency
l ow power, non-voice 510 kHz bandwidth splinter frequ ency
(until January 1, 2005)
l ow power, non-voice 5 kHzbandwidthsplinter frequency (until
January 1, 2005)
Low power non-voice 5 kHz bandwidth splinter frequency (after
January 1, 2005)
l ow power, non-voice up 10 11 kHz bandwidthsplinter
frequency(alter January 1, 2005)
Low power non-voice 5 kHz bandwidthsplinter frequency (after
January 1,2005)
Customs, FBI , Immigrationand Naturalization Service (nationwide), Marshalls Service
(No Reported Activity)
FBI. Immigration and NaturalizationService (nationwide), l abor
Department
(No Reported Activity)
FBI , Immigration and Natu ralizationService (nationwide)
(No Reported Activity)
FBI , Immigrationand Naturalization Service (nationwid e), l abor
Department
(No Reported Activity)
CoastGuard , Customs, FBI. Immigration and Naturalization
Service (nationwide)
(No Reported ActiVity)
FBI, Immigration and Naturalization Service (nationwide)
AgricultureDepartment
Energy Department, FBI, Immigrationand Naturalization Service
(nationwide)
NASA (nationwide)

December / 998

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pLANE TALK

MAKING SENSE OF CIVlUAN AERONAUTICAL COMMUNICAnONS

Jean Boker, KIN9DD

Aeronautical Freq-for-all

elco me aboard' In response to

many requests andcontributions,

we devote this column to aero

frequ encies. The fo llowi ng frequencies arc in
MH z.

ATI5Departu,e, 135.9OO
Military Operations-Pittsburgh lAP;
9 11AW (Screamer cps/ Trice CPj25 2. 100

171ARNANG CP (Steel Control) . 293.7

ACC Common/Wing CP311.ooo / 321.ooo
Air Refueling Communications:

AR217 Refueling Primary- 283.900

Indianapolis Intemational Airport:

App,ooch1 24.950, 123.950
Departu,e 119.300, 119 .05 0, 121.100
Tower-120.9QO
Ground Control 121.900, 121.800
Clearance delivery-128.750
Pittsburgh International Airport:

Secondo'Y282.7oo
AR18l Primary-352.600

Secondary-282.700
AR218H P,;mo'Y366.300

Shortwave Listen ing

Approoch Control {North(121.25 124.150/

363 .800 , 121.25
(South) 123.95 / 360.8; 120.875
Departu,e1 24.750/ 338.2oo, 119.350/388 .000
Towe,1 19.1oo, 128.300/291.700, 236 .600,
135 .025
Ground Conlml121.9OO {Soulhl/ 348.600 127.8
{North(
Clearance Delivery126.750/ 353.7
ARINC Ramp ( onlrol-131.375
Unicom-122.950
ATiS-Arrivals127.250

Now for so me HFM\VARA (Major Wor ld

Air Route A reas) Co ntro l Station frequencies

{kl-lz). co ntributed by Kal White and updated

by Larry Vau Hom ,
Af l 1 {Africo 11
Abidjan, Ivory Cccs t . 6535 6673 8861 13257
Bamako, Mali 66 73 886 1

Bouake, Ivory Com! . 6673

Cc so blcnco. Morocco 3452 5554 6535 886 1

Afl 2 IA!r;co 21
Algiers, Algeria 5652 889 4 13273

13357

Goo, Mali - 8894

regUla;

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Doko"Senegol 3452 5565 6535 6673 8861

1129 1 13357 13315 17955
tAonrovio (Robertsl. liberia - 3452 6638 6673
886 1 8882
Nouodhibou, Mauritania - 667 3 8861
Nouakchott, Mauritania - 6673 8861
Sol, Cope Verde Islands ' 3452

Kano, Nigeria 3411 5519 8826 13304

Niamey, Niger 3419 5652 8894 13273
Tripoli. l;bya - 34 19 5652 8894 13273
Tunis, Tunisia ' 341 1 5519 8826.

AFI 3 (Africa 31

Addis Ababa, Ethiopic - 3467 5658 6574 8870

11300 13288 17961
Aden,Yemen - 3467 565811 300 13288
Beoqhozi. L;bya - 3467 5658 11300 13336
Bujum Bura, Burundi - 8888 11300 13288 13294
13306
Coiro, Egypt - 3467 5658 6574 11300 13288
Dar es Salaam, Ta nzania - 5658 8870 11 300
13288
Djibouti, Djibouti - 5658 11300
Hargeisa, Somalia - 5658 11 300
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - 5658 11300
Khartoum , Sudan ' 3467 5658 11300 13288
13336
Mahe, Seychelles : 3467 5658 11300 13288
17961
Mogadishu, Somalia - 5658 11300
Nairobi, Kenya 11 300
Riyan, Yemen - 5505 6624 8847 8959 11300
13336
Sanaa , Yemen- 8918 11300
Afl 4 (Africa 41
Accra , Ghana 5493 6586 8903 13294
Brazzaville, Congo - 2878 5493 6559 88n
8903 13294
Johannesburg, South Africa 6559
Keno, Nigeria 3411 5519 8826 13304

Kinsha sha, Zaire - 285 1 2878 5493 6559 8888

8903 13294 13304
Logos, Nigeria - 5519 8826
l uondo . Angola 2878 5493 8903 13294
Lusaka, Zaire 2878 5493 8873 8879
Mohe, Seychelles - 8903 10018
Niamey, Niger - 2878 5493 6586 8903 13294
Solazar, Soa Tome - 5493 8903 13294
Windhoek, Nambia - 8861

Airline Callsigns
Finally. we finish our listofairline callsigns
started back in September.
SUGAR AtFA . Shaheen Airport Services
SUNCOUNTRY - Sun CountryAirlines, Inc.
SURVEY-CANADA - Geographical Air Surveys, Ltd.
SYRIANAIR Syrian Arab Airlines
TACA - TACA Intemational Airlines, S.A.
TANKER Canad ian Interagency Forest Fire Centre
TAROM TAROM Roma nia n Air Transport
TEEAIR Tower Air, Inc.
THAI-AIR Thai Airways Co., Ltd .
THAINTER - Thai Airways Internationa l, ltd.;
THUNDER BAY - Welch Aviation, Inc.
THUNDERBIRD Narthem Thunderbird Air,ltd.
TIME AIR Time Air, ltd.
TITAN AIR Viking Express, Inc.
TOMCAT Cologne Commercial Flight GMBH, Koln
TONGA ROYAL - Friendly Islands Airways, ltd .
TORONTAIR . Toronto Airways, Ltd.
TOYOTA - Toyota Canada , Inc.
TRADER Ccncir Cargo

TRANS ARABIAN Trans Arabian Air Transport

TRANSAFRIK Air Trunsc jrik, ltd
TRANSAIR TAA-Trans-Australia Airli nes
TRANSBRASIL- Transbrasil S.A. linha s Aerec s
TRANSPAC . C and M Aviation
TRANSPORT- Transport Canada
TRIANGLE Atlantic Island Air
TROOPER - Maryland State Police
TROPICAIR - Tropical Air Services
TURKAIR Turk Hove Yollari (TurkishAirlines Co.1
TYROLEAN Tyrolean Airways
UGLYVAN - Jnter-lslond Air, Inc.
UNICORN Pri nce of Wales VIP Flight
UNIFORCE United Arab Emirates Air force
UNIFORM OSCAR - Empresa "Aero Urugua( S.A.
VENTURE CapitolAviation Services, ltd.
V1ASA - Venezolano Intemotional de Aviacion S.A.
VIKING - Scanair, ltd.
VIRGIN - Virgin Arlantic Airways
WATERBIRD Virgin Islands Seaplane ShUffle, Inc.
WATERSKI TransSlates (Trans World Express)
WESTPAC . Western Pacific Air Service
WHISPERJET - Princess Air
WHISTLER Canadian Helicopters, ltd
WISCONSIN - Air Wisconsin
YEMENI Yemenia Yemen Airways
ZEBRA - African Safari Airways, Ltd.

That's all for now. We'Hcoruinuc our look

at HF MWARA frequencies in January. Until
then. 73 and out.

December 1998

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7S

AMERICAN BANDSCAN
Dou Smith, W9W1
w9wi@bellsoulh.nel

THE WORLD OF DOMESTIC BROADCASTING

lHabla Espanal?

1700 . WNML-167 0. WTDY - 1670 . and

\ YBAH 1660. (T he latt er is th e " Rad io
Unica" I' m sure man y of yo u arc hear ing in Spanish: it' s the fo rmer \V JD \ I in
Ne w Jersc y. ) Ben not es a ra the r poor
QSL return rate fro m the "c lass ic cl ear
c ha nnel " stat io ns . He ' s ge lling abo ut
o ne card hack for e ve ry four he se nds

hot -button issue these days is

the usc offorc ign languages es pec ia lly Spani sh -

in the

United States. Since this is Monitoring

Times. not Time. I won 't be d iscussing
the politic s of the issue. BU! the fac t is.

there an: hundreds of foreign-language

rad io stations in the U.S.. and yo ur OX
log will be incomplete without them. In
most paris of the U.S. you won 't have

out.

Ben a lso has so me more info rmation abo ut the wid e ly-hea rd T ravel er
Info rmation Serv ice (T IS ) statio ns o n
16311 in the Octro iI area. He says the)'
have scvcrul lo w-po wc r tran smitt ers at
maj or freeway intersections in me tro Det ro it.
"A nte nnas are a I() foot loaded wh ip, usuall y
ne xt 10 a cellular to wer. Bcg;'1I1 in the early
spring wit h a con ti nuous time annou ncemen t
tluu was sev e ra l minut es om " I think BCII is
he ing ge nero us. so me D'Xerv re ported them
ove r a n hour o tf for aw hile ! Ben w rite s that if
yo u're in the right area. yo u can get three of
these at the same time.
w ayne Hei nen o f the Na tiona l Radio C lub
S;'lys the 191h edi tion NR.CA M Rll d ;o l..o g will
be ava ilab le hy the tim e yo u read this. It' s
S ~ 2 . 9 5 (kss if you ' re a N RC me mbe r) fro m
Bo x 16-l.Mallllsv ilie N Y 1366 1-016-l .Sp.:aking of the :\' RC , W ayne says it also has a new
w eb site at http : // nrcdxas .lI q~ .
Last yea r at this time , we were hearing
so me of the best A t"'1 DX cond ition s e ve r.
W ill it be that good this ye ar? W ill yo urs trul y
log any mo re Euro pea n sta tio ns o n the A M
band? Stay tu ned ! A nd ple ase lei us kno w
wh at yo u're hearin g. Write me ;.11 Box 98.
Brasstown NC 2890 2-009 8, or hy e ma il

any trouble find ing foreign-lang uage sta- Il ouma, Louisiana. IS i ll th e middle of Caj un country, and
tio ns . Ident ifying the m is another story. there are broadcasts in French ill tha i area. However,
A good place [ 0 start is to de tcnn ine KCIL-J07.5 is strictly a" English-languag e country mu sic
whether the station is. in fact, in the U.S.. station ,
Most ofthe country is close e no ug h to Me xico
and Cuba to receive do mestic-band broadcasts from those countries: and some very
high-p owered stations in no rthern So uth
America also frequ ently mak e it into the States.
C uban stations ca n oft e n be distingu ished
by th e lack of co m me rc ials. O ne oft he larger
Cu ban radio networ ks. Radio Rcloj . sends
" RR" in Mo rse Code on ce a mi nut e; if yo u
hear th is, yo u aren't liste ning to a dom est ic
statio n.
Me xica n statio ns are required to give station ident ificatio n anno uncements on th e ho ur
(m uch as U.S . sta tio ns are ). All Me xican AM
statio n ca lIs begin with the letters "XE" which,
whe n spoke n in Spa nish, so und like " ehkees
ay.' If you hear this, follo wed short ly by the
nam e of a Me xican city, you've j ust heard the
lega l identi ficatio n of a Me xica n station. T he
So uth Ame rica n statio ns arc a bit more d iffi cult to iden tify if yo u do n' t under stan d Spa nish, but there are other clu es.
Spea king o f station ID an nounce ments,
j ust beca use a U.S, station doe sn' t broadcast
in English doesn't mean it doesn' t have to
give an ID. Lis ten ac ross the ho ur, and yo u
should hear the identifica tion a nno unc eme nt
Unfor tunate ly, it wi ll usuall y he given by
so meo ne for who m English is a second lang uage, so it will o ften be a bit diffi c ult to
und er sta nd .
If yo u th ink the statio n is indeed in the
U.S .. liste n ca refully for co m me rc ials. Yo u' ll
recog nize the m q uic kly . W hat yo u' re liste ning for are th e na mes of stree ts an d sub urbs.
Pro per nam es arcn ' I tra nsla ted . If yo u hear a n
ad that menti o ns " Evansto n" and "G ree n Bay
Road" o n 1590 kHz, a q uick check o f u
C hicago- vic inity street map will co nfirm yo u
had WO NX - 1590 Evansto n. W he n co mpared

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to Eng lish stations. (he ad s on fore ig n- Ianguagc stat io ns arc mu ch more likel y 10 COI1-

tain stree t add re sses. and most ads are fo r

loc al co mm erce.
Wh at ubo ut lan gn ugcs o the r than Spa nish?
Of L' { iursc. French-lang uage prog ram ming can
freq ue ntly be heard 0 11 Canad ia n stations .
Th ese stations arc becoming harder to hear in
the U.S. as the eBe's French-language arm,
Rad io-Can ada, co nt inues to mov e its hi ghpowered A ivl slations 10 FM . Still. the old
C BC A M tra nsm itters will be taken o ver by
pri vate broad cas ters, and cha nces arc most of
Ihe m will conti nue 10 broadca st in Fren ch .
Rad io-Ca nad a is no n-co mme rcial , but Ireq uen t ment ions of Canad ian ci ties in ne ws
and we ather ca n usua lly ide ntify the se stalio ns.
In the Ro cky Mo unta in slate s. yo u can find
a few Native America n stations. Most are 0 11
FM (KINI-96. 1 ill Nebras ka and KILI -90. 1 ill
So uth Dakot a a rc widel y heard hy E- sk ip) bul
(here are a handful on the AM d ial. One ,
KT N N-660 0n (he Nav ajo Nation in A rizona,
ca n be heard th ro ugh m uc h of the West (a nd
oc cas io na lly fart her e as t) at nigh t. In fact , it' s
(he o nly Arizo na statio n in my log. Mo st
progra mmin g o n KT NN (at least at nigh t) is
Eng lish. hut I buve heard Navajo-language
talk and mu sic. I find these stations ve ry
intere sting liste ning, a nd hav e been kno wn to
forget abo ut a skip o pen ing lifter stu mbling
ac ross KIll !

Bits and Pieces

Re ade r Benjami n Lo vele ss in Michigan
has been DXi ng the e xpanded ba nd with a
Supe rad io III :.1111..1 Ke nwood ham rig . His
le ggi ngs inc lude WM D~ 1 1 6 90 , KBG G -

Id hl"i @hellsow/1.11el.

FOREIGNLANGUAGE STATIONS
IN THE U.S.
Herearesomeof the more widely-heard North
American stationsbroadcasting in languages other
than English:
llig (;aJ!
660 KlNN

710
630
660
1020
1430
1460
1540

WAOI
WFNO
CJ6C
KINO
CHKI
WZRC
CHIN

ldll'

WindowRock, Arizona Navajo &

English
Miami. Florida
Spanish
Norco, l ouisiana
Spanish
Toronto. Ontario
French
l os Angeles. California Spanish
Toronto, Ontario
Chinese
New York. New York Korean
Toronto, Ontario
various

OUTER
LIMITS
THE CLANDESTINE, THE UNUSUAL, THE UNLICENSED

George Zeller
George.Zeller@acclink.com

Voice of the Pigs Ear

ur logg ings cha mpion this mo nth is

the Voice of the

I)i~ 's

Ear. a rela-

tivel y new station that has replaced

W R E C as the mos t act ive shortwa ve pira te.
Their male announcer mixes rock music wi th

ultra-conservative political commentary. using a slogan of " Righi Win g Radi cal Lunatic
Fri nge Rad io." Unfortunately the statio n has
not announced a maild rop. so it is thus far
maintainin g no co ntact with its audience.

Clandestine Web Site

Martin Sc bocc h announce s that Clandestine Rad io Walch .: mexccllcnt biweekly so urce
for upda ted clandestine station new s. uses http:/
Iw ww .sw l.netlswl -delswl-c1a.ht m as its new
internet web site. It' s affiliated with C landestine Radio Intel. auo ther wonderful resource. at
htt p ://www.qsl. netl)bOrm Vcland .htm on the
web .

PSE aSL?
A hand ful of pir ate stations don 't usc postal
mai ldrops. but nevertheless will so me times
QS L le ggings printed in shortwave bulle tins.
Two exce lle nt publi cat ions arc your best hop e
for nabbing a verification by this meth od. The
ACE (monthly) and Free Radi o Week/y prin t
deta iled loggings hy station. date. time . and
freq uency . ACE d ues are S2 1 in the USA. 526
US in Ca nada and Mexico. and $40 US elsewhe re via PO Bo x 12 1 12. Norfolk. VA 2354 1.
T he FRW newsletter arrives viae- mai l. C ontri buto rs get it free, or $5 US will get yo u a
subscription via PO Bo x 146. Sto neham . MA
02 180 . Anot her newsletter. Andrew Yoder' s
Pirate PUKes, ha s ce ased pub licat ion .

Europirate Schedules
S \V RS. still the Euro pean pira te nest heard
in Nort h Ame rica , says that it no w uses 2 1450
kHz near 1500-1800 UTe. with 11470 k Hz in
use after that. You C'1I1 wri te them via the
Wuppcrtal address. Ra d io 510 ha s been using
3960.3985. and 7 120 kHz o n weekends . Th ei r
la te st sc he d u le is fo und at http: //
www .radio5JIJ.orWon the intern et. o r you can
use the Basel addre ss fo r mail. Other Euro piratcs
c luster aro und 39OOAOOOal1d 6 200 -6300 kHz.
best heard aro und North Ame rica n sun set or
European sunr ise o n weekends.

Shortwave Pirate Activity

Unless ind icated o therwise, pi rate rad io

,_

_ "':"" ' l ' _

;;)",:
::'<r-;' . .",:,',
Jt: ,-

: ~~

....... """......

Radio Xanax prescribes odd dramas for

relaxation.
stations heard by our rcaders last month all used
freq uencies within 500 kH z of 69 55 k l-lz, typically fro m tw o hours before sunset un til at least
050 0 UTe. Morni ng and afternoon broadcasts
increase on the weekends. Prog rammi ng format s and contact ma ildrops (whe n kno wn) an:
listed here .
Action Ra dio- Their updated internet web site is at
hnp:1/www.angelfire.com/nelactl0 nradiD(Blue
Ridge Summit)
Blind Fallh Rad io Classic rock. sometimes by Blind
Faith, is heard from Of. Napalm. (None, verifies FRW
loggings)
Central Florida Pirate Radio- A new one with rock
music. (None)
Deliverance Radio- II banjo music and squealing is
your cup of tea. you 'lI likethem. (None)
Free Hope Experience- Majo r Spook prog rams
classic rock. (Blue RidgeSummit)
Holy Cow Radio- They havetested. butno regular
broadcastingensu ed. (None)
Jerry Rigged Rad io Sometimes their rock music is
replaced byforeigntunes. [Providence)
KAT Cat music and parodies, broadcast from the
KAT fraternityattheUniversity of Wisconsin. (Blue
Ridge Summit)
KBlK- Rap music and commentaryon race relations
dominate their shows. (None)
K-2000- This one has wonawards for its parod ies 01
OXing and DXers. (Providence)
Mystery Rad io Complex rock compositions define
their distinctiveformat. (Stoneham)
Partial India Radio- A highly amusing parody of
licensed broadcaster All India Radio. (Stoneham)
POlKA- Polkas are played here: sometimes the
announcer singsalong. (Stoneham)
Radio AI1 eca- Bram Stoker's parodies of pirates and
DXing are always amusing. (Belfast)
Radio Barnyard They arethe voice of farm animals.
(None)
Radio CalienteThis South Ame rican pirate has an
unusual NorthAmerica n relay arrangement. (Merl in)
Radio Metallica Worldwide- Despitetransmitter
problems. Or. Tornado's 10kilowatts still blast away.
sometimes on7415kHz. (Blue Ridge Summit)
Rad io Nonsense- Joe Mama's elaborate productions
mix rock music andcomedy. (Belfast)
Rad io Xanax- "The Relaxation Station" normally airs
odd dramas. (Stoneham)
The Scream of the Butterfly- Their classic rock is
now relayed by Radio Eclipse, (Providence)

Voice 01 Anarchy Leonard Longwire selects a

different musical style for each broadcast. (Belfast)
Voice 01the Forest This new one programsmusic
by female artists with a bird call interval signal.
(none; verifies logs in TheACE)
Voice of the TwilightAlehouse A new comedy
pirate thatis named afterits theme song. (PfOvi
dence)
WACK Radio- They're famous for their toll-tree
number announced during each show. (None: not
respondingto phoned reports)
WARR Captain Nobeard mixes rock andcomedy,
but he stilt does not contact listeners. (None)
WLWLlS- They promote WLlS; the call stands lor
We Love WLlS: (Providence)
WKND Radio Animal's veteran operation features
rock music and pirate commentary. (Blue Ridge
Summit)
WM FQ- They mix rock music, chanted 10's. and
promotion of the est, process. (PrOVidence)
WSR R- Dr. Love normally plays soul music on Solid
Rock RadiO. (Bellasl)
WUNH MellvilleGrunion's rocker is verifying
receptionreports. (Providence)

Recepti on rep orts to pirat e statio ns require 3

first c lass stamps for US A maildrops o r S2 US
to fore ig n address es . Send you r letters to PO
Box I. Belfast. NY 14711. PO Bo' 28413.
Providence.R102908: PO Bo' 109. Bl ueRidge
S ummi t. PA 172 14; PO Bo x 146, S ton eham.
MA 02 1SO; PO Box 293, Merl in, Ontario NO?
fWO; PO Box 5 10. 4010 Basel. Switzerland;
and PO Box 2203 42 . Wu ppert al. Germany .

Than ks!
Your input is always welc ome via PO Bo x
98, Brasstow n, NC 28902, or via the e-mail
addres s atop the co lumn. We appreciate material sent in this mon th by: David Alpert, New
York, NY; John Arendt, Oswego, ll; A. J. Michaels ,
Pittsbu rgh , PA; Shown Axel rod , W innipeg ,
Man itooo; Ranier Brandt, Hoefer, Germony; Jerry
Ccctswcrth , Me rlin , On tario; Ro ss Co meau ,
Andove r, fv\A.; Joe Filipkowski, Providence, Rl; Ha rold
Frodge, Midland, Ml; Pa ul G riffi n, San Fra ncisco,
CA; William Ha ssig, Mt. Prospect, ll; W illiam Hearty,
Kent, OH ; Jeffrey Jones, Sunnyva le, CA; Rich a nd
ToleoJurr ens, Katy, TX.;Paulloutzenheiser, Wooster,
O H; Harald Kuhl, Germany; Michael lenane, lakela nd, Fl; Zacharia s liangas, Itoly; Chris lo bde ll,
Stoneham, MA; Ben love less, Bloomfield Hills, Ml;
Gigi lytle, lubb ock, TX.; BillMcClintock, Minneapolis, MN; Anita McCorma ck, Pa rkersburg , WV; G reg
Ma jewski, O a kda le, 0 ; Arman do Mm tra po , Mia mi, Fl; Kevin Nau ta , G ra nd Rap id s, Ml; AI
Q uaglieri, Alban y, NY; Jesse Rose, Ha mpton, VA;
JeffRyan , Warwick, RI;MortinSchcech, Meneburg,
Germany; lee Silvi, Mentor , OH; DJ Stevie, Basel,
Switzerland ; Ro bert Tho ma s, Bridqeport, 0 ; lo rry
Va n Horn , Brasstown, NC; Niel Wolfish , To ro nto,
O nta rio; And rew Yod er, Blue Ridge Summit, PA;
and David Zant ow, Jonesville , W I.

December 1998

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BELOW SOO KHZ

Kevin Core , WB2QMY
lawband@gateway.net

DXING THE BASEMENT BAND

A Review of RadioScience Observing

hances arc. if yo u' re attrac ted to

lo ngwa ve. its d ue (at leas t in pa rt) to
the strange: signals thai call he fou nd

ther e. Indeed . the re arc ma llY sig na ls which

you ' ll not hcarunvwhc rc cl sc in the spectru m.
Wh istlers. {wee ks. daw n c horus a nd othe r
myste rio us SOUIIU' call all be fo und in lo we st
ex tre me s of the rad io spectru m. lt' s an area
that is wid e op en to ex pe rim en tally -mi nde d
hobby ists.
If yo u arc dra wn 10 th is ty pe o f listening.
yo u' ll wa nt to know abo ut a ne w hoo k calle d
RadioSci('llCt' Observing. by Joe Carr. The
hook is targ eted squa rely at listeners \,,;110
e njoy the- unu sual , the unexplained. and the
bizarre pa rts of radio mon itoring.
I w as impre ssed by the wide ran ge of
topi cs covered in this boo k. O ne can learn a
grea t deal a bout basic recei ver princi ples.
radi o sig na l propagation. natural rad io signals. loop antennas, c ha rt recorde rs. a nd eve n
ex tra-te rrestrial signa ls. (An entire c hapter is
de voted to hearin g signa ls from the Plane t
Jupiter' )
T he print qualityand layou t of the book are
superb. Nice. clear type is used throughout.
und there is judiciou s usc of white space.
Inte resting c ha rts. d iagra ms and ta bles a rc
sprinkled through ou t the book to ex pand or
clarify topi cs discussed in the te xt. A ve ry
complete ind ex is incl ud ed at the back o f the
boo k which should help read e rs quickl y loca le an y top ic o f interest.
Finall y. A C D- RO ~ 1 is included insid e the
back cover. which co nta ins sound sam ples of
the radio sign a ls descri bed in the text. W\VVB.
whi stler s. rwcek s. the so unds of Jupite r. and
sco res o f other signa ls ca n a ll be played w ith
the clic k of a mo use . T he C D is a help ful
accessory that co mpleme nts the hook nice ly.
RadioSci l'l1CC Observing (~13 pages) explor es the wor ld of natur al radi o a nd related
topics. Below is a ch apt er-by-ch apter summary of the book as adapted fro m the au thor ' s
preface.

I. T he Cosmos : Radio Signal Gen era tor .

T his chapter discusses the origi ns of natu ral
rad io sig nal s.
2. Radio Astronomy. Thi s brie f cha pter
d iscusses the basic thing s you need to know
about amat e ur radio as tro nomy .
J. Rad io Receiver Sy ste ms. T his cha pte r
describes the va rious for ms of radio rece iver
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design . as we ll as information on r-- ...

how to inte rpret rece ive r speci fica tions.
-l. Radio Sig nal Propagation. This
chapter presen ts the funda mentals of
radio pro pagat ion in order to a llow
yOll 10 have some apprecia tion of
w h a t y o u h e a r w he n d o in g
RudioS cic ncc Obse rving .
5 . Signa ls. No ise and Reception.Th is short
ch ap te r discu sses the ro les o r signa ls. noi se
and the importance of signal-to- noise ratio in
doing radi o detection.
6. W histler Hunting. T his ch a pter te lls you
how to do whist ler hu nti ng and buil d the
sim ple receive rs nee ded .
7. So lar Flare and S.LD. Hunting. In this
c ha pte r you will find informatio n on the or igi n o f Sudde n Ion ospher ic D isturba nce s
(S IDs). ho w to ob se rve the flare eve nts . a nd
how to huild the sim ple 15 t0 40 kHz recei ver s
used to det ect them .
&. Monitoring the Planet Jupiter,T his chapIeI' shows yo u how 10 mon itor signa ls from
Jupit er. which can he fou nd over the ra nge of
I X 10 30 MH z.
9. Ob serv ing Radio Phenomenon During
Ec lipses. So lar ecl ipses affec t the ionizat io n
oft he Earth' s atmosph ere. Wi th proper prep aration . good RadinScience Ob serving duri ng
ec lipses C;,lO he don e both hy a ma teur radi o
ope rato rs (who ca n legally use trunsmiu er s)
and receiver operators,
10. Ve ry Low Freque ncy (V LF) Receive rs
( 10 - 100 kHz ). Thi s c hapter shows yo u how
to bu ild the recei ve rs needed for conduct ing
RadioScience obse rvations.
I L Low Freq ue ncy. Med iu m Wav e and
Short wa ve Receiv e rs. Thi s c ha pter discusses
various LF/M F an d S\V receivers a vailable
on the com me rci al market.
12. Loop Ante nnas for VLF Recepti on .
T his c ha pter sho ws you the basics of small
loop s a nd how to build them .
13. Meteor Detecti on by Radio. W hen
met eors streak th rou gh the upper atmos phe re
they leave an ionized trail behi nd them that
can reflect radio signals. T hese sig nals ca n be
used not only for meteor de tecti on. but also
for interestin g pro pagation stud ies .
14 . Ante nna Funda me nta ls. Radi o a ntennas are the heart a nd so ul o f a goo d recepti on
syste m. T his c ha pter disc usses the funda men ta l theory of radio ant ennas.

15 . Rad io Ante nna Exam ples.

Thi s c hapter shows yo u how to build
a n ten nas t ha t a re usefu l for
RadioSc ience Ob servin g.
16. Using a Ge iger Co unter to
Detec t Solar Flares. Thi s is an invited chapter by Vicki Rae Mirns. It
reco unts her award winning sc ience
fair proj ect.
17. Instrume ntation Circ uits. A sma ll
number of ana log circ uits are very use ful for
he lpi ng to dig out signals: integrators, precise
rec tifiers. minimum value detectors and so
for th are di scussed .
18. M echanica l Recorde rs. Th is c ha pter
di sc usses the basic s of mecha nica l recorders.
an d will allo w yo u to do a better job of
purc hasing and ma intai ning these instrumen ts.
I <J. Computer-based Recordin g. Low-cost
ana log-to- digita l co nve rte rs (AID) an d persona l computers mak e it possible and reasonabl e to record data fro m Radi oSc ience Ob serving recei vers di rect ly to a co mputer file .
Th is chapter tells you how to do it.
20. Spectrum Ana lysis of Rad ioS cience
Sig nals. A numbe r of software program s are
on the market that permit yo u to do Fourie r
a na lys is o f waveforms re ce ived durin g
Rad iuScien ce Ob ser ving sess ions .
2: J. Doin g Good Science Ob ser ving. Th e
basics o f good scie nce and observin g are
discussed in this c hapter. Alth ough it pert ain s
to RadioS cie nce Observ ing, it is a lso appl icable to other areas of amateur scie nce as
we ll.
22. Search for Extrat errestri al Inte lligence
(SETI). This is an invited cha pter by Dr. H.
Paul Shuc h. N6TX Executi ve Direct or. T he
S ET I League. Inc.

"Beyond the Earth' s atmosphere, on the

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Carl Sagan in Canlact
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Consumer Choices in the Cellular Market

ith the advent of competition and

the mat uring of the mob ile telephon e market. a number of com panies are beg inning to o ffer alternative s to

traditional cellular service. especially in the

areas of price and service.
When cellular telephone service first began . pro vid ers so ld airtim e at diffe rent rates
dependin g o n when and whe re the call was
made. Th ese rates crea ted a pricing structure

that was often confusing lO the average consumer and made it difficult to compari son
shop in the few instances where there was true
competition.
Since capacity in a cellular network is
limited. carriers discouraged use during the

busiest hours of the day by chargiog a high

per-mi nute "peak" rate and a lo wer. "o ffpeak" rate duri ng eve ning ho urs a nd wee kends.
When a cell ula r subscriber moves bey ond
the cov erage area of the provider, ca lled the
" home" sys tem. and uses the facilitie s of
another carrier. the subsc riber is said to be
" roaming:' Th ese customers were almost alwa ys billed an e xtra fee . called a roaming
c harge. for the pri vilege of using a different
system.
Just like landl ine serv ice. ca lls fro m a
ce llular phon e to numbers outside of the local
calling area we re billed an addi tio nal lon g
distance fee.
With all these varia bles. and the deta ils
ex plained o nly in the fine pri nt o f ce llu lar
service co ntra c ts. many sub scribers ha ve been
shoc ked to rece ive large bills after using the ir
mob ile phone in non-traditiona l ways.

Flat rate pricing

So me major ca rrie rs have beg un o ffe ring
an alternative referred to in the industry as
"flat-rate prici ng." For a fixed monthly fcc

subsc ribers purc hase a ce rta in

number o f airtime minutes that
a rc used for an y type of call.
whethe r peak or off-peak. at
home or roam ing. and local o r
long d istance.

AT&T
AT&T Wirel ess Se rvices
started the trend with their Digital One Rate plan . offeri ng a
monthly pack age of minutes
that has no ex tra charges for
roaming or long distance. Each
plan also co mes with voicernail,
caller ID. and te xt messagin g.
To take advan tage of this plan.
pote ntial subsc ribe rs mu st pass
a credit chec k. pay a n activa tion fee, sign a one-year co ntract. and purchase a mu ltimode ph one ca pable of operating on AT &T s network of analog and dig ital serv ice areas .
Beside s th e se h urd le s .
AT&T has recently co me unde r some fire for the "round
up" po licy of chargi ng custom ers in fu ll minute incre me nts.
For instance. if a c ustome r
ma kes a ca ll that lasts 6 1 sec ond s. AT& T c harges them for
2 minute s. Under a 600 minute
plan. a custo mer co uld run out o f package
minu tes after using only 305 min utes ofac tual
airt ime.
AT&T has also intr odu ced flat-rate pricing for their wireless data service. giv ing
subscribers who stay wit hin their loca l area
unlimited use abo ut 555 pe r mont h. and nationa ! use rs unlimited usc for $65 per month .
Th is " Wirele ss IP" service is also kno w n as

TABLE 1: COMPARISON OF THREE NATIONAL FLATRATE PLANS

Company

AT&T

SprintPCS

Bell Atlanlic Mobile

Digital One Bate

Home Bale USA

SjngleRate USA

$89.99
$119.99
$149.99

$69.99
$99.99
$149.99

1600 minutes

nla
nla

nla
nla
nla
nla

600 minutes
1000 minutes
1400 minutes
1500 minutes
Additional minutes
Analog roaming

25 cents perminute

Contract

one year

80

yes

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nla
nla

25 cents per minute

no
none

$159.99
20 cents per minute

yes

oneyear

Cellular Digital Packet Data

(CDPD). but remains targely
unu sed in most area s.

Sprint

pes

La st October Sp rint pes

int rod uced their ow n flat-rate
nationw ide ca lling plan. offering three d iffere nt bloc ks
of minutes for a fixed price.
Eac h of these plans incl ude
voicemail.ca ller lfr. call wa iting. fi rst incomi ng minute
free. as well as lon g distance
at no exir a co st. Co ntrary to
AT&T. no co ntract is requ ired
a nd there is no ac tiva tion fee .
Coverage is limited to the
Sprint pes digital networ k.
and no rmal roa ming a nd long

distances will apply when the

caller is no t on the S prin t network .

Bell Atlan tic Mobile

A large wirele ss provi de r
in the northea st United Sta tes.

Bell Atlantic Mobile. offers

their Sing leRatc USA plan.
selling 1600 mi nutes of air-

time for 5 159.99 per month.

Agreements with other analog and d igit al serv ice pro vid e rs give the Sin gleR ate USA plan similar
cove rage to AT&T' s nati on wid e network . A
one year co ntrac t is required. Bcll Atlant ic
Mobile also gives subsc ribers the option of
rent ing a pho ne for 55 a month rather than
purchasin g a pho ne.

Wireless replacing wired

It is no coi nci de nce that flat-ra te pricing
brings w ireless usage clo ser to the typ ical
residentia l landli nc serv ice . Maj or w ire less
ea rners. especi ally those with an assoc iated
lon g distance network . would like to see c ustom ers move away from land line service and
switc h all their telephones to wireless. For
bus y people who urc away from home most of
the lime and usc their home phone line for
lillie more than a plac e to plug in a n answerin g
mach ine. it ma y make se nse 10 pe rmanently

disconnec t wi red service a nd use a mobi le

pho ne as the " home phone ."
A lead er in this migra tion has been Finlan d. whe re a lmost ha lf of a ll residents ha ve a
mob ile phone. In 1996 Finn ish teleph on e re vcnue from mobil e a nd land-based ca lls were
eve n at 40 percent. Last year. for the first time.
mobil e ca lls accounted for mo re reve nue tha n
land-based ca lls. reachin g 46 percent of to ta l
te lephone revenue .
Although the mark et in the United States is
muc h larger a nd mo re di ve rse than Fin land .
the U.S. presentl y has more than 60 milli on
wire less subscribe rs and ad de d 12 mill ion in
the last year alone . With se rious com petition.
aggre ssive marketing. a nd cons umer alternatives. exp ect that num ber to grow e ven mo re
rapid ly.

Pre-paid cellular
Another major c hange in the wire less telephone arena is the way customers pay for
airt ime . Traditional wireless serv ice is "postpay:' whe re sub sc ribers pay for the cal l afte r
it is made . T his almost a lways requires a
c redi t ch eck a nd ot he r ass urance s tha t the bill
w ill be paid. However, mo re than 30 pe rcent
of all ap plica nts for wireless serv ice arc rcfused due to bad c red it or no cr edit histor y at
all. O the r pote ntial cus tome rs do n' t make use
of wireless services because a long -term contract doesn't fit their need s.
Prepaid ce llular se rvice. popularized in
Europe. is gaining ground in (he Uni ted Sta les.
Pre paid a llow s c ustome rs to pay for ca lls
before they 're made by purc hasing airti me in
adva nce. rath er than paying afte r receiv ing a
mon thly bill. Thi s has number o f ad va nta ges
for the carrier, including reduc ing the ir e xposure to unpa id airtime. It is also ve ry lucrative.
w ith profi t margin s ex cee di ng 20 perce nt.
Despite the high price. prepa id is rapidly
ga ini ng popularity. wi th some carriers re porting more than hal f of a ll new subsc ribers are
prepaid. Businesses arc turni ng to prepaid
w ireless accounts to have a fixed . predictable
munth ly ch arge wi th nu surprises from unauthorize dem ployee usage. Individuals are find ing an add itio nal benefit - man y pre paid
te lep hone accou nts a rc anony mou s. By paying in cash. these users mainta in a certain
amou nt of privacy, especia lly if the service
pro vide r docs not reta in ca ll records .
The re are two main types of prepaid service . the switc h-inde pende nt and the switchbased . Switch-independent prepaid serv ice
requires a ce llu lar telephone hand se l that has
been spec ially progra m med to operate as a
prepaid phone. Th ese hand sets disp lay the
dol lar amount o f a irti me remai ning, and allow
the custo me r to e nter spec ial codes to add

more a irtime.
Sw itch-ba sed pre pa id service can operate
over al most any ce llular telephone, but requires add ition a l so ftwa re serv ices a t the service pro vider ' s sw itch to determine whe ther a
ca ller has money rem a ining in their acco unt.
A major player in the prepaid market is
T op p Telecom . whic h se lls the TracF one
throu gh a nu mbe r of re tai l outlets. By mid199 RTopp had mo re than 70,000 subsc ribers
and was se lling mo re than five mi llion minutes of airtime each month.
For $ 149.95 a c usto me r rece ives a Un iden
PCD 2000 phone a nd 60 minutes of airti me.
Add itional airtime ma y be purchase d . starting
at 30 mi nutes for $30 on up to 200 minutes for
$ 100. A irtime is c ha rge d agai nst the pho ne at
three diffe re nt rates , de pen din g on whe re the
caller is a nd the type of ca ll be ing mad e. A
Irx::'11 ca ll in the horne sys tem dedu ct s one
minute for every minute of airtime. Long
distan ce ca lls arc deducted at a rat e of 1.5
minutes for every minute of airtime. Calls
made while roami ng deduct 2 mi nute s for
every mi nute of ai rti me. Alth ou gh unused
ai rtime docs not ex pire. one a irtime ca rd mu st
be redee med ev ery 60 day s (30 days in Los
Angeles) to maintain the ce llu lar tel ephone
number.

Prepaid

minimu m usage amount on top of a ny airtime

charges. Some prepaid airti me ma y expi re if
nOI used promptly.
Th at' s all fort his mont h. More back gro und
inform ation on pes. ce llular. and sa tel lite
co mm unications is ava ilable on my webs ite at
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A ltho ugh most prepaid cellular services

use thc traditional a na log tech nol ogy. a t least
two o f the new Per sonal Commun ications
Service s (PCS ) providers ar c offering prepaid
plans.
Sp rint pes offe rs a prepaid account and
se lls prepa id airtime cards from retail outlets
or dire ctly from Sprint PCS . Pow crt cl , a G lobal Sys tem for Mobil es (GS M) opera tor ser ving the so utheastern United States. has a prepaid plan requiring no deposit. no creditc bcck.
and no monthly bill . Calls arc charged at a flat
rate of 35 cent s per minute whether loc al or
long dista nce . and a irtime vouchers arc av a ilable in amounts up to $90. A Powertel handset
is req uired . O m nipoin t, anothe r GSM provide r. offers a similar pla n with airti me coupon s up to S200 .
A w ide vari ety of prepa id pla ns arc av ailable from all sorts of co mpanies. Before sig ning up with any of the m. unde rstand the charges
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the cheapes t wa y to ge l w ireless serv ice. and
so me prepaid agreemen ts all ow the co mpany
to charg e ext ra for a variety of thi ngs. O ne
plan req uires S 15 just to process a servic e
request. including the cance llation of an ucco unt (no matter wha t the rea son . incl ud ing
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All-Purpose Op-Amps

ne w Windows 95/98 /NT program

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CE-232 Scanner/Computer Interface ' instigated this momhs op-amp circuit

For yea rs. the CE -232 -

an interface for

the PRO-200-l. PRO-2005. and PRO-2006

and selected other sca nners - W<l S controlled
by a DOS prog ram that comes with the interfac e. Howe ver . one major featu re of the CE 23 2 was unsupported by the software: eight
channels o f 8-bit Analog -to- Digital (A/D )

converters! Early this year. I mentioned the

featu re to Wind ows de veloper. Pau l T urton .
who romped to the challenge with Pro -Turbo

for the CE-232.

Pro-Tu rbo: doc s everything the old j\'IS-

DOS program did and much mere. including

full support for those eight myste rious AID
converte rs.

Ana log-to-Digital Con vert ers?

The bea uty of compu te rs interfaced with
rad ios is this: If an AID can convert an a nalog
signal to digi tal code. then a computer can
rea d, proce ss. a nd store the information. Th e
C E-232 's eight 8-bit AID con vert ers are perfect for recei ving :'111 kind s of ana log informalion from the rad io: and the Pro-T urbo son ware is per fec t for proce ssing the data a nd
maki ng sure the compute r stores it in an
intelli gible ma nner.
T he po int is, yo u can' t stick ju st a ny a nalo g
signal into the input of a n NO . Yo u could
hiow it up. and AIDs aren' t chea p. A simple
technique called sig nal co nd itioning is req uired , not only for the safety o f the AID, but
also for the acc uracy or the da tu. Well. whe n
Pa ul T urton liberat ed those awe so me AID
co nvene rs in the CE-2 32 . I had to figur e ou t
the signal condi tioning requ irements. I had
two powerful app licat ions in mind: Svm ctcring and freque ncy measurement o f inco ming
signa ls :

The Concep t
Suppose there arc ten tra nsmitters on :'1
freq uency: it ' s prett y ha rd to tell them apart .
eve n with the logging functi on Ih:'11 come s
wit h most interface so ftware nowadays. Howeve r. if not on ly the signal hits arc logged. but
the relative signal stre ngths and prec isio n
frequ ency offsets as well. then yo u've got
"thumbprin ts" that can be used to di ffcre nti-

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December / 998

ale the signals. Cha nces a rc thai no two transmi ners wi ll arrive at yo ur location with exact ly the same signal stre ngth: an d c hance s
arc tha t no two will be on e xac tly the same
freque ncy.
Th e PRO-20Q.t15/6 and certain other sca nners have a n internal circ uit in which the
volt age ca n indicate eve n minor freq uency
offsets from the tuning ofthe receiver. My o ld
"Ce nte r Tun e Me te r" mod ificat ion (t\:IOD27 ) used LEOs to show frequ ency offse ts in
1250 Hz increme nts, but an AI D converter
ca n resolve offsets dow n to less than 100 Hz !
(8-bits = :2 ~ = 256 poi nts of mea sure: so :256
point s across 20 k l-l z of intermediate fre-

quency [11:1 bandwidth is 78 Hz per point")

Signal Conditioning
My old MO D-25 S-meter circuit ta ps and
de mod ulat es the rcccivcrs third IF for a DC
output of about O-.8Y 10 indica te relativ e
signa l strengths. T hese two too ls arc pre tty
cool for the avid rad ioist. but the co mpurer
age left the m wa llo win g in the dUSI since
a nalog and dig ital don 't usuall y mix very
well,
T he ou tput of my S- Mete r ci rcui t is abo ut

O-.BY, directly proport ion al to signal strength.

he lps give all acc ura te result. Fo rtunately. it' s

relatively e:'lsy with the modern op-amp (o pc rario na l amplifier) chip. Add a few resis tor s

and capaci tors. and maybe a calibration poteruior nctcr. and you're all set - and that' s
the topic oft he rest of this art icle .T hough Pro Tu rbo a nd the CE -2J 2 Inte rface provided the
origi nal impe tus . op -amps have hundr ed s of
uses aro und shop and shac k.

Op-Amps for th e Exp eriment er

Figur e I is the schematic d iagra m, using
the LM-324. a qua d analog op -amp . My c ircuit usc-, two of the four sect ions. so ther e a rc
two spare c hannels for future project s. You
can build one c hanne l of the circu it ind ependent ly o f the othe r if you WUIl l. That is. the
upp er ha lf fro m the ground line up is on e
circuit, qu ite indepe ndent of the second c han nel starting with the ground line and do wn .
Channel I is a non -inverting am plifie r. the
ga in of which is fixed by the com bination of
R2 a nd R3. T he formula is shown in Figur e I.
sho uld you want to ex perime nt with it. Ch annel 2 is an invert ing ampl ifie r (or a ttcnuator}.
Th e difference bet ween the two is not of
pola rity - rathe r. o f dircction -i- so do n't get
con fused.
A non-inverting function maintai ns the

T he "ce nter-tune' funct ion of the scanner has

a range of abo ut 7V to
I.5V . inve rse ly propertiona! 10 the frequen cy
NON-INVERTING CONDITION ER /AMP LIFIER
DC Power
offset o ver a rung e of +1[>
+5
to ... 12'.'
10 k Hz.
+ [>-- - ; --0 VB1 U 1 ;; LM324
C2
Thi s poses two di s- A naKJg Inpul lo-uF
CAL
!lO/1-hIL't,t..d
AOJ
22k
10-uF
tinctly differe nt prob lems. /0 te a mp hfiiKJ '""l:
COlldiliom d
R4 output
(b
ut
no/
Inverted)
C
1
T he Scmcter' O-.BV is
pretty weak and uses on ly
~"+--::t:
. 'k +
Ground
abo ut 16l,} of the reso luD3
5 tv
'
lion capabi lities of a 5V
lD A
:2:2AID . The second proble m
1f~733A
R2
has two issues. c hief of ~- - - _ ... . _-- -.
Gr ound
GrOll/ ttl
10:
w hic h is that a 7V input
8 ut c 9: Ground
wiII blo w a 5V AI D to
VR2
[ ;C Power
Gain &Cal +5 to ...1:2v
D.
k i ng d o m -co rne . Th en
not used
1N 73 3/<.
there is that inver se rcla5 tv
lD
tion ship where 7V reprelCJ..u r16v l
sents abo ut - 10 kl-lz of .
.
5
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+
7
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cente r und IAV is + 10
lb
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22-k
kHz of ce nte r.
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ou tput
R5
RG
15-10
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(;m d ,;m "'ltd)
C4
03-4 Zener diodes
de vices, gets the most out
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slope of the: input signal. Th at is. an inpu t

changing from 0.1V to O. 2V into a gain of 10
will he outputted as 1V rising I n 2V. An
inv ertin g fun cti on wo uld o utp ut 2 V decr easing to IV. yo u sec. In a ll cases. the pola rity of
the sig na l remains positi ve (+) with respec t to
grou nd .
Figure s 2 and 3 sho w ho w to build the o ramp signalconditioneron a piece of per fboa rd.
Fo llo w th ose " ma ps" and yo u wo n' t run into
tro ub le .

Applicat ions

an y de sired reasonabl e gai n. VR I is pro vided,

not so much as a ga in-adj ust: rathe r it is a
calibrat io n adjustment 10 match whatever signal ra nge yo u feed into C h-l to the fi xed gai n
of the amplifier. Say yo u ha ve an a nalog
signal ofO-2Y and you want an o utpu t of 0 In
5V. You m ight choose a 20 -k re sistor fo r R3
a nd a IO-k resistor for R 2 In yield a gain of 3.
( I + 2011 Uj T hen you' d adj ust VR I for a max
inp ut of 1.667V to Pin 3 of U l a to ge l th e
desi red 5V output (1.667 x 3 = 5.0 )
Th e gain of U I b is es ta blished lar ge ly by
R5 and R6, a nd VR 2 is a calibratio n adj ustmen t that sets the ma ximum o utput of U Ib to
let you match a precise o utp ut to a knovv-n
input.

Channel I of the or-a mp is for moderate

a mpl ific atio n w itho ut invert ing the signa l.
lts idea l for an S vrne tc r c irc uit tha t pu ts o ut
maybe O-O.7V. g ive O f la ke . As shown. the
SuggestionslRecommendations
ell- l o p-am p will o utput a mo re use fu l 0 -5V
I. Usc a DC po wer supply that"s at least 2
Scmctc n ng signal; goo d for-drivi ng an analog
mete r. an LED ba rg raph meie r. or eve n a
vo lts g reater than the maximum de sired
o ut puts of U I . A n HV supply is pe rfec t for
DY~ I for exce lle nt resolutio n o f mi no r di ffe r5V outputs. h ut yo u ca n usc 12V. too. DC
ence s of si gnal strength. Of cou rse. it' ~ ideal
powe r isn' t critical. but it sho uld be reg ufor a 5V AID converter . too ! <g rin>
lated a nd wel l filte red .
C hanne l 2 in ve rts th e sig na l di rectio n and
2. Build thi s circ ui t on pcrfb oard as sho wn
has a mild aucnuation factor (0 lim it the
and use it a... a lear ni ng-aid be fore co nj uro utp ut swi ng to 5Y . I de sig ned it for th at
ing up your nee ds and appli ca tion s. You
"ccmc r-tuncvs ignul in the PRO -20Q..J/5/6 and
need o ne or two vo ltme ters und the AnaPRO -2035120-l2 scanners ava ilable at IC -2.
10g Signa l Emulator sho wn in Fig ure 4 .
Pin 9. whe re the sig na 1 varie s fro m about I V
CO II IlCl: ! a powe r su pply a s sho wn in Figto 7V . inverse ly proportio nal to frequency
S and connec t a vo ltmeter to the " Varia ble
offsets. M y m ind thin ks in di rect pro porti o n.
for o ne thing. and two. I didn't wa nt to
blow lip my AI D con verter.
FIG-4: ANALOG EMULATOR
So, the two cha nne ls arc good ex a mp les to c ut yo ur teeth o n a na log op5k 10 50 k (J-- - - - -{> +
a mps, and they' re not lim ited to AI D Fixed DC
Trhn Pot
Valiable
Pow
er
Supply
and co m puter appli catio ns, ei the r.
Analog
5 to 12v
Output

Calibrations

Gut

T he ga in (amplifi cati on fac tor) of ~

U I:.J in Fig-! is fixed by R2 a nd R.l
You ca n cha nge o ne or hot h values for L

Ana lo g Ou tput. " Adjust the pot ent iometer

for a desired o utput as seen o n the meter .
T hen co nnec t the vol tmeter to the outputs
o f U I as sho w n in Fi g-I : co nnec t the
Analog Em ulator " Variable Ana log O utpu t" to one of the inpu ts to the op -urnp ,
Th en s light ly adj us t the Emu lator' s
po tent iome ter while wa tchi ng the o utput
o f the op-arnp o n the vo ltm eter. It he lps to
ha ve two vo ltme ters. o ne mea suri ng the
inpu t a nd the o the r at the o utput of the o pamp so tha t yo u can see the effec ts o n the
o utput as the in put c hanges. Beli e ve me.
yo u ' II learn a lot about op -arnps in a sho rt
time if yo u tak e th is e xtra time and trouble
at first.
3. Th e inputs of unu sed chan ne ls of the op am p mu st be grounded . as sho wn in Fig- ! .
.t. Zener d iod es D3 an d O.t arc op tio nal. I
used the m to lim it the o utputs to 5. 1V so
th at my AID co n verte rs wo uld n' t blo w up
if th e input limi ts were ex ceeded. If yo u' re
110' feeding all AI D, then D3-4 probabl y
aren 't needed or desired .
S upport for th is an d all my co lum ns is
freel y available bye-ma il. If yo u' re not computerized. please incl ude an S ASE wi th any
posta l requ e sts.

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Footnotes
I

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a designer and the supplier af the CE-232. For
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a t the end of this article, or see my latest book,
The Ultimate Sconner (Cheek') , for pla ns on
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83

ANTENNA TOPICS
Clem Small, KR6A

BUYING, BUILDING AND UNDERSTANDING ANTENNAS

Christmas-Tree Antennas

es. Virginia. there rea lly are Christmas tree antennas. One of them. the
tannen baurn arra y ofone -wavelength
di pol es. loo ks like the illustrati on in fig . I.
"Tannenbau m" is a Germ an wo rd so me times interpreted in Eng lish as "Christmas
tree:' though a more acc urate translation is
" pine tree," Loo ki ng at fig. I it takes o nly a
little imagination to see the four Christmas
tree s in this design .
T annen baum ante nnas are large: so metimes hundreds of feet in length. Th e)' are
made of very heavy wire ind hun g like a
curtai n from tall towers. In fac t. because of
their flat , expansive con struction. bea ms of
this ge neral so rt are kno wn as "c urta in bea m

Natio ns) headq uart ers in Ge neva, Swi tzerland .

A Rea l Christma s Tree Antenna

Every fe w yea rs I co me across another
article abo ut usin g real. live trees as antennas . As I' ve me ntio ned in past co lumns. the
basic idea for a tree antenn a, C hristmas o r
otherw ise, is to put a nail thro ug h the har k
into the tree tru nk at a s pot pe rhaps six
inches to a foo t o r more fro m the ground.
Yo u mig ht try nai ls at vari ou s he ights to
find the best matc h to yo ur fecd line . T his
match may diffe rfor d if ferent bands. Please
use small nai ls and doas little damage 10 the
tree as possible .
Usc a fou r-to-o ne ba lun a nd con nec t
fro m o ne side of the high-impedance winding to the nail. The o ther side of the high
imp eda nce w ind ing goes to a ground rod
dr iven into the eart h at the base of the tree.
T he ground is also co nnec led to o ne side of
the low-impedance ba lun winding. The rema ining side of the low-im pedance winding is co nnec ted to the ce nter cond uctor of
the coax fcedline.
Live tree ante nnas have freq uently been

successfully uti lized for both transmi tting

and recei ving. I suspect tha t the usc of
si zab le power le vels fo r tran smitti ng o n
suc h an antenna might damage o r kill the
tree . Ho we ver. I ' ve had go od luck usin g ta ll
tree s as all-ban d receiv ing antennas.

A Fa ke Christmas Tree Antenn a

I once rea d an art ic le wh ich described the

use of an artific ial C hristmas tree as an
a nte nna. T alk abo ut a stea lth ante nna ! T he
<artifi cial tree was set up in the yard o uts ide
the hou se . Th e tree ' s met al fra me was insu la ted from g ro und and served a s th e
<an tenn a' s e le ment. T he coax-fecdli nc ce nter co nnector was auac hed to the ho ttom of
antennas,"
the tree. Th e Iccdlines shiel d wa s conInthe past. beams such as the tannen baum
ncctcd to a gro und rod dr iven into the ea rth
were used extens ive ly fo r sho rtwave (highut
the base
the tree,
freq uency) broadcasting. Eve n afte r the adA
set
oft
ree
ligh ts o n the tree mig ht mak e
vent of the yagi a nd lo g-period ic arra ys,
that
coa
x
ru
nning
to the tree look less out of
curtain beams were q uite com mo n and ar e
place
,
but
fo
r
safety
yo u wo uld n' t want the
still em ployed in so me install ation s. T hey
tree
ligh
ts
actually
connected
to the e lectric
were freq uent ly used in imp ortant milit ary
hou se mains on such a "C hristmas tree ."
and govern ment shortwave insta llations. In
For thi s antenna. the ta ller the tree the
fac t, the tann enb aum antenna was used for
better. un less you want it reso nant for a
shortwave broadcasting fro m the o ld League
partic ular ba nd: then a s pec ifi c length w ill
of Natio ns (predece ssor to todays United
, -- - - -- - - - -- - - - -- - -- -- -- - -- - - - - -- - -- - -- - --, be needed. But the
specific lengt h wil l be
I
I
hard 10 predi ct. and
o rd inary fo rmul a s
wo n't work here d ue
to th e c apa c itiv eloadi ng effect of the
met al bra nches. This
load ing will make it
res po nsive at lower
freque nci es tha n an
antenna of its heig ht
wo uld otherw ise he.
----1/~-
Su
ofor rece iving it' s
I
I
I
probably more reaso nable to j ust n-uke
it as tall as practi cal
and forge t abou t making it reso nan t. If yo u
TRA NSMI TTER
want to transmit 0 11
th is ante nna, it w ill
pro bably be nec esFIG. 1, A tannenbautn curtain beam antenna. i\ similar curtain is lutng a quarter wavelength behind this beam to tlct sary to usc an antenna
as a reflector, thus giving the antenna more gain and directivity than that uJ the army as shown.
t une r or so me ma tch-

IJrro

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December 1998

or

ing device between the coa x and antenna.

The fake Christmas tree antenna is one antenna-alternative for
those who don't want to put up an ordinary antenna outside. Bear
in mind. though, that a simple wire strung high. long. and in the
clear will undoubt edly make a better receiving antenn a. On the
other hand. if you want a quick and ca sy antenna, one tha t doesn't
ca ll attention to itself and takes up little space, it might be worth
putting a tree on your lawn this season.
~

RADIO RIDDLES '<1,

Last Month :

I asked "What is a sferic?" Th en I tuld yo u that that term was

related to that month' s topic: noise.
Well , the background of received noise which we must tolerate
when listenin g to our shortwave, mediumwave. or longwave receivers is often incorrectly called "s tatic." Lightn ing bolts generate
strong bursts of electrical noise which propagate worldwide. This
noise is the basic com ponent of the noise whic h ends up as
bac kgro und interfe rence to our shortwave rece ption.
Such received . background-noise interfe rence, whic h is generated in the atmosp here and propagated thro ugh the atmosphere. is
proper ly ca lled "atmospheric noise:' or simply "s ferics ." Light ning, com mon in the earth' s atmo sphere during any season. is
considerably more comm on in summer in many place s. That' s one
reason why we have better DXing (chasi ng distant stations) in
winter.
To some deg ree. it is actually possib le to track storms which
produce lightning by tracking the sferics which they generate. For
this a directi onal antenna and a special sferi c receiver are em ployed.
Th e term "s tatic" may have orig inated to describe the poppi ng
sound resulting fro m the discharge of static electricity build-up on
an anten na in certain situations. especia lly storms. The airborne
parti cles in sand, dust and snow storms often carry sma ll static
electric charges which may accumulate on an antenna durin g the
storm, The charge thus dev elop ed may periodically boild to a
sufficiently high level that it will discharge at some place in the
antenna system which is close to a gro unded objec t. In some
situations the discharge is into the air via a pheno me non know n as
"corona."
If there is no place where static charges can easily discharge ,
they may travel dow n the line and damage so me components in
your receiver. I have heard that sand storms caused this sort of
damage to some of the solid state receivers of our armed forces in
Opera tion Desert Storm. Tub es are much more resistant (Q damage
by such static charges than are so lid-state devices. and so some
somew hat-elderly, tube -type eq uipme nt was quickl y flown in to
replace [he more modem but disabl ed solid -state sets.
This Month:

Once again , Cherokee leads t he way wit h today' s new

technology. Unb eli evable range and performance In a
CO"
super small design. Only from cnerokeer.

We have quoted the infamous Kurt N. Sturba in this column on

several occasions. What is the name of the antenna which appears
to be the basis forthederi vationofhis name (pse udonym). Hint: Of
what class of antennas is the tann enbaum beam a member '?
Yo u' ll find an answer for this month' s ridd le. and much more.
in next month' s issue of Monitoring Times. Ti l then have a great
holiday. and a happy new year. Peace. OX. 73

For more Informati on on all the Cherokee rad ios and

where yo u can purchase the m, call us at 1-800-259-0959,
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December 1998

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85

ON THE HAM BANDS ...

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF AMATEUR RADIO

Ike Kerschner, N3/K

More Good Stuff!

hih: at the Ti dew ater Ham fest in

Virg inia Beac h. Virgi nia. I came
acro ss a book entitled Ea sy Wi re
AntelllUi Ha m /h o ok by Dave Ingram.
K4TW 1. As me ntio ned in this colum n last
month, Dave is a ve ry ac tive writer who ca n
describe an idea so an yone ca ll und erstand
it. So seeing his name o n the book prompted
me to purchase a copy: glad I did !
Dave ' s book has abou t 35 antenna
proj ects and se vera l trunsmatch proj ects
the newcom er can ea sily d uplicate.
Antenna projects range from s im ple d ipo le. multi band antennas. s lopers. wide band
anten nas. se ve ral super DX antennas. and
invi s ible anten nas.
Feedlines and matching systems are described in s im ple ter ms and Dave descri bes
a neal antenna tu ner fo r th e beg inner 10
h ui ld.
One antenna thai I have used se vera l
tim es ove r the yea rs is descri bed on page
56. It is a pa ir o f pha sed dip oles and provide s an ea sy way to o btain 3 to 4 dB of
unid irecti o na l gain. a switc hing system alIO\v5 the user to cha nge d irect io n o f the
antenna from the shack. If yo ur interest is
low band DXi ng th is antenna will appea l to
you .
Price o f thi s m anu al is S 15.95 plu s 54 .00
S& H fro m C Q Co m m unica tions . 76 North
Broad way. Hicksville . NY 11801 or pho ne
800 -853 -97 97.

Vectronics Kits
A new man ufacturer of kit s has recently
int rod uced a line o f s ho rtwave and ama teur
radi o kit s. Prese ntly 3D different kits are
o ffe red from a s imple crysta l rad io. TV
tran sm itter, VHF / UHF gear. keyers, HF
transmitters/receivers and man y o ther interesting produ cts . Prices are rea son ab le.
W ritcfo r a catal og to VEC T RON ICS. 1007
Hwy 25. S tarkv ille . M S 39 759 o r phone
60 1-323655 1.

Your Ham Radio Store

While perusing the late st Radio Sh ack
catalog. I not ed they o ffered a fairly large
qu antity o f amateur gear aside from the ir 2
meter HT and mobile rigs. O f s pecial inter es t is a se lectio n o f Hy Gain ante nnas ;
verticals. HF beams a nd VHF antennas. a
keyer. VO X head set and many o ther prod.
ucts. While you cann ot go into yo ur local
Shack and look at their se lectio n of ham
gear. yo u can purchase through their cata log ; j ust go into the sto re and tel l the salesper so n wha t yo u want. they pl acc the order.
and you wi ll rece ive the item in a sho rt time .
W hi le not exactly a ham rad io department store, it docs o ffer the ne wcomer a
sa fe way of purchasing a se lectio n o f ham
ge ar. Radi o Shack' s return policy is o ne of
the best in the wo rld , so yo u can purc hase a
product and know that if it does not suit
yo ur nee ds yo u can take it back to th e store
and ge t a full refu nd; not always easy to do
via a mail orde r sto re.

New Nye Hand Key

\Vm. M. Nye is a flam e that has been
prominent in amate ur rad io for man y years .
Th ey produced a wide rang e o f prod ucts for
hams ran ging from switches 10 tra nsm itter s. T he Nyc Mast er Hand Key has always
been o ne of m y fav ori te hand key s - easy
to adj ust and use . and the y arc ex tremely
durable and fec i go od in the hand .
Nyes new key is a delu xe ve rs ion o f the
C lassic Master han d key. It has a highly
po lished chro me base. nickel plated hard-

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December 1998

ware and a Navy Knob , A great dea l of hand

wo rk goe s into the manu fact ure of this key.
Each key has a serial number stamped in the
ba se (the first nine keys having sing le digit
numbers have already been so ld). Proceeds
from the sale of the se key s is goi ng into a
fund fo r an an nua l award to promote the
learnin g and use o f Morse co de .
Price for the mode l " OC is S 139.00,
Eac h key carries a two year warra nty. N ice
for the collection. but eve n be tter to use on
the air.
For more info or to order contact Morse
Ex press . 31 40 S. Peoria S t.. Uni t K- J56.
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EMaii Again
A few readers expressed a desire to se e
N3 1K have an E-Mail ad dress and be av ailable via the inte rnet.
In fact o ne reader ex p ressed an opino n
th at I am o ld fash ion ed . I do not use a goose
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g uys- I've been inv olved with co mp uters
si nce the mid 60' s. I ha ve no objectio n [0 EMail. and at o ne time I wa s availab le via the
internet. b ut the mode hol d s little att rac tion
fo r me. I s uppose th at' s bec ause I am a
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I'm th inking about it !
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r there ' s one piece of rad io gea r that I

thin k every family should OW I1. it' s a
weat he r rad io with ale rt capability .
If you' re unfam iliar with the co nce pt of
weat her radio. here ' s the deal: througho ut the
United States, the Na tiona l Oceanic and A tmosph eric Admi nistra tion (NO AA) sponsors

a network of radio stations that provide continu ou s broad cast ing of the latest weather
in format ion from loca l National We athe r Se rvice offices . Th ere arc hund reds of these stations across the cou ntry. a nd they broadcast on
one of seven freq uen cies:

162.550
162.400
162.475
162.425

MH z.
MH z
M Hz
MHz

162.450 MHz
. 162.500 MHz
. 162.525 MH z

T his broad ca st system also incl udes bull etins from the U.S. Emergenc y Alert Syste m
an d the Fede ral Emerge nc y Mana ge me nt
Agency . Whe n an im medi ate hazard - such
as a tornado. hurricane, or che m ica l inc ide nt
- threaten s, the NO A A stations can tran sm it
a n alert to ne that w ill activa te we at her radi os
eq uippe d 10 recei ve it. Whil e no t a ll arcu s of
the nation are co ve red by the NO AA weathe r
rad io network, most arc, ;'1I1d the ability to
rece ive ;'1 time ly alert cou ld be a
lifesa ve r for yo u an d those yo u
lo ve.
Recentl y, I tested two weat he r
rad ios wi th a lert func tio n. Th e first
is th e Orego n Scie ntific All HazOregon
urd s/ E mc rge nc y A lert Mo nito r
Scien(Mode l WR -8000 . S69 .95 sugtific
gcs tcd re tai lj. It co uld we ll be called
WR"T he Ca mpe r's Friend" It not o nly
S()()O
incl udes all seve n NOA A wea the r
radio cha nne ls an d the ale rt functi o n, but it
a lso has a co mpass, u c lock with time a nd date,
a n alarm. a di gita l therm ometer. and a freeze
wa rning syste m. A meta l ba le a llows you to
pro p the radio at an angle o n a de sk or table or
to ha ng it 0 11the wa ll, and there is <I plasti c cli p
to hang it fro m yo ur be ll.
Th e wa ter-resista nt WR-HOOO is abo ut 3
inc hes wide at its w idest, abou t 6.5 inch es ta ll
inc luding the sho rt rubber du cky anten na. and
about an inc h thi ck at its ma ximum depth. lts
po we red by thr ee AA alka line batt eries , which
pro vide about 100 ho urs of stand by time. A
liqu id crysta l d isplay co nstantly sho ws the

lime but can a lso sho w dale, te mpe ratu re. or

volume le vel. Press a butto n. a nd the LCD is
backli t. Vo lume is adj us ted using up and do wn
slew ing butto ns: there is no volume knob .
\ Vhcn the WRSa OO is turned on in either
standard listening m ode or one of the standby
mode s (in which a n aler t sig na l can be rcce ived) , a gree n light -c m itting diode blinks. If
an a lert is rece ived in standby/m ute mode, the
LE D tu rns red . If an a lert is recei ved in standard sta nd by mod e. the LED blinks red, a to ile
sounds a nd the spe a ke r turn s o n. T here is no
mea ns of te st ing to mak e sure the e mergency
a lert capab ility is functio ning prop er ly.
J ca n hea rt ily recom me nd the W R SOOO as
carry-arou nd m ulti-fu nct io n weather alert radio . It docs the j ob and then some. Note we ll:
fo r the compass to func tion properly. it m ust
he swung away fro m the radio on its cle ar
plastic an n at a 90-degree <I ng le to the face of
the un it. For more info rmat ion. co ntac t Oregon Sc ientific at 1-800 -853-8883 or visit

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Midland's mid-price radio

Mid lan d' s 74 109 We ath er Rece iver (sug gcs tcd retai l 539.95) w ith Alert is prim ari ly
designed fo r ho me use. It mea surc s6.25 inch es
wide by 4 .75 inches dee p by about 1.5 inches
hig h. There a re brack ets o n the back of th e
radio so that it ca n be fastened to a wa ll if
de sired , Fo r incr eased se nsitivity a te lescoping: me ta l an te nna can be ex te nded from the
ba ck .
Primarily po wered by a "wa ll wa rt" tran sformer.the 74 -109 a lso incl udes a con necto r
for a 9-\'011 bac k-up battery that keeps the unit
fun cti o ni ng if the AC powe r goe s oU I. J( also
g ives yo u the capability to un plug th e unit
from the power cord and tak e it with yo u in
ca se yo u need to head fo r thc basem e nt.
T he 74 109 recei ves al lse ven weather c hannels . and o ffer s the c ho ice of three di ffer ent
a lert mod es. T he first sim ply bli nks a rcd LED
whe n a n alert is rece ived . T he second blinks
the LE D a nd so unds a n alarm ton c like a sire n.
T he third alert mode simply turn s o n the
NO AA wea ther rad io broa dca st whe n an a lert
sig nal is rece ived fro m the weather radi o net work. There is a butt on 0 11 the fac e o f tile rad io
fo r test in g the ale rt mod e , Ot he r butt o ns let
yo u liste n to the wea the r radio broad casts or
put the 74- 109 in a le rt standb y mode.
Th e 74 - 109 exhibi ts the highest se ns itivity

of any wea ther radi o I have see n so far that' s an advantage for fo lks living o n the
fringes of the NO AA weat her rad io statio n
coverage . In additio n, this weath er rad io offers a jack for attachi ng an e xterna l ante nna
for e ve n gre ater sensitivity , Ano ther j ack allo ws co ntro l of an e xternal aler t de vice, suc h
as a bri ght light or warn ing hom. Volume fo r
the 74- 109 is co ntro lled by a wh eel on the side
of the radi o tha t serves as the on/off sw itch.
T he M idland 74- 109 gets my highest pe rso na l recom me ndation . It offers o utsta ndi ng
performance at an exce lle nt pric e. For more
information. ca ll Midl and at 1-8 16-241-8500
o r visit www.mi d la n drad io.com .
Severe wea ther stri kes every sta le in th e
un ion . in one form or ano the r. If yo u do n' t
ha ve a wea ther rad io with alert fu nc tio n. yo u
need o ne . I do n' t want any of my reade rs to
have first-hand kno w ledge of stor mchase r
Warren Faidley ' s va nity plate : "CU IN OZ:

1i1ffIlWl!!ttij,/,.
Th e Kiw.. E.Iz,1h M on ilor is an
ELF-Extr""mety Low Frequo-ncy
receiver for listening 10 the
I\o\lu r.a1 r..dio signals from
pl.lll\el Earth. lieu whistlers,
rwee ks, the d .. wn chorus wi lh
this sensiti ve receiver . Tuning
ran ge is [rum 50 Hz to 15 kl lz,
Fe.. tu res includ e .. rem ote field

probe an tenna. noise filter and

vari able ban d pass filt..r

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~ http:/ / www .kiwa.com

December 1998

MONITORING TtMES

87

ASK BOB

ANSWERS TO YOUR RADIO QUESTIONS

Can you explain the time diFferences between the u. s. and UTC?
(Numerous)
Q.

A.

Uni ver sal Coord inated T ime (UTe). veriou s ly called mi litary time. ~4 hour universa l
lime . Green w ich Mean Time (G MT). Ar my
time. Zu lu time (a nd probably ot he rs as we ll).
is .10 attemp t (0 standardize wo rldwide time 10
a voi d co nfusio n in astro no my. co mmunicalions. and o the r sciences.
Before this co ord inated effort. noo n wa s
arbitrar ily defi ned as the tim e whe n the sun
reac hes its highest overhe ad posit ion : the proble m w ith that was . except for location s u n a line
draw n fro m pole to pole. it was never noon fo r
everyone in a town at the sa me lime .
Later. 24 se parate time zo nes. one for each
hour of the day. were con ceived. Each time
zo ne was 15 degrees in long itude apart from the
adj acen t tim e zone (24 hours times 15 deg rees
equa ls 360 deg ree - the full circ le aro und the
earth), Now folk s co uld shan: the same loc al

lime fo r approx imately 1000 mi les.

Th e beg inning referen ce was de lega ted to
he the pri me me ridian . zer o degrees long itude .
a line run ning through Greenwich Ob ser vato ry
in Eng land. S ince the ea rth rotates tow ard the
ca-st. it is always later ea st of us (the sun is
higher in the sky ). and earlier we st ofus (when
the sun is overl;ead for us. it is srill low in the
ea st when viewed from the west of us).
In the United Sime s. the East Coast sees the
sun li ve hours later than the Brit ish see it. so
Eas tern Standa rd Ti me is fi ve hours earlier than
UTe. W hen it is 1200 UTC (noon at Greenwich ), it is 0700 0 11 the US East Co as t. For eac h
of the rema ining U.S . time zone s (Centra l.
Mountain. and Paci fic ). it is prog ressivel y one
hour ea rlier. During the summe r (Daylig ht
Savings Time ). \ \ 'C boost our dock s one ho ur
ahea d: making our separation from UTC an
hour less.
Ho ld ing a flashlight (the sun) over a wo rld
globe ma kes the w hole thing a 101 eas ier to
understa nd . as you imag ine wes te rn locat ion s
having to lo ok cast to sec the s un lower in the

Bob's Tip of
the Month

Using the
Grove FCC
Database on
Windows 98

us t a fter the new Grove FCC Datab ase

it w as d iscove red that
after the program was loaded un a
Wi ndow s 98 p lat form. it could n ' t be fo und!
It worked just fi ne o n Windows 95. so
where did it go?
It (urn s o u t that the crea tio n of a shortcut
fin ds th e pro gram j us t fi ne. A fter load ing
the d isk o n a Wi ndows 9 8 platform fo llo win g the o rig inal instru ction s, pro ceed as
w as rel eased .

follows:
,

88

MONITORING TIMES

Decembe r 1998

Bob Grove, WBJHD

bgrove@grove.net

morning sky! (Alsosce this mon th' s " Beg inner's

Co rn er.")

Q . If I was watching channel 7 TV an

the moon, would f receive one station
or channel 7 worldwide? And how
for out? (John Fleming, Downey, CA)

A. W hcn the astronauts monit or busy ch annels

from space. they hear a m ish mash o f s ignals all
at once. Th is is o ne of the probl em s the astronuut-hamsh ad in try ing to tal k on 145 ,550 MH z
during their o rbita l hamm ing . lr' s ;1150 the rca son that cell ular phones wo n't wor k in airplane s
- they would sim ulta ne o us ly dia l up ce ll si tes
all o ver the country !
Wc eve ntually lose radio contac t wi th deep
s pace probes as they pass out of o ur so lar
sys te m: eve n a billion miles is o nly I-I I:! hour s
of signa l travel. or co urse . the s igna l is very
small. not at all like the bro adca st powe rhou ses.
hut the ante nnas arc hig h ga in. and the fre q uency is clear .
Th e streng th of the rece ived sig na l in out er
space depend s upo n the frequen cy. broad cast
po wer, and directiv ity. W ithi n limits. the higher
the frequency. the more likel y it will penetra te
o ur ionos phere: reme mbe r, sh uttle pri mary cornmunications in Sp'KC are conducted <It 2 G Hz,
But even sig nal s from Jupite r may be heard in
the 20 M l-lz ra nge . and ham satelli tes in or bit
have repeaters o n 29 Ml-l z.

Somebody told me if you could

travel in space fo r enough, you
would pick up radio and TV signals
from fo rtyyears ago. What's your
theory on this subject? (John Fleming,
Part Two)

Q.

Right-click on the START bar (the

grey section, not the START button]
Click on PROPERTIES
Click on START MENU PROGRAMS
Click on ADD
Click on BROWSE
Double-click on PROGRAM FILES
Double-click on FCC DATABASE
MANAGER
Double-click on FCC DBMGR
Click on NEXT
Click on NEXT ogoin
Creote 0 nome for the shortcut (i.e.
Grove FCC Datobase Monoger)
Click FINISH
No w, sim p ly c lic k the sho rtc ut icon to run
the pro gram . A n el eg ant fi x.

A.

It wo uld he true o nly if yo u could travel

fas te r than light. If yo u lau nc hed at the same
lime as a signal was se nt. an d we re go ing the
speed o f light. that sig nal wo uld be alo ngsid e
yo u, an d would ex hibit a 100 90 Doppl e r shift in
freq ue ncy . If you we re go ing half the spee d o f
light. and atte mpted to radio back to Earth on
100 MH / . they wo uld hear yo u on 50 M Hz.
At th is moment. I Love L iley is pa ssing abo ut
50 light yea rs fro m he re. and so meone at that
di sta nt po int in ou r ga laxy could co nceivab ly
recei ve the program - if it had n' t diss ipate d
into heat. o r been absorbed by interstellar d ust .
o r isn 't j ust a mishm ash of sig na ls alJ o n the
same frequency from TV statio ns around the
globe as we discussed in paragrap h one .

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EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES FOR YOUR MONITORING POST

Radio Shack PRO-91 Trunking Portable

he 150 channel PRO -91 is Radi o Shack' s

second portab le scanner which can selectivel y foll ow co nversat ions in 800
MH z Motorola trunked radio systems. Uniden
manu factures the PRO-t)! in Philip pines for
Rad io S hac k. O ne might say the PR O-9 1 is .1
"li g ht" version of the Un ide n BC235XLT (sec
Ju ly 1997 Mh The PRO-91 has half the ch annels and less frequency coverage. censoring
823.9 75 - 823.95 and 894 .0 125 - 896. 1 MHl
cove red by tbe BC2 35X LT .
The higher priced BC2 35XLT is po wered
by a proprietary, shrink-wrapped NiCd battery
pack a nd co mes complete two packs. a charg ing tray. and AC power supply. The PRO-91 is
powered by four individual AA alka line o r
NiCd batteries and. like most Radi o Shack
portables, is supplied without a wa ll wart po wer
supply. A pow er save fea ture begi ns automati cally 5 seconds after the last transmission in
manu al mode. hut it ca n he de feated .
An o ptio na l externa l 9 Vdc power source
( RS #273 - 1665 ) ean charge internal NiCd batteri es if the tiny slide switch inside the batte ry
com partm en t is set to the "N iCd " posi tion. An
optional auto power adapter ( RS #270 1560)
connects the PRO -9I to yo ur vehicle ' s clec trical sys tem.

Conventional Features
T uning step size and AM and NFM modes
are factory set and not sele ctable. Its 150 chan ncls are di stributed among five banks and a .2
second rescan delay m;;IY be programmed on a
per channel basis. The PRO-9 J incl udes a Prugram key and five Monito r memories. You
program a conve ntiona l freq uen cy by pre ssing
the Prog ram key . then the freq uency d ig its. then
the Enter key. Unlike the BC235XLT . there is
no query fea ture to iden tify dup licate mem ory
channel s.
Va riou s combinat ion s of banks ma y be
scanned. and ou r PRO-91 scans a mixture o f
freque ncie s at 80 c hanne ls/sec .. skipping over
emp ty channels. Individual channels can be
locked o ut from memor y scanning. and hold ing
down the Lockout key for a fe w seco nds unlocks all noncm pty channels in all enabled
ba nks.
On e channel per bank can be de sign ated a
priorit y channel and sampled every two sec onds. A sing le pair of frequency limit s ca n he
program med for searching up or down. hut
se arching and prio rity cannot he used simultaneously. Up to 20 frequencies may be locked

90

MONITORING TIMES

December / 998

out from a limit search.same

as the BC2 35XLT .
A sing le pa ir of limits
ma y be prog rammed for a
limit search. The PRO-9 1
imp leme nts a direct search
o peration missing on the Be
235XLT. You simply type
in a freq uency then sea rch up
o r down . without using up a
me mor y cha nnel. Fa cto ry
preprogrammcd freque ncies
for pol ice. fire, emergency ,
co mme rcial air. marine. ham
rad io. a nd weathe r ca n be
scanned by pressi ng the SVC
key. Police. fire. and emergency
frequenc ies arc all lumped int o
a sing le serv ice search bank .
Man y po lice freq uenc ies a re
missing. includi ng 460 - 460.5
MH z. the spectru m used by C hicago PD! Up to 20 frequen cies ca n
be sk ipped du ring a serv ice scan.
AM and NFM emission modes
are selected auto matically depending on the freq uency and ca nno t be
ov erridden . Data Sk ip jumps e ver
unmod ulutcd and constant tone o r data
sig nals if they are strong eno ugh. It is
disa bled when scanning At\'1 aircra ft o r using
priority scan.

Trunk Tracking

The PRO 9 1 s!'; ips o ve r tele phone cal ls and

conversation s on talk gro ups design ated as private. hut we hear d igitall y scra mbled transmissio ns on a detecti ve talk g roup.
Each of the PRO-9 1's five banks
cun he pro grammed with the fr cquencic-, for a ~ ing lc trunkcd sy ... rem or \\ ith
frequencies for conven tional usc. bu t
you cannot foll ow trunkc d co nversation s and scan conventional syste l11s
at the same time. A Trunk key se lects
bctwecn trun king and conventional
ope ration .
Ta lk gro up ;'IIH.J fleet n umbers.
no t freq uencies, ar c di spla yed
wh ile searching or sca nning in the
trunked domain. T he index num bcr ofthc channc l Ii.c.. I :' in a
five-channel trunkcd SYSICI11 ) is
di spla yed as we ll. T he PROY]' s rcscan dcl uy. ho ld. and
lockout facili ties so operati on
is very similar in both trun k
and co nventio nal domains.
like the other trunk tracki ng
model s.
Yo u can searc h o r scan
fur acti ve talk groups in the
trunkcd doma in and lock out
up to 100 unin teresti ng talk g roups.
T runk g rou ps ca n he stored tem porarily into the
five monitor me mories d uring ;'1 search. You
can program up to fin- lists pt.::r hunk with talk
group 1H1 1ll~r~ for scanning . Eachlivt em hold
up to 10 group IDs. tho ugh there' s no warning
of dupl icat e gro up numbers.

The PRO9 1 is designed to fol low co nversa tio ns in Motoro la Ty pe I. Ty pe II. and Hybrid
800 MHz analog tr un k
sys tems. It will not track
Portable Scanner Curren t Consumptio n
G E (E r ic s son) , E . F .
Measured Wh ile Scanni ng
John son . 400 MH z. or 900
~ I H z trun ke d sys te ms.
EIect1a BC 100
.
which mu st he scanned in
Unlden B C200XLT
56
the co nventiona l mode . RadIO Shack PR~7
RELM HS200
Th e PRO-9 1 default s to
70
70
Unlden BC 230XLT
Moto rola Type II systems.
Unldon BC 3000 XL T
15
which di vide a large num- Radi o Shack PRO-26
15
84
Unlden BC23 5XL T
ber of users into se veral
88
RadiO Shack PR0 -62
groups. culled talk g roup!-. Rad io Shack PRQ-43
88
Rad io Shack PRQ.6.4
95
\ Ve pro gr ammed three
Sony ICF-S C1PC
public sa fe t y T yp e II Rad io Shack PR0-60
70.
100
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trun kcd syste ms by enterAOR AR8 000
158
ICOMIC-R 10
ing thei r freq uencie s us100
60
80
20
12' 140 160
ing the same procedu re as
an d
a
BC 8 9 5XLT
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Copynghl 1998. BCD Pamass. AJ9S
Note' One sample 01each modelle$led
BC 235 XLT.

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less
sens itive

PRO-91 VHF NFM SENSITIVITY

12 dB S INAO, 3 KHZ DEVIATION, Se rial #8 5001218

1.0

less
sens itive

PRO-91 UHF NFM SENSITIVITY

12 dB S INAD,3 KHZ DEVIATION, Serial #85001218

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140 145 150 155 160 165 170

FREQUENCY (MHZ)

0.0
400 420 440 460 480 500

more
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820 840 860 880 900 920 940 960

FREQUENCY (MHZ)

sion PRO-91 e mploys

IFs (interme diate fre12 dB SINAD, 1 KHZ TONE, 30% MODULATION, Seri al #85001218
qu enci es) near 380 .7,
10.85 and 0.450 M Hz
and the image rejec tion
1.2
on ou r test un it is very
<-.
go od at the freq uenc ies
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110
115
120
125
130
135
140
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more
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sensitive
9 1 and some of the m
arc on preprog rammed
Usability and Perfo rmance
service search frequen cie s. Harmonics of the
cry sta l controlled 10.4 M Hz sec ond local osc ilTh e LC D di splay has large d ig its and is ca s)'
lator are res po nsible for birdies at J 1.2. 4 1.6,
to read . Pre ssin g the lamp key lig hts the d isplay
a nd 52 MH z . as in th e PRO 20 s 0 and
with an am ple o range hue . The lamp e xtinBC235XLT.
guishes 15 sec o nds after pre ssing the lamp key
and cannot be latched .
Simple. Effective
Physically. the PRO-91 is similar to other
recent Rad io Sha ck models: dark and plain . The
Th e PRO-9 l Service Search o mits many
dark gray keys an: dose togeth er and arc cumimport an i po l ice freq ue nc ie s and ce nso rs
o ufluge d agai nst the like -col ore d cas e. though
tru nk ing frequ encies adjace nt to the ce llu lar
the key s have a go od feel and a keypress con firphon e bands. We like the fast sca nning and
ma tion beep w hich can be e nab led or d isabled.
simple AA battery sche me .
T he supplied rubber helica l antenna is too rigid.
Ou r sa mple PRO-9 1pe rfo rms we ll and suits
Whil e co nnecte d to an outdoor ante nna. ou r the person who wants basic trunk tracki ng and
PRO-91 ex periences intermod ulution interfer- co nve ntio nal scanning and w ho d oesn ' t req uire
ence in the 161 M Hz range from a pag ing
man y memory channels . Th e scanner lists at
tran sm itter o n 15 X.l M Hz. Th e tri ple convc r- S24 9.9lJ in the Radio S hac k ca talog.

MEASUREMENTS

PRO-91 VHF AIR BAND AM SENSITIVITY

RADIO SHACK PRO-91

PORTABLE SCANNER
SIN 85001218
Frequency coverage (MHz):
29 . 54 (5 kHz steps)
108 136.975 (AM, 12.5 kHz steps]
137 . 174(5 kHz steps]
406 512 (12.5 kHz steps)
806 '823.9375 , 85 1 . 868.9875,
896 .1125 956 (1 2.5 kHz steps]
Sensitivity: see graphs
FM modulation acceptance: 13.5 kHz
Image rejection due to 1st IF:
64 dB at 155 MHz
72 dB 0 1 858 MHz
Practical memory scan speed: 80 channels/
sec.

Current consumption at 6 Vdc:

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manual - 67 rnA
scan - 70 rnA
full volume 142 mA
Batterysaver: after 5 seconds in Manual
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Low battery warni ng at 4.5 7 Vdcor less.
Shutdown at 4.36 vdc or less.
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An Under $300 Computer-based DSP

Shortwave Receiver

obody 100 cs a bargain more (hom

yo urs truly. I can prove th is by my
basem en t and o ffice. Th ey have been
designa ted as officia l disaste r areas by the
go vernme nt an d by my wife. Bu t co uld an yo ne resist the te mptat ion of a ICX) kH z to 30
MH z co m puter controlled rece ive r. with five
se lec ta ble di gi tal signal processing (DSP ) fil le rs. 1111. luning ca pabil ity a nd a price o f
5295 '1 ! I think not. Te n-Te e. a nam e lon g
as sociated wit h hanumu scciv crs. has rece ntly
introdu ced the ir PC Radi o M udd RX- 320
with all these featu res.
\Vc ha ve looked ut some vcry line CO I11purer-bas ed rcccivers over-t he past ye ars ..M ost
recentl y. WinRad io ' s WR- 1500e wa s a n im pressive perf ormer . Reta iling at 5495 a nd
covering fro m longwavc into the gigahe rtz.
the WK MISOOc wa s especially outsta nd ing in
the VI IF/U IIF spcltr um . But what ify o u wen:
j ust interested in a com puter-bused shortwave
receive r or had a fi xed budget around S300?
You wo uld be O UI of IUL"k - until no w.

A True Black Box

Th e RX ':~2() is .111 e xte rna l co m puter recc ivcr, similar to the WR -1500e. Therefore.
the use r docs not need I()open his co mputer to
usc it. All co nnects a rc mad e via a cab le to the
comp uter ... ser ia l rco ms) pon . Ex ternal co mpurer- based rece ive rs may add a bit to de sk
clutter. But . in my opini on. the ir ca se o ft ra nsport abil ity be tween mult iple compute rs far
ou twei ghs the clutter issue.
Th e RX-320 cons ists of a 3 x 6 .25 x 6 .5
(HW D ) inc h black meta l box: a 3.5 inch. high
density. floppy d isk: a D B9 se rial ca ble: a 120
vo lt AC "wa ll wart" power supply : a whi p
antenna.md a co ncise instruction manu al.
Th e blac k box i-, q uite basic. w ith nothing
on the fro nt race ex ce pt a small Te n-Te e logo .
T he rcur race is a lso 110\ comp licat ed . having
on ly six items: e xternal ante nna input. the
flint: pin se rial data po rt which pro vides the
connec tion to the compu ter . spea ke r output .
line out . <I 13.5 to 15 vol t (at 500m<.l ) co unc etion . an d a lowly on/o ff tog gle sw itch.
Te n-Tee says thut " It ope rates 011 .lIlY PC
runn ing windows ,1. 1 or Windows 95 : ' So
m uch for the need for expe ns ive. state-of- theart computer equipment. I ran it o n a Pentium

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the softwa re requ ests du ring se tup is the nurn her o f the se ria l port used by the receiver" ,
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The User Interface

So me may say that the RX J20 s so ftwa re
is very basic. I found it simple. ade q uate and
10 the point . It docs mo st e ve rythin g a shortw ave listener need s 10 do and w ith a minimum
of screen switc hing or confusing cont rols.
Figure I show s all th ree screens. All important rece iver com ma nds urc pe rformed on .1
rami liar-looking rec tangula r " receiver.' C Iic king on tbe des ired " button" with yo ur mou se
ac ti vates that com mand.
Most com ma nds arc acc ess ible via the
keyboa rd . Th ese a rc listed in the " He lp'
pulldo wn menu . For e xa m ple . tuni ng is
achie ved by po sition ing the cursor 0 11 the
large knob in the ce nter or the rece iver ico n,
po inting lip or down and the n pressin g :'1
mo use key. A lte rnatively . the use r can e nte r
the frequ en cy num ericall y fro m the keyboar d.
Cl icking on the a rro ws 0 11 eit her side of the
tuning d ial window. be low the numer ic display. is anot he r tuni ng method.

_ ... Close

The Step me nu. on the right side of the

recei ve r ico n. is one meth od of ch oosing the
tu ning step. Notice the 10 Hz s tep: T his is the
first time l'vc seen that 011 a sub-S300 rccc ivc r.
Th e rece ive modes a re confined to the four
most freque ntly used in the sho rtwave hands :
AM . LSB . US B and C W .
A signa l streng th mete r. which she ws peak
a nd instanta neous signa l leve ls. l" 111 be "'C
lee red for disp lay to the lef t of the numeric
d isp lay.
On e of the RX320 s mo st uniq ue feature s
fo r the price. is the qu al ity and qu antity of
signal tl hers il prov ides the use r. How do they
do it for the price and in that sl11<1l1 size'! Very
go od q ues tion.
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Enter DSP
DSP .or Digita lSigna l Processing. is simple
in conc ep t. Co ns ider the tradit ional met hod o f

designing and building ele c tronic ci rc uits .

Func tional block .. of hard wa re circ uits. J C
xignc d 10 per form u ~ i g: n a l fun ct ion . we re
fabricat ed from com pone nts suc h as trunds to rs.c apac itors and resisto rs. :"lowthink abou t
simulati ng the function or tha t hard ware with
a piece o f soft ware . For ex a mple. instead of
solde ring a resistor and capac itor toget her to
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act as a frequency determining circuit. a mathematical formula (in this case an exponential
function describing a specific charge/discharge
characteristic) wou ld simulate the circuit.
(Stay with me. We 're almost there.) Now
let' s say the simulation could be done by a
processor. vcry fast. in realtime. The software
would then react as q uickly to an input signal
as if it were a hard-wired compone nt resistor
and capacitor network. This mathematical
manipulation of signals call be perfo rmed if
the signal is in 11 digital fonn that can be
processed by a fast computer. Digital Signal
Processing: see. the initials really do make
sense.
Oncc the requ ired processing is performed.
the signal can be used in its newly manipulated digital fonn or reconverted into an analog signal, allowing a human to hear the result.
The mandatory fast. inexpensive processors and analog-to-digital converters are now
becoming available, The power of OS? is its
flexibility. its agili ty. with which the signal
can be manipulated (processe d) without the
need for cabinets of additional dedicated hardware co mponents. This is how a relatively
inexpensive and physica lly small receiver ca n
still have five signa l filters ranging from 6000
to 500 Hz with exce llent selectivity properties.

Seeing is Believing
The second screen displays a spectrum of
signa ls o n either side of the freq uency to
which you arc tuned . This is a very useful
feature not previously found in any receiver in
the $200300 price range. The frequency resolution is quite fine. another beneficial byproduct of the DSP methodology. You ca n
tune the receiver by clicking a freque ncy
displayed on the spectrum graph.

A Simple-to-Use Memory Scree n

The third RX 320 screen is a thankfull y
simple memory - almost a database. Storing
a frequency is as simple as tuning to the
frequency and clicking the add button on the
top right. The frequency is added to the list
and the user is asked to type in the station
name and country. Th e memory list can be
disp layed (sorted) in alphabetical order based
on the station name or the country. Or the list
can bed isplayed in order of frequen cy. Double
clicking an entry tunes [he receiver to that
frequency .

How Well Does It Work?

The telescoping whip was abo ut as useful
as the last half of the manual: i.e.. nOI very,
exce pt for the very, very basic user. Once a
coaxially fed multi band dipole was connected

to the rear panel antenna connector, the RX320 became a real shortwave receiver. It appeared to live up to all of its operating specification s of sensitivity and selectivity. especially in the sideband modes. The filters allowed clean copy of voice and digital signals
in the most crowded QRM conditions I' ve
heard on shortwa ve in a number of years.
Te n-Tee has do ne a very nice job in radio
frequency (RF) shielding of the RX 320. I
found RX-320-generatcd digital noise to be at
a very, very low level. In fact it was ranked
with the quietest - a real necessity for the
long. medium. and shortwave spectrums.
The operation is intuitive, simple. and as
close to a desktop shortwave receive r as rye
seen in a comp uter-base d receiver.
After using it for an hour. was I was ready
to trade in my oid trusty R-71 '! We-e-II, eve n
11 product as impressive as a sub-$30 0 DSP
receiver ca nnot escape the Comp uters & Radio "l wish it had.,"

only receiver. In my opinion the WRI500e.

which also covers these freque ncies, is the
hest VHF/U HF and beyond . sub-$700. compurer-based receiver on the market today.
But the Ten-Tee' s R)( 320 blows away the
shortwave receiver compet ition in the under
$500 range. in both the compu ter-based and
desktop markets for priee/perfonnance ratio.
At its price. which is not much more than top
end portable radios. it should be seriously
considered as either a primary or back- up
shortwave recei ver. The RX-320 is avai lable
at $295 (plus shipping and handlin g) from
Ten-Tee at 1185 Dolly Parton Parkway.
Sevie rville. TN 37862. (423 )453-7 172. Their
Website is <It www.tentec.corn.
When it comes to shortwave recei vers. no
longer is inexpensive synonymous with poor
performance and outdated features.

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The RX-320 does not have an internal
speaker. Connecting the Line Out to the sound
card in my Fujit su Lifebook 735DX produ ced
an annoying computer noise. Though such
results are admitted ly unique to eac h computer and its co nnections. the best audio can
be guarante ed by using headph ones or an
external speaker. All the same, for the times
when convenience, not fidelity. is the issue,
even a transistor radio interna l speaker would
be convenient.
[ appreciate the very fine job Ten-Tee has
do ne in bringing this receiver to market under
$300. But I think it would be worth a few more
cents to add light-emitting diodes (LED ) as
power on and o n-line indicators.
And what about that so-called external
antenna connecto r'? An RCA jack? Hello.
Te n-Tee guys! Very few people terminate
their high quality coax fcedlines in an audio
RCA (tulip) plug.
The overa ll sensitivity was vcry good: however . in the AM mode I wish it had a bit more .
And lastly. before you're taken off the
hook. a word about the manu al. Yes, the RX320' s softwa re is well designed and very
simple to use. T he pulldown Help menu is
very complete and easy to use. Hut the written
Manual is a severe misnoma. It' s more of a
quick set-up sheet. Great features such as the
spectrum graph and filters get a single paragraphon theiropcrationand advantages. while
the absolute beginner radio listener information gets 17 pages! ... Guys. need I say more ?

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T he Expanded Band Times'

Beverag e Qu estions; Bits an d Pieces
from Canada
DEC ..... Habla Espafiol? (IDing Spanish languag e
stations)

,..AND MORE!
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAy
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC

1998 Index ofArticles

FEATURES:
Broadca st:
China Radio International
CIA vs. Sad darn Radio War
Inside Italy's RAI
Logg ing FM OX..
.
Mountain Voice (TIS)
.
Nigerian Clandestines ..
.
Radi o Ditusora de Pocos de Caldas
Tropical Band DXing
WYFR Story ..
Zarn btas Christian Voice. .
Human Interest:
Excellent OX Adven ture .
Jamming Wa ll.. .
.
Real World Radio

Miscellaneou s:
1997 MT Index .
199Blnternational CES .. .
199B MT Index
ACE Solar Storm Ale rt
Apartment Monitoring
Art ot Profess ional Dispatching
Car DXing
.
Cryptography.....
.
Cypress Gardens Rad io Museu m
DXing on the High Seas
.
.
Future Accord ing to COMDEX
Ham Radio tor Boaters
Now it can be told (Greek Is Project)
Take a SW DXpedition
Wo rld-Class DXing .
.

Sep
May
Nov
Aug
Aug
Feb
Dec
. Dec
. Oct
... Sep

Aug
Nov
Jan

...Jan
Mar
. Dec
Feb
Nov
Jan
Apr
Oct
Aug
Jun
Feb
Jun
Oct
Sep
Mar

Satell ites
Digital Alternatives in Satellite TV
In marsatsand How to HearThem

Dec
Nov

Scanning :
Baltimore-Wash Inti Airport
Blue Angels
.
Close Encounter wla Twister

May
May
Jul

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December 1998

Counter Intelligence
Identifying Trunked Radio Systems
Marine Monitoring on Chesapeake
Mother, Jugs, and Speed?
Trunking Profile for Atlanta.
..
VDRTAC Goes the Distance

Mar
Dec
Jun
Jul
Jan
May

Technologyand Technical:
AM Transmitter Site
Ap r
Antennas for Emergen cy Op s
.. Jul
Canada's Billion Dollar Boat
Jun
Dealing wlStrong Signals (tuners)
Apr
Du al-Band VHFIUHFJ-Pole
Ap r
Installing Oak Tree Antenna
Apr
LORAN-CNavigation System
Jun
Magnetic Loop Antennas for AM
.. Aug
Apr
Quickie, Snap-on Tower Bracket
Restoring that old AM Radio
Aug
Safe SHOALS .........
..
Mar
Simple Battery Discharger
Mar
Splitting a Signal ...............
..
Jan
Sep
The Ten -Tee Receiver Kit (1254)
Turntable for Loop s ..
..
Ap r
Use You r Mobile Scanner Antenna
Feb
Varicap Tuned Receiving Loops
..Ap r
Utitities:
The Happy Hobbyist (HFscan)
Monitoring FEMA..........
Unlocking the Mysteries of SW

......... Sep
........Jul
... Qct

AMERICAN BANDSCAN
JAN . ....A Cool Beverage; Kiwa pocket regen
module
FEB
What happened to the 10-watters?
MAR
Digital BCing in Canada
APR
Ice vs Towers
MAy
Skip Time
JUN
Legal Pirates?
JUL
OX Safety: record-breaking tropo
reception
AUG
New AM Targets
SEP
OX Predictions (propagation)

Family Rad io Service--the next CB?

How to bea hometown hero (Ch 9)
Helping Traffic wlGMRS
Maxon Sp-100G GMRS HT
Cherokee's Terrific FR-465
teem's VHFMarine Transceiver
Cherokee CBSSB AH-100
teem's Potent IC-400BA FRS
Motorola's TalkAbout FRS
Kenwood's Easy to use FreeTalk (FRS)
Radio Shack's Easy FRS Radi os
Oregon Scientific & Midland weather
receivers

ANTENNA TOPICS
JAN ..... Anten nafaults and howto find them
FEB
Ante nna Iaults, part two
MAR Is Your Antenna Resonant?
APR
Building VerticalAntennas
MAy
You Need dB Aware of Decibels
JUN
What's Wrong with my Dipole?
JUL
TOR on a Bu dget
AUG Desig n Your Own Field Day
SEP
The Rig ht An tenna for the Frequency
OCT
Some Hardto Spy Antennas
NOV Why all thenoise about noise?
DEC
Christmas-Tree Antennas

ASI( BOB'S TIP OF THE MONTH

JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAy
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC

Ultrasonic pest controls

Emergency Power Supply
Chang ing ATS -909 Memory Presets
Prepa ring Those Trade-ins; More on
touch lamp RFI; UPS voltages
Digital Displays for Analog Radios
Using the Select-A-Te nna
Listening to You r Rem ote Control
How to record from a radio
Ouieting the Grove SP-200 Click
Listen and See your Infrared control
The 'Power Tip' Scam
Using Grove's FCC Database on
Wind ows 9B

BEGINNER'S CORNER
JAN

Scanning beyond the ordinary (finding

new freqs)
FEB .. ... Reviewing the Basics (communications
skills)
MAR
OSLing 'the Blanks'
APR
Get wi the Amateur Program (books)
MAY Air Show Fun
JUN
Marine Radio Connections (collectin g)

JU L
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
OEC

Mobile Emergency Preparedness

Summertime Mediumwave Fun
Planning for SW Season
'Spooky' Radio Lisfening (bandscan)
Understanding Radio Waves
Listening Tips for the Beginner

AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC

STOP! LOOK"
Listen to This!

Third Shill Cyrillic - part II

Addressing ACARS
Who Uses the Digital Modes?
Digital EquipmentOverview
Digital Rellections

Ali nco DJ-X1DT -

We've reinvented t he
multi channel receiver!
1200 memories
plus two VFOs
100 KHz - 2 GHz
coverage "
WFM. NFM. AM, USB.
LSB and CW modes

EXPERIMENTER'S WORKSHOP
BELOW 500 kHz
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAy
JUN
JUL.
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC

Lawler Update
Away from Home (OXing); Euro Guide;
LFin Canada
Pirate Beacons; 73 kHz resources
1912 Remembered (Titanic)
Hams on Longwave ?
Make Your Own Signals (lawler
transmitter circuit)
Closer to Getting on theAir (part 2)
Getting on the Air (part 3)
LF Exp Source Book; more on the Titanic
Better Beginnings (equipmentand
resources)
Tips; Euro LF, Litz wire, LF loading coils
Review of Radioscien ce Observing

CLOSING COMMENTS
JAN
Internet Changes Face of Politics
FEB
Thanks Larry; Welcom e Hugh!
MAR
Internuts
APR
Whatever Happened to Hydronics?
MAy Taking Credit Wh ere Cred it Isn't Due
JUN , Bits an d Pieces
JUL
Storm tracking coul d save you r life
AUG
FCC Proposes More Protective Rules
SEP
Media Muddles
OCT
Legislators above the Law?
NOV
The Frequ ency List and theGrain of Salt
(guest editorial)

COMPUTERS & RADIO

JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAy
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC

RecAll (part2)
Icom PCR 1000
Icom PCR1000 (part 2)
WiNRADiD 1000i vs. IC-PCR1000
WiNRADiD Digital Suite
C&R Goes to Paris
Fixing Win95 Problems (First Aid 97.
Nuts&Bolts)
Cyberlock Data Encryption Prog ram
Casio's Hand PC andWindows CE
First look at WiNRADiO's WR1 500e
WinRadio WR1500e; AirData Mouse
Ten-Tee's under-S300 DSP SW Receive r

JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAy
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC

Upgrading WiNRADiO: Selectivity

Computer Programming the PRO-64
WiN RADiO secret tiles unveiled
Handheld Scanner Backlight Mods
Revisiting the Homebrew Computer
Network Your Computers
Digital Data Interface Revisited
Data Decoding and Serial Ports
Update on Computer Networking
Automatic NiCd Cell Discharger
Automatic NiCd Cell Recha rge r
All-Purpose Op-Amps

Alphanumeric channel
designations up to 3 lines

Multi-function Channel
Scope'" display
Internal "help" function
PC programmable
Beginner and Expert
operating modes
Automatic Memory

FEDERAL FILE
JAN...... WH learning to encrypt; postal inspector
system , DOE; FBI
FEB ...... High seas counternarcouc activities; US
Joint Task Force Drug Interdiction
MAR .... Nextel forces digital switch; fed trunked
systems; usingthe Opto Scout
APR ..... Smoky Mt Monitoring , TVA, Ft Campbell;
FEMA auxops: FBI D bank, and HF fre q
MAy ....Data Freq s in the Fed Band s; Nail
Interagency Fire ce nter
JUN ..... NTI A and other info from internet;
Presidential trips; more treqsfrom gov
radios surplus
JUL ...... Executive Branch Travels; ' Big Hole'
Chatham NC; Black Ml CA; Nextel iDEN
AUG .....DC goes trunked; Miami news; notes
from Motorola tour, Fascinator radios
OCT ..... FBI to Obtain New Radio System; Dept
of Justice and FBI systems; DEA; TVA
DEC .....Who Controls Government Frequencies?
162 MHz allocations

How to forecast propagation conditions

SITOR,A Maritime Mode
SITOR,B
Th e First Digital Mod e- RTTY
HF Facsimile
Decoding 3rd Shift CYrillic

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The Station Engineering Manual
Survival Communications
A Simple Antenna tor Shortwave
Heathkit GR-64 Restoration

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NOV
DEC

Simple. Clean . Dependable

Learning to Love Satellites

Tuning in SW via Satellite

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JAN
MAR
APR
MAy
JUN
JU L

Write Feature
Auto timer on/off,
internal dock

Long Battery Life

K.I.S. RADIO
MAR
MAy
JUL
SEP
NOV

RA DIO ' S VALU E LEADER -

MAGNE TESTS ...

Dealer Inquiries Welcome

(Reprints of these reviews are not evsusbte.)

JAN .., ..Sony SW-12/ Sony AN-LPI
FEB
Lowe HF250E
MAR
International R-110; Improve Lowe SRX100 selectivity

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' Cellular blocked. "Eltecllve operallng range vanes due
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December 1998

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APR
MAy
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC

International WR-6B9
Drake RBB - Part I
Drake RBB - Part II
Grundig Yacht Boy 400PE
First lookat JRCNRD-545
AOR's AR5000+3Receiver
Sangean ATS404 Economy Portable
Kneisner + Doering KWZ30
No column this month

MILCOM
SEP
NOV

Where do you hear the military?

Atlantic City USCG Station Opens; Navy
tleet tac ch; USN Inmarsat callsigns

ON THE HAM BANDS

JAN
FEB

Yagi vs. Ouad

Books to buildyour antenna by; NZ

Beacon
MAR ....Sobering ham numbers; use the media;
6m AM
APR .....More Ham Software (OST View.
HamCalc)
MAy
Making the Case tor Novice
JUN
Classic Gear; Icom IC-TBA
JUL
Contesting 101
AUG
Using a Tran smatch; 10 meter AM
SEP
Cherokee 6m HT; Milestone Tech
Spanish key
OCT
Ken wood VC-Hl SSTV Unit
NOV
Ham's Christmas Wish List
DEC
More Good Stuff!

PROGRAMMING SPOTLIGHT
FEB
MAR
APR
MAy
JUN
JUL
AUG
SE P
OCT
NOV
DEC

Give us 30 Minutes. we'll give you...

The Environment
Eavesdropping on Africa
Eavesdropping on Africa - II
Play Ball !
Which Way VOA?
End of the Yea r Review
Make a Resolution to Write
SWas a Learning Experience
Tracking the Global Economy
Holiday programming

PROPAGATION CONDITIONS
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAy
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC

Diversity Reception
NVIS Propagation in NA (part 1)
NVIS Propagation in NA (part 2)
HF Propaqatlon Beacons
Carrier Current Broadcasting
Ch eap Electricity with LF
Snow Static!
On theCoattails of Meteors
Make this page work for you
Ionospheric Modification
Where to Listen on the Ban ds
Howto Spot Santa Cl aus 10THR)

JAN
FEB

Panamsat 5 Flies
China Central Television (final)

SATELLITE TV

SCANNER EQUIPMENT
PCS FRONT LINE
JAN
FEB

PCS Takes Shapein 1998

The lIapover digital decoding (Title III.
Walz case)
APR ..... Marketing Strategies (SM cards) ;
cellular 911
JUN .....Wireless Networks (AMSC. ARDIS,
Iridium); LMDS auction
AUG
Pinpointing a Cellular Caller
OCT
Cellular Cryptography
DEC
Con sumer Ch oices in Cellular Market

PLANE TALI(
JAN ...... Ae ro Terminology; Philly and Pitts freqs ;

JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAy
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP

OCT
NOV
DEC

TestEquipment Bargains
More Innovative Patents
RELM MS-200
RCA RP-6150Scantrak; Uniden
BC235XLT glitch?
RS PRO-2050 Trunk Tracker
Opto DC442 Decoder
Coax Stub; PAR Electronics filters
Sony ICF-SC1PCWaveHawk scanner
Orange Book at Scanner Repair; service
manual s; ton e generating equipment:
monitoring ACSB
AOR ARB200 scanner
Alinco DJ -XlOT
RS PRO-91 Trunking Portable

new magazine
FEB
MAR
APR
MAy
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP

OSLing the Airlines

OSLing a moving target
Tools of the Tower
Tools of the Trade: Radar
ATC Cenler Equipment
Flight Service Stations
Clearing theWay
Curious about the Concorde?; airline
callsigns
OCT
Coming to Terms with Radar; callsigns
NOV
Radar - Part II; callsigns
DEC ..Ae ro Freq-for-all; AFMWARA; callsigns

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Decembe r 1998

SCANNING REPORT
JAN
FEB

Transformation of HR2369
PoliceCall announcement; WinstonSalem codes; Beaufort Co, SC, trunking
profile
MAR ..... little-used scanner features; calm ing
scanner fears; using VHFbeam
antenna; CES overview
APR......Why We 00 What We 00; Regina
trunking; TrunkTracker tips; programming tips

MAy .....The New Band in Town (pub safety); HR

2369 passes House
JUN ...... Incident Scanning (with Trunk-Tracker);
Summertime Scanning: Sony scanner
JUL
Twister Search '9B
AUG
Tornado Chasing, a Scanning Utopia;
Rubber Duckies
SEP.......Digital Invasion; Logic trunking; OK City
trunking; NYCtrunked system
OCT ...... Rand omthoughts on scanning; new
FCC service codes
NOV ...... The New Band to Scan; Fl orida fire
comms and trunking
DEC ...... StatewideSystems; Massachusetts
agencies

UTILITY WORLD
JAN ....... Flash Comm HF System; GHFS digital
tones
FEB....... Wondertul World of Utilities (overview
and LVH good-bye)
MAR ..... Sea Chang e in Maritime Mobile Service
(CW to GMDSS)
APR ...... Does anybody knowthe time? (WWV
and WWVH)
MAy ..... We've Got Your Numbers; Massad
loggings
JUN
Unraveling NATO Identifiers
JUL
Hurrican e Frequ en cies
AUG
US Stratcom Zulu Update; DEA Joint
Task Force
SEP....... US AFMacDili Signs Off; GHFS moves
to ScopeCommand
OCT ...... Spook Radio (spy, clandestine, and
number stations)
NOV
NCS: Swords into SHARES
DEC
Is there Life in MARS?

VIEW FROM ABOVE

NOV
DEC

Keepingan Eye on the Weather

Keeping up with the Latest

REVIEWS
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Kiwa Earth Monitor
MFJ Giant Display Calendar Clock
MFJ-41B Morse Tutor
Opto MicroCounter
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Opto Trakker
Palomar Loop Antenna System
RS Weather Alert radio

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Nov
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sias t? Haw/hook ]050 include s

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by Fred W ee/mum . K6 UGT

With the pl ug -an d -pl ay soc icty. horn e- bre w proj ect s are a d isappea ring art . and thos e w ho build
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Blcclunans new hook ans we rs
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Manua~ 16 Edition
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A t a b ulg ing
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i s a d e tai le d
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Haruteq Scanner
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The ARRL Repeater

Directory
(1998-1999 Edition)
Ea ch ye ar. the A me ric a n Ra d io Rela y League (A R R L) p ub.
Iishes an u pda ted pocket boo k o f
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ucruss North and South Am erica
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Sp:'ICl" shuu lcs from 19 XI to the

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Space: AVisual
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First Look at the AOR AR7000

By Bo b Grove

ith little fanfare, AOR has released a new, digital signal

processing (DSP), wideba nd
receiverto the U.S. market. The AR7000
(designated AR7000B in AOR' s product announcement. but not indicated on
the receiver) is a complex little package
with specifications and performance, according to the manufacturer, falling between th eir mo de ls A R3 000A and
AR5000 plus.
While the AR5000 has an assonment
of front panel controls, the AR7000 is
quite sparta n. With only one knob and a
few push buttons. the new receiver is
operated almost entirely by its compan-

ion remote control unit(orvia computer

using an interface and free software).
Whennewfunctions are required. amenu
must be brought up and step-selected for
desired c haracteristics . Whil e the
SDU5000 allows up to 10MHz span, the
AR7000 allows only 80 channels to be
slowly swept at its 20-channel-per-second scanning speed.

Barring these limitations. the receiver

does have a lot going fori t, including 100
kHz-2000 MHz frequency coverage (less
cellular excep t on government orders),
all-mode detection, triple conversion,excellent sensitivity, multiple selectivity
options, 1500 memory channels in 15
banks, and a built-in, 3. 1 inch diagonal ,
multi-purpo se, color LCD which can be
alternated between frequency/function
display and spectrum display.
The entire frequency range is accomm odated by one BNe antenna connector. Since 10 kHz-2ooo MHz antennas
don' t exist on the commercial market.
the user will have to externally select
approp riate antennas for the des ired
bands.
Tuning steps can be selected from 10
Hz to I MHz, and an IF shift of +/-8.5
kHz (in 100 Hz increments) allows re-

speaker feed, and RS232C computer control capability.

The AR7000 has a factory recommended
retail price of $1459.95 and is availa ble
from Grove Enterprises and other MT advertisers. Watch an upcoming "Scanner
Equipment" co lumn for a further assess ment by Bob Pamass.

Severe Weather Alert Radio

Radio Shack has released a seven-channel weather radio with a twist: NWR-SAME
(National Weather Radio Specific Area
Mes sag e Encoding). Allowing no rma l
weather broadcast recep tion, the owner of
the low-profil e radio can also custom-encode the receiver to be activate d by NOAA!
NWS warnings for his specifi ed area.
An LCD panel indica tes the weathe r
channel being monitored, but during a storm
reads out the text of any alert directed
toward your area, while the speaker gives
an audible (and volume-adjustable) siren or
beep waming. Color indicators notify the

jectionof adjacent channel interference.

Rear-apron j acks provide video (PAL or
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observer whether the notification is a statement. a watch. or a warning.

The weather radio can store as many as
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case one or more were missed.

activatio n, headpho ne and e xternal

The radio possesses excellent se nsitiv-

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most metropolitan applications; for fringe
recep tion areas, an RCA phono jack is
provided for an external antenna , such as

a conventional scanner antenna.

The unit operates on 120 Vac, but an
optional 9 volt battery keeps the unit
failsafe duri ng power outages .
The new NWR-SAME weather alert
radio is available for $79.95 from Grove
Enterprises and from Radio Shack outlets.

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